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britain assumes war damages and reduces debt owed by france paris feb 8 great britain has m clementel expressed for himself j made a gesture such as no other coun- and premier herriot satisfaction over try has made in saying she will us the tone and contents of the brl the german reparations only to pay note saying a long step toward set off inter- allied and american debts tlement had been made he as wea finance minister clementel said to- as the whole cabinet u pleased be night in handing out the british reply cause it means a big reduction in to the french note frances debt to britain which can twenty per cent of the german now be paid entirely out of the brencn reparations which britain will re- share of germanreparations and aso crive will all be paid to the united because it sets a precedent in settling states to settle britains debt what tho american debt is necessary for britains allied debt- the note is considered not to w ors to pay to make up the differenco lacking in a sly effort on chancellor j la all we shall be expected to pay of the exchequer churchills part to i i ir cstttfaa in a less program outlined in speech from throne state3 in a dr francis g blake professor of less medlclue at yale medical school has amendment of grain act and equalization of freight rate in coming session a despatch from ottawa says the last gun of the royal salute has been fired and another parliamentary session it under way the kings will has been made known to his common ers through the speech from the throne and the peoples elected rep resentatives will begin en monday to discuss the humble speech in accep tance which is the invariable fore runner to the general work of can adas principal legislature chief among the measures forecasted in the kings speech are those dealing with freight rates on land and sea senate great britain takes on herself the place the united war damages and will not attempt to favorable position morally than great placed before the public a serum for r t mo3t outstanding of the collect the 800000000 advanced to the i britain for insisting on collecting injection purposes which he believes allies before tho united states enterj damages from germany which the ed the war i note declares britain will not weeks markets toronto man wheat no 1 north 223 vi no- 2 north 217v no 3 north f210 no 4 wheat 202 man oats no 2 cw 80c no 3 cw 75 vie extra no 1 feed 76c no 1 feed 74vc no 2 feed 71 vic all the above cif bay ports am corn track toronto no 2 yellow 148 millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 3625 shorts per ton 3825 middlings 4425 good feed flour per bag 280 ont oats no 2 white 57 to 59c ontario wheat no 2 winter 171 to 175 no 3 winter 169 to 173 no 1 commercial 168 to 172 fob shipping points according to freights barley malting 92 to 96c buckwheat no 2 86 to 90c rye no 2 138 to 143 man flour first pat 1140 to ronto do second pat 1090 toronto ont flour 90 per cent pat 925 in bags montreal or toronto do ex port 58s cotton bags cif hay no 2 timothy per ton track toronto 1450 no 3 1250 straw csrlots per ton 9 screenings standard recleaned f 28 liquor seized off long island first british craft captured had on board 12000 cases worth 1000000 new york feb 8 with 28 pris- will cure scarlet fever iu twentyfour hours japanese navy launch sinks eleven sailors lost vancouver bc feb 8- eleven men of the crew of the japanese cruizer idzumo in port horo with tho visiting training squadron of the jap anese navy met death just before midnight saturday in the waters of onor3onboardeome reported to have iburrard inletj when th5 navy been wounded in the gun battle which which thoy were returning to the preceded her capture the british cruisor collided with a tug boat of the steamship homestead loaded with canad p railway and sank 12000 cases of liquor with a bootleg j j the accident occurred value of 1000000 was towed to this off the baltentyne pier harbor yesterday sixteen officers and men were on the homestead the largest and ooard tne pinnace and seven were mo3t valuable prize since prohibition rcscue of the seven two a non- sent coast guard chasers to rum j commissioned officer and a seaman row was anchored last night off the taken on board the idzumo later suc- statue of liberty there she took herj cumbod as a result of their immersion place beside other rum runners too the water four of t men drown- bulky to be moored at the barge d wore noncommissioned of ficors and office t remaining five seamen it was admitted shots had been fired vancouver bb feb 9 located to stop tho homestead which was at a depth of 102 feet diver3 from the seized off the eastern end of lonff japanese training squadron are at- island by the coast guard chasers te to descend to the wrecked red wing and jewett pinnace from the raizer idzumo in orders to tho coast guard now are e men met lhei death at to shoot when occasion demands and it was said the homestead had given ob bay ports per ton o i nrnvoi cheese new large 22c twins i is provocatmn 22 c triplets 23c stiltons 24c old i utmost secrecy attended the cap- large 24 to 25c twins 25 to 26c trip- ture and it was hinted other factors lets 26 to 27c than smuggling liquor might have 2 creamery prints 36 been responsible for tho eagerness of antnatan tlnd tten crashed iff t0 officials to bag the british vesselthe the small craft p it 1180 oclock saturday night tho splintered boat is believed to contain the remains of eight of those who per ished when out of the murk of the night and rain mists a car barge in tow of the tug nanoose loomed sud legislation expered for this session is to be submittad to a conference be tween federal and provincial govern ments before parliament is asked to consider in detail an amendment to the constitution of canada with res pect to the constitution and powers of tho upper house in brief the speech from the throne indicates that the government intends to ask parliament for legis lation to give 1 equalization of freight rates between provinces and localities 2 government control of ocean rates 3 improvement in equipment of porta on both coista and on the st lawrence river 4 colonization and settlement which implies railroad construction in the peace rive district 5 an act to amend the grain act diphtheria epidemic on the wane in nome crossword puzzle 2 32 to 34c dairy prints 26 to 28c fir3t ever jd off american shores fcggs fresh extras m cartons 64 wl to 66c loose 03c fresh firsts 57c r the violation of the volstead act bottom live poultry hens over 5 lbs 24c it is known however that the rum after a continuous search of the do 4 to 5 lbs 18c do 3 to 4 lbs 13c fleet has been doubled in the last few with dra lines and nets the llf1 o ii i 015 nn i i- f 1 flee vei nome feb 9 balto is not dead the lead dog of gunnar kassons team which made the last lap of tho race to nome with diphtheria anti toxin is living high and getting fat despite reports that his lungs had been frozen on the nome dash the diphtheria epidemic seems to be on the wane there have been no new cases and many of the patients are improving rapidly thanks to the serum which balto and his mates brought the temperature today c i pi v iv dropped to 40 below the coldest this th its load of human freight to tho winter dog team relays which started from 300 miles north of anchor- spring chickens 2 lbs and over 23ci j weeks and now has a larger array of j ihtrlbody was7ecoverodat nooii to- 1 with 480000 units of roosters 12c ducklings 5 lbs and up vessels than at any other time in the d w k v concentrated over the antl aro expected to make the 18c hens over 5 lbs year dressed pbultry- 23c do 4 to 5 lbs 23c do 3 to 4 cncri it atfioo lbs 16c spring chickens 2 lbs and grain specula 1 ors over 30c roosters 18c ducklings 5 meet with reverse lbs and up 25c turkeys 35c beans can handpicked lb 6ma primes 6c maple products syrup per imp gal 240 per 5cal tin 230 per gal maple sugar tb 25 to 26c honey 60lb tins 13c per lb 10lb tins 13c 5lb tins 14c 2- tb tins 15 to 16c smoked meats hams i many are wiped out boom gives way at winnipeg exchange as day work was concentrated over the i i j c a a- journey in tour davs it was reported spot where the bodyvas found and h thu wouljd belter r auhough tle occurred iatef k relav saturday night the japanese did not f j lwm tht ikitrnatlonil ivholcatt 8ugoe8tions for solving cros8word puzjele3 start out by filling in the wordi of which you feel reasonably ture these will give you a clue to other words crossing them and they in turn to still others a letter belongs in each whit space words starring at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both horizontal separates lengthwise 7 refrain 12 a flap 13 additions 14 to lis in genial heat 15 help 16 a vegetable 17 steamroad abbr 18 plenty e2 thoroughfare abbr 23 modern invention 24 paw over 27 cessations from etrlfe so note of the scale 81 amerloan district telegraph abbr 83 mans name abbr 34 grain foods 35 counteracting acidity 38 large ocean vessel abbr 37 by 39 latin tor and 40 a thick rope 42 a terrapin 44 svalght u 47 pronoun 49 looking for 50 before christ abbr 51 gressy meadow 53 a deer 54 merit 58 striking port of a whip 57 automobiles 58negotiation 59 longs for vertical 1 to make stiff 2 two 3 a oovsr 4 prefix meaning net b fix firmly 8 ornamented with knobs or but tons 7 not able 8 out of date abbr 9 knock 10 employs 11 glides over the lot 16 discourse 19 a continent abbr 0 a threetoed sloth 21 striving to equal 2 scene ef combat 28 let 28 a honey badger 29 a part of society 31 poisonous reptile 32 black liquid 38 one who choose 40 small town 41 real estate 42 close 43 intermission 45 steam carrier abbr 46 large country of asia abbr 48 a unit of time 90 innate 52 part of verb to be 63 patrlotlp society abbr 55 physical division of the glob abbr 67 army of the civil war abbr make a report to shore authorities until 9 oclock sunday morning scores of sailors worked throughout the night in feverish endeavors to locate the sunken boat s units of the serum by a day and a quarter better equipment was thej reason given for the contemplated greater speed two killed railway closed in kootenay i solution of last weeks puxxl a despatch from winnipeg says ii u d t i in one of the wildest markets in the i hree children burned to med 25 to history of the local grain exchange death in ottawa valley 26c cooked hams 37 to 38c smoked wheat prices dropped below the 2j rolls 18 to 20c cottage rolls 21 to milrk on friday for tho first time in ottawa feb 8 news of the death 23c breakfast bacon 23 to 27c spe- twq and s0 fast did the atop disastrous snowslides on the mountain caused by days of thaw and rain i canada represented on ad hoc committee a despatch from nelson bc london feb 9 forsyth smith i sa two lives lost a railway lino canadian government fruit commis- closed for the season and one house by fire of three young children near sioner in england and mr mcouatt demolished are the results so far re- two wecss iinu so mat uiu uic atuyiuy lire 01 turee youiifj umiuren ntar aivuvn in iuihiiu iinu mr lucuuau r ucks boneless 29 to 3oc loss orders come into tho pit that it murray bay in the backwoods of ren- of the live stock branch of the de- ported of kootenay snowslides follow- cured meats long clear bacon 50 was almost impossible for brokers to frew county was received here to- partment of agriculture have been days of thaw and rain to 70 lbs 1760 70 to 90 lbs 16s0 execute them outside speculators who day tho father j croswich was appointed by the canadian govern- at flve oclock in the morning a 80 lbs and up 1550 lightweight j have been buying grain for the past away lumbering and the mother left ment as its representatives on the ad and mud slidc demolished tin- rolls in barrels s33 heavyweight fortnight must have suffered heavy tho children alone in the farmhouse hoc committee on the furtherance of i ranch nouse of john h hoyle at rolls 27 ii posses during the drastic declines on while she posted him a letter at the empire trade which is to be set upq ba overwhelming the por- i to c ocean in 3 lire tierces is to loic rt i f them would be omssmirfs when she returned shehv the government br tion of the house containing mr and vi r i nr l lard tubs i8y4 to i9c paio n prints 21 to 22c shortening tierces wl out 15 to 15wc tubs 15w to 15c paib 18 to 16uc prints 17 to 18c choice heavy stoers 775 to 825 butcher steers choice 075 to 725 fit wui friday and many of them would be us 18 to li y viped out following a strong opening at 204 for may delivery the buying power vanished resulting in the bringing out of hoavv stoploss selling orders and do good 625 to 6 75 do mod 550 f tne side was checked may had to 6 do con 450 to o25 butcher b te 8 cenfe to i98 helfera choice 67o to 7 to 7 do good 6 to 650 do med 5 to 1675 do com 450 to 5 butcher oows choice 450 to 525 do fair to good 350 to 4 canners and cut ters 225 to 275 butcher bulls rood 425 to 525 do fair 375 to ii bologna 250 to 325 feeding jteers good 575 to 650 do fair 8475 to 550 stackers good 450 to 560 do fair 4 to 425 calves choice 1250 to 13 do mod 7 to 9 do grassers 4 to 5 milch cows choice 60 to 70 fair cows 40 to 60 springers choice 70 to 90 good light sheep 7 to 8 heavies and bucks 450 to 625 bulls 3 to 4 good ewe lambs 1450 to 15 bucks 1250 to 13 do med 10 to 12 do culls 8 to 9 hogs thick smooths fed and watered 1110 do fob 1050 do community points 1c25 there was some recovery prices go ing up a few cents but later the near by future made a precipitous descent to 192 a not loss of 12 cents within two hours may closed at 192v4 which represented a loss of 8 cents from thursdays close july and october along with coarse grains followed the may future and all registered severo losses ranging from 6v for july wheat to 18 cents for october barley flax ranged from 11 cents to 14 cents lower at the close one motor craft built by bri tain for every 3 steamships a despatch from now york says british seaplane to travel five miles a minute crossroads when she returned she by the government here found the building in flnmes she succeeded in rescuing her few- monthsold baby only to find it al ready dead tne other two children a hoy aged 18 months and a 2-year- old girl were burned to death in their cola when neighbors arrived thoy found a mass of urning embers and tho mother badly burned from her attempted rescue of the children j it is not what others think of us that really counts as much as what we think of ourselves a despatch from london says a british seaplane which will have a speed of five miles a minute is being constructed for the next schneider cup race and will be ready for trial flights shortly it is understood the machine will be streamlined from end to end and the engine iirlll be let into the fuselage do off cars 1150 select premiums ship tonnage under construction in j 217 great britain at the close of 1924 was 1296971 tons about 98000 tons loss- oau- montrea1 can west no 2 85c than a year ago according to tl no 3 81c extra no 1 white 79c i bankers trust co of new york it flour man spring wheat pats lsts j is estimated that one motor ship is be- 1140 do 2nds 1090 strong baking built for every three steamships era 1070 winter pats choice 920 w in other countries the propor- to930 rolled oats bag of 90 lbs uon is 12 motor ships for 11 steam- 1480 3ran 3625 shorts 3825 no 2 per ships in germany denmark swo- koifto- v- holtand a preponderating butter no 1 pasteurized 30- to proportion of motor ships is being jlc no 1 creamery 29 vi to 30c sec- built the german figures being 47 ends 28 4 to 29c eggs storage ox- motor ships of 274000 tons against tras 53c do firsts 51c fresh extras 40 steamships of 79000 tons 62c do firsts 58c potatoes por bag car lots 95c to 1 cowu 2 to 350 calves com to fair quality 10 to 1025 do very fcommon 9 hogs mixed lots 12 do letect 1260 sows 9 to 950 hong kong preparing exhibit for wembley hong kong feb 9 the imporial britain will enforce arms embargo in china a despatch from london says the government has issued a state ment announcing that great britain would continuo to enforce in china the arms embargo agreement of may 1919 whereby the powers undortook to retrain their nationals from ex- othorities having granted satisfac- porting to or importing into that country war materials until the estab lishment of a government there whotp authority would be recognized throughout tho whole of china ry emtoma and other concessions brtg kong is burily proparing an ex hibition for wembley as a govern ment enterprise days being built in michigan iing mrs hoyle and carrying away the upper portion containing john hoyic a son and miss mary holt a servant detroit feb 9 with the object of were sleeping the ratter two escaped turning out a new type of rigid metal serious injuries and emerged by win- dirigible that will make possible the dows a force of 22 shovel men work- establishment of a threeday passen- cd all day on the tons of mud in which ger air service between detroit or mr and mrs hoyle arc buried with- chicago and london england the to- out success the house was at the itial move was made today to begin foot of a ravine and it is thought a manufacture at the dearborn plant of snowalidc came dart wav down chok- the ford motor co work is to be ed the ravine and caused water to done by the aircraft development back up the subsequent rush of snow corporation of which edsel b ford and water bringing away the banks of and his father are directors the un- the ravine a water tank half a mile ited states government it is stated up the ravine is believed to be the will sign a contract within thirty days object that struck the house the for construction of the new ship hoyles have ranched there for 18 the dirigible will have a skin of years special duralumin plates only eight j three- big slides came down at onethousandths of an inch thick various times since midday on the which will be six times stronger than kaalo and nakusp branch of the can- the present coverings of dirigibles it i adian pacific railway nil between the will be fireproof and weatherproof i pamblcr mine nd zinton the largest and navigable in any kind of weather being 900 feet wide and 50 feet deep the ship will be 150 feet long 53 the others are respectively 300 feet in diameter and will have dis- and 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep placement of 15000 pounds its ca- the cpr will abandon the kaslo- parity will be 200000 feet of helium socnn fervice for the winter in con- gas sequence and travel will be routed by j th puzzle enthusiasts can germany to bs represented for first time on league solve as they ride montreal feb 9 the vogue of tin crossword puzzle is nationwide it has outrun the borders of cities and towno and has extended its influence to the trains that speed across the continent at least this is the opinion of walter pratt general manager of tho sleeping dining and parlor car beofre he left for cologne h the canadian national t picked the observer thei ouncl today that in response to numerous requests from berlin feij 9 germany will be represented by an official observer at the march meeting of the league of nations council it will be the first time germany has had kuch repre sentation chancellor lullier made this deci sion just but hat not pic government doef rot expect its deo- v 11 passengers he had ordered dictionar- wfll sit in at the council ses- gate iek to lie nlaced on all cars of the equipped with a that are firemen ire slirvn ban tint 1 har wlilili the latt meat w ijisjarlir mis onlonibe1 tn the wreckage fir hours tiesplio tho heroic attempts at roscuo made by his comrades eight sionn but he will be instructed to pay special attention to the leagues attij tude toward the clause in the coven- ary- ant which enjoins member states to daws1 citv ytrcports hero permit ioague troops free passage f od crow mus5on stafp that th across their territory germany hesij in that part of country is tates to accept this lest she become j c0vtt w fox track and that the embroiled with ktissia j r are trapping great numbers memory is the treasurer to whom of foxw meat is reported very pienti- w must give funds if we would draw fu 500 oribou having been killed s tha assistance we need rowe far this winter