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itotal of 21424390 em- x braces all departments of government estimates tabled a farreaching act in ontario house yquor ug at 0ttawa will go beyond refusal of clearances ottawa legislation to stamp illicit traffic n liquor will go far heyond re fusal of clearances to vessels carry ing spirits to the united state it will cut off the source at the fountain head and will forbid release of liquor or beer from distilleries and irewerles early introduction of the bui into the commons is heralded by a notice on the order paper saturday of a bill to be sponsored by the prim minis ter entitled an act to amend the expert act it was generally supposed that the prohibition of expert to the united states would be accomplished by means of amendments to the customs act but as far as can be gathered this new act is to be the one that sounds the death knell of the rum runner the refusal of clearance would be inadequate to put official stamp of dis approval on all export of liquor to the united states it was pointed out by one of the ministers export across the border on land hydro gets hale toronto supplementary estimates totalling 21424390 were tabled in the legislature during the week by bon dr j d monteith provincial treasurer they embraced every de- lartment of the government with practically onehalf being set aside jfor hydro development in different parts of the province the hydro estimates totalled 10- 410900 and of this 2000000 was needed the treasurer said for devel opment work at chats falls on the kiagara system the whole niagara ystem called for expenditure of 7- 200000 above the regular estimates the georgian bay system needed 300000 extra and tho st lawrence rldeau ottawa and madawaska sys tems the same amount the thunder bay system estimates totalled 1200- 000 practically all of which was need ed for tho alexander power develop ment tho nipitsing system estimates totalled 50000 and the northern sys tems 1300000 tho largest percent age of the latter figure was for de velopment work on the mississaga river these additional estimates meant lhat the government was going ahead with its plan of developing power ltes in different parts of the pro vince of these the chats falls site was considered the most important with the carillon the alexander and the mississaga next additional estimates for the at torneygenerals department totalled 1c3050 practically all of this was for the administration of justice in various parts of the province salaries of jailers and other officials university grants the department of education esti mates totalled 1052469 included in this was an item of 1308000 for the university of toronto and 350000 lor queens university the department of lands and for est estimate amounted to 147725 practically all of which was for the purchase of additional fire ranging equipment and forest research included in tho estimates for the department of mines was an item of 48000 for additional development work in the lignite fields on the abi- tibi river the department of public works npplementahics totalled 2782042 of this 213242 as for maintenance nd repairs of government buildings 140000 for public works and bridges nd 2428800 for public buildings the cost of furnishing the ontario government building in london eng land was given as 100000 and the cost of the site on tho strand as 20000 tho highways department called jfor 29000 additional money practl cally all of which was for salaries the department of health asked for 64600 most of which was for sani tary investigations and distribution of fciological products in epidemics labor department additional allowances of 4700000 was requested by the department of labor under tho old ago pension echeme the provincial secretarys department requested 620500 for re pairs and additions to public institu tions a revoto of 5000 was in the estimates for tho construction of a building for housing the criminal in- fanc at tho ontario reformatory this was lue largely to tho murder omo weeks ago of one prisoner by another tho department of agriculture esti- biates totalled 4s77c a popular mother and daughter chatham town declares war turns out police force to pre vent walls iiirg and lake erie railway companys men replacing track takes drastic move in longstanding war over cancellation of franchise chatham in a definite act to pre vent tho ohathamwalacoburg and lake erie railway company from operating its electric locomotives over city streets in accordance with a re- cent ban created by the citys cancel lation of the companys franchise the torporatlon saturday ordered its work men to tear up sections o the rails at strategic points tho move was executed following information received at the city offices which indicated that tho company con templated operating a train at third stroct bridge city work men removed rails at both approaches and it was at that point where some excitement was created in the after noon when tho company put men to work to replaco the rails the counter movo on the part of the company resulted in tho city officials calling on pollco officers to tee that there was no interference by radial workmen of tho citys mote with the appearance of tho ma in uniform the work stopped and no further mov was made by the company to act in opositlon to the citys edict the city posted s watchman at the bridge would still enjoy its present status the prime minister realizes that the decision to cut off legal export of liquor to tho united states is an audacious one and that it is liable to cost the government a lot of money and controversy before the episode is over he and his colleagues are under stood to be taking the stand that since it is going to come high they might as well get everything possible tor their money in other words the whole business of liquor export to the united states is going to he stamped out otherwise after antagonizing the llqucr interests and a section of can adians who feel that too much is be ing done for the united states the government might be still under fire from the people who baped and ex pected that the refusal to grant clear ances would end the trade for once and all and were disappointed in re sults with liquor clearances gone ana the release of liquor or beer from tine distilleries or breweries which is known to be destined for export to the united statee forbidden it is be lieved that the trade will largely cease in any case canadas hands will he washed clean of the traffic but there will still be two methods of 6xport to the united states which cannot be touched by the federal government under existing arrange ments and the department of nation al revenue is afrlad that these will give rise to further trouble they look for larger sales to the ontario liquor stores end fear that much rumrunning will take place on a smaller scale with supplies obtain ed by hook or by crook from the gov ernment dispensers the other plan of campaign which the rumrunner has already been tr ins out is the export of liquor to st pierre mlquelon which is being con tinually used as a base for smuggling past the preventive service of the new england coast in the month of november the can adian exports to those islands wer6 200 per cent of tho previous novem ber and that proportion appears to have been maintained throughout the winter ottawa ends ban on british cattle foot and mouth disease was reason for embargo ottawa the embargo against eng lish and scottish cattle has been lift ed dr j h grisdale deputy minis ter of agriculture announced here sunday tho ban against scottish cat tle ended sunday and that against english cattle on march 7 cattlo from great britain may now come to canada after a oonsidcrablo period during which old country ship pers have been out of the canadian market tho outbreak of foot and mouth disease in england and scot land was responsible for the embargo it has been contended for some time by british cattlemen that herds were free from the disease but as a mea sure of precaution the embargo was maintained until any possibility of the disease teaching this country was re moved officials of the department explain that a characteristic of foot and mouth disease is that it remains dormant for a time then breaks out again with renewed vigor it is now regarded as certain that last traces of the malady save disappeared in great britain john d rockefeller successful in tervention in his tons indiana fight led an oil broker to ayi mr rocke feller is inimitable once in the good old muckraking days a magazine muckraker rushed up to mr rocke feller and moaned i mr rockefeller this morning sir while i was investi gating later conditions among the preesmen hi your bayonne plan skunk of how named merrvweathm called mo a foureyvd jackass and fcroko or of my ribs me jackass and rib fcrokenl now mr rockefev let what are you gtdnst to do about j it dov ua mr oefcefebcr why nothing youll kt wjrah rei jie detroit killers put to rout abandon bulletriddled car near thamesville after eluding police wanted for murder chatham two masked murderers raced over a bulletswept highway for 70 miles from windsor to thames- vlllo late saturday night and aban doning their automobile after it had been disabled by police fire ran into the darkness and escaped they are wanted for the slaying of a detroit policeman patrolman day ton winegar who tried to top their flight from a holdup in downtown detroit saturday afternoon crossing into canada they stole an automobile and headed for london highway traffic officer charles hef terson of blenheim on highway duty at maidstone was passed by an auto mobile which he says was travelling at 70 miles a hour or more he knew nothing of the detroit crime but gave chase overhauling the fleeing automobile- he waved the driver to stop and then bowed low as the big automobile swerved suddenly in an evident mur derous effort to force the policeman into the ditch hefterson unarmed fell back rapidly as a rifleman leaned from the rear of the automobile and lead screamed past ms ears hefterson from a farmhouse com municated with constable 0 russell at chatham the latter armed with an automatic waited for the racing auto as it passed shots from his revolver took effect hut the gunmen kept going russell commandeered a tax and i reached agreement re garding building speed up scrapping george hambleton in a canadian press report from london on the re newed activities of the naval confer ence which has been having a recess owing to the french situation and is now once more actively trying to solve the problems they met to consider he says in part the forces of faith and hope put to rout the hosts of gloom and naval reduction sceptics were dealt a crush leg blow a battleship holiday until 1936 is in sight conversations between the naval delegations of great britain the united states and japan have result ed it was announced in an under standing that there will be no more construction of capital ships until 193c this means an extension of five years in the washington battleship holiday it was also agreed that the scrap ping of ships provided for undttd the washington treaty should be acceler ated according to the official announce ment made in british circles the un derstanding has not yet reached the stage offormal agreement hut it is understood tho agreement merely awaits the concurrence of italy and france the announcement was in tended to show the tendency of the three powers already concerned it was further intimated by a bri tish spokesman that nothing more has been heard lately of the united states demand for the right to build an american rodney the naval conference proceeded full speed ahead all the delegates plain ly wish to stick to the grindstone uta- til a definite agreement has been i reached much remains to be done gave chase getting close to the fugl- but much has already been accomp- tlve car near the eastern limits of j lished the old controversy between chatham and had a good look at the i limitation by category and limitation battleship holiday announces parley the markets produce quotations toronto wholesale dealers are buy- britainus and japan have p at thefollowing prices eggs ungraded cases returned fresh extras 32 to 33c fresh firsts 30c seconds 25 to 27c butter no 1 creamery solids 34 to 34ic no 2 34 to 34uc churning cream special 38 to 39c no 1 37 to 3sc no 2 34 to 35c cheese no 1 large colored paraf fined and government graded 20ic provision prices toronto wholesale dealers are quot ing the following prices to the trade smoked meats hams med 2s to s5c cooked loins 48 to 52c smoked rolls 28c breakfast bacon 30 to 40c backs peamealed 36 to 40c do smoked 46 to 55c royalty attends british fair the photograph here ehows the queen and princess mary as they ap- red recently at the british industries fair at olympla london eng beatty discusses new empire move cpr president says empire free trade is an absurdity dominions position various units have too many problems and difficulties toronto empire free trade is an absurdity but free empire trade la of great importance should me en couraged in every possible way and will be of the utmost value to all parts of the empire in the opinion of e w beatty president of the canadian pacific railway company anything that can be done to pro mote the interchange of commodities men at close range the rifle 6pit fire into the pursuers a bullet strik ing the radiator another pierced the windshield and missed the driver by inches others punctcured the body of the pursuing machine traffic hinders chase heavy road traffic forced dussell to withhold his fire until he again got within range with his automatic he emptied the chamber into the rear of tho gunmens car hut shielded by the darkess they succeeded in mak ing good their escape word was bashed ahead to thames ville and a posse was organized to intercept the car they heard no thing of the gunmen however until a motorist reported having seen a car swing from the highway a short dis hy lump tonnage the problem which tied up the geneva conference is stated to be out of the way though some few points are still in reserve a committee of the conference con sidered the question of exempt ves sels those not includied in the global tonnage limitation the committee considered a proposal that their speed shoult be increased from is to 20 knots an hour the experts discussed submarines the french demand fo rthe retention of certain supersubmarines is still a matter at issue work and more work was the order of the day when the conference was relaunched it was reopened by prime minister macdonald who appeared buoyant in spirits but obviously tired tance west of the village where the una double strain of dlsarma- abandoned bulletriddled machine was later found no one was injured during the in terchange of nearly a score of shots between the bandits and tho pursuing officers all sunday western ontario police were scouring the dlstrlot in an en deavor to track down the mysterious motorists but not a sign of them has been seen since they ditched their car after the gas had leaked from the rid- dld tank lost yesterday somewhere between sunrise and sunset two golden hours eah set with sixty diamond minutes no reward is offered for they are gone forever horace mann most of the countrys great men sprang from the farm and generally far from it as possible western leader ment negotiations and parlimentary duties expect to end in april the five chief delegates arlstlde brland veteran of parliament and par ley heading the french gathered around the conference table in st james palace surveyed the work to be done and then plunged into the tasks of their individual delegations it is expected now the conference will rise with its work completed about the middle of april mr macdonald told the delegates today in firm and convincing njanner that their labors would produce a treaty of disarmament a definite agreement in words of accurate and legal value he pleaded for recogni tion of the complicated eature of the present negotiations george what do you say to a lit tle kiss maude ive never spo ken to one immense correspondence necessitated special handling pork loins 30c shoulder 2vi butts 27c hams 27c cured meats long clearbacon 50 between the various units of the em- to 70 lbs 24c 70 to 90 lbs 22c so i i should be promoted vigorously to 110 lbs 21c heavyweight rolls mr beatty declared in an interview 40c lightweight rolls 25c but 1 cannot see how empire free lard pure tierces 15ic tubs trade can possibly bo either feasible 16hc pails 17c prints 17vi to lsfcc shortening tierces 13c tubs 13c pails 14c grain quotations grain dealers on the toronto board of trade are makiur the following quotations for car lots man wheat no north 114 no 2 do 111 no 3 108 no 4 107 no 5 102 no 0 75vic feed 70c cif goderieh and bay ports man cats no 1 feed 54c no 2 io 53c am corn no 2 vcllow 9594c no 3 do 92 s2 no 4 do 90c millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 3325 hort per ton 3525 middlings 4025 out grain wheat 110 to 115 oats 45 to 4sc barley 62 to 55c rye 73c buckwheat 80c clover seed prices f- clean seed from a good seed cleaning mill the following range of prices fob shipping points in ontario is being offered to growers by dealers rol clover suitabb for canadian no 1 per bus 8 do no 2 7 alsike no 1 export 9798 per cent purity 575 no 2 export 95- 96 per cent purity 5 no 3 export 9294 per cent puriij 420 no 4 export 9091 pr cent puity 360 shake white mixtures 480 sweet clover can grade no 1 per but 2 do no 2 s150 hay and straw prices wholesale dealers in hay and straw- are quoting shipper the following prices for carload lots delivered on track toronto no 2 timothy s15 io 1550 no 3 timothv s13 to s1450 wheat straw 11 oat straw 11 livestock quotations heavy beef steers 955 to 1050 butcher steers choice 975 to 1025 do fair to good 925 to 950 do com 825 to 9 butcher heifers choice 975 to 1025 do fair to good 9 to 975 do eon 8 to 875 bulclcr cows good to choice 750 to 825 do med 65 to 7 canners cid cutters 4 to 525 butcher bulls good to choice 750 to 850 do med 7 to 725 do bolcgrv 650 to 676 baby beef 975 to 1360 feeders good 8 25 to 875 stockers good 825 to 850 dv fair 760 to 8 calves good choice 14 to 1460 do med m0 to 1275 do grassers 7 to izo springers 100 to 110 miltrrs 75 to 90 lambs choice ri 1251 do bucks 9 to 10 p choico 750 to 860 hogs bacon woc 1376 to 14 do selects 1 per hog premium do but chers 75c per hog discount do truck ed in 50c cwt under woc do fob price 125 cwt under woc britain 18 not behind hand when it oome to details for sm time in history a royal palace ha a postofflcfc hot u tbotm toene in postoffice located in 8t james palace london installed to tandl oorrttpendtnet of present naval conferecc u if omplt in yry way and is rllnated near armory and guard fwr heres to kaye don the pluck and modesty cf kaye don that intrepid britisher seeking to outdo his friend and compatriot major sir henry scgrave in forth coming speed trials at daytona beach fla are thoroughly characteristic and traditional before sailing from southampton he made it evident that in the silver bullet the 4000-horse- power car he will pilot on daytonas smooth sands british workmen have produced a wonderful vehicle theore tically capable of exceeding the as tonishing 231 miles per hour of the nonchalant segrave i know the car cando it i hope i will mr don replied to a toast to the continued preeminence of british workmen he has driven ordlnaryengined motor cars at terrific speeds frequ ently he has demonstrated possession of infinite ccurage and resource bal anced by a nice proportion of cau tion britishers the world over will hope no fortuitous circumstance will rob mr don of tho opportunity fcr a thorough test of his machine all out that he has docent weather and that the best of luck accompanies ma gallant adventure on a foreign shore montreal star or commendable remarked mr beatty the varlciis units of the empiro have too many problems and difficulties arising out of their parti cular situation or ircumstances in the first place they would not agree to it and in the second place these difficulties put a barrier in the way of practical operation of empire free trade canadas needs canadas requirements alone are a sufficient obstacle to successful con- suntmatiou of the plan we just sim ply have to have protection of some kind to preserve our markets against the competition of our southern neigh bors development of our resources and of industry in general must be encouraged and protected against en croachment by either the united states or more fortunately situated sections of the empire it is a different thing to promote wider and more substantial trade within the empire under normal con ditions each unit marketing er ab sorbing the products they can best offer or most need with a view to examining at first hand and in detail the resources and development of ontario mr beatty said the directors of the cpr will spend several weeks in a tour of the whole company in may numerous trips through tho west have been made annually by the directors but this year they will start in the mars- tlmes pass through quebe and end up with an exhaustive inspection of ontario new and old discussing the present general busi ness situation as it is affected by the stoppage of wheat marketing mr beatty remarked that business was in a lethargy not sinking and would come to life almost immediately after the wheat once started to move witch doctors murder woman skunks defy tear gas and stay in comfort beneath detroit home detroit one little skunk that has lumped members of the east detroit police department for several months m still living happily under the houso f mr and mrs a o gclgcr 166 ni- olai avenue east detroit and now has a friend saturday pollco received word from the gelger family lhat two skunks were making things intensely miser able and that something must bo done sergeant john hansen tossed four tear gas shells- through a hole in the kitchen floor but the skunks still re fuse to move and the family it con sidering migration it is feared that the population having increased to two may continue to rrow identification of clothing hi baggage of selfinvited guests leads farmer to find wifes body three killed as they barricade selves in home shanghai six chinese witch doc tors operating in the contry districts surrounding hankow are believed to have perpetrated a murder reminis cent of tho legendary practices of witchcraft in the middle ages six men representing themselves to be doctors and soothsayers had been traveling in tho farming district near hankow preying upon the credulity of the superstitious country folk they professed to be ablo to foretell future ills and to effect cures ono evening they reached the vil lage of shankou about twentyfive miles from hankow after nightfall they applied for lodging at the first farmhouse that belonged to a man named yen yen at first refused them shelter saying that his wife was away and that ho had no food to of- tor tho travellers however prod- uced from their luggago a chicken j and some vermicelli wrapped in a cloth the farmer thought the cloth in which tho food was wrapped looked familiar later when they unpacked j their haggago ho recognized some clothing as belonging to his wife who had departed in the afternoon for hor mothers home sho carried a livo j chicken and some vermicelli wrapped in a cloth after serving the meal yen left thai houso while his guests were eating j on tho way to the houso of his mother- inlaw ho camo upon some clothing his wife wore as sho left home oa searching in the bushes nearby he dlsvo covered her bodv frightfully mutilat cd yen retraced his steps and ruscd j as many of his friends as ho couldj muster armed with farming implcjy ments and knives they surrounded tho house tho guests barricaded tho door which was finally in three had been killed draining three managed to escape rrleaded broken1 the tc i if there arc ever to he tlir eri months in the year aa now agitated let them all he like january li30 with five paydays detroit nv wives dont tell their husbandt everything ay judge crawford after all there ar only twcntriouf hours tn each day punch s