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lon chaney man of thousand faces man of mighty mystery until death quick pickup hollywood calif lon chaney the man who brought tho art of illusion to motion plcturos died ou august 26 lust as his friends and relatives had begun to hope ho would recover from a long illness and go on to greator suc cess in tho talkies known as tho mystery man of holly wood a man who had scores of friends but few intimates chaney clung to his cloak of secrecy during tho flnal period of his life he was stricken seriously sovoral months ago shortly after he had com pleted his first talking picture the dnholy three and under i1i3 orders little information camo from his bed side at st vincents hospital where he died sisters at the hospital wore request ed by tho actor to give out no infor mation of his illness his physician is sued only brief bulletins at widely separated intervals and members of his family visited tho hospital in sil ence youth has thrilling race to save life heat- wave deaths mount in england transcontinental hiker has all europe enveloped by tor- adventure on bridge rid blast from burning winnipeg- a thrilling ice for his life with a railway train on a bridge more than 100 feet above a river is one of the many experiences of don ald maxwell detroit youth who is on a transcontinental walk from monc- ton nb to vanoouvr bc reaching winnipeg late last week maxwell who is 18 ears of age stat ed that he had the bridge at venture just outside jackfish near schriebcr ont he was half way across tho bridge when he heard a train there was no room on either side of the track to jump neant a leap into the swirling river so he trusted to his legs maxwell ran fs ho never ran before and when barely at tho end of the bridge he leaped to the em bankment go feet below just in time when he was in the air the train went crashing over the spot from which he had jumped unhurt by his 50foot jump max well celebrated his escape ly attend ing a dance at jackfish he left monctoi june 20 weighing pounds he now weighs 131 afr london europe was enveloped during the last few days by a wave of stifling heat from the burning plains of africa sending temperatures in many cities to their highest marks in seven years and causing at least 10 deaths in great britain the temperature in paris at noon aug 28 was officially announced as 100 degrees fahrenheit tho hottest late in august since 1870 but south ern france reported even higher re cordings with 122 at saint- etienne where several persons suffered sun strokes streets in paris were suffocating and currents of hot air from the south west carried easily distinguishable grains of dust showing their origins in morocco the french meteorological bureau offered little encouragement to the per spiring people and predicted it would be even hotter over tho weekend the temperature here rose to 935 degrees fahrenheit at 4 pm or one and onehalf degrees more than yes terdays maximum the day was the hottest recorded for seven years and the hottest in august for 19 years hundreds of london clerks left their black suits at home this morning and went to work in shorts and open- necked shirts after throning swim ming pools urchins with or without bathing suits raided londons foun tains until police routed them j many residents of english ctfc3 ontariomade motion pictures a series unalie to s an went to tho the province is coagt for m00nliht bathinff it was considered noteworthy that 115 ontario pictures to go round world film series to be shown in canada already in us and europe for the fust time in the history ot paris winter styles sound satan favoured death knell of short skirts britain in past surrey a dovilish county devils brides and kit chen in wales his satanic majesty nust have bven very fond of britain at jne time for he has left many traces of his visits ah over the british isles you fid places named after him surrey for some unknovn reason has been specially favored first and foremost comes the well known de vils punch bowl at haslemcre this is a large depression in the north downs whose real name is highebmb bottom another cauldron of the same name is to be found in pem brokeshire it is a circular hollow 130 i feet deep and is connected with tho produce quotations sea by a natural arch toronto wholesale dealers are buy- the conical hill near thurslcy aro in s produce at the following prices i named the devil jumps these were j eggs ungraded cases returned formed so legend ays by his satanic j fresh extras 29c fresh firsts 27el jilajcsty jumping from hill to hill seconds 22c unfortunately thor he god of war butter no 1 ontario creamery clamis scotland tho kings only so 29 to 30c no 2 28 to 29c daughterinlaw the duchess or york churning cream special 30c no in glamis castlo gave birth toadaugh- 1 29c no 2 20c ter her second child on august 21st cheese no 1 large colored paraf- parls legs hato definitely van ished from the stylo picture paris continuing to display its win ter dre33 ideas to foreign buyers at tho rate of 1000 models a day per mits legs to show with sport and un pretentious street costumes but tha rest of tho time its ankles and noth ing higher dressmakers are frankly bored when anxious buyers and style writers ask them for definite- figures about skirt lengths sports and street dresses remain short and practical ono dressmaker explained i the sania dressmaker rodo to her present fanio on the sports wavo ot tho postwar period her specialty is simple clothes for active women like all others she showod a collec tion in which sports cloth3 were subv ordinated to anklo length afternoon costumes and evening dresses which just skimmed tho floor or actually trailed dressing up is going to bo the favorite winter sport ot women who comply with tho wishes of dross- makers daughter is born to duchess of york second princess born direct succession to throne of britain the markets tho baby is another heir-presupm- fined and government graded 15c plane piloted by roger v kahn picking up mail sack at recent demon stration ot tlio cabot aerial pickup device at mitchell field ny this apparatus allows ot mail pickup by plane in full flight glamisscene of big celebration crovd dances by light of beacon scotland makes merry head forester hands torches to children who touch of pile allnight festivities glamis scotland tha great beacon of fir branches high on hunters hill tive to the english throne iu tho lino of succession she stands fourth fol lowing her undo the prince of wales her father and hor fouryearold sis- tor princess elizabeth tho royal mother and tho little prin cess were making highly satisfactory progress according to an official bul letin from the gray old castle news of the birth was immediately flashed by telegraph to king georgo and queen mary who were staying at their norfolk estate of sandringham their majesties quickly sent back quotations to poultry shippers are as follows poultry alive fatted hens over 5 lbs each 21c do over to 5 lbs each 18c do over 3vi to 4 lb lgc do under 3 lbs 14c spring broil ers oer 4 lbs each 25c do 314 to 4 lbs 22c 3 to 314 lbs 17c over 2 to 2 lbs 15c i to 2 lbs 13c old roosters over 5 lbs 10c do over 4 to 5 lbs 8c ducklings ovr 5 lbs 18c do colored 16c dressed poultry if in good condition will be paid 3 to 4 cents above alive prices provision prices noticed his littte game and threw a stone at him the missile knocked the devil over and remained embedded in the ground in the position in which it is today on one f the jumps routed by prayer on the othe de of lh- county there are two devils dens at cater- ham and lingfield and at godsfona there is a devils pool round this district too the puffball fungus is more usually called the devils snuff box in wales there is a hamlet called devils bridge it is some dozen miles from aberystwyth and it gjt its namo from a double bridge which spans tho mynach at this place exactly why this bridge part of which was built of films produced in soon to be given worldwide distribu tion twentysix scenic pictures of ontario synchronized to sound will be shown throughout the dominion as a result of the decision of the regal film corporation to distribute the films in canada the series is al ready being shown in the united states and europe g m brownridge who was iu charge of the filming ot the pictures stated recently that henry nathan- son managing director of regal films was impressed with the quality of the i pictures at a private screening tho qjorlkrs f fasa result was the signing of contracts pccuhodl jtvace to have the films distributed to ex hibitors in canada for the french market the captions in the pictures have been translated twelve of the scries have been syn chronized and the remainder are in the course of being edited and sot to sound the ofllcial weather forecast for the first time in several years contained the word hot usually very warm is considered sufficient plymouth eng dense fog delayed shipping on the channel as the brit ish isles and parts of the continent suffered under a severe heat wave the indian mail steamship kaiser-i- hind arrived reporting that the fog extended more than 1000 miles english aviators stirt world air trip london two exofficers of the royal air force left imdon on aug 25th in an attempt to travel around the world in an eighthorsepower sports motor car in five months they are captain max hay and w e woolveridge they propose to travel from calais by the way of frankfurt vienna constantinople aleppo da mascus and thence under the pro tection of french convoy to bagdad and on to basra teheran and cal cutta through india and china by ship across the pacific to san fran cisco the southerly route will take them through ios angeles to salt lake city and thence to new york where they will take a boat home to england tins of bully beef and hardtack are carried and in case of emergency each has a revolver they hope to return here after covering 25000 miles by jan 25 the literary digest wants to know who put tho heat in wheat but what is more to tho point is who took tho oat out of it depends on turns gar wood discusses deciding factor in detroit river contest detroit gar wood defender of the harmaworth trophy believes that ability to make tho turns while trav elling 90 miles an hour may ba the deciding factor in this years race distance ot the race is 30 miles over a fivemile course between belle isle and the michigan mainland four of the five boats entered aro capable of doing 90 mile3 an hour and wood believes that matters should be about oven on the stretches it usually is necessary to slow down to 80 miles an hour for tha turns at either end ot the two and onehalf mile straighta way miss marlon barbara carstalrs english challenger for woods title as speedboat champion ot tho world con vinced tho most skoptlcal recently that wood will have no walkaway as ha3 been tho case on every occasion slnco he won the harmsworth trophy in 1920 miss carstalrs took tho wheel ot tho estelle iv which failed to fin ish last year and gavo a smooth per formance on a run over the champion ship course no ofllcial time was taken but tho boat behaved well at high speed this with tho impressvo demonstration of tho estello v in its trial run tuesday when bert hawker was at the wheel gavo the english team considerable prestige lighted shortly after dark spread a flickering light across tho dark scot tish moorland as the countrysido cele brated tha birth of an infant princess to tho duke and duchess of york remarkable scenes occurred at the village ot glamis as automobiles charabancs and all manner of vehicles conveyed thousands to the celebration they came from throughout scotland and extra polico were mobilized to deal with tho congestion tho head forester on the estate of tho earl of strathmore father of the duchess conducted the ceremony of lighting the beacon ho handed torches to tho three youngest children available and they touched the great pile ot branches a huge llamo shot into the dark skies as tho fire spread sparks rose 200 feet and spread like fireworks as they fell over tho throng some were slightly burned tho heat was ter rible beer from tho many barrels how ever cooled countless throats as ale mugs clinked in toasts to tho duchess and hor second daughter the people became merry and danced beneath the tlickering light as the scottish bag pipe players blew the shrill favorite airs of the highlands they joined hands ttd danced in great circles while tho duke ot york and the earl and countess of strath more parents of the duchess stood above on tho grounds at glamis castle and watched tho rollicking scene when the beacous light faded and tho embers died the crowd returned to tho village taverns and danced all night long toronto wholesale dealers are quot- messages ot congratulation to tho i tho following prices to the trade by the monks of straa florida abbey duke and the duchess smoked meats hams med 28 to in tho eleventh century was named the baby is the fourth grandchild of j 3gc cooked loins 48 to 52c smoked after satan is not certain and close tho king and queen the others are rolls 28c breakfast bacon 2g to 40c to y glyder fawr one of wales high- princess elizabeth and the two sons ot bac peamealed 34c do smoked 41 1 cst peks is twi du the devils kit- i 1 1 00 1 11 i chen a gigantic hollow which has ab- pork loins 28c shoulders 2014c r h b i butts 2gc hams 25 to 2gc solutai ver su a 1s a real cured meats long clear bacon 50 test for professional climbers to 70 lbs 24c 70 to 90 lb 22c 901 though the mounds in hertford- to 110 lbs 21c heavyweight rolls shire which are known as six hills are not actually cailed after the evil one they are said to be his handi work the tale is told that satan princess mary countess of harewood already there is talk of a name for tho new princess loyal scotsmen are suggesting margaret tho old scot tish royal name as the princess is the first royalty born in scotland in 40c lightweight rolls 25c 300 years they feel they can press lard pure ierces mc tubs their desire loc pails lscjjinnts 1g to lgc snortemng tierces 12 tubs forest products research forest products research laborator ies exist in lengland united states canada australia new zealand and india methods of procedure for somo of the main projects aro stall- dardized allowing dire6t comparison of results this is important as tim bers in far away countries may be compared in strength and other impor tant factors with canadian woods the forest products laboratories of canada department of tho interior ottawa with branches at vancouver and montreal are engaged on a large number ot problems in forest prod ucts research canadian fruit inspection cne attendance boosted by swim toronto attendance at the exhibi tion on august 27th was 31000 greater than tho same day last year the same day last year was not a swim day tho record to dato is as follows 1029 1930 friday 30000 71000 saturday 110000 35000 monday 90000 88000 tuesday 205000 19g000 wednesday 133000 1g7000 total 013000 g07000 increaso on day 31000 birth officially attested john r clynes home secretary of the labor government officially at tested the royal birth he and ii r boyd ceremonial secretary to the homo office were both at the castle to attest the birth dr david miles who with sir henry simson noted london obstetriciau as sisted at the birth has attended the duchess since her childhood ho is the family doctor of her parents the earl and countess ot strathmore as soon as the king and queen had been notified a telegram was sent to the home office in london by telephone telegraph and cable the tidings were flashed to the empiro 3525 death rate falls london according to vital statia- the shipping point inspection servj tics issued recently the number of ico of the fruit branch of tho de- births in england aud wales during partmont ot agriculture last year tho second quarter ot the current year handled 257g0 cars of fruits and vege- was 170212 or an increase of goo over tables an increase of 23 000 cars in tho corresponding period of 1929 on tha past flvo ears and 9300 cars the other hand deaths decreased more than were inspected in tho 1928- they wero 111357 or 7408 fewer than 29 season hundreds of thousands of jin tho same quarter last year births recorded tho second threo months of this yoar sot an annual rato of 152 per 1000 tho death rato was only 113 tons of perlshablo fruits and vege- tables now pass from producer to con sumer through this new system of established quality marketing and tho mortality ot infants under 1 year ot government certlrtcato ot inspection age 57 per 1000 births is tho lowost has placed trading on a basis of coni record for tho secom qu of lldence i the yoar daredevils new british bedroom sleeping cars attract travelers to scotland london something closely ap proximating tho height ot luxury in railroad travel is to bo seen in tho nowost type of do luxo sloeplng cars which have just been put into uso on tho highland man express on tho london north eastern railway be tween hero and inverness scotland approximately enough theso cars which havo separato bedrooms with fullsizo walnut spring beds instead of berths appeared just in tlmo for tho fashionable rush north for tho twelfth grouso shooting this season it i iu the color scheme howovcr that originality ii principally seen the cars were designed by ii ii grcs- ley chief in 1 an leal engineer of the lvkr and are she result of prize offered by tho railway company in connection with tho industrial designs competition of the royal socloty of art3 each sleeping car has ten rooms ar ranged in pairs which can bo convert ed into flvo double rooms by means of communicating doors tho rooms arc decorated in stippled blue paint and shaded from a deep bluo at tho bottom to white in tho centra ot the colling a now system of ventilation has been introduced by which a current of hot or cold cleansed air is sent into each room and by means of an adjustable nozzle placed over the bed tho direc tion volume and temperature of the air are under the control of the pas- eager and the world at large everywhere loyal subjects ot tho crown breathed with relief after an anxious three weeks ot waiting during which the baby was expected daily the night following tho birth tho great beacon of logs piled by the coun try folk on hunters hill two miles from glamis castle was lit to cele brate the event in the village of glamis nestling near the castle men and women shout ed to each other a daughter mingled with the rejoicing wero ex pressions ot disappointment that tha baby had not been a boy a young prince in the direct line ot succession king and queen visit glamis london the king aud queen mary grandparents for the fourth time left sandringham thoir norfolk estate on friday august 22nd for scotland on saturday thoy visited their new granddaughter born to tho duchoss of york at glamis castle 13c pails 13 vic special pastry shortening tierces 15c tubs 15mc pails lgc grain quotations grain dealers n the toronto board of trade are making the following quotations for car lots manitoba wheat no north l4c no 2 do 89mc no 3 do 8gc no 4 feed s3v4c no 5 78mc no g g4mc feed 53c cif coder- ich and bay ports man oats no 1 feed soic no 2 do 34 ic argentine corn 83c cif port col- borne millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 2925 shorts per ton 3025 middlings air treaty signed by canada and us farreaching agreement aids development of aerial traffic washington tho united states has ontered into a reciprocal air navi gation agreement negotiated under the provisions of the air commerco act ot 192g with canada tho arrangement enables civil air craft of ono country to enter the ter ritory of tho othor and provides for tho intergrauting of pilots licenses to nationals of each country each coun try can accept certificates ot air worthiness for aircraft entering in tho form ot merchandise tho agrcoment is said to bo ono ot tho most farreaching stops yet takon in too interest of air navigation by tho two nations ontario grain wheat 77 to 79c baric 40 to 44c oats 30 to 31c buck wheat nominal hay and 3lraw prices wholesale dealers in hay and straw aro quoting shippers the following j prices for carload lots delivered on i track toronto no 2 timothy 14 no 3 do 12 to 13 wheat straw 10 oat straw 10 livestock prices heavy beef steers 550 to 7 but cher steers choice 7 to 750 do fair to good 550 to g50 do com 3 to 5 butcher heifers troice 7 to 750 do fair to good g50 to 7 do com 550 to g25 butcher cows good to choice 550 to g do med 350 to 450 cann a and cutters 150 to 250 butcher bulls good to choice 125 to 5 do bologna s3 jo 350 baby beef 9 1150 feeders good 025 to g50 stockcrs 525 to g calves good to choice 10 to 11 do med 8 to 950 do com g to g50 do grassers 5 to 552 milk ers 50 to 95 springers 50 to 100 iambs choice 875 buck iambs g50 to 7 sheep 3 to 4 hogs bacon woc 1150 do selects 1 per hog premium do butchers 75c per hog discount do trucked in 25c cwt under woc stole a shovel and startel carrying earth from a nearby town to this site where he threw it down hd worked hard and was just beginning to form the last of the seven hillocks he had decided to make when he heard the voice of someone in prayer and immediately hurried away leav ing the six hills as a monument to his untiring industry there is a superstition too that there is a bottomless well in this coun ty which satan used to rid himself of an adversary favorite holiday haunts the devils beef tub a deep hollow in dumfriesshire is a favorite haunt of tourists for not only are there p any interesting legends attached to it but sir walter scott made it the setting for one of the dramatic inci dents in redgaintlet just acro3s the border in northumberland is the devils causeway which is port of ono of the roman roads which abound in this district gloucestershire has its devils chim ney a famous landmark overlooking cheltenham this is a huge jagged tower of stone which juts out from the she of a hill and has stood tho buffeting of wind and rain for count less years in sussex the devils dyke is a happy huntingground of holiday- makers and this same name is given to places in norfolk hampshire and wigtovynshire while a deyjjs ditch ctsises the famous racecourse at new market highspeed cars pictured in midair as ve daredevil drivers owds during an exhibition on tho steel pier la atlantic city zeppelin may fly to pole next year i borlln revival of plans for a flight to tho north polo ta tho graf zoppolln was reported recently by tho j frankfurter zeitung which said dr j hugo eckonor would soon open ne- gotlatlons with tho aoroarotio so- i clanty concerning an aortal expedition tj in 1931 the eoclotys plans for an arctic flight la tho dirigible wore cancelled last year because ot failure to arrango insurance british columbia telephone leader has 2094 instruments per hundred of popu- lation tho annual report ot francis dag ger supervisor of telephones under tho ontario railway and municipal board recently rovealed that whllo tho number of phones in use in this provinco increased 1 ii 592071 in 1928 to g20393 in 1929 british colum bia is still leading tho way iu hollo station dovolopmont at tho end ot 1929 british colum bia with an estimated population ot g9j200 had 121175 phonos in servlco or in other words 2091 phones por 100 population ontarios estimated popu lation was 3293500 1ss i phonos to ovory 100 people according to mr daggers report the jpumbor 2t iolephgm sysonjs yltlj- in tho jurisdiction of ontario of which tho railway board has rocord is g10 operating approximately 11g00o tele phones and roprosenting an invest- mont ot approximately fo105600 air progress in canada civil aviation in canada has be come an important factor in the many phases ot tho business and community life of tho dominion it is just ton years since civil aviation began in the dominion when after experi ments carried out by the federal government in forest firo protection a commercial aviation company ob tained a contract from tho quebec provincial covernineiil to patrol a largo arearot forest land in the st maurico valley for firo detection dur ing tho summer of 1919 since this beginning progress has been steady and new developments in aircraft and methods ot operation havo aided greatly in tho general advancement of this branch of hying mummy iso got stomachache said sixyearold nellie thats bocauso your stomach is empty youve been without your lunch youd feel better if you had something in it that afternoon the minister called and in conversation complained of a sovere headache thats bo causo its empty said nellie youd feel bettor it you had something in it titbits fjsl aro there aro aboul fifty foundling children who are doscrlbod as bablos and novor claimed or identified in london ovory yoar sho was young and pretty and her confusion when sho had no small ctiahgo to pav her fare was quito charming you couldnt change mo a pound note she asked the conduc tor couldnt but donj satd you call pa me the two- ponca another time but you lay novor sco mo again she sad well what odds ho replied intending o bo gallant i shant break my heart if i dont titblls