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voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large london remembers canada editor describes horrors of a motor accident newspapers announced briefly that 4 motor car had run into a truck near sanaa and that some of the occupants had been injured mr a r kennedy editor of the stratford beaconherald was in the immediate vicinity when the accident took place and helped to rescue the victims from the ruined car they were a father mother and young boii all three were badly hurt and are now in the hospital the stratford editor feeis that not enough is said about such accidents and that it more was said about them there would be less reckless driving on the public highways so he proceeded to write an editor ial a column and a half long and a column and a halt wide on the ghastly details o tho affair how it was pitch dark on a stormy night when the crash occurred how the bleeding vic tims were taken from the motor how they were carried to a neighboring farm uow difficult it was to reach a doctor how the injured were finally carried to the wyoming hospital and how the farmers wife fainted after they had been removed the picturo drawn by mr kenned is a tragic one ho speaks of gaping wounds and bloodsoaked garments of the moan ing victims and of the pitifuluess of the whole scene ho thinks that it hie press would handle all motor aeci dents in the same way drivers would realize what u means to be in such ac cidents and that there would be an in crease in careful driving and a conse- juent decrease in motor casualties toronto ail nd empire ing down a noose and so the tragic story unrolls itself day after day the wires bringing in their talo of dead and wounded halifax chronicle use for old tires of the many varieties of scrap and waste materials for which there is a steady demaad in hong kong and south china one of tbj most import ant is wornout automobile tires in genious and thrifty chinese have ob served that a sandal just as comfort able as the locally made grass or straw sandal worn by the majority of natives and with sup rlor wearing and lasting qualities can be cut out of used automobile tires and a regular trade has developed in this com modity moreover the excellent wear ing qualitie- of this materia has re sulted in its adoption as soles for tho conventional slipper worn by chinese who can afford this type of footwear brandon tin the empire sound mone the poupnd is all right it is the soundest unit of currency in the world today behind it are the character and resources of the british people nothing can destroy its value but the foolish sayings of our public men and the irresponsible actions of isolated mobs can temporarily depress it london daily express charity governments cannot do everything in a crisis like this tho individual is lound to practice charity and the ipirit of sacrifice much more than he loes ordinarily those who are not unemployed and who have not been loo cruelly damaged by the crisis and rho still receive their salaries from ok to week or from month to month ihould give proof of their generosity sven if this generosity can only be made at the cost sacrifices le pro- tres de iu prosperity ar depression it would be a mistake to conclude lhat our normal state is one of pros perity dr thorp of the national bureau of economic research at washington prepared a table showing the condition of business since tho year 1sgs between years of pros perity and depression and those which have seen both these elements it works out this way depression 20 prosperity 21 divided 20 goo years lean years and those which lie in be tween seem to be rather evenly mixed there is nothing in that table to act as a guai antee that good times will last or to indicate that periods of depres sion i not pass stratford beacon- herald deomes a trail blazer hats off to the muchdenounced cigarette it has taken the leadership in a movement away from high taxa tion that may earn a niche in the hall of fame in a canada weary of tax burdens the handy little suoke is the qrst to come forward with relief who knuws but that tho popularity of the excise tax reduction of two dollars per thousand will make converts all along the line of commodities until taxes and excises will be but an unpleasant memory in a happy land toronto telegram canada industrialized our manufacturing enterprises have developed with giant strijes to the point when today this young country of ours despite its small population is one of the most intensely industrial ized countries in the whole world the future of our industries is inti mately related to tho question of a market for our products whether re ball find the latter in the creation of a more extended domestic market or by way of agreements within the em pire tlic great preocci pation of our canadian manufacturers will always be to find a market for their articles la presse montreal spending wisely economy can never be a fault but it must be sound economy and most people are well aware in their own conscience of the distinction and where to draw the line to cut off or dinary and normal expenditure on which the welfare of others depends without necessity in times like these after the requirements of prudence have been reasonably met is to do the state not service but disservice the vast and still growing deposits at the banks are a sign that the chancellors exhortation to spend wisely is well- timed london daily telegraph th farmers plight agriculture employs directly or in directly 1100000 persons so that it is the most important trade in the coun try its output of food is between 200000000 and 300000000 in value in an average year the govern ment might well give the banks such guarantees as would enable them to grant immediate credit to the farmer there need be no fear of subvention- ing inefllcients these have been weeded out long since only the best and shrewdest men remain after the years of depression through which ag riculture has passed but whatever is done must be done quickly if the trag edy of a million agricultural workers looking in vain for work in the coming winter is to be averted london daily mail the empires sunporch the rate of exchange and the in creased emphasis on empire travel is bound to stimulate empire resorts and it must bo remembered that these west indies are the only riviera that the empire possesses we are the na tural riviera for canada and great britain and we extend hearty wel comes to visitors from wherever they come trinidad guardian supply and demand if canada does not meet the demand for the goods on which she is offered preference if she does not keep up a continuous supply of these goods and see that what she ships is of satisfac tory quality the market will not re main with her preference or no prefer- once vancouver province 1 killed by mistake has any man any right to flro a phot without knowing what he is firing jit the tragedy which has haunted the woods this fall is almost unbe lievable in its magnitude and its care lessness a man is shot tho shooter jaklng him for a partridge a man is phot tho hunter mistaking him for a bar a woman is shot tho sports man thinking he was firing at a moose an ox is shot in mlstako for something else a man was shot as he went into tho woods to drive bis cattlo home a man movs tho bushes and a shot brings lilm to the ground the shooter firing v- tte moment in hope of brins- american kruegers 250000 penthouse we jumped at the chance tho other day to see the muchtalkedof pent house of the late ivar krueger at 791 park avenue we had a fine time and wished you were there because its a hard thing to describe its a nineroom affair not counting tho servants quar ters all tho walls were painted by artists not just workmen with brush es they are something tho lighting is indirect complicated and appalling bulbs hidden under the edges of the ceiling are controlled by a fantastic system of switches rheostato conceal ed in the closet regulate fio intensity any room can be bathed hi white red blue or amber light or any blending of these tho match king was a great one for twiddling with lights he could get daylight with white and am ber moonlight with white and blue ho could produce the tranquil light of stars and by pulling enough switches an effect something like tho burning ot rome glass areas in the centres of the ceilings could also be mado to glow like pools of flro or pools of blood he liked red at the head of his bed was a switch which ha turned when ho wanted to sleep all tho other lights went off and four soft red ones came on ono in each corner of the celling then the mastor slept in the midst of his thousands of switches outside in his remarkable housetop gardenthe breezo stirred in his peach tree his pear tree his cherry tree and his two tall weeping willows new yorker king george cables hope for recovery of ford detroit mich king gcorgo cabled from louden sunday night to henry ford expressing his hopes that the coyearold motor magnato might en joy a speedy recovery frcm tho emergency operation he underwent saturday for hernia king george is seen here placing his wreath on the cenotaph during the impressive remembrance day ceremonies at whitehall g b shaw will start on extensive world tour london hon bernard shaw tho playwright said last week that he would start on a world tour the mid dle of december shaw who will le accompanied by mrs shaw said he would spend christmas in the holy land if his plans went well what i want to do he said is to get into a ship and get down to some hard work there is nothing like getting aboard ship if one wants to combine rest with hard work the sunday times said flaw would sail on the empress of bri tain for egypt india ceylon singa pore and china and that he might make his first visit to the united states at san francisco tho play wright often has been importuned to visit america but he always refused there were reports here that shaw was going to fly over the great wall in china but he denied this he added however if any airman of fers me a lift i might fly over average value of pound sterling set at 379 ottawa the average alue of the pound sterling for special duty pur poses has been fixed between the period from dec 1 and dec 15 both dates inclusive at 379 according to a bulletin issued saturday by the minister of national revenue the special duty or currency dump consists of the difference be tween 379 and 440 which was the value at which canada pegged the pound sterling last year premier plans trip to england will sail at end of week for months holiday ottawa premier r b bennett plans to sail for england about the end of this week and will be away three or four weeks this will be the first real holiday for the prime miniser in over a year following the previous session of parliament he remained in ottawa throughout the summer because of the imperial economic conference and then plung ed into the preparation for the open ing of he present session which ad journed friday night although much of his holiday will be spent in britain and on the sea he will probably visit france before his return one o his ministers is already in europe hon c h cahan is heading tho canadian dele gation to the league of nations and is also negotiating with the french government for a new trade treaty with canada hon h h stevens minister of trade and commerce will leave for vancouver on wednesday mr stevens has been almost continuously in ottawa since before the imperial economic conference opened in which he took so important a part two are killed three hurt when train smashes car be noble and the nobleness that lies in other men sleeping but never dead will rse in majesty to meet thine own james russell lowell toronto librarian and university student die at crossing third critically injured car carried 200 yards toronto two young women were almost instantly killed a third was critically injured and two others less seriously hurt early sunday when their londonbound motor car was struck by a freight train at tho bloor street islington level crossing of the cana dian pacific railway with tragic sickening swiftness the weekend party of happy university graduates and students was shattered when the- car was bit broadside and carried about 200 yards along the rightofway killed marion black ba 2g years of age 137sa yonge street librarian deer park branch toronto janet wilkinson 20 stijent ot vic toria college resident of annesley hall daughter of j e b wilkinson tillsouburg injuret janet murray ma 2g of guysboro ns residing at 391 avenue road toronto librarian at runnymede branch critically injured consance cottee 2s of 13 light street woodstock nurse residing with miss black iu toronto marion clark 20 daughter of j g clark london road sarnia student at augusta fleming school of decorat ing toronto living at 5 wilcocks st toronto the accident occurred at 910 in the morning as the motor car owned and driven b miss cottee was proceeding along bloor street towards the junc tion of bloor and dundas streets the five girls had met early in the morn ing to fulfil their plans arranged the previous day to visit relatives in iu- gersoll and london unable to xplain late sunday night tho minds of miss cottee and miss clark the two girls who were able to be questioned were still blank as to how the accident had occurred a clear view of the wester ly section of the track vas obtainable from the direction in which they came the wigwag system at the cross ing was operating according to the train crow the only known eyewit nesses and visibility was clear iu the morning sunshine dr george wilson surgrou of st michaels hospital performed an operation upon miss murray following a blood transfusion at midnight she was reported to be showing consider able improvement from the critical head injuries which she had suffered wlifn the car was crushed upon her miss cottees condition had become more serious as a jsuu ot worry about the condition of her companions miss clark had improved following an operation upon her chest which had been crushed all throe young women were iu western hospital where- they were rushed in police aid private am bulances following the accident police experienced exceptional diffi culty iu establishing tho identity of the young women other than that of miss cottee whose ownership of the car was readily ascertained because however tho other young women did not reside with relatives and because they had not left any information as to their destinations anl companions on the trip police were baffled for hours none of them bore anything which se ed to aid iu the task of solv ing their identities i am going to def selecting a date for the inquest in the hope that eyewitnesses may be lotrted in the meantime stated coroner dr emer son bull sunday night we have found no one who saw the crash be yond the train crew it is possible that other motorists were on the high way and saw the crash ran to assist and then departed without disclosing their identity in such a case we hope they will notify us and aid consider ably in clearing up the mystery which shrouds the fact that thj girls drove upon the crossing with thj train ap proaching russias leader at parade stalin on way to red square for moscows fifteenth annivorsary of the founding of tho soviet regime on november 7 stalin recently became a widower watched a million soldiers sailors workers and peasauts march past officer and quarry shot after robbery police overtake fugitive on on railway line in dark north bay nov 27 brought to bay at the end of ten hours of per sistent trailing samuel ayoub 26- yearold kirkland lake drygoods mer chant battled it out in a gunfight with north bay police on the cpr tracks 16 miles east of here sunday night and was brought to town this morn ing not as the cool collected bandit who allegedly had walked out of the bank of montreal at noon with 5000 in cash but bleediig with three bul let wounds about his body ayoubs capture was effected only after he had closed with police con stable joseph belanger on the frosty track ties had shot him through the left arm and hip and had rolled with him in a bearlike embrace 25 feet to the bottom of the railway embank ment where as they broke loose from each other ayoub came under the fire of constable john pilgrims re volver from above and dropped like a poleaxed steer a search of the alleged bandits garments after he had been thorough ly manacled by pc pigrim revealed two other guns in addition to that with which he shot pc belanger and tho approximate 55000 with which he made his alleged getaway from the bank rushed to north bay in the car of constable campeau of the provincial police who had been cooperating in the allday search ayoub and belan ger were given medical attention and then removed to hospital at first no hopes for the formers recovery were entertained latter advices however are that he is markedly improved pc belangers injuries are slight and he was out today smiling over the affair ayoub has been charged with rob bery with violence but a further charge of attempted murder may be laid tho police intimate before his court appearance heavily armed guards watch over his cot in the civic geueiai hospital as well as being a threegun man the police say he uses three aliases samard essa and eraser prior 1 his brief fling at the kirkland lake dry- goods trade ho was in sudbury for a couple of years in the hosiery busi ness his alleged holdup of the bank of montreal branch at noon saturday constituted the first actually success ful bank robbery in the history of the city although in 1927 an attempted holdup was niprcd in the bud before it over got started yesterdays robbery occurred short ly after tho bank had closed at noon- tho bandit the police say using one of his aliases fraser had been in earlier in tho morning and told the ledgerkeeper claire mcgowan that ho wished to transfer his account from an outoftown bank saying that he would go to get his passbook he left when he returned the bank had been closed only about ten minutes mcgowan was going out to lunch and he let h in and then left when the bandit entered he asked to see the manager mr mcguire with the latters appearance the rob ber produced two revolvers and threatening to kill them herded all the employes into the vault he tned to lock the door but the drawbolts prevented him although he threat ened to shoot the staff if they wouldnt lock it from the inside they refosed to do it putting one revolver in his pcket he backed into the tellers cage ail the money that he found in this tap drawer he stuffed into his pockets he also took the tellers revolve next he ordered thesiaff out of the vault into the cage when they were inside he locked them in secur ing the keys from the teller by pro ducing a knife and brandiming it thj bandit had jarely left the bank when the alarm was put in to the police trarels light a minimum of baggage is car ried by amy johnson famous british woman flier she is shown here after her recordbreaking flight from london to capelown hard red wheat prizes to canada herman trelle leads drive at chicago 80 of 85 awards taken chicago led by herman trelle canada made a clean sweep of all but five places in the hard red spring wheat awards in the international hay and grain show here capturing 80 of the 85 awards and taking the firstg5 places before a state exhibit scored seven alberta exhibitors were in the first 10 of which trelle whose home is at wenbley alta was first and frelan wilford of stavely alta second while the judging in fat and breed cattle rested over sunday the cana dian entrants in the agricultural show made their usual blueribbon mopup though their average of firsts was not as high as in last years show to data joseph h b smith of wolf creek alberta was forced to take fifth place in the tworowed barley classes in the intercollegiate live slock judging contest the ontario agricul tural college took fourth place the university of illinois beating them out of third award by 19 points the on- tarioans had a point total of 4533 they took sccord in two of the four events however scoring 1156 points in the rank of teams horses and an other in the ranks of teams sheep with 1165 points they were placed eighth in cattle with 1067 points and the same award in hogs with a point total of 1146 the university of ohio took first with 1598 and kansas sec ond with 4580 decrease in births marriages and deaths according to a bulletin issued b the dominion bureau of statistics births registered in octber in 54 cities of canada numbered 6700 deaths 3541 and marriages 273g r compared with 7054 births 36us deaths and 2s5d marriacc in october of last year showing a ecrease of per cent in births 4 per cent iu deaths and 4 per cent in marriages births registered in the same citi during the ten months jaiiuaryoeto her of this year totall d 67911 deaths 377s1 and marriages 23547 a against 72477 births 37995 death and 25459 marriages during the cor responding period last year this comparison shows a decrease of 6vi per cent in births vi per 2nt in deaths and iv- per cent in marriages boy is poisoned by jimson seeds danville va one of the most un- usual cases of poisoning which oc curred in this section took placu when 4yearold bernard adkiris died from eating seeds of the jim- soil weed half a dozen doctors sought desperately to save the childs life but ho sank into a stupor and all forms of treatment were unsuc cessful the little boy apparently ato the seeds of about six pods ot the weed while gathering walnuts with his cyearold sister increased advertising now york a general forward trado and market movement by early j december is predicted by samuel p weston expert on newspaper opera- lions based on a percentage increase of classified adversfsing lineage used in 52 major cities last month he said tho increase of october lineage over september ot this year virtually doubled the uncage increase of the corresponding period of 192s 250000 visit house london it was officially announc ed last week that 5061 has been raised by the exhibition of princess elizabeths miniature house in lon don cardiff bristol and swansea and that tho whole of this amount with tho exception ot 525 which was given to bristol charities has been distributed among welsh hos pitals the house was visited by 250000 persons it now has a permanent site iu the rose garden ot the royal lodge at windsor great park sound device to lure mosquitoes to death washington f l knowles as sistant physicist of the public health service has devised a new sound machine which he hopes will lure mosquitoes to their death in swarms by setting the devlco to reproduce exactly the sounds mado by mos quitoes knowles believes it may bo possible to attract the insects in closely packed groups which can easily be destroyed a novel in 101 postcards paris a french novelist jean jacques chreliennot has just publish ed a complete novel composed of 101 postcards tho collection purports to be tho correspondence of two lovers who are separated and tells a complete lovo story in communications some ot which aro not more than a line or two the object of the author has been to concentrate into the briefest number ot words a complicated story full ot subtietles and some of tho brief mis sives require considerable study and comparison with the previous post cards before the full meaning become apparent the book is entitled a novel il 101 postcaids