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t whh voice of the press canada the empire and the worfd at large 9 9 canada city vandals anitraged summer cottager draws tttention to the indecent liberties which many city motorists take with ther peoplos property in the country too raany urban dwellers devoid ot jood manners and common sense de- rote the sabbath to excursions into hie surrounding countryside and to de- rastatlng raids upon the woods and lelds and lake shores where they picnic and carry on thoir frolics in the in- itauce complained of a group of men women and children tore up shrubs and flowers broke the branches of trees and no doubt littered the neigh borhood with empty cans waste paper and other refuse such vandals are beyond the law and surely aiso beyond she pale toronto mail and empire the empire australia and the ottawa agreements up to the present the ottawa agree ment has brought australia no disad vantage the building of new fac tories and the general improvement in manufacturing production are amongst the best signs of returning prosperity industrial stocks on the share market are stronger and more buoyant than they have been since adversity swept over us melbourne herald comes in first burning 10000000 a year figures compiled by the forest ser- tice of the department of tho interior show that the annual forestflre loss in canada for the ten year period 1922- 31 was 10000000 it is something that appals canadas forests are among tho richest of her heritages and tho fact that we the trustees of that heritage should be sending it up in smoke at the rate of 10000000 a year is a blot upon our capacity as a people the melancholy aspect of it all is that most of this fireloss is the result of indifference of a carelessness that will not heed warnings or educa tional propaganda ott wa journal the difference women according to a trade survey buy twice as many shoes as men but you see a man can wear a pair of blue socks without finding it necessary to wear blue shoes border cities star an explorer honored a distinguished canadian mr jb tyrrell received honor at kingston in the award of the flavelle medal at the bauds ot the royal society of canada the flavelle medal is given annually to the canadian whose achievements the society considers have been the most important and significant one of the previous awards was to mr c k saunders the discoverer of marquis wheat which revolutionized the date of harvest nd the volume ot the western crop mr tyrrell has won high tributes the american geological society and from the geological society of london the university of toronto his early academic career was interrupted by an illness which compelled him to live in the open ai aud which changed the course of his life from 1ss1 he spent seventeen years in exploration work in alberta manitoba and tho northwest territories his work taking him into the yukon at the time of the famous gold rush since his return to toronto in 190g lie lias spent many years as a consult ing engineer in which capacity he was a forcemul advocate of the investment of britisii capital in the snatural re sources of canada as president ot the kirkland lake gold mine3 he is an im portant executive in the development of the northland but in scientific and literary circles he is revered for his studies and elucidation of the early explorations in canada by david thompson samuel ilearne and other pathfinders whose services to canada bro all too little known toronto globe lord willingdon and india no one can doubt that the present viceroy is a real friend to true indian nationalism it is not that he regards it as a movement to which concessions must be made because it is there and is growing but which is regrettable iu itself on the contrary like many other englishmen he evidently re gards it as a flue thing ii itself which britain can be proud that she has had a share iu producing it is the weak ness not the strength of indian na tionalism which such englishmen de plore to love a common motherland to wish it to be groat and prosperous upited internally at peace with other countries admired and respected abroad and administering its own af fairs these are surely true thoughts for every indian and these are thoughts which selfrespecting eng lishmen would wish to see grow in the youth of a country for which history has given them such a strange re sponsibility given a recognition of that spirit on both sides even the poorest constitution would work cal cutta statesman ujs moves to cancel gold clause toronto girl parachute jumper plunges to death at welland latest autogiro has perfect control resolution provides for ac ceptance of currency on war debts 70000 000000 us bonds affected elsie storrow dies as crowd watches stunt body imbedded new type tested in lordon in earth after terrible drop falls 1 500 feet j hovers in air for re ceiving messages welland elsie storrow 25-year- old toronto parachute jumper bailed out at a plane about 1500 feet above the new crowland airport late sat urday afternoon while hundreds of washington the united states ad- 1 ministration moved friday to elevate j s looked on thrilled at the silver aud paper money to the same ss nerve legal standing as gold a few seconds later she lay buried a bill sent to congress by the j the soft ground her neck broken treasury was started on its way toj it was the sudden tragic death- of ward passage iu both house ot repre- seutatives and senate it is designed an adventurous girl who had thrilled to authorize the use ot legal tender thousands of people all over the pro- money in the fulfilment of all existing vince with her daring jumps from the and future contracts private and in- clouds teriiational she wm a fu of confldene2 1 he measure brought an immediate- excitemcnt a crowd saw assertion from senator carter glass from the ship a thrill of very mild breeze and visibility was good london antics indulged iu by a when her body struck the ground j new type of autogiro at a demonstra scores of people ran to the scene and j tlon at hauworth airdrome near here included hovering 1 1 the air to col lect parcels on a piece of string from 1 torontos flying finn defeats field at albany ny dave komo- nen snapped as he won the united states aau 25kilomctre run a surprise an east williams farmer called us up the other day and asked us it we were not surprised to hear that ono of his black minorca pullets had just laid an egg measuring svi inches from tip to tip and ci inches with chest ex panded we certainly are we were under the impression that the black minorcas were a group ot islands ailsa craig banner british settlers for canada if the britisii people are to find a way in this new time they must seek a much closer relationship with the continent of north america such a relationship to canada as we here sug gest will add the strongest physical bonds to those already formed by a common language aud a peculiar cul ture the distance across the atlantic becomes ever less important i be lieve it possible and necessary to ce ment this union by the strongest sort of economic union behind britain is the european jeontinent before her is north america with her working class and her intellectuals constantly merging with those ot north america the future relationship would seem to be very natural discussions of this tendency need not long befog the un derstanding north america is not going to overwhelm britain as a whale swallows a small fish yet britain and north america are likely to evolve a new sort of international relationship the strongest bond of that connection will be the british settlement ot can ada dr frank bohn in the national review london wheat prospects reported bright democrat from virginia that it would bo held unconstitutional if there is any integrity left iu the courts with regard to the sanctity of contracts it was described by mr roosevelt a3 simply designed to legalize an al ready existing fact since the united states went off the gold standard in effect by tho imposition ot the recent gold embargo and the issuance ot the terror gripped the throng as it saw her drop drop drop with no sign of a parachute falls like stone about 80 feet from the ground with the girl falling like a stone the chute opened it as too late she fell into the thick brush about 500 feet from the presidential order calling iu gold held i landing field her fall was such that by private citizens her head and shoulders were buried the proposal would permit the in the soft turf had she not died of government as well as private debtors other injuries she would have suffo- to meet their obligations with legal catcd before help could reach her tender money instead ot gold despite outspoken opposition from some members of both major political parties plans were made for its speedy consideration five major effects united states government bonds need not be redeemed in gold but can nothing to mar the opening of the possessing a love of excitement miss storrow was well known for her preference for the delayed jump or delayed opening of the chute she keeping them back provincial con stables harold finger and harry peel had to beat a trail through the bush to make way for those carrying the body the girl was rushed to the hospital but was dead on arrival last on program miss storrows stunt was the last on the program which originally opened and dedicated the new crow- land airport the opening was post poned from wednesday due to rain and miss storrow was to have made her leap then she motored from to ronto yesterday having asked airport officials permission to perform she was to be paid for her work george bennett successfully com pleted a leap an hour before miss storrows death it was learned sunday that the parachute was packed on may 3 by j d cameron of camp borden an offi cial who performs such duties for the royal canadian air force a tag showing this notation also said the chute had been packed five times in all four at camp borden and once at toronto the card stated the device had been inspected and tested by drop ping it with weights and that it func tioned perfectly it was delivered to miss storrow by aircraftsman george was warned on saturday by her pilot godson of camp borden and was fit- and airport officials not to attempt anything of this kind they wanted irilia no more jails no moiv jails aro to he built in aus- tliey are to have prison honor camps instead where convicts who have been graded according to intelli- fiice will be given useful work and dniplefood this is a far cry from the pld convict settlement at botany bay find is heartening evidence of tho pro gress being made in tho work of re claiming for human society those who pave offended against the law char- lottetown guardian foolish flying australia has the right attitude to- wards foolhardy and vainglorious fly ers they became such a nuisance getting lost in the australian desert 1 mil having to be rescued at great trou- o and expense that flying over tho fitorior ot tho island continent with- ml permission has been prohibited before issuing such permission tho authorities must havo a guarantee that tho plane is in good condition and costof any rescue will ho borno by thflyeflsnlhemselves london free the united states roosevelts year each new occupant of the white house knows very well that he is never likely to be so strong politically as during the first twelve months of his term ot office the nation is ex pectant there is a universal feeling that wishes him well he has enough political favours to grant and appoint ments to distribute to keep his follow ers compliant and to make it worth while for congressmen to stand well with the white house and above all the hope never dies down in the eter nally resilient amarican breast that a new president means a new era and better times in mr roosevelt3 case all these favouring factors are magni fied and multiplied first by the fact that both houses ot cougres3 aro ini- pregnably held by his own party secondly by tho everwidening range and severity of the crisis that has brought him to power and thirdly by the impression already made upon the public mind by his personality and his acts alfred bossom in the national review london hon h h stevens declares at ottawa farmers are encouraged ottawa market prospects for can- adaian wheat are the best in four years declared honh h stevens minister of trade and commerce here last week there is said mr stevens a feel ing of optimism and encouragement among the farmers today that has not been evident since 1929 this is due to recent rises in the price of wheat and the present years crop prospects mr stevens declared that it is his opinion that the encouraging upward trend in wheat prices will continue this will be due he said to crop con ditions both in american and through out the world a strong contributing factor is the short winter crop which is definitely 40 per cent below nor mal the government said mr ste vens is of the opinion that the wheat market is definitely on the up grade and that this tendency will continue its effect on a return to prosperity goes without saying be paid in any legal money private debts such as mortgages can be paid in any legal money re gardless of whether the original con tract stipulated gold the war debts owed by foreign coun tries can be paid in any legal money gold not being necessary it will be unlawful to stipulate gold in contracts made hereafter as the medium of payment all coins and currency legally issued will become legal tender for payment of public or private debts new welland county aero club field but the desire to thrill the crowd as well as herself seemed to rule it is thought she disregarded the warn ings she did however made a per fect leap and her hand was said to be on the rip cord as she bailed her pilot william resseguier and copilot dorothy mcleod both of toronto testified to this also conditions were ideal for the jump there was but a ground observers senor de la cierva the spanish inventor put the machine through its paces crying one passen ger a normal runner can exceed tin windmill planes slowest speed roan of laughter greet- i a grasshopper stunt when the machine traveled across the airdrome gently touching the ground at intervals another trick was to take off front betweeu two tapes stretched six feet above the ground and 50 yards apart and alight again between them the takeoff for a flight was madi with a run of less than 10 yards ani tho machine landed as softly as a piece of fluff with no forward run at all type c30 a3 this model is called does away with ailerons elevators aud rudcrer control being effected by tilt ing the horizontal revolving blades ol the rotor the only other stabilizing surfaces are a fiixed vertical fin at thi tail and a fixed tail plane with up turned ends the only function of the rudder bar is to steer the tail wheel when on the ground on the pillar on which the revolving blades operate is a lever with which the pilot tilts the rotors pulled back ward or forward the nose of the plane rises or falls pulled or left the plan turns accordingly unlike the ordiu- ted on the girl for yesterdays hop by george bennett cm ii i u i ar airplane control and flying speed miss storrow was a wellbuilt girl about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh- ing about 140 pounds she was said paper clippings regarding her past performances and a two dollar bill were all that was discovered on her on sunday morning coroner dr duncan allison opened an inquest at the sutherland undertaking parlors v the inquest was adjourned until june first i ail m 105 years 9th aro independent so that the autogiro is as easy to control when flying deaj slow as at its top speed of 100 miles at hour it is understood that the british aii ministry has decided to order a larg autogiro to carry tour or five passen gers of this newest type branch banks ther must be branch banking on a wide scale as in england and canada there must be a single national bank ing system rigorously supervised only after such a reformation has been accomplished can there be seri ous discussion of a guarantee of de posits and then it would bo unneces sary for failures would bo negligible new york heraldtribune lighter light bills the cost of illuminating a ballroom in philadelphia with candles for the celebration of washingtons birthday in 1817 was 150 while now tho same amount ot light would cost 60 cents roosevelt desk lunch scored as endangering his health london britons have never ap proved of the quicklunch habit of the united states the daily express hearing that president roosevelt lunches almost daily in his ofllce devotes an edi torial thereto auy president it says is a busy man and this ones time is precious it is a good deal too valuable for him to risk physical indigestion and mental exhaustion for the sake of saving a few paltry min utes at midday lloyd george in the world war shouldered a job liko president roosevelt has now ho worked full steam but he was wise enough to eat regularly and go to bed prompt ly ho has survived to utter fun eral valedictions over most ot his contemporaries suspect murder in napanee death sixtytwo guelph students receive bsa degrees foul play now suspected in william baker case pipe is examined guelph out sixtytwo students of ontario agricultural college last week received their bsa degree in a cere mony in memorial hall attended by prominent educationists government officials aud relatives dr h j cody president ot the uni versity ot toronto was tho chief speaker and emphasized the import ance ot the work the graduates were about to undertake addresses were also given by hon robert weir do minion minister of agriculture whode- livered the convocation address hon t l kennedy minister ot agriculture for ontario sir william mulock chief justice of ontario and dr g i christie president ot the college defies death every day and says she likes it now york eris daniels champion norwegian parachute jumper defies death most every day and she likes it because tho work keeps you out doors you know youth loses foot hand under freight train sudbury christie lund 19 ottawa lost one foot and a hand when he fell under a freight train in the romford yards ot the canadian pacific railway early friday with his brother karl 18 he came from toronto three days ago and both attempted to board the freight christie lost his hold on the ladder and slipped under the wheels test cattle shipment by hudson 3y route medicine hat alto ranchers and cattle breeders ot alberta and sas katchewan voted at the annual meet ing of the western stock growers association here to make a test ship ment of export cattle via the hudson bay route canadas newest outlet to markets ot tho world leaves teaching post after fiftyeight years napanee out fiftyeight years ot teaching will como to a closo when in tho two years sinco she first miss jessio e muir resigns from her bailed out of a plane sho took tho duties in napanee public school at tho job to support her widow mothor oho 1 end of the present term in june for has hurled through the air hundreds ot times from as high upas gg00 feet onco near west columbia tex sho toll into a field gull of angry bulls and tho pilot had to zoom down a dozen times to drlvo the animals away until miss daniels unconscious could be rescued now the 100pound fivefoot jumper is trading parachute exhibitions for electricity seems to have considerably if paraclul lightened the light wilfchlhmblu science monitor i seul uo the drunken driver 1 conditions must bb made so uncom- ojtxolo for tho drunken driver that i5 wlif be banished from the road he sx utonaco ntt only to his own lite ind limb but to the lives and proper ties of his neighbours saint john 3elcgraphjoyrn53f futures of skyscrapers body awn and bo a homo thousands of acres in manitoba flooded roland manitoba thousands of acres of farm land aro under water giving the country surrounding this village tho appearanco ot a hugo lake stretching as far as the eye can see following acrushing cfmidburst water pouring down ravines rivers and cul verts has washed out bridges inun dated roads and made railway trans portation unsafe heavy rain has fall- the american institute of architects w00k warded mrsvch7rtottonobes j m ths ul8trlct tor moro tlaa 3g 19voarohl waitress 19 onn mmn population and industrial trends in- 2200 awarded waitress ssksft ts part psis larly affected william orr ludlow ot i toro a- county court jury last 52 consecutive years miss muir has taught in napanee sho reports only ono occasion ot absence that caused by an illness ot 12 days in 1890 has mosquito pest sees the skyscraper era at an end and 1 19 waitress 2200 componsa- tho time of smaller cities widespread i for continued loss ot beauty suburban communities and decentral- arl3lng out ot nn utomoblo accident ized industry at hand new york on sunn march 19 1932 tho do- ottawa ottawa is in tho grip of a evening post fondants wero lloyd s lelfso truck mosquito pest due it is explained by drivor benjamin rolin fruit mcr- government entomologists to abnorm- i chants collector and his father ally high water in the vicinity the tini1 r aflcr the davl roiln fruit merchant miss flood water mosquito has come to s sshs lhc pr f was a ln car dr mte he is large active and enthusl- tions are being made and it is indi- i ductioa and consumption ot gaa by young rollu asl cam arrcsts rosu germany ranks napanee murder is now suspected by provincial police in the death a month ago of 57yoarold william baker two men walter smith aged 28 and walter hagerman aged 32 have been arrested by provincial detective john kelly on charges of perjury in connection with evidence they are said to have given at the inquest on baker originally it was believed baker had fallen where he was found in the street with a fractured skull as a result of further investigation au thorities now believe baker was slug ged on the head examination of baker suggested he had been drink ing and from the evidence produced at tho inquest the jury returned an open verdict pipe examined a piece of iron pipe which police suspect may have been wielded across bakers head was taken to toronto by tho local chief constable and turned over to dr edgar r frankish on tario government pathologist for min ute examination bits of hair are re ported to be on the pipe according to evidence at the in quest baker smith and hagerman wero at the apartment of william hill on the night of april 18 both hagerman and smith admitted drink ing freely that night william hill and his wife martha told the coroner no argument took place between the men however an other witness swore smith had inti mated to him that ho smith had had a scuffle while at hills baker left hills apartment about if oclock and was found unconscious on tho sidewalk at about 11 oclock both smith and hagerman denied be ing near baker at the time they both claimed they knew nothing of what had happened until after mid night it developed smith left hills apart ment about 10 oclock he announc ed he was going to a dance out the belleville road a checkup on his movements that night however re veal he did not go to the dance police sy but was in the vicinity of the supposed attack up to a very short time before it is said to have liap- poned carried money it was commori knowledge among bakers friends that ho carried large sums of money with him at times the police do not know if this was the reason for tho alleged attack baker was admitted to kingston general hospital early on tho morn ing of april 19 up until tho time of his death on may 7 he was closely vatched in the hope that he might re gain consciousness and be able to shed some light on his condition after may 3 his condition became acute and he sank rapidly further investiga- the markets produce prices poultry buying prices a grade alive 193 spring broilers over 2 lbs 18c over 2 to 2vi lbs 16c over 1 to 2 lbs 13c under 1 lb3 no market young chickens not staggy over 5 lbs lie over 4 to 5 lbs 10c stags classed as old roosters fowl fatted over 5 lbs 12c over 4 to 5 lbs lie over 3 to 4 lbs 10c old roosters 7c turk eys market prices squabs per pair 25c pigeons per pair 15c a grade dressed young chick ens not staggy over 5 lbs 15c over 4 to 5 lbs 14c stags classed as old roosters fowl fatted over 5 lbs 14c over 4 to 5 lbs 13c over 3 to 4 lbs 12c old roosters 10c b grade poultry 2c lb less than a c grade poultry 2c lb less than b wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to retail dealers pork ham 144 shoulders lie butts 12c pork loins 15 vic picnics 10c lard pure tierces 10mc tubs llc pails 12c prints 12c shortening tierces 10 to lomic tubs 9 c pails 10c prints 10c grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on local grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 hard 72c no 1 northern g9c no 2 northern 68c no 3 northern g6ie manitoba oats no 2 cw 33 wc no 3 cw 305c no 1 feed 30ac mixed feed oats 22c manitoba bar leyno 3 cw 42vjc no 1 feed screenings 1550 per ton ontario grain approximate prices track ship ping point wheat 75 to 77c oats 28 to 30c barley 35 to 38c corn 5g to 58c rye 35 to 38c buckwheat 28 to 30c live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 475 to 5 do med 425 to 100 do com 375 to 125 steers over 1050 lbs good and choice 485 to 525 do med 450 to 175 do com 4 to 125 heifers good and choice 475 to 5 do med 125 to 400 do com 375 to 425 fed calves good and choice 550 to g j do mod 450 to 525 cows good 325 to 350 do med 250 to 3 do com 225 to 250 canners and cutters 100 to 2 bulls good 275 to 3 do com 150 to 250 stacker and feeder steers good 375 to 4 do com 350 to 375 milkers and springers 30 to 55 calves good and choice veals 550 to 500 do com and med 3 to 5 grassers 250 to 3 hogs bacon fob 525 do off trucks 550 do off cars 575 good ewe and wether lambs 12 do med 10 to 11 culls 7 to 8 good light sheep 3 to 350 do heavies each 2 to 225 do culls 1 to 150 alarms virgin islanden st thomas vi the people of thi virgin islands were greatly alarmed recently when a terriffc electric storm accompanied by heavy showers and hail fell upon the city the rain descended with such force that traffic in st thomas was stalled while in tho countryside dirt roads were wash ed out and crops destroyed th streets were flooded and the water poured into stores and warehouses study of the records of the island shows that the last recorded instance of hall falling in st thomas occur red about 105 years ago this recent hailstorm naturally caused consider able excitement among the natives the more superstitious of whom recit ed prayers believing that some super natural disaster was about to befall the island cleanup week employs thousands in torontc toronto more than 500000 odd jobs have been done about the homes of toronto during the past week a ccrding to reports received at tha office of the cleanup paintup com mittee school children report doing all sorts of useful tasks around tin home from killing mice to plantin gardens while they also state their parents have engaged thousands ot unemployed men to do other jobs canada ranks fifth as exporting nation canada has resumed her position ai fifth largest exporting nation of thi world creeping up to that position in 1932 after having held seventh posi tion in 1931 and sixth position in 1930 canada has displaced belgium and argentina in her climb to thi present high position among leading trade nations and has resumed the po sition she held previous to the unstabli conditions which upset world trade record health year reported in dominion now york the year 1012 was a re cord health year in canada in the face ot increasingly unfavorable busi ness conditions this is indicated by the low death rate which prevailed among nearly 1250000 canadians in english cattle die of strange disease london a mysterious cattle dis ease has destroyed numerous herds it lincolnshire reports said last week farmers were alarmed at tho mal ady with which they said they liad had no previous experience it was evidenced by a dizzincs as the only symptom followed swiftly by death a professor from cambridge ex perimenting inoculated several herd with a special scrum and reported some success in checking the deaths collegians prefer brunettes minneapolis the muse of learning or maybe its only the average col- lego professor prefers brunettes this conclusion is drawn from ans wers to a questloiialre submltjed jo ttt honor student riisltitiet3 6f he juno graduating class at the univer sity otminnesota eighty per cent are brunettes and only one a red head to remain in league geneva mexico has announced her intention of remaining in the league sured in the industrial department of of nations she had given notice of a large life insurance company says withdrawal becaive ot her financial a bulletin by the concern here stringency