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two divers meet death other week end fatalities many drowned eresa bowers 19 lyndhurst oames bradlev augusta township pow fong wetland mayer brook 7 of ktngsville killed diving john mcnish 40 toronto john junor 25 maclennan killed by car howard dempsey 8 guelph killed by trains james watson 13 niagara fulls t unidentified man near london killed by lightning lionel dallaire g britannia the hazards of diving contributed two victims to the list of ontarians who lost their lives in the weekends water and road fatalities and sent third man to hospital helpless with a presumably broken neck j a4goma fatality john junor 25 of maclerinah ai- goma dived from a dock into 15 feet and was removed dead from the water tl other weekend fatalities included jtiie diowning of four persons one jjyho was attempting to save a friends life another who was swimming alone a third whose horse reared in the vater and threw him over his depth and a boy who fell from a dock i humber tragedy woodbridge july 1g a running live from a sixfoot bank into the humber at riverbend on saturday brought death to john mcnish 4g tears old a cpr conductor of 13 britannia ave toronto the dive into unexpectedly shallow water only four feet deep broke mc- nislts spine rushed to st ojsephs hospital early saturday evening he died at 930 am sunday dives 25 feet port dalhousie july 1g fred johnson aged 22 of 21g gage ave south hamilton suffered a fracture of the neck doctors believe in a div ing accident here this afternoon johnson one of the weekend lake side bathers dived head first off a 25foot slide presumably thinking it was a diving board the water at the base of the slide vas only 30 iches deep as the structure was in tended only for the amusement of children johnson was helpless when rescued by other bathers and he was rushed to tlje hamilton general hos- rital port findlay fatality sault ste marie out july 10 john junor 25 of maclennon mar ried and the father of two children drowned at port findlay this after noon while bathing he dived from the dock into 15 feet of water and did not reappear the body was recover ed shortly afterward but resuscita tion efforts failed to revive him drowns making rescue st thomas july 1g swimming to the rescue of a companion after rescu- ig another friend miss teresa bow ers aged 19 daughter of mr and mrs charles n bowers of lyndhurst wrs overcome by exhaustion and drowned at oimond beach port bruce drowns riding horse prescott july 1g james bradley son of isaac bradley reeve of aug usta township was drowned in the st lawrence river three miles west of this town on saturday afternoon he was mounted on a horse which was swimming in about eight feet of water when the horse reared and threw him backward into the water he was unable to swim winds aid spread of forest fires eight conflagrations raging on northern rail line- others controlled port arthur driven by high winds tight forest fires are ranging along the long lacport arthur line o the cana dian national railways at langrmtir is miles west of long lac a change in the wind sent the sanies sweeping down on the cnr right of way and buildings a reserve torce of tirefighters was sent there owing to high winds and heavy smoke considerable difficulty was experi enced in transporting men and equip ment in planes to the fires other tires in the vicinity are north mid south of tlie railway line and it is estimated an area several miles wide and more than 20 miles long has bean swept by the flames smoke disappearing sault ste marie out bush fires on the mississauga reserve which has been occupying fire fighters in this dis trict for close to a week is believed now to he all out men who were rush ed out to fight the haze have not yet returned but aerial patrols report no ligii of smoke at the reserve rains aid fighters iroquois falls fire fighters aided by a rainstorm the first in 11 days have brought the forest fire which has i cen raging at the abitibi timber luds at couch under control there as little damage done by the blaze 3 most of the land had been swept y fire previously there are still umerous bush fires along the fer- uson highway between iroquois falls nd cochrane but they are being care fully watched by rangers captain goes down with his ship court awards damages to sterilized youth hart mich a farm youth who submitted to a sterilization operation after he was accused of having con tributed to the delinquency of a minor girl was awarded 3250 damages in circuit court here the youth william wells had sued for 30000 on the ground that lie had been coerced and ias not fully aware of the nature of the operation he was awarded 1750 from henry palmiter former probate judge 1- 000 from mrs francis hackett for mer registrar of probate and 500 from guy walker former sheriff of oceana county canada hails italian armada here we see general balbo commander ot the 24 italian flying boats before his takeoff to labrador when the squadron arrived in shediac nb the commander was greeted in his own tongue by hon i p tilley premier of new brunswick ceneral balbo appeared delighted it was tlie first time he had heard an address iu his native tongue since leaving orbotello on july 1 rising prices of grain revives confidence in west winnipeg the upswing iu grain prices while not bringing increased buying by farmers so far has re newed confidence in western can ada to such an extent that more than 50 per cent ot lines have improved substantially according to the heads ot business firms here merchants are buying more in anticipation of better business in the fall the busi nessmen stated in the thee prairie provinces 20 theatres have reopened and 10 moro will reopen after the harvest season salvage price level conference plan jefusas to leave sinking tanker two others killed i new york the taiker cities ser- jylce petrol burned and sank in the jbcean oft north carolina early satur day taking down with her captain f u sears who refused to leave and two members of the crew who were killed on board presumably battling hie lames 7 the rest of the crew were picked up py another tanker the gulf gem and tho steamer trimountain reports u to their number varied from 32 upward and no official list as avail able ff a graphic story of the disaster ejfino in this message to the radio pfarino corporation from the gulf jjonij fv burning steamship cities service fipotrol sank stern first at 1130 pm jsbandard of daylight time not spe- xificd just aftor eight men wore jfeiken off in heavy ea by boat crew m the gulf gent jfl captain refused to leave his burn- jig ship and two other men were kill- id aboard federal revenue drops 2694972 ottawa net revenue collections during june dropped to 15865927 a decrease ot 2094972 as compared wth june 1932 according to a state ment made public today the total for tine months ended with june was 39125009 as compared with 19041- 3s7 during the same period last year there was an increase in income tax collections in june as compared with the same month last year the totals being respectively 2833343 and 1- 772322 for the three months ended with june there was a decrease as compared with the same period last year the totals being respectively i3s117015 and 44138102 determination to save some thing parleys final effort london july 10 the world econ omic conference began its last wliolo week wiih determination apparent that something of the world price- lifting program be saved a tentative resolution calling upon the various powers to use whatever means their local conditions will per mit to lift prices to a point suffi cient to restore the economic balance was understood to have been com pleted by the united states delegation and cabled to washington for ap proval it was understood tho hope was held tlie resolution might be in troduced in the conference before adjournment somo wellinformed british and american quarters have thought that insistence of the ijominiou would bring a cautious and gradual lower ing of the value ot the british pound sterling iu terms of tho gold cur rencies but in view ot tlie fiat rejection by walter ruiicimau pres ident of the british board ot trade of the public works program intro duced by the french intended to re vive trade and lift prices the amer icans have little hopes that their suggestions along that line would have any wide effect with members ot the gold bloc ex pressing a deep suspicion of credit expansion informed circles said that course seemed unlikely to be widely followed marketing and produc tion control which the french havo insisted is the only effective method of pricelifting also seemed unlikely of any tangible result save in the silver and wheat discussion which still remained outside tho province ot the world economic parley considerable informal discussion continued over tho week-end- as to tho final steps to bo taken before the conference adjourns much tlmo was expected to bo occupied in try ing to determine in the next few days what committees ot the conference might bo kept alivo during the recoss aud whether definite plans should be storms diverted balbo from city planes arrive in after sevenhour trip from montreal a despatch from toronto say general halo balbo while iu ilight after leaving morning received word by radio from the united states weather bureau at washington tiiat two atmospheric de pressions on the verge of meeting over tlie torontobuffalo area created storm conditions lie would be wise to avoid general balbo therefore diverted his course much further northward than he intended swingly sharpely north west immediately after passing belle ville his main squadron winged its way over tlie kawartha lakes aud lake simcoe and sarnia while three great seaplanes of the flight were sighted at st catharines the planes were reunited before reaching chicago torrential rains break drougth ontario farmers get relief ontarios eagerly awaited million- dollar rain fell saturday aud sunday in some sections it reached the pro portions ot a cloudburst in others heavy hail was reported some areas got little or no rainfall below the caledon mountain at the little hamlet of claude rain yesterday atternoon reached the proportions of a tropical storm no damagewas report ed dozens of motor cars were stalled in scattered sections over eastern and western ontario hail was report ed sunday hailstones reported are largo as golf balls threshed standing grain in the fields in middlesex at noon at c30 sunday one of the heaviest hailstorms in years struck port hope iu the afternoon hail fell during a heavy rain at hamilton the weekend downpours broke one ot thelongest drougths the province has suffered too lato to help grain crops it was reported to mean the salvation of roots garden crops and pastures pasture field3 had so burnt up that surplus milk supplies had vanished and a shortage was feared a brief thunder storm in toronto brought only a small measure of re lief hail at hamilton hamilton july 1c hailstones fell during a heavy rain which swept across hamilton this afternoon but tho fall was not severo enough to cause loss according to reports tho rain was badly needed the eastern end ot the fruit belt did not faro very well no rain falling east of stoney creek fruit men are experiencing one of the worst drougths in many years and are faced with serious loss itaspberries have been particularly hard hit voice of the prsss grain flattened london out july 1c tons of ice iu hailstones claimed by some to reach the size of golf balls fell over loudon i burglary well once a fellow coin- thresbing standing grain iu fields iu mits matrimony theres no telling canada ready for anything married man found guilty ol the district with heavy loss to farmers torrential rains attended the down pour and flooded streets and ran into stores in the business district as leaves beaten off trees clogged sewers us highways it has proved thli aud gully holes i action that is most commeudablo throughout the city hundreds ofl keeping its scenery sacred to tha what hell do border cities star praise from bc ontario has complete control oret flooded cellars were reported in both cases storm sewers backed up the water rising is inches deep iu the basement of the mccormick fac tory however supplies were stored above the water line and no serious stock damage was reported the temperature dropped 13 degrees at the rate of a degree a minute as the refrigerated downpour began but rose when the storm subsided traffic halted port hope july 1c one ot the heaviest hail storms in years occurred here although no extensive damage was reported for a minute and half hailstones some an inch in diameter fell the ice clattered against wind- shilds of cars and all motor traffic was temporarily stopped will save loss collingwood july 1g steady rain which fell over this district early sat urday morning and continued until noon saved a considerable loss in both root and grain crops a prolouged drought and a burning sun had forced ripening to such an extent that farm ers were beginning to despair ot their prospects of a good crop a further heavy rain early sunday afternoon brought additional improve ment if favorable weather conditions continue good average crops will be harvested new gold strike brings big rush north bay july 16 by land and by air prospectors aro trekking into james bay territory reports of two highly promising gold strikes have caused excitement iu northern j ontario mining circles chicago ne report states that a specta cular find has been made in the kis- agami lake area about 100 miles north of coral rapids in quebec another discovery has been made in the abitibi region 15 miles north- montreal on saturday i east of mile 7s on the temiikaming and northern ontario railway james bay extension a second report says on airplane flew from halleybury to the sceno ot tlie abitibi strike with two prospectors last- week and returned after leaving the miners on location a second plane was sched uled to leave for the gold field today blind for 50 years hearty sneeze brings back mans eyesight dallas tex july 1c a good sneezo restored tho eyesight of b a gris- wold 84 who says he became blind half a century ago from typhoid fever i had been taking snuff for sev eral months because i often had an acho in the back of my head that it eemed to relieve griswold explain ed saturday i took another pinch and sneezed something seemed to get easy in my head aud as 1 bent my head back i saw an electric fau in my room buzzing around to use legacy as grub stake diptheria serum to last lifetime lightning strikes five under tree ottawa july 10 lionel dallalro six year- old was instantly killed made for reassembling the general and four others injured at britannia j conference later a pleasure resort five mllo3 west ot a feeling prevailed in certain here when lightning struck a tree circles that the committees might under which they had taken shelter from a downpour ot rain tho injured are ernest florian george and wilfred dallalrc ah were severely burned when the light ning rau down the tree trunk gas for whoops lipeg the purifying r tlie plant of a local gas company was meet separately at various times to deal with specific subjects pack rat builds nest of shredded money hamilton july 10 cashiers ot one ono ot the departments ot the can- wmnipegthe purifying room at adjaii pacl ua uer0 wcr0 faff a nation great britain should it9 ablo to continue drawing wireless jlconccs until at least 10000000 pomes are equipped with receiving crowded with guests on friday but they werent just sightseeing par ents had accepted tlie companys in vitation to take their children lliero to cure their whooping cough tho fumes in the purifying room are claimed by many to be a sure remedy pearlng from the locked cash draw er a carpenter noticed a hole in tho drawer ho tore up the boards and found the money torn to shreds a pack rat had made a nest with the creeubacka new and stronger toxoid claimed by alabama health official montgomery ala tho alabama health department has developed a new diphtheria serum which it says will immunize a sixmonthold baby for life by a single injection dr j n baker state health officer said the serum had the approval of tho national institute ot health at wash ington and the alabama committee of pubic health and was the result of ex- hautivo search by tho late dr leon c havens for 12 years director of the state laboratories here tho health officer said the new pre- cipitato toxoid was frpm 20 to go times as active as tho crude toxoid and that reactions sometimes seen in prospector had been sought for years when news item unearths long sought heir romeo mich all of the time j w fowlor was prospecting for gold in canada mexico and california a new york law firm was seeking him with word of a legacy from the estate ot his mother age and approaching blindness fi nally forced fowler now 73 to give up his search and the legacy worth 15000 has caught up with him he was sitting on the porch of the farm house near hero where he now lives when a lawyer from new york found him it took a lot of talking and some legal documents to con vince him it wasnt just another mirage as the lawyer explained it fowlers mother died not long after lie iiad been adopted by a family in birmingham mich the son could not be found and settlement of the estate has been pending through the years finally through a newspaper item an ac quaintance helped bring together the lawyers and the longsought heir now fowler intends to resume bis prospecting for gold i know ho said of a wonderful mining country in canada where a man can make a fortune im going to have my eyes taken care of and im going there fowlor did not reveal which of canadas mining fields has caught his fancy the markets tourist we read they are clean and well kept and the right ot the people to the enjoyment of the road is recog nized as including also the right to freedom from the indiscriminate aud obnoxious use of advertising signs aud billboards in three years 10000 ob jectionable and unauthorized advertis ing signs have been removed from tha highways says the ottawa journal we in british columbia boast about our scenery wo have a right to but what a much better right we would have if we only did what they do in ontario we could too only it would seem despite repeated promises ot it our ministers are too afraid ot hurting feelings vancouver province why prices climb tlie early promise of a bounteoin grain crop on the prairies has been somewhat blighted by widespread drouth and a serious visitation ot grasshoppers in certain areas it now seems apparent that the west this year will not harvest a very large crop in fact unless more propitious weath er comes very soon it appears likely that tiuder an average crop will be pro duced calgary herald britain has led world in disarming while tho disarmament couferenca at geneva hangs lire canadians should not forget the length to which great- britain has gone in reducing her weap ons of defence the mother country keeps no big standing army and her air force is maintained at a much low- produce prices e numerical strength than tlie french toronto dealers are buying produce air force across the channel but it at the following prices i is when we come to consider what the eggs ungraded cases returned united kingdom has done in reducing isnnrf t f y5 svy that we realize the length to seconds lie graded case free 18c for fresh extras g for fresh firsts w admiralty l z 8v- 12 for seconds butter no 1 scotlands burglaries mount edinburgh- housebreaking struck a new peak in scotland annua re ports revealing that 1494 prisoners were committed on burglary charges doubled its staff and is working 23 the highest figure in their thirty sx hours a day orders on hand in- years in which statistic have been dicate this will be carried on for odt some time brantford firm doubles staff working overtime brantford july lc tho brantford washing machine company has u s grain exports show big increase washington grain exports from tho united states last week amounted the use ot the older product were less t0 971000 bushels against 112000 bush- frequent and severe e during the previous week and 711- ho added that whero formerly it re- 000 bushels during the corresponding quired three injections a week apart week of last year to secure adequate protection against diphtheria with this new preparation one injection will immunize 95 to 9s per cent ot those susceptible and pre dicted a much wider use for this rea son canadian grain exported last week from united states ports totalled 31g- 000 bushels against 551556 bushels tho previous week while exports of north american wheat flour were 15000 bar rels against 13000 barrels hay crop heavy sault ste marie ont hay crop is unusually heavy in algoma this year and prices have taken a rapid drop in tho late winter hay scarcity sent prices to 15 per ton but tho ideal weather for growth and the large liar- decrease in the number ot unemploy- vest has cut the price onethird 1 n a large group of countries worldwide drop in unemployment geneva for the first time since tho world depression started the in ternational labor office reported a ouario creamery solids 20vic no 2 20c churning cream special 21c no 1 20c no 2 17c fob shipping points cheese no 1 large colore paraf fined and government graded 11 to llc twins 11 to 12c triplets 12 to 12c poultrya grade alive 1933 spring broilers over 4 lbs- isc over 3vi to 4 lbs lgc over 3 to 3 lbs 14c ovev 2vi to 3 lbs 12c over 1 to 2 lbs lie fowl fatld over 5 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c over 3 to 4 lbs 8c vei 3 to 3vs lbs 7c old roosters 5c turkeys mar ket price squabs per pair 25c pig eons per pair 15c b grade poul try 2c less than a c grade poul try 2c lb less than b wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to retail dealers pork hams 18c shoulders lie butts 11 vic pork loins lgkic pic nics 10c lard pure tierces lie tubs 12c pails 12 vic prints 12 vic shortening tierces 10 to lovie tubs 9vlc pails 10c prints 10c grain quotations following are quotations on grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 hard 98c no 1 northern 9gv4 no 2 north ern osic no 3 northern 94c man oats no 2 cw 47vic no 3 cw 45c no 1 feed 4454c mixed feed oats 2gc man barley no 3 cw 59 no 1 feed screenings 17 per ton ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 78 to 82 barley 45 to 47 rye 45 to 47 buck wheat 35 to 37c live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 450 to 175 do mod 4 to 440 do com 3 to 4 steers over 1059 lbs good and choice 475 to 5 do mcd 425 to 450 do com 375 to 425 heifers good and choice 450 to 475 do mod 1 to 440 do com 3 to 4 fed calves good and choice g to g50 do med 5 to 575 cows good 250 to 275 do med 225 to 250 do com 2 to 225 canncrs and cutters 1 to 175 bulls good 250 to 275 do com 2 to 250 stackers and feeder steers good 360 to 375 do coir 250 to 325 milkers and springers 25 to 40 calves good and choice veals 150 to 5 do com and med 250 to 4 grassers 2 to 250 hogs bacon fob 585 do off trucks g10 do oft cus g35 good ewe and wether iambi 850 do mod 750 to 825 do bucks g50 culls 5 to 550 sheep good light 2 to 250 do heavies 150 to 175 do culls 50 to 1 ing a pacific lead to the other nations great britain has cut her naval de fence to the bone despite the fact that she is the heart of a worldwide em pire and that her food supplies and- very life depend upon open sea lanes to the ends of the earth toronto mall empire depressions back broken that the economic tide has turned is now running steadily toward gen eral improvement has become abund antly clear since april 1 cash wheat prices have increased 25 cents a bush el this in itself being a tremendous thing not merely for farmers grain companies and the government but for the whole country but it is not only wheat that shows improvement mr stevens minister of trade and commerce speaks ot important ex pansion in industrial activity is ablo to show the greatest increase in em ployment reported in any month since june 1930 during may the payrolls of 8105 firms showed increases the gain being larger than the usual sea sonal advance recorded in tho last twelve years such facts cant bo ig nored when they are accompanied by greater bank clearings increased carloadings better railway earnings heavier retail sales and a rise in com modity prices their story is clear it is that the back of the depression has been broken that confidence has re turned that canada and tho wholo of this continent are well on the road loading back to reasonable prosperity ottawa journal 13yearold boy dies under train at fajls nigara falls ont july 10 run ning back to pull his dog from tho path of an oncoming train 13-year- learn to swim swimming is the most universal ac complishment in sport moreover it is an art that once learned is never forgotten those who learn thereby lay up a long store of future pleasures and ideal exorcise and at tho same time provide against one hazard at least that lies in the way of human life yet many have never attempted a stroke particularly the youngsters should become waterwise and ablo to take care of themselves when be yond their depth parents cannot have peace of mlrd while their children aro within reach ot deep water unless they have been taught to swim since hu manity will go near the water in spite ot the dangers the first way to lower the drowning rate is by making amphi bians out of moro human beings kingston whigstandard tho technical improvements this better distribution of work a- d leisure can bo secured without any lowering ot tho standard of living the london daily herald airminded india tho new service outlined in the gov ernment of indias recent explanatory comminquo promises to furnish india with a bold start towards the develop ment of ope of the best organized and old james watson was struck and most cmfvonlent air services in flic killed hero saturday afternoon after j world it is calculated to give tills crossing the tracks the boy saw his country a network of internal air ser- dog standing between the rails the vices and to provide speedy conimuni- anlmal jumped to safety as the boy cation with other civilized nations east darted back the lad was the son and west this will be achieved main- of mr and mrs george watson of ly by the use of indian capital it will montreal and formerly of toronto he worked as far as possible and moro who had been spending a holiday at and moro as time goes on by indian a local tourist camp i personnel the 1 mes ot india