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fc i i ii road transport fourteen perish parley dec 14 in english mine manion announces tentative date for dominionpro vincial meet con sultative only ottawa the date for the dominion- provincial conference on road trans port has been tentatively fixed for thursday december 15 it was an nounced by hon r j manion minis ter of railways and cairnl in a state ment issued over th vcf kid the minister emphasized that regulation of road transport was the exclusive jurisdiction of the provincial authori ties there was no intention on the part of tho dominion to invade the jurisdiction of tlie provinces the conference would be entirely consultative and advisory in character it was not expected the conference would last more than two or three days the proposed conference arises out of tho recommendations of the royal commission on railways and trans portation dr manion declared these sugested that the federal and provincial governments in coopera tion should examine the question with a view to equalizing the conditions un der which road and rail transport is carried on and to secure uniformity of action throughout the dominion subsequently the suggestion came before the domlnioninterprovincial conference in january last at which time it was agreed that when the data to be- supplied by the provinces had been assembled and studied a con ference of the appropriate officials of the dominion and the provinces should be called to consider the whole situation among the subjects of discussion will likely be the question of publica tion of rate schedules insurance standardized statistics working condi tions and saety restrictions as well as uniform licensing consideration is it is understood being given the question of receiving representations in view of the fact that the coherence will be consulta tive and advisory only and that deci sion upon the questions discussed must in the final analysis rest with the provinces whero full representations may be made by all interests concern ed it is likely that written communi cations only will be received with the understanding that sufficient copies of these be made available to permit of their being forwarded to the provinces for consideration in advance of the as sembly it is expected that the confer ence will be open to the press and public archaeologist holds earthquakes caused fall of jericho new york nov 19 the opinion that the walls of jericho fell and that the waters of the river jordan were dammed for the israelites to cross as a consequence of a timely earthquake is held by sir charles marston arch aeologist who has been directing ex cavations in palestine and mesopo tamia since 1925 sir charles talked with ease today of the incident of 3330 years ago when jerichos walls collapsed it has been my purpose he ex plained since amassing sufficient means to ascertain by excavation in bible lands how far the early history of the old testament is correct concerning the quake may i point out that the fact that earthquakes caused both of these incidents the fall of jericho and damming o the jor danis suggested in psalm 114 which reads the sea saw it and fled the jordan was driven back the mountains skipped like rams the little bills like lambs escape cut off rescuers 1 find bodies killed by fire damp chesterfield eng nov 19 four teen men were killed in an explosion in a coai mine near here sunday which entombed them 1000 feet underground seventeen others scrambled tc safc- i ty whei the blast trapped their com- i panions four of them were slightly i injured i after three hours of feverish dig- i ging a hastilyassembled rescue squad found the 14 miners dead from fire damp- rescuers said the roof of the mine had crashed behind the men as they stood at the coalface completely i uing off escape- prince george motored from chats- worth this afternoon to offer in person tl i sympathy of the king a oving scene cccurred at the pit head as the prince drove up men bared their heads and women wept into their handkerchiefs some manag ing to smile their thanks between sobs the prince remained for half an hour pending an investigation it was as sumed the disaster w as caused by the explosion of coal gas newlyelected mayor feels need of holiday m hunter with a bark causes birds to park terrace b c clarence michael school teacher toid some friends any time he flushed a grouse he started to bark and the bird thinking a dog was on the job flew into a tree the listeners were somewhat doubtful but the following weekend clarence took some of them along he flush ed a bird barked and the bird roomed into a nearby tree later he had another chance with tho same result freight car crashes all customs barriers regina not stopping for red lights or even customs officials a freight car lashed by a wind of almost cyclonic proportions rolled from canada into tho united states dur ing the weekend it was reported here the boxcar traveled a dis tance of three miles into united states territory from northgate sask ujs hit harder than great britain declares steehvlaitland for mer british minister of labor toronto the united states in the depression ha touched a bottom that the united kingdom never reached in the opinion of right hon sir arthur steelmaltland former british minister of labor here for a few- addresses before proceeding we3t after a study of conditions in the united states at the invitation of he rockefeller foundation sir arthur who is recognized a an authority on labor and ecomonics generally un hesitatingly expressed his belief that conditions were much worse in the united states than in britain he pointed to the system of un employment insurance in britain which is to be widely extended and to the drop of unemployed figures by half a million in the year the uni ted states he explained had reach ed a peak of prosperity much higher than ours and the higher one climbs the harder one falls besides our system of unemployment insurance with all the abuses that once accom panied it has provided a rock bot tom beneath which the people can not sink there are no beggars in england now alcock and brown made greatest flight in aerial history ottawa tho greatest flight in aerial history was the crossing of the atlantic by alcock and brown in 1919 in the opinion of amelia ear- hardt the first woman to fly the at lantic sok it was an amazing feat and the least appreciated they had practically no instruments of any kind like we have now said the aviatrix here on a lecture trip miss earhardt admitted she can- tracted the flying bug in canyja during the war when she was sta tioned in toronto with the vad she was too busy then to take les sons but started as soon as she had the time the northern flying route miss earhardt said would be the atlantic air line of tlie future fiorello la guardia the doughty mayor who routed the many forces in the recent new work election i shown centre ing with his wife for a wellearned rest in the canal zone voice of the press canada grade crossings many years will go by before all our main highways and all our couutry roads have been freed from grade crossings nevertheless we have rea- son to hope that these deathtraps will changes methods of selling advertising layout of highest importance declares speaker at montreal montreal there has been a tre mendous change in the methods of disappear some day and if this day selling through the medium of adver- ever dawns it wij undoubtedly be the tising and today instead of only being commencement of the millenium for tolerated as something of a nuisance lbe motorists la tribune sher- adverti ements are locked for in brooke magazines as well as newspapers and read with interest s engel declared want amid plenty in a lecture here it is a terrible confession of the in opening his lecture mr engel failure of the worlds distribution sys- said that it might be well to consider tern when corn is burned coffee dump- first of all th- importance of layout ed into the ocean cotton ploughed un- in modern advertising i der and hogs massacred to create an we can all of us remember how artificial shortage of the very things the pages of advertising were quickly which are required by many people passed by to get to the reading mati who are destitute niagara falls re- tcr mr engel said yet today view these pages of advertising are read am- eav- ufe income left to pet watch dog chillicothe o a watch dog jack her sole companion and pro tector in her suburban homo hero is left tho income from a 5000 fund set up in tho will of the late mary b smart entered for probate recently the monoy is left in trust to charles allen smart a nephew of walllngford conn and is to be used to provide a homo and good food for the log as long as he lives crop estimate reduced from september figure ottawa the crop report issued last week by the dominion bureau of statistics estimated canadas wheat crop at 271821000 bushels this is slightly below the september estimate which placed the crop at 282771000 the crop in 1932 totalled 428514000 bushels the report noted that tho rye crop was the lowest sinco 1917 the total yiolds of the principal grain crops for all canada wore estimated provision ally in bushels as follows with the figures for 1932 with brackets wheat 271821000 428514000 oats 311- 312000 391561000 barley 63737- 000 80773000 rve 4725000 8- 938000 seeds being sown which may result in another war elmira a working understanding between th us and england would ho one of the greatest safeguards against war clouds now gathering in europo sir frederick whyte former president of tho legislative assem bly of british india told members of the state federation of womens club hero last week sir frederick who is on a lecture tour in this country was ono of the principal speakers at the meeting french and german relations arei the key to european peace with mollisons to try again hamilton bermuda the flying mollisons are not thinking of retiring from longdistance attempts until they get that record back for britain mrs amy johnson mollison here with capt jim molison to recuper ate after undergoing an operation in new york made that clear in an in terview when she said w shall probably give up long distance flyingbut we are not go ing to give up until we get the world record for a longdistance nonstop flight capt jim spoke of transatlantic flights as a regular proposition en dorsing a southern route via the azores and those british islands in the caribbean sea worlds food yield to last 20000 yers paris the world has food for 20- 000 years at its present rate of popu lation increase if allowance is made for the development of the manu facture of chemical fertilizers prof andre matignon reports to the acad emy of sciences prof matignon explains that the population at present is increasing by 3000000 people a year and that each needed 3 bushels of wheat a year known potash deposits woud last 2000 years more he said and na tural phosphates would last 20000 years france will auction air heroins with quite as much interest as the editorial and other contents of a pub- crop destruction john ii simpson president of the lication through them we are kept national farmers unior of the united up with all the latest inventions i states says it is against the laws of styles and improvements in the scores gocl and nature to plow up cotton des- of luxuries and necessities that make up our daily lives you can realize the immense im- t l of careful arrangement if importers licenses wi consider the tremendous in- a i fluence that advertising has over modern selling think of the printed salesman entering unobtrusively even icvited into the privacy of every home under the cloak of a favorite newspaper or magazine will new protective device receive trial paris the ministry of agriculture is preparing a decree by which import ers will have to bid at auction for licenses to import agricultural pro ducts the united press learned last week the auction system believed to be unparnllelled among revenue measures of any nation would be the equivalent of increasing import duties since it would force importers to bid competi tively for the authorization to bring certain products into the country if the system becomes effective it is understood it will affect the impor tation of apples and pears which are brought chiefly from the united states and a number of food products from south america litvinoff takes charge of the czarist embassy washington maxim litvinoff who always has lived modestly has as sumed formal custody for his gov ernment of the ornate and lavish imperial pussiau embassy with walls of tapestry a plushlined ele vator and fittings of rare beauty the embassy long closed except tor tlie family of a caretaker has not been used officially for more than a decade spring in winters lap puzzles northern fliers edmonton nov 19 rain and spring like weather in the peace river area made northern aviators wonder as to when the winter flying season will com to stay pontoons are be ing used instead of skiis n planes horde of flying ants attack english town descending on yeovil england mil lions of winged ants covered the streets people and vehicles with the sun shining on their wings they re sembled a huge bright cloud cloth ing of pedestrians was covered with insects and for hours the insects crawled about the streets until crush- 1 ed by traffic in london ants held a procession nearly 300 feet wide i from west ealing to northfield sta tion a mile away the markets troy things that could be used for food and limit production tho lon don advertiser endorses this view as beiug perfectly right in a world in which countless millions are under fed underclothed and otherwise in want the curtailment of production should be an economic a well as a moral outrage moor jaw evening times burning coffee coffee worth 20000cooc has been wilfully destroyed by brazil since jul- 1931 no less than 3050124000 pounds have been burned or dumped into the produce prices ocean in recent mouths the brazilian poultry a grade alive spring government has intensified its det- chickens over 6 lbs each lie over 5 tructiou of the coffee there are some to 6 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c over who would do that with canadas duke encores childrens band trealaw wales a 10yearold welsh girl violinist leading an orches tra of 40 children all under 14 gave a royal command performance recent ly the duke of gloucester who heard the children play under the leadership of little dot thomas a miners daugh ter was so delighted that he immedi ately asked for an encore which was promptly given the duke was opening a new car negie welfare maternity centre at trealaw glamorgan later he visited pontypridd hospital and chatted with a nineyearold boy teddy sewell whose birthday coin cides with that of the prince of wales eightyearold takes new york by storm if a man takes offence- he always jaakes a poor selection italy constituting an influential fac- tor he declared he said there is no immediate danger of an european war but maintained seeds are now being sown there which may result in another turmoil of 1914 2 to 4 lbs 8c brolers over 1v4 to 2 lbs 10c fatted hens over 5 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c over 3v4 to 4 lbs 7c over 3 to si lbs 6c old loosters over 5 lbs 5c domestic rabbits over 4 lbs 6c white duck lings over 6 lbs sc lo 1 to 5 lbs 6c utry a grade dressed spring dickens- over 6 lbs 16c over 5 to 6 lbs a5c over 4 to 5 lbs 13c over 2 to 4 lbs 12c broilers over ivi to 2 lbs 15c fatted hens over 5 lbs 12c over 4 to 5 lbs lie over 3 t lbs 9c over3 to 3vi lbs 8c imiul old roosters over o lbs 7c domes tic rabbits over 4 lbs 12c white ducklings over 5 lbs lc do 4 to 5 lbs 9c black and red feathered birds 2c less b srade poultry 2c lb less than a c grade 2c lb less than b grade pullets not over 3vz lbs 2c per lb above chicken prices grain quotations- following are sundays closing quo tations on grain transactions for car lols prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 northern 6sc no 2 northern 65 ac no 3 northern siac manitoba oats no 2 cw 34 c no 3 cw 30c no 1 feed 30c no 2 feed 293ic mixed feed oats 22c manitoba barley no 3 cw 39c sample barley 38c n 1 feed screenings 1750 per ton south african corn 78c ontario grain approximate price track shipping point wheat 67 to 69c oats 30 to 32c barley 35 to 37c corn 60 to 63c rye 40 to 42c buck wheat 35 to 38c live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 375 to 425 do med 3 to 375 do com 125 to 275 steers over 1050 lbs good and choice 425 to 475 do med 350 to 4 jo com 250 to 325 heifes grod and choice 375 to 425 do med 3 to 375 do com 225 to 275 fed calves good and choice 650 to i do med 450 to 625 cows good 225 to 250 do med 2 to 225 do com 150 to 2 canners and cut ters 75c to 125 bulls good 2 to 225 do- com 150 to 175 stack ers and feeder steers good 290 to 315 do com 2 to 275 milkers and springeis 25 to 45 calves good and choice veals i 650 to 750 do com and med i 350 to 0 grassers 2 to 3- hogs i bacon fob 575 do off trucks 610 do ofi cars 635 good ewe and wether lambs g do nud 550 to 575 do bucks 150 to 5 culls 1 to 450 sheep good light 2 to 250 do heavies 150 to 2 do culls 1 to 125 wheat despite the fact that many peo ple do in t get all they want to eat what a shame to witness such wilful waste of food in the twentieth century with all its vaunted eivilizaion bor der cities star when a passenger aeroplane crashed near portland ore llbby wurgaft with the copilot drag ged passengers from tho flaming wreckage four others perished demands of criminals prisoners in the eastern peniten tiary philadelphia demand a radio and the daily newspapers for each cell and doubtless many kindhearted per sons will see nothing unreasonable in they should remember however that there are many law- abiding persons who are presently without radios and who would like lo be sure of some of the ordinary com forts which the confiued criminals en joy at the public expense the people on the outside should have first con sideration montreal gazette empire timber reports from the lumbering districts in many parts of the province bold out exceptionally encouraging prospects for employment in the woods this sea son beyond any doubt this new ac tivity is resulting directly from the new empire trade arrangements the value of which could not well be over stated halifax herald women declared better judges for children two out of 150 the graf zeppelin is in chicago it is interesting to recall that with one exception this dirigible is the sole survivor ol scores of airships in the world after seventyfive years of re search and experimentation in aircraft of this type the other is tho united states macon up to the present one hundred and fifty of these airships have been built by various nations every one but the two already named have come to grief usually they have been wrecked with heavy loss of life and they have mainly been lost in weather which to a ship at sea would not be difficult but which to a huge gasfilled airship has proved catas trophic ottawa citizen the destiny of a child maji depend on seemingly unimportant details new york a growing placo foi women in the legal field both on the bench and at the bar was en- visaged today by two women attor neys who have achieved prominenca in their profession judge edith m atkinson who pre sided for eight years over tlie miami fla juvenile court and miss hope k thompson of washington dc who has represented the federal government in legal affairs in mexico expressed their views be tween sessions of the regional con vention of phi delta legal fraternity women judges are preferable to men in juvenile courts for the depen dent and neglected said judge atk inson but in delinquency courts both men and women play equally valuable parts a woman is naturally inclined to give more consideration to small de tails of the welfare of a child per haps than a man and sometimes the very destiny of a child may depend on consideration of those seemingly unimportant details miss thompson suggested one prin ciple for women attorneys the main thing for them to dc is to be genuine the task of feminine lawyers sh said is to obtain an opportunity to utilize practically the legal knowledge obtained in school live to eat is slogan calculated to remove farm surplus in us chicago nov 19 live to eat rather than eat to live and watch the farm surplus disappear wa the ad- 1 vlco of frances perkins us secrei tary of labor before 600 members and guestg of the union league club i want to see people eat past tho sub sistence line she said in her ad dress theres an art to eating this country should eat for arts sake as well as merely to keep alive summer heat wave taking death toll work in algoma the change in the employment situ ation is nothing less ban startling and it came out of a clear sky new work in the bush on roads and in the steel plant means that several thous and unemployed people have gone back to work or are going shortly the improvement in conditions is j coming about naturally there has been no wood cut in the hush for two winters the increase in the use of newsprint added to the gradual using up of the wood on hand means activity in our lumber camps the road work is now called for by the small amount previously done this year and the steel plant activity takes on the look of something permanent sault ste marie star black squirrels increasing as one walks through the woods at this time attentiion is drawn to the increasing number of black squirrels that aro scurrying around the bush a few years ago very few of theso beau tiful little animals could be seen as their numbers were kept down by ruthless hunters boys an young men should refrain from testing their skill in marksmanship at theso lovely anl british exports up ten per cent right hon j ramsay macdonald as is the custom of prime ministers of the united kingdom made his policy speech in the historic guild hall on the occasion of the lord mayors banquet a resume of his speech follows tho prime minister opened his ad- ldress with thanks to the lord mayor and the aldermen for this opportunity of being once more with them and then referred to the fact that exactly a year ago his colleague rt hon stanley baldwin had been before them and had outlined the hopes ol tho newly formed national govern ment cheers interrupted his speech at that point and the prime minister then spoke a few laudatory words about hon mr baldwin and the early days of the national government i could tell you ho said how we felt when at last we saw on the hori zon heavy with doubt the pink cloud indicating the coming of dawn i might tell you he said of tho firm foundation upon which the gov ernment was bullded but i shall not dwell upon these beyond telling you that our first thought has always been the reslora- bushy tails it gives a lover of wild life a thrill to see then- gradually in- j san francilco more summer i crease in numbers and adt to tho heat was forecast by the weather beauty of the woods arthur enter- j bureau for california to n itch high prisenews temperatures that have already dls- j turbed november records mats with their jet blackfur and huge tlon of trade and the reemployment of those who were living on the dole spending the national capital as if it were national income eightyearold ruth slehczynski who amazed european american critics with her interpretations of bach beethoven chop and schubert is shown with her proud daddy of san francisco two deaths were indirectly attri buted to dry winds and a blazing sun which drove the mercury up to re cord marks in ios angelas and san francisco sixty thou- and persons perished in less than six minutes during th lis bon portugal earthquake of 1755 after a violent shock the sea drew back and then rolled in over the lty lie spoke of the value of empire raw materials the importation of which were up by onefourth our exports for the last three months are up by ten per cent cheers we hold the honored position of being the third nalion in the world in volume ol exports weve done it by hard work not manipulation of currency s i v 4 x