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two london firemen killed in 100000 flour mill blaze two others leap 90 feet into life net deputy chief lieutenant caught in smoke pall injured total six three killed when car hits bus headon london ont march 4 a calami tous veekend in london brought in stant death to four in violent accidents while a fifth death iu victoria hospital tonight stanley scruby deputy chief of the flre department and lieut arthur liartop veterans of the service died trapped behind bteel sash on the sixth floor of the hunt flour mills nightin gale avenue for the second time with in recent years burned with a loss es timated by chief charles scott at 510000 two others of ccrubys command fireman wight and keg walters al most overcome by dense palls of smoke aud stifling gases dragged themselves through the hightilting section of one of the top floor win dows and with the last ounce of their strength stepped out for a 90foot plunge to a life net that froze the blood in the veins of spectators these men and four others went to victoria hospital with injuries more or less severe but all according to touiglits report will recover other victims the other victimsof the conflagra tion which raged from nightfall till after midnight saturday are harry west both wrists sprained in holding the life- net patrick kirk some in halation not dangerous alfred lee- son back sprained in fall from sixth to fifth floor william griffith col lapsed sunday afternoon while visit ing his sick wife in victoria hospital all are under treatment in victoria hospital assistant chief frank tay lor aiul fireman george geddes sus tained knee cap injuries the triple fatality came before dawn this morning when a light coupe driven through dense fog into a head- on collision with a westbound buffalo- detroit bus brought death to clarenca henderson of 304 cameron avenue windsor formerly of st thomas and his wife formerly josephine rienke of the border cities hendersons cousin george locke also a former st thomas man latterly living in pontiac and detroit was brought to victoria hospital with a fractured skull and died tonight traffic officer george law of mel bourne locked up the bus driver clar ence robinson of windsor on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm and tonight lawyers were seek ing to raise bail for his release inquest ordered arrangements were completed to night for the burial of deputy chief scruby tuesday afternoon from lo gans funeral home end of lieut liartop wednesday afternoon from evans burial home both will be buried in mount pleasant cemetery and will be accorded civic honors and the honors of their own service and the police department tonight dr j cameron wilsou at- ter a conference with crownattorney a m judd ordered an inquest ou scruby to open at noon tomorrow alderman frank gray chairman of the councils committee in charge of fire department affairs is also anxious for a probe to ascertain if there were conditions unfavorable to the safety of the victims where are tho are escapes alder man gray asked as he viewed the ruins and bare walls and the windows today no fireman should be allowed to enter a mill fire such as that again in london he said two london ont firemen lost their lives in afire that swept through hunts flour mill in that city saturday night they were deputy chief stanley scruby right above and lieut arthur hartop below on the left is the mill where the fire occurred courtesy of mail and empire girl is burned by gold water cause of injuries from public faucet remains mystery theories advanced ridgetown march 4 yerna scafe igyearold iu ighter of mr and mrs wilbui scafe of ridgetown had her hand severly burned in cold water on saturday when ihe attempted to wash them ir the ladies rest room main street on her v ay to work miss scafe fell on the ice getting her hands dirty she mopped at the rest room to wash them there is only a cold water faucet miss scafe it is understood turned on th- water with her right hand and put both hands in the water streaming with pain she turned off the water and rushed to dr w e lake hysterical the backs of her lahji as well as palms badly burned the cause of f burn has remained mystery the theory was advanced that the burn was due to the fact that an electrical apparatus was being used to thaw out frozen water pipes in the immediate vicinity of the rest room iccal hydro ofiicials are puzzled at this theory since only 20 volts was being used by the apparatus the ordi nary voltage being cut down by a transformer however the use of the apparatus has been discontinued until a thon ugh investigation has been made a second theory has been ad vanced that acid may have caused the burns but the origin of the acid would also be a mystery to assume that there was acid in the ridgetown water viouul be ridiculous stated john w campbell superintendent of the water works department dr w e lake who waited on the girl stated that there was no way to tell the type of the burn farm product prices highest since july washington the bureau of agri cultural economics reports that the index of farm product prices rose two points hiring the first week in febru ary to reach the highett level since last july prices farmers pid for commod ities increase one point during the week due to higher prices for feed food clothing and building materials in per cent of the 19101914 average the index of prices of farm products on feb 7 was 73 compared with 0 in mid january and 49 at the low point in february 1933 the general level of prices paid by farmers was 1175 per cent of the prewar average on feb 7 compared with 1165 for the previous week and 101 in february 1933 the index of purchasing power of farm products at 62 was 13 points or 27 per cent higher than the 1933 low poiut iu mid february last year sports review peace river outlet agreed to in house ottawa the house of commons tus unanimous last week in passing a tesolution that the peace river country should be connected by a di rect railway outlet to the pacific coast when circumsta ces permit hon r j million minister of railways in accepting the resolution after he had ridded the words when circumstances permit held out the hope that this might not be a very distant date canadian finds means to turn weed into forage aniline solution detects bitter sweet clover sought by many saskatoon discovery of an aniline solution with which the bittertasting sweet clovers may be detected sought by scientists of several nations was announced at the university of saskatchewan last week the find was that of john s clayton distinguished student in science who is working on his masters degree the study undertaken at request of the federal forage crops laboratory was under supervision of dr ralph larmour of the universitys chemistry department discover of an inexpensive method to test svrt clover is considered an important step iu the transition of this species from that of a useless weed to a high position as a forage plant the solution already tested in the government laboratory will enable agriculturists to produce strains that have not the bitter taste that marks others as unsuitable for fodder untermyer german scientist has invented a method that proved slow and required much material a simi lar result was obtained by russian scientists the saskatchewan fiud is simple aud inexpensive wideawake bear announces spring amherst ns spring is here it must be because frank elliotts tame bear woko up today froi his long winter nap he was hungry and af ter stretching and sniffing the mild breeze he went out and chewed up a few willow and spruce boughs he topped the lunch off with a dessert of bread and molasses and then he lay down again aften snatching 10 winks he got up and stayed up and so spring is here though there are nova scotians who might tell you other wise what does your handwriting show by geoffrey st clair graphoanalyst all rights reserved to sail greatest fleet of colliers will carry nova scotia coal up st lawrence river glace bay ns the greatest fleet of colliers ever sailed by the dominion steel and con corporation will carry nova scotia coal up the stlawrence rext summer although official announcement has not yet been made it is stated here that the corporation already has 22 ships under charter including most of the 1c operated in 19js3 increased demand that filled about 100 railway cars a day in january is expected to continue and improve ments and new equipment authorized for the cape breton collieries have led to tho belief the miners will have bteady work until late next fall blast wrecks home thief takes 14 woodstock march 4 a thief en tered the wrecked home of robert hall here and stole 12 from a table drawer and 2 from a pair of pants the house had been wrecked by a gas explosion early saturday morn ing and mrs hall was taken to hos pital suffering from severe burns her mother mr3 john pike was in- lured also it was not until late yesterday that hall learned where his wife had left the money when he went to recover it he found the money missing st clair l mccabe suuwriter dominion sport illustrated the ev york rangers were once considered the classiest professional hockey team in the world but before a crowd rf 13500 fans this record was smashed when the toronto maple leafs defeated them with a 83 score the other night in toronto it was a terrific battle in addition to the eleven shots that scored there were c3 others which failed to get past the goal tenders most were fruitless efforts especially on the part of the rangers who had the bad habit of passing the puck once too often although some were almost certain goals only to be stopped by the net minders v v jaak mccraw one of io fathers of baseball has passed on into the great beyond john was a veteran with baltimore orioles in the days when games were won with bat and fists instead of a good pitcher and a fine fielder mccraw built the new vork giants into one of the most powerful machines in ball history he was the man responsible for tho big money ir baseball tho am owes him a tremendous debt for lifting it into the highest place among our national games percy punch rett a youngster from the montreal ski club recently won the canadian ski jumping cham pionship of 1934 bctt is 16 years old he jumped 121 feet in ills first des cent of the chute and then soaicd through the air tor 130 feet on his second try karl baadsvlck the vet eran from tle viking ski club came second while stanley dufresne from three rivers came in third the young ster must have been good w o sixday bicycle racing ha got quite a grip in toronto for in he latter part of april the riders will be back again in toronto in their ride to nowhere withdraw money from a bank without vith all the silly floors antt silly fans her husbands consent the present canada bank act provides that where do you know that such restrictive legislation is in force ike boone hat been promoted to the deposits of married women must the position of manager of the toronto be limited to 52000 mupta loafs cong u ike the amendment now proposed will that ted reees wlll ghc us the give the married women of quebec un insld done on the hockey situation in limited right of ieposit without the the us in the april issue of the uo- requirement of the husbands consent m in snorts illustrated and ii its so far as the chartered banks of can- sister publication ada are concerned the increased interest in grapho- analysis the science of character de lineation from handwriting has brought in its train not only a host of couverts but the inevitable sceptic one of the most frequent objections is posed by those who ask how can handwriting show ones character when we are taught how to write from the same copybook iu school the answer to this objection only proves how strongly handwriting does show character because if you will study the writing of a slngleclass of students who have learned writing from the same copybook a few years afterwards you will not find two who write alike each one writes differently a dif ferent slant a different pressure and differing conformations of letters this shows that as one grows ones character changes or strengthens and ones handwriting changes too and whilst i am discussing objec tions i would like to stress that it is not possible to tell a persons age or sex from handwriting here and there a trained graphoanalyst will be able to hazard a guess there is no scientific foundation for it however and consequently no reputable grapho- analyst will attempt it i have seen- womens writing that looked masculine and conversely i have examined the writing of men that looked for all the world like that of a woman then again some young people write a mature hand and ou the other hand i have seen the writ ing of a man of 50 which settnied to be that of a youth in his teens wo can only get from handwriting what is in it there is increasing evidence that certain ailments can ha discerned from handwriting people suffering from heart trouble reflect this condi tion in their writing but graphoanalysis has not yet at tained the point where it 13 possible to analyse ailments from handwriting with entirely scientific accuracy these are factors that time and con tinued research will attain but char acter analysis from handwriting is an accomplished fact and it is also true that vocational guidance can be given by trained graphoanalysts if you want to discover your own characteristics and traits as revealed by your handwriting take advantage o the offer made at the foot of this article dn you are ruled by you heart impulsive emotional appeals will always draw your sympathy you are inclined to get hysterical there is evidence of good powers o concentra tion if you get really interested in anything you and no difficult in con centrating all your powers on it you like to move around to change en vironment you are not content to re main passive in a routine way fb yoi have considerable depth of feeling and a desire to get on in the world there is a sense of balance displayed you do not talk too much you aro inclined to be clinnish you do not make friends indiscriminately mechanical or engineering work is in dicated these re of course merely brief extracts om analyses blizzard hits i voice of the press reindeer herd ca r- t fti i t- the p swings crossing of mackenzie river the depression is responsible ro abandoned for winter i man practical object-lesson- it in try again in fall shown the defects of over ceutiaiz i n tlon or too intensive development ot ottawa march 4 bhzzards sweep urban at the expense of rural hie jng out of the arctic wastes will de- the cities huge as they are have be lay several months the final dash of com overcrowded and the uatual canadas alaskan reindeer herd to movement is away from them tiut the permanent grazing grounds on the he process will no doubt begin alt cast side of the mackenzie river delta j over again the farm the trek fnm fragmentary details of a wild stami he farm to the city back to the farm lede among the herd reached here to- again under present conditions the day together with the decision of the fiells certainly look invitingly green drovers not to attempt the crossing t0 hose who have found disillusion of the river this winter messages received here today show- that andrew bahr who has been in charge of the herd since it started the long trek from alaska reached the mackenzie river late in january the herd was given a long rest before the most difficult part of the journey 70 miles across the windswept ice of the river in the meantime officers of the interior department worked at kittigazuit arranging the 15000 square mile grazing ground where the herd will be quartered it was bahrs intention to drive his herd across the river without stopping because of the absence of winter feed ing grounds among the islands after resting the deer several days he push ed off only to run into wild blizzards that swept the ice clear of snow mak ing travel impossible two days of detours storms and in cessant toil were climaxed by a wild stampede among the reindeer they started back toward the western shore along their own trail bahr and his assistants went after them gathering up the strays and the weaklings that would have succumbed to the gales and driven snow finally the herd was rounded up at shingle point the grazing area where last summer was passed bahr reported to interior depart ment officials that he would not at tempt the river crossing again this winter he will wait until the delta freezes next fall and in the meantime select a less hazardous route across the ice fruit act revision up this week ottawa march 4 complete revi sion of the fruit act in existence for 33 years will be provided in a bill to be introduced in the house of commons this week the changes will take care of requests endorsed by the fruit industry to protect the consumer the re sponsibility for grades and the quality of fruit will be spread out from the time it is packed until retailed any fruit misrepresented as to quality grade or variety may be placed in detention and withdrawn from sale until properly identified or regraded readers of this newspaper are in vited to send samples of iheir hand writing to the author for a character analysis send 33 long a letter as possible and writs your usual script address your letters to eoffrey st lair room 471 n adelaide st w toronto and enclose 10 cents and ters of course are confidential west elgin revives crossing gate issue st thomas march 4 public sen timent is aroused in west elgin at the failure of the dominion railway board to reopen the question of re moval of crossing gates at rodney west lome aud dutton the board approved of the institution of wig wag signals for the existing gates meat betwen city walls the divine injunction to till the soil and earn ones living in the sweat of ones face still holds good there is no other recipe tor economic stability notwithstanding all the progress ot the social and industrial sciences hamilton spectator in bygone days a toronto paper reproduces an 1s35 picture of that place in which traffic on the main street is represented by a pair of oxen it is a far more placid and soothing scene than can be con veyed by watching the present red and green corner lights brantord ex positor we must mildly protest when error gets a start it persists several days ago there was an article on this page which said almee semple lived in stratford as a bride and that the building the upstairs of which was the home of her and her husband la still here since then we have seen that item in the woodstock sentinel- review and the ottawa journal aud in each case the heading reads almee lived in st thomas and the story 13 credited to the st thomas timesjournal our idea was to claim a little pub licity tor stratford and not without mild protest or a little struggle will wo allow these other papers to take away from us whatever value there may be in the fact that almee came to stratford as a bride since then she has had two other husbands but according to belief and statistics the first was much better than those who followed in his waka stratford beaconherald another definition when is a man drunk that is a old question and there have been all sorts of tests from walking a chalk line to pronouncing difficult sentences a sensible sort of test is suggested in the virginia legislature as follows any peron who has drunk enough al coholic beverages to so affect his man ner disposition speech muscular movements general appearance or be havior as to be apparent to observa tion shall be deemed to be intoxi cated niagara falls review tampod 3c addressed envelope let iast fa blu s that time four the markets quebec wives to be allowed their own savings accounts amendment to bank act gives married women unlimited right of de posit and with drawal ottawa quebec women will get a measure of relief from restrictive legislation peculiar to that province in the amendments to the bank act in troduced in the louse of commons recently the law of quebec provides that a married woman may not deposit or united farmers cooperative co saturday was paying the following prices for produce at toronto eggs prices to farmers on un graded shipments cases returned fresh extras 31c fresh firsts 29c pullets 25c ard seconds 23c butter ontario creamery solids no 1 29 to 29vc no 2 281j to 28rac poultry a grade alive spring chickens over g lbs lie over 5 to 0 lbs lcc over 1 to 5 lbs 9c over 2 to 4 lbs 8c broilers over iu to 2 lbs 10c fatted hens over 5 lbs lie over 1 to 5 lbs 10c over 3 to i lbs 8c old roosters over 5 lbs 7c white ducklings over 3 lbs 12c do 4 to 5 lbs lie guinea fowl per pair 75c poultry a grade dressed spring chickens over c lbs 16c over 5 to ij lbs 15c over 1 to 5 lbs 13c over 2 to 1 lbs 12c broilers over li to 2 lbs 15c fatted hens over 5 lbs 13c over i to 5 lbs 12c over 3 to 1 lbs 10c old roosters over 5 lbs 10c white ducklings over 5 lbs 14c do 4 to 5 lbs 13c young tur keys over 8 lbs 17c black and red feathered birds 2c less per lb b grade poultry 2c lb less than a c grade 2 lb less than b wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prives to to ronto retail dealers- pork hams 20hc shoulders lgjc butts 18c pork loins 20c picnic losc lard pure tierces loic lie pails 1hc prints 11 vic shortening tieccs flic lcc pails lie prints 10ic grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on toronto grain transac tions for car lot prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 northern 72c argentine corn sic delivered on tario points ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 85 to 37c following delivered basis montreal freights no 2 cw 45c no i feed 42 c mixed feed oats manitoba oats- no 3 cw 43c no 2 feed 41a 31c manitoba barley no 3 cw 55 vic no 1 feed screenings 2150 per ton live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choicj s3 to 050 do med 4 to 475 do ccrn 325 to 4 steers over 1050 lbs good and choice 550 to 050 do mod 5 to 550 do com 425 to 475 heifers good and choice 475 to 523 do med 4 to 450 do com 350 to 4 fed calves good and choice 050 to 7 do med 5 to 0 cows goo 350 to 4 do med 3 to 325 do com 225 to 275 ennners ami cutters 125 to 2 bulls goo 325 to 375 do com 275 to 3j stcckcis and feeder leers good 1 io 150 do corn 3 to 375 milkers and springers 30 to 45 calves good and choice veals fc to 50 co com and med 450 to 750 grnssers to 350 hogs bacons fob 915 do off trucks young persons lost their lives in a crossing accident at rodney applica tion has since been made to have the question opened up again the re moval of the gates was under way friday and saturday 50 an acre to clear land ottawa the estimated cost of clearing land around lac seul ont in order to raise the water storage capacity of the lake was 50 an acre hon pier heenan was informed in a return tabled in the house of com mons by hon c h cahan secretary of state up to the end of december 86 acres had lecn cleared and the cost including initial expenses 387033 dirty markers automobile markers are carried not only as an indication that the regis tration fee has been paid but also as a ready means of identification for this purpose it is essential that the figures shall be legible at all times a car with dirty markers is in the same category as a man wearing a mask too frequently when a car has sped away from the scene of an accident or of a crime it has beenlmpossibe for bystanders to secure its number if those who purposely obscure thelj- markers are to be detected it is neces sary that lawabiding motorists keep their own markers clean and it is easier to do that than to get the car out ot the average garage toronto telegram g b s on tour george bernard shaw has sailed on a visit to new zealand if he hnd3 that the maoris have never even heard of him he is liable to take the next boat back home branttord expositor vimy ridge memorial should be in canada 930 do off ears 990 good ewes id wether lambs 5 no mod 750 1 p i o itl s775 do htickn 7 to 750 do j frances ienng says french do not seem to want tills to 7 sheep good light 150 do heavie s3 to 125 do uls 150 to s25i tubs tubs it particularly what is needed what is needed today is not ntn things but true things it is an old world and a good world there is enough of happiness and progress in the world just for the bringing out it means hard work not big talk it is one of the old truths the new truthb the everlasting truths that there are no shortcuts to things worth while those who foolishly imagine that they have some new way to change the world or tho part of the world they adorn are simply selling themselves false thoughts by highpressure hyp notism tho worid continues to make j progress to better things not in new ways or by loud mouthings but quiet ly and surely through effort and years of work should not have been in canada the french do not seem to want it piirtieulnrlyjv she said in an dust storm thunder thats saskatchewan shaunavon sask march 1 balmy spring breezes have brought visions j address on sculptural development of spring to shaunavon residents j in tironto she expressed the hope and as it that wasnt enough along j that seme day giiada might have at came a thimdershower a high wind least a replica of this great monument swept up clouds ot dust followed by which from a sculptural point of view miss frances ioring uiinks it a pity thoughl and labor tlmmiiw ad- that a ward s my ridge memorial vauce which is still incomplete nftcr many lightning thunder sprinkling of hail advice it never pays to stick your tongue out except at the doctors request a young lady did so at london out and had it frozen on a steel railing st thomas timesjournal wolf chews mitt 0f rain and a is one of th worlds greatest although j siie was of the opinion that walter alhvcrds masterpiece still remains in j brantford the beli monument i miss luring nlso emphasized the houses of the future when we get to the point where we consider the dwelling house as a ma chine to yield us the maximi in com- i fort and convenience wo shall pro gress toward a new type of mint sault ste man- ont march 4 importance o uiug the proper med- which w11 oe worthy of the age in when ed sancirtier nairn centre sum of material in expressing sculp- w e live then the home will resident found a timber wolf in hi j ural subjects technique calling for be building deslfanej from the nio snare the animal chewed its mitt stone should be onfined to stone and carefully planned to provide ovrj off sancartler killed tho wolf with bronze to bvonre she strewed and if comfort aud convenience in tht- hi an axo he said the wolf nde no the scilplor makes the mistake of efficient way and it will be pot effort to bite when h twitted its tiding store vire metal or wood or to havo all this at a lower cosl iin tail hut when he petted i on the bronze is called tor the result is likely the old typo of inefficient dwollirg back the wolf grabbi hs tnitt lo be oat of harmony if not grotesque edmonton jourra