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AN LL A 00 © Vige-Admiral Alexander Sinclair Commdnder of 'the British China sta- tion. Hundreds of marines are ready "to leave for China near the end of the month, is reported from London. "FI" EPIDEMIC GRIPS BRITAIN - People Stand in Line for Burial Certificates in Poorer Sections. London. --A wintry spell last week caused the recent epidemic of influ- enza which has been prevalent in many parts of Europe to tighten its grip on Great Britain, 667 deaths be- ing reported in Britain for one week. The official death roll of the County of London has shown a steady increase during the-past three weeks, the fig- ures being 72, 137 and 197. These reports from 10& large towns apart from Yondon for the same period of time show. 172, #26 and 470 deaths, ° In some of the poorer districts of London people e "had to stand in ling to obtain de#th certificates, while there is hardly a public departmentsor busines Rouse part of whose staff is not on the sick list. yi Hundreds of school teachers ave ill, while some small shops in. the East End have put up their shutters and plucarded their doors: "The whole family is ill of influenza. Will reopen when better." - , Some of the. country districts are badly stricken. Half the schools have been closed in Nottinghamshire, while | half the police force in Dotsetshire is sick. Theré is hardly a household in the village of Northamptonshire which has escaped. Al the public officials }~ at Penmaenmawr, Carharvon, Wales, have been stricken. During the last five weeks there have been 600 niore deaths from. in- fluenza than for the corresponding period last year. A bulletin issued by the Health Section of the League of Nations, which has been following the influenza epidemic closely, showed widespread prevalences of the illness in England | and Wal¢s. The bulletin reported that the epidemic was continuing in Denmark, The Netherlands and Switz- erland, was increasing in Bulgaria and diminishing in Spain, a a a To Extend "Beam" Service to Australia London.-- Following the opening of the "beam" wireless service between ~~ this country and Canada, the Marconi Company announces the early exten- sion of the service to Australia," Pre- liminary tests have been successful and the stations in both countries 'ate to be handed over to the British Post- office early in the new year. 3 The "heam" wirciess dystem greatly e speed of transmis- nh of the signals e new method, and it is E to lnk the entire British Empire by | i raeans of 'wireless " th beams." | modelled, on the same. lines as Fe 1 tiony, was launched at a meeting of 300 | was signed by President Harry Gilroy {of the United Farmers' Co-operative § | Company, while ¥. L. Agnew of Com-, "| ber signed the second. x | Mountains will be marketed through ontracts -- First Contract Signed by President Gilroy. i Chatham. ~~ Ontario's grain pasl, same 'lines as the Prairie organiza- nt farmers here on Thursday. The first contract--disposing of all grain grown for the next five years-- The Ontario pool, it was explained, will _work in conjunction with the three. Western pools, and when®it is fully organized it is hoped that the greater portion of the grain grown from the Ottawa River to the Rocky one central organization in the hands of the producers themselves. The form of contract adopted is very similar to that of the Manitoba Wheat Pool, The grower who sighs up agrees to dispose of all his grain, through the pool for a term of five; years, Exceptions will be made in! certain cases, A farmer selling pedi- greed seed grain can -do so without permission of the pool, while a farmer who desires to sell a quantity of grain to a neighbor for the latter's own use will be able to secure permission from to appoint captains for each county and canvassers from each township, | ultancously in the various counties For | contracts. In the meantime, however, those who desire to sign are privil- eged to do so. :As far as. possible the grain will Be handled through ihe elevators al- ready established. A conference was held previous to the meeting between the co-operative company officials and elevator men of the district, at which 'the former requested that the pool grain be handled as well as that not purchased by the pool. A meeting was held subsequently by the elevator men, and it is understood that a proposition will be submitted to the company. C. P. Burnell, president of the Manitoba Wheat Pool; J. J. Morrison, Secretary of the U.F.0.; J. S. Jeffrey, Manager of the Grain Department of the local committees. Tt is purposed | the United Farmers' Co-operative Co., chateau near Brussels, and who has 1867. Chatlotie, once Empress Carlotta of Mexico, as she looked shortly after her marriage to Maximilan, {n the middle sixties, who died recently at her been insane ever since his execution in and Mr. Gilroy were the principal speakers, -7 In a shyt address Mr. Morrison declared that the farmers of Ontario were just turning their attention to marketing. He maintained that un- less the farmers adopted co-operative marketing, not only in Ontario, but in other parts of the world, farmers will never receive their just dues. This is the first of a series of meet- ings in the interests of the pool that will be held throughout the province this winter. »- Ultra-Violet Treatment Enables Blind to See London.--The blind have been made and a campaign will be conducted sim-| ¢, sea and the deaf to hear, all by the shock. power of ultra-violet rays. This amazing statement was made by the authorities of the Nottingham sun- ray clinic, though it was admitted that the treatment was successful only in "certain suitable cases." "Only certmin diseases can be at- tempted," said the clinic's spokesman, "but the results atready obtained 'make one very optimistic for the fu- ture. More than fifty cases of ence- phalitis lethargica (sleeping sickness) have been treated during the last year, and the condition of the-major- ity of the patients ha% improved in every way." 3 Certain types of corneal ulcer have also been completely cured within a few weeks, and the active tuberculous process* has been arrested in advanced cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. |Home Wrecked in Paris By Gas Explosion Paris, Ont,--An explosion of natur- al gas practically destroyed the brick veneer dwelling of D, M. Lee of Gov- ernor's Road, just on the outskirts of Paris, Mr. Lee went down to the cellar for 'some fruit and struck a match, when the explosion occurred, the force of which was felt across the river nearly half a mile away. How Mr. Lee escaped with his life is a mystery, as alsp is the fact that the escaping gas was not detected in the house. Mr. Lee's sister, who was standing near the cellar door, was thrown some distance by the force of the explosion, and is suffering from | The loss will amount to several thousand dollars. Dumping Duty is Raised To Protect Apple Growers Ottawa.--The Minister of Customs has issued an order which will raise 'the basis for the application of dump- ing duty 756 cents per box on all im- portations of apples grown west of Chicago and imported from points éast 'thereof. The order amends a previous order in regard to the dump- ing duty on apples. Under the pre- vious order, it was found, the dump- ing duty could be evaded -in certain cases. The purpose of the amend- ment, it is intimated at the Depart- ment of Customs, is to prevent the evasion. ~ (dotted) is con- 'The northeast area (dott rolled by five ears lords 1 got Nationallsts | together they should have no difficulty { Shek, is dominated by the Russians, g 2. $2.8 {who have here pelitical and military 'to $2.25 per gal.y maple sugar, est (vertically shaded) com- advisers. ; : Shantung, If this combination g back the southerners, _ the provinces of Yunnan, 5. 7 * MAP OF CHINA SHOWING THE GROUPING OF THE WARRING FORCES. area Hsiang, who holds~ the Province of shaded) consisting of six and a halt {provinces 'under Geperal Chinng Kal rihwestern area feguared ~The no 2 A ding) is where the fan Gen- » 01d: of Shen. | 18%e; Com HEARS FAVORABLE SPEECH. 650 Delegates That Water- way Would Mean Emanci- pation of 40,000,000 Peo- -« ple in Mid-West States. Muskegon, Mich.--"The economic feasibility, soundness wand necessity (and tho engineering practicability. of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water- way have been proved, and the first' and major duty now confronting us is an immediate treaty with Canada pro- viding for an early opening of the con- nection to the sea. President William | Harding, ex-Governor of Towa, said to the 6560 delegates to the Regional Con- ference of the Great Lakes-St. Law- rence Tidewater Association, in ses- sion herve. Diversion of lake waters by the Chicago Sanitary District was hit by William George Bruce of the Wiscon- sin Tidewater Association, who said: The Chicago diversion is not only a menace to_our national welfare, but a violation of natural law which is international in its scope.. Half of the Great Lakes waters belong to Canada, and we deny that the Secretary of War, even the Congress of the United States, has any right to authorize the diversion. Canada can never fully approve the St. Lawrence waterway until the Chicago water steal is dis- continued." Canada will be unwilling to con- clude a treaty with the United States! to provide for a Great Lakes-to-the- sea canal via the St. Lawrence River until diversion of water from the Great Lakes by Chicago is ended, ac-! cording to Mr, Bruce. He said he had been apprised of Canada's atti- tude by F. H. Keefer. A telegram was received from Her! bert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, | {saying that authoritative economic, and engineering authorities had shown the "vital need and feasibility" of the project, and applauding the work of the association in awakening the in- terest of Middle Westerners in the scheme. Opposition of the New York inter- ests fathering the all-American route via the New York barge canal was { touched by two speakers. The first de- Iclared the opposition to be factional and without national support, but R. J. McLean of Detroit took a different attitude. Ile gaid: "New Yorkers, as a rul are not so favorable to the all-Am- erican route. The St. Lawrence wate way would give theni a second ocean port, Buffalo. The completion of the project, many of them believe, would REGIONAL CONFERENCE Ex-Governor of Iowa Tells] The Late Henry May Boland Well-known newspaper man, who died in Montreal on Jan. 26. ER cause an eventual greater traffic on the barge canal and result in an in- crease of millicns of dollars in their | export and internal trade. "It wonld be emangipation to 40,- 100,000 landlocked people in the Mid- 'dle West," President Harding said: Mr. Reed told the delegates that it Middle West, He said also that it would mean freight saving of 12% cents on every bushel of wheat mark- eted by Minnesota farmers. Frank H. Keefer characterized as "all wrong" Premier . Tascherean's utterance that development of the St. Lawrence as a seaway would mean joint control by Canada and the Un ited States of what, after nll, is a Canadian waterway. Wheat Yield in 1926 Ranks Third Largest The rates between America and Australia will benefit most, cago. which was formerly 61 cents a word, now will be 45 cents a word; to New York, 48 cents, as against the old rate of 64 cents, and the rate to San Francisco has been reduced from 56 to 40 cents. The Canadian rates have been re- duced from 48 cents to 38 cents a word, and the United Kingdom rates from 60 cents to 48 cents, The deferred rates will be half of these figures. The press rate has also been reduced, but the other special rates remain unchanged. li enrecomnt Longer Skirts Are New Decree of Paris Fashions London.--Tonger hair, longer skirts and smaller waists is the tip fashion axperts are handing out to British wo- men. who are planning their carly spring wardrobes. i Women with knee-length skirts ars. | getting rarer and rarer in Londow | ballrcoms. Hems are being let out and a fringe is being added to give greater would mean the difference between length to the gowns of women who | bankruptcy and a reasonable prosper- | failed to heed the Paris warning last {ity to the agricultural States of the mutumn, Many of the latest evening {gowns from Paris fall three inches or | more below the knee in front and i drape to a train which is many inches longer. > ; Increase is Requested in Bounty for Wolves Kingston. -- Frontenac County | Council passed a resolution calling on the Ontario Government to increase' the bounty on wolves. The resolution was moved by J. D. Flake of the | Township of Clarendon and Miller, ! who claims that the wolves are hecom- ing so plentiful in the North that {they are a serious menace to live The cable rate from Sydney to Chi- Ottawa, Ont.--Canada's total yield stock. A copy of the resolution was of wheat for the year 1926 is estimat-' sent to W. DD. Black, representative for od at 406,269,000 bushels from 22.708 - | Frontenac-Addington, and to Hon. ~ 449 acres, as compared with 411,375, 1700 bushels from 21,972,732 acres in 1925, and with 386,864,625 bushels | from 22,084,320 acres, the annual averages for the four years 102 . t It is announced in a erop report issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, ! The average yield per acre for all | wheat in 1926 was 17.8 bushels as {compared with 18.7 bushels in 1925, and with 17.5 bushels the annual aver- {age for the four years 1923-26. { The wheat crop in point of yield | other large yields having been 474,- | 1199,000 bushels in 1923, 411,375,700 bushels in 1925; 399,786,400 bushels | {in 1922 and 293,542,600 bushels in| F915 i 2. TORONTO. Man, 'wheat--No. 1 North., $1.54; No. 2 North.,, $1.50%; No. 3 North, $1.42. x Man, oats--No, 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 62¢; No. 2 feed, nominal; Western grain quota- tions, in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, track, Toronte--No. 2 old yellow, 89¢; No. 3, old yellow, B7c. Millfeed--Déel. Montreal freights, bags included; Bran, per ton, $32.26; shorts, per ton, $34.26; middlings $40.25. 1 Ontario oats, 50c, f.o.b. shipping points, Ont, good milling wheat--$1.28 to $1.30, f.0.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barley--Malting, 66 te 64c. Buckwheat--T79¢, nominal. Rye---No. 2, $1.00 Man. flour--First pat, $8.20, To- ronte; do, second pat., $7.70. Ont. flour---Toronto, 29 per cent. patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, $5.60; seaboard, in bulk, $6.60 Cheese--New, large, 0 to 20%c; twins, 2034 to 21c; triplets, 22¢.. Stil. tons, 23¢. Old, large, 25c; twins, 26¢; triplets, 27c. Old Stiitons, 28¢, Butter--Finest creamery prints, 45 to 46¢; No. 1 creamery, 44 to 45¢; No. 2, 48 to 44¢c. Dairy prints, 34 to 35c. Egge--Fresh cxtras, in cartons, 60 to 62¢; fresh extras, loose, 58 to 60c; fresh firsts, 53 to Hoc; fresh seconds, 42 to 43¢c; fresh pullets, 48 to bOc. Storage extras, 50c; do, firsts, 47c; seconds, 42 to 43c. Poultry, dresged--Chickens, 5 lbs. and up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs, 88c; do, 8 to 4 Ibs., 36¢c; do, 2% to 31% lbs, 35c; do, 2 to 2% lbs., 85c; hens, over b lbs, 82¢; do, 4 to 5 lbs, 80c; do, 3 to 4 1bs., 28¢c; oosters,' 25¢; turkeys, 42 to 46e; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 35 to She, c ot eans--Can. 90 bushel; primes, $3.45 to $3.60. Maple produgta Syrup, per imp. al, to $2.80; per 5 gal, $2.15 © Honey----60-h, tins, 12% to 13¢; 10- Ib. tins, 12% to 18¢: lb, tins, 13 to Ch Haney $040 tn $4.50 per do 'hone; to $4,650 per doz. ked meats-- Hanis, med., 28 to ~ Markets, | hand-picked, ie to $14 5 41%e. | | \ Cured moats-- Long clear bacon, wl to 70 lbs, $22; 70 to S0 lbs., $20.50; | 2014 lbs. and up, $21.34; lightweight! rolls, in barrels, $41.50; heavyweizht| rolls, $38.64 per bbl. | JAard--Pure tierces, 15 to 15%ec; | tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16% to 17¢}! prints, 17% to 18¢; shortening tierces, 12% to 13%c; tubs, 13% to 14c; pails,! 14 to 14%¢; blacks and tans, 15% to! 16e. Heavy export steers, $7 i Leavy steers, good, $6.25 to $6.50; | butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.25; do, fair to good, $6.25 to §6.75; do, | com., $4.76 to $5; buteher heifers, | choice, $7 to $7.26; do, fair to good, | $6.50 to $6; do, com., $4.50 to $5; but- | cher cows, good to cheice, $6 to $5.75; | do, com. to med, $3.50 to $4.50; do,! canners and cutters, $2.25 to $2.75; butcher bulls, good to choice, $5 to] $5.25; do, med., $4 to $4.75; do, bolog- | nas, $3.50 to $3.80; baby beef, $8 to $10; feeders, choice, $5.50 to $5.80; do, | fair, $5 to- $5.25; stockers, choice, $4.75 to $5; do, fais to med. $4 to $4.50; milch cows, $65 to $80; spring- | to $7.65; ers, $80 to $100; plain to med. cows, $10 to $60; calves, choice, $18 to $14; do; med, $8 to $12.50; do, com. and grassers, $5 to $6; lambs, { choice, $11.50 to $12: bucks, $9 to $9.60; sheep, choice, $6.50 to $7.50; do, heavies, $4.50 to $5; do, culls, $3 to $3.50; hogs, thick and smooth, fed and watered, $11.50; do, f.ob.,, $11; do, country points, $10.75; do, off cars, $11.90; select premium, per hog, $2.25. MONTREAL. Oats--Can. west, No. 2, 75¢; do, 7 Flour, Man. spring ats., 1sts, $8.20; do, 2nds, $7.70; strong bakers', $7.60; do, winter pats, choice, $6.10 to $6.15. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $8.65. Bran, $32.25: Shorts, $34.25. Middlings, $40.25. "Hay, No. 2, per ton, carlots, 50. Cheese, finest wests, 19 to 19%e. 1 pasteurized, 41 to 48c; storage Butter, No. Fgge, storage extras, Brat be, storage seconds, 40 to dic; ! fresh extras, 58¢; fresh firsts, 58c. . Com. cows, $3.50 to $4.50; calves, sucker, ordinary quality, $10 to $11; hogs, thick smooths, $12, with a $2 per 'hog premium on selects and a o0c per Sr on shops, 'or $12 flat; Howard Ferguson, Premier. ~ -- Fruit Crops Uninjumed by Low Temperatures St. Catharines.--With the hevcury going only to six below zero in this section, according to the official read- ings at the City Hall, leading fruit growers were positive in their asser- tions that the peach buds were un- harmed. "There is no danger up to fiftecn below zero," said Manager Brown of the St. Catharines Cold o, | 16 the third largest on record, the Storage Co. Ho said he had heard of nothing lower than six below in the Niagara peach belt. Fox Pelt Brought $345 at Manitoba Sale Montreal.--The feature of one day's session of the Canadian "ur Auction Sales Company, Limited, was the of- ferings of 1,000 silver fox pelts. The highest price paid for a single skin was $340. Marten, numbering 4,580 skins, ad- vanced 2b per cent., with the top price for dark fur at $75 and for heavy pale fur at $27.50. Fisher, including {a group of 1,040 sins, remained un- changed, with the highest quotation at $175. > - Charles Chase 74-year-old confidential messeuger to seven Ontario premfers, who is on the job again for the session of the legls- lature, despite a bad fall which threat- ened to put him permanently out of commission. -- - i id Immigration to Canada Increased 60 Per Cent. Ottawa. --Immigration to Canada for the calendar year 1926 amounted to 135,984, compared with 84,000 fo the calendar year 1025, an i 60 per cent. This information is 1 public in an official statement | Dept. of Tmmigration and tion. During the just