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Several Proposals Failed Berlin--In a coffin of concrete, ten feet beneath the surface offthe earth, the little city of Wahn will lay its great post-war ghost--the skin blister ing blue cross gas that forced soldiers to lift thelr masks in the face of death,' : ' During the war, blue cross gas cut across No Man's Land, paving the way for the lung-dostroying yellow cross gas. Perhaps the greatest plant for its manufacture was con- structed at Wahn, about 20 miles from Cologne. In accordance with the Versailles Treaty the plant was scrapped, but the great supply of gas defiled dispo- sition. ; For ten years the community struggléd with the problem, and every means practical, theoretical and bi- zarre was given trial, At first they tried to burn the gas bat the farmers declared thelr crops were being ruined. Neutralizing processes failed to produce results. A suggestion that the stug be burled at sea was rejected when it was consid- ter of this year, production was more Shan double that of the like period in 28. Textile mills, as a whole, continue to be fully employed and unfilled or ders on hand on May 1st were sald to be In excess of those of the previ- ous year. Furniture factories report a normal condition with sales to date in excess of last year. Agricultural implement manufacturers are operat ing on full time, Although the weather has been un- seasonably cool, seeding in the West has been carried on without interrup- "During the fiscal Dominion Fish Cultural Service oper- ated 24 main fish hatcheries, 7 gubsi- diary hatcheries, and four WORK PROGRESSES AT THE RESTORATION OF OLD ST. PAUL'S LONDON all the territory Interior view of St. Paul's showing Grinling Gibbons carvings covered up during restoration work which 1s in { ies on the East _and the Rocky Mountain states on the West. This area in the latest period for which statistics are available took more than twelve per cent, of the total imports of the United States and sent out more than 25 per cent. of the total exports. The territory of the San Francisco office would cover the entire West Coast, east of the Rockles, and fn clude the Mountain statés. The ter- ritory of thé New York office covers the entire Hastern seaboard, Including Pennsylvania, There is a possibility, as trade de- velops, that another office will be opened in New Orleans, in which case the lower Mississippi Valley states would form the territory allotted. * epee Account of Daring Adventure Found Historical Research Worker Makes Find in British Museum Parls--From the sere pages of a ] crumbling yellow book in the British 'Museum, Stella Cleaver-Cox, well known historical and archaeological research worker, believes she has re- constructed the daring adventure of Prince Madoc, of England, and his band of Welshmen who, as early as 1170, journeyed across the sea to a land. believed to be near the Gulf of Mexico/ we According to the version she found, Prince Madoe, son of Owen, Prjnce of Wales, and brother of Prince David, set forth on his explorations to seek quiet retreat from the turmolis of his time, Having a large fortune, he ga* theréd adventurous spirits about him and sailed for new lands about which he had vaguely heard. After a long sail he reached a new country which hs so vividly described as to leave small doubt that it is the Gulf of # Mexico region. _ Then Prince eager to In- form his royal relatives of rich dis- covery, returned to England, leaving 12 men behind him to settle and col onize the land. He set out again for the new world with ten ships filled with eager colonists, but the fate of this voyage is not known. * Miss Cleaver-Cox said the manner |; of writing and the longitudinal and ~ lattitudinal figures quoted give the 'volume a certaln authenticity. She made her findings known when a re. port from the States reached here that evidence had been found that French fishermen hunted whales off New- foundland as early as 1392. A RT - Britain the Best Market La Presse (Ind): (Hon. J. A. taining ponds. These were maitalned in all the provinces in which the De- minion Government administers the fisheries, namely, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Ontario and Que- bee administer their fisheries and oper- ate thelr own fish cultural services. The 1927 distribution from the Fed- eral hatcheries reached a total of 295,- 283,782 fry, 'advanced fry, and finger. lings. This distribution included the more valuable food and gamia fishes, such as Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, cut-throat trout, steelhead sal- mon, Kamloops trout, Loch Leven trout, brown trout, sockeye salmon, spring salmon, speckled trout, white- fish, salman trout, and pickerel. The largest distributions were of white- fish, sockeye salmon, Atlantic salmon, and pickerel, in the order named. In addition to the distributions that were made from the hatcheries, thirty- five lakes and streams received allot- ments of fry and older fish from other bodies of water. This work was large- y confined to the Prairie Provinces, where many districts are not readily accessible to existing hatcheries, and involved the capture and transfer, in many instances for considerable dis- tances; of 35,961 fish, comprising six different species. The propagation of the commercial food fishes has always been given first attention by the Fish Cultural Service but in recent years the demands for full swing and which gi be finished by the summer of 1930. Prince Exhibition At x Newcastle Northeast England Reaches Industrial Turning-Point, Says Heir Apparent SAVES WORKMAN 7] Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng.--A "chal lenge of the northeast coast to the world!" The Prince of Wales in these words described an exhibition covering 100 acres on Newcastle town moor comparable to the show held your years ago at Wembley which he had just opened amidst scones of re markable enthusiasm, 40,000 people having asssembled at the Stadium to hear him speak. The Exhibition, which has been two years in preparation, comprises sample products representing the in- dustries of northeast England, includ- ing especially shipbuilding, iron and steel production, engineering oufput, machinery manufacture and coal min. ing, supplemented by corresponding contributions from all parts of Great Britain and the Commonwealth's na- tions overseas. It 1s to advertise British products and, taking place as it has done at the stocking and restocking of lakes and streams with game fish has been steadily growing so that now the hatching of trout and other game! fish forms an important part of the work. At the St. John, New Brunswick, hatchery, where progress is being made in the development of a brood ¢ of trout, nearly two and three- uarter million trout eggs were pro- duced in 1927. The growing value of a wellstocked angling stream may be gauged by a comparison of the rentals which were obtained in 1922 and 1927 for the angling privileges on certain portions of the Restigouche river and its tributaries. The angling in seven- teen stretches of the river which was i of by auction at Frederict New Brunswick, -in 1922 brought an- nual rentals amounting to $16,815. In the same waters EAE per for () ng five years. ~~ aturat Resources." - ee meen Southern Cross Pilot Testifies Capt. Kingsford-Smith Says Food Missing From Locker Sydney, New South Wales.--Capt. Kingsford-Smith of trans-Pacific fame, appeared recently before the commit investigating the ciréum- recedit 'mishap to the stances of the 8! Southern Cross and told the 1 ry, of >| the *plane's flight from air- | drome and of the forced landing n River in North Western the moment when trade has begun to improve after a number of years of deep post-war depression, it is re- garded as the turning point in the industrial history of the undaunted north, "To-day," said the Prince, "there are Certain indications to show that the industries 'of this district which have had a good deal of punishment during the last few rounds are not yet out of the ring but are fighting back 'gallantly with a good northern punch." After giving statistics supporting this statement, the Prince said the exhibition was an "announcement to the whole world that the great shop of this | lal let is still open, is determined to carry on and is pre- pared to meet all orders with the highest traditions of a not unworthy ad The exhibition, the Prince contin- ued, was to "revitalize the existing industries, to discover how they should be adapted and if necessary improved," not only as a general source of national income but "to pro- vide fresh channels for labor in an area that has had more than its fair spare of hard times." tral figure In an exciting episode when he dramatically rescued a man from being drawn into some machin ery, shortly after the official opening. In describing the rescue of the man, who was named Guinness, the foreman of. the exhibition, an eye wit- ness, said that the thing happened in a flash. Guinness was sitting on a ladder adjusting a machine for the manufagture of tin containers, which the Prifice was examining. He was pointing out one of the intricacies in the process when one of the tins caught in the carriage. Guinness, in snatching at the tin to save break- age, slipped off the ladder and hung with his feet within a few inches of the machinery, which was rotating at great speed. "The Prince grabbed at Guinness' overalls and pulled him towards the ladder," said -informant. "The over- alls slipped from the Prince's hand and Guinness, who was still clinging to an overhead gear, swung back to his dangerous position. Tha Prince then seized him the second time and succeeded in pulling him back clear of the machinery. He would have lost his leg had he dropped." ee ied The Cohservative Record Edinburgh Weekly Scotsman (Cons.): The sneers of the opponent are the best evidence that Mr. Bald- win has taken the line least to their liking. People have short memories and it is well that they should be reminded of all the really big ad- vances the present Government has made towards international security, the restoration of industry and agri culture, the establishment of a better gpirit in industry, the removal of local burdens and the ¢onsolidation of local governments, and: education, the ex- tension of pensions, the promotion of housing and slum clearing, the devel opment of the resources of the Em- women. mies Canadian Week in Glasgow the housewives espefially, of course, that this Canada Week applies, as theirs is the job of choosing and buy- ing fhe things which their husbands swallow without. a thought as to whether they are eating Empire goods or mot. Nor do many housewives give much thought to this point ot view either. What they look for is something good that is not too dear. And in Canadian goods they find that Canada can produce everything, al most everything that is needed for The Prince of Wales was the cen- the home except tea, coffee and splices. ---- pire and last, but not least, the ex-! tension of the franchise to all adult Glasgow Herald (Cons): It Is to, King George's Warm Welcome Back to Windsor King and Queen Loudly Ac- claimed on Motor Journey to Their Home Windsor, Eng.--King George came back to his own fireside in this ancl ent home of British sovereigns. All Windsor and the surrounding countryside were out to welcome their monarch back. Windsor was decorated as seldom before. Not a single house or shop on Castle Hill, or in the main street of the city, was without gay decorations, The King, accompanied by Queaa Mary, had had a remarkable recep- tion throughout their 24 hour trip from Craigwell House, Bognor, where the King ha dspent several months. But it remained for Windsor to outdo all the' others as it welcomed again it smost prominent resident. Thousands of cheering spectators, including 2,000 school children and 1,000 Eton boys lined the ancient thoroughfare. As the royal = car drove through, bags of rose petals were emptied from windows and fell in a crimson cascade about the ma- chine, It was the first time most of the inhabitants of Windsor had seen the King since late last year. All along the line there were cries of: "God bless your majesties!" and "Welcome home!" At the bottom of Castle Hill which rises steeply up toward the ancient gray stone pile were waiting the Mayor and aldermen. The royal car halted and the door near which the King was sitting swung open. The smiling face of the ruler appeared and he grasped the hand of the Mayor as he said: "Thank you very much. We are very pleased to be back in Windsor and I am very glad to see so many citizens here." The King shook hands with the rest of the delegation and the car then swung up the hill toward home. init "Safeguarding" in Britain Sydney. Bulletin:. "Safeguarding' has got so far that there are 169 specified ways of running against a stiff Customs duty in the British tariff, and John Bull bas hardly a manu- facturing industry that makes a de- cent living now ~without protection, English Sports Believe in Rough Going ered that it might be dangerous to transport the gas up the ously. Compromise Solution water. above it, a fear Hamburg gas leak disaster. tion. hermetically-sealed, struction. masks, ing place. to help out in case of emergency. tace of the ground. of six inch concrete, tarred to seal cracks. bedded 'with a one foot stance. about ten feet of earth. Canada's Railways Make Big Gain In Increase to Better Busi- ness in Dominion and men of the road." in Port Huron, which will ing the winter. Canadian interests, age and refrigeration, nounced. amm-------- Courts of Divorce Rhine. Moreover, fishermen objected strenu- Meanwhile, as a compromise solu- tion, the gas had been stored in about three feet of soll under the factory, but the soil was sandy, and it was | believed it would infect the subsoil When the factory was dis- mantled, it was feared the gas might rise through the soll to pollute the air fntensified by th So the authorities cast about for a final solu- The completed vault was built by digging a pit 20 feet below the sur- The walls are scraped and The floor is layer of| water-imperyious clay, and the sides are two feet deep in the same sub- When the vault was filled, a roof of tar, concrete and clay was placed over it, and on top of this 6 Years' Earnings Sir Henry Thornton Ascribes Port Huron, Mich.--Increase of $55, 50,000 in the net earnings of the Cana- dian National Ratlways during the past six years was announced by Sir Henry Thornton, president and chair man of the board of directors, during a banquet In his honor here attended by citizens and rallwaymen of Sarnia, Ont., St. Clair and Port Huron, Mich. Sir Henry ascribed the present pros- perity of the railways to general im- provement of business conditions in Canada; the support given the road by both political parties without poll- tical patronage or Interference, and to the "splendid response from officers | He also announced plans for the | erection of a 2,000,000 bushel elevator receive grain from lake vessels in the fall and unload for rail transportation dur- Construction on this elevator, which is backed by large will start this summer. In connection with this pro- ject, the Continental Ice Company is about to build a plant to cost $300,000 in this city to provide for cold stor it was an- Quebec - Evenement (Ind.): HEvery- tion during the last week and has ad- vancéd rapidly in all sectiors, with the exception of Southern Alberta, where excessive moisture retarded operations, In Central Alberta fully sixty per cent. of the wheat is sown. Summing up the wheat crop situa tion, the "Nor'West Farmer," Winni- peg, says :"We do not look for any great increases In whegt acreage this year and venture to fcfecast that the increase, if any, will not exceed five per cent. above last year's acreage, which was given officially as 23,158,508 {actes, or about eight per cent. above the area of the 1927 wheat crop. As suming that an increase of five per The new plan called for two vast cent. materializes, the West's wheat underground | fleld this year will measure24,316(430 vaults, one of which Is still under con- | cres." A crew of men, in gas rubber suits and _thickly- padded gloves and shoes, Was engag- ed to remove the blue cross gas to what it is hoped will be its last rest- Officials similarly garbed and the city physician were on hand Domestic trada conditions are re- ported to be satisfactory in all parts of the country, In the Maritime Provinces a good volume of business is reported by the wholesale trade. In Montreal and other Quebec cen- ters, boots and shoes and all lines of footwear are moving well. Sales of dry goods are satisfactory and ladies' wear maintains a good volume. Business in most wholesale lines ° in Western Canada fs brisk, and tn some cages volume has exceeded the similar period of last year. Sales of hardware, machinery and automobile accessories are reported to have been especially good In Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and other large centers. According to the monthly bank statement just Issued, call loans out- side Canada decreased from $328,138, 789 in February to $292,486,603 in March, On the other hand, current loans in Canadas moved from $1,248: 466,643 in February to $1,292,509,137 in March. Current loans outside Cane | ada also showed an increase. Notd' circulation increased from $162,383, ' 853 in February to $188,726,266 In March. ud The Ontario Government's $28,000 000 thirty-year bond issue, awarded to a cyndicate headed by National City Cempany. The bid $99.18 or 5,06 per cent, practically a par basls. Under present conditiol of the money market, the loan is cof sidered highly satisfactory, Fortys two tenders were submitted. 7 Extensive works are planned by Canadian National Railways for coming season. The program as : lined includes the laying of 110 miles of steel, the placing of 676,000 cuble yards of ballast, the erection of many stations and loading platforms. It is expected that construction the Hudson Bay Railway will be Ly ficiently advanced to permit operatiod by next autumn. Work om the ling is being forwarded with great rapidity. Track laying was continued d the winter months and Churchill ter minus reached on March 29. Exports of all grades of nickel from Canada fo rthe month of April, as ree ported by the Federal Governm amounted to 7,128,500 pounds at $1,770,982, as compared with 5,980 100 pounds with a valuation of $1,410, : 462 in April, 1928, For the first foup months of this year the increase 18 volume above. the corresponding x od in 1928 amounted to 11,504,900 pounds, : 1 - The American Tariff body knows that a court of justice will take at least a whole day and often several days te investigate a single petition for divorce. If the com. mittee of the Senate were to show an 'equal desire to render a comsidered judgment on every request for divorce submitted to them, they would have to devote an entire year to this duty, whereas they are seen to dispose in a few weeks of several) hundreds of Ottawa Droit (Ind.): Those who are Iikely to suffer most are not the Ca ! 3 adian farmers, They lave at > doors a local market which lasts from 1 ucts of this country. With a little organization our agriculture will not suffer at all and, what is more, our en at ue. new 1 in 3 toms duties will hit the Jn_tuf 'most of all, who will