> [==] The Daily hig YBAK 50: NO. 104 I DIRIGIBLE W OVER ATLANTIC . 6d to Reagh St Johas, Nfid., on Ea Friday Morning. ALREADY AT MNEDLANY 2 TO RECEIVE THE GIANT BRITISH Es AIRSHIP. Which Is Due There on Saturday Morning--Searchlights to Send Up Ribbons of Light and Signals of Location. (Canadian Press Despatch) % London, July 3 (9.66 a.m.) ~-Thé Alr Ministry received a report from the British dirigible R-34 at 6.11 o'clock this morning (Greenwich time), giving the position of the craft, as approximately half way fo Newfoundland. The British warsliip * Renown, stationed in mid-Atlantfe, reported at 6.15 this morning that the barometer was steady and that the wind was blowing about four miles from the north-west. The sky "Was clear, the visibility good and the sea smoobh, The Brifish Afr Ministry announc- ed to-day that it expected the R-34 to reach St. Johw's, Nfid., on Friday morning and Hazlehurst Field, Loug Island, early on Saturday morning. - Ready At Mineola, N.X. (Canadian Press Despach.) Mineola, N.Y., July 3-<~With ev- erything In readiness to receive 'the giant dir! hie R-34, officers of hie oyal alr force .-avia- tion units are Gu the os for the arrival of the airship : \ Beginning to-night, seores - of searchlights will sénd up ribbons of light and signals of loeation. These are placed around the field of the ground on trudéks, on water towers and on wireless towers. - Si gy tn nadia n patch) St. Johns, A vw: 3.=The wireless station here reports having heard signals fast: might from ' the R-34, indica | and that the - Newt } of agree- ents between France, Britain. and United States were given out by the foreign office last night. The agreement between Great Britain and France corresponds with that be. tween the United States and France, © with aiditiona] provision iit the treaty imposés no obligation upon any of the Pomilntons of the British | Empire unless and until it be ap- proved by the parlMament of each Dominion Jutsrasted. ois. agreement is signed by ] n Pichon, David Liovd Goong "premier, and A" J. I acretary of state for Fn . @ text of the treaty een and the United States, and France 'and Britain, amply provides for co- operation between these powers in carrying out the treaty of Versallles ending the gr War, v hy Col. W. R. Lang, who since Jann- last has been general staff offi- 'eer in the Toronto Military District 'has resigned. After a trip to Eng Sand, he will resume his duties as professor at the University of Toron- 9. : : 000,000 | premier added, would be placed. . by) i~ [Hallexbury, io HEH son .the T. and N.O., Sots : Tis cond ot vuty Wo! 3 La RAIN ONLY HOPE OF SAVING NORTH Many Geaties Arc Ringed With Flame And Lives Are Threatened. THE HOMES OF SETTLERS ARE IN CONFLAGRATION--NO LIVES YET LOST. The Bush Is Like Tinder- After So Much Dry Weather--Timmins, Cochrane and Matheson in Danger. Cobalt, July 3.---Unless rain comes to-day, there are grave fears. that many centres of the north country will be wiped out by bush fires. The past few weeks of decidedly dry wea- ther have made the bush like tinder. Many centres of the north are report- ed surrounded by a wall of fire, and an increase in the wind would bring about their destruction. The heavy wall of smoke whieh came down over Lake Temiskaming along with wild rumors make the peo- ple decidedly nervous. No casualties have been heard of and communication is difficult. Bos- ton Creek is In danger. The post master states that the town is sur- rounded and that the fires are being fanned to serious proportions by the heavy wind which is blowing. Timmins, Cochrane and Matheson. all reported as burning, are safe at Present, but for how long cannot be told: It is understood that fires are burning on all sides of these places. At Timmins the fire started many miles to the west. It made ten miles Progress towards the town Sunday. Yesterday it is sald to be close up. Piilp limits have suffered terrific losses and the large saw mill at Moon- béan has been destroyed. X Settlers' Homes Destroyed, It is belteved that many settlers' places have been wiped out, but it is impossibe to verify this. Catherine township and Skead in the Kirkland trict are reported to be all afire; uck township, in' which is located Haileyhury, iv badly afire and Tues: iday night"the fire destroyed a number Of homes on the west road out: of The section house al reported lost. : : Across the border in Quebec the fires are Iso bad. Ville Marie f(s in danger and-many of the islands in Lake Temiskaming ave a munication is dificult, and it: is "tm- possible to get detailed information of the losses, but so far it is safe to say that none of the many big towns threatened have as yet burned, The 'Weatherman predicts warm weather, but the wind seems to leave the im- pression that rain may follow. 'It it does it may be the salvation of hun- dreds. Ex-Kaiser Soon To Be Placed On His Trial (Canadian Press Despatch) London, July 3.-~The former - Gérman emperor will soon be placed on trial. Premier Liloyd- George made this announcement in the House to-day in his re- port on the peace negotiations. "TH¥ premier declared that the 'tribunal which would try the former emperor would sit 'in London. The German army, the premier sald, was at present. inadequate to. disturb the peace of the feeblest of neighbors of Germany. ' The terins of the treaty with Germany in some re- 'spects ware terrible, the premier said, but terrible would have 'been the consequences if Qer- many had 'speceeded, . German officers, who had ¢om- mitted' appalling Iintemies, 'the find. Comis | on trial. Lloyd-George that the British delegat ing. any attempt "dominantly Ge under Brit KINGSTON, The picture shows an Eng a Canadian 'Black Maria" driven by a man in a toppe Re ETTING LIGHT ON THE FIGHT Dempsey Backers Are Asking 0dds of Ten to Eight. SENTMENT 15 VEERING TOWARDS THE CHAMPION IN SOME QUARTERS. It is Understood That Stéaight Mar quis of Queensberry Rules Are to Apply to the Contest. {Canadian Press Despatch.) Toledo, Ohio, July 3.--Rules gov- erning the heavyweight championship contest between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey in Tex Rickard's $160,000 arena to-morrow, are to be officially interpreted: at a meeting to~ day attended by Ollie Pecord, the referee, 'Rickard and Major Biddle, Judges of the: contest; 'the: boxers themaelves and. Juck sey is favored in the betting: Béttiy ont. the ol icomie 'has 'proved surprisingly light to date, notwithstanding the gathering ot] thousands dt' pro : In sqiie, quarters the sentiment aps peared 'tq. ha 'veening toward were offering 'even money on. the. challenggr'a day or two dgo, they are now asking that Willard men lay 10. to Boats Sv . GENRRAL STRIKE 1x ITALY, © ng the A To Protest Against lie High: Cost of "fhe delegates (Canadian Press Despatch) Route, July "3.--A" general to protest of the bout: prospective spectators. ha ve ship) & champion, for while Dempsey backers. fe Liberal Pe a ; against the high 'cost of] declared at Faehsny| A A "BLACK MARIA" WITH A SILK-HATTED DRIVER. g at the Epsom races recently. Imagine lish police-van arrivin | EEE F LEIP Ered 0} * + SENATE RE-AFFIRMS + PROHIBITION VOTE # (Canadian Press teh) + _ Ottawa, July 3. 8 vote of + 30 to 23, the Sen#ite affirmed ¥ its former decision that the Or- # der-in-Council regabding prohi- 4 bition should termiate with the + signing of peace and not twelve * months after as favored hy the % Commons, X DELEGATES ARE CHOSEN BY KINGSTON LIBERALS TO AT- TEND CONVENTION. To Be Held in Ottawa on August 5th, 6th and '7th---Several Addresses Were Delivered. House on the purpose of selecting de the Domin- ions convention on Aug. Gth, 6th an pose of electing a eral party in Cana thelr 'views. . resp policy of the party, as secretary of the. a AW. the m on tok in he : cash, the 'Ftha net profits fairly staggered even [the members bf the Cot' of Living| '| Committee, accostomed' as 'they are {to Aladdin tales {some profits. 4 | steadily mou i | Farlane was asked what was hig sal ve 'mission: sion?" asked Counsel Pringle. B-1 thouglit it unfair to reveal that, It was Hig private husineéss if| amazing' reply; when he rel 4 uted to tell, ed. among the i Estiniated Cost of CRAN COMPANY'S BG PROFITS Provide Fine Dividends, Reserves And 2 Nice Little Bonus. TE WAR WAS VERY ND MANAGEMENT SHARED IN THE NET PROFITS. To the Extent of Five Per Cent R, B. Beanett Purchased $300,000 Worth of Bhares in the Company. Ottawa, July 3.--The biggest sen sation yet uncovered before the Cost of: Living Committee stood revealed in' all itd enormity when the business affaire of the Albérta Pacific' Grain Company. were, discussed yesterday. Holding Its first meeting 'in the law. offices of Lougheed and Bennett, Cal- gary, in' 1912, this corporation fs one to which the war hasbeen: very The amount of its profits, fhe hs 1CHNd been yble 16puf Aespite of generous dividends all the fact That the man 'agement shared up. five per cent. of of Quick and hand. Alter o léngihy Mduiry into ihe dividends paid 'yeurly gud' to the nting sims placed to: re- Serve, -as an Incidental inquiry the President and Managing Director Me- ary. He replied $5,000 and s come "What was the 'commise The witness balked at this. He Je thought. nt." was his uctantly "Well, it is five per ce "Da you get it all?" i Witness said no, that it was divig- management, Himselt oa a 'Bennett purchased : fittoen hun shares of preference -stoc! and. fifteen hundred shares of ¢om- company, paying par value, but wit- AHdn't ki i this purchase Nap for himself or for British inves ors. . CL ---------------------- Ee FORTY BILLION FRANCS, France, ce wy (Man, aged nitieteen and seventeen, {were drowned while bathing on Sun- ay 3 rs ; ml rd-Dempsey. ght b | the principal hotels there. He has ok | voters' dist for Toronto to be used re Qtta x pro | mooRsRG Wi. E WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM p---- Tidings From, All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. John, - Creeper, Belleville, aged about seventy-five years, was suffo- cated in a gravel pit on hig farm. Garment workers in one hundred and five factories in Chicago walke out at soon Wednesday. : Bolshevik forces claim to have cap- tured the city of Flume, saying the city was occupied on Tuesday last. The French authorities are consid. ering the question of resuming com- mereial relations with Germany. David and Earl McTaggart, Eton, \ ¥. i At Washington an official report to the British air attache states R-34 is due at Hempstead, L.L, on afternoon of July '4th, Two thousand garment workers went 'out in Montreal on Wednesday on a general order to strike through. out Canada, ' 'Robert Hunter reported as the oldest Orangeman in Canada in years and membership, died at Win- nipeg in his eighty-ninth year. The total effort achieved by Can- ada in the war exceeded that of her neighbor, the United States, at the time the armistice was signed. Néxt Sunday, July 6th, has been named as a day of national thanks. giving for the coming of peace. Ser- vices will be held in all churches Ahroughout the country. Demobilization has beén resumed ju France. The glasses of 1907, 1908 and 1909 will be demobilized by Au- gust 8, men aged 30, 31 and 32 years being affected. The penalty for procuring girls for immoral purposés or for drugging irls for immoral purposes has been nereased by the Senate to ten years from five years. "<The United States Buresu of In- ternal Revenue expects to derive up- wards of $100,000 in war taxes from the Willard-Dempsey boxing bout at Toledo to-morrow. Heiman Bleasy Augsbury, Grat- tan township, near Eganville, was found dead in his hayfield, having bled to. death, his legs being badly eutj presumably by. the mowing knives. Officers of the German great gen- eral 'staff who offered their resigna- tion 'have withdrawn them upon Gondition the government does . not deliver the former German emperor to the Allies. Dr; 'Anne Howard Shaw, honorary president 'of the National . American Woman's: Suffrage. Society, died at her home in Moylan, near Philadel- i Pa, Wednesday évening, She io Sos ae 20) re. 8. be he , COVETS OVer Seven acres, COAL COAL 1D LEASE 10 BE. CANCELLED Inside Information Said i fae Ben tv Sa RESTARED GERMANS CLAM DR. A. T. SHILLINGTON OF OTTA- WA ONE OF SYNDICATE. Investigation Before a Senate Come mittee--The Government May De' velop the Coal Areas Itself. : Ottawa, July 3.--As g 'résult of a certain revelation 'before a vommit- tee of the Senate, the Government is cancelling a lease of coal lands in Al berta to a syndicate headed by Dr.* A; T. Shillington, Ottawa, and C. A. Barnard, of Montreal: In 1912 a German-American syns dicate, headed by a Df. Hoppé, se cured: leases of coal lands in the Smoky River district 'of Alberts, about sixty miles north of the G.T.P. mainland. The syndicate is said to have spent $200,000 &nd 'to have driven five tunnels. disclosing' sehii- anthracite coal in args anit : After the war the Ci missioner ob Dominion Police reported on Hoppe, and, while he was not. interned, his lease was cahcelled in default of pays ment of a rental of a year. A hill'ip build a line of railway to the eos flelds is before thie Senate; and, bo cause of criticisms made against it by different senators, a comittes has been investigating. : 9 i The evidence, in' the opinion of sev. eral of the committee, gos. th 'show that the new syndicate w res ied Si rit hl side certain officials "of he Torn io partment, * A Fad The lease is being cancelled the proposal now is that the Govern' cent itself davelop the coal areas. nO 0.000: to erect" 'and will seat [Tega 0 spectators. There tanding room for: 30,000. J Arrangements have been made be- tween representatives of the Govefn- ment and the Opposition, which will, it]s believed, make It possible to pro- FOgue the present session of Parlfa- ment on Saturday afternoon next. "On the anniversary of the feath on. the Llandovery Castle of Nursing Satet Rena M¢Lean, daughter of nator John Mclean, PEI, the Military Hospital in Charlottetown, has, as a memorial to this martyred nursing sister, been 're-nanied the Rena MeLean Mémorial = Hospital. Constantine, ' former King of "Greece, has left Lucerne for Lu- gano in order, it is understood, to reduce his expenses. He has been Paying 2,400 francs a day at one of - is also @ a' suite of 60 persons. Lieut-Col Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, has agréed to be a candi- date for the Republican nomination for assem Bblyman, The SIerat ore. appointed by the' Attorney. - eral's department to "prepare the at the forthcoming referendum on the O.T.A. are starting their work at once. Highway Bill Passed. (Cansdlan' Press Despatch). wa, July 3.--The Government the highway bill yesterday for a grant of eighty thou- aud dollars a year for five years-to each province, . ¥ ng : ition and over-lappiig be fairly far,' By not Results ate hoped but not right away, ~~ pov is required before any sik ope fect is given to the Under the British ) Act property and "eight She ander the provinecds and' minion and-it is a qui extent .to which the ment can legislate on™ ing 'the relations pe! land employees. Hence tion for an inter this probably will be Summer or fall and if of agreement reached so islation will 'be general in its e avoided. : A TALE OF PINE is ToLD RAP} 'CONSUL clared' no language ly pletire the scenes o [lation of women, which he had seen had described to