he WILL THE NORTHERN LIGHTS FLASH OUT AS BACKGROUND - When the Moon Dams Bock Dayi There Is a Possibility of the t on Saturday nage urora Borealis Supplying An Extra Wing in the Scenery of the Eclipse. Long's Corners, near HamiMon, Ont., Jap. 22, --Will the northern HNghts flash out as fn eerie back- ground when the moon dams back daylight on Saturday morning? Prof. C. A. Chant, who is direct- ing the Toronto University observa- tions here, thinks there is at least 7a possibility of the Aurora Borealis supplying an extra wing in the scen- ery when the moon is featured dn the Dest extravaganza of many years in these parts--ithe total eclipse of the sun. Incidentally the big celes- tial show travels from west to east and thus all previncial circuits will beat Broadway in seeding it--by some seconde: "A cold, clear day will give us the best chance to make observa- tions," Prof. Chant said. 'This is also the weather in which the dancing streamers of the Aurora dis- port themselves. Hence a good day for the eclipse may mean also a matinée showing. of the Northern Lights, Labor Not Wasted. The men et the head of the tittle | army of scientists are Professor C. A. Chast, and Dr. R. K. Young of the Undversity of Toronto, and Mr. R, Meldrum Stewart, director of the Dominion Observatbry, and these men, with their assistants, are working both night and day in order that the fullest equipment of mod- ern science may be ready to regis- ter fo the greatest extent the various manifestations of the solar eclipse which is due on Saturday morning, and which, so far as this portion of the world is concerned, is the only oocasion on which any person living today will have an opportunity of viewing firet hand that type of celes- tial abnormality which, in other days. other lands, has plunged fata despair and has touched the hearts of the superstitious. While the little army of scientists are leaving uncovered no detail of any arrangement which cam occur to the imagination, they still recog- nize that the possibilities are strong that some of them" must igbor in vain. Last night's blizzard, which cut across thé 'Hamilton mountain and searched out the smallest cracks in the rough-board shacks, seemed to be but a'prelude to storms to fol- low, and if that should be the case, and if Saturday morning should was ken to a cloud-cast sky, muéM of the preparations will have been in vain. But even if the chances for suc- cess were much less than they are, science could not overiook the op- portunity for, as Professor Chant has put it, "'the spectacle, if it is to be witnessed at all, will be so strik- ing and memorable, and the pomsi- bilities of observation may be so fruitful, that no tabor could be re- garded as wagted, Atorsey-General Forces a. Buffalo Newspaper To Cease Giving Away Money in This Province Hon, W. F. Nickle interferes: With the Circulation Game ~ paign of Sunday Paper 'and Meets With From the Toronto Telegram. "a ¢ ou 'want to rum tout ot 'William Folger Nickie, De- Banding out two-dollar bills He doesn't beliéve in he cons such prodi- 80: great an'outrage against . th minal Code that he would strain the resources of the attor- ney-gensral's department in order to put an end to the practice. More than that, Mr. Nickle is so firm in his conviction of the wrongfulness "ot giving away two dollar bills, that he spares the ordinary courts of the land the trouble of deciding whether . muck benevolence is legal or not. The verlfict of his own/Gubordinates is sufficient unto him, N For some weeks, the Buffalo Sun- day Tithes 'been printing, fh its Canadian eo the license num- bere. of a dosed or #0 Ontario-owned an es. and. offering to make * the. thereof a present of two lollars each on request. Then me a peremptory telephone mes- 2 from the attorney-general's pee toa requiring that the Buf- alo ies stop. giving away money, because, forsooth, the practice con- fhcted with the departments inter- prefation of Section 236 of the Ca- padién Criminal Code. The gifts were discontinned--probably . be- cage 'an 'American newspaper did oot know that the interpretation put upon & duminion statute by a proviucial attorney-gemeral has no morg value in a court of justice than the Interpretation put upon the same stafute by the most recent of Osgbode Hall. : ---- ~ There are magistrates and judges ; "to Juterpret the law and impose ap+ propriate penalties. Hon. W. F. a neither a judge nor a mag- In criminal Jroceedings his ts more.' like that of a hich is to see that ap- _ parent offenders ure brought before the, ha i" Hutice. ES force if h e wasn't | off the force. For his obvi- helo lay & chatsy so that one of his | Majesty's courts could deal with 'the alleged offence. And yet that RY precisely what Policeman W. F. Nickle - has not done. The Buffalo Times was in- formed over the telephone that, iam the opinion of the Attorney-Gen- eral's Department, there - had. been repeated violatiotis of Section 2238 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Why didn't P. C. Nickle have the Buffalo Times summoned to the police court and there made to stand trial on the egregious charge of having given away two-dollar hills in defiance of the law? The most likely reason is that even during the pregent decade am Attorney-General of Ontario fs ex- pected to retain some appreciation of the utterly ludicrous. No matter how earnest, eager, officious or pragmatical he might be, mo Attor- ney-General would dare to take.the responsibility of baving a news paper prosecuted for giving away two-dollar bills. -K- might be at- tempted under Section 6 of the Criminal Code which prohibits .lot- teries, etc, For disobeying that section the offender is liable to two years' imprisonment and to a fine not exceeding. two thousand dollars. But wouldn't Hom. "W, F. Nickle look very foolish if he called down such drastic punishment upon any- body for giving away two-dollar bills? Not only would he make a joke of the law but he would also make a joke of himself. For some reason or other, Hon. W. F. Nickle did not take the case to court. Instead his department re- sorted to a most peculiar and en- tirely irregular procedure. The Buf- falo Sunday Times 'was telephoned by the attormey-general's depart- ment and warped about Section 236 of the Canadian Criminal Code with its two years' imprisonment and its two thonsand dollar fine. For some reason or other the Buffalo Sunday Times was either ordered or per- suaded in the name of Hon. Wiltlam Tovmas | suaded in the to discontinue a pro- motion campaign to secure Ontario readers. Possibly Premier Fergu- | son might be able to induce his at- torney-general to disclose to the public just what that réason was and how it found its way into his mind. | a tamily of etght persons living n the Jerzu quarter of that town uni- 'dentified assassins killed all eight : | members of the family as they slept. The message gave no further | details of the erimq but stated that} 4 widespread search had been in-|d stituted by the police for the erim-| inals, whose motives in committing the wholesale murder were not known, London interests show a Soars 0. wad she fu Chandy' Virden, Man, Jan. 22.--Ro> | bert Forke, leader of the Pro-* . gressives in the .federal house,. 2 PB . addressing a meeting yester-. day, announced that in the coming fon the great fight of the {Progressives will: be for a statutory enactment on the question of freight rates, no matter what the decision of ® the supreme court may be on the rallway commission's 'order / cancelling the Crow's Nest schedule. SIR REGINALD TYRWHIT BECOMES VIOE-ADMIRAL | Oousin of Mrs. Wright, Wife of Rev. J, de Pencier Wright. London, Jan. 22.--Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhit hae been ele- vated to be yice-admiral.- - Thryhit commanded ths «destroyer, fiotillas in | action in Heligoland Bight in August and December, 1914, and was also in | action at the Dogger Banks, 19165, It will be of inberest to Kingstop- fans to kpow that Admiral Sir Regi- pad Tyrwhit ds e cousin of Mrs. Wright, wife of Rev. J. de Péncier Wright, rectos of 8. Luke's church, this city. Shoe Styles to Change - ; Very Little This Year New York, Jan. 22.--Styles in shoes this year will change liftle, although prices may soar, John C. McKeon, president of 'the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' asso- ciation predicted at the twenty- first annual meeqting of the associa- tion in the Hotel Astor. "Prices will either remain firm or soar upward," eald Mr. McKeon, "largely due to no liquidation of la- "bor, owing to the effect of the im- migration laws and stocks of raw material being almost normal." - Manufacturers, Mr..McKeon ad- ded, are getting away from extreme cut-out effects in women's @&hoes, and most novelties in the coming year will bé attractive combinaitons of leather and colors. Im--_-- Shannonville, Jan. 22.--INl in bed when fire broke out in her combined store and dwelling house at Militon. recently, Mrs, Jane Graves received a severe shock, and was carried from the burning house to the nearby home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. George Stewart. Prompt and persistent action on the part of many volunteer fire fighters prevent- ed a totally destructive fire. Much damage,was done by the blaze. Father Delorme Authorized To Sue, for Insurance Montreal, Jan. 22.--Justice Bru- neau in the superior court this morn- ing>granted authorization to Rev. Father Adelard Delorme, recently ac- quitted of the murder of his half bro- ther Raoul, to "undertake in his own name" two actiofis to collect insur- ance amounting to $28,000 taken out on the life of his half-brother, who was found murdered January 7th, on the outskirts of Montreal. H. W. WOOD PRESIDENT. Heads Alberta Farmers for the ! Ninth Term. Calgary, Jan. 22.--Henry Wise Waod yesterday afternoon was elects ed unanimously by the United Farmers of Alberta to be their president for 1925. It will be his ninth consecutive year in:the chair. No other name was proposed and the five hundred delegates received the election with enthusiasm. Denominational Problems. Toronto, Jan, 22.--Denomination- al complications tn the city of Ham- ilton and other places, arising from the fact that minorities of Presby- terian churches, after voting on the church union question, have open- ed services, sometimes with the lead of "minority" ministers, dn theatres and other places, are not ot hu) The on uniend Church'g hada. LAST ENON . 7 . ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, KINGSTON, i Presbyterian congregation to announce its vote voted 834 to 47 against entering the United INPORTS PRODUCTS | Produce k for the Protec- ie Farmer. '22, -- Yesterday's janadian Produce As- fl. a resolution to the 5 interests of the goers of Canada, the of eggs, butter, of their products, i to a basis equal to similar Canadian of the United ®, 0f Montreal, made pn Aor the Eby Hon. Tw. R. rp Canadian minis- ter of agriculture, and by W. A. Wil- son, agricultural products represen- tative for Canada. Regarding bacon, Mr. Motherwell warned the meeting that hog grading Was very necessary. "Pigs is pigs no longer nowadays." "You must give the market what it wants. If you go in for heavy or light weights, you must take financial risk-- selection Was necessary. As for butter the Canadian stand- ing in the British market couldn't be thuch worse. It was about-fifth from the top. Siberia had a little lower standing. "Any change would be for the better, and the 'improvement showing to-day was coming from the part you least expéctéd," continued Mr. Motherwell, "That is frem the western provinces. Some good cen- signments had gone forward that he knew of from the eastern part of Canada. It was better to aim at continuity and uniformity than to send some véry good ones and then inferior. In cheese Canada had prided itself as belug at the very top for some quarter of a century. To-day others were forging ahead and Canada must remember to measare her standard with those omaming. To Pay Soren Sunn De- manded by U.8., Declares Deputy Marin. £8 Fr Paris, Jan, 22.--The speech delivered in the chamber of deputies yesterday on the sub- "ject of inter-Allied debts by Louis Marin, former 'ntinister of the Mberated regions and now opposition deputy, is received 'with enthusiastic the newspapers, regardless of party 'lines. The substance of Deputy Marin's address was that it would be a "mioral int 'quity should France be com: pelled to pay the enormous sums demanded of her by the' 'United States. Mafin's - 0 aris also arly applauded. by the chamber of ar passengers were saved... | comment by . |: PROVINCES T0 NAKE CONCILIATION ACTS The Privy Council Judgment Likely to. Apply to the Combines' Act. Ottawa, Jan. 22.--That the privy council judgment with respect to the constitutionality of the Lemieux act, will have a far reaching effect in re- spect to federal jurisdiction gen- erally, is the opinion of members ot the governm®t here, who have per used the text. So far us the department of labor is concerned it is admitted that the findings of the learned judges en Hirely upset the entire machinery by erie 'ed, and ian There still remains an the statute book a concilMation act, but the opinion here is that the very objections raised by' the privy council against the Lemieux act will render the conciliation act wnwork- able and ineffective. The only al- ternative now would appear to be the creation of provincial acts, and in that connection complet® unifor- mity is regarded as impossible. Such acts, moreover, could not easily be applied to interprovinecial corpora- tions and their workers. "It - is'to be deeply regretted," said Hon. James Murdock '"'that af- ter employers and employed had through the workings of the act at- tained to a broader and fairer view of their relations, the act should be upset. I do not know what other ma- chinery can take its place." The opinion here is that the rea- sons of the Judgment wit apply just as 'well to the combines act and to the question of the federal eight~ hour day. CAFETERIA FOR M.PIP.'s. Special Dining Service in Ontario lature. Toronto, Jan. 22.--When the On- tario Legislature convenes on Feb- ruary 10th, the members will find new dining arrangements awaiting them. Up until this year they have been getting their meals at reserv- ed tables in the same dining room with the civil servants. Carpenters are at work this week dividing the large Liberal committee chamber into two rooms, one of which is to 'be fitted up as a members' cafe- teria, where superior meals will be served on a la carte service. Pp Norfolk, Va. Jan. 323.--- The "| steamship Carisco, of the Buxton | Line fleet, capsized and sank in the lame River near Claremont yester- Eighteen of her crew and her { Canadians will exhibit at' FEELS York Pouitry Show. Be F220 2200000000 * . + PASS ORDER FOR "a * STADIUM + * * 4 Ottawa, Jan. 22.--The ap- % |'® plication of the Toronto harbor @ # board for a grant 'of eight + 3 cree of 141d 10.00 weed Sor the ¢ 4 purposes of the projected # # baseball ~ stadium, * has been & ¥ favorably considered by 2 i g sresl il at £ H, SI. ANDREWS DECIDES SNOT T0 ENTER UNITED CHURCH: The Members' Vote Was 334 to hereats' Vote 45-to 3 Starts Its Vote on By - the very decided vote of £34 to 47, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church decided mot to enter the United Church of Canada. The result on both sides was not unexpected. The unionists had said they would poll a vote of about fifty. The poll closed at 8.15, after two weeks' voting, and the results were announced at 9 o'clock' Wednesday evening. The minister, Rev. J. W. Stephen, requesied that thefé be no demonstration and the return was received in silence," Oné lady came down from Ottawa to vote and an- other arrived from Toronto on the evening train and reached the hall barely in time to mark her ballot. On the roll of voters there were 497 names, but 61 of these people were absent from the city and 12 confined by illness so that 87 per cent. of the available vote was reg- istered. This is much better than is done at most political elections. Forty-five adherents voted against union and 3 for, though their vote is not included with that of the membership. When there was a union of the two branches of Presbyterianism in Canade, in 1875, St. Andrew's, then led by the Rev. Dr. T, G. Smith, went 'in, though with some hesita- tion. During the present vote, Mr. Ww. Gill was returning officer and Mr. A. W. Maclean deputy. The scruti- neers for the non-unionists were Dr. W. W. Sands, Mr. W. H. Craig, and Mrs. H. R. Duff. Those for the uilonists were Col. A. Macphail and Mr. C. C. Folger. Dr. A. E. Ross, & member of St. Andrew's, is one of the directors of the new Presbyte- rian Church of Canada which will be formed to take care of those who do not concur in: Union, Question About Church Co-Operation With Rev. George A. Brown, the minister, presiding, a meéting of Chalmers Presbyterian congregation was held on Wednesday evening to begin voting on the question of whether the congregation is to enter the United Church of Canada. A pe- tition had been presented to the session asking for a vote, although the session itself was unanimous in advising that in the interest of the 41 Ton And the Ad~ 8,1 lows Chur ednesday Evening: congregation it would be advisable vd that no, vote should be taken but that CHalmers should enter the Unit church automatically. Rev. John D. Boyd was appoints ed returning officer, he to appoint a deputy if he required one. The scrutineers chosen were: For the unionists, Rev. Dr. Malcolm Macgils liveay, D. G. Laidlaw, Prof. A. Cu Neish and John F. McEwen; for the anti-unionists, B:. G." Robertson and H. Waddell. The announcement of the vote will be made on the * evening of Wednesday the 4th of . 3 Voting began directly | : February. after the meeting adjoutned, and Mrs. Samuel Dyde, the oldest mems= ber of the congregation, who is in: her pinety-seventh year, was the first to cast her ballot. A Prof. John Matheson, a member of the session," pointed out that '* Chalmers was already a union com= gregation as three years ago it had made an agreement with the First Si Congregation people about the lat ter co-operating in its services and work. The First Congregational people are represented on the Chalmers board of trustees and - sion, and they contributed $5,000 from the sale of their former church edifice towards the reconstruction of Chalmers Sunday school hall. Prof.; Matheson said that the Congregas tional people upited with Chalmers with the full expectation that this congregation would eventually enter the United Church of Canada. It would, therefore, be like breaking faith with them if Chalmers was now to vote mot to enter the United Church. It would put the Congre- gational people iu a strange posi tion. Rev. Dr. Macgillivray made & statement similar to that of Matheson, For the anti-unio ence to the Conropaiione was rather befogging 'the qu at issue. An elder remarked afterwa that there need be no fear om thi part of the Congregational people connected with Chalmers. They have a vote dn the question as members of that congregation, and he expect ed that the Chalmers vote would he ' nearly three to ome in favor of union. : The utmost of good feeling pre~ vailed at the meeting. Board of Works Decides to Buikd Two Mies The Streets Chosen Are Johnson, William, Barrack, Raglan and Earl--To N About Division Street. The paving programme for this ye! a8 under didcussion at a meet! of the 'Board of Works held on Wednesday afternoon, when it 'wag decided to recommend to the city council that work he underta- ken on a number of streets, in all a total of two miles of paving. Last year the board laid three miles of new pavement, but the members are very anxious to comply with the re- quest made by Mayor Angrove, in his inaugural address, that the ex- pengliture be curtailed as much as possible, and that more attention be paid to making repairs than to pav- ing, so that the tax rate can bo fur- ther Ret as promised by the Pc llowing out 'the instructions given at the last meeting of the board, Engineer Dick submitted a report on the paving to be consider- ed. His report follows: Pine street, Patrick to. Alfred. Alfred street, Pine to York. Johnson street, Wellington to Johnson street, Barrie to Victoria. William street, Clergy to Barrie. William street, Barrie to Division. Barrack street, Rideau to Bagot. Bar] stregt, University avenue to . Garrett street, Division to Univer sity avenue, * Mack street, Alfred to Nelson. Raglan Road, Rideau to Montreal. : } Recommended, 3 nae Nommended eration, it was decided to recom- mind that paving be done on' the Jobmson street, Wellington to Ba- 0008848000000 00. Bowed pai Bingo, ul With County Raglan Road, Rideau treal. Earl street, University avenue to Alfred. It wag also decided to have the pavement on Barrie street, from Union to Princess, resurfaced. : A request was received to have St. Catherines street paved, when Pine street is undertaken. : The chairman, Ald. Kidd, presid« ed at the meeting, and the othe members present were Alds. Reid, John Fife Johnston and Wood, The question of what could be done to Division street was again under discussion. The city is very anxious to put this street, extending to the city limits, in proper shape, but it 1s felt that the county should bear a portion of the , a8 is used as one of the ch thorough fares into the city. <The proposal to have the city, county and the government share in the expediture necessary in making this 'a i road, and the matter was left over so that negotiations can be conti ued towdrds = successful end. The county council will be fin next week, and the members wil be appealed ta in regard to the mats ter. Speaking on the Question of pave ing in general, Ald. Price stated he considered that the going ah with repairs from year to year, just money wasted. He thought to Mone ing the matter very careful coneid-] The