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se about him. He had' was reading to him, as] habit, before he went to 2 the. two nurses were the with him at the time. er and Boone 'were in r apartment. The local s were out of the hotel. oct heard Mrs. Harding just 7.50 when a secretary f the President's apartments the formal notice of his death. It read: ; HL President died at 7.30 pm. y and the two nurses, § Ruth Fowderly and Miss Sue Pau Harding was reading to the! 'President, when utterly without warn- ~ ing, a light shudder passed through frame. He collapsed and all! 'recognized that the end had come. . Stroke of Bpoplexy was the cause of : 'his death. Within a few moments all of the . President's official party had been summoned. This was followed immediately by this notice signed by his physicians: "The President died instantaneous- ly, without warning, and while con- versing with members of his family, at 7.30 p.m. Death was apparently due to some brain evolvement, probab- | 4 had been free from discomfort and there was every justification for an- ticipating a prompt recovery. b e of Cornwall. A despatch from London says:-- 'rince of Wales is completing for a trip to Canada in Septem- pr, when, as the Duke of Cornwall, he will spend a month on his ranch in 'Alberta. It is to be a strictly private t. If he traveled as the Prince of alés every municipal official the h and breadth of the land would nt to give him the freedom of the and he would have to fight his through a month of. banquets. desire is to see his ranch again, as well 88 to have a real vacation in he open. These are the chief reasons the heir to the throne is about to this long jaunt. But it is also r due, to the wanderlust- which has been suffering from recent trip to the far East. mow maturing for an early "Africa, but when this is bake: n it will be official. There "of his father's subjects who one of the Prince's aversions just yet is due to the Sg " ; comfortable and} ly an apoplexy. During the day he | co, CHIEF EVENTS OF HARDING'S LIFE. 'BORN--Nov. 2, 1865, on a farm | near 2 Bioming Grove, Morrow Coun- ty, 0. BUSINESS LIFE--As a young man, became a printer and linotype operator, and in 1884 became pro- prietor of the Marion (0.) Star. POLITICAL LIFE--From 1899 to 1908 represented his district in the Senate of Ohio. In 1904 and 1905 'was Lieutenant-Governor of the State. In 1914 was elected to the United States Senate by a majority of more than 100,000. Elected President in 1920 by plurality of 7,000,000. FAMILY LIFE--Married in 1801 to Miss Florence Kling. as President, was born at Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, of old New | England stock. He worked on his | father's farm as a boy and through hard effort obtained an education, graduating at Amherst College and afterward practising law. at North- ampton, Mass. Before, being. elected Vice-President of the United States in November, 1920, he was sneccessively Mayor of Northampton, member of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, and Lieutenant- Governor and Governor of Massa- chusetts. His success as Governor in dealing with the serious Boston police strike was, in the public mind, largely responsible for his being chosen as Mr. Harding's rinning mate. He has a wife and two sons and is known for, his simple tastes. STRIKE CALLED OFF IN SYDNEY STEEL Union Mass Meeting Votes to Resume Work Dropped on June 27. A despatch from Sydney, N.S, says :--The Sydney steel strike is over. At a mass meeting of steel workers at union headquarters, about 65 per cent. of those present voted to end the strike and return to work. The union executive will notify the British Em- pire Steel Corporation accordingly. In their resolution, which formally ends the strike, the steel workers com- plain that every man's hand is against them, and they censure people, courts, 'police; newspaper and the Federal and Provincial Governments. The Steel Company stated that 2,- 506 men were working at the plant out of approximately 8,600 who were there when the strike began, The strike began on the morning of June 27 for a 20 per cent. wage in- crease. Disturbances followed, in the course of which a number of police were stoned and a magistrate hit and prac- tically stunned by a missile. As a result of the disturbance, Provincial police and about 1,600 troops from all sections of Canada occupied the strike district. At midnight July 3 the eight thou- pand miners of Cape Breton came out in sympathy to force withdrawal of the troops and police. . On July 6 the miners' leaders, J. B. MacLachlan and Dan Livingstone, were arrested on charges of sedition, and on July 18 they were deposed by John IL. Lewis from their respective offices of secre- tary and president of District 26 of the United Mine Workers. The inter- national president instructed the min- ers to return to work, On July 21 the miners returned to work. ---------- An easily replaced abrasive belt features a new machine for grind- OF RY BACKED of Canadien milling in- \ great scalo by British [%% foreshadowed by the de: of f CO the Empress of ge | tries control $35,000 ing small metal or wood articles. NEW CANADIAN BY BRITISH CAPITAL and flour via Vancouver, - It he finde an opportunity exists for improving these facilities and reducing -tire cost of marketing Cavadian wheat, he and his associates are ready to invest these sums may be fs indi. the fact that Spilleré Indus: ,000 and that Bir Bmself, is a director of Bar. es Calvin Coolidge, Vice-President of the United States, who. automatically , were, in the room at the time.! succeeds the late Warren G. Harding Sy 3 mest . ct from London says: --The ping tadllitios which exfst for wheat | | race which encircled Great Britain. Vancouver, B.C.--It has been an-| nounced by the contractors that the | additional unit of 700,000 bushels for the old Government elevator will be completed by the end of September. This increases the storage capacity of the elevator to 2,000,000 bushels. Medicine Hat, Alta.--The adult foxes and pups on the local fox farm rapidly increased in number during the past year. There are now 54 adult foxes and 55 pups. It is the intention this fall to increase the number of breeding pens and dog pens from 25 to 84 of each. Regina, Sask.--There has been no let-up this year in the government's policy of highway construction and contractors are busily engaged in building roads joining the small towns with the provincial marketing centres. The latest contract to be awarded by the Government is for a stretch of road 17% miles long between Regina and Pense, at a cost of $18,000: Winnipeg, Man.--Western Canada will require 61,000 harvesters this | year, according to an estimate 'made | at-a meeting here of officials of the Employment Service of Canada, Can- adian Pacific and Canadian National Railways and farmers organizations. It is estimated 15,000 will be needed in Manitoba, 88,000 in Saskatchewan and 13,000 in Alberta, and most of! them will be brought in from Eastern Canadian districts. ROUND-GREAT-BRITAIN AJR RAGE Dowiaion News ia Brief Ottawa, Ont.--Only once in the his- tory of Canada was the gold produc- tion record set in 1922 exceeded, and that was in 1000; when the Yukon placers reached the peak of their yield. During 1922, 1,263,364 ounces 'of gold were mined in the Dominion. The value is set at $26,116,050, an in- crease of 86 per cent. over the pre- vious year's figures.. In 1900, 1,360,- 057 ounces of gold were mined and the value was $27,908,153. Shawinigan Falls, Que.--Work on the extension of the plant of the Belgo Paper Co. is now about 60 per cent. completed. The Belgo Co. are making arrangements to place another paper machine in operation, which work will not be completed before the end of November next. St. John, N.B.--Lumber exporters in this district are experiencing a steady run of orders for their product from foreign countries, and scarcely a day goes by but some ship leaves port with a cargo of New Brunswick lum- ber, The United States has been an extensive buyer, with the United Kingdom not far behind. Aylesford, N.S.--Work has been go- ing on steadily at the mine of the Aylesford Manganese Mining Co., which is located about three miles south of Auburn. The engineer in charge reports that developments to date are quite satisfactory. Russia Will Celebrate Next Christmas on Dec. 25. A despatch from Moscow says:-- The Council of Commissars have fixed upon ten church holidays, to be ob- served according to the mew style calendar. Thus this year will be the first that Russia will celebrate Christ- mas simultaneously with the rest of the world. Chopped It. "Nurse, did you kill all the germs in baby's milk?" "Yes, ma'am. I run it through the meat chopper twice." wm -------- Probably a miser saves money be- cause he doesn't know what else to do with it. LA-ADIES AN' GENTLENEN - THE NEw || 2s oo A A discovery of excellent ochre (raw sienna) was recently made near El lershouse Station, N.S., on the Do- minion Atlantic Railway. The color is uniform throughout, with very lit- tle gritty matter in the main body. The material can be burnt to produce a variety of colors, from reddish brown to black. Prospecting is still going on. Ar Over 18,000 cattle were exported during June and of that number 10,- 473 were shipped to the British mar- ket and 1,785 to the United States. The total for the first six months of 1928 is 55,683 head, as compared with 19,867 last year, "Of these amounts 80,029 and 4,185, respectively, went overseas and 28,659 and 12,795, re- spectively, to the United States. THE COMING CHAMPION F. T. Courtney being congratulated after winning the King's Cup offered for the successful entrant into a | Inland Revenue Stamps Replace Postage on Oct. 1. A despatch from Ottawa says: --An explanation of the changes in the stamp taxes effective on August 1 has been made by the Post-Office Depart-{ og ment. The requirement that Inland Revenue stamps must be used on cheques, it is pointed out, dods not. Ib come into effect until October 1st. The, ! Special War Revenue Act has provid- ed explicitly that postage stamps may be used in the payment of stamp du- ties under the Act, but after the first of October this permission ceases to exist. srg Official announcement of the secur- ing of new premises for the Canadian Government offices in London, has been made by Hon. P. C. Larkin, Can- adian High Commissioner. The High Commissioner states that the Crown B 16c; tubs, 16 to 15 lease of the premises in Trafalgar; Square on the West Side, belonging to! the Union Club, has been purchased by the Canadian Government. VICE-PRES. CALVIN COOLIDGE. Whom the death of President Harding calls to the White House. Mr. Coolidge is the first Vice-President to] become Chief Executive of the United States since Theodore Roosvelt' suc- !ceeded William McKinley on the lat- | ter's death. to 70 Ibe., $18; 70 to 90 Ibs. $17.60; 90 Tbs. an up $16.50; Nehtweigh i rolls, in , $86; heavyweight i 8 fone Pini dy Lake ubter--Finest creamery prints, he fEhieE Yo De. 2 310 RH, 4 cartons, 36 to 87c; iy 84 to 86e 3 firsts, 29 to 30c;| seconds, 20 to 22. Spin 17¢; Live poul do. 4 4 bo 5 Ibs, lhe, hens, over S 0; 5 L Boe: do. 4 bo 5) young, 10. Tbs, 3 Re fioeS over Ibs, 20c; gi or ring chicks 7 ul chickens, ns, posi or doy 4tb 20c; roosters, g chickens, 80c; 0c; ok ; do, 8 to 4 1bs., oc; ducklings, over b ibs. ; do, 4 to B Ibs., 26¢; 'turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 8 Beans--Can. hand-picked, Ib, Tec; Prime 6%e. J %iusts--Svrup. r imp. 1. 20, 2.40 per &l, Manto dir, ©, 28 rg Honey--60-1b. tins, 100% to lle per Ib.; 8'and 2% 1h. tips, 11 to 12%c Por ; Ontario comb honey, per doz:, No. 1, Jao to $6; No. 2, . 38.7% to $4.25. oked meats-- med, 27 to 200, TD oagked hams, 48 a Abe: smoked rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 28 to 26¢; breakfast bacon, 80 to 84c; s! cial brand breakfsst bron, 84 to 3 backs, boneless, 82 to 88c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 rolls, lls, 358. Pure tlerces, 154 to 156%e; | : do, med., $8 to IR 16 to 16%¢; pails, 16% to 17c; prin ts, 18¢c. Shortening, tlerces, 14% es pails, 16% to 16¢; prints, 17 to 17%ec. Choice heavy steers, $7 to "butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; $6.60 to $7; do, med., $6 to $6.60; do, com., $4.25 to $56.50; butcher heifers, lee $6.76 to to $6.50; do, com, ji 25 to her: cows; -¢ to $6; $4; canners and but- ters, $1. 50 Bo $2; feeding teats; Sood, % to $6; Jo, Juiz, .50 to $5; to $6.60; do, fair, $3.25 fo ay 50; S501 springers, each, $60 to $80; calves, choice, $10 to iL; do, med.; $8 to $9; do, co ji. $5; lambs, s ring, 3. 2 te $15. 0; sheep, choice, light, to $6; do, choice, ht, 35 do, culls a bu $2. Seto $ $3. 80; hogs, fed and $8.85; do, f.0b. .,' $8.26; do points, MONTREAL. Oats, No. 2 CW, 87¢; No. 8 CW, Bbc; extra No. 1 feed, 58%¢; No. 3 local white pei, Flour, Mar Manito spring wheat pa 8 } on ; $6.40; do, strong bikers' ht! do, winter pats., Sholcs, $5.75 Holled oats, b: 1bs., $3.06 ® an, $26 to "Shor $28 to is Middtings, $83 to $3 Er No. 2, per "ton, car lots, $1 oa Cheese, finest easterns, 19 to 19%e. Butter, choicest creamery, 83%e. Bees, selected, 88c. Potatoes, per , car lots, $1.20 to $1.25. cattle, $8.50 to $05 nixed | qual. ity steers, $6; hogs, $9.75 to $10. tea ---- Germany Has Issued 7.60; , country 500,000 Mark Note. A despatch Tom, Berlin says: -- "Can you change 8 half million?" is now a common question among people in Berlin, The new half million mark 'notes have made their appearance and relieve the possessor of enough to buy dinner from carrying a bulging, svis- fble bankroll. 124-hour-- flights. between Paris , returnable on on Thursday. has been in prison for some time, I spite this decision, it is regarded as unlikely th that there will be any general release of as the Govern. ment, anticipating the court's decision, has through all the stages in ail 'and Senate a bill le lly authorizing it to continue impr ment and other repressive measures for three months. It is believed that this bill will receive the assent of the Govemnor- General by the end of the week. The decision. that the war is over affects several other exart-legal activi- ties of the administration which up to this time has been pursued on the: basis of military necessity, The Re- publicans talk of organizing a. plebis- cite on the bill under a provision of the constitution. : Speaking in the Senate before 'the Court of Appeals pronounced judg- 'ment, Kevin O'Higgins, Minister of Home Affairs, said that if the decision were unfavorable to the Government it, would. mean. the release of 10,000 persons held in military custody. And that, he added, might make it necessary for the executive to have } | legal authority for the retention of those prisoners. ree fee World Trip in 31 Days May Soon Be .A despatch from Paris says dreams of a round- hewory vrip in 81 days are nearing realization. Not only is a British company planning a 74-hour airplane service between Lon- don and Bombay, but the French Gov- ernment has given permission to a French air mail company to: organise gam i Bucharest, thereby cutting three days from the nommal travel schedule The planes will carry 16. passengers, a cook and a porter to make up the beds before sundown. . Each machine will have a wireless telephone to keep in touch with European broadcasting stations, Extension of the line from Bucharest to Bombay is "being con« watered, | sidered and may be established before the end of the year. In this event, allowing two days to catch a steamer on the Pacific, two days to fly across North America and = six days to cross the Atlantic, it: will be possible to make the trip around {the world 1s less than half Jules +1 Verne's 80 days. ; ° - Bees Possess Sense Unknown to Humans. A despatch from Paris says: -- Scientific. interest has been aroused over an incident in the Swiss canton of Vaud which tends to demonstrate that bees possess a sense unknown to humans. A farmer was taking a hundred pounds of honey to market, when his wagon overturned. In a few. min a a of beed were Hoticed in nd Te anion oF ar He : the sky was darkened honed bY them. Tt 'has since been learned that simul- taneously every hive in the, canton was emp! . A great number of people were stung, and three children who we riding on the wagon at the time's f accident were rescued with. ) Bok fromthe wogry 'Insects,