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with the 2% ad Sa ks 2 he wien the Interna- al Opium Conference still stands. J The Conference wji continue, and ing ou prefumab.y many of the de.egations tendance will si vention. ty per cent. of the German now be paid entireiy out of the French Bor despite -- Sigh the Sonens in' ons, which Britain will re- share of German reparations and also = 0 coogi "oe Stephen G. Por- dve, will all be paid to the United because it sets a precedent in setting hie? United States delegate, that. 'to settle Britain's debt. What, the American debt. . | the - United States will not. cease its Is necessary for Britain's Allied debt] The. note is considered not to be Forts through international co-opera- to pay to make up the difference lacking in a sly effort on Chancellor 0 suppression of the illicit traf- we shall be expected to pay. he Exchequer Churchil"s patie fic in opium and other dangerous. \ ts," tlemen had been: Biiuister 'Clemente! said to-' as the whole Can is io be. nding out the British reply Saige it means a big reduction in France's debt to~ Britain, which can Tor medicine 'at Yal Medical Seboal, or. placed before the publi injection purposes which ; will cure scarlet fever in a hours, TWO KILLED, RAI RAILWAY CLOSED IN K KOOTENAY Disastrous Snowalides on the Mountain Caused by Days of Thaw and Rain. A despatch from Nelson, B.C. says:--Two lives lost, a railway line] closed for the season and one house | demolished are the results so far re- ported of Kootenay snowslides follow- ing days of thaw and rain. ? 'At five o'clock in the morning & snow and mud slide demolished the ! ranch house of John H. Hoyle, at Queen's Bay, overwhelming the por- tion of the house containing Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle, and carrying away the upper portion containing John Hoyle, a son, and Migs Mary Holt, a servant, | were sleeping. The latter two escaped serious injuries. and emerged by win- dows. A force of 22 shovel men work- ed all day on the tons of mud in which Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle are buried, with- out success. The house was at the foot of a ravine, and it is thought a TORONTO: Nilan, bro Ln 0. $2104; No. a; $2.28% 3 fo. 8 North. | Man. oats--No, 2 No. 8 Not cy i food foe 0. All the above of. b na, ' oronto--No. 2 ! lengthy a fine openings the Dominion offers British trade if me at home ap- proach the market in the right way. 4 According: to The Westminster Ga- is all "Great Britain takes on herself the place the United States in a " war damages and will not attempt to! Poabe position morally than Great a oun, Seappoittment Is Feit through collect the £800,000,000 advanced to the' Britain - for insisting on collecting Mr. Porter, who has gone. to: Paris, ed the war" note declares, Britain will nat. of the Conference, that he is Jeaving TTT TT Geneva beeause he is convinced that PROGRAM OUTLINED IN | LIQUOR SEIZED the purposes for which the Confsrence SPEECH FROM THRONE OFF LONG ISLAND j cause there seems no likelihood of se- ! curing limitation of the growth of opium to medical and scientific needs, I of Freight Rates | Had on 12, taining the suppression of opium in Coming Session. Worth $1 000,000. smoking in the Far East only serves A despatch from Ottawa says:i--| New York, Feb, 8.--With 28 pris- to increase the difficulties of 'getting The 3 been fired and another pariiamentary| been wounded in the gun Battle which The delegate was scrupulously care- session is under way. The King's will| preceded her capture--the British ful in his communication not to cast has been made known to his C t hip Hi loaded with upon the League of Nations ary asper-' Throne and the people's elected rep-| value of $1,000,000, was towed to this League in any way responsible for the resentatives will begin on Monday to harbor yesterday. conditions leading up to the American discuss the "humble" speech in accep-| The Homestead, the largest and decision to withdraw from the Con- runner to the general work of Can-|sent Coast Guard chasers to "Rum| Viscount Cecil declared: "A terrible ada's principal Legislature. Chief | Row," was anchored last night off the, thing has happened, but the conference smong the measures forecasted in the Statue of Liberty. There she took her| must go on, and get results. We can- freight rates on land and sea. Senate bulky to be moored at the Barge one of the nations is unable to agree. yeform, the most jutstanding of the Office. I am sure we can get a drug treaty feglelation expected for this session,| It was admitted shots had been fired| which will mark a decided progress in tween Federal and Provincial Govern-| seized off the eastern end of Long to the world." ments before Parliament is asked to consider in detail an amendment to pect to the constitution and powers" of the Upper House. In brief, the speech from the] Alles before the United States enter- | damages from Germany, which the a rote to Herluf Zahle, President 'was convoked cannot be achieved, be- Amendment of Grain Act ald First British Craft Captured and because the impoesibility of ob" 'last gun of the royal salute has oners on board--some reported to have opium production restricted. 'ers through the speech from the 12,000 cases of liquor, with a bootleg sions, and careful not .to hold the tange, which is the invariable fore-/ most valuable prize since prohibition! ference. King's speech are those dealing with place beside other rum runners too not leave the work unfinished because, is to be submitted to a conference be-| to stop the Homestead, which was| dealing with what is really a menace the constitution of Canada "with res- Throne indicates that the Government! lation to give: between provinces and localities. rates. (3) Improvement in equipment of wrence River. - (4) Colonization and settlement (which implies railroad construction) in the Peace River district. Island by the Coast Guard chasers Red Wing and Jewett. Orders to the Coast Guard now are to shoot when occasion demands, and it was sald the Homestead had given il -- One Motor Craft Built by Bri- tain for Every 3 Steamships this provocation, Utmost secrecy attended the cap- intends to ask Parliament for legis- ture, and it was hinted other factors ithan smuggling liquor might (1) Equalization of freight rates been responsible for the eagerness of | officials to bag the British vessel--the| (2) Government control of ocean "first ever seized off American shores' | for the violation of the Volstead Act. i It is known, however, that the rum rts on both cossts and on the St. fleet has been doubled in the last few! weeks and now has a larger array of vessels than at any other time in the year. have A despatch from New York says: -- Ship tonnage under construction in Great Britain at the close of 1924 was | 1,296,971 tons, about 98,000 tons less than a year ago, according to the Bankers' Trust Co. of New York. It {is estimated that one motor ship is be- ting built for every three steamships, | while in other countries the propor- i tion is 12 motor ships for 11 steam- ships. In Germany, Denmark, Swe- | den and Holland a preponderating | proportion of motor ships is being built, the German figures being 47 § motor ships of 274,000 tons against snowslide came part way down, chok- ed the ravine and caused water to yellow, back up, the subsequent rush of snow and water bringing away the banks of | shorts the ravine. A water tank half a mile up the ravine is believed to be the object that struck the house. The Hoyles have ranched there for 18, \, years, Three big slides came down at various times since mid-day on the Kaslo and Nakusp branch of the Can- adian Pacific Railway, all between the Rambler Mine und Zinton, the largest being 900 feet wide and 50 feet deep. The others are respectively 300 and 200 feet wide and 20 feet deep. The C.P.R. will abandon the Kaslo- Slocan service. for the winter in con- 'Montreal f 3; middings Pag, 32. $2.80 Ont. oats--No. 2 par 57 to Ontario wheat--No. 2 winter, £1 to 91 75; No. 8 inter, $1.69 1 commercial, $1 68 to $1.72, f. ob! ai Malting, bi to dhe arley--) Buckwheat--No. 2, 86 to 90e. Rio. 2. 2, $138 to $1.48. rst pat., $11.40, To- Yomis, -®. send pat, $10.90, Toronto. in in bags Mopsral oe Toms pats gid Toronto; do, Po ean 2 timot! Sat ton, track, Toronto, $14.60; Eh, Per bo ; w--Carlots, per 1 So. points; accor "A despatch from Winnipeg says: --| ada In one of the wildest mar] in the history of the local Grain Exchange, wheat Prices « dropped below the $2 mark on Friday, for the first time in two weeks, so. fast did the stop- "| loss orders come into the pit that it) was almost impossible for brokers to execute them. Outside speculators who have been buying grain for the past fortnight must have suffered heavy Adosses during the drastle declines on €X-, Friday, and many of them would be| "wiped out." Following a strong opening at $2.04 for May delivery, the buying power as they furnish and all manner of healthy spor and adians as the person. + hosts in the world, unlimited hospitality recreation. . He also recommended Britishers to invest freely in Canadian public com- adding that such capital was and that it would create a ooo valusble sentiment. ly een Immigrants Between 14 and 17 7 Receive Grants A dowpatch from from Lovdon says:-- The agreement between the sequence, and travel will be routed by the lakes. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE ings--Standa recloaned, f 0. y bay posts, J port ton, mike; trp t aE | ek 24c. old. large, 24 twins, 25 to 26¢; trip- d Setticmunt Committee e219, the Can- vernment co! grants broken nearly. ay hokey May had for Shifdrens fromm. the. pear law and There was some recovery, prices go- De EO ne migrating ; (5) An Act to amend the Gram Act. Three Children Burned to Japanese Navy Launch Sinks 40 steamships of 79,000 tons. Eleven Sailors Lost Death in Ottawa Valley Ottawa, Feb. 8.-----News qf the death by fire of three young children near 'Murray Bay, in the backwoods of Ren- frew County, was received here to- day. The father, J. Croswich, was away lumbering and the mother left the children alone in the farmhouse "while she posted him a letter at the eross-roads. When she returned she found the building In flames. She succeeded in rescuing her few-; nionthe'-0ld baby, only to find it al- ready dead. Tne other wo children, 2a boy aged 18 months and a l-year- old girl, were burned to death in their cota. When neighbors. arrived they found. a mess of burning embers and 'the mother badly burned from her rescue oA the children. MILITARY ALLIANCE BETWEEN BRITAIN _ AND FRANCE T0 SECURE PEACE IN EUROPE A despatch from Paris saye--The ship ar Franco-British security pact is almost 'ready. Lord Crewe, who was in Lon- y don several days consulting with 'the 'British Government, has returned to Paris and has had two long interviews with. Premier Herriot on the subject. As it is being discussed, the pact is 8 French-British or French- defensive treaty. In the British Government military alliance with in de peace and security of feelers: which ka public statements 'always speak with Vancouver, B.C., Feb, 8.--Eleven men of the crew of the Jap cruizer Idzumo, in port here with the visiting training squadron of the Jap- anese Navy, met death just before Burrard Inlet, when the navy launeh in which they were returning to the cruiser collided with a tug boat of the Canadian Pacific Railway and sank immediately. The accident occurred off the Ballentyne Pier, Sixteen officers and men were on board the pinnace and seven - were rescued. Of the seven, two, a non- commissioned officer and a seaman, taken on board the Idzumo, later sue- cumbed as a result of their immersion In the water. Four of the men drown od were non-commissioned officers and the remaining five seamen. ship and gratitude among the allies, which. continue to become stronger and more vivid with the of midnight Saturday in the waters of| years. "Nevertheless, several peace prob- + lems as complicated as the war's prob- lens, become more and more difficult to solve." Citing Shakespeare's verss, "There is a tide in the affairs of men," he said: "We used the rising tide in economic domain Dawes plan. Let us be careful not to allow to escape the Favorable tide in the problems of security 'and final peace, always protecting our rights and ou duties as they were set down As British Ambassadors in making tion and in the name of here to 'mean decided upon a British-French de- in pe orming the! is taken that} Britieh Government has' defintely hi 5 *: T cL] LE Ee CPL lets, 26 to 27c. rh Finest y prints, 86 to 88c; No. 1 creamery, 34 to 36c; No. 2, 323 to 34c. Dairy prints, 26 to 28c. Eggs--Fresh extras, in cartons, 64 to fe; BO 63¢c; fresh firsts, 57c. ye poult Hens, over b 1bs., 24e; do, Ato Tow, Tac; do, 8 to 4 bs. 1 1 28 DIME (INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give ag they in turn to ou a clue to others. A letter belongs in words them, white ds starting 4¢ the bumbered squares and runing sithor er ally or vertically or bo HORIZONTAL 1----Separates lengthwise T-~Refrain 12--A flap 18--Adgitional 14--To lle in genial heat VERTICAL © 1--To make stift 2--=Two 3--A cover 4--Prefix meaning "not" | s--Fix firmly 6---Ornamented with Anoba or but tons lial 7-~Not able Dressed pou 23¢c; do, 4 P 5 2 lbs. and over, ye; costars, 12¢; ducklings, b lbs. and up, A PL cover b Ibs, 3c; do, 8 to 4 lbs,, 16c; sprin, chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 300; rs, 18¢; .ducklings,*b Ibs, and up, 26¢; ed 3be. Beans. Can, handpicked, Ib, Ge; io Th 3 e products--S im aah. 42 of: per b- id, Eso oh Lo sali ok ar, ro be one) i 10-Ib. | i . rolls, 18 28¢; breakfast bac cial brand EE to ae y Joneless, 4 to 3 ; Gated mh I 0 Tos. § $17, 505 Ten ce 90 Ib, and' up, $1550 Je $53; wh ie 16 «1p ube, lage pats, % to 3 dey | Shor to 22¢; Hs to 16%c; tabs, 1634 to 16 16 to 16%c¢; privts, 3 % to. er TR ing up a few cents, but later the near- by future made a precipitous descent to $1.92, a net loss of 12 cents within two hours. May closed at $1.02%,!. which represented a loss of 87% cents from Thursday's close, July and October, along with coarse grains, followed the May future, and all registered severe losses, ra ranging from 8% for July wheat to 18 cents for October barley. Flax ranged from 11 cents to 14 cents lower at the close. peta map ABET oxin at Nome, Alsi, . Saves Lives -- Nome, Alaska, Feb. 8.--The mush- She sulti is ew past; No cases have i | been reported in the last two days. However, Dr. Curtis Welch of the Fublle Health Service is not relaxing his vigilance. None of his patients is thought to be in a dangerous condi- tion, but he intends to enforce the! of the. "Black plague" lane sn ovr serum from Fairbanks is expected in Nome Tuesday by air-' plane, flown by Roy S$. Darling, and who hoped REE autiomifios ie confident % n , only to children I This. new rule. will not. affect chil. with their parents.' dren_emigrating It will affect only institutional chil. TR Foner Ee trom w hi nei passes who ve hehe be