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20, under Lieut. F. N. Officer, were aboard pre- for an . experimental cruises at 9.50 o'clock there came a nthe west, and the. air- 1, but the wreckage hang- bow' seemed to show the p's nose was badly rent, © At first'it was evident the R:33 was ut. of control. She was. swinging broadside to the wind, rapidly turning from side to side dnd Beit Zushed at "great pace gh the air., It was Pot she found an: even, her nose pointing upward, 'the tail." She had at the start of her flight plenty of height, but were alarmed to see her settling down as she drifted over the "flat country between Pulhaf and the sea. Intense excitement wis caused at Lowestoft as:she drifted over the town about half an hour after she hroke loose. Hundreds of peopie rushed into the streets and watched spell-bound, the gallant struggle. Several attempts appeared to be made to swing her and the R-33 was carried out 'over the sea. AIRPLANE TO EXPLORE - "TROPICAL VALLEY" Virgin Area of the North Said "to be Rich in Precious Metals. A despateh from Vancouver says:-- ose d expedition into the unknown region of British Columbia lying north of the Stikine River, included within which "is the mysterious $tropical . valley" .of the far north, will leave here 'the latter part of this month. At its head will be George ;Platzzer, ® prospector acquainted with the area. He will be batked by Americans of wealth, one of whom is expected to reach Vancouver shortly to acecom- pany the first supplies and the explor- ors by aeroplane, it is siid. | It is planned to fly from. Prince Rupert in a high-poyvered all-metal aeroplane, said to be capable of a pas- senger capacity of several persons, in "+ addition to "approximately a ton of freight. ; The *first expedition is already on the outskirts of the unexplored terri- tory, and is headed by Frank Perry, 4 "Vancouver mining, enginser.i The . Perry expedition is backed by Hon: . Charles H. MacIntosh, former: Gover- wor of the Canadian Northwest Terri- tories. during the days of the rush to the Klondike and Yukon. Associated with him is his son, Charles Macln- 'tosh, who 'was his father's assistant in the Yukon administration. Col. Philip' P: Longergan, pioneer engineer of 'Seattle, and other Amer- icans are backing the trial expedition. According to reports, it is to be a race of rival expeditions, each heavily cked by capital. The virgin area to 'penetrated is reported by both par- ties to be rich in placer gold and plat- num as well as copper, iron and lead. It is also said. that confined in the area is an oil lake and visible coal "seams, making the great expanse one of great potential natural wealth, 'whose development would: require a fog outlay of sapital, + and years to gE Ri rain set in 'Provinces. 5 Seeding {ed a ~ |the rt said, dnd expected to reach | p the = some time Friday morh- | Pulham o'clock Friday a A d Naver after' she «broke loose. During thef 0 HY ny the- arpund toward the land. These failed; TRAPPER SHOT IN 0 pean eh roush olland.. m five to ten knots an hour, 'says:--The R-3% was safely housed at a ome shortly before 4 noon, just 80 hours whole time she had been fighting for] life against the most adverse weather conditions, and the success of Flight Lieut. Ralph Sleigh Booth, her com- mander, in handling her 'is: enormous- away from the arm of the mooring mast she broke completely thes first and damaged secerely the second of eight sections in which her framework is byilt. The outer envelope was refit badly for one-sixth of the distance along the hull and hung in great folds as far aft as the beginning of the {etters painted on her hull. " Moreovet, as the airship went adrift she carried with her two pairs of artillery wheels used to ballast her as she swung at anchor, each of which weighed half 4 ton. Yet with all these handicaps Booth had the R-38 under some sort of control within two min- utes of hér breaking away. He kept her gding in the wind, that sometimes drove her backward, and he finally brought here safely across the North Sea to her own home. No wonder Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey H, Salmond wirelessed Booth: "Your efforts are splendid. They re- doynd to the credit of Jou all." LONE NORTHERN SHACK Saved by Partner's. Heroism After Terrific Struggle.' A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says:--Jack Chaisson is lying iu a serious condition in a little secluded trapper's shack four miles from the track at Tatnall; Mile 215, A.C.R. Nick Dominick, a° naturalized Rus- sianpwho, it is charged, put three out of four shots from' a high-powered 32-calibre- rifle into Chaisson, is in rthe custody of the Chapleau Provin- cial Police, according to word which came down the A.C.R. on Thursday. 8. E. Thompson, an American trapper, only other: witness of the shootin, which took place in his camp on Wed. nesday at daybreak, is Ssufféring from he knocked Dominick out with his fist. Shots were fired at Thompson also, but the latter was too quick and he 'made a heroic rescue. He went into la clinch with Dominick and took the gun.-away, from him... He then knock- ed him out with his fist, breaking: his hand. While Dominick was unconscious, Thompson tied him to the bed with chains, 'dressed his partner's wounds as best he could, and handing him the Irifle with orders to shoot Dominick if he Starisd anything, walked four miles over a difficult trail to the railway to send out word. Thompson ahd Chaisson were, Bn ping partners. Dominick was another trapper' not far from them. A week ago Thompson and his partner were leaving camp and they left some flour in Nick's'shack.. When they returned for the flour it was apparently as they had left it, but when they ate some bannocks they 'detected' a culiay taste and tried out the a dog: The dog died and Thompson was knocked out for half a day. as a re- They suspected Dominick of putting strychnine in the flour, but made up ¢ ultimately and all stayed in Thomp- son's shack k together, : Prince Views Nige Nigeria Mount Scene. of Sacrifices A despatch tio, Jehba, Nigeria, says:--The train of the Prince of the Jebba south station, where. the at-| Prince alighted for a bit of. exercise. Clad in a khaki suit.and shirt he walk- 'about the station grounds uncon- 1ly. There are only two Huro- Women, in this out-of the way up a conversation t neither of them | recoquiaed i the palsy until after they had be ing with him |" t{for five minutes. The Prince found | Jebba Adnteresting because here he. grossed the Niger"River for the he Brat here: beens 'ago the na- offered = hi ; out the storm and rat starting on her homeward j % all aire: SA Sabor: despatch. from sLondonl °° ly enhanced when her crippled. condi- | tion. is considered... When "she tore ~ F . yi i Jono oo 02 "©THE INTERNATIONAL SADIE SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES TAG eight os of ie re taller last) there wa. ange feature of the storm| ers on was that the snow fell while Seine have Et ilk str on thej, Man, wheat--No: 1 Pigs Nord ity $1. Re No.4 wheat, $1.50 os Man. oats--No. 2 CW, al 3 CW, 52%¢; extra No, 1 feed, 53% ; No. 1 feed, 50%¢; No, 2 fe feed, 4 6%c. All the above cif. bay ports. + 7 perica ea corn, srack, Toronto----No. ow, $1.2 bag included: ton, - by pe in the words of which you feel reasonably a aire Fee wil © you a clue to other words crossing them, |B 4 they in turn > others. A letter belongs in. white ISHOP OF ad Sex words starting at the nunibered squares and either 'PASSES'IN NhMtron | i horizontally or ertoally or both. HORIZONTAL 62-~To cook 1! Fifty Yeaursi in in Ministry; Canae) 1<To rub dry 63--Placed in- position for, play 84 en dn (Golf) dian Prelate Closes Active a) + 8=To strike flathanded . "VERTICAL - . Life, - : 13--Prapasttion ar=A humorist Hamiiton; April 19.--Sinking since ¥ Joe nine name 3% Br-Euirae 3--Individual - Friday montis, Betoy Clsfint i 4--Orient agara ere apout 1 i 16--To Ignore rudely Toe py x Rimes 18--A water container ad night at his residence In the Berkipeer) 2 13 Ightness 8--Gambling purchase '(slang-- ADastments He was in his severly -- r abbr.) 3 seventh year. en . 9--Counselor Bishop. Clark was active in the per-| 10--Exist formance of his dioceson duties. until 24--At present 27--~Famous ball player (nickname) 28--Nominal value 11--Through (prefix) 16--A term of respect well known in the Sault, who was the}: a broken hand which he received when | sult of the quantity he had eaten. | | Wales, en roufe to Kano, stopped at| © of Nerd at. the Station and| - #acrifices by Hes 30--Exclamation 20" Workmane implement which 'appeared to settle in one ear, points, a rding: to fraights. ights A 23--Woodland and developed into a mastoid. Barl ex falting, 69 to Tde. : 24 3a haraaw 25--Side glance - While his Lordship's death wag not} Buckwheat--No, 2, nominal. ahr 26--Linger: =» . unexpected during' the past 48 hours, Ries, 0 2; 99 to $1.03. 37-- Recline 28--South American country the graveness of his' candition on Fri. | Man. 1st pat., $9. 45; Toronto; Ag pa Cie Sentral lines day came as a shock to his many 0d pit, § 895 Toronte. $6.00, 89---Polint of compass (abbr, - . friends. in Ha 40--Encountered ! : Sal prone Last October Bibop Clarke tele- Sea 8%, Montreal or Toronto; do, bul, 41--Part of verb "to be" 36--Preposition' | brated the fiftieth anniversary of his aw-+Carlots, per ton, $8. 43--Utilize d0.~Innumerable . ordination asa priest, an event which! 8 reenings--Standdrd, recleaned, 4 46--To place. - 41--Silvery 4 \ was. appropriately. observed 'in. the ob. bay Rosia, per ton, "824. als liquors 42--A threat form of a largely attended dcnesun| Ha ok ler ok, S10. fo. 81 $14; 2 hip wag! NO: ;-mixed, per Tolerate ; 3 reception, at which his Lordship ton, 5 to. $11; Jower ios, $6 10 $9. 49---~Acknowledged at 82-~A Mohammedan prince 84--A vegetable 85--Double .58--To cauterize (pl.) 47--To achieve victory - '| 60--Does wrong (pl.) . $1-To prepare for publication 62--Point of Sompage: Resung ' B59--A southern State fasur) . 53--Males 60--A funeral hymn rr 66---To grow old QTE A gs Wi=bimits H--Condycted 8 0 INFANT MORTALITY * {CANADA'S UNEMPLOYED |: 3 STILL ON DECREASE! © REDUCED. IN'NUMBER |} 4 Vital Statistics for Canada ifi| Monthiof March Shows Slight] a November, 1924, Are Improvement in Economic' " Published. Situation. A. despatch from Ottdwa says:--| A despatch from Qftawa says:--|a The birth-rate in Canada in" Novem-! Employment .in. Canada. indieated a)@ ber, 1924, was almost identical with slightly upward trend in Eebruary as that, of November, 1028." Last Novem. | compared. with the previous' month, ber there were 11173 living births in| The average number of vacancies and the Dominion, nof counting Quebee,! placements, according to reports from which is not in 'the registration area.| the Employment Service of Canada, In November, 1923, there were 11,492 rose slightly during the first half of living births. 'In the same months of that month, but again declined during {awa on June, 1743, Clark op's College, Lennoxville, Que, and graduated from Trinity College, To-! ronto, in 1874. u two weeks ago, 'when he suffered 'a chill and contracted a severe cold .made the recipiént of 'a purse cl gold. He had foudly 'ooked forward to next month when the jubice of Niagara Diocese will be heli. Right Rev. William 1A. 'D.D,, D.C.L, wa. the fourth bisbopsof Nidgata, and*was bor. on farm in Carleton County, naa: Ot: Mis father wat joun Clarks born wosr Glasgow, Scot- ind, and his mother was a native of |x Jones, Ireland. They: came. to Can- 4a in 1839. As a boy of 15 Bishop Clark resolv- ed to become a 'clergyman, He- was} early thrown upon his own resources, nd was a teacher when 16 years of ge. He later attended a private So, ¢ school in Ottawa, and was a classmate: of Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper. Bishop "was an undergraduate of Bish- pel ee 1922 and 1921, howaver, the rate was, the latter half, E about 'a thousahd greater. 'At the beginning of March the per- PRINCE ON:P. AYROLL Last November, 5,845 boys and b,-;centage of unemployment among the AS ENGINE DRIVER 628 girls survived birth, There were members of trade unions throughout 116 pairs of twins, and no triplets. Canada 'wag 9.5 as contrasted with There were 367 still-births, The equi| percentages. of 10.2 at the beginning valent annual birth. rate per thousand, of February, and 7.8 en March: Ty of population was 20.5, unchanged; 1924. * This caleylation | was based on from the previous November but four, statements from" 1,642 local unions, per thousand less than in 1921. [ with a membership of 164,367 persons, * Infant "mortality continues to "de-|" Reports, from 5,696: rms showed h crease. The infant death rate per thou- that they were employing 715,168 per- sand of population has dropped from! ons, in- March, or 6,921 more than in| , 80.2 in 1921 to 71,8 in 1924, Of last! February 1, e em) nt index November's infant mortality, nearly:number, which is based on the number one-quarter died because of premature ;employed in: January, 1920, as 100 birth. Maternal mortality last Nov-| rose to 87,0 on March 1, from 86.1 in ember totalled 64. "+ | the preceding month. In the same month there were 4,741 marriages and 1,249 deaths. The! se equivalent annual death rate shows: a : aoe slight and steady decrease. Last: Nov: ember it was 10 per thousand of popu London; Apeir 15 Gueat Britain lation; in November, 1921, it was ine! became operative in Great Britain at per Gousand 1 - Re 2 o'clock this mornin presented the Prince with a mileage & t sho hé ha ing voll 4nd peopel H.R.H. Earns: ns Telipence' onl Half-Hour's W. - Special T: Wok. A despatch from sein 'Nigeria, says:--The Prince of Wales arrived ere on Friday and became "tenpence s engine dri During the" sun the. Prince weit. to, go, the éngine and handled. the throttle oon under the direction of an enn fo who had piloted the 'special train Gh 85 ne |the Prince's grandfather. when. ho Sh _.. |iéited West Arica. 'Upon arriving here 'railway officials' reid Clark,} 0c. | eal > 1; magle ugar, ta in 2% B22 ry oy fi Bh richer because of half an hour's work is special 'train, ih i1{fesd Dol. p Montreal frei hes Bran; T sllorts, per ton, $28; ida ue 8 3; good feed flour, per bag, $2.00. Ont. oats No, 2 white, 48 to 45c. Ont. wheat--No. 2 winter, $1.40 to $1.43; No, 3° winter, not quoted; No. 1 commercial, mominal, fob. shipping re heeso--New, large," 241 to 26¢; i twins, 25 to 26l4cy triplets; 26% to, 26¢. -Stiltons; 26e.+ Old; large, 27 to 28c; twins, 28 to 20¢; triplets; 29 to .Butter--TFinest creamer Tints, 5 87¢; No. 1 creamery, 35 to S60; "Ne 8 to 34c. Dairy prints, 28 to: 29¢. "Eggs--Fresh extras, in 'cartons, 86 to 86¢c; loose, 22; fresh firsts, 3lc; seconds, 28 to 2! "Live ta ane: over 4 to 5 Ibs,, 20c; do, 8 to 4 lbs. 18¢; § on chick- ens, 41bs; and over 'M, ., gor fed, 3 Toosters, 1c: ducklings Ibs. and up, 2 4 to 6 Dressed id y--Honb, over 1bs., 28¢; 8 to 4 Ibs, 22¢; spring chickens, 4 dbs, and oyer, M.F., 85¢; roosters; 20c; duck- a ,:5 lbs. and' bp, 2 21 Larkeys, do De. ne; Ih t 18%¢c Tord 18 ing : othe, Eb "tins, 1 ah 8 gal, Magis A sk por Br oH hose jon: Smoked meats-- fi Ks hone clear Tien , 50] fred Ro: 70 23 90 Ibs, 0. , in rolls, EER tubs, 2 21 to gle! on io 186; prints, 163% t Li av: steers; choice, $8 to "88. 53 $1 26 to ptchensions 13 & "ed, $6 to $0505, tom $50 ae $20.50; | ta The. and , $19.60; li bal, 8447 JLT 20 to 20%; - en D AR + heifers, ne 2 1860 as it is ot the present ime." 1t i§ denied that the eontrol boar has held the Su aperior level up and sacri- ficed Lake Huron. It is pointed out. that there would be no: object in keep- ing Superior levels up at the expense of the lower lakes, because ships which would. carry capacity loads on Super- 'ior would be unable to travel in the shallower water. sved Enalichn Unemployed i fil signed to 'Excavating: Castle A despatch from Deal, Eng. SAYS i Some of England's unemployed recent- ly became seekers of hidden treasure, The first job to which several score of. men was assigned was that'of excava- tions - the Roman Richborough Castle, near Deal, which work is de- = signed partly to solve the mystery of a great pile of a concrete substance within the centre of the ruins, Bronze brooches and pins, believed: to have been used by the women of those days for fixing up their hair, were unearthed recently, as well as parts of bronze statues, chains, and * an embossed gold ornament, also prob- ably worn by omen, bout ninety. + Roman. cains were ug up by the excavators, among them being n gold piece of the 'Emperor 'Arcadius, dat~ ing from 388 A.D. to 395 A.D. Safety of Vessels I Impe "T ravellers! Demand for A déspitteh from. Geneva. says: +The illed News i» demand of" ocean travelers for news . hag become so insatiable that the safe- ty of vessels is imperiled, according == ,| to "the. Radio Telegraphic Committee of the Transit and Communications Commi; the League of Nations. The éommitt 2 reported that the con- t of press despatches, y 0-per| iant ions CREE Ing <th& reeeption® of io) aria emi t urges the Interna- tional Radio Telegraphic Union to act immediately to earths air a chances of | up wireless, Cu Aor asgis- he Rn r 1. An 0 | exceptionally ; tumultuous. we.conte greéted them due to ha coincidence hat the English arighet team 'return- ¥ i wife of AA Soars Cy of fa Royal € Cana otinted P Folie; Sied despite all efforts to save e her li of the ody, which o Che este