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Observatory, on the more exposed and suburbs much res were experienced. was general through- d also 'over thé big" White rea |v with 24 below, but, of the re- temperatures, Doucet, Quebec, 3d off the honors with 26 below. Sound and Cochrane both had e température as White River. it' 16 below, apd at tren] 12 Temperatures in' Manitoba and Saskatchewan ranged from 10 to 24 below. te | "Chatham, -Ont., Det. 27.--The first zero weather of this winter prevailed re to-day and "yesterdny. Early last evening the temperature started for the zero mark and during the night went to five below, according to 'the official readings. Thermometers in other parts of the city registered six below at eight o'clock this morn- ing: id & Guelph, Ont., Dec. 27.--With the thermometer skidding to 21 below zero during the night, the lowest temper- ature experienced in this district in the last years, citizens were con- tent to hug the fireside yesterday, and the attendance at the city churchés 'was naturally very slim. According to an official reading made at the O. A. C., the mercury dropped to the 21- on Saturday night the the y registered 12 below. Only few fires, caused by overheated stove pipes, were reported. + Montreal, Que.¢ Dec, 27~Montreal's| first winter blizzard to-day thrust the temperature down to 18 degrees below zero-and enveloped the city in swirling snow, borne on the wings of a 85-mile- an-hour gale. The zero weather held throughout the day but towards evening the wind dropped slightly. ise > The high wind was responsible for several chimney fires and the firemen were kept busy answering alarms. Many homeless persons were forced to take shelter in the various police stations owing 1o.the frigid weather. Winnipeg; Man,, Dec. 27.--Speeding back to his Arctic haunts, old Father Christmas left with the populace of the Prairie Provinces a sample of the weather upon which he thrives in far- away toyland. It is reported that. Santa made his departure through Manitoba and across the icy strefches to the north, for this province to-day records the coldest weather on the montinent. At The Pas., Man., the mercury skidded down to nearly 30 degrees below zero, while in Winnipeg and many other points the lowest reached was 26 below. The northern blasts brought about record dips of the season in Saskat- below mark about four o'tlock, but chewan, Moose Jaw, Regina and Sas- there was a rise in temperature dur-|yatoon experiencing around 15 below. Ing the day." Telegraph service into I Alberta the temperatures were Guelph was affected to a considerable more moderate and with snow fairly ¢ "extent owing to the cold snap, wires in some directions being put. out of com- po general, no sub-zero weather is: re- rted. _ CANADIAN CARS GO TO " FAR-AWAY COUNTRIES Statistics Show Destination of Motors Exported from Dominion, Ottawa, Dec. 27.--Canadian-made automobiles go to out-of-the-way spots. Between 50 and 60 different countries purchased Canadian cars in} November, running all the way from Paraguay to Palestine, and round the world to Irak, the Duteh East Indies and Japan. Australia and New Zea- nd headed the list of purchasers of the Canadian automobile. Of the gheaper cars valued at $500 or less, Australia purchased 944" inNovem- 'bor, and New Zealand 946. "Of the 'more expensive cars, Australia bought § 72 and New Zealand 267. In com- { m, the United Kingdom purchas- d in November none of the cheaper nadian cars, but 454 of the more give. if the total of 5,963 of the cheaper orted in November (compared 8 in Ocober, and 8,288 in , 1924), 10 went to the Gold 5.to Malta, seven to Fiji, 542 s Settlements; 24 to-Ni-! to the British Sudan, four, an * Congo, four to the Indies, two to Irak, 26 Egypt, 502 to Argentina, 820 to : 'Dutch East Indies, 17 to Siam, | to Portuguese Africa. amily ot Christmas | saysi-- he | nd" the | A | 0 left on 1 with near-, OFFER OF PEACE. * ACCEPTED BY DRUSES Reported Armistice Signed With Commissioner Jouvenel. London, Dee. 27.--An Exchange Telegraph despatch from 4 Bagdad gives a report brought by a convoy from Syria that the chiefs of the Sun Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Set 1 2 345673 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 29 30 - Yi 25 26 27 28 PAPER EXPORTATION INCREASED IN 1925 Druse tribesmen in Syria have accept-' ed peace proposals offered by the; French authorities. | An armistice was reported to have been signed several days ago between | the Druse tribesmen and the new! French High Commissioner in Syria} Henry Jouvenel. This -- report Egypt. admitted that negotiations looking to | peace were going on in Syria, but that no final signature had yet been! fixed, It was admitted, however, that the signing of an armistice at any) minute would not surprise the For-! elgn Office. No Ice Bridge Yet at Niagara "and May Not be Any Niagara Falls, Ont., =~Deec.. 27.~ While the winter scenery here is beau- tiful, there is no sigir of an ice bridge. The bridge may be late in forming, and there is a possibility that there will not be any. Elimination of the cross current in the river near the Upper Arch Bridge caused by the flow from the Niagara Power Company's old tunnel, which is not in use now, is the reason that the bridge may not form. This current held the ice below the cataracts form- ing the bridges in former years. RE RIE hd Turkey and Russia Sign Neutrality Agreement. A despatch from Constantinople says:--The Exchange Telegraph says came from Cairo,. 3 le The Frenth' Foreign Office inion Bureau of Statistics. ily, Ishmet Pasha, the Turkish Premier, Pulp and Pulpwood Also Show Substantizl Increase. Ottawa, Dec. 27.--The pulp and paper exportation from Canada has steadily increased during the past year, Wood pulp," pulp wood and manufactured paper all show increas- es" in the bulletin issued by the Do Of 'wood 'pulp, 18,000,000 tons valued at over $47,000,000 were ex-| ported within the 12 months ended last November, while in the 12 months preceding, 15,000,000 tons valued at $40,000,000 were sent out. * The wood pulp figures indicate simi- lar gains. In the year ended Novem- ber, J Qoraa. RY ' at $14,119,000, and in the some period in 1924; 1,314,000 cords were exported valued at $13,600,000. The total export figures for paper and paper products show a slight drop in October and November this year, but a substantial increase for the 12- month period. The paper exports for November, 1925, were valued at $9,- 369,103; foi Oetober, 1924, $7,704,347. For the 12 months ended Novembe?, 1925, the value of the trade was $105,-| 445,814, and for the same period in 1924, $97,731,195. Serre pee Lightning Causes $1,000,000 Fire Loss at Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Dec. 27.--Lightning during a vioient storm this afternoon set on fire three tanks of the Amnglo- Meixcan Petroleum Company, situated on 'the waterfront five miles south of Buenos Aires. The tanks contained S-------- a cn kiibtronu WORK ON SMELTER TO BEGIN IN SPRING WOMAN ALARMS POLICE Final Agreement Reached Be- tween Noranda Mines and Quebec Government. A despatch from' Quebec says:--At the close of a lengthy conference, in| Fourth Avenue north, with a wedge-| the course of which ail the details re- Shaped weapon, presumabiy an- ave} maining to permit the Noranda Mines, i SO me evening; Some = $45 to $60 : pc Tal erk,. was' Ltd., to go ahead "with "its plans in the Quebec Northwestern go.d fields were amicably settled, Hon, Mr. Per- ault, Minister of Mines, and his col- | leagues, Hon. Honore Mereiér, Min- | ister of Lands and Forests, as well as the mining interests concerned, ex- pressed their entire satisfaction at the results attained. J. Y. Murdock, K.C. , President of 1,421,000 cords left Canada valued] the Noranda Mines, Ltd., who, with H.. Chadbourne, Managing Director, conferred with Government, stated: "We expect work on the smelting plant to be exgeted in Rouyn Township to start early next spring, and part of the construction material will be forwarded in the course of the win- ter." - Nan 98 Years in One Family Pau, France, De¢. 27.--The palm for length of service goes to Nava Cariotte, who was born in Mexico in 1815, and died Friday at the village of Escout. ¢ 2h At the age of 110 years she was still serving as a domestic in the household' of descendants of the family for which she originally worked. She entered the service of this family in: Mexico in 1827, foliowed its 'members to France, Servant for page ee p-------------- 415 to -15%e¢, »--- 1b.; 10-Ib. tins, 11% 12 to 12%; 2%-lb. tins, 14 to Smoked 'meats--Heams, med., 28¢; cooked hai rol 2c; cottage, 23 to 25c; break. pas acer 82 .to 86¢; 'special i boneless, 30 Cured meats--Long ciear b , 60 to. 70 'Ibs., $22; 70 to 90 Ibs. *$20,50; SLATER SR rolls, in barrels, $48.60; beavyweig ro Er Sh a2: hesrymeieh Lard--Pure tierces, 18 to 18%¢; t Bhd to 19c; pails, 19 to 19%e; ¢; tubs, 14c; pails, 14%c; blocks, Bh to , 40 to bacon, 88 to Sic, Lo Heavy steers, choice, $8 to $8.75; Heavy o H BOUND BY THUGS | Masipilates Phone Dial With Tooth Pick-Held in Mouth: Saskatoon, Sask., Dec. 27.---Attack- 'ed while asleep at his home, 545 i found unconscious, bathed in blood, by | the city police, summoned by the wife who, bound hand and foot, contrived ito attract the attention of the leng i distance telephone operator by man- |ipulating the dial with a tooth pick held between her.teeth. = ; | The woman, in a hysterical condi- tion, was loosened from the towels and strips of she w bound. ; Ea a vl Le Pcwer Lehind Kaiser - vo in World War is Dead A. despatch from Berlin. .says:-- . Professor Rudolph von ®¥alentini, | chief of ex-Emperor William's Ciyil | Cabinet, died recently ats Hameln, Prussia, aged seventy.ome, «5% Professor von Valentini wag credit red with exerting a powerful political linfluence over the former Kaiser. Dur- jing the war it was said he-wias re&pon-| sible for the fail of Count von Betha- rmann-Holiweg and the appointment of Dr. George Michaelis as Chancellor. 3 pat Princess Given Name Meaning "Bright Prosperity" A despatch from Tokio SRYS ihe imperial granddaughter born to Crown linen with which she wag] do, , $1.7 3 steers, choice, $7 to $7.85; do, hy $6 to $6.50; do, med., $4.75 to $5.50; Conich S15 to 41.50; do good $0 choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do, , $0 'to $6.25; do, med., $4.50 to $5; do, comic $3.75 'to $4.50; butcher cows, I'choice; $5 to $6.25; co, fair to good, $4 to $4.50; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 ito" $5.75; bolognas, to $3.50; {canners and. cutters, $2.26% to $8; springers, choice, $50 to 2110; good nilch-cows, $75 to $85; medium cows, : irs, good, $5.75 to ; smoked | 4 brand Lo backs 20 to 20%c; shortening tierces, | conference 'agreed upon At oral Daniel H. Kirby of St. 10 CARE FOR GRAVES Authority to undertake per pet care of the graves of twelve Canadian' flying cadets near Fort Worth, Texas, is to be asked of Con- by the' War Department. During the last year of the war: Sanadisn cadets wero stationed at "Fort Worth flying field and met their deaths there, being buried in Green- wood Cemetery by the courtesy of the iation trolling the cemetery. 50; do, fair,-$4.60-to $5; r 4.76 to $6.50; do, fair, $4 to ; caives, choice, $12.50 to $13.50; "do, good., $10 to $11.50; do, grassers, $4 to $5: good light" shedp, $6.50 to 7.60; heavies, and bucks, $4.50 to 5.50: good lambs. $13 ta $13.50; do, med., $12.50 to $13.50: do, bucks, $10 to. $11; do, culls, $11 to-$12; hogs, thick smooths, fed and wat $13.35; do, f.0.b, $12.75¢ do, 12.50; do, off cars, $2.62, ns MONTREAL. : Oats, No. 2 CW, *68c; No: 3 CW, 59¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 56c. Flour, spring wheat pats., firsts, onds, $8.40; strong yi 38.20; winter pats., choice, oued oats, bag 90 1bs., $3.40 to $3. $18.75; ray to $33.25; Middlings, $39.2 Hay;» No: 2, pet: tony tar: to 315. 'Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 41% to es: No. 1 ea 40 rte dic. Eqs, stor ; stora 41c; sto: po sconds; 86e: Frosh ox: tras, 7bc; fresh firsts, 66c. Potatoes, per bag, car. lots; $2.40. to $2.50 «Cows y tte ) 3 calves, mixed lots, $10 to $11.50; grass mixed lots, fair q os, selects, $14; do, com. $18.26 to $13.60; sows, $11 ae to $11.50. ---- tr country | an, $8.90; sect | Bran, $30.25 to $31.25; Shorts, $32.25 |. fo $40.25 , $14. nner' quality,| grassers, $5; | 5 uality, $115 "The Canadian agency of the British « = Imperial War Graves Commission has erected a memorial in the cemetery and sought to purchase the plots, but discovered that the cemetery associfi- r | announces the signing in Paris on De. icember 17 of 4 new agreement be- tween Turkey and Russia, pl edging and remained with them until her } Princess Nagako last unday has peaceful end on Christmas Day. named Shigeko 'Terunomiya, "Bright 2,400,000 litres of -petroleum (about 600,000 gallons). inh : utual neutrality if either country is "Mugs 'were dispatelied to Feafbve; ¥ 4 er rthem--e ked. Foreign Minister Tehit-! tank vesse.s moored neaiby." The fire. Of all the stimu'ants for the hum: in signed for the Soviet Govern-| raged for hours, and the loss is esti-! mind, dissent is the most powerful and : mated at more than $1,080,000. provocative. ee aL AL os pre at, 'as I SAND HE SAYS THO MAKES $700 WECIK IN THE via mie Te --_ PgR 4 a es ai RIGHT, AND He ALSe SAYS THAT Dous FAIRBANKS MAKES 10,000 IRON MEN A Week: RIGHT! AND | SATURDAY " A 4 HAROLD LL&YD BGGTS 12,000 BEANS Every} NHS PAY