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"How did you like the andirons Uncle Jim sent you?" "Oh, they did my hearth goxd." According to authentic figures, Canâ€" ada also holds the title for the highest eMciency as regards successful air mail flights. The laurel goes to Canaâ€" dlan Airways Ltd., which company showed an operating efficlency of 95.3 per cent. fo rthe last 18 months. Another record flight was that of "Shorty‘" Hatton, a regular air mail pilot who flew from Montreal to Moneâ€" ton, a distance of 480 ‘miles, in three hours and 45 minutes. Canada now holds the world‘s reâ€" cord for air mail speed as well as for eperating efficiency, since D. 8. Bonâ€" durant, air mail pilot, few from Torâ€" ento to Montreal, a distance of 340 miles, at an average speed of 193 miles per hour a short time ago, and W. Fleming fiew mail from Saint John, N.B., to Montreal at an average speed ef 240 miles per hour. sonal coâ€"operation with all peoples," "Everything making possible, or faâ€" eilitating this peaceful coâ€"operation will always find our hearty support. Above all we shall support measures cal Air Mail Record Goes to Canada the r sance he de sonal of wf Ber C} W ch 1) V wh en t German Foreign Policy Outlined kets of Easte. Canada. Tory Comments Dr. H. M. Tory, president of the Naâ€" tional Research Council, expressed his approval of the discovery made by Dr. Boomer and Pr. Clark. Dr. Tory said that the new method of producing gasoline from tar sands held great proâ€" mise and pronounced it the most sigâ€" wificant development in this direction In several vears. Dr. H. M. tional Rese approval of come a competitive kets of Easte _ C€ar n has th Almost Inexhaustible Supply Mr. King Says Liberal Budget Can be Obtained from Oil Addressed to British Sandsâ€"Will Make West ' Commonwealth lndependent of Fuel # OttgwaitOn (heAeve_gt Empire Day, Western Canada Empire Message Produces Gasoline Issued By Premier Ot‘awa.â€"Gasoline in almost unlimitâ€" ed quantities can be commercially proâ€" duced from oil sands in Northern Al berta. Announcement of this discoyâ€" ery was made by Dr. E. H. Boomer, Be Addre ancellor Emphasizes Counâ€" try‘s Desire to Disarm Ti «e nment Th rpreter to foreign p« sires. der Sm & Almost Inexhaustible rman people are ation that Germar al he ind i p J» Pleased fore at the annual banguet Press Association of k for his theme Gerâ€" ‘or world disarmament ic intentions _ toward cellor Heinvrich Gruenâ€"| Germany‘s Coalition ently made his debut to the world of Gerâ€" D elgn corres p« the annual 1 Boomer h: derable p tar sand mous quantities e in Alberta, Dr. ited the tar and 1 that readily e united in | my‘s renlls-‘ nly by perâ€"| _have been _period on d and naâ€" commercial able form. ria were haustible mportant vesent in the proâ€" idy been definite regarded on that formerly nd mere was to sands, natural method ight oil tily be rma ts ob Old Styles Pass Chicago.â€"Colored straw hats for men are to be more variegated, and the wellâ€"dressed holiday crowd this summer may resemble a signâ€"painter‘s nightmare, the Millinery Association of American heard recently as merâ€" chants from all ports of the country gathered trade information. No longer must the strong sex conâ€" tent itselt with sedate whites and tans in selecting the straw hat. Pale tints and bright colors will rule, along with butter yellow, aquaâ€" tone green and linen blue. The entire performance was through tests by the General Electric Company and was based on a system devised by Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson, consulting engineer of the General Electric Comâ€" pany and the Radio Corporation. As the audience entered the theatre they saw John Gamble, the musical director, lead the orchestra. The orâ€" chestra was at their regular positions in the bit but Gamble was present only in image. _ He in reality was standing in front of a disec in Dr. Alexanderson‘s studio several miles away while the sounds coming from his orchestra were relayed to him by telephune. Television Used In Theatre Show Schenectady, N.Y.â€"Television comâ€" bined with radio gave a new form of theatrical entertainment recently. New Hats For Men ‘‘These pressures," continues the Morning Post, "were the subject of model tests at the National Physical Laboratory before the Râ€"100 and the R101 were built, but it is plain that there must be some discrepancies beâ€" tween the model and the full scale reâ€" sults to account for the defects which have appeared." ‘Every tim~ the airship is flown," says the newspaper‘s correspondent, "some defect is discovered." The corâ€" respondent suggests further home test Nights should be made until all the troubles have been definitely overâ€" come and there should be further deâ€" lay for the careful study of airship pressures. The immediate incident giving rise to these doubts was the collapse of the tail "fairing" during the airship‘s midâ€"week flight. London Newspaper Recounts History of Minor Mishaps London.â€"The aeronautical corresâ€" pondent of the Morning Post discusses the donbts which have been widely exâ€" pressed concerning the fitness of the dirigible Râ€"100 to undertake her flight to Canada, which is now scheduled to begin about the end of the month, and suggests that the trip should be furâ€" ther postponed. Further Delays In Râ€"100 Flight "It is especially gratifying to note that our late ‘ extension of the British and Empire preference has met with such a spontaneous and wholeâ€"hearted response in the British press, irrespecâ€" tive of party affili.tions. Trade is es sentially a matter of business, but in the conduct of our national business we are happy to remember tha we are members of a great cofimunlty of naâ€" tions under the British crown, which offers unexampled opportunity for fraâ€" ternal coâ€"operation and commercial enterprise in the era of vast developâ€" ment which awaits the world in this twentieth century." ‘Canada‘s aclion in this particular is the outcome of no spirit of jealous economic exclusiveness toward other nations. Our portals of trade are open to the world on terms of fair exâ€" change. We value, however, our asâ€" sociation as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. _ In our growth toward full stature of nationâ€" hood, we have strengthened the ties of sentiment and tradition which bind us to the motherland and our sister naâ€" tlons of the Empire. Premier King‘s message follows: ‘Canada‘s Emplire Day message is the budget of 1920. By progressive exâ€" tensions of the British and Empire preferences, by facilities for welcomâ€" ing to Canada the Râ€"100, and by other means our country has afforded a pracâ€" tical demonstration of her desire to see developed policies which she beâ€" lieves are not only in her own interest but equa‘lly in the interest of all parts of the British commonwealth of naâ€" tions. Ottawa.â€"On the eve of Empire Day, Premier Mackentie King issued a message to the people of Canada and of the British Empire generally. He stressed the need of tightening the bonds of Empire and of welding toâ€" gether an economic unit. century, is visited by hundreds of pilgrims évery Sundny.' iésn;lt fathers killed by Iroquis are to be canonized shortly. . Strawberry and raspberry plantaâ€" tions were reported in a more adâ€" vanced condition in most districts than on the same date last year. In British Columbia the strawbherry crop is expected to be ten days earlier while in Ontario conditions indicate harvesting will commence about the same time as last year. Oitawa.â€"A survey of the principal fruit producing districts indicates that on May 1 fruit trees and plantations generally were in excellent condition, says the first crop report of the seaâ€" son, released by the Dominion Fruit Branch. The plantations having passâ€" ed through the winter with comparaâ€" tively little frost injury, it may be exâ€" pected fairly average crops will re sult, provinding growing conditions are normal, the report adds. Remember that clocks keep on workint when they strike. Fruit Trees in Good Condition Their Majesties will spend Whitsunâ€" tide at Sancrzingham i Norfolk, reâ€" turning to London for a few days atâ€" terwards before going to Royal Ascot for the races. Recently they attended a command performance of "Hamlet" at the old Vic., stronghcld of Shakesâ€" pearian actors, where John Gielgud, new actor, has created a sensation with his portrayal of the Prince of Denmark. London.â€"The Prince of Wales will make three visits by air within a short time to Wales. He will fly from Lonâ€" don to Cardiff shortly to open an exâ€" tension to the Cardiff Univergity. On June 8 he will again visit Cardiff by air, attending the annual Witsuntide conference of the British Legion. On July 23 he will visit Carnarvon, where the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society‘s exhibition is to be held. Prince Will Visit Wales by Plane THE GREATEST HONOR POSSIBLE FOR INDIAN SOLDIERS The King‘s Indian orderly officers for this year enjoy a joke upon their arrival from India at London docks, recently. Jesuit Martyrs‘ shrine at Penetang, Ont im Sa ~wiohk s Srus : esc Bs . a% ce punccgac While India is Disturbed Many Are Loyal The officials of the Montreal Motorâ€" ists‘ League are sending a post card to all their members calling attention to the request made to them to leave their cars at home when visiting the Râ€"100 at St. Hubert and to go to and from the airport by train. A regular system of trains direct to the Airport will be run to and from the Canadian National station and every comfort is assured by the railroad officials, Moâ€" torist League officials point out that while the highways to and from Montâ€" real via the two bridges are certain to be congested with traffic that the principle trouble will be found by the want of proper parking facilities at the airport. The bank actually began to function with 13 employees in addition to its directors, officers and other adminisâ€" trators. For the 40 or so jobs to be filled in the near future 9000 applicaâ€" tions already are on file. _ Until a building being prepared for it can be completed, the bank‘s funds and valuâ€" able papers must rest in the vaults of various other institutions. Pilgrims at Ontario Shrine World Bank Opens Quietly The signature of a trust agreement took place Monday in Paris. _ On that day, also, the bank expected to receive advice of transfer by 8. Parker Gilâ€" bert, Agentâ€"General for Reparations under the Dawes plan, of 145,000,000 gold marks from the Reparations Comâ€" mission. The amount will be placed on the books of the International Bank, but the actual money will reâ€" main provisionally in Berlin. Warn Motorists Basel, Switz.â€"The Bank for Interâ€" national Settlements threw open its doors for business on May 17 without ceremony of any kind to mark incepâ€" tion of the Young Plan, which will settle the World War financial probâ€" lem. , on site of St. Mary, headquarters of Huron missions of seventeenth On Râ€"100 Visit National conditions look worst when last election‘s promises have been forâ€" goiten and the next election‘s proâ€" mises are not out yet. ments, she flew through storms and met with accidents which threatened at times to force her to return home in defeat. The fiight is a record for an aviatrix. The goldenâ€"haired university gradâ€" vuate didn‘t break the solo flight record of 154 days, made by Bert Hinkler three years ago, but in her trip across Europe, Asia and the Malay settle Daring British Girl Covers 9,900 Miles Alone in 19 Days Darwin, Australiaâ€"Miss Amy Johnâ€" son, 22â€"yearâ€"old British flier, comâ€" pleted a hazardous 9,900,mile solo flight from England, when she landed here safely. Aviatrix Breaks ‘ Women‘s Air Record: wers The tower mechanism is a triumph for British enterprise, for two German firms who were approached declined the job because of its difficulty, but a British firm willingly took it on â€"Ansâ€" The principle is exactly the same for the barometer, except that a thin cirâ€" cular rod runs up to its face and alters the pointer; The balance still more magnifies the impulse, so that it will set moving a thin wire running right up the tower to the top of the scale. A counterâ€"balâ€" ancing weight in the middle of this completes the work, and the white pointer moves to record the new temâ€" perature, As soon as a change of temperature moves the mercury it touches a tiny lever, which, in turn, operates another slightly larger lever, and what "steps up" the motive force until it touches a weighted balance. The barometer is nine feet in diamâ€" eter, and the thermometer scale, unâ€" derneath it, occupies thirty feet of the tower‘s total sixty feet, and is seven feet wide. JIts figures, painted white, are ten inches high, so that they can be easily read from a distance. Trivmph For British Enterprise An ordinary cwpillary thermometer is used, and it connects with the conâ€" trol mechanism, inside a little cabin at the foot of the tower, by mercuryâ€" filled tubes. What might have been an eyesore has been transformed into a pleasing tower, designed on clearâ€"cut but shapeâ€" ly lines, in the modern manner. . The novelty is that on three sides of it are large clocks, and on the fourth side a giant barometer, with a huge therâ€" mometer scale covering the same wall. The two instruments are the largest in the country. A Giant Barometer, With Thermometer Beside it, Completes a New Facâ€" tory Idea There have been several ingenious attempts to do this recently. The most effective is at the Chiswick Polish Works, London, where they have put up a factory chimney unique in Briâ€" tain. Chimney Clock Townâ€"planning experts will not alâ€" low factories to disfigure the towns of toâ€"morrow, so work designers have to produce factories that are pleasant to the eye. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO ck ‘lBetter Outook Goldfish and King Towers‘ In World Trade Staunch Friends The trouble with the average modâ€" ern girl is that she doesn‘t think she is average. Another phase of muchâ€"needed naâ€" tional adjustment is disclosed by the fact that there are over 26,000,000 automobiles and less than 1,000,000 hospitals beds in the U.S. Ottawa.â€"The cost of living in Canâ€" ada, based on the retail prices of food, fuel, rent, clothing and sundries, was lower in April than in any of the past #ix monthbs, although prices remained ®lightly higher than in the spring of 1929. The Dominion Bureau of Staâ€" tistics‘ index of retail prices for April shows a reduction of nearly 2 per cent. since the first of the year. Wiesbaden, Germany. â€" The final evacuation of the Rhineland occupied ; area, for more than a decade the goal[ of German diplomacy and the dream of the German people, begun omclally‘ on May 20. The Custodian of German | properties received notification to thhl effect from the Supreme Command of the French Army of the Rhineland. | London.â€"A public call has been isâ€" sued to all motorists to spare the toads this season. It is pointed out that particularly in May and June the toads gather under electric lights and are slaughtered in scores.. Farmers and gardeners declare that toads are wonderful assistants in riding c@ops of bugs. "Give the toads a chance" is the new slogan. | Substitution of the Young plan for the Dawes plan, Mr. Graham went on, "makes it possible to look forward to | considerable recovery in central Eurâ€" , ope with consequent encouragement ‘tor British industry and commerce." Cheap money in Britain should create ‘emerpr!ses that have been delayed in IDuring the last fortnight alone $80,â€" anticipation of a fall in the bank rate. i000,000 of new capital has been authâ€" | orized for overseas development. France Says "Goodbye" To the Rhine EarlJellicoe‘s sword thus comes to Canada for the first time. It was won by the Millbrook School in 1929 at rifie competitions, but results of the shootâ€" ing by schools and corps all over the world were announced only recently, Ottawa.â€"Hallowed by its continuâ€" ous association with Rarl Jellicoe throughout his entire career with the British battle ficet, a ceremonial sword which is the prize for cadet shooting throughout the British Emâ€" pire, was presented by His Excellency the Governorâ€"Genral to Millbrook Conâ€" tinuation School, Millbrook, Ont., on the occasion of the annual inspection of the Ottwa Collegiate Institute cadet brigade. There was no diner on the train, and passengers suffered from the pangs of hunger until farmers formed a relief ration squad and arrived at the marooned train with coffee and sandwiches. Earl‘s Sword Comes to Canada The tremendous drift, which caught the two engines and coaches of the train and held them until released by snowplows, was estimated to be 15 feet deep. No one was injured, but some of the passengers received a se vere shaking up. Passengers Go Hungry Until Kindâ€"Hearted Farmers Form Relief Ration Party Edmonton.â€"The strangest freak of the blizzard which swept the greater part of Central and Northern Alberta recently came to light when the Northâ€" ern Alberta Railway train from Lac la Biche pulled into the Edmonton staâ€" tion after being held up ten hours in a snowdrift at Bon Accord, 26 miles northeast of Edmonton. Blizzard Maroons Albertan Train Chancellor of Exchequer to Resist All Attempts at Unsound Measures Mr. Graham, speaking in the House of Commons, said that from all the evidence in the possession of his deâ€" partment it would appear that the damage by the Wall Street debacle of last fall would not be so pronounced or so prolonged as has been appre hended. A warning to speculators on both sides of the Atlantic would be salutary, he said. Commodity prices had practically reached rock bottom. "I don‘t honestly think they can go much lower," was hbis confident proâ€" nouncement. London.â€"Bearing of the American; stock market slump upon the present | world trade depression was discussed by William Graham, president of the Board of Trade, and Philip Snowden,| Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently,‘ both of these recognized authormot, on finance and industry holding that| serious as present conditions are, the turning point is within sight. * ‘ Toads Given Chance of Living Drops 2 Per Cent. "How many maids do you a week?" she asked the cle her own arrangements had b factorily made. brought slowly to the to cool in the water? That a wet over many burnt fingers? onio; "I â€"don‘t know," came back the anâ€" swer; "you see, they are always the same forty." Mrs. Smith was in urgent need of a maid, so she went to the nearest employment exchange to see what they could do for her. The clerk did not wer. "Between forty and fifty," turned. "Really," murmured Mrs. Smith. "That must be something like two thousand a year." "No, no," but in Fred. "Burglary‘s far better. _ If the insurance people refuse to pay up, we don‘t lose anyâ€" thing." ‘ When Francis Joseph, the Emperor of Austria, who led his people in the Great War, became too old to hunt the chamois in the mountains, as he had loved to do, his doctors ordered him to : take long walks in his garden in Schonbrunn, a thing he found terribly dull. After a while he discovered that he had a companion in solitudeâ€"an ”oxd goldfish, blind in one eye, who | lived all alone in one of the fountains. ! Soon the Emperor fell ‘nto the habit lol! keeping a few breadcrumbs by him ‘for the fish, which welcomed his daily visit, "Fred," said the elder brother, "no doubt you have noticed that things are pretty bad lately?" Fred nodded solemnly. "I certainly have, Jack," he answâ€" ered. _ "We‘ll go bust unless we have â€"well, say, a little burglary," Jack looked thoughtful, and then shook his head. "Why not the old fashioned but simple fire?" he murmured. "No, no," bpt in Fred. "Burglary‘s The change of color in certain frogs, chameleons and fishes to simulate their background is one of the most interesting phenomena in nature, Many frogs can, within a few minutes, alter their color from nearly black to white to harmonize with an object on which they are resting. Many compliâ€" cated factors enter into these color changes, but in a general way it may be said that they are produced by the expansion and contraction of the pigâ€" ment cells in the outer layers of the skin,. Each cell is linked up with the sympathetic and central nervous #ysâ€" tem by means of nerve fibers and they can all act in harmony as the result of a common stimulus, The Stimulus maye be due to moisture, light or temâ€" perature acting directly on the outer skin; cerebral excitment; food or the creature‘s physiological condition; or the surroundings acting through the eyes. One investigator found that blind tree frogs did not change color as rapidly as those with normal eyeâ€" gsight, and Dr. Samuel Mast attributes the color adaptations in flounders to stimull received through the eyes and originating in the colors of the backâ€" ground.â€"The Humane Pleader. The business of the two brothers was distinctly bad and had been for some time so they decided to hold a board meeting on their own. Do Tree Frogs Change Color? "That?" asked the dealer in surâ€" prise. "Why _ it‘s not worth buying. It‘s quite old, and blind in one eye." "Is it? Oh, good!" exciaimed the officer. "What will you take for it?" The dealer, who was an honest man, refused to take any money for the fish, and the officer was forced to accept it as a present. He carried it to Schonâ€" brumn in triumph; and when the Emâ€" peror, back from his bolidays, went to the fountain to see if his friend reâ€" membered him, a lazy, bloated, oneâ€" eyed gold fish swam to the surface and opened his mouth for crumbs. Francis Joseph, who had few friends left to him, observed wistfully that goldfish seemed to be immortal; and a few weeks later a little suburban liveâ€"stock dealer was immensely asâ€" tonished to learn that he had been granted the proud title of Purveyor to His Imperial Majesty Francis Joseph, â€"The Humane Pleader. One summer, while Francis Joseph was away, the poor old fish died, and the Court functionaries, greatly furâ€" ried at that thought that the Emperor might miss his old friend, despatched a young officer of the Court to buy a substitute. Me went straight to the biggest livestock dealer he knew of; but though he found goldfish in plenty, they were all too young and handsome for his purpose. So he took a cab and drove all round Vienna till he came to a little dingy shop whose entire stock scemed to consist of hbalf a dozen white mice, some canaries, andâ€"oh joy!â€"one old and bloated goldfish in a glass bowl. Impulisively the officer rushed into the shop, and declared that he must bave that fish at any price. Ways and Means Quick Change ovenâ€"cloth prevents do you place in the clerk, when hesitate to ansâ€" been satis she reâ€" Photoâ€"electric Devi Expected to Aid 1 Pictures and T vision German Inv Berlin.â€"I for running elbility fore photoelectr Ang light di amounts, .‘ tion of Dr. Wilheim in gation. Ma wanced for .0"?!‘ pur been heat method is : The devi of oc outer prov« ment b« d T tic th th n A Good Brand of Cell to Con Light to PJ #I B