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iOiSU H i i V CREW HUNG BY ROPES FOR 5 HOURS Survivor of Wrecked Vessel Tells of Terrible Ex- , perience. ! A despatch from Churlottetiown Mays: â€" After a miruciilous escape from death when the new three-masted •cboon«r "Barbara MucDonald" was clashed to pieces on Cape P'nc, on the rockbound coast of Ne>vfoiindland, Hon. J. A. MacUonald. of Cardigan, P.E.I., tho owner of the vi'ssel, audi Burvlvlne members of the crew roach-] «d the i^aml on Giriatinua eve. Mac-i Donald tells a thrilling tale of suffer- ing and hardship, and what ho regards as providential iiiten-en'.ion^ for on this section of the c6a«t, Ino scene of past disasters, no other ^hlll-wrcck- ed crew hns ever reached shore nllve. They left Cardigan on December 4 vAth a cnrgo of produce for St. John's, Kfld. At midnight on the tenth the north-west hurricane eautfht them when ten miles from Cape Pine. They hove to under foresail. The wind incrensing, they started to take ^n the onn remaining sail when Captain Thomas Whittle was BAvept overboard and drowned, and the sail blown to ribbons. This was in the morning. Tho captain's brother, Joshua Wltl^le, the mate, took cl\arge. For 52 hours the ice-encrusted vessel, with decks fiwept clear of cargo, ran before the gale, often in a blinding snowstorm, under bare poles. They were out of gight of land and had to stnll reckoning. The temperature rose, the wind fell, but a thick fog camo on and the vessel rolled in the through of the mountainous seas. Finally sails were set and she was headed for where the land was supposed to be, but at seven o'clock on the night, of 'Sunday the 14th, she crashed on the rocks. With their boats de- itioM.shed, MacDonald and the others hung on by ropes over the leeside of the shattered hulk for five hours | continually drenched by breakers and; expecting :.nf.th in the surf every' minute. At midnight a portion of the vessel's stem twisted off and drifted; between them and the bank. Over this miraculous gangplank they dash- ed to the shore. Overhead towered a perpendicular cliff. 350 feet hight. The climb was a seven-hour nightmare and it was not tiill daylight that they reached the summit, with bruised and bleedinj limbs and tattered clothing, and jaw far below fragments of what was once !) thirty-thousand dollar vessel, with her fifteen-thousand dollar cargo. She came to grief on her maiden voyage six weeks after her launching;. Weekly Market Report Bread-ttuffs. Maple Syrup â€" Per 'i-gal. tin, $4 pet ronto, Dec. 30.-Manitoba wheat 8«^'o"; <lO' ?."«:S»|.-J'"' |V^.- , ,», . 1 Nirthorn, $2.30: No. 2 North- 1 Honey -Vv lute, GO s, 25 to 2bc; 10», $2.27: No. 3 Northern, ?3 2% in ^G to 27c; u's, 27 to 28c; buckwheat. Toronto, -No, ern, stove, Fort William. 60'e, 19 to 20c. Chinese coolies returning from the European war zono via Canada, ou shipboard at Halifax. These men did a lot of useful work In the way of heavy labor back of the lines. HOW THE NATIONS STAND IN RELATION TO PEACE TERMS Manitoba oats-No. 2 CW, 93c; No. i Provisions-Wholesale. 3 CW, 89V6c; extra No. 1 feed, 89%c;| Smoked meats -Ham.-*, med ,34 to No. 1 feed, m\iv; No. 2 fee J, 84>^c, in 3Cc; do, heavy, 29 to 30c; cooked, A7 store. Fort William. I to 50c; rolls, ."50 to 31c; breakfast ^<iMMk!\^%SSi S;^m:i t'n,"e"r^^beTiesio^'to'-n^""' '' American corn-No. 2 yellow, $1.82;'; *» 32c; clear 'belnes, 30 to Uc. ^m^t^t^^^^' ''^''' ^^-"'°: tulSt?^^o?'^s,^43^^c: prom.)t shipments „,..„.' prints, 30 to 30V4c; compound tierces, Ontario oat.sâ€" No. 3 white, 95 to 27>.', to 28c; tubs, 28 to £3'4c; pailfl, I 98c, accordinfr to freights outside. 28'I to 28*ic; prints, 29>.s to 30c. ' c. ?uf'% r''«f m.^V, \ Ti"*?l.7^f;[ â-  ' Montreal Markets. cpr lot, *J ti) ij.z.ul; No. 2 do, il.DY to .^ „„ ,> , xr $2.03; No. 3 do, $1.93 to ?1.&9, f.o.b., i Montraal, Dec. 30.â€" Oat.=, e.xtra No. 6hi:.>i,ing points, according to freights. 1 leed, $1.03 to >1.04; Hour, new stand- Ontaiio wheatâ€" No. 1 Spring, §2.02 arJ grade, ?11 to ?1110; roLed oats, to ?2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to $2.05; l>ag 90 Ibs.,J4.7o to $5; bran, $45.25; No. 3 Spring; $1.95 to $2.01, f.oJa. shorts, $o2.26; hay, No. 2, per ton, .shipping points, according to freights, car lots, $24 to $25; eggs, fresh, $1 to Peasâ€" No. 2, $2.75. : $1.10; eggs, selected, e8c; eggs, No. 1 Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.60 to $1.65, ac- \ stock, 57c; eggs, No. 2 stock, 53 to 55c; cording to freights outside. | potatoes, per bag, car lots, $2.25 to Buckwheatâ€" $1.32 to $1.35, accord-! $2.50; dressed hogs, abattoir killed, ing to freights outside. i $24.50 to $25; lard, pure, wood pails, Ryeâ€" No. 3, $1.60 to $1.65, accord- 120 lbs. net. 29 to 81c. ine to freights outside. Live Stock Markets. Manitoba flourâ€" ^Jovemment stand- Toronto, Dec. SO. â€" Choice heavy i ard. $11, Toronto. steers, $13 to $13.25; good heavy In the north there are two republics, I Ontario flourâ€" Government stand- 1 steers, U2.50; to $13; butchers' cattle, one the northern Russian government ; ^^d, $9.30 to $9.40, Montreal and To-^^hoice, $11.75 to $12; do, good, $10.50 at Archangel and the other n^anaged | "?J?,',A"J"'^A*?!:„P'?i'^P*l^.'^!?^ ^ ,1 Ti , ; Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- *i- r.n »'„ *'n. Kiiii« <-Vir.icA tin tn Silt by the Murraan region council. Below i ^^^, freights, bags included: Bran, per T''^?, i? ^L to 49 ^^Troush $7 to them is the Eastern Karelia republic, ton, $45; short/ per_ ton, $52; good J7:2?;tutier eows cht^e'f^^^^^ Several auniversaries celebrated re- cently by European states remind us that more than twelve months have passed since the armistico and that tliu new govonmients lui-lituted as a re- sult ot tlie war are beginning to func- tion. At tho new year it is well, there- Oivided Russia. Russia was the most conspicuous a1>- sentee at Paris. I^Ue wan hopelessly divided and dlstraclod by civil war. Leniue and other anarclilst agitators had been Bent In sealed tars tliroiigh Germany from Switzerland two years fore, to take stock of what has been and a halC ago by the Kaiser's goveru- -♦- I S708 Cars Owned in Western Canada A deiipatch from Winnipeg says: â€" Despite the fact that one person out ot ovory fourteen in tho Province of Manitoba already owns an automobile, up to very recently applications for licenses have been received In Mani- toba at tho rate of forty or nfty a day. The Municipal CommlBsloner has estimated that from eight to ten thousand automobiles were sold In the province. Provided the present healthy commercial conditions are sustained, next spring will, In all probability, see an unprecedented boom In the motor car and truck busi- ness. Tho automobile BtatlsUcs for tho West covering the year 1919 will show & marked Increase over tho previous year. At the end of 1918 there were approximately 121,708 motor cars in use in Westrn Canada. Saskatchewan had 46,880 of these, Manitoba about 80,000, Alberta 29.r>00 and Hrltlsh Columbia 15,820. Raise $3,000,000 By Thrift Stamps A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" The organization which has been dir- ecting tho thrift stamp meithod of war savings has proved too e:(penaive In projxjrtion to the amount realized, and the Minister of Finance has de- cided to do away with It. The system is worlting well in the schools and there are evidences of thrift being encouraged. It wiill be continued there and through the Post Offices, but the expensive manage- niftnt will b» cut out. Since the sysiteiu was inaugurated the rcccipte ijavo amcuntod to about $3,000,000. "nit cojt of colletolion has b'aen around 1 1-4 p«r cent. Alberta Farmor Busy Seeding. A doapatch from Lethbridgo says: - /aniea Irvin ot Cowley was sending fall wheat on his farm last week, when stopped at noon by a heavy shower of rain. P.tiinniKi weather pre- vailed for Chiintmas throughout the T/bole of southern Alburta. accomplished and to tlnd Just how the world st inds under the arrangements completed or In progress of fulfilment. While some govemme:its have dlBap- p-nred, several new ones have been aided to the world's community of nations, and more are to come. Chlyf of the now states aro Poland and Finland, carved out of Russia; Czechoslovakia, talicu from Austria- Hungary; .lugoslavis, formed from Austria-Hungary with the absorption ot Serbia and Montenegro; Hungary, herself, divorced from Austria; Al- bania !!nd tho Ilodjaz, separated from Turkey, and Iceland, which has quiet- ly become an indopeniient nation by mutual agreement with the mother country, Denmark. These eight states aro likely to remain independent and bring the number of governments In the world up to sUty-llve If we count Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India as separate, which should be done it distinctive tariffs and postal systems are taken as a cri- terion. Five Central Powers, Oermauy,"Au8- trla, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, by their war on civilization, brought woe to the world and now must pay tho penalty. Thirty-four states were arrayed against them, of which thirty- two took part in the peace conference. San IVlarino, whioli declared war against Austria to preveut hor terri- tory being used as an ac-roplaiu' bas<\ and sent 300 men to light with the Italian uniiies, wa.s not rfprese'uted at the conference, her intorestri heiuK looked after by Ital.v. San Marino I:; the smallest republic in the world, having an ar«a ot only thirty-two square miles and a population of i),G00. Her small si/c wa.s probably a bar to ropreicntatlon, as: waw the pase ot Monaco, with an area ftf eight square miles and a population ot 5,120, al- though Iho Prince ot Monaco was firmly pio-Ally, and the Ciermaiis In revenge burned his chateau In France after stealing his fiirnltuio, which caused him to write an Indlsiinnt let- tor to hlH bi'othnr sovereign, the Ger- man Kniperor, to which the Kaiser did not reply. Andorra, with a populatlou of 5,500 and an area of 175 square miles, also took no part in tho war. Tho siiiallest country of all, Kalmis or Moresnet, only two and oncquarfcr stiuaro miles, with a popnliillon of 2,800, between aorm.iny and liolgluni, was grubbed by Iho Ctt»nn:ins at tho beginning of the wnr for It.-i one Indus- try, Iho mining of zinc, and by tho peace treaty has been awarded to Hel- gluin. Another small rtnte, I-loihteiistcln. geographically part of .Vustrla, refused to Join tho Teutons in tho war. It haa an HTf.i of Hlxty-live square mllos and a poiMilntion of 10.71(1, and Is entirely owned by the l-lechtonsteln family, whose reigning I'rlncn, John 11., Is seventy iiluo years old. Itecontly tho puoplo were miierted to have revoltod an'd to bo clamoring for representation at tho peace cnnferonco. ment with the avowed purpose of de- bauching tho new republic, and did their work well. After ovei throwing Kerensky they set up Soviet rule, ter- rorizing tho people by whole.iale mur- der. Their aim is economic and politi- cal revolution throughout the world, and they linve many followers in vari- ous countries. They would gladly make peace with any nation and then proceed to debauch it. The chief dan- ger from llien\ Is that they may make an allittuce with Germany. ManyRiiSPiau factions were reiirc- Bentod vt Pnils during the sessions ot tho coin'erfnce, but, of course, could not I>o adnilttod. I'oland, however, was an exception, for i'ho constantly fought against German reaction and Rus-:|!iii terrorism and became a mem- ber of the conference and the League ot Nations. Klnland was another coun- try that achieved independence ot Rus- sia, and liually bucceydf.-d in throwing oft German dictation, after having pro- mised to accept a kiUK at the bauds ot the Kaiser. There are more women In tho Finnish Legislature than in any other in the world. Finland has been recognized by many countries, but did not take part in the peace con- tereuce and was not iu^ited to Join the league. llcsides IViland and I'lul.i'.id, thore worn seventeen other alleged repub- lics that sprang np out of thi! ruins ot Russia. Chief among them wero Iho thren llultlc Str.to:^ of K.-ithonla, Livon- ia anil Lithuania, with whom the Bol- rheviki .ivr trying to r.ialic peace. Rival Itepublics. Ill the soutli there is tho Ukraine, which lirst split oft' from Rus.sla under Gerinan i-.usplces end is half Uolshe- vist. General I'etlnra, the Ukrainian commander, has boon subsidized by funds from Germany, receiving money by aeroplane (piito recently. If she finally remains Independent llkrainia would be the largest ot the Russian States, with a population ot 30,000.000. ^y~^?: \' P,"i°"' *-^' °»'*«^' to $8.50; do, ton, lp21, track, Toronto. i g^g t-- ^q j, rawâ€" Car lots, per ton, $14.50 to^ jn'jo; cam and east ot Lithuania are the White ; feed flour, $3.15 to $3.50, Russians. In the Don country Is the | Hay â€" No, Cossack government, with General : per ton Denikine i.t its head. He hail great i Stra success in driving the Rol.'^hevii:! ; $15-50, track, Toronto, north, freeing his own land and also | Country Produce â€" Wholesale, the Ukraine uiilll General Futlura at- tacked hits left Hank between the Dniester Red armies advanced aga the Volga. The Caucasus region is full ot rival communities, the Kuban republic. do, good, $9.25 to $9.50; do, ined., $8.25 com., $6.50 to $7; stock- to $10; feeders, .$10 to anners and cutters. 55.25 to $G.25; milkers, good to choice, $110 to $175; do, com. and raed., $0.5 to $75; Butter- Dairy, tubs and rolls, 43 springers, $00 to $175; lig'.t twes, $7 to 44c; prints, 48 to 50c; creamery, to $8.50; yearlings, $9 to ?10.jO; nd the Dnieper, while the | f''''s',> ""^d* solids, 60 to 61c; prints, 62 spring lambs, per cwt., $17 to $18.25; s advanced against him on]t°^3c. „ ,^ ^„ ^ ^^ , ., ''calves, good to choice, $18 to $21; Eggsâ€" Held, 52 to 54c; new laid, 80 hogs, fed and watered, $17.o0; do, to*85c. ; weighed off cars, $17.75; do, f.o.b., Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, $1G.50; do, do, to farmers. $16.25. ,20 to 30c; roosters. 25c; fowl, 20 tQj Montreal, Dee. 30.â€" Butcher steers, Georgia, the Tereks and part ot Ar- 1 05^; geese, 28 to 30c; duckUngs, 30 to''! com.. $7.50 to $9; 'outcher heifers, med, menta, with Turkestan further east:. 32c; turkeys, 50 to 53c; squabs, doz.,'$8.25 to $9.50; com., .•i>6.50 to $8; but- and Hashkir on the north, while in the j $4.50. j cher cows, med., ?6 to $8; canner.=i, $5 Crimea the Tauride republic had a Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, 19 to $5.25; cutters, $5.2ji to $5.75; but- brlet e.xi.stenco. In Nr,rth-ea.steni SI- to 20c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 22c; cher bulls, com., $5.75 to $7. Good beria was the Yakuts'; republic, while ' geese, 22c; ducklings, 22c; turkeys, 37, veal, $14 to i517; med., $9 to $14; the Siberian reuubllc was tho largest I to 40c. | grass, $7 to $7.50_. Ewes, $7.50 to $9; of all, with a PreshU-U and National! Cheese-New, large, 3Ui to_ 32c; I lambs, good, $lb.»0: '^^ â- Â«" *~ com., $14.50 to .\ssembly, which wore ousted by Ad- miral Kolchak, who called himself the All-Russian governnient. All the smaller States werf? constanly chang- ing boundaries and allegiances and were evideutl.v ephemeral In charac- ter. There was no real Hiisjla left, a very good re.aEon why she could not be admitted to the n-.-ace contcience. Eight IsDip.ted States. There arc eight states which took no part in the war and hive not been invited to join the League of Nations. Two are In Afr:c:i Abyssinia, which sent a mission to Washington after the war and announced sympathy for the Alllea. and Morocco, now under French protection. Two arc in Asia- Oman, under Diitish protection, and Af(;hanistun, which tried to stir up a r^'volt la India and failed. Two are in Kurope -Lu.v.eniburg, v,-hich the Germans occupirt, and Albania, v.'hose riisrosltion has not been dctenulnej. Two are In .Vorlh .\inerica. Mexico and Costa Rica. Of the rpinaliiliiK torty-five govera- meuts the following thirteen, which took no part in tic? war, have been in- vited to join the League -.AiRentina, Chili, Colonihiu, Uenmarl:, Holland. Norway, Paraguay. Persia, Salvador. Spain, Sweden. Switr.erland and Vene- zuela. This leaves thirty-two states taking part in the Peace ConterenclP China declined to sign the treaty and the United ytates rejected It. With- out China, with her pupiilation ot 320,- 650.000; Uussia, with IGG.750,000. and twins, 32 to 32^c; triplets, 33 to. $15.50. Hogs, off -car weights, selects, 33»-4c; .Stilton, 34 to 35c. I $18; lights, $16 to $18; sows. ?14. the United States, with 107,000,000, it will be seen that more than one-third ot the Inhabitants ot the earth would remain outside subsequent peace ar- rangements. There remain thirty j states which met in the Peace Confer- ' . .,,,.. "' I not considered In the arrangements; ence and signod the treaty agreeing ' "to achieve International peace and security by the acceptance ot obliga- tions not to resort to war" and thus .Azerbaijan, while Mesopotamia will be administered by Great Britain and Syria by France. This completes the roster of the sixty-five governments ruiing the world; five enemy nations; liftoen far have not wit;hd''awn. although many have .still failed to ratify thu treaty. Ot these thirty, ten are In Europe llilglum, Czechoslovakia, France, Great lirifain. Greece, Italy, Jugoslavia Poland. Portugal and Ru- mania. Seven are in Nortli America â€" Canada. Cuba. Guatemala, Hayti, Hon- duras, NIciiragua and Panama. Five aro in South Araeri;m â€" liolivia, Hrazil, Ecuador, Peru and T'ruguay. Four are in Asia â€" The Hedjaz, India. Japan and Siam. Two are in .\trlca â€"Liberia and South Africa. Two are in Aus- trallasla -.Vustralia and Now Zealand. China's Doubtful Position. China was in a peculiar position be- cause she signed the peace treaty with Austria on September 10, giving hor the right to enter into the League ot Nations compact, which also forms part ot the .\ustrian treaty, while she was still technically at war with Ger- many, and, like the United States, had reverted to the conditions ot the ainnis- tlce. nut on September 24 she torra- 'ally declared her adherence to all the provisions of the Germany treaty ex- cept the clause relating to Klao-Chou and declared tho state ot war with Germany ended. Great IJritain ratified the peace treaty on July 31. Italy by royal de- cree on October 7, Franco on October 13 and Japan by Imperial as'sent on October 30. Other ratifications were as follows R. W. E. BURNABY New President of the IJ.P.O. A. A. POWERS New President ot th« United Farmers' Co-operative Co. "or Ontario. two In doubtful positions ; thirteen I Invited to Join the league aud thirty ! signers of the treaty presumably mem- bers cf the league. i First Woman Barrister in England A despatch from London says:â€" Britain has now a woman legislator aud she recently acquired her first qualified lawyer, one who can plead in the high court, tor Miss Helens Normauton, tho first woman barjister in Englaud. became a member of the Middle Temple Just before Christmas. Her admittance was, ot course a great break In the tradition of the Kngllsh bar. Miss Normanton Is a young, attrac- tive-looking woman, who made con- siderable reputation as a speaker aa a non-militant advocate of votes for women. She comes ot an old legal family and is already well known to , many members ot the legal profession as an authority on constitutional law< 6,190,000 Officers and Men in British Army in War A despatch, from London says:^ The total number ot ofilcers and men who passed through the British army during the war was approximately 6,190.000. Between August, 1914, and October 31, ot this year, 23G.035 hon- ors, exclusive ot those conferred by „ , , , » „ », the Royal Air Force, wore awarded by Belgium, Au^gust 8;^New j ^^^^ J^^^^.^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^j^.^^ ^^ Zealand, September 2:, South Atrlcu September 10; Canada, September 14; Guatemala. October 2: Czecho- slovakia, November 7, and Brazil. November 11. Five out ot the thirteen :iatlons In- vited to Join the original charter mem- bers of the le:igue already have ac- cepted, as follows: â€" Chill, on Novem- ber 4; Columbia, November 10; Para- guay, November 13; Holland, Novem- ber 15; and Switzerland, November 19,'the latter subject to a referendum. Ot the new nations mentioned above as likely to be created, Palestine and the field, and 13.352 for other services In connection with the war. There wero 577 recipents of the Vic- toria Cross, Britain's highest war de- coration. A Son is Born to Lady Ramsay A despatch from London says: â€" Tiady Ramsay, formerly Princess Pa- tricia ot Connaught. gave birth to a son on Dec. 21. Princess Patricia was married to Commander Alexander Armenia are practically certain to be | Robert Maule Ramsay ot tho Royal carved out of TuVkey and perhaps ' Navy in February ot this year I- 1 BRINGING UP FATHER :^^ \