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FOUR THOUSAND INJURED AND 1,100 KILLED AT OPPAN, GERMANY Series of Explosions in the Baclische Anilinfabrik Chemical Plant in the Rhine Palatinate Lays Flourishing Town in Ruins French Army Corps to the Rescue. A despatch from Mannheim, Ger- many, says: Desolation and ruins lone remain of what was once the flourishing town of Oppau. The town' had 6,600 residents, of which a ma- jority of the men engaged in the chemical works were killed or wound-! ed by a series of explosions in the Badische Anilinfabrik chemical plant at Oppau, in the Rhine palatinate, 40 i miles from here. Soldiers in French! uniforms are clearing away the wreck-! age, picking up the dead and injured as after a big battle. Eleven hundred dead and four thou- sand injured is the latest estimate of the disaster, which caused a greater I number of casualties in the Mannheim-; Lndwigshafen district that the four years of war. The desolation around Oppau equals anything seen at Verdun or in Flanders over a similar area. Hundreds of persons are digging in the ruins for the bodies of relatives or friends, nearly a thousand of which have been recovered thus far. Thirty-six hours after the explosion, from the gaping, funnel-like hole where the Badische works formerly stood, there are still to be heard moan- ing and cries of the wounded, while the soldiers search for possibl The Thirty-Second Army Corps of the French Army is in complete charge of the area and every available French medical officer had arrived early Thursday morning to co-operate with the German physicians and sur- geons. The French and German Rel Cross are co-operating and a big Ger- man sanitary train has brought large quantities of medical supplies. The German officials thanked General De- goutte for the prompt manner in which the French Army came to the assistance of the victims. The French High Commissioner on the Rhine, M. Tyrard, and his entire staff, took charge of the relief wo*k. are reported to have passed through the hospitals of the surrounding cities, j The vast crater is slowly filling with water, and it may never be known how many victims found a grave there. All i mutilated but still living animals crawling amidst the twisted girders nd blocks of concrete are being put; out of their misery- The firemen and relief workers have not yet been able to discard their gas masks. the mayors and people in the relief. plan, in which the labor unions are uniting. Several of the funds have; already assumed large proportions. Several French soldiers were killed and many wounded when the force of the Oppau explosion wrecked the French barracks at Eisenheim. A train which had just left that station was , blown off the tracks, plowing through the wooden sheds where French sol- [ diers of occupation were quartered. General Dejjoutte personally decor- ated a Moroccan soldier who rescued, eleven wounded from the wreckage,, the African being severly burned ; about the hands and neck. Primarily, it is reported, the dis- ; aster was caused by the explosion of i fifteen tons of ammonium sulphate in : the preparation of a new gas, in| which the pressure of 300 atmospheres i and a temperature of between 500 and 700 degrees Centrigrade were needed, i A UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH OF BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER D. Lloyd George, at Inverness signing a message boy's book after receiving a parcel frcm London. He is ustng the gold pen which he used t peace treaty. Canada From Coast to Coast MUST EXPLAIN STAND ' ' ' " British Cabinet Ask De Valera to Make Definite Statement of His Position. A despatch frcm Gairloch. Scotland, i ays: A copy of the draft of the British Cabinet's reply to de Valera; will be sent to every member of the Irish Cabinet. This means that all will be held responsible for the final draft of de Valera's answer. It is ex- ' pected that this will delay the Irish reply for a week or more. It is learned that the present draft is Hkely to be the Government's final tetter. The ministers are debating the capacity in which the Irish represen- 1 tative* will attend the conference, as well as the "basis" for the conference. , It is felt by the members of the British Cabinet that de Valera's let-! ter admits of more than ene interpre- tation on these points, and de Valera will be asked to make a plain and definite statement as to the basis on; which he is willing to confer. The attitude of the Government is that the only possible basis is the' continuance of Ireland as a part of the British Empire. Those hoping for! peace gather little consolation fromj the Gairloch meeting, as a strong sec-! tion of the Cabinet wishes to sternly | insist upon the abandonment of dei Valera's sovereignty claims as an es- sential preliminary to any conference, i They are pressing the view that the ; Government cannot bandy words in- definitely. They complain that de Valera is making no concessions what- ever, and profess alarm that he will bring up the question of sovereignty as soon as the conference meets, and nullify everything. On the other hand appeals to the Cabinet not to break off the negotia- tions do not fall on deaf ears. The present time is, therefore, a period of suspense, and things are n:>t nearly so hopeful after the Gairloch meeting as thev were before. Aoparatus Ensures Rifle A despatch from Geneva says : Lieutenant Weber, of Lucerne. chums to have discovered an ap- paratus which suppresses all noise when a rifle is fired. .Swiss experts have tested the invention, according to Weber. , and have found it to work sue- 1 ceusfully. He declares that he expects to develop it so that it can be applied to cannons. Reaching the record height of 33.000 1 feft in an aeroplane, a Frenchman saidj he seemel to be flying through a rose- ; colored atoncspliere when at that alti- tude. ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS IN PREMIER MEIGHEN'S CABINET Prime Minister atul Minister of Ex- ternal Affairs Right Hon. Arthur Meighen. Railways and Canals Hon. J. A. Stewart, Lanark (new). Trade and Commerce H. H. Ste- vens, Vancouver (new). Justice R. B. Bennett, Calgary (new). Postmaster-General L. deG. Belley, K. C., Quebec (new). Secretary of State Rodolphe Monty, Montreal (new). Health, Immigration and Coloniza- tion Dr. J. W. Edwards, Frontenac (new). Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment R. J. Manion, Fort William (new). Customs and Excise J. B. M. Bax- ter. St. John. N.B. (new). Public Works Hon. F. B. McCurdy (no change). Finance Sir Henry Drayton (no change). President of the Privy Council Dr. L. P. Nornvand. Three Rivers; (new). Agriculture Hon. S. F. Tolmie,, Victoria, B.C. (no change). Labor Hon. G. D. Robertson (no] change). Marine and Naval Hon. C. C. Bal- . lantyne (no change). Interior Sir James Lougheed (no; change). Militia and Defence Hon. Hugh Guthrie (no change). Without portfolio E. K. Spinney (no change); Sir Edward Kemp (no change): James Wilson, Saskatoon (new), and Edmund Bristol, K.C., To- ronto (new). The portfolio of Solicitor-General remains to be filled. The Destination of Canada's Crop. During the seven years 1915 to 1921, the total exports of grain from Canada amounted to 1,222.664.772 bushels. Only fifteen per cent, cf this went to the United States, the balance of 85 per cent, going to other coun- tries. Of the total exportation of grain during this period, 415,950,748 bushels, or 37 per cent., left Canada by Canadian sea ports, whilst 541,900,- 167 bushels were exported via the United States. Grain, however, ex- ported through the customs ports of Abercorn, Coaticook and St. John's. P.Q., has to be hauled for long dis- on Canadian lines. The quan- r of grain destined for other coun- m the United States and ex- ported through these three ports dur- : ing the seven years amounts to 137,- 449,84*5 bushels, which for practical purposes may be regarded as an addi- tion to the quantity exported through Canadian seaports, viz.. 415,50.748 bushels and making the total to be 553.400,594. In the period under review, the , heaviest export shipments of wheat were made in the three war years, ' 1916. 1917 and 1918. the largest quan- tity being 189,643.846 bushels for the year ended March 31st, 1917. For. 1919 the quantity fell' to 41,808.897 bushels, the smallest of the series.! The total wheat exported for the seven years was 818.696,828 bushels.: Of thi-s quantity 713.522.79ti bushels, or 87 per cent., was destined for coun- ; tries other than the United States, 451,691.743 bushels or 63 per cent, go- ing through United States ports and 261,831,053, or 37 per cent., going through Canadian seaports. The latest returns of Canadian ex- port traiie show that more than one- third of Canada's exported wheat and one-quarter of its flour in the season just elapsed, went to the United States. From September 1st, 1920 to May 31st, 1921. wheat exports am- ounted to 122,549.528 bushels, valued at $268,262.638, of which 47,656,963 bushels valued at $100,689.425 went to the United States, 28,171,956 bushels valued at $60,079.445 to the United Kingdom and 46,720.609 bushels valu- ed at $107.493,768 to other countries. Of the wheat shipments to countries other than the United States. 52.373.- 194 bushels valued at $109,238,164 went by way of United States ports, j and 22.519.371 bushels valued at $58,- 335,049 by way of Canadian seaports. I Exports of Canadian wheat flour for) the nine months ending May 31st, 1921. reached a total of 5,432.405 bar- rels valued at $56,713,745. of which 2.617,963 barrels vaMued at $2;U 49.756 j went to the United Kingdom, 1,245,611 1 barrels valued at $12,193.107 to the] United States and 1,568.930 barrels! valued at $18,370,895 to other coun-| tries. Of the exports of Can- adian wheat Hour to other coun- tries than the United States, 1.- 801.964 barrels valued at $17,329.860 wore shipped by way of the United States ports and 2,384,929 barrels valued at $27.190.791 by way of Can- adian seaports. New Zealand has 4,391 registered apiaries, representing more than 50,- 000 colonies of bets. State Education. A political speaker remarked the, other day, "Is it not just as reason- ' able that the province should main- tain a school for blacksmiths as that it should pay for the education of doc- ' tors who charge high fees for their services?' He had not reasoned far enough. One learns a trade in less time and at less expense than one learns a profession. Besides, the ap- prentice is paid while he is learning/ whereas the student is under great expense during his wiiole university course. N'o one is deterred from be-' coming a blacksmith solely because of j the cost of learning the trade, but 1 many a boy would have to give up his ambition to be a doctor if the province bore no part of the cost of his medi- ; cal education. And what a price in human lives would be paid if some ! youth with a natural talent for sur-i gery were prevented by poverty from; becoming a surgeon! The education of its leaders in medi- ' cine, in law, in theology, in teaching,! in engineering, and in other walks of life costs the country a great deal of money, but it is money well spent.) "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Where there are no leaders, the state retrogrades. Civilization itself cannot exist without education.! Canadians will require to become a.c-' customed to greater expenditures on' university education. For railways,! for water power, for roads, there is abundance of money but, to provide' for these, the universities must strug- gle along on pitifully inadequate revenues. On the par: cf the general public there is needed some clear thinking on the relative value of edu- cation. Victoria, B.C. A shipment of 2,- 000,000 feet of spruce and hemlock is being prepared for San Pedro by the Whalen Pulp orj Paper plant on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Spruce is selling well in the south as its lightness is appealing to the build- ers. Kamloops, B.C. The Crocklehurst Orchard of the British Columbia Fruitlands, has shipped over seventeen thousand boxes of crab-apples to the east thia summer, consignments going to Winnipeg, Brandon, Port Arthur, Minneapolis and Chicago. It is esti- mated that the harvest of Weilthy and Mackintosh Reds will reach four- teen thousand boxes, making a total production of thirty thousand boxes from the orchard of fourteen thousand trees. Edmonton, Alta. In less than one week twenty carloads of Alberta white fish from Lesser Slave and Lac La Biche passed through Edmonton en route to the Chicago market. It is estimated that there are still eighty carloads before this season's catch :n Lesser Slave Lake will all be mark- eted. Regina, Sask. An indication of the value and extent of Saskatchewan's crop this year is the number of steam boiler and engineers' licenses token out in the province which is almost double that of last year. Alroadj more than 3,500 of the former and 1,500 of the latter have been granted by the provincial authorities. Winnipeg, Mar.. Recent statistics issued on the railway mileage of Cin- ada give the touil for all railways at 38.288, of which total Ontario's share amounted to 11,000, populatwr per mile '260; Quebec. 4,792, 420; Manitoba 4,168, 133; Saskatchewan 6,162, li'5; Alberta 4,273, 116; British Columbia 4.227. 106; New Brunswick 1,959. ISO; Nova Scotia, 1.428. 367; and Prince Edward Island 279. 336. Ottawa. Ont. Announcement has been made that the Canadian Govern- ment will open a trade commissioner's office in New York city. Freueric Hudd, at present acting director. Do- minion Bureau of Information. New York, has been appointed to the post. The government also intends to open a trade commissioner's office in Jamaica. St. Catharines, Ont. Large quan- tities of pears are being shipped to the United Kingdom from the Niagara district. The pear crop is a good one, being about the best in fruits this year, with the exception of grapes, which are also heavy. Montreal, Que^ Amongst those in the cabin of the S.S. Corsican which arrived here recently was a party of 130 Canadian school teachers, who have been touring Great Britain and the continent for the past two months. Seme 35 more, who were with the party when it left Canada, are st.-':l in England but will sail shortly. The school teachers, who came from all parts of the Dominion, and represent all grades, were sent on an education- al tour by the various provincial gov- ernments, who made grants for the purpose. The trip was organized under the supervision of the Federal Department of Education. Halifax. N.S. More than 2,000.000 barrels of appies, probably the great- est yield in its history, will come from the Annapolis Valley this year, ac- cording to F. J. G. Comeau, freight traffic manager of the Dominion At- lantic Railway. The great yield, stated Mr. Comeau, has resulted in inquiries reaching the Valley from every prov- ince in the Dominion and nearly every state of the United States. Indica- tions are that 1,000 cars of apples \v:!l be shipped to the United States. St. John, N.B. A contract has been let to Kane and Parker, of this city, for the erection on Partridge Island of a brick and concrete building to b used as a power-house, bath and dis- infecting centre in the handling erf im- migrants. The cost of the structure will be $100,000. Work will be started immediately and the building, it is expected, will be completed in seven months. St. Johns, Nfld. What is believed to be one of the most promising cop. per deposits ever discovered in thia country has recently been unearthed on the west coast of Newfoundland. The full extent of the lode is said to be of a very high percentage. Develop* ment work has already commenced. CANADA'S CENSUS LESS THAN EXPECTED Wonderful Advance Made if Figure Reaches Eight and Half Million. A despatch from Ottawa says: If Canada gets a population of 8,500,000 it will be considered to have made a wonderful advance in population in the past ten years. In the 10 years from 1901 to 1911, the increase was about 30 per cent., but in the previous ten years the per- centage of increase was only about 10 per cent. In 1911 the population was about 7,200.000. and if it were 8.500.000 now. that wcuM be a g'ain of 18 per cent., which ia considered too high in view of the stoppage of immigration on account of the war and the exodus of many people of foreign birth after :t. It is not expected that the preiimi-' nary estimate of the census of the Dominion will be given before No^ vember 1. Weekly Market Report Major-General Griesbach M.P. For West Edmonton, who naa beeu appointed ti> the Senate. Estimate of Canada's 1921 Crops Although blind, a Canadian ex-sol- dier recently passed the Canadian! Civil Service examination, for employ- ment as a shorthand clerk. Wheat 283,498,000 Oats 457.544.000 Barley 58,027.000 Rye 11.707.100 Flax Seed 6.930.000 Potatoes . 99.937.000 Toronto. Manitoba wheat No. I Northern. $1.55. nominal; Xo. 2 Northern, JT...V.. nominal: No. :i. $1.47, no-. ::a. Manitoba oats No. 2 CW. ;"ijo; No. 3 CW. 53c: extra No. 1 feed. ."3c: No. 2 feed, 49 ^c. Manitoba barley No. 3 CW. 77'jo. nominal. All the above track. Bay ports. American corn No. 2 yellow. I'lV. nominal. Bay ports. Ontario oats No. 2 white. 43 to 45c. Ontario wheat No. 2 Winter, per lots, $1.25 to $1.30; No. 3 Winter. $1.22 to ?1.27; No. 1 commercial, $1.17 to $1.22; No. 2 Spr-l:!}?. $1.20 to $1.25; No. 3 Spring, nominal. Barley Mailing, 65 to 70c. accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat No. 2. nominal. RveNo. 2. $l.0l. Manitoba flour First pat?. - - second pats.. $9.35. Toronto. Ontario flour $ti, old crop. Millfeed Del. Montreal m bags included: Bran, per ton. $27; shorts, per ton. $2S: good feed flour. $1.70 to $1.80. Baled Hay Track. Toronto, per . in, No. 1. $24; No. 2, $22: mixed. $18. Cheese New. large. 21 to 21 4c; twins. 214 to 22c; triplets, 23 to 23V.:. Old. large, 28 to 29v; twins. 29 to 29Hc; triplets, 294 to 30c; Stil- tons, new, 24 to 25c. Butter Fresh dairy, choice. 33 to 35c; creamery, prints, fresh. No 1. 12 to 43c; No. 2. 39 to 40c; cooking, 22 to 2K-. Dressed poultry Spring chickens, 35 to 40c; roosters, 20c; fowl. 30t; ducklings. 35c; turkeys. t'Oo. Live poultry Spring chickens 20 to 25c roosters, lJc; fowl. 16 to 20c; ducklings. 35c; turkeys, 50c. ' Margarine 22 to 24c. No. 1. 44 to 4.V; se>:'s, 50) to olc; cartons. 52 to j-liv Beans Can. ha. r v.-D . .,.:. bushel,i $4 to S4.25; primes. $3.50 to $3.7:5. Maple products Syrup, per imp. g;i!.. $2.50; per 5 imp. -rus.. $2.35*; Ma:>!e sugar, ;b.. 19 to '-2o. Honey 60-30-tb. tir.*. 14'-- : L.HS per ib.; 5-2^-Ib. : ; !'<. 1'i to l"c pei$ "'. : O::.arii> comb h'Tiev, per Joz.. .?:!." :o $4.50. Choice heavy stivrs. J" to $>: butv cher steer?, choice, $0 to >7: ! >. ijoflrf, $."> r-j $~>..V; do, met!.. -M -'."> u> $5; butcher heifers, choice. $ii ' > SO.oOj do. med.. $4 to $5: bul vows, choice. $4.50 to $5; do, ni. -S2.50 to $4; canners and cutters. $1 to $2; butcher buils, good. #;!.50 to $4; do, com., $2 to $3.50; feeder*, good. 900, Ibs.. $5.50 to $i': i -. fair. $4 to S4.50; ; '. milkers, $75 to $95; spr g ra ->0 to $100; calves, choice, $12 to S13; do. I'med., $9 to $10; do, com.. $:? to So; Iambs, good. $8.50 to $9: io. com.. $6, to $7: sheep, choice. $,'!.50 to> S-l; <:o, good. $2 to $3.50; do, heavy an.: bucks. $1 to $2; hogs, fed and watered. $'.'.50 to $9.75; do. off oars. i.7.'> to JlOf do, f.o.b.. $8.75 to $9: do. country . $.50 to SS.75. Montreal. Oats, Can. wester-.. NV. 2. "<"; tfl^ 61c; do, No. 3. 5S' : -j to ' : iV. K'our, Man. Spring wheat pats., firsts, :?'.'. 50, Ro", i .'-a:s. bag. 90 !hs.. $:MO to >:!.20, Brar.. $27. Shorts, $2'J. Hay. No. 2< per ton. car lots, $2S to S'jy. Cheese, iir.est easterns, lii^o. But^ ter. choicest cre.-imcry, 36c. '' rCTi selected, 4oo. Good butcher steers. $*'.50 t.> $7i good fat cows of -.iairy type. ?5 to $5.50; light thin heifers, $3: frree^ calves, ?3 up; good veal oa'ves. $10 tq $12; iambs. $8; sheep. *2 '-o $4; hogs. fie. REGLAR FELLERS By Gene Byrnes -^ - -i<-.