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r QUIET REIGNS AT SYDNEY MINES WHILE TROOPS GATHER FROM VARIOUS PARTS Residents of Strike Zone Stay Indoora and All is Cal PickeU Permit Food Supplies for Officials to Enter Mine Property. A despatch from Sydney, N.S., mays: Throughout Thursday and up Until a late hour at night the Cape Breton strike area was so quiet that one might almost hear the proverbial pin drop. Steel helmeted soldiers guarded the property of the British Empire Steel Corporation, local and; mounted policemen roamed about the! streets in the immediate vicinity of the plant, but residents of the affected district kept indoors for the moot part find no untoward incident developed/ The band of H.M.S. Wistaria, anchor- ed off the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, played gaily to the evident en- joyment of hundreds lining the shore. An inspection of the colliery dis- tricts Thursday afternoon revealed conditions similar to those prevailing in Sydney. At Glace Bay a baseball game drew a slim attendance. The miners for the most part stayed about their own doorsteps and the streets were practically deserted. Only at Dominion No. 2, the heart of the col- liery district, supplying as it does the electrical energy required to operate the ventilating systems of nine other mines, was there any evidence of a struggle. Here the plant is bein& picketed by 250 strikers working in four relays on six-hour shifts. Earlier in the present strike coal cars en route to the boiler plant were dumped on instructions of the pickets, but en Thursday there was no interference of this nature, and food supplies for the Dfficials operating the machinery re- quired to protect the property were permitted to enter. A despatch from Fort William says: Shortly before noon on Thurs- day a military train passed through Fort William, carrying 170 men of the Princess Pats and the Fort Garry j Horse en route for the scene of the ! strikes at Sydney, Cape Breton. Six stock cars of horses are also in the special, which had, in addition, seven! passenger cars, baggage car and din-i | er. Another military special will! shortly paxs here, with a complete ma-| chine gun corps from the far West, ', en route for the sam? place. A despatch from Kingston says: : About 150 members of the Royal Can- adian Artillery of Kingston, under orders from Militia Headquarters at Ottawa, have left Petawawa for Syd- ney, N.S. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Five officers and thirty-one j , men who had been left when the Royal I ! Canadian Regiment was ordered toi Sydney on strike duty were early on ! '. Thursday notified to depart for the! . East, and they left London for Sydney ; about 4 a.m. They were- in charge of j ! Lieut-Col. W. T. Lawless. D.S.O., of j ' the local headquarters staff. Other ; ' officers in the detachment included ' Col. T. J. F. Murphy, Senior Medical Officer; Major D. J. Corrigan, D.S.O., ! M.C., Major P. Del.. D. Passey, an J . Captain S. V. Cooke. Tecumseh Bar- j racks are now practically deserted I save for the women and children. U.S. IS BRITAIN'S ONLY CREDD KEMPTVILLE PROVIDES A PREMIER FOR ONTARIO Kemptrllle, Ont., i the honw of the new Premier of Ontario, Hon. O. Howard Ferguson. Ttie picture shows his huuie and insot are Mrs. G. Howard Ferguson, and the new Conservative Premier. creed that grading shall be uni/ersal- ly observed in Canada and no e.tcep- i tions to the law will be made. So J the commission merchants, though they bought ungraded eggs, will have ' to sell graded eggs. Weekly Market Report NEW EXPEDITION TO THE POLAR SEAS Sir Robert Kindersley He-ad i>f th Hudson's Bay Company, who declared, at the annual meeting of ijif famous company, that Cana- Ship "Arctic" Goes Again to Canadian Islands of Far North. A despatch from Ottawa says : The ship "Arctic," which made a trip to the Canadian islands of the Arctic : circle last year is going again this year and took its departure July 7, from Quebec. J. D. Craig, engineer of the International Boundary Coramis- , sion, is in charge of the expedition, which has been formed for the pur- ' pose of carrying supplies to two Royal Canadian Mounted Police posts and , also to establish a new post at the i north end of Ellesmere Island at Cape ; Sab inc. A party of surveyors, natur- ' alists and engineers are going on the ! ship for the purpose of investigating : the natural resources of the Canadian far north. Captain Bernier is a>rain in command of the ship. Incidentally, Foreign Countries Will Yield 750,785,000 Bushels Wheat TOROS'TO. steers, good, $7 to $7.50; do, fair, $6 Manitoba Wheat No. 1 Northern, to $6.75; stackers, good. $5 to $6; do, tures> not 51. ig 1 ^. fair, $5 to $5.30; milkers, springers, Manitoba oats No 9 CW 53>-ic- each, $60 to $80; calves, choice. $8.50 No. 3 CW. 50 4c; No. 1 feed! 49c "* ' QKn ' A " "~ ' " M - " J ~ All Other Foreign Debts Paid, Says Sir W. Joynson-Hicks Stringent Economy Practised. A despatch from London says: Speaking in the House of Commons on the third reading of the budget. Sir W. Joynson-Hicks. Financial Secre- tary of the Treasury, made out a good case for the present and preceding Governments' efforts to stem the tide of national expenditure. He said the present year's expenditures of only 875,000,000 was modest in compari- son with the expenditures made the year following the war. The Financial Secretary told the members that he wa-s unable to report as to whether ^he Stan's of the Government Departments had reached pre-war levels, but added | that after allowing 23.000 to those I employed in the Pensions Department, ! the figures were only 3,000 above i normal. Speaking in connection with the i debt problem, he stated that 49,000,- | 000 had been paid off since 1920. All j the foreign debts, he added, were liqui- , dated, with the exception of the j United States debt and certain sums i due Canada, which were approximate- ! ly balanced by money -which Canada owed Great Britain. For the future the Mi.-.ister prom- , ised to continue along the lines of most stringent economy. lie stated that the reduction in revenue which, he anticipated next year would have' to be met by a reduction of expendi^ , . . ; to $9-50: do, med., $6.50 to $8; do, Manitoba barley Nominal. All the above, track. Bay ports. com., $4.50 to $6; lambs, spring, J14 to $15; sheep, choice, light, $6 to Amer. corn _ No 9 yellow $1 OlWc $6.50: do, choice, heavy, $4 to $4.50; A despatch from Washington 1 Barley Malting, 59 to 6l'e, accord- do - culls and bucks - ''-~ 5 to $8.30;: says: The foreign wheat crop this ing to freights outside. , hogs, fed and watered. $8.35 ;_do, f.o.b., year will be larger than it was last year, according to radiograms re- ceived by the Department of Agricul- ture from the Internationale Insti- Buckwheat No. 2, 68 to 69c. Rye No. 2, 7 to 78c. Peas No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45. Millfeed Del., Montreal freights, $7.75: do, country points, $7.50. MONTREAL. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., Ists, $6.90; 2nda, $6.40: strong bak- diu must reduce taxation and tn the "Arctic" will carry the machinery to achieve real pros- of J ustlce to the north ' Amon K the cofet of living, Piirity. for which Uw cmiatxy is wait- lag. i. passengers are Judge L. A. Rivet, of Montreal; F. X. Biron, Crown coun- sel; Leopold Tellier, defence counsel, and other court officials and interpret- AIRPLANE AND CANOE IN ers. They will proceed to Pond's In- NORTH ONTARIO VOTE let for the Purpose * trying a number ,' " of Eskimos being held there by the R. T~. u i . J C" C.M.P. on the charge of murdering Five Hours by Air and Five Robert Janes a native of Newfound . Weeks by Canoe in Recent land, at Cape Crawford, Baffin Island Elections. ! in 192 - On bord the "Arctic" there ! will also be parties from the Geo- A despatch from Cochrane, Ont. , ogical anj Geodetic Survey Depart- says: It cost the Province of Ontario ments &( the Dommion Government, approximately $20 for each vote polled IncludinK the erew and scientists, the at Moose Factory in the recent elec- ghip wi ,, carry (n all about forty ^^ tion. The ballot boxes had to be , e to the North taken in and out by airplane, officials . made their visits by the same method, ' _ L o U J while enumerators went in and out by tgg tO_be Bought and canoe. The total cost was about 81,000. Of the 47 ballots cast, only one elec- tor, the Hudson Bay factor, had ever Sold According to Grade A despatch from Ottawa says: "Mr. Consumer" is again to receive voted before, but despite this, and al- j consideration at the hands of the Do- though most of the other voters were ' minion Government. He is to be sure Indians, there were no spoiled papers, j that th; "fresh" eggs he buys aro The airplane with the boxes made i fresh, even though the grocer says the round trip in five hour actual fly- j they are. Next Monday the new los- ing time, while the enumerators took I islation providing that eggs be bought . , ----- . . tut* of ^trrii-ulture at Rnmc Th* cron ba ? s Deluded. Bran, per ton. $25 to ers'. $6.20; winter pats., choice. Sb.Oo iui<r ui v\ KTI i! LI i i u it ivornc. i fie crop <.i" i. . *** n * t " o n n iu *> A* - , , . , , $2h; shorts, per ton, $27 to $''9- mid- to Jh.lo. Rolled oats, bag, 90 IDS.. 98.06 in eight foreign countries, which last ,, $33 ' ?35 ; J^"^^ to $3.15. Bran, $26. Short,. $29. year produced more than one-fifth of jo 15 to j 2 .25. Middling, $34. Hay. NJ. 2, per ton, the total world crop, is forecast at Ontario wheat No. 2 white. $1.20 car lots. $13 to $15. " 750,78o,000 bushels for 1923, as com- to $1.22. Cheese, finest easterns, !*>** to pared with 656,988,000 bushels im Ontario No. 2 white oats 50 to ole. l'' 7 c. Butter, choicest creamery, Ontario corn Nominal. 294 to 29 Sic. Eggs, selected, 30o. Po- Ontario flour Ninety per cent, pat, tatoes, per bag, ear lots, $1.20 to $1.23. s in Jute bag3 ' Montre a!. prompt ship- Com. cows, $3.75 to $4.50; bologna ment ' * 5 ' 10 to * 5 ' 2 : Toronto basis^ bulls. $3.25 to up; cows of cutter quil- ity . $3 to $3.50. Calves, fair to med., . 5575 to j 6-25 . do> p j e ked One3 , $tf.50; I? Manitoba flour 1st pats., in cotton drinker calves, $3 up; sheep, $3 to, 252,000 bushels last year; barley at sacks, $6.90 per barrel; 2nd pats., $4.50; lambs, $10 to $12 per cwt 91,731,000 bushels as compared with $6.85. Hogs, ungraded. $D..')0 to $9.75; pack-: 77,533,000 bushels last year, and oats Hay Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, ers took several lots at $9 for thick | at 36,991,000 bushels as compared trac ' J ' Toronto, _$15; No. 3 timothy, smooths with a ten per cent premium ; Alvaro Obrogon, who U en<!eaTorin .irV, -}i'>ijnjv> h r, io-j-> '!*! mixed, $12.50 to $13.50. for select bacon hogs selected under, to Increase th* trade rotation* with 1922. The 1923 wheat crop in Spain is forecast at 142,070,000 bushels compared with 125,469.000 bushels in , 305 to |5 15; bu , k> " 3eabcard 1922. The rye crop is forecast at 30,- to $5. 309.000 bushels as compared with 2(3.- President of Mexico with 31,214.000 bushels in 1922. The 1923 wheat crop of Bulgaria is hogs Straw Car lots, per ton, track, To- Government grading; sows. $i>.25 to' Canada, and to this eml lwts secured a ; ronto. $9.50. $6.75. | hirge exhibition s"pa. - at the Canadian ' National Exhibition for the dismay of forecast at 38,783,000 bushels con;-, Cheese New, large, I9c; twins i parod with 27,925,000 bushels last' 20c: triplets, 21c: Stiltons. 22c. OldJ Girls who remain at elementary:'."" year; the rye crop at 8.480,000 bush- r<re. 32c; twins, 32^c; triplets, 33c; schools till the age of fourteen are els as compared with 7,204.000 bush-!* :ons 33->c. New Zealand old raore apt to develop round shoulders " els last year; barley -at 12,281,000 c se - JUc - . than are boys, as they irrow f ister Accounts of showers of fishvs, ac- , ,_-i_ Butter Ft "" ^- <- >= * bushels as compared with bushels, and oats at 10,053, els as compared with 19,802,000 bush- els harvested in . SSSE? p P *" d d * P as much exercise. , v, ""- 9 viuiiiaij i.icillliciy prillUJ, OO - , to 34e ; dairy. 24 to 25c; cooking, 22c. ! bush- Eggs No. 1, 27 to 28c; selects. 31 ' St - Kilda. Britain's most remote cording to one scientist, are not neces- sarily "fish stories." e says such falls of fishes from the sky may be caused to 32c ; cartons, 33 to 34c. Three-quarters of Wrecked Belgian Homes Restored ducklings, over 5 Ibs.. 30c; do. 4 to _ I tbs., 28c; turkeys, young, 10 Ibs. and A despatch from Brussels says: ! Up K^. Belgium is solving her reconstruction s . . . oc; ntns, over a ios., zoc; uo, -1 10 D problem rapidly. Statistics show that )bs , ;>4c; do. 3 to 4 Ibs.. 20c; roosters, 600 out of 950 houses have been re- 17 C; ducklings, over 5 Ibs., 30c; do. built in Nieuport and 500 out of 930 4 to 5 Ibs., 29c; turkeys, young, 10 at Dixmude. Out of a total popula- Its. and up, 30c. tion of 3,700 in Dixmude before tho Beans Can., hand-picked, lb., 7c; war, 2,000 have returned. : pr i mes j In Ypres 2,488 houses have been re- ' , ! built out of a total of 3,780. Through-, {;' gSj g*r~*\b^ 2Sc. out Belgium 75.000 out of 100.000 H oney-GO-lb. tins, 10% to lie oer _. island, with a population of eighty ' b> - h^ winds, whirlwinds and water- Live poultry Spring chickens, 40c; souls - is out off for about el ht months ', spouts that draw up the fishes from hens, over 5 Ibs., 22c: do, 4 to 5 Ibs.', in the year by the stormy seas on its ! ^ e water and then let them drop as 20c; do, 3 to 4 Ibs., 17c; roosters, 15c; rocky shores. | their force is spent. LONDON MILLERS HAVE ONLY SEVEN TO TEN DAYS' SUPPLY OF WHEAT A despatch from London says: ; claim the cost of living has not fallen The dock strike continued to spread' as the ind<;x show?- on Thursday until 40.000 men are idle' L:nde u r Wag * .agreements made last , year, the men in manv trades besides in British ports. 18,000 of them on^ the dockers agree d to "accept less pay the Thames. London millers have only, as the cost of living fell, the Board _____ , ------ ..... =,. iv , 7 , . itt uc . , homes destroyed have either been re- ](, . 3 an( j 2U-lb. tins. 11 to 12Hc per : seven to ten-days' supply of wheat,! of Trade index to be the basis for the built or made habitable at a cost of lb.: Ontario comb honey, per doz., No. but no meat famine is likely because! scheme. 1, $4.50 to $5; No. 2. $3.75 to $4.25. . ot the quantities of frozen meat in 1 The index is based on statistics Smoked meats-Hams med.. 26 to storaKe . However, meat prices have gathered from retailer* all over the ^'.T^ ^t'tege tlls.Tst -P- **- ." ^" f * <**<> five weeks by the river route. French Wheat Crop Failure, Purchase from Canada from the producers according to grade and that they also be sold to the con- sumer according to grade will become effective. A pile of protests from the middle- men lies upon the desk of Dr. J. H. 685.000 francs, and only sixty public 1, $4.50 to $5; No. 2. $3.75 to $4.25. , o f the quantities of frozen meat in buildings out of 1,200 remain to be '""' *" " J "" *- restored. * UscTbreakfasrb'aconrio to"34c ;" spe^ ! Labor leaders all oppose the strike H .f ht> fuel and a "liscellaneous group U.S. Woman Establishes W br"d breakfast bacon, 34 to 3Sc; ' and are confident the leaderWs move- i that Includes soa P- ^a- household New Altitude Record la ks ' ^ onele f' 3 r 7 t0 4 T ! ment must Ct >llapse within a few davs \ ;lngrs> Brushes, pottery tobacco, car new Altitude Record Cured meats-Long c oar bacon 50 owi to Iack of funds Th nre ^ fares and newspapers Th. price, of to (0 Ibs., $18; 70 to 90 Ibs., $17.50; , ,, t . . f t . ' these items are combined in accord- despatch from St. Louis, Mo.. 90 Ibs. and up, $16 50; lightweight j^JL 1 " ^ n tO ' the men back ance with their estimated relative 1m- :--Mrs. Bertha Uoivhem, proft-s- 1 rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight to wors - ^-11 _ -i i t .. At a meeting of the dock workers' portance in the average pre-war work- A despatch from Paris says : The Grisdale, Deputy Minister of Agri- Canadian Press learns that the; culture, against the proposed law. The French Government has instructed its' commission dealers complain that they Chicago agencies to buy a three 1 have bought large quantities ahead of months' supply of wheat, all hopes of i "> market and on the ungraded style,; a bumper crop in this country having , nd they demand that they have thej been dissipated. It is understood that ' opportunity of disposing of them in the largest orders for the wheat will i the same manner, be placed in Canada, on account of the The attitude of the department. exchange. however, is that Parliament has de- ing class expenditure 7V* units for . . . .. ; ordering the outlaw strikers to resume A says sional aviatrix of Ransom, Kas., j rolls, established women by St. Louis - - i The previous record was 15,700 fret to 16c; prints, 17 to 17 He. ; orering e ouaw striers o resume ^ CO8t of living from and was made by Andree Peyre.j Choice heavy steers, $8.35 to $8.75; : work b >' Monday. It is doubtful, how- above the pre . war i eve] \ Mt vear ,.,, French woman flier, in California, last butcher steers, choice. $7.75 to $8: do. ever . that the order will be obeyed. I S9 pcr cent j abor i ea( j erg do not de- May. Officials at the field annouiuvd : jood, $7 to $7.50; do med.. $6.50 to I One result of the strike is likely to fend the action of the strikers in that the flight was official. Mr*. Hcr-j g: J- "?- J \ $$.'<"**?}* a " " ffi ^' investigation into the breaking their agreement to accept chem was in the air two hours andi j^to $7; do m . W to $6 50 i methods the Board of Tradtf uses il1 this index, hut they do agree the index eight minutes. When she dlftmuted but( , her cows . ch oice. $5 to $5.50;' do', i fixln * the indcx of Commodity prices.' is unreliable. They want the method she had to be lifted from the cockpit m ed., $4 to $5; cnnners and cutters., This lndcx was used a the basis for of compiling it chanj?ed and this view of her plane, her hands and feet beinff $1.50 tc $2; butcher bulls, trcod, $4.50 ' the shilling a day wage cut aKainst is winning considerable public sym- frost-bitten, despite her winter clothes. ' to $5.50; do, com., $3 to $4: fe'dinpr , which the dockers are striking. They pathy. IN RABBITBORO COTTONTAIL-THAT SNIPPY DRC-3SMAK&R NEXF POOR- CELEBRATED HE.R BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY ! - THEY H*0 A GREAT TIME. OVE.R THERE.'. IS THAT 50-? h DID SHE. TAKE, j , A PAY OFF 1 ?! r OH \E5 ' SHE. TOOK THE. DAY OFF AN' A COUPLtL O 1 OFF HtR AGE.