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sc ,A . .:. ae: Historic Figure Passes at Ottawa In 81st Year Former Federal Minister of Finance Succuniba to Para- lytic Stroke â€" Served Do- minion 40 Years in Fed- eral and Provincial Parliaments AN ASTUTE POLITICIAN Name Inseparably Connected With Budget Bringing British Preference OUawa, Jun,> 2:!.â€" The Do'iiinion of Canada waa to-ni|;ht bereft of one of ber most distinguished stat«'smen â- when, following a stroke which three days OKo piojcited hitn into a stat« of coma, the Kt. H.>n. William Stevens Fielding Irst his lr>nt{ drawn out battle, waged for the past five years and died at 10.25 o'clock. Beside him when the life of Can- ada's (Treat public sei-vant flickered out wore his four children; his wife pre- decMsed him about l-ii months ago. On Friday, Mr. Kielding, who had b<;en bedridden for tha past h.i'f decade, ausiained a vlroke and it was then •eeii that the end could not bo far off. Hit eyesiffht had failed, he was bereft of speech and the family which gath- ered around him in his Charlotte street home felt that it would only be a mat- ter of hours until the life of the aged •tatesman would pas.s. Little hope was held out by Dr. C. S. McCarthy, tho family physician; and when the end came it did so following a gradual and visible enfeeblenu nt that portray- ed death. Mr. allotted span of life and wau in 81st year. Forty yr-ars of that life were spent in the service of Canada, first in tho provincial arena of Nova Scotia, and f.on- 1896 until his with- drawal from public activities in 1924, in the fedcra' field. He left public life as he entered it â€" poor in pocket but rich in ideals and rich in a record of honorable, up- right and self-sacrificing service to his country. PENSIONED BY PARLIAMENT. A New Work For Sprinters To Shoot At ^ â- i^ -.^^hi^^ : -r- â-  George Siniit-iou, 9.4 seconds. AMERICAN YOUTH BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD world'* best aprluter, wlunhig 100- yard dash at Chicagp where he aet new world's record of Ontario Waters Take Toll Over Week-End German Ridicules The Passing Hour Markets In sieht of hundreds of persons on Die beach at the Island on Sunday atlernooii, Wilfred Roi)er, aged 20, of St Uoml Street, was drowned in the lake when a canoe in which he and Fielding ban long pa..<R'd the j '^•'; r^MnmHlen. Fr.>d Bailey, aged 21, tjjiand John Masou, a^ed 20, v.'ore pad- dling upset. Uoper eiiiild not swim and when the canoe overtnrnoil, Kolly and. Ma- son, knowing thl.i, ."wain to assist him. Iloper was clinging to one end of the capsized craft wU'.mi, in Knm-j un- known manner, ho lost his hold and went down. Toronto Swimmer Drowns Ottawa.â€" Sudilvnly slakluK under the water only tea feet from ehore. Jack Kerr, aged 21, of 8 Sparkhall Avenue, Toronto, wa.s diownod In the The nation saw to it, however, that j ,ji,,^a„ j^^.^,. „„,, „,(,„ „,„„,, „( n^^.^ the days left to its distinguished son i „.,<.k, „ear Ottawa, this afternoon, should bo free from financial cares I caHoton Countv police recovered the and sought in some measure to express j ,,„,,y pa,,,y j^,, evening after a slx- Defense Minister Scouts Ex- cuse for Not Disarming â€" Compares Troop Strength Berlln~Dr. VVllhelm.Groener Mini ster of Defense, la a speech review- ' ins (ieiniany'.H military policy, charges ' that the states vlclorknis In the World i War have done notliius along dlsarnia-I 1 ni(Mit lines and endeavors to show that j It l.s absurd for the Allies to claim • t'ney can not disarm until tliey are I sin-fi ot not being attacked by Ger- i many. "Who has and who needs security? GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Grain dealers on the ToronU) Board of Trade are making th» following quotations on car lota: .Man. wheatâ€" No. 2 north., JL19W; No. 3 north., $1.17V4; No. 4 wheat, $1.13>/a; No. 6 whoa.. $1.03^;; No. 6 wheat !)0V4c; feed wheat, 77 Wc. (c.i.f. Goderich and bay ports. Price on track, Ic higher than above.) Man. oatsâ€" No. 1 feed, 41l%e; No. 2 feed, 4G%c. (c.i.f. Goderich nd bay ports.) Am. cornâ€" No. 2 yellow, 90',ic; No. 3 yellow, 95V4c. c.i.f. I ay ports.) Millfeed, del., Montreal freights, bags includedâ€" Bran, per ton, $27.2.">; shorts, per ton, $29.25; middiines, I3.-..25. • Ont. oats â€" Good, sound, heavy oats in car lots, 45 to 48c, f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. goo<i milling wheat, f.o.b. ship- ping points, according to freights, $1.15 to $!.lg. Oatsâ€" 42 to 4."tc. Barley â€" Malting, C5 to 68c. Buckwheatâ€" 88c. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 95c. Man. flourâ€" Firi.- patents, in jute, $7.S0, Toronto; second patents, in jute, 10.70. PRODUC. Toronto whole.'salo dealer.' are pay- ing the following prices: Eggs, I ngradcd, cases returned â€" Fresh extras, 27 to 28c fresh firsts, 25 to 2Gc ; seconds, 22c. Butter â€" Creamery, SKtIid.s, pasteur- ized. No. 1, 37% to 38c; No. 2. 3C?i to R7c. Churning cream â€" Special, 37c; No. 1, ."^fic; No. 2, 33c. fh^e-se â€" No. 1 large, colored, paraf- fined and government graded, 20c. LIVESTOCK. Handy beef steers, $10.50 to $12..50; do, fair to good, $10.75 to $11.'25; do. com., $9.50 to $10; butcher heifers, choice, $11.25 to $12; do, fair t*> good, Paris.â€" Laurent Kynac, Minister of. $10.75 to $11.'25; dp, com., $9.25 to Air, awarded the Legion ot Honor tol$9.75; butcher cowT, good to choice, Jean Assolant, Hene Lefevre and Ar-if*^'";^ "',5""''; ''<>• '^O'"; ^^ med.. ^>y,0 I to $8; do, canners and cutters, $4 to mono Lotti, Jr., the three young $G; butcher bulls, good to choi.e. $8.50 'Frenchmen who made a nonstop flight ' '" $9.25; do, med.. $7.50 to $8: do, across tha Atlaulic. I^?'."?!"'''' ,^^, -*>' /^F^ ''"''^ i^-^- 1 .^s in the case ot Col. Charles A l*^""*^ ^ $IL:.0; feeders, good. S9.<o LiiidberKli. a spoclal dl>ven3atlon hai French Minister Decorates Fliers Stowaway Receives Series of Snubs Including One at U.S. Embassy I 1. 1 be uiado In admitting them to the Lcgl'in because ot their youth. Arthur Sthreiber, the Portland, Me.,! tenacity, however, he survived t,,^,, „,,„.^,„^ „„j f..^ this ho tangibly its appreciation of the emin- ent .sen-ices he had rendered. Follow- ing his retirement from pulbic life. Parliament voted Mr. Fielding a pen- sion of $10,000 per annum, one vote at least to which no voice was raised in opposition. In the five years during whidt he was a total invalid, Mr. Fielding suf- fered many strokes. With extraordi- nary them, although each left him weaker than before. Not until his final .seiz- ure was there indication of his heart giving out. H« became unconscious, and within the last 24 hours signs were not wanting that a complete breaking down was near. The end came peacefully and with no return to consciousness. N > arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. The late Mrs. Fielding and .Mrs. J. A. Cameron (daOghter) are interred in Ottawa, but announcement will be made to- morrow whether the docciised states- man will find his last resting place in tho Capital or in his native province of Nova Scotia. FIFTEEN YEARS MINISTER For 15 conjccutive years, minister of financo of the Dominion of Canada'"''"'""* and for the 12 preceding years premie of his native province of Nova Scotia, the Rt. lion. William Stevent- Field- ing, patriot and statesman, left a rec- ord that is perhaps unique in the political history of Canada. When Sir Wilfrid l,aurier gathered together his cabinet of provincial pre- miers, following hii elevation to power at the head of tho Lil)eral party in 189(5, his choice for the finance depart- ment fell to tho lot of tho prime min- ister of Nova Scotia. That tlus selec- tion was a most happy one is best de- monstrated, perhaps, by thft fact that when 25 years later Sir Wilfrid's suc- cessor in the leadership of the Liberal party was charged with the responsi- bilities of office, following an opposi- tion period of ten years, .Mr. Fielding was again caMeil upon to head the ministry of finance. Tho (|uarter century involve<I had prove<I tho most important jieriotl in tho history of the premier dominion of Great Kritain, and In all that had made for tho political and economic growth of tho country, William Ste- vens Fielding had played a most con- spicu )us role. Future historians will probably point to the introduction of tho Hritish preferential tariff, in 1TO7, as the out- standing achievement of Mr. Field- ing's career. It gavo fresh impetus to Canada's growing trade, and in its amplification, a yar or two later, pro- vided new bonds for the unification of tha rapidly-growing Rritish common- wealth, a problem that was already regarded as pressing for solution among the aiademically inclino<l. Practically Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ktplorer discovers a tribe In Africa whoso wo- men wear no clolhos at all and have perfect moraN. Our morals must be Ul^t/ near perfect. med., $11 to $i:;;,do. grassers, $7.75 to $8.75; springers, $85 to $125; milkers. Dr. Groener asked. "Is It Germany, youth who stowed away on the flight $75 to $100; lambs, choice, $17; do, wltli her seven Infantry divisions and and almost brojsht It to disaster, re-'cn''^ 1^ to $14; sheeps. choice, $6.50 .several cavalry divisions but witliout ' ceivod no recosuition. !»*,?I' ^^' "'"'• ^'•-'''^ ^'* *'>;''«. cuHs,,. .-,..-.., ..._, fortilications or re.^erves In the turm: Sclhr...it)t'r began to discover nhe |"-"'2- *". *,*= Tph'''^''?!-^ of), rf ^f'°u"'! •'^â- ''" <^''>"5e the film to 'ourst into flame, of trained personnel or war materials- ini-ialllei ot his Intrusion. He ro-'jjos^: d,, thick' smooths woe ''''P*'"'^'"? »" *he mass of tfie film, de- or Is it tha othi;rs, (Ji>rmany's iielsi'- ceived a series ot direct snubs, start- $13 ''5 ' ' '^'^ "^ confinement and other factors. Clinic Disaster Cause Is Found By Govemmeni Carbon Monoxide and Oxido of Nitrogen Responsible for, Deaths in Cleve- land Disaster Washington. â€" Carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen, produced by the combustion of burning X-ray films, were responsible for more than 109 deaths at the Cleveland Clinic disaster of May 15, a boird of officers appoint- ed by the Chsmieal Warfare Service reported to tho U.S. War Department followicg an exhaustive investigation at Edgewood Arsenal. Maryland. Warning that none of the gas masks use<l by the Army would protect a |)«rson against the deadly fumes of these gases, the board declared that X-ray films and other articles which produce these gases if ignited, shoulrf he stored in specially prepared cham- ijers, preferably located on the top of the building in v,'hich they are to bo used. .Several tons of films were used bj the board in actual expcrimet.t at Edgewood Arsenal. Every effort was made to duplicata conditions at Cleve- land. As a result it was learned that combustion can be started in films without the actual presence of fire. In fact, disintegration of films caused by storing them close to a steam pii)e or in an overheated room produces mora toxic gas than when thsy are burned in a brisk blaze, it waj said. la part, the report said: ''It was found that the gaseous pro- ducts given off by burning X-ray films vary in their composifcn with the con- ditions under which the fire or decom- position takes place. If films are ig- nited by a flame in the open air they wlil burn briskly with the production of comparatively small amounts of poisonous gases. Another type of )urning, or rather deomposition, may merely heating the film, hted cigarette, electric light bulb, hot st^am pip3, etc. ''In this type there is no flame, but evolution of large volumes of brown- {.sh fumes occurs. This decomposition to $7; do, med., i55.50 to $6; do, culls, proceeds more or less rapidly and may •jto $10: do. fair, S9 to $9.50; stockers,! i,. .t~,.,«l l.v Mgood, $9.25 to $9.75: do, fair, $8.50 to| "* ."'^"t ,7 a $10; calves, good, $14 to $11..''.0; do. f ''.v a hghte hour search. Kerr, who was employed by a largo firm of gasoliuo and oil dealors, came to Ottawa a month ago to inspect tho pumps and tanks of local branches following the sewer explosions here. Acconip.mled by three Kiria !te went out in a canoe on the Kidoaii Klver this morning to spend tho day. About noon he paddled to shore and \ ssvini. Jnst be- fore this ho drank some bollk-s ot soft drink. When only ten feet fn-m the river bank ho disappeared from view. .> Arctic Voyagers Leave bors who, allied among themsevles, namely France, llelgium, Poland and Czcchoslovakiii, of infantry alono In peace time liavo at their dispo.sal: France, on Ktiropoan soil. 27 divisions; I ISelgluni, 6; I'oland, SO, and C/.ecUo- I Slovakia, 28 brigades, a total ot about 76 divislous compared with tha Ger- nian.s' 107" "Who, 1 ask, needs security? I cnu't leave unmontlonod that besides t'^cse troops, tho other powers also pass'-ss aviations Hqiiadrons, heavy artillery I and powerful reserves of trained men I ami war materials of a kind wo do not possess at all" Death Duties in Land Suggested for England ing at the Amerkau embassy, where he was ignored during the oflicial re- '•i>pti<)n to tho flier:). Nor man Ar- niotir, charge d'affaires. In lact, .ipol- oglzed to the Freiichme for the stow- av.ay's lack of judgnient, which might Iiavo resulted seriously. | Later, Loltl pushed Schrelber out! v.hen Ilia latter tried to enter his auto-' mobile. At receptions to tha fliers, when champagne Is offered, only three glas- ses are poured. When the fliers are Invited to sign gold books, Schreiber is ommltteil. Having sold the no'.vspiiper story of his venture fur $."),iiiii), Scliroiber has .solved the proljloni of how to get liome, although lie Is obliged to share Volcano Active At Komagatake Casualties Believed to Exceed 100 â€" Thousands Flee For Lives Hakodate, Japan.â€" Tha Komaga- take volcano burst Into a now and mora violent eruption at 19 a.m. Wed- nesday last, causing thousands of per- sons to flee in terror. The fumes from this type of decom- position contain large percentages of carbon monoxida and nitrous fumes, or hiirher oxides of nitrogen. Carbon monoxide, if breathed in lethal concen- trations, causes almost instant death. Nitrous fumes may cau.sa immediate deaths or delayed deaths, sometima-s complicated by lung inflamina ion and nneumonia. C.\N IGNITE FROM STEAM PIPE. '•In the present investigations it was ascertained that X-ray films can ba isnitcl by coming into contact with a hot steam pipe, with an electric light bulb or. in general, but any source of heat that will raise the temperature It was feared that the casualties of Lf the film to about the boilin- ixxint tho disaster would exceed 100. The ^f ,,.„t^>r for a considerable length of lAjndi.n.â€" Tlirf suggestion that the Wisdissel, iMaiiie.- Two siliooiiers, state should ncci'iit death one a veteran of many years, lliu other making her malilon voyage, set sail for tho Arctic on Salurdiiy. Tlio How- doln, which has carried Lieutf^naiit- Commander Donald H. MacMlllan on many cruises Into the North, pulled out of tho harbor, followed closely by tho Maravnl, newly built for Sir Wil- fred (Jrcnfell, medical missionary. I The two vessels will travel together to' Hattlo Harbor. Labrador. Tbero Ihu' .Maraval will drop away for its duties i;,.) nionov with others. Tha vouth Is 1 Pos'^fn^'e here has been advised that.iime, or at higher temperatures for i.-ipldly gelling enough ot fails. iio 1 '''o b')die.s ot thirty victims had been i „,.r,.jp,,,,(,|,,g,j, shorter duties in : is unablo to flnil anyono t'l take him , ^ 'sonled to I arouiul and prob;ibly will sail w.-eU. â€" <â-º- land instead of cash was pr the Labor government by"^he Duko of [ homo within a Montrose, speaking at the .\gricultur- , al Society's show at Strnthericks last ; '^The duke, who is fifty years ohi, ; Queen Dies Intestate owns 115,01)0 acres with the family: Madrid, June 2;!. â€" liecause near Glas- 1 Queen Mother Maria Cristina, seat at Buchanan (a.stlc, gow. He said many farmeis' anxiously I die<l early this year, left no will, her dcired fixity o£ tenancy and wanted ! per.ionnl forluno of nearly ()G,000,000 rent rates fi.xed by a lands court. I pesetas, or $11, Ot)0,000, will be divided,] foot and by according to Spanish law, into three conveyance. found buried under sl.x feet of ashes "(,jp' between Totnenoyu and Shikabe. The report has not been verified. A village near Onnma, Gungawa, has burned down. At Shikabs, 100 school children had been reported missing, but It was discovered that the ' they had escaped by boats to losye. who I Tha railways evacuated 2,700 refu- gees from tha danger zone. Thou- sands of others left tha district by every Landlords shnuld be allowed to pay : the natives. Tho MacMlllan^ (j,,, |,pavy death duties in land, which ! cfpial parts, and King Alfonso, to ship will continue to Ilatfln Laud for ^^^^ gv>vernment could then rereut to [ whom sho was intensely devoted dur exploration and sileiitilU: studies. jum existing tenants, ho urged. There are no Idle rich; they are dodging people who want their money. â€" Lord Dewar. The sweet music that children niitka j in a home has nothing In with piano lessons. ing her lifetime, will inherit only a third. The other two-thirds is to be divided ei|ually smong the children of common I the (iuoen Mother's two daughters, i wlw did not survive her. A Wide Weather Difference in Our Province I Oflicial estimates were that more than a score of people were killed since the Hrst eruption ot tho volcano early Monday morning, and that the list ot dead might reac^i 100. The electrlo plant at Isogawa was burled under ten feet ot ashes, ac- cording to reports reaching here. periods ot time. A large explosion chamber was con.structed in which some of the ex- periments were carried out. One-half a ton of X-ray film was ignited in a specially constructed vault, equipped with nn automatic sprinkler and vent, in order to find out whether the pro- tection provided in equipment of this kind would be sufficient. It was learn, ed that a storage vault 7x3x3 feet „ , , equipped with a 16-inch square vent pos.sIble means of , p,,,,^ ;„ j^e rear wall just below th. roof, hold clo3e<l by a 155-dogree fus- ible link, affords reasonably safe stor- age for a ton and one-haif of X-ray films. "Tests with four tvpes of commer- cial e.xtinguishers indicated that none was satisfactory for extinguishing film fires. Large amounts of water, hoijpver. are etfective, if applied in time. Gas masks which filter the con- taminated air will not give adequat* protection for rescue work in case ot a bad film fire. An 'oxygea helmet' must be usetl. Garden Quicksilver Have you ever made quioksihvr in your very owt\ garden? If not, a surpri.se is in store for you! Of course you all know what quick- silver is? Mercury is tho real name, and heing a liquid ore it movos about almost as though it were alive â€" hence, "live" silver, or quiiHcsilvor. Some of you, no doubt, have held it in the palm of your hand watched it se.>erata and como together and roll about like live, silver beads, Germany and Reparations New York World: If Kui-ope can get Us mind off reparations for ten years the question may never agata be Important. In ten years. If Euro- pa prospers. It may seem very uulm- portanf. Then tha time will per- haps have come when the creditors, in the Interest of truth and moral It is mercury one sees in a ther- ! "'"'''"'^"^'"8 ^'th tha (iermans, will mometer working slowly up and down in the narrow glas.« tube showing how warm or cold tho air is. It is mercury in anaher form that turns a clear piece ot glass into a mirror. But tho quicksilver of the garden is like tho kind you hold in your hand. Only y&u cannot hokl it in your hand ; dear, no, 'hat would never do! I Nasturtium leaf. Chw.se one of the biggest of the dull green leaves and cup it in your hand; then skip over to the water tap and there fill your three drops of water. Behold, as sure as anything in the world, you will And you have some lovely, garden (piicksilver, as lovely and aa lively as mercury itself ar»d i>ot half so costly. Try it for your.selves. agree to repal that cl.iuse in the Treaty of Versailles which puts upon fiermauy tha solo responsibility for tha war. THEY WERE HAVING BACKWARD WEATHER UP NORTH Spring Is far behind and winter has come, apparently. In Porcupine, Northern Ontario, where this wintry photo- graps wits takoa oa June 5. A acheduled ball game w« « called oft on account of ttio snow. I Red noses can now Iw cured by fa- ; rial surgery. Another method is to knop tha right hand prcs.sed longer on. Purpose "A double minded man," It Is true all tho world over. Is "unstable In all his ways," ijlca a wave upon tho streamlet, tossed hither and thither with every eddy ot its tide. The rec- ognition ot a deterniinata purpose in life, and a sturdy adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are indls., pen-sahla conditions ot success. The outside world understands this ntatter well. Hence, In the great life-race,' tha vacillating are outrun by tha steady, although tha former may h« fleet of foot, as Asabol npou the mou tains ot Israel.â€" Pnnshon. , ♦ RESPECT Tho best thing is to be respected, the next Is to be loved: it is bad to the soda-water lyp'.-.on.â€" I or.ilcn Oplr.- be hated, but slIU worse to be do ion. nplsed.