rout realismâ€"1min is 1,100 KlLLEll Al 0Pl’lill, till-tillANY .Series of Explosions in the Badische Anilinfabrik Chemical Plant in the Rhine Palatinate Lays Flourishing Town in Ruinsâ€"~Frencl1 Army Corps to the Rescue. -' A despatch from Mannheim, Ger- many, sayszâ€"Dcsolation and wins alone remain of what was once the, flourishing town of Oppau. The townl ad 6,500 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. miles from ‘here. Soldiers in Frenchl uniforms are clearing away the wreck-l age, picking up the dead and injured“ as after a big battle. l Eleven hundred dead and four thou- sand injured is the latest estimate of: the disaster, which caused a greater number of casualties in the Mannheim-1 Ludwigshafen district that the four ears of war. The desolation around ppau 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, funnelâ€"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 possible survivors. Twenty-ï¬ve hundred of the injured are reported to have passed through the hospitals of the surrounding cities. l The vast crater is slowly ï¬lling with water, and it may never «be known how many victims found a grave there. All mutilated but still living animals crawling amidst the "twisted girders and blocks of concrete are being put out 6f their misery. The ï¬remen and relief workers have not yet been able to discard their gas masks. ‘early Thursday morning to cooperate ‘Cross are cooperating and a big Ger- ,the mayors and people in the relief The Thirty-Second Army Corps of the French Army is in complete charge of thc Ill‘Oil and every available‘ French medical officer had arrived with the German physicians and sur- geons. The French and German Red man sanitary train has brought large quantities of medical supplies. The German ofï¬cials thanked General Dcâ€" 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 work. The members of his staff were sent to all the surrounding towns to enlist the 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 Degoutte person-ally decorâ€" 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 ï¬fteen tons of ammonium sulphate in the preparation of a new gas, in which the pressure of 300 atmospheres and a temperature of between 500 and 700 degrees Centrigrade were needed. E___,_._..______.â€"_..â€"â€".-.__â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" French military authorities were re- presented by General Lenetz and FRENCH AID OPPAU' Dandand. Both these ofï¬cers brought wreaths and expressed condolence to Relief is NOW Organized by President Ebert and Premier Larch- Germany for Relief of enfeld. Herr Ebert, replying, said he Stricken Town was touched by the manifestation of humans 1 ath whichhd t 'd Oppau, Germany, Sept. 25.â€"â€"The Yup y a 58 as} e ' the barriers arisin from the war. German talent for organization is be g 49o__ ginning to show itself, but none too soon. In the early days of confusionl following the explosion at the Baden Aneline Company’s work, it was overlooked that the sudden stamping out of a town renders the population that survives utterly helpless. A vast throng of sightseers from neighbor- ing cities devoured the foodstuffs that were left after the accident, and but for French assistance the people of O pau would have had to endure fa- tn ne. New all roads leading to the town are barred and a. well-organized relief expedition is at work. Efï¬ciency is revealing itself even in voluntary efforts. Every hotel and restaurant in Western Germany. has its relief fund to which every guest dontri'butes willingly, usually at least to the extent of the amount of his bill. The problem, howover, still re- mains of providing work for the sur- vévors. According to the statement 0 the labor minister, who Was visit- ing here today, it is hoped to reopen the one remaining erect building for the manufacture of ammonia. There is still no satisfactory theory for the explosion. The fertil- iser being made was regarded as unâ€" ssmous SITUATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE Hungary Has Army of 200,- 000 to Fight for Strip of Land. A despatch from Vienna says:â€" The West Hungarian question is near- ing a crisis. Hungary is determined to resist evacuation, with an army estimated at 200,000 concentrated along the Austrian Czecho-Slovak and Jugo-‘Slav frontiers. The Austrian Chancellor, Schober, went on 'Satur- day to the frontier town of Marchegg to meet the Czechoâ€"Slovak Minister Benesh, to decide the question of the armed intervention which the little entente has offered Austria. The situation is fraught with grave possi- bilities. ' __..â€".’ Thanksgiving .Day Fixed for November 7th A despatch from Ottawa says: â€"Legislation passed at the last session of Parliament provides explosive and under prolonged tests'th he M V f h wee bed behaved like an inert mass ofl at t onday O t e k A UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH OF D. Lloyd George, at Inverncss, signing a. parcel from London. He is using th peace treaty. FRANCES Eon EEAELESS Armor e nun NEAR ETAPiliS : A despatch from Paris sayszâ€"Ber- nard de Romanet, one of France's foremost air pilots, was killed Friday morning near Etaples while trying a monoplane for use in the international air championship for the Deutsch de la Meurthe cup. Romanet was runnerâ€" up for the world's speed record last fall, being beaten by a small margin by Sadi Lecointe. They are the only two men who have flown at a speed of over 300 kilometres an hour, Ro- manet making 309 and Lecointe 313. This record was attained after a thrilâ€" ling duel lasting nearly a month, in which the two airmen continually outâ€" BRITAIN‘S PRIME MINISTER a message boy‘s book after receiving 9 gold pen which he used to sign the by Gilbert, but abandoned because it was considered too dangerous. Recent- ly the lower plane was removed. Ro- manet himself said a few days ago: “The machine is terribly rapid and dangerous. t would be impossible to use it for military or commercial pur- poses. But it will help us on the road‘ to the discovery of a wing which, ; twins, ‘whhile giving greater security for the 1 pilot and the passengers, will have the, ‘speed qualities. It will enable us to 180 to 200 as at present, but without added danger.†attain a normal average speed of 300: kllometres an hour, instead of only Per The LEading more; Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.55, nominal; No. 2 Northern, $1.51, nominal; No. 3, $1.47, nominal. Manitoba oatsï¬No. 2 CW, 55c; No. 3 CW. 53c; extra No. 1 feed, 58c; No. 2 feed, 491/3. Manitoba barleyâ€"No. 3 CW, 7735c, nominal. All the above track, Bay ports. American cornâ€"~No. 2 yellow, 69c, nominal, Bay ports. Ontario oatsâ€"400. 2 white, 43 to 45c. Ontario wheatâ€"-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 Spring, $1.20 to $1.25; No. 3 Spring, nominal. Barleyâ€"Making, 65 to 70c, accord- ing to ireights outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, nominal. Ryeâ€"No. 2, $1.00. Manitoba flourâ€"First pats, $9.85; 'second p:li.<., $9.35, Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"$6, old crop. Millfeed~â€"Del. Montreal freight, bags included: Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $28; good feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80. Baled Hayâ€"Track. Toronto, per ton, 1No. 1, $24; No. 2, $22; mixed, $18. Chceschew, large. 21 to 21%c; 21% to 22c; triplets, 23 to, 231,1»,c. 01d, large, 28 to 29c; twins, 29 to Sill/2c; triplets, 29%: to 30c; Stil- tons, new, 2-1. to 25c. . Butter-#Fresh dairy, choice, 33 to 35c; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 42 to 43c; No. 2, 39 to 40c; cooking, 22 to 24c. Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 35 to 40c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 30c; ducklings, 35c; turkeys, 60c. Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens 20 to 25c roosters, 16c; fowl, 16 to 20c;, ducklings, 35c; turkeys, 50c. Margarineâ€"22 to 24c. Eggsâ€"No. 1, 44 to 45c; selects, 50 to 51c; cartons, 52 to 54c. Beansâ€"«Can. mind-picked, bushel, $4 to $4.25; primes, $3.50 to $3.75. Maple productsâ€"Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. gals, $2.35. Maple sugar, 1b., 19 to 22c. Honeyâ€"~60-30-l‘b. tins, 14% to 15c 1b.; 5-2%-l.b. tins, 16 to 17c per 1b.; Ontario comb honey, per doz.,‘ $3.75 to $4.50. ‘ Choice heavy steers, $7 to $8; but-I Although well aware of the danger,‘cher steers, choice, $6 to $7; do, good,. stripped each other, victory ultimately Romanet was willing to fly the ma- $5 to $550; do, med, $4.26 to $5; going to Lecointe. The aeroplane Romanet was flying on Friday morning was transformed from a biplane. During the war a machine with a convex wing was tried a helicopter. SINN FEIN ‘CHIEP: MUST EXPLAIN STAND British Cabinet Ask De Valera to Make Deï¬nite Statement of His Position. A-despatch from Gairloch, Scotland, ‘ says:â€"â€"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 ï¬nal 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 likely to be the Government’s ï¬nal letter. The ministers are debating the capacity in which the Irish represen- t-atives 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 letâ€" ter admits of more than one interpreâ€" tation on these points. and de Valera will be asked to make a plain and deï¬nite 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 from the Gairloch meeting, as a strong sec- chine in the coming speed trials. He butcher heifers, choice, $6 to $63.50;“ lnever refused to fly anything. After‘do, med, $4 to $5; butcher cows; [the race was over he intended to try 0110109, $450 to $5; do. mad» 52-50 ta 1 out a new metal aeroplane, and also $4; canners and cutters, $1 to “62;! butcher bulls, good, $3.50 to $4; do,’ com., 2 to $3.50; feeders. good, 90 , " ’lbs., s .50 to $6; do, fair, $4 to $4.503, Government cannot bandy words in- milkers, $75 to $95; springers, $80 t , .deï¬nitely. They complain that de $100; calves, chome; $12 to $13; (10,: Valera is making no concessions what- made $9 to $10; do; com-9 $3 to $5? 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 not nearly so hopeful after the Gairloch meeting as they were before. 1 l M Manitoba Has. a Large Hemp Crop A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" The hemp crop of Manitoba for 1921, the ï¬rst year that it has been culti- vated extensively, will be large, ac- cording to a local company under whose direction individual farmers in Five hundred tons of ï¬bre will be! realized, it is estimated, and cuttingl of the crop has been started at Port- age laPrairie, where 200 acres are under cultivation. More than 400 ‘acres have been sown to hemp in the Swan River area. o o lambs, good, $8.50 to $9; do, com., $6: to $7; sheep, choice, $3.50 to $4; do," good, $2 to $3.50; do, heavy and bucksJ $1 to $2; hogs, fed and watered, $9.50, to $9.75; do, off cars, $9.75 to $10;1 do, f.o.b., $8.75 to $9; do, country, points, 8.50 to $8.75. Montreal. Oats, Can. western, No. 2, 60% to, 61c; do, No. 3, 59% to 60c. Flour,; Man. Spring wheat pats, ï¬rsts, $9.50.; Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.10 to $8.20., Bran, $27. Shorts, $29. Hay, No. 2,] per ton, car lots, $28 to $29. Cheese, ï¬nest easterns, 1636c. But- ter, choicest creamery, 86c. Eggs.) selected, 45c. , Good butcher steers, $6.50 to $7:, good fat cows of dairy type, $5 to' $5.50; light thin heifers, $3; green} calves, $3 up; good veal calves, $10 to‘ $12; lambs, $8; sheep, $2 to $4; hogs, $10. ..__._..%__â€"_â€"â€" ‘the province seed and grow the hemp. LESS THAN EXPECTED, Wonderful Advance Made if Figure Reaches Eight and Half Million. A despatch from Ottawa sayszâ€"If lCanada gets a. population of 8,500,000 it will be considered to have made a IHas Signiï¬cant Bearing l on Irish Situation rock. Chemists agree, however, that; a rise in temperature acting on thei free nitrates in the fertilizer mustl luvs been the cause. A scientiï¬c‘l commission is at present engaged in invostigatlng. I: is estimated that 70,000 persons toâ€"day attended the funerals of the; victims of the Oppau explosion atl the Ludwigschafen cemetery. The| ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS 1N PREMIER Nov mber 11th, the anniversary of Armistice Day falls, shall be Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiv- ing Day this year will thus be Monday, November 7th. “Hpâ€"a...â€" Kerosene lamps are generally of from ten to twenty-ï¬ve candlepower. The brightest run up to about 100- candlepower. MElilllEN’S CABlNli'l Prime Minister and Minister of EXâ€", ï¬nal Affairsâ€"Right Hon. Arthur eighen. l Railways and Canalsâ€"Hon. J. A.. Stewart, Lanark (new). 9 Trade and Commerceâ€"H. H. Ste- vens, Vancouver (new). Justiceâ€"R. B. Bennett, (new). Postmaster-Generalâ€"L. deG. Belley, K. 0., Quebec (new). Secretary of Stateâ€"Rodolphe Monty, Montreal (new). Health, Immigration and Coloniza- ï¬onâ€"Dr. J. W. Edwards, Frontenac (new). [ Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishmentâ€"R. J. Manion, Fort William (new). Customs and Exciseâ€"J. B. M. Bax-, ter, St. John, NB. (new). Public Worksâ€"Hon. F‘. B. McCurdy (no change). Calgary Financeâ€"Sir Henry Drayton (no, change). 1 President of the Privy Councilâ€"' Dr. L. P. Normand, Three Rivers (new). Agricultureâ€"Hon. S. F. Tolmie, Victoria, B.C. (no change). Laborâ€"Hon. G. D. Robertson (no change). Marine and Navalâ€"Hon. C. C. Bal- lantyne (no change). Interiorâ€"~Sir James Lougheed (no! change). Militia and Defenceâ€"Hon. Guthrie (no change). Without portfolioâ€"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 SolicitorGeiieral' remains to be filled. I HughI tion of the Cabinet wishes to sternlyI insist upon the abandonment of de Valera's sovereignty claims as an es-i . . . sential preliminary to any conference. agileg’o?eFUil§::r ï¬retmlt?’ . . -5 .~ . . . v ‘r a e The) ale premmg the we“ thdt thel Northern Irish Parliament would ad- journ, not until February as had been 3 expected, but to the end of November, with the special provision that the Speaker should, on the advice of the A despatch from Belfast. says:â€"-â€" an emergency sitting when necessary. The Premier’s announcement is considered here to have a significant bearing on the Irish negotiations. o W New Zealand has 4,391 registered apiaries, representing more than 50,- 000 colonies of bees. Eight persons lost their lives in a squall that swept over Lake Superior two weeks ago, it became known last night, when the disappearance of a party of berry-pickers was reported to the authorities here by Adam Lewis. The party set out in a sail- boat from Shell Drake, north of here, for Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Investiga- tion showed that the sailboat capsized about a mile off the beach between ‘here and Shell Drake. The victims (were Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis, Mr. E i I Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Sept. 25.â€" Major»Genera| Gruesbach 31.1). for \\'e.~( Edmonton. who has been appointed to the Senate. Ulster Cabinet, be authorized to call: 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 werq l8,500,000 now, that would be a gall; of 18 per cent., which is 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 it. It is not expected that the prelirxvriwI nary estimate of the census of the Dominion will be given before Nos vember 1. v _â€"-â€"-â€"d EIGHT PERSONSCPERlSl-l WHENT ________ BOAT UPSETS lN LAKE SUPERlOR land Mrs. Simon Lewis, George Field land three children. Harry Brooks, a lumber c,ng worker. declared he saw the craft in , trouble about ï¬ve miles north of hen." ‘ It labored for some time in the heavy ,‘sea, he said, and ï¬nally turned over. ; Adam Lewis, in reporting the dis; appearance of his relatives, who lived on the Indian reservation at Garden: ; River, 10 miles from Sault Ste. Marie, '0nt., said he had not worried about ,their continued absence until a few days ago. .1