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COMORY ARBITRATION Acorn . BY BRITAIN, Willi on: nous) ' B 't' h N is Once Engaged in the Task of Restor- Wheningnfiesacefl‘gague Control Must be Set As:deâ€"â€" Special Naval Conference Dropped. A despatch from Geneva says;__ that if the British reservation is acâ€" ‘Great Britain dramatically dropped a (“9?th by thf‘ other powers. Contl' naval bomb into the Geneva Confe1-_| nentzil countries Will) not. only get once on Thursday and the new Anglo.! economic help from Ll‘ltaln _ as part French entente was appraised by;0f the proposed pact of SECUFISYIOI many as approaching the character of} sanctions, but also the .full an 1111‘ an out-and-out alliance, when Sir Ce-, mf‘mt‘ support “f the BrltlSh Navy 1“ cil Hurst, eminent jurist, and British,‘ 035‘: any Country, in defiance. of a: delegate, declared Great Britain's; :irbitral decmon, opens hostilities an readiness to accept compulsory arbi-filtlflfikS another State. < d h B It- tration, provided she would not be“ SIT C9011 Hurst declaie t 0 £11 brought into court because of some, 15h .I‘E‘RCI‘Vflthl’l was not Mace ia- act of her navy performed in attemptâ€"i "Gillan SUbKITfUEC- ‘10 Limes PaSt ing to maintain or restore peaca lthcre has exxsted an idea that Great This declaration has set‘ngevaiflritain was the tyrant of the seas. agog more than anything since PrefiYet, he said, the British delegation miers MacDonald and Herriot coni- was only seeking ’50 discover Some mitted themselves in principle to the methofi WhCTPb)’ the {treat 'Cause Of settlement of any and all disputes byI Ol'gflmled D9308 311d SECllrlly mum obligatory arbitration by some world be advanced 0“ termS 35-“!ng 91‘0‘ tribunal or tribunals. gress. . . . The British reservation was inter- All idea 01' holding a Specml Con- preted as meaning that once the Brit- ference to extend the Pl‘inCiDles Of‘ ish Navy begins to operate, her right the Washington Naval Treaty to non-I of search and capture, which formed Signatory States has been drOPp?d- the subject of controversy between the The Disarmament Sub-Commlusslon United States and Britain before the (1901de that. In VleW 0f the llkellhOOd United States entered the Great War, of a general Disarmament Confer- cannot be questioned juridically. ence, such a Naval Conference would The (ifect of the announcement is: be unnecessary. DAuAdiNo FLOODS‘ IN l . v -- QUEBEC VlClNITY' Four Days’ Rain Sweeps Town of St. Raymond and St. Francis River Valley. A despatch from Quebec says:â€" Fed by four days of almost continuous; rain, rivers in this district and the: Eastern Townships are raging floodsfl and are doing huge damage. I The Town of St. Raymond was re-d ported to be very badly affected, the lower portion of the town being under: water. The power plant at Portneuf, is badly damaged. There is a series of washouts reported on the main line: of the Canadian National Railways to’ Murray Bay, and trains going to Chi- coutimi had to go round by St. Pierre. Many cattle and sheep are said tol have been swept away by the flood, I. and a number of valuable log booms have broken from their moorings and have gone adrift. At St. Albans the house of a farm- er named George Neaud was carried away by the flood, and only for the fact that the majority of the residents of the district had spent a sleepless! night watching developments, loss of life might have been recorded. Work completed on some of the highways has been rendered useless by the sweep of water, and the damage in this respect is particularly severe. Early Thursday morning the cli- max of the flood seemed to have been / Capt. the Hon. Alexander Ramsay Husband of Princess Patricia, has been appointed commander of HMS. Calcutta, now at Quebec. 5â€"â€" o SERGEANT-AT-ARMS CALLED BY DEATH Late Frederick J. Glackmeyer Was Picturesque Figure in Ontario Public Life. Toronto, Sept. 15.â€"-Frederick Jo- seph Glackmeyer, aged 81 years and - ‘ ' 'e a 5." '3: rs reached, and at noon there were dis- go“? mogtlib'kifi: moo} Th: (Salvage tinct signs of improvement. elgean '3 " s ‘ A despatch from Sherbmoke Legislature, died suddenly yesterday - - t his residence in the Parliament sayszâ€"The St. Francis River Valley a . . _ through many miles of its length imBuildings. The death of Mr. Glack this section is under water in somel meyer W111 come a? a shock to a wiry districts to a depth of six'or seven! large circle of friends, and acquain- feet, as a result of the deluge of rain tam,“ throughout Canada‘ He. was which poured down without a single a picturesque figure in the political bneak from Tuesday until midnight hf" Of Omar“? and enloyed the confl‘ Thursday night Bridges have been denccof Parliamentarians to a very carried away, lumber yards are float-""1arked degree' The Vetm'an Ser' ing, fields of unharvested crops flood- geant'at’Arms had beer} confined ‘50 .ed, and innumerable buildings, fac_,his room more or less Since the close tories and dwelling houses and Storel of the last session of the Legislature. sheds flooded with water up to thelHe had frequent weak spells which first floor. Older residents of the cityi Compened 'hlm t0 f‘emain in hls quar- state that the level of the water now hers at the Queen 5 Park _ , is higher than it has been for thirty MI“ GlaCkmeyer ,had the d’Stm‘ years During the rainstorm a total guislied honor of being the Dean of of 325 cubic inches fen. Sergeant-atâ€"Arms of the British Em- A later despatch from Quebeclpire, and in 1916 His Majesty King Bays:_Floods from heavy rains have George conferred upon him the honor caused Widespread damage in the, of the Order of the Imperial Star. He Province of Quebec on both sides of “’35 the fir“ and ONIY. Sergeant-at- the St Lawrence. Baie st, paui‘ 10_ Arms since the creation of the On- cated on the Canadian National Rai1-,tario legislature and officiated dur- ways’ Murray Bay line, has suffered ing the sessions of fifteen Legisla- frightful damage. The vicinity has an, tm‘es, servmg pnder eight Premiers, appearance of devastation such as’thirteen Lieutenant-Governors and comes only after an earthquake or,fourteen Speakers- other great disaster. Damage to tllei ' little village and the immediate neigh-f . - borhood is heavy in material Wealth,l Horse Travels 110 Mlles hundreds of the inhabitants being, Through Mountains in Hrs. ‘ A despatch from Bella Coola, B.C.,' ruineal. while the Provincial Govern-! ment and municipalities throughout, . the neighborhood are suffering by the‘ sailâ€"cone bandied, audio." mllei‘ sweeping away of bridges_ In some; meat oi tlie’\\a,. 0\(‘l mountain crags. cases the currents of water have been m 14 homis “ding on horseback “tag so heavy and to “1.0m, “mt bridgeq the amazmg achievement of Chief ~ * e- ‘ ~ . ~ . _ . V have been completer crumpled up and SqumaSh‘ an India!“ who lmwned destmved ' {from the Anham Lake settlement to Theitrall of disaster followed sin‘i-I this Cit-v to cute}! a boat for Prince lar catastrophes below Qucbec and in' Rupert to gwe endince m a court the Eastern Townships because of the 01,159“ Chief SqulnaSh dedared that flooding of the rivers from tho Ina-“W. his horse and he were somewhat -' T‘ \ t l ‘ fatigued. rains. It is estim..ted that in the Village of Baie St. Paul alone the. damage caused will reach $300,000. , s ‘c" The importance of green stuff for There was one fatality. that of 21 cats cannot bc ever estimated. Grass middlvmged man named Arthur Dro.’ runs in suninicr. and lots of sproutei let, a farmer with 11 children. who outs in vxiitte; are lll.‘ thing. They died from shock following the deâ€" act as a Li.-.” to sweep the stomach struction of his house by the flood. {and keep it clean. I l t the liner “Mauretania,” Mr. R. J. Hub- bard, is the only member of the ship's personnel who has made every trip on the famous vessel. 304 in number, covering over a million miles. ~.â€"â€"â€"-°_.__-~_. The Week’s lilarlieis TORONTO. Man. wheat No. 1 North., $1.44; No. 2 North, $1.40; No. 3 North, $1.36. Man. oatsâ€"No. 2 CW, 63c; No. 3 CW, 610; extra No. 1 feed, 61c; ‘No. 1 feed, 60c; No. 2 feed, 58c. All the above c.i.f., bay ports. Am. corn. track, Torontoâ€"No. 2 yellow, $1.371/2. Millfeedâ€"Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, $35; good feed flour, per bag, $2.05. Ont. oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 48 to 50c. Ont. wheatâ€"No. 2 winter, $1.14 to $1.18; No. 3 winter, $1.12 to $1.16; No. 1 commercial, $1.09 to $1.13, f.o.b. gshipping points, according to freights. Barleyâ€"Making, 75 to 78c. I Ryeâ€"89 to 92c. Ont. flourâ€"New, ninety per cent. pat, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ishipment, $5.75; Toronto basis, $5.75; 'bulk seaboard, $5.50. Manitoba flourâ€"First pats, in jute j sacks, $7.90 per barrel; 2nd pats, $7.40. Hayâ€"No. 2 timothy, per ton, ,track, Toronto, $14; No. 3, $12.50. Strawâ€"Carlots, per ton,v$9.50. Screeningsâ€"Standard, recleaned, f.o.b. bay ports, per ton, $22.50. Cheeseâ€"New, large, 20c; twins, 2054c; triplets, 21c; stiltons, 22 to 23c. Old, large, 23 to 24c; twins, 24 to 25c; triplets, 25 to 26c. Butterâ€"Finest creamery prints, 38 to 39c; No. 1 creamery, 36 to 37¢; No. 2, 34 to 35c; dairy, 28 to 30c. 45c; extra, loose, onds, 30 to 31c. Live poultryâ€"Hens, over 5 lbs., 20c; ’3c;_firsts, 37c; sec- spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 25c; roosters, 12c; ducklings, 4 to 5 lbs., '18c. Dressed poultryâ€"Hens, over 5 lbs., .26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 22c; do, 3 to 4 l ;ovcr. 30c; roosters, 15c; ducklings, 4 ‘to 5 lbs., 25c. . ‘Gtéc; primes, 6c. 1 Maple productsâ€"Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5-gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, 1b., 25 to 26c. Honeyâ€"GO-lb. tins, 1334c per lb.; 10-lb. tins, 131,éc; 5-lb. tins, 141/2c; 21742-lb. tins, 14 to 15c. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, med., 27 to 29c; cooked hams, 42 to 44c; smoked. rolls, 18 to 20c; cottage rolls, 21 to 24c; breakfast bacon, 23 to 27c; spe-g cial brand breakfast bacon, 29 to 31c;‘ backs, boneless, 36 to 40c. ’ Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $17; 70 to 90 lbs., $16.50; :90 lbs. and up, $15.50; lightweight lrolls, in barrels, $32; heavyweight; ‘rolls, $27. ‘ i Lardâ€"Pure, tierces, 17% to 18¢; 1tubs,17% to 1814c; pails, 18 to 18%c; .prints, 201,4 to 201/2c; shortening, :tierces, 16 to 1614c; tubs, 161/2 to, 17c; pails, 17 to 171/2c; prints, 18 to} ‘181v’2c. 150’“ ‘ L-‘i'encn \\'di':l.ff.$ 3:9 them to pro:ch . U C ‘I Dominion News in Brief Charlottetown, P.E.I.â€"A liv'e fox conditions to which the men of North- and fur show, open to the world, isiern Europe are accustomed and in to be held in Charlottetown in 1925,2which Scandinavian settlers have according to a decision reached here-made a success, are to be found in by the Silver Black Fox Breeders‘ As-l Canada. sociation at their annual meeting. The Fort William, Ontâ€"Governor J. A. meeting expressed the opinion thath. Preus, of Minnesota, in Fort Wil- inasmuch as the island was the cradle; liani recently, predicted an immense of the fox industry its capital city tourist traffic into Northern Ontario was the proper place for the holding as soon as the. highway from Port of such an exhibition at which it islArthur to Nipigon is completed. The road is a few miles from the world This live-wire, chief electrician on. do, 4 to 5 lbs., 17c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c; l mansâ€"â€" Canadian, hand-picked, 1b.,} a i compared with Iexpected there will be several thou-l lsand animals on show. Halifax, N.S.â€"The Evaporators will have plants in operation this Kingston, Aylesford, Annapolis, Ber- iwick, Waterville, Lakeville, Camâ€" bridge, Port Williams and Wolfville. The first two named will have two plants each in operation. There is a , possibility that the plants at Windsor, Middleton and Lawrencetown will also ,be in operation, depending on the available supply of lower grade apples. Fredericton, N.B.â€"Nearly twice as many tourists have registered at the camping grounds here this year as last, a total of 660 having made use of the grounds before the end of Aug- .ust. The camp has been considerably extended and additions made to fa- cilities this year. Campers have come from many states of the Union as ‘well as all over the Maritimes. Nova Scotia evaporating season at able field for Scandinavian emigrants ‘ is strongly advocated by Otto Elander, publisher, of Gothenburg, Sweden, who recently visited the Swedish set- tlements in the Dominion for the pur- pose of studying conditions. Mr. ' Elander states that climatic and other Export steers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; do, good, $7 to $7.50; baby beeves, choice 600-800 lbs., $8 to $10; butchers choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do, fair to good, S5 to $6; do, com., $3.50 to $4; cows, good to choice, $4 to $4.50; do, fair to good, to $4; do, com. to med., $2.50 to $3; canners and cutters, $1 ,to $2; butcher bulls, wood to choice, ;$3.50 to $4.25; do, med. $3 to $3.50; ‘do, bologna, $2 to $2.75; feeders, shortkeep, $5.75 to $6.25; do, light, ,$4 to $5; stockers, good, $4 to $4.75; {feeding heifers, good, $4 to $5; calves, lchoice, $10.50 to $12; do, med., $7 to g$9.50; do, com., $3.50 to $5.50; lambs, lchoice, cwt., $13; do, med, $11 to ;$11.50; do, cull, $8 to $9; sheep, choice flight, $6 to $7; do, cull, $2 to $4; hogs, thick smooth, f.o.b., $9; do, fed and watered, $9.60; do, weighed. ofl" cars, $10. 1 MONTREAL. v Oats, CW, No. 2, 65 to 66c; do, CW,‘ No. 3, 64 to 6596c; extra No. 1 feed, ;(53c; do, No. 2 local white, 61%c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats, firsts, $7.70; do, seconds, $7.20; strong bakers, $7; winter pats, choice, $5.90 Eggsâ€"Extras, fresh, in cartons,lt0 $G- Rolled oats. bag. 90 1135-, $3-45l to $3.65. Bran, $27.25. Shorts, $29.25. .imiddlings, $35.25. Hay, No. 2, per 'ton, car lots, $16.50 to $17. casts, 165/3c. Butter, No. 1 pasteur- ized, 35 to 351/2c; No. 1 creamery, 341/;c; seconds, 331/2c. Eggs, fresh extras, 42c; fresh firsts, 36c. Good calves, $9 to $9.25; lambs, lbs. or better, $9.50; light, $8.50; seâ€" lects, $10.25. ,_ u Canada’s 1924 Crop Esti- mated by Bureau of Statistics A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" The oat crop for all Canada this year is expected to total 463,860,000 bush- els, compared with 563,997,000 bush- els last year; barley, 90,769,000 bush- els, compared with 76,997,800 last year; rye, 12,799,000 bushels, com- pared with 23,231,800 bushels year; flaxseed, 10,846,000 bushels 7,139,500 These are the estimates of the Dc» minion Bureau of Statistics. .____¢__.. Faith may move mountains, but it has a mighty tough times moving human beingsâ€"G. M. i-...¢.i Montreal, Queâ€"Canada as a suitw Cheese, finest wests., 167/gc; finestl last‘ last year.- lfamous trout stream, connecting here with the highways into the United Z States. ‘ Winnipeg, Man. An order for 5,- l000 boxes, containing 56 pounds each, lof creamery butter has been received 1 by Manitoba from England. The ,value of the shipment isaapproximate- 'ly $100,000 and will be the second con-‘ 1signmcnt of unsalted butter to be ex- :portcd overseas :021‘. this province. Saskatoon, S2 .â€"World famous 'chemists and botanists, leaders in the lattack upon the scientific problem ,vital to western agriculture, witness- ‘cd the formal opening of the chemical :building of the University of Saskat- chewan by the premier of the pro- ; vince. , Edmonton, Altaâ€"More than one ’hundred and fifty traders from the ,far north arrived here recently bring- ;ing with them fur bales to the value of approximately $500,000. Victoria, B.C.â€"The Prince of Wales was a heavy winner at the Vic- _toria Fall Fair through entries from lthe E. P. Ranch. Twelve first prizes ’were secured in the shorthorn classes 'of cattle in addition to twelve firsts for Hampshire sheep and three firsts yin Shropshires. oussrions BEFORE Plebiscite on the Temperance Question Arranged for October 23. A despatch from Toronto says:â€" The liquor plebiscite to be held on October 23rd next will ask two ques- tions of the Ontario‘ electors. It will ask in the first place if the voter is in favor-of the continuance of the Ontario Temperance Act, and it will, further ask if the voter is in favor of (the sale of beer and spirituous liquor in sealed packages under Gov- ernment control. These queries were framed yester- day by the Ontario Government, fol- -lowing an entire day spent upon con- lsideration of the Temperance Act ,issue. The exact text of the two 'questions is: “(1) Are you in favor of the con- tinuance of the Ontario Temperance Act? ‘ “(2) Are you in favor of the sale {as a beverage of beer and spirituous liquor in Sealed packages under Gov- ernment control?” I In explanation l of the spirit in lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and good lots. $10 to $10.50; hogs, $160 which these queries were framed by ,the Government, the Prime Minister made the following statement in an- nouncing them: “The first consideration of a Gov- ernment in its legislation and in the administration thereof must always be the moral and the material pro-, gress and welfare of the people it serves. The greatest force in the securing of law observance and the ,suppression of crime and the elimina-. tion of distress is public opinion. The ‘purpose of the plebiscite is to secure , from the people such an expression of. opinion as will enable the Government to adopt such measures as will have ‘behind them the fullest possible pub- lic approval and support. . “The Ontario Temperance Act as amended and strengthened from time to time during the past eight years is Snow the governing principle in the lhandling of our liquor problem. It is .obvious, therefore, that the first in- ‘quiry must be directed to ascertain- ing if the people desire to continue .the principle of this law. One of the Iquestions, therefore, will he: ‘Are you in favor of the continuance of the Ontario Temperance Act?’ If the majority answer in the affirmative there can be no doubt as to the course to be followed. "If. on the other hand, the major- ity answer in the negative, it means that some new method of controlling the sale as a beverage of beer and spirituous liquor must be adopted. The Government, therefore, seeks a further expression of opinion by ask- ing :1 second question: ‘Are you in favor of the sale LS a beverage of liter and spirituous liquor in sealed packages under Government control?’ “ ‘Government control,’ in the view of the Government, does not mean a system of sale such as is in operation in Quebec and British Columbia. It means that the Government will‘makc . and that the people will be ttznity of. "g; expressed by . .it the polls, of purchasing and liquors under strict regu- iIrQl‘ ' ,lations." ONTARIO ELECTORS . -£Lmv \‘A