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‘A despatch from London says:â€" Under the gorgeous ceiling of the great hall in the Foreign Office, the plénipotentiaries of seven European nations signed with golden pens the Treaty of Locarno and its subsidiary treaties, which optimists believe, will bring to Europe a golden age of peace. Long before 11 o'clock, the time set: for the ceremony, those hidden to at-i tend began to enter the beautiful For-L eign Office hall. They included‘ statesmen, diplomats, the wives and daughter‘s of the signatories, and, scores of newspapermen. In fact,? arrangements for giving the press a; good view of the proceedings vied‘ with those made for the movie men." Almost all the seats on one side of the L hall were reserved for British and‘ foreign newspapermen, who totalled more than 150. Ranged before them in two rows of seats were the official stenographers. l LOCARNO TREATIES SISNED IN LQNDQN - USHERING GO LDEN AGE. 0E PEACE The signatoriesnentered with others who were to sit at the green table in the centre of the room. First of these to appear was Foreign Secretary Chamberlain, now Sir Austen Cham- berlain, with the German Chancellor, Luther, and French Premier, Briand, on either side of him. The distinâ€" guished 'group seabed themselves at the table in the following order: Mr. Chamberlain took the head of the table. On his right sat Premier Baldwin, and on his left Sir Cecil Hurst, legal adviser to the British delegation at Locarno. Ranged on the side of the table to Chamberlain's right were Signor sclaloja, head of the Italian delegation to the League MATTAWA FIRE LOSS _ TOTALS $150,000 Several, Families Homeless, Five Stores Destroyed in Blaze Starting in Grocery. A despatch from North Bay says:â€" Seven families are homeless, four dwellings and five stores are burned to the ground, while a number of other buildings are damaged, according to reports received here of the fire which broke out in Mattawa early Wednes- day morning. The total damage is approximately $150,000. The blaze started in the grocery store of K. C. McDonald, who was in North Bay at the time, and when it was noticed at 3.45 in the morning it had gained too mueli headway to be checked. The flames spread to a fruit store: owned by N. Karan, an Assyrian, to‘ a hardware store owned by J. A. Fink! to the drygoods store of Mr. Monsour and to the customs office. An apart- ment building tenanted by H. E. Gil- beau and Mr. Gignac, the CPR. agent, was destroyed, as was the resi- dence of L. Mosseau. The Gig-nae, Monsour, Guilbeau and Sarazin fam- ilies; who lost everything, were saved in their night attire by the fire fight- ers. They had slept through the early portion of the fire. T9 the fact that there was no Wind the people attribute the fact that the flames did not sweep through the whole town, which is largely composed of frame buildings. Following the alarm nearly all the male residents of the town turned out to fight the fire. So intense was the heat that the fronts of buildings across the street were badly scorched. Mattawa is a town of about two thousand people, situated about fifty miles east of North Bay, at the junc- tion of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers. It is in the heart of the lum- bering district and logs floated down the two rivers are ordinarily held over there. , A despatch from Calgary, Alf/21., sayszâ€"Three Drumheller miners, con- victéd by a jury on a charge of unlaw- ful assembly, were sentenced to a year's. imprisonment by Mr. Justice Boyle. A fourth, in whose case the jury recommended leniency on the ground of extreme youth, was given six months' suspended sentence. Striking Miners Sentenced to Year in Prison MUTT AND JEFFâ€"By Bud Fisher. :16”; BEING The m® Gwes MG THe AuTHomTv TD ENGAGG ALL. ‘Me Ac‘roes FoR Trhs Fwe ReeLeR- Mob \‘ou 86.qu6 out oFA J03 p PRoMPTs ME To Gwe You Proceedings were opened by Sir Austen Chamberlain, who read. a message from King George welcoming the delegates, expressing satisfaction because London was chosen as the place for signing the Locarno Treaty, and regretting that the death of Queen Alexandra prevented celebra- ting the occasion by special functions, as had been originaily intended. of Nations, representing Italy; Signor Pilotti and Marquis Medici, members of the Italian delegation; Dr. Luther, the German Chancellor; Dr. Stress- mann,’the German Foreign Minister, and Herr von Schubert of the German Foreign OffiCe. At 'the end of the tablo, facing Sir Austen Chamberlain. sat Herr Kemp. net of the German Foreign Office, and M. Roiin of the Belgian delegation. On the side of the table at Sir Aus- ten’s left sat Mr. Lampson of the British Foreign Office; the French Premier, M. Briand; M. Berthelot, Permanent Secretary of the French Foreign Office; Foreign Minister Benes of Czechoslovakia; Foreign Minister Skrzynski of Poland; M. Przedziecki, his fellow-delegate from Poland, and Premier Vandervelde of Belgium. In a long row behind the side of the table where the Germans were seated a number of diplomats and at- tache‘s grouped themselves. Behind Premier Baldwin and Foreign Secreâ€" tary Chamberlain the distinguished men who took seats included Lord Balfour, Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill, and the other members of the British Cabinet and numerous ladies. SPECULATORS CAUSE FLURRY IN WHEAT Excited Public Trafficking in Futures in Winnipeg Pit. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" It begins to look as if the wheat mar- ket was 03 on another mad ride. In the last four days, since the opening on Monday morning, the price has jumped ahead 18 cents. The advance on Thursday alone was 7 cents. Speculators are pouring into the mar- ket, and it is apparent that almost every town and village in the country has its group of citizens taking a flyer in wheat. Last year an orgy of buying by the publ-ic shot the price up until early in February it had reached the record of $2.21. This was followed by a break that took it back to $2, then down to $1.70, and later to as low as $1.45; The price of December wheat on; sale, t'roIessor W. L. uar.yie. 5:18.11â€" Thursday was higher than on the same; age? 0f the Prmce’s "meh at Pelelfiog date a year ago_ December dosed at; Alberta, announced to the crowd in $1.60 6-8, compared with $1.58 3-4 a l the sales building that the reason for year ago. The May and July options, the “King Of the Fairies" gOing‘ 0“ however, are not quite as high as a V the auction block was that the Prince year 3.30, being $161342 and $1.59 3-8 lof Wales intends to bring out another TeSPeCtWely’ compared With $165 am; ‘ pure-bred Shorthorn bull from Britain “15.32355 0’} D?°' 3.9f 1?St“¥f’fr_:w_ __ l early in the new year. The wheat pit at Winnipeg on Thursday was highly exciting. No one appeared to know what was going to happen next. Buying of options by the local public, higher cables from Liverpool, and news of bad crop con- ditions in the Argentine all combined to send prices soaring. Although wheat has shot ahead, oats, barley, flax and rye are all considerably lower than a year ago. Wheat marketed to date in the West totals 265,000,000 bushels. London Buys Heavily of Canadian Wheat A despatch from London says:â€" The London Wheat market has been very active during the last few days and large purchases of Canadian wheat have been made. As many as 16 cargoes, mostly of Canadian and Australian grain were bought at prices which represented advances of from one shilling to one shilling and six .pence per quarter 'over the closing quotations of Wednesday. The Lon- don market is still waiting definite news of the crop conditions in Argen- tina and in the meantime, millers are securing supplies chiefly from North America. \N SCGNE 0M5 ATM“ CAB ls speebmc Down) Tue- ‘ ROAD AND A: Fr Panes UNDER A "(Ree w wHtcH You Mae HIDDEN You JUMP AND MAIN) 0N m5 np.’ I‘LL HAVE To saw you _ How THAT (5 DONG'. POPULARITY BRINGS DOWN PRICE OF BULL The wife of Sir Austen Chamberlain was Bignvally honored when the King conferred on her the title or Dame of Grand Cress of the Order of the Bri- flsh Emrpi're, recognizing the important part. she played in the Locamo con- ference. The above photograph shovivs‘ Dame Chamberlain wifli her daughter and two sons. 5 “King of the Fairies,” from Royal Ranch, Lamed and Exhausted by Admirers. A despatch from Chicago says:â€" The champion §horthorn bull, “King of the Fairies,” owned by H.R.H. the: Prince of Wales, which was also granfd; champion at the Royal Winter Show‘ at Toronto this year, is now the prop-E erty of Frank C. Baker, Kansas City. Mo. This famous hull was sold for. the astonishingly low price of $1,050: at the auction sale of Shorthorn cattle' at the Exposition. Mr. Baker admitted after “King of the Fairies” had become his prop erty that he had come to the sale pre- pared“ch pay a much higher price, if nece‘sfi'zlry, to secure the buill for his farm near Kansas City. A despatch from London says:â€" After 23 years of suffering from der- matitis, caused by experiments with X-ruy, Reginald G. Backell is dead in a London hospital. He was a pioneer in that branch of service. A c0- worker says: “I doubt if in the whole range of martyrs to science there could be found a more striking case. He was only 44 and suffered half his life. Although toward the end he en- duted agony, he never comp‘ained, and retained his eihus‘ann for science, kecping up with developments. With t-u-th arms give, he still worked as ‘ amiser, when able." Two years ago a newspaper raised a small sum for him, and it is now 5 bored there will be help for the widow from the Carnegie Fund. Prior to the bull being put .up for" sale, Professor W. L. Carlyle. Manâ€" ager of the Prince’s ranch at Pekisko, Alberta, announced to the crowd in the sales building that the reason for the “King of the Fairies” going on the auction block was that the Prince The price of popularity was the principal cause for the low price, for since the arrival of “King of the Fairies" from Toronto last week thou- sands have inspected the animal, causing it to stand up continuously, and therefore when it entered the sales ring on Thursday the bull limp- ed and showed every sign of exhausâ€" tion. / Scientist Gives Life for Cause of X-Ray WIFE OF FOREIGN SECRETARY HONORED BY THE KING CANADA’S NET DEBT HIGHER IN NOVEMBER Interest Charges Form Largest Item of Ex- penditure. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Canada’s net debt increased by $22,- 594,074 during the month of Novemâ€" ber, according to figures issued by the Finance Department. The net debt of the Dominion now stands at $2,882,- 616,883, as compared with $2,360,022,â€" 809 on the 3181; of last October. Dur- ing the month of November of last year the net debt showed an increase of $35,405,272 at the end of Novemâ€" ber as compared with October. The net debt of Canada on November 30, 1924, was $2,411,754,347, so that there has been a decrease in the year am- ounting to $29,137,464. x l t A A despatch from Vancouver, BC, gaysâ€"Asbestos nearly equal in qual- lity to that of the famous deposits from which Quebec supplies the world has been found at the head waters of Quoicek Creek, off the Fraser River, near Lytton, it was learned at the British Columbia Chamber of Mines on Friday. l A box of the asbestos fibre sent in [by one of the owners of the property ‘is admitted by mining men to be one rof the best that has ever been shown ‘in Vancouver from a British Columbia 1 property. ' l The fibre is long, and the material, I ialthough soft, is strong. The largest item on the expendi- ‘ture side of the sheet is that covering payments of interest on the public debt. â€"For the eight months it amount- ed to $101,917,554 as against $103,â€" 543,508 in the eight months of the last fiscal year. The second item in the expenditure column is that of $21,- 830,642 for pensions which is some- what higher than in the eight months of last year when pensions totalled $20,064,144. § A despatch from London says:â€" 'British figures show that during the [first nine months of this year, 26,817 jemigrants of British nationality pro- ; ceded to Canada. This compares with i17,706 who went to Austraiia; 7,748 who went to New Zealand, and 14,668 I who went to the United States. Rich Asbestos Find is 3 Made in British Columbia Thewvein has been traced for sev- eral miIes, it is stated, and has been found to be of considerable Width. Britons Leave for Canada at Rate of 3,000 Monthly the A despatéh frofn Geneva sayszâ€"A bare margin of two and one-haEf hours stood between warfare on an extensive scale fix the Balkans when the‘ League ENEERVENTIQN 0F LEAGUE PREVENTS WAR BETWEEN GREECE AND BULGARIA stood 'betwmn warfare on an extensive scale fix the Balkans when the‘ League of Nations intervened in- the Grace- Bulgar dispute, according to‘revela- tionssmade in the Rumbold Investiga- tion Commission report. When the Briand ultimatum reached the capitals Athens had- ord- ered a mass attack upon Petrich by 1,000l.men andthree batteries of artil- lery, while Bulgaria had issued orders to a defensive contingent of one bat- talion of regular troops with twelve cannon and hundreds 'of irregular: to contest the' advance. " l, The message from Athens to the commanding officer to halt the ad- vance arrived at 6 a.m.; 8.80 had been fixed as zero hour. Had Petrich been attacked the losses certainly would have reached hundreds, (lighting flames of a war which ‘could not easily have been extinguished. The Rum- Dbold report is an extensive document which reveals as causes of the con- flict the inherent defects-in the fron- ‘tier guard system in the Balkans and Man. Wheatâ€"No. 1 North, $1.67 No. 2 North, 31.68%; No. 8 North $1.60%. > _ v oats, No. 2. CW. hominal: No. 8, file; No. 1 feed, 49c; No. 2 feed, 4655c. . V Ain. barn, track. Torohtmâ€"No. 2 yellpy, 93c. Ont. good milling wheatâ€"$1.30 to $1.33, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barleyâ€"Making, 67 to 69¢. BuckwheaFNo. 3, nominal. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 80c. Ont. flourâ€"Toronto, 90 per cent. pat, per barrel, in cnrlots, Toronto. $6.20; seaboard, in bulk, $6.20. Strawâ€"Carlots, per ton, $9 to $9.50. Screenings -â€" Standard, recleaned. 1.0.2. bay ports, per ton, $20. MillfeeaneL, Montreal freights, bags included. Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, 1' ton, $30; mlddlings, per gang $3 ; good feed flour, per bag. . 0. 0 nt. points. Cheese~â€"New, large, 24 to 24%c; twins, 24% to 2555c; triplets, 26c; Stiltons, 27c. 01d, large, 28c; twins, 29c; triplets, 300. Butteéâ€"Fi'nest creamery prints. 48c; No. 1 creamery, 47c; No. 2, 45 to_46c, Qairy prints, 41_ to 429. Eggsâ€"Fresh extras, in cartons, 78 to 80c; fresh extras, loose, 75c; fresh firsts, 60 to 65c; storage extras, 45 $0 46c; storage firsts, 42 to 43¢; stogage second_s, 36 to 37c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, spring, 1b., 30c; hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 24 to 28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 22c; roosters, 18c; ducklings. 5 lbs. and up, 28 to 26¢; tugkeys, 35g. I Heavy steers, choice. $7.75 to $8.50; do, good, $7 to $7.50; butcher .steers, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do, good, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $4.75 to $5.50; ‘do, com., $4 to $4.50; butcher heifers, !choice, $6.50 to. $7.25; do. good, $5.75 fto $6.25; do, med., $4.50 to $5; do, Ecom., $3.75 to $4.50; butcher cows, I'choice, $5 to $5.25; do, fair to good, [$4 to $4.50; butcher bulls. good, $4.50 ‘to $5.75; boiognas, $3.25 to $3.50; canners and cutters, $2.50 to $3.15; springers, choice, $90 to $110;»g00d milch cows, $75 to $85; medium cows, :45 to $60; feeders, good, $5.75 to I 6.50; do, fair, $4.50 50 $5; stockers, lgood, $4.75 to $5.50; do, fair, $4 to ‘$4.60; calves, choice, $12 to $13.50; 'do, good, $9 to $10; do, graSSers, $5 !to $6; good light sheep, $6.50 to $7.50; {heavies and bucks, $4.50 to $5.50; good Hambs, $14 to $14.25; do, med.. $12.50 ' Honéy-â€"50-lb. tins, 11% to 12¢ per 11).; IO-Ib. tins, 11% to 12¢; 5-1b. tins, 12 to 12%c; 2§§-Ib. tins, 14 to 141%;0. Maple p'roduceâ€"Syrup, r imp gal., $2.40; per >5-gal. tin, £5.30 pex gal.; maple sugar, 1b., 25 to 26c. Bea-mi, Can. handpicked, 1b., 6c primes. 5 to A5_%c.r Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, med., 26 to 28¢; cooked hams, 40 to 42¢; smoked rolls, 22c; cottage, 23 to 25¢; break- fast bacon, 32 to 86c; special brand breakfast bacon. 38 tv 39c; backs. boneless, 30 to 37c. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $22; 70 to 90 lbs., $20.50; 20 lbs. and up, $19.50; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $43.60; heavyweight rolls, $39.60 per barrel. Lardâ€"Pure tierces, 18 to 18%c; tubs, 181/2 to 19c; pails, 19 to 19550; prints, 20 to 201/20; shortening tierces, 13%c; tubs. 14c; pails, 14%c; blocks, 15 to 15m. 7 C W!) THE MARKETS oatsâ€"40 to 43¢, f.o.b. shipping Jeff is Very Efficient at Doing Some Things. TORONTO designates the refugees situation 33' one of the major contributing factors.L It finds Greece almost entirely to blame and has assessed damages totalÂ¥ ling.30,000,00'0 levas, about $249,000. Of this amount $146,000 is assessed as reparation for material and moralv damage, which includes the loss of the life of one lieutenant, fou'r soldiers, two children, five civilians, the wound- ing of nineteen persons, the loss of working days by 3,500 peasants forced from their homes, ‘th‘reedcases of rape and the extortion of money from the peasants by the Greeks." Both Greece and Buigaria are send- ing delegations to the December Coun- cil. Sofia will accept unequivocally, but Greece is expected to ask ameii- oration of the conditions, which the League is not expected to grant. The commission recommends that the fron- tier g'uard system be reorganized by a commission of the League consisting of frontier officials of the same na- tionality who will work in close co- operation with each other on opposite sides of the border. It also urges an immediate adjustment of the minor- ity and refugee questions. to $18; do, bucks. $10.75 to $11;'do, culls, $11 to $12; hogs, thick smooths, fed and watered, $12.35; do, f.o.b., $11.75; do, country points, $11.50; do, 011' cars, $12.75; select premium, $2.42. lmonths-old d:- mm}: {Allister Sutherland, 38 Courtlsnd lAve., died in St. Mary's Hospital yes- Iterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from {terrible burns sustained when the child swallowed a quntity of crezoline, a. lpoison twice as strong as carbol‘lo lacid. MONTREAL. Qats, CW, No. 3, 59%c; extra No. 1 feed, 56%c; No. 2 l a] white, 53%c. Flour, Man. spring w eat pats., firsts, $8.90 to $9.10; seconds, $8.40 to $8.60; strong bakers’. $8.20 to $8.40; winter pats., choice, $7.50. Rolled oats, bags,‘ 90 lbs., $8.50. Bran, $29.25 to $30.26. Shorts, $81.25 to $32.25. Middlings, $321.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 1 . r CheeSFFinest week, 21% to 22¢. Butterâ€"«No.1 1 pasteurized, 44c; do,‘ No. 1 creamery, 43 to 43%c; do, see- onds, 42 to 42%c. Eggs, storage ex- tras, 46; do, storage firs 41c; do, storage seconds, 86c; do, resh s cials, 75 to 80¢; do, fresh extras, 7 e; do, fresh firsts, 65c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, Quebec, $2.75. Good veals, $11; medium ones, $10 and $10.50; graseers, $4.75 to $5; hogs, mixed lots, $12.75; do, selects, $13 to $13.25; sows, $10. KITCHENER CHILD SWALLOWS POISON Dies from Bums Caused by Drinking Cresoline, Twice as Strong as Carbolic. Kitchener, Ont, Dec. 6.â€"Gloria Sutherland, the oneâ€"yearâ€"atflfiefi The child was downstairs playing, and her mother being upstairs, when she crawled up and got the cresoline from a shelf. few minutes later she was frothing at the mouth and was rushed to the hospital, where she soon lapsed into unconsciousness and died 2% hours aft-er taking the poison. The child was terribly burned about the mouth and lips, While apparently some of the poison had spilled from the container, for her breast was bad- ly burned. Marshal Joflre Has Written Memoirs of Great War A despatch from Paris says:â€" Marshal Jofi're has admitted that he has written his memoirs of the W611i] War, but says that the time has not yet come to publish them. “I am still in active service," he explains, alluding ‘to the fact that there is no retiring age for marshals of France, who, therefore, are sub- ject technical-hr during their lifetime to the regulations which forbid arm officers in active service to puin ‘ anything connected with army meta ters. Every time it rains the real optL‘ mist consoles himself with the thought; that the sun is shining somewhere.