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London, July T7th.—Official accounts reaching here frem Mel ourne, Austra- lia, telling of the escgpe of the Prince ofWales in his recent railway accident, say that the heir to the throne had an exteemely . narrow escape from serious: injury or death. Only the bed clothes broke the Prince’s fall when his coach was overthrown. An a‘joining car caught fire and the Prince crawled through the window, the calmest person in the entourage. ‘‘Any how’’, he re- marked, ‘1 have done at least one thing that ‘'was not on the official programme’’. Washington, July T7th.—Posiet Bay, last of- the first rate harbours .on the Asiatic Coast north of Port Ar- thur remaining in the possession of Russia. has passed into the hands of Japan according to official advices re- ceived. here . today = which reported the. occupation of the town ny the Japan- ese troops. .Lha harbour of Posiet Bay 57. miles south west of Vladivostock, and part of Russian Siberia, was considered for a time by Russia as the logical term- inal ‘of th2 Trans-Siberian . Railway ino preference t Vliadivostock, ou. account of the exeellent. facilities offered. by its natural pesition: ..Possession of the bay, together with-other ports, occupied by the -Japanese this. year-on the .Asiatic Cotst, aGCoiraing- (o Ohicial advices, gives Japan not oply: all salt water terminals of the-Manchurian and Siberial railways, hut every possible futyre terminal. : Washington, July _Vth.fA pronounc- ed earthquake- was record here to- day at rthe Georgetown University, Seismographical Observatory. The’ dis: tarbance began at 1.59 o’clock and continued until 2.53 o’clock, reaching its height at 2.09 o’clock. 7he centre of the disturbance was calculated at 2,500 miles from . Washington, probably in Central or South America. st. Thomas, July 97h. —Communication with St. Vincent and G-enada restored. INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL. From time to time in the last two or three yegrs, reference has been made in this Journal to various schemes propos- ed to discover economic sources whence supplies of alcohol . for providing power to motor engines, etc., could be obtain- ed. The Board of Trade Journal, March 4, 1920, publishes the report of a sub- Committee appointed on November 27, 1919, by the Standing Gommittee on the Investigation -of Prices (Profiteer- ing Act, 1919)-to investigate costs, prices and profits at all stages in respect of- Petrol, Benzole, and other Motor Fuels.” The sub-Committee’s report, dated February 17, 1920, has now been issued by the Board of Trade. Ameng the general decisions of the report, the following relate to the above mentioned question: ‘The sub-Commit- S . & L r A Y ]S tee fimd-that power alcohol is the only potentially - unlimifed source of supply of motor spirit; and that the Government should use every possible means to fos- ter the production of power aleohol, and place no restriction on the productjoon ®and use of power aleohol in the United Kingdom.’ The subject is attracting popular in- terest in the United Kingdom, ag is evi- dend®d by a cartoon in Punch, March 10, 1920, with the title ‘A Converted Spir- it.” The -cartoon represents Silenus seated on a cask which bears the in- scription ‘Alcohol for Internal Consump- tion,” the latter word having a line drawn through it, and the word ‘Combus- tion’ printed below. From the tap of - the cask there is flowing a stream of spirit through a funne into a can la- belled ‘Mot~r Spirit,” many similar cans lying near by, while motorists hurry up from aii sides. The légend beneath the cartvon is as follows: ‘Genius of Al- cohol. **And to think that I was once regarded as 'an impediment to locome- tion.”’—Agricultural News. " AN INTERESTIN‘: CEMETERY. To tourists in .the Philippines the cemetery at Manila is a very interesting spot. The resting place of the dead is enclosed within a huge wall of masonry, seven or eight feét thick and ten feet high. A strong gate of wood and iron guards the one entrance. The interior is honeycombed with crypts. Here the coffins are placed. As each crypt is fiiled it is sealed, and a small tablet bearing the name of the dead is securely fasten- ed in front. Often the space is made long so as to leave a small space in “ront of the coffin. Therear of this box like space is closed with the rablet bearing the.inscription and in the front is insert- ed a pane of glass. Within this space may be seen images, urns, or ornaments, having a religious sentiment. These crypts are rented by relatives or frierds of the departed. The cheapest are $25 a year, other rent for more. If the rent is not paid, the corpse is unfortunately taken -out and buried in the potter’s field. —~Everyday Life. : ; SLEEP? The othr day a ‘medical man, consult- ed by a patient who feared insomnia, in- stead of prescribing the expected drug, merely told his patient how to sleep. The threatened ivsomnia was banished. One should lie on the right side notjbecause this affects the heart, but becaus~ it re- lieves pressure on the digestive organs. But the right side is not ‘‘a full right’’. There should be ‘aslight tilt to the left, so that théright shoulder blade, and not just the shoulder, takes the weight. The proper position is to elevate the feet fthree inches or so higher than the head, and just to 'crook’’ the legs slightly. Head pillows should not be used, or but just a sma!l one. And that should come under the neck. Na- ture,s pillow is the sleeper’s own right arm curved. Bedclothing should be just sufficient lor warmth. Over weight or over tightness -some sheets are tucked in much too tightly-—induce restlessness which may easily develop into insomnia, which is as much a habit as a disease. Each individual has a nervous system which is his own, and unlike anyone else’s. It is,therefore,advisable,in the case of persistent inability to sleep, to move the bedstead. Try an east-west posi- tion, instead of a north-south, or vice versa. The sleeping result may surprise you.—lbd. KING GEORGE WINS 852,575 VER- DICT. The jury before Supreme Court Jus- tice Guy that has heard the suit of King George of Great Britain against Ernest Harrah, a steel broker, of New York, to recover damages for breach of a con- tract to deliver scrap steel during the war, returned a verdict for $562,575. The complaint asked for $175,000. The defense w: s that the non delivery of part. of the contract was justified be- cause Harrah had an idea that payment would not be made-and knew it would be impossible for.him to sue the British Monarch.—Porto Rico Progress. SILENT MACHINE GIiN IS SECRET- LY TESTED WASHINGTON,- June 23.- A new model of machine gun, operating by centrifu- gal force and using no explosive, is be ing secretly tested by army officials and other governmental experts at the Bur- eau of Standards. The weapon is said to have a cagacity of 11,000 shots a minute against the 500 or 600 of the present tvpes of explosive gun. The great advantage of the centrifu- gal gun, army experts says, will be in its noiseless operation. The gun consists of a rotating barrel. approximately onehalf inch in diameter, attached to motor-driven shafts, the speed of which is under :instant control By varying the speed of the driving shaft the operator controls the range. -~The Wo:ld, June 24th. ; B: j argain Sale ON t C ’s S at Lreque s dtore REAL VALUE----CHEAP! 41 King’s Street.