HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-05-19, Page 2SCOTLAND YARD SWOOPS ON SOVIET
Strong Detachment of Authorities Investigate Russians’
Proceedings.
THOUGHT THEY COULD TWIST LION’S TAIL WITH
IMPUNITY AND IMMUNITY,
London.—One of the most spectac
ular raids in London’s historic finan
cial district took place Friday when
45 men from Scotland Yard swooped:
down upon the Soviet House in Moor
gate and took charge not only of the
Arcos offices, but of the quarters oc
cupied by the Russian Trade Delega
tion, whose officials are supposed to
be immune from arrest.
The Scotland Yard men were re
inforced by 60 uniformed policemen,
■who surrounded the five-storey build
ing, and no one was permitted to
enter or depart without permission,
Acting under the instructions of the
Home Office, they took complete
charge of the entire building, and
well on to midnight the search was
continuing.
The raid which began shortly be
fore 5 o’clock in the afternoon, was
carried out under the authority of a
search warrant issued by a Guildhall
Magistrate upon request of White
hall officials, who presented evidence
designed to convince the Magistrate
ihat the laws of the country had been
violated, and that on this account
drastic steps were deemed necessary
in the interest of public safety.
The employees of Arcos, a corpor
ation which controls Russian trade,
as well as the employees of the Trade
Delegation, were taken completely by
surprise. Before they had time to
realize what had happened the build
ing from attic to cellar was in the
hands of detectives, ■who endeavored
to gain control of papers and docu
ments and took measures to prevent
any slipping from their grasp. Con
sternation prevailed among the clerks
and typists, girls and young men, and
for more than an hour not one of
them was permitted to leave the prem
ises, They were allowed to go, how
ever, before the search in earnest be
gan, but the officials were detained
and closely questioned by Scotland
Yard men throughout the evening.
Sir Wyndham Childs of Scotland
Yard, who was in charge of the raid,
informed the Associated Press late
Friday night: “No arrests yet.” Other
officials said the search was likely to
continue all night and to-morrow, but
none gave any intimation of the char
acter of the evidence sought,
Asked if the raid had any bearing
upon the Pekin raid and the docu
ments unearthed there, the officials
took the view that the raid was abso
lutely without any political signifi
cance and had been brought about by
evidence in the hands of the author
ities which convinced them that they
were justified in seeking a police
search warrant for the entire build
ing.
Sir William Joyns-on-Hicks, the
Secretary, authorized the police to
apply immediately to a Magistrate
for a search warrant. Application
was made Thursday to the City court
and the warrant was duly executed.
Earlier in the day, Scotland Yard
had supposed the police would need
to go to Plymouth, Newcastle and
other towns to execute raids, but fin
ally these instructions were cancelled
and it was decided to search the Arcos
Building alone.
The Daily Mail declares that some
of the Soviet staff showed hostility to
the police during the early part of
the raid, especially in the safe depart
ment, and it was accordingly consid
ered necessary to furnish each police
man with a revolver and ammunition.
It adds that the police found rifles
and “life-preservers” on the premises,
which we confiscated.
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SCENES OF TRANS-ATLANTIC TRAGEDY
was brightly hoped to be an epoch-making flight smilingly undertaken by Capt. Coli (the one-eyed navigator, centre) and Capt, Nungesser,
the handsoL debonair French Ace, left and right. Below is map of the supposed route. Latest reports indicate toe possibility of the plane having
reached Newfoundland, but to date that is but conjecture. In the meantime the world anxiously awaits definite word of the Argonauts of Die air.
TERRIBLE DEATH
IN MOTOR CRASH
Capt/-G. H. Wilkins
Who, with his pilot, Ben Eielson, are
safe, after having been in the unknown
Arctic since March 29, when they flew
north from Point Barrow to explore
new territory. The trip,was made un
der the auspices of the North Ameri
can Newspaper Alliance.
CAR SKIDS IN SUBWAY
Toronto.—When his motor car
skidded on the car tracks in the King
street subway at Parkdale, crashing
head-on into One of the steel pillars
at 12.10 Thursday, Charles J. Mc
Cabe, aged 34, of 569 Windermere
avenue, secretary-treasurer of McCabe
& Co., Lt., funeral (Directors, was
thrown head-first through the wind
shield and his jugular vein was sev
ered. He was able to get out of the
car, and stood holding his throat un
til assistance arrived, but he died a
few minutes later in the Toronto Gen
eral Hospital. ’»
Mr. McCabe had been 'travelling
west on the car tracks and evidently
when attempting to turn to the right
on the roadway his car skidded and
dashed headlong into the pillar,
crushing the radiator back against
the engine.
BLOSSOM WEEK
SITUATION GROWS
GRAVE AS TOWNS
ARE THREATENED
Winnipeg.—The Seine, Red and
Assiniboino Rivers continued to rise
rapidly Thu iday, threatening addi
tional towns and farm lands in var
ious sections of Manitoba. * <
The most serious situation was re
ported at St. Anne, on the banks of
the Seine River, 29 miles southeast
of Winnipeg. The swollen waters
of the Seine, fed by recent rains,
spread over the southern section of
the little village Thursday, and were
rapidly advancing toward the busi
ness section. Several residents were
marooned in their homes, while in the
farming districts to the south of St,
Anne many persons have abandoned
their houses. Roads have been inun
dated and traffic bridges flooded. The
flood waters covered a large area of
farm lands in the southeastern sec
tion of the province.
To the south of Winnipeg, the Red
ttivet* is Tnpidly wHilc Lo t>lic
west of the city the Assiniboine was*
on the rampage, swirling waters ’cov
ering thousands of acres of farm
lands in the Marquette and Poplar
Point districts.
In Winnipeg, both the Red and the
Assiniboine showed a rapid rise, but
damage is not feared in the city un
less the rivers both reach a peak at
the same lime,
Presbytery Deplores Publish
ing Salacious Details of
Court Cases
Hamilton,—The salacious appeal of
many newspaper reports of current
criminal trials, as well as the over
emphasis of sex In many forms of
commercialized amusement, were con
demned roiifRtly by the Hamilton
Presbytery of the United Church,
St. Catharines.—In spite of the
comparatively cool weather Thursday,
peach trees throughout the Niagara
fruit belt continued to burst into blos
som, and the orchards are already an
alluring sight. It is believed that the
peach ..blossoms will be at their best
by Sunday, and that next week (May
15th to 21st) will be Blossom Week.
The cherry orchards at present are
the most beautiful, and the blossoms
are already dropping off. Plum and
pear trees are also in bloom. Judging
by the wealth of peach blossoms, the
peach crop this year should be heavy,
growers said.
New Orleans, La.—The Bayou des
Glaises levee, a break in which will
flood great areas of some of the rich
est sugar “ parishes in Louisiana, is
still holding.
Since early Wednesday morning the
entire State has been watching the
battle in the Acadian country, where
thousands of men labor to hold in
check a vast sheet of water, approxi
mating in area more than 500,000
acres, while through it surges the
turbulent cp^rents of the Mississippi,
thepUlodj and", the backwater torrents
of the Arkansas. t
Shortly after midnight Thursday
morning word came from the Bayou
des Glaises that the levee was “tot
tering” and that its collapse was only
a question of a few hours. But the
line still holds, while the men of the
sugai' lands battle on in a supreme
‘effort to save the “Sugar Bowl” from
the deluge.
Along the 70-mile front, in which
the Bayou des Glaises is the most im
portant link, 25,0'00 planters^ tenants,
laborers, white men and black, strive
to accomplish what engineers declare
is, according to all the rules, an im
possible task.
But no word suggesting surrender
comes from the battle zone.. Water
is reported seeping through weak
places in the centre. Waves, wash, as
they call the river pombersf Mown th’is
way, are eating at the’'tops of the
levees. And the prest of the Red
River flood is still 24 or perhaps 48
hours away. At the same time the
crest of the Arkansas backwaters is
moving steadily and irresistibly to
the south.
The extreme gravity of the situa
tion in the Red River zone is intensi
fied by the fact that flood waters
everywhere, south of Natchez, even at
New Orleans, are rising.
OURJUBILEE
A Skin Game
Vancouver Province (Ind.): A man
ovei* in Yakima is engaged in the
hazardous occupation of catching rat
tle snakes for their skins. In two days
he bagged 170 of the cenomous rep
tiles. It is a great life if you do not
get rattled^.
Scouts Offer Services
Ottawa.—The Boy Scouts’ Assoeia-
A SEVERE COLD
TURNED TO
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Mrs. Marlett Gee, R.R. No. 1,
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Evidence of Fiancee of Dead
Doctor Taken
Montreal.—Coroner McMahon Wed
nesday heard an account of the events
which led up to Sunday night’s shoot
ing tragedy <at the Royal Victoria
Hospital from the former fiancee of
Dr. Frank Brown.
The woman, whose name is being
withheld and who is not connected
with the hospital, told the Coroner
that for some months she was the'
fiancee of Dr^Jjb^nk Brown, who put
a bullet througlxHMiead after wound
ing Dr. J. F. Puddicombe, an interne
of ..the Pine Avenue Institution. Last
February, said the girl, the engage
ment was broken, but she and Brown
agreed to be friends, despite what had
happened. At the time, Dr. Brown
told her he was able to reconcile him
self to losing her as a wife, but warn
ed her that if he discovered she was
attached to anyone else, he would kill
the man. The girl refused to consider
this remark seriously.
The pair continued to see one an
other from time to time, and last
Saturday Dr. Brown took his former
fiancee for an automobile ride. She
then told him that Ahe had fallen in
love with Dr. Puddicombe.
Brown received this information
very badly. “I will kill him to-mor
row,” he declared, according to what
the girl reported to the Coroner.
Again she believed he was ’ merely
“talking.”
AGED MAPLE MAN
OVERCOME BY GAS
Toronto.—Robert Watson, aged 75,
formerly of Maple, Ont., was found
dead late Wednesray afternoon in a
sitting position on a chair near a gas
stove in the kitchen of his daughter’s
apartment, in the Willard1 Apart
ments, King street and Triller avenue.
Police discovered that the pilot
light was out and gas was still pour
ing from one of the burners. Close
to the gas stove was a window which
tion of Canada has offered its services: bad been hoised a short distance. It
to the National Committee for the thought that the wind bleW out the
Celebration of the Jubilee of Confed-J gas lights, and that Mr. Watson was
eration, and has requested that to it
be allotted the task of decprating the
graves of the Confederation, Fathers.
The association declares, in a letter
received from its head, Dr. J. W. Rob-
ertson, that, while it is desirous of
rendering all assistance in connection
with the celebration, it to particularly
desirous of taking on a duty of a con
crete national character.
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JUDGES APPOINTED
Ottawa.—Official announcement of
three judicial apopintments Was made
Thursday.
J. C. Moore, barrister, Wiarton,
Ont., has been appointed Judge of
the County ..Court of the County of
Dufferin, to succeed the late Judge
Scellen.
William Arthur Dowler, K.C., Fort
William, Ont., has been appoint?1
Judge of the District Court of the
Provincial ’ Judicial District of
Kenora.
G. F. Mahon, barrister, Woodstock,
Ont., has been appointed Junior Judge
Of the County of Essex, irr succession
to Judge Smith, who recently retired.
The new Judge of Duffer in, County
is a son of the late John T. Moore,
one time Toronto Aiderman, for whom
Moore Park, Toronto, was named.
. TORONTO.
- rnair\ dealers on the Toronto Board
nn Were mak,hl& the snowingquotations, per car lots:
_TMa»- wheat—No. 1 North., $1.60;
N°- 2 North., $1.56; No. 3 North.
$1.49, c.i.f. bay ports.
Man. oats, No. 2 CW, nominal; No.
3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 63%c; No.
2 teed, nominal; western grain quota
tions in c.i.f. ports.Am. corn, Toronto freights—No. 2
yellow, kiln dried, $1; No. 3 yellow,
kiln dried, 98c.
Millfeed—Del. Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $32.25;
§40r25’ P6r tOn’ ?34,25; middlinSS,
Ont. oats, 50c f.o.b. shipping points.
Ont. good milling wheat—$1.30, f.
o.b. shipping points, according to
freights.
Barley—Malting, 72c.
.Buckwheat—75c, nominal.
Rye—No. 2, $1.00.
Man. flour—First pat,, in cotton,
$8.65; in jute, $8.50; Toronto, second
pat., in jute, $8.
Ont. flour—Toronto, 90 per cent.,
patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto,
$5.40; seaboard, in bulk, $5.60.
PRODUCE.
Wholesalers are offering produce to
retailers at the following prices:
Cheese—New, large, 17c; twins,
17% to 17%c; triplets, 17% to 17%c;
Stiltons, > 20c; Old, large, 20c; twins,
20%c. Old Stiltons, 23c.
Butter—No. 1 creamery, 40c; No.
2, 38c. Dairy prints, 34 to 35c.
Eggs—Fresh extras, in cartons,
35 to 36c; fresh extras, loose, 35c f
fresh firsts, 38c; fresh seconds, 29 to
30c.
Poultry, dressed—Spring chickens,
55c; chickens, 5 lbs. Up> 40c; do, 4 "to
5 lbs., 38c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 35c; do, 2%
to 3%c, 34c; broilers, 1% to 2% lbs.,
38c; hens, over 5 lbs., 32c; do, 4 to 5
lbs., 30c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 28c; roosters,
25c; turkeys, 46 to 47c; spring duck
lings, 38c.
Beans—Can. hand-picked, $3.60 to
83.90 bushe:'; primes, $3?45 to $3.60.
Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
gal., S2.25 to $2.30; per 5 gal., $2.15
to $2.25 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25
to 26c.
Honey—60~Ib. tins, 13 to 13%c; 10-
lb. tins, 13% to 13%c; 5-lb. tins, 14 to
14%c; 2%-Ib. tins, 16c.
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Beer Travels as Tires
Hamilton.—The process of camou
flaging beer-laden railway freight
cars in, an effort to get thir contents
into the United States was developed
further for the benefit of the Royal
Customs Commission here. Cars of
“contractors’ equipment,” of scrap
leather” and of “automobile tires”
proved, according to evidence, to con
tain large quantities of Canadian ale.
One shipment of scrap automobile
tires turned out to be 38,000 bottles of
Canadian ale, packed in barrels and
screened with old tires at the doors
of the car, and scattered over the con
tainers.
Matiion Sees Premier
Comb honey—$4 to $5 per dozen.
PROVISIONS.
Smoked meats—Hams, med., 30 to
32c; cooked hams, 43c; smoked
rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 83c;
backs, boneless, 32 to 42c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon,
60 to 70 lbs., $21; 70 to 90 lbs., $19;
90 to 100 lbs., and up, $18; light
weight rolls, in barrels, $11.50; heavy
weight rolls, $38.50 per bbl.
Lard—Pure tierces, 14 to 14%c;
tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c;
prints, 16% to 17c; shortening tierces,
13%c; tubs, 13%c; pails, 14%c; blocks
and tins, 16% c-
Heavy beef steers, $8.75 to $9.25;
do, fair, $8 to $8.50; butcher
steers, choice, $8.75 to $9; do, fair
to good, $7.50 to S8; butcher heif
ers, choice, $8.25 to $8.75; do, com.,
$6.75 to $7.25; butcher cows, good to
choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do, fair to good,
$5.25 to $6; do, com. to med., $4.50
to $5; do, canners and cutters, $2.50 to
$4; butcher bulls, good to choice, $6.50
to $7?25; do, med., $5.25 to $5.75; do,
bolognas, $4.50 to $5; baby beef, $8.50
to $12.00; feeders, choice, $7.00 to
$7.50; do, fair, $6,25 to $6.75; Stock
ers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, fair to
med., $5.50 to $6; springers, $80 to
$110; milch cows, $75 to $90; plain
to med. cows, $45 to $65; calves,
choice, $10.50 to $12; do, med., $8 to
$9; do, com., $5.50 to $6; lambs, choice
$14 to $14.50; bucks, $11 to $11.50;
sheep, choice, $8 to $8'.5O; do, heavies,
$6 to $7.50; do, culls, $4 to $5; hogs,
bacon selects, w.o.c., $10.75; do, thick
smooths, w.o.c., $10.25.
Chief Interest Centre Around
the Fate of Trans-Atlantic
Flyers
St. John’s, Nfld.—Possibility that
the search for the missing French
transatlantic fitters, Nungesser and
Coli, may be narrowed down consid
erably, was strengthened Thursday
night when two responsible eitiens of
Harbpr Grace, 63 miles north of hei'e,
testified before Magistrate John
Casey of that place that they had
distinctly heard an aeroplane pass
over near them homes through the
mist of last Monday morning.
Patrick O’Brien declared that while
working in his field on a highland
about a mile from the shore, he heard
the “hum” of an aeroplane motor. It
was 9.30 o’clock (Atlantic standard
time). ''
Captain John Stapleton, another
resident of Harbor Grace, declared
that at the same hour he was in to.wn
and heard an aeroplane motor, the
machine seeming to pass in a north
easterly direction. He did not see the
plane, but was not surprised owing
to the thick weather.
A report was current Thursday
that the French plane had been heard
at Placentia also on Monday morning,
but this could not be confirmed.
thick
Win-
of a
were
MONTREAL.
The demand for Spring and
ter wheat grades of flour was
limited character, but prices
firm. t ,The trade in millfeed was fairly
active, and prices ruled steady. The
demand for standard grades of rolled
oats was quiet but- values were un
changed. Quotations were:
Oats, CW, No. 2, 76y2c; do, No. 3,
69c. Flour, Mon. spring wheat pats.,
firsts, $8.50; do, seconds, $8; do,
strong bakers, $7.80; winter patents,
choice, $5.90 to $6. Rolled Oats, bag
of 90 lbs., $3.40 to $3.50. Bran, $32.25.
Shorts, $34.25. Middlings, $40.25.
Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14.50.
An air attack on the cotton pests of
the Soudan is the plan of Sir Sefton
’’i Branch er, vice-air-marshal and director
of civil aviation.
Taken From Carriage While Mother
and Father Shopped
Police so far have been unable to
find the missing abby. Inquiries made
at all hospitals the Infants’ Homes,
and other institutions failed to throw
.any light as to the whereabouts of
the child.
Hon. Dr. R. J. Manion, one of the
members of the Liquor Control Board,
was closeted with the Ferguson Cab
inet for some time Wednesday at the
Parliament Buildings, giving rise to
the belief that regulations formally
setting in motion the sale of liquor
under the new system of Government
control will be made public at an early
date. ,•
Toronto.—While asleep Wednesday
afternoon in his baby carriage near
the Queen street^ entrance to a de
partmental store, Lloyd Daley, aged
2 months, was kidnapped.
Mrs. Mary Daley, 164 Duchess
street, pother of the child, had left
the infant sleeping while she went
to the fifth floor of the store to have
a glass of buttermilk.
The baby was lifted from the car
riage and carried away, unnoticed by
any store attendants on-duty in the
doorways,
All night Wednesday, ail day
Thursday, and until Friday morning
the frantic mother was without her
babe. On Friday the police located:
the missing child and it was later
turned to the rejoiced mother'
patently none the worse for its
perienec.
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