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1'Irir.41y'. Attains 14. 1919.
THE LIBERAL CHN)'CNTIOti,,
The Liberal convention at Ottawa layt
weer, was a great occasion and marked the
,- beginning of a new era in the history of
the Liberal party of Canada. A strong,
pr ag essive platform was adopted. and a
young and aggressive leader was chosen
:as the official head of the movement for
the carrying into effect of the Ltib.ial
poltciee.
It might have been expected that after
the recent split in the party over the
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by which the weight was removed Mon=
trent retained consciousness during -the
tatted. wounds to his head being ben -
i daged as he awaited release. His re:
orrery iaconsidered doubtful.
$AVIS HER BABY.
Capt. Latour' was at dinner with his
• wife and five children when the explo-
sion occurred. Mrs. Latour instincti•rely
arose to pick up her sill months' old baby
as the root of the little cabin was crushed
in. She was the most seriously hurt of
any of the family. When ...e captain
rushed on deck. only one man of the
crew or loading gang was upon his feet.
He was Lascarveraux, who had extricated
himself from beneath a mass of wreckage,
hiving one shoe and pert of his clothing.
Perron was on the dock. As the first
missile "truck his forehead he plunged into
the harbor, and the larger pieces of debris
struck him on his way to the surface. He
was able to keep afloat until helped from
- -- -- -the water. His back is injured. but he
and SW
insists on keeping in a sttttog posture.
sent to a ho pita) early this evening. All
tem of aAd.i.rage warehouses. storage capacity, of 2 500.000. Superin• but two of the dead were married. Beck
rates. Extensors of the system of Gov- }n u Lida els brtween 400.000 Neither he nor Montreuil had yet been
ernment elevatorsand the establishing of 000 bushels of wheat. out of a total i
a sys
She Welland Canal. twenty miles west of
Buffalo. It is in the township ol Hum-
berstone. Welland county.
• The elevator is one of the finest on the
continent. was built by the Canadian
Government and cost between three and
tour millions. 1t has about 400.000
bushels of grain in store
The Maple Leaf Milling Co. has its big
grinding plant about 700 feet away from
the elevator. The windows of the mills
were blown out and otherwise it was more
or iese damaged. but to no great loss.
THOUSANDS OF MOTORS.
The barge Quebec, owned by the
Montreal Transportatioo Company of
Montreal. will be a total loss and is
valued at $100,000. The great loss of
life has cast a gloom over the town.
Thousands of aueomobiles from all parte
of the country visited cite scene of the
disaster today and it was almost impos-
sible to reach the elevator for the crowd
of people. The Maple Leaf Milling
Company is taking care of the steamers
Westmount and Horne Smith. which
arrived early this morning lith discharge
C3rgoe5.
The exercise of the severest economy rendent Fawcett this afternoon stated his and Dunham are each survived by a
question of conscription there would be by the Government. end the ranging of be tit that the rain would be salt sued.. widow and family of nine.•oma evidence, of disagreement and der revenues to a gfeater extent be the taxing •• was as noltire in the wheat," he said.
• ol.business profits and incomes. and taxes What took fire was belting and such . Port Colborne is at the Lake Erie end of
ruption in the convention. On the c
trary. the proceedings were harmonious
throughout. and the get-together spirit
was coupled with an earnest enntth $muni
which added dignity and pow
to the
gathering. A significant demonstration of
trio strength of nation-wide bey
was given by rte Dnttaiht Pr
ovr
incial Premiers -Murray of Nova Scotia.
Foster ot New Brunswick. Bell of Prince
Edward bland. GOUT ofSaskatchewan
Norris
of Manitoba,
Stewart of Alberta, Oliver of British
Columbia. Mr. H. H.Dethe. leader y Proof
tai,
the Ontario Oppis not in
•
incial Liberal leader whose party
power. and he was a popular figure at the
convention as the repre•entative of the
hghtmg Liberalism of Ontario.
From the sten fpoint of the spectacular.
the selection of the man who is to lead
the party .n Federal affairs was the out,
standing. if not the most mmpxtant,
feature of the conventilan. Four name*
went to the ballot -Hon. W. S. Field-
ing, Hoo. George P. Graham. D. D.
Mackenzie. and Hon. W. L. Mackenzie
King. Premier Martin of Saskatchewan
was ur;ed to allow his name to gas before
the convention, and it he had done ea he
would have been a very strong candidate.
bet he declined. oa the ground that ins
duties as Provincial Premier were teufhc
the impotent and onerous
Present time. Later on. when a Liberal
Cabinet is formed at Ottawa. it is not
unlikely that Mr. Martin will be tsu�
portfolios.
holding one of the leading
On the first ballot Writhe leadership the
vote was lung. 541: Fielding. 2..s7.
Graham, 133; Macken!., 153. The second
ballot was: K ng, 411: Fielding, 344:
Graham. 1114; Mackenzie. 60. Mr. Gra-
ham slid Mr. Idachenzre then withdrew.
and on . final ballot Mr. King had 470
mfrs and Mr. Fielding 435.
4 won as the cheering following the
amiouncement of the ballot had subsided
Mr. Fielding rose and was given an
ovation. He made a very graceful speech,
congratulating Mr. King art;! maving that
the nomination be declared unanimous.
"We have had* splendid convention. he
said. "It has been a great uniota,of the
Liberal party, an ev,dence that we can
put aside d.flerenees and get together.'
Mr. Graham and Mr. Mam$enzie sup-
ported Mr. holding's motion, and Mr. `to determine where the party stands.
King was then heard in a brief speech in
which he acknowledged the great honor I PORP COLBORNE DISASTER.
and the great responsibility that had been
placed upon him and asked for the help
of representative Liberals in all the Prov
ince, in rightly discharging the duties of
his p isttire..
The platform adopted may be summer
teed as follows:
on luxuries.
Supplemental legislation by the Federal
Parliament for the effective enforcement
of restrictive or prohibitory legistenon on
the liquor question enacted by any of the
Provinces.
A system of cash grants to soldiers or
their dependents to assist in civil re-
establishment. Provision for education.
insurance. occupational training. assist-
ance in securing employment. and such
pensions or allowances for soldiers as will
enable them to maintain a proper stand-
ard of living.
investigation of the conditions sur-
rounding the purchase of the Canadian
Northern Railway. Proper management
of the system of Government railways.
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION.
small inflammable material.
was used on the plant, hence i believe the . _
wheat can be saved."
Loss is $1.500.000.
The loss is estimated at about $1.500.-
000. Superintendent Fawcett believes
that :he remaining portion of the strut -
Lure can be utilized in rebuilding. that
where there is a bulge or a bent place a
new section can be substituted. The . •
1 elevator and dock were first built in 190$ •
and a larger addition was made in 1914. •
"The actual cost is only known at Ot-'
• tawa." said Mr. Fawcett. "but has been
mentioned at about $3.000.000. (K
• course. it could not be duplicated today
for that.'
EDITORIAL NOTES. It is a well-known fact among grain
mei that grain and flour when mixed
Democratic Canada may yolk elect a wtthcertain proportions of air and ex
pored to a spark will cause an explosion.
King. When asked as to whether the source of •
an ignition Spark had been discovered,
The Scute are persistent 1f they c .n't' Mr. awcett stated that there had been
no opportunity yet to get at that fact. as i
have a Mackenzie. they„ will have a Mac- the men who were in a powtion to know '
',senate King. : had either been killed or too seriously in- '
- ' jured to question. He saw no chance of
The late Andrew Carnegie is said to any spark coming from the barge. The'
o b .
levtor hy
have given away $36S350.000.000e
000.000 during his electawcal macmacheteinery. andw• tas pw
here asented
no fire'
lifetime. The Saltford Sage says he hasn't in the building. As to probability of an I
given away that much so fat. but he isn't electric spark. he could not say.
Regarding dust eradicators. Mr. Faw-
dead yet.
- 1 tett stated the elevator was completely
• equipped. .'The dust collectors. however.
The Toronto TefegAm's Ottawa car• are not run while brats are loading or
respondent says the coming session of i grain is being weighed. although 1 believe
Parliament will last about sixiweeks. if not it would be safer to do
t from the ratification of the A rept sentave . ofwthe UnitedarriveStatesd
more. "A,aat Goin Cnrpiirariuemho had to
pace treaty. other legislation witi be; investigate the disaster. stated that the
presented to keep things going. and. in- affair h .d caused tremendous surprise (n
ctdentally, to earn a full indemnity." l grain ruck. in the United State• where
' the Port Colborne elevator was looked
The session will cost the peopleof Canadaupon as the lair word in construction and
not less than a million dollars; but what equipment: in tact. one of the best in
does the average M. P. cane. so long as he' the world.
can pocket a met tat cheque : BART[ QUEBEC SINKS.
The b irge Quebec. which, had only to
take oe S000 mutt bushels to complete
Lt. -Gel. A. C. Pratt. Conservative intolicher tide aholt lea f atequare nednven
member of the Legislature for South Nor- weighted down with tons-uf debris .she
folk: is out with a criticism of the Hearst i
weighted
partially filled with water. She now
Government. which he says does not rests on. the bottom in shallow water.
represent the people of Ontario. He orb- where she was towed by a tug before the
Jetts to the extension of the Parliamen•
dead and dyinr were removed.
The body of Joseph Latour was tom.
tary term. to the Premier's acceptance plet,•Iv cut in two. The m •st seriously
)f an increased salary. to the preponder. . Injured was Arthur Muntreuil A flying
ance of lawyers in the Cabinet. and to the girder attached to a huge block 'of con-
Governmeni s course on some matters of trete lammed him agamic the +inch.
All the available men were unable, to
police. He alwcriticiaes the Governments i extricate him. They were obliged to
laxity in allowinz Canadian nickel to : allow hirn to remain pinned down by this
roach Germany. He calls for a conven- great weight with his back against. the
hot steam pipes which drive the winch.
tion of the Conservatives of the Province until the arrival of a scow with a d rick
Explosion Mews Top OK Big Grail'
Elevator -Teo Killed.
St. Catharines. Ont.. Aug. 10. -Ten
are dead and sixteen iniured, at least
two seriously. as a result of an explosion
which blew oIT the upptir portion of the
mammoth Government elevator at Port
The introddction into the govern -
Colborne at 1.15 Saturday afternoon, and
ment of scattered hundred' of tong of ;feel and
representatioindustry
wt e•eby labor land the , concrete in every direction. That the 1
death list was not ryrarer fifty reerns al
community. as well as capital, may be remarkable decree IN fate. A gang of I
represented in industrial control. and 1 plasterers had been engaged plaster
+ their interests safeguarded and promoted I the gide, of the elevator. but with a fe
in the shaping of industrial policies. other of the- elevator employees. who
In so far as may be practicable. having • do not work on Saturday afternoons. had
• regard foir Canada's financial position. an left just -in hour and fifteen minutes be -
adequate system of insurance agatnat trine the impact.
unemployment, I nt sickness dependence in
include old age pensions. widows' pen- The dead. Joseph Latour, mate of the
sions and maternity benefits. should be barge Quebec, married. Cote St. Paul.
instituted by the Federal Government in Quebec: Charles Aston. elevator weigh-
tonjunction with the Governments of the master. Port Colborne. married: William
several Provinces. . Conk: assistant weighmaster, Port Col -
The system of re-training soldiers un borne. married: 1. P. Hanham. chief
fitted lot their past work because of ,pouter, Port Colborne. married: E. W.
physical injuries to be extended to die* Michener. assistant 'pouter. Port Col-
abled worker- un industry. '4 Dunham. warned: Alonzo unham. assn-
• The acceptance of the principle of tans shipper, Port Colborne. married;
proportional representation. Alfred Leslie. laborer, Plitt Colborne.
Immediate and drast c action by the mamed. Aloert Beck, assistant shipper.
Government wish respect to the high Port Colborne. married. Albert Dunlop,
rout of living and p ofiteering.
Re,toratlon of the control of the execu-
tive by Parliament and rat Partiamentlby
the people through a diemantinuance of
Government by omder•in ouncil, and a
lust franchise and its exercise under free
old age and other disability• which would NAMES (1F DEAD.
c•onditions.
No organic change to be made in the
Canadian castatifutson in regard to Im-
peral relations unless approved by the
�e�p1e on a referendum.
Reduction of the burden of customs
taxation. Wheat. wheat flour and all
marine towerman, Port Colborne, single.
returned soldier: Clarence Hart, steve-
dore, Part Colborne. single.
LIST OF THey'E INJURED.
The injured: Arthur Montreuil, deck
hand. barge Quebec. Cascade,
,enously injured internally, bas on
back and badly lacerated about head;
Ovilla Lascarveaa deck hand. burned on
body. injured back and leg: R. Perron.
deck hand. d. ep cut on head and legs
badly bruised: Wilfred Boulanger. deck
hand, Montreal. cut above head and
Products of wheat; the principal articles burned; Hector Latour, captain of barge
of food; farm unplements and machinery; Quebec. Montreal. brotherof Joseph La -
mining. flour and sawmill machinery; tour. injured about head slightly; Mr's
rough and dressed lumber; gasoline, ilium- Hector Latour, wife of captain. deep cut
mating. iubricat ng and fuel oils; nets and on temale and bruised; two children of
fishermen'suipment: cement and for• Captain Latour, slightly' injured. Seita
Wiser. should be free from customs members of the elevator loading gaup.
duties. as well as the raw material enter-
ing into the same. Downward revision
of the tariff on wearing apparel and foot -
more or -less burned -H. Armstrong.
Moult. Ellery Neff. George Aitken. R.
Blackwell, B. S. Harvie. William Rambo.
wear and oft otter arttcks of en l All of the bodies of the above have
preference to f.0 per cent. Dunlop haft there is no doubt as to their
Renewed approval of the reciprocity fate. The fosse of the explosion not only
pact of 1911. and a declaration in favor of liked the huge reinforced concrete romans
rib 'negro( the' or some similar arrabliement shattered it and rained it in huge irrie-
into effect Inc the improvetlent of trade lar blocks into the harbor and on to the
relations between Canada and the United I parse, but worried the entire three
States Acts with it, ineludiog else dMlriOttting
The encourag nWnt of cwspertkion ngrd floor add the entire wot�Aitlg hog. tnath-
wooutside
die for uriericultureaictdtere at lowest p ' drop/See upon the storage sspnot, that which was notd below,
cosaonintion. Increase of the tteh been reeovered'wept those of Beck rid
Sutrw•rlbe for The feignal uow.
Electric Starting and Lighting
NO car has a better starting and
lighting system than that now
available to purchasers ofFord Cars.
It is a Ford product, built into the
motor-
--a positive starter as reliable as
the motor itself
-a powerful lighting system,
uniform under all engine speeds.
Onthe open models -Touring Cars
and Runabouts -it is OPTIONAL
EQUIPMENT.
On closed cars -Sedans and
Cot{pes-it is STANDARD
EQUIPMENT.
On all models the Ford Standard
Magneto also provides ignition
independent of the batteries.
See the Ford car with this new
equipment
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Os opts moo& the Eleatic Seamy nog Wars
lierwiont Poo moor
/on; Smirk 5. .n (did model tar. +'
dm/agleam Samess sal Leil'nq B!'ownei-
Thr pro mino F.O. a. F..{ O.. er a.
n.. ...SA. da. carr T.. u,
SPECIALS IN FLOOR RUGS
Wilton Rugs
Wilton Rugs of excellent qualify in soft glowing
tones, .Oriental designs and small patterns in most
pleasing effects.
2 1-4 z 3 yards $35.00
2 1-4 x 3 1-2 yards 40.00
3 x 3 yards 45.00
3 x 31-2 yards 50 00
3 x 4 yards 55.00
Tapestry and Union Rugs
Sale of Tapestry and Union Rugs.
prices.
3 x 3 yards, $20.00, for $14.00
3 x 4 yards, $25.00, for 19.00
Union Rugs
3 x 3 yards $7.00'
3 x 3 I-2 yards 8.00
Reduced
Curtains
Sixty pairs of Scotch Madras Curtains, choice of
six patterns, width 50 inches x 2 3-4 yards.
Regular value $4.50, at per pair $3.00
Congoleum Squares
New designs and splendid colorings, Congoleum
Squares at special prices.
3 x 3 yards at $ 8.00and Sumo
3 x 3 1-2 yards at13.00
3 x 4 yards at 15.00
3 x 4 1-2 yards at16A0
ACHESON & SON
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)Ies•t mss at Ilincloh,flr' ' they lire
' alt saying. -a here they hate the pure
tee ereeiu.-
The Singer Store
P. J. MacEwen, Dealer
Goderich Ontario 1 Ladies' and Child -
R tea's Underwear B
R The New Collars •
with pleated eSect�Growing Tomatoes in Alberta ;us; in1
The production of tontato.a ha
large quantities on the prairie 10 5
I. m: appear u. Im3vo Dern rasa 111
tt, pima. 'int pralrl:: poop' .• arc (Ii a
tips who ate forever do:nit Kowa.
t.tiag which was un•: r- d..:ase Ir to. e•.
Messrs. 11. O. Kerr and J. 1:. T. r,.I:.
of Lethbridge, Alberta. have obeer, 1
for some years that tomatoes to
small quantltton wore matured In lir•
Lethbridge elitiect and do.celed th.c
there was no reason :'ray'the expel '-
moat uh•wld not be made on a roni-
tadrelal scale. As a result aloof
two acres of tomatoes were net ow
last Bummer on land farmed by .Nr.
(err. a few miles east of Lethbridge.
plants, were started under glass
Mirada, and set out on June 6.
ii. at which time they sir..
to li lncbes 1n height. Thr•••
thousand, ttve hundred planer, w,•r•
set In the plot, some t then
three fere \apart and .•rine. four
feet apart. The experience of th i
season seem to indicate that the
tour foot plant s preferable.
The sols guru wan an old pasture
which had since t rn in alfalfa and
is protection by • Sind break of trees
on the wester') sl 1t la a very
rich loam with a g ntle south stoke
cid,ire
of rete; is Ir gated. The land
was cultivated In th , ordinary way
and Instigated hef.re '\planted and
three ttmea aft erwards.
The first of the ripe
available Devon weeks aft r
mit the plants, or about th
July. During the month o
fres five In Ms hundred pot
hetasufnl ripe fruit was taken
plot each day and this rate of
ductless eonthtned Into *Vern
The total yield of the plot is esti
frust was
setting
end of
ngttst
dant
the
r.o. I course. res ebd theaoasuager 1a bet -
r. ter coadltloa. The trop wee so heavy
that in missy cases the support
stakes which had been put la far the
R Stamped Goods •
11( of all kinds for ladies' /
1 - fancywork /
iN •
a •
A call solicited.
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i MISS S. NOBLE
, / East side Square )1[
1 ■
Gathering Tomatoes
in Alberta.
emery perste. baa se Info toasts
rasing to Soothers Alberta sad pro-
duce $1,606 per acre the et4erisace
in this cane is at least tastrvctlte Y
Med at 16.([01 pounds and a readk atns+s to elfsl M were brutes dews. to shat those Irrlptad hada are oa-
thcit was Mbbr for t b product is a vine was noted which bad etgh- pea* et. It In sot toe such to say
the city of tegtn Lethbridge, the nearly ripe t, three tmlsalees os it. that sulk lends. 1f located 1a Cho
tswsaarwts M.4 lobs twenty-five postai to the middle of September no sanN.dasss part a the eantlnwt.
a pled rad the latter crop fifteen, denser.st bees ate had eapertearatd rime wiener mid ld at many hundreds or
!amts s posh. The grow from, allhmtgh as a preesutloe*?Y fere per item but became they
15.M6 ponied*at the latter figure is stmeeanre nag Mow bad lees dumped' are farad in Alberta 1■ emetically
$s.fr4s.se tbat
Ao'wtrwsr
to lir. Kerr, no diro-' shoot tint Ile Marled if antseasar7 s Mr. Krrr 01llt geld swoops ready ter the plow at least
aro
♦nettle trete ills err*.
In the pros
ductless d this crop. The stars plans net that the aesential thing be the oast «ctlsMtN
were tanned eerie is Jnly for the was dm tear theta las moo lightly ,the predectioa of ebbe crop y
rovvasa rat pringo.iag bosom. frig Irrlgathss, whit* twat only increeeed reRtoss. T11etr very ahaiaaee imbut
ams
wee elan aAss,i r r ewe y. No the unevis 'moisture bat
right 'affording
ses.t it
is 11101. doubt that moss mss . d r
tomatoesripeeed
won it clay tepidly. The resin t! WItbssntjr will Ira t W
tomatoes ower as lanae and as well resulted f■ starll ripostes. >My maga
ernotn
developed ha the Mat Imported sent IrrlaMsos It r doubtful if 'the esxpoti- peedtwelso sol
trolls $Ntlsh Columbia or Washing- utast world have bees at all aueeelS- awltorsl an tba steattt
sear
and. beteg fetal Brows. Um. W , fel, and while It le a04 aaggesud
Hard Wood
AND -
Light Wood
From $2.00 to $6.00
per cord
Delivered to any part of the
town.
Also a gnaniity of
KINDLING WOOD
Phone 166
Robert Wilson
Hamilton St. Goderich
EaiIJing, Castractin� ad General
Carpeatev Werk
The tindersitlnr.l are peppered se
rake Eontrsea• erl rersttc onlnrs
for any work in the ibive linen.
Having hal year..,(rxperieuce. they
can a•rnn• the pihlic of nrit-class,
dependable work.
All order.% will receive prompt
attentlow.
GEO. \1'F:sTBR(M1K,
Trafalgar Street.
,I. III 111' 1.1.:H,
Napier Street.
MODE L
BOOT -and SHOE
REPAIR DEPOT
Onl rrs solicited 1, or all kinds of
Footwear Repairs
(:(loft work and rea.onahle prices
Sand. Ward & Son
Hamilton street .tan! formerly
occupied by Oi' lite Tit .s. Hall / .
SHOES
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
Style and quality -these two
predominating essentials to
gout footwear are most pro-
nounced ip our Oxfords and
Pumps for there seasons.
It has ever been the policy of
this store to embody these
essentials to the utmost degree,
consistent with price, and so
strictly and successfully has
this policy been adhered to
that the footwear we are now
showing represents the true
essence of good value. .,„1
Teams, Whig fad Bowing
Shoes are sow is stock.
-REPAIRING-
Geo. MacVicar
North side Square, Goderieb
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