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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1914-1-15, Page 3Items of News by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World Canada}. 9,'he supply of sto:ruge eggs an To reale is almost exhausted. 1'rcrvieeial geologist canfiems the reports of rich gold finds in the lnirkland Lakedistrict, .A School of Mines for Northern Ontario fixes been established ,at Hails*ybury High Sebool. Tliero are fafteen thousand unem- ployed man irk Toronto. but no evi- dence as yet of destitution. A sink holeab Sucker Lake, near Parham, is delaying the opening of the Canadian Pacific line there, The United States, embargo on potatoes has diverted the Maritime product to Ontario and lowered the price. Ma' L Deacon, of Winnipeg, n•ants' to confiscate all revolvers in Winnipeg, and prevent the ,sale" of such weapons, Seen hundred performers will take pet in a kermess at Quebec next' month for the. benefit of the tuberculosis hospital. Montreal Board of Trade :enol other organizations passed a strong resolution calling for an inquiry .ts into the causes of the interrupted water supply, Town planning legislation in Can- ada will be the feature of the an- nual mee:tileg of the Dominion Con- servation Commission, to be held at Ottawa on the 20th. ' The milk strike inaugurated six weeks ago by the Berlin City. Coun- cil in an effort to -force the dealers, to reduce the:eariee from eight to seven cents a quart was a' failure. The Premiers of Manitoba, Sas- katchewan, aaad Alberta have joined in a statement to Ottawa asking for restoration to the provinces of the control of natural resources. J. S. Dena of the Electric Power Company, Trenton, a prominent resident of Trenton, died at noon on Friday; He was at the office at- tending to business in the morn- ing. The disappearance of Mr. Shaf- roe from Brantford,who was ;en- trusted with their money transac- tions by mazy of the foreigners of that city, is occasioning much anti- sty amongst them. Wm. Murray, eolored, was 'sen- tenced to five years in Kingston Penitentiary for shooting at per- sons in Brantford on December 24, His counsel's plea of drunkenness t'as not accepted as a valid excuse. Prof. R. H. Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College, speaking to the Eastern Ontario Dairy -men at Cornwall, emphasized the need of a great agricultural leader in On- tario, .also the lightening ,of farm- ers' burdens of interest. Mr. L. A. Zufelt, Superintendent of Kingston Dairy School, told the Eastern Ontario Dairymen sin con- vention at Cornwall that Canadian butter -malars must now compete with New Zealand; for their own home markets, Charles Asaff, a Syrian peddler, was neerder d and his body buried within as few hundred yards of the house in•whish he lodged at Sheet Harbor,' N.S. en the night of De- cember 9. One, Edward Cook, is in custody, Mayor Oliver, a Port Arthur, who was .re-elected to the position of chief magistrate for the second time, was presented with a gift of $1,500 by the Connell for his . ser- vices rendered during 1913, "When cities make a strike against milk at eight cents a quart they are striking' against whatis one of their cheapest foods instead of one of the most expensive;" said Prof. lt. Harcourt, of the Ontario Agrieultural College, addressing the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's A ssociation. Great Britain. Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain an- nouncedhis intention to formally retire froze. British polities. Representatives of various art societies asked the British Govern- ment to participate in the 'Frisco exposition. The attempt to disqualify Henry O'Shea from sitting as Lord Mayor of Cork, on the allegation that he is an American citizen, failed, General. *The South At'rioai .railway strike has so far proved a failure. The Archbishop of Paris has con- demned "the tango" at an immoral dance. The Czar has purchased for the Herniitage Museum . the painting "Madonna With the Flower," which is attributed to . Da Vinci. The price was $15,000. A Constantinople despatch to the London Mail says that confidential financial negotiations are in pro- gress, whereby Turkey hopes to ob- tain funds for the purchase of addi- tional -warships, andthere are indi- cations of a movement against Greece' 40,000 troops being assem- bled at Aivall United) States. The Colorado State Penitentiary at Canon City is to have agreat amphitheatre. The Pacific coast from San Fran- cisco to British Columbia was drenched and flooded by storms, which have continued for ten days, and which have extended well in- landti The annual lossessuffered by merchants through commercial frauds committed in New York City aggregate $25,000,000, according to a committee representing the Mer- chants' Association and other lead- ing business organizations which called upon District Attorney Whit- man. ACCUSED OF THEFT. '1' o Montreal Policemen ,:€Lave Been Arrested. A despatch from Montreal. says: Following the arraignment on Wed- nesday of Claude Vaohet, who 'a few days .ago, while a constable at taehed to the central police station, is alleged to have stolen a fur muff and nape, Constable Lecornpte was taken into custody on a charge of having received stolen` goods. Later. in the day Foreman Alphi Gaynor, of the Ontario Street fire station, was taken into custody on a charge of theft. Fi>•e- Foreman Gaynor is -charged with stealing a quantity of gloves and other articles during a lire in Ontario Street early. Tues- day morning, He will be arraigned on l:'riday, Some leen are always up ing --others, CANADA MAY RETALIATE. Minister May Put Embargo' on Am- erican Potatoes. A despatch from. Ottawa says: A report that it is the intention of the Government to - place an embargo upon American potatoes in retalia- tion for the action of the United States- authorities for declining to allow Canadian potatoes to go into that country is denied in official circles, .The .claim is made . that there is just as much potato disease in the United States' as in Canada, and that the object of embargo is to keep the American market for the potato -growers of Maine:: A'pecu- liar feature of the situation, how- ever, is that while Hon Martin r3urrell has not decided upon a policy of retaliation he has been practically advised to do so by Dr. Gussow, Dominion Botanist, who and do_has been logking into the potato situation froth in the United States and Canada. TRAPPER EATEN BY WOLVES ,slit Not Before He Had Slain Nine of Them --His Bones Were Picked Clean A tlespateh' from Port Arthur says: Word has just reached here of a fierce battle with a pack of wolves in which Peter Nigosh, a,tx Winn trapper, was killed in the ae of the "Woods country on Sun- day, Kray. Tlie O'r taorx ex occurred near '1' the Canadian boundary, a few miles from War Road on the Canadian' Northern hallway, Nigosh was re- turning from from his traps-, afew miles up the lake, when he was suddenly a.ttec.,ked by the wolves, He heel time to .scale the nearest. tree not f , long had only a 1< ng hunting 'knife r test himself, The pack ,dosed topty I and one after another he Uxl, him ar X In 'l slew them with his weapon until nine were dead at his feet. Then,. exhausted from' his efforts, he fell au easy prey to' the survivors of the pack. On Monday relatives began a search, and early Tuesday molt- ing they discovered the spot where the battle took place, but the only trace of the Indian was his bones, stripped clean of flesh. Tho nine dead wolves were partly devoured, Wolves are exceptional- ly numerous in that neighborhood this winter. B . fcaq, r se of the ab renes of snow they .,ere unable to track and kill the deer, and are inatde fierce and bold by hunger. Sir J'anLes'II. Whitney, Premier of Ontario. PREMIER IS PAST CRISIS While "No Change" Is Still Official Bulletin Indi . C, t ations Are Clearly [Tore Encouraging New York, Jan. 11.—While the official statements with regard to the condition' of Sir. James Whit- ney, the Ontario Premier, who is. ill at the Hotel Manhattan, con- tinue to be non -committal, there is a distinctly hopeful feeling appar- ent among those wh.o know the real ,conditions at his bedside. To -night's bulletin reads: "Sir James Whitney had •a rather rest- else' day, but otherwise his condi- tion is unchanged." Both Dr. Pyne and Horace Wallis. spent a considerable . time away from, their chief to -day. More sig- nificant still, Lady Whitney, who kept constant watch while her hus- band .appeared in a critical eon.di- tion, went out for a. walk to -day, Dr. McPhedran went back to To- ronto last night. It had been in- tended that he should remain for a few days, but this was not found to be necessary. Dr. MePhedran expressed the hope that it would be possible to remove the stricken Pretnuer to his home in Toronto "withi'n a few days:" Dr. .Tyne to -;sight, -while he expressed a similar hope, said it. was iinpossible for him to :&x a date for the removal. The patient gets lots of rest every night and the periods, of delirium are not long ,nor serious, and he takes nourishment, all factors that indicate, that he is not losing .•any ground, and that when improve- ment does set in it will be rapid. GOVE1tI HENT ItA.ILWAY. The Year's Profits of T. & N. 0. Fell Off $200,000. A despatch from Toronto says: A reduction of practically $200,000 in total net revenue is the result of the operations of the Timiskaniing & Northern Ontario Railway for the. fiscal year ended October 31, 1913, These figures are gleaned from the annual report of the railway which has just been received by Hon. I. B. Lucas, Provincial Treasurer. This decrease in earnings is pretty well understood to be the result of the end of the construction period on the National Transcontinental Rail- way,and the fact that the alining in Cobalt and Porcupine is on a. normal basis. Machinery .and. equipment for the mines has all gone in and from this source the only revenue is derived from parts' required for repairs al enlarge- ments. As soon as the Grand Trunk Pacific is operating, the $300,000 rental will be available for running rights and such percentage of oper- ating as the. Grand Trunk is liable for on a wheelage'basis. The road has .been thoroughly overhauled and the equipment made ready for- transcontinental trade as soon as it is ready. A 55,000,000 FUND. For Relatives of Those Who May. Be Tilled in Horne )title War. A despatch from Belfast, Ireland, says: A fund has beau raised ,amounting, to $5,000;000 to indent- nify the relatives of those who may be killed or wounded among the Ul- ster Unionist Volunteers in resist- ing )mime rule, according to an art- nouncemont made I`iiday by Capt, James Craig, Unionist emxnber for East Down, Ulster, at a gathering of Unionists hexer. He said the stun required had been exceeded, E1~.I']CI1,1111ENTN 'TIMI: `C1'Ll'T. Farmer Will Sow Five A.eres; "of Whe.' t in January. A despatch from Alaska, Saskat- p chitty:►n, says: •Verniers in this lis- trick are working on the land, har- rowing, One artnor will sa g� O � w 1 . aw {ve. acres oi',,wheat as an experiment of Janwny :tiding, THE FINANCES 0:1' CANADA. .Federal Revenue Shows Increase, Despite. Falling' Off In Customs. ti despatch from Ottawa says :' The national debt of Canada now stands at $303,562,104, an increase of about half a million during De- cember, according to the financial, statement issued on Friday. The. funded debt payable in Canada i $803,460, and, in London, $267,541, 621. The revenue : during December amounted to $12,931,466, of which seven and orae -half millions was de rived from. customs. The expendi- ture was a little over nine and one- quarter millions. December's net revenue shows a decrease of a, mil- lion and a quarter, compared with December, 1922: For the nine months of the present fiscal year the revenue was $127,571,762. This is an increase of three millions over the same period last year. Capital expenditure on public works, including railways and can- als, amounted to $3,407,611 during December. Railway subsidies were half a million. For the nine months of the present the amount was $40,828,951, an increase of $18,000,- 000 over the same period last year. The $15,000,000 subsidy, to the Can- adian Northern accounts for most of this. s In customs revenue there was a net decrease of $301,215, the 'figures being $82,738,294, as against' $84,- 747,008, ;but from the latter must be deducted $1,817,499 of Chinese revenue,; which is this year included in "mis,eellaneous" .revenue,, scs that the actual customs receipts' for the nine months of 1932. were $82,- 929,509. In excise rc:teue thorax Was an increase of half a, million in post - office receipts, an inerease of $775,- 000, and in receipts from public works iail'as s and caritas a in- crease of one and three-quarter nlilliiuts, Expenditure 011 ordinary account for the cline months totalled $7;%- 987,925, itrt mecca: e of $8,986,350, Capital expenditure shows an in- crease of .$18,158,8.18 due, as stated, to large outlay on public works • and pat•m^nt1 a5f railway subsidies'. The 1cta i,t ictal ex pond iLit re for the 15bio'311011,t,lt=i teas $10,828',05t; as against $22,070,103, Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products In the Leading Markets are Here Recorded areadstutfs, Poronlo Jan: 13l- Flour -Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent., 33.50 to 53.65, seaboard, and at ,$3.60,,, Toronto. Nanitobari--,Pirs 'patents, :in Jae bags, 55.30; do:, seconds, 84.80; strong• bakers', , in jute bags, $4.60 Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern, 940, Bay- ports, and No. 2 at 92o. Ontario wheat -No. 2 wheat, 85 to 860, outside. pate -No. 2 Ontario gate, 341.2 to 350, outside, and at 38 to 38 1.20, on track, To- ronto. Western Canada oats, 401-2 for No. 2, and at 39e for No, 3, Bay ports. Peas -$1 to $1.05, outside. arloy—Good malting barley, 54 to 550. outside, Corn ---New No, 2 American, It 1-2c, all rail, Toronto 2 at 62 to 630, outside. Buckwheat -No, 2 at 70 to 72c, outside. Bran-iyfauitoba bran, $22 a ton, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $23, To. route.' 3 rod Winter, 79 1-2c. Oat€ -No. 2 C.W., 32 1.4c; No. 3 C W , 30 1.2o; extra No. feed, 31 1.4o; No. 1 feed; 30 1.2; No, 2 feed", p 10c. Bailey, No. 3, 41:1.X; No. 4, 4Uc re- jested, 30, ; feed, 37 1-2o. Flax -No. 1 N. W r'., $1.27; No. 2 (1.W'., 51,24; No. 3 0,W.,; $1,12, Country Produce, Butter -Choice dairy, 23 to 24<') inferior, 20 to 21o; farmers' separator prints, 24 to 26c; creamery prints, 30 to 31c;eolide, 28 to 29e; storage prints, 27 to 28c d0., so- lids, 26 to 26 1-2o. Eggs -Case lots of new -laid, 43 to 45o per dozen; selects, 37 to 18<, and storage, 34 to 35o per dozen. Cheese -New cheese, 14 1.2 to 14 3-4c for. large, axed 15c for twins. Beaus -Baud -picked, $2.20 to $2.25 per bushel; primes, $2 to 52.10. honey-Extraote'1, in 'tires, 11 to 12o per lb. for No. 1; combs, $3 to $3.26 per dozen for No. 1, and $2,40 to 552,50 for No. 2. Poultry -Fowl, 11 to 11c per ib.; chick- ens, 16 to 170; duck.. 13 to 16o; geese, 12 to 15c; turkeys, 19 to 22c, Potatoes--Ontarios, 75 to 80o per bag, on track, and Delawares at 80c. on track, in car tote: Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 16c ver lb., in case lots. Pork --Short cut, 928.50; do., mess, 524.50. Hems -Medium to light, 181-2 to 19 1-2c; heavy, 18 to 19o; rolls, 15 to 15 1-2o;breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; baoke, 23 to 24. Lard -Tierces, 13 3-4 to 140; tubs, 14 to 141.4c; pails, 141-4 to 14 1.2c. Baled Nay and Straw. Baled :hay-No...1 at $14.50 to 515 a ton, on track here; No. 2 quoted at $13 to $13.50, and mixed at 312 to 812.50. Baled straw -Car lots, $8.50 to. $8.75, on track, •Toronto. Wennineg cram. Winnipeg, Jan. 13. -Cash: -Wheat --No. 1 Northern, 845-8c;; No: 2 Northern, 821-40; No. 3 Northern, 791-4c; No. 4. 740: No. 5, 68e; No, 6, 58c; No 1 rejected seeds, 77c; No. .2 rejected seeds, 75o; No. 3 rejected seeds, 73e; Na. 1 emutty, 77o; • No. 2 smut- ty, 75o; No, 3 smutty, nor No. 1 red Win. ter, 84 5 Be; No. 2 red' Winter, 82 1-2e;' No. Montreal Market., Montreal, Jan, 13.—Gore, American No) 2 yellow, 72 to 73e, Oats, Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 411-2 to 42c; Canadian Wast - ern, No. 3, 40 1.2 to 41e; extra. No. i feed, 41 to 41 1.2c. Barley, Man, feed. 48 to 50p malting 64 to 66c. Buckwheat, No. 2, 6l to 67c. Flour, Man, Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.40; seconds, $4.90; strong bakers, $4.70; Winter patents, choice, $4,70 to 89; ttraiglxt rollers, $4.50 to $4,60;, straight rollers, bags, $2 to 32.10. Rolled oats, bar. rale, 31.40 to $5.40; bags, 90 lbs,, 52.10 to $2.12 1.2, Bran, 520 to 821. E3horts, $22' tq 523. ` Inele'iuge, $25 to :526. kiouilile, $27 to 531, Hay, No, 2, per ton, car lots, $13.58 to 314. Cheese, finest westerns, 13 7.8 to 14c; finest eastern, •,1.3.1.4 to 13 3.4e, But- ter, choicest creamery, 2812 to 29c; see- ones, 261.2 to 27<, Eggs, fresh, 48 to 600; Selected, 38e; No..1 stook, 34o; No. 2 stock, 26e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 76 to 85o.' United States Markets. Jrlinneapolrs, Jan. 13 =wheat May, 87 7.8e asked;' July, 89 5 8o asked, Cash( No 1 hard, 09.3.8d; No. 1. Northern, 86 5-4 to 88 3.8o; No. 2 Northern, 83 3-.8 to 86 7.80i No, 3 wheat, 81 3-8 to 83 7-8c. Corn,: No. 3 ellaw. 59 80 , 59 1.2e. Oats -No, 3 white, Flour unchanged, Bran; $20,60 to Duluth, Jan. 13. -Wheat --No. 1 hard 87 3-4o; No. 1. Northern, 86 3-80; No. Northern, 84 3-8o; Montana, No, 2 hard. 84 3.8 to 84 7-80; May, 88.3 4c; July, • 89 3•4o, Linseed, 51.511.8; January, $1.50; ltilay, $1.54 1-8. Live Stock Markets, ]Montreal, .Jan. 13. Sales of the best steere 'were made at $8, and the lower r grades from -that down to 35 per awt. Butcher,)' sows from 64 to $7, and bu11s Prom 84 to 97 per cwt. Lambs at 38 � $8.50, axed sheep.at 94.60 to $7 per cwt. Heise of selected lots of hogs were made at $9.75 to 510 per cwt. weighed off cars; The de- mand'Por calves. was fair, at, prices rang- ing from p3 to $16 each, as to . size and anality.. Toronto, Ja.n. 13.—Cattle--Choice butch- ers, $8` to $8.50;' good medium, $7 to 37.804. common cows, $3.50 to $4; butchers' bulla. 53.75 to 3725; .canners and gutters,' $3.50 to $4. Calves -good veal, $8.76. to 511; coax• mon, $4.75 to $5.10. Stockers and feeders-- Steers, 910 to 1,050 pounds, 56 to 86.75; good quality, 800 pounds, $4.50' to $5.25; light, 53.50 to. 55.50. $peep and lambs•--- Light ewes, 55.50 to 56.25; heavy, $3. to $3.50; bucks,: '33 to 53.50; spring iambs, $8 50 to 39, but, with 75o per head deduoted for all the buck lambs, Hoge -$8.90 to $9 fed and watered,: $9.15 to :'$9.25 off care, and $8.55 to $8.65 fa,b. TWO WHOLE F.A.MILIES BILLED. Parents Murdered Children and Then Committed Suicide. A despatch from Berlin, Ger- many, sae -s: Two crimes of ` vio- lence involving the death of eleven people were conunitted on Friday in Soldau, Province of East Prussia, and Hamburg, At Solclau'an entire family, consisting of a man and his. wife with theirfive children, were. found in their house on Friday morning with their throats cut and the gas turned on. A dog with its head almost severed was lying be- side them. Pecuniary difficulties are supposed to have driven the parents to kill the children and then commit suii.cde. At Hamburg on Friday .a city: policeman •cut the throats of his three daughters and then his own after a family, quar- rel. BRITAIN IS PILO SPERO LU S. Big Increases in.Ietlporis and F - ports for 1913. A despatch frown. London says The British Board of Trade returns for 1913, issued on Wednesday, showed that the aggregate of im- ports into the United Kingdom amounted to $3,845,169,795 and the exports from the United Kingdonm to $3,175,585,670. The respective increases were. $121,966,640 and $1.80,780,020 over 1912. The most notable decreases among, the im- ports were: Cotton $48,342,245 'and grain and flour $14,841.,730, 'while live animals and foodstuffs in- creased $88,321,775. The largest increases in exports were coal and fuel $55,370,910 and iron and steel $28,653,075, SNOWPAl.L BLOCKED TRAINS. '.Cite Storni Swept Sections of the Maritime Provilmes. despatch from Moncton, N.B., says : Moncton was the .centre on Saturday of the heaviest snowfall in this section. '. for several years. A) blockade of several hours: occurred: on the Sliediao branch .and the se- vere storm; somewhat interfered with traffic, 'east of Moncton. Spe- cial slow trains sent out early Sun- day morning, however, cleared the lino, and no difficulty was experi enced in getting trains over the road•: ie TRADE .) b RADE l X.P_U\DI' Cr Gain for Twelve Months Exceeded Two Hundred Millions. A despatch from Ottawa says: The trade of Canada, dulrint, 1913 increased by $210,000,000 over 1912. This is the greatest increase in ono year over a previous year ever re eoreled in the history of Canada. The total figures for 1913 are $1,085,264,449 of this. $686,604,413 was imports and $337,068,355 ex- ports. The duty collected amount- ed to $1.14,501.67. This was nearly, $30,000,000` more than before, SUFFICIENT I,i.nourRS. No Marc Worlmen. Needed ;New Welland Canal., A despatch from St. Cat;herincs says: In spite of the warning bent tit two weeks ago men are pouring' into St. Oatherines looking for work on the new ship canail. There: are yet only about seven- hundred men employed, and there are suffi- cient laborers here to meet the de-' mend for labor for some months, IVO NEW WORKON T1EC.P.R. Western Expenditures Will Be Mo. try On Btlilt Grades, . Branches or Doubling A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. George Bury, Vie•. -President of the Canadian Pacific .Ra lwat•, left for Winnipeg on Thursday night after a number of con:ferenecs with Sir Phonies . Shan hness > oaf ques- t -lens � q ue s bens involving western expendi- tures, which, it was stated, must; for 1914 be almost entirely confined for the present to the completion of track -laying, etc., tin grades al.v 'ocaad,y built, on branch lines, 4 ',ten- sions and double -tracking, 'the lat- ter of Which will eventually connect Winnipeg with Vanetsuvee, anti oaf the buiiiiitig of Rogers Pass wine' yOdell will bep osited with tig kee The caner:le•ratic:;n of ex- luni<lit.tti°ts on any T's'b' railway con- struction struction or other wcirks will come up hater in the year; Mr, 131si'y a=-1,id ter zt eorrespen- dealt; "Under the direction of Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, C".l',:11.. ex- i extdi.tureys have always been dilate - ed in "a.ecortlance 'w 11 h the •actual ei<eeeles of traffic( and with Om building uli'r:if western Canada, and it «a.8 owing to this comprehensive policy that fila. C.P.B. i.n 1918.was able to move such a 8 large i sirs traffic so expeditiously 'it a time when the great strain sof mevi.rithe g harvoot came. The tat ilitii s ;fine rider) in idling stock treat. sneli that car regizirctnenh;i iii other direstaoria wore able- to be mot pehteptl;tr and other traffic nosed concurrcntly as well as 010 grain.'