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NORTH BAY BANDIT SHOT BY POSSE • OF
POLICE AFTER MURDERING TWO OFFICERS
A despatch from North Bay, Ont,
says:—The funeral of . Leo Rogers
was held on Friday afternoon from
his late residence to the Roman 'Cath-
olic Cemetery, where interment was
the fourth to take place in the portion
known as "unconsecrated ground."
There was neither clergyman nor
funeral service.
In striking contrast to ' the lone
hearse that bore the body 'of Leo
Rogers, was the procession that fol-
lowed the remains of Sergt. John
Urquhart, victim of Rogers' rifle, to
the C.N.R. station, whence shipment
was made Thursday night to Toronto
for burial. Thirty members of the
Provincial Police in uniform, followed
the body and these were followed by
members of the North Bay Masonic
lodges, the slain officer having been a
member of the A. F. and A. M. Six
Provincial officers in uniform acted as
pallbearers, while at the station a
band of citizens, including Mayor Mc-
Donald and others prominent in pub
lice life, paid tribute to the valor of
the dead officers.
Events in Leo Rogers' career of
crime are:
1916—Sentenced to serve a seven-
year term in Kingston Penitentiary for
shopbreaking offences which he coin-
mitted after having left school and
secured employment as a fireman on
the T. & N.O. Railway.
1920 -Made murderous attack while
in the Penitentiary upon Inspector'
Walter Duncan and escaped from cus-
tody for a brief .period. Was recap-
tured and given a 15 -year term.
December, 1922—Was paroled by
the Dominion Parole Board and re-
turned to North Bay.
April 12, 1923—Was in Toronto and
held up twb gun shops, securing many
revolvers and a stock of ammunition,
April 17th, 1923 -Was arrested in
North Bay on a charge of carrying ,
concealed weapons dangerous to the
public.
May 16th, 1923—Held up the North
Bay courtroom with a fake revolver
when brought in for his trial and
effected a sensational escape.
May 18th, 1923—Shot and killed
Constable Frank Lefebvre and wound-
ed Constable McGovern in a fight
when he was cornered. Made good his
escape.
May 30th, 1928—Reappeared, at his
home at North Bay after having been
in hiding ,for some days and shot and
killed Provincial Police Constable John
Urquhart, successfully effecting his "
escape from the house after thedeed,I
May 30th, 1928—Trailed to woods i
and shot by Provincial Police squad.
Absolute Surrender
Eamon de Valera, "President of the
Irish Republic," has ordered his fol-
lowers to lay aside their' arms•, saying,
"The Repnblie can no longer be suc-
cessfully euetained by your arms," It
marks the official end of the war
against the Irish Free State.
Wonderful Doll's House.
The most wonderful doll's house in
the world is now being :constructed
Pram a. design by Sir Edwin Landseer
Lutyene., prominent architect, It will
contain running water in tiny baths,
books the size of One's fingernails, and
two seven-inch full length portraits of
the King .and• Queen done by Major
Sir William Orpen.
Thde doll's mansion was originally
suggested by the Queen to aid the hos-
pitale lof London. It will be placed in
the British Empire exhibition next
year for •the.t purpose.
Its doors are so delicate that they
lead to be made by a. watchmaker. Yet,
Its small size notwithstanding, it is
complete inevery detail, including gar-
dens, garage and power house, all con-
tained within, the space of 12 feet and
7 inches. The house itself, which
stands on a base of cedar and mahog-
any the size of a billiard table, is done
to the style of the"Hamto nCourt build-
ings of red• brick an dwhi•te stone, set
a garden of velvet turf, clipped yew
hedges, tiny paved .paths and statu-
ettes in odd. corners.
In the library every British author
of note is represented in beautifully
bound volumes,, whose every word May
be read with a magnifying glass. A.
collection of drawing's representative
i f the best art of earth• period are
epeoially executed in miniature. Every
Diene of furniture is a work of art, in-
cluding
ncluding the mantel pieces•, and a mar-
ble inlaid and jade table. The walls
are lined with linen and silk, their
panellinga beautifully carved and the
wooden ceilings are painted by Sir
William Nicholson.
in the music room is a grand piano
seven, _inches long, wheelie" could be.
payed if one's. fingers were' light
enough to touch each atingle note. The
kitchen is equipped with every utensil,
and' the entire building is illuminated
by electricity, regulated by tiny
switches in each room: Electric lifts
are provided, and in the garage the
dosl;� inmties smay find models of the
'lest motoii cars.
Migration of U.S. Farmers
to Canada.
Resumption on a larger scale of the
movement of farmers from the United
States to Canada is looked for this,
year, according to those .most closely I
in touch with the situation. Even
greater, it is anticipated, will be the:
giumber of visiting prospectors, to in-
vestigate Western Canadian conditions
and to decide as to their oivn settle-;
ment there and that of their neigh-
bors the following year. It is pointed
out that many renters, facing discour-
aging conditions and dropping behind
with, their payments, are anxious to
get on cheaper land, where they might
soon hope to be land -owners outright,
whilst the desire for expansion and
the possession of larger acreages in-,
duces the same trek which is always
in evidence.
The movement of American farmers
to Canada was in the ascendant when'
the war broke out, and the pinnacle
was reached in the year 1913 when;
some 139,000 American citizens cross-;
ed the border into the Dominion. Since
the war the annual contribution has
ranged around 50,000 per year until
the year 1922 when only some 24,000
arrived. The flow has, however, main-
tained the same high quality and was
almost purely agricultural and pos-
sessed of considerable means. Whilst
United States settlers always lead all
nations in ethe purchase of improved;
and other lands, last year they also
led in the number of homesteads filed
on. The average wealth brought in
by the United States settler in 1919
was $342; in 1920, $372; in 1921, $312,
and in 1922, $402.
A single instance may illustrate
what American farmers are doing for
Canada whilst furthering their own
best interests. In the middle of March,
R. Ebert, a farmer of Lewiston, Min-
nesota, left for Manitoba, where he
had acquired land. He sold out 90
acres of his Minnesota land at $200
per acre and about 160 acres at $160
per acre, having $46,000 to invest in
his new farm, which consists of '720
acres, all cleared and in crop for sev-
eral years, but which he nevertheless
secured at an acreage price of less
than half at which he sold any of his
American land.
%/Ela, .1 COULD PAY
adA`fSS -- THIRTY,
$ILLIOre GOLD 1 tARK5
ANYHOW, HE'S STARTED TO FUMBLE IN HIS POCKET
—From the Dallas. News.
Canada from Coast to Coast
Yarmouth, N.S.—As a result of a
meeting held here recently of repre-
sentatives of the fishing industry from
Lunenburg, Shelburne, Yarmouth,
Digby and Annapolis counties, the
Nova Scotia Fisheries Association
came into being. The aimof the As-
sociation is to enlarge and improve
the markets for Canadian fish.
Fredericton, N.B.—Stumpage on
poplar which is cut extensively in.
some sections of the province for pulp-
wooa, was reduced this week by order -
in -council passed by the Provincial
Government. The former rate was $4
per thousand, which means a reduction
of from $2 to $1.50 per cord for pulp-
wood.
Quebec, Que.—The Laval University
authorities have decided to enlarge the
present medical faculty building, not
only by the erection of two additional
storeys, but by utilizing also the
premises at present occupied by the
faculties of law and forestry. The
work on this change will be started in
June, and it is expected, will be com-
pleted by the fall.
Kemptville, Ont.—For the purpose
of encouraging reforestation through-
out Eastern Ontario 300,000 pine
seedlings are being planted at the
farm of the Kemptville Agricultural
School, to be available for distribution
to farmers next year. Upon ground
belonging to the farm, which is unfit
for cultivation, 130,000 small trees,
including pine, walnut, butternut, and
soft maple, are also being planted in
co-operation with the forestry branch.
Winnipeg, Man.—Seeding is advanc-
ing rapidly throughout the West, ac-
cording to the crop bulletin of the
Canadian Pacific Railway and mois-
ture conditions are good. A consider-
WHITE 'RIVER IN STATE OF PANIC
WHILE FOREST FIRES T EATEN TOWN
Inhabitants Preparing to Leave Railway Town if Flares
• Continue to 4dvauee — C.P.R. Train Ready to
Remove Valuables to Place of Safety.
A despatch from White River, Ont.,, been prepared by the Canadian Pacific.
says:—This little railway town be- Railway, made up of box cars, in
yond the north shore of Lake Superior,{ which the people could place their
which is known to fame .principally personal possessions, and which would
by reason of the weather reports carry them' to safety •in` case of neces-
which distinguish it during the winter sity, strange processions through the
months, has been the centre during the streets began. Women carrying
past .couple af days of a forest the bundles, with little children tugging
i which has been threatening to rival at their sides, trudged through the
i in many of its- features some of the streets toward the railway station, not
most se2ious conflagrations that have knowing what was before them, while
', been known in the dirovince, For ' others set about burying the more
nearly 'a week thetown has been; valuable articles they could not carry
threatened with flames � starting in the • with them. Altogether it was a scene
1 woods, gathering strength day by clay' of greatest confusion.
as they were fanned in -the dry woods,
able increase is expected in the acre-
age under corn, sweet clover and other
fodder crops. Livestock is showing
great improvement.
Regina, Sask.—Estimates covering
the whole area of Saskatchewan place
the total amount of raw material in
its forests at 7,950,000,000 board feet,
made up as follows: spruce, 3,000,-
000,000;
,000;000,000; poplar, 4,000,000,000; jack -
pine, 800,000,000; balsam, 100,000,000;
and larch, 50,000,000 feet.
Edmonton, Alta,—Corn raising will
be fairly general on the prairies of the
Canadian West this year, with more
than 450 farmers engaged in raising,
what was formerly regarded as a pro-
duct of the torrid regions. W. D. Tre-
gois president of the Alberta Corn
Growers' Association, is distributing
two carloads of corn seed to farmers
from as far south as Coutts, A'berta,
to the Peace River country, and from
as far west as Victoria, B.C., to Man-
itoba in the east. It is expected that
about 27,000 acres will be planted in
corn this year.
Vancouver, B.C.--Vancouver be-
came last year the biggest port in
Canada, the biggest grain port on the
Pacific Coast, and the third p err on
the coast as regards total cargo ton-
nage, according to figures presented
to the Merchants' Exchange here by
Cel. W. R. Dock rill, president. - Last
year 16,641 vessel.; were inwards here
as compared with 9,382 ten years ago.
The port's gross tonnage was 1.2,2a:1,-
000
3,2:1,-000 last year, compared with 1,884,000
in 1912. F:rty-two ocean shipping
lines now use this port regularle, as
compared with 12 in 1912 and seven.
in 1010. Fifty-eight ocean-going ves-
sels a month left the port in 1922, as
cc mpared wife Jen in 1012.
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in 1908, in 1915 it was necessary to
pay $28, and in 1922, $24.
Western Canadian land values may
be low, but not so low as they were
a few years ago. There is constant
progress in land settlement, cultiva-
tion, railroad construction and other
improvements which elevate land,
prices. Tho farm which the United
States settler acquired a few years ago
for nothing or a mere trifle he is hold-
ifig to -day at a high price justified
without effort on his part. The farm
which the settler can purchase to -day
for a low figure he will have to pay
increasingly for in the years to come.
The inducement which is annually If public deposits in banks and loan
luring American farmers to Canada companies can be taken as a fair indi-
is the possibility of acquiring at very cation, the Canadian is the world's
cheap rates land which is not only richest man, according to a statement
equal in every respect to the highly made by F, A. Hatch, retiring presi-
held farm lands of the United States, dent of the Ontario Division of the
but which every year outyield them in Canadian Manufacturers' Association.
most crops. These deposits amount to upwards of
In this connection it is well for the two billion dollars, or $250 per capita.
farmer hesitating on the brink of de- -• --
cision, procrastinating in the matter A survey of the strawberry crop
of making a move, 'to realize that this prospects has just been completed by
situation cannot exist for ever. Each the fruit branch of the department of
year settlement and cultivation are agriculture and, from information.
effecting substantial increments in the I available, it appears that there•will be
prices of Canadian farm lands. The••fgood average crops in . the heavy
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average acre of Canadian farm land i strawberry -producing districts, both in
which was worth $31 in 1908, had' British., Columbia and Ontario. The
risen to. $35' in 1915, was far $41 in acreage - planted to strawberries this
1918, and $44 in 1922. Taking 'Al year is considerably larger than last
berta prices as . an average for the i year and with favorable weather con -
Prairie Provinces, where most United i• ditions, the producers should be able
States farmers, locate, the average oc- I to supply all the demands of the :,con-
cupied" farm could be bought for $18' sinners.
SAY ('D LIKE To
5PEAK To PARSON •
POPEYE. ABOUT OUR
ENGAGEMENT':
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driven from tree to tree, slowly and
relentlessly creeping up on the com-
munity, overcoming all attempts to
check them until Thursday saw the
inhabitants of the town commence a
general evacuation of their homes in
the face of danger that was so close
at hand as to partially destroy home
buildings and to threaten to take
others at any time.
On Wednesday the fire, which had
during the day come to close proxim-
ity, died down somewhat with tt fav -
orable wind, but early Thursday morn-
ing there was a new outbreak to the
east of the town. Flames crossed the
railway track, burned down the poles
carrying the telegraph lines, carry-
ing the lines of communication with
them and for some hours, during
which workmen made strenuous en-
deavors to effect repairs, cutting off
telegraphic connections with the east.
In the early afternoon, after the
flames had devoured a couple of
houses, and the people who were not
engaged In fighting them, the women
and children, had begun to move out,
carrying with them such possessions
as they could get into suitcases, grips
and bundles, the turn in the wind im-
proved the situation and it began to
look as if fears that the whole town
was to be destroyed would not de-
velop into realities.
The day was one which will never
be forgotten by the townspeople. Peo-
ple were almost in mourning for
homes which seemed to be doomed to
destruction as they; set about various
ways of saving their valuables, when
the word was given that a train had
New Mistress of 10 Downing Street
Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, the wife of
Great Britain's Prime Minister, who
will now become the mistress or the
famous No. 10 Downing Street.
Installation of radio broadcasting
apparatus on Marine Department ves-
sels which observe the movement of
mackerel schools is announced by the
Canadian Department of Marine. and
Fisheries. Information in regard to
the schools of fish will be sent out not
only by radio -telegraph but by the
radio -telephone broadcasting appar-
atus. In this way inshore fishermen
having receiving sets will have the
fullest opportunity to avail themselves
of the moving schools of mackerel; etc.
fi11i ' RABBITJ3ORQ
OH DOC1"oiR off NJ! THE
IT WILL f3E ALL PARSON 15
OVER :RA5131T5OR0!
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Reginald McKenna
Formerly Chancellor of the Exehe-
quer in, the Asquith ministry, has ac-
cepted the same post with Premier
Baldwin. He is at present unable to
act, through illness, but will assume
the duties of the post as soon as pas-
sible.
One out of every fifteen people in
Saskatchewan owns an automobile,
According to the latest Government
figures Saskatchewan, whose popula-
tion is over '70 per cent. rural, has a
larger automobile registration than
any other province in the Dominion,
Weekly Ma rkct Report
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1.23%.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, 54c; No.
3 CW, 51c; No. 1 feed, `50c.
Manitoba barley—Nominal.
All the above, track, bay ports.
Am. corn—No. 3 yellow, 97c; No.
2, 961,c.
Barley—Malting, 60 to 62c, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 71 to 72c,
Rye—No. 2, 79 to 81c.
Peas—No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal .freights,
bags included. Bran, per ton, $29;
shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, $35;
good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.25.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, $1.25
to $1.27.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -50 to 51e.
Ontario corn—Nominal.
Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis,
$5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95
to $5.
Manitoba flour -1st pats., In cotton
sacks, $7.10 per bbL; 2nd pats., $6.60.
Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,'
track, Toronto, $15 to $15.50; No. 3
timothy, $14 mixed, $12; lower
grades, $8.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, track, To-
ronto, $9.50.
Cheese ---New, large, 19c; twins,
21c; triplets, 22c; Stiltons, 22c. Old,
large, 32c; Stiltons, 33%e. 6
Butter—Finest creamery prints, 35
to 36c; ordinary creamery prints, 33
to 34e; dairy, 24 to 25c; 'cooking, 22c.
Eggs—New laids, loose, 82c; new
laids, in cartons, 36c.
Live poultry—Chickens, milk -fed,
over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 22e;
do, 2 to 4 lbs., 20c; hens, over 5 lbs.,
28c; do, 4 to 5,lbs., 26c; do, 3 to 4 lbs.,
22c; roosters, 17c; ducklings, over 5
lbs., 80c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; turkeys,
young, 10 lbsand up, 25c.
Dressed poultry—Chickens, milk-
fed, over 5 lbs., 35e; do, 4 to 5 lbs.,
80e; do, 2 to 4 lbs., 25c; hens, over 5
lbs., 30e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; io, 3 to
1.4 lbs., 24c; roosters, 24c; ducklings,
over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 29c;
turkeys; young, 10 lbs. and up, 30e.
Beans -Can. hand-picked, per ib.,
7c; primes, 6%c.
Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
gat, $2.50; per 5 gaL tin, $2.40 per
gal. Maple sugar, lb., 25e.
Honey -60-1b. tins, 101 to 11e per
lb.; 3-2%-1b. tins, 11 to 12%c per Ib.;
Ontario comb honey, per doz., No. 1.
$4.50 to $5; No.. 2, $8.75 to $4.25..
Potatoes, Ontario—No. 1, $1.40 to
$1121 No. 2, $1.25 to $1.40.
Smoked meats—Hams, mad., 26 to`.
28e; cooked hams, 38 to 41c; smoked
rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 25 to
28c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 35 to 38c;
backs, boneless, 37 to 42c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50
90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight
ro33s, in bbls., $36; heavyweight rolls,
Lard—Pure tierces, 15% to 16%c;
tubs, 164 to 17c; pails, 17 to 171,X•
prints, 1814.e. Shortening tierces, 141
to 15e; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 151,E
to 16c; prints, 17 to 171rsc.
Choice heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.75;
butcher steers, choice, $8 to $8.25; do,
good, $7 to $7.75; do, med., $6.50 to
$7; do, come $'6 to $6.50; butcher heif-
ers, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, med., $6.75
to $7;. do, corn., $6 to $6.50; butcher
cows, choice, $6 to $6.50; do, med.,i
$4,50 to $5.25; canners and cutters,
$2 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good, $5 to;
$5.50; do, corn., $3.50 to $4; feeding
steers, good, $7.50 to $8; do, fair, $61
;to $6.50; stockers, good, $5.50 to $6;1
do, fair, $5 to $5.50; milkers-spiingers,j
choice, $80 to $110; calves, choice, $91
to $10.50; do, med., $7.50 to $8.50; do,.
corn., $4 to $6; lambs, spring, $16 to,
$19; sheep, choice, light, $6.50 to $7;e
do, choice heavy, $4 to $5; do, culls'
and bucks, $3 to $4; hogs, fed and
watered, •$10.50; do, f.o.b., $9.75; do,'
country points, $9.50.
MONTREAL.
Cheese, finest easterns, 16% to
16%e. Butter, choicest c amery,'
801% to 31e. Eggs, selected, 33e. Po-,
tatoes, per bog,, car lots, $1.35 to $1.40.'
Calves, milk -fed weals,' $5.50 to $6;
do, corn. and med., $4.50 to $5 bulls
$8.50 to $4; com, to fair cows, $3.75
to $4.50; sheep, $5 to $7; spring lambs,
14 to 18c per lb.; good local hogs,
$11.26 to $11.50; do, coarse and heavy
lots, $10.25 up; sows, $7.75 to $8.
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