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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-2-14, Page 2QUEBEC ICE BRIDGE 'BREAKS, MAROONED SPECTATORS HAVE NS ''' ROW ESCAPE Ice Floes Carry People to Safety After Night of Perilous Ad- venture—Score Were in Imminent Danger of Death Stranded. on Great Ice Jam. A despatch from Quebec says: -- Anti -climax is the only word that de- scribes Adequately the situation in Quebec and Levis following the dra- uratic breaking of the ice bridge and the endangering of a score of lives. On Thursday night little hope• was entertained for the people who were stranded on the great ice jam as it broke from the "battures" on either side of the river.' Friday morning at least five lives were despaired of, but in the course of the day it was learned. beyond a doubt that these five were safe at home, and that if any others were still missing no record of their being on the ice had been obtained, and the presumption is that what seemed an inevitable tragedy has been converted into a story of mir- aculous escape. Even so, the dramatic circum- stances of the rescue of the marooned people might very well have had a tragic accompaniment. Four men succeeded in making a perilous land- ing on the Levis side with the aid of a rope and by virtue of taking a dar- ing plunge in the icy waters of the. river. It was their only chance, as they saw it, and they took it. Four other people, two men and two women, who were in the neighborhood at the time and farming part of the self- same group, were just too late to avail themselves of the precarious chalice, and spent hours on a square of float- ing ice before kindly fate intervened and crashed their.refuge against the shore with the returning tide, thus enabling them to effect a landing al - moat before they realized they were safe. Interviews with the survivors of this group give a . graphic indication of the desperate straits to which they were reduced. Mr. Ceutre, a resident of Levis, frankly admitted that after being buffeted across the river several times and being jostled by other floes, and being forced at times to make a quick jump from one cake of ice to another, they joined hands and prayed 1 w to. God for deliverance, Another group of four, although in jeopardy a shorter time, had a no less. harrowing experience, because in Order to make a landing they were pulled through a hundred feet of the icy water an the end of a tow rope, the other of which was manned by heroic souls on the Levis shre, who stood by for the rescue. sSlIAG QG B,QfFG�,c fi 'AP.7 e.HA Polar LSO S GiaN 5168A a E via F�°Bt�STRI~Avt 5 --ro S N ° W -{i OE St- Lawrer Ce Sty'SOMF Tye POs Q0�,gc/OGe •k. NSW Es a RE 44,0 • Sr. 405EP bE LBWS t4 LEws ICE. ,$RtPGE FORM€D HERE BLOCki NG ' POINT r• ERRY ,VI S STLEAYION WHOLe Rlt & . PROM SILERY TO POINT LEVIS BLOC KED WITH • vi—(RE LIVES WERE NEARLY LOST WHEN ICE BRDGE BROKE AWAY The breaking away at the ice bridge were, pulled ashore' near a pointop- against the shore. They had been which spanned the St. Lawrence river posite St.,. Romauld, where it was I afloat on theice four hours, and :had between Que and bec nl Levis was hap -1 earlier reported that they had been' travelled nearly nine miles up the pily attended by no lasts of life. Six ! seen signalling to : the shore. The { river. The above map illustrates the • near men and. two women had a miraculous other £our. -persons got: ashore , course of the floats after the collapse escape from death. Four of 'the men;, Cap Rouge when the ice jammed I of the bridge.. REQUIRE ALL NATIONS PRINCE SUFFERS INJURY IN A DARING RIDE Heir to Throne Sustains Frac- ture of Collar -Bone While Exercising Hunter. A despatch from London says: - 3 >r the fourth time in the last three ears the Prince of Wales was injured o Friday by a fall from his horse. „ile exercising one of his hunters rn -zr Leighton Buzzard he was heavily tl: t'own and broke his collar -bone. It • ,s the most serious of the injuries lir has received, although in 1922 he i h. d to cancel some of his public en - g: ; cements and limp about on crutches tc others because of a sprained ankle sustained while hunting. It bears out the apprehensions of the British public about the danger to which this well -loved heir to the Throne exposes himself on the hunt- ing field. It is said that the Prince of Wales was in the beginning a very indiffer- ent rider, Courage and sportsman- ship have greatly improved his eques- trian abilities, but his added skill has only led the Prince to attempt more, and it is no secret that on the hunting field in England, as on the battlefield in France, he keeps his staff en tenter- hooks because of his daring. The Prince was thrown when his mount bungled a five-foot jump. He drove in an automobile to the nearest surgery and proceeded by train to London, making light of his injury to all who inquired. He is now in bed, and will remain there for a time. Inquiries regarding the Prince's progress have been made by the French Ambassador at London at the request of President Millerand and Premier Poincare. A bulletin issued from York House says that there are no complications, and that the Prince is making satis- factory progress. ,English School Boys to Settle on Canadians Farms A despatch from London says: --A. party of public school boys left Lon- don on Thursday night en route to Canada where they will settle on the eland. ' Bulkeley Evans, Honorary Sec- retary of the Public Schools Employ- iment Bureau, who saw the boys off, explained that one of the latest acti- vities of the bureau had been to intro- duce to head masters of schools in Britain Prof. Lockheed of McGill Un versity; who was here to encourage ',British youths to settle on land in 'Canada. ',British Premier to Take But One £5,000,Salary A despatch from London says:— Premier ays:—jPremier MacDonald has decided to take a single salary of only £5,000, al- though filling the dual office of First .Lord of the Treasury and Foreign Secretary, which carry a salary of '26,000 apiece, _. . Oftealwrionavemsommerour Dr. T. C, Routley Who, in his capacity of general secre- tary of the Canadian Medical Associa- tion, has voiced a protest against the dominion government's proposal to substitute lay superintendents in place of the present medical boards at the ten D.S.C.R. hospitals. "Two -Minute Divorces” in France Now Thing of Past A despatch from Paris says: -- Thanks to Premier Poincare's person- al intervention, "two -minute divorces" for Americans are a thing of the past in France. The principals must now prove first of° all that their grounds for divorce are admitted in their native state. As a matter of fact, this provision is in the existing law, but in practice few such embarrassing questions have been put to applicants. The judges had discretionary, almost arbitrary, powers for deciding whether or not there •were sufficient grounds for granting the divorce. - But new regulations issued by the Ministry of Justice remind the judges of the formality existing in the French law and enjoining observance. Consequently Americans seeking di- Italy Accords Recognition to Soviet Russian Government A despatch from Rome says: -The representatives of the Italian and Russian Governments signed the com- mercial treaty on Thursday, and thus, in conformity with Premier Musso- lini's previous decision, established de jure recognition of "„Russia. The Italian Government will-. immediately appoint an Ambassador to Russia, thus restoring diplomatic relations. Ten huge concrete storage tanks, capable of holding' 250,000 bushels of grain, are being erected by the Robin Hood Milling Co., adjacent to its ;mills, at Calgary. This will increase the mill's storage capacity to 500,000 bushels. No Single State Will Enforce Terms Without Universal Accord. cfb despatch from Geneva. says:— Joseph C. Drew, United States Minis- ter to Switzerland, who is acting as unofficial observer at the sessions of the Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations, on Thursday stat- ed anew the position of cordial sym- pathy of the United States Govern- inent for the control of the traffic in 'arms. • Mr, Grew explained that the United States objected, .among other things, to the St. Germain Treaty, because this treaty would prevent the United States forwarding arms to Latin - 'American States which had not sign- ed the convention. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, repre- senting Great Britain, replied that, although the United States was not shipping any considerable amount of. arms, it was also true that all States must sign the proposed convention be- fore any single State would consent to enforcing its terms. There was necessity for obtaining universal ac- cord, including the United States—in spite of that country's fine record— so that the other countries would feel easy in mind. Signor Schanzer, Italy, supported Viscount Cecil's arguments. Champion. Skater of Europe Lives on Fish and Apples • A despatch from Paris says:— Thunberg, the Finnish skater; who. is champion of Europe, is living modest- ly at Chamonix in a little hotel'.dur- ing the Olympic winter sports, in which he is a competitor. He lives on a frugal fare of dried, fish, biscuits and apples. To this fare he attributes his perfect condition and wonderful Tourist traffic to Skagway via Van- couver will be very heavy this year. All steamers are reported booked full to July. f ender • TOW MA'AM ! I't" L; 1 SORRY ' THE-Ree AIN'T A ROOM LEFT I' IlN.THEIiOUs 400, rt EJPY e Weeks Maniets4 TORONTO. Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern, $1.13%. Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW., 47%c; No. 1 feed, 46s/ac. Manitoba barley—Nominal. All the above track, bay ports. Ontario ,barley -65, to 7Oc. Amer. corn --No. 2 yellow, 983sc; Buckwheat—No. 2,- 76 to 800. , Ontario rye—No. 8, 75 to 79c. Peas—.No. 2, $1.45 to $1:50. Millfeed-Det., Montreal freights,' bage included: Bran, per ton, $2S. shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, . good feed flour, $2.10. Ontario wheat -Nei. 2 white, 97 Id $1O, noutside.tarioflour—Ninety per cent pat. Ontario No. 2 white oats .41 to 480. Ontario corn—Nominal. , in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship.. meat, $4,60; Toron".) basis, , 4.60;. bulk seaboard, $4.25. Man. flour -1st pats, in jute, sacks, $6.20 per barrpats.,mothy per $5.70.ton Hay-11ctra Nel; o.2nd 2 ti track, Toronto, $14,50 to $lli; No. 2, $14.50; No: 3, $12.50; mixed, $12;50 Straw—Carlots, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screening, f.o.b., bay ports, per ton, $EO., Cheese—New, large,. 21 to 22c;. twins, 22 to 22' c: triplets, 221,E to Vancouver, B.C.—Exports of lum pined from t g , avge, her from this province during the past copper copper ores' mined in the.. Sudbury 25 to 30c; twins, 26 to 31c; triplets seven years have made • remarkable+ area of Ontario. 27 to 32c, advances. In 1918; exports totalled Montreal, Que.--Pulpwood exports Witter -»Finest creamery prints, 4t 84,000,000 feet; 1919, 108,000,000 feet; to the United' States in the twelve ° Zc 403 creamery, 48 to ?lac; No., 1920, 147,000,000 feet; 1921, 189,000, - months ended December 31, 1928, were Eggs—Extras, fresh,: Tose, 000 feet; 1922, 285,000,000 feet; and valued at $13,525,000, as against $10,- 88 to 59c; fresh extras, loose, fib to 1923, 480,000,000 feet. Shipments are 359,762 in the preceding year. 570; fresh firsts, 52 to 53c; extras, made to alt parts of the - world, the St. John, N.B.—Lumbermen from storage, in cartons, 46 to 47c; extras, I United Kingdom, United States, Aus-' various parts of the province report 43 to 44c; firsts, 39 to 40c; seconds, i tralia, Japan, China, South America that the work is now well under way: 30 to 32c, and New Zealand being steady •cus-1 and that the setback which they re-; Live poultry—Spring chickens, 4 I Comers for lumber products from this ceived earlier in the season, owing to lbs. and over, 2av chickens, 3 to 4 the fact that theground did riot freeze lbs., 23c; hens, aver 5 lbs., 22'c; do,li-J province. _ 4 to 5 lbs. 15c ; do, 3 to 4 Ibs. 15c • Edmonton, Alta.—Shipment-of Wes- up until late, has now been overcome roosters, lie; ducklings, over 5 lbs., tern Canadian. butter via the Panama in many cases. The gangs are for the 19e: do, 4 to 5 lbs„ 18c; turkeys, Canal to the United Kingdom has been most part complete, although the turn - satisfactory, according to Harrison over still permits of several men being . Watson, Canadian trade commissioner taken on every day. Snow conditions in London. Four thousand boxes of are very favorable at the present time, Alberta butter were forwarded by this but it is hoped that there will be an route during the fall with success, the additional fall before the spring break consignees stating that there was a t up that there may be enough water to saving as compared with the Eastern Permit of successful steam driving. route. I Kentville, N.S.—It is understood I Regina, Sask.—There has been a that small flax mills are to be estab- very considerable increase in the num- 'lished at ICentv]lle and Nappan, N.S., ber of automobiles registered in wes- Dominion News in Brief he snieltin of the pickle- 23c; Stiltons 24 to 25c. Old :1 r., and LennoxviIle, Que., this year, by tern provinces in 1923, as compared the Department of Agriculture as an young, 10 lbs. and up, 22c. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over 30c; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 250; hens, over 5 lbs 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18e; roosters, 18c; ducklings, oyer 5 lbs,, 240; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 28 to 32c; geese, 22c. Beans—Canadian, handpicked, Ib., 7c; primes, Maple products—Syrup, per imp, gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, ib., 25e. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 'to 12c per with 1922. In British Columbia 5,000 experiment in the growing of flax in Ib.; 10 -Ib. tins, 11 to 12e; 5 ib. tins, 12 to 13c • 21/S -1b, tins 13 to 14c comb more automobiles were licensed in the territories named, for the manu- 1923 than in 1922, In Alberta regis- facture of fibre. The experiment will, Noxey, $er dozen 3..25 to $g: o 1, $E,75 to $4"� trations increased 1,250; Saskatchew- while conducted on a semi -commercial Smokedmeats—Hams, mad„ 25 to I an comes forward with an increase of scale during 1924, be watched with 27e; cooked ha: as,, 87 to 39e; smoked 2t 500 motor cars Manitoba will show greater interest. The climate of the rolls, 19 to 21c; cottage rolls, 22 Et small increase in 1923, against an Annapolis Valley is said to be well 24e; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spp increase of 1,775 in 1922 over 1921- adapted for the cultivation of flax. Winnipeg, Man.—Immigrants ar- I a riving in Western Canada through ports between Port Arthur and Kings- gate, B.G., during the year 1923 to- , tailed 8,702, as compared with 9,595 in 1922, according to figures issued by the immigration office here. The bulk of these settlers were farmers and their families. They brought in actual wealth $2,026;654; while their effects A despatch from Washington Heavy steers, choice, $7 to $",,75; were valued at 579,37.8. says :—The German Embassy Contin- butchers steers, choice, $6.25 to $7; Sudbury, Ont.—Nickel production in nes to refrain from displayingthe do, good, $5,75 to 6; do, med., $4.75 to German national colors at half-mast. va ree Throughout Washington the flags $4,75 t $5.25; do coni,, $.50 to $5; GERMANS FAIL IN lbs. and p4, $17 1•ghtw •lht rolls, in barrels, 87; �ieav veig t rolls alai brand breakfast bacon, 80 to 33e; backs, .boneless, 80 to 35e. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50 to '70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 ibs., $18; RESPECT TO WILSON in u • i y i $32. Lard—Pure tierces, 16' to 16i/ e; Embassy at Washington Re- tubs, 161/0 to 17e; pails, 17 to 17ri;c; frains from Half-Masting prints, 18 to 19e; shortening tierces, Their Flag. 1414 to y 4%c; tubs, 14 to 15c; pails, 15 to 15 ,tic; prints, 17 to 1714c. 23 amounted to 61444 000 pounds $5; do, com., $4.25 to $4.50; butcher Iued at $18,433,000, or about th 19 heifers,•choice $6 to $6.75; do,med and a half times as much as was pro- of many nations, in fact; those of all butcher cows, choice, $4.75 to $5; do, duced during the preceding calendar the other Embassies and Legations, med., $3.50 to $4; canners and cut - year, when the total output was only are still half -masted, as a mark of tars, $1,25 to $2; butcher bulls, choice, 17,591,123 pounds, valued at $6,158,- respect for the late President Wood- $4,25to $5.25; do,, .com , 2 to$3; 993. The production was wholly ob- WILSON LAID TO REST IN NATIONAL CATHEDRAL — Woodrow Wilson, war-tinio president of the United States, was laid to rest in the Bethlehem chapel of the Cathedral of. St.. Peter and St. Pau], just outside Washington, on Wednesday afternoon. In accordance with the wishes of the late statesmen, the funeral was of a very simple nature, there being nothing of the pomp and ceremony that attend state funerals of na- tional leaders. The photograph shows the casket containing the remains of the late ex -president,' being borne out of the Wilson home. ) OH, BUT 1 MU5T i -u v ONE.tar L row Wilson. Their colors were so ,ceding steers, goo , $5.uv displayed immediately after the death do, fair, do, tor, .50 to $ good, $4 to $4.75; fair, ,°'x3.50 to �4; milkers of Mr. Wilson was announced Sunday. and springers, $70 to $100; calves, The colors of the German Embassy choice, $12 to $13.50; do, med., '$9 to were displayed only for a brief period $11; do, coni,, $5 to $7; do, grassers, Wednesday afternoon, from 12.30 $3 to $4.50; lambs, choice 'ewes, $12 o'clock, when work ended in the Gov= to $13.50; do, bucks, $10,50 to $12; do, ernment departments, until the fun- culls, $7 to $3; sheep, light ewes, $7.50 era', was over. On Thursdaythe flag- to $8; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $4.50; do, g cuIis, $2 to $3; hogs, fed and watered pb;e on the German Embassy was en- $8; do, f.o.b., $7.50; do, country points, tirely bare. The colors of the French, 7.25 o, selects, $8.80. British; Belgian, Spanish and other Embassies, and all the Legations, can- tinued to be half -masted. German Work Replaced by British "Dye Bible" strong bakers, $5.60; do, winter pats., choice, $5.65 to $5.'75. Rolled oats, A despatch from London says:—A bag 90 lbs., $3.05. Bran, $28.25; shorts, book that cost more than £5,000: to $30.25. Middlings, $36.25. Hay, per. ton, car lots, $16. produce has just been published here. Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 411/ t0 This is the "Dyers l3ible," as it is 42c; do, No. 1 creaniery,>41 to 41%c; known in the industry, an index to do, seconds, 40 to' 403fc. Eggs, stor- colors, which replaces the German age extras, 42c; do, storage firsts, 36c; work of Professor Gustav Schulte. The last edition .of Schultz's work dealt with 1,001, colors; the new Brit- ish work. covers 1,236 synthetic dyes and 87 natural dyes, mineral pigments, etc.,, which appear under more than MONTREAL. Oats, Cana West,, No. 2, 56%c; do,,, Can. West, No. 3, 55c; do, extra No. a 1 feed, 533/se; do, No. 2 local white, 521,1 c.:: Flour, Man.:,spring wheat pats., lsts, $6.30; do, 2nds, $580; do, 20,000 trademarks, all duly indexed. This index alone has taken three years to complete. Experts in every dyeniaking country helped with the proofs, with the single exception of Gerznany, which refused to assist the work in any way. IIV1 R.ABBITRORO' WAIT. A MINUTE Rte I'LL 60 set_ -rt4e. f=- , MANAGER ! l` do, storage seconds, 80'e do, fresh ex- tras, 60e; do, fresh firsts. 50e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.35 to $1.40. • Exports of pulpwood from Canada for the year 1923 amounted to 1,384,- 230 cords, compared with 1,011,332 for 1922,; an increase- of 373,000 cords or 35 per cent. The 1923 figures are equivalent to about 900,000 tons of newsprint that could have, been menu• fa•ctured from this wood. -- ....aw...... o . _....�.a... U... 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