The Exeter Advocate, 1921-9-29, Page 7FOUR THOUSAND INJURED AND
1100 KILLED AT OPPAN, GERMANY
Series, of Explosions in the B adische An linfabrik Chemical
Plant in the Rhine Palatinate Lays Flourishing Town
in Ruins—French Army Corps to. the Rescue.
A. despatch' from Mannheim, Ger-
Wnany, says: — Aesolation and runs
lame remain'. of what was once the
flourishing town of Oppau. The town
had 6,500 residents, of which a ane-
jority of the Wreak engaged in the
ehemical works were killed or wound-
ed by a series of explosions in the
Badiscllo Anilinfabrik ehemieal plant
at Oppau, in the Rhine palatinate, 40
miles from here, Soldiers in French
uniforms are clearing await the wreck-
l►.r- age, picking up the deed and injured
as after a big battle.
Eleven; hundred dead and four thou-
sandinjured is the latest estimate of
the disaster, which caused a greater
number of casualties in the Mannheim-
Ludwigshafen
annheim-I udwigshaf n district that the four
years of war. The desolation aroused
Oppau equals anything seen at Verdun
or in Flanders over a similar area.
Hundreds of persons are digging in
the ruins for the bodies of relatives
or friends, dearly- a thousand of which
have been revovered thus far.
Thirty-six hours after the explosion,
Froin the gaping, funnel-like hole
where the Badisehe works formerly
stood, there are still to be heard moan-
ing and cues of the wounded, while the
soldiers search for possible* sit -wore.
'aenty.five hundred of the injured!
eparted to have passed through
hospitals of the surrnunditig pities.,
is slowly filling .-
water, and it may never be known how
malty victims found a grave there. All;
mutilated but still li.•ing animaal;
crawling :.midst the twisted girders
and bIoeks of eoruerete are being put
out of their misery. The firemen acid
relief workers have not tet leen carate
to di eerd their gas masks.
The Thirty -Second Army Corps of
the French Army is in - complete
charge of the area and every available
French medical officer had arrived
early Thursday morning to eo-operate
with the German phy!sieiana and sur-
geons. The French and German Red.
Cross are•eo-operating and a big Ger-
man sanitary train has brought large
quantities of medical supplies. The
German officials thanked General De-
goutte for the prompt manner in 1
which the French Army Came to the
assistance of the victims.
The French high Commissioner en
the Rhine, ?.iM.. Tyrard, and his entire
staff, took charge of the relief work.
The members of his staff were sent to
all the surrounding towns to e.11iist the
the mayors and people in the relief ..
plan, in which the labor unions are
uniting. 'Several of the fends have"
already a,'srmeal Targe proportion..
,Several Freneh soldiers were killed
ed man,,- wounded when the force of
Oppau e;`;n.easion wrested the
neh barruekts at Eisenlleim. A train
ieh had .just left that station was
wn off the tracks, plowing through,
wooden sheds where French crl-
iers of occupation were qunrterei1.
General Dettoutte personally decor-.
a ►ted a 1<ioreecan soldier who reseued
eleven wounded frona the wreckage,
the African being ceverla turned.
about the hands and neelt.
1 it reported, the dis-
Primarily, ispo ,
aster was caused by the explosion of
fifteen tons of ammonium sulphate in
the preparation of a new gas, in d
which the pressure of 300 atmospheres'
and a temperature of between rat) mai
:00 degrees Ceii rif;rade were needed,
SINN FEIN CHIEF
MUST EXPLAIN STAND
British Cabinet .tisk De Valera
to Make Definite Statement
of His Position.
A despatch free, t,airlotee S:otland."
says: -A copy of the draft of the;
British C bi t' 1 toa Valera
ential preliminary to nny eonferenee.
They are pre, sing the view that the
Government cannot bandy words in-
definitely. They complain that dell
Valera is polling no concessions what-
ever, and profess alarm that he will
bring up the question of sovereignty t
as coon as the conference meets, and
nullify everything.
On the other hand appeals to the
Cel;inet not to break off tile. roeftotia-
A UNIQUE PHQTO RAPH QF teRTTAtere PP[h1E tt4l1t1STe
D. Lloyd George, at Inverneoe, signing a ane :.:ge hey's husk efte., a"•oeiein
g
a parcel from Lcn,len. Ile is using the geld P4'34 whb h t.-: used to sign: the
peace twine.
The Destination of Canada's.
Crop.
Ilurar the sevtaa l e ars 191., tat:
1921, the tce¢.al e: -Vets of €r in fron
aurae ane ;treed! tA 1.-',.x.,014," e
bushes. Only: fi:tF en per peat, cf this
Gwent to the L-nite I States, the halaan,e'
of 85 per ee'ct. going to other coun-
tries. Of tee tete! eeportatic,n of
train dung ihii pEriol, 41 a,9efeete
bushels, or 37 per tent,, left Canada
a: Canadian :'ca ports, whilst :+11,:100,
1e1T l usheel: Van. r ei:.e :lel vin" the`
Unitel States. Grain, however, ex-
portt;i thr ugh the euseekre. ports of
Abereorn, Conticouat nee St. John's,.
l?.Q., has to be h<aulee':l for lung dis-
t:anees on Canadian line,?. The quan-'
tity of gtesin tie=r t e.l for tither coun-
tries than the United Sta e.s and ex-
poraeel thrrei h thee three ports da-
ms the seven ye are automate to l A7,
d19,84f hu;ht�le, which for prta irie d
D ° s key mph he r^ephealee es au wen -leer,. n°4 re I t- ene: l be poverty from:-
P ani . � .-at .
tiara to the quantity expel -tee through: bero*aiatig a eine-elan!
Cilnaidiail seaports. viz.. 41 a,.,0,7.lt ; The c lue .t;,.:n of its heelers, in mei-
bushels and nalang' the total to bel cinv. it "�aa>s', in t9 emogy, in teaaainge
St t e x'.c hcatiod3.
0:'_:a in speaker reeanarkej the.
", • "is it not fort as reason- ,
able tF.: ^ he should
i t a•^rte Ds., to ;in_ .
t tin D a l for fent:reiths toe that
it sheet' ,res for the P;1,: a ' n
tDo nt doe-
:"
nr? e...". Ill arge high- fie for their
sere:ton ';" lsr i:ael not rep sone:l far'
enol,; de One lec^t- n a trwle in less
time ;e sl at less expense than one
Imre-- a prtefes-intl Beside= the ap.
prep ,a- is paid while he int learning,
white - the ::tine t.t tar:eh r crest
e7
tteetee, ai'ta:ng., hJs �.,eeele unity r=.ty
eotir•:•. dee e�nt, i; deterred from S ,.
` e
cerai:ier i .,1,,2 se pith sfi?ele re:•nt se of
the e' ,t e 1' learning the trade, hat
many : N4:, --fazed heave to give :.ip his
am"ea len <, ee ado;tor if the province
T
hots t per j f the ee e ref his mein
cal t . °a^,.en. and what a r' .
t 3l at'e in
h;tna.ar �9aae would he paid if some
youth wee/ .: t;:aural tsalt-n' 1'v4r sur-
Victoria, B.C.—A shipment of 2,- . a trade commissioner's office in
000,000' feet of spruce and hemlock is lJamaica.
being prepared for San Pedro by the! St. Catharines, Ont. -Large quan-
Whalen Pulp n Paper plant on thei titles of pears are being shipped to
+est coast of Vancouver Island. E the United Kingdom; from the Niagara
Spruce is selling well in the south as : distriet. The pear crop is a good one,
its lightness is appealing to the build-' being about the best in fruits this
QM. year with the exception of grape
Kamloops, B.C.—The Croettlehursti which are also heavy.
Orchard of the British Columbia; Montreal., Que..--Amongst those in
Fruitlands, has shipped over seventeen: the cabin of the S.S. Corsican which
thousand boxes of crabapples to the:arrived- here recently was a. party of
east this summer, consignments going 180 Canadian school teachers, who
to Winnipeg, Brandon, Port Arthur,' have been touring Great Britain arse
Minneapolis and Chiedgo. It is esti- the continent for the past two month s.
mated that the harvest of tt eelthl. Some 35 more, who were with the
and Mackintosh Reds will reach four- ` party when it left Canada, are still
Oen thousand boxes, malting a total; in England; but will sail shortly. Tee
production of thirty thousand bo' es ; sel:ool teachers, who came from a:1
m the orchard of fourteen thousand' parts of the Dominion, ` aryl repreeent
ees. o t l grades, were sent on un edu atlen-
Edmonton, Alta.—In less than one al tour by the various provincial goe-
week twenty carloads of Aii:erta ernments, who made grants for the
white fish from Lesser Slave and Lae` purpose. The trip was organize:+
La Blcl'e'passed through Ednnor-.ton en . uneer the supervision of the Federal
to the Chieago market. It is Department elf Eat:ea:io*
estimated that there ate still eighty n Ha;,f<^.,x, N.S.—Mere then 2,004.4:[4+0
e roads Ettore the: season's eat:'h .n ba+rrele of apples, rrlpi3t.b.s the gre t-
t:s air Slave Lithe will all he t.l<kri;- pct slot;+ in its h:ster e r.._ + ome frresea
etci.,l.
the Ar rapelis Valley th ear,
Regina, Sasli.---An sa" I ate 7 el the. cording to F. J. G. Ceti':ea :, fre.ght
veltie and extent of Sesnateheiian'sd t-raftta i neeager of the Dem niona Ate
crop tills year is he retr.ee a Cd'' S.f'%1 u' ia.T1u Redeevey. The Teat e :old, otetee
a ; e . aro,,, s' ,r t *� , ,[ n s".
hsaY.er ;at?3 ca.�,,..eer, l.ea,. ;t.. t.z.:^,�: ,tr. t._D.rP•au, has re;?:tet:..a. tt',c....,.,-
eta an lee ere,oleoe which is 'alrae,a.' reaa•it:n; ti:e repel frsen evci'v pre.
de/tele that t+f lulu, year. .`.+Sea tee { it ze in the Pornieion and nearly every
more teem e3,5(le of the Fernee ;eel, state of tee United States. Italie.'
1,501,1 of the latter have been etentcd 4 tion" are that 1,c +11 ears of €apple's tint
by the prole:nt:ai l :authoritie .
Winnipeg, Mem—Recent statist!
Issued on the renw:'e; mileege .11 C'•)n-
ada give tli.e t+ ts@ i'nu• all r ai1w9y 5 at
^s.2 , of wlii:eli t« e l 4.at,r -'s sli?re`
inuountel to 11,taS'0, ptep alleti ler• Icer
nli"c 2 ;n; Q.acelae , 4, '2, 4211; M. n:t a;t➢a'
4,1d, 11,`3; Sa-itatnhewan 0,112, iid.l.
Alberta 4,.7.^,, 11et; British Columbia
4,227. 144+:; New Breriewi.1k i,te ate fete;
Nova Seethe 1,42, 337; anal Pt'inee'
Edward Tele n 1 279, 2e0,
Ottawa, [lnt.—Annfe.inaement iias
leen natio• that the ('erta^iltl[i Govern.;
meat will (Ten to trade mem +sloe D' '
off}.ee in New York cite. Fresieri-
Meld, set proem; wtir,g direetor. Do-
minion Bureau r,f Information. New
York, has been appointee to the pia;¢,
The gavernret rat w' se intends to oeere
N in E e a•41Air, en! in ether wants of
Ito the period under review, the,; life , e -R:; theea:,ttntre a great deal c4f
heaviest export shipments of reheat°mene• , lee it is money well l*ent.°
were made in the three wear yeaari, "'''ht r" the,'" It t e/ i'i-ion, the pt�ttple
191e, ltnli end 1915, t ae lee est gtett pert -se I. le ee there are nye leadero.
. ,..i, v' .e.
city leE:ing 139,tt'r]:1.t+•:u t+ai•lae:G fpr the `: the •,..► n:.ra.,_r qtr ,,. re:Meath/it
i,ta'..tt:ort.
,a • ' e•l filar^ll '31st 1"tl !•'ant' itee•l e e11. Q exit ,wale. * ei,_, ..t er.D.
be shipped to the t"nitr�cl Stele . -
St. John, ;ti.P. —A eon rant has be;.1
-e to Kane and Parket•, of this c'ii? ,
l e erection on Partridge leie;3'd
i8 erieel; nn4 ea *:-.� vete tau I Ir^ tGe t_.t?
UFA, as a power -hest e, ?a:ith alnel,
lef€ -ting centre ir. the Flan;ilieg of aer,-
zn ersants. The cost of the strueturee
will he $100,600. Wean: will be starteel
inimeeiately and the theiltlin`a, is 7a
cep:eon:tl, will he eompietee in r.Ei�'e•°e
aiaa'nths.
yr. Johns, Ntl.I.--Wl ie be r l
to k one of the Sit• t pros -ye l:4g ^a
per 6ierosit+ ave is /Aerie! in c 'lis
we::•ttaltrg hate, rr:ta.�iy l,ee., uat,cac...e.f
On the west C ett e<q Ne•iestnelette
The fiJii extent elf the ;e} e' ` seed to
lie of a very MO./ pen:ti t::i e, 1�)eve•aerpe
mere t work has already cwaninle.n'e'.
CANADA'S CENSUS he eere.a'e vas aRe ae par
LESS THAN EXPECTED
ae nt '.?, e'°! ir:wre..ase ,:t e a ie ue
p . vE, n EitkaC. Martel , r. p,.......;._ 161 ete• came In hell tee ' t..�...eal en.
ill:i ane reply .e ' ' l Advance Made if i •aR ,;.b,.sl. .,;._ ,.a, R44ae, ..<D a S, .c, 5Se t"t'�
'll be t t i "lit � of the titins do not fill a'1 deaf ear: The, Atal`� the quantity fell to 41,80e.807 C + • ;01'�° .a`ill rt•elaaite to i><' •eoalae •ac. 1 �€n:zrlerfal>:
of In per tele., wh tl o �e i::a• pot
' n. ' c • . • 'y 'r tee Gnirk:veli meeting as ti s 1'ekti a h .}i for a. -:'•i• power, for reads,. there
l tt'i 1 t h F vete' ran 4e 4-'te[,p 3'
draft of de Z. raltaas an.,taEa. It t. ON-" after g ecoii tiCaY iia 81ti e F 8 at el
pelted that this will delay the Irish, they were before.
will a Fen O every
a :e'at -e. t .. , . c a, 0iaa;P4'a: M1itait a faiw, tir:;t d v a;.:: et• :a :eYn
. riire. ent time la, therefore, a pericel Of limbos. the: seise •st of the setae,. ens:een:t e te► terf ietet• expeen•littl►'e•s len; Figure Reaches Eight and
Trish C,.liant t. Thr. means that all , d u g
will2.
be held responsible for the final SUU nsc, and things are net nearle o The totd wheat a xporta•,1 fa.r the : unie r "ie t�,lale:nein. For relit ay. ,
! , , e 1 e
' - e t � .ai7'1i�,F:'DatFi.D: a.�r. ,,„'.r' . Zr
(1f• Ode quantity 71.3 eYt1'«t 7"Jka taulic ls, ah ar, ....:,^ el rkir+•tPy ±:at, to Tar�ee°itle :i t.6,l:;at:�lY from Ottawa says. -•-Ii
q .� „ c
Half Million.
a.week Or more. t --------e. '- -"�"”' Or ! per vent., :':ice du-tinl'.t for LOtin-.. for the Ytn;" (2— tit nitY�;1 '- tug-' (.:'Qn�t1:t ?;pet 'Y pt.P}iti :atlnn of ti,.3titt,tttltt et..., the, E1e/•aat a+. 4,1.,..., 11' ,..' t�
reply for 1 1 F States," rle • ,., 114.t.;14 e: l+rt•tIa aitP t tt
It is learned that the pre-i•nt elraft u Ensureg tries; other than the 't' rated ,1 efe:.., en laitlfia.ly lntE?e•eluat€' •i1 aril. }ice •ce,n:-itit•rt 3 tee }taws• maelc; u, . pe,
lit t S. At i, la4.t v-if4 ete4 ite,at .t pt tele
is likely to he the Government's final 17F v 4u1,t;91..1:l liuslicelti car tl i per ct'ttt. go- 01 Ca , . t..�. ,. t}tF. Pert of the general e a . t• : ie: tee
yNOiSelw�S I^ Rifle
ala; than is nt,e.?td inn^e Eli an wonderful ativanve in pciti...t.ut eery tatiliYa.t ti tilt; tc ".
letter. The ministers are debating the ink flat u;rh Gnitn°t Stitt a pnrt9 °Yee} la
capacity in which the Irish represen-
datives will attend. the conferenee, as A despatch from Geneva say's:
well as.the ""basis" for the conference. —Lieutenant, \Veber. of Lucerne,
It is felt by the members of the claims to have discovered tan :ap-
British Cabinet that de Valera's let- paratus which suppresses all
ter admits of more than one interpre noise when a rifle is fired.
talion on these points, and de Valera Swiss experts have tested the
will be asked to make a plain and invention, according to Weber,
definite statement as to the basis on land have found it to work sue -
which he is willing to confer.
The attitude of the Government is ce eftally. He decleyes that he
that the only possible basis is the expects to developit so that it
continuance of Ireland as a part of the Gan be applied to cannons.
British Empire. Those hoping for
peace. gather little consolation from
the Gairloch meeting, as a strong see -
tion of the Cabinet v:ashes to sternly
insist upon the abandonment of de
Valera's sovereignty claims as an es- tude.
Reaching the re:ord height of 33,000
feet in an aerep:cane, a Frenchman said
ha seemed to be flying through a rose-
colored atm-esthere when at that alti-
ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS RS IN
PREMIER � EIC EN'S CABINET
Prime Minister and Minister of Ex-
ternal Afl'airs—Right Hon. Arthur
Meighen.
Railways and Canals—Hon. J. A.
Stewart, Lanark (new).
Trade and Commerce -H. H. Ste-
vens, Vancouver (new).
Justice—R. B. Bennett, Calgary
(new).
Postmaster-General—L, deG. Belley,
K. 0., Quebec (new).
Secretary of State—Rodolphe
Monty, Montreal (new).
Health, Immigration and Coloniza-
tion—Dr. J. W. Edwards, Frontenac
(new).
+Soldiers' Civil Re-establ'ishmen't—R.
J. Manion, Fort Wiliam (new).
Customs and Excise—J. B. M. Bax-
ter, St. John, N.B. (new)-.
Public Works—Hon. F. B. McCurdy
(no change).
Finance --Sir Henry Drayton (no
change) .
President of the Privy Council—
Dr. L. P. Norrnand, Three Rivers
(new).
Agriculture—Hon. S. F. Tolmie,
Victoria, B.C. (no change).
Labor—Hon. G. D. Robertson (no
change).
Marine and Naval—Hon. C. C. Bal-
Iantyne (no change).
Interior—Sir James Lougheed (no
change) .
Militia and Defence—Hon. Hugh
Guthrie (no change).
Without pardsolio—E. K. Spinney
(no change); Sir Edward Kemp (no
change); James Wilson, Saskatoon
(new), and Edmund Bristol, K.C., To-
ronto (new).
The portfolio • of Solicitor -General
remains to be filled.
.;:. , ter elees..»�..- -.
• '1 ,0 going r tllinkin, on the relative value of Ntlu,i the part ten Year'. pc,milt:on trail fr1'.4.2D latestNe.
throSa1,053, : M per pent., neainp, g In the Ice teems from Ben to +:ell, vine her 1.
through ('atnadian capons. Cation,
The latest,returns of Canadian t •-
port trade show that more than one-
third of Canada's exported wheat and
one-quarter of its feeur in the seaeon
just elapsed, went to the United
States. From September 1st, 1920 to
May 31st, 1921, wheat exports am-
unted to 122,519,528 bushel,, valued
e208,202,638, of which 47,656 963
bushels valued at $100,689425 went to
the United States, 28,171 956 bushels
valued at $60,079,445 to the United
Kingdom and 40,720,6+09 bushels rain-
ed at $107,493,768 to other euuntries.
Of the wheat shipments to countries
other than the United States, 52,373,-
104
2,373;104 bushels valued at y1100,238,1d'1
went by way of United States ports,
and 22,519,371 bushels valued at $58,-
335,049 by way of Canadian seaports.
Exports of Canadian wheat flour for
the nine months ending May 31st,
1921, reached a total of 5,432,405 bar
rels valued at $56,713,745, of which
2,617,063 barrels va}lued at $26,149,756
went to the United Kingdom, 1,245,611
barrels valued at $12,193,107 to the
United States and 1,568,930 barrels
valued at $18,370,$95 to other coun-
tries. .0f the exports of Can-
adian wheat flour to other coun-
tries than the United States, 1,-
801,064 barrels valued a $17,329,860 M.P. for West Edmonton, who has
were shipped by way of the United been appointed to the Senate.
States ports and 2,384,929 barrels
valued -at $27,100,791 by way of Can-
adian seaports.
New Zealand has 4,391 registered
apiaries, representing more than 50,-
000 -colonies of bees.
Although blind, a Canadian ex -sol-
dier recently passed the Canadian
Civil Serviee examination for employ-
ment as a ehorthand clerk.
Estimate of Canada's
1921 Crops
Wileat 288,493,000
Oats . 457,544,000
Bye 11,707,100
Flax Seed 6,930,000
Potatoes 99,937,000
Stc-E- —times #442
Weekly Market Report
$1.55„ I/omit:al; No. 2 Northern, $1.51, : Ileizno—Can„ haminet tate rethele
Manitoba oats—No. e CW, Me; No. Maple preritiets—Serep, Ina !east
2 feed, 49lee. ' Maple segar, lb., lit to- 22.e.
nominal. : ea lb.; 5-21.tdle tins. le te 1.7, pee
All the ailoee track, Ilat• poets. Ire; Ontario eoraii liteley, per der,
rominal, Bite ports. Choiee heavy sepro. $7 te Se: butt:
Ontario oats—No. 2 -white, 43 tt..2 45e. eher etners, elzhee., ee to es7: -le orootle
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Whiter, per ee to $5.rel: do, reed., $4.25 ..o Sere
No. 3 Spring, nominal'. '84; centers are! eutt'ers el :22 il-'2.;:
Barlee—elalting, 05 to 79e. aceorti- number bulls. geeii, eeeid to ,...i; eet
hig to freights outside. .com. $2 to $1.720; fee tors, mete eo(e
Buckwheat—Ne. 2, nominal. :lbs., '85.50 te ste: do, fair. e4 to e1.50e.
Rye—No. 2, 81.00. hunkers, e75 te $e5; springers. eee tot
Manitoba flour—First pats., 89.85;18100; ealves, ehoiee, e 1 2 to el3; -dot
Ontario flour --$0, old crop. i lambs, eood, e8.50 to ee; do, vote., 361
Millfeed—Del. Montreal freight,' to e7; slieep. choice, 'ee.50 to $4.:, doe
bags included: Bran, per ton, 327; ! good, e2 to $3.50; do, heavy and btICkS,:1,
sheets, per ton, $28; good feed flour,: $1, to $2; hogs, fed and watered. ili9.50:
Baled Hay—Traelt, Toronto, per ion,; de, f.o.b., $8.75 to eft; do, eountryt
Cheese—New, 'large, 21 to 211neci: Montreal. .
twins, 211e to 22c; triplets, 23 to: Oats, Can. western., No. 2, We- to;
29 to 291e2e; triplets, 291e, to 30e; Stil- : Man. Spring wheat pate., firsts, $9.501
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 33 tte. Bran, $27.. Shorts, 529. Hay, No. 2
35c; :creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 42 i pa ton, car lots, $28 to 829.
to 43e; No. 2, 39 to 40-c; ooking, 22: Cheese, finest easterne, leeic. Bute'
to 24e. + ter elmicest -creamery, 36e. Eggq
Dressed poultryt—Spring thickens,' selected, 45e. ,
ducklings, 35e; turkeys, 60c.
35 to 40c; roosters, 20e; fowl, 30mi Good butcher steers, ee.50 to el§
good fat cows of dairy type, e5 t '
Live poultry—Spring chickens 20 to i 55.50; light thin heifers, 53; gree
25e roosters, 16c; fowl, 16 to 20c; I calves, et up; good veal calves, $10 t
daklingst 35e; turkeys., 50e. 1512; lambs, 58; sheep, $2 to 54; hogst