HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-3-16, Page 3CANADIANS• LOSE $45,015930
.DURING..19211N FIRE DAMAGE
Added to This Enormous Waste is the Incalculable Loss
Alcising From Forest Fires -45.22 Per Capita
Throughout the Dominion.
.
A despatch from Ottawasays;..• Ire -p crts by mantes al o#fivers show
Fero losses situ geeneea foe lege am- that the leases in cities: having pope -
punted •to $5.22 per capita,, as coatpar- ]atacns of more than 10,OOq population
ed with 90 cents per capias in Great: ar meted to $X3,018,951, or $4.29 per.
eel -pita; in towns of from 1,000 to 10,-
Britamadeinpubi e oby t t
e information the Domin n Fire sm1ite, and n, villages 8
5, agesandrrural •der
isc
-Commieeioaer, Daring the year the tracts, $25;214,894, or $5.31 per capita -
25,916 fires reported to the Depart- In places staving municipal fire prote0-
inert of Insurance oceas*one : -Limper- tion systems the loss was $4.90 per
ty damage amounting to $45,015,930, 'capita, and in unprotected ;'aces $5.25
exclusive of ineal'cu able loss arising per capita..
front forest fires, the commissioner There were 59 fires where the loss
points out. execoded $100,000; 46 with losses of
The 1921 Are lose, of which ap- xrv:n $50,000 to $100,000; 261. with a•
proxim .te y $34,000,000 cr 75 per even V,, less of from $10,000 to $50,000; 3,992'
vac, covered by in crane, eeestrtates with a ?cess of from $1,000 `to $10,000,1
a substantial increttse over the loved; and 21,558 with a. loss of less than;
of the three previews year,,. In 1920 e1,000. The 59 larger fires entailed an/
the less amounted to $28,745,n90; in ; ggregate loss of $15,824,801, and the
1919, x$25,361,240, ane in 1918, $33,- 21,558 smaller fires a loss of $4,644,-
817,06d. d. Daring 1921 the erre losses S2..
in Great Btitaita amounted to only Classified according- to the charac-
53Q,400,000. ter of the property involved, the more
By provinces the distribution of fire deetruetivc firtee occurred as follows;
Alberta, $2.875,000, or $4.95 per of td1,188,200; 32 in mercantile prop -1
lessen during 1921 was(' as follows: 49 in industrial property, with n loss
capita; British Cielarabf,•r, $5,050.000, erty. with a fors a $5M59,000; 9 in l
er $5.82. per -cpit$ ; hf rnitoba, $2,864,- institute:mid property, with a loss of
$1,948,561, and 15 in miscellaneouel.
property, with a loss of,4,301,465.
r
The aanrou at of money spent by the
Dominion and Provincial Govern -1
meats upon fire prevention work in
1921. , amounted to $125,000, all of
which, with the exception of $12,000,1
was raised by as tax upon insurance 1
companies.
000, or $4.67 per capita; New Brune -
wick, $2,725,982, or $7.02 per eapits;
Nova S:otia, $3,177,000, or $6.O6 Pr
eapita; Ontario, $15,d44,617, of $6.28
per capita; Prince Edward Island,
5210,478, or $2.44 per •capita; Quebec,
$10,897,653, or $444 per capita, and
Saskatchewan, $33,700,000, or $4.93 ger
capita.
MONTAGU FORCE
TO RESIGN OFFICE
Made Public India's Demand
That Turkey be Raised to
Status of World Power.
A despatch, frere Tendon says;-C�4'
Publi,atien of the Indian Governs
meet's domed that Turkey be raised
to the stratus of a world power to ap-
pease lilosienis in India, leaf' to the
resignation of E. S. ;ifaantagu, Seere-
tary of State for In,.ia. He had given.
hie concent to the publication of the
Ixj»:arc Gov'ernmentie to tigram without
consulting the Cal niet, Austen Chain.
t erlain, Coalition i.rziee in the House
of ','•!1nm Wes, armouree i.
iVd�•. Ch nber grin eepiained, in arcs-
wee to a s;ueviierc abent the Indian
situationfrom a mens ser, that the
Government felt it vault not accept.
xcr r„r.:':bilf ity for the unauthodiz ,d
'teflon of Mr, Montagu. In other words,
vhc Secretary was practically forced
to resign.
Just what effect this will have on
the position of the Viceroy of India,
Earl Reading. is not yet clear. There
were reports .that he might resign, but
this idea was scouted in the test in -
teemed quarters, as the Government
is not now desirous of ehangin .
The effect in India itself of the In-
dian Governntent'•s far-reaching ton
-
cessions to the Turks, anti their repu-
diation by the British- Government,'
will, it is stated, serve to interkeify the
Moslem agitation,
In high qu stern here the co,,raspon-
dent was tinformet} the Indian Govern-
ment la really asking the country to
approve a lsolri<ey which would trans
1orrni Tuckey from a defeated •enemy.
into a sort of preferential. ally. It •has
no intention of adopting a policy to
ward Turkey which would raise cher: to
the status of a world ,power.
It was frankly stated, however, that
Eeri sin would- go to the Near Eastern
co em nee inespaeed, if necessary, to
make ;seine further modifica:tioais in the
treaty of :Sem. For example, it :is
poeseiblle she will propose giving
Smyrriea outright to rice Turks.
United States Declines
to Ji
otn Genoa Parl '
eya
A despeit, h froenlereehington
says:—The United Staten -well eheeip
elk fibaee 1±7usopean eovnt,ries which
eirst help themselves; And this Gov-
et9r adeehrilt will exert ``taietinft pressure"
to mine those naati rust ,feel. the necee-
aci r ei getting Back to norinadoay.
5's le the zeal) ` meaning od the
Danser veith regee d to eeonomie reh:abil-
itactiozi in Eprope, n enunuiatedl in the
I:
meted States note declining to par-
a in the .
e G�aa 'Conference, oats£ emcee
*pateand
a..
,
a zk.�o1.. at
e
E. Wylie Grier
Noted Canadianartist, who is .among
the exhibitors at ting Art Exhibition
held in St. Catharines under the aus-
pices of the Arte and Crafts Guild of
that city.
Free Public Lectures.
This week there terminated at the
provincial university a unique and a
very successful experiment. To a
number of the alumni and friends of
the university it seemed that people
who live near the university should
enjoy an educational. service similar
to that which has for years been avail.
cable, in the form of extension lectures,
to organizations throughout the prov-
ince.
rovince. These alumni arranged, there-
fore, for a series of six iecture% on
tapirs of literary, historical, and
scientific interest, secured the co-
operation of the professors ;cncerned,
engaged .Convocation Hall, and offered
eix educational evenings, free of all,
•cost, to the general .public. The res-
ponse wa.e magnificent. On the even-
ing of the first lecture •Convocation
Hall, .with its 1,800 seats, ;could; not
aceomanoclete all the people who
sought admission. The interest was
maintained from •week to week in a
most remarkable manner and many
hundreds of people acquired the habit
of attending unevemity (lectures.:
deed, during the past two years. ;there
has been evident on the part of the
public almost everywhere a very gen-
eral desire to learnmore, to make
leisure hours both profitable and.
pleasurable rather --than pleasurable
only, to cultivate the mina by taking
.r
a;dtvaz e � a
f,: ,111 available i•!ta+8' o var_alb7e evduca;tioz)a1
,opportiumitie:s. To this very laudable
tendency the .successful expeiriment
caxxied oat by the Alumni Federation
of tae University of Toronto has given
a .very •cansidera able stimulus.
Rn, VALERA SPEAKING IN DUBLiN
The photo shows a email section of tie huge crowd which ga
O'Ceunel Street, to hear him speak against the Irish Treaty:. T
little enthusiasm. Note tate new Irish flag on the platform.
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Canada From Coast to Coast
Chariottetown,. P.E.I.--A healthy in-
crease. in Charlottetewri industry
recent years b recorded in the 'utast
statistics ef the Deminian Govern-
ment. Between 1917 and 1919 indus-
trial establishments increased from 62
to 84; capitalization from $1,100,823
to $2,340,341; employees from 730 to
772, and the value of production from
$2,033,085 to $3,201,OG1.
Halifax, N.S.---A discovery of an-
kerite, an iron eleposit of much mere
than ordinary value, has been nrnde
in the pant year in Pictou county. The
search work sea far has largely been
in tragi ng the extent of the seam.
Furtre:r prospecting Le dene this
spring, when it is expected that the
full extent of the deposit willbe de-
termined,
Montreal, Que.---Canada heads the
list of countries from which the United
States imported iron and steel during
1921, according to ar report emanating
from New York. Caen la. exported 24,-
079
4;079 tons to the States, of which am-
ount 21,'3.51 tonsngi.ted cf steel
rails. Canada and Belgium furnished
65 per cent. of the total United States
imports for the past year.
Ottawa, Ont. -The total papulatien
of Canveln in the census of 1921, n-
cording to figures just issued. is S,-
709,439 as compare{' with 7,206,643 in
1911, an increase of 1,502 846 for the
ten year, or nearly twenty-two per
cent. Nova Scotia shows an- .increase
of Ole per cent.; New Brunswick, 10
per cent.; Quebec, 17% per cent.; On-
tario, 10 per cent.; Manitoba, 343..4.• Dir
cent.; Saskatchewan, 80 per cent.; Al-
berta, 55 per cent.; British Columbia,
35 per cent.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OPENS FIRST S 14
OF FOiIR'ii DO MINION PARLJAME..T
Business of Session Commences With Delivery of Speech
from the Throne Swing Forth the Legislative Proposals.
eel the New Ac.naiou.
,A despatch from Ottawa seas:— sew' opeakeze beaded the Sen a e:re an
Parliament has been faunally embark- the. Commoners who iistei eie to does
ed upon the busir.ess of its session; adlress.
and the menebera of both Howes may i The speech from the Throne, w
now take up the first item of thein was rather more lengthy tie=is
progr-.dn theaddress temerye1 ed in generral, termae tie
i^ replyam tothe �hoebate speecupoh ixom "'eg1.tative pians of the neve Ggvern-a
Throne.meat me ar es they have been wane
The ceremonies incidental to the aa
opening of the first session ref the felts-' p r�lT
� The fc"1�.�,g proposals were men -
'Neale Parliament of the Denrinion in.
themselves differed but little from timed in the aech from the Titters:
those ef previous yrs. Peceedure 1. Ger-�rxiixat ou at sin esrly .ie. of•
following tradition was carrier% vet as 'tire Govexzuzze ,,lie i s i way rfys
in former ressicns. The play eras to tears.
ntany a familiar one, the .;;rincipal per- 2• Sento tariff elienges this session,
sons on the stage had changed. Thai 3. The anyetgerrient of couferencea
new Governor-General, Lora Byng of b with the rail way lieade to secure a
V imy, delivered to the me=mbers of the resiueticu in the freight rate& vnbaste
Senate and House ef Ooramons, the cornmeditie_c.
speech from the T rose, embodying. 4. Re=ewe4 efforts to attract seta
the legs ative propose]s cif a new Gov- tiers to un toveleped lands.
ev nzent, A new Prime Minister, Hon. 5. Negotia foes with other countries
I4:iaekenzie King, r.lad in the geld -laced lookup to trade ex-pa/1314m.
uniform of a Privy Counciller, stood oto: 6. Co-erdinaation of the couiatreda do+
the right of the vice -repot choir, and p fence farces.
- -• --- FIRE AGAIN BREAKS
The Psis. Man. ---Froin the beginningOUT IN ARSENAL
of winter until the end of January, fur
to the eating;+teal \aim of $1,000,000
pr::sc.t through Tire I'eee which is in Dominion ion Arsenal I3uld ing at
exct-a 3 of the value of any similar
peeled since the construction of the
!:?raises Bay Reih+ay. Furred animals
tare vete- p'eentiful this year, and there
are a great number of trappers out
and it Banti. ipatt d that the ,aggee-
Sate catch in the district will reach, a
$:?., 500,000, been menaced by fire violet , in both
eares, broke cut from unknown causal,
R giiu . Sark.----Caztie in Saakat- La t week the Dominion Cartridge
c•:te vi n in 1921 matted 1,6e3,332, ;rn • set tov field
e,
wry, rated. en the COY(' f . ,
ir;c eQ a of 339,280 over the number was partially destroyed and drumge
of 1920, tae. eeilkig to a report ef thee e,tinuated at $20,000 caused by a. blaze
Pro. hide eperie..net of Agriculture. vrhich iwcke out late in the evening.
It ie artereeting eo nate tI at the great- At 5.30 o'c'.+a4}+ Thursday of€ernoon ::Ire';
est ir.::dose is in milk news, which main building, properly called the De
navy ' manlier. or 70,000 more minim Ar aerra7, where some 200 Wren'
thvrt in the previous year. axe employed, was in danger of being
Lementon; Ana.--Near.y one and a completely destroyed by a fire which
ha'f milllea bushels of wheat, cats and was not under control until 9 e elock
har -y. have iseen brought down from Friday evening.
The .nutherities are perplexed by,
Quebec Ablaze for Second
Time Within Ten Days.
A -despatch from Quebec says: --For
the second time within lees than ten
days Dominion Arsenal buildings own-
ed by the Federal Goverment nave
the Peace River and Graare Prairie
distr:ets by the Edmonton, Dunveea an
ant British Columbia Rafter -Muer
tFe th t tit' 'September, neccrding to
fila:a r
heeled by the rniaroad. Nine
Me '1 Ani five rai:way cars have
come c'ovsaw from the north country;
with i18,624 bushels of wheat, 676,983
bu>:as'x o=f oats, and 100,099 bushels
a# lir.
Victrria, B.C.—The Provincial Min-
ister of Len is reports that the water -
Lorne lumber expert from British
Cclunbia in 1921 was in excess of
188,000,000 feet, an ekes.s of about
44,000,000 feet over the record of 1920.
A large share of this export went to
Japan and China.
Thousands View
Princess Mary's Presents
A despatch from London says:—
Nearly 20,000 vvomen inspected Prin-
cess Marys 1,400 wedding gifts at
St. James' Palace on the opening day
of the exhibit. Mile long lines gath-
ered et the palace entrances before
dawn, waiting for hours in the wind
and rain before the doors opened.
'Traffic was !docked and special .police
were called to regulate the impatient
women.
The greatest interest was shown in
ti'rincess Mary's wedding gown, which
was exhibited ley order of Queen
Mary.
They paid a shilling each for the
privilege of seeing the presents. The
proceeds will go to a charity to be
selected by the Princess. The exhibi-
tion will be open five hours daily for
the present.
Cannada's Debt Decreased
by $699,882
A despatch from Ottawa says :—A
decrease. ef $699,882 in the net debt
hi Canada during 'the month; •of Febru-
,ary, compared eveth an incz:e ae of
$4,290,143 In the Fame month last year
financial
is shown ;bythe �rnka iciall :
a s�tat�earrent is-
sued
sued trona the finance Deports/lent
!The net debt of Canada now 'stands art
$2,371,8$6,102, ass:;'compared with $2,-
37%585,984
2,-
372 585 984 •on January ;1st 1922,:
., , Y and
$2,307,013,156 on Fsbruaey 28th, 1921.
Awarded Prize
The National Geographic Society
bo
s, awarded the Grains; Squires Prize
to Vilhjatmur Stefansson in recogni-
tion •of his. book "The Friendly Arctic,'
as the outstanding geogralrar'ic pro-
duction of 1921.
The Oldest Love -Letter.
The ;eldest love -tetter in the world
is in ate British Museum. It is a pro-
posal posal of marriage- for: the hand of an
Egyptian princess, and was made over
3,500 yews. ago. It is in the form of
an crib ect brick, and is, therefore,
not only a Y the oldest, but the most .sub-
stantial, love -letter in existence,
those two fires in ao short a tinge A,
suspicion is entertained that they ere'
the work of some di.esatisfed feorrnex'
emtployee.
More Lives Destroyed
in Belfast Riots
A despatch 4rcm Belfast says:
There wan a tion on Thursday
rf rias <iloeting wltic'h has been prevaa
lent in the city fee some tante. The
tiring was joeiviz..uiar y heavy at the
noon lour when a baby boy receivedt_
a bullet wound in the thigh.
There Vas' cor.sider,able sniping
the evening in Sizathope Street eaxeai
1. blind man, who was e'reping is way
Kt:long the streets, acrid a. youth, were.
hat dead.
Sir Ii .nnar •Crreeswood is slsat+esk fax
the portfolio ref Bt-tt^h Hence Seers
t try- is sw:atwN'YSion to Eton, Edward
Shoat.
Weekly Market et Report
Toronto.
. Lvianitalsa
wheat—No. 3, Northern,t
w1.ti0�.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, Ole; ex-
tra No. 1 feed, 68e; No. 1 feed, 59e. i
Manitoba barley—Nominal.
AB the above, track, Bay ports.
American cone—No. 2 yellow, 77c;
No. 3 yellow, 6e; No. 4 yellow, 75c,
track, Toronto.
Ontario oats ---No. 2 white, nominal.
Ontario wheat—Nominal.
Baxley—No. 8 extra, test 47 lbs. or
better, 67 to M+0r, according to freights
outside.
inal.Buekwbeat ••-No►, 2, 78 to 80e.
Stye --No. 2, 86 to 88e.
Manitoba flour—First • vase none -
Ontario flour -90 per emit. patent,
bulk seaboard, per bbl„ nominal.
Millfeed--Del., Montreal freight,
bags ha -luded: Bran, per ton, x+28 to
$30; shorts, per ton, $80 to $32; good
feed flour, $1.70 to 81,80.
Baled bay—Track, Toronto, per ton,
extra No. 2, $22 to $28; mise!, $18.
to $19; clover, $14 to $18.
Straw—Car :ors, per ton, track, To-
ronto, $12 to $13,
Unofficial que•e..a.tie.ns—Ontario No,
1 commercial wheat, $1.30 to $1.38,
outside; $1.35 to 61.41, delivered To -
nate.
side.
Ontario No. 3 °ate 40 to 45e, out -
Ontario Einar—lst pats, in cotton
suite, 98's. $8.20 per bbl. 2nd pate.,
(bakers), 87?0.
Manitoba flour -1st pats., in cotton
sacks, $8.70 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $8.2a.
Cheese—New, large, 20 to 20ae;
twins, 201h to 21e; triplets, 21 to
21Y/ce. Fodder h
a seas tier 18%e.
Old, large, 25 to 26e; 2twiinss '254 to
26 ze; triplets, 26 to 27e; Stiitons,
new, 24 4o 25c.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 22 to
28c; creamery, prints, fresh, fancy,
41e; No. 1, 390; No. 2.35 to 37e; cook-
ing, 22 to 25o.
Dressed poultry—Spring thickens,
30 to 28e; roosters, 18e; fowl, 24 to
300; ducklings, 85e; turkeys, 45 to 50o;
geese, 30e.
Live poultry—Spring ehiekens, 22
to 28c; roosters, 1.8e; fowei, 24 to 30e;.
ducklrn s$5e;
rutk
e s' 45 .to 500;
'
geese, 30e.Margarine-20 to 28e.
Eggs -=New laid straights, 32e; nett,
!raid. in cartons, 36 to 88c.
Beans—Can. hand-pi:shed, bushes,°
$4.40; primes,$3.85 to $4.
Maple proucts--Syrup, per nrnpe
gal., 52.50; per 5 imp, ;gals., .$2.35:
Maple sugar, lib,, 19 to 22e.
Haney -60-80-1b. tins, 14% to 151
per ih.; o-2% db. tins. 17 to 1S^. per lien'
Ontario comb honey, per doz., 55.50. , '
Snicked treats—Hams, med., 32 t
84e; cooked ham, 43 to 48e; =eked,
rolls, 26 to 23e; cottage rolls, SO to
Ste; breakfast bacon, 29 to 83e; appe-,
(dal brand breakfast )aeon, 87 to 40e;'
backs, boneless, 86 to 40e.
-Cured meats—Long clear bacon, »$11
to $19; clear bellies, $17 to $20; mess'
pork $34; short cut 'backs, $36; n044weighat calls, 580; heavyweight roll
et
543.
Lard—Pure tierces, 17 to 17eiee
tubs, 17% to 1�84e; pats, 17 to 17 iece
1prints, 18 to 19c. Sharteeeng 'tiereee,
6 to 16r,4c; tubs, 15% to 15%; pails,;,
16 to 16eie; prints, 17 to 17,4e.
Choice heavy•teer, $7.'15 to $8.501
do, good, 57 to $7.50; butcaster steers',
choice, 56.75 to 58; do, good, 55.75 to'
56.25; do, med., 35 to $5.50; do, tom.,,
54 to $5; i uteheer heiferschoice, $6.50
to $77; a o, med., 55 to 56; do, COM., ea
to 54.25; butcher eviire, -choice, 55.50 t
$6.26; do, awed., 53.50 to 54• canners
and ,euttecce, 81 to $2.50; butcher bulls,,
good, 54.50 to 55.50; do, worn-, $8' th.;
54; feeders, good, $5.80 to $6.Z0; dot
drip, 64 to $5; stockers, good, '$4 to $$1
do, fair, 83 to $4; nail e , 860 to $801
springers, 570 to 590; calves, eboice;
512 to 513; do, teed., 510 to $11;
conk., 55 to $7; iambs, choke, $18
;.
515, do, •Dona., 56 to $7i e1teeP choice$6.75 to ;7.50; do, good, $5,..50 to $6
de, scow., 51.50 to 53.50; hogs, fed an
watered., .50; X30, f:od'a., $1.1.75, doei
eountryy� petits, $11x.50.
Alrx,treal.
Off, Com. West., No, 2, 68 to 69
ado, No. 3, 65 to 66o. Flew, , Ma sir .
Spring wheat pats., fleets, $8.50 It' _
ed case baag 90 labs., 53.10 to $3,
Bran, 582.54, Shorts 588. letay,
2. per tore ear . 528 tax
Cheesse,f nest • est terns, 16' , 17
"�,4•
Butter, � cr SS
to �. �c � o,
, -lit � t
Potatoes, per , oar
, lots,
le
Cattlestap., _58 -kg $4.+;
52; ca�v�,shoese, �ira, ..
Ste,
do, fined., 57 to 57.50; hogs,, $14.
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