Loading...
The Exeter Advocate, 1922-10-12, Page 21'IiTRTY-SIX SETTLER S LOSE LIVES 1N NORTHERN ONTA RIO CONFLAGRATION Five Thousand Persons Rendered. Hornless and Four Mil- lion Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed Doubtful Whether Haileybury Will be RebIlllt- At Haileybury. Mrs. T. A. Cobbold, wife of the Di- edei naI Court Clerk, Mete Deere 'c ix Dee Jardifnte. P. Radion, 'Unidentified elsild, Aihereen a boy. Three menthe' ea baby, unideetie" fled. Two ;., 'dies so badly burned that d sex mince determattr t, H. 'Erhick, aged 45, single, brother,t f::air of the, late Cede Hay, president; of the Melnte a Wne. Peer T• nideetitie % mot. :ties. G. St. Geerge, a eporte i distil b; h.:Weand. Mrs. S;trneze: Boone. Missing at Haileyburee A Seg :ie,. . et& Authier. t Hcaiip, Reber:. Bind', bis wife, their eight children; hie ve e'S brother, John Amos Heaslip, has wife, and their' two sena, and Jollies Fleming and his sen. At Charlton. Mrs. O'Hara. Jan Ryan end son.. Lyman McConnell. Three unidentified men and mildew, :gentian Clarke. Kathleen Ne'.son, M. s. Watts. Jimmy Ryan, a boy. Hillier Township. '[i : ;ter .Stevenson, wife and son. Three unidentified bodies. Casey and Berthour Townships. Four known dead, era frames. Towns and Tillages Burned, Haileybury, North Cobalt, Heaslip, harwton, North Tintisl.nuing, Thorne Alec) several settlements along the. 'li site River. New Lisk'eerd and Ergle1ta,rt partly l:ntf•taed, Tons and vIlia g s *Mei: escaped: Galt, l at,hfebrd, Earlton, Elk Lake,', G w•gsnda, The fire. zone does not extend north ef' Englehart. THE RETURN OF THE OVEaT . The Quest, the late Sir Ernest Shaekieton's Antarctic expeditionary ship, recently returned to Plymouth. Front left to right. Scout Mane ore of the Soy Scouts who remained with the expedition throughout the trip. Command- er Wild, who was in charge after Shaeldetou's death, :lir. John G. ltorett, frnaucler of the expedition., and Major T;4 inuieott, a Plymouth, eangratulatipg Scout edarr. M.U. D CONFERENCE BROUGHT T DEADLOCK BY TURKISH DEMANDS A despatch from Constantinople to support the Turkish demand. The says;—Abruptly, thoughnot un- diacuelsiort grow very walla and, the expectedly, the Mudania. conference Allied Generals adjournedto confer came to a halt on Thursday* Afternoon, with the eonnmis'Sioners at Constan When it 'aill be resumed de a ,natter t nople`: conjecture. A later 3despateh from London •says;- Jn demanding that they be unconditionally permitted to oecupy Eastern Three imuxe+diately, the Turks have caused not only a enspenaion. of Ice Mudnnia cone ference but have brought about what is reviewed in official Ismet Pasha, in a fiery mood, upsrjt quarters here as a very grave turn the milfe;ence on Timxsd'ay, FIe de' t° the si meeting on in the Near East.. At a meeeting of the British cabinet The question of the evacuation of Thrace was the cause of the .rupture,, %t was announced at a late hour Thursday night. The attitude of the ?inks and Greeks was very bellicose, threatening the sueeesa .of the ean- ference. Glared that the Tigerish arnmY must Friday morning it woe decided to send enter 'Ileac° immediately, tone was determined and deear:t. and his Lard Curzon, British Foreign Seem- _ ecre- General 7Iarirraton, attehttpted to tart to Paris to consult Premier Poin- reasonwith him after the fashion care and a meeting between them has which ad been arranged, Great Britain s. tandg. proved so effective ssith by the terms of the Allied note of minor preliminaries, but isfnet ,was September 23, eventually giving adamant. France• was with Ismer. f Beeteen Thrace to the Tories, but •pro-, Brigadier -General Haringgb n, Cem viding fee the security of Christian rnander Qf the Allied forces and head: mieerit?es and Greek evacnnatian pr"tor of the Allied delegation, returned . to a peace conference, Thursday evening on tive Bhttloship .... .: .. y While the attitude here in Governor Iron Duke, and the Italian delegation elegatioz leostensibly Dominion News Brief uandeream aooe thoatConhaetakAtlilniedupleGenIetrass rliuse ofttFeaAieisiinedhetrh:-eento isthae will ,g i into oeoference with the High n City, 'i',T, -•-• Caterpillar melons, average 10 pouuds 2 ounces Cofuni sssionefs en eertutu serioua dit ate' suspicion about the .r.3 activities in 'we�girt, from. 20 Planta. of ',41. k'ranl:litr-Iiortillan. I,c car, es be given their first trial . P Acultiee which have arisen at, Medania, eau's mission, therefore, is in reality a are being taken tafe;ital?lshtt0 grain According to unofficial information, an effort tonly if an waiter collation in tine Yule= o ascertain not A '€s .nt :`iw, Tem Cobalt sae's: ^• ltfge in a coat house the flames next winter, The Treadwell Company, s hfi le market a ucc reborn t' %et I'a,ha, the Nationalist Repre- Inca s1 i11 stands by the letter o3 1' a p m t ed prod a i; gen five sidle which has been using the caterpillar here a cletrter havine. bin Qistaintd to , ply* raised the question the AlAl,fetl nate, but bow far at. backs " t f the evacuation of Thrace General up M. FrankaneBouillen, wlu> is Ise• this summer with success, will employ from the Dominion Government, and Harington replied that that would lievcd here, to have oneouraped the the "tank" truck to haul silver ore it is a pecteck that the new angora-. come ater the conc1u en of the peace Turks tic, put forward their`extraordi- from the Maye mines nest winter, if tion,1 be marketing grain shortly. treaty, as set forth in the joint Allied nary demand for the immediate and eer ce Eunice 'he of 1'} at an es O. ion,, namei Fleming, The Heaslip v. spracticable. sh% shipments the leaeeority is given ee the charter for note. 'met insisted hea telly on an -unconditional -occupation of ];astern eiere a zee eff are herag tiireeteed' fain;fr had oleo taken refuge in a at yarn i' e TheP the lea�_e or pnr� lfase of property re., earlier evacuaVion, and it «aa found Thrace, r �4 ' ' _ this winter aro ex a ted Go dnuble' •� ,:yard re^ ee^.s ; t? s blies of sic-� r , y a P cPiired #or the oper�tYcon of the ex- M •. X ranklin=Boui4iou is largely ei.'- .e- heaho on .lie farm eel�oining last season's in volume. Most of it titarpoe bla to r eh au agreement for 'ems ere r ee: ting :e:ief fee t 0 •i".' that ci' the Bends and were stiffed • - change, and to engage n the conduct" the •present on th:s mPcz'tant pont. a nsible for bringing about the re - 1 n, 1: is £.�:>�+<3 'that t9;er�+?nev° b - the dense woke, ra already wined and saci,ed, M , of an iirati#ution at vvliicli gxaaae and Gene,rod Membe;li, of Italy, support.- ere:. treaty with Mustapha lienal ?ate sc at least f MR T41111'4'411 tit Ilailevb:r Mins, T:` A. Cobbold, est re , B,C,�;Cecor line to trice" ether p.odue iifaS disposed of ed General Harington, but the french' which the .British regard as pav�tug nor„y CSS loo ,latest report of the t3➢�tru;gan dna through sariniF•es, i e, ..a, !wife of the Divieton Cuert Clerk, met horticulturist the apple crop will am-, Quebec, 8.Q, --•-?let A st prize of dce:e ;ate, General Chnrpr, w"as eon-, the way to the present chaotic. alt :.t- 4' :e s; ev be d a s befwxw „ns -u b,er death while trying to rescue her omit to 2,215,000 boxes. As the situa-C $,2 000 in the Barn•u . cont t for a commit 1. tion in the Near Bast, A.ltheualh the tang Lae i -' r,;re fris4= cataria tit' Qf the, ninety-year-old uncle tubo Lived with tion now stands, the (fasafnagn 'alley practical suggestion mr e o At orfs juncttare M. Franklin-e,Mudanna conference waa supposed tic tweet a ieee cep e oe,, rel et, the c u them. The uncle eves taken to cafe will chi roughly * 2095 carloads of p• 8>titatno a the sin Cart- Bouillon, the special French envoy, be purely a niilitnry one, it is under. verees et` os nlen in the td..:x $a haat;, ° • -- A tx : a on of the forest ansect peril in Gan- intervened, declaring that he had 'hemi stood that M. Franklin -Bou l en wee # lease tee E;�•c oat. Alrexi� ` � rescuers, %auw'ti1rA, Colabold ecsuld fruit, of which aaSatlt 3,175 will boy oda, was won by O. �lttariaec,c, fareat. insta:thcted by the French Government' fireisea�t, r � e : wee be 7oeeeherl ani perished in the apples, 288 cars of crab apples, 96 of. engineer for Price Brothers and Co„ fet b;,,liee '.:ire been rekoveeedH rutile v1 the home, Cobbeal wee him-. pears, 275 plums affil prunes, 162 Ltd„ Quebec. The balan-c of the h<3 ;glebe -toad cf HaFir`y: ury, .eolf severely Burned. Other victims tread et and 65 apricots. Of theee to-� prize, namely $3,000, was divided' t Week's'1► Th about :S mi:es farther needle in the town were::klras. Doan, an ell- tale a heavy percentage of peaches, ally between Dre. Swaine Craig- e WeeMarkets T TMa;s- ni-Ta:g• and Ncarthnrn i, er:y* man named rt lir Des 3'ardines, a c apricots, and other soft fruit, will bel and Tothill of t1.. Forests Insect Rete. shech began to fall about sf:t aPProae?tesi. Searchers to-daty* found ':.aelt Tdhhhhhati erenia huh ,deanite, aU e`even euSfe.nted. Other residents l c eI e;lce the s �:ti� si �i he #o: est ex Heaslip 'or Isidnity who perished p were Ames F -e elhe his wife and two fires it the d„ *riot, and with the den -j _one, end two other men, a father and ' nee reel €: , Chnr ten, somal paralytic, a patent in the hospital shipped, in cans. ;Brand: of the Entomological Depart- T4 a. ria:es IIV, -r,:i Treat€1ip. A rum nl;a ecu .,tot a carried to safety Lai gam, Alta ea -The movement cf"ment, ' i:+ twelea errs se tfrribls burn- a yang nt named Rcaclion; a child cattle from Alberta to the United Manitoba wheat—No. 1. Northern, ,t §dt�s tiifl tiyn in imperssibin. lad Halifax, Nee The Valley Food $I,07 6, not identified, a .ani n;tmed Aillotean, States recently has been i'ery" heazve,• Products, Ltd,, has been incorporated Manitoba oats—Nominal. a clearer idea of the ox- son of the late Jack A41otean; a three due to the desire to "beat ant" the with a capital of $400,000 for the pure *Manitoba barley—Nominal, are ean re gained it is months' old bialy, who body was respective high duties of the Per pose of taking over the entre plant .All the above track, Bay ports. ,erel snhall centres found in Lake Timiskutning. the par- prospective United States tariff. Doting of the Nova. Scotia Eva, orators Lid, American corn—No. 2 ellow 80e• a t h i?nt • 1 1? ,yellow, leerno whicll wee ear,.e•r r•` parte V ave, e h hong vn owrt; four unidentified August nearly 30,000 head were ship- and establishing a dehydrating plant Na. 3 yellow, 79c, all rail. been h'arne3 west' naw • in the path eft mer., two unidentified women; and two ped from Gulgary alone, whereas dur- in the Annapolis Valley. The giant Barley --Ne. 3 extra, test �t7 lbs, or the flames. Notable among these, are; persons whose `bodies were so badly big' July, August and September of boder, 55 to 58c, according to freights and G w idol ©n burned that eutaide. Buckwheat—Nominal, Rye—No. 2, 63 to 67c, Millfeed--Del., Montreal freight, $10 to $12; do, med., $8 to $10; do, bags included: Bran, per ton, $21; com,, $4 to $'i; rpritg Iambs, $10.50 shorts, per ton. 328; good feed flour, to $11; sheep, choice, $, to $6; do, $1.70. good, $3.50 to $4.50; do, com., $1 to Ontario wheat -No, 2 white, 38 'to $3; years u �,•s, ehotce, $; to $ii; do, 93c, according to freights outside; is ..come $4 to $5; hags, fed and watered, 8, 85 to 90e. $11.50 to $12; do, f.o.b., $10,75 to Ontario No. 2 white oats --S5 to 37c. 31125; do, copntry points, $10.50 to Ontario corn --Nominal. $11• Ontario fiottr—Ninety per cent. pat., 5lentrea . in jute ,bags, Montreal, prompt ship- Oats -No. 2 CW, 52e. No. 8 CW, mint, $4750 to 34 60; Toronto basis, 60c. ;F`1our, Man. spring wheat pats,i $�t>4' to $4.$0; bulk seaboard, $4.3t) t e' firsts, $6.90. Roiled oats, 90-1b, bagSt $135, $2.90 to 33, Bran, $20. Shorts, $22, liraniteba float :1st pats,, i„i cotton Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $17 to sacks, $6.80 per bbl.; 2nd pats., eine() 518 Hay—Extra No. 9, per son, track,- Cheese, finest easter:s, 1.6eic. But Toronto, $10; mace, 313.50 to tile; ter, boic .. creamery, 73c. Eggs, se- cicvr r, $13.50 to $14; straw, $9, car . Good cows, $4; do, mel:, $3.40; lets. Smoked meats—Hams, pied *�t to good qualityc utters, $2.25; com. light 2bc; cooked ham, 42 to 45c, sm eked hulls, $2 to X2.20”; calves, suckers, $8 rolls, 26 to 280; cottage rolls, 3, to to $8.75; grass calves, $3 to $3.50; 38c; breakfast baton, 32 to 35c; ape- lamins, good lots, $ to $10.50; trced- cai brand breakfast baton, 3$ to 40c;lambs, $8 up; sheep, $2.50 to 4; do, backs, boneless, 39 to 43c.' high grade, $3.60; hog;; selects, $12 Cured meats—Loring clear bacon, to $12.25; sows, choice, $9.50 to $10.50. h1ea; lightweight rolls, in barrel $48; A tatiil of 18;2a"0 pupils attended heavyweight rolls, $40. elementary and secondary schools •ex- Lard—Pure, inns, , 8c. ;tubs, ng, ' y pair, 16 e; prints, ISe. Shortening, elusive •cf Indian schools, which were Cheese—New, large, 19', to 20c;not under the control of the Depart. - twins, 2031 to 21c; triplets, 21 to meet of 'Education in the different 21n,!c; SL•i2boms, 21c. Old, large, 23 provinces ,of the Dominion in 1921, to 24c; twins, 24 to 24? e; Stiitons•, according to a .report sof the Bureau 25c. ef Statistics Of this number 336 Butter ---Finest creamery prints, 39 to 40c; ordinary creamery prints' ce pupils were in Prince Edward Island: to 37c. Dairy, 29 to 31t. Cooking, 21c 1,635 in Nova Scotia, .645 in New Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, Brunswick, 7,530 in Ontario, 1,148 in 30 to 35e; ,roosters, 23e: fowl, 24 to Manitoba, 3,386 in 'Saevcatchewan, 2,274 in Alberta, and 1,291 in British Columbia, Dutton, Elk Lake , rd o ga i rt was not possible to lett year, only 1,136 heed were ex- Timiskaining, not previously mention- ex- ported. ea :ng having suffered, is now known a_---- Morden, Man. aelelons, ;both musk to have been burned out, and also and water, are receiving considerable e€�teral smaller settlementsat Werth ani Premier Bracken Elected attention at the Dominion Ezperi- vvest of the town, North Thniska- at The Pas inirg' is on the boundary between On the other hind, the vilhige of North determine the sex. will be capable of employinga maxi- mum of 2,500 hands within two years, Sutnmerside, PE.T,--A new indus- try has been 1•aunehed in Summerside in the form of a factory for the manu- facture of ready-made Cr ready -cut mental Farm here. In his report for fox pens. .This phot manufactures 1921 th superintendent records the re-, standard ranch equipment, pens, dens, sults of cultivation. Two of the six ete. To date the factory has been rushed' to capacity, The I•argest single ah}'prnent made' to hate was three ear- loiids to a new ranching company at. Winnipeg, aerie and Quebec at the head of Lake' A despatch from The Pas, Man., varieties of water -melons tried, Moun- Timis\ -ming. 1%hetlher there was says,—•Premier John Bracken was tain Sheet and Tom Watson, produc loss of life there is not established elected for this constituency in the ed fruit weighing 10 pounds, 8 ounces, at the present time. Manitoba Legislature cn Thursday byl The first named yielded 59 marketable It is estimated that about 1,000 re- an overwhelming majority. The elves fugees have left here for North Bay tion was deferred when the general in two special T. and N.O. trains. election was held on July 18 last. People here estimate the property losses et 34.000,000. which is divided, Haile bury 32,000,000; N' rth Cobalt $500,000; and other pints 31.500,000. The number homeless is estimated at 5.000, cf w1 rn 2,500 livery in Hailey - 'bury, and the ether half eteewhere. The areas kurred over extends from Mileage 104. ne-ir here, to near Engle- hart. a distance of 38 miles. Two ef the heroines of the fire at Haileybury were telephone operators, Miss Marjorie McGee and Miss Addie. They remained at their posts until the back stairs of the building were on fire. The last message they* got. out was one to North Bay asking that a relief train be sent as soon as pos- sible. The two girls put out on Lake Tirisksning in a small boat and landed on a small island whherethey spent the night. They arrived here suffering considerably from exposure. Doubt is expressed whether Hailey bury will be rebuilt, and it is said by prominent residents that the town will be unable to redeem its 3250,000 outstanding bonds and that it is the Heads National Railways. Major-General Sir Henry Worth duty of the Drury Government to Thornton, Ii:13.1;., the newly appointed was financially interested in the 'bum - stand behind these bonds with its head of the Canadian National Rail- ed regions to the extent of $80,000, guarantee. On every side the opinion ways system, who con _uanded the Bri- which represents the total of loans is expressed that the disaster is worse tish Army transportation during the , made to the settlers for the purchase than the calamities ef 1911 and of war. He arrived in Ottawa quietly this of land, the erection of +buildings, and 1916. week and accepted the position after the removal of encumbrances. Tragic Incidents, conferring with the Prime Minister. The conditions of these loans, the A most tragic incident 'occurred at He receives 350,000 a year. He re- department stated, had been indeed Heaslip. ' Here Robert Bond, his wife, turns immediately to Englandto re- , fortunate for the settlers ,concerned, their eight children, and Bond's wife's sign his post wito the Great Eastern inasmuch as'the Government had re - brother, John Marshall, had taken re- Railway AID THE SETTLERS TO MAKE FRESH START Government Officials Sent North to Take Charge of Relief Work. A despatch from Toronto says;- Practical aid towards ea-estabiishment will report back to the Department upon the extent to which he believes is now actively augmenting the works fihanciai co-c,Eeration by the Govern - of compassionate relief amongst the meat wall he feasible to re-establish Northern fire sufferers. A r•epresen- those farmers tvh`o may have lost tative from the Provincial Agricul- tural their all and who may be left without Development Board is now in imuraxree. the devaatabed area endeavoring to Premier Drury is ate in the North work out a scheme for 'Government and has now penetrated beyond the reach ef communication by wire or telephone. It was reported to his .of- fice at the Parliament Buildings Fri- day that the train service throughout re - an office' in the centre of the ;burned the devastated oountry has been dnstrict and to afford freeassistan d I stored and that the Premier hall left to the victims, of the free in the t Cobalt to go further North. The wire adjustment of their claims. eommunioation, however, was said to have been repaired only from North The Ontario Government, it -was' Bey to Englehart. pointed out, at the Agricultural de- I partment at the Parliament Buildings, More Head Than Heart. vances were made •should be fully• insured. Mr. A. G. Farrow, Chairman of the Agricultural Development Board, is the Department's representative in the North. He will assist the settlers in the adjustment of their insurance pa_icies, endeavor to aid then- in start- ing their rebuilding operations, and loans ,to the dispossessed farmers who may wish to start anew, and two rep- resentatives of• the Provincial Insur- ance Department left in order to open IT CERTAINLY TAKES A LOTTA TIME TU KEEP • LOoKlN' FIT TO BE SEEN', Mother—"Jesse, the next time you hurt that kittie, I am going to 'oro the same thing to you. If you slap it, I'll slap you. If you pull its ears, I'll pull yours. If you pinch it, I'll pinch you." Jesse (after a moment's thought)— Mama, 1'11 pull 'its tail" Some people tan got more mums out of a tin learn t!hhau others can out of gold -pleated innsttements. Honey 60-1b. tins, 13ic pp:e.r. lb:; 5- ships. The government's share of. the 214-1.b. tins, 14 to 15c per lib; Ontario capital coast 'has ahea+dy reaehed a comb honey, pea-doz. $3`.75 to 34.50. total of $300,000,'' , -° Patatcea,- New Ontarios, 80 to 90e. tierces, 13 to 133,e; tubs. 1.8ll to Wee; hails 14 to 142c; prints, lave to 17e, Choice heavy eteers, $ 7 to $7.50; do, gaol, $5.50 to $6; da, med,, $1.50 tc $5.50; do,. cote., $3,50 to $4; hat:het heifers, choice, $6 to $6.60; do, med., $5 to $5.50; do, cont., $4 to $4.25; butcher cows choice, $4 •to $5; do, n ed., $3 to $3.50; canners and cutters. $1 to $2; 'butcher-iiu11s, goad, $3.50 to $4,75; do, :am., $2.50 to $8.50; feedier.% good, $5 to $5.75; do, fair, $4.25 to $4.75; stockers, mad, $4.25 to $5; do, fair, $3 to $4.50; milkers, $70 to $90; springers, $80 to $100; calves, choke, 27c; ducklings, 22 to 26c; turkeys, 30 to 35e. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 25c. roosters; 17 to 20e; fowl, 20 to 25c; The progress of rural hydro electric ducklings, 22 to 26c; turkeys, 30 to 35c, systems m_Ontario wndar the 50 pee Margarine --20 to 22c, cent. bonus legisleti,on is shown in Eggs—No. 1 'candled, 35 to 36c; the fact that the government has selects, 88 to 39e; cartons,. 45 to 46c, sanctioned 508 miles of tonstructioe Beams --Canadian, hand-picked, bus., and that approximately one-half of 34.25; primes, $3:75 to 33.90:ple products -Syrup, per amp. mathis work is aompletad. At picent gal., $2.20; per 5 imp, gabs., 32.10; ,he rurral hyda+a dines are serving a 70 t total atopic sugar, 1b., 20c, ' of 8,000 customer in oyvn- 1 GOTTA HAVE MV FUR BOBBED AGAIN t WHAr DO `IOU *THINK 15 0E BES To PRESSi-RVET-rHa.Y F1601:2E . FANNY' ? WHY ? D0 YOU KNOW SoME.L OPY WHO'S Doi- ONE. , BETTY r e