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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-02-14, Page 2MEC ICE BRIDGE BREAKS, MAROONED SPECTATORS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE ace 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 followingthe dra- matic breaking of the ice bridge and the endangering of a score of lives• On Thursday night little hope was and crashed their refuge against. the, entertained for the people who were shorn withthet tbe re urninagl i ddi, us' stranded on the ,great ice jam as enabling brace from the "battures" on either most before they realized they'were side of the river. Friday morning atsafe.the survivors of least five lives -were despaired of, but with 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 a and the presumption is that what seems an inevitable tragedy has bcta converted into a story of mfr- quick jump from one cake of foe to TO SIGN ARMS PACT acolous escape. • another, they joined hands and prayed • deliverance. Even so,the dramatic thec arto God for del ,State Will Enforce fAnother groupof four, although to No Single stances of te eent of marooned i Terms Without Universal people might very well have had a jeopardy a shorter time, had a no less ce because in tragic accompaniment. were other people, two men and two women; who were in the neighborhood at thea time . and. forming part of the self -1 same group, were just too late to avail themselves of the"precarious chance,, and spent hours on a square of,iioat- ing ice before Mildly fate intervened „AL 14\NSg:C co��' 5µ Ps OilPOtIFNy C'R SiGryAl-07a,:. .V• 5T cl4A 7p s11,�16-6 QtJFBzC DS $4C GF Sr New alit,,r0 C Poeta p orsat RFSS .. POINT LE•VI S sTAY10 WHOLE RIVER FROM SILLERY To POINT LEVIS BLOCKED WITy. • ICE POINT LEViSe 5T.J05EP. LEVIS Rs Leos ICE BRIDGE RORMED HERE "' •BLOtkING FERRY ese— s Markets • French Academy of Medicine Markets a New Vaccine Announces TOROaT,TO. t-Pto. 1 Northern, r. passed $1,139a Deputies, the French Senate has adop- - Mani ba oats No. 3 CW., 47aae; ted a bill granting the initial' financial No.1 feed, 46$'ec. backing for one of the most remark Manitoba barley -Nominal. All the above track, bay ports. Ohtario'•barley 65 to 70c. Amer. corn—No. 2 yellow, 98%c; Buckwheat—No. 2,' 76' to 80e. Ontario rye—No. 3, 75 to 79c. Peas—No 2, $1.46 to $1.50. Millfeed--Del Montreal freights, bags included Bran,per ton,$28; shorts per ton, $30; middlings, $36; good feed flour, $2.10 Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 97 to $1, outside. Ontario No. 2 white oats -41 to 43c. Ontario corn—Nominal. A despatch from Paris says :--- - :Manitoba° whey Chamber of ' Ontario flour—Ninety per cent pat„ ERE LIVES WE RE NEARLY LOST WHEN ICE BRDGE BROKE AWAY been inljute bags, Montreal, prompt ship - WH of the ice bridge , were pulled ashore near' a'point op• agaiusf the shore. They had b meat $4.60; Toros' i heeds; $4.60; Interviews The spnking away at on the ice four hours and had bulk 'seaboard, $4.25: spanned the St. Lawrence river polite' St. Romania, where it was alto a miles up",the Man, flour—lst pats, in jute sacks, thisfthe desperate gate a ito icb theyey bewtween nevil was hap- earlier reported that they had been travelled $early nen straits re, which between Quebec and L shore. The river. The above map illustrates the $6120 per barrel; 2nd pats., $5,70. of desperatb ' no loss of lite: `Six seen signalling to' the s Hay=Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, were vis, fra. Mr: Couted a residentaftmen attendedy racul'ouaI other four persons got ashore' near course of the floats after the collapse trHay-Th tra $14.60 to hy, r 2, of Levis; frankly admitted that after men and two women pad a fmhe Men rCap` Rouge when: the lee jammed e several escape from death.. Four oft f _- .-• - had been obtained, being buffeted across the river se a —_. _ raw times and being jostled by other floes, ,-----"aa"------....— seemed _ — at times to make a I , NATIONS d evita 1e raga y and being forcedREQUIRE ALT. of the bridge. $14.60; No. 3,'$12.50; mixed, $12.50. St Carlots per ton,$9,50. Standard recleaned screening, f.o.b., bay ports, per ton, $20. Cheese—New large, 212 to etc; twins, 22 to 22%e; triplets, 22% to Dominion News in Brief Vancouver, B.C.—Exports of lum- ber from this province during the past seven years have made:remark-able advances. T. 1918 exports totalled feet; 1919, 108,000,000ee ; 1920, 147,000,000 feet; 1921, 189,000; t Four men harrowing experience, theyAccord ' feet; perilous land- order to make a landing 84,000,000 ingnccen the in making a pulled -through a, hundred feet of the A despatch from Geneva says: -- pe Levis side with the aid of pued grifted States I'linis- feet; and of takinga der- icy water on the end of a tow rope, Joseph C. Drew, U 000 feet; 1922, 285,00Q,000 a rope and by virtue by ter 'to Switzerland, who is actin as 1923, 480,000,000 feet. Shipments are inplunge in the icy waters of the the other of which was manned er at the session oforad the g the made to all- parts of the w river. It it, and hth only it. Four heroic souls the the Levis' shre, who the Dial observer United Kingdom,' United States, Aus- they saw it, they took it. Four stood by for tho rescue. the ' ue of Disarmament Commission of a China, South America League of Nations, on Thursday stat- txalia, Japan, ed anew the position of cordial sym- and New Zealand being steady cos - PRINCE SUFFERS INJURY 1N A DARING RIDE Heir to Throne Sustains Frac- ture of Collar -Bone While Exercising Hunter. A despatch from London says: — a-or the fourth time in the last three sears the Prince of Wales was injured c r Friday by a fall from his horse. "hi' -e exercising one of his hunters mar Leighton Buzzard he was heavily thrown and broke his collar -bone. It was the most serious of the injuries he has received, although in 1922 he hn.d to cancel some of his public en gagements and limp about on crutches to 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 eat rider, Courage and sportsman- ship have greatly improved his eques- trian abilities, but his added skill has only Ied the Prince to attempt more, substitute lay superintendents in place and it is no secret that on the hunting of the present medical boards at the field in England, as on the battlefield ten D•S.C.a• hospitals. in France, he keeps his staff on tenter- hooks because of his daring. "Two -Minute Divorces" in The Prince was thrown when his Now Thing sing Os Past . mount bungled a five-foot lump. He and apples To this fare he attributes m e near Thanics to Premien Pointers s person Loudon malting light of his injury to Dr. T. C. Routley Who, in his capacity of general secre- tary of the Canadian Medical Associa- tion, bas voiced a protest• against the dominion government's proposal to patty of: the United States Govern-tmers for lumber products from this inert for the control of the traffic in province. 'arms. Edmonton, Alta.—Shipment of Wes - Mr. Grew explained that the United tern Canadian butter via the Panama States objected, among other things, Canal to the United Kingdom has been to the St: Germain Treaty, because satisfactory, according to Harrison' this treaty would prevent the United Watson; Canadian trade commissioner taken on every day. Snow conditi • States forwarding arms to . Latin- in: London. -Four thousand boxes- of arg very favorable at the present time, American States which had rent sign- Alberta butter were forwarded by this ,but it is hoped that there will be' an ed the convention: rotite during the fall with success, the additional fall before the spring break Viscount Cecil of Britain, -re Chelwood, repro- consignees stating that there was a up that there may enough water to senting Great replied that, saving as compared with the Eastern permit of successful steam driving. although the United States was not 'route. Kentville, N.S.—It is understood shipping any considerable amount of Regina, Sask.—There has been a that small flax mills,are to be estab- arms, it was also true that all States very considerable increase in the num- 'fished at Kentville and Nappan, N.S.,. must sign the proposed convention be- beer of automobiles registered' in wes- and Lennoxville, Que., this year, by f A pure as an tamed from the smelting of the nickle23e; Stiltons, 24 to 25e. Old, large, copper ores mined in the Sudbury' 26(te •30c;: twins, 26 to 81c;' triplets area: of Ontario. 27 3 to 82c. ' Montreal, Que.—Pulpwood exports Butter—Finest creamery prints, 46 the United States in the twelve, to ,47c; No.1 creamery, 48 to 45c; IQo. to , 2, ,42 to 43c. months ended December 31, 1923, were Eggs—Extras,' fresh,' in cartons, valued at $13,525,000, as against $10, 58. to 59e; fresh extras, loose`, 56 to. 359,762 in the preceding year. 679; fresh firsts, 62 to 63e; extras; St.' John, N.B.—Lumbermen from' storage, in carina, 46 to 47c; extras, various parts of the province report 48 to 44c; firsts, 89 to 40c; seconds, that the work is now well under. way BO to 32c. and that the setback which they re live` poultry --Spring chickens, 4 lbs and over, 28c; chickens, 3 to 4 ceivedearlier in the season,:: owing to lbs, 23c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, the fact that the ground did not freeze 4 to 5.; lbs., 15c• do, 3 to 4 lbs., 16c; up until late, has now been overcome roosters, 16c; ducklings, over 5 lbs;, in many cases. The gangs are for the 196; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 18e; turkeys, t t complete,although the turn- young, 10 lbs. and up, 22c. most able schemes in the annals of electrical engineering nothing less than har- nesshs 'the 'tides' et the. Brittany par res'sed" poultry—Spring chickens, over still permits of several men being 4 bs. and over 30c; chiekens, 3 to 4 25c; hens, over 6 - lbs., 28c; do, 4 to 5"lbs., 24e; do; 3 to 4 lbs.. 18e; roosters, 18c; ducklings, over 6 lbs., 24e; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 28 to 32c; geese, 22e. Beans --Canadian, handpicked, Ib., 7c; primes, 6%c. Maple products—Syrup per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, .ib., 25e. Hone—60-1b. tins, 11 to 12c per coast in order to produce electric power. This first undertaking of tide- harnessing on' a large scale will •be made at Aber-Wrach, • in the Depart- ment of Finisterre, where there is a great difference in the high and low water level's at the mouth of the River Diouris. Engineers say that the plant will generate sufficient electricity in the first two years after it is com- pleted to more than pay for the coat of construction, which is placed at 28,000,000 francs. If this is so,•it will mean that this far -away, corner of picturesque Brit- tany will become electrically lighted and that electric railways' will provide transportation for farm produce t market towns. The specifications provide for tho construction of two dams, one of which will harness the tides and the other the river. The ono at the mouth of the estuary will be 150 metres long. equipped with three turbines in the middle, effective at high and 1'oty water and working at the four tidal periods in each twenty-four hours. The maximum rise and fall of twenty-five feet at this point provides the basis for the estimate that 3,600 horsepower daily can be developed from the'turbines operating the dyne - mos which will generate' the current. A 'second dam thirty-five meters high will be built three kilometers in- land, insuring a fall of water at all times from eight to twenty-nine met - ere, sufficient to generate approxi- mately 3,500 horsepower daily,' Work- ingtogether, the two stations will pro- vide annually 11,000,000'kilowatt hours. Many Historichateaus in France Crumbling in Ruin A despatch from Paris says:— There exists in France a certain part fore anysingle State would consent in 1923,as compared the Department o gricu of the country covered with chateaus tern provinces to enforcing its terms. There' was n British Columbia 5 000 ox oriment in the growing. of flax in 12' 1tins, 11 13to14c comb and greenyslo es Its violet horizons togwith 1922. .T p to 18e; , and green slopes and wide pastures necessity for 'obtaining universal ac- more automobiles were licensed in th$ territories named, for the menu- honeyy, ;er dozen, Ne. 1, $3.75 to $4; form a background for these baronial facture of fibre. The experiment will, No, 2, 3.26 to' $3.60. halls which is unique in its way. In Smoked meats -Hams, mod., 25 to the time of Honorius this region was 27c; cooked hams, 87 to 89c; smoked' called Aquitania; in the Middle Ages rolls, 19 t 21c; cottage rolls,722 to! it was La Guyenne. The section where 24c; breakfast bacon 26 to 27c; spe 1 chit brand- breakfast bacon, 30 to 38e; are most of tau chateaus now is Peri ' backs, boneless, 30 to 86e. gord, and is composed of three prow- Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50 inces--.Dordogne, Garonne and Cor - to 70 lbs., $18.50. 70 to .90 lbs., $18; reze. 90 lbs. ,and up, $11 lightweight rebs, It would seem that a province whose in barrels, $$87; heavyweight rolls, villages hear such high-sounding $32. L - names as Lauzun,Biron A en Noai1- Lard -Pure tierces, 16 to 161/se; Ayen, tubs, 16% to. 17e; pails, 17 to 17%c; les, Sagur, Turenne, Hautefort, Pom- prinbs, 18 to lac; shortening tierces, padour, Brantome and. Jumilhac 141A . to 14%e; tubs, 14 to 15e; pails, should be a most aristocratic centre 15 to 151,to; prints, 17 to 17/c. cord, including the United States—in 1923 than in 1922. In Alberta regis- spite of that country's fine record— i'trations increased 1,260;Saskatchew- so that the other countries. would feel' an comes forward with an increase of easy in mind. 12,500 motor care. Manitbba will show Signor Sehanzer, Italy, supported a -small increase in 1923, against an Viscount Cecil's arguments. Champion Skater of Europe Lives on Fish and Apples increase of 1,775 in 1922 over 1921. Winnipeg, Man.—Immigrants ar- riving in Western Canada through ports between Port Arthur and Kings- gate, B.C., during the'year 1923 to- talled 8,702, as compared with 9;595 A 'despatch from' Paris says:— in 1922, according to figures issued by Thunberg, the Finnish skater, who is the immigration office here. The bulk champion of Europe, is living modest - of, these settlers were farmers and: b ' at Chamonix in a little hotel dui- their families. They brought in actual ing the Olympic winter sports, in wealth $2,026,654, while their effects which.' he is a competitor. ,He lives on Were valued at 579,913. a frugal fare of dried fish, biscuits Sudbury, Ont.—Nickel production in 1923 amounted to 61,444,000 pounds, valued at $18,488,000, or about three and a half times as much as was pro- duced during the preceding calendar year, when the total output was only 17,591,123 pounds, valued at $6,158,- 993. The production was wholly ob- drove in an auto ebil t the est his perfect condition and- wonderful A despatch from Paris says:— surgery and proceeded by train t powers of endurance: ' e now in bed,' al intervention, "two -minute divorces"Tou all who inquired. H is, 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 alillerand and Premier Poincare. the existing law, but in practice few A bulletin issued from York House such embarrassing questions have been put to applicants. The judges had discretionary, almost arbitrary, powers for decidingwhether 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 gist traffic to Skagway via Ven- ter Americans are a thing of the past convey will be very heavy this year. in France. All steamers are reported booked full The principals must now prove first to July. of all that their grounds for divorce are admitted in their native state. As a matter of fact, this provision is in says that there are no complications, and that the Prince is making satis- factory progress. English School Boys to Settle on Canadian 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. laud. Bulkeley Evans, Honorary Sec- retary of the Public Schools Employ 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 take a single salary of only £6,000, a1- grain, are being erected by the Robin though filling the dual office of First Hood Milling Co., adjacent to its mills Lord of the Treasury and Foreign at Calgary. This will increase the Secretary, which' carry a salary of mill's storage capacity 't 500;000 £5,000 apiece. bushels. went 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 Pref. Lockheed of McGill Uni- versity, who was here to encourage British youths to settle on ]and in Canada. British Premier to Take. But One £5,000 Salary A despatch from London says:— Premier MacDonald has decided to WILSON LAID TO REST IN NATIONAL CATHEDRAL while conducted on a semi -commercial. scale during 1924, be watched with greater .interest. The climate of the Atdnapolis Valley is said to be well adapted for the cultivation of flux. Woodrow Wilson, war -time president of the United States, was laid to rest in the Bethlehem chapel of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, 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 horse. NO MA'AM ! i ava SORRY '. THesRE taIN'T fl ROOM LEFT IN INE- HOUSE , OH BUT 1 MUSTHAV E civ RABBI'rBORO WAir A MINUTE )td 1'14- GO 5EL Teta_ GERMANS FAIL IN . RESPECT TO WILSON Embassy :at ,Washington Re- frairis from- Half-Masting Their Flag. ,A despatch front Washington Heavy steers, choice, 57 to $7.76; says:—The' German Embassy aortin- butchers steers, choice, $8.26 to $7; nes to'refrain from displaying the 55 gdodcorn,5$4.28to 't '$4,50; butcher 54.75 German national colors at half-mast. heifers, choice, $6 to 56.75; do, meds; ThroughoutwWashingten theflags54,75 to $6.25; do, coin., $4.50 to $5; of 'many nations, in' fact; those of all butcher cows, choice, 54.75 to $6; do, the other Embassies ' and Legations, are still half -masted, as a mark of respect' for the lace President Wood- row Wilson. Theircolors were so displayed immediately after the death of Mr. Wilson was•announced Sunday. The colors of the German. Embassy were displayed only for a brief period Wednesday afternoon, from 12.30 o'clock, when work ended in the Gov- ernment departments, until the fun - oral was over. On Thursday the flag- pole agpole on the 'German 'Embassy was en- tirely bare. ntirelybare. The colors of the French, British, Belgian, Spanish and other Embassies, and all the Legations, con- tinued to be half -masted. • German Work Replaced by British "Dye Bible" A despatch from London says:—A book that cost more' than £5,000' to produce has just been published here. This .is the "Dyers Bible," as it is known in the industry, an index to colors, which replaces the German work of Professor Gustav Schultz.. 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 20,000 trademarks; all duly indexed. This index alone has taken three years to complete. Experts in every dyemaking country helped with the proofs, with the'single exception of Germany, which refused toassist the work in any way. med., $3.50 to $4; canners and cut ters, $1.25 to 82;'butcher bulls, choice, $4.25 to $5.25; do, come, $2 to 53; feeding steers, good, 56.50 to 56.50; do, fair, $4 to $5; 'stockers, good $4 to $4.76; do, fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and springers, $70 to $100; calved, choice, $12 to $13.50; do, med., $9 to $11; do, coin., $5 to $7; do, grassers, $3 to $4.60; lambs, choice ewes, $12 to $13.50; do, bucks, $10.50 to $12; do, culls, $7 to $8; sheep, light ewes, $7.50 to $8; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $4.50; do, culls, $2 to $3; hogs, fed and watered, $8; do, Loeb., 57.50• do, country points, $7.25; do, selects, p.so. MONTREAL. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 56%e; do, Can. West., No. 3, 55c; • do, extra No. 1 feed, 58%c; do, No. 2 local white, 52%c. "•'Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lets, $6.80; do, ands, $5.80; do, strong bakers,.$5.60; do, winter pats., choice, $6.65 to .5 75. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $8.05. Bran, $28.26, -shorts, $80.25. 'Middlings, $36.25. Hay;, per ton, loots, - Butter,car No,516. 1 pasteurized, 411,1 to. 42c; do, No. 1 creamery, 41 to 41%c; do, seconds, 40 -to 401/2c. Eggs, stor- age extras, 42c; do, storage firsts, 36e; do, storage seconds, 39c; do, fresh ex- tras, 60c; do, fresh firsts, 50c. Potatoes, per ' bag, car. lots, $1.86 to $1.40. but unfortunately it is not so. All these edifices are empty and the cradles where the greatest navies of, France were born ere desecrated Some of them have been chuuaed,' notably the . Chateau de Jumilhac, which, after being sold, has been re- duced to small dwelling houses, and through the court of honor there now runs a street -car line. Thus, after having seen within their walls kings and queens, princes, hush- esses, counts and marchionesses, many now stand in ruins. Exports of pulpwood, from Canada foryear amo n t , Canada during the past year totalled 230 cords, compared -with 1,011,382 101,986 pairs, having a value of $288; - for 1922, an increase of 373,000 cords, 299.While the quantity fox=, 922 is or 35 per cent: Tho 1923 figures ale i noteworthy ' tat in equivalent to about • 900,000 tons of not available, its p 1s_ q 1 the year the value of the expert was-,.,. ' ave sen menu- factured from this wood. the1923 u t d to1,384,- German 384 German War Indemnity to China is $100,000,000 A despatch from Shanghai says:— The North China Daily News says that Germany and China have reached an agreement under which Germany's war indemnity to China is. lixed at $100,000,000, less the claims of the Deutsche Asiatische Bank and other German firms for property confiscated by China on entering the war, The net amount payable to China will be $45,000,000, of which Germany will pay Pekin $13,000,000 at present banked in London and the remainder in Tsinpu and Hukuang Railway bonds. Alberta is becoming quit a fox farmiiig.centre. Several of these farms have been established in and about Calgary, atncl one at Wetaskiwin re- ports the saleaof nine animals to a Seattle purchasdr1 ' Exports of leather, footwear from newsprint thatcould h b COME WITH ME., LAQY' TaWteR8 F'YIN' YOU UP A ,`D/aNDY LITTLE- Ro0rd —' l)i)'i.- rl-t ' '1 E KM IN THE- TELEPHONE HETELEPHONE TAKEN OUT OF at 'TELEPHONE -BOOTH ' only $132,302, or 5155,997 be'io•,v last year's figures. Exports of gold bearing quartz, nug- gets,, etc., during last year were $12,- 542,807, compared with .$3,953,938 in 1922, of silver"contained in ore, con- ! centrates, etc., 58,809,505; of silver bullion $7,828,159, compared with 57,402,000. During the last three months of (1923, Canada exported farm produce Ito the .United States valued at 532,- 1275,802. This was a considerable in- crease over the $25,576,106, the value 1 of farm produce exported to the lin- ' ited States in the last three months of the previous year. The quantity of Canadian wheat exported to the Un- ited States during -the three months ended December was nearly double what it was in the corresponding:per- iod of 1922. Exports ; for the three months' period of last year totalled 17,260,472 bushels, as compared with 9,172,156 in the preceding period.