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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-05-21, Page 2SNOW CHECKS itIRES AT FORT WILLIAM Lake. Steamers Arrive at Soo CoveredWith Foot of Ice. Sault Ste. Marie:. Ont., May' 17.- One of the worst storms for the month, of May was expeirienced Saturday night by boats on Lake Superior,_ The high northeast winds, accompanied with "rain and "allow, drove traffic to hug the north shore route.' Down - bound steamers reached the : Soo to- day covered with a foot of ice and snout. Some of the old-time sailors had never experienced -anything':like_ it for this season of the year. ' Fort William, May 17. -This lis-' trict was visited by falls of snow last night and thin morning, which put a damper on the forest fires and placed' them. under'control. Three aeroplanes will be here on Monday from the East to •form an aeroplane lookout base for forest fires, •which will be established at Sioux Lookout. Sarnia, May 17. -Sarnia shivered in almost a wintry temperature to- day, in marked contrast to the sum- mer thunderstorm which passed over the district Saturday evening. To -day the' wind blowing from the lakes was the.coolest for some'weeks. Farmers, however, were rejoicing at theehelpful sin of Saturday, and axe now looking for' sunshine, the lack of which is proving a detriment to the field and l garden crops. PEMBROKE YOUTH SAVES YOUNG GIRL Gallant Rescue from Under Wheels of Locomotive at Risk of His Life. A despatch from Pembroke says: - The residents of Pembroke are ac- claiming 19 -year-old Howard Riley a hereas a result of a daring rescue which he performed when he snatched the unconscious form of Muriel Swit- zer, aged 23, from in front of a fast freight train here. Miss Switzer had tripg.ecl across the Canadian Pacific Railwsy tracks at Moilatt's Crossing at the west end of the town, and had fallen uiconseioue. Riley, who was some distance uehind her, saw thc fast freight thundering down the track toward her prostrate body, and, running as fast as he could, was just in time to jump the track and at the seine time drag the girl Mersin), from under the wheels of the locomotive. Had he been a second later both he and the girl would have met with a horrible death. Mala Swept to Death in Current at Peterboro Lock Peterboro, May 17. -James E, Her- ron, 44 er-ron,44 years of age, was drowned at 8 o'clock to -night when he slipped from a stone at Peterboro lock and was whirled downstream in the swift curret,t from the sluice. He was a good swinuner, and several attempts were made to save him, but his over- coat and the cold water weakened his efforts and the current prevented help. He leaves his wife and seven children, the eldest of whop: is 15. Abolish War Duty Stamps on Cheques of $5 or Less A. despatch from Montreal says: The Canadian Manufacturers' Asses elation received information from Ottawa that the new regulations in • troduced in the House of Commons providing for the abolition of war duty' excise stamps on cheques of $5 or less will become effective on July 1. ---es---- Teaching in the Navy. For teaching purposes the British Navy has adopted the kinomatograph, and a film showing the procedure for parading colors has been l,ropared. ;P'<i.;°;,1 :t_, in `�? ., Ri-' i vt .s.,�.ku� 'i t X.?�,6 .. Y �.,•tn• �,�JII°�i -I. i{LIIt)P.At.HAgdjsaf, .W PASSS IN:LONDON World reaoviaied'as Writer of Tales of African Life and Messages from the Youth of Canada. to the King and Queen On Juue 29th, in Trafalgar Square, London, Ring George and Queen Mary are to open "Canada Building." Keys of gold, silver . and nickel from the mines of Northern Ontario will be used at the ceremony. The Canadian High Commissioner will present the keys to'Their Majes- ties. With the keys he will present messages from the youth of Canada, one for the Ring signed by a Canadian boy, and one for the Queen signed by a Canadian girl. Selection of the boy and girl m --t worthy to sign these messages will bo made by Sir William Mulock and Sir Arthur Currie. The young persons I selected will be: - "The boy and the girl atteuding any primary or secondary school, public, separate or private, whose natural en. dowments or attainments as puplls or in the arts or auy other sphere 01 worthy endeavor, or who have 'per- formed such heroic action as, com- bined with qualities of character, will make that boy and girl fitting repre- sentatives of the youth of Canada to sign the messages to the Ring and Queen on the occasion of the opening by Their Majesties of Canada Building, in London, England, on Jute 29, 1926." THEIR MAJESTIES, THE KEYS AND THE CANADA BUILDING; His Majesty Ring George V. and Iter Majesty "Queen Mary, who, on June 29, will open "Canada Building," . Canada's new headquarters in Trafalgar Soars (upper right), the set of keys froth Ontario mines. with which the King will open the building. There are four sets of keys, one for the Ring, ono for the Queen, cue' for Canada's prime mini -,ter, and.' one for Canada's high Commissioner in London. Each set contains a gold, silver and nickel la key, madein Canada, with metals donated by Dome, Bollinger, McIntyre. Keeley, Nipiesing, Mining Corpora- tion and, Mond. (Lower left) Trafalgar Square, at the heart of the Empire, with Nelson's monument in the centre, and with the new "Canada Building" at the left, facing Trafalgar Square and Cockspur Street. (Lower right) Rt. Hon, W. L. Mackenzie Ring, prince Minister of Canada, to whom one of the sets of keys will be presented, and Hon. Peter Larkin, Canadian high Commissioner, who originated the idea of having the keys for the openingreado of metals from the famous mines, and who will also be presented with a set of keys. Amy Lowell Dies at I standing exponent' of free verse in meidca, and noted for her essays Her Brookline Home , -9 and literary criticism, is dead at her A despatch from Brookline Mass. home here, "Sevenels," at the age of says: -Amy Lowell, long the out -1 51' Right Rev, Wllilatn D. Reeve first bishop of Mackenzie River and for many years bishop assistant of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, who died May 12, at his home, in Toronto. Now German stamps are to bear the portraits of note 1 Germans. • RUSH FIRES RAGE IN DISTRICT A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: --According to reports fil- tering in to the head of the lakes, an area of about five thousand square miles in the sparsely settled region to the east and west is menaced by for- est fires. In the burned -out terri- tories there are the smouldering ruins of numerous homes that belonged to hardy settlers, In the Wolf Mountain and Silver Mountain districts to the west numerous homes in the clear- ings have been consumed. One home- steader, John Crisp, more than sixty years old, is.believed to have perished in a fire that swept that district Wed- nesday and be has not been seen since. It is believed that he must have been steeping when the fire carne .toward bis clearing and that he was unable to outrun the Haines. While it is pos- sible that he may have escaped, it is not considered that the chance is very bright. With the exception of Mr. finite report- as there n e Crisp, tlei o d P to losses of life, although many set- tlers in the Silver Mountain area are said to have had narrow escapes, and many others are prepared to leave their homes as soon as the danger draws near. 'In several sections valu- able areas of pulpwood timber have been destroyed or are in danger, Reports from Nipigee, one of the most beautiful spots lin Northern On- fiario,-tell of a brave fight theouZhout ',Wednesday night to saws the fghvn. THUNDER BAY 5000 SQUARE MILES More than one hundred men fought the encroaching flames with every conceivable weapon until they were ready to drop from exhaustion. At last report it was said that the fire was under control and the village safe. The airplane and seaplane forces of the Forestry Dept. are expected soon to take vigorous action in "spotting" fires so that they can be attacked be- fore they spread to dangerous dimer- sions. The long spell of dry and sun- ny, though cold, weather has dried the forests to tinder. The coolness has kept the leaves from budding and the green grass from sprouting on the meadows, glades and swards. When the grass becomes green it acts as a natural deterrent to the progress of fires. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: -With the district dry as tinder, a small number of , bushflees s in the Soo area are causing no little'anx- letY. At Masseythe citizen of the s town turned out and helped the rang- brs fight a fire near the oaneter Y. Fires are also causing trouble at Mil- ford Haven, St. Joe Island and -at Rydal Bank and Desharats, In fact, more or less serious fires at many, points are keeping the rangers on the. jump. -The rain on Tuesday was not of sufficient duration to give much aid and there is no immediate pros- pect of more. There have been but two small showers in two months, TME INTMINATIONAL 9YNR1CA'i. . SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS=WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. 'These will give yqu a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others, A letter belongs in each white. space, words starting at the numbered squares- and running ,either horizontally or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL 1 -Sweetheart 5 -Fishing implement 8-A crack 18 -Land surface. 14-.A Jewish festival 16 -Always" 17 -Incomplete 18 -Assemble 19 -Otherwise 20-Afflioted with grave disease 22 -Reaches a finish 28-A street car 26 -Sour , 28 -To -move back 30-Explos Ivo mach ilia 33 -Account book 37-A variegated waxy 38 --Not fastened 39 -Hereditary 42 -Colored 43 -To `replace 46 -To throw 47-Weepons 61 -To scoroh '53 -Subdued 68 -Assistant to military officer 68 -Small dog ;59--Wlahes ` 60 -Therefore 61-FIrm 63--TIdy . 64 -To inundate 66-A speck 66 -Disease of caisson workers quartz VERTICAL 1 -Part of a cold • 2 -Verbal - 3-fiussian measurs of distance 4 -Consumer - 6 -Govern 6 --Correlative of "either" 7-C.ubea of chance 9 -Bar 01 metal 10 -Happening If -To -ward off 12-A lock of hair 14 -Concealed in the hand 15-Subiect to death . 21 -To peel 24 -Amount overdue (p1.) 26-A studio • 27 -To commence -T' e 29 o besiege , 8O --A �c h1un 31--A -color 22 -Consumed ' 34 -To put on _ 38 --Obtained - 36--A color 40-A :communication 41 -Newspaper paragraph 42 -Exchanged 'a ged 44 -Performed • '45-A ship's freight ' 46-A.misslle-^'I' 48-,4n eastern State of u. a. 49-A fabulous nymph se -Jokes 52-A form ofaddress(Ger.) 64 -Dry 55 -To prepare for pubilostior 57 -Deceased 62 --Proceed THE MARKETS TORONTO. - Man, wheat -No. 1 North., $1.81%; No. 2 North., $1.7831; No. 3 North., $1.78%; No. 4 wheat, not quoted. Man. oats -No. 2 CW, not quoted; No. 3 CW, 60c; extra No. 1 feed, GOc; No. 1 feed, 55c; No. 2 feed, 524tc. All the above c.i.f. bay ports. American corn, ,rack, Toronto -No. 2 yellow, $1.26. Millfeed-Dei., Montreal freights, bags included. Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36; good feed flour, per bag, $2.05. Ontario oats -Nominal, f.o.b. ship- ping points. Ont. wheat -No. 2 winter, nominal; No: 3 winter, not quoted; No, 1 com- mercial, not quoted, f.o.b., shipping points, according to freights. Barley -Malting, not quoted. Buckwheat -No, 2, nominal. RyesNo. 2, nominal. Man. flour, first pat, 99,80, To- ronto; do, second pat., 99,80, Toronto. Pastry flour, bags, $7.50. Straw-Carlots, per ton, $8.00 to $8.60, Screenings - Standard, recleaned, f.o,b. bay ports, per ton, $24.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, $13,00 .to $14.00; Ne. 8, per ton, $11.00 to $12.00; mixed, per ton, $9.00 to $11.00; lower grades, 86.00 to $9.00. Cheese -New, large, 20 to 20%c; twins, 21/ to 22c; triplets, 22 to 23c; Stiltons, 23 to 24e. Old, large, 27 to 28c; twins, 28 to 29c; triplets, 28 to 30c. Butter -Finest creamery: prints, 37 to 38c; No. 1 creamery, 86 to 37c; No. 2, 35 to 86c;,,Dairy prints, 29 to 80c. Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 35 to 30c; loose, 380; fresh firsts, 31c; seconds, 27c, Live poultry -Chickens, spring, lb., 55e; ..hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 20c; do 3 to 4lbs,, 1'8c; spring chickeng,.4 lbs. and over, M.F,, 24c;,do, 'corn .fed., 22c; roosters, 15c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 22c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring, lb:, G5c; hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 22c spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, M.F., 35c; do, corn. fed, 820; roosters, 20c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, e .. .Beans -Canadian, handpicked, Ib., ezesc; primes, Gc. ' Maple products -Syrup, per im- perial gal., $2.40; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.80 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26e. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 1.3tec per lb 10 -lb. tins 1341,0; 6-ib,"tins, 14c; 24I Ib. tins, 154c to 16c. Smoked meats Hants- med: 30c; s, cooked`hams, 116c; smoked rolls, 22c; eottage, 24c; brealt£ast bacon, 28 to 32c; special brand breakfast bacon, 35c; backs, boneless, 35 to 42c. Cured meats --Long sitar bacon, 50 to 70 -lbs., $22; '70 to 90 lbs., $20.50; 1 t 519 v0 lightweight 20 lbs. enc. barrels, e'09.50; heapy- we i h t rolls, $34 5f Pr bbl. Lard -Pure ' tierces, 18c; tubs, 18?/zc;. pails, 19c; prints, 2.0e; short- ening tierces, 14c; tubs, 14ic; pails, 15c; blocks, 16c. Heavy steers,' choice, $7.75 to $8.10;' do, good, $7.25 to $7.75; butcher steers, choice, $7 to 87.50; do, good, 96.26 to $6.75; do, me., $6 to $6.50; do, coin., cows, choice, $6 to $6.50; do, fair to. good, $4.50 to $5.50; canners and cut- ters, $2.50 to $2.75; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.50; do, fair, $3.75 to $4; bologna, $2.50 to $3.25; feeding steers, good, $6.50 to $7; do, fair, $5 to $6,25; stockers, good,; $5.50 to $6; do, fair, $5 to $5.50; calves, .choice, $10 to $11; do, med., $7 to $9• munications have been add'r'essed to do, common, $4.50 to 90.00;.milclil)?rance, Italy, Belgium, Roumania, cows, choice, $70 to $80; do, fair, $40 good :ia:nt sheep, $8,50 to $10; heavies Greece, G^techo-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavla, to $50; springers, choice, $'75 to $90; • and bucks, 95.50 to $7,50; good ewe Eniionin and Latvia. The text of the messages was not ambs, $14 to $15,50; clo, med.,' $10 to disclosed, but State Dept. officials err - $12; do, culls, $8.00 to $9.00; spring phasized that, without being at all lambs, each, $8 to $14.50; hogs, thick peremptory, the view was conveyed smooths, fed and wittered, $11.35; that sufficient time now has elapsed do; f'o'b., $11.75; do, country points, since the war, and reconstruction, has $11.50; do, off cars, $12,85; select progressed to the point where pxomis- premiuni, $2.42, eery notes should be converted into MONTREAL. progressed agreements. Oats, Can. west., No. 2, 700; do, No. Ambassador. Herrick has .advised - 3, G3c; extra No. 1 feed, 60%c. Flour, seconds, $9.30; strong bakers', $9.10. the French Government, it was said, Man, spring wheat pats„ firsts, $9,80; that the. Washington Administration Flour, winter pais., choice, $7.60 to would welcome the sending of a cons - $7.70. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $3.45. mission authorized to arrive at some Bran, $26.25 to 527.25. Shorts, $28.25 definite conclusion with the World to $29.25. Middlings, $34.25 to $35.25. War Foreign Debt Commission, Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14 to The State Dept stressed the point $15. that it. was acting as the agent of the Cheese -Finest wests., 17% to "Debt Commission in circularizing for- eign debtors, and expressed the earn- Butter-2To, 1, pastoiuized, $2 /s too 88c; No. 1, creamery, 11}a. to 32o; est desire that negotiations will ba seconds, 30% to 31e. " Eggs -Fresh entered into promptly and brought tp specials, 86 to 37o; fresh extras, 35c; a satisfactory termination at the fresh firsts, 82c. $7.50 to $8; do, nixed lots, ordinary earliest possible moment. Dairy cows, $2 to $3.50; calves,`_ quality, $6.50 to $7; do, poorest, $6 ONTARIO NURSE hogs, mixed lots, $13.25. • a. THIRTEEN KILLED IN London Girl's Heroic Conduct- Al'III. BY RAILWAYS at Mission Station in China. $Sdvenaire. A despatch frons 'London, Says: - Sir H. Rider Haggard, the author, died hero on Thursday. Sir Rider lied been ill 'for four' month, and, recently when his condi- tion' became ,melees he, was taken to a,. private•,liospttal in:Landon, where' he died.. Although he achieved a world ropu. tation as: a maker df, fictionsit was known to but a few, that the real lifp-, 'week of Sir 53. Rider Haggard was in the field of practical agriculture, in which, lie gained'bho highest reputa- tion among experts Sir Henry Rider haggard was, born at Bradenham, Norfolk, June 22, , 1856; He engaged in , Government service in South Africa, and whilea young man botanic celebrated; as a writer of •'romances and tales of ad. venture with; -African l)ackgrounds. From -1882. to 1924 scarcely a year passed wlthosit the publication of a novel by him. In his day H• Rider Haggard was. one of the Most widely read of popular novelists, the acme of leis popular aehievement being reacheden,his:tort els of the late 80's, "Ring Solomon's Mines" and "She." The scene of these, as of his other most successful works, was laid 'In South Africa, where Rider Haggard went in 1875 as Secretary to the Gov- ernor of Natal. Ile „sersed' later in the Transvaal, and' was owe of the off', cials who hoisted.the British flag over thatterritory. on Queen Victoria's birthday in 1877. After the Boer victory at Majuba Hill the convention with the Boers was signed in his home, and he ,shortly afterward abandoned South Africa. Returning to England, he began his career as a novelist while studying for the Bar, ' and -published his first success, "Dawn," in 1884. . TIME TO SETTLE DEBTS SAYS UNITED STATES All Nations Except Russia Urged to Take Early Action in Matter. of, War Obligations. Washington, May 17. -Not France alone, but all our foreign debtors ex- cept Russia are being reminded that it is time to settle their war debts. The State Dept. discloses that com- 95.50 •to - $6; butcher heifers Kent residence, Deal Castle. The pa - choice, -$7 to $7.50; deemed., $6 to 'purpose that you ,resolved to effect.] $6.50;, do, corn., $5,50 to $6; butcher' -Shakespeare. • :„ • ;tient stood' the journey home welt.. AMPUTATES ARM Injuries -ito 199 Others Were London, Ont., May 17. -reports Result of 156 Accident& have been received here concerning the heroic conduct under the most trying f circumstances of a former London nurse, Miss Bessie Baty, R.N., daugh- ter augh ter of Thomas Baty of this city. Miss Baty, since her designation services at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church mare than four years ago, has been Superintendent of Nurses et the Can- adian -Presbyterian Mission at Ilei Kwong Hospital, Meting Shan, Kwang- tung, China. Recently Dr. George C. WannoP of Winnipeg, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, was .compelled to undertake a jetn'ney that kept him away from the institution, for several. days. While absent a native worker: in a sugar cane factory had his atm caught in a crusher and it was ter- ribly mangled. An effort vas made to .' get Dr. McDonald, at Kong Moon, to amputate the injured nrm, but' bandits blocked the road and' it was impos- sible to get word to him, When dan- ger , of blood -poisoning manifested itself Miss Baty got a native -doctor to administer an anaesthetic and she herself completed the amputation. The operation proved successful and the worker is now recovering.,•.. Ottawa May1.7.-Tire total number of accidents reported on Canadian railways for the month of April in the return just issued by the Board of Railway Commissioners is 156, in- volving the death, of 13 People' and injuries to 199. Of the killed one was a passenger, one an employe, and eleven "others." Of the injured 48 were passengers, 124 employes, and 27 "others." There were nine crossing accidents in which throe persons were killed and eight injured. Autos were involved in five of the nine crossing accidents, re- sulting in two persons being killed and. five -injured. Six: of the nine crossings were classified as unpro- tected. a Solution of last week's puzzle ,0121121aE Fans." A Il A D F. migim ,: ,miffOxer, W� !" :mom 0g •tI3 de.� ®� DOOM CRAM= EMIN b®M•l�su'y r 1 G ®=ter CI ry - .Fz,•f� H Aill D �y yVI � tT ® • S *Fi � ,.L 1,� i� ?ice .�^�' :r' Al R RM 3 IR CI Ae. K,: ,is Mgce �1s C o f - ryII is lii ' . , I-- P . E. ��glligJy\a jji^^�igypep I Earl of Ypres Removed to I oins from Hospital Landon, Mayl 17.• -The Earl of Ypres, 'formerly Field Marshal Sir John French, who in March under, went an operation, had recovered sur- ficiently to -day to be removed in an Le not, for one'repalse, forego the ai'inbuiance from the hospital to his_ •