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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-12-03, Page 6• QUEEN LAID TO REST -LAST BURIAL RITES IN WINDSOR CASTLE AT WINDSOR CASTLE Fifth British Queen to be Twenty Members of Royalty Buried in Memorial Chapel Pay Final Tribute to Queen -Lay in State at West- Mother Alexandra. minter. London, Nov. 29. -Twenty members: A despatch from London says:- of the royal families of England and The body of Queen Alexandra lay on European countries yesterday, hum - Royal bly •and privately, paid their final tri - Thursday night in the Chapel butes to the late Queen Mother Alex - of St James's Palace, flanked by andra. With extreme simplicity the by candles, heaped with flowers, remains of Britain's "Fairy Queen" guarded by silent watchers. On Fri- were buried in the Albert Memorial day morning it was taken in proses- Chapel at Windsor Castle. sion through the heart of London to Escorted by only a• small numbea' of Westminster Abbey, where a funeral automobiles, the casket was taken at service replete with all the magnifi- seven o'clock in the morning from cent and awe-inspiring pomp for Westminster Abbey, and conveyed in which Britain is famous was held over,a motor hearse to Windsor Castle. the dead Queen's' remains. The residents of Windsor, despite the After lying in state at the Abbey fact that business had been suspended through the afternoon and evening: as a mark of the community's respect, the body was taken Saturday morning saw little of the last rites for the to Windsor, where it received final' Queen Mother. Windsor's great park, burial after a short,simple ceremony. i through which the •cortege passed to. At the latter only the King and a enter the grounds of the castle, was few others were present. By King closed to the public. The service, George's express wish the Windsor which began almost immediately on ceremony was strictly a family affair. arrival of the remains, was brief and Friday was the day of funeral pomp, simple. Only one hymn, "Abide With when Briton in every walk of life Me," was sung. At the burial were bowed their heads as the coffin passed, the British royal family and the Kings while military bands played dirges and ' of Norway •and Denmark, the Queen hundreds of soldiers marched past its of Norway, Prince and Princess martial mourning. But Saturday all George of Greece, and Prince Olaf of ithis pomp faded, and only Alexandra's Norway. son and daughters and grandchildren,) At the conclusion of the hymn the and a few relatives and intimates I Queen's casket was placed on the floor gathered around her coffin to pay the of the chapel and covered with flowers. last tributes of affection and grief IA few days hence it will be placed be- before o-before she was laid to rest beside herside that of. King Edward, in the husband, King Edward VII. I Crypt, where lies the dust oleo of their The Queen's body reached London '! eldest son, the Duke of Clarence. Thursday afternoon from Sandring-! There they will remain until the corn - ham absolutely unaccompanied by pletion of the Sarcophagus in St. pomp er ceremony -again by the I George's Chapel, now under construc- wiehes of her son. Until just before ition. the funeral train arrived there was I Responding to the many expressions doubt at which station it would arrive. Ii of condolence on the death of his It was 4.30, amid the fog shrouding .mother, Dowager Queen Alexandra, London in almost nocturnal darkness, f King George to -day issued a message that the train pulled into King's Cross, to the Empire, reading as follows: Station. Despite the secrecy which 1"To my people: had been observed by these in charge "In my great sorrow I em helped of the funeral ceremonies, about fit- by the flood of sincere and generous teen hundred people had gathered ;,sympathy reaching me from every outside. Every man's head was boxed;. quarter of the British Empire, and and every woman's bowed when a • indeed from all parts of the world. motor hearse bearing Alexandra' 1 "While deeply grateful for these body came out from the station, fa I expressions of good will, I also re - lowed by several other cars. There I joice that my beloved mother enjoyed was a glimpse of a flower -covered lthe constant and warm affection of through the glass sides of thea ole It is such proofs of elle- hearse of AUTO ACCIDENTS AT VARIOUS CENTRES Man Hurled from His Bicycle -Belleville Man Had Thrilling Experience. Woodstock, Ont., Nov. 29. -Mr. and $6; seaboard, in bulk, $6. Mrs. R. B. Herron, 76 Westmount No. 3, 501/ec; No. 1 feed, 48%c; No, 2 feed, 45%c. Ave., Toronto, escaped death oii:y by Ant. corn, track, Toronto- No. 2 inebes when the coupe in which they yellow, 92c. were riding was struck by a :ocomo- Miilfeed-Del., 1Viontreal freights, Live of a westbound C.N.R. passenger bags-included.'Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, bag train oil the Wilson Street crossing on ton, $36; good feed flour, p Saturday, the occupants being thrown $2.30. from the wreckage, later being remove Ont. oats -40 to 48c, f.o.b. shipping ed to the General. Hospital where the points. :. condition of Mrs. Herron was report- Ont. good milling whets according ed as critical late this afternoon. She $1.26, f,o.b. shipping points, is suffering from -sveere scalp and to freights. flesh wounds, three fractured ribs, Barley -Malting, 67 to 69c. Buekvrheat-No. 3, nominal. two fractures of the left leg and seel Rye -No. 2, 80c. vere shock, Mr. Herron; who was ; Man. flour, first pat., $8.20, Toronto; driving the ear and who failed to ob- do, second pat., $7.70, Toronto. Pastry serve the' approach of the train, is flour; bags, $6.30, loss seriously injured and sustained a Ont. eflor buarn_T o'ofltn, 90s,per cent. nt. a number of flesh wounds ' in addition Pat., seaboard, in bulk, $6. to severe lacerations of the scalp. The! $6;Straw-Carlota, per ton, $9 to $9.50. auto was reduced to a flatteicedenass1 Screenings. -Standard, recleaned, of junk. f.o.b. bay ports, per ton, $20. The couple had been visiting their', Baled hay-No.1, $20. son, Harry Herron, a student at' Cheese -New, large, "24 to 24/c; Woodstock College, and were driving twins, 241,2 to 251r2c; triplets, 26e; north from the college on Wilson St. Stil on , plats, Old, large, 30e; twins, when the accident occurred. The cross- Butter-Finestets, creamery prints, ing is on a much travelled thorough- 47c; No. 1 creamery, 46c No. 2, 44 fare and is protected only by a wig- to 45c. Dairy prints, 40 to 42c. wag signal and an automatic belleEggs-Fresh extras, in cartons, George ' MloGugan, Simcoe Street, 78 to, 800; extra, loose, 75e; fresh died in the General Hospital last night firsts, 60 to 650; storage extras, 460; as the result of injuries sustained storage firsts, 43c; storage seconds, when he was hurled to the pavement 36 to 87e. from his bicycle after a collision of Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring, • Ib. 800; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 24' to 28c; do, the cycle and an automobile driven by 8 to 4 lbs., 22e; roosters, 180; duck - Lloyd McMurray, at the corner of lines b the and up, 27-30e. BRITISH CROWN NEVER WORN BY MORE CO;YIGLY QUEEN Queen Alexandra was ever beloved by the Britttvli nation for her beauty of character, no less tlian for the personal beauty and charm which she re- tained to the very end. As a queen she shared with King Edward the honor of being a real leader In European royal circles and during her long widow- hood devoted her life in a quiet way to the many philanthropies in which she had always been interested. A rare photograph. showing Queen Alexandra and King Edward .(then Prince of Wales) in their wedding robes. THE K.E°�'S TORONTO. Made wheat -No. 1 North., Na North,, No.2 North., $1.521/x; $1.50. nominal; Man. oats, No. 2,.CWt BASIS OF AGREEMENT sutler eguate:Li rn of wages by the IN U.S. COAL STRIKE e`'isting .Anil;raeite Conciliation Board, and termination of the Pres- ent suspension and immediate resump- If Owners Agree to Pinchot tion of minim::. Proposals, Mining is to be Resumed. TWO ARE DROWNED TRYING TO REACH TUG Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 29. -Repre- sentatives of the United Mine Work - ars to -day accepted "as a basis of set- Girl is Prisoner on Ice -locked casket my pep dement" the plan submitted to them Vessel While Man and , . the crimson uniforms of the ,, gismos to my throne and fancily that yesterday by Governor Pinchot for Woman Perish in Lake. Guards. That was all. Behind the have given mo confidence and strength ending the present suspension of hard A despatch from Quebec says: - in the many anxious days I have had coal mining. , it us Paledis, 35 years of age, and They agreed to meet the operators Miss Annette Cinq Marc, 22 years of landing on the rocky bottom of the $6e to $6.G0 choice 'do, zed., $4 76 to $G 2G; representatives in joint conference at age, were drowned Thursday evening river Moir Munro was taken out o, coin., $A to $4.75; butcher heifers, any time to negotiate an agreement in Lake St. Saha in front of evening of the car by means of a ]adder and choice, $6.60 to $7.26; do, good, '$6.75 covering the proposals submitted by Roberval, it was ascertained that his injuries to $6.26; do, med., $4.50 to $6 do, Mr. Pinchot, and announced that and J. A. Beaune and Yvonne Gag- consisted of a gash on the forehead cm. $3.60 $3.60 to $4.50; butcher cows, non had a narrow escape, when the , choice, $4.50 to $6.2G: do; fair to good, promptly after a opera agreement wee ice on which they were skating broke. and cuts on back of head but not of the part of the opera theywill Late Thursday afternoon, though a serious nature. to $5.50; 50 tobutcher lfe as, b$312b gtood $3 C0� arrange to resume mining at the the two bodies of the victims could be-----+�--•--•• earliest possible date. canners and cutters, $10 ; $3.60; The action of the miners was taken seen floating on the lake, they could ABBEY OFFICIAL DIES springers, choice, enders, $90 to $100; do, fair, not be reached on account of the float- $40 to $G0; feeders, good, $6.75 to at a meeting here this afternoon of in • ice. AFTER ROYAL FUNERAL $6:60; do, fair, $4,50 to $5; stockers, union officials and members of the/ It appears that the accident occur- - good, $1.75 to $5.50; do, fair, $4 to Tri -District Seale Committee, which red when the party of four were at- Minor Canon Succumbs to $4.50; calves, choice, $11 to $12; do, gathered here yesterday to receive Labor of ArrangingDetails good, $9 to $10; do, grassers, $b to $6; the Governor's proposition. tempting to reach the tug Sir William good light sheep, $6.50 to $7.60; John L. Lewis, President of the Price, which was icebound fn the mid- of Ceremony. heavies and bucks, $4.60 to $6; good United Mine Workers, who, with filo of the lake, J. A. Beaupro reach- lambs, $13.60 to $13.75; do, zed., $12 other union officials, •attended the ed the shore easily, and Miss Gagnon, A despatch from London soya:- to $12.50; do, bucks, $10.50 to $10.76; who had succeeded in getting to the Directly due to his labors in arrang- do, culls, $11 to $12; hogs, thick ing the funeral of Queen Alexandra smooths, fed and watered, $12,10 to was the sudden depth Friday after- $12.85; do, f.o.b., el1.60-to $11.75; do, country points; $11.26 to $11:50; do; noon of Rev. H. F. Westlake, minor off cars, pot int$12.5t' $125 t select prem - canon of Westminster Abbey. lama $2.27 to $2.32. As the custodian of the Abbey, the task fell on him to arrange the details MONTREAL: Oats, No. 3 CW, 67e• extra Na. 1 feed 541/2c; No. 2 local white, 51/c. casket came a car carrying King George, Queen Mary, the Prince of Walee and the Duke of York. In an- other were several other Royalties. The little cortege sped down Euston Road, cut cross-town, turned in the Mall, then into Marlborough Place, past Marlborough House, which was the dead Queen's London residence, and finally into the courtyard of St. James% Palace. Along the route and around the palace little knots of peo- ple had gathered, all of whom showed signs of sincere grief as the cortege SHORTAGE OF StrPLIES IN ROUYN CAMP Delay in Freeze -tip Causes Lack of Many Staple Articles of Food. A despatch from Larder Lake says; -A large number of teams are being held in readiness at the railhead of the Nipissing Central Railway in preparation for rushing supplies to the Rouyn mining district just as soon as the iso becomes strong enough to carry horses and sleighs. Owing' to the freeze-up having- set. in some weeks ego, then, followed by. moderate wearther, the date for com- mencement of winter transportation has been delayed. Thie has resulted in a great shortage of provisions and supplies throughout the entire Rouyn mining district. - Meny staple articles of food have entirely disappeared off' the dining tables iii. Rouyn. Supplies in the stores have been almost depleted, while peices for foodstuffs have risen to the highest point so far in Rouyn's history.. Walter Little, the veteran freight - handler who employed a large num- ber of teams. in dealing with the freight for the mines of the Kirkland Lake district in. the pioneer days, is also to conduct a similar service to, Rouyn from Cheniinis at the head of the'Niplesing Genteel. Winnett and Dundas Streets on Fri- day night. McGugan was rendered unconscious by the accident and was removed to the hospital where it was found that he had suffered a broken collar bone and e. fractured skull, the latter injury apparently proving the cause of death last night. Frone.the marks on the pavement, McMurray 1,8c;, cooked hams, 41 to 420; smoke had attempted to tarn south, striking rolls, 22c; cottage, 23 to 25c; break - the curb in an effort to avoid the east bacon 32 to 86c; special brand cyclist, but according to the state- breakfast Macon, 88 to 39c; backs, Beans Can. handpicked, lb., 6c; primes, 5 to 5/e. Maple produce-Syrup,per imp;, gal., $2.40; per 5 -gal. tin, 2.30" per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12/ to 13e per lb.; 10-1b. tins 121/2 to 13c; 5 -Ib. tine, 13 to 13/c; 23-1b. tins, 141/2 to 15c. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to ment-of eyewitnesses, MoGugan ap- peared to ride straight into the car's ath. Belleville, Ont., Nov. 29. -Mr. Frank Munro, an official of the Con- - b ] solidated' Distillery, Ltd., plant at Laid Pur Corbyville,, had a thrilling experience yesterday and one that might have resulted fatally. He was driving to this city when in turning out to avoid a collision, the car skidded' and went over an embankment 10 feet high, boneless; 30 to 370. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 5a to 70 lbs., $22; 70 to 90 lbs. $20.50; 20 lbs.:and up, $19,50; lightweight rolls 'in barrels, $43.50; heavyweight rolls, $39.50 per afro , Lard -Pure tierces, 18 to 181/2c; tubs, 18/ to 19c; pails, 19 to 19/e; prints, 20 to 20/c; shortening tierces, 131/c; tubs, 14c; pails, 142c; blocks, 15 to 15',2e. Heavy steers, choice, $7.75 to $8.76; do, good, $6.75 to $7.50; butcher to face during the past fifteen years. (Signed) "GEORGE, R.T." ._.- e --•^- NINETEEN FREE STATE PRISONERS ESCAPE From Mountjoy Prison Republicans Effect Rescue in Daring Manner. A despatch from Dublin says: - passed. Nineteen political prisoners escape After arriving at Windsor the body from Mountjoy Prison Friday night of Queen Alexandra was taken in the in a wholesale jail delivery, as the re - Memorial Chapel, where members of sult of a blot. They are still at liberty, the Royal family assembled Saturday although the police are combing the morning. Windsor Caste was closed city for them. In accordance with a meeting, immediately aftoiward cont to the public through the morning prearranged plan, three men dressed n letter to Governor Pinchot announc- es tug, is still a prisoner on board. Ef- nniil 1 p.m. Alexandra is the fifth es policemen arrived at Mountjoy with ,ing the action taken. forts to rescue her have so far failed. British Queen to be burled at Windsor. thre Collision Sunk M-1 Says British Admiralty A deepateh, from London says: - Loss of the monitor submarine 111-1, with sixty-eight lives, recently, now appears to have been due to a colli- sion with a Swedish steamer, the Ad- miralty announced. Information sent by the captain of the steamer enders now. at Stockholm, that he felt a shock at the time and in the vicinity of the submarine's dis- appearance leads, to the conclusion that the 111-1 struck the Vidar and sank immediately. The Admiralty statement was is- sued after an examination of the Vidar's hull The Admiralty thinks the collision occurred while the sub- marine was submerged, and adds: "Under the circumstances, it is cer- tain that the M-1 was rapidly and completely flooded and that the crew perished immediately" The Vidor is a freighter of 2,159 gross tonnage., e supposed prisoners No sooner I N t' t Although the Operators' ego is - Dieven lie in Westminster Abbey, and were they inside the prison than they Harwich Man Believed others are scattered in 29 other burial all produced revolvers, gagged the i ing Committee had been invited to places. wardens and released nineteen men I attend the conference yesterday at Drowned in Thames River theGovernor presented his held for political offenses. All made which of the ceremony and assign tickets r W. W. Inglis, Chairman of the Broughton, aged 55, employed by ,and seats to too congregation. He Two Men Killed and Third their escape before the alarm was plan, only the miners were present, Chatham, Ont., Nov. 29. -John mad been working night and day in Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, NIa7o g Injured in Kenora District raised. consultation with high officials, the $8.50; seconds, $8; strong bakers',. The civic barracks at Phillipstown t Operators' Committee, wired Mr. Pin- Raymond Arnold, River Road, Har- $0; winter pats., choke; $7.20. 29. -Two men and Tullamere, about 10 miles apart, i shot that it was impossible to get his b ch Township, is believed to have Kenora, and, noNhv. 9 inKings County, were killed and another was seriously t New Zealand Doubles Origin Restrictions A. despatch from Ottawa says: - New Zealand is doubling the per cent - age of British labor and materials required in imports under British pre- ferential rates. The present percent- age of "British origin" required is twenty-five. The new regulations, which come into force on April 1 next, will be fifty, The effect: of ib will be that Canadian goods exported to Now Zealand will have to be 60 per cent. Canadian labor and materials if they are to get the advantage of the Brit- ieh preference. The increase will particularly affect Canadian bracnhes of American firms, which are only assembling or partly manufacturing in Caitada. "The Oxfordoice" Put on English Radio "The Oxford voice" is to be broad - `east throughout England. It has been the subject.. of much unfavorable com- ment' in England and is supposed to be somothieg which should be avoided by every self-respecting man who will not wear Oxford bags. But England must "the Oxford voice" whether it wants to or not. A radio broadcasting station is: to be opened at Oxford which will reach every part of the British 1st. -es with talks on every phase of university life. In many sections of England the pub- lic insists the average Oxford man speaks in a manner entirely unintelli- gible to ordinary human beings, but the British Broadcasting Company has decided to take a chance at it. drowned late Saturday in the Thames River in the vicinity ofLouis- ville. Dragging operations were car - been clergy and the organist -of the Abbey Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $3.85. Bran, were attacked from committee together in time. ever since the news of Queen Alen- $29 25. Shorts, $31.25. Middlings, 2.30 o'dack Friday The Governor, however, held that h t wounded at Graham, Ont., yesterday, the streets a when two trappers ran amuck. Raoul morning. There was interiitteentt / and suweggestions m st be mad cls coin r rfed out until dark to -day but the body St. Germain has been placed under rifle firing for 20 minutes, but no in either of the barracks was injured tanned eleven points, covering the; was not recovered. arrest charged with murder. inves- Before the attacks the assailants out main issues which caused a deadlodk I Broughton .eft the Arnold fanvi Canadian department Railways thnin the negotiations last August. The early last evening for Chatham. He ti Ge dainrtand officials say than the telegraph conference's ' lam Lefebre Thursday's conferences at London i.rincipal features ofis plan camed he river in a tocity over thel boat Provincial t St,aGermain and Willtars. Westlake was a distinguished came into Graham from a trapping between Sir James 1Cos rave of they tion randoawazd to "boardbs-chosen by they Highway. The last seen of the miss antiquary and published recently a expedition, evidently under the nnflu- 'Ulster, and Presidentgmonumental history of Westminster e of liquor. The men, police say, Free State Cabinet concerning the' operators and miners, with :lath man was about eleven o'clock, enc q N th 1 to determine whether costs justify in -I when he left Ormie Wilson, who had Abbey, m pulled guns and began to shoot, Mike I Ireland failed to rre'sed wages and to make an ` Lacezko, section laborer, was shot within sic merit s i an dead, and C. Xzroi , section o andra's death. $87.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, He was present at the funeral dere- $14. mony Friday morning and went back Cheese -Finest vests, 21 to 212c. to the Abbey in the afternoon to assist Butter -No. 1 paeteurized, 44c; No. the press photographers in their 1 creamery, 48 to '43/e; second's, 42 work, and died almost immediately d 4flrets, 41c; do, seconds, e extras r ;'fres46eh after return to his home in the clogs- specials, 75 to 80c' do, extras, 70e; do, firsts, 66c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, Quebee, $2.50 to $2.75. Canners, $2 to $2.15; gutters, $2:60' to $2.75; bulls, $3 to $3.50; calves, con. and med. suckers, $9 to $10; hogs, mixed lots, $12.25; selects, $12.75; sows, $10.. boundary situation as between k award given him a ride to a point near where ern and Southern re an h • f increase is the email boat had been left. The small craft was foundseveralrods down the river, from where Brough - d t' foreman help matte's.ear h was badly wounded. St. Germain then The influential weeklIrish Trofuth, wanrrai ted;aso a a yearlagreesent with turned his gun on his partner, Lefebre urged an appeal to theLeague and killed him. tions on the ground that the award of those scheduled for 1925; a modified a -- the Boundary Commission violates the for of "check -off" under which oper- "Shingled" hair was popular among terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty and eters would honor voluntary asci„ n French ladies at Court fully 250 years that the British Privy Council lacks; i e 1$1.4, without of atwages ior 1 reunion i u sof up tho ago. jurisdiction to settle the dispute.$ n of MUTT AND JEFF -By Bud Fisher. Thieee'S AN OLD GCNTLeMAN STRUGGLING ALONG WITH A SUITCASE AS LARGE As He is, , POOR FELLOW: �-•-' Publicity In Abyssinia. Ia Abys6lnia no one is allowed to. ton had left it early in the evening on use the telephone directly. All mss his way to this city, and it is believed sages must be written out and given that in attempting to cross the river to the operator, who shouts them into after leaving Wilson, he fell into the the transmitter at the top 'of his voice, water and was drowned. Iso hat every one about can hear. WIII Not Burn Ash Wood. - lceleuders will not use ash for fuel, believing those sitting around -snail a fire will become enemies. Mutt's Pride Takes An Awful Flap. PARDON Ttiis scemiNG FAMIt.lARtTY, SIR, But LOT Ms GIDE You A LIFT: r ResPecY OLD AGe 71 THANIc 2, 'lot MG Mee.); ane Ala eel* ALL 1N: WHERE You HEADING Foix, oLb MAN? :'se GoiNe To T11'2 SAP STuDtos'. NoT So FAST, `(oUNG MAN t AIN'T eeSsY SPR'/1 �THANkS, MUTT, gale The LIFT: -t pose TobAY A S GRANDPA' N GRANISPA'S FLIRTATION 0is youR MAICeUP TERRIBLE: e ,i.d•.-rte :.,� ous Nightstick to Lamin i$ Direct Night Traffic Luminous night-sticks for Paris traffic policemen aro goin � to a the the taxi drivers a. gay dark. Paris taxi drivers are so no- toriously shortsighted that it is charg- ed they sometimes cannot see as far as ,their own meters, and now they have complained that even. 'on the brightly lighted boulevards they are, unable to see the gestures of the traf- fic controllers. Quebec Farmers Organize to Guard Against Wolves A- --despatch from Quebec says: - Wolves are infesting the northwest- ' ern section of Portneuf .and Chem - peen Counties, according to farmers from that district, who report that they have committed serious depre- dations. ' In St.' Tite, Champlain County, the farmers have had to organize them- selves, as . their unwelcome visitors had become 'very bold.