HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-08-14, Page 6TERRIBLE EXPLOSION' AT PORT COL ORNE
MOTH ELEVATOR WRECKS AN -
Ten Dead, Sixteen Hurt, its Upheaval Wiping Out Big Govern-
ment Grain Building With Two Million Dollar Loss.
Port Colborne, Aug. 10. -At ten
minutes after one o'clock on Saturday
afternoon a tcrsfic' explosion at the
uzammoth Government elevator 'sere
killed ten seen, five of whom were
members of the crew of the barge
Quebec, loading grain at the 'elevator,
severely injured nearly a scare, com-
pletely wrecked the building, and
caused a property loss of over one
million dollars. Fire followed the ex-
plosion, and the flames are described
by survivors as more like the flash of
electricity than an orcilnary fire. The
innhense building of concrete and steel
shook as if it were some toy in the
hand of a giant, the conerete roof was
thrown off, and the concrete floors
below : were shattered. Two storeys
were blown from the lower section
of the building, which was 150 feet
high, and the higher section, while
it is partly intact, is like a rubbish
heap, with dangling girders and gap-
ing ends.
The whole countryside was aroused
by the tremors of the explosion and
the air was filled ssdth flying debris.
One slab of concrete, 80 feet 'square,
was found 150 feet away.
The dead are: Joseph Latour, znate
of the barge Quebec, married, Cote St.
Paul, Que,; Charles Aston, elevator
weighniaster, Port Colbornemarried;
William Coals, assistant weighmaster,
Port Colborne, married; J. P. Benham,
chief spouter, Port Colborne, married;
E. W. Mychener, assistant epouter,
Port Oolborne, married; Alfred Leslie,
laborer, Port Colborne, married; Al-
bert Beek, assistant shipper, Port Col-
borne, married; Albert Dunlap, mar-
ine towerman, Port Colborne, single,
returned soldier; Clarence Hart, steve-
dore, Port Colborne, single.
Besides the terrible death toll, the
explosion is serious, in that it will
Paralyze the removal of the Western
crop to the seaboard and the world's
market. The monetary loss is well
over $2,000,000. The elevator will
handle no grain for a year, and the
big grain steamer Quebec, which was
loading at the time, is almost a com-
plete wreck. Much of the grain can
be salvaged.
SOLDIER CENOTAPH
(� LEADING MARKETS
MADE PERMANENT Breadstuffs.
Monument in Whitehall to be
Removed to Parliament
Square.
London, Aug. 10.-A large number
of British people strongly resent the
• decision of the Government not to
alloy: them to construct private
memorials over the groves of rela-
• tives killed on the battlefields of
France, at the Dardanelles and other
places, and to keep all memorials uni-
• form. They say they should be allow-
ed to honor their dead as they wish
them to he: honored, and all the sturdy
'independence of mind of the Beitishers
is aroused. The gneetion affects every
• home throughout the coun'iy.
The question o; the pernsaeney of
• the cenotaph to "the glorious dead"
now standing in Whitehall also is be-
ing raised, Every day sees the rich
and poor, cid and young. bringing
wreaths to plan' onthe cenotaph situ-'
ated it the middle of the .busy street,
procession of traffic. It is emit demo-%
cracy: there is he eoslal, no other die -t
tinetions among those gathered
aronn:i the simple monument to pay;
their rr;linte to relatives loot in the!
wee. •
Many tears here been shed. and
the spot hasbe:onse sacred to the i
mer who died. Now it is proposed
to remove the monument to Paella-!
meat Scluaim in front of Weetminsteri
Abbey and to make it marble. But it,
is
.pointed out that marble is tumults
able in Great Britain. In eighty years)
marble monuments fall to pieces, the!
inscriptions became unreadable, and
one marble statue lose one'per cent.,J
of its weight. in a.year in Manchester,
Portland stone is recommended, as
• the "King Charles the First" plinth!
made of this material, resisted the•
weather two hundred and fifty years.
•There is now to be a keeper, prefer-
ably a soldier's widow, for the ceno-
taphs to keep the flowers and wreaths
in order.
Toronto, Aug. 12. -Man. wheat -
No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 North-
ern, 82211%x.; No, 3 Northern, $2.17'/;
No. 4 wheat, $2.11, in store Fort Wil-
liam. -
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 87%e;
No. 8 OW, 84%e; extra No. 1 feed,
85%e; No. 1 feed, 831%; No. 2 feed,
80%c, in store Fort William.
Man. barley -No. 3 CW, $1.58%;
No. 4 CW, $1.33%'a.; rejected, $1.2714;
feed, 51.27%.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, nom-
inal; No. 4 yellow, nominal,
Ontario oats -No. $ white, 84 to
87c, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, nominal; No. 2, do., $2.08 to
$2.08; No. 3, do, nominal, f.o.b. ship -
.ping points, according to freights.
Ontario wheat --No. 1, 2 and 8
Spring, nominal.
Barley- 4ialting, $1`29 to $1.33. ac-
Ieorrl'ng to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal.
I Rye -Nominal.
IManitoba flour -Government stand -
are, $11, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stand-
ard,$10.25 to $10.50,
inbags, Mon-
treal, prompt shipment; do, $10.25 to
$10.50, in jute bags, Toronto, prompt
shipment,
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included, bran,
per ton, $42 to $45; shorts, per tong
$44 to 550; good feed flour, per bag;
$3,25 to $3.35.
Hay -No. 1, per ton, $22 to $24;
mixed, per ton, $10 to $19, track, To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $10 to $11,
track, Toronto,
Country Produce: Wholesale.
Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 to
38c; prints, 38 to 40e; creamery, fresh
made solids, 50 to 00;>e; prints, 501,4
to 51e.
Eggs --44 to 45c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
46e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 30 to 32c;
ducklings, 32c' turkeys, 35 to 40c;
squabs, doz., $6.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 36c;
roosters, 22c; fowl, 26 to 30c; duck-
lings, 80e; turkeys, 30e.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail,Provisions- holesale.
trade at the following prices: Smoked meats -hams, med., di to
Cheese New, large, 28 to 29c• 48c! do., heavy, s l to 42c; cooked, 53
' to ere; rolls, 85 to 31;e; breakfast
c M�/bacon, 49 to 55c; backs, plain, 66 to
SCENIC RA LIQ ) AY AT 51c; boneless, 56 to 58c; clear bellies,
83 to 35c.
Cured meats Ling clear beam, 32
to 33e' clew' bellies, 31 to 32.e, -
Lard -Pure tierces, 8,,' to i61,rc;
tubs, 87% to 38e; pails, 3711 to 3814c;
prints, 88% to 39e. Compound tierces,
81eic to 82c; tubs, 32 to 323szc• pails,
32% to 32%e; prints, 33 to 88s%sc.
1 feed, 973 cugFlour-new stands d
grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats,
bags, 90 lbs, $5.25. Bran, $42, Shorts,
$44, Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots,
$28. Cheese, finest easterns, 26e.
Butter, choicest creamery, 52% to 53e.
Eggs, fresh, 62 to 64c; selected, 58e;
No. 1 stock, 52c; No. 2 stock, 45e, Po-
tatoes, per bag, ear lots, $2.25 to
$2.76. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed,
$83 to $83.50. Lard, pure, wood pails,
20, lbs. net, 38%c.
Live Stock Markets.
THE REAL PILLAR OF SOCIETY.
It's a good rule that works BOTH ways. When the farmer supports the home merchant and the home
merchant supports the fanner, you have the real pillar of society. The farmer would have a poor farm if he did
not have a good home market, And the merchant can't build up the home market alone. He must have the sup-
nort_oe the fanner. Likewise, the merchant has poor business when the SERVICE he gives is not the best pos-
sible, Thee trade must be even. The services must be mutual. So, the picture you are looking at NOW should
be true from both ends. If it doesn't quite suit you this way, turn the paper around. NOW you have seen the
REAL PILLAR OF SOCIETY. The farmer upholding the merchant and the merchant upholding the farmer.
twins, 28% to 29%e; triplets, 29 to
30e; Stilton, 29 to 80c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to
48c' creamery prints, 55 to 56e.
Margarine -36 to 38c.
Eggs -No, l's, 53 to 54c; selects,
66 to 58c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
50e; roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl, 87 to
38e; turkeys, 40 to 45e; ducklings, lb.,
85 to 40e; squabs, doz., $7; geese, 28
to 30c,
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 45e;
fowl, 30 to 35e.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$5; primes $3.50 to $4; Imported hand-
picked Burma or Indian, $3.60; Limas,
16e.
Honey -Extracted clover, 5 -lb. tins,
24 to 26c; 10 -lb. tins, 23% to 24c;
60 -lb. tins, 23 to 24c; buckwheat, 00 -lb.
tins, 18 t19c. Comb -16 -oz., $4.60
to $5 doz; 10 oz., $150 to $4 doz.
Maple products -Syrup, per imper-
ial gallon, $2,45 to $2.50; per 5 imper-
ial gallons, $2.05 to $2 40; sugar., lb.,
27c,
DESTROYED BY FIRE WITH LOSS OF LIFE
Number of Victims May Reach Twenty -_Wooden Structure at
Dominion Park Takes Fire While Horrified Spectators
Powerless to :Help.
Montreal Aug. 10 , -Charred .be-
yond the possibility of recognition, the
bodies of three men, three women and
a boy were jecovered to -night from
the ruins of the M.yst,tc Rill and part
of the Scenic Railway, whichwere
destroyed by fire at Dominion Park,.
an amusement resort near this city.,
It is thought that several more bodies
will be recovered to -morrow, when
the wreck is searched. The exact
cause of the
fir is `
e unknown, but it is
thought it snag have been started by
a cigarette or a match, The flames,
spread quickly and were fanned by ai
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westerly wind, which blew toward the
river front, and it is to -this that is
clue the salvation of the entire park..
When the firemen arrived the
Mystic Rill was enveloped in flames.
They heard shouts for help and moans
of agony, but it was impossible to aid
the victims. They broke down the
walls, and in this way got a few per-
sons out. When the Scenic Railway
fell with a crash into the roaring fur-
nace, it is •stated that there was a car-
load of people on it at the time.
The death -list of the Dominion
Park fire, may be increased to possibly
TorontoAug.
12. -Choice heavy
steers, $14 to $14.15; good heavy
(steers, $13 to $13.50; ;butchers' cattle,
Ichoice, $12.75 to $13.25; do, good,
1 $11.75 to $12;;' do, med., $11,25 to
fifteen or tvrenty. I $11.50; do, corn., $7 to $8; bulls, choice,
1$10 to $11; do, med., $10.25 to $10 76;
.The New Leader of the Liberal Party
A S.TRUA REPLIES li LIE j RE P A -T Mi DE-�
"O PEACETREATY ,, T°R0 ES. •
Prepared to Sign 33ut Think
Contlit'ions, Should Be
Modified.
A. despatch from Penis says:
a Canadian Troops Held Up by
Dade Workers'- Strike
at Liverpool.
The Augtrean counter -proposals to th
peace terms have been handed to th
Allied Mission at St. Germain -en
Layo. Tho counter -proposals veer
brought at ones to. Paris and delivers
to theSupremeCouncil of the Pear
Conference.
The Austrian . observations on th
treaty were considered in Peace Con
ferenee circles to be very teinporat
in tone.
The Austrian reply said the Bele
gation realized Austria's position wet
that of a defeated power, but, coo
plained that its territory had been
limited in too sweeping a manner.
Particular objection wee offered to
the Ines of Southern Bohemia and the
Tyrol district.
The Austrians state they also be-
lieve they have been greatly over-
charged, as two-thirds of the debt of
the Austro-Hungarian 'State is being
loaded upon them. They say that pro-
portion is too heavy, considering their
small population, and they are not
sure they can live under such condi-
tions.
A special appeal was made by the
Austrians for an oral discussian of
the treaty. They said they believed
such a discussion would result in a
more complete understanding of the
conditions imposed.
Although the Austeiane indicated
very clearly their intention of sign.
i geven f the
A despatoh from London says: -.As'
e a result of further c'haptersin the old
e' story of the Liverpool dock' workers'
.I strike, military sailing's ai+e' again de -
e. layed and the repatriation of Canada's
d soldiers is once more in a 'state of
e flux. The .Caronla •is held up indefin-'
hely, The Megantic, 'Corsican, and
e' -Uruguay were. booked to - sail on Fri-
-.day, and the Cassandra on Saturday.
e' What the situation will be after that
depends entirely on the whim of the
- dock workers,
5 The present strike is snore - or less
- in sympathy with the police strike,
which has been more successful in
Liverpool than in ,London, and the
dock workers 'threaten to tie up all
shipping unless the striking po'icemen
are reinstated,
Transport sailings are not the only
ones affected by the labor troubles.
Departures of all liners have been
postponed from a week to two weeks.
It is understood prominent ship-
owners have made the statement that
if conditions do not improve they will
lay up their vessels for two months to
bring the workers to their senses.
GERM O11'z RS
it s a treaty is not modi-
fied, yet they expressed the ]hod
that some modification may be effect-
ed.
BRITAIN LEADS IN
BUILDI•NG OF SHIPS
A despatch from. London says: -
Great Britain maintains the lead i
the world's chipping, although th
margin of superiority has been vastl
reduced by the United States Ship
building output and the losses due
the war.
• In the new edition of Lloyd's Reg
ister, which is the first issued fro
of censorship since the beginning o
the war, the race between this conn
try and the United States is clearly
shown. It demonstrates that in spite
of competition from the American
side, Great Beitain'ss advantage, in
bigger ships pakticularly, is high, al-
though the tables are incomplete, in
so fair as they do not take into am
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y.
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William Lyon Mackenzie King, into from 1897 to 1960. His deep ,interest count the distribution among the al=
whose hands has been entrusted the in labor questions led to his appoint- Use of 1,768, German boats which at
mantle of leadership laid aside by Sir ment in 1900 as Deputy -Minister of the cla$e of the armistice had not been
Labor, and during the eight years he captured or requisitioned,
Wilfrid Laurier, is a direct descend- served in that capacity he acted as els
ant upon the maternal side of William conciliator in twaescore of important
Lyon Mackenzie, a fact tied has been industrial strikes. He was called into
a potent influence in winning him roc- the Cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in
og'nition and preferment in the Liberal 1909, and for two years acted as Min -
party. He was Canada's first Minister later of Labor. In the reciprocity
of Labor, but back of his appointment election of 1911 he went down to de -
were years of definite preparation for feat with many of.'his colleagues, and
just such a post, He began his train- retired from public life for the time.
ins in the University of Toronto, Some years ago he accepted service
where he won the Blake Scholarship with the Rockefelld'r Foundation in
in Arts and Law in 1893. Later,' he connection with social investigations,
took a course in political economy at The new leader is 44 years old,
Chicago in 1896-7, and at Harvard of Scotch ancestry and a Presbyterian•
do, rough, $8 to $315; butchers' mows,
choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good, $9:25
to $9.75;, do, med., 8.50-. to $9; do,
corn., $7 to.,$8; stockers, $8.75 to
$11.75; feeders, $11.50. to $12; canners
and cutters, $4.50 to $6.26; milkers,
good to choice, $110 to $140; do, tom.
and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90
to $150; light ewes, $8 to $10; year-
lings, $10.50 to $13; spring lambs, per
cwt., $17 to $20; calves, good to choice,
$17.50 to $20.50; hogs, fed and water-
ed, $24.75; do, weighed off cars, $25;
do fees, $23.76.
{Montreal, Aug. 12. -Hogs, $24 to
$24.50 per 100 Ibs., weighed off cars;
lambs, 16e per lb. Butches' tattle,
$9,60 to $11.50; canners, $6 to $9,.per
100 lbs. d
BRITISH MOTOR CRE '
SINKS "RED" CRUISER
Libau, Lettland A g: 10. -It is now
revealed that a British ' motorboat
crew of four men only torpedoed the
Bolshevik cruiser Clog, of 6,770 tons,
in the Gulf of Finland.
mem-
One
whole building will be devoted
to Canadian war trophies at the Can-
adian National Exhibition, while the
big guns, aeroplanes and other large
relics will be distributed around the
grounds, giving the Big Fair a truly
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ORDER OF MERIT
FOR LLOYD GEORGE
'His Majesty the King Acknow-
ledges Services of Prime
Minister.
A despatch' from London says: -
King 'George has conferred upon Pre-
mier David Lloyd George the Order.
of Merit as a sign of hie appreciation
of Mr. Lloyd George's -war services. In
a letter to the Premier, dated Buck-
ingham Palace, Aug. 5, announcing
the award, the King says:
BRITISH LABOR
SITUATION UNCHANGED
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A despatch fromLondon seers:-
There is virtually no change in the 4
labor situation. The strikes of bakers
and Yorkshire miners are still unset- H
tied, but the railway position in Lon-
don is resuming its normal condition.
The situation at Liverpool is greatly a
,'unproved, but the tramway strike con-
tinues and there is a great scarcity ac
of bread.
It was announced in the Houe,e of
Commons that for the week ending
July 26 the coal output was nearly
fifty per cent. under the previous
average. Other interesting -announce-
ments in Parliament were that the
Government was preparing a bill for
future regulation -of the liquor trade
and also that, in a few exceptional
oases, Germans were being admitted
to England to trade under close
scrutiny,.
ARE RULED OUT
Barred Front Taking Part in Fly-
ing Contest Between New
York and Toronto.
A despatch from New York says:-
Three German Fokker type airplanes,
which were to have been piloted by
Qanadian and American army officers
in the international flying contest be-
tween New York and Toronto on Aug.
26, have been ruled out, it was an-
nounced -by the American Flying Club.
The 'planes, which aro trembles of
war surrendered to the Briti,h and
American armies, wore originally
entered, according to a statement by
the Flying Club, to desponstrate the
superiority of allied models over the
best type of German machine, but
when a vigorous protest was entered
by Captain Bose, of the French Highssi
Commission, against what he termedthe "Advertisement of German -made
goods," the club immediately cancel-
led the entries,
It is understood that Captain Bose
has cabled the French Government
fer,;permission to enter three Tt renc•ii
machines in place of the Fokkers.
MANITOBA WILL HARVEST
45,000,000 BUSHELS WHEAT
A despatch from , Winripee; says:-
blanitoba will Harvest approvimate`ly
5,000,000 bushels of wheat this year,
according to an estimate given out by
on. Winkler, Provincial Minister ofAgriculture: He predicts the average
yield will be .fifteen bushels to the
ere. The wheat acreage of the prov-
ace is Said to be nearly 3,000,000
res.
Estimating the price of wheat at
$2.25 per bushel, Manitoba's wheat
crop thus will .be worth $101,250,000,
as compared with $112,710,000 last
yeas', when the yield was 51,000,000
bushels and the price $2.21 per bushel.
Red rust is reported in a number
Western Harvest Two-Weelcs
Earlier Than Average
A despatch from Winnipeg says: -
The Free Press crop report indicates
that in the sixteen days which have
elapsed since the last report, condi-
tions in the Prairie Provinces have
changed materially for the better in
some sections and for the worse in
others. to -day wheat 'harvesting is
general, -virtually, throughout the.
West, fully. two weeks ahead of the
average date of harvesting since 1905.
As seeding was not exceptionally early,
it follows, says the reportthag` thecrop
has not mime to harvest un
der nor-
mal
mal condi •sons in any of the Provinces,
150,000 ITALIAN
IRON WORKERS STRIKE
A despatch from Rome says: -
Workmen in iron foundries to the
number of 150,000 have struck for
higher wages.
At Genoa the launching of the
Angelo Bond, the largest steamer
built in Italy sinco the war, alas been
postponed owing to the stria
SOLDIERS' WIVES
CO•
KING TO CANADA
A despaboh from London says: -
British wives of Canadian' eloldigrs
now going out to settle its bbs_e Dolts' -
�oil now naneiteer t1,;lyty thougand, The
ov Tient initiated by the Khaki Coi-
te to g)ve special training to these
for Canadian life, has 'been remarlt-
a'bly successful.
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AFGHAN AS -SIR
LOSES SUBSIDY
Simla, India, Aug. 10. -The Amir
of Afghanistan, under thepeace trea
"My Dear Prime Minister,--FIonors t-vQ signed with Great Britain last
and rewards to officers of the arm k, not only Moses his annual sub.
navy and air force having been sub-' ably of $600,000, bet more than $o`.-
mitted to Parliament, I feel that my 000,000 in subsidy which it appears he
people will share with me regret that had on clposdt with the Government
it is not possible to express the na- of India. Confiscation of these ac-
tion's grateful recognition of the per- rears is a hard ,blow for Rabi-
sietent services rendered by the Primo hulla'h.
Ministerf ,both in carrying the war to
a victorious end, and in securingr
honorable an The victory spial will dominatethis
peace. To rectify some- Canadian National Exhibition this
what this omission, and personally to hie
and
year, the Dominion war trophies,
merit my high appreciation of theseP s,
services, it gives me great pleasure the Canadian War Memorials paint -
'to confer upon you the Order of Merit. ungs, Grenadier Guards Band, and
"Believe me, your very sincerely, German U-boat will furnish a real
ory atmosphere. "GEORGE Ra., khaki -background for the event. '
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II,R.H. the Prince of Wales will re,.
view the Boy Snouts while in Toronto,
An 'Invitation will be issued by the
Canadian Naillolial Exhibition to the
various Boy Scout eounpclls through,
out the province, and it is expected
thtit the gathering will be ggite bhe
litteest. stout 'gathering' ever held in
Toronto.