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The Seaforth News, 1926-04-01, Page 3Joy RETURNSVERDICT OF "CAUSES UNKNOWN" IkWARVIVORTH FIRE later used against him, He said that he Met' his late wife near Brussels, where he was billeted with the Canadian Army. • Although their religions . were different there had beenenquarrel, but only some differences of opinion on petty mat- tens...... There were two lamps in the house, 'one of which leaked and had -a rag 11 tied 'ardund it, This ono:at the time of the fire was in his room dovnistairs, and the good lhnfp was in bis wife's nomupstair•.s. West was awakened by a crash, he Saul, :ord found fire c mining ,down from his wife's, bedrnomh He rushed upstairs two-thirde of the way and yelled, Theis he was met by flames and smoke, and r. uehed back clowns After'this he could remember, nothing, he said. • - IIe had no recollection of going up the road, and coulcl'not explain' the .. fact that another witness had' found the stairs free from flames some time after West had left the 'house. He could not tellhow eight or nine cuts came to be on his' hands, nor how his hair and eyelashes had become singed, as he had not been to the room where the fire was. He identified a pair of scissors, carefuNy treasured by the Crown, wrapped up and, not allowed to be touched. They were his wife's, he said, George Wiggins said he was awak- ened by flames and rang an aleese on the church bell. 'He found Dr. West lying on the verandah, and on enter- GEN, BOOTH CELEBRATES. HIS BIRT,tIPAY Rig the house found no fire on the This bbotognaph of Bramwell Booth, with his two gaiaedeeneeen, Stuart stairs or in the hall: 'After his arrival and'Bette, was taken on the :g reia1'e seventieth biathday recently at hie the flames broke .through the ceiling home •in Hadley Woody en the outskirts, of Londgn.' of the dining=room. Joseph Dixon, a neighbor, saw fire coming out of an upstairs' window, and at the same time, he said, saw a man whom he believed to be Dr. West,. coining quacicly down the road toward the West house. Dr. West began to"% shout when he. got to his veranda and witness recognized his voice. Dr. West had blood on his shirt sleeves and hands. A de paech from Warkwort flays: --An open verdict was returned ire 11 o'clock Thursday night by the jury inquiring into the death of Mrs Stuart West, aged 85, and her year- old son, Floyd, in -a fire which destroy- ed their home in Warkwoth at 2 o'clock is the morning of March 9. The jury was out au hour, after 20 wit- nesses had been -heard, and found death was true to•;causes unknown., The inquest was presided over by •Corpner, nr, F.. W. Locke of Campbell - ford, Crown Attorney W. F. Kerr, 'MC.,., of Cobourg,.condnceed the exam- ination of witnesses,, and N. Alex Mc- Coll of Campbellford watched the hearing for Dr. West, husband of the victim of the tragedy. District In- ape.tor E.. C. Gurnett of Belleville and Provincial Constable P. W. Cousans assittod. - Dr. Wrest was said to have been suf- •fering from.. epilepsy, which caused him to forget all .the events of the fatal night. Several witnesses gave evidence to the effect that recently he had been on much better terms with Mrs. West thanforthe past two years; Dr. West requested, and was grant- ed protection of the court in giving his evidence; which was presented on • the condition that it should not be TWO. CHILDREN PERISH , HOME 'DESTROYED • Mother' in Critical State from Burns -Defective Chimney Cause of Total Loss. A despatch from Palmerston says: -Pearl, aged 5, and ,Ross, aged 2, two of the five children of Mr. and Mrs. "Charlet' Windslade of Arthur Township, were burned to death Thursday morning when fire, believed to have been caused- by a --defective chimney, tetallse destroyed the Wind, a:ade home. Mrs. Windslade is lying at the home of a neighbor in a critical condition from burns which she suffer- ed while attempting to save her:chil- dren. • The fire broke out afteitetwo of the older children had left for school. Mr. and Mrs. Windslade were in the barn when they discovered smoke coming, from an upper room of their home.' Mr, Windslade was able to save his 4-year-o:d son: The house was a mass of flames when Mrs. Windslade un- successfully endeavored to reach Ross and Pearl. Farm Hand Found Guilty of Manslaughter A despatch. from Ottawa says:- Louis' Napoleon Pelletier, 24;' farm laborer, was found guilty of man - !slaughter by the jury at the Carleton Cbunty • Assizes Thursday evening, • after being -tried on a.charge of mur- dering Miss Mary Iiilfoyle, aged 80,1 in a lonely farmhouse near Manotick,' Ont., on January 6 last, Miss Iiiifoyle was found with her head crushed, ap paretitly by blows from an axe. A plea of sell defence. and insanity, was entered. When informed of the ver -1 dict, Pelletier said; "It is all the'same i to .me; I would: just as soon be'-. hanged." , Rev. Canon H. J. Cody of St, Paul's Anglican Church; Toronto,. who has received the high .honer: 01 being oadlad to preach the first Eng- lish sermon at the coining as,sonibly of the League of .Nations, What Is He Worth? Talking within group of friends on the subject of children, a mother made the proud boast that she would not part with her bey for a million dol- lars. A bachelor who was standing nearby, -knowing something of the boy's mischievous nature, remarked in an undertone, "And I wouldn't give ten cents for him." Moth- ers usually incline to the higher valuation, and they are right: The po- tential value of a boy is beyond com- putation.' Ho may become an illus- trious leader and benefactor and make the whole world his debtor. In help- ing a child we can never tell how great the service we .,.-may be rendering to the nation. Canada from .Coast to Coast Charlottetown, P.E,I.-Value on to be. the aluminum city -known as fisheries production of Prince Edtvard,Aiwida-being built in conjunction Island in 1925. was $1,598,119, es eom=l with the water power development at pared with $1,201,772 in 1924. These' Chute a Caron. The cost of erecting totals represent .the value of the pro- this model city will be borne by the duct as marketede whether se a fresh American Aluminum Corporation, state or canned, cured or otherwise! Toronto, Ont. -Claims staked in the prepared. Thr, principal kinds of fish, (feed Lake gold alining field are keep - viz, ob tars, ecu, smelts and herrlrg ins the tecorcler's office busy. Fres- show irm' a%es in quantity of catch 1 pectors are -of the belief that the area and in marketed volae, from Red ,Lake to the Manitoba boun- • - Halifax, N,S,-The Ga. Process clary is promising and already many Fuel Co. Ltd incorporated under Do- ENTERTAINING o quays. L' t tor} Heal of Red st oat - 0111.08 o er•r'1 "' minion Chanes,- with zt capital of. h.tice has been stalled. $1,000,000, is said to be contemplating) 'Winnipeg, Man. --One of the ]erg - establishing abranch plant here. 'L'hi est business transnetionre'oneded concern has been granted the right the West .tools place h re`on Marcy. to mine, quarry, purchase •o'i other -;11th last when the Canadian. Cooper-� lvise acquire oil shales, etc., and -.to alive Wheat Producers mailed approx- produce, extract, etc., and deal in amate.y 190,000 cheques amounting to( petroleum and other mineral oils. a total of 537,900,000, to members of the wheat pool. This is an interim Fredericton, N.B.-1L z announce:] payment of twenty rents on all grades1 that all agreement with regard to the of wheat; six cents' per bushel on oats development on Grand T ai s.bas been and barley; ' ten cents on rye end reached betwe n the Provincial Goy- twenty-five' cent § oil fax, ernment, the International Paper Co. Ca gory, Alta. -Winter records in • and 1" reser' ,d;td., which, -when cell.- Alberta went overboard when .George sunlinated, 13 eonfldently ex -Peel -0d to Bedell, Tuber farmer, sowed field • of. bring about. an industrial era of a alfalfa on February 8 last, The first magnitude hithe':to unknown in the wheat in Albertawcis sown near Card- province...The Premier is', quoted as ston on February 27th. saying that the development will prob- Kamloops B.C.--At its recent meet - ably run into an expenditure of from ing the Board of Trade inspected fine 525,000000 and possibly' 540,000,000,1 brooms trade in Vancouver' from besides securing constant employment broom corn grown a,t Tranquille Sana -1 for several thousands of men. Corium Farm. Creat interest, was Quebec, Que-Out of the wilderness' manifested, as it has been delnonsLrat to the Lake St. John, district of the ed that this product can be grown province is to spring up within a most advantageously in the dry belt.. short time .a. city -modern in every This straw commands a big price and 'respect and in which i' 1 c it is expected,1 up to now has been imported from the )lone 30,000 people will live. This is Southern Staten, ENTE TAI I G FOR EASTER- BY EAST,E - BY MARS-14IASON WRIGHT. - Enter Easter with its symbols of out an envelope to each s pres- hope, person p es hope, the emblem of all. things made eat, and have him followed by a boy new. or girl carrying a basket of eggs, Enter Easter with its new bonnets, These may be e ehelis filled i y gg with lite brides, birds, bunnies and butterflies; tle gifts, or'a'hey:maybe paper pack - with its fragrant violets, yellow b:os- ages of egg shape. Soma and the pure lilies. In each envelope are a number and New life is in the air, and there is a verse; each package in the basket much entertaining for -young -and old' has a corresponding number. The during the season. , verse is supposed to describe in hidden At this season one should make the language the gift within the egg bear - table and the home sweet' and pretty;ing the sante number'.. Each person in and if one wishes to entertain guests turn reads. out :mid the verse found in at this season she has a. wealth to, his or her envelope choose from. DECORATIONS FOR THE CHILDREN'S TABLE.. EggsheiIs, prosaic as they may sound, can be depended upon to furn- ish pretty decorations, So, when you are doing your cake baking before Easter, empty your eggshells care- fully. Make a very small opening at one end and a b rge enough one at the other to let the yolks out. .Blow or tap gently. on the small end if the contents do not come out freely. Wash out the shells and dry. They may be decorated on the out- side with bees, butterflies and flowers, or with chicks and bunnies. Little trinkets niay be inclosed and gilt or silver stars or disks pasted over the end to conceal the openings. Little cups or receptacles may be Inade with them; or they may be used as molds for desserts and candies. NEST OR ,EGGS FOR CENTREPIECE. Arrange a. nest of excelsior or green paper in the centre of the table and conceal with evergreen or vines. Place the colored Easter eggs in the nest, each wrapped lengthwise and across with baby ribbon. Let the ribbons be long enougireo have them reach. out to each plate, where they are attached to egg-shaped cards. Among the evergreen place a few, fluffy chicks.' At the close of the meal the eggs can be puled out of the nests,1 Instead of a nest may be used a pretty basket of raffia or reed, filled with 1 straw, 'in which are many -colored eggs. A.great bow of yellow and blue rib- bon is tied to the handle and little fluffy chicks stand guard on the edge of the basket. At each plate may be gilt eggshell vases each holding a few jonquil, pansies, or violets. Very small bas lcets may be filled with egg-shaped candies, a small fluffy chick perched on the edge of each. EGG GAME FOR EASTER. Rave the mailman come in and hand Theneach•makes a guess. as to what it may be. The packages are then opened and the records are gone over to see who has the nearest correct list. A prize of a box of chocolate eggs may be given if desired. .. _ TIM ECG DANCE. This is an old game, so. old that many of this generation are not.ac- quainted_ with it at all, To prepare for it, blow the contents from 'the shells, color eight red, gild four and leave one white, The object in'remov- ing the -contents from the 'eggs is to save the carpet. • Place the'shells oil the floor in two circles. The outer circle, formed of the red eggs placed at equal distances .apart, should measure about eight feet in diameter. The white egg must be. 'exactly ii the cease of the circle, The company is divided into couples, each in turn to try the dance. The first couple takes position within the outer ewes -that is, between the red eggs •and gilded ones -and to waltz music they dance around the circle three ,tunes. Entering the inner circle they waltz three tines around the central egg, and a]I this must be done without greatly disturbing; or breaking an egg. When an egg is broken or knocked more than twelve inches from its posi- tion, the dancers retire and give place to the next couple. Set the eggs in order before each succeeding dance. When each couple has had one turn and none have ac- complished the feat they can :try it over again with a change of partners. REFnasonugNes. Entrees are nice for Easter affeies. These may be made of eggs, or in forin of egg-shaped croquettes. Chickens, fish, oysters, eggs, vegetables and rice and such like may be made into these, croquettes. They should be served in nests made of cooked aspar- agus, cress, parsley or. other greens. There are all sorts et possibilities when it conies to salads. Potatoes may THE WEEK'S MARKETS TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. •1 North., $1.SSt j No, 2 North., $1.54%; No, 3 Northern, 51.51%. • Man. oats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, pot quoted; No. 1 feed, 473%; No.2 feed, 45 ic; western grain quo- tation on c.i.f. bay ports. Am. corn, track, Toronto -No, 2 yellow, track, Toronto, 84%c; No. 3 yellow 823zc, • Millfeed-Del, Montreal freigms, bags included: Bran, per ton, $90.25 to 531.25; shorts, per ton, $32.25 td 533.25; middlings, 539.25 to $40.25; pod feed flour, : or bag, $2.80. Ont, oats, --40 ,.to 42c, f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat -51.28 to $1.80, f.o.b. shipping points,• according to freights. Barley 'nialtiag-=02,to 64c. Buckwbeet-No, 2, 72c. Rye -No. 2, 85c. Man, flour First pat., $9, Toronto; do, second` pat., $8.5, Ont. flour -Toronto, 90 , per cent. pat., per barrel, in car•'ots, Toronto, 5,75; seatoard, in bulk, $5.75. Stt'avc-Carrots, per ton, 59 to 59.50. Screenings -Standard, recleaned, f. o,b. bay ports, per ton, 522.50. Cheese -New, • large 22'c twins, 2248c; triplets, 23c; Stiltons, 24c, Old, large, 28 to 30c; twins, 29 to 31c; triplets, 90 to 82c. - Butter -Finest creamery prints, 49e; No. 1 creamery, 47 to 48c No. 46 to 47e. Dairy prints, 41 to 42e. Eggs -Fresh. extras, in- cartons, 39 to 40c; fresh extras,, loose, 38 to 39e; fresh firsts, 85c. : Dressed poultry -Chickens,' spring, lb,, 35 -to 37c; hens, over, 4 to 5 lbs,, 30c;.do, 310 4 lbs., 25.c; roosters, 25c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up 30 to 82c; turkeys, 40c. Beans-Can..hand-picked, 52.60 'per bushels; primes, $2.40 per bushel. t ep produce -Syrup, per imp. go!.,l $2.40; per 5 -gal., $2.30 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c; maple syrup, new, per gal., 52.50. Honey -50-1b, tins, 113k to 12c per f Ib.; 10-1b. tins 11r to 12c; 5-1b. tins, 11. to 123'zc; 235 -lb. tins, 14 to 143X. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 29 to 81e; cooked hams, 43: to 45c; smoked rolls, 22c; cottage, 25 to 270; break- fast bacon, 82 to 36e; special brand breakfast bacon,, 33 to 89c; backs, boneless, 85 to 43e, ' Cured' meats„ -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs, and 'up, $22.84; 70 to 90 Ibs„ $23,75; lightweight roils, in barrels, 512.60; heavyweight rolls, $39.60 per bbl, ` Lard -Pure tierces, 18 to 18580; tubs, 18% to 19c;' pails 1936 to 20c; prints, 2032 to 21c; shortening, tierces,14% to 1538c; tubs,- 15% to 15%e; paile, 15% to 1640; blocks, 17r to 18e. Heavy steers, choice, 57.50 to 58; do, good, $7.25' to $7.50; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.25; do, good, $6 to $6.75; butcher heifers choice, $6.50 to 57.25; do, good, 56.00 to $6.50; do, med.e 55.50 to $6; do, con,, 55 to 55,50; butcher cows,: choice, 55 to $5.75; do, fair to good, 54 to 55; butcher bulls, good, 55 to 55.50; bolognas, 52.25 to $2.7; canners and cutters, $2.50 to 53.50; Ipringers, choice, 585 to 5100; goo mlleh cows, $70 to'$80; medium cows, 45. to 560; feeders, good, $6.25 to $6.75; do, fair, 55 to $6; stockers, good, $5 to 55.50; do, fair, 54.50 to $5; calves, choice, $12.50 to 513.50; do, good, $11 to 512; do, grassers, 56 to $6.50; good, light. sheep, 57 to 58; heavies and bucks, $5.50 to 56.50; good lambs, $13 to $14; ' do, med., $11,50 to 512; do, bucks, 59 to $11; do, culls, $10 to 511; hogs, thick smooths fed and watered, 513,35;, do; f.o.b., $12.75; do, country points, 512.60; do, off cars, $13.75; select premium, 52,60; thick fats, f.o.b., $12.25. MONTREAL.. `Oats, Can. west., No. 2, 68c; del, No. 8, 58c; extra No. 1 feed, 5Ge. Flour,Man, spring wheat' pats., firsts, 58.60 to 58.80; do, seconds, $8.10 to $8.30;, dol strong bakers', 57.90 to 58.10, Winter' pats., choice, 56.10 to $6.15. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 53.20 o 53.30. Bran, 53.0.25; shorts, 530,25; middlings, $99.25. Hay,' No, 2, per ton, car lots, $13.50. Cheese, finest Waste, 2-oe, Butter,. No, 1 pasteurized, 45 to 45388c. Eggs, resp extras, 40 to 410; do, fresh firsts, 85c. Potatoes, Quebec, per bag, car lots, 53.00. Com. dairy cows, $;3.50 to $3.75; calves, ordinary quality, $7; do, bet- ter lots, $7.50 to $7,75; hogs, $14 to $ 14.26; sows, 512.25 to 512.50. be cut' or molded in egg shapes, dress ed. with French or mayonnaise dress ings and served in little nests of let- tuce, endive or cress, Cottage cheese may be divided into several portions,' one colored with paprika ter pimento, one with minced parsley or cress. and still another with the hard -cooked egg -yolks.' These are formed in egg shapes and one of each color is placed in little nests of cress lettuce or ether greens. Vegetables and fruits jellied with gelatin and molded in eggshells are nice served in nests of greensdress- ing and dressed with a whipped cream dress ing tinted greets. If you do not care to bother with the egg-shaped molds, carry out the Easter colors of yellow, green and white in the salads, This is quite easy to do with yellow and green fruits and vegetables, or with the yellow note in the dressing. Little Surprise Cakes made -a tempt- ing. Easter dessert. Bake any nice cake batter in muffin pans and cool. Cut a slice from the top of each and scoop out as much of the centres as possible.. Fill the.cakes with a thick orange custard or whipped cream. Put on. the removed slices, and ice the cakes on tops and sides. Sprinkle with chopped nut meats. There are many other homemade desserts that may. be molded in the shape of ,eggs, such as jellied .fruits, cornstarch blanc mange and rice. These may be served with whipped cream or a sauce. For children's parties mashed pota- toes may be formed into the shape of chickens and bunnies. Marshnia.,lows if softened a'few minutes in the oven, may also be molded inwforr of chicks and bunnies, using cloves for eyes and blanched almonds for tails and wings. Cookies may be cut in the shape, of chicks, bunnies anti eggs; sandwiches may also. Fondant may be molded in egg shape and dipped in melted fon- dants of various.co.ors or coated with chocolate, - Year 1925 Most Profitable Railways Have Experienced A despatch from Ottawa says: - The year 1925 was the most profitable Canadian steam railways have had from an operating point of view, says the Bureau of Statistics. Net operat- ing revenues aggregating 583,567,427 were $19,872,980 'greater than for 1924, and 518,224,060 greater than in 1923. On the. Canadian 'National, net op- erating revenues were more than double those of either 1924 or 1925. ' The C.P.R. earned the largest net operating revenues in the past eight years. (Woman Living in London I Once Saw:Pirates Hanged t A despatch froze London says: - The oldest inhabitant of the City of London is Mrs. Emma Oliver, aged g 101. This, however, does not mean t that she is the oldest woman in the d vast metropolis of London, but that a she is the oldest in the "city," which a is the business section and the ot•ig-: inal nucleus of London. Among the historic incidents she has seen are the Prince John Ruler of 1.leohteruseteemr, the smallest independent state in the world. It lies between. Austria and Swltzeeland and bas an area of 65'.egluane miles with: a population of 11,000, who idolize their ruler. FINE MEIORIALS MARK BATTLEFIELDS Virny RidgeMonument ,Will Be One of the Finest in Existence.: • A despatch from Ottawa says: - Colonel H. C. Osborne of the War Graves Commission arrived home re- cently from Europe, whore he had been ori. business for two months in -. connection with the battlefields n'ie, morials. He said of the eight battle- field aites allotted to Canada as places where Canadians took an important or decisive part in France and Belgium, seven will be completed this summer, "The treatment of the sites has ex- cited very favorable comment," said Co!. Osborne. The eighth site is that at Vimy Ridge, where the main monu- ment is being erected. "It is a very large one, and excellent progress is being made, but it will take two or three years before it is entirely com- pleted." It will undoubtedly be, when finished, ane of the finest war memor- ials inexistence, he continued. Accompanied by Brig. -General H. T. Hughes and Capt. Simpson, Col. Osborne went to St. Nazaire, where Canadian troops first landed during the Great War. The municipal author- ities were informed by the party, of the Canadian Government's desire to erect a bronze tablet in commemora- tion ommemora-tion of that 'tending. The representa- tives were received very cordially in- deed by the municipal authorities, said Col- Osborne, and a permanent place was allotted for the tablet in the Hotel de Ville, The tablet will be of peculiar interest because the landing of Canadian troops constituted the first landing in Europe of embodied coops from North America to take part in a European war. Col. Osborne said United States is oing to erect a large mon-intent here; but, he said, he and his party id not fail to point out that the Cau- dian troops were the first to tend t St. Naza'ire, Natural Resources 'I3ulletin- wedding of Queen Victoria in 1840, and the Duke of Wellington's funeral. She also witnessed in 1864 the hang- ing of five pirates at Old Bailey. Horne- Bank Inquiry Cost Over $75,000 A despatch from Ottawa says; - Expenses of investigations in connec- tion with the Hoare Bank failure, in- cluding Royal Commission of Inquiry C and prosecutions, total 575,956.62. e Sums paid to counsel were: E. Lafleur, K.C., 54,875.58; H. J. Symington, K.C., 55,698,80; H. J. Scott, K.C., 528,500. A faithful friend Is a fine image of g the flotty.-Napoleon, Upwards of 64,900 persons find ezn- ploynrent in Canada's alining industry. To these employees salaries and wages totalling $83,000,000 are paid annual- ly. This.money is circulated in Can- ada to pay taxes, purchase food, cloth- ing and the many Canadian -made luxuries that our standards of living demand. But the mining companies spend much in addition for the pur- chase of machinery and supplies from enaction merchants and manufactur- rs; the sum of 20 millions is spent ach year for fuel and electricity lone. Incidentally the profits of the iic- cessful companies go to increase the quid capital assets of Canadian 'citi- zens who have invested' in the indus- ry. Unfortunately many of these rofits go outside the country, since ritish, American and other investors ave been shrewd enough to buy in any valuable, properties, and the rc- ards of development aro :naturally eirs insofar as actual cash dividends •e concerned, Many of the stronger sterests operating Collodion alines re far-sighted enough to re -invest art of their profits in the acquisition nd development of additional pro- erties so that part of surpluses never ave the country, Fortunately, also, r Canada, wages mid other oper'at• in expenditures have to be made in anada, although in some in stances o ores are shipped to plants in 'the nited States or Europe for treat - lent, end other countries receive even 'eater benefits ill employment ,and investment than does' the country hich has furnisheclthe raw material. It behooves us, therefore, as good anadian citizens, to see that Cri- dian ores awe treated, so- far as is racticable, in l'•u.nadiar.IniHs and:re- le'ies, using Canadian power, ens- leying Canadian workmen and buy - g Canadian machinery and supplies. It must not bo forgotten that min - al resources, unlike eater powere forests or agricultural. products, ce used, can never be replaced. sere is only the one crop. It is not fficult to,nnderstand why that single op should be developed only under eh circumstances' ds will bring the gr the prosperity and benefits to cotantry. grainer lee 20 to 24 inches thi 1i si not impregnable 10 the attacks or the icebreaker "hlra th bogie. Valeartter" in tow, at1'ort ifcNiooil', Ont., recently.. $h0.15 shown moving throng'h le Shat thick with the e a 1] (t -,P B ,h 'm iw th as I it �a p le fo iz th U n 6 lin w a p 51 in er or on Cl dt Cr su the •