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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-07-15, Page 3ST LAWRENCE AND NIAGARA PROJECTS' URGED BY NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION "-Niagara .Palle, N.Y.—The ,New sion desired that an agreement be York State Water Power Commission entered ihto between Ontario and New passed a resolution authoxiziig State York State relative to :tee St: Law Engineer Roy G Finch to arrive at a ranee development at the earliest pos- dcision with- Ontario Provincial Bible moment en order that the Com- asthorities as to whether a double or mission may go ahead" and advertise single stage power development should for bids, Fifteen days must elapse be undertaken along the St. Lawrence then before a license ran be granted. River, Discussing the meeting with offi- e,Soon after this resolution was pass- vials of the Province of Ontario at 'ed Mr. Finch and Deputy Attorney- Toronto, Mr. Ottinger said the New General Randall J. le Boeuf, Jr., Yorkers were splendidly received by water power expert, returned to To- Premier Ferguson and others, and d rents to pursue the natter: with the; asserted that such conferences should .officials there. bo. held more often in order that Can- '> Whllerhere members of the-Cornmise ada and the U.S, might know one an, cion inspected the power, developments: other better. o `both sides of theNiagara:River, At the hearing officersof the com- end conducted rehearing on the appli- pany proposing to develop the Lower cetion of Lower Niagara River Power,Gorge, asserted that the scenic beauty sled Water Co. for a license to develop:of of theWhirlpool Rapids would not:. be esPewee in the Lower Gorge. Testimony imperilled by the proposed diversion to this company's plans • of develop- j of 19,725 cubic feet per' second fon Ment and financial stability was taken the $40;000,060 hydro -electric develop-, by the hoard. Members of the Com-�ment. They declared that taking such mission were taken to 'the location of limited, volume of water would add the proposed development, which calls, to rather than detract from the rug - Por the ieonstructign of two -gigantic gad charm o£ the, swift flowing cur - tunnels for a distance of 16,000 feet• 1 rents. The estimated cost of the pro- ,, Attorney -Ge eral. ;Ottingor, said,' posed development would be ;$4o, after tl}e meeng,ithat,the Cormmis--,000,000.. • DROWNING. ACCIDENTS • '' IN VARIOUS "LOCALITIES Attempt to Save Brother--` • Wlndlor Boy Dives in Vaiii Pert Colborne Laborer Drowned. f V od or. Toseph Bower, aged 7, of '02 Bilidge Avenue, was drowned hen he fell from a raft;, into -the De - mit River from the foot oi Bridge t`venue, where the'civie baithing beach e located and his brother William, ged 8, had a narrow escape from meeting the same fate, when he dived into the water to rescue his younger brothers i Seeine the plight, of both boys, Claud Whitney, guard at the beach, • swam to assist them. He was success- iul in tiling William to the shore be - /ore he event down for the third time, but be tie time he had returned.'to the. Col. George Ross, D.8:0. s}pot wine the. younger boy fell from Former general superintendent of the raft the little •' fellow had,.disap postal eerviees for Canada and an out- Peared. Three times did Whitney dive standing, head of that administration, before he found the body of Joseph. who died at hid Toronto residence, in Sfforts at resuscitation were made by his 74th pear. ergeant Bert. Hawkesworth -and Con- _ stable' Voard Ydkum; but 'without '` avail. No inquest will ba, necessary, i..INE1l N KILT FTA BY Dr. C. V. S. Mills, Coroner, has ruled. ° LIVE WIRE CONTACT Port Colbornes-,i'oseph -•itla"rtinele t taborer, employed With the Kilmer & Ridgetown Employee Was 18arber Construction Co., was drowned . f Com letting- Circuit on Pole -1ds, the outer harbor. The man was - • 'Working on the new breakwall now ; in; Rondeau Park. PLANNING TO RAISE HISTORIC SHIP - -gee .e •`r- ,"! F"'�-oma ese rte.• eesegele REMAINS OF THE GALLANT "NANCY', TO BE RESURRECTED The announcement le made' that.tlieOntaiio,•Gaverement wii1•undertake the raising of the old British solemner "Nancy" which for over a century has lain in the bed' of the Nettawasaga River; if the'eouaty of Simcoe would look after it. This is a sketch of the Nancy, described as "a masterpiece of workmanship and beauty." It Is planned to• leeve-tee historic relic on "Naaoy Island," Wasega, which will be turned Into eiviiliand, park. The auggeetion to remove the boatto the Canadian National Exhibition met with general` disapproval. THE WEEK'S MARKETS TORONTO. Man, wheat—No. 1 North., $1.63; No, '2 North., $1.57%; No. 3 North, $1.53%, Man. oats—No. 2 OW, nominal; Ne. B, not quoted;,'' No. '1 feed, 48%e; No. 2 feed, 4644e Western grain ggpta- tioris in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, track Toronto—No. 2 yellow, 86%e; No. 3 yellow, 85e. Millfeed—Del, Montreal freights, bags inoluded: Bran, per ton, $27:25; shorts, per ton $29.25; middlings,. $86.26; good feed flour, per bag, $2.80. Ont, oats --44 to 46e, f,o•b, shipping points. Ont, good miIlingl wheat --$1.28 to $1.80, e.o.b. slipping points, according to freights. Barley—Malting, 60 to 62c. Buckwheat—Nominal, Gem. Baffles Experts; 30. PERSONS LOSE LIVES Shines Only at Night • IN JAPAN FLOODS London.—A diamond which shines Melfi y Houses Crushed and gnly at night and baffles all attempts at valuation has come' to light in In- Other Damage Cal3sed by eta in romantic circumstances, accord Heal' ..Raine. ing to despatches from Madras. A necklace consisting of nine different Tokio.—The recent heavy rains in eypes of jewels' recently was sold from Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Wakay- an antique collection of the Mahar- &ins' prefectures caused landslides ejah of•' Tanjore for $1,040. It was n}nder construction.; Ridgetown,. Ont. --Harold Launs- given as a present to a young girl. : According to the story ore eye- Berry, aged S0, an employe of the The necklace broke while she was n,itnessos, Martineli was wanting up a Ridgetown Hydro commission, was playing in the street and the jewels gangplank to a derrick from the electrocuted while installing at Ron- were gathered, qtr from stray corners. breakwall when he „lost his balance deau Government ,Perel Ste was com- ,t While the string• Was, being reset and fell in the vgtitbn ,pletinig a ciecuit'on a' pole when he the peculiar type of one stone attract - This is the third drowning accident came in contact with a high t i' d theti of the jeweler. It proved in this vicinity this week. High School .Girls to Wear Uniforms Winnipeg --St. John's Technical High Schoch of this city' will experi- ment with... .a. uniform dress for its girl students next term. The plan, as announced by the principal, G. J. Reeve, 'provides for -the wearing -by middyof hit which crushed the walls . of litany houses and killed probably 30 persons. This number 'has 'not been verified, however. The rainfall in Western- eapan is the heaviest in years,. inun- dating farms and houses and washing wire. Superintendent Kenneth Sitter, to be a wonderful gem, with a light away bridges. The water is reported of the Hydro Commission, freed the rosy tint in daytime, changing to full to be subsiding. body from the pole to: which it was blue when exposed to the sun's rays.• Because of interruption to .com- and Medical' assistance was During the 'daytime, however, the mmucatfons, no cheek is possible of strapped, t first estimates yesterday that 4,500 houses had been destroyed. The prefectures, evhich are' on the moonlight lustre, spreading into a bill main island of Hondo, have a total liant halo in a room completely dark- population of approximately 8,500,000, cued. largely engaged in: cultivating farms of two or three acres.- The regions a are mountainous and are traversed by Danish Capital Likes small streams which .become torrents each girl ilttde skirt, ac , white o itiC"A� s or navy, 'kilted skirt, black lisle stack Ir Sstrawberries! in tainy seasons, - • °Inaeda Plans Police 'Post is legsd black slice The grades are summoned, but life was extinct. Cor- stone, even when placed ina ;dar oxer Mass, of Ridgetown, decided that room, gives off no light. no inquest' will be held:. The remains Only at night it sheds ' a bright were brought to an undertaker's par- lor here. i • Mr.,Launsberry has been a resident of Ridgetown all his life, and is ours vived•id his widow and two children. 5,,ye--No. 2, 85c. . ted. $4 to $$b.26, butchor hula, good, Man. flour—First pat,, $8.70, To- 5,50 to $6; balsams $8.50 to $4; can - patent, do, 2nd pat,,. $8,20. Hera sued suffers, $11.50 io $4 good Ont. flour -Toronto, 90 per cont. welch cows $86 to $95;- sprirvgera, patent, per barrel; in carlote, Toronto, choice, $9x•50 to $115,00^ med. cows, $6.80; seeboard,In balk, $5$'.84.' 845 to $60e feeders, goad $6.50 to Straw—Carlota, per ton, 19 to $9.60. ee. do 'fasr, $6 to $6 calves 22c; triplets, 29e; St hens, 25e. Old, large, 26c; twins, 27e; triplets, 28c. Butter—Finest creamery prints, $7% to 88e; No. 1` creamery, .80 to 36e; cooked, hams, 52 to 65e; molted rolls 25e; 0ttage, 81 to 82e; break- fast bacon,, 3549 40e ;specie,' brand bfealdast aeon 89 to 42c; backs, between, 42 to 417e. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50 td 10 lbs., $24.26; 70 to 90 bee $25.7 8P lbs. and up, 822.84; lightweight rolls in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight rolls, $89.60 per bbi. Lard—Pure tierces, 18 to 18%e; tube 18% to 19c; pads, 19' to 191c; prints, 201,4 to 21e; ehortenin , tierces, 14% to 15c; tubo, 15 to 15%c; pails,. 16 to 16%e; blocks, 17 to 17%c. Heavy steers, choice, $8 to $8,25; .do, good, $7,50 to. $7.76; r butcher steers, choice $7,50 to $8; do, good, $7 to $'7,25; do, coin., '$6,25 to; o $7.25;-butcher B 2 do, good,r$7.26rto $7,50f choice, butcher Cows, choice, $5.75 to $6.25; do fair to Cheese --'Now lar e, 2 c; twins, hors x$11 to $12• da good $9.5. to $10.50; do, light, 55.50 to $6; good lambs $17 to $17.50; do med., $15 to $16; de, culls, $13 to, $14; good light hes ,-$6 to $7• heavy seep and 87e; No, 2, 85 to 86c. Dairy, prints, sheep, ucks, $4 to $5.50; hogs, thick smooths, 28 to 88°'fed and watered $14 60 to ✓14.86; do, Eggs—Fresh extras, in cartons, 88 Zees, $14 to $14.25; del court ry points, to 40c; fresh extras, loose, 86 to 37c; fresh firsts, 88 to 84c; fresh seconds, 518.75 to $14; do, en cars, $15 to 15.25; do, thick fats, f.ob., $18.0 to $13.75;. select premium, $2.86 to $2.91. MONTREAL. • Oats, Can. West , No. 2 61%e; ' do, No. 3 56%c; do, extra No. 1 feed, 57e. 1Flotrr, Man. spring wheat pats,, este, 58.70; do, 2nds, $8.20; do, strong bakers, $8; do, whiter pats, choice,, $6.60 to $6.60, Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $3.10. Bran, 527.25. Shorts, 529.25. Middlings, $36.20. Hay, Ne. ,2, per ton, car lots, $17 to $18: Cheese—Finest westerns, 18%c;. do,. finest easterns, 17%c. Butter, N. 1 pasteurized, 83c. Eggs, fresh extras, 87c; fresh. firsts, 83e;, i'otatoes per bag, car lots, New Brunswick, 2.25• God veal calves, $8.50 to $9.50; Lambe, 15: to 17e per lb; hogs, good 29 to SQc. Live poultry 'Chickens, spring. lb., 85c; hens, over 5 lbs. 24c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 240; do,8 to ,4 lbs„ 20c; roost- ers, 20e; ducklings, -6 lbs: and up, 80c; turkeys, 30c. Dressed' poultry—Chickens, spring, lb., 45c• cbickees, storage, 35c; hens, over 5 ribs. 27c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 27e; do, 3 to d: lbs., 26e; roosters, 25c; auokiings, 5 lbs. and up, 35e; turkeys, 40c Beans—Can. hand-picked, $2.80 par bushel; primes, $2.40: per bushel. Maple produce --Syrup, per imp. gal $2.30 to $2.40; per 6 -gal., -$2.26 to $2.30 per gal.; maple sugar, Ib., 26 to 26o; maple syrup, new, per gal., $2.40. Honey -50 -Ib tins, 114 to 12c per Ib,; 10 -Ib. tins 11ee to 120.•'6-1b• tins, 11 :to 121/se; 2i,. 11,'tins, 14 to;14 e. an ac s• to be distinguished by the Berlin—Strawberries raised on the wearing -of 10 Degrees from Pole, d near Berlin are Far +er•,Party in Alberta ..w ni different colored scarf ander the Wand, Of ex 2r, r Rill be made this ea t -Has 44 Seats in House middy colla w An effo t y four hours after be - ,The us nnet.with a mixed re- laud three Royal Canadian i4Iounted 3-00 miles away, Th o f corn - which at tine hand^e of: the parents;, to sold on the streets of Copenhagen, policeman ton the Bach Peninsula, ing picked. ` e expansf 'n ` o h! h ' i latitude 79 only 10 degrees mercial aviation in Europe as m plan 18dmonton, Alta.—Declaration Day h ads in Alberta finds the Farmer pariy e but it is stated s 'wilt the majority hof e the girl stridents 'will, put 'it" to the test, and estimates;' are now being ob- tained as to the cost of ,buying the "uniforms." M. Reeve declared no pupil will be compelled to conform. to this style: of dre'st, but explained that going to school was a: business matter and students should clothethemselves in a workmanlike manner. Age Limit of 65 Years ; Planned for Reichstag Berlin,—A proposal to rejuvenate the Reichstag by making ineligible de- puties more than 65 years old .is being considered by President Paul Loebe and the Rules Coiumittee. Among those who would be ineligible would. i1D-Admiral Alfred von, Tirpitz, of the Nationalists. It proposed to retire members •of the; present Reichstag who' have pass- ed the age limit as honorary deputies and declare.ineligible for election can didates older than 65. A score of prominent parliamentary leaders would be deprived of stoats if, the plan is adopted. The Communists-.iwoud ose their woman leader' Frau Clara Zatltin and the Socialists their ode, generian Wilhelm Rock, honorary inresideet,.by virtue Of seniority. • French Ricrac -Goes Down to.Value of 2Vii Cents. --Paris.—The franc went down to the valine of ; just -about 24/4 cents while. the Chamber of Deputies was discuss- ing the °respective merits of the ex- pertse financial plan and the Social - lets' iets' reposal for a capital- levy.:The franc Went as low as 39.80 to the dol- lar after the close of the bourse., Smoked meats—Hams, med.,, 34 to quality lots, $15.25 to ;$16.60. Joseph Beland Of Calumet Island, Quebec, who re- cently celebrated his 100th birthday. had received during the past winter He thinks he is pod fon nnafY years ,es a result of the trial shipments I lack of power, but there Is a a lenient. yet. Admiral's Honor Paid Seat COAL BY WATER ROUTE WOULD BE CHEAPER Owen Sound Deputation In- terviews Premier Ferguson on Matter of Alberta Coal. Toronto.—The question of Alberta coal, which was a live issue during the and In the small proportion of the winter months of fuel scarcity, was major criminals who go unpunished. • revived at the Parliament Building by If the certainty of arrest and pun- a deputation from Owen Sound which ishment is a deterrent to crime, then 'waited upon Premier Ferguson. The the Bs'ittsh practice has more than deputation was • anxious that a trial justified itself, Says the Editor of the shipment of coal should be made by Philadelphia Ledger. The contrast be - water from the head of the lakes dur- tween'conditions in this country and, ing the navigation months and claim- in Great Britain is protonndly disered• ed that by the :use of this method of Stable to us, not only in the enormous - transportation coal could be brought ly greater number of crimes; here in Debutantes Undergo "Ordeal" Before Presentation at Court' London.—Thousands, of years age' when I0gyptiene• craved an audlen0o with Pharaoh they were lnoaeed in ' gold mitts long hours beforehand, When they were released just before the audienoe their limbs were so stiff that the risk of an attack, on Pharaoh was removed. History has a strange trick of re peating itself, and a somewhat similar fate befalls. the American debutantes: who are .presented et the Buckingham Palace courts during the present sea- son. Due to elm fact that there ere scores more debutantes, being present ed'•thts year than seer before, there are four dates during the summer sea - apt when Mayfair's exclusive hair dressers could earn •their weight in gold—if they were able to be in about five hundred places at the same time. For on the days of the royal courts every debutante who is making the double cutesy wants Ma of these, artists to wave her hair and implant head-dresses of feathers and veils iu-: to none too receptive shingles or Eton crops. And she wants. it dons at, say,. pail -past 5, for to move afterward, ex eupt to go to the car and palace, risks'. the ruin of the coiffure. ` Because of the hair many a luckless' debutante must be dressed hours ear-; slier. Then• she sits in a; high -hacked? -. chair. with her veil tied to the ceiling` so that its weightshal1 not (Bethel) the '. artist's work. And there, dust Bite the' ancient Egyptians, she keeps en sit- ting it ting still, maybe from noon onward, waiting for the clock to point to the ' magic hour. British Justice. inexorable British justice has. brought to the gallows a woman, the mother of three children, eon -vetted of murder and robbery. Popular sym- pathy had been aroused in her behalf and thousands of petitions for re prleve were presented without avail. In the view of the authorities, tee sex of the criminal made no difference; the penalty of the law must be paid. This entire absence of maudlin senti- mentality in the enforcement of law, the refusal of the courts to permit needless delays to interfere with the administration of arlminal justice and the certainty of punishment for the guilty are among the causes of the ere viable position occupied by England la the matter of the prevalence of crime to this province from the West to se -1 to the consumer at about 511.50 per ton. , The deputation was representative of the Owen Sound City Council and its Chamber of Commerce. Thorough satisfaction was reported with ship - Silents of Alberta coal which the city proportion to population but in the breakdown of the machinery of justice as revealed by the small proportion of convictions to the total number of crimes. Our courts are largely to blame for these conditions. The evile are fully recognized by the judiciary and the bar, but tittle is done to find and apply the remedy. There is no which the National Railways had able unwillingness to exercise it. nude in eo aboratlon with the On- tario and Alberta Governments. tie Woman Mayor ' Premier Ferguson assured the depu- -- tation of his Government's interest in Seattle, Wash.—Mrs. Berthelenight promoting the use of Alberta coal in Landes has been received with honors :Ontario, and expressed appreciation duo an admiral, when as Mayor of of the praise which the deputation Seattle she paid a return visit to Un- ited States naval officers on the battle- ship Maryland. Mrs. Landes' visit was the first of the'kind in the history of the United States Navy. - The Mayor discussed plans for entertain- ment during the remainder of the stay Ontario. people. 1 Aerial Teas Are Latest Thrill for Gay London Aerial tea parties are the Iatcst novelty in society. circles. The guests members gave to the Govermmnent for take rides in airplanes after refresh.. its etYorts of the past winter. Tho ments are served. The first aerial "at Premier s borne" was given at the Stag Lane flying field. with Mrs. Sophie. Elliott. Lynn and Mrs, Sherwood Kelly host- esses. Mrs, Lynn is the first woman in Eugktnd to be granted a pilot's of the fleet in Seattle Harbor. The deputation consisted of Messrs. license. She conceived, the idea of would he glad to use its good offices in any way which might bring about a solution of the fuel problem for the Duncan. Breeze, Creighton and Mc- aerial tea parties with a view to in.: 100,000 fUi 81 S. Cats Entered Williams. teresting society women in flying. ,v c rs 11 1 d 1 r turned to power, in the Provincial . t Gongs Marquees were erectedo: on t ground in which tea Has served, there t Mackenzie, who is in. feature The fastest combination nail elections of June 28, with a strength Canada at Niagara on 4th 1611 from the North Pole according to shipping of perishablee goo s a reg_u a : P ac coats, glrarge• of Arctic exploration for the and water: route to Copenhagen takes to date of 44 seats. The Liberals have 13 aje3 tyfs b In Berlin Phone Book dance music, tea was dispensed to ilia : Niagara Falls, Ont.—According to Ex -Kaiser uH being about 100 guests. Instead of Cianadian government.. 1# the effort is twelve fi.hours. vel L ah or, five; and Conservatives successful thiswill be file most north- Flying are so arranged x ged four. In this way 58 out of the 60 the report of the co:lector of customs, p . . strawberries t planes lanes fn 1,000- ing seats are Athabasca, not yet ready into:Canada at this border over the gardens lute pound lots. They are sold in the Dan- to --report, and Bow Valley, where re- three bridges for the fourth of July fish capital as "air strawberries." count is to be made.- holiday. • erly Royal Cauadien M.'s -wilted, Police post, : and will be the farthest north that Canada has ever extended her ad- ministrative .officers..: ' - that a traw b virtual y go from r ate are nccounted''for. The two miss- 140,000 American' motor cars crossed the fo•e aouncl is the S.S. Corunna, from Syfiney, Novaremities of Canada -meat sit sa.nns docs: mToronto Harbor. In g Ocean boats from two eA•t Scotia; with tango, pig df ri iron. :Astern of the Corinna lies the S.S. Freedom, white lis ,lewei/ug;;a cargo of cash, to1,pipe for Vancouver, via the Panama a Canal,+from the National, Iron Cosfporation,,Teranto, accompaniment of the drone' of a lieht Berlin—The former Kaiser again airplane engine and other familiar is referred to in the new Berlin tele- sounds of the aerodrome. phone directory as "lis Majesty." For Another aviation social stunt plan• Unter den Linden 86 is listed in the. nee for the summer is to be a meet directory as the "Imperial Exchequer organized by the recently formed Bre of II1s Majesty the Emperor and King' tib private Aircraft Owners Club. 'Wilhelm II," from which ail the ex- Each member will pilot his won plane Kaiser's financial interests are admin- to some selected meeting place and •. istered, from there will return in formation to The building, whichis called the the drib's headquarters at Stag Lane. Netherlands Peals, is the personal property of the Hohenzollern family. This name, however, has nothing to do with the fact that the ex -Kaiser is a resident of the Netherlands, but was chosen in honorre Dutch princess who remarried a Hohenzollern priede in Germans Ship Flowers.: and Berries b'y Airplane Berlin.-Perisliablq,agriculturel pro - duets are now beteg "transported by alt the middle of the nineteenth century, all over Germany. As :i rule, German planes have carried only passengers —•--' and mail, but recently large supplies 16 Rulers Have Governedof fresh strawberries wore shipped by in China Since 1912 The German "Luftbans se Company" several months ago started a regular "flower service" between various towns in Holland and. Berlin Flowers I'hus,exported from Holland by air are still so fresh'. when they reach Berlin that it has been found practical by the dower trade to reship them: by air from hale to Chemnitz,. Breslau, ieansig, Stettin :and other German cities, air from Berlin to Copenhagen.' Peking. -The turbulent history of the Chinese nation since the overthrow of the; Manchu tlynasty in 1911 Is graphically•shewn in a chart prepared by the "Shah Chieh Jih Pao," a prom- inent vernacular newbpaper.of Peking and now being displayed in the capital, Not counting tete 'immediate codes sion, of the revolution, but beginning the following year, 1912, this cher shows that China has had sixteen die, !rent heeds to its Government. These include'the provisional Presidents, siati. eo cal'led ;'residents, two so -galled Em-` perors'of short ,duration, #ear teg'euey Premiers and 'ons provisional Chief xecutive. Ednnontop'e population is still In- creasing, there being an addition o$ 1,097 dyeing 'the past year, whish makes the city's preeeut total 65,�• �•li', 000rdin to the official lignite of trig k� 8 150021 civic census. ` is