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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-08-19, Page 3LUNE a ► G VILLAGERS STUNNED BY LOSS OF 26 SEAMEN. ON FISHING SCHOONER Halifax, N.S.-"The sea is strewn with wreckage, but there is no sign' of life." Such was the dread nness- ag'eethat came through the air- when the Canadian Government: ship Lady Laurier had concluded her second day of search over the waste of waters lying _around Sable Island for the crew of the wrecked Lunenburg fish- ing schooner Sylvia Mother. What little say of hope had flickered in the hearts of men and women irn Lunen - burg County throughout the day had gone entirely out when night came and there was no word frolmthe great void of waters that held within it the mystery of life and death, From all the countryside round about Lunenburg, where these twenty- six men had lived, and where their families are now amid the sorrowof their great loss, word came that hope had given way to that spirit of.cour- ageous resignation so characteristic of ,men who .:go down'to .the sea :in ships. In 'these little vi'leages` busi- ness is at a stand -still. 'These have been days•and nights of fear and hope alternating in eager watchfulness- people. -stand ar'bdnd as if stunnned,. so great has- been the shock. of the news of the disaster -and the numb- ing ache of hopes dispelled. ' Warden Romkey telephoned from La Have there is new no hope that any of the men were saved. "Wel have 'aceeptedlwhat seems to be the; inevitable, The oldest fishermen) here, men of years of experience of the .sea,say there is nothing to do. but meat the situation. Businese'is at a standstill,' so' shocked are the people,: Le Have Island' had suffered the Mest, because nearly: half of the crew of •the,'Mosher were from that part of ' the county. What makes the loss so poignant is the realization that the best and brightest of our youth aro gone." The feeling in Lunenburg Town, where Captain Mosher, •,the skipper of the Sylvia Mosher, lived and where' his wife and little daughter are watch- ing amid dying hope and increasing despair, is that nothing further wvill be heard of the crew of the schooner, 'Hon. J, J. Xinley quoted his father, who knows the vicinity of Sable Is- land as well •as any one living in Lun- enburg, as having stated that he be- lieved the Mosher- endeavoredto work out, of, the storm, and, with one of the 'changes of the wind was. blown back on the northern part of the is- land. It would be quite possible that she had lost her dories,: the sane as• the other schooner, Mary Ruth, and when she struck there was no way of escape for the crew, and their bod- ies' are among the sandbars of, that part bf the island. COL TRADE HELPED. .: BY BRITISH STRIKE Importation>_ of Anthracite by Canada Greatly on the Increase; - Washington, D.C.-Data on Can- ada's anada's anthracite coal trade given out by the Department of Commerce, points out that the strike in British coal nines is stimulating purchase of United States anthracite. by Canada. Imports by Canada from the United States in .Tune totalled 3,225,854 short tons, as compared with 2,787,108 short. tone in June, 1925. On the other hand, imports by Can ado of British anthracite coati declined. United States anthracite dealers hope to recover a large shnre,.pf the •busi nese they lost in last year's strike in the United -States mines. Not only is Canada taking: more anthracite from this country, but the reports show the continuation of the British strike greatly stimulates demand for United States export coal from various coun- tries, including England, which has been calling heavily on United States coalfor her needs. Jewels of Pocketless Romans Delight Excavators in England London. --The carelessness of an- cient Romans is daily the cause for thankfulness among the excavators of the entrance to the Rontan amphl- theatre at Caerleon, Monmouthshire, according to Professor: Myers, of Ox- ford, xford, in charge ofthe work. Many coins and articles of jewelry are be- ing found at the gate where the early conquerors of Britain entered for games and meetings. - Five links of a small bronze chain are the latest find. Professor Myers attributes the carelessness to the fact that the Romans' had no pockets : in their clothes, which folded over their bodies, and which held breaches, studs anti girdles, some of which dropped oft In the crowds. Hon. Geo. H. Boiv,in Former minister of customs In the Canadian government and a Canadian delegate' to the Knights .of ,Columbus convention at Philadelphia, died In that city on Aug. 7. Few Paris Ceremonies Reviving War Memories Paris. -One of the things which struck fot;eignere visiting Paris dur- ing the last week in July and the first In August was the complete lack of any ,reminders of the anniversaries of mobilization or the outbreak of the World War in 1914: There were few ceremonies and no newspaper articles to revivememories of those fateful days. The Socialists held ceremonies in memory of the murder of their leader Jams : on the eve of the war. The Communists "celebrated' the twelfth an- niversary of what they called the !World's greatest _bu'tchery" by a children's, fete at St. Cloud Woods. Here hundreds of children ' paraded, each wearing a red cap ornamented with an embroidered hammer and sickle, Canada from Coast to' Coast Canada from Coast to Coast ... flourishes. Beginning as a ;lumber, Truro, Nova Scotia -A provincial: townn in which industry it still holds egg and poultry exchange' has been' a prominent place, Pembroke has to - formed in Nova Scotia, with head -qday a population of approximately -quarters here, which will head up all 110,000 people and has become the in - the egg circles, in the province. Eggs' dustrial centre of the Ottawa Valley. and dressed poultry from these circles!' Winnipeg, Manitoba. -Preparations will be shipped to a central warehouse are being made by the railways to and, in order to reduce overhead ex-;handie the 1926 crop of the Prairie ' pense, the marketing of the products Provinces, which is expected to begin will be undertaken in conjunction with I to move about the end of August or those of the' New Brunswick Egg and the first part of September. Eighty Poultry Exchange. e thoutiand box cars are now being es - Fredericton, New Brunswick. -. sembled• at strategic 'points. Some Russia is to become an important 2,000 locomotives will be requited to - cus- tomer of Canada for horses, accord-, handle this number of •cars. ing to Dr. J. II. Grisdale, Federal Prince Albert, Saskatchewan -Hogs Deputy- Minister of Agriculture,; An to the value of $40Q,000 were shipped order for 1,000. general utility horses from the Prince rlibert district in has been received by the Live Stock'f 1925. This'sum was far in advance Branch of the Dominion Department of that received the previous year of Agriculture, according to Dr. Grin-; and the increase was due to a tonsil- dale, and the horses are to be shipped lerab.e extent to the activities of the to Montreal early this ` fall. They agricultural society,boosting hog pre - are noiv being selected.' . duction. This year 'the hog raisers'' •slogan is one million de iars worth of Quebec,, -Quebec.--Nearly fourteen _hogs, and from present indications hundred people were added to Can- this mark is more than' likely to lee ado's farming. population during the attained. weekend, when the steamships "Em- Lethbridge, Alberta. -Southern Al - Imes a l -yrs s'ofPrance" and the "1donte:are" berth's wool clip thisyear will be docked here. The. newcomers were a approximately 2,000,000 pounds. It particularly fine lot with. Scotch, Eng- is stated that nevere before have the lisle and Irish -predominant together fescee been so heavy. with •a good sprinkling; of nationals Victoria, British Columbia.--Ar- from Norway, Denmark wide -Middle rangements for the, export of Targe European countries. The manifests quantities of British Columbia seed of both ships showed an unusually potatoes to California are being made: large number of special' parties, and this.. year by a potato grower of that their destinations ranged all the way state, The British Columbia, pota- from New Brunswick to British Col- toes are desired in California for seed umbia., Pembroke,; - Ontario. --The town ':of j?eenbeoke will .celebrate, in 1928,the centenary of the first cleating of the virgin forest which, in 1828, stood where the'town of Pemb okea no, -- purposes because they "introduce new strength into the southern strain. Ex perimonts were inade with Canadian grown` seed lest `y ar in •Oalfornla 'and growers -were' well satisfied• with the results. PeObe Alcohol Poisoning t O tkvi!le JURY FINDS DEATH FROM 'POISON- LIQUOR Inquest Held .on victim of Allanburg Tragedy -North- ern Fatality Result of Poison. Welland, Ont. -That Reuben Upper, the first of the three victims of the wood alcohol poisoning at Allanburg, came to his death through acute alco- hoiism was the verdict returned at the coroner's inquest. The jury was unable, however, to determine the source of the supply. Of the seven arrested in connec- tion with the affair, and who are be ing held on the charge of mans -laugh ter, only one was mentioned, and he is Nick Ricci, the Thorold taxi driver. Several witnesses claimed that Ricci was a frequent visitor to the Upper residence, and that he at times de- livered a parcel, the contents of which was unknown. North Bay, Ont, -Testimony given at the inquest opened at Port Loring into the deaths of Mr. and M-rs. Geo. Carey tended to show: that they died from the effects of poison liquor brought into the North by a party of Buffalo tourists, headed by Dr. Bayer, a Buffalo dentist, and given to Carey by thein as a bonus for his services as 'cook on a fishing,trip. Dr. Smylie, of Parry Sound, who conducted an autopsy on the bodies, testified at the inquest that death in both, cases was due to alcoholic poisoning. Joseph Kane, Mrs. Hutchins and Miss Hut- chins, relatives of the Careys, are all ill from drinigzng the liquor, but are expected to recover. It was brought out at the inquest that following the fishing trip one bottle of liquor was given Carey by the tourists. Carey opened the bot- tle last Saturday and took a number 'o£ drinks, giving one to his wife. American Settlers. Ottawa, Ontario. - Marked activity in the movement -of Settlers .from United States to Canada is noted by the Department of Immigration and. 'Colonization, In the -Month .of June the Canadian Government agency at Fargo, North Dakota, was instrument- al in moving to Canada 195 settlers, who, with their wives and families, re- present a population of 312 people. They brought with •thhm cash and ef- fects valued at '$495,550 -almost half a million dollars. These settlers were almost entirely from the States of North .Dakota and Minnesota, and were destined to Manitoba; Saeleatche- wan, Alberta, British Columbia' and Ontario. They are practical farmers, attracted` by the advantages which Canada offers to. agriculturists.. Forty of these families made the trip to their new Canadian homes by automobile. The movement from tho Fargo terra. tory in June,' 1926, was 135 persons greater than June, 1925.' • Prominent et Inquest. Among the principal figures at the inquest conducted at Oakville into the death of Themes Lyons and James Johnston from alcohol poisoning, were W. L Dick (left), crown attorney of Halton county; Patrick Lyons (centre) brother of Thomas Lyons and of an- other victim; and Dr, W. M. Wilkinson (right), the wooer. Epsom's $6 -Year -Old • Grandstand is Doomed Epsom's'raceeourse, where the world famous Derby has been run annually since 1780, is to lose its ninety -six- year-old grandstand after this year's race on June 2. The old gaud, which holds only 6,000 persons, is to be re placed by one accommodating 20,000. While plans 'have been drawn for the new stand, a movement has been start ed to make the structure the largest and finest in; the world. It is pointed out that the Fleming- ton stand' in Australia accommodates. 74,000 persons, and that as the attend- ance et the.Aerby averages 300,000' to 500,000 racegoers, Epsom should have ODA seating at least 100,000 persons. Would Dwell Again Beneath British Flag Toronto. -Anxious- to come to Can- ada,. anada,. more than a dozen British -born residents of the United States have written C. C. Hei'e, Director of Pub- licity for the Ontario Government, dur- ing the .past week, for information as to suitable locations within the con• flues of the Province. "Simply •cases," Mr. Heie-puts it, "of wanting to get back to British soil, and under the British flag' again." According to Mr. Hale, most of the writers have- lived in' the States 'for a number of years, and are fairly well: to-do. Swam Safely to Shore With Child in Her Arms Kenbra, Ont. -Hampered by her clothing and with her 11 -months -old baby in hex arms, Mrs. A. Walters, a Lakeside resident, swam to safety when thrown from a rowboat by the wash of a passing launch. Mrs. Waltersswam to the dock and was taken from the water by a resi- dent who witnessed the accident, Mother and child experienced no in - effects from the accident, PREMIER POINCARE OF FRANCE Premier Pelncnre'gives .a two -minute interview as he leaves his office, He Is the busiest man in Prance, having assembled a cabinet including five remiers of the republic. His successsofar has been almost Liheuomenal ex -p p all his policies having proved acceptable to the Senate, little the franc has shown unexpected resilience since his entry on office. HYDROPLANES BUSY . RED LAKE MERCHANT KILLED BY EXPLOSION Alleged Defective Dynamite Was Stored by I-lim Near His Store. Hudson, Ont. -N. T. ' Faaulkenham, pioneer storekeeper of the Red Dake mining field, was killed by an ex- plosion of dynamite near his store. He was a former resident of Mathe- son, Ont,, where two brothers sur - viva him. Faulkenham had had a ease of dy- namite returned by a prospector be- cause it was defective, He was stor- ing the explosiye in a cave in the rocks a short distance, -from his store WATCHING FOR FIRES Provincial Air Service Com- pletes 2300 Hours of Flying. Sault Ste, Marie, Ont. -So far this season the hydroplanes of the Provin- cial Air. Service have completed a total of 2,300 houre' flying time, es compared with 1,154.88 hours' flying time during 1 the corresponding period last year, ac- cording to statistics given out by Cap- tain W. Roy Maxwell, Chief one the Aviation Service., The record for a single week was 372.45 hours. In July the actual flying time was 950 hours. There were 622 flights, and the actual lineal mileage covered by the machines was 52,708. To cope with the present fire hazard, which has been in for the past three weeks, says Capt. Maxwell, it has been necessary fbr the operating grew to be working from dawn to dark - 1105e. Dr. Robert A. Milliken Whose little book on "Science and Life" was one of the treasures of the year,' andwho has made further in- vestigations in the nature of cosmid rays, the most powerful known to man. Lad Faces Charge of Manslaughter FIamil on, -William Urkowitch, aged 16, who was named by a Coroner's jury as being responsible for the death of Edward- Fonger, was arraigned on a charge of manslaughter. The warrant issued against him read: "That he, on the fifth day of August, 1926, did unlawfully kill and slay one Edward Forager, the boy drowned in the bay off Lansdowne Park, it is alleged, atter being struck on the head with an oar. when the explosion occurred. The body of David Jackson, an em- ployee of the Red Lake Transport Company, was recovered froth the whirlpool' at the foot of Snake Palls, Where he was drowned a week ago. Wesleyan Conference Denies Women Admission to Pulpit London: --British women wbo still are unable to sit in, the House of Lords have been hoping soon to stand in Wesleyan pulpits. The representative session of the Wesleyan conference had approved the proposal to admit women to the ministry,' but the superior pastoral session decided, like the lords, that feminine competition was undesirable. Despite the argument that the church needed women ministers as much as the women wanted an outlet for their eloquence, a large majority of the session accepted the view of an anti -feminist pastor who "stood by the New. Testament and common sense." St. Thomas Gladioli Win For Eighth Successive Year St. Thomas, Ont. ---Word was re- ceived here that for the eighth suc- cessive year the St. Thomas Horticul- tural Society has won the trophy for the best exhibit entered by any gar- den club on the continent at the Am- erican Gladiolus Society's show, now in progress at Rochester, N.Y. The local society also won two firsts and three seconds in other 'classes. Dr. F. E. Bennett, President of the so- ciety, is in charge of the local ex- hibit, and is bringing a number of noted gladiolus growers back to the city with him. Canada's Dollar a Premium in Market of New York New York. -The Bank of Montreal shipped $2,000,000 ht gold to Canada, thus raising to 38,540,000 the total of Um present bullion movement to the Dominion. It was the fourth shipment within the last ten daya. The present movement Is attributed by foreign ex- change achange bankers to the large Canadian loans recently brought out in New York, The Canadian dollar was at a premium of 5.32 per cent, in New York. --r, Canadian Railways Killed 42 During July Ottawa. -Reports made to the Rail- way Commission shovr 42 persons were killed and 265 injured on Canadian railroads during' the month of July. Of the dead, sever were employees. No passengers were killed. Of the in- jured, 51 were passengers and 164 em- ployees. THE WEEK'S MARKETS TORONTO. Mann. wheat -No. 1, North., $1.58; No. 2, North., (1.54; No. 8, North., 31.49. Man. eats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 48c; No. 2 feed, 46c; West. grain quotations in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 yellow, 97c; No. 3'yellow, 95c. Millfeed--Del. Montreal freights, bags included: • Bran, per ton, 327.25; shorts, per ton, $29.25; middlings, 336.25; good feed flour, per bag, 32.30. Ont. oats -42 to 44c f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling Points, to $1.28, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights,• Barley -Malting, 56 to 61c. • Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -No. 2, 9Oc, Man. flour -First pat„ : $9.10, To- ronto; do, second pat., 38.60. Ont. flour -Toronto, 90 per cent, patent, per barrel, incarlots, Toronto, 35.90; seaboard; in bulk, $5.75. Cheese -New, large, 19 to 19%c; i ovine, 19% to 20e; triplets, 20 to 20%c. Stiltons, 23c. Old, large, 2Sc; twins, 29c; triplets, 80c. Butler -Finest cre meny prints, 36 to 37e; No. 1 creamery, 35 to 36c; No. 2, 84 to 35c. Dairy prints, 27% to 29%e. Eggs -Fresh extras, ,in cartons, 37 to 38c; fresh extras, loose, 36c; fresh firsts, 32c; fresh seconds, 28 to 29c. Live ,poultry -Chickens, Spring,. ib., 30c; hens, over 6 lbs., 24c; do., 4 to 6 bs., 24c; do., 3 to 4 lbs., 20c; roosters, 20c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 30c; turkeys, 30c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, Spring, ib., 40c; chickens, storage, lb,, 35e; hens, over 5 lbs., 27c; do., 4 to 5 lbs., 27e; do., 3 to 4 lbs., 26c, roosters, 25e; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 35c; turkeys, 40c. Beans -Can. hand-picked, 32.60 per bushel; primes, 32.40 per bushel. Maple produce -Syrup, per Imp, gal. $2.10 to 32.20; per 5 gal., 02.05 to 32.10 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. Morley -504b. tins, 11% to 12c per lb.; 10-1b. tins, 11% to 12c; 5 -ib. tins, 11 to 1.2350; 2% -lb. tins, 7,4 to 14%c. Smoked meats --Hants, med., 34 "oto 86e; cooked hams, 49 to 52c; smoked rolls, 25e; cottage, 31 to 32c; break- fast bacon, 35 to 40c; special brand breakfast bacon,39 to 42c; backs, boneless, 42 to 47e. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70' lbs., 324.25; 70 to 90 lbs., $23.75 80 lbs. and up, 322.84; lightweight rolls in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight rolls, 339.50 per Met Lard -Pure tierces, 18 to 18e5c; tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 19%c; prints,r203 to 21e; shortening, tierces, 143 to 15c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 16 to 163bc; blocks, 17 to 17'4c. Heavy steers, choice, $7.85 to $8.25; do., good, 37.40 to 37,75; butcher steers, choice, 37.40 to $7.76; do., good, 37 to 37.25; do., eom., $5.50 to 36.50; butcher steers, choice, 37.40 to $7.75; do-, good, $6.76 to $7; butcher cows, choice, $5.50 to . $5.75; do., fair to good, $4 to $5; butcher bulls, good, $5 to 35.50; bologna*, 38.50 to 34; canners and cutters, 32.50 to 34; good, milob 'cows, 370 to 385; springers, choice,90 to 3110; medium cows,. $45 to $ 0; 'feeders, good, 36.25 to $6.75; do., fair, $5 to $6; calves, choice 311.50 to 312; do., good, $9 to 310; do., light, $5 to $6; good lambs, $15; do., medium, $13 to $14; do., backs, 318; good light sheep, 36 to 57.50; heavy sheep and bucks, $4 to.$5.50; hogs, thick smooths, fed and watered, $12.60; do., f.o.b., $12; do„ country points, e11.75; do., off cars 313; do., thick fats, f,o.b., 311,50; select prem- ium, 32.46. MONTREAL. Oats --Can. West., Nogg, 59eec; No., 8, 64e. Flour -.-Man, spring wheat' patents firsts, $8,90; seconds, $8.40;' strong patents, 38.20; 'winter patents, l choice, 36.60 to 36.70. Rolled oats -1 Bags, 90 lbs., 33.20. Bran, $28.25.1 Shorts, 330.25. Middlings, 337.25,1 Hay --No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17, to $18 Cheese -Finest west., 173% to 17efic; finest east., 162 to 1614e. ,. Butter - No. 1, pastenxized, 8285 to 38e. Eggs -Fresh extras, 40c; fresh firsts, 84c. Veal calves, $8.50 to $10, according to quality; hogs, •$13,25; select, $14. J. 1. Glick Red Lake prospector, the second man to get to the famous mining district by airplane, who expressed continued: faith in the north country.. Natural Resources Bulletin. An interesting development in the utilization of wood waste is the re- cent establishment - of a Canadian plant for the production of insulating lumber made from sawdust, coarse fibre screenings from pulp mills, shay - Ings and mill waste., In the process of manufacture the wood waste is thoroughly reduced to fibrous pulp in disintegrators. The pulp is then cooked in digesters to re- move wood juices and resins, the fibres freed from excess moisture, waterproofed and forced into a solid board under enormous pressure by hydraulic machinery. The board is final'Iy prepared for the market by baking for several hours in steam -heated Idlns. This iumber is used for insulation, sound deadening and in some cases acoustical correction and is usually sold in large sheets which may be sawn and nailed like ordinary lumber. For certain purposes in building construction it may be used to replace lumber and lath, releasing an equal amount of lumber for other purposes and thus enables a 25 per cent, great- er utilization to be made of the tim- ber out. Over four million feet of this "man made" lumber was used in the Canadian Building at Webley. .A. noteworthy and practical ex- ample in forest conservation is thus afforded in the production of this use- ful material which is made entirely from wood waste. As •pointed out by the Natural Resources Intelligence Service, at this time of the year, when forest fires are ruthlessly eating in- to our timber reserves it is somewhat comforting to feel that industrial science is accomplishing something to curb that second great destructive agent of our forests --waste. Britain's Eastern Coast Crumbles Before the Sea Auuwich, England; -Tho "tight little island" becomes tighter each year, The silent, Incessant warfare between the sea and the coast has again been brought into prominence by the seri- ous erosion of the coast of Essex, mak- ing naking necessary the reconstrtnction of the London & North-Eastern Railway :be- tween Frinton and Walton. The lino is to be placed farther inland, but un - 111 this work is completed the present line will continue to be used. Other parts of the East Coast are being eaten away by the sea. At Dun- wieh the sea Inas worn Inland so far that the remaining pertlonr of the fa- mous Dunwich church tower has been removed for preservation, and the rest of the old town lies beneath the waves. Act Hol'dorness the land is fighting a lasing battle with the Sea: Parte of southeast England are disappearing, and Sussex is losing some 400 acres. every year.. At Seises a boarding house that was built only a •few years ago now stands derelict, the waves havingencroached into the garden. Square Tree Answers Dream of Lumberman Olympia, Wash. - Lumbermen al- ways lways hare regretted that there were no squar0, trios. But now it seams that a species of cedar, called' guach arelin, native to Honduras, grows' In this fashion. Several hundred Specimens have teen imported by the. Washington State University for planting. This tree le said to produce lumber of the desired cross-section without the waste of slicing slabs off 110 round tree of the Northwest.