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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-01-27, Page 7� red to ne Ho it 1, 1: DE S r Henry Fielding Dlckens, K.C, 'Six It and only surviving eon :Of the sutl or of the "Pickwick Papers," who has :celebrated his 78th li•rrthdar. Sir Henry- is recoeder of Loudon and honorary president of the Dickens Fel- lowshlp. VILLAGE POSTOEEICE ENTIRELY WRECKED BY GAS EXPLOSION OCCUPANTS ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY. Leaking Pipe Destroys Build- ing at Rycklnan's Corners Owned by Charles Keys, Who Was Badly Burned Mrs. Keys and Son Hurled. Forty Feet by Force off Ex- plosion. Hamilton: A pocket of illuminat- ing gas which exploded and almost immediately ignited destroyed the home and village postoffico of Charles •I Keys at Rycknian's Corners, a few minutes after 5 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. -Keys .was trapped in thee -eel -kw and badly burned. He was removed to St. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Keys and a son, named Walter, were both hurled forty to fifty feet by the force of the explosion, but escaped serious injury. MIss. Clara Keys, a daughter, was compelled to jump from the wreckage of her bedroom on what had been the second storey of the building. Shortly after- 6 o'clock Thursday morning a strong odor of natural gas was detected by Walter Keys. He awakened his father, who descended to the cellar to investigate. The. elder Keys did not commit the folly of light- ing a match, he declares, as there' were electric lights in the cellar and he turned on the switch. A moment later there was a deafening explosion, caused, it is thought, by the escaping gas from the cellar ascending to the FIRST CRUISER:. SQUAD-' RON FOLLOWED 13Y GUNBOATS. Spanish Government Also Despatches Fast Cruiser Up- on Receipt of Despatches That Children Were Killed and Churches Sacked in Trouble Zone. London. -With official confirmation Thursday afternoon of serious rioting outbreaks !at 'Foochoe,-Chineee events have reached a boiling point which -does :not excluder the chance of grave events. - It was' announced ::that four more warships and ons hospital ship will fence's, the First Cruiser Squedron.to China next week. The ships to be sent are the gunboats Aphis, Lady Bird, the .destroyers Wanderer • and. Wolverine, and the hospital ship Maine. They will 'leave. Malta on January 30th. Washington. -Protection of the for- eigners at Annoy has been guaranteed by the Chinese authorities in the event of outbreaks, the State Department was informed by Consul -General Put - 1141111, "On Jan, 18," Mr. Putnam reported, `.`agitators detained for some time a ' British steamer, with priests, nuns, and several Chinese orphans, en route from Foochow to Hong, Kong. l:he vessel was finally allowed to leave after disembarking ten Chinese, in - eluding eight children,, and one Span- ish priest. A Spanish priest o:f Amoy was held up the afternoon of the eighteenth by a Chinese crowd, but. was uninjured and rescued by local police. "Later the Spanish mission at Annoy was threatened by a nob, and four priests and five nuns took refuge on the American steamer Consuelo, leav- ing the premises under the protection of the police. 'fOn the morning of Jan. 19 the Amoy newspapers contained inflam- matory articles against the Foochow Catholics, accusing them of murdering children. At present the agitation seems to be directed against these Catholics, but it is impossible to say whether it • may spread against for eiguers generally. "The .situation in the interior is quiet. Missionaries in far -away sta tions have been warned so that they may be prepared in case it becomes necessary for them to go to Amoy." New York. -AA American and Brit- ish 'missionaries are being. withdrawn from Kusling, a city on the Yangtse River below Hankow, according to a cablegram received at the headquar- ters of the Presbyterian Board of For- eign Missions, 156 Fifth Avenue, London, Jan. 23. -The four bat- talions of British troops which are under orders: to proceed Lo China corn prise the 13th Infantry Brigade. All the personnelof the brigade on leave and at instruction courses have been recalled during the week -end and notices posted 'to reservists attached o the: brigade ordering them to rejoin heir traits. The four•"liattalioris will have a strength of 140 officers and ,434 other ranks. An order to stand by has also been sent to the 5th Armored Car Com- eny, nom .Malta it is announced that wo battalions' of troops stationed there are ordered to China on short retire. - r1 Calcutta desateh says the Govern'- mer., has chartered two liners of the h•itish India Stearn Navigation Com - any foie the purpose'of conveying recps et Calcutta to China. Delhi, British India, Jan. 2:l.- Con- firmation of the despatch of Indian troops to China was obtained:to.-dey from: Lord ..Irwin, the Viceroy. At the opening of the Legislative Assembly the' Crown's representative in India declared:. "As. India is the nearest part -'of the mpire where forces are available for. nmediate despatch to China, the In- letcheit' and there igniting When It t cane in contact' with a coal stove, The violent explosion rocked the 3 house .and a great part of it bulged outward and then collapsed. The place was a mass of flames. Mr. Keys tUas burned -about tho head, face and hands before he succeeded in escaping from the building. Mrs. Keys was hurled t into the back yard and Walter, their son, out -ter the roadway, by the Prco of the explosion. While the tiro which broke out was an intense one for al- most an hour, the buildirig and con- tents had ,been wrecked first by the t explosion. A piano was turned upside doer by the shock, and one entire end of the house was blown out. The damage is estimated at $5,-000. A leak fi'om a, gas pipe conducting to the eellar of Mr. Key's home caused the explosion and fire, it is stated. Neighbors who attempted to extin- guish thefire said'that aflow of gar still burned under the pile of debris in thecellar0 TWO CANADIAN CUSTOMS OFFICIAIS PLACED UNDER ARREST AS SMUGGLERS Niagara falls, Ont. -News of the arrest of two Canadian' custonits'offi- eials, well known here, came', as some- what of a sensation Thursday. Al- though one was arrested ten days ago, it did not become known until Thurs- day afternoon. Allan Ferguson, formerly stationed at Fort Erie, was arrested as he drove his own car off the ferry boat at Buf- falo. _In the car were found 252 quarts of whiskey. He' was held for questioning before a United States Commissioner h ter released on and.} bail.' The ear was ordered confiscated. Louis Lamb, Bridgeburg, was caught under similar circumstances as he drove onto the Buffalo ferry clock. The ' officers : found in hie car 264 quarts of Canadian ale. His car was seized and is being held until bail can, be procured. Both men have been suspended by the Canadian Customs Department. • Both officers are very well known here and along the border. Both- are returned soldiers' and' Lamb wasan unsuccessful candidate at the recent municipal elections in Bridgeburg. According to the authorities on both sides of 'the river, an agreement' had, been reached to keep the arrests quiet until an investigation being made along both sides of .the border is "corn-. plated.. Pressed., however, the officials admitted- the truth of the arrests and indicated the likelihood of further arrests, THE HERO GEORGE. YOUNG IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS SWIM This picture, wired from Los Angeles, shows a close-up of George Young, the young Toronto winner of the Catalina race. The photograph was taken almost iinniediately after the finish. Exhaustion is plainly written in the led's face. than Government has agreed to con -1 tribute a contingent, including Indian) troops, thus co-operating: with the British authorities which have been reluctantly obliged to order reinforce- ments to China merely as a defensive measure." Lord Irwin gave no hint as to the strength or composition of the Indian ' units. 1 Hong Kong, Jan. 23. -Three com- panies of Punjab Indian -British sol-) Biers stationed here were ordered to-„ day to embark for Shanghai to -1 morrow. 1 Washington, Jan. 22. -The thunder- ing tide of Chinese unrest has at last invaded Shanghai, the great interna- tional centre of the Orient. Bricks and stones have been showered upon peace officers' by parading tramway workers in'a riot on 'historic Nan- king Road, resulting in minor injur- ies to many and tightening appreci- ably ppreci ably the tension and anxiety of dip- lomatic Chancellories .the world' over. Apparently ne foreigner was hurt. • People of forty-five and fifty years of age are regarded by some experts as being at the most valuable age to the community THREE YECGS BIND WATCHMAN: f DYNAMITE SAFE, FAIL TO GLT CONTENTS r Windsor, Ont., Jan. 23. -Three fated the story of the attempted safe - yens struggled for two hours early blowing. to -day. to blast open with dynamite The thugs entered the place shortly the safe of the Neal Baking Company after midnight and forced 'Jones up- on Salter Avenue, and. finally aban- stairs at the point of a revolver, he dotted the attempt and left the plant said. When.he was safely tied up and after trussing up Roy Jones, the night- out of the way, the men drilled a hole watchman, with ropes and placing a in the door of the'safe, inserted n typewriter cover ever his head. charge' of dynamite and waited. for a Unable, because of a gag in his passing street car to deaden the sound mouth to make an, outcry, Jones strug- of the explosion. The first blast tan- gled against the bonds that held him ed, so did the second and third, al- it his chair. Finally he got' rid of though the last one bent the big steel the head covering and worked himself door on the safe which contained to the telephone, where he removed $1,000 in cash, 'according to the police. the receiver with his teeth, but could So strong was the blast that it, blew make only a guttural sound. A tele- out the windows of the office. phone girl at Central notified police Before departing,'one of the gang headquarters and a squad of officers placed a cigarette between Jones' lips Was hurried to the locality. .After the and allowed ,hint several whiff's to night watchman was released he re -"steady your nerves." fi THE COURSE ri ROCKY- CT PatNTvtNcen're MINisNED . . -1 3.o4 AVM, :SUNRAY . Young took. N -W coulee airIncabe -wnQf<q currenh lolei• 1 1; 1 STARTeI' �\ 'II.2I A•M' i 0 5ATVRDAY k KRMrN. x ROSS x MMEYER ''" gar MARGARsT r 1141050 1x%�Sutu vAti 170711 it "Norr,es and '"- crat,ses'Indicolc Ioconon of other 0W1mrner.S When. !•okun from wafer STRATEGY AIDED' STRENGTH IN. YOUNG'S SWIM "The longest way round : was the,shortest way home" for George Young:. Brains as weed aS brawn carried tho si:rong-hearted young Toronto swimmer through the salt sea from Ca Latina IsiencI to the California mainland,- The eambinatiou of strategy and strength excelled, as shown on tihis mapgiving a correct idea of tile: approximate final poeitio ns in the ocean of those g g o . s uteri of nn hm o canto ciossst to the goal and, shortsighted short-cut most of the competitors essayed on their unsnocessful,effort to capture the laurels. Young abttiaily swan, over 30 miles to Dover a stralght•away distance of 22, miles and was in the water for Gloss upon -16 hours Girl Loses Life ROYAL HIGHNESSES ^. REACH JAMAICA'' Thirteen Trap•fed Duke and Duchess of York Given Regal Reception in In011 re I British Colony. - SCORE OF THRILLING ES- CAPES FROM DEATH. Miss Helen Drake Succumbs to Injuries -One Girl Drop- ping Four Stories is .Caught in Coat Heid by Two Men- Others Jump Into Firemen's Net. London, Ont„ Jan. 23. -Thirteen girls and young men'enjoying asocial in the rooms of the Canadian Order of Foresters on the fourth floor of the building housing the .People's' • Loan and Savings Corporation and the store of the'A. A. Langford` Company;' wholesale stationers, at 426 and 428 Richmond Street, were trapped by a fire which broke oat -with appalling suddenness shortly before 'midnigh last night. Six persons were seriously injured, one fatally. Nine others re ceived minor injuries. There were numerous thrilling escapes from death in the flames, eleven of the young wo- men and the men jumping into a net held by,the firemen, while another girl was caught in the coat. of two men who made an improvised net of the garment. One youth plunged down the burning stairs to safety. Nine of the members of the party were rushed to Victoria Hospital in ambulances, as follows: Helen Drake, aged 15, 45 High street, South London, terribly burned about the face and body: died at 5.45 this' evening - Florence Jackson, 11 McClary Ave., South London, cuts .about head and body, and in a critical nervous con- dition. Marian North, 88 Oak Street, East London, hands and body badly burned. James Sarith, 15 Ratihrnine Street, East London, suffering from, painful _cuts and burns. John Duncan, 160 Hamilton Road, hands burned and wrist severely cut. Eugene Taylor, 435 Horton Street, hands and body badly burned. Murray Taylor, 435 Horton Street, hand cut by glass as he jumped into the firemen's net. Douglas De Harte,. Ottaway Ave., foot cut and other hurts, Fireman Floyd Fleuher of the Cen- tral Station fell on an icy sidewalk and suffered injuries to his back which sent him to Vietoria Hospital. He and Duncan, De Harte and Murray were able to go to their hones to -day. The following were rescued, and suffered various hurts, but were cared for at their honkies: John Rawlings, Francis Street, East London, foot cat; Murray Laughton, 102 Wharncliife Road, West London, head and hands burned; Marjorie Edwards, 509 Em- ery Street, South London, sent badly cut by falling on a wire as she jumped into the life -net; Arthur. Cole, Dun- das Street, arm injured; Harry Ings, Eva Street, East London, painful cuts about the body. t , Sir James Crate Premier of northern Ireland, who be- - came a viscount on the issue of, the King's New Year Honors list. BOY •ADRIFT ON ICE BELIEVED LOST His Ice Cake Thought to Have Been Blown Ashore -Res- cue Workers Failed. Cleveland. --When night descended on Lake Eri een Thursday, police, fire- men and coast ar Gb.ve • up' their valiant fight to save a youth eflAiniet 16, who was seen floating to his death on a cake of ice Wednesday night. The body of the victim, policeand coast guards said, probably never will be found. It was ground to pieces in milling ice, they believe, and the story of a night of horror in the chilling, bobbing darkness of Lake Erienever will be told, The fire tug John H. Farley came chugging back home Thursday after- noon, The firemen were haggard and hungry, and ono was frost bitten. Their spirits were depressed at fail- ure An airplane, piloted by Kenneth Cole, test pilot for the Glenn H. Mar- tin Co„ soared out over the lake in search of the boy, but the ceiling' was only 1,600 feet high under the clouds, and it was foggy. Cole couldn't get much perspective and saw nothing. The identity of the bay is not known. A communication from the London Daily Mail says that 13,000 Russian families, seeking delivery - from Bol- shevik rule, are to settle in Canada during the Coming spring. The van- guard of this migration, 70 peasant families, arrivedin London, singing songs of thanksgiving as the steamer docked at Tilbury. Later they ex- pressed enthusiasm at the thought of oin on to Canada TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. 1 -North., $1.48; No. 2 North., $1.46 No. 3 North., 91,39. , Man. oats -No. 2 CW nominal; 4,Te, 3, not quoted; No. 1 ieed, bJc; No. 2 feed, nominal; Western grain quota- tions, in c.i.f. ports. Ann. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 old yellow, 54c; No..3 old yellow, 88c. Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $32.25; shorts, per ton, $34.25; middlings, $4Ont0,26, ario oats, 50c, f.o.b, shipping points. Ont. good stilling, wheat -$L27 to 91.29 f,o.b, shipping points, according to freights. Barley -Malting, 60 to 64e. Buckwheat -76c, nominal. Rye -No. 2, 90c. Man. flour -First pat., 91.90, To- ronto; do, second pat., 97.40. Ont. flour -Toronto, ..99 per cent. stent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto; 95,56; seaboard, In bulk, $5.55. Cheese -New, large, ...0 to 20%e; twins, 20;i: to 21c; triplets, 22c. Stil- tons, 280, Old, large, 25c; twins, 2$c; triplets, 27c Old Stiltons, 28c. Butter --Finest creamery prints, 46 to 46c; No. 1 creamery, 44 to 45c; No. 2, 43 to 44c. Dairy prints, 84 to 35c. Eggs -Fresh ext ail, in cartons, 63 to 65c; fresh extras, loose, 6Se; fresh' firsts, 58e; fresh seconds, 42 to 43c; fresh pullets, 53 to 540, Storage ox - teas, 52c; do, firsts, 49c; do, seconds, 42 to 430, Poultry, dressed -Chickens, 5 lbs. and up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 38c;. do, 3 to 4 lbs., SSC; do, 2411 to 33, lbs., 85e; do, 2 to 2111 lbs, 35c; hens, over 5 lbs., 32e; do, 4 to Ii lbs,, 30c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 28e; roosters, 25c; turkeys, 42. . to 46e ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 85 to 88c, Beans -Can. hand-picked, 93.60 to 93.90 bushel; priynes, $3.45 to $3,60. Maple products -Syrup, per imps gal., 92.25 to $2.30; per 5. gal., 92.15 to 92.25 per gal.; maple sugar, ib,n 25 to 26c. Bone *-60-lb. tins,12 S i1/ato 13c; 10 - Ib, tins, 12 /a to 130 5 -ib. tins, 13 to 1 0• :2 ,1 ., ti . 1 c, 3?/z r/a.b rya 6 Comb. Honey -93.40 tn 94.50 per doz. Smoked nests -Flatus, vied., 28 to 30c; cooked hams, 42c; snacked rolls 1.5c; breakfast bacon, 32 to b$c; backs, boneless, 38 to 40e. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 Ibs., 922; 70 to 90 lbs., $20:50; 20;y lbs. and up, 921.34; lightweight rolls, in barrels, 941.50; heavyweight rolls, $38,54 per bbl. Lard -Pure tierces, 14% to 15%c; tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16,e to 17c; prints, 1715 to 18c; shortening tierces, 12 to 121c; blocks, 141/ to 15c; pails, 1314, to 13%c. Heavy export steers , $7 to 97.50; heavy steers, good, $6.25 to. 96.50; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.25; Ido, fair to good, 96.26 to 96.76; do, come, $4.75 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, 97 to $7.25; do, fair to good, 95.50 to 96; do come 94.50 to $5; but- cher cows, good to choice, 95 to 95.75; do, oom, to med. 93.50 to 94.50; do, canners and cutlers, 92.25 to 92.75; butcher bulls, geed to choice, 95 to $5.25; do, med., 94 to 94.75; tlo, bolog- nas, 93.50 to 93.80; baby beef, $8 to 910; feeders, choice, $5.50 to 95.80; do, fair, $5 to 95.25; stockers, choice, 94.75 to $5; do, fair to rued., 94 to $4.50; mulch cows, to 980 r spring- ers, rin g, ers $80 to $100 plain to med. cows ,$40 to 960; calves, choice, $13 to $14; do, med., 99 to 912.50; do, corn. and grassers, 95 to $6; lambs, 'chorea, 911.60 to 912; bucks, 99 to. 99.50; sheep, choice 96,50 to 97.50; do, heavies, $4,50 to $'5; do, culls, $3 to $3.50; hogs, thick and smooth, fed and watered, $11.25; do, f.o.b,, 910.75; do, country 'points, 910.50; do, off cars, $11.65; select premium, per hog, 92.20. MONTREAL. Cats -Can. west,, No. 2, 76e; do, No. 3, 67c, Flour, Man. spring wheat pats, lets, 97.90;' do, 2nds, 97.40; do, strong bakers, 97.20• do, winter pats., choice 96.10 to $6.15, Relied oats, bag 90 lies., 93,65, Bran, $82.26. Shorts, 934.25. Middlings, 940.25. 1 -lay, No, 2, perton, carlots, $14.50. Cheese, finest welts, 19 to 104c. Butter, No, 1 pasteurized, 41 to 41rc. Eggs, storage extras, 50e; storage g firsts, 47c; storage seconds, 42c; fresh extras, 60c; fresh firsts, 65 to 57c, Coin• cows,9 8.50 t 0 4.50• $ $ , bulls, coo. and med., 93.75 to $4.26; weals, 10.6 t C6 0 1'1:50•... I 9 hogs, good quality,. •11,75 to $12, with a 92 per hog bonus on selects and a 60c cut on shops, ' Kingston, Jamaiga.-The Duke and Duchess of York, on their voyage to Australia, reached ICingston Thursday' morning 'on the battleship Renown. They came ashore at 2.80 in the after- noon, and were received by the Gov- ernor and various colonial officials. Thousands lined the theroughfares and 'cheered the royal visitors as they drove to the theatre. In jovial spirits, the Duke and Duchess waved to the crowds, which intensified the enthusi- asm of the .populace. At the theatre, which was beautifully decorated, the young travellers received an ovation unprecedented in the history of Ja- maica. The Colonial Secretary read an ad= dress on behalf of the entire colony, and Mayor Da Costa read one from the civic authorities. In reply, the Duke thanked the people of the colony for the generous reception, . of which. he would advise the King• He assured the people that he would do everything to advance their interests. A beauti- ful bouquet was 'presented to the Duchess by 'a little girl. Later the school children gathered and marched past the Duke and Duchess. Part of tfie afternoon was spent by the Duke in a game of tennis, while the Duchess held an inspection of the Girl Guides. A gala dinner was given at the Governor's residence, and a reception was held afterward, to which 1,200 persons were invited, CANADIAN PLANTS UNDER EMBARGO United States Take Action in War Against the Corn -Borer. '-"Ottawa.-Arthur Gibson, Dominion entomolo announced on Thursday . that an emba g t •s..heen'placed bay the . Unitod Stator Departmei•-of_ Agriculture against plants that are likely to carry the European corn - borer from Canada. The plants thus prohibited from ex- port to the United States include In- dian corn, broom corn, sweet sorg- hums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, sugar cane, pearl millet, Napier grass, toesinte and Job's Tears. The provision is made, however, for the entry of clean shelled corn and clean seed of broom corn, provided such ship- ments are accompanied by a certificate of inspection. Broom corn for manufacturing pur- poses may also be:imported under„cer- tain -restrictions. Occupational Therapy. A new course was commenced at the University of Toronto with the begin- ning of this session and • twenty-five young ladies are now taking this new work. The connection between this innovation and the discussion that has been going on recently regarding hos- pitals for the insane will, be readily seen. One of the criticisms .made of the present systems in asylums for the insane is that the patients, or some, of then:, are not given enough work to do so as to keep their minds off their afflictions. The aim of .Occupational Therapy is to effect tures by rneans. of work and at the same time to re- store injured muscles • by means of exorcise. In order to accomplish these two purposes the work must of course, be interesting. The new course covers two years and will equip the young women who take it for expert service in general hospitals, in government institutions, in asylums, in homes for ineur•ables and anywhere that patients can be re- habilitated by this sort of treatment.' In the United States the scope for Occupational" Therapy work, has great- ly increased in the past few years and it is practically certain that the de- mand for Occupational Therapy aides. will be greatly enlarged int Canada in the next few years. 'Sent to Reformatory.- Knowing of my position as a wel- fare worker among children, a woman about forty years of age told nue the following story' of her early life -in the hope, she said, that it might be useful in saving some other young people from the same' experience. At fifteen she wee a strong, healthy girl, full of animal spirits and anxious for a good time. One night she was at a party and • some young men got her half -intoxicated and kept her out till nearly morning. She was frightened and penitent and the experiencewoulcl have been a life-long warning, but two days later she was committed to a re- form school for girls and to this she attributed a downward 'career that lasted nearly ten years, , Had she been kindly talked to and. put an her honor she believed her future conduct would have 'been -satisfactory:. ",Do try," she said, "to keep young people out ofre- forinatories, for while the intention is good end efforts .are made to help them,; the influence of one inmate over another. is very strong and is usually, harmful to character and progress," -J. J. Kelso.