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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-03-03, Page 6RIVER APPROACH TO SHANGHAI 31 CLOSED :By ORDEIR. OF COMMISSIONER BRITISI-I TROOPS REACH HONGKONG. Possible Attack from Canton- ese Naval Craft is Fended by Proclamation Declaring Woosung Approach to the Whangpoo River Closed to Shipping. Shanghai, 'Feb. 27. -Shelling Shanghai from the sea and river ap preaches to this \gateway city o China is the next move feared. f the victorious Cantonese forces. In order to fend offan attack fron naval craft under cover night, the Chinese Defence Commis Moiler of Shanghai to -night issued proclamation declaring the Woosu approach, to the Whan'gpoo Rive closed to all ships from sunset to sunrise. The more was considered a drasti one and although intended to aid i the ultimate defence of foreign se tlements es well as the native ,sec tions of Shanghai, the order was int mediately protested by the Consula body. Proponents of the order closing the Woosung entrance, which is the only, approach from the Yangtse River, generally recognize• that the Chinese . commander responsible for the defence of Shanghai must be per- mitted to have a free hand in the awaking of regulations concerning the movement. of ships. However, it was pointed out that Shanghai's immense shipping movements are at the die bates of the tides, and cannot be in- terfered with by an absolute order pee:filting the movement of ships at night. It is said that the matter of night vessel movements will be settled by an amicable compromise, but mean- while all vessels violating the order will be subjected to the most thor- ough search by Chinese authorities. Fear of an offshore naval attack from any Chinese force was unheard of in recent years. The first sho'ty of Cantonese naval strength proved a "dud." A few days ago a gunboat flying the Cantonese colors started shelling the Woosung Arsenal, locat- ed at the outer Anchorage to Shang- hai. The missiles went wild, however, and landed e the French settlement. The gunboat beat a hasty retreat without checking the efficiency of its Marksmen, As a result the French Minister at Pekin has filed a protest against the shelling of the concession, reserving. the right to. collect damages at a later date. Marshal Sun Chuanfang, totter- ing Military Governor of Kiangsu, and Chang Tsung •chang, Shantung Province war lord, arrived here this morning on the same train from Nanking. They left this afternoon forSungkiang, 28 miles south of Shanghai, where the next Northern stand, if any, is expected to be made :against. the Southerners of f ram m of a ng r c n t_ r Ontario's Wealth. Pion. Dr. Monteith, Provincial Treas. Value of Crown Timbers - $4,800,000,000. Value of Municipally Taxed Timber -$2,600,000,000. Value of Mineral Wealth $2,000,000,000. Value Undeveloped Crown Lands -$230,000,000. Value of Fish and Game $200,000,000. Value of Water Powers - $150,000,000. Total 'Estimated Value - $9,98.0,•000,0.00 KILLED WHEN PLANES LOCK IN COLLISION Thousands Watch Airplanes of U.S. Crash to Earth at Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Feb. 27. -Buenos Aires was to -day a city of mourning while the bodies of two members of thePsan-Ameriloan good -will fliers lay in state and were accorded' military and Governtnenbal honors. The tragedy' which brought to cul- - mination the long list of perils and hardships undergone by the crews of the five U.S. Army planes which were making complimentary visits to South American countries came yes- terday afternoon. Four of the planes, the fifth having been delayed, were flying over Palomar Field, watched by thousands of citizens, when the order to break formation and land was given. The Detroit, , piloted by Captain Clinton F. Woolsey and Lieut. John W. Benton, slipped down upon the New 'York, in which were Major IIerbert A. Dargue and Lieut. Ennis. C. Whitehead. A thousand feet above the ground the planes locked together and they beganto spin and slip downward. Spectators saw Dargue and White- head leap clear with their parachutes and flutter to safety, but the other two aviators were caught and fell with their plane, Benton being thrown clear a few feet from the ground. As Major Dargue, com- mandant of .the flight, and Whitehead 'reached: the ground, 'they tore off their parachutes and rushed toward the blazing planes. Others who had reached the fatal scene held the offi- cers back by force as they struggled dered if there was not some jockey- ing for position with some of these"' 'bills. In reply to A. McCallum (Peog.,• South Bruce) the Premier stated that the Hydro paid the. Pro- vince the following, rentals for water. powers: Queenston, $726,Q00; Ontario Power Development, $204,000; To- ronto Power Co. Dev., '$73,000; Nipi- gen, $79,798;' Severn . River, $8,000, and $618 for the development on the Muskoka River. FEBRUARY 24TH -- Opposition criticism of the Mon- teith Budget. R. F. Miller ..(Lib., Iialdinrand), in a maiden effort, scor- ed the budgetesbeing "evasive," and that the Government was "lucky". rather than good financiers. Hon, H. C. 'Nixon (Prose, Brant, former Drury Prov, See'fy) labeled the bud- get as a "booze budget" and said the' present Government "was reaping, where the Drury Government had wisely sown." Improved conditions was stressed by both ""critics as "en- abling factors" helping. the Govern- ment to report as low a deficit as they had.' Hon. Jas. Lyon's (Con., Sault Ste. Marie, Ex-nsiwtster of Lands and Forests) carried on the debate and upheld the. Government. Mr. Lyons will continue the debate on Tuesday next. sixty Years' a Teacher. Mdse Emily House, now aged: 90, has seen sixty years' service as a nubile school teacher in Ontario and has had a remarkable career. She is now liv- ing at 88 Shanley Street, Toronto. TWO-DAY, RATTLE WITH TEMPEST TRINITY CHANCELLOR BY 270 Fishing Boats of Alaska's CALLEDD g DE''ATH Halibut Fleet Saved frons National Figure Who . Had Many Religious, Educational and Commercial Activities. Toronto, Feb. 28. -Dr. J. A. Wor- rell, Chancellor of the University of •Trinity College, Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, and Treasurer of the Missionary Society of the Church el' England in Canada, and one of the most outstanding Anglican laymen, died early yester- day morning at his home, 89 Prince Arthur Avenue, from . pneumonia. Although: Dr. Worrell had been in rather failing health since the instal- lation of Provost Cosgrave at Trin- ity College in January, his illness did not 'take a serious turn until about ten days ago. A lawyer by profession, John A. 1 Worrell, K.C. M.A. D.C.L., was widely and favorably known tluough- out Canada for a long period. He was pronninent in many phases of the country's life, and wielded a great influence in religious, educational and commercial matters for many years at a time of rapid expansion and e Destruction. Seward, Alaska, Feb. 27.:-Singingchants of victory the thousand fisher- men of Alaska's halibut fleet ' o again winged their way to the open sea, to -night after a' two-day battle with a storm which for a time 'threatened to talcs a greedy toll of lives. Only the sudden cessation of the tempest saved the fleet from de- struction. Caught in the full farce . of the gale's onslaught es it swept out of the north across the Gulf of Alaska, Friday, the 270 halibut boats strug- gled for hours toward ports of safety while' the storm -lashed waves swept over their .lecke. Just -es hope began to be abandon- ed that many of the fishermen would reach shore alive, the storm subsided at noon yesterday as unexpectedly a t arose,revealing a sea littered wit battered and disabled. craft. A majority of the vessels; bore of their gear and dories, limped' int Seward last night and outfitted' fo new voyage to the fishing banks During the two-day storm ship P along the southwestern . Alask oast wasvirtuallyat a standetill Considerable damage was felt along ()ward's • water front, where the waves picked up small boats-` and tossed thein about the bay. The in- ury to the halibut fleet will'likely un into many thousands of dollars, General calm prevailed to -night ver -tire lately storm-swopt area, the nited States Weather: Bureau re- ported. nee CRUISER SENT TO NICARAGUA C TO . PROTECT BRITAIN'S NATIONALS British Lives and Interests There -Endangered by Civil Warfare. DOES NOT AFFECT THE MONROE DOCTRINE. London.--H.M.S. Colombo, cruise attached to the West Indies stati` at Bermuda, and commanded by Captain. A. M. Lecky, has been order- ed to Nicaragua to protect British lives and interests there endangered by the civil warfare nosy going on.. The only comment on -the British move in the afternoon papers is that appearing in "A I ond'onei's Diary''' in the Evening Standard. The writ- er says that despatch of the warship could hardly have taken , Waehington unawares, adding: "When the American Minister was asked and could not give guarantees that British interests would be ade- quately protected "even in the capital and could not offer assurances of any kind as regards the other towns, it was obvious that a precautionary measure on Great Britain's part could not be long'delayed. "Some Americans already are talk- ing as though the Monroe Doctrine were involved, and even predict the possibility of 'an ugly situation' aria - Ontario's Annual Income: Eon. Dr. Monteith,'Provincial Trees. From the Farms - Over $477,000,000. From the Factories -Over $1,397,000,000. From the Mines Over r $87,000,000. on From the Forests - Over $103,000,000. From the Fisheries -Over $2,000,000, From Furs-Over$3,400,- 000. Total - Over $2,000,000,- 000; ing, but we can't believe that they re- flect either the official' or popular opinion.,, The order has attracted,but slight attention from the average Britisher. Officials anticipate no such incident as occurred' in 1895 over the clash be- tween' Great Britain and Venezuela, concerning the British Guinea boun- dary, when President, Cleveland ob- jected . so strenuously and Anglo- American diplomatic relations - were severely strained until arbitration. was agreed upon. A similar situation arose in Ven- ezuela in 1903 when British; Italian and French warships' blockaded Ven- ezuelan ports in an effort to force hPresident Castro to pay 'reparations to their nationals whose investments had suffered through revolutions and ft political intrigues. That question was finally referred to The Hague after or President Roosevelt had declared that progress. In business circles he was possibly S best known as solicitor for the Rank of Montreal, though ho had an ex- tensive andlucrative private legal 1 practice, However, to the bulk of r Canadians it was through. his con- nection with the Anglican Church o that he became a national figure, par- U titularly in his capacity' a Hong, a to go to the rescue of their comrades. Trceshrer of the Missionary Society. Authority to continua the South Born in Smith's Palls, Ont., in American flight has been received by 1852, he was the older of the two Major Dargue from Washington. On sons of the Rev, J. B. Worrell, M.A. Tuesday the planes remaining in He received his schooling at Trinity shape for flying will be off -again. College School, Port Hope proceed- ing to the University of Trinity Col- th lege, Toronto. At the latter institu- c tion he was a Prince of Wales Prize ti man, and won the Willington Schol- c. arship. He received the degree of A B.A. hi 1871 and M.A. in 1875. He th then ,became for a time a lecturer in r classics at Trinity College. He took up the study of law at 55 Osgoode Hall. On being called to t .the Bar in 1878 he became a partner in the firm of Crombie, Worrell & C Gwynne, with offices et Toronto. This firm became Worrell, Gwynne & Beatty, and was the only legal firm with which .Mr. Worrell was asso- ciated during his entire professional .life of almost half a century. Synopsis of Proceedings of Provincial Legislature PROGRESS DAY BY DAY The object of this "Diary of the urer's department were laid down as follows • "1. Economy, efficiency and sound, honest, businesslike administration; "2. Regular bookkeeping methods Legislature" is to supply our readers with a concise, non-political, running etateinent of the procedure in our local Legislature. Only of speeches and measures of particular importance and strictaudits of the receipts and ;will synopses be given. P expenditures, as well as proper lis FEBRUARY 21ST-- cipline and direction in all depart - Chief interest centred around dis- ments. cession of Bill to protect widows' "3. The same 'adherence to a cor- ;eights in deceased husbands' estates. rest' and proper division between cepa. Moved by J. G. Lethbridge (frog., tal and ordinary. West Middlesex) and spoken to by "4. No false surplus or 'concealed i E. Proux (Lib., Prescott) and the expenditure. Party leaders. Amendments to "5. The records and files will verify Health Act, especially dealing with every activity. ! milk inspection and Private Bills al- "6. An intensive collection of rev ready read were given second or final ,nue, with strict control of expendi- readings. In answer to a question tures. the Preinier said, "Ontario will co- "7. The sante careful and skillful operate `with the Dominion Govern- operation of the Treasury Depart- ment in the jubilee Celebrations." ment as well as other departments. FEBRUARY 22ND- We can aesure the public that there ' Hon, Dr. Joseph D, Monteith (Con., will be a very distinct holding clown North Perth), Provincial Treasurer, of the interest chargee. 9rrought down his first Budget. The "8. Full activities in every depart - deficit far the Oscal year ending Oct. tient will be carried out for economy net, 1926, was 8812,1.10, as against and still having in view no starvation ,$5,107,855 for 1925, and over eight of service. and fifteen millions for '24 and '23 1 "9. Public debt will continue to be i'forecast for 1927'kept under control and vo11 in hand. respectively. The is for a payment of three millions off "10. Provirion'for the debt 'retire the Provincial debt,a reduction of $5 tient, :'eaclt on motor markers abolition of j li. Pronounced adherence to the amusement. tax on admissions up to new era of taxation reduction intro - f 25c, reduction in municipal income duced by this Government, and a fur - taxes and no new tax levies. The loss'ther reduction of direct taxation to an revenue of over two and a half millions will be more than made up tory revenue from Government dispen- Hon. W. E. Raney wanted to know Aeries, , which is estimated et over when the Province had ever given };three and a half millions. Partners Ottawa advice on Federal matters ,yrere borrowing more of the Pro- and was given many instances over a ;yince's money at 5,1 per cent; there long period, and was also shown that de $(2191,375 out on loan. Deposits the Dominion Government had offered ifn Zb ovineial banks, nearly eighteen suggestions bo the local House on sev- Idnd a half millions, eral occasions. A long list of Gov- • t ' Ordinary revenue for 1927 is .esti lernment'Bills were given their var prated at 3513,571.,000, expenditures at bus readings. There was a clash be- 053,415,O00,'or there should be a env kween Belanger (Lib., Russell) and plus of 3159,000. The Government Goverment in reference to introduc- ;principles for conducting the Treas- tion of Private Bills. Belanger "Won - the ratepayers of the Province." FEBRUARY 23RD - New Wheat Varieties Menace to Crop Standard Ottawa. -Introduction of new' and nproved varieties of wheat in West ern Canada is becoming a menace to e whole standard of the Canadian Fop abroad, according to representa- ens made before the agricultural ommittee of the House of Commons. s a result of these representations e committee will recommend to the tiiin.ister of Agriculture that the eeds Act be amonded to prevent the ening of any new variety of wheat hat is known to be of poor quality. anadian Apple Supply Short, Dumping Duty Lifted Ottawa. -Tho supply of Canadian apples is so reduced that this pro- duct is no longer available to the trade. in substantial quantities, the Department of Customs and Excise was :informed, and accordingly a bulletin issued en Friday advisesits officers that the dumping duty will no longer apply to apples untilfur- ther notice, u Already Existent. The Christian ideal, when once 11 is clearly aprehended, becomes already existent. the blockade violated the Monroe doc- trine. . • The British ,Foreign Office, how- ever, holds that thepresent order to the Colombo doesnet affect the "Mon- roe doctrine, and that the Colombo ie going to Nicaragua merely as; a re- fuge for British nationals. Marriage at Long 'Distance. Winnipeg. - A marriage triage ceremony in ; which the bride and';bridegroom were 7,000 miles apart was related here re- cently by Mrs. Jan Konig of Amsterdam, Holland, on her way to . join Mr. Konig at Lloydminster, . Alberta. Mr. Konig was on his farm in Al:. berta and the bride in her na- tive Holland when the mar- riage was performed. She was ready to sail for Canada, and desired to be married before leaving. A brother of the groom acted as proxy, which isitt er m ed by. y. the. laws of The permission of the British Consul at Amster- dam had first to be secured, TORONTO. Man, wheat -No, 1 North,, $1.54%; No. 2 North., $1.50 %; No. 3 North. $1.423,4. Man. oats, No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 59c; No. 2 feed, nominal; western grain quota- tions, in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, track, Toromte--No. 2 old yellow, 86c; No. 3 old yellow, 83c. Millfeed=Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $32.25; shorts, per ton, 334.25; middlings, $40.25. Ont. oats, 55c, f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat -31.22 to $1.24, f.o.b, shipping points, accord- ing to freights. Barley -Malting, 6$c. Buckwheat -755, nominal. Rye -No. 2, 97c, Man. flour -First pat., 38.10, To- ronto; do, second pat., 37,60. Ont. flour -Toronto, 99 per cent. patent, per barrel, in earlots, Toronto, 35.35; seaboard, in bulk, $5.40. Cheese -New, large, 2035 to 21c; twins, 21 to 2135c;•triplets, 213¢ to 22%c. Stiltons, 23c. Old large 25e; twins, 26c;' triplets, 27c. Old Sti'ltons, 28c. - Butter -Finest creamery prints, 45 t to 46c; No. 1 creamery,; 44 to 45o: No, 2, 42 to 43c. Dairy prints, 34 to 35e, c Eggs -Fresh extras in ca• iso i s 46 to 4'7c; fresh extras, loose, 45e; c and up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs„ 88c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 36c; do, .2% to 3r/ lbs., 35e; do, 2 to 2% lbs., 35c; hens, over. 5 lbs., 82c; do, 4 to 6 lbs,, 80e; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 28c; roosters, 25e; turkeys, 46. to 47c; ducklings, 6 lbs. and up, 35 to 38c. Beans -Can. hand-picked, 33.60. to ;8,90 bushel; primes, $3.45 to 38.60. Maple products -Syrup, per imp, gal., 82.25 to $2.80; per 5 gaL, $2.15 to 32.25 per gaL; maple sugar, lb,, 26 to 26c. Honey -60-1b. tine, 1235 to 13c; 10 - ib. tins, 12eto 130; 5 -Ib. tins, 13 to 183%; 235 -ib. tins, 5c. Comb honey -33.40 tr, 34.50 per doz. Smoked meats --Hams, med., 28 to 30c; cooked hams, 42c; snicked •rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 358; backs, boneless, 33 to 40e. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., 3221 70 to 90 lbs. 320.50;. 203 lbs.' and up, $21.84; lightweight rolls, In barrels, $41.50; heavyweight rolls, 338.54 uer bbl, Lard -Pure tierces, 15 to 15%e; tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 163 to 17c; prints, 17% to 18c; shortening tierces, 123a.to 18%c; tubs, 13% to 140; pails, 14 to 14%c; locks and tins, 153 to 16c. Heavy export steers, $7.25 to 37.75; do, coni., $6.50 to 37; butcher steers, choice, $7 to 37:25; do, fair to good, 36.50 to $6.75; butcher heifers, choke, 6.75 to` $7.25; do, fair. to good, $5.50 o 36; do, coni., $4.50 to 35; butcher cows, good to choice, 35 to $5.75; do, co to need., 33.50 to 34.50; do, eras- ers and cutters, 32.25 to 32,75• but- her bulls, good to choice, $5 to $5.50; fresh firsts, 42c; fi', ,, �econ,5, 000; fresh pullets, 42c. Storage . extras, 43c; do, firsts, 40c. seconds, 18c. f Poultry, dressed -Chickens, 5 lbs.• do, used., $4 to 34.5.0; .do, belognas, $3.50 to 33.80; baby beef, 38 to $10; feeders, choice, 35.75 to $6.25; do, air, 35 to 35.25; stockers, choice, $5.25 to 35.7 5; clo, fair to need.; $4 to $4.50 springers, $80 to $95; milch cows, 365 to 380; plain to urea cows; 40 to 360; calves, choice, 313 to $14; do. med., $10 to $11.60; do, com. and grassers, $5 to $6; lambs, choice, 312.50' to $13; bucks,' $9 to 39.50; sleeps choice, 36.50 to $7.50; do, heavies, 34,50 to 35; do, culls, 33 to $3.60; hogs, thick smooth, fed and watered, $11.25; do, f.o.b., $10.75; do, country points, 310.50; do, off cars, $11.65; select premium, per hog, $2,20. MONTREAL Oats -No. 2 CW, 75tec; No. 3 CW, 063sc, P'lour,`Man. spring wheat pats,, firsts 38.10; seconds, 37.60; :strong bakers' $7.40; winter pats., choice, $6.10 to 36.15. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 33.50 to 33;60. Bran, $32.25. Shorts, ''334.25. • Middlings, 340,25. Hay per ton,' car lots; $14.50. BACK HOME FROM CATALINA VICTORY George Young anil hie trainer, Henry O'Byrne, responding to the greetings of thousands at Toronto City Hall. Major Quy 5. Whitaker Elected president of the' Canadian As- sociation of British • 14fanufacturere, who may inaugurate an advertising drive in Canada to place British goods hefore the Dominion, 3,800 WOLVES BAGGED BY HUNTERS Government Pays Out in 1926 $51,994 for Destruction of Pests. Toronto, -While • the wolf pro- vincially.% probably in no imme- diate danger of extinction, annual statistics which have been compiled by the Ontario Government show that the packs which range the north coup try have suffered considerable loss of membership during the past 12 months. Fish and Game Dept. figures show that 1,022 timber wolves, 2,690 brush wolves, and 107 pups suet sum- mary extinction at the hands of their hutiean pursuers in the year just clos- ed. The Government recognized the destruction by paying in bounties a total oe 351,994. The figures for the past year for wolf destructionbecome interesting in comparison with the figuresfor1932.' In that year 340 bounty per wolf was paid by the Government, whereas only 315 is paid et present, with the :con- dition, however, that the slayer of the animal keeps the skin and realizes as high as $20 from its sale. In 1923, under the larger bounty, 849 timber wolves, 1.06 brush wolves and 949 pups were captured, and the Government's bounty totalled 353,217. With the change in its wolf policy, accordingly, the department has registered an in- crease of almost 100 per cent. in the enimals : which are slaughtered, and yet has kept its bounty from record ing a like increase, . . Reports to the. Government on the present wolf season are most'encour- agitvg. The record so far is almost 100 percent, ahead of last year and 200 per cent. ahead of 1923. BR.ITH TROOPS SURROUND SHANGHAI Defend International City Against Any Attempted Military Invasion. Landon, -Sir Percival Philips, the Daily Mail's Shanghai correspon- dent, cables:- "A miniature British army, ' com- plete in every detail, took sip defence of the line around' the International Settlement on Friday in ram dud mud, reminiscent of the worst days in Flanders. "Decision to guard the settlement was taken on Thursday, but the formal request of the Shanghai municipal council for this movement was not made until eight o'clock Fel day morning. An hour later detach- ments of infantry were moving in a heavy downpour through the. streets. They excited no comment until the strange mechanical equipment, such as tractors, the first to be seen here, and pack batteries appeared. "So well was the secret rcpt that the line was fully occupied at noon before the real purpose of the move- ment was known, "Tho British troops in the cordon comprise three battalions plus one '4° company on a front of approximately sixteen melee around the north and west sides of the settlement, "The military situation arisen.*, from the advance of the Cantonese forces on Shanghai and the North ei•ners'efi'ort to intercept them is still,: grave and highly complicated.," , Cheese --Finest wests., 18 to"18y%c.' Four Have NarrowEscape Butter -No. 1 pa steui-led, 41.5 to 4134 c. on Brans of N3agera Eggs-Hiesls cams, 45c; do, firsts, - 41c. Niagara Falls, 0i )t. -Porn' persons experienced the thrills of Niagara not like re - Palls in'a way they Penny Bank Looted boated at 10.30 p.m. would day night, While School Board rdeets when the 'taxi in which they were rid- ing slipped' on the wet pavement, -`- I j'ampnd two sets und Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. -While the crashed on its sideof onccar tinetrt•briksnkaof Public School Board was in session in' the Niagara gorge, with one wheel the board zoom of the Central School, hanging over the aide. • ak Ihfeves broke e ool, .A. roek jotted `e d rsneobbed the vault its, theintothSecretaschry's` of the hankthat held the taxi out frofromns fthallingsie office directly below the board room,' into the river, 165 feet below. Of over 329 penny bank money, and l Other than suffering from shock, no escaped. The police were called, •but? one was seriously. injured. The taxi were unable to find any clue. !was pulled clear by a radial car. ;