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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-05-26, Page 7Wren for the Busy Reader THE NEWS IN BRIEF A Summary of the important' Happenings Throughout the. World. TERSELY TOLD IN PITHY PARAS. • THE CUSTOMS" PROBE stirs up a muddiermess the longer' it con- tinues. Customs officials 'small and large appear to have done their duty to the best of their ability, but the liquor -interests seem to have culti- vated bribery, camouflage, crooked- ness and bald disregard of the lar to . the limit. The latest seizure ;is reported as amounting of over $85,- 000, consisting of three cars all ap- the Esplanade at Toronto, from which it was supposed he had attempted to jump. . His wife • -identified tho .r•e- maina The United States. Flood, Banditry aid Sudden Death. A pleasant way of celebrating a visit tohis home town was instituted by Matthew Kines, an Cklohama ban- dit. Kines and his gang come from the little town of Biggs. Dashing into the little town Thurs- day in three motor cars, the nine members of the gang divided into groups and drove up to the three banks. Two of the banks, the Farm- ers National and the First National, were invaded immediately. The town marsh,�all or police chief tried to cap- ture Or at•least'stop the desperadoes patently going via Cobourg-Rochester but was killed in the attempt. Some ferry into the U.S, billed as "pulp $20,000 booty was secured. The gang wood" and "shavings," but containing nearly 75,000 bottles of ale and beer. As proof grows on proof and the mass of evidence accumulates it will be interesting to watch develop- ments and onforcements in the future. New appointments are being reported from coast to coast as indicative of a complete reorganization -of the pre- ventive service. Withrow - Brooks. Speedy • justice untempered by mercy was meted out to the accused when Mr. Justice Logie sentenced Dr. Withrow to seven years and Brooks to •five years in Kingston Penitentiary districts di in connection with the death of Ruth' •regarded warnings and Dembner from an illegal operation, the advancing floods have assumed is Still at large. The Mississippi. Terrific proportions are again as- sumed by the breaking of levees in lower Louisiana. Raging torrents, toppling houses, ruined rural districts, thousands who hoped themselves ---safe fleeing to the highlands f'qr their lives, are commonplace occurrences in the newly inundated areas. Church bells clanging and guns fir- ing warnings to the stricken people, Red Cross mercy boats and every other means of rescue working over- time in their effort to save lives, but the natives of the district in many A Similar Case. the proportions of two Niagaras in full flood so that it is believed that greater life and . property loss will Following closely upon the sentence eventually be reportedifrom these last of the above, the Toronto police ar- levee breaks and inundations than rested another. Toronto doctor, Ben- from any previous floodings, jamin'-Cohen, whom, it is asserted, Further Violent Rain Storms. was arrested in the act of perfoming On top of the gigantic proportions :such an operation as secured Dr. assumed in the South, a storm of a Withrow his sentence in Kingston, very sierious nature tore through Iilin- Cruiser BelievedLost. cis and part of Indiana. Peoria re- ports death and damage as follows: Wreckage picked up on the lake Several emergency refugee camps shore at Cobourg points to the cabin crdiser Alma having foundered with the loss of Harry Porteous and Wil- liam Collins of Niagara -on -the -Lake, who started from the n'iouth• of the Niagara River for Belleville and fail- ed to Breach their• destination. A hatch with the aluminum number "2" on it has been identified as hav- ing been part of the equipment of the Alnia..' Charles Elliott, a - fisherman, has also reported that he saw a floating spar.' Porteous was aged 21 and Col- lines aged 45 years, Collins is well known at Oshawa. While searching for the missing Alma a U.S. coast -guard cruiser be- came disabled near Cobourg and was eventually towed home by a sister boat. The crew of the disabled cruls- • shelter persons who lost their homes and belongings -in a storm here Wed- nesday night which caused one 'death and hurts to others. Walter Mueller, son of the Mayor, lost his life when a bridge over tlio Illinois River, upon which Se was standing with a friend, collapsed. He could not swim and was carried away by the swollen waters. His friend swam to safety in the darkness. Property damage here, in East Peoria and in Bartonville was esti- mated at $760,000. Water plants and power lines were disrupted during the storm. Store windows were blown in by the strong wind. Hailstones shattered windows M many homes and greenhouses. East Peoria estimated its loss at er C.G. 2364 on their arrival home upward of $500,000, many homes there related a story4,of beingaadrift tee, being inundated when the Farm Creek levee broke after four hours of rain, hours about eight miles out from Co- during which more than ten inches of bourg, Ont., and narrowly escaping rain' fem the fate of Collins and Porteous. Charges were made by William H. Barber of this city, owner of the The Deed Of a Maniac. Alma, who accompaniedthe crew of At Bath, Clinton County, Michigan, the C.G.-2864, that other lake craft, • farmer insane through financial and persons,. along the Canadian shore worry, dynamited a consolidated near Cobourg, Oshawa and Whitby ignored the cruiser's distress signals. Barber says he has taken up the case with Toronto officials and an investi- gation is under way. ,The crankshaft of the C.G.-2364 was broken. The crew' brought back the hatch cover from the Alma, which was washed ashore near Cobourg and picked up by fishermen. Seareh for Collins and Porteous has extended to the small islands in that partof the lakei the hope that the Alma may have ground- ed on one of them and that the two men are alive, but marooned. Barber said the search would not be discontinued until every island in the vicinity had been visited. Captain. Hilliard Lang of the To- ronto Life -Saving crew, stated that he had not . heard of the complaint said to have been made to Toronto' offieiais by Barber. - Killed by Train. Harry Chartrand, believed' to have been beating his way home from the lumber camps, was ground to death by +thee wheels of a freight train on school, killing nearly forty of the in- mates, teachers and scholars, and an equal number were injured. It passes understanding how the mad mind (works. The perpetrator of this awful deed, a man named Kehoe, was stand ingby,his car near the sceneafter the outrage talking to Superintendent Huyck of the school, who had stopped f for a moment to rest from his labors of rescue. Glen Smith, village postmaster, and Nelson,McFarren, an aged man, were standing a few feet away. Suddenly, witnesses said, Kehoe took a rifle from his car and fired it into the rear seat, which apparently had• been stacked' with dynamite. There was a flash, a roar, and Kehoe was hurled through the air, his body dismembered. Huyck's body was blown to bits. Mc- Farren was killed outright. Both of Smith's legs were broken and he was injured internally. He died later. Some fifteen minutes before the school explosion, there had been a blast in Kehoe's home nn a farm west of the town. The resulting fire spread to the barn and both were destroyed. Andrew Kchoe, the perpetrator of SAN \o FRANC/4C _ SAN D/CCO • dowel. VO RIG £hJ 'ORLEANS AvpoA �yO,'Tr1 c.-47L4Ni/C :•EURI PE OCL --AN ,,CAPS VERDE . Is. The Mussolini of the Mr. De Pinedo, via Newfoundland -Azores homo to Italy, will complete a four- ' continent air tour. Everyone .wishes the fearless Italian "bon voyage" and good luck. e the deed, was 45 years old and treas- urer of reaa-urerof the school district -hie mind deranged by financial reverses -alone conceived and executed the .dynamit- ing, in the opinion of investigating officers. They abandoned an earlier theory that he had outside help in planting dynamite in the building and wiring it to set off the blast.` The little village of 300 persons in the heart of Michigan's 'agricultural district, is virtually bankrupt as a result of yesterday' catastrophe.. It was this situation that prompted Governor Fred W. Green to issue a proclamation calling for -State-wide aid in providing financial relief to Bath's stricken citizens and making possible the rebuilding of its school. Governor Green announced funds would betaken from the State coffers for the purpose, if voluntary aid of Michigan's citizenry proved insuffi- nt; He followed his proclamation With an announcement that he personally would defray funeral expenses for those of the 'victims whose families were unable to do so. The Governor was on the scene or the blast and saw the tragedy in all its horror. Bath remembered this day was to have been the date of the annual school picnic. Nightfall saw, not happy groups of children returning •from a day of play, but nearly a score of homes observing the hush of death with funeral wreaths on the doors, Here and there on a street corner stood groups of two or three discus- sing in a low breath what might have been and what is. Kehoe's part in the tragedy was brought more vividly to mind by Miss Bernice Sterling, teacher of the first grade, Early Wednesday morning, she said, she called I{ehoe by tele- phone and asked concerning arrange- ments for the use of a plot on his farm for the picnic site. "When are you going to have the picnic?" Iiehoe countered. "Thursday," Miss Sterling replied. `Well, if you're going tohave a pic- nic you'd better have it right away," was the Treasurer's rejoinder as he ended the conversation. Less than two hours later exo- sions:rocked the school building. Later search` discloses that Kehoe's wife had evidently bean murdered previous to the first explosion at his. arm. A call for aid was sent to Lansing following the school blast. Every available' doctor, nurse and ambulance was rushed to Bath. A detachment from Lansing Fire Department was sent to do rescue work. St. John's and Ovid also sent firemen. State police took charge of the rescue'wor.k. The Trans9A1lasiitic Fliers. A U.S. coast -guard cutter is report- ed to have discovered an airplane wing at sea near Montauk Point but as yet no further word nor authentic evidence has been forthcoming which would lift the mystery from the fate of either the North or the South Atlantic non-stop flights. Undeterred by 'the fate of the two French planes, three Americans and De Pinedo, the • ,`/QAC/F/C;, OCEAN .a! �fkinANDO NO ONNp t•4ME i<ti r scorn .ATLAN7 c •::'�c. L:'. ▪ ✓• A�E/R� OCEAN 0 - QUENOSMONirV/Dg AIRES Italian, will shortly hop off fromthis side in an attempt to epan the Atlantic by air. Experts disagree as to the value of this dangerous experimenta- tion, but flying aces are notably in- different to life •in the pursuit of their hobby. The thrill pays for the risk. Manitoba Floods. The Manitoba flood' situation still causes concern at Kenora. Littel hopes for immediate relief from the flood conditions on the Win- nipeg River were held out to the Coun- cil of the Kenora Board of Trade on Wednesday afternoon by Major Craw. ford, U.S. engineering representative on the International Joint Commis- sion, and District Engineer Attwood of Winnipeg, who represented the Canadian engineer on the Commis sion. On the contrary, the- visiting ex- perts stated that the number of cubic feet per second now being spilt through the Norman dam would have to be: gradually increased until some 50;006 cubic feet per second was being spilt. This was necessary, they said, on account of the steadily rising waters of the Lake of the Woods, which has already inflicted some dam- age at the south end of the lake. • The visiting engineers stated that they were most sympathetic to the pressing need for local relief, but that they were bound by the treaty and at present they had not other alternative than to spill more water until- conditions on the Lake of the Woods became more normal. The exceptional snow and rainfall this season has brought about serious conditions locally, 'and there is a big probability that the Kenora Pulp and Paper Mills will have to shut down one or maybe both machines, throw- ing 600 men out of work, and that the Lake of the- Woods. Milling Company at Keewatin will have to cease opera• tions entirely. -... Russia and England. Thesituation in England resulting from the Scotland Yaid raid on the Soviet headquarters has assumed startling proportions. The British Foreign Office. did not find the incrim- inating documents they were after. Russia is highly indignant and have, in a "note," told England so. As regards the ,immediate ,conse- quences of the raid, the Russian Trade Delegation and Arces announc- ed that they were consulting advisers regarding the damage done to their offices. The whole matter, they say, may have to go to a court of law. The damage was greatest to vaults and the strong -room, where an entrance was forced into two big safes belong- ing to the Delegation. Holes large enough for mentoenter were hewed in the brickwork and concrete above the doors. British politicians are watching events to see what party ammunition can be manufactured out of what may or may not prove to be an ill-advised act. It will be some days yet till a full report of the papers found can be made, while Sir William Joynson- Hicks retards House of Commons criticism by stating: "Information which has come into the possession of the police through the Areas search is of such a nature that it has not been possible for his Majesty's Gov- ernment to complete the examination to determine the consequences of it." The' Secretary was immediately bombarded with• questions from La- borites seeking to drag information i from hint, but little new 'natter was forthcoming. e Britain and China. Britain had hoped that Eugene Chen's Henkow. 'Government was to be the ruling factor in that war-torn land However, such is not the case, so Basil Newtoif,'the British repro- sentative, has been withdrawn - awaiting events and the establish- ment of a resppbnsible go•vernfneiit with which to negotiate. Meanwhile news from Hankovr indloates that the three armies are concentrating on that city; the wealthy , are fleeing' the! place, and that another pageof bloody history will shortly; be written, centre-'ing on Hankow city, Britain and France. France, apparently, has responded to the wonderful reception given their President M. Donmergue and M. Briand in London. As ever, France blows' warm and oold, but to the pub-' tic and for the press of France the; President's visit has afforded an ex -1 cellent -reminder of past friendship, The speeches at last night's •Royal BUSINESS GOOD banquet gave to this new entente, in BUSINESS p) Bjg the Ft enchnote. interpretation, exactly the VOLUME E BM �R right note. Theystressed the recce• W tl &a city o f close co-operation of the two countries for the maintenance of peace and order, and in the role of a cus- todian. of the peace the Frencleegan likes to regard himself at all times. "The entente cordiale," the Temps writes, "has always been a peaceful force, and remains the surest guar- antee of peace on the basis of exist- ing treaties. Those who imagine it is directed against any one or against any particular policy are utterly wrong, "It is a necessity for the safeg:.ard- ing of order• in Europe, es d is on the side of all who pursue the same quiet ambition:" F. C. Fairhoime Vice-president of thd Federation' of British Industries, who Is heading the party of industrialists who ape visiting Americaat the invitation of the state chamber of commerce of Virginia. TORONTO. M8n. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.61; No. 2 North., 51.57; No. 8 North., 51.50, elf., bay ports, Man. oats -No, 2 CW, nominal; No. 8, not quoted; No, 1 feed, 63e; No. 2 feed, nominal; western grain quota- tions in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, Toronto freights, No. 2 yellow, kiln dried, 51.02; No. 8 yellow, kiln dried, 51.00. Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 532.25; shorts, per ton, $34.25; middlings, 540.25. Ont. oats --58c, f.ob. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat -$1.30, f, o.b. shipping points, according to freights, Barley -Malting, 72c. Buckwheat -80c. Rye -No. 2, $1.00. Man, flour -First pat., in cotton, $8.65; in jute, $8.60; Toronto, second pat., in jute, .$8. Ont. flour -Toronto, 90 per cent., patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, $5.45; seaboard, in bulk, $6.70. PRODUCE. Cheese -New, large, 17c; twins, 17% to 17'/ac; triplets, 17V to 17%c; Stiltons, 20c; Old, large, 20c; twins, 20%c. Old Stiltons, 23c. Butter -No. 1 creamery, 38 to 39e; No. 2, 86 to 37a Dairy prints, 84 to 35c. Eggs -Fresh extra:, in cartons, 85 to 86c; fresh extras, loose, 35c; fresh firsts, 88e; fresh seconds, 29 to 80c. Poultry, dressed -Spring chickens, 66e; chickens, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to 6 lbs. 38c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 85c; do, 235 to 3%c, 34e; broilers, 1!, to 235 lbs., 8c; hens over 5 3 .., lbs., 32c; do, 4 to 6 Ibs., 30c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 28c;, roosters, 26c; turkeys, 46 to 47c; spring duck- lings, 38c. Beans --Can. hand-picked, $3.60 to 53,00 bushel; primes 53.45 to 53.60. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gaL, $2.25 to 52.30; per 5 gal, $2.16 to 52.25 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. Honey -60 -lb, t18%c; ns, 13 to 1334c; 10- lb. , 18% to 3 % c; 5-1b. tins, 14 to 1435c; 23y -lb. tins, 16c. Comb honey -54 to $5 per dozen. PROVISIONS. Wholesalers are quoting to the trade: Smoked meats -Harris, med.," 80 to 82c; cooked hams 48e;- smoked) rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 33c; baelcs boneless 32 s Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 60 to 70 lbs. 521; 70 to 90 lbs., 519; 90 to 100 lbs., and up, $18; light- weight rolls, in barrels, $11.50; heavy- weight rolls, 538.50 per bbl, Lard -Pure tierces, 14 to 143%; tubs, 15 to 153%c; pails, 158, to 16c.; prints, 16% to 17c; shortening tierces, 13i%ci tubs, 13alc; pails, 144c; blocks and tins, 16%c. Heavy beef steers, 58.75 to 59,25; do, fair, 58 to 58.50; butcher steers, choice, $8.75 to $9; do, fair to good, $7.50 to 88; butcher heif- ers, choice, $8.25 to 58.50; do, coin., $6.75 to 57.25; butcher cows, good tp choice, $6.75 to 57.50; do, fair to good, $5.25 to $6; do, COM. to nied., $4.50 to 56; do, canners and cutters, $2.50 to 54; butcher bulls, good to choice, 56.50 to $7.25; do, med., 55.25 to $5.75; do, bolognas, $4.50 to $5; baby beef, $8.50 to $12.00; feeders, choice, $7,00 to $7.50; do, :air, 56,26 to 56.75; stock- ers, choice, 56.50 to $7; do, fair to red., 55.10 to $6; springers, 580 to $110; /Mich cows, 575 to $90; plain to med. cows, 545 to $65; calves,. choice, 510.50 to 511.60; do, med., $8 to 59; do, cern., $5.60 to $6; lambs, choice $14 to 514.50; bucks, 511 to $11.50; sheep, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, heavies, 56 to 57; do, culls, 54 to $6; hogs, selects, w.o.c., 510.50; do, do, 1. and w., $10.20; do, thick smooth w.o.c., $10; do, do., 1. and w,, 50.70. 'Regular discounts on inferior grades of hogs. MONTREAL• Oats, No. 2 CW, '78c; No. 3 CW, 68c. Flour, Man, spring wheat pats., firsts, 58.50; seconds, $8; strong bak- ers', 57.80• Winter pats., choice, 55.00, 56. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $8.40 to 53.50. Bran, 592.25. Shorts, 534:25, Middli sn'g'+ S $ Hay, 40.26. No. 2, per ton,car lots 14. ontreal, May 18. -Receipts of live stock for to -day's market amount- ed to but 14 cattle, 1 sheep, 462 holes and 199 .calves on both mark Trading was somewhat slow,as m the hutches �{�• of s h obtainedsu Se" e.their s earlier to tli week. F'eckei pweep -2 rang •si10,15 chic% mo,.t hogs, and 1 o l per milli a eZ 60c P hog .ivi s ec_, per hogcut n s o -s" o and 51 f a pP, cut en cavies. A couple of loads w re sold to local butchers at $11 flat. There was very little demand for calves. Thequality was considerably bettor than yesterday, but the few buyers on hand- were offering even money or less. One lot of just ordi- nary quality was sold for 56.50. The balance were being held for higher prices. An idea of what the Idi•ssieeippi`Flood' means to- its victims: A panoramic vivo of barges or, scows, loaded with refugees, being towod'to a Red CrwsS relief centre by ou•e 01 the Red Cross steamers. Tho "Sugar 5tgai• Bowe' district is repeating such'scones this week Retail Distribution Well Main- tained-•Broadeping Scale Industrial Operations. Canadian business'on the whole, con- tinues sratiutactory in volume, aocord- lmg to dlepatcinec received by 'Dun's Review .from biro -ugh offices of IL G. Dun & Co, la the principai cities, with constructive features more than off- setting those of an adrveree nature. Retail distribution of staple com- modities is well maintained In meet &actions, but eine settled and warmer weather generally would be 'welcomed as a stimulant to demand for season-' able specialties.' Steady abeorphion of a wide variety of +merchandise, how. erect, and oomparativey light stocks are indicated by the earge `number of replenishing orders in small anent= that are being received by wholesalers, notably for light -weight dry -goods, clothing, m[Iltnery, footwear and num- erous other summer requlreraents, and sales in the aggregate, for the season to date have made quite a favorable oomparisee with those et the corres- ponding period of last year. Industrial operations continue upon a steady broadening scale, and many manufacturers are adding to their Pay- rolls. The output of print paper and pulip le very heavy. The iron and steel 'industry is slowing a well -dc - tined trend towards improvement. Bwtlding in almost every quarter is far more active than lt'was a year ago. Imirortaat taming development is un - del' way ,and the agrioultuiral outlook, so far as tan be seen at ..this time, Is satisfactory. The net result of these conditions is that the empboyreant of practically all available labor Is put- ting a large amount of money in circu- atlon and is stimulatingbuying of all kinds of commodities log a large pro - Portion of the population. Banking statistics indicate the pre- valenoe of a very favorable financial situation and coll1ectionss in the main, are reasonably prompt. Railroad re- ports reflect the heaviest movement of generalinerchamdtse ever recorded for this •periods Building permits are well in excess of the previous totals for the year to date, and the lumber mar- ket apparently is .gradually recovering recent overproduction. MOSCOW EXERCISED OVER LONDON RAID Russian Police Intervene to Prevent Mob Rushing British Mission,. Moscow. -The wave of indignation is gathering force in Russia as news of the British raid on Soviet House in London •spreads• throughout the union and is finding expression in street de- monstrations, edd•toriei tirades and con- tributed articles, taxing the asesources of the, suoet vitriolic writers and car- toonists. The newspapers are filled with re• solutions of protest from scores of weekens' unions, army units and or- ganized bodies of every conceivable sort denouncing Britain, dem•euding a commercial boycott and emphasizing tike necessity of Rusela being prepared to resist by all means British aggres- sion. A great demone•tat on in Moscow developed minor scrimmages with the. guards when a mass of students and workers tried. to rush the pollee lines in the neighborhood of the British mis.- etou. Theiatforcements'and troops re. stored order• at the expense of a 'few minor injuries to the demonstrators. Practically all the morning papers' carried cartomis caricaturing the -Bri- Use prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, Sir Austin Chamberlain and Sir 'Wil- liam Joynson Hicks, who are held •re• s'ponelble for tile raid. Ono cartoon depicted the three egniptte:l with burg- lar kite, tiptoeing under the outspread_ manti'e of a crowned' figure. Another shoaled "Jix" in the act, of touch lig; off a cask of .gunpowder with a torch. The papers editoasially' :make refer, once to alleged forged doc?u.uents-and the blow dealt Anglo-1'iuseian com- merce, which it is, predicted will be di- verted elsewhere.