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The Wingham Advance Times, 1934-03-15, Page 3Thursday, 1Vlar ch 15th, 1934 esaso N BRAND :oRN SYIUJP pure, wholesome, and econOinical table Syrup. Children love its delicious flavor. . CANADA • ARCH _L! 'MO r..g....0.mr+u.ur.it....,.ww.....1*.104.44•:• , .Nw,rh..... .,,•...,, . .6.11./...144 •••,•_....� ors ;e News... la. Oriel. Fear Icebergs in Lake •Superior Sault Ste.—Marie--Icebergs ranging in height from 20, to 50 feet apd ex -- tending into Lake Superior for a dis- tance of 500 feet are reported at Grand Marais, Mich. White Fish' Bay .is covered with ice 28 inches thick in sortie sections. In numerous places jammed and windrowed ice is from 6 to 20 feet think: , t The heavy ice extends out into .the' lake beyond 'visioar, and na open wat- er is in sight. Grand .Marais harbor is filled with ice from 14 to. 22 inches thick. Marquette Harbor repoirtts'lice about 8 inches thick and :extending .a •mile outside the breakwater. Eagle Harbor:, Portage Lake and River, Apostle Island, Chetluame;gon Bay, Superior, and Duluth report thick ice over' the lake, and Thunder.` Bay is completely frozen ,over. Former St. Thcenas 'Treasurer Charged St. Tho.ia.as—F.adng three icharges .,of theft of city funds in amounts to- talling nearly $3,000, Cecil T. Bough .ner, former city treasurer, appeared before Magistrate C. F. Maxwell in city police .court and was xeleaeed .c,n $8,000 bail, .$4,000 in himself and two sureties in $2,000' each to . appear on Friday, March 16th, The warrant was issued for the for- mer city official's arrest on infornia- Lion laid by one; Thomas Adcllcy. The police did not locate the defendant. He appeared at the police station on his own initiative this morning., lvlr. I•lottOner resigned at city treasurer late last fall after obtaining. stick leave. The .city auditing staff in- vestigated his books ad accounts by request of the 1933 Council and re- ported finding the shortages or irneg- eilarities in the amounts named in the charges. Swedish Prince 3Vlarried London—A romance like a fairy tale of fiction .came trate with 'the. wedding of Sigvarcl, Prince .of Swed- en, Dade of Uppland .arid ;grandson of the Swedish king, to the beautiful Frauiein Erika �Patzik, 22=year old daughter of a.'1'3er1iin industrialist. In taking.his commoner bride at 'a registry office in the heart: sof busy London, the 26 -year-old Prince like Lennart, his cousin -abandoned his princely rights for a romantic union with the German actress. Instead of a carillion of .bells peal- ing for their wedding in the 'ancient capital of' the prince's royal forefath- ers, Sigvard and his bride had Chat- tering song birds in a little park out= side and a sea of smiling faces in a sympathetic throng to welcome • ori on .their wedding day. Obviously happy, the two r tvere married by the superintendent of the 'registry office; aided 'hy the assistant registrar, The ceremony was of only. a few 'minutes' duration, Each had Only two sentence to say. • Britain to Strengthen Defences I ' London—Army estimates 'for.' 1934 call for a met total df£39,600,00 (about• $198jO0'.0•130)-ran increase of £.1650,rr70 t(8,2;50,O00), it was announc- ed., Viscount Hailsham, .secretary of war; said in a staternent the addition-,• al funds evauld'be devoted to modern ization of •eoasi :and other defences, continuation of the, program a•f me- cl anizatioii' building' up of suitable 'reserves, improvement of barri•cks and increased training facilities. The nraxinnim number ' of •officers and men provided forn the •estimates. is 149;500—an 'increase of 800. Smith Acquitted •o1 Seditious Utterance 'T oranto-Veteran +clrannpian of 'the Labor Defence '. 11lovefnent, A. E. 'Sniitlr, former 11.eth'oilist minister of Brandon, is free, acquitted of a charge of seditious( Utterance 'involving :1'rirrre Minister R. B. Bennett. He was al- leged to have publicly charged that the/Prime Minister ordered the shoot• ing of Tim Buck, Communist prison-, er at Kingston penitentiary, durin, to convict riots of 1932. Six hours of -:deliberation 'by an as- size jury ended When. They 'returned a verdict of not guilty, :bringing to a 'close a four-day, trial. Claims Eh Has Cancer 'Cure Toronto -Official 'irrestigaitio•n of a treatment of cancer wliich l e (claims is a positive cure 'is ' sought by Dr. .1. E. Nett of Toronto and Kitchener. After three years of experimenta- tion'with the serum'he 'has developed Dr. Taett ''announces 'he :as racked T)r. 3'. M. Robb, Ontario health minister, and the ' Ontario Medical Association for an official inquiry. The serum has been used 'intraven- ously in many advanced caste,. :Dr. Nett said. Dr. George R. Philp, who has also "kept records' .af tla (eretrei;i- •men'ts, dedlared he was .prepared to :say, on" the 'basis of study sof The past year and ea half,_,thet:; ?First, the ad- ministration of the serum is safe; se- condly, The serum has a .typical re- action in malignant disease; thindbly, the serum +e idently• prolongs. life. Saved After 13 Hours in Water, ifl • .WE WJNG I NI ADVANCE -TIMI S.. VISITS f'1 4�RL BUCK IN •CHINO the fishing party, sad-feting'frem ex- posure, lack :of food and water, were placed in 'the seaplane and "brought back here, Police'Seize Arms and Ammunitions Montreal A body -blow at illegal distribution of arms and ammunition to criminal hands in Montreal was struck by Yro•s'rinelal Police in anlin- Portant raid.: They seized 28 loaded 'revolver's, 1,000 boa+es of cartridges, 5 rifles, 3" shotguns,. 20 daggers, 25 blackjacks and a number of aces in a hose in suburban Outremont. . A man, declared to be a, leading' fi- gure in Montreal's underworld, was the ,house at the time police des- cended upon it, and was Placed under arrest. His name Was withheld pend- ing arraignment. Germany Believes..' No Nation Wants to Disarm Geneva -Amid fast -fading hopes (of disarmament; the League of Nations awaited a new' French memorandum to Great .Britain to determine wheth- er there are 'last-inrnute chances' to save 'the World Disarmament 'Con- ' ference. France, it"was forecast, will insist upon guarantees that coercive 1measures will be, taken against a na- .fiorr found guilty ''of •violation of, ,re- jected < treaties, ,The di -earn of disarmament received another' jolt with publication by the League, simultaneously in •'Geneva, Landon Paris and Berlin,' of docu- ments bearing on the situation, "Nobody believes," said a German memorandum of Dec. 18, 1933, to France, "any longer in the possibility of a general international disarma ment.." Germany "is entitled to ob- tain in one way or another equality ) of treatment as regards her own ;ec- iirity,'"'' the note asserted. Boy Errroeror to 1VIairy Commoner Hue, Annain—Bao Dai, Eirrperor of. Annam, announced 'that the 18 -year- old commoner, Nouyen Hu Hao, a native of neighboring' Cocliin-China, will become his bride and impress on 'March '24th. The Emperor, cnly '21 years old, and educated in frrance, permitted 'publication of a Royal an- nouncement that his bride-to-be, al- though not of Royal birth, "is worthy- to orthyto be . our companion and our. equal." The Ibridc-elect is a mernber of an old family .f Chinese 'land -owners. She is a naturalized Frenchwoman, having been educated in a convent dear Paris, where slit became Europ- eanized "ince the Emperor. a France to Build 'Up Her Military Forces Mrs: Marjorie Willis Royal .of New York has just set sail from New York on a round-the-ttOorld-trip, during whichshe iivi,ll Your Russia and China, and collect, niaterial' for articles and visit her. friend, Pearl Buck, noted no- velist and former missionary. • at 'the wheel: '13e was not injured, however. The car leaped over a side- walk at Bay, and St. Alban's Streets and came to rest in a schoolyard, Where ambulance men lifted Colonel Mitchell from the controls and rushed him to the General .Hospital, only to have him pronounceddead on arrival; Freight Traffic in Nova Scotia Is Heavy Truro—Canadian National Railways officials rushed ten more locomotives from Moncton, N,B,, to this division- al point in an effort to relieve the pongestion caused by a sudden in- crease in rail. traffic. All available sidings are crowded with cars awaiting` transfer to Hali- fax for export to European countries, and coal shipments to various destin- ations, NEWS ef. the ICT Child Severely Scalded • Marguerite, the 'two-year-old •daar.- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph :Diet- rich, of the Elora Road, south, met with an unfortunate accident. Mrs. Dietrich was preparing to molt tap the Par=is—A: bond issue of 3 'billion kitchen floor, and set the pail .of hot francs — $195,000,000 — was sought water on the floor while she walked ley the 'French "Government to •streng- to the other end of the 'room to get then France in the 'air on 'land and water. Special emphasis 'was placed on the "necessity" of a strong air fleet .in a 'bill "introduced in Parlie ment seeking!expenditures i'n addifii•rn to the 'regfue•r Budget. . A flat :rrefn a9 to disarni ''Ger- many ;s rc<u-rr.ing" was +erntair.ed, in the pea stir e This : fi.ran"-dee laration was puul'i hed by the 'Foreign Office 'aid sent, 'to'Genneva., Berrin" and 'Lon, - don.; Col., W. C. 'M'iidrell Dies While Driving Car Lieut.-Col."t riTIiam C. Mitchell, for- mer Supervising ,Principal of 'High S'thoots for Toronto, died suddenly at the wheel •of Ibis inotor car an a , Toronto street Friday;:night, and Ca- n,on H. J..Cody, President bf•the L7n= srersity of Toronto, a passenger in ttlr the vehicle,.was imperilled as e rna rehi ire, ran wild with tire driver lifelessMiami;. FIs;=T. H. Ormandy, ,of Toronto, three (anther passengers and f"'t the skipper of ° fishing boat 'Sea • Spirit' were rescued off Elliott Ivey, near here, by the crew of the coast ' guard seaplane S'irus after they had • hungt in the water from the side of. i their, ralmniost ton letely submerged craft for: 13 "heirs. "The rndinbers of KAISER'S SON COLLECTS FOR BENEFIT FUND Prince 7.,_ i r •mce �1.ti ust Wilhelm o 1 r s �' the �ai `er is shown here With g £ u.sra, Si.oI of 1 c h s r w a box, in his Iialid, as he led a group. of leadersof the stormtroo ps itt a street collectrott for the benefit of the ill lrc inter relief n 1.. 1p t \v fu < the mop. Marguerite, who was play- ing about, ,evidently backed up and fell into the "pail. Her back and right thigh were severely may Gazette. Gazette. Kitten Rescued from Iec By. Boy Scout's Good Turn In some manner,,a kitten got ,out on the ice below the Tower street bridge on Tuesday. The water along the sides ofthe ice and the high rocky banks of the river prevented its getting out. It was noticed by peo- ple nearby and its piteous cry touch- ed :their hearts. Finally a BoySnout volunteered a rescue and was let clown 'by a" rape,.successfully bringing the 'kitten. ' back to land.. again. He certainly has a different heart ,than the ..person who probably draped it over 't'hia 'bridge to get rid of it.—Fer- gus t: Fer- gus News -Record, Horse Dien of Heart Failure Many People learned with surprise that horses have heart failure just as men do, when a faststepper dropped to the icy pavement of Hamilton St. an Monday, tthe 5th instant, and died lin a few ntiraa±es.—Goderich Star. 1 , Clinton Postmaster Passes 'It was 'with deep regret that the new was :received Irl Clinton and.. CcrMITI unity: Wednesday evening of the death of Mr, ,Innes. Scott, es- teemed citizen and • postmaster herr since 1961. R+Ir. Scott became ill early iri 1De cumber and, his condition ;;.radriaily gt'ew worse. He watt taken to L>n- L don for special tr eat%nent and it was thotigh there was a chanee for his recovery but the,rinprot'ement was of short duration and for the past eon - plc of weeks. he had been rapidly fail- ing. Mr. •Scott had been a resident of Clinton for over fifty-two years, cam- ing 17cre to practice law Nov. 1st, 18- 81. He Was: bons Ira, the County of t Oxford 'and was. educated in Wood- stock and Toronto. rn r PAOIT, r:' 1 north of Dungannon. He had been ill for only a day, and his .death was en- tirely un -looked. for, He was born. near Auburn, but came, many years ago, to reside here, I-Iise wife, who survives hian, was Miss Elizabeth Ceasar, daughter of tate late Mr, and Mrs, Henry Ceasar, of Atlifield, Two. sons, Harry Anderson, of Lucknow, and Linfield Anderson' of Detroit, and two brothers, 'William Anderson On the „old home far north-east of Au- burn, and Thomas Anderson, of God erich, also 'survive. The' funeral was held on Sunday afternoon from his late home, with "interment in Dungan- non cemetery. Dog Follows with Friend Horse Mitchell—An unusual case of a, dog's devotion to a friend was shown here recently. The police dog "Bust- er" owned by Leslie Mutton had for his special friend "Bill" a horse on this sane faun. When "Bill" was sold,, recently at an auction sale, the new owner took "13i11" some, "Buster" ap- parently not wishing to become sep- arated from his pal,, followed and crouched down in the stall beside his old friend. The new master phoned Mr. Muttonwho came" and got "Bus- ter." Bruce Telephone Had Good Year Complete satisfaction with the man- ner,in which the Bruce Municipal Tel- ephone System, largest rural system in the. Dominion, conducted its affairs in 1933, was voiced at the annual meeting in the Township Hall, Un- derwood, when the former Commis- sioners, Murdock MacNeill, Hugh A. McGillivray and F. G. McKinnon,. were re-elected other nominees retir- ing in their favor. It was shown at the meeting tha subscribers secure for $15 annually free exchange between : Kincardine, Tiverton, Underwood, Paisley. and Pt. Elgin, a coverage of over 600 square miles. There are 729 subscribers and 947 renters. RO LA The Lord Life LOn p.s w" 1egi plesi Hy OP ice and Ituaranteed NMpa Caesar. o/ Six limps it the Nouse Win ham Utilities Commission Crawford Block. Phone 156 Lao* ise Mia Lei*/row &fp as Lw.npi concession 9, Huron, Was destroyed by fire. Mr. Kennedy was absent, at t the time and it is thought ' the fire originated from overheated 'stove pip, es. A dense fog which prevailed at the time prevented neighbors .from seeing the conflagration until it had gained the mastery and was beyond control.—Kincardine Review -Report- er. Loses Valuable Horse • Ivir. Ab. Cross had the misfortune to lose•one of his horses on Friday last. After driving into town it was t'ricken with paralysis, and while it was put in McPaeever's feed barn and a veterinary called they were unable to save its life.—Listowel• Standard. Constable Ordered to Eject Councillor There was a stormy session of the municipal council on Monday evening and at one time during a heated dis- cussion the reeve called upon the con- stable to eject a member of the coun- cil from the council chamber. The reeve relented, however, before the order was carried into effect and the member was allowed to keep his seat. The dissension took place when the Reeve introduced the question of ap- plying for government relief, in ac- cordance, with a motion passed at a recent public meeting of the citizens. One of the councillors intimated that the public meeting had been called to tell the citizens what a good fellow the reeve was and what bad boys the councillors were...—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Well Supplied with Grandparents For having grandmothers, grand fa- rfhers, great grandmothers and grand- fathers'who are still' living little Miss Leona,. daughter of kir. and firs. Cleason Martin, of the Linwood vic- inity, probably takes the grand prize. for .this district; Mr. and Mrs. Mar- tian's baby Leona was 'born last. Oc— tober 12. She has living at the pre- sent time, two grandfathers, two great grandfathers, one step -grandfather, 1 two grandmothers and one great grandmother.—lvfilverton Stin. Rabbits Plentiful One evening last week no less than fifteen large jack rabbits were ob- served. between the 14th concession of Ellice and Milverton feeding in wheat fields. They are said to be pre- sent in large nttrnbers this winter. They are frequently seen itt orchards Feeding on the frozen apples that fall from the trees.—Milverton Sun. Former Seaforth Resident Buried to Death Mrs. C, tharine:Canning Was burn- ed to death when her house on Queen Street, Toronto, wasgutted by flans - e5 H'r, husband, Joseph Canning, 64, su,frcd serious burns, and was rush- ed to the hospital where lie died :l'or'.tly after being admitted. Her bro- Hier, Frank Evans,: 71, alsci suffered burins .and was taken to tlw hospital for treatment. His injuries were, Dungannon Man Died Suddenly Tnut1gannon--;`,fhis earnniuni'ty was shocked upon learning of the death on Thursday of an old and highly re- spected citizen of the district in the person of George Anderson,at his home about one and one-half nines .copied by Mr. Thomas Kennedy on bought to be less serious. ...Both v(r. and Mrs. Canning ate for- mer well ortner'well known residents of Scafortlt, Funeral service were held from St. James' Church here on Tuesday and interment was made in St. James' Ce- metcry;—Seafort la Huron Expositor, House Destroyed by 1+ire The two-storey brick dwelling •oc- Best Ice in Years Some ice was cut on Fladcl's dans last week in the same place as ice !was taken from, early in January. It IWas Borne 24 inches thick, and about 20 inches of the large cakes was as glass. as Other parts of the dam • measured 32 to 40 inches in depth, and is the thickest' and best that has 'been seen here, as the old-timers say "for many a winter." — Teeswater News. Fell off Moving Belt—Badly Hurt When a workman threw in an elec- tric switch thus starting in motion a large belt on which William Gauley. was standing in the plant of the God- erich Elevator and Transit Company, Gauley was knocked down and car- ried a distance on the belt, finally falling to the floor and suffering sev- eral broken ribs and other injuries. Gauley was standing on the belt sweeping down the walls when it sud- denly lurched. It picked up speed rapidly, giving the victim a hair-rais- ing experience. Stole $30 from iPriest's House Goderich—During observance of Lenten "Holy Hour" at St. Peter R. C. Church a thief broken into the priest's house and stole $30 in church collections from a desk drawer in the e study. Father •Lowry, parish priest, was conducting service at the time and all occupants of the rectory were worshipping, Collection plates obtain- ing loose change and envelopes on top of the desk, were unmolested. Painfully' Hurt 'in Strange Accident Dungannon—Mrs. Brodie, con. 2, Ashfield, is recuperating following a painful and unusual accident. She was assisting in driving the horses out of the orchard, when she was struck for- cibly on the chin by a branch of a tree which rebounded after one of the horses had passed under it. 'Three of her lower teeth were knocked out, and her upper teeth ,truck her lower lip with such force .a;; to cut it badly. She was confined to' bed for some. days, but ''is now able to be around the house. 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