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The Herald, 1910-06-24, Page 6WATU( IA!Y NQS UITL SAFE Architect Who Planned Montreal Herald Tank Testifies. Mr. Brierley Tells of the Steps Taken to Ensure Safety. John Taylor Said Mtichines Made the Walls Vibrate. Montreal despatch: A dramatic scene was witnessed at the Coroner's inquest into the Herald building disaster when Architect 3. S. Archibald, who had certi- fied to the safety of the building to bear the fatal tank, completely broke down while giving his evidence. After the jury had viewed the charred remnants of those who had been taken out of the ruins and heard preliminary evidence, the inquest was adiuurned. Eight more bodies were dug out to- day, making a total of eighteen. of whom sixteen so far have been identi- fied, two remaining with nothing left by which even a guess at their identity could he had. It has now been definitely ascertained that thirty-two people were killed in the disaster, all of the missing having been either traced or found to be antonget the dead. There are, therefore, fourteen bodies still buried in the wreckage, and work is being actively carried on all night in search of these. Coroner Me Iahon, in opening the in- quest, told the jurors their duty was not only to find out the cause of the terrible accident, but also to decide whether the catastrophe had been due to arose negli- gence which could be called a crime un- der the law. "I have heard and read." eontinued the Coroner, "where some people have already described the tragedy as a crime, but we can have a moral crime and a legal crime, and only if at the time that tank was erected, or sine;, although it was known to be dangerous. it was :till allowed to remain there, is it a crime?" Mr. J. S. Brierley, president of the Herald Publishing Company, was ilte first witness called with regard to the actual collapse of the tank and subse- quent fire. "From the moment of the eollapse to the present time, have you learned enough to form an opinion as to what caused the accident?' asked the Cor- oner. "From the evidence which T have been able to secure from our employees who escaped I believe that the trouble which occurred was starter] by aomething crashing thrcmgh the roof on the west side of the building. That is whet took place. What was the cause of it 1 am not able to ascertain. The only thing which there was to fall was the venter tank which we had on the roof." Witness said the tank was erected about five years ago. Ile could not say exactly who built it, but all the work was entrusted to W. J. McGuire fi Co., under the control of Saxe & Archibald, architects. "Was there any report ever Inane, by the contractor or architects as to there being any danger of the tank eol]aps- ing?" "No, the very reverse." "Since the tank was put up was any report ever made that something was wrong?" "No. We asked the architects more than once to assure themselves as to the safety of the structure, and the in- surance people glade severei inspections of the general fire prot.ation, and re- ported to us any su; geetionv, but that anything was wrong was never report- ed." Mr. Drierley said he could not say a permit was granted fcr the erection of the tank. Mr. J. S. Archibal.l, of Saxe & Archi- bald. architects, gave technical evidence of the situation of the tank and its sup- ports. He produced the -Plans of the bu%'cling made at the time of the entry of the Herald. into thre building, and e x- piained the situation of the tank to the Coroner,.. Its capacity. was 12,000 gal- lons, United States measure, and its weight would be 00 tons. 0 this weight 40 tons rested on the centre wall, which witness described as a good brick wall, and twenty tons on the east wall. There were two steel girders twelve feet apart and running from wall to wall. The tank legs rested on these girders. Witness mentioned that they Were well within the limits of weight allowed by the city. The centre wall, which bore two-thirds of the whole weight, was a strong, well-built. twelve -inch wall and was a couple of inches thicker than the other wall. "On Fridny, Oetober 4, 1907," Mr. :Archibald said, "I examined the build- ing et the request of Mr. Brierley; found everything all right,'and reported to Mr. trierley. Then again in Jutua of first year a slight fire occurred on the back of the Herald buildings At that time, for my own satisfaction, I exa nined everything again, and found the teak and roof were in proper shape. The only warning I ever gave the Herald was to keep the outside steel work proeerly painted, so that the weather l+tight trot. work its way in," Mn John'Teylor, business manager of eras , was also examined. He ad- mitted that the machines caused consid- erable vibration, and that a mtmorr of heavy ones were on the fourth floor, The Board of Control have asked sev- eral prominent engineers to examine all water tanks in the city, and are also taking precautions regarding moving pic- ture shows and theatres. Gangs of civic workmen have been put to work on the ruins, and the police- men and firemen have been relieved.. They have done splendid work, and de.- serve erserve the highest praisee It will take two or three days more 'to remove thin debris and recover all the bodies. . • 4 POINTED PARAGRAPHS ON VAR- IOUS SUBJECTS OF INTEREST. Complete fertilizer is a general name applied to all fertilizers which. con- tain phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen. This name does not in any way indicate how much of each ele- ment is found in the goods. Owing to its ab xndance, straw is added to barnyard manure, but it can be xnade more serviceable if Made fine with the feed cutter before being used. While straw may soon rot after being mixed with manure, yet in a fine condition it is a much better ab- sorbent and can be forbed into the manure with advantage. When load- ing and spreading manure there is a saving of labor when handling that which is fine, and the manure will be more valuable because the loss of amnionia will be arrested by the use of suitable absorbent materials. Probably the census to be taken thi, year will show about 200,000 more farmers than at the time of the cen- sus ten years ago, and the total should lie about 0,000,000 farms and the cor- responding number of people employ- ed in agricultural pursuits. Any in- crease in number le owing, not only to new farms taken up, but to fur- ther division of farms in the older sectione. It is claimed that Iter. Benjamin M. Nyco, of l.ecatur county, In- diana, was the first pian to apply refrigeration to the storage of fruit. One capitalist offered him 5100,000 for the patent rights for the city of New York, and 5250.000 was reported to have been cfiered aim for the Louis- iana concessions. He firmly declined all such offers, but failed in business at last, The Union Cold Storage Warehouse Company, of Chicago, was the first concern to engage in the busi- ness of preserving fruits, beginning its business career on Thanksgiving Day, 1889. Since then the increase in the volume of cold storage business has been enormous, and it is now es- timated that the total refrigerating capacity of the plants throughout the United States is in excess of 200,000,- 000 cubic feet. Single houses in New York, Chicago and Boston frequently store away 100,000 barrels of apples in the early £all, and keep them until the top price may be obtained in the spring. A farmer in New York State brought suit to recover 'value of some of his fowls that had been run over and decapitated by speeding a >ee . p.1 ding automobile on a back country road. The Court held that under the highway law in relation to stray fowls on any public thoroughfare, even in front of the residence of the owner, there are not only unprotected from such an acci- dent as being killed by a motor can but may be taken and iinpounded the same as cattle, horses or sheep. Own- ers or drivers of automobiles are not liable for the values of poultry that may be run ever and killed on a public highway the owner must take the risk of accidental loss. A recent publication from Cornell Taniver ity illustrates the importance of breeding from vigorous stock. Chicks hatched nt the same time showed a great difference in rigor, hardiness and health, and the ob- ject les: on was one not to be over- looked. Breed from vigorous i tock, The period.; of incubation recogn;zed as approximately correct at re. fol- lows: Consrnon hen, 21 clays; phea- sant, 25 clays; duck, 28 days; pr a - fowl, 28 days; Guinea, 25 days; gorse, 30 days; turkey, 28 days, Do not delay trimming the grape- vines too long. They will "bleed" and suffe* if trimmed in the spring. SHOT ON DOORSTEP Hame_teadar in Blue Hill District Murdered by Unknown, Drina watet, Sark,, J.;nc 20.---\i'ord was received heec from the Blue Hill district of the death col J. A. Beales, a homesteader, under Circumstances that point strongly to mur,:cr. nodes was shot on Sunday evening and on Monday morning his body was found outside his own doorway by 3, Mc- Nair, of New IVa ren. '.stere were several bullet wet:rade in the body. Suspicion points to Frank Miller, wlio had trouble with I3eaies on the day the alleged murder took place. Miller disappeared 'ma Sundae night, and so far the' Mounted Police have been un- able to locates hint eithough the countey is being thoroughly search- ed. Feeler, who was thirty years of age, came to this disteict from Glon- cwster, l.:ngland, abo'.at tame years ago. There is no egatiet likr, the nate who is • trying. to give you the impression that ho isn't trying; to make an impress sion on you. GEN. FRENCH Al SNE CA: P — Heed .Inspection and Presented Col- ors to .Twenty-third, Excessively Hot at the Camp and Some Prostrations. Niagara -on -the -Lake despatch: Gen- eral Sir John French was at Niagara Camp yesterday, and his visit meant a great deal to the soldiers who have been so hard at work for the past ten days. The distinguished General inspected the whole of the Niagara camp, fol- lowing a programme which complete- ly 'filled the day for him. With his staff, consisting of Brig. -General Hen- derson and Captain Watt. and accom- panied by Major-General Sir Percy Lake, Col. Lessard, Captain Heward, and Brig; General Cotton, Camp Com- mandant, he visited both the new and old rifle ranges at 9.30, return- ing to camp to inspect the cavalry at work on the field by 10.30. Between noon and 1 o'clock he made a tour of the whole of the lines, in prepare- tici'n for which visit fatigue parties had been working hard all morning. Ac- cordingly, by the time General French made his tour, everything was "spiel{ and span" inside and outside of the tents. In the afternoon General French inspected the infantry brigades in battalion and brigade drill, and bri- gade in attack. The class of instruc- tion in signalling was inspected at 4.30, and immediately afterwards the course of instruction for unqualified officers. One of the most pleasing functions of the entire camp took place last ev- ening, at the conclusion of the after- noon drill, when Gen. French pre- sented the new regimental colors to the 23rd Regiment, the Northern Pioneers, of Parry Sound District. Lieut: Col. Miller is in command of the regiment. At 5 o'clock in the terrific heat which radiated from the common with such force that scores of soldiers fainted while at drill, the entire Fourth Infantry Brigade, of which the .23rd is one of the units, formed up in a hollow square. As Gen. French and his staff, accom- panied by Gen. Cotton and his staff, entered the square every man pre- sented arms and the band played "0 Canada.'.' Seveccl n1 the chaplains in camp, in their clerical robes, were present, and conducted'the religious eervice. A large crowd of ladies and gentlemen had gathered to witness the ceremony, as well as hundreds of the soldiers from other regiments. At the conclusion of the religious cere- mony, Gen. French unfurled th.e col- ors and presented them to the regi- ment. In doing so he made a very brief speech, in which he advised the men always to be ready to serve the colors, and to give their lives for them if necessary. The parade was then dismissed, and the General ine spected the lines of the regiment. This evening Gen. French will be en- tertained at diner by the headquart- ers' staff, and it is expected that he will say what he has to say about the. camp. Shooting on the rifle ranges regi- mentally was completed yesterday, the last troops finishing up at about 7 o'clock. On the old ranges firing has been at 400 yards, and on the new ranges there has been enap shoot- ing at disappearing figure targets. While there have been very few phenomenal scores in shooting thine year, the general irnpreasion seems to be that it has been better on the whole than Inet year, and that a entailer proportion of the man have failed to qualify for efficiency pay. This morning the soldiers of the 3rd and 4th Brigades were up long before reveille, for a march out into the country, to he ready to advance to the attack of the camp at a stated hour. The cavalry have as yet re- ceived no orders in regard to the tac- tical ecltente, but it is expected that orders will be issued very shortly be- fore they are expected to move out. A CHEAP GARDEN PLAN BY NINA R. ALLEN. Before beginning operations in your eau d, study it as to soil and exposure. It will take some time fully to deter- mine its possibilities, you can decide as to the kind and quality of soil and learn where the sunshine falls and lin- gers longest. Lay out borders along the fences, raising them a few inches above the general level, If a, building or trees he tcrfere with this plan, make beds for anneals in the sun, but arrange them, if possible, so that the centre of the yeT d may be given over to grass. If you rent you may wish to use an- nual:; alone. . They, with the exception of mimulus and nemophila, can scarcely have too much sunshine, 1n a hot, dry piece, like the south side of a building, sow portulacca. Godetia also thrives in poor soil, but it must save a cool situa- tion. Nasturtiums want sun and sand. `t'TiESL GROW READILY. Bachelor's buttons, poppies, snap- dragons, sweet alyssum, calliopsis, eats- dytuft, cosmos, annual sunflowers, Cali- fornia poppies, annual larkspurs, mari- golds, mignonette, four-o'eloeks, petu- nias, phlox drunmmendf, scabies:), and zinnias are all of easy culture, ant not too particular as to soil. ABOUT PERENNIALS, Perennials once established require less care than annuals. The tail -grow- ing sorts, like Irolleyhoeks and rudbee- lite, golden glow, are most effective screens for high board fences, and some of our most beautiful garden and are numbered among them. Many of the hardy plants will do well in the shade. Among them aro monks - rood, lily -of -the -valley, bleeding hearts; ferns, plantain lily, clay lily, double buttercup, spiraea, spider -wort, forget - mo -not, primroses, and hardy Russian violets. When setting out plants, either an- nuals or perennials, remember the height and the color. Arrange with an eye to effect. Put the low plants in front, and do not have colors that clash side by side. White and green are good harmonizers. Use yellow generously. It will light up the yard like concentrated sunshine. RUSH FOR GE Twenty Miles of Gold Reef Discov- ered in British Columbia. Men at Stewart City Threw Away Their Toils and Joined the Rush. Vaneouver, June 20.—Arrivals from Stewart City confirm the stories of a big strike on Bitter Creek, seventeen miles from there. An hour or so after it got out Stewart City was practi- cally deserted. The stampede was the most frenzied in the history of the northland. Waiters dropped their trays, builders their trowels and start- ed on the journey with whatever they could grab hold of in the way of out- fit. The gold reef has been traced twenty miles, and that was not the end of it. The discoverer describes it as a range, not a mountain, of gold. Ore free milling, samples went $20 to $59 a ton. There is said to be enough ore in sight to keep 1,000 stamp mills going ;:or a quarter of a century. A few sections of land in Matsqui, a few miles east of the Fraser River, on which mine sale rights are reserv- ed, have been discovered, anda rush is being made by residents of the dis- trict to apply for properties, where valuable traces of oil have already been found. Yesterday eight Abbots- ford men filed their papers at the mining recorder's office. Since a bor- ing machine was started at work at Matsqui the excitement in regard to the oil deposits has been daily in- creasing. -o-.o COROATfflN OATH Lord Halifax Urges Abolition of the Offensive Clause. Father Vaughan Believes the People Won't Object to Change. London, June 20.—Speaking here to- night before the Young Men's Union, Lord Halifax, a member of the Estab- lished Church, came out in favor of the abolition of the clauses in the accession oath, which is offensive to Roman Cath- olics. "There may be an outcry in some quarters if .the Government carry out its intention of bringing in a bill abol- ishing the dliclarati,on," he said, "but it will be an outcry of no sort of import- ance. The only difficulties that can pos- sibly arise will be if the Government at- tempts to tinker with the declaration or to substitute another in its place. The only wise, and reasonable course, as it is far the easiest, is to introduce a bill of sine clause abolishing the declara- tion altogether." The declaartion is an old and effete thing, the meaning of which very few people have any idea of,( for the simple reason they have never given it a thought,. Father Bernard Vaughan, in a letter to the press, expresses the belief that the mind of the country has at last be- gun to consider the anti-Catholic clauses of the royal declaration in the light of common sense. "History," he writes, "shows them to have sprung from the panic and religi- ous rancor excited in England by dshe arch -perjured Titus Oates. Reason eon - detains them as wholly ineffective for their purposes, and therefore needlessly and gratuitously insulting alike to the monarch and his royal Catholic sub- jects. "The declaration, as it stands. is a Tsai/dui reflection upon the intelligence of a civilized and enlightened comrnun ity. If under the excitement of panic some excuse may have been ;found for it, none at all can he : made for it now. The main point now is not whether the charge they convey is true. It is that which really matters. Are Catholics idolaters? If we are, then we must be content to be called so; if not, there is nothing to justify the cruel epithet" The Toronto firms of John Kay and iN , A. Murray Companies are to be u'nited, Viscount Wolverhampton, Lord Presi- dent of the Council, has resigned from the British Oabl:wt. L. J. Atwater, manager of Patriarche & Co., of Buffalo, has been indicted on a charge of keeping a bucket shop; The eongregation of Grosvenor Street Presbyterian Church, Toronto, has re- versed a former decision and decided to move. The British Antarctic expedition, on the steamship Terra Nova, started from Cardiff, Wales, on Thursday for the south pole, Premier Botha, of South Africa,, has expressed the hope that the old party lines will break down and that a new National party will develop. James Garrett, a 0, N. R. employee, between 35 and 40 years of age, commit- ted suicide at the hospital at Port Ar- thur by cutting his throat with a. razor. William Tra.nt, Police Magistrate of Regina, and also President of the Cana- dian Club there, is at the Misses Rogers' private hospital, Toronto, recovering from an operation. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and a pasty of C. P. R. directors are going to Inspect the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia, of which the C. P. R. recently secured control. At the monthly meeting held at the Zion Baptist Church, Toronto, last night, the pastor, the Rev. Raymond C. Rolph, at the utsenitnous request of the congre- gation, withdrew his resignation. Joseph Hemenack was killed and Wil- liam Kelly was fatally injured by being crushed by a fall of coal from the heat wall of the seam in the International Coal & Coke Company urine at Coleman. The Governor of French West Africa reports a fight between the French troops and Arabs at Ngnrigmi on May 31, during which the Arabs lost 120 kill- ed and the French nine killed and twen- ty wounded. M. B. McCausland has been appointed bnsii.ess manager of the British and Colonial Press Service, Limited, of Tor- onto. Mr. McCausland is a native of Toronto and an honor graduate of Trin- ity university. At the sale of school lands, at Este van, Sask., on Wednesday two hundred and forty-five parcels were sold. Prices ranged from 57 an acre to $30, and com- petition was keen. the net proceeds be- ing over half a million dollars. After lasting six weeks the strike in the Regina building trades ended on Monday with the acceptance of the' schedule drawn up last week by the Builders' Exchange. The men relin- quished their claim for a closed shop. John Locker, aged sixty, charged with shooting Asa Grant, a boy, at Straf- fordville, with intent to kill, was ac- quitted at the St. Thomas sessions, but was rearraigned on a charge of carry- ing concealed weapons. To this he pleads ed guilty and was fined $25. Dr. Louis Sambon, who has been con- ducting researches in Italy on behalf of the English Pellagrr. Investigation Com- mittee, claims to have established that Pellagra is caused by a parasite carried by a small gnat, the similum vorens, which breeds in running streams. A substitute for the site of St. Bar- tholomew's Anglican Church on River street. Toronto, which has to be vacated to make way' for the Wilton avenue bridge, has at last been secured at the corner of Blair street and Wilton ave- nue, not a quarter of a mile from the present church. Fireman F. V. Hellman had his right foot taken off and the left badly cruel-l- ed, rushed, while Engineer D. H. McInnis teas slightly cut and badly bruised in, a head- on collision on the C. P. R. near Bow River bridge at the eastern outskirts of Calgary on Tuesday afternoon. Both men belong to Medicine Hat. Owing to the prevalence of diphtheria in Brockville, the School Board has re- quested the Board of Health to insti- tute a searching investigation into all the probable causes of the outbreak. Many patients are under treatment in the two hospitals, but only a few fatal cases have been recorded so far. m.a. , MORSE SHOW. Prizes Taken at the International Ex- hibition in London, London, June 20,—It was champion day at the International Horse Show, which will conclude with the twentieth performance to -night. In the afternoon judging, Judge Moore's Flourish captur- ed the Montreal cup and gold medal, This was awarded for the hest exhibition of mares or geldings over 14 and not exceeding 15 hands 2 inches. The cham- pionship class was open only to horses having taken a first or second prize in single harness at the present show, Judge Moore won second honors in the competition for the Philadelphia cup and gold medal for single harness horses exceeding 15 hands 2 inches which had taken a first or second prize in this spa cial exhibit. The Toronto cup for qualified hunters to jump, open only to winner of first and second prizes, in qualified hunters' classes, WAS awarded to E. H. Weather Beer' David Grew. „.,