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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-08-15, Page 7. .„ 'iM.grg,a7r,, TERRIBLE EXP ISM WRECKS MAK. • MOTH ELEVATOR AT PORT COLBORNE Ten Dead, Sixteen Hurt, in Upheaval .Wiping Out Big Govern- ment Grain Building With Two Million Dollar Loss. Port Colborne, Aug. 10.• -At ten eninutes-efter one o'clock on Saturday afternoon a rerific explosion at the mammoth Government elevator here killed .tenmen, five of whom were members - of the crew of the barge Quebec, loading grain at the elevator, severely injured nearly a score, com- pletely wrecked the building, and caused a property loss of over one million dollars, Fire followed the ex- plosion, and the flames are described by survivors as more like the flash of electricity than an ordinary fire. The immenze building of concrete and steel shook as if it were some toy in the hand of a giant, the concrete roof was threwn off, and the concrete floors below were shattered. Two storeys were blown from the lower section of the building, which was 15Ce feet high, and the higher secteon, while market. The monetary loss is well One slab of concrete, 30 feet square, was found 150 feet away. The dead are: Joseph Latour, mate of the barge Quebec, married, Cote St. Paul, Quo,; Charles Aston, elevator weighmaster, Port Colborne, married; William Cook, assistant weighmaster, Port Colborne, married; J. P. Hanham, chief spouter, Port Colborne, married;ID. E. W. Mychener, assistant spouter, Port Colborne, married; Alfred Leslie, laborer, Port Colborne, married; Al- bert Beck, assistant shipper, Port Col- borne, married; Albert Dunlap, mar- ine towerman, Port Colborne, single, returned soldier; Clarence Hart, steve- dore, Port Colborne, single. Besides the terrible death fell, the explosion is serious, in that it will paralyze the removal of the Western crop to the seaboard and the world's it is partly intact, is like a rubbish over $2,000,000. The elevator will handle no grain for a year, and- the big grain steamer Quebec, which was loading at the tine' is almost a com- plete wreck. Muchof the grain can be salvaged. heap, with dangling girders and gap- ing ends. The whole' countryside was aroused by the tremors of the explosion and the air was filled with flying debris. I V /A Tawr vim! ibLithit a Breitilstuffs. es Toronto, Aug. 12. --Man. wheat - No. 1 Northern, $2.243.•, No. 2 North- ern, $2.21,%; Ne. 3 Northern, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2,11, in store Fort Wil- liam. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 87%c; No. 3 CW, 84%e; extra No. 1 feed, 853sc; No. 1 feed, 83%e; No. 2 feed, 80%c, in store Fort William. Man. barley -No. 3 CW, $1.38%; 48c; do., henvy. ed t. 42c; eoeked, 33 No. 4 CW, $1.33%; rejected, $1.27%; to 65c; rolls, 35 to 31:c; brealefast feed, $1.27%. bacon, 49 to 55e; backs, plain, 5C to American corn -No. 3 yelow, nom- 51c; boneless, 56 to 58c; clear bellies, mal; No. 4 yellow, nominal. 33 to 35c. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 84 to Cured meats- long clear bacen, 32 87c, according to freights outside. to 33c; clear bellirs, 31 to 3dc. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per Lard -Pun tierces, nt. to 36%.cs c.er lot, nominal; No. 2, do., $2.03 to tubs, 371, to 38c; pails, 87% to 6814c; $2.08; No. 3, do, nominal, f.o.b. ship- prints, 38% to 39e. Compound tierces ping points, .ccording to freights. 317c to 32c; tubs, 32 to 32%c; pails, Ontario wheat -No. 1, 2 and 3 321h to 32%c; prints, 33 to 38%e. Montreal, Aug. 12. -Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 97%c. Flour -new standard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs, $5.25. Bran, $42. Shorts, $44. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $5; primes $3.50 to $4; Imported hand- picked Burnie or Indian, $3.50; Limas, 15c. Honey -Extracted clover, 5 -lb. tins, 24 to 25c; 10 -ib. tins, 234 to 24c; 60 -lb. tins, 23 to 24c; buckwheat, 60 -Ib. tins,18 to 19c. Comb -1 -16 -oz., $4.50 to $5 doz; 10 -oz,, $3.50 to $4 doz, Maple stroducts--Syrup, per imper- ial gallon, $2.45 to $2.50; per 5 imper- ial gallons:, i2.&5 to $2 40; sugar, lb., 27c. Provon isi'3 •-"W holesale. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 4t to an Spring, nomal. Barley -Malting, $1.29 to $1.33, ac- sording to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -Nominal. Manitoba flour -Government stand- $28. Cheese, finest easterns 25e. erd, $11, Toronto. Butter, choicest creamery, 52% 'to 53c. Ontario flour -Government stand- Eggs, fresh, 62 to 64c; selected, 58e; ard,, $10.25 to $10.50, in bags, Mon- No. 1 stock, 52c; No. 2 stock, 45c. shipment;Po- , $ treal, prompt do, $10.25 to tatoes, per bagcar lots, 2.25 to 10.50, in jute bags, Toronto, prompt $2.75. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, shipment. $83 to $33.50. Lard, pure, woodpails, Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon- 20 lbs. net, 38%c. Live Stock Markets. treal freights, bags included, bran, Toronto, Aug. 12. -Choice heavy per ton, $42 to $45; shorts, per ton, steers, $14 to $14.75; good heavy 344 to $50; good feed flour, per bag, steers, $13 to $13.50 butchers' cattle, $3.25 to 63.35. choice, $12.75 to $13.25; do, good, Hay -No. 1, per ton $22 to $24; mese to $12; do, med,, $11.25 to mixed, per ton, $10 to tori, To- $11.50; do, corn., $7 to $8; bulls, choice, route. I $10 to $11; do, med., $10.25 to $10.75; Straw -Car lots, per ton, $10 to $11, do, rough, $8 to $8.25; butchers' cows, ;rack, Toronto. choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good, $9.25 Country Produce -Wholesale. to $9.75; do, med., $8.50 to $9; do, Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 to Com., $7 to $8; stockers, $8.75 to Be; prints, 38 to 40c- creamery, fresh $11.75; feeders, $11.50 to $12; canners made solids, 60 to 561/2c; prints, 50ee, and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25; milkers, to 51c. good to choice, $110 to $140; do, corn. Eggs -44 to 45c. and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, to $150; light ewes, $8 to $10; year - 5c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 30 to 32c; lings,$10.50 to $13; spring lambs, per ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 35 to 40c; cwt.,$17 to $20; calves, good to choice, squabs, doz., $G. $17.50 to $20.50; hogs, fed and water - Live poultry -Spring chickens, 36c; ed, $24.75; do, weighed off cars, $25; roosters, 22c; fowl, 26 to 30c; duck- do, f.o.b., $28.75, flings, 300; turkeys, 30c. Montreal, Aug. 12. -Hogs, $24 to Wholesalers are selling to the retail $24.50 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars; trade at the following prices: lambs, 16c per lb. Butches' tattle, Cheese -New, large, 28 to 29c; $9.50 to $11.50; canners, $6 to $9, per twins, 28% to 29tee; triplets, 29 to 100 lbs, 60c; Stilton, 29 to 30c. Butter -Fresh dairy. choice, 46 to 48c; creamery prints, 55 to 56c. Margarine -36 to 38e. Eggs -No. l's, 53 to 54e; seleets, 56 to 58c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 50c; roosters, 28 to 80c,• fowl, 37 to 138c; turkeys, 40 to 45c; ducklings, lb., R5 to 40c; squabs, doz., $7; geese, 28 to 30c. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 45c; fowl, 30 to 35c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus., SOLDIERS' WIVES COMING TO CANADA • A despatch from London says: - British wives of Canadian soldiers now going out to settle in the Domin- ion now number thirty thousand. The movement initiated by the Khaki Col- lege to give special training to these for Canadian life, has been remark- ably successful. SCENIC AT MONTREAL _DESTROY D BY FRE WITH LOSS OF LIFE Number of Victims May Reach Twenty -Wooden Structure at Dominion Park Takes Fire While Horrified Spectators Powerless to Help. • Montreal, Aug. 10. -Charred be- yond the possibility of recognition, the bpdies of three men, three women and a boy were recovered to -night from the ruins sefe the Mystie Rill and part Of the Scenic Railway, which were destroyed by fire at Dominion Park, an amusement resort near this city. It is thought that several more bodies will be recovered to -morrow; when the wreck is seerched. The exact wise of the fire is unknown, but it is thought it may he been started by a cigarette or a match. The flames spread quielsly and were fanned by a westerly wind, which blew toward the river front, and it is to this that is due the salvation of the entire park. When the firemen arrived the Mystic Rill was enveloped in flames, They heard shouts far help and moans of agony, but it was impossible to aid the vietims. They broke clown the walls, and in this way got a few per- sons out. When the Scenic Railway fell with a crash into the roaring fur- nace) it is ,stated that there was a car- load of people on it at the time. The death -list of the Dominion Park fire, may be increased to possibly fifteen or twenty. P.1,411.00. THE REAL PILLAR OF SOCIETY. It's a good rule that works BOTH ways. When the farmer supports the home • merchant and the home merchant supports the farmer, you have the real pillar of society. The farmer would have a poor farm if he did not have a good home market. And the merchant can't build up the home market alone. He must have the sup- port of the farmer. Likewise, the merchant has poor business when the SERVICE he gives is not the best pos- sible. The trade must be even. The services must be mutual. So, the picture you are looking at NOW should be true from both ends. If it doesn't quite suit you this way, turn the paper around. NOW you have seen the REAL PILLAR OP SOCIETY. The ferref Molding the merchant and.the.,merchant upholding the farmer. A "STRIA REPLIES TO PEACE TREATY Prepared to Sign But Thinks Conditions Should Be Modified. A despatch from Paris says: - The Austrian counter -proposals to the peace terms have been handed to the Allied Mission at St. Germain-en- Laye. The counter -proposals were broughteat once to Paris and delivered to the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference. The Austrian observations on th treaty were considered in Peace Con ference circles to be very temporat in tone, The Austrian reply said the dole gation realized Austria's position wa that of a defeated power, but corn plained that its territory had been limited in too sweeping a manner. Particular objection was offered to the loss of Southern Bohemia and the Tyrol district. The Austrians state they also be- lieve they have been greatly ov.er- charged, as two-thirds of the debt oft the Austro-Hungarian State is being loaded upon them. They say that pro- portion is too heavy, oonsidering their small population, and they are not sure they can live under such condi- tions. A special appeal was made by the Austrians for an oral discussion of the treaty. They said they believed such a discussion would result in a more complete understanding of the conditions imposed. Although 'the Austnians indicated very clearly their intention of sign - in, even if the treaty is not modi- fied, yet they expressed the hope that some modification may be effect- ed. BRITISH MOTOR CREW SINKS "RED" CRUISER ORDER OF MERIT FOR LLOYD GEORGE His Majesty the King Acknow- ledges Services of Prime Minister. A . despatch from London says: - King George has conferred upon Pre- mier David Lloyd George the Order of Merit as a sign.bT his appreciation of Mr. Lloyd George's war services. In a letter to the Premier, dated Buck- ingham Palace, Aug. 5, announcing the award, the King says: GERMAN FOKKERS RULEDARE OUT Barred From Taking Part in Fly- ing Contest Between New York and Toronto. A despatch from New York says:- Three German Fokker type airplanes, which were to have been piloted by Canadian and American army officers in the international flying contest be- tween New York and Toronto on Aug. 25, have been ruled out, it was an - My Dear Prime Minister, -Honors nounced by the American Flying Club, e and rewards to officers of the army, The 'planes, which are trophies of - navy and air force having been sub- war surrendered to the British and e mitted to Parliament, I feel that my American armies, wee originally people will share with me regret that .. it is not possible to express the na- entered, according to a statement by s the Flying Club, to demonstrate the tion's grateful recognition of the per- _ sistent services rendered by the Prime superiority of allied models over the Minister, both in carrying the- war to best type of German machine, but a victorious end, and in securing an when a vigorous protest was entered improved, but the tramway strike con - honorable peace. To rectifysonic- by Captain Bose, of the French High tinues and there is a great scarcity what this omission, and personally to Commission, against what he termed of bread. mark my high appreciation of these the "Advertisement of German -made services, it gives` inc great pleasure It was announced in the House of the Order of Merit. goods," the club immediately cancel- Commons that for the week ending to confer upon you "Believe me, your ver s sincerely, led the entries. July 26 the coal output was nearly low* Libau, Lettland, Aug. 10. -It is now revealed that a British motorboat crew of our men only torpedoed the Bolshevik cruiser Clog, of 6,770 tons, in the Gulf of Finland. • One whole building will be devoted to Canadian war trophies at the Can- adian National Exhibition, 'while the big guns, aeroplanes and other large relies will be distributed around the grounds, giving the Big Fair a truly victory atmosphere. SOLDIER .CENOTAPH MADE PERMANENT Monument in Whitehall to be Removed to Parliament Square. • London, Aug. 10.-A large number of British people strongly resent the decision of the Goyernrnent not to allow them to construct private memorials over the graves of rela- tives killed on the battlefields of. France, at the Dardanelles and. other places, and to keep all memorials uni- form. They say they should be allow- ed to honor their dead as they wish them to be honored, and all the sturdy independence of .mind of the Britishers is aroused. The question affects very home throughout the country. The question of the p.ermaensy of the cenotaph to "the glorious dead" now standing in Whitehall also is be- ing raised. Every day sees the rich and poor, old and young, bringing wreaths to place ea the cenotaph situ- ated in the middle of the busy street procession of traffic. It is real demo- cracy; there is no soolal, no other dis- tinctions among . those gathered around the simple mo-nument to pay their tribute to relatives lest in the war. Many tears have been Flied, and the spot has become sacred to the men who died. Now it is proposed to renueve the monument to Parlia- ment Square in front of Westminster Abbey and to make it marble. But it is /minted out that Marble is unsuit- able in Great Britain. In eighty years marble monuments fall to pieces, the. inscriptions became unreadable, and one marble statue lose one per cent. of its weight in a year in Manchester. Portland stone is recommended, as the "King Charles the First," plinth made of this material, resisted the weather two hundred and fifty years. There is now to be a keeper, prefer- ably a soldier's widow, for the ceno- taphs to keep the flowers and wreaths in order. BRITAIN LEADS IN BUILDING OF SHIPS A - despatch from London says: - Great Britain maintains the lead in :the world's shipping, although the margin of superiority has been vastly reduced by the United States ship- building- output and the losses due to the war. In the new edition of Lloyd's Reg- ister, which is the first issued free of censorship since the beginning of the war, the rate between this coun- try and the United States is clearly shown. It demonstrates that in spite of competition from the American side, Great Britain's advantage, in bigger ships particularly, is high, al- though the tables are incomplete, in so far as they do not take into ac- count the distribution among the al- lies of 1,768 German beats whieh at the date of the armistice had not been captured or requisitioned. BRITISH LABOR SITUATION UNCHANGED - - A despatch from London seys:- There is virtually no change in the labor situation, The strikes of bakers and Yorkshire miners are still unset- tled, but the railway position in Lon- don is resuming its normal condition, The situation at Liverpool is greatly "GEAGE R.I." It is understood that Captain Bose fifty per cent. under the previous . -e_... has cabled the French Government average. Other interesting announce- AFGHIN AMIR for permission to enter three French ments in Parliament were that the LOSES SUBSIDY machines in place of the Fakkers. Government was preparing a bill fer . , future regulation of the liquor trade Simlae India, Aug. 10. -The Amir H.R.H. the ----. ______Prince exceptional e. -of Wales will re- cases, and also that, in a few Germans were being admitted • view the Boy Scouts while in Toronto. to England to trade under close An invitation will be issued by the- scrutinse. of Afghanistan, under the peace tree- tw signed with Great Britain last week, not only loses his annual sub- sidy of .$600,000, bet more than $5,- Canadian National Exhibition to the MANITOBA WILL HARVEST 000,000 in subsidy which it appears he various Boy Scout councils through - 45,000,000 BUSHELS WHEAT had on deposit with the Government out the province, and it is expected of India. Confiscation of these ar- that the gathering will he quite the s rears is a hard blow for "Reed- largest scout gatA despatch from Winnipeg ays:-.hering ever held in bullah.Toronto. Manitoba will harvest approximately ...=••••1•M•144.411.01.0.0.10•Wwn,m 45,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, according to an estimate given out by Wireleler‘r, PreyincOl ;ell** of. Tield I be fifi-A, x§ o pr - The wheat acrage of the prose. ince is said to be nearly 3,000,000 acres. "19 F,stimating the price of wheat at $2.25 per bushel, Manitoba's wheat crop thus will be worth $101,250,000, es compared with $112,710,000 last year, when the yield was -51,000,000. bushels and the price $2.21, per buehel. Red rust is reported in a number The victory spirit will dominate the Canadian National Exhibition this year, and the Dominion war trophies, the Canadian War Memorials •paint- ings, Grenadier Guards 13and, and German U-boat will furnish a real khaki background for the event, The New Leader of thq Libeial Party William Lyon Mackenzie King, into whose hands has been entrusted the mantle of leadership laid aside by Sir Wilfrid Littnrlef.„ i! a direct descend- ant upon the'iriaternai side of William Lyon Mackenzie, a fact that has been a potent influence in winning him rec- . ognition and preferment in tho Liberal party. He was Canada's first Minister of Labor, but back of his appointment were years of definite preparation for just such a post. He began his train- ing in the University' of Toronto, where he won the •Blake Scholarship in Arts and Law in 1808. Later, he took a ursine in political economy at Chicago in 189627, and at Harvard from 1897 to 1000, His deep interest in labor questions led to his appoint- ment in 1900 as Deputy -Minister of Labor, and during the eight years he served in that capacity he acted as conciliator in two score of important industrial strikes, He was called into the Cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1909, and for two years acted as Min-- ister of Labor. In the reciprocity election of 1911 he went down to de - feet with many of his colleagues, and retired from public lifo for the thne. Some years ago he accepted service with the Rockefeller Foundation In connection with 'social investirsations, The new leader is 44 years old, of Scotch ancestry and Presbyterian foup'ytt.,