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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-06-10, Page 7FOREST FIRES RAGING I INNIS PROVRIVE. Thousand Persons Homeless in St. Quentin, N.B. ; Mone. tary Loss Near $1,000,000 ----Londonderry Mines Part- ly Destroyed by Fire Started in Chimney. St, John, N.13., May 30. --The little place say that only a sudden clung village of. pt. Quentin, in Restigouche of the wind saved Maitland fro county, N.B., on the line of the Can- whole or partial destruction Satuz adian National Railways, about forty day. The timber lands near Latte miles from St. Leonard's, was almost Brook, seven miles from Maitland, ar entirely wiped out Friday as the re- now ablaze, and the flames are makin sult of forest fires, which have been rapid progress. raging in the Crown lands in Resti- Londonderry Mines, 16 miles fro gauche during the past ten days, Truro, was partly destroyed by fir St. Quentin was a thriving village to -clay. Four churches, a schoolhouse of about 2,000 population, and was and hall, and about a dozen dwelling a centre for the lumber and pulp already have been burned, There wa operations. no loss of life. The fire, which resulted in a atone- Yesterday a fierce forest fire wa tary loss variously estimated from burning at Hardwood Hill, a slier$750,000 to $1,000,000, started in the distance from Londonderry Mines, an mill yard of J. E. Michaud, catching this was at first supposed to hav from- burning embers carried by the been the origin of to -day's destructiv winds from the forest blaze, Before blaze, which began at about 9 o'clock t had spent its course 65 dwellings, It was found, however, that the fir hree mills, two hotels, the Canadian National Railway station, the Pro- vincial Bank and many business places were wiped out. About 1,000 people, or half the population, were rendered homeless, and saved none of their personal property, except what they had on their backs. Relief rains were sent out from St. Leon- ard's and. Campbellton Saturday to onvey the homeless to large centres where they could be cared for. No lyes were lost. Besides the destruction •to homes lid business.. places, much manufac- ured lumber, thousands of cords of ulpwood and thousands of railroad les at nearby sidings awaiting ship- ment were burned. Seven carloads f lumber on the track were also con- umed. Halifax, N.S., May 30. ---Forest fires which are raging in various parts of ova Scotia assumed a serious aspect n some districts to -day. The situation n the vicinity of Maitland, Hants minty, is alarming. Residents of that e m e m e s s s t d e e e was started by sparks from the shim ney of a house owned by Archi Lewis, and fanned by the high wind it spread rapidly. The fire swept district three-quarters of a mile i length and half a mile wide. The flames swept the main stree of the village, consuming in a shor time the Anglican Church, the Pres- byteriar, Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and Glebe House, St. Brid- get's Hall, a• school building and a number of houses. It crossed the stream which runs through the vil- lage, . and destroyed the Baptist Church there and several buildings, Forty-seven buildings in all were de- stroyed. Some of them were old un- occupied houses, and several others barns and outbuildings. Very little household property was saved. The forty odd families rendered homeless are being sheltered by their more fortunate neighbors. The loss is estimated to be between two and three hundred thousand dollars, with only small insurance, t t e a 't p t 0 s N c a n t t TURKISH THRACE OCCUPIED BY GREEKS A Few Casualties in Skirmish With. Bulgarian Troops. Constantinople, May 30. -Greek troops began the occupation of Turk- ish Thrace on Friday and the first trainload has arrived at a point op- posite Adrianople. M. Canellopoulous, the Greek High Commissioner at Constantinople, says the occupation so far has been with- out incident. He added that Bulger - sans had made representations to the French that they had suffered indig- nities at the hands of the Greeks, but that the French commandant declared the complaints were unfounded. M. Canellopoulous stated that he did not know whether a complete oc- cupation of Turkish Thrace would be carried out at once. Surprise was ex- pressed by Turkish officials that the occupation had begun prior to formal action on the peace treaty with Turkey. Greek troops have occupied Ded- egatch and •Gunnurjina, according to official communique issued to -day. The communique aq ue ad ds: "A considerable force of covering troops has been sent toward the Bul- garian frontier. Troops proceeding to Azerbainjan encountered Comitad- jis and Bulgarian regulars. One Bul- garian soldier was taken prisoner and another slightly wounded. A subal- tern was also slightly wounded. Jamaica Preference to British Goods A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says:=The Government de- cided in the Legislative Council. on Thursday to grant a preference of 50 per cent. on cotton piece goods made in the United Kingdom, and of 50 per cent. on goods made from cotton grown in the British Empire. 19 Western Grain Elevators Change Hands A despatch from Winnipeg, Man., says: -One of the biggest deals in grain storage space ever consummated here is announced. The Leitch -McLean Elevator Company has purchased 17 1 ors e evat from the imperial Elevator Company and one from Ballet and Carey. CANADA'S WAR R PARA ION CLAIM TOTA $i871,OOO,OOO British Dominions Will Share the Indemnity Received by the Empire in Proportion Which Their Expenditures Bear to Total Expenditures of the Empire. A despatch from London says: - Signposts bearing the inscriptions "Hell -Fire Corner," "Piccadilly" and . "Haig Avenue," erected by British i,troops lust behind the front lines in ',France, _are among the more than 10,- 009 exh.'bits being assembled at Crys- ,tal Palace, London, to form the Luper - ,nal War Museum. It will be oleened by the Xing in June and will continue for four years. I ' Exhibits have been gathered from every land where the war left its trail. to show the common effort of the empire during the great conflict. Shortly after the signing of the armis- Aiee the signposts mentioned were found in a pile of discarded lumber. !CIn addition to those bearing street ,dames there was found the sign of giVierdun, "No Thoroughfare." They ,are now to be preserved as relics for posterity. f'n These will be en display the gun 7 hat fired the first British shot in the :W h ---froth the•decks of the destroyer m . nae at tine minelayer Koenig Louise; Aiwa 11 batty gun that opened the I iilitary hostilities; the anti-a.ireraft Ptn-pom which, mounted at Gresham .e ollege, flied the first 'shot ever direc- a at a faaefgfi foe from London since the days of the Romans -the oocasion being the Zeppelin raid in September, 1915 -and scores of other entries which have equally vivid associations. The • larger pieces of ordinance, some of which weigh *fourteen tons, are being arranged on the floor of the spacious hall. But the galleries will hold displays of equal, if not greater interest, These include war paintings and trench impleinents, realistic scenic models and protective devices and curios that throw an illuminating light on conditions which existed in the German army. Some of these are amusing, some tragic. There is a cycle with a dynamo at- tachment for lighting an officer's dug- out, upon which two of the worst of- fenders of the ranks had to sit in shifts and pedal in order that those within might have illumination. Far less amusing is a specimen of the enemy's "bear trap." A soldier exploring No Man's Land might `step into its ugly spikes, concealed in the grass, and escape from their grip was virtually hopeless. The lifebuoys of the Lutitania, the shattered funnel of the Vindictive, the portion of the Zeebrugge mole and the for id a le mines m d b x es that bestrewed the Dardanelles will keeall many chapters of a great ego, . 35 r Most recent photo of Queen Mother Alexandra, whose illness is causing anxiety, Markets of the World Wholesale Grain. Toronto, June 1. -Manitoba wheat - No. 1 • Northern, $8.15; No. 2 North- ern, $3.12; No, 3 Northern, $3.08, in store Fort William. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, $1.29; No. 3 CW; $1.27; Extra No, 1 feed, $1.26; No. 1 feed, $1.24; No. 2 feed, $1.21. Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, $1.85; No. 4 CW, $1.63;. rejected, $1.59; feed, $1.60, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, $2.40; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats --No. 3 white, $1,10, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No: 1 Winter, per car lot, $2 to $2.01; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, per car lot, 32.02 to $2.08; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No, 3 do, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o, b. shipping points, according to freights. Peas, No. 2, $3,00. Barley -Malting, $1.87 to $1.89, a cording to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Rye -No. 3, $2.20 to $2.25, accord- in g to freights outside. Manitoba flour -Government stand- ard, $14.80, Toronto. Ontario flour --Government stand- ard, nominal. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mont - real freights, bags included: Bran, p ton $54; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, $3.75 to 84.00. Hay No. 1, per ton, $30 to $31; mixed, per ton, $25, track. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16 to $17� track, Toronto. Country Produce --Wholesale. Eggs, new -laid, '52 to 54c; butter, creamery prints, 58 to 60e; do,' solids, 56 to 58c; choice dairy prints, 52 to 53c; ordinary dairy prints, 45 to 4'7c; bakers', 35 to 40c; oleomargarine (best 'r A de 31 to 37c• cheese, new, large. 2% to 33c; twins, 33 to 8314e; old, large, 33% to 84c; twins, 34 to 341/4c. Maple syrup, 1 gal. tin, $3.50; 5 gal. tin, per gal., $3.35; maple sugar, lb., 34c. Provisions --Wholesale. Smoked meats -Rolls, 31 to 32e; hams, med., 42 to 43c; heavy, 35 to 37c; cooked hams, 53 to 61c; backs, plain, 51 to.53c; backs, boneless, 54 to 57c; breakfast bacon, 43 to 40e; cot- tage rolls, 33 to 36c. Barrelled meats -Pickled pork, $48; mess pork, $48, Green meats -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry salted meats -Long clears, in tons, 32c; in cases, 28 to 29c; clear i bellies, 27 to 281 e; fat backs, 28%, to 30c. Lard Tierces, 28 to 28? c; tubs, 28% to 29c; pails, 28%. to 2914c; prints, 30 to 30 ie c. Compound lard tierces, 27 to 2714e. 1liantreal Markets. Montreal, June 1. -Oats -Canadian western, No, 2, $1.34; do, No, 3, $1,32. Flour -Man., new standard grade, $14.85 to $1.5.05. Rolled oats --Bag, 90 lbs., $5.50 to $5.60. Bran, $54,25. Shorts, $61.25. Hay -No, 2, per ton, car lots, $31 to $32, Cheese, finest easterns, 28 5-32c. Butter, choicest creamery, 581 to 54c. Eggs, fresh, 55c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $5.75 to $6.25. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 1. -Choice heavy steers, $15 to $15.75; good heavy steers, $14.50 to $14.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $13.75 to $14; do, good, pe MURDER AND 'ICENDIARISM. CONTINUE THROUGH UT IRELAND Array of 50,000 Men Now in Occupation With More Un- der Orders --Further Outrages in Rural Districts. London, May 30. -The British Gov- ernment is completing: plans to deal with the transport situation in Ire- land in a drastic fashion. A question connected with the de- spatch of troops has also arisen, It is calculated there are now aout 50,- 000 troops in Ireland, and several more battalions are under orders. The National News says: "The position in Ireland, we under- stand, is so grave that a number of warships are now being fitted out in Sheerness for despatch to Irish ports. The situation ;is more serious than would appear from published tele- grams, and startling developments are expected in the next few days. "In the present temper of the Sinn Feiners it is not unlikely they will make a last effort against the forces of lav and order." The usual Sunday reign of secret destruction caused great havoc in widely -separated parts of Ireland to- day. The customs house at Castle - town, County Cork, was levelled by incendiary fire. In Lynch, County Mayo, Michael Toole, a laborer, was clubbed to death because he did not heed a warning by strikers that if he did not quit work he would die for it. He was found by his wife in the roadway, clubbed and .mauled beyond recognition. The populace throughout County Limerick is reported to be exeeeding- ly restive, especially since the patrol system for the prevention of street assemblies has been put into force. The railwaymen of County Cork de- cided to -day to refuse to work on troop trains • Early Sunday a party of armed raiders in automobile visited Cully- baelcey, County Antrim, and started to burn the police barracks, The raid- ers fled, however, when the villagers turned out in a body to oppose them. Opposition to the Sunday news- papers continues. A dozen armed men at Dundalk to -day seized all newspaper parcels from Dublin and burned them. A policeman attempted to intervene, but was disarmed. A mail train from Bantry to Cork was held up at Durrus Road station near Skibdeen by armed men to -day. The men took the mail bags and de- camped in an automobile. Rails have been torn up at Kilmal- loeh, Charlervilie and other places, seriously disrupting train services between Limerick and points on the Great Southwestern Railway lines. South of Limerick Junction railway traffic has been completely disorgan- ized. The Cameron Highlanders, recently ordered for service in Ireland, dis- embarked at Queenston to -day and paraded through the streets to their hutments. Guns and ammunition were transferred from the steamer to an Admiralty trawler, which, with a number of troops, proceeded for Cork. The Berehaven customs office was destroyed by fire this morning. An adjoining steamship office had a nar- row escape from a Iike fate. The Irish Trade Congress has pro- mised its full support to the Dublin railway strikers. This may lead to a repetition • of the deadlock which occurred over the hu t 'k $13.25 to $13.50; do, med., $12 to $12,50; do, com., $11 to $11.50; bulls, choice, $12 to $13; do, good, $10.50 to $11.25; do, rough, $8 to $8.50; butcher cows, choice, $12 to $13; do, good, $10.?5 to $11.25; do, cam., $7.50 to $8; stockers, $9.25" to $11; feeders, $11 to $12,50; canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, com. and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $165; lambs, yearl- ings, $15 to $17; do, spring, each, $12 to $16; calves, good to choice, $13 to '$16; sheep, $9 to $13; hogs, fed and watered, $20; do, weighed off cars, $20.25; do, f.o.b., $19; do,do r , country pmts, $18,75. Queen Alexandra's Sight Impaired A despatch from London says:- 1 The Queen Mother Alexandra, accord- ing to an official report, has been suf- fering from a severe bronchial attack, which is now subsiding. "During a violent attack of coughing a small blood vesseI burst in one of theue q ens eyes, causing troublesome impairment of the vision," says the statement. "It is hoped that with care and rest this inconvenience evi11 pass, but her majesty's engagements must to some extent be dependent upon the progress made." In 1913 the total number of ticket - holders conveyed by the seventeen principal railway companies in Eng- land --exclusive of the London Tube railways -was 821,711,160, whilst in 1918 this figure had increased to 957,- 999,990. III a nger s ri ers. FATAL CLOUDBURST • IN LINCOLNSHIRE Fifty Lose Lives When River Lud Overflowed. Louth, Lincolnshire, Eng., May 30. -Fifty deaths have resulted here so far from the sudden overflow of the small river Lud, running through this town, which is attributed to a cloudburst in the woods nearby on Saturday night. The water spread so rapidly that houses in the low-lying part of the town were immediately engulfed in a rush which carried away bridges, fences, trees and other ob- stacles. One terrace, containing 15 houses was entirely , sweptthere bean • p S only one survivor. Most of the people were in their homes taking shelter from the thun- derstorm when there came a rush of water three feet deep through the town. In many oases the weight of the water prevented the opening cf doors, or otherwise many persons could have reached a place of safety. Within a short time the entire ground floors of houses were engulfed by the torrent, which was 200 yards wide. The water swept on its crest por- tions of demolished cottages, automo- biles, wagons, furniture, uprooted trees and the bodies of drowned ani- mals, Bridges crumbled before the rushing flood. So sudden was the approach of the waters that a major- ity of the deaths occurred during the first moments of the flood when the lower rooms of houses were swamped. This was particularly true in the low- er parts of the town. In the higher parts of the town many persons escaped, but only after wading waist - deep through the water. Hundreds of persons are homeless nd many householders have lost most, EMPIRE DAY A 1N TORONTO Every year Toronto's schools decorate the • various monuments about he city with wreaths of flowers. photo shows that presented by Brock lvenuo School, of their belongings. Gertnnany Hands Over 5,000 Locomotives A despatch from Berlin says: -The Ministry of Transport announced that the delivery of five thousand locomo- tives to the Entente, in accordance with the Peace Treaty, had been com- pleted. The former Prussian -Hessian Railway system now possess 23,000 locomotives, which is 1,400 more than it had before the war, but has only 13,000 locomotives which are capable of being used. Compared with the 1 pre-war period, the percentage of un - 1 1 ser'iceabie engines had increased from 119 to 24. sa Saskatchewan Rejoices In Big Crop Prospects I A despatch from Prince Albert,. Sask., says Local showers continue throughout Saskatchewan and North- ern Saskatchewan and phenomenal growth of the crop is reported from every district. There has been no damage from blowing in any dastxict, north of Saskatoon, and farriers are overjoyed with the ,prospects of the crop. PRESIDENT VETOES PEACE RESOLUTION Its Acceptance Would Put An;. Ineffaceable Stain on Nation's Honor. A despatch from Washington says: -President Wilson vetoed the peace resolution on Thursday, and in- formed Congress he could not become a party to the peace programme frama. ed by Republican leaders of the Sen- ate and House because he -considered it would put "ineffaceable stain" on the nation's honor. To establish technical peace by such a method, the President said in his veto message, would be to effect "a complete surrender of the rights of the United States so far as Ger- many is concerned," and to relin- quish all the high purposes which were embodied in the rejected Treaty of Marseilles. The President's act apparently brought to another and final dead- lock the efforts of the present Ad- ministration and Congress to agree on a peace settlement. Republican leaders conceded they had no chance to pass the 'resolution over the exe- cutive's veto, and on both sides it was predicted that the issues of the treaty controversy would have to be fought out in the political campaign with Democrats and Republicans blaming each other for the failure to consum- mate a state of peace. In his message the President did not indicate whether he might again submit the treaty to the Senate for ratification, but he said the resolution raised again the question of whether the United States eared to draw apart from the rest of the world or to join with other nations in attaining the ends to which the treaty was framed. The veto had been expected by the Republican leaders, and they made plans to close the incident promptly by a record vote on repassage of the resolution. The message went first to the House, where its reading was greeted with cheers by Democrats and derision by Republicans. LIVING COSTS ABOUT SAME AS ENGLAND Sugar, Bread, Jam and Coal Higher in Canada. Ottawa, May 30.-A remarkable similarity in the cost of groceries in England and in Canada is revealed in a comparison of a budget of house- hold staples in the two countries made within the last three weeks. The fig- ures are given out by a Canadian offi- cial. Pricing a score of staples, ranging from bread to custard pow- der, the whole supply costs about a dollar more in Ottawa than in Lan- don, England. Bread is 4 cents higher in Canada, sugar is 10 cents per pound higher, and jam anl marmalade range from 10 cents to 18 cents higher here. But in England bacon, eggs, lard, znilk, sausages, Worceter sauce, rice, oranges and dried fruits are all higher in price. Eggs were $1 a dozen, and butter about $1.1a a pound for good grade. Both these prices are due to sharp decrease in London, however. Vegetables are still much cheaper in England than in Canada, and but- cher meats average from 30 to 40 cents a pound, Coal is about $1.25 per ton cheaper in England. H.R.I. is Visiting Australia. A despatch from Melbourne says: -- The Prince of Wales, who sailed from New Zealand an the battle cruiser Renown, May 21, arrived in Mel- bourne on Wednesday. The Prince was warmly acclaimed, A fleet met the Renown, while air- planes circled over the harbor. Three thousand pigeons were released in the midst of cheering crowds, as the Prince debarked and drove through the thronged streets. `he railway and t'aaway strikes, which it had been threatened would be called during the visit of the Prince, were averted through a com- promise. To Keep Corn -borer Out of Canada A despatch from Ottawa says: -To prevent the introduction into Canada of the European corn -borer, provision has been made by order in Council amending "The Destructive Insect and Pest Act," to prohibit the impor- tation of corn and broom corn, in- cluding all parts of the stalk, celery and many other kinds of garden pro- duce, and flowers from specified toWns townships and cities of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania States, A despatch from Allahabad says:• - William Hobenzollern's schooner yacht Hamburg, one of the fastest schooners at the Cowes and • a regattas, . has been brought out of internment and sold to a mercantile firm who will use her for trading between India and the Straits.