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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-03-17, Page 7TORONTO STREET CAR JUMPS TRACK • ONE ,:KILLED AND SEVENTEEN INJURED Bits of Crushed Stone Drawn Into Tracks Said to be Re- sponsible for Derailing of Eastbound Car on the Don Bridge on Gerrard Street Which Collided Head- on With. Westbound Car, A .despatch from Toronto says:— One passenger received injuries from which he died a few hours later, a score were more or less, seriously in- jured on Friday evening when a trail- er jumped the tracks on the Gerrard street bridge over the Don and crash- ed into a street car going in the op- posite direction. The dead man is John Evans, jun., aged about 39, of 229 Langley avenue, The accidentoccurred about 5.25 and the trailer was packed with the rush-hour crowd. It was attached to an east -bound Queen car. The two cars were proceeding at a smart rate, when the trailer left the rails, bumped along a few yards, tore the couplings loose and then collided with a westbound Queen car. .till the passengers were thrown into confu- sion amid crashing glass and wood- work. Evans, who is thought to have been riding an the front vestibule of the trailer, received the full impact of the collision, and from the first doubt was expressed for his recovery. William Younger, 71 Bomore road, was standing with Evans, and had both arms• and both lege broken. .He may recover, however. Miss Christina Veitch, 52 Smith street, is another of the seriously in- jured, and she remained unconscious for many. hours. She was badly. crushed. The cause of the- accident is ascrib- ed tosmall stones getting into the tracks. This stone had been used to repair the roadway near at hand. The wrecked trailer was one of the oldest belonging to the Toronto Street Railway. Others who suffered injuries were likely thrown from the front and rear platforms to the pavement. Motorman W. Arnett, 155 Frankland avenue, who was driving an eastbound car behind the wrecked trailer, said he picked up many injured persons who, he thought, had fallen from the rear platform of the trailer. Motorman John Haywood, No. 1644, of the westbound Queen car had amir- aculous escape. The vestibule of Ms ear was madly wrecked, but Haywood came through with sameslight. cuts. • Neither he nor Conductor' G. H. Gear- ing could give an account .of the acci- dent, other than the trailer` had jump- ed the track and before the collision cotuld be avoided bad crashed into their car. Dead. John Evans, jun,, 229 Langley ave., aged, 39, single, elevator repair worker. The Injured. (In the General Hospital.) William Younger, critically injured, 71 Bomore road, aged 16, printer's ap- prentice, employed by Johnston & Co. Both legs and both arms frac- tured. Andrew Bell, 25 Prust avenue, aged 62, married, printer. Dislocated shoulder. Thomas Comber, 207 Riverdale ave., aged 51, married, furniture worker. May have a fractured leg: Edward Crilley, 405 Pape avenue, aged 24, married, presser. Shock and fractured ribs. Thomas Judge, 27 Langley avenue, not detained. William Chapman, 83 Redwood ave., not detained Christopher Needham, Pape avenue, not detained. (In St. Michael's Hospital.) Miss Christina Veitch, seriously injur- ed, 52 Smith street, aged 18, oper- ator for the T. Eaton Co. Fractured arm and internal injuries, remaining unconscious many hours. Mrs. Annie Mills, seriously injured, 325 Ashdale avenue, aged 42. A fractured shoulder. Isaac Lilly, seriously injured, 380 Morely avenue, aged 52, married. A fractured shoulder. Harry Johnston, seriously injured, 48 Smith street, aged 42, married. A compound fracture of the leg. Ernest M'Kibbon, 1200 Gerrard street east, aged 16. Bruises and lacera- tions. Albert Burley, 86 Prust avenue, frac- tured ribs. John Brown, 417 Pape avenue, not detained. William Mills, 325 Pape avenue, not detained. G. Knowles, 145 Hastings avenue, not detained._ _,,: „,. Thomas Thi hes,'460 Pape'avenue, not detained. CANADA FIRST V.C. LANDS AT ST. JOHN Going to Ottawa; Wife and Twin Sons Will Join Him Later. A. despatch.' from St. John, N.B., says:—The first Canadian V.C. of the great war, Lieut. Michael O'Leary of Kanturk, Ireland, late of the Irish Guards, arrived in this city on Friday oris the Canadian Pacific Ocean Ser- -vices liner Empress of Britain, and left shortly afterward for Otawa. It was during the battle of Given- chy, in February, 1915, that he single- handed, charged a German machine gun nest, slew some 18 men, and then turned the gun on the Huns, O'Leary said he was going to Ot- tawa, but had made no definite plans for the future. He thinks he will stay in the East, however. • His wife and twin boys are in Ireland, and will -wait until "daddy" has got settled, when they will join him here. Gold Areas of N. Ontario Richest on Continent A despatch from Montreal says:— Gold prospects in Northern • On tario surpass those of every known, field on the North Am- erican continent, according to T. -W. Gibson, Deputy Minister of Mines for Ontario, addressing the 23rd annual ineeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in convention here. Further he added that the Province of Quebcc had maintain- ed during 1920 its unique record of having never permitted its production to fall below a previons year's record. T - House of Lords Passes Un- employment Insurance Act A despatch from London says:— The House of Lords passed. the Unemployment Insurance Act Amend- ment Bill, whioh has now gone threugh both Houses, BRITISH GENERAL AND 3 OFFICERS KILLED IN ATTACK ON CONVOY BY SINN FEIN Five Hundred Reds Poured Deadly Fire Into Military Party, Killing Brig. -General Cumming --Fierce Battle Waged in North County Cork. London, March 6.—Concealed in 'the gorse-coveredslopes in Clonbannin, north County Cork, five hundred Sinn Feiners poured a deadly fire on a British military convoy last night kill- • ing Brigadier -General H. R. Cuniining, war hero, as well as two other officers and two privates belonging to the East Lancashire eegiment. i General Cumming, who had con-! Mand of the Kerry Infantry, is the first British brigade commander to fall a victim to the Irish assassins. Escorted by three tenders, contain- ing a detachment of .;troops and one armored car, he was travelling from • Rathmore to i3uttevan•t when, from either hillside rising above the road near Clonbannin, a heavy . musketry fire was opened. The driver of the loading tender was immediately hit and the tender ran into a ditch whither the armored oar followed;' Headed by General Cumming, the troops took to cover to go into action but the General was immediately struck in the head with a bullet and died instantly. The ambushers were invisible in the gorse and they sustained the battle for an hour when their left flank was turned, forcing their retirement with undisclosed casualties. The road over which the military force was travelling, had been mined but the mines were not exploded. Brigadier -General Cumming had his headquarters in the barraoks at Bette - vent, ,some miles to the northeast of the zone of the ambush. Eecetttly Gem Cumming had motored each morn- ing to Mellow, where he presided over the court of enquiry into the murder there recently of Mrs, King, wife of County Inspector Bing and the shoot- ing of railwaymen after the murder, •�4 NaW, OA, hQWA ween R, Qary. ei V Alvos l� ,� e *, 111 I�It TIMES LOOK RATHER DARK•.1TO SOME F TORONTO DRUGGIST MURDERED; CITIZEN MALTREAET BY ROBBERS L. C. Sabine Refused to Surre ter and Was Shot, Dying a Men Render Wm. " A. Ball From Monkey Wrench nder Contents of Cash Regis - Few Hours Later—Hold-up Unconscious With Blow and Rifle His Pockets. Toronto, March 7. Bandits operat- ing here on Saturday night murdered L. C. Sabine, druggist, 533 Manning Ave., in cold blood and brutally mal- treated and robbed William A Ball, 368 Spadina Road, in the garage " at the rear of his home. At the Sabine store the bandits secured an undeter- mined amount of money. Mr. Ball was relieved of $150 in bills, a dia- mond tiepin worth $1,500 andcheques to the value of $35. Mr. Sabine was shot in the stomach in his store about 10.55 p.m. and died Withal. nurse; pulled the trigger of hi gun and sent a bullet into the drug gist's body. Sabine dropped to th floor with a groan. Then, with th sante callousness that had character ized. 'their entrance and subsequen shooting of the victim, they rifled the cash register of the money it con tained and departed. As far as th druggist could see, the robbers ha no automobile in waiting. Mrs. Ball, for many years a well known Parkdale resident and forme otel' keeper, and who now conduct public garage and motor accessorie business at 1523 Queen Street, west was :.held .up and beaten into semi- nsensibility in the garage at the rear of his home at Spadina Road and eath Street, about 10 o'clock on Sat- rday night, by two armed men, who ad been lying in wait for him in the aekeeed building. It is the belief of r. Ball and the police that the st- ack was the work of someone conver- nt with his (Mr. Ball's)' movements, s one of the thugs called him ,by name s e e t e d r s s a in the Western Hospital at :1.30 yes- terday afternoon. Mr. Ball is recover- ing from his injuries at his home. As yet no trace of the gunmen has'been found by the police, all of whom have been scouring the city and adjacent country during the week end. While lying in the hospital on Sat- urday night after the shooting, Sabine. outlined the story of the assault upon' him in his store.. He had just finished serving a customer when two gunmen a entered. Neither was masked. . Their w in H u h d M t sa e co wa41c d oly"to the counter and with- out further parley presented two re- volvers at Sabine's body and ordered him to empty the cash register for them. He refused. One of the men, belt lie. refused to hand over his pos- sessions' at the robber's demand, • Mr. Ball Was •beaten on the head with a revolver and a monkey wrench, and is now at his home with several „bad gashes in his head and facial injuries. "Tirpitz" Banned as Name of Ship A despatch from Berlin says:— Workers in the shipyards at Flens- burg prevented the launching of 'a 12,000 -ton freighter because they ob- jected to naming it "Tirpitz." The famous Admiral had prepared an ad- dress, and Hugo Stinnes, owner of the vessel, as well as a number of other dignitaries, had planned to attend, but the Socialistic workmen at the last minute decided against the policy of naming Germany's new ships for her dethroned war lords. Three States Unite to Withstand Bolshevism A despatch from Budapest says:— A defensive alliance against the Bo1- sheviki, has been entered into by Po- land, Roumania, and Hungary, accord- ing to information from reliable sources. BRITISH MINISTER LOSES ELECTION Favored Embargo on Cana dian Cattle --Defeated by Labor Party. A. despatch from London Sir Arthur Griffiths-Boscawen, th newly -appointed. Minister of 'Agricul tore, was defeated in the Dudley by election, the result of which was an announced on Thursday, by J. Wilson Labor candidate. The voting was: Labor 10,24 Coalition -Liberal 9,96 The Substance of Success. `[here is no more fascinating study than to eonsider wby Borne persou.s make a great and triumphant progress through life and Mere—many others --do not. But after everyone has studied tong and carefully and sub. jected the matter to the closest many. e cis he is often driven to conclude that the causes are too subtle and obscure for discovery, and In many 'oases he _ is even forced upon what seems like the explanation of pure luck. Still' there are some obvious quail 4 ties that, if they do not lead directly 8 to meows, are at least almost ludic, pensabie to It. There is courage; a man.must be ready to face life, to face difficulty, to grasp it firmly and wres- tle with it manfully. . There is patience; unlimited patience, the patience that disregards shocks and buffets and .disgraces and never gives up. There is. adaptability, the power of fitting yourself to circumstances. and especially to people, at seeing quickly the need of the moment and beetling - and suppling your own soul to every demand and requirement of souls about you, without forfeiting the. independence and individuality that shall enable you to gain by' such adaptation in the end. But to those who have not achieved success there is a certain consolation in seeing how many of the requisite qualities are negative.. If you want to succeed in the world, you must not be shy, not too modest or retiring. You must not mistrust your " own worth. A ringing, though not disson- ant, confidence in It will dispel the mistrust of others. You must notbe oversensitive, not see slights where they are not meant, not regard quips or mocks from trivial sources, not have a skin that feels pin pricks, or toes that too greatly resent being trodden upon. You must not be imagi- native, not have a fine, wide fancy that is always conjuring up possibili- ties of damage and peril. You must step right out into the world toward your object, without too vivid a pic- ture of the quicksands and pitfalls on every side. Finally, to make personal success in a hard generation you must not be too unselfish, not too ready to forget your own advancement in the pleasure, or in the comfort, or even in the suffering of others. Those things are well enough in their place, but they easily become engrossing and dominant. 11 wouldbe too much to say that those of us who have not made a great success in life have failed be- cause we are superior persons, but there are days when. it is a comfort to think so. Majority against ......... 276 The defeat of the. Government Min ister and candidate is mainly attri but ed to the: controversy over the question of the embargo on Canadaian cattle, used as an argument by the Opposition, who ascribe to this cause the high cost of meat in Great Britain, Lord Beaverbrook took this position, and flooded the constituency with copies of The Daily Express, owned by him, inwhich he stated that "every vote for the Government candidate was a vote for dear meat." Dudley is a large working-class con- stituency. Sir Arthur Griffiths-Boscawen had expressed himself as favoring a con- tinuation of the 'embargo. ALLOW NO LIQUOR IN U.S. TERRITORY Not Even in Transit from One Part of Canada to Another. A despatch from Vancouver, B.C,., says:—The entire Yukon Territory and some northern sections of British Columbia -are not only cold, but dry for the moment, at least. No more wet goods may be carried through United States territory, even if in bond, in transit from one pars of Can- ada to 'another, by a recent ruling on the Volstead Act, according to tele- grams arriving front Dawson, White Horse, and other points. Yukon offi- cials have made a formal protest to Ottawa. Local dealers who make liquor ship- ments to the North Country .contend that a treaty under which Canadian imports were to be allowed to pass through Alaskan territory takes pre- cedence over the ruling. British Reserves Held in Readiness London, March 7. -The British War Office, according to the Daily News this morning, has warned certain re- serve military men to be in readiness to rejoin their regiments. It is a precautionary measure in the event that drastic adieu against Germany is ordered. Henry Schearer, General Manager of the Michigan Central lines,. has an- nounced that the road's investigation proved that the Michigan Central en- gineer and fireman of the Canadian Pacific train were to blame for the recent wreck at Porter, Ind•, in which' 37 persons were killed. Weekly Market Report m ._ fesare quoting for churning cream, Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, 62c per 1b. fat, f.o.b. shipping points. ' 314- `,No. 2 Northern, $1.904.: No. Smoked meats—Ro11s, 30 to 33c; \northern, $1.8611; No. 4 wheathams, med., 36 to 38c; heavy, 31 to , .0%. 33c• cooked hams, 53 to 57e; backs, Ianitoba oats -,-No. 2 CW, 50c; No. 50 to 550; breakfast bacon, 42 to 45c; W, 45%e; extra No. 1 feed, 45%c; special, 48 to 53c; cottage rolls, 38 1 feed, 43%e; No. 2 feed, 40%c. to see. anitoba barley -No, 3 CW, 801he: Green meats—Out of pickle le less 4 CW, 704e; rejected, 594c; than smoked. 59%c, Barrelled Meats—Bean pork, $35; 11 above in store Fort William. shortcut or fancily back, boneless, $46 ntario wheat—F.o.b. shipping to $47; pickled rolls, 152 to $56; mess its, according to freights outside, pork, $38 to $41. . 2 spring, $1.75 to $1,80; No. 2 Dry salted meats—Long clears, in winter, $1.85 to $1.90; No. 2 goose tons, 23 to 25c; in cases, 23ei to 251, c; wheat, $1.70 to $1.80 es, 27% to 28%c; fat backs No. 2 ygliow, track, Toronto 95c nom- Lard Ti Fr CO th tal th steam at full speed for an -unnamed destination, Paris naval •o£ficiais bei- lieve the French squadron will pare. ticipate in the blockade of- Hamburg. �•; rn:;tic:;;:.� �;: • sir;; . Broken in Servioe of His Country. Woodrow 'Wilson, who left Etre ofilco of President of the United States nn March 4. photo shows him as he is today, broken and decrepit, atter two termsIn office cleat bells American corn—Prompt shipment, 22 to 24c. ittaL - — erc es, 2014 to 20%c; tubs, Ontxirlo oats _No 3 47 20%c to 21%; pails, 21 to 211,1 c; white, to prints, 22 to 22efie; shortening, tierces, life, aecording to freights outside. 18 to 1816e; prints, 15c per lb. lade:ie.-Malting, 80 to 90e, acootd- Good heavy steers, $9 to $10; but- ing to freights outside, cher steers, ohaice Ontario• flour—Winter, prompt ship- t$do, to $9.50 do, meet, straight run 'brill{, seaboard, sad, $7.50 to $8.50; da, med., $6.50 to $8.50. 750; butcher heifers choice, $8.550 to Peas --=No. 2, $1,50 to $1.60, outside. $9.50; do, ined,, $7 a $8, do, come itoba flour—Track, Toronto, $6.50; butcher cows, choice, $8 to $9; c First patents, $10.70; second patents, do, tiled., $5 to $7; canners and cut - $10.20. tees, $3.50 to $4; butcher Bulls; good, Buckwheat--N•o, 2, $1 to $1.05. $6 to 8; do, fair, $5.50 to $6• do come, Rye—No.. nominal; No, 3, 5,1,50 4 to 5; feeders, good, 900 labs., $7 to 2,n to $1.55: $8; do, 800 lbs., $6.50 to $7• nulketis Miilfeed—Cariots, delivered, To- ronto freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $87; shorts, per ton, $85; white middlings, $40; feed flour, .$2.40, Eggs—New laid, cartons, 51 to 53e; new laid, 49 to 50e. Butter --Creamery. prints, 55 to 59.c;. fresh made, 58 to 61c; bakers', 38 to 45c. Oleoma,rgaeine---Best grade, 29 to 32c. Cheese ---Large, 82 to 33c; twins, to 34c, Maple syrup ---One gaI. tins, $3.50. 88 Honey,' extracted --White clover, in 50 and 30-1b, tins, per lb., 21 to 22c; do, 10-1h. tins, per Ib., 22 to 23e; On- tario No. 1 white clover, in 214-5-1b. '20%e. Butter, choicest creamery, P tins, per lir•, 28 to 24e. 53% to 54c, Eggs, •fresh, 50e. rte Oh•i g • n�--' rrinco creamer- Hogs, $15; veal mires, $10 to $13, eta University Fees. Should university education be for the rich only or, should it be as free as public school education? Should brains or money determine a.studett'.a fitness to enter university? This question will be answered in the re- port of the Royal Commission and in the Province's acceptance or rejection of its finding's. To a Provincial University money conies from only two sources—gov- ernment support and. students' fees. It is true that liberal private bene- factions are also received, but they are always for some designated ob- ject, scholarships, or fellowships, oe professorships, or buildings for some specific purpose: So it is correct to say that if government support is adequate, university education may be practically free. If government support fails, fees must rise and the sons and daughters of the average •citizen, as well as the young men and women who are "making their own way" through college, will be debarred from the education to which their in. lellectual ability entitles thein. The following figures, showing the fees for the first year in the Alts course In several universities, are in- teresting: University of Toronto, $40; Yale, $300; Harvard, $250; Princeton, $250; Pennsylvania, $250; Cornell, $200; Chicago, $180; Wisconsin, $154; Michigan, $105; McGill, $100; Minne- sota, $90. The old-time theory that only the an with Children attending school • could pay school taxes has long since en exploded, because now everyone alizes that education is the nation's id business. Just as unreasonable the theory that those who desire iversity education should pay the ole Bost of it—such a position is the ry opposite of democratic. sgo rn sR be re ch is un wh and springers, Choice, $100 +to $150; ye $13 to $14; deo, come $5 to $10; lambs, $12 to $13.75; sheep, choice, $6.50 to $8; do, heavy and bueks, $4 to $5; do, yearlings, $10 to $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $14; do, off cars, $14.25; do, f.o.b., $13; do, to the farmer, sae? $12.75. do Montreal. al Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 68c; do. No, an 3, 64e. Flour, Man, spring wheat pat- tiff calves, choice, $15 to $16; do, med, 4S. Medal for British and French Warriors A despatch front Washington s; ---The House adopted a resolu- n authorizing that the Congression•, Medal of Honor be eonferred upon unidentified British and an uniden- ed French soldier buried respee- exits, firsts, $10,70. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.40, Bran, $38.25, Shorts, $36.25, Hay, No, 2, per ton, car lots, $24 to $25, Cheese, finest easterns, 294 to tively, in Westminster .Abbey end at the foot of the Arch of Triumph hi Paris, reeve George of Greece has mar - 1 the Princess Elizabeth of Rou- nia.