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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1932-07-22, Page 31 14 14Y 15, 1932. 1 Seen in the County Papers Moving. • 'The Hogarth Babrthich Hatch- ..ers, which have beer operating in the Hervey beilding have leased the IVIetrepelltan pro'perty one ,door worth and are busy moving their it:- Acubator and equipment into the premises.—Exeter TiroeseAdvocate. tittle "laughter Victim of Tetarus. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kidd, of 895 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, have the sympathy et many friends in the loss of triir little daughter, Jean, aged five .ears, who died at mid- night Saturday evening in the Hes- :fetal for Sick Children following an illness of only 48 hours with teta- mus (lo: hjaw). The remains were heought to Exeter and the fun_erre 'held '1' If sday afternoon front the 'Thome cf the child's grandpa:: •,r,t s, 'Mr. and .Mrs. Jonathan Kydd. The -child's death was the result ' of a, 'most unusual form of disease. A -week etevious the little gin had eeeteivee n scratch on, .,the •keee lewhile holidaying with telativeS at nCollingwood. She had spent two nnonths along with her mother in England arriving "home June. 21st. few days before leaving the boat "the child had been vaccinated'. The -doctors are at a loss to determine dust what caused the dreadful ail• /tient. On the previous Wednesday Lie child showed symptoms of the disease and was; treated both at Atone and at the hospitalee-Exetee limes -Advocate., Eyes Badly Burned When Lime SPlaihes Fe:to-Face. Mr. I. R. Carling met with' a most unfortunate accident Moeday .-evening when some lime spattered into his face and entered both eyes. .At first it was thought he might lose the sight of one eye but it is -now believed that the sight will be restored to both. Mr. 'Carling was In the act of slaking some lime, in 't'he evening preparatory to having m'an do some whitewashing ter him the -following ,day. Hewes carry- ing a pail with the lime when the :handle slipped from his grasp, and lie made a qtrick grab for it. , He was leaning over as the pail struct the ground and the lime splashed -up into his face filling his eyes, 'badly burning them and causing t great deal of suffering. Dr. Fletch- er was immediately called to attend him. His many friends will hope for a speedy and complete recovery. ----Exeter Times -Advocate. Lightning Kills Cows. A peculiar accident and an expen- sive and .incanyenient one happened on the 'dairy farm of Mr. Charles E. Elliott at the northeast end of the town on Wednesday night of last week when lightning killed five of • his dairy cows. The animals were lying under an apple tree, quite near the house, and the whole five were i 'killed with one bolt. The tree was - 'unharmed. The loss of the cows was :a serious one, although partly•cover-. •ed by insurance, and the inconveni- 'b ,enee of finding seventy -eve or -eighty quarts of milk next day to supply is patrons was considerable. Most of Mr. Elliott's herd are Guernseys, ibut one of the'animals killed was a registeted Hereford.—Clinton News - Record. Town Taxes Coming In. The collector reports that the 1932 taxes are Comingthenvell, in spite of the talk of deprese,ion, only about $1,500 remaining unpaid of the first instalment at the end of June and much of this will come in yet during the sumer:en—Clinton News -Record. Say- He Converted Over $100,000. J. B. P. Johnstone, Toronto stock beaker, QD. Monday appeared before Magistrate C. A. Reid charged with unlawful conversion of the funds of the Consolidated Creameries Limited and, as in the case af two other' charges arising out of his dealings with the same company, he was corn- Mitted after electing trial by judge and jury. The same evidence as was gkeen in the other charges against him, was aecepted by the defence. Accused's counsel, Frank 'Donnelly, stated he would at first opportunity make application for bail before County Judge Costello. Johnstone, a young man: f 813 years., nattily at- tired, has been in jail here for ten days along with one of his former salesmen, Francis J. Byles. He told inquirers he was feeling "just fine." Crown Attorney II E. Holmes said accused was employed by .Consolidat- ed 'Creameries in 1928 to sell the COL:- Tany,'s stock. The Crown would seek to prove, he said, that over 8100,000 of this stock had been sold, but not one niokle had been accounted for to the company. It is e_alleetel -that Johnstone converted:the money to his own use, spending it in organization, office expeit'sest trips to England, ,ete. It was further stated that Johnstone was a heavy loser in the stock merk• et crash of 1929.--Goderich. Star. • • The End of a Perfect Day. "One of the largest crowds I ever helped to handle in this town, and the most orderly," said Chief "Dick" Postelethwaite to The Star Wednes- day morning. "There was not one untoward incident and, of course, net one arrest." The genial Chief laugh- ed as he told of a motorist who, at 11.30 p.m., struck the corner of the Hamilton Street arch and spilled it all over the road. "The end of it perfect day; it had to come down anyway," quoth he of the brass bun tons.—Goderich Star. Former Old Church .Building Being ,Renovated. 'Sone time ago the Masonic Lodgc No. 2-8e A.F. & A.M. purchated the Mills Memorial Hall which 'vas fern:- erly owned by the Congregational church, formerly used by the con- gregation ' of the Congregational church, to be used as a Masonie had. Work has commenced to put the building in shape, a new floor is being put in the ;basement, lavator- es and new furnace installed, , and bowling alley rerniodelled. Analip4o- date kitchen is also being fitted out n the basement. The basement will e used as a banquet and entertain- ment hall and the mein •floor will be used as -the lodge room. The work is being rushed- along so that the build- ing will be ready for use in the fall. --,Wingharn Advance -Times MINIMMM■ Now... Instant- Gas Cooking for Homes Beyond the Gas Mains Model No. 902 A popular priced range ithialied In beautiful pdrCe. bile JUST light a match, turn a valve...your new Coleman Instant -Gas lights instantly ...right at the burner! It has no preheater. No wait- ing. Put on your pots and pans and start cooking "right now". That's mod- ern gas service! The finest stove you ever saw for homes out beyond the gas mains. Economical to op- erate ... makes and burns its own gas from regular untreated motor fuel. Your dealer will be glad to show you all the many new, modern, up-to- the- minute improvements on these dandy new stoves,. There's a model just "made to order" for your cooking requirements ....at a price that will fit your purse. Let him demonstrate , the new Coleman Instant -Gas. See for your- self what a stove It is! THE COLEMAN LAMP & STOVE CO., Ltd. Toronto, 8, Ontario (SR -2). ASK YOUR DEALER 1' '1 Model No. 908 a•bereer.low-evee model at a popular Prim Will Study ft CanilAridge Univers* I. J, lendelTetn, Wiegham Jet., Thetimett Ord ea Sattledae that his sore W. J. MAL has received scholarship in Physic research entit- ling him to $1500 a year for three years tad study Physic Reseatch (Radio Activity) under Lord Ruther- forfl, at Ctenbridge Untversity, Eng- land. iMr. Henderson, who is a grad- uate of Queen's University, Kingston has for the past .year, been- working in the University Laboratory at King- ston on Radio Activity, and earlier this year won a Bursary of $600 that entitled him to continue this work at Kingston. Wingham Advance- Tienes. Miss Mary Collie. On Saturday :morning, July 9th death called a most respected and beloved citizen of Bluevale in the person of Miss Mary Collie eldest daughter of the, late ;Mr. and Mrs John Collie, whefor many years was Grand Trunk station agent at Blue- yale. ;Miss .Collie had not enjoyed good health for some time, but was able to be around and attend to her household duties until about two and a half weeks ago, she suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she never regained consciousness.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. Fall on Pavement Inflicts 'Head Injury. Mr. Jack Garniss in the einployee of Mr. J. L. MacMillan, local butcher, was the victim of a strange and un- fortunate mishap on .Menday morn- ing, (which initiated a nasty cut in his head above the ear, and partially stunned him to the extent that he could not recall the happenings. He is under medical care and is being confined to his home until any danger of concussion may:I:aye passed. The meat -care which- Mr. Garnies• was driving is a two -wheel vehicle with a box in front and a platferm at the rear for the driver. At the tine of the achident he was driving along on the cement pavement near the south end of the village and was in conven• sation with a party driving along be- hinsi him. A sudden ture on the part of the horse threw Mr. Garnist off the cart and over the wheel., w'hie'n passed over hiln after he struck his head a stunning blow on the concrete. His foot became caught in the cart, but fortunately in the tumble the driving lines tightened, bringing the horse to a stop. Mr. •Garniss re- turned to the store, but cannot recall doing so and from there was taken to his home where he has since been confined.-tleacknow Sentinel. Sundae Morning Blaze. The small frame barn, village pro• perty af R. McQuillap, Kinlosefirm- er, which is situated near the east side cj the Caledonian Park, was detially stroyed by by fire of uncee in origin, which broke out -about nine o'clock on Sunday morning. On ar- riving at the scene the brigade dis- covered the roof and upper portion of sthe-'barn to be blazing freely, but a strong stream, of water was soon available and little -difficulty was en- countered in extinguishing the blaze, but not before the upper story wa.s badly gutted.—Lucknow Sentinel. How Hollywood Was Fooled By Bogus Grand Duke Hollywood may be a sinful and con- ceited city, swollen with wicked pride but you never can say that it isn't ready to accept a stranger on his own valuation. For witnesses you might call Harry Gerguson, alias Prince Michael Alex- ander Dmitri Oblenski Romanoff, ani R. H. W. Albrextondare, alias Grand Duke Michael Atexandrovitch. These two meet were accepted by Hollywood as members of the old- time Russian nobility—Wined and dined and kow-towed to as ardently as .anyene could wish. .Hlollywood took them on their own say-so as innogently as a babe in arms. Just now 'Mr. Albrextondare, oth- erwise the Grand Duke Michael, is living in a modest hillside cabin near the city. It was a $12.50 uniform that pub him over. He had had a checkered past, up and dawn the Pacific coast. for years. Eight times since 1917 he had been arrested, on charges ranging from violation of the California. Medical Act to grand and petty theft. In 1918 he had been arrested on suspic- ion of being an 'enemy alien, but was released because of insufficient evi- dence against him. At one time, pos- ing as a doctor and healer, lie had spent 180 days in jail and paid a fine of $500. His latest escapade lasted for something. like •tvro months. Albrextondare went to a costume renting company and paid $12.50 for the use of a gorgeous costume that had been worn by John Barrymore during the filming of the picture "The 'Tempest." , Attired in this, with elegant epaul atter on his shoulders and a row of bright medals across his lare,sst,he informed Hollywood that he was the Grand Puke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the late czar of Russia. Michael Alexandrovitch was enter- tained in scores of faehionable homes. Debuntantes swarmed about him. 8,. 4i:sleety matrons danced with him. Their husbands oonfided in him. His trouble began when he decided Ito branch out and see if this grand duke business couldn't be turned in- to cash. He went to the law offices of Daly 'B. Robnett and C. A. A. VICGree, Los Angeles attorneys. His late brother. the last of the czars, he said, had lett him a fortune worth many mil. lions. This fortune was tied up in various banks. He would like the lawyers to help him in getting the money. The lawyers started out 'by taking a peek at a gm history books in the public library, and when their pros- pective client returned they told him, regretfully, that the Grand Duke ;Michael Alexandrovitch had been kill. ed by the Bolsheviks at Perm, in the Ural regime in 1918. Albrextondare, howevet, was not in the least abashed. "I was badly wounded and left for dead at /Perm," he told them, "but 'during the night 1 e,seaped, and later I worieed my .14: to the United) ;States," , •. Tht3n b ask,04:04e, 'to lend b."0; $100.9,400 with which he edge establish his identitye in run,,he eakl, Otter ;Would share with hien in the' division of his estate. The lawyers, read same more his- tory and disc:anew:1 that the •real grand duke hal:1 beeteemarried in Vien- na in 1911 to ene Na'tha1ie Sergieva, that the czar had not approved of the marriage and thatthe grand duke had therefore been banished to Eng- land. Furthermore, it developed that Nathalie was Mill alive, living in Paris. They had the. Hollywood grand duke pose for photographs, in full regalia, telling him that the picture would be used for 'publicity perpoSes n the drive for his fortune. The photographsthey. promptly sent to Paris, to the widow of the real grand •dnite, now known as Princess Brass - off. In a short time they get -a letter from her, declaring indignantly that 'the man in the photographs. did not ie. the least reiserruble her late hus- band. Then the lawyers went investigat- ing •abent Hollywood and presently they ran on to the costume company from which their grand duke had rented the cestumie. %hey also consulted Russiaii emi- gres in HollYevood and learned from them that the grand duke put the wrong kind of epaulettes on his uni- form. The clintax camewhen the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia visited Los Angeles. The lawyers invitee their grand duke to meet her. He demur- red. "l)larie and I," he said, "never did get' along well together." But when Grand Duchess Marie ar- rived the lawyers showed her, pic- tures of Albrextondare t She had 'no hesitation in denouncing 'the man es an impostor; and she expressed the refined merriment of a grand ductless an learning that for $12.50 one could become a grand. duke in Holywood. So Albrextondare faded out of the picture and went back to his cabin on the mountainside. His fling, however, was n� more gay than that of Harry Gerguson. Gerguson was 'born in Hilleboro, I111. As a young man he" went out in- to the world to seek his fortune, and his travels 'apparently took him, at one time, to England. He picked' up an accent, a smattering of culture and the ability to weereclothes, and in 1927 he arrived at a ,Hollywood ho- tel and registered as Prince Michael Alexander Dinitri ;Oblensld Raman - off. His baggage and his seryants, he explained, had 'missed the train somewhere and would doubtless be 'along later. • The Hillsboro prince soon fund himself quite. a fellow. He went to parties and presently found the mov-- ie industry had deeided to offer him a position as technical adviser. It„took some quick thinking to get by on; this job. One, for instance, he was'.ecref erring witlfi'studio auth- orities on a Foreign Legion picture. The eesearch'specielists thought they had trapped him when they got hirn to assert that a Foreign Legion sentry takes 17 steps while walking his post. The right nuniben they pointed out,'is 45. But "the prince" wasn't fazed in the least. "My dear fellow," he said tolerant. ly, "very likely that is diterect, if you're talking about sentry-ge in the Soudan. But in West Africa the num- ber of sten,.is 17," .„. A little later he almost carne to grief by stating that a Foreign Le,g ion major had two buttons' en his coat. The specialists replied that he had six. But again the prince" was rready . for them!. He calmly asked them if they were talki-ng about win- ter or s-ummer uniforms—and in •a fe"Wilinnutes• he had thein apologizing to 'him. Eventually, Gerguson was exposed and left Hollywoed. But he returned in 1931 and once again 'had the film colony eating out of his' hand. This time he admitted that he was , the prince who had killed the monk, Rasputin • Gerguserits mast recent escap•ade occurred in New York. .He arrived there not long ago a- a stowaway on the liner Ile de France. He secreted him:elf and his suit- case in a dog ,kennel on the boar, deck. The suitcase provided him with formal clothes in which he co& 1 invade the first class saloons, ant for several days he had the tony passengers kow-towing to him in fins style. file downfall came when he men- tioned to one of tie' passengerr that he was a close friend of the steam:ids commander. The passenger told the commander, who took Gergettn into custody and landed hirn at Ellis Is- land. He had been confined there once be. fone—in 1922—and had escaped by swimming aslhore. Once ashore, he had gone about New York posing as the Prince Michael, etc, and had proved that New York can be kidded quite as easily as licillywood. For some time he. had a very fine time about New York. He was en- tertained:. He gave lectures on his experiences in Russia and once asked the police to protect hien against the Bolsheviks. This. went swimmingly until a federal agent happened to hear of him. The -agent 1poked him up, discovered he was an impostor and had him shipped baeik,to Europe At another time he had gone to St. Louis and while there he decided to run over to the old home town of Hillsboro and see how people *were getting along there. In Hillsboro, of course, be (Meld not pose as a Russian prince; so he told the home folks that he had been living in England, had served in the British army and was now connected with the British diplomatic service as a Military attache at the Wash- ington embassy. He made quite a splurge. To get back, however, to his ar- deal a few weeks ago on the Ile de France; he was held in Ellis Island to await deportation, and managed to escape again. In a little white he was back in custody on the liner De • Grasse, occupying a oell in the ship's brig and facing a year in jail in France. et' • • • Telephone 41 Seaforth 11 • HERE was a horseshoe pitching e911. Mall town in Ontario. One old- fellow was ing the shoes around the peg" with 0=44n curacy. irg One of the onlookers, unmistakably iVLelrtpOiiN tan 'in his dress and manner, vas very plainlY impressed. After the 'match, he sidled to the. winner. 0 "Hey, pop, how do you get them on as rega- ,T lar as that?" The countryman shrugged his shoulders. dunno," he said, "unless it's thirty years of learnin' how." That's about as good a way as any to explain what it takes to produce good printing. We don't know of any sure-fire rules or cut-price methods. But we've spent 72 years in "learnin' how." THE HURON EXPOSITOR McLEAN BROS.; Publishers ESTABLISHED 1860 '- - SEAFORTH, ONTARIO Of Interest to the Farmer The 27th annual report of the On tario Vegetable Growers' Associa- tion for 1921 is now available. It includes a member of interesting ad- dressee reports and treaties on dif- ferent phases of vegetable -growing. Copies of the report are' obtainable through your local agricultural re- presentative. Decreased Hog Supply. Market supplies of hogs in the United Staten and Europe will prob- ably decrease during the next few months; nevertheless they arc likely to be larger than .in the correspond- ing period last year, says the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Bill of Lading Protects Farmers. Excellent progress has been made in applying bill of lading regulations to truck movement of live stock, states Garnet Duncan of the Ontario Marketing Board staff. "Faxm•ers appreciate the protection offered them by this system against irregularities practised, by some truckers," continued Mr., Duncan, "and most reliable truckers support the system es it eaves time and pro- tects them from enfeir competition. Weekly records show the use of bill s of lading is increasing steadily." Minister's Report. The report of the Minister of Agtil culture for the year 1931 has been issued. It starts with a foreword l'y the Minister in which he reviews the outstanding accomplishments of that year in an agricultural way. These inelude the creation of the Ontario Marketing Board in May, 1931, which has given leadership in the marketing of farm produce, especially those a the dairy, live stock, fruit and veg- etable industries. X survey of cold storage requirements was made and assistance given to the erection of 'six new cold storage wareleauset at points in the province. lihese facili- ties were of unusual service because of the long hot season last year. A. ben -year cold storage program em- bracing the needs bf all 'brandies of agriculture is in coulee of prepara- tion. One of the brightest spots, re- marks the Minister, was the Wunior Extension work among boys and girls. ;Stress is also laid upon the marked lineprovement in• quality of live stock owned by Ontario farmers ar a result of the premium granted on stallions coming up to certain higin steita.rds; the hones 'system, an the purchase of pure-bred bulls and high-grade rams, and the organiza• tion of Baeon Hog •Cluthe. Increas- ing numner of farmers are taking ad- vantage of the 'assistance offered them. • The report gives a comprehensive review of the activities of the var- ious departmental branches and the work done at the Ontario Agricul- tural College, MacDonald Institute, the Ontario Veterinary College and the Kemptville Agricultural School. Attendance of students at these in- etitutions has surpassed all previous records. Anyone interested in. any particular branch of ;Ole Departmenes„ work can secure a copy of this re- port upon application. i'lums For Britain. The ten per cent. tariff which went into effect March 1, 1932, on foreign plums entering the United Kin.gdoen oilers a splendid opportunity to the Ontario plum industry to develothis potential export outlet, according to Andrew Fulton, overseas fruit repre- eentative. Since Canada is the only source of overseas supplies to take the place of foreign imports, it is necessary to look to Ontario for this freit. In 1930 the United Kingdom imported 44 illion pounds, which is more than twice the anneal produc- tion in Canada. France supplied nearly half the total. There is no reason why Ontario should not cap- ture part of this export trade, Past ;experience has shown that special care is required in growing, packing and transporting Ontario plums te ensure the fruit arriving in the Unit- ed Ki-ngctorn in good condition. They must be selected, for maturity and strictly packed according to recog- &zed standards. Therefore plume for export ehould be handled through central peeking houses in close prox- imity to cold storage facilities where the fruit can be properly assembled, packed, pre -cooled and shipped un- der refrigeration to- s-eaboard. The British market is exacting in its de- mand for only good-sized, plums. Plume for export should be picked, packed and pre -cooled in one day. Special shipping arrangerments are abtsolutely essential for plums, ac- cardin.g to Mr. Fulton, who sees a bright future for this export trade if properly handled. It's a junior age all around—junior high schools, junior lightweight champions and junior ideas on world c enemies ,-.4Detroit News. Human Skeletons 50,000 Years Old Found Near Mount Carmel An entire family of a new :tee ot prehistoric man, which lived ••abont 40,000 to 50:000 years ago, has been discovered in caves near Mount Car- mel, Southern Palestine. The find was described by Sir Ar- thur Keith, the eminent anthropolo- gist, to a representative of the Morn - .7 ••1 ing Post .e.e -comparable in import- ance with that of Peking Man.. . The .disc-overy has been made by Mr. Theodore -McGowan, working for the- British school of archaeology in Jerusalem and the American school of prehistoric research. The skele- tons numlber eight, and are thought to represent all stages of growth. "It is possible," Sir Arthur Keith stated, "althoUgh no definite con- clusions can yet be drawn, that this new man indicates that the main stem of modern man passed nearer to the line of Neanderthal man than has before been supposed." (Nean- derthal man was characterized ley a wide, low sktilr, a thick, hull neck and a negligible chin.) "The new race resembles :modern man in some points and Neanderthal man in others, while it has other characteristics which are entirely unique. We have one specimen, a child a few years old, in the Royal College of Sergeons. This was found last year, but I have nat before been able to pronounce upon Lt. In fact, I am still working on it. It took more than five months' laboratory work to remove the rock which sur- rounded' it. 'I am expecting the rest of the family, of which I have just been notified, in about six weeke' time, when Mr. McCowan comes hanie. estimate thatit- will take a .y'ear's work to clear the skull so that accur- ate mreasurements can 'be taken. "I have been able to do this with the child's skull, but we want te know what the adult members of the race were like. For the present their significance must remain uncertain. hut it is clear that they are of very great importanre, and 1- should num- ber Mr. Mcdowan'R work with these. "There are several elements in the skull which are unlike any known race. It has also a prenoune- ed bulge, resembling that of a young anthropojd ape. Both from the rnia.n- ner of their finding and rough photo- graphs which I have received, it in evident that the new skeletons be- long to the same race, and probably the same lamily. "The level in which they were found appears 4o (establish the petted definitely. In tennis of years it may, perhaps, be translated as 40,000 to-, 50,000 years ago. For the sake of comparison, dates in Egypt and at Ur can be taken baek easily to about 4,000 B.C., while the line of Nean- derthal man parted co-mpany with the main stern perhaps 500,000 years ago, the Morning Post writer adds: "The finds will mean immense ac- tivity for Mr. Herbert Smith, the •nrcteeum eepert at the disinterring of rock -covered skeletons. The outer stone will be laboriously chippedoff by hand, and drawings will be made at every stage of expiesure, t� that a record "would be available if chisel or hammer slipped. A dental drill and a tooth brush are used for re- moving the 'co'ating from inside th' skull. The new race has been chriet., erred 'Mount Carmel Man.'" • ettene.etteetteatetentineetneteereteleretrenneereee'det,etteettiettireteeitettlenetieete,,..e.,etteititt.eitreittilteteite'tithit