The Exeter Advocate, 1923-8-9, Page 7PRESIDENT • HARDING DIES
SUDDENLY AT SAN FRANCISCO
Tragic Termination to Fatiguing Trip to Alaska -Apoplexy
Ascribed as Cause of Death -- Vice -President
Coolidge Takes Up the Reins of
Government.
A despatch from San Francisco CHIEF EVENTS OF HARDING'S
LIFE,
says :-The President died without
-•�, �warning to those about hini. He had
''"'been particularly comfortable and
Mrs. Harding was reading to him, as
has been her habit, before he went to
sleep.
She and the two nurses were the
only persons with him at the time.
Doctors Sawyer and.Boone were in
the adjoining apartment. The local
physicians were out of the hotel.
The doctors heard Mrs. Harding
call and ran in.
It was just 7.50 when a secretary
ran out of the President's apartments
and handed the formal notice of his
death. It read:
"The President died at 7.30 p.m.
Mrs. Harding and the two nurses,
Miss Ruth Fowderly and. Miss Sue
Danser, were in the room at the time.
Mrs. Harding was reading to the
President, when utterly without warn-
ing, a light shudder passed through
his frame. He collapsed and all
recognized that the end had come.
Stroke of apoplexy was the cause of
his death."
Within a few moments all of the
President's official party had been
summoned.,
This was followed immediately by
this notice signed by his physicians:
"The President died instantaneous-
ly, without warning, and while con- G
versing with members of his family, c
at 7.30 p.m. Death was apparently d
due to some brain evolvement, probab- s
ly an apoplexy. During the day he
had been free from discomfort and
there was every justification for an-
ticipating a prompt recovery.
BORN -Nov. 2, 1865, on a farm
near Blooming Grove, Morrow Coun-
ty, 0.
BUSINESS LIFE -As a young
roan, became a -printer .and linotype
operator, and in 1884 became pro-
prietor of the Marion (0.) Star.
POLITICAL LIFE -From 1899 to
1903 represented his district in the
Senate of Ohio. In 1904 and 1905
was Lieutenant -Governor of the State.
In 1914 was elected to the United
States Senate by a majority of more
than 100,000. Elected President in
1920 by plurality of 7,000,000.
• FAMIL!( LIFE -Married in 1891
to Miss Florence Kling.
Calvin Coolidge, Vice -President of
the United States, who automatically
succeeds the late Warren G. Harding
as President, was born at Plymouth,
Vermont, on July 4, 1872, of old New
England stock. He worked on his
father's farm as a boy and through
hard effort obtained an education,
graduating at Amherst College and
afterward practising law at North-
ampton, Mass. Before being elected
Vice -President of the United States in
November, 1920, he was successively
Mayor of Northampton, member of
the State House of Representatives
and the State Senate, and Lieutenant..
overnor and Governor of Massa-
tusetts. His success as Governor in
ealing with the serious Boston police
trike was, in the public mind, largely
responsible for his being chosen as
Mr. Harding's running mate. He has
a wife and two sons and is known for
his simple tastes
THE LATE PRESIDENT HARDING
Prince Coming as the
Duke of Cornwall.
A despatch from London says: -
The Prince of Wales is completing
plans for a trip to Canada in Septem-
ber, when, as the Duke of Cornwall,
he will spend a month on his ranch in
Alberta. It is to be a strictly private
visit. If he traveled ;as the Prince of
Wales every municipal official the
length and breadth of the land would
want to give hien the freedom of the
eity and he would have to fight his
way through a month of 'banquets.
His desire is to see his ranch again,
as well as to have a real vacation in
the open. These are the chief reasons.
why the heir to the throne is about to
take this long jaunt. But it is also
partly due to the wanderlust which
the Prince has been suffering from
since his recent trip to the far East.
Plans are now maturing for an early
visit to South Africa, but when this is
undertaken it will be official. There
are some of his father's subjects who
believe one of the Prince's aversions
to marrying just yet is due to the
travel fever.
STRIKE CALLED OFF
IN SYDNEY STEP!
Union Mass Meeting Votes -to
Resume Work Dropped
on June 27.
A despatch from Sydney, N,S„
says: -The Sydney steel strike is over.
At a mass meeting of steel workers
at union headquarters, about 65 per
cent. of those present voted to end the
strike and return to work. The union
executive will notify the British Em-
pire Steel Corporation accordingly.
In their resolution, which formally
ends the strike, the steel workers com-
plain that every man's hand is against
them, and they censure people, courts,
police, newspaper and the Federal and
Provincial Governments.
The Steel Company stated that 2,-
505 men were working at the plant out
of approximately 8,500 who were
there when the strike began.
The strike began on the morning of
June 27 for a 20 per cent. wage in-
crease.
Disturbances followed, in the course
of which a number of police were
stoned and a magistrate bit and prac-
tically stunned by a missile. As a
result of the disturbance, Provincial
police and about 1,500 troops from all
sections of Canada occupied the strike
district.
At midnight 'July 3 the eight thou-
sand miners of Cape Breton came out
in sympathy to force withdrawal of
the troops and police. On July 61he
miners' leaders, J. B. MacLachlan and
Dan Livingstone, were arrested on
charges of sedition, and on July 18
they were deposed by John L. Lewis
from their respective offices of .secre-
tary and president of District 26 of
the United Mine Workers. The inter-
national president instructed the min-
ers to return to work. On July 21 the
miners returned to work.
An easily replaced abrasive belt
features a new machine for grind-
ing small metal or wood articles.
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CANADIAN
INDUSTRY BACKED BY ERI CAPITAL
• A despatch from London says: -The
development of Canadian milling in-
terests on a great scale by British
capital is foreshadowed " by . the de-
parture for Canada., on the Empress of
France, Aug. 8, of Sir William Nicholls.
64n William is, chairman and govern -
i g director of Spillers Milling and
Associated Industries, Limited, a huge
eom.bination of interests which own
their own steamships and insurance
companies, and are thus completely.
sekf-contained:
Sia William , who is accompanied
by Lady and Mies -Nicholls and J. T:
A mer, secretary of the company, will
visit Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Win-
btfpeg, Calgary and Vancouver, Ile will
sipehd,three menthe in Canada inves•ti-
ing 'the growing csnd handling of
Wheat. Canada, he considers, is be-
!pouiing the controlling factor in the
production and price of grain, and he
Wishes to study its course from the
farm to the British consumer. He will
look into the possibilities of flour mill-
ing
ill-I g in Western Caeada and into ship-
ping facilities which exist ter wheat
and, flour via Vancouver. If he finds
an , opportunity 'exists for improving
these facilities and reducing the cost
of marketing •Canadian wheat, he and
his associate's are ready to invest
large salmis of money for the purpose.
How large these sums may be ie• •indi.
coated by. the fact .that.Spillers induss
tries r control $35,000,000 and that Sir
William himself to a director of Bar:.
clays' Bank.
In view of the dominating position
of Spillers in the British grain trade,
its decision to ,consider large invest-
ments•in Canadian milling is a matter
of great importance to Canada,while
its insurance of Imperial control of
Imperial foodstuffs! augurs wen for the
forthcoming Economic Conference. Not
Since before the war has British in-
dustry .showed a .dispositionto parti-
cipate In Canadian develepmnont on
such a large scale. The fact that it
wild. mean the establishment of a new
industry,: rather than the mere:
vestment of British.'.capital, makes it
still more, constructive.
Dl
E.T. Courtney being congratulated alter winning the
,. King's Cup offered for the successful entrant into a
race *Melt encircled Great Britain.
Dominion News in Brief
Vancouver, B.C.-It has been an-
nounced by the contractors that the
additional unit of 700,000 bushels for
the old Government elevator will be
comp e e
This increases the storage capacity of
the elevator to 2,000,000 bushels.
Medicine Hat, Alta. -The adult
foxes and pups on the local fox farm
rapidly increased in number during
the past year. There are now 54
adult foxes and 55 pups. It is the
intention this Fall to increase the
number of Breeding pens and dog pens
from 25 to 34 of each.
Regina, Sask.-There has been no
let-up this year in the government's
policy of highway construction and
contractors are busily engaged in
building roads joining the small towns
with the provincial marketing centres.
The latest contract to be awarded by
the Government is for a stretch of
road 171,4 miles long between Regina
and Pense, at a cost of $18,000.
Winnipeg, Man. -Western Canada
will. require 61,000 harvesters this
year, according to an estimate made
at a meeting here of officials of the
Employment Service of Canada, Can-
adian Pacific and Canadian National
I Railways and farmers organizations.
It is estixnated'15,000 will be needed
in Manitoba, 83,000 in Saskatchewan
and 13,000 in Alberta, and most of
them will be brought in from Eastern
Canadian districts.
1 t d by the end of September
Ottawa, Ont. -Only once in the his-
tory of Canada was the gold produc-
tion record set in 1922 exceeded, and
that was in 1900, when the Yukon
placers reached the peak of their
yield. During 1922, 1,268,364 ounces
of gold were mined in the Dominion.
The value is set at $26,116,050, an in-
crease of 36 per cent. over the pr;
vious year's figures. In 1900, 1,350,-
057
,350;057 ounces of gold were mined and
the value was $27,908,153.
Shawinigan Falls, Que.--Work on
the extension of the plant of the Belgo
Paper Co. is now about 60 per cent.
completed. The Belgo Co. are making
arrangements to place another paper
machine in operation, which work will
not be completed before the end of
November next.
St. John, N.B.-Lumber exporters
in this district are experiencing a
steady run of orders for their product
from foreign countries, and scarcely a
day goes by but some ship leaves port
with a cargo of New Brunswick lum-
ber. The United States has been an
extensive buyer, with the United
Kingdom not far behind.
Aylesford, N.S.-Work has been go-
ing on steadily at the mine of the
Aylesford Manganese Mining Co.,
which is located about three miles
south of Auburn. The engineer in
charge reports that developments to
date are quite satisfactory.
Russia Will Celebrate
Next Christmas on Dec. 25.
A despatch from. Moscow says:-=-
The Council of Commissars have fixed
upon ten church holidays, to be ob-
served according to the new style
calendar. Thus this year will be the
first that Russia will celebrate Christ-
mas simultaneously with the rest of
the world. ,
Chopped It.
"Nurse, did you kill all the germs in
baby's milk?"
"Yes, ma'am. I run it through the
meat chopper twice."
Probably a miser saves money be-
cause he doesn't know what else to do
with it.
A discovery of excellent ochre (raw
sienna) was recently made near El-
lershouse Station, N.S., on the Do-
minion Atlantic Railway. The color
is uniform throughout, with very lit-
tle gritty matter in the main body.
The material can be burnt to produce
a variety of colors, from reddish
brown to black. Prospecting is still
going on.
Over 18,000 cattle were exported
during June and of that number 10,-
473
0;473 were shipped to the British mar-
ket and 1,785 to the United States.
The total for the first six months of
1923 is 55,583 head, as compared with
19,867 last year. Of these amounts
30,029 and 4,185, respectively, went
overseas and 23,659 and 12,795, re-
spectively, to the United States.
Inland Revenue Stamps
. Replace Postage on Oct. 1.1
A despatch from Ottawa says: An
explanation of the changes in the,
stamp taxes effective on August 1 has
been made by the Post -Office Depart-
ment. The requirement that Inland!
Revenue stamps must be used on
cheques, it is pointed out, does not;
come into effect until October lst. The;
Special War Revenue Act has provid-1
ed explicitly that postage stamps may!
be used in the payment of stamp du-
ties under the Act, but after the first
of October this permission ceases to
exist.
Official announcement of the secur-i
ing of new premises for the Canadian
Government offices in London, has'r
been made 6y Hon. P. C. Larkin, Celli t
adian High. Commissioner. The High' p
Cormnissioner states that the Crown.
lease of the premises in Trafalgar; t
Square on the West Side, belonging toi
the Union Club, has been purchased'b
by the Canadian Government.
e Week's Markets
$1,153/4.TORONTO,
Manitoba wheat --No: 1 Northern..
Manitoba oats -No. '3 CW, 481/4cj
No: 1 feed, 47c.
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
All the 'above track, bay ports.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.08.
Barley -Nominal:
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.
Rye -No: 2, nominal.
Peas -No. 2,,: nominal,
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,
hags included: 'Bran,"per ton, $25 to
$26; shorts, per ton, $27 to $29; mid-
dlings, $83 to $35; good feed flour,
$2.15 to $2.25.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, nom-
inal.
Ontario. No. 2 white oats -45 to 46e.
Ontario corn -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis,
$5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95 to
$5. •
Man. flour -1st patents, in cotton
seeks, $6.90 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.85.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, $15; No. 3 timothy,
$13; mixed, $12.50 to $13.50.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To-
ronto, $9.50:
Cheese -New, large, 22e; twins,
22% to 28c; triplets, 23c, Stiltons, 24c.
Old, large, 32c; twins, 32%e; triplets,
33c; Stilton, 33%c. New Zealand old
cheese, 30c.
Butter -Finest creamery, . prints,
36 to 37e; ordinary creamery, 84 to
35c; No. 2, 32 to 33c.
Eggs -Extras in cartons, 36 to 37c;
extras, 34 to 35c; firsts, 29 to 30e;
seconds, 20 to 22c.
Live poultry-2Spring chickens, 80c;
hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs.,
20c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 17c; roosters, 12c;
ducklings, over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5
lbs., 20c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and
up, 25c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens.
40c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 to 5
lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs.. 20c; roosters,
15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4
to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs.
and up, 30c.
Beans-Can. hand-picked, lb., 7c;
pri, 61
1Vlmesaple proc.ducts-Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal. Maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 101,E to 11c per
Ib.; 3 and 21,4 lb. tins, 11 to 12%c per
lb.; Ontario comb honey, per doz., No.
1, $4.50 to $5; No. 2, $3.75 to $4,25.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to
29c; cooked hams, 43 to 45c; smoked
rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 28 to
26c; breakfast bacon, 80 to 34e; spe-
cial brand breakfast b"enn, 34 to 38c;
backs, boneless, 82 to 38c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50;
90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight
oils,, $33.
Lard -Pure tierces, 151/2 to 15 % c;
ubs, 16 to 16/e; pails, 16% to 17c;
rints, 18c. Shortening, tierces, 141/4
o 15c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 151,E
o 16c; prints, 17 to 17%c.
Choice heavy -steers, $7 to $7.50;
utcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.50;
o, good, $6.50 to $7; do, med., 36 to
$6.50; do, com„ $4.25 to $5.50; butcher
heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do,
med., $5.75 to $6.50; do, com., $4.25 to
65.50; butcher cows, choice, $4 to $5;
do, med., $3 to $4; canners and but-
ters, $1.50 to $2 feeding steers, good,
$5 to $6: do, fair, $4.50 to $5; stock-
ers, good, $4.50 to $5.50; do, fair, $3.25
to $4.50; milkers, springers, each, $60
to $80; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do,
med., $8 to $9; do, com., $4 to $5;
lambs, spring, $13.25 to $13.50; sheep,
choice, light, $5 to $6; do, choice,
heavy, $4 to $5; do, culls and bucks,
$2.75 to $3.50; hogs, fed and watered,
$8.85; do, f.o.b., $8.25; do, country
points, $8.
MONTREAL.
Oats, No. 2 CW, 57c; No. 8 CW,
55c; extra No. 1 feed. 53%c; No. 2
local white, 521c. Flour, Manitoba
spring wheat pats., leis $6.90; do,
2nds, $6.40; do, strong bakers', $6.20;
do, winter pats.,,ehoice, $5.75 to $5.85;
Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.05 to $3.15.
Bran, $25 to $26. Shorts, $28 to $29.
Middlings, $33 to $34. Hay, No. 2,
per ton, car lots, $15.
Cheese, finest easterns, 19 to 1914c.
Butter, choicest creamery, 33%c.
Eggs, selected, 33c. Potatoes, per
bag, car lots, $1.20 to $1.25.
Com. cattle, $3.50 to $5; mixed stud-
y steers, $6; hogs, $9.75 to $10.
VICE-PRES. CALVIN COOLIDGE.
Whom the death of President
Harding calls.to the White House. Mr.
Coolidge is the first Vice -President to
become Chief Executive of the United i
States since Theodore Roosvelt suc-
ceeded William McKinley on the lat- G
ter's death.
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MAKE IT A KNOCKOUT T1-115
ermany Has Issued
500,000 Mark Note.
A despatch from Berlin says :-
"Can you change a half million?" is
now a common question among people
in Berlin. The new half million mark
notes have made their appearance and
relieve the possessor of enough to buy
dinner from carrying a bulging, vis-
ible bankroll.
Heretofore large packets of thou-
sand mark bills had to be used in
transactions which often ran into the
millions. The highest denomination of
currency .previous was the 100,000
mark bill.
Canada's trade is climbing ahead,
Total .trade in the three months end-
ing 'June was $462,544,438, . an in-
crease of $110,841,056 over the cor-
responding three months of last year,
For June alone, total trade was $179,-.
720,516, an increase of $44,944,782
over last year. Domestic" imports in
the three months increased: approxi.
mately :$50,000,000 and imports ap.
proximately $61,000,000.
A demonstration of the practicab1l
ity of the tar sands from McMurray,
north of Edmonton, for sidewalk and
road purposes, is being made at the
Edmonton Exhibition. A sidewalk
has been laid' on the exhibition
grounds compi;ising crushed gravel
and the tar sand just as it comes from
the ground. It is hoped that such ex-
periments as these . will denionstrate
the value of the McMurray tar sands •
in . reed making. i