The Exeter Advocate, 1923-10-4, Page 7ESCAPED CONVI CTS ROB BRANCH
BANK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Ryan, Simpson, Brown and Bryant, Who Recently Scaled
Portsmouth Penitentiary Wall, Are Identified as
Perpetrators of St. Clair Avenue Hold-up.
despatch- from Toronto says:
Four men, believed to be Gordon Simp-
son, Thomas Bryant, Alfred Slade and
Arthur Brown, convict,, who made a
sensational escape from:the Kingston
" Penitentiary three weeks ago, staged
a hold-up about one o'clock on Thurs-
day in the Oakwood -St. Clair branch
of the Bank of Nova Scotia, and made
good their escape with between $1,500
and $2.000. ••
The manager of the bank, Percy 0.
Oke•, was temporarily knocked out by
'a blow on the head and the three other
members of the staff were herded into
the manager's office while the robbers
took possession of the teller's cage.
Three of • the robbers entered the
bank and it is supposed that the fourth
man, Bryans, 'remained in charge of
the Overland car in whioh the quar-
tette made their escape. Inspector of
Detectives George Guthrie stated that
the bank staff had furnished the police
department with descriptions of the
men which tally with those of the es-
caped convicts from Kingston, three
of whom are well-known to the local
police. Within a few minutes after
the police learned of the robbery, all
available detectives and plainclothes-
men were scouring the city in search
of the fleeing robber s. Special officers
were despatched to watch the railway
stations and all avenues affording an
exitfrom the city.
Staged During Luncheon Hour.
The hold-up was, staged during lunch
hour at the bank, 'when the vaults
were locked, which accounts for the
small amount secured by the robbers.
The three men were armed. So
were members of the staff in the bank,
but the latter were caught unawares
by the robbers who bad them covered
with their guns before they had a
chance to Make a move towards the
places where rested the revolvers,
loaded, and ready for use. Manager
Oke was clubbed over the head with
a blunt instrument of some kind which
the police have reason to believe was
the butt -end of a revolver. Mr. Oise
recovered consciousness before the
trio left the bank, but was ,carefully
guarded by one of the men.
The .entire staff was paraded into
the manager's office and ordered to
"keep their mouths closed" or they
would be shot down. Powerless to act
and without chance of getting outside
assistance, as the telephone wires had
been disconnected, the manager and
his staff were obliged to watch the
robbers hurriedly empty the cash
drawers. Following the entry of the
robbers to the bank one customer ap-
peared on the scene to make a de-
posit, and he, likewise, was compelled
to stand by and do as he was instructed.
Dictator of Spain.
Primo Rivera, who bas placed him-
self at the head of the new military
government of Spain. He has abelish-
ed trial by jury.
TRAIN IN WYOMING
PLUNGES INTO CREEK
Unknown Number of Victims
Still in the Submerged Cars.
A despatch from Casper, Wyo.,
says :-An unknown number of vic-
tims of the wreck of the Burlington's
Casper -Denver passenger train No. 30,
wrecked Friday night near Lockett,
Fyo., still were in the submerged cars
of the wrecked train. A conservative.
estimate of the dead is believed to be
forty, some persons maintaining that
many others lost their lives, while rail-
road authorities say fewer were lost.
The train, composed of a locomotive,
baggage car, mail and express cars,
two day coaches and two Pullmans
plunged through a bridge across Coal
Creek shortly after leaving here (at
8.30 o'clock.) The train was made up
in Casper and was due to arrive in
Denver at 10.05 o'clock in the morn-
ing. All the train except the rear
Pullman dropped into the creek, which
was over its banks because of recent
rains.
Rescue workers, rendered helpless
by rani and snow that fell intermit-
tently throughout the day and the ir-
resistable torrent that was surging
through the normally dry creek bed,
stood by, unable to do anything. Out
of the eighty persons believed to have
been on the train, about 40 have been
accounted for.
67,000 Houses Per Year Be-
ing Erected in Britain.
Houses are being 'bulk in England
and Wales at the rate ,of 67,000 a year.
About half of this number are con
strutted funder the Government hous-
ing plan, whereby. the Government
pays a perceata,ge ,of .the :cost.. The
remainder are being erected by pri-
vate enterprise: Shelter will he pro-
vided for 340,000 people.,
ONLY FOUR DECREES
IN RUHR REVOKED
France Wants Tangible Evi- 'WORKS OUT PRISON ' SENTENCE
dence That Germany Has
Surrendered.
A despatch from Paris says:-
France is still looking for tangible evi- Chicago Man Landed in Workhouse for Launching Confi-
dence that Germany has ceased pas-
sive resistance. It is pointed out only dence Game Inherits Quarter of a Million Dollars.
IN THE WILD AND WOOLLY
His Royal Highness did not succumb to environment.
-From London Opinion.
WHILE BIG FORTUNE AWAITS HIM
four of some one hundred ordinances
have been so far revoked.
It is understood Premier Poincare •
will insist on formal withdrawal of
every one of these decrees. In view
of the chaotic situation of the rest of
Germany he will refuse to listen eo I
any German proposals until Germany
proves her readiness to co-operate in
working the Ruhr industries.
A well-informed diplomat was asked
if France would consider the German
reparation proposals of June 7.
"Possibly," he said, "but they must
be officially renewed."
M. Poincare is willing to discuss
methods of reparation collection with
Britain and Belgium, but as a matter
of form it is insisted the Reparations
Commission is the proper body for dis-
cussion of details.
It is recognized here that a mora-
torium will have to be granted Ger-
many, probably a fairly long one.
Eight Are Killed
in Nebraska City
A despatch from Louisville, Neb.,
says :-Eight persons were killed and
thousands of dollars' worth of damage
done when a cloudburst struck this
city Friday night
The eight dead are members of the
family of Mack Cavern, in whose
house they were congregated when the
cloudburst struck the city.
A despatch from Sheridan, Wyo.,
says: -One life lost and damage in
excess of $200,000 was reported Fri-
day night to be the result of the flood
in Big Goose and Little Goose Creeks,
which overflowed their banks. The
northern and eastern sections of the
city were flooded with two to four
feet of water.
HANDS SHATTERED
BY DYNAMITE CAPS
Frontenac Man Badly Injured
While Taking Them From
Box.
A despatch from Kingston says: -
Edward Delyea, aged 56, whose home
is at Harlowe, met with a serious ac-
cident. He was engaged in construc-
tion work on the Addington Road, and
while taking the lid off a box of dyna-
mite caps there was an explosion, and
he had both hands shattered. He was
brought to the General Hospital by W.
W. Pringle, by whom he was employ-
ed, and W. H. Head.
Delyea was about to "fire" a hole
and was getting the dynamite caps
for this :work when the accident, oc-
curred.
A despatch from Chicago says: -
Ralph Poland, impelled by a desire to
get rich quick without any manual
labor or overtaxing of his brain, land-
ed in the workhouse for working a
confidence game. Friday he was noti-
fied that his aunt, Mrs. Emma R. Sing-
er, who died in Pasadena, September
11, had left him $250,000. The irony
of the affair lies in the fact that Fo
land has been "mugged" as a crook,
that he has a police reputation and a
criminal record, and that he cannot
spend a dollar of his inheritance until
he has completed his sentence.
The other half of the $500,000 estate
left by Mrs. Singer is placed in trust
for her daughter, Jennie 'R. Baker,
who is supposed to have been drowned
in Lake Geneva in 1899. There were
no witnesses, and the body was never
found. The mother never believed
her daughter had drowned and cher-
ished the hope that some day the girl
would reappear. Inspired by this hope,
she has left the quarter -million dol-
lars in trust for her, should she
appear.
Conveys Sound on Light Waves
A. R. Rankine, an English inventor,
who has succeeded in conveying
speeeh by means of light rays. His
invention may revolutionize the trans-
mission of speech.
Three U.S. Vessels Leave
Fort William- With Grain
A despatch from Fort William, Ont.,
says :-Seven vessels took out 739,000
bushels of wheat, 84,000 oats, 45,000
barley'. and 50,000 of flaxlast week.
Included among these were three Un-
ited States boats, the Luzon, Cletus
Schneider and the. Lewiston, which all
cleared for Buffalo with wheat. Seven
boats are loading now, of which three
are United States vessels, and ten
more boats are reported on their way
up the lakes light for grain. It is
reported by grain men that there is
plenty of tonnage coming to fill orders,
and that even yet there is some trouble
in picking up a cargo without moving
from one house to another several
times, owing to the variety of grades
and the small quantity as yet in 'store.
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Tornado in Iowa City
Takes Toll, of Death
A despatch from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, says :-Four persons are known
to have been killed, and a fifth is re-
ported to have been killed in the tor-
nado which struck this city Friday
night, uprooting trees, blowing down
houses and sheds. Four of the dead
were killed when their home collapsed.
They are a woman and three children.
The rear of the Strand Theatre, (11
the bank of Indian Creek, collapsed,
but no one, it was said, was injured. 1
$20,000 Gems Looted t
by Daylight Robbers
A despatch from Detroit says: -A
daylight gem robbery, the second
within 24 hours, occurred here, when
two armed men entered the shop of the
Detroit Gold Refiners, 402 Capitol
Theatre Building, and having herded
seven men who were in the store into
a closet, escaped with loot valued at
between $18,000 and $20,000. The two
robbers were aided by a third, who
acted as lookout at the door of the
shop. •
Dominion News in Brief
DOMINION NEWS
Sydney, N.S.--It is reported . that
the British Empire Steel 'Corporation
plans to put in operation the battery
of coke ovens erected two years ago.
by the Koppers Corporation. There
are 120 ovens in operation at the plant
at present, but .according • to present
plans 80 more will be put into opera-
tion, It is planned to supply the Up-
per Canadian market with coke for
domestic purposes, •
Fredericton, N.B.-It is expected
that' the tourist record for 1923 will
show that 1,000 more cars. visited New
Brunswick this year than for 1922. It
is considered that this is largely due
to the efforts at publicity which were
made this year. It is estimated that
the province will have received $100,-
000 more this yearfrom the tourist
business than it did in 1922.
Montreal, Que.-The leading fea-
ture of the cereal year ending August
31, according to the London Morning
Post, was, undoubtedly the assumption
by Canada of primacy among the
wheat exporting countries. Canada.
provided 40 per cent. of the world's
wheat exports, compared with 26 by
the United States, whereas in the pre-
ceding year the proportions were 26
and 84 respectively.
Ottawa, Ont. -Immigration during
August was by far the heaviest in
many years, Business interests gen-
erally look on this with very great
satisfaction, for in addition to increas-
ing the productive forces in the coun-
try, it has probably meant the adding
of 17,000 or 18,000 to the number of
consumers. A good feature of this
new tide of immigration is that it is
Ottawa, Ont. - Automobiles and
other motor vehicles registered.
throughout the Dominion in 1922 num-
bered 514,657, an increase of 10.9 per
cent over the previous year, accordingi
to a circular issued by the Federal
Department of Highways. Revenues
from registrations and license fees ag-
gregated $9,279,243 in 1922, an in-
crease of 21 per cent. over 1921,
Regina, Sask.-Following the influx
of harvesters to the province of Sas-
katchewan,. wholesale houses 'report
that orders for merchandise are pour-
ing into Regina in a volume' equalling
the peak trade of the boom days. Im-
port houses are being rushed with
orders and wholesale grocery firms
report the greatest trade in years,
Edmonton, Alta. - Improvements
that warrant much optimism for fu-
ture business, have been made in the
shipping of poultry to Eastern Cana
ada, according to a statement of S. H.
Hare, Provincial Poultry Commission-
er. . Eastern dealers have favorably
commented upon recent shipments as
having been satisfactory.
Lethbridge, Alta. -It is announced
that the Canadian Pacific Railway will
increase the size of its irrigation head -
gates at Kimball, n Southern Alberta,
by 50 per cent. in anticipation of an
ncrease n area of 40,000 acres in the.
Lethbridge district.
Victoria, B.C.--Inlustrial develop-
ment in Canada from now on will be
concentrated on the coast of British.
Columbia, according to Major D. B.
Martyn, Deputy -Minister of Indus-
tries, who has returned after investi-
gating the industrial situation in the
highly industrialized areas of Eastern
Canada.
New Westminster, B.C.-Proposals.
for the development of the Port of
New Westminster for the handling of
the prairie grain, similar to the de-
velopment of Vancouver, were pre-
sented before the Royal Grain Inquiry
Commission here:
The Week's Markets
TORONTO.
Man. wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.11.
Man. Barley -Nominal.
All the above, track, bay ports,
Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, $1.09.
Barley -Nominal.
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Peas -No, 2, nominal.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,'
bags included: Bran, per ton, $30.25; •
shorts, per ton, $33.25; middlings,
$40.25; good feed flour, $2.20 to $9A5.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 95c to
$1, outside.
Ont. No. 2 white oats -Nominal.
Ontario corn -Nominal:
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-'
ment, $5.50 to $5.60; Toronto basis,1
$5.40 to $5.60; bulk seaboard, $4.40.
Man. flour-lst pats., in cotton:
sacks, $6.70 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.20.
Hay -Extra. No. 2 timothy,per ton,!
track, Toronto, $14; No. 2, $13.50; No..
3, $12.60; mixed, $11 to $12.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $9. •
Butter -Finest pasteurized cream-
ery solids, 35 to 36c; prints, 36 to 37c;
ordinary creamery solids, 33 to 34e; •
prints, 33% to 34c.
Eggs -Extras, 35 to 37c; firsts, 32
to 34c; seconds, 24 to 26c.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 31••
lbs. and over, 24c; chickens, 23 to 3
lbs. 20c; do, under 2% lbs., 17c; hens,
over 5 lbs., 20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c;
do, 3 to 4 lbs., 14c; roosters, 12c;
ducklings, over 5 lbs., 18c; do, 4 to 5
lbs., 15c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and
up, 20c.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to
29c; cooked hams, 40 to 43c; smoked.
rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to
127c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; spe.
tial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 38c;
backs, boneless, 34 to 40c.
: Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 60
to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50;
90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight
rolls, $33.
• Lard -Pure tierces, 17 to 17%c;
tubs, 17', to 18c; pails, 18 to 181/ac;
prints, 20c. Shortening, tierces, 151/
to 15'%e; tube, 151/ to 16c; pails, 16
to 16%c; prints, 1814 to 18%c.
Heavy steers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75;
butcher steers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do,
good, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5 to $5.75;
do, com., $3.50 to $5; butcher heifers,
choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do. med., $5 to
$6; do, com„ $3.50 to $4.50; butcher
cows, choice, $4.25 to $5; do, fined., $3
to $4; canners and cutters, $1.50 to
$2.50; butcher bulls, good, $4 to $5;
do, com., $2.50 to $3.50; feeding steers,
good, $5.50 to $6.50; do, fair, $4.50 to
$5.25; stockers, good, $4.50 to $5; do,
fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and spring-
ers, $$0 to $120; calves, choice, $11
, to 12.50; do, med., $8 to $10; do, com.,
$4 to $7; do, grassers, $3.50 to $4.50;
lambs, choice, $10.76 to $1125; do,
bucks, $9.25 to $9.75; do, com., $8 to
$8.50; sheep, light ewes, good, $6 to
$7; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $5; do, culls,
$2 to $2.50; hogs, thick, smooth, F.W.,
$9.35; do, f.o.b., $8.75; do, country
roints, $8.50; do, selects, $10.30.
MONTREAL.
Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.05. Oats,
Children Were Injured.
A despatch from Sudbury says:-
What
ays:-What might have been a serious
accident occurred at Naughton,
when two small children of Al-
fred Noxam received painful in-
juries as the result of playing with
dynamite caps. The father, who
works on the road, often kept caps in
his home, and the older children ar-
ranged a box with the caps to which
they set a fuse. The younger children
were then dared to take the box out
and set it off. • In the explosion which
followed a boy aged 7 lost the tips of
three fingers on the right hand and a
6 -year. -old girl received injuries in the
forehead.
IN RABB:T•BORO.
/ HERE'S TWO CENTS,
1 DORA ; GO AN.' BUY
AN ALL -'AY SUCKER!
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WAN TA
SUCKER
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Can. west, No. 2, 58?a to 59c; do, No.
8, 57 to 571 e; extra No. 1 feed, 56
to 56%c; No. 2 local white, 55 to
5514c. Fleur, Man. spring wheat pats.,
1sts,. $6.70.;2nds, $620; strong bak-
ers', $6; winter pats., choice, $5:75 to
$5.85. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.15.
Bran, $80.25. Shorts, 838.25. Mid-
dlings, $40.25, Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $15.
Calves, good veals, up to $10; grass
calves, $3 to $4.50. Hogs, thick, sm'ths,
and ungraded lots, $9.5!) to $9,75; do,
select bacon hogs graded out, 810.35.
OPEN SAFETY PIN
TAKEN FROM THROAT
Operation Performed in Nev.•
York Saved Baby's Life.
A despatch from Philadelphia
says: -A race of more than 800
miles and an operation by Dr. Chev-
alier Jackson, professor of laryng-
ology
aryngology at Jefferson Medical College, in •
removing an open safety pin from the
throat of a five -months- old baby saved
the infant's life.
Little William W. Johnson, Jr., lay
pale and wan on a bed in the hospital.
when Dr. Jackson entered the room.
Five minutes later he was gurgling at
his happy mother, while Dr. Jackson
was receiving the fervent congratula-
tions of the father, who is principal of
Stonewall Jackson Manual Training
School, Concord„N. C.
Dr. Jackson used the bronchoscope,
his own invention. No anaesthetic
was required and the operation was
pronounced a complete success.
To Pick Canada's Art Exhibits
E. Wyly Grier, R.C.A., a famous
Canadian painter, who will be one <of
the committee to judge the pictures
. submitted far display at the Canadian
Exhibit at the Empire Exhibition in
England next summer. Entries are al-
ready being received. -
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