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RTY-FOUR LOSE LI VES IN EXPLOSION
ON UNITED STATES WARSHIP
Tigret No. 2 on Dreadnought Mississippi Blown Up as Re-
sult of Misfire --Disaster Occurs Off Sart Pedro Harbor
During Pacific Fleet ManOBLIVI'eS.
A. despatch from San Pedro, Cal., Upon entering •the turret, Ensign
aay's:-Three officers and forty-one
itteen of the battleship Mississippi were
wept to death, at 11.45 a.m. on
thsirsday, on the San Clemente fleet
drill grounds, off this pert, when a
shell in -64:4'..e the 14 -inch guns, tur-
fet No. 2,1'.'exploded prematurely, ac-
derding to semi-official information
kiven out from the United Stages
Steamship 1VN(xica, flagship of the Di-
sion Pour, Of the fleet.
Nearly a score of men were injured
Smith 'took with him an air hose,
which immediately cause flames from
the burning debris to shoot forth,
,After flooding the turret with water,
Ensign Smith was able to enter. All
the men were dead at that time, their
faces swelled and puffed almost be-
yond recognition by the intense heat.
Identification marks on the cloth-
ing, however, was still discernable.
Three-quarters of an hour lapsed
after the fire in tiara No. 2 was
by the the flare -back that carried the tee- served from the quartermaster's deck Calvin Coolidge Brig. -Gen. Chas. G. Dawes
rificetkarge through the breach of the before entrance into the red-hot Reimblican Candidate for President Republican Candidate for EVice-Presi-
of United States. dent of United States. rnn
i Istead of out through the inuz- charuber containing the charred, hod-
zle. ies o the entombed men could bo
The gun crew were preparing to
lire as ono unit the great sea fighter's
powerful broadside, when a sailor
called for the electricity to be turned
dh for the charge.
• The switch was thrown on to ignite
the shell before the breech was locked,
and in another moment the interior
of the turret was littered with dead
and dying,
• Ensign D. Smith from the U.S.S.
Netv Mexico was the first man to
enter the turret No. 2 following the
eitplesion.
made fisy Ensign Smith.
Had the turret, which was revolv-
ing at the time the explosion on the
battleship Mississippi occurred, re-
mained in the position in which it
was at the time of the explosion, the
hang ' fire from the left gun would
have gone into the. centre of the City
of San Pedro, witnesses aboard the
ship said. When the gunner's hand
guidingthe controls .was wrenched
away by the explosion, the guns kept
'revolving and stopped as they pointed
directly aft.
This aerial phoograph shows H.M.S. Hood at her moorings off Kirri-
e
billi PVose to Port Denison, Sydney Harbor.
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CANADA HOLDS. ALIEN His Majesty Averts Mishap
PROPERTY OF VALUE by Good Horsemanship
Custodian Has Met Claims A despatch from Aldershot, Eng.,
says: -The excellent horsemanship of
Totalling Nearly Five King George got him out of a tight
Million Dollars. place and saved him from a possible
serious mishap.. As the King was
A despatch from Ottawa says:-
leaving the ',parade grounds on his
Alien property worth 59,782,232 is
still in the hands of the Canadian cus- charger, •after reviewing :the troops,
todian, who had paid out claims to- the horse became frightened at the
cheering crowd. The animal "bucked"
tailing $4,727,300 to date, Figures
and nearly collided with a horse rid -
dealing with alien property were tabl-
ed in the House of Coronions on an den by the Duke of .Connaught, beside
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order for return. It is shown that thQueen's carriage.,
Canada received in cash from Ger-
The King made a second attempt to
many, Austria-Hungary, and other' force his horse to accompany the pro
cession, but the animal, terrified,
elicit countries, $5,216,000% On ac- of indebtedness to enemy nation-
plunged until its royal rider was
eoNsal. $
alst'€'anadian citizens paid into the forced to turn back and ride home
custodian 3,397,000. In securities,
along a quiet - route.
real estate, unrealized property, and
,other sources, $5,897,451 was realized.
Disbureements out of, the fund are
-divided into four heads. To Canadian
ereditots, 250 in number'$709,500 was
paid; to, 51 Canadian claimants a total
Of $1,592,000; cash releases to 90
• people totalled $1,151,000, and $1,273, -
was Paid to the central clearing
Office for enemy property.
Of the amount: still in the hands
Of the 'custodian 53,681,786 is in cash
4iIid $200,000 -is invested in treasury
uotes, $5,460,811 is in securities and
$488,635 represents value of property.
D A W• F Fa SR NVOI CMEI pARTFERD E N T
Republicans Choose Coolidge
for President on First• ,
Ballot
A despatch from Marietta, 0.,
sesta :-Brig.-Gen. Charles G. Dawes
has accepted the nomination for the
Vice -Presidency.
"I accept the nomination by the Re-
publican party for the Vice-Presi
deney," he- said in a formal statement
when informed of his nomination, "I
deeply appreciate the honor con-
ferred,"
A despatch from Convention Hall,
Cleveland, says :-Charles G. Dawes of
Illinois was nominated for the Vice -
Presidency by the Renublican ,Na-
tional Convention, after it once had
nominated Frank 0. Lowden, former
Governor of Illinois, and he had re-
fused to accept the place.
In a brief and spectacular fight, in
which William M. Butler, President
Coolidge's campaign manager, had
said to Senator Reed of'Pennsylvania,
"It must be Hoover," and Sen. Reed
had replied, "It can't be done, it must
be Dawes," the Dawes supporters
marshalled their forces and put the
General across for the nomination.
•Earlier in the day Mr. Butler's
forces had passed the word that the
Administration men desired the nom -
1
ination of Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio, and in the voting which follow-
ed the supporters of Frank 0. Lowden
of Illinois ran away with the nomina-
tion for their man, only to have him
decline it. The nomination of Dawes
came as the climax to one of the most
spectacular scenes in Republican
party history, in which the convention,
once having nominated a candidate,
was obliged to undo its work and find
another.
Calvin Coolidge was nominated for
the Presidency on the first ballot taken
in the Republican National Con-
veption.
He received 1,065 of the 1,109 votes.
Robt. Marion La Follette got 34-28
of the 29 from Wisconsin and 8 of the
13 from North Pakefa-and. Hiram
Johnson got 10 of the 13 votes from
South •Dakota.
As usual, the galleries receives'
every mention of Le Follette's name,
and the report of the votes cast for
him, with jeers and hisses, but they
had only laughter for the name of
.Hiram Johnson,
Trusts M.P. and is Invited
to Parliamentary Dinner
Does it pay in these materialistic
times to play the "Good Samaritan"?
There is a London coffee house stall
keeper who is of the opinion that it
does. A few weeks ago, in the early
hours of the morning, a well dressed
man ordered a cup of coffee and a
sandwich at his stall, only to find later
that he had no money to pay the
check.
The proprietor not only gave him a
second cup of coffee on trust; but also
advanced him sixpence for his fare
home. The generous act was reward-
ed the following day by an invitation
to dinner at the House of Commons.
The "broke" stranger turned out to be
J. Toole, M.P. for South Salford. He
had been kept late in the House of
Commons and chose this means of
showing his gratitude to the man who
had befriended him.
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Canada from Coast to Coast
Favorable Indications of
Revival of British Trade
Favorable signs all along the line
•'have' renewed confidence and promise
• bet -ter business, says a cable , from
London. The British Iii d us tries fair
and the Empire Exhibition at Wein-
• eVey are in full swing. The budget
move the corporation -profits tax
and leaves the income and death du-
ties michanged... The continued high
exchange value of the franc reduces
rsontinental, c:ompetition.- Resumption
.151 week in the mines and shipyards
and increased' bank • clearings and
relative firmness of prices are other
favorable factors.
Dr. J. Fenton Argue
President of the Ontario Medical As-
sociation, who attended the Canadian
Medical Aseociatien annual meeting in
Ottawa. •
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St. John's, Nfld.-Latest reports
from the sealing fleet are to the effect
that seven vessels operating in the
North had killed 118,000 seals up-to-
date, equalling the catch of the entire
fleet last year. Most of the seals are
still on the ice floes, the report said,
and must be picked by the ships when
they are able to force their way
through the pack.
Kentville, N.S.-Reports concern-
ing the apple. crbp in the Annapolis
Valley, show that the entire crop, in-
cluding the estimated local consump-
tion, was 1,816,000 barrels. The grow-
ers exported 1,252,725 barrels to Eur-
opean and other markets, and sent
the major part of the crop to the
United Kingdom, although the Can-
adian market absorbed 190,000 bush-
els. It is estimated that 70,000 apple
trees and 3,000 plum trees were set
out in the valley this spring.
St. John, N.B.-A new sardine Mi-
ning factory has been started at West
St. John by the Lewis Connors & Sons.
The plant has a capacity of from 100,-
000 to 150,000 cases of sardines a year
and is expected to operate during the
season which ends at the end of No-
vember. The company have Installed
equipment for making their own can.
They' will pack for the domestic and
export trade.
Montreal, Que.-The present sum-
mer promisth to set a high-water
mark for the number of Canadian and
American travellers to Europe, sur-
passing even that of pre-war days of
low-priced pleasure travel. In addition
to the summer tide of tourists, which
has steadily increased since :the close
of hosti1iiesse19214 will witness a large
number of special travel. inoveinents
to Europe from this port.
Toronto, Ont. -A party of fifty
Australian boys will be the guests of
the Canadian National, Exhibition
from August 80 to September 3. The
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youngsters are public school boys
from all parts of Australia, and their
visit to Toronto will be made on their
way home from the British Empire
Exhibition at Wembley.
Winnipeg, Man. -The total value
of the commercial fisheries of the
Prairie Provinces in 1923 was $1,745,-
975, comprising $1,020,895 for Mani-
toba, 5286,645 for Saskatchewan, and
$436,737 for Alberta. All of the pro-
vinces show increased production, the
total increase over the previous year
for the three provinces amounting -to
$260,563, or 17 per cent.
Regina, Sask.-The wheat acreage
of the province this year is approxi-
mately the same as last, namely, 12,-
191,000 acres, according to a crop re-
port issued by the Provincial Depart-
ment of Agriculture. An appreciable
increase in the acreage sown to flax
is indicated. The oat acreage is placed
at last year's figure. Na damage to
crops in any district is recorded, but
two or three points report lack of
moisture.
Edmonton, Alta. -That oil exists in
Alberta in commercial quantities and
that it Is only a matter of discovering
it, was the statement made by Prof.
John Allen, geologist of the Uni-
versity. of Alberta. He said that oil
operations in Alberta were still only
In the prospecting stage. Altogether
in this province there were, he stated
about 80,0001000 acres of potential oil
territory which had to be investigated
In order to be proved otherwise. The
,peincIpal fields which are being -exam-
ined now are at Okotoks, Pouce Coupe,
Grande Prairie, Birch Lake, and the
Irma, Fabyan and Wainwright dis
trict. •
Prince Rupert, B.C.-It is under-
stood that American capitalists inter-
ested in mine properties in Queen
Charlotte blends, are planning con-
struction of a town on Massett Inlet.
IN RABB1TI3ORO
• Weekly Market Reprf
TORONTO.
NoM. a3niNT. owrlithe.a,ts-LNioo.141, North., $1.17;
Man. oate-No. 3 CW, 404,d; No.
1 feed, 414c„
Man. barley -Nominal.
All the above, c.i.f., bay ports.
Ont. barley -65 to 70c,
Aonmte.rii.ycaeLe704rnto-7Naco.. 2 yellow, 95e.
Peas -No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45.
Millfeed-Del, Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $28;
shorts, per ton, $24; middlings, $30;
good feed flour, $1.85.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, $1.15 to
$1,20.
Ont. No. 2 white eats -39 to 41c.
Ont. corn -Nominal.
Ont, flour -Ninety Per cent at.
in jute bags, Montreal, prdmpt ship-
nient, $5.10; Toronto basis, 55.10;
bulk seaboard, $4,75.
Man. flour-lst pats., in jute sacks,
$6.65 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6,15.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ten,
track, Toren -0, $16; No. 2, $16; No.
3, $13 to $14; mixed $11 to $11.50;
lower grades, $10 to 812.
Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9.50 to
$10.
Screenings-Standardrecleaned, 1.
o.b. Bay ts, per ton, $15.
Cheese -New, large, 18 to 183c;
twins, 18% to 194c; triplets, 19 to
20e. Stiltons, 21c. Old, large, 22 to 23c;
twins, 23 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 25c.
utter -Finest creamery prints, 35
2, 53 to 84c; dairy, 2 t,s 30e.
to 36c; No. 1 creamery,
34 to 35c; No.
Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 84
to 35c; extra loose, 32c; firsts, 29c;
seconds, 25c.
Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lb. 26c
do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24e; do, 8 to 4 lbs„ 15c;
spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 55c;
roosters, 18c; ducklipgs, over 5 lbs.,
26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c.
Dressed ponitry-Hens, over 5 lba,
28s; do, 3 to 4 lbs., ,18e; spring chick-
ens, 2 lbs. and over, 60c; ducklings,
ovBerea5nsl-bsc.,a2n2, c
'handpicked, ib., 64c;
primes, 6o.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
geld maple sugar, lb., 25 to c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 11'4c per
lb.. 10 -lb. tins, 11 to 12c; 5 -Ib. tins
11 to 12c; 2% -lb. tins, 121/2 to 13c;
comb honey, per doz., No. 1, 53,75 to
$4; No. 2, 53.25 to 53.50.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 23 to
24e; cooked hams, 34 to 36c; smoked
rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to
20c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25e; spe-
cial brand breakfast been, g8 to 304
backs, bonelths, 27 to 33c,
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., 518.50; 70 to 90 lbs„ $18;
10 Jbs. and PP, 517; lightweight rells,
in barrels, $37; 1-cavyweight rolls, $32,
Lard --Pure tieecest 14% to 1514.c;'
tubs, 15 to 1514e; pails, 151A., to 16c;'
Prints, la to 18%e; shortening, tierce
14 to 144c; tubs, 144 to 15c; pails,
18 to 154c; prints, 16% to 11e.
Export steers, choice, $7.75 to 58;
do, good, $7.50 to $7.75; export heft-
rs, 57.2 to 57.50; baby :beeves, $7.50
o 59; utcher stesrs choice, $7 to
7.75; - o, good, *6,2 to $6.75; do,'
med., 55.75 to $6; do, corn., $4,75 to
5; butcher heifers, choice, $6,75 to
7.50; do, med., $5.25 to $6; do, coma
4,7510 $5; butcher cows, qhoice, $5.25,
to 58.25, do, 'med., 53.50 to 54.50;
butcher Mills, 54.50 to $5,25; bolognas,
52.50 to 58.50; canners and cutters,
$1.50 to $2.50; feeding steers, choice,
$6 to $6.75; do, fair, $4 to $5; stock-
ers, choice, $5 to $5.25; do, fair, 54 to'
$4.25; milkers, springers, choice, $75
to $90; do, fair, $45 to $60; calves,
choice, $9 to $10.50; do, med., $7 to
$7.75; do, coin., $4,50 to $5,50; lambs,
choice ewes, 516.50 to $18; do, bucks,
$15 to $16.50; do, culls, $12 to $15;
spring lambs per lb,, 15 to 18c; sheep,
light ewes, 5.50 to 57,50; do, culls,
$8.50 to $4.50; bogs, fel and watered,
$8 to $8.25; do, feeb., 7.50 to $7.7;
do, country points, $7.2 to17.50; do,'
select, 58.80 to $9.05; do, off cars, long
haul, 58.40 to $8.65,
MONTREAL,
Oats, Can. west., No, 2, 504 to 51c;
do, No. 8, 484 to 49c; extr No. 1
feed, 47% to 48c; No, 2 local white,
44 to 45e. Flour, Man. spring wheat
pats., 1st's, 56.65; 2nds, $0.15; strong
bakers, $5,95; winter pats., choice,
$6.20 to $6.80, Rolled oats, bag, 90
be,, $2.90 to $8. Bran, $23.25; shorts;
$24.25. Middlings, $80.25. Hay, Nos
2, per ton, car lots, $16.50 to $17.
Cheese', finest Westerns, 16% to
16%c; finest Easterns, 16% to 16%c,
Sutter, No. 1 pasteurized, 33%e; No.
1 creamery, 32%c; seconds, 31%c.
Eggs, fresh specials, 33c; fresh ex-
tras, 29c; fresh firsts, 24 to 25c. Po-
tatoes, per bag, car lots, 51.40 to $1.45.
Com. dairy bulls, 53 to $3.50; thin
cows, $2 to $3.50; calves, good veals,
56.25 to $7; do, coin. suckers, $5,50 to
$6; pail -fed calves, $4.50 to $4.75;
spring lambs, per lb., 15 to 17e; sheep,
$6; good quality butcher hogs, mixed
lots, $8.50 to $8.75; sows, 55 to $5.50;
select bacon hogs, $9.
With the shores of Canada in sight these Russian immigrants are in
high spirits and one lady takes a drink to celebrate it.
BUBONIC PLAGUE
ALARMS RUSSIANS
Field Mice and Suslilcs, Des-
troying Vast Areas of Crops,
Spread Disease.
A despatch from Moscow says: -
Outbreaks of the bubonic plague and
its variant, the lung plague, occurring
year after year in the steppe region
east of the Volga, and the appearance
of the ,plague in Black Sea ports and
the Don Valley of the Ukraine, are
causing alarm In Russian medical
circles.
The extension of the plague area is
due to the spread of field mice and
the rodents known as susliks, which
are destroying crops , on millions of
acres of the best fhrming land in
Russia
A micro -biological institute has been
opened at Saratoff to study means of
combating the plague and to train
personnel for medical expeditions be-
ing rushed to infected areas.
One of the greatest difficulties in
the Warfare is the question of trans-
portation, as the regions affected are
usually without roads and railroads
and hours are precious in preventing
the spread of the outbreak. The in-
troduction of the . airplane has gone
a long -way toward solving this prob.! '
district. There were 473 cases, of
which 434 were fatal, before die dis-
ease was- got under control. Since
then it has broken out anew in the
Amu Darya region. A congress of
bacteriologists and epidemiologists at
Kiev late in April, after listening to
a report of Prof. Zabolotny on the
penetration of the bubonic plague in
the Ukraine, decided that it was nec-
essary to establish a station at Odessa..
lem.
Herbert J. Daly
'rhe plague appeared early this year President of the Home Bank at the
in four steppe provinces -Astrakhan,: time of its failure, who died recently
Uralsk, Bukeieff and the Kalmuitz at his home in Toronto.
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