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The Exeter Times, 1923-10-4, Page 6CAP: AFTEE:C.LUBRINC:THEY'MANAGE Four Armed Desperadoes Who Recently Broke Away From Kingston Penitentiary Stage Hold-up in, r�akwoodSt., Clair Branch of ssainik of N GeOva, Scotia Securing About $2,000—Make Getaway in Scotia, Car. A despatch from Toronto sayer:— Four men, believed to be Gordon. Slow - eau. Themes Ieryane, Alred Slade and Arthur Brown, conyiete, who mede 3. lee:Teatime), escape from the leip.getou Penitentiary three. weeks age, staged holdep about one o'elocis on, Thurs- day in the Oalswoed-St. Clair branch, of the Bank a Nova Scotia, and made good their escape wite betweee $1,500 Red $2,000, Tlie 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 tellerrage. Three ot the robbers entered the bank and it is eupposeci that the fourth man Bryans, remained in charge of the Overland ear in which the quar- tette made their escape. Inspector of Detectives George Guthrie stated that the bank staff had furuished the police department with descriptions of the men wheels tally with •thoise of the es- ceeed -eonvicts teem Kingston, three of whom are wellesnoevu to the local police. Within a few minutes atter the police learned et the robbery, all available detectives and plainclothes- Meu were scouring the, city in search of the fleeing robbers. Special officers were despatched to watch •the railway stations and all avenues affording an exit froni the oily. Staged During Loneheon Hour, The holdeup was etaged during lunch hour at the bank, when the veults 'were loo434„ accouute for tile ambnne set/erect ey the robbers. The three men were armed. So were members oS the staff in .the bank, but the latter were caught unawares .eY the robbers who lead them ceverell with their gues before they hae a chance to make a more towards the placee where rested the revolvers, leaded and ready for use. Manager Oke was Gibbed over the head with a blunt iristrument of eame Isiisd which I the police have reason to believe was the butt -end of a revolver. Mr. Oke :recovered consciousness before ths 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 aesistance, aa the .telephone wires had been disoonnected, the manager and his staff were obliged to watch the robbers hurriedly empty the cash drawers. Following the entry ot the robbers to the bank one customee ap- peared on the scene to make a de- posit, and he, likewise, was compelled to stand by and do as he wee instructed. "FELLOW ALBERTANS" RENFREW'S GUESTS "Go as Far as You Like," He Tells Guests on E. P. Ranch. A despatch from E.P. Ranch, Peki- sko, Alta., says:--"Fellow-Albertans, you are welcome, and- I hope you will enjoy the outing. My ranch is open to you to -day. Go as far as you like." This democratic greeting uttered by Lord Renfrew served to put the 800 persons who attended the annual pic- nic of the Alberta Shorthorn Breed- ers' Association at the E.P. Raech wholly at their ease, and incidentally they took the Royal rancher at his se eerie, word. - They inspected the buildings, the cattle and horses, talked live stock , with the ewner, and then concluded .1the proceedings by asking him taerese, sfor snapshots, we'eeteesKneselese With Un- failing good nature. Tle?,se in charge of the picnic crowd- : e enough. events into the afternoon :performance to satisfy even the most exacting parson, and no one enjoyed 'the afternoon better than the host )-eliniself: 1,1 Sporting a brand-new Stetson cow- boy hat, and attired in a pair of khaki triding breeches, old grey tweed coat !and a pair of army boots he strolled :around the ranch grounds much the iisarne as an ordinary farmer. He dis- Isplayed his prize -whining live stock swith pardonable pride, and he flushed ,with pleasure when Pat Burns, West- ern Canada cattle king, remarked that the Prince's yearling Shorthorn. bulls were some of the finest he had ever seen. Lf possible, Lord Renfrew will go to Calgary at some future date, to wit- ness a stampede. Following thrilling, rides on outlaw horses given by Pete I Vandermeer of Calgary, Western Can- ada's champion bucking, horse rider,' and other rough riders, he expressed' himself as being delighted with the miniature stampede. Poineare Triumphant Germany has surrendered uncondi- tionally to France in the Ruhr die - rand Poinca.re's polies- has scored a victory for France. OPEN SAFETY PIN TAKEN FROM THROAT Operation Performed in New 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 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 1, pale and wan on a bed in the hospital when Dr. Jackson entered the room. Five minutes later he was gurgling at Ihis 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. That was a great performance ---I never saw anything like it before," he said. "I saw same bucking in Saska- toon when I was there in 1919, but this is the first time,I have ever seen wild horses ridden at close range," Marching tie Berne General Ludendorff, Who e, • few yeeeeago had his face eet in another direction, is now reported to be mus- tering an army of 40,000 to. besiege 13erlin because of the government's surrender to Prance, Thereport hos' been fleeted, however, by the Militarist leeder. ' Last British Post Office in Constantiraople Closed A despatch from Constantinople says :—The British Post -office, the last of such establishments maintained by the Allies, closed last week and the Turks took aver all Preparations for the forrnal evacua- tion by the Allies have been completed and the famous Turkish iron division is soon to enter the city. The exodus of Greeks, Armenians and Russians continues. Liner Breaks Record on Eastward Run A despatch from Southampton says:—The White Star Liner Majestic arrived at Cherbourg from New York , at 9,11 p.m., Thursday night, having „crossed the Atlantic in the record time I of five days, five hours and 21 min- !,utes, at an average speed of 24 knots ' 76 points t T3ai8 is the fastest time ever done . by a liner on the eastward run. $20,000 Gems Looted REFUGEES LANDING !N VANCOUVER FROM JAPAN Woneen who had been victims of the terrible eaPanese earthquake ar- rived In. Vancouver witit scant eappliee. et clothing, and had to .wear ship's blankets in place of coats and to travellestless. Canada from Coast to Coast Sydney, MS.—Another blast furn- ace is to be blown in at the British Empire Steel Corporation's plant here, within the next few weeks. At present three furnaces are operating, but not since the war has the Coporation op- erated four. It is apparent that buse, ness with the steel company is at the present very good, and a fairly large number a orders are oil. hand. Fredericton, N.B.—Practically un- limited prospects of employment in the lumber woods of New Brun.swick dur- ing the corning seasoe were predicted by A. T. Murchie chief scaler of the Dept. of Mines and Lands of New Brunswick, following his return from Ce an inspection of nditions in the northern areas of the province. Mr. Murchie estimates the cut on Crown timber lands this year at about 300,- 000,000 feet, as compared with 220,- 000,000 feet last year. Quebec, Que.—A conservative esti- mate of the amount of money spent in this city by tourists, made by the Quebec Automobile Club, reaches $2,- 358,750. From the beginning of May until the first of September, 15,000 motor tourists had called for informa- tion at the offices of the Club. Taking an average of four people to each car this meant that at least 60,000 people had come to the city by automobiles. 01 this number there were approxi- mately 3,000 camping parties of 12,000 people. Ottawa, Ont.—Immigration during August was by far the heaviest in many years. Business interests gen- erally look on with very great satis- faction, for in addition to increasing the productive forces in the country, it has probably meant the adding of 17,000 or 18,000 to the number of con- sumers. A good feature of this new tide of immigration is that it is not congregating in tho cities but going direct to the land. Partage La Prairie, Man.—A 250 - barrel oatmeal mill is being, erected here to replace a much smaller one which was destroyed by fire some time ago. Portage la Prairie oatmeal has a market overseas and in the United States and it is expeeted that with in- creased capacity and better facilities generally this export trade will be increased. Regina, Sask.—Contracts received to date bring the present estimated acreage for which signed contracts are actually in the wheat pool office to 2,750,000. Edmonton, Alta. ----The Alberta Car- bon Coal Co., with authorized capital of 5500,000, is added to the list of coal mining enterprises in Northern Al- berta. J. R. Patterson and J. Mit- -chell of Edmonton and D. L. Seymour, of New York, are the incorporators. Victoria, B.C.--I-There was a decided improvement in the industrial life of British Columbia during 1922, accord- ing to the annual report of the Deputy Minister of Industries. This applies to every branch of industry, and there was a marked renewal of interest shown in the inunense row wealth of the province. There are 432 different articles manufactured in the province, with 2,7-18 establishments operating. Penticton, B.C.—The general condi- tion of the apple crop in the Okanagan district, outside of the hail and scab injury, is above par and all varieties are sizing and coloring well except in isolated districts where poor thinning and cultural ereethods will result in a high percentage of low grade fruit. Fortunately the -9e districts are few in number, and small in total output. U.S. WHEAT GROWERS wheat and flour. quest for reduction in freight rates on. - APPEAL TO COOLIDGE Want Grain Corporation Re- vived and Freight Rates A despatch from Washington, D.C., says :—The United States wheat grow- ing interests of the Central 'North- west, suffering from low prices for the grain, laid their case directly be- fore President Coolidge and other Ad- ministration officials, with a request that Congress be called in special ses- sion to enact legislation to revive the United States grain corporation. The President, together with Secre- taries Wallace and Hoover and Man- aging 'Director Meyer of the War Fin- ance Corporation, received the pro- posal as presented by a'delegation of a dozen bankers and farmers from Minneapolis Federal Reserve District, but made no promises. Members of the delegation said, however, that Mr. Coolidge showed a deep interest in their proposal with regard to the grain corporation and also in their re - Children Were Injured. A, despatch from Sudbury says:— What might have been a .serious accident: onurred at Naughton, when two small children. of Al- fred Noxam . received painful in -1 juries as the result of playing with dynamite caps. The fathei, -Who works on the read, often kept caps in his hone 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 whichl 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. Bobby's dad had' been away from home tor some time and Bobby usu- ally met the postman. One day when the postman handed Bobby a letter, he did not wantto take it and said: "My mamma don't want any more letters. My dad came home last night." by Daylight Robbers A despatch from Detroit says daylight gem robbery, the second within 24 hours, oceurred here, when two atined men entered the sh,op 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 0.8,000 arid 520,000, The twv;$ robbers were *led lag a third, whe acted as 'lookout at the door of the Shop. SUTtliER 11 eetre eggs" EVEllY worim I4AS ITS TURNING The priee of oode in Engiand is alleged to be higher than circumstances warrant and public opinitm is beginning to make itself felt —Froth The LiverPopl I °a., Weekly Makliet R�ort TORONTO, Men, Wileet—No. 1 Northern, $1.11. Men, Barley—Nerninai, All the above, track, bay ports. Am, corn—No. 2 yellow, $1.00. , Barley --lel min al. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal. Rye—No. 2, eoreinai. Peae—No. 2, nominal. Milifeed---Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 530.25; shorts, per ton,. $33.25; middlings, $40.55. God feed flour, $2.20 to $2.45. Ontar o wheat—No. 2 white, 950 te $1, outside. Ont. NO. 2 white oats --Nominal. Ontario core—Nominal. , Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat, In jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, e5.50 to $5.60; Toronto basis, $5.40 to 8'5.50; bulk seaboard, $4.40. Man. flour—lst pats., in cotton sacks, $0.70 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.20. Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Termite, $14; No. 2, $13.50; No. 3, $12.50; mixed, $11 to $12. Straw—Car Iota, p'er ton, $9. Btitter—Finest paste-tn.:Ned cream- ery solids, 35 to 86c; prints, 36 to 37c; ordinary creamery solids, 38 to 340; prints, 331h to 34c. Eggs—Extras, 85 to 37e; firsts, 32, to 84c; seconds, 24 to 26c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 31/2 lbs, and over, 24c; chickens, 2ei to 3 lbs. 20c; do, under 21/e lbs., 17c; her, over 5 lbs., 20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 180; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 14c; roosters, 12e; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 18c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 15c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 20c, Smoked meats—Hams, need., 27 to 29cr cooked hams 40 to 43c; smoked rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to 27c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 88c; backs, boneless, 34 to 40c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50; 90 lbe. and up, $16.50; lightweight rolls, In 'barrels $36. heav weight rolls, $88. Lard—Pure tiercee, 17 to 171/2c; tubs, 171/e to 18c; pails, 18 to 181/2e; prints, 20c. Shortening, tierces, 1514 to 15%c; tubs, 151/4 to 16c; pails, 16 to 16Yec; prints, 184 to 18%c. IIeavy.steers, choice, 57.25 to $7,75; butcher steers choice, $6.50 bo -$7; do, good, $6 to $6.60; do, need, $5 to $5,75; do, cern., $3.50 te $5; butcher heifers, choice, $fi.25 te $0.75; do -reed $5 to $6; do, come $3.50 to $4.50; butcher cows, choice, $4.25 to $5; do, med., 133 to $4; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2,50; butcher bulls, good, $4 to $5; do, corn., $2.50 to $e.50; feeding steers, good, $5.50 to 56.50; do, fair, $4.50 to 55.25; stockers, good, 54.50 to 55; do, fair, 53.50 to 54; milkers and spring- ers, 580 to 5120; calves, choice, $11 to 12,50; do, reed., 58 to 510; do, cons, 54 to 57; de, grassers, $3,50 to $4.50; lambs, choice, 510.75 to 511,25; do, bucks, e9.25 to 59.75; do, corn., 58 to $8.50; sheep, light ewes, good, $6 to 57; do, fat, heavy, 54 to $5; do, culls, $2 to 52.50; hogs, thick, smooth, FM., 59.35; do, fob., $8.75; do, country points, e8.50; do, selects, 510.30. MONTREAL. Corn, Am, No. 2 yellow, $1.05, Oats, Can. west., No. 2, 581/2 to 59e; do, No. 8, 57 to 571/2c; extra. No. 1 feed, 56 to 561/2c; No. .2 local white, 55 to 551,-ec. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lsts, $6.70; 2nds, 56,20; strong bak- ers' 56; winter pats., choice, $5.75 to 55.85. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., 53.15. Bran, $30.25. Shorts, $33.25. Mid- dlings, 540.25. . Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15. , Calyes, good veal, up to $10; grass calves, 53 to 54.50. Hogs, thick, sndtlis, and ungraded lots, 59.50 to $9.75; do, select bacon hogs graded but, $10.35. .:To investigate Water -Power Problem Hon, Charles Stewart, Minister. of the Interior, has beeu named tlie mem- ber of the Dominion cabinet'respons- ible for the Dominion's interests in international waters.. He accompanied a committee to Niagara to investigate the climage done to the lake -leels by the Chicago water diversion. HANDS SHATTERED Y DYNAMITE CAPS Frontenac lkila.ra Badly Injured While Taking Them From Box. A despatch from Kingston says:—' Edward Delyea, aged 56, whose home is at Harlawe, 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. Three U.S. Vessels Leave Felt William' -With Grairil A despatch from Fort William, Ont., I says—Seven vessels took out 739,000 bushels o w ea , ,84,000 oats, barley and 60,000 of flax last 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 Eire 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 •:lis reported by grain mon that there' is ;sleety of tonnage coming to' fill orders, and that even yet there is some trouble in picking tip a cargo without inasing from one house to another several time' owing to the variety of grades and the small quantiey as yet in store. New Yorker is Held Guilty Of Slaying Valleyfiele.1 Man A despatch from Valleyfield, Que., says :--A Coroner's jury found Walter Muir, of Nees York City, guilty of the slaying of Heeri Lavioiette, 50,01 this towt, who was fatally shot during an altercation over hun'ting dogs. Ed- ward Carroll, of New York City, and joeepli Plante, of Valleyfield, were also arrested and charged with being accomplices to the murder. This little sentence makes sense when read either forward or back- ward: Exercise take, excess beeseare; rise early and breathe -freely air; eat slowly; trouble drive -away; feet watinish keep; blend work with may A .r - Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intel- ligence Service of the Depart- ment :_tof the Interior at Ottawa y The American Institute of Mining Engineers bas just com- pleted a tour of the minin.g dis- trict of Northern Ontario. The editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal -Press, 'of New York, accompanied the visiting engineers. After seeing the gold, silver and nickel mining of that evor_derful section of Ontario, he opens his loading editorial with the following paragraph; "Anyone who may feel for the moment that mining is lan- , guishing ought to take a trip through northern Ontario. You can't feel pessimistic up there. Prosperity is everywhere; everybody that wants one has a good job. Enough good show- • ings of gold and silver are be- ing found here and there to . keep prospectors on edge; they are busy. Shafts are being sunk and drifts are being run on dozens of likely looking pro- perties; and good oreshoots are being opened with sufficient frequency to make the "game" worth while. Some of the re- ported strikes are exaggerated, of course, but, on the other hand, the public does not hear much about SOMA really import- ant devleopinents; the insiders frequently keep the information to themselves' for obvious rea- sons." Boy -Spanking Machine. A spanking Machine,, which would 11.1117€1 infabeiments varying , from a broad paddle to a catee-nfine tails., and so geared as ta be asiniinistereci with different &grewof severity, waS. ad - vacated to take' the place of jail eon- tences ter first offenders under the Criminal Code, by Drown Prosecutor R. B, Graham, .Winnipeg.. Mr. Graham is, eerious. about the use of some sort of a machine inrstead of the infliction of corporal punishment by the human nand, and believes that ouch an innovation would materially reduce the orime,record. The offend. then sent ba.ck to Ma work and the j,o13 of supporting his family. Only the incorrigible offender would be jailed under tads plan. A WA7,1 Veteran Statesman Dies Lord . Morley, the fame -tis 'British ,?..tatestrian and mon of Iebtona,18, dead, I atter a n-ubi,ic life that extended over 1 halt a century. Ere was eigb tyelve. years' ot age. FORGOTTEN WATERLOO A iieevs despatch from Brussels de- scribes the battlefield of Waterloo aa no longer important in the itinerary of tourists. The inn and restaurant keepers, the guides, the relic vendors, all of whom for nearly a century got satiseactary livieg te of the' steady streani of visitors to the scene of the great Napoleonic defeat, are rePee- seated as having given up in despair. Their business is ruined. Tbe lens and restaurants are closed. The guides have gone elsewhere. The relic ven- dors arid their more or less authentic souvenirs have vanished. Waterloo la a deserted village. , For this the great war is respon- sible, That stupendous conflict tem- poseerily overshadows all other great iniernatioeal collieions that preceded It. For the time being it has upset the world's historical perspective, Tho scenes of battle that wrought radical map changes and left the impress of their decisions on distant generations are not now the determined points of' interest to the casual traveler they once were. The 1914-1918 deluge of slaughter and devastation, kept up In practically one continuous battle roar on a front extending frora the North Sea to the Persian Gulf, has obscured the importance of contliets of days gone by. Of this fade the present eclipse of interest in the Waterloo battlefield is a striking instance. So easy a access, so close to the beaten 'paths of tourist travel, the scene of this memorable engagement drew thousands of visit- ors every year from all parts of the world. From Byron's "There was a sound of revelry. by night" to Victor Hugo's minutely vivid descriptive pages the story of the great battle , which marked Napoleon's downfall has been told over and over again in verse and prose, of evhich some is of the literary fibre that endures. The very name Waterloo has been embalm- ed in many languages as a word-in:67re— all embracing than any other to carry the meaning of overwhelming defeat. For the people of Great Beitain, in particular,, the blood soaked Waterloo arena has been for years the objective of pilgrimages as to a shrine dedi- cated to British valor. To think of. Englishmen forgetting Waterloo is to think of their forgetting Wellington; of their forgetting Trafalgar and Nelson. And yet the great war seemingly has for the moment wrought this mir- acle. -, Authentic informetion leaves little deubt that Waterloo is for the time ignored. Its colossal lion broods over a pilgrim deserted solitude. , It temporarily is a mere neglected grave- yard of brave men, viaims:rell of -an insatiable criminal ambition, their fesv thousands swallowed up and lost in the swaerning multitudes of millions upon millions of the victims of the great war's dead, they too victims, every one, of them, of a ccnscienceless crirriirial ambition. But this is only temporary. The importance of the world's decisive battles of the past is undiminished. Their respective arenas are of as great historical andesentimental in- terest as ever. Despite the fact that the numbers engage.d and the weep - finis used in them seem pitifully in- significant compared to the millions involved in the world war and the appalling destructive powers of the weapons with which that conflict made the world familiar, despite all this, Hastings and Blenheim, Plains of Abraham. and Queenston Heights, Waterloo and Gettysburg remain none the less crucial conflicts than we -re Vimy _Bldg° and the Marne. / If for a time the earlier fiercely fought engagements are overshadOwed by those more recent and more impos- ing as measured by mere weight of ,physical force involved—if for a time these epoch marking battles of long' ago are obscured in men's memories they are not forgotten. Nor will their' respective scenes remain unvisited. , When the world's still disturbed nerves are back to normal once moie; when its historical reading' glasses are readjusted to their former longer range vision, little doubt that then the now deserted -Waterloo will come into its oveteoriee more. 67,000 Houses Per Year Be. ing Erected in Britain- -- Houses are .being built in England and. -Waler at tha rate of 07,000 a year. About lialf of this," number are con. structed u nd er the, 0 c vern m en I. 11011- ing piflii, wilereby tlee Goveroneent pa,y4 a percentage of the caeL Tli remainder are being • cgocteel bY Pri- vate enterprise, Shelter will be e'rcs, vitled for 340,000 people. Test,ing it. , Little Ylesele's maiden edict was ex. pebted for the holiday and rioss:e ask - ea lier eaea: "Is auntie pretty "Pretty? Yes," answered papa.. Her face is pretty oneugh to stop a clock." When aunt arrieed and want in ta tea, little Elossieeliaci elaeleti a rintall clock before her auntie's plate. On being queetioued as Jlo 'why she hod put the clock there, the iinswered: "Palm said auntie's, face would stop a clock, but it has not done -so yet." Papa, was soon eitssing f.roin. the , ^ ^