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The Clinton News Record, 1920-12-2, Page 3GRAND TRUNK WRECK ATTORONTO DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL (Toronto -Montreal Express Hit Split Rail and Six Coaches Were Derailed—Freight Train Crashes Ino the Derail- ed Pullmans, Killing Four and Injuring Severn. A despatch from Toronto 845T111— Vit least four people were killed and seven injured when a westbound freight train eiutshed into tate sided of the derailed ears of Grand Trunk pas- Stenger train No, 16, bound from T.o- ironito to Montreal, about midnight on Thursday night, just at the easterly limits of York garde, One of the killed was Nathaniel Brown,Pullman car porter, of Montreal. Passenger No, 16, the Grand Trunk's fast Toronto -Montreal ex- press, pulled out of the Union Station at eleven o'clock Thursday night. Most of her passengers were from Montreal. Just east of York Station the baggage oar was de -railed, as the result, it is believed, of a split rail. This pulled the three day coaches and three of the seven Pullmans off the rails also, Almost at the instant a westbound freight pounded down the adjoining track. The engineer of the freight locomotive made frantic efforts to ap- ply his brakes, but without success, the big compound plowing into the wreckage which had been thrown over the westbound track. The three day coaches escaped with- out serious damage and so far as is known, none of the passengers in them were injured. The first Pull- man, however, was tilted well over and the freight locomotive tore the entire side out of thio car. It was in this Pullman that most of the vie- tines were, The second and third •sleepers were badly damaged, bit it le believed no ono among their passengers was sari,- only injured. The following cars escaped unscathed, A hurry call was immediately sant to pollee and railway headquarters and doctors, nurses and ambulances Were rushed to .the scene. The dist- order prevailing about the wreck was indescribable, but as fast as the in- jured could be removed from the wreckage they were given first aid and rushed to various hospitals. Identified Killed. NATHANIEL BROWN, Pullman car porter, Montreal Identified Injured. W. H. WA.LLACE, Viking, Alta., head injuries. - ALFRED SNIDER, St. Jacob's, On- tario, iback dnjuudes. WM, R. GREGG, Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A., hand badly crushed. GEORGE I-IARPON, Listowel, back injuries. GEORGE JOHNSON, 10 Dundee Avenue, injured about the head. Coulogne No Logger Chairless A despatch from Paris says :—For many months the' little city of Coulogne, in the Aisne region of France, pos- sessed but a single chair, and it was the property • of the Mayor. It was officially known as "the chair" until the Junior Red Cross of America sent to that city a motor truck loaded with chairs and tables that had been made by the boys of -Am- erica in their manual training schools. Last year thousands of these articles of furniture were received in the devastat- ed areas of France. FRENCH STONE FOR CANADA MEMORIAL To . Contain Naxne off Every Soldier in Dominion Army. A despatch from Ottawa says:— Mr. John Pearson, architect of . the new. Parlttament Buildings, is prepar- ing to go overseas shortly after the commencement" of the Parliamentary session to secure stone for the in- terior of the Memorial Chamber, in which is to be ,placed n volume con- taining the names of every soldier who belonged to the Canadian army during the great war. This stone is to be donated by France. While overseas Mr. Pearson will also negotiate for the securing of a carillon or chime of bells for the big central tower, of which the base has now been - completed. In spite of strikes among interior decorators work has greatly advanced in both chambers and the buildings will have a vastly improved aspect at the end of January, when Parliament assembles. UNITED STATES TO PAY $4,500,000 To the British Government for Costs of North. Sea Mine Barrage. A despatch from London says:— The United States Navy Department finally has agreed to pay the British Government £900,000, or $4,600,000 at ',the pre-war rate of exchange, fon the ;civilian labor, material, transporta- tion and port and shore station facili- ties supplied in connection with lay- ing and taking up the great North Sea nine barrage. The British originally claimed 01,260,000, including charges fo ten- la`sted labor loaned to the United States Governments regarding the amount the latter should pay for the British "blockade" pnrohasee of Swed- ish iron and molybdenum, the .latter being a metallic mineral element need for hardening steel for tools. The British Government bought this to prevent Germany from doing so, and when America entered the war it was formally agreed that she should pay part of the cost. For this purpose President Willson 'set aside $6,000,000. Although Great Britain made a hand- some profit on the iron ore deal, she lost about an equal amount on the molybdenum transaction. MOUNTIES,AGAIN GOT THEIR MAN Provincial Police Failed, But R.C.M.P. Succeeded. A despatch from Winnipeg says:— There is a quite old-time touch to a story just given out by the Manitoba Provincial Police. Louis Houle, an Indian of the Ebb and Plow Reserve, was arrested last October and sent to the Dauphin jail for a series of thefts. He was to stay 18 months, but on the sec- ond of November he escaped and went back to the reserve. The Provincial Police went after him, but the Indians put up a forcible resistance and they returned without the prisoner. The Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice were appealed to, and a detach- ment went off to the reserve. They succeeded in bringing Houle back, but so far have not told how they se- cured him. Meantime the Provincial Police are taking steps to identify and punish the Indians who took part in the obstruction of the officers of the IOW. NEW PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Paul Hymens, of Belgium, who has been elected permanent President of the League of Nations by an over- whelming majority. American Relief Reaches Chlana A despatch from Anping says:—The first American re- lief supplies for the Chinese famine sufferers, sent from Manila civilians and foreign- ers in the Philippines, reached this country town. in Western China, 200 miles from Tien- tsin, on Armistice Lay even- ing. Forty-eight hours later all the 5,342 sacks of grain and clothing were stored in the Confucian Temple, which the Rev. F. J. Griffith obtained as a granary. A recent report of the United Grain Growers, Limited, showed a profit of $698,770 for the pest year. PRINCE ARTHUR AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR CAPETOWN. Photo shows Governor=General of South Africa, the Princess and Earl of MacDuff, their son, just before sailing from Southampton. FINE EXHIBIT OF SILVER FOXES 360 Specimens at Internation- al Exhibition at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says People from ala parts of Canada and the United States, including Govern- ment officials, biological experts, stu- dents of animal life and leaders in the fur trade, are here attending the International Silver Fox Exhibition, which opened at the Motordrome on Thursday. Even Japan, where the fox -breeding industry has received an impetus through importation of live animals from Prince Edward Island, is represented, Dr. S. Matsumura professor of entomology at the Im- perial University, Sapporo, being here on behalf of the Government of that country. ... The exhibition is being held under the auspices of the Wild Life Branch of the Conservation Commission, Mr. F. C. Nunnick, an official of that de- partment, being manager. The ma- jority of the entries are from Prince Edward Island, the home of the in- dustry, where since 1870, the year of its inception, it has grown steadily until to -day it is recognized as a staple national resource, and one productive of much wealth. New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario are also repre- sented, while there are entries, too; -from Michigan, Maine and other United States points, A total of 360• silver foxes are on exhibition, representing all strains, a number far greater than was antici- pated when the event -was first pro- jected. In individual cages, four feet square, and made of specially -welded wire, the beauty of- the valuable fur - bearers is shown off to the best ad- vantage. The cages are open on a side, thus permitting a full play of light. Pro Rata. A Birmingham negro toots out a life insurance policy a short while back, and recently his wife came into the Weal office of the company and ex- plained that she'd like to "collet' some o' dat 'nsurance." "Collect some of it? That wouldn't be possible. If the insured is dead we will pay it all," the manager respond- ed "Yo' Iow to pay rue a thousand dol- lars of malt ole man is killed; don' yo'?" the woman asked, "Yes, certainly, Has he been killed?" "Not perzactiy,' she responded, "no, Bah. But he done fell often de roof an' half killed his se'f, an Alc's in half mo'nin', an Ah lowed yo'all would may- be pay me half dat money." Cheaper Wheat Is • Sign of Economic Change A despatch from London says:— The Food Controller stated on Thurs- day that he saw in the fall in the price of wheat in America and Australia a sign of a real 'change in the eco- nomic situation here. "Shish!" replied the man. "Don't show yer ignorance! We've got to wait till our names are called!" . Angels of This World. It is not necessairy to go from this world to that which is "a wonder still" in older to 'meet with angels. You and I have met men and wo- men who lived so near to the "light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" that tit has been hard for us to imagine any better, nobler beings beyond the veil. How many of -as have said, "My mother was the best woman I ever know!" or "I never met a man so wise and just and kind as my father wars." He has indeed been unfortunate who could not say such things as these of those wlio gave him his start in life. We take the direction and the complexion of our lives from those who surround our infancy. If we are abandoned at the beginning to those whose thoughts are impure, whose aims are low, whose interests are selfish, we can hardly survive and rise above such an,iardttvation into life. In the old story -books the fairies surrounded the cradle of a good child and conferred all manner of bless- ings. The bad old witch—malevolent, malefloent—must at all costs be kept away. Nowadays the parents who are thoughtful and devout ere anx- ious that their children shall from the very first be molded by right in- fluences. For it is the earliest, the impressionable years that matter most. Hence it is that we,invoke the aid of the angels of this world. Often the desirable sweet influence is that of a maiden aunt. Her praises have been said and sung with eloquence— but usually .When she has passed away. We know and we admit too lata how good and gentle and gener- ous she was. We are sorry now that we rebelled against her mild say and gave her pain. _For she did not seek anything for herself. It was her mission to bring aid; if anywhere she heard a cry she was prompt to fly to the relief. Others tried to shield her from wearing herself out by her altruisse, but she would not rest. You read in her face her self -forgetful nature, and ',it was a matter for indignation that some miserable sinner • now and then imposed on that ready fount of com- passion. But she did not let the fact that', she was now and then deceived destroy her feith in human nature. 'She continued to clo all the good that she could, knowing that the need of it was boundless. When the angels' on high give wel- come to such as she was, they receive her as one who has but little to learn from them. She had lived close tb them, always. They immediately knew that she was of their number. She required no introduction, and as she left on earth, a host of those who called her blessed, so she came into a company of those who loved her xf and who made her welcome where f they are. The World Aloft. The flight of the lizittibh dirigible R-04 from Englend to Long Island and back in a week's travelling tie and the Geu'man passenger service by dirigible between cities in Gelman shave densonstrated t'lie possibilities of the lighter than air Machine in trans-Atlantic and other long routes, Commander Sir Trevor Dawson, R,N,, managing director of Vickers, Ltd. stated in an address made before tl recent air conference held at th Guildhall, in London, The airship, Sir Trevor said, would be most useful between Europe alnd America, South Africa, .India, Aust- tral,ta and the East, long trips being the speciality of the 'airship and shorten, faster trips being more in the sphere of the airplane. He point- ed out that the . Bod,ensee airship was operated between Berlin and Friedricbsbafen at less than half the cost of airplane service ,of the same carrying capacity. 5 5 5 * * There is great need at present foe an "stir' taxi," a light, economical air- plane with a low powered' motor, which could be used to earry two pas- sengere at moderate rates, in the opinion of Capt. De Haviland, the London Times states. The engineer is greatly interested in monoplane passenger machines. "A new type of passenger mono- plane on which we are working, de- signed to meet the requirements of Continental traffic next spring, carries a pilot and six passengers," he says. "We expect to be able to fly this ma- chine, witdch will be very low in its first cost, at a cruising speed of 100 miles an hour with motor developing 240 horse -power.- At present motors of this power are used between Lon- don and the Contineest to fly machines which carry only two 'passengers in addition to the pilot." * * * h • All Europe is working secretly•to develop planes which will give them domination in the alir, according to C. L. Egtvedt, chief engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company of Seattle, Wash., who recently returned from a tour of inspection in Great Britain, France and Germany. He said that 31,000,000 worth of freight had been transported out of the United King- dom by air this year and 32,000,000 worth imported in the same way. In a single year 1,325 planes reached England from the Continent and 1,455 departed. * u, * * * Reports reaching London are that the Zeppelin company pians to build two super Zeppelins in the United States for use in freight service.tbe- tween San Francisco and Berlin, stop- ping tit Paris, New York and Chicago. * * * * * The Vickers company in collabora- tion with the British Admiralty has worked out a type of mooring tower to which the largest airships may be moored and left securely in all weath- ers for weeks at a time. The masts planned are to be hollow, so that crew and cargo may be hoisted in them to the ship. Within the next five *years +flight across the Pacific will be common- place, according to Sir Arthur Brown, comrade of Sir John Alcock in•the flight across the Atlantic. The trans - Pacific flights, unlike the Atlantic crossings, will be by dirigibles, he be- lieves. Weekly Bret Report • Torronto. e Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, 31,37; No, 2 Northern, 31.83; No. 3 y Northern, ern, 31.82m 1 No. 4 wheat, hlauitolia oats—No,'2 CW, 534c; No. 3 OW, 52c; extra No. 1 feed, 501/4e; No, 1 feed, 471/vci No; 3 fefld, 443 c, .,.. Manitoba barley—No, $ OW, 86%e; to No, 4 OW, 763ac; rejected, 6714o; feed, e 67z4o, Ontario oats—No, 2 white, 45 to 48c. Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, 31.70 to $1.80freight per ear lot;• No. 2 spring, 3165 to 31.75; shipping paints, according, to Peas—No. 2, nominal, 31.75 to $1.80, Barley -80 to 85,o, according to freights outside, Buckwheat --No. 2, 95c 10 31, nein- incl, Rye --No, 8, 31,50 to 31,55, nominal, according to freights outside. ' Manitoba flour—$11,80`' top patents; 311,30, Government standard. Ontario flour—$3.50, bulk, sea -board. Mlllfeed—Oar' lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included; Bran, per ton $3$ to 340.25; shorts, per ton, 342 to $45.25; good feed flour, 32,75 to 33. Cheese—New; large, 27 to 280; twins, 28 to 29c; triplets, 281 to 2$3e; old, large, 32 to 33c; do, twins, 821/4 to 33%c. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50c; creamery, 2nds, 55 to 68o; finest, 5$ to 61c, Margarine -35 to 37e. Eggs—No. 1 66 to 68c; 'selects, 71 to .73c; new laid, in cartons, 85 to 90e. Beans—Canadian hand-picked, bus,, 34 to 34.50; primes, 38 to $8,50; Ja- pane, 91,Oc; Limas, Madagascar, 101e; California Limes., 121%, Maple proclucs-Syrup, per imp. gal., 31.40 to 33.50; per 5 imp. gals., 33.25 to 38,40. Maple sugar, lb., 27 to 30c, Honey= 60-80-11b. time, 26 to 26c; per 10.; Ontario comb honey, at 37.50 per 15 -section case; 51.21/4 -lb. tins, 26 to 27e per lb. Digging' for a Comet. The so-called "crater" of Canyon Diablo, in Arizona, is still as much a mystery as it ever was, The suppo- sition is that it was formed by the impact of, a giant meteor. Perhaps the projectile was -a comet. The crater is circular, three-quarters of a mile le diameter, and 200 feet sleep. But 15 it was made by a meteor the latter was presumably a good bit smaller. Strong support for the meteoric theory is given by the find- ing of thousands of fragments of meteoric iron, some of them weighing many pounds, in the immediate vi- cinity of the hole. Repeated attempts have been made to dig for the meteor. It should be a mass of metal (chiefly iron, presum- ably) big enough to be worth getting hold of—though, of course, its chief value would be as a curiosity of in- terest to science. One company organized for the pur- pose started to excavate at the."crat- or's bottom, but its operations were brought to a pause by quicksand which the machinery could not handle, Now another concern, calling itself the Crater Mining Co,, is drilling with two powerful rigs on the inner edge of the hole. It is thought that the huge projectile from the sky may have struck at an angle to the vertical. and that conse- quently the mess' may lie not directly below the orater's centre, but off at one side. Iii some of the scattered meteoric ra.gmemts above mentioned were onnd tiny diamonds, which lend -addi- tional !merest to the problem, ,The Main Con"tents. )Expunge the accounts of man's in- humandty to men from the world'f Ole - tory and a small volume would contain the rest. Contrary to experience, the "till- ing" of French soil by high explo- sive shells has brought to the sur- face fine crop -bearing earth. It's a' Great Life If You Don't Weaken Smelted meats••-•1lanrt2, red., 47 to GOc; heavy, 40 to 420; 000lrod, iii los BSc; rolls, 34 to 1100; oottaga rolls 41. to 43c; breakfast bacon, 4$ to 54e;. fancy breakfast bacon, 54 to hoc; baclre, plain, 52 to 540; boneleas, 50 to 640. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 27 to 28o; cleer ba to Lard—Pure 6 27o, s, 281/ to 29e; tubs, 29 to 291/4c; palls, 291,4 to 2060; prints 31 to 814e, Compound tierces, 20 to 21%o; tubs, 20% to 2214o; pails, 21% to 221/4c; prints, 24 to 26e, Choice heavy steers, 311,50 to 311,75; good heavy steers; 310.60 to -$11; but- oberc' cattle, choice, $10 to 311; do, good, 38 to $9; do, med., 36 to $7; do, coma, 35 to 36,50; brothers' bulls, choice, 38 to 39,50; do, good, $7 to $8; do, con., 35 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, 37,50 to 38.50; do, good, $0,23 to $7; do com„ $4 to 35; feeders, best, $9 to 310; do 900 ilia., $8,60 to 39,50; do 800 lbs., 37.75.. to $8.26; do, corn., 35.25 to $6.25; canners and cutters, 33 -to 34,50; milkers, good to choice $100 to $166; do, conn. and med., $66 to 378; lambs, yearlings, 39 to $9.50; do, spring, 311,60 to 312.25; calvea, good to choice, 316 to 317; sheep, 35 to 38; hogs. fed and watered, 315.75; do, weighed off cars, 316; do, f.o,b., $14.75; do country points, 315, Montreal. Oats, Can. 'Western', No. 2, 76c; Can.. Western No. 3, 71c. Flour, Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 311.60. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.90, Bran, $40.25. Shorts, 342,25. Hay, No. 2, per tan, car lots, $31. Cheese, finest Easterns, 21% to 22e. Batter, choicest creamery, 52% to 53c, Eggs, tresb, 66 to 70e. Butcher heifers, coni„ 34,50 to 37; butcher cows, med„ 34.50 to 36.60; canners, 32.75; cutters, 31 to 34.50; bologna bulls, 34 to 35. Good veal, $18 to $15; grass, $5.50 to 36; Ewen, 34 to 36; lambs, good, 311; conn., $8 to 311.50. Hogs, off -car weights, selects, 317 to $17.50; sows, $13 to 313.50, Accidents. In the literal sense an accident is something that befalls anyone, and it may be an event of good fortune or 0f bad. We often -speak of a "lucky acctident," But unless the adjective lucky is applied, the word accident is accepted as denoting misfortune. A large part of human life and thought and energy is devoted to guarding against accidents and to re- ducing the possibility of their occur- rence. The people who ere negligent /in taring precautions are most com- monlythe victims of serious accidents. Yet accidents, if they are not seri- ous or costly, are often good things for people, It is the minor accidents, the totally unexpected and unwelcome occurrences, that strengthen charac- ter and that enable those who en- counter them to meet other and more severe emergencies wrath fortitude and resourcefulness. And although they are inconvenient enough at the time, they usually afford material for interesting or amusing reminiscence, and . they occasionally reveal sym- pathetic aspects of human nature. To the automobilist, for example, a tire pmmeture is a minor aecideent of the vexatious sort; amid the group of in- terested'Spectators that gathers on ths-ciity" .sidewalk to observe his ef- forts to cope with the situation there is always some one who is helpful if he needs help. As the minor acci- dent in which you require help is likely to increase—temporarily at least—your confidence in human na- ture' so does the minor accident in Which you have to manage without help often result in an increased con- fidence in yourself. The pers•on who has come to look upon minor accidents philosophically and to accept them serenely and w,ith- out grumbling has not only learned a good deal of wisdom but is a com- fortable sort of person to live with. Natural. Colored Silk. Experiments made in France have, it is reported, shown that the yellow and greou colors possessed by the silk spun by certain caterpillars are due to coloring natter derived from the food, and passed through the blood of the spinners. By impregnating leaves with artificial colors the experimenters caused some species of caterpillars to produce sill[ of bright orange -yellow and line rose hues. By the aid of the spectroscope the presence and nature of colored pig- ments in the blood of the little crea- tures was established. Imperial 0 Company Files Leases A despatch from Edmonton says:— Thirty-six thousand acres of oil leases were filed in the Grand Prairie Land Of- fice on Thursday. It is under- stood that most of the filings were macre on behalf of the Imperial Oil ,Company, the lands covered being near the British Columbia boundary. l WANT TO PAY `lov rel. li1E BUTTER i-.iD E4G5 I NAVE l -IAO AND i V4At4'••i• ANcs1i4 . PouNb OF t'st111ER AND A' DeZEN ECG S rgiri A Urfa I Vitikit400 0.9 JUST A MINUTE i ` l-1OUGMT YOU W A 1.47EE1) `(•Q PAS{ ICOR i:N c)`MeR 5 -riAND By Jack Rabbit ITS A GREAT 1. l E „, �F YOU DONT` No Conciliation Till Reign of Terror Eng A despatch from London says: — The Irish problem again was brought up in the House of Commons on Thurs- day and the question of con- ciliation between the Irish peo- ple was raised. Premier Lloyd George, giving his opinion in the matter, declared: "I have always been con- vinced that no policy of con- ciliation is possible in Ireland until the reign of terror has been broken, for the very ob- vious reason that men in Ire- land who would be prepared to enter into negotiations at the present time are in terror of their Iives and cannot do so freely." Old-time Tailor Worked iri Steel. A certain picturesque and even romantic interest attaches t0 ancient armor. It takes us back to the days when knighthood was in flower and when distressed damsels, residing Iia ensiles devoid of" modern plumbing, were continually waiting to be rescued. This armor cost money. A complete free suit of exclusive design night "stick" the purclieser for as much as 31,000, which was a great rani In those days. Baronial gents, 'however, had their own professional animal's to turn out such metal garments; and, of course, tits 00111111011 soldtero went into battle with nothing hotter to protect thein than leather jerkins sad steel Ceps, Recent tests prove that: this ancient armor was made from very pure wrought iron, converted into steel by the old "cementation" preceee. The original iron was produced much like cur modern Iron- tt was' car- bonized, hammered into sheets ana the sheets welded together. The whole was thea hammered into shape and quenched, thtts producing the sinal hardening. Such was the ntetallargiecl ar' n2 the ancient armorer. --A Diplomatic Child. Little Stephen had been tali that hs, could not go to his grandmother's house before the end of the week. He wished particularly to go much earlier than .that, for -his grandmother knew where to get a certain very rleht type of pastry, of which Stephen was, very fond. Ito Coaxed mother-, but to 00 oras), so he decided to try' strategy. "Mother," he said innocently, ,"when I grew up and live away from home I'm stili going to come back anti see you every day," Mother wee very pleased with this promise for the future. "That will be very kind of you, Stephen," she said, "I hope you will never forget that promise." "Yes," continued Stephen in a posi- tive manner, "and if anything should happen that I couldn't come any day, I shall be sure to send your little grandchildren to say how sorry 1 ant that 1 cannot come myself and to make you feel sure that 1 remembered you." Mother sent Stephen to his grand- mother's home that afternoon, A PottierH for. Her. 15110, Boland, the daring French airs woman who recently flew the channel, says that the only question regarding her aeronautical experienoo that She was totally unable to answer was put to her by a child, I was (says Mlle. Boland) visiting it friend in Paris, and my host's lithe girl, egad about eight or nine, follow* ing on a lengthy Dross -examination, wound up ietth this poser: "Bat, tell me, ma'mselle," elle 18- gttlydd in all oarnestnesso "If the eat of the world was to came, and the Wit was destroyed wh1l6 You was 1iP in yarn' aot'oplatie 'Otero would Su land when 100 Carne down?"