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The Seaforth News, 1924-05-29, Page 2EMPIRE DAY THANKSGIVING SERVICE HELD IN WEMBLEY STADIUM King George...d Queen .Mary Present at Impressive Gather- ing of 125,000 Representatives of Greater Britain - Largest Service the World Has Ever Seen. London, May, 25. -There must have The most arresting moment came been nearly 125,000 persons in Wetn-'when there was silence for a space bley, Stadium this afternoon to 'join "for 'thanksgiving for the Empire- the 'King acid Queen in an Empire builders of the past and for prayer Day' thanksgiving service. that the Empire -builders of the pees - Amid ` solid banks of humanity, ent And the future'may work together from suburban London and towns to further God's peace on earth," near by, there were little patches of School children celebrated Empire natives of all parts of the British. Day yesterday by assembling more Empire. A huge splash of white be- than ten thousand strong to take part takened thousands of surpliced cher- in a pageant at Wembley, where the lsters and a thin line of men in i11- British Empire Exhibition is located. fitting blue clothes, many of them in The ensigns of all the Dominions ap invalid chairs, was a grave reminder peered in the procession. A choir of that the war hospitals are not yet a thousand Boy Scouts was another empty. feature, while the Duke of Connaught Needless to say, their Majesties had took the salute. Thousands of musi- an almost overpowering reception on cians from all branches of the army their arrival.' The proceedings which assembled in the stadium as a final isninediately followed were unmistak- feature of the proceedings, making the ably demonstrative of the breadth of biggest band the world has ever seen. the Empire, but were so a•imirably balanced as to exclude any suggestion of flamboyancy. Tr temeters of the: ST. LAWRENCE SURVEY Hou ehold Cavalry heralded the pro BY HOVER CO iMI 1 1 E melee, Royal Canadian Police, who followed their more soberly unitotmed I rethren of the Me:ronolitan Police, To Travel From Niagara to were loudly cheered, The same i•ous Montreal Along Line of ing eception was i.,deed given to Proposed Developments. every section of the procession. The soldiers of a generation when battles - Prescott, May 25. -The American were less bloody were represented by; Advisory Committee on the St. Law - Yeomen of the Guard and Chelsea; rence River project appointed by pensioners. I President Coolidge to be headed by One phase of war's bitterness was Secretary Hoover, will visit the St. deeply impressed upopn the assembly; Lawrence River June 15, after view when a line of sightless men from St.' ing the Hydro -Electric development Dunstan's marched steadily across the' at the Falls on .lune 13. arena. Nurses, Red Cross workers,' In discussing possibilities of the boys from the naval schools, Girl • river project, ex -Mayor Julius Frank Guides and Boy Scouts also contri-I of Ogdensburg stated that the Presi- buted their quota. The cheering ceas-I dent highly favors the project of ed when the ecclesiastical procession_ opening the Great Lakes to ocean - came into view. The Archbishop of. going ships, together with the devel Canterbury with two pages bearing' opment of the great power resources his train was an impressive figure.' of the St. Lawrence River jointly by Immediately before him was a line of the Canadian and American people. leaders of the Free Churches and the If the Commission reports the project Salvation Army. sound and practicable the President is The service, which, as his Grace desirous that it be consummated, Mr. justly remarked, in his address, was Frank stated. probably "the largest service that, as Prescott has bean named as a desir- a deliberate act, the world has ever able terminal for the Welland Canal seen," was remarkable in its simplic- and a visit from this important dela- Ity and attitude of real reverence as gation is appreciated by the residents manifested by all who took part. of the town. From one end of the world to the other Britain has gathered representa- tives of her people to be present at the British Empire Exposition. The much bejeweled figures shown are from Ceylon. HEROISM SHOWN IN LAKE SUPERIOR WRECK • Three Men Forego Chance to Save Their Lives -to Ensure Safety of Others. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: --Replete with stirring tales of tragedy and heroism, grim exposure and near starvation, is the story unfolded by the survivors of the steamer Orinoco, which was wrecked with the loss of five lives, in a fierce storm in Lake Superior last Sunday night. Seventeen survivors have ar- rived at the Michigan Soo, and they tell graphic stories of one of the most eventful wrecks in the long list of such occurrences on the Great Lakes. Seeing the already overburdened condition of the lifeboats, which were being lowered over the side of the. sinking vessel, Captain Lawrence re- fused to Ieave his post, and drowned when his ship submerged. Wheelman Hugh Gordon and Chief Engineer Wertz followed the lead of their cap- tain, knowing it was unsafe to over- crowd the undersized lifeboats, also. stuck to their posts and perished. ' William Ostrander and Clarence Carlson died at the oars from illness and exposure while helping to get the survivors to the rocky shore, where after being buffeted - about by the waves for nearly 24 hours, the sur- vivors in the boats landed. Many of its crew, which included one woman, were. severely -frostbitten. William Ostrander was a married man with two children. Clarence Carlson was also a married man with two children, according to information supplied by the crew of the Orinoco, Hugh Yeomans, a deck hand, frac- lured his right arm when he fell 20. feat to the bottom of the vessel from the deck when the boat severed. His mates claimed it was a mystery how he ever got out of the hold, for: he had to tliinb up a makeshift ladder 25feet with one arm.:.. On landing, o"e of the crew inan- aged to kill a porcupine, which fur- nished a mouthful for the famishing survivors, many of whom were in a serious condition from frostbites, when rescued by the searching vessel. All of the officers and members of the crew were residents of the United States, the majority of them belong- ing to Bay City, Michigan. All survivors are loud in their praise of the treatment accorded them by Captain D. A. Williams of the tug Gargantua in effecting their rescue and providing food. "From the time they took us aboard they treated us like princes," said William Seheinder, a member of the Orinoco crew. "Hardly 15 minutes elapsed after we were aboard before the cook called us into the dining - room, where we got a regular dinner which tasted mighty good after being without food since Sunday morning." Old Material. "We've been fggering for nearly two years on having around the public square in our progressive little city," pridefully said the landlord of the Pe- tunia tavern. "Ah, returned a hypercritical guest. "With good intentions, I pre- sume. Flanders fields recently resumed a martial appearance when Albert, king of the, Belgians, unveiled a memorial to the fallen, men of the London Scottish. Pictured with him is Sir Douglas Haig. • MINN. 41.010411•11111, The Week's Markets. TORONTO. Man, wheat -No. 1 North;, $1,12%; No. 3 North., $1.06%. e Man. oats -No. 3 CW,, 43c; No. 1, 41%e. Man, barley -Nominal. All the above elf„ bay ports. Ona barley -65 to 70e. Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, 95c. Ont. Rye -74 to 78c. Peas -No. 2,-$1.40 to $1.45. Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, $82; good feed flour, 31.85. Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, $1.01 to $1.05, outside. Ontario No. 2 white oats -39 to 41e. Ont. corn-Noteinal, Ont. flour -Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, 34.75; Toronto basis, $4.75; bulk, seaboard, 34.40. Man, flour -..1st pats., in jute sacks, 30.10 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.60. lIay-Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $16; No. 2, 316; No. 8, 318 to 314; mixed, 311' to $11.50; lower grades, $10 to 312. Straw-Carlots, per ton 39.60 to He never gets to the top who waits for some one to push him up, Screening -Standard, recleaned, f, o.b., Bay ports, per ton, 317. Cheese -New, large, 16' to 17c; twins, 17 to 18c; triplets, 18 to 19c; Stiltons, 20c. Old, large, 22 to 23c; twins, 23 to 24c; triplets, 24 to 25c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 34 to 35c; No. 1 creamery, 33 to 34c; No, 2, 30 to 32c; dairy, 28 to 30c. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 30, to 31c; extra loose, 29 to 30c; firsts, 26 to 27c; seconds, 22 to 23c.. Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 70c; roosters, 18e; ducklings, over 5 lbs„ 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c. Dressed poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chick- ens, 2 lbs.. and over, 80c;. roosters, 22c. Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb„ 6%c; primes, 6c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal„ 32.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal; maple sugar, Ib., 25 to 26e. Honey -GO -Ib. tins, 11 to 1144c per lb.; 10-1b. tins, 11. to 12c; 5 -Ib. tins, 11% to 12c; 2% -lb. tins, 12% to 13c; comb honey, per doz.,. No. 1, $3.75 to $4• No, 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 23 to 24c; cooked hams, 34 to 36e; smoked rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 18 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 31 to 25c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 28 to 30c; backs, boneless, 28 to 33c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., 318; 80 lbs. and up 317; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls, $82. Lard -Pure tierces, 14% to 1571ac;. tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 18 • to 18%c; shortening, tierces, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 15c; pails, 15 to 15%e; prints, 16% to 17c. Export steers, choice, $8 to 38.25; do, good $7.50 to 37.76; export heifers, $7.25 to $$7.50; baby beeves, 38 to $9; butcher steers, choice, 37 to 37.75; do, good, $6.25 to $6,75; do, med, $5.75 to $6; do, com., $4.60 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, $7 *•o 37.50; do, med., $5 to 35.75; do, com,, 34.50 to $1.75; butcher cows, choice, $5.25 to 36.25; do, med., 33.50 to $4.50; butcher bulls, 34.50 to 35,50; bolognas, $$2.50 to 33.50; cannere and cutters, 31.25 to $1.50; feeding steers, choice, 36 to 36.75; do, fair, $4 to $5; milk- ers, springers, choice, $75 to 390; do, fair, 345.00` to $60.00; stock- ers, choice, 34.75 to $5.25; do, fair, 33.75 to 34.20; calves, choice, 310 to $10.50; do, med., $7 to $7.50; do, come $4 to $5.60; lambs, choice ewes, culls, $ 85 too 39; spring to $14.60; each, 38 to 314; sheep, light ewes, 37 to $8; do, culls, 34,50 to $5; hogs, fed and watered, $7.75; do, f.o.b., $7.25; do, country points, $7; do, of cars (long haul), 38.15; do, select, 38,50. MONTREAL. Oats, Can. West. No. 2, 51 to 52e; do, No, 3, 49 to COc; extra No. 1 feed, 48 to 48%c; No.2locel white, 44 to 45c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., 1sts,: 36.30; 2nds, $5.80; strong bakers, 35.60; winter pats., choice, 35.75 to $5,85. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $2.90. Bran, 323.25. Sheets, $24.25. Mid- dlings, $30.26,. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 316. Cheese, finest Wests., 15 to 15;:,c; do, Eastns, 14 to 14etec. Butter No. 1, pasteurized, 3274; No. 1 creamery, 31%c; 2nds, 30%c. Eggs, fresh, spe- cials, 36c; fresh, extras, 32c; fresh, firsts, 28c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 31.40 to 31.46. Com. dairy type cows, 31.75 to 34; fairly good veal calves, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5.50; mixed quality butcher hogs, $8.76; sows, $5.50. Single Taxpayer Named as Own Tax Collector The man who lives in Boscobel House, in the little town of Boscobel, has just been appointed to a real man- sized job, says a London despatch. The Shifnal authorities decided it was time Boscobel had a tax overseer and collector, so they appointed him to look after the' parish rates. Now Boscobel has a population of seven- teen, including children, and out of those only one is a ratepayer. He is the man at Boscobel House. ' Incidentally Boscobel is the place in Shropshire where Charles II lay in hiding after the battle of Worcester. GERMANY RESUMES PAYMENT OF ENEMY CLAIMS INCLUD INC CANADIAN DEBTS A despatch from London says: - Germany having resumed payment of. what are known as enemy claims, considerable progress is being made with settling of claims by Canadians against German Nationals, which were delayed for a long time by Ger many's default of payments after the Ruhr occupation. It is understood that German payments are at the rate of less than :2200,000 yearly, while the arrears amount to nearly £5,000,000, though these may be wiped out im- mediately after the adoption of the Dawes report. If the rate of actual payment is slow, however, more progress is being made with the admission of these liabilities by the German representa- tives in the clearing house set to administer these matters. A number of Canadian claims which have proved. impossible to settle are now before Ganda from Coast to Coast Glace Bay, r N.S. - Considerable activity now prevails at Louisburg, much coal beingshipped from that port. All the collieries,. with the' -ex- ception of the Jubilee, at Sydney Mines, are in operation. Two or three new mines are hieing opened, and it is anticipated that production this year will be considerably in excess of 1023, ' Fredericton, N.B.-Farming condi- tions in Southern Now Bs answick are reported to be considerably advanced over the corresponding lime in '1923. The extreme flood conditions in many sections held back farming a year ago. So far such extreme conditions have not materialized this season. Quebec, Que.-.Between August 11 and .September 25, twenty-five agri- cultural societies will hold 79 exhibi- tions, includingfour districts. The Dept, of Agriculture has prepared' a list and the dates of these fairs, which show that farmers in nearly every county will be offered the op- portunity of exhibiting. Timmins, Ont, -Gold production from the mines of, Northern Ontario amounted to approximately $2,100,000 during the month of April, according to preliminary estimates. The output at this rate is on a uniform basis. Nine mines contribute to the output and in each case the tendency is to- ward an increased'tonnage and, con- sequeetly, •heavier production. Winnipeg, Man. -About 15 per cent. more butter was produced' in Manitoba in 2928 than in the pre- ceding -year, according to an estimate of the Provincial Dairy Commission- er. The quality, he states, is also dis- tinctly ahead of last year. Regina, Sesk.-Creamery butter production in Saskatchewan during the first three months of this year shows an increase of 409,458 pounds,' according to the Provincial Dairy Commissioner. Total production for, the period amounted to 1, 683,764 pounds,' compared 'with 1,274,306 pounds for the first quarter of 1923.1 Edmonton, Alta, -Nearly 100,000 acres will be planted in corn in South' ern Alberta this year, according to official estimates made by the Provin-1 cial Dept, of Agriculture. Last year, the acreage in corn in the province was estimated at 53,000. A large area is also being sown to -sweet clover. Vancouver, B.C.-In an effort to develop fresh fruit carriage from the Panama, Canal to Western Canada, the. Furness (Pacific) Line has brought a sample shipment of, ban -1 anas. The fruit ;arrived in good shape. Shortage of Wheat This Sea- son Predicted in London A despatch from London says: - The surprising prediction that there would bo a world shortage of wheat after the coming harvest was made at the annual meeting of the Steam Cultivation Development Association at London. It was stated that the opinion was strongly held in the corn trade that the value of wheat would, in the near future, be in the neighborhood of fifty shillings per quarter. Sir William Joynson Hicks, M.P., said he was startled to hear of the possibility of a shortage of wheat during the coming year• From a purely agricultural pointof vie* that might be desirable, but it would be exceedingly bad for the other trades of the country. What is that which lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its root upwards? An icicle, We pass our lives in doing what we ought not and leaving undone what we should do, mixed arbitral tribunals in London. As security for payment of these claims the Canadian Government has over 320,000,000 worth of sequestrat- ed German property in Canada, and relying' on this, will reimburse Can- adian claimants against German Na- tionals once their claims have been admitted. It is understood that since £1,000,000 was paid over two years ago as the cost of the Canadian army of occupation in Germany no repara-' tions payments have been received by Canada. The Reparations Commis- sion is said to have about 115,000,000 to its credit as a result of ,payments in kind and the Ruhr occupation, but there is no immediate prospects of Canada receiving any share of this. It appears more and more likely that the $22,000,000 worth of sequestrated German property will constitute Can- ada's most substantial reparation asset for year's to come. TO LINK UP BRITAIN WITH U.S. BY PHONE Propose Experimental Valve Transmitting Plant at Hillmorten. London, Cay 25. -In the hope of establishing satisfactory radio tele- phones between Great Britain and America, the committee which has been working on the subject since April, 1923, has recommended that the Government install at the new giant station at Hillmorten an ex- perimental 200 killowatt telephone valve transmitting plant similar to that used in America in successful telephony to Europe. An official announcement regard- ing this development says it is hoped experiments will show it possible to connect telephone subscribers in Lon- don with New Yorkers under favor- able atmosperic conditions, and will also provide the data necessary for determining to what extent it is pos- sible to establish a reliable two-way commercial service. On his arrival at Melbourne, Australia, General Bramwell Booth, world leader of the Salvation Army, was welcomed by Commissioner Whatmore, who has charge of the New South Wales branch of the army SUPREME COURT :UPHOLDS O.T.A. J. T. Smith Appeal Against Appellate Judgment Dismissed. A despatch from Ottawa says:-- The ays:-The Supreme Court on Thursday Floating Islandsa allory Ship, Declares Captain.. A despatch from N New York says:--• Floating islands, including a, seven - acre body of land which fellowed the Dollar Line steamship President Adams like a pet whale Mr Borneo, were encountered by that ship on its round -the -world cruise, according. to Captain Jonas Pendelbury, who dock- ed the President Adams. on Thursday morning at Pier 16, Staten Island: ' It was Captain Pendelbury's first experience with floating islands, and he has been seafaring for 36 years. But floating islands such as he report- _. ed' encountering off Borneo are not the, rarest things in the world, according'.. to members of the staff of the Amer - icon Geographical Society. Captain Pendelbury encountered his biggest floating island first. He said its palm trees and cocoanut palms rose higher than the spars of his ship, and in the, tops of those towering palms were chattering mon- keys et play. Birds were singing. and flowers were abloom. Through mar- ine glasses the skipper said he plotted out a large number of cares, dead- liest of reptiles. 7.he strange experience of Captain Penclelbury cccurred while his ship was negotiating the Palawan Passage. 0 - British Arctic Expedition to Explore. North Eastland hie A despatch :from London says :-A British Arctic expedition under the auspices of Oxford. University and eupported by the War and Air Offices, will shortly sail from Newcastle under the leadership of George Binney, who headed last year's, Oxford expedition. Two ships have been chartered, the 800 -ton Norwegian whaler, Polar Bjorn of Tromso, and a small Nor- wegian sealing sloop; a seaplane spe- cially designed for Arctic work has also been constructed. The primary objective in to explore North Eastland Island, 90 milea square, which. lies - northeast of the main Spitzbergen Island; Two previ- ous attempts have been made, the first in 1873 by the Swedish explorer Nord- enskold, who was only partly success- ful, and the second by the ill-fated German expedition of 1912, which per- ished in er-ished-in the attempt. An attempt is to. be made to co- ordinate the work of three sledging survey parties and the seaplane -the seaplane to conduct an aerial survey, and the sledging parties to fix points for an aerial map, Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the In- terior at Ottawa says: Getting bait is one of the first es- sentials to a successful fishing trip. Those whose fishing experiences are limited to the interior lakes and rivers can hardly appreciate the importance of a sufficient quantity of bait to the fishermen on the sea coast, when its lack means no fish. The Canadian Fisheries Dept. operates on the At- lantic coast a bait reporting service, whereby captains and owners of fish- ing vessels are provtdei with informa- tion regarding the catch at various points along the coasts of the Mail - time Provinces and tho Magdalen Is- lands. This information is tele- graphed to the principal fishing porta, and is very valuable. Some idea of the amount of bait used may be gained from the fact that last year 142,888 barrels of her- ring were used for that purpose in eastern Canada. • Prince Henry's. City Job Pays $43.65 Per Year Prince Henry, the third son of King George has a new job, says a London General for Ontario argued that"the despatch. It carries with it the an - Act need not be an absolute prohibi- tion; but one prohibiting sale general- ly would suffice. Smith brought action asking for a, judicial declaration whether part IV. of the Canada Temperance Act had the force of law 111 Ontario. To this comes a member of the peerage, he the Attorney -General for Ontario re- plied that Smith had no interest en willbe regarded as semi-official repre- nual salary, at current exchange rates, of 343.65. His new offiee is Lord High Steward of Kings Lynn, a Norfolk town of 20,000 population. In the past this post has been an honor- ary one, but when, as it is expected will occur shortly, Prince Henry be- abling him to bring a declaratory, ac- aentative of Kings Lynn in the House morning .dismissed the appeal in the of Lords. , Incidentally, he will not case of Smith vs. the Ontario tion, but that he should be liable to At- torney -General. The Ontario Temper- ance Act is therefore upheld by the benefit from his 110ly year,,as he prosecution. The trial Judge, Mr, has Justice Orde,'dismissed'the action on Court the ground that the Attorney -General for Ontario was not the: Trope'. de.:.Pure-Bred Stoc Shippe4 The basis' of the. action taken by p p the appellant Smith was that. the On- 'Pendant, as it should have been to Prince'sAlbertaRanch undo Temperance Act; before the pro- against the Attorney -General for. Can - oda. The appellate division affirmed A deslnleh from London says :-A visions of the Canada Temperance b Act were applied to prohibit the {m- the judgment as. to, parties but gave number of tieluable pure-bred sires portation of liquor into Ontario, was and rnares:belon`gere to the Prince of hot an Act prohibiting the sale of announced this will go to charity. no opiiiion cn the merits. Smith then appealed to the Su - liquor for beverage purposes, as It pool aboard' the steamer atitt,.- allowed• the general sale of native- route to the Prince's ranch in Canada wines and the importation and expor- for breeding` purposes. Ultima of all ligw rs. The Attar ley- The consignment was purchased Sy Wales have been she sd, from 1 iver•• preme Court of Canada. Is Urging Scandinavians too Emigrate ' to Canada to England, and comprises four Clydesdales,. including the three -year - Copenhagen, May 25. -Mrs. Charles old stallion Baron Blackwood; seven Thorburn of Ottawa, Canadian repre- hunters, 'including the well-known sentative of the Dominion-Immigra- steeplechaser' Irish Frieze, and a ' tion Bureau, attending. the 'Women's Dartmoor pony, The pony isso small International Congress here, is eneour- than it was brought to the steamer in a wooden crate. the ranch manager on his recent vise t we what` baseball is to America. The .hu e sta iuni Football is to Hut 0111 Country Wemble • g } d 1.10,0o0persons -iii'the recent cup match between Newcastle and Aston Villa. called upon to accommodate a record crowd. of aging Danish and Scandinavian emi- grants to go to Canada because the Dominion offers better chances than the United, tSates. Mrs. Thorburn de- clares that, Canada is especially de- sirous to attract , Scandinavians to Canada and is preparing todo every- thing, possible to hold .emigrants in the Dominion once 'they land there and to deter them ftom'proceeding to the United States. If it is true that primitive or ab- eriginal peoples, knew nothing of can- cer, but that it appears among then after corning: in contact with civiliza- tion, evidently the; cause of cancer lies in some of the conditions or habits. that characterize what We call civil - Nation, Perhaps we pay' too big a price for our boasted progress.