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The Seaforth News, 1960-11-10, Page 7Wornares Slip Saved Forty-four Lives The City of Bemires was four days out from Liverpool, Oa board, Mary Cornish, an ittr.•''- tive music teacher was one of ten escorts to ninety I3ritish chit - siren who were being evacuated, as a war -time safety measure, to Canada. It was Sept ern her 171h, 1940. Then, shortly after to eerie a U - boat struck. The torpedo crashed into the ship and .ex- ploded. All the lights went o'It, pausing chaos. Within forty min- utes, the great ship, on a hich so many parent; hopes had test- ed, was blazing fore and aft. 1t slid slowly into thedepthsof the Atlantic. Boats were lowered into Inc dark, turbulent set. For 800n' time Mary Cornish tried to eon; - fort tefri';'ied children. "It's all right. It's only a torpedo,' she cried. This was a queer reassur- ance to offer, but the explosion might have been caused by mines or a low level bomb at- tack. Finally, having extricated her charges from the debris choking "C" deck, and done what she could to calm them, she found herself in a lifeboat with six email boys, thirty-two Lascars from the ship's crew, and five British members of the crew. She was the only woman in a grossly ovcrcrowcleft thirty-foot lifeboat. A course was set for Ireland. The Lasears crouched on the thwarts or huddled on the !loot of the boat. They soon became excessively morose. No one knew how they might react if un- nerved by exhaustion or expo- sure. Mary and the boys were separated from them and moved into the bows. Few of the children had warm clothes. Most of them wore only pyjamas under their coats and blankets. Some had no shoes. The oldest was thirteen, the youngest eight. Mary Cornish herself was only flimsily clad for the ordeal. Apart from feeling intently cold, she was soon violently sea- sick and suffered from cuts and bruises sustained while recover- ing children from wrecked ca- bins. But day after day she gal- lantly kept up the children's spirits, telling them stories of outlaws, cops and robbers. At 'tight, she massaged their limbs slid fingers, easing the numb - Sloss. Huddled together, they got ./tome sleep, though their lips were ()racked and they craved food and water. The hours passed slowly — very slowly. But Mar y made Ore the children never noticed, She organized quizzes and corn - petitions, anything to keep their Minds occupied. When ever a chance of rescue appeared Mary Cornish's white ;dip was displayed from the mast head. On the fifth day a steamer sighted the boat, drew close, and then pulled away at full steam, probably believing that the boat- load of survivors was a German submarine in disguise. U-boats eonletimes used this trick as a bait. The survivors telt like giv- ing in to fate then but, inspired by Mary Cornish's example, they clung to life. On the eighth day, with water ;supplies almost exhausted and one of the boys dangerously de- lirious, rescue came. A Sunderland flying boat on Atlantic patrol spotted Mary's alip and quickly summoned a destroyer to the scene. Everyone in the boat was rescued; alt were alive, but some only just nn, Torpedoing the City of Ben - ares brought death to all but thirteen of the ninety children who sailed on her. For her pari in this epic rescue act, Mary Cornish was awarded the B.E,1V.I, Characteristically, she said that the decoration King George VI gave - her was undeserved, as she had done no more than try to discharge her duty as a children's escort. RULE BIEAKER -- Unlike conventional boats, the operation of this one demands that the rider stand up. John Volger guides his "Skip -Jack" at 40 m.p.h. The show ended when a gust of wind flipped the boat. Volger was not hurt, insise Story Of Great Swindler Many people will say they know all about Horatio Bottom- ley, the arch swindler who ruin- ed Lhousaucls. But 1 guarantee they dont know my story, learn- ed in Paris when the Crown was preparing its case against him, I learned things that did not come out at Bottomley's trial, and they convinced Inc that if ever there was a ease that proved money wasn't everything, that case was the life and mare particularly the death of Iloratio Bottomley. To evade the gambling laws of Britain, Bottomley had been running his Derby sweepstake in a Swiss city, and on his return to London he broke his journey in Paris and entered the Grand Hotel, where I was drinking a nightcap with the editor and au- thor, Frank Harris, Bottomley came in wearing a top hat and an old-fashioned frock coat. Ile stopped by our table, and Harris said: "Where have you come front, Bottom- ley?" Horatio answered: "I've just got in from Lausanne. Frank, where 1 cleared £20,000 with my sweepstake." "That's a lot of money," said Harris, "but just think how much more you might have if you ran these things honestly. After all, you know. Bottomley, honesty is the best policy!" "Yes," mused Bottomley, "it is, if you can afford it." That sar- donic quip was, I think, the key to the puzzle of Horatio Bottom- ley's life. He made up his mind he could never afford to be wholly honest. Bottomley was born in 1860 in Hackney, London, a district for which he sat later as a member of Parliament. His father was a tailor's cutter, but the family lived on the border -line of pov- erty and at an early age Horatio was admitted to a Birmingham orphanage. Despite his limited education, he was a born orator and he developed a wonderful knowl- edge of the law. Had he been an honest man instead of a rogue there was really no limit to the heights he might have attained. During the first world war Bottomley was editor and prop- rietor of a weekly paper that was much read by the Army at the Front in France. Bottomley used to go to France to talk to the men in their rest. billets. And during a period after the battle of Passchendaele, when matters were not going well and there was a certain un- rest in France, Mr. Lloyd George considered quite seriously ask- ing Horatio Bottomley to be- come a member of the Cabinet! Bottomley would certainly have accepted — for what h6' could have made out of it, bee cause money was his only inters est, and his knowledge of how to acquire it could well havf made him a multi -millionaire it only he could have kept to the GROWN-UP "OUR GANG" -- Thirty-five years of night club act- ing could end only one way - invasion of TV. The Wtere Bros. (Herbert, Sylvester nest Hurry, left to right) briny their zaniness fa leleviiion In a w,r-kly comedy series. path of honesty, writes Harry .1. Greenwhll in "Tit -Bits," !Here are some details of Hora-• tie Bottomley's crooked dealings which came to my knowledge when the Crown .was preparing the case that eventually sent Bottomley to prison for seven years. - In his weekly paper he ran a competition. Every week the names and addresses of the win- ners were published — people who were apparently living in humble circumstances, But the lawyers for the Crown bad the curiosity to track down all the winners and, strangely enough, the stories of each win- ner were almost exactly alike. Each winner's address turned out to be a small pub down a side street in a provincial town. When the lawyer's representa- tive inquired for Mr. Biank, the reply hardly varied at all. "Oh, Charlie Blank, he was a -commercial traveller who lodged here for a couple of nights, then he received a telegram. He came into the bar here, and said to us: 'Look at this, I've had 'a bit o' luck; I've won a competition this week!' Then he stood drinks all round, packed up and went off," The lawyer's representative followed the trail.- The winner was always a "commercial trav- eller," the only thing that chang- ed was his name. In other words, the weekly "winner" was an employee of Bottomley who put all the entrance money into his own pocket! Then take this very cruel swindle. There was a respect- able private bank in London called Farrow's Bank, Bottom- ley inveigled Farrow and other directors into his nefarious fi- nancial schemes, and, as a result, Farrow and other directors of the bank went to prison, but not before the bank had been used in what became the great Derby swindle. In Paris Bottomley ran a sort of bank managed by an English- man who had previously been employed by a famous tourist agency and had left them under a cloud; it was that type of man that Bottomley preferred 1.o em- ploy. The "bank" in Paris was used to pay out prizes in Bottomley's "Victory Bonds" wherein the "prizewinners" discnvet'ed that their so-called prizes were worthless Polish bonds. Bottomley asked his Paris manager to find him a crook, French for preference, who could take part in his proposed Derby Sweepstake swindle. In Marseilles, the Paris man- ager found the type of man for whom he was looking, The man had a police record, but what was important to Bottomley, he had a blind mother and it was she who was declared the win- ner of the Derby sweepstake which was said to have won her thousands of pounds. The crook brought his blind mother to London where she was to receive her prize money at Farrow's bank. The money was handed to the crook and was supposed to be in notes of one hundred pounds each, and these the rogue handed over to his mother. But instead of being hundred -pound notes, they were .five -pound notes! On his way up, Bottomley al- ways believed in having the best of everything, and it always tasted better if s onieonc else paid. He was seen wining and dining at London's most expen- sive restaurants, he always at- tended the first nights at the plays. Horatio Bottoniley )incl many' women friend:, mostly in the theatre, but.one, Peggy Primrose. was faithful to him until the enc, After he.came out of prison and tried in vain to make a comeback she provided him with food and obtained a pathetic en- gagement for hint run he sin c• of the Windmill Theatre, And She u'a, at his hrdstele, When 00 May 2f11h, 1933, he died in a public ward of- the A'1trldl' sex Hospital. • a CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING AGENTS WE it ive 4 few terrttortea still open An agents to sell our Premium Qual. Hy Farm Seeds Complete lino of all Form Seeds, liberal coutuissions. Write to Martin Weber Limited 330 Phillip street, Waterloo Ontario Phone Slier. wood 5.6103 BABY CHICKS LOW preseason prices on Bray 17.22 week old pullets and started clacks, prompt shipment, and hatched to order Woadd, actual purpose and speclottY 1110 producers). Order February -March broilers now. Contact local agent, or write Bray Hatchery, 120 John North, Hamilton, Ont. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DEALERS, Salesmen & Farmers to sell chicks and turkey poops for one of the oldest and well eslabllshed Ilaleh- erica in Canada. Offering the best franchised layer and all other popu- lar breeds of clocks and turkeys. Lib. ern! commissions paid. Apply Box Num- ber 224, 123.1810 Street. New 'Toronto, (1111. FOR Sale, in good thriving town Essex Cranny, a good retail meat and cold storage, business. !Perms to suit. Also In a growing Essex County town. centrally located, butcher business, 01d age reason for selling, Terms.. Apply John C. Warlanan, Realtor, Essex. Phone PRospect 6.0444, or Nelson Les - Ile, Agent, phone PRospect 6.0684, Essex TAXI BUSINESS OAKVILLE 6 CAR taxi service- Excellent turnover, Circle Taxi, -1 Cowan Ave nalteRlr. VI. 43241. BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT__ GROUNDfloor offices, Corner loco. icor; business block; suitable for den- tal clinic or other professional offices. Reasonable rent. Alterations to suit. Most progressive town in Western On. torte. Write P.O. Box 600, Petrone, Ont. Bowling Hcis A Lenthy History The bowling boom is on. hien, women and children are throng- ing to the 1,500 bowling alleys across the country. Originally a ;port for men only and usually associated with smoke-filled billard halls bowl- ing has become a family game. The industry—for that is what it amounts to—caters particularly to mothers. In the luxurious lanes of suburbia there are res- taurants, sports shops and even closed circuit TV so Mom can both bowl and baby-sit. Bowling is especially popular in Canada. It Has been estimated that one in every eight Canadian bowls at some time each year. And T. F. Ryan of Toronto made it easier for women to join in the game. He invented five pins. In 1909 customers at his Tor- onto bowling club approached Tommy and asked him to de- velop a game that would be faster -and one that their wives could play. He and his father, an expert woodworker, decided to shave a set of 10 -pins down to smaller size. They reduced the number pins to five, added a rubber band and useda smaller ball. Thus the most popular game in Canada, five pins, was born. In this modern game the ball travels down the lane at speeds of up to 40 miles an hour. The pins have to be strong to with- stand this treatment. Only the heart of top quality maple is used, and after the pins are shaped they receive four coats of tough, durable industrial finish- es. inish-P.s. These gleaming modern pins are different from the crude pins used in the middle ages—actual- ly the history of bowling goes back even further, to the Egyp- tians in 5200 B.C. Medieval churchmen establish- ed a special game. Missiles were hurled "against sin" which they represented by pins called "Heidi" or heathen set up at one end of their cloisters. Parishioners were given a ball to roll at the heathens. If they scored a good hit they were liv- ing a clean life; if not, they had to attend services more faithful- ly, It's been reported that church attendance took an upswing with each game. Mow Cern 1? By Roberta Lee Q. How can I whiten wane badly discolored handkerchiefs." I. A. By immersing them in cold Witter to which you've added a pinch of cream of tartar. Q. What can I do when some 01 my hard -to -replace glasses. develop iliclt5 on their runs? A. 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ON 401 Highway In South Windsor, includes restaurant and 3 bedroom horse. Land. 77 fL frontage by 555 deep. Lend alene worth asking price 525.000. Terms. Legs. call YO. 93924 or C'1. 2.9067. L. M. ROSEN, REALTOR 601 Canada Trust Bldg.,Windsor CL. 2.7279 CATALOGUES SAVE! Buy at Tremendous discount! Big Illustrated Chrishnes Catalogue only 250. No minimum order! Delta Sales Co., 1020.0 Verret Street, New Orleans 14, Louisiana, COINS Paying 205 each for 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 Canadian small pennies, Mrs. Mar. gan, 767 Wilson SL, Victoria, 10.0. WE pay 53 for 1925 Canadian nickel; complete buying list 10 cents. Crown Stamp & Coin, 01 Queen St. E., Tor onto DEALERS AND SALESMEN WANTED WANTED: Dealers and ealesmen'10 sell chicks and turkey nouns for one of the oldest established and Largest Hatcheries to Canada. Offering the best franchised egg breed all popular dual purpose and broiler breeds tux, key points. Liberal commission paid. Apply Bnx number 220 123.10th Street. New Toronto. 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PAL -PLUG COMBINED shot gun plug and match container, $1 each. Box 63, Postal Sta- tion D, Hamilton, Ont. GIVE health and beauty for Christmas our jewelled magnetic bracelets are health restoring and beautifttl to wear. Priced only at $12.50. National Products, 346 Sabiston St.. Nanatmo, B.C. Agents wanted. HELP WANTED MALE ELECTRICIANS OTTAWA WE require immediately qualified electricians for malar construction and housing projects in Ottawa, Currant rate $2.60 per hour. Contact ns tns. mecliately. FEDERAL ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS LTD. 954 RIDDELL AVENUE OTTAWA PA. 2-3953 HATCHING EGGS WANTED -- Fl0ekowners to supply one of the largest, registered Hatch- eries in Canada with hatching eggs. All breeds required — egg breeds; dual purpose breeds, broiler breeds, Extremely large premium paid, Apply Box Number 220. 123 -18th Street, New Toronto. Ont. HUNTING RESORTS DEER hunting, Nov. 7.21. Outlook good Book now. 16 miles north of Sharbot Lake. Duck shooting now good. Write ttobt. H. Weldon. 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