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The Seaforth News, 1926-04-15, Page 7ter FLAMING FIELD OF OIL. BURSTS BOUNDS SPREADING DEVASTATION Furious Fires hi California Cann Loss of $15,000;000 in Oil' and Farre Property -Two Lives.Lost.- A despatch. from San Luis Obispo, California, says;-Ileraided by a sor les of thundorous•exp.osions in reser- voir No. 2, a flaming sea of oil" on Thursday night burst the bounds of the Union Oil Company `tankfarm firs here, wiping several farm houses off the landscape with its sponge of flames as it engulfed a small valley to thenorth of the •main blaze, As the second twilight, of fire and smoke settled down on. Thursday night over the earm, six great reservoirs and at least several smaller surfacer tanks weee burning in the centre •of a flaming field of oil that extended from two miles in one direction and from 25 feet to three-quarters of a mile .in the other. 1Vioro than 6;000,000 barrels of oil incapable of being salvaged were feed- ing.the flames, with an :estimate prob- able loss in oil end equipment of up- wards of $15,000,000. Two lives were sacrificed in the fire early on Thursday when A H. Sieber, a Civil War veteran, and his eon, Wit Liam F. Seetrer, yrere killed in an ex- plosion which is believed to have at- tended the boiling over of one' of the remerdous flaming reservoirs. Doris Seeber, daughter of the elder man, was slightly injured in the blast; whie`h de- /polished their home, about 300 yards from the blazing oil: Oil fire experts, helpless in the face of the d,isas'ter,.which;is rated as the greatestpetroleum conflagration in the history of the American oil In- dustry, believe that the flames which broke out when lightning struck one of'ehe reservoirs, will continue on their destructive way for another four or 'five days, The fire cannot be sub- dued, they assert. It must burn itself out. A tremendous column of dense, bele black smoke was rising hundreds of feet in the air and was fully three- quarters of a mile in diameter.. Bursts of flame occasionally fleshed across its sable sides, and dull, muffled explosions that rocked the earth sounded intermittently' as the bellies., burning fluid spilled over the edges of the reservoirs on teethe rain -soaked soil, San Luis, Creek, meandering over two miles of ground and at one place cunning withinten feet of the coast highway, was a flaming ribbon of light as the burning contents of the reser. voirs and tanks poured along its bed. In an effort to prevent this spear- head .,f flame crossing the highway, the main artery north and south, e large gang of Hien were feverishly throwing up earth works. To the north, along the level ground, at least six ranch houses with their barns and outbuildings had been en- gulfed hy nightfall. This added die - aster, however, had ,been anticipated, and the occupants, with their belehg- lnns,moved out long before the`seab£ fire reaches the farms. FIVE KILLED; FIFTY HURT, IN TRAIN WRECK New" York -Atlantic City Ex- press Locomotive Leaps Into Air Dragging Six Pullmans. A despatch from New York says: Five persons were kil':ed and fifty injured at 5.30 o'clock Thursday after- noon, when the New York -Atlantic City Express, which left this city at 3.15 p.in. was derailed at Delair, near Camden, N.J. - The `train bound for Atlantic City consisted of ten Pullman parlor cars,occupied mostly by Phila- delphia commuters to Atlantic City. •The express, known as train number 1077, was en route direct from New York to Atlantic City. It left this city at 8.15 and arrived at 5.10 in Bordentown, N.J., where Philadelehia tontmuters and others board it. Engineer Prebles and. Fireman An- thony Rankin, twenty-seven, Jersey -*se City, were thrown into the heap and buried under wreckage. Before they died they sobbed and begged to be kill- ed and taken out of their misery as escaping steam scalded them. They died: before they could be reseuedfrom the wreck. The locomotive, goingat a fast rate through' the semi -darkness of fog and rain, is --believed to ',have struck an open switch. Doctors Quarantine Train and Vaccinate Passengers A despatch from Winnipeg says:- A,train conveying a patient afflicted with • smallpox.- was sidetracked on • Thursday before it reached the city f` 51mits, while every passtinger andl. member oe the train crew was com- pelled to submit to vaccination. The train .operated "over a branch line in Manitoba, 15r. -A. J. Douglas, City Medieal iiealth.Offieer,with a stuff of medical mere' met the train several miles front the city. Every coach was ordered locked and a virtual quarantine declare ed. All the passengers returned to their fomes. Theernalllpox patient died in a Win- nipeg hospital. Princess Victoria is Recovering' 'A despatch from London says:- ,Princess Victoria, sister of King George, has so' far recovered from an' attack of influenzal pneumonia that her physicians have announced they! do not eon :der it necessary to issue further bulletins on her condition.: -I Honored by Officers. Baron Byng Who at the annual Vimy dinner at Ottawa was, presented with a made -in - Canada limousine by officers who fougbt under him. Huge Crop of Winter Wheat Expected in Western States A despatch from Rochester, N.Y., says :-A record crop of venter wheat, amounting to 340,000,000 bushels, will be produced in the States of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska, ac- cording to trade gurneys presented to the Atlantis States Shippers' Advisory Board. This compares with a produc- tion of 141,245,000 bushels for 1925. The estimate was made by the Amer- ican Railway Association. • New Zealand Acquires Headquarters in London ^ A. ` despatch from London says: - New kealand has'followed the lead, of South Africa and Australia, and ac- quired building at Charing Cross as official headquarters in .Iondon. It has'purehased the former home of the British Medical Association. 'Australia house is et Aldwych, which was proposed by Bald Grey as a site for Canada. GIGANTIC DEVELOPMENT ALONG ST LAWRENCE IS PLANNED IN STATES A dcsnatch from Albany, N.Y.,1 Barnif'art Island near the northern says: -Characterizing the St. Law-` end'of the international section of the send River et a point 40 miles below river. It would contemplate a single bgdensbu.rg, N.Y., as 'a "second Ni- dam, capable orf. developing 2,400,000 al ara Palle" in its hydno-electric rice licrsepcwer, to be thrown across the beetles, Cal. ..Hugh L. -Cooper, nation- river at a cost of $2e8,000,000. One - ply known water -power engineer, de half the developed power wound go to Abed to the New York State Water ,Canada and one -hell to New York wer Commission new plans for de- State, he said. e lopment of the stream proposed by The "second Niagr<a Falls" state ,}p Frontier Go4poration. The tor- meth was made by Col. Cooper in con- ieetien, it was brought -out at a paring the 1,200,000 horsepower, to go '!nous hearing, le a euheicliary of to this State with the estimated 1,- e Allumo:nuni Co. of .America, the 340,000 available from all develop- eral Electric Co. and E. I. duPont month, presenia and future at Niagara Falls. The _amount of power now de veloped on the United States side of the falls, the engi•n'eer explained, is ,,Nemours-& Co, e ri ays hearingwas granted pre fly to receive the application of e Frontier Corporation for perms- 410,000 horsepower, whi e itis esti- to amend original plans for des mated that 300;000eeelditional could pment so' as to provide for ane he developed in the gorge 42 months, aticnirl darn rather thee two. after a Stet:slicense was -issued. Fe - The St. Lawrence .dsve.o merit de- tuzaedevelopment,.fie said, might add P ppxjbed by Cal, „Cooper would be at l 600,000 horsepower. - HEROIC WOMAN WAR SURGEON Above is Dr, Mary Le& Edwards, of New York City, formerly of.Toronto, the only Cairadian woman to be honored by the French government with the Crone de Guerre. Aside from conducting a private practice in New York, she is on the eurglcas staff of two h'os'pitals. Originally intending to work among the women and children of refugee families, Dr. Edwards and two other women went to France. Their first hospital was blown up before occupation. As a result they threw In their lot with the French medical service, working in a large evacuation hospital for eight hour eltret'ches. The building was frequently under bombardment. FOURTEEN -YEAR-OLD SAVES CHILDREN Seven Little Ones Rescued from Burning House by Young Girl: A despatch from North Bay says: - Seven children, all under the age of 14 years, were eeved by their 14 -year- old sister when the house and store of Mrs. W. G. Percy, postmistress at Boston Creek, was destroyed by fire. The girl managed to get the children out, though they were all sleeping on the second floor and the staircaee was ablaze. The origin of the fire is believed to have been overheating ofthe stove. Mrs. Percy was absent at the time, but T. A. Cass, poatoffice assistant, was in the house. He escaped without injuries. . The damage amounts - to $15,000. Woman Doctor Warns About the "Fat Forties" A despatch from Landon says:- "Beware of the hungry forties!" is the warning of Dr. Elizabeth Sloan Chester gives to persons who are in- clined to obesity. So-called "hunger" in the case of stout, middle-aged per- sons -often is "due to dilated or con- gested digestive organs, which need fasting, rest and re-education," Dr. Chester says: "Babies suffering. from overeating are often put on a diet .of albumen water for several days, and what puits a baby will not hurt a well-nourished, over -plump adult, Dr. Chester re- marks. "When obesity has overcome a inan or woman, -fasting is usually, necessary at the beginning of a cure. No food for three or four days, with pints of orange :or lemon juice, will eliminate a fair quantity of •poison from the system." "TRAIL OF '98" LEAVES PITTANCES IN ITS WAKE Heirs of Klondike Gold Veter- ans Who Died in North Re • ceive Dwindled Estates. A despatch from Ottawa says:- The history of the • early rush to the Klondike gold fields in the nineties, of the trials, the hopes and the tragic deaths of the veterans of the "Trail of '98," is all recorded in cold figures in the records of the Auditor -General's Department in Ottawa. These records are those of the unclaimed estates of Yukoners who died leaving properties which have siiiee dwindled to nothing by the depreciation' of the gold claims. Of the 54 estates recorded,. the total amount approximates only $9,000. George P. Mackenzie, former Gold Commissioner of the Yukon, now in Charge of exploration work and Arctic expeditions of the Canadian. Govern- ment, knows most of the "sourdoughs" included in the records. Among those he personally recollects' are Oluf Oh son, at one trine Dawson City's wealth- iest and most influential citizen. His vast real estate holdings, purchased with his profits, deteriorated when the gold craze ceased. His unclaimed for- tune has been reduced to $2,300. Another famous eh: racier was B. J. McGee. of White Horse, miner, fighter, gambler and lover,. said to be the hero of many of Robert W. Ser- vice's poems of the Yukon, His for- tune has dwindled to $201. The total assets of other famous characters, of the "Trail of '98," in- cluding Thomas H. Buchanan, Horace. Stewart and. R. Anderson, have dwindled to utero pittances. They all have died in 'recent years in the "fro- •zen North." Notre Dame Retic. Among the interesting _relics pre- served in Notre Daine cathedral, 'in Parise is the robe worn by P pe Pius VIE; at the coronation of the first Na- poleon. THE WEEK'S MARKETS TORONTO. Map. wheat -LNG. 1 North:, $1,68%; No. 2 North„ $1.553x; -No.'3 Nettle, not quoted. Man. oats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 8, not quoted; No, 1 feed, 491/ac; No. 2 feed, 474'bc; Western grain quota- tions on c.i.f. bay ports; An. corn -No. 2 yellow, track, To- ronto, 85c; No. 3 yellow, Sas, MijIfeed-Del: Montreal frelghee bags included: Bran, per ton, 330.2o to 3$1.25; shorts, per ton, $32.25 to 533.25: middlings, 539.25 to $40.26; good feed flour, ; sr bag, 32.30. Ont. oats --40 to 42c, fee. shipping points, Ont. good milling wheat -$1.30 to 51.82, f.o.b. shipping' points, according to freights. Barley, malting -82 to 64c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 72c. Rye -No. 2, 85c. Ani. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 yellow, 84%e; No, 3 yellow, 821.c. Man. flour -First pat„ 58.60, To- ronto; do, 2nd pat., 87.90. Ont. flour -Toronto, 90per cent, pat., per barrel,in delete Toronto, $5.75; seaboard, in bulk, 551,75. Straw--Carlots, per ton, 50.to $9.50. Screenings -Standard recleaned, f. o,b. bay ports, per ton, $2e.50. Cheese -New, largo 22c; twins, 22%e; triplets, 23c; Stiltons, 24e. Old, large, 28 to 30e; twins, 29 to 81c; triplets, 80 to 82c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 48c • No. 1 creamery, 46 to 47c; No. 2, 45 to 46c. Dairy prints, 41 to 42e. Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 86 to 37c; fresh extras, loose, -36c; fresh firsts, 33c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring, ib., 35 to 87e; hens,`over,. 4 to '6 lbs., 80e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 27c; roosters, 25e; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 30 to 81e; turkeys, 40d. .Beans -Can. hand-picked, $2.60 per bushels; primes, $2.40 per bushel. Maple produce -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.40; per 5 -gal., $2.30 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c; maple syrup, new, per gal., $2.50. Honey -50 -lb. tins, 11% to 12c per Ib:; 10-1b. tins, 11% to 12c; 5 -ib. tins, 11 to 1244 c; 23 .1b. tins, 14 to 141e. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 29 to 810; cooked hams, 43 to 45c; smoked lolls,.22c;,cottage, 25 -to 27e; break- fast bacon, 82 to 30e; special brand brealdast bacon, 38 to 89c; backs, boneless, 85 to 43c. Cured meats ---Long clear bacon, e0 to 70 lbs., 524.25; 70 to 90 Dose $257 20 •lbs. and up; 522,34; lightweight rollsin barrels, 542.50; heavyweight rolls, '539.60 per bbl. Lard -Pure tierces 18 to 1814c; tubs, 1841, to 19c; pails, 19% to 20c; prints, 2031, to 21c: shortening, tierces, 15 to 15%e; tubs, 15% to 16c; pails, 16 to 161 c; blocks, 1743 to i8c. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to 58.25; do, good, 37 to 37,25; butcher steers, 'choice, $7 to $7.50; do, good,' $6.25 to 36.75; do, corn to med., $5 to 56; butcher heifers, choice, $6.50 to•' 37.25; do, good, 56 to 56.50; do, con., 35 to 55.50; butcher cows, choice, $5.25 to $6; do, fair to good, $4 to 55; butcher bulls, good, 55 to )5.75; !solarise, 38.50 to $4; canners and cutters, 32.50 to 38.50; springers, choice, 580. to $90; good mileh cows, 370 to $80; medium cows, 345 to 500;, feeders, good, 56.25 to 36.75; do, fair, 55 to 56; stockers, good, 5 to $5.50; do, fair, 54.50 to '35; ' calves, .choice, 5i2 to $12.23; do, good, 510 to $11; do, lights, $5 to 59.50; good 'lambs,. $18.75 to 514; do, med., 312.75 to 318.50; do, culls, $10 to $11; good light sheep, 37 to 59; heavy sheep and bucks, ;$5.50 to 56.50; hogs, thick smooths, fed and watered, 513.60; do, f,o,b., 318; do, 'country points, $12.75;. do, off cars, 314; do, thick fats, f.o.b•, 512.50; select premiums, $2.65. MONTREAL. Oats, Can. west., No. 2, 67c; do, No. 8 63c; extra No. 1 feed, 59e. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $8.60; seconds, 38.10; strong bakers', $7.90; winter pate., choice, $6.10 to $6.15. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 33.20 to 53.80. Bran, $80.25, Shorts, 532.25. Mid' dlings, 539.25, Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 318.50. Cheese, finest west- erns, 25c. Butter, No, 1 pasteurized, 38% to 39e. Eggs,, fresh, extras, 38e; do„ fresh firsts, 34c. Potatoes, Quebec, per bag, car •lots, 53.50. Cows, canner and cutter duality, 32.50 to $3.25; calves, fair quality, $7; do, poorer quality, 36 to $6.25; hogs, $14,50. General Sir George Cory Who is visiting the home of his par- ents in Toronto after four years spent with army headquarters in India. Sir George, who was attached to the In- dian army for four years, believes that conditions, in India are becoming more settled, ,despite .the racial riots which occurred recently in Calcutta. The distinguished soldier expects- to re - sumo his work with the British army after au extended stay in Toronto. Scores of New Elevators V • tOr9 Planned in'Manitoba A despatch front'Winnipeg says: - More than one hundred grain eeeve. tors will be built in Manitoba this summer} it was learned in authorita- tive circles h:ere. To this total it is expected an additional number will be erected by the Manitoba Wheat Pool, KEPT LIGHTHOUSE 'BEACON FLASHING FOR T HREE NIGHTS All England recently rang with the to the mainland for supplies, were un- n twenty -foot climb every four hours story of. how Ethel Langton, the 1e able to return beceise or the heavy i to the beacon tower to wind the spe- year-old daughter of the keeper o•f'St Helen's lighthouses off -Pembridge,, is'e of Wight, kept the beacon burn ing for three nights during a violent storm. Iler• parents, who had gorse • • seas and the father worried incase the girl' would, not realize the import. anc•e of lighting the. lantern. At the appointed time, however, the warning flash pierced the darkness. Ethel !rad • • • • tial epparatits which keeps the light j flashing.: On `the left Is Ilithel with her !dog,' her only companion dluring her• Jong vigil. On the right she 18 'soon. t,olhnbing to the tower, where she had to attend to bile lauteru. CANADIAN DOLLAR ABOVE PAR IN N. YORK For First Time This Year Dominion Money Commands Premium. A despatch from New York says: - For the first time this year, the Can- adian dollar moved to a, premium last week in the New York foreign ex- change market.' It was quoted at 1-64 of 1 per cent. over par, as against a discount that had prevailed since the first of this year and that had result- ed in a steady shipment of gold from the Dominion to the United States. If the present relationship should be maintained, bankers believe that a re- turn movement of gold from the Un- ited States to Canada may set in in the near future. The highest discount on the Can- adian dollar that has prevailed this year was 5-8 of 1 per cent., establish- ed on March 3. Canadian exchange has been gradually strengthening` In recent days, and the discount on Wed- nesday has been reduced to 3-82 of 1 per cent. Unusual activity developed and under a liberal demand the rate was pushed over par. The resumption of sailings from Canadian ports end general naviga- tion on the Great Lakes, which are counted on to result in largely increas- ed exports from Canada, were declar- ed to be the chief factors responsible for the strength in Canadian ex- change. It was the seasonal shrinkage, in United States purchases of Can- adian commodities last winter that caused a reversal of the movement of gold from the United States to Can- ada. American shipments of gold to Can- ada last October, when the exchange rate was in the neighborhood of pres- ent figure, amounted: to about 540,- 000,000. 40;000,000. Canadian shipments to the United States this year have been ap- proximately 366,000,000. The present low money rates in the New York market and the large sup- plies of funds available here are understood to be causing a tendency for the transfer of money to Canada for financing commercial and Indus.: trial activity in'that country. Mother Bore Triplets After Long Sea Voyage A despatch from Teronto says: - That the hardihood' of the newcomers to Canada is equal to that of the pion- eers of the Dominion was evidenced on Monday by a young mother who gave birth to triplets upon arrival at St. John. ,Refusing all assistance and accepting notltinig in the way of char- ity but a little warm milk tendered by the Dominion Express messenger, she continued her .journey without delay, and arrived in Toronto safely, Upon arrival she was taken to the home of Robert MacAdam, 181 tan- leigh Ave,, whore, with her son and two daughters, she was reported as "doing we17" 3- SanfFiciency. I am but one, frly power is very small, But take inc, use me, "Pill setting sun, Thou wino art Alt 1n A11. I am so frail,. Toe weakwto ooiiteauplate; 1±01 Tbou .art mighty, Aud can avail To make m sma 6i ess e ! Y b"r --'Phones Curti .marks. Natural .Resources Bulletin, The snow is not- yet off the "gromi,i4 noverthelees every mail brings inquire, les from the United States for M- I fortnation about automobile roads, Canoe routes, camp sites and other do - tails regarding eurnmer holiday posei- bilities in Canada. Letters from such widely scattered points as Ann Arbor, Michigan; Shrewsbury, New Jersey;. Madison, Wisconsin; Low -vele, New York; Texarkana, Texas; Indiana- polis, Indiana; and Orwizburg, Pens Sylvania, have arrived in an interval of a few hours. Most of the inquiries are relatively simple requests for maps and informa- tion' about automobile road conditions asod accommodation that may be ex- pected. A greet many' want to visit the best fishing districts.. A surpris- ingly large proportion state, that they wish to get entirely away from the travelled and popular routes. A pass- able road) a quiet hit of woods, a lake and fish, are what most of the, males and some of the family parties state they want most. Several intend to travel into country that offers', a choice for permanent summer residence. When they strike the spot that suits them they intend to purchase it for recreation in future years. A few are interested in the mining camps and still others want to ,leave all trod- den paths for the silent stretches of the Canoe "traits." -Some are even dto venturesome as to be plaivning canoe trips into the Hudson and James Bay country. The routes to Fort Albany and Port Nelson are especially pop- ular. Indeed'the demand for iniformation as to Cane routes has become 50 in- sistent end widespread that the ser- vice has been obliged to get out re- ports on upwards of a hundred trips of this ebaracter, a general summary of which has had to be prepared for the benefit of those who had rather vague ideas as to what part of the country they wished to include in their travel's. The character of thequestions asked shows that the traveling public is learning to plan its vacations very thoroughly and well in advance of the actual tourist movement. The volume of correspondence that has already de- veloped this year indicates clearly the tourist movement for the coming sea- son in Canada will exceed all previous records in every way. Roar of Niagara Falls Has Been Definitely Measured A despatch from Niagara Fails, Ont., says: -Niagara Palls is far noisier than any point in New York City, exhaustive tests undertaken here have proved. The tests showed that the two noisiest spots are at the foot of the American Palle and directly in front of the Cave of the Winds. Both these places are defined as deafening. The instruments measured 70 units there, cornjiared with 55 units et the noisiest place in New York Sixth Ave. and 34th Street. The quietest spots are at Terrapin Point and at the Whirlpool Rapids on this side. The tests were made with an audiometer, by the Bell Telephone Company. Surgery Restores Woman Who Slept for 30 Months ,. A despatch from Pound, Wis., says: -Mos. Molly Stankowitz, 40 - year -old "dream woman of Pound," who mystified -the medical world by sleeping for 80 months with only three or four short interruptions, has been awakened and ;returned to health by the removal of several large stones from her kidneys. Surgeons who have observed and at- tended her case are of the opinion 1> is without pasal'let- For almost thr years the patient lay in a comatose condition, 'able to take liquid food only through a tube. Although unable t., speak or move a muscle while sick, si:e claims to have been aware of every- thing going on about her, a fact un- known to these who attended her. Trees Along Main Roads. Since the Minister of Transport called a conference todiscuss the Planting of trees along arterial roads, the Middlesex County Council, Eng- land, lras prepared a program involv- ing an expenditure of e4204 for tree plantlug along 24 miles of arterial. roads, All the roads selected are 100 feet wide and planting will cost S1 per tree, That is fru 1026 only, and farther plans are in baud for future years, The Great West Road is to have. a tulle eaoh of red and white chestnuts and green andcopper birches. Tiro Great Cambridge Road will have a mile' each of Norwegian maple, both beeches, Cornish elm, oak, both chest - mite and lime, The North Circular Road is to. have oak, elm, and ash, Other roads have been allotted there trees in varying combinations, Orphans' Bank Accounts. Acceeding to the Thirty -Second An- nual Report of Mr. 3. J. Kele), the Ohiidren's Aid Sooleties of Ile ,pro-, vbose hold in trust for ward' the Society deposits amouseing 1(ii . 000. This Money is kept th iudiundue! bank accounts` and the airieunes' Tee from 35 to 33,000, It its paid out to the children just as aeon as they are fairly established in life,