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The Wingham Advance Times, 1933-12-07, Page 3Thursday, December 7, 1933 orJd Wide News In Brief Form .441.4..,. Shot in Stomach by Robber -- Died Sunday , In a sei•irrimage with a burglar in the backyard of' his father's home, • 96 Wellesley Streets Thursday, John C, Copp, star left halfback of the Uni- versity of Toronto football team, was shot in the abdomen, and taken to Wellesley Hospital in a serious eon- dition, John Copp had just left his friend upstairs 'while he went to the second floor to his father's room to telephone, and saw a man looking in- to the window from the top of the balcony. Getting a second glimpse of the thief, Copp called to Houston to come down, Houston doing so in time to see .the'man's back. Copp ask- ed Houston to tell his sister to tele- phone for the police, and ran -down- stairs and: into the yard.- Here he met the armed robber dropping- a distance of some fifteen feet from the roof of the balcony on Y to thea yard. Copp plunged forward and managed to get hold of the thief, but the latter had his revolver in readiness and fired, one shot penetrating Copp's stomach. The thief ran ,to the foot of the yard, jumped the fence at the west cor- ner and esecaped; Copp died Sunday night. Smith Ridicules Roosevelt Plans New York ---Alfred E. Smith said the 'United States public works ad- ministration ha roken down and • that the civil works program was set up to hide its failure, "Instead of ac lenowledging the failure of the public. works administration," said the for- mer Governor, ". ...`this crazy,top- heavy structure, choked with red tape and bureaucracy, it !being left as it is, and out of it is being created ed the civil works administrai6iom 'to raise relief wages and get more people to work 'during the winter. It looks as though one ' of the absent-minded professors had played anagrams with the alpha- bet soup. The 'soup got, cold while he -was unconsciously inventing a new game for the dation, a game which beats the cross -word puzzle - the game of identifying new departrrients by their 'initials." Ryckman ."Retiring Matthews' Successor Ottawa — Prime Minister Bennett announced that the Hon. E. R Ryck- man, 'Minister of National Revenue, has been ,compelled to relinquish his Ministerial duties because of failing health. Mr. Bennett said that Mr. Ryckman has handed his resignation to the 'Prime Minister, and that his Excellency the Governor-General had ,accepted it. Mr. Ryckman remains a meniber of the House of Commons, 'representing Toronto East. While •on decision has been reached about a successor to Mr. Ryckman, it has 'beenw rde 1 '. o ed Y .rum r for several weeks `that R. -C. Matthews, M.P. for 'Toronto East Centre, would be invit- •ed to *join the Cabinet. Senator 7,'H. Fisher Dead Paris, Ont.—Senator John Henry Fisher, appointed to the Red Chain- ber in 1917 after a busy quarterecen- tury of public life, died here Friday. eernoon at the age of 78, He had n critically ill for, three weeks. He was Mayor of Paris for five ytaars and at other times was Reeve :and Alderman, and Warden of Brant from County, before he entered the wider, political field of Ontario and Caneda in 1802. He was elected to the On- tario star r ` isl . ,e g e in 1905 and 180$.:. In 1911 he was elected to the House of Commons: Young' Girl Escapes From Hold) -up Men. Guelph—Eighteen-year-old Miriam Westlake walked into the Bank - 'of Toronto at Morrison, near here, Fri- day afternoon and surprised busy hold-up men, who threatened to kid- nap her. She escaped by running down the street after the robbers had escorted her to the door with the in- tention of taking her with them in an automobile. :T,he teller's cage yielded about $500 to the two roughly dressed men who entered the bank while the manager was out tolunch and .C. F. Perkins wasein charge; They tied up Perkins and G. C. Gilmour, teller, with strong rope, forcing them to lie on the floor, Dominion Status for Newfoundland" St. Johns, Nfld.—Newfoundland's rights to the status of a`Dominion 'in the British Commonwealth of Nations were temporarily signed away when the Legislative Council 'unanimously passed a resolution from the Lower House,- petitioning his M'asjesty to implement recommendations of the Royal Commission which investigated the island's financial and economic condition, According to proposals in the Amulee report, the Legislature will be susPended in favor of gover- ment by Commission until the island becomes .self-supporting again, and the United Kingdom Parliament will. take . action toward a solution of fin- ancial problems ,emisateassing the is- jand. Heroine of Aeroplane Crash Windsor—C1in31bing from the sub- merged cabin of •a large aeroplane, nine passengers and a crew of three sat on top of the wings of the ship until rescuers "'(stroke their way thru ice to bring them .safely ashore. Miss Kathleen Smith, (Chicago,hostess oil the plane, was 'the heroine of the oc- casion. She rcalnily opened the door. of the cabin and assisted the passeng- ers to climb +through the struts of the .machine ;to a place of comparative :safety and dryness on top of the wings. By 'the tune all were out, she ,was standrng in water up to her neck,' but her -passengers were safe. Sir then a rribed up beside them. .e U. S. 'to 'Barter Farm Products for Liquor Washington The United States will }give Canada and other countries a market for their liquors in exchange for •a 'place to sell surplus farm and in dusty' ial ,products. Such reciprocal trade agreements are now in process of negotiation with several countries. 'Government officials made this known today at -a hearing on a code for 'im porters •that would give the Federal Alcdhoi'Control Administration aufh.- ority to 'limit the volume and 'origin of wine and spirits imports on a -quota 1sasis. Tariff 'Decisions 'Ottawa -Two important tariff de- cisions, one relating to importations 'the United States and the la't'her HYDRO •LAMP " The Lona Lhee Las pus‘1" RzrtFt,A , .! ' It?41i;1 i1 e01'�' 1 �I $est ;lied ro op rvrce pad lis r err eed AriIOW* elf °` rnpa e�2 dt M'usl8 p l in ain Utilities Corm � 111sgflDll Cr'sawforti la1ockm p'knasl,e 156. LookikoZwAliooi CT ll ,dll fi .644.04) to trade with Ireland, are announced' by the Government, It was made known that no dump duty will be im- posed by Canada on imports coining in from countr]es of depreciated carr- rencies unless that depreciation rea- ches or exceeds 5 per cent. Of im- portance to the Irish linen industry is an Order -in -Council ' rr Coancil passed, by the Dominion Cabinet to carry into ef- feet the spirit of the Conference trade pact between Canada and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, call- ing for reciprocal trade Concessions. l Alleged Confession to 'Killing Lifting the veil of mystery that has shrouded the death of William Sim, Toronto, 54 -year-old insurance agent, found dead early. Thursday morning on a couch in his apartment at 2 Ver- mont Avenue, Creighton Robert Kirk, Toronto, aged 21, is alleged to have confessed to killing Sim, Who was the father of his fiance. Laboring under an intense mental strain, for forty hours, Kirk walked into the office of Coroner Dr. J. P. F. .Williams, 550 Palmerston Avenue, shortly after 5 o'clock Friday after- noun, and, it is alleged, told the Cor- oner he wanted to make a confession to "save the girl." The voluntary statement was tak- en by Dr. Williams, who then detain- ed Kirk in hisoffice, while he sum- moned detectives from headquarters, Kirk was arrestedon a charge of murder. De Valera Elected in N. Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland—Presi- dent Eamon De Valera of the Irish Free State was elected to a Northern Ireland Parliament seat from South Down. ''He received 7,040 votes, and his opponent, Thomas . Gerard Mc- Grath, a Republican, 662. Two differ- ent views of De Valera's election have been expressed: That the Irish Free State executive saw in it a possibility of uniting the two Ire'l'ands, and that he might not assume the seat, be- cause of laws providing for the de- portation of persons crossing the boundary. Counterfeiter Armed Rochester—Canadian and ]United States officials were attenn .ting' to ran down a gang of international Counterfeiters, following Che arrest here of Milton "(Midge) Staled of this city, on a 'Canadian charge -of 'passing forged -United `States Federa1'Reserve nates Ion a Hamilton, Oat,, evinery. NEWS of the DISTRICT S.wualluws :;False Teeth • Walketton—Anthony Albrecht cat of -Walk r e tarne was in Owen Sound Hos- pital, a dental plate .still stuck in his lt.roat'deepite hours of labor by phy- sicians ,to remove it. He swallowed the .plate ,during a coughing spell. /Burned as ::Police -Dog Drags Tot Against •Stove. Walkerton -'—Dragged against a hot storey lean-to not in use at present. In. the storethem at the time of the fire was. Considerable Christmas goods which were damaged the most, The goods in the store sizffered some dantage by smoke. Upstairs the fire was confined mostly to the two, rooms. Before making further head- waythe t e fire was extinguished by the fire department. The building . was not damaged. A Remarkable Potato Yield Mr. Jos. Stewart reports an inter- esting result from a late planting of potatoes at the Benmiller Nurseries,. A bit of ground not larger than 12 ft. by 12 ft. was planted on August 7th. As may be remembered, August was very dry and there was practically no rain until the third week in Septem- ber. The plot wasnot artificially wa- tered, but . was well cultivated. Late in October, eleven weeks after plant.• ing, over ten bushels of a good sam- ple of potatoes were gathered.—God- brich Signal. Bird Hanged. in Tree Citotch One morula last found. hanging in the crotch of a tree 1 in front of Mr, H. C, Baird's huge Shipping Fish From Goderich that was easily recognized as belong- to New York, a Failure ing to the variety of water fowl Goderich-e-A shipment of 110 lbs.. known as waders but it was not un-.tpf the finest trout Lake or til it was brought to The Sun office produce, made to New Yorkr Hurony a day or two later where quite a. large few days ago as a test in an effort to number of people came in to see it, find a new market, netted the local that it was definitely identified as 'a shipper, M. Robins, two and a half hell -diver by Mr. Menno ,•Eckstein and Mr. Edward Noll. It is_ also known as the dabchick' or glebe. It is noted for its wonderful agility as a driver and is usually found in the larger `ponds and lakes,—Milverton Sun. a rabbit' hunt in a bush near the river on Jos. Whitehead's farm, 2i miles northeast of Walkerton last Saturday noon,-.-rWalkerton ,Herald -Times, Walkerton. to Have Market An effort is being made to estab- lisp a big Saturday market in Walk- erton, such as this town was widely noted for about two score years ago, and with this end in view farmers of the surrounding country have arrange ed a series of meetings. The Town Council is co-operating with the ag- riculturalists in this regard, and will have the market place in the Town Hall• specially set aside for' their use and convenience each Saturday mor- ning, commencing with the formai op- ening date, Saturday, Dec. 9th. There will be no fees or charge of any kind in connection with the serv- ice. The market will be preserved for the purchasing public and con- 5>.; sumers from 8 to 10 o'clock ,each Sat- urday morning, at which latter hour the bell will ring and allow hawksters and others to come on and bid for PAGE THR the' produce, -- Walkerton Herald - One week a bifd was Tuxes, Water Supply Low The water supply at the Creamery, due > to the long dry period, became so low recently, that it became nec- essary to connect `pp with the village system until -alterations could be made in the pumping system at the factory, The rotary pump is being owered an :additional 13 feet to im- prove the pumping facilities.--Mild- may acilities,- 14ri'ld-may Gazette. • Ashfield 1$'artner Meets With Painful. Injury Mr, Will -Finlay met wroth :a -pain- ful acident while running ,a :gasoline engine.. die sweater sleeve .caught in the snachinery and he was thrown down with such force as to 'dislocate his right "shoulder, as wel'1 ars receiv- ing ;several cuts and 3nauiises on his arm and head. The engine was a snaallli 'one and his weight stopped it, otheneiise the consegneences would, in sill -probabilities, have proved fatal: L•tnlcnew Sentinel. ICe1UI 'Feet Caused (Blaze •A mildmay bachelor, who does his own light housekeeping, had a painful eri �ecce. When he retired to bed kis feet were so cold :that he put the electric light under the covers with flim, and it was not long until he was .fast asleep. But what a rude awake eningl A short circuit caused the bed- clothes to ignite, and while the bach- elor slept the gth'lts and mattress started to blaze. It 'took very prompt and strenuous efforts to extinguish ire, and it was mot accomplished e the bedding was almost en- ruined,—Mil:dinay Gazette. ose Call :• aciclent at flee Wearwell Knit- plant, which 'might have been serious, but which resulted in Mr. W, W. :hutch a severe c shock. Mr.:tllutch was look - r a leak in a dye vat and took a light on an ,•extension to look corner. His hand was wet a't tie time and he got a shock, falling Where he stood, Mr. James McNeil, who was right at hand, immediately turned off the power. Mr. Mutch was :soon able to be removed to his home. Clinton News -Record. Seventeen Granted Old Age Pensions A meeting of the old -age pensions conneiittee of the county council was held at the county building on Tues- day last week when thirty-one cases were rip for consideration, There were twenty new applications, and the remaining eleven cases were "re- considerations." Seventeen applica- tions were granted, four were refusecl because of lack of satisfactory details and the t'emnainder were deferred, Since the Act carne into force 1156 pensioners have been registered in :Huron Comity, andof' these about 665 are now on the paysheet. There has been a heavy death rate among the .Pensioners, btyt, no doubt owing to the hard tirncs, the number of new applicants also hs been large.•—God erich Signal, Shot Piece Out of` Arne Murray Carr, youngest son of Mr, Alex„ Carr of towtt, and well-known local youth in his early twentiee, fitd a hole six inches long bltwtt in his left arm betweeh the elbow and wrist by the falling end accidental dis- th"tt'ge of a 'shot -gun white he and Bert Weiler of town were engaged in the stove by a large police dog whaiie'Ibefor 'playfully 'holding it about the neck, 'rtirely (little .three-year-old Betty-Honsperg- J A 'Cl An .ting more er, daughter of lir. and Mrs. Eail ii .ons;3erger, was painfully binned about 'the 'face and hand, rAippoirsted 'Brussels Postmaster giving Brussels -P, A. -Hunter of the vii- eelectri lige of 'Craribrook, five miles from i ing fo 'here, 'has 'been -Chosen the new post- ; cdown master far Brussels to succeed W. H. nu'to a Bell, who recently resigned. Mr. 'Planter is a former Brussels merch- ant, a veterans df the Great Warand a pensioner. 'There were 18 applicae tions for the 'position, When the. change will take •place has not been ',decided. Watches As Leg 'is 'Cut Off Thomas Kes'le, of Exeter, despite his 80 years, sat •and watched a sur- geon amputate his 'legbelow, the knee: The operation was 'performed in Vic- toria Hospital after gangrene had set in. At his request lie was given spin- al injection rather than a general an- aesthetic and cheerfully watched the surgeon work. He is recovering nice- ly, Fire . at Lucktiow Lttc%crow--Fire diel cof sidcrahlc damage on Friday morning to the storeroom of the Geddes Vanity Store, also to two rooms situated near the stairway in the apartment above which is occupied by iifr, and Mrs, Jitn 'Geddes, the proprietors. The fire was first noticed by Mr. Geddes wile in pronceding downstairs was; -net by choking' azizoke• and he was forced to return to his rooms, Mrs. Geddes el- se stnelling the smoke had in the in.eantime opened cIT upstairs win- dow and celled "fire," I(nowing their eSeape was C,ttt Off by the stairway they proceeded to get ottt of a win- . dow beneath which there is e, oche - i eft _ Fig/ (i fd5i.' business men�C / ��'C+ �"est A bank account often gives a young man or a young woman a standing in the business corn - 'nullity. On . occasion it serves as a reference which business men readily acknowledge and 1 g respect, A steadily growing balance is evidence of strength of character. Do not delay in n establishing a bank ction. You may open a savings account at any branch of this bank by depositing dollar or more. Interest compoundedp g' one half-yeatity. THE DOMINION ESTABLISHED 187/ WINGHAM BRANCH J. R. M. SPITTAL . - - MANAGER eltAlklete tintatdiefarr CANADA AND OFFICES IN NEW YORK AND L ONDON mmnnrnnruenennormmmoorurmnnmmoogrtie Thus he came before the Roman sun, struck him to the earth, and thei ser ru rrrrne Governor of the province, Fehx, and risen and glorified Lord commission- ed him to carry the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, "Whereupon, 0 King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the Heaven- ly vision." And for this reason the Jews wanted to kill him/ Yet Paul had continued for almost thirty years his obedient testimony to his Lord, witnessing and "saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: that Christ should suffer ,and that He should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles." King Agrippa interrupted, telling Paul he was beside himself. Paul respectfully denied this, and asked the King: "Believest thrid the prophets? I know that thou believes-.'•' send Paul to Jerusalem to stand trial Then came Agrippa's immortal before the Jews, Paul insisted upon word; '`Almost thou persuadest me to his rights as a Roman citizen, saying, be a Christian." "I appeal unto Caesar." This meant But when .the Kingand the Gov - that his case must come into the Cruor were alone' they said freely to courts at the capital of the Empire, each other: "This .man doeth noth- Rome, Finan King ing worthy of death or of bonds,," YAgrippa came to Caesarea, and when the Governor had told him about the unusual case, the King expressed a desire to hear the pian, and this was arranged with cents a pound, and, needless to say, after a few days, when the high priest no more shipments will be made tog that and the elders,- with a professional point. The Commission House prosecutor, cane and brought their allowed 10 cents per pound, or $11 for charges against him, Paul• made an the shipment, deducted $1.65 for other defense before the Governor. an a nor, commission, the express company Y got Felix was profoundly impressed; he $4.23, the -United States Government refused to release Paul to the Jews, $1.65 duty, the cartage man 25 cents but kept hien in bonds, hoping for a and the bank 30 cents for discount bribe to set hizp. free. Thus Paul and exchange on the American check. spent twoears in tec Even fish shrank on the y hnical impris- journey, onment at Caesarea, but with person weighing 115 pounds when they left al liberty; and a new Governor, Fes - and 110 pounds on arrival in New tus, came into office, York. They were caught 15 miles off Another plot of assassins was made shore one one of the coldest days of against the missionary's life, but Fes - the season, cleaned, packed in ice and tus kept his prisoner safe, and again trucked 'a mile to the station. It ap- the Jews had to come from Jerusalem pears as if it may be a tough winter and bring their false charges, "which for the fishermen. They are wonder- they could not prove." ing what people pay in New York As the Governor then offered to. restaurants and hotels for these choice fish. TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON PAUL NN CAESAREA Sunday, Dec. 10—Acts 24: 1043. Golden Teat: Herein do :I exercise myself, have always a conatience void of o fens -e !toward God, and toward men Acts •: t6. to great pomp and ceremony. Paul's de- f f rise before King Agrippa is one of the classics of literature and Christian history. Respectfully, courteously, with true dignity, Patil addressed the King as one exceptionally familiar with the customs and teachings of the Jews. This was Herod Agrippa II., a great- grandson of Herod the Great, who had tried to take the life of the babe Jesus. Paul appealed to the known facts concerning his entire life as a strict, law-abiding Jew and Pharisee, against whom no legal or moral charge could be brought. But "now I stand and am judged for the hope of the prorn- ise made of God unto our fathers." Then he told of his early mistaken zeal against the Christians, and of the miracle of his conversion, when a light from Heaven, brighter than the Sensationel events now followed thick ciz :a nd fast st i n Paul's s • e.eri � en p ce Paul and 1his party, including Luke, took ship from :Miletus, southeast along the coact, then another slim whose course took her south of the island of Cyprus and directly to Tyre, on the coast of Syria. Stopping there for seven days they found a group of Christian believers, "who said to Paul through The Spirit, that' he should not go up to Jerusalem," But Paul went, evidently believing sincerely that he Haight to go. They pushed on south to Caesarea,. and then on to Jerusalem, where seri- ous trouble began. Jews from Asia saw Paul in the temple area and stirred up the people against him, -making false charge of course. An excitable Oriental mob soon ran together, rushed Paul out of the temple, and were about to kill him, when word of the riot i Cached the Roman chief captain, Who" took a detachment of troops and rescued Paul. Bound, with chains, he was given art opportunity to address the Jewish mob froth the stairs of the military castle near the temple area. He spoke in Hebrew, which silenced: the crowd, and told the story of his conversion and his later Christian experience and the mob clamored for his death. As the chief captain was about to have him scourged, Paul startled the officer by protesting that he was an uncondemned Roman, therefore they had no legal right to scourge 'Min. He .. was treated more respectfully then, aril c the next day was brought before the highest Jewish council, the San- hedrin. His brief address there, t! stiff ing to the hope of Israel and the resin - rection of the dead, threw: the coun- cil into a turmoil, and they would have had Paul killed had not he been rescued again by soldiers cif the chef captain,' The Lord Jesus 1y1:,imself appeared to Paul the next eight, reassuring and strengthening him, and covenanting that he should bear witness of Him at Rome, Then Incite than forty . Jews trade a solemn covenant'- to cat rno food un- til they had assassinated Paull the plot was disclosed to the Roman of - firer, and he sent :Parti tinier heavy Military escort, up the east toast to I Ca.•esaree. And man if he Agrippa said to Festus: "This might have been set at liberty, had not appealed unto Caesar." John: "Well, ]how's your wife keep- ing, Pat?" Pat: "Oh, her head's troubling her a. lot." John: "That's bad. Neuralgia?" Pat: "No; she wants a new hat.'° Life Saving EffOrtt women iris dfochildren tuts• af navel ceasing struggle at the Muskoka, the Toronto and the Queen ,Wfary- Hospitals,. where nearly a thbUtana patients are now being treated for tuberculosis, Perhaps you do not fully realize the predicament of the unfortunate 'victims of this dreaded disease, the majority of whom came from the families of the very poor. Living^ in cramped quarters, where sunshine and fresh air are often as scanty as nourishing food, is it any wonder that consumption ends them out. ('ran and weak and tired, their plight is pitiful, but a haven awaits where, with your help, most of thW illy may please send what youh'Can to assist in this great work. Please address George A. 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