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ESCAPED CONVICTS ROB BANK AFTER CLUBBING THE MANAGER Four Armed Desperadoes Who Recently Broke Away From Kingston Penitentiary Stage Hold-up in Oakwood-St. Clair Branch of Bank of N ova Scotia, Securing About $2,000 Make Getaway in Waiting Car. A despatch from Toronto says: Four men, believed to be Gordon Simp- eon, Thomas Bryans, Alfred Slade and Arthur Brown, convicts, who made a sensational escape from the Kingston Penitentiary three weeks ago, staged a hold-up about one o'clock on'Thurs- ; day in the Oakwood St. Clair branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia, and made good their escape with between $1.500 and $2,000. The manager of the bank. Percy O. Oke, was temporarily knocked out by a blow on the head and the three other members of the staff were herded into the manager's office while the robbers took possession of the teller's cage. Three of the robbers entered the bank and it is supposed that the fourth man, Bryans, remained in charge of the Overland car in which the quar- tette made their escape. Inspector of Detectives George Guthrte stated that the bank staff had furnished the police department with descriptions of the men which tally with thcee of the es- caped convicts from Kingston, three of whom are well-known to the local police. Within a few minute* after the police learned of the robbery, all available detectives and plalnclothes- men were scouring the city in search of the fleeing robbers. Special officers were despatched to watch the railway nations and all avenues affording an eiit from the city. Staged During Luncheon Hour. The hold-up was staged during lunch | hour at the bank, when the vaults ! were locked, which accounts for thej small amount secured by the robbers. The three men were armsd. So, were members of the staff in the bank, but the latter were caught unawares ' by the robbers who had them covered with their guns before they had a ! chance to make a move towards th ; places where rested the revolvers, loaded and ready for use. Manager Oke was clubbed over the head with a blunt Instrument of some kind which the police have, reason to believe was the butt-end of a revolver. Mr. Oke . recovered consciousness before the ' trio left the bank, but was carefully ' guarded by one of the men. The entire staff was paraded into ; the manager's office and ordered to "keep their mouths closed" or they would be shot down. Powerless to act and without chance of getting outside ' assistance, as the telephone wires had ' been disconnected, the manager and ; tois staff were obliged to watch the : robbers hurriedly empty the cash drawers. Following the entry of the robbers to the bank one customer ap- j peared on the scene to make a de- i posit, and he, likewise, was compelled I to stand by and do as he wa instructed. Weekly Market Report TORONTO. to 70 Ibs., $18; 70 to 90 Ibs.. $17.50 i Man. wheat N'o. 1 Northern, $1.11. 90 Ibs. and up, $16.50; lightweight Man. Barley Nominal. All the above, track, bay ports. Am. corn No. 2 yellow, $1.09. Barley Nominal. Buckwheat No. 2, nominal. Rye No. 2, nominal. Peas No. 2, nominal. Millfeed Del., Montreal freights, i roll*, in barrels, $36 ; heavyweight | rolls, $33. Lard Pure tierces, 17 to 'tubs, 17V4 to 18c; pails, 18 to prints, 20c. Shortening, tierces, to 15V; tubs, 15% to 16c; pails, 13 to 16"~c; prints, 18>4 to 18%e. Heavy steers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; REFUGEES LANDING IN VANCOUVER FROM JAPAN Women who had been victims of the terrible Japanese earthquake ar- rived In Vancouver with scant supplies of clothing, and had to wear ship's blankets- In place of coats and to travel hatlees. I bags included: Bran, per ton, $30.25; butcher steers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, ! short*, per ton, $33.25; middlings, good. $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5 to $5.75 r 1 $40.25 ; good feed flour, $2.20 to $2.45. do, com., $3.50 to $5 ; butcher heifers, Ontario wheat No. 2 white, 95c to choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do, med., $5 to !fl, outside. ' $6; do, com., $3.50 to $4.50; butcher Orrt. No. 2 white oats Nominal cows, choice, $4.25 to $5 ; do, med., $3 Ontario corn Nominal. to $4; eanners and cutters, $1.50 to Ontario flour Ninety per cent, pat, $2.50; butcher bulls, good, $4 to $5; in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- do. com., $2.50 to $3.50 ; feeding steers, 1 ment, $5.50_ to $5.60; Toronto basis, good, $5.50 to $6.50; do, fair, $4.50 to $.".40 to $5.50; bulk seaboard, $4.40. .$5.25; stackers, good. $4.50 to $5; do, Man. flour 1st pats., in cotton fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and spring- , sacks. $6.70 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $<5.20. ers. $80 to $120; calves, choice, $11 Hay Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, to 12.50; do, med., $8 to $10; do, com, ! track, Toronto, $14; No. 2, $13.50; No. S4 to $7; dp, grassers, $3.50 to $4.50; 3 SI* 50; mixed, $11 to $12. lambs, choice, $10.75 to $11.25; doi Straw Car lots, per ton, $9. bucks, $9.25 to $9.75; do, com., $H to Butter Finest pasteurized cream- $8.50; sheep, light ewes, good, $6 to ery solids, 35 to 36c; prints, 36 to 37c; $7; do, fat, heavy. $4 to $5; do, culls, ordinary creamery solids, 33 to 34c; $2 to $2.50; hogs, thick, smooth, F.W., prints, 334 to 34c. $9.35; do, f.o.b., $8.75; do, country Eggs Extra*, 35 to 37c; firsts, 32 points, $8.50; do, selects. $10.30. to 34c; seconds, 24 to 26c. MONTREAL. Live poultry Spring chickens, 34 Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.05. Oats. Ibs. and over. 24c; chickens, 2^ to 3 Can. west. No. 2, 58 1 * to oc; do. No. Ibs 20c; do, under 2^ Ibs., 17c; hens, 3, 57 to 57V*c: extra No. 1 feed, 56 over 5 Ibs.. 20c; do, 4 to 5 Ibs., 18c; to 56Hc; No. 2 local white, o to Canada from Coast to Coast up oQc $5.85. Rolled oats, bag, 90 Ibs., 13.15. Smoked meats Hams, med., 27 to Bran, $30.25. Shorts, $33.25. Mid- 29c; cooked hams, 40 to 43c; smoked dlings, $40.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to car loU, $15. Calves, good veals, up to $10; grass "FELLOW ALBERTANS" RENFREW'S GUESTS "Go as Far as You Like," He Tells Guests on E. P. Ranch. A despatch from E^.P. Ranch, Peki- gko, Alta,, says: "Fellow- Albertans, you are welcome, and I hope you will enjoy the outing. My ranch is open to you to-day. Go as far as you like." This democratic grt-eting uttered by Lord Renfrew served to put the 300 persons who attended the annual pic- nic of the Alberta Shorthorn Breed- ers' Association at the E.P. Ranch | wholly at their ease, and incidentally they took tho Royal rancher at his word. They inspected the buildings, the cattle and horses, talked live stock 1 with the owner, and then concluded the proceedings by asking him to pose for snapshots, which he did with un- failing good nature. Those in charge of the picnic crowd- ed enough events into the afternoon performance to satisfy even the most exacting person, and no one enjoyed the afternoon better than the host himself. Sporting a brand-new Stetson cow- ; boy hat, and attired in a pair of khaki riding breeches, old grey tweed coat and a pair of army boots, he strolled around the ranch grounds much the same as an ordinary farmer. He dis- ' played his prize-winning live stock with pardonable pride, and he flushed with pleasure whin Pat Burns, West- ern Canada cattle king, remarked that the Prince's yearling Shorthorn bulls' were some of the finest he had ever MB. II possible, Lord Renfrew will go to Calgary at som future date, to wit- ness a stampede. Following thrilling rides on outlaw horses given by Pete Vandermeer of Calgary, Western Can- ; ada'a champion bucking horse rider, 1 nd other rough riders, he expressed himself as being delighted with the miniature stampede-. "That was a great performance I ; never saw anything like it before," he' said. "I saw some bucking in Saska- toon when I was there in 1919, but this is the first time 1 have ever seen wild horses ridden at close range." Poincare Triumphant Germany has surrendered uncondi- tionally to France In the Ruhr dis- pute, and Poincare's policy has scored a victory for France. Sydney, N.S. Another blast furn- tide of immigration is that it Is n ace is to be blown in at the British congregating in the cities but going fc^^ tonetes^st to 40c. ' and ungraded lots, $9.50 to $9.75; do, Empire Steel Corporation's plant here, direct to the land. Cured meats Long clear bacon, 50 select bacon hogs graded out, $10.35. within the next few weeks. At present Portage La Prairie, Man. A 250-' : -7 three furnaces are operating, but not barrel oatmeal mill is being erected since the war has the Coporation op- here to replace a much smaller one erated four. It is apparent that busi- which was destroyed by fire some time ness with the steel company is at the ago. Portage la Prairie oatmeal has present very good, and a fairly large a market overseas and in the United number of orders are on hand. : States and it is expected that with in- Fredericton, N.B. Practically un- creased capacity and better facilities limited prospects of employment in the generally this export trade will be lumber woods of New Brunswick dur- increased. ing the coming season were predicted Regina, Sask. Contracts received by A. T. Murchie. chief sealer of the to date bring the present estimated Dept of Mines and Lands of New acreage for which signed contracts- are Brunswick, following his return from actually in the wheat pool office to OPEN SAFETY PIN TAKEN FROM THROAT Operation Performed in New York Saved Baby's Life. A despatch from Philadelphia says: A race of more than 800 miles and an operation by Dr. Chev- alier Jackson, professor of laryng- ology at Jefferson Medical College, in removing an open safety pin from the throat of a rive-months- old baby saved the infant's life. Little William W. Johnson, Jr., lay pale and wan on a bed in the hospital when Dr. Jackson entered the room. Five minutes later he was gurgling- at his happy mother, while Dr. Jackson was receiving the fervent congratula- tions of the father, who is principal of Stonewall Jackson Manual Training School, Concord, N.C. Dr. Jackson used the bronchoscope. his own invention. No anaesthetic was required and the operation was pronounced a complete success. an inspection of conditions in the 2.730.000. northern areas of the province. Mr. Edmonton, Alta. The Alberta Car- Murchie estimates the cut on Crown bon Coal Co., with authorized capital .timber lands this year at about 300,- j of $500,000, is added to the list of coal 000,000 feet, as compared with 220,- mining enterprises in Northern Al- 000,000 feet last year. berta. J. R. Patterson and F. J. Mit- Qtfebcc. Que. A conservative esti-j chell of Edmonton and D. L. Seymour, mate of the amount of money spent in ; of Xew York, are the incorporators. this city by tourists, made by the Victoria, B.C. There was a decided Quebec Automobile Club, reaches $2,- improvement in the industrial h'fe of 358,750. From the beginning of May British Columbia during 1922, aceord- until the first of September, 15,000 ing to the annual report of the Deputy ' motor tourists had called for informs- Minister of Industries. This applies To lnv stlgate Water-Power Problem tio at the offices of the Club. Taking to every branch of industry, and there Tharies Stewart. Minister of an average of four people to each car; was a marked renewal of interest the Inte r. h; 5 been named the meni- this meant that at least fift.OOO people shown in the immense row wealth of b r of Ule Dominion cabinet respons- had come to the city by automobiles, the province. There are 432 different " Dominion's interest* In Of this number there were approxi- articles manufactured in the province, inte ODaI Caters. He accompanied matcly 3.000 camping parties of 12,000 with 2.71S establishments operating. a c ' HIM"* to investigate people. Perticton. B.C. The general condi- l : to :he 1<lk 1 v ! by Ottawa, Ont Immigration during tion of the apple crop in the Okanajran c August was by far the heaviest in district, outside of the hail and scab * many years. Business interests gen- injury, is above par and all varieties LJ AT^T)C SHATTFRFD erally look on with very great satis- are sizing and coloring well except in py DYNAMITIT f ADC faction, for in addition to increasing isolated districts where poor thinning ** LI I IN AMI 1 L. CArb the productive forces in the country, it and cultural methods will result in a has probably meant the adding of high percentage of low grade fruit. Frontenac Man Badly Injured 17,000 or 18,000 to the number of con- Fortunately these districts are few in While Taking Them From sumers. A good feature of this new number, and small in total output. U.S. WHEAT GROWERS ' ( > ue - <lt for redaction in freight rat* on APPEAL TO COOLIDGE wheat an Last British Post Office in Constantinople Closed A despatch from Constantinople says: Tho British Post-office, the last of such establishments maintained by the Allies, closed last week and the Turks took over all mails. Preparations for the formal evacua- tion by the Allies have boon completed and the famous Turkish iron division is soon to enter the city. The exodus of Greeks, Armenians and Russians continues. * Want Grain Corporation Re- vired and Freight Rates Reduced. A despatch from Washington, D.C., says: The United Stats wheat grow- ing interests of the Central North- west, suffering from low prices for the grain, laid their case directly be- fore President Coolidge and other Ad- ministration officials, with a request that Congress be called in special ses- sion to enact legislation to revive the United States grain corporation. The President, together with Secre- taries Wallace and Hoover and Man- aging Director Meyer of the War Fir.- ance Corporation, received the pro- posal as jH-esented by a delegation of a dozen bankers and farmers from Minneapolis Federal Reserve District, but made no promises. Members of the delegation said, however, that Mr. Coolidge showed a deep interest in their proposal with regard to the grain corporation and also in their re- Children Were Injured. A despatch from Sudbury says: | What might have been a serious i accident occurred at Naughton, when two small chlldran of Al- fred Noxam received painful in- , Juries as the result of playing with ; dynamite caps. The father, who worts on the rcmd. often kept caps in his home, and the older children ar- ranged a box with the caps to which they set a fuse. The younger children : were then dared to take the box out 1 and set it off. In the explosion which followed a boy aged 7 lost the tips of. three fingers on the right hand and a U-year-old girl received injuries in th forehead. Box. A despatch from Kingston says: Edward Di-lyea, aged 36, whose home is at Harlowe. met with a serious ac- cident. He \v is engaged in construc- tion work on the Aldington Road, and while taking the iid off a box of dyna- mite caps there was an explosion, and he had both hands shattered. He was brought to the General Hospital by W. W. Princle, by whom ho was employ- ed, and W. H. Head. Delyea was about to "ft re" a hole and was getting the dynamite cars for this work when the accident oc- curred. Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intel- ligence Service of the Depart- ment of the Interior at Ottawa says: The American Institute of Mining Engineers has just com- pleted a tour of the "mining dis- trict of Northern Ontario. The editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, of New York, accompanied the visiting engineers. Af:;r -ccing the .el mining '. fol section of Ontario, he opens his leading editorial with the following paragraph : "Anyone who may feel for the moment that mining is lan- guishing ought to take a trip through northern Ontario. You can't feel pessimistic up there. Prosperity U everywhere ; everybody that wants one has a good job. Enough good show- ing! of gold and silver are be- ing found here and there to keep prospectors on edge; they are busy. Shafts are being sunk and drifts are being run on dozens of. likely looking pro- perties ; and good oreshoota are being opened with sufficient frequency to make the "game" worth while. Some of the re- ported strikes are exaggerated, of course, but, on the other hand, the public does not hear much about some really import- ant devleopments ; the insiders frequently keep the information to themselves for obvious rea- sons." Three U.S. Vessels Leave Fort William With Grain Bobby's dad had been away from home for some time and Bobby usu- ally met the postman. One day when the postman handed Bobby a letter, he did not want to take it and said: "My mamma don't want any mor letters. My dad came home last night." Marching on Berlin General Ludendorff. who a few years ago had his (ace set In another ' direction, is now reported to be mus- tering an army of 40.000 to besiege Berlin because of the government'* m render to Prance. The report has' teen denied, however, by the Militarist ' leader. Liner Breaks Record on Eastward Run A despatch from Southampton l says: The White Star Liner Majestic arrived at Cherbourg from New York; at 9.11 p.m., Thursday night, having crossed the Atlantic in the record time, of five davs. 'ive hours and 21 min-; utes, at an average speed of 24 knots! 76 points. This is the fastest time ever done! by a liner on the eastward run. $20,000 Gems Looted by Daylight Robbers A despatch from Detroit says: A daylight jtm robbt-ry, the second within 24 hours, occurred here, when two armed men entered the sh^p of tha Detroit Geld Refiners, 402 Capitol Theatre Building, and having horded seven men who wer in the store into a closet, escaped with loot valued at between $18.000 and $20.000. The twe robbers were aided by a third, who acted as lookout Ht the door of th bop. A depatch from Fort William, Ont, says: Seven vessels took out 739,000 bushels of wheat, 84,000 oats. 45,000 barley and 50,000 of flax last week. Included among these were three Un- ited States boats, the Luzon, Cletus Schneider and the LewUton, which all cleared for Buffalo with wheat. Seven boats are loading now. of which three are United States vessels, and ten more boats are reported on their way' up the lakes light for grain. It is' reported by grain men that there is j plenty of tonnage coming to fill orders, ' and that even yet there is some trouble : in picking up a cargo without moving from one house to another several times, owing to the variety of grades ] and the small quantity as yet in store. ! New Yorker '* Held Guilty Of Slayins Velleyfield Man A despatch from ValleyfieM, Que.. says: A Coroner's jury found Waiter' Muir, of Nev York City, guilty of the slaying of rK'.iri I.avlolttto, .'iO, of this town, who was fatally shot during an ; altercation over hunting dogs. Ed- ; wsrd Carroll, of New York City, and I Joseph Plairte, of Vs'.'.eyrteiJ. were also arrested and charged with being accomplices to the murder. Boy-Spanking Machine. A spanking machine, which would have instruments varying from a broad paddle to a cat-o'-rrfne tails, and so geared as to bo administered with different dgr4 of severity, was ad- vocated to take the place of Jail sen- te>n-ces for first offenders under the Criminal Code, by Crown Prosec-.ror R. B. Graham. K.C., Wlompcg. Mr. Graham is serious about the use of some sort of a machine inttead of tho Infliction of corporal puuishm-ent by tha human hand, and believee that snich an Innovation wouM ma'r!aldy reduce the crim record. The- offend- er could be "machine" ipankel and then sent back to hi work and the job of supporting his family. Only the incorrigible offender would be Jailed under this plan. EVERY WORM HAS ITS TURNING The price of foods in KngUnd is alleged to be higher than circumstance* warrant and public oplnicu U beginning to uiako itself felt. From Tn Liverpool PoC This little sentence makes sn^e Veteran Statesman Diet when read either forward or back- lx>rd Morley. the famous British ward: Exercise take, excess beware : statesman and man of letters. Is dead, rise early and breathe freely air; eat after a rubric life that extended over sK>\v]y; trouble drive sway; fe-.-t h * lf a oenturv H * !Mv.fl warmish keep; blend work with play. y e - n a century. He wag eighty-five