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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE. ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927. 3 Written for the Busy Reader tnwvn *Tr?*vyn hi nnvnn the Esplanade at Toronto, from which THE NEWS IN BRIEF \%z TrSMttW10 A Summary of the important Happenings Throughout the World. TERSELY TOLD IN PITHY PARAS. THE CUSTOMS PROBE stirs up muddier mess the longer it con-Customs officials small and The United States. Flood, Banditry and Sudden Death. A pleasant way of celebrating visit to his home town was instituted by Matthew Kines, an Oklohama bi dit. Kines and his gang come from the little town of Biggs. Dashing into the little town Thursday in three motor large appear to have done.their duty ; member„ of the divided into to the best of their ability, but the &nd droveB K to the three liquor interests seem to have culti- Two of the banks, the Farm- vatod bribery camouflage crooked- ers an(J ^ ^ NaHonal, ness and bald disregard of the law were lnvade<J immediatel The town to the limit. The latest seizure is ma_snal, chief tried to can- reported as amounting of over $85,- fa™*1*111 ?r police chief tried to cap-000? consisting of three cars allap- *urfe OT at, east st°P tb« desperadoes parently going via Cobourg-Rochester b?*^B,^"ed in the att*m%: Swne ferry into the U.S. billed as "pulp ?20'°00 ^ was secured- The *an« wood" and "shavings," but containing is still at large. nearly 75,000 bottles of ale and beer. As proof grows on proof and the Jnass of evidence accumulates it Will be interesting to watch developments and enforcements in the future, lower Louisiana. Raging torrents, New appointments are being reported toppling houses, ruined rural districts, from coast to coast as indicative of thousands who hoped themselves safe a complete reorganization of the pre- fleeing to the highlands for their lives, The Mississippi. * Terrific proportions are again assumed by the breaking of levees in ventive service. Withrow - Brooks. > commonplace occurrances in tht newly inundated areas. Church bells clanging and guns ftr-. Ing warnings to the stricken people, justice untempered by ^ Crws m and mercy was meted out to the accused , othfir meang of rescue worki over. - Justice Logie sentenced Dr., ^ Jn thdr effort to gave u but i years and Brooks the natiyes of the digtrkt fa many When Mj Withi to five years in Kingston PenitOTttary, ^'^¥^^^^^8',^3 In connection with the death of Ruth th advancing floods have assumed Dembner from an illegal operation, j ^ proportio^ of two Niagaras in [full flood so that it is believed that greater life and property loss will Following closely upon the sentence eventually be reported from these last A Similar Case. of the above, the Toronto poli rested another Toronto doctor, Benjamin Cohen, whom, it is asserted, was arrested in the act of perfoming such an operation as secured Dr. Withrow his sentence in Kingston. levee breaks and inundations than from any previous floodings. Further Violent Rain Storms. On top of the gigantic proportions assumed in the South, a storm of a very serious nature tore through Illinois and part of Indiana, ports death and damage Several emergency refugee camps The M De Pinedo, via Newfoundland-Azores home to ItaJy, will complete a four-continent air tour. Everyone wishes the fearless Italian "bon voyage" and good luck. the deed, was 45 years old and treasurer of the school district--his mind deranged by financial reverses--alone conceived and executed the dynamit- ghor ^ from h ing, in the opinion of investigating j an & * ^ officers. They abandoned an earlier;. , __f ,. . ... theory that he had outside help in Ib* air" Experts d,M«^ RS to the planting dynamite in the building and wiring it to set off the blast. The .little village of 300 persons in the heart of Michigan's agricultural district, is virtually bankrupt as j by air. Experts disagree I value of this dangerous experimenta-u j tion, but flying aces are notably in- I different to life in the pursuit of theii *!1 hobby. The thrill pays for the risk, Manitoba Floods. The Manitoba flood situation still ult of yesterday' catastrophe. ..s this situation that prompted Governor Fred W. Green to Issue a proclamation calling for State-wide, caus!s .concern f Kenora aid in providing financial relief to u™ ^.opes for immediate relief Bath's stricken citizens and making I from tbe flood conditions on the Win, possible the rebuilding of its school.! nlPe? R,lver.rwere hdd out to the Coun" Governor Green announced funds ciJ thf Ke!fra B<>ard of Trade on Lid be taken from the State coffers Wednesday afternoon by Major Crawford, U.S. engineering representative Cruiser Believed Lost. °1S and, part ot/,nCllana- PTn I for the purpose, if voluntary aid of ™ , . , ,, - , , • ports death and damage as follows: ^ citizenry proved insuffi- °n the International Joint Commis- Wreckage picked up on the lake Several emergency refugee camps1 "^f*"18 CltlZenry pr°Vetl lnSUth I sion> and District Engineer Attwood shore at Cobourg points to the cabin | Bhelt6r persons who lost their homes cle^ proclamation with'* Winnipeg, who represented the cruiser Ahna having foundered with and belongings in a storm here We^™^ engineer on the Commis- nesday night which caused one death d d fuMral expenses siom an1 hurts to others. I . , • T;ms whose families! °n the contrary, the visiting ex-:., , Walter Mueller, son of the Mayor, *™ * ^J1^1™ The Governor P^s stated that the number of cubic ^ C-Lfr- baJ Port* bridge over the were un,Ie t0 d0/i; £,, . ?0r j iTet ner second now I™!™ -milt Man-oats--No. 2 CW, nominal; No. i w»« ™ -«^e of the blast and saw ; _Per^ now s?„* I 8, not quoted^ No. 1 feed, 63c; No. the loss of Harry Porteous and William Collins of Niagara-on-the-Lake, who started from the mouth of the Niagara River for Belleville and failed to reach their destination. A hatch with the aluminum number "2" on it has been identified as having been part of the equipment of the Alma. Charles Elliott, a fisherman, has also reported that he Porteous was aged 21 and Col- or may not prove to be an ill-advised act. It will be some days yet till a full report of the papers found can be made, while Sir William JoynsA-Hicks retards House of Commons criticism by stating: "Information which has come into the possession of the police through the Arcos search is of such a nature that it has not been possible for his Majesty's Government to complete the examination to determine the consequences of it." The Secretary was immediately bombarded with questions from La-bo rites seeking to drag information from him, but little new matter was forthcoming. Britain and China. Britain had hoped that Eugene Chen's Hankow Government was to be the ruling factor in that war-torn land. However, such is not the case, so Basil Newton, the British representative, has been withdrawn-- awaiting events and the establishment of a respponsifole government with which to negotiate. Meanwhile news from Hankow indicates that the three armies are concentrating on that city; the wealthy are fleeing the place, and that another page of bloody history will shortly re written, centreing on Hankow city. Britain and France. France, apparently, has responded to the wonderful reception given their President M. Doumergue and M. Briand in London. As ever, France blows warm and cold, but to the public and for the press of France the President's visit has afforded an excellent reminder of past friendship. The speeches at last night's Royal banquet gave to this new entente, In the French Interpretation, exactly the right note. They stressed the necesJ sity of close co-operation of the two countries for the maintenance of peace and order, and in the role of a cus-j todian of the peace the Frenchman1 likei to regard himself at all times. "The entente corddale," the Temps writes, "has always been a peaceful force, and remains the surest guarantee of peace on the basis of existing treaties. Those who imagine It is directed against any one or against any particular policy are utterly ig- t is a necessity 'or the safeguarding of order in Europe, m d is on the side of all who pursue the same quiet ambition." Markets TORONTO. Man. wheat--No. 1 North., Cured meats--Long clear bacon, $1.61; 6° to 7P.1.bs:.' *21! 7.° to 9?AbK j through the Norman dam would have! ^."^1^ ■ to be praduallv increncp^l until «omft ---~ i jr___ weight rolls, $38.50 per bbl. Lard--Pure tiercas, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 16 V4 to 17c; shortening tierces, lS^c: tubs, 13%c; pails, 14%c; blocks and tins, 16^4c. Heavy beef steers, $8.75 to $9.25; fair, $8 to $8.50; butcher Collir lines aged 45 yeai known at Oshawa, While searching for the Alma a U.S. coast-guard cr came disabled near Cobourg eventually towed home by boat. The crew of the disabled life when standing with'a friend, collapsed He ( ^^^^^jJ^J8 ^Jf0^ was ! to be'gradually increased until some j ^nTi'n'cTf.' port! could not swim and was carried away to ^ ^ ^ rf ^ 50fiW) cubic f^t per gecond wag being Am_ Toronto frei ht No 2 by the swollen waters. His friend j Nightfall saw, not'spilt- This was necessary, they saidj yellow, kiln dried, $1.02; No. 3 yellow, swam to safety m the darkness , h children returning1 on account of the steadily rising: kiln dried, $1.00. " Property damage here, in a^ i from a day of play but nearly a score i waters of the Lake of the Woods, I Millfeed--Del. Montreal freights,,--. , < . tB : to- . . ^S^Aoo^^ wase8tlS^ well Sif a . n„„ ™J-Witt funeral wreaths on the doors^ge at the south end of the lake. I |So 2S middlings, K 2J. ^ well | Water plants and power lines W , corne^The visiting engineers stated 'that, **0^- oats_53c fob BMnnin«r' *«-'° to ^25; butcher cows, good to isrupted dunng the storm. Store ^ groupg rf tw£> or ^ dlscus.'they were most sympathetic to the ?nt °a"3c' ^ sMppmfir j choice, $6!75 to $7.50; do, fair to good, •mdows were blown in by the strong sing in a low breath what might have' Pressing need for local relief, but 0nt. good miIlin1- wheat-$l 30 f ! ?5'25 to ?6; do' cou\- to mt±jAAA° been and what is. | that they were bound by the treaty 0.b. shipping points, according s.ster| , hl Kehoe's part in the tragedy was j and at present they had not other freightr missing iTwt Wi"!' Hailstones shattered ^mdows ^ "^n"d ZhaTte.*" I that they were bound by the treaty i Kehoe's part in the tragedy was | and at present they had not other , ;! brought more vividly to mind by Miss j alternative than to spill more water H-l, ^Z'UpW&Tdoi!5?°f0l' £°meS ^iBernice Sterling, teacher of the first! until conditions on the Lake of the er C.G. 2364, on their arrival home, belng inundated when the Farm Creek, Ear gWednesda morni Wooda became more normal. related a story of being adrift ten ievee broke after four hours of ram, * ., ' , „ ,J , , Th excet)tio hours about eight miles out from Co- | durilf wMdl more than ten inches of; .jj^"^ tUlolcertS a'/rangt thta^S brought about iments for the use of a plot on his! conditions locally, and there ' I farm for the picnic site. ' and rainfall bourg, Ont., and narrowly escaping rajn feU. the fate of Collins and Porteous. Charges were made by William H. Barber of this city, owner of the Alma, who accompanied the crew of the C.G.-2364, that other lake craft, ftnd* persons along the Canadian shore ] The Deed of a Maniac. j "When are you going to have the : Paper Mills will have to shut down At Bath, Clinton County, Michigan,1 picnic?" Kehoe countered, one or maybe both machines, throw- \ farmer insane through financial. "Thursday," Miss Sterling replied. 't worry, dynamited a consolidated j "Well, if you're going to have a pic-you'd better have it right away," " was the Treasurer's rejoinder as he ignored the cruiser s distress 1 equal'number were injureA It passes ended the conversation. Barber says he_has takeniu i the case: ^ ^ mind later ^ With Toronto officials and an investi-; perpetrator of this awful sions rocked the school building, gation is under way. The crankshaft deed & ^ K^ wag stand. , Later ^ ^ lil L„ wS; ing by his car near the scene after the wife had evidently been murdered drev, brought back the hatch cover ; Superintendent previous to the first explosion at his £T M r^nt L7 nicked ! Huyck of the school, who had stopped farm. rX^L't^l S1 ^an^| f-^ent to rest from his labors | ^ A c ^ Porteous has extended to the small ( Qlen gmith postmaster, and available doctor,"nurse and"ambulance ' Russia is highly indignant and have: islands in that part of the lake in the^^ McFarren_ an a(jed man, were' Was rushed to Bath. A detachment' in a "note," told England so. Barley--Malting, 72c. Buckwheat:--80c. Rye--No. 2, $1.00. Man. flour--First pat, in cotton, I $8.65; in jute, $8.50; Toronto, second1' pat., in jute, $8. Ont. flour--Toronto, 90 per cent., | to $5; do, canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4; butcher bulls, good to choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do, med., $5.25 to $5.75: do. bolognas, $4.50 to $5; baby beef, $8.50 to $12.00; feeders, choice, $7.00 to. *".50; do, fair, $6,25 to $6.75; stock-3, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, fair to med., $5.E0 to $6; springers, $80 to" $110; milch cows, $75 to $90; plain probability that the Kenora Pulp and patent, £"bawd, fa^arto^^ *°. S?6' /»K $5.45; seaboard, in bulk, $5.70. S^to^o.fcnffsfiS PRODUCE. j$14 t0 $14.50; bucks, $11 to $11.50; Cheese--New, large, 17c; twins,1 sheep, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, heavies, 17^4 to 17%c; triplets, 17to 17%c; ,$6 to $7; do, culls, $4 to $5; hogs, Stiltons, 20c; Old, large, 20c; twins,! selects, w.o.c, $10.50; do, do, 1 and 20%c. Old Stiltons, 23c. jw., $10.20; do, thick smooth, w.o.c.„ Butter--No. 1 creamery, 38 to 89c;! $10; do, do., f. and w., $9.70. Regular! No. 2, 36 to 37c. Dairy prints, 34 to ] discounts on inferior grades of hogs.' 35c. --- Eggs--FreA extra.-, In cartons, MONTREAL. 35 to 36c; fresh extras, loose, 35e; ! Oats, No. 2 CW, 73c; No. 3 CW, fresh firsts, 33c; fresh seconds, 29 to 68c. Flour, Man, spring wheat pats.,' °°c. ; firsts', $8.50; seconds, $8; strong bak-! Poultry, dressed--Spring chickens, ers', $7.80; Winter pats., choice, $5.9<I ing 600 men out of work, and that the Lake of the Woods Milling Company at Keewatin will have to cease operations entirely. Russia and England. The situation in England resulting from the Scotland Yard raid on the Soviet headquarters has assumed startling proportions. The British j Lansing Foreign Office did not find the incrim-1 55c; chickens, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to $6. ' Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.40 to, Every inating documents they were after. I j> lbs^ 38c ;jdo^3 to 4 lbs., 85c ^ do, 2H $3.50. ~ i „ i Nelson McFarren, an aged man, were was rushed to Bath. A deti------- hope that the Alma may have ground- , & ^ ^ &way_ guddenly> I f rom Lansing pire D6partment was | As regard, witnesses said, Kehoe took a rifle from | sent to do rescue work. St. John's his car and fired it into the rear seat, and Ovid also sent firemen. State which apparently had been stacked | police took charge of the rescue work. with dynamite. There was a flash, a] --:-«- roar, and Kehoe was hurled through ^ Trjms.Atlant;c s of them and that the two men are alive, but marooned. Barber said the search would not be disc-sntmued until every island in the vicinity had been visited. Captain Hilliard Lang of the Toronto Life-Saving crew, stated that he had not heard of the complaint said to have been made to Toronto Officials by Barber. body dismembered. '! Huyck's body was blown to bits. Mc-;j Farren was killed outright. Both of ' Smith's legs were broken and he injured internally. He died later. Some fifteen minutes before the school explosion, there had been Harry Ch.artrand, believed to have: blast in Kehoe's home on a farm west been beating his way home from the of the town. The resulting fire spread lumber camps, was ground to death ; to the barn and both were destroyed, by the wheels of a freight train on | Andrew Kehoe, the perpetrator of Killed by Train. ^, u j,„ , OUV;, uu, c..^ $3.f,u. Bran, $32.25. Shorts, $84,25^' %c, 34c; broilers, VA to 2^ lbs.,; Middlings, $40.25. Hay, No. 2, per I hena,ov«r 6 lbs., 32c; do, 4 to 6 ton, car lots, $14. j lbs., 30c; do, 3 to 4 lbs, 28c; roosters, Montreal, May 18.--Receipts ofj ouences of the raid the Russian if-J q«£eyS' spring duck- ]jve stock for to-day's market amount-' quences_ or the raid, the Russian llngS> 38c. 1 ed to but 14 cattle, 1 sheep, 462 hogs „!f!!^C,iin- hand-picked $3 60 to and 199 caives on both markefe.' $3.90 bushel; primes^ $3.45 to $3.60. .Trading was somewhat slow, as most the immediate i Trade Delegation and Arcos ed that they were consulting advisers regarding the damage done to their offices. The whole matter, they say, may have to go to a court of law. The A U.S. coast-guard cutter is report- damage was greatest to vaults and ed to have discovered an airplane the strong-room, where an entrance wing at sea. near Montauk Point but was forced into two big safes belong- to 14%' as yet no further word nor authentic ing to the Delegation. Holes large 1 evidence has been forthcoming which enough for men to enter were hewed would lift the mystery from the fate in the brickwork and concrete above I Wholesalers Ither the North or the South the doors. itrade: ?Iapieo=pI<>d^c^rSyru?* pfr J^P-! of the hutches obtained their supplies ?*Li^;25. -W *2-,30; P*1", 5 gal., $2.15'earner in the week. Packers were Atlantic non-stop flights. Undeterred j British politici; by the fate of the two French planes, [ events to see what party three Americans and De Pinedo, the| can be manufactured out of what may j Kc&IZbtneDlS"8?toD42c,1 $2.25 per gal.; maple sugar, lb„ 0flferinlg $, \75 for thick smooth hogs, 25 to 26c. i and $1 per hog bonus on selects, 50c H?ney7;6,(Hb' ^1% 13 to,13%c; 10- per hog cut on shops, and $1 per hog tins, 13% to 13%c; 5-lb. tins, 14 Jut on heavies. A couple of loads were 14%c; 2V4-lb. tins, 16c. : sokj to local butchers at $11 flat. Comb honey--$4 to $o per dozen.; There was very little demand for calves. The quality was considerably quoting to the better than yesterday, but the few buyers on hand were offering < Smoked meats--Hams, med., 80 to . !c; cooked hams, 43c; smoked nary "quality ' rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 33c;, balance were ' prices. One lot of just ordi-•as sold for $6.50. The being held for higher,