Daily British Whig (1850), 19 Feb 1924, p. 11

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¥ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 192 THE DA ILY BRITISH WHIG ¥ 11 Influenz: f Spreading; Are You Protected ? Thousands Use Medicated Air | Grippy colds are easily stopped by & pleasant vapor remedy that fills the nose, throat, and air passages in the head with the healing balsams of the pine woods; it has a soothing, cleans- Ing effect on the breathing organs that gives almost instantaneous re- sults. In using Catarrhozome you don't take drugs ineo the stomach; you let the purifying vapor of Catarrhozone spread through the air passages, and by this simple means you destroy the germs and quickly rid. yourself of coughs, colds, bronchitis or grippe. Get the dollar outfit, $1.00; smaller size, 50c. At all druggists or by mail from the Dr. Hamilton Pill. Coy, Montreal. Dr. Martel's Female Pills Have assicted nature thousands cases last half cent , GorTecung BT oy NEE A BACKACH DIZZIN ete, ov N Xeiih our ste neneei8 Hinge: de Ret "CE sr [Esk 7 Noted Criminals'; | | son and Gerald Chapman. 3 RAY'S SYRUP D SPRUCE GUM of] " ee BANGIN IIIA RN 445 5 or ORDER A TON OF MITCHELL'S COAL and em joy: Joe home Fire-- clean, bright nthracite--Egg, Stove or Nut size. : $16.50 PER TON Choice Hardwood and Slabs. W. A. Mitchell & Co. 15 ONTARIO STREET "Phone 67. | man of education, faultless manners oe ¢ ; i Escape Norman Ryan, of Toronto, is the latest to draw attention to the aqual truth and poetry in the famous line: "Stone walls do not a prison | make." { His achievements, though they ap- | Pear to have won the admiration but imperfectly concealed of certain newspapers, are slight compared | with those of two contemporary Am- | erican desperadoes, George Ander- They have made far more money out of crime | than they would be likely to make ' by honest tofl in the same space of | time. They have not squandered thelr earnings on the necessaries of life as so many honest men are come pelled to do. 'They have several hundred-thousand dollars of loot in their possession and they are at liberty. Though Chapman admitted having been in prison a coupie of times be- fore he was arrested for his most noted exploit, the American police know little about him. They do not know his nationality or his real hame. They know him merely as one of the most desperate and re- sourceful criminals they have en- countered In recent years. He is a and fastidious taste, less than mid- dle-aged, about middle height and of agreeable personality, quite of the Raffles type. Both he and Anderson, his partner, were men who were careful with their spoil and always contrived to have capital on hand to buy expensive cdrs and live fash- lonably. At the time of their rob- bery of a mail truck in New York eity in October, 1921, Chapman had 8 Plerce-Arrow and Anderson a Packard car, driven by another ae- E complice named Loerber. When the | police descended upon Chapman's | partment in Grammercy Park they | found a wardrobe consisting of twenty complete suits of clothes and other paraphernalia to match. Night after night the men watched the City Hall post office and fol- lowed the mail truck that took its valuable load to the General Post Office. It was dirven by a man named Havraneck, and apparently Was not guarded. In a few weeks they knew. every turn that Havra- neck took, and at exactly what time he passed the various points at which & robbery might be attempted. There Was one dimly lighted cross street or the route, and it was at this cor- ner that the hold-up took place. A car drew alongside the truck, two men leaped on the running board \with drawn revolvers and forced Hav k to drive down the dark RED PIM ALL OVER FACE | Itched and Burned. Face a Sight. Cuticura Heals, "My face came om all over in Htile ed pimples and ¢ on "| landed ONLY WHEN NEEDED * With: us, it is not merely a ques- | tion of money: but remdering real Service to our patrons. Come to us with the assurance that . @lasses will be advised only when _ mecessary. : 3 | &re your eyes in the danger zone ? R. ARTHEY, RO. VISION SPECIALIST {at least, was ' the police were unable to determine | der. | not spent mueh of ft. jot bearer bonds, and Chapman had heen i guard's clothing, leaving not a trace. street. Then they took the keys from him, seized the mail bags and fled: In their car. They left not a clue, and it was months afterwards that they were arrested. They were taken as the result of another crime at Niagara Falls in which Loerber, involved. He turned state's evidence, and the police re- covered some $400,000 in bonds, which constituted his quarter of the loot. When the others were caught Where they had hidden their plun- It was learned that they had Most of the booty was in the form the nerve to deposit many of them in banks for loans, the pro- ceeds being employed in legitimate financial operations at which he pros- Pered. Chapman and Anderson were Quietly arrested, and taken to the General Post Office where they were Questioned. Suddenly Chapman Sprang to his feet ana shouted: "I might as weil end it this way!" and Jumped out of the window. The hor- police rushed to the window &h which he had vanished and looked to the street far below. There Was no sign of him. What was con- spicuous, however, was the broad edge, upon which Chapman had and along which he had run MOTHER! Clean Child's Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" Hurry Mother! Even constipated, b'lious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies and Children love to take genuine "California Fig Syrup." No other laxative regulates the tender little bowels so micely. It sweetens the stomach and starts the liver and bowels without griping. Contains no narcotics or soothing drugs. Say "California" to your druggist and avoid counterfeits. Ins st upon gen- uine "California Fig Syrup" which coptainst directions. PA rr A WOALLIOOE GOWNS." Chintses Are Comparatively Recent Introduction In England. Most of us assoclate chintz with all that is English, and it comes as a surprise to learn that chintses are a comparatively recent introduction to England. In 1700 '"callicoes decor- ated In India" were prohibited be- cause they appealed much to English- women and English weavers could not produce their equal. 80 strong was. the feeling in 1710 against Indian chintzes, or even their English imitations, that riots re-| sulted. A contemporary writer ob-| served: '"Tis true that women, boys and girls, which belong and depend on the weaving trade, cannot endure to see any callicoe gowns pass in the Streets unmolested." But apparently the "Callicoe Madames," as they were called, considered it was better to wear a torn gown than one that was not in the height of fashion, as were these dresses, made of "out- law'd Indian chints." Prohibition bad merely added to the charm of she fabric the fascination of the for- attractive chapter in the book deals with the printing of English cottons before the introduction of ery. It opens thus: "Our great-great-grandmothers took the greatest interest in their 'callicoes' both for gowns and furniture. The "fineness of the fabric, the brilliance and fastness of the coloring, the ele- gancy of the designs were matters that concerned them deeply. Of course if real Indian "chintz" could be obtained, their highest ambitions Were realised; but, if not, English drapers had a large selection of home-printed goods to offer them, Not only had the stuff to look well when new, but it had to prove its worth in wear, and it is on record that one . lady took her flowered gown back to the seller fn high dudgeon because the color had begun to fade--tiwo years after she had bought it." Colfor-making was carried out by the printers themselves; the actual application _of the colors was by means of a block. The printer stood by his table, over which would be spread the plain cloth; he placed the block, he struck blows on the bloek with 8 "maul" or mallet, thus driving the color evenly into the material, Guy Fawkes Celebration. Although the celebration of Guy Fawkes' day in England has lost much of its eld time interest, it is to a place of temporary hiding. He Was caught, and both men were sen- tenced to twenty-five years' imprison. ment in Atlanta Penitentiary. This was In August, 1922. In the follow ing March Chapman and a man named Gray escaped by overpower- ing a guard, making a ladder with their bedding and sealing two high Walls. Within forty-eight hours both were back in the prison, Chapman ! with three wounds as the result of a running fight with the guards. He was thought to be in dangerous con dition and was sent to the prison hospital. Within a week he had agaln escaped, taking advantage of the short absence of the guard who slept beside him. He vanished In the went into hysterics and clung officer. He was called upon to ealm the Charles A. Schumacher, Fond du Lac, Wis., and Miss Jane P. Ellis, Stevens Point; Wis., daughter of the late James F. Ellis. and Mrs. Ellis, Brockville, were united in marriage at Stevens Point on Feb. Ist. Seven Moose Jaw policemen, held | interesting to know that a million dollars was spent on the 5th of No-' Yember on fireworks. In the celebra- tion something lke 6,000 tons of fire- | works of various deseriptions, rang- | ing from the old-fashioned ana still popular Catherine wheels, the tiny trackers and electric gparklers to big | bombs and the wonderrul ornamental displays possible to those with well- filled purses, were burned. It is cal culated that over 130,000,000 fire- works were let off. Huge as that fig- Ure seems, it loses fits when it ia Averages about 320 child, or a money value of less 260 per ehild. ' per than man often gets Pe at id gs no interested in. ------ After four attempts to reach a de- cision, Crystal Palace beat Notts County 2 to 1 in London. | fer the necessary ' nected with state ceremonies, such as "The fittest place where man can die is where he dies for man. THE DLKE OF ATHOLL LEAVES OLD CASTLE FOR Af COTTAGE. | Duke Is Only Person In Britair | Authorized to Keep a Private | y--Is Lord Great Chamberlais | of England-----Was Offered Throne of Albania. One day some fifteen years ago, 8 tail, soldierly-lookmg man paid s! visit to Canada. The visitor was Johz | George Stewart-Murray, Marquis of | Tullibardine, heir to the Duke ofl Atholl, and among. other things, higk | up in the Masonic Order in Scotland | The Scot, who on that occasion spent | A week in Toronty incegmito, visit: ing a married cousin, had something say regarding David Lloyd George's new land taxes, which wers 'almed at just such Persons as bim-| self. His father's vast estates of 202,000 acres, to which he later sue ceeded with the dukedom, were, sai¢ the marquis, mostly bleak moors and deer forests in the highlands, unable to stand the new imposts: It was 3 gloomy outlook. His predictions have been even ex ceeded by the war taxes. During the recent elections in Britain, his wife the Duchess of Atholl, one of the new | women M.P.'s, stated from the plat | form that at last she and her hus | band had been forced by taxes tcf move out of their old castle at Blake) Atholl, into a cottage. Times have changed indeed, since the days when, according to the old Scots song, a former head of the house of Atholl, home from the wars sang to his sweetheart: "Blair in Atholl's mine lassie, Fair Dunkeld is mine lassle, St. Johnstone's Bower and Huntting Tower And all that's mine is thine, lassie." This. and 'the Toronte episode are recalled by a story that the Alban: lans have just offered the Duke of Atholl the crown of their turbulent little country, ' which offer, says "rumor, has been gratefully declined. For though the rent rolls of his high- land farms have been sadly diminish- ed by Governmental levies, the duke gets $10,000 a year and some extras as Lord Great Chamberlain of Eng land. - As such, he ranks sixth among the reat officers of state. In his official apacity he carries a white staff. wears a golden key typical of the key 'f the palace, of which he is supposed to be in charge. Hé is responsible arrangements con- coronations and royal marriages, christenings and funerals. He exam- Ines the claims of those who desire to be presented at court. All invita- tions are sent out in his name by command of the sovereign, by whose side he stands at royal levees, an- nouncing the names of the persons who are approaching the throne. He is also, be it said, the licensor of Plays and can order the removal of an objectionable show from a London theatre, Besides all this, the duke is the only person in Britain authorized like the great nobles of olden days, to keep a private army. Queen Victoria granted the Atholls this privilege by fpeclal decree. And perhaps he would rather rely on the allegiance of these 250 Atholl Highlanders of his own clan than on the fealty of the elans and tribes of Albania with its popu lation of severel millions, including Some brigands, and its 11,000 square Liles, comprising much mountain. The Jast ruler of Albania, Prince Wil- liam of Weld, had a rather thin time before he was forced to Vacate the throne fn 1914. Ever since, the Al- banians have been casting about for + suitable successor, The Duke of Atholl has, by the way, besides his dukedom, no fewer than thirteen separate titles In Seot- land, four in England and one under 1 the United Kingdom. And were he out in London to-day he would doubt- express himself as strongly in the matter of chureh union as he did Over taxes on his last visit. For he is an ardent member of the Auld Kirk and trom 1918 'to 1920 was Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland. military career in the Black Watch | In 1890, he transferred to the Life Guards. with Kitchener in the Nile expedition in 1898, In South Africa and in the Great War in Gallopoli and Egype, whefe he was & temporary brigadier-general. Doubtless the Albanians have been reading his pedigree in Burke's Peer. age, which one might say him excellent references. back to the days when Scotland Struggling for independence with Ea ward I, and in its pages of briet notes and dates one may almost read the history of the northern kingdom. Some of the duke's ancestors were s.aunch Jacobites, and an earlier for- 'ar, for saving the life of James I., r.ceived the hgreditary shievalty of Ferth, which hig descendant num- } rs among a long 'ing of titles. SS ------ Edward Quinn, Sr., Belleville, died on Friday after a long illness. . SN ---- on theft charges, one week, and bail was refused. were remanded | Bry cents, now contains 35 pills instead of 25 as formerly. ~ Dr. Chase's Nerve cents a box of 60 Food is 60 cents = box a @ : Toronto. TERRORS OF THE DEEP. Risks Life to Study Submarine Monsters in Caribbean Sea. The unknown horrors of the deep | ! seas and the perils of those who go down in small boats to catch them, sre told by F. A. Mitchell Hedges, a 'amous explorer who went out to the 'aribbean Sea in 1921 in the twenty- on yacht Cara. His object was to ¢rove his theory that giant submar- | 'ne creatures, every whit as mighty ind horrible as those of the Meso- | sole era, still exist in the depths of he Seven Seas. He has done so. His story is an epic of high ad- venture, a tale to stir the blood and Set a great imaginings atoot in the brain. Mr. Mitchell Hedges has done | what no other has ever done. He | has caught glant sharks, sting-rays, | whip-rays, and red snappers on rod | and line which have created world records. ¥ + On one occasion he hooked, played | and killed a giant gawfish which tow- ed the yacht for fiYe hours before it showed any sign of ratigue. It was thirty-one feet long, and weighed 6,700 pounds. Its "saw" would have cut a rowing boat in half., On an- o.her occasion he and a companion hooked, played and landed sixteen sand sharks and a tiger shark whose gross weight was 6,490 pounds, He saw such fights as make the imagination stand still. | A battle be- tween a sea-cow and a giant shark, a fight with a tiger shark which had terrorized Kingston Harbor, the catching of a 1,460-1b. shovel-nose shark and a hammerhead shark, whose capture caused such n- ation" among the tative fishermen that they begged to be allowed to cut the line rather than face the "sea Mr, Mitchell Hedges has brought photographs and giant vertebrae back to England which proves to the hiit his assertion that the horrors of the deep seas are no whit less terrible than they were in pre-historic days. He has pit a new color of romance into a drab century. He was accompanied throughout by Lady Richmond Brown, who dared death in horrible forms a score of times. Floating Gardens, In old-time Mexico and in Kashmir there were real floating gardens. Mexico City is surrounded by a lake crossed by long causeways built In the time of the Astecs. As the eity was too small for gardens the Aztecs made great rafts of wood and wickerwork, 100 yards long and more, filled them with a couple of feet Of soil. Trees were planted on these floating gardens, to give shade, and huts were built for the gardeners. Some were vegetable gardens and others grew beautiful blossoms for the emperor and to adorn the temples of the sun. It was easy to bring the Vegetable produce to market---you Just punted' the garden in from the lake and sold the stuff to passers-by on the quay. The low-lying ground sround the aly of Kaskmir is liable to floods each rainy season; the vegetable gare dens are made so that they rise on the flood, on the same plan as those of ancient Mexico. During the dry weather the floating gardens are run aground, on the beach or on a shoal. You would not suspect, from a glance, that they were anything out or the common. y But when the torrential downpour comes and the water rises, lo and be- hold; the gardens rise with it, and cruise gently hither and thither until &- convenient anchorage has been found. Then stout polés are ram- med into the bottom and the gardens are moored until fine weather comes again, Joke Was on the King, The late King Christian of Den- mark was what might be. termed a good sport. 'He once plunged in and saved a sallor from drowning. Not long ago before Hs death he was cruising in his yacht off the Danish coast when he was startled by the sound of fire arms. He ordered the yacht to turn at full speed in the direction of the sound and soon came within range of a fearful spectacle. From the deck of a steamer some men were firing on a rowing-boat, and as the Rita came near a girl threw herself from the boat into the water. A motor launch was lowered from the yacht, and the drowning girl was hauled aboard: this by the king himself. His majesty then noted a boat with a huge camera, and found that he had been acting for the benefit of a cinematograph opera- tor. annoyed the king saw the humor of the situation, and gave permission for the film to be ex- hibited. ---- Raining Cats 'and Dogs. No country in the world is richer in mythology and legendary lore than Norway. The People are naturally superstitious and many of the old people claim the gift of second sight. the Norwegian # \ SPRUCE ARNE We offer a superior service to our cus- toniers on Spruce and Pine Lumber," Lath, Shingles, etc. Call or phone for quotations to-day. ALLAN LUMBER (CO. VICIuiiA STREET. house. $2,700.00, with terms. terms, 'M. B. 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When Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of Great Britain, was in New York during his visit as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he stopped to buy & newspaper from a lad in the street and, struck by the youngsters bright appearance, and thinking it to be a pity that Be should be engaged in what is gen termed in England a "blind-alley occupation," he asked him a few questions. The boy, however, expressed him- self as Perfectly satisfied with his job; so finally Mr. Baldwin said, "Have you no other aim in life?" "Sure!" Roplisa the youngster promptly, * » I have two aims." "Indeed! And what are they?" "The first is te become a milion. alre. "Sol" sald Mr. Baldwin, smiling. "And the second?" "The second, sir, is to become a multi-piillionaire. y i ---------------------- Bascless Anticipation. Sir John Younghusband, the weil- known writer on military subjects, was once cleverly victimized by some Indian natives. At a village where he was encamping the dusky tnhabi tants brought to his teat a number of sapphire-like stones which they stated had been dug up at a spot jome distance from the village. Sir John was convinced that he had luckily hit on a treasure mine. He bought every stone the natives pos sessed. "I had dreams of boundless wealth." said Sir John' when relating -" on my arrival at Gil he story, "and the stones 'utta I hastened to have /alued. "Lovely olor, aot a flaw, worth fifty Two married ladies were discuss ing their grievances 'You can't think how the Increased cost™of iiy- affects us," confessed one, "Why, my billy for cloths alone aré more than twice ds large this year as they i" "Mercy!" it last year. ence? ® ' Bugs Drawn to Bright Lights, Josting tah By slsetere light is an experimen n ata in a mid.western sta Wh was 48 covered that an bulb ag the 4% of Spe of the ponds young chann b ous Behe lring puny ig ied, fishes ea: them * whenever ventured close to the water. lights were strung around the and now the fi shed with tho warm about the brigh

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