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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-6-17, Page 6TERROR IN RUSSIA EXCEPT HUNGER, REPORTS • BRITISII LABOR MEN Miall Workers' Delegation to Moscow Urges Resumption of Trade With Russia and Cessation of Aid to Her Enemies. despatch. from London says:--. ft} per cent. of the people of Soviet sia are hungry, although every, dy is getting a certain allowance of od, declared. Benjamin Turner, mem - r of the British Labor delegation Russia, in the course of a graphic eclaration on conditions in that cowe- r y as he had observed them. Mr. Turner, with another delegate, homes Shaw,' M.P., returned to Eng- tnd recently. "There is no terror in Russia, ex- .ept hunger, and that is a very real error in the cities," said Mr. Tuner, There had been a Died Terror, ac- wordirzg to the British Labor man, and of tial figures showed that 5,500 per- His Majesty Opens War Museum A despatch from London says: -In the opening on Wednesday of the Im- perial War Museum by Xing George, the Crystal Palace regained for one day at least, a measure of its glory of forty years back. The museum re- mains open until next October and =prises military and naval exhibits from every quarter of the tear. The King expressed thanks to the Allied Governmente, and the Domin- ions ominions for their assistance in the pro- ject. "This museum will ever preserve," continued his Majesty, "to the mem- ory of future ages that we owe under God, our success, not to armed forces alone, but to the labors and sacrifices of soldiers, civilians, both men and women, alike." sons had been shot, mostly, he was the forrrtede for acts of treeehere behind the lines during the Detilkino and Iiol- Chak campaigns, This terror had ceased, but the Bolsheviki leaders told Mr. Turner that force would be used as long as there was the possibility of a counterrevolution and while the war with Poland lasted, They sal& they were surrounded by spies and sup- porters of the old regime. Messrs. Turner and Shaw brought aft interim report of the Labor dele- gation, urging the British Government to abolish the blockade, resume trade and make peace with Russia, and cease assisting Poland or any other enemies of Russia. ALLEGED PROFITEERS ARE LISTED. List of Persons Indictable for Sugar Overcharge to be Published. A despatch from Ottawa says: -The Board. of Commerce proposes at an early date to issue a list of persons and firms liable to indictment for sugar profiteering, The list contains the names of retailers and whole- salers, who are scattered in many parts of Canada, chiefly in Ontario and Quebec. Whether prosecution will follow depends upon the action of the Attor- ney -General in each of the Provinces. These officials will be furnished with particulars of the profiteering alleged by the board, and it is up to them to incl:et the offenders under the Crim- incl Code as provided for in the Cora - "Luxury Taxes" bines and Fair Prices Act. Considerably Modified Upper Canada n o',men un A despatch from Ottawa, says: -The changes which it is proposed to make in the luxury taxes are in brief: 1. Boots and essential articles of clothing to be taxed fifteen per cent. on the excess, instead of ten per cent, on the total selling price. 2. Expensive furniture, walking' sticks and expensive china to be sub- ject to luxury tax. They were not previously included. 3. Exemption limit increased on furs, coats, caps, muffs, neckpieces, robes and rugs. 4. Modifications in the tax of sport- ing goods, velvets, velveteens, lace and braid,, ribbons, and carpets. Place Wireless on Same Basis as the Telephone A despatch from Paris says: - France will be the first country in the world to place wireless on the same basis as the telephone, according to plans announced by Minister of Posts Deschamps. Under the scheme out- lined, a chain of wireless stations throughout the country would replace all telegraph lines and stations, pro- bably within the next few years. CONVOCATION AT THE PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY Once again the commencement exercises of the University of Toronto have beencelebratd withles Tdue owns - head, In Convocation Hall, on June 4, over five hundred received degrees.. General SirConvoca- tion. ceremony. of Mesopotamia fame, attended the .ceremonies. Photo shows the head of the procession going to v bend, p tion TIall, showing a few of the pretty graduatesheavily laden With flowers from congratulators•. DRIEST SEASON IN 27 YEARS aowrprida Forest Fh'es, Des-. troy Considerable Property. A deeneteh from Cobalt, Ont., Seeing Things. The obvious is often the invisible to the very persons who might be expect- ed to see it most surely and clearly. One man's viewpoint and horizon are not the range of another's vision. "The eye sees what it brings the means of seeing." We observe in ac- cordance with our training. "I wish I could write like Bayard Kipling," sighs the novice in the literary art. But before Mr. Kipling wrote he saw. d the vivacity of his tyle no study of rhetoric could teach him. He looked at people and places with eyes that discerned the essential characteristics of either. The doctor, to make his diagnosis, "looks you over"; and all education E d t F d passes into the se g 5 • The variety an archin ' sera - The boys of Upper Canada College have organized an "Earn and Give Campaign" for the summer holidays in connection with the Endowment Fund which the college is endeavoring to raise. Over 90 per cent. of the senior boys have vo un ar y p ised to earn at least $10 during the summer, and give it to a fund for building a new cottage for the janitor. If they carry out their good intentions it will be a fine example of their loy- alty to this famous institution. British. Massacred. in Asiatic Turkey A despatch from London says:- Two ays:Two British officers, all the Govern- ment overnment officials and a number of towns- people were killed in an attack .by Samar tribesmen on Telfar, near Mosul, Asiatic Turkey, according to Bagdad advices, coming by way of B The expert motorist oo s n o propulsive apparatus of his car and discerns what is wrong when the neophyte stands puzzled. Botanist,. geologist, carpenter, cook, auditor, shipwright, locomotive engineer -the master in his trade, whoever lie may Abe, looks with the visual powers of the specialist, and, learning what is wrong by seeing what he has learned to see, is guided in his conduct or his precept by what his eyes have told him. "I saw it with my own eyes," is an expression we use to express the fin- ality of assurance. But if our eyes are imperfectly taught they may Mis- inform us. - We may see a cruelty, a meanness, a deliberate offence.where none was intended. Before we are positive we must make sure that the beam in our own eyes does not ob- struct our vision. We need to, see the difference be- tween large things and small. If we magnify trifles and minimize that which is great we are not seeing given to France that she will receive 80,000 tons of oil annually. With the accord with Great Britain in refer- ence to the oil fields of Mesopotamia and Russian territories and with the exploitation of rights within:the French spheres of • influence, it is now believed that the French=.yearly con- sumption of 600,000 tons,can be eh- tainecl by calling on the United States for no more than a small percentage of the supply required. The arrangement is considered espe- cially advantageous here, for the Rou- manian oil, due to the. law value of the Roumanian currency, will cost only one -twelfth of the prices in the Unit- ed States, while the shipping cost is estimated at considerably leas, The French 'Government intends despatch- ing oil carriers from Marseilles to Constanza next month, the Rouman- ians having completed pipe lines to that port. The Use of Armouries for Poultry Shows. Going' to .the goo of Di$ease. Wide -extended usefulness in pre- venting disease on its human side is closely allied with the movement, just c:i 1he fire is still burning, but started, to. control and eventually. to •.:y, in. Cowfi Randa, according to the•uproot disease to Canadian farm l..tcgt , dviee hrwever, mucic of the stook, Indeed, it may turn out to be danger hi pseceed and, if the wind does the most beneficial part of the plan net cheep, c, there is a goad chance of now under way to combat disease in the fire dying out. The report that livestock. by the co-ordinated efforts the lig; 1�`ov, nerving' pliant bad been of Dominion and Provincial Govern - epi letely d:*stroeccl is •confirmed, meats, farmers and packers. few The public has, within the last years, been awakened to the enormous •Pant it is learned that the O'Brrert mil, power 1:ne had survived, but was in der ger' on Thurzday as there was a 'fire hurtling not far ;from, the greater mortality than that of war, O'Brien plant. The T. C. mine op- resulting from tubercular disease. Yet posite the Big Four; lost a Huge arm- the transmission cf tuberculosis from Dunt c1' wood used in their plant, and farm products to humans has never the 5ilverade and Bonsall will• be in received from the public a thousandth danger. if the wind changes. It has part of the attention it demands. been a hard battle and every worker Physicians have fought the disease in and visitor in the camp turned out to every thinkable way except one. Clin- help keep the fires from the mines. ice have been opened in large centres Cobalt presented an unnatural .ap- throughout the world; expensive sani- ;pearance owing to the dense clouds of torra have been built; preventive smoke passing between the bright son, treatment has been widely taught Cinders and leaves are falling as a through nursing institutes and even terrific fire has again sprung up at the public schools. None of these, Clear Lake west of here. As yet no however,- has struck so radically at settlers are in danger and the only the root cause of the 'human diseaase- sufferers are Cobalters from smarting the presence of tubdreulosis iii dom- eyes, so thick is the smoke. estic livestock -as the new movement A perusal of weather statistics to eradicate disease from among farm show; this spring to be the North's animals. If for this feature of ria - driest in 27 years, less than half an tional health. and the preservation of inch rani having fallen since May human life alone the movement claims n h ofthe wholehearted support of all ellio first. The driest s•prin • previously teas in 1914, when three quarters of have a 'better,• wider and more humani- an inch of rain fell, but the period of tarian hope for the mass of the Can - drought was much shorter. adian people. The outlook now is that the North An encouraging beginning has been will. have practically no crop. When made. A definite plait of • work has the bush, sheltered as it is, is so dry ben framed to co-ordinate 'the efforts as to make excellent fire tinder, the to combat disease ie animals. It will be plain to farmers and stockmen that 'better prices will follow the raisaig better stock better 'because healthier, more robust animals which `till feed well and make heavier weights in -re- turn for the expenditure of feed and labor. Much could be' done through direct aid by farmers and stockmen them - A despatch from Berlin says: het selves. Everyone knows that the is announced that the reduction of t s„ Government can't clo it all.'' In German army to 200,000 men has been South Dakota, where a sirnilae cam- • accomplished. This is in accordance paign is under way, it v; as recognized with ;,the Versailles Treaty. that one health officer could not in- spect a large nuimber of animals in ;many townships. A committee was therefore appointed by stockmen and farmers from among themselves. Each committeeman became :t deputy • health officer. Community meetings were held. People' generally began to, talk of better, ,listese-free cattle, gree loss of human life, shown to be a Britain Supplies Germany With Mutton A despatch from London says: - Merz, the German- Food Controller, hits been in London putting before the British Government Germany's food requirements. One result of the visit will be the sale by the Government of a large quantity of mutton to Ger- many. Germans also -ask for an in- creased supply of coal, iron and steel and of agricultural manures. __ea ' Low- Low Wages in Trinidad. The factory hands in the Trinidad sugar mills get very low wages com- pared to what they would -get in the 1 sugar industries of Louisiana or Cuba, the wages paid varying from 40 cen is to$1aday. - conditions of the crops in the open fields tan be judged. German Army Davin to 200,000 Men Weekly Market Roper's Crain Prices. Madagascar Li _ 'Madagascar As- - o Northern, $3.15• No. 2 North- Maple products -Syrup, per imp. The Canadian National Poultry N . 1 r , . 1• $3 50 to $3 75• per 5 inn gels Toronto, June 15: Manrtciba wheat Limas, lb. g9 • ` .50. `3.75; sugar, 33 to 34c. there was a spirit of general tniprovs, $3.25 to �3 g , meet, Good results are being minor Provisions -Wholesale, ed and the work is going 'v.gorousl Smoked meats --Hams, mod:., 43 �o i and continuously forward. 45c. heavy; .34 to 36c; cooked, 60 -to' 63c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, A farmer of 45 to 50c; backs, plain, 50 to 52c; boneless 55 to .58c. mos, lab., 15c; Japan sociation recently .made representation ern, $3.12; No. 3 Northern, $3.08, m to the Federal Department' of Agri - Man. Fort William. culture with a view to obtaining per - extra. oats -No. 2CW, $1.33; No. mission from the Department of Mil -13 CWo. , fe .3;$1.32; a No. 2 feed, X131. itia & Defence to allow the use of Manitoba barley. -No. 3 CW, armouries for. the holding of poultry $1.903 ; No. 4 CW, $1.641 ; rejected, shows and exhibitions. ` In this connection the Department American corn -No. 3 yellow, $2.40; of Militia & Defence state that sub- I nominal, track; Toronto, prompt ship - $1.60%; feed, $1.60Y2. ject to the interests of militia units menti not being adversely affected, instruc- tions were issued some time ago to General. Officers Commanding'Dis- tricts that they were authorized to b shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, per crit .building car lot, $2.02 to $2.03;No. 2 do, $1.98 wambay. The Governor ' aright. Sir John Hare in his quaint, ante being•taken out on the building to $2.01; No. 3:., do, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o. was damaged also in the attack, whichb. shipping points,accordingto sweet,old-fashioned play,"A Pair of by those proposing to use it, or special pA g June 4. A punitive. p p a h• cels s Ontario oats -No. 3 white, nominal. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2 to $2.01; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93, f.o. permit the loan of armouries for any specific purpose by non-military org- anization subject to either fire insur- was mace on column is reported to have been sent 'Spectacles," teaches the mischief from Mosul wrought by viewing the universe through glasses that discolor what is arrangements satisfactory to im f ht . Peas -No. 2, $3.00. Barley -Malting, $1.87 to $1.89, ac - hording to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Ryes No. 3, $2.20 to $2.25, accord- ing to' freights outside. Manitoba flour-Governnre stand- ard, $14.85, Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stand- ard, $13.25, nominal. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $54; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, $3.75 to $4.00. Hay-No..1, per ton, $30; mixed, per ton, $25, track. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16 to $17, track, Toronto. CANADA AND DENMARK AT ODDS REGARDING THEFT OF HIDES Musk -oxen in Canadian Territory Carried Off During Close Season by Danish Eskimos. A despatch from Ottawa says: - These not being days of open diplo- macy in Canada, few Canadians are aware that a tidy'little tiff has been taking place of Iate between Canada and Denmark. It concerns depreda- tions, made by Danish Eskimos from the northwestern end of Greenland on. the musk -oxen of Ellesmere Island, a possession of Canada's about which many Canadians know nothing, but which is a territory larger than the British Isles. Some tame ago Canada declared a permanent closed season on musk - oxen living in Canadian territory. On this• island, so far north that it does not appear on most maps of the Do- minion., the musk-ox has bis habitat. Danish Eskimos cross the intervening waters, and, according to evidence given before the Musk-ox Commission, bill it for its hide. Leaving the dead bodies strewn about, the valuable furs are taken over to Greenland and thence exported. The Canadian Government, though it keeps tight lips on the matter, is believed to have drawn the matter to the attention of the Danish Govern- ment. It is understood that the Dan- ish official who replied gave no satis- faction, his reply practically being to the effect that the matter was none of Canada's business. He evidently thinks the land in question so far north that it is outside of civilized reckoning. Meanwhile the next step is up to Canada so far as the musk= is con- cerned. seen and pervert the truth. "Art," says Zola, "is Nature perceived through a temperament." What you see depends on the medium through which. you see. Sometimes those -whom we - call blind, because they are deprived of the physical eyesight, see more than we do of the eternal verities. Sir Arthur Pearson stands out sturdily against the use of the word "affliction" in his work with the blind. "These are' nor -Prince Albert (the General Officer Commanding the District) being made to safeguard the building. In the event of any Poultry Asso- ciation wishing to use an armoury for show purposes, a request should be made oto the General Officer Com- manding the Distict, stating the dates upon" which the show is to be held.- Seeretay-Treasurer, Canadian Na- tional Poultry Association....• mal people who have lost their sight," he says of those whom he aids in his hostel. We who have the plenitude of vision should be. ashamed that we Prince Albert, the King's second son, do so little with it and that we so has another equerry of his own, inark- often use it to see the things that are ing the formal establishment of his "household'," although' .he still is a stu- dent at Cambridge with Prince Henry. The increasing number of the younger Prince's engagements neces- sitated the appointment of Captain the Honorable James Stuart, M:C., in addition to Wing Commander Louis Greig, who already is serving. Capt. Stuart, who is the younger son of the Earl of Moray, will also. help out, Prince Henry. Re is an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales. - Sets Up Household A. despatch from London says:' - not worth seeing. -- iI. Roumanian O France Gets A despatch from Paris says: -The oil fields of Roumania, not those of the United States, are expected to play an important part in. the restora- tion of French industries. This is the result of a conference between the French and Roumanian Governments through which assurances have been TEACREP- 404szoTE PA NOTE. NOifIC 1.0 Mei PP,PA PA13oLYr ME BEING PA BSD F;?,O'r VNk 'r A lr1ALLOPIN' ►'M 601,ANPi Ger J- "REG' FE I ER S" --By Gene Byrnes WELL tF ADAM V,/AS iN FtR.ST MAN He D1Dr HPAV iE MONi 'TN AT'5 1246 t -1-r -- DI ID NA'T -DIDN'T NAVE. A PAPP, Country Produce -Wholesale, •Cheese -New, large, 32 to 33c; twins, 324 to 33%e; triplets, 333'2 to 34c; Stilton, new, 34 to 35c; old, large, 32 to 33c; Do, twins, 33 to 34c. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 50e; creamery prints, 55 to 57•c. Margarine -33 to 38e. Eggs -New laid, 52 to 53c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 80c; roosters, 2c; fowl, 35c; turkeys, 53 to 600; .ducklings, 38 to 40c; squabs, doz., $6. Live poultry --Spring chickens, 70c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27c; ducks, 35 to 40c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus., $5 to $5:50; primes, $4.50; Japans, $5e Our fight is especially against tuberculosis in cattle. arm er ten wonders why his steer; and heifers, Gured�meats-Long clear bacon, 28' in spite of good heavy feeding, do net to 29c; dear bellies, 27 to 28c. thrive. A tuberculin test would pro - Lard -Pure, ;pails, 28 to 29 /4c; bably reveal the cause. The Domin- pubs, 281/a to 293; pails, you28% dto fierce , ion ster of Agriculture, Dr. S. F. rants 29 to 30c. Compound tierces, on p Tolmie, in the House of Commons 27 to prints, tubs, 271/2 to 28c; pails, May 14th, stated that the intention was to establish small centres of ac- credited, disease-free herds. By this means, the Health of Animals 'Branch hopes to eliminate tuberculosis from Dominion pure-breds. But the work would not be confined to pure-bred stock if present proposals are carried out. Hog cholera seems to have been more effectively restricted here than in the United States. Latest returns show that only one-half of one per cent. of our hogs are touched with this disease. The cleansing . of our live stock also includes the eradication of other diseases. Contagious abortion " and sterility ` have to be overcome, matters of health in animals which will have far-reaching results. When it is remembered: that over one billion dollars are invested in Dominion live- stock, it will be plain that if a saving of only 1 per cent. can be effected by prevention of disease, it represents a value of $10,000,000 to 'our farmers. The Committee recently appointed, including representatives of the Gov- ernment Departments, livestock pro- ducers, and packing firms, is begin- ning to cope with the problem. Its members will need the sympathetic support of every enlightened farmer and producer of livestock, if real sue cess is to be registered. It should not be impossible to have, throughout the Dominion, the self -same spirit shown as in South Dakota. Farmers .and breeders especially by helping in this campaign wotrid only be working directly for 'their own. benefit. 27% to 2814c; prints, 28% to 29c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 15. -Oats -Can- adian Western, No. 2, $1.43 to $1.45; No. 3, $1.40 to $1.41. -Flour-New standard grade, $14.85 to $15.05, Rol- led, oats -Bags, "90 lbs., $5.50 to $5.60. Bran, $54.25. Shorts, $61.25. Hay - No. 2, per ton, car lots, $28. Cheese -Finest easterns, 29*c.: Butter - choicest creamery, 54c. Eggs -Fresh, 49c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $6 to $6.25. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 15. -Choice heavy steers, $15.50 to $16; good heavy steers, $14.75 to $15; butchers' cattle, choice, $14.50 to $15; do, good, $13.75 to $14; do, rimed., $1.3 to $13.50; do, com., $11.75 to $12; bulls, choice, to $11.25; do,12.50 to$ o13ugh, $8 to $8,50; butcher cows, choice, $12.50 to $13.50; do, good, $11, to $11.50; do, com., $7.50 to $8; stockers, $9.25 to 511; feeders, $11 to $12.50; canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, coin. and med,, $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $�165; lambs, yearl- ings, $13 to $14; clo, 'Spring, per lb., 18 to 20c; calves good to choice, $16 to $18; sheep, $6 to $10.50: hogs, fed and watered, $19.25; do, weighed off. cars, $19.50; do, f.o.b., 518.25; do, do, country points, 518. Montreal, June 15. -Butcher heifers, med., $11 to $13; con., $8 to 510,50; butcher cows, good, $11 to $12; med., $8 to 510.50; canners,' $5.50 'to $6; cutters, $6 to $7; :butcher bulls, corn., $9 to $10.50. Good veal, $14 to $15; med., $10 to $13. Ewes, $8 to $12; lambs, good, $18 to $20. Off -car weights, select hogs, $20.50; sows, $16.50. That All Mayow Wouldn't it be helpful if one could tell at a glance whether the fair femi- nine person who has caught our eye is a maiden willing to wed, a widow 'ache isnloo,Kns.olat,,t�e;- or one wild de. willing to be consoled? 7 i e have it arranged that way in 3'apan... The Japanese women have certain ways of arranging the hair to indicate elutr state and feelings, arid as they do not WiSar ""k-iafs, air Nv io run may read. Girls who would wed arrange- the hair in Treat in the form of a fan or Butterfly, final adorn it with silver or colored ornaments. 'W;idows''"1'ho are looking for second krisbanda fast- en their hair at the back of the head by means of tortoiseshell pins, and widows Who are resolvad to remain faithful to their departed spouses out thole hair short and wear no melee merits in It.