HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-4-21, Page 7SIGNS OF FAVORABLE SETTLEMENT OF
JNDUSTRIAL WAR IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Coal Miners Agree to Discuss Wages With the Owners--
Just
wners -
Just Possible That Threatened Tie -Up May
be Averted.
A despatch from London says: -A
d emnatic development came in the coal
strike situation at midnight on Friday
when the miners agreed to discuss
wages with the owners. There is de-
clared a possibility that the strike will
be averted. Immediate steps are to be
taken to reopen negotiations for end-
ing the strike, and avertil.m ge excel
tie-up which now threatens.
Thursday evening after the coal
owners had placed their case before a
rathering of 200 members of the
Reuse of Commons, Frank Hodges,
leader and spokesman for the miners,
was invited to give the miners' version
of the dispute.
The meeting started at 9.30 and
lasted until 11.30. Hodges, its reply
to questions, agreed to a proposal for
a further eenferenee with the owners ,
to discuss the quek on of wages, and.
lea ing the other heenes for further
negotiations.
The House of Commons appointed.
sa delegation to wait: upon Premier.
Lloyd George and piece the sugges-
tion before him. At 1 a.m. eight
autemebiies drove up with a deputa-
tion. They were admitted and were
closeted at once with the Preemies.
It is declared, moreover, that steps
ere being taken at this meeting to
Assort- a x'eupening of the itRgotiu,tians,
The Daily New on Friday morning
saiel that Hodges told the Commons
members that he preferred to con-•
sider a temporary arrangement re-
garding wages and that he had aban-
doned the proposed pian fora national
pool to equalize wages.
Premier Lloyd George was prepared
to go before the House o£ Commons
this (Friday) morning, where in a
speech he expected to plead with all.
eitizens to co-operate with the Gov
eminent in preserving the life of the
nation throughout the strike which.'.
was scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock
Friday night.
The Premier intended to detail to
the House the measures the Govern-
ment is taking to safeguard workers
if the strike is not averted and to in-
sure the distribution a food and pre-
serve public order. -
The Triple Alliance leaders who
visited hint to explain why they had!
de,lave l the sympathetic strike, in-
-Med that they had acted not only
as a measure of empathy with the
niters' el&inns, but also to protect all !.
unions front raids on their wages.
The Eneetings with. the labor +chiefs
.
disclosed an overwhelming sentiment
among the labor bosses in favor oaf
nationalizing mines and railroads and
brought from Lloyd George the de-
claration Haat the Government could
only consider. such a proposal if it wµs
advanced in a +constitutional manner
before the House of Commons.
Cuba's President Phones
Canada's Pre
A despatch fioln Ottaw ays z
-The first long distance tele-
phone conversation between Ca-
nada and Cuba took. place on
Thl (la) qftt moon at 4,
30,1
1
when Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen,
Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King,
-ion. W. S. I' ieldinia and Ron,
Rodolphe Lemieux spokeacein turn
from the Parliament Buildings
to President NTario G. Menocal,
whohadc�lle
t
from r
esiden-
tial
palace at Havana, Cuba, to
extend the greetings of the Re-
public of Cuba to the Dominion
of Canada.
The conversation from the
other end of the line could be
heard as plainly as though the
person telephoning had been in
the next room, according to the
Prime Minister and the other
gentlemen who spoke to Presi-
dent Menocal,.
,
Journeys 2,600 Miles
to File Oil Claim
A dewteit from Calgary says: -A.
S. F. Rankin is here from the FortNorman oil fields after having covered
2;600 miles of winter trails to file oil
claims. He travelled 2,100 males from
Fort McMurray to: Fort Norman on
foot and the other 500 miles by dog
sled.
The high cost of living is increased
by forest fires. Every citizen should
help to keep down fires.
MURDER VICARS
AND BURN HOUS
Sinn Feiner* Take Revenge
on Former Keeper of
Crown Jewels,
A nespeteh from Coat $Zys:--Sir
Arthur Vicars, formerly Ulster Ming*
of Arms and eustedian c,f the C own
jewels at Dublin Castle, was nsca; ln-
ratcd on Thurs,luy morning outside his
residence, lilmarna House, Listowel,
by a patty of armed assassins, who,
afterward set the house on fire, which
was totally destroyed. On the body
of their vin m i he placed a card
,t a they 1
bearing the words: Traitor,, lrervarc,
we never forget.--.-I.R.R."
A. Dublin Castle message sayer
Vicars was token from his bed in .al
dressing -gown and murdered outside~
his house. About thirty armed men
participated, Sir Arthur was in dan-
ger of being killed when his house
was raided a year ago. IIe was in
his study- late at night when there
was a knock at the door. On his
asking wild was there a voice called
out the name taf an inspector of the
R.I.C., but Sir Arthur became suspi-
cious and refu, ail to open the door.
A moment later a body of raiders
A TRl5UTE `1'Q NAVAL HEROES
The greatest memorial service ever held at sea.. took place over the sue en wreck of tine submarine K5,
which lies many fathoms deep, one h uttered miles south-west of the Scilly Isles. The 14,000 xrtllcers and men of
the Atlantic .fleet. returning from the spring cruise, paid a last tribute to the memory of their comrades by hold-
ing services an their ships, with the flags at half-mast. 1 o'lny :e were fired and the "Last Poet" sounded over the
ocean grave, of the viet:Dns of the terrible di .Oster er J:uataie •.tirF.. 1'hc:o X12 arse tire- chap aiu end other oilicere
at the faaneral service en 1-1-M-$. Barbera.
The University
A t*me therewas when irk..;
were regarded as alae pre:t•rve eat the
few hut, happily. that time is past
and r.ow universities not only wel-
come all W140 come but they go: taut
cfTering their wares to those whom
tE
cEr.matances prevent from coming'
within the walls. Their wares consist
of higher education. In the old daysnniver itv a
was static; l now it is
dynamic.
Pre-eminent in this most important
movement in Canada is the University
of Toronto. With its special courses
for farmerst, for urb an workingmen
and women, for teachers, with its ex-
tension lectures, courses of lectures,
and tutorial classes, it extends its
activity over the whole Province. No
man or woman, boy or girt, in Ontario
need fail to take aadvantnge of the
opportunities offered by the Provin-
cial T niversity; this University is, in
the most real sense, the "University
of the People."
The Report of the Royal Commis-
sion says: -"Without educated brain
smashed in the door with hatchets.
GREEK RESERVISTS IN
CANADA CALLED UP
Turks Have Greek Army
Bot -
.
tied Up in i3rusa.
A despatch from Paris rays:- Ac-
cording to teperte reeeised in Paris,
a strong Turkish make.
raid oboe at
� Ala ., hr hr (:sneient Philadelphia)
located on thm}rose-Af en Rarahis-
car Railway. threatens to cut the
south Greek tinny off front its base.
The Turks have practically captured
Brnsa, where a Greek army corps is
bottled up.
The Turkish delegation at Paris as-
eerts that the morale of the Greek
troops is shattered and that bands of
Greek deserters are terrorizing and
looting villages,
A despatch from Montreal says. --
The Greek Consulate has been advised
by the Charge d'Affaires fez Greene in
London that reservists in Canada of
the clams of 1913 (b), 1914 and 1915,
with the exception of the auxiliaries,
have been called to the colors, and
must, within seven days, apply to it
for transportation home,
Sir Arthur was seized and threatened
and skilled bands, the fertile soil, the
with death unless he gave up arms to
them. He told therm he would rather
be killed than surrender. They then
made an attack on thestrong-room
timbered land, water -powers, and
mineral deposits must lie idle or be
ignorantly q
g unndered, National
l
wealth and industry are directly re -
which contained. arms, but tailed to
lated to education and lutist become
more tend amore dependent upon it as
break into it. civilization advances." To answer this
The mysterious disappearance of national need is the purpose of the
the Crown jewels from Dublin Castle
t
extension w he University k of of
some years ago brought the name of Toronto; for this it requires the most
Sir Arthur into prominence, and the generous support of the Government
controversy which followed will be re of the Province.
called by his death.
LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS
THREE POINTS AT ISSUE
A despatch from Landon ;says: -
Mr. Lloyd George, at the conference
held on Thursday with officials of the
Triple Alliance, said:
"There are three points at issue:
"A national pool, involving a great
scheme fax•con tsol of the mines and
for meddling in the mines' manage-
ment -and that we cannot have. We
will tale the fight on that. There is
only one way you can carry that,
ami that is not by starving the nation.
It is by persuading the nation -that
is open to you.
"The 'second is a national settlement
of wages. Let me make -clear what
flat means."
The Prime Minister cited a specific
case of how this proposition would op-
erate, seeking to chow that dealings
would be with the Miners' Federation
ae a whole, and that the Government
was not seeking to split the coal fields
into areas.
"The third point is the amount
either of wages or profits. 'Upon this
with open mind we are prepared to
discuss with the miners and the own-
ers as long a
the first
principle is ac-
cepted, but until then I am afraid we
must fight it out. But I ask yen in all
earnestness whether you will commit
your organizations to fighting what is,
after all, a great question of principle
to the settled by the nation through
your elected representatives. There
is no distinction between this and di-
rect action. I again put to you. that
you should not eommit yourselves to
what is equivalent to .direct action by
seeking to overawe Parliament unto
reversing a legislative decision by the
threat of paralyzing the whole life of
the community."
Films of Rare Woods.
,First .la
ITALIAN LABOR WAR
AIDS GERMANY
Chance to Petract- Kingdom
Co.ercially and Indus-
tria ]y.
A de:patch from Rome says:-- -i
Italy's industrial crisis, the latest
inanifsstation in which, is the lock -out
in the huge Fiat motor factory, ern
ploying . more than 8,000 men,
alarming businese interests here. lGere
roans are openly rejoicing over this'
chance to penetrate Italy commercially
and i:,*lustriamly with motor works and
manufacture of scientific instruments.,
As autoniahiies represents Italy's
healthiest industrial export, prospects
of Ge men do3r. nonce in eaie line are
very disturbing. it is cad,:- said that
the Italians would be whef'.z unable to
compr:e with Gentian la'I:zr nt twelve
hours a day, e e ecialiy as Bolehevist
propaganda has alrea iy undermined
factory discipline in Italy.
The Fiat management has issued
statsnment to Justify• the loekont,
!naoug the significant assertione in
t is one to time e eet that the eight-
hour -day is less than that time in
practice, hceme a the men are saly,ayat
dropping their 'teals to attend meet. -t
ings of factory Sov etc.
Threats at the factory gates are
id to he fregtiest land beyond the
reach of legal correction er punish -
went, Dismissed men refeae to lenvt
the xnaehinery and demand full wages.
when idle. Many of the hand
e been making bonibs when they
old be at wor•7:, and they have re-
d .at will to the cellars for gun
Yap Matter Discussed
by Supreme Coutnc l
A despatch from Paris says:
-In order to `igiv4' the L� zizt@d
.
AnheStates the fullest satisfaction in
fororC aon ¢Dr the Yap matter at the earliest
fCtan xr aaple. posseble date." it was revealc,d
.. on Thursday that the Supreme
A 410;i -each from ly;aejs rays:.. Council has decided to meet on
T 1 or
2.This is a fortnight
Vaal'°° �hE "QB
i- C
L. d.a t ED.E.�..
,li:a �:ori
e
usual,
linister to Sire, ere 04 enc cat t? a e`" Iter �,
The whole mandate matter
most astute of err ei1' dip'.omsats, heel Will be threshed out. The .Ta an-
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(ansa Fedi at Marseilles en route en ese delegate is c cpeeted to make
the title
n¢iD:oiale ehe bas' be given a lengthy stittement a to Jap -
This
the title of Japanese sambassador. ,
stn . sok thin.
p
r
'rl"14 will be the1 time h
, first me t :at
Japan has had n minister at fgnswan-, , Q;'ring to the certain refusal,.
tinop:e or even remotely indicated' it is not believed that any invi-
1 her interest in the Solution of Near',tation to the meeting will be ex--
Es,t problems. • tended to the United States.
The grow lnj scarcity of the more
beautiful and valuable woods has
made necessary the substitution of i
other and cheaper kinds. Thus hardly
any furniture nowadays is made of
solid mahogany, and inferior materials.
have very generally taken the place of
the disappearing "cabinet woods."
Indeed, high-grade lumber of any
kind is now so costly as to prohibit its
common use as the solid body of fur-
niture. Manufacturers are resorting
more and more to the use of veneers.
Articles of furniture, ranging from
tables to phonograph cases, have
skeletons of cheap wood covered with
a "thin. skin of high quality stuff.
The skin is usually not more than
one -twentieth of an inch thick. .A.
thousand board feet of lumber will
produce. 10,000 square feet of veneer.
Thus a great economy is obtained, and
.the furniture produced by this method
is as pretty to look at as if it were
what it purports to be.
Peace Time Use for Peris-
copes.
Periscopes, when the days of .sub-
marine and trench warfare are de-
finitely forgotten, will still be useful,
but for humanitarian purposes, is the
suggestion byDr. Costremoulins
Sg ,
chief of the Paris Hospital's radio-
logical service, who has now entered
the ranks of those trying to solve the
problem of avoiding the dreaded radio
dermatitis.
Taking as a basis for his theory the
fact that lead alone offers sufficient
insulation against the harmful rays,
he would have the operators caged in 1
double walled closets, the exterior,
containing the dangerous apparatus,
but separated from the interior by
switchboards, while the patient as
well as the machinery would be
watched through a series of reflecting
mirrors, just as the doughboys watch-
ed the enemy outposts during the war.
Dr. Costremoulins was a victim of
X-rays twenty -live years ago, when he
burned his left hand, but by great care
.since then, despite the fact that he has
made hundreds of thousands of exami-
nations and - experiments, he has pre-
vented the spread of the disease which
already has robbed France of Dr. In-
froit, Dr. Leroy and other X-ray ex-
perts.
Corrosion of the ironwork in the
dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London,
has lifted the whole of the dome
three-quarters of an inch.
Weekly Market Report
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northc'i,
$1.70e; No. 2 Northern, $1.64; No..
3 Northern, $1.60; No, 4 wheat, 31.49.
Manitoba fiats -No. 2 ('W, 497e;
No. 3 OW, 38/,1e; extra No. 1 feed,
S3sc; Ne. 1 feed, 36%e; No. 2 feed,
34 3i
-c.
Manitoba barley -No. 3 f'W, 738ac;
No. 4 CW, 621 e; rejected 49%c; feed,
49mec.
All of the above in store et Fort
%Villiam.
American corn -68e, nominal, track,
Toronto, prompt. shipment.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 42 to
44e.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, $1.55.
to $1.60 per ear lot; No. 2 Spring,
$1.45 to $1.50; No. 2 Goose wheat,
nominal, shipping points, according to
freight.
Peas -No. 2, $1:55 to $1.65.
Barley -Malting, 65 to 70e, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Buckwheat -No. 3, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, $1.30 to $1.35, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First pat., $10,70;
second pat., $10.20, bulk, seaboard.
Ontario flour -57.75, bulk, seaboard.
Millfeed Delivered, Montreal
freight, bags included: Bran, per ton,
$33; shorts, per ton, $35; good feed
flour, $2.10 to '$2.40 per bag.
Hay -No. 1, per ton, $24 to $26.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $12 to
$12.50.
Cheese -New, large, 30% to 31e;
Ytriplets,a
• twins,31 to 1 c•
381 io
32c; old, large, 33 to 34c; do, twins,
3311 to 344.c; tr:nlets, 341 to 35c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to
49c; creamery, No. 1, 58 to 61c; fresh,
60 to 63c.
Margarine -28 to 30c.
Eggs -New lsid, 32 to 33c; new
laid, in cartons, 35 to 36c.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$3.50 to $3.75; primes, $2.75 to $3.25;
Japans, 8c; Limas, Madagascar, 105ec;
California Limas, 121/2c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp,.
gal., $2.60; per 5 imp. ,gals., $2.50;
Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c.
Honey -60 -30 -lb. tins, 22 to 28c pee
lb.; 5,21/4 -lb. tins, 23 to 25c per lb.;
Ontario comb honey, at $ 7.50 per 15-1
seetien wase.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., "+u td
36e; heavy, 27 to 29e; cooked, 50 to
55e; rolls, 81 to 82e; cottage rolls, 33i
to 34c• breakfast blwon, 43 to 46c;
fancy breakfast bacon, 133 to 56c;
backs, plain, bone in, 47 to 50c; bone
less, 49 to 53e.
Cared menta -Lang clear bacon, 271
to 28e; clear bellies, 26 to 27e.
Lard, -Pure tierces, 16 ee to 17½c A
tubs, 17 to 17%e; pails, 171e. to 18e;
prints, 181 to 39e; Shortening tiercesx
1Vie to 12c; tubs, 12 to 121c; paile4
121 to 13e; prints, 14 to 14? e.
• - steers, 9 to 1
0.50
Choice heat e
good heavy steers, $3 to $9; butaerdli
cattle, choice, $9 to $10; do,good, $8
to $9; do, med., $6 to $8; do, cora
7)1
$4 to $6; butchers' bulls, choice, $
to $7,,50; do, good, 16 to $7; ; do corn
.
$4 to $5; butehersi cows, choice, $!
ii
to $9; do, good, $6.50 to $7.50; do
corn., $4 to $5; feeders, $7.15 to '$8.75•
do, 900 lbs., 17.25 to $8.75; do, 8
lbs., $5.75 to $6.75; do, come $5 to $6,
canners and cutters, $2• to $4.50•
milkers, good to choice, $85 to $120
do, cora. and meds, $50 to $60; eboi
springers, $90 to $130; lambs, yearl-1
ings, $10 to $11; do, spring, $11 to
$13.50- calves, good to choice $9 ts
$11; sheep, $6 to $10; hogs, iced an
watered, $13; do, weighed off car
$13.25; do, f.o.b., $12.25; do, country]
points, $12.
Montreal_
Oats -No. 2 UW, 62 to 63c; No.
CW, 58 to 59c. Flour, Man. Sprin
wheat pats., lets.,$10.30. Rolled oats
elle
90-1b. bag, 13.20. Bran, $33.25. Shorts,
$25 aj
$Hay, No. 2, per tong car lots
Cheese, finest Easterns, 30 to 31e1
Bu4 ter, choicest creamery, 50ei to 519
Eggs, fresh, 38e.
Butcher steers, med., $8 to $9; coml.
$7.50 to $8.50; butcher heifers, med.j
$7.60 to $8.50; corn., $5 to $7; butchext
cows, med., $5 to $7 canners, $2 tc(
$2.50; cutters, $3 to $4; butcher bulls;
corn., $6 to $6.60; good veal, $6 tel
$6.50; med., $5 to $6; bogs, off -carr
weights, selects, $14.50 to $15; heavier!;
$12.50 to $18; sows, $10.50 to $11.
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