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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-6-23, Page 3DIVERMEETS DEATH WHILE AT BOTTOM OF GEORGIAN BAY A despatch front Sault Ste, Marie 'says:—Death in one of its most ter- ,rifying forms came to Damon S. God- frey, a diver in the employ of the :Great Lakes Towing & Wreeking Co., on Thursday, when the great Coppet' lbelmet he wore as part of his diving d'res's became loosened in some waY •while he was down 25 feet on the leg- it= of Georgian Bay, near Little Curr ,rent, Ont. Little by Iittae the weter,bogan to rtr'ielcle inside the •diver's rubber suit cap the helmet worked still looser, Damon signalled frantically to his inmates on the lighter 'above to be 'hauled up, but in some way, it is 'said his jerks et the lifeline were not 'TAKE SINN FEINERS IN LARGE NUMBERS properly understood owieg to the lines beeaming tangled, and the men at the air pump continued to send down ;Fresh air, Pinaully, when no further signals were received the helpers beeanso alarmed end hauled the diver up, When the helmet was unscrewed Godfrey's head toppled over to one side. 1 -Ie had been dead for several minutes, Goefroy had been in the employ of the Great Lakes. Company for 15 years, and was considered one of the most expert deep -water lovers on the Great Lakes, lie was 55 years old and lived et the Canadian Soo. His wife, titres daughters and, four solus survive, Crown Forces Make Sweeping Roundup of Murderers. A despatch from Dublin says:— The Government forces have been, ,making a sweeping round up of ser - :Iain areas in the last few days, with the apparent idea of making large captures and sifting them for men who are "wanted." The operations 'have been in progress in Monaghan county till this week. Hundreds of arrests were made, but on Tuesday all were released. with the exception of about a dozen persons. Five cavalry regiments invested • Garriekxnacress, Monaghan, early on Thursday morning and commandeered ,eeveral private houses. They made several arrests, including a despatch carrier of the "Irish Republican Army." Similar raids occurred at Wexford and Athlone. Severe engagements between • Crown. forces and Sinn Feiners oe- . e),srred in Dublin on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, the fir- ing being the 'heaviest' which has been heard in the city since the rebellion five years ago. General military head- , quarters declines to issue a report. There are various rumors as to the cause of the outbursts, which took place about 11 o'clock, Officially, the oly reason assigned is that a number of civilians fired on sentries outside the ruins of the Customs House, but the most intense fire occurred in the centre of the city. About midnight, .it is reported, a party of the Crown forces were sniped .as they crossed O'Connell bridge by sten on the roofs of buildings and from concealed po- sitions. . A machine gun was brought into ac- tion and Westmoreland street and • Sackville street were swept with bul- ' lets. Searchlights lit up the city. Par- ticular attention being paid to the '.roods of houses end offices, .COUNT GOLD IN U.S. ASSAY OFFICE Contains the Largest Amount of Gold Ever. Collected in One Spot. A despatch from Now York says:— 'The ays:'The task of ,counting, piece by piece .and note by note, the largest amount of gold and gold eertifioates ever 'brought together in one spot in the 'history of the world has been under- taken by four of the fastest counters in the employ of the Government, These four amen constitute a board representing the Treasury Depart- ment and the Mint, and it is their task to check up and calculate the -amount of gold now .held by the United States Aesay Office, with ear- tifica:tes held there, and to certify the .amounts as correct to the last penny. J'nst how much gold the members •of the board will he obliged, to count will not be made public by the Assay Office officials. In fact no figures -ever have been given out as to the amount of gold the vaults hold. It is known, however, that the amount 'is upwards of $10,000,000 000, and probably close to $1,250,000,000, It is the largest amount of gold ever a 'spot. •c ncentrated in on n . o . Britain will give MenoPOt mia Arab 'rule. Hon, Arthur Meighen has, arriycd In London to attend the conference of :the Prime Ministers of the Empire, University Finances. "A uuivea.'•sity supported by the state for all its people, for all its eons and daughters with their tastes and aptitudes as varied as mankind, can place no bounds upon the lines of its endeavor, else the state is the irre- parable boner." (From the inaugural address of Charles Richard Van Elise, late president of the University. of Wisconsin.) Service such as that indicated -iii Ws quotation is being attempted by the Provincial University of Ontario, but this service is greatly curtailed by the lack of funds. The University of Toronto must "get along" on an annual income on which a United States university of equal size would starve, So cramped are the. accom- modations of the Provincial Univer- sity that the President's home has been expropriated and is being "made over" into classrooms. Of all the dreary and unin, picing environments imaginable for purposes of teaching that of an old house made to rerve as a school is the worst! Yet the Uni- versity of Toronto uses six old houses for classroom accommodation! On June 10th approximately nine hundred graduates received their de- grees front the Provincial Un'iveraity, Computed in dollars, what are these highly -trained loaders worth to the Province? As, well ask a father how much money his child is worth to frim, The University of Toronto is struggling to db an immense work on a relatively meagre income. The ac- ceptance by the Provincial Govern- ment of the University Commission's Report would solve the problem. Mrs. W. E. Sanford President of the National Council of Women, now in session in Calgary. Some Lion. A number of men were sitting in a village shop yarning on various ex- periences. One of them had just concluded tell- ing ,tow he had killed a great South - African lion with a revolver. "That's nothing," said another man. rising from his seat. "Why, when I was In Sciuth Africa, walking through the jungle, I saw a great lion, but I had no revolver to shoot it with!" "What ever happened?" asked the startled crowd. "Why, I Mutely took ou my pocket- Icn!te; and out off its heat,!" "What, exclaimed. the man who had ft head first spoken. n. "Cut off the e d of a lion with an ordinary pocket-knife! Fiddlesticks, sir—fiddlesticks!" "Ind;eed, I did, sir!" answered the second speaker. "Bat perhaps .1 ought to,say it was a dandelion," SCIENCE VANQUISHES FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE A despatch from Paris says:—The -discovery of a serum rendering• cattle immune to foot and mouth disease has been made by Professors Vallee and Caere, of the Alfortville Agricultural Research Laboratory. This anonnco- ment was made on Thursday to the Agricultural Commission of the Sen- ate by Senator Beaumont, The discovery is the result of years of experimeting with blooe •elements incl microbes in order to snake pcs- abie the fi:cation of the bacillus cf feet and niunth disease. which is so infinitesimal, that it could not he re- tained iii the Most minute filters. Once this was accomplished, it world be possible to cultivate the germ. Fixation now has 'been accomplished', and the serum has been made in small gimattibies through a phagocytic pro- cess. THE WORK OF THE SINN FEIN Tile picture shove the Dublin Customs House burning just as the fire fighters arrived. Sinn Fein forces seized the building, poured petrol on the papers and floors and then fired it, ONTARIO DRY BY JULY IEIHGTEENTH Thirty Days After Proclama- tion in Canada Gazette. A despatch from Ottawa ' says-. Proclamations to give effect to the result of the plebiscite held in On- tario under the Canada Temperance Act and to provide for two plebiscites elsewhere was published in Sat- urday's number of the Canada Gazette. The proclamation affect- ing Ontario provides that thirty days from its publication, that is, on July 18, the sections of the Can- ada Temperance Act prohibiting im- portation of intoxicating beverages into the province shall become oper- ative. That is to say, on and after July 18, importation of such liquors, except for• medicine, industrial and sacramental purposes, into Ontario will be illegal. Another proclamation calls for a vote in New Brunswick on a date to be fixed by the chief electoral officer, on the question whether or not importation of liquors into. that province should be prohibit- ed. A third proclamation provides for a vote in Quebec City on the ques- tion whether or not the Cataria Tem- perance Act should continue operative in that city. The Act has been in force in Quebec for several years, and it is now proposed to repeal it and allow the provincial law, which per- mits sale of beer and wine in licensed hotels and provides for sale of spirit - sons liquor through Government ven- dors to residents of the province, to take effect. r.- - -- Demobilizing Troops of 1919 Class A despatch from Paris says:—Sol- diers ays: Sol- diers of the class of 1919, who were mobilized early in May for duty on the Rhine, in the Duesseldorf area, commenced. returning to Paris on Thursday. Two thousand of them went direct to the city barracks, where they will be demobilized in a few days and re- turned to their homes. The 1919 class troops gradually are being replaced on the Rhine by sol- diers of the class of 1921, who now are in training. ' Plenty of Scope for It. "Imagtuation is a wonderful thing, isn't it?" "Yes, I suppose it is, but what made you think of that now?" "Oh, I've just been reading the new seed catalogue." - 568 Murders Lie at Sinn Fein's Door London, June 16.—Murders by rebels in Ireland since July, 1920, have totalled 568, Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated in the House, �f Commons on Thursday. The number of Crown forces convict- ed for murder in the same period, he added, was: The mili- tary, none; the Royal Irish Con- stabulary, one; and the police auxiliaries, one; the latter being found to be insane. Fighting Forest Fires. Over a considerable portion of the province, particularly in the northern districtes, forest fire, continue to be a problem during periods of drought and while public agencies aro being developed for etfectnally meeting situations as they arise, the individ- ual is not °losing his interest in prac- tical methods of combatting flame's in wooded areas. In this week's snail came some very practical suggestions from a man who has had wide ex- perience in protecting' forests against damage by burning, and with the ap- proach of that season of the year when dry spells are common, it would seem to he appropriate to give pub- licity to the suggestions. The best time to attack a forest fire, he states, is at the ibreak of dawn. At that time a half-cioeen men will accomplish more thernefiety-men can expect to do at :two o'clock in the afternoon. From seventy-five to nine- ty per cent. of the perimeter of a surfaeaafire actually goes out without any human assistance whatever be- fore sunrise, but if nothing is done while the flames are at lots ebb, they will, by the middle of the forenoon, have a!bain started suffieienbly to pre- sent an unbroken front. A forest fire naturally proceeds in the general direction of the wind, burning an eliptical shaped area with head; flanks and tail'. The most ef- fectual ffectual places to attack are at the head and flanks, If one can have only a single tool to fight the forest flames he should choose the shovel. With bhis he •can cut the edge of the surface fire and throw it back. He can also throw dirt on burning embers to ,re- duce the temperature and to exclude oxygen. The plow is likewise a good tool, where it can be used, to limit the area of the fire by plowing a nar- row strip across the path of the flames. Where there is danger from these fires the community should be organized to get out in force upon a moment's notice. .—• ' � MO 1511'0 IF ��/" �you vow- ME A It / 1 THE c . To /�/�J"�r WITH N JJ//�(J, T My //// - /" / HOT VNCAtION YOo'e BETTED G,et A NEW HAN ✓/ • EOLGESAME HERE c oulonr GFTOUY JO 1 e" y HERE At D MYSELF D SllnlCR - IbaNiROwWUP 'r M I Ib51T l O N ONE HUNDRED 'DEGREES IN THE SHADEI A New Canal? Although tiro ItilnUsna Clidal has been in operation only seven yeaz's, engineers aro already talking .about enlarging it or dlgg'ing'a second oannl parallel with 11 Protet an eeanontic point of view 'the eanal'has been more successful than anyone anti•cipated,. Tile+ time when it will bar inadequate to the contni reial neede of the world is already reasonably near; some author itioe think it is oul'y fifteen years away, The value of the great waterway as 'a oonvenienco to the naval'dOfeimee of the United _States fe beginning to be impaired by the size of crime Republic's newest battleships, which could pasa through it wi.lh 411- fioul'ty, if at all. One suggestion is that the 'present canal .be deepened, and widened until it boeomes a'sea-level canal, That was the original recommendation of a majority of the commission of engin- sees that examined the problem in 1906. It would mem (Deepening the excavation something like 100 feet, and widening the channel to several times its present width. It would •cost a great deal of money—as much, no doubt, as it cost to build the canal as it etands; probably more. When it was completed it might offer a canal a third of a anile wide and' would be capable of handling many times the business that the present carnal can accommodate. Another suggestion is to build a second dock canal across the isthmus. It would naturally be not far from the Panama Canal,' but it would be, if possible, so situated as to avoid the slipping, crumbling, •basaltic rock of which the Culebra hills are composed. One or another of the neighboring rivers would probably be used as the course of the new canal and would be dredged and dammed as the Rio C,ltagres was at Panama. Finally, there is a possibility that the old Nicaragua scheme may be re- vived, As our older readers will re- member, the Nicaraguan route seem- ed twenty years ago more likely to be chosen for the interoceanie canal than the route across Panama. In miles to be traversed there is a wide difference 'between the two; the Nic- araguan 'canal would be 183 miles long instead of 49, but nearly 00 miles of it would be deep -water navigation on Lake Nicaragua. The riven San Juan, which flows from Lake Nicar- agua to the Atlantic. could easily be canalized, and the only serious and costly excavation would be between the lakes and the Paci5c at San Juan del Sur The objections of the Nicaragua route are the prevalence of earth- quakes in that part of the world and the expense of keeping so long a canal in repair. But there is no rea- son to doubt that the route is prac- ticable, and by the treats of 1916 the United States acquired the sole right to ttsc if for building a canal. When it comes to deciding what shall be lane it may be that a canal at Nicar- agua will be chosen instead of any enhargetnent of the works at Panoune, The Home -Maker. I have made 'a home for my beloved, But What is the adorning of your :house? My house is gracious with remembered moments 0£ gaiety and quietness; end soft To my beloved's feet the woven colors Of joy we daily tread; and white the curtains Of happy peace; and leaping is our . hearth -fere. I have made a home for niy beloved,. But what has been the ea'bor. of your hancis? I have poleshed every open window Wherefrom my love looks out; and I have wrought Wide flower -bright embroideries to lay Beneath his head, and given him sweet silence For wearied heart, and music for his gladness. I have made a home far my 'beloved. But where is that bright mansion where you dwell? Oh, sometimes in a tawdry -seeming roost, And sometimes where there is no room at all, Wherever we have rested, laid our table, Tp the new day have risen with gal- lant welcome Ihavem•adeaho me 'for Y beloved. Irrigation Project Launched at Lethbridge A despatch from Lethbridge says :—Amid a downpour of rain the first sod in the Lethbridge northern irrigation project was turened on Thursday, with Lieu- tenant -Governor Brett and Pre- mier Stewart officiating, and other members of the Govern- ment and representatives of Federal and Provincial Parlia- ments in attendance. Active work has commenced on the big project, and the majority of the earthwork wi11 be completed this season. It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken `(ot.J -cot-le Me_ sHe- moos- i'RpMise-To 5-r''- Fog 1'Cf- �EP ST eatee_ Mo NTN SHE Die tui skie. eozoKv- TFt+tr 111=E SHE Dip E:VGw•`I'THtNG REICI-IS`I'AG FAXES' �. STANDING ARMY Ne"Swetting ,Law Passed in ger Limit et 100,000m Men. A despatch from Berlin says: --The Roiehstag on Thursday passed a new law fixing definitely the exact number of officers and men whiedt tine Millie- try of War will be permitted to hold under some, The law obeys orders given by the inter -Allied' Council Com - missive. issive. The total number of Ger- molly's military forces is not to ex- ceed 100,000, including sbaf officers and sub -officers, the number of which is not to exceed four thousand. The law further provides that the number of officers to bo discharged amrually shall not be mare that five per cent, of tho total number of officers and men, The War Minister will be unable, therefore, to call more than 100,000 to the colors annually as was origin- ally planned. Lord Byng to be Installed at Quebec A despatch from Ottawa says;— It is presumed, that the installation of Lord Byng as Governor-General of Canada will take place at Quebec, in- asmuch as it is anticipated that he will arrive in Canada while naviga- tion on the St. Lawrence River is shill open. The Department of the Secre- tary of State, however, has not yet ascertained the exkct date of his com- ing. it has been the custom for the Gov- ernor-General to be installed at his port of debarkation, Harris Turner, M.L.A. Soldiers' representative in the Sas- katchewan Legislature, who was re- elected in the general elections just over. 1VIr. Turner was blinded at Ypres on Tune let, 1916, and was first elected to the Legislature in October, 1917. England Imports Much Butter. England during recent monbhs has been importing butter in quantities unparalieled''since 1913 and scarcely paralleled since them, having received 112,729,680 pounces front January 1 to April 1, a total almost twice as great as that received during the cor- responding period of 1920. The am- ount of butter imported in England during the corresponding period ,of 1913 totaled 114,001,440 pounds. An- ticipation of an advance in price fol- lowing decontrol may have been re- sponsible for the unusual volume of recent imports. The. sources front which England received this butter show an im'port- ant change. Tho Antipodean colonies which ;increased their butter produc- tion during the war are eager to be- come the most important source of England's future permanent supply. Argentina is also looking to the Eng- lish market as an outlet for her sur- plus production, having delivered 22,- 697,584 pounds of butter in England during the first three months of 1021, compared with but 4,245,584 pounds during the same period in 1913. Can- ada, while not fulfilling the hopes of the English butter trade, is now pro- moting the butter industry, confident that the United Kingdom will afford an unlimited market in the future. Denmark, always the chief source of England's imports, is meeting the new competition offered by New Zea- land, Australia, Argentina and Can- ada by accepting ;ower prices. In spite of that fact, imports from Den- mark during the fiat three months of 1021 show a decrease of 48.2 per cent. compared with imports from that country during the corresponding period of 1913. Butter prices are •declining gradu- ally in England. The large govern- ment stocks remaining unsold on March 31, when decontrol took place, exerted a depressing influence upon the 'English butter market. Cheap Cruelty. In France the maximum penalty for cruelty to animals is a fine of $3, _. : By Jack Rabbit 4? t-ris GREwT LIFE I F 'OUR logIENEE DONY WEAKEN e AV/' The .Leading • Markets. '1'UCOtltO, Manitoba wtoat—No. 1 Nertfisxa� $1,85% • No, 2 Northern, $1.84% NO. 3l'lo irttitern, $1.76%; No, 4 w r 09, 6.t Manitoba outs—No. 2 CW, 46efeei No, 3 CW, 413%; extra No, 1 few 415%; No, 1 feed, 89%e; No. 2 feed 80tyc. Manitols barley --No. 8 OW, 'Mees No, 4 CW, 75eNeC rejoeted, 6S%p, Alit the above in store Port While's American corn—No, 2 yellow, 42 to 440, Ontario wlheat—No, 2 Winter, $1.5l) to $1,60, nominal, per oar Leto No. 2 Spring, 31.40 to $1,45, nominal; No, 2 Goose wheat, nominal, shipping points, according to ;Freight. Peas—No. 2, nominal, Barley—Malting, 65 to 70e, ewerii- ing to freights outside.' Manitoba flour—Firat pat., 310.50; seeond'pat,, $10, Toronto. Ontario flour—$7.50; bulk, sea.- baa>d M•otifeece — Delivered, Montreal ' freight, bangs included: Bran, per ton, 25 to 327' shorts, per ton, 325 to 2g d good fee, flour, 31.70 to 32 per Hay—No. 1, per ton, $20 to 322; straw, car iota, per bon, 312. Oheese=Naw, large, 17% to 18%c;' twine, 18 to 19c; triplets, 18% bo 1.9%c; old, large, 33 to 34c; do, twins, 33% to 34%c; triplets, 34% to 354 New Stilton, 20 to 21c. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 25 to 25c' creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 30 to 82c• coaling, 22 to 24c. Margarine -22 to 24c. Eggs—No. 1 30 to 370; Selects, 37 to 38c;-cartone, 40 to 42c. Beans—Tian. hand-picked, bushel, $2.85 to $3; prime's, $2.40 to 32.50. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. gal,, $2.50; per 5 imp. gals., 32.35. Maple sugar, lb.. 19 to 22c, Homey—S(40-lb. lb. tins, 19 to 2Ae per 7'b.; 5 -2% -lib. tins, 21 to 22c per Ib. Ontario comb honey at 37 per 15 - section ease, 'Smoked meaty—Hams, med., 36 to 38c; heavy, 30 to 31c; cooked, 48 to' 52e; rolls, 27 to 28c; cottage roll's, 28 to 9c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 38c; special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to 47c; boneless', 41 to 46c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 17 to 1&c; clear bellies, 15 to 16c. Lard -Pure tierces, 12% to 13c; tubs, 13 to 13%c; pails, 1314 to 13eic; prints, 14 to 14%c; Shortening tiereets, 11 to 111,ic; tuba, 11% to 12c; patio, 12 to 12%e; prints, 14 to 14140. Choice heavy steers, 38,50 to 39.50; good heavy steers, 38 to 38.50; but- chers' ,cattle, choice. $8 to 39; do, good, 37,50 to $8; do, mel•., 37 to $7.50; .do, cam., 36.50 to $7; butchers cows, choice, 36.50 to $7; do, good, $6 to 36.50; do, come 35 to 36; but- chers' bulls, good, $6 to 37; db, oom., $4 to $6; feeder¢, bolt„37.50 to 38; do, 900 lbs., 37 to 37.50; do, 800 lbs., 35.75 to 36.75; do, cont., 35 to $6; caimer's and cutters, 31.50 to 34; milk- ers, good to choice, 350 to 385; do,' com. and med., 330 to 350; choice springers, 340 to 360; lambs, year- lings, 39 to $10; do, spring, $13 to $14; sheep, ohoice, 35.50 to $6; do, corn., 32 to 34.50; calves, good to choice, 310 to 312; hogs, fed and watered, 311 to $12; do, weighed off cars, $11.25'to 312.25; do, Cob., 310.25 to $11.26; do, country points, 310 to 311. Montreal. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 60 to 61c; do, No. 3, 55 to 56e. Flour, Man. Spring wheat pats., firsts, $10.50. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs„ $3.05. Bran, 327.25. Shorts, $29.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car 'lots, 321 to $22. Cheese, finest eastern, 14% to 143'vc. Butter, choicest creamery, 283% to 2Dee,c. Eggs, fresh, 35 to 86c. Potatoes, per bag, car lets, 50c. Good veal, 37 to 37.50; mete, $5 to 37; Ewes, $3 to $5; lambs, good, $12.50 to 313; cone., $10 to $12; hogs, off oar weights, selects, $1.2.50; heavies, $9.50 to $10.60; sows, 38.50. a,. Lenine's Scrap Heap. Lenine, or it may the his bureau of propaganda, is working with speed these summer days. He has restored the factory system, given up the hope of making good ComMunists out of the peasants, restored coinage and authorized trade and profitmaking within the last month. Moscow dispatches now indicate that the good Bolshevist will pay 'Itis fare hereafter when he tides, that he will buy a stamp when he wants eo trail a letter and the depositing of private moneys in,Stabe hanks is to be restored. True, theso are "co- operative State banks” and may serve Lenine's end's in ways that do not now appear; tbanksarea part Of that c• apitalist system" which Lenine has fought all his life. The infamous Tcheka is to go also. Or, rather, it is to become the Soviet "Black Hundreds" and loses much of its old power, It is no longer to be provocateur, sheriff, prosecuting at- torney, judgo and executioner, as it has been, Altogether the reports have it tbat Lenin': is making a long start toward pulling down the thing that he has been building for more than three years, the edifice he has dreammed•of all his life; Something more is added to his strap beep every few days. Just what is happening is veiled and doubtful; but there has been some kind of change going on, in Medcow for three months. Ie it impossible to know how utuch of it is Soviet pro- paganda and how much of it is a genuine change of front. There are hints that . Leimine and Trotsky are fighting a quiet and dead- ly battle foe control, that there must be a break and tbat bolshevism will split inbo two or more fattens. :There is little evidence of this. Levine em- erges more and more cs the stronger man of the Duumvirs, as the future dictator of another and still different Russia that may be even more dan- gerous to the world than the ilusehe of the Soviets, Power seems, to be poseedng mora and more into the hands of Levine. Trotzky appears less 'end less in the picture. Lenine dominated bile recent C•omanunist Congress =eh ale the young Napoleon dominated tho French Assembly after his "whiff' of grlapeshob" had swept the boulovardd And just' before rho Eighteenth Thor- n -rider. It appsars that the "strong max a Russia" is cl'im'bing to the top, What he will menu to Russ'a aria to tut:. 0110 is a riddle that ;alts upon to, Morrow.