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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-11-10, Page 7U0S, COAL MINERS MAY STRIKE ON PRINCIPLE OF "CO CKPOFF" SYSTEM Judge Anderson's Injunction Against This System Causes Disaffection Among 350,000 Coal. Miners—No Im- mediate Danger of Coal Shortage --Sur' plies Are Above Normal, A despatch from Chicago says:—A. strike of 350,000 coal miners of the principal bituminous producing field's of the country will follow enforcement of Judge Anderson's injunction against the "checic-off" system, ac- cording to gnion officials. Already 25,000 miners have quit work In Indiana, Frank Farrington, head of the Il- linois miners, wired his chiefs that while a stoppage of the "check -off" system would be a violation of con- tract, he could not order a strike until it had actually occurred. It was understood he had received hie inetruc- tions from headquarters in Indians !spalls. The Illinois miners will not be paid for two weeks, and until that time they will net know what action has been taken by the Illinois opetators on Judge Andersen's injunction. Illinois miters were reported ready to strike and 400 quit work in the Central Iowa district. They were the first to go out in this state. It teat not expected there would be a gen- oral walkout ha'Pere nest pay day. Approximately 350,000 miners would be idle if Is general strike is called. The mines of Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Michi- gan, Missouri, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, levelling, Iowa, and Montana would be tied up. The "check -off" system prevails in these states as well as Indiana where the miners have already gone out. Under the "check -off" system the mine operators deduct union clues from the men's pay and turn it over to the union treasurer. Judge Ander- son held money raised, in this way was being used to prolong the West Vir- ginia mine war, Danger of a coal shortage was not regarded as serious by Chicago mine operators and coal dealers. It was estimated Chicago had a supply suffi- cient for two months. Supplies of both bituminous and anthracite were ,reported above normal, due to the in- dustrial depression. ;Similar condi- tions, it was said, exist throughout the country. HEAVY DAMAGE BY NEWFOUNDLAND GALE Banks of Snow Along Roads Little Loss of Life. A despatch from St.' John's, Nfld„ says;—Tho northeast gale which has swept this section • of Newfoundland since Friday evening has abated. Half a million dollars' damage has been done to roads and public property, it is estimated, in addition to the loss of private property swept away or de- stroyed. Beyond one death in St. John's from electrocution, no toll of life from the storm is known, but it is feared that has of life wars inevit- able at sea, No word hes yet been heard' from the small schooner which was blown out to sea with four mee on board near Cape Hayden. One story from Conception Bay te'l'ls of 12 men being forced to spend three days without food, marooned on Kelly's Island, near Bell Island, where they were trapped by the sudden ris- ing of wind seat sea. A steamer res- cued them. 'Sir Richard Squires, Prime Min- ister, has returned from a 260 -mile tour to Trinity Bay. A pathway through big banks of snow, practically unknown previously at this time of year, had to be shovelled to allow the Pre:pier's car to pass. Baby is Hanged in Rungs of Cot A despatch from Montreal says:— Left sleeping in. its oat while its mother went out for a few minutes to a grocery store, the eight -month- old baby of Bruno Brunelle, of 854a Dorchester etceet east, was found dead on her return, hanging by the neck from between the rungs of the cot, Lady Laurier, widow of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, former Premier of Canada, died at her Ottawa home last week. The chief difference between the human hand end that of the higher apes lies in the thumb, which is al- ways shorter in the ape. Beatty Acclaimed by U.S. Sea Fighters A despatch from Chicago says: —"The world's greatest living naval commander," was the honor conferred upon Admiral Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty and hero of the Battle of Jutland, by the officers and men of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. • The Admiral, his uniform de- corated with yards of gold cord and rows of service ribbons, his service cap tipped saucily over one eye, and his famous smile much in evidence, had visited the training station on a tour of inspection. He had viewed the quarters of the men, had nfe't all the officers, had reviewed the parade and was just preparing to leave when Captain Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh, Commandant at the, station, proposed three cheers for the "world's greatest living naval commander." H. C. Wells The famous British author, who has arrived in the United States to attend the Washington Conference 'on Dis- armament. Wasps do good by reducing the flies and caterpillars. - DEPOSED HAPS GS CONVEYED BY BR TISH MONITOR OF DANUBE FLOTILLA A despatch from Vienna says:— Carl and Zita are aboard the British river monitor, (Mew Wean, of the Danube flotilla, steaming slowly down that romantic river which is famous in song and dance, towards a, to them, as yet unknown. St. Helena. With them departs also what is probably the last hope that any Haps-1 burger may have entertained of meantime the Hungarian throne. In making his comic opera, yeti tragic dash for the throne, Carl, in' destroying all his own chances for; again setting the thousand -year-old Hely. St. Stephen Crown on his head.; has also had some revenge—he has dethroned all the other Hapeburger' aspirants. In archducal circles the adventure of Carl is spoken of in great 'bitter -I ness, and characterized as "madcap folly." The chief blame is put upon; former Empress Zita. Even after the fleece there was still hope in those circles that prompt abdication 1 p o tenon by .Carl j might save the chances for some other' member of the Hapsburg' dynasty to I mount the throne. 'Sonne, however,' were extremely skeptical, one of the l archdukes renterking to the corms, "Zeta will never let Carl formally abdicate and renounce his rights to the throne." And so it has turned out, and Carl, passing clown the Danube on a British warship, is still the legal king of Hungar:y. The Horthy Government, it is Bald, has decided to proclaim the dethron- izetion, not only of Cad, but of all the Hapsburgs, and will attempt to do this through' constitutional change, dropping the "pragmatic sanction." In this manner, Hungary, under the ' pressure of circumstances, emerges from a feudal monarchy into a more democratic but still kingless mon- archy. The Hungarian Cabinet has decided to comply with the Allied ultimatum to depose the Heps'bnrg dynasty, and has convoked the Assembly for Thurs- day to pass the necessary motion. A despatch from London says:— Stubbornly refusing g t o abdicate upon the demand of the Hun- garian Government, the form- er Emperor has now been forcibly tie - posed, according to reports received in official quarters hero from Buda - pendent; . . I pest. cf---ANb WNHT Sb ouCt-ri You 'ctERF tytY POo6t Mla,hi ? / -�i�t„•l.i�i Nee s , r9a • PI I COME DO'M'i °TO IlY LSV L w BUstta s$ fe it e log DOTH: "HE'S TALKING TO YOU." CANADIAN TRADE IN LONDON HARD-HIT Market Improving Now for Salmon, Apples and Grain. A despatch from London says :— The slump in the export tirade has hit Canadian commercial enterprise in London fairly hard. A compulsory winding -up order issued some time ago against Thyme Nicholson and Duncan, has now been followed by the report of the official- receiver, show- ing liabilities 'of £22,000 against assets of less than £3,000 and a total deficit of £32,000 with regard to contribu- tions. The company was formerly sole European agent for and owned considerable stock in the Export As- sociation of Canada, which for a time did a big business here, and of which some thirty Canadian firms, many of them in Montreal, were members. Over a year ego the Export Associa- tion parted company with the firm and itself continued to do 'business under the management of two sons of Sir Clifford Slifton. It has since closed its European office's. The Dominion Exporters, another Canadian concern with head offices at Montreal, has also niet financial disaster here. The Canada Overseas' Trading Company is' being reorganiz- ed, whil"e several other Canadian en- terprises have been abandoned dur- ing the past six months. On the other hand, some firm's founded on a firmer basis have managed to hold out and now report improved prospects, Canadian salmon, the market for which was very flat until a month or two ago, is now, on account of the small pack this year, again quite sale- able at firmer prices, The failure of the British apple crop has bettered the situation for the product of Canadian orchards and despite low prices and exchange difficulties Canadiae grain is being sold in Liverpool much more freely than had been hoped. Take a Plebiscite of Two Counties A despatch from London says: —By a unanimous decision, says The Daily News, the British Cabinet has sent the Ulster Pre- mier, Sir James Craig, an invita- tion for his Government to con- sent to a plebiscite of the coun- ties of Fermanagh and Tyrone. Canada From Coast to Coast, Vernon, 33. C -.Tin's apple crop of the Oicana•gen Valley is c cceptiona'1'y largo this year • and is expected to yield hi value the reterd amount of nine million doll:a's. A record quasi tits os the frelt Ices already boon thin - lied to Eastern Canada, Eastern Un- ited States and Eurcipe, Alreedy'.th'is Year's s'hlpni'ents have exceeded by a thousand core the total shipmvents•of 1019, the previous big: crop year, Ponoka, •Alta.,—In 1919 the Bobtail' •Indian reserve near here, after :being purchased from the Indians was sold to twenty-seven soldier settlers in equal upits of 214 acres, for which they 010!am 'average price of $12 tie acre, They settled upon the reseeve in the spring of 1920, Ana their efforts have so fag teen crowned' with success, oonservativo estimate cis the present value of the farms showing an ep- 4li' preoiation of et least 100 per cent. In some oases $50 per acre' has been re- fused. To date the 27 settlers have broken 1,240 acres or nearly 80 per cent, of their holdings. This year there are 1,850 acres in crop, the value of the harvest is estimated to be worth about $28,000. PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVES AT MALTA New Maltese Parliament -Formally Opened by His Royal Highness. A despatch from Malta says:—The Prince of Wales, on his way to India on the battle cruiser Renown, opened the new Maltese Parliament. The event marks the introduction' of a'new type of Government in Malta, based upon the principle of responsible self- government, subject to definite limita- tion's laid down in the interests of im- perial security. The main principle is the establish- ment of two concurrent Government- al systems, one for local affairs under the complete legislative end adandnds- trative control of the Maltese people, and another for matters of imperial concern, taking orders from the Im- perial Government. The Provincial University. Speaking at the University College Alumni dinner on Friday evening last Hon. Dr. H. J. Coda' told of finding, on the tour of inspection last year by the Royal Commission, students pack- ed into what had been an old dining - hall but is now a poorly ventilated classroom, of discovering a professor teaching a class in mathematics in an abandoned lcitchen in the basement where there was no possible ventila- tion at all, and of seeing another pro- fessor teaching Greek to a group of students in a little 'basement room that was once a pantry. "If," said the speaker, "the regulations of the Department of Education regarding classroom space and ventilation which are enforced in the Public and High Schools were made to apply to the provincial university, a large part of University College would be elated as unfit for educational .purposes." This lamentable state of affairs cannot be remedied until more money is avail- able for the support of the University of Toronto. It was hoped that the Report of the Royal Commission on University Finances would have been adopted by the Government of On- tario last year but, because of lack of time for its consideration, this Re- port was laid over until the session of 1922. Ii.RH. Prince Eric of Denmark and Prince Rene de Bourbon Parma have smiled for Canada, .... on District given to Czecho•Slovakia `by Versailles Treaty rs i4 Approximate Area deeded to C Poland by Cotitcil _ .aline,; --Boundary Line claimed by Poland I -0-o-9. Coal Kline Area Boundary I Kreuzbuog ii 4. Y.-6 U P 12• -E- R' aiw�eLuo rA Tarnowitz - .$A L E I A.o y idi Kosel Bea9 uteri o <, abrzeo —'o- utgohutte t>ft)O w .�iQ.�.tzo -----=.0.-.Th. ri Leobschutz =aelalattGireN • %• liatibor CZECHO-. SLOVAKIA • Scale of Miles 10 20 30 64:0 •u0=00 d A D M COAiit G INCGENERAL NY WHAT POLAND AND GERMANY GET IN UPPER SILESIA This diagram illut.tralet what the Council of the League of Nations has clone in dividing Upper Silesia. between Cerinany and Poland. It given the fernier the meet terriicey and the latter the bast of the industrial area. It's a Great LifeifYou Don't Weaken Brandon', Man.—A movement is on foot to organize the bee-ireepers of the province.for more efficient marketing of honey and purchase of supplies. Mate than 700 beekeepers already have been listed, amid it is estimated that there are as many more unlisted in various pasts of the province. At Beausejour, Ladywood, and Broken head, beekeeping is one of the main industries of the aettlesnents. These colonies produced more than 26 tons of honey this year. Brockville, Ont.—A site of 182 acres for the erection of the main plank of the Eugene F. Phillips Electrical Works, Limited, of Montreal, is being provided by the Brockville municipals ity The company plans to erect a plant here to cost between $2,600,000 and $3,000,000, and to give employ- ment in normal times to between 600 and 600 hands, with'an estimated pay- roll of $500,000. Construction of a rolling mill, the first unit of its plant, within four months, is promised .by the company. Montreal, Que.—Ninety-six fat pigs, owned by fifty boys and girls, mem- bers of the provincial 'Swine Feeding Clubs, were solei here by public auc- tion and the proceeds given to their individual owners. The ninety-six pigs were carried in two freight oars. Six mere ears of pigs, fed ducting the season by children, are yet to be brought to Montreal for sale. Fredericton, N. B,—The big game hunting season in New Brunswick hat been more successful thanever, a greater number of visiting hunters taking their toil of the woods then usual, .some coming from as far as Indiana, Ohio, and other states of the meddle West. The 'average spread of the moose shot this year is between five and six feet. Windsor, N. G.—The Nova Scotia Evaporators, Ltd., has 'been incorpor- ated in Nova Scotia, with a capital of $400,000. The object of the incor- poration is to acquire and take over the evaporating and canning factories owned by the Graham's, Limited. The head office of the new company will be at Windsor. Charlottetown, P.E.T.—There has been considerable activity lately in the export of live stock. During the past week four cans of live hogs were ship- ped to Montreal, anti many shipments of fowl to American markets have been made within the past few weeks. Asked for Certificate of Custody by Powers A despatch from Vienna says:—Aa interesting incident happened at Ti- hany before Karl's' departure. The ex - King called for the Entente officers guarding hint and asked them for a certificate confirming that he had been delivered into the keeping of the great powers. Apparently Karl feared he might be captured' during the journey by Little Entente troops. He was granted, his request. Grand Cordon of Rising Sun Conferred on Beatty A despatch from Washington •says:—The Emperor of Japan has ordered that the decoration of the Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun be conferred upon Admiral Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord of the British Admiral- ty, according to information received here. y The famous Grand Canyon of Col- orado is 0,000 feet deep in its deepest pert, with nearly perpendicular sides. A plate from which a dog has eaten will never again be used tar the pre - partition of 'human food among the true gypsies, Mrs. McOudden, who on behelf of the war mothers of Briteib will lay a wreath — their wreath — upon 'the grave of the unknown American sol- dier on Armistice Day, has made a tremendous uteri -flee to war, She gave three sans end her husband that free- dom might live. ACU OF NATIONS WILL BE IN EVIDENCE AT ASHINGTON CONFERENCE A despatch from Paris eay'.s:—The idea: that the League of Nations will play no part in the Washington Coni. forence Is a fallacy, It may not have an official delegation present et the deliberations, and it may not figure on the program, but it will be there just tlhe •same, The ghost of the League they said they had killed will go to Washing- ton to haunt the Reppbliaan Chide of the American Government, But this ghost will not be an ordinary ghost. It will be the spirit of something which, if it does not exist in the minds of the Harding Administration, lives in the mind, of those who will sit ho majority about the Washington e'ouan- Cil table. Can the dignified Mr. Balfour of England, whose enthusiasm for the League and its work stirred the rep- resentatives of the 48 nations at Gen- eva in September, sit down in Novem- ber and forget it exists? es the ques- tion asked here. Can the eloquent M. Violent of France, who four weeks ago pictured the League as'the great- est hope of •.icoternational fraternity, shut it from his conscience two weeks from now? Can the earnest flgnor. Sahe,tuer of Italy change in a month I Pram the ardent League worker 'he hale been for two years? Will the, taciturn Ryashi of Japan take aback the honeyed words of hope he spread upon the minutes of 'Geneva? Will the youthful and efficient Wellington Keo of .Chime recant his praise of the League when he opened the second, assembly, or will Jonlohe'er van Kerne- . beck of Holland be brought to believe at Washington that for 'five weeks 'ab, Geneva lie presided over a gathering i of the dead'? 'Phe same even who represent their' Governments at Geneva .are going to' Washington, since they are the best fitted amen, , both because they are students of international co-operation, and partially, at least, because their, experience in League work 'has 'bet tered them for the. role. And so, no matter where it comes teohrulcally in the proceedings, the question of • the entry, of the United States into the League will .be auto-. i maticaliy posed at' all stages of the Washington Conference. China Defaults on Other Loans A despatch from Washington says :—The State Department recently called the attention of the Chinese Government to the possible serious effect upon its credit which might follow de- fault of the $5,500,000 loan made to it by the Continental Trust &. Savings Company of Chicago. The Chinese Govern- ment decision to default on the Chicago loan defaulted also several loans advanced by Jap- anese institutions during the world war and, so par as known. here, the Japanese Government has taken 'no action to satisfy claims of the Japanese creditors of China. The general financial demorali- zation of the debtor country, it is assumed, will be discussed in t h e Washington Conference, when the Chinese problems are presented for discussion. Wheat Falls to Dollar a Bushel A despatch from Chicago says:— What long ago used to be considered normalcy was reached en Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade—wheat at $1 a bushel:' The December deliv- ery fell to that price, the lowest since 1916. Later it fell to 99 cents, where it' closed. On the Canadian market wheat also was weak, the final quotation on the December optica at Winnipeg being 99,1 cents. This is the lowest price reached this year and, according to local authorities, the lowest in six years. Wheat congestion of a. greater or les, extent is reported all the way up from the seaboard. to the head of the Lakes, and untilpurchases by the im- porting countries of Europe permit the movement of ions of these sup- plies it appears as though there can be little relief. The Western farmer is bard hit by the drop in prices, which cannot net him much snore than 70 cents per bushel at the best.' --C Represents Canada's Veterans Latest photograph of Sergi. George Richardson, V.C„ who was 90 last August, and is the oldest V,C. hero in the world. He won the Victoria Cross fsL,his services in the Indian Mutiny, and is one of the few living V.C.'s who were decorated by Queen Victoria. Sergt. Richardson will lay a wreath of Maples Leaves en the grave 'of the United States unknown hero on Armis- tice Day. South Africa sent a wreath to be placed on the tomb of the unknown United States warrlor, By Jack Rabbit ABSENT" 141NbEDNE.S5 T -'5 _ J : r 1---------•-1.. '� A 1.1124.1. NEG�aci MF i ; Bezel" GRaAT :. Nis�Nu,v -_� 5 'r 1 •w ^ ' `� 61E.A', I ft -. J r: P' ilk 5 DON'T ifs ��fsy E�lVis 9 _ F17 Kt-- '1`HOU6W1- SCRATCbI ta0h404:2.AM !3 R511:\IE 1 �tr eiE.V. 'AA 1 PIECE rt, f`,1 ""' g fir, hh . NBVE.R 00. IT l?, s. j 'To H of WARE I i-toc-v.,E.0 4 tit11 �. ill OFF ri a: r• r F ra0 4 0 O 0 v ! 1 .. ._ . �' sa-z A ottly.. - �..( by I .. - t a i cera` ( wAp ppttyr\\ _ .. '-f (\ ` v'..1� ,, ; R \ Y � y „1t -. ..-..--.•r, o r h .r o i / fla ' o, +r n ppp; '.r F r, ;.i F :. 1 "9!u . •-".... "'1 -� .f : hq\ ....... ---• n.-,,;,, a'"z? b, r, :...- i •�-...-. �` •; ,� "`---• Sir Patrick McGrath Of St. Jahn's, Newfoundlpnd, who is' hi Winnipeg to search records of the, Iludson nay Company, to Rind, if pos- sible, any bearing on the Labrador boundaries. The question it soon to come before the Privy Council in the nature of a suit between Canada and Newfoundland. The Leading Markets. Toronto. Manitoba whet—No. 1 N «them, "11.14, nominal; No, 2 Northern-, $1.12%, nominal.; No. 3, ;;1,07, nom- inal. Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, 47c; No. 3 CW, 44c; extra No. 1 feel, lac; No. 2 feed, 40c. Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW, (lee; No. 4 CW, Oliec. All the above, track, Bay ports. American cern—No. 2 yellow, 57e, nominal, Bay ports. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 38 to 40c. Ontario wheat—Na. 2 Winter, per ear lot, $1 to $1.06; No. 3 Winter. 97e to $1.02; No. 1 commercial, 90 to 95c; No. 2 Spring, 93 to 98c; No, 3 Spring, nominal. Barley—No. 3, extra, test 47 lbs. or better, 66 to 6Sc, according to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, 60 to 65c. Rye—No. 2, 86c. Manitoba flour—First pats., $7.00; second pats., $7.10, Toronto. Ontario flour—$5, 'bulk, seaboard. Millfeed—Del. Montreal freight, begs included: Bran, pee ton, $19 to $21; shorts, per ton, $21 to $23; good feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80. Baled hay—Track, Toronto, per ton, No. 2, $22; mixed, $18. Butter—Creamery, fresh made, solids, 34% to 35%c; !prints, 35 to 36e; dairy, 26 to sac; cooking, 18 to 20c. Churning cream -40c per lb., butter fat, at shipping points for Toronto de- livery. Eggs—New •'aid, 50 to 52c; held, 41 to 43e. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 25 to 28c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 23 to 25c; ducklings, 25 to 30c; turkeys, 40c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 20 to 23e; roosters, 11 to 13'c; fowl, 10 to 20c; ducklings, 18 to 20c; t»rkeyaa, 350. Honey -11 to 12c per lb. for 30 -60 - lb. pails; 12 to 12%c per lb. for 10-1b. pails, anti 13 to 14c per lb, for 5 -2% - lb. pails. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 20 to 310; heavy, 22 to 24c; cooked, 44 to 48c; rolls, 27 to 28,e; cottage roll's, 29 to $0c; breakfast bacon, 27 to 33c; special'brand breakfast bacon, 88 to 40c; backs, boneless, 40 to 44c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18 to 20e• clear bellies, 18% to 201/4c.Lard—Pure, tierces, 16% to 170; tubs, 17 to 17%e; pail's, 17% to 18c; prints, 1941 to 203ic. Shortening, tierces, 13 to 13%c; tubs, 18% to 14c; pails, 14 to 14%c; prints, 16 to 161/2c. Choice heavy sheers, $6 to $7; but- cher . h Steer, choice,$6 to 0.,.6 . do" C emr $ goods, , cam., $2,6,50 to 00° too$360;, 'butchers ]reefers, choice, $6.50 to $6; butchers' Cows, choice, $4 to $4.76; do, med., $3 to $4; canners and' cutters, $1.50 be $2.50; butcher bulls, good, $8.50 to $4;) do, coin., $2.50 to $3.60; feeders, good',' 900 lbs., $5 to $5.50; do, fair, $4.50 to' $5., stockers', good $4 to $4,50; do, fair, $3 to $4; mi;kers, $00 to $80; springers, $70 to $90; calves', choice, $10 to $12; do, med., $8 to $10; do, corn., $3 to $7; lambs good, $8.25 to' $8.76; do, coin., $5 to $5,60; sheep,' choice, $4 to $4.50; do good, :0,50 to $4; de, heavy and bucks, $2. tto $8;' hogs, fed and watered, $9 to $0.26; d off cars, $9.50 to $9.76; do f,o.b, $8.2 to $8.50; do country pointe, $8 tW, $8.25, Montreal, Oats, Cam West, No. 2, 52% tdrI 52e; Can. West. No, 3, 60 to 514 Flora Man. Spring wheat pats, firsts• $7,40. Rolled oasts, bag, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $8. Bran, $21.25. Rotes, $28.25, Htey, No, 2, per ton, ear iota, $27 Id, $28 Cheese tiniest easterns, 1831 to :t4gal Butter, chokes; ereenery, 40 to ilc, .,. Eggs selectee!, 48e. Potatoes, cad•: Pots, $125 to $1,85, Cows, $1.25 up; ]Hills $2,25 to $l good calves, $4; med. Yeats, $9; selotiif liege $9; choice lots, $10; good 1antbsel 4,7.'15; shcse $8.50.