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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-6-5, Page 3HARRY Go HAWKER, DARING AUS- TRALIAN FLYER, NOTED FR IIIS LUCK Took Chanees With YIDS Life Ralf a bollen Tinres a *Thly Testing MaciTillcs P01' The Sea ,vith Company. -_Earnings ,overate ,1.00,000 a`Year, The luck of Harry G. hawker, which bee stayed with him for 'eight Fears through the thrills and dangers of itis work as an experimental and test flyer, did not desert him when he came to the evade' moment of his career, • ' During his term of service with the Sopwith company, hawker took chances with his life half a dozen times a day that make the average mortal tremble to even think about --and he has never, so far as records show, received any injuries more seri- ous than a few bumps and bruises. And now, when he falls into the At- lantic ocean, hundreds of miles from land, with about one chance in A. mil- lion of getting out of trouble.alive, the Hawker luck holds good and he bobs up again, safe and sound and with his reputation as a daredevil 'increased a hundredfold, But • although Hawker was a dare- devil aviator, and it wasn't safe to 'predict any morning that he would live through.; the day; he has been canny enough to demand a salary that for several years has made him the highest paid air pilot in the world, as well as one of the most skillful. He was a test flyer for the Sopwith Aviation Company and made several alights each day to testout the cred- tions of the Sopwith engineers. For this he got $125 every time he went into the air and it has been estimated that during the last few years his -` earnings have averaged more than '$100,000 a year. Hawker now liyes in very solid comfort at Kingston -on -Thames with his wife and. their baby slaughter, .but when he went to England from Aus- trelie.. eight yearn ago he was a very poor man, a young mechanic barely twenty years old, able to earn a fete shillings a week. When he landed in Britain he knew nothing abut airplanes; he hoped to get a job as 'mechanic in a bicycle shop making and repairing bicycles. But it was hardly a year before Hawker felt the lure of the air and he abandoned the bicycle illdtlstry and got a job as mechanic in the Sopwith aviation works, becoming a pilot o year later, Even in those days when a man had to be ft daredevil, absolutely reck- less and unmindful of his life,'Hawk- er soon became noted for his daring, He would attempt to fly anything that would get off the ground, and it wasn't long before he began testing' the Sopwith planes and taking out experimental machines that none of the other aviators wouldattempt to ht tile. Hawker hadn't been flying more than a few months before lie began winning medals, and trophie's and prizes, Ile won the Michelin trophy in 1912 for' the longest flight hem sunrise to sunset. I.Ie was in the air eight hours and twenty-three min- utes, beating his nearest rival by forty-five minutes. And it israther a coincidence that his rival was Fred Raynham, who was Hawker's keenest rival in the clash overseas and whose machine crashed as he was about to take off St. John's just after Hawker had started, The next year, in 1013, Hawker and Raynham again net in competition, 'and again Hawk- er won, beating Raynham by half a minute in an aerial race across coun- try. Hawker entered the great race around England in 1913, for which the London Daily Mail offered a prize of $25,000, but engine trouble lcept him froth finishing, although he flew 1046 miles. He was compelled to land off the Irish coast, near Dublin, and so failed to finish the last 500 miles. That same year Hawker took a plane u,p to 13,000 feet, carried two passengers to a height of 11,002 feet and three to a height of 9,000 feet, great and important feats in those days of aviation experiments. Two years later he established a British altitude record of 20,000 feet at Hen- don and in 1916 a 'world's altitude record of 28,500 feet. KING RECEIVES ATLANTIC FLYERS .ilawker 'and Grieve First Re cipients of the -Air Force Cross. A despatch from London says:— Harry G. Hawker and Lieut, -Com -mender Mackenzie Grieve, who reach ed here from Thurso, Scotland, afte being rescued in midocean when th airplane in which they were attempting to cross the. Atlantic alighted near the Danish steamer Mary, were received by,King George at Bucking - hart Palace. His Majesty bestowed on Hawker and Grieve the insignia of the Air Force Cross. They are the first ac- tual recipients of this order. An immense crowd gathered in ;front of Buckingham Palace to wit- ness the arrival of Hawker and Grieve, who were loudly cheered when they made their appearance. The crowd also gave then' an ovation when they left the palace. , RECALLED FROM NORTH RUSSIA Canadian Force Will Return Vi the Pacific Coast. a A despatch from London says:— The Canadian force in North Russia has been recalled. It is about six _ hundred strong and consists chiefly ✓ of an artillery brigade, commanded e by Col. Sharman. The Canadians GOVERNOR-GENERAL WILL OPEN CANADIAN EXHIBIT A. despatch from New York says:— The ays:The Duke of Devonshire, Governor- General of Canada, will open an ex- hibition here on June 10 of war paint- ings, conducted by the Canadian War Memorial Fund.. The paintings .are largely those of Canadian artists sent to the fighting front during the aa, wan, and embrace representations of every sphere of Canadian war pre- paration and •'activity, together with portraits of generals, statesmen, Canadian V,C,'s and pictures typify- ing Canadian history. The exhibi- tion is under the management of P. G. Konody, English art critic, and Capt. Percy F. Godenrath, attached to the Canadian War Records Office. BELGIUM HONORS HER EDITH CAVELL A despatch from Brussels says:— The transfer of the body of Gabrielle Petit, a young Belgian woman, whom the Germans executed on 'a charge of treason, was carried out on Thursday with impressive ceremonies. The streets were lined with thou- sands of spectators, and the city had the appearance of national mourning, Piles of flowers covered the coffin, and troops, patriotic societies and school children followed the cortege to the communal cemetery, where military honors were paid. Premier De La Croix and other officials delivered eulogies before the coffin left the Town Hall of Schaer- "beelc, a suburb. Mils. Petit was s put to death in 1916, who have done splendid work against the Bolsheviki, will return t? Canada via the Pacific coast. Their morale during the fighting has been very good, but of late there has been considerable dissatisfaction because of their retention after the return of their • comrades from France. Considering it is the Cana- dian policy to demobilize all soldiers as soon as possible, the London au- thorities have now issued orders for their recall_ Midsummer Day, Now by every meadowside the butter- cups blow, (0 June, you are spendthrift of your gold!) Green are the uplands where the little lambs go, Green and glad the forests that are old. Once again the summer weaves on her magic loom, Cloth of clover—fairy web of wheat, Only Mary's alabaster box of perfume, Ever made the passing wind more sweet. Even through the city where the dusty roads run, Blue runs now the river to the sea; Tender is the twilight where the long day is done, Infinite the 'eters tranquility, Not forever are the rains—or the win- ter snows; All must pass—nought shall.be over- long— Yet with every lovely June cometh the rose, The scented dusk, a night bird's wonder song! Varna Sheard, 198 U -Boats, 3,000 Sailors Lost by Germany During War A despatch :from Basle says:— Germany lost 198 submarines during the war,' according to statistics on this branch of the German naCia] 'service' published in tib' BerlinVeg.. sische Zeitung. This number includ- ed seven submarines interned in for- eign ports and fourteen destroyed by their own crews. More than 3,000 sailors lost their Lives in the submarine sinkings, the - statistics show, while several thou- sand others lost their reason and had t to be committed to lunatic asylums. I m ( OP WV' maiN To 7.$41- THAT >;I,l,"THAT You RR fFIJag Tq pRIN-I- Y ALIVcpTI$IN6 `THI.a PAPER tnri.SGS To. ACCEPT TaelSANp2 0F'aol-I,AR;*, WorerM q.F M'ML. gRpn:•R COPY, YgARLY.' dNfl07'10 le/19051 -r y: YOUR NEWSPAPER. There is ONE stronghold in every community that the mail order house has not been able to reach. This is the home town NEWSPAPER. In the face of all kinds of bribery the Home Newspaper has stood its ground for forty years and steadily refused the advertising patronage of the mail order houses. Right now MILLIONS aro being spent by the "catalog kings" in a CONTINUOUS attempt to secure as an ALLY the Home Town News- paper. But the country Editor Is standing -SOLID by his Homo Community. Ho refuses to "SELL O'UT' to the enemy. He turns down all kinds of inducements. Let US think of this the next tine WE -are tempted to dicker with the enemy of our Hone Town, Let US take the stand taken by our newspaper. Let us REFUSE to be bribed by a seeming bargain. Markets of the World Breadstuffs. Toronto, June- 3.—Manitoba wheat —No. 1 northern, $2.24%; No. 2 northern, 32.21?:,; ,No. 3 northern, 32,17%; No. 4'wheat, $2.11%, in store Fort William, American corn—Nominal, Ontario oats—No, 3 white, '790, ac- cording to freights outside. Ontario wheat—No. 1 winter, per car lot, 32.14 to $2.20: No. 2 do, 32.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2,07 to :$2.15 f,o, to b., shipping points, according freights. Peas—No. 2, nominal. Barley—Malting," 31.21 to 31.26, nominal. , Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal, Ryei No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour—Government stan- dard, 311 Toronto. Ontario flour—Government sten- dard, 311, in jute hags,. Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment. Milifeed—Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freight, bags included. Bran, $42 per ton; shorts, 344 per ton; good feed flour, $2.75 to 32.80 per bag. Hay—No. 1, $32 to 335 per ton mixed 320 to 324 per ton, track, To .onto. Straw—Car 'lots, $10 to 311 pe ton. Eggs, new laid, 53 to 54c. Butter— Creamery prints, 56 to 57c; choice dairy prints, 48 to 50c; ordinary dairy prints, 42 to 43c; bakers', 30 to 33e oleomargarine (best gr.), 36 to 37c. Cheese, new, large, 33 to 33%c. Maple Syrup—Per 5 -gal. tin, $2,40 per gal.; do, in one -gal tins, $2.60. Beans—Canadian, per bus., 33 to $4.25; Burmas, 33,50; Limas, per ib., 12 to 13c. Provisions!—Wholesale. Smoked Meats—Rolls, 34 to 35c; hams, medium, 40 to' 42c; heavy, 33 to 35c; cooked hams, 54.to 560; backs, plain, 48 to 49e; backs, boneless, 55 to 57c; breakfast bacon, 45 to 48c. Cottage rolls, 36 to 37e. Barrelled Meats—Pickled pork, 348; mess pork, $47. reen Meats—Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry Salted 1Vleats—Long clears, in tubs, 38%c; in cases, 29c; clear bel- lies, 28c to 28%c; fat backs, 25c, Lard—Tierces, 34%e to 35c; tubs, 3to 35e; prints, 3G1/4to 36%lc comp und35to3lard, tierces, 28%c; tubs, 28%c; pails,.29c; prints, 30c. ,Montreal Markets, Montreal, June 3—Oats extra No. 1 feed, 89c; flour, Man. Spring, new standard grade, 311 to 311.10; rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 34,10 to 34.25; bran, $42.50 to $43; shorts, $44.50 to 345; hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 338 to $40. Cheese, finest easterns, 313,ac.; butter, choicest creamery, 55% to 56e; eggs, fresh, 52 to 53c; selected, 64 to 55c; No. 2 stock, 50c: potatoes, per bag, car lots, 32 to 32.10; dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 330.50 to 331. lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs, net, 37e. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 3.—Heavy steers, 314 to 315; choice butchers' steers, 313,25 to 314; butchers' cattle, choice, 313.25 to $13.75; do, good, 312.25 to 312.50; do, medium, 311.50 to 312; do, common, $10 to $10.60; bulls, choice, 311.50 to 312; do; medium, 310.50 to 311; do, rough, 38 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12 to $13; do, good, 310.50 to 311.50; do, midium, ' 39,25 to 310; do, common, 38 to $8.50; - stockers, 38,75 to 311.75; feeders, r $12.50 to 314; canners and cutters, $4.50 to 36.50; milkers, good to choice, 390 to 3150; do, com. and med, 365 to $75; springers, 390 to 3160; light ewes, 313 to 315; yearlings, 312 to 314; choice lambs, 318. to $19.50: spring lambs, 312 to $15; calves, good to choice, 315 to 317; hogs, fed and watered; $22.25; do, weighed off cars, $22.50; do, f.o.b., $21.25. Montreal, June 3.—Choice steers, $15; poor, 39 to $10. Butchers' cattle, good, 310 to 312; inferior, 37.50 to 38.50. Calves, milk -fed, 38 to 312. Choice select hogs, $22 to $22.0. In many respects the women of Finland possess greater social and political rights than the women of any other country in Europe. The many antidotes for poisons which were recommended pointed to the fact that poisoning, or attempts at poisoning, were common, or, at least, that great fear of such villainy exist- ed. ONTARIO SOON TO HAVE AN OCEAN PORT. "On to the Bay," survey party leaving Cochrane for the North, May 3, 1919, showing a car load of provisions being freighted by teams faf- - eon miles to the. Abitibi River,—Photo by J. Stewart, Industrial Corn- th issioner, Cochrane. HAWKER'S PLANE REACHES FALMOUTH Badly Damaged But Mails Intact —Records Will be Valuable. A despatch from London says:— The ays:The steamer Lake- Charlotteville ar- rived at Falmouth on Wednesday with Hawker's machine on board. It was badly damaged. The plane was found on May 23, tail up, 1,200 miles from Newfoundland. It will be land- ed by naval authorities, who will take charge of it until the Sopwith repre- sentatives arrive. Hawker's mails are .intact, The airplane is to be sent to London and will be on view on the roof of Selfridge's establishment in Oxford Street, Hawker expressed his delight at the finding of the ma- chine. "It's recovery," he said, "will be of the greatest value. On it are many records which will be of great assistance. Some appliances of most delicate construction and adjustment are attached to the machine, and these we hope will give first class informa- tion for future flights," BRIDES AND JUNE Superstitions Regarding Best Month For Solemnization of Marriage.* The first people to adopt the month of June as sacred to Hymen, the god of marriage, were the ancient Ro- mans, who considered Jape the most propitious season of tried year for entering upon matrimonial relations. The Romans held that •June wed- dings were likely to be happier than alliances contracted in any other month 01 the year, especially if the day chosen were that of the full moon. They also held that of all months May was to be: avoided, as in that month newlyweds would come under the influence of spirits adverse to happy households, These ancient marriage supersti- tions were related by the Christians in the Middle Ages, and even to -day June is considered by many to be pre-eminently the month of marriage. ter he a A FRAPMENT," The ¢horue of Muslo Which Revived. the Soul of e Weary Nurse, Watching and waiting upon the sick, giving of lner energy, hoe sympathy to so hull an extent to the poor euffsrors tan laol' ward;,It seemed to trio >10400 as though 1101' very soul had grown tired. Thoughts carne no more to the tired brain, the body telt a machine the mind had beoonte ntunhsd, Lonlinoss and deep depresslon ,lad des.eended upon trio night aurae. It was during the small hours of the moaning in a London hospital; Would the world always be full of aieleness, sorrow, and disease? Must there al- ways . be nurses, -and among them those who aot cleverly but without heart; no encouraging word spoken by then to the patient, no real lith of sympathy, no real giving of self which true nursing demands? Gazing through the ward windov the nurse questioned the )leavens. Far below sounded still some footsteps and iamb - ling of wheels, Suddenly, a chorus of music sound- ed eh the night air through the open window, coning from no distant di - taction, but flooding the night with sweet sounds, The nurse 1'eant far out and listened; not questioning from ,whence the music came; it revived her soul and brought back her cour- ago anid -high ideals, Life was to be lived, and in the service of others lies true happiness, was the 'thought'which., came to liar with repeated insistence. Closing the window when once more all was quiet, she returned to her duties to give of herself again, know- ing no stint 01 the giving. Into the woman's heart came the knowledge that the music was of no earthly mak- ing; her soul needed refreshment and courage; it had come in a way elle would never have, Sought, Broken Glass—Dangerous. Many people who live in titles and towns evince about the minimum con. sideration for other members of the community. They are quite oblivious of community rights unless, at the same time, their own personal com- fort or convenience is endangered, A simple concrete illustration of this is the careless manner in which broken glassware is left in city streets. Dur- ing the winter, many bottles and jars are broken -by delivery men. The broken parts are left where they fall and with the disappearance of the snow in the spring, patches of broken glass are left in the wintei"s accumu- lation of rubbish and filth, a constant menace to all rubber -tired vehicles. Often, too, such bottles are broken near the entrances of homes and, in -- stead of being gathered up and re- moved, are left as they fell. Painful and more or less serious accidents have occurred to many children, who have stepped or fallen on broken milk bottles. Civic authorities might well consider the advisability of making such forms of carelessness punish. able offences. By making examples of a few, this class of offenders might be made to realize that sootier or later inconsiderateness of others acts as a boomerang. RED RAG TO A BULL Other Animale Are Affected by a Scarlet Object. How many people know the real moaning of the phrase, "Like a red rag to a bull?" Why should a bull, or any other creature be enraged when a piece of scarlet cloth is flaunted before them ? For bulls are not alone in this. Sheep, usually so meek and gentle, will apparently become transported with rage if they see anything of this color. Geese and turkeys are similar- ly affected—the former even having been known to attack a scarlet -clad child. The excitement animals display in such circumstances is similar to that caused by the smell of blood, Here is the theory: The color reminds the animals of blood, an association which invariably suggests bodily dis- comfort and hurt. So they express their terror by the only means they possess. Left in the Lurch. 'What's the natter with your els- ?" 'The war was over before she got r sock knitted," The net national debt is about 31,- 500,000,000. The Can, Trade Com. seeks to awaken a realization of this fact in every man and woman in the Dominion. JUNE 20 IS PROBABLE DATE FOR SIGNING OF PEACE A despatch from Paris says:— June 15 is the earliest possible date onwhichthe German treaty can be signed if no obstructions are en- countered, but June 20 is the more probable date for its signature, The German counter -proposals have been received with the greatest interest by the members of the PeaceCon- gress, especially the claims for im- mediate membership in the League of Nations, for a plebiscite to decide the disposition of Galicia and for the fixing of a definite sum for ,indemni- ties. Paint, no matter how hoed and dry, can be taken out ,of woolen cloth- ing by using a solution of equal parts of ammonia and turpentine. Saturate e spot two or three times, then wash out with soap suds, o :CAT Gi xNeTc 10-1:1) 1'.41: ' 7L]EG t3Y GOLL`t • LOOK AT THAT GREEN DRESS Oa; THAT WOMAN- 5' -s THAT WASN'T A LREE'N DRESS' 1T AS LIGHT LUE - .r---' All of the prominent universities in the United Kingdom, save Oxford and Cambridge, now confer legal de- grees on women who duly qualify. "By concentrating on a single ob- ject, the weakest living creature can accomplish something worth ;while; whereas the strongeat, by dispersing his power, may fail to accomp'ish anything."—Carlyle. With the exception of lobsters Can- ada's fah production .ehowed a falling off in March as compared with the same month a year before. It is to be hoped that the increased produc- tion of fish brought about by the war will not be allowed to decline. m 01-4! STOP AR4ul.l 4 • 15 i'lil'l D'P G a LAT ta* rr1�h111UU�, WHAT FASTING DOES TO FOLKS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE BEING MADE OF THIS PROBLEM, Notion That Abetalnine From Food Promoted Bodily Health la Net Endorsed by Medical Man. Of recent years there has been a fasting tad, Some people )'aver as• sertsd that bodily health was pro. 'noted by going without Rood Por con- siderable lengths of time. It cannot be said that the medical faculty has ever indorsed this remark- able notion, The view held by phy- sicians and physiologists generally is that such performances are dead against nature and liitposs a danger- ous strain upon the human system, Per contra, Doctor Tanner, most famous of all fasters, died last Pebr awry 10 San Diego, Cal„ atthe fairly ripe ago of ninety-one, He had a theory that health and long life could be improved and lengthened by ex- tended periods of food -deprivation, Famous Dr. Tanner Fasts, The most famous of his fas.tvs ex, tended more than forty days. He was -earefullly watched during the perform- ance to make suite that he -ate ngtlitng. Barring the sucking of casual oranges; it could not be discovered that in that period he touched anything that could be called food. More recently there have been sci- entific studies made Of this problem. Dogs and other animals have been the subjects of most of them. But the Carnegie Institute, not long ago, em- ployed for the purpose an Italian named Succi, who was a professional taster. He did it for a living, the pay being high. Succi's best record was thirty. days of a fast, at the end of which there set in certain "ante-mortem" symp- toms which persuaded the scientists in charge to quit the experiment. Mani- festly he was a weakling; for a Paris faster named Merlotti kept the thing up for fifty days, Plow long would it take you to starve to death if unsupplied with any food? The answer, so far as experi- mental observations would indicate, is that it depends mainly upon how fat you are. If you are a skinny person, you would not last long, How Human Body Is Affected. You see, the human body is an.en- gine and food is its fuel. When the food supply is cut off the engine must for fuel draw upon the tissues of the body and burn them. The fat stored in the body is under such circumstances the fuel most available. Therefore, as one observes, a starved person becomes rapidly thin- ner, losing weight. Suppose the, starvation Is to con- tinue. Then, when the fat has been used up. the muscular and other tis- sues are drawn upon for fuel to fur- nish the energy required to support the mechanism of the body and peep it in operation. But this is vastly more expensive, physiologically speak- ing, because it takes about twelve pounds of muscular or glandular tis- sue to snake an equivalent (as fuel) for one pound of fat. Experiments have shown that in a twenty-six day fast the muscles lose 42 per cent, of their weight, the skin 28 per cent., the brain and spinal cord 22 per cent., the blood 48 per Dent„ the liver 50 per cent, the kidneys 55 per cent„ the stomach and intestines 30 per cent., the lungs 29 per cent., the kidneys 55 per cent and the heart 16 per cent. The human body in starvation pro. cures its supply of energy by the de- struction of its stored and "protein"— the stuff that, when eaten in food, makes muscle and blood. If the de- privation be kept up long enough, it succumbs. Death ensues, ' What is the immediate cause of death in such cases? This is a point that has not been fully settled. WETTEST PLACE IN THE WORLD, Rainfall Is Heaviest at Cherra Punji, In India. Of course the very bottom of the Pacific Ocean (approximately six miles below, the surface) is an exceed - 'ugly wet spot, but the "wettest place" upon earth, according to the usual meaning of this term, is Cherra Punji, in the Hhasla 111110 of Assam, India, Hdre the rainfall averages 458 inches, or about thirty -Dight feet. '7711s an- nual average • is from Janatnat•y to January, but during the summer months' Cherra Punji is deluged with about 300 inches of rain. This is a summer average of more than three Inches a day, but more than thirty itches a clay have been recorded for five successive days, app'ro'ximately 150 inches falling in 120 hours. If it rallied everywhere as it does in Cherra Punji the water would be over the Woolworth Building in New York fu twenty -years and Mount Everest would be submerged in 760 years. Thirty inches in one day would cer- tainly be more than enough rain for any place on earth except the Sahara Desert, where the rainfall is zero. In the year 1861 more than 900 inches descended upon Cherry Punji, Toron- to has about forty-five inches yearly, or one-tenth. the rainfall of Cherre Punji, If the average annual rainfall alt over the world for trio last 2,000 years has approximated fifty inches, then since the beginning of the Christine era there has fallen from the clouds an amount of water not far from 100,- 060 inches 01 depth, or what would be equal to about 8,000 feet, about one and ono -half miles. And supposing that instead of an average yearly rale' teell of fifty inches ahem should havo fallen 458 inchoe,•then the land sura face of our world, had all !:rile water remained upon it, would be covered by an ocean some 70,000 feet in depth. I'1 othGera r words, titre inncl Oeean would have oxtotdod, apiirokhuutefy eight miles above the 20,000 feet of u'iotint 17verest, 1n Ask