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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-01-12, Page 6WOMAN'SMONfl ON SAVES " TN VE LIVES Peculiar Ether Freak Enables Hamilton \ifVornaii to Hear Signal That Passed All Coastal Stations LUCKY "HUNCH" NCH" Radio Costal Stations • missed an S,O.S. when Coastal Patrol Boat Bi wirelet;sed for 'aid on a '100 meter wavelength. Due -to some unexplain- able freak of other waves it remained for an amateur -a mere "listener in" like you or • 1 - to hear "clicking" in; her home-made set, get awhunch it' was; an S.O,S call and secure services, of a local "fan" to read the Morse, and so save the lives of twelve. HEARD STRANGE TICKING. The- incident 'almost defies'ie belief, yet there are many facts to substan- tiate it, Thursday Biglitat 71.34 o'clock as Mrs. Parke sat listening to ,the radio she heard a ticking come from the" loudspeaker. She immeJj tely _recognized i$ as a message of some sort in the Morse code. She 'feared, tdo, that it was` an S.O.S. ball, as she had heard the same sound before -and then read next day of disaster at sea This strange message was piclked up by her radio a 700 metres, and it per- sisted until after midnight.. There wasno response, When Mr. Parke re- turned home about 11 o'clock he was , told of the strange pall, and he, 'too, was convinced it was some ,message Steric• -1 r. Parka knew a ;friend a cogici'interpret the Morse code, d --`his friend ;was rushed to ,the , idc Lome, ' 'N TROUBLE'-1N'TROTIBLE."' the listener1 to the call end this was his interpretation o it: "Boat in trouble in trouble. Water In 'hold'.. Lights out, Battery down. Shaft gone." That was all that could be gathered early Friday morning; Mrs. Parke phoned tho,operators at the loci•1 C.N.R. Telegraphs and they rushed the strange news to Toronto. Toronto flashed it to the Atlantic coat. s Woi•d „came back that efforts were being made to locate this stricken craft and learn its name, The proper authorities at last tuned in on the appeal. and a message hours Iatex read: • "On our 'way. ` Three cruisers in tow. Two knots. Latitude 23, longitude 20, • Back about "niid- night." As near as could be determined, the boats position in the foregoingmes- sage would be in Hamilton Bey, of the, coast of Labrador, itself a strange coincidence, 'inasmuch as , the only paint to get. her dry in the night was Hamilton, Ont. Another message picked u advised that the B-1 was rescued by. the Coast Guards G-134, G-24 and B-129. The radio set in the Parke home is an amateur. production, made by Mrs. Parke's brother, Lloyd's Marine ,Insurance thanked Mrs. ,Parkes and wanted to know the make" of the set used. • • SPE CTAC Ireland Stiffens Tor! THE SEA CAN HIT HEAVY BLOWS Fierce storms eweephig;tireat ]3ritiiiii'have.notleft Ireland I alliama. ed. The promenade at Whitehead; County A ttrtm, smashed by heavy seas during the severe gales. Expedition t® Go Into North',..nd IRAQ GOVE h. , avAs 1, T TO PUNISH WA W; B. Hoare to Leave Ottawa Are Askin ` g Royal Air Force for Northweast Territor- • To Assist sist But' Neighbors ies Next Month Attitude May Alter , ROPOSES LIKE, WWAAIS • The Prime Minister added that Iraq was not in a state of war with the Wahabi tribe, which had disclaimed responsibility for: the, acts of Sheik TO STUDY FAUNA Situation ' Peisal Ed Ilowish, leader of the raid- ing tribesmen, and said he Would co' Ottawa, — Another chapter will SHEIK FLEES• operate against the latter with a to al shortly be -opened` in the history of Wahabi force. Y exploration in Canada's great 'North- The Iraq Government has concurred It is .possible that the King will land when s , of the Northwest Terri, ing a punitive expedition ageinst the f his d attack on Feisai Ed some time in January, W. with the Briti B. Hoarefor, Govetmnent in send. find difficulty raising a large force " _ tortes branch of the Department of WaJ abi tribesmen, who have been Do�v's proposeish's headquarters at Artawiyah, telt interior- begins Itis trip that will carrying out raids on Yaqui, frontier as the Sheik's two tribes dominating last between one .year and 18 months tribes, Making, announcements in that locality are believed to sympa to that region at the junctionof the Parliament, Jaffar Pasha El Askari, Banbury and Thelon rivers. These 'the Prime Minister, •said: flow eastwards out of Great Slave "In co-operation 'with the British Lake and empty, into, Chesterfield In- military forces, weare preparing a let, Mr. Boaro's special task will. be sufficiently powerful punitive •expedi- this° with 7eisal Ed Dowish. Tho latter, for the moment, has vanished into the desert. Survivors of his last raid speak with terror of the barbarous savagery of his tribes to carry. out a. census of the wild life tion to punish the Nedji tribesmen re- 5nen.. M that country and, among other sponsiblefor the outrages: Our mili- It is understood that the Royal Air things, study the -migration of the taty plans have been sanctioned. Op- .Force in co-operation with the Iraq: prompted 'by reports that muskoxen caribou. His journey Misr been eratioi s will not ,be prolonged for 'army "11tinost•�vigar. is'preparing to act with the more than a"month-" still' survive on the Canadian :main- - • - 4,q land, and although their numbers are • dwindling; there are several lierss ,af them browsing in the neighborhood of the Hanbury and Thelon rivers, 'The existence of musk -oxen in that vielnity was reported 27 year ago when .1. Burr' Tyrrell undertoolr g topographical survey of the district, and this: was confirmed three years ago by John llorabtr and, Captain Critcheii Balloch, The latter conduct- ed an exploratory expedition „from Great Slave Lake throagh'the ANA' Iei•y Lake, anicrossing the height of land travelled mown ,the Banbury and Thelon rivers to Hudson's Bay by way of Clieaterlleld Inlet. They reported having seen about 6-0 musk - oxen on the banks of the rivers, and, actually took photographs of thein; Animal Sanctuary With a view to preservation of these animals, so nearly extiiidt on the mainland and so easily killed spice they allow hunters to approach close to them; nor do they migrate, litre the caribou, the Government ill Juno this year issued an Order -the Connell setting aside an area. of 16, -a 000 square miles- near the junction of tho trio main rivers as a game sane- ttsary. No hardship was Imposed on the ;aboriginal inhabitants' of the Nortiiltind by ,so doing inasmuch as that particular area has no settle- ments to speak of, Consequently: the preservation of the wild .life there does not react adversely '°n the food -- 1JLAR PARIS supply of the Indians and the Eski .bo established as .their temporary Over, was that of Samuel Hearne in The French love electrical display, above is -the Bazar de L';klotai,tle "Ville num headquarter;1 the years 1709 and 1772. • Hearne has as it appeared;putti'ng-on a realistlo electrical waterfall.. As part of Mr. Haat" equipment, It is expected that the work will left an exhaustive report of hie dis Abe Government lest year brought live occupy "JUST AN IDEA" . A view of One of T:fngland's, super air lines. This one carries 18 In luxury. Blackmail Cases favored by blackmailers. One is to to find a professional man, preferably tt Worry England one who is just starting but in -his do a an profession, The w email coolly de- tar 0 Crime Rampant in •London plain publicly of the man's conduct. Dancing partners in public da skies down from Baffin Island and until them •suminer of 1929, since been discounted by later and ese aren-now in ta Ile with use Region Not Known 1 more careful observers. Other ex- reap Sl his explorationinttrip. The ptorers, Captale Chides 13uncan in gs were bora in the barrens and Very kettle is known of that portion e slice better salted for that type of Canada, although front time to 1792, Sir George Hack in 1833 to t work than any ether preset, time various expeditions have traver- 1835, Dr, John Rae in 1853, Stewart Mr. Hoare and His compaanton coveries, -mita of which, however, has id ' • minds money, threbtentng to cone- of 11, .The earliest dlsoover and Anderson 1n 1856 emit Wari arten Mr. Ware will.proceed: tram hero' y of any bort McMurray, Alta., at the juste- ou of the Clearwater and Athabaska vers,' by rail, and will travel by Ater down the Athabaska, across ilio' and Scotland Yard is .• Busy uca to hails. are another- reason why seine ti men, or women become -bankrupt. Ari young man who was engaged as a w REGULAR 'GANGS dancing partner in a' nolle la e. i• - trickedcantly-p •p c e the daughter of ,a pro- It Members of Society Fall Vic.- mhsait• peer int° a contproniising Po- Pi ardene of the wood buffalo park. In 1761 Ciieeterlteid Inlet was again (Miles to conduct a0y geological stir - lima to Decoys and sition. He then proceeded to black- w mail her and had practically bank- T Rogues. rupted her before her father learned ea London.—Tine Glagkmail racket, isof the circumstances of the case and 111 worn in .: S,cotland. Yard: had the marl prosecuted.. Poy g ' Pour years of end servitude Since the celebrated "Mrs,- A" case the usual penalty penal I r nude is t1 several years ago, in which a wealth P y such cases and y many judges pia demanding altera- and influential Indian potentafo was tions of.-tho law to permit more so- 'involved\blackmail has become ram- vera sentences. pant in this country. So serious has the-menaeo become, that judges now; 9 <---_- ;are agreed that the names of the vie-tiros �+ tiros . should he Inept secret in order Reduced Express that they May' bpenecuraged to prose-' cute cases in which they are innvols'ed'. Rate lk>�stiltd�ted Sir .nehry Maddotlrs;.sth'e recorder •_-_ of the city -of d3iimingham, advocated` Parcels of 15.Poundstare Now a further step in the suppression of this crane, and snggeated that all cheaper to Send Blackmailers should be flogged as, a Charges oh` express parcels, whose part of their punishment, - !weight is not in exces sof 15 pounds Several gangs who live and eerxy and not over 3% feet In+length, width on their operations from a, prominent and depth, were- reduced on Jan, 1. section of the exclusive Weat End The'arrangement under which the ex- district of London are said to be re- press companies give" protection sponsible for the -increase in black- against loss and damage up to $50 on. niali. ' Recent police 'investigations such parce]s without extra charge. is have -disclosed that these gangs hate also continued, - women members who act as decoye.l The rednced rates are calculated • They sit' in the lounges of the most upon packages 'ranging from G .pounds excl,usivo hotels and night'clubs, or less; 0 to 10 and 11' to 15 pounds where they become acquainted' -with inclusive. The three Maritime Pro - wealthy business men, particularly vinces are linked as one. Bot•sveen 'those' from the provinces, points in the were proof roe the renes •SOME METHODS, !points 30 cents, to'a htaxiniunr of 60 The usual method is for the woman cont„ according n to weight: Between to take -'her victim to bee flat; where points, in adjoining ,provinces, from 40 cents, to a maximum Of 80 cents, they are surprised by tier alleged -bus- and betwen nsore distantly separated hand, who demands money as: the provinces tlic rate is from 50 cents .price of silence. Once the victims to a tedeemum of $1,65 for. the great - part with money, there is always a- est distance. demand for more, �. Goode prohileted under the regale- ' It was recently resealed that the Lion and to whicic the reenletione will sea of a well-known peer fell iri,.o the not apply, are money bonds, bullion, , hands of a blackmailer, who knew seeurltleO, live animals, birds, fowl, ;that the victiitie fether was a mil- feed goods, and liquid pile and greases' ljowair°. In three years the fattier unless packed in-sufficient-abserbeut paid more their $3,900,000 to keep the :material to fully absorb the contents' case 'quiet. mon the blackmailer'shonid the container he broken. A • was prosecuted, The naives of the package will not be accepted whose persona involved were kept aecrel. length and girth combined exceed sire There are ether' methods equally feet. part of it. seems to have been in 1747 te in 1892, all essayed to pierce the by ofticers of the Dobhs auft Call. silence that Shrouded Canada's North. forma, •two ,ships el 780 and 140 tons land; and bit ,by bit'iniorination was respectively, sent out` front England gathered until the bibliography of ex- ke of that name in the .Sia in 1748 by the Northwest Association ploration north of the 60th. parallel has Iver to Port Smith. There he will for the discovery of the Northwest become imposing. ck up a colleague, from 'among the Passage* it .will be no part of M1Ir.S3oaro's he two will continue to Rosolutlon entered by a Captain tlhrlstopher who vey, his task lasing confined to stud,.. Great Slave Lake and proceed to ascended 11 for a distance of 100 miles, Ing the fauna of the country. The e east and of that body of water to "and a year later the sloop Churchill date of his departure has not yet been; rt Reliance, where their inveatiga"--!sailed up the Inlet to Baker Lake.- ta111 sas will begin, Fart llelhance 'win The moat important .erpedltton, how. leave Ottawa sortie trine in January' L set, but it is experted that isa• The Result of the Death Blow THE BOW OF THE-CU-CTCiI PAUL01Na - A inat h view of th,s unfortunate © outt ar time seed; the B-4, neer cage Codt show ileo damage dello to lire acclrlelit. N \ t ' i �`4 � FLOODS 1 ENGLAND CAUSE .uNToLd C:ts r_t: ee Wide ii I veai'I 7 read• d i ii y more rain fril1 Cool 1 rOvicii* g no.` r. ,o weather acorn - fl ltl iarijllL'I]YI-"• Fail ed by -.ousts et night i12 the evacuation cY `kpa hoodu• P'riyrrte dislr<- c}es llegin to come • in descriptive of England's . plight when real wintea+;,weather sets he ,T'iree from overheated grates, eultering of an acute nature causing many deaths among very old and very young', The impossibility to keep warm are the high points of the recent unusual cold snap, accorepanied•wlth heavy snows. Now comes' the milder Idor tu... we he r Trains and floods, the press despatches W hile Rood' con ditions !lave improv- ed in some , sections ,of the country, they have become worse, in others, and new areas affected -by the rising wat- ers include Dartford,-Kent;.,where 200 faniilles were 'marooned in their, houses during the'lnight, but they were re- leased before experiencing 'any undue hardship as the waters 'rapidly sub- sided. The Ztiver Thames also burst its banks at ineny ne'w` points, .biit'the Conservancy Board expressed the e opinion that the floods in, the upper L reaches of the: Thames, have- nearly, , in'b.S n•reob veep i7herrtse; de '_frul ,Wfeybxiar,,^, ' r, ,the iloo'al's ear 1, 11( 5, wide, while near Maidenhead, Berks; they, are two utiles wide, and deep enough to eimble ono to'cnjoSwan y a ins_ on the Kings IIiph,uav .,7.he Bifc. Thaniss at Windsor is four and a half feet above normal, re3ultieg.in Elea - town presenting an island -like appear- emc • }, o while the Oixffids at Windsor Castle are ' also inundated. IAF the meantime responsible meteorologists declare 'that the unusual 'weather of the present winter' is, merely a sample «1 ;what is to come `next year when the River Thames freezes over. Not Agreeable. New Subscriber—"I'd like your judgment,on'some of Chose noetic .con- tributions. I am not up on poetry," Editor—"Lxcellenti I don't want - you to be up on it. I, want YOU to be down on it'+ The Bodt. A daily says that Italiansplay ex - client football. Why shouldn't they?, oolc at the shape of their .country.— 1'assing Show. Winter Sport in Canada "SKIING" THE GREATEST THRILL Wondertut popularity is developing for this Norwegifi n "sport in every oily and town with hills in Canada. City of Liverpool milk Trains Her Boys Object Being to Make Them Good Canadian Citizens Liverpool• -Liverpool City Council decided to adopt a scheme for the training of prospective' boy ;&grants to Canada. One member of the Coun ;,cit objected that•boys trained in Eng- land for Canadian farm work had to mi wooden bows aid harnesa timber horses, • Councillor Richardson said. boys sent to Canada could save $500 in five years out of wages of 5160- a year, and then receive grants of $600 each front the Canadian Government to en- able them to "set up independently." Such boys, he said, were too ,good to be lost to this country. The Council, however, decided to try the training scheme "Gay Pariee" PARIS BY NIGHT AT CHRISTMAS "Magesin% du Louvre" the greatest departmental store of the French Capltai evith its Xmas electrical display. G. B. S. Humxaan. IV Shaw Champions Cause of an Old Postman Who Stole Ten Shillings and Lost Pension. London. — George Bernard Sbaw came vigorously to the defense of a eixtyyear-old London postman who - recently lost We job, his pension, ni state' insurance and hie wife heeaue of hie theft of ten shl.Iltnga'from a let- ter. When arraigned it Marylebone a police magistrate released the post- man, 'elm was a first offender, stating that he : already had been punisher enough. It was said in court that the post- man's,wife died from shock when she learned of her huaband's crime. In your issue of Dec. '17,"- writes Mr, Slaw tee The .Evening Standard; you rightiy, feature as appalling the coasequencee to a postman agedsixty who had, been, convicted in Harvie• bone pollee court of the theft.,of ten ehillings. It was obviously one et those cases of• senile pilfering which Indicate that the pilferer should be retired as Worn out for positions of trust. "Thin man earned by thirty-six years of public service state insur- ance, a' 40300 pension and two pounds and fiften shillings a *reek. The ap- paliing 'coiisecluence$ 10 which you cart atter tide acs not the ordinary consequences incurred be- the theft of toil shilidnge but the assumed inten- tion of the Government to confiscate Ids insurance. May one ask under - what. Iaa' the Gpver'nment has power to commit this monstrous outiragel stables and weekly wage earners gen crani. "Is there any warrant excep thoughtless usage at the expense o mail too poor to 'appeal to the courts for a declaration of law for this K>1 - burn infamy, whic isnot only inflicts on the postman pctnisliment savage enough for the most brutal crime but reduces his innocent dependents to penury as well?" e The Kaiser "Wasn't Speaking'. I Critic of Emperor's Policies in War Refused to . Meat Chief of Cabinet - BorUn,—Atter .ltavlug c urvie�l ou his relentless editorial warfare against Willtttm 11, for Many .years, the late Maximilian' Harden toward the and of tho World •War thought the thno had 'emote for a heart to heart talk with .the Kaiser• with the object of finding a way to avoid the ultimate disaster yp the Getman fatherland. On OC'fbbor 16, 1915, harden tele- graphed the -Kaiser at the iatter'e headquarters: ally conscience urges me to regeust an interview at the earliest possible, As every hour now is fateful I neither fear a refusal nor the imputation or being considetet preeumptnoiis, and shall hold to ace count that official who suppresses this request." Iiarden received the curt ofltetal're« ply that thought the, 'Kaiser had taken cognizenee, of itis dispatch, his .ma- jesty was not in a position to grant the deslrod .interview, but that, the chief of the iniperlal cabinet Ilad been instructed to receive any intot''mation Iirr Harden might: leave to convey for transmission to hie majesty, As "palaver" with iiia chief o cabinet did eat in the least confer with T•Iarden's intentions, the projec oil trioof the Severest political mitt of the.Kaiaer'e reign to the imperia headquarters did not conte off. 'When esniatent ihaanclers crimin- ally negligent company .directere, £rauclttlent trustees, income -tax' evad- ers and other gentlemanly culprits pass through the dock; to penal ser- vitude, are their insurances confis- cated? I have never heard of such practice. 'What I want to know is why after` this eonfcscatiois ]las bean abolished and forgotten in the 'case of pro• pertied classes it is still •"eaimiv con- tinued without a word of ;protest ae if it were the mast nsitttrdt thing anl. obvious ileurse on earth in the case of ether mea iikp ;a tru b c o° • It's entirely, proper to give our mu dorms plohty of rope, provided, th ;rope ispro erl ap red skit artttro