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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-09-08, Page 6ribsh Air Plan e CalliaA:11111! Ntion1 Eethibitient Sea Cook G In 2nd Degree; Gets Fen• vice to India Barred by Refusal,to learidin g PlaCe, Groat Biitainis plans for its.'f.all-fed" air Tonto TO. India, and ,eveittlialt‘ to the AptipcdaS, which *as lieraided as one of the gteacst of ,ProiectOd wo1d oirraft, 1dve. bean' brought ' .to ' a standstill the action of 1.3e-tain refusing' to -grant a landing idiace on Persian tzrritory. ' „ . To .say that the oil -totals ho have" the Petslan border, and Bagdad, A3u Britain did not like the lookof the. - suggestion; which, though ostensibly Persian, was both:yeti tO be a RUSSISII Prottect, operated , Germans and ltnkirg up,; -with the Moscow airIineS. Bore was another l'all-red" route, and, according to 13r1gt-Gca. Peray GrOVSS, secretary of the Air -League of the British Empire, one with political as- pirations behind it. " ThetBritish airtvay to India was in operation, 'at least once some eight months ago 'when Sir Samuel Hoare, the Air Minister, accompanied by his -wife, flew to 'Delhi ,and back, The " route ,;vas tfurveed and prepared at heavy cost by WaY" of Basra, --the ter- , . minal at, the, preSent Bandar Abbas andtChalibar. labored to more thanyear to pot is airway into operation are Peeved over the snag. -which has been struck "ivoulcl be:a rather mild way of saying they are im-high dudgeon. Aiording to views eXpressed in London the ,red „ , hand of Bloscow in responsible for the 'allure to complete the "all -red'' route. lliz0 Khan, Porsia's new ‘self-ap-. Pointed Shah, at ono time P, 11Urilb1e Theillber of the Persia n' frolotariat and also said to have1..ieen 0 flunky at the BritislrfitMinistry'lle.horan seine :years ago, seemed personally to be well disposed „toward Great Britain, -when he converted himself into a royal figure almost over night. An agreement WSH Signed jest Year 'Ite- tween the PSI'Sfall and British govern: ments. granting lauding rightsin Per- ola to the British. But the'. Persian Parliament sulisequently, refused to " ratify theagreement: rt has been suggested that, the Persian link in the air chain was ' withheld antn sfich' time as the British Government made .soine handsome monetary offer for sueli-a privilege. ' . Dermal -1s Get Concessions. Shah Itiitt eie soniething -of a dict;a:• tor, uteo far he has done:nothing-to mug bit Parnament to the point a ratification. In fact, the Shah is "prob. ably bringing no pressure to bear on i:10 3,efractory Parliament As Persia le not a menther of the COnventien fer the 'Regulation of Aerial lettylgt- tion she has the right to prohibit foreign machines frOra landing on her eon. Important concessions have been made, however, to 'a Russo -Ger - Ian company. ' ,While Parliament was debating. the agreement made with the British gov- ernment the , Persian'', Government cante.forwerd withra:propose.1 to °Pell up a -atr service between Quretu, on . Substitute Rodte COnsider;td. Unless the Persians - relent It be ' . , necessary to map out a..s,nbstituto link on the 'Arabian side of the Persian atilt, a matter now under considera- tion In London. Many difficulties would have to be Overcome .before such'a landing place could be estab- lishebl eh ere. Soveet Russia has also met some re- buffs in 'T,eheran, ntid one of'her dip- lOinata was recalled from the Persiain capital hearths° he was not successful enough -in 'ale dealings with the Per- sian GoYernment. Nevertheless, Mds- cow's °pole' minions in that countrY are exteedingly busty, and Rueelans 'were 'supposed to be behind an at - ,tempt. by wealthy Persians to obtain oil concessions in a district adjacent to certain areas *where the Angie -Per- sian company holds the drilling con- cession. The latest difficulty ofethe Persian Government is 'over the terms of a, contract with Dr. MhIspaugh,' the American financial- adviser. Vital Statistics • Births Again Decline in Eng- land and Wales; Rate for 1926 Approaches 1918 • Low Record -London. — The Spectre of 'race suicide" hes -crept across the English -- Channel to hainat. Brithei social sta. titielane, The English and Welsh hirth rete for 1926 again, has shown a decline, following the descending curve 'which has obtained WACO 1926, accotding to figures nublisned by the tReglatemeGeneref. The rate for the calendar year was 17.8 per 106,000 of population. Against this the official report shows that the death rate' or infante lees thee a year old was the lowest on re- cord. Scotland experienced a higher birth rate as well as a higher infant death rate than tngiand and Wales: The 1926 birth rate tied that of 1917 and was barely higher than the 1918 rate of 17.7, the lowest on record fer Englana mid Wales. In France, where the low birth rate for years has pre- sented evbat la regarded as a grave national problem, the proportion for , 1923 eves 18,8 for 'each 100,000. - Cancer, heart disease and tuber- •, celeste of the respiratory Britain led the list as causes Of death in Di:Viand • and Wales, Wunien,. the Ilegletrar-Generars re - •Inert indicates, were thr more agile in dodging motor vehicles and in avoid- •ing fatal aceideritte generally 'Sian -were men. Also, the =other of WO - 11100 who committed suicide was leas , than half the number of men who met ' death by their OWIl hands. 'rho suicide figures were: Males, 3,099; females, !LSO. Accidental , deaths: Males, 0,631; females, 4,274. AMAZONS KEEP MEN OF TRIBE IN LUXURY . They. Do 'the Work and Fight- ing and Are the Rulers of I!' Their District Balcu, AzerbaiJan.—A .tribe .of .Arna- Sons in whichthe women fish and hunt while the men are locked indoors , and keit In homey 18 described as in- ' hebiting. the Zairatal distriet.,by the Soelety" for the 'Study Of Azerhaijen, tsa,ys .Tass, the Beissian itg'ency. 1The tribe is called7,the Teed and is of Dagestan origin. The Tassel women., like the legen- dary Amazons, are described as-abso- Lite ealers in the priyate and public affeirs of their tribe. TbeY aettle quarrels with neighboring. tribes 'with. -weapons, do- farm work and control I the stile, Of. then. produets. T,4O5,1seep i their 'husbands and sons luxuelouslY GIbO or engaged in .petty Ithesehold affairs, the More laborioue hciusehold chores falling upon the girl members of the tribe. - It is regarded'elte fying to the family dignity to permit the men to labor and the weinan-Who feils,:to provide well is considered an The woreen ate eeSeribed as tan in statere and beautithl, p2 g dark viya- cious Caaca,eian type with maileee 'ef - glossy black-lialre ;Adjacent neatitet towns esteeni Ahern thigh -1y for then, honesty and intelligence. The tribe eonsiets of appeoxinagely 150, eanii, lies and 18 believed to be the rein- nante of the Ava people ivlid irthabitl ed the Caucasus centuries ago; , • White'Pine ..in Canada': '' The botanical 1..ange of the...white pine in Canada extends from -the- At- lantic ocean, to the Provinho of Mani- toba. it is confined to the regioaily- ing south' of a line running apprexi- Mately froni ,the southea4 cOrner, Of Lelte 'Winnipeg, , through- Lake .X11,1-, Igen; aleeg the height Of hinil neeth Lake Timiskaming, tlireugheLakeeSte Seim to point de Mots on' the St. Law - knee ma Capre'Breton bland. • Geea political titebei;" ta orten.:de; rycloped on thd'stitnip. • Paul Redfern's Soto 4,660:mile dash from Brunswick, Ga., marked an ef- fort to break the existing long did, tanee non-stop record, made by Clare Eines Chamberlin in his night from New York to Germany. From the take -off point at Erunewicle, Georgie, to the coast of South Arne:rica it is 1,575 miles. To reach. Rio Janeiro down the east' coast of the southern continent -Redfern bad 4,700 miles on fly. It woultiappear-he ie another loss to aviation pioneering, nano *word of him bas r"eached us. Scientist Goes to Live on Iceberg Takes Dog Along, Rubber , Boat and a Phonograph , Edinhttrgh, scouand.—/ohn /4. Simp- 0011, a British scientist, has lett here with the intention of making his home on an iceberg for three months. He was accoMpanied by a Samoyede dog. "MY Purpose," said Simpeon, "Is to gather material Lor a book on the ice Ileitis. I expect to be veey Comfort- able In my abode on some drifting Ice- berg. I shall erect a Ur -lined tent, and I will warm it with an oil steve. I have plenty of reading matter and a phonograph. , Water Power Development The preSent recorded waterpower resources of the Dcimnion will permit of a turbine installation of 41,700,000 horse poiver. The total tydraulic bit- staliolbon up to the end of Mg throtighout the Dominion was 4,556,- 226 horse -power or lees then 11 per eent. Of the eecotdedater-power re- hourceS. .`„ PRINCES "PEACE.: AND .PROSPERITY • ' • • , The "new entrance to the "Canadian National Ekhibition is symbolic 01 more thad. mere, expo:Sion: opened by 11.1th.H. The: Prince, o ,Tuesday with iM, imposing artistry it will stand forever -00 0 mcntoneat to .canitda's.Nationlioecl, prosperityi'and allegiance to thc:Ci•ovin.. , Saved for. Nation , ---- Stonehenge Circle on Saha-, bury Plain, Great War Camp, to )3e Preserved London.—Prime Minister Baldwin., Ramsay MacDonald, Viscount Grey and Other prominent persons recently signed an appeal for $175,000 to pur- chase land on Salisbury Plain for the Purpose of preserVing the remains of the prehistoric structure at Stone - It is proposed to protect the imme- diate eurreundings of the Stonehenge Suitt, where a great water echeme is Circle from the -erection of unsightly buildings. . .p River roject. Nine years ago after the original owner was prevented by the Act- for , the ?refection of Ancient Monuments from selling Stonehenge StOilOS for transportation to the United, States, it was presented to the nation. It Is neve proposed to pull down a liege air- drome erected near by during the war 'so that posterity will see It against the sky in the lonely majesty before. which • our anceetore Mood in awe throughout all our recorded history." 'ales on 'ot.r acres of land to carry on the pro, pp. • 2' Storm Lashes ject, and 'already44,000 aeras have 5-01„ been purcilased at. a cost of i60,000, It is estiniated that the expenditure on. -South f .Efig an d o on acre for 30 years' work will be 257. Every acre harvested, Will, on present- day costs, enable the &tate...to-replant, without involving the taxpayer in any expense, between six and seven acres This is the second grant made to South Australia under the British policy of stimulating migration to the Dominion. Not long ago 050,000 Was devoted to the development 'of a nevi wheat Province, called Elyre's Penin - being carried pute.known as the Tod Wright MotorMaker " Assails Pacific Race Bay Shore, L,I.--Charles L. Law- rence, inventor of the Wright 'Whirl- wind -motor used on .the transatlantic and California-Hawali transatlantic nights reeently, condemned as "idi. ale" the offering of prize money for the . airplane race to naval!. The ' Stonehenge, the most imposing , time Is not Yet rilm, he said, for races megaiouthitcmonwrient in Theemei hag where various planes start at a cer- tain. time regardlese or their condi- long proved an enigma' ter scientiste and a never-ending Boum oe romance tion for such extended flights. • • for novelists. Its name, a modylca- ' - / ., lion of a Saxon term, means "hanging Stones." The Normane called the Col- lection of eines "Choir Gaur," or the Giant's Temple.' What the stones were originally- used for has proved as great a'fiuzzle 0,8 where they came from, for in the geological formations for miles around there Is nothing re- sembling them. ., ExCavatione • and meagurements have proved that originally they'form- ed teva concentrie 'circles •enclosing the tallest being 22% feet and 3 feet posed cif the largest uprigbt stones— the tallest being 2221 feet and 3 feet 4 Mahn thick—only seventeen, re- main. The inner circle, composed of steelier atones, is exactly 9 feet with- in the eirenmference of the outer. • Although their origin heti keen' va; Tic:Maly ascribed to 'the Phoenicians, Belga° and the native Druids, no con- vincing evidence has ever been pre, seated which would rationally solve the mystery. British Grants Aid Migration Imperial Assistance Stimu- lates Affortestation in South Australia ° Adelaide, S. Aust.—An imperial grant of 2,358,200 to South Australiar as 5 nucleus for starting afforestation. on. a 'larger seale was recently an. nommed by the State Premier, Rich- ard :le Duller, ' Representatives of the l3ritish Governaneet liave had an eye on the southertet for ft long time, It Is here that they4expect aO opportue- ity to be able to place migrants from England. In addition, the Scottish eogbeties oi We area are now draw- ing up a- scheme for the importation of families frem SCotland. Several estiteS.Ira,ve been offerebt to the GOV- ernment thr purchase and subdivilion into farms, and It subetantial Income. Is assured from these lands, where onions, potatoes and cereals grow- to 'Perfection. In accordanee with the term02the above grant, a minimum -et 80,000 acres is to be planted,over a period of 10 years, and paper pulp works will also he started. It wili be necessary for the state to seCure a Anther 100 - Two Mail Steamers Collide and Shipping Driven to • Shelter London—All this year's records of summer rainfall were eclipsed on Sat- urday, Aegust 2011), by a greae soutin westerly gale accompanied by tor- rential rainstorms which " raged throughout ,the south of Eugland and generally around the coasts. Seatide holiday makers and ship had to ursh for shelter, regattas and bathing were suspended awl teem all pointe came 'imports of damage to crops and other destructioa through severe etorme. The 900 paeaengers en the two mail stealners, Se David and St, Patrick had a trying experience in a collision off Fishguard, Wales,. the force of which -carried away the superstruc- ture under the bridge. •' It' was 2 o'clock in the morning when the cellision took place. ,In the darkness and reining torrents it was impossible to ascertain the extent of the damage, consequently the 600 per- sons Abroad the St. David and the 300 Canada's Leading Golfer DON. CARRICK DOMINION CHAMPION Carrick shoots great golf bet failed to class In Ainerican Amatehr Title Tourney. y, I „ , 51 The Hope o f, the Empire ,l-ic7----?',..ii. '" 7'7'4 • iTiltiii:".4'tril7-47.: '^ . ' ,':afivl-r.,..---ss-----40-7".4i7l.Z.vr"'‘.4);':;,",: • ' L,ll i,C. .P. ,i 4 41". ' ' _ ' ' . 1. qp>. . 1 * Pkt ..,i* . , ,,, :4 • K1 .• • ,,,,k ,,,,: • , "s ' ,e, < ..s. .0: es • .<. *.,,e0 At ":",, • , `.: ,-, e a - ••4 s , 4 . aigttCl'eTe'"''''"i4".7rfeV.,-'0'',, t,pcy fii Wi'.4.-rii4..ii" ,k 1 ' i' -i. R.;'/Aittit':..., ,Tbe 1927 13ritish Polo' Teens 11'd '7/11 (lei" ogalli , . tho,American "13115 Four' in the international iiatclles at Meadeivbrook on S-entember 5th, on the. St. Patrick, most a whom wereli-alI---(Sressedi,- becamc'frantic and the utinaSt effort's of the ships' officers hardly gerved to prevent a panic among the screaming and fainting women and children, several 'of whom were injured in the , confusion • of scrambling to the deck. - Both mail boats, although, consider- ably damaged, managed to return Lo Fielfguakcl under their' own steara, when the St David's passengers were. transferred to an -other steamer which, eaned for _Ireland after eousiderahlp All cross-channel steamers had ter- rible crossings, among the sufferers being tprince Henry, who after a holi- day at Le Templet, crossed from Bou- logne to Folkestone. A London, ex-, press train was, derailed near Mid - stone but nobody was injueed. ' Air Hies else had rough crossings and needless, to say tbe inclemency of the weather seriously interfered with seasonal channel ewitnneing and: tire projected trans-Atlantic flights. Urges Removal • Aii Auto Horns • To Ensure Safety Driver ,Sho.u_kl....,Depend on -Brakes and Steering Gear to Guide.Car CONFIDENCE IN HORN NeW York --Automobile borne,- cal- ginally devised as a safety messily) tor hignway traffic, have been so uni- versally 'misused, soya C. T. Strong, President of the Beloit Motor Com- pany, that he now, believes if they were removea entirely froth automee biles the result would be a Marked de- creaee ka automobile aCeidents.. "Without horns," h'e points out, "It week", not take long for ever', one to realize that safety depends on keerdng the eyes and ears -eopen, Which . 10, after all, the only sure and. complete, remedy for accident. .A. long sten in, the direction of greacr Safety wifl have been taken when drivers realite that they cannot drive with the horn." While adinitting that hems do oc- casionally prevent accidente, he gates that they, have inoculated the average driver with a. false tetse of security which often bleeds carelessness and reeelts in disaster., "If autoinobile. owners would try to drive their cars," wide Mr. Strong, "without tho aid 'of the electrie siren 'which is MOW standard equipment on every cal., ,r am sure they would find theineelves driving with more care than they had- exercised sinee their first experience as drivers., Drive two blocks through traffic without the use Of the horn and you will find that, you are using more mire than you have ever used before to: avoid accidents. Tot will- drive as yott should always drive,, with due regard for othere rem are sharing the ptiblie etreets and highways: . "This t1118 because you -will not be placing exaggerated confidence i0. nnolsy bit of 'inelianisiu which can- not and never could o'. Itself prevent accidents, evee though.e.many drivers show by their actions °tithe road that they credit tit -with such powers. "Then round out the test by noticing 'as you 'drive, and as yon ernes, the streets. on foot, What effect the horns. or other ears have on you. Ton will discover that the sound of an ,eleetric horn no 'anger causee you to JMIM out of the WS, or pull your ear over to, the side of the road. Venally it fe only -attet repeated warnings 'that yoti notice the . cattse a the noise. Sol -dean -me this- heppene toe- late, end there is an accident which' mightehave been Prevented. if the driver had de- pended _mere on his steering wheel and brakes than QO hie horn," . The Geneva Fiasco London Truth (Ind. Lib,);' I -should call the recent proceedings at ,Geneva one of the, most Itereettable exhibi- tions of political folly that have beeu seen in the last fifty', years. . The Conference was by its- constitution the worst possible nieditim for arriv- ing at agreement. How can you ex- pect the prethesional fighting men 62 different Countries, naval aud mill. tary, to agree betiveen themselves Cbciut the limits to be, pet on. their OW11 Bef'vices, • except under definite instructions from theirpolileal super- iors? Fighting is their lensinese; facttheir raison d'etre.,' An e,deileel or a. general charged to negotiate with the, admirals and generals of rival armed nationea can no more give away.'Poiats to the other side in De- , gotiatione than he, can, in war. If his GeyernMent ;liae' left open fee 'discus- sione•-any, fundamental difeerence •of dpinion; his busieess le 'to loolert it 000 fightieg man, ecit as a pacifIst. Goveramentr.lhave.no business to put their'allinirals. and generals into such a position.: r Tar y, Deliberates ' 3 .1-ionr8 In t3 ',S. Court • Judge Battia.e's Panalty at Mini, nnun Prison Tenn, Earl Leo Dattice, -mulatto cook of 'the schooner Kin gewny, -which earre Into port! ;recoil:071 with a strange story ot murder and near -mutiny ott a voyage from the West Indies to the African 'Gold coast, was- feund gailty Ot secorahtlegree murder y a jury in. United. states. Court ,and was even the minimum Sentence of ten" years' imprisonment in Atlanta Prison. Bat- tice was charged with the murder of' his wife on the thigh seas last Febru- ary 6, The maMmum sentence poe-, ethic amder the verdict was hi e Im- prlsonmedt; Defendant Watches Judge- vt During the summations by the at- torneys and while Judge Andereon was speaking, the defendant display- ed a keen Interest in the proceedings, -tilting hid head to one side quid' keen- ing his eyes , flied ou the Speaker. • garuthers EWSOff, *Ivo, with Prather 'S. McDonald, was ePPoictea defense Counsel by the court, pleaded the un- written iaw, He reminded the jurors that the de- fendant's affair with Emily Za,nebot, the Porto Rican giniat San Juan., had no bearing on the murder two, menthe later. He hurried on to the relatione between; Mrs.' /lattice, the Negro's wife, and Waldemar -Earl Badkis, the enginenban, while-the"Schooner Eingee way was in-Inkl-Atlantre oh its way to the Gold Covet tAlrica. He declared that when Battice saw his wife In the embrace of the engineman he became crazed -ance.diel- net -realize what he did from then -until he had slashed his wife' nineteen' times with a razor. "Knives were In Ifis mind," said Mr. Ewhig, "and Might to have been theee, nothing else could have been." He pictured the'defendant as "pivai- eally weak, cowed and crushed" in the face of iladlte,'"the bully, coward and Yellow :hound." . Tuttle Charges' Premeditation Mr. Tuttle told the jurors that the defendant had willfully intended t0. kill hie wife trent the time he fell in love with Melly Zama.' The defense was untenable, he said, because the only evidence to support it vas the testimony of Badke, who he admitted, agreeing With Mr. Ewing, was "an im- measurable liar." • ' Every -Wound en MY& /lattice "cried „ out for Justice," lie declared, and DO evidence showed thatbattice had ever asked the captain for protectlen from. '1 agree," -he said, "that 13adke is yellow gag and a cur. There is only oue thtag worse and that is to take a man by the hand aud say, 'Come aft, my wife is crying for you.'" Judge Anderson nolnted out that the case vratilcliprobahly be a unique experience -for every juror and told them.te weigh carefully the testimony -of ErailyZezeot. le he geld, they should •discover that the murder was committed in the heat of passion they Could render Ai verdict of inanslaugh- Ler, and- 12 they eblieved that the de- fendent had lost his capacity to diet- tinguieh 'between right end wrong at the time of the fetal elathing they could render a verdict of "not guilty." • BRITI$1-1 TANKs -ENGAGE IN HUGE SHAM BATTLE 'Machines of All Sizes Sur - Mount Obstacles on the Historic Salisbury 'Plain • , .London.—A.gigantio sham battle in tviiich more than. 200 British Arniy tanks participated was held recently on the historic Sallsbnry Main. The tanks were of all elasses and ranged from the tiny tWoleeater "Crabs" to the huge wagon 'variety which fire eighteen-ponnder guns as they speed along. The battle started at dawn with these Metal monsters stretching over seven miles of terrain where every caudal -ruble difficulty had beet pitteed in their way. • Squedrone ef airplanes deseended upon. Mein- unexpectedly, sections of the plain theoretically was soaked with ,gee %and steep gradients reryniring all the skill • the drivers maid muster had to be negotiated. Some cashalties 'Were reported. J. - few tanks' were unable to mount the greasy slopes' of Beacon Bill and end backward down hill. One "iron horse" got in a quagmire and -had to be abandoned. A erolvd of several thousand wit - pulsed the ,manoeuvees and• showed great ilfferest, particularly In. the - later "Crabs," which are the latesr experiment in, the tank line, These have a caterpillar track %and also two wheels in the rear which are equIPPed with balloon tires. At oee point it was demonstrated how easily 'the "Crabs" could be camouflaged with toliage. Among those Watching the deem'', stretion was a,refired British cavalry . offieer. As he booked .an he appeared more and more disgusted." "Chriet- as tree!" he muttered finally as 'he , tUrned away. I ., MoScow Prepares , • 1Vioseow Praycle..—One thing is quite clear: leo- than have war, and that very soon. , . , Not so very lenge ado wo said' that War would not be, that we did tot want war. We atilt 4 not want It, but the latest evonte', have forced me meet eeriously to proa' pare.. .,, We bY he means want toe ftighten anybody with the horrors et ' ri chlanical warfare. In some places w elreadY notice the, appearance •o 1 pante ancl dread, where the peoples/ have been told unnecessary stories Iabout .the destructive • forces of gas.} !These stories have certainly erred ont, the side of exaggeration. Selene% ,muet be militarized. . . . We are cone`c t, flouted by' a terrible danger, We I meet not lo.se^a, eingle ntheuto. Cere,' fully watching our enemy, WO ineust accelerate our „preparations ..,,RAA 1,1ClOry will he surf