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The Clinton News Record, 1927-10-13, Page 6FAR TTLE evolution While SeverelyD calf' With Still °Groi'vs .r'apu OIL COMPANY G1.dlvrcee indicate that all is not weld in Mexico yet and the revolution, instead of being crushed under scores of filing squadexecutions rs growing and 'spreading. < One report chrani led fightingalmost within sight of Cho capital, when Federal troops Med ievelutionists clashed.- at. Texeoco. Geverrupent 'bombing ;Blanes took a hand in thhebattle, the result of which was not given. Four more state§ were indicated in recent -reports as lapsing flared up.in protest against the m9vement to elect former President Alvaro Obregon as successor to President Caller; These states wore Chihuahua, Goalmila, San Luis Potosi and Durango, making thirteen listed as more of less aflame against the Government The veteran ,rebel leader Nicholas Fernandez was reported loose in Northern Chihuahua at -the head of 2'00 well -armed and enounted, troopers. Generals Zepeda peed Ricauci' were said to be leading a large folIowing'at ainst the Federal troops in,S:an Luis Potosi, far to the south. In,.Cuernavaca, Generals Humberto B'erros, Mier and Teran were declar- ed to have taken the. field with con- siderable forces, their battle cry being "Down with thele='.electionssts," which WITHDRAWS • rcrm is applied to .the• followers oi Obregon: Spinivary court-martial' and swift execution of enemies ,of 'the Govern- ment overnment continue adviass assert.. NOT AFRAID TO DIE. Refusing to be 'blindfolded, with a smile on his face and as farewell wave of - his, :h hand, to -the epeetato�rs General' Alfn edo . Rueda Quijano, }vhot 'sought. to dead his troops into, rebellion against the Galles "Government, died Thursday a.m. before a firing squad in the grim courtyard of San Lazaao military prison in the outskirts of Mexico ;City. Such action is bound to :spur on the revolt, WIT•IiDRAWING, JIQUIPMENT Beauinon Texas:=Withdrawal of. all . producing ant refusing equipment now standing and in storage at Tam - pian, Mexico, has been ordered by the Stacked Oil Company of'New York, it . was, learned at the offices' of the magnolia Petroleum Company here. ' -ACTING-GOVERNOR KILLED''. • Dispatches from the Scene. re - parted; , the esSeesinatio a of Luis Vidal; acting- goveretor of the; State; of Chiapas, Mexice; at, the door of Ills palace in the capital city of 'Tuxtla. The dispatch says Vidal .was shot by am army officer:: : Phil Scott The British' heavyweight, coins to America to qualify to meet Tunney. Biggest Airplanes Owned by Britain Latest All -Metal Air Battle- ship Weighs 13 Tons London,—Great ,Britain now leads the world In gigantic airplanes, for it lies been disclosed that her latest ell -metal air battleship, weighing 13 tons and equipped with Rolls-Royce engines has just completed a cruise of 5,500 miles over the North and Bal- tic Seas. In addition, there soon will be other even More formidable airplanes 'in- tended for tear purposes which are at present undergoing secret tests. Pour of these .willeleave Plymouth soon in order to undertake a 25,000 - mile tour, visiting Egypt, India and Australia. It is alto announced: that two pas- senger flying -boats, intended for use on overseas sections of the Empire air route between, ' these three coun- tries, a distance of ,10,000 miles, are nearing completion. Each will be capable of carrying 15 passengers. Tho use offain s less steel in' the manufacture of the new air battle- ships eftects an enormous saving in weight, while it also protects the craft from rust by sea water.. Fussy Customer -"Is that English mutton?" Butcher—"Weil, as a mat- ter of fact, madam, the sheep was born in New Zealand, but it is of English parents." Airplane Taxi Proving Popular°', Chicago Girl ' Takes Quick Hop to Montreal Via Air Route Chicago—While several airplanes companies are developing passenger service on regular schedules over specific routes, one firm here is de- veloping the air taxi business, going wherever the passenger wants- to go, when and how. This company, the Chicago Aeronautical Service, recently flew a young lady to Montreal, Canada, and this week is to fly a gentleman to Boston, mass. The announcement is made by J. J. IClapka, president of the company. Mise Anna Reese of Oak. Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, recently charter- ed the C. A. S. Plane, ass -Urgent busi- ness called her to Montreal on short notice. By air sh•covered'the dis- tance in eight hours; it would have taken 36 by rail. - Arriving at the airport in the Coble County Forest Preserves at Thatcher , Avenue and Irving Park Boulevard! Miss Reese found the plane being warmed up, with. E. E.. LaParle, the pilot, in the cockpit, and in a few min - sites they left the ground. That was at 4.10 p.m. Before dark they landed' at Cleveland. Next day they stet tem- porary delay at Buffalo because of fog and rain; the Bei t atop was at Water- town, N.`y„ for ..gas, oil and it motor check-up. They landed outsidel ,,f Montreal at 4 P.m. As Montreal has no airport, the pilot picked a landing near a ferns house, tied the' ship down, asked the farmer to keep watch, and motored to Mont- real with the passenger. Hundreds of people swarmed around the plane and -children climbed all over it. On his return the pilot had to rope off an area and keep a watchman on duty all ,night: Canadian police required Pilot LaParle to appear before- the Canadian authorities next day for clearance papers, thus relaying his return trip several hours. ----- - British Empire Chamber London.—The Congress of ()ham hereof Commerce of the British- Em-pire whIlh,• is to beheld at Cape Town in October, is expected to Prove "Of teat importance and value One of the subjects -to be discussed is that of Government certificates of quality, for all exports from the British Com- monwealth of agricultural produce. A uniform weights and measures system is also to be eerionsly considered. Toler , T mer Closer ess,-rtes 4 ' mitt ,'t���%-•:y�,�{���'� cANADA'S TALK TO ENGLAND Rt. Iron. W. L. Mackenzie King, Canadian Prime Minister at Ottasaa, talking with the Rt. Hon. Stauley Baldwin, Prinse Minister of Great Britain in London, England. Mr. King is. Bitting at his desk in hissoffice in. the East Block and the 'phone lee is u,sing ie the one 'which for years has been in daily use there. The connection svitb. the British Prime Miniater was cornabsted about three minutes and while wil tliai Premier Baldwin said .coura not be. clearly heard portions of his conversation were very cldar. Labor Head - is a derate Ben Turner Was Opposed to the Extremism Marking Last Year's Strike London.—The general council of the Trade Union Congress, represent- ing 4,000,000 operatives has elected Bea Turner, the textile workers' lead- er at Bradford, as president for the coming year in succerssion to George Hicks. This isregarded as a hopeful augury of Seating peace in British hi- dustry. MMfr.' Turner being pro noinced'molierat'e Standing for every- thing that ie opposed to the extrem- ism which animated this dominating Labor organization on the occasion of the general strike last year, Opposing the extremist resolution of the recent Trade 'Union Congress at Edinburgh, he said: "The toilers are tired of ,strife and struggles and want leading toward peace. The re- solution says we are not to rely on any new Spirit.. I want A new spirit if It means' the leading of our people toward a sober. steady, upright and successful life," He also invited the Federation 'of British Industries to join hands' with the Trade Union Congress for this purpose. Starting work half a cen- tury ago as a mill operative when only 01.5 years old, he has been three times Mayor of the important, wool centre of Batley, Yorkshire, which lie has also represented in Parliament. He le founded and was for 21 years secretary -of the Yorkshire Federation of Trades Councils. CO: �onck Abandons Trans' p Atlantic. Flight New York—There.will be no trans- atlantic flight from New York to Paris attempted by Capt. Rene Formic this year a least, the French ace an- t Cas, pounces. • Simultaneously with the announce meat that Captain Fonck had indeil nitely postponed his plans for a flight to the French capital came word that he would sail for Paris on. Oct. 1. He iutendseto remain there for a month or six weeks, during which time he will outline a new -plan of action. After visiting in Europe he will return to the United States; he said. Churchill Dredge Sunk in Atlantic Ottawa is Advised of Loss of Hudson Bay Equipment • in Storm Ottawa.—Word has been received at the Department of Railways and Canals of the loss ofthe dipper dredge, Kennequahair, which was proceeding to Fort Churchill, the ter- minus on Hudson Bay of the Hudson Bay Railway, :The" dredge ran into a northwest gale on, the Atlantic oq the, Labrador await at. a point when ISO miles south of Hudson' Straits. Owing to the pounding it underwent the Kennequa- hair sprang a leak and. foundered ore the morning of September 27. The attending crow Was taken off safely and there was no loss of life, The dredge, towed by the sea -going tug, Ocean -Eagle, loft Sydney, C.B., on the 10th of the month to proceed to Fort Churchill for 'work in the har- bor. With her was a dump tcow towed by the tug St. Antic, and a hop- per barge propelled under its Own steam, The 'department was in touch with the party by Wireless and every- thing went well until the 20th 'when the storm was encountered. All the other vessels are safe and are pro- ceeding to Port Burwell at the oast - ern end of Hudson Straits, On arrival at Port Burwell, the tug St. Anne will be recoaled for the return voyage to Bathurst, N,13., her home port. The balance of the tow will proceed through the straits to Churchill as originally planned., . • Town and ` Mine Buildings Sink SHAFT HEAD AND STATION NOW RUINED ABOVE aro photos - .'of 'the Worth- C.P,It. station, whcih; at last reports, ington.mine of the Mend Nickel, Com- was - tottering•on the brink of a 150- parry, which was completely wrecked foot precipice. In the foreground •the recently when the shaft collapsed. C.P.R, teaoiee, Which :sank in the col- ABOVE, olABOVE, on the LEFT, is a picture; of lapse, are. shown,, BELOW is a gen •the section of the mine cub of the eral view of the town, With the C.P.R. t town which is now more than one •tracks and station and the z rower- I hundred feet below the level of the house and shaft head inthe fore - earth, { The building in the front is ground. -Practically all of the town the power house, now amass of ruins. t shown in this picture has slink with An the IUOAIT ig a p45200a to ,.f the the cave-ir The River's Song Clear and cool, clear and cool, By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool; Cool and Clear; Cool and clear, By shining shingle, and foaning weir; Boscler he crag where the ouzel sings, and the:'ivied wall where the church bell rings. Lln.defrled; far' the'undefiIed.•, a*' by rile, bathe in me, mother and child. —From "The Water Babies," by Charles Kingsley. A,aneall boy crept stealthily through. the gap in the orchard hedge,. 'When. nicely through he was unexpectedly confronted by tire burly farmer, Like a shot canoe the query: "Where, are you going, you little irnp?" "Back again," gasped the terrified boy es lir'' vauishod. . Hon, V. 'J. Patel' Is founder of tire Pasteur.' Institute in India, Si.)1ll ' Sic.. British Officials, Murdered --By • Selornon' Island i' . Natives ou'va, Fiji Island., -s tats of v3 lesale murder in the Solomon Is- lands some of the victims being white men and Brit ,,b officials, 'reach - The British high Commiosicnor for the Weuternr Pacific received a wire- less, dispatch Troon 'Tu'lgai, :Solomon l donde, saying' that a trader : had arrived , there 'abrearhl; the British steamer Auk, and,repoi' bd that,`pis- trict=Gommisfloner Bell,:'Cadst 1 colas 15-nat[ve• police: aril the crew of • the vessel hail been murdered by natives of Sinarago, on the northwest coast of Mal'atia Island, ata date..unmeee- tioned. The boatswain,of the Auk and four wounded pollcembn are the only sur- vivots; of the massacre. Bell and Tel- lies were buried at Kneai, The only Eurepeairs iii the Vicinity are Mr. and M•rs, Anda'ew, in charge of a Seventh' Day Adtventiei'missioro - They have a vessel at their disposal and can easily proceed+to Kwan, if necessary, where the South Sea Evangelical Mi's1s60n is located. No anxiety is felt for theis- safety: ,. Tins is the most serious attack on white men ever repeated in the Solo- mon : group and it -is the first time Government 'officials have ever been Stilled. The Salem -ens aro a small group of islancis "belonfirng to Great Britain' and ;situated approximately SQO miles east of Australia. There are about. 80 seropeans in the islands. The total populationtt,,rs estimated at about 180,000, composed ea Malays andPapuannegroes. We surmise that one midshipman; and a Save Britieh men' of liar eeanias- will settle' Ute" whole trouble.' Italian Premier Is Proud Father Signora Mussolini Gives. Birth to Third Son Feria, Italy.—Signora Benito- Nlns- solini,` :wife of the Fascist Premier, gave birth to a boy on Sept. bath, at Villa Carpeila,'::near "here, the Pre- mier's summer home,:'. It is understood that the boy will be named Guido.. ' The birth of 'another boy brings a third 'young Fascist to the, Mussolini family, Signora Mussolini previously had given birth to two boys and a girl. Mussolini'. bastenod to his wile's' bedeide,bi' automobile when he learn ed that the birth of a Child was im min ant. . "He will open the second series;" the overjoyed Premier is reported as saying. It is well known that he is ace . advocate of big families andfre- quently out of his own pocket helps parents of big families.' Recently tire Premier took steps to incorporate 'severe penalties against birth control propagandists or distri- buters of births control apparatus.. Signora Mussolini is being attend- ed by Professor Cesare Mielraeii,- a noted ganecolopisty" Paschendale Re- called Mud Terminates Mimic War fare of Mechanized British Army Forces London. Warfare between two British mechanized armies was aban- doned because of mud which so ham- pered_the movements of the motor' ized troops that the war could not conveniently continue. Had it been real instead of mimic warfare, of Course the men and motors would' have carried on despite the.difltcul- ties. For five weeks the armies of "East land" and "Westland" have been at each other with every -mechanical weapon available to the British sol- dier. The imposing manoeuvres were :wonted hero as demonstrating the belief of the war °Rice that the insu- lar position sot long depended on to protect Britain'frem invasion was be- coming less and less a factor an this country's defensive, plans., As many as 30,000 troops were en- gageroat times in the mock battles be- tween tanks and motorized artillery supported by motorized services of supply. The British "Tommy" long has eaten from a tin -can and now ho is to fight in one. Scores of airplanes circled over head during the sham battles while tanks moved over the ground below s}}rbject to relayed direction from the planes. In one instance a column of armored cars, tanks and -trucks which strung out severs miles from front to rear moved oven' Salisbury Piain. . Britain's Request Freeing Slaves UNIVERSITY- NT N1 (RENS, AI' s bolisaird I ekigatesGat s -dm All Over the "World S i'JDENI 1'S ST-AC,E -PARADE Dignity and pageantry y featured the save ,para. that Toronto, citizens opening ceremony of th.o Centenary Calcination' of the University of To- ronto Thursday afternoon in the Unci- voreity Arena. Res'plenden't in thein' robe's of various colors, the delegates and graduates assembled at Simces Hall and marched t&' the arena, It` was at `once the; _inntial item onY' t tl U t A J s'',ei'obraiir:which for --.four days will 't 1' i U 1 make history: and the most spectacular gates, prior to the opening cerem'onies toad' - cutstamiding event of os day, Them's-day' afternoon, True there'awere other functions an Several score brightly decorated' connection with the celelbratien, but fio'ate depicting the historical: alesocia- there was not.another to compare to tion and progress oalf all faeteeies, ex this, The whole world was represent- cent Knox and 'wyclitbe, formcd a ed fn ehat gathering of 6,000, Dole .brilliant array during thea morning gate from -the four, cornore of the parade Students of the various coil- easeth has/ con's. to pay tribute to a lo�gee .finoneed acid in many cases world famous institiu'tion of fearer- g ;themselves carried .out the construe- which hard' its • beginning with thep ;tion, of the fioats�,', ESen competition granting o£ the charter of the Um» was 'ovidi4.,nt between these in char yeiatty of King's College, UFtp•er Coin- cf the v riave echibits fgm the favor Lada, in 1827, cf the Paiblic' and for -:the 'fomites STUDENTS PARADE.',awarded for the Most. elaborate and Two c -f the:,e est colorful ap-d ct-shea-..origis}nal floats, • Gas Masks on'Wheels • . have yet 'seen in a'single day Thurs- day featured the University of To - yenta's tcuntonary celebration and brought it still more forcibly •luta pub- lic atteiitlon. They were theetudents'' street parado and procession of elle gorieal•floats, in the. morning, and' the academic caveleretle from Sirneoe Hull o. ie. nrversr y '„ sena o never sly c ig- ii»ar ee andvisiting dee- Sierra Leone Legislation to 0 Negroes 300 0 Affect,0 g I,oudou—Sieves to the number of 300,'000 will be set free by the Sierra Leone Protectorate when the Legisla- tive Council passes an ordinance free- ing the slaves at the urgent request of the British Colonial Office. • This legislation is the result of agi- tation Yellowing revelations of the ex- istence of shivery iii Sierra Leone which caused much indi-gnetion here. Trust not thy secret to a confidant, for he, too, will have lois associates and, -friends; and it will be spread' abroad through the whole city, and men :will call thee weaic-headidlea Firdausl, "WARRING" UP -TO -GATE Seaforth Highlanders, wearing gas masks, passing through a gas area in recent war maneuvers in England. r , urma Adding to University Great Sum Already Brought by Campaign—Teachers' College to` be Founded Bombay. — Sir Harcourt Butler, Chancellor of the Burma University, delivering the convocation address, re- ferred to the all-round satisfactory progress and pointed out that the most urgent need of the university now was a training- college for teachers. Sir Harcourt (to whom the "exist- ence of the university Is principally due, he having, as a member of the Governor -General's Council in charge of education put the foundation of the university in the forefront of .educe- tio'nal policy and secured a grant for It from the central revenues) announced that in response to his appeal ton funds, donations diad been received amounting to £500000 irons firms and institutions, "including $100,000 from the Burma. Oil Company. The Chancellor, y -ho is also Gover- nor of the Province, teen emphrttted that the future of Burma depended on' the university.. "We are now," he said, "going to give Bus -ma the best university in the Emit, a residential university with buildings and equip. merit, with tutorial system, with cor- porate life and with faculties liberally endowed in the more practical sides of education for which a demandis now Springing up." receiving degrees Those tees g c g ree s at the con- vocation included seven women gra- duates in arts and Use first success- ful woman candidate in the bachelor of laws examination. Prince Wins Dog Prize Cambeily—The Prince of Wales. carried off ,first prize at the National Canine Show here with Claps •R Seale, a magnificent • Alsatian, Many out- stranding Alsatian's were presented but the Prince's dog headed the classes for obeclint jumping. Passer-by—"What a handsome dog, Ile must be valuable." healer—"Yes bet 'e is. The yuan wet I got 'im off is offering five pounds reward if I. bring 'im back." Sale of Australian Govt. Steamers Proposed to Senate 'Calnbeire,—On its report to the Senate, the Federal Public Accounts Committee recommends that the Gov- ernment of Australia's line of steam- ers trading with Great Britain should not be retained as a direct govern- mental enterprise. Recognizing the luso as an Austral- ian asset, however, the report urges that an effort be nude to continue it nailer some form of Government cen- tre' as a chock on the maintenance of reasonable Anglo-tl.ustralian freight and fares. The Government Shipping Line committee recommends the establish- ment in Australia by Australians of a company, free from influence and out- side the shipping combine, to take over the existing fleet and run the line by business methods. The utmost possible support 'would be given the project by the Govern- ment, according to the committee's recommendations, such as the grant- ing of mail.e.ontracts, the carriage of ' Ooveniment goods, and the transpor- tation of migrants. BIG POLISH OIL. FIELD FOUND General Has One Well Yield- ing 12 Railroad Tanks j Daily Warsaw, Poland.—Enormous oil wells have been uncovered at Weng- lowka on the estate of General Szep- tycki, say advices received here. One well alone' is said to be producing twelve railroad tanks of oil daily., Other sources containing iodine, bio -- elides and sulphur also were dis- covered. The general opinion among experts is. that the new wells would become, another Boryslav, the largest oil fields in' Poland. ' ; I don't believe -n• girl should marry before she is 24 years old.—Miss America, 1927. Stern Measures Quell -Revolt FIRI At the RIGTIT It- General Francisco Serrano, one of thee revolting Mexican ,P leaders and candidate' for the pi•eaf deny, whose execution following cap- ture by federal troops signalized the poAinnfng, of a gonial wiping out tlf NG SQUADS' WIPE OUT RESEL LEADERS ✓✓ ChiINTRD, boi1Ig determined to stamp out the rebellion' with an iron heel, At the LEFT da General Obregon, former president and friend of Calies,' at Whose candidacy for re-electionthe. revolt eras aimed,' Latest reports say, that :tee revolt is stili sereading. r• the rebel chieftains by the firing squad acuoroeverte. . it is denied, w e that General C.omanother n r candi- date on the magistracy, leas been shot, More than twenty executions leave to far taken place, President Callos,