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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-12-10, Page 6LOCARNO TREATIES SIGN USHERING •GOLDEN AGE OF PEACE A despatch from London says:-- of Nations, representing Ttaly; Signor Under the gorgeous ceiling of the Pilottl and Marquis.` Medici, members great hall in. the Foreign Office, the of the Italian delegation: Dr. Luther; the German Chancellor; Dr, Stress- plenipotentiaries of seven European mann, the German Foreign Minister, nations signed with golden pens the and Herr von Schubert of the German Treaty of Locarno and its subsidiary Foreign Office. treaties,, which optimists believe, will At the end of the table, facing Sli• bring to Europe a golden age of peace. Austen Chamberlain, sat Herr Kemp - Long before 11 o'clock, the time set ner of the German Foreign Office, and for ; 'the eeremony, those bidden to at- M. Retie of the Belgian delegation. tend began to enter the beautiful For- On the side of the table at Sir Aus- eign Office hall, They included ten's left sat Mr, Lampson of the statesmen, diplomats, the wives and British Foreign Office; the l+'reneh daughters of the signatories, and Premier, M. Ryland; Id, Berthelot, scores of newspapermen. In fact, Permanent Secretary of the French arrangements for giving the press a Foreign Office; Foreign Minister good view of the proceedings vied Benes of Czechosovakia; Foreign with those made for the movie men; Minister Skrzynski of Poland; M. Almost all the seats on one side of the Przedziecki, his fallow -delegate from hall were reserved for British and Poland, and Premier Vandervoide of foreign newspapermen, who totalled Belgium. snore than 150, Ranged before them In e long row behind the side of in two rows of seats were the official the table where the Germans were stenographers. seated a number of diplomats and at - The signatories entered with others taches grouped themselves. Behind who were to sit at the green table in Premier Baldwin and Foreign Secre- the centre of the room. First of these tary Chamberlain the distinguished to appear was Foreign Secretary men who took seats included Lord Chamberlain, now Sir Austen Chani- Balfour, Chancellor of the Exchequer berlain, with the German Chancellor, tirinston Churchill, and the other Luther, and French Premier, Brined, members of the British Cabinet and on either side of him. The distin- numerous ladies. guished group seated themselves at Proceedings were opened by Sir the table in the following order: Austen Chamberlain, who read a Mr. Chamberlain took the head of message from Bing George welcoming the table. On his right sat Premier thedelegates, expressing satisfaction Baldwin, and on his left Sir Cecil because London was chosen as the Hurst, legal adviser to the British place for signing the Locarno Treaty, delegation at Loearno. Ranged on and regretting that the death of the side of the table to Chamberlain's Queen Alexandra prevented celebra- right were Signor Scialoja, head of ting the occasion by special functions, and two sans. the Italian delegation to the League as had been originally intended WIFE OF Fa REIGN SECRETARY HUNO"D isY THE hINQ 1NTERVENTIO�, OF ; y. AGUE PREVENTS �:;aA,., aaq ... ��:,,s,.,� i.:a4,N�sa�.���,•^",:':c'a �''�.� se2sr�£ WAR BETWEEN GREECE %1 k'D BULGARIA The wife of Sir?,u,ttett Ceembeelain was elgnally honored when, the King eonterred ani her the title of .Dame or Grand Crosse of the Order of ale. Brie tieh Empire, recognizing the important part the played in the',oceano con- ference. The above photogeaph shows Deme Chamberlain with her daughter MATTAWA FIRE LOSS TOTALS $150,000 Several Families Homeless, Five Stores Destroyed in Blaze Starting in Grocery. A despatch from North Buy says: -- SPECULATORS CAUSE POPULARITY BRINGS FLURRY IN WHEAT DOWN PRICE OF BULL Excited Public Trafficking in "King of the Fairies," from Futures in Winnipeg Pit. Royal Ranch, Lamed and A despatch from Winnipeg says:- Exhausted by Admirers. It begins to look as if the wheat mar- A despatch from Chicago says:- ket was off on another mad ride, In The champion Shorthorn bull, "King four the last four days, sine the opening of the Fairies," owned by H.R.H. the 594;074 during the month of Novem- ber, according to figures issued by the devellings and five stores are burned on Monday morning, the price has Prince of Wales, which was also grand Finance Department. The net debt of to the ground, while s number of other jumped ahead 18 cents. Tha advance champion at the Royal Winter Show the Dominion now stands at $2,382,- buildings are damaged, according to en Thursday alone was 7 cents, at Toronto this year, is now the prop- 616,883, as compared with $2,360,022, - reports received here of the fire which Speculators are pouring into the mar- erty of Frank. C. Baker, Kansas City, 809 on the 81st of last October. Dune pp in the month of November of lust broke out in Mattawa early Wednes- ket, and it is apparent that almost Mo. This famous bull was sold for ing the net debt showed a increase day morning. The total damage is every town and village in the country the astonishingly low price of $1,050 of $35,405,272 at the end of Nevem- has its ou of citizens taking a saleof Shorthorn cattle Nevem- approximately $1n0,000. The blaze � p at the Exposition. • CANADA'S NET DEBT HIGHER IN NOVEMBER Interest Charges Form the Largest Iteral of Ex- penditure. A despatch from Ottawa says:- Canada'a net debt lecreesed by $22, - A despatch from Geneva says:• -A bare Margin of two' and one-half hours i stood between warfare on an extensive! scale in the Balkans when the League' of Nations intervened in the Creeo-� Bulger dispute, accor'dittg to revela-i tions made in,the Rumbold Investiga-i tion Commission report. When the Briand ultimatum reached the capitals Athens had ord-1 ered a mass attack upon Petrich by • 1,000 men and three batteries of artil- lery, while Bulgaria had issued orders to a d4$eesive contingent of ono bat- talion, of regular troops with twelve cannon and hundreds of irregulars to contest the advance. The message from Athens to the commanding officer to holt the ad- vance arrived at 6 a.m.; 8,30 had been fixed as bre hour. Had Petrleh been attacked the losses certainly would have reached hundreds, lighting flames of a war which could not easily have been extinguishes. The Rum- bold report is an extensive document which reveals as causes of the con- flict the inherent defects fn the fron- tier guard system in the Balkans and flyer at the auction ort urn ber as compared with October. The started in the grocery store of K. C. In what. hIr. Baker admitted after "King net debt of Canada on November 80, La.: ,rear an orgy of buying by the 1924, was $2,411,70"4,947, so that there McDonald, who ices in vmti1 Bay at ubac shot the rice up until early in of the Fairies' had become his prop- has been a decrease in the year am - THE MARKETS designates the refugees situation as one of the major contributing factors. It finds Crreece almost : entirely to blame and has assessed damages total- ling 30;000,000 levan, about $249,000. Of this amount $146,000 is assessed as reparation for material and moral damage, which incudes the loss of the life of one lieutenant, four soldiers, two children, five civilians, the wound- ing of nineteen persons, the loss of working days by 3,500 pet"tsarts forced 'from their homes, three cases of rape and the extortion of money from the peasants by the Greeks." Both Greece and Bulgaria are send - log delegations to the December Conn - Hie Majesty Honors the Hero and Heroine of Locarno A despatch from London says:- Bnitein honors its heroes of'peace no lass than its victors in war. - Austen Chamberlain, the man who won the peace at Locarno, and Mrs. Chamber- lain, his adroit, although unofficial diplomatic assistant, were -received by. King George ea Buckingham Palace,. where the Foreign Secretary , was given the accolade of Knighthood, f oil. Sofia will accept unequivocally, but Greece is expected to ask ameli- oration of the conditions, which the League is not expected to grant. The commission recommends thatthe fron- tier guard system be reorganized by a commission of the League consisting of frontier officials of the same na- tionality who will work in close co- operation with each other on opposite sides of the border. It also urges an immediate adjustment of the minor- ity and refugee questions. TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.07; No. 2 North., $1,68,A; No. 8 North., $1.601,%. • ` Man. oats, No. 2, CW, nominal; No. 3, 510; No -1 feed, 49e; No. 2 feed, 40;e. Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 yellow, 03e. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included. Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, per ton, $96; good feed flour, per bag, $2,30. Ont. oats -40 to 43e, f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat -$1.30 to $1.83, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barley -Malting, 67 to 69c. Buckwheat -No. 3, nominal. Rye -No. 2, 80c. Ont, flour -Toronto, 90 per cent. ate per barrel, in cnrlots, Toronto, $6.20; seaboard, in bulk, $6,20. Straw -Carlota, per ton, $0 to $9.50, Screenings- Standard, recleaned, f.o.b. bay ports, per ton, $20. Cheese -New, large, 24 to 241c; twins, 2415 to 26%e; triplets, 26e; Stilton, 27c. Old, large, 28c; twins, 29c; triplets, 30c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 48c; No. 1 creamery, 47e; No. 2, 46 to 46e. Dairy prints, 41 to 42c. Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, to $13; do, leucite, $10.75 to $11; do, culls, $11 to $12, hogs, thick smooths, 81r Austen Chamberlain fed and watered, $12.36; do, f.o.b., $1175; do ronntry points, x1150; do,l off cars, $12.75; select premium, $2.42, MONTREAL, Oats, CW, No. 3, 693 c; extra No. 1 feed, 56/c; No. 2 local white, 581i4c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, 58.90 to 59.10; seconds, 58.40 to 58,60; strong bakers' 58,20 to $8.40; winter pate., choice, $f 7:50. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs,, $8,50. Bran, $29,26 to 530,25. Shorts, $81.25 to 582.26. Middlings, �38.25. Hay, No, 2, per ton, car lots, 14. Cheese -Finest west 21% to 22e. Butter -No. 1 pasteur{zed, 44e; do, the time, and wizen it was noticed February it had reached the record erty that he had come to the sale pre- ountrng to 529,137,464. 78 to 80c;sfresh extras, loose, 76c; orad to pay a much higher rice if , fresh firsts, 60 to• a firsts, storage extras, at 3,46 in the morning it had gained of $2 �1, This was followed by a P R price, The largest item on the cxpendi" 45 to 48e; storage 42 to 49c; too much headway to be checked. ;break that took it back to $2, then necessary, to secure the hurl for his tura side of the sheet is that covering storage seconds, 36 to 87c. The flames spread to a fruit store= down• to $1.70, and later to as low as farm near Kansas`�'ity. payments of interest on the public, 'Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring, owned by N. Karan, an Assyrian, to $1.46. Prior to the bull being put up for debt. For the eight months it amount- lb., 30c; hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 24 to a hardware store owned by J. A. Fink,' The price of December wheat on sale, Professor_ W. L. Carlyle, Man- ed t6 5101,917,654 as against .5103,- 28e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 22c; roosters, 18e; to the drygcods store of Mr, Monsour Thursday was higher than on the sante ager of the Prince's ranch at Pekisko, 543,608 in the eight months of the ducklings, 5 lbs, and up, 28 to 26e; and to the customs office. An apart , date a year ago. December closed at Alberta, announced to the crowd in Last fiscal year. The second item in turkeys, $6c. ment building tenanted by II, E. Gil-; $1.00 5-8, compared with $1.580-4 a the sales building that the reason for the expenditure column is that of $21,-' Beans, Cana haitdplcked, ib., 60; beau and air Gignac, the C.P.R.' year ago, The May and July options, h "Xing f the Fairies going on primes, 6 to 634 c. •t h P ^ 830,042 far pensions which is some gone 60 Ib, tins, 11% to 12c jaer No. 1 creamery, 43 to '43%c; do, sec- ends, 42 to 421c. Eggs, storage ex tras, 46; do, storage firsts, 41c; do, storage seconds, 86o; do, fresh spe- cials, 75 to 80e; do, fresh extras, 70c; do, fresh firsts, 65c, Potatoes, per bag, car lots, Quebec, $2,75. Good' veale, $11; medium ones, $10 and $10.50; grassers,. 54.76 to 56; hogs, mixed lots, 512.76; do, selects, $18 to $13.26; sows, $10. while Mrs. Chamberlain was handed. the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Ordor of the British. Empire, Thus the part played by a woman in.assist- ing her husband to bring the diplomats ' of Europe into accord at Locarno was recognized, while the momentous role that Austen Chamberlain : filled so successfully earned for him at the hands of his Sovereign the highest distinction that an English subject can attain. Sir Austen, as the new Knight of the Garter must perforce be known takes precedence among the great in the land. Hunt for Bed Warmers as Relics increases Price A despatch from London says: -So many American antique hunters have carried across the Atlantic old-fash- ioned English copper bed warmers that the price of these articles in Lon- don has trebled in recent months, The I�ITCI kENER CHILD Americans seize upon the warmers. as SWALLOWS POISON flue things to hang beside an open fireplace or to use as chestnut roast- s� ers, or corn poppers. The ordinary Mics from Burns Caused by warmer is about the size; of a went' Drinking Crestairie, Twice basin, with a lid and a as Strong as Ca be k. ._ three fnpt ¢i l handle. In its hey -day it was filled with live charcoal -and thrust be Kitchener, Ont., Dec. 8. -Gloria tweet the sheets at night to take off Sutherland, the „one-year and -ten- the chill. months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs,.! These warners were part of the Allister Sutherland, 38. Courtland; winter equipment of almost every Ave., died in St. Mary's hospital yes- English home until the arrival, some terday afternoon at 2 o'clock from' forty years ago, of the stone hotwater terrible burns sustained when the child bottle, said to have been conceived by swallowed a guntity of cresoline, a' Mrs, William E. Gladstone, wife of the n o yy_ poison twice as strong as cathode 1 the famous, Prime Minister. The agent, wise destroyed, as was the rani-, however, are not quite as high as a the auction block was the t e rinse what higher than in the eight months- Ih.' 10-1b. tins, 1135 to 12o; u -lb, tins, acid. I Grand Old Man used to wake up g year ago, being$1,61' and $1,59 3-8, of Wales intends to bring out another dense of L Mosseau. The Gignac, of last year when pensions totalled 12 to 121lsc; 24h -lb, tins, 14'to 14eac, The child was downstairs playing,, thirsty during the night and drink ' llies,our, Guilbeau and Sar wereazin fain- respectively, compared with $1.G5 and pure-bred me ne torn hull from Britain $20,064,144.Maple produce-Syrup,per imp. and her mother being upstairs, when the water nearest him, usually that in ' dies, who lost everything, saved.$1 631,1+ on Dec. 3 of last year, early in the new year.- �. gal., $2.40; per 5 -gal. tin, 2.30 per she crawled up and got the cresolhte the stone bottle beside him. To give Monsin t,__,_-_,_,.. -,.,.,-_ ,.y t,,., fire fight- The wheat pit at Winnipeg on The price of popularity was the R. h Asbestos Find is gal„ maple sugar, ib., 25 -to 26o, from a shelf. A few minutes later him something more palatable his wife 1 eveningwith ors. They had slept through the Sorry 1 one appeared to know what was going ,ince the arrival of "Ring of the portion of the fire. wind d i to happen next, Buying of options Fairies" from Toronto last week thou - To the fart that there was no in by the local public, higher cables from sands hove inspected the animal, the people attribute the fact that the Liverpool, and news of bad crop con- causing it to stand up continuously, flames did not sweep through the i ditiona in the Argentine all combined whole town, whieb is largely composedand therefore when it entered the to send prices soaring. Although sales ring on Thursday the bull limp - Thursday was highly exciting. No principal rause for the low price, for IC $ �s Smoked meats-Ilsms, mad., 26 to she was frothing at the mouth and. filled the bottle each Made In British Columbia no. cin hams 40 to 42c• stroked was rushed to the hospital, where she boiling tea, sweetened. Stone bottle of frame buildings. Following the alarm nearly all the male residents of the town turned out to fight the fire. So intense was the heat that the fronts of buildings across the street were badly scorched. Mattawa is a town of about two thousand people, situated about fifty miles east of North Bay, at the junc-. t' f theM tt tend Ottawa wheat has shot ahead, eats, barley, ed and ::bowed every sign of exltaus- flax and rye are all considerably lower tion. than a year ago. Wheat marketed to date in the West -se totals 265.000,000 bushels. Scientist Gives Life for Cause of X -Ray London Buys Heavily of Canadian Wheat A despatch from London says:- tun o n awe After 28 years of suffering from der- Rivere. It is in the heart of the lam- matitis, caused by experiments with in Vancouver from a British Columbia steers, choice, $5.75 to $7.50; do, good, boring district and logs floated down despatch from London says:- 1 -ray, Reginald. G.-Backell is dead in property. $6 to $6.60; do, med., $4,76 to $R50; the two rivers are ordinarily held a London hospitah lie was a pioneer The fibre is tang, and the'material, do, coin., $4 to $4.60; butcher heifers, over there. The London wheat market has been in thatt branch of service. A co- although soft, is strong. choice, $8,60 to $7,25; do, good, $6.76 b 1 f daysThe vein has been traced for sev-1 to $6.26; do, med., $4.50 to $5; do, - rolls, 22c; cottage, 23 to 25e; break- A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., fast bacon 32 to 86c; special brand says: -Asbestos nearly equal in qual- breakfast bacon, 88 to 39c; backs, ity to that of the famous deposits boneless, 80 to 37e, from which Quebec supplies the world Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 has been found at the head waters of to 70 lbs., 522; 70 to ,90 lbs, $20.60 20 lbs. and up, $19.60; lightweight ,Quoicelt Creek, off the Fraser River, rolls, in barrels, $43.50; heavyweight near Lytton, it was learned at the rolls, $39.60 per barrel. British Columbia Chamber of Mines Lard -Pure tierces, 18 to 1839c; on Friday. •• tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 19%c; A box of the asbestos fibre sent in prints, 20 to 201e; shortening tierces, by one of the owners of the property .lStec;to 1t tubs, 14c; pails, 1414c; blocks, is admitted by mining oxen to be one l Heavy steers, choice, $7.76 to $8.50; of the best that has ever been shown,do good, $7 to 57,50; , butcher very active during the est few worker says: "1 doubt if.in the whole coin $3.76 to $4.50• butcher cows, StrikingMiners Sentenced and large purchases of Canadian range of martyrs to science there h' wheat have been made As many as could $4 to $4.50; hatchet bulls, good, $4 GO be found a more striking case. to Year in Prison 16 cargoes, mostly of Canadian and He was only 44 and suffered half his Australian grain were bought at life, Although toward the end he en - A despatch from Calgary, AIta., prices which represented advances of dated agony, he neve, cornp''lined, and says: -Three Drumheller miners, con- from one shilling to one shilling and reta+ned his e.Ihur't;nt for science, virted by a jury on a charge of unlaw- six pence per quarter over the closing kteping up with c velonrt1(-nts. With that d the 6 50; do $4.60 to $6; stockers, ful assembly, were sentenced to a quotations of Wednesday. The Lon-. hath arms glee, he .stili worked as first nine months of this year, 26,817 good, $4.45 fair, $6.50; rlo, fair,. $4 to year's imprisonment by Mr, Justice don market is still waiting definite tn.tieer, when able." emigrants of British nationality Pro- good,; calves, choice, $12 to $18,50; Boyle. A fourth, in whose rase the news of the crop conditions in Argon- Two years ago a newspaper raised ceded to Canada. This compares vvith do, good, $9 to $10; do, grassers, $5 aura recommended leniency on the tins and in the meantime, millers are a ,rnall sum for him, and it is now 17,706.who went to Australia; 7,743 to $6,; good light sheep, 56,50 to $7.50: ground of extreme youth, was given securing supplies chiefly from North het d there will he help for the widow who went to New Zealand, and 14,668 heavies and bucks, $4,60 to $5.60 good six months' suspended sentence. America. from the Carnegie Fun•. awls() the United States. lambs, $14 to $14.26do, med., W12.30 width. eral miles, it is stated, and has been found to be of considerable wt . Britons Leave for Canada at Rate of 3,000 Monthly A. despatch from London says: - British figures show a. during good, choice, $5 to $6,25; do fair -to to $5.76; bolognas, $3.26 to a3.50; canners and cutters, $2.50 to .y8.16; springers, choice, $00 to $110; good milch cows, $75 to $86; medium cows, $45 to $60; feeders, good, $5.76 to soon lapsed into unco isciouenese and warners, although replaced by rub - died 2% hours after taking the poison. ber articles in the cities, are still used The child was terribly burned about in English country districts, where the mouth and lips, While apparently they are known as "Gladstones," some of the poison had spilled from the container, for her breast was bad- ly burned, MUTT AND JEFF -By Bud Fisher. went to Jaee, gE555 at1e •tat R.ec eta. G1ue5 Me The AuTF1ot2VT! '1O are GAGS ALL "Me ActORs FoR MIS FINS R•e2GL@i2• AND"Nu BeING our oE:Adoss PRoct5PTS Me To GIVE Yost A SMALLPART: IN 5CCN5 oNE ATNLI Cd iS SPCEAING bo/N he- 1tad1 Ahab AS IT pftSS05 uNseela A TRce IN WH(Cii YoU Mee RIbOe-N You Ju -i0 ANb I=AND oN -t 1G Top: x•LL-11F556 Te Miele sew Howl -HAT is DoNe: 'MEM You at2'Gel.G week ttke cHAUFFeUR ANO'C1-1R01.../ tum oeF TRe 'MO L t'LL H qUG Ta stkotu `fou How -tubo-CIa1AT,Too: Qu 1Te• 50' Marshal Joffre Has Written Memoirs of Great War A. despatch from Paris says: - Marshal Joffro has admitted that he has written his memoirs of the World War, but says that the time has not yet come to publish them.. "I am still in active service," he explains, alluding to the fncb that there is no retiring age for marshals of France, who, therefore, are sub- ject technically during their lifetime to the regulations which forbid army officers in active service to publish Childhood Heroes Seen at English Theatres A despatch from London says: - Peter Pan, Back and the Beanstallc, Alice in Wondorland, Cinderella and a score of other favorites of youthful England are in rehearsal at Christ - MSS bilis in the English theatres, One feature of the Christmas pantomimes and plays this year will be a general revival of old English folksongs and carols to replacemuch of the ragtime music which has crept into Christmas pantomimes of recent Years. The English public has tired of the pantomimes which were largely a re- hash of slap -stick musical comedies. In some cases the humor of these pro - anything connected with army mat- auctions was of a character parents ters. did not care to have their ehildroh hear, The press has been riled with protests from parents who urged that mistcon time it elfnsthe real ooh bills be arranged ,which are suitable that the sun himself g so the hethre. for children of any age and there has that the sun is shining somewhere. been a general response on the part of managers. Isle of Skye Forsakes Simple Life for Radio A despatch from London The Highlanders Highlanders of the -isle of Skye _ and the Outer Flehrides, of the West `coast of ..Seotlapti, have abandoned their traditioit4l'oatmeal. for a' more luxurious diet of tea, white bread and 'jam. This fact ins been brought out by the chief medical officer for the Invernees-shire which includes- Skye, 11 who declares the change is "dietetic iws folly" and is the result of ntdo'•¢nce. The medical officer says that radio,. crossword puzzles and ether modern ideas are threatening . to spell the !eland crofters, and to remove all the picturesqueness of the -country of the, crofters, as the small high;and farm ors are, called. The authorities of the region are making attempts to intro- duce easier methods of preparing rporridge so that the islanders will not stick to their new, IA S. and bread diet simply because it is easier to make ready for the table. Jeff is Very Efficient at Doing Some Things. UM TticN YOU CNTS2THe CAR AitD TAKw THE BeAeaTtFUL GIRL IN /LISTEN:You I `(omit AraMS, AND WOa. lama To i<l55 rices a,Nb - SNOUT met -tow - TD Do-nigT: oN SGcorvb 11iouGN't' '4oN'T Ts-UNl< x cAN t.1SR YQ'`i IN TeaFI L •Wal:. a %