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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-05-24, Page 7GREECE AND. TURKEY FAIL TO REACH COMPROMISE ON REPARATIONS Developments at Lausanne C onference Regarding Repara tions in Asia Minor Are Subject of Anxiety to the Allies. A despatch from Lausanne • says: - The; great Mohammedan festival of Bairani, when the followers of Mo- hammed relax and rejoice after their thirty days of fasting, brought no re- pose or gaiety to Ismet Pasha Thursday, nor luck to the Near E conference, ` The situation between Turkey a r G eeee over the problem of reparatio is grave, and the conference presu ably is imperilled because all Bir efforts by Ismet Pasha and EliP th los Venizelos to settle this danger issue "out of court" failed. The_.A gore and Athens leaders, after a fru less session, agreed to disagree a submit the issue to the conference an attempt to find a solution. _ Out respect for the Turks' religion, allies proposed that no formal sessi of the conference be held Thursd ,but the Greeco-Turkish reparati dispute is so serious that `both Ve zelos and Ismet felt justified in util ing the festival by striving to rea an accord. ` M. Venizelos took the itiative, suggesting a 'meeting wi the noted Turkish general, proba with the idea that the Bairam festiv would exercise a softening influen n the controversy. Both the Greek leader and Is ed gentle words; but neither su ded in piercing the other's arm f resistance. Ismet insisted th Turkey could pay' no reparatio whatsoever to Greece, but expecte to: receive an equitablesumfor da ages caused, by the Greek armies Asia Minor, when, he asserted, th burned towns and villages during their retreat and laid waste the whole countryside. Turkey, he declared, cduld`not aban- don the principle of Grecian repara- tions but, in a spirit of conciliation, stood ready to leave fixation of the, actual amount to arbitrators. on M. Venizelos pleaded Greece's cause ast with fine eloquence; he painted a pic- ture of Greece struggling to • succor. rid over a million refugees who had been ne driven out of Turkey during the ter- m- rible war and attempted to show with ect figures that a the Hellenic nation was in g -, such serious 02 aa- lOU x s financial condition that oas all payment of reparations was out p Ym p s n- of the question. On the contrary, he it- contended, ' Greece should receive re- nd .paration from Turkey because, of the in economic' disaster caused to the Greeks of when they` fled from the Turks,.aban- the Boning homes and fortunes. on If Turkey is justified in asking dam - ay, ages, Greece was; equally justified and ons` perhaps the two accounts could be Ma- ni- anted. What Venizelos wanted' was is- a clean slate on the reparation ac - ch count, both Turkey and Greece' calling in- it square. th Isnot. Pasha could not see this is bly all and the confernce adjourned. al The allies are greatly worried over ce the developments, as they had hoped their good offices would load the way Ism to a direct settlement between Greece o - or a't ns d m- in ey AT THE KNOT HOLES \-,./// .1 11 l l I Ls�.. GOVERNMENT OPENS NEW PRESS BUREAU and Turkey.Tbey will continue their mediation efforts, but everybody on London ---"-- Now be Kept In- Vhursday night conceded that there is danger of. Greece breaking away from the conference and resorting to arms 'unless some satisfactory com- promise is reached. Turkey wants 4,500,000,000 gold francsreparations and Greece says she wants 5,000,000,000 gold francs from Turkey. U.S. TO PUT BRITISH DEBT BONDS ON MARKET Final Details of Settlement Call for Special Agreements Which Make This Possible. A despatch from Washington says: -Final details concerning the debt settlement ,between the United States and GreatBritaincall for spe- cial arrangements which will make it possible to sell the bonds furnished by Great Britain on the open market if so desired, it was explained at the Treasury. Department. on Thursday. Details In this arrangement have been submitted to the British Govern- meat at London and the final views of the United States debt funding com- mission wereexplained,. by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon's office to Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes. Government officials reiterated ,th there is nothing in the delay whic suggests any desire on the part of th British Government to avoid the corn mitments made in the original settle hent. The plan of making it possib to sell the British bonds to the public, it was explained, was included in the original settlement, the only changes required being certain variations the contract which will make it more flexible in this respect. at Heads Last Post Fund. h General. Sir' Arthur Currie, elected e Dominion President of the Last Post Fund of Canada. ti to Toronto Man Killed by Fumes in Garage Cannot Write Lord's Prayer, Loses Seat in Council A despatch from Quebec says: -As a result of a literary test, a Council- lor of the village of St. 'Casimir, Portneuf county, was deprived of the right to sit on the Council of that parish on Friday morning by a judg- ment rendered by. Justice Gibson, in the Superior Court, on a writ of "quo warranto" sought against -the respond- ent for alleged illiteracy. The decisive test took the form of an attempt to write the "Lord's Prayer" in French. After over half an hour of strenuous work the respondent, on the stand, had succeeded'' in writing only two sentences of the prayer, Irish Deportations Continue Majority Again Arrested A despatch from London says: -A. further batch of'nine deportee, s was returned to England from Dublin on Friday, and seven of them were re- arrested. Two ofthe ninety who reached England on Thursday were already in custody, so that, apart from t O'Brien, nine of them have been ar- rested again: 2,000,000 Acres of Forest Signed Away by Soviets A despatch from Riga- says: -Tho German: Eastern - Relations Society has signed a concessions agreement with the Government at Moscow,' whereby it receives 2,000,000 acres of forest land along the Moscow -Rybinsk Railway. It will undertake to spend 1 $8,500,000 to complete. 200 miles of railway, Great -Great -Grandchildren I at Centeenarian's. Funeral 1 A• despatch from Montreal says:- I+'Francois Robidoaux, centenarian, 1 whose funeral took place here on Thursday,''is survived by five, children;' i 32 grandchildren, 58 great -grand -1 children and three children of the fifth generation. -A despatch from Toronto says Overcome by carbon monoxide fumes while working on his motor car in the garage at the rear of his home, 9 Oriole Parkway, Thursday afternoon H, Pearcy Porter, aged 81 years, vice- president and : assistant manager of Sanderson Pearcy and Company, was found by his wife about 6.30 in the evening. Dr. Andrew Cox, 39_ St Clair Avenue' west, was called and triedartificial respiration without avail. A pulmotor was requisitioned from the Consumers' Gas Company Later, Supt. Saunders, of the Life - Saving Station, arrived with an extra oxygen supply, but all efforts were vain. Chief Coroner Graham was notified of the tragedy, and after in- , vestigating, he decided that death was accidental and that no inquest was ,necessary. 'Belgium Will Honor Her First War Dead Brussels, May 12. -The name of Antoine Fonck will live in Belgian his- tory. A monument to be erected in hie memory at the Croix du Polinard, a crossing near Thimister,will inform future generations that at that spot was killed the first Belgian soldier in the World. War -the first' of 45,000. Fonck was a private in the Second Lancers. On August 4,1n the fateful year of 1914, his squadron was recon- noitering at Battice, in the province of Liege. Word came that German cav- ,alry had been sighted near the village of Thimister and Fonck was • sent to verify the report. Coining suddenly upon .the enemy scouts, Foncic fired upon thein. He was pursued. His horse was sooI1 shot beneath , him, Using the animal's bodyas a barri- cade the soldier continued to fire until he .died; That was at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing. Some hours later some German soldiers passed by with Belgian civil- ian prisoners: Ono of the Germans seeing the body .of the soldiery stuck its bayonet in it, saying, "There is a dirty Belgian." The next day the body was&buried -in the 'cemetery -of -the, ' ittle village, where his grave has al- ways been tended reverently by the nhabitants. All life is summed up in being, do - ng, and saying. formed of Canadian Enter- prises -Exhibition Offers Market. A despatch from London says: - The Canadian Government has opened a press bureau in London with W. T Cranfield as director. A precedent for such action was established by the Canadian Trade Mission in London which appointed an English writer at a high salary as publicity agent. Unfortunately, he, knew about every- thing except Canada and the experi- ment was not very successful Oran- field, better known of Dennis . Crane, has, however, travelled widely in the Dominion and has written extensively on Canadian subjects, It is certainly none too soon to ginger up Canadian publicity in London. Australia, with its customary enterprise, has already captured "the Empire shopping week," which begins here on Tuesday. The big London stores have been induced to make special displays of Australian products. The Times, while boosting the idea of a shopping week, was able to get only such meagre informa- tion about Canada's part in it as was covered in three lines as compared with reams of space which Australia and even New Zealand and South Africa have been able to fill. So far it has been left to the Can- adian Pacific and the Canadian Gov- ernment railways to keep Canada in the .picture at all. Friday saw the turning of the first sod for the Aus- tralian building at the British Empire Exhibition. A statement secured by Canada's representative on the man- agement committee of the exhibition indicates that vast quantities of Em- pire foodstuffs will be needed to cater to the 20,000,000 visitors expected. It is estimated that 8,000 tons of meat and over 400 tons ofbutter will be required, and it rests with Canadian producers to see that an adequate amount of these and other supplies is Canadian. No Trace of, Easter Island Following Earthquake A despatch fromlbourne says A wireless message, apparently from a vessel, has been picked up here stat- ing that Easter Island has disap- peared. Reports that Easter Island had dis- appeared have been prevalent since the disastrous earthquake which shook Northern Chile last November.. The last definite report was made by the captain of a French merchant ship, who declared he found nothing but water at the position given to the island on his chart. Tho population is about 100. -Dolle News. BONAR LAW'S HEALTH CAUSING ANXIETY Retirement is Again -Talked of Following Visit of Premier's Physician to Paris. A despatch from London says: - The report that Premier Bonar Law's WESTERN RANCH BROTHERHOOD TO HOLD MONSTER FRONTIER DAY CELEBRATION When in 1919 the city of Calgary held a=monster Stampede or Frontier Day celebration to celebrate in a man- ner appropriate to the locality the re- turn of Western men: from the war, drawing together in the City of the Foothills the continent's best riders and ropers, its most daring perform- ers at the old sports of the range, old timers shook their heads sadlyand said there would never be another. With the disappearance of the range and its, romantic pursuits . it was be - coning increasingly gly difficult to gather together in one spot the superb horse- men and women yetclinging to a past era, to collect a sufficiennum- ber of really bad horses to thrill a continental gathering, or find the old type of wild range cattle to test the mettle of the people of the range. Yet Calgary, one of the last local- ities to cling to the fringe of a pass- ing era, is confident of staging an equally thrilling and entertaining event this summer, and the little city still claimswide attention as one of the very few remaining places on the continent still able to stage such a mammoth and stirring drama, Itwill be a last effort to arrest the progress of time, when for one week the cloak which civilization and modern develop- • ment have •.thrown over the country will be removed and the city again dwell in the era which gave it birth and prestige. Fifty thousand dollars in prizes has been calculated to attract to the •Al- berta city such eathe doughty riders of 'the range as have not been absorb- ed by gentler callings. It will be re- garded as perhaps the last grand re- union of the great ranch brotherhood. Riders from bothsides of the border will compete against each other, and the first ,of their calling from every section of the country take part in thee sports of -the a ran a which, with all their dangers andthrills,willco com- prise prise the daily ly program for one week; The Stampede presents an unique opportunity to the traveller in Canada. this summer to witnesswhat is prob- ably the passing of the old Canadian West. Such events have been limited always to the Western part of the Am- erican. continent, and the area of such diversion becainc narrowed down until Calgary remained perhaps the last stronghold of the ranching industry. Its day is practically gone theretoo, and one last attempt is being made to give residents of the continent a pic- ture of what in a few years' time will be regarded as history. The Week's Markets TORONTO. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.26%. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 57%c; No. 3 CW, 543lc: extra No. 1 feed, 02%c; No, 1 feed, b2s/q,c. Manitoba barley -Nominal, All the above track, bay porta, enforced retirement from office is im- American corn -No, 8 yellow, minent, has been revived by the hur- $1.0231; No. 2, $1.02. ried visit to Paris of Sir Thomas Barley -Malting, 60 to 62c, accord- Horder, the Premier's physician, and ing to freights outside. a great authority upon throat affec- Ruckwheat-No. 2, 74 to 76e. Rye -No. 2, 76 to 77c. tions. - It was upon the imperative Peas -No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. orders of Sir Thomas that Bonar Law Millfeed--Del. Montreal frei ghts, left the Lloyd George Cabinet two bags included: Bran, per ton, 29;' years ago. Sir Thomas' trip to Paris shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, 35; followed Bonar Law's consultation good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.25. with a French specialist: Rumor inin a 1Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, nom - political circles has it that Sir Thomas . Ontario No. 2 white oats -61 to found his distinguished patient's 68c. throat affection was not responding to Ontario corn-Nominai, the treatment -including a rest from , Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat., official duties-which'the Premier had In jute bags; Montreal; prompt ship - undergone, meat, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis The London •newspapers speculate 16.0855• to $6,15; bulk, seaboard, $4.961 guardedly as to the political crisis Manitoba flour -1st pats •, in cotton that may arise if Bonar Law has to sacks, $7.10 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $8.60. resign as Prime Minister. It is signi- ' Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, flcant that the Daily Express hints track Toronto, $15 to $15.50; No, 8 at the unsatisfactory state of the Pre- timothy, $14; mixed, $12 to $18,60; mier's health. The Express is the lower grades, $8. � organ of Lord Beaverbrook, .Bonar Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To- a ronto $9.50. • Law's s most intimate friend, and this newspaper hotly tlenomieed the re- ports of Bonar Law's impending re- tirement, printed last month, as can- ards . spread by ex -Conservative Ministers who sought to overthrow the Government. Bonar Law intends to return to London soon,- it is reported. Sir Thomas Jeeves Herder is as- sistant physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital; physician of Cancer Hospi- tal, Fulham, and have made valuable contributions to medicine and bacteri- ology. • . United States Citizens Settle in Canada It is estimated that there are approximately, one million peo- ple in Canada who were born in, the United States, or about twelve per cent. of the Domin- ion. population. Most of these are to be found on farms in the Western Provinces. Nearly one hundred million acres of West- ern Canadian land has been settled by homesteading, and citizens, of the United States have accounted for thirty per cent.' of such settlement as against twenty per cent," on the part of British. In addition, United States citizens are each year the heaviest purchasers of privately held and unproved lands and farms. ( CP ' PLP' IR `(ouR YARD EliN'i Mote secAusE eW MOTHEg slim Youfze IN. UL LoArelt 51.)1- Yoc CAN PLA'i IN bW YA.p if j!O V WANT- 1 Al WT ft% ta:AF-R ,4. OIL �iY e 4.. �, Cheese -New, large, 20c; twins, 22c; triplets, 28o; Stiltons, 22 to 23c. Old, large, 30c; twins, 82; Stiltons, 82c. Butter Finest creamery prints, to 86c; ordinary creamery prints, 8 to 84c; dairy, 24 to 25c; cooking, 22 Eggs, new laids, loose, 82c; new laids, in cartons, 880. Live poultry -Chickens, milk -fed, over 6 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5 -lbs., 22c do, 2 to 4 lbs., 20c; hens, over 5 lbs 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 26c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 22c; roosters, 17c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 80c; do, 4 to lbs., 28c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 25c Dressed poultry -Chickens mill fed, over 5 Ibs., 855c; do, 4 to 51'bs., 80c Shorts, $30. Middlings, 335. Hay, 85 No. 2, per ton car lots, 314 to 315. Bnt Butter, choicest cast -ere 8 8138c. Eggs, selected, A34c. Potatoes o'; per bag,. car lots, 31.20. Natural Resources Bulletin The Natural Resources Intel- ligence Service of the Depart- ment of the Interior, at Ottawa says: Of the 178,567 barrels of crude petroleum produced in Canada last year, Ontario sup- plied 164,781 barrels. There are fourteen oil-producing fields in the province, all situated in the southwestern portion. TIbe largest producing field was the Petrolia and Enniskillen, 64,- 934 barrels, Oil Springs coming next with 43,218 barrels, Both- well with 25 680 barrels, Moza township with 11,959 barrels, West Dover with 5,482 barrels, and other fields with smaller quantities. New Brunswick produced 7,778 barrels, and, Al- berta 6,058 barrels. The valve of the crude petroleum produc- ed in Ontario last year was 3526,316, this including the federal bounty of 386,484. Im- ports of crude petroleum in 1922 were 14,068,075 barrels of 85 gallons,.' valued at .$ 24,- 697,612, j' pats. choice, 6.16. P Rolled r $ oats,bag) 90 lis.,; $8.10. to 8,20. Bran$28. Seeded Fields ®f Southern Alberta Saturated by Rain A despatch front. Lethbridge, Alta.,, says: -The third rainstorm of the month broke over Southern Alberta Thursday morning, bringing almost c- half an inch of moisture, The total registered here so far this month is 1.76 inches. The storm was accompanied by snow between Lethbridge and Calgary and also in the Crow's Nest Pass, Seeded fields are now .thoroughly saturated, and a moisture reserve for the growing season is being stored up. According to Custom. Nine-year-old Marian is her Aunt Marfan's pet. And whenevei auntie, who is a successful young business woman; buys herself any luxury she buys one for 1Vlarlan, too. For instance, when she bought an umbrella for herself she bought Marian a parasol, She bought a bicycle to journey to business, and Marian a tricycle. She bought' a big rocking -chair for herself, and Marian a little one. The other evening she came home with a new admirer, who was one of the follows whom Nature has made' of the ddminutive order. Fora minute Marian eyed him,; and then she said, "All right, auntie, I like him. But where's yours?" Honor to "Tay qa ;" The famous Irishman, ST" P; O'Con- nor, who has been a member of the British House of Commons since 1880, was honored on May 16, on his 75th birthday, by a luncheon given' by two hundred members of the House. He is one of the few` members who still use snuff, and he was presented with a gold snuff box. New Artificial Light. A young French scientist, M. Risler, formerly head of the laboratory at Strassbourg University, is reported to have succeeded in producing' a new kind of artificial light, which it is sag.. gested may completely revolutionize present methods of illumination. This is described as a form of heat- less "on the glow-worm principle." Most of the energy developed in pro- ducing present forms of artificial light, whether in the form of candles, oil lamps, or electric bulbs, is wasted In the form of heat. The problem has been to solve the secret of the glow- worm, whose light is scientifically, cold.. ' M. Risler is said to have solved the problem by utilizing tubes or bulbs filled with a special glass under a cer tain pressure. The tubes themselves are' painted with a phosphorescent mixture, with a basis of sulphide of zinc, which renders them fluerescent, When an electric current is sent through the tubes they give out an amount of light incomparably superior o that from ordinary sources. The nstallatton 1s reported to be extreme - y simple, all that is required, in _addf- ion to tubes or bulbs, being a trans. former, which can be collected up with n electric current of the required volt- ge. M. Risler states that the expenditure of electrical energy is very small, be- ing equivalent only to 15 watts for six metres of tube of a diameter-of.7 mm. It is asserted that no . harmful' rays exist in the new illuminant. t t a do,' 2 to 4 lbs., 25c;. hens, over 5 1bs. 80c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 24c; roosters, 24c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 80e ;'do ,4 to 5 lbs., 29c; turkeys, young, 10' Ifs,' and up, 30c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, lb., 7c; primes, eu•c. gal., $2.50; per 6 -gal. tin, 32.40 per Ma gal. Mee products -Syrup, per imp. aple sugar, lb., 22c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 103f to 11c per lb.; 3-2',5-1b. tins, 11 to 12%c per Ib.; Ontario comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $4.50 to 35; No. 2, $3.76 to 34.25. Potatoes, Ontario -No, 1, $1.15 to 31.25; No. 2, 31.10 to $1.15. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to 27c; cooked hams, 36 to 40c• smoked rolls, 26 to. 28c; cottage rolls, 28 to 30c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 85 to 88c; backs, boneless, 34 to 40c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $18.60; '70 to 90 lbs,, 318; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, `in barrels, 335.50; heavyweight rolls, $32.50. Lard -Pure tierces, 16 to 16%c; tubs, 1631 to 17c;• pails, 17 to 173e; prints 18%c. Shortening tierces, 14% prints, 1514c • tgb3, 15% to 15%c;. pails, 15% to 164c; prints, 17% to 17Vae. Heavy beef steers, $7.50 to $8,50; butcher steers, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, good, $7 to $7.50; do, med., 36.50 to $7; do, com,, $6 to $6.50; biitcher heifers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, med., 36,50 to $7; do, coin. $6 to $6.50; butcher cows, choice, $5.50 to 36.60; do, med., $4.60 to 35.25; canners and cutters, $2 to 32.60; 'butcher bulls, good, 34.50' to 35.60; do, com., 33.50: to 4' feeding' steers good, 36.50 to 7.60; do, air, $6 i6 $6.50; stockers, good, $5.50 to $6;, do, fair, $5 to 35.50; milkers -springers, choice, 380 to 3110; calves, choice, 310 to 311; do, med,, $8 to 310; do, com„ 35 to $7.50; lambs, choice, $18 to 316; do, com., 37.50 to 312; lambs, spring, each, •9 to $17; sheep, choice, light, 7.50 to $8.50; do, choice, heavy, 3$' to 37; do, culls and bucks, 54 to 35.50; liege, . fed and watered, $11 to $,13.25, do, f.o,b., 310.25 to 10.60; do, country points, $10 to 10.25. IVIONT1.EAL. Corn,' Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.01 to 31.02. Oats, No. 2 CW., 67 to 67%c.; No.`$ CW, 62 to "63c; extra No. •1 feed, 6031 to 61c; No.- 2 local white, 59% to 60c, Flour, Manitoba spring wheat pats.; firsts, 37.30; do, secbnds, 36,80; do, strong bakers',' $6.60; do, wintei Auvocates Month's Holiday.... Dr, liastings, Medical Officer of 2iealth of Toronto, who advocates a anonth's holiday in every year for every worker. He believes the revived energy would, mean the worker would produce just as much work each year. Leonid Krassln The envoy of Soviet Russia, who Is In England to. negotiate with Lord Curzon. Britain will extend time for negotiations but will accept nothing less than compliance with her de- mands. Galloping p ng Snakes. One of the most deadly snakes is the Black Mamba, found in South Africa, A strange thing about this particular snake is its fidelity to its mate:. Old. hands knout tliat'if they kill ono mam- ba they must lookfar and kill its mate before it can follow and kill them. A native method,cd revenge is to :kill a. mamba and' put it beneath as enemy's bed, :sure that the survivor will wreak vengeance on the unsus- pecting sleeper. These snakes travel so rayidly that they are able to keep pace with a gal- loping Horse. One, way of saving ofleaelf is to break -the snake's back with the edam- bok, or "raw -hide riding whip, that •every South African farmer carries, or, if a road be near, to make for that, as a snake cannot travelso' rapidly on a smooth surface as over broken and uneveiu ground• Never fear to do what you think is right, even though you fear others may think it is wrong, Butterflies, which are very prolific in Australia, are suffocated in thou- sands by the aborigines, and, separat- ed from their wings, pressed into cakes 'and eaten. Man has beeu the supreme enemy of birds on this continent, as elsewhere in the world, and is responsible for ' the ei tinetion of species over largo trade of country.