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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-04-21, Page 3J, r -- CARD N MISSIONARY SLAIN U.S.-BRITAIN PHONE DAUGHTER KILLED BY CHINESE CALLS TO BE CHEAPER Captain and Seaman Escape from Sinking Ship but Perish from Exposuire. WEEKLY SUMMARY 01 WORLD'S NEWS. Shanghai, April 17. -Rev. Morris Slichter of Toronto and his 3 -year-old v daughter have •been murdered by Chinese bandits near Yunnanfu, in one of the wildest parts of China. • The tragedy occurred while •a party of missionaries were trying to make their way to a railway and safetyon the coast. Mrs. Slichter, wife of the mission- ary;" her 6-year-ol•d. son, John, and - Miss Mary L Craig, nurse, whose home is in Philadelphia were taken captives by the bandits, and, neees- sarily,,extreme fears are entertained for their safety. The murdered missionary, his fam- ily and the others in the party were attached to the China Inland Mission at Anshunfu. A .report that there were others in the party has not been confirmed, but is likely to prove true, - as the seven adults composing the mis ion staff would probably robabl travel s 'together. Dr. D. V. Rees is •a mem- , le.er` of the mission reported to have been with Mr. Slichtee's party. The date of • the outrage has net been .definitely determined, but it is e. believed to have occurred about a week ago. e • ' 1 Third Wreck Reported. from Same Storm. Halifax, April 17.-Arfother trag- edy of the blizzard of April 8 and 9 was revealed .to -day with the discov- ery of the bodies of two seamen on a narrow strip of beach at the base of the 200 -foot cliff along Cape Chig- necta They were members of the crew of the schooner Nellie, which was submerged close by, rte mast and set sail protruding above the water. One of the bodies was identified' as Captain •Gordon Burgess of Parrs- boro'. The only identification on the person of the other victim was the address, "36 Douglas : Street, St. John." The third member of the crew Is missing. "The two ,men apparently had left the foundering schooner and fought their way to the seeming safety of firm land, only to find themselves caught in a trap, with the high, un- scalable faceof the cliff on one side and thepounding sea on the other. They succumbed to the injuries sus- tained in their struggle .among the surf and rocks, and to the days of exposure on the barren strip of beach; Three Airmen Injured When Airpane Crashes. Hackensack, N.J., April 17. -Three noted, airmen to -night were recover- ing -from injuries received in an aero- plane crash that, temporarily at least, has disruptrd their plans to stake a non-stop flight across the ` Atlantic next month About five .riles away f "am the Hackensack hospital, where they were confined, their giant [bol:- ker monoplane, the America, _ also was receiving professional attention at the Teterboro air port. Tlieinjured airmen are Command- er Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Ben- nett, Northpole fliers, and Lieut. George 0. Neville, who was to have accompanied them on their trans- Atlantic hop as alternate pilot and radio operator. Their plane, piloted by its designer, Anthony. H. G. Fok- ker,.crashed at Teterboro air port late yesterday afternoon on its filet test flight, Fokker was uninjured, Labor Parte Lab y Weakens MacDonald's Position. London, April ,17. -The growing strength: of the, revolt against Ram- - ray MacDonald's Labor leadership was shown at the annual conference of, the Independent Labor Party, which opened at Leicester to -day. The Administrative' Council this year omitted the customary nomination of: MacDonald as Treasurer of the party, the ground of omission being that MacDonald opposes some planks which the Independent Labor party ,wants the Parliamenbaiy Labor party to adopt. The vote carries no immediate effect on MacDoneld's leadership of the whole _party, but weakens his psi:, tion. Armada of Commerce Afloat on Fake Superior. Fort William, April 17. Bearing. eastward ;over eight million bushels of grain, a veritable armada of. com- merce is afloat en Lake SuA ,rior, 36 vessels having' cleared for the East, after their long winter's hibernating here. Seven upbound vessels have al. peady arrived to take on cargoes. It fell to a Fort'. William vessel owner, dm the person of N. M, Paterson, to be honored by having one of his boats, the Calgadoc, open'. navigation here,. Oaptain Themes Jewitt of the Calga- doe was presented Saturday with e ink hat, as being the first skinpeto pen navigation. Marconi Predicts That New Beam System Will Expedite, Wireless Service. London, -By use of a new beam wireless system North America and Great Britain soon will be : able to gcommunioate' at a greatly iiacreasel James Cormack Canadian government trade commis leaner to Trinidad, is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, and a bar- ristor, having practised in Alberta. During the war he served for four years with the Seaforth Highlanders, being twice .w unded. HewasaPp Oi nt ed as junior trade comanisedoner in 1921 and promoted to assistant trade 'commissioner at 'Cape Town in 1922. 'At thq end of 1924 he was transferred to the J"smaica office with the rank of trade commissioner, and in February, 1926, was sent to Port et Spain, Triad, dad Briton's New Dirigible SO P.C. Cheaper, He Says London. -A 90 per cent. reduction in the cost of constructing a dirigible is claimed by "a British inventor who is now attempting to prove his theory by building a small'ship for the Brit- ish Air Ministry. The novelty of his method lies in the adoption of an entirely new sys- tem of internal rigging and bracing which is not only far cheaper than the Zeppelin type of construction but which, according to the inventor's claim, is much safer, as the strainis taken equally ever the whole frame. It is also asserted that landing masts and large ground forces are unnecessary' for this new type of dir- igible, which can be landed in an em- ergency by two men only. Snowstorm in Alberta Again Delays Seeding.. Lethbridge, Alta., April 171 -An - .other Saturday snowstorm has blanketed Southern Alberta. Last Saturday a blizzard . raged, but all snow disappeared early in the week and seeding operations were fairly, general thelatter part of the week. Rain which turned into snow on Frie day night brought .65 of an inch moisture which will delay seeding until about the middle of next week. 20,000 Casualties in Chinese Battle. London, April 17.-A Shanghai de- spatch,. to The. Sunday Observer re- ports that the Cantonese have recap- tured Yangehow, about fifty miles northeast of Nanking. It also is stated that. the Northern -i• ers have been driven back to Pengpu, in Anhwei Province, in an action in which the correspondent reports the casualties at 20,-000. Tribute Paid to Ypres Dead. Brussels. -William Phillips, . -the newly appointed United States Min- ister to Canada, the day before leav- ing Belgium paid a visit to the graves of Canadians- who fell in Flanders fields in the cemeteries in the vicinity of. Ypres, Wreaths were laid bear- ing the inscription, "To the Canadian dead from the first United States Am- bassador to Belgium." speed by the code system and at les cost by telephone, Senator Marconi predicted recently, Both the telegraph and telephone services will be handled by a single transmitting and receiving station, he said. This will be possible through the recent invention allowing the sup- erimposing of the commercial tele- phone channel upon the existing high.. speed beain,telegraph service, thus obviating the eost of erecting sepa r- ate 'stations for carrying out tele- phonic communications, "The commercial advantage of such an important development of the beam system are obvious," he said, "and the ;opening of the first multi- plex telephone and telegraph service will be epoch -malting in the history of long-distance radio communication." The apparatus already has been constructed for the establishment of wi reless telephonic 1c communLeation with Canada and a further step will be'to.link up the United States by telephone and telegraph, both, by the, beam system. Dealing with beam telegraphic serv- ice to Australia which was opener last week, Marconi said the official tests "proved that the stations were capable of handling up to 325 words a mina.: and 150,000 words a day 13eeause the 1 eam waves are confined to a certain angle,- Marconi gives as- surance that there will be greater privacy, and he also promise. that the gates will be cheaper than those at present. "The beam system undoubtedly will enable concerts and speeches to be transmitted from continent to contin- ent and to be re -broadcast by stations at both' ends" he predicted. "Then the radio listeners with crystal sets will be able to pick up almost any part of the globe." ONE KILLED, 4 HURT WAVE STRIKES SHIP Crew Fight for Lives When Huge Comber Breaks Over Schooner. Lunenburg, N.S.-Robt. Corkum, 60, member' of the crew of the Lun- enburg schooner Alsatian and a na- tive of Pentz Settlement, near here, was almost instantly Trilled, and four others, including Captain Harold Corkum, seriously injured when a great wave struck the schooner as it was lying at anchor on the western banks last Saturday night. The Alsatian, which arrived here Wednesday afternoon with flag at half-mast, was swept from stem to stern of everything movable and was forced to abandon her trawls, which had been set before the blow fell. When the wave passed, Robert Corkum was lying 15 feet from the hoisting • gearwhere he had stood when the wave broke. He died a few minutes later from. head'and body in- juries. Captain Corkum was crashed against the windlass and suffered' four broken ribs. Elbert James, of Round Center, Nfld., was taken from beneath the debris of three dories with his right leg broken , below the knee. Paul Naugier, of Upper La - have, N.S., had one leg badly twisted and the other bruised, and Samuel Brown, of Burin, Nfld., suffered a wrenched shoulder. Seven dories were smashed to kindl- ing and others torn from their lash- ings and scattered over the deck. The engine box and chain locker were smashed to pieces, and the vessel started leaking. Mate Otte Naugle', brought the schooner to harbor after the gale abated, and the injured men were taken to the Marine Hospital, FULL FNCHISE FOR BRITISH WOMEN Premier .Baldwin,: Pledged to Lower Voting Age from '30 to 21 Years. London. -John Bu11 may' be out- voted in the next general election by the Women of his household. This prospect was created by Pre- mier Baldwin's announcement 'in the House "of Commons that the Govern- ment will introduce a bill at the next session oaf Parliament lowering the minimum voting age for women from 30 to 21 years. It is estimated that 5,000;000 women will be enfranchised under the measure and when the next general election comes around -nor- mally late in 1929 -there will be 13,- 900,000 'British women able to vote, compared with about 11,800,000 men. The announcement immediately be- came the politicalsensation of the day. The Budget introduced Mon- day by Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill and. the Goverijii•{ont's much- discussed bill for regulation in trade unions were forgotten as press and public started to discuss Britain's political future with the 'balance of power in the hands of the: women. t 7V PONTIAC ClTY o' 5 000 f Q 20 MILES FROM M DETROIT. 7x Mlles PRESENT LINE 1 - " NEWL-. RIGHT OF WAY • DETROIT POPULATION I, 5'00.000 : I .'Y Reeeeme- [!MT7•s�: q pyo 3 � 'fte � FFERSON Ave ROIT. RIVEa WINDSOR WINDSOR TERMINAL SCE New Detroit -Pontiac Route. Plan above illustrates the route that will be taken by the Detroit, Grand Haven and, Milwaukee Railway -a sub- sidiary of the Canadian National -be- tween Detroit and Pontiac; when the • naw right of way is taken over. Both the city of Detroit and the railway gain by the -change. The former wild -be en- abled to go ahead with its plan for malting Woodward Avenue into a first- class broad thoroughfare, while the railway, as C'o'l asp securing a more di- rect and signely shorter traok, gains a 100 foot right of way in peace of the old ones which narrowed down to 30 feet in plume, and made it impossible for a double track to be built. Pontiac is growing by leaps and bounds, and the passenger and freight traffic 'de- mandat least a double track between the two cities. Wild Life on Increase. Due to the fact that all Canadian national parks are game sanctuaries, where no one without permission may carry a gun or kill any animal or bird, wild life is increasing rapidly and is a ,source of great enjoyment to tuor- Jets, CANTONESE CONFERENCE CALLED, SETTLE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES Britioh Admirals Have Instruc- tions to Confer With Other Powers on Punitive Action in Case of Refusal for Re- dress for Hankow Incidents. FIGHTING BETWEEN THE CONTENDING FACTIONS Shanghai. -The political differ- ences between the Moderate wing of the Cantonese party, headed by Gen- eral Chiang I{ai Shek, and the Radical wing, which has its headquarters at Hankow, already productive of actual armed conflict, are expected to come to a head,at the meeting of the Kum, mintang (Cantonese political organ- ization) called by General Chiang at Nanking. It is at thie projected conference that General Chiang hopes to rally sufficient strength to oust the Han- kow Radicals from the party and to expel from the Kuomintang other ele- ments which are not sympathetic with the so-called Moderate branch, Among the questions to be decided are whether the capital of. the Can- tonese Government•hmoved , gall be m v from Hankow to Nanking,' and, whe- ther Chiang Kai "Mick or the 'Radical leaders, of whom Michael Hameln, Cantonese adviser, is one, shall dom- inate the party, or whether there will be a definite split, with the commun- ists functioning from Hankow and the Moderates from Nanking. On the eve of this projected inter- party meeting at Nanking at which he hopes to destroy the pgwer of the radicals within the Cantonese regime, General Chiang Kai Shek, Cantonese generalissimo, was beset by an ap- parent determined drive of the North- erners and fierce fighting between contending factions behind its own lines. London. -Premier Baldwin inform- ed th@Cabinet that instructions have John Catto Fifty-three .years in busln,ess in To- ronto,- who celebrated; his 94th, birth- day recently- He was greeted in his store at Yonge and Shuter Streets by friends of many years. been sent to admirals vols commaiidrn6 British warships in Chinese waters to consult with U.S., Japanese and French admirals as to eontingent plans for the application of sanctions in case the Cantonese refuse the de- mands of the powers for redress for the Hankow incidents, It is impossible to definitely con- firm here that U.S., Japanese and French officials have assented to their admirals drawing up plans for concerted punitive action with the British, such plans, of course, to be subject to later approval of the Gov- ernments. The impression exists, however, in a responsible quarter, that this is true, otherwise instruc- tions of this nature would not have been sent to the British naval author- ities at Shanghai. TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. 1 -North., $1.54%; No. 2 North., 31,49%; No. 3 North., $1.44%. • Man. oats, No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 55%c; No. 2 feed nominal; western grain quota- tions, in c.i.f. ports. Ain. corn, track, Toronto -Nb. 2 yellow, kiln dried, 840; No. 3 .chow, kiln dried, 81c. . Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran,per ton, 382.25; shorts, per ton, $94.25; middlings. 340.25. Ont: oats, 50c, f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat -31.28 to 31.24, f.o.b. shipping points, accord- ing to freights. Barley -Malting, 68c. Buckwhoat-700, nominal. Rye -No. 2, 98c, Man, flour -First pat,, $8.00, To- ronto; do, second pat,, 37.50. Ont. flour -Toronto, 99 per cent. $stent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, 5.25; -seaboard, in bulk, 35.30. Cheese -New, large, 181/2c; twins, 181 to 19c; triplets, 183 to 19c. Stil- tons, 21 to 22c. Old, large 21 to 22c; twins, 211 to 22c. Old Stiltons, 28 to 24c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 48 to 49c; No. 1 creamery prints, 47 to 48c; No. 2, 46 to 47c. Dairy prints, 36 to 38e. Eggs -Fresh extra:), in cartons, NEWFOUNDLAND AWARDED VAST WATER POWERS IN LABRADOR OR AREA. Ottawa. -Perusal of the text of the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Labrador boundary case leaves no doubt as to the ownership of the vast water pow- ers on the Hamilton River, Both the Muskrat Falls and the Grand. Falls- go to Newfoundland, and there will be no appeal on the biped. part of Canada. The Grand Falls are 302 feet high, and constitute one of the most wonderful cataracts in the world, Newfoundland, by the decision, gets an area of 112,000 square miles, or a territory greater in extent than England, Scotland and Wales com- Irresistible Advance of Canadians at Vimy Ridge 'Ten Yea rs Ago S seller it t a ' z rte 91e, �r/J �. ,�` '"7,•?. i'l: r: ="kms k xaauy4�i �,.,'.tC >lrrl?:W,alir CANADIANS PASSJNG, GERMAN DEFENSES IN HISTORIC CHARGE After a devastating artillery bona- an hour and <a half, on April 9, 1917, It counter attacks made later and much barclment for a number of clays, the was one of the most distinctive Cana- bombardment. In the foreground of Canadian corps in 'command of Lieut.- .cion engagements or the whole war, the photo above Germans are shown coming out• of their dugouts end stn• - y g n r rendering. to the Canadians who are Gen. Sir Julian B n show on the The Germans had last. ono of reel left, made their immortal oha,rge on most impregnable strongholds. That pressing on. The pictureis one of the Vieny Ridge when they took every de- they realized the seriousness of. their Canadian ofiieia'i war photos copy. p fenso of the enemy in the space of lose was shown' by their numerous ,right. S5 to 36c; fresh extras, loose, 34c; fresh firsts, 32c; fresh seconds 29:. Poultry, dressed -Spring chickens, 6,Qc; chickens, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 38c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 35c; do, 2% to 33 c, 84c; broilers, 1.36 to 23 lbs., 38c; hens, over 5 lbs., 32c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 30c; do, 3'to 4 lbs., 28c; roosters, 25c; turkeys, 46 to 47c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 35 to 38c. Beans -Can. band -picked, 38.60 to $8.90 bushet; primes, 33.45 to 33.60. Maple 2proucts-Syrup, per imp. gal., 32.25 5 to $2.30; par 5 gel„ $2.15 to 2.25 per gal.; maple sugar, Ib,, 25 to 2.6c. Roney -60 -lb. tins, 18 to 181/2e; 10 - Ib. tins, 131/2 to 13%c; 5-1b. tins, 14 to 141%;-2341b. tins, ISe. Comb honey -$4 to 35 per dozen. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 30 to 32c; cooked hams, 48c; smoked rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 88c; backs, boneless, 32 to 42c. Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $21; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 to 100 lbs., and up, $18; light- weight roils, in barrels, $11.50; heavy- weight rolls, $38.50 per bbl. Lard -Pure tierces, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 16% to 17e; shortening tierces, 18%c' tubs, 1331c; pails, 14140; blocks and tins, 16140. Heavy export steers, 38.25 to $8.75; do, fair, $7.75 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $8.25 to 38.75; do, fair to good, 37.50 to $8; butcher heif- ers, choice, 38.25 to 38.50; do, cone, $6,75 t9 37.25; butcher cows, good to choice, 36.25 0 $7;. do, fair to good, 35.50 to $6; do, coin. to med., $4.50 to 35 do, canners and cutters, 32.50 to $4; butcher bulls, good to choice, $8 to $6.50; do, med., 35.25 to $6; do, bolognas, $4 to 34.25; baby beef, 38.50 to $12;- feeders, choice, $7 to 37.50; do, fair, 36,25 to 36.75; stock- ers, choice, 340 to $7; do, air to vied., $5.50 to 36; springers, 380 to $100; milch cows, $65 to $80; plain to tied. cows, 340 to 360; calves, choice, 312 to $1.2.50; do, med., $9 to 311; de, pont., $6 to $7.50; Iambs, choice, 313.50 to 314; bucks, 310 to 311.25; sheep, choice; $8 to ,39; do, heavies, $4.5 to $5; do, culls, $3 to 30.50 hogs, thick smooths, fed and watered, $10.50; do, f.o.b., 310; do, country points, $9.75; do, off cars, 310.90; select premium, per hog, 32.05. MONTREAL. Oats, CW No. 2, 74%c e do, No. 8, 65%c. Flour, Ilan. spring wheat pats., firsts, 38; do, seconds, $7.50; strong bakers, $7.30; choice, 35.90 to 36. Rolled oats bag 90 lb8., 33.30 to 13e.40. Bran, 332.25; shorts, 334,25•; middlings„ 340.25. Hay, Ne. 2, per ton, car lots, $14.50. Cheese, finest wosts,, 16% to 17c, Butter, No. 1, pasteurized, 87c. Eggs, fresh extras, 86c; fresh Ante, 83c. Com. quality calves, 36 to $6.75; hogs, good . quality, $11.25 to 311.50. British to Visit Warr Scenes. The national executive committee, of the British Legion is organizing a series of oxeursions for its mg bens next summerto the battleft• los d France and Belgium. It is estinated that 15,000 ex-ee vice men will take. part in these excursions. Trash Women Study Pharmacy Dubliit.--•Phatlatacy asa pprofession for Women is showing rapid develop- ment in the Isisli Free Staff+. At a recent phar•;n+ipautical examination 50 per cant. of tike .undidates were., women, .., LONDON -NEW YORK TELEVISION NEAR "Seeing by Wireless" Expert Asserts New Machine Has Been Perfected. " London, -Television from London to New York wii be the nextwonder of the. world, John L, Baird, wond English inventor es "seeing by wireless," de- clared recently. "We are completing the construc- tion -of a most powerful transmitting' station," he said. "Our signals have been heard in New York and I am confident that within the next few months we shall be in a position to demonstrate television from London to New York." Images in television are transmit- ted through the air as modulated wireless waves which can be heard as sounds in transit before they are re- converted into sight. These sounds, according to Mr. Baird, have been flashed across the Atlantic by him and all that now remaine to be done is to erect a television receiving set in New York and perfect a broad- casting apparatus in London requir- ing more power than the present de- vjces. Regarding the demonstration of television from Washington to NeW York this week Mr. Baird said "England is a long way ahead. Television was demonstrated here eighteen months ago and that was the first demonstration of television given anywhere in the world." Within the last six months Mr. Baird brought out his newest inven- tion, enabling the transmission of vi- sion without light, making possible an "invisible searchlight," which would give vision in total darkness. He regards this as of even greater importance than the achievement of simple television and points out that the United States has not yet pro- duced a method of seeing in the dark. Hawaii Hears Toronto from Station C.F.R.B. When the Rogers Batteryless Radio Station CFRB at Toronto, Canada, put on its late program, -on March 15th, almost two thousand replies were re- ceived, including over ` one hundred telegrams from nearly all of the forty-eight States in the United States and seven out of the nine Can- adian Provinces. In addition to this, a letter was' received from Mexico, and a little more than epe week later, a letter arrived by Air Mail from. Weiiuku, Hawaii, from Mr. A. F. Costa, Postmaster, at Wailuku, who stated that he not only picked up the station, but listened right through until it signed ori'. He gave details of 'the different numbers on the pro- gram and the running comment which was made by the announcer in con- nection with telegrams received. "Fol- lgwing this, in the regular mail, came a letter' from Mr, H. E. Corey, Re- ceiving Engineer of the Radio Cor- poration of America, at the Koko Head Station, Honolulu. Hawaii, stating he heard: CFRB on a three- tube set with loud -speaker volume. This, undoubtwily, establishes a record for long distance broadcasting on a regular program from Toronto, and the fact that this was accomplish- ed on a Batteryless Broadcasting Sta- tion, conceived and perfected in To- ronto, and the first station of its kind in the world, is a great tribute to Canada's contribution towards radio progress and a wonderful compliment to young E. S. Rogers, the Toronto engineer responsible for this station. Scientist Grafts Sheep to Raise Wool Supply Paris. -Bigger • and woollier sheep, produced through gland grafting, may meet, a world shortage of wool, in the belief of Dr. Serge Vorouoff, who offers man longer life through application of his methods. Dr.. Voronoff has been experiment - in with' sheep in Algeria. lie claims that grafted animals increased 25 per cent. in weight and 20 per cent. in wool production. Descendants in- herited the increase, and the surgeon declares that experiments in grafting the descendants forecast a bigger anti woollier race of sheep. The world needs 20 per cent, more wool than it now produces, according to Dr. Ver. onoff, and he believes a race of sheep can be produced to make up the dif- ference, The French and British govern - mets and the New Zealand wool Lowers have displayed interest in the experiments. Two Princes Compete at Poultry Congress Ottawa. -Heirs to the Tlu'ones qg Great Britain and Spain will vie with each other at the World's' Poultry Cpngross being held here from July 27 to Aug. 4 of this year, H.R.H. th0 Prince of Wales recently a pounced � intention of exhibiting o''ome live birds from'. hie farm ipCornwall teglaavd. Word wee also received', that H.R.II, the Prince of the Alp-' tiirias, heir, to the,. Spanish Throne, 1i tended exhibiting sourefowls front les own poultry farm. \... Worid5s insects, Cons•ervativo sebentl5lg estimate that there are probab$y 3,500,000 kinds of I inmeot* In the world.