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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-08-16, Page 7Beauty: and Points to Canada's Glory at Olympic Games Canadian Ladies Add 13 .:.. ..; .. • .. SECOND AND THIRD PLACES CAPTURED IN TRIAL OF 100 METRES Photographs above show, 1, Mies Ethel Catherwood, the jumping to right they are Myrtle Coole�atvnho was Rosenfeld, forwasalse second1tFloiie hee Saskatchewan •lily, in action in the Amsterdam stadium. Her style in filial of the hundred metres, y Seco dspecialty Florence is clearing the bar and her beauty' made her a popularsubiect with the press Bell, eliminated, utacivlio meson, p enefanngansy",since her ci:i in and amateur photographers. (2) is another view of Miss Catherwood the . 800 metres, b ll m wearing the official costume adopted by the Canadian ladies' team, (3) Holland and another finished EthelYl tory Woof . thess Ethel: Shope who is. shows the Canadian ladies' team, in their official sweat suits. From left1 not shown, Peiping Finds Its New Status . as Singular as Its Latest Name No Longer Capital of China, and Reduced to Provincial Center, Imperial City Tries to Reconcile Itself 1' to New Role A New Robinson, over the Canadians was a distinct surprise. Her time in the trialswas considerably slower than that made by the Canadian sprinters, although she won the heat in which Miss Bell was eliminated, 'While Fanny Rosenfeld equalled the world's record, it was on Myrtle Cook that Canadian officials pinned their great hope of victory, Her disqualification was a serious blow to Canadian aspirations. rt Air Development "Lights That Fail" ..- eso With development work on the heir rushed ahead, n 1 there comes word that air mail ser - jam Quincy Traffic Ojibway Indians Surrender Walker Airport g Snake– island to Govern- vice between Windsor and Toronto, C ntermed p rowds from Beaches Honk fate oint, meet to Be Sold; Funds 'with London as an f but Wait Until Waved to Be Added to In- may be established within a fort- byRed Signals night. This intimationd within follows an- • den Reserve nouncemeut of a Pending merger of I Quincy, Mass. --Quincy motorists nearly all Canadian companies en- I have a new commentary on the opera - gaged in passenger and freight car" -I tion of automatic traffic signals in a Peiping—Peiping (Peking) is hav- though the ministers. were mere pup- Snake Island, Lake Simeon, .a sex- ing difficulty in adjusting itself to pots of success air. The Toronto Windsor 1 recent experience which tied up long tae idea hint. itis no longer the •0 o i been promptly Ministry ven over of Finauce south of1eGeo Georgina Isla id, the head- line is expected toll a one is or Canadias lines of cars on several miles of the Cal of China, but is merely one of ,purposes. Tho M Y within city's principal streets and highways «,,o t,oaAnua.rterc. of the, quarters of the OjibwaYs, and two of air links between miles off Lake Simcoe's acres during an afternoon when pleasure t travel to and from the beaches was shore, it consists of 328 acres of many heavily wooded and fertile land. The rex a especially heavy. No longe h Ojibway Indians tremendous It was a new version of "The Light air and That Failed." A trolley wire in City Square fell across the wires which regulate the signal lights throughout the systemauto- maticrecentlyinstalled b th s s , five warlords, have tion+ of the Ojibway Indian r reserve, several large cities which are centers has become of special administrative areas end- I, district Kuomintang, or people's coin - der the Nationalist Government. '`let mlttee, the Ministry of War serves as the first Nationalist leaders who have ; the residence of the Defense Cana entered the city insist that the ar- • missioner, the Foreign Ministry as rangem.ent is permanent, and it will the headquarters of the Commissioner not again have any great political im- of Foreign Affairs. The old Parlia- portance. ment`building and various of the Chinese who have lived here under ; Manchu palaces are being used for the Manchus and during the early, new and perhaps _less dignified pur- �days of the Republic greet this no- poses. tion with somewhat amused incredul- i Such "elder statesmen" as Tong ousness. "For a time, the National- Shao-yi and Tan Yen-kai insist that fists may keep their -capital at Nan- Dr. Sun Yat-sen was thoroughly justi- Icing" they declare, "But sooner or fled in his contention that a people's later they must came back, as all I government an monarchical establish- .others ablisere o •others have done for 800 years." These observers point to the city's � this city. In Nanking no foreigner vast government buildings, its• great, has ever ruled China, while this oity.l hotels and Chinese inns, its guild , has been the seat of government for centers, representing every province many invaders, the Tartars, the in China, its dozens of schools, its ; Mongols g and a theseMtuchlhese s. From s sheltered Legation Quarter, "Nan -have been successively driven. out. king` has none of these -things;' they • Le ations Also. a Factor argue. How can a central govern- Whsle „Legations sentimental a F torsidera- Ment be main government in a city where tions have much weight with Chinese there is • no government machinery. I of all glasses, they appear to appeal Peiping has everything which a gov- ; - more to the s older Kuomintang 1peal ,ernment requires. Nanking has al most nothing. The Nationalists 1 ers than to the too tiger 'the The toe cities, and connecting, also, American oin s. t fiveor ten years willse r dote a development in the need it for their own use. They have business of flying Travel by surrendered it to the Government, the handling of mails and freight are which is now attempting to sell it for i them. The sale price, which will likely be around $250,000, will be ad- ded to the Indian reserve fund for the maintenance and care of the jibway tribe. • Only in the summer months , is Snake Island now habited. Two girls' camps have their location there, re- ceiving the use of the Island gratis. Perhaps half a dozen cottagers have realized the beauties of the 'spot, and return each summer to make it their home. 'Tis a famous island, this, Here sat the Council ring when the braves of the Ojibway and Iroquois, tribes waged ferocious warfare on the green banks f Lake Simcoe Many of the bound to become common. The s ty factor is being -continually em- phasized• and the saving of time that it is possible. to effect in handling both people and goods in this modern fashion, is something that commends the airway to efficient business peo- ple; the world over. It is satisfactory to know that the Border Cities, with their new airport, are shortly' to be in "on the ground floor" of the flying industry, and local business men are looking forward to the day when this community will be the centre of airplane manufacturing for the dominion, a development that is only natural when one considers its close relation to the automotive in- dustry and the position we occupy in famous Ojibway chiefs first saw the; this respect, That the Border Cities light of day on -Snake Island. There will have not one, but several air - 97 years ago, beneath a gnarled oak, ports in operation during the next old Big. Canoe was born. The oak re- few years, is not to be doubted. mains just as gnarled and stately, as Italy Under Fire Four Spanish Airmen Off on World Cr ; ise Expect to Circle Globe in 45 Days—Get Away After Three Attempts Cadiz, Spain—With guitars strum- ming a farewell four Spanish• airmen hopped off recently in a four -motored seaplane on the first lap of a flight around the world in forty-five days. Two attempts were necessary before the plane, named Numancia, rose from- the waters after part of its load had been lightened. At 7.15 a.m., on the third attempt, the plane took off and headed for the Azores, some 1500 miles away. From there the airmen intend to Bead uratic y e for Halifax and then New York. city. The result was that every light Before leaving, Ramon Franco, pilot stayedhewires just ase happened to be when and commander, informed the As - the were short-circuited. At'; every red light traffic stopped and;sociated Press correspondent that he waited. It waited a long time and t hoped to be back in Cadiz in ferty- then waited some more. The lines be-1five days. Captain Ruiz de Alda, who hind lengthened and honked. ; was with Franco on the first flight By that time police sergeants were I across the South Atlantic in 1926, was rushing patrolmen from their homes' navigator aboard the plane. The other to take traffic posts and beckon to the members of the crew were Emilio Gallarza, co-pilot, and Pablo Rada. mechanic. A picturesque crowd gathered on. the beach to see the airmen off. Meng women and children had been as- sembling since midnight. Some had guitars and by two o'clock in Clad have no money to spare on the ma -do not appear .ohinery of government, ,and will not , living in Nanking, with its entire lack ever, but Big Canoe's fighting days have for many years. They needof convenience and .refinement.. The `are done, He lies at Georgina, frail ,every penny they can get for recon- imalarial advantages of Peiping im- ;and weak, beloved by all who knew struction of the country." 1 press them. •4phatevor the ultimate outcome, it' anWith the sale of this island one Body -guard Dispensed' With appeals probable that thAi a�ttouat l ore af landmarkhe18 passing from the The Can - Na a howevet the procedure of turning the i king at h Wuhan faction have In spite of all these evident facts, , fists will keepleast Rhea year. u city into a mere special administra t tonese and the Tve area ads gone tmi ahead:; vehemmovingtly thecapitalsed to Peiping.oval of 1 ually -They1 young becoining nota nowtcontent to The eat ofd hang and mimic o , g so live other pt of Chang Tso lin, and of do not a want the capitalef Fenclosely syn-i desirestolive aseir pbears their wiitebut now eousins. other pseudo Republicans before him, ; under the d —"Telegram," has been quietly but steadily" ex -Hsiang as It would be in this, city. In a small way i am a journalist changed for the unostentatious sim-� The Legation Quarter is another myself.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1>lieity of Marshal Yen Hal-shatt and 1 argument used against movingthe his Shansi men. On his first day in . capital to Peiping. Ardent National- the ationalthe city, Marshal Yen set the keynote ; ists dislike this foreign village ruled of this new government. He took up by foreigners in the heart of the city his quarters in the Minisery of War, which has been the capital of the - instead of in the President's Palace Chinese Republic. They point` out where Chang Tso-lin lived in well-; that if the capital is kept in Nanking, guarded splendor. In place of the this troublesome problem ,will be auto - elaborate body -guard which watched matically solved. Eventually, they all approaches to the Mukden - war- say, the Legations will be compelled lord's residence, a few poorly -clad to remove to Nanking, on the same zneit from the Shansi hills stood idly , basis as in any other world capital. around Marshal Yen's door, to which In the meantime, the foreign diplo- all visitors were admitted without the Nt will doubleslists say let it just ere, welt ut •very Close inspection: The commodious buildings of the 'to have foreigli representatives at a various ministries, which have been little distance from their evolving reserved for their original" purpose government,—Christian Science Mout- on all previous occasions, even tor. their country, rather than shift the resiionsibility ontd others. bands One more old stamping ground has. disappeared. Tho Indians are grad - The Master Boxer From The Toledo Blade) Despite the undercurrent of desire to have one champion dethroned and type of manhood than the present another set up in his stead, the longer titleholder. And Gee Tanney will be Gethebetter uttnet retains the title he holds a splendid citizen when he is no long - the etter it will be for the i'outh of er a ring champion. America. If we Must have pugilistic champions, Tanney isthely, n entail- desir- able type. He is . and physically inspiring. He lives Gene Turney is the 0 that Particular, as well as in ftstfc cleanly and thanks clearly. utstanting eft -,I skill that he stands above most. con- ponent of self-defense, to hiin e, sci- testants. The public of the prize ria ce Not only is he the master wants a champion who lives his pa tk and does not find much inspiration in one who out ot! the ring would 'rather read books and tally Shakespeare than discuss prize' lighting, There alwa's has been a riv4ry between brant and brawn, and moot often the vic'to'r b been to the foxizxor, or to tiie otid 1iio possessed both. l'Unney posse`s'ses both in lame measure, and someone better than he in both *lest be found before there is likely to be a ne* cltampeon, . • The mob may howl for another champion and get frim—that is inevi- table—but he will not be of ahigher (Froin The Cincinnati Enquirer) And, it also can be claimed that TunneY's •brain as well as his hands contributed to his victories. If is . in en , boxer of to -day, but is conspicuously the ihaster of himself. The result of Thursday night's contest wasnever in doubt. The champion had prepared himself for the night's work, self - trained to do the job, with deference to the rifles of the game, There were 210 accusations of "low blows" or ;'rabbit punches," It was uninspiring to any who are without taste for black eyes 'and bloody noses, but it was a fair fight, fought with the hind of tttti`aie. that takes ytirtXl inkto DattlettD drivers to pass red lights. It was some time before the conges- tion was cleared. One officer reported an unbroken line of automobiles at one time extended from Quincy Square to North Weymouth, a distance of four miles. The police commented that i morning many couples were dancing the incidentmotorists was giveeof of the signs ; in the mo light, while the children, enc® to the signal) m� lights. � sang. g _..0,— Meanwhile the four airmen were aboard the Plane, anxiously awaiting Nicaragua and Peace the moment of departure. At 6.15 the Numancia's four 500 horsepower Detroit News: Not one citizen of the stars added their roar to the music w United States could give any justifi-hich cams across the water from able explanation of the presence of the shore• the bombing planes in Nicaragua or A few minutes later the gray sea - furnish any justification for their kill- plane with a Spanish flag painted on erg Nicaraguans. And an extremely its side sped over the waters of the humiliating feature of the whole busi- harbor. It was unable to rise. An- ness is that the people of European other futile attempt was made and countries, whom at the present mo- nent We are persuading to sign treat- then the plane was lightened. On the third try the plane rose grace- fully from the water. It circled over Pureto Real nearby and then disap- peared toward the Azores. The plane will be navigated by directional wire- less. Washington Post: Those who have made it their business to turn the Italia disaster to the discredit of Italy have done a good job. Their preposter- out tales have taken root. Eventual- ly it will be recognized that General Nobile, sorrowfully returning to re - art to his countrymen, was a most pitiful figure as he was forcedr the the public in this journey I time being he is an outcast, despised fes outlawing war, don't know any for an incident over which he had not with the N than e o why we are fighting the remotest control. ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES --BY 0. Jaco ssoa. ----- Canada - Attracts Attention Canada could have no finer na- tional advertising than that -contained in a handsome circular recently is- sued by the Messrs. Frazier Jelke & Company, well-known New York brok- ers. The circular contains a survey lof the dominion investment field and , a great deal of useful general inform- ation concerning our country. It is appropriately captioned, "The Land , of Premise." i 1-Tere is a sample quotation from the New York firm's summing up of the Canadian situation: "Canada is growing in importance as a land of opportunity for American investment. Since the war, Canada and the United States have develop. ed their mutual interests in finance, in industrial production, and in coin mercial intercourse. This inter. dependence is more marked t>zan that of any two countries which aro not related politically. I "Investments of the United States in Canada since 1920 aro estimated ' to have exceeded $2,500,000,000 Mut are now said to be greater than those of all other countries combined, Canadian investments in the United States are estimated approxicately $150,000,000 roti ipared with $17.8,000,- t 0 iu„a9ttntries of the 'British 3Dcapire I other than Canada ,.,,i r~r t� So. ietimi5a +i. ,i yt �, ;Cee t,i.l AC1.%i1i �ttat, t..l tr.. a country or a Community fail to ail, 'Predate. This has often been the case so far as Canada is conr",ernea. "happily, however, Canadians are noun showing a keener appreciation of the ;greatness of thole MA nation, and it `is good for Canada that this is so.