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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-03-24, Page 7r p F ANCO-TURKISH SEPARATE TREATY GIVES RAGD.A.0 RAILWAY TO FRANCE $y Terms of the New Pact the Absolute Ownership of, Por- tion of Lime Within TurkishBorders Passes to France. • Paris, March 13.—"'The • greatest of the Bagdad' line can be underd'tood when it is remembered that France al- ready possesses a direct line from. Paris to Constantinople, while she is heavily backing the creation of a new railroad scheduled to run from Dant- zig via Prague to Budapest, Mealier - est, Sofia and then to Turkey, which though. not touching Germany or Russia, will traverse the countries of the "Little . Entente," which ivas founded and fostered by astute French diplomacy and aided by the Rouman- ian wizard statesman, Take Jonesco. victci'.y )ranee has won since Napo- leon's conquest of A•astria." In these words a high neutral diplos mat to -day summed up the signifi- cance of the Franco -Turkish separate peace which will be signed in Paris by Paster. By the terms of the treaty, France becomes the absolute owner within Turkish boundaries of the famous Bagdad railway. • Their enormous strategic importance ELDER GARFIELD GUILTY OF MURDER Brothers Robbed Store of Ben Johnston — Younger Con- victed of Manslaughter. A ciespatcih from Woodstock says: -- Norman Garfield was on Thursday night found guilty of the charge of having murdered Ben Johnston; while robbing his store on the night of January 20th, The jury retired at 6.10 and at 8.40 returned to the courtroom. Aft they had been called, Peter McDonald clerk of the court, rose and asked tie jury if they had agreed on a verdict, "We have," was the response and Wil- fred Cochburn, foreman of the jury, arose and in a clear voice read the finding as follows: "The members of the jury are unanimous in finding the prisoner guilty' on the charge of mur- der." The prisoner seemed iniafFect- ed. In fact he seemed less distressed than when he 'took the witness stand in the afternoon. It was with much difficulty that the courtroom and corridors were cleared in order to permit of the re- moval of the prisoner back to the jail. This is the first time in thirty years that a murder trial here has re- sulted in a verdict of %guilty. The last case was thirty years ago wheat Reginald Bireball was found guilty and afterwards hanged in the jail yardfor the murder of the young English- man; Tied Benwell. • Many' dramatic incidents marked the day's proceedings. First, Denton Garfield, on Wednesday found guilty of manslaughter by a jury, was brought into court to testify against his brother; then again at the noon- honr recess, the wife of Norman Gar- field rushed from her place in the aadienee and embraced her husband who was just about to be Ied away to the jail. The final dramatic feature was when, at the conclusion of the Crown's case, Montalieu Nesbitt put the prisoner in the box. Norman told a remarkable story and although he was very nervous at the first he soon settled down and narrate:I the events of the fateful night when Ben John- ston was killed, ':ii a cool and collect- ed manner. Up to this point there had been very little evidence that was not heard the day before in the case against 'Denton. The latter himselfon the stand told practically the same story as he did in the confession. He was brought into court shortly after Norman and placed in the dock be- side his brother. It was the first meet- er Iing of the brothers for some days. Norman looked his brother straight in the face with a slight smile or: his face, while the younger brother took his seat with hardly a glance towards the brother against whom be had turned King's evidence to save him- self. Norman Jerome Garfield, aged 25, will be hanged in Woodstock Jail on June 2 for the murder on January 20 of Benjamin Johnston, a local confectioner. He was sentenced to death here Friday afternoon by Mr. Justice Kelly. As he heard the words that sealed his doom he sighed slight- ly, while his jaw tightened just a lit - 1 f lit- tle. Aside from this 1 E made noi s gn. He walked from the court room stead - INDIAN WAR MEMORIAL. The Prince of Wales unveiling an Indian War Memorial at Patchain Downs, N. Brighton, England. REICHSTAG APPROVES British Budget May SIMONS' ACT Reach £98.5,000,0 MANHOLE CLAIMS MONTREAL CHILD City Employees, Police and Firemen Search Sewers, but in Vain. A despatch from Montreal says: -- Squads of men were at work in the sewers .of this city on Thursday night searching for the body of Lilly Man, ning, eight years of'age, who Thurs- day afternoon, when out with her mother and her little sister, Gertie, stumbled and fell into an open man- hole on St. Tames Street, opposite St, Antoine Market, between Aqueduct and Mountain streets. Mr's. Joseph Manning, the mother, says: "1 was crossing the street with my two little girls and I did not no -1 'lice the manhole. I was carrying, Ger. tie across the street, and Lilly 1 was wanting a little behind me. Sud-! denly she seemed to stumble, and II saw her sort of double up and fall into the manhole head first. All she said was `Ohl' "' 1 The another shouted down the man- I hole, but could see and hear nothing. except the, rush of water below, which; runs to a depth of four feet at this! point. A man rushed up after the accident, and without waiting for a ladder jumped into the manhole next to the open one and waited fifteen minutes for the body to appear. He i saw nothing. There was no guard around, and no grating over the manhole at the time of the accident, and passersby are ® stated to have remarked -it was dang- erous. HITE RUSSIA GAIN/NG UPPER HAND Strength Increasing 'Through Wholesale Desertions of the Reds. A despatch from London mays: ---It is learned on the higheet Foreign Of- fice authority that events in Russia are moving rapidly ;wits; the White Russiens distinctly gaining the upper hand. Their strength is the to be increasing hourly by the wholesale desertions of the Reds. • Chinese and Lettish mercenaries are being rushed to replace the revolting troops who have been greatly heart- ened by the reported arrival cf, . Ker- ensky in Russia, The Copenhagen Politiken gives a graphic description of a battle on the, ice between these revolutionary sol- diers and a regiment of Red cavalry, supported by Chinese infantry sent against then by Trotzky. The Soviet troops, including a regi- ment of Red Finnish soldiers in the service of the Bolsheviki, attempted to envelope the counter revolutionists on an ice field with an armored cruis- er. The fort at Petropavlovsk, in the hands of the mutineers, laid down a heavy barrage on the ice behind the Regiment of Finnish Reds. With the breaking up of the ice, the entire eg^iinent is reported to have perish- ed in the icy waters, Geaman Foreign Minister lie- London, March 13.—Owing to Pres -U.S. Railroad; ports His Stand at London stere of work the House of Commons will meet on Saturday,and Announce Wage Cut Conference.epossibly hold a session on Easter Monday. The • Berlin, Match 13.—Approval of the Government is anxious to dispose of A despatch from New York says:— German Government's attitude to- various pleasures before the House The Wabash Railroad on Friday is - ward the allied reparation demands and it is expected that . when th sued notice Of a proposal to reduce was voted by the Reichstag yesterday, Chancellor of the Exchequer bring after Foreign Minister Simons made down his budget there will be an i a lengthy explanation of his work. at teresting debate. The Times esti the London conference. nates that the budget will amount to There was a partisan debate Over £985,000,000 at the lowest, which is a the resolution of approval, which was .prospect to disturb the taxpayers. moved by the Coalition party, but it ---.; New Settle anent of Turkish Question e s in fly and without casting a glance to t left or right. Denton Garfield, aged 20, found guilty of manslaughter, faced Mr, Justice Kelly following his brother's withdrawal, and was sentenced to 20. years' imprisonment. Denton, too, maintained a calm demeanor, and no trace of emotion was apparent. ❖ . Smuts' Choice of Cabinet Pleases Britain London, March 13,—The Times warmly approves the selection of Min- isters made by Premier Smuts of South Africa for his Cabinet. It ob- serves that Gen; Smuts has a magnifi- cent opportunity of doing fine work for all the interests and people in the Union, including the natives. Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.96x/..c; No. 2 Northern, $1.93Y/%; No. 3 Northern, $1,89x/; No. 4 wheat, $1.82%. Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, 50ic No. 3 CW, 46e; eitra No. 1 feed, 46c No. 1 feed, 44c; extra No. 2 feed, 41c Manitoba barley—No. 3 OW, 8P h c No. 4 CW; 74c; rejected, 63c;'feed 62% c. All of the above in store at Fort William. American corn -98c, nominal, track, Toronto, prompt shipment. Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 46 to 48c. Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, $1.90 to $1.95' per car lot; No. 2 Spring, $1.80 to $1.85; No. 2 Goose wheat, $1.75 to $1.85, shipping points, accord- ing to freight. Peas—No. 2, $1.55 to $1.65. BarleyI'Ialting, 80 to 85e; accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 3, $1.05 to $1,10, nominal. Rye—No. 2, $1.57 to $1.62, nominal,' according mg to freights outside. e, Manitoba flour—First pat., $10.70; second .,patent, $10.20,onset • seaboard. Ontario flour—$8.0, bulk, sea- board, Millfeed ---- Delivered, Montreal freight, bags included: Bran, per ton, $37 to $40; shorts, per ton, $35 to $38; good feed flour, $2.25 to $2.50 per bag. Straw -Car lots, per 'ton, $12, track, Toronto, . Hay—No. 1, per toh, $23 to $24, track, Toronto. Cheese—New, large, 32 to 33e; twins, 32 to 34c; triplets, 33 to 35c; old, large, 34 to 35c; do, twins, 34% to 3514c, Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to by 49c;, creamery, No, 7, 57% to u0%c; fresh, 59 to'62c. c Margarine --29 to 33e. Eggs—New laid, 46 to 47c; new 2 Iaid, in cartons, 48 to.50e. 5 Beans ---Canadian, lana -pickets, per t bus. $3.50 to $8.75; •primes, $2.75 to 3,:a6; •Japans, 8c; Limas, Madagascar., a 0%c; California Limas, :121'�e.. Maple products—Syrup, per imp, t .al. '$3,40 to "i 0; r.. gal., , •, �. J(, per 5 imp, �„,tls,, s $3.25 to $3.40. Maple sugar, Ib., 20' to 25c. Honey -60 -36 -Ib. tins, 22 to 23c per ib.; 5 -2;s -1b. tins, 23 to 25e per lb.; Ontario comb honey, $7.50 per 15 - section ease, I Smoked meats—Hams, mets., 35 to 138c; heavy, 27 to 29c; cooked, 52 to 57e; rolls, 31 to 32c; cottage rol•Is,.33 to 34c; breakfast bacon,48 to 46e; ' fancy breakfast baron, 3 to 5fic; plain, bone in, 47 to 50c; boneless, 51 to 55c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 2G -to 27c finally adopted by a vote of 268 o 49. The Nationalists and Majority Socialists voted with the Government. en `bloc. A Communist resolution demanding the 'immediate establishment of diplo- matic relations with Soviet Russia was declared defeated. The House was crowded, t� hear Dr. Simons' statement, in which he dilated on the extraordinary difficulty on the part of Germany to make definite pro- posals, owing to the uncertainty con- cerning Upper Silesia and the con- stant exchange fluctuations. He explained that an overwhelming majority among the German experts was impossible of attainment for any proposals; hence, the German counter- proposals were made from political motives, on his own personal responsi- bility. After repeating the arguments employed before the London confer- ence, Dr. Simons declared the idea that because the .allies had torn up the treaty it was therefore voice dor Germany was all wrong, and that "we eest should not repay wrong with wrong." I pensions $140,613,163 This was greeted with laughter and 31,816,923 disorder, but Dr. Simons continued: Soldiers Ladd -Settlement 35,017.000 Re - "For Germany there still remains fel- Soldiers' establishmentl fillment of the treaty, so far as that 19,310,000 is possible, but no farther." He Totals 22 then.. proceeded .. 6 757 0 e ded $ 8 p to aclvoe 7 ate the , seeking of the middle path to the • • counter -proposals on a different basis. Assnst in Paying "But," he added, "at the moment we War Debt of Britain' are given a slap hi the face we can • - not offer our hand and say, 'We will A despatch from Kingston, Jamai- be friends.' ea, says:—The Legislative Council "That is impossible. If we renew passed a measure providing for an botiations we must point out Haat appropriation of $350,000 annually basis is altered both psychologi- for forty years for the purpose of y and actually by the imposition helping in the liquidation of the of penalties." 1Vlother C.ountry's war debt. A despatch from , London says:— The basis of a new settlement regard- ing Turkey, according to a French source, will include, in addition to the evacuation of Constanthiople and, to a large extent, the relinquishment of Turkish control of the Straits, inter- nationalization of Thrace, Greek con- troI of Gallipoli and an automous 'regime,in Smyrna, with a certain Greek preponderance in the adininis- tration,..while the port of Smyrna will be free to Turkish commerce. What War Will Cost Canada in 19214 922 A despatch from Ottawa says:— Canada will have to provide. for in- terest and expenditure resulting from the war during the fiscal year of 1921- 22. as follows: Lard—Puree, tierces, 20 to 20a! c; bs 2014 neo prints, 21% to 221/ c. Shortening, tierces, 13 to 13?_e;, tubs, 1314 to 1414c; pails, 14 to 14%c; .prints, 15 to Choice heavy steers, $9 to $10.50; good heavy steers, $8.50 to $9; but- chers' cattle, choice, $9 to $10; do, good, $8 to $9; do,. mets., $6 to $8; do, com., $4 to $6; butchers' bulls, choice, $7 to $7.50; do good, $61o. $7; do, come, $4 to $5; butchers' cows, choice, 18 to$9;$6.25 `G good, do, to $7; do , Co111. 7 $4 $8.75; do, 90: lbs., $7 251 to $8.25; td80 lbs., $5.75 to $6.75; •do, com., $5 to $6; canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4,50; milkers, good to choice, $85 to $120; do, com, to pied,, $50 to $60; chore springers, $90 to $130; Wills, yearl- ings, $9 to $9.50; do, searing, $12 to $13; calves, good to choice, $14.50 to $15,50; sheep, $5 to $8.50; hags feel and watered, $14.75 to ,$1.5• do, weigh- ed off cars, $15 to $15.2n: do, f.o.b., $13.75 to $14; do, eountry points $13,50 to $13,75, Montreal. Oats, No. 2 CW, 67 to 68c; No, 3 CW, 63 to 64c. Flour, Man. spring heat patents, firsts, $10.50. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs,, $3.40, Bran, $36.25, Shorts, 886.25, 'Clay, No. 2, per fon, al? lots, $24 to $25.` Cheese, finest easterns, 291%« to 93j0, Butter, choicest eroainery, Gyp to 57e. I+;eggs, fresh, 45c. Pota- ,. oes, per bag, ear leis, $1 to X1.05. Good steers, $11,25; light steers lid heifers, $8,50; common coils, $0; ood veal, $11.50 to $12: med., $1O1 o $11. Sheep, $8; lambs, $12. :TTogs, elects, $15.50; sowe, $11.50, tu. to 21c, pails, 20'4 to 21?!c• !the call -�~'"---����"'� `.,�*.,rel'' •:�+ ,�j '„ 1� • • ,,(lyyyrr� � �- I�rrr y 4...1?;::: -V • !fit , • ` ,) wet�� f• Y ......=•r,�-.«.r..uwmw..ww.+ukuv+n..w.-wu..w..w,....w.'.r.-r:�.r....w««.�..: Pictu,e of the Nations Eaabing Their swords Into Ploughshares,^. :seeVia! ee ..r r- cIr • g....171 I, liltr. 1, r Air Route Now Serves African Jungle London, March 13.—A pioneer airway above the River Congo for a distance of 1,200 miles has been established by the Belgians, seaplane being used. Goods are now carried from Kinshasa, 200 miles from the mouth of the oligo, as far inland as Stanley- ville. Two seaplanes, dividing the argo, start off together on the ourney, so that if a mishap oc- urs to either machine over iso- ated portions of the African Ingle it may be quickly report - d to one of the bases. the wages of its 3,500 unskilled labor- c ers. Wage reductions ranging from 48 cents an hour to a minimum of 251 cents are contemplated for unskilled' workers by the Northern Pacific and C Great Northern. The Maine Central J Railroad: management said that a re- C duction of wages would be proposed 1 soon to 4,800 employes, incjuding j clerks, mechanics, machinists, main -1 e tenance of way men, station men and heads of departments. T Over' 7,000 l&elgiai is Murdered by Germans Brussels, March 13.—Act ing to official figures just ma public, 7,473 Belgian civilians died as the result of the German occupation of their country. Of these, 4,934 civilians were shot by German troops or executed by order of the German military authorities; 1,331 died in pris- ons, in which they were confined by Germans; and 1,228 died in the course of the enforced de- portations to Germany and the French front. Rhineland Will Yield Allies 400,000,000 Marks A despatch from Paris says:—Fin- ancialcontrol of the Rhineland will, it is estimated, bring in about • 400,- ��y URKS OCCUPY FLACK SEA PORT Batum, Georgia's Principal ord- Port, Held by Ottomans. de 000,000 marks gold a year but only the mines, forests • and roads are in- cluded in the control. It is generally admitted that the management of the railroads there is badly in need of revision and that this must be done if they are to be made profitable for the, Allies. A despatch front Constantinople says:—The Truks have occupied Batum, Georgia's principal BIack Sea port. Late despatches from Batum told of a Bolshevik uprising there, with thousands of persons, in addition to the allied mission and members of the Georgian Government, leaving the port. The Bolsheviki were holding the railway running from ICutais to Batum, upon which the Turkish Na- tionalists were said to be making their next move. Fresh Negotiations for Peace in .Ireland London, Monday, March 14.— New negotiations for peace in if, Ireland are about to open, says Early March Seeding in Saskatchewan A despatch from Regina, Sask. 5*s:—A. A. Argue, who fai�rri large scale, stated that he seeded a j . Ducks and Geese Make Early Return from South ason the Daily Express, and they do not contain the hitherto primary conditions of surrender of arms. Australia Elects . First Woman Member I Perth, Australia, March 13.—Mrs. Cowan, a candidate in the State elec- tion, has defeated the Attorney -Gen: eral for his seat in Parliament. She is , the first woman to be elected to mem- aII bership in the Australian Parliament. piece of land in wheat on March 5 The land is immediately south of Wil- cox, and the owner claims, it was in perfect condition at the time to re- ce've seed. Alex. Nolan, in Kronau district, harrowed o ed 50 acres of land the same day the wheat was sown in Wilcox, Women Magistrates in Ontario Cities .A. despatch from Toronto says:— Municipalities of more than 100,000 population are to have women police magistrates—if they want then. Legislation to that effect was intro- duced in the House by Hon, W. E. Raney. The appointment is provided for• by a requisition of the municipal council. Portugal Also Honors Unknown -Soldier I Havre, France, March 13,—The body of an unknown Partuguese sol- dier was taken yesterday on the gun carriage :of • a French .75, from the barracks where it had been lying in. state, to a warship, which will take it to Portugal, Assiniboia, Sask., March 13.—Corp. James Bell, Provincial Police Officer, says that while at Wood Mountain he saw r ducks ck, s t and geese eese rommg back from the south. This is the earliest date for their return in 48 years, declare "old-timers." Australia to Pay Part of Immigrants' Fares A despatch from London says:— Australia has decided to contribute 212 toward the steamship fares of im- migrants into the Commonwealth, it was announced on Friday. Find }fomes in Canada for 200 Jewish Orphans Warsaw, March 13e -it is purposed by a delegation of Jewish relief work- ers who are here from Canada to transport immediately 900 orphans for adoption in Canada. Great Britain has 32 first li::n r,ia jo:4 battleships, Japan has 9, and the United Staten 16, •