HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-01-09, Page 3Seagrave After j Statistics Show
Mtor Boat Trophy Crime on Increase
Miss England I1 38 Footer,
Figures For Canada Give All -
Round Jump of 15.31
4000 N.P. Expected to Per Cent,
Beat 100 Miles e
Per Hour MINOR INFRACTIONS
Lotulon—Interest in projected Ilri-
tish attempts to establish new speed Traffic Violations Contribute
records on sea and hard is rtuickentd
Segrave is aiming at a mooed of 120 Fever brows
miles an hoar in Miss England 29, Ottawm—fauna in Canada is M-
in which ho will challenge America cieuoIng the annual report an erinn-
in 1030, ltal statislies issued recently dis-
Since the United States carried off closes. The increase for Canada In
the British International Motorboat criminal offences ons 15.31%, This
Troithy at Cowes in 1919'Enginttd bus is the greatest increase in crime
spent approximately $1,250,000 in eat- since the year of Zito outbreak of the
deavot'ing to regain it. world trat 111 1.911, when the increase
Sir Henry's now craft will surpass was 170' 6 over the previous year.
on pterions models. She is to be Int respect al summary eonvielimts
constructed In the strictest secrecy 01 (uou-indlctable) the increase was still
the Cowes yards of Saunders, Roe & greater, being '27.18% over the pre -
Ca. On the arrival of the two Rolls- t,iotts year, the greatest Attlee these
Boyce Schnoider Trophy ellghluistatistics have been iuslituled, over
which are being fitted by permission half a century 500.
of the Ah' Ministry, tile1- will be This augnlentalton 0 due principal -
watched by an armed guard day and ly to infractions of traffic regulations,
night which were almost 17% more nuttier -
The engines are expected to de' ons than in 1927.
volop 4,000 horsepower, more than ' The increase in crittival and other
has yet been caged in a boat thirty- offences was general all over Canada.
eight feet in length with a beam of The Marinate Provinces led in per.
nine foot, with a valor speed of at anlage increase In criminal offences
least 100 miles au hour. white Ontario and British Cohunbia
What w111 happen when. this error- show the lowest percentage increase,
mops power is released remains a With regard to Inhtor offences (sem-
matter of conjecture It is expected mu
convictions) Prince Edward Is -
that such eudrtnous power trill cause land, Ontario and Alberta increased
the Boat to leave the water at times, most, rvhhe in British Columbia there
The chief problem is otos al ltalance, was a decrease. When comparing ia-
Whenever site touches the water the dividual offences it 0 revealed that
boat roust strike In a horizontal posi-
tion to escape being torn to pieces by
the oppgsiug stresses. In tltis re-
spect the boat is expected to estab-
lish nest' standards in marine engin,
tiering. At such speed` as the boat is
expected to reach there is grave dan-
ger of skidding while attempting to
stake sharp tarns, bet it is ludic:veil ,tile last 53 years has, --been 13,23 Per
Miss England 211 will he able to take
a slight hand turn at eevehoyative
stiles an hour,
It is expected that Sir Henry's
boat will be launched by 21ty next,
She will be tried out on Lake Winder-
mere.
Meanwhile, preparations are being
made to beat Sir Henry's automobile
record of 23110 miles per hour at
Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire,
where Parrio Thomas lost his lifo in
a speed attetitpt. It is doubtful if, on
the stretch of stand ou the south coast
of \vales utero will bo sudte(nt room
for slowing down after the maximum
speed' has been attained and the Inca-
sured utile covered.
Pendine Sande, which were used by
Captain Illglcolnt Campbell when he
set the' recoril sixty miles an hour
slower than tate present figure, extend
for seven utiles, Nearing the seventh
mile is a rivulet crossing Ube sands to
the sea, a dangerous obstacle to a car
travelling at more titan 200 utiles an
loin',
Kaye Don, for whop a 4,000 -horse-
power Sunbeam Silver Bullet automo-
bile has been specially constructed,
is desirous of staking a new record
an British 0011, if the stream can be
diverted as a matter of extra precau-
tion. French Defense
Q'{
Isis ant' should reach ie the
Fund epi16,000,000
speed in two miles, travel rho area- h U' 1� V
sured nolo and then, with the assist-
ance of a specially designed wind-
break device in the tall, will be able
to slow down safely to-'ttop vlien the
sixth utile is reached. -
Captain Malcolm Campbell, who
probably will make an attempt in his $40,000,000
1,300 -horsepower Blue Bird, is not so Parts,—Tho Chamber of Deputies,
sanguine regarding the Pomliue Dec, 28, voted appropriations of 2,900, -
Sands and leas plans for constructing 000,000 francs (approximately $116,-
a special track on the east wast of 000,000) for national tlefensse. This
England, near the Wash. is the complete program of expendi-
'Phe speed limit at Dayton Beach, tures for tate years from 1930 and
according to Sir Henry, has very 1031 along French frontiers.
nearly been reached, and visibility
there Is bad. However, If it is finally
decided that Pendine Is unsuitable,
Bayo Don may stake the Florida
strand the scene of itis attempt, in
spite of Sir Henry's warning that he
may not be able to use full power
there.
Aviation experts are turning their
attention to a new type at single -
motor place that will have to velocity
of 300 miles an ltottr. This new plane
will be developed on the lines of the
Super -marina Si and the Gloster -Na-
pier Schneider trophy racing sea-
plane5.
The only difficulty is the problem of
by the announcement that Sir Henri to oral—Gambling
Reminiscent of War Time Days
RECENT LONDON GALE PLAY$ HAVOC WITH HOUSE
Telt people in this Queen Square hoose 1011011 L'u111 part was blown out
by furt0110 gale which swept London, 11hm0 liras of uinuy British seafaring
mel.
Convicts Fight
Moscow Sore
Civilization May
Destroy Eskimos
Arctic Natives Threatened
With Extinction, Auth-
orities Say
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WHITE MAN CAUSE
Plane Saved From
Wreck By Daring
Feat of Mechanic
im Cusator Climbs Out and
Holds Ski in Place for
Alighting
CAUSE OF MiSI-IAP
f:-trsily Succumbs To Ailments
Prince Albert isle.— vt t tm, in
the northland have t new hero He is
of Almost livery White (Jim Cusator, quiet and reserved air
Child utlechantc, who in one of the most dor-
ling and brave felts to aviation annals
0 to -sit thousand Eskimos liv-lof the North most probably saved his
gcheenfully 111 Arctic and sub -Arctic own life and Itis pilot's here recently,
Gma.la, are threatened with ultimate Int defiance of the relentless laws
extioeliot by the spread of civilization of gravity, 010100 1,, dangling by his
toward, the Arctic circle, authorities anus in space in the 70 -mile -an -hour
on the fat' north predict. blast from the propeller, righted tt
Di'else and death, brought slowly tilted left ski and held it in a horizon -
but surely as the white matt advances nal pneitiot until the nnachino ha l
rurrihw ud, are creating a menace to come to rcpt in safety on the ice-loekod
the 1010mo which will prove one of surface of the river here,
the dilemmas of northern development, Lttitnation of the r,rilous sittuton
they say, of the pilot, Geofl Ilontc,av, and aetiro
Totally without immunity to white tneehanx Cusator, came first to pilots
mans diseases, the Eskimo, succumbs and mechanics of (1111(11' machines who
to ailments which are considered stool by to watch the graceful Stinson
miner misfortunes in the life of almost Detroiter talce off from the river on
every while child. Be suffers from a test flight a few tainutes after it
malnutrition when fed white man's had arrived from Saskatoon.
food, and yet he gorges himself with RIGHT SKI DAiIAO ID
it whenever possible, 110 06ntracts Duo to the softs spongy nature of
tuberculosis from wearing store cloth- the snow the pilot lead experienced
under unsuitable, conditions, and difficulties in getting into the air and
yet he likes them. Measles, whooping narrowly averted hitting the bridge
cough, chicken pox, grippe and other rifler a rot of almost a mite. A th
ailments he gets fron0 the'whit° ratan ,tirphule circled Lack the watching
himself, and yet he is most happy in airmen were horror stricken to note
his company. the right ski had been damageid, In-
GIRFIAT KILLER. stead of being parallel to the fusilage
Ile turns the advantage of trade the front end dipped down ata dan-
Hvith the white Hunt into an agency for gerous tangle, i4 - -t - i Pilots knew
the increase was n1 1
1t 1 friend19 of a genera Against' Dire Fate At Canada's Aclis t esu'uct toa, D esptte his fgrana1
9 that in landing the tilted ski muse
nature. l� nature and gi.od-heartedness he is a 011-i110 the snow in such to way 0 would
Convictions for murder rose front
11111 1927 to 19 in 1928, whichwhichin-
Po rtuguese Convicts Mutiny Soviet Foreign Office Official
crease is•but incidental, as the mom
her of louden fluctuates from year on Prison Ship; Quel- Explains Russia's Attitude
to year. The average number of car led After Desperate
01.0'u01.1: for aflutter ill Canada during Fight at Sea EXPULSION RANKLES
annum. The lowest minter woe three
111 1906 and the greatest was 84;,,,
7915, The principal Increase 'tm'ing
the year la offences against the per-
son was 111 common assault which
rose from 951 to 1,281, winch,' 11oii'-
eve.r, is but 22 cases above' the
figures for 1926. Burglary, alien and
housebreaking increased by 12,53 pair'
cent, in 1928 over 1927 and by 3714
per cent, over 1926.
Theft, as 1101101, ct;litit)ued to in-
crease,
rcrease, the flgm•p>r'for 1928 being 10.88
per cent. over those for 1927 and 18.02
Par cent. over 1926. In the miscel-
laneous class greatest augmentation
Is shown in branches of gambling and
lottery cards, which itf'192s were
54,52 per cent, above 1927 and 155.09
per cent, above 1926, ,;
The sunt total of al'cotivletlegkof
adult offenders in '.926 iias' J6' ,48°
as against 212,078 111 10.17 and 187,36
in 1926.
Of the 26,691 charges for 111101,001(1
offences in 1928, there wore 497tifac-
quittals, 10 cases of nolle prosequi, or
stay of proceedings, 7 eases in which
"no bill' was returned by the grail
jury, and 38 persons were detained
for lunacy, leaving 21,720 convictions,
To Guard Rhine
Fortifications on Alsace and
Lorraine Frontier to Cost
Lisbon, Portugal,—The Colonht1 Ill00cew',-21i10 801.101 Govertuuout
esti 1101 5011)1 11 representative to
Cauada, ono OC 1110 heads of the
Soviet 100001gn 011ieo told a corres-
pondent recently. In view of the
fact that the last Soviet trade delega-
tion w110 expelled from Conde at the
behest of tete British Government tint
for no other reasnu, the Soviet Gov-
e'muout will not of, its own accord
reopen negotiations either for trade
Office reports that a 0011on5. 1nutiny
aunotlg n011vi01s on a Portuguese pri-
son ship Mould for the African peni-
tentiary at Londe, Angola, hod been
ailed only niter desperate haucl.l0-
't,utd fighting.
The 1'epo00 said the couvlet ship
tftttttea was conveying. 126 long-term
prisoners when the outbreak came.
grci4 killer. With his new -bought
rifle he shoots all the tante he can
find, and ultimately may transform a
naturally bountiful country into a land
of hunger.
Six thousand persons spread over a
land as long as the nn'thern coast of
Canada are an asset, officials declare,
They point out that the Eskimo is,
and will be still more, the agent of
the 1(11110 man in icy lands where the
latter emmotllive long.
Those who have been associated
with the Eskimo longest say civiliza-
tion, uncurbed, will do one of three
things 1O }sial: 'Absorb hint, kill hint,
'Pile ship was within five utiles of the or dniv10 him EDUCATIONo
NEEDED
coast when the convicts made to wild or diplomatic relations with Canada. They are confident, however, that
dash for,: ceche, savagely attaching Asked what, if any, material ad- something can be done to help the
the rmorde atm craw, ((111110 would entail from staving 1 slcinle save himself. Education, they
it ,,os mit crier a desperate fight such a delegation swan;oda, Ate believe, will develop within his happy -
that the guards, who were armed Soviet' official pioittedewopt that from goduclty mina a sense of providence
with Ailed and bludgeons, succeeded 1924 to 1926 there was a considerable which will enable ]rim to look after
in overpo r'erieg the 111e11 and Iitolcitt volume of ti'ado between Russia and his future food supply and to treat his
them tip in the Mold. Canada. "Russia still.lmpeets large personal property less recklessly.
A 1000/111 attempt at a brealcs�w'ey iptamthles of hotsen,,livestoidc, agrl' 3ledlcal service, they think also, will
was made as the 011111010 was going cultural'' 00,ib it1lo,tt, crmeul, etc., but
into port the cenvtcts'smashing their because of the unt:'len(ly altitude of
shacklesanal rushing of deck. They the Cana' i10 Cove,.. nett, 100 prefer
10008 again. overpowered, 11110 time by 10 lily these el. ewheac stow," he said.
`troops 80mmote(1 so80'd the ship by Would Be Cansideeed
radio, int to reply to a question its 111
Abl'of.116H trlsmters finally, worn h whether the Soviet Government
Itattsferred' to $];,tore under a strung rgoutd send such 11 (11lei 11(11 it
the
esee'1,
Australian -finance
Johanna bil`g'Sttu'; The 11010 Rubor
Government w111 have no light task
n
t a the erortomia conditions
ivadjtst 1
of the Commonwealth to what time
its obvious requirements. One of the
chief proble1119 is 1110 ra'slug of the
public revenue to the level at which
It will meet the current expenditure,
Including thft heavy mutual interest
charge on the 500ollal debt—either
that o': such a reduction of expendi-
ture as seems hardly practicable. An-
other problem is to stimulate produc-
tion without lowering the wage level
tlu•otigholt the country, an exceeding-
ly dldicuit task for a Labor Govern-
ment,
An aproprlation of 1,000,000,000 A domestic servant has written a
francs for 1930 along the Rhplay, Itis said to contain one good
frontier in Alsace and Lorraine was situation after another,
cored Dec. 27,
The'llefense of the French frontiers
as planned by the general staff 011d
approved by alto army commission of
the Chamber of Deputies, envisages
the placing of preponderant emphasis
on anti-aircraft defense, the president
of the commission told the Chamber
during renewed discussion on the
frontier defense measure.
The complete measure (111i11es a
program costing 2,900,000,000 francs,
of which 1,000,000,000 francs for 1930
were voted.
landing speed. At tate presort no air- Ito a briof discussion of the naval
Moine In this country, or ou the Con- defense program, It was brought out
tiitent, Is large enough for such a that the French Navy in the Medlter-
epeedy 1110011111e to taxi safely to a roman must be able to transport im-
standstill That is why the Schneider ntedlately in case of war 400,000 men
trophy contest is flown over water. from northern Africa,
Ilowevet', it is looped that the re-
search w9ri1 willsucceed in solving
this problem.
A Poor Exchange
Sydney Bulletin.: Australia, like ntissionership is worth malting if to
the Irielt Free State, is a "fully re- 1 suitable man can be found. The 1111-
01preeoling Dominion." If an Irish- flculty is, however, that hoot inside
nttut or Australian settles in Britain, and outside politica the necessary
he 18 liable to be taxed otiby once: ho combination of qualities is very hard
pays in the conoiry of the higher to conte by. ,The postition Inas grown
tax. This is a profitable arrangement much more important than it 00155 a
for the Irish Free State, winch ex- generation ago. The high Commis.
ports no rich sten nowadays and at- stoner should not be only to first-rate
tillers hundreds of leisured English business man and a good speaker,
residents for its hunting, shooting, but a diplomat well versed in Interne-
-do- Hurl sport generally. But it 15 tional affairs, IIo now has to go to
.. 0.011". winch attracts Geneva and represent New Zealand
th large prf- at a gathering of sixty nations, Are
high -salaried there many such men in New Zea-
onsand5 of laud? We should not ]ince to have to
'ear. make the choice,
High Commissioners
Auckland Star, 915,: Tho suggested
bre11lc from the custom of appointing
a political supporter to tate High Con -
save him from the disease he seems
bound to contract in settled districts,
while his own predisposition to health
will save him when he is far away
from the white ratan.
Given help in combating the two
011•jnt threats of lois own wastefulness
and sickness, they declare, his own
snap off and cause the machine to spin
about the axle and probably turn over,
Jack Wight, pilot of a Sister Stin-
son Detroiter, leaped into the cabin
of ]tis machine the engine of which
had been left .running, 011011)5g the
throttle wide he sent the pane plow-
ing through the 010w and then nosed
it sharply up after it Left the river's
surface. Ile zoomed it through the
frosty air towards )fairway's plane
just as it was circling to mance a land-
ing, and bringing it to horizontal po-
sition wihen level with the other ma-
chine, leaned out of the cabin, waved
his arils, and pointed to the tilted ski,
Cusator promptly perceived what
was wrong, opened the cabin door,
grasped the handles securely and
lowered his body through the opening.
Observers breathlessly watched hint
attempt to roach the ski three times,
each time to have the powerful breeze
from the propeller whip his body back..
Phonily lie succeeded in grasping the
end with his feet and then holding 0
horizontal by hooking the back stay
wire with ono foot while dangling in
this precarious pusiUou he enabled
the 111101 to stake a safe landing. •
When the plane came to rest the
]zero mechanic was covered from head
to foot with the soft snow thrown up
by the skis in the landing and was as
unperturbed as if Le had just stepped
Canadian Cloverinuea,, r-rere to recon- native intelligence will probably et- from the cabin.
Aider 110 decision and decide to renew able loin, to exist indefinitely as an
diplomatic relations, the Foreign Of Eskimo wit flout absorption,
lice stated that Olt the genital that it Thee is only one menace they can New Land Found
w'05 a pnrely J*10(1111001 question Ice thins of from which the Eskimo is
I ite, heed Arctic authorities say. Ile
does tot like liquor. He will take a
drink if lie is pressed to do so, bob
does not seem to care if he never has
11110
A, v:ell-known London clergyman
' onid not make any en war. Tate eon.
respondent is of 1110 op!aamt, 010005(11,
that any friendly gesture from Can-
aria would loo well reveived here,
Tree Seed for Overseas
By special arrangement. withthe who enjoyed my story of Everett Bad -
authorities concerned considerable ger (Is it nice?" writes to say that
it 010111100 him or a malt who, walk-
ing w'ilh the late Rev. C. H. Spur-
geon passed a shop hearing tho no-
tice, "Smith's Shirt Store." Spur-
geon glanced up. "0h, poor chap,"
Ile exclaimed, "ire must have caught
it on a nail!" 1t took the outer 1/11111
quantities of tree seed extracted at
the New Westminster Station of the
Dominion Forest Service are each
year shipped to tete British Forestry
Commission and lo the New Zealand
Forestry Department to be used in
their respective planting operations,
tut 110111• to discover what he meant,
"Baldness Is often a badge of the --
successful business man," says a He is tine freeman whom the truth
writer. It certainly means that he makes free, and all are slaves beside.
has come out on top. —Cowper.
Our Heavy Snows Chaanged Transportation Views
MOTORISTS SEND S,0.3. FOR OLD-TIME HELP
husky faint horse was needed litre 1,1got this carup the steel) hill, nearCooksvitle, after highway was cloak -
ea in recent snowfalls,
In Antarctic
Norweigian Flag is Raised on
Territory Found Near
South Pole
Oslo, Norw.--Capt, Riiser Larsen,
who is participating in an Antarctic
exploring expedition in the steamer
Norlcegia, reports I:0 the netvspapet',
Thins Teen, Dec. 28, that he and his
fellow airman, Lieut. 0110100' Haler
have discovered new land between
Enderby Land and Coats Land.
The two airmen left the No•wegia
iu their plane and alighted on 100
open ice near floe land. From utero
they went ashore and raised iho Nor-
wegian flag, taking possession of it
111 the name ( their 00nulry accord -
lug to internatioeal forms.
They titer retained to the Nor
wegln, which was waiting 100 utiles
away.
ihiderby Land Is located at the
eastern extremity of tate so-called
Enderby Quoitt'out of Antarctica, In
about 50 east 65 south. Coats Land
is located at the western edge of the
Enderby (-Motile-int - at about 20 west
75 south.
Ontario Will Preserve
Prehistoric Indian Fort
Montreal. --Tete Sooth10019 earth -
n'; rks, an old Malan stronghold near
St. Thomas, Ont, famous among
areleacologists as the only prehistoric
Indlnu tlouhle-walled fortification of
which retrains levo beet found, has
been saved from c blivion by the inter-
vention of the historic sites division
of tho natural parka branch at Ot-
tawa. Preservation is now assured.
The old fort, the wails of which
have crumbled so that they are now
1101 more than three feet high, is
thought to have been one spot at
nvltfc10 the people of a neutral neat, n
made their last stand against the war -
Hite advances of the Iroquois, who
finally drove them from Ontario about
250 yeal'e ago.
The site covers au area of about
three acres. The fort was protected
by a double line of earthworks which
completely inclosed it. The "stoat"
between the two walls was about
thirty feet in width. It is thought
likely that a palisade of high, sharp-
ened logs, set vertically, formed the
superstructure atop the earthwork, '