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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-03-29, Page 3WWW Perils of Television * LABOR AND RADIO ences. at ot connection observ- way of indict- dis- th e i A WWW to form of Pro­ Details worked benefit from them, and was very much alarmed by my One day a friend advised Men of the Royal "A unity l.ws to a girl’s haael eyes.” a very cordial wel- from the natives, all Cumberland on southern Harbor on on northern Pangnttung cm Lake Harbor Island, Dundas Pond’s inlet useless to proceed by inlet and Eglinton “I startci With first symptoms they Price 50e. a box at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. en- dur- "beats.” seal meat for the finding "the cache fuel made by the in 1925, which was “I was rather doubtful about them as I had become discour­ aged trying w tv-mv? things. However, she per­ suaded mo to get a box, and. how thankful I am to have taken her advice. I have taken four boxes, and am on my fifth, and ■ I feel that I am very much better?' a breeze from the southeast, and maintained for the balance of the day.” They are many similar refer- (above every hardship and an unshak-'a few feet on land or ice,” until j T1T1H Q i11 ■flllfllliUn* rliv + irtet F !■% r» 4- aii 1/! Ji —_____ ____ _ _______ _ _ _ .__ . »_•» Heroic Work of R.C.M.P. is Told Romance Still Lives in North Report Tabled at Ottawa Describes Activities of Noted Force VALUABLE DATA Daily Life at Arctic Posts Makes Graphic Picture Ottawa-—Stories of privations cheer­ fully accepted as part of the day's task, of obstacles overcomo that would strike the average man as in- { surmountable, of heroic, arduous and devoted work, make up the annual re­ port on the actlvties of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police which was recently .tabled In the House of Com­ mons. At the same time the report is a compendium of valuable -and useful information, particularly in those sec­ tions of it that deal with the opera­ tions of the force in sub-Arctic regions, taken ill mid-winter for many hundreds of Arctic wastes of Canada’s northern [ islands in order to enforce the law j as a result of the Dominion among the abort- stituted by glues, to apprehend while men who : $138,867.17; do not scruple to vitiate the life of paid; and $65,000 paid through chan- tlie Eskimos and the Indians, to re- uels other than the Mounted Police, lieve suffering, to distribute food and { “It is absolutely useless to proceed to conduct explorations all designed, against smugglers by way of indict- towards making those regions better ment in Halifax.” known, are recorded in the report in ’ simple language. The daily life of, the isolated posts—the most norther- i ly of which is 700 miles south of the North Pole, at Baclie Peninsula in Ellesmere Land—is pictured graphi­ cally. Nursed Three Months Outstanding is the record of the patrol consisting of Inspector T. V. S. Wunsch', Sergeant J. R. Paton, and Constable W. A. Cooper, to B.C., near the Yukon border, In Janu­ ary, 1927, Sergeant Paton got both hands very badly frost-bitten, and first-aid treatment lasting four hours partially restored circulation. Serge­ ant Paton was nursed day and night fbr three months until the use of his bands were almost fully restored. However, it is recorded that “in the course of. treatment gangrene set in at the-extremity of one little finger, and, with the patient’s consent, the last joint was amputated with a razor by Inspector Wunsch, there being no •doctor anywhere in the district.” The report says that “our men went out of their way to render help and succour to‘all, from assisting an In­ dian mother to bring a baby into the world, to reading.the Lord’s prayer burials.” Eskimos Progressive Upon the more general aspects the work, the report observes: "The Canadian Eskimos are pro­ gressive people. Many of them have sewing machines, gramophones and radio outfits in tlieir houses. The ambition of the head of every family (at Aklavik) is to own a power schooner of his own, and quite a few have realized that desire already. It is possible to count as many as 25 boats with auxiliary gasoline gines in them tied up at Aklavik Ing the summer.” The general situation is thus cussed. “Inquiries have been made among the natives to ascertain what the mar­ riage customs among the Eskimos are. Some rather interesting information on this subject has been gathered. It seems, according to a report from Sergeant Baker, of the Bernard Har­ bor detachment, that there i3 no defl- nately established ceremony of any kind, A man generally chooses a woman whom he considers suitable, and if both parties are agreeable they commence living together as man and wife. "The man generally selects a wom­ an who is good at making clothing, preparing food and is generally handy around the camp. The woman desires a man who is a good hunter and pro­ vider. In most cases they continue to live together, but if after a time they find that they are not suited to each olier, they separate. This may be after a few weeks, or even after a few years.” Game Licenses The Royal Canadian Mounted Po- , lice collected in excess of §60,000 In I revenues for. the national treasury I for the year ending September 30, 1927, the annual report discloses. In the Yukon and Northwest Territories, the force collected game licences for ' tlie Deportment of the Interior, and I also disbursed bounties for the killing ■ of 1,001 wolves, amounting to $30,030. ; For the Department of Marine and Fisheries the Mounted Police collect­ ed a number of radio licences, and in sxtending ' addition fines to the amount of-$31,- taken in. amount of fines imposed of cases which were in- tlie police foi;ce totalled of this $97,751.17 was the Arctic and Patrols under- and miles, over the 908.25 were The total Two Interesting Views of the Santa Clara Flood Area This quotation forms portion of the annual report of Commissioner Starnes of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and it is employed in ties ot that Provinces, in describing the Mounted Police to tlie Department of National Revenue, says: Smugglers Popular “The most interesting phase of this Llar(1,. aspect ot o«r MttvJtiM.haa reg«a to Ko )a lnt0 on day through xteep soft snow and often | ■ the smuEgli"nff ! X1 S 1)eyonilL anything Siberia can of- ( very rough ice,” and on the next “the reference to the actlvi- body in the Maritime Commissioner Starnes, the assistance given by the coast line near during the whole year the smuggling of liquor has greatly exercised us. Our strength there was specially in­ creased the use of a fast car was ob­ tained, and in December, 1926, and in January and February, 1527, a series of seizures and arrests took place, the former accounting for over 400 gallons of rum and not far short of 300Cases of liquors. The • smugglers were defiant as well as persistent, ..pn one occasion attempting to run our J car down in the road, and resisting1! arrest. However, a number of prose­ cutions were instituted, strongly sup­ ported by evidence. I regret to be obliged to report that these failed, the juries, in spite of convincing evi­ dence, able presentation and strong charges from the Bench persisting in returning verdicts of acquittal. The officer commanding in the Maritime Provinces In this ed: "It i3 against ment in absolutely smugglers Halifax.” Over 1,000 The total strength Canadian Mounted Police at Septsm- bcr 30, 1927, stood at 1,004 all ranks, according to Col. Corihlandt Starnes, Commissioner. This is an increase in personnel of 61 over the preceding year, The number '<! investigaCons carried out was 29,955 for the period under survey. "The two features most worlliy of notice,” writes the Commissioner “have been the continued increase in the personnel employed in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, accompanied by an increase in the complexity of the duties to be discharged there.'” A few years ago the vast archi­ pelago north of Hudson ^traits was visited only by explorers and a few daring traders. Now there are police posts at Port Burwell on the main­ land. Gulf, Baffin Island, North Devon Island, and Bashe penin­ sula of central Ellesmere Island with­ in 11 degrees of the pole. These posts are manned by 17 "Mounties” under the command of Inspector C. E. Wil­ cox. All Are Volunteers The men volunteer for these Mrs, a. Watts, Bond. Hoad, Ont., writes:—“I have been so greatly bene­ fited by your Milburn>» Heart and Nerve Pills I feel X should write and tell you how grateful I am for your splendid remedy. “My heart has been weak for a couple of years, and as a consequence my nerves became very bad,' ffI was unable to do my work, could not Bleep at night, and seemed to be gradually getting worse. “I tried several remedies, but ro- ceived no becoming condition, me to try THE CANYON OF SANFRANCISQU1TO AND THE FAULTY BROKEN ST. FRANCIS DAM Al the left Is the canyon which was dammed to hold the water supply and at the right the dam after the break taken soon after the disaster and forwarded by photo telegraphy to the papers in the east. • j very rough ice,” and on the next “the fer, where communication with the' snow continued deep until we reached outside’ is maintained through the the cape, then the traveling improv- annual visit of tl’-e Beothic—ice perked wonderfully, mitting—and where the only society j is that of Eskimos and huskies. j “In the afternoon we saw a herd of But musk-oxen some distance inland east time does not lie heavy on the hands ' of the cape, also the fresh tracks of of these police. Patrol work keeps two bears, two wolves and several them fit and active. Their reports caribou on the ice.” The following show no trace of loneliness or dis- day it blew up a gale, and "the storm satisfaction. On the contrary they made it almost as dark as mid winter, suggest anj enthusiasm that rises ••and we were unable to see more than en pride in fulfilling duties that would dense fog came over, accompanied by daunt the hearts of heroes. 1 Staff Sergeant A. II. Joy was for two years in charge of the detach­ ment at Baclie peninsula, during which time he made several long patrols, one of them, a remarkable1 journey, entailing over 1300 miles of! travel, across Ellesmere Island and to ' the Axel Heiberg, Sverdrup, King Christian, Cornwall and Graham is­ land. And- yet liis report is simple even to commonplace. Difficulties Overcome He begins1 by saying “Constable Bain and I, accompanied by Eskimos 1 Nookapeeungwak, Oodee and Ah-' keeoo, left the detachment early on1 Oct. 14,” and then follows a narration! of innumerable small incidents in re-1 spect to “open leads,” long detours' about fiords, Until "it became neces­ sary for us to cross to the north side, and darkness caught us on a Urge ice- p9.11 in the center of the fiord, where We camped, surrounded by open wat­ er, until the following morning." to the obtaining of dogs, and to the of provisions and American aviators still intact, although the rubber cov­ ering had been badly rent by the wind.” On the nineteenth he reports “Only a small portion of the sun ap­ peared above the horizon at noon, and this proved to be our last op­ portunity of seeing it for the year.” Cold Not Chief Difficulty Cold, is not the only or even the chief elemental opponent to contend with. It seems that fog and soften­ ing snows and rising temperatures are greater difficulties. Sergeant Joy’s longest patrol was made during the months of March, April and May. On April 13 he reports “traveling all' Appreciation of Eskimos He clones one of his reports by ex­ pressing “my appreciation of the splendid manner in which the Eski­ mos, Nookapeeungwak and Ahkeeoq behaved on this trip. They worked very hard at times; were always will­ ing and cheerful, and I found them both first-class travelers.” The relationship between the na­ tives and the "Mounties.” is one of mutual sympathy and understanding and practical service. Many glimpses are given into the simple primitive I life of the Eskimo. Constable J. . Murray, of the Pond’s Inlet detach- , ment, speaks ot visiting a native camp situated, in a small inlet lying between Scotts fiord. "We received come reception helping to unload the koniitik and un­ harness the dogs; two of the elder boys were told' to feed the dogs right away, by native Etotick, without be­ ing requested by me or anyone else. The camp consisted of two large igloos and 11 natives all told; they were well supplied with meat and blubber and had been fairly successful with their winter hunt. After supper na-| tive Cooltilick brought his grama-1 phone to. my igloo and treated us to an 1 hour’s concert.” The report of the Royal Canadian. Mounted Police shows that this im­ mense hinterland is stocked with game and valuable minerals, sup­ ports a small but contented people and well deserves the courageous ef­ forts being made to “control” it. European Workers Have Association to Promote Technical and Cultural Advancement .submission to a future general con- • fergnee at which the proposed lnter- I national will be formally launched. In the meantime this committee is to act as executive body, with headquarters jin Vienna. The labor radio leagues of Radioenthiuyasts belonging to Euro­ pean labor organizations have an in­ ternational association especially de­ voted to representing their Interests in broadcasting any other matters connected with the wireless service. At a meeting recently held iir Ber- Belgium and Poland have also pro­lin, representatives of the Interna-| mised to adliej’e to the international tional Federation of Trade Unions, the body. Socialist and Labor International and - The principal aims of the organiza- the organized labor radio amateurs tiou, as summarized in the Vienna of Germany, Austria, Russia, Holland Arbeiter-eltung, are to maintain a per- and Czechoslovakia decided an International Federation letarlan Wireless Amateurs, o fthe organization are to be out by a committee, consisting of the heads of labor wireless groups in Ger- many, Austria and Czechoslovakia, for, tendencies in broadcasting. j manent information service among the member countries regarding all matters pertaining to the radio; to try to promote the interests of the workers in both technical and cultur- 1 al ways, and, to combat reactionary Drivers Who Neglect Cars Are Classed With Criminals Connecticut Commissioner Condemns Indifference— Emergency Calls Due to Carelessness Robbins B. 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Tho plesiosaurus discovered In War­ wickshire whose age is estimated at I between 160,000,000 and 200,000,000 I years may thank its lucky stars that i tlioFG wore iio coruorstoiios in J ancient days; ■J»A ... I A holy war is reported to be raging Jn Arabia and parts adjacent, As we 1 understand it, a holy war is about as holy as a civil war is civil To Visit Toronto MRS. LINDBERGH AND HER FLYING SON Lucky Lindy’s "best girl” will bring the flier with her when she comes to Toronto to receive life membership in Ontario Educational Association, if present, plans mature. Mrs. Lindbergh, shown above witji Lindy, who they hope will be here during Easter week. road service records of one of the ' largeest motor chibs in the country. The association points out that the ' prime object in making the analysis is to urge upon owners the advant- | ages of giving closer attention to cer­ tain fundamentals of automobile care. Of 25,000 calls for help recorded by the club, 25 per cent, was due to tire trouble, of which more than half the total number was caused by running with tires Cither underinflated or over­ inflated. Next to tire trouble came battery and ignition dijculties. ‘ “It was found,” says the report, "that in a large majority of cases negligence on tho part of the car own- ” ’ ; In very few in­ stances could the trouble be laid to defective oqulpnient. It geneerally iwas the case of the owner forgetting ’ in iinf wn+n-r Fh'ft hsitfATV nt ‘pAp’nlar the car Mr. Stoeckel calls attention to the fact that criminality in jurisprudence is usually recognized as a matter -of in­ tent or neglect amounting to intent. Road Service Records. "Certainly,” says the Commissioner,' "if a person cannot properly keep a car which lie has bought because it appeals to his standards of beauty er was responsible: and elegance and knowing that it is ' capable of abuse, he fails in his duty, and intent can be predicted.” Evidence that Commissioner Stoec- J to put water in the battery at regular kel is on the right track in indicating intervals, of his failure to notice the that the owner who fails to do his ‘ corrosion of terminal posts or of his duty by his car should undergo a cer-' indifference to keeping the generator tain measure of public penalty is fur-‘output proportionate to the needs of nished by a report just issued by the his particular form of driving.” "I see where photographs of people In front of a radio instrument in Lon­ don were recived by television in this country the other night,” said Senator Duma. "This radio business is get­ ting away ahead of the original idea.” [ "Yes,” replied Representative Dum­ mer. "A face is apt to turn up out of any radio set these days. I don’t see why they should go to all the trouble of broadcasting faces from England. We've got better faces right here in this country. How is it done any­ how?” "It is done by transferring the vis­ ion into sound and then the sound back into vision,” explained the Sena­ tor. “Am I clear?” < “You are anything but,” replied Dummer. "One of the worst things that can happen to a face in one of these tele­ vision tests,” went on the Senator, “is to have it jell halfway between vision and sound. In this last demonstration I understand a man and woman posed for the pictures in London. There was a very serious accident." "What was it?" "Something happened before the lady's face had been completely trans­ ferred from vision to sound, and when it reached America it was merely a loud noise with a boyish bob and one eye. It was very badly scrambled.” “How about the man’s face?” ‘The man's face was successfully transferred from vision to sound in London,” said the Senator, “but it col­ lided with a steamship whistle in mid­ ocean and they couldn’t transfer it back into vision i nthis country. They - got the neck and chin back into vis­ ion, but the rest of the face came through like a piccolo solo.” "What did they do about it?” asked Dummer. “The people at this end of the radio didn't know whether it was some­ thing to be looked at or listened to," replied the Senator. “They got dixzy trying to do both. I once posed for a television photo, you know, and had similar trouble.” “What happened?” "When they were transferring my face from vision to sound a ship sent out an S.O.S. which practically ruined It. Then in getting it back from sound to vision they found consider­ able static. They finally announced my face to the great unseen audi­ ence as the Arlington time signals.” And Gene Tunney For War? 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