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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-1-25, Page 3MOO ...N.I3,..110.1....a....**•61.•••*. ieeseessee VeZIY1.4.Ert TMACKEZI 4 a. 4,4 'se:See:See MANITOBA PARLIAMENT IN SESSION - Hon. 'Toilet Bracken, the new Farmer Premier of lelaniteba, presided over Itis fleet seon of parliament when the Manitoba Hous 4 opene.d. Besides being Premier, ROIL Mr. Bracken hold's. the posts of Commissioner of Pro - Lauds and Mieister of Education, The House vraa opened, by Sir 3. A., N. Alkeme, Lientenent-Governor. The leaders of the oeeceOtien parties are Hon. T. C. Norris, leeder of the Liberale, and Hon. J. F. Dixon, leader of the Labor Party, In the background ef the picture is eeen the magnificent main stairway in the earlitexuent buildiegs at Wirrnipegnand the famous bronze buffalo. GERMAN INDUSTRIAL TRAPPED BY FRANCE French Occupation Threaten- ed Financial Existence of Hugo Stinnes. A despatch from Berlin says: - Hugo •Stinnes has been trapped by French occupation of the Ruhr. He has taken ains to keep away from the Ruhr personally, letting the other iron masters face the French, but they have caught him financially. He must either make his peace with the French -or risk ruin, for if he can - snot get coal and .coke from the Ruhr for his industries, ecattered from East Prussia to Southern Au.stria, and for his fleets, the.gigantic fortune he has 'aecurnulated • since the war is likely to crack. It was all built on his, ability to supply -cheaftoal,and eoke, which the French can cut off ,at any moment. . His peaeonal prestige is also .suffering In fact, Stinnes is down, and he will not get any help, because he has deiven his •cornsietitors hard. Fritz Thyssen; son of Stinnes'. ehief , rival, August Thyssen, has becerne the hero of the hour because a hie de- fiance of French orders. Stinnes and his sons have been absent in the pres- ent crisis. ' All the other Ruhr iron masters have been conservative and concen- trated their wealth in the Ruhr. But Stinnes', operations are widespread. For the,enoment he .can buy Eng- lish' coal, a's he has been forced, to do, but the priee wl.11 make it impossible for him to ;continue. Stinnes' prosper- ity and welfare of his eeganization de- pends on cheap Ruhr coal. His ex- pansion policy was built on Ruhr coal. He owns 16 per cent.of the teal and 13 per cent. of the coke pro- duced in the ,district. He owns, .or controls, the, Gelsenkirchen Mines, the German -Luxemburg Mines, the Rhine- , Elbe Union and the Bochum Union, both enormous smelting and mining coneerns. Besides that the Stinnes family mines between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 tons, of coal from' its Oen mines. , . Railway Minister Dies,. - I -Ion. W. C. Kennedy; Minister of Railways, who ,died suddenly Of -heart failure in Florida, .whereelio. bad gone to recuperate from a, long and. .serious illness'. His death, makes'', the Iirst . break in tee 'King Cabinet, 'wet bia is also the fleet minister to ,die, while in office, ear many years. 'FRENCH A i BELGIAN DECISION MAY •11:11•41011ft CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHURCH AT LENS HAVE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES A despatch from Dueseldort says: - An order of the Rhineland High Com- mission authorizing the allies to seize, the cuatones receipts, take over the: State forests and collect the eoal tax' was promulgated here and throughout the Rohr by General Degoutte, as Military Gevernor of the district, at the same time as it. 'was promulgated in the rest of the Rhineland. I In importance this is by far the greatest step the allies, or, rather, the French and Belgians, have yet taken. It alters the whole situation in the Rhineland, and departs from all tho ordinary regime of administration under the Treaty of Versailles. Its, application is, of course, the logical result a the decisions reached during recent weeks by the Reparations Com- mission in Paris., but what its effecti will be is still doubtful. One of the first reactions from thel German side has been the closing of the Relehsbank branch at Mayence and the removal of all funds and se- curities into unoccupied territory. The Reichsbank branch building here also was closed when the news of the order became known, but it is believed that Sacred Edifice to be Completed by Next Spring. A despatch from Montreal says: - Final steps for the realization of the Canadian Virny Memorial Church are now being taken, it was announced. on Friday by Rev. Canon A. P. Shat -1 ford, following a meeting of the gen-' eral committee which has had the pro- ject in hand for the past two years. Plans of the building to be erected" in the town of Lens were finally approv- ed et 'Friday's meeting and instruc- tions were given for a start on con- ztruction. The total amount securer' for this memorial throughout the Dominion was $38,908 and tho sum of 260,000 francs has .been paid over to the French .committee, leaving a 'balance for incidental expenses. The committee in France hope that the Memorial Church will be -complet- ed in the early spring. UNABLE TO COPE WITH IRREGULARS Free State Troops Fail to Stop Train Wrecking. A despatch from. Dublin says: - Free State teoopa itt the country are wholly Unable to cope with the tactics of Irregular train wreckers, who are becoming increasingly active. .A Limericketo-Tralee freight train! was wrecked on Friday night, when rails were rernoved. All the twenty -1 eight ears toppled over the embank- ment, and the engineer and fireman' were killed. The-Dublin-to-Wexfordl parcenger train was held up by armed men outside Ennistorty, passengers and trainmen ordered .out, Coaches fired, and the blazing train sent down to where the rails had been removed. Here it plowed over the right of way, tying up traffic all titer. Attacks on National posts continue, 43,-vb these 'cauec less .alarm than the train wrecking. Largest Telescope in World Nearing Completion A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., says: -The work of grinding the largest telescope in the world', which is being carried on by T. S. H. Shear - man, .evelleknown astronomer;' in his Vancouver workshop, was held up by cold -weather, but is now being pushed '-toward completion. When the grinding of the Mirror is completed it is planned to mount the glass in a Wooden frame; and foeue it on the North Star. A photograph will be taken to test the traeuess of the glass before it is shipped to Se- attle, where ib wji L placed in all Qbservatory. Aviators Han Seven Globe -Encircling Trips A despatch from London says: - Seven round- the -IN -04d flights are , planned for the mining spying by aviators of four natians-Gt. Britain, United States, France and Spain. England, •has four en trants,, who are; Sir Keith Smith, Ibrother of 'Sir Rose Smith, killed on the eve of his ,globe -encircling ettempt, who will leave in April in a Viking amphibian; Alan Cobham, R. M. McIntosh and No snsn .11/14c1V1illan, precautions had already been taken Lor removing all funds, including, of course, the accumulated tax receipts, Par from improving the situation, thie latest decision has rendered it immensely moee complieated. For the French there seems now no course open except to go straight ahead an- nexing in all but name the whole Rhine Provinces, including the Ruhr, administering justice, collecting taxes, and gradually, af not at en'ee, substi- tuting. French, Belgian or some local money for German marks. If seposra, tion of the Rhineland from Germany is their object, they the present de- CiS1011, coupled with all that has gone before, and all that seems to be in- tended, is a tremendous step ahead. A despatch from Essen says: -The French authorities began seizure of German coal in earnest. On the Rhine it number of tugs hauling barges filled , with coal were stopped and redirected, 'under French control, to Strassbourge A prominent industrial says this will I simply have the result of bringing Ieoal movements on the Rhine to a standstill. Already, in fact, the sup- ply of coal set to Ruhrort has fallen by 50 per cent. 1. EFFICIENCY IN THE RURAL SCHOOL By W. M. Morris, Ontario Trustees? and Ratepayers' Association An ideal school should have healthy surroundings with ample room for re- creational activities and be made the community centre for meny of the com- munity interests. It should have a loom that could be used for assembly hall, either by using portable desks in the classroom DT having a room set aside for general purposes. The heat should be supplied by a furnace iii the basement and a janitor engaged to take charge of this furnace and have the care of the school in, general. We have advanced beyonl the useeof the stove in most of our homes, ouiteach- ers are young and inexperienced and few pupils have had much responsi- bility in building fires and regulating stoves. The echool should be well heated, ventilated and lighted, regu- larly cleaned and kept comfortable autt attractive for the pupils. The grounds. should be adorned with trees and flowers so as, to develop in the growing citizens in our land a taste for the beautiful. Some of our school yards are very barren and a few .ot them have not even a pump. There should also be some equipmeet for play which should always be super- vised by the teachers, or someone in authority. I do not see why older pupils should not be appointed by their fellows or by the teacher to teach or direct the pounger ones in their play activities. I would like to see provision in such a school for the social and intellectual life of the adults. Our education does net cease but rather only begins when we pass the Entra,nce ,examination. Young people require direction in read- ing and debating., When the school has facilities for such gatherings there could be night classes, debating socie- ties, courses in Agriculture and house- hold science that would keep the young people together and thus make life in the country more desirable. The grounds, should be available for all kinds of community gatherings in the summer and provision made for these gatherings in the school in the winter. 1 would like to see an experieneed teacher in this school remain long enough no become a community leadee and to take an interest in everything pertannng to the welfere of tee people. This chanaing of teachers every six months- mest be very discouraging to aill concerned. The teachers" services outside the schoolhouse should have a higher value placed upon them. Of course this would require., . in most comes, that a home be provided so that a young man could leek -upon teracasing as a profession and settle down in community eve- co-operate with the minister and other leaders in clirectIoX all the activities among the peoole. It would also require that sufficient salary be paid whereby a young man among his fellows and lay by some- thing tor a rainy day. The course, of instruction. in such a school should be adapted to meet the needs of the community. The,Adoles- cent School Attendance Act requires the attendanee of pupils at set,00l un- til sixteen years of age. I think this Is a very wise move, as no 'children are matured physically or mentally at, twelve er fourteen years of age when they pass the entrance examination. They have just coma to that period in life when they most need direction, but we should have a course of studies that would meet their needs. They do not all intend to be doctors, law- yers and preachers, it would lisea bad thing for the country if they did. We must have people qualified to play their part itt the industrial, comm&- cial and agrlcultueal life.of the coun- try. These people require a good literary training and should have some knowledge of the various trades and occupations they will eventually en- ter. The curriculum of our High Sdhools has been selected rather with a view to fitting people for the profes- sions. I believe the eountry people should be given it chance now to say what their child -ren should learn. In order to have a school of this type I am of the opinion that it will be necessary to consolidate several of our small rural achools. There are not enougli pupils in some of them to appeal to young men to follow teach- ing as a profession. It would be too expensive for some school seetions to provide a Thome for a permanent teach- er, There are enough Consolidatdd schools in Ontario now to demonstrate the practicability of their use. More advanced work can be taken with a larger attendance and better grading provided by Consolidation. It may be a little inore expensive, but I am con- vinced that we shall have to Spend much more money on education in the futuee than we have in the past. We must give our children thetraining that will fit them for world citizenship. The most immediate need is the de- velopment of a public opimion that will support trustess in providing such a school. There is an old English mot- to, namely: "Progress by Discuseion," which. I think would be a good motto for our rural and small town. communi- ties. If we could come together oftener to discuss our local problems and try to see things from tibe othr: fellow's point of view. There is no greater subject that should engage our atten- tion than that of education. We have not made the progress in educaelon that we have in industrial life. No fa.rniers employ tee implements used by their grandfathers. We do ntit travel through the bush trails on an ox -cart to -day, but over a macadamized road itt a. comfortable automobile. We still have ox -cart echoole, howeyer. Makes 4,000 Boxes an Hour. Automatic machinery for making fol.ded paper boxes has been invented that can turn out 4,000 boxes an hour. 1. The average amount of illness in human life is nine days out of, the would. be able to live comfortably year. -- • voktiw. *MK CITIZENG LEAVING CONSTANTINOPLE SiXteee hundre1.13ritish subject,s who Make their home in the Turkish capital are leaVingthat city immediately becatise of the .divelopments of Lansamie centerence. , Many of them, are being transferred: to, Cepene end letalta. "The 'picture, shows the famous entrance, to the Golden Horn Imam background, FIRST TRIP TO OTTAWA AS FARMERS' CHIEF Robent Parke, M.P., of Pipesitane, Manitoba, will oceupy his IllaW Pod - tion in the Dominion Heuse when it opens at the end of this month, as head of the Progressive party. With Mr. Forke, in the picture, is seen Mrs, Fork% and below, their farin h:ozne at Pipestone, IVIanitoba, The Week s Markets selected, 40c; No. 1 stock, 36c; strict- ly new -laid, 55c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 95c to $1. Hogs, $10.75 to $11.25; good quelity, Toronto. selects and butcher hogs, $11 to $11.25; thick fats, $10.50. - - • Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.27. Manitoba oats -Nominal. Manitoba barley -Nominal. All the above, track, Bay ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 89c; No. 8, 87%e. Barley -Malting, 60 to 62c, accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80c. Rye -No. 2, 83 to 850. Peas -No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $24; Open Mouth in Sleep Danger to Children A despatch from Paris says: -Dr. Pierre Robin head surgeon of the Childiren's Hospita.l of Paris, has found a new cause of appendicitis. He ascribes most cases to the fact that the patient, particularly if it child, sleeps with his mouth open, instead aborts, per ton, $26; middlings, per of breathing through the nose. This ton, $28.50; goed feed flour, $2. causes drooping of the tongue, which Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, $1.11 to $1.13, according to freights out- side; No. 2, $1.08 to $1.10. Ontario No. 2 white oats -43 to 460. Ontario corn -Nominal. Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ehipment, $5.20 to $5.30; Toronto basis, $5.15 to $5.20; bulk, seaboard, $5.05 to 85.10. Manitoba flour -1st pats., in cotton sacks, $7.10 per bbl; 2nd pats., $6.60. Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, track, Toronto, $10 to $12; mixed, $10.50 to $12; clover, $8 to $11. Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To- ronto, $9.50. Cheese -New, large, 27c; twins, 274i. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 43 to 45c; ordinary ,creamery prints, 40 to 41c; dairy, 30 to 31c; cooking, 22e. Dressed poultry -Chickens, milk - fed, over 5 abs., 23 to 81c; do, do, 4 to 5 lbs., 21 to 27e; do, over 5 lbs„ 21 to 270; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 16 to 25c; do, 2 to 4 lbs., 14 to 21a. Hens, over 5 lbs., 23 to 27c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 19 to 25c; do, 3 to 4 lba, 11 to 17e. Roost- ers, 13 to 18c. Ducklings, over 5 lass, 23 to 26e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 21 to 24e. Turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 28 to 38c; do, old, 18 to 23e. 'Geese, 15 to 21c. Margarine -20 to 22e. Eggs -No. 1 candled, 37 to 88c; se- lects, 42 to 43c; new laids, 53e; car- tons, new laids, 55c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, lb., 63Mca.;p-Plerilnpe' r01:1S1.161---Syrup, per gal., $2.50; per 5 gal. tin $240 per gal. Maple sugar, lb„ 23 to 25c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12 to 12eic per lb.; 5 -2% -lb. tins, 13% to 14%e per Ib.; Ontario comb honey, per dozen, $3.75 to $4.50. Potatoes, Ontarios, No. 1, 90c to $1; No. 2, 85 to 90c. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to 28c; cooked ham, 38 to 40c; smoked rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 32 to 35c; breakfast bacon. 32 to 350; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 88 to 40c; backs, boneless, 39 to 43e. Cured meats -Long clear beton, 50 to 70 lbs., $20; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 lbs. and up, $18; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $38; heavyweight rolls, $35. Lard -Pure tierces, 16e; tubs, in% 1176:teoca;v1pa 4,e ilsst.,e1e6rs, a; prints, 18c. Short- engto 14,tierces, 13to 14e: tubs! 14 1/2c; pails, 14% to 16a; prints, choice, $7 to $8; butcher steers; choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do, good, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5 to $6; do, corn., $4.60 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, med., $5 to $6; do, coni., $4,50 to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.25; ,,do, med., $8 to $4; tanners and cutters, $L75 to $2,25; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.25; do, cone, $2.25 to $2.50; feeder steers, good, $5 to $5.50; do, fait, $3 to $4; stockers, good, $4 to $4.50; d'o, fair, $3., to $4; calves, choice, $10 to $11,60; do, med., $9 to $11; do, com., $5 to $8; milth cows, c.'noice, $70 to $90; e,pringers, eboiee, $80 to $100; lambs, choice, $13.25 to $14,50; sheep, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, culls, $3 to $4; hogs, fed and watered, $10 to $10.60; do, f.o.b., $9.25 to $9.75; do, country points, $9 to $9.50. Montreal. Coen--Americen No. 2 yellow" 91,4 to 92,c. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, 63 to 64c.'do, No. 3, 58 to 590; extra No. 1 feed, 55 to 56c; No. 2 local white, 53 to 54c. Fleur -Manitoba spring wheat pats., firsts, 87.10; do, seconds, $6.60; strong, bakers' $6.40; winter pats., choice, $6.50. ltolled oats -Bag of 90 lbs., $3.15 to $3.25. Bran -$24. 'Shorts -z-$26. $31. Hay -Per t.Cal, CET 1.0tS, $15 to 816. Cheese --Finest easleens, 24 to 241/20. Butter --Choicest creamery, 401/2 to 41c, Eggs, --Fresh, 45 te 46e; lets certain microbes into the body, developing tuberculosis in frail sys- tems as well as chronie enteritis and appendicitis. Dr. Robin has made a report to thie effect to the Academy of Medicine and says the remedy is simple, consisting in the frequent examination of chil- dren's noses to keep them clear of any possible growths. • Cr Studying Astronomy, In co-operation with the Depart- ment of Astronomy of the University of Toronto the Department of Uni- versity Exten:sion of the provincial university has inaugueated a new and very inexpensive scheme for Exten- sion lectures in the subject of Astron- omy. Selections of Astronomical slides have been made and a fully de- scriptive pamphlet has been prepared to accompany each Package Any High School, Collegiate Institute, or local organization that would like to have a lecture on Astronomy has only to send to the Department of Univers- ity Extension for a box of slides and the pamphlet, then to select some suitable person to read the descrip- tions of each elide and a very profit- able hour is thus easily provide..d. The only expense consists of the express charges on the box of elides. This scheme is just another indication of the willingness of the provincial unis varsity to serve the people of its constituency. Irish Dances Guarded by Soldiers With Bayonets A despatch from Dublin says:--. The mere danger of an attack by Irish irregulars ,does not deter young hes."( soldiers, front commanding Generale down to buck privates, from getting a fair share of dancing. When Gens. Lawlor and Mitchell desire to attend a ball they take along a large sapply of machine gunners and a few guards !with bayonets whom they post at all !the entrances and then -on with the dance.. To Find 'Home for Lost Tribe, Hoc. ,Tames Murdock, Minister of Labor, who ,conclucted a conference with the Caldwell tribe of Tnidians tit Chatham hast week. The Indians, who are Chippaw.s, hav,e bean wamlering about Ontarie'khr a burathezt and twen- ty,hve yeans,.