The Exeter Advocate, 1923-5-3, Page 7Cauda from Coast to Coast
St, John's, Nfld,-The steamer. Se. -
gone, the first of the Newfoundland
sealing fleet to return from the ice
-fields, arrived with 11,367 pelts. She
had been absent just four weeks.' The
Sagona reported that she had made
'her catch 115 miles off Cape Race, and
that the other vessels of the fleet now
are working there. The total kill of
the entire fleet up to date is 73,500,
Charlottetown, P.E.I.-Oil boring
operations will be carried out .on
Prince Edward Island this summer,
.according to an " announcement by
Hugh Mackay, an oil prospector from
Oklahoma. He is of the opinion that
the prospects in this province are good
for deep oil, and, plans on bringing
ateleeest eight carloads of boring equip-
ment to the .Island to facilitate op-
erations.
Sydney, N.S.-The existence of a
•deposit of marl, or uncrystalized lime-
stone,
imestone, at East Bay, Cape Breton,
which because_ of its fertilizer value
may greatly alter farming conditions
in Cape Breton, was announced here
recently by Dr. M. Cumming, princi-
pal of the Provincial Agricultural Col-
lege. Tentative plans for development
of. the deposit include either a central
refining plant at Point Edward or
two small portable plants.
St. John, N,B.-The cattle shipping
business from the port of St. John
has this year reached its maximum
since the winter of 1911-12. The total
number of cattle taken from the port
to date has been 2,821, and the number
of sheep has been 200. The heaviest
year's shipments on record are for
the winter season of 1905-06, when a
total of 33,075 head was shipped.
Quebec, Que.-Greater interest is
being taken by pulp and paper com-
panies in Canada's reforestation prob-
lems, as evinced by the fact that the
Laurentide Company have about 20,-
000,000 white spring seedlings and
transplants in their nursery. The Can-
adian Forestry Association is also
quite active in this work, and a recent
statement issued by the Provincial
Government of Quebec is to the effect
that the Berthier nursery is being in-
creased in order to takeecare of the
demand for seedlings, etc.
Fort 'William, Ont. -Lake shipping
Pleads for White B.C.
John ,Nelson, a Vancouver news-
paper owner, who deci.xes that unless .
Oanada' takes swift action against ,
Oriental immigration to British Col-'
uinbia, the boundary between Canada
and Asia will not be the Pacific Ocean,
but the Rock> Mountains. Less than
100 years ago the: first white man saw
B.C., he says, and in less than another
100 years the last white man will look
upon it unless something is done.
One hundred and forty thousand
Canadisn boys have been .organized
by the Canadian Forestry Association}
into a Young. Canadians Forest Lea-
gue and will be on the alert this year
to prevent forest fires in all parts of.
the Doinmion. Badges and detailed
instructions are being supplied and
the entire body will act as an .aux•
diary' force to the fire rangers when
occasion offers.
That Canada was gradually becom-
ing more and more of an industrial
country, and that Canadians them-
selves were not truly aware of the
fact, was the opinion expressed before
the Rotary Club at Winnipeg by Prof.
R. C. Wallace, of the University of
Manitoba,' He stated that during the
past 25 years the population of Can-
eda had increased.,. -80 per cent, the
railway mileage 120 per cent, while
the industrial life of the country in- I
creased 700 per cent, 1
is 'expecting a big year, for at the
head of the Great Lakes there is a
large volume of grain, waiting to be
released. Latest reports indicate that
42 new vessels will be added to the
fleets operating on the lakes and can-
als. The increase in the elevator ac-
commodation is an evidence that the
leaders in the grain trade believe that
an even heavier movement of grain in
the future is assured.
Winnipeg, Man. -Machinery valued
at $40,000 has been bought by the
Manitoba Woollen Mills, Limited, and
on its installation manufacture will
commence . immediately. The main•
products will be blankets, wool and
mackinaws. More than 300 Manitoba
,farmers are shareholders in the com-
pany, among ` them many prominent
sheep raisers, who all have sent their
wool crops .to the mill.
Regina, Sask. - Saskatchewan is
second to British Columbia only for
low infant mortality rate, according to
a statement made at the annual con-
vention of the Saskatchewan Council
of Women. In 1922 the daily average
of births was 61 and for every 1,000
born 105 died under one year of age,
In 1922 the Saskatchewan Government
paid $6,275 in maternity grants, the
only government of the American con-
tinent assisting mothers in this way,
it is claimed.
Edmonton, Alta. -Although figures
are not yet available for coal produc-
tion in Nova Scotia, the greatly in-
creased tonnage from Alberta last
year puts this province in the lead as
the heaviest coal producing province
in the Dominion. More coal was mined
in Alberta in 1922than in the year
preceding by 38,549 tons. The figures
for the year, which have been com-
piled by the provincial department of
mines, were 5,975,744 tons, as com-
pared with 5,937,195 tons in 1921.
Victoria, B.C.-Plans to establish a
new game reserve in British Colum-
bia, to be known as the Bowron Game
Refuge, have been approved by the;
Game Conservation Board of the Doe'
minion Government The preserve
will form a refuge and breeding place i
for a greater variety of wild game
than any in either Canada or the Un-
ited States, according to the announce-
ment.
BIC. INCREASE IN
CANADA'S TRADE
Agricultural Products Take
First Rank Among Domestic
Exports. •
A despatch from Ottawa :says: -
During the fiscal year ended March
31, Canada's total trade increased
nearly 'a quarter of a billion dollars.
Total trade during the year was $1,-
748,530,880,
1;748,530,880, an increase over the pre-
vious year of $246,840,887. Export
trade developed to the greater extent.
For the 12 months exports of Can-
adian merchandise were $932,229,443,
or $191,988,763 over the previous
year; imports were $802,457,043, an
increase of $54,694,059. Foreign mer -
i
chandise was exported to the value of
$13,844,394.
Among Canada's domestic exports,
agricultural products, with a value of
$383,425,251, ranked first. Next came
wood, wood products and paper, val-
ued at $228,756,205.
Canadian exports during March in-
creased to $78,566,675 from $58,646,-
312
58,646;312 in February. Exports in March
of 1922 totalled $60,847,484. Dutiable
imports into Canada during March
totalled $61,619,994, and free imports
were $30,250,433, a total of $91,870,-
427,
91,870;427, compared . with $65,307,696 in
February, and $72,378,726 in March
last year.
The opening of a new colonization I}
land office in the Abitibi region has
been announced by the Quebec •Gov-
ernment. This office will be located at
Senneterre, which is in the eastern
section of the Abitibi, and the object
is to allow settlers to establish them-
selves on the rich soil near the Bell
River. _
One hundred pulp and paper mills
are nowm operation in Canada, of
which number 40 are pulp mills, 33
paper mills, and 27 pulp and paper
mills. Seventeen are newsprint plants. 1
The present progress of the industry
indicates an output of 1,500,000 tons
of newsprint in 1924. This will mean'
the utilization of over . 2,250,000 cords1
of pulpwood for a single year's news-
print paper output in. the Dominion.: 1
WHEN TEMPTED 'i.'O SPEED UP, TAME OF 'nun'
INDIAN TRIBESMEN
KIDNAP BRITISH GIRL
Story of Suffering Endured by
Xouthful Daughter of Com-
mander" at Kohat.
A despatch from Simla, British
India, says: -The story of the suffer-
ings of Molly Ellis, youthful daughter
of the British commander of Kobat,
while in the hands of Afridi Tribes-
men, after she had seen them kill her
mother in the early morning of April
74, is told in dispatches from Pesh-
awar, 'nere she is resting under the
care of her father and Mrs. Starr, the
woman physician who played a large
part in her rescue.
After their murderous raid the kidWATERS RECEDING IN
nappers fled to the hills above Kohat,
half driving, half carrying their cap- CENTRAL MANITOBA
tive up the steep, rocky paths.
Throughout the following day she
could see the searchers passing in
automobiles below her. Her only pro-
tection from the severe cold of the
hills was a coat belonging to a brutal
Afridi named Shahazada, the pian
who killed her mother.
The next four days were, a night-
mare of alternate traveling and hid-
ing, with the girl in an ever growing
state of exhaustion from her physical
efforts and apparently hopeless out-
look. Her feet were lacerated from
tramping over the stoney tracks, and
once, in the course of the terrible jour-
ney, she fell, fainting, at the top of
a snow-covered mountain pass, upon
which Shahazada lost patience and
drew his dagger to kill her, being re-'
strained only by his companions.
After six days of traveling they
reached her captors' home in the Tirah
country. Meanwhile, a search by
friendly tribesmen was in progress
under the direction of Kuli Khan, a
native official, who on the twentie.1'
reached Kanki • Bazaar, the home ,. _.
a famous and influential Mullah, or
Mohammedan religious leader, named
Mahmud Akhundzeda, where, after
much pressure; he ascertained that the
captive was held in a mountain fort-
ress eight miles away. Kuli Khan
managed to have conveyed to the girl
a parcel of comforts and a letter of
encouragement, and in return learned
that she was being reasonably treated
by the women of the tribesmen.
Mrs. Starr at this time was near
Kanki Bazaar, under a native escort,
having arrived after adventures which
seemed tothreaten her mission with
failure, and the Mullah, apparently
fearing trouble, sent a letter to her
party ordering them . to turn back.
This letter was ignored, and the party
reached Kanki.
Shortly afterward Kuli Khan in
duced the . Mullah to bring about the
transfer of the captive girl -to the
Mullah's house, where she was eventu-
ally taken, being carried over the
shoulder of one of, the tribesmen. The
meeting between the girl and :Mrs.
Starr was a joyful one, but the danger
was not ended, for while they talked;
the abductors stood around menacingei
ly, insisting that Molly wasstill their 1
captive.
Presently the captors learned that.
a party of Afridi friendly, to the Brit-
ish had arrived at their village and
were attaching it, whereupon Shaba -
Weekly Market Report
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat ---Nd, 1 Northern,
$1.83.
Manitoba, eats Nominal.
Manitoba barley -Nominal,
All the aTove, treck,.bay ports.
Am. corn -No. 3 -"yellow, $1.01%;
No2, $1;001/x.
Barley Malting, 59 to 61e, accord-
ing to freight outside..
Buckwheat -No. 2; 76 to 78c,
Rye -.No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50.
Millfeed--Del., Montreal freights,
bags incluied: Bran, per ton, $29;
shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, $36;
good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.25.
Ontario wheat• -No. 2 white, nom-
inal.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -50 to 52c,
Ontario corn -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis,
$5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95
to $5.
Manitoba flour-lst pats., in cotton
sacks, $7.10' per barrel; 2nd pats.,
$6.60.
Hay -Extra. No. 2, per ton, track,
Toronto, $14; mixed, $11; clover, $8.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To-
route, $9.
Cheese -New, laid, 22c; twins,
23c; triplets, 24e; Stiltons, 25c. Old,
large, 31 to 32c; twins, 33 to 34c; Stile
tons, 35c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 89
to 40c; dairy, 26 to 27c; cooking, 24e.
Eggs -New laids, loose, 33e; pew
laids, in cartons, 87c. •
Live poultry -Chickens, milk -fed,
zada seized Mrs. Starr and hustled her I deer 5 lbs., "25c; c; 4 to 5 lbs., 22c;
from the room, threatening both her l 28c 2 do, 4to 4 l to 352 bs.,h26c�; do,r 3 to g4
and Miss Ellis. The Mullah became; lbs,, 22c; roosters, 17c; ducklings,
enraged at this insult to the sacred over 5 lbs., 80c;; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c;
rights of hospitality under his roof. turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 30c,
and publicly cursed Shahazada and his I Dressed poultry -Chickens, milk -
fellows, fed, over 5 lbs., 35c; do, 4 to 5 lbs.,
In this dramatic fashion the balance 30c- do, 3 to 4 lbs.,725c; hens, over 5
tilted to the side of the rescuers and ., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; Qo, 3 to
4lbslbs., 24c; roosters, 24c; ducklings,
the surrender of the captive was over 5 lbs30c; do4 to 5 lbs29c;
speedily arranged. The tribesmen's turkeys, young,,, 10 lbs, . and up4.0o.,,
demands for a ransom and pardon 1 Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb., 7c;
were abandoned, and on Tuesday of 'primes, 6%2c.
this week Kuli . Khan and the other! Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
rescuers started with the girl on the: gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
journey to Peshawar, where there was gate= sugar, lb,, 23 to 25c,
a joyful reunion between Molly and Hony ti , tins, 101/2 to 11c per
her father. lb,; 3 -2% -lb. tins, 11 to 121/22 per lb.;
Ontario comb honey, per doz., No. 1,
54,50 to 55; No. 2, 53.75 to 54.25.
Potatoes, Ontarios-No. 1, $1.05 to
51.10; No. 2, $1 to $1.05.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 25 to
Flood Conditions on Wane as
I Result of Removal of Ice
Jam by Government. ,
A despatch from Winnipeg says: -
Flood conditions in central and south-
ern Manitoba, which caused great.
, havoc during the past week, inundat-
ing thousands of acres of farm lands,
disrupting transportation, forced fam-
ilies from their homes, isolated others
from towns and turned low lands in
many sections of the province int()
huge lakes, are now on the wane and
the situation generally is much im-
proved. Along the Assiniboine River,'
where extensive damage has resulted,
the floods at Brandon, Portage La
Prairie and territory to the east, the
removal of ice jams by Government
engineering corps has relieved the
situation considerably and with the
river comparatively free of ice, the
water is reeding. Many thousands of
acres of land in the Popular Point
District, about forty miles west of
this city, arestill under water, but
with the river now free of ice, the
water is expected to flow back from
the flooded areas rapidly.
Ismet Pasha
Turkey's representative at the new
Lausanne conference, who • continues
to make impudent demands of the al-
lied powers. He is Kemai's Foreign
Minister.
274; cooked hams, 36 to 40e; smoked
rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 28 to
30c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 33e; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 85 to 38e;'
backs, boneless, 34 to 40c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50.
to 70 lbs., $18.50; '70 to 90 lbs., $18;
90 lbs. and up, 517; lightweight rolls,
in barrels, 535,50; heavyweight rolls,
$32.50.
Lard -Pure tines, 16 to 161/c;
tubs, 16/ to 17c; pails, 17 to 171/2c;
prints, 18/c. Shortening, tierces,
14% to leek; pails, 15% to 3.6%c;
prints, 173/4..0 181/2c.
Heavy beef steers, $7.50 to 58;.
butchersteers, choice, $6.75 to $7.25;
do, good, $6 to $6:50; do, med., $5.50
to 56; do, coin., $5 to $5,25; butcher
heifers, choice, $6.50 to 57; do, med.,
56 to $6.50; do, coin., 54.50 to 55;
butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.50
do, need., $3.50 to 5450; canners and
cutters, $1.50 to $jl; butcher bulls;
good, $4 to $5; do, com., $3 to $4;
feeding steers, good, $6 to $6.50• do,
fair, $5.50 to $6; stockers, good $5
to $5.50; do, fair, 54 to 55; calves,
choice, $9 to $10; do, med., 5'7 to $8.50;.
do, come, $4 to 56.50; milch cows,
choice, $70 to 590; springers, choice,
$80 to $100; lambs, choice, $14 to 515;,
do, spring, $9 to 518; sheep, choice,
$8 to $9; do, culls, $4 to $5; hogs, fed
and watered, $11.15 to $11.25; do,
f.o.b., $10.40 to $10,50; do, country
points, $10.50 to $10.25.
Hog quotations are based on the
price of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a
graded basis, or selects, sold.on a fiat
rate. Bacon selects, sold on the graded
basis, bring a premium of 10 per cent.
MONTREAL.
Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.02 to
$1.03. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 68 to
69c; No. 3, 63 to 64c. extra No. 1 feed,
611/2c to 62c; No. 2 local white, 602
to 61c. Flour, Man. spring wheat
pats., 1sts, $7.30; 2nds, 06.80; strong
bakers', $6.60. Winter pats., choice,
$5.80 to $5.90. Rolled oats, bag 90
lbs., 53.10 to $3.20. Bran, $28. Shorts,
530. Middlings, 535. Hay, No. 2, per
ton, gar lots, $13 to $14.
Cheese, finest easterns, 16 to 162c,
Butter, choicest creamery, 311/2 to 82c.
Eggs, selected, 34c. Potatoes, per bag,
car lots, $1.20 to 51.25.
Bulls, coin. and med. quality, 53.25
to $4; cows, come, $3 to $3.75; veal
calves, fairly good, $8: do, med., 55
and $5.35; do, corn., $4 up; spring
lambs, 56 to $10 each, depending upon
weight and fleshing; hogs, good, $12;
do, mixed, including a few heavies,
$11.50 to $11.75; sows, 58.50 to $9.
Insulin and Diabetes.
The value of a new medical discov-
ery is best rated in the sufferings it
relieves and the lives it saves. Its
value, at its utmost development, may
be largely potential -as in insulin, the
pancreatic extract used for the relief
of diabetes.
The disease, though widely preva-
lent, is obscure in its orign and in-
volves a series of chemical maladjust-
ments in the body too complicated to
be described. Its effects are familiar
enough and painful enough. Who has
not known some sufferer tortured with
thirst that cannot be slaked and hun-
ger that cannot be satisfied save at
peril to his very life, wasting away
almost as you watch and dying at last,
after Spartan months or years of rig-
orous dieting, from sheer starvation,
or in the dreaded diabetic coma?
The diabetic cannot assimilate sugar
and literally is poisoned by sweetness.
Insulin, made from the pancreas of a
sheep, enables the sufferer to burn up
within his own body the sugar pro-
duced from the food he eats. The suc-
cess of the treatment is a strong argu-
ment in favor of the medical theory
that it is a disorder of the human pan-
creas that causes the disease.
Dr. F. C. limiting, of the University
of Toronto, the laboratory worker who
evolved insulin, predicts a steady in-
crease in the effectiveness of the treat-
ment as the biological product is,
brought to perfection. With the pro-
per caution of a conscientious investi-1
gator, he does not say that it will cure
the disease. It has been demonstrated,
however, that it will prolong life, per-
haps indefinitely, and some cases
treated at Toronto have been dis-
charged as cured.
-
The theory of final cure through the
use of insulin is that it `relieves the
struggling pancreas of its work and
gives it a chance to regain its proper
functions through rest. The organs of
the body, unless terribly damaged by
accident or disease, have a remarkable
power of recovery. It is this power
that cures 'or ameliorates most grave
internal disorders. The argument
should hold good for the pancreas.
Unquestionably insulin is a dis-
,covery for which the race may be
thankful. It makes the future bright-
er for thousands of sufferers and at
least offers a reasonable hope for the
complete cure of a baffling and fatal
disease.
Hon. Dr. Beland
He has introduced a bill into the
`Commons with the object of wiping
out the drug traffic in Canada. The
bill was rejected last year by the
Senate, but is now re -introduced. One
clause provides that persons convicted
of dealing in drugs will not have the
right of appeal.
The Piece Wanted.
A confectioner, who catered to the
little folks of the neighborhood, once
arranged his shop window with great
care in preparation for a local fes-
tivity. The crowning attraction of the
whole was a large ;chocolate tiger with
most realistic green eyes, made of
glass marbles, which had cost the de-
signer twenty cents apiece. In the
tiger's mouth was a card bearing the
inscription: "Nothing in this window
over five dents a quarter pound."
A crowd of youngsters quickly as-
sembled on the sidewalk, and present-
ly, after :mucro, spelling over of the
placard, two of them invaded the shop
and deposited a nickel uponthe
counter,
"Say, mister,"began one of the boys,
I earnestly, "gimme a quarter o' a pound
o' tiger --the piece with the eyes in."
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IN. RABBITBDR- - •
OJ},l DON'T
LIKE HER AT ALL.
SHE CAN'T` TALK ABOUT
AN`(THING BUT MUSIC
AN' BOOKS AN' PICTORE5
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