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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-9-6, Page 7GOVERNOR PINCHOT SUBMITS PLANS TO AVERT ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE A despatch from Harrisburg, Pa., necessary for the rendering of prompt says; --Governor Pinchbt has submit decisions." ted to representatives of the antlrra- In opening his address the Governor said: cite miners and operators, in joint, "My justification for proposing a conference, a proposed basis of settle- basis upon which I believe this strike meat, providing for a 10 per cent. in-; can be prevented, with justice to all crease in pay, recognition of the! parties, is threefold controversy has eight-hour day for all employees, and : "First, that this c r full recognition of the union by. the continued, until a chance of agminers operators, without the check -oil but by direct negotiations by the miners p > and operators has been lost, with the right .to have a union repre--; "Second, that the interest of the sentative present when the inen are 1 miners, the operators and the public paid. hall require that this controversy shall The three main points of the scheme be settled without a strike. of settlement were set forth as fol. "Third, that the public is entitled to lows: 1 a voice. in the discussion, and the (1) Recogniton of the basic eight- rights of the people generally deserve hour day for all employees. If longer, consideration, . at least, as much as hours are necessary at certain times,' these of the miners and operators." or in certain occupations, the overtimel: Ie declared he based his proposals be paid for at the eight-hour rate. upon information assembled from op - (2) A uniform increase of 10 per) erators, miners and Government ex cent. to all employees, this increase to perts, with the belief that they afford take effect September 1. 1 a basis for settlement reasonable and (3) Full recognition of the union just, by the operators, without the check I He then outlined his plan for a set- off, but with the right to hove a union tlernent, adding, that he did not regard representative present when the men, the question of the open or closed shop I are paid. I as at issue in the controversy. A fourth point proposed complete' After expressing the opinion that recognition of the principle of collet- an agreement on the terms suggested tive bargaining, should cover a term of one year, Gov - The Governor also suggested that, ernor Pinchot discussed the wage as a method of settling differences in question in detail. ease of disagreement between miners "The whole body of wage rates in and operators, each side select a Irian the anthracite field," he said, "is anti- agreeable to both to attend and take 'quated, haphazard and honey -combed part in discussions, but without a with inequality. It needs revision. I vote, and not as an umpire or referee.' suggest that the Anthracite. Concilia- If then unable to agree, he proposed tion Board be authorized by the Joint the differences be referred to the Con -I Wage Scale Committees to undertake ciliation Board, "which will be .pro -I and complete within a year a thorough Sided with whatever equipment is, revision." GO. TO CANADA, WOMAN M.P.P. TELLS BRITONS • Mrs. Smith, of British Colum- bia, Bids Aimless Millions. Emigrate. A despatch from London .says: --- Among many distinguished visitors to. London is Mrs. Mary „Ellen Smith, "Our Mary Ellen," she is called in British Columbia, who claims to be the first woman in the world to take her husband's seat in Parliament. This happened during the war, when Mr. Smith, the Financial Minister in the Government of British Columbia, die4 and his., wife, contesting his seat in Vancouver, entered Parliament by a majority of more than 3,000 over her nearest opponent. Mrs. Smith is over here on a mis- sion from the Canadian Government to persuade more Britons to emigrate •to that Dominion. "Canada," she says, "is the gem in the British crown. `When I see the teeming millions here who seem to lead aimless lives I want to tell them of the land of promise beyond the seas and to remind them that in Canada, which at present has a population of only nine millions, thereeiis room for one hundred and• fifty millions," For several years Mrs. Smith has represented Vancouver in the British Columbia House of Commons. In 1921 she was given a seat in the Cabinet as Minister of Education, which position she held for a year before resigning, thus becoming the first woman to be. a Cabinet Minister. She had better luck than some of her colleagues, for every ineasure that she advocated be- came law.. The last time "Mary Ellen" visited this country was in 1911,. but she does not seem to have found as much im- provement this time as she had ex- pected. Englishwomen, she thinks, do not co-operate enough. , "There appears," she says; "too much of the 'we can leave it to George' sort of feeling among them. While some things have improved in. the country in others there has been a complete standstill. "Women, in my opinion," she added, "are resting too much on their oars at the present time and are too satis- fied with what they have achieved to achieve more. This is a great pity." The Canadian woman M,P. is an energetic speaker, and while here she will address meetings in several cities. Since her arrival she has been asked if she will allow herself to be nomin- ated for a British constituency, but it is unlikely she will accede to this re- quest. In her own words, she would rather "stay and blaze the trail in Canada than start afresh here." She will, however, meet Britain's three. women Members of Parliament -Lady Astor, . Mrs. Wintringham and Mrs. Philipson -and discuss international questions of particular interest to wo- men with them. Her plans also include visits to several European countries, in each of which she intends to "boost" Canada. �a}5�4%�4 U.S, Secretary to Visit Canada Secretary of State Hughes, of Wash- tngton, a visitor to Canada for the meetings of the Canadian 13ar Associa- tion In Montreal early in September, will be one of the guests of honor at a banquet tendered by the Govern- ment. Yamamoto Appointed Premier of Japan A despatch from -Tokio 'says: - Count Gombei Yamamoto has been ap- pointed Premier of Japan,, to succeed the late Baron Kato. The appointment followed a summons to court by Prince Regent Hirchito, who acted upon the advice of the Genro, or elder statesman. The new Premier: is progressing toward the formation of a Cabinet which is expected to be completed soon. FORESTS DEPLETED BY FIRES IN ONTARIO One Firm Lost Enough Lum- ber' to Keep Mills Going 56 Years. A. despatch from Port Arthur, Ont., says: -"Forest fires in Ontario during the past summer have destroyed five to ten times the amount of timber put to use by all the mills in the province," declared Robson Black, manager of the Canadian Forestry Association, who is at the head of the lakes arrang- ing details of a three months' corn paign in Northern Ontario in the in- terests of fire prevention. Mr. Black states he had the report of one company that lost $500,000 cords of pulpwood due directly to carelessness of prospectors setting out fires in the woods. One other com- pany Jost fifty million feet of pine. Perhaps the most serious loss of any was that in which an Ontario firm lost in one week's time enough pine to keep the company's mill going for fifty-six years. "We have come to the point where we have got to face. the cold facts with regard to forest fire prevention. At the present rate of waste the forests of Ontario will be depleted in twenty years," said Mr. Black. "If lines con- tinue at the rate of this summer, On- tario is going to face a large exodus of population attached to the wood users. It will mean that scares of towns in the province will cease to exist as towns which are now depend- ent on the product of the forest fer existence." A monster electric light giving 60,- 000 candle power is used in motion picture making. PEACE OF EUROPE DISTURBED BY ITALY'S ULTIMATUM TO CREEK GOVERNMENT A despatch from Rome says :-The Greek Government has replied to the Italian ultimatum embodying demands for reparations for the massacre of the members of the Italian boundary mission at the Albanian frontier. Greece accepts four of Italy's demands with modifications, and rejects three of them. Greece is willing to present official apologies at the Italian Legation at Athens for the murder of the Italian 'members of the Boundary Commission, the highest Greek military authorities to present this apology. Greece will. accord the victims the most solemn memorial services in the Catholic Cathedral at Athens. The bodies will be accorded full military honors by the Greek fleet.: at the Pir- aeus, which-Wilt/fleet the Italian naval division that is., to bring the bodies. back to Italy. The Athens Government will insti- tute a angst severe investigation of the murdeis under the supervision of the Italian military .attache, for whose safety the. Italian Government holds Greece responsible. Capital punishment is promised for those guilty of the killings. But; the clause of the -Italian note demanding 50,000,000 (about 52,150,- 000) 'indemnity -fills the Greeks with perplexity. The Italian note had demanded that the indemnity be paid in five days. It is said in Athens that the assas- sinations were due to ..Greeks from Epirus, enraged because the Council of Ambassadors had refused to include twenty-two Epirote villages in Greek territory. A French member .of the mission,. who proceeded to the scene of the mur- ders, reports that while the Italians were motoring from Janina to Santi Quaranta through a thickly wocded country they were ambushed. He found Major Corti dead in the auto- mobile. General Tellini, president of the -mission, had time ,to run twenty yards. His body lay beside the road. The other three were killed near the car. No money was taken, so thep- tion is that the crime was political. Furthermore, the Greek' press had lately protested' violently against the refusal to include the twenty-three vil- lages> in Greece. General Tellini was. held responsible. and accused of favor- ing Albanians ever Greeks, •-The Italian Government has warned the press against exaggerating the Greek crisis and also against alleged notices of military' movements. The Albanian Legation denies the Greek . insinuations that Albanian bands assassinated the Italian mission. The Legation points out the scene of the crime eeas over ten miles from the Albanian border. Greeks,' it is said. have long beers arming bands in this district and en- couraging resistance to the' frontier decisions. A Greek element hostile to the Italian mission is reported to have received funds and arms from Athens. FIRE HOSE AT WAWA CONDEMNED BY JURY Verdict Reached in Enquiry Into Cause of Death of Sum- mer Hotel Victim. A despatch from Huntsville says:- The following verdict wee reached by the jurors empanelled to inquire into the death of Miss Annie Leigh, one of the victims of the disastrous fire at Wawa: "That Annie Leigh came to her death accidentally at the Wawa Hotel, Muskoka, on August 19, while en- deavoring to escape from the burning building." The jury deprecated the absence of systematic inspection of public build- ings for the purpose of testing fire- fighting appliances, and also made a number of recommendations. The jury found that "there being at present no proper system of Govern- ment supervision, inspection be en- forced to provide for adequate fire - escapes, efficient firefighting equip- ment, the organization of a watchman service, and for a general' alarm sys- tem, either by means of a power -house whistle or for electric gongs within the buildings, or' for both. It further recommended that all elevator or hoist shafts in such buildings be of fire- proof construction, and that in the case of the building of new hotels or lodging -houses construction of 'a fire- retarding nature be: used within rea- son, and that where possible segregat- ed units be erected, instead of one large building." assnm No Vessel Under 250 Nous to Carry Liquor A despatch from Ottawa seys;- Hon. Jacques Bureau states that an order bas been 'issued directing that no clearance papers should be issued to vessels under 250 tons which are carrying liquor to a foreign por•:, This order applies only to liquor in 1,o,id, the Minister stated, as the depart- meet of Customs has no control over duty-paid liquors. The purpose o -F this order is to fix a standard of:vessels to which clearance papers maybe grant- ed. In the art, it,is stated, very small boats, even rowboatsehave teiten out papers to:: the transport of liquor to ports' ti which it would be iiopos Bible for hem to navigate. The orrle is ee acted to put an erw p to this practice and to limit the, is-tte of clearance papers to vessels capable of maria • a lona fide voyage Sir Edmund Walker President of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, which has taken over the ,Bank of Hamilton. NO CHANGE IN RURAL EI .F,VATOR TARIFFS Manitoba Farmers Rush. the Wheat to Market Through Ordinary Channels. A despatch frons. Winnipeg says: -- There will be no change in rural ele- vator tariffs on the prairies. That was definitely disposed of at the adjourned annual meeting of the Grain .Board, when it refused the request of owners of country elevators for an amend- ment to the regulations which would permit them to snake an extra charge of one-half cent per bushel for clean- ing grain. The present regulation provides a. tariff of 1% cents a bushel for storing grade and dockage grain, and there is a clause that "grain spe- cially cleaned will be subject to a charge of one-half cent per bushel for each cleaning." The Grain Act, how- ever, provides a maximum charge of 1% cents for storing grain whether or not the elevator has a cleaner, and the operators asked that the word "spe- cially" be removed from the regula- tions. The board decided that the regulations should stand, but suggest- ed that the elevator companies make representations. for an amendment to the Act, There has been much discussion of reports that increases in the present tariff would be demanded by elevator interests. Hon. Geo. Langley has been mentioned as one likely speaker before the meeting in the interest of increas- ed charges. Elevator men assert that the tariff does not allow grain to be handled at a profit, that if the ele- vators had no other sources of rev- enue they could not be operated. They make nothing, some elevator managers of the grain exchange assert, on mere- ly handling grain at the tariff for farmers. It is from grain bought that their revenue, which they assert is meagre, comes. Meantime, larger quantities of grain are being shipped under the ordinary system from Southern Al- berta, and at the rate it is now going to market any pool that is formed in Manitoba this season will have little, if any; grain from this province to handle. Prince Coming to Canada as Private Person A despatch from London says :-An official statement about the Prince of Wales' tour says His Royal Highness' plans&are now complete. He will em- bark on the Empress of France on September 5. On reaching Canada be will proceed direct to his ranch in Alberta, where he will reside during his whole stay in Canada. He is due back in London on October 20. All statements published about the Prince's acceptance of public engage- ments while in the Dominion are with- out exception incorrect. His Royal Highness has not accepted nor will he accept any public engagement of any kind in connection with his com- ing Canadian tour. ` In the first place e he will not ap- pear in Canada as the Prince of Wales but as the Duke of Cornwall. In the second place he is not in any sense making an official tour but is merely going as a private gentleman to spend a quiet holiday on his estate. cbir President of the f3ank of, Hamilto Mr, Cyrus A. T3irge, of 1-Haniilton, president of the tank of Hamilton; which is beingmerged' with the Cana- dian Thank of Coninierce, 1 BOTH PARTIES IN ANTHRACITE CONTRO- VERSY REJECT aET'fLENIENf PROPOSAL A despatch from Harrisburg, Pa„ in the right direction, is insufficient says: -When the 158,000 men engaged and does not meet the needs of the in the anthracite industry laid down men; that arbitration in any form is their tools for the day at three o'clock objectionable; that the form proposed Friday afternoon, the strike of 1928 by the Goveimment would place every was on, thing in the hands of one map, Dr. It was on because neither side to Charles 1'. Neill; that full recognition the controversy would accept Gover- which the Governor says they should nor Pinchot's proposals for a settle- have is but a phrase without the meat of the matters in dispute when check -off and the closed shop. they met him at noon and, accord- The objections of the operators to ing to union leaders, there was not the proposal are that it makes no pro - sufficient time even if there was the vision for keeping the mines running inclination to cancel or set aside the after the close of Friday's work; that strike orders already issued. itis vague in that it does not specify' Because he knows the situation, what the phrase "full recognition/' Governor Pinchot decided that the means; that the proposal to relieve the meeting must be in executive session. public of the burden of the increased` At this session -and it is not certain costs the increases in wages must that he will not meet with each group mean in the price of coal by forcing separately after the general meeting railroads and distribn..tors to lower -he is expected to use the proposal, their prices is impossible of execution; and the objections which both sides that it :would require months, if not will present to it as a basis on which years, of hearings by the Interstate to trade for something that will put Commerce Commission to force a re- tire men back to work at the earliest vision of rates; that the Governor's possible moment. estimate of 60 cents as the cost of The objections of the miners to the the changes he proposes is too low and Governor's proposal are: That the in- that generally the scheme is imprace crease in wages proposed while a step ticable. QUEEN OF ROUMANIA ' WINS POINCARE AI Persuades French Premier to Recognize New Regime in Greece. A despatch from Paris says: -- While he still refuses to be swayed fron>, his stand in the Ruhr by British statesmen, Premier Poincare could not resist the determined appeals of a wo- man in the interest of her children. While Prime Minister Baldwin and Lord Curzon continue their unavailing efforts to induce a change in French policy on reparations, Queen Marie of Roumania, the most diplomatic sover- eign in Europe, has succeeded in a few minutes' conversation in inducing 145. Poincare to depart from his policy of neutrality in regard to Greece, where her daughter now reigns next to her husband, George II. Careful manoeuvring by this wise woman diplomatist has at last borne fruit in the announcement that France is about to recognize the sovereigns now watching over the destinies of Greece. The persuasive powers of this wo- man, of whom it is said that she has a stronger will than any king, are ,in- deed extraordinary. She has played no small part in the restoration of equilibrium to central Europe and the Balkans, and apart from her cam- paign to get Roumania into the war on the side of the Allies, though her hus- band was a member of the Hohen- zoIlern family, she crowned all pre- vious achievements by marrying off her two daughters to Greek and Serb- ian monarchs. She is now planning a marriage between her youngest daughter and the Ding of Bulgaria. To -day she is considered one of the pillars of the Little Entente -that bloc of nations resolved to keep and en- force peace in the Balkans and central Europe. Queen Marie also is famous as an author and playwright, her best known play being "The White Lily," which is now being produced at the Paris Opera, interpreted by Lole Full- er. The Roumanian Queen is a mem- ber of _eeverai European academies, notably the French Academy of Pol- itical and Moral Science, where her contributions are eagerly received and usually approved, Quill Pens Passing Out of Use in Britain A despatch from London says: - Quill pens are at last succumbing to the march of progress here, as the Treasury has decided to dispense with them in Southwark County Court, al- most their last stronghold. One of the chief reasons for their passing is that few workmen know the art of their manufacture. Philip Cooper, head of the London firm whose .predecessors supplied his Majesty's stationery office with quills for about 100 years, predicts that the industry will be extinct in•,a few years. As the decades have passed, it is stat- ed, parents are more and more de- clining to apprentice' their sons to this trade, believing that the resources of invention would doom it. All quills used to come from Rus- sia. us sin and later from Germany, but the., war stopped importation. ' One of the, finest writing styles in the world is said to be the Hudson Bay quill, whose i texture is harder than the oz•dinary goose quill, with a black feather in -I stead of white. Lord. Beaconsfield used the Hudson Bay product when he was Prince Minister. But Queen Victoria favored the lowly goose. That a much larger quantity of pulp wood is being worked up in Canada than in former years is evident from' a comparison of the figures for 1922; as compared with those for 1921.. In 1922 the total cut of pulp wood was' 3,923,9:0 cords, of which 74.2 fixer cent. was used at home, and 25.8 per cent., or 1.011,332 cords were exported: to the, United States. In 1921.of a iota? cut of 3,278,131 cords, only 67 per cent. was used hi Canada•'and 23 per cent, exported to the United States, The Week's Markets TORONTO. $1.27. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, All the above, track, bay ports. Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, $1,08. Barley -Nominal. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Peas -No. 2, nominal. Peas No. 2, nominal. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $25 to $26; shorts, per ton, 527 to. 529; mid- dlings, 533 to $35; good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.26. Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, nanrznal. Opt. No. 2 white oats -Nominal. Ont. corn -Nominal Ont. flour :Ninety per cent, pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt shipment, $4.50 4.50; tobulk $4.60;seaboardToron,to $4.4ba0.sis, .54.40 `-o $ Man. flour-lst pats., in cotton. sacks, 56.90 per bbl„ 2nd pats., 56.85. Hay --Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, 515; No. 3 timothy, $13; mixed, $12.50 to $13.50.. Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To ronto, $9.50. Cheese -New, large, 24} to 25e; twins, 25 to 26c; triplets, 26 to 27c; Stiltons, 26 to 27e. Old Stiltons, 33c; twins, 33% to 84c, New Zealand, old cheese, 31 to 82c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 37 to 39e; ordinary creamery, 35 to 36c; No. 2, 33 to 34c. Eggs -Extras, in cartons, 41 to 42c; extras, 39 to 40c; firsts, 34 to 36e; seconds, 27.to 28c. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 2 lbs. and. over 36c; chickens, 2 to 3 lbs. 30e; hens, over 5 lbs., 24c; do, 4 to iI lbs., 22c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 17c; roosters, 15e; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 20e; turkeys, young, 10 lbs., and up, 25c. • Dressed poultry -Spring • chickens, 3 lbs. and over, 38e; chickens, 2 to 3 lbs., 35c; hens, over 5 lbs., He; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 20c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,, 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 30c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, ib., 7c; primes, 61Sc. Haney -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 12c per lb.; 10 -ib. tins, 11 to: 12c; 5-1b. tins, 12 to 13c; 21,a lb. tins, 12 to 14c; comb honey, per doz., 53.75 to 54; No. 2, 53.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to 29c; cooked barns, 48 to 46c; smoked rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to. 26c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 38c;1 backs, boneless, 32 to 86c. Cured meats. -Long clear bacon, 50, to 70 lbs.'518; up, $16.50; lightweight 518; 70 to 90 lbs., 517.50; rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight! r90olls,lbs. $33. Lard -Pure tierces, 15y2 to 153a,c;1 tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16Y2 to 17c;' prints, 18c. Shortening, tierces, 14 to 1414c; tubs, 143 to 14%c; pails, 14%! to I53/4e; prints, 17 to 1714c. Choice heavy steers, $7 to 58.25;. butcher steers, choice, 56 to 56.75; do, good, $5.50 to 56; do, med., 55 to 55.50; do, coin., 54 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do, med., 55.50 to $6.25; do, corn., $4 to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $6,25; do, fried., $3 to $4; canners and cutters, 51.25 to 52; feeding steers,' good, $5 to 56; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, $4.50 to $5.25; do, fair,' 53 to $4; milkers, springers, each, $80 to $100; calves, choice, $10.50 to $12; do, med., $$ to $10; do, cone, $4 to $7; lambs, ewes, $12; do, bucks, $12 to $12.50; sheep, choice, light, 55 to $6.50; do choice, heavy, $4: to 55; do, culls and bucks, 52.75 to 53.50; hogs, fed and watered, $10.85; do, f.o.b., 510.25; do, country points, $9.85. Mag. quotations are based on the price of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a graded basis. Select premium, 90 cents. MONTREAL. Corn. Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.04%. Oats, No. 2 -CW, .59%c; No. 3 CW, 51 the; extra No. 1. feed, 57%c; No. 2 local white, 55'/2x. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lets, '56,90; do, 2nds, $6.40; do, strong bakers, $6.20; winter pats, choice, 55.75 to $5.85. Rolled oats, bale, 90 ilia, 53.25. Bran, $28.25. Shorts, $81.25. Middlings, 536.25. Hay, No, 2, per ton, car Iots, $15. Cheese, finest easterns, 24144c But- ter, choicest creamery,' 34%c. Eggs, selected, 38c. Commercial cows, 53; good butcher hiefers, 55; corn. dairy bulls, 52.25 to $2.50; calves, grassers, $3 to $4.25; do,. sucker, $6.50 to $9; good average quality lambs, $10.25 to $11,25; do, real good; 511.50; hogs, Government graded selects, $11,824.; 1n -4 -rad ed lots of suitable weigh 510.75; iter 57 to 57.50.