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The Clinton News Record, 1920-6-3, Page 6IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM OPENS IN JUNE ° 10,000 RELICS Famous "No Thoroughfare" Sign. of Verdun Saved From the Scrap Heap—Many Other Memory Stirring Pieces in Four -Year Exhibit. • deep -telt from Ottawa Bays:--- (ittnai1a's claim against Germany for Reparation for losses suetainod by the dountry and by individual citizens dur- ing the war has been forwarded to England for presentation at a confer- , enee,of representatives qf all parts of the British Empire, aopn to be held -in London, and, subsequently, at an 'Alter -Allied Conference at Spa, The bill rendered by the Dominion is for a total of 31,871,000,000, The total is made up •of the Pelle-wing items: Cost of war and de - . $1,715,000,000 Separation allowances85,500,000. Halifax losses ' 80,000,000 Army of occupation , , 8,000,000 Illegal warfare 31,000,000 The separation . allowaneee alluded to are those paid to families and de- pendents of persons whet served in the military and naval forces during the ,war. By Halifax losses is evi- dently meant the denieges occasioned in that oity by the explosion of the munition ship Mont 131ane, irj 11111, The sunt chimed under the tread of army of occupation ie the cost of maintaining Canadian troop on the Rhine frontier .for a period after the signing of the armlet:lee on Nov, 11, 1918, ' Tiza last item is a claim for oompeirsation for damages sustained by Canadians as a result of the resort by Germany to illegal methods of war- fare. Included in this item, for in- stance, would likely be a sum to cover losses" of Canadian merchant and fish- ing vessels sunk by German U-boats during the period of unrestricted sun- marina warfare. It is intimated that Canada and: other British dominions will share the indemnity received by the British Em- pire in the proportion which their ex- penditures bear to the total expendi- tures of the Empire. PRESIDENT VETOES PEACE RESOLUTION Its Acceptance Would Fut An Ineffaceable :Stain on: Nation's Honor. ii despateh from Washington says:—President Wilson .vetoed' the peace resolution on Thursday, and in- formed Congrels he could not become a party to the peace programme fram- ed by Republican leaders of the Sen- ate and 'louse because he considered it would put "ineffaceable stain" on. the nation's honor. To establieli technical peace by such a method, the President said .in his veto message, would be to effect "a complete surrender of the rights of the United States -so fax az Ger- -„many is concerned," and to' relin- quish all the bier pitrpoies which were embodied iii the rejected Treaty of Marseilles. The President's act apparently brought to another and final dead- leek the efforts of the present Ad- ! ministration and Congreee to agree ' en a pee peece set•tlettment. Ilepubliean leaders conceded Ihey had no chance to past the ra,•nlut.on,over the exe- cntive's veto, and on both idea it was predicted that the issues_af the treaty controversy would have to be fought • outin the patitical campaign with Democrats and Republicans blaming eaeb other for the faller:: to consum- mate a state of pence, in his message age the President did net indicate til Cher he might again sainnit the reaty to the 'S..nate for retffiiation, but- he said the resolution raised again the question of whether tate United States eared to draw apart from the' real of the world or to join with other nations in attaining the este to which the treaty was, framed. The veto hod been expected by the. Repuhl can leaders, and they blade plans to close the incident prpmptiy by a. record vote on repaesage of the resolution. The message went first to the. Il'ouse, where its reading was s greeted with cheers by'Democrats and deri-ion by Raphblicans. a Women Wal Workers Decorated by King A despat: h from London says: --In the recent Net of appointments to the Order of the brltlelt Empire and pro-, auetion therein for erv'oes during the war appear the names of the Countess: of Reading, the Dowager Viscountess; of Annie; the De ager Vishountess Rhondda, the Marchioness of Lens- i a down, Mrs. Butt -Rumford Orme, "Clara Eutt) ,.,i'irf....-aerie' Talbot 1 as Dame Commanders, and the C'oun-i tess of Onslow as Companion. U.S. REFUSE MANDATE FOR ARMENIA President's Recommendation Rejected` by Foreign Rela-,. 'tions.Committee of Senate, A despatch from Washington Sans:—The Senate Foreign Relations Obmniittee sunintarily rejected Frei dent Wilson's recommendation the Congress vest him' with authority t accept a mandate for Armenia on be half of the United States. By a vot of eleven to four,' the committee adop ted a resolution, which Senator Lodg reported to the Senate, respectfull declining to accept the President's view of the duty of the United States by undertaking the mandate, The action of the, committee was not unexpected, and its conclusion was reached without any particular contest. The only opposition to the course adopted was voiced by Senator Hitchcock, who did not, however, coun- sel acceding to the Presidential re commendation, Mr. Hitchcock is as much opposed to the acceptance of an Armenian mandate as are other'Demo- crats, but he did, not wish. the com- mittee to 'adopt the resolution which was adopted, as he thought that pon- stituted too blunt and summary a treatment` of the President's sugges- tion. Canadian Leads in the . Saar Valley A despatch from London says:— What is regarded largely as a triumph for cornciliatory"methods, introduced in the treatment of public function- aries in the Saar Valley by ex -Mayor •Brough, of 'Winnipeg, Canadian menti- ber of. the 'Saar Valley Commission; set up under the League of Nations to adntini4ter the affairs- of that ter- ritory for the next 15 years, is con- tained in -a message. just received Elam ..Saarbruckene -in London. It tates both the Bavarian and German Governments have agreed to transfer uth0i ity aver their former employes n the Saar Va11ey district, which was matter of contention between these officials and the oounnission until Mr: i?Vau[h'effebted a better understand - ng of the commission. t is NAVY'S RESCUE- TRIP TO THE ARCTIC The British foe-bt'eaker Sviatog er, leaving Rosyth on the way to 'eapne Russian men, , women and children, who are frozen hi in the Kara Sea, Cm boars the steamer Botanic. Tire Sviatoger Is one of the two mo a ice -breakers la the world and is. proceeding on its dangerous journey in response to a wh'ele 0, at p werfui as S .S. eits FACTS ABOUT CANADA 1 The total value of sea fish gaught and marketed in a fresh state in the various provinces of Canada engaged in the industry during the 'year 1919 was $31,$48,084, according to the annual reports of the Fisheries Branch. Gontpared withtthe 1918 total - value of 331,974;693, this shows a t falling off of $626,609. ' o In catch and market value, British - Columbia leads the Dominion, the e Pacific coast province accounting for - $15,216,397 of the total revenue. Nova e Scotia comes next with '$10,720,471; y then New Brunswick, $2,547,946; Que- bec, $1,96'7,349; Prince Edward Island, $895921:` The largest individual revenue came from salmon which continues to main - 'thin its place as Canada's premier fish, accounting for a sum of 311,222,817 from 1,641,098 cwt. Cod came next with 2,215,628 cwt„ worth $7,198,160. The lobster catch was 317,999 cwt., - valued at 38,174,888; halibut, 245,266 cwt., worth 33,092,912; ,herring, 1,- 506,961 cwt„ worth 31,624,730; had- dock, 495,257 cwt., worth 31,289,415; -mackerel, 209,222 cwt., worth 31,188,- 341. Coming next below ,the million mark are: smelts, hake and tusk, pol- lock, sardines, blaek cod and soles, in the order named. Two branches of *industry which will be exploited aggressively in the province of New Brunswick in the present year are the gypsum deposits and the oil and natural gas fields. The great demand for houses through- out Dominion has made the de- mand for gypsum an insistent one and though the adjoining province of Nova Scotia is a big shipper of this mineral to the United States, New Brunswick -bas made only a few sample shipments.. The New Bruns- wick Gypsum Company, however, has trade extensive plans for the develop- ment of its gypsum deposits at Hills- boro, on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, and is planning a large ex- port trade. The public ownership of telephones in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- berta, after years of service, can be fully said to have justified this sys- Chinese Women of To -day Are Truly Emancipated. A despatch from London says:— 'Chinese women in Peking now take great part in social life and political apvements, says Sir John N. Jordan, ong Britten Minister to China. • "Al- most any day thousands of girls walk in political processions." ' EMPIRE DAY IN TORONTO Every year Toronto's schools decorate the various monuments tibout the city with wreaths of flowers. •'Photo shows that prevented by Brock Avenue School. N INDEED, I \mooLoritr Mh12.2y THE MI MixtA LWibi'6 tem, and the judgment of those who laun`ebed the projects, They, have given satisfaction to both urban and rurgl subscrihe,re, as well as a sound commercial proposition for the gov- ernments concerned. d • • W A new branch of livestock raising is being attempted for the first tune in Saskatchewan, and it is believed for the first time in Canada with the establishment of a farm to raise. Astrakhan from which the Persian lamb is secured, The idea is that of David 'Smoker, a Russian who lives at Hague, Sask. He has begun with the purchase of a ram of the species from New •-Mexico for which he paid 3300, and hopes in time to stock hie farm with Astrakhan sheep through cross- ing ordinary sheep wlth his imported sire. Queen Alexandra's - Sight Impaired A despatch from L- ondon says:— The Queen Mother Alexandra, accord- ing to an official report, has beep suf- fering from a severe bronchial attack, which is now subsiding. "During a violent attack of coughing a small blood vessel burst in one of the queen's eyes, causing troublesome impairment of the vision," says the statement. "It is hoped that with care and rest this Inconvenience will pass, but her majesty's engagements must to some extent be dependent upon the progress made." 19 Western Grain Elevators Change Hands A despatch from W- innipeg, Man., says:—One of the biggest deals in grain storage space ever consummated here is announced. The Leitch -McLean Elevator Company has purchased 17 elevators from the Imperial Elevator Company and -'one from Ballet and Carey. ' Ex -Kaiser's Yacht Goes into Trade A despatch from Allahabad says:— William Hohenzollern's schooner yacht Hamburg, one of the fastest schooners at the Cowes and other regattas, has been brought out of internment and sold to a mercantile firma who will use her for trading between India and the Straits, A Letter From London - There have been many statements as to how hard King George w'rks these days, but nothing, 1; think, brings, out this fact so much as the story which a friend of mine told me recently. He is one of the big officials who have their offices in ;Buckingham Palace, and he is responsible for much of the King's activities, especially during the now -very numerous in- vestitures. I had remarked on the busy life led by the King, and my friend smiled. "Do you know the latest story?" he said; "Prince Albert told ,it me the other day. He said that His Majesty at breakfast one day related bow he had had a dream in whieh be was standing before the bulk.of the Bri- tish Army, and that be was abut to decorate them all. 'My father,' said the Prince, `says that he woke up after the dream as if he bad had nightmare.' " Queen Mary has been treasure - hunting in the lumber rooms at Wind- sor Castle, and has been rewarded by a, number 02 finds, the best of them being a priceless the tea service which must have been forgotten for decades. Windsor, has always been a favorite repository for Royal trea- sures, and quite an amazing number of valuables have been sent there in past -centuries, and very soon forgot- ten; ; The Queen's searches have re- sulted in so many interesting finds that a complete inventory *fail] the contents of the Castle is to be made as soon as possible., Prince Henry, who has just readied the 'age of twenty, is certain to be the tallest' of King George's eons, He is a very eager, well-disposed young maim and looks forward to the tom- plating of his stay at Cambridge, so that he can take up his military du- ties with the; King's Royal Rifles, to which he was gazetted last year. When he was at Sandhurst he did very well at polo, and he is a better cricketer than any of his brothers. What is. the intrinsic value of the Crown jeivels? It has been said that jewels worth "at least a million" have been entrusted to 'one London firm alone for the purpose of being over- hauled and cleaned. Spine years ago 'the custodian of the jewels at the Tower of London valued the collection —for commercial purposes, of course —at 22,500,000, and probably this figure is fairly approximate. Somebody ought to compile an anthology of Kitchenerisms. There are'many Kitcltenerlsms in Sir George Arthur's "Life of e Lord Kitchener," and they are all very characteristic. When he entered the War Office as its chief at ten o'cloclt on that fateful Thursday morning. in 1914 his first remark was: "There Is no Arany.." His private secretary banded him a pen with which to give the signature for the official stamp. The pert was as vile asthe pens you usually find in post offices. "Dear me," announced Kitchener, "what a War Office! Not •a scrap of Army and not a pen that Will•write!"—Sig Ben. H.R.H. is Visiting Australia. A despateh front Melbourne says:-. The Prince of Wales, who sailed from New Zealand an the battle cruiser Renown, May 21, arrived In Mel- bourne on Wednesday, The Prince, was .warmly acclaimed. A fleet met the Renown, while air- planes circled over the harbor. Three thousand pigeons were released in the midst of cheering crowd's, as the Prince debarked and drove through the thronged streets. The railway and tramway strikes, which it had been threatened would be called during the visit of the Prince, were averted through a com- promise, Germany Hands Over 5,000 Locomotives A despatch from Berlin says: -The Ministry of Transport announced that the delivery of five thousand locomo- tives to the Entente, in accordance with the Peace Treaty, had been com- pleted. The former PrussianeHessian Railway system now possess 23,000 locomotives, which is 1,400 more than it had before the war, but has only 13,000 locomotives which are capable of being used. Compared with the pre-war period, the percentage of en - serviceable engines had increased from 19 to 24. A Striking 1Vlecnorial. To commemorate their occupation of Sllug Camp, Bulford, says the London Graphic, the.New Zealand troops cut a gigantic figure of a kiwi (a bird pe. miller to New .Zealand) in the face of a chalk hill overlooking the camp. The body alone covers an area of one and one quarter acres. The bird is four hundred and twenty feet high from tip to toe, and the body design is ringed round by a. fence inclosing four and one half acres. The idea cannot tie called a -new ane, for the Saxons put a white horse on a Berkshire hillside more than a thous- and years ago to commemorate a vic- tory that Alfred won 'over the Danes, That memorial 1s still to be seen to. 'day,. thanks to the periodical "scour. begs" that the people of the cotm*,rj. side give it, elf the same care is given to keeping the New Zealand emblem free of encroaching undergrowth, that, tee, will become an imperishable me. mohistorialry*, of a great episode in British Chinese Pioneer Gun Fighters, The Chinese were fighting with guns at a time when Europeans used bows and arrows, " In 1918 the total number of ticket - holders conveyed by the seventeen principal railway companies in Eng- land—exclusive of the London Tube railways -was 821,711,160, whilst in 1919 this figure had increased to 957,- 999,990. . CANADA'S WAR EPA ATION CLAIM TOTALS $1,871,000,000 3d'ith.,11 Dominions Will Share the indemnity Received by the Empire in Proportion Which Their Expenditoreo Rear to Total Expenditures of 'the Empire. A despatch from London says.-^• beim; the Zeppelin rid in September. Signposts benrinR ho inseziptiatta 191,•rand scores of oth.e;' entrlea "dell -°ire Canner," "Piccadilly" and which have equally vivid aasoeiationa. "Haig Avenue," erected by Biatisit The larger pique of ordinance; troops lust behind the front lines In some of which weigh fourteen tons, h'rence, are .among the mora than 10,- are being arranged on the floor of the 000 exh.'hits being assembled et ()rye- 8inteloue hall. 13111 the galleries will nal Palace, Landon, to form the toper- hold displays of equal, if not greater ill War Museum. It will be opened interest, 'These ,include war palntiugs by the King in June and will continue and trench implements, realistic scenic for four'yeere• models and protective devices and Exhibits have been gathered from curios that throw an illuminating light every land where the war left its -trail, on cenditiotui which existed in the to show "the common effort of the German ariby. Sonne of these are empire during the 'great conflict, amusing, some tragie,. Shortly after the signing of the untie. There is a cycle with a dynamo at - ties the signposts mentioned were tachment for lighting an offloor's dug - found in a pile .of discarded lumber, out, upon which two of the worst Of. In addition • to those bearing street fenders of the ranks had to sit in names there was found the sign of shifts and- pedal in order that these Verdun, "No Thoroughfare," They within might have illeminetien, are now to be preserved as relies Inc Fm' less amusing is a• specimen of posterity, the enemy's "bear trap." A soldier There will be on display the gun exploring No Man's Land might step that, fired- the first British shot in the .into its ugly spikes, concealed in the war -from the decks of the destroyer grass, and escape from their grip Lanceat the tninelayer.Koenig Louise; was virtually boneless. the E battery gun that opened the The lifebuoys of the Lusitania, the military hostilities; the anti-aircraft shattered funnel of the Vindictive, the pont-poo which, mounted at Gresham poDtion of the Zoobrugge stole and the College, fired the first shot ever (Thee- formidable mines that bestrewed the ted at a foreign foe from London since Dardanelles will recall many chapters the days of the Romans—the occasion of a great epic. Markets* of the World Wholesale. Grein. -. Toronto June 1.—Manitoba wheat— No. 1 Noinhern, 33.15; No. 2 North- ern, $3,12; No..3 Northern, 33.08, in store Fort William. Manitoba oats -No, 2 CW, $1.29; No. 3 CW, 31.27; Extra. No, 1 feed, 31.26; No. 1 feed, 31.24; No. 2 -feed, 31.21, Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW, $1.85; No. 4 CW, 31.63; rejected, 31.59; feed, 31.60, in store Fort William. American corn—No, 3 yellow, 32.40; ment. nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship - Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 31.10, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat—No. 4. Winter, per car lot, 32 to 32.01; No. 2 do, $1.98 to 32,01; No. 3 do, 31.92 to 31.93, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat—No, 1 'Spring, per car lot, $2.02 to 32.03; No. 2 do, 31.98 to 32,01; No. 3 do, $1,96 to 32.01, to. b. shipping points, according to freights. Peas, No. 2, 38.00. Barley—Malting, 31.87 to 31.89, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal, Rye—No. 3, 32.20 to 32.25, accord- ing tofreights outside. Manitoba floor—Government stand- ard, 314.80, Toronto, Ontario flour -Government stand- ard, nominal. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags inc44ed: Bran, per ton 354; shorts, per ton, 361; good feed flour, 33.75 to 34.00. Hay—No. 1, per ton, $30 to 351; mixed, per ton, 325, track. Straw—Car lots, per ton, 316 to 317, track, Toronto, Country Produce -Wholesale. Eggs, new -laid, 52 to 640; butter, creamery. prints, 58 to 60e; do, solids, 56 to 58c; choice dairy prints, 52' to 530; ordinary dairy prints, 45 to 47c; bakers', 85 to 40c; oleomargarine (best ggrxado), 31 to 87c; cheese, new, large, 32% to 88e; twins, 33 to 83'r!dc' old, large, 83% to 34c; twins, 84 to 34'%e. Maple syrup, ;l gal. tin, $3.50; 5 gal. tin, per gal., 33.35; maple sugar, ib„' 1,4e. Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked treats—Rolls,• 31 to :32e; hams, med., 42 to 43c; heavy, 35 to, 37c; cooked hams, 63 to 610; backs,. plain, 61 to 580; backs, boneless, 54 to 57e; breakfast bacon, 48 to 49e; cot- tage rolls, 33 to 36e. Barrelled meats—Pickled pork, 348; mess pork, $48. Green meats—Out of pickle, le less than stroked. WALKING ROUND THE WORLD , Air. Orr, an Australian, started off nn January 1st, 1910, to win a wager for :26,000 by walking round the world, starting from Sydney, Recently he reached Plymouth, England; after..ttaversing Africa, India, United States, Newfoundland, .Canada, British 'isles, France, Morocco, Turkey, .Balkan States and Russia, in all covering 32,000 miles. Preto shows Orr i•eatly to leave. Plymouth, England, It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken I'M AWFULLY socarel, `lQU WA`t t oO ' 1"t DUI 1 PPPRECtINTE -TNS GOl'f1PLli`A' N -r A'C,i LIWE.If YOU 0AN'f W W ..�.----�---Ub•-,�- iN� wo�.1.D'Si p\o'i CONC2Iit9 Aire. 4, ,10— seemaillini ocrormiNall 1��rNArlNr;.:•ressaamere aer By Jack Rabbit ieiose recent Immo ur iitueeu ototuer Alexandra, whose illness is causing anxiety, ,4. Dry, salted meats—Long clears, in tons, 32c; in. caste, 28 to 20.: clear bellies, 27 to 28'%c; fat backs, 251'; to 30c. Lard --Tierces, 28 to 28%c; tabs, 28% to 29c; pads, 28% to 29%e; prints, 30 to $0%e. Compound lard tierces, 27 to 271/2c. Montreal Markets. 14ientree], June 1.—Oats—Caradt.tn western, No, 2, 31.34; do, No. 3, 31.32 Flour—Man,, new standard grade, 314.86 to 315.05. Rolled oats—Bag, 90 lbs., 35.50 to 35,60. Bran, $5.1,25, Shorts, 361.25. Hay—No, 2, pe; ton, car lots, 331 to $32, Cheese, finest easterns, 28 5-32c. Batter, choicest creamery, 63?t to 54c. Eggs, fresh, 65e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $5,75 to 36.25. - Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 1.—Choice heavy steers, $15 to 315.75; good heavy - steers, 314.50 to $14.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, 313.75 to $14; do, good, $19,26 to .313.50; do, need„ 312 to 312.50; do, cam„ 311 to 311.50; brills, choice, $12 to $13; do, good, 310.50 to 311.25; do, rough, 38 to 38.50; butcher cows, choice, 312 to 318; do, good, 310,75 to 311.25; do, cam„ $7.60 to 38; stockers, 39.25 to 311; feeders, 311 to 312.50; canners and cutters, 31.50 to 36.25; mincers, good to choice, $100 to 3165; do; coo, and med., $65 to $75; springers, 390 to 3165; lambs, yearl- pinagints, s, 315 to318,75317;, do, spring each, $1: to 316; calves, good to choice, $13 to $16; sheep, -39 to 313; hogs, fed anti watered, 320; do, 'weighed off ears, $20.26; do, f.o.b.,$19;.do- do, couutry MINERS ACCEPT PRESIDENT'S OFFER • U.S. Wage Dispute Will be Arbitu'ate.d. A despatch from. Wilkes -Sarre, Pa., says: --The offer cf. President Wilson. to appoint a eoimeiss!on to arbitrate the anthrecitc 'waga dispute was ac- cepted here Thorsday by an over- whelming vote of the tri-clistriet con- vention of hard coal miners. The mine workers, however, ask the privi- lege of selecting a "practical miner” to represent them on the commission. Tho convention adopted a resolution declaring that the miners were forced to accept the commission, as "indds- tt•ial class legislation makes it almost humanly impossible to wage a suc- cessful strike." In accepting the Presidenfe offer, the miners agreed to continue at work under the retroactive understanding. reached by •operators end miners, and reiterated by tine President, which will protect the mine rvoricers In wage int - creases as from April 1. Saskatchewan Rejoices Iaa Big Crop Prospecla A.• despatch from Prince Albert, Sask.; says: ---Local showers continue throughout Saskatchewan and North- ern Saskatchewan and phenomenal growth of the crop is reported from every district. , There has been no damage from blowing in any district north of Saskatoon, and farmers aro bverjoyed with the prospects o£ the crop, Jamaica Preference to British Goods t1 despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says—The Government de- cided in the Legislative Council oil Thursday to grant a preferonee of 60 Iter celit, on cotton piece goods trade in the 'United Iiingd9rn, and of 80 per -bctitr in owls marls from cotton grown ii tiiei British 1111)4p1re,