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The Clinton News Record, 1928-02-02, Page 3peel'Cant' LeSll c l u t OPENS ALL:.OLD-FINE POMP dicast in Specdr- F'roln .t ister3 to Japain;and Feance• PROVINCIAL CONCLAVE, 13E.ARS--FRU1 r The most' mp rtart announcements the provincial etiVerninents to land, trade by Lore Wihingdou, governor settlement; placement and supervisory gena al ,and personal ;epre;entative work. ,Several provincial' qeiitres„have of the crown, in `hc reech from, the already titian e tablished for• the' re- throne which he read at the opening ,caption and distribution of British of:parliandiet itliursday were youths .for agricultural work and a X;- Canadian miniskcis 1+71-3n1poben.- tiontructive settlement scheme .has nary are to bei soul .o Peri :and begin put 'into' Scree for. settlers of Telae. • Chi cl s5. ': 2. Legislation arising from the -re Harbor• cane a stcsis .,have `been cent con•feresnco ueta'een the dominiti;i established at- St. Joint and Halifax. and the provinces Will be introduced, This, it is expected, will facilitate and. 3. Negotiations, are eontiniiina with-axpand the movement -cf traffic• the prairie :.provinces • Qr return v£ through Aldan -He seaports. The' vol- their natural•resourcee. trine of trade at; other Canadian ports 4. The government is considering' during the past season increased. In restoration' to British :Columbia of the grain shipments the port of Montreal railway belt lands: and Peace River attaining a pre-eminent position ant- block. env world ocean ports Railway problems of several pro-! An organization has'been establish vine.., as•,outlined at the recant con- ed for the 'administration of civil avis-. ference, are under consideration., - � tion, distinct from, that of . the air 3. Contract tray been let' for •dad -'force. In the postal servioo the year ing and br-idging,Siudson Bay Railway has keen marked by the inauguration extension to' Fort Churchill, which has of an air mail service lsetrlieen Rim- been 'chorea: as the terminus' of the ouski and <Montreat• line. CUSTOMS .RPPORT COMING. 1.. An airship mooring tower is to `Satisfaetieryprogress has been ma ie. elected on 'an. -airship_' base nears in the areaninotion of the: department Montreal and a public air terminal for of .national revenue. The final re - airplanes provided: port of the royal commission on cur $. Departrn Crus of health and sal- toms ad excise will be presented to diem civil, re-establishment are ,to bo parliament immctliately and kegisla- amalgamated in a singla department tion based upon the, report' will be of rational healthand vetezam' wel- fare. 9: Tradetreaties between Canada land "certain foreign eountrnes" and for "substantial assistance t'o, and im- proved 'facilities .for; ' industrial and employment, the increased railway scientific research are to be ,submit- -., ceipts,..tbe expanding revenues, nnd usiness:conditions generally; all bear odtimbny, to a sound economic drivel .punent which' promisee .much .in the vay of substantial progress," he dated. lie referred .to- the. doniidion's jub- ilee last year,'to the visit of the Prince of Wales,. Prince George and'Premier Baldwin of Great Britain and to Can- ada's election to the League of 1 - tions council. don announced. Last ` November's 'inter -provincial CO.OPERATE ON SETTLEMENT conference was described in the speech WORD{ as bring'"•"of the utmost value" lo'the A substantial increaae:1, the num- provinces'and exiledominion.. ber of British immigrants as well as No mention "was mads of the devei- hi the number of. irnanigrents of 'a opment of the St. Lawrence water - suitable type `froa} the Continent of ways. - This may develop later as' it Europe wes'reported. Steps have been is the' most popular matter'before the taken towards closer cooperation with Canadian public at present. • e heti+oduced. • • His ,excellency congratulated the members on the nation's "market pros- peritg." "The:volume of trade and of building construction, the. growth in ted to parliament: • 10. Appointment to•Canada of a r. presentative of the British govern silent in Groat %Britain is bezi ee die , . cussed between Iloii. L; ` C. Id.'..`i Amery, .secretary gf state for enmity• ion affairs iil.GreatBritain, who is aai present. in' Canada, and members of the Canadian government, in order to bring the, two governments into more direct personal contact, Lord Willing - Many Meetings . Esca.ped Political In.February. Caught Prisoner Caught ` Seed Growers, Stock Men and Irish Republican is Recaptur- Horticulturists Will Gather ed at Callan, Kilkenny During Month . February will he a busy .month for who made a dramatic escape from St. ,the farrier, and: still busier for the riein's military hospital was re - score reporter, as there' will be about two captured 12 hours later. at Callan, Ifi'l score agricultural meetings; held in 'Comnte during they period. These' .lcenny, 20 miles from his" birthplace, include the regular breeders' meet- "Finiel. in is flight Nugent was assistedh g by inns, practically alt.of wisiell' will be , thousands of soldiers; He is a great was seised bya whirlpcirl and dragged centre," the four foot patcards bald, held in Toronto this year, after thole two armed men who crept into the t h W' est la 1927 as well dimly lighted hospital wail on hands etlucationaiist .and •is the author of a clown As 'w' .head 'went under I felt 1 "we have elevated the 82 -year-old ono trip to the (nnct knees and bundled• him into street Dublin, Irish Fres State. --James Nugent, a wounded political prisoner. y - HON0WII-1.IAM T..COSGRAVE, President of the executive council of the government of the Irish Free State at present honored g aest of Canada's Government. • 'Plane Presented To Tor nto Club Gift. is : Made by Sir - Charles Wakefield, Bart London.—Sir % Charles Wakefield, Bart, is presenting a Moth 'airplane to the Toronto Flying Club. A Moth Costs in the neighborhood of $7,000, klercedei Gleitz Nearly _Drowned London Typist Narrowly Es- Lee capes Death in 'Gibraltar awes Plan Swixn Irkes Junkers Tangier.—Miss , Mercedes �Gleitz, London typist, was almost drowned in Choose Eve ,of Wilhelm s 7'o>lxaoi :o� Eiffel Tower May •xr'wa e to,Be.Ta ken ® , is • Report Ca1ekl1ar Cast •:7c5 :3 `Proposal"l c.''rt •'of ' .14x -id's -whole Diabolical Plot" Glut wgo -L Coe _ tip, h a age tli eai- ), ender Mei> oclual moritlw of 28 days PASSED ITS LIFETIME` wage denounced by.' Mayor • William - Hale I hauinia,n as part of ` Eingiand`s Its Fall \1Jould Endanger Lives »perts to Exilrrine Its Rivets and Painted Sides whole diabolical plot" to make the of Thousands of People United S£a.tes u't "subject <f King, Paris. -A com>nissien of experts of Gem ge., the city of'Psirds will crawl around the The 5nay errs views om Cho pian were whole Eliiel Tower in May to deter- contained eter-cont. ned in a ,telegram to a' ilinne-' )mine whether it should-be'deraeliehed. agolia journal • in reply to a request Private engineCrs said the tower is or his star -d. doorneel and, that the lite -beet 'struc- The telegram follow,-: "To the tare in the world must be;torn down Slayer:- Men •s Coesivorth, English Within 10 years before it' falee down, been British Citizen, here on world a catastrophe which . would threaten tours_ advocates,. ebasging the calend' the lives of thousands of residents in to equal months calendar of 28 days,eaeh, elim-' one of the richest quarters in'Paris. inating fourth of July, Flag Day, Col- The Ministry of the Interior, in an - embus Day, Memorial Day and all i nouncing appointment 'of the Comsnl8 P'a ;seg la Newt Y'o:e!' Major General George W000,} ins C=q�ethalsGreatead,of all �rrrierican Ene'imee:rs Joins Geat. Majority SEVENTY ,YEARS OLD' Burial According to Wish at West Point, Where He Was 'Trained Now . York—Major, Con, George Washington Goethals, officially nem - razed as the `man who aeeomplislired one of the greatest enirseer if feats since the Egyptians built .the pyre- raids' -•the Panama Canal—died qn Saturday last in New Yeek aftir• a long illness. ,IIis wife and two cions were at. his bedside ' when he died. Ho was buried with -full military' other •Anserican holidays .now. appear- 'soon of experts said, that examination. honors-; 'at West Point, where he was' inig,on our calendar. Suggestion means , last May resulted in the replacing of trained 'Mei whore he was an instrne- compfae recasting of year. Tho 1 many rivets.; The tower, was pro- for at one time, present long-established holidays pounced safe, however. Signal achievement: 'marked the would cease to exist, ' IIas' English backing, also'fananced by group head- ed by Gcergo Eastman. As leader America First Movement, can 'you'' make : stateinent for- us as `to your. opinion of"this Englishman's • plan?{' Froin the 'Mayor: "Answering Your' wire. Some day the loyal American people who would preserve our price- less heritage will awaken to the fact that there is in' this country a well - organized effort to make this nation a colony of Great Britain •again,. haul Clown Old GIoty and put in her plate the Union Jack. Your statement about Mases Cdteworth recommendingthe abolishing of American holidays is in line with perverted histories' calling George' Washington a rebel and trai- tor and belittling our famous Amer- ican heroes in the nation's public schools which I have stopped girl Chi- cago. It is to me a part of the whole diabolical plot. It is my hope that our people will understand their dan- ger beforeit is too' late and to that end I am trying to do my part." • • Those luke-warm on thesubject will now believe it: has real merit since "Big Bill" findsit wanting. so Sir Chas'los' gift is a handsome one. a futile attempt to swim the Strait Sir '1;harles'is without doubt the of Gibraltar recently. world's greatest benefactor of flying. . Miss' Gleitz entered the water' at Ile has presented planes to flying clubs 12.08 a.m. After swimming for five throughout Great Britain, to promote, hours, she was caught in a whirlpool the interests of flying. • and nearly drowned. She abandoned' Sir Alan Cobham is a protege of Sir the swim. Berlins:—Berliners awoke Thursday Charles. Sin' Alan is now mapping On reachaing land, Miss Cledtz, whoto feud the streets plastered with Ger-. South. Africa. It will cost a fortune, seemed greatly, distressed. at the fail - which Sir Charles is giving as his ure, said she would abandon all fur- flier attempts to swim the 2man i ascist pasters ironically •pro- eontributiion to. strengthen Empire 27 -mile 'aiming S. Parker Gilbert, AnrreIean bonds. - 1 stretch of water. She Showed no agent for the Dawes plan, emperor of Sar Charles Wakefield greeented sighs of exhaustion. . {Germany. the Mace to the Canadian Parliament "it was terrible," .the swirmner said l The occasion wag the sixty-ninth shortly after the war. For two years of, her experience. "I had just con- i birthday` '(Jan. 27) of the former during the war he was Lord breePer • plated the fifth hour and was Setting kaiser. of London, during which time he earn- set although the 'etintlnuod darlcness I "Since the German people appar- od the undying grabitude of teus of inude me rather sleepy. Suddenly I 1 eptly aroincapable, of wielding the Birthday for; Enthronement .. of S. Parker Gilbert lis Em- peror Who Rules .. With "Stove -Pipe I-Xat and -Bind 'Cutting Scissors'' Passing - of tlio Eiffel Towed would career of 'Gen:. Goethals„ scarce"ee be regretted i>y'.all 'Frenchmen to them unheard of 'unta he literally' wham. it;iias become a landmark, as- moved `mountans to bring trite the impertent'-a'part of•the Pt ris skyline eeemingly hopeless dream,;—the Pan - `as the towers 'of Notre Dame. • lima Can'ai. It was this stupeedoue ns' gatherings of thehorticulturists, •clothes. A guard 'who WAS aroused by seed growers aud. officials of the fairs; the noise interrupted the men, who oriel emeetans In detail the To -i tiopened tire on 'tint with revolvers. The ionto o as s fellows? igs under the various guard threw himself on the floor and dates ate areturned the file, but the three mien .DotaII of Meetle a • fled. -' make It very simple for the Interna - Wednesday; Feb. 1—Ontario' 1a s- Nugent was one of a number' of ti0nal Aeronautical Foderatldn to da - sedation of Fairs. and isxhitiiitions annual" convention. Il Re subtle an prisoners who osccaped elle ,what. avitltor was untitled to it, ! from Mount Joy prison in I92ir'. and 1927 medal_:far',i'Siti greatest-ae$isve• Bi§hoi Stubbs once forgot his treed and other victims woeld.expreess' their Thuaday, Feb, 2—Out trio Associa- was reel tepee ' in Clonmel, Dec. 21, nrent in aviation lest year. l 1 when attending a ceremony at Oxford, 'gratitude for. the, whipping which:'in to t 1 `[t 1 h book that has mowed 'world-wide •re- the side of the boat It was at the end Parker Gilbert to the icaiaership. eommentduiaosr, "On Leaving Sehocl an a bitter end too, but better than , "The • former kaiser ' ruled with eer." crown and sceptre; the new one rules and the Choice of a CAst being defeated by bad weather, orad p , i Another thing which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh accomplished was' to verge currents. "I have no intention of making a further attempt, but I'Wish luck to all Who' try," • ?- — •� with a stove -pipe hat and seissors 'with,�illich ho eats bond coupons." The placards announced that."to- morrow" •there would be a mass- meeting.in Gilbert's' honor meat which. • unernpailyed war cripples, trench swine tion of Fairs suit Jiihibitious annuli, after a struggle in which he was shot' Cnuvention I Swedish } Yacht MayBe Tire wee s r which and borrowed one representing the erns. ions • cap a as. administered 1 r, from same degree et 'another university: to then since 1918." ,r-- - — even. the Scandinavian Gold Cup Friday, Feb, 3.-0u`rrio Seed lin the hip. .Growers' As000tatlon auuual meeting. sten last fall, lira been On hearing someone remark: "The The placard was signed 'by Reich - b It is to 'be hoped that rival Cantral Ithe United S# htvl been Btsarop waiars a l.la on ells back;' he stag Deputy+ Wilhelm I{ubo, among Cana yI+` Feb.Club. 'An;-drican rulers have Learned' that, it.purchaoed by SanFrancisco Monday,rtlFcb. f1 -Ontario Tam- they trust go up in the air, it is bast l yid they have an eye on winning the' retorted "Not no bad as that—only ethers, on behalf of the Lerman Fas- • �uorth Club. ff a a falsehood." else party. Dual I'urpose Shorthorn Breoders, to do so with Lindbergh., t tiup back May 13o? Club. I _ Ontario Berkshire Club. Ontario Large Yorkshire Club. Ontario Swine Breeders' Aasoeia tion. '• Tuesday. Feb; 7—Dentinloa Short horn Breeders' Associatimt: Canadlarl`Jersey Cattle Club.' •Caliad'an Hackney Iforso Society, canactla» Pony Seelety., • Canadian Standard Bred Horse As• :meiat+en: - • Canndlan Swine Breeder's; Associa-, tion. • ' Wednesday. Feb;; O—Canadian Shire horse Association. ,Ontario Sheep Breeders; Associa- Von.. e , . . , Canadian Perckortile Breeders' Ae-. so clatiee. Ontario Hereford Breeders' Asso= elation. Ontario Branch Canadian Stational, Silver Fox 'Association. Ontario Aberdeen -Angus Associa- tion. • Canadian Hereford' Breeders' Asso- ciation. Ontario Vegetable Growers' Agape!. ation. Thursday, Feb. 9! ---Ontario Horti- cultural 'Association. annual Conven- tion. Canadian Ayrshire Cattle Associa- tion. Canadian National Poultry AE.so- riation. , • Clydesdale 1ros'se Association of Canada. Canadian •Sheep Breeders' Sssociit- -tion. Friday, Feb.' 10—Ontario Cattle Breeders' .Association, Ontario YFerse-,Freedees' tssocia- .tion. "Aye, lad,' said one Yorlcsbireman to another, "we're gettin' on at a,1ir place, I can tell Cha! Wo'vo:a. mayor, and we've- given hire a:coll'ar and a chain to ilt. him up like." Ileo, ye really?" exclaimed the other, "Why, we let oors run loose!" Germany's lnnovatlone iapartments for housekeeping bachelors, recalls one ilachelor's recipe for toast; ,care-: fully barn a -slice of bread, than scrape it. Who Said Sea Water Wouldn't Freeze? 't' -e 111 thu 13 toainshih P'inee George y of Fundy.and was lit TONS OF ICE ,SHROUDSHIPS ENTERING BOSTON IT.$. seen, above; as she entered Boston harbor. a miss of ice. After leav,ir5g Yabmouth she ran into a severebilzzard the teeth 01 a northwester for the entire voyage, Serious corrosion the metal worts feat, the separating of the Americans has increased with time and• although continents, that 1rraught fame to the: 160,000 francs ie spent every year • man who for more than 30 years had on its upkeep and painting, the tower -been conquering: tides and currents in would have long einem fallen had not th,e .streams of the nation. He was 57 a squad of men crawled continually when he competed the Panama Canal over its face, replacing bolts and and he was 22 when he entered upon tightening screws. , his career as an engineer. . PASSED, ITS SPAN. Gen, Goethals continued his work Built in 1889 for the world's fair, until two months ago, although he' the homer already has passed its span had been retired nom the Arniy at of life by 19 years. Its builder„ Alex- his own request almost 13 years, andt Andre Gustave Eiffel, constructed it his rugged health seenjed:impregrtabla to stared 20 years. When he died in to the advancing years. He wars 70 1923, he expressed `the hope that mod- when be died, abut until two months ern engin err would find d: way to en ago enjoyed ;exceptional health. - One close the tower an a shell of stone or dhy he was taken ill hi his office and concrete in order to reserve it for went home, but .only his family and posterity:, intimates knew of it. The feet ,that If the tower comes doeen, Paris will he frequently was called out of town lose "the highest American bar in the allayed any suspicion, of illness. Iris word," a bar whicll serves cocktails Fath came as a great shock - to American, German and other, world In 1923 Gen. Goethals was drafted :. travellerson the tore floor of the tower by Gov..Smith to serve as State 'Fuel 906 feet above the"+ground. Administrator and his service' in that In 'reoanf°, years, the tower hes paid post won', the approval ref the State its' way. The French army used it dar— ing the war for observation and signal the principal advisors of . the Port of purposes. The Post Office Depart- Naw York Authority during, the eon mens uses•the wireless station for struetiom of Cha Holland Vehicular transmitting messages over great div- Tpnnal and also was an advisor of, Cancer. The electric advertising signs the Port Authority in its other ,pre on its .sides bring- 600,000, francs n jests, including' the bridges now being . year. The bans, restaurants, post card• built between Staten Island and New Jersey,, shops and dance halls on its various y,, and the proposed bridge across flofre, alt show a profit.' the Hudson to •.Fort Lee.' The tower also served asa jumping-: DECISION OF CONGRESS. off place e% its 39 years of existence in 1903 Congressfinally decided to for 111 suicides, • Some climbed the provbvde funds for the United States to tower to get ai vieyv and jumped over take over the Panama Canal project. to obey a Gudden irresistible impulse Three French companies had been un which doctors call height madness. suecessful in them: efforts to build the WAS RIDICULED. canal. -Their` failure eras die to the If the tower ever should : fall, it fact that they did not appreciate the would bear out the dire prediction of necessity of making the country a 111 mo st of the engineers and publie men ,place for the white laborers to live in. of Eiffel's day. His structure,. nidi- Also because they could not find a sea- ruled as the "modern tower of babel," level canal possible and were unable while it was being built, was bitterly to solve the problem of an adequate criticized. As a clinching argument, lock system. Even the famed De one member of the Academy said in Lesseps, builder of the Seem Genial, public session that "Even America abandoned the task, would not tolerate such ,a monstros- In 1907 President Roosevelt isp- iey,a pointed Gen. Goethals Chief Engineer Parisians protested to tho Premier, of the canal project ' Gen. Goethals 'gathered about him the newspapers printed. hundreds of columna predicting disgrace and div- the ablest mem: in his profession and aster and persons rioted in the street. proceeded to Panama, but when re - Alexandre Dumas and Guy De Mau- ports showed little progress was, being passant were only two of the many made there was a, storm of protests. , prominent writers to .give most bitter But Goethals had. a definite plan in condemnation. view and 11 was found leis first stop .Tho tower mos within a few days of upon arrival en the Isthmus was to completion, despite all the opposition, appoint Major Gem William C. Gorr- when handbillxwere:passed aroundthe gas, Ohaef Sanitary Engineer.' of the streets' of Paris announcing that the :one. - It was 'Gun. Goegas duty to heat of the sun's rays had done its make the Zone safe for Workers. Gore ork that afternoon, and that the iron ,! as cleaned up the Isthmus, drove out was bent, just: above the first landing, the fever, providecl a pure water sup and that the tower certainly would ply, and when the place was made fall within a few days. habitable workmen were brought in Parisians, after such a }sitter cam- and the real work of rdiggimg the big paign, held the tower le horror. All ditch Cysto on. during the' exposition the ,tower wee For seven years Gen. Goethals drove the hit of the fair and hundreds of himself recklessly in the undertaking. thousands 'of foreigners went to the But he met and conquered aline tt un- top in its elevators. Not more than believable obstacles of nature and 100 Pat'isaane . had the courage to go science. Then when everything wau up. In later years, when the tower in readiness for scraps to pass through peeved that its critics were wrong, the canal Gen. Gocthaie reported to Parisians made it a playground."', Congress that his life work was cern- pleted and that for the jlrst time the: American continent was separated by -ovi • • Interprncgal a navi'gtulrlewateiway. Legi• o Spurns Ontario and Quebec Develops Cica or Co-operation s ave Power at Chet 'Falls • • ' Quebec, Que,-Details of the first, development of - a water .power, on .an interprovincial river by the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. will „be pub- lished officially. ` Tho proposed devel- opment as at Chat Falls; on the Ot- tawa river, andv the worlc; .for which plans for the Quebec portion have al- ready been prepared; will be under the control of tho Chat Falls Power Co. , The 'Ontario 'side plan 'hes not yet received the sanction of the Ontario, government, although 11 is expected that this will be given in the near future. The capacity of the develop- ment is about 150,000 hcersepower and the work will be commenced to t'acil- itate the full development being niade although at first only around 40,000 horsepower will .be developed on the Quebec side of the river. There is mot e p cted to be any question of provincial and federal rights in this asaiter, anthem its no navigation canal in` the `.Chat Falls region, and the differences at present existing' between the provincial and federal ;authorities with respect to the Carillon Falls isdue to there being a navigation canal there. "When did the robbery occur?" the cross•-examing-lawyer asked the' wit- ness. "l thlnit-„ he began}. "We don't caro what you think—eve want to know what you know,' remarkedd the lawyer, "Well; I may as well get off the stand, then/' said the 'witness. "I can't talk witheet Welting. I'nr The Associated Prees i'ports that a letter from Clirdoe,'Mass., to Mayor William Hale;'Thempsoti of -Chicago, in which it wan stated that ,hiss asso- alation with any patriotic .program "detracts from; and sloes not add to, stat• effectiveness," has been framed here by the delegates to the Conference of the State Department, American, Le - gime The letter was in reply to ono received • by the State- Department from Mayor Thompson, in which the latter asked the support of the M•assa- cliussetta Legion hi his. program to "Americanize Amerieen lsieto!ry. The delegates represented 79 Legion pasts:, in the State. The letter said,in part: "You acslc our sinport, You, who, in 1918, by your actil>ins would, in political glee, have seen the support - ere and defender of weir national in- tegrity 'sold out into slavery' _ You, who, in' 1918 by your actions, gave vent and leadership to:. that opinion which would have put a crepe on our honorr door', and hang our heads in shame. •Yuri, a defender of American institutions? You a patriot? You a defender *2 the America of "yesterday, to -clay or to -morrow? You -you who had a great chance : in the world's ,greatest crisis and who failed." The letter was signed by John W. Reek, Department Conunander. The inspector was asking general knowledge questions. "Willie, what is ;, a bigamist?" ho asked.' ' The anss'or i carie quickly, (Please; sir, a man,, istak twice'r