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The Seaforth News, 1928-05-31, Page 7.Australia's War Manorial to Teach the Lesson of Peace All aspects of the Glorification of Army s Is To Be Avoided -- Object Will 13e to Emphasize War's Sufferings Sind Hardships Canberra, :Aust,—Australia's nation- Canadian, German and TurkishCoy., •al war memorial will take the form of ertiments have so far offered aceesa to their records for this purpose. The German Government, in particular, has been moat courteous in allowing the Australian authorities access to all its records and photographs. On the ground floor of tile' building wilt bo rooms for tate display of maps,. famous war messages and personal: relics, an in order' that these might be kept in the best possible state of 1n'eservation, the authorities have been in communication with the Savants engaged in the task. of preserving thel relics taken from the tomb of Tut- Edmonton Graduates Have i o' a War Memorial Museum which will be erected at Canberra, the federal •capital, at a cost of. about' 4250,000. 'Though it will contain a prieeless col- lection of war relics and records of the achievements of tlan Australian Imperial Feree during the Great War, the iutoutiolt is that every aspect of the' glorification of war shall lie avoid- ed, and that in collecting and classify— ing the articles and records in the museum, 'the object will be to show the hardships and sufferings of the war, perioda. nkh- An on i EgYnt. There will View of the Car That eat Campbell KEECH BREAKS WORLD'S AUTO. SPEED RECORD A view of the fleet Triplex car speeding along at Dayton!. .average speed of, 207:5526 miles an hour. Be eb, Fla., in the run on which It achieved an also In this way it is ]loped to make be courts containing naval displays, the memorial a monument which will relics from Gallipoli, Palestine itud teach a lesson of world-wide peace. the western front, an airplane court, A special committee of the Federal and one containing a number of actual Parliament is at present investigating war models, At a conservative esti- the project, and important evidence mate, the value of the pictures which was recently. given before Li,. commit- will be displayed will be about £50, - "tee by Charles E. W. Sean, official war 000. oorrespouelent for Australia, aa<I editor Only a sufficient number of guna to of "'rhe. Official History •of the War." show the different types used in the Describing the plans of the pro- war will be shown, One of these will posed building, Mr,. Bean explained be the large 15 -inch gun which was that the' building would be one of formerly on view at the Central Rail- monumental beauty on a site on the way Station in Sydney, This was the slopes of Mount Ainslie. From this German gun which caused most of the position it will be visible from every damage to the city of Amiens, and it part of the federal capital city. Tt was captured by. the British Air Force, would resemble somewhat: Napoleon's British Cavalry 'and the Australian Tomb in Paris. A feature of the build- Infantry, ing would he at the Ball of 1ttentory Most of the exhibits which will be in which will be inscribed the name In the museum have already been dis- 0f every Australian soldier who had played alternately inSydneyand Mel - fallen in the war, including- Auatra- bourne, and it is estimated that they liana who had fallen while serving were visited by 800,000 persons in Mel - with. other allied forces, The ranks bourne.; Since they :havebeen in they field would not be shown. Sydney 1,250,000 visits have been It is expected that the staff engaged made. upon the task of classifying the re- Those who have seen the exhibits cords will be occupied for three years agree that nothing could more strong - upon this work,. Tho British, French, ly teach the lesson of peace. Reducing England's Taxes r wINSTON CHURCHILL on his way to Westminster, Says Immigration Laws Too Strict English Editor Urged Changes in Medical Inspection System Winnipeg—Marty British persons who are willing to migrate to Canada are Meld back through the rigidity of the system of admission to this coun- try, according to Edward Salmon, editor of the United Empire, and Fel- low of the Royal Institute, who ar- rived here recently , A more satisfactory system of medi- cal inspection would have to come be- fore there could be realized the neces- sary eces-sary'and possible flow of British set- tlers to this country, Mr. Salmon said. The uresent system of medical inspec- tion by a few Canadian doctors in the Old Country, penalized those in out- lying districts and made it prohibitive for them to journey in to .be examin- ed., Mr. Salmon serves on a central im- migration committee, representative of 30 British organizations all actively engaged in immigration. Keep Prince Carol Out Washington • Post: The British Government has invited Prince Carol of Roumania' to leave 'England; and It is reported that he Intends to conte to the United States,,. , If Prince Carol should attempt to enter the United States he should be turned away. The hospitality of this country has been too often abused by foreign.' ers plotting against governments friendly to the United States, . The Government has been entirely toe lenient lu dealing with aliens who some here solely for the purpose of carrying an conspiracies.. Our idea of a companionate mar Hoge is one that has reached its got. den wedding day. Radium Poisonings May Not Be Fatal Doctor Says Five Poisoned Women May Regain Health Newark,—In a report of Dr. Fred- erick B. Flinn, of the, stall of the col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University made public re- cently, it was disclosed that the five woolen suffering from radium poison- ing, who are suing the United States Radium Corporation for $1,250,000, may not die and may regain a certain measure of good health. Thereport, which was written at the request of Chancery Court, made clear that all the women had been poisoned by radium, ar they claimed. This was shown by ,the reduction of white corpuscles count of their blood,- a condition which lowers the normal body resistance to infection and causes softening of the bones. Dr. Flinn said that radium poison- ing does not necessarily cause death, though persons suffering from the dis- ease may become weakened and pos- sibly maimed. Safety in the Air Boston Transcript: Despite the tragic accidents which still occasion- ally occur in the air, the safety record of the numerous regular air services daily plying from city to city both in Europe and in the United States htih been remarkably good. Over many of the established routes the percentt- age of mishaps has been loss than that shown' 'by the. railroads.; This geed record is due, of Course, to the care taken In the choice 01 pilots, to tate excellence ,of the equipment and to the adequay of the force of mg. chanters at the ground stations to male eure that the equipment be always in order. a Fine Basketball Record Commercial Class Team, First Formed in 1914, Has Played Since—Team Has Won 43 Games Out of 57 This Season Edmonton, Alta.—In tike series for the women's basketball championship of Canada the Commercial Graduates' team of Edmonton, Alta„ enters with a remarkable recur<i, Not long ago it played two exhibition matches against the Toronto Lakesides, consideredone of the strongest eastern teams, and won the aeries 62 to 40. The grads' record of 32 successive victoriea, in Edmonton and the winning of 11 out of 11 games away from home, marks their coach, J. Percy Page, as one of the most successful basketball coaches in Canada, if. net in the world.. It is truly remarkable how, since 1924, he has kept the team up to a cham=' pionship calliber each -year, The critics claim that this year's live, which meets the *University of ,British Columbia in the western finals, is the strongest and best -balanced aggrega- tion that has ever represented the capital city of Alberta, in a recent. Snatch with the. Chicago. Brownies, in defense of the Under- wood .Internatioual Trophy, the Black and .0016 proved ,every regular and evory,:substitute to be a star. The Misses Gladys Fry, Margaret McBurney, and Mildred rlcCormack left the opposition amazed by their industry, speed and accurate shooting: in the final game the graduates came from behind'itt a spectacular rally to win the series, 70 to 33. First Formed in 1914 In 191.4 two commercial classes, about 60 pupils in all, entered a team Ia the Edmonton High School basket- ball asketball league. At that time there was uo gymnasium in the school, and with only a• rough outdoor court 'at their disposal, the girls were not counted upon to furnish much opposition to the other high schools. Tlie surprise was general, then, when they won every game in their schedule. Encouraged by its success, the team entered a newly formed intercollegiate league, which included the University of Alberta and Alberta College. It again won the title and, not satisfied, defeated Camrose Normal School 13 to 7 to acquire the provincial cham- pionship, When graduation threatened to dis- organize the team, a Commercial Graduates' Club was formed. Miss Winifred Martin, the captain of the original team and a very brilliant guard, remained at the helm for nine years, except for one season, when she East completing her educe - in theco wasP g tion. ' Challenge Shamrocks Although, as seniors, their competi- tive field was reduced considerably, they found sturdy opposition in the University of Alberta, and finally, in 1922, they considered that the time was right to seek higher honors, The Shamrocks of London, Ont„ were at that time claiming the Canadian cham- piouehip, without a remote thought of opPosition in the West. So, although financial difficulties prevented their taking more than one substitute, the 'Westerners made their invasion. They won the series and the title by a score of 49 to 29, display- ing a system of combination; which London sport writers. admitted had never been equaled' in that city. After that the Black and Gold be- gan to be appreciated at home, and EO their financial difficulties ceased. In the East there were still some skeptics, as the London game, under which the Graduates had piled up their big lead, had been played under their own rules, This time the Shamrocks visited Edmonton. Two reverses, 1.7 to 6 and 32 to 20, both under their own rules, convinced thein. Beat Cleveland Team The next ambitious step of the Edmonton team was to challenge the Cleveland Favorite -Knits, who claimed the world's championship, At the 're - suiting series in Cleveland, 5,000 spec- tators were thrilled when the little- known westerners not only held their 'own, but actually outplayed the home team 51 to 23, Since that they have easily defeated teams from Toronto, Warren, Chicago and Cleveland, their hardest battles being against the Chicago Brownies some years ago. Although they. were now sure of the Underwood International Trophy, they hesitated to claim world-wide honors. A trip to Europe was the result, and it ended without a loss. The Olympia Games Committee did not thick it necessary to include women's basketball on the list of com- petitive sports so the visitors had to Lie content with exhibition games. Opposition Is Weak European basketball had not been Popularized until the arrival of troops from the Western Hemisphere, so that the opposition provided by the all-star teams of Paris, Strasbourg, and Rou- baix was rather weak. In six engage- ments the Black and Gold piled up a total of 360 'points to its opponents' 47. On the return trip, the team lost its captain In Montreal, and since then there have been uraa chang e s In the lineup. In fact, the team which con- tends for this year's Canadian honors does not contain a single member of that 1924 combination, but for all that the Dominion trophy has not changed hands for six years. Canada Firms May Bid for Warships Canadian Shipyards Get Chance to Build New Destroyers Ottawa—It was learned that the calling for tenders for two new des- troyers for the Canadian Navy, includ- ed or as has been made to include, bids from Canadian shipyards such as are equipped for construction of this sort. , There are plants, notably tile Cana- dian eabsidiary at Montreal of a large armament firm, where such craft could be built although, relatively, the cost would be considerably higher than la Groat Britain, Iu any event, the call for tender- , now extends to Canadians, as well as British naval builders. The outlay will be about $3,000,000. The average New Zealander has $3,374.70. The average Canadian has. a $3,371.70 car. Hall Caine Has 75th ;Birthday Noted Novelist, Knighted for Writing Propaganda During War Londptt—Sir klatl; Caine, novelist and dramatist, Greeba Castle, Isle of. Man, celebrated his 7611 birthday 04. Tuesday last, His full name 14 Thomas Henry Hall Caine, and he was knighted in 1918, but to the gen- eral public he Is better known as Hall Caine. Born at Runcorn, Cheshire, England, on May 14, 1853, Hall Caine spent his boyhood days fa the Isle of Man, where he went to live with relatives when young, His early years were lived in conditions of poverty. When a young man he went to Liverpool where he obtained a position on the Liverpool Mercury. Newspaper writ• ing, however, ciid not appeal to him; lie wanted to write novels, and prompt- ed b$ this ambition, he asked for, and accepted, a reduction of salary in subjecting them to steady grilling and order that be might devote consider crosa questioning. able time to novel -writing. Defending counsel in these cases Subsequently Hall Caine name .to have asserted that admissions, recur London, where he lived with Dante ed from their clients, were obtained Gabriel Roeetti, the artist, as a sort of by brutal third degree methods, and secretary -companion. This position he members of Parliament Have become continued to occupy until Rossettis very restive In defence of the liberty death, April 9, 1882. For nearly 50 of every subject which debate reveal: otland Yard's Methods Scored in British House Public Resentment Against Introduction of Third. Degree Shown INQUIRY PLANNED , .: Situation in Commons So Seri. ous That Defeat Was Threatened London -Public resentment against third degree police methods, which. had been stirred by charges: against Scotland Yard and other Police (A- fters, was brought, to a head by de- bate in the House of Commons, In recent murder eases the pollee have beau cfosellY quealtioned on what is regarded as a new practice of keeping suspects without food and. in , suspense, far several,• hours while Years Hall Caine has produced plays and novels. In 1895 Hall Caine went to Canada as representative of tate Authors' And now, as a climax, comes the Society and the Colonial Office in con- ease of Miss Irene Savage, who wae. nection with the successful negotia- recently released, cleared of all sus - tion of terms with the Dominion Gov- picion, after being arrested with Sir ernmeut with regard to Canadian Leo \honey, charged with misconduct copyright. , in Hyde Park, the magistrate dealer- • Knighthood was conferred an Hall ing that the case should never have Caine in recognition of bis services been brought up in court, as a writer of propaganda during the war. It is understood that Sir Hall Caine is now engaged in writing his own version of the life of Christ.. ed, is very dear to the Commone. Case In Limelight Actually "On The Rocks" mem ecam masligee©ermeinaown amews aeasv=MR sxemnr..�^^^o STEAMER CAME TO GRIEF ON THE COAST OF BERWICKSHIRE The S.S. President o•f Sunderland became a total wreck when she ran ashore at Eyemouth during a dense fog in tate early morning. The crew. numbering 22, scaled the rocks in the darkness and reached safety. The Democratic Candidate Politics interfere Springfield Republican: Governor Smith represents the Catholic demand for political equality in America re- gardless of religious faith.... He represents especially the population of the cities and the newer immigra- tion that has so hastened the urban- ization of the United States, It was the Democratic party that first was hospitable politically to immigrants, and, through their adhesidu, made itself 'powerful in so many of our largest eastern cities, ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES—By O. Jacobsson. 1.10 USE KEEPER WANTED OBJECT MATRIMONY chane aw 1 DotyT WAr you With Penitentiaries General Hughes Wants the Two Operated Under Same System As R.C.M.P. SENDS IN REPORT Ottawa.—The recommendation w of Brig. -General W. St. Pierre Hughes that those in charge of penitentiary administration should be empowered with authority to administer and dis- cipline on similar heals to that of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has created much interest in Ottawa, and the annual report of Superintendent Hughes is perused this year with more than usual interest. General Hughes makes eight other recommendations, but these are along the lines for which -he has been press- ing for many years'hnd are planks in his platform of prison reform in Can- ada. The administrative recommen- dation is a new one and is believed by many in the capital to be an effort to get the penitentiary staffs out of politics. General Htthes will not discuss the matter beyond the recommendations in his report, but there has been talk in Ottawa for some considerable time that politics have been pitch -forked into the penitentiary administration and that appointments are being made on political grounds rather than on efficiency and fitness far the service, Crowds ane Mobs London Observer (Ind.): The term "mob," once the commonplace of alarmist reaction, has now vanished from our political vocabulary. Demo- cracy, tolorant of so much, cannot ad- mit mob rule, The Communist i the i' ringleader of the mob, but the demo,Blowing tkle. Truannet e vatic hero heads a proved, and it Le • �.. .t because 0111! greatest gatheringzl are :London Daily Dxpre5s (Ind,, Cion. . talways crowds and never mobs that The Americans make more of their he hope of constitutionalism in this century acid a halt history, in the way country is sure. of commemorative celebrations, than we do of our thousand years. If they Nature makes mistakes, but she had our past and our possessions life never arranges rho bloom of youth 'would be a perpetual round of parades near the nose on one side and close and festivals and tub thumping, Our to An ear on the other: !British instinct does not lie that Wayq Miss Savage's case was again brought into the limelight when a number of Laborites charged that she had been re -arrested by two pollee officers, and put through the ordeal of having a series of personal and embarrassing questions hurled at her in connection with the Hyde Park in- cldent. This will result in not only en In- quiry intowhat happened during her five hours' ordeal at Scotland Yard, liut also into general police methods of obtaining evidence against suspect- ed persons. The situation precipitated by the de- bate, indeed, was so serious that the Government had to agree to an official investigation or risk defeat, because not only were Labor and Liberal mem- bers aroused by the disclosures, but Conservativemembers likewise inti- mated that a Government inquiry must be granted. ht has long been a practice of British police officers, when charges are made against them and an inquiry is pend- ing ,to send for those making the charges and subject them,to a severe cross-examination with a view to°se- curing withdrawal of the accusation8. They have no power to follow such a procedure and. in many cases, their demands were not granted, but those ignorant of the extent of Scotland Yard's authority have accompanied the officers, under the belief that they were obliged to do so, and among these unfortunate and uninformed per- sons ersops was Miss Savage. In a sworn statement, which was read by a Laborite named Johnston, the editor of •the Glasgow socialist weekly "Forward," Miss. Savage re- vealed, that the police put the most intimate questions to her and also de- monstrated in the most intimate man- ner what might have happened be- tween her and Sir Leo Money during their sojourn in Hyde Park, So embarrassing were some of the questions, that the women members of Parliament agreed not to come into the House during the discussion, and even a Iarge number of men mem- bers embers were made uncomfortable. Sensational Debate The ministers, including Premier Baldwin, appeared most perturbed and listened to Johnston's speech with grave faces. Lloyd George came in from the country especially to hear the debate, which is regarded by the press as one of the most sensational in recent years. The members are now awaiting the result of the inquiry, but there is much speculation as to whether, if it goes against the police, Sir William' Horwood, the chief commissioner, will resign, and What Will be the fate • of the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks? The Daily Herald. the Labor organ, demands that Sir ' William should resign in such an event. Moreover, it is understood that if the original police investigation into Sir Leo Money's case is found to have been irregular, prosecutions. tor per- jury, erjury, against the officers concerned, will take place and that .documents are already in the hands of the public prosecutor. In any event, the Government and Parliament are determined to have the deepest possible proble into police methods in order to safeguard the pubiic, , .4