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The Seaforth News, 1928-08-16, Page 7Canadian Ladies Add Beauty and Points to Canada's Clary at 41; pig Gam ea Phobegraphs above show, 1, 1121ss Ethel Catlterwood, the jumping Saskatchewan lily, .in action is the Amsterdam stadium. Her style in clearing the bar and her beautymade lier a popular subject with the press and amateur photographers. (2) hi another view of Miss Catherwood. wearing the official 'costume adopted by. tine Canadian Iadioi' team. (3) shoty's the Canadian ladles' team, In theta official sweat suits. From left' Peiping Finds Its New Status as Singular as Its Latest Name SECOND- AND THIRD PLACES CAPTURED iN. TRIAL OF 100 METRES to right they aro Myrtle Cook, who was disqualiled for false starts in the final of the hundred metres, Fanny Rosenfeld, wbo was second, Florence Bell, eliminated, arean Thompson, "Penetang Pansy", whose specialty is the 800 metres, but who has not' been feeling well since her arrival in Holland and another view of Ethel Cathorwood. Miss Ethel Smith, mato ' Is not shown, finished third, Victory of the U.S.A, hope, Mies No Longer Capital of China, and Reduced to Provincial Center, Imperial City Tries to Reconcile Itself to New Role Pelping—Peiping (Peking) is hay- though the ministers were mere pule. Ing difficulty in adjusting itself to pets of successive warlords, have the idea that it is no longer the capi- been promptly given over to new tal of China, but is merely one of purposes. The Ministry of Finance several Large cities which aro centers has become the headquarters of the of special administrative 'areas und- district ICuomintang, or. people's -(mm- •der the Nationalist Government, Yet mittee, the Ministry of War serves as the first Nationalist leaders who have the residence of the Defense Com- entered the city insist that' the art missioner, the Foreign Ministry as rangement is permanent, and it will the' headquarters of the Commissioner not again have any -great political im- of Foreign Affairs, The old Patdia- portance, ment building and various' of the Chinese who have lived here under Manchu palaces are being used for the Manches and during the early new and perhaps less: dignified par - days ,of the Republic greet this no- poses. tion with somewhat amused incredul- Such "elder statesmen" as Tong. Dueness, "-For,a time, the National- 'Shao-yi and. Tan Yan-kat insist that fists may keep their capital at Nan Dr. Sun Yat -son war; thoroughly justi- king,' they declare. "But sooner or fled in his contention that a people's later they must come back, as all government can never be establish - others have done for 800 years." Ied in the monarchical atmosphere of These' observers point to the city's this city. In Nanking no foreigner vast government buildings, its grant has ever ruled China, while this city hotels and 'Chinese inns, its guildhasbeen the seat of government for centers, representing every province,many invaders, the Tartars, the In. Caine,. its dozens ofschools,' itsMongols and the Manchus. • From sheltered ' Legation Quarter, "Nan- Nanking as a base these invaders king has none oa these things," they have been successively driven out. argue. "How can a central govern- Legations Also a Factor went bo maintained in a city where While these sentimental considers= there is' no government machinery? Mans have much weight with Chinese Peiping has everything which a gov- I of all classes, they appear"'to appeal .ernmont' requires. Nanking has al- more to the older Kuomintang lead most • nothing. The Nationalists era than to the younger. The latter have no money to •spare on the.mad do not appear to relish • the idea of cbinery of government, and will, not' living in Nanking, with its. entire lack have for many 'years. They need of convenience sad refinement. The .every penny they can get for recon -I material advantages of Peiping in- struction of the country." press them. Whatever the ultimate" outcome, it Body -guard Dispensed With appears probable that the National - In spite of all these evident facts, fists will keep their capital at,.Nan Nan - however, the procedure of turning the ling at least ,for a year. The Can - city into a mere special adhinistra-, tonese and the Wuhan -faction have tive area has gone steadily ahead.' vehemently expressed disapproval of The involved retinue and mimic gov- moving the capital to Peiping. • They •ernment of Chang Tsodin, and, of do not want the capital so closely other pseudo -Republicans before him, under the domination of Feng. Yu - has been quietly but steadily ex-'hsiang as it would be in this city.' •changed for the unostentatious situ -I ,,The Legation Quarter is another plicity of Marshal Yen Hsi-shan and ' argument used against moving the his Shansi men. On his' first day in capital to, Peiping. Ardent -National - the city, Marshal Yen set the keynote; lets dislike this ,foreign village ruled of this new government. Ile took up by foreigners in the heart of the city his quarters in the Ministry of War, which has' been the capital of the instead of In the President's Palace Gbinese Republic. They point out where Chang Tso-lin lived in well+: that if the capital is kept in Nanking; guarded splendor., In place of the this troublesome problem will be auto - elaborate body -guard which watched matically solved. Eventually, they all approaches_to the, Mukden war; say, the Legations will be compelled lord's residence, a few poorly -clad to remove to Nanking, on the same men from' the Shansi hills stood idly basis as In any other world capital. 't around Marshal "Yen's door,o which In the meantime; the foreign diplo- all visitors were admitted without mats will doubtless remain here, but very close inspection. - I•the Nationalists say it is just as well The conntedlous buildings of the to have foreign representatives at a various ministries, which have been little distance from their evolving reserved for their original purpose government,—Christian Science Monapan, all previous .occasions, even tar:. A N -" Resort? Ojibway Indians Surrender Snake Island to Govern- ment to Be Sold; Funds to Be Added to In- dian Reserve Snake island, Lake Simcoe, a sec- tion of the Ojibway Indian reserve, Is for sale'. Located about- ten miles south of Georgina Island, the -hnad- quarters"' of the Ojibways, and two miles off Lake Simeoe's eastern shore, it consists of 828 acres of heavily' wooded and 'fertile land, No longer do the ()Jamey Indians need it for their own use. They have surrendered it to the Government, which is now attempting to sell it for them. The sale price, which will likely be around $250,000, will be ad- ded to the Indian reserve fund for the maintenance and care of the jibway tribe. Only• in the summer months is Snake Island now habtted. Twp girls' camps have. their location there, re- ceiving the use of the Island gratis. Perhaps half a dozen cottagers'have realized ...the beauties of the spot, and return each` summer to make it. -their home. 'Tis a famous island, this,' Here sat the Council ring. when the braves of the Qjibway and Iroquois tribes waged ferocious warfare on the green banks of Lake Simcoe. Many of the famous Ojibway chiefs first saw the light of day on Snake Island. There. 97 years ago,beneath a gnarled oak, old Big Canoe was born. The oak re- mains just as gnarled_. and stately as ever, but Big: Canoe's fighting days are done. He lies at Georgina, frail land weak, beloved by all who knew him, With the sale of this Island one more landmark Is pearling from the -t--hands of the redskins. Onemoreold stamping ground has disappeared. The Indians are grad- ually becoming Canadianized. The young braves. are not now content to live as. their forbears did, but mow desire to live as their white cousins, -"Telegram.." The. Master Boxer' From The Toledo Blade) Despite the undercurrent of desire" to have .one champion dethroned and another set' up in his stead, the longer ,Gene Tunney retains the title he holds' the bettor it will be, for the youth of America. If we must have pugilistic champions, Tunney is the most desir- able type. ,Be is morally, mentally and -physically inspiring. He lives cleanly and thinks clearly. Gene Tunney is, the outstanding ex- ponent of self-defense, to him a sci- • once, Not only 10; he the ' master. boxer of to -day,' but is conspicuously' the master' of, himself. Tho result of Thursday night's contest was never in doubt. 'rise champion had prelrarod himself' for the night's work, self- trained. to do the job, with deference ' to the rules of the game. There wore no accusattone of "low blows" or "rabbit punches." It was uniuspirin'g to any who are without Mete for black., eyes and blot ay noses, but it was a fair fight; foug^nt with the ,]tinct of seen:ase diet takes mon into battle for their country, rather than shift the responsibility onto others. The mob may howl for another champion and get him—that is inevi- table—but he will not be of a higher type of manhood than Ufa . present titleholder. And Gene Tunney will be a splendid citizen when he is no long- er a 'ring champion. (From The Cincinnati .Enquirer) And, it also :can be claimed that. Tunny's brain as well as his hands contributed to his victorios. It is in that particular, as well as 1u flstio: drill that he stands above meet con- testants. The public of the prize ring wants a champion who lives his part aid does not find much inspiration' in one who out of tho ring would rather read booke and talk Shalsespaaro than dlsbues prize fighting. There always has been a rivalry between brain and brawn, and most often the victory has been t0 lite fornmer,. Or to the one who possessed both. Tunney possesses both in large measure, had someone bettor than he in bath niust bo found hofol'e there 10 likely to, rib a new. champion. p Robluson, over the Canadians was a diatinct surprise. Her time in the trials was considerably slower than that made by the Canadian sprinters, although she won the heat in whiolb Miss 13011 wee eliminated. While Fanny ` Rosenfeld equalled the world's record, it was on Myrtle: Cools that Canadian officials pinned their great hope of victory. Her disqualification was a serious blow to Canadian aspiraticus. Air Development With development work on the Walker Airport being rushed ahead, there comes w•ord that air mail ser vice between Windsor and Toronto, with London as an Intermediate point may be established within a fort- night. This intimation follows an- nouncement of a, pending merger of nearly all Canadian companies en- gaged in passenger and freight carry - ng by air, The Toronto -Windsor lino is expected to be one or a series of air finks between various Canadian cities, and =fleeting, also, with many American Dints. The next five or ten years will see a tremendous. development in the business of flying. Travel by air and the handling of malls and 1 eight are bound to become common. The safe- ty factor- is being •continually em- p-hasized and•,the saving of time that it is possible to effect in handling, both people and goods in this modern fashion, is something that commends the airway to efficient business peo- ple the world over. It is satisfactory to know 'that the Border Cities, with their new airport, are shortly to be in "on the ground floor" of the flying industry, and local business men are 'looking forward to the day when ibis community will be the centre of airplane manufacturing for the dominion, a development :that Is only natural when one considers its close relation to the automotive in- dustry and the position we occupy in this respect.. That the. Border Cities will have not one, but. several air- ports in operationduring the next few years, is not to be doubted. Italy Under Fire Washington Post: Those who have made it their business to turn the Italia disaster to the discredit of Italy have done a good job. Their prepostor- out tales have taken root. Eventual- ly it will be recognized that General Nubile, sorrowfully returning to re- port to his countrymen, was a most pitiful figure as he was forced to shun the public in this journey. For the time being he is an outcast, despised In- a small way I am a journalist •for an incident over which he had net myself.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. the remotest control "Eights That- Fail" Jam Quincy Traffic Crowds . from Beaches Honk but Wait Until Waved by Red Signals Quincy, Mass. -Quincy motorists have a new commentary on the opera- tion peration of automatic traffic signals in a recent experience which tied up long lines of cars on several miles of the city's principal •streets and highways during an afternoon when pleasure travel to and from the beaches was especially heavy. It was a new version of "The Light That Failed." A trolley wire in City Square fell across the wires which regulate the signal lights throughout the auto- nraltic system recently installed by the city. The result, was that every light stayed just as it happened to be when the wires were short-circuited. At every red light traffic stopped and waited. It waited a long time and then waited some more. The lines be- hind lengthened and honked. By that t nie police sergeants were rushing patrolmen from their hones to take traffic posts and becicon to the drivers to pass red lights. It was some time before the conges- tion was cleared: One officer reported an unbroken line of automobiles at one time extended from Quincy Square to North Weymouth, a distance of four miles. The police commented that the incident was proof of the obedi- ence motorists give to the signal lights, Nicaragua and Peace Detroit News: Not one citizen of the United States could give any justifi- able explanation of the presence of the bombing planes in Nicaragua or furnish any justification for their kill- ing Nicaraguans. And an extremely humiliating feature of the whole busi- ness is that the people of European countries, whom at the present mo- ment wo are persuading to sign treat- ies outlawing war, don't know any more than we do why we are fighting with the Nicaraguans. ADAMSON'S ADVENTUY ES—By 0. Jacobsson. Four Spanish Airmen Off t. n World- Cruise Expect to Circle Globe in 45 Days—Get Away After Three Atte,mpts Cadiz, ,Spain—With guitars'c strum- ming a farewell four Spanish• airmen hopped off recently in a four -motored seaplane on the first lap of a flight around the world In forty-five days. Two attempts were necessary before the plane, named Numancia, rose from the waters after part of its load had been lightened. At 7.15 a.m., on the third attempt, the plane took off and headed for the Azores, some 1200 miles away. From there the airmen intend to head tor Hatifaz and then New York, Before Leaving, Ramon Franco, pilot and commander, informed the Ae- sociated Press correspondent that he Impact to be back in Cadiz in forty- five days. Captain. Ruiz de Aida, who was with Franco on the first flight across the Smith Atlantic in 1926, was navigator aboard the plane. The otber members of the crew were Emilio Gallarza, co-pilot, and Pablo Rada, mechanic A picturesque crowd gathered on the beach to see the airmen off, Men, l women and children had been as- sembling sines midnight. Some had guitars and by two o'clock in the morning many couples were dancing in the moonlight, while the children sang. Meanwhile the four airmen were aboard the plane, anxiously awaiting the moment of departure. At 6.15 the Numancia's four 500 horsepower ,motors added their roar to the music which came across the water from the shore. A few minutes later the gray sea- plane with a Spanish flag painted on its side sped over the waters of the harbor. It was unable to rise. An- other futile attempt was made and then the plane was lightened. On the third try the plane rose grace- fully from the water. It circled over Pureto Real nearby and t11en disap- peared toward the Azores. The plane will be navigated by directional wire - Ca Attracts Attention Canada could have no finer na- tional advertising than that contained in a handsome circular recently is- sued by the Messrs. Frazier Seike& Company, well-known New York brok- ers. The circular contains a survey of the dominion investment field and a great deal of useful general inform- ation concerning our country. It is appropriately captioned, "The Land of Promise." Here is a sample quotation from the New York firm's summing up of rho Canadian situation; "Canada is growing in importance as a land of opportunity for American investment. Since the war, Canada and the United States 'have develop- ed their mutual interests • in finance, in industrial production, and in com- mei'cial Intercourse, This inter- dependence is more marked than that of any two countries which are not. related politically. "Investments of rho United States in Canada since 1920 are estimated to have exceeded $2,500,000,090 and aro now said to be greater than those of all other countries combined. Canadian investments In the United States are estimated approxicately. $750,000,000 compared with $119,000,- 000 in countries of the British Empire, other than Canada," Sontetitnes it takes an outsider to see 111nigs that those in the heart of ,.•. n col{{itri' ori ii commutttty fail to ap- preciate. This has often hoer the G,1Se '110 far as,,. Canada is caacor'ied, Happily, however, Canadians aro now showing a keener appreciation of the Igreatness of their own nation, and it is good for Canada that tale is so. si>'a -- To Amundsen Whatever the ultimate Fate of Cad tairi Amundsen,.this tneasage 210111 the San Fm'anelsco ")tx.iiilner"'will be read with symj)sthy: (Tile Gjoa, the craft-iq; whicli cap. tails Amundsen made the Noz'thwest Passage, is uow in Golden Gate X'arir, at the oeoen beach.) O Winged Winds of the North— a, Winds from the world's white rine. -,,• Out where the lamps of the stars I-Iang low and their lights are dire., Toll nie-What of my Captain -- Fearless Viking of Storms- -, What has become of him? Ones I was free as you Upon the nights that stun, Aud: felt the sharp, white teeth of lee,' The shears of sleet and hail. And the slashing words of the. rain, But against the dauntless will 021 one, How could these prevail? I Now from my deck the spklrrows fly,' My masts : are baro as a stringless !tarp:, Except for you, 0 Winds, Only the ghosts of the sea come nigh, Again, I call to you! Winds from t'bo world's white rim, When is Amundsen— Viking of 'Storms— What has become of him? —By John G. Jury, The Disadvantages of Age A London despatch notes that Dr, Voronoff's belief that human life can. be prolonged 150 years, has not been received with enthusiasm in centen, arian 'circles there. No dess titan 13 persons, men and women, who have passed the century mark, were Inter- viewed nterviewed on the subject. Only one of thein replied with an unqualified affirmative that he would caro to live on for another four or five decades. If everyone reaching a century or, more ucold be strong andactive, Per. pie might look at tae idea in a differ•. ent way. Age, however, takes 1te certain toll and when men andwo- men have attained the hundred mark or near it, they are, inmost cases, quite prepared to depart for another land. In any event, the fear of death . has passed. In most cases it is, something to which they Iook for ward with pleasurable anticipation, Great age,. in most cases,' is very lot'1ely. One's friends are usually gone. The world has changed. Os- caslonaily, of course, one finds a very old man or woman to whom life is still sweet. The late Mr. Adam Brown, of Hamilton, was an example of tbose who grew old gracefully by keeping in step with the times. Mr. Brown died not long ago. He . was not far from the century mark, Yet, until only a short time before his demise, he was an active man, parti- cipating In social and business affairs and thoroughly enjoying the things that went on about him. In such happy circumstances, however, only a comparatively few And themselves. and this explains the attitude of the ancient Londoners who were inter viewed on the subject of Dr. Vorone off's prediction. Vacations in Ontario Taking advantage of the good roads Ontario has. provided and is continu- ing to provide for tourists, the Owen ' Sound 'iSunTimes" issues a strong appeal for vacationists to spend their summer holidays in the Georgian Bay, and Lake Huron district. Not only s does the Owen Sound newspaper want ' < Canadians to Dome to the district for the trip, but visitors are Bought from all over the United States as well. Those who have already been to the Georgian Bay territory and have motored over the highways that skirt the lake and wend up hill and down dale through superb scenery, claim thetrip is one that will always be remembered as among the: most en- joyable they have ever experienced. There are many Canadians who do not fully realize the attractiveness of their own country. PIeasant holidays may be spent without going very far from home. Cowards Who Hit and Run Boston Transcript: The hit -and. run driver is not deserving of mercy. There are criminals for whom it is pometimes ditilanit not to entertain feelings of syinaitthy. Such an atria tude towards the coward who striker in the dark with a weapon of fifty horsepower or more, and then speeds on, hoping to 'escape in the fog of anonymity, Is impossible. Illiterate Immigrants Oltiaage Post: Many Americans • are Inclined to be lenient towards forst.a.,4i Immigrants who live in colonies anit make small effort to learn Engls'h bei yond the little that is essential for outside communication, but this visat; ,is wrong. An ability to rend as . wes0}} as to speak English tntelligontl should be required before they ar41 admitted to citizenship, Auntie, to little niece, aged sevenfa' whb has been left temporarily charge of brother, aged three: "Wei Effie, dear, I hope you have been tiuit a mother to him, while tatitntasae !mail away." Effie: "Oh, yes, Mantle, and., , 1 liave! I'vo smaokod him three` tinle4,' ehall Leyden produced another jar whey;'. world astronomers meeting there' re,. solved that 1 pan. aereafter known as 18 o'aiocfh,.