The Seaforth News, 1930-06-12, Page 2Western Canada Empire Message.
Produces Gasoline Issued By Premier
ier
Almost Inexhaustible Supply Mr. King Says Liberal Budget
Can be Obtained from Oil
Sands -Will Make West
'Independent of Fuel
'Ottawas -Gasoline 4n almost unlimit-
ed quantities can be commercially pro-
duced from oil sands in Northern Al-
berta:. Announcement of this discov-
ery was made by Dr, E. H. Boomer,
of the Diversity of Alberta, -address-
ing the Rational Research Council.
The credit for a new method, which budget of 1930• -By progressive; ex -
yields light oils suitable for the pro -
tensions of the British and Empire
preferences, by facilities for welcom-
ingto Canada the R-100, and by other
means our country has afforded a mac,-
deal
iac-tieal demonstration of her desire to
Addressed to British
Comrllonwealth ]_
Ottawa,—On the eve of Empire Day,
Premier Mackenzie King issued a
message to the people of Canada and
of the British Empire generally, He
stressed the need of tightening the
bonds of Empire and of welding to-
gether an economic unit.,
Premier I{ing's message follows:
'Canada's Empire Day message is the
auction of gasoline, goes to Dr. Boom-
er and Oa. A. 11. Clark, of the Univer-
sity of Alberta. A semi -commercial
plant is now in operation in the field
and results show that Western Can-
ada, at least, will shortly be iridepend- see developed palieies Which elle lie-
ent iu the production of motor fuel. Heves are not only in her own interest
Research in connection with tsar but equally In the interest of all parts
sands has been conducted for several tions, of the British commonwealth of na-
years under grants by the National ,Canada's action in this particular
Research Council and energetic study is the outcome of no spirit of jealous
has produced striking )exults, it was economic.exclusiveness toward other
revealed, nations. Our partals of trade are open
By the aplilicatiau of hydrogen ob- to the world on terms of fair ex -
oat from the enormous quantities change. We value, however, our as -
of
of natural gas available in Alberta, Dr.
Boomer has hydrogenated the tai' and sociation as a member of the British
produced a light oil that readily Commonwealth of Natians. In our
cracks to produce gasoline. growth toward full stature of nation -
Dr. Clark and Dr. Boomer have been hood, we have strengthened the ties of
wonting for a considerable period on
sentiment and tradition which bind us
While India is Disturbed 'Many Are Loyal
THE GREATEST HONOR POSSIBLE FOR INDIAN SOLDIERS
The King's Indian orderly officers for this year enjoy a joke upon their
arrival from India at London docks, recently,
schemes to melte tar sand and iia to the motherland and our sister na- _
i 1 E
tura] gas available for commercial
tions
' t to moue. Prince Will Visit i ®n ld Bankconsumptimi in transportable form..
It is especially gratifying to note
The first step in the process was to that out late extension of the Biitish
extract the tar from the tar sands, and Empire preference has met with
then by the introduction of natural such a spontaneous and wholehearted
response in the British press, irrespec-
gas into the combination a method five of party aifili- :ions. Trade is es -
has been found to produce a light oil , sentiallp a matter of business, but in
from which gasoline can readily be the conduct of our national business
mnmita ctured, a e are happy to remember tha' we are
Almost Inexhaustible members of a great community- of na-
Tar ::ands in northern Alberta were tions under the British crown, which
stated to be almost inexhaustible offers unexampled opportunity for fra-
while natural gas, with its important ternal co-operation and commercial
content of hydrogen, is also present in enterprise in the era of vast develop -
enormous quantities. ment which awaits the world in this
The foot that a plant for the pro twentieth century,"
duction of gasoline has already been
set. up and has e t rblishe'1 definite
cuunuerrial possibiiites is regarded Further' Delays
Wales by Plane Opens Quietly
London,—The Prince of Wales will
make three visits by air within a short
time to Wales. He will ily from Lon-
don to Cardiff shortly to open an ex-
tension to the Cardiff University. On
June 8 he will again visit Cardiff by
air, attending the annual Witsuntide
conference of the British Legion. On
July 23 he will visit Carnarvon, where
the Royal Welsh Agylen'tural Society's
exhibition Is to be held.
Their Majesties will spend -Whitsun-
tide at Saneringham i. Norfolk, re-
turning to London for a few days af-
terwards before going to Royal Ascot
here as a favorable indication that In
R-100 light for d
gasoline from pi•o(iuets that formerly J a comthemandraces, performanceRecentlythey of "Haattendemlet"
went to waste is now beyond mere
possibility and promises the founding' London Newspaper Recounts
of an importvtt industry. y,
Officials of the National Rr. e,rch History of Minor
Coturril were last night enthusiastic Mishaps Dennmrlt-
as to the possibilities of the new meth- Lnnilon.—Tho aeronautical Correa-
011 as far as Western Canaria was con-; pendent of the :horning Post discusses
cerned, and agreed that with large, the mrbts which have been widely ex- Frui
dt Trees in
at the old Vic., stronghold of Shakes-
pearian actors, where John Gielgud,
new actor, has created a sensation
.with his portrayal of the Prince of
plants and large production, gasniinet pressed concerning the fitness of the
from this source would eventually be -1 dirigible 11.-100 to undertake her flight
come a competitive factor 00 the mar- i t.o Canacln, which is now scheduled to
kets of Easte Canada,
Tory Comments I begin about the end of the month, and
suggests that the trip should be fur -
Dr. 11. M. Tory. president of the Na- ther.pnstponed.
tionai Researrlr Connell, expressed his The immediate incident giving rise
approval of the discovery made by Dr. to these doubts was the collapse of
Boomer and Dr. ('lark. Dr. Tory said the toil -fairing" during the airship's
tbat the new method of producing mid -week flight.
gasoline from tar sands held great pro-
mise and pronounced it the most sig-
nificant development in this direction
in several years.
Gel ma.n Foreign
Policy Outlined
'Every time the airship is flown,"
says the newspaper's correspondent,
"some defect is discovered," The cor-
respondent suggests further hone test
flights -botiki be made until all the
troubles have been definitely over-
come and there should be further de-
lay for the careful study of airship
pressures,
"These pressures," continues the
Chancellor Emphasizes Coun- Mornhig Post, "were the subject of
model tests at the the
Physical
try's Desire to Disarm Laboratory before the R-100 and the
Berlin.—Chancellor Heinrich Gruen R-101 were built, but it is plain that
ing, leader n4 Germany's Coalition there mast be some discrepancies be -
Government re ently 11' debut t tween the model and the full l i
Good Condition
Ottawa,—A survey of the principal
fruit producing districts indicates that
on May 1 fruit trees and plantations
generally were in excellent condition,
says the first crop report of the sea-
son, released by the Dominion Fruit
Branch, The plantations having pass-
ed through the winter with compare-
tively little frost injury, it may be ex-
pected fairly average crops will re-
sult, provinding growing conditions
are normal, the report ands.
Strawberry and raspberry planta-
tions were reported in a more ad-
vanced condition in most districts
than on the sante date last year. In
British Columbia the strawberry crop
is expected to be ten days earlier
while in Ontario conditions indicate
harvesting will commence about the
same time as last year.
u mace its r e m c a t e u scale 'e- Remember that clocks keep on•
as interpreter to the world 01 (45r- sults to account for the defects which workin e when they strike.
many', foreign polk•y ens disarma- have appeared."
ment desires. ---.; —
Addressing foreign correspondents Television Used
of 27 nations, at the annual banquet'
of the Foreign Press Association of
Berlin, he took for his theme Ger-
many's desire for world disarmament
and her pacific intentions toward
other nations. bined with radio gave a new form of
'The German people are united in theatrical entertainment recently.
the realization that Germany's renals An orchestra was directed by a man
sane° can be achieved only by per- who could be seen in image, yet was
he declared. miles away.
sonal co-operation with all peoples," A vaudeville performer stood on the
"Everything making possible, or fa- stage and gave his act, A few min-
cilitating this peitceful co-operation rites later he gave the same act sev-
will always find our hearty support, eral miles away and the audience
.Above all we shall support measures, heard it again,
calculated to safeguard peace." The entire performance was through
tests by the General Electric Company
and was based on a system devised by
Dr. E. F, W. Alexanderson, consulting
engineer of the General Electric Com-
pany and the Radio Corporatiop.
As the audience entered the theatre
they saw John Gamble, the musical
director, lead the orchestra. The or-
cbeatra was at their regular'positions
in
the bit but Gamble was present
only in image, Fie in reality was
standing in front of a disc in Dr.
Alexanderson's studio several miles
away while, the saunas coming from
his orchestra were relayed to him by
telephone.
•
In Theatre Show
Schene,•tacly, N.Y.—Television core
Air Mail {* ecord
Goes to Canada.
Canada now holds the world's re-
cord for air mail speed as well as for
operating efficiency, since D. S. Bon-
durant, air mail pilot, flew from Tor-
onto to Montreal, a distance of 340
miles, at an average speed 01 193
miles per hour a short time ago, and
W. Fleming flew mall from Saint John,
N.B., to alontreal at an average speed
of 240 miles per hour.
According to authentic figures, Can-
ada also holds the title for the highest
efficiency as regards successful air
mail flights. The laurel goes to Cana -
dials Airways Ltd., which company
showed an operating efficiency of 85:3
per cent. Po rtlre last 19 months.
Another record flight was that of
"Shorty" Hatton, a regular air mail
pilot who flew from Montreal to Monc-
ton, a distance of 480 miles, in three
hours and 45 minutes.
Pleased
"How did you like the andirons
Uncle Tem sent you?"
"Oh, they did my hearth goad."
New Hats For Men
Old Styles Pass
Chicago,—Colored straw hats for
men are to be more variegated, and
the well-dressed holiday crowd this
summer may resemble a sign -painter's'
nightmare, the Millinery Association
of American heard recently as mer-
chants from all ports of the country
gathered trade information,
No longer must the strong sex con-
tent itself with sedate whites and tans
in selecting the straw hat.
Pale tints and bright colors will
rule, along with butter yellow, aqua -
tone green and linen blue.
Basel, Switz.—The Bank for Inter-
national Settlements threw open its
doors for business 011 May 17 without
ceremony of any kind to meek incep-
tion of the Young Plan, which will
settle the World War financial prob-
lem.
The signature of a trust agreement
took place Monday in Paris. On that
day, also, the bank expected to receive
advice of transfer by S. Parker Gil-
bert, Agent -General for Reparations
under the Dawes plan, of 145,000,000
gold marks from the Reparations Com-
mission. The amount will be placed
on the books of the International
Bank, but the actual money will re-
main provisionally In Berlin.
The bank actually began to function
with 13 employees in addition to its
directors, officers and other adminis-
trators. For the 40 or so jobs to be
filled in the near future 9000 applica-
tions already are on file. Until a
building being prepared for it can be
completed, the bank's funds and valu-
able papers must rest in the vaults of
various other institutions.
Warn Motorists
Chimney Clock Bett - r Outook Goldfish and King
Towers
In World Trade Staunch Friends
A Giant " Barometer, With Chancellor of Exchequer
Thermometer Beside it, Resist All Attempts at
Completes a New' Fac- Unsound Measures '
tory Idea London,=Beating of the Ameri
Town -planning experts will not al-
low factories to disfigure the towns of
tomorrow, so work designers' have to
produce factories that are pleasant to
the eye, •
There have been several ingenious
to I When. Francis Toseph, the Emperor'
of Austria, who led' his people in the
Great War, became too old to hunt the
chamois in the mountains, as le had
can loved to do, his doctors ordered him to
stools market slump upon the present
world trade depression was discussed
by William Graham, president of the '
Board of Trade, and Philip Snowden,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently,
both of these recognized authorities
take long walks in his garden in
Sclionbrunn,,a thing he found terribly
dull. After a while he discovered that
he had a companion in solitude -an
old goldfish, blind in one eye, who
dived all alone in one of the fountains.
ni ei• Eell into the habit
attempts to do this recently. The'most on finance and industry holding that Soon tae E
.. p or
effective is at the Chiswick Polish serious as present conditions are, the of keeping a,. few breadcrumbs by him
Works, Loudon, where they have put turning point is within sight. fnrvisit, the fish, which welcomed his daily
up a factory chimney unique in Bri- Mr. Graham, speaking in the House
q One summer, wlrile FranMs Joseph
tain. of Commons,, said .that from all the ,
What might have been an eyesore evidence in the possession of his de- was away, the poor am fish died, and
has been transformed into a pleasing pertinent it would appear that the
tower, designed the Court functionaries, greatly flur-
on clear-cut but shape- damage by the, Wall Street debacle of i•ied at that .thought that the tlyperor
ly lines, in the modern manner. The last fall would not be so -pronounced might miss his old friend, despatched
novelty ise that on three sides'of it are 00. so prolonged as has been appre- a young officer of the Court to
tbuyha
large clocks, and on the fourth side a handed, A warning to speculators on substitute. He went g
giant barometer, with - a' huge tiler- both sides of the Atlantic would be biggest livestock dealer he knew of;
theco mometer scale covering the same wall. salutary, sire said. Commodity prices but though he found goldfish in plenty,
The two instruments are the largest in had practically reached rock.bottom. they were all too young and handsome
untry.
"1 don't honestly think •they can go fpr his purpose, So he took a Cab and
The barometer is nine feet in-iliam much lower,"' was his confident pro- drove all round Vienna till he came to
nounoement, a little dingy shop whose entire stack
Substitution of the Young plan for seemed, to consist of .half a dozen
the Dawes plan, airs Graham went. on, white mice, some canaries, and—oh
the chits
eter, and the thermometer scale, un-
derneath it, occupies thirty feet of the
tower's total sixty feet, and is seven
feet wide. Its figures, painted white,
are ten inches high, so that they can considerable recovery in central Bur- a glass bow. Tnrpuls ve y
ire easily read from a distance. ope with consequent encouragement tushed, into tike shop, and declared
Triumph For British Enterprise for British industry and commerce" that he
must have that fish at any
An ordinary c Tillery thermometer
"makes it possible to look forward to joYl—one old and bloated goldfish in
i I
Cheap money in Britain should create prt°e•
to used, and it connects with the con -
enterprises that have been delayed in "That?" asked the dealer in sur -
tool mechanism, inside a little cabin During the last, fortnight alone $80, pi fees "4Vhy it's not worth 'buying.
at the foot of the tower, by mercury anticipation of a fall in the bank rate, Tt's quite.old, and blind 111 one eye."
filled tubes. 000,000 of new capital has been auth- "Is it? 011, good'." exclaimed he
As soon as a change Of temperature l (wised for overseas development. officer. "What will you take for ft?"
moves the mercury -it touches a tiny l
lever, which, in turn, Operates another e'
slightly larger lever, and that "steps ierlll��rd Mar
ftp" the motive force until it touches Albertan Train
a' weighted balance: brunn in triumph; and wheel the Eni-
The balance still more magnifies the perces bndc from his holidays, went to
the fountain to see if his friend re -
impulthin wire running right up the tower.
se so that it will set moving a Passengers Go Hungry Until membered him, a lazy, bloated, one -
to the top of •the scale. A counter -bal-
ancing weight in the middle of this
completes the work, and the white
pointer moves to record the new tem-
perature.
The principle is exactly the same for
the barometer, except that a thin air -
cuter rod runs en to its face and alters
the pointer. Biclie pulled into the Edmonton sta- granted the proud title of Purveyor to •
H[s imperial Majesty Francis Joseph.
The tower mechanism is a triumph
tion after being held up ten hours in a —Tho Humane Pleader.
for British enterprise, for two German snowdrift at Bon Accord, 26 miles
flims who were approached declined northeast of Edmonton.
the job because of its difficulty, -but a The tremendous drift, which caught
British firm willingly took it on.—Ans- Do Tree Color?
Ior.9
flee two engines and coaches of the
Stere,
ons
The dealer, who was an honest'man,
refused to take any money for the fish,
and the officer was forced to accept it
as a present. He carried it to Schon -
Kind -Hearted Farmers
Form Relief Ration
Party
Edmonton—The strangest freak of
the blizzard which swept the greater
part of Central and Northern Alberta
recently came to light when. the North-
ern Alberta Railway train from Lac la
opened his mouth for crumbs.
Francis Toseph, who had few friends
left to him, observed wistfully that
goldfish seemed to be immortal; and
a few weeks later a little suburban
livestock dealer was immensely as-
tonished to learn that he had been.
train and held them until released by
snowplows, was estimated to be 15
Aviatrix Breaks feet deep. No one was injured, but
some of the passengers received a se•
-"- vera shaking up.
Women's Air Record • There was no diner on tate train,
and passengers Buffered from the
Daring British Girl Covers pangs of hunger until farmers formed
9,900 Miles Alone in , a relief ration squad and arrived at
19 Days
On. R-100 Visit Darwin, Australia,—Mise Amy John-
son, 22 -year-old British flier, com-
pleted a hazardous 9,000,mile solo
flight from England, when she landed
here safely.a.
The golden -haired university grad-
uate didn't break the solo Eight record
of 15?% days, matte by Bert Hinkley
three years ago, but in her trill across
Europe, Asia and the Malay settle-
ments, she flew through storms and
met with accidents which threatened
at times to force her to return home
in defeat. The Slight is a record for
an aviatrix.
National conditions look worst when
last election's promises have been fox-.
gotten and the next election's Pro
-
anises are not out Yet,
The officials of the Montreal Motor-
ists' League are sending a post card
to all their members calling attention
to the request made to them to leave
their cars at home when visiting the
R-100 at St. Hubert and to go to and
from the airport by train, A regular
system of trains direct to the Airport
will be ran to and from the Canadian
National station and every comfort is
assured by the railroad officials, Mo-
torist League °Metals point out that
while the highways to and from Mont-
real via the two bridges are certain
to be congested with traffic that the
Principle trouble will be found by the
want of proper parking facilities at
the airport, -
Pilgrims at Ontario Shrine
Jesuit Martyrs' shrine at Penetang, Ont„ on site of St. Mary, headquarters of Huron missions of seventeenth
century, Is visited by hundreds of pilgrims every Sunday, Jesuit fathers killed by Troquis are to be canonized
shortly,
the marooned train with coffee and
sandwiches,
Earl's Sword
Comes to Canada
Ottawa—Hallowed by its continu-
ous association with Earl Jellicoe
throughout his entire career with the
British battle fleet, . a ceremonial
sword which is the prize for cadet
shooting throughout the Britislr Em-
pire, was presented by His Excellency
the Governor -Genial to Millbrook Con-
tinuation School, Millbrook, Ont„ on
the occasion of the annual inspection
of the Ottwa Collegiate Institute cadet
brigade.
Ear1Jellicoe's sword thus comes to
Canada for the first time. It was won
by the Millbrook School in 1929 at rifle
competitions, but results of the shoot-
ing by schools and corps all over the
world were announced only recently,
Toads Given Chance
London—A public call has been is-
sued to all motorists to spare the
toads this season. It is pointed out
that particularly in May anti June the
toads gather under electric lights and
are slattghter•ed in scores. Farmers
and gardeners declare that toads are
wonderful assistants in riding crops
of bugs. "Give the toads a chance" is
the new slogan.
France Says "Goodbye"
The change of color In certain frogs,
chameleons and fishes to simulate
their background is one of the most
interesting phenomena in nature.
Many frogs can, within a few minutes,
alter tlreh• color from nearly black to
white to harmonize with an object on
which they are resting. Many compli-
cated factors enter into these color
changes, but in a general way it may
be said that they are produced by the
expansion and contraction of the pig-
ment cells in the outer layers of the
skin, Each cell is linked up with the
sympathetic and central nervous sys-
tem by means of nerve fibers and they
can all act in harmony as the result
of a common stimulus. The Stimulus
maye be due to moisture, light or tem-
perature acting directly on the outer
skin; cerebral excitment; food or the
creature's physiological condition; or
the surroundings acting through tate
eyes. One investigator found that
blind tree frogs did not change color
as rapidly as those with normal eye-
sight, and Dr, Samuel Mast attributes
the color adaptations in flounders to
stimuli received through the eyes and
originating in the colors of the back-
ground,—The Humane Pleader.
Ways and Means
The business of the two brothers
was distinctly baa and had been for
some time so they decided to hold a.
board meeting on their own.
"Fred," said the elder brother, "no
doohave noticed that things
ar'eubpt ytyu
bad lately?"
Fred nodded solemnly.
"L certainly have, Jack," he answ-
ered, "We'll go bust unless we have
-well, say, a little burglary?'
Jack looked thoughtful, and then
shook lits head.
"Why not the old-fashioned but
simple fire?" he nnirmured.
"No, no," but in Fred, "Burglary's
To the Rhine' "far better. If the insurance people
Wiesbaden".Germany, — The final I refuse to pay up, we don't lose any -
evacuation of the Rhineland occupied thing."
area, for more than a decade the goal
of German cliplomacy and the dream
of the German people, begun officially
on May 20. The Onstotlian of German
properties received notification to this
effect front the Supreme Command of
the French Army of the Rhineland.
Cost of - Living
Drops 2 Per Cent,
Ottawa.—The cost of living in Can-
ada, based on the retail prices of foo[],
fuel, rent, clothing and sundries, was
lower in April than in any of the past
six months, although prices remained
slightly higher than. in the spring of
1929, The Dominion Bureau of Sta-
tistics' index of retail prices for April
shows a reduction of nearly 2 per cent.
since the first of the year,
Another phase of .muah-needed na-
tional adjustment 18 disclosed by the
fact that there are over 20,000,000
automobiles. and less than 1,000,000
hospitals beds in the U.S.
The trouble with the average mod-
ern girl is that she doesn't think she brought slowly to the boll, and left
is average, to cool in the water?
Quick Change
Mrs, Smith was in urgent need of
a maid, so she went to tite nearest
employment exchange to see what
they could do fol' her,
"I-Iow many maids clo you place In
a ween?'.' she asked the clerk, when
her own arrangements had been sans
factorily made.
The clerk did not hesitate' to ane-
wer-
"Between forty and fifty," she re-
turned,
"Really," murmuredalirs, Smith-
"That • must be something like two
thousand a year."
"I don't know," came back the an-
swer; "you see, they are always the
same forty."
Do You 'Know—
. That a wet oven -cloth prevents
many burnt fingers?
That a new casserole should first
be rubbed en the outside with a raw
old= to pvevent . 'sweating," then
placed in a vessel of cold water,