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The Seaforth News, 1933-12-14, Page 7THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933 n Ira rnee intwetule.een eeeeeereeneeettweeeenueweenteweenteeeeenedi w plicat Msou,nthly State Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index, The Seaforth. News Phone 84 .a11��Bt1�'u I_w II+�aa�n0 wn- II�bU��un+Ilp�� e THE SEAFORTI N ,WS Victoria 9 City of All -Year ;m r ANEW A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it with $1 for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by TAS °Helenas SCIENCE Pneuen5 01 SOCIETY' Boston, Massachusetts, II, S. A. in It YOU wilt And the dailj good news of the world ea, 000 interests, special writers. no well as departments devoted to w anance, ,location, radio, etc .You will ' be glad to welcome Into sour home so fearless as advocate of peaceand prohibition. And don't miss Raabe, Our Dog. and thesundial and .the ether features, THE CHRISTIAN Serums Morlrroa, Back Bay Station, Boston, Mass. i Please send me' a six weeks' trial subscription. I enclose one dollar (9 ). (Nome, Memo print) (Address) (Town) (State) :SECRETS OF THE AFGHAN BLOOD FEUD The curtain has risen on yet anoth- er act in the blood -sodden <lraina • of elte Afghanistan dynasty. 'rash month cause the news ,of the f Mohammed Nadir acs:issitiatiatt a Sitah Ohazi,`the King of Afghanis - twee According to reports, the ill-fated Icing was shot and stalbbed standing 'at the entrance of the royal 'harens. There can be nothing in the whole, everld equoll ito the horror of this tra- gic fate which hat followed the kings of Afghanistan. It is a story of.viciousness and anur- rler—a series of crimes so barbarous that they have sent a shudder through army civilised country, 'Every king wh'o mounts the Af- ghan throne does so in the full knowl- edge that he is a marled Titan. Be knows only .too well that he will he surrounded day and night by .ruth- less' political enemies, spied upon and plotted against and—unless he can +seep a grip of the situation—brottgh't co his. doom, No dynasty was ever faced with such coitossal tasks as these kings of ti`ghanistan. "'You would think you a -ere reigning in Heaven -a know I aro nslvttg in Hell." In these 'bitter cords, the Aniir El Kebir, ruler of Afghanistan from 10611; to 1951, de- scribed his kingdom. ' UJrrlike most of his ..predecessors, who evet'e assassinated; the king end - ad his reign by dyingpeecefeley in tied- He was proba'bly .the "s'tro'ngeslt ,zeler Afghanistan has ever had, He ruled with a rod of iron; he was ruth- less and cruel in his methods and it he as much as suspected that rival actions were working against him he would nip the plot in the bud by the wholesale extertniisailion of bis en-' .enties. iHe world trder hundredis of MCC to be tortured and' executed. IIe e, cowed, his rivals 'hh'at he held un- sispgted sw`ay over his country for twenty years. Once the king sent for. =ir Salter .'Fyne, the ,,I3ritislt engineer to the Palace, When he arrived, the te, - }_iil was seated at a- :"� Ile eating ice i to b'in Sir '.Salter invited 1 raoam, He v dim, Four ur limdred mutinousmutinoussoldiersia from Harait were marched in. The eetnir sco'w!leth "Poke their eyes oust" '!tic' ordered, and the soldiers did' it +alien and there while the king ptaci8 iy m: jtni�shed-'his ;ce-crez • To un,dersltand the posiitiou iai Alf- whanfstan to - day ;et is necessary to *now tftese'derk'-peaces in its.'his'to'ry ;rifd, the reign of terror and piollticai elottfng wl idh followed theut.' - a ruthless the., /emir was l ruler, 'he nevertheless produced a prosperous and well -ordered country.. 'Ide was succeeded by his son, Habi .Allah Khan, who like his father, was essentially pro -British, and was a useful ally during the war. IIe was assassinated in ILaghanan, north of Kabul, its February, ,1+9119. butler's brother, NSsrullah, reigned in his brother's place for only six days and was then ousted by his nephew, al Iranultah, after a short, but bit- ter struggle, seized the throne, and soon afterwards he launched bis wan- ton attack against Jndia. That was .the beginning of his downfall. Its Janu- ary, 1029, soon after his return fi+oto a triumphant elate visit to Western. lEurope—including ;London—Ancon- u'lleh was forced to abdicate his thronebecause of resentment against his attempt to in'trodtace Western ideas into the.cauntree lei :the general confusion that fol- lowed Aniiunullah's abdication an Ai - ghee brigand named B'a'chai-Isaquo usurped the throne, With barefaced impudence he took up his quarters in the Royal Palace at Kabul and ap- pointed various of his cronies as state minister, Within a few weeks the coffers were empty _and the country boas in complete chaos. At this point Nadir S'ha'h, Amanullalh's undo, took up the cudgels on behalf of his coun- try. He resigned his past in' Paris, where he was minister plenipotentiary and returned to Afghanistan. Although he was a sick marl at the, time, Nad'iir was urged to accept the cro'tvn. He was proclaimed ,ruler of Afghanistan on October 16,1'9,'29. 13a- chaff fled front the palace, but was captured. Together ' with his ministers he was shot et Kabul. Nadir merle en heroit fight' to re est'ablish his country. I'Se ruled firmly and put his foot down hard at the first signof any political intrigues; Seethe ttu`e of the Afghan blood feud went .on. Early in November Nadir Shah was s'tru'ck down in cold blood without eveh a chance to raise en arm in self- tiefen'ce, To -day the eyes of the world are focused on the ex -King Amanul- laic, who, within a .few hours of Ned- ir's death, 'stated publicly that he was; "ready to reborn 'to the throne," Whether he will get his chance to re- can^ire the throne remains '.to be seen, Cele's sympathy goes out to the 19 year-old 'son of Nadir" Mohammed !Zahir S'hath, who was pnoc4'aitned king within a few hours'; of Itis fathers irasrder, He has been descri'bed as a "real c'h'irp of the ole( "block." But he is yeeen;g, marled, and inexperienced in the weltero'F intrigue in which he will Tbis leisurely and lovely city, more typical of 01d -World •- restfulness than Canadian bustle, located in the heartofCanada's evergreen playground, is becom- ing more and more the Mecca of Canadian's • who, flying from the austerities of the northern winter, have discovered that the Dominion offers climatic amenities . for which in other years it - was thought that Florida' or California ;-ere the: only solutions. West of the Rockies and warm- ed by the Japan current, Vancou- ver Island presents some amazing' contrasts with the rest of. the Dominion.Winter climatic con- ditions are such that there are hundreds of hours of warm sun- shine with ideal temperature, minimum rainfall and conditions at once restful' and health -giving. Canadian enterprise has been quick to see the advantages offer- ed by Victoria for those who seek summer facilities and sports dur- ing the .normal winter months. The city boasts one of the finest hostelries' of the Dominion, the Empress Hotel, overlooking the inner harbor and tree -shaded lawns; social centre and head- quarters for varied sporting ac- tivities, These include golf on superb full length courses, tennis and swimming in the great salt water pool at the, Crystal Gar- dens. At Christmas the pagean- try of an "Olde English Yuletide" is observed every year at the Em- press with "Bringing in the Yule Log", "Boar's Head Carol' and a ball on Christmas Night following dinner. There is specially, select- ed music every evening during Christmas week and the New Year's Eve Ball is a famous' in- stitution at the Empress. From November 1 to the following April 30 there are special lowrates in force. What has specially drawn con- tinent -wide attention to Victoria, however, is the mid -winter golf- tournament, an annual` Empress'. affair to wbich many well-known amateur golfers from America and. Europe are attracted. This season it will be played over the course of the picturesque Royal Colvood Golf Club from Febru- ary 19 ebru-ary.19 to 24, 1934. Events include the 1. W. Beatty Challenge Tro- phy, open to all amateurs playing under club handicaps; Men's Open Chamber of Commerce Trophy; Victoria Rotary Cup for ladies best gross; and the inter -district team match fortheMatson Tro- phy. The E. W. Beatty Trophy- event is divided into classes for both ladies and then. Dinner dan- ces as well as other delightful entertainment are given every evening at the Empress during the competition, with the presentation of prizes, at a Grand Ball on clos- ing night. Motoring is always a delightful form of entertainment in Victoria: The famous Malabat drive, wind- ing for miles through some of the finest scenery in Canada, offers facilities to autoists whi eh make it justly internationally famous: There are many other worthwhile roads stretching beyond Victoria at the choice of the motorist. If a short sea trip is desired, there is the triangle run by palatial coast steamers between Vancou- ver, Victoria, and Seattle, The Canadian Pacific Railway offers a schedule of new low fares from all points in Canada, east of the British Columbia- Alberta boundary, to Victoria, daily, from November 15 to February 28, with Amateur Event' for the Victoria return limit Anril 30. PAGE SEVEN find himself, Nothing is more certain than that he will have to fight tooth and nail to retain his (throne: !Bri't'ain to -clay is wa'tc'hing with art-. xious eyes whet is going on behind -I. the Khyber hills,As the '''Gateway to l endia,"'standing as a buttress betweenl the Nonth-IRrest 'Frontier and Asiatici !Russia, it has long drawn the covelt- 1 ous eyes -of the Soviets, and much of the internal unrest is clue ' in no small • treasure to Bolshevik influence and propaganda, !Afghanistan is a strange, hard. country, but one which needs Brit Sin's help and sympathy, But what num is strong enough to give it a fair chance? Hos the new boy,Kieg en- ough loyal and devoted following to see hint through? ens, it is impossible 'to standardize fully that there were uo free courses seuitencesl iettce the revision of this particular sentence upwards. There is a lesson here for everyone .who has to 'handle other people's money. He who even temporarily ic0nverts such money to his ow's use is guilty of theft, even though he in - ,tends to restore ut. While the tempta- tion is upon •such an employe, he may not regard conversion as plain steal- eng, and yet, according to the co'urts,. it is worse than plain stealing, a more heinous offence than ordinary theft. THE TASK OF 'PHE LIBRARY The part of the ,public library in vo- cetional guidance of adults has long been iolportatit, says `Linda A, East- man, but the rapidly changing trends of this industrial age and unprecedent- ed phases of the present unemploy- ment situation have brought to the library both new responsibilities and. sncreaseal opportenity for service— and the op,portuneties for 'helped co- cpera'tioa betweeb voeatioaal spe,cial ists and librarians are potentially great. The types of service which the li- braryCan render are perhaps more nu- merous than is generally realized. First conies the provision of the best literature on vocations, including books, peniodicals, .pamphlets, and oth- er materials, The range of subjects and the gttatiltity of literature required to meet the general demand of any city is great; while 'wire special local indus- tries and occupations must be given particular alten'tion, with generous duplication of ,books .relating to them, it is of prime impo'titance that these colleceions he kept vital by the con- stant add¢tio:n of the latest publica- tions. The current ,prolfessioaal, scien- tific, business, .technical and trade journals are therefore frequently more. necessary than the books themselves, Massy gins and wotneii are iusing books which will aid them in brush- ing lip ,on shorthand, to qualify then; for a wider range of work; some of them are attempting to improve their English and request aid in spelling, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, building andcontA dtition' others are t' k' a mg 'tp the study of foreign tau- ,guages'tfor .use in business correspon- dence, especially Spanish 'and !Russian, iO'plportunities for suggestive guidance through r gh read'fngs are ,continuous. ',Reales on general office work, secre- tarial training, !bookeleeping and ac • counttntg are in greet demand, IA gnatt Who " lost a limb tm'li in an hales - trial accident iii>•a steel utile, facing'i the need be preparing for an entirely different line of wvork,appealed to the librarytfor a List of books on a'ccount- ing which might 'fit +h'im to pass e exam'inattion. The list was sub- mitted Ito an expert accountant for a - P proval ' and the;:' nnah has followed' it through fram bite ifirs't lb.oak to •the'las't. A 'bdok-kea er,Cut of wont 'asked P / , a branch' librarian for su r t ggesRtoi s as to free''op'portuneties to seedy higher.?aic- counibancy; she',cauld only say regreit- CON'VERTIN'G EMPLOY- ER+S FUNDS WORSE THAN THEFT In the recent case of 'Rex .v, Gordon Young, the prisoner plead- ed guilty of appropriating certain pro- perty belonging to the County of 'H'uron; of destroying certaitt docu- ments with intent to defraud, and of conspiracy with others with intent to defraud, says the \Tail and .Empire in an'etlitorial. He paid two of his as- sociates to maintain silence. Despite evidence given as to the prisoner'e pre;' c tis good character; as to his ad- vanced age, and as to the family de- pendent upon him, the trial magistrate imposed a sentence of imprisoninciet in the, Ontario Reformatory for! twelve rmenthe definite and six -ntonbhs'iudetesminate, The Crown ap- � Pealed against ,the sentence at made- 2tuete, and the judgment of fhe lull Court of Aippea'l, sitting at Osgoode Hall, is that the sentence given by the magistrate was insufficient to suit the crime. Bt is, therefore, set aside and the terns of imprisonment is 'itt- creased t0 two years less one day on each charge, the swine to run con- currently, ,'In overriding ,wisat ithey- consider .to he the eucess•ive',lenicncy of the local magistraite, the appeal judges hate emphasized the seriousness' of theft from an 'employer. In the carrying t g oil of almost all the affairs of file, Whe- ther public or private, employes are "necessary and their dutyis t guard o their ernOoyer's interests and not to ibetra them. The al 'i' , y local niagis•lrate had reasoned fleet the'a'ccusetl "is not: Ia criminal, and had no crilrtinal ititeiilt at the As he says himself,when he started out takingtillItis solus of mon- ey he 'honestly untended to reptade them out of his:sal a ary \\r7iea his s.u]- ary was reduced from 0.1'..^10 to t- 300 he fotuul it , impossible to punt hack the sums which he'had ap- pro ),oiaited, 'Henlce his his arrest and con- vicaGon..The ApiioaR'Court overrides this ae utnent. iai I '' ec' ' 5 t d es ' fha'f the t i nag slttiaite gave undue weight tq , the mitigating .cincu'ntsitances of the case. Incidental'Iy it. Ferneries that the cir- cumstances in e'alch case being differ - being given and suggest that the best books on the subject, plus his inter est and desire to learn, might help. 'He used every book on accountancy at the branch, others were borrowed from the main li'b'rary for him, and after some months of intensive study, he reported having a position, though only a temporary one. He continued hiis study, the position developed into a permanent one, and he was able to hold it. Attempts to tide over the out -of - work period are shown in requests for recipes or formulas for snaking .candy, polishes, soap's, and cosmetics, from readers who 'hope to be a'bie to pro- duce and sell something which can be easily and cheaply made. „Other in- stances are those of the people who are trying to do odd jobs usually turn- ed over to 'tradesmen, as painting their own or other .people's autos, shingling houses, and repairing or re -caning fur- nihure. Others are taking ftp farming; the raising of potrltry, canaries, rabbits or frogs, or mushroom growing, (An amusing request •ts'ith tragic ,pos sib'iiities carte from the young w•ontau. anxious to carry dual responsibilities, who said, "Please give ane some simple books on cooking. 'If 'I don't learn to cook well quickly e'll lose either my jab or my husband, \3/hen I get home at night and ,try to get dinner, it ,takes me so long and 'd 'bungle it so that wesboth are savage by the time we sit dawn eo our meal," Anabher young woman, a regular eea'trou of one of the branch 'libraries tied en eupert typist, asked for 'books to 'help ,her to teach 'English 'to a young (German interior decorator. I -le learned !English, she 'began to study interior +decot+Sting, and both read tip an opera to be ready for 'the grand opera season. rain Chat association a `fain of interior decorators doing busi- ness by grill grew. At Christmas tinte the girl carne to show the (branch lib- rarian another ,product of the enter- prise — her brand -newt engagement ring. 'lite library furnished books toy help her and her fiance to elan :their wedding. A widow :with a smell son credits the 'library w'itlt burnishing her liveli- hood for several years. A milliner whose business failed, she turned to hotel work and read many 'books to perfect ;herself '.for• her new job as hostess. 'Then a costume she designed for a party made a "hit" et a large pr.Evat° school and site gradually worked, into •designing .costumes for school ' ipi'aye and pageants, using Many books on costume and histories, in order to have periods and designs correct, World's 'Champion Cow IA unique tribute was paid recently. to Mr. B. I3". Bull and ,Sou, of 'Bramp- tom ewnersof "B'esilua," the wonder- ful cow which won the world's cham- r,ionship in a production• contest ex- temd?ng over a whole year, wvh,en lead- ing 'agricultural officials gathered to Services We Gen Hader Cn the time of need PROTECTION is your best 'friend. Life Insurance -To protect your LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance— To protect yet against LIABTLTTIt to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY. Fire Insurance— Po protect your `13OME and its CONTENTS. .Sickness and Accident, Insurance— '1;'o: protect your INCOME Any of the ntbove lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies: it interested,' call or write, Er, C, CHAf'IBERLAIN INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 334 Seaforth, On.t r 11 IVIcInues ehitlopraetor Electra Therapist — Massage Office — Commercial Hotel Hours --Mon. and Thurs, after noons and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION' by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment Phone 227. Here and There The Canadian Pacific Railway supply farm, Strathmore, Alta„ had the best Holstein cow in the four-year-old or over (not in milk) class at the Royal Winter Fair recently held at Toronto, Banff Winter Sports Carnival will be held from January 31 to February 4, it is announced: The carnival will be followed by a series of sports week -ends, each being devoted to one parti- cular type of sport. ,he problem of truck -rail com- petition was declared a national one by S. Hayes, M.A., in a re- centaddress before the Engin- eering Institute. He saw regula- tion and restriction in areas where the truck does not be- long as the only solutions, Christmas festivities this year will be enlivened by Japanese oranges of which 38,400 boxes arrived at Victoria recently aboard the Empress of Canada, for distribution to a number of Canadian cities. 5,000 boxes were left at Victoria and the fruit will doubtless feature in the Empress hotel Yuletide celebra- tions. Since getober 1, 1930, a total of 101,76o people have been set- tled on Canadian farms or given farm employment under the au- spices of the Dominion Depart- ment of Immigration and tate two great transcontinental rail- way companies, according to a report issued by the Department of Immigration. 89,236 of these people were settled without fi- nancial assistance. Expression. of confidence in a brighter business outlook in Canada, coupled with definite improvement in conditions throughout the Dominion, was made recently by H. J. Hum- phrey, general manager, Can- adian Pacific Rahway, eastern lines, in an interview during his trip aflnspection to the Mari- times prior to the opening of the winter navigation season. Five ports hitherto not touched at by world cruises — Penang, Straits Settlements; Semarang, Java; Boeleleng and Padang Bay, Bali; and Zamboanga in the Zula Archipelago — have been added to the 1934 itinerary of the Canadian Pacific liner Em- press of Britain, sailing from New York January 4. The cruise will cover 133 days and 30,916 miles and will return to New Yorlc May 14. Special low` fares with gener- ous time limits for the return trip will be available on Can- adian railroads for the Christ- mas and New Year holiday pe- riods, it is announced by C. P. Riddell, chairman, Canadian Passengers' Association. Theso Low rate tickets will be good be- tween all stations in Canada and also between :points in Canada and certain United States con- nections. pay honor to the cow and :its owner, at a banquet arranged by the Peet ;District 'Jersey ,Breeder's -Association. Unstinted praise was offered by Hon, Mr. Weir and Ilion, T. L. Kennedy, 'Federal and ;Provincial Ministers of Agriculture, and Dr. G 1. Christie, head of the Ontario ,Agricultural Col- lege, and by many leading owners of dairy herds, This remarkable CO N-, which is five years of age and weighs 9'50 pounds, produced 11.9,012 pounds of milk 1,312,6 pounds of butterfat in 366 clays. Such an achievement is of widespread interest and and testifies to the 'wisdom in selection and care in feeding .on the part of its owners. !Fresh (Supplies iei Demand—Where- ever 'Dr. Thomas' Fcie,ctrie Oil has been introduced increased supplies have been ordered, showing that wherever it goes this excelleit,t Oil impresses its power'. oil the people. No smatter in what latitude it may be ,found its potency is never impaired. Itis put up in most portable shape in bottles and can be carried :without fear of 'bggeakage,