The Seaforth News, 1923-02-15, Page 9' E'N DAY AMNESTY G A ED BYl ' E
STATE TO HASTEN REBELS' SURRENDER
A •despatch from •Dablin sayse—
•Ricliard'Mhilcahy, Minister of Defence,
hal 'issued 'ac;proelantalien •granting
teii drys' amdesty, $o `P.ac.lit:ute` the
vsurrender of 'Reiptublicens.
This is a mealy significant; -peace
Move, 'wee:in was nest revealed in: an
announcement :Cram army headquar-
ters that, following upon en interview
-with-Richard Mulcahy, Minister of
Defence;' L' iatn • Deasy,; Deputy '•Chid
of the irregular 'forces, now under
sontenne of 'death, was trying to in-
duce. Damonn ie Valera and . other
Ieadera to surrender, sect that, pend-
ing. the .negotiations thus instituted,
the execution of Deasy -and other prier.
onens had been suspended. •
This' explains the mysterious rum-
- ors --which have been current lately
concerning nine impending executions,
Nothing is lcinow-si regarding ;the eta-
brae
tattiyle of de:Valera towards Deasy'sap-
peal, but hopes are: running higher
'than ''far some 'tame 'past
Army headquarters also issued a
copy of 'a statement submitted by a
number of prisoners in Llmerialc Jail
to the General Commanding in Ltnk-
eri'dic, and e'laining to represent 600
prisoners desirous of lustitutirig peace
negotiations and preventing !the eon -
tinned wastage of men;
The statement nske that foul pris-
oners be permitted to, leave on parole
to ,visit the leaders outside in an effort
to induce' them to cease the struggle
and punitive measures, and that while
negotiations are in progress the Gov-
ernment :enopend all pexecutioris.'
LIVING. COSTS AGAIN
RISING IN CANADA
increase 'I -las ;Been Steady
Since Early Part of 1916.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
The soot of living is again increasing.
The average cost of a weekly fam-
i19' budget covering 29 staple articles
of food in 60 Canadian' cities was
$10,52 at the beginning of January, as
compared with $10.39 at the beginning
of December, 1922, aceardirfg to fig-
ures is'sued by the Department of
Labor. In January, 1922, the same
fanili budget cost $11.08, as ;com-
pared with $7.73 in January o8 1914
and $16.92 in June, 1020, the highest
point reached.
Including the cost of fuel and rent
with that of foods, -the cost averaged
$21,18 for January-, as ` -compared with
$20.97 for December and $21.62 ,for
January of last year. Meats and dairy
products ' accosanted for most of the
increase in foods, though potatoes and
sugar: were , -also: slightly higher.:
Evaporated apples and salt pont were
somewhat lower. Fuel was slightly
higher. Rents showed a eontinotarece
of peak prices, The rise was continu-
ous since the early part of 1916, and
reached' the present •:high point' last
August. Agricultural peoducta were
generally lower, while nearly all other
groups wore slightly higher.
THIRTY-FOUR KILLED
IN E.C. EXXPLOSION
More Than. Score of Bodies
Taken From Canadian
Collieries' 'Mine.
A deepateh from Victoria, B.C.
says:—Thirty-four ' mien, twenty •of
them Chinese, perished as a result of
- an explosion in the Canadian' Collier-
ies Mines at Cumberland, outside Vie-
toria,`Thursday night, according to an
official statement given out by the
operating company Friday afternoon,
Twenty-four bodiea have ;been recov-
ered. The dead miners still entombed
are Chinese.'
Rescue parties digging through a
mass of d'ebris' and risking suffocation
managed to save seven men, who are
still unconscious in the hospital at
Cumberlend.
Thursday night's explosion may re-
salt in the permanent closing of the
Cumberland coal' mines, it is feared
by mining experts. Apparently it is
impossible to guarantee the freedom
ef the mines from fire damp for any
length- of time, as mining officials
eel -titled.. only . a few days • ago that
there was no gas inthe workings.
Irish Tri -Color Flies
in Heart of London
A despatch front London says:—
The Irish tri -color of the Free State
victory, will soon be 'flying : in the
heart of London; it9 first official ap-I
pearance in the .British eapital.
High Connntssi
on
er, will shory open
Jnne3 MacNeill, the Lice State
•
his office in .Charing Gross and raise •
i hie country's if en a' balcony over-.
�ny
1' oki r. f
a n Taal ar5�ar ..I
g g q c and the Ad
miralty Ateh.•
The Irish delegation put up the tri-
color while' it was negotiating'the
Free .State • treaty, ,but, the London
' authorities made then take it down!
_i again, so that could hardly be cone
sideredt an,official 'appearance.
DEBT OF DOMINION
TOTALS: $419•,379,993
Huge Payment on Debt First
Charge on Annual
Revenues.
A despatch from Ottawa says: --
Canada's revenues during the ten
months of the fiscal. year ended .Janu-
my 31 , totalled $328,142,085, , en in-
crease of $9,652,193 over the wires
ponding period of the 'previous fiscal
year. In the same period's, ordinary
expenditure declined '• $6,241,022, the
total ordinary expenditures in the ten
months ended January 81 last being
$263,072,228. In January alone, as
compared with January, 1922, ordinary
revenue showed an increase of $3,748,-
785 and ordinary expenditures a de-
cline of -$6,654,029, the latter figure
indicating increase in expenditure in
some of the earlier individual months
as compared with thie previous year.
However, in •spite of decreased expen-
diture and inereased revenue, $7,488,-
842 was added to the net debt of -Can-
ada ' last- month.- On . December'. 81,
1922, the net debt was $2,412,496,151.
On January 31, 1923, it had grown to
$2,419,979,993. The increase, it is ex-
piained, is mainly due to railway
advances:
The total customs revenue for the
ten months of the present fiscal year
was $97,314,753, an increase of more
than twelve millions ever the pre-
vious year when the customs revenue
was $85,262,870.: The total revenue
from excise :in the fiscal year so far
is $80,781,748, 'as coiwpared' with
$81,006,842 for the ten month period
of 'the Beet fiscal year. Interest pay -
melds on the public debt totalled
$120,687,413 for the ten months clos-
ing anuary 81, 1923, as compared with
$114,579,577 during the same period a
year ago,
CONTINUE COAL SHIP..
MENTS TO CANADA
No Embargo Will be Placed
on Anthracite; Says U.S.
Government Ofli'acials. ,
Washington, Feb. 11.—Officials of
the United' States Government agen-
cies with jurisdiction over the, fuel
eituation concurred to -day in the
opinion that no embargo will be plac-
er] on shipments of anthracite front
the; United States to Canada.
Spokesmen for the - inter -State
Commerce Commission in 'denying
they had taken .steps to curtail con-
tracted eoal deliveries to Canada, (te-
•elared that the volume of shipments
to New York and New Engllana points
at present is in excess of those of a
similar period last year, i
Offielelee of the fuel administration
aaia1 the president ttas" not hudicated
that he has given 'serious considera-
tion to the agitation for a Canadian
embargo put to hint by members e4,
Congress.
Federal Fuel Administrator ' Wad-
loigh said that to his knowied'ge no
etepa had•beeu token by any 'ctep'art-
meat of the United States Crewme—
n-lent to :place an embargo on'anthra-
cito shipmerabs to 'Canada, either in
part' or in .whole.
At the office of the Inter; State
Coinmeroe Commission it wail eaatd
that ;the crisis regarding the distribu-
tion of anthracite would soon pass,
They ,predicted an imme'd'iate increase
in• 1 the output at the'; alines ';which
would be more than su1ftcient te;meet
the•,tieeds:of the country,'
nee
Canadian Vessel _ {
Abandonedin Mediterranean
•
Gibraltar, Feb. •11,—The Canadian
auxiliary ves,el Sectia Maiden, from
lolaarsellles, had to be abandoned] to -clay
'because she was a ]mass of Rames.
Gapbain Kohler and crew were rescued
by the steamer Fenohu,reh, all } and'e
being titian oft the • burning siap , in.
two boat's. The Scotia, 14faid'sn; still.
afire.and afloat and a -dungen to }nevi-
gation,, was abanditmed at 2 o.clock
this-afberniooti in ilattitude 40 hoeth
longitude 1.16 east.
A' pate t!'V iilisaei Rivals
Suaa:lay South
A 'cloapabch - from Post William.
ayst—A lenlon• measuring 11i4 by
2 -.ruches is on oxhilbition 'Iii the
reindow of aadxug'stare 'cin. Victoria
avenue, Ib le gone- ;of eevera.l' large
nes :E,'rown by !J. M. Shark at his
tale, 1417` Moodie street, :The; tro
0
front }which the giant fruit was Matednon` covered with`fra:grantblee-
soils.
Gar +da -Has taigaSurplus 1
'Hoe: W. S, Fiefdine 'veteran states
ur] ll
aTlttist ter oaun-
'r Finance, .]manic,
0
po}utcocl''to the Heeso lieet week that
the Detainlon will liavo a surplus of
thirty million dollars atter meeting ex
eponcliturea, except thosii in'eounect:on
w111 the alIways,
LITHUANIA
olfbnigsberg Kovno'`
EAST en' P
/ PRUSSIA\
1e • y�� ,�
S ale of Miles �j'
n a e .4o co es p o L A- N
WHERE' MOl0E TROLISLE' IS ;BREWING
Memel, the Beale seaport; whioit.:w'as theeceeise ift much friction when
the peace terms Were being settled, .has onbe More come.into,the limelight,
since. ale. Lithuanians ,seized•the cityaudidistri.ct, ignoring the allied officials
who were-adnluietoi•ing its affairs. It^was"a coup d'etat.afterthe style of
D'Auntinsio's affair at Fiume. The port opens a wayintb the'heart-of,Rus.
sia, and: the population at thecity is mostly Gambian bitt+the dist; let popula-
tion is Litheaniana A British warship tee ,ieeti e'ent to Memel to, support
the allied rule.
fi
TEd�1_._.
WORI�NIEPd-DB;AI� BAND OF II�I,.,H REBELS
IN TORONTO FACTORY GIVE' UP THIEIR ARMS.
employees of Consumers 'Gari First Official Report of Saar-
Company Overcome by render Under Amnesty De-
Cr�e
Feb. 1
Pis
.. '.. 1 onous Fiarrtee 'from.,-
Stir-
1
Cork.
A despatch from 'Toronto : warn—
Ten workmen were suffocated by gas
and a tepee or more overcome by pois-
onous gas fumes following anexplo-
sion ,in tho vaa've house of thEastern
Avenue. plant of the Consumers' Gas
Company on Thursday. The explosion
was,. followed by terrifying scenes
when heroic, rescuers put up a vigor-
ous flight to oiieek the tremendous flow
of: gas from an, eighteen -inch main to.'
whioh two workmen were in the act
of making a connection to a "booster"
apparatus which regulates the distri-
bution of gas throughout the city
when the accident happened. The work
of rescuing the victim's trapped in the.
lower chamber of the valve house was,
a most hazardous undertaking, and re-
sulted in the death of eight men who
volunteered for this service. That the
two men .who were making the valve
connection escaped with their lives is
regarded as little short of marvellous.
Rescue work' was under way within a
few+secondb after the explosion. Seven
men were ruched to St. Michael's Hos-
pital, where they died a few minutes
after their admission.
United Farsners of Quebec
Ask. for Government Loan
• A despattih from Montreal says:—
The United; Farmers of Quebec con-
vention this morning passed a resolu-
tion orating on, the Provincial' Govern-
ntent to introduce' some form of rural
erodits so that farmers might obtain
long tern: loans at a rate of interest
low enough to enable them to get e
return from their investment.
Dublin 11The firstofficial
report of a surrender under the Gov-
ernmentis new atm'ires'ty d'eeree has
been received from County Co*,
where a number of Irregulars, accom-
panied by their leader, delivered up
their arms and ammunition at the
Newmarket military barracks and
entered into an undertaking not to
fight against the Free State Govern-
ment,
Almost simultaneously with the is-
ene of a proclamation from "Repub-
lican army genereal headquarters,"
Saturday, calling •upon the "army" to
continue its activities against the
Free 'State Government, the city was
shaken by a terrific explosion in the
printing works of Patrick Mahon, the
Free State Government printer, who
printed the .postere offering amnesty,
It appears that Mahon was abeut to
close his 'establishment for the week-
end when these youths; who rushed
upon him and, with dmawn revolvers
covering him, placed land ,mines
amidet the machinery and -decamped'
immediately.
Canadian War Prisoner
Reaps .German Reward
•
-A despatch from Vancouver says:—
Major J. C. Thorn of this city" *as
notified on Friday that he had been
Left an Dial manor by Herr Gartner,
an aged German.. The codicil recited
that `horn, "although an enemy ef my
country at the time, did, in the station
at Leipzig, while under armed guard,
jump in front of an approaehing train
and saved little Karl."
Karl was Herr Gartner's grandson,
The granddaughter of the testator
has offered $10,000 for the manor,
Weekly Market Report
Toronto.
Manitoba, wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1.25.
Manitoba oats—Nominal.
Manitoba barley—Nominal.
Allthe above track, Bay ports.
American corn—No, 8 yea., rG%.e;
No. 2, 89%e.
•
Barley --Malting, 59 to 61c, Accord -
it' to freights outside. •
Buckwheat- ;No. 2, 73 to SOc.
Rye— No. 2, 85 to 87e.
Peas—No. 2, $1,45 to ;+1.50:
1Nillfeeti- Del., Maetrea1 freights,
bags included': Bran, 'ler ton, $26;
shorts, per ton, $28; nitdcilings, $28.60;
goott feed flour, $2.
Ontario wheat—No, 1 white, $1.11
to $1.13, recording to freights outside;
No. 2, $1.03 to $1.10.
Ontario No. 2 white oats• --i5 to 47c,.
Ontario corn -Nominal. ,
Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt 64 -
Mena $5.10 to
ltiMent,$5.10t'o $5.20;, Toronto basis,
$5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95 to
5.
Menitoba flour—lst pate, in cotton
sacks, $7.10 per bill, • and pats., $6.60,
Hay --Extra No. 2, per ton, track,
Toronto, $14 to $14.50; mixed, $11 to
$18; clover, $3 to $12.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, track, To-
ton:h, $9,50, . ,
Cheese,—New, large, 27e; twins,
271/41;. triplets, 283ie; Stil'tous, 29c.
01dy large, 29e; :twin,, 80e; Stiltons,
81e.
Buttes,' --Finest creamery prints, 44
to 46e; ordinary •creamery prints, 42 ,
to 48c. Dairy, 31' to 32e. Cooking,
21c.
Dressed Poultry-•Olvickens, nitllt-I
fed, over 5 lbs, 34e; do, 4 te 5 lbs,,
27c; tie, over -5 lbs., AOc; do, 4' to 5
Its.1 200; .do, 2 to 4 Pte;, 25c Rens,.
ovel• 5'.lin5., 28c; do. 4 to 5 lbs;, 26e;
do, 3 to 4 Iles,, 26e. Roosters, 25c.
Due sings,, over 6 -Ills., 8,1 to 83c; do,
4-to,5 Its 25 to 28c, Turkeys, young,
101'b� asci sup, 88e; do, old 28.e, daees1e,
.hive, .pen try—Chicltene intik-fed,
over 5 lits, 25c; do, 4.,to 6 IUs.,`2jo;
do, over 5 lbs,, 24c; de, 4 to 5 Ilse., 21
to 24c; 00, 2 to 4 ;lis., 18 to 21c. Hens,
over 5 1'bs, 2i'rc; do, 4 to 5"'ilbs., 26e;
de, 8 to 4 ' 1'bst, 18 • to 21c. Roosters,
15 to 18c. Ducklings,. over 5 lbs., 28 t
to 38c; 4o,,4 to 5 •iiss,; 25 to 28e,
"lsldkoys, ,Durso•, 10 lbs., amici" t1p,' 28c;
de, old, 18c. Geese,'15e.
l5i�a'rgailne-20 to 22c, •
Eggs---N•o, 1, candled, 34 to 85e; se-
lects, 27 to 33c; . new iaid;a, laose, ' 43
to 44c; new leads, in cartons, :45 to
4:•
Beans. -Ganadian, ' blind' piekea, iii.,
71,c; primes, 7c,
Mlapl'e ;pnac�ucts—Svru; . ter.. Im•r.
is i 19, t
gal., $2,50; per, ., Ccal, din, $�!10 psi
gat. Maple eunai', lb,, 23 to 25e,
lb.; 5-234.lb. tins, 13% to 143ie per
1'b.; Ontario comb honey, per doz.,
$3,75 to $4.50.
Potatoes, Ontarios, No. 1, 90e to $1;
No. 2, 85c.
Smoked meats --Hems, med., 26 to
28e; cooked ham, 88 to 40e; smoked
rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 82 to
36c; breakfast bacon 82 to 85e; spe-
cial brand breakfast :bacon, 38 to 40e;
banks, boneless, 36 to 42c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50
to 70'libs.,'$20; 70 to 90 lbs„ $19; 90
lbs.': and up, $18; lightweight rolls in
barrels, $38; heavyweikht bolls, $35.
Lard -=Pure tierces, ' 16%c; tubs,
17c; pail's, 171/4c; 'prints, 181/4e, Short-
ening, tierces, 1414 to 15e; tubs, 15 to
15xe; pails, 1534' to 16c; prints, 17%
to 18c.
Heavy steers, choice, $7 to $7,75;
butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.50; do,
gg•ood, $5.50 to $6; do, tied., $5 to $5.50;
do, cont.; $4 to $5; butcher heifers,
choice, $6 to $6.50' dv, sed., '$5 to
$5.50; do, cos $4:25 te $4.75; butcher'
cows, choice, $4.50 •to $5.25;• doomed.,
$8 to $4; tannorb and cutters, $1.75 to
$2.25; butcher bulls, :wood, , $4 to $4,60;
do, cont., $2.25 to $2;50; •feeder steers
good, $6,50 to $6;50; do, fair,. $4 to
$5; stockers; .ggeed, $4' to $4.50; do,
fair, $2.50 to $3.501oalves, dtoice, $12
to $13; dol :mel:, $9 to $11; do, comae
$5 to $8•-milch cowls ,•ehoice 40 to
$90• s $
springers, elides, $80 to :100;
lambs choice $12 to$$
$13; ho
choice $6,50. to $; do cull3,.to 4;
hoge, fed and watered!, $11 oto $11.15;
do, f.o.b.,:'10.25 to $10.40;:,do,: country
points, $10to $10,15.
Hoge quotations are based on the
prices of thick, smooth hogs, sold on
a graded basis, or eelecte, sold! on a
fiat rate. , Bacon select , sold on the
graded: basis, beteg a prernium of 10
per, edit. over the price of ,thick,;
smooth hogs.
Montreal.
Corn, Amer., No. '2 yellow 02 to
93c. Oats., Qail. western, No. 2, 64 to
650• oats;, Can, wost.,•No. 3, 59 to 60c;
oats, xxtra No. 1 feed, 56 to,;57x;.;oat9,
No. 2 kcal white, 54 to 55c. ; Flour,
Man. spring wheat pats., fleets, $7,10;
flour, seconds $6.60; flour, strong 'bak-
ers, $6.60; flour, winter pats., choice,'
$6,50. Rolled oats, bag B0 lbs„ $3,15
'o: $3.25.- Bran, $28 Shorts, $30.
Ibikldlings, $85. Hay, No.: 2, per ton,
car lets, $14 to $16,
Cheese, finest easterns, 26e. Butter,
choicest •creamery, 46 to 460. Eggs,.
fresh, 450; eggs, selected, 36c; eggs,
No. 1 stock, 32e. Potatoes, per bag,
car lots, $1.0$.
Com, bulls
$3 to $3.50; do, ]incl,
$3.60 to $4; corn.• cows, $8 to $4; can -
1e10 g o $
i., g od, 42,. do, very thio, $1:50;
calves, good, $10•.50 to $11' weals,
one, $1).00 and up., og•i„selects' and
good quaint,, butclzes!s,: $11; western'
Hoge, $10;50,
Honey -•60-15. tine,: 12 to 12%/.-%c per
Me Boy,Who Never • ,:Played
By W. M. Morris
I read a story the other day from a
Weeteru journal about a boy who
never played. In the morning or at
recess time, while tale other boys were
out playing games in the school yard
"Henry” remained' iii the ischool read-
ing a hook, Ile never went out catch-
ing gopliere or on a 'hike' like most
hogs do. The fine entente, ice or foot-
ball field had n0 attraction for h.m. He
was, not strong as other boys were and
so did not even try to take part 1u
their, games.
-Henry was •very clever in his
studies. The head of th•e close was al.
ways his by reason of his studious
habits. - Ilia demeanor in school was
always: exemplary, The teachers re
-
;artier] him .as a very good boy be-
cause he eaves,' any.dlaturbance
and made good marks in lids examina-
tions..
After, completing high school he be-
came
e came a teacher, but never made a sue-
ees's because 1>e hall never learned the W. M, INcnris
great- and many things that -play Ontario 8chooi Trustees( and
teaches, .: Ile had nq understanding of -Ratepayers' Astteciaaaon,
children. nor did he know how' to get
along with other people, having always least utilized of our educational r
lived the indivlduaiistio life. Children sources.
are quick thereon! character and so-Supeivislon of the playground in
those pupils very soon discovered bis"creases 'its educational value man
weakness, rendering him a failure In fold. i wee at a meeting et the Bran
the profession.
One year of strenuous 'life under- Trustees'. and Ratepayers' Associatio
mined his health. His parents dis- recently -when a resolution -was passe
covered hehad ad becorno consumptive: recomnendirig School Boards to pro
They were advised to try a change of vide for the supervision of the pupil
climate and moved to British Colum- during the noon -hour. The whole.
bra,- where he seemed to 'improve for
e -
y
n
d
county
r ofBrant is' drganlzed for re -
a time, but then his health again turn-
ed for the worse and in a few months creation'ai purposes. The schools in
Henry died. I wonder if there had England are organized to promote
been some organized play at retool in football and cricket. Our public
which' Henry would have been re- i school teachers should be given a
glared to take some'aetive part, if lie carina in supervised play that would
would have grown up to be a strong' enable them to teach the ohtldren
and ueefu1 citizen? Someone may say games and assist in the .recreational
that Henry was destined to the at this ' tivlties o a she community. - recreational
young age, but if his untimely death •
was due to neglect of the common would encourage backward children
laws of good health and exercise we like Henry and restrain the domina-
should not blame Providence for the
results.
This brings up the question of the
value of. the play ground as a factor in
education and this •again involves our
conception of an education, Each In-
dividual has his own ideas on she sub.
ject and consequently his own esti-
mate of the means of acquiring it. Can
we find some common ground with re-
ference to the training of these young
candidates for manhood, womanhood
and citizenship? If we mean tb,o mere
acquisition of knowledge, regardless of
physical health, moral standards and
a preparation for citizenship then
Henry was educated. But if we re-
gard education as the preparation for
complete living, including whatever
we do for ourselves 'and whatever is
done for us by others for the express
purpose of helping us to live the very
best kind of life, then education is
more than mere book learning. We
have all seen too many failures among
the so-called educated and too many
brilliant successes among those who
refused to .follow the grooves. It la
not the mere acquisition of knowledge
that counts but the ability to apply
the information' that is the real teat of
success:
When is a person educated? When
he responds efficiently to every social
situation in which he finds himself.
The child is being educated when he
learns to take his part in the little
democracy of the home by trelping to
wash the dishes and carry in the wood.
The man is educated when he makes
a success, of his business orprofession,
assumes tis :responsibilities as a citi-
zen,. knows how to spend lila leisure
moments, appreciates the beautiful
and spiritual and finds some response
In his soul to the Eternal., ,It Woes not
matter whether he, has acquired this
development of character in the home,
on the street, in business; or in school. Proud, is the city—she finale a place
Abraham Lincoln was 'regarded as a I for many a fad to -day,
superbly educated man -and yet be was But she's more than blind it she fails
very little the. produot of any school.' to find a place for the bays t0
Wo have all known men who had party!
very little of wheels commonly called
an education but .who were men of Give them a chance for innocent sport,
deep thought and solid judgment and; give them a chance for fun—
who were as well, if not better quail- Better a playground plot than, a court
fled, to vote at electiaue and succeed, and a jail when the' harm is
in life as some of their grandchildren' done,
who . read only society ,or sporting. Give them a glebes—if u
•
news in the papees and revel in the so stint them
cinema F have to
tion of the bully.
Trying to estimate the value of the
playground one thinks of the innum-
erable ways In winkle the sense per-
ceptions of the children are quickened
and aroused to recognize and respond
to the things going on. around them.
They gain self-control and learn the
art of readily and pleasantly co-oper-
ating with others-. Such attractive
and fundamental traits of character as
Politeness, honesty, loyalty, justice
and obedience to law can best be ac-
gniied when: children are practising
the art of living togetheron.the play-
ground. Playing is as great a reality
to them es work le to adults, and if
people learn in childhood to play 'to-
gether
ter
getter they will be able to work- to-
gether. The boy without a playground
becomes tate man without a -job.'
Plenty- et room for dives and dens
(glitter and glare and slai)
Plenty of room for prison pens (gath-
er the criminals- inl)
Plenty of room for jails and courts
(willing enough to pay!)
But never a .place for the lads to race;
no, never a place to play!
PIenty of room for shops and stores
(ivlammon must have the boot!)
Plenty of room for the running sores
that rot in the city's breast,
Plenty .of room for the lures that lead
the hearts of our yenta astray,
Bat never a cont on a playground spent
no, never a place to play!
Plenty of room for sohcoin and halls;
plenty of room for art;
Plenty of room for teas and balls, plat-
form, stage and mart,
now.. tomorrow you'll ha
Bet what has play to do' with this? i pay
People in the country used to have ap-. Larger bill for a darker 111, so .give
pie -parings, corn-huskings, debating : • them a place' to playt •
societies, singing' classes and many, •
otber social'„ literary political' and re- ince Escapes Injury
Ifgions gatherings where they talked . - ?e
about the current events and played i 1n Eall from Horse
together, There was a much higher'
a tt n
vex e a e dance at the scli 1
00 !n
� I A 'd'es etch from
those days, There they all learned to p London e says:—
those M—
Mel -
play 'games and incidentally learned i eau at following the hounds near Mel
to live together, far atter all'tho great ton -Mowbray on Friday the Prince of
purpose Is going to school is to learn Wales sut?ered•'hie second" serious spill
to live with other people In the small of the season. He landed on his ear
circle of thio home, the larger circle of and bruised his face considerably, but.
the community and the' largest circle was not severely injured. He remount -
of the world. I ed', at once.
The supervised play -ground is just,
as potent a factor -in education es the.
formal classes in the sohoot- When,.
the question arese among the Atheni.,l,
eels '.many centuries ago, as- to whether ,;
they should build a great public school,; c.
or open -a playground it was decided to• :
open the play -ground. It carne to pass'
that the citizeue of that city advanced`
so far beyond the rest of the human.
race'that'tbe nations that have gone
on 'building public Wheels' and nege.
letting to open play -grounds have not
been able to catchup with then. We
are beginning. to place more value. on
the school grounds, Sites have some
times , tech feleoted for schools fn:,,
cities, towns and rural parts because '•
the piece of .ground was- no use for •tt
anything else. The drat school Wit
in Gary, hide had two acres of pia)*=',
ground, the second had four, the third'
eleven, the fourth twenty-five, and I
wonder what the next will be I tree
s t a wheel meeting in Keswick, North
York, recently, when. they unanimous-: • . , :Opposes. Tasohereap
1y d'eckl'ed to urchase live erosof: . Arthur
p a n Sauve,.:.the leader Of the. Op-
sptenclid' land for the site of a new position in the Quebec parliament,'Whe
school. They mean to use it for a led the'`Conservative campaign in Quo -
community play -ground. The school bac. 1VIr, Suave : is keenly interested
is the one, public institution that is iu in airfotiltural affairs and all rural
every ,community and it malleo the problems, and hoe had a tvide'edito•1
z�,i
best poseible community centre, but experience in the leading French -Caner
the school yard line been -ono of the dent papers.
Fie'at Canadian ,WDO1
Coltib,ng Plmmt
glans Opei'atioass ..
' The Nai.tuai Resew:cos Intel
1i'enCc ` ettice cif ttio Depart-
ment of az Interior says:.
The. first wo:ol,eonibing plant
in Canada to poochico dips; for
bbo trade, that of the Domin onn
Combing 1PJ( 114, Ltd,, leas just
begun opl•rations '.tL 1'rrtiton,
Ont. Thb eonpa'ny` is capital-
ized at 52,500,000 rand their fac-
tory is or the tno5t Modern
•
tY'pe,
,Last year Canadp producesd
-over 22,500,000 lbs,: of raw wool,
a large percentage of iyhleb
Was such that, It a -ad to be eomb-
ed'before it could be used in the
worsted jnduetry:.,,During:,:the
.
same period this country im-
ported from England and' for-
eign countries 'Deer 7,000,000
lbs. of tops or combed wool,` for,
use in the Canadiian spinning
mills. The new Canndian,in-
dustry will produce the tops or
combed wool, which are aim
being imported: Heretofore
oboist 80- per cent; of- the wool
grown in' Canada has had to be
exported to be combed into tops
for use in the spinning mille of
this country.
GRANDSON IS BORN
TO THEIR MAJESTIES
H.R.H. Princess Mary, Wife
of Viscount L!aaceiles, Gives
Birth to Son.
A despatch from London says.
Princess Mary, wife' of Viscount Lase•
celles, has given birth to a son.
The•foilowing efflcia4 announcement
was leveed trout Chesterfield Iiouse:
"Her Royal Highness Princess
Mary, Viscountess Laseelles, bee given
birth to a son at 11.15 p,ni.,. Wednes-
day, February 7, Her Royal Highness
and son are doing well.
(Signed) "Henry. Simeon,
"Stanley Hewitt."
The son born to Princess Mary and
Viscount. Lascelles is the first grand-
son to come to King George and Queen
Mary', for none of their otherChildren
is yet married, although the engage-
mentof their second son, the Duke of
York, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon,
daughter of the Earl and Countess of.
Strathmore and Kinghorne, was an-
nounced last month.
As conditions of inheritance now
are, the baby is sixth from the Throne,
being pieeeded by the Prinee of Wales
and his surviving brothene, the Duke
of York and Princes Henry and
George, and their' sister, Princess
Mary.
Princess Mary and Viscount Las.
celles were married on February 28,
1922.
•
LOAN TO AUSTRIA
ARRA.NiGED BY LEAGUE
European Countries Promised
$164,000,000 for R,ehabili-
tation Purposes.
Loadon, Feb, 10.—One of the most
solid' achievements the League of Na-
tions has yet accomplished began to
function to -day When, the Austrian
Fivanee Minister, Herr B:ienbock, this
afternoon obtained the promise of
London bankers - to subecri'be about
54,000,000' of the proposed loan' to
Austria, , •
• This is part of the plan adopted: at
±lie last meeting ed the League Coun-
cil in Paris for financial rehabititation'
of Austria.
The .totel Ioakr promised by Groat
Britain, France, Italy, Caecho,
Slovakia, Spain, • Belgium, -Switzer-
land, and possibly 'Sweden, Denmark,
Norway and, =Holland; •will' be 'about'
'$160,000;000. However, ail- the pew
eraconcerned realize the pre_'ent'thne,
partially because of the conftslon ±0-
sident to occupation of the Rube, ia.
unfavorable for realization of t`ds
amount.
Accordingly, Austria is at pewent
onlyarranging to ealI for $15,000,000,
which is expected to cover all the pa-
per money' Austria will have to issue
before the del of May. By that time
negotiations will be under way fee
raising the remaining 5145,000,000,
and Austria hopes the Unitaa States
wilt subscribe a targe share,
Boat for Arctic Work
Secured' by Capt. Buernier.
A despatch, from, London Mad-
Captain J. E. Buernier, bho webi known
Arctic explorer; will rettten to Oosnada
in a few days after spending' two ",
menthe here, : ,Captain Btiernier's miss
Sion was to Procure .a vessel suitable
fes Arctic exploration enol the k:
poachers whoprey -on :seals in .Can-
adian waters. He has been ceded g
boat of the desired idled with a fait
turn of speed'. •and he will reeommend
its purchase to the Government on his
return
Cepa Bueruier lectured at trio Crbyai
al Colonial Institnate during 'bins etay
as
here" and
w emigrate/Mesa by well
known British expiators arta nett'. ca
tains on the energetic
n
xn�
a-3ieX'n
nL
winieh 'he has painted the satettic a
patriotic red,:
Petr*r1 e diver:: p a r o a o bi. fellow
>x .a rte t
the vocation more than five years: