The Seaforth News, 1926-05-27, Page 2BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN MARY
WRITTEN BY EX -FACTORY € R
From factory girl to Queen's b9og-
rapher is a big step, but itis one which
has been taken by a Londoner, Kath-
leen Woodward, who has just received
tee formal consent of King George'. 'and
Queen Mary to publish a "Life" ot the
latter,
Twelve years ago Miss Woodward
worked in a South Loudon collar fac-,
tory. When the war came she joined
the : Wnmen's •Auxiliary Army Corps,
the "Weer)," as they ' were known
throughout the British Army, raid roso
to be quartermaster -sergeant. When
the "Wats" were disbanded she went
to South Africa; working her passage
as a stewardess, and it was notuntil
a year or so ago that she returned to
Loudon and was taken with the great
idea of writing an intimate life of -leer
Queen.
Though much 1s published about the
saying and doings of the Prince of
Wales and his brothers and sister, few
people know very much about the inti-
mate life of their royal mother,and it
'wee thio tact which decided the ex-
factory
xfactory girl to write to the Queen and
ask pesrrtiesion to set about her task.
Not cnly did the Queen readily accept
this suggestion, bit 'she preferred 0!
helping hand, and Miss.Woodward was
given the entree into the royal .homes '
in England and Scotland and intro- i
dneed to liecple who had known the
Queen to her childhood and who had'
been her friends In girlhood.
As might be expected, MieieWood-
ward w011s able ta:.glean a lot' of in-
teresting information at _Windsor Cas-
tle, York Cottage at Sandringham, and
at Balmoral, • the home of Britain's
royal family when they are in Scot-
land. A. year was spent in collecting
a mass of material and then, the book
smitten, the biographer sent it to
Sandringham,' where the Queen was
staying. Both the King and Queen
read it carefully and they were so
Pleased with the way it was done that
they at once gave their consent to its.
publiea.Uoa.•'
>'fi3�"N�v""•'5'.x��F..✓,.� . 1 t*=.°W'ais't
Judge W. G. Fisher
Of Dufferin County, who died suddenly
at Orangeville on May 16.
NEW FOREST FIRES
IN THUNDER BAY
One in Stirling Township and
Other in Pic River Country.
Port Arthur, Ont. --Two new forest
fires in the district were reported to
the headquarters of the forestry ser-
vice. One is located in the north por-
tion of Stirling Township and is
burning briskly, but the extent of
damage is at present unkneem. The
other is in the Pie Diver Country,
north of Heron Bay. This fire was
spotted by hydroplane and men were
taken to the scene by planes. To i
reach the fire it was necessary for
the planes to land on White fish
Lake, following which they :efton'
an overland trip of three nudes.
The fire in Stirling Township has
been under observation for $ome days,!
but leaped into ferocity fanned by at
FACTORY BLAZE
INJURES 13 WORKMEN
Trapped by Flannes,in Quebec
Village of Ste. Therese, Vic-
tims Jump from Windows:
Montreal. -Thirteen workmen were
injured, one of whom may die,; when
fire, thought to have been caused by
a spark from an electric motor, de-
stroyed the piano and gramophone
factory of the Colonial Piano Com-
pany, Limited, at Ste. Therese, about
19 miles north of Mentreal. The
flames also destroyed a large water
tank of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, and burned down some sheds.
The damage was estimated by
()vile Hogue, secretary -treasurer of
the Colonial firm, at $175,000, partly
covered by insurance.
The victims were injured when they
were trapped by the flames follow-
ing an explosion in the top floor of
the building. The men jumped from
windows or held on to the sill, with
the flames licking their hands and
faces until ladders .could be raised
'to rescue them.
i Kelso Binette, 47, is not expected
to live from injuries he sustained
I workman had ',aimed
he jtrrped. He and another
, workman had ',aimed together and
collided as they were taking off, with
.the result that Binette landed on his
back, fie was unconscious when
picked up. A priest was summoned
after Binette had been carried to a
neighboring house and the last rites
of his church administered.
For a time the entire portion of
St. Therese lying on the side of
the railroad track containing the
factory seemed doomed, and aid was
sntnmoned from Montreal. Tater
thio danger was warded off and the
tare confined to its immediate area.
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Paris Accepts Boots
in Satin, ICid. and Silk
high wind.
Gov. -Gen. Urges Canadians
to Drop Parochialism;
Vancouver. -Baron Byng's farewell;
advice to the Canadian people, whose;
Governor-General he has been for the
past live years, Is to drop perochial-
lem and be true Canadians.
Such was the message he gave to
a huge luncheon meeting of represen-
tative Vancouver business men.
"You have the virility of youth and
that quality you call `pep; which is
so good,' said his Excellency. '7s
Where any fly in the ointment?. None
that I can see if you will he Cana-
dian. Drop petty parochial schemes
for the benefit of the whose of your
country. I have tried in my visit.
to Canada to talk unity because I'
feel it so strongly -more even per-
beps than you, because 1 see all the
Provinces,"
Berlin Museum Inkstand
5 ---•--
Mocking Former Kaiser
The English fable upon which Enlper-
re William signed the mobilization or-
der August 1, 1914, for the commence-
ment of the Wor:d War is' now on
display in the Imperial Castle in leer
btu. Eighteen ad.dltlonal reonis of the
castle have just been npened to visit.
ors•.
The table, which came from Eng-
land many years ago as 0 gift, was
evade, out of boards from Admiral
Nelson'sflagship. An inkstand, carv-
ed from similar wood in the shape of
a Spanish galleon, is inscribed in
English with the battle try "England
expects every man to do his duty;"
Good Luck is Beaming
On Black Opal Owner
The owners of black opals are ex-
tremely 'luolry at present, contrary to
the accepted superstition, for the value
of these gems is rising as. they become
more and more scarce. The mines in
Australia whicb produce them are give
ing out, and 110 sow sources have been
discovered.
Some of the etenee shown in Bond
Street, London, are .priced' at about
'4100,006. The Princess Mary, which
la the largest of these 0.51118 in exitit--,
once, E.w on display.
After some liesitatloh. Paris now
waits decided in favor of boats, and
eustnm shoemakers are making them
in satin, kid and sulk, fur walking, re-
ceptions and even for dancing, One
of the leading makers has designed e 1
high boot In glazed kid. t
It is neither Russian nor Wellington-
• AS THE "NORGE" LOOKED FLYING OVER THE ARCTIC
The above is a composite picturethan .lir machine has eueceesfully"Narge" a few hours later. 1t was in
showing the Amundsen-i;:lsworthflown over the top of the world. Thefloee such as these that last year's
Nobile dirigible, "Norge," as ,site waseemundsen expedition is tine third tmemundseu-Ellsworth party was lost
dee,crihed flying over the polar regions.reach the coveted goal, Peary beingfor tliirty'days.
Thts is the first time in the historythe first in. 1909, followed by Lt. Com-
a polar exploration that of lighter-mander Byrd on May 9 and the
CANADIANS 1 -HONORED
FOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Professor McLennan and Doc-
tor Charles G. D. Roberts
Receive Royal Society
Medals.
.Ottawa. -Two prominent Cana-
dians, a scientist and an author, were
honored by the Royal Society of Can-
ada > when they were presented with
medals emblematic of outstanding
achievements in their line of work.
'W. A. Parks, of Toronto, president
of the association, presented the Pla-
velle Medal to Professor J.' C. Mc -
Lennon, of the University of Toron-
to, and the Lorne Pierce Medal to Dr.
Charles C. D. Roberts, author and
and voted to be very chic for a prom-'
mads in the Bois. A Paris dress
maker who has been called the best
dressed woman in the city Is wearing
boots. for evenings. These evening
boots are magnificent affairsin satin,
soft kid or moire and sometimes stud-;
ded with gems, Panama induenee has
descended from the head to the.feet.
Charming models of Panama shoes are
being made in various colors, with
trimmings and pipings of kici and
adorned with Bulgarian designs,
Admirers Endow 1-lugo Chair
of Literature at. Sorbonne'
As a result of a private enhecripttonl
raised by athnirers of the poet and
novelist, the Vinton llugo chair has,
just been Inaugurated at the Sorbonne
with appropriate nerennanles at which
the President of the Republic was re-
presell tell.
The courses to be given tis holders
of the chair will be devoted to French
literature and will be open to the pub-
lie. Refired. has been expressed that
I'he lnitiallve of private citizens met
a need which should have been filled
by the State, but a subscription of
150,000 franes was quickly raised.
Birch's Old Soup Shop
Now Closed in London
The shutters gent tip for lite last
Ihue recently on Birch's famous old
soup shop ant restaurant In the shad-
ow of tin Royal Exchange ill C'.nrnhill,
London, which his been a city land-
mark since 1890. Many sentimental
folk visited the place Friday for their
last meal in a curious survival of Lon -
don't early flays,
The old sloop front, which le an ex-
oellent example of early architecture,
lias been given to the Victoria and Al.,
b.ert Mue.aum, where It will be pre.
served.
Nothing Like It.
Patience is the beet remedy for
every trouble,- Plautus.
fl,afl t9EitI 8J0ll.raJ 1t8geJ1 L',19.AL9Fsi H8.it18MH )
OF [[ WILD CANADA GOOSE"
Dozens of men and bird 'societies
have caught anti tagged song and in-
sectivorous birds, but only a few have
tagged ducks in ally great number,.
while Jaclt Miner is the only man who.;
has caught and tagged the "wild Can.,
ado goose" and studied its exact mf-'
greaten. 011e morning recently he ;
caught: and tagged 249 Canada geese,.
placing Iooseiy on a leg of each en
aluminum tag containing the natural -I
Ist's postotli.ce address on ono side, and r
on the opposite time a verse of Scrip-
tura. Jack Miner is by no means.a re -1
Iigions fanatic, but uses title unique
means of passing the Word of God
along to the Eskimos and Indians of
the, far North. The following morning
he caught and tagged 168 more, and in
the lot discovered one which had been
tagged previously 01 1918, Thus In
this way he is gaining migration facts
of the Birds that no man or combine -
lion of inen ever obtained._ All birds
were released without being injured
in any way. It will be interesting to
note from time to time where and by
whin these birds are reported killed.
peelery of submarine bombs had assist -1 Confederation. A total of 551 final
The Fiavelle Medal, donated by eclmaterially in ending the war. jdecrees were issued, 134 by the Fed-
Sir Joseph 1'lave::e for meritorious ; ' Ds. k,
P , irks, in presenting the Lorne , eral Parliament to Ontario and-Que-
achievements in science, was award-. pierce Medal to Dr, Roberts, gave bet residents, and 417 by the courts
a resume of the author's achieve-
menta and expressed: the hope that
ho would reside in Canada in future.
Dr. Roberts was born in Frederic-
ton, N.B., and educated at the Uni-
versity of New Brunswick, but for
a number of years had resided in
London, England.
eci to Professor McLennan,. not so
much for individual achievement as
for his consistent fine service in the
cause of medical service. In Toronto
he . had built up a laboratory that
was of inestimable value to Canada
and the United States. Dr. Parks
mentioned particularly Prof. Ms-
Lennan's work in extracting helium
from natural gas, and more recent-
ly his brilliant discoveries in regard
to light from the Aurora Borealis.
)luring the war Prof. Mci:ennan was
scientific adviser to the Government,
and it was safe to sky now that
many of his devices for the discos -
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DIVORCES IN CANADA •
TOTAL 551 IN 1925
Ottawa.--Oasoada established at re- Near Bingeni, In Germany:, is 0 fame
during 1925 in 'the number of ons echo wh th will toss 0 sound • to
since a.nd fro no less than 70 times.
to citizens of other provinces. In
1924 the total number of divorces oh-
taiued in the Dominion was 543.
I A remarkable feature, different
Ifrom those of other countries, was
the preponderance of divorces grant-
ed to husbands rather than to wives.
Final decrees were obtained last year
by 279 husbands, while 272 were
given to wives.
divorce's granted
in
any
year
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A PIONEER
Mrs. Alexander Morrison chow n with her clog team in the °snowbound fastnesses 01 Hudson, Ontario, scene
of Canada's "latest' and greatest gold rush." Mrs. Mort•fson is saki to have been the first woman in the northern
toW1.
TORONTO j 'AR TS t. PIANS FORMONTNG 11
THE NORTH POLE
:
Man. whew -No. 1 North, . $1.58;
No. 2 North, $1.53% No: 3 North,
$1.48.
Man. "oats'-No.,2 CW:; nominal; •No.
3; not 'gated; No. 1 feed, '48%c; No.
2 feed, 47c; MWestorn grain quota-
tions in c.i.f, bay ports.
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2
yellow, 86e; No. 3 ye' -low, $3c,
Milifeed-Del., Montreal freights,.
Lags included: Bran, per ton; $31.25;
shorts, per ton, $33.25; middlings,
840.25; good feed flour, per bag, $2.30.
Ont. oats --44 to 45c, f.o.b. shipping
points.
Ont. good milling wheat -$1.34 to
$1.36, f.o.b. shipping points, accord-
ing to freights.
Barley, malting -62 to 64e.
Buckwheat -No, 2, 72o.
Ye=No. 2, "850,
Mali. 'flour -First pat., $9 Torfinti;
do, second oat., $8.50.
Ont. four, -Toronto, 90 per cent,
pat., per barrel, in eoriots, Toronto,
$5.95; seaboard, in bulk, 86.10,
Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9 to $9,30.
Screenings -Standard, rec:esnet', f.
o.b. bay ports, per ton, $22.150.
Cheese -New, lare, 20c; twins,
2le; triplets, 22e; Stiltont, 23c, Old,
large, 25c; twins, 26c; trip:ets,17c..
Butter -Finest • -creamery prints,
88 to 88%c; No, 1 creamery, 3631 to
87%; No. 2, 84% to 3533c. Dairy
prints, 271 to E9%c.'
Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 35
to 36e; fresh ext:as, loose 34e; fresh
firsts, 32c; 'fresh seconds, 28' o 29c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring,
lb, 70e; chickens, ib., 36 to 37e;
hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 30c; do, 3 to
4 lbs„ :27c;'roosters, 25c; ducklings, 5
lbs. and up, 35c; turkeys, 40c.
Beans -Can. hand-picked, $2.00 per
bushel; primes, $2.40 per bushel. ',
Maple produce -Syrup, per itnp.
gal., $2.30 to 82:40; per 5 -gal., $2.25 to
$2:30 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to
26c; maple syrup, new, per gale 82.4D.
Homey -50 -lb. tins, 111; to 12c per
lb.; 10-1b. tins, 11% to 12c; 5 -ib. tins,
12; to 121/eo; 21/44b, tins, 14 to 14%c.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 82 to
.34c; cooked hams, 47 to 49c; smoked
rolls, 22c; cottage, 25 to Tic; break.
fast bacon, 32 to 38c; special brand
breakfast bacon, :13 to 89c: backs,
boneless, 39 to 45c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, CO
to 70 lbs., $24,25; 70 to 90 lbs.. $23.75:
20 lbs. and up, $22.34; Iightweight
rolls in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight
rolls, $39.50 per bbl. '
Lard -Pure tierces, 171;1 to 18c;
ttbs, 18 to 18%c; pails, 18% to 19e;
prints, 20 to 21c; shortening,
tierces, 1431 to 1.5c; tubs. 15 to 151 c;
palls, 16 to 163 e; blocks+, 17 to 17%e;
Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8.10;
do, good, f7 to $7.251 butcher
'teers, choice, $7 to $7.75; butcher
heifers, choice, $6.50 to $7.50; do,
good, $6.00 to $6.50; do, common,
$5.00 to $5.50; butcher cows, choice,
$5.25 .to ,$6.40; do, fair to good, $4.00
to $5.00; butcher bulls, good, $5.00
to $6.00; Bolognas, $3.50' to $4,001,
canners and cutters, $2.50 to $3.50;
springers, choice, $95 to $115;. good
milch cows, $85 to $95; medium cows,
$45 to $60; 'ceders good, $6,25 tot
$6.75; do, fair, $51 to $6;,calves,
choice, $11 •to $12.50; do, good, $9.50,
to $10.50; do, lights, $5 to $7.50; good
Iambs, $14 to $15; do, medium, $12.501
to $13; do, culls, $10 to $11.50; good+
light sheep, $8 to 79.50; 'heavy sheep i
and bucks, $5.50 to $6.59; Bogs, thick
smooths, fed and watered, $14.10; do,
f.o.b., $13.50; do, eountry.points, 1
$13.25; :do, oft' cars, $14.50; do, thick
fats, $13; select premiums, $2.76.
MONTREAL.
Oats, No. 2 C.W., 61%c; No.'8 C.W.
56%c; extra No . -1 feed, 54c. Flour,
Man. spring wheat pate., firsts, $9;
seconds,: $8.50; strong bakers', $8.30;
winter pats, choice; $8.7n to $6.80.
Rolled: oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.20,
Bran,, $31.25. Shorts, $33.25. Mid-
dlings, $40.25. Hay, No. 2, per tom!
car lots, $14.50.
Cheese -Finest westerns, 18% to�
lieeic. Butter -No. 1, pasteurized,1
38c. Eggs, fresh extras, 86c; fresh
firsts, 83 to 34c. Potatoes, Quebec,
per bag, car lots, $3. Common to fair
quality cows $4.75. Medium •quality
calves $7.50. Good veals $8,: Hogs
$15 to $15.25. Sows $11.
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A -Roumanian engineer has Just put
forward a project fcr Hamming the
Fury.-' and Hecla Straits,the uarrove
gap between Baffin Land -and the Mel=
ville Peninsula through which the ley
waters of the Arctic pour into Hudson
Bay, and s•iuoo the -Strait is only eight
miles wide he thinks that it would be
possible to close it completely.:. The
result, he believes, would be to raise
the temperature of tho,whole of that
inland sea caned Hudson Day.
Now itis from this bay, through Hud-
son Straits., that there comes, the main
flow of the Labrador Current which
bears immense masses of ice,into the
Atlantic andcarries frost so far south
that New York, though in the same
latitude as Genoa; -in Italy, has a win-
ter almost a5 cold ae. tinat of Petro-
grad.' This Labrador' Current cuts in-
to the 01111 Stream., ,checking its '•flew
and lowering its temperature, and so,
of course, cooling, the climate of Bri-
tain and Western Europe.
Cutting Off the Cold.
On the face of it, the plan for clos-
ing the Straits sounds,. good, but the
chances are that it will. be found im-
possib e from an engineering point of
view, The •sea,ber is deep, the current
strong, and the f6rce with which the
great . lee masses come crashing
through 4t would scour out the biggest
dani that man could make as easily as
a bull •" elephant.eoul'd break a thread.
There is, however, another plan for
cutting off the cold water from the
North. This Is the proposal of Mr.
0..L. Riker, an American engineer.
His suggestion is to Build a huge
jolty aver the Grand 'panics, a jetty.
about two +hundred•nrdles long, which
would run eastwerde across the shoali
from. a point near Cape Race, in New.
foundland, This, he believes, wpuld
result in stopping the Labrador Cur-
rent, the cold of which is equal to mak-
ing two million tons of ice every sec
and, from running right into the -Gulf
Stream, whose heat is equal to the
hulloing of two million tons of coal
every minute.
A Million Miles of Rog.
At present the two currents meet on
the Banks Where the water is only
about two hundred and fifty feet deep,
and one -result is the immense elouds
of fog which for Months every year
cover over a million square miles in
the neighborhood of the meeting place.
If' the jetty .suggested by Mr. Riker
were. built, the Labrador Current
would be turned eastward off the
Banks and would sick into the great
depths of the Atlantic, where it would
probably be lost, while the warm blue
waters of the Gulf Stream "would' con-
tinue northward in almost undiminish-
ed volume,
Its Treat would soon melt away a
large portion of the polar ice cap,
changing conrpl•etely the climate of
the whole of North America and also
that of Northern Europe. The whole
of British North America would: then
enjoy a climate at least as mild as that
of Prance, while the eastern part of
the United States woitisi beconne as
warns as Southern California.
A Nightlesa Summer.
There might be other, and even more
tremendous consequences. The malt-
ing of the Arctic lee cap might shift
the equalizing balance of the globe so•
thait`the preponderating weight of the
Antarctic ice ,cap would make what
is now the North Pole move towards
North Europe, with the result ot pro-
ducing a nightles•s summer hi the area
of Scotland without a daylese whiter.
The cost of the great jetty is esti
mated at about Ont hundred and nine-
ty million dollars. It Is a lot of money,
yet more ,was spent in one seek dur-
ing the war. And unlike the plan for
damming the Fury and Hela Straits,
the building of the jetty would offer
no great engineering difficulties.
Canada Furnishes Mare . Than
Half the World's Exports
of Wheat in 1925-26.
Fairly light trade to the end of this
summer with moderate purchases by
European importing counties; prices.
probably :ower than inid-April levels
unles, present crop prospects change
low or moderate carry -avers into the
new crop year; these are the salient
1 points'of the world wheat Outlook Tor
the next few. months,.
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1 The 1925-26 world shat crop hsa
been the largest since 1915 if Russia
is included. Without,Russia it is the
largest ever reported, except in 1928.
!International trade has been light.
a^ ',Surpluses genuinely available for ex -
F. F. MACPHERSON I port have been small except in Can
Principal of the I•familton Normal ada, which -has furnished over half
School, and one of Ontario's best -'the total exports, The United States
known e:lilcattonists, who died on has exported little except or durum
May 16,
Legal-Act(macaroni wheat) and .of Hoar, •and
has imported for home use only mod -
(macaroni
erste- quantities of Canadian wheat.
During the past ,year there were Phe international situation would
668 legal adoptions of children, ee- have been tighter had Europe not
cording to the .report of Mr. t. J. had large domestic crops and had
9Ieeso, the Provincial Officer under therefore no need to iynport 'heavily.
the Act. It is alsointeresting to nota Prospects for the U. S. crop 01
that of over three tieusand' adop-
1926-27 are that it will be larger
tions .since the Act was passed in
1921 only twenty-eight children had.
to be returned -and some of ,these.
were owingto the death of the adopt-
ing parent. -
--e
Eastbourne, England, has refused to
than in 1925-28, but that for most
of the rest of the Northern Hemi-
spheres the crop will be somewhat
smaller: The new harvests are 'ex-
pected to relieve the tension in the
wheat trade that has prevailed .since
November --hence the :aeavy discounts
allow cinemas to open on Sunday even- of new crop 1uture,i ;rr North America
inns•.. under the May future.