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The Seaforth News, 1927-12-08, Page 7Boy Enters Lion's Cage To Pay For Operation T • Cure Cripple Sister Lond'ou,—A modern Daniel who dared the terrors of anion's den has been found in Alfred Garcia, a 16 -year- •01d messenger boy, Alfred did not risk his life for his faith., but he put 3t in Jeopardy' for the sake of his lit- tle sister, itt order to obtain enough money to pay for an operation to en- able her to walk. Alfred's sister had been. a cripple ,since her 'birth when the boy heard that a lion tamer offered to pay 2250 to anybody who would enter the cage with the lions that formed a big at- traction of.a circus then playing at Sheffield.; Nothing daunted by the ,distance AIEred, walked to Sheffield from Loudon, offered to accept the dare of the lion tamer, entered the cage with rteveral.liege elroue..11onct and emerged unscathed to receive a cheque for Lite promised amount. The well known surgeon to whom the 'boy took the cheque and told his story refused to charge any tee Or operating on the cripple girl and now, three years atter Cha operation, she is able to walk for the firsttime since her birth. The etor7 came to light during the visit' of Priueo Henry to the National Orthopaedic Hospital where the: girl had been treated since the operation. The hospital's charges Ear exceed the 2260. which Aifred Darned' ill the lion's den;.' but those iu charge of the institution will refuse to woes their claim to view of the heroic devotionshownby' the brother for his baby sister. .ExdlnLrer Makes the Eskimo, because it not only sup- plied food but clothing of the hest Plea Por kind for the Eskimo. sl�ono Fur Stations. IIe regretted the practice of fur col - Arctic Natives . Dying Of lecting stations giving the native a Starvation, Capt. Munn high-power rifle and telling him, to go s inland, shoot caribou to live and.. trap. Says. as many foxes as he could. The tem- - Wien of the new toy was too great GIVES REASONS I for the native, and he would kill cari- ---e • ' bou until, there was no ammunition ;Caribou and Reindeer THE SCENE AT WHITEHALL The Day of Remembrance in London loft or no cartoon. Where the British nation remembered their million fallen dead on November 11th. sequel as Food for This northern territory was the na- habitat >of the Eskimos. il, itowere to be dovalopecl as reindeer pea;�an.a�d�a� ���Itural Northerners to Curage, or as a land of white settle - 1 Succ <ssfuI Crum Canadian Arctic arti ular Quebec, the French -Cana - When &party is In office for a long : p c term, it builds -up a Senate majority digin Province, expressed hostility to The little known area lying east of meat fox mineral development, the Rr which can be overcome, when in due any action which might deprive her the Mackenzie River and west of Da- help of the -Eskimo population of Brl- vis Straits, wealthy in its minerals, tish territory was steadily diminish- -Its fm's and its reindeer development ing. He pointed to experiments which was orally explored and its features .of interest brought to the minds of a numerous audience by Capt. H. T. Munn, 'F.R.G.S., pioneer explorer of the Canadian Northwest, addressing the Canadian Club luncheon iu Mont- real recently, Capt. Munn also voiced a plea for measures to prevent the 'ex- tinction of the Eskimo race in the Northwest. As a preliminary he drew attention Lo the huge herds of reindeer now roaming around in Alaska, all the re- sult of settlement of 120 reindeer :souse years ago by the United States. Coming to the Mackenzie River terri- tory, he spoke of the, ravages worked by' the white man in the destruction -of the caribou. There were places in ec which the Eskimo natives were dying of starvation today because of the ex- termination of the caribou, The cari- bou was the most important animal to the Danish Government had carred, out in protection and education of Eskimos, with great success. He bo- ' lieved the estttbllslunent of reinder pasturage, the settlement of the land by proper traders, the introduction of Police, medical officers and so on, to teach the Eskimo to take care of him- self imself in his new condition, would do a great deal to prevent the extermina- tion of the Eskimos. Present Population. The present Eskimo population of the Mackenzie River territory was. about 5,500. A. few years ago it was 10,000. He was afraid the depletion of the Eskimo population was not al- together to the credit of Canadian ad- ministration. Capt. Munn concluded with a series of anecdotes illustrating the tem- plicity and generosity o fthe Eskimo's nature. The War In China May Be eforaed Mackenzie King Believes He Is Warranted in Working Out His Theories W. L. Mackenzie King, Prima Min- ister of Canada, had two thoughts in mind pt'incipally in calling the recent conference of Provincial Premiers. He desired au expression of opinion cm the advisability of reforming the Senate, which, is the Upper House of the Canadian Parliament; and he sought the views of the provincial governments ou the proposal that be evolved which would make it more Canada should assume the right to literally representative of national amend her own .constitution ---which learning and culture. It is believed is contained in the British North Mr. King has some plan or this sort in his mind. The Link With London course the Opposition becomes the powerful minority of their' rights of Government, only as' vacancies are language and customs guaranteed by created by death. the Act of Confederation. Quebec Senate reform has been in Mr: sees in the patriarchal Senate, for in- King's platform for some years, but stance, a stout safeguard against it bas not gone beyond the stage of radicalism, and in the British Perlia - academic debate. There have been meut a guarantee that the rights many tentative schemes for creating secured in 1867 will not be sacrificed an Upper House more responsive to on the altar of nationalism. Not but - public opinion. Rather curiously lightly will she surrender either but. there is no serious demand for its wark of her ancient institutions, and abolition, but there is a widespread 11 Mr, King can evolve a formula to feeling that appointments should be allay her alarm and, at the same time, for a limited .period, possibly eight or capable 00 meeting the demands of ten years, and that a system might then ewer Provinces for a fuller meas- ure of national self-expression, he will have accomplished a neat Job of diplo- macy and statesmanship. As a matter of fact, these two is- sues are of concern mainly in political circles and there is IittIe evidence that the general public are. disturbed to any considerable extent. Government Ship l3oethie Patrols Arctic Waters Under Difficulties Ottawa.—Canada's 1927 patrol of the Canadian' Arctic has been a marked success. Carried '.out under most unusual ice and weather condi- tions—such as the oldest Arctic navi- gators now in service have selctetn ex- perienced—the cruise was completed within the schedule time of 51 days, At Lake Harbor, on Baffin Island, a new post was also established. Continuous fogs, coupled with the prevalenceof easterly winds and L µ3 dy Ivg1) Wins British , By -Election Another Woman Member Added to Those Already in British House of Commons Loniion--The Sotiteeend paTlIaaesn- tary by-election has resulted in 'm triumph for the Conservatlres and 1it Is also notable as raising the numbs* of women members in the Houses tee Commons to seven. The Countess Iveagh polled 21,000 votes, defeating the Liberal candidate by,1000 and Labor by 10,000, which, though slights, gales instead of northwest winds ly less then what was done by Loo0 usual in the summer, made navigation Iveagh (then recount plh'edon) all of the official, party's ship—the SS. Boethie-extremely difficult: In the patrol of. the Arctic waters north of the magnetic pole this condition was. especially true, Here the navigators had to find their way ,by judgment born of experience. Here too, the easterly winds packed the ice in dense masses along the east coast and in the bays and inlets which pre- cluded the drifting of the vessel 1:o - ward the middle of Davis Strait. Yet combatting the elements sue- cessfully tate Boothia slowly plowed her way' into the Port of. Godbaven, Greenland, on the afternoon of July 23. There the official party was re- ceived by Governor Rosendahl of Greenland and Mrs. Rosendahl, Many Greenlanders took advantage of the occasion to visit the ship, where mov- ing pictures of previous expeditions and of Canadian scenes were shown. Practically all the islands in the Canadian Arctic archipelago were visited and poste were revictualed. The only part of the program which could not be completed was the pro- posed visit of the Canadian Govern- ment cache on Melville Island. Aban- donment of this call was necessitated owing to the complete closing of Bar- row Strait by ice. Plenty of Food. Eskimos at the posts and villages visited were in good health. Hunting it was found had been good in the year since the previous inspection and the natives were generally well sup- plied with food and clothing. Dundas Harbor, on Devon Island,. was visited on July 27. In addition to the usual supplies, materials were left at this port to enable a detach- ment 02 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to complete repairs to post buildings which has been unroofed about a month previously in one of the worst storms ever known in the region. Passing on to Craig Harbor, on the southeast shore of Ellesmere Isiand, ornor General, s persona tetras it was found that ice Mocked the way. of i,lle Royal Burks Hussars. entative in the Dominion. This see- moving up northward into Smith He described tit,' of cavalry in tion of political thought would libel Sound, Etah, on the Greenland roast, lit 1':ess•Ii r'tm' workpaign at the charge isit the right, of appeal to the Privy was first t+,neleel, and then a , ,t:lt _• i 112 I'1 ti1t;;har, which, ho said, cut the council—the traditional "Ecol of the the meet t+tt + r Pia , 1," the r ,y u c f frit1 Army in two and captured Throne" --and proposes a distinctive!._ wee quit. a+ 10 115 ,,uu.t iu 1 u, i 1, Ito,ter., .end a large number 1,4 Canadian flag. It is a notable fnel,1 Bache 1 nit ala. Th, 0'.:. t ru•:1- tun and illustrative of the innate stabil-led bark in'', he dents and e. Vat; i,.t t na, :fists say," he de- Ity of the Canadian system, that these l ing 10 lteavt s est wind but ,. r ruin- t 1.t„l, We h"� ;tort dent: fighting. if views found no expression nor unylly the past ;it Baeite r'eninsf tt was ;r4t h 1r another war, there will be reached iu eafe:y. ntn,.u5 �rhero we must have civ- Landing her suppliesspeedily ihel HELPING THE CHINESE "White" Russians, refugees from the Bolseeviki, manning artillery for the defense of Shantung, China, against the souther Nationalists army from Nanking. America act as passed by the Perlia ment of the United Kingdom in 1867 and since amended some seventeen This subject lg linked with the times. On neither question were the delegates unanimous, but at the close British North America, act because, There is a wing of the Liberal Party, the seasons. Mr. Klug said he had under our present Constitution and largely confined to the Western Prov- er received sufficient support to warrant practice, the Senate cannot be recon- inces, which would cut us loose from his Government in Proceeding to work stntcted without the sanotion of the alitlos with Britain except such, as In formal Il i t Canada to Have All Red Phone Cross Continent Telephone System to Be Built at Once Saint Sohn, N.B.--A decisioi to join with the 13e11 Telephone Company 62 Canada in the, constructidit or an all - Canada telephone lino from Saint i John to Montreal, which next year will be part of an "all -rod” direct •through connection by telephone from the Atlantic to Pacific, was reached at the regular quarterly meeting of the boarci or directors of the Now Brunswick Telephone Company, Ltd., held n their ofllces here recently. The New Brunswick Company expects to expend approximately $80,000 in its part of the work. There will be three copper circuits in this line, so that ample'facilities will' be provided for people in. Eastern Canada to talk through from Halifax to Sudbury, Ontario, without having to use lines yenning through the United States. At present, all calls between Saint John and Montreal go via Boston. Early in the spring,. the Bell Tele- phone Company w111 commence the construction of a copper circuit from Sudbury to Winnipeg to connect with the Manitoba telephone system. This, in turn, will connect with the Sae- katchewan system and, further, with the system in Alberta. A copper cite cult will be erected next spring on C.P.R. telegraph poles, linking ftp the Alberta system with British Colainbia and giving direct through connection from Halifax to 'Vanconvsr, Not So Easy James J. Montague. Long years ago I'learned to sow The seeds in their appointed places, And smiled to see the plantiings show Within a week their cheery faces. But when they withered over night I Learned that I could never grow 'am Unless I toiled with main and might To hoe 'em. out his theories. These are questions British Parliament, The Mother of are Implied a eg ance o a taxies in the Ineleal re- Parliaments never has refused an of- common sovereign throtgh the Gov- •I his 1 volution tie ficial request from Canada for a con- penisape o our national xplan, bon. stitutlonal amendment and the B.N.A. perhaps worthy of a little explanation. act is not in any sense a restriction Appointed for Life on Canadian liberty, but there is a The Semite in many ways is mod-, section or opinion which considers it sled upon the British House of Lords. Humiliating that even in a formal Senators hold office for life—and one sense, we should have to approach of them recently observed his 100th London fur authority to amend the birthday. It was the theory of the basic law under which the nine Prov- e .t.- of Confederation that they laces entered into the Dominion. elr. Next season I attained this art, I hoed the things through sun and ' shower, And with a glad and hopeful heart I watched them come to perfece 13ut f1,, they dropped upon the dirt And I, each season growing wiser, Discovered that they needed fort- Rizer. the• last elections, nevertheless was unexpectedly a considerable victory. as by-efeotions in 'Great Britain arts usually difficult for the members ok the party in power. Labor and Liberals 'console them- selves with the fact they have &Light* ly improved thei rrespective positions in a predominantly middle-class cone stltuency, which is regarded as ons of .the Government's strongholds; The Daily Herald, the Labor organ, discuseing the election figures, oiaima that although the' Liberal votes warn 1000 more than in the 1924 contest in this'constitueney, they are 3006 fewer then In 1923, when Labor wap not represented. Lady Iveagh makes a notable ad- dition to the already distinguished group of women members in the group of women members in the House. of Commons. She has proved herself an effective speaker and it is recalled that as secretary to her father, the late Earl Onslow, ex -Gov ernor-General of New Zealand, she has acquired a knowledge of public' affairs which should render her �I valuable colleague'to the Duchess of Athol'. Mrs. Hilton Philipson, 'Vis• countess Astor, Mies Margaret Bond - field, Miss Ellen Wilkinson and Miss Susan Lawrence who have .won re- markable respect both for themselves and for the women's viewpoint in ono of the most critical assemblies in the world. -aa-- Allenby Praises Cavalry Says It is Still Indispensable, Though Less Useful London. — The cavalry's wartime usefulness has been diminished,' but it is still indispensable, field Mar- shall Lord Allenby declared at a din- ner of the 0111 Comrades Association is 01)1,01(1 be appointed ffom the elder King, it to understood, proposes a support in the conference of premiers state,imen of the nation, representing compromise which would give the Do. and cabinets. the highest types of national life. minion official, as see now has actual, Actually they are named by the party control over her own Constitution in power from its party friends, and within certain limitations. In an is - if they possess any qualifications for sue affecting the rights of minorities public service superior to those of or Provinces it would be possible to plain Members of Parliament it is be- make an amendment only with the 'in- cense they have passed to a realm animous approval of all provincial where they are secure—at 94,000 a Governments; in matters concerning year—against the uncertainties of trade, taxation and the general busi- I fertilized the following year, Anil my tomatoes, I remember, Thrived healthily and flourished ,clear Until the fifteenth , or September. Then bugs swept down upon the lot And I was powerless to stay 'em; They ate my plants, for I'd forgot To spray 'em, There's always something I forget, leach year I've toiled and moiled and panted Around that garden patch, and yet I've never reaped where I have planted. I think perhaps the soil might give A fair return from my endeavor If I could find stems way to live blorever. elections and the humors of the peo- ple. The Senate cannot Initiate legis- lation having to do with public Ana - ace, nor interfere with the Govern - meet's budget proposals, but it it hap- Pens—as at this time—to have a maj- ority of a political faith contrary to that of the Administration it can, and sometimes does, play havoc with He—"And 'why do you think I ata such a poor jtdgo of human. nature?" Sha—"Because you have enol a good opinion of yourself," nese of the nation the approval of a majority of the Provinces would suf- fice. In a general way the Western Prov- inces were in favor of reforming the Senate and of Canada taking- to her- self full powers over the Constitu- tion; onstitu tion; the East, traditionally more con- servative, hesitated to venture from other details of legislative programs. the security of accepted paths. In TREATS HIM LIKE THAT "You know Jerry that wire of mine leads me a dog's Ills." "How do yuh figure that, Joe?" "Well, only this mornin' she told mo I was sufferin' from distemper." "ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES"—By O. Jacobson. THE {LAIC CCAfER A COMEINAlleti FoR MEN of (Copyright, 1504, Sy 01,11,11 Syndicate I e.) -----•--mcsxmec.�amazmmasr Fon •..:.•__....._......._.,......• Boethic, under :t�'ant headed fur Mice {airy'' Strait, which connects Buchanan Bay l Worth Trylnp. with Smith Sound. Continuing her I Trans•Al 'antic travel would be quite ffruise by way of Craig harbor the ,a bit more comfortable if a way could ship's head was finally turned to the he found to supply short wave lengths east, and after touching at Port Leo - gold and Arctic Bay she pi-a'eeded to. Pond Inlet. A call was then made at Clyde Inlet and then the course of the Boothele was directed to Lake IIar- bor, on the south shore or Badln Is- land, where the new post was estab- lished. Three days were spent at Lake Harbor and the vessel, calling at Port Burwell, completed her voy- age by returning to North Sydney, N.S. Campaign to Draw Youths From Cities to the ocean. The collegiate three -'otter man is not so designated because bo has mas- tered We three R's. New Cook ---"Tho mistress must be an optimist" Parlormaid — "How's that?" 'She planned the menus with nue for a whole month." We are all waiting to road about the man getting arrested for speeding on his way to church in order to get there iu time, First Tramp—'I see you've got your golf socks on to -day." Second Tramp —"What do you mean by golf socks!" Perth, W. Aust. --Means for assist- "Why, they have 18 holes, haven't Mg British emigrants to become sue they?" cesstul farmers were diseussed at a The peat and ornithologist Ierge'y attended conference of coun- try representatives of the New Sot- Differ in ways absurd. Cors' League, The Governor, Sir One writes—"The bird is on the William Campion, in opening the first wing" Meeting, said that a vigorous policy The other answers—"No such thing' of decentralization was desirable The suing is on the bird." throughout Australia, and an effort ane day with g"If your"utas haired auburn tresses, wife shows uees, ask nop p should ,be made to induce the men— especially the young single man—to queetiolts;" advises a speaker. Suf- ficient unto the dye is the evil there- of" On a corner plot of laud in Erding- ton, Birmingham, is a notice beard announcing that this particular area of land has been reserved as a site for a hurOlh towards the cost of build, Mg which an appeal tor funds is made. Just recently another placard has beau displayed in Close proximity to rho miter, It reads: "Don't w000y; it may never happen." A little viliage in Massachusetts had a farmer who owned a mule, and set great store on this rare -In -New - England animal. One day the mule disappeared', and after a vain search the owuer offered a dollar reward for it, The village laakwit an hoar gator appeared leading the 'stray mune- After handing over]snow the dollar; iltst CLOSE RELATIVES ulviiorr cnrtatts to how 3C±tae done, asked the 'ifnur the secret, cl understand he has a number "Wa-al," replied the metttaly $ofic15 of close relatives:' h her would' go into the. country; It was explained in the speech by the Minister for Lands that great haste is being made by the Govern- ment to make land available to the young men of the State, and to emigrants. Every available surveyor is engaged on new country and the work i5 proceeding as. rapidly as p0s sible. :> • Iant one, I just thoug t w o Yes; they're all Scotch ca Igo if I wuz a mule, an' I went there, r 4 tiller's side," , .. ' w I sic' dv f : d"