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Zurich Herald, 1920-06-24, Page 7SENATOR HARDING OF 01110 CHOSEN AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE Calvin T. Coolidge, Governor of Massachusetts, is to RUB as Vic -President. Chicago, .June 1;3; -Senator Warren G. %larding of Marion, Ohio, was nominated for President of the United States by the Republican ,Darty repre- sented by its delegates assembled in National Convention at the Coliseum this afternoon, Calvin T. Coolidge, Governor of Massachusetts, was nom- inated for Vice -President. The nomination' of the Preeidential candidate came 'on the tenth ballot: in the ninth ballot the whole trend of the convention sentiment was to- ward Harding. When New York, with its heavy representation, went to him ori the tenth, evet'ything was over except the shouting -and the sheeting began 'immediately. Senator Harding's nomination was the outcorne of a complex situation that did not begin to clear until last evening, . After four ineffective bal- lots yet teerday the convention had ad- journed until this morning. Pour ad- dition .l ihillots in the forenoon and early in the afternoon of to -day had developed Harding strength, hut Gen- eral Leonard Wood and Governor Frank 0. Lowden had remained, h the hours, and., during that short period combinations were formed that made Harding's nomination certain. Warren G. Harding, choice of the Republican party for the Presidency of the United States, is a native of Ohio, having been born near the vil- lage of Bloornieg-• Grove, Morrow county, of that State. He was the eldest of eight children, and his father was a country doctor. The Ilardings are of Scottish stock; and his mother was descended from a Duteh family. Ile is the publisher of a prosperous newspaper, The Marion Star. Harding is said to be of the McKin- ley type -"safe, sound, courageous, and always ready to listen to counsel." He • early advocated preparec,ness while others were clamoring for reace at any price, He sponsored the bill for preparedness which had the en- dorsement of Colonel Roosevelt, and it is said that Roosevelt regardedhim as the coming man. Mr. Harding has travelled extensively in Europe to study conditions and government there, and was brought into touch with foreign affairs more while on the lead. A recess was taken for two 0.onrnrittee of Foreign Relations. ALBANIA PRIME ALLEGED PROFITEERS MINISTER SHOT ARE LISTED List of Persons Indictable for Sugar Overcharge to be Published. A. despatch from Ottawa says: -The Board of Commerce proposes at an early date to issue a list of persons and firms liable to indictment for sugar profiteering, The list contains the names of retailers. and whole- salers, who are scattered in many parts of Canada, chiefly in Ontario and Quebec, • Whether prosecution will follow depends upon the action of the Attor- ney -General in each of the Provinces. These officials will be furnished with particulars of the profiteering alleged by the board, and it is up to them to indict the offenders under the Crim- inal Code as provided for in the Com- bines and Fair Prices Act. Assassinated by Student in Streets of Paris. Paris, June 13. -Gen, 'Essad Pasha., Prime Minister of Albania, was shot dead this afternoon in front of Hotel Continental by an Albanian student named Aveni Rustem, 26 years old, who fired two pistol shots into Essad's chest as the latter, accompanied by his nephew and a woman friend, was stepping into his limousine to go to the races. The crime is believed to be the culmination of a political plot originating among a group of Alban- ian students in Rome, from which city the assassin came to Paris on June 6. Essad iaasha, who headed an anti - Italian movement in Albania, and who has been living in France since the Italian occupation rendered his stay in Albania impossible, came here to plead with French and British statesmen against continued occupa- tion of Albania by Italian troops: The assassination appears to• have been timed to prevent the possible return of Essad to his country, now that the popular revolt has about suc- ceeded in driving out occupants. Only one species of reptile -a lizard -is to be found in the Azores. German Army Down to 200,000 Men A despatch from' Berlin says: -It is announced that the reduction of the German army to 200,000 men has been accomplished. This is in accordance with the Versailles Treaty. Weekly Market Report '(rain Prices. Toronto, June 15. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $3.15; No. 2 North- ern, $3.12; No. 3 Northern, $3.08, in store Fort William. Man. oats -No. 2CW, $1.33; No. 3 CW, $1.33; extra No. 1 feed, $1,33; No. 1 feed, $1.32; No. 2 feed, $1.31, Manitoba barley -No,' 3 CW, $1.90%; No. 4 CW, $1.641/x; rejected, $1.601/x; feed, $1.601/x, American corn -No, 3 yellow, $2,40; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, nominal. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2 to $2.01; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93, f,o, b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, per car lot, $2.02 to $2.03; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o. b. shipping points, according to freights, Peas -No. 2, $8.00. Barley -Malting, $1.87 to $1.89, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal, Rye -No. 3, $2,20 to $2.25, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -Government stand- ard, $14.85, Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stand- ard, $13.25, nominal, Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $54; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, $3,75 to $4.00. Hay -No. 1, per ton, $30; mixed, pen toe, $25, track, Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16 to $17, track, Toronto. Country Produce --Wholesale, Cheese -New, large, 82 to 83e; twins, 323 to 33%c; triplets, 333 to .84c• Stilton, new, 84 to 85c; old, large, 82 to 32c; Do, twins, 33 to 34e. ' Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 60c; creamery prints, 55 to 57c. Margarine -33 to 38c. Eggs -New laid, 52 to 53e. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 80c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 35c; turkeys, 53 to 60c; ducklings, 88 to 40c; squabs, doz., $6. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 70c; roosters, 250; fowl, 27c; ducks, 35 to dOc. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, ,bus,, $5 to $5.50; primes, $4.50; Japans, $5; Madagascar Limas, lib., 15e; Japan Limas, lb. ilc. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $3.50 to $3.75; per 5 imp. gals., $3,25 to $3,50. Maple sugar, 33 to 34c. Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked meats -Hams, Hied., 43 to 45c; heavy, 34 to 36e; cooked, 60 to 63c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 45 to 50e; backs, plain, 50 to 52c; boneless, 5o to 58c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28 to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 28e. Lard -Pure, tierces, 28 to 28%e;tubs, 28% to 290; pails, 28% to 29%e; prints, 29%to 30e. Compound tierces, 27 to 271,rzc; tubs, 2741 to 28c; pails, 27%to 28%c; prints, 285 to 29c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 15. -Oats -Can- adian Western, No. 2, $1.43 to $1.45; No. 3, $1.40 to $1.41. Flour -New standard grade, $14.85 to $15.05. Rol- led oats -Bags, 90 lbs,, $5.50 to $5.60. Bran, $54.25. Shorts, $61.25, Hay - No. 2, per ton, car lots, $28. Cheese -Finest easterns, 29%c. Butter - choicest creamery, 54c. Eggs -Fresh, 49c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $6 to $6.25. • Live Stock Markets.. Toronto, June 16. -Choice he steers, $15.50 to $16; good he steers, $14,75 to $15; butchers' cat choice, $14.50 to $15; do, good, $1 to $14- do, rated., $13 to $13.50; com., $11.75 to -$12; bulls, cho $12.50 to $13; do, good, $10.50 $11,25; do, rough, $8 to $8.50; bate cows, choice, $12,50 to $13.50; do, g $11 to $11.50; do, come$7.50 to stockers, $9,25 to $11; feeders, $11 $12.50; canners and cutters, $4.50 $,6.25; milkers, good to choice, $10 $165; do, com. and red. $65 to $ springers, $90 to $165; lambs, ye ings, $13 to $14; do, 'Spring, per 18 to 20c,- calves, good to choice, to $18; sheep, $6 to $10.50; hogs,, and watered, $19,25; do, weighed cars, $19.50; do, f.o.b., $18.25; do, countrypoints,$18. Montreal, Ju15.-13utcher.heif med., $11 to $13; corn., $8 to $10 butcher cows, good, $11 to $12; in $8 to $10.50; canners, $5.50 to cutters, $6 to $7; butcher bulls, co $9 to $10.50. Good veal, $14 to rued., $10 to $13. Ewes, $8 to lambs, good, $18 to $20. Off. weights, select hogs, $20.50; so $16.50. 1,4 5 eeetetes ?iY1. rets e .FeStee.4, rys? hitt ,........... CONVOCATION AT THE PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY Once again the commencement exercises of the University of Toronto have been celebrated with due pomp and ceremony. In Con.y,ocatio-i Hall, on June 4, over five hundred received degrees. General Sir Charles Towns- hend, of Mesopotamia fame, attended the ceremonies. Photo shows the head of the procession going to Convoca- tion Hall, showing a few of the pretty graduates heavily laden with flowers from congratulators, COMBAT HOPPERS IN WESTERN PROVINCES Manitoba and Saskatchewan Have Started Systenna.€ie Campaign. Winnipeg, June 13. -The week -end has found grasshoppers reported in CANADA AND DENMARK AT ODDS REGARDING THEFT OF HIDES Musk -oxen in Canadian Territory Carried Off During Close Season by Danish Eskimos. spots over a very wide territory, both A despatch from Ottawa says: - in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, says The Manitoba Free Press. The Mane itoba Department of Agriculture an- nounced. an abundant supply of ma- aware that a tidy little tiff has been terial for poison bait and has a large taking place of late between Canada staff of men at work investigating re- and Denmark. It eoncerns depreda- ported outbreaks and mixing and die- tions made by Danish Eskimos from tribut:ng the bait. - the northwestern end of Greenland on The department has experts on the the musk -oxen of Ellesmere Island, a ground, issued a warning for people not to be carried away with . new- fangled schemes for killing the hop- pers, but to stiek religiously to the spreading of the poison and to keep repeating thesloses. A very careful test has been -made 'of the coal oil spraying machine, but the' results are, not satisfactory and the asphalt burner sent out has not proven effective, but sure and satis- factory results have been obtained Cly These not being clays of open diplo- macy in Canada, few Canadians are the use of the poison bait, and all are earnestly entreated to concentrate on its use. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture- of Saskatchewan, F. H. Auld,' says: "The recent reports of hoppers hatching indicate that the area af- fected last year is extending consid- erably this year, and, in general, the, situation is more serious. It is rapidly becoming more apparent that a uni- form, prompt and thorough poisoning campaign . luring June is the only means of saving a big crop loss here. Municipalities are showing a fine spirit of co-operation, and ,fighting machines, organized previous to the appearance of the nymphs, are-work- ing re-working smoothly and effectively. "Hatchings so far are principally on the roadside and the sodlands, and the hoppers are just 'beginning to. move onto the crops, emphasizing that the most economical fight is at that stage, as they' are concentrated in small areas." - Heady Rain Helps Jamaica Crops A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says: -The severe drought whioh has caused anxiety to the Government, planters and traders, has been broken. Heavy rains are now falling through- out the island, and are causing loss, of life by drownings in the rivers in some parts. -possessioar of Canada's about which many Canadians know nothing, but which is a territory larger than the. Bxitish Isles, Some time ago Canada declared a permanent closed season on musk - oxen living in Canadian territory. On this island, so far north that it does not appear on most maps of the Do- minion, the musk-ox has his habitat. Danish Eskimos cross the intervening waters, and, according to evidence given before the Musk-ox Commission, kill it for its hide. Leaving the dead bodies strewn about, the valuable furs are taken over to Greenland and thence exported. The Canadian Government, though it keeps tight lips on the matter, is believed to have drawn the natter to the attention of the Danish Govern- ment. It is understood that the Dan- ish official who replied gave no satis- faction, his reply practically being to the effect that the matter was none of Canada's business. He evidently thinks the land in question so far north that it is outside of civilized reckoning, Meanwhile the next step is up to Canada so far as the muskox is' con- cerned. "Luxury Taxes" Considerably Modified A despatch from Ottawa says: -The changes which it is proposed to make in the luxury taxes are in brief: 1. Boots and essential articles of clothing to be taxed fifteen per cent. •on the excess, instead of ten per cent. on the total selling price, 2. Expensive furniture, walking sticks and expensive china to be sub- ject to luxury tax. They were not previously included. 3. Exemption limit increased on furs, coats, caps, muffs, neckpieces, robes and rugs. 4. Modifications in the tax of sport- ing goods, velvets, velveteens, lace and braid, ribbons, and carpets. British Massacred in Asiatic Turkey A despatch from London says: - Two British officers, all the Govern- ment officials and a number of towns- people were killed in an attack by Samar tribesmen on Telfar, near Mosul, Asiatic Turkey, aceording to Bagdad advices, coming by way of Bombay. The Government building was damaged also in the attack, which was made on June 4. A punitive column is reported to have been sent from Mo'suT. Action Against High Prices in France A despatch from Paris says: -The French offensive against the high cost of living has carried the first line trenches, At Havre and Marseilles several groups of large wholesale and retail stores have had to give way before popular pressure, and have an- nounced 10 to 25 per cent, reductions on their prices. The method being pursued all over the country is to talk and write about "la baisee" as per= sistently as the high cost was talked about formerly, in the hope that talk may result in action. Mine Reopens and Flag Flies After 36 Years Fort' William, June 13.-A British flag which Captain A. Cross packed away 36 years ago, when the Silver Islet Mines was closed, was again un- furled yesterday over the shaft, in- dicating that the mine has been re- opened. The Captain always had faith in the mine, and when he was forced to stop operations in 1884 he hauled down the flag, determined never to use it again, except at the mine. His hopes have been realized, since a Duluth syndicate recently took charge of the works, Nin T RR0; ° 1N 3 USSR EXCEPT HUNGER, R "TORTS BREEN LABOR MEN British Workers' Delegation to Moscow Urges Resumption of Trade With Russia and Cessation of Aid to Her Enemies. A despatch from London says: - Fifty per cent. of the people of Soviet Russia are hungry, although every- body is getting a certain allowance of food, declared Benjamin Turner, mem- ber of. the British Labor delegation to Russia, In the course of a graphic declaration' on conditions in that coun- try as he had, observed them. 1 Mr, Turner, with another delegate, Thomas Shaw, M.1?., returned to Eng- land recently, "There is no terror its Russia, ex- cept hunger, and that is a very real terror in the cities," said Mr. Turner. There hail been a Red Terror, as cording.to the British Labor man, and ofileial ligtires showed that 3,500 per- sons had been shot; mostly, he was in- formed, for acts of treachery behind the lines during the Denikine and Kol- chak campaigns. This terror had ceased, but the Bolshevik' leaders told Mr. Turner that force would bo used as long as there was the possibility of a counterrevolution and while the war with Poland lasted. They said. they were surrounded by spies and sup- porters of the old regime, Messrs, Turner and' Shaw brought an interim report of the Labor dele- gation, urging tho British Government to abolish the blockade, resume trade and make peace with Russla, . and cease assisting Poland or any other enemies of Russia. POLISH FORCES EVACUATE KIEV' Take Up New Line of Defense in Ukraine. Warsaw, June 1,3. ---The evacuation of Kiev has been completed, the Poled withdrawing to the region of Zhst' omir. News of the .evacuation of Kiev reached Warsaw Saturday night, which was the first report from Klee in several days. Just prior to the cutting off of communication by the Bolsheviki, General Rydzmigly, the Commander at Kiev, sent a destpate1t that he would make a stand tiniest otherwise ordered, With difficulty the Poles got through a personal order from General Palsudski, the Commander-in-chief, to the Kiev Com- mander to evacuate immediately. General Budenny, the Russian Come minder, who fought against Denekine, is bringing up reinforcements, the despatches say, but the military authorities assert that the fight for Kiev is not yet ended by any means, North of Kiev the Poles are bat- tling against the Bolsheviki, who are endeavoring to cut the Korosten-Kiev Railroad to join forces with the caval- ry of General Budenny, which ds striks ing northerly from the region south- west of Kiev. Fighting is general all along the Berdichev-Fastova-Kiev Railroad. According to the latest reports, the territory in this region is changing hands daily. .In a dash to the north- west the cavalry of General Budenny passed Berdichev, killing peasants en route. It proceeded as far as Zhit- omir, where, it is alleged, the eavalry killed several wounded Poles in a hos- pital. Fighting on the northern front has frought victory to the Poles, who have ousted the Bolsheviks from terri- tory gained in the recent offensive. The Poles are consolidating their lines from the Dvina southward along the Beresina. DRIEST SEASON IN 27 YEARS Gowganda Forest Fires Des- troy Considerable Property. A despateh from Cobalt, Ont,, says: -The fire is still burning, but slowly, in Gowganda, according to the latest advice, however, much of the danger is passed and, if the wind does not change, there is a good chance of the fire dying out, The report that` the Big Four mining plant had been completely destroyed is confirmed, but it is learned that the O'Brien rnine power line bad survived, but was in danger on Thursday as there was a fire burning not far from the O'Brien plant. The T. C. mine op- posite the Big Four, lost a huge am- ount of wood used in their plant, and the Silverado ar-d Bonsai] will be in danger if the wind changes. It has been a hard battle and every worker and visitor in the camp turned out to help keep the fires from the mines. Cobalt presented an unnatural ap- pearance owing to the dense clouds of smoke passing between the bright sun. Cinders and leaves are falling as a terrific fire has again sprung up at Clear Lake west of here. As yet no settlers are in danger and the only sufferers are Cobalters from smarting eyes, so thick is the smoke. A perusal of weather statistics show this spring to be the North's driest in 27 years, less than half an incl, of rain having fallen since May first, The driest spring previously was in 1914, when three quarters of an inch of rain fell, but the period of drought was much shorter, • The outlook now is that the North will have practically no crop. When the bush, sheltered as it is, is so dry as to make excellent fire tinder, the conditions of the crops in the open fields can be judged. Place Wireless on Same Basis as the Telephone A despatch from Paris says: - France will be the first country in the world to place wireless on the same basis as the telephone, according to plans announced by Minister of Posts Deschamps. Under the scheme out- lined, a chain of wireless stations throughout the country would replace all telegraph lines and stations, pro- bably within the next few years. Upper Canada Endowment F' a nd The boys of Upper Canada College have organized an "Earn and Give Campaign" for the summer holidays in connection with the Endowment Fund which the college is endeavoring to raise. Over 90 per cent. of the senior boys have voluntarily prom- ised to earn at least $10 during the summer, and give it to a fund for building a new cottage for the janitor. If they .carry out their good intentions it will be a fine example of their lay- alty to this famous i.nstituticn,