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Zurich Herald, 1920-09-23, Page 76,000,000 WOK MEN VOTE AGAINST O UE ." h TROUGH° ITALY Mills Seized by Metal Workers Will be Held as Experiment, While All Others Will be Turned Back - to Employers. Milan, Italy, Sept. 12. -"By a vote of 600,000 to 4.00,000, Italdan labor to -day decided against an immediate revolu- tion throughout Italy, ' Tho vote was tat en at the session of the Confederation of Labor here, after continuous debate for sixteen hours. The mills, plants and factories that have been seized by the metal workers will be held, however, as an experi- ment. Negotiations with the employers for worker representation on the boards of direetors which control industries will be entered into at the beginning of the week. It is likely that these negotiations will continue for several weeks. The dee:sian not to' carry out the seizures throughout Italy also carried, and it was ordered that all factories other than those in the metal trades be turned back to the employers. This, perhaps the greatest decision in mod- ern economic war, was rendered against a background rich in history. The' session, at which speakers ad- vanced` the mast aggressive of anoderm views' that embraced the tendencies of the workers all over the world, was held in a great room in a monastery that was •erected before Columbus dis- Morns covered America. Telegraph, telephone end wireless connections were made in rooms that were built when a man thanking that the world was round was merely a harmless lunatic. The scores of na- tions that awaited the word of the con- ference were non-existent in the day that the meeting hall suggests. For a time the decision seemed to hang in the balance. The men of more radical tendencies pleaded for a com- plete seizure. The most caimnanding voice in the decision rendered was that of Signor Daragona, the labor leader, who has recently returned from Rus- sia. He told the delegates that he had come back from Russia fully convinced that Bolshevism cannot be made to flourish on Italian soil, and that the only real danger a revolution would bring would be a danger to the work- ers themselves. The Government has remained neu- tral. Soldiers, however, are being rushed into the city. They are coining ir. motor trucks, as the railroad work- ers have refused to haul trains carry- ing them or carrying munitions. In the occupied metal plants the Red flags are hying. The workmen do an eight-hour shift of work and then stand guard for four hours. WHY HUNGER STRIKERS .LIVE SO LONG Receive Every Comfort and Brest of Attention. Dublin, Sept. 12. -Following is the explanation why the Cork hunger - strikers are able to live so long with- out food. Instead of using up their strength like earlier hunger -strikers, they went to bed and stayed. there. They have not eaten, but all other con- ditions have been favorable for pro- longing life, They have been in com- fortable om- fortable beds with plenty of hot-water bottles, They have had four most at- tentive nurses -nuns, who have tried to spare them every exertion. Under such conditions an average man may live 30 days and recover. In addition, they have had their mouths washed to present septic condition, heir backs rubbed with methylated ,spirits and their limbs massaged to promote cir- culation. Lying quiet, with their minds at rest because they are resigned, even eager, to die, it is not surprising that they have lived so long, It is possible the etronger among the strikers may continue living and suffering for weeks. If they ceased strike now, pro- bably all, including MaeSeviney, could be restored to health by giving them only mothers' mink, like naw -born ba- . hies. ;a ' Paris, Sept. 12. -That Germany must be barred from 'the League of Nations until she has paid the last cent of her indemnity, is the latest decision of the French Government, which is resolved to earry out this policy. BARONESS MACDONALD DEAD IN ENGLAND. Widow of the great Canadian Pre- mier, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, whose death in England has .been an- nounced. She was created a Baroness; by Queen Victoria, but the title dies with her, as she leaves no male heir. H.R.H. Makes 3 -Weeks' Stay in Bermuda A despatch from London says: -The Prince of Wales is due to reach Ber imida on September 14. He will leave Bermuda on October 3, and arrives at Portsmouth on October 11. 500 DEAD AND THOUSANDS I0 SEL ESS • AS RESULT OF ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE Many Towns and Villages Wrecked and Much Suffering to inhabitants for Want of Food, Medicine and Shelter._ 'A -despatch from Rome says: ---Italy! is again suffering from an earthquake disaster., the extent of which has not yet been measured. It is known, how- ever, that hundreds of people have been killed and thousands injured. Many small towns and villages have been wiecked, and although assistance is being hurried from all parts of the country to the afflicted area, there is much suffering for want of food, medi- cines and shelter for the people. "Every earthquake, disaster is for Italy like a lost battle," said ex - Premier Luzzatti, after the Avezzano catastrophe, and this is now repeated in Tuscany. Though not so great, the present disaster 'recalls the distant tragedy at Messina. Barco, a town of 9,000 inhabitants, was virtually destroyed by the earth- quake ,of Tuesday, as was also For- naci, nearby. Sixty-five dead have )already been identified and laird out tFY•r ...the small picturesque cemetery, ?w'hieh was thrown open by the earthquake. Barco was the birthplace of the poet, Giovanni Pascal. One of the gravest difficulties en- countered is the :feet that the earth- quake caused an enormous displace- ment of earth and rocks which ob- structed the roads, destroyed the wires rand all other means of communication. First aid has been improvised with the )seal meansof establishing medi- cal posts wherever possible, Fivizzano, where the damage to buildings was especially heavy, was a flourishing little town perched on the slopes of the Apennines. It pos- sessed an old town wall and also the ruins of a castle. The whole scene is now one of ruin, with numbers of the inhabitants buried under the de- bris. Groans and cries were heard on all sides as rescuers worked feverishly to extricate the injured and the bodies of the dead. -A later despatch from Rome says: - The Epoca estimates that the dead in the earthquake exceed 500, and the homeless more than '23 (CO. A despatch from Florence says: - Already some of those working brave- ly to rescue and help .the sufferers from the earthquake have been killed. At Fivizzano three men, including a carabineer, were trying to move masonry, from behind which they heard the groans of someone imprison- ed, when a new earth shock occuered, the wall falling on all three and crushing them in sight of the on- lookers. Icing Victor Emmanuel, accompan- ied by Queen I-- elona and Princess Yolanda, passed through the caroller villages which ,suffered disaster from the earthquake. In these pieces, if the tragedy was on smaller scale, the inhabitants were afflicted perhaps to a greater degree because of the im- possibility of providing for the outly- ing districts promptly. IN THE LIVE STOCK ARENA AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION "Robin Hood," first prize winner in the two-year-old Ayrshire class, owned by J. B. S'tanseli, Straffordshire, Ontario. KING'S SON HELD PRISONER FOR HOURS Irish Syrnpathizei's Practice Joke on Royal Family. , A despatch from London says:- Prince George, youngest son of King George, was kidnapped Monday night by a party of Sinn Feiners and held prisoner far several hours in a desert- ed cottage on the outskirts of Balmor- al Woods. The kidnappers departed without harming the Prince, leaving a note, which read: "This is but the be- ginning; the end will came if Mac - Swiney dies." This became known for the first time on Friday. Details of the kid- napping are still a mystery. Balmoral Castle is being guarded by sleuths from Scotland Yard. The Prince and a man -servant were captured by .a party of masked men at about 7.30 o'clock in the evening, as they were returning from a day's fishing. They were hurried to an empty cottage and there locked up, and it was not until several hours later that it became known at Bal- moral Castle, where the Royal family is vacationing, that the Prince was missing. The King and Queen imme- diately organized a search party con- sisting of Castle servants. The Royal guards were aroused and Scotland Yard notified. The entire neighborhood was thor- oughly searched and the two prisoners found in the cottage. The kidnappers made no attempt to harm the Prince. The Royal family is much disturbed, fearing that the kidnapping was the work of Sinn Fein sympathizers among the Castle servants, and that therefore they might be able to carry out the threat in the note should Mac - Swiney die. It is felt in some quar- ters, however, that it was merely a rough practical joke an the part of Irish sympathizers and will not be followed up. Canadian National Exhibition Attendance Totals 1,152, 000 Toronto, 'Sept. 13. -The total atten- dance at the Exhibition for the two weeks was 1,152,000, some 48,000 short of the record of 1919, when the turn- stiles checked up 1,201,000. It is the third occasion in the history of the Ex- hibition when the million mark has been reached in the matter of atten- dance, the fust occasion being in 1913, when the million was passed by a few thousand odd. 60,000 Are Homeless From Italian Quake FIorence, Sept. 12. -Official reports received by the Prefect from the entire earthquake zone indicate that approxi- mately 60,000 persons were made homeless by the disaster. . HEADS CANADIAN BATTLE- FIELDS COMMISSION. Goneral 11lewburn, former Minister of Militia, who is named cheirinall of the new body appointed by the Gov- ernment to establish mcmorhlson the fields of France and Flanders. CABINET REFUSES athets of the World Wholesale Grain. Toronto, Sept, 14 -Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern, $2,82%; No. 2 Northern, $2.79%; No, 3 Northern, $2.75%No. 4 wheat, $2.58%, in store Fort William. Man. oats -No. 2 CW, 85%c; No. 3 CW, 84%c; extra No, 1 feed, 84%e; No, 1 feed, 83%c; No, 2 feed, 83%c, in store Fort William, Man. barley -No. 3 CW, $1,281/2; No. 4 CW, $1.221,x; rejected, $1.121/2; feed, $1.12, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, $2; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats -No. 3 whits, 75 to 80c. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.30 to $2.40, shipping points, according to freights.. Peas -No, 2, nominal. Barley -$1.80 to $1.35, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Rye -No. u, $1.75, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -$13.25, new crop. Ontario flour -$10.40 to $10.50, bulk REFUSES STAY TO R .RATES sea-board.Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per uick Hearing of ton, $52; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed hour x'3.75. Promises Appeals. Country s rodt.ee-Wholesale Ottawa, Sept. 12. -The Dominion. Government in an official statement handed out to -night deelines to grant a stay hi the order of the Beard of Railway Comniissioner:s granting the, Canadian railways the right of in -1 creasing their freight, passenger and, sleeping car rates. The order goes' into effect to -morrow. The statement points out that the decisions of the Railway Board cannot be lightly inter-; fered with and, that since the Board has been in operation, no judgment of the Board has been set aside by the Governor -in -Council. The Government, however, recog- nizes the right of appeal and will fac- ilitate in every way the early bearing Iof the appeal. The statement also sets forth "if it should appear to be a case where the appeal should be grant- ed and the decision modified or revers -1 ed, there could, if deemed proper, be 1 provision for rebates of rates charged' beyond those ultimately fixed." Soviet Troops Surrounded by Wrangel A despatch from 'Sebastopol says: - Many thousands of Soviet troops, it is ' declared here, are surrounded by the Wrangel forces. Some of them have been drowned in the swamps and oth- ersinmorasses along aro.. starving the n ar s s a g the Dnieper, especially at the Kakova bridgehead, where after severe fight- ing, Gen. Wrangl's troops hurriedly entrenched. Many of the Soviet soldiers captured by Gen. Wrangel's troops had been sent to the southern front from Si- beria and the outlying provinces. They are clothed in coags, with shoes made of untanned horsehide. Record Price for Australian Wheat A despatch from London says: -The Australian Wheat Board estimates the crop at 167,000,000 bushels. The record price of ten shillings a bushel is ex- pected by the farmers. Cheese -New, large, 281/2 to 29c; twins, 29 to 291/2c; triplets, 291/ to 30c; old, large, 33 to 340; do, twins, 331/ to 341/2c; Stiltons, old, 35 to 36s; new, 33 to 34c, Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50c; creamery prints, 60 to 63c. Margarine -35 to 39c. Eggs -No. 1, 59 to 600; selects, 65 to 66c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus., $4.75; primes, $3.25 to $3.50; Japans, 10 to 11c; Limas, Madagascar, 15c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $3.40 to $3.50; per 5 .imp. gals., $3.25 to $3.40. Maple sugar, lb., 27 to 30c, Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 47 to 50c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 64 to 68c; rolls, 34 to 36c; cottage rolls, 39 to 41c; breakfast bacon, 50 to 62c; backs, plain, 52 to 54c; boneless, 58 to 64c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lard -Pure tierces, 27 to 28c; tubs, 281/2 to'290;•pails, 29 to.293 c; prints, 291/2 to 80c. 'Compound tierces, 211/ to '221/2c; tubs, 22 to 23c; pails, 231/2, to 24c; prints, 261 to 27c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Sept. 14. -Oats, No. 2 C W, $1.06; No. 3 CW, $1.04. Flour, new standard. grade, $14.25. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $5.25 to $5.40. Bran, $52.25. Shorts, $57.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $30. Cheese, finest easterns, 26c. Butter, choicest cream- ery, 61 to 62e. Eggs, fresh, 66c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Sept. 14. -Choice heavy steers, $14.25 to $14.50; good heavy steers, $13.50 to $13.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $13.25 to $18.50; do, good, $12 to $12.50; do, med., $10 to $11; do, corn., $7.50 to $9; bulls, choice, $10 to 10.75; do, good, $9 to $9.25; do, rough, $6 to $8; butchers' cows, choice, $10.25 to $11:25; do, good, $9 to $9.75; do, com.,'$6.25 to $7.25; stockers, $7.50 to $9.50;; feeders, $10.25 to $11; can- ners and cutters, $4.50 to $5.50; milk- ers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, coin, and med., $65 to $75; lambs, yearling, $8.75 to $9.50; do, spring, $13 to $13.50; calves, good to choice, $17 to $19; sheep, $3 to $7.50• hogs, fed and watered, $21; do, weighed off cars, $21,25; do, f.o.b., $20; do, do, country points, $19.75. ire Is Where The Macau trey Excels 15 Reasons for Selecting the Macartney Machine Milker Read About Its Many Exclusive Features It has the best type of teat cup (double acting) and the best milking action of any double acting teat cupeverinvented. 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Name - Address ...-....- Dept. jI hacc..»....Crw,s. 13 2 TO SELL GERMAN SHIPS IN LONDON Forty Liners Form Part of the German Indemnity. A despatch from . London says: --- Forty former German liners, totalling nearly 400,000 tons, including the Im- perator, the Kaiserin and the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, were offered for sale by Lord Inchape, in behalf of the Government. Most of the vessels have been man- aged by British companies inbehalf of the Reparations Commission. They have now been definitely alleted to British ownership. The proceeds of the sale will form a part of the Ger- man indemnity. Experts, who expect low prices, in view of the present falling rates, say the Germans are bound to complain that the British Ministry of Shipping threw the liners on the market in a slump period instead of during a boom. It is considered most likely that the biggest liners will be bought by the present operating companies, the Im- perator and the Kaiserin becoming Cunarders. Lord Inchape declined to auction the vessels, declaring that the invitation of bids would bring better prices. LORD MAYOR OF CORK MAY DIE Must Consent to Eat or Any Day May Bring Death. A despatch from London says: - "The low condition" of Terence Mac - Swiney, hunger striking Lord Mayor of Cork, continues, Father Dominic, his chaplain, just stated. The dying man is in extreme pain, but is entirely conscious and his mind is clear. MacSwiney has completed his twenty-ninth day without food. "Mayor MacSwiney is entering the danger stage of his fast," one of the physicians in Guy's Hospital, a re- cognized authority on metabolism, said. "Observation of previous cases of the same nature has taught that at the end of four weeks' abstinence from food a man begins to draw on his last reserves of potential energy, so that unless the Lord Mayor resumes eating, any day may bring collapse and the end. "The fact that the prisoner is tak- ing water." added the physician, "fortifies him to a considerable de- gree." 004 GIVE WORLD'S BEST AIRSHIPS TO ALLIES Germans Embodied All Latest Devices in New Dirigibles. A despatch from Paris says: - What are called the world's two most peffect diriglible balloons, the Nord - stern and the Bodensee, built by Ger- many since the armistice, are to be turned over to England and France, according to the latest decision. The two nations claim the ships in lieu of the seven military Zeppelins, which were burned by the Germans since the armistice, instead of being turned over to the Allied Reparations Commission. According to the last available in- formation, the Nordstern and the Bod- ensee embody all the latest devices perfected by German scientists during and since the war. Both ships are of the rigid type, and are said to have a greater lifting capacity than any others in the world. To Undertake Trans- ' Canada Aerial Flight A despatch from Ottawa says: -The first cross -Canada airplane and sea- plane flight is expected to be made in the last week of 'September, A sea- plane will fly from Halifax to Winni- peg and from that city to Vancouver. The journey will be completed by air- planes, -flying in relays. The seaplane will be piloted by Colonel Leckie, and the names of three of the airplane pilots who will take part in the Ai,ht have been announced. They are Cap- tain G. A. Thompson, of Winnipeg; B.Horne-Hay; Captain D. Captain J.3 r Cp C. Carruthers, of Kingston, Ontario. All three are flyers with excellent re- cords overseas. They have been pro- visionally selected for the trip and it is likely that three or four other names will be announced in the course of a few days. There will also be another seaplane pilot named to act as reserve pilot on the first leg of the journey. World's Harvest Equal to Needs A despatch from T, nmdon says:- _The world's harvest prospects show a total yield just equal to requirements. The wheat craps of Canada, the Tinted States, Spain, Italy and Switzerland are estimated at 95 per cent. of the yield of 1919. Rye, barley and oats in most countries greatly exceed the av- erage: Potatoes in Canada, the Un, ited States and Switzerland are esti- mated at 184 per sent.