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Zurich Herald, 1921-04-21, Page 6r'• • • • M , r r ▪ j!A HUNDRED • MILLION POUNDS DAMAGE DONE. BY FLOODING COAL MINES Resumption of Pumping Has Stopped Further Damage and Saved the Mines --Owners and Miners to Meet With View to Settlement -Men's Demand for National Pool Cannot be Granted by Govermnent. Lorudon, April 10. -There has been gena'se.1 resumption of ,tumpinig in the coal nines in response to the Miners' Fed'eration's tele •ran to all •irbs ]branches, 'particularly in Sootland and !South Wales, where flooding was moist serious. Fi!fesihire pnnLpmmen, however, re- fused to return to work thenvseiv.es, nor would they permit volunteers to man thte punnps, on the ground that the telegram was '"vague," In the district thirty-eight pits, one- ployiing 13,000 underground workers do d ible n to surface men, ere flood- ed. Five have been completely 'acbaun+- cloned,'and several others are iso flood, led that operations could not be re- sumed for months. Damnage already caused by hooding ys e'st'imated! at £100,000,000. Reports from various coal fields to- day ,show that the resumption of pumping, acquiesced in by the miners, has gone far to save the mines from irreparable damage. In other words, the Government saved the mines for t'he nation. It is expected than the miners will un•cubtedl5* demand a national pool in order to equ'al'ize wages. The Government caairuot agree to such a na'tieual pool, which is, in their view, a worse form of subsidy than would be nationalization itself. Probably the conference will stick on this, and it labors under the dis- advantage of being fear too Targe 'a boldly for practical negotiation. The Prime MVIi.niister described it the •other day as a body of 75. Consequently, the Government are continuing their prepawaleons to cope with 'the national emergency, for, al- though the Triple Alliance will not go out so long no the conference 'eon - times, the threat of a general strike is held over the'comnnunity if the con- ference breaks 'drown. Thus, to -day Londoners promenad- ing the -.streets and parks do the gear - one sunshine had their Sunday walk eni1ive'rie'd by the epectacde of troops, both naval and military, in• full wax kit, marching to the camp's and rail- way sta t.^cnns. Instruction's have also been iseued to the local authorities throughout the country that it is vital, in the view of the Government, that the enrollment and recruiting of the new defence force and special constables should proceed arpace. Lord Edmund Talbot, D.E.O. Who rias been appointed Viceroy of Ireland. •r - Greek Cabinet is Reorganized A despatch from Athens says:- ' Demetrios Gounaris, Minister of War, has been mined Premier to succeed M. Kalogeropoul•cs, who has resigned. M. Theotokis, Minister of Justice will take the portfolio of Minister of War, while George P. Baltazzis becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. Air Service to Transport Food A despatch from London says: -The air service is likely to be used for the transportation of food by the Government. In recent conferences held by the Government departments for the discussion of the best means of safeguarding the food supplies of the public in the event of a AllianceTriple . strike the representatives of the Air Ministry have taken an impor- tant part. Plans have been considered for the use of airships .and air- planes for this purpose. At least four big airships would be available for the car- riage of foodstuffs from: the ports to the large inland indus- trial areas. Heavy airplanes could also be utilized for the same purpose, while lighter ma- chines would probably be em- ployed as mail carriers. Hon. S. Fisher Dies in Ottawa A despatch from Ottawa says: - Hon. Sydney Fisher, former Minister of Agriculture in the Laurier A.dmin- istration, died at 2.30 Friday morning. He had been ill for many weeks, and the end was not unexpected. The funeral took place in Montreal. SC TS LOSE LIVES MOM USE OF FLOU ESCENT SCREEN IN RADIOLOGY Self -Sacrifice of London and Paris Doctors Again Starts Agitation for Organized Effort to Protect Scientific Workers. Tendon, April 10.-Sysrbasnatic use: X-rays can pennate 45 millimeters rof of the fluorescent screen in radiology lead or 18 inches of wood. Beth Dr. was responsible for the recent deaths Bruce and Dr. Leroy are believed to of Dr. IrcnsicIe Bruce,the famou have lomat their lives owing to the in- s ability of the lead glass to protect radiologist, of Charing Cross Hospital,' them from over-exposure to X -radia- an'd Dr. Adolphe Leroy, of the St. tion. Anitoine. Hospital, Paris. The fluorescent screen enables ex- aminations to be made by the oper- ator without waiting for the develop- ment of X-ray photographs. Previd- ed the room is 'in darkness the screen gives•. temporary visibility to the shadows cast en it by the bones, etc., when the X-rays are directed on the patient's body. A py ece of lead glass asis fitted over its. luaxuindus .section of the screen is sup - poised to ,sloop the rays from reaching the ,op'erator's own fa+ee and neck ,aS he bends .over to study the shadows. It has lately been disowned, however, 'that a "hard" or piercing breams of Their self-sacrifice has again stir- red European scientists to a dememd for •a specially organized effort to pro- tect doctors. In London a oo:mmnittee of eminent physicists, physiologists and radiologists has been appointed to investigate and report on: 1. -The dh'ange's induced in tissues by X-rays and particularly on blood ohan.ges. 2. -The properties of X-rays and the best means of controlling their taction. 8. -The equipment orf X-rays and electrical departments with a special view to the protective measure's ant- pl!oy ed._ tM SURPRtsec I A B16 `'.0t) PLA`(ttetG W,JtTM %,1n?,..os1 •�.: s: « ?;nf Veda' %% WNW ' ` kr.4r KING EDWARD MEMORIAL ARCH This beautiful arch was unveiled recently in Calcutta, India, in memory of the late King Edward VII. It was donated by King George V., and un- veiled by the Duke of Connaught. e. REBEL SUPPLIES TAKEN BY 'POLICE Cork Raid Results in Capture of Ten Lorry Loads of Hidden Loot. Dulbl nn, April 10. -The police • of Cork city 'collected a great quantity of booty Saturday during a raid; and a three hours' 'search on the athletic and ,spars .grounds sof the Muntaten' Agricultural Society at Bailin Tempie. Ten motor lorr'ie's were needed to re- move the :goods, which included -one Lewis gun, a motor car, revolvers:, ammunition, military stores, food sup- plies, 100 bicycles, officers' uniforinis and swords. Twenty-six Irish women, according to the Republican Irish Bulletin, are now under aares't. Eleven have toeL1 sentenced to teems of imprison ,. while 'ag'a'inst 15 no charge has ye been preferred. The Bulletiro alieges- that there are eases where wo'nmen have been detained in police batroacks for several days and no other female has been present in the building. The 4 ,o'clock curfew has ,been'. em- ployed in. Limerick, following attacks on the police Friday nli'grht, when a head constable and two sergeants were wounded said a 'constable was killed. A bomb was thrown and an old man of 60 was laillled by fragments and four other civilians wounded. 'Saturday might in Camden . street, Dublin, b•onths were thrown at a m+ili tary lorry.and the soldiers •dii'san•ounbed. and fired se'Seaaal volleys. Constable Fred Lord was shot dead, riddled with bullets, and a comrade was s.en^iousiy wounded near M'acroon i, when their car was ambushed and fire, was opened en them from both sides of the road:. In Belies:it to -day two n •''' •nry policemen were beiz1 up by who took their revolvers and euaped. This incident occurred in broad day- light. The military are adopting new tac ties. Patrols heretofore drove off when attacked. During g the post week lorries were halted, soldiers dismount- ed, spread out and opened fire prompt- ly. In a recent Harcourt street fight three Volunteers were killed by thein, tactics. Losses by Greeks in Asia Minor War Athens, April 1.0. -An official state - men it issued to -dray estimates that the total losses of the Greeks in the fight: ing in Asia Minor at 600 killed and 3,500 wounded, The tonnage of ships being con str icted in Britain is a record, being, nearly 130 per .'cent. above the high-' est pre-war figures. REGLAR Germany Will Meet Obligations, Says Dr. Simons Berne, Switzerland, April 10, -The German Foreign Minister, Dr. Walter: Simons, declared here Saturday that Germany would make provision for th:e repara- tions due the Allies, adding that the German Government would soon take occasion toprove its good will. Dr. Simons made this declaration in a conversation with Dr. Matta, chief of the Swiss political department. He also conferred with President Schulthess, and Vice -President Haab. University Attendance. -:-,()n the face of things it may seem unjust that the: City. of Toronto with. :only between twenty and twenty-five per cent. of the population of the Province should have thirty-five per cent. of the enrolment of the Pro- vincial University. There are, how- ever, two considerations which, if the - facts were available, would materially affect these percentages, One is that the families of many students move to the city while they .are attending the University, and the otth•er that there is a considerable number of undergraduates who have no homes and who on their registration forms give only their boarding house ad- dresses in the city. Even as the figures stand the pro- „portion is not out of place. It ,is but natural: that a university situated in the largest centre of population should have from that centre a larger proportion of students than from other. places. If the Provincial Uni- versity were situated in some small city or town the only appreciable dif- ference in the enrolment would be that there would be fewer students from Toronto. The enrolment from the Province outside of Toronto would not be materially affected. -To have the Provincial University placed where it is within easy reach of the largest number is su:•ely the demo- cratic way. To -Prevent Further Moves by. Charles. Paris, April 10.-Negobiatients for the pur,pq,se of finding a formula: de- finitely ef nn:itely guaranteeing countries adja- .oenrt to Iiun!gary against further at- tempts by former Emperor Charles to reinstate hinvself as icing, have been begun between France, Great Britain, Italy and the memb'er's of the "Little Entente," says the Petit Paai`sniesa, ,It is probable that a .d'ecisi'on will be reached in the near future, the neves- 'paper Rays. F ';LLER5-by Gene Byrnell OLD LONDON TEEMS WO SOLDIERS FROM OUTLYING POSTS OF EMPIRE 11 Proclamation Summons Army, Navy,, and Air Reserves Groes to Combat the Threaterxed Str le of Railroad Men and Transport Worker s in Aid of Miners...•' A despatch from London says: - Froin Malta, Egypt and other parts of the far-flung British Empire troops are being brought back to save -it from the menu• eof ' = o'ci'ali. . ,mo S sm The m•etr•opodi.s of the world to -day is tailing on the appearance of an armed camp. Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park amd':Hyde Park are be- ginning to teem kith soldiers and their offioers. These hien, fresh from other lands, . give the only note of, color to the depression of London. From the centre of all Prime Min- ister inister Lloyd George looks out .at the growing storm. He is alarmed, and, fearing +elia:t..even the mobilized army would not. be enough, he has issued a 'call teethe former soldiers and navy men in England to rally to the stip- port of the Government in the stu- pendous siiow..of ,a Labor uprising. The nation already is in' sore straits, with almost a million miners on strike, but the railway men and the transport workers, nunberini'g more than .half a million, threaten to complete tire paralysis of industry'on! Tuesday by a 'strike, unless the Gov-, eminent enters into negotiations with the Miners on their omen. terms. The most serious situation in arany, years has arisen from the refusal of, the mimes to agree to Mr. Lloyd George's suggestion for a conference with the mine owners on the question of the return of the pumpn ren and safety men to work. While it is en' exaggeration to spay there is ,anything revolutionary in the movement, there t is no doulbt the small but ,ae'tive revo- ! lutioana.ry section will miss no oppor- tunity to 'create trouble. The Government has taken the greatest precautions to preserve order. All military and naval leaves have been stopped and troops have .been concentrated in London and in other strategic points. It is impossible to male a predic- tion as to how' far the strike will spread. The railroad men are known to he divided; the engineers opposed a 'sympathetic .strike. On the other hand, the Government is also said to be divided. The .Pre- mier is known t'S'-be in, favor of a compromise, but since Mr. Bonar Law's re,s'ignetion from the Cabinet, I is no lor•ger master in his own house. Mr. Boner Law .could always be relied upon to -whip the, Tories into line be- hind the Premier, but Mr. Chamber- lain is weaker than Mr. Law, and the renal leader now • is Sir Robert Horne, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Horne is in favor of fighting Labor to a fin-" ish now, and be is 'able to muster be hind him the votes of the whole Tory section of the Coalition Government, He is said to have taken 'a strong at- titude.against the Premier at the re- cent Cabisn'et meetings; :in'sis'ting that there be no compromise.' I Few troops have been called in from i Ireland, becarse •. they, cement be Ispared,. The .strike of the Triple Alliance will begin at midnight Tuesday. "This is our answer to the Gover,n- •ment measures," said J. T. Thomas, leader of the railroad men. Approximately 2,000,000 worker will Tuesday night have ceased their duties in protest against what they.; claim to he an 'organized attempt tc enforce a eneral reduction in gwages, a claim which Premier Lloyd George ySgorous'y denied in the House. This.: is the central fact of tite labot. situartion as it developed on Friday. in a breakdown in the miners' confer. ence and a consequent decision by the Triple Alli.anoe-m'ad'e up of miners and railway and transport workers. -- for the first time since it was organ, ized that its entire membership, roughly estimated 'at 1,000,000 miners and 500,000 men each from the rail- way ailway and trans:p'ort workers' organi- zation's, should quit work in support of the strike of the miners. Half the world's sugar, roughly, is produced in Europe from sugar beet. Summer time went i'n'to effect in Great Britain at 2 a.m. on April 3: This is the sixth year that daylight saving has prevailed in the Old: Land, Weekly Market Report Toronto. `• Honey 60-30-1b, tins, 22 to 23e ped Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, 11b.; 5 -2% -lb: tins, 23 to 25c per 1b.; $1.77%; No. 2 Northern, $1.746/x; No, Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 per 15- 3 Northern, $1.70%;. No. 4 wheat, section case. $1.611/x. -• Smoked meats -Hams, med., 35 be Manitoba oats -No, 2, CW, 43%e; 36; heavy, 27 to 290; cooked, 50 to 555c; No, 3 CW, 38%c; ,extra No. 1 feed, rolls, 81 to 32e; cottage rolls, 33 tc 381/ac; No. 1 feed, 36%c; No. 2 .feed, 34c; breakfast bacon, 43 to 460; fancy 33%.c. - breakfast bacon, 53 to 56e; backs, Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, 73'/se; plain, bone in, 47 to 50'a; boneless, No. 4 CW, 62%e; rejected, 50ssc; feed, 49 to 53e. 50%e. Cured meats -Long elear bacon, 27 All of the above in store sit Fort to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27c. Wdldiam. Lard -pure Pierces, 18 to 1811 c; Anneridsn corm -88c, nominal, track, tubs, 181l to 19e; pains, 18'i> bo 1.9140; Toronto, prompt shipment, : prints, 19m' to 20e. Shortening tierces, Ontario oats -No. 2 whitey 43 to 11% to 120; tubs, 12 to 12%e: pails, 45c. 121,E to 13c; prints, 14 to 141/2e. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, $1,80 to $1.85 per car Trot; No. 2 Spring, good heavy steers., $8.50 to $9.50; $1.70 to $1.75; No. 2 Goosa wheat, butchers' cattle choice,.$9 to 10; do nominal, shipping points, according to' $ ' , freight. good, $8 to $9; do, med, ' $G to S8; do, Peas --No. 2, $1.15 to $1.65. com.,-$4 to $6; butchers bulls, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, gdod, $6 to $7; do, Barley -Malting, 73 to 80c, accord- come $4 to $5; butchers' cows, choice, ing to freights outside. $8 to $9; do, goo'd, $6.50. to 37.50; do, Buckwheat -No. 3, $1.05 to,$1.l0, comn., $4 to $5; feeders, $7.75 to $8.75; nominal.do, 900 lbs. $7.25 to $,8.75 do 800 Rye -No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45, ?iomnial, lbs., $5.75 to $6.75; do, con., r$5 .too $6; accord'ing to freights outside. canners and cutters, $2 to $4.50; Man, flour ---First patent, $10.70; make's, good to choice, $85 to $120;; second patent, $10.20, bulk, seaboard. do, com. to med., $50 to $00; choice, Ontario flour -$8.50, bulk, seaboard. 'springers, $90 to $130; lambs, ye!arl- Milifeed -Delivered Montreal ings, $1.0 to $11; do, spring, $11 to freight, bags included: Bran, pee Ton, $14; calves, good to choice, $8 to $18; $36; shorts, per ton, $34 to $38; good sheep, $5 to $10; hogs, fed and water - feed flour, $2.10 to $2,40 per bag. ed, $1425; do, weighed off cars; Straw -Car lots, per ton, $12 to $12.50, 'track, Toronto. Ilay--No. 1, per ton, $24 to $26, track, Toronto.1liontreal. Cheese -New, large, 311,x. to 32c; Oats --Dear. West. Na. 2, 63 t0 64c; twins, 32 to 32%v; • triplets, 82% to do. No. 3 59 to Ole. Flour Man. 33c; old large, 34 to 85c; do, twins, Spring wheat pats., firsts, $10.30. 341/2 to 35'ii e, Rolled oats, ba'g of 90 lbs , ' $3,20. Butter -Fresh deiry, choice, 48 to Bran $33.25. Shorts, $35.25. Iia. No. 2, per ton, car lots, $24 to $25. Cheest-Finest easterns, 29% to 80c. Butter, choicest creamery, 54 to 54%c. Eggs, fresh, 33 to 84e. Po- tatoes, per bag, ear lots, $1 to $1.05, Butcher stew's-, med., $8,50 to $9; coni., $7 to $8; butcher heifers, reed., $7.50 to '$8,50; earn, $5 to $7; 'butehee cow% choice, $7.50 to $8; med., 45 to $7; canners, 82 to $2.50; cutters, $3 $2.75 to $2.90. 1Vlaple sugar, lbs., 19 to $4.50; butcher bolls, come $5.50 to to 22e, $7; ca•lves, $3 50 to $5; hogs, $15.50. Choice heavy steers, $10 to $11; $14.50; do, f.ob.,_$13.25; do, count y points, $13. 49c; creamery, No, 1, 58 to .61e; fresh, 60 to 63e. Margarine - 29 to 31e.. Eggs --New laid, 30 to 31e; New laid, iii cartons, 33 to 34c.1 Beans -Canadian hand -packed, bus., $3:50 to $3.75; primes, ,$2.75 to $3.25; Japans, 8c; zonas; Madagascar, 101%; California Limas, 12'/ac,. Maple products ---Syrup, per hnp. gal., $8 to $3,10; per 5 imp. gals., \4 1 --a DIDN' KNc+t4 VOU WERE IN t-0VE I M too r' 1-10.5 'TME sfiMt. <ANG or ct,Ns) ? rHa, t-, Po