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The Huron Expositor, 1930-02-28, Page 311 psi 1,1 [li tVtt:5,,�4 yI 11 7i11 }f, OP • .,r ,*& S s 4 ri Ends in "Ended burn itch and pia of peg' in 1 minute witi�'Sootha-Sealtivq,,, ilei L. T. Sears. "Bleeding stopped.'ttlleo soon vanished. Avoided operation." Get instant results today. All druggists. ;WHO'S WHO! WHAT'S WHAT AND WHY? Continued from Page One The 'Government of Cuba is identi- cal with that of the United States of America, with the single exception -that the Presidential term of office is six years in Cuba, instead of four as in the American Republic. At pres- ent the ruling President of the island republic, a Liberal in pdlitios, is Gen- .eral Gexardo Machado. For general information, a full list of Cuban Gov` ernment Cabinet is herewith given, viz: President (salary $25,000). Gen- eral Gerardo Machado, Morales; Presi- .dency or Executive Secretary, Ricardo Eierrera; State Department, De Rafeal Martinez Ortiz; Interior Department, General Manuel Delgado; War and \Marine or Navy Department, General 'Carlos Rojas; Treasury .Department, Dr. Mario Ruis Mesa; Justice Depart- ment, Jesus Maria Barraque; Public Works Department, Dr. Carlos Miguel •de Cespedes; Sanitation and Chari- ties, Dr. Francisco Fernandez; Pub- lic Instruction Department, General Jose B. Aleman (died during our vis- it in Cuba); Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, General E. Molinet; Pos- tal and Telegraph, Rafeal Sanchez Abell; Comptroller of the Currency, Aurelio Mendez; Chief • Justice of Supreme Court, Juan Cutierrez Quir- es; PostMaster General, Jose A. Mon- talvo; Speaker of the Senate (24 members), Dr. Clemente Vas'ques Belle; Speaker of the House (11S mem'bers), Rafeal Guss Inclan. The electoral system is manhood, fran- chise and the records show at last election eighty per cent. of the elec- torate casting ballots. President 11lachad'o received a second term, 1929-35 'by acclamation in recogni- tion of the government's meritorious legislative acts being termed the "Government of Regeneration," which is reflected by the Cuban people through their inherent love for the principles of the rights of manhood. At this juncture it might not be amiss to state that your representative had the pleasure of attending President Machado's New Year reception in the Presidential Palace, and was accord- ed the distinctive, honor of the Presi- dent of being transferred through courtesy to the Secretary of State, Dr. Rafeal Martinez Ortis, represent- ing state functions of an honorary 'character. The recent decision of the United States Senate not to increase the tariff on Cuban' sugar entering that country, is one of the greatest tri- umphs of the Machado administra- tion. Further, a concerted effort is being entered upon by the President to facilitate the praiseworthy move - 'anent of securing Federal aid for the construction of bridges across the water -gaps of the overseas highway of Florida, through instructing Cuban -officials at Washington to give active support to the project. The comple- tion of the bridges between the Flor- ida islands will eliminate the present ferry boat system, occupying five ihours' time in transferring freight, automobiles and passengers, thus making the highway from Canada in- ternational in scope by linking up Saxon -America at Key West, com- prising a five hours ocean trip to Latin -America at Havana. Just here the degression may appear as pass- ing 'strange, when stating that Presi- dent 'Machado, who is a devout Caths elics, is also a most enthusiastic Mason, and during our visit in Hav- ana he was initiated in the mysteries of the Shrine degrees. Masonary is everything in Florida and the Cuban Republic. President Machado lives in the hearts of his countrymen and is righteouly independent, having vetoed various municipal appropriations des • tined to erect monuments in his honor. Truly, a great statesman ruling the destiny of a great nation. In the customary parlance of news- paperdom, the by line reporter when travelling should possess "a nose for mews," especially that of a governing Canadian aspect, hence the present aiotation. Considering the fact that mo mention was made by the Presi- dent or Secretary of State of Canad- ian officials being stationed in Cuba, imagine the realistic thrill produced when reading the following advertise- ment in one of the Englis,Js dailies published' in Havana, setting forth the unvarnished and unhammelled facts relative to Canadian life events, vez: '"Free exhibition of Canadian firms (sere. Inr'esting and instructive pic- tures to/be shown at the Prado The- atre, through the courtesy of the Cuban Department of State, Mr. Jas. Cormack, Canadian Government Trade 'Commissioner, Havana, has been able to arrange for a free exhibition of interesting, scenic and other motion ipictures of the Dominion. The films are entitled, "The Drive is on; Tigers of the North; the Kicking'Hiorse Trail the Lettz of the Sea; Ride 'em Cow- boy; the Conquest of the Forest: Story of a Can of Salmon and Poultry in the Land of the Maple Tree." These films are new and never before been exhibited in Cuba. The show will take place from 9.30 a.m. until noon on Sunday next (12th inst.) and will. be !held in the Prado Theatre. Cards of free admission may be had from Mr. Cormack on application at his office. •Obrapia 35, corner Aguiar." This is just as it should be excepting, "Watchman, what of the hour." How- ever, from years of accumulated knowledge of affairs of the Civil Ser- vice, "a fellow feeling makes us won- drous kind" through judging there were extenuating circumstances gov- erning this Sunday morning motion picture exhibit. Knowing that Prem- ier King and the Member for South Huron are both good old-fashioned orthodox Presbyterians, devoid of f abilernilstic tendencies, therefore Sticklers 'under all circumstances for absolute Sabbath ob:Iervance, will ifrown down the ineptitude. It is hu - mann to err and the reprimand need -pot be too bars. A word to the wise 14l Serrtut in eftela s *At. At present there in ixlstitu a de- vpio#unent project uwtligSt to ,ariat pogiessin' niedelrnnst •xehgiop l' Piro- clivities to revive in Iavana the odd .primitive ceremonies oik Sun enc ; M'n worship as practiced by the Siboney's, the original Cuban race' of Ii'dians, now practically extinct, Apparently, "any old thing" in religion appeals to this class of damphool religionists. ,At first blush Canadda is visiting Cuba feel a certain amount of pride of the home -loving kind in recogniz- ing the honored fact of having the three foremost banks of Canada re- presented in the Royal, Commerce and Nova Scotia in Havana. On leaving Seaforth, we purchased from our esteemed friend, 'Mr. Mullen, Man- ager of the Bank of Commerce, a full supply of par value traveller's cheques which were everywhere received as such until the presentation of a cheque at the Prado branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in Havana, where it was vised suspiciously not- withstanding the endorsations of New York exchange and the owner and thenbarefacedshaved to the ex- tent of fifteen cents in payment. "How the mighty hath fallen" and our pride in the 'stability of Canadian banking institutions went down to a finish knockout comet. Sir John and Sir Herbert should get together and work out a banking method whereby recognition of par value traveller's cheques on presentation at any of the banks will receive full payment, otherwise as Shakespeare says, "There's little choice between rotten apples." To sum up the incident, the big Royal Bank of Canada is fifteen cents to the good, and ..the. little un- sophisticated tourist is fifteen cents to the bad. Just to figure cent-a- Scotchmatically the Royal is in fif- teen cents and the tourist out fifteen cents, and twice fifteen cents makes thirty cents, hence the shave -deal makes tourists feel like the hoodoo thirty cents. Whet a banking wow! BIG OCEAN WAVES REACH FIFTY FEET During the last few weeks we have heard many accounts of immense waves, often described byIpassengers on ships as being anything from 80 feet to 100 feet high. Actually, how- ever, it is unlikely that the greatest height reached by a wave is more than 40 feet. People on a large vessel, with a deck level 60 feet above the water- line, naturally assume, when a wave reaches twenty or so feet above the deck level, that the height of the wave must be about 80 feet. They are wrong—for two reasons. Anyone who has seem a vessel rlowing through even a, relatively calm sea will have noticed that she piles up a fairly large 'bow wave. But if she is running into a storm, the initial wave will be higher and move against her with considerable force. It will dash into the air like surf crashing against a sea-wall. Thus, even if she were on a level keel at the moments of impact, a 30 - foot' wave might break aboard a ves- sel whose deck was considerably high- er. Also the vessel is not necessarily on an even keel when she encounters a huge wave. If she is travelling at a good speed she tends to thrust into the wave, literally "burrowing" and taking tons of water. As the wave that was pushing up the end drops, her front comes up again, throwing the water on to her deck and causing damage that makes people think a wave of tremendous height must have hit the vessel. Experts consider that 80 feet from trough to crest is a considerably greater height than a wave could pos. sibly attain. 'Most sailors say the greatest height is between 30 feet and 40 feet, except in the stretch of water between Cape Town and Aus tralia, generally considered the rough- est bit of ocean in the world. THE REMITTANCE MEN (By Francs Dickie) A type of individual, now heard of no more, but who once contribute n•uch human and"' color to Canadian life, especially in the West, was the "remittance man." English families of the class which used to pay their sons to stay in Canada are now too impoverished to continue the practice and a good many of the "remittance men" returned ,;o die bravely on the battlefields o,f France and Flanders. Their ways twenty years ago furnish- ed much of the stoc-in-trade of a western newspaper, • which, like Melchizedek, remains without geneal- ogy. This man was the famous Bob Edwards, creator and sole contributor for many years to the "Calgary Eye - Opener," the memory of which will live long in the annals of Canadian journalism. Bob Edwards had a pe- culiar rash of literary genius mingled siith a keen understanding of the Canadian boungeos. And so the "Eye Opener" succeeded; the only example of a "one-man" sheet to do so in the history of Western Canadian news- paperdom. Published at first at long intervals in the year 1905, it con- enued to appear irregularly until the death of Edwards in 1922. It was a tour -sheet page, printed on newsprint, carrying practically no advertising, and sold for five cents. Yet in two years' time it was famous from coast to coast, with so great a demand that agents charged 25c a copy, and even then each edition was quickly ex- hausted, without meeting the demand. As a publication the Exe-Opener defies accurate definition, it was so essentially an expression of its cre- ator, the rapid unfolding and expan- sion of an exceptional ,brilliant mind reflecting the the changing environ- ment of the opening west. It was a time of heavy driny;ing. So the edi tor assumed the guise of a man vast- ly bibacious. In many of the irregu- larly appearing issues, he would ex- cuse himself to his readers for the delay on the grounds of being on a big drunk, or just recovering from the D. T.'s. But while probably Edwards imbibed his share in those hard drink- ing times, he never indulged to the extent which hen portrayed himself doing in many an amusing paragraph. It was with him a huge hyperbole by ita�f',ri t 1 111 ht it ° begi a,f v ?:4mlV4Li'l,; ift0iiikiitlt4,; .t gg'): s Jlt 1. elf *hick he' held. the stage through cree- sting a character attractive tie the !boisterous Imozing west. In staid Eastern Casaba he sboc1ied 1de read, ors with punt that peculiar and right amount of shock to bring them back for more. Knowing his Anglo-Saxon public with its strict standardof out- ward morality, and its chortling ecstasy in pornography perused in secret, Bog Edwards steered a mag- nificently middle course, because of which it is too difficult to convey the peculiar charm of the Eye -Opener, without quoting several copies in full. During the paper's lifetime it carried hundreds of columns of matter de- lightfully risque, neither too delicate for the bourgeois palate, nor to) coarse to 'bring suspension by the au- thorities,, though for a time it was denied the mails. Edwards, himself wearing the cap and bells of the drunken jester, also from the very beginning of his paper seemed in- stinctively aware of a "reader" pre- dilection, one which many magazine editors afterwards learned and profit- ably exploited—that the general pub- lic loves a singular character which in print goes on and on through countless issues. Edwards doubly provided this, with himself, and for a foil for himself, the mythical. char- acter of Peter J. McGonigle, Editor of the Midnapore ,Gazette. For years the drunken and other ludicrous an- tics, adventures and misfortunes of Peter and Bob brought eager readers by the thousands seeking the latest issue of the paper. But there was more than this to; the Eye -Opener. Beneath his cap and bells of the bibacious buffoon, behind his buckler of the delicately porno- graphic, Bog Edwards—amazing par- adox—was a fiery crusader, a doughty warrior against injustice and politi- cal iniquities. The bar -room jesting the amusing stories, were the sugar coating around many a truth -reveal- ing pill. Local politicians went grov- elling and to the dust. Even mightier ones in far away Ottawa were shaken and made mind their dubious ways by the Eye -Opener's revelations. Ed- wards was a great reporter not only in his handling of material, but in his almost uncanny ability for digging up dangerous truth. It was this "nose for news" that made him terrible to the crooked politicians. He had for many years a little corner desk in the news room of the "Morning Al- bertan" newspaper in Calgary. When after weeks of gestation and gather- ing of facts, the time was ripe for another Eye -Opener, Edwards would come marching to his desk. He was a thick set, stout man of medium height, his face round and red, the face of a jester, yet with an under- lying sadness. Sitting down, pencil in hand before a 'big block of copy paper, he wrote with tremendous speed, huge scrawling letters. There were never more than four lines to a page of copy paper, according to the linotype operator who for years set Bob's writing. Sometimes he turn- ed out a whole issue at a single sit- ting—four pages of seven columns of ordinary type, carrying few and small Feedings, and relieved by only a few inches of advertising! From 1905 to 1913 was the hey- day of the English -remittance man in the west, particularly in Calgary. Here scores of the "not wanted" ye ung men of noble and near noble families caroused !their lives away when in funds, and cadged on others between remittances. The money came to them usually quarterly, some times monthly, but always it was srent within a few days of its arrival. During their penniless days these men resorte 1 to endless schemes to extort additional money from home. Some •of the variations were heartless In the extreme. such as pretending to be in hospital, or even jail. One par- ticularly hardened chap, whose allow- ance only came yearly, having ex- hausted all ordinary means of get- ting extra allowance between times, finally pretended to be dead, and had his chum get the money by wire from England to bury him. For Edwards, the remittance men were an ever end- ing source of copy. Daily in the saloons, the clubs and brothels he rubbed shoulders with scores of them. And out of this material Edwards wrote some tales that are western classics; to amazing truth he merely dded his own genius at narrating. Space forbids extensive tales here of the remittance men, and with no odd files of the Eye -Opener from which to draw them as Edwards wrote them, they are robbed of most of their mer- it; but a summary of two of the best remittance man yarns, true tales, out of which Edwards made masterpiec- es, are here given in a slight attempt to convey to the reader something of the atmosphere by which the Eye - Opener was made a great paper to Western readers, and an always in- teresting one to the said people of Eastern Canada. A young remittance man was bless- ed with an exceedingly large allow- ance. He had spent several years around the bars and dubious resorts of Calgary. But in his letters home he wrote long and glowingly of the fine ranch he was establishing. Find- ing himself one day with his quarter- ly allowance spent with more than us- ual swiftness, he decided to attempt +o :Hake use of the mythical ranch so firmly established in his parents' mind by his prevuus letters. He wrote bonne something as follows: "Dear Father and Mother: I have decided upon a new departure. I have now on the many acres of my ranch a splendid stock of gophers, but there seems danger of them becoming in- bred. I would like to import some pedigreed stock, but lack about a thousand pounds for the venture," etc., etc. Shortly after he received the money, accompanied by solemn warn- ings to be careful in handling the wild 'gophers and not get gored. Another young man with a some- what similar mythical ranch finally wrote home he had married, hoping in this way he would receive an addi- tion to his allowance. Instead he re- ceived a cable his mother was leaving to visit him. The young man saw himself absolutely done for; 'but here the spirit of the west came to his rescue; that amazing love of extrava- gant foolery. Hardly had the young man confided his predicament to his acquaintaecee than a real rancher with a fine place came to his rescue, placing his 'bachelor home, lands, car- riages, horses and servants at the re - 14, HAT SMART DR: 513 +ti Here They Are --Ready for Your ijoosing-- Our 1930 Spring SUITS AND TOPCOATS m. EN who are particularly interested in the New Spring Suits and Topcoats will make this store their shopping headquarters. The attractive pric- es that our new Spring stock is offered at constitutes the most outstanding values of the coming season. The new varieties are very complete. You will get just the color, style and pattern that best suits you. Every Suit and Top- coat bears the label of a famous maker and guaranteed to give lasting satisfaction. Suits..... ..... ... $15 00 to $33.00 Topcoats $15.00 to $ 25.00 MILLINERY 0 UR NEW Spring Millinery is here. To see this display is to realize the radical style chang- es as predicted for Spring wear. Come in any day and see this advance showing. DRESSES THERE is ingenuity in the way modistes are styling the new Spring Dresses. You'll find them here in all the new refreshing touches of loveliness in a selection of all the new ideas. Every noteworthy style, color and trimming. STEWART BROS., Seaforth mittance mans disposal during the stay of the mother. From one of the dubious habitations outside the town a young woman of unusual re- finement of manner and looks was se- cured to fill the wifely role. Mother arrived, was driven over the rolling areas, inspected the cattle, liked the new wife, and, departing left a check for two thousand pounds. CARBON ONOXIDE AS A RAT POISON A modern Pied Piper has come out of the east! R. B. Rushing, Augusta, Maine, bethought himself how he could rid his barn of the swarms of enormous rats that infested it, de- spite the traps and poisons of wide- ly advertised lethal qualities which he had used to combat them. Into his thoughts flashed the head- line, "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills:" Wasting no time with need- less eed-less debate, he went to the barn and worked diligently to caulk and stop the holes and openings of the build- ing. Tightly closing the windows and doors, he backed up the family flivver and attached a length of rubber tub- ing to the exhaust. This he inserted in a prepared opening into the barn. After the motor had been running far twenty minutes, Rushing stopped the engine and approached the barn. Not a squeak nor a squeal did he hear. Nor has he seen any rats since! LONDON GOES AFTER TEE BAG SNATCHERS In London and elsewhere activties of the :bag -snatchers and such gen- try have been giving cause for some concern during the past few months, To cheek these and other law breakers the adoption of various disguises, fol - 1 Vl: ld�e1 7 , ��r•�r}fi�41 � 4 eGil% lowing upon the introduction of police boxes, specially equipped' cars and the use of wireless, is now becoming a regular practice. Special squads of picked and train- ed detectives, working under the di- rection of inspectors, are now detail- ed for duty wearing clever disguises. These men, doing eight-hour shifts, are on duty throughout the day and night. From certain London police stations men emerge dressed as costers, city clerks with bag in hand, chaffeurs and. other unpolicemanlike styles. Each one has been given his own special heat to patrol, and at the end of it he often has a charge to prefer. The loafer slouching along towards the kerb when the bus stops may be unworthy of your notice, but as a I loafer he has a far better chance of detecting the pickpocket amongst those people getting on or off the bus. In the same way, the mild -look-, ing gentleman with his attache -case' can mix with the crowds in tube or lift and about railway stations with- out himself being noticed. A policeman disguised makes a good mixer. A sneak -thief would not' trouble over -much about the presence of a man in riding kit if he were in- tent upon "lifting" a lady's handbag. It is only when he is caught that he realizes how like a policeman's is the grip of the man in check breeches. The disguises are many and varied. No officer goes on his beat in the same kit twice. So far the experi- ment has proved a great success, and there is every likelihood that the po- lice wardrobe will be greatly extended in the near future. In brief, the New Year is going to prove a very lean one for those' who attempt to make a living by breaking the law. with 8,500 tons of cable, carries a cargo of enormous value. She recent- ly laid the new Pacific cable, 3,625 miles long, at the record speed of nine miles an hour. THAT ALSO COUNTS In addition to making the car run more efficiently and last longer, there is a third advantage to regular chassis lubrication that counts for more than is realized. That is that it makes the job about twice as simple because there is no "freezing" nor clogging of the connections through which the lubricant reaches bushings, bearings and the like. DRIVIN COSTLY iN RIO JANEIRO It costs not less than $100 a year for taxes on a small automobile iu the city of Rio Janeiro, Brazil. The license itself is about $2.1, but car owners have to pay for the license plates, circulation tax, poor tax, and help support the street cleaning de- partment. Primary schools get a bit, the stamp tax on the license is an- other thing and the road department gets something for repairing streets. LET'S TAKE THE AIR BY USE OF GY IDERS Britain hag taken to the air! In recent years the has been a lot of talk about the day when flying ma- chines will be as common as bicycles or motor cars. l"gat day 'e at her .•1-1 An association has just been feem- ed in Great Britain to promote g! A- in'g--•flying in engirnless aeroplane ... LAYING PIPE—AND HOW! Two aircraft experFs are coming fr,'m l Germany to commence tuition. The largest cable ship in the world The cost of gliding ;s so email that i is the Dominia, which, when loaded almost everyone *vill be able to enjoy ft the new sport. A new glider can be bought for about £40—less than the cost of an ordinary motor -cycle. IBy this time next year it is ex- pected that local gliding clubs will have sprung into existence all over Britain. I1 fewer than a hundred members paid an entrance fee of only ten shillings, the club would be able to start with one glider. And gliding is not nearly so dif- ficult and dangerous as one would im- agine. Once the pilot has gained a knowledge of wind currents and how to use them to carry the craft in the air, he can rise to a height of several thousand feet just by gliding from one air Current to, the next. The gliding record is at present held by Germany, when one of these en- gineless plans was kept in the air for over fourteen hours and covered a distance of 282% miles. YOU ARE WANTED —For A Big Pay Job— Make money easier. The quick, sure road to susses»- Increasing demand for Trained Men.— World's biggest most fascinat- ing trades needs Auto and Avi- ation Mechanics, Electric Weld- ers, House Wiremen, Electric- ians, Bricklayers, Building Es- timators, Draftsmen. BE AN EXPERT Few weeks, practical guaran- teed, nnli mited, Shop Training endorsed by graduates. 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