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The Huron Expositor, 1954-03-19, Page 29 MB O. HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ry Thursday afternoon by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Bitbaeription rates, $2.50 a year in Sdvaince; foreign $3.50 a year. Single cog' e , 5 cents each. kember of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. P1)PONE 41 Authorized as Seeped Class Mail Post Office 1Departruent..Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, March 19th WELCOME HOME Hon_ Louis St. Laurent completed this week his tour of the world. Ir- respective of politics, there will be agreement that with his gracious manner, his knowledge, his candour, he has made an immense impression in the countries he has visited. It is an impression that will reflect to the credit of Canada for years to come. Canadians, as they welcome him home, may well be proud of the con- tribution he has made in not only selling Canada, but in the manner which his approach has helped to draw the Western and Eastern na- tions closer together, A JOB WELL DONE Municipal employees, sometimes are taken for granted.. Among thou- sands of other things, they look af- ter the roads, make certain hydro is on, and take the minutes at Council meetings. They rarely intrude, but quietly and efficiently make possible the smooth operation of the munici- pal machine. • It is not until disaster strikes that we are reminded of the job they do and the extent to which citizens gen- orally are indebted to them. Just three weeks ago Huron Coun- ty Court House was completely de- stroyed by fire. Considering that lost in the flanges were •countless documents, and that in addition, the extent to which other records and papers were damaged, would not be known for several days, ,it would have been quite understandable had the county machinery been in a wel- ter of confusion. But that was not the case. With- in a matter of hours, and while fire- men continued to fight the flames, county employees, under County Clerk A. H. Erskine, his assistant, John Berry, and County Engineer P. Patterson, were salvaging files and equipment. In conjunction with the County Property Committee, ar- rangements were made for accom- modation in a vacant school, and by the.next Monday county offices were functioning smoothly in their new location. What, under other circum- stances, might have been chaos, was in fact a smoothly planned operation. The people of Huron are indebted to their officials for a job well done. UNJUSTIFIED CRITICISM Hon. John T. Haig, a member of Canada's Senate since 1935, and lead- er of the opposition in that body, generally speais with knowledge of the subject he is discussing. But in a recent debate in the Up- per Chamber, his contribution indi- cated a complete indifference to the facts and as a result the Globe and Mail quite properly takes him to task in these words: "Hon. John T. Haig. the Conserva- tive leader in -the Senate, said the other day in the Upper Chamber: `Well, I have not seen all the rural papers, but in my opinion those that 1 have seen are for the most part Mossip sheets. They contain chiefly ems such as this: 'Mrs. Jones has gone - away; Mrs. Smith is out of town or somebody is visiting some- body else.' "Senator Haig is completely wrong. The small newspapers of Cari'ada are, most of them, much more than gossip sheets. They are ;,well edited and cover their limited 'ieM with a thoroughness which a ittOOlitat paper cannot hope to eve. They do contain gossip. So + ity" Papers: e gossip which Senator llaig cited is contributed largely by what are called `country correspondents,' men and women who send budgets of news to the weekly paper in their locality. Some of it is trivial news (some in the city papers is trivial). But it is news in which many read- ers are interested, The fact is that much of the conversation o'f ordinary people (which would not, of course, include senators!) is gossip; not malicious gossip, but chatty `small talk.' Because of these country cor- respondents—and we are glad to pay them tribute for their faithful services to their communities—small local papers render an intimate ser- vice which Iarger papers cannot ren- der.. "But their worth to their commun- ities goes far beyond that one special feature. They are not just `gossip sheets.' Senator Haig 'should read more of them. It might do him good." The fact, of course, is that the av- erage weekly newspaper reflects ac- curately and objectively, the think- ing of the community it serves. It is close to. the ,people—all the people =and is interested in them. Items, such as those to which Senator Haig refers in ridicule, are 'about people and as such are of a nature that quite properly included if the weekly is to carry out its responsibilities to its readers. SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Breaks Both Wrists I negotiating on prices now. it is Don Achilles, sou of Mr. and. expected a decision will be made Mrs. R. Achilles, fell while racing on the road with some of -his play- mates and broke 'both wrists and scratched his face. Don was taken to Wingham Hospital for treat- ment, returning home later.—Blyth Standard. Celebrates 80th Birthday A lovely surprise party was giv- en by Mrs. A. DuVal for Mrs. A. Lewis, on the occasion of Mrs. Lewis' 80th birthday on Wednes- day. Mrs. Lewis was the recipi- ent of many lovely gifts and a large number of neighbors attend- ed. A cake with 80 candles was made especially for the occasion.— Wingham Advance -Times. Three Teachers Replace Two Three new teachers were engag- ed at the meeting of the Clinton and District Collegiate Institute Board last week. Miss J. McMur- ray (+French and Spanish); R. Rie- man (Physical Training); and K. E. Junkin (Agriculture) will fill vacancies on the staff created by the resignations of P. L. A. Hum- phreys and J. L. Tierney.—Clinton News -Record. WRITE US A LETTER We heartily concur when the Acton Free 'Press suggests there should be more letters to the editor. "Farm Forums have grown in popularity over the past few years because they have provided a much needed avenue for expression of opinions on timely topics," the Free Press says. "The public forum pro- vided by the columns of the local paper is, however, little used for any expression other than the editor's. "Through letters -to the editor ev- ery citizen of the area is afforded the privilege of expressing his opinion within the hearing of a potential of over 5,000 readers. Now surely there are enough things happening in this town and district to stir some people into the action of ' writing a letter based on their own opinion. "Of course, it is understood that letters must not be of a libelous na- ture smearing another's character. Another stipulation is that the letter must be signed by the sender, al- though a pseudonym may be printed on request. The editor, for his own protection, must have the original copy signed. "Governing bodies and public groups do not usually object to con- structive suggestions that can best be circulated through the columns of this paper and helpful advice may result in Iong awaited action. "It is not unusual for a reader to meet the editor and raise objections to an editorial carried in the columns. And the objections are often just as sound as the logic presented in the editorial .Vut the Iarge majority of readers will never hear the other side. "Letters to the editor do not have to be long dissertations on the .sub- ject. Indeed, the readership will no doubt be higher if the article is short, concise and to the point." We welcome more "Letters to the Editor." We like them short and, like the Editor of the Acton paper, we must insist that the letters be signed, although not necessarily for publication. What Other Papers Say: A Royal Pedestrian• (Sydney Post -Record) Princess Margaret declared her in- dependenee, struck out for freedom and set a good example when she went walking with her dog in St. James' Park. If this serves to make walking fashionable, all the better. In a world where people use a car to go for a couple of blocks rather than ,walk, human legs are in danger of atrophy. Let Scotland Yard and the Home Office worry about her secur- ity if they must, but the Queen's sis- ter has let it be known she intends to go walking by herself or with`her dot ; for company any time. she jolly 't�lwell,l�' leases. And that is that rk some time this week. Mr. Penhale said the amount of agreage which will be contracted will not be known until the prices sage set. In previous years the company issued contracts and set its acreage be- fore prices - were agreed upon, but polioy has been changed this year. —.Exeter 'Times' -Advocate. Fail To Open Safe Thieves who broke into the gen- eral store at Auburn on Saturday night escaped with a quantity of stock, but failed to 'bust open the safe. The store is owned by R. D. Munro. The thieves were believed. to have gained entrance through a door at the rear of the store. They cut off the safe's hinges and dial with a new axe, but were un- suc.ce,s'sful in their attempt to re- move the door. Taken were quan- tities of electrical equipment, tools, blankets, tobacno, cigarettes, num- erous farm implements and about $75 worth of fountain pens. The break-in was not discovered until Sunday eine-Iron by the owner. I•n- e-estigation is being conducted by members of the Goderich detach- ment of the Ontario.Provincial Po- lice.—Goderich Signal -Star. Brother Dies in Scotland Mrs. Thomas Elliott received a cable on Sunday with the sad news of the death, of her brother, Mr. James White, of Scotland, whom she visited' for four months last summer. Mrs. Elliott had receiv- ed a letter from him within the past two weeks and did not know of his illness. The sympathy of the community is extended to' her. —Blyth Standard. Discovered With Broken Leg Pelter Vanderholk, 29 -year-old. immigrant Dutch farmer, lay help- less in the barnyard for an hour and a half last week before being found by his employer and rushed to Wingham General Hospital with a fractured right leg. Employed by Orlon Richards, of R.R. 3, Luck - now, the man was struck on the leg by a fertilizer conveyer when it carne off the track. He was dis- covered lying in the snow by his employer. — Wingham Advance - Times. Were On Mission Trip Rev. W. F. Frotz, of Dashwood, and H. E. Roppel, of Zurich, at- tended a meeting of the Board. of Missions of the Canadian Confer- ence in Hamilton last Monday. The business had to do with the relo- cating and building of a new church on . the Hamilton Mountain at a point where over 10,000 new residents have settled in the last two or three years without any other church in the community. The new church will take the place of the old Market St. Evangelical church in the heart of the city.— Zurich Herald. Delay Contracts Until Prices Set Contracts for corn and peas won't be issued until price is set by the Ontario Vegetable Grow- ers' Marketing Board and can- ning companies, H. K. Penhale, manager of the local plant of Can- addan Canners Ltd. said this week. Officials of the marketing board and the canning companies are r Times -Advocate. UERE'S =SALTS e New Fishing Boat Launched When a brand new all -steel fish- ing boat for Mac and Norman Mac- Donald was launched at the Gode- rich Harbor Wednesday afternoon it rang down the curtain on the fishing days of their old wooden boat which for over 20 years, was operated out of Goderich harbor. The new boat was 'built by the Mathieson• Boat Works of Goderioh and is 39 feet six inches long, with a beam of 13 feet It is powered with a Chrysler Ace and has a four -to -one reduction gear. No name has been given to the boat as yet, but Mac has intimated "it will probably be called many dif- ferent names until one is decided upon." The old' boat, used since 1931', was called "Macs" which, "Mac" MacDonald said was for "all the MadDonalds between here and there.. — derlcb Signal -Star. Cut Averts Serious Disaster Secretary of the Ausable Valley Conservation Authority, Fred Y. Jackson, said -last week' he believ- ed the new cut at Port Franks averted serious flooding in that area this spring. Mr. Jackson, a former employee of the Ontario De- partment of Planning and Develop- ment, said the height of water would have surpassed the level of the disastrous 1947 floor if the cut had not been opened. Pressure of the flash flood on February 18th knocked out a sand bar which had. blocked the cut last summer and - tons of water, which might have gore down the old river outlet and ficfeled Port Franks, rolled out the new mouth. According to residents at Port Franks, water rose to with- in cne foot of the 1947 flood level before the new cut was cleared. Ice blocked the old river mouth and the pleasure of rushing water was directed at the sandbar on the cut: This force burst the frozen surface at the new mouth and swept the sand block out.—Exeter Demonstration Re Hog Quality The quality of Canadian hogs is declining. There may be a number of contributing -causes. The Cana- dianedomestic market b s" been consuming the bulk of 'et hogs, leaving only small surpluse for export to the United States. Tho h P g it is generally ktiown that high quality, lean carcasses, .with a minimum of fat, ar required for United Kingdom exports. etc., it is too often overlooked that it is just as necessary for the Canadian mar- ket. It is not fully recognized that the United States will pay a premium only for lean cuts—they have suf- ficient of the lard -type hogs in their own country. Very little has been said, anti practically no promotional weft has 'been- done over the past few years-, with respect to hog quality. Many farmers are still reluctant to accept individual responsibility for the hog business. They seem to think that it is the business of the packer or of the Government. The differentials may not -be equitable—the premium on A too small, and the discount on C not severe enough. The farmers' organizations may not have paid sufficient attention to marketing their hogs. Perhaps the need of a "better buying sys- tem" is over stressed, when actual- ly the stress should be on a "bet- ter selling system." The Canadian Federation of Ag- riculture has been sponsoring dem- onstrations in packing plants with the idea of determining the baste factors upon •which to base future policies of production and of the actual selling of hogs. Such demonstrations have been held at Hull, 'Quebec; LondoneOn- tario; Winnipeg, Manitoba, and, at Edmonton. R. K. Bennett, Chief, Li'vestook Marketing, Federal Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, has organiz- ed—at the request of the C,F.A.— an.d carried out the demonstrations in ,packing plants. In order to present the broad picture, Mr. Bennett developed and emphasized' three main points: (1) That the processing of 'hogs in a packing plant is largely the trim- ming off or the removal of surplus fat to a point where the trimmed lean cut Is acceptable 'ib the coat Sumer. - (Early In February the - packer paid the fattier approximately 32 cease Pet 'ntillitd Basis grade' 'A," DONT BE ANXIOUS BECAUSE YOU FEEL JUNIOR SHOULD EAT A BIGGER MEAL. IF HES WELLAND HAPPY TOO NE LL EAT ENOUGH TO SEE HIM THROUGH Dept. of National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- tyfive and Fifty Years Ago len ,Iii tJrSrB 1pat�l (t, MARCH 19, 1 54 CROSSROADS (By James Scott) CHEATED? MAYBE NOT You never know just how a dis- aster is going to strike different people. When the venerable and historic Court House burned down in Goderich not so long ago the reactions to the holocaust were curious to contemplate. From The Huron Expositor March 22, 1929 The auction sale held by Mr. W. M. Sproat at the brickyards. in Tuckersmitb on Monday, was the most successful held in the district for some time, . The total sale re- alized ,$4,170. One of my city slicker friend's promptly took his pen in hand and wrote me a nasty note, asking for an explanation about this "fire of unknown origin." "1 hear," he continued suspiciously, "that you were going to tear it down anyway and that it was well inshred. Very convenient." It was a joke of course, but clos- er to home there were quite a few who breathed more easily when they heard that' the old Court House was damaged beyond repair. You see, or I guess you know, not everybody was hilariously happy when they heard that this ancient landmark was to be wrecked to make room for a modern- new edi- fice in the Square. More than one representative of the people was wondering just how many of the electorate were against the Coun- cil's decision to raze the old build- ing. Then came the fire. It seem- ed an easy way out of what might have developed into an unhappy situation. On bhe other band, there are quite a few folk in ,this. vicinity who are always spoiling for a scrap. They are wonderful people to have around. In many ways tbey are the people who give real_ meaning to the term "responsible government." As long as these watchdogs are on the alert our democracy will keep sane and healthy. One of these chaps said to me just the other day, "Well, it looks as if we aren't going to have a ilg'ht to preserve the old Court House after all, You know, I feel sorta cheated. I was looking for- ward to a, good scrap." Well, that was a while 'ago. If that friend of mine is still in a scrapping mood it looks as if he isn't going to be cheated after all. The old Court House is down, but the new one isn't up and that's all that Is needed to start a first- class row. From all quarters in the county, eager municipalities Miss Kathleen Storey was suc- cessful in passing the primary ex- amination of `the Toronto Conserv- atory of Music. She is a pupil of Mrs. M. R. Rennie. - Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Jones, Sea - forth, will leave.April 1 for a two months' trip to the Old Country, Mr. Jones' home being in England. Mr. W. W. Closter, of Stratford, has purchased Mr. Thomas Sharp's blacksmith shop on ' Goderich St. West. Mr. Earl McEwan, who is on the staff of the Royal Bank at Wain- wright, Alta., is at present visiting his. many relatives and friends in Henson.. Messrs. Leroy O'Brien and Fred Haberer, of Zurich, who are going extensively into the chicken 'busi- ness, have already over 500 young chicks • on hand. They are planning to use the open-air skating rink for a range, which is' owned by Mr. O'Brien. for the dressed carcass. The fat which has to be removed is worth only about 7 cents per pound, in the form of lard. This loss has to be borne by the producer and stbows• 'up in the hog price. (2) There is a definite type of carcass—the grade "A" or Select type—that gi's a high proportion of lean cu�s with a minimum amount of f t. . The undesirable carcass, that is the "C" or lard type, carries a much higher percentage of fat. The difference in type is quite evident to anyone, with the "A" type being long, smooth, well-balanced and very light back fat. (3) It is true that the packer sells, the lean portions (trimmed cuts) of the "C" hog through regu- lar channels, but this product is less desirable and brings less mon- ey because there is interior or seam" fat that cannot be cut out. This is particularly true in the case of the bellies•. For example, at today's prices, there is a differ- ence of 27 cents per pound in the wholesale price to the re -tail trade between the top grade of bacon and the inferior grade. Mr. Bennett stressed the need for the individual hog producer to ac- cept the responsibility for hog quality. "The hog business is the farmers' business," and is not, as many producers believe, a matter to be solved by the packer or the Government. Lower hog quality can have only one result, that is a lower general price for hogs. Another very serious danger is that the public will gradually turn away from pork .products due 'to the prevalence of fat, and purchase any one of the other competitive products. A Smile or Two .. a ..rr•r••• Wflen you invite trouble; you can be sure it will accept. • Spring is a time- when the sky arches its back like a Cat and you don't know whether a purr or a scratch is coming, "Would yen like some views of our hotel to take away with y'toiilt" "No thanks, 1 have my+ ova views of yO Ur hotel." are busy going about saying that this or that town or village -is the best place to build the new Court House. Clinton, Blyth and Bey- field- are already in the race, and others may follow. All these worthy settlements. 'argue that there are good practical" reasons why their town should be chosen, but of course not one of them can match the fact that the county jail and the registry office are already located in Goderich anal have not been destroyed by fire at all. Without these two necessary adjuncts the Court House can hard- ly function and Huron County ie• not ready to build a new jail and registry office anywhere for any reasoh. When you get right down to it, the real reason behind the claims of the other municipalities is his- torical. Clinton h -ad the first o8 this and that; Blyth, the first of this and the other; Hayfield, the - first of some more. On that basis this old town of Seafortth could put forth a formid- able claim too. So could every other town, village, hamlet or crossroads in the entire county. But we are a thoughtful people - here in Seaforth. We know our past and have a mighty pride ire. it. We don't need any Court' House to prove that our ancestry is good and noble. Besides, canny lads that we are, we keep a waryt - eye on our tax bills, which are high enough as it is. However, if our neighboring- towns want to persist in pushing: their claims they can go right ahead. I kind of like a good fights myself. a u The .death occurred at bis home, East William St.,. of Thomas E. Hays, who had reached 91 years of age. The Moonlight Revellers Club were entertained In the Forresters' Hall at Constance on Friday eve- ning. Those who were in charge were Lorne Webb, Charles Wake- field, Charles Riley, Alvin McGill and Luther Saunders. On Friday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. Biernes, McKillop, was the scene of a social and pleas- ant evening when .the Moonlight Revellers._ Club, neighbors and friends met to spend a social time with them before they moved. to their new home. Music was furn- ished by T. W. McMillan, George H. Dickson, and' Broome Bros., ac-' companied by Mrs. Broome, Mrs. Ed. Dorrance, Miss Pryce and Mrs. McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Biernes were each presented with chairs by G. B, Dorrance and G. H. Dick- son, while Gladys Mason presented Miss Eileen with a casserole. • From The Hurorl Expositor March 18, 1904 Mr. Peter Daley has purchased the residence of Mr. John Fowler ou Goderich. St. for $825. Mr, Robert Bell. of town, has purchased the residence of the late Charles Wilson, paying for it $2,- 400. McCluskey Bros., of Beechwood, are busily engaged in preparing ma- terial for the erection of a new barn. Mr. Robert Willis is having the electric lights installed in his resi- dence. A rear -end collision occurred on the railway about three miles east of Seaforth Monday afternoon, in which two• men were injured and two cars were burned. About noon the pay train from the other divi- sion came off the L. H. & B., with right-of-way from Clinton to Strat- ford: They stopped here for water and -then pulled out for Stratford, but were stalled in the snowbank about three miles, east. A freight train was in the yards here at the time, also with clearance orders for Dublin. In the storm the en- gineerwas. unable to see the stall- ed train, and the engine plowed through the caboose and set fire to it. Flames spread to the pay car and it was also consumed, together. with the cheques for the workmen in Stratford. As evidence of the great depth of snow this winter, we may relate the experience of Michael McGrath of town. On the farm of Mrs. Gaetzmeyer, 9th concession of Me- Ktllop, a few days ago, Mr. Mc- Grath went to the bush to get some wood. It had been piled four feet high, but he couldn't see a sign of the wood. After investigating, he found that he had been driving ov- er the woodpile with the team and sleigh. He commenced digging and dug four feet down, and in order to get the wood out he had to dig a pit over six feet deep and heave the wood out to the surface, t'h'us showing that the snow was at least eight feet deep on the level. He says• he has lived 50 years in thie vicinity and never saw the stow so deep before. 11TM. mLoiekhart •hapurchttr aer ed' fromJeMegtil. Poster, �'a na, tis 1�a„ w'oodlot in S'talnisy+. He g intends taking .thd thither off the land, Peggy, aged seven, liked to follow her mother around the - house, doing most of the talking:. One day, when her mother was; busy and preoccupied, Peggy chat- tered on and asked several ques- tions, which her mother did not' hear. "Mother," said Peggy, "why: don't you answer •me?" "I didn't hear you," said mother: "I was thinking. Do you know ° what thinking is?" "Of course," said Peggy. "It's. talking with your .mouth shut' Ford's Peace Ship (By Gerald Kloss in the • Milwaukee Journal) One day in the Fall of 1915, be- fore the United States had entered World War I, a Detroit newspaper carried a news item stating that 20,000 soldiers had been killed in France in the preceding 24 hours without changing the military sit- uation in the slightest. A prominent Detroit industrial- ist read' the article with [horror and burst from his office exclaim- ing: "I'd give half -my fortune to shorten, that war by one day!" Because the industraliet hap- pened' to be Henry- Ford, and be- cause a reporter happened to beer the remark, it became front page news all over the country. Out of it grew perhaps the- most comic diplomatic mission in modern .his- tory—the famous Fiord Peace voy- age of 1'915, aimed at "getting the boys out of the trenohes by Christ- mas." The Library of Congress an- nounced recently that it has ac- quired some 3,000 items of cor- respondence, speeches, reports and so forth dealing with the, automo- bile manufacturer's attempt to stop World War I in its tracks. Within clays after Ford's heart- felt remark was made public, be was swamped with correspop ence from persons who knew exactly how peace could be brought about. The most persistent visitor was a determined Hungarian woman, Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, who tried for days to break through a cordon of secretaries to procure an interview with Ford. She got it one day when Ford's No'. 1 secre- tary happened to be away. Ford instantly agreed with her plan for mediation lir Europe, of- fering not only his cheque books to the cause but his presence on a Mission to European neutral na- tions. A New York headquarters was set up at the Biltmore Hotel, where Ford joined, a cumber of prominent "militant pacifists," In- cluding Oswarid Ga•rrisort Villard, Jane Addams and, of course, Mme, Schw-immen In the course of discussions there, Mme Schwiinmer mused out lour. that it would be nice if the peace.. delegates had a ship to aid their noble effort.. Ford snapped at the bait like a hungry trout. "We'll get one," he said, and im- mediately summoned agents of neutral steamship ,lines to the ho- tel. The agents at first thought the idea of chartering an ocean liner for a tranaAtlantic crossing was cia.zy, but they revised their thoughts hurriedly when they found that Henry Ford was back- ing the scheme. Consequently, the Oscar II,' a single stacker of the Scandinavian Line, was booked as the peace ship to sail from Hobok- en, N.J., at 2 p.m., December 4, 1915. A slogan was coined .by Ford's press/ secretary in Detroit: "We'll get .the boys out of the trenches by Christmas!" The next step was to select the peace delegates, and with it came trouble. Invitations were sent out to all senators,. representatives, state governors and a student dele- gate from each university, Gov, L. B. Hanna, of North 'Da- kota, was the only .governor to accept—he wanted to visit relatives in Sweden -,and a former congress- man from St. Louts withdrew his acceptance when he was tali -Ford was pro -Ally: - the Biltmore was jammed with. people, however, who inaitivted t'ifp ought to be on, the ppeace 'hey included the pr tient of the Anti-Blltokiteg iotlgiie, the tloaouposer of "I Didn't Raise Dig Roy to Be- a Soldier" and a Philadelphia poli— tician who threatened to sue Ford!', for $100,000 if he was not made a.' delegate. A cablegram asking a blessing; on the peace ship:,was despatched' to "Pope Pius VII," who had diede in 1823. Conflicting statements is- sued from the Biltmore headquar- ters. Ford' was quoted as saying: he would ask for 3...general strike_ of the contending armies on Christ- mas Day. Heated denials of the - statement were made the next day. The afternoon of Decernbere4th presented a colorful scene on the - pier at Hoboken. With thousands of spectators on hand to Hatch the' departure of the Oscar II. •Eache of the fie or so -peace delegates wore a large red celluloid button with. the words; "Out of the trenches by Christmas." More than .fifty newspapers and maga- zine writers were on board to°'cov- er the voyage. Ford did not arrive until the ship was almost ready to sail. As' he pushed through the crowd, no - ceded. by an acutely embarrassed 'Thomas Edison, there to see him. off, a professional actor led "three cheers for Henry." The German band on the pier' kept up with its umpah arrange- ment of "I Didn't Raise My Boy' to Re a. Soldier." Oscar 11; with its colorful as- sortment of clergymen, visionar- ies, writers•and screwballs, left an. hour late, to the sound of steamy whistles, band music and organized.' cheering. On the ship were 1.44 -guests, in-. eluding 20 members of Ford's per- sonal staff, and 30 or more college students. The peace delegation became - anything but peaceful before the voyage ended. Some of the news- paper correspondents radioeel that ,# there was "mutiny aboard- the Os- car 1I." •A ship passing near byn picked. up the message and Inquir- ed: "Are you in need' of assist- ance?" - The ship put in at Kirkwall, Scotland, on December 14, but no one was allowed to land. It sailed for Norway later in the week Ors landing there, Ford made a state- ment: "The landing of the peace piigrlms will be recorded as the most benevolent thing America ev- er did." In Norway, the delegates hada round of banquets and speech mak- ing. Ford contributed $10,000 to the Norwegian Students' Associa- tion for a new clubhouse. Most .. important, he came down with a cold. His doctor kept him away from the other delegates and sug- gested a return trip to America. Ford decided. the doctor was right, and the delegates were astonished one day to learn that the leader of the peace expedition had -left for his homeland nit 4 a.m. the previous' day. The shocking news came on Christmas Day—the target date for end of the war. It proved, instead, to be the end of the peace mission. -Some dele- gates 'resigned at once and fol- lowed .Ford back home. A few de- termined members elected -a com- mittee, the "Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation," whlcih tour- ed neutral, European capitals through 1916. It accomplished ex- actly nothing. Back in Detroit, Ford was asked what he" had got out of his brief fling at international dlpldmacy didn't get mach peace," he ee- tplieQ. "1 learaled, • that Thistle le g'iffhg to ha a gredt Market tile" tractors." 0 4 a 4 4 a • 4 i 4 4 4 1 4 t I 4 • J • • • •