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da awa DAILY [ics SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929 PALc te. EE! N A Page of Interesting News and Pictures of the British Isles DISMAL OUTLOOK FOR TORIES CANCER PATIENTS DEMONSTRATE RADIUM EFFICIENCY London, Eng.--Fifty-one men and women cancer patients at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, who a year ago were characterized as dying, thered at 'the Royal College of urgeons to demonstrate to an audi- ence of doctors the efficacy of radi- um treatment, Professor Gask told the audience that obstinate cancers of the lips and tongue which were GATHER TO inoperable, had been arrested in a few months by hedge of radium needles around the growth and the spread of infection checked by other needles implanted along the lympth vessels, He added, "Physicists have placed in the hands of medicine a new weapon of whose powers we are not fully aware, it is a potent factor in the treatment of disease, but it may be a two-edged weapon." REV. R. STRACHAN DIELS AT ABERDEEN HOME Aberdeen--The Rev, Robert Stra- chan, late of the Wilson College, Bombay, died on January 10 at his residence, 65 Duthie [e'race Aber- deen. Mr, Strachan, who was mn h's 64th year, was a son of a Jyvie far- mer After taking his B.D. degree in 189) he was appointed Professor of Lztin at the Wilson College, Bom- bay in October 1897, and held that petition until last year, when he re- tire HAIGS GHILDREN JOIN BOY SCOUTS Wishes of Late Field-Mar. shal Fulfilled as Son Be- comes Wolf Cub Richmond--One of the last wishes of the late Field-Marshal Earl Haig was fulfilled recently when, in the resence of Countess Haig, her son, rl Haig, of Bemersyde, and her daughter, Lady Irene Haig, were en- rolled as a Wolf Cub and Brownie respectively in the troops and packs attached to the British Legion Poppy Factory at Richmond (Currey.) These organizations are known as "Ear] Haig"s Own" and "Countess Haig's own." The ceremony took Place at Cardigan House, Richmond ill, the Group headquarters, It was here that the Field-Marshal made his last public appearance, the day before his death. In the very room where his father made his last speech "Cub Dawick," as the young Earl will be known officially in the pack on Saturday pledged his honour in sturdy tones "always to be a good Cub and to give in to the "Old Wol- ves"--the latter being a promise to Tespset the judgment of his elders, he enrolment of Lady Irene Haig was somewhat over-shadowed by the fact that she was indisposed. It was a very white-looking little Brownie who was led in by Lady Victoria Haig, and who promised "to honour God.and the King, and to. do her best 4at all times." She also was aodrded a Grand Howl by tiny Brownies seated round a huge toad- stool, Lady Haig, in a short speech fol- lowing the ceremony, said she real- ise that the honour accorded to her son had not yet been earned, and was due entirely to the work of his father, LABOURER LEAVES $486,000 Aberdeen--The late Mr. George Yuille, 604 Holborn Street, Aberdeen, a labourer, has left estate amounting to £1293, 14s. 3d. including deposits amounting to £708, 10s, and shares in Lever Brothers amounting to £575. Mr. Yuille, who was unmarried, lived with his mother, He was formerly a farm servant, his father having a small farm in the Banchory-Deven- ick district of Kincardineshire, Hope Abandoned For Trapped Miners Kidsgrove, Staffs.--Any hope that the three men who were trapped by a great inrush of water at Hare- castle Colliery, Kidsgrove, Staffs, on Thursday, may still be living has been abandoned. Swithin Rowley, the only man in the pit who escaped saw one of his ill-fated colleagues swept off his feet by the flood of water. He 'assisted him for some distance and gave him an electric lamp, but suddenly the tide carried him away, Rowley does not know what happened to the other men. It was stated this morning that the water in the mine had risen up the shaft from 217 feet to 270 feet. PRIVATE SHIPYARDS BUILD NAVAL SHIPS London. -- A forecast of the Naval contracts that will be placed with private shipyards in- cludes one flotilla leader, eight destroyers, five submarines, one river gunboat and two sloops. Of these all have been placed with the exception of two sloops and the river gunboat. The total expenditure will amount to six mil- lion pounds sterling. NOTED AND ECCENTRIC Cm-- I EXNARD SHAW Britain's of the for his day. is noted present " GREYHOUND RACING PROVING POPULAR Many Tracks Being Operat- ed in Interests of This Fascinating Sport Brigadier-General A, C. Critchley, the managing director, told the first annual general meeting of the Grey- hound Racing Association Trust, Ltd, that up to December 31 over 3,900,000 people attended the tracks operated by them. Lord Loch, chairman, said he was convinced that the present financial position of the company was sound, though perhaps not as rosy as anti- cipated a ycar ago, The prospects, however, appeared to be good, Brigadier-General Critchley, pres- enting the directors' report, said that owing to the immense competition that developed it had been resolved not to proceed at present with the | contemplated provincial programme, The reduction in the figures on the London tracks was simply and solely due to the number of tracks operat- ing against them, The report stated that during the past year there had been a consistent and vigorous attack on greyhound racing, but the directors' view was that such was directly attributable to the fact that other forms of en-i tertainment had been so adversely | affected by the increasing popularity of greyhound racing. LADY NANCY ASTOR Britain's first woman M.P., who will again be a caniidate in the coming general election, HISTORICAL WATCH CONES 70 LIGHT Jedburgh Town Council Ac- quires Relic Formerly Be- longing to Mary, Queen of Scots Jedburgh, Scotland--At the time of the acquirement of Queen Mary's House, Jedburgh, by the town, Pro- vost Jack threw out a hint that to assist is suitably furnishing the house the Town Council would wel- come the gift of articles possessing some historical association with the town. There has been a response irom several quarters, and the latest donation, which was intimated at a meeting of the Town Council, is a highly interesting one--namely, watch which is believed to have been carried by Mary Queen of Scots when on her memorable journey on horseback in 1566 from Jedburgh to Hermitage Castle to visit Bothwell, the Warden of the Marches, who had been wounded in an encounter with "Little Jock Elliott." Two hundred years afterwards, the interesting relic which has come into the hands of the Town Council was picked 'up in the neighbourhood of the Queen's Mire by a shepherd, it having been unearthed by a mole. The donor of the gift is Mr. Wil- liam Pott, who has for many years been resident in the Transvaal, South Africa. Mr. Pott's father was the late Mr. Gideon Pott of Knowesouth, near Jedburgh, and his grandfather was laird of Dod, upon which the Queen's Mire is said to be situated. London. -- The cowrt of ap- peal ruled that the bequest -f $1,000,000 by the late Mrs. Sarah Martha Grovegrady of Huddersfield for establishment of bird sanetu- ariess, was invalid. The request had been contested by a cousin of the d d. The jud t declared hr man hteings would not benefit from the scheme. It would not esta- blish a sanctuary for timid animals, for those within would still be able to prey on one another, their lord- "to read it, but the magistrate said "me to produce all the evidence, but , for his collusion in crime, ap Prominent Figures in the Affairs of the Emerald Isle EAMONN DE VALERA Leader of the Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican party and the stormy petrel of Irish politics for the last fifteen years. PRESIDENT COSGRAVE Who as President of the Irish Free State has brought order and in. dustry out of the former chnos, SIR JAMES CRAIG Premier of Northern Ireland, whose government ordered the arrest of Eamonn de Valera for eptering Ulster, LORD CARSON One of the former Irish National. ist leader and bitter opponent of the political separation of Ireland from the British Isles. DEMANDS ARREST Aged Man Makes Applica- tion to Meagist:ate to Have Poljge Head App.ehended London--Mr. H. W. A, Page, an inmate of the Wandsworth Union, who applied 'to the magistrate at Bow Street Pol'ce Court on Wed- nesday to have Lord Byng, the | Commissioner of Police, arrested, has| renewed his application to Mr. Gra- ham Campbell. He described him- self as formerly one of the b'zgest! linen merchants in New York and| now' a pauper. He said that as di- rected he had put his complaint into writing. He handed a copy to the magistrate and asked for permission he could not alow "informations" to be read in Ccurt, ; | Mr. Page: It is not possible for I have prcduced sufficient anyhow. The fact that he declined to take any notice of the facts distributed is terrible, I think. The Magistrate: You have not said in your statement what is the of- fence you allege was comm tted. There must be some specific offence. Mr. Page: The whole story would take 20 years to produce. I want a warrant for the arrest of Lord Byng Magistrate: There is no such of fence as collusion in crime, Mr. Page: Well, compounding a felony. He is compounding a felony with other felons. It is a serious matter, because I am an old man and have not the vitality now, and it is a great effort on my part even to get up here. The Magistrate sail he would read the statement and give his decision later. SUBMARINE HITS DREDGER TWICE London--It has transpired that submarine L5 (1.070 tons), normal- ly carrying 30 to 40 men, and sta- tioned at Portsmouth, had a nar- row escape at the week-end. Travelling at 10 to 12 knots, she was in collision with a dredger, but her water-tight doors were immed- iately closed, and it was afterwards found that she had not been ser- iously damaged. She was able to make the harbor under her own power and will be dry-locked for a thorough examina- tion. It is stated that a tug with the dredger suddenly loomed up out of a dense fog, and that the submar- ine struck the dredger, rebounded and then hit her again, L5's peris- cope being titled almost to the level of the water. On the dredger the man in charge realizing the danger, caused the double bottomr to open and drop- ped 250 tons of mud into the sea, thus lessening the force of the im- act. The L5 had just had an extensive refit at Portsmouth and was carry- ing out en<ine tria's. She has seen Says Church of England Must OF LORD BING! Decide Which Path to Take London--The following are ex- tracts from a letter from Ri7ht Hon Joynson-Hi'ks read at a meeting of London laymen: 'The Church of England must make up its mind definitely wheth- er it is going in the extreme high church direction to union with Rome or whether it i8 going in the Evangel'cal direction to union with the great non-conformist churches of En-land. "I cannot conceive ft pozsible that this country, having made up its mind during the Reformation period to break with Rome, stands in the twentieth century seriously thinking of going back to it invol- ,ving as it would submission to the doctrines and government of that i powerful institution. "On the other hand we have non- conformist churches differing in their methods from Church govern- ment, but at one with us in the gr.at fundamental doctr.nes of Ev- jangel'cal Christianity founded upon the Bible, There is surely no ques- tion along which path its efforts yi be direeted." Well-Kncwn Factor Is Dead at Gleacoe Glencoe, Scot!and--The death has occurred at Invercoe, Glencoe, of Maj, John Maclennan, factor on the Strath- cona es'ates at Glencoe and Colonsay, Argyllshire. M:jor Maclennan, who is survived by a widow, two sons, and three dauzhters, took over the duties at Glencoe in 1923, having previously held the factorship of the Lochcarron estate, Rossshire, He was a fine judge of pipe music, and at Glencoe, as in Rossshire, his ser- vices as a jude were in request. He received his early training in the office of Messrs, Lindsay, Jamieson, & Haldane, C.A., Edinburgh, after which he held an appointment in the "Lewis estate office, prior to going to Lochearron, where, on the death of his father, he took up a factorship there, Major Maclénnan took a decp interest in the public life of the community. BRONZE ACE NECKLACE FOUND Edinburgh--Mr. J. H. Craw; F.S.A. Scot, at a mecting of the Society of Antiquarics of Scotland, held in Ed- inburgh described a necklace found at Poltalioch, Argyllshire, during ex- | cavations carried out with his help by Sir Ian Malcolm, K.CM.G, Pol- talloch. Three short cists of the Bronze Age were found in a g.avel pit. In one were incinerated bones, a flint knife, charcoal, ochre, and the necck- lace. Only some fifty necklaces. « the type have been recorded; tha. from Poltalloch appears to be com- plete, and is one of the finest yet fcund. The Poltalloch necklace has beer placed on loan in the Scottish Na- tional Museum of Antiquities by Sir ian Malcolm. WALKED OFF THE STAGE Famous German Artist's Protest Against Smoking London.--A remarkable incident occurred at a municipal orches- tral concert at Burnley at which Mme. Elizabeth Shumman, the Ger- man soprano, had been engaged to ising. The vocalist surprised the 'audience by walking off the stage at the end of the first three groups 'of songs she was to have sung, and declined to appear further. She took this unusual attitude as a pro- test against smoking being permit- ted in the Palace Theatre, where much service in China. the comcert was being held. B.ecks Troth to Wed for Love of the Sea London. ----- Because of pas- sionnte ove for the sea, Miss Mer- cedes Gleitze, channel swimmer, has brol:en her engagement to Private William Farrance. Miss Gleitze met the soldier for the first time last November on his return from India where his regi- ment, the East Lancashire, had been stationed, They had become engazed by correspondence two y ars ago when Private Farrance saw the swimmer's picture in an Indian news- paper and fell so much in love with her that he wrote, offering his heart and hb The meeting between them took place on the steps of Westminster Cathedral, and, after they had looked into each other's eyes for the first time, Miss Gleitze announced that they would soon be marri-d. Now, at the end of two months, during which they have met only once more, the romance has come to an end. "He is an exceedingly nice man, Miss Gleitze explains, "but I do not consider myself fit to be any man's wife on account of my passionate love for the sea. When I consented to marry him two years ago, I did so because I thought I had as much right as any other girl to become a wife and perhaps a mother, but now I find that the call for the sca is too great." In her letter to Farrance breaking their engagement she said in part: "I am afraid marriage would inter- fere with my swimming career. I have thought the matter over and feel convinced I shall never be able to settle down as a wife until I have successfully. swum the Irish Channel, the Wash and the Halespont. What is the use of letting a man make a home for me when in my thoughts the sea spells 'home, sweet home' to me?" EXPLOSION IN ABERDEEN Aberdeen.--Recently an explosion occurred in Holburn Street, Aber- deen, caused apparently by the fus- ing of electric cables underneath the pavement, The paving stones were forced up- wards, and clouds of smoke and dust belched forth, causing much alarm in the wicinity. Considerable disturbance was caus- ed to the electric lighting throughout part of the city. Ocean Liner - But it Would Melt LABORITE IMPOLITE IN BRITISH HOUSE Charges Under-Secretary With Telling Lie on Labor Conditions London, -- "That is a lie" is the impolite rejoinder of Jack Jones (Labor, Silvertown) to a state- ment made by Right Hon, Sir King- sley Wood, under Secretary to the Minister of Health, in the House of Commons. The House was considering the Government's proposal to continue in office the temporarily appointed guardians of West Ham, Jones, who is noted for firing intcrruptions from the back Labor benches, char- ged that the proposal was "Bolshe- vism in ex-elsis." "The trouble is," he added amid laughter, "our Bol- shevists wear top hats," Sir Kin~sl y Wood sald the ever- tions of the grard'ans of West Ham had been very beneficial in getting unemnloyed people tack to work It was then that Jones shouted "That is a lle." The Speaker intervened warmly at once and called upon Jones to withdraw. "I will say that he is not speak- {Ing the truth," the Laborite conced- ed. | "That is not a proper withdrawal," dec'ared the Speaker, . "Th-n I withdraw," Jones replied "but there are more people out of work now than when the guardians too" office." This ended the sharp argument and the House turned again in the dull routine of the long local gov~ ernment bill. ' SALVATION ARMY ASSETS ARE VALUED AT $100,000,000 London --One matter which has special'y interested the public in the Salvation Army controversy is the financial , position of the or- ganization. The total value of the proper'y it owns throughout the world is esti 000,000. This has a'l been accumulated from gifts, donations, and legacies since that day in the la e "70's Wile liam Booth, the ex-pawnbroker's assistant of Newington Butts, founded what he then called The Christian Mission in Whitechapel. The army has scraped and saved like a thrifty housewife. Even to- day it is anything but generous in the matter of poy to fits officers. The chief among them are pro- vided with furnished houses to live in, but even the best paid is said to get less than $2,500.38 yera. As for the general, he is not paid out of the ramy funds at all. This custom originated with Wil- liam Booth, who had no regard whatever for money. He believed that faith wuold "remove moun- tains." As he refused to take any of the money subscribed for the army for himself, three prominent business men put up a trust fund of $25,- 000, and it was on the interest of this that the general lived. $50,000 Trust Fand When General Bramwell Booth ded his father he took up 2 E Harry is jet him to the title Americd: ships remarked. The Chief Confectioner of the Canadian Pacific Liner Em Dixing aloes by making a scale model of the 25.000 at the mastheads and the Pr Astley designer and planning to enter a scale model of the new Canadi at the next exhibition in London. at the annual competitions held by the American Hotelmen's Association in vilder constructed n Champion--which is absurd, press of Scotland decorated the ship in his Pacific He already holds two cups as whether they are on the bridge or in the bakery, is from Livarpool. the same attitude, and this time another friend of the army came ito his aid and established a trust fund--Dbelieved to be of $50,000-- the Salvation Army that the properties they own 'in the principal countries are valued- as under: . In America .........$40,000,000 Australia ...abt. 15,000,000 Canada ....abt. 5,000,000 New Zealand abt. 5,000,000 Great Britaip abt. 10,000,000 South Africa abt. 1,250,000 In addition, the army has in- vested reserves to the amount of! $3,608,900, and shares in its own insurace, publishing, and banking corporations worth $306,010. An expert estimates that if all its assets were realised and the liabili ies discharged there would {be a surplus of something in the neizhborhood of $100,000,000. The general of the day is by the army's censtitution sole trustee of all this property. Ian addition, he is sole trustee of hte Darkest Eng- land Fund. This has reserve funds amounting to, roughly, $750.000. ated at approximately $100,-! { burned with London, -- In a message to H. A. Briggs, Liberal candidate in the by-election in Wansbeck. Northumberland, Right. Hon, Dav. id Lloyd George, party leader, pre- dicts the certain defeat of the Con- servatives, both in the by-election and in the coming general election, "One result of the election you are fighting is already a foregone conclusion," he writes, '"'and that is that it will show, as all by-elec~ tions are showing now, that Tory- ism is down and out. It is as cer- tain as anything in polttd:s can be, 'that the verdict of the electors of Wansbeck will be an overwhelming vote of censure on the present Government, IS PAINTED BY LLOYD GEORGE "Your candidature gives them an opportunity to give their cene sure a coustructive turn and, ine stead of recording merely a nega- tive vote, to support a positive and considered policy for the relief of the mining industry. It is clear the Conservatives have no remedy to offer it, as it is clear that at the forthcoming general election the country will reject them and they will suffer the defeat they de- serve for their indolence and inep- titude." Mr. Lloyd George concludes with the declaration: "The Liberal party alone stands ready and equipped to tackle efficiently the vast problems which beset the country today, BRITISH RAILROADS WATCH AVIATION Four Principal Companies Seeking Authority to Run Services London, Feb, 13.~--~The railroads of Britain are making another move in the battle to retain traffic which may eventually find adoption in Canada. Four of the prinicpal companies are going to ask Parliament for au- thority to operate airplane services and build the necessary accommo- dation. The idea is to link rail, sea and air, One railroad official says that as soon as it is possible, airplanes wil land and take off from the roofs of railways' stations, He added that his and other companies recognize that the d-velopment of aviation is so rapid that the railroads cannot afford to neglect the establishment of auxiliary aerial services. WATCHES FINANCES Provecs WINSTON CHURCHILL Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Government is not fav. orable to an immediate return to Imperial Penny postage. $30,000 LOSS IN MANCHESTER FIRE Spark From Machinery Sets Machine on Fire--Sand ; Thrown on Manchester--A spark from work- ing machinery developed into a fire which did upwards of £10000 damage in a building where 1000 employees were engaged at the Metropolitan Vickers Works, Trafford. Park, Manchester. A large electric gener- ator which had just been completed for a London firm was the centre of the blaze. It was revolving at high speed on one of the test beds in the plant department, a building 900 feet long, when a spark flew out from the auxiliary machinery, and was' immediately fanned into flame by the draught from the huge dynamo, which rotated so fast that it took five minutes to stop after the driv- ing current had been switched off. The flames meanwhile obtained a dapoerous hold of the machinery. "The men engaged on the job showed great presence of mind in throwing sand on the blazing gen- erator and in summoning the works fire brigade," an official told a re- porter last night, "but they could do little during the five minutes which elapsed before the machine stopped, because the draught set up by the reyolving dynamo acted like a bel- lows to the flames. For a time it a roaring * fury, men rushing from all parts of the works to help to subdivide it. It is a tribute to the effectiveness of our brigade that they were able to put out the fire before it could harm the build-] ing itself. The generator and the auxiliary machinery on the test bed were; badly damaged, but nobody was hurt generator wo do not yet know, ex- cept that it appears to have escaped from the auxiliary machinery. It is not a common occurrence" Over 8000 men are employed at the works. » WHY THE LOCKS? Condon. -- nts of New 4 Doncaster. could have saved a lot of money by mot having locks put on doors when they built their homes. Every door-look in the wil- lage can be opened with one key. | beyond a few inevitable minor burns. | « Exactly how the spark got into the. Reside Conisborough, a mining village near)" FAMOUS TITLED ATHLETE GETS COM- MISSION IN GUARDS London--Lord Burghley, the noted athlete, has been appointed a lieu~ tenant in the Grenadier Guards, Lord Burghley has won interna- tional fame for himself as a runner, He represented Great Britain at the olympic games at Amsterdam last August and took part in the inter- national and inter-imperial games which followed the olympics in Eng- land. He 'was one of the leading athletes at Cambridge university, BRITISH INDUSTRY GIVEN IMPETUS Board of Trade Returns Show Increase in Business Home and Abroad London. -- British industry has struck the upward grade, according to returns issued by the board of trade which corresponds to the de- partment of trade and commerce in Canada, The improving export figures, however, merely reflect that better domestic trade has already been reached. To secure more accurate information on the present condi- tion and prospects of British in- dustry the board of trade has been in touch with some of the leading industries throurhout the country. The result of the inquiry may be summed vn as follows: Coal: The mines are doing much better although unemployment is still severe, Improvenrent may, to a certain extent, be attributed to weather conditions, A betterment of conditions fs shown both in the home and exnort trade. Shinbu'l¥ing: A marked {= provement has beem shown rine Octo"er. In the last four mont"s as many orders have been p'aced as in the previons eizht months. Manwfertrring: The induttries en~a~ed In mannfacturing, tak'n ge~erallv, show an increasing flow of business, Returns. tg the board of trade show that Capid'an purchas"s play- ed an unusvally lar~e part in the improvement = of British export trade. Brith made goods exnort- ed to Canada fn 1928 showed sn incrense over 1927 of spproximate- 'ly £25,000.000 or about one-third of the totrl increase in British ex- ports to all countries. British im- ports from Canida fpcreased by $10.000,000 in the same period. In official ecirgles the increase in Brit- ish evnorts to Canada is spoken of as extremely gratifying. Princess Elizabeth Gets Own Radio Set London--Princess Elizabeth shares {with her father, the Duke of York, |a lively enthusiasm for wireless. One of her greatest joys has been to visit his study before bedtime to listen to the "Children's Hour" on his big wireless. The Duke decided recently that his little daughter should have her own set and he him~ self extended the wireless to the nursery. MUCH TO CHARITIES Glasgow--The workmen emloyed at the collieries of William Baird & Company (Ltd.), Glasgow, contribu- ted to charities for the year 1928 the {sum of £8552, 10s. 8d. The alloca- | tion included £905 to Glasgow Royal Infirmary; £205 to Glasgow Western Infirmary: £223 to Kilmarnock In- firmary : £643 to Bute Hospital, Cum- nock: £544 to Avr County Hospital; £450 to Kilsyth Cottage Hospital and Ambulance Waggon; £1183 to Kirk- michael - House Concalescent Home; £1183 to Troon Convalescent Home; and £248 to Edinburgh Royal In- firmary.