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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY. MARCH 2, 1931 PAGE SEVEN 4! CHILD MARRIAGE | "STILL ALLOWED IN CERTAIN STATES American Officials Admit That Unfortunate Situ- ation Exists © ---- Washington. «« Dame Rachel jrowdy. British sociologist, re: jontly said seven states in the Unite d States permit girls to marry at he age of twelve. The Children's 3ureau is sorry but she's wrong. the should have sald eleven. This was admitted regretfully by {he bureau ofticials to be the actual tate of affairs it the most recent nformation in their files is accur- te. Dame Crowdy, former chief of ihe social questions section ot the League of Nations in a speech at Philadelphia, contrasted the child narriage laws of the United States with those of India, Turkey, and fapan, which she sald set a 16-year imit. She sald. Europeans wore jome of the best as well as some of Ilignation Americans exhibit agains hild marriages sanctioned in the Orient." : "Marriage at young ages is nor tommon wiih us, and it is to be re. gretted that it is legal," was the yomment on this of Miss Grace Ab: ott, chief of the Children's Bui. mu, "and, as is always true of the United States, in our 46 different lurisdiotions, we have examples of tome of the best as well as some of the poorest." From Russell Bage Foundation itudies and other sources, the ros . ter of states making 13 the mini. mum marriage age for girls fol. lows: Louisiana and Virginia, fixed by thtute; Florida, Maine, Rhode Is- and, Tennessee, fixed by judical de- sision under common law; Colora. lo, Idaho, Maryland, Mississipptl and New Jersey, in which it is pre- sumed the common law applied. Kontucky, Pennsylvania, and New York, which were in that same ist six years ago, raised the mini. mn age to 14, 16, and 14 respec: tively. The Russell Sage Foundation study of 1026 on child marriages sstimated 348,000 women and girls then living in the United States be- oh their married life as child rides. HUMANE SOCIETY DOING GOOD WORK Good Homes Found For Stray Dogs and Cases of Cruelty Probed Four stray dogs, found wander. ing on the streets of Oshawa, were placed in good homes during this month, it is reported by J. L. Orr, Humane Inspector for the Oshawa Humane Soclety. Four cats, found under similar circumstances, were aso placed in good homes. Besides this work, the Soclety nas gathered up and is harboring st the dog pound at the present time, three dogs that are thought suitable for citizens of Oshawa to adopt as pets. The society is as well caring for one dog whose owner is ill. : It was found necessary during the month to destroy ten dogs and eleven cats that were sick or une suitable for adoption ag pets. Two dogs and three cats killed on the streets by cars were also disposed of. ' During the month, the inspector investigated one case of cruelty to a horse, and the owner was warn ed to have the horse properly treated, The cases of two children bitten by dogs, four dogs dlleged to be a nuisance, and two dogs who are chronie car chasers, were also investigated and action taken by the inspector. ia------ Tom: fug never see you with Hil ow." a rae: "No. 1 got absolutely fed up with the girl. She's got such a cackle of a laugh." "Well, 1 can't say 1've ever no- ticed that." "You would if you'd been with. fn hearing when I proposed to her." a If you suffer from biliousness or | indigestion there is nothing better than POWERS NOW ALL IN AGREEWENT Italian Government Accepts British Proposals for Ac- cord With France (Canadian Piess Despateh) Rome, Feb, 28.--The Itallan government today accepted the proposals advanced by Great Brit: ain which will permit its full ad- hesion to the London naval treaty. The proposals previously had been accepted by the [French govern. ment, Adhesion of thé two govern: ments to the Lond®n treaty reach- od at the conclusion of naval con. ference almost & year ago, will make the pact a five-power instru. ment instead of the threé power treaty as it is now. It is understood the Franco-Itallan parity contro- versy is in effect postponed until 1086, when the entire naval treaty comes up for review. WORLD TRIPPER AGAIN ON OCEAN Sailor Who Went Around World in Junk Now Tries Schooner Vancouver, B.C, Mar. 2~The sea has beckoned again to Captain Geo. Waard, who several years ago made a memorable voyage around the world in a Chinese junk. Now, it is reported from Hong Kong, China, Capt. Waard has had built a two-maste® schooner, royal blue in color and 65 feet long, in which he will cross the Pacific Ocean once again, His new slip is of 30 tons burden and is named the Coquette, She is registered in Hong Kong, and will fly the British flag. She carries a Gard- ner semi-Diesel crude oil engine of 48 horsepower, developing an average speed of seven knots, With the captain on his latest ven- ture will sail his son, who was just a child when the crossing in the Amey was made, and a crow of four Chin. ese. ca After his pleasure trip to Victoria, Captain Waard says he intends to convert the vessel into a trader, con- necting the fishing fleets in the region of Bering Sea with various ports where fish are packed. RE-STOCKING B.C. RIVERS WITH FISH Successful Experiments on Large Scale of Great Value Vancouver, B.C, March 2~Fisher- jes experts in British Columbia are setting the pace for the world in de- veloping facilities for the re-stockin of lakes and rivers with commercia sh. The problem was presented by the rowing threat of fisheries depletion in various rivers which are being har- nessed for power development, The uestion to be solved was whether fish could be transferred from the rivers being used for power to rivers not likely to be affected, so as to pre- vent destruction of the species. The fisheries department tackled the situation with resourcefulness and so far the experiments have been successful, Adams River was chosen for the test and specially constructed tanks were used in transporting adult salmon from this river to Scotch Creek---seven miles away-and there left to spawn. This is said to be the first time that a large number of live fish have been so transported. Some 1700 fish were handled in this undertaking which was the beginning of an experiment by the fish culture division of the Dominion department of fisherles to determine the possibil- ity of building up sockeye runs in new streams by transferring parent fish from accustomed spawning areas to other grounds. Initial steps of the experiment, at feast have been successful for when the fish were set free in Scotch Creek after their travels they straightway headed for the upper reaches of the creek, just as lively, apparently, as when the fish culture men captured them at Adams River, the pawning area for their family, ormer Another interesting phase of the |' work in this district was an experi [ment in planting * een" eggs on a Jurge scale. From time to time in the past the fish. Julie division has planted limited numbers of "green" eggs, with successful results, but large scale operations had not been at tempted prior to this year. In these operations over 487,000 eggs were ta ken from sockeye ready to spawn, fertilized, water hardened, and seed: ed down in stream beds where con ditions seemed to be favorable, The experiment in connection with the transfer of adult fish from one body of water to another was insti. tuted as a move in the department's effort to grapple with the problem of stocking spawning areas which have become depleted through the cone struction of dams and other works connected with hydro-electric devels pments in British Columbia. PROHIBIT TAKING OF TOTEM POLES Practice of Museums of De- nuding Villages Is Halted Victoria, B.C, March 2--The pracs tise of museums and historical an geographical societies in the Unite States and elsewhere to, denude the Indian villages on the coast of Bris tich Columbia of their picturesque to tem poles has been prohibited by ace tion taken recently by the Provincial government, When premier 8. F. Tolmie heard that a whole carload of totem poles had been shipped to the United States this winter he wired to Ottawa in protest. He was informed that pere mission for this shipment had been made by the department of Indian Affairs and that it could not therefore be halted. But as a result of the pre- mier's objection the policy of dispos- ing of totem poles has been drasti- cally cflanged, and arrangements have been made to insure that no more totems are taken from the villages. "Museums all over the world are adorned with totem poles represent. ing the art of the Coast Indian in its highest phase," said Premier Tolmie. "The despoliation of these Indian vil: lages has been ruthless and if the traffic in totems was allowed to'go on unchecked none woud be left at all in their original location, The situa. tion was all the more important by few totem carvers left among thu tribes today and totemecarving is practically a lost art" Canada during the past few years has awakened. to 'the treasure that she held in totem poles, Lor years they have been tumbling down, neg- lected by Indian and historian. Many have been carefully sawed down to be shipped to far-away museums, even to Europe, Some have been set up in city streets and curio shops. Others have, at the request of zealous mis- sionaries, been burned down as relics of paganism. There is one classic case of totem poles having been used as a raft by some lumbermen, Many of the totems were taken from villages that had been deserted by their Indian inhabitants, The set. tiers were eager to dispose of the poles for a price. i -------------- TAX ARREARS FOR TEACHERS Glace Bay Teachers Watch Activities of Tax Col- lectors With Interest Glace Bay, N.S, March 2,~Teach- ers of this town will follow closely the details of a campaign the town council will start shortly for the col lection of tax arrears. For, upon the success of the project, depends to large extent, the paying of their sal aries, Two hundred and fifty-three thou. sand dollars are "on the books," and the teaching profession and town officers have ample cause for uneasi ness, at the rate the arrears are be ing collected, At a recent council meeting the tax collectors made a re- port regarding a list of one hundred names given him by the finance com- mittee. He succeeded, his report shows, in collecting "$1,461.35 from a total of $32,267, Only names of men that could "well afford to pay" were selected from the roll by the commit- tee. Stringent action will not be ta- ken against thode who work only two or three days a week, AEROPLANES USED London. --Aeroplanes are now weed to bring samples of Egyptian cotton to English buyers in a few days. It used to. take weeks, pr 11 5A, {[15 [gj THE OLD Hew WALRY ) Ih # wi Kia Yoiinm Sprite, Gress {Tue ORCHESTRA S ou ed s BRASS, AND ¥ JUST ING WHAT You THOUGHT HIND US -- rourved. a reason of the fact that there are very | Hs they are, "Sandy" and "Fatl", old friends of 16 years' standing, although Earl has had 18 years and Sandy Campbell, 80 years Company. His years of steady ser- vice in picking up and delivering goods for the company has given with the Canadian Pacific Express d Two Express Veterans Barl such a knowledge of his route which covers the area of downtown Torontc around Bay and Adelaide Streets, that he trots up and down the streets without any ap. Sand ves him no orders for he knows his route as well as his driver, Earl is here shown mutely asking Sandy to carry on with his next delivery. MALE STUDENTS GROWING BEARDS University of B.C. Youths Take Pledge in Campaign for Stadium Vancouver, B.C, Murch 2 stitdents of the University of British Columbia "started something" when they undertook to let their beards grow until they had succeeded in raise ing sufficient funds for the building of their college stadium, The result is that the campus now resembles the meeting place of the House of David, "We're not doing this out of pen ance," explained one of the undergra- duate leaders, "We're doing it chiefs ly to attract attention to the cams paign. Every time someone in Van. couver sces a beard he won't yell Male | 'Beaver! as has been the custom be- fore, 'Me will immediately think of the University and perhaps, if the sight of beards becomes too annoy- ing, he will put himself down for a subscription to the $20,000 stadium fund, to hasten the day when barbers will be called in to end the beard era Black beards, brown beards and downy blonde beards; you can find {them all if you look hard enough: | Selence students, self<styled hic-men of the campus, boast geveral fine spes eitmen The Aries, with the tradi. tion of long-whiskered farmers be hind them, have at least one notable contribution Artsimen seem more fastidious about their appearance but nevertheless are putting forth some outstanding efforts. Even the fresh: men, laboring under a natural handi- cap, are not without their champions, Jut the test came recently with the senfor ball. Would the pioneers in this back«to-the<béard movement brave the displeasure of their part. ners or drop their bold redolve and lose forever the esteent of their hardy brothers ? Co-eds were asked to encourage the scheme by yefusith to make dates with men who still shave, but they apparently were ' not attracted by adornment in the transitional stage. It is rumored that there were many hot meetings before some of the bold lads resorted to the razor, But Shey can still pay and shave, for it has been arranged that a twen- ty-five cent fine is levied on all ap- fearing without some evidence of card production, MEDICINE MEN STILL POWERFUL Witchcraft Still Persists Among Indians of Northern B.C. Hagelton, B.C, Feb, 2-~The influ-| Scotia ence of the witch doctor is still strong in northern British Columbia, and al- most every tribe still hoasts its medi- cine men, Although supposed to be outlawed, these medicine men every once in a while are reported to emerge from their seclusion to don their weird headdress and beat Ris drums to ward off the evil spirits believed to hover over the soul of sick Indians, Recent police investigations near here have exposed new witch doctor activities and when the cases come to tefal further light will probably be shed on the practise, It is only a few years since one of the most famous Indian trials in Bri. tish Columbia's history resulted in the conviction of a woman and a man on charge of practicing witchcraft, The sudden death of an 18-year-old Indian boy named Moccasin, in the Liard district, was reported to the In. dian department by a Hudson's Bay factor, A patrol of Royal Canadian Mounted Police went into the district, in which no police had been for forty years, and the boy's body was exe humed, According to evidence brought out at the trial in Prince Rupert in 1925 the head of one of the nomad tribe families had died and the medicine man proclaimed that a dream had ree vealed to him that death was caused by "witching" of the boy Moccasin, I'he young man was tied hand and foot and left on the ice, where he froze to death, the fatality beihg re ported to the officers as "death re- sulting from a chill" The woman, who had been respons sible for tying the hoy, was sentenced to ten years, which was suspended after she had spent one year in jail, The medicine man, Big Alec, who had Instigated the crime, was sentenced to five years, of which he served three, No witchcraft has been reported from this nomad tribe since, It is now regularly patrolled and a mise sionary goes in every summer to look after the 200 Indians, Other cases of witcheraft ure re. ported from time to time, it is said. A mother cut off the ears of her child because its small brother was sick. Women in northern tribes have been tied by their hands to a tree and left there for some time, in order to drive out the evil spirits. It is declared that cases of witch. craft break out in the Hazelton dis- trict periodically, tribes out of touch with civilization reverting to their an. cient practices. The two cases recent ly brought to light may not be repeat. ed again for several years; but, soon er or later, from somewhere in the province will crop up another medi- cine man to bring trouble to his tribe. Here and There White Laghora ben "No Drone ER" from Port Kells, B.C. laid 857 eggs in 365 days, qualifying her as lon egg ------ Ia the past fiscal year in Nova there were 131 companies incorporated with total capitaliza- tion of $5,367,000, an increase of 13 new companies over the previe ous year. Rt Hon. R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada, and th radu ate of Dalhousie University of 1808, was recently presented with a leather<bound soript conveying recognition and regard of nineteen classmates of the same year, Theodore H. Kipp, chairman of the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba, reports that since the inception of the Board, Mani toba's industrial payroll has been fudretaed from $18,000,000 to $35, 0 h Bh Miss Margaret Stevenson, of Bd. monton, has succeeded to the crown of the next Banff Winter Carnival, fllowing Miss Doris Parkes, of Vancouver, last year's Queen. The election was the clos- iy Jeatary of a very successful W. BE. Brissenden, of Mentreal, has been appointed Development Engineer, Department of Develop ment, Canadian Pacific Railway. He succeeds G. M, Hutt who was recently promoted to Assistant Director of Development, with headquarters in Winnipeg. The 42,600-ton Empress of Brit. ain which is scheduled to sail on her maiden voyage to Quebec, May 20, is the largest vessel built in Great Britain since pre-war days and the largest ship plying he- tween British Empire ports, She will also be the largest vessel ever to make a world cruise. Total Increase in railway taxes during the 38 years from 1890 to 1028 in the United States was from 81 million to 421 million dollars, says Dr. Parmales, Director, Bu- reau of Railway Economies. This, he asserts, has had an unfavorable effect both on industries and in- dividuals, The annual University of Monte real tour across Canada which has been a feature of the educational life of the University for the last six years, will be extended to ine clude Alaska and the Yukon Terrie tories for the season of 1931, ace' cording to Canadian Pacific Rall Way announcement recently, Shipped by Canadian Pacitie across Canada, 27 head of pure- bred Jersey cattle, four pigs, four mountain goats and sheep were swung aboard the freighter Wai hemo for New Zealand recently. Captain Flynn, skipper of this new Noah's Ark, wasn't worrying, He sald he had handled tigers as well a8 seamen and stokers in his time, Growing Deaf With Head Noises? Try This It you are growing hard of hearing and fear catarrhal deaf. ness, or if you have roaring, rumbe ling, hissing noises in your ears, £0 to your druggist and get 1 os. of Parmint (double strength) and add to it 3 pint of hot water and a little sugar. 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