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Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and Tht: World at Lar({e CANADA Th« "Hike" Gi^wt Popular There U more Ihaii pausing liitercsl In tile nowK that, on the roi-ent holi- day, 150 memhers of Luke Shore Youi)g I'euple'g Societies hiked to a meeUiiK place at Port Credit. A gciieratlun or no ago the roads and pathways about Torontoâ€" and all other urban rentresâ€" were welt trodden by pedestrians. What boiler meltiod of locomotion is there for the man who Is not In a hurry? Can It be that young people along the lake shore are catching this spirit of their forefathers, who walked all over this new country? In Kn^land the weekend "hike" is i>crhaps more popular than it ever was; and young Canadians cannot do better than fol- low this example â€" putting the best Toot forward. â€" Toronto Globe. Edison and Nickel The Kdlsons have patented a claim in the Sudbury district which confirms what Kdison himself told the present writer In 1S06. Ho wac at that time working on a utorage battery which required large (iuantltics of nickel. He Baid he had gone up and prospectud In that country bimself, and he drew an oval on a sheet of paper. This, he said, was the crater of an ancient vol- cano. In the southwest tract of the oval, he said, the Copper (Uiff mines were situated. Then ho Indicated a point in the northeast portion of the oval and said: "There Is where I found what I want." â€" Hamilton Herald. An Austrian Warning Perhaps Au.stria is wiiere tlie term "ta«olino" came from. At any rate, taxes on gasoline amounting to 24c a gallon plus other fees, have resulted In 16,500 Austrian automobile owners turning in their license plate in three months, says the Associated Press. This is a clear case of how the gov- ernment can kill the goose that coughs Dp the sheckels, which should not ho overlooked In this country.â€" St. Thom- as Times-Journal. Gigantic Project The very frugal Dutch are now lift- ing up the bottom of the sea for agri- iultural extension. The dairy indus- try of Holland is a national asset. Six tlious ip^ men are at work on their great reclamation work of reclaiming submerged lands, which also have served to solve the Dutch unemploy- ment problem this winter. However, anollier quarter of a century will have to pass and another $375,000,000 be Bpent before the work of the reclaim- ing the submerged land of the Zulder Zee can be completed. â€" Brandon Sun. Commercial Education The time has come when, more than tver, commerce should no longer be considered a simple game of chance. It is essential that commercial opera- tions Bhould be subjected to precise rules, so that results may bo predict- ed with the least possible risk of er- ror. In other words, commercial en- terprise should bo organlted on the basis of a true science. Canada can with advantage systemlzo her com- mercial activities, seeking out the sys- ten which best suits her requirements. The co-operation of manufacturers and traders In the Dominion should be ob- tained in teaching in Canadian schools the commercial and industrial system which has been decided on. When other countries are organizing their commerce it Is not for us to sit back with folded arms. Success is the re- ward offered for serious eiorts to l)uild up an army of speciaiisls in com- merce. â€" La Presse. Value of Laughter It is not recorded who lirst said 'A little nonsense now and tlien is re- llshed by the best of men." But wlio- ever it was, he migtit with equal ac- curacy have observed that a great deal of nonsense Is relLshed at any time by most men. In business or plea.sure, a laugh Is as hungrily sought as any- thing else that may he on the pro- gram. The business of living is in- volved in so many hardships and wor- ries that the most trivial nonsense . helps to make life brighter and bet- ter. 11 has lieen said that a sense of liiimor Is a saving grace; but no two people seem to liavo the same sense of humor. Perhaps the l)est Is that which enables one to see enough of tho funny side of the experiences of life; tragic as somi> of tliem are, to laugh his way througli ditllcultioH and to perceive tlie laiighalile Hi<le of the thlMg when fate drives him thri)Ugh the hrlar patches. â€" Monclon Tran script. scoldings fur the transgressions of their offspring which It Is tho fashion, just now, to give the parent class. Parental discipline may be more lax than in some earlier generations, but, if modern youth can transfer respon- sibility for their faults and fallings to their parents, why can not tho modern parents plead that they are just as their parents taught them to be, or let them be, and so start a buck-pass- ing sequence extending to the upbring- ing of Adam and Kve? Possibly the loudly proclaimed grievances are to a considerable ex- lent itnuginary. Kvery now and then there sounds above the chorus of "something must be done about It" a voice or two that suggests the possi- bility that youth and the ways of youth are not particularly new phen- omena â€" that modern youth Is essen tially the same as were the complain- ing elders of their own youth. â€" KingS' ton Whig-Standard. Future of Hockey Hockey has built million dollar arenas In many cities, opened a new- career for scores of amhilioiis young Canadians, and provided thrills for thousands of patronn on both sides of the Internalional border. There is no r-ason to feel that this growth is merely of the mushroom variety; on the contrary, tho game Is Hrmly Im- planted In the affections of the public ami wilt continue to prosper. -Peter borough Kxaminer. Parents and Youth I<lllle is accompliabed by the Here* THE EMPiriE Progress in Britain Thero is substantial reason for sat- isfaction in the continued improve- ment of the figures of unemployment. In February thero was a fall of 4G,000, in March of 80,000, and we now have the returns for- April, which show a further decline of 78,000. The total has thus been brouglit below 2,700,000. A reduction of more than 200,000 in three months of such inlernational un- easiness Is far greater than we could have expected. We found employment last month for 9.534,000 people, ;U,000 more than a year ago. â€" lA)ndou Daily Telegraph. New Detectives What we badly need is a new type of detective and a new technique of crime detection to give a fillip to our jaded appetite tor crime stories. Quite obviously the one person who can tuu- nish it is Lord Trenchard. He is pro- posing to modernize the Force In seT- cral drastic ways, and among other tilings adumbrates a sort of Police Sandliurst. To the Institute of Scieu- liflc Crime tlesearch, where the C.I.D. will take its postgraduate course, we shall look, it it ever materializes, for tho new men and the new methods. "The criminal," says Lord Trenchard, "has liecome more skilful, more mo- bile and more scientific." In a word, lie comes daily nearer to the fiction reader's beau-ideal of what a criminal ought to be. â€" London Kvening News. Tramways Banned In Italy the Minister of Transport has sentenced the tramcar to death. Ho lias done it in the approved man- ner of Fascist Governments â€" by de- priving it of full rights of citizenship. Hencel'orth no tramcar may enter a scheduled zone in the heart of tho chief Italian cities. It will languish for lack of support, and disappear as quickly as it chooses on I'le outskrts. Nobody liere cares very much for the tramcar either. It Is cumbersome- to other traffic and costly in itself. It would liave died long ago it It had not been constantly revived with fresli in- jections of public money from muni- cipal rates. That nnney can no more be re(-overed now flian money spent long ago in doctors' bills to save a hopelHss patient. â€" London Daily Kx- press. Toronto Favors Bicycle Fad U.S. President to Spend Holidayu in Canada Women of World To Hold Meetingr At Stockholm Tho Dominion of Canada, for the *econd time iu its history, is to be host to a President of the Unite.l Sutes. Warren G. Harding, w*ile /-"iTT" it w/-J r President, and shortly before hi* Proposals or World-Wide In- death, crossed the international bor-| terest to Be Made By In- Hero we see a Toronto miss who has taken up the cycling craz* wiUi enthusiasm. One of the favorite bicycle routes Is High Park Blvd. where this picture was taken. Search City's Sewers for Radium Capsule Albany, N.Y. â€" A capsule containing $10,000 worth of radium was .sought last week in Albar.y's sewer system. The radium, property of Albany Hos- pital, was lost early this niorniiag. A patient who was being treatd for can- cer accidentally alloweti it to be wash- ed down a dirain. Men equipped with electroscopes promptly began a search of the city sewer traps. The instru- ments readily detect the presence of radium. Asylum in Britain The likelihood tliat a cerlaiii num- ber of men of distinction unable to live safely in Oermany may seek a home in this country, as so many re- fugees from political persecution have done in the past, makes It necessary to scrutinize the (lovernmenl's policy regarding the admission of aliens rath- er closely. Technically, it would be an abandonment of all the best tra- ditions of this country if our doors wero to lie closed to tlin men of emin- ence wliom (ierniaiiy Is expi'lling from her borders. Our gain in admitting lln'in would be manifest and it woiilii not be merely a niorul gain. â€" London Spectator. Choice of Goods Th(! purchaser has lost the habit of, and desire for, choiie. 1 say that this mental and spiritual disease is more important than the merely mechani- cal fact of cheap i>ro(lu<tlon. Such a slalement will sound fanlastic In tho ears of those who are accuslomi^d. as all modern men ar>>, to imiilied ma- terialism. Yet here, as in every other depart inenl, it is the mind that goT- enis and not the innleriHl conditions. It Is notorious that in ci-rlain districts, in certain trailes covering great num- bers of people, choice Is still exer- cl.ned. and has a great effect, li'or in- stance, I would (incite the demand for Cheshire cheese among the l^\nca- shlre operatlvcH. They know what they want and they Insist upon it; they will not accept, as will men in the south, a siibsliiiite or hn Inferior article â€"Mllaire Hi-lioc In The Kng- llsh Review. League Announces Ban of Manchoukuo Players (iencva. â€" The Manchoukuo Commit- tee of the League of Nations decided that Manchoukuo tennis players should Ikj barred from Davis Cup play if they tried to enter the competition, Lecau.se Davis Cup drawings possessed official character. Manchoukuo, now trying un.success- fully to gain recognition as an inde- pendent state, formerly was Man- churia, a part of China. However, the committee decided that it would be unable to prevent Manchoukuo athletes /rom entering the Olympic games in 1930 because the Olympics are privately organized. Chose Poor Place To Hide Diamonds Milwaukee. â€" Mrs. William Samuel- sf t asked her husband, a grocer, to hide her $700 worth of diamonds some place where burglars would never find them. Samuelson decided that the safest place he knew to put the diainoiuls was in an empty egg crate in his store. Now the iiolice are hunting for the jewels. A commission company carted away all the empty egg crates at Samuel- son's store, indudiing the one with lae diamonds in it. CJompany officials Ik-- lieved the crate had been turned over to a farmer. THE UNITED STATES Esthetic Crime Judging from the many thefln of vnhiahle paintings reported recently, the craft of burglary must be ilcvelop- Ing artistic taste. â€" ('hirago Daily New». French Flag Raised Over Pacific Island Paris. â€" The tiovernment has been advise<l that the French naval schwil ship Jeanne d'Aic has hoisted the I French flag over Clippt>rton Island, in the Pacific Ocean, and lired a 21-gun salute, I I'Vance and Mexico have disputed I ownership of Clipperton island for I many years. The King of Italy, act- ing as arbitrator, linally awarded the island to France. Last December, the Mexican Senate approved u resolution j to purchase the isli'.nd from l''rance. 1 The lonely Pacific ro<-k has tieen I "rediscovered" by a half dozen na- I tions over a iH-riod of several cen- I turies. At one time the .â- Vmerican flag was flown there. Dicken's Descendant Weds l.,ondoii, Kng.â€"Kobln IHckeus Bour- chler, great-grandson of Charles Dick- ens, tho novelist, aid Miss Dorothy North of Brompton Oratory were mar- led at Brumpton Oratory last week in the presence of 20 members of tho Dickens family. The bride and groom first met at a dance in Fulham town ball when she W'aa In domestic service. She con- tinued to work until ."ir-e days before the w eliding. Among the presents was a set of Dickens' works. Clear Policy Contract In Insurance Urged New York. â€" The need for better- trained salesmen and buyers of in- surance and the writing of contract forms so that they clearly and compre hensively cover each specific need are the fundamentals for satisfactory settlements of claims without con troversy, according to Mr. M. B. Dal ton, vice-president of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, in his address at the annual insurance con- ference of the American Management .Association, here. Declaring that now, as ever, "it is necessary that there be a spirit of mutual confidence between buyer and seller and that this confidence be based on the utmost good faith on both sides," Mr. Dalton held that •'far too many insurance sellers have been interested too much in pre- mium volume and far too many buyers have been interested too much in driving a sharp trade in a loss set- tlement." "There appears to be too general a lack of appreciation on the part of 'uuyers that, in the last analysis, th-; buyers as a group stand whatever losses are paid and that rates which are high can only be reduced by the prevention of loss." , •> French Budget Shows Deficit of Billions Paris. â€" "Phe Chamber of Deputies has itassed the revised 1933 budget showing a deficit of 4,344,000,000 francs. The budget now goes back to the Senate. There lis a deadlock between the Hou.ses on two major aspects. The Senate voted a 5 per cent cut on gov- ernment appropriations. The Cham- ber refused t<i accede to this. The Senate rejected a provision tor a governmontal oil monopoly, and the Chamber then voted the provision back Into the bill. Tho situation led to fears that pasi^age of the budget might be de- layed until next month. der to deliver an address in British Columbia. This year we expect to have as our guest Pre.iident Franklin U. Koo.sevelt, who, it is said, will come next month to spend at least part of his vacation at his Summer home on Camiwbello Island, in Passamaquoddy Hay, New Brunswick. The U.S. Presi- dent is ^hus establishir.g a precedent. For the first time the chief executive of the neighboring republic will be spending his summer holidays beyond the confines of his own country. Mr. Uoosevelt will be adding another to the list of his history-making acts that have so far characterized his ad- ministration. When he crosses the border he will l>e the third occupant of the White House, during his presi- dency, to leave the United States. President Wilson, who, it will be re- membered, attended the Peace Confer- ence at the conclusion of the World War, and President Harding were the others unique in this respect. Both Ixifore and after he became President, the late Mr. W. H. Taft spent most of his summers at Murray Bay, on the St. Lawrence. â€" Toronto Mail & Em- pire. ^ Planes Carry News To Isolated Propectors San Diego, Calif.â€" The interesting atory of how two prospectors living In the moiintaina east of here 50 miles from the nearest railroad re- ceive their paper daily, was told this week by pilots of tlie American Airways. Each afternoon. Pilots Bart Cox and Co-Pilot M. L. Blackmore of the Americain Airways., are clven aa extra paper by one of the atternoou dailies here when they load the news- papers destined for distribution In the Imperial 'Valley. "We don't know who the men are, but every day at about 6 o'clock we asee them standing k>utside thie'ir cabin waiting for the paper," Mr. Cox said. "I bring the plane down within a few hundred feet of the ground, and Mr. Blackmore tosses' the paper out to them. Then they scramble for it, and wave their thanks as we go on." C, Lady Wilkins to Cook For Expeditionau-y Crew Lady Wilkins, wife of Sir Hubert • Wilkins, the explorer, is looking for- ward to a job as cook in her h*s- baud's proposed submarine expedition to the North Pole next year. She has already been "signed on." Lady Wilkins, on her arrival at Southampton with her husband re- cently, said, "I am looking forward eagerly to the experience, for 1 am sure I shall love it. All my women friends think I am crazy, but with a crew of about ten meij on board to feed I shall have enough to do." Before her marriage in 1929, Lady Wilkins was Suzanne Bennett, an Australian actress. .J Regina Citizens Battle Willow Leaf Beetles Regina. â€" Armed with sprayers andi arsenate, Regina citizens "mopped up" on hordes of Western Willow Leaf beetles which invaded the city. Mil- lions of the little pests swarmed into the city and took possession of bushes and trees. Foliage disappeared as if by magic until householders opened their barrage. Switzerland May Depart From Gold Standard Geneva. â€" Switzerland may be forcmi to abandon the gold standard, competent advisers said Sunday. The turn was indicated following a heated popular refereiiduni during v.iliich the nation voted against « projected law reducing salaries of GO.OOO federal employes 7 Vis per cent. The mensiira was Intended to over- come a he.avy national deficit. New Bivalve Mousetrap Catches Mice in Pairs Taconui, Wash. â€" An oyster sprung the trap on two mice looking for a meal. Chris Rose, superintendent at an oyster company plant here, found the dead mice dangling from the clamped "lips" of a large Pacific oyster. The opened shell clamped down on the heads of the mice, appar- ently as they took their first nibble at the bivalve. Austria's One Ship Arrives in London U)iidon.--Tlio S.S. Aein <if 4000 tons claims the distinction of being the only ship afloat belonging to Aus- ttric. It sails between .Alexandria and Ixindon. carrying colloii seo<l, oil cake, and onions. Tho Austrian Legation here statos that It knows of no other vessel owned by Austria, now in c<immission. Four Whaling Ships Sail from Victoria Victoiia.- For the first time since lu;i0 four whaling ves.Hcls steamed out of Victoria harbor last wwk and head- ed for Rowe Harbor, Queen Charlotte Irlandy, where they will remain until th autumn. English University Honors Blind Composer Leeds.â€" The Court of Leeds Uni- versity has decided to confer the hon<irary degree of Doctor of Letters on Frederick Delias, the blind com- poser, a native of Bradford, England, now living in retirement near Paris. .Mr. Delius, owing to Ill-health, will be unable to travel to this country, and tile degree will be conferred in his absence »•. Father of 16 Children ! Plows Up $7,061 Coins I Budda, In.- John W. Staggs, farm- er, was ploughing for corn but what I he ploughed up was $7,0t>l in old sil- ver dimes, ((uarters, dollars and half- dollars, »ome dating back as far wS 1!»18 and the cash will come in handy. teiTiatJonal Council at Women's Summer Conference . . Although the world economic trials has prevented a number of women's international conferences from being held this year, a few outstanding events are nevertheless being carried through. Meetings of the Executive and Standing Committees of the In- ternational Council of Women, which has Lady .\berdeen as president, are to be held in Stockholm from June 26- July C, and will also Include a Rural Women's Conference, to which Coun- trywomen's Associatio?i8 from all ovei the world are sending delegates. Beauty Competitions At the meetings of the I.C.W. Ex» cutive many interestng resolutions will be discussed. Dutch women ia- tend to protest against the evil oJ beauty competitions for women and children. They will also propose an all-round Investigation regarding wo- men's and children's prisons, housei of detention, police stations and th* way in which women and children who are charged with an offence or a criin« are treated in the various countries. Polish women will uge the holding of conferences on the life and cus- toms of other countries in order t« promote a better understanding be- tween peoples. Norwegian, Danisi and Swedish women will protesi against the limitations of women's work, whether married or unmarried. The adoption of an International Aux- iliary Language will be proposed by Danish women. Honor to Lady Aberdeen French women will propose the In- sertion of the name of the Marchion- ess of Aberdeen and Temair upon tha Roll of Honor of Famous Women which was adopted at the last trien- nial conference at Vienna. In addition to the business meeting! there will be a ceremonial welcome meeting at the Grand Hotel, Stock- holm, which will be graced by th« presence of H.R.H. the Crown Princess of Sweden; a cinema evening, when choice Swedish films will be shown and a meeting on employment iu rela- tion to youth, when speakers from four countries will deal with a subject that touches upon one of the nioal serious and urgent problems ot oui tftae. . Open [yoor International From July 24-28, at the Senate House, Prague, the Open Door Inter- national will pl^ad tor the economic emancipation ot the woman worker in all civilized countries. The growing attack on the right of the woman, par- ticularly the married woman, to earn her living as freely as others, will pro- vide much interesting discussion at ths forthcoming Conference, in which Miss Chrystal Macmillan, the well- known Scottish feminist lawyer, is ex- pected to play a leading part. In its "Call" to the conference, tha Open Door International reminds dele- gates of the various measures militat- ing against women's right to work which have been recently passed in many countries â€" Australian legislation depriving 600 women teachers of their work; a German law which permits the State to dismiss its women em- ployees on marriage; recent British measures by which women are being turned out ot local Government em- ployment, and are having their em- ployment and sickness insurance rates cut down; American legislation which forbids night work to women; and attempts in a number of European countries to deprive married women of employment. This wide-spreading retrogression will be animatedly dis- cussed at the Prague Conference. Vessel Sets Record For Cruise to Coast Ottawa. â€" Establishing something like a record iu voyages of the pre- ventive service of the Royal Cana dian Mounted Police, the customs cruiser Adversus clipped 16 days ofl her trip from Halifax to Vancouver, according to headquarters of thai corps here, Capt. J. W. Bonnar. mas ter ot the .\dversus, reported to hit chief last week. The cruiser left Halifax on April 6. and arrived at Vancouver on May 12. Her schedule called for arrival at the Pacific Coast station on May 28. The ship touched at Kingston, Jamaica, passed through the " Pan ama Canal, and called at San Diego and San Francisco Canada Capturing U.K. Apple Market Ottawa. â€" Canada iu the first tJUl He's tho father of 10 children' months of 19;!:'. has more than doubled her i-.upply of apples to the United Kingdom market and has taken flrsl place from the I'nited States, accord- ing to a report issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Iu the sara« period ot 19;!2 Great Britain imported l,39t.769 hundredweight from the United States, 32,"),56;{ from Canada and 1S9,36.T from Australia, whereas this year the supply from Canada has been SiS.fiOa hundredweight, from th« fcy excite-' United States 73t'..llii, and from Aus- tralia 262,132. New Hat Kills Her Seattle.â€" .Mrs. Klla Fueil. S.i, an In- mate at an old ladies' home, had a vi.iltor who brought her a giftâ€" a new ha I. Her eyes were bright with tears, and she was hardly able to speak her thanks. A few hours later, she died ot a heart attack, brought om me lit i I I