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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURbDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927 CANADA STANDS HIGH AT CHICAGO LIVESTOCK SHOW In Cattle, Sheep and Seed Our Farmers Rank Among the Foremost of the World Chicago, III.--Car A PROUD RECORD agricultur- | The awards of championship thusiastically cattle continue to play an important | new field of role in the exposition. Many of the Canada, coveted prize ribbons went to Canadian entries again this year--more so even than formerly -- winning six championships and 23 first places at this year's fair. In the product section of the show, Canada had another champion wljen Wm. Darnborough, of Laura, Sask., captured the title of "Field Peas King of America" on his sample of large yellow field peas. Herman Trelle, of Wembley, Alberta, who has won great honors with his wheat exhibits, was the reserve winner to Darnborough in the field peas competition. Both Trelle and Darnborough had beautiful samples, the former having a vield of 60 bushels to the acre. CLEAN SWEEP IN FIELD PEAS. Canadians made a clean sweep in the small field peas classes, for next to Trelle came Major of Fenn, Alberta, the champion, who captured second prize; : Hans Mayer. Vegreville, Alberta, third; H. Tucker, Manitnu, Manitoba, fourth, and John Wiener, Miami, Man-itoba, fifth.__ Canada also won prize alfalfa seed class, getting five ph out of the first ten. Idaho won first and Montana second, but third went to T. J. Boyer, of Gem, Alta.; Denlosey, of Cassils, Alta., took fourth. Seventh went to N. D. Ferguson, of Duchess, Alta., ninth to Vair White, of Brooks, Alta., and tenth to W. A. Philpott, of the same town. In the red clover seed division Ontario entries won two prizes, Aaran Fitzgerald, of Selkirk, Haldimand, Ont., winning fifth, while Nagel Bros., of Fisherville, Haldimand, Ont., took Robert McEvven, of London, Ont, won the carload of sheep prize for all sheep in the show on his fifty Southdown native lambs. Duncan Campbell's "Thornham Min-H. C. L. Strange, | strel" took the prize for senior chaitt-i former wheat; pion bull in the Shorthorn class, the ; to i e barn at Priceless Canine Monarchs in Royal Dog Show ading industry. shacks which have been built ashore. She lies at anchor in Anatalok Bay more than a mile from shore, and daily the radio operator must traverse the ice-dotted bay in a dory to maintain schedules with the world by Wednesday was a fearful day in that part of the world, a fierce northeast gale lashing the waters of the bay into a churning maelstrom of foam and ice. The little craft was thrown about like a cork and battered , by the ice floes and despite their heroic effort to maintain communications be- j efforta Clifford Himoe, the operator, tween their isolated scientific station; an(^ Frank Henderson, his compan-In the Arctic waste and the outside. ioni faned to control it. The wind world. This was told in messages I eaught the dory and swept it past the sent from the schooner Bowdoin, of j Bowdoin in the direction of the open Hi? expedition and picked up here by; sea Qn\y one hope now remained for the amateur radio station, IFL. The j the men. Dog Island, a small wave-Bowdoin, which carries the radio; SWept cluster of rocks, loomed up be-equipment. of the expedition, has been j tween them and the empty outer sea deserted for the Winter for three a desperate final effort they sue Arctic Explorers Have Close Call Members of MacMillan Expedition Marooned in Storm Hudson, Mass.--Two members of the Macmillan Arctic Expedition, wintering at Anatalol: Bay, Northern Labrador, almost lost thci >d in heading the dory into the rocks. As the boat crashed and began to break up, Himoe and Henderson jumped ashore. With no shelter but the lee of a great rock, the two men remained the islet all day, their clothing frozen and the waves drenching them tinually. Towards evening the storm subsided and they were taken off, exhausted and almost frozen, by Commander Donald A. MacMillan. Mac-millan had missed the men and had searched the bay in a motor boat for some time before he caught sight of them. Ontario's Premier Steps Into Breach Makes Definite Offer to Help Research Promises An Endowment Fund of $2,000,000 to Aid the Sciences in Industrial Research on a Fifty-fifty Basis QUICK. ACTION PREMIER Ottawa.--That civil attain to the acme of the possibilities of their postions only by obtaining the moral and firancial support of th< governments was the gist of vithin wants could ( put into operatio ; Premier said, providing the Dominion Government in the meanwhile has not made a satisfactory move in the di-ection of industrial research. The Premier said he was not entire-dress made bv Prof. J. C. McLennan, j ly in sympathy with the ideas of Dr. director of the physical research la- j Tory, president of the University of boratory, University of Toronto, be- j Calgary, who is head of a commission fore a luncheon of the members of the appointed by the Government at Ot-Prefesaional Institute of the Canadian j tawa to prepare a research plan. Mr. 1 Service. While he did not wish Ferguson held that such research - - to be personal before isters and high government officials, he S3id, he could not refrain from criticizing them for their failure to grasp the significance of scientific research work in the development of industry. This was the gist of a heart-felt appeal in Ottawa a week ago. On Thursday night in Toronto we have commenced the establishment of a $2,-©OCi.OOO endowment fund for research in industry, promised on behalf of the Government of Ontario by Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, speaking that night at the banquet of "he Ontario Division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, held in the King Edward Hotel. The scheme will be essentially a matter to be taken c; of through the provinces. The plan the Premier outlined v the building up of the endowment j been to give this country an excellent fund over a period of five years. He j position for arbitrating such disputes uggested that $1,000,000 be given by as those now raging because she is Britain Neutral In Polish Dispute London Not Compelled to Interfere in Every Quarrel ONE OBLIGATION Will Act Should Germany Attack France or Vice Versa London--A spirit of strict neutrality is governing the British attittde toward the disputes between Polfnd ment is always ready to use its influence to promote tHc peace of Europe. The impression is getting abroad that Britain is compelled under the Locarno Treaty to interfere in every quarrel in Europe, but this is untrue. Britain is only under obligation to interfere if Germany attacks France or France attacks Germany. What happens if allies of France, like Poland, get into trouble is no direct of Great Britain and Sir Aus-Chamberlain has made it very clear to the European powers during the last few days that Britain is not going to extend her obligations. Tee effect of these declarations has CHAMPIONS WALK BOARDS AT EXHIBITION Monarchs of the canine world at the Royal Winter Fair dog show. Here some of the prize entries, worth almost their weight in gold. Left is a specimen of the "Schnauzer" breed, whose owned paid $500 for him in Germany--worth twice that here, she declares. Right "Dominion Fortitude," international champion bull-dog. Lower "Doberman" Pinscher, valued at $1,000. the Government, and the other half contributed by the manufacturers who will benefit from the scheme. This will mean an outlay of $200,000 per year by each party for five years, and the Premier estimated that this would yield an income of $20,000 the first year, with regular increases as the fund grew. ■ He also declared the would give free use of ; which to carry on the research work,'taken under the authority of the Lea- for the five-year period. under no obligation to either side nor to those with whom the conflicting nations may be allied. Naturally, Great Britain, and all other members of the League of Nations, including Canada, have obligations to throw their weight against any country which started was in nas violation of the decision of the Lea- ■ officials S^'l1"' but sucl; a decl8i°n must b* uun-1 claims complete sovereignty ... building in, anlmous and any act.on would be j Arctic archipelago east of Greenland to the line of longitude dividing Can- CANADIAN OFFICIAL REPORTS CONFLICT WITH U.S. EXPLORER Dispatches Indicate Another And the Government is Right OUR RIGHTS PROTECTED Ottawa, Ont.--A radio despatch re- j tions MacMillan and even United cently credited Captain Donald B. | States naval officials ignored Can-MacMillan of the Field Museum of j ada's right to this territory. Natural History Arctic expedition of j For some years unauthorized expe-wmtering within a few degrees of the; ditions into the Canadian Arctic ruth-North Pole. Less than a week ago! lessly destroyed the game, such as information was received here that j musk oxen and seals. They also had MacMillan, with his party on the ship! a very demoralizing effect on the "Bowdoin," was wintering at Anat- j Esquimaux, and generally exercised a alak Bay, 20 miles due west of Nairn ; bad influence in addition to ignoring Canadian authority. Canada is Happy In Her Relations Has No Problem to Submit to Geneva Meeting DANDURAND LANDS London Press Believes Soviet Note is Basis of Bargain London. -- Senator Dandurand, on arriving at Plymouth en route to Geneva, said: "Canada has no problem of her own to submit to tho League of Nations and I hope she never will Interest and the importance of Russia's intervention in the Polish-Li thu-anian dispute has been heightened by Germany's reaction in favor of Poland against Lithuania. The repression ot German residents at Slemel by the Lithuanian Premier, and his recent campaign against Liberalism in Lithuania, has resulted in a volte face of German sentiment in favor of Poland so far as present developments go. I am informed on the best authority that Soviet went so far as to notify Warsaw bluntly but unofficially that if a single Polish soldier crossed tha Lithuanian frontier the Soviet troopa would move. Some sections of the British press go so far as to say that the Russian note brings to a head a situation whiek haa long been CllSIgen v.'Uli dynamite, but in quarters of those batter informed tho belief is held that the note is just another example of the Soviet policy of fishing into troub- led v iters for a eliai the Labrador coast in lattitude or 32 degrees from the pole, and considerably south of Hudson Straits. Captain MacMillan is in charge of a scientific expedition sent into the Canadian Arctic by the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. He is a Newfoundlander by birth, but has conducted several United States scientific Arctic expeditions in the ship j cept by permit from thf "Bowdoin." Government. His conduct in the Canadian Arctic By arrangement between Canada! has not commended him to Canadian ; a„d the Unite States, airplanes of the Far North. Canada j either country flying over the other's ' territory must have a permit. This1 probably combined with the hope th; her apparent ability will dominate d velopments there and gain a prestig for Russia in the forthcoming Di armament Conference to enable h( to enforce a better bargain. However, it is unwise to forget tin Lithunia, since the polish seizure i Vilna, has been resentful and has u< since resumed diplomatic relation with Warsaw. SERIES OF POLICE POSTS. j To protect Canadian authority, thei natives and the game, Canada estab-j lished a series of police posts as far] north as Ellesmere Land. An order-in-Council was passed forbidding ex-' peditions into the Canadian Arctic ex-Dominion ! guo. MUSIC BEFORE THE "FACE OFF" The International Hockey Season opened with a victory for Canada when Les Canadiens from Montreal beat the Americans at Madison Squai 6 to 1. 10,000 fans witnessed the puck-chasing opener. regulation was ignored by States naval airmen in the Canadian j Arctic in a former MacMillan expe-: dition. One of the airmen in the Arc- '■ tic at the time was Lieut. Byrd, who. has become world famous for his dar- j ng flights. Canadian officials who :ame in contact with Lieut. Byrd in the Arctic, although they felt he was . flying in disregard to international agreement, speak of him in the most complimentary terms. In his previous expedition when lear Etah, Captain MacMillan was isited by a Canadian official on Arctic patrol. He was. asked if he had a permit and claimed he had, but did not produce it. Next day he departed it was discovered he had no per- hen his present expedition wa3 organized he applied and received per-'ts for himself and 16 members of 5 party. This recognition of Canadian authority in the Arctic after it had been ignored by United States private expeditions as well as United States naval authorities is particularly gratifying to the administrators of our North country as a complete fec-ongiticn of Canadian sovereignty. "What's that string tied around aur finger for?" "That's not a string. I'm taking my wife's dress to the She (leaving the restaurant)--"I think they always do you rather well here." He (having been done)-- "Well, you might have told me that before we came in." Plane is Landed In Detroit Streets Test Pilot Demonstrates Safety of Airplanes Detroit, Mich.--To illustrate tha practicability of airplanes in modern life, Harry Brooks, chief test pilot of the airplane division of the Ford Motor Company, one day last week landed a Ford "flivver" plane on the pavement of Woodward Avenue in front of the Northwood Inn, near the Eleven Mile Road. Brooks went to the inn to address members of the Birmingham Exchange Club. His schedule was "the practicability of the airplane," and he made the landing as a demonstration that planes can bo used as safely as automobiles, he told the club members, many of whom saw the plane alight on "the pavement. An automobile driver approaching the airplane as it landed evidently was startled by the approach of the plane and swerved sharply to the other side of the pavement. The motorist sped away. German Finances Frankfort Zeitzung: (The Agent-General for Reparations has been much criticized in the German press for his memorandum on German financial policy). The Agent-General does clearly see the faults of the German financial system, but he fundamentally misconceives the economic structure of Germany and its internal significance since the stabilization. Tho Government of the Reich, on the other hand, perceives the economic facts clearly and correctly, but has not always formulated them happily, and in its financial policy it lacks the clear intention to embark rigorously upon decisive action. Germany must never hold up against the Dames Plan the impossibility of producing the required sum as long as she has not set her own house in order.