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VOL. 66.-â€"N0. 3394 Prominent Citizens Have Sudden Illness J. [1. Battling Seized With Stroke Sat- urday Xigbt. and Alex Oriel-son, o! Mr. J. H. Harding, hardware mer- chant, is m at his summer cottage at ilder's Lake. where he suflered a stroke of paralysis about midnight Sat- urday after his arrival from town. where he had been attending to his business during tiv day The stroke came without warning other than Mr. Harding had complained of a heavy headache the greater part of the alter-‘ noon and had nOt been in the store after the supper hour. He thought little! of this. however. as he had been sub-I ject to this ailment for some years. i Alter business Saturday night he and Mrs. Harding and daughter. Miss Elm! abeth. motored to their cottage at wnJ der 3 Lake. Mr. Harding walked to the cottage unassisted. but collapsed al- most immediately. and on summoning a physician his illness was diagnosed as a stroke. Mr. Harding has been con-’ lined to his bed but we are pleaSed to state he is improving and doing well as can be expected. Snflered Heart Attack Mr. Alex. Grierson, of Bentinck. has been confined to his bed since the 12th 0! July with a serious heart attack, and while not yet out of danger. we are told his condition is satisfactory. Mr. Grierson was taken ill at his home and has been confined to his bed since the first attack. IRELAND WILL BUY CANADIAN FLAX July 12 With Heart Troubleâ€"Inquiry Shows Both harassing Slowly But Linen Industries Send Belfast Man Survey Possibilities. - The linen industries in northern Ire-I land would gladly buy Canadian- grown flax if that commodity could be secured, and one of his objects in com- ing to this country is to survey the flax-growing situations in Canada. was the statement of Lewis Gray, promin- ent Belfast industrialist. who arrived in Ottawa on Sunday. for the Imperial Conference. At present practically all the flax bought by the Belfast linen trade is grown in Russia. The manu-y facturer of northern Ireland, however, would be perfectly willing to transfer that buying to Canada provided the Dominion could supply the market. Mr. Gray. will discuss this matter with Ron. Robert Weir. Minister of Agriculture. and intends also to secure touch with representatives from the flax-growing areas in Canada. Very little flax is grown for export in this country. Mr. Gray commented. adding Satislactorily. that northern Iseland would welcome any Canadian expansion in that line of production. With the northern Ireland party also is His Worship Mayor W. McCorkell. chief magistrate oi Londonderry. Mr. McCorkell is also interested in the Em- pire-grown flax situation. Probably theâ€" most important single factor in plant life is water. One of the marvels of the universe is nature‘s use of this element as the principal medium in the growth development and trans- portation of consistent chemical ele- ments from the soil and from'the air for transformation into plant structure, and in this work a lot of water is used. Seven years‘ study carried out by ex- perts of ‘the Dominion Experimental Farms at Swift Current Station show.l for instance. that in the production of wheat wirom 1.000 to 1,974 pounds of water have actually been 'used in the production of one pound of grain. To put it another way. for each bushel otgramprodueedaotowAtonsorlso to an barrels of water were used. There was also found that one inch of rainfall over an acre 01 land is equiva- lent to 113 m of ”m. Some of the geysers in Yellowstone National Park are irregular in their erutions, and tourism are lucky who see some of the most spectacular m ”Can you tell me the beat my w find out when the Bee Hive is going to pltiy?" asked a young lady of an old- ttmer in the mm _ “Yes'm. Just go over md sit on lit, mdwhenyoutoelthehotwmmm' â€",-.I_ to set out: you’ll sure know W: m phy‘n .VATl'KE'S ['81: OF WATER SEAT OF KNOWLEDGE Members of Family Present Over Areaâ€"Decide to Hold Picnic The third Ritchie family reunion was held in Holstein park last Thursday afternoon, about 175 members being present froom all over the province, but more especially Western Ontario. The day was fine and a pleasant after- noon and evening was enjoyed in games and social intercourse. U Commencing at 2 o’clock, the crowd spent the afternoon in various ways, s e swimming and others boating on th. fine pond adjoining the park, while the balance engaged in other land sports or watched those who were tak- ing part.- ~ A ___.I mg pun.- ‘ At 6 o'clock the tables were set and! the company sat down to an excellent dinner, picnic style, and after another session of enjoyment departed for their‘ homes. It was a most pleasant after- noon, and the unanimous decision of those present was to have another simi- lar gathering in 1933. I TWO EXPEDITIONS TO SURVEY ROUTE Will Study Greenland Ice Cap With View to Aerial Connection. Two expeditions are pushing into the north to lay the groundwork for a transatlantic air route to Europe via Canada and the Arctic from United States. Pan-American Airways disclosed re- cently that the Pan-American Airways East Greenland expedition, headed by Next Year. H. G. Watkins. British explorer, was scheduled to sail from Capenhagen im- mediately to establish two bases in the vicinity of Angmagsalik. Greenland, just south of the Arctic Circle. The Michigan Pan-American Air- ways Greenland eXpedition under the direction of R. L. Belknap of the Uni-1 versity of Michigan, also is on the way to lay a base 100 miles north of Uper- nisk and several hundred miles north; of the Arctic Circle. These groups will remain in the Arc- tic for about a year it was explained, conducting meteorological, aerological and topogrophical studies of the Green- land ice cap with a view to determin- ing what advantages such an aerial ‘l'OllIP might have over a more souther- t0 1y course. '1'! the present. The field plans were approved after numerous conferences between Pan- American officials and such experts as Vilhaljmer Steffanson. Arctic explorer, and 001. Charles A. Lindbergh. The consultants will receive regular reports from the expedition and digest them for conclusions. A quiet wedding was solemnized at London. Ontario. on Thursday. July 14, of Annie. youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacGillivray, Dornoch. and Donald J.. youngest son of the late John and Mrs. MacArthur, Markdale. The Rev. James McKay of- ficlated. The bride looked charming in her gown of poudre blue crepe, made on long princess lines and carried a sheaf of Talisman roses and valley lilies. Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for points east, the bride travelling in a suit of brown silk crepe and hat of seafoam tuscan braid with touches of brown and accessor- ies to match. On their return they will reside in London. A happy event took place on Satur- day afternoon. July 16, 1932, when Mar- jorie Isabel Firth. R.N.. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Firth, was united in marriage with Mr. R01- and Eban Lavery, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Lavery of Owen Sound. The cere- many was performed by Rev. George Atkinson of St. Paul’s Presbyterian church. Guelph. of peach georgette with lace trimming, hat and gloves to match. A local rink composed or V. nann, T. E. Henderson, Alex Hay and T. G. 0006ch competed in a twillght bowl- ing tournament at Hanover on Mon- day evening and were successful in capturing the first prize of bedspreads. MacARTHl'Râ€"MacGILLIVRAY The young couple will reside in Owen LAVERYâ€"FIRTH They will not use aircraft for HYMENEAL DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, Arrangements About Completed For Extensive Programme in Church Anglican Laymen To Hold Picnic Quite an extensive programme is un-' der way under the auSplces of Grey Deanery of the Anglican Church, and while final arrangements have not been‘ completed, it is not thought any ma-' terial change will be made in the plans drawn up in Durham last Friday night when the advisory board of Grey dean- ery met here. , To commence, there is to be a gener- iai Anglican picnic at the McClocklin Camp grounds on the afternoon of {Thursday August 25. Anglicans from all over the ,(Eeanery are expected to be present and following an afternoon of Sports and speaking a real old- fashioned picnic supper will be served. Prominent Churchmen Expected That the day may be a" memorable one for the Anglican church in this; district, efforts are being put forward to have prominent and high officials of the church present. Amongst these will be BishOp Seager of London, who. Iwill take advantage of this opportun- ity to meet his people. and Canon Cody of Toronto, former rector of St. Paul's church. and recently appointed presi- dent of Toronto University. 1 On Sunday. September 18, the Lay- men of the church will have charge of the various services in the dean- Work in Next Three Monthsâ€"Pic- nic at Rocky. Laymen’s Service on September 18, and Deanery Church Service Early in October. cry. when the duty of the church from the layman’s standpoint will be pre- sented to the congregations. The ex- act nature of the discourses on this date have not been finally settled but they will be worth while suggestions from the vieWpoint of the parishioners. the afternoon at Markdale. At this ser- vice the rectors of the deanery will at- tend in robes. and it is hoped that ev- ery layman in the deanery will partici- pate. It Is Business First Says Charlie Chaplin Art Secondary While Economic Condi- tions Remain as They Araâ€"Made More Money Out of “City Lights” Than Any Other Picture. Theodore Dreiser can criticize the’ movies all he likes, but the film indus- try is a business first and art is second- ary so long as economic conditions re- main as they are. according to Charlie‘ Chaplin. who arrived at Vancouver re-' cently on a Japanese steamship from the Orient and proceeded to California. “Mr. Dreiser may criticize Hollywood for lack of art, but the picture indus- try can go only so far into ‘the red‘ iin the interests of art." said Mr. Chap- ilin. “This is no time for revolutionary lmethods in movie.making and while imore art may make for better pictures éfor the intelligentsia, most producers 1are in the business to make money land not to experiment with the ideas of theorists.” Another “Silent”. Mr. Chaplin says he is going to make another movie, and is will be a silent one. “Why shouldn’t I stick to silent pictures?" he asked. “ ‘City Lights’ made more money than any of my other pictures. I experimented and found what-people wanted. Pantomime is an old art, as» old as ,the theatre. and it has its place on the screen just as it does' on the stage." Mr. Chaplin has just returned from a tour of the world, but only at Bali ,in the far east did he find a country that had not been disturbed by de- pression. Depression-pmf Bali. Mr. Chaplin admits, is so de- pression-proof that they will not even go to see movies, let alone talkies. Hei discovered that they had a moving pic-v ture there once but when the inhabi- tants of this isle found that there was a price for admission they went back to their native amusements. He does not know whether the picture was one of his own, but hopes so. It looks as it the Balians would go on happily on their island at the eastern tip of Java, lazily looking out across the Indian .ocean and quite unperturped about . I Hollywood. But Mr. Chaplin is not so enraptured with‘ Bali that he is going to retire there. he said. “I would like to be in u. where things are happen- been disturbed by de- Council Adopted Application to Government Accepted, and Town Receives Two-thirds of Expenditure When Conditions Com- plied With. The application of the town council to be placed on the direct relief pro- gramme of the governments, provinâ€" cial and dominion, has been approved by the administrator, J. A. Ellis, and yesterday Clerk Rose received his communication of acceptance. Under this scheme, the Dominion government pays one-third, ,the Provincial one- third and the town the balance. The conditions of acceptance are that‘ the governments will pay. their share for direct relief only. They will not bear any portion of the expense of pub- lic works of any kind but will, we un- derstand, approve of families on relief, or in need of work, being employed by ”the town, the pay therefor to be in ‘the nature of a voucher, or order for food, clothing. fuel or rent. No money will be paid over for work done under the direct relief plan. In some municipalities there is a further condition that parties taking advantage of the direct relief plan must not be in possession of a liquor permit or automobile, or, if in possession of these, must turn the permit or license over to the municipality. Whether the Durham council will enforce these con- ditions, we do not know. but perhaps it may not be necessary when payment ,for labor is made only by voucher. July Census of Department of High- ways Shows Drop From Last Year.â€" Estimated Loss of 157 Negligible Ac- cording to Returns Justvlteceived. WEEK’S CENSUS SHOWS TRAFFIC lS LIGHTER Messrs. R. Aljoe and W. N. Whit- more have completed another census of highway traffic, the count having come to a close on Tuesday night. As in former years a week‘s count was made, and according to the officials] the traffic is slightly lighter than last! year, but so little that is is scarcely: worth remarking. Last July a total of 4,517 vehicles used the roadway in the census just closed the count is 4.340, a mere 177 less. In 1930 in July the figures were 4,630. Sunday is , again the big day, with 911 vehicles passing the given point the nearest competitor being Saturday with 650. The count by days liollows, commencing with Wednesday. IJuly 13 and ending Tuesday. July 19: Wednesday. 540; Thursday, 598; day, 535; Saturday, 650; Sunday, Monday. 593; Tuesday, 513. Following a lingering illness of ap- proximately thirty years, which drew him down to a very weak condition dur- the past months, Mr. William Frook, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frook, suddenly passed away Tuesday morning. July 12, at the home of his brother, Louis. in Priceville. The de- ceased was 71 years of age. Born in Brant, he moved to the 19th conces- sion of Proton, where he was engaged in farming until twelve years ago. Ow- ing to his cheerful and happy disposi- ;tion, which be retained until the last I . . |few minutes. he Will be sadly missed ,by relatives and friends. The funeral service. held at his bro- ther‘s home in Priceville, was conducted by Rev. Miller of Markdale, and inter- ment was made in MacNeil’s cemeâ€" tery. The pallbearers were Messrs. Lauchlan MacArthur and Colin Mac- Lean of Priceville. Messrs. Wm. Mac- Cormack, Herbert Harrison. John F. MacDonald and Jack Ferguson. of the. 19th of Proton. Those present from a distance were Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. J. White, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lyons (grand niece of deceased) . Surviving are two sisters. Mrs. Soâ€" phia Phillips, Mrs. J. White (Mary). both of Toronto and one brother, Louis, of Priceville. Thursday Friday ....... Saturday Sunday ....... fMonday .. . ’Tuesday Wednesday Teacherâ€"“Your trouble 1 address the ball prOperly." Would-be Golferâ€"“Well, lite as long as could be.” . “'ILLIAM FROOK OBITUARY Direct Relief JULY 21, 1932 trouble is you 61 79 78 59 9113 Canadian Manufacturers Must Face Competition, Henry Warns, Other- wise Conference at Ottawa to be Failure, Premier Says. CALLS FOR SPIRIT OF GIVE AND TAKE Unless Canadian manufacturers are} prepared to accept competition from: other parts of the Empire and give away something of what they had long been protecting, and unless the spirit of give and take prevailed, the Imper- ial Economic Conference might just as well be called off, Premier Henry de- clared last Monday night in Toronto. Speaking at. a dinner held following the Opening of the‘ new Woodbine bridge, Premier Henry declared that the principle of wishing to sell to a country without taking what that coun- try has to sell in return, would have to be entirely abandoned if the delib- erations were to be successful. “We must throw overboard many of our old beliefs,” said the premier. “England threw' overboard her free trade theories and substituted. not tar-l iffs, but trade protection which achiev- ed the same object. Now we have the Mother Country coming to us and sit- ;ting in conference with the other Do- 'minions. We must realize that if Can- ada is to sell to the other parts of the Empire, Canada must be prepared to lower the barriers of protection. To my mind. the first thought must be to find markets for our surplus agricultural products. Primarily we are an agricul- tural peOple. And I believe that even agriculture must be prepared to face reasonable competition from within the Empire. “Some of our manufacturers must9 allow themselves to come into compe-l tition with goods from sister Domin- ions, for we cannot expect others to‘ buy from us unless we are prepared' to take from them what they have to sell. If the conference at Ottawa pro- ceeds on a basis of give and take. then it will achieve results. If not, then the gathering of representatives of the Em- pire around the conference table will be abortive. We will have to give away some things in order to find a market for surplus products." .18 The erection of trade barriers have been world-wide, continued the pre- mier. No one nation was responsible for it. Free trade in a world sense was desirable but not otherwise. No nation could remain on a free trade basis while other nations had tariff walls. ' DISTRICT PUPILS PASS NORMAL EXAM List Announced Last Week From Var- ious Ccntm Good News to Durham and District Pupils. Last week we announced the suc- cess of all Durham pupils who wrote at the recent Normal school examinations at the various centres. Taking the dis- trict as a whole it was a most success- ful year for the pupils from this dis- trict. only one failure being reported in the list of those who tried. Follow- ing are the successful ones. with the schools they attended: Stratfordâ€"Dan Firth. Clara Tray- nor, George Noble, Catherine MacLean, Jean Ledingham (Permanent Certifi- cate). Torontoâ€"Norma Gagnon. Anna Mc- Eachern. Dorothy Pickering. Londonâ€"Mary Moffat. In the recent Entrance tests friends! here will be pleased to learn of thel success of the children of Mrs. J. C. Henderson. both of whom passed with honors. Gordon took the highest marks in East Grey Inspectorate, while Wal-i ter took all his Fourth class work in one year. Mrs. Henderson now resides in Holland Centre, having moved there Ifrom Dornoch a few years ago. LADY BOWLERS HOLD The lady bowlers held a bridge and jitney last Friday afternoon, on the local greens, when four rinks of bowl- ers and three tables of bridge attended and spend a pleasant afternoon. In the bowling Mrs. Graft received refriger- ator bowls as first prize, and in bridge Mrs. I. Elvldce received refrigerator bowls for first prize. Second prize. which was China- watering cans, for Ibowling the prize went to Mrs. McDon- nell, and for bridge to Miss ~ Ruby Blyth. Lunch was served by the lad- ies. A rink composed of Miss Winnie Blyth,- Dr. and Mrs. Pickering and Mr. Will Hunter attended a mixed tourna- ment in Dundaik last Thursday and secured third prize. were silver tea. pot gentleman’s. silk and BRIDGE AND J ITNEY $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S. Thornton Resigns C.N.R. Presidency mutation to Take Ellect July 81.â€" Contract Does Not [3ch Until Oc- tober l. l933.â€"â€"West l'. 8. MM Likely. Sir Henry Thornton will resign the presidency of the Canadian Nation“ Railways in the near future, the To- ronto Mail and Empire learned author- itatively Monday through its Ottawa. correspondent. The railway knight's contract with the Government, under which he draws a salary of $75,000 per year. does not expire until October. 1933. On Tuesday Hon. R. J. Manion, Minister of Railways, announced that Sir Henry had tendered his resignation, effective July 31, and that it had been accepted by the board of directors and by the Bennett Government. Announcement of the appointment of S. J. Hunger- tord, vice-president in charge of oper- ation and construction, as acting presi- dent was also made. the Sir Henry's plans are not known at Ottawa. but his name is being con- sidered for the post of commissioner of the Association of Western Railway Ex- ecutives. His reasons for announcing a departure from the C. N. R. of course, are obvious. No one believes ,for a moment that the present Govern- !ment would renew his contract at its expiration. He is, therefore, considered to be following the course of wisdom ;in getting out beiore his term is up. There is possibly also another rea- son. According to all indications CNfi. critics in the House of Commons will Open a new barrage against the high officials of the publicly-owned system at the next session of Parliament. Sir Henry was never the man to run away from a fight. His worst enemies pay tribute to his courage. but a con- tinuance of such criticism if it were followed by the Government's unwill- ingness to renew his contract. might conceivably place him in a position where other railway posts commensur- ate with his experience would not be open to him. Premier Henry Opened Ontario's Seaâ€" NEW SEAPORT’S NAME T0 REMAIN MOOSONEE Ontario‘s seaport is likely to continue to be known as Moosonee. in spite of opposition to the name voiced from certain quarters. Despite a heavy program which was crowded into the short stay at the new port recently, when the port was open- ed. Hon. W. H. Price. attorneyâ€"general. made it his business to sound out the old settlers on the preposal for a change to Moose Harbor or for adept- in the name of the Hudson’s Bay post nearby, Moose Factory. “I don’t think there will be any change." he said afterwards with a. smile which added emphasis to his words. Moosonee is the original name given to the small settlement which has now been enlarged into the townsite. It is a Cree word meaning “the meeting place of the moose.” Settlers both on the townsite and across the river at the post seem unanimous in their opinion that it. should continue as the name of the port at railway terminus. . Predicts New Era I A new era awaits the North with lube completion of the '1‘. and N. o. railroad extension to James Bay, Pre- lceremony of driving the last spike in the steel line. Greatly impressed with the spirit of the settlers at the village which is growing up at the railroad terminal, Premier Henry said no one could doubt the great future and ex- pansion which he felt sure would take place in the years to come. “We are making a new map in the North.” said the Premier. “The hit- towns and cities spring up along the route of the steel. The completion of the Government railroad to salt water has been a. dream for many yeu's. Now it is an actuelity. and no person can estimute the tremendous beneat- which will accrue.” Premier Henry was gmtly imprac- ed with the magnitude of the power undertaking at man M which!» visited. The giant dune end hm mechinery were briefly inspected ad the development m fully up to ex. peetatiom oi the petty.