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Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at LatRC Watching Them CANADA Another Peddler Gyp Oi.« ilay llif pa^t \v»i'k a tall, mid 4I1 aged mail with a moustache called on places of ImsiiicsB and private rosl- dtmcw soUliiK what was described as A new kind of mucilage In stick form. As the demonstration seemed con- Tlnciiig, a good many people bought »nd paid a dime for the patented itickc-r, but after the Btranger had gone his way and trials were made of the glue It was found to be useless As a matter of fact the supposed solidi- fied mucilage appeared to bo nothing tut a resinous mixture with no adhe- sive qualities at all. The patented â- ticker was wrapped In a small label bearing the supposed address of the manufacturers in Toronto.â€" St. Mary's Jtiunial-ArguP. New Highs During the month ol October just Closed, a total volume of 2(i3,515 tons Of traffic passed inward and outward fit this port. This is a new record for Halifa.K Harbor, and the figures exceed tho previous ffrcord established in August of this year when a total of 177,000 tons was handled. These traf- lic increases are not spasmodic, but fire being sustained week by week and month by month, aiid he would be a Borry pessimist indeed who would fail to lind in figures of this kind reason lor great encouragement and siili.ffac- lion.â€" Halifax Herald. tourist trafllc, and It will be Interest- ing to watch Its development. In duo time the highway through the Algon- quin I'urk will have been finished a.s well and witb its terminus at ibis point we shoula then know what Ibe tourist trafllc actually means to On- tario. While 110 doubt this Pcinbroke- Nortli Hay highway could have been constructed at a muck less cost had the work been done by contract labor, yet the fact remains that had it not been for this depression, and relief employment given to the thousands of men, this work would not have been comi>leted for the next twenty years.â€" I'emliroke Standard. One Editor to Another Krom the columns of the St. (Cath- arines Standard we lifted this: The wliistles blew in Stratford yes- terday morning and it is a real plea- sure to report that the editor of tlio Stratford Beacon-Herald is awake otice again. All of which is quite correct, and as soon as we can truthfully do so we shall bo pleased to publish a similar report about the editor of the Stand- ani. - Stratford Beacon-Herald. Birth of Telephone The. people ot the United States claim that that country is where the Idea of the telephone was conceived, and the claim is still maintained, not- witlistunding that Ur. Alexander Bell slated publicly at Brantford, and later fit Boston, thai "the conception of the telephout» took place during tlie sum- mer visit to his father's residence in Brantford In 1874, and the apparatus was just as it was subsequently made a one-membrane telephone on either end. The experiment ot August 10, 187C, made from Brantford to Paris, was the first transmission, the first tlear and intelligible transmission of ipeech over the real line that has ever been made." â€" Miivertoii Sun. It' .Tour Unusual occupation No. 46S,">2. of I.os Angeles public library from cover mutilators or book thieves. Sam Wardlaw watches patrons a latticed lookout tower to dis- Plan Not Understood Latest estimates place the popula- tion ot the United Slates at 130,000,- 000, and the Now Yorker observes that by a remarkable coincidence this Is exactly the number o£ people who do not understand Roosevelt's gold- purchase i)laii. â€" Hamilton Spectator. Unwise Tlie St. Mary's Journal-Argus voices B protest against the custom of remov- ing hats during funeral services â€" a sustom whlcii has resulted in many deaths. It should be possible to con- duct a funeral service without causing more funerals, and to pay respect to the dead without injury to the living. Tho uncovering of heads in inclement weather is unnecessary and unwise. â€" Toronto Star Weekly. Buy Made-ln-Canada A useful ciirapaign, which has been In force for some years, is now being pursued all over Canada â€" the cam- paign to buy Canadian goods. Ii is not necessary to push chauvinism to the point ot boycotting all merchandise of foreign origin; this is neither possible nor practical. Nevertheles.s, it is rea- Bonablo, each time wo get the oppor- tunity, to show our preference for what is manufactured in our own coun- try by our own fellosv citizens. â€" La Tribune, Slierbrookc. The Instinct of the Land Everyone engaged in an urban i>ur- suit has u vital interest in seeing that industry prospers. What is so as- tounding is that this manifest truth does not appear to be recognizedâ€" in such a way, that is, as to provoke any sttion â€" except by a very few people; that 80 many peoplo seem not to know what Is going on in the country, that. In short, the agricultural Interests find BO few people to interpret them in ur- ban centres. This singular phenom- enon, a particularly strange; one in a cbutry where the ul-ban population is still, from its origins, so close to the Boll Is perhaps due to the fact that a very small number of citizens have retained their country connec'llons. In France and in Britain many people who occupy eminent positions In the liberal professions or In business pos- sess lands whicli they themselves work or get others to work for them. Tliii" they know the daily lives of farmers and tho repercussion of high end low prices. With us this is far loo rare an occurrence. â€" Lo Devoir, Monlrrol Canadian Fox Best â- iitly the Saint Jolm Telegraph- il published the statement that tho quality of the furs from the foxes reared in Oermany were not as good as those from fanada. On making en- quiries in London from the most auth- oritative sources, it appears that this statement is corroborated. Silver fox pelts received from Germany and sold In the London market are reported to be "iiol of more than average quality." Tho superiority claimed for Canadian fox polls is Indisputable, at any rale, so far as pelts of German or Scan- dinavian origin are concerned. It is held by many experts that even the best British-bred foxes are not quite the equal ot the best that comes from Canada, and for breeding purposes it will he found advisahle tor British fox farms to improve tho breed by the oc- casional importation of the best stock from Canadian ranches. â€" Canada (Lyndon). Values Herself Highly The tirl at Lynn. Mass., wlui an- iiou!n:es that she will marry any man who wi'l support her parents and her ten brothers and sisters must he sort of mixed up. What she wants to marry li 'he Rockefeller Foundation â€" Macon Telfirraph. Disadvantages and Advantages It is Indeed gratifying to learn tliat Iho Trans-Canada highway between Pembroke and North Bay is practical- ly finished and that by December IBth it is expected that all the work will be flone. and the men sent to other points. ThI- will assure us of far greater Non-Competllfve Jobs Sought For Women Washingrton.â€" In the Wl.lte House east room, Mrs. Franklin D It'-iose- elt presided over a conference or. how la create work projects speedily T.Tr 400,000 women. Harry L. Hopkins, United States relief administrator, was there to place a poal â€" "work for 'ioO.OOO wo- men in the next 30 days'' â€" 15 say tl-.-i funds were available to take wom.>n like men, from relief rolls tc employ- ment but that imasinution thus far had licen lacking. Tho lights came on in the crystal chandeliers before the wi.nion con- ferees â€" three members ol Congra s several Federal officia's, a score of presidents of national guups â€" *iJiH ended tlie discussions that started r.t noon. "The one group noplected rige' straight along has been the unempl v- ed women," Mrs. Roosevelt said, as!:- ing "as many su{?gestions iL« possible for useful work that won t comp-.to with labor on tho open maiket." From New York can>e a telegram .saying the best estimate f,f women unemployment there wa.-i 2'?0,000. Hail, Dauntless Derreen! Hats off to Dauntless Derreen, M. II. ilutledgo's While Leghorn hen which at Agassiz laid its uG7th egg and lied the world's championship egg-laying record ot No Drone 5-H of Port Kells, also ot British Columbia! During the last week or more Daunl- Dorroen was an international figure. She chased Cadborosaurus off the head-lines ot the continental press; she became a topic ot conversation on tho elevated and in the subways ot New York. Bets were offered on her prospects of eclipsing the champion- ship, and then, when she missed a day because she over-worked herself on a particularly large egg, on her pros- pects of equalling the record. If she had only put a little less into that big egg and left enough for a smaller one she would have over-matched No Drone. â€" Victoria Time.s. Till THE Ef»rtPIRE Australia's North presence in Adelaide of tho manager of Victoria Downs station in the Ord Ulver country has drawn at- tention to tho vast estate Australia has in the north. The area ot the pro- perty, which is controlled by Bovril Austiatian Estates, an English Com- pany, is 11,000 square miles, half as big again as Wales. At present It car- ries 180,000 head of cattle which are driven 300 miles hito Wyndham to the meat works. The white population of the vast track Is below 50.â€" -Empire Press ('nion's Australian News Letter. Motorists and Insurance While everyiMK- discusses what steps should bo taken to lessen the appal- litig loss of life on the roads, it Is w<Mth while also to consider-whether the compulsory insurance provisions in the Road Traffic Act have proved as satisfactory as we hud hoped In guaranteeing compensation to road ac('ident victims or their depemlenis. Recent cases in the courts have shown that the underwriters are not legally liable to pay compensation in cases where a condition laid down In the policy has not been fulfilled by the owner of the car. If, for inslame. at the time of the accident the car, in- sured for private purposes. Is being used for trade purposes, the fact that the motorist carries an Insuance cer- tificate does not help the victlm.~New Statesman and .Nation. THE UNITED STATES Toll Insects Take Til" annual loss caused in the United States by insects is eslinuited by the Department of Agriculture to reach a total of $2.O(Mi,(M)ii,U0(i. Wilh- out insecticides, according to Dr. Henry O. Knight, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, it would bo impossible to feed the world as society la organized today. Only by concert- ed war on predatory Insects which dls- ptit possession of the earth with man can society be protected against fa- mine and peslllence. The damage to growing plants caused by insects every year In this country is estimated to average 10 per cent, of their value. Dr. Knight places the loss to forest trees nlone at |10(«.<mmI,000 annually.â€" Washington Tost. "Empire" Displays To Mark Christmas London. â€" Over 20,000 a^uran-;'. have already reachetl tu' Overseas League from retail trade..' through- out the country that speeiil CiiristMUs displays of Empire fools . wines nil other products are being arr'iiged. The Prince of Wales 'las .,ent ti:e following message to the icgue: "I am very glad to heir that the Overseas League are makiiij.- <\ special effort this year, throurh th.'".- branches, to encourage di.-ph>>s, '!ii,"- ing Christmas week, cf Heme "."J Empire products, and are -.reking •:>;- operation to make better '<n iwn 'hi' abundant resources of Bri'.-h supp'y both here jnd overseas. I wi.sh '.he league all success in Uie tiideaver? that they are making U this end" ^♦^ British Royalty Selects Christmas Card Designs London.- A reproduction of a paint- ing by Bernard Gribble of the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey will be the design on the cover of the King's Christma.s card this year. In. side Is the greeting: "Wishing j-ou a Happy Christmas and a Bright New Year." The Queen has chosen a garden scene hy Floia Pilkington for lir card. "Best W.sjhes for Christinas and the New Year" is her greeting. Tho P-ince o'" Wales's card shows an Inciden* in 'he life ol Sir Walter Raleigh. Womeri SKould Work Aigainst Crime in U.S. New York. â€" Mary lio'erts Ri.ic- hart, the novelist, sail recertly that women have before them i!if. greatest crusade they have ever att< mptcl- - "throttling the crime situ.ilicn." "They have -shown by tliu't work in the repeal movement," she said, "what they can do when organiz.>i So now let them go to work on rrine." Mrs. Rinehart discusse'l 9 plan cf attack on crime which ;h? believeti would be effective. "To begin w-ith, local vgilant eoin- mittees could be formed by womer throughout the country. These could make investigations, first -.vithm their own police district, and if a flabby â€" I mean crooked â€" police force is found, they could agitate about it. This would lead to the wholo community's removal of unworthy police magis- trates and judges." King Rewards Gallant Police Pol.j" Officers in Football Kit Arrest Midnapoie Magis- trate's Murderers London -I'le Kingi Police Medal h'\« been avarden to additional Su- perlntenficnt Philip .Noilon Jones and Inspectoi Charlci Oliver Smith In re- cog iltion of theli conspicuous gal- lantry It a"ack;r.?{ thd assailants of tho late .Mr. Bi'gd. district magis- trate of MiJ'japore it was .innounc- ed in a vecoi.t London Gazette. Two Bengali youths shot Mr. Surge on Septi.mbcr 2 ivhen he was about ti> play !'ooti):tll Mr. Jones and Mr. .Smith dashed al the assailants and he d Lheni unt:: j.ssislauce arrived. l-.oHi offlfirs were in football kit and unarme<I, e.rd showed complete disregard ot pfrs-;r.ai danger. .Mr. Bnr^--: wp. th.T third district magistrate for Midnapore to be as- FiMtg'iTiaUa. "I am very slaj that thoy are be- inff awarde<l the medal. I hoped tiiat tliey wnu'd get It," said Mrs. Bu.-go. the n.a{,'s!rate's widow, who is staying b.> Camterley, when in- for^ied o! tho av.arus. "ti was terr'oy brave ot them to tackle my biJibTud'if assailants, be- cause U>ey wein cnanged for foot- hall and weie uuiirmeri " Legally Marries Twice, Now Must Support Two Montreal.â€" Louis Kulmonovitch re- cently was sontei:ced to three months in jail tor failure to support one of his two wives, to both of whom he is well, truly and legally married. Kul- monovitch marrted a Montreal girl some ^-ears ago and went to U.S., where he securc«j a divorce and re- married â€" a perfectly legal procedure. But his Canadian marriage was never annulled, and to (he Montreal girl he remains married Sire charged tail- iiro to support and won her case. New Firms Granted Charters in Quebec Quebecâ€" The fcfllowing r.ew com- panies with head offices in Montreal and having a total capital 01 $85 }00 have been incorporated in I r.e province during the past month, a. cording to the Quebec Official Gazetto- The Landlords' Union Inc., Peti-o- leum Income Distributnr.s Inc., M. Fenster Inc., Terix)ux Realties Ltd. New companies outside of Moist- real: â€" Chateau Inn Ltee., Amos, $10,- 000; Club Megantic Ltee., Gatineau Point, $3,000; Le Jeune troi.im.rce do: Trois Rivieres Inc., Three Rive''», $5,000; Northeastern Fi.-heries of Canada, Ltd., Grand River Gasp*;. $•27,500; Northern Securities Ltd., Quebec, $27,000; Verdun Huckey Club Inc., Verdun, $3,000. Prince George's Tour It is announced from Bucklugliani' Palace that Prince George has been officially invited by the Government of the Union ot South Africa to visit South Africa during the early part of next year, observes the I/Ondon Times. With the King's approval His Royal Highness has been much pleased to accept this invitation. Prince George, under present arrange ments. will sail from England about the middle ot January. Ho will travel to South Africa by liner, and will take only a small staff with him. It is e.xpected that he will be away fur about tlree months. .> Telephone Cable Breaks lyondon, Kng. â€" Half th.; ir.'mber of telephone lines between Knglj-nd a'lt; the Netherlands and Novih Viermar.j were put out of action >vna-;vpnc ol the principal telephone cables brik^;. A cable ship of the Brit sh Genera! Post Office was immediati'y :eut out tu locate the breakage. I'S-.; cable is a new one and runs bvo'.veen A'd'-- burgh and. Domliurg in :he Nether- lands. 1,000 German Bachelors Ordered to Get Married Frankfurt-on-t.'-.e-Main, Germany. â€" The burgomaste.' here has ordered 1,000 bachelors employed by the city to get themselvt^s married. The order affects city workers all up nd down the lino, from officials, to wh:te-coi:ar employes, to common laborers. Father of Canadian Printing Buried in Unmarked Grave William Brown, a Scotsman, Inaugurateri First Canadian Paper in Quebec City William Brown, the father of Cana- dian printing, lies buried in Quebee graveyard without even a stc^ne to mark his resting place. Born in Scotland, the son of "laird of Langlands," William Brown llrst went to the United States, where he worked with Virginia planters and later studied at the William and Mary College in that state. From colleg* he entered the printing hous-j of Wil- liam Dunlop ot Philadelphia, a liroth- er-in-law ot the famous Benjamin Franklin. This led to a promotion in 17G0 to manage a printing plant iu the Barbadoes, but finding the climate un- suitable he changed his plans and went to Quebec City. Here he inaug- urated the first paper in Canada, thi Quebec Gazette, printed by Browu and Gilmore at St. Louis Street. It wai this proximity '0 the governmental offices tha. substantiates the opiniot that the pov.-ers ot the day were tak- ing more than a passing interest in the new venture. The paper prospered and tlie flrm branched out to include a well eiiuii*- ped booksellers' and stationers' estab- ILshraent. The partnership with Gil- more, who had been a fellow appren- tice in Philadelphia, continued until his death in 1772. Brown's qualities as a citizen and a craftsman won him the highest praise. At the siege ot Quebec he was th« fore in all the fighting, shouldcrin- hit musket on the walls ot the city Hi died on March 27, 1789, a bachelor. After an honored career ot 111 yeari the old Gazette was merged into th« Quebec Morning Chronicle and iU founder has gone forgotten till latelj a resident of the city came across an item in an old edition of the papei which gave the full story of the "Cax- ton of Canada.' A movement is now under way to raise funds to institute au archaeological and bibliographical exhibition by the Quebec Literary and -Historical Society of Laval University, thus bringing belated recognition ts this great pioneer. Dies After Being Found Windsor, Ont.â€" After lying 14 hours helpless on the flcnir , f a barely furnished and cold apartipent, Mrs Elizabeth Bennett, aged 77, was found by neighbors and removod to hospitai where she died a few hours later. The place bore evidence of e.\:ti --me pri 'a- tion. Shock and malnutrition are given as the cause of the woman's death. Potatoes, Turnips Frozen Amherst, N.S. â€" Thousands of bush- els of potatoes and manj acres of turnips are frozen in the fields in the Shinimicas and Linden dis.tricts, ac- cording to Councillor C. Sn.'th, pron^- inent distrct farmer. Smiih said this Fall, as far as fanning was conceri.- ed, was one of the worst :r his loig experience. <, More Canadian Canned Pears Wanted Alfliough i.mpcrl-; of canned pears in Scot'r-nl trorn Caiitrda during the first six months cf this year totalled o.-^i- 13 000 case.-., a Scottish flrm in thf: trade sftei that 30,000 cases at least could have been sold, had they beeii available. Winter On The Lakes Says Tor the last week Great Lakes vessels. Uavi- },.:c:\ .^Lriig^ling iut ' ports after a tussle with arctic ::. i- ;'.nj Ice-clad like polar re'ief shipj. Mere we see the ice-coated ''tck winches of the Collier, after iuipin.ii Into port of Toronto from C':iail>tte. N.T., with a 6-Inch Covering ot Ice and 12 hours overdue. Unnecessary Bunk" In flducation Halifax. ~ There Is a lot of "un- necessary bunk" in education, sayi Plot. 0. Wilso-: Smith head of Dal- housiP University's deparlineut ol education and he would be ui>il pleas- ed it he corld do some "debunking before his day 5 are ended " â- 'It is unfortnurite, "the dean told a service club tiipre is so much ua- uecessarj bunk in so simple and ne- cessary and vitally important a mat- ter as education It la too bad to have ill these amorphous and nebu- lou.s ihoughis titiout education such knowledge foi knowledge's sake' and 'the wel'-rouuded man ' •'They don't u ean a thing. 1 defy anyon; to give an even remotely in- telligent definition of a 'well-round- ed man.' Knowledge is of no va!u« whatever if it i.^ never used " Winnipeg Man Wins N.Y. Gallery Prize ISew York. â€" John A Forlond_ « Winnipeg, won lirst choice in tin aniual draw-'n?; lor pictures at tlM Gruid Contra! Art Galleries and pick- ed Paul King's "1/rying Sails." ,\Ti' Forlo'ig, who is the only Can- adian mem'jpr ot the. Gallery, w<Mi the Founder'^; Day draw and chosn tor himself a co'orfu! painting o< lishiiig boats dryinE their sails il S'lllftt "-OW Kiug Is a Lun-j Islanrl artist wh« studied in .s'ew York at the AH Stuileut'c L. .nguti and aftervvard uo- ''?r th» famt.u-j Mawbary. â€".^ Capitalizing A "Jinx" riieje are day? of newspaper an. uiversarios wltl, sutb leading pub llcatioi.s as th«.- C.ilgary Herald cele. brating its t^olden Jubilee and th« London (Ont.) Advertised ob-serving its seventieth birthday writes the Hi-.litax HerMld. But down he.f in Nova Scotia w« have an o-.tn more uni«iue anniver- saryâ€"with the Middletoii Outlooi ceiebratinc Thirteen Y''ears of Pro- gress through the medium of au at tractive special :ab!oid edition. The tact t'lat "IVis supposed to be an unlucky number apparently hai hai no Irflueuce iu the offices ot the Outlook. The publisher* of that paper ju. t take. hr.Id of this alegod "jinx" and nuhe good coiv.- an4 ca;>ltal out of It B. C. Co-eds Primary Object is Education Vancouver -Visa M. L.Bol ert dean ot womeii at the University of liritisb C-oinmi-i-i, believi.^ 90 per cent ot the co.-'ds go tier- for an education. She doesn't thi ,it their priniary ob- ject is a pleasant social life. .^'ome of tt.ei-i are prepared to da house work, _-ven such tasks M dis'jw.vsliing, lu 1 rdor to pay tuitio* exp-rnoes. she s.-iid â€" - •> New Regulations By London 'Chang« lAint'or..- -TiK. Sl;,ck Exchange her* Is .'aid to .ic ;>ierared to enforce 1 regulation that all Imperial loans her* will be payable in sterling and frei from the imi-orfMon of new taxatioi by ilK- Doiiilnl 1.1. \