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wo \ ud, : al High is eighteen foot hes above the sill i i is that the present wats or level is twelve and a half inches higher than at the same time » your ago. There fs little danger by tloods, tor practic: ally a he fee has left the harbor and unless there are high winds, little damage is expected to docks and wharfs, ' autor enigns h : Ottawa, ~"Dootrinal difference has resulted fn the resignation of , W. MeArthur as minister of th Buptiet Church In the suburp of Westhoro, Ale tod the eongre. ni t he cou in tri of "Mestric.ed ommunion." Members of the congregation emphasized the high rd in which Rev, Mr, McArthur Ha ir | Nokomis Lodge Bold Gananoque, = Nokomis Lodge, situated on Mowe Island, bullt some years ago by Dr, W. #8, Nichol for i summer home and presented hy he and Mrs, Nichol two years ago to. Kingston CGenernl Hospital, has heen sold to Mr. and Mrs, Jerome Horton, New York, VRORIBITION UNION Pioton.~Officers chosen for the newly organized local branch of the Provincial Union are; president A. A. Morden; vice pres-Mrs, H, Parry; sec, trons. --Frank Brimley; the membership commities consists of the exécutive with Rev, Taylor #8 tonyenors Mrs, W, A, Foster i» convener of the education and pub: lefty committee: George Green heads the finance committee and Mrs, Chas, Greer has ¢harge of the childhood and youth segtion, Of fiers for Hillier Township were chosen as follows: President=--Fherman Foster; vice pres. ~Rurton Baxter: sec reas -- Norris Dafoe; educational and pub Helty==Mrs, Sherman Foster; 1'in- ance==Adam Murr; Childhood and Youth==Mrs, Clifford McFaul; ite erature~Mrs, £, E, Torry and Mrs, B, ¢, Bishop, NO CRIMINAL, CANES Cornwall --"To date, no criminal oases have been set down for the Spring Assives of the Supreme Court of Ontario which will open at the court house, on April 10, before Justice Raney. An unusual iy large dooket of civil cases is ex- pect a although to dhte none have been listed, CUSTOMS RECELPTS DOWN Cornwall=="Total customs re. colpts at the port of Cornwall for the fiseal year which ended March 41, amounted to $271,872, a slight decrease from the figures of the yasr preceding, URGE UN, CONSULATE Cornwall ==Bteps are being made to bring the United States Consul: pte to Cornwall following its din pontinuance at. Prescott, hy the flornwall Board ot Trade, FARMHOUSE BURNED Brighton---The residence of fildeon Coombs, Hilton, was burned fo the ground recently. A purse tontaining over $100 was destroyed, aa YMCA. CAMPAIGN Ottawa, With an objective of $20,000, at least, 16 teams each fomprising & captain and fiye men, have started on thelr annual cam. yaign ' ev MORE GAS STATIONS Trenton, ~The construction of threes more gasoline stations hes tween Trenton and Delleville on the highway has started, " REDCILD BURNED BLOCK Camphellford ~=With the come fng of the fine weather, work on Wallace Block, recently de« ftroyed hy fire, has commenced. The top storey which suffered mont will he hullt Jp, and the whale 'hlock will be' completely refitted and re-decorated throughout, WORLD SERVICE CONGRESS Gananogue~The World service Congress, held fos the first time outside of Toronto, was attended » 3, Jerks gathering, The mis fona hits 'were an an unpres codented seale, A feature of the i} i gathering was 4 debate on "Resoly- ed That Hoe work of home missions in Conada demands greater consid. eration and wupport from the Unit. oo Sheet iyi heigl Ao than the work o J The negative debutors, W, T, Rog- ors and J. R, McClary of Brock ville, won from the local debaters, J. Arthur Jackson, K.C, snd Clit ford Sine, The judges were: His Honor Judge Reynolds, of Droew~ ville, ils Honor Judge H, A, Lavell of Kingston and Rev, George A, Brown of Kingston, ---- J MABONIO VAREWEILL Pombroke,~Members of the Mas. onle efaft, numbering nbout eighty extended Rov, ©, C, McCullagh, who fs leaving Vembroke to accept enll to Alexandra Presbyterian Churéh, Brantford, a Masonic thre well, Two presentations were made after the regulay meeting of Pembroke Lodge, | and ten thousand tons, FIRE DESTROYS HOME Prighton.~The home of Homer Crosjesn, two and a half miles north of Smithfield was completely destroyed by five, Tho family were all absent at the time, is a now ong, repldeing one burned on the same site abeut two and » half years ago, and was not quite finished. Nons of the contents were saved, -- SE -------- 0 HALIFAX PORT FIGURES GRO British Ships Outnumber From Foreign Lands Three to One Halifax, N.S Tonnage figures for the menth of February indicate a distinet growth at Halifax in ship ping handled during the winter port season, when the fce-locked St, Law rence is forsaken hy water-born trafic In favor of berthing plers in the harbors of Snint John and Hall: fax, Records show that 1,620,454 tons ol cargo were handled at this port dur- Ing the short month, 50,000 in excess of the Agures for January, und a considerable Increase over the same month Inst year, Busiest of all th waterfront berths were the big plers at Deepwater and the Ocean Tere minals, where the longest seawall on the North Atlantle affords adequate facilities for the simultaneous dock. | ing of three liners. British Ships in Majority British ships outnumbered vessels of foreign register by more than three to one, During the month 118 vessels flying the red jack were han. dled at Halifax, together with thir teen Norweglan, seven Danish, four Swedish, three German, two United "Stales, and one Greek, the first ship to eall here under that flag in many years, A summary shows that thirty-fems ships of over ten thousand tons eall. od here to take on or unload cargo, with the same number between sb Ships from one to five thousand tons numbered forty, Large Cargoes Among the was 7000000 pounds of butter and meats from the freighter Surrey, New Zealand to London, A num ber of county line boats called ene route to and from Antwerp, dis charging large amounts of fertilizer and genera! cargo, Special trains to convey mail to Montreal knd the West were necessitated hy heavy Ianding of mail from liners on the Southampton run, Coastal shipning during the month was heiske Much fresh fish was landed, and the fleet continues to land good fares, the new methods allowing the fish to be held over from days on which a glut a approached, The Presbyterian Church is sup- Dlewadting the work of its min. inters by the appointment of severa: deaconesses to be placed at the disposal of the Maritime Bynod dure ing the summer, , Misg Gladys Murs phy A graduate of the Deaconess raining Home, Toromto, will sup SEMET - SOLVAY "WE ARE SOLE AGENTS pu in the Halifax and Lunenburg resbytery for three months, | POCAHONTAS AND CLEAN BE The armed] arge cargoes Tanded | freeing | M {DANGER SEENTO ST, LANRENCE PLAN All-American ~~ Walerwsy / Given Further Boost in Report of Committee (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, April §,-The fight is on and it will be & hot one, Bon- ntor Henry J, Allen' of Kapsas, told the Canadian Press in refer ence fo' the report of the army engineers favoring (he taking over by the Vederal Government of the Erle and Oswego barge canals in Now York State, Senator Allen cone sliders the report, which passed the rivers and harbors committes of the House within hours of its presentation, dangerous to the wt. Lawrence waterway project, The report envisaged deepening the canals by a foot, which would not permit their use by genera! shipping, but Senator Allen, seeing In the manoeuyre an attempt to set the properties for uw further drive for the so-called rll-Americay waterway, says: "If thoy succeed in getting the report through Cons gross, they will at once begin an Agitation to deepen anu widea these canuly," Speaking for the American pros ponents of the Bt, Lawrence pro- Jeet, he sald: "While we have been walting for ..0 CUsnadiap Government, prcsuining the sitiias tion was all right over Here, those who support the Naw York route have taken an advantage of the long delny und the decy of interest to. make a move greatly to their advantage," MOTORIST DIES OF ~ HONOXIDE FUMES THE OSHAWA DAILY /IMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1930 "Among the Entries in the "Attractive Child" Contest | Disappearance of Brantford Man Solved When He Is Found Dead Brantford, .... | When he was found dead sitting on the rear bumperette of his car width the ance of Edward am street, via afternoon, Miteholl hal leit Bunday night and was hot located until his son Norval went to the garage. Opening the door, ho found his father there, in that Mr, Mitchell went to the mar Age, started the engine, some time Sunday night, and sat at the rear ond awaiting the warming-up pro ens or olwe listening to the ex | Laust, as a mechanic will, tor "l missing eylinder, | The switeh was turned on, ai | though the engine wus not running Ot the time of the discovery, It is belteved that the garage had bos come filled from the exhaust, the | carbon-monoxide fumes proving fatal, Coroner Lr, KR, L. Mutton an nounced that there would be no tn. quest, GERMANY PICKS DAVIS CUP TEAM Berlin, April §,The Tennis Federation lected Daniel Prenn And Mong Landmann to represent Germany agaihst Great Lritain in the Davis Cup slugles, Walter Dessart and Heinrich Kleinsehroth were named as the German doubles tean, ren Miteheoll, olved yesterday German yesterday ao Hy the luck of the draw, Great Britain and Germany meet in the opening round .of Kuropean sony Davis Cup competition, Thin round in scheduled to be completed qn ay 6, There is considerable interest in the contest, In addition to the natural rivalry between the two countries, they are closely matohed in tennis prowess, having mot 1 the European sone {inal last year, with Germany winning, Since then German tennis hua lost one of ftw best players through the 'death of Hana Moldenbaver in An automobile accident, Dr, Lande mann, named to take Holdenhaus or's place In singles, in tourth in the present German tennis ranks Ing, Pronn is No, 1, Dessart No, b and Klelnachroth No, 8, ---------------- TWINS MARRY, TAKE T NAME iN The remarkable sequence of identis cal Houghts and actions by the twin sisters, Hilda and Elsie Nacion of Rotherham, England, has reached a climax in both choosing - husbands named Thompson. Hilda 1s already married to James Thompson, of Chesterfield, aud Elsia will shortly marry Dr, James Thompson of Glass Wi The girls are 0 similar in ooks that even their father and hro. ther often mixed their names, The twins say that ever since they can remember they thought the same thoughts, had the same nightmares, and did the same things, Although they did not know it until later, their engagement rings were practically pi 8 hen hey lived In { 08 their clothes were u- like, both decided to go to the same resort, stop at the same hotel and do the same things, Kh ---------- HUUE UC Mun, James Linfield of Glace Day, CR, is one of a party of six women delegates from Canada wha will ter oviet Russia during *the coining summer, The deloftes will / pay Hoi ann Navelling oigid 0 Mt ey are to he tho guests of the So- viet while in Ph A NTALLED The latest "nonsens'sa' story onearns a man who.avked a well nto friend "Whore do all the old 'Mater sar got ! the house | BUpponed | CANADA DOUBLED "They don't," wus the reply, { garage doors closed, the disappear: | Wilk | 1] ", f Parents ave pubmi! or the Jorteale pr to sash one oe jo sevens other raphe Joe boon submitted North Wy, and " Bothy ion DORIS, 8 orinls lars. Vi + ub . and first prive in a Ie-siny 'y nent fou of 976, ¢ each, The onjidren in the above layout, whose ares 6 months, Wight of GIVIL FLYING IN ACTIVITY IN 1929 Passengers 'Numbered 124, 7561--Air Mail Routes Total 5,139 Miles Ottawn, April § Activity 1a eivil aviation in Cannda doubled during 1940 according to figures made public ut the National Ve fence Department, The pumber of hours flown by aireraft rose from 18,070 In 1927, to 45,07) In 104y and 70.786 in 19089, The total aire eraft milengos for those Lhree yours were N80,010 in 102%, T88, 414 in 1028 and. 6,484,070 in 1080, The number of passengers earried Inereased from 18,988 wn 19087, to 74,000 In 1048 and "184, T61 In 1029, Of these 506,884 in 1080 were paying passengers, The figures for relight carried by alr are 1,008,848 pounds in 1987, LA0%,G88 pounds in IVE and 2,008,008 pounds in 1084, The figures for matl are! 14,054 pounds in 1087, 316,631 pounds In 193% and 430,044 pounds In 1988 and 440 In 1020, The number licenses rose from 67 in 10387, to 244 Mm 1088 and 445 In 1089, The num ber 'of lHoenped commereinl pilots inoreased from 782 In 1087 to Y¥y In 1088 and 4406 in 1080, The he conned aly engineers increased from 104 in 1047, to 200 in 192 and 308 In 1080, The length of the alr mall routes now operated under contract with the postoffies department in 6,18 miles, Of "2,844 trips' scheduled during the year 1049, 2,188 were successfully 'completed, Approxis mately a halt million miles were flown In the execution ct these con. tracts, and 430,088 pounds of mail wore carried under them, The light airplane' club operas tions show a similar growth during 1080, There are now 239 clubs Aus thoriged to receive .yalatance from the Department of National Les fence, under the club scheme, 1'he number of members In now 5,444 of whom 004 are taking tying ine struction, The number of atrerutt operated by the clubs is ¢6, They have made 49,708 flights and have flown 16,612 hours and 50 wins uten, of which 7,141 hours and $4 minutes were on dual instruction and 6,483 hours and 12 minutes wera on solo praetice, Une huns dred" and ofghty-thive private' phi ota' cortitiontos have boen lusued to members and LH have hoon liconasd AN commercial pilots, DEAF DRIVER KILLED AS CAR HITS RADIAL ma --- Kitehohor, April 8<-Uring Bohilee man, dost and' a eurpentor, whose automobile was demolished when it was atruek by a Grand River Rails way car yontorday afternoon, pug cumbed to injuries in 8t, Mary's Honpital tant night without regain. ing consolonsness, An Inguest has been ordered hy Cavroner Dy, ¥, HM, Kaltitlolsoh, Sehileman's cue was tossed about 100 foot when ft 'was stonek squarely | by the radial car ub the crossing. ; " -" HOLD INQUEST ON DEATH AT BARRIE 103-year-old Man Fatally In. jured in Accident Near' Wasaga LJ Darrle, April 8-~Following ing vestigations into the gircumstance. which led to the death of John Wels don, 104-year-eld resident of Cols ingwood, following aun sutomoblle acoldent near Wausags Beach last Friday, ¥. G. Evans, Crown Ate torney for Simcoe County, yesters day advised the cancellation of & death certioats Issued by Dr, Wile Ham Little Jv, the attending phys. felan, An Inquest will be held here Thursday eveniog, Mr, Waldon died In Royal Viee torla Hospital here Sunday morn+ ing as a result of shook, severe injuries to his chest and possible internal fnjuries sustained when the motor oar In which he was riding turned over in loose gravel about three miles south of Collingwood Friday evening, The driver of the oar, Russell Herriman, and Albert MeFadden, a passenger, both of Darrie, escaped injuries, -- CLAN MACNEIL IN ANNUAL SESSION Glace Bay, N.§,~-At the ninth annual meeting and dinner of The Clan Maoneill. Association of Ame erica held in Noston, A, D, Macneil} and John A, MacDougall, of Glace Pay, were elected Vieo-Preaidents of the Association, John MoNell, K.C,, Sydney, N.8., and Stephen, i, MeNell, Glace Bay, were olected councillors, and Rev, John MacNeil, Glace Bay, Chaplain, Speaking before 'the Saint Dare Sept. of the Association at New York, the Macneil of Barra, Chiet of the Clan Maecnell and Honorary President of the Awsoolation, sald the Amsoolation was deeply indebt. od to A, D. Maghell, publisher of the Clan Macneil News, and has endeavoured to express titel grate itude and to recognize hig valuable contribution to the Clan, by unan. Mmously electing him a Viee-Praai: dent of the Association, The publi. ontion, he said, was not only agreat achievement but waa the connuots ing link of the widely soattered Clan and a constant source of pleas sure to all, DOG ACTOR IN RARIS ur A little dog may be listed as "pard. ners" in a vaudeville uct, mecording to 4 Paris coutt, The decision was the result of w case brought by Po. hire, the agtress, She had given as the title of « sketch which she had heen engaged to perform In a mi N hall as laire and Hee Partners" but when only her pet canine appears ed 'the manager of the place protests vd despite the act that the audienge wits enthusiuatie. over the animal's acting, Polaire vigorously: protested, Against At inainyation that the act was deficient 'and the dog. loudly barked his indignation, The hag. mor cancelled the act and re sited for breach of contract, for pays ment of yalary and. damages. The Conseil dex Prad'Hontmes, be fore whom the vase' was tried, dee cided in daver of Polaire and her dog. : \ Now tes Gf Jabot being artbed {Moughowt th. provines, o7 218 ot 1s being aroused tf nee Sint Aeisnstive HIG ocontest, veh oloses on A 9. their children's photographs whieh will be Jud ged 1 not on the sles, style or qualit portrait of the Ying aid, artists, There is & Lo of pth award is $00, and there are also (1) Doris M, Cuthbert of 71 B od n-Ave, (J) Alon Maris ingwood, Ae ---------- ILL LUCK DOGS FAMILY OF HERO Sydney, N, 8, Misfortune by fire and dynamite continues to pursue the family of Samuel Saw Chunk, who lost his life attempt- Ing to wave n tellow workman at the steel plant hers last year, The home of his widow was practically burned to the ground on Lingan Round during the night of March 20 The blaze started in an upstairs room and before the fire appartus had arrived sot off 8 stick of dyna- {| mite which Baw, Chuck, before his death, had intended to use in blast. ing a well, The explosion carried the flames to all parts of the house, A year ago the Royal Humane Boclety recognized Baw Chuck's valor by the award of x posthum- ous medal and small allowance to his window, Kentville, N, B.-A resolution authorizing the town improvement committes of Kentville to go ahead with {ts investigations looking to- ward the establishment of a fiy- ing fleid nead the town was re- gently passed at a citizens' moeot- ing held by the Noard of Trade, The temiative plans are to es tablish & modest landing field at Aldorshot, which could be devel oped and bullt around as aerial transportation increases and needs becoma more definite, The co. operation of the Department of National Defence will be sought in developing the field and In mak. ing arrangements wherohy it may be avatlabla for eivil aviation, Every effort Is being made to speed up the nogotations, the ides being to place the Valley on the air map while aerial routes are still In the formative stage, HOUBE RE-ELECTED MONTREAL'S MAYOR -- Defeats Only Opponent by || Sweeping Majority of 41,634 Montreal, April 8-=Mayor Camil- lien Houde was returned to office in the clvig elections yesterday with a majority of 41,634 over his only op- ponent, Alderman JA, Mathewson, who lost his deposit, Not only was Mayor Houde re-glected with an oy- erwhelming majority, but at least 18 aldermpuic candidates who had pled. ged themselves to support the mayor mn his, campaign to "oust the clique at city hath" were successful, Supporters of Mayor Houde esti mated that enough aldermen, in ads dition to those who had publicly pro= mised their support, would ultimate- ly follow the Houde poligies to give him alge 22 weats of the 35 in the elty cotineil "This was the figure that Mayor Houde himself announced be- fore returns had. been completed, The final count in the mayoraly contest gave Houde 78,217 vores and Mathewson J6,883, ---------- ONE 'KILLED WHEN WALL COLLAPSES Toronto, April 8~=~One man was killed and another injured here yeas torddy 'when the wall of a portable school: being dismantled was blown down by the wind, Wiliam Milligan, 48,1 0f 1 Toronto, died on his way to hospital after being crushed be. neath the huge plece of wobden structure while Edward Burrell, 32, escaped. with bruises in his right knee and ankle and back injuries, Wralt rowing in Canada All kinds of fruit are success fully grown In all except the colder Jota 'of the Dominion of Canada: ut frultsgrowing as a commercial industry is limited to cortain wells defined districts, these being prin olpally the Annapolis valley in Nova tia, the southern halt of On. tario, and the valleys of WHritjsh Columbia, The valley ot the Wt, 'John river in New Hrunswick proe duces apples on a commercial sale, and there are parts of Quebec, note ably in the counties of Rouville, Huntingdon, Chateausuay, Jacques Cartior, and Stanstead where apples growing is successfully |ed that the OSHAWA HARBOR (Continued from Pago 1) and Leon Vrazer, secretary Chamb. er of Commerce and fpdustriel commissioner, The members were commended for their work aud the report was adopted as follows: "Subsequent to the last Joint meeting of the City Council and Directors of the Chamber of Com morce on March 7th, at which time # sub-committees was uppointed which again appointed another wpecinl sub-commitioe, an Interview was arranged with Mr, Wilson, District Engineer, Depsriment of Public Works, Toronto, who ad- vised that in 192% be was request- od by the Department to make a survey of the harbour development T0 BF COMPLETED rave New Brunswick stamp, presented to the Museum by the American Phila tele society, The stump, valued at $800, in viclet in color and as dewign a crown surrounded by roses, thistle und shamrock, of the most an haw, Just been Ioyal . Untario A fine specimen 1851 onceshilling, hie on the yorth shore of Lake Ontario between Toronto nud Belleville, At that time he had recommended that & development ut Oshawa be com monced and plans were completed at that time for a development that would satisfy the Oshawa require- ments, "Mr. Wilson also stated<that he had recommended the approprias thon of $58,340, for 1040 which would take enre of dredging of ex- tended busin us was proposed by the City Counell fn 1928, We fur. ther stated that all expenditures that had been made were with the Intention of creating u suitable har bour for this city and he suggost- City prepare plans which would Indicate to the govern ment the requirements of navigas tion by the City for some period of years, "Your special sub-committee in structéd the City Engineer to pre- pare such plans with the €o-0pwss ation of Mr, Wilson and his sinff in Toronto Avked Interview "Mayor T, 1B, Mitchell subse- quently wired the Hon, J. C, E Hott, Minister of Public Works, Ot- tawa requesting an interview for a deputation to present the plans | find to request tho Department's continued support for the ultimate completion of the harbour, Your committees was advised by the May. or that the Minister had replied, | stating that he desired complete ge tally and memorandum regarding the requirements so that he might | decide whether a deputaton was | necessary or not, Dased on this! telegram, your special sub-commit- | tee instructed tho Industrial Com. | missioner to proceed to Qttawn with | all the necemsary date, which was prosentod in an Interview with Mr, | Cameron, Chief Engineer, Depart- | ment of Publle Works, on April | Ind, Mr, Cameron explained that under the present dredging con: tract the work covered would not be completed until October of this year. and that his definite policy WAR not 10 recommend any ape propriations by the Department until it was possible for thai amount of money to be expended during the year of the appropria- tion, Therefore, it was not neces sary to vote any additional monies for- 1050 for additional contracts. It- wan the Intention of the Depart. ment to continue the development of the harbour in Oshawa and 1f at any time concerns desired ads ditional faellities than those pro- vided at the time, Mp. Cumeron bellevad the Government would im- mediately take the necessary nes tion to provide those facilities. He inquired as to whether the hare bour as improved under the prom. ent contract would he utilized, The Industrial Commissioner replied that until further extensions wera made, the harbour as provided hy the present contract would only be sultable for package freight and that could only be secured by the City of Oshawa using its best ef: forts to interest existing Industries and shipping companies In utilising t, Telegram Rogplved "So that the City might have a definite committment on the part of the Government, it was suggested that the Department advise the City of its definite Intentions, Pure suant to the Interview referred te above, the following telegram was recelyed from the Hon, J, C El lott, Minister of Public Works, Uts tawn, dated April 4th, 1080; "Following your conversation with Mr, Cameron on Wednesday may say that it Is Intended to cons tinue development of Oshawa hare bour for a period of yours at a rate that will take care of definitely proved shipping requirements "In interpreting the telegram your special sub-committee believes that it ts the intention of the Goys ernment to continue expenditures on the harbour each year and that {ts prosent program would be ex pedited if we could at any time prove to the Government that owing to the deaires of concerns to nes oure facilitios not already provided the Government would take the necessary adtion to provide them; and further, that it would give the City the opportunity of requiring a definite committment by those cons aprns referred to, that provided the faollition were ostablished, they would utilize the harbour." COAL FOR CANADA Cents Per Day to Produce, Is Charge London, April 8,~The assertion that Russian anthracite which is being sold to Canada is produced under conditions of "sweated la bor," tat a cost of & ruble a day, the: equivalent of 18 cents a day, was made in the House of Commons youterday by Sir Newton Moore. (Cone, ( Sir Newton asked tho Govern. ment the period of time and the total ag fuvolved in the cone' 1 ussian coal going to practined on & commercial sonle, ; ots for Canad, and also to what extent BY SWEATED LABOR | Russian Anthracite Costs 18} Richmond), 1H this would displace shipments of Welsh anthracite, Hon, W, R, Smith, parllamentury secretary to the Boafd of Trade, in reply referred the questioner to the statément of Hon, Ben Turner, wocrotary of the mines department, on March 25, when Mr, Turner had denied the Russian coal was securs ed because of the apathy of British unthracite producers, British pro ducers were taking steps Lo wee the Canadian demand was supplied, Mr, Turner had added, Bir Fredorick Hall then asked it the Government was aware 25 000 tons of Nussian conl had ale ready been sold to a Montreal firm, Mr, Smith replied he had no fure ther information, Sir Frederick asked: "Does not Mr, Smith think it advisable that his department should be aware of what is taking place in regard to shipments of conl to our own territories?" Sir Newton Moore then asked if Mr, Bmith was aware of the cone ditions under which Russian coal was produced, and the secretary did not reply, INDIANS PROTEST US. ACTION ROBS THEM OF RIGHTS Do Not Like Handing Over Control of Reservations to the States (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Buffalo, N.Y, April 8.~Iroquois Indians of New York State have sent to congress a remonstrance against the bill which would ten niinate soyereignty of the United States government over the reser. vation within the state and trans. for novereignity to the state, "The slubtion is perfectly plain," says the remonstrance, "The law und facts show reservations of the six nations in New York are each and every one independent and in some respocts as much sovereign. ties by treaty and obligation as are the pevoral states, £The lands within them, of course, carry the condition of the grant, They are & nation within a nation, They were created and grow ont of fear of the Indian and desire to get rid of him and keep him at peace at any price, that.as an act of Justice," The protest to Washington de clared that the act serves no usefyl purpose to the state, That 1t is re. pugnant to the ideas of the 8ix Nations Indians and the claims of the Ogden Land Company all mille tate against' the bill which fs 'a one-sided avoidance of the guaran teos of the treaty of Canandaigua," OBEDIENT Toeacher--"How many of you | children want to go to Heayen?" | All the ohlldren raised thelr hands, except Johnny, Teacher-----"But, Johnny, don't you want to go to Heaven?" Johnny--'"Mother told 0 to cone straight home after school," J ~=Tit-Bits | Note | Know - | | What 'It means to be Kept | \ Awake half the night Wstens [f | ing to the 'children cough! | Little: Willie developed a | slight hacking cough to i evening, which didn't amount [| | to much, but during the nigh i it became a real nightmare to |i {| tho wholethousehold, What | | w relief it would have been to | oyoryone not to mention Wile [i lie's comfort, it Mother had i REXALL CHERRY BARK COUGH SYRUP on hand to give him, tis a ! pleasant and effective romedy |i for that hard, hacking cough | the children ao easily develop |i At thin season of year, f Remembder= "A gtioh mn | time saves nine." Keep a bottle of Cherry Bark always [| in your medidine cabling i 35¢ ""60c. | | "Atter the fist ook Wise apure' phd With Safety' ut | Vv You "Save