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| | | { i © Walther ) ui 5 y eon tryside. There no immediate danger, Berlin.~<Negotiations for a one hou snd twenty-five million dollar loan to the Government through an .internations! banking group headed by Lee Higginson and y of New York, was on the verge of conclusion, it was learned yesterday, } Mu State and Postmaster-General for Canada, was received in audience yesterday by His Holiness Pope Plus . , Noted Actor Dies 'New York.--Jack Donahue, who danced his way into stardom in musical shows, died at his home here yesterday, He was 38 years old, and virtually .at the peak of Bis career in the theatre, mow Delays Harvest Regina.~--Heavy. rains, and in some cases snow, have combined --- to, delay. harvesting operations in Saskatchewan. he HONORABLY ACQUITTED Cobourg.--Basil Richards of Millbrook, ..was honorably..acguit- before , stated that he acquitted s without the slightest doubt or 'hesitation. I---------- : First Domination To Use Beginning October 2, the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) is to be represented on the air. by. a. weekly half-hour at 10 p.m, Thureday nights over the Columbia network, it was annotinced to-day. Thirty-four sta tions in a es fuck re be employed. e project is be- I Sronmed by. the Lutheran Lay- men's League and the International e for the Lutheran Synodical Conference of North Am- erica. The broadcast will 'be known as the Lutheran Hour, ; The first: broadcast will feature Cleveland Bach chorus, under the direction of .F. 'W. Strieter, from WHK, Cleveland. The musical por- tions of later programs: will be pre- sented by the Ch Bach chorus, Sigirid, Prager, of Madison, Wis, di- dward Rechlin, organist of Immanuel Church, New York, and the »rdia Seminary Chorus, St. Louis, directed by Dean Walter Wis- mar of the Church of the Holy Cross. . 'The initial series 'of se) "will be delivered by Dr, Walter A. Maier, of St, Lous, Dr, Maier is professor of Old Testantent Exe sis at Con- cordia Theological inary, St. or of the Walther ue Messenger, official youth organ of the Lutheran, Church, "The Lutheran Church is the first denomination to use a paid mation- wide network to spread its message," said the Rev, A, C. ™ in com menting: on the 'project, "just as it was one of the first churches to own ro tion six years ago, Itis estimate that the potential audience of the Litera our 'is between fifty and EL wa} hil sta m: is WKBW Buffalo" ~and "e | TOPRO {mitting proposals © lot m from field' | suns into action to su Petes. the {Reds wore silenced, = | ' / wa Dail teding The Oshdvwa Daily Reformer: yy Times "All the News While It Is News" OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1930 | ---- 15 Cents 8 Week; 3 Cents s Copy SIXTEEN PAGES USTRALIAN TRADE PACT MOOTED NCE Ontario Will Receive $3, 850,000 in Works, as Well as a Share in the Sum Allotted for Direct Relief o DETAILED PROGRAM NOT YET APPROVED Municipalities Still Have Chance to Submit Propos- als for Providing Work in Their Own Cities (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Oct. 2. --Agreement has been reached between the .domin- fon and Ontario governments on unemployment relief. . A sum not to exceed $3,850,000 is to be avail- able for Ontario out of the $20, 000,000 dominion unemployment fund, for the construction of pub~ le works and highways in the pro- vinee to provide work. In addition Ontario will partici- pate in the $4,000,000 earmarked from the fund for "direct relief" for those unable to secure employ~ ment. No portion of the money for "direct relief" has baen particul- arly allocated to Ontario, domin- fon contributions will be made ac- cording to the need. ' No Definite Program There is no de ' construction sang Tod ait yorsows pani red with various municipalitis eration wil jects, Construction and improvement. to a high grade of uniformity respect- ing standard, curvature, width and the like of several portiops of the trans-Canada highway within the province. is assured, Work will pro- bably be done during the late fall and winter east of North Bay and west of Port Arthur to the Ontario- Manitoba boundary. * $ "Decision on the aio, of the route of the national highway fon North Bay . to. Port Arthur, is understood, is not likely to be made until a survey of several suggested routes have been carried out.. It is possible that an aerial survey may be made in the near future. Rival proposals have been put for- ward from time to time for link« ing the highway through Sguite Ste, Marie or through Cochrane further north. Subway Construction The Ontario government has in mind, it is learned, the pressing for- ward of an extensive programme of subway construction through the province. Already, several applica- tions for a forty per cent, dominion (Continued on Page 2) MUNROE APPOINTED LIEUT..GOVERNOR OF SASKATCHEWAN (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Saskatoon, Sask,, Oct.' 2.~Lieut. Col, H. E, Munroe, C.B:F,, V.D,, of Saskatoon, will be thie net Lieuten- ant-Governor of Saskatchewan, it was learned from semi-official sources here, ' Gol, Munroe succeeds Hon, W. V, Newlands, K.C,, whose tenure con- cludes Dec, 31, of this year. BANDITS. ATTACK "DS. WARSHIP by Threench ' Guns (By Canadien Press Loeastd Wire) , China, Red hoki ov oR SUSE Luzon, flagship of "the United | States 'Yangtse River patrol, with field guns and machine guns near Yochow, Hunan province, today, but were repulsed when the Luzon opened up with ber three-inch SURE Tater sp hn 14 ua Rear Admiral Thomas T. States the Luzon, which was by the rebel cannon fire, The tack came from the -a ball guns, th Pioess 'und he patrol brought machine fire from the larger TEAMS WORLD SERIES' SCORE BY INNINGS 1 23 45 67 8 9 EXTENDED PREFERENCE ON MANY PRODUCTS PROBABLE AS RESULT OF CONFERENCE St. Louis 010000000 1 Philadelphia 220000 HE 6'2 72 6 BATTERIES: Rhem, Lindsey, Johnson and Manusco. A Play-by-play Report of the Game will be found on Page 11. Earnshaw and Cochrane; hd ob NAPLES CELEBRATES VIRGIL'S BIRTHDAY (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Naples, Italy, Oct. 2.--Naples yes- terday began two weeks' celebration of the bimillenary of the birth of the poet Virgil, The celebration will culminate Oct, 15, the epecist's birth- day, Financial Aid Guaranteed To Nation Victim of Attack Colliery Blast Is Fatal to 14 Earthslides Hamper Rescue Workers-- Cause Not Yet Determined Walsall, Staffordshire, Eng., Oct. 2.--Fourteen persons were hilled last. night in an explosion in the Grove colliery at Brown Hill, near here. The explosion occurred deep in the pit and government mine in- spectors who descended with col- lery officials found the workings of carbon monoxide gas, Well the | led Her to smash the gsctie teams sought the ol'thiMead but were serioune ndicapped by earthslides re sulting from the blast. i "About 3,000 men were employed é Ae ba gg 4 # ned, Usually some fifty men are on the night shift in the pit district where the explosion occurred, but 'singe yesterday was a general holl- day for that gection only about one third the usual number of minors were on duty. COPPER AND NICKEL ON HUDSON BAY COAST Ottawa, Oct, 2,---~There are many indications of copper and nickel de- posits along the west coast ¢f Hud. son Bay, especially In ths Kathkys ed Lake district, according to A, E, Porsild, botanist of the North West Territories and Yukon branch, who has returned here after an ex- tensive investigation this summer of reindeer grazing possibilities of the northern region, He disembark- ed at North Sydney, Sunday night from the 8. 8B. "Boethiec." PEAK OF SOVIET WHEAT DUMPING THOUGHT PASSED Chartering 'of Tonnage by Russia Decrease--Diffi- culty in Getting Cargoes (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Eng. Oct, 2.--Usually credible wheat market gommenta- tors sald today that they be: lieved the peak of Russian dump- ing on the Europe rkets has been reached, but the scare caused by the Russian exports contiuves to have a devastating effect on the market. Chartering. of tonnage by the Soviet government authorities for the export' of grain is on the'de- crease, while a check of grain cargoes through the Black Sea shows a decreasing tonnage, Reports 'persist, also, that the Soviet authorities are having dif- fleulty in collecting at their Black Sea ports as great supplies for ex- port as they planned. British market observers be. feved that the Soviet government n keep up its shipments for threo months and . contractd are ing made in Liverpool for Jan- uary and February, - Nevertheless the position 18 regarded as highly uncertain as the Soviet govern: beeu i# decision might be prompt ed both by the domestic demand for "sod-stuffs and by the Soviet's that sufticlent grain has Craven, commander of the United | shi 'Yanstse Patrol, was Abgard v Mussla's need for immediate funds mar: 'Kets, and | might have been- obtained, | ment may declare at'any moment | ¢ for fupds to meet foreign b falling due. fhe The British « nsus is thar that much a Do! (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Geneva, Switzerland, Oect, 2,-- Representatives of 28 states today signed a convention guaranteeiny financial ossistance to a state which is the victez, of attack by another nation, The ceremony took place In & plenary session of the assem bly of the League of Nations, Signatories were Australia, Lithuania, Austria, Belgium, Boli- via, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Cube, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Fithiopla, Franes, Greece, Latvia, Norway, Hollsud, Peru, Persia, 'Poland, Portugsl, Rumania Jugo- slavia, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Albania, The Irish Free State later sign- ed the 'convention, bringing the total number of states to do so to 28, of which 22 are European states, The assembly. paid tribute to- day to the memory of Simon Boll: Vir, the great South American Aiberator, 8 resolution of com ted by " of the Latin American coun: ries, inthe wear: future, Besides the three dominions above mentioned, Germany and Italy have yet 'to sign' the convention, It will remain ot the secretariat of the League of Nations 'here for further signatures, Iiter-Imperial Relations Up Parley Considers Constitu- tional Matters to Discuss Privy Council Appeals (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, Eng., Oct. 2.--~Constitu- tional questions were discussed at to-day's meeting of the heads of delegations to the imperial confer- ence, In the words of the terse ofci. al communique: "Certain aspects of Inter-imperial relations were refer- red to a committee under the chair- manship of Lord Sankey (Lord Chancellor of Great Britain." The communique was silent In respect to the particular aspects of Inter-imperial relations referred to. It was assumed however, it referred to the report, of the experts' coms mittee on operations of dominions laws, which met last autumn, This was a sequel to the status report of the 1926 conference, which also left the question of appeals to the privy council in' abeyance, Jt is expected the Irish Free State will again raise this matter during the present conference, having repeat- edly declared. its intention of ab- andoning the practice of appealing to. the privy counell, MONTREAL OPPOSES WATERWAY SCHEME (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Que, Oct, 2.--The St. Lawrence deep waterway scheme Wak the subject of a jolution real Chamber of Commerce yos- terday, that, while each individual member was free to hold personal opinions as to the feasibility of this project, the organization as a body was opposed to any interna- tional proposals, on economic and national grounds, The matter was raised in con- nection with the sending of a dele gation of /member: to attend the Capadige" Chamber of Commerce | meeting in Toronto, Oct, 7. 3 Moun Ron aT fintate i olly, w=The will of Dr, John T, Dorrance, president of Campbell Sos 'Company, who died September 21, probated here today, leaves the bulk of the estate estimated at more than 000, to immediate members of the family, 7T) are: no. France - 'charitable' {jeg u0d New hy ERIE unanimously adapted by the Monts | 100,000, No Statement On Auto Taritt Hon, E. B. Ryckman Will Not Confirm Report High- er Duties Deferred Ottawa, Oct, 2-"1 have nothing to say," declared Hon, E. B. Ryckman, minister of national revenue, today when asked if he would affirm or deny newspapers reports 10 the effect that the imposition of the new tariff on automobiles may be defer. red. ¢ The minister 'would not say whether the government contem- plated the removal, alteration or postponement of any of the tariffs, "I may have something to say one of these days," said Mr, Ryckman, Heaped upon his duties as minis- ter of national revenue are those of acting minister of finance, and this morming Rygkaan presided at a meeting rhe ry board, Hé has been besieged for days by rep. resentatives ot various industrial ts, but this morning there wap a ons, - ing that those who desired to present their cases in connection with the new tariff had already done so, The character ofthe representations and the sum total 'of their results have yet to be announced, The minister will leave the capi- tal at the week-end for western Canada. War Relics Museum Toronto.~Attorney -General W. H, Price has suggested that some portion of the new wing to be built on the Royal Ontario Museum here, should be conserved for the rec- ords of all Canadian men and wo- men who served in the great war, The edifice would also be a resting place for regimental colors or pla- ques representing the different pro- vinclal units, IN MONTREAL HOME Husband Thought to Have Taken Own Life After Fatally Wounding Wife Montreal, Que,, Oct, 2,~Eight- een hours after the body of her husband had been removed from the Lachine canal, Mrs, John Charbonneau, 27, died in the Montreal general hospital today from the effect of head wounds sald by'the police to have been in- flicted with a bottle, : The couple, who had been mar- ried less than eight weeks, had separated. A theory held by the police is that Charbonneau visit: ed his wife at lier lodging house and beat her over the head with a bottle during 'a quarrel, Fearing he had killed her he ended his lite in the Lachine canal, North Bay Grows North Bay.-~According to. the assessment to be completed by Commissioner A, C, Amos, the population of North Hay now fs 16,353--an increase 'of 375 over last year, . Galt tion Grows Galt,~~Despite the depression of the last year, Galt continues to aintain its steady growth, As- sessor Mercer's roll for 1930 gives the city a population of 19,960, an increase of 208 over 1929, U.S.A. REVIVES "I'M ALONE" CASE|' wig ' Opelousas, La. Oct, 2.~Indict ments will be sought by the United States government today before a federal grand jury against more than a dozen menibers of an als leged rum syndicate charged with operating with liquors taken from the Canadian rum runner "I'm Alone" prior. to its sinking by United States coast guardsmen off Ua Louisiana coast in March . Empire Consolidation Is Today's Task, Bennett Says (By Thomas T. Champion, Cana- dian Press Stafl Correspondent) London, Eng, Oct, 2.--~With a brilliant gathering In attendance delegates to the Imperial Confer- ence were entertained last night at the Guildhall by the Royal Em- pire Soclety and other imperial bodies, "In the diversity of the peoples of our empire, their talents and their resources lies the real secret of the empire's greatness," declared Hon. R, B. Bennett, prime minister of Canada, in his address. "Before us," said Mr, Bennett, "lies the task of empire eonsolida~ tion and with that task we meet in the heart of this great city, where trade, commerce, finance, and other great affairs engage the attention to think of our empire as an econ omic unit," Mr. Bennett was cheered when he declared the nations of the em- pire were not yet bankrupt in statesmanship, Men and women occupying a quaviers of ..4he land surface of the globe and compris. ing & quarter of its population were still capable, by guidance snd ership, of achieving.dn.tha.f i od, namely, the pd Li ty of the empire which was as cap- able of achievement as the develop- ment of their constitutional liberd) ties had been, H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Con- naught, former governor-general of South Africa, presided at the ban- quet, Japan Ratifies Naval Trealy Irish Free State and India Only Signatures Still Needed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2, ~Emperor Hiribito today signed the London Naval Treaty, The imperial seal was affixed to the document, there- by completing Japanese ratifica~ tion, Premier Hamaguchi and Count Makino, Lord Privy seal were both present at the simple ceremony, Two nations, Japan and the United States, thus-far have ratified the treaty, While the British government has approved the treaty the Irish Free State and In- dia have not, leaving ratification there incomplete. : Signing followed a long investi- gation of the pact and its implica~ tions by the privy council, which vesterday notified the emperor of its approval and advised that he sign it, FORESTERS PLAN UNEMPLOYMENT AID (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Oct, 2,--Unamployment benefits similar to surgical benefits were predicted for the near future by Frank E, Hand, chief ranger. at a banquet here of the Indepond- ent Order of Foresters, The system, the details of which have not yet been completed, would not be that of a dole, he sald, but that of assisting a brother in nead. BENNETT RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY : Canadidn Press' Leased Wire) + London, "Eng, Oct, 2.~=Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of Canada (his afternoon received the honor of an audience with His Majesty, Hritain Has Deficit London.--~A revenue deficit of £81,043,704 (about $400,000,000) ia disclosed by .the British Bx- chequer report for thu six-month period ending yesterday. The de- ficlt for the same pariod last year Five Killed as Tenement Falls Two Missing, Six Seriously Injured When Building Collapses (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, N.Y., Oct, 2.--~Five persons were killed one or two persons are missing and six others seriously injured (today in the collapse of a four story tenement building at 15 Greenwich avenue in Greenwich village, Police and fire department res. cue squads removed the bodies of the victims and carried out the binjured, three of whom: were women, , then 'continued their search of 'the ruins for the other two persons known to Have. been in the house, ee Mrs." Marie Sargouse, -10-yewry old, who conducts a boarding Hous® in the building was the only one of the 13 persons in the place who was awake, The others were trap- ved In their beds on the third and fourth floors and had no chance to escape when the structure gave way without warning, BROKERAGE FIRM MAY BE REINSTATED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Oct. 2.--Possibility of the reinstatement of the local brok- erage firm of Morrison, Southgate and Company on the Standard Stock and Mining Exchange, ap- peared probable this moning fnl- lowing lengthy negotiations dur- ing the night between Col. G, J Morrison, of the suspended fi m, representatives of the Standard exchange and members of a New York brokerage concern, ECONOMIC PARITY LIBERAL POLICY IN NOVA SCOTIA Will Make Inquiry Into Un. fair Competition Faced by People . Halifax, NS, Oct, 2--An/ inquiry into the economics of production in Nova ~ Scotia; and the consequent eral authorities "to thc end that equality of SBportunity for the peo- ple of Nova Scotia may be secured" 18 the keynote pledge in thesplatform adopted by the Liberal provincial here 'yesterday, on which the organi- zation will base it§ campaign at the next provincial election, In the last of fifteen clauses com- prising the platform the party pledg- ed "as its. first primary and most important act to make a thorough, petent, independent, authorative, and exhaustive inquiry into condi- tions: which cripple Nova Scotia's xcconomic. life, forcing our people to sell in the world market at a com- petitive price and compelling them to buy in a protected market, at a non-competitive and artificially high price, thus imperishing the people of this province, and to present the evi- dence thus obtained to the federal authorities to the end that equality of - opportunity for 'the people of Nova Scotia may be secured. The platform goes on to'say that in this effort the Liberal party be- lieves that every constitutional means should be employed, and that "Nova Scotia's case should, if neces~ sary, be carried to the foot of the throne." : Another clause in the platform calls for an investigation of the coal was £73,083,408, 'iton a sound foundation." industry with the object of "placing presentation of the evidence to fed-) Delegates at Imperial Cone ference Confer on Ques~ tion of Increasing Trade Between Two Dominions NEW ZEALAND ALSO APPEARS FRIENDLY, Conversations With Dele- gates From Sister Domin- ion May Result in Trade Treaty, Including Renew~ al of Preference to Can adian Automobiles London, Eng., Oct. 2--(By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent)--Canada and Austra- lia are taking the first practical steps towards development of inter- em- pire trade. Wa conversations have been opened between Hon. H. H, Stevens, Canadian minister of trade and conmumerce, on the one hand, and prime minister James Henry Scullin, of Australia and Hon, P. J. Maloney, Australian minister of markets, on the other, The possible extension of Canada's trade treaty with Australia is the subject under discussion, The conversations so far, it is em phasized, have been merely prelim inary, but they have already reveal« ed that both countries can buy from cach other many things they now buy. outside the empire. ' Many Opportunities Died fruits and oranges" which Canada ' now. gets from (foreign sources, she might take from Aus< tralid, Pineapples which are supplied 6 . the Lod nds, she could obtain from the sis~ ter commonwealth. The wool she buys onthe New York market could be brought direct from Australia, And on the other hand 'Australia buys. from foreign sources a number of products which she could just as easily take from Canada, Word from both Canadian and Australian sources is that the con« versations are proceeding with the utmost cordiality Australia is attache ing so much importance to the nego tiations for extension of the treaty that the Australian trade commis sioner to Canada was summoned to London by cable, He reported to Mr. Maloney, it is understood, that the prevailing sentiment in Canada was favorable to development of (Continued on Pago 2) New York Curb Suspends Firm New Yokr--The New York Curb Exchange today announced the suspension from regular member< ship of Piperno and Co, for fails ure to meet engagements, PAYMASTER KILLED, $108,000 STOLEN Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct, 2, ~A paymaster was killed today and three other persons wera wounded by a gang which attacke ed a pay car and escaped with 300,000 pesos' (about $108,000), The money was for the sanitary (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) ~ department payroll, Sovere Earthquake Teheran, Persia.--A severe earths quake shock wa, felt here at seve en o'clock tonight. No damage wag caused here, PUBLIC TO OWN British Government Will Co. ordinate Services in London (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Eng. Oct. 2.---Detaila of vast government project for co« ordinating all transport service in London with a, view to efficis ency and elimination of wasteful competition were made publica tos day by Herbert Morrison, ministed of transport. "* His plan is to introduce legisla+ tion cstablishing a central b which would take over all omnis buses, street cars and underground railways within a radius of 28 miles from Charing Cross, The principle involved is said ta be a 'single and simple form of publle ownership", and the capis tal cost of the undertakings which would be affected is esti mated between £115,000,000 and £125,000,000 (about and §$635,000,000 1 TRANSPORT LINES $575,000,000 A SN adi na SHES waits AMIR da abi mi gt