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PAGE TWC THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1931 EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS ' Conservative Officers Cornwall.--At the annual meeting of the Leeds Conservative Associa- tion, the following officers were el- ected: President, E. Johnson, 'Delta; secrctary, M. McDonald, Portland ; treasurer, E. E. Campbell, Harlem; representatives from each ision, No. 1, W. E. Bolton; No. 2, Frank Seed; No. 3, Robert Bond; No. 4, William Frye; No. §, Stanley Norris. Officers of the junior as- sociation were chosen as follows: President, J. W. Patterson, secre- tary, Oscar McDonald; treasurer, E. Bolton, Masonic Function Cornwall.--About 35 members of Lancaster and Martintown Masonic lodges paid a fraternal visit to Cornwall lodge, AF. and A.M. on Thursday evening. During the ev- ening the visitors exemplified the third degree in an efficient manner. Frank Shaver, M. P., was present and gave a brief address. Refresh- _ments were served. did Pea Crop 3 : Belleville.--Even in the period of depression some agriculturists have heen favored with good crops as Joseph Hollinger of Foxboro, who conducts a farm in Sidney Town- ship can attest. Mr. Hollinger had a ton and one-half of peas off an acre of ground and after the peas had been harvested the acre was SUE Wind bilckwaeat, on vuly Lith, One load was drawn off the field which yielded 36 bushels of grain, a rymarkable amount, 75th Anniversary Brighton. -- St. Paul's Church, Brighton, known as "the little white church upon the hill," celebrated the seventy-fth anniversary of its founding on Tuesday night--the event taking the form of a banquet conducted in the basement of St. Andrew's Church with Hon. William Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests being the guest of honour and special speaker. There were some three hundred people sitting down to the banquet which will long be remembered by those who attend ed for its sumptuousness and con- viviality, its spirit of goed fellow- ship and good will to all men. Girsl Discuss Smoking Kingston--The Levana Society of Queen's University is wrestling with the quéstion of where the wo- men students will smoke in the new arts building The subject was long and vigorously debated at a recent meeting. Some wanted the red room others the former locker room on the second floor, The society decid- ed to leave the matter over for con- sideration until next week. Miss Laird, dean of women, intimated MADE IN FRANCE 'To smokers who roll their own I stand for the best cigarette papers ever . convenience in double-slotted automatic booklets . , on sale everywhere . . also packed free with Turret, Ogden's, Rex, Old Chum and Repeater cigarette tobaccos!"' CIGARETTE PAPERS . packed for PURE RICE Supreme. Sweethearts of the Screen ! "JANET GAYNOR lovers. oo» Crosby same radio Faw of ER " sURREND 1 ----, - 4 CHARLES FARRELL SWEETER THAN EVER RAINBOW ROMANCE ) Many Gonn All the glowing romance of your dreams created for you by the screen's perfect and AND Now IN THEIR It Makes Dimples To Catch Tears! TOMORROW yox NEWS Coming Friday 2--Day Only--2 AML BROTHERS i | 'eriously that the decision of the majority would have to be taken to the au- thorities for final approval. Band Over Radio Gananoque.--~A number of friends - SPORT OF TH E DAY - of the Citizens' Band acc ied them to Ottawa on Friday after- noon where the band broadcast a program from C.N.R.O. station at the Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, froni 9 to 10 o'clock. The menibers of the band were entertained at a banquet by Hon. A. Stewart, Minister of Public Works, and member of Parliament for Leeds and Brockville in the Federal Gov- ernment. Prepare For Hydro Bath.--Much work has been ac- complished during the past week or two in preparation for the incom- ing of hydro power in the village. Some time ago the work of putting in the poles was completed, and the wiring has now been practically completed. The wiring in the homes and stores was completed some weeks ago. The poles are erected on the south side of Main street, The installing of the meters was gotten under way on Wednes- day and this work will be completed in a few days. Kingston..--The Women's In- stitutes of Eastern Ontario in convention in Kingston on Thursday and Friday brought up some varied subjects during their general discussion, One Institute wanted to know if women teach- ers should smoke and another what to do with members who whispered among themselves in- stead of listening to the business of the branch. Re-Elected President Prgescott.---At the concluding session of the eleventh annual convention of the Catholic Wo- men's League of the Archdiocese of Kingston, held here Mrs, W. J. McHenry, of Brockville, last year's president, was unanimous- ly re-elected to that office for another year. Charged With Negligence ' Brockville--E. Harvey Pul- ford, 429 Daly avenue, Ottawa, one of Canada's outstanding ath- letes years ago, was charged with criminal negligence in Brock- ville police court Friday morn- ing, following the death in the General Hospital here of James Craig, of Lyn, ' who, with six others, was injured when Mr. Pulford's automobile collided with an Ontario Government truck on Highway No. 2, 18 miles | west of Brockville, Thursday. Breaks Rallway Gates Morrisburg.-- A car drove through the gates across the Morrisburg-Ottawa highway near the Canadian National Rallway station here Thursday, smashing | them to splinters. The car's num- | ber was obtained by Ernest Street, one of the gatemen, but' when he asked for the names of | the occupants received only abu- sive language. The cur escaped being struck by an approaching freight train by only a few inches, as the machine was going 20 miles per hour. Until repairs | are made, the gatemen will signal motorists with flags. Injured Morrisburg.--Struck on head with terrific foree flying lock-gate crank here Rob- ert Pennie, lacrosse and hockey player, was seriously Injured while assisting the lockmen in an emergency. Pennie was stand- ing near the special windlass used to open and shut the gates on lock 23 of the St. Lawrence canal, at Morrisburg, when the chain, on which there was an un- usual strain, due to the effort to dislodge an obstruction in the gates' path, broke, and the handles of the windlass spun furiously, striking Pennie and throwing him to the ground un- conscious, the Magistrate Dies Brockville.--After a long in- ness, John A. Connell, police magistrate of Grenville county, president of the Leeds and Gren- ville Independent Telephone Com- pany and active in many other directions, died on Friday at his home in Algonquin. He was a native of Grenville county and spent all his life in this district as a farmer. Besides his widow, he is survived by one son and one daughter as well as his father, Martin Connell, Spencer- ville. Re-Elected Rector . Kingston.-- Announcement is made that Dr. O. D. Skelton, Ot- tawa, Under-Secretary . of State for External Affairs, had been re-elected rector of the Alma Mater Society of Quéen's Univer- sity. Dr, Skelton {s expected to address a meeting of students within the next couple of weeks. The great harpy eagle of Brit- igh Guinea is described by zoolog- ists as being the most magnificent |, and powerful bird of prey known to man, New Martin Tuesday - Wednesday "THE STAR WITNESS" Military Comedy With "CHIC". SALE Thursday - Friday "CHILDREN OF DREAMS" Fantastic Drama Eminent Figure in Baseball Dies Chicago, Oet, 27.--The sports world yesterday moutned the death of one of its outstanding figures--Charlle A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox of the American League, one of the wealthiest and most famous figures in baseball history. "The old Roman," as he was af- fectionately known, passed on in his sleep early yesterday in his Summer home at Eagle River, Wis., after a long illness, He was in his 73rd year. With him was his son, J. Louis Comigkey, treasur- er of the White Sox, the only sur- viving member of the immediate family. : The body of the dead baseball magnate, the only man in major league history to rise from the ranks of a player to sole owner including franchise, players and park, will arrive here today. Funeral services will be held Thursday. Leafs Show More Energy in Camp St. Catharines, Oct. 27. -- Re- freshed by a visit to their homes fn Toronto, the majority of the Toronto Maple Leafs stepped into yesterday's conditioning with an energy that they have not previ- ously demonstrated and Sergt. Jack Cusack was amazed at the "ginger" displayed by his squad. There was the usual Swedish drill at the city sport park, followed by a brisk hour's workout at lacrosse, in anticipation of to-day's exhjibi- tion' with a picked team from this territory, which has the gutted- stick fans of the Garden City all agog with excitement. In defer- ence fo the wishes of Coach Art Duncan, the game will be the out- door variety, but played with in- door line-ups as the pucksters are not all lacrosse experts and can- not fleld a 12-map team. The squad was split up at rioon, the majority turning to golf at Lookout Point, where "Hap" Day and "Ace" Bailey beat Joe Pri- meau and Lorne Chabot four up. "King" Clancy and Jack Cusack teamed up and repeated the trick on the city links for Hal Finnegan and Sid Howe, while Harvey Jack- son, Charlie Conacher and Hal Cotton hied toward Niagara Falls on the lookout for pheasants. Cot- ton saw one, but that was as close as the trio got to a bird and it was a hen bird and therefore prohibited. Last evening it was clean shaves all around and the entire squad, headed by Conny Smythe and Frank Selke, departed for Niag- ara Falls, where they were the guests of the Kinghts of Colum- bus at St. Patrick's Hall to wit- ness a boxing and wrestling mateh, at which the notable ora- tors of the Leafs were rcheduled for addresses. DEMPSEY OFFERED BOUT BY JOHNSTON New York, Oct. 27. -- Jimmy Johnston, recently appointed head of Madison Square Garden's box- ing activities, announced yester- day that he had opened negotia- tions with Jack Dampsey for 2 fight in Miami in February. "At present, Démpsey is on a hunting trip in Wyoming," Johns- ton said, "but I have been talking with him over the telephone and he sounds like he means business. If I land him, I will spet him against Carnera, Campolo, Uzeu- dun or some other dreadnaught in February. He'll either end the boxing depression or make it worse than ever. But I am willing to take a chance." Johnston said that Dempsey planned to be in Chicago next week for a conference with George Getz and that he hoped to persuade the former champion to come on to New York for a long talk, Johnston believes that Demp- sey still is the greatest drawing card in the ring and that a bout between Jack and some other col- orful heavyweight would draw better than half a million dollars. He sald he wag willing to offer Dempeey 40. per cent of the gate. Romance will never die in the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Danijel Green, of Prince Albert, Sask. who returned to Canada on the Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of Richmond in the course of a 12- 000 mile trip to celebrate their golden wedding in Glasgow. They were married in Glasgow 50 years ago and to revive happy memories they made the long journey from their home to Mont- real and there took ship to Glas- gow and visited the very hotel where they returned after the wedding ceremony. Their romantic errand had be- ome known and friends had fill- ed their suite with flowers and the Romantic Errand Takes Couple Back to Scene of Honeymoon whole staff of the hotel lined the corridor forming a guard of hon- or. The next day they wended their way to Oblan where they spent their honeymoon 50 years ago, When they left Glasgow on the Richmond they were seen off by their son Major Hugh A. Green, and a little grandson, Hugh Hughes Green. Mr. Green was formerly well known in Glasgow as proprietor of a number of shops. The Greens are fond of travel- ling for they crossed earlier in the year in the Richmond, On that occasion they made plans for the golden wedding trip from which they have just returned. by al Equipment for Chinese Army to be Purchased in Montreal Montreal. Preparations have Leen made by unofficial repreé sntatives of the Chinese govern- ment in Montreal to purchase supplies for the Chinese army. Such materials as underwear, boots, uniforms, caps and other equipment of an army are need- ad, and the Chinese have raised enough money, it is said, to pur- chase these things here if war breaks out. "We do not expect war, but if 't comes we want to be ready,' aid the local Chinese officlal. "We have made arrangements with Montreal manufacturers and can step in at a moment's notice and buy the supplies we need. "This is along the line of the nolicy we put in force in 1927, when we bought airplanes for China out of our own money." Tentative contracts have been made, according to this Chinese official, and can be put in force at a moment's notice, The local Chinese, and those of the eastern part of Canada, are making the purchases with their own funds, and,the Chin- ese National government will not be called upon to make any out- lay whatever, This information partly bears out and partly denies recent statements given out by a loca) manufacturer who sald that ac- credited representatives of the Chinese government were in Montreal buying supplies and that thousands of dollars were being spent in this city to the great benefit of Montreal manu- facturers, The story this manu- facturer told wag that the Chin- ese government had decided to put its army in shape, war or no war, and was spending the money in Canada rather than the United States, both because of the low- er rate of exchange and because China was more friendly to Can- ada than to the America Repub- lie. Physicians and Nurse Face Trial For Negligence in Infant's Death Lubeck, Germany. Three physicions and one nurse went to trial here recently, charged with the death of 76 children a year ago last May following inocula- tion with anti-tuberculosis serum The charge against the physic- fans is negligence In handling the serum. It is eéxpected that the trial will last more than a week. The inoculation took place at the Calmette Baby Asylum at Lubeck. On May 14 eight babies had died and 24 others were ser- fously ill. An inquiry was begun by health authorities. The physic- fan at the institution said the children were inoculated with tuberculosis germs from céws, A method sald 'to have been com- monly in use. The treatment was ordered stopped immediately. A week later the death toll had increased to 20 and an in- vestigation was begun to' deter. mine whether the preparation was faulty"or had been mishand- led by the physicians, Two weeks later 28 Infants were dead and 103 persons were still dangerously {l1, while 81 persons apparently had recover- ed Physicians at the infant asylum emphatically denied mistakes had been made in administering or cultivating the preparation, Bomb Blast in Man's Pocket Throws Over 1,000 into Panic Chicago, 11l.--More than 1,000 persons in a southwest side mov- ing picture theatre were thrown into a panic last week when a bomb exploded almost in the centre of the place, P-lice said the bomb was in a coat pocket of Peter Mooney, 30. Mooney was injured seriously. The only other injury reported was that of an unidentified city fireman, who extinguished a fire which followed the explosion, Police said Mooney severely injured to be question- ed at oude but they believed the bomb was intended to be set off in the theatre as another in- cident of the controversy between owners of 100 neighborhood theatres 'and the moving picture operators' union. Early two other commrunity theatres were bombed---the 14th and 15th since the controversy began. "They sald they considered it remarkable that many persons were not injured or: killed by the wag too explosion or in the result rush for exits. The theatre has a cap- acity of about 1,800 persons and was considerably more than half filled. Mooney, police said apparent. ly bad eet the fuse of the bomb ready to drop it, when it explod- ed prematurely before he could remove it from his pocket. In Critical. Condigjon Ottawa.--Very Rev. Canon Lapointe, prominent member of the Roman Catholic clergy of Ottawa diocese, is in a critical condition at Ottawa General Hospital 'to which he has been confined since last Friday. At his' own personal request, the last rites of the Church were admin- istered by Archbishop J. G. Forbes. Although his condition is very serious, he 8 not consider ed ap being in immediate danger. It was learned yesterday that his illness may poséibly result in the amputation of one leg. SEA RETURNS 0 RECLAIM STORIED DYKELANDS OF N.S. Tide Rises Again on Land of Evangeline -- Water Flows Through Dykes Wolfville,; N.S.--OUnce in every twelve hours the tide of the Basin of Minas creeps over the land reclaimed from the sea hy tha Puritan Planters; stealthily it comes till mangled fence posts float and the brown top of the dyke wall, river by jagged gaps, etches n lake of desolation, em- phasized by the lush green of the adjacent Grand Pre meadows. Precipitously it goes, falling over scarred sandstone rocks with 'he noise of distant thunder, leaving behind squelching, red mud znd purple pools. Last February, slob-ice and heavy seas, lashed by a north-* west gale, tore great breaches in the walls of the Port Williams, the Beckwith and the Wieckwire dykes. Fifteen hundred acres of English dykeland on the gouth | shore of Minas Basin was under water at high tide, with the ex- ception of that reclaimed by the Acadians, the 'vast meadows to the eastward, giving the vil- lage its name," and this French haunted land was in 1931 as it looked in 1750. The breaches in the walls of Port Willlams ahd the Beckwith dykes have been mended to the tune of $3,700. The provincial government paid fifty per cent, of the amount as the wall was required to protect the highway that crosses the meadows. The «estimate placed cn the reclaim- ing of the Wickwire and Middle dykelands (588 acres) is $63,- 000. The proprietory say that they cannot undertake to pay the whole cost of the repair work and the matter has been taken up with the provincial and fed- eral governments, Year before last, tramp steamers were brought into the Cornwallis River by a company headed- by W. H. Chase, promin- ent apple exporter, Last year these steamers shipped the whole crop of potatoes and over 200,- 000 barrels of apples, Pulp, K was shipped to Chester, Penn. Unless the Wickwire ana Middle dyke walls are mended, it is thought that the river and the little har- bor at Wolfville will be closed gradually by the silt. In the meantime, the people of the basin listen to tie weep- ing water as Carman listened when he wrote: "A sigh like driven wind in foam, In grief. The tide is b:rsting . home." Before they were expelled from the country, the French had reclaimed 1200 acres of land from the sea with the famous Grand Pre dyke. They built slowly. Plece by plece, as new land was required for the fast increasing population, new cir- cles were thrown out. They butt cheaply, men from all sides of Minas Basin coming to assist. They built well, Parts of the French wall are forty feet broad at the base. The Grand Pre dyke has been flooded only twice; during the tremendous Saxby tides of 1869, and at the time of deportation, when breaches were made in the dyke wall for the purpose of discouraging those French, who had hidden in the forests, from returning. Land owners of these meadows (until this year) have been taxed from fifty cents to $1.00 whereas, on the other dyke lands, owners have had to pay from $5.00 to $10.00 an acre per year for dyke wall repairs, The New England Puritang who replaced the French settlers had not been in the country a year before they asked the Coun cil for the assistance cf the Acadians who |remained to re-. ir the breaks) in the wall, say: og: '"'~~for we are ccnvinced from experience that unless those dyke lands are enclosed we can- CLOSED ORDER! DOMINION CLOTHING COMPANY + + + . Store closed to the public tomor- row pending the final arrangements of a dramatic, sensational event, that will rock the business structure of Oshawa to its very foundations. See Tomorrow's OSHAWA TIMES not with certainty raise bread for our subsistance." The peti- tion was granted and a number of Acadians were kept in the ounty and took the oath of al-| legiance, = Today the English farmers employ French work- men when there is intricate dyke mending to be done, In his poem, Evangeline, Long- fellow gave an extraordinarily exact picture of the meadows and the village of Grand Pre, but'he erred in stating that flood cates were opened and the salt water let in, Reclaimed land that has had sea water flowing over it for any length «¢ time be 'omes so impregnate with salt that it is practicai '88 for three years. The owuers add to this loss the cost of rofencing, three years of ploughing and sowing, and the huge sum neces- sary for the rebuilding of the dyke wall. After the wall is mend- ed grain is sowed and in, then timothy tumn the land turing cattle. Years are over, yield better is used for After the meadows crops than without additional fertilization. The Acadians, numbering more | than 12,000 by the middle of the eighteenth century, owing to their extreme fertility and in- ter-marriage with the Indians, were descended through the La Tours and their followers, from 250 of the earliest settlers in the country. It is supposed that these French came from parts of France were dyke building was common. They lived much near- er the marsh lands than the Eng- lish do mow. They built dykes slowly, honeycomb fashion, by packing sage roots between logs placed at right angles. Arboteaux were built in such a manner as to allow the marsh water to flow out by its own pressure, and prevent the water of the sea from entering. The arboteaux are considered the product of one of the greatest engineering feats in history, and the land thus reclaimed Is one of the ploughed | is sowed and | following that, clover, When the | crops have been gathered in au- | pas- | the three | before, | and can go for a hundred years | richest stretches of in Canada. country The normal spawning life of a rainbow trout is about six years, and in that time an average of 10,000 eggs are spawned. h | | 'BE A SPORT! | Why not be a regular feller | today and take a treat to || the family or best girl? A nice box of fresh chocolates from Jury and Lovell's will | boost your stock 100 per cent in the estimation of the whole family, Chocolate Covered Peppermint Patties 29c¢ lb. Laura Secords fresh from the Studio 50c Ib. Neilson's Chocolates Formerly $1.00 pound, NOW... De Luxe Assortment, NOW... .B0e At The Rexall Stores | Jury & Lovell ! King E. 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