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Centre Of Rich Agricultural District B Regal anes /ewspaper MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1929. U MOB DISORDER BRINGS REDS I IS NOW OPINION Gov't; Held Unpopular Nev South Wales to be Pivotal District Canadian Press Cable LONDON, Sept, 16 It is believed the Labor party will increase strength In the Australian gene: elections to be held October cording to a cable from Sydnwy. pub- Ushed here, New South Wales par Ucularly, Js expeoted to return more report says, in not having made ficient preparation for the elec which st did not expect so soon, But for that t is compensated by the Browth of dissatisfaction-wgainst the government, owing to its financlal pol- cy. As in the general clections of 1910, 1913, 1914 and 1928 New South Wales again will bs the pivotal state, West Australia returns only five membei Of the two nationalists or gover ment party members seem fairly sate though one might be beaten by a Suitable country party candidate. But fon the whole, it does not seem likely there will be any. change in. West Australia s representation, Doubtful Seats In New South Wales. there are sev- eral doubtful seats. Hon, . L.A. Abbott, minister for home affairs, will have a bard battle to retain ydir, Dut his ministerial presuige should help him, The Country party member for Riverine is fll and thik makes a Labor victory probable. In Wentworth, the Nationalist eause has been endangered by. the eccentricitics of the member and there is a growing Labor vote which may res. in another Labor Victory. North Sydney is the puzzle of the contest. Eve on whether satisfacti largest cattle: shipping points along the C.P.R, between cast of Edmonton, ts rapidly forging to the front as one Lio of of the most forward lookirg towns in Uf province. Sol Rich have also brought more than passing fame to the district. The town may lso soon be the centre of another Alberta oll field, as near future, borders on the town. pany officials and deslers from al that section of lon, and word has been recelved that several other business. 01 Teason of the accommodation afforded and the strategical im Over the whole commonwealth tt appears quite Iikely Labor will ad ance its. number from its present strength of 31 to at least 35, but this estimate is made before the candi- dates are anounced and may have to be modiefied by the events of the next fow weeks. steadily over the canal and, ax Page told the Canadian Press, barely elear a those wires upon the tower. don't think sho was 150 feet above the ground even when she Feached here, he sald. As she pass- 4 over the canal and still seemed un- able to get flgher, T sald to Rowland, that, plano is going to crash . Just Mone asour FESTAL DAY CONTINUED ROM PAGE ONE ties that overtook the pleasure ciaft, Opinion among aviators at the field, SS eo With rich black loam, Two Hills farms are noted for their heavy yields, PRESENT PLAN OF MIGRATION IS ENDORSED Canadian C. of Commerce Re-iterates Stand With nee . Dominion Gov't. Canadian Press BANEF SPRINGS, Alta, Sept. 16. The importance of bringing, about a settlers trom. the as compared with a minority-in this reapeet during recent Seats, and. the belier That assistance Should be continued to British settlers of certain classes, were points stressed by the report of a representative nia tional committee on immigration pre seiited to. the Canadian Chamber of Gornmeree and adopted by that body. The report, which the Chamber stated was tne result of two years work by The committee under the chalrman- ship of George W. Allan. KC. of Winnipeg, was handed to the Can din Press Yesterday. the question of opportunity for the report stated that oppor tunity may be found, in one portion oF olher of the dominion, throughout. the Whole twelve months, yet the season Of greatest demand was to be found on the farms in the spring or early Summer, commencing about March oF April, 2 the companies ofganization engaged tn immigration are to do thelr work economically and. effectively, is esoontial that they should be placed in position to launch thelr program in the nutumn months of tbe preced- ing year. The committen had not. made: re- port to the third annual convention ai Quebee 1m 1928 ay Ie was then. and SUll 48, in mont respects, in accord with the recommendations ot the select commilttee of the House of Comi Ione, tabled in. the house on June 1926, and whieh it felt both parlia ment and the country would expert 10 be made effective, the present re port stated. Much can be said for and against the policy of assisted passages, BUt your committee is of the opinion that uch assistance. to British settlers of certain classes has had, and will con tinue to have, a most important ins fluence in seciritig the object in view. They consider it desirable so long as careful an round selection of settlers fs made in the British Isles, that all existing grants now being made by the British: government and the dosainion government should be continued. leo 1. the contributions of the dominion fovernment in furtherance of the effects of the Canadian railways and other responsible organizations should be extended and increased until such time as the annual incoming to Can- da of British settlers has attained he proper proportion of the total in- coming. The report, coneludes:- Your com mittee considers nat the departinent of immigration. coula not make any Step more likely to produce resulta 1 the way of securing the better type of settlers than by disclosing 13 the Tesponsible organizations in the carly Autumn months of each year placs ina ie particulary true as, sepa hs particularly tue as wees Western Canada, hoes settlers should arrive in time for seeding operations and the breaking of new lands. Gall Bladder Troubles are common to all ages and give rise to many distressing sym- ptoms. This ailment can be cured by proper treat- ment and adjustments. Call-and let me serve you with the treatment that will restore you to health, Dr. John F.Harris (Pioneer Chiropractor) 108 Pantages Building Phone 5332. Edmonton however, was that Pilot Bradfield found his motor suddenly losing power-And made a desperate effors for a safe forced landing. the Travelair plane took the air, The committee in charge of the opening festivities had ordered the machine to remain on the ground while stunt flights and races were in progress, Two Hours Wait For two hours the prospective pass- engers sat about and awaited tie of ficial word to start. Little Allan Bond waa particularly impatient, It was his first flight. The other passengers be- came impatient and those In charge of the flight finally refunded the money. A few minates later permission was given for the machine to take the air. All returned except two, Roy Nugent and his little son, Mrs. J. A. McDonald. wife ef-one of the victims, refused at the last miinute to enter the plane. She said she was tired and did not care to fly. The plane soare to those on the grou that Pilot Bradfield - was having trouble getting altitude. His ship rose slowly and seemed barely (0 clear tree tops at the far end-of the field. As it sailed along in x southwest erly direction over the Welland canal, it cleared its next obstacle, towers. Then suddenly the craft turned toward the ground. It did crash it struck a knoll, pi furrow inthe earth ana then si denly: burst into flames with i Jou explosion. It catapulted and rolled over 15 yards of marsh and came to rest on the far side. of the Swamp, mage of flames, Few Witnesses The only persons to. witsiess the tragic ond that overtook the plane and ts occupants were employees from the Lock stations that dot the canal on te course As the plane. dove earthward and burst into flames, Jockmen came run- ning from the high conerete reln- forcement. When they reach d the wreckage they could seo the bodies of the dead ut only three were in such a posl- tion that they could be removed. The bodies of Bond, MacDonald and Mrs. Bennett were removed from the flam- ing mais, Bond was thrown clear of the plane but was dead when reached. His body hind searcely: been touched by the flames that leaped out in all directions. MacDonald's burns were Hmilarly slight but he too was dead, The arms and hands of Mrs, Bennett were burned to a biack erisp but the rescuers succeeded in removing her body in the face of terrific heat and danger of the leaping flames. As thelr numbers. were added to, the rescuers stood helpiesaly by while the fire swirled about the a iack- ened and charred bodies of the other three victims, Pilot Bradfield. was buried beneath the - weight of his engine. Near him was ite Allan Bone ind as the flames played boat the wreckage, the body of Louls Ben- nett could be seen. For 20 minutes the rescuers waited until the flames subsided. Then th clambered over the twisted hot metal, thelr hands burned and istered as roped way. througe Skeleton of the death plane. anata and chenlels tram tive, ex- were a to wreckage and bodies allke, Fast gathering dark ness added to the workers difficulties, But they struggled on. The tail of the plane was carried 20 yards. from the pile of wreckage. The giant motor was rolled over and the body of Pilot, Bradfield, hls head practically burned from his body, was carried through the swamp to's. hearse. The other bodies: were carried through marah- land where the struggling workers sank knee deep tn mud and water. War Veteran Doc Bradfield was a war veteran. He served in France and isan old hand in aviation circles. His parents live at Virgil, near here, but Bradfield has made his home recentty in ronto where he was empi the Skyways, After he had won a 54 handicap event Saturday, Bradfield walked over to his passenger plane. - Doc sent his plane into the alr as his passengers waved cheerlly to friends and rela- tives, Down on the walls of the Welland Canal, Ed Page, lockman, cast a and dived over his Sead all -another- plenc this but a little larger. He Jeoked in hurprise a the plane show. and the scant daylight beneath its wheels tree tops that border the fiy- He called to his fellow lock- R. Rowland, and Rowland, It was 7.30 Saturday night when Pasar high tension wires on lofty steei 8g then it seemed to head sharply toward the ground. not like a nose dive. but as if the pliot nad decided he had bet- fer make s landing. It planed down Fjust as it disappeared from my view:behind that Tittle hill T heard an eplosion. Rowland and I jumped mn a car at our shack and dfove over there. Louls Berinett, 23-year-old St, Catharines man, who lost his life in the crash, had planned to be married next: Wednesday to Miss Ethel Wil- cox of Woodbridge. Yesterday s mishap took its place in the chain of death and misfor- tune that has tightened its hold with in a two-block area of the Welland On August 1, 1928, the crash of a steel gate at lock number six of the new canal, near where Saturday's accident occurred, took a toll of elght lives, Last fall, at almost the same spot, a boat fouled 2 gate and there Tollowed a serious tleup of grain ves- sels. Six years ago, in the same sec- tion. along the banks of the canal, Mttle Margaret Bocock was murdered. OTTAWA, Sept. 16-Aviation of- fielals described the flying: tragedy at St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday night as almost the worst which: hus. hap- pened in Canada, In only one other case was there a greater number of deaths, when a seaplane crashed into the sea near Victoria, B,C. a year 30 and seven persons were killed. No other afr disaster in this country, ox- cept these, has taken more thai two ves, Frank Bradfield, pilot. of the ma- chine which crashed, was one of the Thost. .experienced - of. Canadian avi- ators, according to officials of the civil aviation. branch. Last year he flew mail planes between Rimouski, Que,. and Ottawa, 3 THREE ViCTIMS BURIED TODAY ST. CATHARINES, Ont, sept. 16 Three of six victims of the passen- ker plane crash near Lock 15 on the Welland Canal Saturday night, will be buried today. All day Sunday the bodies, in vart- ous. stages of incineration, lay in the mortuary chapel, while special police fuarded the wreckage of the Travel- air plane against would-be souvenir hunters. The causes of the accident, which forced the plane to descend Before it had reached m proper altitude for the flight upon whieh it had just-started, Js only matter of conjecture, J.-A Wilson, dominion director of, lvil aviation, opened an enquiry Sunday into the disaster, the result of whlch will not be made. public until the re- ort is received by the minister at Ot tawa, While the report of the board ts pending, various theories. are being Advanced. A rather plausible theory Doc Bradfield, who 2S E FOUR VIEWS OF TWO HILLS nized as the logical central point by the district served by the Edmonton-Lloydminster branch and Black Loam the Duvernay'tract, on which several 0 - Good Convention Centre . jansAtt ndteation of the importance of Two Hills in the minds of the business leaders of the west is the fact that x few days ago Imperial Ol com- ; the province gathered there as the most central and logical place in which to hold thelr conveni nizations are contemplating holding thelr conventions in the eame locality, boils by of Two Hills and its Jocation. r MoE anout GREAT POWERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE will confine himself to the naval ques- tion. The premier ts looking forward to giving a luncheon at Iphia n October 10 to the doctors who pull- ed him through his dangerous illness during bis last American visit, Hi: leaves New York October 14; and after seeing the American side of Niagara Falls, will arrive in Toronto October 15, where he hopes to meet Mackenzic King. He will stay: three days or more With Mackenzie King and. will sail from Quebec October 25, PREMIER. WILL TELL PUBLIC LONDON, Sept: 16 The moming papers say that Prime Minister Ram- say MacDonald 1s now about to take the British public into his confidence on the naval negolgasions with the Uhited States and Will issue an au- thoritative statement. The Dally News learns that tis is to be done througit.an tnformal talk with newspapermen at Downing street today, Buch an interview between the premier and pressmen would be an innovation in England. Hitherto the British government has kept silence regarding the negotiations and virtually all news published here has come from the United States, PROPOSALS IN LINE WIT HREQUIREMENTS Canadian Press Cable - LONDON, Sept. 16 The statement on naval proposals between Great Britain and the United States shor that in the negotiations the require- ments of both powers were kept strlet ly in mind, These are polleing eruls ers for Great Britain and a smaller number of larger and more powerful erulsers for the United States. After setting forth the number, classification and tonnage of versels 16 be, permitted, the statement. says: The British government and the admiralty stated how certain respon- albilities. not connected with America must efter into the calculations. erica then suggested they must have parity with ourselves, and to that. Ne had no objection. But we also felt that we must reduce expenditure, but. Rot below the limit of what we con- sidered security and the fulfilment of our responatbilities, The first practical problem was how could we are with America as to what met the requirements, both Fegards naval parity and security. Sit. JohnSandeman Allen, MP. for West Derby division, Li 1, Eng. with Lady Allen, spent of the week-end with Mayor Bury. Sir John was.a member of the Chamber of Commerce party. but was delayed at Montreal through Sllness, flat and marshy: land for this pur- eel rene Pilot Bradfield s plane had. dual con i ee ing. is point will probably never be definitely cleared up. The bodies which will be laid away this afternoon are those of Pilot Brad field and Mrs. Bennett. Both will be buried at Victoria Lawn cemotery here, The decided to-make forced Ianding and. picked out the OLD Hauiax Hatitex Halifax Halifax ing eld. man, C. too, noticed thet He was flying low. bo they gazed at the plane, i swent CHRISTMAS SAILINGS TO THE BOOK NOW TO GET CHOICE ACCOMMODATION THROUGH SERVICE TO THE SEABOARD remains of John P, Bond will to a COUNTRY Plyrooutb, C hours, Ant w gorpenn Urea eee Oa Copenhaana Slaw the St dminster and Edmonton, Two Hills, situated on the old-Battleford trail some 88 miles best agricul tural districts in western Canada, and although visited by a disastrous fire 8 few weeks ago, with true western virility, the new town, springing from the ashes of the old, bids fair to even surpass itself in the next year as one while the dairying, poultry raising and other mixed farming industries Seven Men to Stand Trial for Killing of Relief Worker Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N. , Sept, 10. rhe aylng of a woman, active 1 on relief work, during Saturday's mob ac- tivitles against Communists und fabor organ. 1, Wn the sub uent arrest of seven men, today had brought fur- ther com ications to North Carolina courts, which nov have before them five trials and hearings growing out of mob viol ace in textile mill strikes, Meanwile, officials and workers of the Communist party and the National Textile Workers union, who stated, efter the mob flogging and kidnapping of some of their members, that the: had heard threats against their lives from self-styled anti-Ccmmunists, adopted a policy of shifting from hi tel to hotel or elsewhere, thelr whereabouts secret. Considerable attention was drawn to the announc..nent that the interna- tional labor defence would hold a mass funeral for hrs. Elta Wiggins, who was shot to death during the mob frenay Saturday. Interest in the casec against the 4 persons under charges in connection. with strike violence cen- tred in the resumption here of two hearings, one inyolving 14 alleged anti- Communist: members of Inst Monday's mob whieh flogged onc man and kid- napped two other union men, and the other. eight Communists and . union members charged with conspiring to overthrow. the government of Norwh Caroling. The inquest into the slaying of Mrs. - ins, for which seven men have Paul district, and one of the uttits are preparing to drill in the ef 1,000 each, charged with mah- ica sLughter; was recessed Eaturday until next Saturday. Trial of sixteen men PARACHUTE FAILS and women for the slaying of -Polic: lt;,, , Chief 0. F. Aderholt, of Gastonia, a WICHITA, Kas, Sept. 16 Helen mistril in which war followed mme: Williams, 21, was killed Saturday by the mob activities Iast Monday, will cme up agetn at the when she ell 2,000 feet at Braley's Mondiy. wit come up again Pield here after leaping from the plane of Elinor Smith, ehdurance fly- OTTAWA, Sept. 14. There ts ver BEFORE COURT been attested and placed under bond) MoxE ABOUT TODAY CONTINUED FKOM AGE ONE. of wuperb color can be made by sub- cling ordinary table sugar to a pres- sure of ten tons to the square inch. Ne has produced such diamonds tn his laboratory. In another laboratory, tho United Stites Senate, Mr. Smoot is about to prove that he can produce for friends enough money-to buy all the diamonds in South Africa by sub- Seeting table sugar to a tariff pressure of two cents or so a pound. eee REDERICK H, COWLES, chairman of ihe United States forest fire Prevention committee, seeks to inter- est the government in more efficient tor st preduction, Disappearitig forests explain dimin- ishing rainfall. The forest area, onch 822,000,000 acres, is reduced now to 100,040,000 acres. More than 700 rivers and streams shown on old maps, can no longer be found. Usider normal conditions, 80 Per cent of rainfall would be absorb- ed by trees and other vegetation, re- evaporated and returned to the earth In rain, For lack of trees the water rushes into streams and rivers, wash- ing valuable top soll away and out to sea, The Aifficalty ts to fight fire on mountain ridges, where no water ts avallable, and fire goes through thous- ands of acres a day. Sclentists should concentrate chemical warfare against fire with airplanes, hee TANDARD and other oll stocks have been going up in spite of British invasion of the U. S. with Shell . The 24,754,967 Standard Oil of New Jersey stock are worth about two billion dollars now. er, in a demonstration of a safety Parachute, The chute falled to open. iltie change ot) Canadian egg, mar kets Priday. s That ix Just one fragment of old Standard O11, built up by Mr. Rocke- Gov't. To Wait For Policy On Tariff Canadian Press ST EUSTACHE SUR LE LAC, Que- bee, Sept. 16. The polley of the dom- a tas aes dr Fefhayg Rinttel, secretary of state, who was one of the leading speakers e' poleal rally held ere honor of Liguli Lacombe,. federal member for this division. The Liberal gov- ernment prefers to wait until Wash- ington. has outlined its polley before acting. be sald, for the time of acts ing upoti theorl s is past and what we want'is'a business tariff momz snout BRITISH CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE we, f0 qs detachment are evacuat- . the officer in charge replied to a further question. The local population displayed cone siderable. uneasiness over the appear: ance of the French offleers, that if French troops. came in force it would be a severe blow to. the 1930 seagon of the Wiesbaden Spa. The Snhabltants feel that for ten vears since the war the Spa has suffered from the inconvenience of the occupa tion. The proprietors of hotels and boarding houses are up in arms, In Wiesbaden, the location of the focepted, trough a litle ruefully as, secepted, a little ruefully, as. s also quartering in the town a taille tary guard of honor. if France sends only a body. of troops for a guard of honor, the people of Wiesbaden have no great complaint, It is only the fear that large body of troops might replace he Geparting. British that troubles em. AIR CRASH PROVES FATAL WEST LORNE, Ont. Sept. 16. Mrs. Loretto Golen, of North Tone wanda, N.Y., died yesterday from in- Juries suffered when the aeroplane in which she was a passenger crashed Friday afternooi feller and chopped into pleces by Fampageous government because It was supposed to be worth nearly a shares of billion altogether. What old. Standard Oi is reall worth now nobody knows. Including olf in the ground, ten billiens would Probably be a reasonable price. mileage. 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The new Goodyear Pathfinder is a balanced tire all parts equally good, equally durable. You'll find it low in price but high in quality s lt;a better tire than many of the highest priced tires. Let: Pathfinder show you how low-priced tire really can be. Your neighborhood dealer has it ss. Goodyear guarantees it, 2 Corners, Jasper and 106th Street peeve TYPHOON HI INDIAN CT - SAILOR DRO ort After Duel V Elements VANCOUVER, BG., Sept, reat wave arose rom the typhoon near the China Weloped the steanier, Indi awept away both upper and 1o decks, and killed one appt Younger member of the crer hight on August 18. The battered ship, still w with crew reminiscent 0 feph Conrad's typhoon, rea Baturday. A solemn burial at. sea, qays after the storm, was Recbeurpny 18. st Cone, i 3 1B. of Cork, ite the plant wave cal mountainous by seafaring m with a silken suillen fury ag Indian City, she. hiad been ing along the more dangero the typhoon, 30 miles south hal, for eeveral hours, bound Avostok with salt from Black The only warning. of its was. 8 singing, hiesing sound murky black midnight. Oa Hieliings, 8, Wheaton, hird 1 three of the crew were ont The water struck the shi starboard side and raked fore to Tt crashed bridge, broke ft, and. washo the eaptain to the lower de they. clung: for several minu ship's master was: temporarl beneath an awning rod. No one saw how, Murphy the injuries whiclt resulte death, He had. just : been from the wheel and it bel Mave caught fim as he wa his way to his cabin, Reports On Roa At Sullivan Exclusive to Edmonton B CASTOR, Sep 16 A meeting-of the couricil of th pal District of Sullivan Lake was held in thelr office in .Saturday afternoon. Sept. 7. ors Schjeflo and Dima mi port re grader work. perforn ZL, Willis on the new Toads: contracted ta build. The- Will be request to complete up to standard. i roud work done by Counel was given by Councillor St Councillor Dunn had overs apportionment by 700, full was authorized to thvest A letter was read from H. ross complaining that the lowance between sections 2 35-144 was closed and requ counell to recommend. that, ke opened by the Departmen lic Works. A committee pointed to investigate. Discussion took place rega Alberta Association of Muni trlets convention to -be hel monton in November. B, Schjeflo was elected + for six months. Accounts 605.00 were passed for pay Mr. Shave, weed superviso Dept, of Agriculture gave an ing. talk on weeds and adv counell re the Provincial Go acrangements. for free freight ments of feed and feed ont of thanks was tendered, A fu portionment, of 200 was no to H.C, Eflergodt for road bridge repairs; * Castor School Board mec held. the-gchool Wednesd Accounts totating 487.89: w d. The Board 4 from the Castor School eee ey eet oe oo amounting to 78. The boar Portes a Sib moire ie ne eames nee er tee Roars Flenway to the iby Tan highway to the Kirby Transi Hanna. The work is to be lt; by October 15. Representatives .pf the Bay-Marland Oil Co., of 1 eee the 6 aor : the KILLS FAMIL whose reason 1s belleved to a for some time, retur Ine and started to read t The suevestion fs that the i m he began the car fog a Hatchet taken from: ment, Apparently he first the children, gashing then head and neck, Whether he set. the fire t tacking his wife has. not. be Ished, but i 4s consider judging by the state of, th Progress when the firemen
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