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. My f "ll?r,,Eiisttcsu WATERLOO CHRONICLE SIN, Rain Tie Up Auto 'llhilit Only One Accident Reported on 7 My Streets In Waterloo EARTHQUAKE WIPES OUT TOWNS Banlrdny night's and Sunday'- tmnr inch (all ot mow. followed by mild weather on Monday afternoon, rendered stress! in Waterloo treach- Chief or Police Moran told the Chronicle that he was surprlsed at the tow uccldenu which occurred in town. The streets were a sheet ot Ice, he laid, especially at stop streets and on the main intersections. Rouls in seven] parts ot the mun- ty were badly drifted, farmers in the (mice on Monday morning stated. The strong winds on Sunday afternoon and evening blew shut a number of alderman. County snow pious were busy from noon on Sunday, two plow. passing through Waterloo Monday morning, one plow going to “is Bridgeport dbtriet after having come from the St. Agatha and Enha- Only one accident was reported. that of o car going north on Moore Avenue colliding with a truck gains out on Bridgeport road. The right cab door ot thetruck was damaged. Shortly before cmders were spread at the Em street intersection with King street, a local motorist and into the Itop nigh. bending it over part way to the “den“. ville Vol. I), No. 61 Won’t Wait For York Plebiscite Liquor Commissioner Says Vote Has Been Made a Political Football. E. G. Odette, Liquor Commission- er, Fridny issued u statement that he would wait no longer for York Township to hold a plebiscite on the question of whether beer and wine licenses were desired in the munici- pality, and announced that he con- sidered himself no longer bound by on undertaking given in 1934 that he would not issue nny license until a vote had been taken by the Tttttshirt Council. - _ . . "Por three yours I have waited for that vote, and I am not going to have this matter made a political football for ony opportunists. I have waited long enough, and I do not consider the township I dry ore: any longer, he bluntly stated. fire Gig Issues ChristmasW aming Asks Citizens to Exercise Care in Decorations and Tree Lighting. Fire Chief George Karges has issued his annual warning to resi- dents to exercise every precaution in Christmas decorations to prevent fires. Chief Karges is especially in- sistent that no candles be used on Christmas trees. If electric lights are used, citizens are asked to see that the wiring is in perfect condi- tion. One of the greatest. fire hazards is the after-Christmas accumulation of waste tissue paper, Mr. Karges stated. Residents are asked to burn this paper in the furnace as soon as possible after Christmas. Gold Mine "SAted" Say Govt. Officials Kim}; aan it. "66653: ICC; 11m in " 1rrttrrion_roqse glyph! from property ivhlch has “on unit: in- yugigggon for the put month, were Tho mining engineer, who wu ',eg,"d1ti,otrh,tgd."; Godfrey to in- “stints the e, aid that he and, his “hunt had formed the opinion that the "iineB" and free gold found in name ample- from the mine f'were not portion of the core as (drilled." fl “lirbther words, salted," the Com- missioner broke in. -- A Mr. Cllllgbc" assented. Be used the word, imnlf, in . mph heading of his report: “Reasons for believing the cores were salted." Nine Extra Helpers Fail to "Get the Mail out."-Aarriers Day Late With Deliveries.-- Work 17 Hours Pasties Swamped By Heavy Mails " you want your Chrfshm" man to reach its destination before Fri- day, get it into the post once at once. In spite ot the tact that two extra men have been added to the omce stat! and a sleigh and 6 extra car- riers engaged, the carriers are now a day behind with deliveries, and the heaviest mails are expected Tuesday and Wednesday. That's what Postmaster Clayton Douert told the chronicle on Mon- day after showing reporter the lack stacks ot mail which have not been touched tor a. day. The otriee staff which ordinarily operates on an eight hour day, tor the past tew days has been working ttom 7 pan. to 2 p.m.. with one man continuing all night to clean up the night mails. The desks in the postmaster" office have been pushed back to the wall and bundles cover the noor {our feet deep. Two men are busy sort- mg the parceis for the delivery sleigh. . The omee stall has thus tar been able to keep within an hour of incom- ing mans. having the mail in the post office boxes shortly alter the usual hour. [ In the carriers' quarters the usual pigeon holes are filled. and on the floor are several large cartons filled to the top with letters and Christ- mas cards. Mennonites Plan A Christmas Services Special musical services have been planned for the various Mennonite Churches in me county. A cantata dealing with Christ's life from his birthuto his coronation will he included in the services. The first service is at the Waterloo Menno- nite Church on Erh street on Wed- nesday evening, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. Strasburg Mennonite Church song service will be held on Sunday even- init, Dec. 27 at fl o'clock. The Wan- Her church at Hespeler is holding their service on Sunday January , at 2.45 o'clock in the afternoon. The service at the st. Jacobs church is on Monday evening Dec. 28 at 8 o'clock. Bishop S. M. Kanagy is in charge of all tour services. (EMA c-rylt. an. yrttrtpd A HOME NEWSPAPER LOB WATERLOO; AND WATERIDO COUNTY Wham. Own-10, Tumv. Dung-n 22. 1936 Violent sunning! Night We. .-.lud Cro- Rushhg In First Aid Cmttintteattsr. BAN mvuaoa. Dec. 20.-Hun- dreds of pemm were killed or in- jured by In earthquake in the city of San Vicente In: night, Govern- ment old-la reported today upon their return from the scene of de- vuution. IA message received in New York by the Radio Corporation of America said San Vicente wu de- strayed, with In oscillated death toll of "at least 220.") In, Crucial " Walla. The omcnle who went to Sen Vincente aboard a special Red Cross train, stated many persons in the city were crushed to death " thick- walled buildings fell upon them when most of t e townspeople were asleep. --_. _ -.. . They said the number of dead nnd marred m not 1'g','ee,',2,ttiulettt',- m ed beam of reaeuarrs' unity in . making their wny through the ruins. First and most violent of the quakes occurred in mid-morning Just as a crowd of seven! thousand in San Vicente we: partieipatintt in I religious procession. The punk: of the_ porutpeeyyused .mnnrdniy.ries. General Hernandez Martinez, President of Selvndor, hurried to the scene of the dinner to take personale charge. He was locom- panied by Minister of Interior Cal- deron and other otBeinht. _ Parties of doctors and nurses and military detachments of the truly were rushed to the scene, forty miles from here, to lend aid. . Milk Wagon Driver Narrowly Wagon Hit Head-on by Car on Elmira Highway. The driver of a milk wagon on the highway just south of St. Jacobs on Saturday night narrowli escaped death when an approac ins car crashed head-on into the horse- drawn vehicle. _ _ The horse shied at the approach- ing car and swerved out of its path, the car striking the wagon nnd re- dusing it to kindling. The driver of the wagon escaped with several bad cuts and lacerations. The front of the car was also battered. RESTORE ONTARIO CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES TORONTO. - Effective Jan. 1, there will be no more deductions from Ontario Civil Service salaries. Premier Hepburn will put throughan Order-in-Council at Monday's Cabi- net meeting abolishing the present assessment scale in its entirety. These deductions came into vogue as an economy measure, in the closing years of the former Henry Administration. Since that time they have been gradually whittled down, untl now they are eomptlra- down, until now they are compara- the present Administration is wiping them out altogether. IA Itchy Radio menace said that the towns of Vern Pu. Guad- alup Apueequque, Petititan, San Sebwhn, sun unease, Pe- coluca the adored damn.) Big Death Toll Escapes Death Germany Faces Wheat Shortage BERLIN. - Ger-an but a 1rhet W of than“. toe, ttirruisuiirier Zeitiskeatirn.tei on the but of uvnihblo supplies he} " 4,000,000 font. _ - -isau l_ly GiGint - irAqutre. the mica tons of wheat, the paper It advanced u one reason for the shortage the Net that lack of meat has resulted in higher consumption of concl- nnd that some what has been and for poultry feeding be- cuge of n luck of barley und_m_lize. The newspaper ex teased hope the recently conclutred German- Canadian trade agreement would permit resumption of Western Can- ada wheat imports, but predicted the Reich eventually would have to increase its wheat-growing acreage 10 to 20 per cent. Birth Rate falls In Town In 1936 A decrease in the number of oiBitir," he added. births was recorded in anlool Elma-in: the willingness of the during the put yen, “cording to company he represent: to negothte I report to the Bond of Health withthqott,tario Genet-me“ on the " the annml meeting on Friday. Milka!!!“ Gum EM J. The number dropped from " Int 3mm?» KG. "id that the IP- year to 43 this year. In 1984 there peat of the Ottawa Valley Rower were so births, end 191 in 1988.. Cong-pp. glow Mot; metcouys. Board of Health Hears Year's Report at Annual Meeting. The number of dentin during the your WI: 67, with heart diseases, including npoplexy and enncer, con- tributing the largest number. Two died of tuberculosis. Dr. C. T. Noecker, M.0.H., re- ported that child welflre clinics were held weekly during the year and the total attendance was 658. Since immunization was introduced, 381 patients have been given the treatment. V Expenditure by the board during 1936 has mounted to $1,593, I per c.9391 cost of Mr.? cepts: . . Milk consumption had been low- ered during the year; remarked Dr. Noecker, adding that he believed that beer wss responsible for this. The per cspits consumption during the past year wss .55 pints, I. total of 2,276 quarts. The percentsge of pasteurized milk in Waterloo was 90.65, from 144 producers and. 12 distributors. - __ Dr. C. K. under, food and milk inspector for Kitchener and Water- too, reported that 01-175 head of cattle tested fortnbereuloais dur- ing the past six and one-helf moyths,_ five (embed te the Fest. Premises of 181 milk and cream producers were visited to inspect stables, milk houses and equpiment and for examination of cattle. About 350 visits of inspection were made to the 10 pusteurizing plants and two raw milk dairies. - There have been 304 cases of communicable diseases, divided is follows: Scarlet fever, 31; measles, 114; German measles, 47; chicken- pox, 14; whooping cough, 37; mumps, 54; ptrratyphoid fever, 2; typhoid fever, 2; undulent fever, 2; diphtheria, I. Of this total 261 cases were contracted by children be- tween the ages of five and 14 years. WILD HEIFER KILLED AS IT ATTACKS FARMER LINDSAY.---iddened by the pain of a bullet wound in, its shoul- der, a wild heifer was slain near here as it hurled itself in a fierce attack on Joseph Wright, a farmer. Before it was killed, the heifer had nearly routed a posse of farm- ers who had set out to capture it. The heifer had been living in I swamp near Sonya for seven] months, after wandering off from a herd on a nearby farm. BERLIN. - Ger-any but a Quebec Power Ready to Accept 'llepburn‘s TORONTO. - Representatives of three of the Quebec power com- panies, whose original eogttmets with Hydro were cancelled under the Ontario Govermneot's repudie. tion legislation, expressed their radium to meet with Premier Hepburn and his Cabinet to discuss the matter of possible new "ree- menu. George H. A. Montgomery, KC., for Beauharuoia, dechred: "We will "and ready to eo-operate in my reasonable runner to bring shout e wintion of the outstanding difi-. culty and the restoration of the power contacts on the most mpu't- able but possible." Bethune Smith, for 1reuren-4tuetree, said his concern would be “glad" to discuss the situation with the Government, elqiryiryr, however. guy. when their dtirQirtry had been cun- ce ed they had never been 't my“. _“Nor__hn_ve we yet been pool of the Ottawa Valley Bower Gorgon; now before the courts, co be “and before the time trxed for the ring if negotiations were successful. “During the litigation the Ottawa Volley Power Company indiented to the mantel for the Hydro Commis- sion tint the company wos prepared to negotiate, but nothing hnppen- ed," said Mr. Symington. New Minister In Iullram Cabinet Charles Cox, ELLA. for Port Arthur, Minister without Liberal member of the legislature far Port Arthur, and Mtyor of that city, on Friday we appointed Min- ister without portfolio in the Hep- burn Cabinet. - - 7 Five minutes titer the Prime Minister announced Mr. Cox's ele- vation from the ranks of the pri ate membership of the house, the $011 Arthur man had alien the various oaths of ottiee, as prescribed by C. F. Bulmer, Clerk of the Crown in Chnncery, and was oftieially launch» ed on his new and primary duties of advising the Government in re- spect of timber and mining opera- tions in Northwestern Ontario, with which he has long been conversant. Threaten to Drive Out Mrs. Simpson CANNES, Franee.--Apgered resi- dents, many of them British sub- jects, threatened to drive Mrs. Wal.. IisAFar%sld, Simpson off theAiviera. Mayor Pierre Nouveau of Cannes: said he wen deluged with letters pro- testing against the American wo- mnn’s presence in the Mediterranean resort. _ __ _ -gaie of them came from English women residents. he said, and others were from @xpayers _who pergtgd iiiirtG%nliinir "two large basket! of roses to Mrs. Simpson. TORONTO. - Charles, w,, Cox, 'rd lreet Premier 'er of “Open Door Hydro Continua.” Portfolio. Tue-day an}! Friday Prim, 2 Cinte