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PAGE TWELVE Ontario County's Leading Weekly SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930 RELIC RECALLS GILBERT'S VOYAGE T0 NEWFOUNDLAND Daring Sea Trip Made by Englishman in Year ' 1583 $t, John's Nfld. ~From the deep mud of a pond near the seashore at Bonavista have come long-buried relics to evoke a new speculative enquiry into the explorations of 8ir Humphrey Gilbert, Knight, who "in the year of our Lord, 1583, with other gentlemen assisting him in that action, intended to discover and to plant Christian inhabitants in place convenient, upon those {argo and ample countries extended northward from the Cape of Florida ~=yot not,in the actual possession of any Christian prince." Four years ago, an ancient boat was discovered at Bonavista, only lo be broken up without careful ex~ amination, the only part of its oak- en walls now remaining being a walking stock in possession of the rector of the parish, Jt has just been fearnod that a second boat was found at the same time, with a brass disc, shilling size, embedded in the anclent wood. ' ' The ate, 1683, clearly discernable and a clean cut G graven in the tok- en under a bird with spreading wings, have given rise to belief that the disentegrated craft may have heen some part of the equipment of TNaleigh's step-brother, whose ven- ture brought him nothing but ship. wreck and death and a front rank among the gentlemen mariners who took possession of the Americas for God and Elizabeth, Whether or not the finds at Bon. avista may be directly connected with the Gilbert expedition, which reached Newfoundland in four ships and loft remnants of three of them to knock about various latitudes of the North Atlantic, is pure conjec- ture, but they may well be the re- mains of cortain of the 36 ships of all nations that thronged the harbor of St. John's on the August morning when Sir Humphrey took possession of everything within a radius of 200 leagues in the name of his Royal Mistress, The proclamation of the fifth of August, 1683, followed a voyage of fifty-three days from Cawset Bay near Plymouth, and was the high point of a venture, profitiess from a material point of view, that saw one ship left in Newfoundland and one wrecked near Cape Breton with are specimens purporting to be sil- ver, in which Sir Humphrey was donfident the fortune of his com- pany was secured, Tho secret of the ore's origin was finally sealed when the General went down with is tiny frigate in the course of the oyago home, leaving the Golden Hind to make landfall mlone at Farmouth, ! To "deliver the circumstances and proceedings of that matter,--~lest any man should be dismayed by ample of other folks' calamity, ihe misdeem that God doth both fonist al! attempts intonded that ay' was the self-imposed task ot dward Hayes, gentleman, captain and owner of the Golden Hind, whose crew reached home with the loss of one man, Making relation "briefly vet par« ticularly, of our voyage undertaken with Sir Humphrey Gilbert, begun, gontinued and ended adversely," Hayes lays the ill success of the voyage to the fact that Gilbert as yosult of previous ill fortune, was "encumbered with wants and worse matched with many. ill disposed people," Even in the face of the calamitous voyage, however, the Heiden Hind's captain was enthus- stie about the possibilities of cols fataation in Newfoundland, and ASoornful of "the fault and foolish sloth in many of our nation, choos- ing rather to live indirectly, and ory miserably to live and die with. this realm pestered with inhabi- fants, than to adventure as oe- omoth men," . Humphrey's fleet originally cone isted of five ships, the Delight, 20 tons, which was 'Admiral', the ark Raleigh, of 200 tons, which forsook the expedition because of #lokness among the crow soon after the start, the Golden Hind, 40 tons ho Swallow, 40 tons, and the fri- ato Squirrel, of 10 tons burthen, * Salling on June 11 the fleet made the Nowfoundland coast far north in the vieinity of Notre Dame bay on July 30, and followed the coast south to St, John's, where they mado harbor on August 3. The erow of the Swallow having pirate Blood in their veins, had held up nd ransacked a homeward bound ishing bark, Jt was this same grow, transhipped to the Delight, hich went down off Cape Britan on August 29, an occurrence seen 'BY Hayes as a judgment of God, Ithough Captain Maurice Browne, ho had no hand in the piracy, also was lost, and fourteen of the crew survived, © On August 20, after Gilbert had un his administration by rent. ¥ waterfront property to fishers en from Snain, Portugal and rance, the flotilla, leaving the Swallo wbehind, aet out to explore and take possession of the coagt thward, i 3 © The narrator records .the fact t sickness, conspiracy and deser- {red the 3 nnel of the expedition during 'the sojourn at St, John's during hich Newfoundland was found to a suitable place for a colony. , including iron, lead and cop- sr had boen discovered, "I will t aver of richer metals saya Hay. "albeit by 'the clroumstances "tion had somewhat 1 3 E * tollowing, more han Hong fuay be is on to etal expert Saxony, had brought ore all in silver, but the general would Foye ne and TTYL as ved eged to con: | The The voyagers Intended to call at Sable Island, where they had been told enttle had been set to breed by the Portughieso several years be- fore, and after eight days of' bad wonther had succeeded in reach: ing Cape Breton, Hayes relates thet on the evening of August 28, the crew of the Delight, "ike the swan that singeth before her death continued in sounding of trumpets, with drums and fifes, also winding the cornets and haut-boys." "On the following day breakers were sighted, and while the Golden Hind and Squirrel were able to re. cover searoom, the Delight was cast away, Fourteen of the crew were able to save themselves by leaping into & boat constructed dur- ing he brief sojourn in Newfound. land, The loss of the Delight strength ened, the opinjon among the crews that their better course was home- ward to England, and not down the coast of America, This was agreed to by Bir Humphrey, who was cer- tain that "Her Majesty would be so gracious as to lend ten thousand pounds" for the fitting out of ane other expedition tp develop the re- sources of what was to be the oldest Colony, Consistently he refused to for- sake the 10-ton Squirrel in favor of the Golden Hind, Hayes declaring this to be rashness rather thgn rea- son, and imputing the General's fesolution to sail in the Squirrel to a desire to refute rumors that he feared the sen. Be that as it may, on September 9, overtaken by a storm near the Azores, the Squirrel's lights sud- denly went out. That afternoon, sitting abaft with a boon in his hand, Gilbert had ealled out to the Hind: "We are as near Heaven by Sen as by Land" BODY OF MISSING BOY FOUND AFTER EXTENDED SEARCH Remains of 12-year-old Boy With Bullet Through Eye, Discovered Arthur, April The body of Arthur Tonelll, the 12- year-old boy who disappeared mysteriously from his parents' home Oct, 17 last, and who wan supposed to have boarded a grain boat and gone Kast in search of adventure, was found in the bush near Clevet and Nelion streets, lying in & crumpled heap, a bullet wound through his left eye, A re- volver, of which two chambers had | been discharged, was found by his side, It is believed he had been looking for rabbits, and stumbled and fell, the revolver being dis charged, A boy named Morin found the body, Running to the Tonelli house, near by, he notified the parents and the police, Corons er Laurie called an inquest Wednes« day afternoon. "The jury viewed the body and adjourned for the hearing of evidence, All winter long, day afier day, the father has continued a search for the boy, and the bush in the neighborhood of Wednesday's dis- covery has been trampled over by hundreds of searchers, ---------------------- -------- MAKE ADDITIONS TO MENTAL HOSPITALS (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Ont,, April 19. Increased accommodation at the various mental institutions maintained by the province will be brought about this summer by a construction program announced by Hon. Line coln Goldle, provincial secretary, The 'institution at Orillia will bave an addition to take care of about 150 patients and a doctors' residence and nurses' home and & laundry, "Building operations at Wood- stock are progressing favorably," stated Mr, Goldie, "When the cous struction program is completed wo wliil have an increased capacity for patients of between 550 and | | Port 10 ting formidable onslaughts st her title as the world's tennis y Holen Willa M g a new the whizh she formerly disdained to "With all this, says Elmer <. here, | gallant! | Sh, Bt sels a . on with 'the . "United Griffin, another California tennis! LEADER OF CRUSADE OF BUSINESS MEN AGA! 1ST CHICAGO GANGLAND, The photograph here shows Col Robert, J. Randolph of Chicago, head of the Secret Six, a business men's organization to rid Chicago once and for all of gangsters, racketeers and all and sundry that have sullied the city's fair name, Already their ace SCIENCE PREDICTS DESTROYING GERMS BY RADIO. WAVES Interesting Experiment With High-Frequency Current Being Made Pittsburg, Pa April 19 felonce haw found a new battle front on which to take the offen- sive in ita tight against disease, with a few ploncers drafting the magle of radio in hopes it ma) gomo day lengthen human life, High-frequency electric current on an extremely short wavelength has been used successfully to kil disease germs In animals, and solentista hope in time to perfect htelr experiment to such an extent that the radio can be used to kil disease in human beings, The chief experiments are being made at the General Electrie Company labora tories at Schenectady, N.Y. but similar tests are being conducted in the biologieal lahoratorios the University of Plitsburg and West Pennsylvania Hospital here, Waves Heat Body The experiments are linked up with the newly acquired knowledge of scientists that high frequencies of from 2,600 to 10,000 kiloeyeles on a 1,230-metre wavelength causa the human body and animals to be- como heated as though a fever existed, It Is the gonl of sclon- tists to develop these experiments to the extent where they will not only. kill disease germs, hut will roplace malarial fever germs In thy treatment of paralysis, Experiments Conducted Seclentists discovered some years ago that if a vietim of paralysis bo given malarial fover he had a good chance to recover from paralysis, before that an almost hdpelesy condition, Now, though, scientists dae anol graduate, the "one best bet in Am: orica this season in lawn tennis is ne other than the great Helen" v. 'Griffin should know, Playing do when they play went th two hi court woman champion of the Foray Shand Europe ad lost SLIT LE UR " both. UL | tivity has sent seven to prison and| caused apprehension along the sub terranean channels of the under world, Cel, Randolph is here apparently delivering either a order or a final ultimatum, hi westure implies, Other members of| en hot | us | hope to .develop the use of short radio waves to the point where | they may be used to induce artif cinl fevers in human beings, 'avoid ing the danger the malarial germs | bring, Already these experiments | have Leen conducted successfully | with animal and vegetable organ- | ims, These pioneers are ongaged | In an work which hax possibilities #0 vast that the Imagination hr | talon to concolve them, | At the University of Pittsburg Goorge Murray MeKinley, graduate pusistant In biology, working un- | der Dr, Robert 1, Hance, head of the blology department, has had | cortain definite results from experi. mentation with high-frequency cur rents, McKinley uses an apparatus which may he coustructed from materiale purchasealle at any elec tric supply house, ; JAP SHIP-YARDS FACE DEPRESSION | Shortage of Work Foressen After Year of Capacity Building Toklo, Japanese shipyards | which have been taxed to the limit of thelr capacity during the past year seemed destined to experience another period of depression before | the close of the present year, hy soon as the avallable contracts for | large steamships are completed, Last year the shipyards of Japan laid down sixty-nine ships repres- enting a tonnage of 180,000, Thiy is the largest new tonnage on ro- cord since the post-war years when shipbuilding enjoyed trémendous prosperity, I'or instance, in 1910 when the high-water mark was reached, 134 ships representing 619,000 tons, were launched, Several of the larger yards have ocoan liners in the stocks, but there are fow contracts to take the place of these when they are launched. The présent activity is due to the fact that money was oaslly raised and alse to the govern. ment having ordered several steam- ship companies to renew certain ships in order that they might enjoy subsidies in the future, Those factors, however, are ex- pected to be an important influence for only a few more months, The importation of forelgn bottoms is moeting the shortage in ship tonnage to some extent and will contribute to the over-supply likely to occur before the end of the year, ISLAND KING HAD OWN GOINS, FINED London Business Man Re- fuses to Acknowledge Court's Jurisdiction Bideford, Dovonshire, Eng, April 19--Martin Coles Harman, London business man and owner of Lundy Island, in the Bristol chan- noel oft the north coant of Mevon. shire, was fined £5 with 15 glinoas osle on a charge of {ssuing special coins in his little island kingdom, Harman bought the island in 1026 and has been more or legs of 'an uncrowned king over tne forty residents, since the island's position regarding the sovereignty of the British Kwmpire has been the subject of dispute, acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Devonshire court and declined to plead the case, but the court hold that issuing the coins way | Commons, The Londen financier rdtused to od contrary to the Cotnage Act, the society are not even known to one another, They work singly along military intelligence lines, and only the colonel knows the secret, Kan- sas City, taking a leaf from Chica- go's book, has also appointed a se cret committee of five VETERANS PLAN DEMONSTRATION French and German Soldiers Unite in Protest Against War Ottawa, Apr. 19, At least one ob- stacle in the way of the development of the St, Lawrence waterways, in the form of disagreement between the Dominion and the proyinces con | cerned ,will be cleared away by the negotiations now pending between Dominion and Ontario and Que Premier Mackenzie King inti yesterday in the House of the Prime Minister, ang- wering questions put by 1. L, Church l'oronto Conservative, suid that he hoped 10 be able to announce the results of these negotiations after the Laster recess, Thus, the an- poungement will be made about the end of the month, as the recess does not terminate until April 28, He also disclosed to the House that while the Government. is aware of the action of the United States harbors and rivers committee towards the development of an all-American waterway, it is treating that matter as a "domestic matter," peculiar to the United States, In other words, the Government proposes no renres sentations to the United States on this branch of the waterways sub Jeet, bec, mated Church Asks Questions Rising before the orders of the day [ Mr, Church put the following ques- tions! "(1) Is the Government yet in. a position to announce the progress of negotiations for the St. Lawrence waterway, (a) with the United Sta- tes as to a treaty, (b) with the Gov ernments of Ontario and Quebec re distribution of power? "(2) Has the attention of the Gov. ernment been called to an American project for the Oswego and Erle barge canal to take the place of the St, Lawrence waterway as an alls American route, which project has passed the harbor and rivers commit« tee of the house of representatives at Washingotn? and "(3) What steps will be taken by the Government to protect Canadian interests and to insure the carrying out of the St, Lawrence waterway and its improvement {rom a navigas tion standpoint?" Refers to Conferences "As the honorable member is a- ware," Mr, King replied, "there have been conferences between thls Gov. ernment and the premiers of Que. bec and Ontario with respect to wa- terpowers on navigable waters with a view to coming to some agreement which would eliminate one factor of importance which must be taken in- to account in any subsequent nego. tintions with regard to the St, Law- rence waterway, "Up to the present time I have not been ablé to make any announcement as to the outcome of the negotia- tions but after the Easter recess, with the consent of the provinces, I hope to be able to make known what con. clusions we have arrived at. "That announcement will indicate some progress, I think to the extent of removing at least one difficulty and will indicate some progress in the matter to which my honorable friend refers, "As to the bill before the United States congress, it relates as I uns derstand, to the taking over by the United States government of canaly now held hy the state of New York. We are fully informed as to what dis proposed but the matter is a domess tic one, as far as. the United States is eatiremed, and we. have so treats i. , Acroplane engines can now be equipped with silencers, Can this idea spread to motoreyoles Y-King- ston 'Whig-Standard, NEGRO MYSTIC SHOT IN SHANTY Kept 26 Police Officers at Bay Two Hours With ' Shotgun Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 10-=A selt-styled negro mystic wan shot to death here among his voodoo charms, after a two-hour slege by 26 policemen, Patrolman Morris Cole was Injured by a shotgun charge from the negro's shanty on the banks of the Diue River, The negro, Tom Nims, recently discharged by wn steel company for preaching voodoolsm to other negro employes, was reported by neighbors to have been shooting at ghosts the last few nights, Yester- day, bg barricaded himself in his hovel and shot through windows at passers-by, Sims was ordered by policemen to surrender, "No!" he shouted, levelling his shotgun, Police reinforcements deploying, behind fences and bulldings, Both sides kept up a desultory fire as the officers planned to burn the house by tos sing oll-sonked rags at it, Finally an officer hurled a large stone, forcing the door open, CONTINUE SPECIAL AIR MAIL SERVICE (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Apr. 10 The post office department nas again made arrangements to deidver to trans atlantic steamers letters addressed | to passengers, bearing 20 cents special delivery stumps, It Is an nounced, The 'Torvento-Montreals Rimouski airmail service will go into effect Apri) 24, arrived, CNR TOHELP | EMPLOYMENT BY REDUCING HOURS All Shops to Go on 40-Hour| Week Starting on May 1 Arrangements | here be representatives Montreal, Apr, 10, were made 'at a meeting tween Shop Crafts and Canadian National Rallwavs of | ficials for a reduction of 10 per cent. | in working time in the shops of the Canadian National Railways system, | The reduction will commence May 1, when all shops will go forty-hour week on 4 ed with a view towards continuin the men's employment sible consistent with conditions, So far as pos present traffic] it is pointed out It was stated at the meeting that in an endeavour to keep the men in| | | employment so far as possible addi tional! work on locomotives was being | the company, the agreement all} a May | |) undertaken by As a result of back shops which have heen on forty-four-hour week will on 1 work forty hours per week, TR EE % {cluding on | } | This arrangement has been reac! | | | PIONEER MEN OF MONTREAL LAUDED Early Citizens Were Found- ers of Many Great American Cities Montreal,~North America owes from Montreal--intrepld explorers, more to the daring and Initlattve of the early citizens of Montreal than (0 any other people; men fur traders, selgneurs and colonjsty American cities, Including Detroit, Dyluth, New Orleans and Chicago, and were the first. to cross the Rockies and view the mighty Pace ile Ocean, to traverse the Creat Lakes, descend the Missourl and Mississippl rivers and discover Lhe Gulf of Mexico, and the first to brave the northern wilderness, mount the Mackenzie River hy can~ oe nnd view the vast expanse of the Artie region, Ho declared Pember- ton Smith, historian, addressing members of the Montreal Electrica) Club on "The History of Montreal," Amari the fathers of many great Recalling the glamor nd romances | Mr, Bmith | of early Ville Marie, emphnanized that Montrel Iu the most fascinating history any city on this continent, From the time that Champlain, ut Quebec, despatched Malsone neuve with his small bund of fol- lowers down the Ft, Lawrence to found Ville Marie, paved the way for the explo on of North American Down Ihrough the years, prominent Montrealers, In explovery, fur traders, gelgnours and colonists, I's history of priests, | struck out Into what was then un known wilderness, braved the says ugery of the Indians, and the ter rors of the elements, and explored the country, civilization following in thelr wake, The old Beaver Club hereafter which was named Beaver Hall played a great role In the history of Canadn, nly those who had spent pn winter west of Lake Buper such famous explorers os Blmon Prager, who explored the Fraser) River district; William McGHlvray Thompson, the first map to map the Rockies, mount the Mackenzie River in a canoes and view thefl Avetle expanse, Other great Mont-§i realers had played as great roles ni the development of this continent. 8 Marquette, and later the Jesuits, inet and Binneteau founded Chics ago, the name of which means "City of Skunks," in the Indian language; Cadillac founded De troit; Ligueste founded Ft, Louis; Orleans; and Jollet and Pera Mar quette explored (hg upper Migsis=t #ippl, while Blenr de La Salle dis] covered the Gulf of Mexico, i hoasting of such noble citizens as} these should grow and progress) rapidly, Mr, Smith sald tracing the! development of Montreal from Mutssoneuve's early days through to the present time, In the present® eity, he saw fulfilment of Chams« plain's prediction that Ville Mar! was destined to he a great and noble city in years to come; and recalling that the "past hears in ited arms the present and the future,' ¥ sw a willl greater city looming outd of the past's glamorous nnd romansg | tie history, 1 - -------- ! 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