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Three Riv Que, ~One man ree ° was ond ora) and four pthet States tour a 'the Normand snd Cross hos. pital here,: more or less seriously injured, as the Yoault of two auto- 'mobiles colliding at Batiscan, Sunday Baseball Sponsored Windsor, --Hftorts of provincial Dalles to halt baseball games play- ed at Lasalle and Sandwich West on Sunday proved fruitless be- cause the touncils of these muni- cinalities have passed Tesolutions fostering Sunday, baseball, Suicide i Niagara Falls, Ont, --sTwo months in Canada and for four days without food, Andrew Regus, Polish, was caught as he attempt- ed to end his life over the falls Saturday afternoon. oT Massey's Farewell Message New York.--Hon, Vinent Mas- sey, retiring Canadian minister to the United States, will deliver a farewell address on tie Columbia Broadcasting System at 9.45 p.m. (E.8.T.) this Jovening, Trust Fund Declared Void New York.----The trust fund of $1,200,000 created by J. K. L. Ross, Canadian turfman, for his wife, has been declared veld in a decision handed down by supreme court justice Townley. . A Many Waunded Seville, Spaln.---Many persons were wounded during rioting to- day resulting from a sudden con- flict between the police and strikers. The police fired into the crowds in an effort to suppress demonstrations. » LJ » Two Killed in Crash Toledo.~~My, and Mrs, Joe V. Ollpnsuyre of Detroit, were burn. ed to death hers yesterday when their airplane fell at the municipal airport and burst into flames, Halifax Celebrates Birthday 'Halifax,~--Saturday was the Tota birthday of the eity of Halifax, founded June 21, 1749 by Hon, Bd. } ward Cornwallis. The anniversary y 'was celebrated to-day, Orew of *14 Tost Oslo, Norway.--~News was recely- ed to-day that the Norwegian sear ler William Boot was lost with her crew of 14 off the east coast of Greenland dur ng, the winter, i bt tr ' Two Pirowen "Injured Milverton, Fire breaking out in Becker's cement tlle factory destroyed the entire plant, an aule and the stock of cement on hand, Two of the firemen, Bundscho and Scauber, were Injured by brick from a falling wall and were given medical ald, , RESCUES WOMAN IN b MIDST OF SHARKS Eb | incidents of a heroic rescue at sea performed by Tom FEllworhy, car- "I petiter ot the Empress of Russia, it '¥. was rolated here when the liner . arrived from the Orient. With she aid of D. R. Dean, intermediate i I , be ¢ « SOLLOWAY-MILLS + LOSEALLAPPEALS Katherine Makaroff, aged 40, a First Divisional Court Up- (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Vancouver, B.C,, June 23---S8hark infested waters, a high running sea, and the fingers of a crazed wo- «man clutching at his throat were Rusian swimming instructor, Ell. worthy is a Vancouver man. ee ~~Solloway | thelr appeals inate of their eo ro. Mills and ¢ June and Co. lost an dg the appeals ad Marie Westlake, Beaverton; Evelyn 0 had sed an in by the company in | tho selrure ot Stibacks ran 'an Alberta police a ,/Juitice Orde was also i | EERE his PE nt to ~ |eame to the conblusion that a royal general" . 16 Cents » Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES IRREGULARITIES SALES WAVE GRIPS STOCK PRICES ANEW All Three Wheat Futures Set Low Records for Some Time, July at 93% Being Lowest in 16 Years SELLING AVALANCHE OF STOCKS CHECKED After Crashing to New Low Levels, Stock Prices Re- cover Near Close of Trad- ing to Show Small Gains Bulletin--345 p.m, Winnipeg, June 23.--~"You can't keep a good wheat market down," bull traders rasped today as wheat closed fractionally upon the Winnipeg Grain xchange after being to the lowest levels in years. Gains were meagre, but they looked large after losses for the day had been recorded at one time as wide as 4 1-4 conts to 3 cents in thy three futures, July, after cracking to 93 1-4 conts--farthest down since back in July, 1914--finished at 97 1-8 for a gain of 1.8 cent. October gained 1G cont to 7-8 cent above the dollar, but not before it had slipped off to 97 3.4 cents. (By Canadian Press Lessed Wire) Winnipeg, Man., June 23,~July wheat collapsed to-day to levels un. seen for 16 years, Down three Santa from Saturday at 03% cepts, the near" month was just 'a nt Away Trom levels touched in July 1914, just befdre declaration .of war, Refusal of Liverpool! to re flect the slight steadiness of Amer! can marts 1s blamed fors to-day's recession, Selling Flurry Checked New York, N.Y., June 23--After further flurry of selling at the open- ing, the stock market turned dull and rallied under short. covering, glving Wall Street another breath: ing spell today, and a chance to try to penetrate the mist of uncertain. ty. ' Such important stocks as U.S, Steel Radio and American = Tele: phone were again depressed to new lows for the yéar during the morn- ing, but the entire list turned de- cidedly upward around midday, Af. ter a premature rally soon after the opening, and most leading stocks showed net gans of one to more than three points by early after. noon, Son Born to Lindbergh New York.----A son was born yes. terday to Colonel and Mrs, Char. les A. Lindbergh at the home of Mrs, Lindbergh's father, Ambassie dor Dwight W. Morrow, in Englo- wood, N.J., the event occurring on the mother's twenty-fourth birth. ay, Weekend Toll Is Four in Ontario Toronto, June 23.--Four people were killed, eight others were in- jured and one is missing and be- lieved drowned as a result of week end 'accidents in Ontario. The dead are: William Aberhart, 29, Hamilton, and Lorne Bell, St, 'Mary's, bothekilled by autos while riding motorcycles; and John E. Howard, ' North Bay, and Lorne Henry Webb, Toronto, drowned. Injured include: Irene Pistolls, North Bay; Gordon Wylie, Toronto; MoWhirter, Guelph: Herbert Fos sor; Captain 'asquay, Niagara Falls and William Ramsbottom, Toro, John W. Pawson, Fort Willjam, is missing and believed drowned. Wheat Drops Three Cents More, Lowest Since 1914 Great New Canadian Liner at Quebec With spectacular luxuries including a marble swimming pool, palm court, an' oak ball room and a giassed-in promenade, the new C.P.R, liner Empress of Japan is at Quebec previous to sailing for Van. couver, vis Southampton, the Sues LUXURIOUS CO.P.R. LINERS WILL ENTER PACIFICO SERVICE \ canal and Hong Kong, The a | photographs hero of the Yokohama earthquake who Latta, who brought her from Southe (2) Shows the Empress of Japan. show: from (8) Commander R. G. ampton, (1) Commander Sam Robinson, C.B.E, RNR. took over the ship at Quebec FJ Severe Storms Sweep Prairies Church Demolished, Crops Ruined, Animals Killed and Injured: Be (By Carsdian Press Lonskd Wire)' Winnipeg, Man, June 23.-Crops were ruined, a church demolished, cattle injured and poultry killed by ball and wind storms which swept over several southern Manitoba dis. tricts during the week end. Sweeping In from the northeast, the storm was particularly severe in the Emerson, Marals and I'red: ensthal districts, where heavy da- mage to property and growing crops was recored, The Lutheran chureh valued at $20,000 was wrecked near Emerson, 60 miles south of Winni. peg. A 75 foot helfry tower was carried a great distance, and just missed the manse of Rev. M. Hlie- man. So large were the hallstones at Marais that cattle and poultry were injured. In Emerson trees were uprooted roofing torn away and dozens of windows smashed by the hail, In Rosenfield area, also to the south of Winnipeg, some farmers estimated 100 per cent, hall loss to crops, while others suffered 25 to 60 per rent. damage. Portage Ia Prairie west of here, was in the path of the storm and some of the best crops in the dis- trict were levelled by hail while a wind of cyclonic force carried farm implements and out-bulldings a con- siderable distance. DIRIGIBLE R-100 SUFFERS MISHAP (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Cardington, England, June 23 While the British dirigible R-101 was hitched to its mooring mast hore today Sudes gots tests of the ap- 1] ¥ had suffer- ter, Sandwich: Victor Ferris, Wind-| quite trifling d 'nothing about. Girl dies of Burns (By Calisdion' Pre Press. Leased Wire) Lindsay, June 23.~Theresa Annie Switzer, who 'would have been three ears old next Monday died in the oss Memorial Hospital bere today from burns received yestefday at her home in Kinmount when playing with matches, The little gif1'set fire to her cloth- ing and about one third of her body was severely burned, 'She © was brought tothe hospital kere but died of shock taxaemia, Her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Oren Switzer, of Kinmount, survive, US. COMMITTEE APPROVES PACT, Lindsey, GOES T0 SENATE Passage of Naval Treaty Is Now Believed to be Assured (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, June 23,-~The sen ate foreign relations committee to- day approved the London Naval Treaty. By 16 to 4, the committee order. ed it reported to the sonate, Senators Johnson, Republican, California, and Shipstead. Farmer- would submit minority reports. The overwhelming support for the treaty in the committee was be- lieved to insure ratification of the pact when it «+ taken up by the sen- ate in' special 'session. Urge Curfew Law Chatham, TS Tnoronet in juvenile delinquency has - prompted Magis trate 8, B, Arnold and crown at- torney B. Smith of this city to urge revival 'of the = curfew law here, Count officials attribute the increase in juvenile delinquency tn Labor, Minnesota, announced they | lack' of parental control and indif- ference, To Put Limit on Migration from Canada to U.S. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, June 23.~A fifty per cent. reduction in. the immigration quotas for the fiscal year 1931 was proposed in a. resolution today by Chairman Johnson of the house im- migration: committee as a means of combatting unemployment, The resolution also proposed that immigration from Canada, Cuba, Me- xico, and Newfoundland, which are not under the quota system, be limit- ed to fifty per cent, of the nums ber of non-quota immigrants who 'eh- tered from these countries during the year ended April 30. Canadian immigrants in that per« fod numbered 48,414, Newfoundland 3,002, Mexico 18941, and Cuba 4,550. Other countries of the western hem isphere would have a minimum allot« ment of 500. In no case could an Ymmmigration visa be issued, under the terms of the resolution, unless the consular officer was convinced that admission of an applicant "would not be det- rimental to employ: ment conditions in this country," tm -- HOOVER IS UNABLE TO VISIT CANADA (By Canadian Press Leased 'Wire) Washington, D.C, June 23. Unless the 'plans of President Hoover for his tour west this sum. mer should be materially altered it will be impossible for him to leave the country and visit Can. ada, It is explained at the White House that the prseident greatly appreciated the invitation from the mayor of Vancouver to visit the western Canadidn. metropolip as well as others received from the Dominion, but that his itinerary, already crowded, could not be ex. tended across the border this year, Body of "Baby" Was Mamma Doll (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) London, Ont,, Juno 23-~Unusual excitement prevailed last. night on the banks of the Thames river nt Springbank after a young couple had notified the police department iL of geeing the body of a baby float- ing downstream, A boat was secur- ed and High County Constable Wharton and Constable Fred Al- fred set out on the river with a powerful, searchlight attached to the bow of thelr boat, Near Wood. lawn cemetery the béams of the searchlight shone upon an object and the bow was headed for it, As they came alongside Constable Wharton reached out into the muddy stream and lifted up a large "mamma" doll, CONFERENGE OF BRITISH COLONIES STARTS IN LONDON Single Colonial Service And Agricultural Service to Be Discussed |] By THOMAS T. CHAMPION (Canadian Press Staff Correspon. dent). London, June 23.~With a full attendance of delegates the colonial conference got under way today, being opened by Lord Passfield, secs rotary of state for the colonies, Governors and administrators of many far-flung native territories were on hand, with a large quota of interested observers. Lord Passfleld said the first ses sion of the conference would be de- 26TH BIRTHDAY OF | PRINGE OF WALES Britain's Bachelor Heir Spends Day Quietly, Re- ceiving Congratulations (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, June 23.~The Prince of Wales, Britain's bachelor heir, cele. brated bis thirty-sixth birthday to- day quietly, He spent the morning at his country residence. Fort Belve« dere and IA the afternoon he drove to Buckingham Palace to meet the King and Queen who arrived from Windsor to convey their congratula« tions with those of other members of the royal family, A steady stream of messages and telegrams of congratulations arrive ed at York House from all parts of the empire and mawy foreign coun- tries, the Prince spending a long time perusing them, In connection with the Prince's birthday it was announced that he is acquiring a new aeroplane which is described as a real limousine of the air, It is a De Haviland Puss moth with a totally enclosed cabin, which will enable His Royal High~ ness to travel wyithout wearing a flying bir PR Probe Planned Of Wall Street Market Collapse Said Due to Manipulation to 'Defeat New Tariff Law (By Canadian Press Loated Wire) Washington, June ?3---Congres- sional investigation of recent de- clines In stock market developed as a strong probability today, Stirr. or by the political necessity of coms batting attacks on the new tariff Inw and of convincing' the nation that it Is not résponsible for the enormous reduction in' value of Securitien. Republican leaders In house and wunute began to talk ser- fously of a Wall Street investiga- tion, Several days ago, in a senate de- bate, Senator Reed Smoot, chair- man of the finance committee, charged that the market collapse was due to manipulation, Som other Republicans are mak« ing similar declarations, Europe Negotiating Drussels, June 238-~(A.P)---An "anonymous high official" today was quoted by Le Peuple, influen- tial Belgiuan paper, with the state ment thaa oint negotiations already are under way among European countries interested in the effects of the new United States tariff, Louis Debrouckere, voleing the views of the Belgian labor leader in the same newspaper, = warns against tariff reprisals and advises negotiations for cuts on certain ftems, Debrouckere, delegate at the international labor bureau in Gen. eva, predicts the American tarift policy will greatly foster European solidarity, SPEND 17 DAYS IN OPEN BOAT AT SEA voted 'to di of the proposal for a single colonial service, em. bracing the 80 different adminis. trations scattered throughout the world. Another. subject of discus. sion would be unified agricultural service, NOTES FROM THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN 'Florence Press Lomsed Wire) New York, N.Y, June 83.= Smith, 24, of Grant Manan, N.B., and Bre Johnson, | 21, of Bermuda, who arrived here FridaySatter spending 17 days at fea' In an open 15-foot sail boat have reported at quarantine to go thrpugh 'the formalities: of enter: ing tha port which they neglected to do Fridey, (By C FIFTY DREDGE WORKERS ILLEGALLY ADDED TO LIST IN CEDARDALE, IS CLAIM Names Put on, List Despite Fact That They Arrived in' City After Date Res quired by Law, Candidate Asserts CONSERVATIVES OPEN CAMPAIGN IN OSHAWA, Member in Last Parliament Is Supported by R. D, Preston, F. L. Mason, Dr. Jas. Moore and David Spence, M.P, -- Appealing for support on the ground of his past record 'in the House of Commons, where he stats" ed he had always acted in the hesy interésts of this riding, Dr, T, KE, Kaiser, M.F., Coovservative candi date in thé coming election, opened his campagin in Oshawa when he addressed a gathering of party stald warts in the hall over the Arcade store, Saturday night, The warmg weather, attracting people out-of« doors, accounted for the fact that the audience was not large and gave indication of the problem which both candidates will face in this campaign, But it is a problem which is not confined to the riding of Ontario alone, for throughout the, length and breadth of the Dé minjon, candidates are going to ex« perience difficulty in gathering: tos gether large audiences in competi tion with the many summer ab ho tions, What was lost in numbers, Sate urday night, was made up however in enthusigsm.. | As chairman R, I. Preston expressed it; the Cpne servatives of Ontario riding are not perturbed because a farmer chairs man of the Dominion Tariff Board: is again in the field against their candidate, "We know who our opponent. is now and how big he is," ex-Mayor Preston said. 'But the bigger he is the harder he will fall, We beat hm In the last election and we are going to repeat the dose, Judg«- ing from conversation in the street. I.believe Dr, Kaiser has a wonders ful opportunity," Four more yoars spent in the House of Commons have evidently (Continued on Page 12) Seriously Tnjured Welland While riding a bis eyele on highway number § near Welland last night, Willlam Ker« achnorgsky, 380 Crowland St., was struck by an alleged hit-and-run driver and is now! lying in: ihe Welland county hospital with opitls cal head injuries, ' ww Martin Shawira To Get New Trial (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, June 23.~Rirst divisional} court in a judgment handed today ordered a new trial in the case of Martin Shawira, convicted 'am Hamilton, Ont, of murder and tenced to death by Mr, Justice Toh frey, A jury found Shawira guilty of of the murder of John Iwantz, Chief Justice Mulock explained the court's reasons will not be given AH til later in the week as the tri A another man is now pending in el ilton in connection with the same. offense. In his appeal for new trial cout sel for defense alleged that Shaw : was_tried by the same jury that i condemned. Mike' Smith for the ole fense and that the court room was pervaded by the atmosphere of murs. der, Counsel for defense ante an unbiased trial, New Zealand | Charlottetown, dine sion ol King yoste) eertaln f tures of particular interest. to t Maritimo provinces, 'Maritime Mr. King went ca: questions! involved "maritime rights." thore been an these rig tor many yun how the present governm in the term He told how commission should be appointed to 4 fuvestisate, RP 8 dors ¥ ully into the [Vin itation: for y oa and | than la cabinet be ose pro- hid oof Britl i those the Mo vinees but. fo minater and he Appointed . rou can't tant hell vo puso ai! le, ao | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kitchener, June. 23.--Hon: W. D, HWuler," minister of national roven- ue, will again be the Sandia the he terloo Liberal lon Saturday a ly hos 0 Hon Other name was fuvention.. ue Nort Mr, "Bennett, could he a Wolution tor unemploys ment, why Mr, Eulor asked, was {there 80 much unemployment - fon pe beng July | tai protectionist United 84, Sutin? 'Toronto, June dari message of rotest has been sent to Premier Kathleen Bennett, secre- he Toronto East Liberal wing the nomination in ' Triday of Robert A, ! Liberal candidate, Le -- u June ERE at Dn a, ] od fight in that r! ib oy, The conven k E ceeded in arousing the meeting to enthusiésm, but Mr, Wright declin. od' to acdapt the nomination with out first consulting some of lis friends, He 'agroed to inform the executive of 'his decision in a weok, The Liberals of Southeast Grey have not placed a candidate in the field in the last two Federal cam- palgns, OCANDIDATKS RR MINATED WATERLOO NORTH (Ontario)-- Hon. Willlam D, Euler, Liberal, J GREY, SOUTHEAST (Ontario) David T. Wright, Liberal, LEEDS (Ontario)==James R. Mac. laren, Liberal, RICHMOND-WOLFE (Quebeg) w= Dry Franchoise Latleche, Conser- vative, JOLIETTE (Quebec)--Charles Ed- ouard Ferland, Liberal, ST, BONIFACE {Manitona) Dy, J P. Howden, Liberal DRUMMOND-ARTHABASKA (Que- Conserva. hi D, Gagne, RIOR ELIE {Quebec)~=J, A. L' Houreux, Conservative, ras Branden, Man, Juhe 233--Cons cluding his Sloction, fouriin western Canada, Hon, R given a hearty Fea here last night at a huge. meeting in the auditorium, To his fellow cltfzens ont the prairies and the .Pacifio coast pros vince the Conservative leader left a message, 'Never in my life," he declared, 'have I seen the posaibills ties of the party so geod, never have I seen public interest so great, on every hand there ls evidenced a firm desire to place in power a Cone servative administration and hurl gut of office the present incum: Dena,' 4 Renunett, way | Bennett Is Confident in Result of Election July 28 A vigorous denunciation of "backyard whispering" that the Conservatives would place a O.F\R, man at the head of the Canadian National aystem, found a place in: the speech of My, Bennett, « Lawrence 'Waterway The basio industry. of agviculs ture must be developed, he ed, and cheaper transportation vided through the developmen the St. Lawrence Navan b Joot: ports along d to me Mr, Bons These were essential y Tuming to "haekyard wh nett, . {Continued on Page ii, 5.