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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City dhe Tig I AL Si I TEE Oshawa Daily Tones Succeeding The Cshawa Daily Reformer \ "All the News While It Is News" VOL. 7--NO. 123 Cublishes al Jshowa Jet Vay Escen! Sundeve and Public asada, trey Holidwe OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1930 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES ol lit a A News in Brief i By Sesion tren Presse) Record Mia i ray Montreal--. xperts at McGill Un- iversity observatory are at a loss to explain the phen menal weather ex- perienced locally recently. Not in 56 years has the observatory recorded such a mild Novembe I. Mut Surrender. Permit Sarnia.--Sarnia Township residen:s who seek unemployment relief trom the township eouncil during the for- thcoming Winter will have to sur- render their liquor permits and auto- mobile license plates until they are again self-sustaining. ® ast Locomotive a Montreal --Designed for i pass- enger schedules anc representing the latest advance in locomotive con- struction, the first of ten new Hud- son type locomotives has been com- pleted for the Canadian Pacific Jail | way and will be placed in service be- tween Montreal Toronto carly next month. and * Son Follows Father Preston.--George Hipel, son of Norman O. Hipel, M.P. P. for South Waterloo, has bean acorded an ac- clamation in the electi n for the On- tario older hoy liament. He will represent the Presi. n Trail Rangers Tuxis Boys and » Two-Cent Meals Atlanta, Ga.--A charity move- ment of great social significance began operations today When community the needy poor at the cents per meal. IHot meals, are to be carried out of the kitchen in the purchasers' pails and buckets and to be consumed in the priv acy of the home. * rate * % Two Years Sarnia.--Sentence of two years imprisonment in Portsmouth pen- itentiary was imposed on Thomas Earl Evans, aged 35, of Copleston, who last wek pleaded guilty to the theft of four cows from the dairy farm of the R R. V. Durnford, of Hyde Park. ps Given 35, * w May Prosecute Lazy Jobless Chatham. Employment offi- cials of the city are checking up a number of cases in which men are alleged to have refused to go to jobs assigned to them. It is stated that court action will be taken against the men Involved. - * Zimmerknit, Woods to Merge Hamilton.--If the bondholders fatify an agreement which has been entered into, the Zimmerknit Limited, of the City, will be re- leased from receivership and con- solidated with the interests con- trolled by Sir James Woods. * * ® Egg Prices Fall Chicago.-- Eggs for delivery in December sold at wholesale yes- terday at 18.cents a dozen, exactly 1% cents'each. This was the low- est price paid for December eggs here since 1880. Butter likewise | declined to new low prices. De- | cember storage standard butter sold wholesale at 28% cents a pound. - Faces Murder Charge Halifax.--Mrs. Winnifred Flor- ence Gormley was formally charged yesterday with the murder of Gor- don Lister, who was found stabbed to death in an Upper Water Street house early aturday morning, J. P. MORGAN GIVEN DEGREE AT OXFORD (By Canadian Press Lonsed Wire) Oxford, Eng, Nov. 25.--J. P. Morgan, American financier in a flowing . scarlet gown, walked through narrow, cobbled ways today to receive the highest honor in the power of England's oldest univer sity, the degree of doctor of civi laws conferred by Oxford NEW POWER PLANT ™ ON GATINEAU RV. | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Nov, 25.--It was an- nounced yesterday by the Gatineau Power Company that 34,000 horse- power generator will be added to the present equipment of the Pau- gan Falls, Que., hydro-electric plant | of the company, a subsidiary of the Canadian Hydro-Eléctric Corpora- tion, Ltd. When the new unit is in operation the Paugan plant will have installed and in operation ina 26-mile stretch on the Gatineau River an aggregate of 479, 000 horsepower. WEATHER The ddmeengion. which was over the Great Lakes yester- day has moved slowly east ward with ihcreasing intensity (29.14 inches at Monteral) and another de€p low area is passing southeastward across Minnesota, while high pres- sure covers the Rocky Moun- tain States and northwestern Canada. Light snow has fal- 1°n in Mapitoba and northern Ontario -and light to moder- ate rains have been general from southern Ontario to the Maritime Provinces. Foreeasts: Lower Lake Region and Gebrgian Do ie Strong west. erly winds, cold with local snow finrries, Wednesday, strong west northwest winds and becoming colder With snowfalls and flurrics. to gales; local | SPECTACULAR RUGBY | Blue a kitchen served food to | of two | | the funds of the Oshawa Associated | Half Holiday D eclared For Rugby Final Tomorrow ENTIRE NET PROCEEDS OF GOVT. MAYHEIPIF 'Strikes Given |TWO YEARS FOR "CRUCIAL GAME TO BE GIVEN WHEAT GOES DOWN TO LOCAL WELFARE FUND lamation Today Declaring Wednesday Afternoon al Half Holiday : BATTLE EXPECTED Devils Must Fight Every Inch of the Way to Overcome the Six-Point Lead Sarnia Biings Here In order to incréase the attendance | at the big rugby game, which is be- | ing played at the Motor City Stadium | Oshawa, tomorrow afternoon, start- ing at 2.30 p.m. Mayor T. B. Mitchell | and the city fathers have decided to | declare a hali-holiday for Wednes- day, November 20. In a creditable effort to increase Welfare Socicties,, which has just | completed a very successiul drive for funds, to aid the needy of the city, the General Motors' Blue Devils | Rugby club have consented to turn over to the Weltare Fund, all pro- ceeds of the big game tomorrow, oo er and above expenses. Fred Luke! and Art. Hambly, joint owners and are also making the same generous offer, When it remembered Blue Devils are already below the line, in a financial way, their offer takes on an even more generous at- titude, It is because the proceeds of "the game are being given to local wharity that the holiday has been proclaimed so that the attendance, hence, the proceeds, may be as large as possible. The game will be a typical rugby final and the Blue Devils are desury- ing of all the support that can be given to them, They have supplied is that the managers of the Motor City enerons | | | | | { threshold of either defeat of a glori- | | they are to overcome the Wanderers' | 1 local fans with a fine brand of rugby this fall and now they are on the! ous victory. like They will have to fight tigers cvery 'inch of the w ay, if large lead of six points, but they are determined to do it. A large crowd of enthusiastic fans, cheering for them, will be a great help and an in- centive tp big deeds. Be on hand and cheer lofd and long. The Wanderers are a hard team to defeat at any time and nore so when a champion- ship 'is within their grasp. It will be a glorious struggle between two great rugby aggreations. Mayor T. B. Mitchell :..d the city cil have done their share ani | have made a fitting recognition of their thanks to the Blue Devils for what they are doing. A half-holiday | has been declared. Be there when the ball is kicked off at 2.30 o'clock sharp and cheer the Blue Devils a- long to victory. They can be relied upon to do their share. LAWSUIT FOLLOWS SUSPENSION OF BREWERS' SALES Two Breweries at Border Shut Down by Con- trol Board (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Windsor, Nov. 25.--Suit for un- stated damages was this morning entered by Mrs. Vital Benoit, of Lasalle, against the directors of the Hofer Brewing Company She is a | stockholder in the company and | claims that losses are resulting from the order issued yesterday by the Liquor Control Board suspend- ing sale of the company's pro- ducts, She also demands that the di- rectors pay back to the company the sum of $2,000 the amount of a fine imposed, under the Liquor Control Act, on a cliarge of illegal possession of a quantity of their product found on a truck near the river by provincial police. The driver jumped from the truck and escaped and police stopped the truck just before it would have plunged into the river. Suspension of sale of products of the Walkerville Brewery was also ordered yesterday. They had paid a fine of $5,000 on a charge of keeping liquor for sale, Pro- vineial police found a truck about to leave the premises with a quan- tity of their product and there was no record of the shipment being er today to he meeded. pmight become public char | dle, legal. | Mayor Mitchell 1 Issues Proc. Son Kills Father On Hunting Trip (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sault Ste. Matie, ®@nt., Nov, 25. ---F B., Kent, 67, of Kentvale, St. Joseph Island, was the victim of a hunting accident near his home yesterday afternoon when he re- ceived a bullet from a rifle fired by his son, Earl, lung, dying instantly. Kent's two sons, ence, were 'out hunting deer, they became separated, the nos knowing their father | where near them, sons | spect Earl and Clar- | of was any- | mier | Will Give Support to Banks If Average Goes Below 60 Cent (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Nov. 25.--No official | statement has been issued with re to the government's position, but Sir George Perley indicated in an interview with newspaper corres- | | pondents vesterday that the gov-| j ernment | banks should the overage price of is prepared to support the wheat for the season fall below 60 | cents per bushel, The average Bow! is well above that figure, ! It also became known that lead- through his right |i,o canadian business men such as | ployers and a labor organization. K.C. Pacific Edward W. Beatty, iy president! the Canadian Railway, when |and executives of the banks, were in telephonic communication with Pre- Bennett during last week's | crisis. { which Hoover's Views On Immigration Is in General Agreement | With Complete Stoppage (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, Nov. . More selective and flexible "immigration laws were held by president Hoov- immigra- expressed as In The chief executive's tion views were gencral agreement with those re cently announced by Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania. Reed pro- posed stopping of all immigration from both quota and mnon-qutoa countries. Tne president did not ay specifically favored this plan, but pointed to recent action by the government in cutting down immi- gration by a strict appliance of the rules, including which would exclude all who Mr. Hoover said the cffect of the strict- he one persons es. er regulations was demonstrated | Hderon Nan in October. He said that from an average of 24,000 immigrants monthly from all sources, that the total for October was less than 6,000, SEARCH LAKE FOR MISSING YOUTH (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Pigton, Nov. 25.--Grappling being continued in the effort recover the body of Charles Bid- aged 18, believed to have been drowned in Lake Ontario, off the Sandbanks. Biddle and a compai- fon Herbert Jackson, were out set- ting nets Friday afternoon, when heavy scas caused the fishing boat to capsize, and they plunged into | the water. Biddle disappeared but Jackson manage to cling to the upturned boat and was finally washed ashore. U.S. ACTS T0 STOP is RUSSIAN DUMPING Onus of Proof Goods Not Made by Convict Labor Shifted to Soviet (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, Nov. 25.--New cus- toms regulations which may have the effect of considerably reducing Russian imports into the United States were issued yesterday by the treasury. Assistant Treasury Secretary Seymour Lowman. sdid the regula- tions will enable the treasury to exclude Soviet shipments which | are allegdly produced by convict labor even though positive proof is lacking that prison labor was em- ployed. In the tary Ogden opinion of Under-Secre- L. Mills, the regula- tions do not change the existing situation, although he sald the burden 'of proof is ghifted from the government to the importer. Mills pointed out that the treasury must still obtain valid evidence to suppose its contentions that con- convict labor is used, and denied that any general embargo against 'Many Puzzling Problems Face Indian Conference | mittee | busily of Migrants ! {Indian | viewed, | British | fit {lem } to | | | | | | | | truek | whose | tained, Russia was planned. (By Canadian Pros Leased Wire) London, Nov. The flood of | oratory on India has subsided with the adjouriment of the plenary ses- fons of the round-table conference, Noo leading British and Indian politicians are faced with realiza- tion of the enormous task that fis involved in drawing up a scheme for a federal constitution which is | the task the conference's fed-| eral relations committee. This coms | enlarged to 49 members, is] surveying its duties, effect of the speeches of the delegates during the plen- ary sessions has been tremendous, | Thair ability and eloquence may be {said to have . revolutionized the whole British attitude toward the problem, and a significant fact when the plenary session are re- is the unanimity of the with the representatives of | India on the demand for a | federal scheme of government, In private talks after the cons ference, however, some doubts aps peared in the minds of a number of | delegates whether any federation | can possibly be evolved, that will | in with India's demand for do- minjon status. cading non-Mos- delegates have privately ex- changed views on the subject, and | have goon heen enmashed in a mass of details, running up against such (Continued on page 2) 25 of The prince Killed in (rash Three Others Injured |e Accidents in London Dis- | trict Today (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) l.ondon, Ont., Nov. 25. -- One man is dead and three people in | hospital as the result of two. sep- accidents in London District this morning. Duncan McAlpine. | R. R. No. 2,Ilderton, was fatally injured in a peculiar accidént one mile east 'of Melrose on No, 22 Highway when a large transport truck crashed into the rear of his stationary car on the highway. Mr. McAlpine was standing at the arate | It is embodied in the statement | Rouge in Approval by Privy Council | Profemsd to o Legal Suits in| Wage Dispute Cases (By Thos. T. Champion, Canadian Press Staff Correspond®nt) London, Nov. 25.--A strike apd not legal action, the effective sequel when employers refuse to observe the rules of a generarl agreement between a body of em- is Such an agreement in itself is no contract hetween any individual employee and the company. This highly important is expressed by the Privy Council. in of the Ju- the Privy thelr rea- July, the Canadian claiming Lordships of their dicial committee Couueil today set forth sons for disucssing, last action of Young versus Northern Ra ays wrongful dismissal Apellant Young was di from the Railway's shops 1927 and claimed that his dismissal was contrary 'wage agreenmnct No. 4" the Railway Board and way employees' division American Federation of which had provided that of labor should . be genfority of service. smissed at Fort between the rafl- of reduction governed by Their Lordships expressed doubt | in the statement today whether the court had. considered the true question--whether the appellant had established that the contract for his service by = which the company either bound itself to the appellant observe the provisions of the wage agreement, or similar provisions. This agreement, In their Lord- ships' opinion, was merely intend- ed to operate between a body of employers and a organiza- tion, by which the employers un dertook to follow certain rules (Continued on page 2) EUROPEAN UALE TAKES 35 LIVES, DOES MUCH DAWIGE tn tn labor ' 31 Lost When Steamer Sinks | |. --Floods Make Thousands Homeless (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Nov. 25--A gale still how! | ed across Europe and dri pelted a region 'already stricken | floods and hurricanes which had tak n at me lives, hundreds, made thousands homele and w rought enormous property dat age. I'hirty-one men were lost whe steamer Louise I eonh ardt went in the Elbe in Ge Three were as a hu swept through Vienna, At least person was drowned as the rivers of} France poured over the countryside France has the worst flood since the disastrous one of November, 1910, In Belgium, half a million acres of farm land were under water, In Germany th. Rhine and Moselle had driven thousands from their homes, least 33 re front of his machine at the time, screwing on the radiator cap, when the truck hit the rear of the pas- senger car, hurling nate man to the pavement. Brought to St. Joseph's Hospital here at 11 o'clock this morning, Mr. McAlpine died two hours lat- er of head and internal injuries. His body was taken to the Logan Funeral Home, while a coroner's vincial police. The three injured and Mrs. Adam Nicholson, No. 1, Clinton, and Mrs.. J. Mec- Arthur, of Goderich, all suffer from scalp wounds and minor cuts. They were brought to St. Joseph's Hospital. It was stated that their machine had skidded into the ditch. Slippery pavements also contri- buted to the accident which took Mr. McAlpine's life, it was learn- persons, R. R. the untortu- | Mr. | ed. Traffice Officer Martin was investigating the report that the | driven by a Buffalo man, name could not be ascer- had skidded into tbs rear | of McAlpine's auto. Instantly Killed Toronto. --James Taylor, aged 2b years, of 6 Nairn Avenue, was in- stantly' killed yesterday when crushed under a one and one-half ton tank in the boiler-room of the Canadian General Electric Company at Lansdowne Avenue, In Holland the dykes ling along the rivers, In Austria towns and villages suff- | ered heavily from wind and water, In England--or off its coast--yes- sels scurried to the assistance of two Greek steamers driven ashore by the gale, but both ships, Triton and the Taxiarchis, worked themselves out of darger under their own n pow er. TWO-CENT STAMP REWARDS ROBBERS | (By Canadian F Press Leased Wire) Welland, Nov. 25.--Two desper- adoes who attempted a hold-up at midnight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Marko, here, got nothing for their trouble but an empty purse and a pocket book. containing a two-cent stamp. This was the third of these occurrences in Welland within a week. CHINESE MEDICINE were crumb- RROVES DISASTROUS (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hamilton, Nov, 25.--Charged with vagrancy Mrs. Chu Shew Ong Hin, Chinese, was remanded hy Magistrate Burbridge in police court today. The woman was ar- rested following the violent illness of her husband and herself after drinking some Chinese medicine she had prepared, | police court from | months opinion | | ing to | the | Labor, | PETERBORD THUG . Companion Gets 18 Months for Robbery of Store (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nov. and his 25. brother Peterboro, 10, of Lindsay, Amos Lindsay, day Campbellford yester- pleaded guilty in fo stealing goods Edward Ce afternoon here of orge Township of the Hoards Station, store Sey- and were Guelph of the two got day determinate indeterminate, The caught early yesterday morn- by the Campbellfodd police af- a long chase. mour, in the The teformatory. younger less one and six were ter Gordon sentenced to terms two years |¢ two | 'him THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH PERISH IN BARN FIRE ON FARM NEAR BELLEVILLE, RESCUE EFFORTS FUTILE King of Mexican "Bandits Kille (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) 'Shot and d| Nov, 25. Mexico City, killed while attempting to escape' written today on the records | of the department of justice after | the name of Baldomero Navarro, who acknowledged no man's law, and whose deftness with two guns won him the title of 'el maestro" of Mexican banditry { wa | ¢ Last who | pursued aptured week federal troops, him in vain for years, and executed three of his There followed a running fight with him acro Mega and | through Arrova, until one of their shots clipped his horse from under and he was tured. men. ca 'Baldwin Favors Emergency Tariff, Anti-Dumping Law (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) {| London, Nov. 25--Rf, Hon, | Baldwin, wh lay received | of confidence onservatiy leader, flat] gency manulactu ative St a 4s came out tariff on as soon as the Consery | return to At the s tand ag | eign prod "What abolishing toreign tor ar cts 1 1" ito ver stand included the terms | was ob animity the endors | him, told 890 dele tral council of the National Unie Conservative Unionist A 1s, that |} ood at the head of a ted Mr accorded to tl ce: and ia- us attack n of employment | ers. the we The f ial attention to wl "the lack of Imperial ( s results onterence, Restore Order In Lima, Peru | Fifteen Wounded in Riot- ing Yesterday--Situation Still Strained (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lima, Peru, Nov 25.- | was re-established in Lima | after rioting and fighting late yes terday in which 15 persons were | wounded, The situation continued | strained and further disturbances | were considered possible, A government communique said: "Absolute tranquility prevails" The same communique contained a | public censure of Major Matuel ! Velasquez, publisher of La } for an article carried in yeste Ione Ss editions criticizing the government for the inclusion of civilians in a new list of cabinet appointees an- | nounced Saturday. { It was La Prensa's that only military men, or Young men unbiased by politics should be contained in the cabinet of the | provisional government as an in- | surance against political favorit- ism, The goverment statement de- clared that the new cabinet, al- | though containing two civilians of the old political groupings, had no political color and would contribute enthusiastically to the work begun by the provisional president, Lieu- tenant Colonel Luis M., Sanchez Cerro injure 1 REDUCE OUTPUT TO BENEFIT MINERS (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brussels, Nov. 25 --Belgian col- leries, with two and a half million tons of coal on hand, are to re- duce their output beginning next month so that miners will have full} pay every second fortnight, and dvr- | | Charlesgdrevelyan, contention | Labor Yields To Opposition Arcs to Postpone Opera- tion of Education Bill Until 1932 ion Wire) The govern- to yield an Its edncation age at which school, from 14 not become op- 2 even if it is through parlia- present time, The a clause providing com- pensation to parents for children | between i4 and 15 years and | purpose is to help remedy the situation hy supply of youthful work- (By Canadian oP London, Nov. | ment has been important point Bill, to raise the | children nray leave to 156 years, will erative until 19 successfully. got | ment at the | bill carrics forced un- down the now in com- second reading; of its kind. The in a maze of alterations, Sir Minister of Ed- the announcement would not become 1932 and he was accept further modifl- of the bill which apparent- been put forward by the arty, Bill, age after is the third onc other two were objections and The present mittee lost ucation, made today that it operative until prepared to cations ly have Liberal GIRL SUICIDES BY JUMPING 70 FEET | (By Canadian. Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov. 25.--Plunging feet from a window in the Smith Building on Wellington St, Annie Goodman, an employee hat company, died within five utes after admittance to the eral hospital. Police state that | Miss: Goodman left a note behind | {to the effect that she would be un- {able to live without her boy friend. When the girl was picked up by the police practically every bone in [her body was broken. An inquest | is unlikely. THREATENS APPEAL 10 HEAD OF CHURCH Ee of Birmingham May Take Drastic Action in Anglican Dispute (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Jirmingham, England. Nov, 25. "If you come to St. Gregoyr's I shall have no alternative but to ap- peal to the Archbishop of Canter- bury, as head of the Church of Eng- land, to publicly rebuke yon and order you to depart." This is the final sentence in a letter from Rt. Rev, Ernest Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham, to Rev, E Ll. Pike, to whom Bishop Barn refused a license as curate of St. iregory's church. The Vicar of St. | Gregory's, Rev. A. C. Brown, is one | of the group of clergy who decline to follow the bishop's. instructions to discontinue public reservation of the sacrament and the special ser- vices connected with this. . Father Pike proposes to take up the curacy under Rev. Mr. Brown, next Janu-| ary. While admitting the position will be irregular, min- gen curate's the vicar its cutting | Miss | of al Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wool man, Rawdon Township, Lose Three Eldest Chil dren, Aged From Three to Six Years FATHER WORKING © IN FIELD AT TIME | Neighbors - With Difficulty Restrain Parent From Plunging Into Flames in Effort to Rescue Children (By Canadiah Priss Leased Wire) Belleville, Nov. 25.--Thre= children, ranging in age from three to six years, two boys and one girl, were burned to death | about 11.30 this morning when fire destroyed a barn on the farm of their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Woolman, on the sixth concession of Rawdon, 20 miles northeast of Belleville, I'he fai workng in the fields he Rames, were con- g the b and immediately she A to the house to ee from wife the w hereabouts of the chil- The wife, who could not see 1 house, said she be- : playing in the barn, to the meagre details re< ighbors had some diffi- Woolman from 1 ain death in an cffort to rescue his children, It is not known how the fire start- The children were accustomed to among the wagons and ma- the barn, . : Woolman have one an infant in arme, The names of the victims are not ve: known here, | er was oticed arn / mm EDITOR 50 YEARS, WALTER PAYNE DIES (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Winnipeg, Man.. Nov, 25. --Wal- ter F. Payne, veteran Winnipeg newspaper man and for nearly 50 I Years a members of the editorial stafl. of the Manitoba Free Press, died this morning, He had bedn | III only a. week, being taken to | Hospital last Wednesday. Within a few months of com- pleting a half century of service with the Winnipeg paper, Mr. Payne was widely known in both eastern and western Canada. Fer nearly 35 years he was news edi- {tor and in later years assistant managing editor of the Free Press. | He also was prominent as a euridn, BRITISH FORCE WITHDRAWN FROM CHANNEL ISLANDS | Garrison Established by Wil | liam of Orange Ceases Its Duties » (By Thos T. Champion, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, Nov, 25.--An interest- {ing historical link between the British. army and the Channel Islands was snapped at midnight last night when the second batta- lio, Royal West Kents, was offiei« ally withdrawn from the islands. Ever since William of Orange abolished the Channel Islands' | neutrality they have been continu- ally garrisoned with British troops. | But now the islands will have only the Royal Guernses militia and the | Roya) Jersey Light Infantry, In 1928 the British government refused to keep on taking respon- sibility for maintaining the militia in the Channel Islands, resulting in a saving of about £30,000 in the annual. army estimates. The present withdrawal will effect = still greater economy Since the days of Napoleon the islands have had little strategic value but the present withdrawal is viewed with regret, both by the troops who found them ' a most agreeable station, and by the is- lands' business .community, who found the British soldiers excellent customers, The Channel with England conquest, Islands, united since the Norman have beén frequently in- | vaded by the French (notably in 1461 and 1781) who, however, failed to subdue them. The inhabit- ants, numbering roughly 100,000, ing the other fortnight will be en-| declares he feels justified in being | aer of Norman stock and the of- titled to doles. irregular "in a good cause." ® | ficial language is French,