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canadian pacific liner stages thrilling rescue these horses had a good laugh wrecking steamer reindeer i swamped on mission of relief terrific gale off coast of nova scotia halifax march 13 a new and thrill ing chapter in the record o rescues at sea was written oil this coast on saturday when the westbound liner montcalm took 2s men from the heav ing deck ot the wrecking steamer reindeer i the oildriven montcalm superbly handled poured oi on the aiouutainous seas and manoeuvred to create a lee in which the rescue was iossible whether the reindeer an abandon ed derelict lay low in the trougli of marching seas a menace to naviga tion or whether she had gone to the bottom was still a matter of conjec ture a note ot irony was iu her fate lor lie was bound to assist the dis abled hamburg american steamer harburg off sable island where her tea timbers could withstand no long er the battering of a turbulent sea captain it- featherstone and his i men were safe at home today through the seamanship of the montcalms it- i fleers and a boats crew which put off from the liner took them aboard as rising water slothed over cold fires through the derelicts engine roomjind dropped down to leeward to put them safe aboard meanwhile tie harburg helpless with a broken rudderpost was in tow ot the new york tug wiuett for hali fax 150 miles southsouthwest of che- bucto head according to wireless messages received here she had lain off the coast since wednesday knock ed hither and yon at the seas whim but not apparently in any imminent danger on the oceangoing tug foun dation franklin which left halifax on wednesday afternoon smashed her steering gear made temporary repairs and was reported proceeding toward tho harburg at all speed nothing was heard today predicts big trade throughout empire consulgeneral to us says britain may grant wide preferences new york a prediction that the british empire would soon evolve into one of the strongest economic units iu the world was made hero by gerald campbell british consul- general speaking before tha ulster irish society on british affairs british subjects he said are no longer talking pessimistically as they did after the imperial conference in 1526 as things have gone lie said as other countries have become wrapped tip in themselves and as tariffs have been raised higher and lilgher ugninst us we have come bad into t imperial bosom and sow we all are preparing to help cue another at the conference which p ill assemble in ottawa next sum mer we couldnt have come to such q position if britain had not had a tariff however now that she does bave one she is in a position to gran preferences to the dominions and the dominions are in a position to srant preferences to great brit ain for instance take the canned irui industry for years a british vessel or two has come every week to california in ballast and has load ed a cargo of canned fruit for the mother country at ottawa great britain i be lieve will work out some system k hereby she ran shift this business to south africa and australia i would not slv that ail the california fruit business will go to those two dominions that will depend upon how they grow and grade and mar ket their products but it will he a s and the british ships that will go there for fruit will not have to go ii baltist they can take british on wed le- than a week bride and groom dead st catharines march 13 less than one week divided the marriage of mr and mrs william 6 sibley and their deaths sibley a former member of the port dalhotisje board of educa tion was married last saturday march n within a few days both were stricken with pneumonia on tuesday march s his bride died on saturday sibleys name was added to hers on the death register gas price probe opens at ottawa form of procedure announc ed by chairman r c matthews ottawa investigation into tho price of gasoline in canada a3 compared with the price in the united states was started by the banking and com merce i smmittee of the house of com mons on march s the form of pro cedure was announced by tho chair man it c matthews cons toronto fast centre and the first speaker was dr thomas donnelly lib willow bunch who sponsored the resolution calling for the investigation dr donnelly said lie had asked for tho inquiry in view of the difference in price on the two sides of the border the problem was a large one as there was now more than 600000000 gallons used a year in canada there had been a difference of at least five cents at all times and in view of the ranging difference from month to month he could not understand the reason c e bothwell liberal swift cur rent corroborated dr donnellys re marks and said that while the differ ence appeared very marked there might be justification for that rea son an inquiry had been called ifevi v sv-m-w- anything but stickinthemud reporters usually find a way out of r mes3 but these motorists had to call on old dobbin for assistance when their car got struck near schomberg northern ontario air crash fatal so you have been to france again mrs towsen yes seems that we cant keep away from paris indeed my daughter says w re regular par- sites urges prohibition of export of arms women cable message to disarmament conference torouto the executive of the local council of women recently cabled to the worid disarmament conference at geneva the following resolution adopted at its meeting this meeting expresses its regret at tho situation that has arisen in tho far east it is of the opinion that the said situation i3 not in harmony with the covenant of the league of nations the ninepower treaty or the pact of paris it recommends that if other measures fail stops be taken to apply such sanctions in cooper ation with the united states of amer ica as seem likely to bring the parties involved to a recognition of their in ternational obligations and in particu lar it recommends that overy measure possible be taken to preserve confi dence in the various treaties that are the basis of worid peace further it urges that the league ot nations and the disarmament conference should at onco take steps to secure the immedi ate prohibition of sale or export of arms and war materials by any coun try godfrey w dean killed when junkers craft bursts into flames winnipeg march 13 godfrey v dean of grand mere que crashed a junkers plane and was instantly killed at kagainagami lake while flying from tashota ont according to at official statement of the canadian airways limited western lines here he was unaccompanied cn the flight a brief message to airways offices at sioux lookout stated the piano ii burst into flames while riving over ka- withjhem ss gainagami one- of the lakes that dot the countty north of tashota and being asthe direct result of thj har came down out of control v t a tenacitv of individual oov dean was engaged in flying gen- or kr i s i era supplies to various trading posts with an activc membership of over j in tho north lake district and had thrce hundred louies we look forward i tho ontario lone scout depart- greater than they ever before had the opportunity to manufacture and sell canadian merchandise and to use canadian raw materials and re sources therefore lone scouts should keep a smile on their faces and talk not about the hard times but rather about the great opportunity and the good season that we are about to enter why is scouting so popular this question is easily answered and the two following paragraphs will illustrate the reason boy scouts own no superiority of race or creed color ment has jiow ocen in existence fer three years and duiing that time a large tumber of boys in all parts of the province who otherwise would not have had the chance have availed themselves of the opportunity to take an active interest in the boy scout movement in addition the lone scouts have paved the way for some thirteen regu lar troops which ha-c- sprung into ard godfrey fln nit frr hi- ivt trln nf iio rfu r i j or tinguc scoutillg i3 just as much taken on lot his hit trip ot die day u our fourth year with optimism and i f u f deiii wi well ktiwn i j- ii i designed tor tho humjle boy from yean was wen knot n no f t opportunities to bring livas of a greater s than ever before transcanada air pageant last sum mer he was the first pilot ill canada throughought canada as an experienc- j scouting into the li ed pilot having accompanied the mn of rural boys a call to scouts ever to loop the loop in an autogyro a call to scouts for increased sor- he had only recently been transferred vice during the national crisis wa3 from the eastern division to the west- made by lord badenpowell nt the ern division in which the lake nipij annual meeting of the council of he gon area is included association in london the scouts he said were first in the field on the planes throw food mcaiion of the gre war t0 render to snowbound deer moscow idaho more than 200 deer snowbound in tho picturesque wilds of north idaho with four feet of loose snow covering their customary fodder have been fed from the skies about 3000 pounds of baled hay have been tossed from a cabin piano hired by the shoshone chapter ot the izaak walton league of wallace idaho to feed the unfortunate animals along the upper north fork of the coeur dalene river the airplane has made three trips of mora than 100 miles in about 1 hours each mr na namer of spokane pilot of the famous sun god nonstop refueling trip from coast to ooast flew the plane on tho first two mercy errands and newton wakefield piloted it on the third mr e f hel- mers senior forest ranger of tho wal- town or country as it is for the an of influential paren3 some people quibble about our uniform but it is designed especially so that all boys of whatever rank shall look alike i and therefore all meet on equal foot ing western indian boy scouts authority from the department of indian affairs has been granted for the organization of a scout troop at the sarcee indian school in alberta the group committee includes chief jim starlight and chief big plume latest royal i30y scout the latest addition to royal boy scouts is hrh prince gustav adolf eldest son of the crown prince of sweden new bishop a scoutmaster the recently elected anglican help behind the scenes and the pres ent move to service as the prince of wales had said was not meant to be a mere flash in the psn but an under taking for the duration of the na tions trouble tho duke of connaught president or the association sent a message in which he referred to the fact that the world total of boy scouts was now more han 2070000 j the above paragraph was taken bishop of ontario rt rev john l from an english newspaper published ons is a scout leader of some years in february and would seem to indi- j experience he organized and for sev- cate that there ao greater difficulties eral years was scoutmaster of a troop i the old country than we in canada at belleville ho participated in appreciate however we know that games and hikes and took the boys to the scouts will do their best to help camp- lighten the burden and in this matter camp do you intend to come to the lone scouts can help considerably the lone scout camp which will be right here in ontario held this summer if so start saving lane e was visited a few jays those nickels now and let your scout- ago by a business mat from vienna master know that you wish to be en lace district directed tho flight and austria who in the course of convt- rolled as a camp prospect dropped tho bundles of hay with umg red streamers to attract attention of ground crews who were watching for the plane ranchers and woodsmen will store tho hay and feed it to the deer as they require it moscow to build artists homes sation stated thnt after a tour of the for information regarding the lone united states and canada he found scouts which branch of scouting is that the most advertised word on this open to all boys between 12 and 18 side of the atlantic is depression years of age who cannot joint regular as far as canada is concerned at any j scout troops write x the lone scout late this should not be as at this iihe department boy scouts association canadian business people have an op- 1 030 bay st toronto 2 portuniiy at their anger tips which is lone e moscow a novel paiutors and sculptors campaign of building in tho soviet capital has been announced dr einstein predicts j spite of present conditions it can far better times e o 6ver dr einstein said he expected to de- pasadena caiif dr albert e- fin- canadian national steamship strikes reef near bermuda laciy somers takes passengers after they abandon ship vessel feared total loss hamilton bermuda march 13 the canadian national steamship princo david struck a reef two hours out of st georges today forced the evacuation of her s 1 passengers and aevoral hours later was sinking according to passengers tho vessel was making a speed of about 23 knots when the accident happened the third officer was on the bridge at the lime passengers reported and al were ordered immediately to don life- preservers the iite beats were lowered quickly while an sos was sent to the lady somers when all the passengers had been taken off the prirce david was liiting badly tho lady somers fearful of enter ing the channel stood by three miles cut whilo passengers and crew alike vorked at the oar3 they rowed for aa hour and a half in rough sea be fore reaching the lady somers chiof steward kerr of the prine david was praised highly by passer- gora for his work in tie transfer of passengers all wero brought safely aboard tho lady somers and then taken ashore the transfer was accomplished without any serious injury to any of the passengers or crew it was 11 am when the 3072lci vessel bearing 87 vacationminded passengers from boston for st georges was brought up sharply on the reef ships officers calmly direct ed and assisted assengcrs in donning lifebelts and soon lifeboats were swung over the side and the long pull started to the lady somers later it was said by passengers that there was little commotion as tho liner was abandoned true to the traditions of the sea capt a s mckay was the last mn to leave the ship after the passen gers and regular crow hail quit the listing vessel capt mckay and two engineers remained aboard surveying tho situation late reports were that finally the captain and engineers were also taken from the sinking craft six houses of six storoys each with stein eminent gorman physicist who accommodations for 1500 artists will has been studying with natural sclen- be erected on the outskirts here they lists here observed on his journey will bo constructed to provide a maxi- home that tar better times appear to vote his timo to improving upon his unified field theory one which at tempts a single law governing time spaco gravity and electromagnetlsm ho has modified his theory that all mum of light in every studio with bo ahead for both the old world and space is curved ho said but still is various exhibition hall3 and special the now of tho opinion that space in the vicin- workshopa j whether tho machine ago has been jty of bodies ot large mass is curved a benefit or a detriment to humanity i as a whole one cannot say he said tl9 moro c a spendthrift has but at the moment it appears that tho faster ho goes o it is useless to advertise for opportunity lost 8000 and 4700 miles long respectively steamer freed british air lines from ice fields longest in world fellowcraft released after capetown karachi routes food is dropped from aeroplane windsor march 13 held for four london the propellers of a huge days in tho grip of a lake erie ice- fouienglued landolano at croydon air field the freighter fellowcraft finally drome near ixmdon begin to whirl broke free late saturday and made her clear away way to loraine o she will remain with a suddent burst of speed th in that port 25 miles west of cleve- machine rolls swiftly across th land until the spring breakup the ground bounds oft into tho air and fellowcraft nicholson transit cora- away for south africa pany vessel with captain patterson its just a3 simple as that this tak- in command and a crew of 19 had i off for the lougest regular air been locked in the ice since lctc tu-t- route in the world destination s00j day outbound from cleveland for miles away detroit with a cargo of steel she vas j knglaud leads tho world in a corn- stopped by heavy ice near colchester bincd mall and passenger service to light reef strong winds wednesday drove the helpless freighter toward the farlying lands of the earth iu march 1929 tho imporial alr- peleo island her position when she ays instituted its regular weekly ser- freed herself was roughly eight miles southeast of kingsville packed by high winds and prolong ed cold the ice frustrated two at tempts to succor the fellowcraft by water contact was made however vice between croydon and karachi on tho west coast of india 4700 mlle away to go by air takes just a weok whereas by steamer it takes three india 13 thus brought just that much when food supplies were dropped closer to london to its business men aboard from an aeroplane friday its governors its parliament on th while a message on the hatch covets way tho big pane3 take in palestine bore word that 1 was well breaks transjordania and irak in the icefield were appearing early the undertaking does not pay iu saturday according to captain john- way as yet so imperial airways it ston of the pelee island nir mail ser- 1 heavily subsidized by tho british gov- vice later in the day open water ernmeut for the malls it carries each showed east and the icebound ship piano averages 700 pounds of mall on was able to free herself the first rescue attempt was made wednesday when tho aspen united states government craft put out from detroit but was stopped at the mouth of th detroit river a blizzard con- bined with the closepacked ice to rustratt the second effort when a overy trip a terrific job having gotten this well under way imperial airways tho british gov ernment and the government of south africa then began to think about tha more ambitious and hazardous plan small boat was dragged over the ce for rolte capetown from croydon 1 tho onetime dark continent is a part way to the ship from colchester thursday nova scotia to put miners on the land bill to aid jobless colliery workers introduced wkc march winds do bl6w ca m tough proposition the distances are vast there are enormous junglo area in which lions leopards and elephants still roam wild as do savage tribes there are mountain ranges to bo clear ed extensive surveys had to bo un dertaken the route needed 27 main stations in africa and 30 intermediate landing places in case of emergency tho halifaxfinancial assistance for royal air force had built some tern- for tho establishment on vacant farms p 8t had be mad of unemployed coal miners who have janent airdromes and emergency had farming experience and facilities and ng grounds had to be laid out and for the placing on the land of miners jj f th ca oj who wish to gain agricultural experl- b ack ettalns junglo had to be ence are provided for in a bill intro- c earod f toy a duced in tho legislature by th ne daily f fv premier gordon s harrington the eft t f f days tlm in ha measure provides that any male per- 0 beat elelhant grasb t0 werln son ot more uian 21 years of age who than f e00n sir ng j is a british subject and the head of a and th myria s hu ant buiw household who has been a mining em- tremendous anthills against which an ployee of the dominion steel and coal- air n m ll0w b vom corporation and a resident of nova su3tain prions damage scotia for five years and who has had seventeen of the main landing satisfactory experience in farming place3 hay beea equipped with ela- may have his application for assist- borato radlt apparatus anco considered by a board to bo es- six da saved tablished taking mails by air between london it 13 proposed also that the board and capetown saves six days but be granted authority to place men for the interior points in the equatorial from mining communities farmer to enable them to with rogions the savings is oven greater obtain i tho last link in the air lines to link practical experience the board may up the british empire will bo a route grant certain allowances to such to australia men during a period of training not to exceed one year the premier had enunciated a pol icy of land settlement some months tho hitch iu tho australian link at present is tho government of india- it had been planned that radiating from karachi the indian govern- ago and the possibility of placing ment should support air lines all over miners on the land was reviewed re- the vast subcontinent of india this cently in the report of tho duncan has been postponed at present be- commission which declared that too cause of the financial stringency once many men were employed in the india does its part the australia ser- coalfields and also recommended en- vico can be called into being fairly dorsement of the reallocation pro- quickly posals involving closure ot certain faster mail planned collieries which would displace about passengers and malls would he 2000 workers flown from london to karachi every week a they aro now from karachi they would bo flown in an indian plane to calcutta from there a service supported by great britain and australia would mako tho long hop across to port darwin in tho northern part of australia when thle comes into being all the main parta of tho hugo empire will bo linked up by air except canada munitions tr japan bt tho british government is not moscow workers of all nations i stopping there it has in mind ab were called on to prevent shipments p bulit main tor ma 80rvic8 of munitions to the far east and lm- anu to attaln a cruising speed of at mediate evacuation of manchuria and loast 150 mll vr hour with two a united mine workers delegation opposing such closing will meet the government tomorrow tho commission during its sittings heard evidence from several land set tlement agents and learned that va cant farms in nova scotia number more than 1400 moscow would halt shanghai was demanded in a manifes to issued recently by communist lead ers and left wing writers pilots they will carry at least 1000 pounds of mail bo capable of flylnjr nonstop for at least 1000 miles and in manchuria japan is organizing possess full radio and navigation whito guard regiments increasing equipment for nlgl and day flying provocation against tho soviet union i and preparing to attack tho soviets r j r u- with tho support of french imperial- 1 ambitious koadbuilding planned by hawaii of tho united tho manifesto ism and the consont states and kngland said signatories on behalf of tho inter national antiimperialistic leaguo and honolulu tii to stimulato em ployment and improve island motor highways a roadbuilding program in- volving 2000000 will bo started tuls the international workers aid included month llndor lho supe of the maxim gorki shapjun saklatvala tutorial highway cnginoer road john dos passes henri barbusse and w b0 aml now road3 1uli ri on the islands of oalm hawaii maul and kauai on oahu tho projects will rosult in amery urges 33 13pc duty i london right hon l s amery in a speech in london recently de clared that tho import duties coinmlt- a continuously paved routo around tha island whilo on hawaii tho addition of 20 miles of paving will increaso tho remombor what washington did to tho cherry tree well heros what a spectacular march buz- i did to another washlngtoa tree three were killed tee were to build upon tho import comfort of the 250miio drive around duties act a real tariff superstructure that island he did not think that anything less duo to coastal mountains maul and than 25 or 30 per cent on finlahod kauai lack bolt roads but i maul manufactured goods would bo useful midsummer will see work started on a while ho did not think that the road to connect tho seaports jf lah- tarlff should bo so high aa to be exclu- alna and kahulul with tho projoelod slve ho thought experience showed motor trail o tho top ot 12000fcot tiat 25 and 13 per cent duty was haleakala mountain kauais shore about right for moat goods manufactured lino highway will bo widened and im- i proved