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Dept, of Finance
ynL. ad rnen!s to Royal MayCom-
mission
Ottawa, Sept, 21, It hs believed
Aare that should, G. W. flyndman, As.
blatant DoputY Mintster of Finance;
ire found guilty of defalcations froom
phe Department • of Finance on which
he is now awaiting trial,,thero will be
a call be' Ute,Opposttiou In Parliament
for a thorough investigation et this
elepavtin0nt.
it ie stated that the br'oadcasttng.
throughout the country oC the news or
EYntlman's arrest will nun consider•
able• uneasiness and that a Royal
Couiinls81OI may be appolated to go.
thoroughly into the details of the de.
partment and show how it le possible
for speculations to ocur over such a
long period of time 'without the guilty
parties being discovered. •
Reports state that the amount miss -
Dig from the department in liberty
bonds may amount to a very large
figure.
This is the second time in the past
pix years that a finance clepartmout
official has been charged with the
theft of liberty bonds.
In the first ease the accused was
'convicted and received a senteuee of
three years.
Tlie charge was only for a to wtItou-
sand dolars butit is understood that
the actual alnaltnt involved was over
$50,000,
It has been definitely stated here
that further charges would be laid
against Styndamn, who Is now on re-
mand awaiting trial o nlour charges
of theft ot bonds amounting to $4,000.
Continued investigation by the spe-
cial auditors . and by Finance Depart-
ment Investigator, Duncan, are dis-
closing further. deficiencies. It le also
learned that it is not yet definitely es-
tablished whether any other persons
are involved.
Arthur G. Claght, ICM prominent
Toronto barrister, who has acted on
many occasions tor Guarantee com-
panies in similar cases, has been re.
tallied by the government as an ad.
Retie* 4 'Scene* front, Riot Mott of Holy I mel:
Premier Ferguson
Starts Campaign
Huge Banquet Marks Open-
ing of Government's
Election Activities
There will be no plebiscite on liquor
nor on any other matter of public
potty so long as Hou: G. Howard Fer-
guson is head of the government of
Ontario.
Standing firm on established British
constitutional practice, Premier Fer-
guson will continue to take responsi-
bility at the polls for his Handling of
Ontario's affairs.
In such words, the prime minister
fired his opening gun of the 1929 pro-
vincial general election campaign
with a frontal attack on the position
taken by W. E. N. Sinclair, LC,G„ the'
Liberal leader.
It was a campaign opening unequal-
ledi enthusiasm Increspleu•
BRITISH
TROOPS IN PALESTINE MAINTAIN; ORDER
here are the first to be received ol-British troops in Palestine tushed 16 scene of date disorders to ciaell
The photographs hs first
i show victims 01 the riots, (1). Itahbi Dr. Tol,enlcin,•who was wended in Arab uprising at Ii0br0u; is here
shown conflict. The ng t m the effect ons
rem the effects oL his injuries, (2) Three aurvivtng members of the Iiisselstein Family' father, daughter gand young boy. Five in bed merecmbers
ot Y
the Painil were killed by Arabs at Hebron, while these tinea 'survivors were .wounded. (3) A' lone aeutiriel 'ot South W
Bine other members Y
Borderers on roof of a damaged house at Talpioth, and (4) Men of the FlrstSouth'Wales Borderers in fighting kit. Thane latter two photographs• were
taken at Talpioth, a wealthy Jewish suburb c f Jerusalem, where many residences were wrecked Py Arabs.
the
Jew -Arab
Arctic Patrol Ship
Nears Voyage End
'Department of the Interior's
1929 Expedition Expect-
ed Homo Early 'in
September
The Canadian Government's annual
expedition to tate posts on the oaetertt
Wands of.. the Arottc archipelago is
nearing ; the completion Of , its work
and the return of tite ship to the IlOme
pert ot North Sydney, Nova Scotia, is
aspected early In September. The
northern party, which is in oharge 01
Mt. George P. Mackenzie. ot the North
West Territories and Yukeil Branclti
of the Department ot the Interior,
sailed 00 board the S,S, Boothic for
the annual patrol on July '20,,and on
the morning of July 27 had completed,
the 1,800 -mile voyage to Godhavo,r,
Greenland, the first port of call. Atter
an exchange of courtesies with the Dan.
1011 ofacials at that point, the ship con:
tinned north and west to Dundas 1-lar-
bor, Devon• island; .which was readied'
On the morning of July $1, At noon
the following day the ship resumed its
voyage and a short call was made 'tit
Craig Harbor on.' Ellesmere Island tile
same day, The Beothie also stopped
off Cape Sparta) while photographs
both still and motion, were taker. of
the herds of muskox at that point.
Continuing north the Beattie' enter-
ed South. Sound on August 2 and at.
ter battling l.ieavy ice reached'. Rico
strait the next day. A great un•
broken ice field in Buchanan Bay bar.
red the Cather progress rf the ship
towards Bache Peninsula and the sup.
plies had to be landed at Cape Roth.
Orford within easy hauling distance of
the post. Inspector A. II, Joy, of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police,., Con-
stable Taggart, :tad .aa Askimo•named
N000aintngwah, who had completed
one ot the ' most important overland
patrols ever made among the Arctic
[elands, . were at Bache P,eninsuia and
went aboard the ship. Inspector Joy's
Party tett Dundas Harbor .on March.
12 for a patrol west to Melville Island,
during which they visited, in addition
to Melville Ieland, Lougheed, King'
Christian? Ellet Ritigues, Arnaud
in size, en us asm �{
dance in the history of tate Conserve- Larkin Says Hague
many as quickly as possible, and his
visory counsel and to assist in the
prosecution. Mr. Staght has been topersuasion rP,Pranco to hurry up then'
close conference during the week sive party in Ontario. Nearly 5;000 el own evacuat-ion-
with °Metals of the Justice sConference
ad Pim- cheering government supporters pack- Mowas a magnificent piece of
ed every available dining room of work, declared the Canadian High
Royal York and the King Edward,
High Commissioner to Lon- G0 tha
ance departments,
Movement to Reinstate
Deposed Police Chief
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.—A consider-
able movement has grown up in the
Sault seeking -the reinstatement ot
Chief S. B. Graham, who was recent-
ly dismissed by the police ommissioa
'following n technical' breach in bor-
rowing for a motor tour a car Olt
which the driving and operating
licenses had been cancelled.
Following a. petition signed by all
the clergy of the city, Dr. George
Tomato's two largest hotels, tee mmi sdoner: '
"At the end the spirit shown by all
while hundreds of others for whom don Describes Repara delegates was superb, and was all that
there was no room rotvded the lob- I tions Meeting
hies.
To all these and to a vast unseen Quebec.—A vivid description of the
could be wished for, with the greatest
friendship existing. It was matte Ito
the League of Nations," .concludedaudience all aver the province, reach- recent meeting, of the Reparations
, drm lion. 114x, Larkin.
ed by the largest radio hook-up everConference at the Hague and the
arranged in Canada, the premier re• stand
taken by Right Hon.
Philip
ilip
e
viewed the financial history of hs , Snowden, o1 Great Britain, rtseeking Dominion t®
Care
r
"overnmont, skotclted the work being what amounted to return of the Spa
done on the huntnn:itarian emblems Agreement, was given newspapermen For historic Sites
attached to the care of the anderprivi• by Rt, IIon• Peter C. Larkht, Calla- - ,
leged, pleaded for a courageous, far -din High Commissioner to London,
seeing development of the resources upon his arrival to the Dominion on
board the liner Moutcalin.
of the north, and finally made tits Hon, Mr. Larkin, who was met at
Thotn1ee, retired Archbishop of Al- (trenchant declaration for a fully re- site dock byPremier Mackenzie Bing
goma, has written to the commission sensible government. and Hon. Lucien r Ma k Solicitor
suggesting that they reconsider their General, stressed the friendly feelings
decision, and several other petitions One Killed, TWO Hurt Ithat prevailed among all present when
are 10 tr'Clllatilti in the city. In Crossing (t!iishap, the conference adjourned, and of Hon.
Magistrate Elliott favors ilia rein- MO. Snowden's triumphal return to
statement of the chief and Mayor Stratford.—When the light service
Irwin opposes It, while Judge Stone, truck in which they were ricking was; Loudon, hut, be declared, one of the
the chairman, is non -committal, mere- struck by a C.N.R. passenger train most important points o4 the entire
ly stating that the petitions will re- in the Village of Atwood at no n on'conferenco, and one not concerned
ceivo consideration, Wednesday, Royal Todd, age 21, was;lwith reparations at all was the sue -
fatally injured, and John O. Killer,'
cessful effort made by Rt. Hon. Arthur
age 23, and Fred W. Ritchie sere in. Henderson, of the British Cabinet, to
30 Horses Entered jnred but sot seriously
T dd •
died m the L
Lindsay Fall Fair
Lindsay, Ont.—Lindsay's 53rd an
nual fail fair opened Wednesday
Prospects for record entries and at
tendance are bright. Over 30 horses
from Ontario, Manitoba and United
States are here for the trials cf
speed. Entries in live stock are sur-
passing last year.
Canon Cody, of Toronto, will open
the fair officially.
• W'ednesday's horse shoe pitching
contest was won as follows: 1, Wal -
win and Henry, of Janstville; 2, Mc-
Laughlin brothers, of Burketon; 3, Ray
and McKey. of Lindsey; 4, Brown and
Coulter, of Toronto.
Labor Repudiates
A.B.C. and Guild
Land, u, Ont., Sept. 19. At their re-! 40 feet along
the tracks.
Britain, yautumn.
1 The train, C.N.R. No. 1.95, bound for . Canada Interested I "provisions will be made- at subse-
gular meeting last night, members of Kincardine, was in charge of Engineer "Canada was only indirectly tater- quant sessions for the effective prose -
the London Trades and Labor Conine D Freeland end Conductor 0. Becker, osted, but naturally we wanted to•help
ell passed a resolution stating that both of Palmerston, It was slowing Great Britain, as we have an agree- cation of the Government's policy with
they v fished to go on record that they respect to the maintenance of historic
rano no connection with the Amiga-, down Prior to coming into the stn- Tent with Britain that they shall pay 1 sites and monuments, including, in
tion when the crash occurred. The its 4.35 per cent, of all the reparations particular, the walls and fartfications
!persuade the Preach to hurry their
Todd istowol Mem-, evacuation of Germany.
oriat Hospital from a punctured lung; When Mr. Snowden first presented
and fractured skull, while Killer and, his argument, declared Mr. Larkin, it
Ritchie are confined to the Stratford iwas certainly not very favorably re -
General Hospital. All are Stratford` ceived by those who benefitted by the
men and employees of tite Ontario De -t setting aside of the Spa percentages
partment of highways. �—the total amount Germany had to
The three men ,comprising a survey pay to the Allies.
party, left the city about 11 o'clocki It was claimed that the Commission
Wednesday morning and in little more, or Experts, held iu Paris, had no right
an hour laterhtier gdad (to touch percentages, even though
than an hour later their truck was they had a 1101lect right to settle the
struck and deem:118 act at the cross -'amount Germany was apable of pay-
ing in Atwood, How the accident,i
iug' Son of Parliament lot the restoration �s l�° �yor
pay -
occurred Is not yet known definitely,' Everyone interested had naturally one of the and the rebuilding horse history in Tennessee, Kentucky,
but witnesses believe that Ritchie, the' to tape less, because the experts came ofof otne of Earl Grey gates and t e, which lies
driver of the truck, did not see the to the conclusion that Gorman could betweenfthe citadel and the river, and
express train approaching. The not continue the amount she was pay- which, or sonic time past, has been
truck drove 011 l0 rho crossing direct• Mg under the Dawes agreement, whcloich to the public on account ofern
ly in ttie Path at the traits and the The percentage each nation re•.dilapidated and dangerous 011 us condition in
engine crashed into the front of the ceived of the total amount, was alter -,which it has been deft. T fully expect
light tracts, hurting It approximately ed to the great disadvantage 01 Groat that this work will he completed this
Premier King Announces
Government's Intention
Regarding Preservation
Quebec. From now on the Domin-
ion Government ill look after the
historic sites and ionuments in Can-
ada; an interviewer was informed by
Premier Mackenzie King when he was
M Quebec for the purpose of greeting
Hon. Peter C. Larkin, Canadian
High Commissioner to London.
Work will start on the ancient walls
and fortifications of Quebec, but in
addition to this province there are sev-
eral other points which deserve con-
sideration, among them Louisburg and
Hudson Bay.
The Prime Minister said: "The pol-
icy of the Government is to maintain,
poi -
[
and where necessary, to reconstruct,
to such extent as may be in the public
interest, the historic sites and monu-
ments of Canada.
"In this connection, it is the Gov-
ernment's intention to see that the
ancient walls and fortifications o
Quebec are properly cared for and
preserved. An appropriation of 350,
000 was made during the relent nes
Long Point Light'
Slays 900 Birds
Lured by: Deadliest Beacon in.
Canada, Warblers,
Thrushes Killed
While flying southward one foggy
night about two weelcs ago, some 900
little warblers, sparrows an dthrushes
were dashed to death against Long
Point lighthouse—lured to their des-
truction by its brilliant beacon.
Mr. Saunders, well-known ornitholo-
gist, of London, Ont., hearing or the.
calamity, repaired to the' wild inac-
cessible tip of the point which runs
out into Lake Erie for some 20 miles
from Port Rowan Oat. Ile oounted
about 850 victims, but estimates that
more perished. Though stormbound
for a day or so on the point, Mr.
Saunders sent the Royal Ontario 95
specimens, not all in good condition,
and about hall ot which the museum
experts have skinned for mounting,
Gets Song Birds
For years Long Polut light has been.
a menace to small birds, It stands
right in the line or a main flight, and
takes toll on both northerly and south-
erly migrations. Wild duolc and
plover, flying mostly by day, avoid it,
but song birds, flying by night, suc-
cumb.
Mr. Lewis a Goverumeat ornitholo-
gist of Ottawa, has made a study of
' the destructiveness of Eastern. Cana-
dian lighthouses in this respect, and
finds Long Point beacon, by reason of
the quality or its light mud its situa-
tion, the deadliest.
- Silver Fox Fur
Five -Gaited Horses
Ar use Interest
Ringnes,'Cornwall, Axel,Ileiberg, and
ElleOule,re Islands, covering ,roughly
1,800 votes.
Turning south from the farthest
o
• nrth .Post, the Beatific paid a second
For Royal Fair visit to Dundas Harbor where Inspect- .
or Joy completed' arrangements for
Exceptional interest, according to his return to Ottawa With the expedi-
a Citnaddan Prose message from tion. At midnight on August 7, the
Louisville, Ky., was manifested among expedttioh reached Pond Inlet at the.
state-wide gatherings of liorsomen at northern end 61 Baffin lsland. The in -
the Kentucky State Fair in the au- let was found full of iso but the ship
nonncetnent that the Royal Winter forced a way to a position close
Fair at Toronto we aid introduce' five- enough to land supplies and nialte the
gaited horse classes itt the big Cam necessary inspection and change of
adieu fair next November.
This pioneer move by the Royal
Winter Fair was warmly commended
by veteran rider -owners, including
Mat Cohen, of California; Rabert
Moreland, Lexingtt. u, Ky.; H. S. . 0aY-
wood, Middleton, Ky.; and others.
Important entries are •assured for the
coming Royal Whiter Fair, inhaling
horses from the Minton Stables at
Barbourville, Ky., and Uplands, Pa.
Alter the sensational win or his
Target in the gelding sectiut ot, the
$10,000 Seelbach stake over the cream
Of American five -gaiters, William M..
M. Robinson, Philadelphia, the own-
ed, remarked enthusiastically; "No.w
I can bring my stable to Toronto. I
had no good reason to cc MO before."
Five -gaited horses aro claimed to
be a special product of Kentucky.
Otd-tithe breeders bought Ontario
horses of great speed and endurance
to cross with American saddle acmes.
Marguerite Farlee Bayliss, well known
throughout the United States as an
authority on the history and blood-
lines or horses, says that Peter the surrounding Chesterfield' Inlet and
Great traced directly to a Canadian Balser Lake.
stallion of warm nothing is known
except that he was brought south
Erom Ontario.. , , He was also the
ancestor of the southern saddle horse Sun Bat11S. in Parks
breed' whose descendants foram sew- For London Citizens
eras strong strains through(ut saddle London—"People .in the next gen-
eration, I think, will wear far less
clothes than now," said Hon; Geo.
Lansbut`y, first commissioner of worlcy
ht the Labor government, addressing
a meeting of women. ile referred
to the value ot "sun-bathing" and the
opportunities afforded for this in the
public parks, wltleh come under hie
jurisdiction.
"When I spent. .a fortnight at the
seaside this year I saw numbers of
children running about almost naked,
enjoying the sun's rays, and I was very
much struck with .the Improvement
in their condition within a few days,"
Mr, Lansbury said.
"1 spent one day going around
the London parks looking for suitable
places where children may get all
the aun they want. There aro dir&G
culties. in ooniectiou with the matter,
but I believe our parks will be used a
great Ileal more' in this sway in the
personnel. At 7 o'clock on the even-
ing of the 8th the1voyage Was con.
tinued south along the Baffin Island
oast.' On the 9.111 the ship touched
at Clyde River, a native settlement
and 'trading post. Heavy ice Was en-
countered througl,1't the trip 'south,
great ice fields ending for fifty
Miles out into =- ay. Ou the af-
ternoon of the 13th . the expedition
reached Pangnirtung on Cumberland
Sound. Dr. Livingstone, Chief Medi-
cal Health Officer of the North West
Territbries and Yukon Branch, wso
spent the past year among the natives
of Baffin Island. came aboard at 'this
point, and Dr. H. A. Stuart disem-
barked t0 continue the work. At 4
a.m. on the 15th the Boethlc left Pang-'
nirtung for Lake Harbour, on the ,
southern coast of Baffin Island, which
post was reahed on August 17. The
following day the ship headed west
through Hudson Strait tor Chester-
field, where a medical post will be es-
tablished for the .benefit ofthe white
sad native population of the district
mated Builders • Ci nett or Heating truck was travelling at. abort 92 miles
and Plumbing Guild, or any such oom-, hour•
bine, and that organized labor in Lon-
d foes not support any such' tut
-
she receives. We wanted Great Brb of Quehec. It is, I believe, generally
tarn to get as much as she ould," cls- recognized throughout the Dominion
dared Hon. hie. Larkin. i -� •- ithin the British Empire there.
on c 1 Considerable dlsettesion'took place is no monument of greater historical
methods but believes In fair cnntpeti• Canada Buying daring• the three weeks that followed
Mon and just and honorable methods significance than is afforded by the
of business. More U.S. Furniture mr, Snowden's declaration as to the 1 Citadel and its immediate environ-
ments including the properties at
doing ,us ness. Charlotte N,C•—United States et- limit Ise would accept, and things
R o despairing, u there
In All Mark
is
Many Countries Now Seeking
Pure Bred Stock From
Canadian Ranches one Hears of a coming boom cog rho
The principal market for silver fax snddle' horse, especially itis five -gait -
furs up to the outbreak of •the war had ed tyre•
been in Europe, but after hostilities _ _
began the silver Lox breeder sought a Three Barn F a°�s
market in the United States, where it
sales hitherto had ben comparatively, Wit1LIlA1 48
small, fiIlIl
Despite itis recent heavy duty levied
by the United States 00 imports of
silver foxes and their' pelts, there Is
still an incraasing demand in that
country for C'anactian silver tox Stock,
Ranch -bred silver fox tars are an
West Virginia and Missouri.
0
tate five -gaiters should appeal Sestinc-
tively to Canadian hoveenten, as the
type is virtually unknown in the Do-
minion. All through the "horse states"
Th alert animated movements of
Second Horse - Victim of
Flames Authorities
Seeking Firebug
Stcatforci:—The Lhirdbarn fire .with•
l nothing important aqui at the Canadian Pur to 48 Hous, boli0vth to have been set
Aid owai Ashton cleelati g
sorts of wood furniture to Canada looked some
b t tt �tresent under the immediate supervt Sales at Nloatreal, and there are alsolby a ire -bug, Working in this city,
more cowardly has happened in the 1
rStOry of Ito est and that ollLlItot ,cave shown a consistent
ei' increase 42e over were sous private private onv'e entertainment and 8100 of elle Batticiielcls Comuussl0n."-htdlcations of a marked revival in thereaused 31,000. loss at an early hour On
11 Y,{4 future."
graft molts would not ¢ five/ear period, averaging `Lear sol! a opportunities for conversation, leuropeatl market Or these furs iTai1r-. -. nl0rttnt when Hg.u3,s
to return the g ft y and evoutually Mr. Snowden got pray
cent each with the exception of 1925. I
right the wrong, 1 tang
g
----- •31271 in the year 1938 an iuelease sacttdees being mado by Aristide feud States and Lo cenhal and waste Stteot 1ho main atom s
Pleads the Cause
urs
the__
_ Largs sales o[ lino Coxae Cor Iounda- mollsiiect a large baro at the eat' di I Mr, ).,anshury added; "I let pe to ar-
oak CDnI Iaek I e for sun-bathing by the time
next summer Coates roan,"
Total exports of Canada were 3$1,• Really back .to the Spa percentages, .ton stock are made to the Now Ting- the home 01 Fred Robinson, Milton.
' Victoria Times (Lib.): ('L+'lectrIe rn 1 t Lot was a
of 41 per cent, ocer the previous year. Briattd, of Trance, anti M. Charon,'power' can now be generated cheaper' ivatuabde mare, owned by Mr. Robin-
Minister of finance in the Preach by steam than by water-power"—
led
with
States and Canada, which, coup-
lAccordiug to Canadian customs stn• tort with sltipmeuts to IOuglancl; ecee!eon, which was suffocated before help
Government. Thomas Ed[son). This is good news ,could arrive, The other loss besides Ottawa—All existing mends for
of Ex -service Men sissies,, the amount of furniture lin. handl Norway; Sweden, Fsauce, Ger-
from the United States in 1928 The French delegation suet Great Por Vancouver Island, with her great many, Switeet'laucl, Cuba aid 00101' 1 the frame building Was in harness, trite monthly registration Of new air-
ftu0bsc. ThO can' of the el l I ported coal resoureea, With the progress or ut Tont, and .stns .Ona of. hay.
t ins 1 old in .vas 7D per cont, of the total imports Britain in the moot friendly sliieit, unci countries, indicate the wile (Retrlbu- i t P
Vino rsranglow, pietas e y made sacrifices tmmediatohy, Later marls and economic petteetton lately
consequence of. intangible injuries fro mall countries, The United King• tion oC Prince l,idward 'eland Pure-
,euslttned Miring the war, and for din was the nearest nompedt r, fur,lttaly and the remaining nations Poi- attained by high pressure steam tui bred stock,
de• Melling 1 per cent, of the total int -lowed suit, and Mr, Snowden went bines, and the use of pulverized coal
Whom no pension scheme liar tlyn g Monte, a Atter. under believe built on the unit system, as,
viaoo,, swan pleaded eloquently by' parte. the increased eensumittton of coat The projected Chicago skyscraper
,. y E ,-.,_.,•� ;,__.._._ Evan more Important lhinga were a ot the record height 'or just over a.
the OOninion Cihn bah, Navy Ve o e . would appear to be assured, Last year
• ,. ,.. Performed there than the public loom ` A
passing motorist � le believed to be skis
the DOntlnlat n, theand Navy Vater• P, mister,
(to p 6 ) " , the United Stales used In this way thousand, feet
Piths' Assoe[ation, annual eonven• "Ii; rn> ter, I'rn going your way."! ed award of, chief of which was Mr,
tion of ^which. Opened antler his chair. Motorist; "So I see; but I'll get thcre'•S1OndersOn's Curtilidt%g of his manse there than 15,000,000 tons or Dither- increasing auanshtp here et Sept, 18, before yo,tr dd." Ito got the British army out 01 Gor- /zed dont
outcome of an
i in desire to
got away Erma the underWOrhl, by the local chief,
1 craft in Canada were broken during
The outer two flr08 were on Tues•' the past month wall Lao official
tlay 11101'1110g, a valuable raeirig horseing of 52 additional private and real -
being lost to One. Another are or un -i more[al planes, A 50 per real, lit
ltrloWti origin destroyed tate bowling crease in flying activity was regi.4tetr
club clubhouse early last Friday ed over the prevtOtlS tw'Otve menthe.
morning, causing over $2,000 damage.' according to officials of the Civil Avian
A report is being made to Toronto tion Branch, 'Depar'tment or NottbOual,
Da(euce.