Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 1929, Winnipeg, Manitoba Thermometer readings free press thermometer readings s.30 ., july 30 10.30 ., july 30 Tim july 31 2.30 ., july 3tgo for full meteorological Orff e report fee Page one. Jvoi-1. 55 22 fair and Carm. July 31. Sun rises. 4.55 Sun sets. 20.23. Moon rises Moon fets. 16.26, july 31, 1929 Price copy edition with comic Loc. 24 pages m of psf ils sus Fily St. Loois flees land Mission of mercy safely accomplished 1420 is 20 a epoch making flight ended under compulsion Minneapolis visas Ter has sobering effect Jackson and o brine exceeded previous record by i74 hours More than full week Siep out of plane looking almost As fresh As 18 Days ago greeted by crowd of is second interim payment i and coarse grains to Pool members following policy adopted final payment will be Fiat sum grades special United news despatch to j press by free press private by Foster Eaton i St. Louis mo., july longest i flight in the history of aviation ended j under compulsion Here tonight when Tho St. Louis Robin made a perfect i Landing at 7.37 ., . Pilots Dale red Jackson Ana i obie o brine. Who took off j at. 7.17 ., july 13, had been con-1 aloft for 420 hours and 20 minutes or approximately hours longer than any other men in history. The nearest approach to the s was of Loren Mendell and Robert Reinhart. Who Early this this hum an interest picture taken by the pros press cameraman shows the plane in which flying office month piloted their angeleno 240 Wilbur Van Vliet of the Royal Canadian air Force soon after being rescued from a Small Lake in which he had he Iris 13 minutes and 32 seconds a i been marooned for ten Days brought a woman who was critically i l to Winnipeg Cor Hospital treatment. The Mark extended by the Robin one full j patient was mrs. R. Shuetze. Wife of. A fur trader in the Berens River District from which the flight was made at 2.0i today. In two hours Ancl 50 minutes. A dripping wet crowd of More than flying officer Van Vliet is seen at the left of the picture and the top of mrs. Shuetze s head is visible As she 20.000 spectators raised a dealer Long greeting As the Robin finally shot to Earth. Both the crowd and the plane had been trapped for almost an hour before the Landing by a sudden rain Squall. Crowd Breaks through police lines to eat minutes before the end of the Long fright the crowd broke through the police lines. When the Robin finally hashed its Green land ing flare it 7.34 the crowd moved exit As much As it dared. As the piano came to a Stop frenzied admirers or the pilots pulled them out and bore them off the Field on their shoulders flares were fired continued Sloven i mayor of Revelstoke Hurt in barn Blaze sits in the cockpit of the plane. The woman s husband who also travelled in the machine is standing near his wife and looking Down at her. The officer standing wit h his Back to the camera is Squadron Leac Ler Anderson and at his right is plying officer r. Slemon who piloted the three planes that rescued Van Vliet from the Lake at which he had been held helpless. E. A Ramsay general manager makes explanation regarding Grade 6 and feed wheat nearly forty million dollars is Beans distributed today As a second interim on wheat and coarse grains by the Canadian wheat pools. The basis of the wheat payment is Twenty one and a half cents per Bushel. No. One Northern port William eighteen cents on no. Two seventeen and a Hall cents on no. Three Twenty two and a half cents on no. Four sixteen cents on no. Five eight cents on no. Six and seven and a half cents on feed wheat. There is a wide Range in the payments on other grades varying i rom As High As. Thirty four and thirty six cents on some grades Down to two cents on. One Small parcel. Interim payments on durum cheats Are no. One Amber durum eighteen and a half cents sixteen cents or. No. Two twelve cents on no. Three thir teen and. A. Half cents on no. Four fourteen cents on no. Live six and a half cents on no. Six and fourteen wreak District be tween Lake Winnipeg and Ontario Boundary 200 men wage Battle 0. N. R. Trans Continental held up East of Cochrane Many hours late in Lancashire n stoppage of Cotton Industry loosens somewhat with offer of operatives in critical condition in Hospital As result of Burns workers expected to accept wage reduction but not 12 1-2 demanded associated Tress Manchester England Cable july 1s undetermined. The loss of the i Sld Erable. It is understood Durance was carried. Canadian Tress despatch Revelstoke july j t i ton Hector Mckinnon. Of Revelstoke is in great stoppage m the Lancashire Cotton a critical condition in Hospital from Industry which has tied up 1.500. Burns suffered in a fire which de and thrown half a million operatives stroked the huge barn and other i world loosened somewhat to buildings of the Levesque farm near dad the Faliu a of three meetings Here. The mayor was stacking Hay in night i _ the birr. He was alone when the fire of different organizations today to occurred and the cause of the Blaze bring resumption of negotiations be pc Wen empi0yers and workers. Lbt con i although a committee of the master some in a Cotton spinner s federation confirmed the action of the employers generally tonight they expressed themselves As ready to meet the workers in new negotiations at any moment. The employers were even willing dignity of the operatives by making the first move if they had an intimation that such a step would be welcomed. In that Case the ers1 organization would Call on the part of the employers however. Presupposed the workers would be ready to discuss some reduction in wages though not necessarily to the full per cent. De sanded by the master Cotton spinners fur Trier sectional meetings win be held suspect held in Dantonio shooting affair Montreal Canadian ficus despatch Montreal july 30. Salvatore Lare cello 29, was arrested Here late this afternoon by Montreal police in connection with the shooting of Vincenzo Dantonio last sunday night. Police state that Lar Edelo is believed to be the two men who called Dantonio out of his Friend s House when the fatal shots were fired. The Man was found in a Wood Between Longueuil and Boucherville just out Side the City. Newso fineday Hydro trouble Man Norman e. Foran thrills Large crowd by walking along wires when transformer at top or pole bursts into 2. Nearly is being Distri buted today by Canadian wheat pools As second interim payment on wheat and coarse 1. Famous Charing Cross railway London to be moved to 015-. Polite Side of River thames at co St of 5. Bandits hold up paymaster of . At Vancouver getting Only cheques winking he was Bank messenger with Cash. Page 3. Proposed alteration in name of that portion of Wellington Crescent from Academy Road to Assiniboine drive of 4. Troops assembled in Paris to Yard against communist anti War demonstrations scheduled for Tomor Row Page 3. Fliers end record endur flight. Under compulsion alter in air 420 hours 20 establishment of the Canadian Apical society is announced tit Section of a 2. Sain foothold in mini affecting area from Lake win to Ontario 1. Wheat futures prices declined 10 thursday on profit taking and 17. Prospects Are seen of resumed negotiations to end stoppage of Lancashire Cotton 1. Legislation is planned to Stop can from running liquor into the United 2. A fires extend in scattered this wits from head of lakes to Bocky 1. Good Progress made with livestock paging at Begina 5. Five Power naval conference in Lou. 16. Employ a joint sweeping Westward with relentless the devastating Forest fires menace homesteads and valuable Tim ber lands in the Kenora Thunder Bay Rainy River. Patricia and Chippewa Park districts gained a foothold in Manitoba yesterday. Flames have crossed the Ontario Manitoba bound Ary North of English River and Are wreaking havoc in an area Between Lake Winnipeg the Boundary North of Auch As Pine Falls Poplar River and Berens River so were the fires West i outbreak Cochrane ont., and about the a Bitite and Rivers districts yester Day that the trans Continental limited crack Canadian National railways no 1 trains from Halifax was held up million feet of bucked Timber burned Over at Vancouver Island Camps Canadian press despatch Vancouver july 30 fire broke out monday on the logging operations of Bloedel Stewart and Welch at lower Campbell Lake Van Couver Island had destroyed 900 logs and burned Over one million feet of bucked Timber according to a report by the provincial forestry department Here today. Five Hundred men Are fighting the outbreak. Another fire near Nanaimo River Vancouver Island. I swept through 40 acres of Timber on monday. It is now under control. Holding upper hand though handicapped by sweltering heat and High winds air patrols big help thousands of dollars Worth of Timber lands swept much pulpwood destroyed trouble n big fire blazing 15 Southwest of Bragg Creek backs up Valley in eight hours East of Cochrane. Scheduled to arrive in Winnipeg last night at 3.15 o clock it steamed into Union station Here at 3.45 o clock this morn ing. From Lake to Boundary soon after being rescued from medical Aid for the fever wracked Bui a in the Northern wilds where had i to the of the been marooned for Tiai. Days flying we than these hours was officer Wilbur Van Vliet of the Royal experience the woman whose Home Canadian air Force Sta eur a p. Race with death and won. Bringing a cents per Bushel on feed Amber do j sir Ead of the Northern Ontario out rum. I i -._. New i policy put into effect last year the pools adopted a new policy of adjusting All spreads and making ail deductions for elevator find commercial Reserve carrying charges Etc. From the second interim pay ment and this course has been Fol Lowed this year. As a result which will be made at the end of the crop year will be a Flat payment on All grades. In making the above announce ment. E. B. Ramsay general manager of the Canadian , made the of lowing at Ternent regard big the in who was critically ill to general Hospital. The arrival of the plane Yost Runy afternoon at the Brandon . Was doubly in human in Terest i of soy ing the woman s life and it also brought about a meeting of Pilot and his Mother following period of anxiety and suspense during the time he was held up helpless at Tom ride Lake arid lost to the outside world. From land River monday evening and Nipes tuesday carrying. M the sparsely settled Timber of there was no is at the settlement of fur traders Aru fishermen at Poplar River North of Berens River. Flying officer. Al it piloted the plane on its errand from Poplar River to to mrs. A. Sliu Etze and her Lusbi Iii who is a trader. Fever flushed raid. Weak mrs Shuetze was lifted from the front cockpit of tie Polarie where wrapped -.1 blankets she a d been placed Twu hours. And 50 minutes before. Smi Luig at those who lifted her . Pm the. Stretcher of ambulance she told them she had been Cam continued on Page Leveni Tokio hears More than 100 persons killed at Imari North of Vladivostok materialize tomorrow and thursday these informal talks the Hopes for new negotiations. A new Branch of the Industry was brought into the dispute today by an trans noun ement of the Cotton waste spin Ner s and manufacturers association that it would seek similar reduction of wages for its employees. To tvs of employers and workers in tyls Branch will meet tomorrow. Assor Lafed press Cable Japan july 31 reports reaching the Tokio office of the South manchurian railway Early today said More than 100 persons killed and aviator killed Jacksonville. Fla. July 30. Jones Pilot for the Pitcairn v. M. Aviation company was killed in an air plane Accident at Tampa today Headquarters for the aviation company was advised. Jones was a Pilot of a Tampa Jackson Ville air mail route. Wounded in a clash Between red and White russians at Iman a City on the siberian North o Vladivostok. There was no Confirma Tion elsewhere. Will not to negotiate special Toni if news Cable to the. Free. Press Ray free press. Private wire Shanghai Clinn july .31. The a Tiki ill government of the Republic of China today dispatched a note to the soviet Union government at. Moscow stating China is willing j Ter Day s russian proposal manchurian authorities for negotiations toward a peaceful settlement of the chinese Eastern railway dispute. Saves pennies for four years and planks Down for automobile a Antinucci on Page. Eleven even others injured ten of them being in critical condition special a cays to inc free Tress by free Tress Privalo bras Lii. Gei ii inny. July Coal dust explosion feet below the surface of the ground in. A mine at Nieder Hermsdorf. In lower Silesia killed 24 men and injured 11, at least ten of whom were. In a critical Condi Tion tonight. The men were not injured by the but were killed by a great flame which the a 400-foot area United news despatch to free press by free press private 1 Bloomfield july 30. John j which was at the Jacobs a garage owner staggered into i Colliery occurred at an automobile Agency Here today j n a. Last night but was not known under a Burden of nine heavy bags out Cje of the scene of the disaster and demanded delivery of an Auto Mobile he had the dealer looked questioningly at the nine bags which. Jacobs heaved up on the counter with a sigh of Relief. There Are pennies in those Jacobs " said in explanation and if you Don t believe Rne. Count them. I be been saving those pennies for four years and i said if i Ever got enough of them together i d buy . Your there were pennies in the bags. Jacobs drove away in the car. British families at Brantford must move important notice advertisers advertisers using the following cages Are notified that copy received after 12 o clock no Orr thursday cannot be assured insertion in the issues of Church theatre. Automobile music saturday classified close at 12 noon Friday you will Confer a favor and be assured of better ser vice by getting copy in Well in Advance of this Tirrie. Manitoba free press company limited Colony notified that huts de dared unfit for habitation Canadian press. Bran Wora was received today by the British families occupying the immigration huts near West they must vacate the premises. C. B. Bradford superintendent of colonization for the Canadian Pacific sent the notice explaining that it was necessary since township health had found the Hute unsuitable As living quarters owing. To the Lack of water. Weather report the following is the weather report issus. From the winnipeg1 office at 7 Temperature 77 maximum for the preceding 12 hours. -89 64 barometer. 29.82 Northwest wind ac1 23 Miles per hour sky. Clear weather has been fair and Mederak by warm throughout West. My a -m1m- whirl Towa 54 fiskatoon__52 Relna 52 Brandon 48 . Arthur _ 43 Cochrine 52. P. Sound Ion Don 52 60 40 _-50 _ 52 78 _ 53 04 Dawson. Or. Hupert Victoria. Vancouver Kris loops _ _ _ Calgary -84 Lith Bride is 82 p. Sound Edmonton 4t Fil London 58 5. Of Archt _ 2 84 Toronto 63" 82 i history. S2 a Hurt s3 med. Hat 60" in. Cortrial Mooso jaw 5fi 82. St. 78 Halifax 88. 80 to boasts Manitoba and Saken tone to a rider ate winds fair Ana an warm few. Scattered showers. Winds nos by fair and warm probably local Thunder showers. E o until hours later clue to the concentration of Rescue efforts at the mine. The flame and Gas instantly 23. Men. The bodies being recovered by Rescue parties about eight hours after the explosion. Twelve injured men were removed from the mine and them died later. Yacht seized customs. Men Coalspur area burning Over 10-mile front and spreading out Canadian Fross despatch Calgary alta., july 30. Shifting winds have caused the big fire blazing fifteen Miles Southwest or brag Creek to Back up the Valley according to latest word received by j. A. Hutch Ison Forest supervisor of the Bow River Forest. The new turn of affairs to the any fire has not affected the fire great extent but Hus caused much by forcing them to transport an their equipment to work from a different Angle. The flames have somewhat abated and it the situation Well break into Manitoba comes in the Wake of scores of Forest fires that Are violently raging in scattered districts from the head of the great lakes to the Bocky mountains. News that Northern Manitoba was figuring in this wholesale series of disastrous Forest fires was first received yesterday afternoon at offices of the Dominion government s. Forestry ser vice Manitoba division. The flames Are confined to a line Winnipeg to the Boundary. Air planes have been Dis patched to the scenes of the most serious outbreaks Ancl hundreds of men have been seat to the District to prevent the fire from. Spreading. The District North of Pine Falls is the scene of the most devastating part of the fire. Approximately 2co rangers woodsmen and homesteaders Are waging a hard Battle with the Chimes in an Effort to keep them from spreading southwards. Sparsely scat i the sides. Points of chief danger Are tired Woods in the area Echo and re. At the Southwest Corner Between Echo with the crackle of burning Tom crooked Creek and Bailie Creek and Taer. Huge volumes of smoke arise. On the High Divide Trail. Blue skies and the Region has. Been in to an inferno. Prompt action on local forestry department is hoped. To have in hand soon. The Blaze reported yesterday morn ing in the big Horn District is practically out or. A Mutchison stated. He explained that Banger Nash of the Moose Mountain Lookout who Dis covered the fire hurried to the spot and calling upon members of an Oil Crew operating in that Section successfully undertook to new Blaze. Fire is still Hurning on of Over ten Miles in the by Canadian press the heat scorched Forest lands the ground has been parched j and baked by Many weeks of relent i less drought Liun crids of men Home j steamers railway workers and trained foresters battled to hold in Check fires which in Many District threatened destruction to farm Homes and valuable St iinds of Timber. In scattered districts from the head of the through to the Rocky Mori of Western Canada scores of ires were burning in the Forest areas today. Battling to save their Homes hundreds of men have volunteered to old the fire rangers in their Light. Most of the fires Are in isolated and sparsely settled communities but left unchecked soon would prove a menace to towns and villages. New fires were ported today in Many sections of the fire Belt but rangers and volunteers though Han d mapped by the sweltering heat and. Hot Northwest winds held the upper hand tonight according to reports received Here. Already thousands of dollars Worth of umber lands have been swept settlers pulpwood destroyed and Young Timber bearing area s swept by the Llames. Thunder say area hit the greatest onslaught of the fire Demon is in the Thunder Bay District and the of Northwest Ontario in the Kenora. Rainy River and Patricia territory. Nii serous Flocs have been controlled after Days Niichi nights of combat but As Toon at one Section is freed from the Hazard of spreading Jinnies new outbreaks Aro reported in other the Quick transportation and equipment. Requiring of both Federal and on Tarlo government Aerial patrols have front aided greatly both in spotting new a Coalspur area and spreading slowly out from i the continued on Patijo Ali Ruck looking my kid continued on Page two converted give no Hope of rain helping scorched and weary fire fighters some the part of the have been fighting the fire j pr0m the free press Flics july has averted i for a week night and Day continuously Over a Hundred men Are n the Field and thirty five More Are death sentence Toronto Man was to have been hanged thursday life term Canadian press despatch Ottawa july 30. Commutation sentence to life imprisonment been granted William Barclay of has of associated press despatch Mich. July. Seizure of the yacht in the Detroit River late saturday Dally reported to the Treasury Depar. Men t today by John b. Watkins United states District attorney. The yacht was chartered by Louis Mendelsohn Detroit capitalist and was about to leave for e. Cruise to Chicago when boarded by customs officers. Although no warrants have been ;