Hon. Arthur Mhghen Canada's Premier

LETHBRB6S, AIJJBKTA. WEDNESDAY. JULY.7, 1930 KOORTKEN PAGES NUMBER 175 HON. ARTHUR MHGHEN CANADA'S PREMIER

FACES * 'A COAL SHORTAGE » " --—:— WHEAT «•' WINNIPEG, July 6.—Coal UNiFHGIAL ANNOUNCEMENT RAINS j + dM)«rs declared today that a *• serious coal shortage Is expect-' * ) * «d In Winaipes; this winter. * , *. Tke- American supply cainot be •> * depended upon, and Western * MADE AT OTTAWA THAT MAN * Canada «ofi; coal will- be *| POLES HELP * scarce, some dealer! said. '.•„•.*[ * Tho'city couacll .waracd cltl- <•] FROM * zeas at a council meeting to. •> * ' l»y In supplies early.'oas alder- * I' v ~;=-declaring "hard cbar--will *J. BACK MAMOBA GETSTOST « only be available iu, limited " •:• quantities- and at most extra- MUCH eral arrived at hit office. Subsequently <• ordinary "prices." : .. '. Sir Thomas White Flirted With Ofier For Long Time Before i'U..'S. Grain Exchanges Will Polish Official Communique he was called upon by' Sir Thomas Taming It Down—New Premier is Very Young White. Crop Reports Today Tell Mud Op«n Speculative Market Says Bolshies Launch Drive Prior to bis' interview with tho Man—Veterans Want an Erection Different Tale From Those •' . •. in Short Time. , . on 720-Mile Front. prime minister. Sir Thomas .repeated ; o newspaper interviewers' Ihe state- Written Saturday. ment bo made last "night in Toronto. '{MARKET HAS BEEN BOLSHEVIKI CLAIM :hat he could not,-owing to reasons of health, accept trie leadership of the WHOLE OUTLOOK HAS v 1 SUSPENDED 3 YEARS CAPTURE OF ROVNO government. _ '' • Vets.Urue EJectlBn < NOW BEEN CHANGEE •- CHICAGO'. July 7.—Plans to reopen WARSAW. July 6.—(By Associated OTTAWA; July. 7.—Suggestion to the Dominion command of the Great H«r»ld corrwponilmits In variouc \tradlng in wheat futures" July 15 vlr-j Press.)--Along a front'of approximate 1 ',tually were-completeu yesterday at a ly 720 miles, the Russian Bolshevik War Veterans -Association' is contain- parts of ike tenth, writing »ince the I meeting of a committee of sixteen, rep- Important Clauses Remain, Spa have launched the greatest~" attnbk ed, in a resolution received by wire !»Instorms" of the ,weak-end, tell r reseollnE;thq 'clgMt leading, groin'ox- they have ever buried against the Pol- here today from a .Winnipeg 'branch rery : much, more ' encouraging, atorj; ^fhanges-ot the,counl~r)\ An advisory. Conference, Decided—Plan ish lines. On the northern and south- of the aasoclatlonr--'In' effect"-it de- Lb^n was conveyed In. crop reportt,' f committee of-thirty-one, composed of for Disarmament. .,"- . era flanks the Holes are retiring In clares that the people of Canada 'should RTitren on Saturday, pr'eTloua to the ;reureseilta.tlvesvof all '"wheat, interests, tho face of superior enemj forces decied who is to'be tbs next premier rarn«. -Th« gnivrsl teellaj now la thai' .•was expected,'to approve ihe recom- the altack'on the northern sector-be of Canada. •. ' •' good crops «ra golog to t» kirveetecc . j inendatlon of'tho' eichange committee SI'A, Belgium, July l.rJ-Decision was ing tQB most seêre of the struggle Tho resolution, passed at a^ mass nnlvaa Mme.disaster overUket us be j .iat.a,rnee'tlng here today, ' • . reached.by members-of-the German Io n this front meetinept the Winnipeg men. follows: fore the irr»lii is rtpe. < Everrwhere''th< • rtory in that the n«ir moisture is down '. FeVchanges were made in the. plans ministry and militaryôfficers attached j Fa[;cd ,.uh' th^ neces,,(T ct short "Sargent branch calls upon the as- 7 : to the oli,. »nd tb»t..-rlren ihowerf ,'. decided upon ..several- weeks ago by to the Germu.delegation .; lierej.thls Lntag their line the Poles haê begun eoclatfon to petition the governor-gen- : Tllnrnltlf In l-Oftnmn, an.l t** lft\,,v* n r»t t i. I. - . , . • . . «^Buu from time to time during the renmin : it he committee^ They provide for morning to recommend to. KonsUntln • eral to confer with the people iliroufh f - " der of the growlni iwriod. there wil " 'trading in.De'cember delivery at the of-the German dele-1 The Eolshevlli offensive Is- heaviest a general electlou:aei to wSp they vyish gallon that a plair.pf- disarmament for | n,, lie a harrwt that will bring million!: 'MarU, Should'it be deemed-advisable on is northern sectors of the ~ -'front; to be pfomier Instead of accepting in new wealth to Southern Alberta. .to trade" in a.tiellvery earlier than De- Gerniiuy. he D'reseiiied- to, the allied j and jt is not Known here to what ex Premier flordeu's suggestions." Daily the Dominion command re- Hye IB flllfDg well tinea, the "rains'- . , eember, the. proposal, will" be consid- the reports state, and the rye harvest; ceives communication)! of all,-descrip- will soon be on. Wheat is near tin' . - Representatives at the meeting said ev'i Have ahancel cutting the tions' requesting that Ihe executive grain exchanges'were preparing- for a SPA take steps In bring about a general hcading-out stage, and it/vfil! attain :T election. There is a growing demand much better growth because of tliV reopening of .the market, after" three new moisture Another good general, . yeajs'-suspfn'slpn. Chicago exchange throughout the branch organizations that the government go to'the. peonie, rain at the lime tho-wheat is in- tht.' ' rules,'provide.'.for delivery of many cpuncilîn sess.ion-here. rA't'this niorn- the right flank of the Polish lirie'and milk stage, so that it would fill goooi . sra'des and, other exchanges are pian- ing'« meeting'>yItii;:Pr«niier Venizelos also on Ihe Ber'e&ina front, where the berries, would make about as good a ''ning lo change.their rules providing soviet army has brought up h gi. = crop'condition as could be wished for} lor the-delivery of ; number -three ,of;Greer,e present,>(tie" couacil decided ioforceinents. | TORONTO, it,.would be'-lftiposs'ib'le. .to/grant the : Julj 7 — The Total precipitation at Lethbrldge to . grades "of wheat on contract, at a pen- Turkish request; fpr'ilhe,'.revision of .- Bolshies Take Rovno j : date this month is ^80; all In the we'ete ,Blty ot nvo cents; •: Minneapolis. Dii- •".. LONDON, ".iuly: 7.-^The fortress of "World ,8ays' . this these - cjausoVf-A 'Coiumiflsloii; of-,ci- noruing •jnd storm, as.against."« for the whole lulh.and'Kansss City have po-sUfii-the-. fcbvrio, ,ône of the famous triangle-of month' of June. : perls wlll'be;app_plriteil,- hpweyer, to Sir Thomab proposed "clt'iinges; for,jidoptipn;; "Mln-' study the'mfhorclauBes'wilh reference fortresses in Volhyhla/tb.the east'.of lieapolis Srlli imake Its contract "grade Dubno and Lutsk, haS:fallen into Dr;\- While lett for to partial .feVisio'1 n .b. £ theVdpcument so Same Hall at Raymond nunibcr.'onrairnberVpnc nprthem-sprmgnorthern"spring: wheat,, far'as-these 'are'-coriceriied r shevik handp; Ilî.vannounced ;in'Uhe Ottawa :' 1 a li't with .number-two:, noftbcrn: deliver- -' > ?-;-i Greekt's'Wieb'Aldna -'V:v soviet corhimmicalipn'fQr^Tueaday, re- slEMMVe World 4 (From:0ur Own.CbrrescondenlV able at. J.wi.;cenAJ»le6S,;and 'number .' LONDON.^/July^vefeKSreek ,"-Vroo'1 -r'"-''" le'leves that RA\VOND Julv 6—A closer in ; notwitnstandlug three -"at.'terîiy cents' under numb'e'f | have sweptjthe;;tolitltry};*Esf;i)f-.ilJal. \estigation of the hail damage influx onb;-pr.fiice.^^!^! ^b'elow'iiuinbe r two. 1 Poles;, the". Boisb'eVikl look .pte: fliou- jhis tgu_Brd pukessor clear.' J bfûrkS.-'a'a-far.nort1 h ed-by the storm Sunday night dhclo« - Winter wheat.Is to be inade'deliver- **•'' Arl^nmU > n.u-_'ii•'!iV™ * \-1-''_ T_^'»'_ j saiid/.pi'i3pner.s, '/two. armored? liaiiis. •'••' ementsrS to ed the fabt that several field's In the hble(.pr) ^contracis: at Minneapolis.?at two -tanks,-, two 'six-inch' guns and, a reporter and Ha>mend ^nil Welling districts -»er( five'Cents' under spring, ivith the pen: train; \yith locomotives. .The com'J ,o ihe Canadian hit pretty hard. Hsil insurance m'eii ress, he will ac- alty-for the.of her grades on the same to eliminate the Turks', frqto the p niunieatloh adds:.''. . -; '.-. t- •'- report a number of claims for' hall tasis. . ' " •'.... .-"In .the direction ;of .Proskufov, cept :the . prem- damage. Bullock brothers, of Well- ince of Btgba shortjj'.viThe,Greek. iership of Can- vance was so raplil', anoV unexpected south of Romo.'we broke through tbe" ing, are .\mong the heaviest losers fortified zone and are driving tho ada It'jifferad to that.the Turks were unable to destroy him this morning by bin eicelloncv, They report a partial loss on three the railway,^whlcti, .with its rolling enemy back along Ihe'^railway, in the eighty-acre fields: On their Welling 1 direction of Tarnopol and Lumburg." HON. ARTHUR MEIGHEN the governor-general, the Duke of Dev- place a number of chickens were kill- stock, was lefti'ln'tici/-! '•.'; onshire. , •:-' - : "Col. - Henderson.' secretary to his ed instantly .by/the'hail. .; • . ^"' ;••• OHAWA, July 7.—The Onadian Press learns unoffic- excellency, reached Toronto from'Ot- Hail losses in the Raymond district. ' tawa yesterday mornirik arid saw Sir are very'light. .Although some .darn- ' ially; that Hon. Arthur Meighen was this afternoon summoned Thomas YVI -• - - age is reported, none are serious! The , ast night." rain, allhougb not long-extended, was by;the governor-general to form a ministry to succeed Sir heavy, and.tue effect on the growing Robert Borden. " . ' . : White nfeets Borden crops le incalculable. : OTTAWA, July 7.—(By Canadian A soaking "rain Is reported by mem- • STi JOHN'S, Newfoundland, July 7. : Press.J—A clearing of the political NEGQJIATIONScST!LL GOING ON press representatives that he 7 bers of. the Milford" colony of Huttei'- f—(Canadian IVefiS).—Preparations aro :OTTAVVA, July 7.—Nigotialions would be unable to make an an- sky js expected 'during the day. Tlie ites south of HajTnond. Asked re- vicing niii'de aU the historical Signal ôVtr'the successor to.Sir Robert ' nounccment before 8 p.m. morning has been one- bt conference. garding .the crops cm their extensive -Hill for the establishment cf coinmun- More Mixe'd Farming, Alfalfa Borden' are still in progress and . It. Is taken for granted that Sir Practically throughout the forenoon holdings In the district, one ot the- it-aliou between Newfoundland and Declare Danger of War Rcrnov- a'nVofficiaT nomination will'not be Thomas White has definitely-de- Sir Thomas White,' former minister colonists stated that they had rye five Oreal Britain -hy wireless telephone. and Clover in "Dry cd Except in Case of the .. mgde before this evening. Sir Tho- clined to accept trie leadership. of flnauce, was in conference • with feet high and .exceedingly heavy.' "Our The feat of • »iix>ak1nK :irross the At- -. ' .' /.Districts.. -. m'as;VVhlte was agairl in consulta- Sir Robert Gordon and Ihe vrJiqle poli- wheat that was BOTrn early stands two lantic by ivIrcle'sVtelephone "Wready United States. tion, with the prime" minister "this . OTTAWA, Jiily 7.—Tho conference tical sitiiftlicm Was discussed. Soon l blgii and headed out'beautifijiiy; Itas been acconipllshcd. connection afternoon and there was also a between the-prime minister and Sir after, the arrival of Sir Thomas, Hon. I never saw a heavier crop "of alfalfa liaving been eEtablishcd .between Ix>h- SWIFT CUnRB-S'T, July. 6—Definile SHANGHAI. July 7.—(Associated announcement was mad'e'ldnight at the .meeting of the cabinet council. Thomas White lasted until practically N. W. RowoU joined the conference. In my life than the stand wo have don on tlio o'ne. side and Glace Day, Press.)—Sir Eellby P. Alston, British A.t 4.30 this afternoon,' however, one o'clock. While there is no official Information this year, alro our bronio grass. 6m O; Il..^the .Marconi headquarters, on better farming conference whi^h open- ed .today under, the1 chairmanship of minister to China,^has reached this Sir; Robert Burden,informed the. Shortly afterward the governor-gen to this effect, It Is considered ' prob- potatoes-are about'six inches'above tliu other, lint in Hie present instance, V able In some quarters that Sir 'Rob' tho'ground, free from bugs, and grow-' it is planned (ri make the system much Hon. rj. St H.milton, minister of agri- ^ ^ ™^ ^Sef ^ ert Borden will, today,- tender, his re- ing nicely," be'continues. ' '•' more.exleiinlrc'i^ThG real purpose of C meat^^^Jl'Sl^f^ here of an experlmenial (arm tby Mî" IU.S. P5«C to $ slgnaflon to Ihe governor-gene'ral and the actlvitits'bt thcjtafconi company British government presentd to hlhi that Sir Thomas White .then .jwlll.be CLARE8HOLM FEELS BETTER is to give n .de^mbnjK-ation to the Old the federal government, ; hero by a score of leading Chinese formally requested,to (orm:» new ad- (From Our Own Correspondent) Wortd"menibe'rs'pf \the press confer- -The announcement:was made by B. student bort.i-35, opposing a renewal of Canada's New Premier ministration. Officially, however, the ence, who wlirsh'Ortly'.be on their way S. Archibald, director "of experimental the Anglo-Japanese treaty. only indication of the trend of events CL.ARESHOLM, Jaly 6.—Ttie wea- to Join the Dominion members in Can- farm systems from Ottawt during the The document'says mo comlillons ther man after giving us a miserable ada Jor a two' months' tour of that course ot an address to the delegates. f ON: ARTHUR ME1QHRX, mln- •He l8'therefore.'only'4G years old is that en official announcement Tnay day on Sunday turned around and lias which led lo the ncgoliatibns.no ister ot, the InYerior, an- : at;the,time.ot the call to assume possibly be made this afternoon. coiirlry. '. ; ' ' He said all the details have been set- longer exist and declares the danger given u» since the most generous rain tled and thst Immediate steps arc be- . 'noiincenicnt of whose choice . the position af: prime minister of • Despite Sir Thomas White's repeat- that we have had in years. Rain fell .The object is lo have lite-steamer 1 from Russia and Germany has been ,RS siiccessbr to Sir,Rob.ert. Borden ed declarations tbat he has no desire- Victorian, on which the pressmen are ing Uken Xo establish the farm at the Dominion .ot Canada. He re- on most of the .district on Sunday removed. The Unlicit Stales, it, as- as/CSnada's premier, was received ceived,his 'early education in St. lo return l« public life,.the Impression coming across, 'in constant communi- Swift Current just as soon.as possible. serts, is the only power wilh strength night 'and early Monday morning. tailon with (he land of either side from Today saw the opening of a better over th; Canadian Press wire at Mary's Collegiate Institute, after- persists that he may yet be prevailed Grains that have been badly blown will sufficient to endanger peace, and "It : theiJIerald office .this afternoon, wards .graduating with his Ti,'A.- upon, to form a new administration. the day they leave Liverpool 111! they farming conference between represent,- is unthinkable that that country at least produce a good crop of feed., arrive in Halifax, 'and" for this piirpoco alive farmers ot Southwest Saskatche- ivas born at Anderson,.Perth coun- degree from' Ihe University of Tor- Sir Thomas' health,, however, was but in most c*.ses the rains of, the past. would alter its established policy ty,. "Cnt., on June 10, 187-1, Eon of ohlo .whero he was"an honor man seriously impaired by trie- strain- 0! H - station Is . being enulripcd on the wan, representatives ot the provincial overnight." r few dajs will at least make an extrn Cornwall coast lit England, a second. and federal department of ftgriculturo . Joseph and Mary jano,Meighen. In mathematics. He taught in tho tho wnr years, nnd it y«3.on this 5 to 10• bnihcls. Up to dale the last .ill Caliot tower,.Signel Hill, St. John's, and representatives of similar inslitn- high school at Caledonia, Out., ground that lie felt compelled to relln rains have-measured .88 of an Inch Wnd the third on the Victorian. tlons'in the United-States. .The con- during 1897 and 1SSS, coming to quish the portfolio of finnntc. . Fall and it Is still raining. Hall fell south- (crencc has been called br Hon. C. Winnipeg in the latter year. There, ing Sir'Thomas While./Ilon. Arthur west of town In the ranching country, M. Hamilton «sd over '100 ] delegates and at Portage La Prairie lie stud- Meighen Is genorally'r'egarded ns 11105 but no damage Is reported. SIX KILLED from different parls"o( the district are 1^1.law.ami, was ndmltlrd to, tho likely to be called upon 'to -succeei : Roosevelt Is Chosen Sir Ilobcrt. in attendance, For three sessions to .Manitoba.bar In 1903. 'lie lias SITUATION AT TABER 1'AHIS. July C.—Six persons were day the delegates h»ye been consider- been «,"ocnchpr of tho Manitoba During the day, also, Mr. Rowell Is (From Our OWJ» CorrefiOfiadentV -killed snd 14 Injured, ir. a railway SB ing the different phases of dry farming TJIW Society since IMS nnd a mem- exnccl.ed.to place his definite decision TADB1I. Jnlr 6.—Thut the crop out- cliienl on the Orleans road today at and the general conditions under ber of tho Upper Canada Law So- in the hands of the prime minister look, already a little shady nt the start •Aux Auburals. ". . which farming-Is carried on in this Cox's Running Mate ciety since 1914. He practiced law When seen this morning, Mr. llowel of, the laat crop weofc, was growing section. The representatives from tho In.Portage La.Prairic, nnd. wns decllr.nd to fldd anything to his prev rather pessimistic under the extreme TEN DEAD. IN EXPLOSION American Institutions have laid stress elected .to tho Ilouso of COuimous ions declarations. But hls.retlrcmen heat toward the weekend, is only a fair on the need of more diversified farm- British Comment on Democratic Nomination ii That There is (or Portage La Prairie. In 1%S. Me lo privulc practice would 'cause no statement. Some parts had little rain, ' I'fancc, July 7.— A violent ing, such men as Prof. W: R.' Porter • was again elected -fit I!U1 when surprise. v ": others not ft great deal, of the rain) pxjilosiori occurred In a gunpowder of the North Dakoli Agricultural Col ' Nothing to Ajfect Seriously Anglo- • Sir Robert Bordcn was called upon Says He Can't Accent breaking the drouth two weeks ago. factory nt Vongne?, near here, tills lego and Prof. Manley Chimplai:i of lo form a gdverrimonf, following TORONTO, .luly 1—Sir Thomas Tho rest, while as yet.not suffering, morning^ It Is known tbat 10 per- the Sou.lli fJakota Extension.Division American Relations a defeat of the Liberal party on While definitely stated tonight th.i had a decidedly thirsty look. All this s'ons are dead an'' d thirty arc badly in- emphasizing this point. These two ex- the reciprocity Issue, and'in 1913 he could not accept the leadership o is changed. A short r.ifn Sunday morn- perts discussed dry,fanning problems was called to the tablnet as solici- the government ovGn If II sboiild be SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.—Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, tor general. Later he became mln. ing freshened everything over a large in their respective slates, problems assistant secretary of. the nsvy,and a relative of the president who bore Offered him. Sir Thomas Is on hi: section, and laid the dust. Tho day which are similarly found In this isler of Ihe Interior. He remained way to Otlawa, where ho has' been was pleasant, nnd -this prepared the. that name, was chosen by the Democratic national convention today as with the cabinet atler its recon- district and during the discussion nt- Us candidate for vice-president and running mate (or Governor. Cox. asked, as a privy councillor and mem wny for the heavy storm of Sunday struction -r.s a Union government ber.ot parliament, to confer on th evening. Three hours' rain closing at of useful iRforhiatlon was given to fhe British Conimeni In lf)T7, and wn« re-elected iii tlia pnlldcAl situation. 'To a repfisSiiui liitiltnght with sweeping showcr?, more 1 (rlenrtship nnd there Is now Rood hope elections of that year, delegates. One of the moat Instructive !X>XDO.V, July 7.—Newspapers they will not lie allowed to do so." live of the Canadian Press, he repeat penetrating still, was followed Monday addresses o( the day was that, given by of Hon. Arthur.Meighen paid his ed the statement which he has mad SUBSCRIPTION London, In commenting en Ihe Chicago ' Several Journals warn the people morning by another good shower, and Prof. John Bracken ot the University here-not to take a loo serious view first vldli to Lethbridge last Aug. on several previous.occasions that he a decided drop In temperature, the RATES of Saskatchewan, who touched on n and San Francisco conventions, this of ullerances Inevitable [hiring the list when, nl the Invitation ot W. ' was not a candidate (or any office In whole sky being covered with masses, number of the problems -which exist morning, devote moro attention lo fu- campaign by "certain groups in Itio A. Buchanan, JI.P., he came hero (ho government, and' his name of loose clouds, and occasional sprink- In agriculture in the 'southwest. He not available for consideration. Ho les resulting, the sun getting;yjio, Effective July 1st. lure relations between the United United ^Slates who malic twisting 'the In bompany.wlth Hon. .las. Caldcr, submitted (o the delegates a great deal Stales nnd (Ireat Britain than upon lion's (nil a favorite amusemcnl." to look over.the irrigation'exten- chance, while the brcozo wris l.fght.:'^, ot Information which .is proving oi. the hearings Ihc.cqnventlotis will have (Continued 0;: Pngo light drlz;1o came on this evening,:.' DELIVERED IN CITY The ••Tl.Tios, recognizing affairs of sion projects which have been agi- trcmsly helpful (o ihe ilelesale: s In on the domestic affairs of America. Eurofic,. especially of dreat llrilain. tating Sou'lhern'Alberta (or sumo and at 1.1 p.m. there Is a. light, but Per • week ...... ,25& tliiiir various dlecilssfons, "Them Is nothing in Hie declared will.be much discussed during the years .back-. Mr..3Ieighen haa al- N. S. NOMINATIONS steady downpour, extending to", the' The eenftrai trend ot'tho day's de- policy of cllber Mr. (,'ox or Mr. Hard- campaign, says: ways .been very sympathetic to- BV MAIL liberations bfis turned In'tKc direction Ing to disturb the most cordial rela- "jl would be wise to frankly ask our- wards Irrigation extension and il (Continuod.cn Page 4). Per year $8.00 of more extended mixed farming nnd HALIFAX, July 7— Kova Scotia tions between the two countries," says selves .wlielhcr il la strange If the was ttirouglr his good offices that provincial nominations: Six rr.or.-fcs ' ...4.35 ft sltldy of tlie deslramllly c'f fnrmnra the Mornl's PCS'., ",h!ch nho express" Three/m'pntht ,., 2.50 devoting more aHenfW (o animal "in- t v *.**"j..D,r^ I>UL*C>C tirtx- -'" dinlrjr, tho growing of alfalfa and with tho Irish question In the Unllert •ted Stales minds a feeling 'or bewilder- sweet clover. million Sfês In the bi? Lctlibrldgo Liverpool—W. L. linll 'leader of the change steady; demand $3.9i;.c8ole«' Stales liave nut iiitcied our halifal &j^fit bordering on alarm/" '