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INCORPORATING  THE, ROYAL  GAZETTE (Established 18_8)  and  THE  BERMUDA  COLONIST  (Established 1866)
VOL.  15~~NO. 237
HAMILTON. BERMUDA,   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930
3i> PER COPY—40'- PER ANNUM
MEMORIAL PROPOSED FOR RESTING PLACE OF R-101  DEAD
CABLE NEWS
REACTION  TO  TRADE  WITH
RUSSIA
LONDON, Oct. 6—Calling attention to the report that Russia
is dumping confectionery and golden syrup on Britain at cut-throat
prices, a Morning Post leader
recalls the Britian Government's
recent guarantee for the purchase
of Cuban sugar on Russia's account, "if the sugar had been produced by our West Indian or Mauritius planters there would seem
more reason in the transaction.How-
ever that may be, sugar was sold in
Russia under the benefit of the
Trade Facilities Act, and those who
doubted the wisdom of risking
British money on such transaction
no doubt comforted themselves by
the thought that the sugar went
to feed the starving Russians. But
mark the sequel: Either this same
sugar, or its equivalent, is now
being exported from Russia into
Britain in the form of golden syrup
and confectionery."
THE WORLD SERIES | IMPRESSIVE 'SCENES   IN
Athletics Win Fifth Game FRANCE
The Philadelphia Athletics won
the fifth game of the World
Series by 2 runs to none. The
Cardinals won the fourth game by a
score 3 to 1 and the series stand:
Athletics 3. Cardinals 2.
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CANADA'S   NEW   $100,000,000
BOND ISSUE
OTTAWA, Oct. 6.—The Government has concluded arrangements
with a syndicate headed by the
Chase Securities Corporation of
New York for the sale of $100,000,000
four per cent bonds of the Dominion of Oanada. The bonds will
run for a period of thirty years,
the Government having the right
to call them for redemption any
time after the expiration of twenty
years at par and accrued interest.
The proceeds of the issue would be
devoted to refunding the loans and
general purposes of the Dominion.
Announcement was made today
by Hon. E. B. Ryckman, Acting
Minister of Finance. A public
offering of the securities will be
made immediately in New York
by the purchasing syndicate.
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CANADIAN MARKET REGISTERS
NEW LOWS
MONTREAL, Oct. 6—In active
trading here today, the Stock
Market was decidedly reactionary,
approximating 54,000 shares. The
closing was influenced by a marked
weakness in New York. Power and
paper stocks were especially soft,
and several new lows for the year
were registered for these groups.
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TROUBLE IN ROUMANIA AGAIN
BUCHAREST, Oct. 6:—Prime
Minister Maniu, leader of the
Peasant Party, who brought Carol
back to the country, has resigned
owing to trouble with his colleagues. It is generally believed that
the strained relations between the
King and Cabinet are really at the
bottom of the crisis.
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A BOY WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE
AMHERSET, N.S., Oct. 6—A variation on the old child's poem,
"The Little Red Skirt," occurred
here today when Robert Mills, a
twelve-year-old boy, ripped out
the red lining of his cap and waved
it as a danger signal to an approaching passenger train, thus averting a
serious accident. Young Mills,
the hero of the occasion, had
noticed two freight cars with breaks
released moving down a siding to
the main track. Knowing that red
is the only colour that can have
effect on a railway engineer, he
remembered the red lining of his
cap, tore it out and signalled the
train, preventing a collision that
might have cost many Uves.
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DISPENSATION   FOR   ROYAL
MARRIAGE NOT YET GRANTED
ROME, Oct. 6—The Vatican's official organ, Osservatore Romano,
states that, contrary to the press
reports, the difficulties regarding
the dispensation for the marriage
of King Boris and the Princess
Giovana are not yet overcome.
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MRS.  BRUCE SAFE
KARACHIS, Oct. 7-Anxiety over
the fate and whereabouts of Mrs
Victor Bruce, who was last seen
flying over Hen jam, Persian Gulf,
enroute to Jask from Bushire,
has been dispelled. WhUe a search-
tog party had fruitlessly combed
the three-hundred mUe area between Jask and Bunder *»*»*»
response to Mrs. Bruce's wireless
appeal before crashing, she was at
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NOVEL SIGHT IN HAMILTON
Caterpillar Truck Excites
Cariosity
Yesterday afternoon a smart and
effective looking Windsor truck
with caterpillar action made its
way through HamUton and aroused
the curiosity of many. These
trucks are used both at the Marsh
Reclamation and at the new hotel
works at Tucker's Town and are
marvels of ingenuity. Apparently
they can do almost anything but
talk. They climb steep banks, excavate and level, tear up or flatten
down.
Many thought the passage under
its own power was a violation of
the law, but this is a mistake. The
law specially provides for the transmission of such vehicles on the
pubUc road.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Stuart,
of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Leighton
Coleman, of New York, Dr. Worth
Daniels, of Washington,D.C. arrived
on the M.s. "Bermuda" Oct. 6th,
and are staying at Pomander Gate.
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Dr. Daniels is a sen of the Hon.
Josephus Daniels, formerly Secretary of the umted States Navy.
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Among the arrivals on the "Bermuda" on Monday were the Misses
Betty and Patricia Charles, daugh-
ers of Captain and Mrs. Charles,
of Warwick West.
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Conover arrived from HalUax on the Lady
Drake on Monday and wiU spend
the winter in Bermuda. Mrs.
Conover has recovered from her
recent illness and was able to make
the trip south in comfort.
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Among the passengers landing
from the Lady Drake on Monday
were Mrs. R. A. Ferguson, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Outerbridge, Captain N.
Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. HoUis,
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Johnson and
chUd, Mr. F. A. HoUis, Miss M.
Christie, Miss M. Cowan, Miss M.
MacLean, Miss R. Day, Mrs. K. K.
Blackadar and Miss E. Stephens.
Also Mr. H. Strode, and Mrs.
Geekie and child.
Miss Mabel Rainsford is again
holding an exhibition of water-
colours at Walker's GaUeries, New
Bond Street, London, and wUl be
glad to see any of her many Bermuda friends who may be in London between Nov. 18th and Dec. 1st.
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NEW TUG FOR FURNESS
WITHY
I In answer to enquiries at the
office of Messrs. WatUngton &
Conyers yesterday, we were informed that shortly a steam tug, or
freighter, 636 gross tonnage, was
leaving York for Bermuda, and wiU
operate a freight service for the
Furness, Withy Co. between HamUton and St. George's.
The   boat   wUl   be   named   The
Long Bird.
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WEATHER  FORECAST
BZRMUPA AND VICINITY
Moderate   to   fresh   north-west
winds; weather partly overcast.
AU Nations Unite in Sympathy
with England in Her
National Tragedy
INVESTIGATION   FAILS TO
REVEAL OAUSE  OF
DISASTER
BEAUVAIS,France, Oct. 6—A vast
mass of twisted steel work upon a
stormswept hillside f aUed to divulge
to investigators of the British and
French Governments today how
the R-101 met disaster with the
loss of 46 Uves. Tonight after officials had pried and hewed their way
into the enormous bulk of the
stripped and broken carcase they
seemingly were no nearer to a
solution of the greatest air catastrophe of recent years than when
dawn yesterday first brought them
a sight of the stUl flaming ruin.
Nor did any of the 46 bodies so
pitUuUy charred give up the secret
of the sudden tragic ending of a
voyage that had been projected as
an 8,000 mile trail-blazing round
trip to India. A few personal effects of the passengers and crew
were found today.
From the survivors, the eighth
of whom died early today, was
pieced together the only story of
events within the great craft leading up to her destruction. That
probably one but possible two stow-
awaya, one of them a woman, were
on the R-101 became a prospective
development of the Inquiry being
directed for Great Britain by Air
Commander A. V. Holt after the
finding of a woman's shoe with a
buckle among the debris. This
discovery seemed to throw light
upon a discrepancy between the
number of dead and survivors and
the airship's official passenger list.
Certainly it complicated the puzzle
over which the French and British
investigators laboured today. A
further compUcation was the finding by peasants of metal pieces
fiye mUes from where the airship
drove her nose into a hillside and
exploded. These bits were picked up
along the route which the R-101
had taken to her point of grounding. Experts gave them careful
attention' with a view to fitting
them into a pictured reconstruction of the craft in an effort to
determine their bearing upon the
accident.
Engineer Harry Leach, on duty
as pilot when the disaster occurred,
said the craft had hit the ground
once to twice before crashing to a
fuU stop. It is possible that parts
of her were torn away in that
manner.
WORLD-WIDE  SYMPATHY
LONDON, Oct. 6—The Dominions
sent their tribute and their aot*
row, the nations of Europe and of
the Far East and the United States
added regretful and sympathetic
voices whUe the Sovereign and
the people of Great Britain were
mourning today the loss of the
R-101 and all but a few of the gallant men of her crew. The great
airship tragedy cast a deep shadow
over the Imperial Conference and
over the meeting of the Labour
Party at Llandudno where the Rt,
Hon. Arthur Greenwood, Minister
of Health, recalled the last statement of Lord Thomson, the popular and able Air Secretary, who
lost his life "she is as safe as.a
house except for. the mUUonth
chance." Dr. Hugo Eckener, the
famous Graf Zeppelin commander,
and Germany's most noted expert
in Ughter than air craft, blamed the
use of hydrogen rather than heUum
In the dirigible's gas bags for the
flames which burst out and took
the Uves of 47 of those aboard. Dr.
Eckener was invited by the British
Government to give espert testimony in London in connection
with the disaster, and word came
from the United States that Rear
Admiral W. A. Moffett, Chief of
the Ngvy Bureau Aeronautics, tq-
day publicly advocated exportation
of helium by the United States "in
order to assist foreign countries
to avoid the danger of hydrogen in
airships."
The heads of delegations to the
Imperial Conference stood in sUent
tribute to the dead and adopted a
motion moved by the Hon. R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada,
and seconded by the Rt. Hon. James
ScuUin, Prime Minister of AustraUa i expressing "great sorrow at the
disaster and the loss of so many
brave and valuable men."
PRESIDENT HOOVER'S
MESSAGE
President Hoover, in a message
to King George said "I am profoundly shocked and distressed at
the tragic accident to the R-101
and the dreadful toU of lives. May
I express to your Majesty and to the
relatives of those who were lost and
to the people of Great Britain the
deep sympathy and grief of Mrs.
Hoover and myself." Secretary
Stimson cabled MacDonald, "May
I, express my personal sympathy
at the tragic loss which Great
Britain has sustained in the death
of those who perished in the disaster."
AU the American newspapers
use column after column in expressing the sympathy of the country
in England's great calamity.
AKOTHRR  ADDED   TO  LIST  OF
V. DEAD
BEAUVAIS, France, Oct. 6—H. G.
Radcliffe, rigger in the crew of the
R-101, died today in Beauvais Hospital bringing the total dead in
the disaster to 47 and leaving but
seven survivors. Radcliffe was reported yesterday as having died
from injuries received when the
dirigible crashed and burned, but
later was said just to have been in
a coma. Radcliffe, who despite a
broken hip and very bad burns,
found strength to drag himseU
from the flaming airship and crawl
a hundred feet to safety succumbed painlessly at dawn today
after* administrations of morphine during the night. Conditions of others injured in the accident Were reported satisfactory
with the exception of engineers
Cook and Savory whose burns are
still grave.
PRESS COMMENT ON TRAGEDY
LONDON, Oct. 6—While the nation has been plunged into mourning for the R-101 gallant dead, now
that the first stunning effects of
the news is beginning to pass off,
one of the questions taking form
in the minds of the public is "are
lighter-than-air-craft practicable.''
The morning papers aU unite in
paying tribute to the skill and
heroism of the gallant pioneer
crew who met death in the tragic
experimental flight. Simultaneously the gravest doubts are voiced
whether airships generally are
shown by this disaster to be top
vulnerable.
The Mornipg Post Bays it is unwise to hazard so much Ufe and
treasure in so eostly an enterprise
which promises so Uttle in the way
of achievement.
The News Chronicle says the disaster is only an appalling conclusion of a mass of evidence aU tending to show that lighter-than-air
machines are beaten on almost
every count by heavier than air
craft.
The Daily Telegraph says the
doubts which seemed on the way
to being laid to rest will rise again
and that even if the airship itself
is vindicated the special design of
the R-101 wiU be more sharply
criticised than ever.
Only by a searching public en^
quiry, says The Daily Express, can
I minds be made up on the question
I of the merit of the R-101 design.
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j     THE IMPERIAL
CONFERENCE
Preliminary Survey of
Constitutional Questions
LONDON, Oct. 6:—Under the
Chairmanship of Rt. Hon. James
ScuUin Premier of AustraUa the
heads of delegations to the Imperial
conference this afternoon completed preUminary survey of constitution al questions. The problems are manifold. They cover
the nationaUty report of last year's
committee of experts who studied
the operation of dominion laws,
the estabUshment of an Empire
Appeal Tribunal, the appointments
of Governors-General, forms of
international treaties, the status
of High Commissioners, appeals to
the Privy Oouncii and many other
issues.
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MACDONALD'S FAITH
The Prime Minister, in replying
to a resolution expressing the deep
sorrow of the Conference at the
loss of R-101, paid the warmest
tribute to Lord Thompson, "the
dearest of aU my colleagues and
who passed ln and out of 10 Dowing
j Street as a member of my family.
He was not only a bulwc rk in political matters, but his friendship
enabled me to bear many heavy
burdens.
In an other address (to the Labour
Party) MacDonald said "Our forbears charted the seas gnd traversed the unknown landr. We wiU
in time conquer the air as we have
conquered the desert and the sea."
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MACDONALD REPLIES
TO CRITICS
Unemployment Not a
National Evil
The Prime Minister, in an address to the Labour Party at Llandudno, replied to the critics both
within and without the part.
The Government had, he claimed,
fulfiUed the confidence reposed in
it at the last election, both in its
foreign and domestic poUcy. He
emphasised that unemployment
was world-wide, and no nation,
working alone, could cure it. They
had signed a tariff truce at Geneva
with a view to initiating negotiations with other industrial nations
on thc subject of tariffs. If those
negotiations were unsuccessful,
then the Governmeat would be
free to take other steps.
British industry, said Mr. Macdonald, had lost the opportunities
placed its way by Government not
because of high taxation and wages,
but because business men had not
adapted themselves to the changed
conditions.
He suggested that Morris (the
big motor magnate) make his motto not "Government on business
Unes," but "business on busiaess
lines," U he wished to produce
profitable results.
The Government had decided its
most important work was to bring
the people back to the land. They
had produced schemes and would
produce legislation making provision of thousands of famUies.
Also they had made better arrangements for working of forests and
small holdings.
A motion by Maxton, Socialist,
condemning the Government for
failing to pursue socialistic policies
was overwhelmingly defeated.
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GOVERNMENT AND
OPPOSITION
Strong Delegation for Indian Round Table
Conference
THEY SAY
That the world is stUl staggering
under the shock of the R-lol
tragedy.
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That the supply of helium is practically controUed by the U.S.A.
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That probably America wiU be
asked to lift the embargo.
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That certainly inflammable gases
wUl never again be used for these
mammoth airships.
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That the Imperial Conference is
striking some snags.
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That retaining individuality Whilst
merging in a whole is no chUd's
play.
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That the legal fraternity is having
a fine time over definitions.
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That  definition  generaUy  creates
the necessity for more definition.
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That the South Americans are
suffering from an epidemic of
revolutions.
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That no one need worry except the
deposed presidents.
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That they don't worry much if they
get a little start with the treasury.
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That it looks as though Carol
would have to sing a new Christmas carol.
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That anyone can understand a
commoner wanting to be King.
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That few can understand why an
ex-King wants to be King again.
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That the wireless telephone _
coming.
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That erecting the necessary plant
is an easy job compared with the
preliminary negotiations.
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That the C.P.R.  news is a long
time reaching the definite stage.
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That perhaps the company is trying to find out whether the going
is reaUy good.
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That if the going is not really good,
the goings are pretty frequent.
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That it is in times  of  adversity
when real friends are made.
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That the unnecessary noises continue to increase.
* *   *
That officials claim that proof that
they    cause   illness     must   be
proved.
* *   *
That a Court would have a lively
time   deciding   what   a   mental
illness was.
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That the iUness of the Colony
might not appeal to the legal-
minded.
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PREPARING FOR THE
BUSY SEASON
Bermuda Press Plant Enlarged and Improved
We are glad to announce that
our plant and machinery have
again be considerably augmented
and brought up to date, and we are
also introducing many new type
faces that will appeal specially to
our advertisers. These include
some very new and excellent faces
that have proved attractive to
buyers.
Intending advertisers in our
special Christmas number are advised to make early application for
space, and our advertising manager
will be pleased to give any assistance or advice that may be necessary.
An exceptionally strong Government and Opposition delegation to
the India Round Table Conference
has been formed. The Government
will be represented by Macdonald,
Sankey, Wedgewood Benn, Arthur
Henderson, and J. H. Thomas, and
other members according to tha
subject of discussion.
Conservatives are represented hy
Peel, Hoare, Zetland and Oliver
Stanley, whUst the Liberals include
Lothian, HamUton, Isaacs Foot.
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