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VOL. XLDLNo. 272. PARTY CAUCUS WILL DISCUSS MATTER LATER Dispute With Mr. Ben nett to Be Aired in CABnTETMEMBEES DONT LIKE TONE With Conservative party cir clet uneasy over the con troversy between the Prime Minister and Hon.

H. H. StevJ ens, and members-of-therCab-inet indignant over the tone of yesterday's letter of the for-mer Minister of Trade and Commerce, the dispute con tinued to hold the. centre-of political attention today; Mr. Bennstt Is expected to Issue a statement later in the day deal-.

inf with Mr. Stevens' letter. It to anticipated be will answer the charfe that "thousands are eufter-lnf while others you champion are reaping large rewards Ploeaaa.gtovonc' It to reported that members ot the Government express amazement at Mr. Stevens' assertion that be had not received the support of his former colleagues In the Cabinet when he was conducting the price spreads inquiry. In Conservative circles It Is ex.

pectcd the dispute between Mr. Bennett and Mr. Stevens will be threshed out- at the first caucus of Government supporters when they assemble In Ottawa for the Parlla-: mentary session in January. Speaks be areata. Meanwhile.

Mr: Stevens to taking an active part in the price spreads inquiry and to scheduled to some of its phases when he makes a public address In Toronto next week. There wss no change In Govern-' ment portfolios. R. B. Hanson, Conservative member for -Vork-Sunbury, left Ottawa yesterday after conferring with the- Prime Minister.

His name was suggested at possible successor to CoL the 'Hon. Murray MacLeren. Minister of Pensions and Health, who to-slated for retirement before Christ- Hon. JL J. Manion.

Minis tar of Trade and Commerce, is. expected to to Ottawa this week. It Is probable he will be appointed Minister-of Trade and Commerce. Lady Determined So Debate Is Off Result Mrs. T.

Di BotM-yelt 'and Mist, Trooka Not to Meet. Associated Im ay Direct -Wire. NEW YORK. Oct. St.

Mrs. franklin D. Roosevelt Isn't going to debate Dorothy rooks tomorrow night -t After the first lady bad. to effect, accepted the challenge ei Miss Frooka, New York Congressional candidate of the Law Preservation party, Mrs. Caspar Whitney made this ruling? "The program 'tomorrow night la already too long.

We're no time for a debate. I wont add another speaker." r- Mrs. Whitney is chairman of the dinner at which Mrs, Roosevelt to scheduled to make her last speech In behalf of Mrs. Carolina ODay. Miss Prooks Democratic opponent.

When she received the debate challenge, Mrs. Roosevelt replied that If those managing the meeting wished MiM-Prooka to speak, she would welcome her. If another speaker to added withdraw from the dinner." Mrs. Whitney said irmly, "I shall adhere to my derision. "No one not even Mrs, Roose- velt-ceould make me change the program at the nth Bandits Hurl Rocks Ledge 300 ManV Life Restored By Soviet Scientist V.r" Mwoclatcd Press Cable.

1 MOSCOW. Oct SlRusslan scientists said today they had restored life for two minutes to a man who had hanged himself three hours earlier, by the use of aa artificial heart The heart is a device invent ed by Sergei Bruikhamenko, to do the Joint work of the heart and lungs I in purifying the blood. r' Professor C. Spassko Ku-kotsky announced results of the experiment, which la the first made on a human, althoughmany have been held on animals. MAKE IT CLEAR ON PRINCIPLE Otherwise no Hope Agreement, States of I Spokesman.

ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO BUILD NAVY Aaseciaisd Press Caste. 'LONDON, Oct 31. The Japanese delegation to the naval conversations, it was authoritatively learned, will inform the United States representatives late today there can be ho surrender' on the question of the principle of naval tonnage equality. The Japanese, will make It clear. It was learned, that unless the British and Americans are willing to concede equality there la virtually no nope tor an agreement.

Consider aefieettene. It was said the Japanese are will. Git to comDromlre on technical questions and would consider any suitable suggestion for an agreement from either the British or the Americans, but equality first must be recognized. Unless eaualltv is aranted bv treaty, Japan has no alternative but to try to obtain It by building, Japanese quarters said. Are Peaalaskdfc.

Japanese for the first time sppsarad definitely pessimistic ever tna outlook. Tney consular tnetr own and the United States -views so vastly different there seems little possibility of reconciling them. The only hope, according to the Japanese, to for the British to suggest solution which would be satisfactory to the others. The British so tar have not brought forward any such proposal Spokesmen tor both the British and United States delations asserted that tonnage equality will not be approved under any consideration since Great Britain and the United State stand firmly behind the continuance of the present ratios of the three nations. Wanted in Labatt Case Meisnerls Extradited WINDSOR, Oct 11.

The long battle of David Meisner against extradition to Canada ended today whan he arrived here and wia Immediately turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Meisner, wanted In connection with the Jobs Labatt kidnapping, signed a waiver of extradition earlier He was taken to Xondon Immediately by automobile. He was said to have signed the waiver voluntarily en the ground he waa anxious to "get It over with." PINED FOR SPEEDING. -Renri Beaudrt St Andrew street paid a fine ot $10 and costs In Magistrate's Court for speeding. Clifford Hopwood, 17, of 41 Clarey avenue, was fined SI and eoeta for not keeping his bteyele In sufficient control to prevent a collision at Cambridge street and Arlington avenue.

at Man Haiuring Feet Above Ground the highest point In the grim, grey cliffs which tower over the Jersey shore of the Hudson. There Hey dung desperately re a tiny tree while his tormentors pelted him with rocks. Thaaeraams ot the victim's wife. Lucille, brought behx however, and the hald-on men fled, leaving the two dollars tying est ne arouna. Passers by stepped and shouted encouragement to Hey until polios punea pint to safety with ropes.

Hey. 44. who Uvea In Boaota. said ponce he waa riding with bis win ana pereea hi ear Just Berth of Paint Lookout when the man. ana of them armed, demanded his Hold-np Victim Hm' Thrilling Encounter Hold-np Men Become Enraged When fie Has Only SX-r Assoilstsd press ay Berert AIKNX, If Oct llv-Ruseon Bey, who knows what It feats like to cans to ledge MO feet above 'ground while two angry bandits hurl rocks from the cliff overhead, to safe and sound today In Ingle-wood Hospital.

Bruised, shocked, but otherwise tmhurt Hey waa rushed to the hospital last Bight attar harrowing encounter with a pair of hold-up aaen who became enraged, he told police, and chased hint eft the edge of the Palisades, because be had only St. A ledge, leas than a foot wide, caught htm lb feet from the top of CONTAINING ALL THE CABLES RECEIVED CP TO 4.30. LATE NEWS ON PAGE 17 TODAY. PRICE TWO CENTS. JUL GOUT IF OTTA WAFL YER KILLED IN CRASH AT Latest NcwSpqrtfag and Markets Close Today ca Page 17.

TO STEP DOWN AS PARTY HEAD Resignation of Ontario Conserratire Leader Is Requested. INSIST ON CAUCUS TO ELECT LEADER A direct demand for his resignation as provincial party leader has been made upon George S. Hengy, former Premier of Ontario, and every Conservative member elected to the Legislature and every Conservative candidate in the last election has Jeen asked to call for an immediate caucus. Karl K. Homuth, former for South Waterloo, has taken the lead In calling for Mr.

Henry's resignation and In seeking the support ot alt Conservative members and candidates to reject the defeated Premier's right to leadership. Appeals as Members, Mr. Homuth baa written Mr. Henry asking for his resignation and has sent copies to sll Conserve-tive and candidates together with covering letter, several of which reached Ottawa today, urging them to write or wire Mr, Henry at once If they felt a csucus should be summoned Immediately. In his message to Mr.

Henrr. Mr. Homuth declares it to clear that the rank and file of the party are "com pletely dissatisfied with the existing leadership' and plans for com bating the Hepburn administration. Held an Party Vanished. Homuth charged thst Mr.

Henry, instead ot resigning after the disaster of the tost election, in vited hia- followers to a where, as luesta. they were unable to voice their opinions. Mr. Henry's out aimiaisntng noia upon tne party vanished tost week with the revelation of hia private automobile service account Mrv Homuth Unless the pretSpt leader volun-Concluded en sis t. Cat a.

Exciting Finish As Favorite Wins Newmarket Race Wychwood Abbot at Odds of 9 to 1 Makes East Spurt to Score Victory in Cambridgeshire. Csnaclan Press Csfele. NEWMARKET. Oct ll. The favorite, Wychwood Abbot won the historic Cambridgeshire Stakes this afternoon with Commander HI.

second, and Highlander third, In the field of S3. txdttng Pmlsa. Wychwood. Abbot raced the distance of a mile and an eighth In the last great race ot the dying fiat-racing season under an Impost ot Jig pounds. II pounds under top weight of 133 allotted to Denbigh.

Ha is owned by O. V. What- taiey and was ridden by Perrymsn. Commander in. carried lie pounds tn the silks of A.

B. Briscoe, with Jockey Harry Beasley up. Highlander, owned by Lord Derby and ridden by-the veteran Weston, carried 114 pounds. The winner started at overnight oaaa or. to i.

commander lit waa en to 1 and Highlander 22 to The finish waa one of the most exciting in the S3 years of the big handicap, Wychwood Abbot crossed the wire half a length In front or commander, who beat Highland- er for tbe place only a abort Miserable atoetag Day. Waathae condition vera miser. able and It waa almost impossible for the spectators to distinguish the leaders until Wychwood Abbot challenged with a final rush on the downhill slops to the finish, win ning nicely in a ane burst ot spaed. Is overtake Commander in. A feature was the eutrixM Uai of the strong French contingent aa weu as ca tne Ameiican-brad Mate, and three ether horses owned by United States turfmen but bred In Sngland Bosidaman, SUteamaa and Tabasco IV.

All the latter were well back at the grush. ABCRBUHOP TODAT. LONDON. Oct 21-rjr. Oordcav Archbishop vt celebrated bis TOth Wm.

day today. Tbe churchman spent the aay in meetings. Interviews, end handling his eorrespondenea. His erdinahlv tors mail waa i by many birthday cpngra tulsti ons. S-TLAmo atAIU.

aae a a via New York, nd eleee at HTZ Tbnrsoav. CorreeS) Sal or Bentera" via ktontml. Mn ass a rrMar. Kewmber vie Mew York. rrtdaxlleeesah May Separate from aMaasaaaaaaatafaaaaM t' aSsMal It to reperted treat Paris that the beaattfal Princess ef the Astarlaa, Cuban wile of the ektoat sea at ax-KIng All ease of a pain, will seek a legal seearatlan.

She waa ferssottr Edelsaira Bsmaedre. daaehter ef a wealthy Havana trader. The frUMt the raasen fer the separaUeakr Would Restore Of CivilfSeirahts In S. rr-. President 'Koosevelt That Action be ajcen and Would at 1932 Aaaectoled Preea by Direct Wire.

WASHING.TON, Oct 3L Full restoraUon of United' States Government pay 'cuts next July 1 will be recommended by President Roosevelt, The President made the announcement today at" his semi-weekly press conference. This means a five percent increase In all Government salaries, which will make them reach the 1932 level. Mr. Roosevelt said the pay Increase would be urged In expectation of an increase In Values and in prices by July 1. He does not feel the increase will be warranted by January 1, but is confident of the upward trend by the time the new Government year begins in July.

Upon taking office the President brought about a 15 percent cut In Government pay. The last Congress re stored JO percent of this reduction. Have Land Plans Ready for Jan. 8 Premier Taschereau Calls Quebec Legislature to Meet Then. Cuiau frees ay Direct Wire.

QUEBEC, Oct SI. Problems ot unemployment reef and colonisation are expected to bulk large tn the fourth session of the lth Quebec Legislature which Premier h. A.lTaschereau today announced will be called for January t. The Government has been preparing a 110.000100 colonisation scheme and a full opportunity will be provided for members of the Legislature to discuss the project before: valine eredita. New measures tor solving the tow employment relief problem are to be presented.

The Government may appoint a commission to handle the disbursements throughout the province or municipalities may be given power to impose a tax to take care ot their problems separately. Alderman Moyes For Open Voucher H. J. Lacasse Would Be-. scind Agreement With Oncers.

saaevaaanawaaaaw Aid. H.J. Lsrasse tody Sled a motion for City Council that the Public Welfare Board give a two months trial- te the open vouch er tor relief orders. This would permlt-fsmllles to chooee their own foodstuSi at grocery stores. Another motion by the same al-danaaa prevktaa for rescinding the -present agraemant with the Ottawa Retail Grocers' orgaalxe-tlaa dated guptember 1 last erbere-by a areeery Inspector working under the Welfare Beard was paid from deductions off the.

value of vouchers redeemed by the gro- (See Akja Page Taree), Her Boyal Husband eaaltaaed Ul-health to given aa Pay Cuts Put Salaries Back LereL Winning Up Radiator yV' Fire Destroy! Car Caaaefaa Preae ay Direct' Wire. BONNTVnxi, Atta, Oct IL -Wben WllUaaa lyaa. St Vaa--. eant, Albwesaldal start ato ear. be plaeed a are nader the radl-.

a tee as warm ep and went eeee to get a pareet waa attre and badly daaaaged before the stomas were as- ttoartobed. 100 Constables On Duly Tonight Chief Emlle JoUat Is Not Taking Chances on Hal iowe'en. W-MM. Although the authoritiee are not anticipating any more trouble than nsual-en thia evening devoted to the mischief -making and pranks ot Hallowe'en. Chief ot Police Emile JoUat won't take any chances and to mobilising about 100, uniformed policemen at headquarters and the Fairmont avenue station tonight The fleet of police cruisers will be augmented and almost a score of cars will petrel the streets.

All men on day duty sVlU been hand to keep in check themore boisterous spirits. Chief JoUa says boys will be si-towed pterfty of latitude, but deliberate dsmeaato property or In-Jury to persoruteiliot be toler- rtre Chief B. Blarklar haa no special plane made, aa hto'depart- is troubled more -on af" Feet's Da than Hallowe'en. year Dot a single ielse sierra waa on Hallowe'en. Tiesu.

MovaatgNrs. r-. ArrtreS. At York Nfiin Wealamlane London ir Amer. rrjrlk Cep-hafea Kone Seaiass.

aaavv1Jsse VJtll rcenhtnn York Pr Mlmmm, AauUeata Cherneurg gouth-pton M.Vork r.IS. York Seetue Crol-S atlk wa York NO CLAIMANT IN SIGHT FOR Marriages Are Causing Muddle in Former Monarchist Circles. BBTDE LEA VINO FORMER PRINCE 1 Associated Press PARIS. Oct. 31.

Reports of an impending marriage and the end of a rnamage in ine family of former King Alfonso of "Spain raced through Monarchist circles in Paris today, carrying with them the threat that the vacant throne of Spain would be without a claimant. While the former Prince of Arturiss was reported estranged from his Cuban bride for whom he waived hia righto to the throne, his brother, Prince Don Juan Carlos, who succeeded him ss heir. wss understood to be planning to marry Lady Helen, the daughter of Lord Londonderry, British Minister of Aviation. Weald Boneanee Big ale. TDon Juan was reported lo have told his father that ha Intends to marry Lady Helen even though she is not of royal blood and such marriage would entail his renunciation of ail his royal ngnis sra preroa- Alfonso himself persistently-has been reported to be on the verge ot a separation from former Queen Victoria.

AriiM to this Is the fact that the last living son. Prince Don Jaime, is a sal mute, is raaarded In Span ish monarchist quarters as practically Incapacitating all the male members of the royal family from sitting on the throne unless the former Prince of Asturias should retain his rights by sn annulment of hia marriage. Don Juan, who has been serving in the British navy, long haa been Ceacladcd an Page Cot Says Competition Among Buyers N.S. Is Unknown Maritime Fisherman Says Fish Corporation Buys NearlT All of the Catch. Competition among flsh buyers In Dlgby County, N.S, Is practically unknown, the Mass Buying Com-mission wsT told today by Lewis V.

Bailey, Usherman of Westport The Maritime rish Corporation, he said, bought almost all flsh In the county, and competitive prices were unknown. ror the second day the commission Investlgstad conditions in the Nova Scotia Ashing Industry. Mr. Bailey said low prices were the primary causa for the industry to be at such low levels. Beaeoa far Law "Are low prices due--to want of competition among buyers?" asked Normen Sommerville.

commission counsel. "I don't think there are any doubts about It" replied Mr. Bailey. A minimum price ot three cents a pound on the average for cod and haiMnok eras sueeested by Mr. Bailey as a necessary step before the Industry would regain Its leet.

He also recommended construction of a cold storage plant In the West-. Concluded an Page a Cat 4. Hold Former Postman. Responsible for Deaths QUEBEC, Oct SI. Roaalre Bllo-deau, former postman, was found criminally responsible by a coroner's Jury today for the deaths of six persons who were killed bv shooting last Thursday, Tbe date for Bllodeau'e appearance In court for preliminary earing naa not been set ENTICING ITEMS JVess raVaV lis buys IMS Chevrolet seech to good eeaditteo.

Gomotstdy Stmrished beeheler spcrt maits are to let hi a eeniral location. SsvOVsMMM VeWlai aa aTSaaa) aatsV SStaaTeCtfTea' ISSS fWlae eoaeh eacellent enadl- Hid Is to Wsrrted-A smeH hifnlsbed spartnMnt Must ae ewtral. eras sasTd et ajsg. saw gtostartag1 aadlooj CAMP BORDEN Now Commissioner 1.. 1 W.

B. SOMERSET, former eaaar-aa af Ontario Marketuur Beard. to new Its aele asember with UUe af assamlsslseier. (Sea Alae page LUCWSfEEP TICKETS HELD $2,572,700 Goes to UA From Irish Free State. THREE WINNERS ON FIRST HORSE CaaaSlaa Prese Cskle.

DUBLIN, Oct 11-Ne Canadians draw ttekecs fas the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes en todays Cambridgeshire handicap an either the Srst, second er vUrird harass which carry aaajer la V. NEW YORK. Oct 31- American holders of tickets in the: Irish Free State Hospital Sweepstakes won total which today amounted to approximately $2,572,700 as result of the Cambridgeshire handicap race at Newmarket, on which the sweepstakes were based. Three tickets were held In the United States on? the winning horse. Wychwood Abbott and each of these tickets pays $150,000.

Sight tickets were held in the United States en Commander .10, who ran second, and each ot these tickets oars STS.000:-the four tickets held In the United 8 tales on Highlander, who ran third, each pays S50.0UU. American holders of tickets on other horses-entered In the Cambridgeshire, but which did not finish In the money: will receive 028.000 for their la addition to the tickets en horses, Americans won consols lion prizes totalling S2W.600 -and resi dual prtsaa totalling $1,200. MINEIg ABANDON STBIKE. WARSAW. Oct 11, Sixty miners on hunger strike in the Kleofai mine following dlsmisssl of several of their number today came to ine surface following an accord reached between the miners and the mine Tbe Jearaal standard therm asaster at CaaaSlsa Press ay Direct Wire, TORONTO, Oct.

1. A trough of low pressure extends southwest, ward from Hudson Bsy across the Great Lakes to the Missouri val ley, while high pressure and cold weather cover the western provinces and the northwest states. Light snow has fallen In many parts of Ontario and Quebec though elsewhere the weather has been for tne most pan isir, FORECASTS. Ottawa and Upper St La- Valley Freak soathwest vrlndet partly eleadr; tight reus ar anew tonight and pert at Taersday, feJIewed ay Northern Ontario Fresh 'west to northwest winds: pertly etoudy snd cold tonight snd Thursday with snowflurrtes. Manitoba Northwest winds: mostly fair and cold today and Thursday; 'v ItnrHeet Durlns ga.a Vest-day MisM 14 4 IS 11 sa es i.

as as i es 31 Daweoa IS Akiavlk IS Ton etmreea IS Fort Smith tef PrMee aupert es Victoria SS Ramloops 44 ss IS ss as Saskatoon Mat Albert 1 as -ir ss an is as 1 it esrA ChurchlU IS Brandnfi Winnipeg tt Keeere 14 SauK ate, htarbt. a as 1 1 Record and Forecast THREE AVIATORS LOSE LIVES IN TWO MISHAPS Ottawa Sergeant Loses Life in Camp Borden -Accident TWO IN TORONTO CRASH VICTIMS CaaaSlaa Frees ky Direct Wire. CAMP BORDEN, Ont, Oct. 31. Sergeant V.

S. Roberta of the Royal Canadian Air Force was lulled today In the crash of a Siskin fighting air plane which he was flying alone. "i Ofllcen of the air force said' the machine felL.outAt control and that Roberts failed to Jump with Ms parachute. A court ot Inquiry began an immediate Investigation into the accident Roberts waa a son of S. V.

Roberts, af rourth avenue. McKeilar Town- site, an official of the auditor gen erals orflce. Two Lose Uvea. TORONTO. Oct 1.

Plying In structor O'Brien Saint and hia pupil, 8. W. Hand, of Agincourt. near Toronto, were killed today when their "plane crashed a short distance tram the dying Held ot the Toronto Plying Club. The cause ot the acaaam was not determined.

-In falllne the nlane struck building on the Connaught Labora tories, tara, near uunenn sn-ees and -north ot the city limits. The building wss damaged and the 'plane demolished when it crashed. Was Tears OM. PUght Sergeant Vivian Sydney Roberts, who wss only 24 years old, war a native of Winnipeg. Manitoba, and was sducsted st the pub lis end high schools of Victoria.

British Sevan years ago ha enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Poree and alter perfecting hint self in the mechanical end be came a Sight sergeant three years ago. witn tne exception or a pertoa last winter tn Ottawa whan he un dertook a course In the photogra phic section ot the Koyat Canadian Air rerce all ot hia time since enlistment was spent either et Camp Borden or Trenton Airport Ha waa selected to dy a Pah-child transport -plane In tbe Royal Canadlaair Perce coaat-tfrcoast flight- three years ego. -During his visits home be played tennis at the Britannia Club and always took a keen Interest In sports of sll At one time he attended Trinity Church. Mr. Roberta did not hear of hia son death until noon today Though funeral arrangementa have not yet been completed.

It to expected the body will be brought to Ottawa for nunai. In addition to his parents be to survived; oy one sister, ansa ieua Roberts. Attorney-General Starts Hydro Inspection Tour BROCKVTIXfc Ont- Oct JL Departing -from Brocaviiie taoay Hon. Arthur W. Roebuck, Ontario Attorney -Gen er si.

and member, of the Hydro Commission, started the first stase of his inspection tour of sources of Ontario Hydro-Electric power. Mr. Boebuck will visit the Beeuharnois and Cstinesu River plants first aaew today reghtcred St degrsaa. BEfORE ft Hfn Hli CArAOID OPIHJOH ftBOuT You: as Ktnstoa c. as Ottawa as at S4 Mmtrsel SB es es Dnud 14 Quetaee as es as Saint Jena sa as -as MoneMn es-, rTederiete .01 ft' Hsiuss as 1 as, Chariottefosni as ss Detroit SS 4S New Verb 44 at Sua rase am.

Sua sees 4SS pjn. Ada. an Page IS. of the Weather.

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