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PR1CI 5 CEfTS ON PAGE 39. "iVTll YEAR J53 I a 4IW kr irrW 11 xiU nil. inn '(ft jvl v. 7 7 'HUB JOURNAL" sT J3 flu I 'ROUGH RIDER DIRECTORS Coffin Statement Admits Theft, Denies Murder TROOPS TO CYPRUS LONDON. Oct 11.

.) Britain today ordered troop reinforcements to strife-torn Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Island bastion swept by rioting and bomb throwing. The 1st Battalion of the jOordon Highlandera about 400 Infantrymen stationed In Scotland waa given orders to assemble In the next 48 hours at an English alrbase. The troops will fly to Cyprus Friday. PLAN TO TAKE STEPS An executive-directors mpftirtf of the Ottawa Football Club has bern called for 5.30 this afternoon in the Rough Riders' dressing room, Lansdowne Park, to discuss what steps are to be taken in the ake the three lop-sided defeats suffered by the Riders in their last three starts. 1 Oeneral Manager James P.

McCaffrey declmed to comment on the nature of what disciplinary measures will be taken, although it is understood that fines and firings are being contemplated for a number -the players. (See Also Sports Pa ea.) Fate of Wllbert Coffin likely will be considered by Cabinet next week. It wta lelrned today. Solicitor -Oeneral Macdonaid expected at that time to submit a recommendation to hia colleagues on the case. The Cabinet can decide not to Interfere with the death sentence, commute the aentence to life ImprUonment or 'order a new trial.

Mr. Macdonald'a recommendation will be baaed on a detailed study of all aspects of the case. Including a word statement he received today from Coffin's lawyer; Francois Gravel of Quebec City. A spokesman In Mr, Macdonald'a office said the minister will study the statement before making -a recommendation to Cabinet on the case. He expected the case would go before Cabinet at a meeting next week, probably Tuesday.

Coffin la scheduled to be hanged October 21. Item Misinterpreted Tass Reporter Says jr airMtast ftrasoK, BPearionYalta-Boiind To Meet Soviet Heads between Canada and the Soviet Union. Pearson was accompanied oa the Soviet plane from Moscow Fear Bodies Be in Car In Hull Quarry I Clack MMaaa STWa. Diver Faal CiMk, af Halt, seeat S3 saiaatea the cly and dirty water mt Wright's Qaarry this after mi March tag far a ear wllbaat saccesa. police, feeling that one or more persons occupied a car which last night plunged Into the quarry pear the bottom of QUMEC.JDct II.

CF-Wll-bert Coffin, convicted of the 1953 murder of one of three American bear hunters found dead in the Caspe peninsula, says he Is innocent of the slaying but admits ateallng certain of the hunters belongings. A 8.000-word statement on the case obtained from the 44-year-old prospector last Saturday by one of his law yers who vUlted the death cell at Montreal's Bordeaux JalL Contents of the statement were outlined today by the lawyer Francois Oravel of Quebec. To Rang Oct ZL Coffin 1 scheduled to be hanged Oct 21. Mr. Oravel described the statement as a rebuttal of the main Incriminatory points broutht uo at Coffin'a trial only by John Watkins, Cana THE PRINCES ROYAL IS HILL Prince as Mary thla morning signed Hull's Golden Book sod received from Mayor Moftrton a copy cf the eity's Here, she Is shown accepting The book from Msyor Monclon while Mrs.

Monclon loots on. Princess Mary Receives Keys dian Ambassador to Russia, and Oeorge Ignatleff and Ray Crepault of the External Af-fairs Department The rest ef the Canadian party will follow-" him by RCAF plane tomorrow and Join him at Basra. Iraq. Pearson and Molotov spoke briefly at the airport, the Russian wishing his Canadian opposite number bon voyage and expressing the hope that his visit would lead to fruitful contacts between Russia and Canada. Pearson assured him of his confidence that the visit had been a useful one, and had.

certainly been pleasant and' cow tawa of a Halifax news story, today waa blamed by Tass correspondent V. Vashedchenko for the holiday week end "flap" Involving External Af faire Minister Pearson. Deputy Soviet Premier Ksganovlch and the RCAF, Canadian Press news rabies from the Ruutan capital reported that Mr. Pearson had been "shocked" when Mr. Ka-ganovlcn ahowed hia a Tass report, date lined Halifax, quoting Air Commodore Fred 8.

Carpenter, Chief of RCAF Operations as saying Canadian fighter squadrons In Europe were poised for an attack against the Soviet Pearson 'Embarrassed. Mr. Pearson was said to be Mr. Ksganovlch Air Commodore Carpenter "astounded" snd. Defence Headquarters They bad nothing on Mr.

Vashedchenko. He made It Immediately plain that as far as he knew, Air Commodore Carpenter had not said the RCAF was poised for an atuck against the Soviet nor had he reported him as having said It. Correspondent Vashedchen-ko explained his despatch had been of the "dothes-Une" In the Canadian newspapers last Summer In Perce. Que.U me searcn tor we ear in Coffin did not testify at the trtiL He was sentenced tar hanged for the murder of Richard Llndsey. 17.

whose body was found In bush land In 1853. near thoae of his father Eugene, 47, and a friend. Albert Claar, 20. All were from Hollldaysburg. Pa.

Mr. Oravel Quoted Coffin as saying la the statement: "I am Innocent of the said Couslneau street this after noon vera nresslna a diver water wmcn they said was 'probably feet deep. Couslneau street runs, to the quarry's edge. The csr entered the water about 200 feet north of Couslneau street At the aame time they' were checking with police departments throughout the Ottawa district on reports of missing persons. At 1 10 last Jean tHmrrm riiiia.f fat ekrt4 aVlKa4 heard a crash and saw of a uu modd crime and I am not in any way TL" Paquettt.

both of St Timothy. a the n1 ct he wasnl sure whether ltj0f the diplomatic corps, turn To the Cily A beaming Mayor Whitton today presented the Princess Royal with a golden key to the city and paid her this tribute: Tour Ufa indeed has been of the same unspectacular. sincere, selfless service which has marked the high dedication of the Crown to the People, and which His Majesty your father, and the noble and beloved Queen Mary, did so much to deepen and enhance." The. presents tloa came following a civic luncheon for Princes Mary at the Chateaa Laurier. Some 200 civic and Oovernment officials and their wives enjoyed a menu -which ran the culinary gamut from seafood cocktail to domestic pheasant, from wild rice croquets to maple bombe and coffee.

i Earlier, the 200 had been presented to the Princess by the mayor and before that. Princess Mary had attended four dedication ceremonies In Ottawa, had been received by Mayor and Mrs. Monclon of Hull and had signed Hull's "Oold Princess Mary's "Ottawa-Hull Dsy" began at 10 JO a m. when Mayor Whitton, at the head, of Ottawa's City Council called at Oovernment House and waa received by Oovernor Oeneral Massey and the Princess RoyaL Victoria four-year-old daughter of Alderman May Nlckson, presented the Princess Royal with a bouquet, of Sweetheart roses bound up with fern. Then.

In a cavalcade, headed by Mayor Whitton and the Extra Entries Improve Chances In Crossword With winners emerging every week The Journal Prize Crossword la rapidly becoming a profitable hobby for competitors. The Prtsa Crossword, published every week In The Saturday Journal, offera 100 to the sender of the first correct, solution opened. Competitors have until 8 m- Thufsdsy to submit entries. The more entries you submit the better your chances of being this week's winner. A few eopies of last Saturday's Journal are still available at the business offices Quin Placed On Probation RENFREW.

Oct 11. (Spe cie! Alan O. Quin appeared before Magistrate W. K. Mc-Oregor today and was placed on a two year's probation with suspended sentence.

Quin. was found guilty of theft of hospital funds during his caoacltv aa administrator of Renfrew Victoria Hospital. About $13,000 waa Involved. Terms of the probation Involved a complete restitution In "cash and kind" to the hospital. Should he not live up to the contract or violate probation jln any way he 11 subject to summons and aentence within the two-year period.

Paper Says Pearson In Front Rank WASHINGTON, Oct 11 --Canada's External Affairs Minister Pearson has a grasp of world affairs which puts him "In the front rank of world the Washington Post and Times Herald says In editorial comment on Pearson's visit to Moscow. t- had been the Toronto Globe and Mail or The Journal he had seen a story, written and filed by The Canadian Press from Halifax of a short statement made there last Monday by Air Commodore Carpenter on his return to Canada from a tour of RCAF bases In Oer-many. France and Britain. "I filed only what The Cana dian Press story claimed Tasa writer Vashed- STALINGRAD, KhmU. Oct ll.

(Stealers) Caaa-dlaa Externa! Affairs Minister Pearsaa left here taalght far the Crtsaea where be will vUit with Savlct Freaks Balgaala aad Casamaalst Party. chief Malta Khrwak. chev. Pearson aad his party arrive! here by plane fraaa Maaeaw earlier aad taarwd the city before leaving far the Crimea aad hia yblt with Resale's two Up leaders. a.

at-acaaia. 1 MOSCOW, Oct 11. CF Foreign Minister Molotov stood In a heavy rain at Moscow's airport this morning to say farewell to L. B. Pearson when the Canadian External Affairs (Minister took off for a meeting In the south with Russia's two highest leaders.

Pearson's plane was due to stop la Stalingrad for luncheon. and then was to carry the Canadian party to a destination near Yalta, In the Crimea, for a meeting with Premier Bulganln and Nlklta Khrushchev, chief of the Soviet Communist Party. Molotov. along with ether Soviet officials and members ed out for the 7.30 am. depar ture which ended a Moscow visit marked by goodwill and the prospect of further trade Wins $313,600 With $11.20 Ticket HOBART, Tasmania.

UP A 43-year-old laborer today won S3U.600 in a lottery and turned down an alternate prize of a hotel valued at 3448,000 to accept the cash. Jack H. Bracey, a nursery worker, won first prize lnlhe Tasmanlan lottery. It was the richest prize ever offered by the lottery. Arthur.

Drysdale. millionaire operator of the lottery, offered Bracey a choice between the cash and one of Hobart'a best known hotels. He quickly decided to take the cash. Bracey. paid 911.20 for the winning ticket He held It alone until thla morning when the wife of.

his employer. Mrs. W. Page, asked to buy a fifth share In It. Mrs.

Page Health Being Toasted, He Dies Suddenly LONDON. Oct 11 (UP) William John Rawilngs, 62. colls psed and died yesterday while his health was being toasted at a Chamber of Com merce dinner honoring his 30th adding anniversary. ATTACKED BY HOGS, STATESBORO.Os.jOrt.llr-UP) N. B.

Nesmlth. 77. died Sunday of injuries suffered on his farm Thursday when he waa attacked by three hots. SUNNY and MONTREAL. Octll Dominion Public Weather Of nice 11.30 am.

report Ottawa regions: Sunny and very warm today and Wednee- day; winds light becoming nd.chenko today, "and I have the Plan to Merge Imperial. Bank And Barclay's TORONTO, Oct. It Cf) nans 10 amalgamate me LtupUl Bank of Canada and Barclay's Bank (Canada) were announced today. In a Joint statement by the presidents of the two groups. The proposal, approved by Finance Minister Harris, will be submitted to the share holders of each bank at their annual general meetings.

In December, the statement said. It will have to be spproved by the Federal Cabinet before It can be completed. The statement made by Imperial Bank President L. 8. Mackersby and Barclay Bank President H.

A. Stevenson, said the name Imperial Bank of Canada would be retained. 1 R. Waldle would be chair man of the board of directors of the new bank and Mr. Mackersby president Other proposed officers are: H.

E. Sellers, R. Tlmmlns, J. H. Vale, vice-presidents; and John 8.

Proctor, vice-president general manager. The board of directors would cohslst of the present directors of the Imperial Bank and four of the present directors of Barclay's Each holder of one share of the 1,000,000 aharea of Imperial Bank of Canada Would receive one share of the amalgamated bank, and the' shareholders of the 300.000 shares of Bsrclay'a would receive a total of 120,000 aharea. Hike rNine Miles Through Deep Snow VANCOUVER. Oct. 11.

Lord and Lady Tweedsmulr jiiked nine miles through deep snow in Northern British Columbia during the week-end. Rain and low cloud cancelled flights, out of Kemano. 400 Tn venicie ooggea. down in snow often waist-deep 13 miles from Kemano the party of six covered the 'next nine miles on foot. SERIOUSLY ILL.

JERSEY CITY. NJ, Oct. fUP) Bernart Mac physician said todaf the 87-year-old physlcaTculturlst was still seriousirlll but his life Is "not in the balance t. caden's filled with gracious hospitality. for which be and Mrs.

Pearson were grateful. Pearson's visit to the Soviet capital waa marked by cordiality. It wound up last night with a lavish reception at Sprtdonovk Palaee where Molotov, former Premier Malenkov' and Lazar Kaganovlch, first Deputy Premier, gsve the Canadian Minister a send-oft reserved for the highest-rank ing visitors to Russia. One major result of the visit Is the prospect of renewed trade talks In Ottawa, probably In a matter of weeks. (See Also Page 11.) $60,000 in Players And Cash For Toronto Pitcher TORONTO.

Oct. Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club said today It has received a total of $60,000 In players and cash for the sale of pitcher Jack Crlmlan to the Kansas City Athletics. The Leafs got Marlon Fries no, a 32-year-old right hander and, will re celve another player on option next with the remainder In cash. The'iXeafs paid $12500 for Crlmlan In 1954 when they bought him from Cincinnati Reds. He finished last season with a 19-C record and wsa voted the "most valuable pitcher In the Internattonal League.

Frlcano played with Ottawa -Athletics until last year when he waa ahuffled among several ASK INTERNMENT. BUENOS AIRES, Oct 11 Argentina has asked Paraguay intern ex-president Juan D. Peron far enough from the Argentine border "so that his presence cannot causa t. DICTIONARY. allergy that makes a person unusually sensitive to paper money.

VERY WARM Temperalarea. Low last night and high Monday: Vancouver 42, 12; Edmonton 33, 82; Calgary 27, 58; Saskatoon 43. Reglna 48, 78; Winnipeg 5J, Whito I81. 74J Orleans 68, 88; TNa Jnunwl Hwiinwimw at tin TM mi r.t IS at is a i Princess Royal In a black lrnt-if ouslne. and containing Ottawa VYOrld MdieSITien.

Moreover. I feel that I was not given a fair trtaL Tha Quebec lawyer Coffin's statement as what was described as "new now la In the hands of the Federal Justice Department in Ottawa for considera tion. A full bench of the Supreme Court of Canada last week turned down Coffin'a request for leave to. appeal the eon viction, and only the ordering ef a new trial by the Justice Department or a commutation of aentence by the Tederal Cabinet can ssve him from the gallows. Concluded an Page 2, Cot True Bill In Cardinal Murder Case BROCKVILLT, Oct 11.

(Staffl The Orand Jury brouath In a True Bill when the court resumed altting at, 2 30 p.m. Selection of 7M2 man jury took Just 30 minutes. Crown Prosecutor Muugan re-Jested four women. Crown Prosecutor Minigan outlining the'easa atralnst Reld. said testimony would show how Reld boueht a five shot revolver and ten bullets for It how two bullets found In Splller man's body were fired from the gun later found' In the Reld family's bathroom, and how blood found on Reld's shoes matches samples of Splller man's blood.

The Jury was Instructed by Mr. Justice Judson of the Supreme Court of Ontario as the Tall terra of the Criminal Assises opened here. Reld has been charged with murdering --Cardinal clothing store merchant Benjamin fipUlerman. AOSplUerman was found dead In his modest store Aug. 23.

He had Nien shot thre times, then clubbed to desth. If the grand Jury returns a True Bin Reld's trial will begin Immediately, as soon as a 13- man Jury has been ehottn Reld's counsel are Pierre Merrier and C. Edward Carter of Ottawa. Special crown prosecutor Is Percy J. Milllgan o'f Cornwall.

The crown has 31 witnesses to call. In the UJ-yejr-old court room aa the proceedings began was spiiieiman a widow. i They notified Hull police who sent a constable to the He found no tire marks or any sign of a car having run off the end of the street The area Is not lighted by street lamps. A new search at daybreak today revealed tire marks leading to the quarry's edge and there waa an oil slick on the water'a surface. Police feel there la one or more bodies In the car alnce the only report they have of the vehicle comes from two workmen.

Had the car been parked they feel the owner or driver would have them of the disappearance. Hull police have the namea of two or three persons on the missing list, and are checking to see If there could be any connection. Detective Jacques CharVon la heading the Investigation. Youths Uncover Clue to City View PO Robbery A post office, mallbag, thought to be part of the loot taken In the recent robbery of the City View Post Office, was discovered yesterday by three Ottawa youths behind the Carllngton Heights Reservoir. The youths.

Marcel Pelletier. 18. 1378 Laperriere street, and and PhUlppe Jtlel. 18, of 804 Clyde avenue, turned It over to police. Ontario Provincial Police said the bag had apparently been opened, but a large quantity of blank money orders and other postal Items were still Inside.

They could not say yet whether anything, had been removed. A postal Inspector was being called In to determine If any thing tu missing. Her Fourth Set OPTwins Born AUCKLAND. NZ. Oct.

lly-(Reuters) Mrs. R. S. Feather ston, wife of a 33-year-old New Zealand timber worker, has given birth here to her fourth set ef twins. The twins, a boy and girl, were born this week.

The other twins are ail girls. The Teathentons have three other children, bringing the total, to n. carbon copy to prove It." Concluded Page Cat 3. Adenauer Has Pneumonia bonn. Oct.

ii. an A medical bulletin Issued today said Konrad Adenauer, West Oermany's 79-year-old Chancellor, has pneumonia, but added that it is "fading away" and "the fever has The Chancellor, however, must remain In bed for at least another the bulletin added. It was the first Indication since the Oerman leader took to hia bed last Friday that his illness, was'aerlous. Aside from occasional bouts with colds, hia health has permitted hior normally to work 12 hours a day. Lli Should Go.

iTo Sectifity Council Russia UNITED NATIONS. NY. Oct 11. CP) Russia said today that the proposed International atoms-for-peace agency should be placed under the UN Security Council, where, the Big-Power veto applies. Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister Kuznctftov announced this stand to the deneral Assembly's' political committee.

The United States and 1U subjecting the. agency's work "With his full mlnd and north of rich experience la eouplVd ainl the Tweedsmuirs decided dear eye without ambition orto IP -on. to Kldala Arm, 33 vanity the dearest, eye. JP- would hazard, in world kf fairs' the newspaper adds. ASK ARBITRATION.

LONDON. Ont, Oct A request has been made to Prime Minister St Laurent by the Postal Workers Brotherhood of Canada for a regular board of conciliation to arbitrate salary adjustment It was revealed here today. ifor the Hull city hall cere- mony, The cavalcade drove 10 miles through Ottawa streets In bright Autumn sunshine, past groups of school children who cheered and waved flags, past Ottawa citizens in thousands who turned out to welcome the They stopped at the new Hurdman's and Oeorge Dunbar bridges, where the Princess chatted with engineering officials who built them, then she dedicated plaques on the two bridges which will be open In a few weeks. fV Finally the cavalcade drove downtown, where. Just east of the Intersection of 8parks and O'Connor streets.

Princess Mary unveiled a plaque com memoratlng Thomas DArcy McOee. Father of Confederation! waa assassinated on that spot In the 1860 a. A thousand watched and a thousand heard an address given In memory of Mr. McGee by Mjgr. John O'Neill.

Vicar Oeneral of Ottawa. Monslgnor O'Neill called the statesman "a great Canadian and a great patriot Then the cavalcade drove along crowd-llnedlEparks street and acro-s Confedera- (Laurier. INSIDE THJOURNAL southwest IS Wednesday. Low! River 28, 73; Sudbury 48.. 72; tonight and high Wednesday 1 Windsor 48, 73; Toronto S3.

77; at Ottawa SO and 73. Summary (Ottawa 74: Montreal 87. 74; st Fats CcicbratesCentennial Page 7 Daily Xros.MrordPu2zle, Horoscopes Page 10 Children Veer5me Princess to Ottawa1 Page' 12 For and About Women Paces 13 to 19 for Wednesday: Sunny, very, Saint John 82, 83; Halifax 83. warm, i 87; Chicago SI, 78; Boston' Svnonals: Sunnv' and -few York 81, 78; Atlanta 6 Hurt Pace 21." Allies have opposed Winchester Woman Killed, mwsia io wmiinue Traae tHolcsale Fines May Follow Rider Routs Paze 22 Health Minister and th Ottawa Ml tnAmw iVallev will continue todaV and Angeles 61, 84. Talks Here Pasre 21 Pare 21 to 25 of Broadway" Page Amusements, Theatres am (l 1 warm weather over Southern Wednesday.

Aiternoon temperatures will Other Sports News iuoroiny iucanen "voice (6); Bridre (2): wwtm wmm consider "most earnestly- sug- gesuons irom individual coun- I tries on the statute of the proposed, atoms-for-peace agency. (28. Z7); Radio, TV (29); Comics (30, 31); Markets (39). climb to the 70-degree mark la most regions. rwvr Xt lii an.

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