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THE BORDER CITIES STAR, WINDSOR. ONTARIO, TUESDAY. JI LT 25, 131 "Ann nr JVU mu wmtMHimiwwtf Thames Wav mf Advocated Pension Bill Is Approved Around The World Holds Home Is His Castle Retired Toronto Cleric, 79, Battles Police For Half Hour Bv NOMAD Road Along Iakf And River to Chatham Gets Hacking Conflict of 1931 Real Serpent KINGSTON, July 23. Reports of a sea serpent in the vicinity of the main docks in Lake Ontario have been supplied by a fisherman in the employ of Claude W. Cole.

The serpent, according to the fisherman, was approximately 40 feet in length. Its head seemed to resemble that of an Angora goat, and two short arms could be seen sticking into the air, he reported. The body of the creature had brilliant multi-colored spots, while two tusks protruded from the upper jaw, each about six inches in length. Ilallv on Saturday Bars Digging Gang! Todays Talk By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS Stilt Walkers IF EACH of us were to live for a thousand years, there wouldn't be no, among us who wouldn't wonder why some people had to be bom. and' why other people had not been born.

This, even in the face of the fact that there isnt a single human being among the billions who have been born who is exactly like another! I. for instance, shall always wonder why so many unhappy and lonely people had to be born. Why so many poor and unhealthy people should have been given this difficult world in which to live and have their being. It's a very marvelous world, to those able to understand and face it with courage, but its management presents problems of the gravest nature even to the bravest c.f the brave. At least two sorts of people stand out before me those who hava both feet on the ground, who are human, sensible, and companionable, and those who walk around on stilts, who are too far up in their own estimation to touch the common run of human beings.

The stilt walkers never touch ground, except by proxy! There is nothing that brines a man closer to himself, and thus to 11 others in his mold, than to get right down on the ground and hover tight to the heart of dear old Mother Earth. And Then if he will but look up into the sky by day. and into the star-strewn canopy of the nieht and feel his own littleness in the midst of it all, such a one would fall from a pair of stilts before he rould get half set upon them. For. you see.

real human beings are wed to all other human beings and must tune their footfalls with those that hover to the ground. Uka those in an army, in common interest and purpose. Stilt walkers are kept too busy guarding against a fall to feel the warmth of others who strive close to the ground where the echo of heart-beats is audible. None of us is big. except as we help to crowd out littleness in other and help to fill the gap with something nourishing and life-giving.

I like crowds for one reason at least because snobbery is absorbed it them. If it shows its face, even lor an instant, its feet get stepped upon! There are no stilt walkers there. Friends Take Hi Part In Dispute After Pastor Is Arrested By Canadian Freds TORONTO, July 2S Rev. Robert Browne, "O-year-nld re. tired clergyman, arrested last, night on a charge of intimida.

lion, aftelie had attacked two detectives and held a gang of workmen at bay for more titan an hour with a pitchfork when tlicy proceeded to dig a sewer across his property, was remanded to the Fyschitric Hospital until Aug. 1 when he appeared in police court today. Continued From Page One This Section but to again approach Parliament for a revision of the pensiors adrr.lnistra- tion on drastic grounds. i Last year Parliament, among oth- er actions, designed for the welfare i cf ex-service men, particularly the dis- abled and their dependents, a new pensions system, which went even be- yond the proposals advanced by the Canadian Legion, Major Roper said. i "The legislation purported to create a form of machinery for the hearing and disposition of pension claims which would provide the applicant with the widest facilities for the establish- i ment of his case, and would ensure to him the benefit of any reasonable i doubt that might exist.

As it reads in the Statute Books, the legislation i is. without question, the fairest and broadest pension law in the worlds Upon its enactment. Parliament. thP i public, and certainly the ex-serviee men's organizations believed that, in- sofar as the machinery was concerned, the last word had been said and the last act done, with the possible exception of minor adjustments. A GRAPHIC STORY "The record of the cases disposed of by the pension tribunals and the pension appeal court, at the end of June, 1931, however, tell a graphic story.

The outstanding fact is that at the present rate of progress more than one-half of the favorable decisions rendered by the tribunal are being appealed to the appeal court, and more than one-half of the appeals so taken are being upheld. This means that a very large number of men and women who have had or may have decision in their favor from the tribunal, are doomed to bitter disappointment. "In the opinion of the Canadian Legion this deplorable state of affairs was never contemplated by anyone: and what is more, it is so cruelly unfair that, in the interests of the country as a whole, it ought not to continue "It may be said at onoe that the amendments passed this session by the House of Commons are concurred in by the Dominion officers of the Canadian Legion. It shouM said that it Ls realized to the fullest degree that these amendments cannot remedy the situation herewith referred to. At the most, the amendments ought to ensure a greater opportunity for preparation and presentation of any case to the Board of Pension Com- FINED $26.

SO FOR ROWDYISM INJ BURG PARK AMHERSTBURG. July 23. Row- dyism will not be tolerated in the Burgs beautiful park. This was made evident In police court yterdav when a man named Bell appeared before Police Magistrate W. A.

McCormick charged with disorderly conduct in the i park on Sunday when the crowd there was even larger than Ls usual on th Sabbath. His fine and costs amounted to 26.50. A number of speeders were fined 1 and the case of a very peculiar auto accident- was disposed of. Mrs. Ernest I Martin had been charged with reckless driving because she had got into her husband's car to start it for him before he came out.

She did not notice that the car was in reverse gpar and it shot backwards across the street. Trying to fin dthe brake she stepped on the accelerator. The ver- andah of the houe acros the street was damaged and Mrs. John Cornwall, who had been sitting there reading, suffered shock and sustained numer- i ous bruises and her chair was com-1 pletely demolished. The case was dis- missed, the cast and damages to be paid by the accused.

1 i mLss loners. and in that way it ls hoped to lighten substantially the load upon the tribunals NEW LAW NOT NEEDED It is my firm conviction, and that of the Dominion officers, that legislation ought not to be necessary to remedy the more serious defects which have arisen and to which I have referred. It is our firm opinion that the legislation is already sufficiently broad to enable the administration to give complete effect to the intention of Parliament, as we understood it. It was. and indeed still is, our hope that after the magnificent generosity of Parliament last session, we should not find it necessary to so soon go back, asking for major alterations and revisions: and this is particularly so in view of the knowledge of all of us of the tremendous crisis through which the country Ls passing.

"The situation, however, is one that those entrusted with the conduct of Legion affairs cannot, and would not if they could, ignore. Our Fourth Dominion Convention is at hand, and at that time the knowledge and perience of competent and conscientt-ous Legion men from all over tho country will be available. I confidently predict that whatever con- elusions the convention may reach. It will be guided by th results of moderate thought, based upon conscientious study of all the facts, and tho sincere desire for the well-being, not only of ourselves and our disabled comrades, hut of Canada a. a whole, Yet may I also predict that, even with the exercise of the most moderate thought, and with the fullest realize- tion of their responsibilities as Can-j adian rtiizens.

the delegates to tho convention will be. as I am to i resist the conclusion that the figures i available disclose a state oi which is inherently wrong: and will hold that unless within a very short space of time there is a complete transformation, the Legion will hava no alternative but to again approach Parliament for a revision on drastis grounds. In common conscientious duty it can do no less. Feathered Bonnets Strict Laws in the U.S., Forbid Use of Plumes 'yEWSPAPERS of New York State, as elsewhere, occasionally run pictures Illustrating latent fashions from Paris and other fashion cenrs of the world. Every so often, as you might expect.

gaily-trimmed bonnets are illustrated. As you are no doubt aware, feathers on milady bonnets are being stressed by the designers of the Oay City. Now. the reason for mentioning this, lie in the fact that feathers are worn in New York State, by tnelr original owners, namely the birds, only. After the passage of the Plumage Law in that State, way bark in 1910.

it became illegal for anyone to sell feathers of native birds. The revision of the Tariff Act in 1913 put an end to the importation of feathers and birds from other countries, for the whole Republic. The effect of these laws were immediately felt in Paris, for American women had been among the chief buyers of feathered millinery. The year 1928 saw the first serious effort to again revive the feather trade. In 1927.

Imports of bird plumage into France totalled 219.129 kilos, while In 1928. such imports rose to 370.297. In 1929. the trade dropped to 155 870 kilos, of which nearly 24.000 kilos were ostrich plumes. American experts can see but little chance of the gaining popularity of feathers in Europe, affecting American millinery styles, claiming that the laws are too strict to allow feathers to wave from American hats, again.

A Dangerous Sport Listening to Police Radio News Forbidden THINGS generally appearing harmless can, when carried to excess, take on an appearance that eventually causes protest from powers that be. You will remember. If you have a good memory, that some considerable time ago, an item in this column described the thrills radio fans in Los Angeles were experiencing, listening in to police broadcasts from stations to scouting cars. That Is all over, and there will be no more of it. if the city authorities get their hearts desire.

City Attorney Werner has been instructed to prepare an ordinance regulating the use of short wave radio receiving sets in mobile units, and making it unlawful for persons to give false reports to police radio. The action was taken following a report from the chief of police that there is considerable interference with the police department's work by radio enthusiasts who have installed short wave sets so that they may hurry to witness police activities, others who use the units to avoid arrest, and because of misinformation given the police communications bureau. Along with the instructions to the city attorney was given a copy cf the Michigan law on the same subject. In the state across the river a fine of $1. 000 or six months in jail or both are provided for sending fa Lie Information to the police departments or installing short-wave sets in automobiles 'without permission.

It was feared that were criminals allowed to do this, advantages of the speedy communication system of big city police departments would be nullified. Mustard Gas in Sham War. Sticks In Real One! yAK, whkh might well be called the greatest curse of mankind, is often very funny. Two war of this year stand out a unique In history. The first of these was and Is being conducted by a nation against an Imaginary foe.

A second conflict the first Europe In many years ls unique in that one Of the countries engaged ls the only European nation without an army! Number one cited above, ls. of course, the United States. In the republic to the south and north, a rather large sum of money has been expended. sith.n the past coup.e of months or so. demonstrate that the republic was safe from attack.

Hundreds of "attack-Ing" airplanes were shot down 'in flames." vital cities were successfully "defended." and all In all, It was a rather merry war. True enough, things are getting a bit more earnest now. Why the defenders of the nation down below." are getting so "tougft as to spray mustard gas from the air over "enemy troops, in Maryland. Imagine! The other war now concluded was not fought with anything as up-to-date as mwtarti gas. The trouble began when 4(H) Spanish workmen laboring on a road being built Into France, at-ttmpted to cut telephone and telegraph lines which would Isolate Andorra.

Tiny Andorra, nominally a republic. Ls only 17 miles long and 18 miles wide. It ls under the suzerainty of France and the Spanish bljhop of Urgel. Armed with scythes, shepherds' crooks, atones and sticks, peasants of Andorra rushed at the Spanish invaders and after a sharp clash, sent them fleeing over the Andorran border. The total casualties consisted of one wounded Joseph Lope Benedict a defender of the Andorran Republic.

I Traveling Salesmen i i No Longer What They Used! To Be, It Is Said you heard this one? Whether or no. It ls now feared that the traveling salesman, as he used to be. is almost as extinct as the dodo. He Just "aint" that way any more, or at least so claims the Philadelphia Public Ledger. While It was not said that traveling salesmen have vanished, it was claimed that they are less noticeable.

The old-type drummer has joined the old-time river-boat pilot, the horse trader, the medicine show man and the buffalo hunter. No longer doe he enter a town by train, swing jauntily to the platform, board the hack for the best hotel, demand and get the best room. No longer does he walk down the street to treat the natives to the latest sartorial display. nor does he visit his customers to convulse them with the latest stories. And.

saddest part of ail. no longer, it ls said, does he thrill the local girls. He has been replaced by the conservatively-dressed, quiet, unassuming salesman, who studies psychology, drives his own car nd comes and goes, almost unnoticed. Had you noticed the change? Animal Census WINDSO Wins High Honours Bi(T Mpftlng Is Called For IJelIp River; Would Provide Work Construction of the proposed Thames River route to Chatham, as part of the government's! road-building program to take-care of the unemployed, will be urged at a ma.ss meeting, to be held in the Belle River Town Hall, next Saturday at 2.30 m. EAST WINDSOR RALLY TM d-Won rwhrf yesterday when member of the Border Cities, Thame River, and Chatham Highway A vnrta'ion rallied at the East Windsor City Hall.

Construction the trans-Canada highway. as proposed bv the government. was lauded at yesterday' meeting. It rw pointed out. however, that only single men would be able to Journey into the North Country, to avail themselves of the labor this huge project would provide.

It was advisable. then. It was argued, that Essex and Kent rountles should have a plan readv to submit to the government, arhlrh would provide work foe married men. close to the rentre of population In these two counties. Interest In the Thames Elver route.

It was said, was being revived at this time not because It was felt that the highway could not be postponed another year or two. but because It was necessary to find employment this year fog thousands of men. logical move Proponents of the new highway pointed out that it wa a logical development. that It shortened the mileage to Chatham between five and 10 miles, that It promised to bring tourist through the Border Cities Instead of directing them away, and that tt possessed Immense scenic possibilities. The route would hug the water all the wy to Chatham, following the Thame River when It left lake Ft Clalr'a shore.

The route would be an almost straight line, joining the Border Cities and Chatham 'as the crow flics." It was said. SEND INVITATIONS Invitation to the Belle River meeting will he sent to the councils of the various municipalities in Kent and Essex Counties, as well as to the roads committee of the two county councils, members cf parliament for Essex and Kent, road superintendents, the Border Chamber of Commerce, the Essex County Automobile Association. Of the munlrtpalitie Interested. Windsor and Chatham will be urged to send especially large delegations. Eml Chauvtn.

president of the Association, was chairman at yesterday meeting. Earl H. Taylor, of Belle River, acted as secretary In the absence of H. J. Rocheleau.

Stoney Point. Mr. Rocheleau died suddenly this morning while having break rast at his home in Stoney Point. Aid. P.

N. Oardner. of East Windsor. declared that provincial of Me la Ls had commented very favorably on the proposed highway, when the plan was placed before them two years ago. The only cbjection then.

Aid. Oardner said, was that there was no suitable outlet out of the Border Cities for the proposed highway. The completion of the Wyandotte subway In Walker-vltle and East Windsor, however, was gotng to permit the extension of Wyandotte street so that this artery might serve admirably' as such an outlet. he said. With completion of the subways only a month away, he said.

I was time that the government should be advised of the new conditions. ntOVTPE WORK Mayor Droultlard. of Riverside, expressed the view that North Essex should have a provincial highway outlet. Construction of the water' route would provide much work, he declared. Mayor IVuUlard declared that.

In hts estimation, the governments had paid out $200,000 In direct relief. In Essex County, last winter. It would be better policy, for the governments and for the men concerned, to give work Instead of relier. he said. Mayor Ihouillard felt that every effort should be made to have the proposed highway Included in the governments relief road-building program, so that the unemployed might benefit here.

He said that another outlet to Chatham would certainly be needed, when it was considered that tourLst traffic was Increasing In spite of the depression. Bruce Bradley, of Chatham, declared that the only objection to the proposed highway came from rural section, which were anxious to kerp the taxes down. Some of these sections. he said, were even against the construction of provincial highways. 'T vrhich the county was assessed but 2d percent.

These objections, he suggested. could be removed if the federal government would offer to split this 20 percent with the county. EMANCIPATION FETE PLANNED FOR MONDAY AMHERSTBURG. July 28. Yes.

there will be an Emancipation Day celebration In Amherstburg. but not on August 1. the anniversary of the memorable emancipation proclamation of 98 rears ago. The committee In charge deemed Saturday an unsuitable day for the big picnic and selected Mondav. August 3.

which win be Civic Holiday for nearly every town In the County. The celebration is under new auspices, for it being sponsored by the recently organized brass band, which ls being directed and taught by Professor Me-Callum. local blind musician. The program rails for baseball games and othn sports. It ls expected that all roads will lead to Amherstburj's b-autiful and historic park next Monday, where visitors will find conveniences, beauty and historic interest.

A sy se TORONTO, July 28. A militant minister made things hum around Delaware avenue yesterday. And before he was subdued and placed under arrest he had twice thrown a bailiff off his premises; held a gang of city workmen at bay with a pitch-fork; added a small axe to his personal armament, and battled with two detectives for half an hour. 79-YEAR-OLD CLERIC rJ'HE minister Is Rev. Robert Browne.

aged 79, retired clergyman. And this is what it was all about. Mr. Browne believes his home ls his castle. A city sewer, according to present plans, is expected to cross his lot.

Mr. Browne for weeks has insisted the sewer shall not pass. Yesterday the sewer reached the boundary of his property. A gang of laborers were digging. One thrust hLs shovel Just across the deadline.

Mr. Browne went Into action with his pitchfork. He poked and thrust every time the workmen came to his fence. The workmen didn't quite know' what to do about this, so they stopped' digging. They called reinforcement s.

DETECTIVES ARRIVE Two detectives came. "Mr. Browne." one called, we want, to talk to you. I don't want anything to do with you. was the reply.

couDled with a flourish of the pitchfork. The detectives executed a skirmishing drill and advanced In extended order. One of the officers shielded himself with a chair. The other used a garden rake to parry the thrusts of the pitchfork, and for offensive purposes. Mr.

Browne went away from there. He bolted the door of the house. The detectives broke in. They mad" a front and rear attack. The dc ler went up to the top floor, so ty' the detectives.

FINALLY SUBDUED Alternately swinging his axe and thrusting with his pitchfork. Mr. Browne kept them at bay. He jabbed a tyne of the fork into an official soft spot, and then, fighting desperately, was overpowered and placed under arrest. After the captured cleric had been trundled off to headquarters, a quartet of loyal friends rallied to the defense of the premises.

Constituting themselves a voluntary watch and w'ard society, they posted themselves at strategic points. They were still on guard late last night. On several occasions during the past few months. Mr. Browne has appeared before the Board of Control and the Works Committee to let it be known that- anybody who tried to put a Newer through his property would get hurt.

Twice within the past 10 -days Mr. Browne is said to have baffled the efforts of bailiffs who called to enforce the citys bylaw expropriating a sewer casement across the Browne lot. One of them came yesterday morning. and another a few days previously. it is understood.

Both were ejected bodily, neighbors say. MOONEY BEGINS HIS -16TH YEAR OF LIFE TERM SAN QUENTIN PRISON. July 28. Tom Mooney began today the 16th year of his life term in San Quentin still determined to fight for a pardon on his conviction of murder in the San Francisco bomb outrage. Working as usual over a hot kitchen stove, Mooney found time to Issue a statement on the 15th anniversary of his incarceration.

"I wonder how many more such anniversaries the world will change against the State of California, the framer Labor leader's statement said. "Let it be remembered that my 15 years of unjust imprisonment signify 15 years of reproach for California. "Great impetus has been added to my efforts to secure a pardon by the report of the Wtckersham Commission to the President of the United States. The straight forward assertion that the law which compels my aprolonged Imprisonment is shocking to ones sense of justice has brought forth thousands of similar pronouncements from leaders of public thought and opinion in this country. "I am indeed sorry that the Wick-ersham Commission has refused to make public the report of its own experts on this case.

A federal commission charged with exposing and curbing lawlessness lacked courage. What an exampel of official timidity in the face of great injustice. 'a f'A F. B. Siz City Manager Industrial Branch J.

O. Laird, C.L.U. District Supervisor Ordinary Branch Check of Park Populations Made in the U.S. Across Asia by Auto The London Life Inturance Company takes this opportunity of expressing its appreciation publicly of the splendid work being done by the Windsor Agencies, under F. Size, City Manager, Industrial Branch, and J.

O. Laird, District Supervisor, Ordinary Branch. In a Dominion-wide Efficiency Contest the Windsor Agencies were successful in winning high honors. Individual distinction was achieved by the following members of these organizations. INDUSTRIAL BRANCH me to hurl a few figures your heads, remembering that I am aware of the fact that there Is nothing so Interesting as data of this nature in small doses.

It is also true that there is nothing so boring as thts same thing, done to excess. Will you trust my judgment of the proper number of "spoonfuls?" Uncle Sam. which I have been told means nothing more or less than the United States, has been doing what old Noah once had to do conduct a census of animals. It was found, after sharpened pencils had been put through calculating paces, that there are deer In national parks of the republic. There are also 11.510 elk.

13,879 muskrats, and 80 skunks. It was also found although I would think counting them would be a rather tedious undertaking, that there are 3.000.-000 bats. The life of a census taker, it would appear, is just one thing after another. Dual-sexed Folk R. Galloway, Chatham I.

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IL Hoskins, Sarnia Superintendents T. B. F. Walter Representative First Wheels Touch the Gilgit Trail 'YY'ITH promise of a trans-Canada highway taking a more definite form than just promises, a sport of some years post will be dealt a sturdy blow. Attempts hare been made to cross the Dominion by automobile and these attempts have been watched with interest, for an all-in-Canada trip with present facilities would be quite a feat.

As far asl have been able to ascertain, success has as yet failed to reward anybody attempting to negotiate the stretches through Northern Ontario and Manitoba. The achievement of the Citroen-Haardt- Trans-Asia expedition in making the progress it has. is probably on a par with a trip across Canada. It recently reported by radio to the National Geographical Society that it was safely over the second of three high Himalaya passes that are the mam obstacles on the road from India to Chinese Turkestan. It was then making good progress through deep gorges on the way to Gilgit.

a remote Kashmir station surrounded by some of the highest mountain peaks in the world, The Gilgit trail, traversed by pack ponies and native bearers I has been famous as "the road a wheel never touched. "Special mountain climbing automobiles i are being used to climb rooflike slopes, around hairpin curves, along dizzy shelves. through mountain torrents, and over snow fields. R. J.

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Co Thee Agencies are grateful to the people of Windsor and District for the reception that has accorded their efforts to give a thorough service In building and maintaining life Insurance estate. Descendants of Original Man! Said in Africa (SCIENTISTS of the future must trudge the winding trails of African jungles if they would un- lock the riddle of mankind's t-gin. in the opinion of Dr. Arthur Torrance, medical research expert, who recently returned to the United States from an 18.000-mile trip through the interior of the Dark Continent. In the vicinity of Lake Chad.

the explorer said, he found a race of "peculiar people." of whose existence he previously bad only hearsay evidence, and who. he declared his belief, hold the key to the puzzle. Dr. Torrance said the strange people live in whit was the roof of the ancient world, a ridge running 6.000 miles from Central Africa to th- Gobi Desert regions, being searched by Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews.

He is convinced, he said, that the people are not freaks, but descendants of the original man. He described them as dual-sexed. Canada's Industrial-Ordinary Company HEAD OFFICE LONDON, CANADA Semi-Finals This Week In St. Thomas Golf ST. THOMAS.

July 28. In an important division golf match yesterday, Don Andersen, who established a course record last week, eliminated Alderman Chet Smith. The semifinals are expected to be reached this week in this division and also in class. Owen Stevens, of Detroit, former captain cf Syracuse University golf tjpm. played the course yesterday in a Tittle over par.

He was accompanied by Joseph Sullivan and N. D. Whitmore. Traffic Is Gaining ST. THOMAS.

July 28. With Wabash traffic on the upward trend and the loaded car average ranging between 800 and 1.000, some extraordinary runs are being made by the locomotives. Our engines are averaging nearly 200 miles dally, Chief Dispatcher J. W. Farrah reported.

The past week-end was the heaviest for some weeks..