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(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)
HA1.fIi'Ax. April 23—Early this morning Hon. Anglia L. Macdon- .ia_ Premier of Nova scotia, paid trlbut: to the men _who had risk- ed their liva in effect the rescue of the two Toronto men entombed in the Moose River mine.
The Premie“'s statement given The Oauadian Press was as fol- laws:
“we are very grateful for all the work done by the people of Nova Sootia and other parts of Canada. We are particularly grateful for help received from Ontario, the native province of the three men. Their enoo no merit and assistance has been ex- tremely valuable. No praise can be too high for the rmcuers who risk- ed their lives in the dangerous shafts of the Moose River Mine. The world applauds the courage and fortitude of the men who ef- fected the rescue.”
COMING ‘EVENTS
"Dance at Pownal April 24th. L-3923-4-22-2i.
"special meeting Ladies Aid Prince Edward Island Hospital Wednesday, 8.30. L-3816-4-21-2i.
"Don't fgget Girl Guide cake sale at Ho au'a this Saturday. L-8164
“Rummage sale Baptist School- rooln Saturday evening. 630 sharp. L-8901
"Ki.-k 'l‘roop‘Boy Scout enlar- tainment in Church Hall Friday night, 7.30, L-3085
"Dr. Lacouraiere, Dentist. will be in Murray River April 23rd. 24th, lath and 2’Ith. L-3939-4-22-ll.
"Buying live hogs at Albany Thursday 23rd. Emerald Friday 24th until noon. Signed G. 0. Green.
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“A meeting of the shareholders oi York Central Rink will be held at York Hall Friday. April 24.
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“Concert. Pie Social and Dance. Alton Hall, Friday. April 24th. Proceeds in aid of shed.
L-3920-4-22-21.
"Long Creek Y. P. s. Concert F’rid-xv night. April 24th. Admission 10C—20c. Lunches. L-3937-4-22-li.
"Come to big dance Tracadic Cross School, Friday. April 24. Good music. L—398l-4-23-Ii.
"1938 Oil Burners scrvicud, guaranteed ten years. 828.00. K. Bernard, Stanley Bridge.
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installed.
"l“oul‘ act play “Happy Valley" in W000 island Orange Hall Saturday. Aliril 25th. Specialties between acts. Admission 25c. Children 10c.
L-8942-4-22-ll.
V"Clark'a spring sale at Montague will be continued until Saturday. April 25th on account of weather conditions. Big bargains. L-8081
“Borden Line Club loading live- Wk every Wednesday at Albany. hours 12 to 3 o'clock. List stock with secretary. Remember loading "WY ".'ednesday. L-8010
“Kinkors Ball on Monday even- ‘“i?- April 21th, three act drama by Charlottetown players. with city °’°h¢6i-1'3. in Kiukora. one of the ‘Met thrilling dramas ever pra- L-3808
"Monthly meeting Ladies Auxil- Osnadlau Legion Friday even-
“‘I- April seen at us. Dr. Crotesu °' Prince of wales College and at. University teaching staff
‘"1 uidrees the meeting. All mem- lm nleuo attend. 1.-am-4-_n-ii.
"‘Livesiook uarketlng Board "dine hose through local shippinl clubs during week of April or n follows: Monday. Alma. Mis- ccucbe: Tuesday. M t-eue.oueinn,sunin.souria. fit Peters. lorsll; Wednesday
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Copyright, '1!!! (By Jack simipson, Captain of the stellarton Draegermeu. written exclusively for the Canadian Pr
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MOOSE RIVER, N. 8., April 23.—(’l'huraday)—My hoys went down with the intention of stay- ing down until they brought out Dr. Robertson and Alfred Scul- dlngandtheydid. I_amproud of them.
We don't care about the risk- f.hai's what makes the Job worth while. I wanted to go down the Reynolds shaft a day or two af- ter the cave-ln—loug ago.
As it is. we did not make any start until early Monda mom- ing-—except for a little digging the previous week before the officials said it was too danger- ous. We would have had them up long ago if we had been al- lowed to go down the Reyno'ds shaft when we wanted to—when we firzt came.
1 don't take any chances. I have a wife and two children at home in Siellarton.
The way we went in, the tunnel will be safe for a week or so. But every night at 12 or 1 o'clock. the [round will crack and snap and settle.
PENEIRATE Tl] DEBRA BIRHAN
(A. P. ny Guardian's Special Wire) ROME, April 22—Premier Musso- lini opened Italy‘: war coffers ag- ain tonight as Fascist columns in Ethiopia were reliably reported to have penetrated to Debra Birhan, holy city of shoa Province.
Less than 70 miles from Addis Ababa, the Holy City is the first settlement in the path of the Blackshirt troops on the high pla- teau leading to the, Ethiopian cap- ital.
The new war appropriations an- nounced by 11 Duce sent a now of 1.440.500.000 lire (approximately 01.15.000.000). to thacredit of his fighting machine.
Mllitarysouroes in Rome ex-
pressed the belief Emperor I-laile Selassie‘s warriors might make I final stand at the Oiaocia River beyond Debra Birhan where the mean iscrosaedbyanironbridge erected by former Emperor Meno- iik. The new financial additions to the war chest brought the total ap- propriations to 10.006.000.030 lire- spiproximately esoopooooo.
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ADDIB ABAIA. Avril 32-(O. P.) —A serious insim-action among the northern Iithlopisn armies was re- in Addis Ababs youthful crown Prince Asfs woaan returned to the
‘ rvlnshsekie old palace to resume
his place as his father's deputy in the capital. '
I In a desperate attempt to reach ~
the tombed men at Moose River Gold Mines, rescue workers risked their lives in the ‘suicide shaft," which the mines lnspecto .had condemned three times as being unsafe. ABOVE is Ihown a pic- ture of the “ lcide shaft," ‘namely th: Reynolds ahaft through which theme: were brought to the sur- face eariy today.
CDNFLIBTING REPORTS MADE vislignili
Serious And Unfore- s e e n Difficulties Faced Rescuers.
(By E. L. Williams. Canadian -‘recs Staff Writer) (Copyright 1938 by the Canadian Press)
MOOSE l-‘LIVER. N. 5.. April 22 —-Dispelling fears of another cave- in at the Moose River gold mine
Rescuers‘ Rished Lives For .Entombed Men
‘ ‘ Now Boys Take It Easy"
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$B0,llllll,000 SET ASIDE FOR \lliRK PROJECTS
$140,000 Authorized For New National Parks In Maritimes.
(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA. April 22—Expeudit- ures of nearly 360.000.0110 in works projects of all descriptions through- out the Domlniou are authorized for the current fiscal year in sup- plcmenta y estimates brought down in the House of Commons today by Finance Minister Dunnln .
In addition the minister is mak- ing provision for the monthly relief Krants-in-aid to the provinces to- ‘-8“1|18 826.000,000 for the year end- ing March 31, 1037, and for a max- imum deficit of $39.900.000 in the Canadian National Railway system for the calendar year 1936.
The total amount in the supple- rnentaries is s124.'748,'i43. of which all but the amount estimated as the Canadian National deficit will go toward providing employment or relief. Authorization also is provid- ed for loans to the railways total- ling $8,412,400 to enable them to D8)’ their share of cost of main- tenance work designed to take care of those in camps for single home- less men and to complete the equipment buying program started
' under the supplementary »Works
Act of 1835.
rescue workers late tonight were rapidly nearing the end of their lo-day battle to reach two Toron- to men entombed below.
Throughout the long day and night many conflicting reports gained circulation among the watchers at the mouth of the res- cue shait. when Hon. Michflel Dwyer, Nova Scotia's Minister of Mines. announced this afternoon the men had got through this was ‘generally taken to mean that act- ual physical contact had been es’- tablished. (The Canadian Press due to a phone error erroneouslii ascribed to Mr. Dwyer the direct statement that physical contact had been actually effected).
Premier Macdonald announced in the Nova Scotia legislature early in the evening that serious and unforseen difficulties faced the re .uers in their last push to the entombed men. Later. in I statement written for The Canad- ign pi-egg, he quoted his Inspector or Mjneg in charge of rescue oper- ations as stating there was no im- mediate danger of a further coll- apse in the interior of the mine.
The Minister of Mines was down in the rescue tunnel throughout the early evening and was not available for comment on the many conflicting reports.
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IIADIIID, April I2—-The toll of apaiu's past-election disorders lulu harassed today when one killed and seven wouudsdiuanewseriesofpoutieal
of 8.400 mine-workers
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(Copyright. 1938. by The Can- adian Press) (By Joseph Nearing. Stellar- ton Draegerrnan. Written ex- clusively for The Canadian Press)
MOOSE RIVER. N. 8., April 23-(Thursduy)—’l'here were two men in ahead of me—tbe ones on the face.
when I wrlggled through, the two men—I)r. Robertson and Scadding, were sitting up laughing. One of them has a tooth out in front.
They sure were tickled to - death. One of our men asked them jokingly if they wanted to walk up. The little man- Scadding—replied “now boys. take it easy.”
The diamond drill hole Just barely missed not entering the slope~—lt struck on the edge.
When I returned to the sur- face I met Alfred Scaddiug's brother, Brad and told him hi! brother looked great. I said he looked "a little bit thin. may-
.be, but he appeared to be in good condition and. he sure is hlvpy-"
“That's the best news I've ever heard,” Brad Scadding answered.
SEEK—llTlTER’8 INTENTIONS
PARIS. April 22—l3‘oreign Minis- ter Flandin sought today to learn Chancellor Hitle:'s intentions. now that the Rhineland is reoccupied. and also checked up on the strength of France's frontier de- fences.
He conferred with Andre Fran- cois-I-‘onoet_ Ambassador to Cler- many who is just back from Berlin, as well as Louis Felix Maurin. Min- ister for War, who has just ended an inspection of frontier fortifica- tions and forces.
In diplomatic circles it was said that Flandin and In-ancois-Poncet discussed how Hitler is likely to re- ceive forthcoming questions. includ- ing his intentions toward Austria. which Great Britain is reported about ready to pose.
French fears were expressed that Germany may insw-e a Nazi putsch in Austria soon.
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IN coisliir cuiilicl WITH nnmnnnis
Are Kept Informed On Defence Questions.
LONDON, April 22—((.'. P.-Haves) —Sir Thomas Inskip, minister for coordination of defence, today as- sured the House of Commons that constant contact is being main- tained between Grcat Britain and the Domlnions on defence questions. Answering 51 question, sir Thom- as declared: “I can assure you that-, very close touch is being main- tained between His Majesty's gov- ernments in this country and in the Dominions with a view to securing the greatest possible co-ordination of defence." "A special committee is now en- gaged in re-examination of the question of British food supply in emergency.” sir Thomas told an- - “ier questioner who made inquir- ies about a possible wheat reserve.
“The annual supply of wheat. in- cluding imports of flour. available in the United Kingdom for all pur- poses averaged 7.200.000 tons dur- ing the last four years." sir Thomas; told ‘the House. “On this basis a six months reserve would amount to about 3.030.000 tons,"
Severe Storm In old country
LONDON, April 22—((':. P.-I-lavas) —For the sixth consecutive year spring has been ushered into the United Kingdom with wintry wea- ther. A drizzle of rain today fol- lowed snow which had blanketed many parts of the country.
Sixteen schoolchildren from a secondary school in Bethnal Green were spending their vacation at the foot of the mountain with their
master when they were caught in the storm.
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Doctors Regard‘ Conditions 0 Cave - in Victims As Very Good
(By Ralph Morton, Canadian Press Staff Writer) (Copyright, 1936, By The Canadian Press) (C. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire)
MODSE RIVER. N. 8:, April 23—Skilled doctors with ever)’ kind of equipment right on hand began today restor- ing Dr. D. E. Robertson and Alfred Scadding to normal strength _after their 10 days of hunger and exposure in the Moose River gold mine. I _ The two were brought to the surface early this morn- mg by daring miners who had burrowed a tortuous tiny tunnel through some 200 feet of “live earth” to effect the rescue.
And while skilled physicians under Dr. H. K. MacDon- ald. leading Halifax doctor, and Minister of Health Dr. F. R. Davis administered carefully nourishment and sedat- ives to the two rescued men, a coroner's jury prepared for a hearing to find the cause of death of Herman Hagill, third man to enter the mine Easter Sunday night
\ CRAWLED PART WAY UP Dr. Robertson had been able to crawl part of the way out of his prison, but Scadding was so weak he was carried part of the way on a specially constructed stretcher. Be- fore the rescue, Dr. Robertson had reported him in great pain. . The men were_being treated in an emergency hospital fixed up in the office of the mining company owned jointly
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Dr. D. E. Robertson And Alfred Scaddi ng Taken From Mine Early Today
Sank Shaft That Kept Men Alive
Copyright. 1936, By The Canadian Press By E. L. Williams, Ca.nadia.n Prue Staff Writer (By Guardian's Special Wire) MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 23.—- iThursday)——Meet, Billy Bell of New Glasgow, Ns., operator of the dla-, mond drill that sank a 103-fooh shaft last Saturday through which food was lowered to Dr. D. E. Rob- ertson and Alfred Scadding, keeping the two alive until they were rescued.
today.
Quiet and unassuming, the Nova Scotia miner whose work was as responsible for the safe deliverance of the two men as that of the min- ers from Porcupine, Onnt., Stellnrton. Westvilie. Goldenville, Glace Bay. and other Nova Scotia mining dis- tricts, takes the best of care of his machine—he won't even sleep whild his drill is running.
Billy said that this is the first time in his experience as a drill Op- erator that he has used a. drill for, life-saving.
I-Ie recalls, however, a drill was employed by miners attempting to rescue Floyd Collins down in Ken- tucky, reaching the man after 11! days only to find. they were 24 hours too late.
The drill was set up Thursday and
by Robertson and Magill. Scaddirig was their timekeeper.
Nearby stood their wives, anxious to help the weaken- ed men. They had slept in the tiny office building and made it their headquarters while waiting for the rescue to be made.
Both men had been bright and cheerful when draeger- meu Jack Simpson and George Morrell of Stellar-ton and H. Hirschfield of Goldenville broke through a barrier of fallen rock to reach them.
THANKED RESCUERS
Trembling with excitement, they thanked the men and asked and answered some commonplace questions. k “"Do you fellows want to walk up?” one of the rescuers as e .
after working continuously with his co-operator, Walter smith, and their two helpers, Peter Sullivan and Campbell Macxay for 52 hours. a shaft 103 feet, five inches came out of the level where Dr. Robert- son, Alfred scadding and Herman Magill waited rescue. M58111 died Monday morning.
Billy modestly dismissed the fact he struck the narrow level the first time, without an accurate plan at the mine, as “luck."
Proudly the New Glasgow man explains the drill, owned by the pro- vincial government and sent here to aid rescue attempts by the provimle. will “go through anything." He said the first 14 feel; they went down were through loose earth so he had to keep his machine encased.
“Take it easy,” Scadding replied.
“I think I can undertake it myself,” Dr. Robertson said with a smile.
At 2.10 this morning in the emergency hospital, Dr. H. K. MacDonald, Dr. N. D. Rankin, and Dr. Ian l\lacDon- old issued the following statement:
“Dr. D. E. Robertson and Alfred Scadding arrived at the improvised hospital at 1.10 a.m. today. Dr. Robertson's physical and mental condition is excellent. It is much bet- ter than anticipated. We feel be will have a rapid recovery.
“Alfred Scadding’s condition is surprisingly good. His feet were cold and swollen and somewhat biistered but we do not anticipate further trouble. '
T0 REMAIN AT MOOSE RIVER
“The patients will be left in Moose River a few days. then transferred to Halifax.
“In the meantime they will receive medical and hos- pital supervision at the emergency hospital here.”
Joe Simpson, the Siellarton draegerman, said the res- cuers had not waiie to explore‘ the men's underground prison after they br e through.
He said they were on the north side stope of the 141- foot level beside the skip or trolley which operated from the depths to the surface. It was apparently the same spot to which they had jumped to safety when the cave-in oc- curred.
VERY WET AND DAMP
“It was about seven feet wide and 12 feet high but I don’t know how long. It was very wet and damp. There were no signs of ladders.” (Mentioned by the men in con- versations with the surface during their imprisonment).
As soon as the draegermen broke through, Minister of Health Dr. F. R. Davis followed and examined the two men. It was not known early tlliaruorulng if he had adminis- tered a hypodermic to Scadding as Dr. Robertson suggest- cd from below yesterday.
(C. P. By Guar-dian’s Special Wire)
MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 23—(Thuraday)-—Dr. D. E. Robertson was the first of the two Toronto men on- tomhed in the mine for 11 days to be brought to the surface by rescue workers today. He was taken out at 12.44 A.S.'l‘.
The courageous doctor was carried out of the mine shaft on a stretcher.
As he passed the weary miners he waved to them and said: “Thank you boys.” ,
The Doctor's first words were “$00!! b°Y!v when 3” you from?" They told him they were from Stellarton and Goldenvllle. _ M ._ ___.__..__._. .
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After that it was solid rock.
GAIN IN NEWSPAPER ADVER- TISING
(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wirol}
NEW YORK. April 22. — The Bureau of Advertising of the Amer- ican Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion, in its annual report, made pub- lic today, cited a 2.5 per cent gain. in national newspaper advertising in 1935 over 1934.
The 1935 revenue to newspapers from national advertisers was $101,- 000,000. compared with $163,000,000 in 1934.
A VILLAGE 1* Becomes A Town \\«n’i-i n’-s Fmsr.-’= <RAr\=ic.\.\c.m'_v /
(C. P. By Guardian's special Wirvlf I-‘reel: to strong west or north- west winds; partly cloudy and cool. TORONTOL April 22~—Mlnlmufl'l
Altlavik 26 42 Toronto 29 44 Ottawa 23 42 Quebec 26 38 saint John 32 46 Halifax 38 4.8 Charlottetown 34 44
High tide this morning at 1113 and tonight at 12.
Sum. sets this evening at 355 and rises tomorrow morning at 5,01, First quarter moon Tuesday. Ap- ril 28. 1.10 a. m. ‘ Bummerside tide is minutes later
than Charlottetown.
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