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Dominion Tire and ‘Rubber factory of which the Merchants Co., is a subâ€" sidiary, bas been shut down since last Wednesday, following a walkout of 200 of the 530 employees. It is understood about the same number are employed at Merchants. ‘ . Following avote of 91 in favor of striking by union employees of. the Merchants Rubber iCo., Sunday afterâ€" noon, it is probable that almost 1,000 rubber ‘workers will he unemployed in this city ‘by tonight. Bpeaking to The Chronicle yesterâ€" day, union officials promised they would not call the strike until the management had been notified of their intentions. It is believed the management‘ will close the plant enâ€" tirely, no matter how many strike, as was done at Dominion Tire, in order to "avoid any precipitation of trouble." l Late Saturday, a statement issued by the strikers indicated they desired to "meet jointly with representatives of city council and the Dominion ‘Tire management. Even if no settleâ€" ment is reached, no harm can be done by such a meeting, the stateâ€" ment held. Vol. 83, No. 13 Belief that the differences between Dominion rubber strikers and the company had eased somewhat over the weekâ€"end was expressed today by Mayor George W. Gordon, who with Ald. Henry Sturm and Ald. A. J. Cunâ€" dick interviewed both factions. Merchants Rubber Union Men 9â€"1, In Favour Of Strike Mayor Gordon said he expected such a meeting> could beâ€" arranged for sometime today. Both, company officials and etrikers had coâ€"operated to the fullest extent thus far, he statâ€" Jury Holds Death Result Of Selfâ€" Inflicted Wound First let it be clearly understood that I have no desire to enter into or maintain a controversy on this matter. In order that the issue might not be beclouded or obscured, I have up to the present studicusly refrainâ€" ed from making any reply to Alderâ€" man Meinzinger‘s charges on the ocâ€" casion referred to, or to his subseâ€" quent utterances. I make this stateâ€" GUELPHâ€"Heward Wellman, 23,, The Mayor‘s Association is on son of Dr. A. Lorne Wellman, Wat,[record as opposed to budgeting for erloo, came to his death by a se[f-‘more than 30 per cent. of the relief inflicted wound, a coroner‘s jury costs for the first three months of found at an inquest into the young the year. The object of Mayor Gorâ€" man‘s death here, Friday night. |don‘s wire to Mayor Corey is to have The inquest, ordered by the/all municipalities remain united in attorneyâ€"general‘s department, w‘s\rfl".ls regard. under Coroner Dr. L. M. Stuart. "In| <"I‘m stick and tired of the maniâ€" our opinion, no further inquiry is pulation of relief cost matters by necessary," read the jury‘s verdict, the provincial _ department _of signed by L. Evans, foreman. _ |municipal affairs," Mayor Gordon . ‘‘In order to correct possible pubâ€" lic misunderstanding arising out of what transpired at the annual banâ€" quet of the Kitchener Board of Trade, I deem it wise to release this statement regarding wages paid by the Hydroâ€"Electric Powerâ€"Commisâ€" sion of Ontario. Mrs. L. Harper stated she had known young Wellman "since he was a boy at Mildmay," and that he had been unable to get about by (Continued on Page 5) The following statement was made to The Chronicle today by J. Albert Smith, M.JLA., for North Waterloo: J. Albert Smith Replies To Ald J. Meinzinger 450 workers of the Merchants _ | Rubber Company walked out | t now merely to clarify what I , SECRETARY FOR DOMINIONS? _ _Rt. Hon. R. B. ‘Bennett, who arâ€" rived in London, Monday, is reported planning to contest a seat in the British House of Commons in an early byâ€"election. (Rumor also has it that he will be given a cabinet post as head of a new Dominions office. | _ "I‘m stick and tired of the maniâ€" {pulation of relief cost matters by (the provincial _ department _ of imunicipal affairs," Mayor Gordon | said. "The Federal Government‘s object in assuming a greater share |‘ of relief costs was to aid the muniâ€" ‘cipalities. If Mr. Cross‘s view preâ€" vails, the municipalities will be no Mayor Gordon Sick Of Relief â€" Manipulation By Province KITCHENER.â€"Mayor Geot}: W. Gordon Saturday wired yor Corey, of Trenton, uTng him to get into contact with all mayors in the Ontario Mayors‘ Association with respect to the statement of Hon. Eric Cross that municipalities must be prepared to budget for 40 per cent. of relief costs for the first three months of 1939. The Mayor‘s Association is on record as opposed to budgeting for more than 30 per cent. of the relief costs for the first three months of The first incident arose out of the annual Board of Trade banquet. On that occasion Alderman Meinzinger referred to what he termed "starvaâ€" tion wages" paid by the Hydro Comâ€" ’mi.ssion in Kitchener. His specific claim was that postâ€"hole diggers were being paid at the rate of 30 wcents an hour.‘,On that occasion I gave him my personal assurance that the lowest wage paid postâ€"hole digâ€" gers by the Ontario Commission in Kitchener was 36 cents an hourâ€"a rate 20 per cent higher than that to which he alluded. I have since yoriâ€" fied my reply on that occasion and find it correct in every particular. Moreover, I am now able to give pubâ€" lic assurance that the lowest wage Continued on Page 4, am convinced is purely a misunder WATER! A2 _ CHRONICLE (By Chronicle Correspondent) NORTH _ WOOLWICH.â€"Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Bender and son Claire }were almost asphyxiated when they |were overcome by coal gas fumes at ‘their home here Friday morning. _ On arising Mrs. Bender and Claire ‘conapud. but fortunately Mr. Bender was able to summon aid by tele phone and open the doors. Anniversary After inspecting the gun turrets at| Speakin@ with concentrated fury length the King climbed into one, ‘and with a voice choked with emoâ€" while the works manager explained tion and with Highland Scotch acâ€" its various functions to him. ‘The jcent. the Minister of Defense rose ]works manager replied in the affirâ€" in his place to reply to all the critiâ€" ‘mative when the King asked whethor Cisms which have been levelled Great Britain was ahead of all other &ngalnst, him for almost a full week countries in this type of armament. ‘in Parliament. President Outlines Company History at 50th Annual _ _ All three are recovering nicely after their unpleasant experience. * h:t dnfittu?‘u annual -mw Dom_n fe g.un.-eo mfic and * M&D:'nur: while pnunfitz the Directors‘ reâ€" port, commen on the Company‘s "From § oded.t“ "Iueh w characterized ullbm enterâ€" :.rise fifty 3“ ago," he said, "we ve steadily grown in strength and stability until in this year, 1939, the Dominion Life Assurance Comâ€" pany holds an enviable position (Contmuea on Page 6) Have Narrow Escape From Asphyxiation Poisoned Child Gets Fast Ride At Kitchener better off than before the Federal Government increased the grant." _ LONDON.â€"The King inspected some of Great Britain‘s secret acrial war equipment at the Nash and "l‘hompeon engineering works at Tolâ€" worth, Surrey. _ _ _ o _ Wearing a bowler hat and a dark overcoat, the King drove from Buckâ€" ingham Palace to the plant, where he was recoived by Sir Louis Vaughâ€" an and Major Frazer Nash. King Inspects ‘The Monarch showed keen interâ€" est in the powerâ€"operated gun turrets for warplanes and many other de vices still on the air ministry‘s se cret list. Secret Weapons 100, Onxtario, Tuaspar, Fepavary KITCHENER. â€"â€"Walter Near, threeâ€"yearâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Waliter Near, of Kitchener, was taken on a 65â€"mileanâ€"hour ride to hospital Sunday night after swallowing a quantity of poison. Hospital attendants toâ€" day said the child will recover. The boy thought a bottle he saw on a shelf in the Near home was medicine and drank some of it. He ran to his father and told him he had just taken his mediâ€" cine but all his father could see was a halfâ€"empty bottle of poiâ€" A taxi was summoned and the lad rushed over slippery streets to hospital. stentch" pervaded the ‘t.lnn:hn‘ in the village of w’.&o& aterloo Township Board of Health decided uiqhh;nflcoét&elnént of Kitchen: sBpnx alley sewage disposal plant to Ontario Deâ€" partment of health. They will reâ€" "Kitchener has thrown it at us that the Waterloo plant is the offender, but on inspection late Sunday night we found such was not the case," said Reeve Weber. "It seems very ‘suggestive‘ to me that the sewage plant valve at the Kitchâ€" ener plant is only opened on Sunday nights when all of us are expected to be at home relaxed," he charged. quest complete analysis and observaâ€" "Why should we have to ‘:t up with fiim of thing. We‘ve known the trouble existed for some time, but just couldn‘t prove it," declared Simon Kinzie, when the board was informed by Reeve Lorne Weber that Kitchener sewage officials adâ€" mitted a valve had to be thrown open about once every eight days to permit efficient operation. In endorsing the motion to submit a sample to the Provincial Health Department, Dr. F. M. Harvey said he wished them to see "what‘s going Board members took exception to press interviews in which city alderâ€" men charged “%flifics" had a lot to do with Reeve Weber‘s contention. "It‘s hard for small municipalities to brush up against a city such as Kitchener. We haven‘t much say, and that‘s the only place where politics come into play," asserted Submit Sewage Sample To Ontario Health Department Reeve Weber held the smaller municipality didn‘t have much comeâ€" back for Kitchener‘s "oily tongued aldermen". _ \a®" | Dr. Aminta Milani, the Pope‘s phyâ€" Fician, had been summoned from his ‘own sickâ€"bed in a vain effort to save ‘the $1â€"yearâ€"old Pontiff‘s life, i The Vatican News Service and other services close to the Pope said eardiac asthma which had seized the Pope Thursady caused his death. _ Reeve Weber recounted happenâ€" ings on Sunday night (February 5) Pope Pius XI Dies After Heart Attack tican City News Service said Pope Pius died today at 5.31 a.m. (11.31 p.m. B.S.T., Thursday). Extreme unction had been adminâ€" istered about half an hour before. _ Various high ecclesiastical authorâ€" ities hurried to the Vatican, to be rear the Pontiff in his last minutes. ‘ The Pope‘s nephew, Count Franco lRl.tt!, and other relatives and intiâ€" mates wore called. | QOTTAWA.â€"In scones of wild disorder and uproar, with members ‘banging their desks, and shouting, Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister of Naâ€" tional Defense, Thureday night in the House of Commons, threatened to "knock the head off" Dave Spence, ‘Conservative member for Torontoâ€" Parkdale. . Homuth, Mackenzie Clash In House of Commons 14, 1939 KITCHENER.â€"In special session ROME, Feb. 10 (Friday).â€"The Vaâ€" Inspector M. O. Bingeman and a Bridgeport trustee, they traced the when, accompanied by Sanitary Bridgeport ‘trustee, they traced the CLonch direotly to the Spring Valley plant. No trace of odour could be noticed at the Waterloo disposal plant, they stated. Continuing, the reeve charged certain valves in the Kitchener plant * (Continued on Page 8) functionaries began arriving in haste 'lt the early hour. ‘Chief Penitentiary, and others of the Papal Court. ‘They previously had prepared the articles for the last sacrament. In one corner of the room was & table with a crucific and lighted war canâ€" dles, a vase of holy water and asperâ€" gill or holy water sprinkler, a plate with small crumsb of bread, a spoon, a towel and seven balls of cotton. (Continued on Page 2} Vatican City had been quiet all right, and Swiss guards were sur The extreme unction was adminis tered by Monsignor de Romanis, his WANTS ACTION ON RALWAYS _ Repeatedly he was interrupted and when he praised Colonel J. L. Ralâ€" ston, government counsel to the Daâ€" vis Royal Commission, Mr. Spence interjected a remark which sounded in the press gallory like ‘anothor grafter." "Dirty Liar," He Shouts Mr. Mackensie stopped suddenly. His face betrayed furious rage. He banged his desk. ‘"Whoever said that is a dirty liar," he shouted across the chamber, "and if he says it outside this House I‘ll knock his head off." The House was was in an uproar. retired senior judge of York County, Ontario, who has become president of the Citizen‘s Group for Railway Action. His Honour, a former memâ€" ber of parliament and a former mayor of Toronto, is actively interested in the work of the organization which is endeavoring to lay the facts of the Canadian railway problem before the public. In the room were Cardinal Lauri, Judge Emerson Coatsworth (Continued on Page 2) Price 2 Conts