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"All the News While It is News" gow, Big Wines The Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1927 A Famous Ship On Parade SR ---------- Tew! Second Section--Pages 7-12 Aviator Has Miraculous Escape In Fall of Nearly Four Miles Parachute Remains Shut Until Only 330 Feet from Earth When It is Opened By Atmospheric Shock-- Flier Surprised to Be Alive Paris, July 26.--After a headlong memberda af the Forestry Service. fall of 'nearly four miles through who lwered him to the ground and space, a French aviator, Jean van [carried him to their hut, where, af- Laere, is safe tonight and suffering ter a couple of hours rest, he regain- merely from a rush of blood to his [ed lucidity and was able to give an head caused by the dizzy drop, account of his aerial adventure, Van Laere was making a test Rearrested in Belleville on Leaving Jail After 30 Days Youth is Wanted in Kingston on Charge of Theft of Bicycle After Serving Term for Similar Offence--Accused is from Belgium and May Be Deported have been returned to their owners. Information From Kingston Kingston, July. 26.--According to Chief of Police R. J. Robinson of this city Keichkov is wanted here on a charge of stealing a bieycle. Belleville, July 26. --Floromond Keichkov was released from the county jail today after serving 30 days for stealing a bicycle, and was immediately rearrested charged with a similar offense on advice from the Kingston police, He was brought to the Police Station and locked up awaiting an officer from the Limestone City to escort him to that place. It is understood an appli- cation will be made to have this young man deported at the conclu- sion of his trial in Kingston, +The bieycle stolen here was taken from in front of St, Andrew's Church, and the bicyele which he is alleged to have stolen in Kingston four weeks ago from a lad named Lebar, rode it to Belleville, sold it, ed and sentenced to 30 days in jail, The accused belongs to Belgium, and Chief Robinson stated that he un- derstood that steps would be taken to have the accused deported. He will be arraigned before Magistraie Farrell in the Police Court in the was disposed of here. Both bicycles morning. CALL OFF STRIKE ON SUBWAY LINES Mayor of New York Makes Unexpected Announcement Great Surprise New York, July 26.--In the midst of the city'§ last-minute preparations for emergency trans- portation for hetween 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 persons in the event of a transit strike at midnight the threatened tie-up was suddenly called off late today after a series of conferences hetween Mayor James J. Walker and representatives of the union and the companies, The Mayor's announcement that there would be no strike was made at the end of a two-hour confer- ence with officials of the Amalga, mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees and the Interborough. Rapid transit and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Companies. It came as a complete surprise, as all previous mediation efforts had been reported failures. »r oy | Atv ¥: ..ganfegence James A acknbush, geberal counsel for the L.R.T,, ordered im- mediate demobilization of the sub- stitute workers housed in the I. R.T. yards in preparation for the threatened strike, SHAW CELEBRATES HIS 71ST BIRTHDAY London, July 26.--Today is George Bernard Shaw's seventy- first birthday, but he escaped local celebrations by going to Lake Mag- giore, where he went last August. His presence 'there is said to be greatly appreciated by local com- panies, which find him an attrac- tiop that draws many, Despite his'pge, Shaw is in vigorous health, He is still working at his book en- titled "An Intelligent Human's Guide to Socialism." WHEAT IN OLD ONTARIO I PROVING RECORD ChOP Tillsonburg, July 26.--All day long from Tillsonburg to Lake Erie the binders have been purring in the waving fields of mature wheat which is one of the finest crops in the past 256 years, Should today's weather last for one week, then a most wonderful grain crop will be safely garnered. Oals and rye are also a very fine crop, and the hay, whieh is practically 75 per cent. Ont., and return to London, this year, INDIGNANT WHEN. = BEES GET DRUNK Gallipolis, O., July 26.--A still, or stills, somewhere in the woods near his farm, has almost ruined the once fine apiary of William Harper. His bees fly out every morning QUEEN MARIE THANKS CANADA Rumanian Consul Transmits Message to All Canadians 26.--"Heart- i Montreal, July broken, I thank yom all," These simple words were received by cable from Queen Marie, of Ru- mania, to the people of Canada through the Rumanian consulate in Montreal, Plans for a service in memory of the late King Ferdinand, who died in Rumania last week, are being made in Montreal. It is expected that many of the 5,000 Rumanians here willjoin in the demonstrations, the program of which is to be announced later. The following message has been received by wire from Hon. N. Perodean, Lieut.-Goverpor of the Province of Quebec, to the Ru- manian consulate here: : "Will you transmit to Her Ma-; jesty, the Queen of Rumania the following cable: "We remember with gratitude the visit of Your Majesty in our province and the close ties which you have established between your country and ours, and we jjay Your Majesty and the members of the Royal family to jlesept, our London, July 26.--Parliamentary opposition to the mew prayer book by meeting of ADVANCE IN FUR PRACES New York. July 26.--Sales at midsummer fur auction here reached $400,000 today, making an even million for the first two days. Silver fox, =, fox, and lynx brought out Best bidding. The den per cemt., pelts brought sold to $97.50. grey fox was $4.50 $5.10. Prime $5. for their usual round of honey gathering and many of them re- turn to the hive staggering drunk. Harper wouldn't mind an occa- sional spree on the part of the workers, but the stay-at-home bees won't stand for it. They set up- on the inebriates and kill them. With his hives fast being emp- tied, Harper has appealed to pro- bibition officers to seek out the still that he believes is furnishing the intoxicant. He says the bees probably feed upon mash left ex- posed by a moonshine plant, EXPLOSION OF DIL STOVE IS SERIOUS Alexandria, Onmt., July 26.-- When an oil stove exploded Mon- day in the home of J. D. Walters, blacksmith, in the village of Four- pier, near here, Mrs. Walters and three children were serioudly burned. Little hope is enmntertain- ed for the recovery of Mrs. Wal- ters and Douglas Walters, aged 12. Kileen, aged 13, and Earl, aged 10, are expected to recover. The house and smithy were completely dstroyed by the result fire. Mr. Walters, with o oldgr cltipgdren, was in the yard attending to the' chores when the stove exploded. It scattered burning oil over Mrs. Walters and the children, wro rushed out of the building, wrapped in flames. Mr. Waiters and villagers ex- tinguished the flames but mot un- til all their clothing had been practically burned off them. The Walters family had recent- ly moved from Montreal to Four- nier. SOCIETY GIRL SPENDS $3,000 FOR TROUSSEAU London, July 26.--The manager of a Bond street firm of dress- makers has estimated that the minimum cost of a society girl's trousseau fis $3,000. The wedding dress of chiffon velvet or satin, complete with train and trimmed with fur, she prices It is alleged that he stole the wheel and then stole another bicycle, and, for this offense, he was apprehend- Eng- E- | fron people, dl ---- n allegorical float of the first Cunard steamship, the Britannia', which, in 1840, made its maiden voyage iverpool to Halifax, and inaugurated the first steamship service across the Atlantic, The float repre- sented the Cunard Line in the St. Jean Baptiste Day Procession held in Montreal recently in connection vith the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, The parade was 114 miles long and was witnessed by nearly half a million SERIES OF BEETON ROBBERIES TRACED T0 DEAD BANDIT Older Residents Are Able to Identfy Body as That of Dan Forsythe WAS NATIVE THERE Had Slain Man Secured $600 wit Would 'Have Been His Greatest Crime Beeton, Ont,, July 26.--Had the Beeton robber succeeded in looting Alex. Hodge's home of the $600 which it contained, instead of meet- ing death therein, the coup would have been merely his greatest and by no means his only one in the of the | distriet. Suspicions which early turned in his direction for the solution of a number of robberies which have been puzzling the neighborhood re- ceilyed confirmation today when Pro- vinecial Police officers first identified jewellery in his possession as stolen booty and subsequently identified chisel marks upon windows which had been pried open as having been made by the chisel which formed part of his equipment. None of the robberies which are now being brought home to the ill- fated desperado have the same mag- nitude as the $600 one which he was on the brink of achieving when he met a violent and in primitive fistic encounter. But they have been puzzling the district and causing it uneasiness. In some cases windows have been pried open, and the chisel which had been used has Jeft a distinctive mark. Today, after identifying jew- ellery in the dead man's possesstion as having been stolen, provincial of- ficers took the chisel which he had carried and found that its marks places were entries had been made. The actual identification of the robber as Dan Forsythe, of West Gwillimbury upon which the police fixed yesterday, continued to be de- pied today by George Forsythe, a brother of the suspect. Other resi- dents, however, viewed the body and declared it was that of Dan Forsy- the. The aid of finger prints has been sought in verifying the identifica- tion, since Dan Forysthe once served a term in prison for a robbery com- ever, that no confirmation cam be secured in this way, for the finger- print system was not in use in the penitentiaries at the time of his committal, but only came into use in 1908. Brother a Wanderer. George Forsythe, in denying that the man was his brother, was unm- able to explain his brother's present at $300, and the veil at $75 to $100. "Trousseaus are mot what they vsed to be." she said. "The old- time trousseau consisted of a doz- en of every garment. Nowadays a girl has little or no regard for numbers. She just buys what particularly takes her faney. Most of the girls include at least six afternoon gowns im their trous- sean. and possibly three evening frocks, the price jf each model ranging from $100 to $150. whereabouts. He stated that he had left him om Thursday with the in- tention of securing employment on one of the boats which operate out of Collingwood. He deseribed his brother as a wanderer, given to ex- tended stretches of ab from the neighborhood. . Inspector Rae and Sergeant Creas- ev of the Provincial Police went to Toronto today to report develop- jmeats in the case to their chief, WOMAN BADLY HURT ATTACKED BY COW Lindsay, July 26,--Seventys twosyear-old Mrs, A, Gibson of Albert street north was sevious. ly injured today when attacked by a cow, The animal was tethered near the street on a long rope, As Ms, Gibson approached, the cow ran ag her and knocked her down, Before she could rise the animal attacked again, crushing the aged woman about the chest and fracturing three ribs, There were no witnesses of the attack and Mrs, Gibson suf- feving terrible pain, lay on the ground upnoticed. unt the owner of the do a some time after the attack to take the animal to the barn, MRS. KENNEDY DRASTIC SAFETY ACT 1S PASSED BY DAIL EIREANN Take Steps to Fight the Ex- tremists--Search for Documents BLAMES IRREGULARS Says Responsibility for Mur- der of O'Higgins Rests on Extreme Wing Dublin, Ireland,, July 26.--Presi- dent William T. Cosgrave's posi- tive declaration before the Dail at an altitude of 7,000 metres and ulous atmospheric shock it suddenly opened when he was 100 metres about 330 feet) from the earth, The aviator's fall halted abruptly and he dropped gently down into a tree, in the forest of Carnelle, near Beau- mont-Sur-Oise, over whieh he had been flying. Half Conscious, Stunned by his long fall the air- man hung only half unconseious in tha hranches of the tree for some tirge until he was discovered by Van Laere's parachute failed to open when he leaped from his plane remained shut until by some mirac- flight from Villacoubly Flying Field. Flying over the field, he climbed to a height of 7,000 metres when his respirator for some reason stopped functioning. Lost Control of Plane, ' While choking in his efforts to adjust the respirator, Van Laere sald, he lost control of the plane nd decided he would have to jump to save himself. He succeeded in leaping clear with the parachute, but when it failed to open he believed that he would be killed. "I am astonished to find myself alive," said the valator. ADVANCE REPORTED IN MEDICAL WORLD Fergus, July 26.--What is claim- ed to be a distinet advance mm Lhe now much-talked of 'iver treatment of pernicious anaemia is annous ed by Drs. A, and W. A, Groves of this town as a result of tests made duy- ing the past few months. Results quite as good as any so far report ed have been obtained by giving a very small amount raw in capsular. By this method (he dislike that some people have for liver is over come and the treatment is much cheaper, it is claimed, Most physicians 'n this section were informnd of the method some time ago, and it is hoped that it wily soon he in genarel use all over the country if oniy as a means of giving it a thorough ivius. It may be s*itad that a recent case under the "ara of Dr, W. A. Kerr of Elora us rrogressed ir a month from ¢ blood cerpuscle per- centage of 26 to ¥n. LIVELY SCENES MARK STILLMAN CEREMONY Formal Dress and Native At- LUXURY TARIFF PLANNED IN CHINA Merchants in Shanghai Want Nationalists to Defer IS REPLACED Trouble at "Angelut Templle Ceases--Mrs, Kennedy Was Business Manager Los Angeles, Calif, July 26. -- The Angelus Temple insurrection was quelled temporarily by the return of the church's evangelist leader, Aimee Semple McPherson, and her immediate announcement that her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, principal centre of the storm, was replaced hy Rey. C. E. Jaynes as business manager, The revolt of a large number of the church members, led by Rev. Jaynes, was due to their objections to the con- trol by Mrs. Kennedy of church fin- ances and its routine affairs. She an- nounced three days ago, when it be- came known that her daughter had been recalled from an uncompleted re- vival campaign in Illinois, that she would sever all official connection with the church. Mrs. McPherson, in announcing the retirement of her mother, said the coincided exactly with those at the! ousted church manager was "going to get her vacation." "Like the captain of a ship, or' president of the United States, I am| pastor and president of Angelus Temple," the evangelist declared, "and as such I am entitled to control over my congregation. * I have come back When the Bible admonished us that it is not good to live alone, it did not take into consideration the fact that a man's wife will spend all afternoon at the bridge club and all evening at the movies.-- San Diego Union. mitted in the vieinity of Holland (of the status in which it stands, the Landing. It has been found, how. [COMMissioner determined upon an Commissioner Williams. After hear- ing their account of the afiair and investigation which would be searching and thorough. He assign- ed, accordingly, Inspector Stringer jot the headquarters staff to direet an exhaustive inquiry into all phases of the matter, with a view to determin- ing whether or not simple robbery |supplies an adequate motive and explanation of the dramatic strug- gle which ensued and tragically ter- minated. The robber was finally granted Christian burial this afternoon, af- ter having lain since Friday night in the hope that his corpse would be idemtified. Sentiment which ex- pressed itself against allowing him to be buried locally was finally met by interring him in a plot in the graveyard of the Simeoe County House of Refuge. Rev. W. J. Prov- to take the helm." ' Eireann today fixing the respon- sibility for the murder of Kelvin O'- Higgins on the extreme wing of the irregular army, secured the passage of his drastic public sdfety aet, Some members, believing that the murder was due to private ven- geapce, had hesitated to accord the Government the exceptional pow- ors the new measure provides for. Particular objection was taken to empowering the police to search for documents, imprisonment for the possessiop of seditious documents and deportation of suspicious per sons, Deported Persons The question was asked where deported persons would go, and it was assumed they would be unable to get 'passports. But (ViedPresi- dent Blythe said that the persons aimed at were only dangerous ip Ireland, and that passports would be given them to go anywhere else. The organization which the Gov- ernment believed to be responsible for the policy of assassination as 8 means of upsetting the State was described by Mr. Cosgrave as hay- ing cut loose altogether from as- sociation with Eamon de Valera and was not under the Republican party's control; it" was the remnant of the irregular army which in May 1922, de Valera called off from the civil war. Arms were not sur- rendered at that time, said Mr. Coe- grave, and may still be hiddep Seized Documents He declared also that documents which had been seized indicated that Irish revolutionists had been trying to purchase artillery from Germany and rifles from Italy and France He asserted that one sec- tion 'of ithe jrevolutionists threat- ened to shoot any public represemn- Lative taking tie oath of allegi- ance to the British Crowp. The possesion of arms will, un- der the mew bill, involve the death penalty. Some members, while willing to give the Government the power it asked for against crime, disapproved of President Cosgrave's supplemental proposals altering the constitution to block de Valera's political agitation against the oath of allegiance. BRIVISH AVIATORS MAY FLY 70 CANADA London, July 26.--Squadron Leader F. F. Mintchin and Flying Officer Hamilton, who will attempt to fly the Atlantic the middle of August, arrived at Baldonnell aero- drome, in Ireland. this morning a large Vicker plane. They propose to fly tomorrow to Clifden, the starting point of their flight, to select a suitable jumping-off place. A Fokker monoplane will be us- ed, and the airmen will attempt to fly tc Ottawa, continue to London, ince of Mono Mills Anglican Church conducted the fumeral rites. Ont.. and return to oladon, KEng- | land. tire Mingle at Village Weddi Grande Anse, Que., July 27.-- "Bud" Stillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stillman, of New York, and Lena Wilson, erstwhile servant in. the Stillman summer home here, were married Tuesday at four o'clock by the Rev. Abbe Lamy, cure of Grandes Piles, k b 0 [ 4 tions towards represented for settlement, Enactment Shanghai, July 26.--The Nanking Nationalist Government took the final plunge today in the direction of the tariff autonomy, and ignor- ing the treaties and foreign mer- chants' protests published a com- plete luxury tariff list with sched- ules running from 156 to 60 per cent, United States merchants, sorely distressed 'held fa meeting yester- day and decided on a strong pro- test to Washington, but loeal Ameri- can officialdom did not hold out much hope for relief, except the pos- i sibility of inducing the Nationalists to pasthone sngetment of the the new law for several me n or- der to enable he rants to be taken care of, The Government has not yet pub- lished the lists on general products which fall within the 12% per cent. schedules, but will include iron, steel products; machipery and flour; also the Government's inten- kerosene are not nown. Foreign authorities in Shanghai today took drastic action against the the local newspapers which have een agitating against the payment f the incregsed taxes on the round that the Chinese . are not in the administration The ceremony in this picturesque little bush seitlement had attracted hundreds of people from all over the district, including many invit- ed guests from New York, whose formal dress offered a striking con- trast to the rough home-spun of the colonists. Newspaper men and sorcen-newy opdrators 'were (pres- ent in great force, and an incident in which the movie men and Mrs. James A. Stillman, mother of the! bridegroom, figured created consid- erable excitment. During the cere- mony of cutting the wedding cake, Mrs Stillman objected to the fupe- tioning of the cinema operators and expressed her objections by scattering around a pumber of plates, one of which struck Bert Mason, an operator, in the face. Comeramen Ousted Amid the laughter of the 300 guests who were standing on the lawn, preparing to dance to the music of the band of the Royal Highlanders of Canada, here from Montreal, and the special merri- ment of "Bud" and Lena, the cameramen fled--all of them. The celebrations that followed were entered into with true French- Canadian eclat, the crockery bom- bardment of the luckless movie men being pled as a ludi inter- lude in a thoroughly gay occasior, PLANE TO LAND IN FOG Is LATEST INVENTION Washington, July 26.--The in- vention of a "landing altimeter" to enable aeroplanes to land safely through a fog and which he declar- ed would be of great benefit to air mail pilots who must fly regardless of fogs, sleet, and snow, was an- nounced today by C. Frameis Jen- kins, Washington inventor. According to Mr. Jenkins, his in- vention will tell an aviator just how far he is from the ground regard- less of fog conditions. His "alti- metre," Mr. Jenkins explained, makes use of the known veloeity of sound by measuring the time taken for sound to travel to the earth and back to the plane. The device con sists of a tiny motor which actuates a mechanism through which the operates a wheel spinning a small light bulb behind a ground glass calibrated dial. One newspaper says Lindbergh's latest pictures made him look like a man whose wife made him go to the warty when he wanted to go PIONEER OF X-RAY ' DIES IN ENGLAND London, July 26.--Alfred C, Tay- lor, one of the earliest pioneers, died at Peterborough today of dermatitis disease, to which so many X-ray ex- perimenters have suceumbed. Mr. Taylor resigned his position as See- retary of the Peterborough Infirm: ary last year after 45 yeas' seviee, At that time a fund was raised for him by public subseription. Thirty years ago, three months after the discovery of rotemgen ray, Taylor began his experiments with a tiny X-day tube whieh he himself invented. Dermatitis attacked Tay- lor many years ago, and one by one destroyed four of his fingers. Last year it grew so bad that he was oreed to give up work. DUBLIN RB J AN MEMBER TAKES OATH ALLEGIANCE Dublin, Ireland, July 26.--Pat- rick Belton, who was elected as 2 Republican for Dublin €ounty, sand a signer of the protest of Eamop de Valera against the oath to the King, today took the oath and his reat in the Dail Bireann. There was no demonstration when he made his appearance. Ginay OF CRUBI/TY TO ANIMALS Detroit, July 26. -- For and hittine two and. squirrel with his automobile 3. Bell id acl) Jones, i, years prt was ound suilty on a rge of cruelty to animals today, and fined . $10 with the choice of spending '10° days in jail. WEATHER X07 PROPIPIOVS' FOR TRANSATLANTIC HOP "ouhampm. July 286. Taotain F. T. , the British 'viator who is preparing for 2 raps-Atlantic flight 1s somewhat serturbed over the unfsvorable wes- ther. While his flying boat "Whale" with all its equipment i= ready, the heavy gales in mid-ocean hold him ound is sent to the earth, and also | bac "What is the #201 »" acking me when I will stant." lia sai? this even- ing after anothér bar", weather- hound day, "when 1 don't "now my- self?" A late weathers 2 all-*'a ome imorovement 'na onditions. but mothin- th "mp ta rho Ann ito bed.--Calt Reporter. lustity departure op a dons 41 > t.