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Oshawa Daily Times, 10 Aug 1927, p. 7

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"All the News While It is News The Oshawa Daily Reformer |The Oshawa Daily Times VOL. 1---NO, 32 PN i YG et OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Second Section--Pages 9-12 Two Children's Deaths Ascribed to Beeton Crime Wave Eight Men Under Arrest As Partners In Cattle Rustling and Robberies Father of Children Slain ByYpEACE BRIDGE SEEN Dynamite Explosion Arrest: ed Just as Word Comes of Little Daughter's Death -- Significance Attached to Dissolved Partnership Beeton, Aug. 9--Beeton's crime wave, which went on uninterrupted for two years or more, was responsible for three deaths--Daniel Forsyth, the marauder who attacked Alexander Hodge, and two children of Sam- uel Nevils, farmer, and serious injury to a third child, The two children died and the third was injured by exploding dynamite caps found in the barn of their father on June 27, but it was not until this even. ng that the tragic affair on the Ne- vils farm was charged up to principals in the Beeton crime wave. Placed by Forsyth In a statement full of sensational de- tails obtained tonight by the Ontario Provincial Police from one of the sev. en men charged with cattle stealing or other offenses, the charge is made that the explosive kept in the barn on the Nevils farm was placed there by Daniel Forsyth, the dead marauder, and was to be used in safe-blowing operations in the Beeton district, This is the most sensational development ot the many important revelations which have come since Alexander Hodge was attacked in his lonely farmhouse, The revelations regarding the dyna- mite came fast upon the arrest today of Samuel Nevils, father of the three children, upon the charge of stealing ten head or cattie from John Dermott and receiving some clothing stolen in one of the many robberies, Just after the arrest oi the father word came from Barrie that his 3- year-old daughter, Martha, had suc- cumbed to mjuries received in the ex- plosion on June 27. The third clnld is still in Barrie Hospital, William Langley, tarmer, was the seventh man arrested today. He was taken on his farm in Adjala Township and charged, along with Samuel Ne- vils, with the theft of the ten head of cattle from the farm of John Dermott, He was alu arrested after Samuel Ne- vils had made his statement to the police. Langley protested his arrest, claiming that his crops would be ruin- ed unless taken ott at once. He was however, induced to accompany the of- ficers to Barris Jail, . Another significant development to- day was an announcement that th partnership exsung between Joseph McDermott and his brother-in-law, Charles Hamill, had been dissolved. McDermott and Hamill were the two drovers who paid oyv.r the money to Hodge the might he was attacked. Hamill is asking for an accounting of the partnership. McDermott is in jail on charges of perjury, receiving stolen property and also with receiving stolen cattle, The two more arrests made today brought the number in custody to sey- en, although Samuel Nevils is on bail to attend his child's funeral. He will return to the police cells Thursday, ac- cording to an undertaking he gave the police and his bondsman, Charles Hamill, who acted solely upon com- passionate grounds, and at the urgent wish of Dr. Keith Rogers, who said Mrs. Nevils was in a serious condi- tion and nearing collapse. Under the tragic circumstances of the case, the Provincial Police did not oppose the application for bail. Brothers Arrested Samuel Nevils is a brother of El- wood Nevils, the farmbhand who has admitted frequent trips in his automo- bile with Daniel Forsyth, to the Ed- ward Hickland farm to fill grips with . stolen property, the proceeds of a doz- en robberies. Elwood Nevils, police say, has made a full confession of his participation in the crime wave around Beeton and Cookstown and even other. s. The arrest of the brother, Samuel Nevils, followed a statement given to the police by Elwood Neils, and the further revelations about the dynamite came out this evening after Samuel Nevils had been questioned by the police. Appearing before Magistrate Jeffs in Barrie Police Court today, Alfred Hartley and Reginald Andrews were remanded until Friday at 10 am. They were arrested Monday night, Andrews on two charges of stealing cattle and Hartley with stealing pigs in Tecum- seh Township. In one of the charges Andrews is associated with William Langley and Samuel Nevils. Eighth Asrest Every arrest that is made seems to bring another. Following a statement by the Provincial Police that William Langley had told them of his alleged connection with the theft of 11 cattle, a warrant was issued tonight for the arrest of his neighbor in Adjala Town- ship, Frank Skelly, charging Skelly with stealing mine head of cattle. Skelly was locked up in Barrie Jail AS GENEVA ANTIDOTE (By Canadian Press) London, Aug. 10,--~TheBrit. ish Newspapers devoted much space to the upening of the Peupe Bridge between Fort Erie, Ont,, and Buffalo, N.Y,, sunday, The Daily News says It was a stroke of unde. served good fortune that so soon after the dismal break. down of the Tri Partite Naval Conférence that Rritish and American statesmen should be able to meet together on Cane adian territory in the opening of the new bridge of Peace, COTTON GROP IN U5, T0 BE LOW Government Estimates Yield | at 13,492,000 Bales Washington, Aug, 10.---A cotton erop of 13,492,000 hales was pre- dicted by the Agriculture. Depart- rent compared with a crop of 17,- 077,347 bales last year, The condition of the erop, as of Aug. 1, was reported at 69.5 per cent, of normal, compared with 69.8 per cent, on the same date last year, The yield of lint cotton per acre was placed at 156.8 pounds for this season, compared with 181.9 pounds in 1926, -------- Census reports made publie simul- toneously showed: 162,678 running hales of eotton, counting round as half hales, binned from the erop of 1927 prior to August 1, compared with 47,770 for 1926, DENIED BY ROME FOREIGN OFFICE Rome, Aug. 10.--Premier Musso- lini expressed great displeasure at what were described as "false and exaggerated reports' printed in the United States of anti-American in- cidents in Italy in connection with the Sacco-Vanzetti cage. The re- ports to which exception was taken portrayed molestations of American tourists, Neither the United States embas- sy nor the consulate here, the I'nited Press was informed, had re- ceived any complaints that Ameri- eign Office issued a communique of- cans had been attacked. The For- ficially denying the reports of anti- Americanism. KING AND QUEEN AT COWES REGATTA Cowes, England, Aug. 10.--The King and Queen, who have been at- tending the Royal Yacht Squadron's regatta here, will return to Buck- ingham Palace Monday. The regat- ta concluded Saturday with the eus- tomary blaze of fireworks and eol- orful illuminations. On Thursday the Kine makes his customary visit to Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, where he will be enter- tained by the Duke of Devonshire at the opening of the grouse shoot- ing season. In the meantime, the Queen will pay several country visits before joining the King at Bal- moral Castle. The grouse are re- ported plentiful both jn Yorkshire | and the Scottish Moors. "I hear that the De Jomeses have bought a mew two-seater." "Yes, I've seem the nursemaid pushing it with the wtins inside." - lice are mow looking for owners for the rug and clothes. | Probing Blast Tonight inspector Stringer began an investigation to prove. independent of any statements made to him, that Dan- iel Forsyth, the dead marauder, visit- ed the Samuel Nevils farm and was the owner of the dynamite caps found in the Nevils barn. At the inquest in- to the death of the Nevils boy it was sworn that the explosive was used to dislodge large rocks on the farm. According to the police there are no rocks on the Nevils farm large en- ough to have to be moved by dyma- mite. [Inspector Stringer refused to talk tonight about the dynamite crime wave, but he promised a full investiga. tion into this mew angle of the case would be made at once. The father of the children denies making any state- ment respecting the explosive which mjured. his children. Owing to the ill- ness of the mother and the death of the child today, the police did not sub. mit Samuel Nevils to a lengthy exam- ination. After the inquest, he will he sked to explain some matters, which PICKERING LOWER SCHOOL RESULTS Report Made By Inspector R. A. Hutchinson, of Whitby (By a Staff Reporter) Whithy, Aug. 9.---The results of the lower school examinations g¢on- ducted at Pickering were given out today by R. H. Hutchinson County School Inspector, Where the marks are given in a subject the pupil has falled in that subject, The letter "R" indicates that the paper was reread, Agnes EB, Petty--Agr., and Hort, Parts one and two (private study). The following are from 8.8. No. Pickering: -- Sidney Pugh -- Hist, Botany, Fern Botany. Muriel Hagerman--Hist,, Art, Botany, Fred Griffin -- Hist, Botany, The following are from Pickering: John Garland--{Geog., Bot, 39R, Hist. 41R, Laura Petty--Geog.,, 8, Geog., Art, Miller -- Hist,, Geog., Art, Geog., Geog., Art, 8.8. No. J 5 Gram, 39, iram,, Bot. LOTTERY WINNER ON WORLD TRIP New York, Aug, 10.--*"Around the world on 25 cents," might cap- tion the story of Alexander Kasar- inonn, 27, Moscow metallurgical student, who arrived here aboard the Hamburg-American Liner, Al- bert Ballin, The youth invested 60 States money, in a lottery and be- kopeks, about a quarter in United came one of three fortunate ticket- holders to get a trip around the world, He was held up temporarily at Kllis Island upon arrival, but proh- ably will be released as soon as he can prove he does not intend to re- | main in this country, GANADA ON ROUTE 10 THE ANTIPODES Big Planes to Cross Conti. nent Inside Two Years Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 10, Thy erec- tion of a mooring mast in the vie- inity of Montreal to accommodate the trans-Atlantic airships will he followed by providing siimlar facili ties on the Pacific Coast, This is the prediction of a government of- ficial in touch with the plans foy AUTO THIEF LED POLICE LONG CHASE Given Two Years -- Colored Woman Charged With Attempted Murder Montreal, AUE. 10. Cyril Mat- thews, of Brantford, Ont, was sentenced to two years in the pen- itentiary by Judge Emile Marin on Hist, LENGLEN 8 BARRED | FROM OLYMPIC TENNIS Paris, Aug. 8.--Any hone that | Mlle Suzanne Lenglen may have had of figuring in the tennis competi- tions during next year's Olympie | games were expelled tonight by the | decision of the Executive Sub-com- mittee of the International Olympic Commission, The subcommittee stated that it was bound to enforce the qualifica- fon rules estalished by the Olympic Congress at Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1925, which make it impossible for tennis professionals, even when requalified as amateurs, to play in an Olympiad. CAPITAL-LABOR TRUCE DEMANDED . . 16,000 British Miners in 0a Favor of Non-Political Id Union London, Aug. 10.--A five years' truce between capital and labor was demanded Sunday at a mass meeting of 16,000 miners in New- castle, the occasion being a de- monstration in favor of the new non-political miners' union. The speakers, including leaders as George Spencer Havelock Wilson, condemned Communist influence in A. Cook's Miners' Federation. On the platform were several in- dustrialists like Sir George Hunter, prominent shipbuilder, and the meeting was voted a success. Spe- clal trains and fleets of motor bus- es brought hte delegates from all parts of the surrounding country. It is expected that the meeting will result in am jncrease in the membership of the new union, des- pite the counter drive by the Miners' Federation. such and the J. SCARBORO' CHILD CHORUS CHOSEN TO SING AT C.N.E. Birch Cliff, Aug. 10.--Officials of the Canadian National Exhibition have informed Leonard Richer, di- redioy of the Searobro' Children's Festival Chorus, that the choir has been chosen to supply music on Chil- dren's Day at the Exhib'Bion. The chorus mumbers 200 voices, and its membership is drawn exclusively from the pupils of School Section 10, Scarboro,. A clergyman met one of his par- ishioners in a country lane late one night. "It's pretty damp for a man with rheumatism to be prowling about at might. eh, William?" Well, sir. I'm following doetor's adviee." "Why. did he tell you to se out at might?" "Not exactly, sir, but the ke sald connecting the far-flung portions of the Empire by airship routes. He pointed out that the mast at Montreal would not be needed he fore the summer of 1920. Presont indications ave that th, big airships being built in England for this ser vice will not he ready to come to Canada before that date because they will be tested in the India- Mustralia rout, first, By that time there wil be large land airplanes in this country capable of carrying passengers to Lhe Macitie Coast from Montreal, Then will be tried out the flying airships from Brit ish Columbia to Ausiralia, Saturday, when he pleaded guilty to the theft of an automobile from F. H. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Smith had left his automo- hile outside a restaurant on Peel | street. When he discovered that | it was missing the police were in- formed, A #ively chase ensued, which cultimated in the arrest of | the thief along the Montreal-Que- hee highway near Three Rivers, jeorgina Thompson, of 222 Antoine street, was committed on a charge of attempted murder in connection with a hrawl which oe- | curred between her and Robert Taylor on Friday night, It is al-| leged that the woman threw a | glass pitcher which struck Taylor on the head and severely injured him, For having attempted to commit | suicide, Sydney Williams, an ex- sailer, will spend the next 12] months in. jail. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Saturday, and told the judge that he had been without work and had been starving for some time. Oliver Lafontaine was sentenced to 90 days in jail for the theft of shirts from a clothes line. "Pit" Mitchell, arrested on Friday night for having appropriated a particu- larly fine-looking cucumber from a garden he had been passing at the time, was ordered to pay a fine of $1 or go to jail for eight days. He received a lecture from Judge Mar- in, who warned him to respect other people's property. QUEBEC DENIES VOTE TO WOMEN But Feminist Movement is Thoroughly Alive end Growing Montreal, Que., Aug. 10.--Miss Alice Dresser, Provineial Convener of Legislation for Women's Insti- tutes has sent out a gemeral letter to members in which she says: "The province of Quebec has many claims to fame. There is one point of distinction which, however, we do not care to mention. In Quebec women may mot vote in the provin- cial elections. This grievance of course, is not accepted in silence. "The women of Quebec have been waiting for many years, and the waiting period is not yet ended. This is the time for them to learn as much as possible about the prob- lems our law-maekrs are facing. The newspapers touch on these | subjects daily and women should ! discus them with other women." And--meantime--it is pointed out that there is much that women, voteless though they may be, can do to influence the legislation of the province. "A woman does not need the vote im order to have the house painted to suite her taste, or to di- rect the family vacation trip to- wards Toronto instead of the White Mountains. The power of persua- sion, aided by the kmack of cooking favorite dishes, plays mo small part St, | that I meeded chicken." in the makin of our laws." GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS PRISONER HERE TWO YEARS; DESCENDANT SEEKS DETAILS Montreal, Aug. 10.--R. N. Buna, of Chicago, Historian of the "So- ciety of Soms of The Revolution is in Montreal seeking further data concerning the imprisonment, here of his great grandfather, Josiah Hollister, in 1870-1872. Taken prisoner by British troops whe with Iroquois Indians were op- posing pant of Washington's forces Mr. Hollister a mative of Connect- jeut, was brought to Montreal and not been able to determine just where--but it was several acres in extent. Sixthen prisoners escaped one might by burrowing under the stockade and a two mile swim to the South Shore, so the Hollister records state. Mr. Hollister -was not among that panty, however. Mr. Bunn has visited the Cha- tean de Ramszay to gather there what funther information is awail- (are | whereas "The hig saving of time in us- ing airships is pot in jumping a ross ithe Atlantic because the ocean liners this official | make it pretty rapidly, explained, "but in the long hops {from England to India or Australia. The best way to make the trip by jair from Great Britain to Australia {would be over Canada. The dist- ance is about the same as going east, but on the eastern route there many foreign countries to fly and other compiications, coming this way the be all over British ter- the oceans. When the reach Montreal they conld have their choice of crossing Capada by rail or hy air." It was explained that this ambiti- program was being earefully considered, and that once the Lon- don-Montreal route has been proved feasible the next step will be to provide similar service across ue Pacifie. The mast near Montreal is to b, erected by the Dominion Government, DANISH WOMEN HARD WORKERS Conference Visitor Tells of Her Sex's Importance in Many Fields (By Capadian Press) over by trip would ritory or passengers ous Toronto, Ont., Aug. 10. - Miss Kitty Christensen, - of Copenhagen, Denmark, who has been a happy traveller around the 'world, for some years, is interested om the subject of her mative eity. "Nearly all our girls work, even the daughters of the well-to-do. We have a great many women dentists, our dental college admit- ting each year an equal number of male and female students. The medical profession seems to at- tract many of our women also, and then, of course, they arg found in hospitals, offices, stores and fac- tories." Polities are' alluring to a great many of the Danish women, accord- ing to Miss Christensen, and al- ready the important position of Minister of Education, Literature and Art. has been filled by one of them. For two years Mrs. Nina Bang occupied this position in a Socialistic Ministry. The voting privilege is appreciated by Danish women as a whole, but those in the Labor ranks use it most con- scientiously. Asked concerning the educational system of her country, Miss Chris- tensen referred with pide to the Folk High Schools, where during wihter months, most helpful cour- ses in agriculture and many other types of "culture" are givem for the benefit of young men and wo- men on farms. As school days frequently end for this portion of the mation at the early age of 14 the winter courses of the Folk High Schools make possible exten- sion work in many subjects. WEST IMPRESSES TITLED VISITOR (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 10.--it's a pity more easterm Canadians do not travel through the West. They have mo idea of the marvellous scenic beauty or of Western pro- gress, in the opinion of Lady Rod- dick, of Montreal, who has been in the city on her return from a seven weeks' tour of the West and Al- aska--her first trip west of the Great Lakes. Marvelling at the mountains she was yet most en- thusiastic over the prairies. and able with pespect to the period in Bakegeorge Trophy Wen By! Cowle and Rowe Loft in Oshawa Homing Society's First 1927 Race for This Year's Birds -- Highest Time 1,491,31 Yards Aver- age a Minute What tuned out to he one of the fastest pigeon races held hy the Oshawa Homing Society was flown on Saturday last from Streetsville, Ont., to Oshawa a distance of 48 miles, The birds numbering nearly were released at Streetsville at 12.00 a.m, daylight saving time and hy one o'cloek they were dropping into their respective lofts in Oshawa like winged hailstones. The birds seemed Kingston Road as their line of flight and instead of seeing them darting here and there in one's and two's as is usually the case, they came over in a flock which extend- ed from the Kingston Road nearly to Gibb street. This was the first race for birds raised in 1927, it was also the first race for the Bakegeorge Trophy so | kindly donated hy Mr. Bakegeorge, to he won bythe member of the Hom ng Society who's birds make the best average velocity in the seven young bird races. The first position for this race voes to the loft of Cowle and Rowe, The following is the position taken by each loft, also the yards per min- ute flown by the birds. Place and Speed Cowle and Rowe W. Coyston ' Cowle and Rowe Bramley Bros Vv! Whiteley W. Coyston Mansfield and W. Roberts . Mansfield and McKay V. Whiteley S W. Roberts Bramley Bros. E. Burns G. Gudgeon J. Askew Wotton and GG. Moore Dr. Trewin J. Askew C. Sparrow G. Gudgeon ; Wotton and Merritt E. Burns C. Sparrow 4. Moore .. The next race 'win be held on Saturday next from Puslinch, Ont., an air line distance of 70 miles. WESTERN CITY IS NAMED FOR FLOWER Toronto, Ont., Aug. 10.--In the window of a local newspaper office there is displayed a bunch of Saska- toon berries. The card deseribing them says that they were brought to the city by Mrs. W. E. Dyer, a daughte of the late John Lake. of Toronto, who, in 1881 mamed the Western City after the berries so plentiful in the district. Helena Coleman, the well-known Ontario poet, has made the flower very lovely in a poem written some years a20 beginning, "The Little Sweet- heart Saskatoon." ZITTEXFELDS IN FRANCE; Wild, ATTACK CHANNEL Boulogne, France, Aug. 8.--The 13 year old Zittenfeld twins, Bernice and Phyllis, have arrived here from New York, fresh from their aquatic triumphs in America, with the idea of swimming the English Channel. The girls are accompanied by their mother. They have takem up quarters in a hotel here. 300, to pick the 31 7.35 93 98 .08 3.84 s 98 ) 2.51 97 5.09 56.02 13 79 .46 05 5.35 61 3.36 .83 1439.08 .1436.58 1422.49 Merrit Oshawa Homing Pigeons Fly With Express Train Speed In 48 Mile Race GERMANY-U.S, AIR SERVICE PLANNED Berlin, Aug. 10.--Plans for a (Germany-to-New York air line ser- vice to be in operation next spring were announced by the Hamburg- American Line in conjunction with the banking frim of Warburg &Co. The announcement said that there had heen ordered from the Rohrbachr firm a flying hoat to he equipped with 10 .motors of 1,000 horsepower each and capable of carrying 170 passengers. The plane was to be delivered in Decem- ber, IROQUOIS PAY TRIBUTE TO PEACE Unique Gathering of New Bridge at Sunset Hour Buffalo N.Y., Aug. 10.- rays of the setting sun east a yel- low glow across the waters of the Miagara River on Saturday night as 2 faded remnant of a once great |pcople--the Six Nations of the Iro- quois Indians---gatherel in the sha- dow of the International Peace Pridge to pay tribute to the white men who hav, sseceeded them. Strangely out of place in a ecirele of automobiles, the descendants of the original owners of the lands of Western New York went through | their traditional dance ceremonies, and then listened in silence to the words of their head chiefs praising the progress of the whites, and re- cal¥¥ng ithe one-time glory of the Red Men. The Peace Bridge, Chief Johnson deelared, was the white man's sym- bol of peare, and he hoped it would mark a peac, as lasting as that of the Iroquois Confederacy. The dim QUITE NATURALLY New York, Aug. 8.--Robert T Jones, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., was placed at the No. 1 position in the ranking list for 1927 announced today by the United States Gold Association. | George von Elm, Los Angeles, was No. 2 and Jesse W. Sweester, New York, No. 3 Francis Ouimet, Bos- ton; Watts Gunn, Atlanta and Don Stein, ' Seattle, were placed fourth, fifth and sixth. Eddie Held, St. Louis, was seventh; Jesse P. Guil- ford, Boston, eighth: Harrison R. Johnston, Minneapolis, ninth and Roland Mackenzie, Washington, tenth. [JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD CRITICALLY ILL IN OWASSO | Owasso, Mich., Aug. 10.-- James Oliver Curwood, author, is critically ill at his home here of a general streptococeie infeetion. The author has been ill for several months as a result of the infection which devel- oped from an insect bite. "Pa," inquired a geven- year-old seeker after the truth, "is it true that school teachers get paid?" "Certainly it is," said the father. "Well, then, said the wouth indiz- pantly, "that ajn't right. Why should the teachers get paid when us kids do all the work?" Visitor--How crazy? Warden--He was one of these ef- ficiency experts who thought he could get a hen to lay an egg on toast. p did he become Ottawa, Omt., Ang. 3.--A sum- mary of the Migratory Birds Con- ention Act is gien below. This is the law which is based upon the Treaty with the United States. + Opa Seasons Hoth dates inclusive. Ontario--Ducks, geese, Wilson's or Jack oodcock. Brant & Rails. Saipe. Sept. 1 --Dee. 15; Sept. 15; Sept. 15-- Nov. 20. Closed § There fis a closed season through- out the year im Ontario on Band- tailed Pigeons, Eider Duck (the latter may be taken during the open season in that portion of Ontario, north of the Quebec, Cochrane, Win- nipeg line of the Canadian National Railway) Swans, Cranes, Curlew, Willets, Godwits, Upland Plover, R'ack-bellied and Golden Plover, Greater and [Lesser ¥Yellow-legs, Avocets, Dowitchers, Knots, Oyster- 1--Dec. Open and Closed Season On Game Birds For 1927 (By Canadian Press) birds mot proided with season in above schedule. There is a closed season throughs out the year on the following non- | game birds: Auks, Auklets, Bit- terns, Fulmars. Gannets, Grebes, Guillemots, Gulls, Herons, Jaegers, Loons, Murres, Petre's, Puffins, Shearwaters, and Terns; and there is a closed season throughout the year on the following insectivorous birds: Bobolinks, Catbirds, Chick- adoes,' Cuckoos, Flickers, Flyeateh- ers, Grosebaks, Hummingbirds, Kinglets, Martins, Meadowlark, Nighthawks or Bull Bats, Nuth- atches, Orioles, Robins; Shrikes, Swallows, Swifts Tanacers, Titmice, Thrushes, Vireos, Warblers, Wax- wings, Whippoor-wills. Wood-peck- ors, and Wrens, and al! other perch- ing birds which feed: entirely or chiefly on insects. Bag limits: Ducks "a more than 200 in a season: an open 5 not * ago

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