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[0 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1928 SUCCEEDING 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer 1 Ei i SS. 10 MISSING SAN FRANCISCO FERRY MISHAP ee OMBS AGAIN DO DAMAGE IN CHICAGO After Three Weeks Silence Dynamite Destroys Two Buildings 'NOBODY 18 HURT Explosions Occur in Dif» rent Sections of the City . (By Associated Press) Ohicago, Ils, Feb, 18, -- Dyna. mite bombs, silent for three weeks, ripped their way through two buildings in separate parts of the city last night, The home and 'undertaking establishment of Judge Sharbaro was hombed: al- most at the same time that the blast tore a portion of the gare age, frowned upon hy the police a8 8 ganster hangout, No one wag hurt at either places. ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE But George O'Neill Is 'Recovering--Is Held Pending Inquest (By Can Press) Tottenham, Ont, Feb, 18.--George O'Neil, farm hand who attempted to commit suicide by slashing his throat, b Fecovering but is Let expected to e able to give evi t the re- ll. oF ity inquest into the deaths of Asa Robertson, aged farmer, and his mar-ied daugh- ter, burned to death in the barn fire, O'Neil is «as a material witness. Several other witnesses, however, Will be heard, Police are co. tinming their investigation into the cause of the fire, having found suspicious cireum- stances, it is understood, HOUSE PASSES FEW GOVERNMENT BILLS Toronto, Feb. 18, -- Yesterday fn the Legislature----The report of the committee on Privileges and Elections was presented. A, Belanger, Russell, made clear his reference to the immi- grants from London infected with Communism, The House in Committee pass- ed 8 number of Government bills, including amendments to succes- sion Duty set and the Mothers' Allowance Act. First reading was given to two acts to amend the Municipal Act and the act re- specting the City of Windsor, HUDKINS BEATS BAKER BADLY IN TEN ROUNDS Madison Square Garden, New York, Feb, 17.--Ace Hudkins, vicious clouter from Lincoln, Neb. clawed his way past Sergt. Sammy Baker, Army warrior, and to the forefront of Joe 's welterweight title s in a gory ten-round bat- tle here tonight. In the melee--third of a spectacular series--was packed all the thrills of the fiercest kind of fighting, and all the drama that can "lie jn a game battler's refusal to "give the ghost," even whene everyone him of the 16000 in the arena was licked. : Baker, courageous as the Flying he Epresals, was Nd badly chipped as a ter can in ten ounds and still kept his feet. But wm whipping him Hudking, 100, ¢ ere punishmen t as ever has gh A upon to endure in punch- ing out a ictory. % 0 VIEW EXHIBIT "GROUP OF SEVEN" A party of about forty girls from the first form at the Collegiate are going to Toromto today to see the exhibit of the "Group of Seven. Mr. Arthur Lismer will personally conduct the party. at the Gallery, then after lunch at Annesley Hall, a wisit will be made to the Royal Ontario Museum. GEORGE PRIOR IS DEAD IN TEXAS Word mas received here today of the death of George Prior, who was well known in this city hav- ing lived here for a great number 24 years. it is said that the art of con- versation has been lost; perhaps shewing the rag may have taken ite place.-- Kingston Whig-Stan- nnd. tary of Canadian Cham- her of Commerce, Fur- nishes Wealth of Infor. mation at Chamber of Commerce Banquet at Welsh's ENTHUSIASM RUNNING HIGH Speaker Declares Chamber is a Federation of Busi- ness Men, for Promo- tion of Better Business and Development of Prosperity of Commun: y A Chamber of Commerce should make accomplishments in five widely varied fields of endeavor in the industrial, commercial, agri- cultural, civic development and national aspect of life, This was the thought of W. McLeod Clarke, Montreal, secretary of the Canadi- an Chamber of Commerce, who addresssed the civic dinner last evening in Welsh's Parlors, offic. ially starting the Chamber of Commerce campaign in this eity. With General Chairman G. W. McLaughlin guiding the gather- ing and Colonel of the Sales Army Mayor 'R. D. Preston and other members of the committee sup- porting him, the meeting salled away to a good start. - After the festivities were over, the speakers of the evening were introduced in turn by Mr. McLaughlin, A tele- gram was read from W. BE. N, Sinclair, K.C., M.P.P,, expressing his regret at being unable to be present, with the rider. "put me down 8s 8 member of the Oshawa «Chamber of Commeree." The speakers of the evening in- cluded Mayor Preston, Dr. T, B, Kaiser, M.P.. Mr. Henry Clarke, of the American City Bureau, @, G. D. Conant, Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and heau of the Activities Fund Com- mittee James A. Blythe, organizer of the local Chamber. and Mr. W. McL. Clarke of Montreal. All of these men spoke enthusiastically of the movement and its prospects in this city the chief speaker being Mr. Clarke who nad voluntarily come from Montreal to give this Chamber of Commerce the bene- fit of his experience in work among progresssive cities. What Js a Chamber of C ce? #A Chamber of C ce is » federation of business men associated in the corpor- ation and in » practical way the development of the well being and prosperity of the definition that Mr. Clarke gave of the Chamber of Commerce. The contribution (Continued on page 3) CAUGHT IN ACT OF Nicholas Chapman pleaded guil- this morning of $5 from the pocket of a coat owned by Jobn Dale, 2 pressman employed by the Mundy Printing Co. Chapman was caught in the act by members of the staff, held at the plant until an officer arrived, amd within a half hour from the time that the offence was committed, had pleaded guilty in court and was remanded in cus- tody for semtence on Friday. 5 WRONG NAME GIVEN By an inadvertent mistake in our report of the King Street Church At Home, the name of Mrs. Farrow was published as a mem- ber of the ladies' quartette. The mame of Mrs. O. D. Friend should have been inserted rather than that of Mrs. Farrow. Five Broad Fields of Endeavor Are Open to Chamber of Commerce W, McLeod Clarke, Secre-' COMMITTING THEFT ty in city police court to the theft |and "FINED AND JAILED BECAUSE HE TRIED TO OBTAIN SECRETS (By Canadian Press) Buss Eldorf, Germany, Feb, 18. --Guidd Meigel, chemist or Ports- mouth, N, H,, today was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of five thousand marks on charges of commercial espionage to obtain German chemical and dye secrets, MAY SEAL UP FIRE SECTION OF MINE Hollinger Management Make Suggestion To Protect Men a (By Canadian Press) Timmins, Feb. 18--~The possibility that the whole fire and rubbish stope area of the Hollinger gold mine may he sealed up hermetically is consider- ed not improbable, The mine man- agement itself is understood to have made a suggestion following the suf- focation of 39 miners by fumes and smoke from the fire last week, The sealing of the area for six months would make it possible to determine whether any more carbon monoxide gas was being generated by any smouldering material possibly buried deep in the hidden crannies of the AT DEATHS DOOR IN 30 FOOT FALL During the fight last night on the third floor of a rooming house at 194 Dundas St., Deseronto, David Doherty, single, aged 85, went crashing through a front window and fell a distance of 30 feet to the round. He was picked up un- conscious and rushed to St, Mi- chael's Hospital, His skull was found to he fractured and little hope is held out for his recovery. Victor Carter, taxi-driver, of 193 Jarvis street, is being beld as a material witness. Doherty had been living dn the rooming house for the past three | weeks. Yesterday, police claim, he bad been drinking and had some wine in bis room. He hired a taxi driven by Carter. The driver had been asked to remain out in front of the rooming house until Doher- ty went to his room for a drink. After remaining in his cab for a considerable time, Carter told Sergt. Horton, he went into the house and made his way [o Doherty's room. Furniture Smashed On entering he found Doherty and an argument arose when Car- ter stated that the charge on his meter was mounting up. A fight started and furniture in the room was smashed. Carter admitted that he had struck Doherty twice, but denied knocking him through the window Sergt. Horton examined the room formed the opinion that Doherty had fallen against the window sash with violent force, as the double sash of the frame was forced out when Doherty's body went through it. Carter's knuck- les were cut and bleeding, and the flor of the room was covered with A woman living next door heard the breaking of the window and on looking out to the street saw Doherty's body lying on the round. She at once telephoned the police, and Sergt. Horton and le Cowan drove in a po- lice car to the scene, followed by Detective Hogan. Northampton, Eng., Feb. 18.-- A fatherly kiss which Rev. John J. Reeves impressed on the brow of pretty Miss Emily Baxter, has hat two of his parishioners $3. 59. The kiss was administered at a funeral, when Miss Baxter broke dowp in tears. To some of Reeve's Primitive: Methodist followers it was more than the fatherly kiss it purported to be; and waen Reeves and Miss Baxter were seen in public on several subsequent oc- casions William Arnold, shoe manufacturer, decided to take it up for the good of Northampton- ians' souls. Arnold composed a eircular al- MISTAKEN FATHERLY KISS BY PASTOR COSTS ™O0 PARISHIONERS $3,750 leging that Reeves and Miss Bax- ter were seen kissing in a quiet lane, and Joseph Tebbutt, a local printer, printed it for him. Reeves and Miss Baxter sued Arnold and Tebbutt for libel. In court it was soon apparent that the one authenticated kiss was a pastonly one. Reeves denied successfully that he had walked in a meadow with Miss Baxter, and said that he saw her principally when she was a dinner guest at his home with his wife present. Arnpld's attorney announced that any suspicions of miscon- duct had been removed, and a jury awarded Beeves $2.500 damages PAPER SAYS IMPERIALISM IS ATTACKED N. Y. Times Says Speech of Nicaraguan Rebel Lead- er Arouses Criticism 'LINDY MENTIONED Augustin Sandino States Brother Comands Large Force of Sympathisers (By Associated Press) New York, N. Y., Feh. 18.--The Ism of the United States was at- tacked, Colonel Lindbergh was la- belled as the tool of imperialism, and Augustino Sandino, rebel Ni- caragulan leader, was applauded last night at the community church at a meeting at which Socrates Sandino, hrother of the rebel, was chief speaker. "Sandino declared his brother command a ierce of twleve-nun- dred men at present, but that he had no hatred for the common peo- ple of America, whom he admires greatly." Applause his remark that "he has no headquarters. When the marines look for him somewhere, he is sure to he some- where else." followed TORONTO SPIEL OPENS MONDAY Toronto, Feb, 17.-With the first rock to be played at 9 a.m. on Mon- day, the various committees in charge of the affairs of the Toronto hon- spiel have "all preparations complet- ed. Every skip who has a rink en- and place at which his rink will play their first game. Outside rinks have been notified to haye their rocks here today, and they will be taken care of on arrival. As there may be a shortage of ho- etl accommodation, all have been duly notified to make reservations in ad- vance. They have been furnished with list of hotels, together with a copy of the rules governing the four competi- tions, the Royal York Trophy (grand aggregate), North American Lic Trophy, Wrigley Trophy and Seiber- ling Rubber Company Trophy. teen valuable individual prizes will go to the successful curlers in the Jast three trophies. Individual prizes a rinks in the grand aggregate. der to accommodate a greater nuni- ber of rinks than originally planned, the committee fortunately secured the use of the 3 till 6 p.m. to avoid any unnccessary delay promptly on time. Any games un- ena must be continued at 3 games, commenging at 8.45 am. WEATHER Decidedly cold tomight and Sunday; local snowflurries. Times says today, "The imperial- |. Celebrates His 98th Birthday (By Associated Press) Burlington, Vt, Feb, 18, -- The world's oldest active steamboat master, Captain Eli Rickwell, was celebrating his 98th birthday here today by making plans for his 86th year of service on the waters of Lake Champlain. Hale and hearty, he gave his creed, "I have always lived a clean life and have never been down and out, IT have made it a point to pay a hundred cents on the dollar." He started his career at St. John's, Que., a- board the schooner Cynthia, as cabin boy. MAN REMANDED INDEFINITELY FOR SENTENCE An indefinite remand for sen- tence was granted in Children's Court yesterday afternoon to Har- ry Kotyk, convicted of contrihuting to the truancy of his children by not sending them to school. The report of the school attendance of- ficer heing that the children had heen going to school of late, and that home conditions were improv- ed. Judge Hind remanded him indefiniely [or sentence. Kotyk is dependent on the relief gang of the eity for sustenance, and stated that he eonld not send his children to school because he did not have sufficient clothing to dress them properly. In stances, no fine was imposed. Three boys also appeared before the Juvenile Court, charged with stealing money from the Children's Aid Society box in Bailes hardware store. One of the boys was made ve " by {5 ' ¢ . ron' i 3001 - tered has been notified of the time [@ ward of the Children's Aid Soci ety, and his mother was ordered te move immediately into a better location and take up a respectable occupation if she would keep her other children, The second boy was sent to the St. John's Indus- trial School for not more than three years, during which time he fs to be either apprenticed to a trade or sent back to his home. He will, however, remain a ward of | tence on Six- | will also go to the first and second | At considerable expense and in or- | the school until he is 21. The third boy was given suspended sen- payment of the costs, since this was his first offence. Primm | MARK BIRTHDAY OF JULES VERNE London, Feb. many his class of fiction whose works finished at 6 p.m. Monday at the Ar- [have been so widely read by boys am. | and girls, men and women of all Tuesday to make way for the later [ nations and all classes throughout the world. Outside France his only rival is Defoe, and it is doubtful if "Monte Christo" or "Robinson Crusoe" has been translated into more languages than "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." view of the circum- 17.--A movement | Arcna Gardens for | is on foot here for the celebration | Monday and Tuesday from 9 am. |by England pext month of the cen- As this ice must be va-|tenary of the birth of Jules Verne. cated promptly at 6 pm. all rinks | With the possible exception of his playing there are urgently requested | famous compatriot, and for in | years contemporary, Alexandre Du- the playing of their games on start| mas, there is no French writer in INTENDS TO MAKE WAR ON BANDITRY (By Canadian Press) Rome, Feb. 18.--Successful in its campaign to rid Sicily of Mafia, the Fascist Government now in- tends to clean up banditry in Sar- dinia, Premier Mussolini today told the Royal Carabinierl at its annual review. FINAL DISPOSITION PRAYER BOOK NEAR London, Feb, 17.--It was an- nounced today that the House of Bishops will sit on March 5 to con- sider the Prayer Book measure in the revision stage. : It will he submitted to the House of Bishops, Clergy and Laity at a convocation on March 28, 29, 30, and a special session of the Church Assembly will he held on April 26 to consider the measure in its final stage. WEDDING PLANS STILL PROCEED Former Maharjah With Bride-to-be Arrive at Madras (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Madras, India, Feb. 18. --- Sur- rounded by a bodyguard of his own men to prevent his arrival | being. photographed, Tukoji Rao, {the former Maharajah of Indore, |came to Madres today with his bride-to-be, Miss Nancy Ann Mil- ler, of Seattle, Waghington. The party came from Nuwara, | Eliya Ceylon, and maintained si- [ lence about their plans. FIXED EASTER BILL "READ SECOND TIME London, Feb. 17.--The House | of Commons today debated a bill | for fixing the date of Easter as the | first Sunday after the second Sat- lurday in April, or between April |9 and 16. This question, which | has been the subject of controver- {sy since the earliest days of Chris- tianity, was referred this year by the Council of the League of Na- | tions to all members. Opponents declared that if the bill was passsed it might result in two Easters, one religious and the other secular, since Roman Catholics and Anglicans might refuse to depart from the tradi- tional way of fixing the date. Under the bill, which reached a second reading today, the date would not be changed till other European Governments also agreed to change it. Somebody has said that 98 per cent. of Lindbergh's success is due to luck. But then it was only an American rear admiral who said it.--Hamilton Herald. About March 1. Ee -- RRR TAIRA RR AS Above is reproduced the architect's drawing of the hotel building which a syndicate of Oshawa business men proposes to erect on the south-west oprner of Bond street east Oshawa. The hotel, working plans for which are nearing completion by Ellis, Oborn Dineen Building, Toronto, will be three storeys high, of brick and steel construction, cooms with bath. Tenders on both bulk and separate contracts are being received by the architects Victoria Ellis will and and and contain until --Cut Courtesy Daily Commercial News, Toronto. Fear Some Lives Lost As Passengers Swept From Ferry Into Bay Tinvestigators Have No Way of Checking Num- ber Thrown Into Water but so Far Ten Have Not Returned to Their Homes LIST OF NAMES NOT DIVULGED Friday an Unlucky Day at Sea--Total Death Toll Set at Fifteen but may be Greatly Increased -- 21 Sailors Rescued After 26 Hours in Open Boat (By Associated Press)) San Francisco, Feb, 18.--At least ten persons were missing to- day when police and rescuers checked their reports in an effort to ascertain the number of cas- ualties in the accident to the ferry Peraulta, from whose decks an unknown number of passengers were swept into San Francisco Bay. Revised figures showed that ten persons believed to have been on the boat last night when he pas- senger laden prow dipped into the Bay. Today had failed to return to their homes. The number of persons swept into the water was 'undetermined, and investigators were without any means of check- ing. Anxious inquiries by relatives and friends of persons who were expected to return to their East Bay homes on the ferry hoat Per- alta and did not appear resulted to- day in the fear that they were among the victims of the Bay ac- cident in which many persons were swept. into the water. Qakland police and officials of the Key System Transit Company, which operated the ferry, announced they had inquiries for many per- sons, The company refused to make public the list of names and it was not available at the Oakland po- lice station, The company previously an- pounced that twenty persons had been swept overboard and thirteen had been rescued, inferring that seven were missing; New York, N.Y.,, Feb. 18.-- Death toll from unluck Friday at sea in which six ships figured seemed today .to have been con- fined to fifteen men, but death toll may be greatly increased, follow- ing the accident to th» ferry Par- alta in San Francisco Bay last night when an unknown number of passengers were washed overboard. After 26 hours on the open sea in life boats, twenty-one members of the erew of the American tanker Chuky were landed on the Japan- ese coast. Their captain and four- teen comrades perished when the tanker blew up. The liner Leviathan, entering Southampton, struck on the sand bank and docked, apparently un- damaged, four hours later, The British tanker Varand grounded near Liverpool. Captain and crew of forty were rescued but the ship remained fire hazard, Thirty-eight members of the crew of the British freighter Shonga were rescued today after clinging throughout the night to fore part of the ship, which broke in two near Ymuiden, Holland. After a series of mishaps in which three men were injured, the Brit- ish tanker Lucigen made Glasgow in tow, CHAMBERLIN OFF TOUR OF SOUTH Defies Unfavorable Weath- er to Get on Way in Tiny Plane Curtiss Field, N.Y., Feb. 18.-- this morning for Macon, Ga., his first stop on a lecture tour of the South. He expects to stop en- route at Richmond for refuel. He surprised newspapermen and pilots, none of whom expect- ed that he would start while the weather was so unfavorable. On- ly a few mechanics were on hand pleaded guilty to being intoxicated. The usual fine of $20 and costs was imposed. Hicks was arrested last night on Simcoe street south. IGRADS BEAT BRITAIN 14-0 HOCKEY FINAL Canadians Too Brillian{ For English Team-- One Sided SWEDEN WINS Shots on Britain's Goal Averaged About Fifty a Period Yr (Cable Service to The Times bs Canadian Press) St. Moritz, Feb. 18--Playing good natured hockey, Canada defeated Bris tain 14-0 in one of today's battles in the final Olympic hockey series, In the other game Sweden defeated Switzerland 4-0, Varsity Grad. took their encountes with their fellow members of the ems pire as part of the day's work, score ing six in the first period, four in the second and four in the third, Brie tain stuck to a three man deiensg system in an effort to keep the score down but it was not quite successful Hugh Plaxton's clockwork play, Dave Trottier's roving propensities and Red Porter's dazzling rushes all spoiled the British defensive system, 'The English goalie was bombarded with about fifty shots a period, Britain got as far as denting Mure eller's bosom twice, while Murelles was in the Canadian goal, but the puck both times rebounded to find a Canadian stick. Carruthers brothers constituted Britain's two man forward line, bearing the brunt of the offen» sive, and they put up a good and stubborn game under an impossible handicap. The amusing feature of the game was that the whole crowd of specs tators, including all Canadians pres sent, rooted for the 7nglish team. LAST MINSTREL » SHOW ON MONDAY, Anglican Young Men Play To Capacity Houses Monday marks the last night of the Fourth Annual Minstrel Show which has been presented by the A. Y.M.C. at St. George's Parish Hall, and all those who have not taken advantage of the opportunity to see and hear this entertainment are advised to get theip tickets ears ly, as the seats have been at a pres mium at the previous showings, Last evening the show again drew a packed house, and the show was even bettér and more enthuse jastically received than at the Mons The play especially was well re- ceived, and the players excelled themselves in their clever characs terizations. Mr. E. Jeffrey and 0. G. in the principal parts, kept audience in a constant good with their handling of most difficult parts of The story of the play is but leaves much room for and consummate clowning. Quack, taken by Mr. Harold Smith leaves his office for the , and his assistants, taken by Mr. E, Jeff rey and Mr. O. G. Miller are in charge. During the day, several patients call, and after .the diagnosis of their cases have been made, ambitious assistants endeavour to give them treatment--and such treatment. The patients on the other hand, do not seem to have the same high opinion of their abils ity, after their remedies have applied, as the two aspiring perspiring medicos, and when doctor returns, he is by some of his jrate customers. The curtain falls with the assists ants receiving some of their ows through with their best the show, and their native "darky™ humor, just about tbrought downs the house. Messrs. Fordham and Collins were the languid Ethiopi- Als. Mr. Harold Smith's monologis- tic sketch of the "Italian and the Rose" again won instant favour and popularity. . That the show is of transcendent quality is evidenced by the reputa- 'tion that the Minstrels are acguirs ing beyond the confines of their native city. Next Thursday they are taking the troupe to Whitby, where they will present the show under the auspices of the Great War Veterans Association of the town. They have also been asked to bring their show to Orono, but as yet have not reached a: At all events the show will be presented on Monday for the last time in Oshawa, when they expect a record attendance.