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The Oshawa Daily Times Erceont Sondrs sad Peble tidare "DEAD, 8 TRAPPED IN PITTSBURGH MINE The Oshawa Dail Daily Reformer OSHAWA, O ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Sinclair Proce; Nineteen Unused Ballots Hectic Battle Goes on In Committee Probing Ottawa Ballot Charges DEATHS REACH 14 AUSTRALIA FLOODS (By Canalian Press) Sydney, N. 8 .W,, Feb, 21,-- Although the weather is still unsettled, flood waters which followed torrential rains were subsiding today with fourteen .deaths recorded, These occurred in Queens. land, New South Wales ana South Australia. MAKE RAID ON MONTREAL SYNDICATE Provincial Police Enter Busi- ness Offices of C. J. Conway, Ltd. THREE FIRMS MIXED Charged With Conspiring to Defraud Public and Shareholders (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Feb. 21.--Five officers of the Provincial Police, accompa- nied by H, J. Inns, of the Merch- ants' Association of Montreal to- day raided the office in the build- ing on St, James Street in which was carried on the business of Amos Copper Gold Mines, Ltd, Harvie Duncan Company Ltd., and Pontiac Mines and Power Limit- ed, all under the name of C, J, Conway Ltd. Three officials of the Conway firm were arrested and warrants {ssued by Provincial Attorney Gen- eral's department. Théy are Fer- dinand Lindeau, Paul Newman and R. 8. Mott, and they are charg- ed with conspiring to defraud the public and shareholders of the companies mentioned. EIGHT DROWNED IN NORTH SEA Trawler "Petunia" Collided With Steamer and Sank Immediately (By Canadian Press) Grimsby, Eng., Feb, 21.--Eight persons were drowned when tne trawler, Petunia, collided with the steamer Ylva in the North Sea yes- "terday. The trawler sank within a few minutes, CLOTHES | AZE A "OMAN FOUND Dideovered in » Pool of Csr oline on Highway--Dies in Hospital (By Associated Press) Morriston, N. J., Feb. 21,--An unidentified woman, found by a passing motorist with her ecloties ablaze beside the highway last night, died in the hospital today. Enow Campbell, motorist," who brought the woman to the hospital said that her clothes had been soaked with gasoline. There were pools of gasoline ia the road about . GOES TO MUSEUM (By Canadian Press) London, Feb. 21--a biplane in whieh Wright Brothers made their first "suceessful flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. landed on English soll today. The famous plane will be placed on exhibition in the sci- ence museum at South Kensing- ton. Ti Liberal "Leader is Sub- poened to Take Witness Stand and Refuses He Could Be Sent to Jail for Contempt R. R. SPARKS FOUND BALLOTS Defeated Liberal Candidate for Ottawa South Will Likely Be Subpoened -- Sinclair Says Next Step is to Call Returning Officer (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Eeb. 21,--The Privileges and Elections Committee of the On- tario Legislature today resumed its investigation into the charges made in the Legislature by W. E. N, Sin- clair, Liberal leader, concerning the South Ottawa contest in the last Provincial elections, when he pro- duced the nineteen unused ballots he said had been picked up on the strect in Ottawa, F, G. MacDiermed (Con. Elgin West), was chairman, Hon, Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines, said the committee had reach- ed the stage where it must proceed in an orderly manner to its investi- gation, He declared it was the pro- per proceedure for Mr, Sinclair to lay before the committee information on which he based his charges. Mr. Sinclair replied that the only matter now before the committee was the motion to call F, M. Scott, re- turning officer for South Ottawa, and his clerk, before the committee. Hectic verbal tilts between W, E, N, Sinclair, Liberal leader, and Hon, Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines, and other members of the Privileges and Elections Committee featured the meeting of the committee today, The committee is investigating the logs of the nineteen ballots - which #r, Sinclair stated are in his posses- sion and which are like those used in the last provincial election in Ot- tawa South, Attempts were made to induce Mr, Sinclair to produce the ballots before the committee, culminating in a8 mo- tion that he be subpoened to produce them at the next meeting. Mr, Sin. clair persisted in his refusal to dis- close the ballots until the ballot boxes of the elections are produced for ex- amination, If the subpoena is issued and Mr, Sinclair still refuses he could be sent to jail for contempt. R. R. Sparks, who Mr, Sinclair stated supplied him with the ballots, will also be subpoened to give evi: dence at the next meeting, Mr, Sparks, defeated Liberal can- didate in South Ottawa, will likely give evidence before the Privileges and Elections Committee in the mat- ter of the lost ballots, it was reveal- ed at the meeting of the committee today. W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal leader, admitted that Mr, Sparks had supplied him with the ballots. It is the intention of the committee to subpoena him, ALASKAN ENTRANT WINS SECOND HEAT QUEBEC DOG DERBY Quebec Feb, 21.--Leonard Sep- pala, Alaskan dog driver, won the second day's heat of the annu- al Quebec dog derby today by clipping off 41 miles in three hours, 48 minutes, 47 seconds. Seppala's time was eleven min- utes slower than that of Emile St. Goddard, the Pas, Man. in yes- terday's race. LINDBERGH REACHES HOME CITY TODAY (B; Associated Press) St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 21.--Colonel Charles Lindbergh arrived at Lam- bert, St. Louis field at 9.05 p.m. today, completing the round trip over the St. Louis-Chicago air mail route. KRAKATAO VOLCANO IS AGAIN ACTIVE (By Canadian Press) Batavia Java.--Feb, The vol island of Krakat which was in eruption recent1y, is again active. The number of volcanic movements have occurred above the surface of the sea. No mew formations have been sheorved as yet. 1 ' IA $1,000,000 FIRE 0CCURS AT FREEPOR] Destroyed in' Illinois City DUE TO EXPLOSION Fire Departments Bring the Flames Under Control in Three Hours (By Associated Press) Freeport, 1Ills.,, Feb, 21.--A million dollar fire swept Freeport today, four large business houses were destroyed and several nearby structures badly damaged. The ex- plosion, apparently in the heating plant of the clothing company, started the fire early today, and the flames spread to other con- | cerns, Freeport firemen called for help from the Rockford department and the united forces brought the fire under control after three hours' work, FRANCE'S WEALTHY MERCHANT DIES and Built Up Huge Fortune --Aged 89 (By Canadian Press) Paris, Feb, 2%.--=Theodoré Cog- naco, probably the wealthiest mer- chant ip France, as well as the most picturesque, is dead at the age of 89, With his wife he founded the most picturesque store in the Sa- marataine department many years ago, and built up an enormous for- tune. Before the war his reached at least a hundred and twenty million dollars and has bec® ne even larg- er since then, COMPLETE JURY HICKMAN CASE Murder Trial of Hickman and Hunt Reaches Testi mony Stage (By Associated Press) Los Angeles, Feb, 21.--Trial of Willianr Edward Hickman and Wel- by Hunt, youthful partners in crime, for the murder of C. Ivy Toms, suburban druggist reached the testimony stage after having dragged through. Bkeveral days while counsel fought over the for- mation of the jury. Yesterday a jury of six men and a like number of women, with two women alter- nates, was completed. BRITISH FLIER MAKING LAST LAP Bert Hinkler Arrives from Java Safely--On Way to Australia (By Canadian Press) Bima Sumbawa, Feb. 21.--Bert Hinkler, British aviator, arrived here today from Dandong, Java, after a flight of 8556 miles. He expects to reach Australia to- morrow, completing the flight from England in fifteen days. If he reaches Australia inside of eighteen days, he gets $5,120 from Lloyd's. For that sum he insured himself to accomplish the flight under nine- teen days. MOTORBOAT RACING INTERESTS ROYALTY (By Canadian Press) London, Feb. 21.--The Daily mail said that the Duchess of York is interesting herself in motorboat racing. She decided to present the tro- phy open to competition of ama- teurs of all nations for the first race in July at Heddon over a twenty-mile course. Four Large Business Houses | OSHAWA TWINS BEING STUDIED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The above photograph shows Olive Redman, and Alice Fye, nineteen- year-old twin sisters, of 234 Gliddon avenue, who since they were eighteen-month-old, have been raised apart from each other, one in Oshawa and one in England. They are of the type termed asi dentical twins, On Sunday Dr, Bertha Mitchell of Chicago interviewed them here to find the influence of environ- ment and compare physical and other likenesses. Only one other case similar to this has ba2en found in the world, TWINS RAISED APART FROM EACH OTHER ARE NOW UNITED IN OSHAWA 1 Olive Redman and Alice Pye 234 Gliddon Avenue, Are Being Studied By Univer- STRONGLY FAVORS COMMERCE BOARD sity. of Chicago -- Dr. Bertha Mitchell of Uni. versity Interviews Girls Here -- Compares Like- nesses --Only One Other Case of Identical Twins Raised Under Different Environment Found in the World Readers of newspapers have be- come more or less accustomed to perusing articles from time to time of a human interest nature on vari- our subjects, Sometimes it is the Siamese Twins, and at others, some cqually interesting subject. Oshawa does not boast of Siamese Twins but nevertheless two of Oshawa's young ladies--twins--have sprung into pro- minence recently, in fact they have provided a new study for professors who have been seeking such a type for some months. The young ladies arc Alice Pye and Olive Redman, 234 Gliddon avenue, Oshawa, They are twin sisters even though their names do not correspond, The rea- son for this, however, is due to the fact that they have been raised by different foster parents and incident- ally in different countries, Now af- ter a scarch extending to various countries the Zoology Department of the University of Chicago, having discovered a case in which twins have been raised apart from each other, are making a special study of this type to ascertain the influence which environment has in their gen- eral characteristics. Dr. Bertha Mitchell, of the Chi' cago University, was in the city on Sunday interviewing the young ladies, making comparisons between them (Continued on Page 3 YOUNG BANDIT IS BACK IN TORONTO Is Brought Home By His Father--Appears in the d Juvenile Court H. A. BROWN Vice-President and General Manag- er General Motors of Canada Limited, who expresses hearty endorsement of Chamber of Commerce plan, MOTORS MANAGER ENDCRSES CHAMBER COMMERCE PLAN H. A. Brown, Vice President and General Manager, En- thusisatic for Project It is always of interest to know what the heads of successful busi- ness concerns of the first magni- tude really think about any eivie or community enterprise and to this end The Oshawa Daily Times invited Mr. H. A. Brown, the Viece- President and General Manager of General Motors of Canada, Limrit- ed, to express his opinion and that of the company of which he is the executive head of the Chamber of Commerce movement. Mr. Brown's letter in reply speaks for itseir: Oshawa, Feb. 21st, 1928. Mr. A. R. Alloway, Oshawa Daily Times, Oshawa, Ont. Dear Sir: Speaking for General Motors of Canada, Limited, we are certainly strongly in favor of a Board of Commerce for Oshawa, and are sure such an organization will be of very great benefit to the eom- munity and to our Organization. Personally, I have had the op- portunity of seeing on many ocea- sions, the wonderful things accom- plished through similar ecivie or- ganizations in other cities, and do not hesitate to enthusiastically (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 21.--Grenville Legg, fifteen-year-old Toronto youth who was with Bud Sheppard when the latter was killed by a policeman in Akron, Ohio, last week, was brought back to Toronto by his father last night and appeared in Juvenile Coprt today on charges of housebreaking and theft of anautomobile. recommend the project to the eiti- zens of Oshawa. Yours very truly, (Signed) H. A. BROWN, Vice-President & General Manager. LAST DAY OF BONSPIEL IS CELEBRATED Rinks from All Ontario En- gage in Second Rounds of Competition ELIMINATE HAMILTON Montreal Rink is Obliged to Go Extra End to Defeat Oshawa (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 21.--The second and concluding day of the Toronto bon- spiel today found the rinks from all over Ontario and outside points en- gaged in the second rounds of com- petitions for the North American Life and the Wrigley Trophies, as well as in the first and second rounds of the Seiberling. Ross Harstone's rink from Hamil- ton, had the doubtful distinction of being the first rink eliminated from all competitions, | In the third competition today his rink was defeated on the last end by Dr. Wylie's Oakwood rink, W. G. Kent's Montreal rink had to go an extra end to defeat C. E. Hare, Oshawa, after an uphill battle all the way, First Round Toronto Club--Oshawa 12, Mont- real 13, At Oakwood Club--Oshefa 15, Co- bourg 10, * Toronto Granites 9, Lind- say 10. At Lakeview London 8, At Arena Gardens--High Park §, Napanee 18. Cobourg 4, Wexford 16. Toronto Granites 7, Peterboro 14, Timmins Oshawa T. I. Solomon .., 9 W. A, Coad , 10 Skip Skip Oshawa Agincourt D. A, Swanson, 9 W, Spencer 18 Skip Skip Cobourg Stouffville Judge OF Connor 13 H, w Y ianders 10 CONTINUE DEBATE ON BUDGET TODAY Hon, R, J. Manion to Be the First Speaker -- Debate Oc- cupies Full Time Yesterday Club--Belleville 9, (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Feb, 21 --In Parlia- ment--Today the Budget debate will continue, Hon, R, J. Manion (Cons., Fory William) speaks first. Yesterday---The debate on the budget occupied full time of the House after preliminaries were disposed of, C. H. Cahan, (Cons, St. Lawrence-St, George), moved an amendment regretting that "measures proposed by the Gov- ernment do not tend to provide increased employment in Canadas, nor to induce the return of Cana- dians to their native land, nor to prevent continued emigration of our people to the United States; nor do they make provision for preservation of our domestic mar- kets for Canadian farm and dairy products, now for effective develop- ment of natura] resources of this country, nor for abolition of sales tax by June 1, 1929." NO CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX Is the Announcement Made By the Minister of Highways (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb, 21,--~Though he told the Ontario Motor League last night that a change in application of the gasoline tax was being considered by the Ontario Government, Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of High- | ways, said today that .no changes would be effected this year. 15 ARRAIGNED ON ON.-SUPPORT CHARGE James C. Kelly onc- more appear- ed in police court this morning, this time on a charge of non-support of his wife and one child under sixteen years of age. Kelly pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody until Monday, February 27. He was ar- rested on warrant yesterday after- noon, WEATHER Te TEN PAGES Fi ire Follows Explosion Gasses and Smoke Being Responsible for Deaths Two Additional Lives May Have Been Lost When Five Men Uninformed of Blast Attempted to Go to Work and Were Overcome -- Two Bodies Located and One Miner is Found Alive -- Eleven Men in All Were Trapped in Mine of Kinlock Coal Company (By Associated Press) Pittsburg, Feb. 21.--The isolated section of Kinlock coal mine, the scene of an explosion last night in which two men were known to have been killed and nine others trapped, prob- ably claimed two additional lives today when five men, unin« formed of the blast, attempted to go to work and were overs come by deadly gases. While rescuers were attempting to learn the fate of the nine men, trapped in the mine workings, five others had entered that section of the mine known as "brick yard", several miles away. Gas from the first explosion had kicked back ¢nto these tun~ nels, and two of the five were overcome ahd were believed dead, The other three were rescued, Two bodies had been located and one miner found alive early today, in the Kinlock mine of the Valley Camp Coal Company at Parnassus, near here, where the explosion trapped eleven men last night, this was reported by J, S. Bryson, mine safety appli- cance man, who penerated the mine for a mile and a half as a member of the rescue squad, Bryson said the bodies were badly mutilated, indicating an ex- plosion of strong nature, A man found alive was appar- ently not badly hurt he said, but was unable to talk when brought out, Bodies found at the 'Six Face" a mile in the workings, were not disturbed, rescued workers push- ing onward, At least eleven men were en- tombed, following the explosion, Fire followed the blast and heavy smoke and gas pouring from the mine prevented Trescue crews, which were quickly assembled from nearby mines, from ascer- taining the exact location of flames and the plight of the werkers, Officials of the company said the fire was burning 500 to 800 feet from the opening but refused to state definitely how many men were in the mine when the blast occurred, While rescue efforts were in pro- gress today at Kinlock, a mine telephone message was received from 'Brick Yard" mine of the same concern, saying several men had been overcome by gas. The rescue squad was ordered to the scene with a pulmotor, NO NEWS REPORTED OF LEWIS AND FLIERS (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Feb, 21.--Wireless to- day brought no news from Hudson Straits of Flying Officer Lewis and his two companions, who have been missing since Friday. All available forces from the three bases established on the Straits have been concentrated on the hunt for two days, The Department of Marine and Fisheries hope to have some com- munication during the day from the Straits by wireless. 10 BELIEVED LOST WHEN SHIP SINKS Steamer Norge of Norway, Goes Down With All on Board Norway, Feb. 21,--Ten lieved to have been y in the sinking of near Hauge- Oslo, persons were drowned to the steamer, Norge, sund. The boat, en route from Oslo to Bergen, ran ashore and sank im- mediately, Bodies of two persons were re- covered, and eight are reported missing. COLD SNAP WILL NOT LAST LONG (By Canadian Press) Toronto, 7 Bed 21.--The cold snap which has gripped Ontario for the past few days will not last long, in the opinion of the Toronto Meteoro- logical officials. There are no signs of any blizzard weather immediately, and the forecast for tomorrow is for slightly higher temperatures. FLYING FROM INDIA TO LISBON, HOPS OFF (By Associated Press) Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 21.--Charles Black, Portuguese aviator flying to India from Lisbon, hopped off this morning for Bagdad, Irak. 3 LINDBERGH DRIVES AIR MAIL PLANE (By Associated Press) Chicago, Ills,, Feb, 21,-~Chi- cago-St, Louis air mall start. ed south at 6.04 ami today with Col, Charles Lindbergh at the controls, Lindy devoted several moments to careful in. spection of his parachute, which was strapped to his back Just before he stepped into the plane, THREE PERISH INFIRE AS HOME BURNS Bodies of Man and Wife and Ten-Year-Old Son Found WERE SUFFOCATED No Evidence is Found of an Attempt to Escape the Flames ! (By Canadian Press) Owen Sound, Ont., Feb, 21.-- John McLean, his wife and tens year-old son, Bruce, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home near Underwood, Bruce County, early today. Neighbors awoke to find the house in ruins and a search revealed the hodies, The fire evidently broke out durs ing the blizzard last night and caught the family unawares, Investigation of the ruins diss closed three bodies lying on the beds. They were apparently suffocate ed by the smoke and there was no evidence of any effort being made to escape from the inferno created when the house caught fire, McLeans had lived near Unders wood for two generations, John McLean's father being one of the pioneers of the district. The dead man had advertised an auction sale of his farm for Wednesday, in= tending to sell his implements and retire to live in Port Elgin. Coroner Ferguson, of Kincards ine, is making investigation buf has not decided whether an in- quest will be necessary. The bodies were burned almost beyond recognition. PLANE GONDUCTS SUPPLIES TO MEN Ice Cake With Number of Fishermen, Breaks Away from Shore (By Canadian Press) Helsingfors, Finland, Feb. 21.2 Despatches from Bjoerkce state that an aeroplane with provisions landed on the large fragment of ice on which a number of fisher- men and their horses were drift ing in the Gulf of Finland off that port. The ice broke away in meny pleces Saturday and carried the fishermen out to sea. "*