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Ja. 2No.ns 75 } The Oshawa Waily Tones SUCCEEDING 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer Day Eacent Semdere snd Publi Hoktars OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARC THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928 H29,1928 10 Cents a Week; i J "All the It Is News" SIXTEEN PAGES STRIKE SITUATION MORE HOPEFUL TODAY Counsel in Currie's Libel Case Meets Today for Five Transients - Expect to Land Jobe in a Hurry Five men alighted from a bus late yesterday after- noon, took their grips in hand, and started to walk down the streets of our fair city, "Can you tell us where we can find a job?" they asked an old and wise citi- gen, '"Yes--up at General Mo- tors, There are two thou- sand jobs vacant there to- day!" said he with a smile, And, blissfully ignorant of the situation, they turned about and headed for Gen- eral Motors, PRINCE WINS RACE AFTER ACCIDENT Horse Stumbles, Throwing Rider, Who Remouts and Rides in First Place (Cable Service to The Times by * Canadian Press) Frensham, Eng,, Mar, 29,--Des- pite being thrown by his favorite hunter, Miss Muffett 11, durirg the Highland brigade steeple- chase meeting at Stockington to- day, the Prince of Wales remount- ed fo a the race, ince, riding in the race for officers, competed as Co,nnel in Chief of Seaforth Highlanders. Weather conditions for racing were atroctons" with heavy wind and pouring rain, Making the pace practically throughout, however, the Prince won handily, When three fences from the finish, Miss Muffett stumbled and threw her rider, but the Prince quickly re- mounted and continued the race. 3 PAY FINES FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES Motorists Must Carry Driv- er's License With Them, Magistrate Declares Three men were fined in police court this morning on entering pleas of guilty to traffic offences. gion Blair paid $5 and costs for speeding, while Gilbert Know- fer and Victor Lebyt were assessed #1 and costs for driving without # driver's license in their posses- In commection with the latter case, Chief Friend pointed out to the court, that many people seem- od fgnorant of the fact that driy- ers must have their license card fn their possession at all times. Even though a driver bas a li- conse at home, this will mot ab- solve him from paying a fine if he fs found without the card in his CLD BOOK BOUGHT AT AUCTION FOR $5,750 (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) 33~The, this {Cable Service Wo The Wimes By | the Canadian Ppess) Liverpool, March 29.--By a neck, J. Downing's colt "Grand Flight" won the Liverpool Spring Cup to- dar from<J. Robentson's prompti- tude. Mrs. Peel's colt "First Ma- gic" finished third. four lengths back. Sixteen good horses went the mile, two furlongs 175 rards of the eighty year old race. TT AND ASSOCIATES "MED FOR MASSACRE VE DIED IN CAPIIVITY A "x Canadian Press) "Solomon Islands, Mavreh f Notlu and ten matives 4 in conneastion with the aove of Tritish officials have d dn epi ity. election of Jury. TCase Concerns W. T. R. Preston and F. W, Wil. son, Proprietor of Port Hope Guide, Who Are Be- ing Sued for $50,000 for Alleged Libel NEWSPAPERMEN ARE DEBARRED Names of Jury Withheld as Protection Against Pre- mature Publicity -- Sher. _ iff Nesbit Also Present (By Oanadian Press) Cobourg, March 29.--This morn- ing at the county buildings legal representatives of Sir Arthur Cur- rie met with representatives for W. T, R, Preston, and F., W, Wil- son, proprietor of the Port Hope Guide who are being sued for $50,- 000 for alleged libel, along with Sheriff J, D, Neshitt for the pur- pose of selecting the jury for the action which is set for next month, Newspaper men were debarred from the proceedings and Sheriff Nesbit announced that the names of jurors would not be given pub- licity, so as to protect those chos- en from any possibility of talking over the case hefore the trial with any one , D, H. Chisholm, representing Sir Arthur Currie, also related the same statement, "that it had been decided that the best interest of everyone copcerned that the names of jurors seleced to sit on this case be rigidly protected from publicity until the day of the trial, and that the interested par- ties, outside of lawyers present at the selection will not be supplied with a list until ten days before the trial, Those present at the 'selection were: Sheriff Nesbit and his deputy, Frank Regan, Toronto, and W. A, F, Campbell, Port Hope, representing Messrs, Preston and Chisholm, K.C., Port Hope, and A. R, Wilmott of Cobourg, repre- senting Sir Arthur Currie, WASHINGTON AIDS IN LIQUOR ROU" IN CHICAGO RING (By Associated Press) Washington, Mar. 29, -- Addi- tional prohibition agents was or- dered into Chicago to aid in the round-up of the liquor ring des- scribed as the source of the major ity of liguor supplies in the Middle States. FINED $200 AND COSTS ON CHARGE OF INTOXICATION "It's worse to get drunk mnow- a-days than to steal," said John Farewell in police court yesterday afternoon. He had been fined $200 and costs by Magistrate Hind on a second offence of intoxication, with the alternative of four months in jail. Farewell took the count. The accused bad been arrested 2 week ago but in police court pleaded mot guilty to the charge of being intoxicated in a public place. The case was adjourned un- til yesterday, when evidence of Dr. Cameron and the officer who ar- rested Farewell showed that he had been intoxicated, and he was accordingly convicted of the of- fence by the magistrate. MAY GIVE PERMIE™ "N TO SHOW WAR FILM (Cable Service To The Times By Press "Dawn", English Nurse Edith Cavell, may yet be shown in London. The licensing committee of the London Council will recommend to the Council at the meeting Tues- day that permission be given for the showing of the film. BICYCLE REPORTED STOLEN The local police department was notified last might by Mrs. Karn, 511 Albert street, that a Humphrey |C. bicycle had been stolen from King street east about mine o'clock. The frame of the bicycle is bine in ool- FEARS ARISE Y [FOR CREW OF TRAPPED TUG Report States Three Men All That Have Been on Decks PLANE TO ASSIST Rescue Boat Breaks Down and is Held Fast in Ice Barrier (Cy Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 29.--Fears were ex- pressed today that two members of the crew of the tug "Altawandron," ice locked in Lake Erie, were ill or had been lost overboard, says a spec- ial despatch to the Toronto Star, Rescuers attempting to break through the ice barrier report that at no time have more than threc men been seen on the decks of the trapped vessel, though the tug has a crew of five, "Captain Matthews and Harry Phillips crossed the ice to Port Rowen to telephone for aid last Saturday when the way was still passable, and they set out again for the FAltawandron" loaded up with provisions. It is ">t known whether they successfully negotiated the treacherous passage and some doubt of their safety is held, Brantford, Mar. 29--The fate of the Altawandron is still in doubt, al- though reports at noon indicated that there was some possibility of new rescue attempts succeeding in breaking through the heavy ice floes that have held the fishing tug fast since last Thursday, marooning the crew and defeating all efforts to take the men off. Not only is the Altawandron still stuck in the ice, but the rescue tug "Joan F," is now in a similar predicament, having bro- ken down last night in a futile at- tempt to plow a way through the ice. This craft is now frozen in and its crew unable to reach sofety, Ottawa, Mar. 29.--~The Royal Air Force will send an aeroplane imme- diately from Camp Borden with food and fuel for the tug Altawandron, ice-locked in Lake Erie, it was an- nounced from the Department of National Denfse at one o'clock to- day. A request was received from the Ontario Government that a plane he sent and one will be on its way as oon as possible. A land plane will be used as there is ice on all sides of the tug and it is found in- adyisable to land on ice. The sup- plies will be dropped near the steam- er, Brantford, Mar. 29. -- At nine- forty this morning the fate of the Altawandron was still in doubt when a representative of the Can- adian Press. speaking over long distance telephone, to the light- house at Long Point was informed that visibility was so poor there owing to the heavy haze that it was impossible to see any sign of the tug. Word had. been received however, that another boat had put out of Port Dover in an effort to reach the stranded fishermen and Long Point reported sounds of heavy explosions as thouzh the Altawandron was being made to dynamite her way through. Their huge black and orange monoplane sailing easily back and forth along fits appointed thirty mile strip of sea beach, Eddie Stinson and Capt. Haldeman to- day entered well into the second day of thei rattempt to set a ew world record for susained flight. At eleven o'clock the plane had been in the air more than 27 hours. LIQUOR CASE IS AGAIN ADJOURN™D John Farewell appeared in po- lice court this morning for the hearing of his charge of intoxica~ tion, adjourned from last week af- ter he had entered a plea of not guilty. After evidence for the crown had been heard, the case was further adjourned until this afternoon to enable Farewell to secure medical evidence. OLP BRIDGE 10 STAY St. Thomas, March 28.--The Elgin County Council in special session this afternoon decided against replacing the old wooden bridge over the Gillette Gully, east of Sparta, with a two-span steel bridge, this year, as recommended br County Engineers J. A. and F. . Bell. POLISH STUDENTS ARE WOUNDED IN RIOT FOLLOWING SUMADE Prezemysl, Foland, March 29.-- Rioting during which a number of students were wounded broke ont here yesterday following the sui- cide of one of their comrades. Let's Get Together The General Motors' workmen now on strike will do well to ex- ercise the greatest of care in the selection of their advisers. Our own opinion is that they have in their own number plenty of men who have both the ability and the trustworthiness to serve in any capacity as their representa- tives, In addition they have today se- cured the co-operation of a repre- sentative of the Department of La- bor at Ottawa who it is hoped will be useful as a mediator between the Company and the men, The people who can serve best in this situation are those who can bring the parties closer together, not those who will drive them fur- ther apart, Let's get together! . DORIS WDONALD GOES TO KINGSTON Wife of Hanged Murderer Secretly Conveyed to Ports- mouth Penitentiary (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Mar, 29--Dorig McDon- ald, wife of Geo. McDonaldY who was hanged for the murder of Adelard Bouchard, and who herself only es- caped the gallows when her sentence was changed to life imprisonment, was today by removed from the women's jail here and, in charge of officials, was placed on a train bound for Kingston. She will arrive there early this afternoon and will imme- diately enter Portsmouth Peniten- tiary to start her life term. TWO HOUSES GIVE ASSENT TO BOOK Canterbury and York Ap- prove of New Prayer Book With Big Majority i -------- (Cable Seryice To The Times By «Canadian .Press) London, Mar, 29.--The Lower Houses of Convoeation of Canter- bury and York have given their assent to the new Prayer Book being passed to the Church As- sembly for final approval. The Lower House of Canterbury favor- ed this action 126 to 48 and York fifty to nineteen. MUSSOLINI AIMING AT ROYAL ALLIANCE London, March 28.--Again rum- ors that Premier Mussolini of Italy plans to make himself Emperor; and others that he plans to marry his daughter, Edda, to Crown Prince Humbert, are reaching Lon- don from the Continent. There is nothing Lo substantiate these reports which, nevertheless, persist, even to the detail that the Dictator, after deposing King Vie- or Emmanuel] and proclaiming him- self 'Emperor; will wear a purple robe, after the fashion of the early Roman emperors. The rumor of an engagement be- tween Humbert and Signoripa Mussolini, who is now 18, is more temperate. It fis said the Prince and the Dictator have been ex- changing intimate telegrams dur- ing the Prince's visit to North Af- rica. The Italian Prince's engagement to Princess Marie Jose of Belgium has been often reported, but has never been announced. LIVERPOOL'S MAYOR IS BUSY INDI 'IDUAI, (Cable Seryice To The Mimes By Canadian Press) Liverpool, Mar. 29.--Miss Mar- garet Beavan fis the busiest little Lord Mayor in the world today. As this city's chief executive mot only has she the grand mational steeple- chase crowd on her hands tut also the King and Queen of Afghanistan who arrived this afternoon for to- morrow's big racing event. POLICE IN (CHICAGO HAVING A BUSY TIME Chicago, March 28.--The inade- quate number of police in Chicago was drastically indicated today by figures showing that half the force was guarding the homes and per- sons of ici and fi ial captains, 'while the other half was working on the bombings and get- ting mowhere. The only politicians who are de- void of panic ave the Democrats. They ask no protection, mo "pine- apples" have been planted in their homes or hurled at them. ARTISTS OF U3, FACE DEPORTATION Raise Cry of "White Aus. tralia" After Raid in Melbourne Sydney, Australia, March 28.-- Sensational developments have oc- curred here following raids by Mel- bourne police on a United States negro jazz band known as "Son- ny Clay's Plantation Orchestra.' A strong attack on importation of colored artists and boxers has fol- lowed, and ex-Premier William Hughes has included it all in a sweeping offensive on the Feder- al Immmigration Policy. No incident of recent years has so stirred the Commonwealth and the "White Australia" ery is loud- ly raised. The colored musicians involved fo the controversy have had their contracts cancelleld and are to he placed aboard the Liner Sierra on Saturday bound for San Francisco. CAPITAL STOCK OF SUN LIFE ASSURANCE RISES TO 4 MILLIONS Ottawa, Mar. 29.--After a some- what stormy passage, the bill pro- viding for an increase in the capli- tal stock of the "Sun Life Assur- ance Company of Canada from two to four million dollars was re- ported today hy the banking and commerce committee, REPORTS STATE MANY KILLED IN MEXICO "BLOODIEST BATTLE" (By Associated Press) Mexico City, March 29--De- spatches from Guanajuato today said 92 insurgents, two priests and many others had been killed in the bloodiest battle fought since the insurgents hecame active. FRENCH CABINET APPROVES NOTE OUTLAWING WAR (By Canadia nPress) Paris, March 29.--The Cabinet today fully approved Foreign Min- ister Briand's latest note to the United States "Secretary of State on the oulawing of war and it will go forward to Washington tonight. REPORTS CONDITION OF LORD CAVE SERIOUS (Cable S-ryice to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Mar. 29.--Lord Cave, who recently underwent a serious opera- tion and since resigned as Lord Chancellor, was unconscious and slowly sinking today. He is 72 years old and has been Lord Chancellor since 1924. JAPANESE WARSHIPS DEPART FOR CHINA (Cable Service to The Tim:=s by Capadian Press) ress Tokyo, Mar. 29.--Eighty Japanese warships sailed in four detachments for varioys parts of north and south China today. No special importance was attached to the sailing, although the exodus was onc usually large. RITES REFUSED (By Canadian Press) Paris, March 29.--The rites of the Roman Catholic Church have been refused to partisans of the fa- mous Catholic royalist group "L'- Action Francasie". WAR ON WIFE BEATERS : STARTS IN FORT WILLIAM Fort William, March 28.--Mag- istrate Palling, of Fort William, today declared war on all "wife beaters" and imposed sentence of two years in penitentiary on Laud- wig Litvak, found guilty of batter- ing his spouse with a hammer. A long series of wife beating offences in this district have occurred fin the past year. Three wives have been beaten to death by their hus- bands, who used clubs, knives and an axe. The more reason a man has for icdignation the less comfort he gets out of it.--Chicago Daily News. CENTRE SCHOOL AWARDED SHIELD ENDURANCE FLIERS NOW UP27HOURS Eddie Stinson and George Haldeman Still Hold ' Out WEATHER FAVORABLE . Reach 27 Hours in Mono. plane With Everything Fine (By Associated Press) Jacksonville, Fla,, Mar, 20.--Up and down the thirty mile stretch of coast, apparently unassailed by troubles of any sort, Eddie Stin- son and George Haldeman today continued to thrust their mono. plane toward a new world's endur- ance flight record. At 7.37 this morning, they had been in the air 24 hours, GLUES IN MURDER CASE ARE MISSING Family of Three of Frank Warren, All Killed--Fire Destroys Clues (By Associated Press) Newark, N.J., Mar. 29, -- Al- though most of the clues in the triple slaying yesterday of the family of Frank Warren, business man, have been destroyed by fire and" constant handling of the weapo used to shoot Warren, his wife and son, authorities maintain- ed today that it was a case of mer der hy some person or persons outside the slaim family, LABOR LEADER RESIGNS POST Matthew Charlton, Member of Australian Party, Oyer- come By lll-health (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Canberra, Australia, Mar. 29.-- Matthew Charlton, leader of the Labor Opposition in the House of Representatives has resigned the leadership owing to fll health. He bad been leader of the Federal Labor party for six years and represents the constituency of Hunter, New South Wales, in the Commonwealth Parliafent. FIRE DEMOLISHES VANDERBILT'S PLANE WITH $200,000 LOSS Port Washington, N.Y., Mar. 29. --A damage estimated at two hun- dred thousand dollars was caused by fire which destroyed Harold Vanderbilt's luxurious monoplane and a dozen speed boats belonging to wealthy persons here last night. FLIGHT POSTPONED able Service to The Times by - Fress Dublin, Mar. 29.--The German plane Bremen was lashed to the ground today as an Irish gale swept the aerodrome here. The flight will Commence tomorrow morning at the earliest. SERBIAN FRONTIER IS DAMAGED BY FLOCDS Athens, Mar. 29. --Continuous rains have caused the Varder River to ov- erflow and large districts adjoining the Serbian frontier were greatly damaged by floods. Judgment Tomorrow In Liguor Case ABy Staff Reporter) Whitby, March 29.--Judgment in the case of H. I. Taylor, local customs officer, charged with a breach of the Liquor Control Act, is to be given by Magistr te Willis in police court here tomorrow af- ternoon. Faced with evidence largely con- tradictory, at the hearing of the cast last Friday, His Worship re- served judement for a week. His decision will be a» aited with in- terest as the case has aroused considerable excitement locally. IConciliation. Officer Holds Conference With Heads to End Dispute M, S. Campbell, of Ottawa, May lssue Statement | ite This Afternoon -- Settle. ment of Strike May Be Reached Tonight and Men May Be at Work Tomor- row END OF STRIKE THOUGHT NEAR H. A. Brown, General Man- ager of Company, is "'ot Prepared to Issue An nouncement Until Leamn- ing of Negotiations Be: tween Men and Labor Of. ficial Shortly before the paper went to press today, H. A. Brown told The Oshawa Daily Times that as he had not heard the results of the negotiations between the strikers and M. 8. Campbell, Chief Con. ciliation Officer of the Labor De- partment at Ottawa, he was not in any position to give out a. state- ment regarding the possibility of the men returning to work to- morrow, and an early settlement of the strike, With a representative of the Labor Department at Ottawa in the city and having been in conference with both parties, the General Motors strike sit- uation today is decidedly en- couraging and indications point to a possible settlement of the dispute by tonight and also the possibility that the men may go back to work tomorrow morning, Mr, Campbell may address a mass meeting in the armor- jes at 4 o'clock. He has fore warded a telegram to the Goy- ernment at Ottawa for permis. sion to use the building in or- der to pmccommodate all strikers and sympathizers, If permission comes through in time the meeting will proceed. Mr. Brown and Mr. Campbell were in conference again this af- ternoon but jt is likely a statement from the Labor official will not be issued until late this afternoon. Strike settlement seems immi- nent at press time, with M. S. Campbell, Chief of the Conciliation Board, in the Department of La- bor at Ottawa negotiating. Mr. Campbell arrived at 5.25 this morn- ing, and at 5.45 was in conference with the strikers committee at the Commercial Hotel. This confer- ence did mot terminate until well after ten o'clock. The strike com- mittee claim that the results of the negotiations were satisfactory, and Mr. Campbell bad another con- ference with Mr. H. A. Brown, gen- eral mamager of the General Mo- tors, later in the morning. A joint meeting with Mr. Brown, the strike committee, and Mr. Campbell will be arranged for, if possible, this afternoon. It is expected that the men may, through the influence of Mr. Campbell, be induced to return to work, pending his report to Ot- tawa, and the probable selection of a Board of Arbitration. Mr. Campbell has now met both the management and the strike committee, and indications are that some settlement will be reached before mightfall. Mr. Campbell also met the business committee of the strikers this afiernoon, and an- other meeting with the strike com- mittee is possible this afternoon. Mr. Campbell is also expected to address the mass meeting being No Strike Here Hen Lays Two Eggs in Night Two eggs in twelve hours! What hen can beat that? A Westmount resi- dent tells us this morning that last night one of his pullets set up-a recerd by laying two eggs over night, Now, if a hen lays one egg a day it is generally con- ceded pretty good going, but when a pullet lays two in a night-- Can anyhody beat it? from the conferences hetween the strike committee and the Ottawa official and hetween Mr, Campbell and General Motors management, Another mass meeting was held at the New Martin Theatre this morning, and it was again filled to overflowing. L. KH. Menzies, res presenting the Cummunist paper, "The Worker", addressed the strike ers and sympathizers, and gave them some alleged facts regarding lahor condition in Canada, and also advocated an industrial union in Oshawa. He spoke venomously of the press, and claimed that capitalists dominated the Cana- dian press. He advised the crowd at the meeting to confine their lite erature to "The Worker", A res porter on the back stage was also referred to in a rather derogatory manner by Mr, Menzies, Jack MacDonald, another communist, and a member of the executive of the Trades and Labor Council, passed out pamph- lets of an inflammatory nature this morning, and also spoke at the ga- thering. This phamplet was ade dressed "to the workers, General Motors of Canada," and was of the most violent and "Red" pature. These were distributed to the men as they filed out of the theatre, The strike committee gave out a statement to the Oshawa Daily Times repudiating a statement als leged to have appeared in the To» ronto Daily Star, and which ap» pears on page 3 of this issue. It has been freely rumored that Tom Moore, president of the Do- minion Federation of the Trades and Labor Council, would be in Oshawa today to study the situa- tion here at close range, but those in authority say that there is no foundation for the report. Twenty of the strikers who had been pppointed constables by the strike committee, yisited Chief of Police Friend this morping and asked to be sworn ip as deputies, to preserve order and see that noth- ing of an untoward nature oceurr- eed during the negotiations today, These men returned to the Chief's office at two o'cloek today, and in the meantime, Chief of Police Friend had conferred with Mayor Preston 'as to the advisability of swearing the men in, and it was decided that it would pot be neces- sary. However, the men were giv- en advice by Chief of Police Friend, in case of emergencies. Late yesterday afternoon the largest parade that the strikers bave yet held was formed, and marched around the city, With girls from the trim room in the van, and flags and banners they formed in fours, and it was esti- mated that there were over 2.000 in the march. Another parade will be held this afternoon, and a band bas been proposed to add color to the event. DOMINION TO AID B. C. IN NEW MOTOR HIGHWAY Victoria, B. C., March 28.-- Construction of am automobile highway up the Big Bend of the Columbia River, from Golden to Mount Robson and Jasper Park, so as to create a mew auto route from British Columbia to Alberta and vy tish Columbi fim co-operation with the Federal Government. held at three o'clock this after- noon. With the possibility of a concili- atory arrangement in the mear tu- ture, the stampers, who have been rumoured and reported to have been out at different times during the progress of the strike. put an end to all doubt by walking cut this morning at 11 o'clock. it was reported this afternoon that the export men have joined the ranks of the strikers and fit was quite evident that the mum- bers had been swelled by the size of the parade which preceded this afternoon's session. 'The men ave becoming organized and the latest parade was headed by a band. Labor men from Toronto were the chief speakers at today's meet- ings while the men awaited results 56 OPERATIONS IN 4 YEARS 20-YEAR-OLD GIRL DJ Memphis, Tenn., March 28.-- Miss Alameda Cahillo, 21 victim of a disease that has baffled at- tending physicians for several years flied tonight. She had been op- erated on 56 times since entering the hospital for removal of her appendix four years ago. FORD WILL TESTIFY ; IN SOFT COAL PROBE Washington, D.C.., March 28.-- Henry Ford is to be called before the Senate Soft Coal Investigation Committee to ascertain whether his experience as a coal operator cam produce any suggestions for al- leviation of difficulties besetting DIES that industry.