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~The Oshawa Daily Times The Oshawa Dai Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1928 WAR FOR DEFENCE IS FRENCH ATTITUDE Court Refuses to Allow Service Regulations to be Fyled| Wilkins Polar Expedition Found Safe in Denmark After Hazardous Journey IS ERECTING [Judge APARTMENT EXTENSIONS A, S, McLeese is Running Present Block Back to Ontario Street $110,000 ADDITION Present Structure is Being Raised One Storey--New 4-Storey Building Construction work is proceeding rapidly on the three projects of A, L. McLeese, 39 Simcoe street north, which represent a total cost of ap- proximately $110, 000, When com- pleted Mr, McLeese will have 60 ad- ditional apartments at his disposal, While the apartments will be all fn conjunction, they are being eree- ted in three séparate units, The first involves the raising to a height of three stories of the apart. ments just south of the Armories, over Smyth's drug store and Ser- vice cleaners and dyers, This will provide 14 apartments of 1 to § rooms each, and will cost about $35,000, This block Is 120 by 31 feet In area. The second project is the eree- tion of a 4 storey apartment house immediately behind the first one, and extending right through to On. tario street. 40 apartments of 1 to 6 rooms in each will be provided within this structure, which is 36x- 86 feet, and which will cost $60, 000. It will be separated by a lane. way from the apartment block on Ontario street; which was complet. od last year, and which is immedi- stely to the south, The third project comprises rails ing by one or two stories the build- fng on Simcoe street 'morth, now occupied by Loblaw's groceteria, This is just south of and adjoin- ing the first building, Loblaw's be- ing separated from Service clean- ers by a stairway leading to the apartments, This project has not yet been started, and Mr, McLeese has not yet obtained a definite es- timate of the cost, which is esti- mated to be over $15,000 according to his present plans. Excavation on the $60,000 build- ing was completed last fall, and further work will commence short- ly, Mr. McLeese intimates. At the present time he is concentrating on the first project, involving approxi- mately $35,000, The walls are now nearly up, and work in laying the roof has been started. Peter Mar- tin & Sons, Bowmanville, are in charge of a large part of the build. ign work, including bricklaying, carpentry, plastering and roofing. The electrical work will be done by A, C. Cameron Electrical Co., while the plumbing contract has not yet been let. These apartments will be finish- ed jn chestnut, with odk floors throughout, and tiled bathrooms. re equipment, Beach elec- trie stoves and electric washing ma- chines, and among the electrical equipment furnished, while other copvepiences include a garbage in- cinerator, installed by Mr, McLeese in all his apartments. The house- wife disposes of her garbage by it down a chute eonveni- installations States Length Extracts Could Not A Be Useful As Evidence It Was Expected That F, W, Wilson Would Take the Stand This Morning and Defense Would Close Itg Case WAR DIARIES ARE PRODUCED Operations of Artillery and Infantty Units Around Mons Reviewed -- Mr. Regan Argues With the Judge -- (By Canadian Press) Cobourg, April 21--Nine o'clock was the early hour at which the court resumed sitting this morning in the fifty thousand dollar libel action in- stituted by Sir Arthur Currie, for- mer commander of the, Canadian corps, against W, T, R, Peston and F, ilson, Mr, Justice Rose is trying the case, It was expected today that Mr, Wilson would be the first to take the stand and that the defense would close its case, This did not material- ize, however for Frank Regan, chief defense counsel made a move to have "field service regulations" which has been quoted from time to time, filed as an exhibit, Objection 'was taken to this in as much as lengthy extracts lined by the counsel could not all be relevant, said His Lordship, He re» fused to admit them, Following a number of reliminary skirmishes which brought from the Judge a request for Mr, Regan to "forget there were any news paper res porters in the court room" the de- fense counsel called Col, Duguid, director of the Historical section, Mr, Regan had expressed apprehension lest the press might broadcast that he was continually arguing with His Lordship, «War diaries Agaling of the artillery an around Mons were produced, An amusing flutter was caused when reading from one of these diaries, Col. Guguid said that the guns of Eighth Army Brigade were "firing on M.G," Mr. Regan asked "where M.G. was with respect to Mons." Col. Duguid plained that "M.G." meant mach- ine guns, Other documents were asked for also, These consisted of war diar- jes of the Royal Capadian Regi- ment, Princess Pat's Fourth and Seventh Infantry Brigades and other organizations. Mr, Regan asked if the war diary of the 24th Battery, the Eighth Army Brigade, with operations infantry units contained any information 8s tot the targets for Nev, ,10 spd 11. Col, Duguid replied that it "men- tioned only Batteries generally". The Batteries had taken a position on the eastern edge of Jemappes, firing on machine guns and laying down a barrage, The witness did not remember any record of any firing of the units in the northwest section of Mops. The matter of the machine gud nests was gone into quite ex- haustively and the slest fon arose as to the extent in w they were engaged by the Canadian Artillery. The "narrative of operations" of the 42nd Battalion for Nov, 10 Justice: Rose ruled it out. While the court was awaiting Rules F on Menu For (By Associated Ppess) Los Angeles, April 21.--Apanrt- ment dwellers who fail to note and report defects fn folding beds, sleep in them at their own peril, the court here has ruled. Bruce Carter and his wife brought suit for forty thousand dollars, Beds Arent 'of Legal Suit charging that their bed folded up | and forced them to spend the in general includibg spring tension | and balance, the court granted 2 motion for mon-swit, ¥ at the CHILD LIVES SIX DAYS WITH BULLET IMBEDDED IN BRAIN (By Canadian Press) Kipling, Sask., April 21,--After lingering six days with a bullet in the brain, Ernest Roth, four, died, The tot in some way man- aged to get a small bullet wound in the head, the summoning of two witnesses in the fifty thousand dollar Currie libel action here today, Mr. Regan sought to fyle the report of the Minister of Overseas Military Forces of Canada for the period which included operations in the vicinity of Mons. Mr, Tilley dee- lared that the extract to which Mr, Regan referred was already in as exhibit eighteen, 'the report of Canadian Corps operations 1828", Mr, Regan complained of the manner in which this report had heen put in and it was explained to him that it had heen fyled at ex- amination for discovery, which Is now part of the Court record, The counsel read a large list of lowed to fyle field service regula- 'tions, as exhibit, with reference to various paragraphs dealing with war diaries, messages, orders, 're- ports and various operations, The counsdl ead a large list of extracts he wanted fyled and His Lordship protested that the greater ortion. were utterly irrevelant, is Lordship asked If there was anything in the pleadings to sug- gest that night operations areynd Mons were not conducted accord- ing' to regulations and Mr, Regan said the articles declared there way much useless waste of life at Mons and the attack took place by night. He then produced part 11 of the Field Service Regulations and re- quested the Court's permission to tender the whole book. Meanwhile, Col, Duguid was summoned and & copy of the 42nd Battalion War Diary from Nov, 8 to Nov, 30 was produced, FALL OF TSINAN REPORTED LIKELY National Army Surrounds Chinese City--Censorship at Pekin Severe (By Cable Despatch) Tokyo, April 21. -- Advices to Foreign Office today from Tsin- an, the capital of the Province of Shantung, said the fall of that city before the Nationalist ad- vance was imminent, The Na- tionalist armies were gradusily encircling the city, Severe cen- sorship was stated to have been established at Peking. O'Flanagan, burned when he at- Mrs. Peasley children who perish- e on his farm Wed- nesday, died yesterday, ) AERIAL SERVICE IN NORTHERN ALBERTA TO BE COMMENCED (By Canadian Press Edmonton, April 21. The aer- ial service of the north country up of Alberta will be com- this summmer, it. is an- nounced: by Premier Brownlee. SOVIET AGREES 10 PURCHASE OF OIL (By Cable Despatch) Pacis, April 21---The Standard Oil Company of New York and the ; Vacuum Oil Company have concluded | ™ | an agreement with the Soviet gov- crnment for the purchase of crude petroleum, it was learned today. LOYALTY STRESSED AT ANNUAL FATHER AND SON BANQUET About One Hundred Attend Rev, C, W, DeMille De- livers Address A message of loyalty was de- livered last night to a hundred fathers and sons of King Street United Church last night by Rev, C, W. DeMille, pastor of the church, on the occasion of the an- nual Father and Son banquet, with members of the O.8.E.T. groups of the church and their "dads" attending. In responding to the toast to "The Church" Mr. DeMille stated his conviction that the church, next to the home, was the great- est factor in individual and na- tional prosperity. While busi- ness, lodge and club, play, ease and comfort often g¢ome before the church, yet we should he loy- al to the church, for "what would Oshawa be if the church was re- moved from it? There are 4 oth- er factors essential to training folk, the home, public school, re- creational life and the commercial atmosphere, yet these can never adequately discharge their fune- tion in training people unless they are inspired by the influence of the church, R. A." Wright, associate super- itendent of ' the Sunday school, presided, and the toast to "The King' was porposed by Meredith Moffatt, with a few words show- ing the relation of the King to his subjects, "A father that js too busy to make a chum of his pon is too busy to have a son," was the thought left by A. J. Bell, in re- sponding to a toast to "The Fath- ers," "The boys have their own lives to live, but the fathers can help them keep on the right track and hold their hands. Don't get too hig or too old to be interested ip your son's activities," he cau- tioned the fathers, and left a word with the boys also, to not become too hig or too old to listen with respect to dad's advice. The toast was proposed by Leo Gloy- er, The toast to "The Church" was proposed by C. H. Millard, who left a message of vietory, and an admonition to everyone to do their best to make that vietory complete, It was responded to by Rev. Mr. DeMille and by James Gregory, who reminded the fath- ers to educate their sons in right principles, and the boys to be faithful to the best things, Clifford Baker proposed the last toast of the evening, to "Our Supday School." King street Sunday School is one of the fin- est, he said, and added the hope that the time was' drawing near Many Hos fioielone. Are "Continued (By Cable De Despatch) Sofia, April 21--More than 125.000 homelegs families in southeastern Bulgaria today endured misery, and de- privation in terror as inter: mittent Jorthquakies rocked the already devastated region. The death toll is 150, with 850 injured. PILOT'S ILLNESS DELAYS FLIGHT Floyd Bennet, of Detroit Relief Plane, Takes Suddenly Ill (By Canadian Press) Lake St. Agnes, Que., April 21.-- The illness of Floyd Bennett, co- pilot with Bernt Balchen on the big tri-motored plane which was sched- uled to carry spare parts to Green. ly Island today to enable the trans- Atlantic monoplane 'Bremen' to be flown to New York, has caused the trip to be postponed indefin- itely. Bennett developed a fever during the night and was unable to leave his sick bed to take his place at the controls. Duke Schiller, Canadian trans- continental Airways-pilot, who has been in Lake St. Agnes since last Wednesday after flying from Green- ly Island to this air base with Ma- jor Fitzmaurice, Irish member of the German-Irish westward ocean- ie hop, is being discussed as a pos- sible relief pilot for the Ford plane, Should he be selected, the plane will in all probability leave today, but in the meantinre the trip has heen postponed indefinitely. INVENTOR EXHIBITS MECHANICAL VOICE (By Associated Press) Washington, April 21--A mechani- cal voice, manipulated by Sir Rich- ard Paget, said "Hello London, are you there?" and "O Lilla, I love you," when the 'noted inventor exhibited it to members of the American Physi- cal Society last night. when the needed new wing womld be a reality, and the Sunday School could expand out of its present quarters, Mr. Wright re- sponded to the toast, with the thought that today, in many cases, the Sunday School is father to the church, for in many communities a small Sunday School is followed by the establishment of another unit of the Christian Church, as has happened in our own city. With the completion of "the ex- ex- ecutive's garage and the new con- vention hall, General Motors of Canada has brought to a close a '| year's building program of con- siderable magnitude some of the more importan. .rojects hayv- ing been the loading stock for domestic shipping, mew assembly plant, two additional stories to buildings fifteen and sixteen, 2 new central office building, new sheet metal plant and equipment, very large addition to the paint General Motors Buildi: g Program Now Complete plant, a new salvage building, a test track, washroom and building for handling light and heavy re- pairs, and the executive's garage and conveamtion 'hall previously mentioned. This building program has ne- cessitated the entire rearrange- ment of plant and operations, and it is officially announced by the Ex- ecutives of General Motors of Canada thét no further extensions to the Oshawa plant are contem- plated for the year 1928. Guilty to Offence -- Has Had Meany Previous Con- victions Against Him and Has Served Several Terms | 5; The theft of a neck scarf earned Thomas O'Connor a sentence of six months' definite and two years less one day in the Ontario Reforma- tory, when he pleaded guilty to the charge in police court this morn- ing. "I've done a lot of time--said O'Connor in addressing the count. "Yes, you have; that's quite true," was Magistrate Hind's comment as be turned mp the record. O'Con- Given Six Months Term For Stealing Neck Scarf Thomas O'Connor Pleads] nor's first recorded conviction was in the town of Oshawa jin 1913, for assauit, and since that time he has faced magistrates in many plac- es for intoxication, vagrancy, tress- passing, and other minor offences, as well as serving two years in Kingston Penitentiary for a serious moral offence in Woodstock, the same for breaking and entering in Detroit, and a sentence also for contempt of court. The scarf was stolen by O'Con- nor from Edwin Brown at a dance last night. 'There have been many articles taken from dance halls in this city lately, was the comment of Attorney-General McGibbon, and, while the articles were not of great value, the offences could not be con- doned. Newspaper "Politiken" Re. ceives Messags from Sval- "bard Radio Station Stat- ing Fliers Arrived This Morning -- Previous Mes- sage Was Misleading FLEW ACROSS POLAR REGION Despite Fact Radio Carried By Crew: No Word Was Received During Flight-- Alaskan Pilot, Carl Eeiel. son, Was Coflier (Cable Service to The Times by (Canadian Press) London, April 21, -- An ex- change telegraph despatch from Copenhagen says that the news- paper "Politiken" has received a message from Svalbard, stating that Captain George H. Wilkins, Arctic flier, landed near Svalbard radio station at eleven o'clock this morning. A previous message to the "Politiken" from the same place stated that Captain Wilkins flew from Point Barrow and landed near Doesmansoeira, where bad weather stopped him for five days. Doesmansoeira is an unin- habited island on the north side of Isfjord, mear Svalbard. The crew of the plane was reported in excellent condition. The arrival of Captain Wilkins near Svalbard, Norway, from Port Barrow, Alaska, represents the successful completion of Captain Wilkins' plane to fly across the Polar regions and presumably across the North Pole ftself. The Wilkins plane caried radio, but despite constant watch by ra- dio stations, complete silence en- veloped the activities of the ex- pedition even from the time the aviator was expected to take off from Point Barrow. Captain Wil- kins was accompanied by Carl Eielson, Alaskan pilot, Detroit, Mich., Apr. 21.--Cap- tapin George Wilkins announced his arrival at Spitzbhergen from Point Barrow, in a message today to the Detroit News. "I reached Spitzhergen after twenty and one half hours of fly- ing, one stop five days on account of bad weather. Greetings to avia- tion social and the flying club", The message received this forenoon said, It was dated Svalbard 12.21 p.m. April 21 and was signed "Wil- kins Eielson"'. Captain Wilkins was looking for the so called "blind spot" but also planned to fly over the North Pole and a direct route from Point Bar- row to Spitzbergen - would carry him over the Pole.. Oslo, Norway, Apr. 21.--News- paper Dagbland carries the uncon- firmed report that Captain Wilkins and Pilot Eielson have arrived in Spitzbergen from Alaska after flight lasting 21 hours. MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE IN PEKIN 'Mukden, Manchuria, April 19-- Martial law has been proclaimed in, Pekin as one of the results of the defeat of the North China forces, say advices from the Northern Capital. The Northern Army is retreating to- ward Tsinan and jit is believed that city is in danger of capture. The Nationalists are using acroplanes to attack the Northern position in Shantung. The above advice from Mukden agrees with despatches received yes- terday from Pekin, had defeated the North China forces on a wide front. Shanghai reported that.one Nofthern force ce of 20000 men had been utterly routed. Pekin said the Nationalists had captured Yenchowfu, about 75 'miles south of Tzinan. - MISGIVINGS PERVADE se: Geneva, April 20.--Mild misgiv- ings have settled over Lhe eleventh session of the League Advisory Committee on the trafic in opium and other dangerous drugs when it was announced that two of the most eminent experts on narcotics had resigned. Yesterday the sensation became acute on reports that the resignations were causad by discon- tent over the committee's slow pro- gress in the campaign against thes illicit drug traffic. 1 TINY CREEK SWELLS AND INUNDATES MANY ACRES OF FARM LAND (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, April 21--Tiny Creek, ordinarily a small stream, was a raging torrent today and hundreds of acres of farm lands have been inundated in the St. Francis Xavier-- Poplar Point district, near here, FAMILY OF SEVEN BURNED T0 DEATH Farm of Overst Family at Eldorado, Completely De- stroyed (By Associated Press) Eldorado, Kas.,, April 21.--Sev- en members of the William F. verst family were burned to death at their farm home near here last night. The blaze, of unknown origin, occurred early in the even, but the bodies were not discovered until midnight as neigh- bors at first believed the family was away from home, Owen, 17, was the only member of the fam- fly who escaped. He was visiting in a nearby town, TWO SUFFOCATED IN BOARDING HOUSE FIRE (By Associated Ferses ity April 21--Two men were suffocated and several others rescued "when fire early today swept through the rooming house and the drug company building. WINNIPEG MAN SUICIDES ress) Winnipeg, April 21--Douglas Car- leton, of Elmwood, who was to have appeared in court on a charge of fraud today, committed suicide by shooting himself, FOURTH PAIR OF TWINS TO SAME PETERBORO FAMILY Peterboro," April 10.--~-- Four sets of twins, all under to the population of Peter- boro made by an Italian con- Mr, and Mrs, Peter De- IS PRESENTED 0 FOR POWERS France Offers Treaty in Pre« ference to United States Plan \ TO FIVE NATIONS Will Adhere to Obligations Given By the League of Nations NEW DRAFT (By Canadian Press)' Paris, April 21.--France, in her draft of the Treaty for the Renunciation of War, reserves the right to wage war for de- rence and in the fulfillment of obligations under the League of Nations covenant, The French draft of the muls tilateral pact was presented to the five powers--United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan-y-yesterdgy for cons , sideration in preference to the pan of the Secretary of State, Kellogg, of the United States, The object of the treaty, which was made public today, was defined, as a "humane ef fort. to achieve the union of civilized peoples through com. mon renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy," AMATEUR PLAY A FINE SUCCESS Presented By Yr Young Piope of Pickering in King Street Church One of the most successful of amateur plays was presented last evening in King street United Church when the Pickering St, Ane drew's Young People presented Mrs. Clara Rothwell Anderson's four-act play entitled "Wanted, A Wife." A large and appreciative audience applauded the players in their efforts, on behalf of two groups of the King street Ladies' Aid Society, Mrs. Parliament's and Mrs, Medland's. The cast of characters includes Richard Wilkin, in search of » wife; Jacob Flint, his legal advis- er; Vera and Esther, Richard's friends; Father, just plain Crabbe; Mother, of aristacratic birth; Marie, with ambitions; Mabel, her father's daughter; Jack, a chip off the old block; Grandma, from Boggsville; Jane, the country cousin; Nora, the maid, Members of the cast were George Field, Grant Arnott, Mrs. George Field, Dorothy Anderson, Nellie Arnott, W, H. Westney, Mrs. J. C. Stork, Marjorie Rob» ertson, Muriel Westney, Lyndon Cronk, Jean Clark, Marjorie Ans pan and Chrissie Munro, The play was successfully directed by Mr. Chapman and Rev, Ferguson, chairman. Music was rendered between acts by Toronto talent which add- ed greatly to an already Pessing program. Furniture used in decorations was kindly loaned by Adams Furniture Company, Flor- al decorations were provided by 's, By Vineyard Haven, Mass., April 21, -- The steamer Lackawanne rammed and sank the Greenport, N.Y.. two master schooner Sharp- shooted last night, Full details are not available, Because he carried concealed wea- pons without a permit, Harry McCaa serves a sentence of three aonths & hard®*labor in the county jail at /hitby, and pays a fine of $100 and J he the alternative of a fur- .- This is the maxi- Ob fer this section of Lode, Magistrate Hind informed the 55. MoCaa had [ten represented by D. A. J. Swanson, but after looking into the Crimin Months the case, Mr. Swanson refused to proceed further for his client . Mce Caa has a lengthy record of theft and burglary offences, committed for the most part in Toronto and meigh~ boring towns and cities. He was found in a cafe in this city last week with a revolver in his possession; af ter being trailed for part of an even~ ing by city police and, it is said, asking a local man to help him com- mit a criminal offence that night. He started on an interesting story im court this morning, about fining the revolver in his pocket after i to another man, only to be interrup= ted in the middle of his discourse by Magistrate Hinds' comment "Stop! I don't believe a word of it" The sentence of the court was then proe nounced,