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[| A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Che Oshaua Daily Times lhe Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1928 ENTRY INTO MONS TOLD AT CURRIE TRIAL Six States in South Inundated by Floods DEVASTATION INCREASES IN FLOOD AREA Six States in South Receive Brunt of Swollen Tides LOSS OF MILLIONS Florida Again Presents Ter- rible Spectacle as Residents Evacuate Homes (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Ga., April 24,--Ths river banks in prts of six southern states had vanished today beneath spring torrents that shot toward the crest almost overnight to {iso- late scores of towns and villages, and cause millions of dollars' dam- age, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis- sissippi, Arkansas and Tennessee felt the scourge of rising waters a the roder named, with Florida pre- senting the most eerious flood spectacle in the evacuation of Cary- ville, More than six hundred resi- dents fled hurriedly as inundation caught them almost unawares. Georgia appears to have borne the brunt of the damage, Cordells reported four railroads into Flo» ida and Alabama paralysed and all highways blocked, Many Alabama towns were isos lated, In Mississippi the Pear] River had risen 28 feet near Jackson, . Authorities were hopeful that & recession of the flood waters, ex- cept in Arkansas, would be as rapid as was their rise, But the crest in many areas should not be reached until tomorrow, 'SUPRENE COURT DEBARS WOMEN Will Not Be Entitled to Appointments to the Senate (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Apr. 24.--The Supreme Court of Canada decided in the judgment rendered today that women 'are not entitled to ap- pointments to the Canadien Sen- ate uder the present terms of the British North American Act, COMMUNISTS GAIN GREATLY IN ELECTIONS (By Cable Dispatch) Paris, April 24--Communists gain- ed approximately 25 per cent. in strength in the national election nf Sunday over that of 1924, returns compiled today showed. CHINESE NEWSPAPERS ATTACK JAP PLANS (By Cable h) Peking, April 24--Official reports from Shanghai, Hankow, Foochow and Canton today said that Nation- alist papers in those cities were bit- terly attacking Japan for sending troops to Shantung. Gov't Accepts Tender to Purchase Vessels Cable Dispatch) Canberra, Australia, April 24.--The government today tender of Lord Kylsant to purchase the Com- monwealth line of steamships for $9,500,000. (By Corinth Ruined Be) ond Repair By Earthquakes (By Cable Dispatch) Athens, April 24.--The de- vastated city of Corinth was rocked by two more earth shocks today and Corinthians must seek homes clsewhere. Greek ministers who went to the city on an inspection tour, said it is ruined beyond repair, WOODSTOCK: REVIEW ALLOWED APPEAL Appeal Against Toronto Tel egram Action Granted With Costs Allowed (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Apr, 24, -- The appeal of the Woodstock Sentinel-Review againgt Robinson et al, proprietors of the Toronto Telegram, has heen allowed with costs in the judg- ment rendered , by the Supreme Court of Canada today, Judg- ment of the trial judge is restored and costs are allowed both for the action before the Supreme Court and that before the appellate divi- sion. Action was taken by the Wood- stock Sentinel Review against the trustees of the late John Ross Robertson, publishers of the Tor- onto Evening Telegram, for dam- aged for alleged libel arising from articles published by the defend- ant newspaper on August 9 and Au- gust 11, 1926, during the Domin- jon general election campaign, complaint was made that articles in the Telegram accused the plain- tiff company of hypocrisy in the policy of prohibition pursued in the conduct of the newspaper, The action was first heard by Mr. Justice Logie and a jury at Wood- stock, on February 28, 1927, when plaintiff was awarded six-thousand dollars damages, On the defend- ant's appeal to the first divisional coyrt this verdict was restored. The plaintiff company then carried the case to the Supreme Court of Can- ade, with the foreging result. FORMER MAHARAJAH AND WIFE SET OUT FOR MARSEILLES (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Karachi, Apr. 24.--Sir Tukoji Rao, former Maharajah of Indore, and his latest wife, former Nancy Ann Miller sailed today for Mar- seilles, France. OLD SAILING SHIP WINS IN LONG RACE (By Associated Press) San Francisco, Apr, 24.--'"Star of Alaska", the old sailing ship won the race from Frisco to Alaska from the barque "Star of Epg- land" it became known today. The crews of both boats had bet 2 months' pay on the result. day and Wednesday. Churchill States Budget For 1927 a Great Success (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, April 24. -- The Right Hon. Winston Churchill, Chan- cellor of the Exchequor, introduc- frig his fourth budget in the House of Commons, said that he did not recall any budget which had succeeded as well as last year's in spite of so many ad- verse * factors. Immediately af- ter last year's budget, the Gor- ernment began an intensive econ- omy campaign in all departmets snd more than ten and 2a half mil- lion pounds sterling bad been saved, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the. Exchequer, {introducing his budget in the House of Commons today, showed what he alluded to as "modest, but not unwelcome sur- plus" of four and a half million pounds sterling for the year just ended. This was due largely to the intensive economy campaign which had been waged in all departments. The estimated revenue for the forthcoming year was fixed at 812,- 469.009 and expenditures at 806, Crew of Bremen Awaiting Favorable Weather for Final Lap of J ourney Reports This Morning Stated Bremen Ready to Take Off at Dawn -- Weather Proved Unfavorable--Re- pairs Accomplished in Re- cord Time to Plane BENNETT PASSED SPLENDID NIGHT Condition Regarded as Pro- mising, Although Still Ser- * ious -- Mrs, Bennett Also in Hospital With Acute Tonsilitis (By Canadian Press) Quebec, April 24.--The world today was anxiously awaiting news from Greenly Island which would indicate the condition of the stranded "Bremen," and ten- tative time of the take-off for New York. Reports indicated last night that she would be ready to leave Greenly at da today, and would fly to Lake St, Agnes. Inquiries from varjous sources failed to elicit any information as to whether the plane had hopped oft or was still at Greenly, J Quehee, April, 24. -- An official bulletin issued at the - Hospital here today by physicians, was as follows: "Floyd Bennett has pass- ed a fairly good night, better than any since he eame to the Hospi- tal, and is, if anything, a slight shade better, hut his condition is still considered serious." Information today as regards the condition of Floyd Bennett, famous American aviator, who is dangerously ill at the hospital here, was to the effect that he was "resting somewhat comfortably, but very low." Mrs. Bennett, who arrived here yesterday from New York, is also a patient in the hospital, suffering from acute tonsilitis. Her condition was re- ported much improved, Lake St. .Agnes, Apr, 24. -- A report reaching here today from Robert Canpon, of the Canadian Transcontinental Airways, was to the effect that the "Bremen" and the Ford relief plane, though ready to take off from Greenly Island, were waiting for more fa- vorable weather. Snow was fall- ing and a strong wind was report- ed from the northeast, WORLD'S WHEAT FAIR PLANNED FOR REGINA Ottawa, April 23--The first world's grain congress is scheduled for Re- gina in 1932. The year will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the West, and the birth of prairie agri- culture, outside oi a comparatively small earlier settlement in Manitoba. In outlining steps preliminary to the summoning of the congress, Hon, W. R. Motherwell, Federal Minister of Agriculture, tonight announced: "The proposal to hold a world's grain congress has been quietly dis- cussed and canvassed by a few en- thusiasts in the West for the past two or three years, In the meantime the pronounced success of the World's Poultry Congress, together with the reported gradual slipping of our recognized high-quality wheat grown on the Western prairies, has i and crystalized the pro- posed grain congress into possibility and vistbility.". ANOTHER BID MADE FOR B. C. ELECTRIC London, April 23--New ments in the negotiations for the purchase of the British Columbia Electric Railway were revealed to- day when it was learned that the Power Corporation of Canada had made a new high bid for the stock of the company. The Power Cor- poration offers £275 for each £100 preference share and £315 for each £100 ordinary share. develop- The directors of the railway com- pany have circularized the share- holders, strongly advising the accept- ance of the offer. Holt-Gundy" interests, it was an- nounced on Saturday, had made an offer of £272 for the preferred stock and £312 for the ordinary. An ear- lier offer on behalf of Lord Rother- mere and his associates was £240 for | \195.000 pounds sterling. the preferred stock and £280 for the ordinary L DETROIT REPORTS MOTOR PRODUCTION AT PEAK OF YEAR March Employment and Out. put to Be Main. tained USED CARS PILE UP Dealers Find They Have Too Much Cash Involved Detroit, Michigan, April 23.-- There are certain lines that the automotive industry has reached at least a temporary peak in 1928 production, Apparently the general effort now is directed toward main- taining the level of output record- ed for March, with 400,000 cars, rather than toward undertaking to surpass those high figures, ac- cording to a despatch from De- troit. All of the major organizations were keyed up to high pitch in March, with record figures of em- ployment, production and sales registrations. There are indica- tions that April will not be called upon as a record-breaker in these directions, except, probably, in sales and registrations. The Indus- try has been the conspicuous and almost unique instance of heavy employment, In Detroit, the lat- est figures given out hy the Em- ployers' Association ghow a total of 246,307 employed by members. This is 21,267 more than were working in the same plants a year 8go, but is only 641 above the figures last reported. This weekly increase is hut about 25 per cent, of the weekly increase for the last several weeks. How outstandingly the industry has played a part in absorbing la- bor is shown by the figures for General Motors in February, In that month the corporation had 201,373 on its payrolls, not includ- ing some subsidiaries. It was the first time in history that the num- ber had passed the 200,000 mark --and it exceeded January, the previous high month, by something like 5,600. Match figures, when available, are likely to show a not- able increase over February. Three years ago General Motors listed 70,000 on the rolls. Ford is employing 97,565 men, at last reports from this territory alone. The bulk of these are work- ing at Fordson, to the number of 64,379; at Highland Park there are 28,221, and 4,965 at the Lin- coln plant in Detroit proper. Daily output at the combined assembly plants of the country is announced at 2,000, with the statement that this will be increased to 5,000 daily by July 1. BRITAIN SENDS AID TO STRICKEN GREECE. (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) London, Apr. 24.--British help for sufferers from the Greek earth- quake was already on the way to- day. The Admiralty announced the destroyer Stuart and the supply ship Perth left Malta yesterday and three other warships will leave soon. LONDON COLLEGIATES UNDER NEW CONTROL London, Ont.,. April 23.--London's) three collegiate institutes were made absolutely independent of each other by the action of the Board of Edu- cation in an unofficial session this afternoon. The board's action makes Administrator Wheable executive head of the Collegiate Department and Co-ordinating Chairman of the committee of three collegiate Prin- cipals. The action will be formally confirmed at a meeting tomorrow afternoon. Chairman Dr. Bowman and Trustee Roy Cairncross opposed the plan. Westminster Township" assessment will be increased ) this year, Assessor R. W. Milne stated tonight. This will bring the entire township Locust Plague Overruns Egypt Attacking Plants Canadian Press) Cairo, Apr, 24.--Swarms of locusts today were re- ported to have arrived in upper and lower Egypt. They are attacking the cot- ton plants and authorities are acting energetically to wipe out the plague. CHICAGO POLITICIAN IS SHOT TO DEATH ---- Chicago, April 23.--Six slugs, fired from a shotgun poked through a bar- red bedroom window, ended the life of Ben Newmark, formerly chief in- vestigator for State's Attorney Rob- ert E. Crowe, early today. Four men have been detained. The many detectives investigating the assassination devoted chief inter- est to a theory assigning the slaying to revenge because Newmark escap- ed punishment, while some fifteen Italians with whom he was involved in a war savings stamp counterfeiting case, 'went to prison, Others be- lieved the shooting a result of an al- cohol war. WILKINS UNABLE TO GET A BOAT HOME TILL LATE IN MAY Oslo, Norway, April 23.--Cap- tain George H. Wilkins, transpolar flier, advices from Green Harbor say, has decided to leave for Nor- way by steamer from King's Bay at the earliest date possible. The first available boat for Nor- way will probably not sai] before the middle of May, when the ice breaks up. The explorers, to reach King's Bay for embarkation on a vessel, must travel by dog sled, It is ahout 80 miles, airline, from the place where their damaged plane came to rest, but following the coast means a trip of nearer 100 miles, Captain Wilkins may decide to wait where he is until the floes clear from the Isjford. That course would enable him to ship his plane more easily, and the one haven is likely to clear of ice as early as the other. A flight back to Europe seems scarcely possible, in view of word that has come from Green Harbor that the fue] in the Lockheed-Vega plane was practically exhausted when they reached the place last Saturday. In any event, it will be several weeks before he and Lieutenant Eielson can head for Europe. Meanwhile they are well housed at a radio station well stocked with food and able to maintain com- munication with the outside world. KINGSTON BOY KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR (By Canadian Press) Kingston, Ont.,, April 24.--Robert Vivian, four, was fatally injured last night when struck by an automobile driven by George Weelock, Chinese. Word *'Persons" in BN.A. Act Causes Issue Ottawa, April 24. -- Section 24 of the British North America Act, as pas- sed reads: "The Goyernor General shall, from time to time, in the Queen's name, by instru- ment under the great seal of Canada summon qualified per- sons to the Senate, and, sub- ject to provisions of this Act, every person .so summoned, shall become and be a mem- ber of Senate and Senator." It was on the meaning of the word "persons" as used in this section that the issue be- fore the Supreme Court turn- ed. The question submitted to the Court was, "Does the word persons, in section 24 of the BIN.A. Act 1868, include female persons?" assessment to $5,750.000. (Cable ice to The Newmarket, Eng, April 24 --The great metropolitan stakes at epsom, one of the famous. long distance spring handicaps, was won today by Lord Bedverbrook's five year old lish Metropolitan gd by Beaverbrooks "Alacrity" Times by Canadian Press) Melding "Alacrity" at 25 to one agar) of Stakes inst. He won by a neck from Bam- boula, hundred to twelve against, who finished half length ahead of] Shah, eleven to two against. Twen- horses started. The course is over 10 Cents a Week; 2'Cents a Copy. Graphic Description of Canadian Operations 'Related by Highlander ; Major W. A. Grafftey Testi- fies How 42nd Battalion of Canadian Corps Entered Mons -- Four German Prisoners Captured Dur. ing Advance MAP OF MONS IS DISPLAYED Movement of Troops is In. dicated on Map -- Court and Jury Keenly Interest. ed in Lt. A, Kelly's Dem. onstrations (By Canadian Press) Cobourg, April 24 --How the 42nd Battalion of the Canadian Corps sneaked into Mons without opposition in the early hours of November 11, 1918, was graphical. ly pictured today by Major W, A. Grafftey, M.C., giving testimony in the $50,000 libel suit hrought hy Sir Arthur Currie against W, T. R, Preston and ¥F. W. Wilson, publish- ers of the Port Hope Guide. Major Grafftey was commander of No. 4 Company of the Highlanders. At 11 o'clock on the night of Nov, 10, he himself accompanied No. 16 Pla- toon of his company with Lieut. D, Handey into Mons and believing the city evacuated by the Germans ang gave orders for a general ad- vance of his company through to the centre of the city. All this was effected before dawn, Four Ger- man priconers were captured and no casualties were sustained by the Canadians. A previous witness, Lieut, A, Kel- ly, scout and intelligence officer of the P.P.C.L.I. had furnished a large scale map of Mons neigh- borhood and on this the court and jury followed closely the movement of the troops. The operations of the Pats were explained, and many extracts from their battalion his- tory 'read, The witness did not agree with a number of these ex- tracts, Elbert Kelly was the first witness called by: Mr. Tilley, when the li- bel action, instituted by Sir Arthur Currie, was resumed here today. Mr. Kelly had prepared a huge map of Mons, which was in the court room. To the jury, he pointed out various features of the Mons neigh- borhood and showed the route of the canal and various ditches used for drainage but not for transpor- tation. The town of Jemappes, which had been mentioned scores of times in the trial, was shown to be about three miles west of Mons. The witness had been with the Princess Pats and was with thaé unit during the Mons operations. At noon, November 9, the unit had entered Jemappes, when one com- pany was detached from the battal- ion and proceeded forward to Ques- mes while the second company went south to Flanu and thence due east to Quesmes. The third company proceeded northeast towards the ca- nal, while the fourth company fol- lowed somewhat later , along the Jemrappes-Quesmes road. Mr. Regan expressed objection to the evidence of the witness. He did not want hearsay evidence. The witness explained he was a scout and an Intelligence Officer of the Princess Pats detailed by his commanding officer to keep in touch with his units and with Battalion headquarters. He es- tablished advance headquarters with his scout section, and main- tained telephone communication with the Battalion commander. Jt was part of his duty to keep in touch with all companies, There was some legal discus- sion at this stage, and Mr. Regan objected that the witness could only say that some one else had told him, but His Lordship ex- plained that such information as a witness had received was that upon Which his Battalion comman- der had acted. It was official in- formation secured in the course of duty. 4 4 Lindbergh Will F W to Quebec * ith Medicine (By Associated Press) Curtiss Field, N.Y., Apr- 24.--Colonel Charles Lind- bergh expects to fly to Que- bec this afternoon with anti. pneumonia serum for Floyd Bennett, aviator, who is erl- tically ill in a hospital there, TWO MILLION GARS EXPECTED T0 CROSS TO ONTARIO IN 1928 Hon, George S. Henry Gets Out Attractive Booklet Full of Facts ROADS TO BORDER American Tourist Played Up as Desirable Summer Business The Department of Highways of Ontario at Toronto, has prepar- ed a 1928 road map that visual. izzes the through touring routes and main connecting roads be- tween the United States and the central portions of Canada. At Buffalo, U.S, highway No. 20 joins Ontario's provincial highway No. 8 leading to Hamilton, Ont, where it connects with No. 2, the through route from Detroit and Windsor to Quebec, At Detroit, there are five U.S, highways that link with Ontario highway No. 2. These are U.S. 10, 12, 16, 25, and 112 which converge from vari- ous directions at one point, At Port Huron, U.S. No. 25 is joined with Ontario route No. 7, U.S. No. 2 crosses at Sault Ste, Marie and joins No, 17 of the Ontario system, the through route to North Bay and Toronto, REBELS HELD AT BAY BY HANDFUL OF MEN (By Associatzd Press) Mexico City April 24.--Dispatches from Ireapuata today said that a handful of police and volunteers held six hundred rebels at bay for six hours when they attacked the town of Cueramaro. FERRY STEAMER HITS DOCK; DECK SMOTHERED IN TIMBERS Saint John, N.B., April 23.--Tons of water-soaked piling and ponder- ous oak sheating crashed. on the deck of the ferry steamer Ludlow, following a blow from the steamer as she entered the east side dock this morning. The roof, forward of the ladies' cabin, was carried away, a conmsiderable section of railing, gates, flagpoles demolished, and iron posts torn from the deck, as the huge mass tumbled on the steamer, rages were impracticable--do you agree with this?" The witness agreed conditional- ly, but was emphatic in his refuta- pion of the statement in the book that liason with companies was in- rmittent. The witness character- zed the book "'as omly fiction." He qualified this later by saying that certain parts of it did not accord with his experiences. Mr. Regan, "It was not war in the civilized sense of the word. Do you agree with that?" Witness, "I don't know what is civilized war." . Mr. Regan, "But it was a glori- ous chase, is that right?" - (Continued on page 3) $ "All the News While It Is News" TWELVE PAGES DEATH COMES 10 JUSTICE H. M. MOWAT Supreme Court Judge Wag Nephew of Late Sir Oliver Mowat 65 YEARS OF AGE Services in Parliament Dun ing War and Ability Won Him Fame (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Apr. 24.--Mr, Tusticd H. M Mowat, of Supreme Court 0 Ontario, died at his home here this morning, He was 65 years of age. The end came peacefully at his home. He had been suffering from complication of diseases for somd time and several months ago wat compelled to absent himself from ' his work on the Ontario Supreme Court bench in an effort to res gain his health, His condition, however, gradually became worsd and a few weeks ago it was 20m ceded that his death was close af hand. A nephew of the late Sir Olives Mowat, who was at one time prems fer of Ontario, Herbert Macdonald Mowat had a natural bent for polis tics, His services in parliament during the war as well as his une doubted legal ability brought him an appointment to Supreme Cour bench, ' Mr. Justice Mowat was born in Toronto in 1863, He was educated at Queen's University, obtaining his LL.B., in 1886, In the same yea) he was called to the bar, He buill up & most successful practice in Toronto, becoming head of the firm of Mowat, MacLennan, Hunter and Parkinson. On several occasions he pleaded before the Privy Conncil, In 1904 he acted as Governmeni counsel in the Alien Labor Enquiry held at Winnipeg, In politics he was a Liberal and as such unsuccessfully 'contested North Ontario in 1911, In 1917 he supported the Union Government organized by Sir Robert Borden and was elected M.P,, for Parks dale. He received his appointmenj to the bench in 1921, A staunch Imperialist he was 8 member of the executive of the British Empire Leagu2 in Canada, He held the rank of Major in the Queen's Own Rifles and organized the St. Andrew's Rifles, A somewhat notable incident of his career on the bench occurred in 1926. During the course of @ trial in Hamilton, Ont., a witness des scribed himself as "a gentlemen," The judge remarked that a gentle, man was one whose father had been a gentleman, and who did no} engage in manual labor, This definition precipitated a heated newspaper discussion on the means ing of the word "gentleman," Mr, Justice Mowat had a large circle of friends, many of whom were very distinguished. His home on Wellesley street, Toronto, was 8 meeting place for many fintels lectual leaders, He was a Presbyterian, and aj one time was president of St, Ans drew's Society of Toronto, In 1900 he married Mary Skeaf! daughter of the late John Skeaf! of Aberdeen, Scotland. He , was keenly interested in curling, He was a member of the Rideau, Tos ronto, Toronto Hunt, Royal Canas dian Yacht Clubs and Capadiag Military Institutes, RIEL REBELLION VETERAN DIES IN V, VER Vancouver, B.C, April 23.--Willard Ww. Steeves, 605, veteran of the Rie} Rebellion, died here Sunday, after a lingering illness. : Born in New Brunswick, Mr. Stees ves settled in North Dakota. At the outbreak of the rebellion he returns ed to Canada and served with the Transport Service until 1888, when he came to Vancouver. Mrs. Groves Watts, a sister, resides in Saing John, and a brother, W, B. Steeves, in Sussex, N.B. Asked what casualties he had sustained, the witness said he had one man wounded on November 10. Cross-examined by Mr. Re- gan, he declared that all compan- ies but one were in touch with advance headquarters. Connsel: "I understand from reading the history of your Bat- talion that a few days prior to Mons, the German rétreat had turned into a rout." Not a Rout Witness answered he could scarcely call it a rout, in wiew of some of the fights they had put up a few days before. Mr. Regan read from the history of the P. P.C. L. I. two and a quarter miles for 2 purse six thousand dollars. ] Harbor : £ Li HE Bt "Atier November 7, artillery bar- (Cable Service to The Times Wilkins Now Planning a . Flight Over South Pole by Canadian Press) Planning tu Antarctic Wilkins Ts i | § i ¥ di if el i] i; ks i ¥ ; J i i 1 $e : 4 3 | : |