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The Oshawa Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Retormer ; VOL. 3--NO. 92 HICKMAN PAYS "Bas Encams Senay ns Pulls hiner EA ---------- BA. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. THE PENALTY F L Preston - Wilson Appeal Is Restored To List Defendants in Currie Libel Suit Succeed in Appeal From Judgment Increases in Apple, Potato, Grape Crops (By Canadian Press) Otiawa, Oct. 19 Bereases in apple, potato and grape pid] fore are forecast n" the Canadian fruit crop re- port issued today. The On- tario onion crop is expected to show reduced production, but the British Columbia yield is stated to be the best in several years. The commercial apple crop for 1928 is estimated at 2,958,- 360 barrels, against 2,811,100 last year, The grape erop in the Niagara district is most romising, being estimated at £2,000, pounds against M4, 560,000 pounds in 1927, PREMIER KING 1 LEAVING ENGLAND ON SATURDAY Canadian Prime Minister Says Stay in London Was Strenuous and Pleasant Cable Service to The Times by ! The Canadian Press) London, Oct, 19,--Premier Mae- Kenzie King, in company with Hon, Charles Dunning, Canadian minis- ter of railways and Senators Raoul DPandurand, Andrew Hayden, and W. C, McDougald, returns to Can- ada aboard the Empress of Scot- land, sailing frofh Southampton tomorrow and arriving at Quebec City on October 27. Premier King yesterday had an- other talk with Premier Stanley Baldwin, Later he said he had nothing to say regarding his stay in London, except that it had been strenuous and pleasant. BANKER KILLED, SEVEN INJURED IN PLANE CRASH Party Attending Bankers' Convention at Atlantic City Are Victims Atlantic City, Oct. 19.--A fright- ened passenger who gripped the controls of the aeroplane in which he and seven others were making a sight seeing trip yesterday was believed responsible for the crash of the plane and the death of one of the occupants and serious in- jury to seven others. The pilot said the passenger "froze" to the controls making it impossible for him to guide the plane. Sight-Seeing Trip Atlantic City, N.J,, Oct. 19.--One man was fatally burt in a crash of a junkers all-metal airplane, sister-ship of the transatlantic plane Bremen, W. 0. Chanute, banker, of Denver, Colorado, died in the city hospital as a result of hi s injuries. Tail Spin King with his passengers, had tak- en off from Bader Field, a short time before the crash. He had circled the apparently heading back to land at B Field. Flying at about 2000 feet, the big ship scem-} ed to go into a tail-spin directly ov- er the thoroughfare mear the Luly Temple Yacht Club. Then, witness said, the plane seemed to right itself, but immediately went into another spn and crashed to the meadows near the trestle of the shore fast line, The nose of the plane struck the soft mud near the city water main that runs across the meadows, the engine} burying itself six feet in the ooze. Help Late in Coming The injured lay for fully fifteen minutes before help arrived. The post where the plane fell is one of the most isolated places in the city and is practically inaccessable except by train. Police who arrived at the thoroughfare were unable to get to the plane, except by crossing several third rails and wading in water al- Case Will Come Up for Per. emptory Hearing on Oc- tober 20--Affidavits Read from Preston and Wilson That They Had Not Auth. orized Abandonment of the Appeal -- Judges Hint That Matter Should Be Investigated (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Oct, 19, -- The second divisional court at Osgoode Hall today decided to restore to the list of appeals the appeal of W. T, R. Preston and W, F, Wilson of Port Hope from the judgment of Mr, Justice Rose and jury at Cobourg in the action for libel brought by Sir Arthur Currie. awarding the former commander of the Cana- dian Corps in France $500 and costs, The appeal will be up for peremptory hearing on October 29, A Misunderstanding Argument this morning was on a motion to set aside the notice of the discontinuance of the appeal, T, F, Hall, K.C,, counsel for the appellants, read affidavits made hy Preston and Wilson to the effect that they had not authorized the ahandonment of the appeal and that while netice of abandonment was said to have heen signed by W. A, I, Campbell, solicitor for the defendants, Mr, Campbell "had assured them that he had signed no such notice, Mr, Hall explained that appar- ently there had heen some misun- derstanding, Suggest Affidavit Chief Justice Latchford said that the typewritten signature of W. A. F, Campbell appeared on the notice, while Justice Riddell thought the court should require an affidavit from Campbell, His Lordship said it was possible that the lawyer did not sign the docu- ment and the matter ought to be investigated, Justice Middleton spoke on the delay and expressed the opinion that the court should have an affi- davié as to whether or not the ap- peal has a reasonable chance to succeed, Service Deliberate W. N. Tilley, K.C., for Sir Ar- thur Currie, declared there was no question of a slip being made. There was nothing to show that the notice was unintentional, It was deliberately served on instruc- tions of counsel and in the inter- ests of his client, Chief Justice Latchford:--"Wil- son states he advised R. R. Hall on behalf of Preston and himself that the appeal has to proceed, R. R. Hall is a Peterboro soligitor who has been associated with the case." Mr, Justice Riddell:--"It would be monstrous if counsel were al- lowed to act in that way. It is not right. Possibly it should go before' The Law Society. Mr. Hall ought to have am opportunity to explain." Suggestions that affidavits be required from solicitors and that they be examined on them were met by Mr. Tilley with an expres- sion of a desire that the dppeal be pot delayed. He said he did mot want to develop a side issue that would likely drag out longer than the appeal. The court then decided to re- store the appeal to the list, INTEREST FORD IN MAIL SERVICE BY DIRIGIBLE Rumors Given Impetus By Visits of Chief Engineer to Graf Zeppelin New ! nding Penn) that Henry Ford is one of those Dr. Hugo Eckener is attempting to interest in his plans for a Trans-Atlantic diri- ible mail and passenger service, were given impetus today by the visit to the Graf Zeppelin of illiam B. Mayo, chief engineer of the Ford om v. Mr. ih denied that his visit was promp anything but hie personal interest io the ship, AUSTRALIAN WATERSIDE STRIKE ENDS Dock Workers Resume After Long Period of Disorders and Bombings WAGE DISPUTE Men Objected to System of Hiring Labor Twice a Day (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 19-- Waterside workers strike, which has been the occasion of attacks on volunteer workers and bombings, was fended throughout Australia today. The men had struck over the award of the Board of Arbitration which set up a system of hiring dockwork- ers twice a day, while the men ad- vocated a once-daily hiring system, MAGISTRATE ACTS PART OF SOLOMON IN GOURT ACTION Decides Quarreling Families Are Equally to Blame and Acts Accordingly A case where neighbor's children were the cause of a court actiop occupied the attention of the court this morning, William Kirtley, 716 Cedar street, was arraigned before Magistrate Hind for assaultng the 11 year-old son of Mrs, Veronica Grenier, 724 Cedar street, this city, Mrs. Grenier contended that Kirtley grasped her hoy and threatened to choke him, whereas the defendant stated that his neighbor's children were in the habit of throwing stones at his children. He did not, however, say that he didn't touch Mrs, Gren- ier's child, and still maintained that he grasped the child to prevent him from continuing his practise of throw- ing the offensive stones, D. A. J. Swanson defended Mr, Kirtley, Bound Over The magistrate took the stand that where two families are always quar- relling, one is as much to blame as the other and accordingly placed the three parties, Mr, Kirtley, Mrs. Kirt- ley and Mrs, Grenier on a bond of $100 cach to keep the peace. Mr, Kirtley was relieved of his conviction, OGILVIE MILLING COMPANY T0 BUY MAPLE LEAF C0, Rumors Current of Merger of Four Big Flour Concerns With Ogilvie Firm (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Oct. 19.--A special dis- patch to the Financial Post from Winnipeg says that the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. will buy the Maple Leaf Milling Company. Rumors of 2 merger of four large milling companies with the Ogilvie Com- any as the holding company have en current here for some time. DUKE SHOOTS ANTELOPE (Cable Service to The Times by * Capadisn Press) Nairobi, Kenya, British East Africa, Oct. 19.--The hunting trip of the Duke of Gloucester, a younger brother of the Prince of Wales, is meeting with great sue- cess, Says a measure received to- day. The Duke himself brought down -what was described as 8 "world record specimen" of Spring- or ear oryx, or African Antelope. Saturday ---- terly winds, and ti cool. Lakes and Moderate to . to west winds, with a few - British Fl General Belief That yer is the 19th Atlantic Casualty Flares That Burned All Night at' Croyden and Other - Aerodromes Extinguished at Dawn and Hope of Sur. vival Goes Out -- Search of Scotch Coast Reveals Nothing (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) London, Oct, 19.--Flares that had burned all night at Croydon and other aerodromes to guide Lieut, Commander H. C. McDon- ald to a safe landing were extin- guished at dawn today and hope that he had survived went out of the hearts of many. It was the general belief that he had become the nineteenth person to perish in trying to fly the Atlantie. At most his tiny Moth plane, in which he risked his life in an at- tempt tof ly alone from Newfound- land could hold only enough gaso- line for 856 hours of flying and the 86th hour passed at 10.51 p.m. yesterday, Eastern Standard Time, Patrol Bcotch Coast Stranraer, Scotland, Oct, 19,-- The possibility that Lieut. Com- mander H, C, McDonald, long over- due on his flight from Newfound. land, might have been forced down somewhere along the Scottish coast, led to maintenance of a close watch by coast guards in this re. gion, but nothing. has been seen or-heard of the airman's tiny plane, Fr --------------r CHINESE SEND NOTE (By Canadian Press) Shanghai, Oct. 19.--C. T, Wang, Nationalist Foreign Minister, has addressed a - note to the treaty powers demanding their Immedi- ate relinquishment of extra ter. ritorial rights, MURDERER ELECTROCUBED . (By Canadian Press) Lincoln, Neh, Oct, 19.--Frank Sharp, twice convicted and twice sentenced to death for the slaying nf his wife, was electrocuted at Neh- raska Penitentiary today. Sharp's wife, his third, was killed in March, SEVEN KILLED AND TWELVE INJURED IN FALL OF BUILDING (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Vincennes, France, Oct. 19.-- With seven persons dead and 12 others buried today in the debris of a building which collapsed, samples of the concrete used in the structure have been sent to Par- is for analysis, The contractor of the building was prevented from committing suicide by the police and is being held, ADJOURN TRIAL OF MRS. CHAPPELL ON MURDER CHARGE Inquest Into Death of Ger. trude Grose Will Be Held Next Friday A further adjournment of the case of Mrs. Nora Chappell, charged with murder, as a result of the death of Miss Gertrude Irene Grose, on Octo- ber 4, was made this morning. Miss Grose died from an illegal operation and it is alleged that Mrs. Chappell performed this operation. Two other serious charges have been made against Mrs, Chappell, one for kill- ing unborn children ,and the other for procuring an abortion. The case will come up before Magistrate Hind on October 26, when _another ad- journment will probably take place. The inquest into the death of Gert- rude Irene Grose, who died at Osh- awa General Hospital on October 4 will, in all likelihood, he held next Friday, October 26, it was stated by Crown Attorney J. A. McGibbon. The date, however, is uncertain due to the arrangement of witnesses, for the hearing. Coroner -D, S. Hoig will conduct the inquest, Stampede o Lieut. Carr, Authority on Stability, Declares at In- quest That if Ship Had More Ballast, the First List Would Not Have Hap- pened -- Crowding of Cattle Caused the Fatal Owen Sound, Oct. 19.--All evi- dence in the Mapasoo inquest was concluded shortly after midnight today. Adjournment was made until evening, when the Crown will address the jury and a verdiet will be reached. Little new light was thrown on the tragedy which claimed 16 lives when the vessel foundered without warning on September 15th, in Georgian Bay. Crown-Attorney T. H. Dyre ex- amined the witnesses, while Ed- ward Bayly, Deputy Attorney-Gen- eral, was also present to act for the Crown. In view of Mr. Bay- witnesses Captain harles B. Hardy, first master of the ill- fated steamer, testified. Coroner Denies Bumor In opening, Coroner Rutherford |denied the statement which he said to be circulating to' the ff- Captain Jobn McKay, master of the Manasoo was recalled to the stand and Cattle Was Cause of Plunge of the Manasoo, Expert States INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK FY y Press) Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 19--Several passe ers were reported slightly urt when the Pennsylvania passen- ger train, No. B35, left the rails at salena, 18 miles north of Columbus, today. Railroad officials said it was believed that spreading or broken rails caused the wreck, The locomo- tive and four cars making up the train left the track and overturned, MINIMUM FINE METED OUT FOR INTOXICATION Oshawa Business Man Faces Penalty for Two Convictions byndred dollars and costs was imposed by Magistrate Hind court this morning on Fran- Cook who pi guilty ge of being intoxicated in a . Cook, who is 62 years as been previously conyict- charge of intoxication, was by D. A. J. Swanson, who _a strong plea for leniency for his client and the magistrate took the ea into consideration and mini- mized the fine. In licu of not pay- ing the fine, Cook will haye to serve two months in Whitby jail. He is a re businessman in this city, Mr, Swanson pointed out, and a y term might seriously affect bis business. Fa gs go 8s is ag L #7 March; 84 43 3-8; MOYE PLANT AT FORDSON T0 IRELAND Machinery from the Fordson Main Plants is Being Shipped to Cork EUROPEAN DEMAND Plan to Have Irish Plant in Operation By January 1 § (By Canadian Press) Detroit, Mich., Oct, 29--The Ford Motor Company plans to move its main Fordson tractor plant to Cork, Ireland. It was learned today. Mach- inery now is being moved from the present Fordson plant near Detroit and shipped to the company's plant at Cork to be reassembled and put into operation by January 1, it was announced. Manufacture of tractors at Fordson was discontinued about a year ago and the reason given for the change was that European demands for trac- tors has so materially increased that the Cork "plant was unable to fill them, ------------------------ ROYALTY PRESENT AT FUNERAL OF EMPRESS MARIE Impressive Scenes at Copen- hagen as Russian Dow- ager is Buried Copenhagen, Oct. 19, -- Impres- sive scenes marked the funeral of Dowager Empress Marie of Rus- sia, services for whom were held in the Russian Church here today. The sun shone brightly on the gilded domes as the services be- an, 5 Many members of the Romanoff Imperial family had come to Cop- enhngen for the funeral, The Duke of York represented -the ritish Royal faily while both the ing and Queen of Denmark were present, JITNEY DRIVERS LOSE APPEAL IN APPELLATE COURT Judgment Prohibiting Oper: ations in Hamilton City is Sustained (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Oct, 19.--The appeal of Martin Shawra and other Ham- flton jitney drivers from convie- tion on a charge of contravening the police commission bylaw, pro- hibiting them from operating in the city was dismissed by the see- ond divisional appellate court to- day. The appeal was taken on the ground'that the bylaw was prohibi- tory and, as such, contrary to the British North America Act and ul- tra vires. YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF CALLES ENGAGED Mexico City, Oct. 19.--The an- gagement of Senorita Alicia Elias Calles, youngest grown daughter of President Calles, to Jorge Alma- da, member of a wealthy land-own- ing family in the state of Sinaloa. was apnounced in Tuesday's news- papers. The wedding will take place dur- ing November. SENTENCED TO HANG (By Canadian Press) Quebec, Oct. 19.--Aurele Delisle, of La Tuque, Que., was found guilty by a jury in the Court of the King's Bench today of murder- ing his wife with poison last Jan- nary. He was sentenced to hang on February 15 J Youthful Murderer is Hanged at San Quentin For r Slaying School Girl Walks to the Trap With Lit- tle Show of Emotion and Makes Good His Boast That He Would Die Bravely -- Last Moments Spent With Priest Whe Converted Him to Cathol- "icism -- Pays Penalty for Diabolical Crime San Quentin, Calif, Oct. 19.-- William Edwards Hickman was hanged here today for the murder of 12-year-old Mariag Parker, Los '| Angeles school. girl, whom he kid- napped last December. The trap was sprung at 10.10 a.m, When a big breakfast was brought in Hickman left virtually untouched. He chose to spend the last few moments of his life with Rev. William Fleming, the priest who converted him to Catholicism. Farewell to Mother Earlier he wrote farewell let- ters to his mother. Mrs. Eva H. Hickman his uncle, Horace Hick- man and his Chief Attorney, Jer- ome Walsh, The phonograph upon which he played antiquated syncopated tunes last night was silent, Flowers which were placed about the cell yesterday by his request were slightly wilted but still gave a slight warmth to the cheerless room. Death Chamber Filled The execution chamber was fill- ed to capacity with witnesses, newspaper men and others well be- fore the final hour, Outside the gates, scores of oth- ers waited. The guards announe- ed they had turned down a score or more of applications for entry into the death chamber, Shows No Emotion The youth, who boastfully called himself "The Fox," walked to the trap with little outward appearance of emotion, consistent to the last breath with the attitude displayed since he was arrested in Oregon, Last Rites of Church San Quentin. Calif,, Oct. 19.-- Fortified by the same bold spirit he has manifested ever since his arrest for the murder of 12-year- old Marian Parker in Los Angel- es last December, William Edward Hickman today was prepared to pay the death penalty on the scaf- fold in San Quentin prison, The hour for the execution was set for 10 a.m. A Roman Catholle priest administered the final consolation for the church, which faith Hick- man recently embraced, Diabolical Crime The kidnapping and killing of little Marian Parker in Los An- geles last December constituted probably the most diabolical and sensational crime in recent Cali- fornia history--It aroused the na- tion because of its brutality, and lack of motive and the utterly strange joy the killer took in bask- ing in publicity following disclo- sure of the slaying. , Apparently untroubled by con- science, the murder, William Ed- ward Hickman, of Kansas City, fiendishly hacked to pieces the body of the girl whom he did not eyen know. Many alienists who examined Hickman failed to agree on the complex of the 21 year old mur- derer, as there seemed no standard in American history upon which to base an accurate conception of the killer, . Master Criminal Apparently with no other motive than to eommit such a glaring crime that he would go down in criminal annals as a master-mind- ed criminal, Hickman climaxed a brief life of petty erime with a fiendish murder. He obtained possession of the girl last December 15, by calling at her school, and telling the teacher that her father, Perry M, Parker, an officer in the First Na- tional Bank at Los Angeles, was injured and wished his daughter to return home. He said he was an employee in the bank. Demanded Ransom Hickman last said he drove the girl to his apartment and told her she had been kidnapped. She said she thought it was great fun and seemed thrilled. That night he took the girl to a neighborhood show. : Meanwhile, he said, he had de- cided to hold her for ransom, and directed a letter to her father, ask- $1,600, signing it "The Fox," which psuedonym he used in sub isequent ransom letters. ext night, Hickman said it came to him to kill the girl, al- though he didn't want to as he rather liked her and she seemed to enjoy the kidnapping experi- ance. The murder was committed "Bucky" Ha i New Manager of Detroit Tigers (By Canadian Press) Detroit, - Oct. 19--Appoint- ment of Stanley "Bucky" Harris as manager of the De- troit American League bases ball team was announced to- day by Frank J, Navin, pre- sident of the local club, Harris, who led the Washing- ton American League team to two pennants and a world's championship title, succeeds George oriarity, whose resignation was announced this week, The length of Harris' contract and its fin- ancial terms were withheld, RAINS OVER THE WHEAT BELT PUT WHEAT LOWER Export Demand from North America Confined to Lower Grade Canadian . 9 " (By Canadian Press) =~ * Chicago, Oct. 19.--With excell ent rains over the domestic winter wheat territory and with favorable crop conditions south of the equa- tor wheat prices averaged lower today during the early' dealings, The export demand for wheat from North America revered 4m he confine largely to low grade adian at wide Sanaaian 2 discounts under Opening at 1-8 cents off to 1. cent up wheat later showed MS setback all around. Corn started unchanged to 3-8 cent advance, but subsequently declined. Oats were easy, provisions like ed downward. Wile Sey in Hickman's apartment, he choked her with a og "i Body Hacked Confronted with the problem of disposing of the hoy, and yet ob- taining the ransom, Hickman hacked the legs off, mutilated the torso, which he stuffed with tow. els, sewed the eyelids open so that the girl would appear alive, and packed the dismembered body into a suit case, and packages which he carried from the apartment, Having previously arranged a rendezvous with the distraught father, Hickman drove to the spot with the upper part of the girl's body propped in the seat beside Threw Body Ont When Mr. Parker appeared, Hickman, who was masked, collects ed the money, drove about a bloek further down teh street, shoved he bopy out, and fled. e girl's legs and other paris of her body later were { park, miles distant, unt iv 8 e killer played ta ) police for two days, ih hy ing them to his apartment, where markings on the towels stuffed in- to the body led the seargh. Spent Ransom " He was Bot suspected owever, as he brazenly told the officers: *I hope you ecateh fiend." yo 70% i. Stealing and gbandoni - tor car to "steal aS, a kept a jump ahead of his pursu- ers as he fled north to Seattle, spending the identified ransom Money hi $20 bila as he went, e turned back to : fled to Pendleton, wie i caught on December 23, , He confessed readily, at first saying sn accomplice had commit- ted the actual murder. Later Hickman confessed he planned and unaided. Crime then, executed the crime Life of Later it was revealed Hickman, who had graduated high in his class of 1926 at Kansas City, and who had before him a bright fu ture bad turped to a life of mim= or crime and has committed a hold-up in many eastern and west- ern states, He committed one other murder in California which he confesses. That was the siays ing of C. Ivy Toms, Rose Hn, California, a druggist, on Christmas eve, 1926. In his istter days Hickman sought solace in religion and In letter writing. Hc directec many letters to Police Chiefs throughout the country confessing to holdups which he had committed, and say= ing he was sorry he could not res turn the money stolen.