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=| The Oshawa Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer VOL. 3--NO. 101 De Exc Simkar wad odie Honooet | OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TEN PAGES GREAT INCREASE IN WORLD WHEAT CROP Zeppelin Hits German Airship, Aided by Strong Tail Winds, is Racing Homeward Windows Rattle and Houses Rock as Earth Shakes (By Canadian Press) Richmond, Va, Oct. 30. --Residents of Richmond felt a distinct earth tremor, strong enough to cause houses to quiver and win- dows to rattle, early today. The earthquake shock, of Graf Zeppelin is Winging Its Way Over the Mid-Atlan. tic, Along the Northern Steamship Route -- Re. ported By Steamer Maur- etania -- All Well on Board -- Officials Say Di. rigible Fighting Gales, Will Not Reach Germany Till Thursday Hundvre d Miles an Hour Clip Major H. E. Smith Newfou: Opposition Party in land Leads in the Early Returns St, Johns, Nfid., Oct. 30,--The Opposition party of Sir Richard Squires, former premier, had a majority of three over the United Newfoundland party led by Pre. mier F, C, Alderdice, when the complete results for six out of the thirty-seven districts were recelv- | led today. (Cable Service to The Times byThe Canadian Press) Polling in the general election took place yesterday, H. N, Burt, minister of posts, was defeated in Port De Grave, and W, J, Walsh, minister of agriculture, was beaten in Harbor Main. Owing to the large number of seats yet to re- port the result is still uncertain, Brilliant Musical Lieut.-Col.Chappell Estimate Wheat Values Sag After the Opening Advance on Re- ports of Big Increase in Production in the Nor- thern Hemisphere --Corn and Oats Firm on the Chi- cago Market (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Oct, 30--Wheat values sagged today after an opening ad- vance, Revised estimates of the wheat crop in the northern hemis- here indicated a total world crop of 598,000,000 bushels more than last year, Opening unchafged at 3 cent up, wheat prices hardened a little {more and then receded all around s Show Nearly Three Hundred Million Bushels Over Last Year f Lone Robber Ti Thirty-one and Gets $1,000 Cash (By Canadian Press) Detroit, Mich., Oct, 30-- Two armed men held up an insurance company office to- day, bound 29 men and two women together with a rope and escaped in an au- tomobile with $1,000 in cash and cheques, LABOR CANDIDATE and Dramatic Effects slight intensity was record- Who will succeed Vdeut-Col. Chaps to below yesterday's finish, Corn ed on the siesmograph of the Georgetown University, JAHILTON WOULD HAVE MAN-MADE NIAGARA FALL Alderman Proposes a Rival Cataract -- Would Like to Annex Toronto Hamilton, Oct, 80, -- Hamilton may soon coigpete with Niagara Falls, * It is now proposed to capitalize the mountain, unloose a flood from the city's water mains and have in the ambitious city a catar- act which would not be ruined by diversions for electrical power, its sponsor claims, The suggestion made by Ald, C, 1. Atchison at a banquet tendered the city fathers by the residents of the recently annexed mountain area, delighted the 300 persons present, Hamilton's man-made cataract would not require so much water after all, Ald, Aitchison visualized a sort of sprinkler system all along the side of the mountain, fed by huge water mains, Big INumination The falls would have advantage over Niagara as they could he placed at the most convenient lo~ cation with great hatteries of color- ed lights installed before the roar of the cataract resounded, the speaker suggestel, Just how Hamilton with its ar- tificial falls would be able to rival the ice bridge was not mentioned, Perhaps the water will only be turned on at the height of the tourist season, The new residents of the city heard many other interesting sug» gestions, Controller Dr, Bell spoke of the ennexation of the east end, negotiations now being car- ried on with the west end, and then added: "It wil not be long before Toronto residents will' petition to be annexed to the ambitious city." AUTOIST STRIKES TWO BOYS ON ROAD NEAR NEWCASTLE Port Hope, Oct, 36--Walter and Robert Chilcott of Darlington town- ship were knocked down and badly injured when struck by a car driven by Jonas Samus about 9 o'clock Saturday night, The accident occurred about. one half mile west of Newcastle when the two boys were walking east on the north side of the highway, Sam- us was driving cast, and although there was not another car in sight on the highway he swerved his car to the boys and struck the backs of the two-boys knocking Walter down into the ditch with terrific force and pinning Robert under the car. Sam- us seemed to be in a stupor imme- diately after the crash and police authorities "claim he was drunk, ushed To Hospital 'When, Walter asked him to help him get his brother out from under the car, Samus did not seem to real- ize what had happened and made no effort at that time to extricate Rob- ert Chilcott. However, passing mot- orists aided in releasing Robert from his plight and had the boy rushed to the Bowmanville hospital where it was found that he was badly shaken up and sustained many bad cuts and bruises. Walter Chilcott, suffered a sprained leg and mi cuts and bruises. Arrested Samus was driving a heavy Me- Laughlin sedan and went from his right side of the road to the left and struck the boys, which seems unaccopntable as no other traffic was om she road at the time, - MINOL. (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian ) Press Friedrichshafen, Germany, Oct. 30, --Officials of the zeppelin works, tak- ing account of the gales which the Graf Zeppelin has been fighting, es- timated that the ship would not ar- rive before Thursday morning, At best they think the liner might reach Germany by darkness on Wednesday but would then be forced to cruise throughout the night, Further North London, Oct. 30.--The steamship Mauretania at 700 am. Eastern Standard time, reported the position of the Graf Zeppelin as 52.30 north, and 40.30 west, This was about the same longtitude but further north than the position reported by the Mauretania in an earlier message, and indicated the airship was 020 miles northeast of Cape Race, New- foundland, Dodging Storm Berlin, Oct. Ju~Dodging - storm areas but aided by strong tail winds, the homeward-bound German airship Graf Zeppelin was todiy winging its way over the mid-At' vane along the northern steamship route, At 7 am. Eastern Standard time, it was 500 miles northeast of Cape Race, accord ing to a message received by the Marconi Company at Cape Race, 100 Miles an Hour Although the ship was forcea to abandon the direct eastern route to central Europe for the more norther- ly course, indications were that much better time was being made than on the trip west, which took 111 hours, 38 minutes, Part of the time she was averaging 70 miles an hour and ex- perts stated that at times she touch- ed 100 miles an hour, Gale Pursues It was during the night that Dr. Hugo Eckener changed his course from a route leading to th. Azores, to take advantage of more favorable wind conditions to the north, Reports from the ship stated that there was a Istrong wind but that all was well on board, Weather reporis today were not too favorable, and there was ev- ery likelihood that the gale would pursue the giant craft during the whole voyage. Shifting Course A radio report received from the 8.8, Mauretania placed the position of Zeppelin 500 moiles cast of Cape Race, This woud indicate that tne airship was swinging south again to take the course along the 46th paral- lel, as was expected by aviation ex- perts, This course would lead the craft to Central Europe, May Arrive Tomorrow Friedrichshafen, Germany, Oct, 30, --A radio message received from the Graff Zeppelin at 9,30 am, today (3.30 Eastern Standard time) said that at 6 a.m, the airship was miles north cast of Cape Race, Nid, All was well on board, There was a southeast gale and the airship was heading southeast. Despite prevailing weather condi- tions along the north Atlantic steam- ship lane, Director General Colsmann of the Zeppelin works said today that he counted on the arrival ot the air- ship late Wednesday afternoou, On North Course Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 30--On the ba.is ot reports of Atianic wea- ther today, experts here believed that Dr. Hugo Eckener would try to skirt along the 46th parallel of north Jan- tude today in the Graf Zeppelin. This parallel passes through North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Rochefort, France, If he followed this course Dr, Eck- ener would avail himself of favoring winds and yet not risk an encounter with storm. BECEIVES AMBASSADUKS Tokyo, Oct. 3.--Emperor Hir- chito this morning received in au- dience, as & preliminary to his enthronement, all foreign ambass- adors and ministers who were spe- cially appointed enthronement en- voys. 'The ceremony was held in Phoenix Hall of the Imperial Pal- ace pell as Commanding Officer of the Ontario Regiment, FIRE DESTROYS GENERAL STORE Causcs Loss of $25,000 -- Nearby Cottage Damaged (Special to The Times) Pickering, Oct, 30,--~The Gener al Store belonging to Edward J. Bryan with its entire stock, am well as a cottage immediately ad- joining, accupied by Mrs. J, Found, was cqmpletely gutted by fire ear ly this morning, the loss estimated o'ose to $25,000, The fire is be- lieved to have been of incendiary origin, as no fire had been lighted in the stove of the store this sea- son, The flames were first seen in the store, Will Not Rebuild Although a voluntary fire bri- gade responded quickly, and the residents assisted, the flames soon reduced the building to ashes, the stock and equipment going with it, Mr. Bryan, who is over 80 years, will not rebuild, it is thought, al- though most of his loss is covered by insurance, Cottage Burned When the fire broke was eating its way partitions, Mrs, J. Found, a resis dent of the cottage, which was also burned, noticed the reflection of the blaze, and immediately no- titled the community by means of the fire gong. A few pieces of furniture were saved from the cot tage, CLAIMS HUBBY THROWS DISHES out, and through the Rather Rough When Intoxicated Remanded in custody until Nov- ember 5 on a charge of. assaulting his wife Eva, Percy Tucker appear- ed in police court this morning and leaded not guilty before Magistrate ind, Tucker had ng counsel, but it was stated by his wife that when drunk Tucker goes to extremes in the home, throwing dishes and furniture and being a general good-for-noth- ing husband, He resides at 113 Bar- rie street, The case was one of many in the last' year 'wherein the wife said that she didn't want her husband to be placed in prison if he would only reform, whereas the husband stated 'if that she was that sort of wife, and wanter him to suffer at the hands of the law, he would take it all. The two argued in court, PRINCE PLAYS GOLF (By Canadian Press) Kitale, Kenya Colony, Oct 30.-- The Prince of Wales played golf yesterday on the course at Ji Ja, which is probably the only one in print of a hippopotamus, WILIANGDON AT GUELPH (By Canadian Press) Guelph, Ont, Oct. 30.--His Ex- cellency Viscount Willingdon, was tendered ap enthusiastic welcome when he visited Guelph for the , first time today, AT PICKERING Blaze of Unknown Origin AND FURNITURE Wife Says Percy Tucker is the world with a local rule that the ball may be lifted without a penalty, if it is lying in the foot- Lavishly Throughout the Intensely Appreciative of Beyond a doubt the most lavisn amateur presentation ever seen in Oshawa was staged last night at the Regent theatre, when the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Oshawa General Hospital presented the "Chuckles ot 1929," a Canadian edition of the Rus- sian, Chauve Souris, combining tre- mendous comedy farces with brillisny musical, dancing and dramatic effects, Qutstanding Event ¥ Nothing more elaborate in the Fina- teur field, in any single respect, has graced an Oshawa stage, The actors and actresses taking part in the pro- duction showed an aptitude for their parts, which for a first night presen- tation, gave occasion to bespeak much for natural ability and many hours of earnest effort, The result of these instances, together with incomparable costumes and stage effects was an event which sent more than 1000 peo- ple from the theatre at the end of the performance," convinced that the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Qshawa Gen- eral Hospital had, to a great degree, excelled even the high order of the annual nerformance, which is regu- larly anticipated, of that organization. Another encouraging crowd is ex- pected at the Regent Theatre tonight for the last presentation of the "Chuckles," when an even more fin- ished performance is expected than that seen last night, Experienced Director "The Chuckles of 1929" was aptly named, the presentation being a happy, rapid flowing spectacle trom curtain to curtain, with no dull "mo- ment throughout, The entire produc- tion was under the direction of Mr, James Quarrington of Toronto, Him- self a fine musician and actor of considerable ability, this gentleman possesses the experience, tact and poise which, combined with bis nat- ural talents, make him a most suc- cessful produces for an entertainment of this kind, Bright Features The performance was divided into two distinct sections, yet the one was equally as enjoyable as the other, The first contained a number of com- edy skits, which rival many of the higher class vaudeville laugh produc- ers, while interspersing the *Chuck- les" are high class vocal numbers, including solo, duet and group selec- tions, all of which were handled by the best singers Oshawa can produce, which statement covers some terri tory, : New Revue The original opening to the per- formance announcing the birth of a new revue was staged by Jack Reid, as the anxious husband, Chester Lambert, doctor, and Miss- es Gladys McLaughlin, Babs Drey- er and Marjorie Spretnall as nur. ses, Following this Mr, Tom Me- Dowell, one of Oshawa's real bari- tone favorites, was heard in the Pagliacel prologue, A scene from "II Trovatore" was then introdue- ed, the tenor part beg well sung by Mr, H. Havelock, while Mrs, Grant Berry sang the Lenora role, Always a delight to listen to, Mrs, Berry has seldom been heard to better advantage than last evening. She sang also the beautiful Cradle Song of Kreisler, and her sp voice was heard in several obl passages, Oshawa may well be proud of such an artist, lighter Vein In the lighter vein of entertsin- ment Miss Eleanor McLaughlin in her scene," "The Singer's Suicide, drew forth peels of laughter snd much applause from the audience, while the boasting scene in the leapable hands of Reg. Terrett, in "Chuckles of 1929" Oshawa Amateurs Present Elaborate Spectacle With In. comparable Costumes and Splendid Stage Effects -- Production Staged Under Direction of Mr, James Quar- rington -- Pleasing and Interesting Features Sprinkled Program -- Large Audience the Performance, So Admin ably Handled By a Capable Cast Mrs, Gordon Conant and J, McKin« non, also proved a res) mirth pro. voker, This number was indeed one of the hits of the evening, One recognized in Mrs, Conant talent undreamed of, while Reg. Terrett handled his lines with the air of a veteran, A pleasing variation was pre. sented in the Blue Daube dance, artistically and gracefully done by Mrs, Eric Phillips, Those Days of Old The scene entitled "The Days of Long Ago," was novel indeed, Miss Marion Casselman, quaint in satin, powder and patches, introduced the singers, Mrs, Creighton, Mrs, Lesy, Jack Reid and Jack Gray, while Misg Marion Felt and Mr, W, Sawtell treated the audiencce to an exhibition of a lively old-time polka, Mr, Rance Quarrington, wells known in musical circles of Toron~ to, introduced a delightful little song and monologue act, Mr, Quarrington was a guest in town for the occasion and his work wae much aprpeciated, Comic Feature The 'Dentist scene" furnished one of the most entertaining com- fc features, The various parts pere efficiently done by Gordon Maxwell, Bert Clark, J, McKinnon, M, Turner, Stan Blair and Eleanor McLaughlin, A pleasing and effective number came next entitled "Toyland," Mires Marian Ross sang very sweetly as she put the children to bed, EI- aine Robertson and Mildred Me- Donald were the real children, while the doll was artistically por- trayed both in action and song by Mrs, Alex Fisher, Musicallly speaking the trio from Faust, with Mrs. Russel Bale as Margarita, W, D, Robertson, Faust, and James Quarrington as Mephis- tophles was one of the high lights of the program, of Sheba The scene, "The Queen of She- ba," was something, which has sel- dom before heen attempted here, although the Queen of Sheba has been the subjcet for innumerable musical successes, Under the spe- cial lighting effects and truly geor- geous stage setting, the Queen, Mrs, Russel Bale, and her attend- ants, comprised a group whose vo- cal harmony was probably the most outstanding attempt of the evening, The met was further enhanced by the Oriental dance, given by Mrs. Eric Phillips. One wished that more time had been given to this 8s it was over too quickly to fully enjoy the brilliant effect Mrs Phillips was wearing s-gown of green and gold brocade, heavily embriodered in" sequins and beads, especially designed for the occa- sion, Others in this scene were Mrs, Berry, Mrs. C. M. Mundy, Messrs, Havelock and Pos, Full Chorus The setting of the second set was wound sround & gypsy's romance, Opening with a full chorus of men and maidens it was peppy and in- teresting from start to finish. Sev- eral fine musical numbers were al- so introduced into this ect. In one, a scene from "Carmen." Miss Marion Ross rendered the Carmen song very effectively, while the audience was delighted to geain hear Mr. Querrington in the role of the toreador. Miss Marguerite Callaghan, sing- ing, dancing and acting, as Wanda, (Continued on Poge 3) 'Mrs. M. Reesor, Miss M, Ross and || Who {is shortly retiring from ac- tive command of the Ontario Regiment to accept promotion to Brigade Major of the 25th Infantry Brigade, BOARD PLEASED AT ALTERATIONS T0 PUBLIC LIBRARY Accounts Passed at First Meeting Since Completion of Improvements The regular meeting of the Pub- lie Library Board was held in the library last night, Dr, D, 8, Hoig, 'chairman, presiding, Other mem- bers present wera Trustees Cutler, Grierson and Alloway, This s the first meeting of the Board since the completion of extensive alterations to the build- ing carried out during the past summer and the various members expressed themselves as being very much pleased with the successful completion of the work, In addl- tion to the erection of the spacious gallery or mezzanine floor, which has provided about 1,500 square feet of additional floor space, the building has been thoroughly reno- vated both inside and out and pre- sents a very attractive and cleans ly appearance, The electric wir- ing system has also been moderniz- ed and the lighting arrangement greatiy improved, [1] Accounts Passed At last night's meeting accounts were passed, bringing the total ex- penditures for all purposes, with the exception of building altera- tions to October 31st, up to $7,883.» 88. The total budget for the year is $9,500, The details of expenditures date are as follows: BookS ,,, «sss +0,52069.48 Magazines ,,, ,» +» 184,156 Salaries ,,, .,. 28235,30 Light, heat, janitor, ,, , Building and LUFB. 10s sar 0s vrs Binding and supplies Incidentals to water, 717.46 239.74 504.16 vor 873.59 $7883.88 . The accounts for building opera tions have not yet been received, but it is hoped these will be with- in the special $6,600 provided for by vote of the City Council before the work was commenced, FRENCH BLUEBEARD DIES (Cable Service to The Times by i Canadian Press) Marseilles, France, Oct, »30.--Pierre Rey, alias Jerome Prat, 63 year old "Bluebeard", charged with the murder of three fiancees, died in prison to- day, Preliminary hearings were held last week. Rey was arrested in Af- rica after the police found the bodies of two women near his villa, Turni- Shooting * Affray is Sidelight at Skating Contest (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Ills., Oct, 30.-- Several hundred spectators at the marathon roller skat- ing contest today saw Wil- liam Marzano shot to death in a guarrel and were herd- ed into patrol wagons as witnesses after the police captured the slayer. R. M. Fishman, who fired the shots, declared he was a friend of Al Brown, who bad been wounded by Mar- zZano. jurday evening, after attending ses- appropriation of | suffered after eating mushrooms, vestigating. and oats were firm, corn starting 4 to 34 cent up, and then holding near to the initial figures, Provis. ions were steady, STEAMER RAMS THE SWING BRIDGE AT WELLAND CANAL (By Canadian Press) St. Catharines, Ont., Oct. 30.--~The steamer Beach Bay last night ram- med the swing bridge at Lock 25 of the Welland Canal, lifting it off its pivot, smashing the mechanism and blocking traffic on the canal for 20 hours, Traffic is expected to be re- sumed this afternoon, 'Among the boats held up are the tug Russell and the barge Quebec, on the way to Lighter and release the steamer Deep Water, aground in Lake Erie, near Port Colborne, since Sunday morning. PREMIER IS BACK T0 WORK AFTER THE FESTIVITIES SenateYacancies to Be Con. sidered and Date for Open- ing of Parliament _ Ottawa, Oct. 30--Premier W. L, Mackenzie King terminated the first day of his return to the gapital as the guest of honor at a dinner ten- dered at Government House by Vis- count Willingdon, As is customary at such functions at Rideau Hall, there were no speeches, Today the Prime Minister after two months' sojourn in Europe, returned to his official duties here. A meeting of Cabinet Council probably will be called for some day this week, Official Welcomes Since his arrival at Quebec on Sat sions of the League of Nations and opening the Canadian Legation at Paris, Premier King has receive two official welcomes. At the an- cient capital of Quebee, on Sunday, he was accorded' the first greetings of the Dominion on his return, At noon today, official Ottawa extended its welcome. In Ottawa Following a brief inspection of the 38th Highlanders' Band on his arri- val here, Canada's Prime Minister was escorted by four bands to the city hall. There, Mayor Arthur Ellis welcomed him back to Ottawa, To the words of welcome the Prime Minister expressed how deeply he was touched, It was difficult, he roceeded, to understand why the impression had been created that he had performed great services over- seas, JAPAN'S LONGEST SHIP (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Nagascaki, Japan, Oct, 30.-- The Asa Maru, the largest vessel ever built for the Japanese mer- chant marine, was launched today at Mitsu Bishi dockyard. The Asa Maru cost six million dollars and is of 11,800 tops, MUSHROOMS CAUSE DEATH (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Oct, 30.--From {liness William J. Spence, aged 43, died here today. The coroner is in- GRAIN OPENING (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Oct. 30.--Opening. Wheat December, 1.1736: Mareh, 1.223% Corn, December, 8174; March, 8445. Oats, December, 4336; March, 44J4. WINS SEAT FROM CONSERVATIVES Has Large Majority in By- election in Ashton. Under-Lyne Ashton, Lancashire, Oct, 30,-- Albert Be.lamy, Labor, was elected Monday 10 represent the constitu- ency of Ashton-Under-Lyne in the House of Commons, The result of the by-election is a gain for the Labor party, Mr, Bellamy succeeding C, W. Homan, Conserwative, who was disquali- tied for failure to comply with the regulations of the House of Com- mons regarding bankruptey, The voting was as follows:-- Albert Bellamy (Labor) ,,,9,667 Gordon Touche (Conserve HVE) LerisirarisrrerernTif} W. Gilbert Greenwood Liberal) ,, The voting followed a lively cam~ paign in which leaders of the three parties concerned participateq either directly or indirectly, The total votes exceeded - the number cast in the 1924 general elections by more than 800, but the Labor candidate secured well over 2,000 votes more than the party candi- date in the general election The result of the 1924 voting was:-- W, J, Homan, Conservative, 8,971; C, L, LE Malone, Labor, V,461; H. T. Greenwood, Liberal, 6,292, Air Their News After the count had been ane nounced, Bellamy said that the result showed that the workers are tired of the Conservative Govern- ment, while on the other hand the failure of the Liberals to win the seat. in spite of their tremendous efforts and the personal popularity of their candidate, showed there was no hope of a Liberal revival, Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labor party and a former Prime Minister, in comment on the by-election said, *It is a most wel. come victory, It shows that the in» dustrial constituencies are going to be solidly behind us, and it is also a promise of what will hap» pen next year," SEA WINS RACE AND DEFEATS THE SALVAGE PARTY Steamer Cairntorr Suddenly Collapses and Disappears Beneath the Water Montreal, Oct. 30, -- The prob lem of salvaging the $750,000 gen~ eral cargo of the Cairn Line steam» er Cairntorr was solved in a dram- atic manner early Monday when the big freighter suddenly collap» [sed snd disappeared beneath the surface on Outer Island rocks, on the north short of the Gulf of St, Lawrence, where she crashed late Tuesday afternoon while on a age from Montreal to British ports, A telegram received today from Captain C. J, Stuart, Marine Sur- veyor, who had proceeded to the Scene in the interests of the carge underwriters, stated that he had gone out to the reef this morning to make a survey of the wreel only to find that the remains ¢# the Cairntorr had dropped out of WEATHER Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay---Light to moderate winds fine todan Wednesday Fresh southwest to west winds Stuart bad travelled Bay from Quebec, wpnich is some 600 miles south, on board the wrecking 'tug Strathcona, which, on finding that there was no possi bility of moving thé wrecked sight before daybreak. Capiain to olfe partly cloudy with stationary gon Pin Budgie 1.4 freighter, left to return to port