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Che Oshawa Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer VOL. 3--NO, 109 Bas Encrmt Sendare and Publi tamer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TWENTY PAGES FOURTEEN KILLED IN FACTORY EXPLOSION Oshawa Airport Officially Opens on Saturday Pete: Oshawa Takes Foremost Position Among Cities of Canada in Aviation CLAIM POINCARE IS ONLY MAN TO FORM CABINET (Cable Service to The Times by Oanadian Press) Paris,, Nov. 8.--Raymond Poin- cara continued to resist the pres- sure of supporters to form a new government, President Doumerge is consulting members of Parlia- ment on the political situation, It is generally agreed that Poincare is the only man who can form a ministry, BIRKENHAD WILL BE DIRECTOR OF BRITISH FIRM Former British Secretary of State for India on Chemical Co, Board (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Nov, 8--Directors of the Imperial Chemical Industries, Limits ed announced today that Lord Bir- kenhead, former secretary of state for India, would become a member of the hoard of the company. This announcement clears up speculation as to what Birkenhead would do fol- lowing his resignation from the cab- net, SPECIAL SERVICES "FOR OBSERVANCE ARMISTICE DAY Ontario Regiment and Can. adian Legion to Worship in Simcoe Street United The Canadian Legion this year is celebrating Armistice Day in con. junction with the Ontario Regt. which will attend special services on Bunday in Simcoe street United Church. Rev, Ernest Harston and Rev, Captain Jarrett will he the officiating clergy. In order that the two minutes' silence may be observed at the correct time, 11 o'clock, the committee in charge of the service has decided to close the doors to the church promptly after the service has begun, The service will commence at 10.45 o'clock in the morning and the sil- ence will be observed throughout the whole Dominion when 11 o'clock strikes. PROTESTS FINES FOR FAILURE T0 FILE TAX PAPERS Mayor of Cobalt Says Work. ing Men, Without Taxable Incomes, Suffer 5 (By Press) Cobalt, Nov. 8.--A direct protest has been made to Premier King by Mayor Frank Lendrum, Cobalt, in connection with prosecutions for fail- ure to make income tax returns, For 1923 and 1924, the Mayor claims a number of working men, without tax- able income, have been fined $25 and that it would be a hardship to force them to pay. MINERS KILLED (Cable Seryice to The Times by Canadian Press) Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Noy. 8--Ex- plosion in a coal mine today killed an undetermined number of miners. Twelye men were taken from the mine seriously injured. KILLED AS CAR CRASHES (By Camadian Press) Port Colborne, Nov. 8.--Wedged between the steering wheel of the car he was driving and a telephone pole, D. Plowman, Stevensville, azed 50, was instantly killed today, when the car ran into a ditch and crashed against the pole. Three other men jn the car escaped with a shaking up and bruises. Harding Aircraft to Cele. brate the Occasion with Exhibition of stunt flying, Parachute Leaps and Ex- pert Airplane Handling-- "Safe and Sane" the Mot. to. Work on Aviation Field to Start at Once. Saturday, Sunday and Monday will he Aviation Days in Oshawa, At this time when citizens in gen- eral are thinking of the establish- ment of an airport here, comes the report that through the Harding Alreraft of Toronto three days have been set aside as Aviation Days, Stunt flying, parachute leaps, death defying airplane handling will be included on the menu for these three days, It is expected that more than one plane will be brought by the Aircraft of Toronto for the events. Be air minded --That is the slo. ean which the Aircraft has adop- ted during their ceaseless canvass of the city for support of an airport here. Safe and sane flving is a mot- to which the Aircraft has worked Ailizentlv to impress unon the puh- lic and the demonstrations over the holiday, hesides being entertain- ment of the hest kind obtainable are heing staged to show the publie of Oshawa just how safe flying really is. Parachute Jumping George Bennett, famous throughs out the entire country for his spec- tacular jumps in parachutes from high altitudes will be at the field on Sunday and Monday and will de- monstrate his art to Oshawa eiti- zens, The close proximity of the alrport to the city should give everyone an opportunity to visit the alr port on any one or all of these days, Official Opening The airport will be officially op- ened on Saturday and everyone present will be able to remember the opening of new transportation system for Oshawa in the years when the system becomes one of the greatest means of transporta- tion in the Dominion. Oshawa fis fortunat in securing the chance to be among the first number of cities to secure an airport, Mayor Present Mayor It, D, Preston and a nums~ ber of aldermen will be present at the official opening which will take place at 2 o'clock. At the correct time, the first airplane will come from the skies and a letter will he handed to His Worship from Mayor McBride of Toronto, Arrange- ments for thelpig celebration are in the hands of Captain Thomas Stubbs of the Harding Aircraft Company, and anyone wishing in- formation on the matter may ob- tain it either from the Osrawa Daily Times or Captain Stubbs, Toronto Trips - A special feature of the holiday will be return trips to Toronto via the new air service. These trips will be a directly return. no stops being made at the Toronto terminal of the Aireraft's ports. The prices for this event are low, so that a greater number may have the op- portnnity tn make the iourney, Level the Bumps Work on the aviation field is commencing at once and the opera- tion of leveling off the bumps and straightening out the curves is to start immediately, so that in the very near future Oshawa wiil be proud to say that it has one of the most modern airports in the Domin- ion, Two Fields The operation of taking down fence posts, and levelling off the two adjoining fields which are to be used by the Harding Aireraft, has been commenced and the field will be in readiness for Saturday. This day will open up & new sphere in the life of the city of Oshawa. WARD ON BAIL (By Canadian Press) London, Ont., Nov, 8.--Arthur Ward of Byron, charged in connee- tion with the motor accident which caused the death of William Gal- loway, was released on $5,000 bail today. Ward was arrested after William Haskins had been sentene- ed to five years for the crime. Fol- lowing Haskins' sentence, two girls made affidavits implicating Ward. The appeal of Haskins on the basis of the affidavits is pending. GRAIN OPENING _. (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Opening, Nov. 8--Wheat, December, 1.1274: March 1.18. Corn, December 82, March, 843. Oats, December, 4334; March, 4373. BRILLIANT SPECTACLE OF METEORS World to See Finest Display of Shooting Stars in a Generation NEXT THURSDAY Earth Passing Through the Centre of Remnants of a Comet (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Nov. 8--Next Thursday night will sce the most brilliant spec- tacle of shooting stars ever afforded this generation, it was predicted to- day by astronomers. The carth then moves #to the astral region of Leo- nid me eors, believed to be the rem- nants of a comet. The Leonid group, it was explained, whirls round the sun in an orbit that crosses the earth's. Every November the orbits meet, but only once in 33 years does the earth pass through the centre of the Leonid group. MANY SMALLPOX GASES REPORTED IN CHICOUTINI Outbreak of Disease in Sep. tember Not Reported to Medical Authorities (By Canadian Press) Zhicoutimi, Que, Nov, 8.--Known cases of smallpox in the Chicoutimi district now number 06, The disease broke out in September but the me- dical authorities were not informed of its prevalence until a few days ago. Precautionary measures have been taken and all doctors of the city today were engaged in vaccinating citizens. At St, Agathe Winnipeg, Man, Nov. 8--Fifteen cases of smallpox confined to two families in the St. "Agathe district were reported to the health authori- ties today, THINKS TROOPS SHOULD PARADE WITHOLT ARMS Labor Member Says Spirit of Armistice Day Violated By Their Use (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Nov. 8--The suggestion of E. Thurtle, Labor member of par- liament for Shoreditch, that troops at Armistice Day ceremonies should parade without arms is rejected by ir Laming- Wortliington Evans, minister for war, Thurtle said the presence of arms was a violation of the spirit of the ceremony. MOTQRIST NEED NOT REPORT ON ANY ACCIDENT Toronto, Nov. 8.--Contrary to the general impression, motorists are not compelled to report acci- dents to the police, Crown Attor- ney Eric Armour, K.C., pointed out last night at the City Morgue, to the coroner's jury investigating the death of Miss Margaret Taylor, 17-year-old milliner, 24 Albany avenue, who died in the General Hospital on Oct. 18, as a result, it was alleged, of injuries received when she was struck by a motor car on September 5. xonerated Walter Osborne, of 64 Glen Don- ald avenue, driver of the car which hit Miss Taylor on Bay St. just north of Wellington on Sept. 5, did not report the occurrence to the police as he did not think the girl was injured to any extent, he told the jury. Crown Attorney Armour, commenting on Oshorne's course, told the jury that all that a motorist was compelled by law to do after an accident was to give his pame and address in writing to the injured per:zomn. *Of course, it is wise to report to the police," Major Armour added. President Late Returns Continue to Swell Republican Major- ity and Its Senate Repre- sentation is Increased -- Reason for Overwhelming Victory is Still to Be As. certained (By Canadian Press) New York, Nov. 8--Late returns from Tuesday's election continue to swell the majority of Herbert Hoov- er in the popular vote, but as yet there is no change in the electoral college standing. Hoover will have 444 clectoral votes and Smith, 87. The Republican party, in the elec- tions, augmented its slender major- ity "in the senate besides electing a president. While the Democrats still have a strong bloc, they lost some scats to their opponents. Record Majority The full measure of the overwhel- ming factory wheih sent even rock- ribbed Democratic states into Hoov- er's column was still to be ascertains ed, hut it was evident that the new president would come into office with the greatest electoral majority ever given any candidate, and with a popular vote exceeding any before it, FRENCH MINISTER TO CANADA SAILS (By Canadian Press) Havre, France, Nov, 8,--Georges) Knight, France's first minister to Canada, sailed for New York yes- terday. He will take up his a ies at Ottawa about Novemb:r 16, CARRIER BOYS WIN PRIZES SECURING SUBSCRIPTIONS Circulation of The Times Goes Over 6,000 Mark--250 New Readers Twenty-seven carrier hoys of The Times circulation staff were present- ed wtih prizes in connection with a contest in which the boys had se- cured more than 250 subscriptions to The Times, sending the circulation figure over 6,000. The awards were presented by A. R. Alloway, manag- ing editor, and H. Boyce, circulation manager. The following boys won prizes :--Douglas Clark, Basil Saw- ver, Billie Bray, Gerald Doyle, Art, Turner, Clair Deitrich, Clifford Iry- ing, George Campbell, Hayward Murdoch, Keith Goodman, Mel. Smith, Billie Mason, Wilfred Bow- man, Kenneth Williams, Terrence Yule, Albert Martin, Donald Law- rence, Walter Alexander, Donald Smith, Stanley Cook, Arthur Babh- cock, Raymond Crouse, Gordon Johnston, Lorne Craddoch, Tan Muir, Maurice-Holding, Vincent McCabe, STEAMER IS SEIZED BY CHINESE GANG Foreigner Wounded and Others Robbed by Bandits Hankow, China, Nov. 8.-- One foreigner was shot in the thigh and others were robbed by a gang of Chinese which took possession of the steamer Shasi of the China Navigation Company soon after it left Hankow, Henry Henvi, formerly manager of a firm here, who was en route to the United States, had his thigh shattered by shots. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, believed to be Nathan Pep- per, an American magazine writer who has been studying economie and social conditions in China in behalf of the Gugenheim Founda- tion, and his wife, were among those robbed. The robbers had come aboard as passengers. They overpowered the captain and officers of the steamer soon after it sailed, They killed a Chinese business agent and wound- ed another. The cabins of first class passengers were looted of property valued at $7,500. Among those robbed was a French naval officer. The pirates escaped with their loot in a launch which came alongside. Popular Vote For New in Excess of Any Ever Recorded ELECTORAL VOTE AND STATISTICS U. S. ELECTIONS Electoral vote--Hoover 444, Smith 87; Hoover majority, 35 States carried--Hoover 40, Smith 8. Popular vote (incomplete) -- Hoover, 18,299,708; Smith, 12,- 989,093. Hoover plurality--5,310,615, Congress--The new Senate will have 54 Republicans, 40 Democrats, one Farmer-Lab- orite, one vacancy, compared with 47 Republicans, 46 De- mocrats, one farmer Laborite, two vacancies. Republican lead in house increascd. Governors elected -- Repub- ican 23, Democrat 11, BIG DECREASE IN CANADA'S DEBT IN SEVEN MONTH) Net Decrease Close to $85, 000,000--Revenue, Expend- iture Increase (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Nov. 8.--The net debt of Canada decreased hy $84,928, 207 during the seven months of the fiscal year ending October 31. For the same seven months last year the decrease was $78,616,605, Or- dinary revenue of the Dominion increased by $20,828,604 and ordinary expenditure by $11,672, 523. Figures are based only on re- ceipts and expenditures which passed through the books of the IPinance Department up to October 31, TWO COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR RINK FACILITIES Oshawa Curlers Ltd. and Oshawa Curling Club Com- bined Efforts The City of Oshawa owes fits thanks to a group of public think- ing men, the officers of 'the Osh- awa Curlers Limited and the Osh- awa Curling Club, for the splendid new artificial ice fagilities which have been installed ~ at Oshawa's Skating and Curling Rink, Bond street east. ; These two hodies, the Oshawa Curlers Limited and the Oshawa Curling Club take charge of two distinct phases of the work com- nected in the interest of curling itself and work together for the bigger and better club which is now a certainty after the splendid work which has just heen com- pleted and put into operation this week. The Oshawa Curlers Limited are in charge of the financial matters of the curling club, more particu- larly with the financing of the new artificial ice equipment and other recent matters requiring financial attention, * The Oshawa Curling Club is the parent body, as it were, of the Osh- awa Curlers Limited. The Oshawa Curling Club embraces the club's activities, takes charge of all the matches both inter-club competi- tions and local tournaments, and is in charge of all sundry matters such as attendance and the forma- tion of teams and appointment of skips. F. I.. Mason is president of the Oshawa Curlers Limited and W. A. Coad is vice-president while the executive is comprised of five local men, E. C. Hodgins, W. H. Ross, E. C. Hare, Ernest Parsons and George Hezzlewood. Wm. Cickers f¥ secretary. The guiding hands of the Osh- awa Curling Club consist of W. H. Holland as president, ¥. L. Mason vice president, Ernest Parsons secretary and Charles McDougall and Wm. Vickers executive, HUNDREDS FLEE FROM ETNA'S LAVA Molten Stream, Like a Hun. gry Dragon, Leaves Destruc- tion in Its Path HOUSES BURNED Most" Fertile and Intensely Cultivated Land in Sicily is Being Consumed (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Catania, Sicily, Nov. 8--~With a molten stream of lava, like a hungry dragon, spurring them on, hundreds of parsons were today fleeing from the region at the hase of Mount Etna. The most fertile and intensely cultivated land in Sifily was being consumed, houses destroyed and trees burned. Great clouds of steam arose as the heat reached the vats of dis- tilleries. The flaming, steam swept away a monument to the war dead which was to have been inaugurated Sunday at Mascali, Three Meet Death Mascala, Sicily, The first deaths in the Mount Etna eruption were reported today. Three men, fath- er, son and grandson being the victims, The three returned to a doomed house to rescue goods and slept there over night. In the morning they were surrounded with molten lava, ant their fellow townsmen were forced to watch death overtake them, powerless to help. CHAMBERLAIN I SILENT REGARDING U. 5. ELECTIONS Likes Canada Immensely -- Says He Can't Discuss United States Toronts, Nov. 8--Canada's status in Empire Councils and elsewhere is not worrying Sir Austen Chamber lain, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and present distin- guished pvisitor in Toronto. And neither, for that matter, is the status of Britain herself, for: Sir Austen said last night that the Capital of the British Empire might "tomor- row" be in Ottawa. "Tomorrow" an Imperial Parliament might sit in Ot- tawa. It would require a bit of leg- islation, that was all. But what-- and this was the inference--did it matter? . ' Some day Mother England may send to Canada one of these austere, supercillious and standoffish states- men which the Canadian is apt to think is the special product of the Old d. But Sir Austen-is not one of them. Neither was Baldwin, nor Amery, nor Lloyd George, nor Mel- chett, nor MacDopald--one cannot recall one, in fact, true to the accep- ted type. Chamberlain--monocle and all--courteously dropped out of the parade of dignitaries following Pre- mier Ferguson's dinner at the Parlia- ment Buildings and submitted to an interview for the two or three min- utes he could spare before hurrying to catch up again with his Excel- lency the Governor-General. MEXICAN COURT IS LIKE ARMED CAMP Mexico City, Nov. 8.--The turb- uled trial of Jose De Leon Toral, young artist for the assassination last July of President-elect Obre- gon, and of Mother Superior Maria Concepcion Aceveno Y De La Llata, accused of having egged him on to commit the crime, will close to- morrow with arguments by the prosecution and defence. Convic- tion of both defendants is generally regarded as probable. The court-room at San Angel «nd its surroundings was an armed camp today. Even some of the jurors stepped into the box with pistols at their belts. It is reported that threats have been made against their lives if the assassin of President-elect Obregon is acquitted. Outside the court-room scores of men carrying pstols muttered men- acingly within earshot of , the armed guards. Extraordinary@®pre- cautions are being taken to safe- guard. the prisoners, their counsel, the judge apd jury. * Celluloid Mixture Explodes and Flames Envelop Fam. ily in House Near Plant, Killing Mother and Three Children -- Twenty Per- sons Injured -- Building is Quickly Enveloped in Flames (By Canadian Press) Lynn, Mass, Nov. 8--Fourteen persons are known to be dead from an explosion that wrecked the plant of the Preble Box Toe Company and a nearby dwelling house, Nine per- sons were in a serious condition in hospitals and several others are re- ported missing Plant Wrecked Lynn, Mass, Nov. 8--Tweclve per- sons were killed in an explosion which wrecked a shoe plant in East Lynn today. The building was im- mediately enveloped in flames. Of the twelve bodies recovered four were those of occupants of a house near the 'factory, A mother and three children. The others are believed to be employes and had not been identi- fied, Enveloped By Flames The woman killed was Mrs. Harry Blaney, who with her husband and children was at breakiast when the explosion sent a sheet. of flame against her house bursting through the window and enveloping the fam- ily. The rest of the household es- caped with minor injuries, At least 20 persons were injured, A series of explosions occurred in a celluoid mixture used in the manu- facture of box toes for shoes. One end of the concrete block building was blown out and two bodies were hurled with it. UNDERWORLD GANG LEADER RIDDLED WITH BULLETS (By Canadian Press) Philadelphia, Nov, 8.--William Penni, alleged leader of the under- world gang, is in hospital today, his body riddled with eleven bul- lets. It is believed he is the vic- tim of gangster guns. His recov- ery is doubtful , Denni was shot from an automobile as he stood on a street coruer last night. The police connect the shooting with the testimony given by Denni in a recent murder. trial, CANADIAN LEGION T0 SELL POPPIES T0 AID VETERANS Money Secured Will Assist Disabled Veterans and Al- leviate Distress The Canadian Legion Tag and Poppy Day will be held in this city, concurrently with other cities and towns throughout the Dominion, on Saturday of this week. The voluntary aid which is sought through this me- dium is used entirely for the benefit of war veterans and various distress cases in the city. Post 43, of the Legion in Oshawa has this year un- dertaken to take charge of the affair and is doing its utmost to make the day one of real financial benefit to the cause. Poppy Day is an annual affair, and was originated by Earl Haig. Smiling Faces Many smiling young ladies will be on the street corners on Saturday to check the hurry and flurry of the city's rushing business men and wo- men, Winsome faces will demand a small contribution in exchange for that blood-red emblem, the poppy, so that it only remains for Oshawa's public to support the proposition placed before them in the form of ag day, which indirectly will bring happy faces to many who have known only the very dregs of life since the Great War. CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Galt, Nov. 7.--Col. and Mrs. J. Laing Cowan, *Clochmobr House," Grand avenue north, today cele- brated their golden wedding. Both were born in this district and were married on November 6, 1878; by the late Rev. J. K. Smith. They lived on the farm until 1920, when they retired to the city. Col. Cowan, now in his 83rd year, joined the 29th Waterloo Reg- iment in 1882, as a lieutenant and is now the oldest surviving officer of the old 29th Regiment. Despite his advanced years, Col. Cowan was to be seen any fine afternoon this summer on the bowling green. Col. and Mrs. Cowan have one son and one daughter, Hurled Out As Concrete Building Is Wrecked at Lynn, Mass. REGENCY COUNCIL | ASKS AMBASSADOR TO FORM MINISTRY! (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Bucharest, Rumania, Nov, 8.-- Regency council today invited Nicholas Titulescu, Rumanian am« bassador to Great Britain, to forms a ministry in succession to the Gove ernment of Vintilla Bratianu, WEAKNESS SHOWN IN WHEAT ON THE CHICAGO MARKET Large Offerings of Old Crop from Argentina Lowers Prices Chicago, Nov. 8-- Sympathizing with more of a downturn in Livers pool quotations than expected wheat averaged lower today during early dealings here. Declines were asso ciated with favorable crop prospects for new southern hemisphere wheat and to continued large offerings of old crop wheat from Argentina, Opening % to 5% off Chicago wheat later held near to initial figures, Corn and oats were relatively firm, Corn, starting at 14 to 3% cent met a set back, but afterward scoring gains, Provisions inclined downward, ELECTION DATE MAY BE CHANGED CITY OF TORONTO Arguments Are Presented nt a Conference, But Opinion is Divided > Toronto, Nov. 8. -- Whether op not Toronto is to retain New Year's Day as the date for the civic elecs tions is likely to be decided at the polls on January 1st, For two hours yesterday the subject was dis- cussed at a conference attended hy representatives of various organize ations and at the conclusion of the meeting Aldermen, W, A, Howell seconded by Alderman C. E, Black- burn, moved that the city council be requested to submit to the electors the question: *"Are you in favor of holding the municipal els ections on a business day instead of New Year's Day?" Mayor Me- Bride, who presided, announced that he would submit the resolus tion to the Board qf Control today, Of the 15 RrEslizations represens= ted, 8 wer in vor of changing the date and seven were opposed Those in favor of the change were The Local Council of Women, the W.CT.U, the Home and School Council, the Builders' Exchange, 1.0.D.E,, Danorth Business Men (West Section), Riverdale Kiwanis ans and the Canadian Manufacturs MOND FIELD EXTENDS Vancouver, Nov. 8.--A Victoria dev spatch to The Province says: "The Mond interests, headed hy Lord Melchett, the former Sir Als fred Mond, are entering the Britisli Columbia coal industry with the purs chase of the Telkwa Collieries, east of Smithers, according to semi-official and apparently reliable information re 'eived at the Parliament Buildings, "The Telkwa Collieries, which foe years have been operated to supply fuel to Prince Rupert and other cities on the Canadian National Railways main line, will be used by the Mond interests for the production of valu= able by-products, includirg oil, it is reported. The property is said to have been cold for $75,000 by its owns ers, who reside in Telkwa." ers' Association, DR. LATREILLE DIES (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Nov. 8--Dr. Eugene Las treille, professor of anatomo pathos logy at the University of Montreal is dead here. ' PRINCE PAYS HIS WAY (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Nov. 8.--It was learned tos day that the Prince of Wales is pay ing his own expenses on his Africag tour. The cost will be about $25,000, WEATHER Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay --Fresh northerly winds, clearing and colder with local snow flur- ries. Friday, moderate north- west winds, fair and rather cold.