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"All the News While It Is News" - 1 he Oshawa Daily Reformer | The Oshawa Daily Tome fz 7 / a 2 A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL, 4--NO. 32 Patel: Senin an ube tiene" OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. FOURTEEN PAGES SESSION OF PARLIAMENT OPENS TODAY Brantford Charge Against Oshawa Exploded by Mayor Dominion Parliament is Opened This Afternoon With Colorful Scenes L His Excellency, the Gover. nor-General Reads Speech From the Throne to Joint Assembly of the House of Commons and the Senate THANKS EXPRESSED FOR KING'S RECOVERY Speech From the Throne Consists Largely of a Re. view of the Activities of the Government Since the Close of Last Session -- Little New Legislation (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Feb, 7,--With all the traditional usages and colorful ges- tures which typify the time-honor- ed ceremonial, Canada's sixteenth Parliament opened its third session this afternoon. For nearly two ours, the pageantry of parliamnent continued in a perfect setting. The booming of guns, the flashes of color from the guardsmen and the mounted escort to His Excellency the Governor-General, with the Ot- tawa river and the Gatineau Hills in the background--all these added to the picture presented on snow- covered Parliament Hill, Escorted by a squadrpn from the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, His Excellency reached the Parlia- ment buildings.The Governor gen- eral was met.-by-the Prime Minis- ter and high officials of the naw- JUSTICE HODGINS T0 INQUIRE INTO INSURANCE RATES COUNSEL NAMED TO CONDUCT CASE FOR PROVINCE Terms of Inquiry Are to Be Made Public ' When Drawn Up (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 7.--Hon, Mr. Jus- tice Hodgins will be appointed by Royal Commission to conduct the Ontario Governmert's promised in- quiry into the recent rise in rates for automoble insurance. In making the announcement last night Attorney-General William 'H, Price added that Leighton Fos- ter, superintendent of Insurance, would conduct the case for the Province and would be available to the Commission whenever prepara- tion of data and other assistance was required of him, Terms Being Prepared Terms of the Commission, stat- ed the Attorney-General, would he made public as soon as they were drawn up, be provided under it, he said, to conduct a wide-open inquiry, to subs Ample authority would al and military staffs, and escorted [© along the hall of fame to the Sen- ate Chamber. At the bar of the Senate and the lobby, wth Speaker Lemieux in the foreground, members attentive- ly listened while His Excellency read the Speech from the Throne, first in Eoglish, then in French. On the conclusion of this part of the ceremony members of the House of Commons returned to their own Chamber, where they adjourned after giving first reading to the Dummy Bill No. 1, a mere matteer of form. Social affairs occupied (Continued on Page 3) BANK OF ENGLAND London, Feb. 7. -- The Bank of England raised its discount rate from four and one-half to five and one-half per cent. today. FIND BABY DID NOT DIE FROM POISONING (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 7--Prof. L. J. Rog- ers reported to the Attorney-Gen- eral"s Department today that the analysis has failed to reveal that Al- bert Bazley, 21 months old baby who died in the hospital two weeks ago, succumbed to poisoning. The ex- amination is not completed, and a further report may be expected, his report said. poena witnesses and to take what was ry. During the last few days Col, Price has been in touch with the Insurance tion, which put the Feb. 1. increased rates into effect and the Ontario Motor League, the Marufacturers' Association, the and other organizations which pro- tested them. last night, are prepared to go ber fore the Commissioner and present their arggment, Underwriters' Associa- Board of Trade All of them, he said Fairest to All, Says Price Colonel Price stated that the Gov- ernment's choice of a one-man Commission had been actuated by the belief that an independent ju- diciary tribunal would all round to every one than any RAISES DISCOUNT |larger Commission. Hodgins would, he fancied, be able to open his inquiry in a few days. PROTECTION AIM OF BANK OF ENGLAND be fairer Mr. Justice (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) London, Feb. 7.--The necessity for some measure to protect the Bank of Engand's from inroads through shipments to the United States recognized in the money market, but it had been hoped that a work- gold reserve has long been BYE-BYE, BARBARY ! Bye-bye, barbary bush! Hon. John §S. Martin, Minister o Agriculture, bas his eye on this garden shrub, and is out © pro- hibit its growing in the Province of Ontario. Legis- lation that he is introduc- this session aims to " all of its several varieties, with the excep- tion of the "Japanese." it appears that where barbary shrubs are most plentiful wheat rust is also most plentiful. Investiga- tion has convinced the au- thorities that a certain fungus growth settles on the stems of these shrubs. and from this growth, when it withers, are given off tiny spores or seeds that go breezing across the coun- tryside, sprouting rust wherever they come in con- tact with wheat. Now it is doomed to go. Pretty flowering shrub, found in plenty of orna- mental bz ing agreement between the central institution here and that in the United States would have devised some measure of assistance before this. More than £3,000,000, re- ducing banks stock to less than £150,000,000 was the net outgo from the Bank of England this week. This is the reason for the increase of one per cent. in the bank's discount rate. Ottawa May Seek Separate Treaty Ottawa, Feb, 5.--"The Can- adian Government some weeks ago sent a reply to the British Government's request for counsel on the question of renewing the arbitration treaty with the United States, said the Under Secrc'ary of State for External Affairs to- day reiterating the previous statement that "if the renewal is being held up, it is not Canada (hat is doing it." It is well known that the general principle of arbitra- tion is upheld, but Dr, Ske! ton stated that he was not at liberty to discuss the repor that Canada would seek spec ial machinery of its own un der this treaty in the arbitra tion of differences with the States, FOCH IS NOW DEFINITELY RECOVERING ONLY MATTER OF TIME UNTIL BACK TO NORMAL Doctors Announce a Further Improvement in General's Condition (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Paris, Feb. T.=Marshal-Ferdin- and Foch is definitely on the road fo recovery and unless new compli- [cations arise, it is only a matter is restored to doctors an- of time until he normal health, his nounced today, 'r The bulletin issued by Marshal Foch's physicians this morning said there had been further im- provement in his condition, I said: "There has been a further amelioration in the Marshal's health, 'No further bulletins will be issued." U, OFT, WITHOUT "VARSITY" AFTER STAFF RESIGNS Students' Council Meets This Afternoon to Discuss + Further Action (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 7.--The University of Toronto is today without its daily dismissal of the editor, J. L. Ryan, and the subsequent resignation of his staff, last night. This latest action on the part of the Students' Admin- istrative Council, nominal owners of the paper was taken following an editorial published by the paper yes- terday. A meeting is being held this afternoon to discuss further action in regard to the publication of "The Varsity," meanwhile a temporary news bulletin is being jssued 2 the Students' Council. AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED (By Canadian Press) Rome, Feb. 7.--Official announce- ment of an agreement between the Holy See and the Italian state was made this morning by Cardinal Gas- parri, Papal Secretary of State, be- fore the diplomatic y accredited to the Vaticans, Berlin, Feb. 7.--The Reichstag yesterday "adopted a bill ratifying Germany's signature of the Kel- logg-Briand renunciation of war pact. The wote was 287 to 127. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Reichstag, following the ex- ample set by its counterpart in the American Senate, voted to recom- mend the Kellogg pact Reichstag for acceptance, but with an "interpretation." 'The resolu- tion which accompanied the com- mittee's endorsement of the anti- war treaty' was moved by Baron Werner Von: Rueinhaben, the friend and biographer of Gustav rordens. Bye-bye, Stresemann, the Foreign Secre A and reads: id German Parliament Ratifies Kellogg War Renunciation Pact "The Reichstag expects that the German Government in accordance with the statement made in the note of the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs to the American' Ambassador in Berlin on April 27, 1928, will take the coming into force of the Kellogg Pact as an occasion to ex- ert all pressure on the basis of the new guarantee on the co-signatory governments for the maintenance of peace and on the National Lea- gue for the fulfillment of the ob- digations of common disarmament as well as the building up of a means of settling existing conflicts among naticnal interests and lay- ing aside notorious injustices in a manner." ~ newspaper "Varsity," following the = {boy king of Duchess Has Influenza 3 THE DUC!!Z88 OF YORK Who is the latest member of the royal ci-cle to become ill. She is today suffering from an attack of influenza. () : Slowly the citizens of the Motor City and this vicinity are realizing that there is .real need in the ap- peal from the Motherland for help | --help for the miners throuzhout! all England and Wales who are without the necessities of life. The fund today stands at $11825. Slowly, because only as fast as contributions are received, the offi- cers of the fund in England are relieving the need apparent to every one who 1s at all cognizant of con- ditions as they are over there. From the Prince of Wales' survey of the situation come touching stor- ies, pathetic and appealing, of little children hungering, mothers worry- ing, and fathers seeing in despair that there is nothing they can do to help their families. For there is not work for nearly all the coal miners thiswinter, and without work there is no revenue, and without revenue--one cannot live. "Every Little Helps," signs onc sympathetic person who has sent in Maintenance Boys of the W. Joint Contribution to Oshawa's Slowly Growing Fund--*"Every Little Helps" is a Good Motto OSHAWA'S FUND FOR THE BLI1ISE MIN. WORKERS E. Phillips Company Make a gift today. Every gift, no matter how small, will help to at least buy bread and the real necessities, and it is the little sums that, grouped together, will save thousands of people in North England and Wales from starvation this winter. But when vou consider that the British Government is adding $1 to every $1 you give, think of the tremendously added power of your gift. A $10 contribution will grow to $20 in: its usefulness, but a $20 gift will grow twice as fast, to $40, and a $50 con- tribution would add $100 to the total. Our British brothers and sisters are in distress. Will Canada, and Oshawa, fail to measure up? Following are the contributions of today: Previously acknowledged $107.00 Maintenance Boys, W. E. Phillips Company H. Stafford "Every Little Helps" ... _ TERRIBLE." EATH LIST FROM "FLU" EPIDEMIC (By Canadian Press) Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, Feb. 7.-- The undertakers are seven days be- hind in their interring of the dead, owing to the high death rate in an influenza epidemic, There is a short- age of grave diggers and. priests, and in some churches requim services are held evury fifteen minutes. The gov- ernment today ordered all schools closed. TURKISH FAMILIES EVACUATED FROM AFGHAN CAPITAL Relatives of King Amanul- lah Reported to Be Thrown Into Prison (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Pnéss) Peshawar, India, Feb. 7.--Thirty women and children, including the families of Turkish and Persian officials, were evacuated from Kab- ul, Afghanistan, in oRyal Air Force machines today. Some brought reports that Sardar Mohoumar Kahn, uncle of King Amanullah and his sons, had been imprisoned by order of Backa Sakap, the water that country. ALBERTA GOVERNMENT REJECTS POLICE OFFER (By Canadian Press) Edmonton, Alta, Feb. 7.--The Al- berta government will not accept the offer of the Dominion government, that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police take over the policing of the province from the existing Alberta provincial police, it was announced in the legislature yesterday. DENIES RUMOR HON, CHAS. MPCREA 70 RESIGN SEAT Hon. Dr. Godfrey Says Mr. - McCrea Will Return to Legislature (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 7--Denial of a ma- | bill mor that Hon. Charles McCrea, Min- ister of Mines, was contemplating resigning his seat in the Ontario Legislature was made today by Hon. Dr. Forbes Godirey, Minister of Health, who returned from Bermuda where Dr. Godfrey left Mr. McCrea in "A splendid state of health" Dr. Godfrey said he expected Mr. McCrea would be back in the legis- lature within the next ten days. U.S. Car Mishaps Cost 27,000 Lives Chicago, Ill., Feb, 7.--Eight hundred thousand automobile accidents in the United States during 1928 cost 27,000 lives and involved an economic loss of $850,000,000, the National Safety Council reported today. Although the fatalities repre- sent a 6 per cent. increase over 1927, it is the lowest in- crease for any one year since 1920. Chicago had the high- 3st death ra.e for the year -- 28.3 for each 100,000 popula- tion. / SCHOOL DESTROYED (By Canadian Press) New Westminster, B.C, Feb, 7.-- The Richard McBride school at Sap- perton valued at $80,000, was destroy- ed by fire yesterday. No children were in the building. PEACE RIVER DISTRICT TO BE SURVEYED ALBERTA PREMIER HAS ANNOUNCED FAR REACHING PLANS To Examine Pre-Cambrian Shield in North for Mineral Deposits ---- (By Canadian Press) Edmonton, Alta. Feb. 7.-- Short wave radio stations to link up the isolated points in northern Alber- ta pending carrying of telegraph communication to such points; an intensive search for water in the areas where it is scarce; three sur- vey parties on soil surveys, and a survey party to examine the pre- cambrian shield in the northeast of the province for mineral possi- bilities are among the plans for the Peace River district, Premier J. E. Brownlee, announced in the legis- lature yesterday. AUSTRALIANS ARE MAKING GAME FIGHT IN CRICKET MATCH Need 89 to Win With Four Wickets Still to Fall | (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) | Adelaide Australia, Feb. 7.-- Australia battled gamely: in the four.h cricket test match with England, and when stumps were | drawn today bad scored all but 89 of the 349 runs required to win. | They had four wickets in hand at | the end of the day's play. The | scores were, England, 334 and 383, aggregate, 717; Australia, 369 and | 260 for six wickets; aggregate, 629. SERIOUS FIRE RAGING IN MONTREAL BLOCK | (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Feb. 7--Fire which broke out shortly after noon today in the auction rooms of Fraser Brothers, St. James and Inspector Streets, assumed such threatening proportions, that second and third alarms were sent in. Two firemen were injured. Mayor Mitchell Denies Penniless Man Shipped to Brantford by Oshawa COMMITTEE WILL HARMONIZE TWO ELECTION BILLS FERGUSON FINDS WAY OUT OF LEGISLATIVE SQUABBLE Hon. Mr. Price and W. E. N, Snclair Both Bring in Bills Toronto, Feb. 7.--The Ontario Legislature yesterday sent to a spe- cial committee of the House, whose personnel will likely be announced today, Attorney-General Price's and Liberal Leader Sinclair's bill to amend the Election Act. In plain language, the job be- fore the committee, is to pick the best meat from the pair of meas- ures, and from it fashion what Pre- mier Ferguson expects to be "the best Election Act that it is possible to secure," and one, at least, will eliminate in future any repetition of the South Ottawa "wandering ballots" mess that had the House and the Province by the ears for the greater part of the 1928 ses- sion, Decision to csll in a special com- mittee was not' reached without lengthy debate, for. Mr. Sinecla claimed that the Attorney-General's bill incorporated only ome of the eight recommendation made by the South Ottawa mix-up, and Colonel Price vigorously contended, in ef- fect, that Chief Election Clerk Al- lan Dymond, who had drawn up the meagure--an expert, in other words--Mew his business, and what was best to put in the bill, and what was best to leave out, "Not Very Courteous" Some spirited clashes followed, with Mr. Sinclair alleging that the Government had been 'not very courteous" in their treatment of the Royal Commissioners, after the time they had taken to frame their] recommendations; with Colonel Price sticking to his guns and de- precating the suitability of several of 'the suggestions incorporated in Mr. Sinclair's bill; with talk of "Baldy Robb" and empty ballot boxes and dishonest appointees 4 now and again tingling the atmos phere; and with Premier Fergu- (Continued on Page 3) KING NEARLY READY FOR TRAVELLING (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Feb. 7.--King George's removal to the south coast of Eng- land is expected shortly, His Majesty having made enough pro- gress to warrant that move. An of- ficial bulletin signed by five of the Kirg's doctors was issued this morning. It read: "Though the stage of convalescence has not yet arrived, His Majesty's condition is such that the proposed change to the south coast is now aesirable." It is mot likely that the King and his court will trayel tomorrow as prospects of good conditions did not seem favorable." New Move to Prevent Canadians Crossing Border to Work in U.S. Washington, Feb. 7.-- New means to prevent residents of Canada from crossing the border to engage in daily work in the United States were under consideration by the House of Representatives. John C. Box, Democratic representative of Texas, is the author of the new The bill would overcome the de- cisions of Federal courts in De- troit, Buffalo and New York, which have been opposed to the efforts of the Department of Labor to have the daily border crossings stopped. The measure exempts only Canadians engaged in nterna- tional trade It is understood that the bill has the approval of James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, who has been active in promoting additional leg- | islation to close the borders, and thereby provide work = along the line for Americans. 'There are a number of other immigration bills pending which are to accomplish the same Ju pose as that of Mr. Box. The bill provides that the provision of law allowing persons to enter this country temporarily for tour- ing or business shall not apply to any alien coming to this country "to engage in existing employment, or to engage in employment under an agreement already made, ex- pressed or implied, unless specifi- cally exempted from the contract labor provisions of the immigra- tion be Declares That P. Hocking Asked to Be Sent to Brantford Because He Said There Was a Job Waiting for Him There MAN'S FARE WAS PAID AT HIS OWN REQUEST Had Been Living on Local Relief Organizations and Individuals Since Coming Here from Sudbury a Month Ago That P. Hocking and his family, including a wife and four children sald by Brantford officials as hays ing been "put on the train at Osh- awa with their fares paid to Brant- ford," had been sent to Brantford at his own request, because he sajd that he had a job waiting there for him, was tie statement of Mayor T. B. Mitchell of this city this morning, This man is the "penniless vet. eran" described in Toronto morn- ing papers today, which severely eriticized this city for its *'very novel way of dealing with some of its relief problems." The papers stated that 'the Oshawa authorities put them all on the train with their fares paid to Brantford, where they arrived without funds even to find shelter for the night." The man jr | is now being helped by the Canas dian Legion of Brantford, Got Relief y Hocking, who hails from Bran. don, Manitoba, was shipped sume marily to Oshawa from Sudbury, where he had stopped off on his way east, He had not been in the city 12 hours before he had sécur- ed $33.50 in relief money of vari- ous kinds, and since that day has been making calls on ome organiza tion or another in the city for aid, declared Mayor Mitchell. When (Continued on Page 3) DUCHESS OF YORK : ILL WITH INFLUENZA London, Feb. 7, -- The Duchess of York, wife of the second son of King George, was ill today from a slight attack of influenza. WOMAN BADLY BEATEN IN ROBBERY ATTEMPT . (By Canadian Press) , Niagara Falls, N.Y. Feb. 7--Re- sisting "attempts to hold her up and rob her in her confectionary store last night, Mrs. Verondia Ogureck, 40, was brutually beaten by three youthful bandits who fired three shots which police believe were blank cart- ridges, They escaped with but twene ty-five cents, Kishinev, Bessarabia Feb. 7.-- Starving crowds crowds of men, woman and children attacked the em- ergency food relief stations here today and smashed windows, wrecked furniture and seized the small re- maining supply of food. To appease the hunger-crazed people ,the Government re- lief committee has prom- ised additional food sup- plies. . 3 The Government of Bes- sarabia, which has been the centre of a desperate fam- ine because of crop failure, held a special meeting of officials today to discuss further measures for reliev- ing the situaiion which has been greatly aggravated be- _ cause of the mon-arrival of food trains which are mar- ooned in heavy snow be- tween Ressarabia and it Bucharest.