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"All the News While It Is News" he os a Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer » y Times " = Newspaper in & Growing City VOL 4--NO. 39 a SE rE ad UROPEAN COLD WA 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TEN PAGES A "OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929 Chicago Gang Killing of 'Seven Unarmed Victims Stirs Police to Action Men Were Ordered Out of a North Side Garage, Lined Up _ Against a Wall, and Mowed Down With Machine Guns and Automatic Pistols 'PROHIBITION OFFICER CHARGES THAT POLICEMEN TOOK PART IN KILLING Police Commissioner Denies That, and Claims That the Gangsters Responsible for Slanghter Were Masauer- ading as Policemen--Federal Government May Take Hand in Investigation (By Canadian Press) | Chicago, Ills, Feb, 15--A blind alley lay ahead 'of the police today as they sought the trail of the slayers in Chicago's latest, and bloodiest of all gang Killings. : With a day and a night of inves- tigation behind, the police still sought a clue to the shooting down of six gangsters and a doctor yes- terday morning. They were frankly discouraged, The record of 72 pre- vious gang killings in the last four vears without a conyiction--many without an arrest-- lent little hope that the present investigation would be more successful, . Blames Police Chicago, Ils, Feb, 15. -- Major Fred Silloway, assistant prohibiton administrator, today advanced the theory that police officers them- selves killed the seven gangsters shot to death in a north side gang 'stronghold yesterday, and declar- ed that he believed the names of the actual slayers would be known before night, Charge Denied Police Commissioner Russell and Deputy-Commissioner ohn Stege, in charge of the detegtive bureau, had left their offices to go to the inquest for the seven slain -men at the time Silloway made his announcement, Captain James Gleason, Stege's assistant, however, said it was ri- diculous to suppose the police were involved in the murders, . A Yi "ed cap was picked up in the - age he said, but it was that of a door man. Policemen, he said, would never have marched the men out of the garage with their hands over their heads, unarmed, as wit- nesses described the exit of yester- day. "Those men were gangsters, mas- querading as officers," he declared emphatically. "The only thing Frank Guesenberg, who died in the hospital later, would say was that two of the men were wearing uni- forms. So that has given the im- pression that policemen were fin- volved." End of Gang War Commissioner of Police Russell' who hurried to the scene of the slayings yesterday was quoted as saying, "this will be the end of gang war in Chicago. The police will fight it out to the death with the gunmen." He has ascribed most of the gang killings to the prohibi- tion laws. Heads of the federal prohibition department announced last night that the government might take a (Continued on Page 3) WILLIAHS' TRIAL MAY END TODAY Late Wife's Father Gives Evidence of His Mental Conditi : (By Canadian Press Kingston, Oct., Feb. 15.--"Wil- liam acted in a terrible manner in one house; he was ugly and seem- ed io glory in it, and his manners were terrible. I didn't think he was insane and I do not think he's crazy now", said W. J. Runnings, formerly of Owen Sound, and father of the late Mrs. Williams giving evidence for the crown in the murder trial of Wilbert R. Williams this morning. The evid- ence was practically completed af- ter Dr. E. Ryan, of the Rockwood hospi.al for the insane and Mrs. May McCallum had been in the box and indications were that the case would go to the jury this af- ternoon. RIVER SEINE 1S FROZEN FOR FIRST TIME FOR" YEARS MEN WALKING ON ICE ENJOY A NEW EXPERIENCE Atlantic Coast Ports Now Feeling Full Blast of Winter (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Paris, Feb, 15.--Men walked on the ice in the Seine in the neighborhood of Paris today for the first time in many years, op- posite the French foreign office. The river was frozen for more than a third of its breadth, and the ice near the shore easily Bup- ported the peight of a man, There was a slight letup in ,the cold, with the possibility of a heavy fall of snow. The Atlantic coast ports are now feeling: the full force of France's coldest and most rigorous winter since 1895 with snow, heavy gales and ex- tremely low temperatures every- where. NEARING STATION London, Fgb. 15--Six = contingents of unemployed men are now con- verging: on London after marching from various industrial centres in England and Scotland. They plan a demonstration here on Feb, 24. U.S. OFFICE FIRED AT BY TWO ALIENS BORDER ~ PATROLMAN HAD THWARTED EN. TRANCE TO USS. Sought to Intercept Men Who Turned and Ran Away (By Canadian Press) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Feb. 15. --While patrolling the river above the International Bridge, George Raymond of the United States im- migration border patrol was fired on 'twice by men whom Inspector Raymond thwarted in their at- tempt to enter the United States via St. Mary's river ice. Raymond sought to intercept the men eross- ing the ice and when he approach- ed them they turned and ran. Raymond gave chase. When near the Canadian side they stopped and fired several shots at him. In- spector Raymond did not return the fire. It is believed by the U. S. immigration authorities the men were aliens trying to enter the United States illegally. "Man reading a newspaper over- come by escapig gas. Must have been the Winnipeg paper.--Bran- don Sun. Declares Long Happy Life Due to Her Spinsterhood 15. -- Miss bas reached » Boston, Eng., Feb. Wilhelmina Robi the age of 100 years. "I detest men," she avowed on reaching the century mark, "and I put down my long and happy life to the fact that 1 was never fool- ish enough to marry one. Miss Wilhelmina wears a frilly cap and shares her rooms with two milk-white eats--both ladies. "Tingle women have a far better (By Associated Press) life than any wife," said the white- haired lttle spinster. "The girls of today are a scandal. It is men, men, men, all the time." Courting and the technique of proposing -- Leap years or any years--never. concerned her at any time. Miss Robinson declared em- phatically. "I never asked any man to mar- ry me--and no one ever asked me to marry Lim," she said. "I al- ways hated men." . Britain to Start Limitation Move (By Staff Reporter) Washington, D.C,, Feh, 15,--8ir Eme Howard, British ambasador here,, announced today that Great Britain soon would initiate efforts to bring about further limitation' of naval armaments between the prncipal naval powers of the world, King Well Enough To Begin Smoking (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Feb, 15,--An indication of the King's progress in his en- vironment by the seaside was giv- en today by P, XK, Hodgson the Duke of York's private secretary, who told friends at a luncheon, "The King has begun to smoke again, He also is able to cut up his own food now." TROTSKY IS UNWELCOME IN TURKEY GOVERNMENT TAKES PRECAUTIONS ON AC. COUNT OF VISIT Increase in Communist Sen- timent Feared--Restrjc- tions Are Increased (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Constantinoplel, Feb, 15.--Tur- key has adopted strict measures to forestall unpleasantness growing out of the presence of its "white elephant" guest, Leon Trotzky, in this city, Inercase in communist sentiment is regarded as a primary danger in the exile of the former Soviet war chief here. and the government is not being caught napping. Passport restrictions, always stringent, have been tightened to prevent followers of Trotzky from Russia gathering about hinr. Turkey is maintaining a hands off poliley. Turkish newspaperp have been warned not to mention the exile's name. The departure of a Soviet steamer early this morn- ing in the direction of Mudania, across the Sea of Marmara in Bru- sa, Asia Minor, gave rise to the be- lief that Leon Trotzky might be aboard. DEATH LIST FROM INFLUENZA GROWS IN GREAT BRITAIN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IS NOW 2,340 Keen Interest Taken in the Report of Discovery of New Cure The Times by Press) London, Feb. 15--Deaths from in- fluenza in 107 large English towns numbered 967 last week, against 652 and 321 for the two previous weeks. London . alone showed 331 dead against 198 the preceding week. The figures brought the total of influenza dead since January 1 to 2,340; there were 714 in the same period in 1928. Deaths from bronchitis and. Bron- cho-pneumonia were double those of last year, there being 1981 since February 1 as compared with 973 for the same period in 1928. Cure Anounced (Cable Service to ' Canadian In view of the increasing in the epidemic particular interest was at- tached to advices from Berlin of a cure for the disease. Dispatches said that Professor Louis Lewin; Tokicologist, and Paul Schuster, neurologist, of the University of Berlin had discovered a symptomatic remedy. : The drug is described as an al- kaloid of creeper or liana indigenous to Mexico and Ecuador where it is used by Indians as a narcotic. It was said to be particularly beneficial in treatment of cerebral influenza. ' Rare The discovery, however, is regard- ed as in its initial stage. The geo- graphical distribution of the plant is vet to be determined and the doctors themselves know of only 12 grams of the drug throughout the world. Mrs. Ettie I. Smith, Latin teach~ er at Carl Schurz High School, Boston, has retired jafter forty-six years' service, 4 CONCERTS THIS SUNDAY T0 AID THE MINERS' FUND Many Fine Numbers Have Been Arranged for Oshawa Citizens' Band Concert and Simcoe Street Choir Concert Sunday Evening--All Proceeds Go to the Destitute Miners A baritone soloist, the silver med- alist at the Canadian National Ex- hibition in 1927 and 1928, will be the feature visiting artist on the program of the Oshawa Citizens' Band at its concert Sunday evening in the New Martin Theatre, in aid of the British Miners' Fund. Another feature of the band's pro- gram will be the "Atlantis Suite" in three parts, This selection, says Band- master R, Fountain, has never been given in Oshawa, by any musical or- ganization, so it should prove inter- esting to music lovers here, : "Campus Memories," an arrange- ment of several old college songs, has been prepared by the band for Sun- day evening and this should bring back stirring memories of college days to the .staid B.A's and other college graduates in the city. A tenor soloist from a distance will also as- sist in the program, and there will be other classical and sacred num- bers. This coneert, as well as the.one being given by the choir of Simcoe street United church Sunday evening in the church, is in aid of the Min- er's I'und, and the entire proceeds of both these entertainments will be devoted to The Times' fund for the British Miners. No doubt there will be full houses at both concerts as was the case at the Regent theatre last Sunday evening. The Fund stands today as follows: Previously acknowledged .$346.75 Mr. John Bale ..... Savers 5.00 In His Name . Ward's Store Mrs. E, Leixing .. INVESTIGATION OF NOBILE DISASTER NEARLY COMPLETE (Cable Service The Canadian Press) Rome, Feb. 15.--The govern- ment commission: which has been investigating the disaster to the Arctic expedition of General Um- berto Nobile, has nearly concluded its investigation, The Giornale D'Italia said today that the enquiry report might be presented to Pre- nrier Mussolini in about a week, GARAGEMAN SUED, FAILED TO PAY FOR CANADIAN LIQUOR (By Associated Press) Monroe, 'Mich., Feb, 15.--Two suits believed to be unique in Am- erican court history since the rat- ification of the Vo.staed Act, have been filed here against George D. Cousino, garage proprietor. Cousino is being sued for $6,000 by T. J. Beniteau and A. A. Mc- Gills, Amherstburg, Ont., liquor exporters, for amounts they claim are due for two shipments of liquor. Beniteau's claim is for $2,600 and McGill' is $3,500. They declared Cousino purchased the liquor be.ween Christmas and New Year's but failed to make payment, THE TIMES BULLETIN SERVICE Starting this morning, a service of bulletins has been inaugurated by The Times. Bulletins of the important news will be posted in the window of The Times office every morning for the conven- ience of the citizens. Bul- letins of important news will also be posted from time to time during the day as warranted by the news despatches. to. The Times by |. ADJOURNMENT OF HEARING GRANTED IN MURDER CASE St. Catharines, Feb. 15.--Arthur Walter Grimes, charged with the murder of Mrs, Pearl Stuart, of Grassies, last Saturday, was unre- presented by counsel when he ap- peared before police magistrate Campbell in police court this morn- ing. Crown Attorney Lancaster stated that owing to the mnon-ap- pearance of representation for the accused, he would ask for an ad- journment until the 22nd, which was granted, DR. LANGSNER WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY PROV. POLICE (By Canadian Press) Edmonton, Alta, Feb. 15--Ques- tioning the accuracy of the state- ment made in the legislature this session by Attorney-General F. J. Lymburn, that Dr, Maximilian Langsner, viennese criminologist, had been employed by Alberta authori- ties on the recommendation of the British Columbia provincial police, Colonel C. Y. Weaver, Edmonton, precipitated a debate on the subject in the legislature Thursday, Colonel Weaver porduced a letter from the attorney-general of British Columbia contdining a letter address- cd to that official from superinten- dent McMullen 'of the British Col- umbia provincial police, declaring that "no recommendation whatever was made concerning Dr, Langsner." FOREIGN EXCHANGE New York, N.Y., Feb. 15--For- eign exchange steady; demand rates in cents: Great Britain, 485; Canadian dollars at 5-16 of 1 per cent. discount. WEATHER " 'Toronto, Ont., Feb. 15.-- Forecasts -- Lower Lakes-- Moderate to fresh west and south-west winds; mostly cloudy and moderately cold today and Saturday, local snowflweries, Georgian Bay ~--Fresh . south-westerly wins, mostly cloudy and moderately cold today and Saturday, Light local smowfalls. Last Minute News Flashes in Brief Form For Busy Readers BISHOP DIES London, Feb. 15--Rt. Rev. W. C. Streatfield, Bishop of Lewes, who was only consecreted Bishop a fortnight ago, died suddenly today. Formerly he had been Vicar of Eastbourne since 1911. He was 63 years of age. BO (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 15.--Har- ry Stubbmer, five years old, was accidentally killed at his farm home today when a gun which was being cleaned by his father was discharged. SEEK NEW MOTOR ROAD Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Feb. 15. --A petition is being eiwrcuiated at Blind River asking the Ontario Government to build a motor road from that town to Lake Matinenda, which fs becoming popular as a tourist and fishing resort. NOTED SCIENTIST DIES (Cable Seryice to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Feb. 15. -- Blakesley, noted scientist and ar- chaeologist, died today at the age of 81 years. He was responsible for greatly improving the methods or defining and measuring the properties of optical instruments. Thomas | LINDBERGH LEAVES FLORIDA Miami, Fla., Feb. 15.--Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off for Washington, D.C., at 7.37 o'clock this morning CRUISER BILL; REPORTED Washington, D.C., Feb. 15.--Car- rying $12,370,000 for the first two years' program of the mewly- authorized cruiser construction the Navy Department appropria- tion bill was reported to the Sen- ate today by its appropriations com- mittee. NAPTHA DEPOSITS EXPLODE Buenos Aires, Feb, 15.--A tre- mendous blaze in naptha deposits at Puerto Centenares, near here, caused explosions which rocked Buenos Aires early this morning. it is feared there were some vic- tims. GIRL TATTLE IMPROVED (By Canadian Press) "Toronto, Feb. 15.--A little im- provement is reported in the condi- tion of four-months-old Elizabeth Watson, who was terribly: burged vesterday, when according to her mother, her year-and-a-half-old brother threw a li~hteqd uaten in- to the carriage where she was sleeping. Adrift on Ocean (By Canadian Press) Seattle, Wash, Feb, 15.--A warning that the disabled freighter Alloway, was adrift and menacing navigation at Unimak Pass, Aleutian, Islands, was broadcast by the naval radio sta- tion here today after unsuccessful ef- forts had been made by the coast guard cutter Chelan to tow her to safety. Marshall Foch is Still Improving Paris, Feb, 15.--Marshal I'och again showed an overnight im- provement according to his three physicians, who this morning re- sumed issuance of official bulle- tins as to his condition, Their communique said: 'There has been an amelioration of the pulmonary symptoms, The state of the kidneys is quite satisfactory, Temperature 99.86, pulse B82. (Signed) Degennes, Dveniere, Heitz-Boyer." STUDYING POSITION OF GERMANY A COMMITTEE OF EX. PERTS STILL HEARING GERMAN PLEAS Will Need Further Time for Presentation of Facts and Figures (Cable Service to The Times : Canadian Press Paris, Feb, 15.--The experts coms mittee on reparations is still engaged in a study of the German position in the vexing afterlwar economic probe lem, Dr, Karl Melchoir, of Hamburg, and Dr, Hjalmar Schacht, Reichsbank President, spokesman for the Ger- mans, need one or two more sessions of the commiitee to complete the presentation of their case. The committee met in plenary ses sion but once yesterday, the meme- bers devoting the afternoon to check- ing the figures and facts presented by Dr. Schacht and Dr. Meclichoir, Particular attention was paid to an alleged unfavorable trade balance of a billion marks in Germany where- as a large favorable balance might be regarded as essential to meeting the Dawes plan and intersts on pri- vate loans. PRINCE OF WALES VISITED FATHER AT CRAIGWELL HOUSE MOTORS FROM SOUTH. AMPTON AFTER VISIT TO FRANCE Found His Majesty Doing Well in His New Quarters (Cable Service to The Times by ' Canadian Press) Bognor, Sussex, Eng., Feb. 15, --The Prince of Wales waay paid his Royal father his first visit since the latter's removal last week to Craigwell House. The Prince motored here this morning from Southampton, where he arrived earlier by boat after 2 one-day stay in France. He came in a closed car which he drove himself, his favorite Cairn terrier by his side. .. He found the King doing well in his new quarters, despite the cold weather handicap. The official report said his Majesty had passed a good night and his condition re- mained satisfactory. The Prince first sought his mother, Queen Mary, and then went to his father's room where he remained for some time. He planned to returm to London by automobile this afternoon. CHICAGO GRAIN (By Associated Press) Chicago, Ills., Feb. 15.--Not- withstanding that Liverpool wheat quotations showed a tendency to lag, the Chicago wheat market today estab'ished a mew high price record for the season. Advices continued to tell of unusually sev- ere cold in Europe, and to cause fear of crop damage. Starting ec off to Ste mp, Chicago wheat later developed a general upward bent. Corn, oats and provisions were easy, corn opering unchanged toc 3c down, and subseguently holding near to initial figures. Countries Untold Suffering is Caused Condition Into River SCORES INJURED BY EXPLOSIONS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON SEWER GAS EXPLODES WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS Employees of Electric Com- pany in Manhole When the Blast Occurred (By Associated Press) Boston, Mass., Feb, 15.--An- other explosion in a manhole in Chauncy street today added to the list of injured in a series of blasts caused by the accumulation of gewer gas in underground conduits 'lin the heart of the shopping dis- trict yesterday. Employes of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company 'were re- pairing the .damage to cables in a manhole when an explosion, appar- ently caused by a short circuit, burned three men. Only one of the trio needed hospital treatment, Meanwhile the work of replac- {ing shatiered plate glass windows in a number of stores in the dis- trict continued, while hundreds of people gathered to see the result of yesterday's explosions in which more than two score persons were injured. SOLDIERS IN CHINA ARE IN REVOLT BATTLE IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN NEAR FUTURE Missionary Women Are Be- ing Evacuated from In- terior Points (Cable Service to Th® Times by The Canadian Press) Chefoo, China, Feb." 15.--Re- volting Nationalist soldiers at Lun- kow, Shantung, have driven loyal Nationalist troops eastward and probably will meet them in battle near Fushanhsien, six miles west of Chefoo. Meanwhile communications with Hwanpghsien and Tengchowfu have been severed, although conditions are reported quiet in both eities. The missionary women at Hwan- ghsien have been evacuated to Che- foo, the men remaining, while both men and women remained at Teng- chowfu. The United States comsul at Che- foo, Leroy Webber, offered to me- diate between the opposing forces but has received no reply as yet. CHICAGO GRAIN MA S (By Pp Chicago, Feb. 15.--Wheat, March 128, May 132%; corn, March 96, May 100; oats, March 53, May 53. * | Bratislavia, Czecho-Slovakia, VE TAKES HEAVY TOLL ry: | Disabled Vessel Un precedented Cold Is Piling Up Disaster in of Europe By Sub-zero Temperatures and Heavy Snowfall in Great Britain and the Countries. of Central Europe, Where Fuel Shortage is in Serious TOWN IN CZECHO.SLOVAKIA WITH A POPULATION OF 9,000, BURIED BY SNOW Polish Bride Driving in Sleigh to Her Wedding Arrives at Church Frozen to Death--Forty Gypsies Drowned in Jugo-Slavia When Their Caravans Go Through the Ice (By Associated Press) London, Feb, 15.--Europe continued today in the grip of an unprecedented cold wave. There was a slight ins crcase in the temperatures in soma quarters, but Zenerally there was no amelioration of the bitter cold which has blanketed most of the continent with snow and ice and wrought un< told suffering. Speedy action as the coal mines inf Czecho-Slovakia promised some res lief to the centres where fuel short- ages had reached a serious stage, but against this one favorable report there were many others of disrupted train service, isolated towns, and hy man misery, Bride Frozen to Death Ope particularly pathetic story came from Polandy where a young peasant bride going from her native village to a church in Piolikow for her wedding was found frozen to death, in her sleigh, The Riviera suffered from the worst snow in 140 years the weight of the three-inch fall caused the roof of a garage to collapse, burying a score of persons and injuring three of them. Worst Since 1895 England bore the brunt of tempers atures from cight below zero, fahren heit, to a few degrees above. The weather was described as the worst since 1895. Britons, unaccustomed to such, have suffered greatly, An eight inch snow fall at Dover, and the fall along the whole channel was the hea- viest in years, In Czecho-Slovakia 143 trains were cancelled to permic trains carrying coal to leave the mine districts for Austria and Hungary, Trains' from Rome to Paris were 15 and 20 hours late, The Warsaw-Bu~ charest cxpress arrived 51 hours late while the Simplon-Orient express due in Bucharest from Paris yesterday was held fast by snow in Jugo-Slavia Town Buried in Snow witle a population of 9,000 was buried in snow and cntirely isolated. Meterologists in Copenhagch pre- dicted a storm from the westward would drive ice through the Cattegat and Sound into the Baltic and furs ther complicate conditions there where a large number of ships are frozen in the ice, Forty Drowned i Zagreg, Jugo-Slavia, Feb. 15.--For- ty gypsies were drowned today in the Drave River, ncar Tolovtez, when (Continued on Page 3) FEAR DISASTER AT BASE OF MOUNTAIN (By Canadian Press) Santos, Brazil, Feb, 15, -- Mont Serrat, the elevation of loose earth and boulders which last March killed 81 residents at its base by overwhelming their houses with avalanches of mud is again threat- ening a catastrophe to that section of the city. Continuous rains have loosened the soil ang cracks two feet wide have appeared near the casino. RED CROSS HOSPITAL AT THE SAULT IS DESTROYED BY FIRE (By Canadian Press) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Feb. 15. --sFire at - 6.30 this morning de- stroyed the Red Cross Hospital at Richards Landing on St. Joseph Island with a loss of $4,000, the building being burned to the ground. 'The cause of the fire is not known, but it is thought to have originated mear the kitchen. Fortunately there were no patients in the hospital at the time, though the building bad accommodation for ten. . London, Feb. 15.--The attorneys for George Goddard, the former police sergeant who was recently imprisoned for accepting bribes from night elubs, today served a writ on Lord Byng, police commis- sicner of Scotland Yard, for the return of about $60,000 of their eclicnt's money which was seized by the government. The funds were Attorneys For Convicted Policeman Serve Writ to Recover $60,000 (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Goddard was found guilty eein- cidentally with Luigi Ribuffi, a restaurant owner, and Mrs. Kate Merrick, mother-in-law of two peers and herself a proprietor of night clubs. He was sentenced to 18 months "imprisonment, while each of the others was given 15 months. Besides conspiracy to bribe, Mrs, Merrick and Ribufi were convicts taken from safe deposit boxes, led of illegal sale of liguor: