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Oshawa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer y Tunes A Growing Newspaper in 8 Growing City bile He . News in Brief Cardinal Very Ml Vatican City, Feb. 20.--Cardinal OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES NEW SITE OF PROPOSED FIREH ALL Vico, prefect of the Sacred Congre- of Rites, who has been gravely {It took a turn for the worse today and his relatives were summoned to his bedside, The car- dina) is 82 years old. Twenty Below Zera Brantford, Ont,, Feb, 20.--Twen- . ty below zero was the minimum tmpstature here during the night 16 below at 8 o'clock this mine It was the coldest day br ter thi wir: | Long Flight in Progres Cairo, Egypt, Feb, 20, -- Joseph Lebrix landed here at 8.45 a.m, af- ter a flight of nearly 1,400 miles fro mTunis, He is en route fo French Indo-China in his plane, Piloting the plane is Sergreant- r Antoine Palllard, alo The two left Tunis yesterday at 10.80 am, (Greenwich time), Bank Cashier Kidnapped St, Louis, Mo,, Feb, 20,--Two young men dashed into the Peo- ple's Bank of Maplewood, 8t, Lou- is suburb, today, intimidated ten persons, obtained $5,000 and took Cashier Edward Steffans with them when they" escaped in an automo- bile, » LJ " No New Canference London, Feb, 20.--Replying to & question, Sir Austen Camberlain, British Foreign secretary, told the House of. Commons. today that the Government had no intention of is- suing invitations to a new confer- ence on naval disarmament, Few Foreigners Left Peshawar India, Feb, 20, -- The staffs of the various legations are believed to be the only foreigners now left in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, The Royal Air Force planes yesterday evacuated 20. persons completing the moving out of foreigners, Crows. Fool Humans Boise, Idaho, Feb, 20,--~Plans to obliterate approximately 1,000,000 crows 'which have infested the Lowell lake region near here and seriously damaged crops by explod- ing 7,000 pounds of dynamite in their rookery, were. frustrated when the birds refused to roost in their retreat. ' LJ J LJ Sent to Penitentiary t Englebart,.Ont.,. Feb, 20.~. (By, CP)--Mike Sweed of Boston Creek, was sentenced to two years in Portsmouth penitentiary by Magis- trate Atkinson, yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of as- sault, Mike Balla was acqhitted on a similar charge. The charges prose. when Arthur Wyhnota, a Dutch miner, was struck over the head 'with a: bottle during a brawl on February 8, NEW WARSHIPS ORDERED BUILT Canada's First Destroyers Will Be Two of Most Modern Type (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) London, Feb. 20.--Commodore C. W. Moss, director of naval ser- vices of Canada, will return to the dominion on the steamship "Mont- under way to place a and police station on the city own- ed property on the south side of Bagot street. place the city hall on the south end of this piece of property, with the city hall street, and the Memorial Park, and plans for both of these buildings were being prepared by J. Arnold Thomson, of Thomson & Johnson, architects, who recently established a branch office in this eity. Induces Committee to Abandon Bagot St. Site . Fire Protection ard City Pro. perty Committee Definite. ly Decides to Not Place Proposed Fire Hall on Bagot Street City Lands TWO PRO SALS NOW BEING CONSIDERED Building May Be Placed on Metcalfe Street or on Site of Present Market Bui'd- ing at Richmond and Prince Streets Oshawa's new fire hall will not he placed on the Bagot street site. The strong opposition of four of the city's leading churches has pur- suaded the fire protection and city property committee council to seek a ncw site for the building, and the committee is now working 'on the problem with the architect, J, Arnold Thompson, of the city Speaking to The Times about the situation, Aderman George T. Mor- ris, chairman of the fire protection committee, stated that two projects are being considered at the pres nt time in recard to the new site, the placing of the fire hall facing on "THREE ESCAPED OHIO CONVICTS ARE RECAPTURED Slayer of Canton Editor is Among Those Caught By Sheriffs (By Canadian Press) Columbus, O., Feb, 20--Three of the five "convicts who sawed and hacked their way to freedom through the bars of the Ohio State Peniten- tiary yesterday were captured and returned to solitary confinement early today, less than 24 hours after their escape, Pat McDermott, gunman of the Don, R. Mellett slaying in Canton, and Mike Jacko, who murdered a Cleveland butcher, were cornered in a power house tower five miles north of here at midnight and captured by J. 85. Crumley and Charles Williams, Franklin county deputy sheriffs, i Rosso, Cleveland robber, was taken a few hours later at a farm south of here by Deputy Sheriff John Guy. McDermott and Jacko are serving life terms. Memorial park and opening onto Metcalfe street, in the same loca- tion and that it was proposed to place the city hall, and placing the proposed building street, on the site of the present market building and using the vac- ant land now market building and the police sta- on. on Richmond lying between the No Decision Yet No decision has been arrived at in conpection with either one of these proposals, Morris, sketch plans for a new fire hall and police station building on the Rich- mond and Prince street site, and until these have been prepared so that a comparison may be made be- tween the two propositions, no at- tempt will be made on the part of the committee to recommend any- thing further to the council on the question, sald Alderman The architect is preparing The Previous Plans For some time, plggs had been ew fire hall It was proposed to facing on Metcalfe At a recent meeting of the city council, however, the official boards of Simcoe St. United Church, St. Andrew's George's Anglican Church and Cen- tre St. United Church, all of which United Chyrch, Saint K0SCOW 10 CONTROL ITS BREAD SALE Soviet Seeks to Stop Feeding of Bread to Cattle as Fodder (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Moscow, Feb, 20.--Bread books, is- sued by the Government, will govern the purchase of bread after March 15, the Moscow Soviet, or Governing Committee, decided today. : The presidium or the committee, which acts when the Soviet is not in session, was ordered in a resolution to work out the details governing the distribution of bread under the mew order, J The resolution, after stating that the red capital was amply supplied with baked bread, went on to say that the main difficulty lay in specu- lation and in feeding cattle with bread which was cheaper than fodder. LIQUOR CONTROL Mexican Papers Given Warning By the President (By Canadian Press) Mexico City, Feb, 20.--Preésident Emilio Portes Gil, through acting sec- retary of interior Canales, warned the Mexican press today that it had oy- erstepped the bounds of the Govern- ment's tolerance, Further offenses, it was said, would be severely punished. The Mexico City newspapers, Ex- celsior, El Universal and La Prensa, were mentioned specifically in the warning, which was conveyed to the papers early this morning in the form of a statement signed by Sr, Canales, "By decision of the president," TWO KILLED IN WRECK OF CNR. TRAIN TRAIN DERAILED FOUR MILES NORTH OF BRACEBRIDGE Rescue Work is Being Ham. pered By the Sub.zero Weather (By Staff R r) Bracebridge, Ont, Feb, 20.--Two members of the crew of a Canadian National Railways freight train were killed and another seriously injured when their train was derailed at mid- night at Falconbridge, four miles north of here. The men who lost their lives Her- bert Hurrell, fireman, and Harry Hill, brakeman, both of Allandale. Engiu- err McInnes lies in 'Bracebridge Memorial Hospital with serious in- juries, including broken legs, It iis reported that the bodies of the fore- man and brakeman are still under the wreckage. Rescue work is seriously hampered by the fact that the temperature is far below zero, Fireman May Die London, Ohio, Feb, 20, -- One fireman was probably fatally injur- ed today in fighting a blaze which threatened to wipe out the busi- ness section of this city. Estimates of the property loss ran as high as $300,000, Winter's Lowest Temperatures Are Recorded Toronto, Ont., Feb, 20, -- Win- ter's violent onslaught on Ontario during the past tweniy-tour hours when temperatures: skidded points below the previous low levels of the season, is expected to be of short duration. Meteorological office officials forecast milder weather for tonight with snowlalis in most localities. Low marks of 22 below at RENEWAL OF BITTER COLD OVER EUROPE Low Temperature Halts the Danger from Ever Increasing Floods HEAVY SNOWFALLS Inhabitants of Greek Vil lages Forced to Live on Roofs (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Feb. 20.--Renewal of bitter cold in Central Europe téday post- poned thaws which were rapidly de: veloping a most dangerous flood sit- uation, The Danube and its tributaries were over their banks and had cau- sed widespread damage and suffering, In Greece the Struma, Maritza and Vardar rivers were at the flood stage and many villages were isolated by their waters. Meanwhile a new cold wave was sweeping Macedonia and flood suf- ferers were hard put for shelter from the continuing heavy snowfalls, Aero- planes were in use to take food to the outlying districts where Turkish and Grecian soldiers were co-operat- ng to relieve the situation. light rises in temperature in some parts of Europe were accompanied by heavy snow falls, and in the North- ern areas, particularly the Baltic re- gion, the ice jams were worse than ever, Thaw Cut Short England's thaw was cut short with a rising casterly wind and renewal ot the frost. The cold, however, was less intense than last week. Even sun-baked Egypt did not ess egpe the cold. The rare phenomenon of ice was seen in the neighborhood of the Siwa oasis where the rain froze on the ground as it fell, The Crimean peninsula lay under 15 feet of snow with all railroad ser- vice and communication disrupted, A Jewish Telegraph agency . des- patch from Jerusalem said that Lake Kineret overflowed its banks and caused much damage, People Living on Roofs Athens, Feb. 10.--The rivers Stru- ma and Maritza have overflowed, in- undating thousands of acres. Six thracian villages are isolated and the inhabitants are living on roofs of their homes, The minister of com- munications is visiting the inundated districts. BRITISH GOV'T WAS ALMOST DEFEATED; SAVED BY BALDWIN CHURCHILL, = AMERY, Persistent Cold Dissapointing to King's Household (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press Bognor, Sussex, Eng, Feb. 20.-- The King passed a good night, it was officialy stated at Craigwell House to- day. Although there was some early sunshine, A keen east wind again pre- vented the opening of the windows of the King's room this morning. The persistent cold is disappointing to members of the 'Royal household as while such a wind continues it 1s impossible to take His Majesty on the verandah where he could derive the benefit of the sunshine, REPARATIONS COMMITTEE IN DEADLOCK SEEKING METHOD OF PROCEDURE SINCE SUNDAY Report By Sub.committee on Deadlock to Be Consid- ered This Afterrioon (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Paris, Feb, 20.--The repara- tions experts' committee continued to make time today baving reach- ed a deadlock of the method of procedure which it has been seek- ing since Monday, Brief communiques issyed from the council room gave little indica- tion of ihe reasons for the momen- tary paralysis of the work of the committee. Specula.ion consequent~ ly had a free hand and the pnb cipal spggestion made in repara- tion circles was that neither Ger- many nor the creditor nations was ready to make the (first move toward final settlement, A sub-committee of five which succeeded the 'secret'. committee of two in an effort to break the deadlock was understood to bave made its report this morning, but after a two-hour session it was an- nounced that the full committee still had to consider the report during the afternoon meeting, Immigration in January Showed Good Increase ----.-- (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Feb. 20,--Immigrdtion to Canada during the month of Jan- uary amounted to 4,164, an in- crease of 13 per cent over January 2 year ago, British immigration for the month increased from 771 to 1,133, Immigration from the United States increased from 1,233 to 1,673; immigration from other countries decreased from 1,698 to 8 J Harmony Yo * Police Searching For Hit and Run Automobile Driver Opposition of Churches uth Struck And Killed by Motorist On Kingston Highway + oy U. 3. PROHIBITION [™5e. ou sen he PENALTIES' BILL PAST THE SENATE Doubtful, However, if High- er Penalties Will Pass Lower House (By Canadian Press) Washington, D,C, Feb. 20,--Safe- ly through the senate with votes to spare, the Jones bill to increase pen- alties, for prohibition violations now goes to the House, But it is problem- atic whether any action will be taken on it there at this session, or at the special session to come, is session is fast drawing to a close and legis- lators have practically agreed that only farm relief and tariff revision will be taken up at the special ses- sion, Opponents of the measure held their own in the debate that centred about it, but they fell short when the balloting began, The vote was 65 to TROTSKY HAS APPLIED FOR PASSPORTS General Belief is That the Request Will Be Granted terwards, about the head and possible internal and Mrs. F, L. Etcher, Harmony, Succumbs to Injuries Following Acci« dent at 7.45 o'Clock Last Night 5 DRIVER OF CAR FAILED TO STOP Police Unable to Learn Clues Leading to Identity of Mo- torist -- Inquest Ordered By Coroner Dr, F. J, Run. dle of This City ---- Struck by a hit-and-run motorist at the foot of the hill on the Kings- ton Highway about 200 yards east of Harmony Corners, about 7.45 o'clock last might, Nathaniel Wil, liam Etcher, 13-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs, F, L. Etcher, of Harmony, sustained fatal injuries which re- sulted in his death at the home of W. F, Ferguson, twenty minutes af- He died from injuries complications, When found, the ad was stretched out on his back with his head to the east, this causing the police to form the the- ory that he must' have been struck by a terrific force. He was on the south side of the road and was on his way back to Harmony from the College of the Seventh Day Adven- tists, where he had delivered the last paper of his route to Profes- sor W, C, Lovelace, The ear must have proceeded from the east to- wards Oshawa and on the wrong side of the road, authorities say, Pass by the Body (Cable Service to he Jimes ress Berlin, Feb, 20.--A despatch from Constantinople published in the Vos- sische-Zeitung says that Leon Trot-. has applied to the German con- at Pera, a suburb of that city, for a visa to permit him to enter Ger- many, The German embassy, the pa- er says, telegraphed the request to zk sulate at Meanwhile the cabinet has not in- dicated its disposition of a purported similar request contained in a gram to Paul Loebe, president of the Reichstag, and turned over b to the executive body, There is a gen- eral belief, however, that the request will be granted. SOLUTION OF THE GANG MURDERS Edward Tane, 49 Kenpeth av- enue, Oshawa, and C. PDaymond, of the same residence, proceeding to Bowmanville, passed by the limp form of the lad on the road, but did not fully realize what it was until they had gone about one hun- dred yards from the spot where it lay. They stopped finally, however, and went back to find Etcher. Quickly they lifted what they thought was a - lifeless body and carried it into the home of W, F. Ferguson, Doctors F, J. Rundle, Wilson and Ferguson were called, but the lad died 10 minutes before any of the three arrived, without regaining consciousness. The right side of his head bad received a ter- rible gash, and rendered him in- capable of giving any evidence as to the car's number or its occu~ pants, | On Wrong Side Had the motorist been om the right side of the road snd proeceed- ing at a moderate rate of speed, the accident never would have happen- ed, said police this morning. As recently as last Sunday young Et- cher, who was a cautious and re- sponsible lad, had made comment ACT ATTACKED IN IN CHICAGO NEAR clare," sailing for Saint John, N.B., REPUDIATED BY THE are within a block of the site of to his parents on a recent article on Friday, having concluded the final details for the two mew de- stroyers for Capada. The contract i> the vessels was elgned by Hon, , C. Larkin, Canadian high com- missioner fin Lendon, with the raycroft Shipbuilding ang En- ering Company this week. The destroyers are to be Jaid down almost immediately at South- ampton and will be completed in two years. Executes Himself As Hangman Falters (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Zabreb, Crotia, Feb. 20--Four ban- dits were. ed here publicly today, een hr Martancr; Paring 3 Fore Ss an lg ec - himself when the executioner ed. Exeutions are almost un- precedented in 0 Slavia despite the fact that the Criminal Code pro- vides for the death penalty. | i i £ ult E fit if ; demand that Japan pay $15.000,- 909 compensation and assume full clippings for the dis- situation A A orders of May 3, 1928, ghe ator Joie vag. Mr pan declined to do, the proposed fire hall, expressed strong opposition to the placing of the hall on that site, by both letter and delegations. vanced were that, in case of a fire alarm, there would not only be a disturbance created in the services in the churches, but that it might be a real danger to children .going to and from church or Sunday school services in the churches. It was also stated to the council that placing the fire hall on this site would cause disturbance and uau- ger to the pupils of Centre school, also within a block of the proposed TEMPERATURE LOWEST: The reasons ad- FOR' PRESENT YEAR Hamilton, Feb. 20.--The lowest temperatures of winter were felt and this morning when the thermo- meter dropped to levels ranging from three to seven below in vari- ous parts in this district. On the mountain and in Burlington eight below was recorded. No interrup- tions of the street railway services occurred. NEGOTIATIONS ARE AT STANDSTILL OVER tario and TSINAN INCIDENT der prohibition people of the vince, said Be 2 yy nd there | 250 China, Feb. 20.--The Shanghoi, American Daily Evening News to- This Ja- THE LEGISLATURE OPPOSITION MEMBERS RECITE EVILS SEEN (By Canadian Press) toro) Feb. 20.--The Liquor Control Act was the target of a number of speeches in the Ontario Legislature last night as the debate on the address in reply fo the speech from the throne drew to- wards a close, Opposition members contended that the measure pro- duced increased drunkenness, pov- erty and crime, while government supporters contended that it brought about temperance and was a safeguard against the eriminal conditions prevalent in the United States Capt. Rev. W. G. Martin, (Con- servative, Brantford), declared ser- ious erime decreasing in On- was increasing a "bun- observed the liquor law a p was no evidence of any increase in drinking as compared with the On- tario Temperance Act. Says Situation Bad "You cannot manufacture more liquor and drink more liguor with- out having more drunks." declar- ed J. H. Mitchell, (Liberal, Simeoe Southwest). He read a number of to show that ell wanted more prawvincial highways built in his riding. Guelph and 16 below zero at Sault Ste. Marie were two of the lowest levels recorded, with 12 below at Ottawa and 10 below at Kingston, FIVE ARE KILLED, SCORE INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK Miners' Train With 1,200 Passengers Turns Over Near Hollis, Illinois (By Associated Press) Peoria, Ill, Feb. 20.--At least five men are known to have been killed and a dozen others were injured so seriously they may die when four coaches of an eleven car train of the Peoria terminal railway over- turned and caught afire today mear Hollis, Til, ten miles south of here. . Three of the dead were identified immediately, They are Cecil Walker, official of the Miners' Union, George Jones and George Wilkinson, all of Peoria. The train was carrying 1,200 miners to the Crescent coal mines, 15 miles south of here and about 200 of the miners in the four overturned coaches were injured. Rail and mine officials attributed the wreck to a broken "fish plate," the iron bar join- ing the ends of two rails. Preparing for Trouble Vienna, Feb. 20.--The Austrian Government yesterday began to mobilize the 100,000 men in its combined army, gendarmes and po- lice forces in anticipation of rival mass meetings next Sunday of Soci- alists and 'anti-Socialists, PREMIER Tense Situation Arose in Discussing the Irish Compensation Bill (Cable Service to The Times by Capadian Press) London, Feb, 20.--The Govern- ment today counted the cost of a last ditch move by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin which saved it from defeat in the House of Com- mons last pight. The resignation of Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Echequer, was suggested as a possible outgrowth of the inci- dent. Both Mr. Churchill and Colonel L. 8, Amery, secretary for the Dominions, were in an humil- fating position, one suggestive of repudiation by the Premier. The situation arose in the face of a Conservative majority of more than 200 in the Commons. An alo- quent and vehement plea by Mr. Churchill failed to quell the revolt of the "die-hard" Conservatives, and the party Whips hastily sum- moned the Prime Minister. He appeared personally within 8 few minutes and, apprised of the situation, asked leave for the gov- ernment to reconsider its position. Rreguest was granted--had it not been, or had be not appeared as he did--a vote would almost certainly have sent the Government down to defeat. The measure under discussion was one providing for the com- of the so-called Irish Loyalists of South Ireland, who suffered losses during the disturb- ances there. Colonel Amery, as Dominions secretary, submitted a proposal for a reduction of a pre- viously recommended appropria- | tion for this compensation. ADJOURNMENT 1S GRANTED IN APPEAL OF NORA CHAPPELL Appeal Will Come Up Be fore Second Divisional Court on Friday (By Canadian Press) _ Toronto, Ont., Feb, 20.--The hear- ing of the appeal of Nora Chappeil, convicted of manslaughter arising out of an illegal operation and sen- tenced to seven years imprisonment by Justice Raney at Whitby, was adjourned until Friday, when it came up in second division court at Os- goode Hall today, / Tlie court hesitated to grant a fur- ther adjournment on the application of J. C. McRuer, on behalf of Mr. Swanson, Oshawa, who is ill. The chief justice remarked that adjourn- ments were rather unusual in Mr. Swanson's cases. Justice order also protested against the delays of criminal appeals which, he. said, was becoming a habit. the {8nd the partner runs a roadhouse mushers are in the fietd, notable of these being Goddard, who won the race third time last year, and Seppella the hero of the Nome dash who came iu last year's der- Va ] Liquor has a partner and a sweet- A SECRET INFORMANT GIVES SIGNIFICANT FACTS TO POLICE Corroborates Theory - That Police Had a Hand in the Slaying (By Canadian Press) : Chicago, Ill., Feb, 20.--The en- forcement agencies of the United States government, the county of Cook and the city of Chicago, ex- pressed a united belief today that last Thursday's mass murder of gangsters was approaching solution. A secret informant gave definite and significant information to fed- eral investigators last night. It lent corroborative color to the theory, first expressed by a federal official, that Chicago police officers may bave had a part in the sevenfold slaying. "Moran's gang (the seven who were killed were members of the George Moran crowd), stole $12,- 000 worth of a Chicago policeman's liquor," said the informant, "and that's what the shooting's all about." He went into detail. "The policeman who owned the heart. The girl runs 2 beauty shop northwest of Chicago. The officer has 2 half interest in the roaa- "Find the policeman this picture, and you've got some- thing." 'That was the way the story came the investigators. It was ex- plained that the informant had overheard a conversation between the policeman and the girl through a thin partition of the beauty shop. appearing in The Times, relative to walking on the highways, always with the idea of meeting the traf- Cc, to heart and had since employed ful attention since his father bad been injured by an sutoist Jast year by walking on the opposite side of the road from car traffic, Ti This idea the boy had takem The matter received his care- 'ook Papers Young Etcher had attended the Harmony public school, where he was @ member of the junior fourth form, in the afternoon, and bad (Continued on Page 3) FOCH'S CONDITION IS STILL SATISFACTORY (Cable Service to The Times . Dy Fyess) Paris, Feb. 20.--~Physicians attend» ing Marshal Foch this morning de- scribed his condition as "satisfac- tory. They issued a bulletin reading: "The Marshal's condition is satisfac- tory. There has been an appreciable regression in pulmonary and cardiac symptoms, (Signed), Drs. Daveniere, Degennes and Heitz-Boyer." IN McPHERSON CASE who fits |state son, evangelist, last nigh dary rt in favor of his impeach~ ment. mittee's decision was made by Wal- ter J. Little, chairman, Announcement of the com-~ 4