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-------- CEE eT wet = 3 < TT CRATRTASPPFORT ROTIPITS be Bar § Raa iat a nad ] TRE Gy RAE ALA oo i ne oc en oh Sf Amen coe bs) : Y » ie ! bert + Joh nsom, Goder- ich, _ meeting hore Jesterday. . . £ Commits Suicide i o~-- RN, Majer Wild, Chicago's known mu- ns, preferring death 'to deafness, killed mel Jast night. Galt.~Building rr Sheol the first two months of ry totalled $23,374, while for the corresponding period of last year they amounted to only 695. *. % » of th lected president. tS Remains In Jail Ottawa, --Louis' M. "Auger, member of' ment for Prescott Jounty, who is at present in county jail char- th 'a serious offence, will re- ain 'in custody quer, the week end. Obie ve' Chita Windsor, e Ford Motor Co, of Canada has very decided Shiestions to the proposal of the town of Ford city. to adopt a new name on assum- ing city status' some Jime this year. "Tools § Sis Woodstock.--The Thomas Watson company was entered early this morning and a large quantity of small tools stolen. Entrance wa gained through an unfastened window. Early Navigation Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Three days of springlike 'weather, which have resulted in streams of water on Soo streets, leads to the belief that navi- gation will open carlier than was ex- pected. ive Belgian Parr Brussels.--The pebop judi- cial authorities--ope inquiry today, into the ps Rh wd gian mititary ne treaty whose pur rted text was published recently trecht, * ves For Geneva ; Cory Austen Chamberlain, British foreign minister, left today for. Geneya to attend the impending session. of the council of the League of Nations, He showed' the effects of his recent chills and fever spell, Sarvinsne, In Frag 'Paris~The central and south- western sections of southeastern Trance | wets nent yes tday y by 7 Ti ity. of Nir sie tis compte ne Ni the Bay Montreal ~Steel is now within 19 miles of of the dod. at. Fort Churchill, t recei moring!by 1 ixon, chief en e Canndion National Rail- iy Ee region. Mexi 5 City.--J onzales co City.~ Joaquin Pacheco and CE MeMillan took off from. Valbuena flying field at 647 o'clock this morning (747 am, £51) on a non-stop flight from Mexico City to Washington, to Dunst go mnville--Rev. 3 Moore, of ham street Si church of Brentiord, has accepted a call to Grace United ghureh, Dunnville, to succeed Rev. Moir who is re- tiring at the Ey of the conference year, ¢. so Injured In Hart House. Toronto,~Gordon Hutton, aged 21, of 11 Harbord street, sustained head injuries last evening when he fell from a ladder while hanging decor- ations 'in the Hart House eatre, He was rémoved to the General hos- vital, La LJ Woman's Body Found Niagara Falls, Ont.~The body of pn undentified woman was taken #rony the Nigara River above the Am: erican Falls late yesterday afternoon. and it is- believed that th occur- red only yesterday, The body is that of a woman about 65 years, of age. Tunnel at Sing Sing Ossining, N.Y.~Sing Sing prison officials today discovered a. tunnel To feet square and 40 feet long. been dug from a steam jib ky connecting the prison pe se and mess hat to within five feet of the outer wall. Special Proveesion Wi r.~The appointment of T. McHugh, K.C, of Windsor, as - prosecutor at the. Elgin coun- 'assizes; to open Monday at St. ' was announced today here. McHugh, government officials adi is the youngest barrister to be selected for the office, » Resigns Offices Winnipeg, Jom Queen, Labor M. P, Winpipeg, today tendered his resignation from all offices in the in- t Labor including ip in the Labor party in the ture, because of statements commission with regard to his specula- peg Electric stock. Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer Oshawa Daily Times A Growing i Newspaper in [ Growing City ot i v oh Bey Ea Soman: Sad bok isudare" OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURD™Y, MARCH 2, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWENTY Y PAGES JURY'S VERDICT BLAMES GEO. ADAMO Sensational Evidence Given at Harmony Inquest Reparations Exp erts Marking Time Und the Commitien; Are Ready Belief is Prevalent that De- lay in 'Tackling Problems Will Give Greater Hopes of an Amicable Settlement of Financial Questions Between Germany and the Allies CONFERENCE WILL ADJOURN ON MONDAY Way is Being Paved for Con- sideration of the Specific Question of How Much Germany Can Pay, and Time to Be Allowed for Making the Payment (Cabls Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Paris, Mar, 2~The reparations ex- perts meeting here to determine how much Germany will pay for allied Great War losses are in no hurry to leave the realm of the general for the specific. There is a general impres- sion among them that the longer the committee keeps together without un- pleasant friction, or flat demands and equally flat refusals, the better are chances for ultimate agreement, It is partly because of this that when the committee meets in plenary session Monday for the first time mn a week it probably will adjourn so that the experts can go back to the valuable sub-committee work and ine formal conversations, In. these the aim 1s for the pres. is! ent to avoid rathér than to tackle any fundamental question, As one of the experts remarked, they are "just mulling around." All collateral sub- jects are being gone into, and even their conjectural and hypothetical possibilities earnestly considered, The Great Problem Thus the way is being paved for consideration of the great specific problems, namely, how much' Germ- any is to pay and over how many years the payments may be spread. But discussion of payments and lengths of time is being religiously avoided now. New German Trouble Berlin, Mar. 2--Chancellor Muelles today informed President von Hind- enburg of his inability to form a big coalition government of Social Demo- crats, Democrats, the Centre party and the People's Party, in view of the people's party attitude, MINING INDUSTRY T0 BENEFIT BY TARIFF CHANGES Official of Mining Associa- tion is Greatly Pleased With Reductions (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 2.--Changes in the tariff announced by Hon, James A. Robb mean a great deal to the mining industry, and will represent a substantial saving, said G. C. Bateman, secretary-treasurer of the Ontario Mining Association, in commenting on the budget. "We are pleased with what the government has done," Mr. Bate- man said, "It is certainly trying to recognize the basic industries of the country." He said the changes would be more noticeable in the coal mining industry. Metal mining would also profit by the reductions, he said. "France Ratifies Kellogg Treaty (Cable Service to The Times by ress) Paris, Mar, 2--~Aristide Briand, co-worker with Secretary Frank B. Kellogg of the United States on the past for renunciation of war as an instrument of national olicy yesterday, carried the ie parliament by storm and obtained ratification o the treaty by a vote of 570 to 1 WINTRY WEATHER STILL UNABATED ALL OVER EUROPE NO IMMEDIATE MITIGA- T1'N OF CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED Violent Gales With Low Temperatures Sweeping Over France London, Mar, 2.--Europe's curse of Biiter Wintry Weather continued unabated today, Reports from most of the countries affected indicated that no immediate miti- gation was in prospect, Heavy snowfalls in Aus.ria Hungary, and the Balkans further disrupted railway service as the week came to its close, while in Greece a spel! of severe weather, with new floods, caused great hardships. A violent gale with low tem. perature swept over France, while the bi ter cold continued in Poland and Eastern Galacia, Warsaw had a water shortage. The entire Northern Baltic Sea continued covered with thick ice with this so solid between Sweden and Finland that it is proposed to run an omnibus service between the two countries and intermedi- ate islands, This has never before been attempted. TAX CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE TODAY Those Affecting Railway and Steamer Tickets in Force May 1 (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Mar. 2.--The reduction in the sales tax announced in yester- day's budget are in effect today, The changes in the tariff also went into effect today as well as the abolition of the Insurance tax. The changes which do not come into effect until May 1, are: Abolition of taxes on certain railway and steamship tickets; abolition of tax on telegrams and cables as well as the alterations in the tax on sales and transfers of stocks, Sir Harry Lauder Victim of Joke London, Mar, 2--A joke on Sir Harry Lauder has come to London all the way from New Zealand by cable. Sir Harry unwittingly tra- velled second class with a fst class railway ticket. He one many miles when Pi, gous. wan ths mistake. ry Harry's been fooled," said the Scotch railwayman who told the story. "Suggests Committee Should -Meetat 6.45 A.M. - Toronto, Mar, 2, -- Party lines had Jittle to do with the first deci- son of the public accounts commit- tee. It was the early risers against those who like to sleep in the morning, and the early risers won, Hon, William Finlayson, minis- ter of lands and forests, started the srgament, "Why not start at ten o'clock?" he asked when the com- mittee was discussing what time its next meeting should jommence next Wednesday morning. farmers," re- turned Hop. Joseph Thompson, the newly elected chairman of the committee. "We can see that," Mr. Finlayson smiled, W. E. N, Sinclair, Liberal leader, agreeing with Mr. Finlayson, it bad been virtually decided that the committee should convene at ten o'clock when ' A. P. Mewhinney (Liberal, North Bruce), one of the farmer members. took the wind out of the committeemen. What about starting at a quarter to sev- en?" he inquired. The committee gasped and decided that starting at ten o'clock would not be so bad siter all. Mr. Mewhinney afterwards ex- plained to pewspapermen that he could not sleep after 5.30 o'clock in the morning, The newspapermen sympathized with him, Ecoles % of New General Motors Division H, F. CARMICHAEL New President of McKinnon In dustries, Limited, Division of General Motors, H. A, BROWN New Vice-President of McKinnon Industries, Limited, Division of Genera] Moto:es, E. T, PAPWORTH Treasurer, McKinnon Industries, Limited, Division of General Motors, JURY FAILS T0 AGREE IN ART DISPUTE AUTHENTICITY OF VAL. UABLE PAINTING ISSUE AT STAKE Sir Joseph Duveen Being Sued for Declaring It Only a Copy (By Canadian Press) New York, Mar, 2,--<Unable to decide whether the painting "La Belle Ferroniere" owned by Mrs. Andree Hahn was the work of Leo- nard Da Vinci or a copy, a supreme court jury that had been debating for 14 hours and 17 minutes, re- ported a disagreement at 5.30 o'- Hock this morning and was releas- ed. Mrs, Hahn sued Sir Joseph Du- veen, British art expert, for $500, 000, contending that he committed slander of title when in 1920 he said her painting as not a genuine Da Vinci, This statement, she al- leged, prevented the sale of the painting to the Kangas City Art In- stitute for $250,000. James 8S. Bowboin, foreman said the ballots showed a vote of 9 to 3 for Mrs, Hahn throughout the argument, TWO KILLED IN RUNAWAY OF 35 CARS Freight Train Crashes Into Standing Caboose in Pottsville, Pa. (By Canadian Press) Pottsville, Pa, Mar. 2--A run- away train of 35 heavily loaded cars crashed into a caboose containing three men, killing two and injuring the third, at the St. Clair yards of the Philadelphia -and Reading Coal Company early today. Guy Frantz, of St. Clair, and Jo- seph Hartman, Schuykill Haven, died ly as the d ding string of cars demolished the stationery ca- boose in which they, with John How- ells, of Port Carbon, were awaiting orders, Howells was in a critical con- dition at a hospital. GIRL DISAPPEARS FROM HER SCHOOL Daughter of Wealthy Brook- lyn Merchant Baffles Authorities Lancaster, Pa., Mar, 2.--Miss Ger- aldine Jessica Horn, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horn, Brooklyn, disappeared from the fashionable Linden Hall Seminary at Lititz, near here, it was revealed today in a com- munication between the school and Miss Agnes Ferriter, police woman of this city. Mr. Horn is a wealthy Brooklyn merchant. The Rev. C. J. Stengel, principal of the finishing school, said he was completely baffled by the disapear- ance and could give no 'reason for the girl's action, Woman Hit byCar Offers Apologies St. Thomas, Mar, 2--~0On Thurs- day night a woman crossing Tal- bot street was struck by a pass- ing car, She escaped with only minor injuries, and last night in the local newspaper appears the following card of apology: "The lady who was so carcless as to step in front of an automobile on Talbot street last evening wishes to thank the driver for his promptness in applying the bra- kes, and to apologize for her carelessness." NEW REVOLT OF SOLDIERS AT PEKING Section of Chinese Capital Panic-Stricken By the Uprising (Cable Service to The Times y Canadian Press) Peking. May 2--Nationalist troops of Northern origin quartered in the Lama Temple revolted this morning and terrorized the western section of the city. After mining the walls, they began an indiscriminate firing into the streets, In the course of the mutineers' fus- illades the city's western section be- came panic-stricken. Business and traffic came to a standstill and there was rapid scurrying for cover, The extent of the casualties was not known as troops formed a cordon around the areca, and refused to let anyone enter, LLOYD GEORG" MAYES GENEROUS PROMISES London, March 2.--Former Pre' mier David Lloyd George, sounding the keynote of the Liberal party in The coming general election yester- day at a luncheon tendered to 400 candidates in the coming elections, pledged his party if put into pow- er to wipe out the scourge of un- employment without adding a pen- ny to taxation. This would be done, he said, by putting into oper- ation extensive plans tor the sys- tematic development of natural resources, notably roaa buflding, the reorganization of the national transport, the draining of vast swamp areas and other work add- ing to the national wealth and ef- ficiency. When a poor girl who {s long and lanky suddenly acquires wealth she at once becomes divinely tall and graceful.-----Chicago Daily News. GAS PLANT PURCHASE The board of directors of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce at their regular meeting yesterday unanim- ously agreed to communicate with the eity council endors- ing the principles of the purchase of the electrieal distributing system and the gas plant and its distribut- ing system from the Onmtar- fo Government through the trustees, the Hydro Electric Power Commission. It fur- ther recommended to the council that immediate steps be taken to investigate the whole situation and if the proposed purchase be found favorable to the ety, that a necessary by-law be submit- i ted to the electorate. ----u------ | C. OF C, ENDORSES HUGE BLAZE ROSSLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA CITY IS SERIOUSLY THREATENED Whole Business Block and Many Other Buildings Doomed (By Canadian Press) Nelson, B.C., Mar. 2.--Alded by fire fighting equipment from the city of Trail seven miles distant the citizens of mining camp city of Rossland, in the centre of the boundary country, were early to- day fighting the 'worst conflagra- tion in Rossland's history. When the connection between Nelon and Rossland was severed owing to the fire hortly after one o'clock many buildings haa been destroyed and a whole city block in the business section appeared to wind the flames spread rapidly be doomed. Fanned by a strong Frozen watermains hampered the work of the fire fighters and bus- iness houses mostly of frame contduction soon fell a prey to the flames, CONDITION OF FOCH NOW STATIONARY French General Was Able to Take Solid Food Today (Cable Service.. to' The Times by The Canadian Press) Paris, Mar. 2.--The condition of Marshal Foch remained *station- ary" this morning, his doctors said at the conclusion of their consulta- tion. It was said he bad had an- other restful night and was given some solid food this morning in an effort to build up his strength, Although no formal bulletin was issued it was learned the patient's temperature was 100.4 and his pulse 84. BRACKEN SECURES AN ADJOURNMENT Liberal Leader in Manitoba Voted With the Government Yinnipeg, Mar, 2--The legislature of Manitoba stands adjourned until Wednesday, March 20, at 3 pm. Pre- mier Bracken's motion to this effect was adopted last might on division by a vote of 27 to 17, a government majority of ten. Three Liberals, in- cluding Judge Robson, the liberal leader, voted with the government. Pratt of Birtle, expected to desert the government on thi he is to the agreement with the Winnipeg Blectric left for home Thursday night so did not vote. Boi- vin, of Iberville, another expected government bolter, stuck to his par- IS RAGING IN Jury Finds Harmony Youth Caame to Death AtHands of Picton Man Nine Lives Are Taken by Flood (By Canadian Press) Atlanta, Ga, Mar, 2--~As the flood waters began to recede in South Georgia, Alabama and the northwest sections of Florida yesterday, Georgia's death list for three days stood at nine known fatalities, and two are missing and believed dead. No fatalities were reported in the other states. INFLUENZA REAL SCOURGE, WITH LONG DEATH LIST UNDERTAKERS AND PRIESTS UNABLE TO KEEP PACE Belgium is Being Swept By * Epidemic of a Serious Nature (By Press) Brussels, Mar. -2,--Influenza deaths are steadily increasing in Belgium and in places the disease has become a real scourge. At Mons undertakers and clergy» men have been unable to keep pace with the epidemic and many fun- erals have had to be postponed from three to five days because of their great number, A special gang of men has worked night and day digging graves in the ground, which. is frozen a yard deep. Throughout the mining district physicians are overworked, while priests have had to ask reinforce- ment from the convents to insure religious funerals for the many dead, There have been some cases of entire families dying within the space of three days. The Meuse has frozen over again after its ice had been blown up by French and Belgian troops, The temperature remains around ten degrees Fahrenheit. HEAVY ESCORT IS PROVIDED FOR LINDBERGH PARTY Morrow Family and Flier Spending Week-end at Home in Interior Mexico City, Mar. 2~A heavy mil- itary escort was provided Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Ambassador Morrow and his family by the Mex- ican government this morning for their forty-mile trip to the country home at Cuernavaca. A bandit raid on a freight train yesterday near Cuernavaca led to fears by government officials that guerilla elements, ever active in this area, intended harm to Mexico's dis- tinguished guest and his financee, Miss Anne Morrow, The fear, however, was not shared by Colonel Lindbergh and the Mor- rows, who shortly after their arri- val from Toluca late yesterday reaf firmed their intentions of making the trip today, returning to Mexico City on Monday or Tuesday, In the raid on the freight train yesterday looting was followed by burning of the cars, The spot where it took place was between the sta- tions of El Parque and Alarcon, the state of Morelos, near the highway. orrow' T Nathaniel William Etcher, 13-Year-Old Newsboy, Died After Being Struck By Truck Driven By Geo. Adamo, Fruit Dealer, of Picton ga FAILED TO STOP AFTER ACCIDENT Startling Evidence is Pros duced from Ronald Welsh Who Saw Boy Struck By Adamo's Car A coroner's jury empanelled by Dr, F. J. Rundle of Oshawa to ine vestigate the death at Harmony on the Kingston Highway on February 19, of Nathaniel William Etcher, emer] last night brought in the following verdict at the inquest: "We the jury, believe that Wil. liam Nathaniel Etcher came to his death on February 19 between tho hours of 7:45 and eight p.m, on Provincial Highway No, 2, about a quarter of a mile east of Harmony. in Whitby Township as a result of being struck by a motor truck be- lieved driven by George Adamo, and we recommend that the sidewalks be extended eastward and lights be placed at convenient places and that the said sidewalks be kept clear of snow," The verdict was signed by Thom- as Chipps, forman; Gordon Greens tree, Lloyd Gifford, Harry Hunking, Lyman Gifford, M, C. Hart, Henry Hazell, Albert Kellitt, O. C, Lauder and Charles Maraelé, ~ Start Evidence Startling evidence was produced mainly from two sources, that of Ronald Welsh, who was the nineteen year old compaanion of George Adamo fruit dealer of Pie ton now awaiting trial on a charge of manslaughter on the alleged trip from Toronto to Picton on the night of the fatal accident, and from Alfred Lycett, of the city, who testified that his car, coming from Newcastle on the eveniful night was struck by Adamo's just a short dis- tance east of that town. Mr. Lycett's evidence which pre- ceeded that of Welsh's was mainly to the effect that when Adamo, whose name be later learned struck the car in which he was riding, the latter failed to stop but vem, on (Continued on Page CHANGEIN TAX ~ ON STOCK SALES IS IMPORTANT 'in Selling of "Penny Stocks" @ rn Press) Ottawa, Mar, 2--The change gn the method hod of taxing sales of stock an- nounced in yesterday's budget speech will no doubt have an important effect on stock dealings when it comes into Dyeration on May 1. The new. tax will be one cent a share on shares selling at $9 a e or less, This is expected to make a substantial difference in the selling of the so called penny. 3 Socks? of the mining companies, tax on shares selling from $3 to To will two cents a share; from $20 to $100 three cents and over $100 four cents, There yore 477 people killed in Ontario by motor accidents last year. This is a dear price to pay Chatham N Tax and Tariff Reductions - Announced in Budget - J Sales tax reduced from three per cent, to two per cent. Tax on insurance policies (one per cent.) abolished. Tax on railway and steamship tickets abolished. Tax on chair and sleeping car tickets abolished. Tax of three cents on telegrams and cables abolished. Tax on transfer of spares of stock revised to follow graded scale, ranging from one to four cents per share, instead of flat rate of three percent 8s st present. Customs tariff changes: -- Fol- lowing tariff figures are im per- centages -- First, British prefer- intermediate ence; second, tariff; States is under ral tariff. Mining reductions as follows: ~--Loading machines, con- veyors, air engines and flame-proof driving motors from 15 British preference, 25 Wisrliodiaie and .27 1-2 general, to free, ten pr cent and 12 1-2 per cent. respeect- ively. quipment for stone dusting' from 15, 25, 27 1-2 to free, five crushers, for quarrying. At present low A effective on these relate only to those used in mines. Electrically operated coal drills from 15, 25, 335.3 40 free Nbk 4Coptinued on Page 2) 13 year-old newsboy, near his home - Expected to Make Difference for plogtess _ ong highways.-- ] f 1 ( 1 8 a 0 T ® I [ y u ¥ A Te n a » b P a di