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"All the It Is News" Che Osh awa Baily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 4--NO. 53 Published Eee OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TEN PAGES i Nets in Brief : (By Canadian Press) : 8 8882 80 2.8.0 0.0 0.0.0.0 8 208 PETTITT TTTTTTTT Tee TEE Bonar Law's Sister Dead London, -- Mary Elizabeth Law, sister of the late Andrew Bonar Law, Canadian-born prime minis- ter of Great Britain, died yester- day. Killed on Tracks Niagara Falls, Ont. -- The body of Alexander Susman, 50, was dis- covered terrbly mutilatea on the railway tracks just outside the new yards here yesterday. Stores Robbed ; Hamilton.--Armed robbers held up two stores here Saturday night and escaped with a total haul of $40. The hold ups were commit- ted within fifteen minutes of each Other. LJ LJ -. Unique Record Pitsburg.--On February 27, the Pittsburg and Lake Erle railroad, with headquarters in this city, rounded out a half century without having had one fatal accident to a passenger. . LJ Sap Running Brantford.--On Saturday's mar- ket Brant owners of maple bushes reported that sap had been run- ning freely for the past few days, the start this season being some- what early. LJ * Bennett at Vancouver Vancouver.--Hon, R. B, Bennett, Conservative leader in the House of Commmons, arrived in Vancouv- er on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Bennett's sister, Mrs. Weldon Coates, is critically in here. Strike Ended : Hamilton. -- Employes of the Canadian Cottons, Ltd., who have been on strike since February 1, voted to rescind the strike order Saturday and 700 spinners and weavers returned to work this morning. LJ] LJ] e Council Opens Geneva. -- The fifty-fourth ses- gion of the council of the League of Nations opened here today with the question of minority peoples dominating the topics on the agenda. M. Scialoja, Jtay, sat as President. x To Dynamite Ice St. Thomas, -- An attempt to dynamite the ice from Port Stan- ley will begin today. W. H. Car- son, engineer of the Dominion De- partment of Mines, and his assis- tant, 8. E. H. Polland, will be in charge of the dynamiting. ' x % .% Three Executed * Bellefonte, Pa.--Three negroes, all of Erie, Pa., were electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary this morning for the murder of Peli- grino Cocco at Erie on November 20, 1927. All went to the chair calmly and without Comment, * Ld Commits Suicide Cochrane. -- John Anderson, el- derly Swedish settler who lived alone at Anderson Lake, near Frederick House west of here, committed suicide by shooting himself at his home on Friday. . Lower Tax Rate Guelph.--Guelph's tax rate this year will be forty-one and three- quarter mills, one-quarter mill jower than 1928, if the recom- mendation of the civic Finance Committee is adopted at tonight's meeting of the city council. * x % Washed From Ship Deck Halifax.--Three men were wash- .ed overboard from the Japanese steamer Egypt Maru during a 24- hour hurricane from the southeast that sprung up last Sunday, ac- cording to radio messages received from the Maru by the Cunard liner Aurania, * % =» 3 Start for Homes London.--Prior to their depar- ture for their homes today the hun- ger-marching miners who came to London a week ago, held their fin- al meeting in Trafalgar square Yesterday. The men will go to their homes by trains especially chartered at cheap rates. * %® = Body Identified Niagara Falls, Ont. -- Friends have identified the body of a wom- an found in the Niagara river as Mrs, Catharine Knapp, 60, of Buf- falo, Two notes were found with some clothing some distance from where the body was found. The notes stated that she was going over the Falls because of ill health and depression. * * Mysterious Death Winnipeg. -- Police last night were investigating the mysterious death of Mrs, Elizabeth McLean, 50, who was found dead in a down- town office building early yes- terday morning. The woman's néck was broken and her body was a mass of bruises, BIG INCREASE IN G.M.C. PRODUCTION Hoover Dedicates Himself to Cause Trucks Made at Oshawa, Walkerville and Regina 3,500 INCREASE OVER FEBRUARY LAST YEAR Program General Motors Production Season in All Canadian Factories Shipments ot cars and trucks from the various plants of General Motors of Canada during Febru- ary, 1929, totalled 12,192 jobs, an increase of about 3,600 or 39 per cent over the shipments in Febru- ary, 1928, stated J. H, Beaton, general sales manager of the com- pany, to The Times this morning. The iAcrease shown in Febru- ary as compared with the corres- ponding month of last year, fol- lows similar increases that have been recorded by General Motors of Canada almost steadily in re- cent months, It illustrated con- cretely the statement by W. E. Davis near the end of Februray that General Motors of Canada this year had the biggest program in its history. It had been ex- pected.to make about 10,000 cars during February, Mr. Davis said at that time, but the increase of production to a total of 12,192 jobs illustrates the demand for General Motors products that had to be met by the production divi- sion, Mr. Davis also pointed out a few days ago the increase in the number of employees that. has had to. be made to enable the in- crease in production. In February General Motors of Canada had on its payroll 8,264 people, an in- crease over the corresponding month in the preceding year of 2,815 persons. Of the total of 8,264 employees, 5,854 were em- ployed in Oshawa, 6,100 in the factory and 754 in the offic: This was an increase of 601 employees in the factory and 104 in the of- fice as compared with the preced- ing month. In Walkerville, where General Motors recently began again to manufacture Chevrolet engines in Canada, 1,678 men are employed as compared with 200 last year, and in the new Regina plant, making Chevrolets and Pon- tiacs, 722 men were engaged, said Mr, Davis. He also stated that an even greater program was to be expected in March. LEAGUE DEFINES LIQUOR TERMS Mandate Powers Are Re quested to Observe Standard Set Geneva, Mar. 4--A League of Na- tions Committee today decided on a definition clasifying wines and spirituous liquor. The definition said that a beverage which contains up to 20 degrees weight of alcohol may be classed as a wine but that above 20 it becomes a spirituous liquor. The question arose fn connection with a drive to combat the liguor evil in world territories under the mandate powers, who have now been requested to observe the League standard. MEXICAN FLIERS Washi , Mar. 4--The Mexican Fliers, ptain Josequin Gonzales Pacheco and C, E. McMillin, arrived at bolling field on their flight from Mexico city at 3.50 p.m. Zestenday, in their plane "Captain Carranza." They e the journey in a little ey oso actor sud where t 1 turday night because po ts trouble, . Total of 12,092 Cars and Plants of General Motors Concrete Evidence of Big Has Inaugurated for 1929 REACH WASHINGTON Increase of 39 Per Cent In February Shipments by the General Motors MEXICO RAISING FORCES TO MEET REBEL UPRISING Parts of Army at Vera Cruz| Remain Loyal to the Government REBELS SEIZE TOWNS A Concerted Movement is Launched for Three Sections at Once (By Associated Press) Mexico City, Mar. 4.--Officlal announcement was made early this morning that a strong mili- tary force was being organized to combat the Rebel movement in the State of Vera Cruz, It was an- nounced also that General Gonzalo Escorar, chief of military opera- tions in the State of Coanufla had already started for Mexico City with reinforcements for the garri- son here. This latter phase of the an- nouncement served as an official denial of reports that Coanuila bad joined the Rebel movement. A government statement early today said that the Seventh Regi- ment of Cavalry under General Dorantes, at Oriental, Vera Cruz, and the Sixteenth Regiment under Colonel Gutierez, at San Andres, Vera Cruz had remained loyal to the government, It is also said that troops under the command of General Armenta, comprising part of the forces In the Ste of Sonora remained loyal, NOTED OLD ADMIRAL OF BRITAINDIES Sir Edward E. Was Notable in Boxer Rebellion (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Mar, 4--Admiral of the fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, the last survivor of the original twelve members of the Order of Merit instituted at the coronations of King Edward VII, died today at the age of 83 years. He was on the active navy list for well over half a century, his family having supplied naval officers since the days of the tudors, Sir Edward rendered parti- cularly notable service in the Boxer Rebellion when he commanded a force drawn from eight nations, EXPERTS ADJOURN UNTIL WEDNESDAY Little New Progress Made With Problems of Reparations Paris, Mar. 4--The reparations experts committee went into its fourth week of labors today with a brief plenary session during which reports by the sub-committees were The full committee then adjourned until Wednesday afternoon to give the sub-committee time to complete its plans for a central organization to take over the work of the'repara- tions commission and the transfer committee of the Dawes plan, - Vancouver, B.C, March 3--Electric power users in Vancouver and vic- inity may be asked to curtail their power consumption unless heavy rain occurs within the next four days, officials of the British Columbia Electric Railway company indicated today. Unpieceieitly light rainfall bas cr an electric power it is stated. i ituation, W. G. Murri the British Columbia way company, said: on the ident of ic Rail- Vancouver Faces Famine of Power 'On Account of Lack of Rainfall "I think it can be said there has never been such a shortage of water in this district since electric power began to be generated from water. 'With the rainfall 30" inches. below normal for the first two months of 1929, we are faced with a serious ats it may require certain i the of this com- operation until belief comes. Noth- sky but continuous and heavy rain- immediately will help." of To Make Exploration Trip to Arctic and commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener., THE GRAF ZEPPELIN AND ITS COMMANDER The famous German dirigible which made a successful round trip from Berlin to the United States, is to be used for an exploration trip to the Arctic regions. Inset in the above picture of the Graf Zeppelin is its designer NOBILE IS BLAMED FOR DISASTER COURT OF INQUIRY CONDEMNS HIM ON COUNTS Blamed Directly for Crash, and for Leaving S Crew el (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Rome, Mar, 4.--Official blame for the disaster which ended the North Pole flight of the dirigible Italia last May was attached to General Umberto Nobile, its commander, Two counts are contained in the censure, which was made by the of- ficial board o finquiry into the dis- aster appointed by Premier Benito Mussolini. The first of these blames Nobile for the crash itself the second finds no acceptable justification of his letting himself be rescued from the ice first when finally, the Swedish aviator, Lundborg, reached the stranded men. On the other hand the report contains the highest praise of Cap- tain Alberto Mariano, pilot, and Captain Pilippo Tarni. ne' od whose conduct with the Swede Finn Malmgren, was ti.e : reports after their rescue, The committee's report says that the wreck of the Italia was due to a "faulty manoeuvre the result of the composition of the crew and of the way the craft was handled. Responsibility for the faulty man- oeuvre falls on the Italia's com- mander, No Trace Yet of Mail Car Bandits (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 4.--Despite an or- ganized effort of provincial, county and city police, no trace or clue has yet been found which might lead, to the identity of the thugs who held up and kidnapped three men and escaped with a number of mail sacks at Mimico, a Toronto suburb on Saturday night. PICTON SALESHANS BODY COMING HONE Herman Ravinsky is Charg- ed With the Murder of David Katz Regina, March 4---With mains of his murdered son, Katz left Sunday morning from Gull lake for his home in Picton, Ont, Herman Ravinsky, at Gull lake, on Saturday. night was formally charg with the murder and committed for the re- Marshal Foch Had A Better Night Paris, Mar, 4--The morning bulle- tin of the = physicians of Marshal Foch said he had spent a "better night." : The bulletin said: "The patient spent a better night. His tempera- ture is 99.3 pulse 88, Signed Drs, Daveniere, and Heitz- Boyer," Dre. Daveniere and Degennes left egennes, after the usual morning consultation | but Dr. Heitz-Boyer spent the morn- ing at the Marshal's house. 2 DARING HOLDUP OF "WAM TRUK BY ARMED BANDITS CREW OF TRUCK KID- NAPPED AND MAIL BAGS STOLEN Stolen Cars Figure in Crime --Nothing of Much Value Secured Toronto, March 4, --Working with speed, boldness and precision that spoke of perfect planning, three armed, unmasked bandits at 6,30 Saturday evening, held up the Mimico mail truck at Mimico sia- tion, kidnapped its crew of three at the point of deadly weapons, forced them into a powerful sedan, stole the three mail bags which constiluted the truck's load, and swiftly drove into Toronto. Turning into High Park, they dumped their human freight at a secluded spot and dashed onward, later to transfer the mail to a stolen Packard once used by the Prince of Wales, and to open the bags at leisure before deserting the car and the rifled bags in Rose- dale, Post Office Superintendent Alex, M, Gibson states that they got nothing of value for their pains, Thomas Douglas, maimed mail contractor of Mimico for the last 17 years, his 21-year-old son Har- old, who served as his helper, and Joe Hutchinson, 16, a passenger accompanying the two "for fun," were the vietims of the gunmen. Picking up the locked mail bags at Mimico post office a few minutes before, the three proceeded in the light Ford mail truck toward the station, to load the mail aboard the London-to-Toronto express, train 'No. 12, due in Mimico at 6.43. They had little more than a block and a half to go. As. they turned into Station street prepara- tory to swinging into the station yard, things began to happen. With screaming brakes, a Studebaker sedan nosed in front of them. Har- old Douglas, who was driving the truck slammed on his brakes to escape a crash, and the truck came to a halt after nearly skidding into a ditch. , Rebels Hold Border Nogales, Ariz., Mar. 4 --Revolu- tionary troops commanded by Gen- eral Manuel Aguirre, early today were in armed possession of the Mr, Kaiz panied the ed police in their search for the grave in the sand dunes near Gull lake and was present when the loca- tion was pointed out by Ravinsky, who maintains the actual murder was committed by 2 man he said he knew as "Jimmy Brown." The clothing and watch found in the grave with bones and skull were identified by the elder Katz. Ravin- to Regina today was brought frog will be held in jail here pending his- trial. der line Mexican customs houses and federal garrisons at Agua Priesta, Cananea ,and Nogales in the state of Sonora. The rebels also claimed to have control of the Southern Pacific of Mexico Rail. road from this border town south- ward to Guayamas, Sonora City on the Gulf of California. When 2 wife wants something very badly she cries. And when she doesn't get it she cries. -- Chicago Daily News. GERMANY IN FAVOR OF BAN ON USING GAS AN IMPORTANT STATE- MENT IS MADE AT COUNCIL MEETING Will Sign Declaration Ban. ving Wartime Use of Gas and Bacteria (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Geneva, Mar. 4, -- Dr. Gustav Stresemann, the German Foreign Minister, announced at the meet- ing of the Council of the League of Nations today that Germany would ratify the Geneva protocol prohibiting employment of pois- on gas and bacteria in war time. Foreign Minister Zaleski of Po- land: followed immediately with a similar announcement for the Pol- ish government. Signor Valdis Mendeville; the Chilean member, announced that Chile is and will continue to be a loyal member of the League of Na- tions.It was understood that this statement was made chiefly for the purpose of disproving reports that Chile intended to resign. Presidént Scialojs, commenting on the Chilean statement, said that he attached special importance to the declaration. Postal Clerk Suicides Victoria, B.C, Mar, 4--E H. Blackmore, senior clerk in the Vic. toria post-office, died in' hospital saturday following the taking of poison in a dramatic manner when he was questioned concerning shortages in the post-office funds, Big Explosion at English Arsenal (By Canadien Press) - London, March 4--Several em- ployees of the Woolwich Arsenal here were 'injured by an explosion and fire this afternoon. A large num- ber of fire engines were immediately rushed to the Arsenal causes of the explosion have not yet been determined. CONVICTS ESCAPE AUBURN, NY, JAIL Disappeared After Guards Had Overtaken Them at Syracuse (By Canadian Press) A Syracuse, N.Y., Mar. 4--~Three long term convicts from Auburn prison, were at large today after fleeing in an aut bile, kidnappi driver and engaging in a gun fight with Be ne uals in Wis ugitives peared after guards had overtaken them and for- ced their stolen car to the curb. The escaped men are: Ed Edward Larkman, of Buffalo, long term murderer, whose sentence 10 death was commuted by former Gov- ernor Smith; Henry Sullivan of Buffalo, sentenced in 1926 to 20 years for robbery, and Ernest Pavesi of Brooklyn, serving 40 years for robbery. 0) f Wo Inauguration rld Peace Speech by New U.S. President Was Delivered b ERMANS TRACE WIDESPREAD PLOT BY FORGED PAPERS Effort to Implicate U. S. Senators With Soviet Bribes DOCUMENTS FOUND Immense Amount of Mater- ial Will Take Weeks to Translate . (Cable Service to The Times by ian Press) Berlin, Mar, 4.--The German police today were sifting an immense am- ount of material which they seized on Saturday after the arrest of two men in connection with notorious forged documents purporting to show that United States Senators Willlam 'E. Borah and George W. Norris had received bribes from the Soviet gov. ernment, The documents and material were found at the home of Vladimir Or- loff, former counselor of state under the late Czar Nicholas. It will take at least three weeks to translate all the papers and to study the sketches and models for official stamps used on various documents. Different au- thentic documents also were found, in some cases with only single words or sentences altered, A German woman and a Baron have been found involved - in the wide forgery plots, but have not yet" been arrested. | COMMITTEES TOREPORT ON THEIR WORK Expect Germans to Make Concrete Proposals on Reparations (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Paris, Mar. 4. -- The experts on reparations planned at their first plenary session in a week today to take stock of what the sup-commit- tees, formal and informal, had ae- complished. JA formal report is understood to embody the findings of the in- formal Bankers' committee con- taining, besides the chairman, Lord Revelstoke, J. P. Morgan, Thomas W, Lamont, Emile Moreau and others. This report deals with the possibilities of commercializ- ng and marketing that part of the German annuties which will be be transferred unconditionally. It is expected the Germans dur- ing the coming week will make some concrete kinds of proposals on which the experts may reach the real point of contention between the two groups. SIX LOSE LIVES (By Canadian Press) Regina, Sask. 'Mar. 4--Within 20 hours, rural Saskatchewan fires have taken a toll of six lives and caused injury to several other persons. ree children were burned to death at Midale, about 25 miles south of Weyburn, while near. Cardross, 40 miles south of Moose Jaw, three a- dults were victims of a farm home re. _ Prize for "Sea-Fleas" Toronto,~A prize of $1,000 is of- fered by Charles L. Tumbull, Toron-| to, for a single out-board motorboat race, to an announcement made at the annual meeting of the National Yacht Club here on Satur- Frecopte own progress, at Capitol New President Says United States is Anxious to Do Its Part to Preserve the Peace of the Whole World, and to Bring About Reduc- tion in Armaments CONDEMNS THOSE WHO SCORN PROHIBITION Promises Special Session of Congress to Deal With Tariff Reforms and Other Measures for the Relief of Farmers of the United States Washington, Mar, 4--Dedicating himself and his administration to the enforcement of law at home, and the promotion of World peace, Her- bert Hoover, the thirty-first president of the United States, today delivered in simple language, his inaugural address, With respect to administration policy on the tariff, President Hos over said "Limited changes cannot, in justice to our farmers, our labor and our manufacturers, be posts poned." Speaking from a decorated stand in the east front of the Capitol, af- ter he had taken the oath of of- fice, President Hoover laid emphase is in his address upon enforcement of the Jaw and International peace, World Peace Dealing with the question of World . Peace the inaugural speech cons tinues: "The United States fully ruth that our prosperity and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity and peace of all humans ity. The whole world is at peace, The dangers to a continuation of this peace today are largely the fear and suspicion which still haunts the world. No suspicion or fear can be rightly directed toward our couns try. "Those who have a true undere standing of America know that we have no desire for territorial exe pansion, for economic or other doms ination of other peoples. Such pure poses are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. Our form of government is ill-adapted to the re- sponsibilities which inevitably fol» low permanent limitation of the ins dependence of other peoples. Super- ficial observers seem to find no des (Continued on Page 3) GENERAL MOTORS SALES FOR JANUARY Sales to Dealers Higher Than for Same Month Last Year New York, Mar, 4-Dusing the month of January General Motors dealers delivered to consumers 104,- 488 cars, according to an announce- ment by Alfred P, Sloan, jr., presi= dent. This compares with 107.278 for the corresponding month last year, Sales by General Motors manufac- turing divisions to dealers totalled 127,580 cars as compared with 125,181 for January of the year previous, Dealers' sales to consumers in Janu- ary were influenced by the scarcity of cars in the field, naturally follow- ing the change in models made in December. Sales by General Motors car divisions to dealers were likewise influenced by limited production for the same reason. This condition will be remedied to a large extent, in the month of February in which month it is expected that actual sales will reflest more nearly the existing de« mand. Fire Destroys Pier Kingston, Jamaica.--Fire com- pletely destroyed a railway pler here yesterday afternoon. The steamer Carae which was alongside loading bananas had a marrow es- cape. Damage was estimated at $200,000, Clouds of Depression Now Lifting - From Industry in Great Britain Sheffield, Eng, March 4--State- ments of prominent men in the coal, iron and steel industries that at last the clouds of depression are beginn- ing to lift are confirmed by 2 wat of Sheffield < vt of commerce issued today. Foreign competition in. the coal trade has weakened, it is said, and both South Wales and the Tyne- side are sharing in increased busi- export of Has ness, Shipping ing is more active, Gers man coal advanced several shill- ings a ton more than the Briti ices. More pig iron furnaces 2 5 rs relighted and the production = of steel is increasing. There some demand for the higher grades cutlery, : average Englishman, the adds, pays as much in taxes as the average Frenchman and Italian put together, .