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Sasa LS Recovers: Stolen Goods na odstock, = Over $400 of loot has been recovered of the two car- loads of _goods stolen from the Grafton company store here a month ago. or Yet There is Hope : St. Catharines. That spring waa ther is in the offing is i the large flocks of wild -- which seen flying morth over have been this section in the past few days . Fire at Birch Cliff Seana short-circuit in the wiring of a car was attributed as She | s morning, destroyed the garage and Simmons at resulting in a causc of a fire which, early chicken house of J. Birch Cliff Heights, loss of more than * * Sug, -- Thanksgiving ttawa.--In the ankegiv of Com- -- tonight x L. Church (Conser- session of the Town of | tive, Toronto) suggested a genera! hi wig thanksgiving should be set Juarez, Just Across the Sa for the recovery of the King, Border from El Paso, and thought that June 3, his Majes- a proper ty's birthday, would be occasion, * * 0% Bam Des 4 ed Streetsville--Fire on Wednesday two barn buildings of Lee, Trafalgar, on the town destroyed Harr line etween Halton and Peel. Mrs, Lee first noticed the blaze, but when the burning buildings all he could save was the her husband reached stock, x Childs Loses New York. --William Childs, . founder of the faction headed William ber, which held proxies for 60 cent of the company's stock, Fear Poisoning Windsor. -- Windsor police are investigating the circumstances un- der which Robert Hubbard, 28, Detroit, drank poison more than - ten days ago, and from which he is still in a serious condition in Hotel Dieu, . . . ital Extension Toronto.--~Cost of St, Michael's hospital extension and equipment has amounted to $1,727,606, it was announced yesterday, The total is made up of $185,908 for land, $1,447,880 for the building, and $93,806 for Squipment, Fires at Windsor Windsor.~Two families in wide ly separated border homes were forced out into the cold in nigh attire early yesterday morning by fires which came about ps the re- sult of the sudden cold which hit this district the previous night, To Reduce Legislature Halifay, -- A redistribution bill the providing a reduction in membership of the Nova Scotia house of assembly of from 43 to 38 seats was introduced in the legis lature yesterday afternoon by the Attorney-General, Hon, W, L, Hall, Ld * * Dole Protested Toronto,--Protest was voiced by the Digtrict Trades and Labor council last night against reported plans of the British government to extend the advantages or tne Un- employment Insurance Act, other- wise known as the dole, to British workmen who migrate to Canada. ¥ = Ld Dies of Exposure Toronto. -- William Butler, 64 years old, died in St, Michael's hos- pital yesterday of pneumonias be- lieved to have .resulted from expo- sure. He was found huddled in a Sherbourne street doorway on ¥eb- ruary 26, and was taken to the hospital. LJ a * Action for Damages London.--An action for damages has been entered against Ashford R. Stewart, of 841 King street, by the husband of Mrs, Nicholas Sem- mons of Pottersburg, who was struck and killed by Stewart's car some months ago, * * - Snatched From Death Cape May, N.J.--Without much clothing and lashed to the wheel of the foundering sloop in which he had ridden out a violent gale for 24 hours, Albert Crowley, 27, was natched from death yesterday by 8 coastguard crew. His fa- © ther was also rescued. LJ * LJ] * Car Thief Sentenced Windsor,--Clarence McGuire, ag- ed 26, who stole an auto in Wind- sor the other night and then asked two members of the police depart- ment to help him get away with it, will spend @ year in the Guelph re- ofrmatory. . MeGuire was found guilty of stealing the machine by Magistrate D., M, Brodie, yesterday, 4 Bl ERafel le Hil HP £ co- Childs Restaurant chain, and members of his family were removed from the company's directorate joday by an PR: bar y ar- per 2 <8 3 J J 3 Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer Ze Oshawa Daily Times A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City : 3 ; OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. Second Section--Pages 9 ) to 18 Rebels and d Federals Are Fighting Fiercely for Pos- " Texas U.S. AUTHORITIES TAKE PRECAUTONS Six Hundred Loyal Troops Are Holding the Town Against Attack By Two Thousand Rebels -- Gov- ernment Successful Else. where (By Canadian Press) Mexico City, Mar, 8.--Heavy fighting for the possession of Jua~- rez, across the border at El Paso, began today between a body of 600 loyal troops holding the town and 2,000 rebels who made a sure prise attack under cover of an ir- rigation ditch, The Federal ma- chine gun fire took heav ytoll and bodies could be seen from the Unit- ed States side of the border sprawl. ed on some of the streets of the Mexican city, Severe fighting took place only ten blocks away from the Jhickiy populated district of South E! Paso U.S. military authorities took widespread precautions to gusrd against trouble along the border, troops at Fort Bliss being called out during the night and stationed Along the International boundary ne. Desperate Struggle The Federal troops in Juarez, als p..outnumbered. were . at street intersections and atop buildings ready for a desper- id struggle, The central government' at Mexi- co ity, decisively victorious in its campaign to recapture Vera Cruz, turned its attention toward the situation in the north, Rebel troops were centered in Torreon in Western Corhuila while the federals were massing at Guad- alajara for a counter-offensive General Antonio Vallareal, aspir- ant for president of the anti-re-el- ectionist ticket, was believed to command the rebels at Torreon, Plan Counter-Stroke While the Sonora rebels were driving southward through Sinaloa, (Continued on page 2) GLOSFR RELATIONS IN SALVATION ARMY Evengeline Booth Tells of Hopes on Her Arrival Home New York, Mar, 8,--A stronger and a more closely knit interns. tional Salvation Army organiza- tion will result from the crisis through which the army bas just passed, Miss Evangeline Booth, Commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, predicted on her arrival from London on the Cunard liner Berengaria, A tremendous ovation was given to Commander Booth by a Salva- tion Army band and 300 men and women in uniform who carried the organization flag. Tears filled the eyes of the Com- mander as she mentioned futile ef- forts to see her brother General W, Bramwell Booth. after his deposi- tion as head of the army. "I wanted to see my brother," she said, "and I have every reason to believe he wanted to see me I bear no malice against him, I love him too deeply to have any malice. I don't know whether any of the messages I sent him ever reached him, "The Salvation Army has pass- ed through the most serious crisis of its existence during the past few weeks, and it has been a nerve- wracking, exhausting experience for those of us who were charged with 'U.S. Adhesion to World Court is (Cable Service to The Times by Cana Press Geneva, Mar, 8--The coun- cil of the League of Nations, meeting in private session to- day, decided to send the ques. tion of the adhesion of the United States to the world court of justice to the commis- sion of jurists which will meet on March 11 to consider re- vision of the world court statu. DISASTROUS FIRE DESTROYS LARGE BLOCK IN LONDON BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN AFTERMATH of the ofthe Electric Company and an adjacent storage building of the Thomas Furniture Company, and ater having driven fifty guests from the Fraser Hotel, gave the night and day platoons a bitter battle to save the hoted itself, The fire was finally brought under control at 1.30 o'clock this morning after considerable dam- age was done to the upper stories of the hotel, The cyclonic over night gale that swept Western Ontario tore a great brick coping from the face of the Northern Electric building, which was, formerly the Thompson Car- riage Company, and which is still owned by the Thompson Estate. It is believed that damage thén caused may have impaired the electric-wir- ing installation and furnished the seed of last night's disastrous blaze. EARTHQUAKE Buildings Were But No Serious Damage Reported ; (B; Connflian Press) Bellefontaine, hio, Mar, 8--An earth shock which was felt as far west as the Indiana line rumbled across western Ohio this morning. The tremor was felt here at 4.07 o'clock, and although buildings were shaken and furniture was shifted through the area, no damage had been reported today, The movement covered a wide sec- tion, reports here said, but the shock seemingly died along the Indiana line, for cities west of there said no shock is felt. Daring Car Thefts Forest Hill.--Removed in broad daylight from the owners' garages, two cars were added yesterday to the 1929 list of automobiles stolen in Forest Hill. In both cases the owners were within doors at the the heaviest responsibilities, Montreal, Mar, 8.--For injuries suffered in the course of an auto- mobile drive with his son-in-law, Daniel Arbess is claiming damages of $1,345 in an action before Mr. Justice Bond in the Sulperop Court yest: The directed against M. Small. On June 17, 1928, he was invit- ed by his son-in-law to take 8 drive in his automobile, the fath- er-in-law declared. Op emerging from Victoria Bridge, the machine Father-in-Law Asks Damages : From Son-in-Law After Auto Ride collided with another car and he suffered a fractured left arm. For the cost of treatment and result- ing damages he claimed $1,345, The sonin-law denied all respon- sibility for the accident and said is | that he was proceeding at a care- ful and prudent wanner woen he was bit by another machine on the approach to Vietoria Bridge. The accident, he submittea, was the sole fault of the driver of the sec- ond machine, To Be Discussed Prominent on Discussing Canada's Plan ARISTIDE BRIAND French Foreign Minister of Nations' Council this week, they council, of Aristide Briand, foreign minister council, They were warmly supported b; SENATOR DANDURAND Canada's Representative When Canada's proposals for the settlement of the Probloms of minorities in 4 Burdhe came before the League were put forward Senator Dandurand, Ca 8 They were warmly supported supported by Dr. Gustav Stresemen, the tained foreign minister, but Dr, Gustav Stresemen, the German foreign minister, but the remarks of France, were somewhat reserved in their acceptance of the plan. 1} GUSTAV STRESEMEN German Foreign Minister to the I BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE ON BOARD SHIP (By Associated Press) New York, searched 400 passengers Mar, 8.--An extra- ordinary force of 125 customs mer of the OF STORM Loss of $200,000 Ware. house of Northern Electric Company Londesy On Mar, pron second alarm fire, which caused a loss of swept at midnight th » King Street warehouse SHOCK FELT liner Shawnee, arriving today from Havana seized large quantities of liquor and imposed fines aggregat- ing $800, The passengers were greatly surprised as they began to dis embark, Ordinarily they woula walk ashore with their baggage wi. hout a search, as their bags had been inspected by the customs at Miami, To their amazement they were required to open their bags and trunks under the scrutiny of 40 members of the searching unit of the customs enforcement bureau ard a squad of examining inspec- tors There were also eight men from the enforcement bureau on hand expressly to search the thiriy automobiles waiting to be driven ashore by passengers. The customs men found bottles of brandies, champagne, fancy liquers and various brands of whis- key, Found Guilty Winnipeg, Man., Mar, 8.--Gault Ramsey of Winnipeg, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in city court here yesterday. Ram- sey's conviction followed an auto- mobile accident in which his car struck ohn A, M, Butler, who died from his injuries last October. IN INDIANA Shaken time of the thefts, . Re-Arrested As Result of Storm Guelph, Mar. 8, -- Suffering se- verely from cold, due to their long tramp through a howling blizzard during the night, Wilfred Lepree of Windsor, and Theodore Cedar of Chatham, two inmates who escaped from the Ontario Reformatory on Wednesday afternoon, were round- ed up by guards yesterday after- noon in a barn about a mile south of Aberfoyle, where they had sought shelter after an eight-mile, hike along the Guelph-Hamilton Bighway, ENGLAND BATTING WELL IN FINAL CRICKET TEST Jack Hobbs, Hero of the Day By Scoring 142 Runs (Cable Survicp to The Times by ress pli boure, Australia, Mar. 8-- England won the toss and went to bat first today for the fifth test match with Australia , At the con- clusion of the day's play, England had scored 240 runs for the loss of four wickets, Jack Hobbs, England's premier batsman, was the hero of the day scoring 142 runs, making his twelfth century in test matches against Australia, Nurse Decorated By King Geotge Bognor, England, March 8--King George today personally conferred the insignia of the Royal Red Cross, second class, on Nurse Davis, one of the five who attended him during his illness, His Majesty had the medal of the Order specially sent down from London so that he could pre- ent it today in token of his appre- ciation for the unremitting care and attention of Nurse Davis, who is leaving on her holiday. This is the first decoration the king has con- ferred since: his illness began. FREIGHTER IN DISTRESS IN HEAVY SEA Coast Gua:ds Are Trying to Communicate With the Vessel (By Canadian Press) Provincetown, Mass, Mar. 8--A large unidentified freighter was hove to, in apparent distress, off Peamed Hill Bar light and about five miles from shore in a heavy northwest gale this morning. The coast guard was attempting to communicate by radio to ascertain the cause of the trouble. The bar is regarded .as one of the most dangerous off Cape Cod, BRUCE COUNTY I$ IMPASSABLE AFTER HEAVY BLIZZARD TRAINS . SNOWBOUND, ROADS BLOCKED BY DRIFTS Old Residents Concede It Was a Real Old Time Storm (By Canadian Press) Southampton, Mar, 8--A night and a morning of wild "winter weather left Bruce County a waste of drifted snow, with all the roads impassible, trains delayed, farmers sno nd, and old residents grudgingly conced- ing the blizzard to be one of the worst in their time, At 11 o'clock Wednesday night, af- ter the barometer had sunk to 28-- the blizzard rode into the district on a howling northwestern, carrying with "it a blinding smother of hard- driven snow, which, in a few minu- tes, made vision outdoors practically impossible. All train service in this district was disrupted as a result of the blow. The southbound train from South- hampton, due to leave at 1.35 p.m, did not get out until 3 p.m, and then ran into a snow bank almost directly in front of the Pinkerton station, and stayed there, helplessly bucking the bank for an hour. Serious Western Fire ~ Regina.--Fire, fanned into raging fury by the bitter southern blasts sweeping across the prairies, de- stroyed the business section of Est- Jin, 2 town 13 miles south of here England won all four previous tests of the present tour. BROCKVILLE COLLEGIATE DESTROYED (By Canadian Press) Brockville, Mar, 8.--Believed to have. started in the neighbor- hood of the furnace room, fire early this morning, destroyed the Collegiate Institute, a stone build- ing standing since 1889, with a loss Jilted to be approximate- 1y $100,00 The fire Sine made considerable headway through the building be- fore its discovery was made, and with a strong wind from the north- west which carried burning em- bers across the eastern part of the town, the fire brigade found it al- most impossible to curb its pro- gress, An hour after the alarm was turned in, only the stone walls of the building remained standing. The school had an enrolment of 450 students, and its remodelling and extension at.an estimated cost of $200,000 was under considera- tion by the Municipal Council, which had been requested by the Board of Education to adopt a by-law to that end. Insurance of $64,000 was carried upon the building and its contents by the Board of Education, To Defeat Treaty Cape Town South Africa.--Steps were taken in the senate yesterday to defeat the operation of the South African trade treaty with Germany which Premier Hertzog refused to submit to the upper house. Sena~- tor Malan, leader of the opposition in the senate, gave notice of a mo~ tion declaring the senate disap- proves of the treaty. Homeless Dogs Without Refuge Stratford, Mar, 8, -- vumuwra's homeless dog population is in a quandry--no home, no friends. Re- cently the dog pound was condemn- ed by the Humane Society, Until a new one had been constructed the chief of police gave permission for the stray animals to be housed in the poliee cells, but now the board of health rules that this cannot be done. As a result the dogs have no home, and 'the police are figur- ing that it is rather useless to pick them ge an CPR. OBJECTS TO LIMITING TIME FOR NEW BRANCHES lates, roughly, that the powers of construction . of the projected road shall cease unless within one year the shareholders authorize the work to go ahead and make arrangements for the necessary outlay, {in whole or part, E. P. Flintoft, K. C., for the com- pany, stressed thie difficulty of always ing, within one year, the meces- sary financial arrangements for these roads. If, for example, a hundred miles of a three-hundred-mile line were in one year, the other two hundred miles might lapse. "Il have consulted my executive," Mr. Flintoft added, "and am advi: that, if this amendment should today, and caused Samage estimated to be more than $50,000, ! consider our. position." we will have to withdraw the bill to sed | British Guiana, Mr. Andrews said, AWA'S 1929 TAX RATE IS 42 MILLS King's Chaplain And Favorite of The TommiesD ies (Cable Service fo The Times by Canadian Press) Liverpool, Mar, 8--The Rev. G. A. Studdert Kennedy, Chaplain to the King, died to- day of influenza. During the war he was popularly known as "Woodbine Willie' to thousands of Tommies, to whom he endeared himself by his frank talks, helpful advice, sympathy and an unfailing supply of cigarettes, GENERAL BOOTH CELEBRATES HIS 13RD BIRTHDAY MAKING SLOW RECOV. ERY FROM ILLNESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS Recent Crisis in Salvation Army Had Bad Effect on Health (Cable Service To The Times By Press) Loudon, Mar, 8.--General Bram- well Booth, erstwhile head of the Salvation Army, was 75 years of age today. recovery from a long {illness is seemingly slow and he has been troubled with much insomnia, No doubt the recent crisis in the Army founded by his father, and which he himself largely organized and then ruled for many years, had an additional effect upon the aged General's condition, which was already ser- fous enough to lead to the Army's quest for a new leader. He was twice adjudicated by the High Council unfit to continue as com- mander-in-chief on Jan. 16 and Feb, 13, following which Commis- sioner' Edward J, Higgins was elected Commanding General, General Booth had been in fail- ing health for years when his con- dition became serious last May and even critical last November, when he was attacked by neuritis. FOCH AGAIN IS SHOWING PROGRESS French Marshal is Able to Sit Up in an Armchair (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) , Paris, Mar, 8.--Marshal Foch was permitted to sit in' an arm- chair for ten minutes again today by his physicians who found that yesterday's improvement had been maintained. The Marshal had a bit of fish for breakfast and ordered chicken for lunch, He drank some coffee and milk. His temperature this morning was 98.9 and his pulse 86. As a result of his eight week's fliness his weight is less than one hundred pounds, In per capita savings New Eng- land is more than 15 years ahead of the United States as a whole, Decrease of 1.5 Compared With That of Last Year Heavy Fighting is Going Onin Mexican Town on 'United States Border Rate Struck Last Night Lowers Taxesin City by About $1. 50 Per Capita Yiarse Increase: in Assess. ment Makes Possible Re- duction in Tax Rate to 42 Mills, as Compared With 431%, Mills in 1928 -MOST PUBLIC BODIES RAISE ESTIMATES Oshawa Board of Water Commissioners Presents City With $5,000 Gift to Aid in Reducing the Gen- eral Mill Rate Oshawa's tax rate, as struck by the city council in special session last night, shows a decrease of 1.5 miils to 42 mills, Last year the rate was 43.5 mills and in 1927 it was 44 mills. The per capita taxation, exclusive of special frontage assessments, is redu- ced from $28.54 last year to $26.85, and including special frontage assess- ments, to $33.83 from $34.71. Since none of the spending bodies in the city reduced their appropriations, as compared with last year, it is seen that the increased revenue available from the $2,042,590 increase in assess- ment is responsible for the reduction in the tax rate, The Ocliawa Board of Water Com- with a gift of $5,000 out of surplus rate, This amount represents a levy earnings to assist it in reducing the present assessment, The Parks Board of about one-third of a mill on the was the only body that did not ask for an increase in its appropriation, but the Board.of Education kept its increase down to such a figure that, on the greatly increased assessment, the total school rate is 20 mills this year as compared with 21.6 mills Jast year, Analysis of Rate The mill rate in the various divi- sions, compared with last year, is; Public school maintenance this year 10.53 mills, last year 10.68 mulls; pub- lic school debentures this year 3.82 mills, last year 4.14 mills; collegiate and vocational maintenance 3.7 mills, compared with 4.58 mills; collegiate debentures 1.88 mills, compared with 2.16 mills, general rate 14.07 mills, compared with 14.71 mills; general debentures 8, mills, last year 7.23 mills. (Continued: on Page 2) LLOYD GEORGE TO PUBLISH MEMOIRS Britain's War-Time Premier Now Collecting His Material . London, Mar, 8, -- David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, finally has de- cided to write down his own mem- oirs, the Evening Standard stated last night, The decision was tak- en in view of the fact that '"'mow nearly all prominent statesmen, sol- diers and sailors of the war period have written their reminiscences, many of them with him as the central figure." The war-time Prime Minister al- ready is engaged busily collecting vast material required, and prob- ably will begin writing soon after the general election in May. No approximate date has yet been set for publication of the book. Mr. Lloyd George told the Even- ing Standard that since the war he has been "bombarded with offers' to write his own story, and now has yielded to the pressure, Had Rough Crossing Cherbourg, Mar. 8.--After one of the worst eastbound crossings in her history, the giant liner Levia- than will make a quick turnabout. sailing for the United States tomor- row, Ottawa, March 8.--The prospects of an enormous trade between Can- ada and British Guiana in the near future are considered bright by C. F. Andrews, missionary of Bolpur, Bengal who soon to study the pos- sibilities of settling Guiana with In- §, dian agriculturalits. Under the full promotion of the agriculture of a variety of produce could brought to this Dominion under the preference treaty at prices which tional educational Vancouver next month. 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