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Ww »< od - - investigating, W ---- ee -- "All the News While It Is News" ° ' VOL. 4--NO. 69 o Succeeding The Oshawa Daily. Reformer - The Oshawa Daily Times A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Publistsd at Setigua, Out, 2888000000000 00800sssds TPT T TTT TTTTTTITTTTTYY News in Brief | pe J PARRY WW TETTY , Chief Re-Instated Grimsby.--Fire Chief Harry Tal- bot has been reinstated by the same committee which a week ago or dered his dismissal, Y Prohibitionist Dies Montreal.--Rev. Evanston Ives Hart, secretary of the Quebec League Agaisst Alcohol, died sud- denly here at the age of 63 years. 3 Hit by Two Trains Windsor.--Tossed by one train into the way of anotrer, which also. hit him, Steve Kanula, 20, a C.N. R. section hand, is alive in Hotel Dieu here, and expected to recover. » LJ » Pilot Chaiged Newark, N.J. -- Newark police have lodged a charge of man- slaughter against Lou Foote, pilot of the Ford monoplane which crashed Sunday near the Newark airport. * =» Narrow Escape Todmorden.--Mrs., R. 'A. More, 81 Stanhope avenue, and her two children narrowly escaped asphyx- fation at 9.80 o'clock last night when coal gas fumes from the fur- nace filled their home, LJ] » - Levec Breaks Quincy.--The levee in the Indian Crave drainage district broke about five miles north of Quincy this morning. Seven thousuna g@cres were flooded, and the remain- ing 12,000 acres are In grave dan- 'ger. * % # Spring Plowing Begins Chatham.--Spring plowing com- menced in Kent county yesterday. H. Childs, concession 13, Oxford township, started plowing up a field of corn stubble yesterday. This is the first plowing reported in the district. LJ LJ] LJ Heads V.O.N. Work Ottawa.--Miss Ethel Cryderman, formerly superintendent of one of the districts in the Toronto Depart- ment of Health, was appointed Central Supervisor for the Victor- ian Order of Nurses for Canada. » * LJ *® London Tax Rate London, Ont. -- City Treasurer James 'Bell predicts a tax rate of 84.8 mills for London at the meet- ing of the city council. All esti- mates will be in by Tuesday next, and the levy will be struck then. LJ] * LJ e Withdrawn Toronto.--Overloading his truck in moving the furniture of an al- most, destitute war veteran, James Harvey of Colborne, had the charge against him withdrawn by Magis- trate Keith in county police court yesterday, » LJ School Woodstock.--George M. Mather, assistant principal of Central pub- lic sdhool her, was yesterday af- ternoon apointed by the Oxford .county council as public schoo: 1n- spector for North Oxford. LJ * - To Improve Railway North Bay.--The T. and N. O. Railway will -spend $500,000 in improvments to the system, G. W. Le, Commission Chairman, an- nounced prior to his reparture for a tour of inspection in the North. a LJ] LJ] a Heads Higway Body Sarnia.--J. F. Hickey, of Lon- don, Ont., was elected president of the recently-organized Great Lakes Interndtionol Highways association which is sponsoring a through highway from the Pacific to tne Atlantic coast. LJ LJ LJ] Friends Die Together Milton,.--Isaac Feathersivue of Lowville dropped dead at his home this morning and at the same time his neighbor for years, Henry Rich- ardson, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. George Husband, in Trafalgar township. * * LJ 114 Die in Fire Mosow.--F'ire in a wooden moy- ing picture theatre that had but one erit, caused the deaths of 114 men, women and children in the village of Igolkino, Vladimir prov- ince, 400 kilometres northeast of Moscow, LJ * LJ Black Hand t : Niagara Falls, Ont, -- A black- hand gang is believed to be opera ing in the city and an Italian mer- chant has received a letter threat- ening him with death if the sum of $3,000 is not immediately paid. The city and provincial police are LJ * Charge Follows Drowning Port Credit.--As a sequel to the double drowning in a deserted clay pit of the Port Credit Brick com- pany on February 10, Herpert Burrows, Port Credit, will appear in police court on Tuesday next charged with cutting a hoe tn the ice and leaving it unguorded. WEATHER Pi is high Great Lakes and in the Mackensie vel: ley, with a disturbance dev in Nebraska. Rain ad covering Every OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES -- --. SS 26 DEAD, 37 MISSING IN GOAL MINE Over Two Hundred Escaped After the Explosion Exact Number of Victims In Parry Sound Disaster Is Still An Uncertainty Statement By C.N.R. Offi- ficials Admits Only Four Persons Identified as Dead, 'With Eight Others Listed as Missing, Believed Dead CARGILL MAN NOW AMONG THE MISSING Brakeman of the Westbound Passenger Train Died in Hospital at Parry Sound-- Wreckage Searched Care- fully for Traces of Further Victims : . (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 22, -- Frank Schmidt, of Cargill, Ont., who boarded the westbound Canadian National train which crashed inw an eastbound train Wednesday morning, is believed to have per- ished in the fire which cremated several passengers in the colonist car. No word has been received from him since the disaster. Statement Issued Toronto, Mar, 22.--Four known dead, eight missing and believed to be dead, and five injured still in hospitals make up the official toll of the Drocourt train wreck, according to a statement issued last night by A. E. Warren, gen- eral manager, central region, Canadian National railways. The probability. that the deaths exceed the number reported is indicated in the statement. It is now considered certain that Mr, god Mrs. Andrew B. Lockie, of t, and their two daughters, Doris, aged 4, and Eleanor, aged 2, were victims of the flames which devoured the colonist car. The family were placed in this car' by relatives at Toronto, and no trace of them can be found among the survivors. Yesterday afternoon, however, a watch with the initials *"'A.B.L." was found in the ruins of the colonist car.. Text of Statement Mr. Warren's official statement follows: "In connection with the acci- dent at Drocourt, Ont., the list of those dead, missing or receiving attention in hospital, is: Identified Dead BRAKEMAN L. V, SAVAGE, of train No, 3, died at Parry Sound AUGER RESIGNS SEAT IN COMMONS Action Follows His Convic- tion on Charge of Offence Against Girl Ottawa, March 22--L. M. Auger, Liberal member for Prescott county, who was convicted on a serious charge against a young girl, has re- signed his seat in parliament. The formal resignation of Mr. Auge, signed before two witnesses, was read in the House of Commons last night- by Speaker Lemieux - shortly before adjournment. No intimation was available in gov- ernment circles last night as to the date of the by-election in Prescott which is necessiated by the resigna- tion, S yy After A 2 Auger will not be sentenced until the present docket of criminal cases before the supreme court of Ontario has been disposed of. When court resumed this morning, Mr. Justice Wright announced that be would defer sentence until a later ate. Dr. Gordon Henderson, chief de- fense counsel, declared today that the question of appeal would not be con- sidered until sentence had been pro- nounced. Jap Admiral Dies Canadian Press) Tokyo, Mar. 2.--Fleet "Admiral Viscount Ryokei Inouye, died to- day of liver disease. Three Missing In llinois Fire (By Canadian Press) Peoria, Ills, Mar, 22.--Fire de- stroyed the Peoria market, a four storey brick building in the heart of the busi district, early today. with occasional rain. Georgian =. Easterly winds, , Satur Three persons were missing and at least two of them were believed to have been killed when the building day, strong easterly winds with rain, : -- collapsed. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000, travelling deadhead on train No..3, | to, Ont. 'Was in colonist car which Al hospital, resident of Toronto, Ont. FIREMAN HORACE SMITH of train No. 4, died at Parry Sound hospital, resident of Capreol, Ont. EXPRESS MESSENGER EDWIN STRUCK of train No, 4, died at Parry Sound hospital, reBident of New Dundee, Ont. BRAKEMAN W. G. WHITE, died at Parry Sound hospital, resi- dent of Orillia, Ont, Missing, Believed Dead CONDUCTOR BEN BARSTEAD of train No. 3, resident of Toron- burned. NEWS AGENT G. MILLAR of train' No. 8, resident of Toronto, Ont. Was in colonist car which burned. BRAKEMAN R. FERGUSON, travelling deadhead on train No. 3, resident 'of Toronto, Ont. Was in colonist car which burned. ROBERT NELSON, passenger on train No. 3, resident of -Madi- son, Wis, Was in colonist car which burned. ANDREW LOCKIE, on train No. 3, resident Ont. Was in colonist burned. MRS. A.. LOCKIE, passenger on train No. 3, resident of Galt, Ont., wife of Andrew Lockie. Was in colonist car which burned. DORIS LOCKIE, passenger on train No. 3, resident of Galt, Ont., daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A. Lockie, Was in colonist car which burned, . ELEANOR LOCKIE, passenger on train No. 3, resident of Galt, Ont., daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A. Lockie, Was in colonist car which burned. i This list of missing may be added to as investigations proceed. Injured and in Hospitals ENGINEER PAUL GAUVREAU of train No, 4, in hospital at Parry Sound, both legs fractured, (Continued on Page 6) THOUSANDS PAY TRIBUTE T0 MARSHAL FRENCH NATION PRE- PARES TO PAY HIM HIGHEST HONORS Suggestion That He Be Bur- ied Beside Unknown Soldier of France passenger of Galt, car which i (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Paris, March 22--Mourning thous- ands again paid humbled tribute to the memory of Marshal Ferdinand Foch today as the nation prepared to pay him its greatest honors one sug- gestion being that he - be interred beside the body of France's unknown soldier under the Arc de Triompe. While hundreds of mourners lined the sidewalks near his home in the Rue de Grenelle, hundreds mor® at the rate of 20 and 30 to the minute passed into the courtyard and signed their names to the black bordered registers placed on tables there. This afternoon only men wounded in the war and the widows of men who died with the colors were ad- mitted to view the body on its som- bre catafalque within the home. The body was lying amidst burning can- dles in a plain oaken coffin, HOW TO PRONOUNGE MEXICAN NAMES National Geographic Society Comes to Aid of Readers of News Washington, D.C, March 22.--~The National Geographic Society has come to the aid of those "who have been avidly reading Mexican rebel- lion news, but do not know whether Durango is a coastal or a middle western state," and cannot pronounce any of the names, Following is .the self-pronouncing list of states involved: -- ' Chihuahua, Che-wah'wah. Coahuila, Ko-a-wee'la. Zacdtecas, Sa-ka-tay'kas. Jalisco, Ha-less-ko, Michoacan, Me-cho-a-kan. Guerrero, Gayr-ray-ro. Oaxaca, Wa-hai-kah. Queretaro, Kay-ray'tah-ro, Tlaxcala, Tlas-kah'lah, W NO EPIDEMIC IS IN EXISTENCE AT MOOSE FACTORY DR. W. S. PAUL MAKES REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT Found Only Three Cases Waiting to Be Given Treatment Ottawa, Mar. 22--There is no epi- demic among the Indians at Moose Factory, Ont., according to Dr. W. S, Paul, of Cochrane, Dr. Paul's review fof the situation there is contained in la statement issued yesterday by the] f department of Indian affairs, = The statement follows: "The department of Indian Affairs has been in communication with Dr. W. S. Paul, of Cochrane, who re- cently accompanied Captain Roy Maxwell to Moose Factory for the purpose of attending Rev. George Morrow, Anglican missionary at that point, "Dr. Paul states there is no epi- demic at Moose Factory among the few Indians who are at the post at this time of the year. He saw two hopeless cases of tuberculosis and one case of eye disease. Medicines were available for the treatment of these diseases and he left instructions with the school teacher for the care of these sick persons. One of the ca- ses of tuberculosis was a child whose father did not wish to have it taken away from home for treatment, Dr, Paul states definitely that he has done all that any doctor can do at the present time." . LABOR WINS BRITISH SEAT Scottish Constituency Was Formerly Held By Conser- vative Member (Cable Service to The Times by jan Press) London, Mar, 22--Labor gained another victory in the by-election held today in the northern division of Lanark, Scotland, The party can- didate succeeding to the seat left va- cant by the death of the Conserva- tive member, Sir A. Sprout. The el- ection also added another woman to parliament. Miss J. Lee, Labor, re- ceived 15,711 votes against 9,133 for the Conservative, Lord Stone and 3,- 98 Jor the Liberal, Miss E. B. Mit- chell HOUSE LIKELY T ADJOURN TONIGHT Budget Debate Will Be Re sumed After Easter Vacation (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Mar, 22.--The House of Commons will probably adjourn for the Easter recess at six o'clock this evening. The debate on the budget will be continued this af- ternoon with F. G. Sanderson, Lberal, Bouth Pertr, to be follow- ed by R, C. Matthews, Conserva- tive, Toronto East Centre. The vote on the budget will probably come on Tuesday, April 9. The party whips point out that the members return on Thursday, April 4, and four days onght to be sufficient to complete the debate. REPARATION EXPERTS ENJOYING HOLIDAY (Cable Service to The Times by 'The Press Canadian ) Paris, March 22.--While Dr. Hjamjar Schacht was taking coun- sel of his government and German financial leaders today wjth regard to a tentative reparations annuities figure, other reparations experts were either taking a vacation or attending to private business. Lord Revelstoke will spend the week- end in England while Emile Franc- qui has gone to Belgium for a few days, ENGLAND BATTING IN FINAL CRICKET GAME (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Perth, Australia, Mar. 22.-- Scores at the end of the day's play in the cricket match between the touring English team and an Aus- tralian eleven chosen from all the states were: Australia, first inn- ings 310; England, firgt innings, 156 for three wickets, "- Is Greatest Loss Since 1910 Wreck Toronto, Mar, 22--The train wreck at Drocourt, Ont, with 9 known dead, was the worst in Canada since 1910. Previous railway disasters, with the number of victims were: 1857--Desjardins canal, train = de- railed bridge, 70 killed. 1 St. Hilaire," Que., train de- railed, 30 killed. 1872--Belleville, Ont, track, 30 killed. _ 1884--Humber, near Toronto, col- lision, 14 killed. 1887--St, Thomas, railway wreck, 14 killed. 1889--Hamilton, train derailed, 17 killed. fESE=-Trenton, Ont, collision, 12 ed. 1903--Wahnstéad, Ont., collision, 28 killed. 1907--Chapleau, Ont., train wreck, 50 killed. 1910--Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, de- railment, 63 killed. 1913--McKellar Twonsite, Ont., de- railment, 11 killed, 915--Queenston, Ont., railway car derailed, 16 killed. 1918--Dorval, Que., collision, seven killed. 1920--Corceil, Ont., collision, eight killed, 1927--Near Hornepayne, Ont. de- railment, six killed. 1927--Dockrill, Ont., collision, sev- en killed. ; SAVAGE HAD RELATIVES IN THIS CITY BRAKEMAN KILLED IN WRECK MARRIED AN OSHAWA GIRL engine left Dobney, Wood St.---Other Relatives Leslie V. Sagage, of Toronto, brakeman on the westbound train which figured in the wreck at Dro- court, who succumbed to his in- juries yesterday afternoon, was a brother of Mrs. F. Dobney, 98 Wood street, this city. Mr. Savage's wife was also an Oshawa girl be- fore her marriage, having been Miss Maude Holden. There are al- s0 several other relatives in the district, A number of members of the Collacutt family of Port Perry are reported to be related to Mr, Sav- age. His wife who was a daughter of the late William Holden, has one brother, Gorden Holden, of the Bowra Electric Shop, ond one sis- ter, Mrs, E. O. Phillips, Richmond street east, residing in the city. f"e left Oshawa 25 years ago, and has resided in Toronto since her mar- riage to Mr. Savage. Mr. Savage never resided in this city, as far as could be learned today. Alabama River is Again on Rampage (By Canadian Press) Montgomery, Ala, Mar. 22---Re- ports of two additoinal deaths and of a new and indefinite rise in the Ala- bamma river and tributaries were develop ts in the Alab flood situation today. The condition of the rivers, government observers said, is very unfavorable, Force Augmented Sarnia. -- Four new constables were today added to the Sarnia pol- ice force, bringing the strength of the force to 15. House Struck by Lightning The first case of a lightning bolt doing damdge in Toronto in 1929 was reported last night when the residence of Henry Harris, at 358 Dundas street, east, was struck and considerably damaged during the brief electrical storm, Belleville Golf Activities Belleville. -- A meeting or tne directors of the Belleville Country club took place yesterday plans be- ing made for the season's activities, The new professional, Sam French, Aberdeen, Scotland, is on his way to Belleville and will have charge during the season. Liberals: Win in British Election (Cable Service to he Times by The Canadian Press) London, Mar, 22.--The Boston- with-Holland by-election resulted in another loss for the Conserva- tives, this time to the Liberals. The Liberal, J. Blindell, was elected, 13,000, against G. R. Blan- co White, Labor, 9,194; F. J. Van- denberg, Conservative, 8,257, and Was Brother of Mrs.--F:1 WEXGAN GENERAL PLANNING ANOTHER ATTACK ON REBELS THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY WINS SUCCESS ON WEST COAST High Naval Officers at Vera Cruz to Be Tried By Court Martial (By Canadian Press) Mexico City, Mar, 22--Six thousand federal troops under General Lozaro Cardenas were started today on a 'thousand bile railway journey from Torreon to relieve the rebel seige of Mazatlan, Splitting of the force of General Plutarco Elias Calles was ordered by the general as a consequence of re- ports of a well organized rebel offen- sive down the Mexican west coast, and the cornering of available loyal troops in that sector at Mazatlan. At the same time General Calles announced that he had completed or- ganization of an army of 3,000 men to proceed northward from Torreon against General Jose Gonzalo Esco- bar, whose rebel forces were believed preparing to defend the mountain passes south of Chihuahua, Rebels Claim Success Nogales, Sonora, Mex., Mar, 22-- Revolutionary headquarters here this morning announced that the rebel army under Generals Francisco R. Manzo and Ramon F., Iturbe, had (Continued on*page 2) SITUATION NOW GRAVE Fear of Outbreak of Fresh Hostilities By Chinese Armies (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Canton, China, Mar, 22--Telephonic communications with Kanchow«Ki, Kiangsi, were interrupted this morn- ing and it was feared the situation there was grave, The commissioner of foreign affairs at Canton told the American consul- general here that the Chinese govern- ment was planning to dispatch troops to Kiangsi, but due to the absence of higher officials at Nanking, where they were attending the Kuomintang convention, the action had been un- avoidably delayed. TWO FISHERMEN LIST OFF VESSEL Nova Scotia Trawler is Sunk in Collision With French Boat '(By Canadian Press) Halifax, Mar. 22.--Two members of the crew of the Lunenburg schooner Mahaska were lost today when the vessel sank after a coi lision with the French trawler Re- mey-Chuniard, off the coast of No- va Scotia, and the rest of-the crew were picked up safely, according wo a wireless message received by James Fraser, local agent for the trawler. The'message was sent by Cantain Glatrek, of the French ves- sel, DANISH GOVERNMENT TO CALL ELECTION (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 22. --At the opening of the Folketing this afternoon Premier Mygdal an- nounced that a general election will be held in Denmark at the earliest possible date, . The announcement followed 2 government defeat in a budget vote yesterday when, the Conser vatives abstaining the Socialists were able to defeat the measure. BRAVERY OF CADETS GIVEN RECOGNITION St. Catharines, -Mar. 22.--The bravery of two sea cadets, Ji L. Lawrenson and Gordon L. both of St. Catharines, who t summer jumped into Lake Ontario off the piere at Port Dalhousie and rescued Vera McNulty from drown- ing was rewarded last night when the two lads were presented wi F, W. Denniss Independent, 3,541. lite-saving certificates. th | may be . pronounced Of Finding EXPLOSION counted for. recovered early today. alive. the missing. in the butt--lay nearby, dead. been expl SPAIN SEEKS SETTLEMENT ADOPT CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE TOWARDS STUDENTS Fears Emigration of Most Prominent Professors from the Country (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Mar, 22.--Advices from Spain today said Premier Primo de Rivera, the Spanish dictator, was showing more of a conciliatory spirit since Ee publication of his recent decree closing universities and special schools. : The possibility of emigration from Spain of a number of the country's more eminent professors to seek fresh fields, particularly to South America, and the peculiar position in which education in the country has been placed by the cutting off of fa- cilities for advanced learning has be® gun to impress the. government of the necessity of seeking some solu- tion to the conflict. : Primo de Rivera has published sev- eral semi-official notes expressing his respect for the universities and his desire for a satisfactory solution of the trouble. AUGER'S COUNSEL 10 MAKE APPEAL Claims Non-Direction and Mis-Direction of Jury at Trial (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Mar. 22.--An appeal against the conviction of Louis M. Auger, on a charge of having committed a grave offence against Miss Laurence Martel, of Hawkes- bury, Ont., will be lodged as soon as sentence is passed. Intimation to this effect was given today by Dr. Gordon Henderson, chief 'counsel, for Mr. Auger. "We are appealing on the ground that there was misdirec- tion, as well as non-direction of the jury," Mr. Henderson said. It is understood that sentence this after- noon, PREMIER OF Rescue Crews Making Strenuous Effort in Hope More Alive RESCUE ALIVE OF YOUNG MINER AFTER HE HAD BEEN ENTOMBED FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS GIVES FRESH HOPE TO THE RESCUE CREWS AT KINLOCH MINE, FROM WHICH MOST OF MINERS MADE THEIR ESCAPE AFTER THE Bodies of Twenty-Six of the Victims Have Now Been Re- covered, But Thirty-Seven of the Men Who Were in the Mine at the Time of the Explosion Are Still Un. accounted for--Rescue Crews Are Fighting Against Great Odds in the Wreckage of the Coal Mine, But Are Hopeful of Further Success (By Canadian Press) Parnassus, Pa., Mar. 22.--Spurred on by the rescue alive of a miner who had been entombed more than 24 hours, res. cue crews today were pushing their way far into the explosion wrecked Kinloch Mine in an effort to reach 37 men still unace The list of known dead stood at 26, five bodies having been The fact that some of the entombed miners had erected canvas brattices in the workings, in an effort to keep out the deadly gases, led rescuers to hope that some of the men were While pushing through the thirteenth butt today, more than one and one half miles from the main slope, a rescue crew came upon Lawrence Althouse, 29, who had been listed among Althouse was wandering about the dark underground tun- nels when found. His buddy--the man who worked with him The rescue crews were fighting against gread odds in the dark pits. In addition to falls of rock and coal, they were en- countering much water. Ira Thomas, deputy state secretary of mining, said that the rescue of Althouse convinced him oth. ers might be found alive, and he ordered fresh crews into the mine with orders to continue their work until all the butts had 26 Killed, 37 Missing Parnassus, Pa, Mar, 22--Twentye. six miners were known to have been killed and 37 were missing today more than 24 hours after an explo sion wrecked the Kinloch Mine of the Valley Camp Coal Company, Previous estimates placed the list of unaccounted for at 10, but come pany officials, in a recapitulation, stae ted 43 diggers were missing. Five ade ditional bodies were found today, Rescued Alive Parnassus, Pa., Mar, 22.--Entomb« ed in the explosion-wrecked Kinloch Mine for more than 24 hours, a miner named Althouse was rescued alive toe day. He was carried out on a stretch- er by a rescue crew. The rescuers found him almost two miles back (Continued on Page 6) OUTSIDER WINS | BIG STEEPLECHASE Important Event Was Run on the Aintree Race Track Today (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Aintree, Eng, Mar, 22--Gregalach, an outsider, won the Grand National Steeplechase today. Gregalach, the winner, was owned by Mrs. M. A, Gemmell and was a 100 to 1 shot. Everett was the rider. Easter Hero, owned by J. H, Whit- ney, an American sportsman, was leading the field at the end of the first round of the two-lap course but was beaten out in the second' time around. He maintained his lead over the canal which marks the three- quarter point in the race, only to lose out in a furious finish, The horses were falling like ten pins all around this pair as they race ed along in the lead and with a few barriers yet to be cleared there were only cight of the 66 contestants left in the race, Cheese in Demand Ottawa.--Canadian cheese neve er was so much in demand in the market of Great Britain as at present, Dr, J. A. Ruddick, domin= fon dairy comiissioner, told the agricultural and colonization com- mittee of the house of commons today. Communists Burn Mission Stations (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Hankow, China, Mar. 22.--Despat- ches from Hankchow today stated Communists had burned several mis- sions in the southern part of Kiangsi Province, near that city, The mission- aries were said to be helpless to op pose the Communists, TOI younge was tl glect. childre PERC NS Pah at ee Sut