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(By Canadien Press) ah 2 2 at a of Taxes Increased Galt.--The city council in spec- fal session last night struck the 1929 tax rate at 43 1-2 mills, an increase of 1 1-2 mills over last year. ® + » oil Still Missing : -- "The_third day ovr tue search Dr "Fhomas C. Spence, local Hot merchant, came to a close t without any sign or clue missing man, * 0» LJ] Cardinal Dies Rome.--Cardinal : Aurelio Gall died here this morning at the age of 63. His death reduced the Sacred College to 60, of whom 27 are Italians and 33 Jorelguers. * Denies Resigning 'Washington.--Andrew W. Mel- lon, who celebrated his 74th birth- day yesterday, denied with em- phasis a persistent report that he would soon resign as secretary of the treasury. rw Fell into Boiling Waver Toronto. -- Tumbling backward into a tub of boiling water little Sybil Hill, 18 months old, of 238 Virginia avenue, East York, was terribly scalded about the legs and body last night. 'ia L J To Prevent Fraud Toronto. -- A bill #'~ 2d at pre- vention of fraud real estate deals was laid before the legislature by Premier Ferguson yesterday after- noon, but it will not be put on the statute books this session. ) * LJ *® LJ Leaves Large Estate Winnipeg.--Applicatiin for pro- bate was made yesterday for the will of Sir James Aikins, former Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. The will disposes of an estate valu- ed at approximately $1,700,000. LJ * * Nearing the End Winnipeg.--Steel is now within 'five miles of Fort Churchill. Ac- cording to latetsa dvices received by H. A. Dixon, the line reached Mile 505-1 on Saturday and is pushing steadily forward in spite of bad weather, *® . LJ Adjudged Insane Simcoe -- That Charles McCoy, 32-year-old farmer of Round Plains murdered his father while in a fit of insanity, was the ver- dict arrived 'at by the coroner's jury investigating the tragedy at Waterford this afternoon. a \d Lightning Hits Car Brantford.--A bolt of lightning hit the 11.40 street car on Morrell street this morning. It put out the lighting system, shattered the glass bulbs and shot a spray of sparks which set fire to the dress- es of sevdl women passengers. LJ Ld - Heads Legion in Quebec Quebe.--Lieut.-Col. D,!'B, Papin- eau, AD.C. to the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, was re-elected President of the Quebec Branch of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Ser- vice League at the annual meéting of the legion, held here during the week-end. LJ = ® Found Dead in Bed Toronto, -- Found by neighbors who broke nto her room yesterday after having missed her swice mst Priday, Mrs. Mary Thomson, of 50 Ann street, 65 years old, was found dead in bed. Heart failure had caused her death, it was decided at the city morgue, LJ Elected " Cooksville Cooksville. -- C. R. Evang was elected to the council at the special election made necessary by the un- seating of John E. Dowling on a technicality. Only a small vote was polled, giving Evans a major- ity of 13 over R. H. Craig, the only ither candidate. * - * . Old Sailor Dies Sault Ste. Marie.~With the pass- . ing of Captain Joseph Ganley, who died at his home at $92 Pilgrim street, the Sault loses one of its oldest and most respected citizens, and marine circles a sailor of both the old and new schools, He was 72 years of age. * Ld ® Mystery Unsolved Kitchener. -- Several hours of digging in and around the ruined house of Fred Balzer, near German Mills, today, failed to throw any light on the mysterious disappear- ance of Mrs. Victor Balzer, who disappeared when the farm of her son was destroyed by fire on March 12, t ® 0% * Aviators Injured Edmonton. -- Crashing into a field about half a mile east of Cal- der, near the city limits, a Moth aeroplane, owned by the Edmonton and Northern Alberta Aero Club, is a total wreck, and its t¥o occu- pants, R. F, Brinkman and J. S. Clare, are lying seriously injured in hospital. ; The disturbance which caused thunder showers in Ontario yesterday has passed eastward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Rain or snow has fallen in most districts of Quebec and the Maritimes, while in the west the weather continues fair with rising temperature. Forecasts: --Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay--Moderate west- ly winds, fair. Wednesday-- sly y winds, fair and ily T Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City F TRAI Y Coroner 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES OSHAWA, ONTARIO, JUESDAY, MARCH. 26, 1929 AMED FOR WRECK _}.plored from the viewpoint ill-fated Sinking of "Pm Alone" By, U. S. Constguards 200 Miles Off "the Coast of Louisiana Has Created a Tremendous Sensation in the British Capital, But Press Makes Little Com- ment WAIT REPORT BEFORE ANY OFFICIAL ACTION Captain Randall and Mem- bers of the Crew of Sunk: en Vessel Are Given Pre liminary Hearing in Court at New Orleans -- Con- flicting Stories Told of the Incident (By George Hambleton, Staff Cor- respondent of the Canadian Press) London, Mar. 26.--Word that the, schooner "I'm Alane", sunk by United States coastguard ves- sels off the Louisiana coast with the loss of & member of the crew, was of Canadian registry has evi- dently been received in official circles here with something of re- lief. The sinking of the vessel has created an enormous sensation in London. Long cables descriptive of the landing of the crews in irons and interviews with Captain Ran- dall of the Canadian vessel are featured everywhere, The incident is wi gpd de- al fecting Anglo-American relations. | But with the news the vessel was of Canadian registry feeling has become less tense in Britain, The foreign office is awaiting an- of- ficial report before deciding on what action can be taken. Preliminary ~ Heabing New Orleans, Mar: 26.--Prelim- inary hearing was arranged today for Captain John Thomas Randall and members of the crew of the "I'm Alone", British auxiliary schooner sunk under American coast guard shell fire Friday in the Gulf of Mexico. The crew faced formal charges of '"'conspiring to violate the pro- hibition law" with an additional charge of interferring with a cus- toms officer's boarding duties placed against Captain Randall. The case was scheduled for hear- ing before Reginald H. Carter, Jr., United States commissioner, who entered the formal informations. Announcement was made by United States Attorney Edmond E. Talbott that Assistant Attorney General Henderson, sent to New Orleans from Washington, was in- vestigating the "affair, * Captain Randall, who was dec- orated for: distinguished' service. in hte British Navy during the Great War, predicted that. the "ship- wrecked mariners" would = gain their liberty easily, While anticipating dropping ' of (Co! ued on Page 3) ESTIMATES TABLED Provide for an r an Increase of Over Eight Millions in Expenditures (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 25.--The main estimates for the fiscal year end- ing, October 31, 1930, were tabled in the legislature yesterday and totalled $47,318,270, an increase over last year of about 8% mil- lions. Expenditures by departments for 1930 are estimated as fol- lows: Lieutenant-Governor's office, $6,250; Prime Minister's' Depart- ment $15,213,193; Legislation, $375,575; Attornéy-General's De- partment $2,097,740; Insurance Department $59,850; Education Department, $7,889,229; . Lands and Forests Department .$2,980,- 400; Northern Develppment De- partmnt, $499,800; Minse Depart- ment $385,600; Game and Fish- eries Department, $593,050; Pub- lic Works Department, $1, 503 L968; Highways Department, $579,125} Health Department, $731,200; Labor Department ,$2,922,550; Provincial Auditor's Office, $99, 480; Provincial Secretary's De- partment $7,895,465; "Agriculture Department - $2,765,595; Miscel- | Janeous, $628,000. Total $47, 51s} 2170. IN LEGISLATURE] London is Relieved to Find Sunken Vessel is Of Canadian Registry SOLEMN SPLENDOR MARKS OBSEQUIES OF MARSHAL FOCH A Great Assembly of High Personages in Notre Dame Cathedral BRITISH HEIR THERE Funeral Conducted With All the Ceremony Church Ritual Could Provide (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Paris, March 26,--The funeral services at the Cathedral of Notre Dame for Marshal Foch today sum- moned all the solemn splendor both church and state could accord. Five thousand personages, among them nearly all the great men of France, the heir to the British throne and representatives of most of the rulers of other nations and their peoples assembled under the great. gothic arches of the cathed- Jal hers the funeral mass was eld. The entire assemblage was in uniform and full evening dress, the flickering candles and dim 4ight which came through the great stained windows revealing the sup erb scene in an odd awesome aspect. Because it was Holy Week,' only low mass 'could be said, bat, i Was | pha conducted with all 'the ceremony , On 'whi reposed upon g throne in the cen~ tre of the choir: Before the high altar in the stalls of the choir sat a score of archbishops, bishops, and monsignors in rich red vestmeéms, the President of France in evening clothes and personal representatives of the rulers of friendly nations. Some were in military uniform, jothers in the dazzling 'colors of di- plomatic rank. Among them was the Prince of Wales in red, gold and blue of a colonel of the Welsh Guards. Prince Charles of Belgium, wore the Sim- pler Khaki of a Belgian army offi- cer. There were field marshals of Great Britain and Italy and gen- erals of the allied armies which Foch commanded. With them were all the living marshals of France. The nave of the cathedral was filled with a multitude of French army officers, the entire cabinet, presidents of the chamber-of depu- ties and the senate, former soldiers and many men mutilated in the (Continued on Page 3) GOVERNMENT IN CHINA TO TAKE ACTION Tasues Mandate Caling for (Cable " to The Times by nA an Press) Nanking, China, Mar, 26--It . was authoritatively learned = today that President: 'Chiang * Kai-Shek: this morning signed a punitive mandate against the Kwangfi military clique. Its issuance was expected 'tonight. In addition to the president the chairmen of the governments of five Yuans also signed. Another order also prepared, with signature prob. lematical, d the of the three generals responsible for the coup d'etat at Hankow. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SERIOUS OFFENCE Windsor, Ont., Mar. 26.--Tmpos- ing the extreme penalty of the law for a serious ' offence against a young girl Magistrate W, A.: Smith in Sandwich police court this morn- ing senténced John Shaw, aged 44, Victoria road, Sandwich West, to life imprisonment. In passing sentence, the wagie trate said: 'You have been found guilty of one of the most serious offences in criminal calendar -- an offence against a girl nine. years of age, which resulted in stfous injury to her. oy i lay araped'the tri-color of France, Triplets to Oshawa Family el i ld TRIPLETS AT HOME Three little maids arrived together on Thursday evening to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Camer- on, 75 Madeline Rd., Scarboro town- ship. When the Shmefuman. visited them pA were all livel dhe be heen DEFEATED THE REBELS Mexican General Seeks to Confine Revolution to . State 'of Sonora (By Canadian. Press) Mexico City, Mar, 26.--Defeat of the rebel besiegers of Mazatlan left General Calles free today to continue - concentration of govern: ment forces in North Central Mex- ico and along the west coast General Carrillo, defending com- mandr at Mazatlan, reported that the rebels, after a sanguinary de- feat were in flight to the north, but' insurgent headquarters at Juarez denied that' the siege had been lifted. General Calles' strategy is now to force the insurgents into Son- ora and hold the revolution there until it can be stamped out. A battle at Matzatlan, north- western Jalisco, 8 reported by the government which gave. the casualties as 27 rebels and 6 fed- erals killed. NON-STOP ALIGHT FROM PACIFIC T0 ATLANTIC STARTS Flight Began Yesterday Af: ternoon from Los . Angeles (By Canadian Press) . Los Angeles, Calif, Mar, 26--~The first attempted non-stop coast' tg Soast Solo flight was under way to- with. New York -the :goal 'of Oleh Bevins, Eastern-aviator.' Bevins who'took off from Metropolitan airs port at 5.30 o'clock ; yesterday after- noon, 'had not been reported sight- ed since his departure but presumab- ly he was winging his way over the south-western plains, To 'break the" non-stop record of 18 hours, 21 minutes aud 59. seconds set by, Captain Frank Hawks and his mechanic, Harry Grubb, last' Feb. 5, Bevins must: set his ship down on Roosevelt Field, Long Island, 'at-3.15 p-m., Eastern standard time today. Indian Leader in Court ! Calcutta, India,--Mahatma Gans dhi," famous Indian leader, appeatec for a hearing today on charges of defying a police order against de- stroying foreign: cloth, Judgment was: referred until tomorrow. k ok WOuld be wale "Electric Appeal" OF A WAR VETERAN There is another daughter in the family 4 years old who is delighted to get so many little sisters all at once. Mr. Cameron is a war veteran and an employee of General Motors Oshawa. One of his soldier friends with whom he was overseas suggest- INT. NICKEL TAKES SENSATIONAL DROP Stock Falls to a Low Level of Forty-one and a Quarter Under Heavy Selling Toronto, Ont., Mar. 26--Interna- tional Nickel broke sensationally to- day on the Toronto Stock Exchange, selling down to 41% during the noon. The» stock closed last night at Despite heavy selling in Nickel and Noranda on the New York Stock Exchange both stocks maintained their ground locally fairly well until the noon hour when Nickel dropped ot the low of 41%. - The high for the morning was 49%. al. financial interests attribute the drop of Nickel | in. Toronto to the heavy selling. in New York. GIDDINGS LEAVES AN ESTATE OF $295,000 Toronto, Mar, 26--An estate of more than $295,000 is left by the late Harry Giddings, prominent Canadian horseman, who died on Mareh 1 at his home at Oakville. Application for probate of the will has been made to the Halton county surrogate court. His widow, Mrs. Rosa Giddings, as residuary legatee, inherits about $25,000. Legacies are left to the children, $10,000 going to the son, Harry Gidding, Jr., $20,000 to one daughter Mrs. Doris Bleakley, and 10,000 each- to the other four daughters: Mrs. Margaret Hutchin- don, Mrs. Mary Crittal, Mrs. Rosa Biggs, and Mrs. Melia Anderson. Airman Forced Down Roosevelt Field, N.Y.--A tele. gram received at Roosevelt Field today and signed, by Okeh Sevins, eastern aviator. dttempting a non- New York sald the airman bad nid ev solo flight from Los Angeles- King Shriac Steady Gains Bognor, Sussex, March 26. ~The King yesterday for the first time since his illness dis- pensed with a bathchair when he spent three-quarters of an hour in the grounds of Craig- well House.. Beyond a doubt he has made great strides for- ward since he has been going ou'side the house, and, al- though officials of the Royal household state his Majesty is by no means a fit man yet, it is uncommonly interesting to learn, that if the: present pro- gress is maintained the King expects to go to Windsor in May in order to be near Lon- don at the time of the general elections. ELECTIONS WILL AFFECT EMIGRATION | THE BRITISH CONSERV- ATIVES MAY LAUNCH NEW POLICY of Lloyd George Calls for - Action + London, Mar, 26.-~ (By George Hambleton, Staff Correspondent of the Canadian. Press)--The coming general elections: are likely to-haye a' direct' bearing on migration to Canada. The Government is une 'derstood to, 'be considering plans for extension of the present empire development and . migration schemes as'part of its election ap- peal. A strong' 'Conservative win is persistently urging that the'gov~ ernment's: record in' de-rduus, 'house-building and" so forth, is'in- "sufficient to meet the electric ap- peal of the Liberal: 'policy for solve ing the unemployment - problem and that the government should counter Hon: David Lloyd George with a scheme of equal force. In his-recent speech at Leicester- shire Premier Stanley Baldwin rather curtly declared he would be no party to 'blindly or recklessly depressing' the credit of the coun- 'try by plunging into vast and ill. considered: schemes of so-called development" referring to the Lib- eral project of great road-building and development schemes 'to' re- lieve unemployment, ATTACK IN CHINESE WAR HAS BEGUN Rebels Launch Onslaught After Nationalist Troops Join Their Ranks dpi: (Cable Service to: The Times by nadian Press) Shanghai, China, Mar. 26--Advices from Chefoo said that an expected attack of northern forces under Mar- shal Chang Tsung-Chang, who has Been leading a revolt in Shantung, materialized last night. Reinforced by 7,000 national 'troops who had gone over to the revolters, he launched an attack at two points west and southwest of Chefoo, An- other 2,000 men landed from Junks east of Chefoo and created a diver- sion by attacking and destroying a village, but they were driven off By the Nationalists and fled in the dir- ection of Wei-Hei-Wei after losing from 500 to 600 killed or wounded. It was believed that the National- ists had been successful for the pres- ent in stemming the main attack, but they are heavily outnumbered. Mar- tial law has been proclaimed in Chefoo. JUDGE E, J. HEARN DIES AT KITCHENER Called to Gar . of Waterloo County Twelve Years Ago --Was in 71st Year Kitchener, Mar. 26.-~Judge E. J. Hearn, judge of Waterloo County, died rather suddenly this morning from pneumonia. The late Judge Heéarn was born in Mayfield, neury 71 years ago, and was called to the bar in 1884. Subsequently he practiced in Tottenham, Barrie and Toronto. He was appointed judge of Waterloo County twelve years ago. OSHAWA PRIVATE BILL RAWN IN HOUSE Toronto, Mar, 26.~Several pri- vate bills from various parts of Ontario were considered by the Pri- vate Bills Committee of the legis- lature this morning. In. view of general legislation be- fore the House, W. E. N. Sinclair (Liberal, Ontario South), moved to withdraw Oshawa's Private Bill to acquire land. for industrial pur- poses. Ag the legislation stands at present. the city will be entitled to Lsome readjustment, he said, FATHER OF GIRL JOINS IN SEARCH FOR JOHN PARKS Thinks Daughter Has Run Away With Much Wanted Man SEEN NEAR AYLMER Police Believe Capture of Fugitive in Western Ontario Certain Aylmer, Mar. 26.--Distracted be- cause of the disappearance of his daughter Pearl, who, he believes, has run away with John Parks, es- caped prisoner, John Bowerman has driven madly through the country- side, a distance of 500 miles, since 'Thursday last, seeking to locate her he sald today. Bowerman said he called twice at the home of Parks' mother, two miles east of Otterville, who, he said, admitted her son had taken supper with her Thursday evening and was back again Friday for a meal, but absolutely refused to state whether the girl had been with her son John Saturday morn- ing. Mr. Bowerman said he wus directed 'to an empty house south of Otterville, 'where a new tenant had startéd moving in on Thursday where lie found a fire in the stove and erumbs on a near-by table, the | evidenced of « hasty meal. Aetter ¥rom Parks Three weeks ago, he added, a St. Thomas woman visited Tillsonburg and an Aylmer girl tried to induce her to deliver a letter to Pearl, which wag evidently from John Parks, while he was staying in Grand Rapids, Mich. Wednesday afternoon a 1928 mo- del A Ford coupe, dark green in color, was: stolen from O. E. Flem- ing of 1015 Sandwich street, Wina- sor, Ont., bearing plate numbers 174-205, and police allege 'it is the same car that Parks was driving on Thursday. Some time Wednes- day night a gasoline tank owned by Gordon Turnbull on the highway east of Aylmer was broken into and gasoline stolen. A neighbor of the Bowermans met Mrs. Bowerma ap going west on Thursday afternoo to telephone to St. Thomas police after John Parks mnafealled for Pearl, and had Mrs, Bowerman given the informa- tion to this man, Parks would have been captured while at a home far- ther up the road. TWO SPANISH AVIATORS SPAN OCEAN A Successful Flight is Made ~ from Spain to South America (By Canadian Piss) Rio Janeiro, Mar. 26.-Two young Spanish aviators had realized at Bahia this morning a dream of years and achieved the seventh successful 'crossing of the South Atlantic ocean. Captains: Francsco Jimenez and Ignacio Iglesias failed to break the record long distance flight held by the Italians, Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo del Prete, falling short of it by about 800 miles. But they did bring to the: glory of Spain 'one of the greatest of long distance air flights. Leaving' Sevelle, Spain, at 5.42 pm., (12.42 p.m., E.S.T.) Sunday afternoon, they winged their way solitary.and unsighted to Bahia, 4,000 miles away across the deserts of Northern Africa and the deserts of the South Atlantic Ocean. DUKE' OF GLOUCESTER MAY VISIT CANADA Montreal, Maf. 26.--A Vancouv- er despatch to the Montreal Gaz- ette says: "The Duke of Gloucester, who is leaving London this week for Japan to invest the Emperor with the insignia of the Order of the Garter, is expected to return home via Canada. It is under- stood the Duke will spend a holi- day at his brother's ranch, at High River, Alta: | Yokes Inquest Into Railway Disaster Three Survivors From Crew of Wrecked Train Placed Under Arrest * Engineer, Fireman and Rear Brakeman Charged With Manslaughter This Morn. ing Following Inquest Into Tragedy Which Took the Lives of Twelve or More WILL COME BEFORE ASSIZES ON MAY 14 Coroner at Inquest Returns Verdict Placing Respon- sibility for Disaster on Failure of Crew of No. 3 Train to Act in Accord ance With Orders to Stop (By Canadian Press) Parry Sound, Mar. 26--Three surviving members of the crew of the Train'No. 8, Canadian Na- tional Railways were arrested today, charged with manslaught- ler as a wesult of the wreck at Drocourt on March 20, when No. 3 collided with No. 4 'and 12 or more lives were lost, The men are Engineer L. V, Alexander, Firemen E. Riley and Rear Brakeman Charles Gorrie. They were released shortly af- terwards on bail and will be tried before the district assizes here on May 14. ; . The Verdict _..The arpest.of the. three traine men this morning followed the ver« dict of the coroner's inguest last night on the death of Horace Smith, one of the victims of the wreck. According to the verdict the collision of the two fast trains was "due to the neglect of the crew of train No. 3 in running past the meeting place at which they had orders to stop." Two other members of the crew of No, 3--Conductor Ben Barsieaa and Front End Brakemen Leshe Savage -- lost their lives in the wreck. bility Placed Parry Sound, Mar. 26.--Respon- sibility for the wreck of two Can- adian National Trains at Drocourt last week with a death toll of at least fourteen was placed on the crew of the north-bound train No. 3 in the rliten verdict of Special Coroner J. B, Broughton issued to- | day. Criminal proceedings were at once. instituted against the three surviving members. of the crew and - charges of manslaughter were laid against Engineer J. V. Alexander, Fireman E. Riley and Rear Brake man Charles Gorrie. Following a coroner's inquest without a jury last night, Mr, Broughton today worded his ver- dict as follows: "The said Horace Sthith, fireman on Canadian iva- tional Railways passenger train No. 4, died from njuries received by him as the result of a collision of © Canadian National passenger trains Nos. 3 and 4, at, or about 3.23 a.m., at Mileage 44, Drocourt, Ont., and that the aforesaid colli- (Continued on Page 2) HUGE LINER MAY SINK IN FLAMES Hamburg Shipyard Scene of Big Blaze as the Europa _ (Canadian Press Cable) Hamburg, Mar, 26.--There was grave fear today that the North German Lloyd line's. new 46,000 top liner, the Europa, might sink as a consequence of a fire which raged in its forequarters. Fire tugs, combating the flames, were ordered to draw away from the hulk, lest the ship in capsizing draw them {into its: vortex. The entire fire department of Hamburg was called to the wharf of Blohm and Voss, shipbuilders, at '3.30 am., by a general alarm, in an effort to quench the flames. After hours of fighting their ef forts apparently were unavailing. At 1.30 p.m. The Europa was still burning. It had listed until its stare board rested 'on the ground. One theory was that the (ire was caused when a night watchman threw away a cigarette butt. Lord Avebury Dies Farnborough, Kent, Eng.--Lord Avebury, noted English bank di- rector, died in his sleep early today at the age of 70. |