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"All the It Is News" Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer yy dimes a Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 4--NO. 79 PWR WWW WWW INOW NNR PPPTPPTVVIITYITTTTET News in Brief Aleged Slayer Remanded 4 coe, -- Charles McCoy, 32- year-old a leged slayer of his axed father, was remanded for a wee! men." 7," Gets Salary Raised Galt, -- The Galt cityeouncil, by Mayor Hilborn's deciding vote, has has given Dr. J, H. Radford, M.O. 'H, an increase Of Ja, Sel 1: u 0 lo , brings his salary pl ; ' ; Aviators Killed Re ~--Roley Pord, of Wer burn, ohn Sytorchuk, o - dive, 234. J were instantly killed this' morning at Khedive when a small monocoupe airplane, piloted by Ford smashed into a bunkhouse of the CPR. i Damage simon, check-up on the damage wrought by Monday's gale at Norfolk vorts and summer i! sorts along Lake Erie reveal tha the loss will easily toal over $100,~ 000. .« ris Convention Opens Winnipeg.--More than 75 dele- gates, represntatives of both east- ern and western provinces, gather- ed here yesterday for the annual convention of the Social Service Council of Canada, Ww Ld * Wage Agreement Made Moutroal--The shipping Feder- ation of Canada, and the Long- shremen's union of Montreal, af- ter negotiations that started three weeks ago, have finally made a wage agreement Jor the season. New Nominations : Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Nomina- tions for school trustee. will be held in Tarentorus township on Saturday to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Trustee Frank Dwyer. The election will be held on April 13. * To Oppose Armaments Loudon -- The Independent Labor party, at Carlisle, decided to nstruct its 117 members in parlia- ment to vote against all war cred- its which include appropriations for the navy, army and air force. * 3 Smallpox in Kent Chatham.--Several isolated cases of smallpox have broken ous In Raleigh township and it is possible that the board of health for the municipalty wil inaugurate com- pulsory vaccination of all school children. a , Driver Not Blamed b Sault' Ste. Marie, Ont, April 4--A cofoner's jury last night attached no blame to Mike Peters, in connection with the death of little Marie Sec- carcecio who died an hour after being struck by Peter's car on Sunday af- ternoon. - i *x xk Immigrants Held Brantford, -- Local authorities are holding Ed. Strickline and Harry House, recent arrivals from across the border, for immigration officers who will enquire how they sifted though and will see that they are returned. LJ . LJ Cabinet Resigns Warsaw Poland.--Evening pap- ers today reported that Casimir Bartel, who succeeded Marshal Joseph Plsudski as prime minster, had resigned .and that a new cab- net would be formed. ufficial confirmation was lacking. A * LJ Dies Beneath Wheels Montreal. -- Damase Dagenals, aged 54, was instantly killed when he fell under the wheels of a horsedrawn vehicle he was driving. He was jolted from his seat while negotiating a bad strip of uvau mm the north end of the city. * * Children Drowned Halifax. -- Mrs. Joseph Keating rushed into a welter of cold water and broken ice and succeeded in saving her five-year-old son from death, but another son, aged four, and a nephew, two years older, were dead when taken from the waters of Chocolate Lake, W" » LJ Fire in Factowy Toronto.--Damage estimated at $700 was done to the plant of the Toronto Carpet company at King west and Mowat streets early last evening, when flames thought to have originated in sparks from a machine swept through stock and a small part of the five-storey build- ing. * ® * . Water Floods Tracks Niagara Falls, Ont. -- The new fce bridge is strong and rivermen believe that it may remain in posi- tion for several weeks now. When the tremendous movement of ice was started the floating aock ot the Maid of the Mist was damaged and the water rose above the gorge tracks and the footpaths, WEATHER Prossure is high on the At. lantic Coast and over the Northwestern portion of the continent and relatively from the Great Lakes westward ove er'the United States. Light showers have occured m Western Ontario and snow is reported from Northern Al. berta. Elsewhere the wea« ther has been fair. Fom2casts: Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay -- Fresh south west winds; unsettled with oc- casional showers; probably local thunderstorms. Friday-- partly clcudy and a little cool- er with local showers, "10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. FOURTEEN PACES LAU OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1929 HTER IN MEXICAN BATTLE | ualties, Chicago Police Probe Attack on Canadian Revolution in Mexico Given Death Blow and Revolutionary Forces Pen- ned Like Rats Between Converging Fire of Fed- eral Armies in the North- ern Section of the Country CALLES BELIEVES WORK NEARLY OVER Retreat of Defeated Rebels is Cut off by the Burning of Bridges and They Are Now Reported to be Mak- ing a Counter-Attack on Jimenez (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, April 4--The month old Mexican rebellion emerged today from a four-day encounter in South- ern Chihuahua a tottering shadow of the movement which on March 3 threatened the existing Mexican gov ernment. Penned like rats in a cage by the fire of co-ordinating units of federal cavalry, infantry, artillery and air service, the army of the north yes- terday at La Refornia, Chihuahd, was almost annihilated in what was described in governnient despatches as a "horrible slaughter," many hun- dreds were believed killed. Believing his sanguinary work in the north well done, General Plutarco Elias Calles, federal commander-in- chicf, announced the' diversion of 5,- 000 of his troops to the states ,of Guanajuato and Jalisco, to wage a similar war of "extermination" a- gainst the so-called religious -insurg- ents of those States. More complete field reports today count of the action. After the rebels retreated from Jimenez, General Al- mazan's forces entered the town and were allowed to sleep.' Detachments of federal cavalry, however, were sent northward at some distance from and paralleling the railroad on each side. Aware that seven burned bridges between Jimen- ez and Santa Rosalia would prevent the rebels escaping by train General Almazan planned to place his troops in position for an attack on them from either side. Two Aviators Killed Naco, Sonora, Mexico, April 4-- Two Mexican federal aviators, bomb- ing the rebel troops of General Fau- sto Topete near here this morning, were killed when one of their own bombs exploded 'accidentally. The plane crashed to earth in flames, Two rebel aeroplanes hurled eight bombs on the Federal entrenchments in Naco. It was not learned immed- iately whether there were any cas- Rebels Again Retreat Nogales, Ariz., April 4.--The Herald today published advices, said to be from independent sources, that the Mexican rebel army of General Francisco R. Manzo which was repulsed when it attacked Mazatlan recently, had retreated from La Cruz to San Blas, Sinaloa, with a column of federal forces at his heels, The rear guard of Manzo's (Continued on Page 9) THREE BURN T0 DEATH IN PLANE Pilot and Two Passengers Crash from Altitude of 500 Feet (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Scott City, Kans., April 4.--Three men 'were burned to death here to- day, when a monoplane crashed to the ground and burst into flame. The dead are: Dr. C.C. McGinnis, Scott City surgeon; Chester Riley, Scott City, a traveling salesman, and John Flournoy, of Wichita, Kans., the pilot. Flournoy had taken the plane, belonging to Bert Schmidt,'a Wi- chita oil operator into the air to warm it up preparatory to starting on a fishing trip to Colorado with 8 party of men, After circling the city, the plane crashed from an al- titude of about 500 fet, catching fire as it struck the ground, MEMBER OF THE "MAD FOURTH" DIES Hamilton, April 4.--Ernest Venn an original member of the "Mad Fourth" battalion, who served from early in 1915 to the end of the war without suffering a wound, died this morning as the result of in- juries received when he was struck by an automobile on Sunday night. permitted a fairly comprehensive ac- P Rebel Army Defeated Balfour Quits Public Life London, May 4.--~The Earl of Balfour has decided to sell his London house and settle in the country. Doctors advis- ed him to take this step which is generaly construed to mean that the Earl of Balfour is quitting public life. His throat has been a persistent source of trouble, PROHIBITION FIGHT ON IN WISCONSIN FOLLOWING VOTE State Legislature Asked to Give Effect of Result of Referendum (By Canadian Press) Madison, Wis., April. 4.--The ef- for to repeal Wisconsin's prohibi- tion enforcement law moved to the state legislature today bearing a two-to-one endorsement from vot- ers in Tuesday's election. Both those favoring repeal and those op- posing it concentrated their atten- tion on the state capital, the wets demanding prompt action as a re- sult of their poll triumph, the drys equally anxisus to turn the elec- tiop defeat into a legislative vic- tory. i. lagtion Was merely an ex of opinion and not a mans date to the legislature, ~ Some of the wets, however, said they would attempt to have any legislator re- called who voted against repeal and came from a district that favored repeal in Tuesday's election. Bills which would carry out the wishes of the majority of the peo- ple, as expressed in the referendum have already been introduced by State Senator Thomas M. Duncan, Milwaukee Socialist, who was also the author of the referendums, PREMIER OF POLAND MAY RESIGN POST Whole Cabinet May Resign --Pilsudski Likely to Succeed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Warsaw, Poland, April 4.--Casimir Bartel, who succeeded Marshal Jo- seph: Pilsudski as prime minister, was expected to turn in his resignation to- day or tomorrow, The resignation of the entire cabinet, it was believed, would follow. While M. Bartel was described as worn out by hard work, some saw the basis for his actions in the fric- tion between the cabinet and the digt which resulted recently in the decision of the National Legislature to impeach Gabriel Czechoowicz, mi- nister of finance. Military circles and adherents of Marshal Pilsudski have proposed that a strong cabinet be formed from ar- my representatives with the Marshal, who is now the minister of war, at its head. 32,000 DAMAGES IN AUTO ACCIDENT Father of Sault Ste. Marie Boy Successful in Court Action (By, Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.* April 4.-- Damages of $2,000 were awardea last night by a jury at the assizes to Orlando Cesion, father of 9-year- old Amelio Cesion, who was run down by.a motor car driven by Lawrence Keatley on Sept. 10, and who spent some months in a hos- pital. : 'The proportion of negligence was placed at 20 per cent for the boy and 80 per cent for Keatley ana the total damages placed at $2,000, less 20 per cent, which brings 'it down to $1.600. Keatley has al- ready. paid $700. / SCORES SEDITIOUS CANADIAN SCHOOLS WOULD LAY STRESS ON CANADIANISM | Believes Teachers Can Do Much to Counteract Communist Plans Toronto, Apr .4.--Seditious prop- aganda among school children was censured at the inspectors' section of Ontario Educational Associa~ tion yesterday, and proposed steps for: its prohibition were the sub- ject of discussion most of the after- noon. Expressing his belief that '"'Can- adianism should be expressed more emphatically on the school currie- ulums,"" R. A. Hutchinsvx of Whitby, suggested 'a resolution that Canadianism be emphasized in the curriculums of normal and model schools, as well as public and separate, that a manual of in- struction dealing with the subject be given to every teacher and that a copy of the resolution be passed on to the minister of education. Owing to the close contact tea- chers have with young minds, he i believed they held in their hands the means by which seditious ideas might be removed. However, J. E. Benson of Wind- sor, the next speaker, did not be- (Continued on Page 9) FYLE APPEAL FOR AUGER FORMER M.P. CONVICT- ED RECENTLY ON SERIOUS CHARGE Misdirection of Jury Claimed --Sentenced to Nine Years at Portsmouth (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April. 4.--Raoul Mer cier, on behalf of Louis Auger, for- mer member of parliament, for Prescott, Ont., fyled an appeal at Osgoode Hall today. Auger was convicted at Ottawa and sentenced by Mr, Justice Wright to nine years in Portsmouth Penitentiary for a serious offence against a young girl. Auger subsequently resigned his seat in the House of Commons. The appeal is taken on the grounds of misdirection and non- direction in the judge's charge to the jury and that the judge did not sum up the case fairly and that he neglected to present to. the jury the defence view and the meaning and effect of the view of the defence. The defence claims the judge did not analyse the evidence or such evidence as was favorable to the defence in such a way as to insure the jury's appreciation: of its effect and importance. He claimed an ob- jection wag taken to the judge's charge but the. judge declined to recall the jury. } If a new trial is ordered, defence will request that it be by jury. Man Kills Girl Who Refuses Attentions Wilton, Conn., April 4.--Accept- ing the offer of her girl friend's father to drive her home from school, 17-year-old Mary Yates was shot and killed when she re- sisted his attentions. The man, Edwin J. Melhuish, 41 ten mm- ed himself. The Yates girl pre- viously had told friends that Mel- huish had been acting strangely strangely toward her. Two Boys Drowned Clarke Harbor, N.S. -- Two 15- year-old bodys, - Delbert Goouwin and Radwin Nickerson of Lowe? Clarke harbor, were drowned when their small boat capsized. PROPAGANDAIN WHITBY INSPECTOR, AT 0SGOODE G.O.M. RETIRING EARL OF BALFOUR Grand Old Man of British Politics, is retiring from public life on the advice of his physicians. POLICE HUNT FOR SHAW IN RAINSTORM Scouring Woods in the Dis- trict Between Kitchener and Hespeler (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kitchener, April 4.--Through a drizzling rain provincial police main- tained an uncomfortable vigil in the vicinity of Edlewyld Park, between Hespeler and Preston last night and early today in an unsuccessful at- tempt to arrest Orval Shaw, Mystery Man of Skunk's Misery. No further thefts were reported today, a fact which indicates that Shaw, if he is still in the park area, has enough food to keep him from starving, Probably the most disconcerting thought in the minds of police as they maintain their watch through the rain is that while they prowl the woods, their quarry may be in the shelter of a farmer's hay loft, * Chief Wilson, of Hespeler, today stated that the search is going on with as much determination as ever. REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 4--According to the Salvation Army's organ, The War Cry, latest reports on the health of General Bramwell Booth, former commander, are far from reassuring. His progress during the past month has not been so good as was expect- ed. On the other hand the general's doctor states there is no cause for anxiety and that the General's con- dition is unchanged. : General Booth was critically ill late last year. He is 73 years of age. TWO MEN REPORTED KILLED IN NICKEL COMPANY MINE (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sudbury, April 4.--Three men are reported to have been killed in an accident at the Levack Mine of the International Nickel Company today. The names of the victims and other details of the disaster could not be ascertained owing to disrupted tele- phone communication. Mining - In- spector 'D. G. Sinclair, of Sudbury, left by train for the Levack mine at noon. Long Canoe Trip Montreal. -- Paul Paquin of Montreal left tonight for Vancouv- er where, on April 26, he will start an eight-months' transcontinental trip in a 24-foot canoe. King's Son at Cairo Suez, Egypt.--The Duke of Glou- cester, third son of King George, re- joined the liner Morea early today after a short visit at Cairo.. He is enroute to Japan, London, April 4--Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George's celegrated Mr. Shep- herd is dead. Nearly a score of years ago, when Lloyd George was conducting his land and other cam- paigns on his most aggressive note, one of his. picturesque flying visits was to Dartmoor Prisdn. "On that bleak, sodden upland I saw an old man of 65 in convict Former Convict Made Famous by - Lloyd George Has Passed Away garb, who had. been sentenced to 15 years because under the influence of drink he broke into a church poor- box and stole two shillings," rang Lloyd George's declaration. Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill was then home secretary in the government of which Lloyd George was also a member and the description so har- dowed Mr. Churchill that he released Shepherd. BELIEVE MESSAGE RECEIVED IS FROM MISSING FLYERS WIRELESS AMATEUR CATCHES FRAGMENT FROM AUSTRALIA Hope for Discovery Believed to Lie in Prowess of Native Runners (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 4--The Evening News, in a despatch from Melbourne, Australia, says that a morse code message has been picked up which may have a bearing on the search for Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and the missing Southern Cross flyers. The Message, the despatch says, was weak and fregmentary and con- tained the name "Smith" and also the words "Men eating wild fowl" A wireless amateur working a long-distance set in Australia report- ed receiving the message. Sydney, NS.W., April 4--Austra- lians look to native runners as offer- ing the greatest prospect of finding Captain Charles-Smith and his three companions of the southern cross, missing somewhere east of Wynd- ham since last Sunday. It is feared that aeroplanes now engaged in the search for the men have little chance of sighting them in the wild country where they are supposed to be lost, particularly if the rain persists. LIEUT. GOV. OF QUEBEC IN SIR FRANCIS LEMIEUX WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH Hon. Judge H. G. Carrol Succeeds the Late Sir Lomer Gouin (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Quebec, April 4.--The stage was set today for the swearing in of the province of Quebec's new lieu= tenant-governor. At three o'clock this afternoon, Sir Francois Le- mieux, Chief Justice of the Sup= erior Court, will administer the oath to Hon. Judge H. G. Carroll, appointed to succeed the late Sir Lomer Gouin, who died recently in the parliament building, last Thurs day. E. J. Lemaire, in his capacity of clerk of the privy council, will be present. While the customary ritual will be observed, the ceremonies will be of the simplest nature, in view of the tragic circumstances of Sir Lomer Gouin's death. Members of the appointee's family will be pre- sent, but few other invitations have been extended. Immediately after the swearing- in of Hon. Judge Carroll, of the legislature, which was to have beuva prorogued by Sir Lomer just a few minutes before he died, will come to an end with the reading of the speech from the throne by the new lieutenant-governor. The speech will differ little from the one Sir Lomer would have read, only titi- ing references to the dead states- man being embodied in the original. Four Young Lads Have Narrow Escape (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 4.--Four young boys had a narrow escape from drowning here yesterday when a raft on which. they were playing near the lake shore was carried out from shore by a strong wind. As the raft neared the sea wall the boys managed to clamber on the wall where they were marooned for nearly two hours before being rescued. All four were drenched from the waves breaking over the wall. They were rescued by a crew from the life saving station here. TWO DEAD, ONE INJURED IN LEVEL CROSSING CRASH (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Simcoe, Ont., April 4.--Emil Houser, Toronto, = was instantly killed, Ernest Hegelschweiler, 54, Elm street, Toronto, was fatally inured, dying a short time later in the hospital, and Harvey Searles of Norwich, Ont, is in the hospital in a critical condition, following a level crossing accident here at 8.30 o'clock this morning. Aged Lindsay | Man Missing OFFICE TODAY = (By Canadian Press Lessed Wire) Lindsay, April 4. -- John Bell, aged 70, walked out of his home at 36 Peel street on Tuesday afternoon and has. not been heard of since. He was not clad for chilly wea- ther or long-distance walking and it is feared that he may have wandered into some near-by bush. He formerly lived in Victoria road. PARLIAMENT T0 RESUME SESSION THIS AFTERNOON Rebate on the Budget Will Last for a Few More Days Ottawa, April 4.--Parliament re- sumes today after the Easter re- cess. Most of the members have returned to the Capital following the holiday, which is the only one they will receive during the session, unless the house sits after May 24. Discussion will continue on the budget. Parliamentary observers believe the vote will come ahout the middle of next week. Interest will centre on the speeches of Hon, «B. Bemmett ant" Premier Mack- enzie King, who will close the de- bate. Emphasis has again" been placed on the tariff, although re- ferences have been made to the questions of a national highway and technical education grants. Gov- ernment members point to the pros- perity that has followed the tariff policies of the administration. Con- servatives contend that higher tar- itfs would benefit the farmers and those engaged in industry. The Progressives urge a reduciion in duties on British imports. FUNERAL OF HERRICK 1S IMPRESSIVE Late U.S. Ambassador Borne to Grave Following Simple Services in Paris (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, April 4--With the sol- emn simplicity of the Protestant Episcopal ritual, the funeral of the late United States Ambassador My- ron T. Herrick was held this morn- ing in the American Church of the Holy Trinity. Earlier in the morning there had been an assembly of public men of many countries about the 'body of the late ambassador in the main salon of the American embassy. General John J. Pershing of the United States and Premier Poin- care of France, stood beside the bier with Quinones De Leon, Mrs. Parmely Herrick, Madame Salem- bier, and members of the embassy and consular staff alongside. CLAIM THAT PARKS ABDUCTED GIRL Mother of Pearl Bowerman Seeks Assistance of Police London, Ont., April 4.--Romeo's mantle was snatched from the shoulders of John Parks, Peter- boro jail-breaker yseterday by Mrs. Bowerman of Aylmer, who asked county police to believe that her daughter did not elope with the fugitive from St. Thomas two weeks ago, but rather than she was kidnapped. Provincial police promptly - branded her story as "bunk". The 19-year-old daughter, Pearl Bowerman, was seen in a stolen car with Parks, it is claim- ed, but her mother insists that she had refused to elope with Parks and that when persuasion failed he forcibly abducted her, - So hn oman Belleville Woman and Maid Believed Victims Of Chicago Murderer Mrs. G. L. Kelso, Wife of Belleville Manufacturer, Near Death as Result of Blows from . Hammer, While M aid i s Dead from Knife Wounds : FIRST POLICE IDEA IS NOW DISCREDITED Original Theory That Maid Attempted to Kill Her Mistress and then Com- mitted Suicide, Discarded as Police Probe the Tragedy Chicago, 111, April 4.--What at first appeared to be an attempted murder followed by suicide had turned today into a mystery in which a third person may have played a murderer's part. Two women--a wealthy widow and her maid--were found in the former's apartment yesterday. The maid Mrs. Ida Peterson, was dead, a bread knife plunged in her necky her mistress, Mrs. Helen Kelso, 70, and a former resident ui: ..cflé- ville, Ont., was near death from hammer blows. The first theory of police was that the maid, 67 years old, had beaten Mrs. Kelso over the head with a hammer and then haa tak- en her own life. Mrs, Peterson, who had been a maid for Mrs. Kelso for 27 years, at one time was an ine mate of the State Hospital for the insane and suffered from what her physician called "recurrent mane iac depression." The physician, Dr. James Gill, said he had not seen the maid for some time put he thought her condition had im- proved. Circumstances tending to cone tradict the murder suicide theory were found by investigators for the coroner's office. Physicians ex- pressed doubt that the maid would have had: sufficient strength to have plunged the knife into ner .| neck with such force as to breax off part of the blade. They also adduced from the blood that flowed from both, that Mrs, Kelso may have been attacked after the maid had been slain. The maid's body was found on a bed in her own room. A blod cov- ered hammer lay on the floor near- by. Mrs. Kelso, fully clothed, was found on the floor of her bedroom. Her skull was fractured and she was unconscious. She had not re- gained consciousness early today, and there were only slight hopes for her recovery. Mrs. Kelso's husband was Charles G. L. Kelso, wealthy man- ufacturer of Bellevillle Ont. The attacks apparently took place some time on Tuesday, but were not discoverd until neighbors, alarmed at the continued silence, notified police, who forced an ene trance. WUHAN ARMIES ARE IN CONFUSION Advance of Nationalists Causes Collapse of Opposi- tion Troops : (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hankow, China, April 4. -- The Wuhan armies, which have been opposing the advance of the Na- tionalist government troops on Hankow, collapsed today and were retreating on all fronts. The Wuhan General,commanding the Hwang-Pel section has gone over to the Nanking government, thereby permitting Nanking troops to penertate the defence line of the Wuhan forces. Wuhan troops were retreating in confusion. Panic reigns in the Chinese city at Ham kow. Refugees streamed into the for- eign concessions area, martial law has been proclaimed. TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT PLANNED (By Canadian Press Wire! Tacoma, Wash., April 4. - A no-stop trans-Paeifie flight at- tempt from Tacoma to Tokyo, to be made as soon-as wind and wea- ther conditions are favorable, was announced here by Lieut. Harold Bromley, Tacoma aviator, and a group of Tacoma' capitalists back~ ing the project. :