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Yop d a Bail Succeeding The Oshasva' Daily Reformer yy Times A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City 2_NO. 82 VOL. 2.0.8.0.0.0.8 8 8.0 00 8 00 2 0 00 080 PETTTPTVPTTPTIVEVEVTIITT News in Brief wl . jo o . a 3 opular , Dr. iy ex-M.P.P., today celebrated his 87th birthday, " Aviator Killed Camp Borden.--John W. Abray of St. Catharines, who was injurea at Camp Borden in an aeroplane crash on Saturday morning, died later in the day. ! Liner Refloated "New York.--The French liner, _ Paris, stranded for 26 hours on the mud flats off Brooklyn, was float. ed today at high tide, and resumed her voyage to Europe this after- noon. * LJ . Flour Mills Burn Lloydminster, Sask.--Early tu- day'the Beaver Flour Mills, erect- ed here fifteen years ago , were ruined by fire of unknown origin. The loss is estimated to exceed $15,000. 5 Arctic Trip Postponed New York.--Sir Hubert Wilkins polar explorer, has decided to post- pone from this summer to next his proposed submarine trip across the Arctic seas, an announcement by a Tepresentative today said. » Factory Explosion New York.--An explosion at 7.50 o'clock last night demolished a large fireworks plant at Carls- tadt, Bergen County, N.J., emitt- ing a roar which was heard for a radius of 20 miles and felt indis- tinctly in upper Manhattan, * Ld Balloon Lands St. Catharines.--A balloon con- taining six students from the Ubni- versity of Michigan landed near here at 2.30 yesterday afternovis when those in charge believed themselves to be in danger of be- ing blown out over Lake Ontario. x % % German President 11 Berlin.--It was revealed only today that President Paul von Hig- denburg was seriously ill last week with influenza and gastric compli- cations. Apprehension was caused because of his advanced age (d2 years), but today he was said to be out of danger. . Ld * Killed. on Canal Port Colborne,--Crushed be- tween the body and the carriage of a crane, Fernley Bassett, 22, resid- ing at 47 Lincoln street west, Wel- land, 'was almost instantly killed late on Saturday at the site of the contsruction of the railway bridge on'the new Welland anal. » Will Soon Be Moving Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--The ice king has relaxed his grip on St. Mary's River and the upper lake, due to the exceedingly mild weatn- er and rains of the past few days, and it is expected here that vessels will be moving some time this week. a a Ten Hours Late Port Hope.--The first train to reach' Port Hope from the west af- ter the traffic tie-up caused by the deluge Saturday morning, arrived in the town late Saturday night, ahout tem hours behind schedule. It came over the Midland subdivi- sion, which goes through . Black- watér Junction. It was expected here that regular service would be resumed Monday, and that consid- erable C.N.R. traffic from Toronto to east of Port Hope would be rout- ed over this division until the main line in the vicinity of Oshawa was opened through for traffic. "Have faith in your fellow man," says a paragraphist. But be sure you get his signature on the dotted jine.--Port Arthur News-Chronicle, BOY REWARDED FOR SECURING NUMBER OF CAR Given $50 For. Information Involving Port Perry Farmer Toronto April 8.--For the pres- ence of mind he displayed in a fatal motor accident, Ross Robin- son, Elgin Mills school boy, receiv- ed $50 on recommendation of Hon. George », Henry, minster of high- ways signed up by the Lieuttnant- Governor-in-Council. The lad = was walking on the highway not far from his home on January 22, when he heard a crashe and saw an automobile in the act of running over a pedestrian. The driver speeded away, leaving his Hvictim on the road. As the ve- hicle sped by, Ross jotted down the license number in a scribpler, and then called for assistance for the victim. To make certain the license number would not be lost, the lad called a companion and had him copy it in his scribbler. Meanwhile the injured man had been picked up and taken to a hospital whem later he died. He was afterward identified as a resident of Elgin Mills, father of a large family and a returned soldier. Furnished by Ross Wilu. eu number and a description of the car, police arrested the driver the same day. A charge of criminal negligence followed and Ross was commended at the inquest for his presence of mind. J The driver was Frank Allen, & vrominent, farmer of Port Perry, OSHAWA; ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PACES IS STILL ISOLATED BY RAIL STILL SEEK THE BODY OF GIRL VICTIM Remains of Miss Helen Wright Have Not Yet Been Recovered From Creek at Harmony in Spite of Use of Dynamite in Effort to Raise Body. IMPROVISED BRIDGE OPENED ON HIGHWAY Traffic Was Resumed on the Highway at 6.30 Last Night--No Decision Has Whether or Not Inquest Will be Held Into Doubie Tragedy at Harmony. At noon today searching par- ties consisting of firemen, police and private citizens were still on the hunt for the body of Miss Helen Wright of Peterboro, On- tario, who was drowned with Walter Northop, also of Peterboro, in a fatal accident at the Har- mony Bridge about 12.30 o'clock Saturday morning. Every effort is being made to locate the body, but searchers were handicapped considerably last night and this morning by the weather which took on the form of another storm, and caused flood conditions on .the creek. 4 Several charges of dynamite were exploded off at the Harmony bridge in the hope that it the body was pinned down by debris, it would rise to the surface. This however proved unavailing. The Harmony creek, which has risen to a depth in some places; of eighteen feet, was dragged and patrolled from the bridge to the Lake by posses, The large marsh into which the creek runs before emptying into ther lake was gone over in a boat by Detective Ser. geants H. Flintoff and N. McGes both on Saturday and Sunday. The men were ' unsuccessful io even locating a fragment of the girl's clothing. Popular opinion is that the body has become entangled in the debris caused by the- breaking up (Continued on Page 5) WAIL SERVICE 1S SUSPENDED TO EASTERN POINTS Local Business is Seriously Affected by Non-Arrival of Mails. Oshawa has been hit hard as a result of the reeefit storms in con- nection with mail service to and from Oshawa. Since the regular delivery from train Number 18, which arrived in Oshawa 10 o'clock Friday night there have been only two other mail arrivals in the city, one of which was brought here by truck from To- ronto, The other arrived by special train at 9.30 o'clock this morning when 17 large bags of mail were re- ceived at the local post office and were ready for despatch by mail- carrier by noon. The special delivery by truck took place Saturday night when all mail received in Toronto for Oshawa was sent to this city by truck. The mail for despatch outside the city was sent back to Toronto where it will probably remain until the C.N.R. and C.P.R. lines are cleared. Until these lines aré open for trai- fic again in' the Oshawa district the mail service will be suspended. No definite arrangements have yet been made, although whenever it is pos- sible to do so, a special train is sent from Toronto to Oshawa. Local mails are despatched by this means to out- side points, The service is, however, declared to be not dependable. FLOODS RECEDING IN GREY COUNTY Owen Sound, April 8---High waters caused by almost continuous rains of the past three days are receding to- day in all parts of Grey county. All the streams of the county have risen to almost inprecedented heights and have caused great damage. ' The Canadian National Railway track near Hanover is under water, nine foot deep in some places, for a stretch' of nearly a he Damage from flooding of the Sydenham River J at Owen Sound was almost negligible. Yet Been Reached as tof The above picture, taken from the air, shows vividly the manner Gn which the engine of C.N.R. Passenger grain, No. 20, was derailed by a wash- out on the line'about a mile and a Aeroplane View: of C.N.R. Train Wreck WHERE ENGINEER ROBERT MILNE LOST HIS LIFE west of Bowmanville. Robert Milne, the engineer, was crushed to death underneath the engine. The picture Toronto Telegram Photo shows a work train on the scene on Saturday forenoon, when efforts were being made to raise the wrecked engine so as to release the engineer's body. Serious Washouts on Tracks Completely Halts Traffic No Trains on Either Line Since Big Storm Broke Friday Night POLICE SILENT REGARDING DEATH OF BANK CLERK Mystery Surrounds Death by Shooting of Winnipeg Youth (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Winnipeg, Man., Apr. 8.--Offic- ial silence cloaks the death of Paul William Crimes Baker, twen- ty-year-old bank clerk whose body with a bullet wound in the head, was found Saturday ia the Fort Rouge suburban dstrict. Coroner D, H., McCallman has refuseu to state whether or not an inquest will be held. Though the body was discovered near the railway tracks on the outskirts of the city, two days ago, no information was waae public until late Saturday. The youth was a son of the late George Baker, one-time prominent police magistrate in Winnipeg. Aim to Crush Rebels Mexico City.--Mysterious manou- vres by General Plutarco Elias Cal- les almost startling in their sud- denness, were believed today to be aimed at crushing the so-called re- ligious rebellion in South Central Mexico. It is said that the new mechanical man can think for himself, but just wait until he marries the mechanical woman.--~Chatham News. GRAVE. FEARS AS RAINFALL CONTINUES STORM STILL VISITING SOME SECTIONS OF ONTARIO Estimate "of $1,000,000 Damage Believed To Be Conservative "= (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 8. -- With rain falling in many districts of South- ern Ontario again today and thun- derstorms perdicted in some local- ities, the situation 'brought about by a diversly of weather conditions during the past week continues to cause grave. apprehension. Early reports indicate that the toll of lives through storm and flood re- mains at eight but in some yuar- ters the figure-of $1,000,000 set as the damage to property over the week end is.believed to be Con- servative, in view of the wide- spread destruction. Throughout the country innumerable bridges have been washed away by rivers surg- ing at the highest levels in years, scores of washouts have disrupted railway services telegraph and tel+ ephone: communication has been seriously interfered with while damage through . flooded base- ments in factories and houses has been general in the affected areas. Since Friday night, thunderstorms, accompanied by very heavy ram, have occurred with startling fre- quency throughout the southern section of the Province. While Ap- ril storms are expected to continue today, cooler weather is expected and this at least will bring a meas- ure of relief to cftizens who over the week-end endured almost mid- summer temperatures, Districts north and east of To- ronto bore the brunt of the storms with the full force falling on the counties of Grey, Bruce and Sun- coe, but Wellington, Waterloo, On- tario, York and Peel also suiicreu severely. DEMAND DISARMING OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Vienna, April 8.--The Austrian Peasants' parties today demanded general disarament of all irregular military organizations to save the country from civil war after the injury of more than 12 persons in the rioting yesterday, 3 Ban is Placed | On Communists (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Bucharest, April 8.--The Rum- anian Government decided today henceforth to suppress mercilessly all Communist organizations throughout Rumania, and to fore bid. By law their agitation and pro- paganda in open meetings in any part of this country. BRIDGE I$ DOWN AT CLAREMONT (By Times Correspondent) Claremont, April 8.--The traffic to the south of the village is closed due to the washing away of the bridge at Barry's Hill, caused by the heavy rain on Friday night. The water undermined the bridge caus- ing it to cave in. It will be some time before the road to the south of here will be open for the work on the bridge has not been started yet, The traffic in the other direc- tions is open although there are a number of bridges in this district which have either been washed away or the approaches to them made impassable. The reads through the village and neighborhood are in a poor condition although they are pass- able. The cellars of nearly every honse here is filled with a foot or more of water. NO DECISION YET AS TO INQUEST INTO DROWNINGS CORONER RUNDLE TO HOLD CONFERENCE BEFORE DECIDING Admits That Department of Highways is Involved in Harmony Tragedy. Whether or not an inquest will be held into the death of Walter Noe thop and Miss Helen Wright of - terboro," who lost their lives when the bridge over Harmony Creck collap- sed searly on Saturday morning as they were driving over it in an auto- mobile, will be decided by Dr. Run- dle, the coroner, after a conference this afternoon with-lotal and provin- cial officers. Interviewed this after- noon by The Times, Dr. Rundle stat- ed that there was a likelihood that there would be no inquest, since it looked as if the tragedy were purely accidental, and that no person in particular were to blame. This was the attitude which had been taken by the crown attorney, he said, and he felt inclined to favor it, although he qualified this by saying that he (Continued. on Page 5) BODY FOUND IN GRENADIER POND Toronto P; man, afternoon in . Grenadier Pond. _GEORGE M. HEND Police are investigating with whose RY was found on Saturday Gen. Weygand to Succeed M. Foch (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, April 8--General Max Weygand, chief of the French gen- eral staff, and noted general in the Great War, is. Marshal Foch's mili- tary heir. He is the one marshal considered as the ablest a¢tive mili- tary chief of France. WOMAN DIES OF INJURIES FROM MOTOR COLLISION Mrs. H. Reynolds Was Vic- tim of Smash With Truck Near Brighton. Fatally injured in an automobile crash three miles east of Brighton on Thursday evening of last week, Mrs. Herman 'Reynolds, of Mor- ganstown, Ont., aunt of Thomas Wilson, 119 Colborne street, pass- ed away in the Belleville hospital on Saturday afternoon. Her daughter, Miss Evelyn Reynolds, who was driving the car in which her mother was injured in a col- lision with a truck owned by the Quinte Transport .Compauy ana and driven by C. Striver of Belle- ville, was also injured, but not ser- iously. According to word received by Mr. Wilson this morning, Mrs. and Miss Reynolds were driving west on Thursday evening last when the truck driven by Striver coming towards them tried to pass anoth- er car. There was_not, however, room enough for th&®truck to clear 'the Reynolds car and they crashea almost head on. The. truck was badly damaged, and the car was totally wrecked. Mrs. Reynolds and her daughter were both taken to hospital where the former died on Saturday afternoon. Striver is being held by the pol- ice at Belleville, pendingq the out- come of the inquest, on a charge of manslaughter. It is believed that a heavy fog which prevailed at the time prevented him seeing the car until too late to prevent the crash. Mrs. Reynolds is survived by her husband, her daughter, Evelyn, and one son, Reginald, who is 'in the West, Port Hope.--Contrary to the ex- pectations of most of the residents of Port Hope, Saturday's flood did not reach a serious level here. Al- though the river reached a fairly high level, only a small amount ot damage was done. The flume of Marshall's Mill was carried away, and the yard of the Ontario House a view to | was flooded, making it necessary wo remove horses and wagons, but no other damage was reported,- ; BOMBS ARE THROWN INTO DELHI HALL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN SESSION WHEN OUT- RAGE OCCURRED Opposition to Public Safety Bill Believed Responsible For Incident (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Delhi India, April 8.--Two bombs were explode@ today n the Legisla- tive Assembly while it was in ses- sion, and several persons were in- Jured. Panic prevailed as the people in the gallery were dispers- ed. Two men were arrested when bombs and pistols were founu in their possession. The two bombs were dropped into the crowded assembly room when Presiuent Patel rose to give a ruling. One of the infernal machines fell near Sir George Schuster, finance member of the Assembly. It injured Sir George and several persons. Delhi, India, April 8.--The Gov- ernment's Public Safety Bill, the occasion of many bitter fights in the Assembly and believed mainly responsible for the perpetration of the bomb outrage in the Assembly today, gives the Government mucn greater powers in dealing wan Communists. It provides for dep- ortation of Communists and agita- tors who are not British subjects, and gives the Government the right to confiscate or control remittan- ces from Communist sources out- side India, The Bill was defeated at the last session by a close margin, but re-introduced some weeks ago. The Government executive and the Eu- ropean group pressed for discus- sion on it immediately, while tne trials were proceeding at Meerut or the prisoners arrested in the re- cent widespread police raid on al- leged centres of Communism in Calcutta, Poona, Bombay and Al- lahabad, but the President and the Nationalist members were against discussion, contending Foch would be prejudicial tothe rials. Sas Owen Sound, April 8--Walter Cameron, seventeen, Annan, Ontario, near here, died late Saturday in a local hospital from gun shot wounds received at his home during the af- ternoon. It is believed his five year old brother let a gun fall from a ta- ble, causing it to discharge, No in- quest will be held. Fr Effort Being Made to Allow This Afternoon's Interna« tional Limited Train to Pass Through From Mont- real to Toronto, But It Will Be Several Hours Late WASHOUT BIGGEST KNOWN IN YEARS No Possibility of Any Trains Running on the C.P.R, Before Tomorrow at the Earliest -- Inconvenience to Industries by Tie-up of Rail Traffic -- Passengers Marooned in This Locality The total suspension of railway way traffic that has existed in Osh« awa since midnight on Friday night, and which still exists, may be lifted to some extent late this afternoon or tonight, it was expected by Canadian National officials at noon today, Canadian Pacific agents here saw no hope of having trains run on the CPR. line in and out of Oshawa before some time tomorrow, . The Canadian National agent here informed' The Times that late this afternoon, at an hour that was not yet set at noon, a passenger train would be run to Oshawa from Tor- onto, and a return train to Toronto from Oshawa, but that no attempt would be made to run trains cast of Oshawa. An effort would be made to have the track cleared also for the International Limited from the east this evening. This train is due in Oshawa at 4.37, but it was thought hardly possible that the way would be cleared for it until nearly cight o'clock tonight. > _ Railway men at the Canadian Na< tional depot informed The Times that, even after service was resumed, for almost 24 hours the only traffic that would pass through would be perishable freight and an occasional passenger train. A large amount of perishable freight has been collect Ing in yards throughout this divi« sion, and several trains will be neces< sary to route it through. None of (Continued on Page 5) PROBE MYSTERY TORONTO MAN'S DEATH DROWNING Many Phases of Suicide of George M. Hendry Un. der Investigation. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 8.--Police were to« day endeavoring to clear up the vars lous phases of the mysterious death of George M. Hendry, well known Toronto business man, whose body was found in Grenadier Pond, High Park, Saturday afternoon, by two boys. His hands were clenched in his overcoat pockets, and in one pocket was a cheque for $2, made pay= able to "cash," and bearing the sige nature of a man whose name has not been divulged by police. The preliminary examination of the body, which bore mo marks of vio- lence and had not 'been in the water more than two days, indicated Hens dry had met his death by drowning. They are working on the theory that he committed suicide, because of fin« ancial troubles connected with the discovery just prior to his disappears ance a week ago that he had been unwittingly given financial assistance to a man connected with a defunct international liquor ring. An inquest will be held, and the man to whom Hendry lent more than $30,000 "as an investment", is expected to be one of the chief wit« nesses. The man has been interview= ed by the police and is said to have made a statement. < On learning that his money had been put into the export liquor busi= ness, Hendary sought to have it re« turned to him, his friends state. Fail« ure to get any definite decision on the return of his money. is believed to have affected his mind. He is be=- lieved to have wandered around the city for about four days before wan« dering into the pond. He was sub« ject to epileptic fits. Housewives in the vicinity of the park claim to have seen a man resembling Hendry in their neighborhood early last week, Hendry disappeared March 31 af« ter receiving a, telephone call at his house. Whether or not this conversa- tion was with one of the members of defunct liquor ring, police are en« deavoring to find out.' .