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The Oshaua Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer y Times A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Published at Oshawa, Ont, Canada, E Sundays and Public. Holidays. . | Fugitive Captured Guelph--Following ' 12 hours of freedom, Fred Page, 17, an inmate of _ the Ontario Reformatory, who es- caped from that institution Friday night, was captured at Brampton Sat- urday. an To Raise $3,000,000 : Toronto --Organization work start- ed yesterday for.a campaign to raise $3,000,000 to provide adequate ac- commodation for students at present at St. Michael's college, University of Toronto. a Without Lights Kingston.--A car colliding with a hydro pole near Odessa last even- ing threw the hydro power line from the Trent out of commission between 8 and 9 o'clock and plunged the city into darkness. x * x British Sailors Wounded Shanghai. --A telegram from Ichang, Hupeh Province, said three British sailors were wounded when a British gun-boat was fired upon from the banks of the Yangtze-Ki- ang, near that city, CA we ] Burns Prove Fatal Toronto.--As the result of burns suffered when an oil burner in the John Ingles company plant exploded Thursday, John Gratton, of 16 Bland- ford road, 45 years old, died early to- day in Grace hospital. Mr her Aeroplanes Collide Detroit.--Captain Alan E. T. Bruce of Akron, Ohio, died here Saturday night of injuries suffered in the crash .of two planes which collided in the air above Ford air- TA OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES Large Surplus Announced b XES REDUCED IN RITISH BUDGET Reparations Adjourned Parley at Secret Session This Morning Delegates Decide Not to TR() LIVES LOST IN Make Public the Definite Terms and Figures Which Have Been Presented to Germany GERMANS MAY ASK FOR LONGER TIME Plenary Session Will Meet Again Tomorrow, but Dr. Schacht May Wish to Take Memorandum to Berlin for Discussion (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, April 15--After a session MAKING A SEARCH FOR DROWNED BOY MAN DIES AS RESULT OF EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE Girl Knocked Down and Killed by Automobile in Excitement ' (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Calgary, Alta., April 15.--In the course of efforts made to recover the body of Nick Mitchell who was FARM PROBLEMS IN U3. ARE DISCUSSED AS CONGRESS MEETS Pre-election Promise of Hoover Becomes Issue at Latest Session : (By D. Harold Oliver, Associated Press Staff Writer) Washington, D.C, April 15--In fulfillment of one of the pre-election promises of Herbert Hoover, the seventy-first Congress was called to meet in extraordinary session today to find the long sought road to a solution of the vexing farm question. The new chief executive's brief respite from the added responsibili- ties of having a national legislature with which to deal was over. Mil- lions who helped place him and the new congress in charge of national affairs were interesting themselves in the start of the latest political drama. Although its program - had been tentatively set to include farm relief, the related subject of tariff revision, Features in the British Budget (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 15. -- Various tax reductions were announced by Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill in his budget speech today. Taxation changes' are as follows: The tea duty of eight cents a pound is removed. The betting tax, one per cent. at the track or two per cent. elsewhere, is re- pealed. Certain harbor dues are removed. A twenty-five per cent. re- duction is effected in beer and spirit licenses. A tax of $200 a year on telephones in bookmakers' offices is imposed. TORONTO-OSHAWA GOVERNMENT WILL | AID IN SEARCH FOR MISSING AVIATORS {Rescue Plane Pilots Still Missing After Attempt to Find "Southern Cross" (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Melbourne Australia, April 15.-- Premier Bruce announced today that the Federal Government would give financial assistance to the re- | lief fund which has been opened II in Sydney to promote the search for Lieutenant Keith Anderson and Robert Hitchcock, whose plane the. "Kikooburra" has been 1iss- ing five days. The two aviators have not been seen since they left Newcastle Waters, Northern Ter- ritory, to search for the then miss- ing "Southern Cross." Safe Is Ransacked Brockyille, Ont.--By prying open a window at the plant of the Whyte Packing Company last night and NEW COMMISSION ON DISARMAMENT MET AT GENEVA TODAY TWENTY-TWO NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED AT CONFERENCE President Appeals to Na- tions to Make Effort to Reach Understanding (By George Hi Ca Press Staff Correspondent) Geneva, Aprib 15.--With 22 na- tions represented and work lying Tet 1i y Winston Churchill British Chancellor of Exchequer PresentsHis Pre-Election Budget Material Prosperity of the Country Is Showing a Steady Advance, Says Winston Churchill in Pre- senting His Statement SEVERAL TAXES TO BE REDUCED Surplus to Be Used for the Relief of Unemployment by Providing Work Through Road Improve- ment and by Concessions to the Railways ; (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) drowned in the Bow River on Fri- day, two other lives were lost over the week end Mitchell, a young boy fell into the river when ice on which he was walking gave way and his body was trapped below the ice. On Sat- urday city employees placed charges of dynamite in the ice in an effort to blast it sufficiently to enable searchers to determine wne- ther there wos hope of recovering the body. Peter J. Breen, a form- J er city works superintendent, who was voluntarily assisting in this task, slipped and fell while hasten- ing away from a pont where a charge of dynamite was about to be fired. He dropped through a hole in the ice and before he could be rescued the charge exploded. On a bridge nearby the scene of the explosions were numbers of people. among them little Pearl Gillespie, aged 5 years. In the course of the éXcitement she was | knocked down by an automobile ahead to take possibly three weeks, the preparatory commission on dis- armament under the League of Na- tions reassembled today. In the opening proceedings President Lou- don of the Netherlands emphasized the need for the principal interest- ed powers coming to an agreement over the points at difference. "I have made this statement on several occasions and I re-afirm it now," he said, "that agreement of the commission on a draft conven- tion establishing a reduction in ar- maments will be possible only when the interested powers have succeed- ed in reaching an understanding on certain points of capital importance over which up to the present they have been divided." Perhaps significantly, he added: "We may here find means of stim- ulating a solution of these prob- lems which are so urgent." As President Loudon "spoke he had near him a huge pile of let- ters which he declared he had re- ceived from organizations ' repre- driving in the combination of the safe, burglars, ransacked the latter to carry off a sum estimated by the manager, W. W. Dood, to be in the neighborhood of $125, mostly in sil- ver. SAYS BORDER OF GERMANY ABSURDITY Leader of German Party Claims Minorities Ques- ~~ tion Menace to Peace London, April 15.--The House of Commons assembled today, with the budget to be presented by Win- ston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the chief subjeet of interest. Mr. Churchill entered the house at 3.15 p.m., to the cheers of the Conservative benches and three minutes later arose to begin his speech. Just previously the Prince of Wales arrived and took his use ual gallery seat over the house clock. The usual question period open- ing the session was a perfunctory one with less than usual attention paid to the answers, many of which were inaudible because of the hum of conversation. When Premier Baldwin entered he received a hearty cheer from the ministerial benches. The Chancellor, beginning his said that despite the in- jury to the national life from the 1926 general strike perfod. a re- (Continued on Page 5) port here Saturday afternoon, lasting more than an hour the plen- x % Xx ary session of the experts on repara- tions adjourned today until tomor- row. The session had convened to hear the reply of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German spokesman to the allied total repasations estimate, The meeting, like its predecessors, was closed and secret, ir the Hotel George V, where all the plenary sessions of the reparations experts have taken place.' Though rumors were heard at every hand nothing definite was known of what took place behind the closed doors. In the course of the session it was decided not to make public the terms and figures of the Allied estimate. This was said previously to represent an eventual 100,000,000,000 marks or $24,000,000,000. It was believed possible © Dr. Schacht might ask for more time to study the Allied memorandum, ev- en possibly to take, it 'to Berlin for discussion with his countrymen. reapportionment of the house, and a measure setting a date for beginning the enumeration of the nation's population, no one would venture a prediction as to the, life of the ses- sion, : POLAND HAS CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT Four New Ministers Are In- cluded in Re-draft of .. Cabinet BUS SERVICE WILL S00N BE DOUBLED T.T.C. PLANS TO RUN BUSSES EVERY HOUR Thirty-five New Busses to be Added to Gray Coach Lines Fliers Leap For Life St. Louis.--Lieut, Shapley Gray was missing two hours after he and Cap- tain William Wimer jumped with parachutes from their National . Guard plane when the plane's motor died in mid-air above Gumbo, Mo. Vicker's Manager Dies Montreal --Philip Leslie Miller, former president of the New York Harbor Drydock corporation, and ex- ecutive manager of the Canadian Vi- ckers company, of Montreal, died here Saturday at the age of 54 years. Dies of Injuries St. Catharines.--Hugh Gilroy, aged 25, of Merritton, died Saturday a few minutes after being taken to St. Catharines General Hospital for treatment of injuries received on the Provincial highway near St. Day- id's. Toronto, April 15.--Gray Coach Lines Limited, the subsidiary of the Toronto Transportation Com- mission, which last week acquired five bus routes from private oper- ators with the.approval of the City Council, is now purchasing 35 new busses and coaches, which will be ¥ * LJ added to the fleet in June. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Smallpox Checked Chatham.--During the past week more than 400 school children were vaccinated against smallpox in Ra- leigh Township by Dr. J. C. Bell, of Merlin, Township Health Officer, who reports that the disease has been checked, LJ * . Mission Looted Shanghai, -- A telegram from Changteh, in Northwest Hunan, today said that foreigners there had been under fire for six days, that the As- iatic Petroleum Company's Agency was wrecked, and the Catholic Mis- sion looted, * x Radium Lost Saskatoon.--Strong hopes that: the driven by James Stewart, of Drum- ANOTHER FIRING INCIDENT 15 T0 BE INVESTIGATED Residents Near Miami Star- tled by Fusilade of Ma- chine Gun Bullets (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Miami, Fla, April 15 -- Coast guardsmen who last night pursued a heller. and she died on Sunday In nuspi- tal. ing investigation NARROW ESCAPE Her injuries' were severe The driver is detained pend- OF RUM-RUNNERS Paddled Ashore When Boat Disabled Just Above Niagara Falls (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Warsaw, Poland, April 15--Poland 00 has a new government, but it is very little different from that of Premier Casimir Bartel which resigned last week. President Moscicki approved the slate of the new premier, Casimir Switalski, yesterday. There were but four new ministers, with Marshal Pilsudski retaining the war portfolio and August Zaleski remaining in the foreign office. The new cabinet Colonel Alexander welfare and labor; Colonel Ignacy Boertier, posts and telegraph; M. Boguchwal, minister of education and M. Matuszewski, acting minister of finance. members were: Prystor, social These will cost. around $365, 0 Fifteen will be used for improv- ing. the services and looking after the increased business on the routes just bought, including the routés from Toronto to Oshawa. The other 20 are to give improved service on the Toronto-Hamilton, Toronto- Niagara Falls and other routes, and in some cases for re- newals. Two orders were placed, the first a month ago and the second, for fifteen last week. "Over a month ago," D. W. Harvey, Gen- eral Manager of the T.T.C., said, "we placed the order for 20 busses to take care of our increased busi- ness and to look after renewals. Breslau, Germany, April 15--Dr. Kaas, leader of the Centrist Party, at a meeting here was accorded an ovation when he declared, with ref- erence to the Paris reparations con- ference: better an honest "No" than an insincere "Yes." He urged alteration of the Ger- man-Polish border and the Danzig corridor as an absolute necessity to peaceful commercial relations be- tween the two countries. "The eastern border is now an economic absurdity," he said. He added that the question of minori- ties, which was most important in Poland and Germany, was the real pivotal point of the peace of Europe. senting millions of workmen, urg- ing that the eommission should reach some definite conclusion. JOHN D., ELUDES PHOTOGRAPHERS Dozen Cameramen Prevent Attendance of Aged Mil- lionaire at Church (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lakewood, N.J., April 15--A dozen cameramen prevented the attendance INTERVENTION OF CHIGAGO AS SECOND DEFENDANT IS HOPE Motion to be Allowed to Aid State Being Prepared for Supreme Court (By Canadian Press Leased wire) 'Washington, D.C., April 15.--The fleeing rum craft up the Miami river and startled Riverside residents with a machine gun barrage faced a prospective inquiry today by Com- mander R. L. Jack of the United States coast guard base at Fort Lau- derdale. Under the fusillade of "tracer" bul- lets, several of which struck build- ings ashore and a houseboat moored at the river's edge, the crew of the liquor laden rum boat abandoned the craft, which was captured by the coast guardsmen and given in charge of United States customs officials. At this time we had no idea that (Continued on Page 5) SPANISH CITIZENS EXPRESS APPROVAL DICTATOR'S REGIME (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Madrid," April 15--Under the sup- ervision of strong forces of police thousands of Spanish citizens yester- day signified their adherence of the regime of Premier Primo de Rivera. city of Chicago had prepared today for introduction in the Supreme Court a motion that it be allowed to intervene as a defendant with the state of Illinois and the Chica- go Sanitary district in the Lake di- versiop cases. Noting that since its incorpora< tion in 1837 that its only available water supply has been Lake Michi- gan, the city's motion declared that the complaining Great Lakes States now were seeking to require the discharge of the city's sewage nwo the lake. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Niagara Falls, N.Y. April 15-- Their cabin cruiser disabled on the upper river two miles above the American Falls when bullets from border patrolmen's guns wrecked the cruiser's gasoline line, Frank Bar- bari, 24 years old, and James Kelly, 27 years old, prevented the craft from drifting downstream _in toe upper rapids and over the falls;by paddling to shore late last night. The patrolmen fired on the craft from the land and arrested Kelly and Barbari and seized the boat and its cargo of 50 cases of ale. Kelly $5,000 radium lost here over a week ago would be found are held by a local insurance company which is di- recting the search. A double check- over will be given various parts of the city, of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., at church yesterday. The Rev. Marshall Sewell, pastor of First Baptist church, an- nounced indignantly this morning that he would ask for a police de- tail next week to keep photograph- ers clear of the church property. The cameramen, whose numbers in- cluded two mounted atop automobile trucks containing sound registering apparatus, were grouped about the church steps and lawn when Rocke- feller"s automobile arrived, the aged millionaire looked once from the window of his limousine and order- ed the chauffeur to return to the FOUR FOR ONE OF NEW IMPERIAL OIL STOCKS APPROVED Four New Shares Will Pay Same Dividend as One of CAREFUL DRIVERS' INSURANGE RATES ARE DISCUSSED System Used Is Explained to the Commission of *® * * Rabbit Wrecks Car Grimsby.--A rabbit scurried across the highway near here last night and so startled William Doughey, Beams- ville, that his car swerved to the ra- dial tracks. As a result, the auto was demolished by a radial car, Mr. Doughey narrowly escaped injury, and the rabbit was killed. Tw Smallpox on Liner Marseilles, France--~Two Lascars were reported suffering from small- pox when they arrived here today on board the British' India liner Mash- obra from India. One hundred and thirty-five passengers on board the ship, including Viscount Burnham, were vaccinated to prevent the spread of the disease. * * Hamilton Man Stabbed Hamilton--A man who gave his name and address as Jack Silver, of 85 Hunter street east, told police he was stabbed last night in a house at 80 1-2 Caroline street north, He suffered a deep wound in the fleshy part of his left thigh and was re- moved to the general hospital, but and Barbari were locked up at police BODY OF PILOT FOUND IN FIELD Had Jumped from Plane, - but Failed to Release Parachute (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) St. Louis, Mo., April 15--The body of Lieut. Chapley Gray of the Mis- souri Natioinal guard air unit was found this morning in a field near Gumbo, 20 miles west of here. The lieutenant had jumped from his plane headquarters raignment before a United States commissioner on a charge of attemp- ted smuggling. SEVERELY BURNED PLANING MILL FIRE Town of Buckingham, On- and are awaiting ac- tario, Loses Its Second Mill (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Buckingham, April 15.--Ludg was seri- Investigation (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toonto, April 15--~Sperial motor car insurance rates for drives who have clear records regarding acci- dents and traffic law infractions, are at present in force, said H. B. Arm- strong, duty inspector of insurance of the Ontario government, before the inquiry into the reasonableness proposed increased rates in motor car insurance, today. This class of driver secures the in- surance under a "merit rating plan," which has been introduced by one company since the probe opened, providing for a 10 per cent credit under certain qualifications. Drivers must take an affidavit that his license has not been suspended, that his brakes are 'kept in order, that he has not been 'in an accident and that The crowds, many of them from out of Madrid, gathered at the min- istry of war, and fyled past boxes in which they deposited cards contain- ing written expressions of their ap- proval of the Spanish: dictator, FORMER PORTSMOUTH WARDEN IS DEAD (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kingston, Ont, April 15--R. Creighton, former Warden of Port- smouth Penitentiary died here today. He was a son of the late John Creighton who served as warden of the penitentiary from 1870 to 1885, Mr. Creighton was appointed war- den in 1914, resigning six years la- ter, on account of ill health, In 1923 he was appointed dominion parole of- Old--No Par Value (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 15.--Shareholders of the Imperial Oil at a meeting today approved the bylaw calling for a split in the stock of the vom- pany, four for one. The four new shares and the share will entinue to be of no par value. Of approximately 15,000 share- holders, 9,000 are registered share- holders, Of thé old stock, there was 6,575,682 shares outstanding on an authorized capital of 8,000,- 000. The adjustment in capital will leave 27,302,328 shares out- standing and 4,193,6675 in the treasury. Owing to the difficulty of transfer, the -alteration in the capital structure is not expected to be compleled until June. estate. There was a rush for automobiles on the part of the photographers and a half hour's chase about the town followed, with Rockefeller making a vain attempt to get into another church. The pursuit ended at the gates of the estate. ERRATIC TREND IN NEW YORK MARKET General Public Taking Little Part in the Day's Transactions This will result in a "nuisance" in all the waters of the Port and a "gross pollution" supply, the motion said, that "such pollution will inevitably produce grave epidemics of typhoid fever and other water borne dis- ease." COL. HERON AGAIN of the water aaamg REMANDED IN COURT Toronto, April 15--Col. Orlando Heron was remanded until May 27, when he appeared in police court tos day on a charge of the theft of $100,« 000 in connection with the assigne ment of the brokerage firm bearing his name, some months ago. Harry Lewis, who is being held as a material witness was also remands ficer, an office he held until 1928, when he was superannuated. Dies Following Accident Brockville, Ont.--Mrs. Frank Hutt, of Williamsburg township, is dead as the result of being struck on Satur- day evening by a car driven by Thomas R. Parker, Brockville. With Damphousse, aged 19, ously burned about the face and body when fire early today broke out in the Telesphore Damphousse Planing Mill and destroyed the plant. The loss is estimated at $20,000. . The fire deprived the town of its he has no connections' with speeding. ed. Bail was renewed for both men. "PM ALONE" CREW REACHES MONTREAL (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Halifax, N.S., April 15. -- Five his condition is not believed to be WEATHER Pressure is high from the New England states northward to the Arctic and on the when its motor stalled while on a re- turn trip from Jefferson City late yesterday. The flyers' parachute was found intact strapped to his body with the release cord still in his pocket, in- dicating. he had failed to pull the ring. The shareholders approved the issue and allotment of unused shares from time to time for such consideraton as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. Trade Union Workers (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, April 15--Mixed price movements in today's stock market reflected the play of opposing spe- culative forces, with the small vol- Washington, D.C.--Secretary of state Henry L, Stimson said today that he governments oP fo the es, With ta i vit Alone ume of trading indicating that the|-anadian schooner mn 1g general public was taking relatively youd be forwarded > the Canadian little part in the day's proceedings. |'-¢8ation here in a day or two, | Pacific Coast, while a fairly deep depression of wide extent is centred over the southern states, and a trough of low ex- tends from the Yukon Terri- tory to Saskatchewan. The weather has been mild with local showers in the western provinces and mostly fair and quite cool from Ontario cast. ward. ; Forecasts: Lower Lakes-- Fresh northeast winds, cloudy and cool today and Tuesday; probably some light local showers tonight. Georgian Bay--Moderate to fresh northeast winds; mostly clondy and cool today and Tuesday. second mill as the plant of the In- Plané Lowered By Parachute (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Santa, Ana. Calif, April 15--An aeroplane, with its motor cut off at 5,000 fect altitude, was successfully lowered to the ground by a para- chute yesterday. The parachute, re- leased from the plane by a coil spring, took up the ship's weight of 2,800 pounds after a drop of feet. Captain Roscoe Turner, Holly- wood 'stunt flyer, piloted the craft, a biplane, which was landed gently in a field 3 miles from the Martin Airnort. where it had taken off dependent burned to the ground last Friday. Repair Railway Lines Coal - Company was for Rumored Attack Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, April 15.--Federal forces began rz- pairing railroad tracks in the airec- tion of Pulpito Pass lowing the announcement of Gen- 200| eral Juan A. Almazan, Division commander of government forces in Chihuahua, that he planned to move against rebels in that point, The tracks were damaged by reb- els when they evacuatéd the city. today fol- members of the crew of the ill-fat- ed schooner "I'm Alone" which was sunk by the United States coast guard cutter Dexter, arrived here last nght from Montreal. The party consisted of John Williams, mate; Chesley Hobbs, chief engin- eer; James Jensen second engin- eer, all of Halifax; and Edouara Fouchard, of St. Pierre and James Barrett of Montreal, seaman. uap- tain J. T. Randall is expected to arrive the latter part of the week. Parry' Sound, April 15--~The body of an unidentified man found at James Bay Junction, near here to- day. ' The head was bruised and showed evidence of knife wounds. her husband and a daughter, she was walking to her home from the vil- lage of Morrisburg. Missing Tourist Party Located (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Jerusalem, April 15.--A group of Palestine officials and their wives, in- cluding Edwin S. Samuel, son of the former high commissioner Sir Her- bert Samuel, was found on the Trans- Jordan shore of the Dead Sea this afternoon after having been missing since Saturday, on an excursion in the Dead Sea, es Advised to Accept Wage Reductions (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dewsbury, Yorkshire, April 15-- Workers on heavy woollens employ- ed in 15 mills have been advised by the Trade Union to accept proposed wage reductions under protest. Near- ly eight thousand workers are affect- ed and the case is watched as a pre- cedent for the whole industry. The workers voted by a small margin to hand in notices stopping work in pro- test, the vote being 2,304 to 2,187, but in view of the narrow majority in favor of a walk-out, acceptance of The market opened irregular, sold down rather sharply before midday when heavy liquidation broke out in the coppers and a few specialties and then started upward in the early af- ternoon under the leadership of the food and oil sharey Call money renewed at 8 per cent with only a nominal calling of loans. Official Opening Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Naviga- tion at the Soo opened at 6.30 o'clock Saturday night, 15 days earlier than last season, with the arrival of the steamer Emery L. Ford of the Franklin Steamship Company, upbound from Cleveland the reductions is expected. with coal for Duluth. will of was filed for probate it was found that she had left $17,000 to Mrs. 1da Peterson, her trusted maid for years. It was Mrs. Peterson who clubbed her mistress fatally and then committed suicide during a fit of insanity April 3. Mrs, Kelso was the widow of a wealthy Belle- ville, An estate of $75,000, was disposed of by the will. Left Bequest of $17,000 to Slayer Chicago, 'April 15.--When the Mrs. Helen Booth Kelso Ont., pickle mnaufacturer.