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* "All the News While It Is News" The Oshawa Daily Times VOL. 4--NO. 89 Published at a aC a a i SL AL News in Brief | x L (By Canadian Press) ' S280 8 0 8.0 0 0 8 8 800000000 PPV TPTVTPVYTTTTTITITETTY Babe Ruth to Marry New York, -- George Herman ("Babe") Ruth yesterday obtain ed a license to marry Mrs, Claire Hodgson, aged 26, New York ac- tress and a widow, Tax Rate of 43 Mills Oakville,~A tax rate of 43 mills was struck by Oakville town coun- cil after the budget had been gone into in detail, This is practically the same rate - last year, * No Movies For Children Vancouver,--Prohibition of the attendance of children under 16 years old at picture shows is the aim of the national council of eau- cation, as expressed in a resolution . 'passed today, . Found Hanged n Damm, Newmarket.--~Duke Stonehouse, aged 63, was found hanging in the barn of his son-in-law, George Met calfe, on the base line, three quar- ters of a mile south of Sutton, yes- terday morning. . : » More Montreal Police Montreal, =~ One hundred con~ stables have been added to the Montreal police force, Ald, A, A. Desroches, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the city council, announced yesterday. LJ LJ . J. 8, Woods Dies Winnipeg.--J, 8. Woods, iden- tified with the organized farmers' movement from the beginning of the work in Manitoba died at Oak- ville, Man., his home, yesterday. He was 77 years old. Find Body on Track Saut Ste, Marie, Ont, -- An in- quest will be held here this week to inquire into the cause of death of Alex. Hakala, a 30-year-old Finn bushman, whose body was found lying near the A.C.R. track at mile 163, * % » Bringing Out 1,000 Boys Toronto.~C, M, Bowman, chalir- man, and A, MacLaren, secretary of the immigration committee of the United Church, appearing be- fore the board of home missions, reported plans for placing 1,000 young British immigrants on the land in Ontario this season, LJ . LJ Baby Scalded to Death Sa, Catharines,--Karl Moldowan, 13 months old son of Mr, and Mrs, Loeis Moldowan, 136 Margery ave- nue, on Friday morning pulled a pot. of boiling tea over himself when left nlons in the kitchen, The teapot was on the stove near the side, The baby died soon after, Ld * LJ] Inquest Arranged Toronto,~~The inquest into the death of George M, Hendry, To- roxto, whose body was found in Grenadier Pond following a six- day absence from his home, will be held on Friday afternoon, Chief Coroner Dr, M, M. Crawford will be in charge. ® % To Restore Old Church Toronto, -- Queen Street. east Presbyterian church is to be re- stored at a cost of $30,000, whe an additional $7,600 is to be spent on & new organ and other addi- tions to the building, This was the decision of the congregation at an enthusiastic meeting last evening, * 0% Fire in Harbor Montreal, -- Damage in tne neighborhood of $100,000 was caused by fire which raged across the upper part of Windmut Basin in the local harbor yesterday after- noon. The 8.8. Frank P, Baird, owned by the Eastern Steamship company of Buffalo, N.Y,, was bad- ly damaged, * . . Put on Defence Fort Lauderdale, Fla.--The coast guard's investigation into the fir- ing of a fusillade of shots on Mi- ami river early Sunday came to a sudden adjournment late yesterday when Commander R, L, Jack noti- fied Boatswain's Mate James R. Ingraham that his status in the case had become that of a defen- dant, Deny Rumors of 1. George Illness (By Canadion Pros ] Press Leased Wire) London, April 16~Widespread ru- mors to day that David Lloyd George, British Liberal leader, had suffered a sudden serious illness, were denied. At his Kensington household it was said: "Mr. Lloyd Geo ge is quite well, thank you," WEATHER Pressure is high from the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward to the Arctic, while a severe storm centred on the middle Adentic coast is mov northeastward. Shallow Friese Sho are centred over British Columbia and the southwestern states, The weather hae been unsettled with showers many Tatts of the west and i a with light scattered show- ers in Ontario, while in Quebec and the maritime vinces the weather has been cool, Forecasts: * Lower Lakes -- Strong parteaaté Vida; Sloudy and cool today probably Nght --- in some din. tricts. ian Bay -- Fresh northeast winds; mest cloudy and cool tonight and Wednes- day; probably light local show- ers. DA Succeeding The Oshawa Daily ReOTIE OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, - 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City TEN PAGES ING HOLDUP BY BANK BANDITS In Brief Message to Con- gress President Recom- mends Creation of a Fed- eral Farm Board end Re- organization of the United States' Tariff Commission GUIDED BY SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Points Out, However, That in Determining Changes in the Tariff, Trade Rela- tions With Other Coun- tries Must Be Taken Into Consideration (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, April 16,--~President Hoover, in a message of unusual bre- vity and directness, recommended to congress today the creation of a fed eral farm board .with authority and resources to remedy recurring caus. es of depression in the agricultural industry and a limited revision of the tariff with a re-organization of the tariff commission, The president also proposed the completion of legislation initiated at the last session of congress for the suspension of the national origins clause of the immigration act; the taking of the 1920 census and the reapportionment of congressional re- presentation, In the matter of revision of tars iff rates Mr, Hoover declared the test in the main was whether there had been a substantial slackening of activity in an industry during the past few years and a consequent de- crase of employment due to insur+ mountable competition in the pro- ducts of that industry, The president emphasized that ne discrimination against any foreign in- dustry was involved in equalizing the difference in costs of production at home and abroad and told congress that in determining changes in the tariff, account must be taken of the broad interests of the country as a whole, adding that such interests in- clude American trade relations with other countries. In proposing a' reorganization of the tariff commission, Mr, Hoover said it should be placed upon a basis of higher salaries "in order ®hat we (Continued on Page 2) GARTON BUS LINE MIGHT BE SOLD T0 AN OUTSIDE FIRM T. A. Garton Denies Local Men or Gray Coach Lines Negotiating Following on the heels of the re- cent bus line deals came a rumor to- day that T. A. Garton, Bowmanville, proprietor of the Garton bus lines running from Bowmanville to Osh- awa and Whitby, was conducting ne- gotiations for the sale of his line, and that S. J, Collacutt had taken an option on the line, "Mr, Collacutt has conducted no negotiations with me whatever," Mr, Garton declared, He also stated that Gray Coach Lines or any other lo- sal firm had not entered into any tiations with him, sked by The Times if he would deny that any negotiations were un- der way for his line, Mr, Garton said "Well, 1 wouldn't say that there were no negotiations under way, but will say this much--no loca "firm has been conducting negotiations with me." Mr. Garton also said that he did not care to discuss at this time any plans that he might have for fu. ture operations or for expansion of his lines. HOPE AIRSHIPS TO FLY THIS AUTUMN (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 16.--Hope that the huge British airship R-100 will be able to fly to Canada and the R-100 to Egypt and- India some time this autumn was expressed by Sir Samuel Hoare, secretary for aviation, in the House of Commons today in answer to a question. He said that it was difficult to forecast the precise date of their first long flights as so much de- pended on the time required for the necessary trials. Viceroy s Life Is Endangered (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London April 16, -- A Reuters dispatch from Dehra Dun, India, reports that a small bridge caught fire accidently near Hardwar short- ly before a train bearing the vice- roy of India, Lord Irwin and Lady Irwin, to Dehra Dun arrived, One sleeper on the bridge was burned and the viceroy's train was held up for an hour until it had been as- certained that the bridge was safe, AUTOMOBILE HITS TRUCK NEAR WHITBY Car Badly Damaged, But Two Occupants Escape Injury (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 16,--Two persons escaped serious injury when a Chry- sler sport model, owned and driven by Walter Barton, Whitby, collid- ed with the rear of a large truck on Dundas street, a short distance east of the C.N.R, crossing at Whit- by at an early hour this morning, The lighter car was badly damag- ed and the body was practically stripped off the chassis while glass was strewn on the pavement for a distance of fifty feet. Barton, and a young lady who is said to have been driving with him, were bruis- ed and cut, but their injuries have not proved serious, The truck and the Chrysler were both travelling west when the ac- cident occurred. For some unknown reason the heavier machine, which was ahead, cameto a sudden stop. The driver of the Chrysler had no warning and attempted to pass the truck but was prevented by two cars approaching in the opposite direction, In another second the crash had occurred. Barton, who is a teller at the Dominion Bank, was approached by The Times this morning but he refused to make any comment with regard to the accident. SUSPEND SEARCH FOR GIRL'S BODY Searchers Are Waiting for Removal of Old Bridge Although efforts to locate the missing body of Miss Helen Wright of Peterboro, who was drowned in a fatal accident on the Kingston highway a week ago Saturday, in the early hours of the morning when the car in which she was rid- ing plunged into a washed out bridge have been suspended at the Harmony Bridge until Thursday when resumed efforts would be made.® The workmen who are at present placing a new bridge as a detour until the concrete structure may be completed have already be- gun demolishing the old conerete bridge which caved in, When most of this is removed it will be an easier matter to explore the bed of the creek which, may or may not contain the body of the young lady, Searching parties on that day will be aided by gov- ernment men who will assist in every way possible to find the body, MAN ARRESTED AY MURDER SUSPECT (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sudbury, April 16--Answering the description of the man wanted by police in connection with the mur- der of an Italian whose body was found in the CN.R. yards at South Parry, yesterday, John Lazarko, was arrested on a train at Sudbury, by Sergeant Knight and Constable Taylor of the provincial police force. Lazarko told the police he came to Sudbury in search of employment. He said he boarded the train' at Nobel, after walking from Parry Sound. Provincial officers took him back to Parry Sound today, where police are still attempting to establish. the SENSATIONAL ROBBERY AT [BEAMSVILLE CONSTABLE HAS NAR. ROW ESCAPE FROM BANDITS' BULLETS Bandits Were Masked and Used Stolen Car to Make Getaway (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hamilton, April 16,--~While two of their comrades waited outside in a stolen car three armed bandits entered the branch of the Bank of Commerce at Beamsville near here shortly before two o'clock this af ternoon and held up the staff, According to early reports the men cleaned out the till and se- cured several hundred dollars, but missed the largest sums of curren- cy in the bullding, Boys passing the bank gave the alarm, and when shots were fired by the men in the car the bandits J In the bank rushed out and leaped into the vehicle, driving away at a rapid pace, after emptying their guns and firing about twenty shots at a constable who escaped death by dropping to the ground, the bullets shattering a plate glass window just above him, Car Abandoned About thirty people witnessea the escape of the bandits, and their car was described as a maroon-col- ored Essex car, It was later found about two miles south of Beams- ville, where it is believed that the bandits changed to a touring car that was waiting for them at that point, They apparently changed their clothes while changing ears, as thelr clothing was found in the Essex car, which bore license No. 96-207, It was found that this car was stolen last night from the garage of Its owner, Thomas Hy~ land, of Hamilton Beach. Men Were Masked The bandits were masked with black handkerchiefs and carried sawed-off shot guns. The men who entered 'the bank scooped up the money off the teller's counter, but neglected to seize a parcel on a chalr nearby. This package cone tained several thousand dollars which was believed to be the loot the thieves were after, A rural mail carried saw the incident and pursued the retreat- ing car along Mountain street but finally lost sight of it, WESTERN ONTARIO HAS GOOD DEMAND FOR FARM WORKERS (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Windsor, April 16,--There is a steady demand in Essex County for experienced farm help At was an- nounced today by W. J. Fitzgerald, of the government employment ser- vices, And the demand is being met with no difficulty he sald, From ten to twenty men are being plac ed daily on farms, A call for in- experienced men will come during the tobacco season, Moscow~The Soviet authorities today denied reports published in Europe and the United States that a revolt had broken out in Georgia, Ww 111.7 per cent, New Production Record Made by General Motors During the month of March General Motors dealers deliv- ered to consumers 205,118 cars, according to an announce- ment made yesterday, This compares with 183,706 for the corresponding month last year, an increase of 21,412 cars, or for March this year. The number of cars de- livered in March to users estab- lished a new high record for that month. Sales by General Motors manufacturing divisions to dealers totalled 220,391 cars as compared with 197,821 cars, or 11.4 per cent. 5.C. JARRET IS JUVENILE COURT JUDGE COUNCIL FINALLY DE- CIDES TO ESTABLISH THE COURT Recommendations of Offc- ials Are Made to At- torney-General A final decision to establish a Juvenile Court in this city was made by the city council at its re- gular meeting last night, The coun- ell accepted the original report of the finance committee as present- ed at the last meeting of the coun- cil and referred back to the com- mittee, and quashed + an amend- ment that was brought in by 'the finance committee this, week, The report which was accepted, asked that the council recommend to the attorney-general the appoint. ment of Rev, 8, C, Jarrett, rector of Holy Trinity Church, as Judge of the Juvenile Court; that A. I. W. Smith, the school attendance ot- ficer, be appointed probation ofl. cer and clerk of the court; the de. tention home to be the Children's Shelter, and the court room be the office of the Children's Ald Society Inspector, O. M. Alger, on King street east, ww Harston - Mentioned The first clause was the only one over which serious contention ar- ose, At last night's meeting, the finance committee, of which Alder. man P, A. Macdonald is chairman, recommended that Rev, Ernest Harston, pastor of Simcoe St, Unit. ed Church, be named Judge of the court, Alderman George Hart moved, seconded by Aldérman C. Harman, that the report stand as brought in last meeting night, with the name of Rev. 8, C, Jarrett as Judge, The amendment carried, those supporting it being Aldermen Hart, R. McDonald, E, Jackson, Harman, Disney, Douglas, Preston and Ma- son, Supporters of the original motion, and opponents of the am- endment, were Aldermen P, A. Mac- donald, Morris, Boddy, Perry, and Carnell, Discussed in Committee At the last council meeting, the report as brought in by the finance GENERAL HOTORS CORP. WILL SUPPLY BUSES FOR 1.1.6. MADE IN US.A. AS NO CANADIAN PLANT HANDLES THEM H. A. Brown Says Buses of This Type Not Made at Walkerville Toronto, April 16. ~--It is cheaper for the Toronto Transportation commission to buy completed buses in the United Siafes, and pay duty and shipping costs on them, than it would be if the buses were made in Canada or if the bus bodies were constructed in the T.T.C. shops here, D. W. Harvey, T.T.C, gene eral manager, sald yesterday in an- nouncing the purchase by the com- mission of 36 new motor coaches at a cost of $365,000, Twenty of the buses will be used to meet the heavy increase in busi~ ness on the services operated by the T.T.C.'s subsidiary, Gray Coach Lines, Limited, to Hamilton, Niag- ara, Muskoka and other points, and 15 coaches on the lines recently purchased by the .T.C. running to Oshawa, Brampton, Markham and Cooksville, They will be of the same type and capacity as those {at present operated by Gray Coach 1 lines are being at the All the new coaches built, for delivery in June, |General Motors plant in Pontiac, Mich, Three or four years ago, ex- plained Mr. Harvey, only the en- gines were bought in the United States. The bodies were construct. ed in the T.T.C, shops. Since then, however, the tariff on imported bodies has been lowered, American bus manufacturers have standard- ized their types, and have gone in- to mass production, all of which makes it possible to purchase coaches in the United States cheap- er, Report Confirmed H. A. Brown, vice-president and general manager of General Motors of Canada, told The Times this morning that buses of the type be- ing bought by the Toronto Trans portation Commission are not made in Canada. The General Motors truck and coach division at Walker ville did not make this type of bus, he said, adding that he did not know of any other plant in Canada where buses of that type would be made, ALLEGED BRITISH AGENT EXPELLED BY FRENCH GOV'T (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, April 16.--The Paris Midi says that Alastair Crowley, who cays he was a British secret service agent during the war, and in that capacity posed as a German propa- gandist, writing articles for "The Fatherland," will be expelled from France tomorrow. committee and as finally carried last night, was referred back to the committee and was discussed at length at a special meeting of the council in a closed session as coms= mittee of the whole, Friday night. Even this discussion away from the public gaze apparently did not make the council of one mind on the matter, however, Picture shows Mrs. ister, who opened the ex identity of the body found in the yards A. C, Bossom. Mra. Amery is seen atanding by & moos, WHITBY GIRL OFFICIATES AT OPENING OF B, C. EXHIBITI ON (formerly Miss Greenwood, of Whitby, Ont.), wife of Colonel Amery, colonial min. ition of arts and crafts of the British Columbian Indians, lent by Me. 2d and rs. in the morthern region of British Colum Budget Helps Conservatives (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 16.--Influenced by the budgsat speech of Rt. Hon. Win- ston Churchill yesterday, there was a sharp rise in the unofficial stock exchange maoritis quotations for the Conservatives. The government quotations jumped three points to 279283. Labor remained at 250 ---264 and the Liberals at 82--86, WOULD MAKE CHEQUE LAWS MORE STRICT Delegation "Asks Minister of Justice to Amend Criminal Code (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Ont, April 16--Amend- ment of the criminal code, which at present makes it necessary to prove that a person issuing a worthless cheque known at the time it was issued there were not sufficient funds to protect it upon presentation at the bank, was requested by a joint delegation representing the Retail Merchants Association of Canada, the Canadian Hotelmen's Association and the Credit men's Trust Associa- tion which met Hon. Ernest La- pointe, Minister of Justice, this morning. It was set forth that retail mer- chants throughout the Dominion sustain losses running inte thousands of dollars annually which are not recoverable because of the present provisions of the criminal code. The proposed amendment would afford ample opoprtunity to the "honest erson" to meet the obligation which e assumed when issuing the cheque, said G. S. Hougham, secretary for the Retail Association of Canada, who was spokesman for the delega- tion, He said the courts are "prone to assume that the cheque was issued in good faith" under the present aw, SOVIET DELEGATE MAKES AN APPEAL Geneva, Apr. 16.--Maxim Litvin- off, Soviet vice- commissar for for- eign affairs, renewed his appeai for extensive worldwide partial disarmament in a dramatic speech before the preparatory commission on disarmament of the League of Sations today. The Russian spoke in ¥nglish, another of his deleyation sittinv beside him and handinv him sheets of his manuscript as he needed them. He held everyone's rapt attention as she argued that rejec- tion of the Sovet scheme meant a dashing of people's hopes for tue reduction of armament burdens, TRIALS POSTPONED AT BOWNANVILLE Twenty-one Cases Are to be Heard in Court This Afternoon The trial of twenty-one residents of Bowmanville and Newcastle charged with theft in the case of the disappearance of automobile parts and accessories from the C. N.R. wreck near Bowmanville a week ago Saturday morring was postponed from this morning until 2.30 this afternoon when it was resumed before Magistrate W, F. Ward, of Bowmanville. Crown Ate torney W. F. Kerr of Cobourg is re- presenting the crown while the counsel for the citizens is as yet unknown, Material evidence will take the form of the automobile parts which were stated to have been lo- cated by police of Bowmanville and | Newcastle at the homes of several prominent persons of those com munities, RL | SA a ~---- Council Decided Last Night to Submit Hydro Bylaw Hoover Advocates New Scale of Tariffs For Agricultural Products [Ratepayers Will Decide Soon Question of Buying Electric, Gas Systems & Special Hydro Committee Empowered to Prepare All Documents and By-laws for Submission to the Council at an Early Date 6 WEEKS BEFORE VOTE Still Several Details to Clear Up, Including Defining of Westmount Territory, Be« fore By-law Can Be Pre- sented to the Electors Receiving without amendment the same report of the special committee on the hydro purchase that was at the last meeting re- ferred back for further considera- tion, the city council last night adopted the report which said that "the purchase is in the best inter ests of the city of Oshawa' and de- cided to submit the question to the electors 'at the earliest possible date." The special committee was, at its own request, empowered to complete all negotiations for the purchase of the plants, and to pre- {pare all the necessary documents and by-laws for submission to the city council before a vote is taken, It is understood that at least six weeks will be required to com- plete the details of the purchase before the by-law can be submit- ted to the electorate, The Report The report of the special com- mittee, which was accepted in its entirety, without discussion and without a dissenting vote, pre- sented by Alderman R. D, Preston, chairman of the committee, was as follows: "Your committee has fully and carefully considered the matter of the purchase of the hydro and gas system, and has reviewed all the available information relating thereto including the report on the gas plant by A, E. Forstall, Taking everything into consideration, your committee believes that it is in the best interests of the €ity of Osh- awa that these systems be purchase ed from the Hydro Electric Power (Continued on Page 4) Asks Conference to Initiate! World-wide Plan for Disarmament BROCKVILLE BRIDGE PLAN I5 VETOED BY N.Y. GOVERNOR Action Will Probably Mean Abandonment of Big Enterprise £ (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, April 16--Word receiv= ed here today from Albany, N.Y. was to the effect that Governor Roose velt, of New York State, last night vetoed both bills which bad passed the State Legislature as well as the Dominion Parliament and Congress at Washington, concerning the St. Lawrence Bridge Company which planned the construction of an inter- national bridge spanning the St, Law- rence at a point immediately above Brockyille, The bills were vetoed up- on the §romnd that such an enterprise should be controlled publicly instead of by a private corporation, Among Canadians interested in thé undertaking were Rt. Hon, George P. Graham and J. Gill Gard-' iner, Brockville; Col, George P, Murphy, Ottawa; W. A, McLean, To- ronto and Ward C. Pitfield, Montreal, It is felt here that the action of Gov- ernor Roosevelt in vetoing the bills will have the effect of bringing a- bout an abandonment of the enters prise, which was conceived to facili tate vehicular traffic between north ern New York and Eastern Ontario, CHARLES D. MONK DIES IN MONTREAL (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, - April 16.--Charles Dering Monk, son of the late Mr. Justice Cornwallis Monk and bro ther of the late Hon, F. D, Monk, minister of public works in the cabinet which Sir Robert Borden formed in 1911, is dead here, Mr. Monk who was for many years with the Bank of Moutreal and later was Montreal representa tive of a New York brokerage firm, had retired some years ago. He was a bachelor and his death ends the immediate family. There are some nieces and nephews,