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"All the News While It Is News" Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer ' Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 4--NO. 93 Yublished of Oshawa, ay Excest Sundays, aud Pubs Holle A ny Qcebee.--Edouard Beacpre, aged 23, of Riviere A Pierre, was killed yesterday when a derrick fell on him while he was drilling in a stone yard. . Sign Treaty Geneva, Switzerland. -- Twenty 'three countries, including Soviet Russia signed an international treaty for the suppression of coun- terfeiting today. x x % Heads Bisley Team .. Ottawa.--Lieutenant Colonel G. T. Chisholm, R.O., Toronto, form- erly of the 48th Highlanders, has been appointed commandant of the Canadian Bisley team. Plan Aircraft Factory Stratford, -- The Wallace Alr- craft companp announced today the organization of a Canadian branch factory in this city, with Thomas A. Terry, president. J » LJ Body Found in River Quebec. -- The body of an uni- dentified man was found in the St. Lawrence river near Beaumont yesterday. It was brought to tne morgue here to await identifica- tion. * x 0% World Record Claimed Travemuende, Germany.--A new world's record was claimed for a Rhohrbach Roma aeroplane which reached an altitude of 2,200 me- tres (about 7,150 feet) with a car- go of 13,760 pounds. LJ - Ld Tax Rate 20 Mills Toronto.--The tax rate in North York township for 1929 will be 20 mills, same rate as last year. It was feared the rate might be higher this year, owing to damage done by the recent storm. EE Remand in Murder Case St. Thomas.--Rakip Sherif, Al- banian chef, was again remanded in police court on a charge of mur- dering Alfred Westaway during an early morning brawl at a local cafe a couple of Weeks ago. LJ * Four Fliers Killed San Diego, Calif.--Three San Di- ego navy fiers were killed almost instantly and a fourth died en route to the hospital as a result of a mid air collision over Coronado between two North Island planes vestardaiypfiarnoon. Record Sweep bikes London. -- The 00. 000 pound stock 'exchange record-breaking derby sweepstake closed here this morning, when the remaining 9,- 000 one pound tickets sold in a little more than an hour. The mon- ey now lies in the vault, * * * * Killing Suspect Arrested Los Angeles, Caif, -- The arrest of Charles W. Lloyd, 32, sala ww be wanted in Chicago in connection with the St. Valentine's day mas- sacre in' which seven men were lined up and shot to death, was disclosed here early today. - LJ] . Condition Critical Toronto.--Reports from St. Mi- chael's hospital this morning were that the condition of Philip W. Bl- 1is, chairman of the Toronto Trans- portation commission, and of the + Toronto Hydro system, was criti- cal. 1! LER Convicted of Murder Cleveland. -- Walter Moore, 24 years old, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Ohio penitentiary, following his convic- tion for the murder of Bishop Jo- seph C. Hartzell, who was assault- ed by three men in his home at Blue Ash., O., on June 6 1928, his 86th birthday. Narrow Escapes Toronto.--Hurtling four storeys when a heaving rope snapped, a heavy steel frame crashed to the sidewalk at Yonge and Queen strets at the height of the thea- tre rush last night. No person was hurt, although several workmen jumped from beneath the falling frame to escape injury or death by inches. * Sent to Penitentiary Toronto.--Found guilty of man- slaughter by a jury in the assizes, William Ellis and Joseph McCar- roll were sentenced yesterday bf Chief Jutice Meredith to' two years in Kingston penitentiary. Their conviction is the result of the death of Ronald Shakley, a six- year-old boy who was killed on February 26 when run over by a truck occupied by the two men, WEATHER Pressure is low 'over New- foundland and from the .Great Lakes to southwest states also over Alberta, while high pressure covers the northern part of the continent. Showers are occurr- ing this morning in Southwestern Ontario but the weather over the Dominion has been mostly fair with a tendency towards higher temperature. Forecasts: Lower Lakes: Mo- derate to fresh east to southeast winds; unsettled today and Sumn- day with occasional Georgian Bay: Fresh easterly winds; mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers. TR sy Eocopt Sumtays, aud Pugh. Holidays" OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. SIXTEEN PAGES 0 REVIVE REPARATIONS PARLEY German Lead er Willing to Discuss New SOVIET DELEGATE IS GIVEN ANOTHER SETBACK AT THE DISARMAMENT MEETING Chairman Refuses to Allow Maxim Litvinoff, Head of Russian Delegation, to, Speak at This Morning Session LITVINOFF MAKES HEATED RETORT Expectation That the Soviet Delegates Would Leave Conference Because Their Proposal Was Rejected Is Not Fulllled (By Canadian Press Leased 'Wjfe) Geneva, April 20.--Maxim Lit- vinoff, Soviet vice-commissor for Foreign Affairs, received another gethack in the Preparatory Disar- mament Conference today and it made him very very angry. He did not immediatley fulfill expecta- tions of some that he would leave the conference, however. Early in today's meeting the question of publicity for arma- ments, representing the German project was disposed of by the Dis- armament Commission by tabling it for reference to a subcommit- tee or later discussion in connee- tion with limitation of effectives. Shortly after the action wi taken M, Litvinoff arose and manded the right of speech: "On what subject?" Johukheer Loudon, the president of thé con-}" ference who had been criticized privately for allowing the Russians to monopolize the conferénce; and for general lack of firmness, ask- ed. "I want to speak on procedure and on the question of publicity," Litchinoff replied. * M. Loudon announced they had already begun the discussion of chemical warfare and that it would be necessary to get the permission of the commission. "Well," rejoined the Russian, very stiffly. "If I must get the permission of the commission every time I want to speak, then I won't speak." He sat down amid embarrassing silence. "I am very sorry," remarked M. Loudon coldly, "but we absolutely must get on with our work." U.S. COASTGUARDS ARE ARRESTED IN CANADIAN WATERS Boat and Machine Gun Seiz- ed and Confiscated by (By Canadian Press . Leased: Wire) . . . Niagara Falls Ont,, April 20.-- Two United States ' coast 'guards were arrested . early . today. .at Bridgeburg and their boat, at one time a Canadian 'craft engaged "in rum-running, was seized. : .The, guards, Lieut. Hubert Wilbur and Guardsman Orval, both of the Buf- falo port, were charged with hav- ing arms and the boat in Canadian waters. aie The men were later returned in the custody of the American 'coast guard authorities and were taken back by Boatswain P. H. Forner. The boat was placed under seizure: by Canadian customs preventive of- ficers and together with a machine gun and small' arms found in pos-- session of the two men, was confis- | cated. Many Killed or Hurt as Boom Collapses New York Building New York, N.Y. April 20,-- Three persons were killed, several others seriously injured and three men were missing today as the re- sult of the collapse of a broken boom on the eleventh floor of a building under construction at Thomas street and West Broad- way. To Propagate Bass Toronto, -- Waterworks Pond, two and a half miles west of Inger- soll, has been leased to the Ontar- fo Government and will be used in the future by the Department of Games and Fisheries for the prop agation of bass, it was announced i Mad made. in February of this year, here yesterday, Heroic Rescue by 14-Year Old Boy Wallaceburg, = April 20.--Ruby Harper, aged two and a half years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Harper of Tupperville, had a nar- row escape from drowning yester- day when she feli into the river Sydenham, near her home. Harold McClure, aged 14, son of Mrs. Jas. McClure, who was at his home close by, rushed to the scene and, diving itno the water, brought the child to safety. She was in an un- conscious condition. NEW RECORD FOR AUTO PRODUCTION Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics Issues Figures for March {By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, April 20.--Production of automobiles in Canada during March, 1929, reached a new high record at 40,62 cars, according to data compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This output was 20 per cent. above the r-ev- high level established last '#t 83,942 cars, and 30 per cent. 'over the total of 31,287 cars Cusfome records for 'March' showed that 8,091 cars were im- ported : into Canada during the month and. that a total of 15,661 cars were exported during the same period. For the first quar. ter of this year imports totalled 12,800 cars and exports aggregate ed 35,414 cars. Mystery Plane Over Atlantic Seen by British Trawler Out at Sea, But Identity Unknown London, April 20. -- A British trawler, fishing about 250 wes west of the Outer Hebrides, or 300 miles wesh of the Western Scottish coast, reported an aeroplane pass- ed over it early today, flying east- ward. The identity of the plane was a mystery here. The radio message was receiv- ed by the Malin Head station mm Ireland from the trawler Shackle- ford at 8.23 a.m. It said . "An aéroplane bound east passed here this morning at five o'clock, Posi- tion is 58.10 north and 14.20 west." « There was no knowledge here of any Transatlantic flight in pro- gress. and the public was left guessing what the plane might be doing so far out in the Atlante as to bé beyond the limit of any or- dinary trial flight. At the air ministry it was stated "We have no knowledge of any flight: over 'the Atlantic. Neither have we received any nws." SPRING TORNADOES AT DALLAS, TEXAS Baby Girl Killed While Clutched in Embrace of Father (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dallas, Tex., April 20.---Spring tornadoes struck in three north Texas towns late yestlerday and last night, killing a baby girl and injuring her father,, who had clapsed her in a tight embrace to protect - her from the unheralded and furious assault of the wind. There were no other injuries, and relatively small property dam- age, except in Paris, where the Texas and Pacific Railway wars- house, a one story brick structure a block long was cut in two. Sports Writer Dies Oméha, Neb.--Sandy Griswold, dean of United States sports writ- ers, died tcday of acute heart trou- ble. . He was 80 years old, BIG EXTENSION IS PLANNED FOR NICKEL INDUSTRY Chemical Plant to be Con- structed at Copper Cliff, Ontario (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 20.--A contract has been consumated with Canadian In- dustries, Limited, under terms of which that company will erect a che- mical plant at Copper Cliff to manu- facture nitre cake, a necessary flux in nickel refining, it was stated by J. L. Agnew, who acted as chairman, at the meeting of shareholders of In- ternational Nickel held here yester- day. The meeting was further ad- journod to June 19. "The world demand for nickel has increased more than 100 per cent. dirnig the last year, and at the pre- sent time demand is fully up to pro- ductive capacity," Mr. Agnew's state- ment said, "We are meeting this sit- uation by constructing three more electrolytic units at Port. Colborne, which should be available by the fall of this year," the statement contin- ued, "The new smelter at Copper Cliff, which, since the original plans were completed, has been pushed 60 per cent. is being pushed to com- pletion as rapidly as as fapidly 'as possible, » Toronto Man is Burned to Death In Automobile J. W. BARNES VICTIM OF COLLISION WITH STREET CAR Passengers and Crew Look on Helpless as Flames Consume Car and Driver (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 20.--J. W. Barnes president of the Ese Manufacture ing Co., was burned to death early today when the car he was driving crashed head-on into a west-bound street car on the Bloor street via- duct. According to information given to the police, Barnes was driving in an easterly direction at a smart rate of speed when his car swerved, colliding with the street car, the fmpact being so tremend- ous that the latter was lifted bod- ily and thrown across the rails blocking both east and west tracks. Within a few moments the auto- mobif€ and the front portion of the street car were a mass of flames with the street car uppermost. Barnes, pinned underneath, was held imprisoned while the flames enveloped him. The crew of tuw street car and twelve passengers escaped by climbing through win- dows and with others endeavored to rescue the motorist, but their ef- forts were unavailing owing to the terrific heat. The flames roared unchecked un- til the arrival of the fire-reels, but the firemen were too late to effeet a rescue. ASKS QUESTIONS OF TRENT CANAL Conservative M.P. Seeks In- formation on Water Powers (By Canadian Pros: Leased Wire) Ottawa, April 20.--Water powers subject of enquiry by E. A. Pecs on the Trent Canal system are the (Cons. Peterborough) in a number of questions placed on the order paper of the House of Commons. "What water powers, developed or otherwise, on the Trent Canal system, are still undisposed of and in the hands of the government?" Mr. Peck asks. "What action, if any, is the government taking to sell or otherwise dispose of these powers?" He further enquires, "What applications, if any, have been received by the government for the 'purchase or leasing of these powers respectively?" P. E. I. LEGISLATURE CLOSES ITS SESSION (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Charlottetown, P.E.I, April 20. ~The second session of the 41st general assembly of the Prince Ed- ward Island Legislature, which opened on March 19, closed yse- terday afternoon with the custom- ary military display, Flight to Arctic Ocean Postponed Dawson, Alaska, April 20.--The proposed flight by the plane Nor- thern Light of the Yukon Airways Company to Aklavik on the Arctic Ocean has been indefinitely post- poned. Two attempts were made but heavy fogs over the Pelly Di- vide and MacKenzie Basin prevent- ed progress and the plane had to return here, It is possible another attempt to Aklavik may be made in June when pontoons can be used. Many Questions On Dismissals Of Postmasters (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, April 20. -- The greater part of four days was spent this week by the House of Commons in discussion of the Post Office es- timates and when there appeared late last evening to be no hope of passing them last night it was de- cided to shift to other business. Up to that time, while much iinforma- tion has been obtained during these extended debates no actual progress had been made in the advancement (Continued on Page 3) MYSTERY DISEASE SITUATION SAID T0 BE IMPROVING PATIENTS ' IN LONDON HOSPITAL BEING CARE-| FULLY WATCHED Fear It May Have Caused Death of Australian Boy Expressed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 20.--Dr. W. J. Bell, deputy minister of health, in an official statement today relating to the situation in Ekfrid township, Middlesex county, declared that district doctors are convinced that the epidemic has been checked and that health authorities are concen- trating their effort on the milk supply in the belief that the origin of the malady may be discovered. April 20.--Steady London, Ont. improvement in the condition of son of George Semple, aged 6, Robert Semple, in St. Joséph's Hospital, suffering from a disease which medical opinion attributes to the same species of streptococci which has already claimed four lives in Ekfrid Township is noted by specialists battling to save his life. His condition is much im- proved today. Edward Sinclair, young Ekfrid Township farmer who is in Vie- toria Hospital suffering from streptoccus 'remains unchanged. His mother and sister have al- ready succumbed to the disease. The situation in Ekfrid town- ship is nearly normal. No new cases have been - discovered in three days. The Australian Case Toronto, April 20.--Did William Strachan; the 19-year-old visiting Australian boy who died in Nia- gara Falls hospital early yester- day, fall victim to the same dread scourge that has claimed four lives in Ekfrid township? Dr. W. J. Bell, deputy minister of health, who, on the instructions of Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, minis- ter of health, went to Niagara Falls yesterday immediately upon receipt of news of the death, says that the cases are unrelated, but he admits that Strachan's death probably was due to a species of streptococcus. Strachan died of septicemia, he believes. Last night Dr. Bell stated that 'there was no way of* following up the case to decide positivey what organism caused the boy's death. The body was embalmed when Dr. (Continued on Page 13) Army Joins War On Fruit Pest (By Canadian Pram ue Lonivd Wire) Orlando, Fla., April 20.--The National Guard today was cooper- ating with 72 trained state plant board workers in a finish fight on the Mediterranean fruit fly. The pest newly arrived in North America has been found only in parts of three citrus belt counties, where four companies of the Na- tional Guard patrolled all roads, Souliseating outbound shipments of ruit. KEEN RACE FINDS] LEADERS BUNCHING IN PYLE'S DERBY English Runner Still Leads, With Phil. Granville in Seventh Place Brazil, Ind., April 20.--~Johnny Salo's threat to grab second place in the bunion derby was the centre of attraction today as C. C. Pyle's transcontinental foot racers prepar- ed for a 34 mile run to Marshall, Ills. By winning four consecutive laps the Passiac, N.J., policeman is with- in 25 minutes of Ed. Gardner, Seat- tle, Washington, negro who is sec- ond in elapsed time. Gardner, hampered by a painful leg, ran 8th in ther ace from Indianapolis, yes- terday. Even Pete Gavuzzi, the bearded Italian from Southampton, Eng- land, holds a lead of almost four hours over Gardner, has kept an eye cocked in the flying Salo's di- rection. Yesterday, as on the few previous laps, Gavuzzi kept step with Salo until the end of the day's run neared. Phil Granville, of Hamilton, Ont., finished fourth in yesterday's run and retained seventh position in thee lapsed time of 155:13:17. Jap Officer is Assassinated by Two Chinamen EXTREME ic IHN TO "PREVENT TR Seventeen By n- Prisoners Escape from Jail After Killing Guard (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tienstin, China, April 20.--Japan- ese army headquarters at Tsifan, Shantung, adopted extréme precau- tonary measures there today after Lieutenant Itoh of their army had been assassinated by two Chinese in ciyiian clothes last night. he Japanese officer was proceed- fe through the foreign commercial district to the Japanese military head- quarters on a military mission when he was approached by two men. They drew revolvers and shot him, escap- ing in the subsequent confusion. An hour before this incident sev~ enteen Chinese who had been impris- oned in the Sino jail seized arms from their guards and, killing one of them, escaped. Only one was re- captured. Rush for Vaccination St. Thomas. -- Dr. D. A. McKil- lop, M.O.H., had an overflow of children to vaccinate at the Board of Health free clinic. The number of children vaccinated at the free clinic is now near the 300 mark, The Ekfrid situation is believed to have caused the increase in the number of children. LAST POST FUND ELECTS OFFICERS General Sir Arthur Currie is Chosen as Presi- dent Montreal, Que., April 20.--Officers of the Last Post Fund of the Do- minion were elected here yesterday as follows: President, Sir Arthur Currie; First-Vice-President, = Dr. Albert H. Abbott, of Ontario; Second Vice-President, Brig-Gen. W. 0. H. Dodds, Montreal; Secretary-Treasur- er, A. H. D. Hair, Montreal; Mem- bers of the Board, Lieut.-Col. H. St. J. Montizambert," British Clumbia; Howard Stutchbury, Alberta; Major W. A. Carrothers, Saskatchewan; Lieut.-Col. H. F. Osler, Manitoba; E. H. Scammell, of the Department of Pensions and National Health; Lieut-Col. C. B. Price, Lieut.-Col, J. Chaballe, Norman Holland, and F. R. Thom. VESSEL SINKS, BUT CREW ALL RESCUED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Halifax, April 20.--The French fishing vessel Eskual Duna owned by La Morus Francaise, sprang a leak and sank on the way to the fishing grounds, according to spec- ial cables from St. Pierre to the Halifax Daily Star. The crew was rescued. No details were given, A Punctures Echo Of Bandits' Visit Beamsville April 20.--Although bank bandits may have taken $2,000 from the coffers of a local bank recently, they have strewn fortune for the local garagemen. Ever since. the visit of the ban- dits, garagemen bave been reaping a harvest from punctures. Up- wards of 100 punctures caused by shingle nails are being mended every day. Shingle nails were scat- tered all over the road from the entrance of the bank to the point where the bandits switched cars. SEEKING OWNER OF SEIZED CAR Men Held at Border Not Thought Implicated in Bank Robbery (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Windsor, April 20.--Detroit and Highland Park, Mich.,, police searched unsuccessfully last night and today for W. H. Crone of the latter city, supposed owner of the Blue sedan which had been in th jposkession of the four men who were arrested at Walkerville and held for investigation in connec- tion with the Beamaville "Bank robhery The men arrested with the car were Robert Walsh, John Dela- man, John Troskesky and Nixe- lai Youoff. The Walkerville police do: not believe the men were par- ticipants in the Beamsville bank robbery last Tuesday as was sus- pected by Canadian customs men who arrested them. Heroic Women Aid the Rebels Three US. Women Give Care to Wounded Fighters in Mexico (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tucson, Ariz.,, April 20--Three women were hailed today as the heroines of the battle of Sasabe (Mesquite) Sonora, in which about 20 Mexican rebels were killed and wounded in an unsuccessful at- tempt to repulse an attack by 195 federal soldiers. The women, Mrs. Arthur Hard- grave, wife of the former president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. A. Hardy, wife of a San Francisco, Ariz. physician, and Mrs. James H. Jones, a guest of Mrs. Hardy's, crossed the border into Sasabe after the battle yester- day and attended and cheered the wounded fighters. Eighteen of the rebels, command- ed by Lieut. Encarnacio Rojas, fled to United States soil to escape cap- ture by the federals and were held for internment. The rebels said bétween 30 and 40 of their com- rades had been taken prisoners by the loyal troops. EXPECTING BATTLE IN MEXICO 500 N Federal Army Is Moving Closer to the Entrenched Rebels (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, April 20.--A gov- ernment bulletin today predicted a battle "very, very soon" at Masiaca, Southern Sonora, between 2,000 Federal cavalry under Gen- eral Talamentes and the rebel west coast army rear guard. General Talamentes' cavalry was less htan 25 miles south of Masiaca when last reported and moving upon the rebels, believed not to outnumber him, who were | entrenched there. To Have Artificial Ice Sarnia.--Sarnia will have a new artificial ice rink with seating capacity of 3,500 ready for opera- tion bp the first of November, ac- cording to the plans of a group of local business men. fers PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT, BUT PERSISTENT EFFORTS MAY RESULT IN SUCCESS Gonads Ase Un Understood to Be Willing to Make Slight Increase in Their Present Offer, but Have Little Hope of Agreement BLAME FOR FAILURE PLACED ON GERMANS British Press Makes an Ap- peal for Reasonable Con- cessions on Both Sides in Order to Reach a Satis» factory Reparations Plan (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, April 20.--Efforts to revive the almost dead reparations confer= ence went on steadily today, but the prospect looked exceedingly dark. The Germans were understood to be willingly to increase their repar= ations offer slightly, but they were frank to intimate that they saw no real hope of the present conference reaching an accord. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, leader of the German delegation has been talking with the allied delegates at informal conferences on the situation at the same time exploring the possibility, of a ten year agreement. He appear« ed at the Hotel George V this morn- ing and went into conference = with four reparations experts, He looked very .grave and tired. The world-wide blame upon the Germans for wrecking the conference as reported in the press, or the Ber lin cabinet's reported disapproval toe day, seemed to have softened the German firmness. The delegation, however, still asserted that it was composed of "independent experts." They said that they were neither tae king nor asking the cabinet's in< structions and contended that they were seeking the only solution which they, as experts and as Germans, could approve. Door Not Shut London, April 20.--Belief persisted in London today that the door had not yet been shut on a settlement of the reparations problem at the Paris conference, despite the recogs< nized uncompromising stand of Dr, Schacht, German spokesman. Since the principles contained in the Bale (Continued on Page 13) {APPROVE BAN ON USE OF POISON GAS IN WARFARE First Positive Step Is Achiev+ ed by the Conference at Geneva a ' Geneva, April 20.--The preparas tory disarmament conference ache feved its first positive step today in approving two paragraphs of its draft treaty dealing with chemical warfare. These paragraphs commit the nations toabstain from the use in war of asphxiating, poisonous or similar gases and all analogous liquids or substances as well as 10 abstain from the use of bacteriolog- ical means of warfare. Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian de- legate who had previously announce ed that the Soviet representatives had decided to stay at Geneva, ale though they believed nothing would be achieved unless the Soviet program for partial disarmament were adopted, again took the floor and urged the delegates to address an urgent appeal to all governments to hd the Geneva anti-gas pre: toco Rev. Ernest Hunter of 3} Toronto Will Speak at Kinsman's Club Rev. Ernest Hunter, pastor of Carleton Street United Church, Toronto, will be the speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Kinsman"s Club at 6.30 o'clock Thursday evening, Members of the local Min~ isterial Association will be guests of the evening. Kiwanis and Ro- tary members in Oshawa will also attend. Rev. Hunter is acknowl- edged to be a speaker of repute and his address Thursday will no doubt be interesting and instruc. tive. Ex-Kaiser's Brother Dies Hemelmark, Germany -- Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the former Kaiser, dled here toaay or pneumonia, die al