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"All the News While it Is News" 7 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer [ A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City | VOL. 4--NO. 105 News in Brief (By Cavadian Press) TTTTTe CRIED A ight Savi Peteibora Wh a very light vote cast the ratepayers of Peterboro yes- terday defeated two money by-laws and endorsed daylight saving, Carpenters Sign Agreement Niagara Falls, Ont.---Agreements have been signed between local union carpenters and 12 contractors for a dollar an hour, wage, Six Dead, 68 Injured Bombay, India ~Six persons were dead and 60 injured late last night after a day-long outbreak of renew- ed fighting between Hindus and Mos- lems, in. $10,000 Fire In PEI. * Charlottetown, P.E.I--~The combin- ed store and warehouse owned by Neil Ferguson of Bonshaw, and val- ued at $10,000 was destroyed by fire yesterday. . x % %x Body In Water Fort, Erie. Ont.--Part of the body of an unidentified person was recov- ered from Lake Erie yesterday at Point Abino, about 10 miles west of Fort Erie, * LJ Returns to Ottawa os Ottawa. --Much improved in health as a result of his holiday in the West Indies, Rt. Hop, F. A. Anglin, chief justice of the supreme court, return- ed to the capital last night. He had been absent for three months, Archdeason lll The Pas, Man.--An airplane car- rying two nurses will leave Cormor- ant lake today. York factory, where Archdeacon Faries of the Anglican Synod of York Factory lies danger- ously ill with Jyphoid fever. Painter Dies At Dryden Dryden, Ont--Charles Stainer, painter, of Dryden, died yesterday af- ternoon at the Red Cross hospital as a result of an explosion when dyna- mite caps in his pocket were jarred, He was clearing stumps at the time. Scot Makes Donation Montreal. --W. H. Askew, of Lady- kirk, Scotland, has provided $10,000 to enable suitable families from the border regions of England and Scot- land to emigrate to Canada and en- gage in agricultural work. Drowns In Ditch Quebec.~Roger Paradis, six, son of Rosaire Paradis of Boischatel, Que, was drowned when he fell in a ditch which was considerably higher than usual, due to recent rainfalls. Peterboro Electors Vote to 11 Killed, 40 Injured Askhabad, Russian Turkestan.--El- even persons were killed and more than 40 injured yesterday when four successive earthquakes shook the surrounding country bringing down bouses in many villages. : Two Missing, Others Hurt Owego, N.Y.--The engineer and fireman of one engine of a deuble- header freight train on the Lehigh Valley railroad are missing and the crew of the second engine were in- jured in a wreck caused by a wash- out near Owego, N.Y, on the Auburn division, LJ] LJ Shot Accidentally . Kirkland Lake, --Arnold Erickson, 14, son of J. Erickson, who resides two miles from Bourkes station was taken yesterday to Kirkland Lake ho- spital in a serious condition, suffering from gunshot wounds, inflicted by Peter Mason, who says he mistook the lad for a bear. * % % To Close Their Cotton Mills Manchester, England. ~Within two weeks unless a small local strike is ended, 200,000 cotton mill operators will be locked. out of 560 plants. The Federation of Master Cotton Spinn- ers association voted yesterday to close their mills on May 18 until the strike of card-room operatives at the Alma ins in Oldham is brought to an end. L. G. MAKES ATTACK ON CONSERVATIVES Edinburgh, Scotland, May 4, -- David Lloyd George last night at a big Liberal meeting here broad- cast to 27 other gatherings, attack- ed the Conservative government on the ground that it was neglect- ing opportunities to establish world peace. "How did Sir Austen Chamber- lain and Lord Cushendun receive the great offer from President Hoover?" he aded. "Instead of accepting right away, they said they must do this, that and the other. When the angel of peace comes, the Conservative govern- ment must scrutinize its clothes in case there should be poison concealed in its folds,"* The area of low pressure which has passed to northern Quebec has caused stormy wea. ther throughout eastern Can- ada, while it has been mostly fair in the west. It is unsea- - somably cold from Quebec west. ward to Saskatchewan. Pres. sure is low over the southwest states and high to the north. ward over the western prove Forecasts: Lower lake re. glons--Fresh southwest - to west winds; partly cloudy and cool tonight and Sunday; prob- ably followed by local showers Sunday might. Georgian Bay--Fresh south. west to west winds; partly Serdy and cool today and Sun- Ye - Ia . Published st Oshawa, ie iodagy BODY OF MISS HELEN WRIGHTIS FOUND OSHAWA. ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929 70 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. SIXTEEN PAGES Party Would * "Socialism in a Hurry" Is Policy of Independen Party : URGES COMMISSION Would Examine Question] of Every Family's Needs and Report (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) (Fourth and last of a series of ar. ticles on the party platforms in the British election, deals with the Independ- ent Labor party and was written by George Hambleton, European staff cor. respondent.) London, May 4.--The Independent Labor Party (or the LL.P. as it is more popularly known) represents Socialism in a hurry, Of the 160 la- bor members in the House of Com- mons 117 are members of the LL.P. of 'those 117, 24 had their election expenses partly paid for from LL.P.} funds. But the Labor Party as a whole does not accept the "Socialism with speed" doctrine of the LL.P. "We are not fools," bluntly returned Rt. John J. H, Thomas when a heck- ler queried if Mr, Thomas accepted an LL.P, resolution adopted as its Carlisle conference and calling on I. L.P, members in parliament to vote against all war credits. The implica- tion of the resolution was that there would be no army and no navy es- timates, No Extreme Views Nor do all the LL.P. members of the Labor Party in the House ads cept the extreme views which have carried the day at LL.P. conferences and are expressed in literature is- sued from L.L.P, headquarters, There have, indeed, been rumors from time to time of impending wholesale res- ignations of IL.P, membership be- cause of the advanced views of James Maxton, M.P,, chairman of the IL. P., and those who support him. On the day following adoption of the war credits resolution the Socialist Daily Herald reminded those who supported it that the LL.P, was an (Continued on Page 11) St eptococcus Again Blamed Department of Health Issues Statement on Brace- bridge Boy's Death (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Ont, May 4.-~The death on Thursday of Fred McKee, 3-year- old Bracebridge boy, is attributed by the Provincial Department of Health to Cerebro spinal meningitis, caused by Streptococcus infection of the same type that invaded Ekfrid township Also Revert Banking, Food to Public Control in Great Britain Newspaper Man Killed in Berlin Berlin, May 4.~--A British » mewspaper man has been iden- tified among those killed in the rioting on Hermanstrasse. He is Charles Evan Mackay, 46, from Helson, New Zealand, re presentative of the Waitara Daily News. Mackay was shot early this morning when he attempted to cross. Hermannstrasse in defi. ance of police orders to stay in- doors, He fell in front of a house on Hermannstrasse une til picked up by a passerby later and identified. ORDER BARRING ~ GANADIANS FROM U5. POSTPONED PERSONS INVOLVED MAKE APPEAL FOR A RE-HEARING Ordér Would Otherwise Have 'Gone Into' Effect Next Week (By Canadian Press Lessed Wire) 'Washington, May 4.--The issuance of the order of the Supreme Court in the Canadian immigration case, under which aliens residing in Can- ada will be refused permission to cross the boundary daily for work without presenting the regular im- migration visa, will be postponed at least one week. Counsel for the persons in Canada in whose name the proceedings were brought has asked for a rehearing, and Justice Stone has ordered the mandate held up until the Court can act on the request, which probably will be on May 13. Had the man- date not been stayed it would have been issued in regular course next week. Under the stay order, should the rehearing be refused, at the next court session on May 13, the mandate would-be issued within a few days thereafter, CHINESE GENERAL FLEES 70 JAPAN Defeated Rebel Leader And Party Takes Re- fuge (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) and caused four deaths, ~ The child first complained of be- ing tired and then became: ill. Eigh- teen hours after he was dead. Dr. R. Huggard, Bracebridge, took a swab from the lad's throat and also a speci- man of the spinal fluid, Tests by Dr. A. L. McNabb, director of laborator- ies here, revealed in both the évi- dence of hemolytic stieptoeqecus Immediately the cause of the boy's death was determined, Hon, Dr. For- bes Godfrey, Provincial Minister of Health, instructed the medical offi cer of health on the Bracebridge dis. trict to place the McKee family un- der complete isolation and quaran- tine. Instructions also were .issued to watch the district milk supply and to take any steps tending to eliminate the chances of an epidemic. "This is a very dangerous disease, Dr. Godfrey stated last night, "and we are leaving no stone unturned to safeguard the public." Shim ki, Japan, May 4.-- Marshal Chang Tsung-Chang, de- feated Shantung war lord, has found asylum in Japan. The fugi- tive, whose native land is now en- tirely hostile territory, arrived here by steamer today from Dairen and was permitted to land. He was accompanied by only one wife out of an erstwhile large harem, but had six or so male re- tainers with him, TUG BOAT SANK BUT CREW IS RESCUED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, May 4.--The munici- pal ferryboat Joseph Guider ram- med and sank the tugboat Mar- garet Olsen off the foot of Hamil- ton Avenue, Brooklyn, today. The tugboat's crew was rescued and taken aboard the ferryboat. Told in Log London, May 4.--The question of the log Vestris, with its entries dealing with the sHip's draught and a tragic story of her sinking last November were introduced yesterday into the board of trade inquiry into the disaster, by two of the ship's former officers. W. F. Jhnson, former chief of- ficer of the Vestris, testified that Capt. Carey had told him to be careful what he put into the log. Johnson replied in the affirmative when counsel for the Lamport ond Holt line inquired if he was sug- i Tragic Tale of Vestris Sinking of Ill-Fated Liner tended him to put a false record of the draught in the official los. Second Officer Leslie. Watson testifying in the afternoon, des- cribed thed ramatic death of Cap tain Carey, who cried to Watson, "My God, my God, I'm not to blame for this," as they were clinging together in the water af- ter the ship had turned turtle. Captain Carey was without a life- belt although there were plenty available. "I don't know whether he was saying it to himself or to me. That was when the ship was near- gesting that Captain Carey had in-|ly going down)" Watson exclaimed. ~ Bridge ' A mile and a quarter from the spot where the car in which she was rid- ing plunged headlong into a washout on the Kingston highway the body of Miss Helen Wright, of Peterboro, was found this morning at 11.30 o'- clock on the bank of Harmony Creek. It was not in the least decomposed from its lengthy imersement in the freezing: water and was accidentally come upon by Wesley McKnight, 390 Ritson road south, who has been em- ployed on the farm of the Gifford Brothers, Lymand and Lloyd. McKnight, who had finished his chores at the farm for the morning wandered down to the creek and sighted the body laying a foot above the level of the water on the south bank. The stream meanders ower the entire flats and it could be scen that the body had come into contact with many obstructions during its course from the Harmony bridge to. the place where it was picked up. The body was fully clothed, with the ex- ception of the cloak and hat which had been found previously by search- ers. Startling Climax The find, which brings a startling climax to a long and tedious search by firemen, police and citizens of the district, .was entirely unlooked . for since it was thought every inch of the creek had been scoured and drag- ged in the Sfort to:glear up the mys stery of the disappéarai of Miss Wright. ARBough ons: erably han- dicapped by the flooded condition of the ficlds and flats, and the depth of the water where the deeper holes were known to exist, the searching parties have maintairied their constant vigil along the banks of the Creek and only a few days ago it was be- lieved the body had been entrapped at the Harmony bridge underneath the mass of debris, was the search along the Creek let up. The parents of Miss Wright have been constantly in touch with local authorities who have assured them that every ossible effort would be made to and y : the body. To them may Communists Are Blamed in German Rioting POLICE IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION Over 1,200 Persons Have Been Placed Under Arrest Since May Day (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Berlin, May 4.--Berlin police were investigating today charges of a borough newspaper that a Russian Communist leader aided by three members of.the Soviet army general staff had led the German commun- ists in rioting of the past three days. The police were in complete charge of the Neukoelln and Wedding Dis- tricts, where 21 persons have been killed and more than 150 injured in fighting since May Day. A state of seige probably will be maintained in the affected districts until Monday, although disturbances today seemed on the wane. Of 1,200 arrested since May Day about 200 have been held for infrac- tion of the community's peace and probably will be committed for trial. Another 1,450 workers today joined the ranks of strikers who yesterday walked out in sympathy with the Communists in their battle with the police. Of these 800 were laborers on the Neukoelln subway construc- tion gangs, 250 were employees of a street car rails plant and 400 shoe factory workers. The police es- timated the total number of strikers yesterday at 6,000. Winnipeg Pastor Appointed Secretary of Home Missions Toronto, May 4. -- Rev. R. B. Cochrane, M.A., D.D., of Augustine Church, Winnipeg, has been ap- pointed secetary of the .United Church of Canada Board of Home Missions, by the executive commit tee of the General Council, it was 4 L onnounced yesterday, iS Of April 5 is Recovered Wesley McKnight, 390 Ritson Road, South, Happened Upon Remains on South Bank of Stream at Rear of Gifford Brothers Farm, Mile and Quarter From the be relayed, now, through the Peter- boro police the news that their daughter's body has been located, and lessening no doubt that terrible sus- pense which has been known to ex- ist, Police on Hand When McKnight communicated his find to thé police in Oshawa and De- tective Sergeant Herbert Flintoff with P, C, Joseph Wright and George McCammond, immediately went to the Gifford farm where they summon- ed the Luke ambulance. The body was taken to the Luke Burial Parl. ours, ' Coroner Dr. F. J. Rundle, who de- cided on the morning of the fatal ac- cident when Walter Northop, of Pe- terboro, another occupant of the ill- fated car, was drowned that there (Continued on Page 11) Two Killed, Two Injured In Car Smash PRESCOTT YOUTHS HIT C.P.R. BRIDGE AT BROCKVILLE Were Returning from Dance . =--One Not Expected to Recover (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, Ont., May 4.--Re- turning from a dance at 2 o'clock this morning, a party of four Pres- cot youths driving in an automobile collided with the abutment of the Canadian Pacific Railway overhead bridge crossing, provincial high- way No. 2., about one mile east of Prescott, two of them being instant. ly killed and & third dying in St. Vincent de Paul Hospital here shortly after 7 o'clock. Joseph O'- Reilly and Francis Black were kill- ed outright and John Master, aged 15, wag the third to die of his in- juries in hospital here of injuries about the chest and head. MISSING VESSEL SAFE AT KINGSTON Had Been Reported As Missing Since Yesterday Afternoon (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kingston, May 4.--The steamer Saskatoon was discovered lying two miles from Kingston near noon today, safe, having put back yes- terday afternoon to secure shelter from the force of the gales whiah swept Lake Ontario. The steam- er had been reported as missing yesterday when it started up the lakes, not having reported to the local office of the Canada Steam- ship Lines. Lindsay Youths Are Committed to Bowmanville New Toronto, May 4.--Rus- sell and Harold Lee, the two Lindsay youths whose at- tempt to hold up a bank at New Toronto two weeks agv resulted in their capture by the police, will go to a boys' home at Bowmanville, where they will stay until they are 21 years old. Chief Padgett of New Toronto, who was present at the hearing held before Magistrate Keith in his private offfice in the county police court, stated last night that the boys were given sus- pended sentence and were or- dered committed to the home at Bowmanville. . where they will be cared .for by the Ki- wanis club of Toronto and the Rotary club of Lindsay. Suspense Removed as Captain Reports Living Wage Law is Labor's Proposition Body of Girl Drowned in Harmony Creek on Night Crew is Saved Immersed Wreck Sighted in Lake Huron Reported That Of Vessel Carrying Pulp Wiediage. Washed Up Identified as That of Steam- er O. E. Parks CREW IS SAVED Vessel Was Found Sub- merged in the Waters of Thunder Bay Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., May 4. (Bulletin) -- The captain and crew of the steamer O. E. Parks have been saved. Toronto, May 4.--Fears that the crew of a- pulpwood freighter lost their lives in the gale that swept over the Great Lakes were set at rest when word reached Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., today that the wreck- age sighted yesterday off Thunder Bay was that of the O, E. Parks of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Captain Sam Shields: and the crew of twelve men were saved. "The Parks' left the Michigan port last Sunday to take on a cargo of pulpwood at St. Joe island ports for Alpena, Mich, Anxiety for the safety of the steamer Saskatoon, a package freighter of the Canada Steamships Lines was also .allayed when the vessel was repprted in shelter two miles from gston, from which| port it sailedf steamer Renvoyle reported yester- day that wreckage had been sig ed near Thunder Bay apparently pulpwood carrier but 'efforts to ie entify the vessel ailed until Captain | Shields reported the loss of the 0. E Parks today. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, May, 4--~ The vessel wrecked off Thunder Bay in Lake Huron has been identified as the O. E. Parks, owned by Shields and Witson of Soo Michigan, ac- cording to word received at the ship canal here. The Parks is'a 140 foot 'vessel and (Continued on Page 11) Quakes Take Terrific Toll in the East - DEAD IN THREE PERSIAN TOWNS Property Damage Immense -- Aid Rushed Across Border Into Persia (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ashhabad, Russian Turkestan, May 4.--Earthquakes which yester- day shook the vast stretches west of Samarakand, once the capital of Tamberlane's Oriental Empire, were believed today to have taken a heavy toll of life and property. Unconfirmed reports said. 1,000 per- sons perished in three Persian towns alone, while 11 were killed and 40 injured hereabouts as four succes- sive tremors brought down houses| and buildings in many villages. One person was killed in this city and 26 injured. Ninety houses were de- molished. The Russian Turkestan government on request of Persian officials rush- ed aid across the border into Persia where the damage and loss of life was believed greatest. Isolation of many of the affected areas accen- tuated the relief problem. The summer resort of Firuza re- ported considerable destruction. The village of Germab was entirely des- troyed and a number of villages along the Persian border suffered heavily. The shocks were accompanied by a subterranean roar. NOT COMPLIMENTARY In his native tongue no one coul have been more graceful than the little Frenchman at the dinner-party. But when he essayed compliments in" English he was not quite so suc- cessful. "Have I changed in the five years since we met in your beloved Paris?" asked an elderly woman, who desired above all to be thought younger, much younger than she was. "Madam," replied the little. French- man, his hand on his heart, "you look like a rose of twenty years," b Germany and America Are Fully Agreed Paris, May 4.--The German and American reparations delegations have reached a full agreement on a complete settlement of the ro- parations problem it is . reported here today, It remains however for the Americans to win the French and Belgians delegations to their plan, Owen B. Young, chief of the American delegation, today was conferring with the delegations of thie other creditor nations to this end, MEXICAN GOV'T "SENDS TROOPS T0 END NEW REVOLT 15000 SOLDIERS TO CLEAN UP FOUR STATES Will Launch New Campaign esterday. Other ves-} sels also topk shelter in Lake On-| tario ports. * . Captain William Taylor of for Extermination of Religious Rebels (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, May 4.-- Fifteen thou: sand soldiers are to be sent at once to the four states affected by the so-called religious rebellion and a campaign of "annihilation" . began against the insurents or "Cristeros" as they are called. A statement issued by President Emilio Portes Gil said the addition- al troops would be sent at once from Sonora to join 5,000 men under General Saturnino Cedillo already operating there. POPE TO ABANDON HORSE AND CARRIAGE Rome, May 4.--Pope Pius' deci- slon to abandon the picturesque hofse and carriage as a means of personal conveyance in preference to the automobile was prompted by a sense of safety rather than an inclination towards modernity, it was learned here. ARREST TWO IN DEATH OF GIRL Will Appear to Answer Reckless Driving Charge in London London, Ont.,, May 4.--William and James Dwns, - brothers, were arrested at their home here in Grand Bond, near here, last night by High Constable Wharton following the death yes- terday of Miss Diana Spiers, of Byron, Ont. Miss Spiers was fa- tally injured when struck by an automobile at Springbank Park early yesterday. The two youths are held in the county jail here and will appear in court tomorrow on a charge vt alleged reckless and negligent driving and causing actual bodily harm, A RICH SARDINE For the nature lesson the teacher brought in a glass bowl containing a goldfish. This she placed in a prom- inent position on her table. "Now," she began, turning to the class, "can anyone tell me what a goldfish is?" There was no immediate reply. Af- ter a pause, however, a little girl put up 'her hand. : : "I know, teacher," she said brightly. "It's a sardine that's got very rich." Passengers on Board Lake Steamer Have Thrilling Experience in Gale REMOVED TO SAFETY Taken Ashore Off "City of Buffalo" After Being 24 Hours Overdue Ashtabula, Ohio, May 4. -- The "City of Erie", passenger boat of the Cleveland-Buffalo transit lines, this morning took aboard the 50 passen- gers of the disabled "City of Buf- falo" at the Ashtabula Harbor and proceeded to Cleveland. The passengers were more than a day overdue in Cleveland. They had spent the night aboard the "City of Buffalo", anchored ten miles northeast of Ashtabula, after drifting from Cleveland yesterday morning. The tugs "Virginia" and "Gilmore" towed the "City of Buffalo" into Port here for repairs and refueling, The vessel expected to proceed to Cleve. land later under her own power, if possible, A federal inquiry into conditions aboard the "City of Buffalo," will be opened as soon as the vessel is brought to Port, Captain 'Thomas Gould, United States inspector of hulls in Cleveland, announced. 135 Persons Aboard Cleveland, May 4.--~Battling huge 'waves and a strong gale, with 135 souls aboard, the passenger steam-« er City of Buffalo, I8 hours over- due dn Cleveland, was being towed last night by two tugs to Erle, Pa. i+ Tugs towed the steamer into the harbor at Ashtabula, but were un- able to dock thé hoat. 'They then started for Conneaut. but as thd port at that city is no larger than the one at Ashtabula, it is believed that the steamer will be docked at Erie. If the two lines hold, the steame er, badly battered by heavy seas, will reach Erie some time this morning. 50 Passengers Aboard Fifty passengers and a& crew of 85 are aboard the City of Buffalo, (Continued on Page 11) Run Longest Lap in Derby Expect Number of Entrants to Drop Out Over 70 Mile Route (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chelsea, Okla., May 4.~--~--Officials of C. C. Pyle's cross country race expected some of the bunion boys to drop out today on the 70 mile tramp to Muskogee. The run is one of the longest of the derby. Ed Gardner, Seattle negro, third in elapsed time before yesterday's lap of 54.7 miles from Miami, ape parently had given up. The negru, who has been handicapped by a shin splint, had not reported here late last night. Giusto Umek, Trieste, Italy, fine ished yesterday's lap first ana went into third place in elapsed time. He ran the distance in 7:03:45. Johnny Salo, Passaic, N.J., policeman, sec« ond in elapsed time, finished sece ond and Pete Gavuzzi, first in el« apsed time, was third. The leaders, exclusive of Garde ner: Pete Gavuzzi, England, 217: 12:02; John Salo, Passaic, N.J., 219:59:32;Giusto Umek, Italy, 233:54:31; Paul Simpson, Burling« ton, N.C., 242:05:23; Sam Rich= man, New York, 243:25:55; Phils ip Granville, Hamilton, Ont., 248: 46:30; M. B. McNamara, Austras lia, 267:10:27. Canadian Trade Helped London. Eng. -- Third reading was given in the House of Come mons yesterday to a bill which permits the sale in Britain during the close season here of frozen trout from Canada and Newfound- land. Hitherto such sale was proe hibited. .|Investigation Ordered Into Theft Of Diamonds Valued at $125,000 London, May 4.--Continental po- lice have begun an investigation of a mysterious diamond robbery in- volving stones valued at £25,000 (about $125,000). The diamonds were posted in re- gistered mail from Lorenzo Mar- quez, Portuguese East Africa, to an Antwerp firm, Wien the parcels! reached Antwerp they were found to contain only worthless pebbles, The original seals had been remov< ed and others substituted. The English expert diamond as- sayer John Bell has been summond« ed hurriedly to Antwerp for cons sultation with authorities. The dia« monds were heavily insured in Lo. don. et ~~ t= =e