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Bomb Explodes / Chicago, Ills, May 17--A bomb ex- ploded early today on the fourth floor of the Trenier Hotel, home and athering place of negro politicians. fo one was injured. . Daylight-Saving In Sarnia Sarnia--An effort is being made to have Sarnia adopt daylight-saving time, it was learned today, with the circulation of petitions by the Sar- nia Retail Merchants' Association, * Mayor Fined ; Kitchener, Ont--Pleading guilty for allowing his dog to run at large, Mayor Clement was fined $1.00, at a meeting of the police commission yesterday. * * * Will Tour Ontario Toronto, Ont--W. E. N. Sinclair and as many Liberal members of the provincial house as can go will make a tour of Northern Ontario during the first two weeks in June, the Liberal leader stated in an interview with a local newspaper representa- tive. * * * Engines Recovered Mildmay.--W. A. Kramer, super- visor of the waterworks system was successful in locating the two miss- ing hydraulic engines that were washed .away by the flood . They were both buried in the mud, under five feet of water, Offered Half Million Chicago.--Paddy Harman, presi- dent of the Chicago Stadium Corpor- ation today offered Jack Dempsey half 'a million to meet Otto Von Porat, Norwegian heavyweight, in a fifteen round bout out-doors during the summer season. * oo % Three Boys Vanish Kitchener.--Police are on the look- out for three Kitchener boys who disappeared on Monday and have not been seen since. The lads, Wilfred Dippel, 14, and Mike Mederat and Stephen Zoblocki, each 13 years of age, are believed to have wandered away in a spirit of adventure, *" Ford City Population Windsor.--Ford City's population is 17,000, municipal office announced today, an increase of 1,900 over the same period of last year. The population ten years ago was 3,138. The community will become East Windsor with the status of a city, June 1, * Ok : Inflict Defeat Hongkong.--An official report from Canton today said that Can- tonese troops had inflicted a de- feat of Kwangsi forces in Eastern Kwangtung, recapturing Waichow, east of Canton. The Kwangsl forces were reported falling back toward Swatow. * * * Body Found In River Ottawa.--The body of John Ben- dix was discovered in the Ottawa River yesterday by Oscar Larocque, who had been fishing with a dip net. Bendix had been missing for three weeks. He formerly resided in Mon- treal. He was a native of Czechos- lovaki, where he leaves a wife and two children. There were no marks of violence on the body. * Pr Heavy Demand on 'Change For Con- servative "Stock" London.--A heavy demand develop- ed on the stock exchange yesterday for "stock" of the Conservative party in the market on election majorities. The Conservative stock rose three points to 277-281, Liberals lost two at 90-94 and the Labor "majorities" were unchanged at 239-243. » * Crushed By Stone Stratford --Robert Georgehan, 66, of Elma township, died in hospital yesterday from injuries received yes- terday when he was crushed beneath a stone slab weighing more than 500 pounds. Georgehan was straighten- ing fence posts with the assistance of the heavy slab when it broke in two pieces, pinning him beneath. MARRIAGE OF ROYAL PAIR PREVENTED Sofia, Bulgaria, May 17.--From a high authority came the state- ment today that rules of the Bul- garian National Church and the the Roman , Catholic Church had prevented the marriage of King Boris of this country and Princess Gfovanna of Italy. This authority said that but for the attitude of the Vatican and impossibility of action by the Bulgarian church the betrothal of the Royal pair would have been announced in the course of the Bulgarian national celebrations Wednesday. WEATHER Meteorological office, To- ronto, May 17.--The depres- sion over Northen Quebec yesterday morning has passed to the Labrador coast while high pressure extends over the Lower Lakes and off the middle Atlantic coast. Shal- ow areas of low pssure are ppreaching the Great Lakes rom the westward. The weather is for the most sart fair in all provinces, coul in the west and a tendency toward higher temperature in Ontario. Forecasts: Lower Lake and Georgian Bay--Southwest to : south winds; fair with rising tempe:ature. Saturday--Mod- erately warm, fair at first, fol. lowed by showers. iid Osh aa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Refromer ELIN IN PERIL IN VIOLENT STOR A Growi Newspaper in a Growing City OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. SIXTEEN PAGES ¥ # Change in Law Causes Postponement of Bylaw Vot : MIGHTY AIRSHIP DRIVEN TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE TERRIFIC GALE Unable To Reach a Safe Landing Place, Dirigible Is Being Buffeted by Winds, and Dr. 'Eckener Reports That Grave Dam- age Has Placed Ship in Serious Danger WOMAN PASSENGER SHOWS REAL PLUCK Graf Zeppelin When Last Reported Was Over South of France and Making Desperate Struggle to Make Headway on Home- ward Trip Valence, France, May 17.--The Graf Zeppelin made a vain attempt to land at the airfield of Portes- Les-Valence before she was swept off southwest towards Saillans this afternoon, Numerous Appeals Lyons, France, May 17.--Dr., Eck- ener wirelessed nuemrous appeals for permission to land at Valence to the authorities here. He said that the Zeppelin had suffered grave damage which placed the ship in serious dan- ger. Permission was given 'immediately, but it was not known whether the Zeppelin had picked up the' reply. The big dirigible sent no further mes- sages and failed to answer Ber call signals, ba nh To Try to Land Lyons, France, May 17, == Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, notified the airfield commander here this ofternoon that he would attempt a landing at Valence, Dr. Eckener asked that the gar- rison at Valence be mobilized in order to assist in bringing the big airship safely to earth. Heavy winds down the Rhone Valley made it impossible to continue the flight. : Valence is a city on the Rhone river about 30 miles north of Montelimar, where the Graf Zep- pelin was reported at 1.05 p.m. It is about 65 miles south Lyons. Asks for Help Valence, France, May 17.--At 3.18 pm, (9.18 am, EST.) while. still struggling to reach Valence, Dr. Eck- encr cast overboard a message in (Continued on page 5) Unemployment Problem Attack (Gy Thos. T. Champion, Canadi- an Press Staff Correspondent) London, May 17.--The Conserva- tive leaders continue their strong attack on the scheme for solving the unemployment problesn which forms the main plank in/the Lib- eral platform n this election vime paign. "Who are the experts who advis- ed Mr. Lloyd George on his un- employment scheme?" Prime Min- ister Stanley Baldwin asked in the course of his London speech yes- terday, "I wonder if Sir Henry Maybury, who knows so much about roads, was ever consulted?" CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING Chicago, Ills, May 17.--Wheat,' May, 103%; July 1083; corn, May 86; July 89; oats May 473%; July 447%. C.C. Pyles - Pavement - Pounders (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sweetwater, Tex., May 17.--Ré- joined by Head Man C. C. Pyle, who had been absent since he suf- fered a broken arm in a motor car accident, the bunion derbyites to- day headed for Colorado, Tex., 30 miles away. At today's start, less than an hour separated Pete Gavuzzi of England, leader in elapsed time, and Johnny Salo, Passaic, N.J. __Salo won yesterday's 56.2 mile lap from Anson in 7.35.40. Gavud- zzi finished In a tie for secona ond place with Sam Richman of New York in 7.47.10, Port Colborne Expect Relief of Congestion (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Port Colborne, May 17.--High hopes were held here this morning that the grain congestion which had been existing at the local elevators for the past month might be clears ed up within a week or 10 days, Two boats, Matthewston and Prine doc, cleared yesterday and no up- per lakers arrived and none were known to be en route. Justice Riddell 111 Toronto, Ont--It was reported here last night that Mr. Justice Rid- dell of the Ontario Supreme Court is seriously ill at his home here. It was stated that pneumonia "had at- tacked the left lung. Limping Homeward In Disabled Condition GRAF ZEPPELIN'S POSITION REPORTED PERILOUS i The giant German dirigible, under the command of Dr. Hugo Eckener, and with about sixty persons aboard, is limping homeward, with three of its five motors dead, in the face of a violent storm. reported, it was barely struggling along towards the rugged and mountainous Alpine region in southern France. ss SO When last VOTE ON BYLAWS DEFERRED UNTIL SATURDAY JUNE 15 BY UNAVOIDABLE DELAY Ontario Hydro Foshay Power Armistice (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto.--An armistice between the Ontario Hydro Power Commis- sion and the Foshay Power inter- ests of Minnesota in the latter's fight to invade power development in Ontario is forecast by a visit today of W. B. Foshay to G. How- ard Ferguson, prime minister. Pleaded Guilty Toronto, Ont.--Pleading not guilty to a charge of armed robbery, in connection with the Metropolitan church payroll hold-up, Mar, 8 Max Applebaum, elected trial without jury, in police court yesterday. He was released on bail. The Times Secures Series of Articles on British Labour Party and G ESCAPED TRAGEDY MISS DORIS COWAN Daughter of H. B. Cowan, of Pet. erboro, and sister of Richard Cowan, of the staff of The Osh- awa Times, dietician of the dia- betic department of the Cleve land Clinic, who escaped injury in the holocaust on May 135, when the hospital was the scene of an explosion, The death toll from poisonous gas has mounted to 118, No Nearer To An Armistice Shields Leunched Fight to Regain Reins at University Buffalo, N.Y., May 17.--Assured by Iowa executives that full pro- tection of the law would be grant- ed trustees of Des Moines Univer- sity in operating the school, Dr. Thomas T. Shields, trustee chief, launched today a fight to regan the reins there. He and his col- leagues now are barred by court injunction. Buffalo, N.Y., May 17.--Follow- ing a stormy session marked by libel threats, charges and denials, the Baptist Bible Union cnnven- tion, battle ground for opposing forces in Des. Moines University row, appeared no nearer armistice on its final day. Dean Earl Callaway and Rev, Minor Stevens, a trustee, cham- pions of President H. C. Wayman, ousted with the entire faculty, de- clared they would return to Des Moines today to continue the war against the trustees. First Free State Minister To Vatican Dublin, Irish Free State, May 17,--It was stated here today that Osmond -Grattan Esmonde, son of Sir Thomas Esmonde, is likely to be the first Irish Free State Minis- ter at the Vatican, (Sir Thomas Esmonde was a Chamberlain of the Vatican House in 1898, is a Grand Officen of the Order of the Hely Sepulchre and is representative of the Order in Ireland. His heir, Osmond, who has been suggested for the Vatican post, is 43 years old). election. eneral Election The Oshawa Times, in co-operation with the Anglo-American Newspaper Service, has been able to secure a splendid series of articles dealing with the possibilities of a Labor gov- g¢rnment ony formed in Great Bri- tain following the coming general This is the outstanding fac- tor in the election possibilities, and these articles, written by men of the highest rank in the political life of the British Isles, including an intro- thorative expression of opinion on this subject. The introductory article by the Earl of Birkenhead appears on Page 4 of today's issue of The. Times, and succeeding articles, written by prom- inent British political figures, includ- ing the Rt. Hon, Thomas Shaw; M.P,, Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, M.P,, Sir Kingsley. Wood, Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, M.P,, Rt. Hon. Noel Buxton, M.P./ Rt. Hon Philip Snow- den, former chancellor of the ex- chequer, will appear daily until the day before the elegtion. These will doubtless be received with great in- terest by the readers of The Times, in view of the paramount interest be- ing taken in the British election. MANITOBA ADOPTS AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH ACT Power Ratification Bill Fin- ally Was Given Third Reading Winnipeg, Man., May 17.--After 52 days of solid session, many of them momentous in the political history of the Province, the Man- itoba Legislature will prorogue this afternoon. , Last night, the Government Power Ratification Bill, which ratifys the agreement and lease of Seven Sisters Falls site to the Northwestern Power Company, finally was given third reading, and now awaits royal assent. Again there was Conservative and Labor opposition, but a motion to give the measure six months' hoist was defeated 29 to 13. An amendment to the Public Health Act to make compulsory vaccination and inoculation, at the discretion of the Board of Health in lumbering, mining and con- struction camps, also was adopt- ed. A clause was adde, however, exempting conscientious 'objectors and 'persons treating human ail- ments by prayer or spiritual means as an enjoyment of exercise of re- ligious freedom." The '"'exemption clause" was sponsored by Mrs, Edith Rogers, Liberal, Winnipeg, and added to the amendment only after lengthy debate. KING AND QUEEN WILL NOT ATTEND ASCOT Ascot, England, May 17. -- The race meeting here in June wii. vo robbed of much of its usual glam- or this year with the absence of the King and Queen. Official an- nouncement today said they would not attend. ' Heretofore the picturesque pro- cession of horsedrawn carriages carrying the Royal ' party aong the race course has heen a feature of each day's meeting. (LAKE STEAMER ON ductory article by the Rights Hon.) The Earl of Birkenhead, form an aus ROCKS, OTHERS BADLY DAMAGED Freighter Ralph Budd Pounding to Pieces on Rocks MEN OVERBOARD Steamer Frick Runs Aground, But Is Refloated (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sault Ste, Marie, Ont., May 17.-- Four vessels in trouble, one of which, the freighter Ralph Budd of the Great Lakes Transportation Corporation will be a total loss, anu two men. washed overboard from the snowstorm. She is 48 feet Interlake Steamship Company, seems to have been the toll of Wed- nesday night's storm, so far as can he learned from a canvass of the sources of marine information here today, The steamer Ralph Budd, the 1,- 000 ton freighter of the Great Lakes Transportation Company, re- perted yesterday to be pounding to pieces in heavy seas six miles west of Eagle Harbor, is in a bad posi- tion on the rocks and probably will be a totai loss. The crew of 31 men was taken from the vessel without accident and they are now at Houghton, Mich, The steamer J. E. Gorman, of the Great Lakes Transportation Company, lost her wheel and rud- der in Wednesday night's blizzard off Autrain, eight miles west ot Grand Island, and her No 5 tank is leaking, according to informa- (Continued on Page 2 ) Drocourt Tria Ended Today Justice Raney Thought Crown Wise In Not Pressing Charges' Parry Sound, May 17.--Formal conclusion of the trials vesulting from the collision on the Canadian National Railway at Drocourt, Ont. on March 20 last in which 17 per= sons lost their lives was brougnt about today when at the opening of the court W, L. Haight, K.C., Crown prosecutor, entered nolie prosequi in the cases of ' Richard E. Riley and Charles Gorrie, fire- man and rear-end brakeman on train No. 3. Riley and Gorrie were both charged with criminal negligence but in view of the acquittal yester- day of G. V. Alexander, engineer of the train on. a similar charge in addition to a major one of manslaughter, the Crown decided not to proceed against them. Mr. Justice Raney stated that he thought. the course pursued by the Crown was wise. Engineer Alex- ander was not negligent with crim- inal intent and it would have been farcial to try and'convict the other members of the train crew with Alexander acquitted, his lordship said, Warsaw, Poland, May 17.--More than 4,000 persons are homeless and destitute as a consequence of the burning of almost the entire township of Iwie, on the eastern frontier of Poland. N 'men who aided in the rescue work Cleveland Citizens Join In Plans For Rebuilding Clinic; Death Total 125 * (Cleveland, May 17.--The Cleve- land clinic, where 125 persons lost their lives in twn explosions of pu sonous gases Wednesday, will be rebuilt under plains being formed today by a committee of 35 prom- inent citizens. ! . Dr. George W. Crile, one of tha founders otf the institution and ity director, will be at the head of the new clinic." "We must go.on," he said. Grief-stricken and. overburdened with the tragedy whieh: had come upon him, the surgeon, who gained international remown through goi- ter research and other medical dis- coveries, laid plans with the com- mittee for reestablishment of the institution, The loss from the es- plosions and fire was set today «r $750,000, principally in medical records. More Deaths Feared The death toll in the explosiuns mounted last niglit, and even today it' was feared that all those who eventually will succumb to the nox= fous fumes had not beén countea. Three firemen and as many police went to hospitals last night. Others were ill at their homes, among (Continued on page 5) CONTINUE STUDY ON FINDINGS OF SUB-COMMITTEE Expect Examination of Re- port Will Conclude Tonight Paris, May 17--The Experts on Reparations were engaged today in continfied study on the report of their sub-committee embodying the find- ings of more than three months work on Europe's ponderous postwar debt problem. For four hours yesterday the ex- perts dissected the report, prepared under the difection of Sir Josiah Stamp, British banker, piece by picce. discussing its findings, the pro- posed annuities figures of Owen D. young, conference chairman, and the German reservations to acceptance of those figures. This analysis was to be continued today, until the whole of the report shall have been considered. This point, it was expected, would be reached possibly by tonight. Pro- cedure from that time was not set- tled definitely but it was not believed the conference would adjourn until after the week-end. EVANGELISTS COME TOGETHER AGAIN Los Angeles, Calif., May 17.-- Mrs, Aimee Semple McPherson evangelist, and her mother, Mrs, Minnie Kennedy, 'last night de- clared they had smoothed over the differences which have kept them apart since August, 1927, They met yesterday, when Mrs, Kenne- dy, who has been living in Seattle, made an unannounced visit to Los Angeles. A row over finances of Angel- us Temple, the church conducted by Mrs. McPherson, which result- ed in the evangelist ousting Mrs, Kennedy from the organization, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOHN STANLEY MacLEA~N President of Gunns, Ltd., and sec- retary-treasurer of the Harris Abatteir, who has been appoint- ed vice-chairman of the advis- ory committee to the Ontao Research Foundation. Bournemouth Corporation beach undertakings showed a profit of £7050 last year Scottish Union Accomplished Two Great Scottish Presby- terian Churches United (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Edinburgh, Scotland, May 17.--The general assemblies of the two great Scottish Presbyterian churches will meet for the last time as separate bodies near the close of this month in Edinburgh, when the eyes of Scot- smen and Scotchswomen the world over will be turned towards the city. During their sittings the assemblies will come to a decision of momen- tous import to he Scottish people; after 20 years of negotiations union is at last to be an accomplished fact. The final steps which constitutional procedure requires will be taken wm the autumn, Many questions concer ing church life and work at home and abroad will be discussed but the sub- ject of union will overshadow all others, v The church of Scotland membe:- ship is practically unanimous for un- ion, At the last assembly an amend- ment for the rejection of the schewe received only seven votes, In the Uni- ted Free church, however, although an overwhelming majority are keen to go forward into the larger union, there is a minority led by Rev. James Barr, with a vote at the last assem- bly of 48 ministers and elders, which is determined to prosecute with all energy the arrangements for a con- tinuing church. The majority maintain that by the acts of 1921 and 1925 the Church of Scotland freed herscli of state con- trol and interference, and that the fi- nancial bond between church and state was broken. The minority be- lieve the action proposed is against the principle 'of religious ~ equality. which they count as sacred a princi- ple as spiritual frcedom itself, and {Commission of Ontario to the principle of voluntary support began the separation. of religious ordinances, Technical Error Made _ in Wording of Bylaw Au thorizing the Vote Owing to Amendment of Sta« tutes at Last Session of Legislature CITY OFFICIALS NOT NOTIFIED OF CHANGE Error Requires Amendment at Council Meeting Mon- day Night, Which Causes Vote to Be Deferred One Week to June 15 The vote on the by-laws for iho purchase of the local gag and elec- tric plants and also on the bylaw for the establishment of an indus- trial area in the city has been deferred to Saturday, June 15, it was stated today, This action was necessary owing to a technical er ror in one of the bylaws which will be rectified by an amendment at the council meeting Monday night, but the delay in having the bylaw legally passed necessitated the advancement of the date for taking the vote of the electorata by one week. The error occurred in the bylaw which authorized the taking of the vote on the other two bylaws and the two questions, Owing to an error in the wording of this bylaw, it was stated in it that the rom the | isson. of the purchase of power Hydro-Blectric Power under forty-year agreement, wag be voted on by all persons entitled to vote at municipal elections.' When corrected, this will read that it is to be voted on by only those en- titled to vote on money bylaws. This error was pointed out to the city solicitor by the legal de- partment of the Hydro Electric Power Commission, which had had considerable" trouble during the vote in Southampton on thig same question. The provincial govern- ment had ruled at the last session that this question should be voted on by only property owners in the city, who are entitled to vote on money bylaws, but the local officie als had not been notified of this change. 2 There will thus be three ques- tions on June 15 to be voted on by ratepayers entitled to vote on money byaws, the questions of the purchase of the electric and gas | plants from the Hydro Electric Power Commission; the raising of $30,000 by debentures for the establishment of Industrial Areas (Continued on page 5) Prime Minister At Blackpool (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Blackpool, Eng., May 17.---One of the high spots in the present election campaign will be the holi- day addresses by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin at Fleetwood and in Blackpool next Monday, which is Whit Monday and a public holi- day. Fleetwood a fishing centre a few miles from here, has been rather concerned over the proprie- try of granting the Conservatives the use of the bandstand in Mar=- ine Gardens there for a political meeting. The corporation in fact turned down the proposal at first but relented when it: was intimated the Prime Minister might cancel his visit. Ten thousand persons will be able to hear the Prime Minister at Fleetwood and the same address will be relayed to a gathering of five thousand in Blackpool Palace and to thousands more, by fre- quent loudspeakers, on the fam= ous Blackpool sands, He = will speak in 'person on the sands fronting the four-mile promenade, later in the day. Fokker Interest . Purchased By General Motors New York, May 17.--An impor« tant development disclosed last eve ening was the definite entrance of General Motors into the aviation field with purchase of a 40 per cent. interest in Fokker. General Motors reported April sales to con= sumers of 223,303 cars, a gdin of 13,936 over April, 1928.