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"All the 7! It Is News" VOL. 4--NO. 124 a Osha 5 To ra sas sass s senna ansasss By 2228 Ca News in Brief (By Canadian Press) a kde Cis Pdi ds Be 2 A Sodio fd Teachers to Meet Port Elgin. -- The ninth annual convention of the Bruce county ed- ucational association will be held in Wiarton on Friday, May 31 * To Celebrate Jubilee Walkerton. -- On Sunday, June 16, the fiftieth anniversary of Walkerton Lutheran church will be celebrated. It is proposed to have present as many as possible of the former minsters and mem- bers. * * *® Body Recovered . Windsor.--The body of a yuung man recovered yesterday from Lake Erie, at Brest. eight miles north of Monro. Mich.,, may be that of Otto Baltzer of Amherst- burg, one of the six boy campers who were drowned mearly two months. ago, en route from Sugar Island to Toledo. Four of the bodies have been recovered. op Irregular Marriages Edinburg. Scotland.--The great- ly increased number of irregular marriages was a very disastrous featue of home life in Scotland, declared Rev. Dr. John White, in submitting the report on "The Church and the Nation" wv General Assembly of -the Church of Scotland yesterday. * LJ yd Neck Is Broken Beaverton. *-- Dougal' Gillespie, local farmer, had his neck broken last Wednesday as the resui. oO. being kicked off a gangway while driving a team of horses Into his barn. He is now lying encased in a plaster cast in a Lindsay hospi- tal. Attending physicians say Gil- lespie will be completely recovered within three months, *' * Fishermen's New Worry Goderich.--Local fishermen, u.- ready harassed by loss of nets in early season storms, have a new worry and an unusual angle to the problem of gamep reservation is presented by the wholesale de- struction of wild ducks in the lake waters. Hundreds of the fowl in pursuit of fish become fouled in the nets with their prey. Honors List Expected Soon Members of Medical Profes- sion Likely to Receive Recognition Londen, May 28. --. The honors "list expected a week from today on the occasion of the King's birth- day will' consist of both the usual birthday honors and others which according to custom an outgoing Premier may advise. Rt. Hon. William Bridgeman, First Lora of the Admiralty who is retiring from politics will, it is expected receive a peerage. Should the general election this week indicate that Premier Baldwin is not likely to form the next Government some other members of the expiring ministry will probably be elevated to the House of Lords. ' Almost equal interest attaches to the honors which may be con- ferred on some members of the medical profession. following His Majesty's recovery from his illness. Tt is confidently stated that several of the physicians who attended him will be named in the list. DR. SCHACHT LEAVES PARIS Paris, May 28.--Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, chief German delegate at the Reparations conference, today 'went to get a breath of fresh air at the country home of a friend outside Paris, and his departure aroused reports in Berlin that he had departed on a mission to the Rhineland. Headquarters of the German de- legation declared Dr. Schacht could return to Paris within half an hour at any time necessary. He had found the heat wave in Paris op- pressive and sought a cool sput while awaiting a call from the al- lied experts, Prominent Financier Died in Toronto Today Toronto, May 28.--William Ed- ward Wilder, vice-president of Woed Gundy and Company, and prominent in financial life in Can- ada died at his home today follow in gan attack of pneumonia. He was in his 40th year. WEATHER Toronto, May 28 --Pressure is high over the eastern states and continues low to the north. ward of Manitoba and over the southwest states. Except for a few local showers in Ontario the weather has been fair and warmer in eastern Canada, while it has been unsettled iu the west with showers in many districts. Forecasts: Lower: lake re.' gion and Georgian Bay-- Light to moderate southwest- erly winds; warm tonight and Wednesda probably a tow local thunder. . eighteen Pad OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUI Daily Timex Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Refromer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City , MAY 28, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. FOURTEEN PAGES FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN WAREHOUSES, CANNING FACTORIES ARE AFFECTED Force After July 1, and Govern Those Over Eight- een and Under Sixty Years of Age LEARNING PERIOD FOR ELEVATOR OPERATORS As Regards Pieceworkers It Shall Be Sufficient of Sixty Per Cent. of the Pieceworkers in Any Fac- tory Receive Wages at These Rates (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, May 28.--New regula- tions and scales of wages are an- nounced in the Ontario Gazette by order in council today for female elvator operators, under the mini- mum wage act, ad also new regu- lations governing female employes in canning factories, which in- clues, packing and evaporating fruits and vegetables. They gare enforced July 1. Female employ- ees in wholesale houses and ware- houses are also to be included with officers, workers and orders governing them. Females operating elevators, under this act are to.have a two weeks" learning period during which no minimum wage rate is enforced. After the expiration ot the elarning period, they are to be paid $12.50 a week in Toronto, $12.00 in cities of 30,000 or more excepting Toronto. $11.00 in ecit- ies and towns having 10,000 pop- ulation or more and less than thir- ty thousand, $10.00 in citiés and towns having $4,000 and less than 10,000, $9.00 in towns and vil- lageés of 1.000 and more thau a, 000 and $8.00 throughout the rest of the Province. Commencing July 1 new regula- tions come into force governing fe- male employes in factories, cau- ning, packing and evaporating fruits and vegetables which ope:- ate seasonally, They govern those over eighteen and léss than sixty years of age, in Téronto 25 cents an hour, 23 cents in cities of 30,- 000 or more excepting Toronto, 22 cents in cities and' towns having 5,000 and less than 30,000, 20 cents in towns and villages of 2,- 000 and more than 5,000, 18 cents throughout the rest of the province. Employees of less than years and more than sixty are to be paid 20 cents an hour in Toronto, 17 cents in cities of 30,000, and 15 cents through- out the rest of the province. 8,130 MILES TO JOIN NAVY His imagination fired by the Battle of the Falklands when he was a child, Joseph Harries has just journeyed 8,130 miles from his home at Port Stanley in the Falklaand Islands; to London to join the British Navy. On the voy- age hig enthusiasm over navy life was so great that the crew said that "you would need two men to stop him working." CONDITION SATISFACTORY 'The condition of Lord Balfour, famous British statesman, is said to be satisfactory today, altohugh the bulletin adds that he will need "a long period of quiet" during his convalescence. He has been ill at his home for sev- oral days. | Po New Regulations Come Into' Proposal to Strike "Profit" From Rotary British Suggestion Is Caus- ing Stir at Rotary Inter- national Convention (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dallas, Tex., May 28.--The British proposal to strike the "profit" out of Rotary International's slogan ap- peared today as perhaps the most mooted item in the business pro- gram of the 20th annual convention, attended by some 10,000 in session here. A vote on the matter is expect: ed Thursday. The Rotary International Associa- tion for England and Ireland, through its president, Arthur Chad- wick, London, yesterday introduced a resolution proposing that the slo- gan "he profits most who serves best" be changed. The resolution de- clared the motto does not "truly and correctly interpret the ethical aims and objects of Rotary International and is liable to create misconceptions in the minds of some of its members and the public." No substitute was offered. NEW CAUSE FOR IDLENESS "One of the causes of unemployment} in Europe 1s that our working lives have been prolonged, declares a stat- istician, At one time, he says, "too old at forty" was the cry throughout the world, but we have now found that we are not too old at 60 or 65. Wage Regulations For Girls Passed Saved from Death i in Australian Bush' Following a seige of 13 days in the Australian bush, when their plane was' forced 'down by storm, the crew of the Australian aeroplane Southern Cross, were located and. rescued by ©. PLIERS RESCUED AFYER HARROWING EXPERIENCE their . two ga few minutes after thé rescue plane arrived. © Photo shows Lieut. McWil- Hams, Capt. Kingsford Smith. Flight Lieut. Ulm and Lieut. Litchfield. On The pictures which are the first to [their shoulders. isi Lieut. Heath, who reach 'this continent, show the crew | piloted the rescue plafie. the Canbefra. During weeks' forced stay in the barren lands 'they lived on snails and boiled grass. U.S. TARIFFS MAY G0 TO VOTE TODAY CANADIAN COMMODITIES SERIOUSLY AFFECTED IF U.S. TARIFF BILL IS PASSED Young Countess Charged Wik Theft of Jewels Her Fiance Takes His Life When Summoned by Police Berlin, May 28.--Solution of a jewel robbery which had mystified the police since Christmas today carried with it the suicide eX a for- mer army officer and the arrest v1 his fiancee, beautiful 23 year old Countess Helda Von Monroy. Berlin society was shocked yes- terday when the countess was ar- rested and imprisoned charged with the theft of $25,000 worth of jew- els from her aunt, Countess Herme- shberg. The countess was not even suspected until she attempted to 4°11 the jewels, Her fiance, former Captain Fritz Von Wedel was summoned. by the police for questioning today. This morning he was found dead, a sui- cide, in the famous Gruenewald forest. LOSES LIFE FOR "LUCKY HORSESHOE Seattle, Wash., May 28.--Only one man was lost when the liner Aleutian plunged to the bottom near Kodiak Island, Alaska, and that a member of the crew. Man- uel" Dorras was the victim, He climbed back on the ship from a lifeboat to rescue a "Lucky Horse- shoe." All the 15 passengers and the 115 members of the crew were taken aboard the steamer Survey- or. The Aleutian, of the Alaskan Steamship Company, was valued at $1,000,000. British Election Pursued in Key Constit (By Trevor Jones, Canadian Press Staff Writer) Birmingham, Eng., May 28.--In this city for which Joseph Cham- berlain, statesman and tariff re- former, sat for over 30 years and for which his two famous sons now sit while they hold important cab- inet posts the general election is being pursued with unusual vigor. Since the great split on the Home Rule issue in 1886 before which Birmingham was Liberal in poli- tics the city has been the strong- hold of Unionism.and when: other cifies yielded to the pressure of So- cialism and the Labor party Bir- mingham - remained true to tne Chamberlain tradition. Since the enlargement of the city in 1911 Birmingham has had 12 members all of whom were Unionist prior to 1924. In the general elec- tion of that year Labor got its first' foothold when R. Dennison was elected for King's Norton. 'He is defending the seat again and is the centre of one of the most widely 'discussed controversies of the elec- tion, He clashed with Sir Herbert Austin, head of the Austin Motor Works, when he said his works might have to close if Labor came 'into power and carried out" its pol- .|icy of removing the M enna du- ties on automobiles. Dennison, re- plied 'by declaring a Labor govern- ment would take over any works which closed because of its coming into office. Birmingham is unique in having four 'cabinet ministers as its repre- sentatives, Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S, Amery, Domin. ion and Calonial Secretary, and Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labor. Sir Austen is opposed by a Socialist, 0.,G. Willey, and each of (Continued on page 9) Chinese Seize Soviet Counsul (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Harbin, Manchuria, China, May 28. --Chinese officials searched the So '| viet Consulate here yesterday, seiz- ing the consul and staff and hold- ing them on charges which have not as yet been revealed. Reports were than the Chinese au- thorities were inspired by the Nan- king Government and were search: ing for documents which might have implicated the Moscow Government in antinationalist activities, particu- larly as regards the revolting war lord, Yu Hsiang 3 ~ Vigorously Birmingham, ency of Country Shields Offers Explanation Substantiates Report That $10,000 Had Been Bor- rowed From Annuity Des Moines, Ia., May 28.--Dr. T. T. Shields, president of the Board of Trustees of Des Moines Univer- sity, today explained "financial Tndiscretions" in the school's opera- tion, which had been hinted at by faculty members during the 'admin- istrative upheaval at the institution three weeks ago. His statement also was signed by Miss Edith M. Rebman, secretary, and E. A. Roberts, of Cleveland, and the Rev. H. G. Hamilton, of Austin, Minn., trustees. The explanation came the day before a district court judge was to hold a hearing on an injunction obtained early this month by students, forbidding the trustees to close the university or to with. hold 'credits. The four board members came to Des Moines yesterday to take con- trol of the institution. Dr. Shields in his statement today substantiated a report that $10,000 had been borrowed from the univer. sity's' annuity. and endowment fund to pay current bills, including pro- fessors' salaries. This point the state ment said was the basis of the ac: cusation. STUDENTS BANNED FROM UNIVERSITY Fifteen Convicted by Vigi- lance Committee--Some Given Second Chance London, Ont., May'28.--Filteen students of the arts faculty of the University of Western Ontario "will' pass out of the picture' with the completion of the present ex- aminations unless they scrupulous ly conform to the regulations of the arts college ag enforced, not by the faculty but by the: Hu governing dents' own: - SIDELIGHTS ON THE "BRITISH ELECTION There is unconscious humor in the announcement of a famous Lon- don hotel of the arrangements for guests following polling day. The announcement says: "Cocktail 'part- ies will 'begin at 11.30 p.m. and the results of the election will continue to be shown during the morning, during lunchtime and in the after- noon." Some Scottish burghs are produc- ing some curious election incidents. In Stirling and Falkirk Alexander Ratcliffe is appearing as the candi- date for the Scottish National Pro- festant League.' In protest against Ratcliffe's candidature = Lord. Scone has resigned as president of the lea- gue and Ramsay MacDonald severely castigatas the candidate for having brought religion into politics. Hugh Murnin who is seeking to retain the seat for Labor is a Catholic. . In Ross, and romarty H. D. Ms- Intosh, the Labor candidate, is a member of the New South Wales leg- islative council and is prominent there in newspaper, sporting and theatrical circles. He is opposed by Rt." Hon. J. I. Macpherson, Conser- (Continued on page 9) Major Osborne Suffers Shock Details. of His Adventures Being Withheld for Fear of "Relapse 'Toronto, Oht, May. May 28.~-Major Os- borne Lean who returned to his home here. yesterday after wandering 'throngh 'Eastern Canada for 'eighteen months has béen removed to Christie Street 'Hospital to recover from his experiences. He has suffered severe- ly from: shock and loss of weight since he' disappeared from Toronto in Nov. 29, 1927. While a search was being conducted through the East ern part of the province, he made his way to Montreal without a cent in his pockets, begging lifts from motorists none of "whom recognized him. After travelling farther east in Quebec he retraced his steps towards home and on- his way back to To- ronto he worked on a farm near Ot- tawa. He finally made his way to Toronto and turned up at the housé of relatives on Monday night, fur- ther details of his adveitures are, be- ing withheld. for fear that he may suffer. a. relapse into -the nervous prostration that was 'brought on by. war wounds, Conventions 1n Highways to Be Improved Eight Miles Will Be Paved-- Covered With Special Surface Toronto, May 28.--Provincial highways between Barrie and Or- illia, and between Washago and Gravenhurst, which week-end mo- torists reported in very bad condi- tion are to be repaired this year, it was learned today at Parliament Buildings. fie) xg) Nothing has been done about the Barrie-Orillia highway up to the present because eight miles of it are to be paved, it was explained the contract will probably be let within the next two weeks. The stretch of highway between Washago and Gravenhurst comes ern Development and is to be cov- ered with a composition surface to make it impervious to rains. The road is very sandy and is affected by rain, which causes it to become %ull of holes , SUCCEEDS HASTINGS Dr. G. P. Jackson, who succeeds Dr. Je Os 5 as Toronty's s medi- Important Events in History Of Womens Organizations under the Department of Nnorth- |] West Are (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Victoria, B.C., May 28. -- With picturesque and colorful ceremon- fal and in the presence of a very large and distinguished gathering, including Hon. R. R. Bruce, lieut- enant-governor and Hon, S. F, Tol- mie. premier of British Columbia, the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the National Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. opened here last night. Mrs. J. A. Stewart, of Toronto, National president, was in the chair. Lieut.-Governor. Bruce, in wel- coming the members of the Order to British Columbia commended the inspiration of the founder who chose the title of Imperial Daugh- ters of the Empire, for such a name implied great aspirations and great ideals. : Premier Tolmie, in tendering greetings on behalf of the Provin- cial Government congratulated the order for the splendid service it had rendered to Canada by helping to unify all its provinces into one whole, indissolubly bound by hgih- est ideals to the Motherland. Business session of the anuua: meeting © will open this morning report. Saskatoon, Sask. May. 28,--~The thirty sixth annual meeting of the National Council of Women, opens at the University of Saskatchewan here today, when eighty delegates are expected from all parts of the Dominion. Preliminary to the general ses- sions, fifty of 'the delegates were guests of the Women's Canadian Club at Saskatoon at dinner last night. Mrs. Robert.Forke, presi- dent of the Ottawa local 'council of women and Mrs, Harry Carpen- ter of Hamilton, brought greetings and in brief addresses stressed the value of national unity in which the hope of Canada's future lies. Train Derailed By Insurgents (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, May 28.--Despatches to El Universal from Queretaro and Guadalajara today said the Guadala- jara to Mexico City passenger train was derailed and attacked by insur- gents yesterday. One passenger wis wounded in a fight between the in- surgents and the train's military es- with the reading of the President's | * ---- Present Indications Show the Almost Certain Passage of the Hawley Tariff Bill in the House of Represent. atives ONTARIO WOULD FEEL MILK & CREAM RATES Bill Increases Rates on Cattle, Swine, Sheep, Wool, Beef, Lamb and Pork; Hides, Leather, Boots and Shoes and Many Other Commodities (By Kenneth S. Clark, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 28,--The Haw- ley tariff bill is scheduled by Re= spublican leaders to go to a vote with almost certain passage in the House of Representatives this af- ternoon. The measure would, if it passed the Senate without a change and were signed by President Hoover, would considerably affect Canaaian eapcrts. Canadian commodities chiefly af- fected would be products of the farm, cedar shingles and hardwood lumber. The bill increases rates on cattle, swine, sheep, wool,' beef, lamb and pork; hides, leather, boots and shoes; milk, cream, butter and cheese; flaxseed, potatoes, canned tomatoes, peas, beans and buck- wheat; shingles, cedar, boardsiand planks and maple and birch lumber. British 'Columbia will suffer from a 20 per cent. ad valorem duty on shingles--§ of their output last year going to the United States, with 'a valued business of seven million dollars. Potato growers of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick would be adyersely affected by the ine crease 'of .duty on potatoes of 75 cents per hundred weight instead of fifty. Western Canada would feel the doubling of the beef raté of three cents and the increase of +half a cent on light cattle and & cent' on the heavier stock, Ontario and milk territory of Quebec would feel the milk and cream rates. President Hoover had already put higher rates oa these commodities into effect. BUNIONEERS ENTER NEW MEXICO TODAY, El Paso, Tex, May 28.--After 19 days of jogging across Texas paves - ments, rocky roads and sandy lanes, C. C. Pyle's bunioneers enter New, Mexico today. Las Gruces, fifty miles away across Amarid stretch was the first control station in that state. Pete Gavuzzi, of England, ran the 30 mile lap from Fabens, in 3.23.40 yesterday and reduced the lead im elapsed time of Johnny Salo, New Jersey policeman to 42 minutes, 30; seconds, Salo finished fifth in 3.58. Herbert Hebmap, of New York, was second. BEAUTICIAN SHOWS GIVEN Beauty doctors of Europe 'are giving shows just like the dress< makers, except that they have com= plexion' mannequins and dispense cocktails and sandwiches instead of tea and cakes, One cocktail is' named 'Bright Eyes" and another "Wrinkle Remover". Although the "kick" was in the drinks, the mix- tures are said to be harmless te the skin. i ™ : MAKES SOLO FLIGHT Miss Gracs "Tib" Goul yesterda: made a 30-minute solo fligl ¢ from t Leaside flying field, thus gainin, the distinction of being the first girl 'Lot 'the rebels. cort which finally ended in dispersal fT in the Toronto Flying Club to go alone. Miss Goulding er Bel B. sat, AEE