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Oshawa Daily Times, 29 Jun 1929, p. 11

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"All the News While It Is News" The © h Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 4--NO. 152 Published Day Now Touring Europe. Newspaper Tourist Party Finds Irish Coast Not Too Sightly at First Glance By A. R. Kennedy, Editor of the Stratford Beacon- Herald, and a Member of the Canadian Press Party Cobh, (formerly Queenstown), Ireland, June 13.--The emerald isl- and fails to live up to its mame at first sight. Rocks make it look rath- er stern, and do not give the im- pression of the whole-hearted Irish welcome of which one hears so much. Nearing Cobh one sees the phan- tom ship of the course, the Celtic. It hardly seems right to refer to it as a wreck, but I was assured that Lloyd's" had recognized it as such, and had paid the full extent of the claim. There it rests, once a proud vessel of the White Star line, not an outward sign of trouble with the exception of a slight list. A great jagged rock that sticks up in front tells the whole story of what hap- pened. The irony of it is that from the Celtic one could - almost heave a rock as far as the lighthouse 'at the entrasice to the land-locked harbor. Heavy weather was on and 'a fog so dense that one could not see a foot ahead joined to put the Celtic on the rocks, and the channel there is 'so narrow for depth that the 'pilot takes the liner within twenty or. thirty yards of where the wreck lies. Old Time Fortresses Close. by on the hills are ancient forts, grim, forcboding things, no doubt formidable enough in their day, but an easy mark for an aero- plane. Farther "afigld one sees evidence of more peaceful pursuits, fine fields, cattle on the hills, orderly build- ings. But when the the bay: and the tender comes transfer passengers and mail, gets a rcal touch of Ireland. There must have been a dozen [rish-women with great bulging suit- cases, come on board. Then of course thére was the man with the bundle of black briar thorn canes. And how those Irish women 'can sell! Mostly they offered shawls' and handkerchiefs and all manner of linen goods. When a sale of decent proportions was made there 'would tome the usual wording, "God. bless you, .and sure wid that wrapped around your neck you'll never be seasick." liner halts out in to one i Pilot a Veteran The pilot has been on this strip of water 'for about 20 years. I had av change to talk with him for a few minutes while the tender was load- ing. "This harbor of Qucenstown was much used during the war years?" [ suggested. "Yes, there were times when we had as many as 24 vessels in there waiting. for word that it was clear for them to pull out and be on their | gather up their children; and way. The entrance was heavily min- ed and there was only a very nar- row passage through which an en- trance could be gained. Most of the work was done at night. Many a sLip. we took out of there laden with supplies; yes, it was not so very dffiicult to keep them clear of the reefs and mine field, but," and then came an expressivé pause, more eloquent than words -- "many of those we started out were blown up before they got very. far away. That's the way of war," remarked the pilot as he went to the bridge for the trip out, "many, a good many, went out at night, and had perished before the morning was very old." Dirty Night Promised * The wind was blowing across the bay so that the tender had to seek shelter on the far side of our ves- sel. "This will give us a dirty night between here and Cherbourg," re- marked the captain. Those who were bothered with a bit of rolling and pitching say the captain's promise was kept to the letter. It was hard- ly possible to walk across the back of the deck by 10 o'clock, but all I recall is that the bath steward, who insists on keeping his passen- gers well scrubbed, tapped on the door at 8 to assure me that "your bath is quite ready, sir." Now! Gay Paree! Paris, France, June 14.--It may be that when one speaks of Paris there is the thought of gaiety, life, fashion. For that reason I am putting at the top a touch of drab that cannot be left out of the picture. The train was waiting at Cherbourg, the cars being of the compartment type, 8 seatings in each. Across a couple of tracks was an iron railing, and back of that rail- ing stood a dozen folk on: 'whom gaiety had failed to land. Neither was there much fashion, but life-- of a kind. The prevailing fashion of this little group is rags. Blindness has come upon the old lady at the end of the line, yet her hands grope their way through the railing in the hope that some tourist landing from the boat and on the way to -Paris may pause to leave a' centime or a franc. Mothers, they say, Slwars the children of neighbors to go with them, so it may be made to appear that they have very large families. Pleasant French Countryside One soon sees a more pleasant sight as we move on out of Cher- bourg. The country opens up in its most wonderful it fh, of the year. The land is rolling; it is indeed very green, and perhaps from a month to six weeks ahead of Ontario in the ripening of crops. Pioneers in Ontario spent much at Ouhaws, Off. Canada, Eviry OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. . PAGES 9-18 time in building stump fences. In France the dividing lines are hedges or rows of trees. There would be no chance of a dispute between neighbors over a line fence, because in the great open spaces there is no such thing. ; It is difficult to keep from draw- ing the attention of the ladies at home to the manner in which wo- men work in the fields here. Pre- sumably they hustle around with the house work and then go forth with the short-handled hoe and gouge great holes in the ground as do the men. W. F. Ingram, Paris correspondent of the Canadian Press, whom I met at Cherbourg, could answer every question which I tossed at him, but he stumbled over the short-handled hoe. Little runts of handles which cause the worker to bend acutely amidships. The train comes to a stop and several get out to argue about the price of baskets of cherries which would not contain over a pint. He wants seven francs a basket, equal to 28 cents. My domestic training leads me to protest that the price is excessive. Finally a ten franc note brings three baskets, and have seen the same thing in Paris for 2 francs. Franc Worth 4 Cents The franc is based on four cents at present value. Small change is computed' in centimes, 100 centimes being equal to one franc. Apart from small change it is all paper money, and comparativel yeasy to compute. But this will never do. A moment ago I was talking of French pastoral scenery, and a discussion of French currency really does not belong in her at all. We shall come to that in due season when it is time to talk about. the tipping system. Looking from the train window one sees images of Christ along the road. They appear to be wayside shrines, but Mr. Ingram tells me that is not so, When a person has been killed by an accident the image is placed there in memory, quite -ex- pressive of the simplicity and devo- tion of the French country folk. So .many times did it seem that the stone farm buildings were all grouped--built of stone with red tile roof or thatched--that I inquired again of Mr, Ingram. "That goes back to the days of the barons, when one would take his men some night to raid the holdings of an- other. It became necessary to have the barn and house close together so that the stock in the barn could be the more readily defended." There is none of that business going on now, but the custom re- mains, and I was assured that many of the quaint buildings we were passing had been built 500 years ago when men prowled around at night; seeing what could be easily loosen- ed up and moved away. Plenty. of Cows, But Not Milk Plenty of cows here ,too, many of them of the type where the horns stick out in front in the good old- fashioned way. Apparently the farm- ers are not so keen on milk pro- duction as they are in Ontario, for I understand they are milked only once a day, and the daily produc- tion is not nearly as great as in Ontario. It is certainly not my part to say why this plan is followed, but I am merely repeating whatl made that the farmers are lazy. At the moment when this story is being pieced together we are pass- ing through Lisieux, where, if my memory serves me aright, Joan of Arc was arrested, being latter burn- ed in Rouen in 1429, an event which is being commemorated in France this year. It took some time to make out why the houses looked different here. They are built mostly of stone; roofs are red; they have a style and ap- pearance which is impressively quaint, and yet which will trot along with the bungalow in the matter of modern construction. Here it is-- The photograph here Mrs. Ada Clark, widow of "Big Bill" Clark, Hamilton, Ontario, po- in the cellar of the Johnson home on June 27. She declares her hus- band died game. "He led the mon into the cellar," she said. "He was like that----brave. He always want | shows | ed to be first." two small Clark, widow of Acting Detective "Big Bill Clark, lice officer, who was shot and kill- night was killed in ed in a gun battle with a bandit | with Charles farmer bandit, $4,000 from the Hamilton Police Benefit Association and in addi- tion may be voted an additional sum by the police commissioners. Mrs. Mrs. Clark has boys. William who Thursday a gun-battle Long, Aldershot will receive about SCULPTOR CLAIMS | WIFE NUMBER TWO Strange Case of Double Marriage Arises at Montreal Montreal, June 29,--A strange situation, in which a husband, twice married, is in a quandary to learn whether his wife is Clemence Dachet, from whom he believea himself free as the result of a court judgment annuling the marriage, or Blanche Cecile Malboeuf, whom he married on March 12 last, arises in the case of Louis Sorbonne, a sculptor, 4128 St. Hubert street. Mrs. Sorbonne, No. 1, charges her husband with bigamy because he contracted the second marriage. Sorbonne and Clemence Dachet, both Roman Catholics, were mar- ried by a Protestant minister in France, later coming to this coun- try. Domestic trouble arose be- tween the pair, and Sorbonne ap- plied to the ecclesiastical authori- ties of his faith for an annulment of his marriage, out of which there had issued two children. A judg- ment annulling the granted by the Church and later confirmed by a judgment rendered by default in the Superior Court. Sorbonne's wife was travelling in Europe when the civil court pro- ceedings were taken here, but up- on her return, steps were taken to have the judgment given in her absence, revoked. Mr. Justice Phil- ippe Demers, upholding the princi- ples laid down in the case of Tremblay-Despatie, a cause celebre, two nights ago, were Mr. an Martin Jensen and William Ulbrich, a professional pilot. Viola Gentry and Jack Ashcroft. Gentry Ashcraft was killed. hysterical in the wreckage and critic- ally j again for "Bill Ulbrich", known she and. Ulbrich were close friends, just as she was a close friend union was | of between them was more than that was not known until, believing herself at death's door, she prayed to have him with her. PLANE CRASH REVEALS ROMANCE Injured Girl Fearing Death Calls For Her Lover Roosevelt Field, N.Y., June 29.-- Tragedy and romance rode side. by side yesterday on the wings of dis- aster that broke in upon the friendly rivalry of a race for a new endurance flight record. Throughout the night two planes circled above the Long Island fields, and then in the dawn one crashed, and through the wreckabe there was visible the story of an unguessed ro- mance, | In one of the planes which went up d Mrs. In the other was At 6.15 this morning the Ashcraft- plane crashed into a tree, Miss Gentry, called over and over It had been injured, the Jensens, but that the feeling And then Ulbrich, who has seen the other plane disappear in a bank ol with the flying field office by means o He was as hysterical as Miss Gentry had been, clouds, effected communication the radio telephone in his plane. Rush to Provide New Blood Ulbrich was promised, to quiet him, TODAYS LIST OF AUTO ACCIDENTS LITTLE LAD BADLY HURT Toronto, June 21.--Eleven-year-old Ernest Craig, 11 King Edward avenue was admitted to St. Michael's hospital last night suffering from the fracture of both legs and a possible fracture of the skull after he was run over be an automobile on Logan avenue. Police o Pape avenue division say that the boy 'ran into the path of an automobile owned by William Harris and company and driven byWilliam O'Donohue. No person was held, * * CRASHED INTO STREET CAR Toronto, June 29.--Craghing into a street car at Queen street and Ossington avenue at 145 am,' this morning, an automobile driven by Frank Rittiwage of Brighton, Ont., was wrecked and two children, John Rittiwage, 4, and Harry, nine months old, were injured. Rittiwage was travelling along Queen street when a Dovercourt car turned up Ossington, he swerved mn an effort to miss hitting the street car. In doing so he hit another auto- mobile and careened off into the street car. The -nine-months' old baby was thrown out of th machine, a touring car, and landed on the pacement. Rittiwage and his wife and a Miss McMaster, who was in the car, were not injured. The two boys were taken to the Hospital for Sick Children where it das found their injuries were not of a serious nature. , The family was on its way to Hamilton, * * * WOMAN INJURED BY CAR Toronto, June 29.--Roy Andca, McCaul street, was under arrest in Court street station last night, held on a charge of reckless driving after his automobile had knocked down Mrs. E. Coveyduck of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, gt York and Front streets. The woman was taken to the General hospital suffering from injuries to the legs and face, * * * NARROW ESCAPE Brampton, June 29.--John Hum- phreys, farmer, of the town line, Peel and Halton, had a narrow escape from death, but was inpured, this morning, when his auto was struck by a radial car. Hamphreys, who is deaf, was on his way home from Norval radial station, The motorman of the radial blew the whistle and did everything possible to stop the car, but Humphreys did left arm and right thigh were bruised, but. he was able to walk and speak soon after being helped up. The motorcar was a complete wreck, and. the radial car and track suffered damages. : * CHILD CRUSHED Toronto, June 29. -- The heavy wheels of a motor car crushed out the life of a child playing hide-and- Hill last night. had been struck down in the middle of Yonge street, after dodging out from behind a parked car where he had been hiding, little Jack Shields, aged 8 son of Kenneth Shields of this town, died in the Hospital for Sick children without regaining con- sciousness, The child suffered a fractured right leg, concussion of the brain, fracture of the skull, and inter- nal injuries, Secret Control Of the Press (Financial Post) Large corporations sceking favors from governments should not control newspapers, except under conditions | of absolute public knowledge. They are laying themselves open' to the possibility of irreparable damage to whatever reputation they may have for dealing the cards from the top of the deck. Journalism in Canada is, on the whole, fearless and uncontrolled. There are moral issues involved in any action that besmirches this record. In current discussions in the United States regarding newspapers controlled by what is rather impro- perly termed the "power trust" these moral issues seem to have been ranked uppermost by editors of other papers. Newspapers decidedly have a right to demand that their own positions be not injuriously affected by bump- tious attempts at control of other papers, Let the public once begin to believe that newspapers generally not looks up, and. being unable to] hear, drove on to the crossing. His]. seck on the main street of Richmorid |.' Six hours after hel. The remarkable succéss of *"Can- ada Flyer," a ten and a half foot outboard hydroplane in the free- for-all' Séa Flea races in Canada 80 far-this season has attracted much attention to her designer, a 20-year-old Peterboro lad--D'Arcy { Carter--shown in the above cut. This boat has met and defeated a number of U.S. designed racing boats and shows remarkable abil- ity to stand up in both rough and smooth water under the punishing drive of the big squads which are rapidly coming int.» favor for the free-for-all cvents. Canada. Flyer is credited unofficially with a mile at the rate of 47 miles per hour, a truly remarkable speed for such a tiny craft. groups, seeking to serve their own ends, and every newspaper is placed under suspicion. But from the standpoint. of finance and business itself, a larger issue is involved and this is .the one The Financial Post wishes t ostress. The confidence of the public in business and finance must not be undermined by improper methods of attempting to control public opinion. Any busi- ness corporation or group that at- tempts. to do this is. laying up trouble for itself and also bringing down public ill-will 'upon all other can be bought and managed by small corporations and financial groups. PRODUCED BY McLAUGHLIN-BUICK in which the Privy Council held that the marriage of two Catholics by a. Protestant clergyman, is vu- lid, set aside the judgment ana consequently Clemence Dachet was declared the real wife of Sorbonne. Sorbonne had married mean- while, in the period between the rendition of the Superior . Court judgment and the return of nis wife from Europe. The sculptor maintains that Mrs. Sorbonne, No. 2, is his real wife, and if tne charge of bigamy is upheld against him, will find himself liable for the support of both. The case is proceeding before Judge Cusson and Oscar Gagnon 18 acting as counsel for the accused. THREE-YEAR-OLD HURT there are no verandahs, nor any- thing to take the place of one. Ap- parently they did not sit out in the evening, But if they go inside an- other calamity awaits them. There is no rocking chair where they can find solace in gentle motion. No verandahs, and no rocking chairs in this part of France. How the sew- ing circle manages to meet is some- thing which ihas not been made clear to me yet. HGLDS TYPIST NOT PART OF MACHINE Vancouver Judge Says Libel Published by Dictation to Clerk that a microphone would be run di- rectly to Miss Gentry's bedside so that he might speak with her. Pre- paprations were made to do this on the chance that in a lucid interval, the woman flier might be able to say a word, perhaps her last word, to the man she continued to call for in her semi-conscious moments. A message was sent from the hos- pital to the flying field that the wo- man pilot needed new blood. As one man, the flying and ground staffs stepped forward. Pilots whose names are often in the papers office execu- tives and their clerks, grimy "grease balls" who oil and tend the engines, not a man on the field but begged for the chance to help Miss Gentry. 10 COMMERCIALIZE LIME SHELL DEPOSIT on which they arrived in. Montreal after visiting Europe. They will sail from Vancouver for Yokohama on the Empress of France, August 29, The Hon. Herbert Marler, Caan- ada's first minister to Japan, photographed with Mrs. Marler on the~C.P.R. liner Duchess of York, flow of power that never hints at strain. You will feel that you can call on the Marquette to do anything within reason, and that it will respond brilliantly. Toronto, June 29.--George Gardner, aged 3 years, of' 584 Brock Avenue, was run 'down in front of his home yesterday by a motor car belonging to Ellis Fick of Westmount Avenue. The infant received a leg fracture and was taken to the Hospital for Sick Children. You need only drive the new Marquette to realize that McLaughlin-Buick craftsmanship has crea- ted an entirely new standard by which QUAKER Vancouver, B.C., June 29.--A steno- STATEMENTS "DISTRUST and caution are parents of security." Thee may not believe there is an extra quart in every gallon of Quaker State .. Motor Oil, until thee puts this oil to the test. But, fill thy motor with it--notice the re- sults--then thee indeed will know thee has found the extra quart, and extra value! Look for the green-and-white sign per "Imperial quart" QUAKER STATE "gir Authorised Distributor : SUPERIOR OIL & SUPPLY CO., LIMITED ' 802 Cumberland Avenue, Hamilton, Can, ." grapher is not a part of her type- writer, Mr. Justice D. A. McDonald ruled in effect in a libel case in Su- preme Court recently, taking an op- posite view to that expressed by a judge in a Czecho-Slovakian court re- cently as told in cables from that country. Dictation of a letter to a steno- rapher is sufficient publication to OE the matter within a claim for libel, Mr. Justice McDonald said. The 'question arose out of a claim by George Thomas Hall, for damages from George Mason Geiger for libel The alleged libel was contained in a letter which the defendant dictated to his stenographer, which was _type- written by her and posted by him to the plaintiff, explained the judge. His Lordship found that the letter was libelous and was so understood by the stenographer. "I am Dowd to hold that there was publication to thé stenographer amd if the Jinn is entitled to succed, I would. assess the damages at $250," His Lordship said. However, he concluded that the ac- tion failed for the reason that plain- tiff had omitted to plead publication in his statement of claim, which, in consequence, disclosed no cause for CHARLES # G. DAWES The New Ambassador of the United States to Great Britain, who has been discussing peace problems Ships Sails for Labrador to Get Cargo of Thirty Thousands Tons Montreal, June 29.--~Commercializa- tion of the thirty million tons of lime-shell deposits' on the islands of Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, is the ob- ject of an expedition which sailed from here for Northern waters re- cently on Canada Steamship Lines steamer Winona. The ship will se- cure a cargo of 30,000 tons of these shells for a Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, firm, and the venture is back- ed by a group of St. John's, New- foundland, business men, The shells will be converted into poultry feed. President Stevens, of the Northern Products Company, St. John's, New- foundland, sailed with the Winona. -|-A- party of fifty. workmen :are already at Hamilton Inlét erecting carriers and loading facilities which will en- able the Winona to approach near enough to the islands to' take on cargo expeditiously. It is expected further cargoes will be brought to Sorel, Que., for manu- facture after the Portsmouth re- quirements have been filled: ui... all moderate-priced cars judged. brought nation-wide McLaughlin-Buick. ary responsiveness--its 88 Simcoe St. North For this eventful new Six represents a new and unique expression of the engineering genius which has In tests at the General Motors Proving Ground, the Marquette displayed abili- ties placing it indisputably at the head of its field. But even the most detailed recital of figures and facts could not possibly convey the eagerness -with which Marquette performance is de- livered. You will enjoy its extraordin- must now be renown to By virtue of suth performance alone the Marquette ranks high as an auto- motive achievement. But, in addition, it offers beauty that is conspicuous for good taste in line and color . . . ex- ceptional closed-car comfort and luxury 'performance spontaneous Oshawa, Ontario "in Bodies by Fisher . , . road-ability that is the result of inherent balance and poise . . . and' the added measure of quality for which Canada looks in a McLaughlin-Buick-built car. See the Marquette at our showrooms. Drive it and learn what superlative is now offered in a car priced within the reach of thousands.i Moffatt Motor Sales, Ltd. Phone 915 1T'S BETTER BECAUSE IT'S CANADIAN

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