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OL. 3-NO. 14 - RE SCE . Will Try Use of Radios . . New York--Teachers' college of + Columbia university yesterday an- pounced that it will undertake a re- "search program on the use of radios In one-teacher schools, with the _altimate object of introducing radios "Into the 160,000 rural schools in the United States. 4 Refloat New York Yacht 'Quebec--The New York-owned yacht, Betonia, which last night was reported to have gone aground at Cape Chat, while bound for Quebec, was refloated early today,and has re- sumed its journey. No damage was sustained by the small vessel, Seat Brings $225,000 Montreal --The sale of a seat on the local stock exchange for $225,000 is réported. This establishes a new record for a cash sale of a member- ship. The principals have not been announced, it being arranged through brokers, McDougall & Cowans being the. sellers and Durnett & Co. the buyers. +a Pictures by Radio London~Within two or three months a telegraphic transmission service for photographs, pictures and similar matter will be opened: be- tween London and Berlin for the general public. This announcement was made in the House of Commons this evening by Hon. H. B. Lees- Smith, postmaster-general. Boys Are Mutilated Schenectady, N. Y.--One boy Jost an eye, another may lose 'his right hand and three others were less seriously injured yesterday in an explosion of an ancient cannon with which they were playing. The boys found the old cannon and some gunpowder on one of the municipal dumps and attempted to fire it, with disastrous results. * x x Costs $4.82 Per Patient Toronto.--Insulin valued at $4,587.- 60 was distributed to diabetes pa- tients throughout" the province dur- ing June, according to figures an- notinced yesterday A the Provincial department of . health. A total of 1,146,900 units was given out, making the average cost per treatment per patient $4.82, . + % 20 Inch Black Bass Bobcaygeon.--A splendid specimen of black bass of the small mouth variety was hooked in the Pigeon river by Dr. Burton J. Myers, 746 Yonge street, Toronto. The fish weighed 6 Ibs. Z ounces, measured 20 inches long with a girth of 17% inches. Jt was caught with a trout hook. x * * Ottawa.--Fines up tp $1,000 and imprisonment up to six months, or both, including suspension or cancel- lation of license, are the penalty to be meted out by the Air Board. at Ottawa to those indiscreet and reck- less Filots who persist in violating Canadian air regulations. * Refuses Change of Venue Allahabad, India. --Chief Justice Sir Grimwood Mears yesterday dismiss- ed an application for transferring the trials of a number of Commun- ists from Meerut to this city, The application was on the grounds that the Meerut courts did not afford suf- ficient accommodation for defence counsel, and that the trials were un- air. 60 YEAR OLD HANS ESCAPE FROM DEATH Pinned Under Electric Car, Escapes With Bruised Hand Vancouver, 'B.C, Charles Kinnieburgh, aged 60, a Vancouver salesman, was pinned for more than half an hour in his demolished touring car under a hig steel electric interurban car yes- terday, but escaped with a bruised rand. : Kinnieburgh was driving across An intersection when the electric ear crashed into him, overturned dis auto and ran up on top of it. Although the electric car was trowded, no ome aboard was in- Jured. Kinnieburgh was imprisoned in the driving seat of his. automobile with only his head and shoulders visible. Police squads, . railway smployees and ambulance men la- bored feverishly to extricate him, but without success until a large jack was brought and the interurb- an lifted. The barometer continues high over the southeastern Pp of the inent and has risen rapidly over Al- berta, 'while picssure is rela- tively low over Northern On- tario and Quebec. The wea- ther has been fine in nearly all portions of the Dominion and has become somewhat cool in the Western provinces, but; continues warm f:om On. tario eastward. Forecast: Lower Lake Region and Georgian Bay, Ottawa and Up. ; per St. Lawrence Valley -- Light to moderate southerly winds, mostly. fair and warm. . tonight and Thursday, possib- ly scattered thi owers. July - 17. 5 a Baily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer ' A Growing Newspaper i a Growing City OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1929 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. SIXTEEN PAGES FOUR DEAD INTENEMENT HOUSE BLAZE AGED COUPLEAND TWO CHILDREN VICTIMS; FOUR OTHERS ARE INJURED| Fri Tors, Sec WATER SHORTAGE pi ~ sv Ke GROWING ACUTE Through Frame Buildings Britishers Warned by Min- Forcing Occupants to Flee in Night Attire istry of Health to Con- serve Supply BODIES OF MAN AND CHILD MISSING Crib in Which Child Was Sleeping in Cellar Was Mass of Twisted Iron When Found by Firemen Cornwall, Ont., July 17.--Explo- sion of coal oil is believed to have caused fire which swept five resi- dences on Guy Street E., Cornwall, after 3 a.m. today causing deaths of four persons, who were trapped in burning buildings and injury to four others. Property damage is es- timated at $25,000 to $30,000. Osais Givoque and his wife, an aged couple; their grandchild, (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, July 17--St. Swithin still runs true to form. Here and there isolated showers have occurred but England still sizzles under intense heat and water supplies are running still lower. The ministry of Health has issued a warning that water supplies should be conserved. ; e of Bradford's reservoirs with a 'normal capacity of 229,000,000 gal- lons is reported empty, for all prac- tical purposes. It is estimated that Bfford will be able to meet the reduced demand for only six weeks, if the drought continues. The woodland paths of Kew Gar- dens, where the Londoner loves to wander among the flowers, touched 89 in the shade today, Thirteen or 14 hours of sunshine are being regis- J ASPHYXIATED BY REFRIGERATOR Escape of Lethal Gas Is Blamed for Tragedy (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Ills., July 17. -- Lethal gas escaping from a mechanical refrigerating system yesterday was blamed by health authorities for the deaths of three persons found asphyxiated in their apartment. The condition of the bodies and a leak in the building refrigerating system indicated that lethal gas, used as a refrigerant, was respon- sible for the deaths, Coroner Her- man N. Bundesen said. Those asphyxiated were Joseph Painter, 32; his wife, Mary, 21; and their infant son, Joseph, Jr. The parents were found dead in bed and the baby in its crib. Anita Stewart Will Wed Los Angeles, Calif. --Anita Stewart, film star, and George P. Converse, New York banker, applied for a mar- tered in London daily. The worries Of owning street and the episodes of Westminster arouse only luke- warm interest while sea-side board- ing houses reap a good harvest. Rita Givoque, aged nine months, and Cecile Piche, two years old, were burned to death. Homidas Pipiche and his wife were badly The photograph shows compet- itors firing in the Roupell Cup at the Army Rifle Association's an- riage license here today. he wedding is planned for July 24. Each has been married once before. nual central meeting which com- ported to be going well at the menced on the ranges at Bisley on | meet. July 1. The Canadian team is re- | burned but are expected to recover while Mr. and Mrs. Baptiste Givo- que, parents of Rita, were slightly injured. The Givoque and Piche families lived in a semi-detached house in a row of frame, Hospital authorities today stat- ed, that although injuries to the four victims were of a serious na- turé their 'recovery ' is probable. According to occupants of the burned houses and neighbors a ter- rific explosion which rocked the en- tire neighborhood occurred shortly after three o'clock. A few seconds later the entire rear of the resi- dence of Baptiste Givoque was a mass of flames which spread rapid- ly in the tinder dry frame tenement house. So rapidly did the fire spread that the occupants of the two section of tenement were forec- ed to flee in thgir night dress leap- ing from second storey windows and scrambling down verandah posts as the exit by way of the stairways was cut off by flames. Heroic scenes were enacted as eld- er members of thé families in the houses fought their way through veritable infernos in thé houses to snatch frightened younger children from their beds and carry them: tu safety.' Fanned by strong south- east winds the fire extended to frame houses adjoining the Piche residence and destroyed three resi- dences before combind efforts or the Cornwall fire department and volunteers were successful in checking its progress. Firemen braving the terrific heat with no other protection than. a water screen removed bodies from the proximity of the fire. Marriage Tangle Finally Settled After Three Years (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, July 17--The judicial com- mittes of the privy council today de- cided that a marriage in france be- tween persons domiciled in Quebec Province, if void under French law, is also void in Quebec. Consequently they allowed the ap- peal of : Shh Berthiaume, formerly connected with a Montreal newspa- per," from -the decision of a Quebec court that his marriage to Marie Yvonne * Barteuse of RE ontecal, was valid. The Quebec court had directed payment of $1,500 monthly alimouy. Their lordships of the privy coun-, cil were agreed there was perfect good faith on the part of the wom- an in prosecuting her claims in France and Canada, and directed the order for alimony made in, Quebec should stand. The parties. went through a form of marriage befgre the Vicar of Au- teuil, France, in 1913, without having previously been married before a civil officer. The marriage was thus admit- tedly null in French law. The case has . become celebrated since Miss Barteuse took action in the French courts nearly three years ago for $200,000 damages and a dec- laration she was entitled to the civil rights of a married woman. The French courts, however, ruled it was a matter for the Canadian courts to deal with and consequently the case went to Quebec, with an adverse de- King Continues To Improve (By Canedian Press Leased Wire) London, July 17.--It wag offic- ially :stated at Buckingham Palace today that improvement noted yes- terday in the condition of King George, after his operation Mon- day, continued to be satisfactory. No formal bulletin was issued. It was understood on good auth- ority that the operation wound is now clean and it has not been nec- essary to insert a drainage tube. The Prince of Wales called this morning at the Palace but left after the departure of the doctors. Winnipeg Boy Drowns Kenora, Ont.--Leslie Brown, aged 12, member of a Y.M.C.A. camp for Winnipeg boys, was drowned here Monday in the Lake of the Woods. The young lad ventured beyond his depth while swimming: The body has not yet been recovered, ok. % Elgin Wheat Menaced St. Thomas.--A tiny insect that resembles the midge has been dis- covered 'working in Elgin County wheat fields, and specimens have been sent to the entomologist at the Ontario Agricultural College for identification by F. S. Thomas. HEARTLESS METHOD Empire Marksmen Compete "For Place In King's Prize . (By Thos. T. Champion, Canadian Press Staff Correspon Bisley Camp, England, July «17= The King's - prize was dominant over the wide Bisley ranges today, as 955 marksmen from all parts of the Empire started in quest of the reatest individual' honor. that an mpire marksman can attain. The programme was swept clear of practically everything else to per- mit all eligible competitors to enter the King's first stage today. Be- cause of the large entry, the usual procedure was reversed and the marksmen commenced firing at the longer ranges. The first stage was at 600, 500 and 200 yards, in that order, seven shots at each distance. The best 300 scor- ers go into the second stage on Fri- day, when the competitors will be reduced to 100--the King's hundred-- who will shoot in the final stage on Saturday. Lieut. Desmond Burke of Ottawa, who won the classic in 1924, was again in the shoot today. Armorer- Sergeant Lawrence was again a com- petitor. He first figured in the King's Prize as long ago as 1882, and this is his 17th appearance. Sergt. A. G, Fulton, of the Queen's Westminsters, gold medallist in 1889--the last year "in the meeting was held at Wimble- don--was not only 'in the King's Prize again but'was accompanied his son Arthur, also a former winner, ° Shooting started at 600 yards hege Lieut. Desmond Burke, Ottawa, OF CARRYING OUT LETTER OF THE LAW Welland, Ont, July 17.-~This city of late has been made a dumping off place by United States immigration officers for undesirables. Last night another was added to the list which for heartlessncss. is being cited by local officials as extraordinary. James Spooner, has resided in U.S for twenty-four years, where he was taken from Windsor when he was six months old, his mother being Am- erican and his father Canadian born. He received ail his education in schools across the border and earned his livelihood there until seven months ago, when he met with an ac- cident on the New York Central rai!- road at Rochester on which read he was employed. His injuries were terrible, his body being horribly mutilated. His head was so badly used up that a silver plate had to be inserted. Yesterday he was discharged from the hospital in Rochester and escorted to the bor- der without a cent in his pocket. Up- on arrival of the train at Welland he received a court order "come on, get off." Last night he was given shelter at the police station and today he cn- listed the aid of Mayor Brown who provided him with a ticket to Wind- sor where his parents resided. Salvation Army Veteran Dead (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, July 17. -- Salvation Army lost one of its best known figures today with the death of Commissioner Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth Tucker. He was 76 years old. Commissioner Booth Tucker was born in Bengal in 1853 and was in the Punjab civil service 'fron® 1876 to 1881 when he re- signed to join the Salvation Army, He inaugurated Salvation Army work in India and was in charge until 1891 when he became foreign secretary at Salvation Army head- quarters in London. Bandit Mother Faints Topeka, Kan--Mrs. Vivian Scra- per, 25, comely brunette and mother of an cight-year-old daughter, late yesterday pleaded guilty to highway robbery in connection with the $13,- 775 Security Benefit association pay- roll hold-up here Jupe and was sentenced to the Womens' Indus- trial farm at Lansing for an indeter- minate period "until discharged by law." The "lady bandit" dropped: to the floor in a faint, cision for Berthiaume, Wrapped in drenched sheets, the 1 v pp nr --Lord -Dunedin delivered- the 'privy winner in 1924, again failed to pick bodies of the victims were taken to the morgue of D. M. Courville, council's judgment today. He said the up his shooting form and scored 29 out of a possible 35. With almost © ha AT a 4 girl, who graduated from a convent in Montreal in 1913, at the age of 17, then went on a trip to Europe where she met Berthiaume. The couple were married and lived as man and wife, the judgment continued, until 1926, when the wife applied for divorce at Paris, on the ground of alleged in- fidelity of her husband. The court de- clined to proceed with the case as a religious ceremony had been per- formed without the issuance of a marriage certificate, _ Failing to get her claim recognized 4n France, the girl took action in the Supreme Court of Montreal dis- trict, Lord Dunedin continued, and this court held the marriage was val- id; pronounced a decree of separa- tion and granted the woman $1,500 monthly alimony. The judgment, on appeal, 'was upheld by a majority. ord Dunedin declared if the so- called marriage were no marriage in the place where it was celebrated, then there was no marriage any- where. Their Lordships agreed there was perfect good faith on the part of the woman, She was entitled to alimony and the judgment for ali- mony would stand. Steamer Hits Sunken Rocks Shanghai, July 17.--The North With the spreading flames un- der control the firemen bent their efforts locating the bodies of two infants who lost their lives in the conflagration. The crib in whicn the Givoque child was sleeping in the cellar was a mass of twisted red hot iron, but neither the child's body, nor that of the Piche child was located. 2 WILLIAM FOXIN AUTO ACCIDENT Chauffeur Killed -- Women Passengers Are Un- injured Old Westbury, N.Y., July 17.~ William Fox, theatrical and mov- ing picture magnate, and a friend were injured and Fox" chauffeur was killed today dn a collision be- tween the Fox automobile and an- other car in whic three women were riding. The women were un- injured. The collision occurred at an in- tersection and Joseph Boyer, Fox's chauffeur was instantly killed when the car he was driving overturned. a thousand 'marksmen competing for 300 places in the next stage, every point was valuable, EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH OF BOY Douglas Glenn of Peterboro Tried to Open Tin With Chisel Peterborough, July 17---Douglas. Glenn, 10, is dead and his two younger brothers are seriously in- jured ag the result of tapping a small box containing dynamite caps which exploded last evening. The three children had returned from swimming when Douglas picked up the small tin and tried to open it with a chisel. Hit By Train, Five Killed Niagara Falls, N.Y. July 17.-- Five persons were reported killed Fox and his friend, J. L. Rubin-|German Lloyd steamer Berfflinger today when a railroad train hit their automobile on a grade cross- stein were taken to Nassau County Hospital at Mineola where it was said their injuries were not seri- ous. The women's car remained upright and the driver, Miss Mil- dred Kane, New York City, and her two companions were taken to 'the bound from Dairen to Taingtao with "42 passengers ran on the rocks at Chalietao, forty miles from Tsingtao today. Two holds were [ways Fairchild, 71 type, mono- flooded. Salvage tugs have pro- pha. that left Toronto at 1.45 Top picture shows Canadian Air- ceeded to her assistance. The pas-|p sengers 'were brought to Tsingtao |) of mail and passengers. The police station for questioning. by U.S. torpedo boat Paul Jones, [take-off marked the inauguration . July 15 for Windsor with a ing two miles east of Sandborn village northeast of this city. The bodies of the victims of the trag- edy were taken to Lockport. Auto- mobile bore Pennsylvania license, the names of victims were nat ob- tainable here. of the mail run which connects [| Bottom, left to right, H. Lawrence, Eastern Canada direct with the |assistant to the district superin- Pacific coast cities. The mail |tendent of mail; A. N. Gibson, dis. plane was escorted by R. H. Bibby, | trict superintendent of the posts western manager of Canadian Air-|office, and J. E. Marrs, inspector ways, flying a Pitcairn mailwing, !of postal service. Young Oshawa Girl Is Victim of Drowning F atality | MISS ANNIE CAREY LOST HER LIFE BY DROWNING IN THE RIDEAU CANAL 4 cn Miss Carey Believed to Have Been Seized With Cramp: While Bathing in Canal Near Smith's Falls, and Sank Before Help Could Reach Her VALIANT RESCLE EFFORTS FUTILE Girl, Who Was an Employee of the Loblaw Store on Simcoe Street North, Was Spending a Week's Vaca. tion at Smith's Falls Miss Annie Carey, 19 years of age, of 19 Whiting avenue, this city, was drowned in the Rideau Canal ay Smith's Falls yesterday, according to word received last night by her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carey. According to information received here, Miss Carey had been swimming in the canal with Charles Hill, 53 Queen street, Oshawa, when she ap- parently was seized with cramps and - drowned before aid could reach her, Miss Carey met her death near Poonahmalee Lock, a short distance from Smith's Falls, when she wax seized 'with cramps and became exci« ted in the water and sank before help could reach her. Her body was recovered in about ten minutes and everything possible. was done lo fe vive her. For two, hours these eis lorts continued but were without rea sults, . Not Strong Swimmer Miss Carey, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Gallipeau of Smith's Falls, as also was Charles Hill, of Oshawa. Yesterday afternoon Misd Carey, with Mr. Hill and Lorena Gallipeau, started out for a swim and motored to Poonahmalee Lock. Just how the drowning occurred cannot be stated, but it was reported that Hill had swum across the canal, which is about twenty yards wide af this point, Miss Carey, who was not a strong swimmer, was paddling a- bout some thirty feet from the shore when she took a cramp and became excited. She called for help and large number of boys who were swim« ming at the lock itself, about 200 yards away, came to the rescue, but arrived too late, Valiant Rescue Effort Mr. Hill made a valiant effort to pull the girl out and was almost drawn under himself in doing so. The body was located in about seven feet of water by Billy Paul, a small boy, and it was brought to the sur- face by others around. Provincial Constable Frank Rose worked hero« ically to restore breathing and did not lose hope for about two hours. Life was extinct, however, and when the Coroner, Dr. C. L. B. Stammers, arrived, the girl was . dead. The drowning was the first to accur this year, Had the trio been swimming nearer the lock, which is the usual bathing place, the young . woman might have been saved, but precious minutes were lost in running the dis- tance from the lock to the scene of the accident, Miss Carey and Mr. Hill werd members of an Oshawa party that had gone to Smith's Falls for a week's vacation, leaving here Satur« day afternoon. She was employed. in the Loblaw Store, Simcoe street north, and had resided in Oshawa five years, since the family ' had come out from Scotland. She was a member of Cedardale Presbyterian church, . Besides her parents, Miss Carey ig: survived by two brothers, William, Brock street, Oshawa, and David, .at home, and by one sister, Mrs, Gq Thomson, Conant street, this city. Funeral arrangements have not ye been completed. - Hectic Tradi Winnipeg, July 17.--July wheat fu< ture started trading on local wheat market today in hectic fashion. Op+ ening at 1.70, bounding up to 1.75 and then dropping back suddenly 1a 1.71 1-2 before a trade was mades Climb to 1.75,7 1-2 cent gain oved yesterday's close was made a cent at a time. October wheat opened' 4 to '5 cents higher at $103 to $1.64 and sold steady; December wheat scored advance of 31-8:to 4 cents at $1.58 to $1.59. Today's opening advances were dud to 4 1-2 pence gains at Liverpool. Award $200,000 in Prizes ' Regina.--More than $200,000 will be awarded in prizes at the World's Grain exhibition and conference to be held in Regina in 1932, if the resent plans and classification prize fists are adhered to, according to tha list given out after a meeting of the executive, mtn,