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SO a ie fh NOR | Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER by a N : 3 (Established 1871) , An independent newspaper published every afternoon | © except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa. Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, See- retary, ' The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cama- diane Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As- sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of CTireulations. I SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15c a wesk. By mail in Canade = (outside Oshawa carrier 'delivery limits), $400 » year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temp Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. a REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. £ Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. Cra DESERT as EST SRS ha § dev FESR AUGUST 2, 1929 SE FRIDAY, RESTRICTIONS REMOVED Under the new agreement between the city and C. G. Conant for the purchase of a block of land on Simcoe Street South, there should be no difficulty in Securing an unanimous acceptance of the bylaw which is to be presented at next Monday's meeting of the city council, . At the last council meeting, it will be recalled, it was decided, by' an almost unanimous vote, to pur- chase about fifteen acres of land in this area, sub- ject to certain restrictions. One of the stumbling blocks to the acceptance of the proposal was the fact that these restrictions existed, defining certain distances which small or objectionable industries must be kept back from the Simcoe Street line, Pro- test was made against these restrictions, and it was feared that the bylaw might be blocked on their . accalfnt. - 3 The new agreement, which has been approved by the city solicitor, removes these restrictions as to buildings the types of industries entirely, and leaves the council with a free hand in disposing of any part' of the property for industrial purposes. This takes away the great cause of criticism and protest agaifist, the plrchase, so that, having decided already on the 'principle of purchasing the fifteen acre block, there, should be no further delay on the part of the city; eopncil. | A TOURISTS CRITICISM & Abtourist who passed through Oshawa a few days ago, had a rather pointed criticism to make of this citys' 'He had never been here before, and he had simply' passed through on his way west along the | highway, But in that passing moment he had an A imptession of Oshawa which is not pledsant to con- template, In conversation with a prominent citizen, he Said +e 'noticed one thing: wrong with 'Oshawa. Asked what that was, he made a bricf, but pointed ) and emphatic reply : : #4 ou have too many bums hanging around the corners." : : His: reply, of course, was neither gracious nor i graceful, because of the insinuation of its phrase I ology: But it has a point to it. He had seen sev- eral groups. of men on the street corners, and his conclusions were as recorded. 1t 'is unfortunate, of course, that a number of our citizens, at this time of a seasonal slump in the auto- mobile industry, are not at work. But it is easy to understand' the effect on visitors when they see these men standing in groups around the street corners. This cannot" by any means be good advertising for Oshawa. The. Times sympathizes with these men, who are tempararily' out 'of work, and while resenting, on their behalf, the insinuation that they are "bums," it offers the suggestion that, for the sake of the effect it miy 'have on- the impression visitors may have of the city, some effort should be made to discourage the gathering of groups of men on the main corners. ' THE SOVIET AND CHURCHES One of the outstanding and most shameful features of Soviet government in Russia is the absolute dis- respect which has grown up for churches and reli- gion. This is instanced by the wilful destruction of the most revexenced place of worship in Russia, to suit the whims of the Soviet leaders, This place of worship, the Shrine of the Iberian Virgin, a shrine 260 years: old, was torn down in five hours, in the early hours of the morning. The act of demolishing a shrime which means much to the people as a place of worship, without any reason save that of expediency, constitutes only one more of the crimes of Soviet Russia' against religion. One cannot imagine a similar act taking place in any other country, the churches crected by the Christian missionaries and.workers arc respected and honored. The Soviet leaders, however, having denounced reli- gion and everything connected with it, have placed themselves. on. a plane lower than that of 'the heath- en, and in the light of that attitude, they must face the condemnation of all people who believe that re- | ligion plays a vital part in the betterment of the- world of today. HOW THEY DO IT IN BRITAIN The twenty-three year old son of an United States millionaire has been sentenced to five: months' im- prisonment in Great Britain on a charge of man- slaughter arising out of an automobile accident in which a young man was killed. Not only was he sentenced to scrve this term, but he actually went to jail as soon as the sentence was imposed. This case offcrs a nice contrast fo what would bave been likely to happen had this occurred in the pn nates oR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929 a United States, his own country. Ten chances to onc; ; he would mevér have been brought to trial, His father's millions would have been sufficient guarantee of that. But even had the case gone to trial, there is only one chance in a hundred that he would have been found guilty. The loopholes in the "United States law would have seen to that. And even if the hundredth chance had proven the right one, and he had been found guilty, there is only about one chance in a thousand that he would actually have gone to jail. The process of appeal after appeal, made possible by the use of the family wealth, would have attended to that. That is the only conclusion which one can come to, after reading of the multitu- dinous cases of a similar. nature 'in' the United States. After all, there is something impressive about the way they do things in Britain. There justice really means justices There is mo such thing as one law for the poor and another for the rich, The rich man who commits an offence must serve his penalty just as the poor man does. Only by justice of that kind can there ever be built up the respect for law and order which there ought to be. WAR CLQUDS DISPELLED As was predicted in The Times at the time "when - the war clouds in the Orient were darkest, and while other newspapers were holding up the spectre of war, there will be armed conflict between China and Russia. The situation, which looked ominous for a few. days, has cleared up, and the decision of the two contending parties to meet for friendly discus- sion and negotiation of their differences, has been announced. ' Not so many years ago, a difference such as that which arose between China and the Soviet Union would have been sufficient to cause a large sized war. Yet today there is a different spirit abroad in the world, and there can be no doubt of the part which that spirit played in tite preventing of war in the present case. Anti-war pacts alone will not prevent war, nor will the League of Nations. Before these agencies can be effective, the nations which are parties to them must have the will to peace, and int spite of all the sword-rattling, it is apparent that neither China nor Russia really desired war at the present juncture. Once again the cause of peace has prevailed, bring- ing a victory for the principles of arbitration and conciliation in international disputes. Every victory of this kind means progress for the world, for it adds strength to the great efforts of the League of Nations and other agencies which are working to- wards that end, and makes it much more difficult for the apostles of warfare to prevail. SOMETIMES--THE LAW IS AN ASS There is an old Dickensian saying that "the law is an ass," and sometimes one is inclined to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the statement. One such instance occurred a few days ago when a motorist was charged with reckless driving at Hamil ton. The evidence against him was that he had been cutting in on traffic at 3 dangerous curve, and he admitted doing so, The constable who charged him stated that if traffic hag been coming from the oppo- site direction a. crash 'would have been unavoidable. The charge against him, however, was dismissed by Magistrate Jelfs, who remarked that a man could not be fined for something that might have happened, and that there was no law against passing traffic on a curve." ; i Possibly Magistrate Jelfs was right in his con- tention that the Jaw does not prohibit passing traffic on a curve. Yet, by the application of a little com- mion-sense to the principles of the law, it should not have been difficult to reach a decision that the action of this motorist constitutéd reckless driving. The decision of the magistrate presumes that be- fore a man acting under these. circumstances. can be guilty of reckless driving, there must be a collision, and probably the loss of someone's life. That is a dangerous assumption on which to, work. Were it carried out by all magistrates in reckless _driving cases, the results would be disastrous, for motorists, knowing that the police did not have magisterial support, would become mort daring and reckless than ever. In these days when motor accidents are so num- erous, and when the department of highways officials are bending every effort towards safety, surely it is wiser to use common-sense, and teach reckless mo- torists a lesson, whether the particular nature of their recklessness is specifically mentioned in the law or not. Unless magistrates will do this, there is only one alternative, and that is thdt the law must be amended s6 as 'to provide for a definite ruling on all the various types of conduct on the highway which, in the eyes of competent judges, constitute reckless driving. - EDITORIAL NOTES A free people is one that" elects the law makers it prefers and then obeys the laws it prefers. The boss in the family is the one that feels of- fended when the other complains of a pain, also. If the breaking of records by steamships continues, there will soon be no need of trying the trip by airship. The boy who once got licked for being caught in the jam now uses the same excuse as an alibi for being late, f About all you can say for congested traffic is that a thrifty man can cut the switch and get his motive power from the car behind. -- : When the record for endurance flights is being considered, the mercury should have a look in. It has certainly stayed up long énough. Women who used to work for pin-money will have to find a new reason for sceking employment. They have very little use for pins nowadays. Gertrude Atherton says that women will be the stronger and superior sex within the next fifty years. We are afraid that Gertrude is fifty years behind the times. > ------ Ninety-four per 'cent of the people of the world are committed to the Kellogg anti-war pact. Yet the other six per cent might cause a lot of trouble if they desired. A pertinent question asked a Communist speaker last night was, "If you are ashamed of the 'British Empire, and would refuse to fight for it, why don't you get out of it and stay out?" And there was no answer, _--_. Other Editor's Comments A SPEEDY RUN, THOSE DAYS (Sault Ste. Marie Star) The motorist. of 1900, who bowled along the r t the breakneck speed of twenty. s an hour would have found it believe that the driver of 1929 would be arrested for crawling along at such a snail's pace. ; Ki gk ll ary : LESS DANGEROUS | (Moncton Transcript) ar To demonstrate his faith, a Chi- cago chemist drank a. glass of sew- age water that had been subjected to a purification . process. At that, remarks the Vancouver Province, it was probably a safer beverage than the synthetic liquor dispensed by the bootleggers. . BRITAIN ON BORDER LIQUOR (Manchester Guardian) Decent opinion, both in Canada and. Britain, whatever its view of prohibition as such, must wish for decisive success over the insolent banditry of the "international cri- minals'--in President Hoover's words --who disgrace the border. GUESTS OF CANADA (Windsor Border Cities Star) The American tourist is welcome to this country and to this Dominion. While here, he is a guest, and 1s'en- titled to ll the courtesy which we, as his hosts, can extend to him. There are two things, however, which he must not do. He must not flagrantly abuse our laws, and he must nct go back home and make unfounded and unwarranted complaints when he is brought to book for his misdeeds, COUNTRY OR PARTY (Guelph Mercury) It is interesting indeed, to learn of Premier Ferguson, of the Pro- vince of Ontario, declaring before the world that when it comes to an issue of party versus country he would not hesitate to support his country first. Public men are often fnisunderstood on such an issue. In the heat of campaigns when seeking the suf- frage of the people, speeches are apt to be misinterpreted and the idea rows that most politicians stand rst for the success of their party. - Bits of Humor - Oh, yes our friendship is sublime, And nicely we agree; 1 talk about her all the time, And »0 does she, "Margot, do yoit know that insolent man who keeps staring at you?" "I'think sa! He's my husband!" "Yes," sighed 'the old gentleman, "women weer always wanting new bonnets in my young days." "My wife band. or mows Bigthied the young usban "one with a lin- ousine behind it." ; ; JUST AS GOOD oe Lieutenant (examining recruit)-- Have you got any scars on your Recruit--No, sir, but I can give you a. cigaret.--Answers: WANTED TO KNOW Henpeck--Where is 'your mistress going for the winter? : Maid--To Monte Carlp, sir, Henpeck--Do you know whether she is taking me with her?--Tit Bits. INTERESTED s She--Dick 'is awfully interesting. He--Really? She--Yes, he can listen for hours on any subject.--Humor, SIGNS OF THE TIMES Conductor: Can't you see the sign "No Smoking?" : Sailor: Sure, mate, that's plain enough. But there are so many dip- py signs here. One says, "Wear Brown's Corsets." So I ain't payin' attention to any of them. JUST PART OF IT A Londoner visiting St. Andrews, famous Scottish golf center, deter- mined to try a round of golf. It seemed easy, and his first drive was a terrific swipe. When the turf had ceased to descend he turned, somewhat dazed, to the caddie and asked: "What did I hit just now, my lad?" "Scotland, sir,' the caddic replied. --2Staffordshire Sentinel, Bits of Verse | WISTFUL I want but three things said of me at Heaven's door, : Three meek and lowly things--and not a tribute more, I wish that some bright angel stand- ing near may say, : "She looked around for loveliness along the way." I want some little earnest angel-boy to tell, : "Master, she noticed little things and love them well." And then I wish the gravest gray old angel there . May speak and lay her wrinkled hand . upon my hair, "Not once did any word or deed of hers, I know, Strike laughter from another's lips." Then oh, then oh, I think through all the shining ranks an eager stir . Will be each angel making room for me by her. --By Anne Sutherland From the Chatelaine. Not Speech But Life--Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. --Matthew 7:21. Prayer: "INJECTING VARICOSE VEINS : . OF LEGS ~ |" When' war broke out and with it gxamination of recruits, one of the rst instructions was to reject men] with varicose veins in the legs. As there would be much marching, perhaps even more standing, it was considered unwise to permit any of these men to proceed overseas. At that time if a recruit, rejected for varicose veins, was willing to un- dergo an operation for their removal, he was permitted to do so. At first he did this at his own expense, but later at the expense of the governs ment, The operation consisted of the re- moval of these outer veins. As nature has provided us with other veins, a little deeper beneath the skin, these veins are able to do all the work necessary. These men who went to hospital to have veins removed, were out again in two or three weeks, but were not allowed to go on regular routine duty for some months, Even then we found that the operation was not a success in some cases and the circulation was still poor in the legs. However the new treatment by which a drug, sodium salicylate usual- ly is injected into these thickened, tortuous veins, is meeting with great success. Prof Sicard of Paris has establish- ed a world wide reputation in this special line of work, and surgeons all over the world equally brilliant results. Before injecting this drug to des- troy the outer veins, the surgeon makes sure that the deeper veins will be able to do their work. He ties a tight band below the knec and makes the patient walk about the room, "If no obstruction is present the swollen veins empty themselves in- to the deep circulation, and appcar flat, but if there is any obstruction these outer veins become more swol- len, and the leg painful. A few inches of ein are done with cach injection and the patient re- turns for further injections until an the outer varicose veins are des- troyed. To those of us who saw the fre- quent failure in the results from the removal of these veins by the knife, and the enforced idleness of some for many months, this new injection treatment comes as a refreshing change. (Registered in accordance with the | Copyright Act). TODAY'S LIST OF AUTO ACCIDENTS CAR STRIKES CYCLISTS Windsor, Aug. 2--Thrown to the! pavement when the bicycles were riding collided with a taxicab, Max Gourley, aged 21, and his bro- ther, Leslic, aged 16, were tiken to Grace Hospital, where Max 1s in a serious condition with a f{ractured skull and a possible fracture of the right arm. Thornton was exonerated by police. BOY KILLED BY AUTO Niagara Falls, Ont, Aug. 2.--\Wil- liam, five-year-old son of Ernest and Mrs. Storm, Chippawa, was struck by a car driven by Arthur Criger of this city, late Wednesday night and died in the hospital here yesterday. His skull was fractured and both legs broken. Criger was not held. Eye-witnesses told police the bey ran in front of the car and there was no time to avoid the accident, CRASH VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL Cornwall, Aug. 2--Ariliur Filion Montreal road, was in Cornwall gen- eral hospital last night in a critical condition as the result of an accident when he was struck by « motorcycle driven by Theodore Lussier. Lussier is also in hospital, although his in- juries are of a minor nature. Filion was said to have been crossing the Provincial Highway when Lussier, swerving his cycle to. avoid collision with an automobile, drove into hin. He suffered severe injuries te skull and head and fears were cx- pressed for his recovery, INJURED ON HIGHWAY Birch Cliff, Aug. 2--Jean Gore, 20, a domestic at the Scarboro Golf club, was badly cut about the face last night when she was struck by an automobile on the Kingston high- way near Stop 27. The girl was a- lighting with another, 'Martha Nor- wood, of the same address, irom a radial car. She walked out m front of the car into the highway, where she was struck by an casthound mo- tor car driven by Irving I. Maltman ot 145 Lavgley avenue, Forcnto, She was taken into the office of a ncar- by doctor and later removed to the Toronto East General hospital, where she received 12 stitches to close a cut over her. eye. Constable J. Brown ci. the township police investigated but decided that the driver was not to blame. INDIANS ARE JOLLY J. W. Curran in Soo Daily Star: Last night the eight of wus, four whites and four Indians, spent a delightful evening around the cawp fire. Two of the Indians couldn't talk 'much English, but the two young men could. It was the first time our guides had really thawed out toward us. They were a chatty bunch among themselves, continu- ally joking and laughing. Most of the time they talked more than our section of the party and it wus plain to see that the silence of tie Indian before the 'white man was foreign to his nature. As a mart. ter of fact, the Indian among his fellows is a jolly companion. The strange white man oppresses his spirit. He is lost in town, but on the trail he regains his exuberance of spirits and he sees that the white is only a baby away from the My life, my Lord. I give to Thee. bright lights and his conveniences. are reporting f they | his | RE-ELECTED TO HOUSE Bir William Jowitt, attorney-genera) in the British Labor government was re-elected to the House of Com: mons yesterday in Preston by-elec tion with a majority over his Con servative opponent of 6,440. UNITED STATES SENATOR HENRY J. ALLEN OF KAN: SAS, SAYS: THAT the industrial condition of the<ountry does not demand a ! iid eral upward revision of the tariff, Despite vague rumors of "depres- sion" from vague sources, there are definite indications that this coun- try's unprecedented prosperity tinder the Fordney-McCumber tariff of 1922 is continuing, except in respect to agriculture, Tariff duties of $574,838965 were collected on all dutiable products im- ported by the United States in 1927, of which $261,366,465 came from products on the agricultural list. In- cluded in this last figure was $130,- 043,897 collected from the - tariff on sugar, which many farm leaders do not include in their lists of agricul- tural commodities. It was my hope that tariff leg- PALICE DRIVE REDS FROM QUEEN'S PARK Reserves Halt : Rally and Stop Attempts at Speech- making Toronto, Aug 'oronto's inter- national Red day rally 'missed - its schedule last night. The meeting in Queen's Park failed to materialize-- | that is, in tangible matter such as speech-making or flag-waving, Any specches came from Toronto's police | force and were orders to pedestrians | to keep pedestering. . Except for onc incident the meet- ing was quiet, That was when Tim duck, organizer of the /Communist party, was struck by an officer while he was being escorted out of the { park. He was walking between two | uniformed policemen when a detect | ive struck him in the face from be- | hind, splitting his lip so badly that blood ran from his mouth, Buck had entered the park with Lily Himmelfarb, leader of the Youuy Communist league. Their entrance {had been the signal to a couple of | hundréd followers to rally around {them. They started towards the | grandstand arm in arm, with the fol- { lowers. milling behind them | | As they came through the park the | crowd began to shout. Miss Himmei- | farb's red tar hanter hat scem- led to be the rk that started her | followers to action. The crowd start- led to swell. | Together they reached the steps | that led. into the bandstand. Buck | started to mount the steps. He was stopped and two policemen in uniforin | seized lim by the arms and started { him gowards the south end of the | park. He started to speak, his words [lost in the roar of lus followers. {| His two raptors riashed him away from the stand but had only gone a | few feet when a detective stepped up tand struck him. He wavered, lcaned [over, and spit blood on the gravel | Miss Himmeliarb, separated from her | escort, paused and stood watching. | As he was led away she paused peip- lexedly, unnoticed by the ¢rowd, Buck was cscorted through. the centre of a yelling, Tunning mob to St. Alban's street, along to Bay street and placed on a Bay car. . In the meaninne, Miss Hunmeliarb had been spotted by Plainclothesmen Summers and Baker, who 'escorted her about the park and did not let her stand -0'~ «| long enough to gather any followers about her, ADVANCING FIRES Huge 'Area of Bush Ablaze Within Seven Miles of Alberia Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 2--\ flaring n:enace of fire, which has brought destruction in the bush lands and timber limits in many districts of the West, from the head of the lakes to British Columbia, (uring the past week, hovered over udlitional forest territory Jast night after another day of. scorching heat. Fast-advancing flames covered new areas in Alberta and northwestern Ontario last night, while in the Thun- aer Bay district of Ontario the sit- vation was a little more favorable, though still hazardous unless rain comes soon, Within seven miles of the mining town of Lovett, Alia, flames are covering an area of 50 square miles, and though urgent calls havzs gone cut for help a comparatively small body of men are battling to keep 'the fire from the settlement. So far the vind has been their ally, but a shift of, the stiff breeze woulda sweep dis- aster towards the (own. Rain Is Predicted Rain was predicted for the north- western and Thunder Bay districts within the next 24 hours, but early last night the sky was cloudless as hundreds of men, voluateers and for- esters, fought to ste the advancing flames from many fires in the prov- ince to the east. Not one of the fire- ridden sections reported rain. Whipped by a westerly wind, the fire situation in Alberta assumed more serious proportions during the day, and rangers reported the great- est menace since the ravaging con- flagrations of 1919. Forty miles south of Calgary a fierce fire is raging, virtually cut of control, over a wide stretch), Nothing but a soaking rainstorm will bring relief. In Manitoba the situation. still was acute, though the majority of fires are sweeping over slashing und' dried up muskeg, with little damage to valuable stands of ti'nber. MEAN DISASTER! islation in this year's special ses- sion of Congress hi 1 gro 1 only a limited revision of such agricultural tariffs as are notably out of line, and that the entire effort at tariff legislation would be incidental to the agricultural relief program. I think the gen- eral feeling of those interested in farm legislation is that there was no occasion for a general revision of the tariff at this time. The unpopularity of the so-called Hawley Tariff Bill, now under con- sideration by the Senate Finance Committee, is growing as people in Kansas and other agricultural states are studying it more closely. IF THIS MEASURE IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY REVISED BY THE SENATE, A PRESI- DENTIAL VETO WOULD, IN MY JUDGMENT, BE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY. FORMER TORONTO MAN MURDERED A. F. Foster Shot Dead in Auto by One of Two Bandits Los Angeles, Calif, Aug. 2--Be- lieved to have been the victim of a super-nervous .robber,A. Frank Fos- ter, polo player and wealthy soap manufacturer, a resident of Toronto ten years ago, was slain here on Tuesday night as he left his apart- ment with a friend, Miss Bath Tay- lor; Foster's wife, from whom he was separated, is believed to be residing in Toronto, and his father and bro- ther are reported to be 'living in North Bay, Ont. The murder, which was disclosed by police yesterday, was committed by two men who drove alongside the Foster car, according to Miss Taylor, who was detained for questioning. The 'two assailants stopped the car and without warning oy threat, one of them shot Foster. The bullet pierced his heart. ; L. C. Lang, an eye-witness of the slaying, told the police that as thé slayer car drove away, one of its oc- cupants said to his companion: "You fool, what did you shoot for." GUN FIRE ROUTS CHIGKEN THIEVES Pitched Battle Staged at Oakridge Farm When Raiders Ambushed » Toronto, Aug. 2--~Gun fire and bloodshed, with shots barking out through the night, marked a firece sustained battle between farmers and chicken thieves on & farm on the Mississauga road early Wednesday morning, For more than an hour farm hands and marauders under cover of dark, stalked each other over a hurn- dred acres of ranch-land, firing inter- mittently at heads as they appeared silhouetted against the sky. Not until' the last shot had been fired and the last whisp o powder smoke had faded into the approach- ing rays of dawn did the provincial] police appear on the scene, and the victorious farm hands, having repul- sed the attack on the armed night raiders, took stock of the damage, barred their doors and retired 10 rest. The battle was staged on the fields of the Oakridge Chicken farm, on the Mississauga road near Clarkson. The farm is owned by W. G. Mor- rison, and on it are more than 25, 000 chickens, It has been raided by chicken thieves on several occasions, and several hundreds of birds have been lost within: the last few months. About three weeks ago the farm was raided by presumably the same band and two hundred birds were stolen. A large hole had been cut in the stout wire fence, and through. this the marauders made their entrance into the ranch. YOUTH SEVERELY - WOUNDED BY AN ACCIENTAL SHIT Boy in Hospital Because Friend Did Not Know Gy= . Was Loaded Toronto, Aug. 2--Three Toronte youths went on a hunting expedition yesterday with rats in an east end dump as the prey. One boy owned 1 rifle, a second carried the weapon and "didn't know it was loaded ;" the third, near death, was carried into Toronto East General hospital with a bullet in one lung. The injured boy is Roy Stroud. 17 years old, of 80 Highfield road. Ear- ly yesterday, he was reported to be in a critical condition, with chances of recovery slight. Young Stroud was wounded shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoou as he stood in a dump below High- field avenue and talked over the high lights of the hunt with two chums Archie Breese of 39 Woodfield road and Russell Pearse, 74 Highfield road 17 and 15 years old, respectively. At their feet lay 153 rats which had fallen during the afternoon's sport, bowled over by a 22 calibre repeating rifle, owned by Young Pearse. Breese decided to clean the gun in preparation for further action and, as he took the magazine frum the rifle, Stroud and Pearse talked together a few feet away. A shot rang out and Stroud drop- ped. Breese and Pearse hurried to him and carried him to the street. A fesv minutes later, a police ambulance took him to the hospifal. Breese had removed the magazine but had forgotten one bullet remain- ing in the chamber, police of Pape avenue division said, and had tuch- ed the trigger. Stroud received the bullet in the left side as the lead screemed past Pearse, missing him narrowly, At the hospital last night, Drs, J. H. Downing, Gerrard strect cast, and Dr. W. F. Plewes, Broadview avenue, performed an operation, relieving a hemorrhage and extracting the bullet, Five young men, friends of the youth, appeared to offer a blood transfusion, and from them John Thompson, a fireman at Berkeley street hall was chosen. He gave nearly a quart cf blood. y ARREST TWO REDS IN SUDBURY Toronto Communist Fellow-demonstrator Charged -- Sudbury, Aug . 2--Following 3a Communist demonstration in Bell Park last evening attended by ncar- ly 1,500 people, Oscar Ryan, Toronto, Communist worker, and S. G. Neil, Chairman of the local Demonstration Committee, were arrested by the po- lice in breaking up an attempt to head an unauthorized parade through the streets of Sudbury. Both men were removed to the police station, and Ryan was charged with obstruct- ing the police, while Neil was charg- and { ed with inciting an unlawiul assemb- ly contrary to Section $9 of the Cri. minal Code. London, Aug, 2~The anti-war demonstration day sponsored by Communist organizations throughout the world passed off in an atmosphere of comparative peace aad left large and apprehensive forces of troop! and police in the Capitals of Europe with little work on their hands. Reports from Capital after Capi- tal, from the turbulent Balkans 1c sedate Western Europe, helied expec- tations on the part of the police tor a day of riot, and on the part of Communists for a day of impressive manifestations, The most serious disturbance re- ported was in Canton, China, where martial law was declared for the day after'an attack on a Government iac- tory. Although such meetings as were held in European centres passed off quietly, for the most part under close police surveillance, there were scat- tered clashes with the authorities, and several score persoms were addéd to those already in the jails. Demonstrations on a large scale were held in Moscow, Leningrad, Kharkov and at.other cities, at which resolutions were passed declaring the danger of a new war, and pledging support to the Government's efforts in the cause of peace. A resoluuoa passed at the Moscow gathering pro- tested against the "attitude of the British Government in the Anglo- Soviet negotiations," " * Clashes occurred in a number of German cities, and thirty Communists were arrested in Berlin, where two members of the police guard were slashed with knives. At Kishinev, Rumania, severe! per- sons were injured when police broke up a demonstration, among whom were said to be Russian Communists who had come to organize the move- ment, -- Recovering From Burns Belleville.--John Winflover who was burned by electricity in a plant at Frankford, some time ago, and was brought to the General Hos- pital here for treatment is doing nicely. Sropie-ForLonG #@ STOCKS BONDS Head Office; d Rotors Bali BAY AND S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 i |