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VoL. 5--NO.' 29 RATA News i in Brief (By Canadian Press) . Norwood Man Arrested Toronto.--Charged with a seri- ous offence against a young girl, Keith Ennis, Norwood, Ont., was brought to Toronto last night by Detective Skinner. The accused Will fppear in police Soutt today. Learning to Fy at Seventy-Five London.--The Mail today says pide Sir Horace Plunkett, veteran Irish statesman, and bachelor, is fearning to fly at the age or 75 rs. He is taking lessons at the oklands airdrome in Surrey and is keen as a boy, . Fall Over Cliff Fatal Port Arthur.--Joseph Ogama, 6- year-old Indian boy of Cashbogie, who fell 100 feet off the Jackfisn cliffs on Tuesday while picking blueberries, died 'in St. Joseph's Hospital. The funeral will be held tomorfow morning to Squaw Bay Cemetery. *, * % Non-Support Charge Toronto. -- Creighton Dalton, who gave police his address as the Earnscliffe Apartments, was ar- rested by P.C. McCrae (729) of Court street station yesterday, on & charge 'of non-support of his child. '" $3,500,000 Wheat Crop 'Barrie,.--A fall wheat crop 'which will average from 20 to 25 or cent. above the average is being rvested in Simcoe county this year, The total crop, with increased ioe. is expected to bring $3,- 00,000. An estimated average, Judging by the grain already cut, is 35 bushels to the acre, with very Mttle rust to decrease the value. * % =» Pacing Charge, Drowns Self Winnipes. ----Rather than face a narcotic act charge in police court today, James Grant, 50-year-old resident of Winnipeg, committted suicide by drowning in the Red River, opposite Elm Park. Grant, one of four men arrested when Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized 30 ounces of heroin valued at $15,000, a little more than a week ago, was out on $20,000 bail pending hearing of De charge. * % Charged With Assault Toronto.--Alleged to have as- until he dies. He thanked the saulted and robbed Darby O'Reilly, ia Riverdale park last week, De- tective. Munroe yesterday arrested Charles Brown, 528 Parliament, on' the complaint of O'Reilly. Ac- Svat to" the information * given t , the two men met In riv- ph park where an argument en- sued, followed it was stated, by the assault and robbery, Brown was locked uw in No.3 station, Faces Theft Charges Toronto.--Mabel Ryan, 712 Ade- laide street west, was arrested yes- terday afternoon by Detectives Sil- verthorn and McCready on two charges of shoplifting from the Simpson and Eaton stores. Wear- ing avparsl, alleged to have been stolen by the accused was found In her home, the detectives said. The woman told the police that she was already on probation for getting into similar trouble some time ago. . % @ Official Gives Himself Up Detroit.--Jerome A. Hoffman, former secretary-treasurer of Rock- springs Brewing Co., Ltd., of Pres- ton, Ont., surrendered to police to- day on charge of violating Michi- gan blue-sky law. Fred C. Cron- in, former president of the con- cern, was arrested Wednesday on a similar charge. Men are accused of selling stock in brewery to group 60, Detroit Elks, without au- thority of securities commission. Approximately $340,000. wortn of | stock was soll at par. Quebec onde Inquiry Ottawa.--The Quebee Provincial Police will immediately start an in- vestigation of the disappearance of Miss Irene Lamont, 27-year-old Ot- tawa girl, believed drowned in Houder"s Lake, near Buckingham, Que., on July 25, but whose body has not been recovered. Word to this effect from Charles Lanctor, Deputy Attorney-General of Quedec, was received today by C. A. La- mont, father of the missing girl. It is presumed two Provincial deeec- _ tives will be sent to the Bucking- ham district from Montreal. Boy My sits oars Shot Kingston.--Police are investigat- Ing a mysterious shooting in which Oakley Freeman, aged 14, of Ver- ona, was the victim. He is in the General hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in his right arm. Oakley and his sister were out for a drive in an automobile: when they stopped on the edge of some woods. The girl left the car for a few moments, Oakley remaining, and while he was seated in the car was struck by a bullet. The direc- tion from which the bullet came and the identity of the person fir- ing the shot is a mystery. The bullet 'made a hole completery { through the upper right arm, pass- ng through the bone. WEATHER 'Thunderstorms have occur- red in the Maritime Provinces and except for a light shower in Northern . Manitoba the weather has been fair in all Provinces. It become ler in Saskatchewan and berta. The local forecast is: Light to moderate winds; fine and moderately warm Saturday, northeasterly winds, partly clondy with local thunder ' ahowars., ATR LAKE | Oshawa Baily Ti Succeeding' The Oshawa Daily Reformer sgh Newspaper in & Growing Chy & OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929 ~ 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a WNING VI Linn" Due to Arrive Tomorrow FOUR HUNDRED MEN ARE AT LAKEHURST PREPARING! TO RECEIVE AIR LINER Passengers 'Thoroughly En- joying Voyage--Ship Be- having Well as Weather Improves--Sea is Calm 200,000 WAITING TO GREET DIRIGIBLE Course Will Carry Her North of Bermuda on Bee Line from Gibraltar, Making Norfolk and Then Up Coast New York, Aug. 3.--The trans-At- lantic air liner Graf Zeppelin, two and a half days out, was far over the western Atlantic today making steady progress toward Lakehurst, N.J.,, on her second voyage to the United States. A direct message from the Zep- pelin at 8 a.m., GM.T. (3 am. ES.T.) placed her about 500 miles west of the Azores with approximately 2,- 000 miles still to go. Radio advices indicated that Dr. Hugo Eckener, the ship's commander, expected to reach Lakehurst Sunday afternoon. The ship, which had been averag- ing 45 miles an hour during the night, picked up speed considerably, and was averaging 70 miles -an hour this morning. She was on a course that would carry her north of Bermuda on a sibility that she would make her American landfall in the neighbor hood 'of Norfolk, Va, and would then swing northward as she did on her last trip. During the day the Zepelin began to get in touch with United States stations more freqeuntly. - She was first in direct communication with naval communications at Washing ton last night and today was picked (Continued on Page 3) CHEMIST IS GHIEF WITNESS IN GIRL MURDER TRIAL Long Holds Story Upon Which State Rests Much of Its Case Columbus, O., Aug. 3.--C. F. Long, Columbus city chemist, held the pivot position today in the mur- der trial of Dr, James H. Snook for the killing of Theora Hix as the state mover from the establishment of the crime to the definite effort to fasten it on the.49-year-old for- mer Ohio state professor. Long hold sthe story upon which the state rests much of its case. He made the examination of Miss Hix' stomach which the state maintains contained an emotional excitant given. her on the night of the kill- ing by her professor-lover. Prosecutor John J. Chester, Jr. in his opening statement, said that the state would show that on the night of the killing Dr. Snook bought sandwiches, put in them a concoction intended to excite the girl's emotions and that she ate them as they drove to a rifle range on the edge of the city where her body was found. With a total area estimated at 700,000 square miles British East Africa has a population of about 11,000,000 persons, of whom only some 20,000 are Europeans. En land Goes On Flokiday Monday London, Aug. 3.--Monday being the first Monday in August, it will be a civic holiday in many Cana- dian cities, but in England it rs a public holiday, the last of the sum- mer season. Yesterday more than 20,000 persons left Paddington station alone, for the west coun- try. Six entirely new trains are being used. for the first time. Berths on sleeping cars going to Scotland and ports from where steamers sail for Ireland were booked up weeks ago. Chinese Prince Dies ot Wounds Authorities "Story of Accidental Shooting (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tokyo, Aug. 3.--Prince Hsien Kal, former boy emperor, Piu-Yi, died late Friday night of wounds re- bee line from Gibraltar, with the pos- ceived the preceding night from A pistol held by Chang, : former Shantung, China, war lord. The youthful Manchu had been to call on Chang and was standing in the garden of the Japanese Hotel where Chang lived -at Beppu, Island of Kiushiu. Chang "¢1aIméd] he was handling the pistol in his quarters above when it went off hitting the Prince. ---- T rans-Pacific Plane Wreck Investigating 21 year old cousin of China's Chang Tsung tance committee in. revising Phote shows the smashed plane in which Licut. Harold Bromley, a Canadian of British Columbia, was wrecked on his take-og from Tacoma for a trans-Pacific flight. The flight has now been abandoned. Bromley was injured but not seriously. Failure Cost Oke $1,000 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Campbellford, Ont., Aug. 3.-- The failure of George Young, To- ronto to complete the course in yesterday's professional three-mile swim, cost his manager Teddy Oke, Toronto, $1,000 it was reported. William Sadlo, New York it is said, waged $1,000 with Oke that Young , would .not complete the course; i 3 Cuts Tariff on Flax Seed Washington. ~The tariff on flax- seed was reduced by the senate fis the proposed house rates from 63c per bushel to 56 cents. 'The present rate is 40 cents. Summary Removal of Italian Financial Expert Creates Big Public Scandal In Italy (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Rome, Aug. 3.--Iitaly reverberated today with its greatest public scandal in years, involving Ernesto Belloni, former mayor of Milan and Italian financial expert at Versailles and the reparations and debt conferences, and unnamed advisors. Belloni was removed summarily late yesterday by Premier Mussolini from all public and political activity. The action followed report of a 'special committee into' Belloni activities as Podesta mayor of Milan, The charges provoking the investi- gation were levelled by Roberto Far- inacci, former secretary of the Fas- cist party and now provincial secre- tary at Cremona. Farinacci claimed Belloni favored the American banking firm of Dillon Read and Company, in return for a large money compen- sation in alloting a loan of $30,000, 000 to the city of Milan in 1927, The committee, although still in- vestigating the loan, exonerated Bell- oni of this charge, but found he had used his office as Podesta to increase greatly his private fortune, Farinacci, himself, was subjected to a scathing criticism by Premier Mus- solini, who said: "The head of the government deplores in most force- ful manner the action of Attorney Farinacci, deputy in parliament and member of the Grand Council for having brought publicity and grave defamatory accusations touching di- rectly the Fascist party and a great banking institution of, the United States: "These accusations, which the com- mittee has ascertained are wholly without foundation, have furnished to remains of anti-Fascists, to radical masonic elements of Milan, Italian and foreign, a new pretext for com- ments to damage the kingdom." (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Aug. 3.--One of the liveliest controversies in recent years is raging over the design of th statue for Lord Haig. Lady Haig, Lord Baden-Powell, who has just been elevated to the peerage by His Majesty, friends of the late field marshal, members of the British Legion and horse lovers have all vigorously denounced the statue and want the Office of Works to reject it. They assert that no horse like the one in the statue has ever been seen and that Lord Haig looks like a man of blood and iron, similar to Bismarck, instead of the kindly, sympahetic soldier he was. Pic- tures show Lord Haig, an upright and forbidding figure, seated on a horse which - looks - like a 'hupter; Design For Lord Haigh's Statue Raises Liveliest Controversy wih its head held back by a tight rein An officer in the army remount department says it is a horse "no army buyer would have looked at." The sculptor, A, F. Hardiman, declares the statue is intended to be symbolic of Britain's great field marshal and his horse and that it will endure for many years after his friends have passed away. 'Meanwhile, the newspapers are asking what the work is supposed to be symbolic of, Lady Haig has sent' photographs of her late hus- bard on his charger to the Office of Works, asking that the statue shall be nearer the actual truth than it is.' Mr. Hardiman retorts that his statue is a work of art and not photography. The columna of the newspapers are filled with discussions: on the. subject, -e 'Wore Bathing Suit on Street Shiering Youth Is Arraigned Before St. Thomas Magistrate (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) St. Thomas, Aug, 3.--Charged with appearing on the streets of Port Stanley in only a bathing suit, in contravention of the muni- cipal bylaws, a Windsor youth was picked up by Chief of Police Donald Graham and brought to the city yesterday to be arraigned be- fore Magistrate Maxwell, His worship was unable, how- ever, to hear the case because of pressure of other court business, and advised the chief to return to Port Stanley with his prisoner and come back at a time when he was not so busy. The youth--#as attired in only his bathing suit, and grew chilly while his captor waited to catch the car of the magistrate. His plight touched the warm heart of Chief Armstrong, who loaned him a satin-lapelled frock coat of vint- age of 1872. The shivering bather said the Port, Stanley chief pounced upon him when he visited a village drug store to procure some cocoa cream. FOREST FIRE STILL OUT OF CONTROL Calgary, Alta., Aug. 3.--Further reports to Calgary from the fire area at the junction of Rainy Creek and the Elbow River about: 40 miles southwest of Calgary, stated that the fire was still out of con- trol. More men have been sent to fight the blaze and there are now about 50 men attempting to pre- vent spread, of the fire, forestry of- ficials in the city stated. A forest fire on the 'Big Horn reserve, south of Sheep Creek is now under' control, officials said. A fire near the Burnt Stick Lake in the Red Deer area is being in- vestigated but no details have reached the city. Additional lookout posts have been established in the forest areas and are doing good work in report- ing fires which have been exting- uished 'before much damage has been done. ' ite Hours of Rain Check Advance of Forest Fires Situation in Northern Al- berta Is Still Critical (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 3.--Forest fiYes IA" fio¥thwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba are believed to be definitely checked this morning after a night of steady rain which spread over the entire flame-stricken area. While reports from Kenora district were meagre, weather officials de- clared that a vainfall lasting 10 hours and continuing teday was ex- perienced from head of the lake to many miles east--covering the whole forest fire district. Port Arthur and Fort Willian re- ported showers that lasted four and one-hauf hours last night. The fire menace was almost completely ob- literated in that vicinity. If the steady downpour in other sections did not altogether stamp out the fires, it was believed they would cer- tainly be well under control of the fire rangers and volunteer forces, who for days had fought to keep them checked. Weather in northwestern Ontario will clear up this afternoon but the heat wave has passed and will be re- placed by decidedly cool tempera- tures. Thunder showers in southern Al- berta last night were of great bene- fit to crops but did not extend en- ough northward to pe of any use in drowning the worst forest fires Al- berta has suffered in years. The situation in that Province is considered very critical even with hundreds of fire fighters working day and night. Rain is badly needed there. iE "| the board of HONORED BY KING According to a dispatch from London, Eng., yesterday, the King has con- ferred a barony on Lieut-Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, head of the boy scouts. NO PAPER MONDAY Owing to Monday being Civic holiday and a general holiday in the city, there will be no issue of The Oshawa Daily Times. Important news, how- ever, will be bulletined in the windows of The Times office. Churchill to Visit Canada (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Aug. 3.--Winston Churchill, Chancelilor of the Ex- chequer in the late Baldwin Cabi- net, his son Randolph, and his brother Major John Churchill left today for Souhtampotn where they were to sail for a three months' holiday tig. to Canada and South America, Mp Arip would be ef with return turiy:via-the- Lie the tates. In the roughes These ils are ter- rible, caddie." "This ain't the' Tinks; sir. You got off them a long time ago."--Chath- Briggs--'They say Maude is ao ing to marry a struggling young writer." Simpson--'Well, if she has de- cided on it, then it's no use him struggling." ? Exercise Care In Spite Of Rain London, Aug. 3.--Cricket pitches and a great deal of other ground was under water today, in strong contrast to 10 days ago, when Eng- land was as parched as a desert. Despite the liberal downpour since then, water companies are taking no chances of another shortage of water. The amateur gardener must still use a bucket to water his lawn, instead of a hose; and the motor car owner can use only a sponge to clean his car. Unpleasantness Firmly Denied Procedure, Not Policy, Cause of Departure of Russian Ambassador (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Aug. 3.--The hitch in the * British-Russian negotiations for. resumption of diplmatic rela- tions was said in official quarters today to have arisen over the fuestion of procedure and not of policy, Rumors that the departure of M. Dovgalevsky, Russian ambassa- dor in Paris and Russian repre- sentative in the negotiations, was connected with unpleasantness in his discussions with Foreign Sec- retary Henderson were denied em- am News. phatically. All Roads Lead Championship to the Annual Regatta of the Canadian Canoe Association Tie-up of Burials Faces New York Grave Diggers' Strike Means Many Bodies Left Unburied (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, Aug 3.--A general strike of 2,000 cemetery workers in this city, with the resultant con- fusion and heart-break over un- buried bodies, may result unless the strike of 396 grave diggers at Calvary cemetery, Queens, is set- tled to the satisfaction of the Cemetery Workers' union. This was indicated today at a meeting of the striking grave-dig- gers of local 18083 at Maspeth, where about 300 of the strikers heard Alexander Marks, organizer for the: A.F.0.L., tell the strikers that the Calvary Cemetery associa- tion would have to come to terms if they would strike it out. A telegram was sent to Cardinal Hayes asking him to arrange for a meeting between an arbitration committee of the strikers and Father John Dineen, chairman of trustees ol the as- sociation. The strikers ask for $42 a week instead of $5 a day; a nine-hour day, time and one-half for over- time and double time for Sundays. They have been out since Tuesday last, BOY SCOUT LEADER IS DEAD AT SIXTY Toronto, Ont. ' Aug. 3.--Ernest O'Callaghan, 59, executive commis- sioner of the Toronto Boy Scouts' Association, died in a hospital here yesterday after one week's illness. Mr.' O'Callaghan who was born in Kingston, came to this city at an early age and for 10: years was choirmster in a local church, He served overseas during the South African "War and on his return journeyed to Vancouver where ha was captain of the Vancouver Rug- by Club for six yedrs. Mr. O'Cal- laghan was credited with the in- troduction. of = British rugby to Californian cities. He returned to Toronto in 1917 and showed an active interest in the Boy Scout movement and was awarded: the Silver Wolf, highest honor in pr rvs | scouting. T(By Sam S. Robertson, Canadian Press Staff Writer) Carleton Place, Aug. 3,--A color- ful crowd, travelling by train and auto, passenger bus and yacht, even an energetic few by bicycle, con- verged on this Ottawa Valley town today for the annual championship regatta of the Canadian Canoe As- sociation. A record breaking as- semblage of well over 5,000 fol- lowers of the paddling clan was ex- pected to have gathered by the af- ternoon when the main events were to get underway. An overcast sky and light breeze was the prevailing weather setting for the coronation ceremonies of those who were to fight their way to victory over the strong opposi- tion provided in the various class races. The sky did not appear rain-laden while the breeze was just of sufficient strength to rippre the usually placid suface of tne Lake Mississippi course over which the championships are to be de- cided. The day's program of events opened at 10.30 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, when the official starter, John S. MacGregor, of Tor- onto, sent the ten seekers after the title of junior singles champion bver the line and on their hectic way. W. Gammon of the Lachine Canoe Club, present wearer of the crown, was not in the field, but a club fellow member, T. Hodge, was considered a strong threat. Oth- ers scheduled to start in the chase for this championship were X. Mooney, Cartierville,; B. Robert, Toronto; W. Thompson, Carleton Place; A. Lauzon, Algonquin; R. Inger, Toronto; Lou Bates, Ottawa; New Edinburgh; J. Wing, Ganano- que; H. Godard, Cartierville; 8. Macdonald. RS ------ SIXTEEN PAGES TiMS A WVSTERY AUTOPSY INDICATES MRS. GOMME AND BABY BECKWITH DID NOT DIE BY DROWNING Not Sufficient Water Found in Lungs to Cause Death, Declares Coroner Dr. Rundle in Discussing Post Mortem Findings MAY HOLD INQUEST AT A LATER DATE Further Information Withe held, but All Theories of Foul Play Are Scouted by Police -- Death May be Due to Shock The death of Mrs. Edwin Gommes and little Robert Beckwith, her five months old grandchild, was not caused by drowning as origin- ally supposed, Coroner Dr, F. J. Rundle revealed today in discuse sing the tragedy of last Monday night in which four Oshawa people ar thought to have lost their lives while boating off Lakeview Park beach, Dr. Rundle based his state- ment on the result of a post mor- tem examination which was con-| ductd Thursday upon the bodies of Mrs. Gomme and Baby Beckwith. "Were there any marks which might indicate foul play," The Times asked Dr. Rundle. May Hold Inquest The Coroner would not admit: that this was the case but pointed out that he could not divulge any further information concerning ths autopsy in the advent of an inquest being held. He iiimated that if an inquest was 1 J] mortem findings ! to the public at a later Ais A report to the effect that mo water had been found in the Jungs! of either Mrs, Gomme or the baby, was denied by the Coroner, He claimed that a small quantity of water had been discovered but not sufficient to cause death. A statement appearing in toe day's issue of two Toronto Li ing papers that an inquest woul likely be held was contradicted b: Dr. Rundle, "I did not state that there was' a likelihood of an inquest... What? would be the object of an inquest! when there were no witnesses t: (Continued on Page 3) CHILD BURNED 70 DEATH, S1X OTHERS SERIOUSLY HURT Gasoline Tank of Ice Cream Truck Explodes Trenton, N.J., Aug, 3.--Lured on by the hope of free ice cream, one child was burned to death and = number seriously injured when the gasoline tank of a wrecked ice cream truck exploded. Thirteen are in hospitals suffering from burns, six of them in a serious condition. The truck upset as the driver at- tempted to make a sharp turn. A crowd, composed . mostly of children attracted by the spilled ice cream, gathered about. While a wrecking crew worked over the vehicle, an unidentified man removed the cap from the gasoline tank. The fuel flowed over the heated motor and explod- ed, showering flaming liquid upon the crowd. Duke on Half Pay London.--Official announcement was made today that the Duke of Gloucester, third son of the King, concurrently with his appointment as aide de camp. .to his father, had been placed on the half pay 1st of the army. "This means that the duke, who was captain of the 10th Royal Hussars, has retired from ac-- tive service. Former Pedlar Makes Millions, Tours Lakes In Private Yacht (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Aug. 3.--Just a few years ago Frank P. Paris, he is now 32, was a lad in Chicago run- ning around looking for a much needed job, He got one selling mar- ine parts, block and tackle, hard- ware and similar truck. Then lady luck laid a million bucks in cold cash in. his lap in the three years between his 15th and 18th birthdays. Today he came back to give the old town a treat. His 150 foot yacht, all mahogany and silver, and cut glass and per- sion rug, was one of the sights in Grant park harbor. He sat on deck with his wife and three young- sters, willing to talk about any- thing but the millions he has piled up, except to admit that when the breaks came they were all in his favor. The block and tackle business led' him inta the oil fields, He plungd in oil and the wells fairly spouted wealth inio his lap. He was made president of several oil and pipe line companies,' making worlds of money for himself and for his associates. Nobody backed him at the start, He backed him- self. He has sold many of his in- terests, but remains president of the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line company, which is making piles of money. for him. He lives in a $100,000 home in Kansas City and recently bought 'the magnifcient yacht Theo, in which he and his family are touring the lakes. w