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© "AUthe ¥ It Is News" oo / ®sh Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer heuua Daily Times | Newspaper in a Growing City Published at Ont. Vor 5--NO. 31 i Bod 2d Bebe ei tee ibd PRP PTTTTTITTIITETTY News in Brief (By Canadian Press) saa tall dhe Ea Eh gue ma a dh did Chooses London nt.--President W. P. the London Rotary, says twenty-third district con- 'ference' of Rotary, will be held in London in 1930 with an at- tendance of more Shan 1,000. , TTP Th 4] Lose Near of that the Auto Feats Boy's Arm Toronto. --Glen Miller, aged 12, residing in Fairbank, sustained a fracture of his right arm when an automobile he 'was cranking, back- fired last night." He was removed to 'Western hospital.' . Break in ® Conon Deadlock Manchester, England--The Daily News today says that the deadlock in the cotton industry has been re- lieved. Announcement of arbitration was expected which would restore peace before the end of the week. The stoppage is mow in its second week with more than 500,000 opera- tives idle. . * iw F. A. Cain Remanded Toronto--~Fred A, Cain, charged with abducting an cight- year-old East York girl, was remanded an- other week before Magistrate Keith in county police court yesterday at the request of Frank Moore, crown counsel. The crown stated that pro- ceedings might not begin until Aug. 21, and that more serious charges might be laid. * * Trafalgar Boy Injured Milton.-- John, young son of W. Bigger of "Trafalgar Township, met with a serious accident on his father's farm. The lad was climbing in the driving shed, when he slip- ped and fell on a disc harrow, lacer- ating his face. Every cffort is be- ing made to prevent the boy's face being disfigured. . World's Record-Holder Killed Bordeaux; France. -- Lieutenant Bonnet of the French Army, select- ed by the Ministry of Air to pilot the French entry in the coming Schnieder Cup races at Calshot, England, was killed after the aero- plane in which he was training for the speed test was wrecked in leav- ing -the air field here. Bonnet was the holder of the world speed record for land planes. * * Relatives Are Alarmed Ottawa.--Alarm is felt by relatives of. four youths who left their homes in the city on Sunday morning to motor to Whitefish lake, near Pol- timore, Que, in the Gatineau valley, and who have not been heard from since They were supposed to have returned yesterday. The missing youths are Robert and Percy Sou- tar, "Florence street; --and Charles Green of Overbrook, with another youth from the same place, whose name is not known. Four Men Saved From Drowning Windsor.--Four persons escaped drowning yesterday when two craft collided off the foot of Clark avenue in American waters, near the Am- bassador bridge. Alex Johnson of Ecorser and John Simpson of Monroe, were rescued by a United States coastguard cut- ter which had been in pursuit of one of the boats. . Burns Prove Fatal Winnipeg. --Charles . J. Redfern, aged 37, Utopia, Ont, died in the - hospital here yesterday from severe burns reccived when he came in contact with a high voltage power cable on Sunday night. according to police, climbed a steel power line tower and, as he put out a hand to grasp one of the wires, he was immediately enveloped in flames and fell 30 feet to the ground. He failed to regain consciousness, Train Conductor Killed Moose Jaw, Sask.--T. D. Bryan, Canadian Pacific Railway conductor, succumbed to injuries received on Sunday when he jumped froma spec- ial train pulling into the depot and was wedged between the rail and the platform. Rain had rendered the platform greasy, and when he lcap- ed from the foremost coach he slip- ped and was caught by his clothing on a projection of the under-car- riage. He was dragged for some distance, MISSING OTTAWA YOUTHS RETURN (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Ont., Aug, 7.--Fears for the safety of Robert and Percy Soutar, and two other young fish- ermen of Ottawa, were relieved when they returned home last night their disabled automobile in tow of a repair car. When the youths failed to return on Mon- day from a week-end fishing ex- pedition in the Gatineau Valley, a search for them was started. They were discovered on a little used road, miles from a telephone or garage, with their auto broken down, ) First Doctor: "Did you ever lose ea patient?" Second Doctor: "Yes; there was young Dinks. He recovered and hasn't come near the place since." s WEATHER Pressure is high over the cen- tral portion of the continent and low in the Labrador Coast and over the southwest States. Ex- cept for a few light showers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec the weather has been fair in all provinces; moderately warm in the west and Georgian Bay, Ottawa and Up- per St. Lawrence--Light to mod- erate winds, fine today and + Thursday, cool tonight. S na OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1929 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES BIG DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACCE PTED Redfern Scheme Provides for Diver- sion of Oshawa and Har- mony Creeks and Reclam- ation of Large Area for In- dustrial Sites CHANNEL WILL BE DREDGED TO HARBOR Harbor Basin Measuring 550 Feet to be Created-- Swamp Land to be Re- claimed and Turned Jver to City Plans for the development of the Oshawa harbor, which include the dredging out of a harbor basin 550 by 480 feet in size and of the entrance to the harbor, and the reclaiming of the swamp land sur- rounding the harbor basin for in- dustrial sites, were accepted by the city council at its meeting last night. Tenders will be called at once, and the work completed this summer, it is understood from en- gineers of the Dominion Depart- ment of Public Works. The Resolution The resolution accepting the plans, which was moved by Alder- men Boddy and Hart, was as follows: "That this council accept the plan of the proposed improvement to the Oshawa Harbor as presented by the mayor and that this coun- cil express its appreciation to the Department of Public Works ar Ottawa as to the proposed work with the confidence that this work will 'be proceeded with in the very near future." J. Wilson, assistant to the chief engineer of the public works de- partment, was "in the city a few days ago and conferred with Mayor Mitchell, who has done consider- (Continued on page 5) MARY MACLANE, THE ONCE SUCCESSFUL No Friend Was at Bedside of Author Who Wrote "Men Who Have Loved Me" ° (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Ills, Aug. 7--Mary Mac- Lane, a successful author 15 years ago, died last night in a lonely room on the fringe of Chicago's black- and-tan belt. She was born in Win- nipeg, Man, in 1881. The author of "I, Mary MacLane," "Men Who Have Made Love To Me" and other romantic writings, Miss MacLane had virtually disap- peared. . It was some time after her death before it was realized she was the Mary MaclLane whose own romantic adventures as set forth in her books had stirred the imagina- tions of the reading public of a few years ago, No one was at her bedside as she died. Her body was found by the proprietor of the small hotel where she had lived for the last four years. Her death, a doctor's certificate said, was duc to natural causes. Miss MacLane's retirement about six years ago was believed to have been caused by disappointment . It came after the sale of her books had fallen off and financial reverses set in. Ill health added to her troubles. Her family moved when she was young to Fergus Falls, Minn, and later to Butte, Mont, where she graduated from. high school. Her mother, Mrs. Margaret Klenz, Helena, Mont., has been notified. AUTHOR, DIES ALONE CITY COUNCIL Commissioners Resign Aug. 15th (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Aug. .7.--All the mem- bers of the Board of Grain Com- missioners for Canada have resigned, their resignations to take effect on August 15, On that date the names of the new commissioners will be gi- ven out. Shot By Little Brother Swan River, Man.--Billy Mainy- chuk, aged 10, was shot through the heart and instantly killed by a rifle in the hands of his brother Paul, aged 7. The children were playing with the gun, which they did not know was loaded, Fire Demon is Facing Defeat Army of Fire-fighters at Last Are Gaining Control (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Spokane, Mwashn.,, Aug. 7.-- The fire demon which for two weeks has resisted an, army of fighters in the northwest seemed to be facing. defeat today on fronts that extended through parts of three states. After having ravaged thousands of acres In Montana, Idaho and Washington, several hundred fires in the national forests of those states were being subdued by a combination of weather and ef- forts of forest department crews, timber protective association men and volunteers. While the total area of these fires was unknown, reports in- dicated that it would be consider- ably more than 35,000 acres, with losses running into millions of dol- lars, Many ranches and much valu- able timber has been destroyed. HAGUE REPARAT AUD orem ION'S CONFERENCE Chief figures involved in the reparations conference now under way at the Hague, to attempt to liquidate the post-war debt problem, are: (1) Philip Snow- den, Great Britain. erts committee, Briande, France, (2) Owen D. Young, United States, who headed the ex- (3) Dr. Gustav Stresemann, Germany, and (4) Aristide SNOWDEN 1S FIRM IN| FAGE OF PROTEST BY FRANCE AND ITALY British Definitely Opposed to Bank for Internation- al Settlement The Hague, Netherlands, Aug. 7. --In the face of increasing firm- ness by France and Italy in favor of the present apportionmnet of German reparations among the Al- lies in the Young Plan, Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, today reiterated his government's determination to obtain revision of the Young plan. Mr, Snowden's speech yesterday in the first business session of the 1929 conference of the Hague for putting into effect the Young plan put the issues between Great Brit- ain and the other creditor powers over their shares squarely up to the delegates. After Finance Minis- ter Henri Cheron of 'France and Senator Masconi of Italy had stated their attitude this morning. Mr. Snowden reaffirmed his stand- point in an interview with the press. The British Chancellor made more definite the British opposi- tion to the scheme for the bank for international settlements as it was elaborated by the financial ex- perts of the Young committee. He said that opinion in the Lon- don "City", headquarters of Brit- ish banking, had in the past few days turned against the interna- tional bank {dea hecause of its projected plan to buy and sell Three Killed In Plane Crash Campbellsville, Ky., Aug. 7.--A rebuilt plane piloted by a youthful unlicensed student pilot and pow- ered with a motor of a type declar- ed obsolete by the War Department fell into an alley in the centre of the town late yesterday, and the pilot and his two passengers met death as the wreckage was con- sumed by flames. 2 The pilot was Francis Mitchell, 25, of Louisville, and his passen- gers, Carl E. Carter, 23, drug store owner, and Flave Courts, 23, a clerk in the store. Britain to Evacuate Troops From Egypt Giving Country Real Measure of Independence Add Five Ships Atlantic Flee Creates Greatest Single Fighting Unit in the World (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Aug. 7--The Atlantic fleet becomes the greatest single fighting force in the world by the decision of the admiralty to recall five battle- ships of the Queen Elizabeth class from Mediterranean waters to home ports and the Atlantic fleet, The transference of the battle- ships, not only an important change in distribution of the navy but an entirely new departure in British naval policy, means the balance of power is removed from Malta and Gibraltar to the Atlantic. The Atlantic fleet will consist of 14 capital ships, among them the two most powerful vessels in the world, the Nelson and Rodney, and the largest Batis. -cruiser .in the world, H.M.S. Hoo Aug. 7--Heavily post- marked, the first letter to reach Montreal from the German mail shipment on the Graf Zeppelin ar- rived yesterday addressed to Os- borne B. Bond, 3397 St. Urbain street. The letters marked 3 am, August 5, indicating when: it was re- ceived here. ' Mailed by a friend in Germany, the letter left with the Graf Zeppe: lin on its original flight on M Engine trouble developed on ha Zeppelin after travelling 800 miles from Friedrichshafen, and forced the Graf to return to Germany. The letter bears the mark in German, "Forwarding delayed because of in- terruption of first American flight." Montreal, The Graf then set out again op its Sia di Ne Letter Carried on Graf Zeppelin Delivered to Montreal Man recent successful flight, leaving Friedrichshafen at 10.29 p.m. E.D. ST. on Wednesday, and was brought to rest on the field Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N.J,, at 9.50 pm. ED.S.T. Sunday, carrying the letter for Montreal. The letter is stamped "Luftschiff, Graff Zep- pelin,' I. Amerikafahrt 1929," show- ing the Statutc of Liberty with the towering skyline of New York in the background, and the Graf looming against the sky on the horizon. The letter was in transit 5 days, one hour and 39 minutes during its last trip, it is estimated, as compar- ed with previous boat mailings of 9 days. This latter boat time does not include the recent record breaking trip of 'the German liner Bremen. London, Aug. T-- 7.-- British mili- tary occupation of Egypt, except for the Suez canal zone, is aban- doned and other important and far-reaching reforms agreed to in the new Anglo-Egyptian draft treaty, details of which were is- sued today from Downing street by the foreign office. The proposals are a great ad- vance on anything hitherto offer- ed as settlement of . the Angle- Egyptian problem, being consider- ed even more favorable than was the draft treaty of 1927, which wag rejected by the Egyptian par- liament under the influence of the followers of the Nationalist leader Zaghoul Pasha, The agree- ment which Rt. Hon. Arthur Hen- derson, foreign secretary, has negotiated with the Egyptian Premier, Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha, in a general way follows the lines of the abortive treaty of two years ago, but makes import- ant concessions to Egypt. - The British occupation will cease and Briitsh troops will be withdrawn to the Suez canal zone. The British government will use its influence to induce other Powers to consent to the abolition (Continued on Page 11) TROOPS AND MINERS CEASE FIGHTING Bucharest, Rumania, Aug. 7 Clashes between troops and striking miners in the Lupeny district which have resulted in heavy loss of life. quieted down this morning while fresh military reinforcements took control of, the situation. Officially the dead are numbered at 32 with 80 others seriously wound- ed, but it is generally, believed that the number of dead will be larger, present estimates going as high as The electric work shops from which the mines are pumped out fell into the hands of the strikers who damaged the engines but later gend- armes recaptured the buildings. The number of strikers has Been placed at 3,800 but apparently miners from other shafts are prepared to join the movement, ve SN, Grat Zeppelin Starts Tonight On World Cruise Is Expected to Retum to Lakehurst, Via Tokyo, September 3rd (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lakehurst, N.J, Aug. 7--A com- pany of adventurous souls prepared to embark today upon a history- making voyage, circum-navigation of the earth in the German dirigible, Graf Zeppelin. Dr. Hugo Eckner, commander of the airship, ordered passengers to be at the hangar at 4 p.m. today al- though actual start on the first leg of the journey was not expected to be made before midnight. Some of those who have booked passage from here will not make the flight around the world but will dis- embark at the first stop, Friedrich- shafen, Germany, the Graf's home port. Among those who expect to re- main aboard. the airship until she arrives here again a month - hence, flying out of the west are: Com- mander Charles IE. Rosendahl, U.S N.; Lieut. J. C, Richurdson, USN.; William B. Leeds, son of the late tin plate king; Sir George Hubert Wilkins, explorer; Lady Grace Drummond Hay; Karl Von Wei- gand, newspaper "correspondent ; and Joachin D. Rickard, writer, . Forecasts indicated that weather conditions would permit the start as scheduled. Cloudy weather, with possible showers, were in prospect, but Lieutenant S. F. Reicheldsrfer said there would be no high wind to prevent the take off. Hans Von Schiller, ene of' the pilots of the Graf, said he expected the airship would' reach Friedrich- shafen early Sunday. The ship will be grounded there for four or five days "then set out for Tokyo. 'The jump to Tokyo and to Los Angeles each are expected to take four or five days with lay overs of the same duration at each stop, The trip cast- ward across the United States is es- timated to consume two or three days, which will bring the airship to her starting place here about Sept. 3. TORONTO-WINDSOR DAILY AIR EXPRESS (By Canadian Press' Leased Wire) Toronto, Ont., Aug. 7.--An air ex- press service between Toronto, Ham- ilton, London and Windsor will be inaugurated this afternoon by the Canadian Pacific Railway Express. A Fairchilds' aeroplane, piloted by Capt. R. H. Dibby, of the Canadian Airways Limited, will leave Weston airport at 1245 p.m. eastern standard time, with the three western Ontario cities as its destination, and' will re- turn to Toronto at-8 p.m. eastern standard time, The service will con- tinue daily except Sunday. The plane is capable of transporting 1,200 gad: of air express magter. = How They Do It In Mexico (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Mexico, Aug. 7--Miguél Martinez accepted an invitation to act as referee at a duel between two of his friends. The duelists fired at 20 paces, both balls piercing the referee's chest. Martinez 1s dying. Both duelists unhurt, fled. Threa Horses Suffocated Port Arthur--Three heavy truck horses were suffocated this morning in a burning barn on Machar avenue. Two teamsters sleeping upstairs es- caped in their night attire. Believe Oshawa Man Planned Prison PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OSHAWA HARBOR PLACED BEFORE THE En Route to The Pacific Coast (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 7--En route to the Pacific coast on a trans-con- tinental air tour, Captain J. H. Par- kinson, noted Canadian pilot, of Montreal, Que., landed at the Ste- venson aerodrome "here late yester- day. Piloting the monoplane "Cham- plain," Captain Stevenson flew from Duluth today, completing the 400- mile flight in three hours and forty minutes. He left Montreal July 12, and has made thirteen stops at var- ious castern cities and towns. Harbor Claims Three Victims Boat Upsets -- Three-year- old Child Escapes Death (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nanaimo, B.C., Aug. 7.--A wo- man and two children were drown- ed: in a boating accident at Boat Harbor, eight miles southeast of Nanaimo, last evening, according to meagre advices reaching here. Mrs, E. J. Mines, of Island Park, Burnaby, B.C., an eight-year-old boy named Cummings and anotsner boy whose name was not given, were the victims. 3 They were boating "bout "Mirty yards from shore when the boat upset, throwing them into the water. A three-year-old child, the fourth member of the pary, did not fall out of the bout and "Yas picked up safe in the craft some time later. Boat Harbor .was the shipping point of the defunct Pacific Coast coal mines company. Mrs. Cum- mings and her husband, who was watchman at the property, were the only residents of the place, but Mrs. Mines, sister of Mrs. Cum- mings, was visiting the family. Australian Premier Orders Investigation Into Charges of Former Bntish M.P. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Canberra, Australia, Aug. 7--Pre- mier Bruce has ordered an investi- gation into the truth of remarks al- leged to have been made by Colling- wood Hughes, former member of the British, House of Commons, on ar- rival at Fremantle on the P. and O. liner Bendigo a few days ago. Hughes is alleged to have charged that among the immigrants on the liner were "degenerates, criminals, loafers, unemployables, and weak- minded children," He is well-known as a writer on naval defense, em- pire migration and scttlement, and social and economic subjects. He seconded the address in. reply to the king's speech in parliament in 1923. Premier Bruce said the allegations were so obviously extravagant as to create considerable doubt of their accuracy. Passengers on the Ben- digo were reorted to have been so incensed at Hughes' statements that they held an indignation meeting and resolved that Hughes should leave the ship immediately at Fre- mantle or otherwise a deputation would ask the captain to remove him, IMPENDING CRISIS NANKING CABINET| (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Shanghai, Aug. 7--Reports were current in © Shanghai today that a cabinet crisis impended at Nanking as a result of the resignation yes- terday of T. V, Soong, minister of finance, The native papers said Chiang Kai Shek, president of the Nanking government, arrived here today. to urge M, Soong to recon- sider, Tt was said here: other resignations probably would follow shortly. The second . Nanking troop dis- bandment conference adourned to- day without adopting financial esti- mates proposed by M. Soong. His resignation was explained as resulting from his inability to main- tain a proper financial background for the Nationalist government when its resources were depleted so con- (1 sangly; by. Reg: milla. bugdeps. [Young Bandit is Sent to Prison Edmund Martin, Formerly of Toronto, To Serve One to Five Years (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Detroit, Mich, Aug. 7--Edmund Ont.,, was sentenced to serve from Martin, 18 formerly of Toronto, five to 20 years in Michigan re- formatory by Judge Frank Murphy yesterday, Martin . pleaded guilty to.an attempt to hold up a branch of National Bank of Commerce, July 30. According to Martin he had ser- ved a term in Victoria Industrial School of Toronto, He was releas- ed two months ago and came to Detroit. His holdup attempt was made the day after a note-bandit had successfully robebd the same bank. He: "A woman would have beauty than brains." She: "Of course--most men are stupid, but few are blind." rather Break GOVERNOR LUCAS FINDS SAW BLADE IN MAGAZINE TAKEN INTO JAIL BY FRANK SCHAFER * Saw Blade Was Hidden in Binding of Magazine Which Prisoner Asked to be Allowed to Take ng His Cell to Read OFFICIALS BELIEVE ESCAPE PLANNED Schafer Had Been Sentenced to Jail Term on Liquor Selling Charge, and Pro tested Against Conditions at Whitby 848" (B y Staff Reporter) Whitby, Angas: 7--While examine ing maggzines on Sunday, taken from Frank Schafer on his entrance to the county jail, for violation of the L.C.A, Governor Lucas discov« ered a piece of hack saw blade neat« ly secreted in one of the magazines. Schafer is the man who a short time ago in the Oshawa police court raised objection through his councily D, A. J. Swanson of Oshawa, that the 'jail at Whitby was not fit for prisoners. Governor lucas on finding the saw, feared that Schafer when con- fronted with the discovery would claim that the magazine was not his, had the prisoner pO and in reson Junior: ad Scha er fad 'y his On being told that it igh t key, h zines. be possible to obtain one of the magazines for him to, read and 'on asked whic inc he pre~ ferred, the prisoner sélected the one in which the saw was hidden. Scha« fer was then told that the governor would consider the matter and see what could be done. Believe Escape Intended It is believed by jail officials that the prisoner had concealed the saw blade in the binding of the magazine (Continued on page 5) RIVAL TONG FORGES SIGN PEACE TREATY AFTER FIVE DEATHS Leaders Were Warned to Make Peace or 4 Pack Up 3 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, NY. Aug. 7--Peace reigned throughout the United States again today between. the On Leong and Hip Sing Tongs after three days of warfare in which five, Chinese were killed and several wounded. A new treaty was signed here to- day by national leaders of the rival tongs after they had been served with an ultimatum by United States Attorney Charles H, Tuttle "to make peace or pack up Word of the A of the treaty was telegraphed to Tong leaders in Chicago, and Boston, where killings had occurred and also to Philadel- phia and San Francisco, and other cities having large . Chinese settles ments, Before word of the signing of the peace had been sent out and while negotiations were pending another" shooting occurred in Chicago where Joe Wai, a Hip Sing Tongman was severely wounded. George J. Mintzer, an assistant United States attorney said that the warfare which broke out in Chi Jast Sunday and resulted in tl killing of one Chinese there, two in Boston, one in Newark, N.J., and one here, was the result of poaching on commercial territory claimed each of the rival Tong. Tears of St. Lawrence Will Be Visible Next Sunday Night Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 7--The beautiful "Tears, of St. Lawrence," as the Perseid meteor showers somes times are called, are due for their annual visitation to earth 'fittingly enough next Sunday night, August 11 The best time to look for them is between midnight and dawn, in di- rection of the constellation ersevs. Their "radiant," the position from which they come, rises in the north- east shortly after dark, and is not far from directly overhead ut dawn. The name "Tears of St. Law- rence" was given them by Irish peasantry more than a century ago. Astronomical records identify them first about 1,100 years ago. T "Of all the annual showers they arc the most certain to return with average richness," said Dr, Charles P, llivier, professor of astronomy'dt the University of Pennsylvania and' president of the American Meteor Society. "Also, .as they come in August, when nights are still com= fortably warm, they furnish the most excellent opportunity for a person casually interested in meteors' to sec a good shower. While quite numerous from August 5, to 15, yeti from August 10 to 13, one is certajm to see large numbers, particularly after midnight. Many of the per seids leave very bright and enduring trains, which being beautiful" phe nomena, add to the ea