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. Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City YoL ro. 42 STATE YY Le fo ddl io 6 di fi ch fi di hd News in Brief : - (By Canadian Press) . - Ontario Officer Passes London.--Liéut.-Col. James Dun- lop Gennill, late of the Forty-sec- ond Regiment, Active Canadian Mi- litia, formerly of Almonte, Ont., died at his London residence, 38 Wilton : Crescent, yesterday. The funeral will take place at Almonte the first week in September. Woman Sacreiy Murdered San Francisco, Calif.,--Miss Egie M, Ashmun, executive secretary (of the San Francisco Chapter, American Red Cross, was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon as she léft her offices here, David W. Licarrage, 34, was arrested and charged with murder, - * * Young Communist Jailed Toronto.--Charged with disor- derly conduct at a Red demonstra. tion at the intersection of Yonge and Shuter streets on Aug. 10, Able Pearl, young Communist, was sentenced to ten days' imprison- ment by Magistrate Jones in men's police court Yesterday. Guide is Drowned Port Arthur.--Provincial police authorities yesterday received word of the drowning of Ray Matheson, guide, at Calvert's Camp, White- fish Bay, Lake of the Woods, on Friday last. The body has not yet been recaverd. No further partic- ulars are at hand. * * * rn Burns Brockville.--Fire destroyed a frame barn, owned by Ernest Sher- wood, 'one mile east of Brockville, together with 50 tons of hay, a wagon and other implements. The fire department was called, but could render little assistance bee ¥ond protecting nearby buildings with chemicals. : LJ Docomted: by Britain Atlantic City, N.J.,--Mrs. "Nellie Rosilla Taylor said to be the only American - woman ever to have been decorated with the Order of the Black Watch by the British government, died here last night from heart disease, She was the wife of William R. Taylar retired cigar manufacturer of Phila- delphia. » LJ * Prince To Buy Airplane London.--The Prince of Wales wants to buy an airplane for his personal use, it is reported, but Buckingham palace has given an emphatic "No" to the idea, Haw. dell 'the' prince to give] up risking his neck on the hunting field, his royal parents won't con- sider any suggestion that he do the same thing in the air. » - * Touches Match to Gasoline St. Thomas, --Arthur Gaymer, seven-year-old son of Mrs. Florence Gaymer, 42 John street, is in Memorial hospital suffering from severe burns caused by explosion of gasoline, He touched a match to gasoline in a pan to see what would happen. Flames from the explosion quickly ignited the lad's clothing, burning the shirt from his body. * * * $500 Clothing Stolen Ingersoll,--Mr, and Mrs. K. R. McMalcof, Webster Grove, Missouri touring Ontario, drove their car into a parking lot on Bell street, at 9 o'clock last night, taking from it only their night apparel and similar requisites. = When . they went to get their sedan this morn- ing they found the rear window had been broken and $500 worth of clothing stolen, as well as their suit case. x Thief Left Sum of $500 . Galt,--One hundred and seventy- five dollars in cash was stolen from the office of Len Shupe in a daylight robbery here Saturday afternoon, police reported to-day. Forcing the lock in the door of the office, which is in the MecIrvine block the thief took the money out of the safe which the owner had no locked, but left $500 in cash behind when Mrs. Shupe Junior, coming back to the office for her purse, had disturbed him. 'AGED MAN KNOCKED DOWN ON HIGHWAY (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kingston, Ont., Aug. 20.--Peter mhour, aged sixty, of Catar- aqui, about five miles west of here, was run down by an automobile oa the provincial highway ten miles east of this city and is still in the General Hospital suffering serious injuries. He was engaged in working on the highway at the time. John A, Beltramo, of Petter- son, N.J., was the driver of the car. The provincial police are in- vestigating but no charge has been lodged against the driver though his car is being held pending the putcome of Boomhour's injuries. WEATHER ~ Pressure is high over the Great and low over eastern Nova and off the Atlantic coast. wers have occurred in the Maritime provinces and a few sections of the west, while else- where the weather has been fair. yi othr --Lower lakes reg- jon, moderate winds; fair and today and Wednesday; probably local thun- wers in western districts. x mighty a \ OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1929 15 Cents a Week; Seats s Cony. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES JSTRIAL AREA BY-LAW IS PASSED N o News of Swiss Fliers Long Overdue From Lisbon SHOULD HAVE ARRIVED AT CAPE RACE, NEWFOUNDLAND, FOUR 0'CLOCK THIS MORNING Oscar Kaesar and Kust Lues- cher are two young Avia- tors with less Than Three Years' Flying Experience and Practically no Know- ledge of Navigation FLYING CONDITIONS REPORTED FAVORABLE Had Planned to Refuel at Halifax if they Found it Impossible to Fly Direct to New York. St. John's, Nfld.,, Aug. 20.--No- thing of the Swiss flyers had been seen or heard here early this after- noon, since they were reported over the Azores yesterday. The young flyers expected to reach New York by 6 p.m., E, 8S. T., tonight, if they found it unnecessary to refuel here, but stations in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia had reported no sign of the plane at 10.25 a.m. Flying conditions were favorable off Newfoundland last night, but » dense fog continued here this morning. The aviators, Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, passed over the vil- lage of Praia Victoria, Island of Teroeira, about 75 miles from Hor- ta, at 6 p.m., Greenwich time, yes- terday (1 p.m., E.S.T.) and con- tinuing in a northward direction, apparently headed for the nerth- 'eastern Atlantic. seaboard, There was no indication of any trouble: The plane, known as the "Jung- schweizerland" or *'Young Switzer- land,'} took off from Junuecal, near Lisbon, at 7.30 a.m., Portuguese 'time (1.30 a.m., E.8.T.) intending to pass over here enroute to Hali- fax 'and New York. The aviators covered the less than 1,000 miles between here and Lisbon in 11% hours, indicating a speed. of approximately 90 miles an hour, considerably less than 105 miles per hour of which their pure while' Farman monoplane with its 230 horsepower motor is capable. After passing Terceira Island the flyers faced a trip of about 2,- 400 miles to New York, and about 1,350 miles to Cape Race, the east- (Continued on page 2) JEPPELIN'S FLIGHT BRINGS FORTH BIG AR SERVICE PLAN Regular German-Russian-Ja- panese Service is Proposed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Berlin, Aug: 20--The Graf Zeppe- lin's flight from Friedrichshafen to Tokio today brought forth a $20,000, 000 project for regular German-Rus- sian-Japanese air service with ter- minals in each of the three coun- tries. It was announced that plans for the scheme are completed. The only regular stations on the Route are Leningtad, Krasnoyarsk, Harbin and probably Osaka. Moor- ing masts would be used at the in- termediate points. At Krasnoyarsk the idea is to construct a hangar as a permanent base for a reserve air- ship to be ready in emergencies. 1f all European maid for the far east could be obtained for the air- ships, returns would be aid on the estimated investment of $20,000,000. The ambitious adventure calls for a possible extension of the service over the Aleutian islands to Van- couver, B.C, and San Francisco, Calif. FIRE ABOARD LINER DELAYS SAILING Damage "Paris" Estimated To Be More Than $100,000 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Havre, France, Aug. 20--Sailing of the French liner Paris, set for this afternoon, was cancelled today after fire last night ate into its sumptuous interior and damaged it to the extent of 3,000,000 francs (about $117,000). The fire started in the ship's third cabin, presumably from a short cir- cuit, and soon broke through to the second class smoking room, spreading rapidly to the first class salon, the grand staircase, central hall and in- formation bureau . It was not be- lieved the ship could undertake an- other sailing before the close of the fall season. Qur idea of a tough job would be trying to lug Lindbergh into the talkies.--Chicago Evening Post. Flying Duchess Sets New Flight Record Pr-- The Duchess of Bedford has created a new record by flying from England COMPLETES ENGLAND-INDIA ROUND TRIP IN A WEEK aerodrome. shared the 4,350 miles of piloting with the captain in their plane, The Spider. to India and back in a week. She is seen here with her pilot, Capt. C. D. Barnard, upo- their return to Croydon The duchess, who is 64, PURCHASE OF 13.38 ACRES ON SIMCOE STREET SOUTH IS COMPLETED BY COUNCIL RUSSIAN INVASION IS FALSE REPORT | Small Russian Raiding Par- ties Being Strongly Opposed Peiping, Aug. 20--Sensational re- ports of the alleged invasion of Chinese territory by 10,000 Russians last Saturday are unfounded, accord- ing to reports today from reliable United States sources in Harbin, Small Russian raiding parties cros- sed - the Manchurian frontier and clashed with Chinese troops result- ing, it is estimated, in 200 Chinese killed and wounded. Reports from foreign observers in Mukden say the main object of the Russian raids was to seize foodstuffs. Other messages from foreign sour- ces in Harbin charge Chinese mili- tary authorities with cruelty in the treatment of Soviet citizens in jails and interment camps. Minor cases of sabotage along the Chinese eastern railway, presumably by Russians, continue daily. Former Canadian Heads $200,000, 000 Organization Woman Aviator| Killed in Race Missing Aviatrix Found desd Among Wreckage of Plane (By Canadian Prédss Leased Wire) Phoenix, Ariz, Aug. 20--Death thrust. itself into the woman's Na- tional, Air Derby today with the find- ing of the body'and wrecked aero- plane of Miss Marvel Grosson, 25, one of the entrants, in the wilds of western Arizona. The body and the wreckage told a silent story of what had happened when Miss Crosson, of San Diego, Calif., holder of the woman's altitude record, 23,8996 feet, disappeared while flying with other contestants from San Bernardino toward Phoe- nix yesterday. Some distance rr arated the body and the plane, in cated that the craft had developed trouble and that she had jumpe clear, Miss Crosson's parachute had been released but was unopened, possible indicating that she was too near the ground for it to work properly after being released. Eighteen Killed By E: Explosion (By Canadian Press = Press Losted. Wire) Bucharest, Aug. 20--At least 18 soldiers were killed and ten wounded when. an immense amount of am- munition in the old Fort Momesti, near here blew up last night. Inas- much as there were many workmen in the building it was believed the casualty list might be much larger. Fell Aisles at Pi o uto (By Canadian Press 1 Press Leased Wire) Windsor, Ont, Aug, 20--Homer Keaton, Detroit, after driving con- tinuously for nearly 24 hours fell asleep at the wheel of his automobile while . passing through Maidstone. The car was ditched and Keaton and his 'wife, Ethel, received serious in- juries. Montreal, Aug. 20.--With ne word from Ottawa that commuta- tion of the death sentence had been decided by the appeals board in the case of Mary Viau, and Philbers Lefebvre, sentenced to hang for the death of the woman's husband, the portable scaffold has been made ready for transportation to Hull, the scene of the double execution next Friday. 'The 50-year-old scaffold, parts of which were used in the last exe- cution of a woman 32 years ago, 1» expected to be on the way to Hull late this afternoon. The huge |n y Jeans and seven steps, painted Ied Jarris Scaffold Prepared as Hull Couple Watch For Reprieve and the iron section, black, the in- strument of death presents a grue- some sight. It is in the court house basement. The last time the scaffold was painted and set up, it was taken to Valleyfield, where George, McDonald was hanged for the murder of Adelard Bouchard, Lachine taxi driver. The scaffold was prepared for two at that time as Doris Palmer McDonald, wife of George, was condemned with her husband for the Bouchard murder. Clemency asked by the jury brought a commutation to life im- prisonment for the woman, who is now in the Kingston penitentiary taerchandi d |chairman of the board of the Gold New York, Aug. 20.--George K. Morrow, chairman of the Gold Dust Corporation, and new head of the United Cigar Stores Company, step- ped into the spotlight today as a sing magnate. Acquisition of United Cigars, gave the group which he heads control over a $200,000,000 organ ization, which with its associated companies manufactures and sells a wide variety of products includ- ing tobacco, packed foods, chewing gum, candies, safety razors and numerous other items of merchan- dise. Mr. Morrow, a Canadian, made his first important business success in this company with the Quaker Oats Company. Six years ago he reorganized the Gold Dust Corporae tion of which he is now chairman. George K. Morrow, who heads the new company, is a Canadian who came to the United States 30 years ago and made a success of every enterprise into which he went. He first went to the Quaker Oats Company and became a market man in business and because of his success was asked to join many other enterprises. At present he is Dust Corporation, which he reovr- ganized six years ago, and director in more than a dozen other coms panies, including the Remington Typewriter, Standard Milling Cor- poration and Adolf Gobel Company. He is a trustee in the Equitable Trust Company. INQUEST OPENS INTO DEATH OF MISS FLEMING Adjourned After Body Had ' Been Released For Burial A jury has been empanelled by Coroner Dr. F. R. Rundle to in- quire into the death of Miss Flor ence Fleming, young Oshawa wo- man, who died in the General Hos- pital early Sunday morning five hours after she had been struck by a motor car driven by Wm. Welsh on King street west. The members of the jury include James Thor- burn, Alfred Robinson, J. C. Gart- shore, Charles Sturgess, C. H. Stin- er Thomas Gladman and John Bickle. After meeting in the city hall yesterday afternoon and electing C. H. Stingr as foreman, the jury viewed the body of the accident victim in the Luke Burial Parlors. The body has since been released for burial. The date of the ingeust has! not yet been decided but will be an- nounced later by Coroner Dr. Run- dle. . Former Ballet Master Dies Venice,--Serge Diaghtleff, form- er ballet master of - the Russian Imperial court, died from diabetes at Hotel Des Bains at Lide. His condition had been serious ror 12 her sentence. a Re === Lu days and perialists had been cal- led in, aia ( "| when the flames became threatening, -- TODAY'S PAPER GOING INTO 9,000 HOMES Today's special Community Sale edition of The Times is being given a wide distribution, not only in the city of Oshawa, but throughout the entire surrounding district, This issue is being dis- tributed to 9,000 homes, so that there is likely to be a large influx of peopl ¢ from the 'rural districts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to take advantage of the special bargain offerings of the merchants who are co-operating in this Community Sale announcement. Family Trapped By Forest Fire Reported Safe Special Rescue Party Find Twenty Loggers Not Worried (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nelson, B.C, Aug. 20--Vic. John- son, Slocan lake lumberman, his wife and two daughters and 20 loggers, believed trapped by the monster for- est fire raging up Evans creek above Slocan lake, were reported safe last night. A special rescue crew went up the north fork of the creek and discovered the party who were not worried about the flames. The camp, situated ' between two small lakes about three and a half miles from HR [disci lake, was not touched by the re. Mrs. Johnson and the children, went to the second lake for safety. The party would not leave. the local- ity after the rescue party arrived. Great anxiety had been felt for their safety since a wild gale whipped the Evans creek fire into a fury at about 11 o'clock last night. Conditions at Slocan city are much the same with the fire burning with- in a mile of the town. Some 25 or 35 men are patrolling it and unless a change in wind occurs the settlement is safe. Spot fires on all sides of the city have been extinguished or con- trolled. Special apparatus to combat a blaze at Slocan city is held in readiness but the C.P.R. has with- drawn its tank car sent out for any cmergency. It was learned that although the Watts Lumber Mill, three quarters of a mile up Evans creek, was burned down, .the warehouse at the landing and lumber piled there was intact. Dense smoke is making progress up and down the lake most difficult. Onein every nine persons in On- tario has a liquor permit. However, a stitch 'in time may save nine. -- Chatham News. "MIDDLE SCHOOL EXAM RESULTS TOMORROW In the last few days, The Times has received scores of inquiries regarding: the result of the Mid- dle School examinations. at 'the Oshawa Collegiate. These have been delayed somewhat in reach- ing Qshawa, but The Times is able to assure its readers that {hese will be available in time to t road. > of Br morows ise was broken and the wheels dam- , NE Je - > N ae 4 - - ie Practically Certain Troops Will Be Reduced on Rhine (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) + The Hague, Aug. 20--~The repara- tions experts, who worked until after midnight in an effort to reconcile the eonflifting e estimtaes of the yield in mony. the four-lower offer to Great Britain were hard at work on their :labors again today. What has developed this far indi- cates that the four powers it is said, will suport the contention of France, Italy, Belgium and Japan that they offered sixty per cent at least of the amount demanded by Rt. Hon, Philip Snowden, British Chancellor of the exchequer. The British treasury men, on the other hand, will uphold the chancel- lor's claim. that the offer amounted to no more than from 20 to 30 per cent of what he demanded. All of the experts are frankly worn out by their mission. Premier Briand 'of France has made all ar- rangements to go home Saturday be- fore leaving for the League of Na- tions assembly while Rt. Hon, Arthur Henderson, the British foreign secfetary, and Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister, must leave soon in order to prepare for the Lea- gue meeting. It is now accepted as practically certain that whatever happens to the reparations conference the number of troops occupying the Rhineland will be reduced before Christmas from about 62,800 to 56,800 through the withdrawal of the British contin- gent. The strength of the different occupying * forces is now given as French 54,000; British and Belgians, CANADIAN LEGION WILL PARADE TO REGENT THEATRE Thanks Expressed for Invi- tation of Manager ' Leon Osier At last night's meeting of the Osh- awa branch of the Canadian Legion, warm appreciation was expressed of the action of Leon Osier, of the Reg- ent Theatre 'in inviting members of the branch to attend the theatre on Wednesday evening for the showing of the great war film, "The Black Watch." This invitation, which ap- plies only to members of the Cana- dian Legion, was accepted with thanks. ; In order to make the occasion im- pressive, 'it was unanimously decided to have all members of the Legion meet at the Legion rooms in the mar- ket building, and parade in a body to the theatre. All the members of the Legion "are cordially 'invited to join in this parade, and to attend the theatre as the guest of the manage- ment. The Legion members will meet at the rooms at 6.40 p.m. and march to the theatre, where Canadian Le- gion membership badges must be shown in order to secure free ad- mission. Unhurt in Forced Landing Kingston.--Jack Hamilton, pilot of the Kingston flying club, escap- ed injury in a forced landing a half mile west of this city on the York The propellor 'of his plane Body of Kasper Is Recovered Found by Fisherman When Lifting Nets Off Pélee Island Windsor, Aug. 20.--The body of John Kasper co-pilot of the Thomp- son aeronautical company's Cleve- land-Detroit flying boat, Miss wre troit, which crashed in a: storm off Pelee Island last Tuesday night, was found by a fisherman this morning and brought into Scudder Dock, Pelee Island. Fred Amonite, while lifting his nets three miles north-east of the island early this morning saw the body floating on the surface and brought it in. As three others who were aboard the big flying boat and were rescued by a passing steamer had reported, Kasper was wearing a life belt. The body was fully clother except for the shoes. It was not determined whether death was caused by drowning or exposure, nor how long he had been dead. Distribution of Liquor Profits (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Victoria, B.C.,". Aug. 20.--The Provincial Government yesterday announced the ' distribution - of liquor profits amounting to $682,- 919.48 covering the six months period ended March 31, 1929, among seventy-three municipali- ties of the province, embracing city, district, lowushin, and village cor- porations.. Dr. Snook To Be Electrocuted (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Court House, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 20--Dr. James H. Snook was senten- ced to be electrocuted on Nov. 29, for the killing of his co-ed sweetheart, Theora Hix, by Judge Henry Scarlett today after a motion for a new trial had been. overruled. Y Alderson Preston and Mor- ris Only Members of the Council To Vote Against By-Law at Last Night's Meeting a STREET ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED FOR. 'Alderman Morris Accusses Council of Trying to Rush _._Deal Through in a Hurry --Other Members Claim- ed Too Much Delay Al. ready Ar With Ald. Preston and Ald. Mor- ris the only members of council to date to vote against the measure, a bylaw authorizing the Mayor and the Treasurer to enter into an agreement with G. D. Conant for the purchase of 13.38 acres of land on Simcoe street south at the price of $10,035 the same to be set aside for indus- trial purposes, was passed by the city, council in session: last night. A memorandum of the agreement was placed on the desk of each al- derman and under its terms, if the city shall have performed and carried out all the terms and conditions of this agreement up till the time when the city accepts the offer made, and in consideration of such performan nmance and the sum of ten dollars, the city has the right to purchase a strip of land not more than 80 feet in widtn across any part of Lot No. 8, in the Broken Front Concession from Mrs. Edith Myers for $500 an acre. The strip of land would run parallel to Bloor street and should extend from Ritson road to a point in the lands in Lot No. 7 now owned by the city. This land would be used as a'street giving access to the proposed indus- trial area. Little Opposition The bylaw met with little opposi= tion although the terms of the tent- ative agreement were discussed frec ly by the council. Under its clauses the sum of $35 shall be paid on or before the last day of September, 1929, when the said lands shall be conveyed to the city. At the time of such conveyance the city shall de- liver to G. D. Conant, named as the (Continued on page 2) TWO MORE KILLINGS BELIEVED A RESULT OF GANG WARFARE Bodies Found nd Riddled With Bullets Outside _ Apartment £5 Newark, Aug. 20.--Two more slayings have been added to the list of deaths in Essex County which police believe were the ree sult of gang warfare. The two latest victims were found . with their bodies riddled with bullets in front of an aparte ment house at 10 Stone street last night. They were Augustino Dele lapia, 44, of 42 Eugene Place, Bel- leville, and Vincenzo Follo, 32, of Orange, and Eighth streets, New- ark. Both men police said, have long police records. Native Crafts of Canada Toronto.--A colorful and repre- sentative exhibit of what is being accomplished in the provinces by keeping alive the traditional crafts of the country and encouraging new settlers to continue the crafts of the older countries, will be a S.| feature of the Arts and Crafts han- dicraft booth in the Womens Building at the Exhibition. Discovered London, Aug. 20.--The promise of really fire-proof homes in Can- ada and other parts of the world is to become a reality in the near fu- ture. : A group of foreign industrialists has seen a demonstration in Liver- pool of secret tests on a number of fabrics treated by a recently dis- covered fire-proof process. They were invited by a Merseyside chem- ist, John Shood, 24-year-old son of a police inspector, who claims to have evolved a chemical process whereby nearly every material ems ployed in the construction of a house--wood, canvas, cotton, paint, sik, etc.--~can be rendered fire-/e Fire and Water-Proof Process By Young Chemist proof, water-proof, acid-proof and' heat-proof. It is understood that large sums have already been offered by Euro- pean and American financiers for the rights to young Shood's discov- ery. During the demonstration, some aeroplane fabric drenched by burns ing petrol was unaffected. The same fabric was subjected to a spray of phosphorus, which like- wise left {it unchanged. It was even heat-proof while the phos. phorus was burning. Similar tests were carried out on carpets and canvas and all showed a