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"All the News While It Is News" | The Oshawa Daily Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer di nex A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 6--NO. 11 Published at Oshawa, Ont. Canada Sundays Day Except and Every Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES ARR tL b,® Pt News in Brief (By Canadian Press) ARARASAARAL ALLL Lene || a] Leader Dies Suddenly New York.--Peter J. Hamill, who was chosen two weeks ago to be Democratic leader in the state as- sembly, died yesterday. He was 44 years old. To Use Force Apia, Western Samoa.--~The New Zealand government took measures to end by force of arms the long resistance of Samoan natives to its authority. * * New Aircraft Ordered Ottawa.--The department of na- tional defence has ordered 16 new light aircraft for use in the Royal Canadian Air Force, at 'a cost of 5 * * * New Chancellor Arrives Toronto. -- Rev. Edward Wilson Wallace, M.A,, D.D., arrived home yesterday from China ta Victoria university, where his installation as chancellor and president takes place on Jan. 31, * * » Jack Miner To Lecture Kingsville. -- Jack Miner, noted Canadian naturalist, has left for the United States on an extended lecture tour which will take him to the vari- ous universities in Jlinois. Moto. Show Opus Windsor. -- The eleventh annual motor show in Windsor opened yes- terday in the Market Auditorium. Several 1930 models are being shown for the first time. * ow Fire Danke Academy Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Ten thous- and dollars' damage was done by a fire yesterday at Loretto Academy, a Roman Catholic institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * s Gambling Revenue Parise Brie state's share of gamb- ling establishment profits in France during the year ending Nov. 30, 1929, was $8,500,000, representing more than half the total revenue from 166 French casinos. v Killed By Sharks Cape Town, Union of South Africa. --A message from Port Louis, in the Island of Mauritius, reported that five persons had been killed by sharks in the Bay of Tamorina after their motorboat capsized in a squall, Given Torn With Lashes Owen Sound. --Convicted on a ser- jous charge, Frank Harron of Arran Township, Bruce County, was sen- 'tenced by Judge Owens to seven years in Portsmouth Penitentiary, with ten lashes. * Kuhutz Must Hang Ottawa.--The law will be ¥ mitted to take its course in the execution . of Sam Kuhutz at Regina on Jan. 16, The Cabinet, haying reviewed the case, decided there would be no inter- ference in the carrying out of the death sentence. * = Horoatu Hor, Harry C. Nixon, former provincial secretary in the Drury government, will be made. lead- er of the Progressive group in the legislation at the Progressives' meet- ing tomorrow afternoon «in the Prince George hotel. Kil illed By Train Port Credit.--Steping from behind a caboose parked on the siding at 5.25 last night, a man was fatally in- jured when he was struck by a CP.R. eastbound flier thundering to- wards Toronto at 45 miles an hour, TWO ROBBERS AND DETECTIVE SHOT DEAD IN GHIGAGO Bandits Ran Into Police Squad After Robbing Apartment (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Jan. 14.--Two robbers and a detective were killed early today as the robbers rushing from an a- partment ihey had juss held up ran into a police squad that had respond- ed to a burglar alarm. A third rob-« ber who barricaded himself in the a- partment house hallway was routed by tear bombs and captured. The three bandits, in entering the first floor apartment of Harry Such- erman, set off a burglar alarm in the adjoining apartment of Sucherman"s Dibther, Joseph, who called the po- ice. The robbers were at work on a wall cafe in the Sucherman flat af- ter: lining up Sucherman's family at the point of pistols, when a police car roared up in front of the bailding. With escape cut off in front the robbers ran to the rear window, They saw Detective Jerry Murphy, cutting off their flight. One of il fired three shots and Murphy drop- ved fatally wounded. WEATHER =A deep depression centred in Illinois is developing over the Great Lakes and causing snow or rain. Elsewhere the weather has been fair and moderately cold. Pressure is high over the mari- o times and increasing over Rorths Bast Canada. i again in eWstern vinces.. pr Forecasts: Lower Lake Region and Georgian Bay: Strong south- west gales; becoming much cold- er with local snowfalls, we J pilots in Canada saved the life of E. Places Sewage Disposal Plant COMMITTEE | T0 DISCUSS - SITUATION Alderman Mors Raises Question of Improved Ac- commodation at First Council Meeting BETTER QUARTERS URGENTLY NEEDED Council Members Will All Be Asked to Meet Com- mittee to Decide on Plan of Action Better accommodation for the police department seems to be on its way this year. Following close- ly on the heels of - Mayor Mit- chell's inaugural address in which he recommended action on the Police Station to project, the council last night took up the question as the first major issue to be tackled this year, and action of some kind seems assured. Alderman George Morris, chair- man of the fire protection and city property committee, was the first of the councillors to discuss the matter. He declared that, although the bylaw to erect a new police station had' been defeated by the people, some immediate action must be taken to better the quar- ters of the police department. He announced that in the near future he would call a meciing of his com- mittee at which he asked all mem- bers of the council to be present to discuss the question and formu- late a policy. Formulate Policy It was nccegsary first that the council decide what gourse it de- sired to pursue, so that the com- mittee would not work for months cnly to have its recommendations unceremoniously thrown out, as had happened in the past. hc said. He requested all new mem- bers of the counc'l to visit the police station and see for them- | sclves what the conditions were, | and further asked them to give the matter their serious consideration. Alderman George Hart asked what ackion the council could take, since the question had been killed by a vote of the people. May Include in Estimates In reply, city clerk Hare said that the same bylaw could not be submitted again this year, but thac an amended bylaw could be sub- mitted to the people. Or, if the council wanted to provide for what- ever work they wanted to do in the current estimates, and raise the tax rate sufficientls to do so, they could do the work without sub- (Continued on Page 5) Engine Derailed, Engineer Hurt Ifndsay, Jan. 14.--Traflic on the Canadian National Railways branch line from Lindsay to Haliburton was tied up when the engine of the Haliburton train jumped the tracks near Kinmount. The engine toppled on its side, seriously injur- ing Engineer Golden of Lindsay, William Garner, the fireman, es- caped injury. The engine of an auxiliary train despatched from here to clear the road also left the rails at a crossing near Min street. The icy condition of the rails was Fire Protection and City Property (Chairman Finance Committee) Ald. Geo. His Worship, Mayor T. Hart (Chairman Board of Works), Ald. IN CHARGE OF CITY'S OSHAWA CITY COUN (] BACK ROW --- Ald. Edmund Jackson, Ald. Geo. T. Morris (Chairman P. A. MacDonald B. Mitchell, Boddy (Chair- Committee), Ald. Wm, man General Purpose Committee), Ald. 8. H. Jackson, BUSINESS FOR 1930 IL AND OFFICIALS SECOND ROW -- Aldermen Geo. Gummow, J. Sulley, A. Blackburn (City J.'B. Watero us, Knox, W. G. BACK ROW -- P. (City Engineer, Ald. (City Clerk) and Cyril G, Bunker, W, Luke (C MAYOR GIVES INAUGURAL ADDRESS Also Recommended council this year, decla The mayor also declared tha Cameron, Thos. Clifford Harman, Thos. Hawkes. Treasurer), W. Chester Smith Ald. Robt. McDonald, F.E. Hare Asse SSOP ) msl ~=Photo by ( -ampbell. Angus C. ity Survivors Reach Port (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Plymouth, England, Jan, 14. The H.M.8. Frobisher, St. Cyrus and Snap Dragon, arrived here to- day with five survivors of the tug | St. Genny, which sank near Ossant light yesterday in the storm. Twenty-three of the crew of the tug, which had been assisting the Atlantic Fleet in target practice, were drowned. Protest Over Higher Tarif - vestigate Effects on Great Britain (By Thos. T. Champion, Canadiax Press Staff Correspondent) Londen, Jan. 14.--Hon. J. Fenton, Australian minister of trade and commerce, arrived in London last night as Australia's sole representative at Lhe five-pow- er naval conference. But he has matters of even more direct im- port so far as imperial relation are concerned, to discuss while he is in England. 'Mr. Fenton in- formed the Canadian Press that ne had a growing budget of cables and other communications sent in protest agaimst increases in Austra. lian Labor government recently. He has been asked to meet a dep\- tation of British manufacturers, and he will also visit the York- shire woollen district to investigate the problems arising from the new tariff rates, E. Rains Prove Boon St. Thomas.--The heavy rains of alst week and mild weather proved a rez blessing to many farmers, who had been drawing water from creeks to supply their live stock on account believed to have caused the derail ment. 1 Bar of dry wells. The farmers report that their wells are now overflowing. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Jan. 14--The instant re- sourcefulness of a skill that has made him one of the most brilliant air Leigh Capreol yesterday by what looked like a flying miracle. With the machine which he was testing crippled when, according to G. R. Hicks of the provincial air service, a wing crumpled at a height of 1,400 feet, Capreol achieved the almost im- possible by landing alive, through a manoeuvre new in aviation. With a broken right arm and bro- ken thigh, as well as numerous cuts and bruises, the aviator is now in St. Michael's hospital, whither he was rushed by the rescuers who had run across a ploughed field near Dufferin Resourcefulness of Pilot Saved His Life When Wing Crumpled 1400 Feet in Air grees instead of vertically." strect to the wrecked machine cer- tain that they would find him dead. But the doctors attending him con- sider that he has every chance of recovery. His chance for life is attributed to sheer skill by Mr. Hicks, the only flying man who saw the .crash. "Al- most any other person," the eyewit- ness said, "would have simply land- ed on tiie back of his neck. But Cap's.a wonderful pilot, and he made a wonderful fight. He kept his nose up by alternately opening out and shutting off his engine and when he hit nose first, it was at about 45 de- Capreol, who is a test pilot for the CONFERENCE |Three Killed in DR. SCHACHT "HAS PROMISE | OF SUCCESS | two National Viewpoints Are Being Cleared Up in Australian Minister To In-| Advance (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Jan. 14.--TFhe {oremost itesmen of the world are fast ga- ing in London for what, conven- one week from today, probably be the most momentous meet- of its kind ever held in the Brit- ish capital, the Five Power Naval li- miiation conference, Given success, the conclave may re- sult in additio pal guarantees of se- curity for the "powers of the world and relief from much of its huge bur- den of military taxation, The delegation from Japan already is here, the Italian and French dele- gations will arrive shortly, and the United States delegation reaches Lon don Friday frem Plymouth, Formal opening of the conference takes place next Tuesday with the {il ng { Glen King delivering the opening address Meanwhile preliminary conversa tions, given their precedent in the | MacDonald-Dawes and MagDonald- 1all, already have got into full swing and should reach cven greater mo- | mentum before the formal conven- ing. Japanesc-British conversations started in earnest last Thursday, with cach intent on outlining before the conference their governmentis atti- tude toward various technical details (Continued on Page 2) The best job of face-lifting done re- cently in this county should be cred- ited to those responsible for the in- come-tax reduction.--Leesburg (Fla.) Commercial. Hgover meetings of last summer and | INQUEST INTO DEATHS OF BOYS INTORONTO FIRE Maid Commended by Jury for Brave Attempts at Rescue Toronto, Jan. 14.-- Accidental death, with no blame attached to any @ne Was the verdict returned lagt night by a coroner's jury in vestigating circumstances sure rounding the deaths of W)iliam and Keay Culross, two young boys who were suffocated when their home caught fire here early on the morning of December 7 last. The jury commended the maid, Miss Frances Lee, for her brave attempts to rescue the boys and for saving the other Culross child, and suggested the authorities De Havilland Aircraft company, had . (Continued on Page 5) should see she was suitably re- warded. Daring Holdup Wilkesbarrie, Pa. Jan, Three men were killed and three others were injured, critically, yesterday when | bandits dynamited a pay car of the Alden Coal company. The dead are: Arthur E. Web}, 32, Scranton, paymaster in charge of the car; Frank Bimski, 49 miner; Martin Burns, 31, section foreman, The injured: guard, of Scranton, cal; James Shoviin, 32, section foreman, will die; John Sookil, 50, miner, slightly injured. The explosion occurred near the Truesdale colliery of the Glen Alden company, The payroll, con- taining $33,000 was intact save for a few bills which were rent to a0 Fred W. Pfaff, 50, condition criti- picees by the force of the explo- | No trace of the bandits was found. An organized search of the section, which is isolated immedi- ately was 8 begun. LEAGUE WILL HARMONIZE PEACE PACTS Committee Appointed by Council to Deal With Kellogg Pact sion, (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Geneva, Jan, 14.--The council of the League of Nations today adopted a report recommending « committee to bring the league's disarmament covenant into har- mony with the later Kellogg- Bri- and Paris treaty outlawing war. British French, German and Italian councilors declared their undisturbed faith in the League and said the proposal to amend the covenant did not 'indicate any loss of faith. "We want to mike these chang- es which are necessary to take out of fhe covenant the right of war." said Rt. Hon. Arthur Hen- derson, British Foreign; Secretary. "We have not lost faith in the covenant, We regard the covenant as the fundamental constitution of an organized international society of states, It is just because we re- gard the covenant as a fundamen- tal constitution that we want it to be up-to-date and complete, "Least of all do we think the Pact of Paris or any treaty can make the League less necessary or less important, On the contrary, as loyal members of the league. with its assembly, its council, its secretariat and other organs as an indispensable instrument for the development of international co- operation and the maintenance of tii | HAS AGREED "T0 PROPOSAL | Way Now Open For The Creation of International Bank (By C wiadian Pre 4 | The Hague, Jan. | Schacht w Leased Wire) . Hjalmar at pai- in the tiements to- day ¢ which will oblige him, as a_dircctor of the Reich he the for mterna agree ticiy bank ition ot bank sbank, to participate in- the new in- ternational institution, Yesterday Dr { Schacht stated that the Reichsbank {could not ibscribe to of the capital of the new institution, be- cause of chang ges which he said had | been made in the Young plan, lay Dr. Schacht met scveral of a El dele and member of the bank comn ¢ and announ ced that he would v to the will ity, the reupon the Ger- {man delegation cided to propose | modi ions of German Jaw so as » make 1c abligatory for the Reich fh to subscr to the capital of [ the 'international institution as well 15 to wi irticipate in every other way Ex d for in the Young plan, Dr, Schacht decided that Es would cover his res) m the mat- ter and would his moral scruples as a patriotic 'German, The incident which had grown out # Dr. Schacht's non-participation announcement was felt to be closed, and if was understood that Dr. Schacht would now go ahead with the other memberes of the bank com- tpittee to complete the details of or- ganization of the International Bank. At the time that the conversations were in progress this morning the names of two German banks to re- place the central German financial stitution were being discussed, de- spatches from Berlin saying that these were the Prussian State Bank and the State Credit Institute, MURDER SUSPECTS ARE ARRESTED Man and Woman Admit Part in Death of Quebec Recluse any ates major onsibility remove Monireal, Jan. 14.---Provincial police today arrested Ray Courts land, 22, and Laura White, 19, and later revéhwled the details, as told them by the prisoners, of the kill- ing of 72-year-old Mark Ward, of Richelieu, Que., on Jun. 8. , The girl, police stated, had made a statement that Courtland had kill ed the old man following a quar- rel, This story had been substan- tiated by Courtland. Courtland was born in England and has lived at Hamilton, Ont., since he came to this country. Laures White said PLEASES FRANCE Italian Attitude, However, Throws Shadow Over Negotiations Paris, Jan, 14.--Offic jal French circles after Sy study last night expressed pleasure at the tenor of the British reply to French naval memorandum of December. On the other hand it was felt in Paris that the Italian insistence on naval parity with France as a basis of all negotiations throws a somewhat hazy picture on the otherwise bright London naval screen. It was understood here that Secretary of State Stimson. of the United States, plans to talk with Premier Tardieu in London on Saturday. The premier is due here today to meet with parliament and will probably find it necessary to be at The Hague on Friday to sign the expected reparations agree- ment. Seeking Probe Of Eis tigation Would Restore Confidence (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Ontario, Jan. 14---Hon, W.-H. Price, Ontario attorney-gen- eral, declined to comment last night about a report widely circu- lated in local brokerage circles, that a number of brokers here in- tended approaching the Provincial government and asking .-for an in- vestigation. Possibly by 'a royal commission into affairs on the vor- onto exchanges. Brokers here were alarmed yes- terday at the sensational arrest of I. W. C. Solloway, president, and Harvey Mills, vice-president of the Solloway Mills Co., Ltd.,-a com- pany which deals in mining and ail stocks with branches from coast to coast and in the United States. It is understood that those be- hind the move to have an investi- gation into activities on the local exchanges, believe this would clear the air and restore public confi dence. "However," observes Arthur Bris- bane, "we have plenty of gold left." What do you mean we ?--Macon Tele- graph. The construction of a modern sewage disposal plant is first and most urgent necessity' city inaugural address, presented to the council last night. Brokers Believe That Inves-| First in Program Be Given Immediate Attention [MPORTANT PROJECTS RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS Construction of Sewage Disposal Plant Named as First and Most Urgent Necessity -- Subway and Police Station Problems Also Have Prominent Place in Mayor's Ad- dress--Erection of Bridge Over Creek on John Street "the of any work to be done by the red Mayor T. B. Mitchell in his t the police station question was not disposed of by the decision of the electors at the polls on Jan. 6. A new police station was still needed, and the council would have to find a solution to the problem. The construction of the subway at the C.N.R. crossing over Simcoe Street South, and the erection of a bridge over the creek at John Street, were also in+4 cluded in the recommendations in the address. BRITISH REPLY | The desecration of trees on the | city streets should he stopped, and | the council should embark on a { program of planting new trees, said | the mayor. He alsos uggested that the land between King and John streets in the creek bed should ba secured for ap ark site. Co-opera« tion with the Chamber of Com; merce was also urged in the ad< dress. ) Following the presentation of the address to the council last night, a mation of Alderman Har} and Gummow was passed, that if be received by the counce and ine cluded in the minutes of lasd night's meeting. i The address read: | The Inaugural Address "To the Members of the Council of the City of Oshawa, "Gentlemen:--Again I extend td you my sincere congratulations on being elected to the honorabla position of Aldermen of this City for the year 1930. "The year just ended has been cne of considerable expansion for our . City; building operations amounted to well over a million dollars. "For twenty years or more wq have been endeavoring to procura a Harbor. Laét year we had thq good fortune of seeing a start madq on this very important work bun there is still much work ahead before we have a Harbor which is commensurate with our requires ments. "We purchased an Industrial Area with the idea of industrial expansion, We were fortunate in procurirs a new and splendid ins dustry. The Skinner Company, tg (Continued on Page 5) To Discuss Tariff Truce Geneva.--The council of the Leae gue of Nations today voted to cons vene a diplomatic conference to cons sider proposals for a tariff truce. The date was set for Feb. 17th. Wanted For Murder Richelieu, Que.--Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Ray Cortland and a woman, said to be his wife, for the murder of Mark Ward, aged farmer of this place, who was aund strangled to death last Thurss day night in the house in which hg had lived alone here for 20 years, | Chicago School System Bankrupt Chicago, Yan. & Chicago's City Council still was deadlocked today over its 1930 budget; 25000 city ems ployees still werc awaiting pay ches ques, and the President of the Board of Education was predicting the clos sing of the metropolis's schools. President H. Wallace Caldwell of the board said: "The school system is bankrupt, and the schools probabs ly will be closed in a few week: There is no money available, and have learned definitely that tax an ticipation warrants cannot be sold. 1 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, Jan. 14--Drastic re- striction of immigration from coun- tries in the western hemisphere is proposed in bills sponsored by Chair- man Johnson of the house immigra- tion committee, and Representative Box of Texas, the ranking. minority member of that committee, The measures, both of which plan to limit the total quota to 50,000 im- migrants a year from Canada, Mexico and Central and South American countries, will be brought up hefore the committee tomorrow. Atrange- nients are to be made for early hear- ing 8. Rithough often at odds on immi- gration questions, Johnson and Box-- world peace," she was born in Nova Scotia. both of whom are recognized as bes Quota Against Canada Definitelp Proposed by __ Immigration Chairman ing authorities on immigration--are in agreement on the restriction plan, During brief debate on the floon today, Box urged support of John son's restrictive program and des plored the employment of imimgrants in this country while Americans went without work. The Johnson bill proposes that for cvery American who goes to reside in another country in the western hemisphere, three immigrants be ad mitted. He estimated that this would, limit the quota to about 50,000 and asserted that this country's neighbors would be in no position to complain, He said some of their high officials had assured him they desired to stem, the influx of their people into th United States, lh Sas. 01 |