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"All the News While It Is News" Che Osh mua Daily Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer dines A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 6--NO. 12 Published at Oshawa, Ont., Canada Every jDay Except Sundays and Public Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES News in Brief i (By Canadian Press) ~ Viteran Tfustee Resigns Guelph.--After 23 years' con-) tinuous service as a school trustee, Prof. John Evans, veteran member of the Guelph board of education, has tendered his resignation to Secretary A. E. Smith, owing to ill- health. CHECK OF BROKERAGE FIRMS STARTED W.E.N. Sinclair Demands Searching Investigation LE Re Man Loses Arm Guelph.--Victim of a bad acci- dent on the farm of his father, near Everton, James Oakes, young Eramosa Township farmer, was admitted to Guelph General Hos- pital with his left arm severed be- low the elbow. * * * No Recount Cobalt.--There will b¢ no re- count in Bucke township where Burton Normandy was elected reeve by one vote over Neil Mc- Isaac. The defeated candidate has announced that he will not press for a judge's scrutiny of the bal- lots. Ed * * Finn is Stabbed Sault Ste. Marie, Ost-SJ6un Syngelma, a Finn from one of the pio back of Mile 68 on the Al- League Of Nations Names Important Committee COVENANT OF LEAGUE WILL An Arctic Plan Receives Its Baptism BE AMENDED Eleven Nations Represented on Committee Charging With New Move Towards LIBERAL LEADER CLAIMS ONTARIO SECURITIES ACT DOES NOT G FOR PEOPLE ON 0 FAR ENOUGH | Sinclair Scores Attitude FEARS EXPRESSED of Attorney-General Price in Connection With Brok- erage Situation LONELY ISLAND INVESTIGATION IN TAWA IS STARTED goma Central railway, hag been ad- mitted to Plummer Memorial hos- pital suffering from serious knife wounds. * * * Woman Badly Burned Toronto.-- Terribly burned about the face and body when a gasoline lamp she was filling burst into flames in the kitchen of her home late last night, Mrs. Alfred Hughes aged 43, of 19 McCosh avenue, East York, is in the Toronto gen- eral hospital at the point of death. LJ » * Awarded $7,000 Damages Toronto.--Andrew Prentice was awarded $7,000 damages yesterday. afternoon by Mr. Justice McEvoy for injuries received when he was struck by R. G. Wilson's car on Queen street west on Dec. 12, 1928. a Ed - Sleigh Struck by Car Aurora.--When his sleigh was struck by a car two miles south of here at 6.30 o'clock last night, An- nis Gregory, prominent baker of the town, suffered concussion of the brain and was removed to his home in a semi-conscious condition, » * W Hospital May Sue Soo Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--General hospital here is threatening suit against the city to recover $864, a bill 'incurred by Frank Jacobs, a citizen suffering from tuberculo- sis, who died at the hospital in De- cember after being a patient for a year. Provincial legishation for- 1 toturn out a tuber- cular patient. w * * 'Captain Honored : Midland.--Bravery of Captain Bruce Nicholls of Waubaushene in rescuing the stranded crew of the Sarniadoc on Dec. 2, after the ves- sel struck a reef on Main Duck Is- land, Lake Ontario, was recognized here last night when he was pre- sented with 2 gold watch and a silver cigarette case, gifts of the Patterson Steamship Lines and the rescued captain of tlie Sarniadoe. - hd * Three Children Burned Hull,--Three children were burned to death in a fire which oc- curred late yesterday afternoon in the city of Hull. The dead ai\: Jean Paul Parisee, 5 years; Paul- eite, 24 years, and Adrienne, 8 months. They were ihe children of Mr. and Mrs. Pleye Parile, 83-B Chateauguay street, Hull. * Ld * Eskimo Commits Suicide Edmonton.--How a paralyzed Eskimo committed suicide in the presence of his wife and other members. of the tribe is related in a Royal Canadian Mounted 'Police report just received from thie Arc- tie. . The deed was carried out in a sorrow house near Ellice river, Northwest Territories. v - bd Explosive Cache Found Detroit.--Explosives sufficient to wreck half a dozen city blocks were seized by Detectives Davis and Quinn of the crime and bomb squad in an apartment at 241 For- est avenue east. No arrests have been made. Fox Film Firm Saves Its Money ers, Cyclo-Warrior are under construc- tion Frontenac Oil Company, Limited. secretary of Exchange, dled early today at the Battle Creek, Mich., sanitarium. WOMEN ENTERED IN MUSHERS' DERBY Permanent Peace DISARMAMENT IS ALSO INVOLVED British Proposal to Investi- gate Chims of Jews and Arabs in Palestine Ap- proved by League Council (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Corresponded) Geneva, Jan. 15.--The personnel of the important committee which will have the task of bringing the League's disarmament covenant into harmony with the Kellogg- Briand peace pact, was made known by the council of the Lea- gue of Nations today. The members, meeting on Feb- ruary 12, will be: M. Adachi, of Japan; Lord Cecil of Great Britain, B. W. Von Bulow, of Germany; Edourdo Cobian, Spain; Mariano Cornejo, Peru; Pierre Cot, France; Vittoria Sciajola, Italy; Francesco Sokal, Poland; Nicholas Titulesco, Rumania: M. Unden, Sweden, and Woo Kai-Seng, China. Their task will be to fill in the gap in the League covenant which tacitly allows araments consistent with national security and implies action by League members against a nation. which starts an aggres- sive war, The later Pact of Paris renounces war altogether. The council yesterday disposed of two other important problems, for the time being and swept for- ward through its agenda today in an effort to conclude its labors to- morrow, permitting those dele- gates to travel to London for the naval conference. Britain's proposal for a special commission to investigate the claims of Jews and Arabs in Pales- tine, was approved by the council last night. A third step was the calling of the diplomatic conference to con- sider a tariff truce, in hich 28 na- tions, all of Europe, excect Japan and Cuba, will take part. British Empire nations participating in- clude only Great Britain and the Irish Free State. Nuilding Oil Tankers Toronto.--Two new lake tu \ the S.S. Cyclo-Chief and S ¢ in England for the McColl- Grain Leader Dies Windsor--Dr. « Robert the Winnipeg Magill, Grain Will Pit Their Skill Against Men in Maine " Event UNITED STATES PURSUIT SQUADRON GETS UNDER WAY IN SPOKANE AN The photograph here shows ice formation on the tail of one of the planes of the "Arctic Patrol," the flight of the first pursuit squadron army air corps, which got under way on its first lap of 3,600-mile flight to Spokane, Wash, | ice. D RETURN FLIGHT and return, after being laid up at Lake St. Clair, Mich. freezing weather which covered the waiting planes with a heavy coating of} owing to rain and casting from the Legislative sembly Chamber at ernment policy, is, it is rumored in local radio circles, the near future. Officialdom declined to discuss erally known that the feature is being provided for the present arrangement of chamber interior, and it is felt that may make, with some Canadian station, the remote control arrange- jthe ment will lend itself, instead of | building and operating on its own the station that wag provosed in election campaign of 1926, Already Wired When "Roxy and His Gang' vis- ited this Province under Govern- ment auspices in,1925 they broad- cast a series of conceris from the chamber, on a hook-up with two prominent American radio chains. Special wires which were run into the chamber for the purpose by the Bell Telephone Company have, as a matter of courtesy, been allow- ed to remain. tions are, it is reported, to figure in the Government's new plans. Police Seeking Former Mayor Toronto, Jan. 15,---Radio broad- HON. R. B. BENNETT Queen's Park, as a new departure in Ontario Gov- a' matter of wii WESTERN CANADA broadcast | ini the the Government, to get "on the | air," as is its ultimate intention; | # Dennett opens his second Canada speaking tour tonight. As he disembarked here from the boat These wire connec- | Ontario Legislature Proceedings May be Broadcast Over Radio | STARTS TOUR OF | ------ | Conference of B.C. and Fed- eral Conservatives at Victoria | | ment to which the chamber equip. | , (By Thomas Green, Canadian Press Staff Writer) Jan. 15.--Hon. R. B. Western { Victoria, Fe jfrom the mainland, late yesterday, {the Conservative leader was greet- led by Prédmier S. F. Tolmie and | members of the Provincial Cabinet. | A conference between j lon and British {vatives in the |ings immediately followed. With the exception of IL. J. Ladner, (Vancouver South), who is in Ot- tawa. the province attended with Mr, Bennett. Senators R. E, Green, S. J. Crowe and G. H. Barnard were likewise present. There was no statement forthcoming at the con- clusion of the sitting last evening. It is understood, however, that maiters of party organization were under discussion. parliament build- We know a former hockey play- Final Touches Being Put To Domin- Columbia Conser- All Dominion members for' PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AT HAGUE . Plans for International Bank (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) The Hague, Jan. 15.---The com- mittee of bankers, which is putting the final touches to arrangments for the new Bank of International Settlements, was the centre of in- terest today at the second session of the Hague conference on appli- cation of the Young reparations plan. The bankers proceeded to the business at hand, with opposition of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichsbank, to phases of the bank definitely out of the way. Dr. Schacht yesterday, after manoeu- vreing of the German delegation, recded from his former stand that' the Reichshank would not co-oper- ate with the new bank. There was some today over clauses of the trust agreement the central banks of the nations concerned and the in- ternational institution on which not all were agreed at Baden Ba- den, where the statutes for the ne bank were drawn up. Urge Abolition discussion Jan. 15 of cheers of the townspeople a life and | Christmas parcels today started out [ney was Lifeboat Making Effort To Take Supplies to Mar- ooned People Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, Wales, --To the boat loaded with foodstuffs from here in-an attempt to reach Bardsey Island, which has heen cut off from communication with the mainland since Dec. 15. Several times during the month the lifeboat has tried to get supplies across: to the island each time it has been beaten back by the fierce seas Today's jour- expected four hours and until the re- turns this evening it will not be known how the marooned islan {brs have fared during the month wind and waves isolated them. Their failure to answer rockets past to take lifeboat and other signals from shore had ! given rise to fears in their behalf. Rocket planes capable of going 5.000 miles an hour are how pre- 1t is to be hoped good ter- dicted. minal facilities will be provided. Sinclair Demands Full Made by BRITISH SAILORS MEET DEATH IN Survivor "Tells Story of Sinking of Naval Tug Plymouth, Eng., Jan. 15.---A 1#le of how heroic British bluejackets on the naval tug St. Genny went bravely to their fate as the little vesgel sank beneath them near Ushant light Sunday night was told today by William Sullivan, one of the five survivors of the crew of 28, "The weather became so terrible we put on our lifebelts as a precau- tionary measure," §¢ said. "It was well that we did so for a few minutes later the St. Genny began to sink. All the ship's crew acted as if they were at exercises. They stood at their stations, There was no panic, no noise, nothing of that sort, even when the ship dis- appeared beneath us and we were buffeted about by the waves, "We were in the water about half an hour before our campanion boat, the St. Cyrus could pick us up. The seamanship of the cap- tain of the St. Cyrus was marvel lous. How he brought his ship around in such a heavy sea I do | We | not know, but he managed it. | lately," | public mind as Brokerage Inquiry be Commission doin | conduct a sweeping investigation in- | to the operations of stock brokerage | firms in the Province, was urged last | night by W. : leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, | Mr {from Oshawa in a long-distance in- HEROIC MANNER Thrilling Toronto, Jan. 15.--Appointment of Royal Commission, empowered to E., N. Sinclair, K.C, Sinclair issued this challenge terview with the Canadian Press. "Action should be taken immed- Mr, Sinclair said, " to re- the uneasiness created in the a result of recent de- velopments in the field of stock shares trading. Any investigation should be of the most thorough and impartial character, to satisfy the lieve { public, and, in my opinion, a Royal Commission appointed by the Lieut- enant-Covernor-in-Counctl, should be sct up to probe existing conditions." Laxity, He Says Mr. Sinclair criticized the Provin- cial Government for its "laxity" in dealing with a situation which, he said, "has produced action in the Western Provinces, but apparently left the Ontario Administration unin- terested." "1 brought up this very matter durlg the last session of the Leg- islature, but my attempts produced only laughs from the Government benches," Mr, Sinclair said. "Now they may discover that their sense (Continued on page 9) No Chance of Beer by Glass but {0.1 |L W. C. Solloway Arrives in Calgary From Vancouver, and Is Released on $100,- accompaniment ri Frauds made effec uld b need for the aid W. .E. N. Sin- the Ontario in a statement given He said the act he argued at th {act at the last the: Ontario 'revention Act has b there we leader of nented on Price's re= r's suggestion sion to invest tockbro firms was said he hs med orig fe ( 1d ol, cal of the alti~ adopted when I was discus= house - last cla {ality | Price's re tude he ls vernment, blic trust, attorney« ething to re- uneasiness in the public to ridicule the ublic man action oR " ) ir said, general should do lieve the mind, rather than try suggestion of another whose -aim is immediate an important public question. Investigating In Ottawa Ottawa, Jan. 15--Col. Walter Dennison, pre cial registrar of brokerage operations in Ontasio. It was said that his investigations would cover only those brokerage houses which are not members of any stock exchange, and that his visit wag not in response to complaints, but" was more or less of a routine nature, [t is understood that the stibjects of investigation will be chiefly thosc firms or a gencies connected with the promotion of mining stocks. There is a large number of thesa agencics in the city whose business is subject to constant watching by provincial authorities. W, his Solloway Allowed] Bail Calgary, Jan. 15.--Igaac W, Sol+ loway, gresifent of the Brokerage firm of Solloway Mills, Ltd., arriv- ed in the city early today to find arrangements completed for his speedy release on bail from the state of technical arrest under which he had been for some days. These arrangements included a special sitting by police Magistrate Walter S. Davidson in the early hours of the morning to completa (Continued on Page 3) SAYS EMPLOYMENT FEDERAL MATTER Manitoba Insists That Dos minion Gov't Should Give Relief Winnipeg, Jan. 15.--Reconsid~ eration of the decision that unem= Of Battleships Labor M.P.'s Ask That This | Be Considered At | ployment is not a federal matter was urged on Premier Mackenzie King in a telegram yesterday from Premier John Bracken, it was dis' closed. The telegram followed a letter from Mr. King holding that unemployment is a matter for mu~ nicipal and provincial considera- Poland Spring, Me., Jas. 15.-- Two women "mushers" will be in the lineup when the starter's gun sends away a field of dog team rac- ers in the annual 25-mile endur- ance grind here Jan. 24 and 25. A record number of entries and pros- er who now uses his old shin- guards when he plays bridge with his wife.--Philadelphia Inquirer. Alderman Tom Brown of - Stratford Is Wanted for Theft were extremely fortunate to he® picked up at all." : Premier Says People Of On- tario Are Strongly Opposed to It New York, Jan. 15.--After a battle between directors and officials, which was begun Friday and resumed for three hours yesterday, Fox Film cor- tion last night decided to pay the 1 dividend due today in scrip in- UNREST SPREADS LINDSAY HYDR Conference stead of cash. By so doing the company conserv- may be used to pay overdue bank loans, according to an official of the com- ed over $938,000 in cash, which pany. WEATHER having in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, while an extensive area of high pressure covers the northwestern portion of the continent. The weather has Been fair and very cold in the western provincss and it is becoming colder in Ontario. Forecasts: Lower Lake Re- gion an? Georgian Bay-- northwest winds; much tonight and Thursday with local snowfalls And flure ries. : pects of snow indicate to officials the race will usher in a success- ful dog team racing season in Me. Mrs. E. P. Ricker, well-known breeder and racer of Siberians, a\1 Mrs. Milton Seely, of Wonalancet, N.H., will be pitted against Leon- hard Seppala, premier driver, ay! other male dog team racers, Military Patrols For Border Points 'Washington, D.C., Jan. 14.-- A new military force will be guard- ing the Canadian and Mexican boundaries of the United States next July 1, if President Hoover's plan for a unified border patrol under the jurisdiction of the coast guard is approved Ly' congress. Agents of the treasury are now making a survey of the borders to determine how many ports of en- try will be required and where they will be placed. office will afternoon. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Stratford, Jan. 15--Wanted in his home city on a charge of theft, Al- derman Tom Mrown, former mayor of Stratford, is being sought today by the police. Alderman Brown is a prominent barrister. He has not been seen here since New Year's Day. Action was taken by the crown authorities today after representa- | tions had been made by Brown's clients, many of whom have bonds and securities locked up in the vaults in the lawyer's offices here. Scores of Stratford people have been visit- ing the office in a vai nattempt to gain access to their deposit boxes, The master key is missing and the police can make no headway with their investigations. Many of the clients are in a state of panic over the situation and the probably be closed this Home is where a man can cut head lettuce with a knife. Further Reduction in Rates Lindsay, Jan. 15.--At the inau- gural meeting of the Lindsay Hy- dro-Electric commission held here, A. K. Gregory was elected chair- man for the present year. Mr. Reesor announced that in the 22 months the plant has been in operation, a surplus of $42,593. 48 has accrued, and a motion was passed by = Messrs. McCrae = and Maunder to ask the Ontario com- mission to make further reduc- tions in the rates. The provincial commission will be asked to also consider reducing street lighting charges. i ) : - HAS BIG SURPLUS Appeals to Commission for cieties, (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Jan, 15.--~The view held in many quarters that total abolition of fighting vesesls heavier than the 10,000-ton cruiser should be the aim of the Five-Power Naval conference met. public expression last night, a week before the conference opens here. Seventy-seven Labor members of the House of Commons signed a statement urging the British dele- gates to "make abolition of battle- ships and warships of over 10,000 top one of the principal aims of their deliberations." Strkinig Students Arrested Seoul, Korea.--One thousand Ko- rean students, including 250 girls, were arrested today as theresult of a strike in 13 colleges and high schols, incljing two missionary in- stitutions by United States so- IN SOUTH AFRICA Situation Is Causing Much Uneasiness Among (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 15.--Unrest among the natives is causing considerable uneasiness among the entire white population of the Union of South Africa. Trouble has spread from Carna- 'von, Cape Colony, where the mayor and other whites were injured on Monday, to East London, also in the Cape Colony. : Just when we thought the foot- ball season was over, the Inter state Commerce Commission issues its railroad consolidation plan.-- t American Lumberman. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Jan, 15.--Ontario is not even close to having beer by the glass because public opinion does not justify it, Premier Ferguson told Wm, Varley, secretary of the building tra- des council of Toronto, who pre- sented the argument of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to the Ontario cabinet yesterday ask- ing sale of beer by the glass. "I think therc is a tremendous a- mount of opinion against it," said Premier Ferguson. "Not for the rea- son that the public object to having it by the glass, but the effect it will have on law and law enforcement, and standards generally among the people of the province, I don't think opinion is in favor of 'it. I may be wrong." A Chinese general is said to have committed suicide after los- ing a battle, That is probably the only way a Chinese general could get killed.--Chicago Evening Post, tion, and suggesting that dominion consideration would be given should the several provinces ad- vise that they and their respective municipalities are not in a position to cope with the situation. Appointment To Supreme Court Ottawa, Jan. 15.--Judge L. A. Cannon of the Quebec court of ap= peals has been appointed a judge of the supreme court of Canada. The appointment of Judge Cannon fills the vacancy caused by the re- tirement of Judge Mignault. Na successor has yet been selected for Judge Cannon on the Quebec court of appeals, Announcement. of Judge Cannon's elevation to the supreme court of Canada was made by Hon. Ernest Lapointe, minister of jus« tice following a meeting of cabi= net, Su