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| | Ss -- "All the News While It Is News" Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer ~ a Che Osha Daily dimes A Growing Newspaper in e Growing City VOL. 6--NO. 31 Published at Oshawa, Day Except Sundays Oat Shaan Erwey OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy FOURTEEN PAGES i News in Brief | (By _anadias Press) Fire at Waltham, Mass. Whitman, Mass.--Fire which raged through the four storey Jen- kins block here today did damage estimated at $10,000. Aid was summoned from Brockton, Rock- land and Addington. 3 « ss» Three Years For Robbery St. Catharines.--Richard Rob- erts, Hamilton, aged 46, was sen- tenced this morning to three years in the penitentiary, by Magis- trate Campbell, for robbery at the home of Theron Woolverton, Grimsby, during the owner's ab- sence in Florida, * . Fire Kills Four Tokyo.--~Four workmen were burned to death and the new 17,- 000-ton motor ship Tatsuda Maru belonging to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha was seriously damaged in "a fire which broke out today while the ship's equipment was being completed at the Nagasaki dock- yard for her maiden trip. . LJ . Murder Jury Deadlocked Austin, Tex.-- Deadlocked for more than 36 hours, the jury in the trial of John W. Brady, former Texas jurist, charged with stabbing to death Lehlia Highsmiht, Texas capital stenographer, Nov, 9, today resumed its apparently hopeless deliberations. * * May Succeed Hughes wie Washington.--Newton D. Baker, secretary of war in the Wilson cabinet and one of the oustanding champions of the League of Na- tions, today appeared to loom most prominently as the successor of Charles Evans Hughes on the worla court bench. * * Sicurella Must Stand Trial Hamilton.--Charles Sincurella, charged with shooitng with intent his nine-year-old son, James, was committed for trial by Magistrate Burbridge in police court today. Dr. Brown testified that the lad has been so badly wounded by a gunshot that it was impossible for him to recover and that his death was to be expected at any moment, LJ . LJ] Albert Liberal Leader Resigns Edmonton.--Captain Joseph T. Shaw, provincial © Liberal leader and provincial Liberal member for Bow Valley in the Legislature, yesterday announced his resigna- tion as leader of the provincial party. He will however, continue as house leader of the party until the end of the present legislative *. eo And She Did Evanston, Ill--""I'll get even with you," said Miss Florence E. Steiger to policeman George Bein when he gaver her a ticket for overtime parking. "I'll get even, if it takes the rest of my life." That happened last June. There is little more to add, save to mention that Bein, who is 30, and Miss Steiger, who is 26, have announced their forthcoming marriage. - - - Kelly Acquitted Hamilton.--Cortland D. Kelly, private detective, of Toronto, ap- peared for trial yesterday before Judge Carpenter in county Crim- inal Court on a charge of suborna- tion of perjury, which arose from the Thomson case, heard before Judge Evans about three wecks ago. Kelly was acquitted as Judge Carpenter sald he was nat im- pressed by the Crown's evidence * * * Dies: in Fire St. Thomas.-- Attempting to kindle a fire by pouring kerosene into a stove is believed to have caused the death of Andrew Ben- son, 49-year-old Great War vet- eran, in the house on his farm one mile south of Aylmer, yesterday. The body was found among the ruins of the frame dwelling a few feet from the stove. The entire front of the stove had beén blown out, evidently by an explosion of fhe kerosene. * * Captain's Certificate Suspended Montreal.--Suspension for two months of the certificate of Captain 'A. Howard Peterson, mastor of the Peterson line steamer Thorodoc, was the judgment of the Dominion Wreck Commissioner's court pre- sided over by Captain L. A. Demers after an inquiry into the vessel's grounding near Point Porhyr in Lake Superior, last year. Admits Placing Bomb London.--A statement read be- fore the Bow Street magistrates yesterday said that Frank Biggs, charged with an offense under the Explosive Substances Act, admitted playing the "bomb" which was found in the British Museum Sat- urday night. The "bomb" found was a home-made affair and was said to have had the approximate explosive capacity of a firecracker. WEATHER A deep depression centred off Newfoundland has caused snowfalls in the Maritimes, while high pressure and decid- edly cold weather now Soygts East Canada. Pr relatively low over the Cana- dian west and to the imme ate west of the Great Lakes 'and it has been mild through- ont the west, Forecasts: Lower Lake Re- gi and Georgian Bay-- Cloudy and becoming some what milder tonight and ¥ri- day with some snow. YOUTH DIES, TWO FIREMEN ARE INJURED Blaze Which Destroys Office of New York Chesterfield Works on College Street Brings Danger to Several F ili SIX STORES WERE GUTTED BY FLAMES Youth Suffocated in His Sleep, While Two Fire- men Are Hurt When Lad- der Collapses, Throwing Them to Ground Toronto, Feb. 6. -- One youth was burned to death, two firemen were injured, one wo- man and her two children were rescued and several other fam- ilies were forced into the street when fire destroyed the office of the New York Chesterfield Works on College Street early today. The body of Abraham Wolstoff, 20, was found in his bedroom by firemen, after they had fought have been asleep 'Inorth side suburb. "| terrorized employes by firing their way to the upper storey of the building. His mbther, Mrs. Jacob Wolstoff and two children were rescued - firemen when they be- came trapped in their rooms. Young Wolstoff was reported to when the fire broke out. The flames destroyed five ad- joining stores and one apartment above the upholstery store, where firemen found the body of Abra ham Wolstoff, 20, Apparently asleep when thn ®iva heala ant, the body of Wolstoff was found In the charred ruins o. nis bedroom. The apartments over the other stores were damaged only by smoke and fumes. The six stores were gutted. Precipitated to the ground when a ladder on which they were mak- ing their way to the third storey window of the apartment over the upholstery shop broke, two fire- men, Capt. Harris and Albert Lau- terman were badly shaken up but the most serious injury was suf- fered by Harris who had a leg broken. Fireman Jack Doyle, who was only a few feet up the ladder, escaped injury. Another ladder was run up to the window, and Mrs, Jacob Wolstoff, another woman and her chiid were carried to safe- ty. ANOTHER KILLING BY CHICAGO GANGS Racketeers Add Bank Rob- bery to Long List of Crime : (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Feb, 6.--The mad sym- phony of gunmen killers played on yesterday with deadly staccato notes. One man was wounded, an- other died of previous wounds. Score for one week: seven dead. two hovering on the brink of death. Philip Meagher, 35, superintend- ent for a construction company, stood watching men work on a south side building. Two men in a small coupe drove near him. Meagher fell with a fusilade of shots in his back. The motive was unknown, but terrorists were sus- pected. Willlam Healy, seventh target of gunmen in the week's terror, died in a hospital after naming his as- sallants--three racketeers. He quarreled with them in a beer flat he said. There two of them shot him. The week's activities also in- cluded several bombings, two of which caused damage estimated at $100,000 each. Also yesterday, two robbers held up the Hubbard Woods Trust and Savings Bank and escaped with ap- proximately $3,000; and two negro robbers slugged and probably fat- ally injared Fred Mayer, 72-year- 'old owner of a second hand store. when he resisted holdup. The Hub- bard Woods Bank is located in a The robbere shot- "Jguns into the floor Sleeping Youth day reduced the charge to one of YOUTH KILLED IN TORONTO BLAZE io, A The photograph here shows the fire at the New N\rk Chesterfield Works, 300 Colleze St., Toronto, TENANTS DRIVEN FROM HOME 8, THREE HAVING NARROW ES CAPE carly to-day, in which the son of J. Wobstoff, whose premises were gutter, was burned to death. As seen by the photograph the fire was a stubborn blaze and firefighters were handicapped by sub-zero weather. During operations a lad- der collapsed, injuring two firemen. 20 Years For Simcoe Killing Jury Reduces Charge Against Erdelzi From Mur- der to Manslaughter Simcoe, Feb. 6.--~Flori Erdelzi, 22- year-old Hungarian, who shot and killed Michael Donnye, a compatriot during a quarrel over a $5 loan, was today sentenced to 20 years impris- onment in Portsmouth penitentiary by Mr. Justice Garrow. Erdelzi was tried on a charge of murder but the jury in returning its verdict yester- manslaughter. Erdelzi listened to Justice Garrow pronounce sentence with the same apparent unconcern as has charact- erized his attitude since his arrest, MEXICAN PRESIDENT SHOT Ministers in Cabinet Will Get $12,000 Is Government Proposal -- Five Year Term May Be Election Issue (By Canadian Press Leased Nire) Toronto, Ont., Feb. 6.--When the Ontario legislature meets today W. W, Staples, Conservative, Vic- toria South and A. B, Smith, Con- servative, Essex South, respective- ly, will move and second the ad- dress in reply to the speech from the throne. Five Year Term Indication of the government's intention to create a five year ferm for the legislature and in- crease the indemnities of the cabi- net ministers was contained in the speech from the throne, read yes- terday at the formal opening cere- monies, In government circles to- day it was stated definitely that amendments to the Legislative As- sembly Act, covering both .propos- als, would be introduced into the House by Premier G, H. Ferguson, diring the first part of the present session. « Premier Ferguson hgs made several statements in the past on the subject of a five year term for the legislature. On the platform during the last election campaign he said he favored the longer term, but he gave no indication then that he would create legislation to that effect .At the present time, the life of a parliament is confined to four years but seldom in recent years has a government allowed that 'ime to elapse The five year term !'kely will be one of the planks of the government at the next elec- tion, it being the intention to make ft effective only after the next ap peal to the province, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, who, two hours after he had taken oath as president of Mexico, was shot in the jaw by a would-be assassin, : | More Pay For Cabinet There is no indication that the legislature will increase the indem- (Continued on Page 2) (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, Feb, 6.--An unsue- cessful attempt was made upon the life of Pascual Ortiz Rubio, new President of Mexico, yesterday, only two hours after he had been sworn in as Chief Executive of the Republic, The President was wounder in the jaw by one of six bullets fired by a youthful assailant who lay in wait for him at the honor gate of the National Palace. Rushed first to his home, and then to the Red Cross Hospital, the President was glven immediate treatment for the injury. : Jt was found that the bullet penetrated the left jaw and lodged in the mouth, It was readily ex- tracted, but the jaw was broken, Dr. Jose Puig Casaurane, head of the Mexico City Federal District, was quoted this evening as saying \'that the President probably would Attempt on Life of Mexican President at Inauguration be back at his desk at the end of four days. Three of the other bullets found marks, One grazed the face of Sen- ora Oritz Rubio, wife of the Presi- dent; another slightly wounded Ofelia Ortega, small niece of the new Chief Executive. The third wounded a bystander, The other missiles shattered the windshield of the ear in which the President and his immediate party were riding, His secretary, Her- mandez Chazaro; his sister-in-law, Senora Ortega, whose daughter was wounded, and the chauffeur were all cut by flying glass, but none of them was seriously hurt. The shots rang out while an im- mense crowd was cheering the new President, who was en route to his home after witnessing the installa- tion of his Cabinet. Motorcycle policemen seized the assailant and hurried him into Ye | Presidential Palace, OSHAWA RINK LOSES OUT IN CUP FINAL (Special to The Times) Peterboro, Feb, 6.--J. A, Thomp- son's rink, the only Oshawa rink which survived until today, lost out to Dr. J. Harvie's rink, of Or- {llia, in the finals for the Peter- bore Cup, morning. . at the Peterboro Bonsplel. The score was 10 to 7 "coming home" but the Or- {lia rink won the end by four shots, to win the game and the cup by seven shots, Spanish Gov't Issues Amnesty All Political Prisoners Are Freed by Royal Decree Madrid, Feb. 6.--A royal decree was issued today declaring a gen- eral amnesty for all accused or convicted of rebellion or sedition against the Spanish government during the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera, .who was over- thrown last week. The decree wiped out charges against Jose Antonio Sanchez Guer- ra, former Liberal premier, who has been facing retrial on account of sedition growing out of the ab- ortive Ciudad Real rebellion of 1928 and against other civilians and army officers connected with revolutionary attempts at that city and Valencia and Segovia. Several hundred persons, many of them officers in the artillery corps, are affected. Sanchez Gu- erra intends immediately to re-en- ter politics, probably heading a new political group. . - TORONTO BROKERS GIVEN REMANDS Toronto, Feb. 6.~--Fiiteen brokers representing practically all the lead- ing mining brokerage houses in To- ronto, appeared before Magistrate Robert Browne today for a prelim- inary hearing on charges of conspir- acy to defraud the public and other charges on which they were arrested during a police raid a week or so ago. They were all remanded to Feb. Bail in the mgjdrity of cases was reduced but fof" Malcolm Stobie of Stobie, Forlong and Company, and his partner, C. J, Forlong, the amount of $100,000 was Tenens, Discount Rate Is Reduced by Bank of England (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Feb, 6.--The discount rate of the Bank of England was reduced today from five to four and one-half per cent, The reduction was due to the recent inflow of gold and improve. ment of the national monetary sit- uation which assisted' recently in reductions of the bank rates of Settlement of Japan's Cruiser Demands Near French Delegates Refuse to Consider Submarine Abolition London, Feb. 6.--What virtually amounts to a five-power agreement MAN 'KILLED AT G.M.C. PLANT HERE Dominions Want Action London, Feb. 6.--The dominions want more speed in the naval con- ference. The British and domin- ions delegations--all the represen- tatives of the British common-~ wealth of nations--met- yesterday afternoon. It was the view of the British and dominions alike that efforts to speed up should be made, Subsequently a meeting of the heads of all] delegations agreed with this aim. Chicago's Third Payless Payday Floating Debt Now Double ¢t Possible Tax Collections, Report Shows Chicago, Feb. 6.--While local gov- ernments waited today for money with nothing more definite than an abiding hope, statisticians computed how badly the governments were "in the red." The statisticians found that if the city and county governments realize their expectations of selling $123,940,- 000 worth of tax anticipation war- rants, they will increase the public floating debt to $403,940,000 or $263,- 849,000 more than the estimated 1928 tax collections can pay. Payless Payday Chicago school teachers had anoth- er payless payday today. Yesterday saw the third pay day for county employees pass without anything be- ing done about it. Harry Newby, chairman of the county board's finance committee, said : "We've got to have action or we by which submarines will not be will be compelled to issue warrants to abolished although their activities will be restricted was said in con- ference circles this afternoon to have already been achieved. London, Feb. 6.--Compromise settlement of Japan's demand for a cruiser strength of 70 per cent of that of Great Britain and the United States was believed in usu- ally well informed naval confer- ence quarters today to be immin- ent. It was understood that the Jap- anese government might be willing to accept a 66 2-3 per cent ratio instead of the 10-10-7 demanded and that these figures are now be- ing studied by delegations frofn the three countries with likelihood that there will be a final agree- ment at that level or thereabout. No Submarine Abolition London, Feb, 6.--French naval conference circles declared flatly that France would not in any way consider now the abolition of sub- marines. The pronouncement was in answer to the announcement of the United States delegation head, Colonel Henry L. Stimson, that at next Tuesday's plenary session he would propose abolition of under- water craft. Saskatchewan Legislature Opens Regina.--The second session of the seventh legislative assembly of Saskatchewan opens this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The ssesion will be officially opened by Lieutenant- Governor H. W. Newlands. The government will hold a majority of seven over the opposition. the employees instead of cash. Some of them are in terrible shape." Taft Slightly Impro.ed Washington.--The condition of William Howard Taft was describ- ed today by attendants as "slightly improved." SENTENCED TODAY FLORI ERDELZY Youthful Hungarian, who was to- day at Simcoe sentenced to 20 years after being convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of Mike Donnye, at Port Dover on October 30. Pope Pius Celebrates Eighth Anniversary of Election (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Vatican City, Feb. 6.--The Pon- titicial banner; yellow and white, bearing the insignia of the tiara or triple crown and the massive cross- ed keys of St. Peter below it, was run up this morning at dawn in the courtyard of St, Damascus, in the heart of the Vatican City state, to commemorate the eighth anniver- sary of Pope Plus XI's election to office. In honor of the occasion, all the armed forces of the Pope's domain ~the resplendent Swiss guards, Noble guards, Palatine guards and Pontificlal gendarmerie, together with the firemen, put on their full dress uniforms before "first call" sounded, summoning then to duty. The Swiss hoisted their own par ticular standard just outside the famous bronze 'door leading into Germany and France. the'apostolic palace, to the right as one faces St, Peter's and the Vati- can from the Piazza Rusticucci, = The clerical staff of the secre- tary of state's office was kept busy drafting replies to messages of con- gratulation to His Holiness from all over the world. A year ago, the Pope was still "The prisoner of the Vatican." Today, he is, by vir- tue of the Lateran accords signed on Feb. 11, 1929, a free and inde- pendent monarch in" his own do- main, and many of the messages received touched on that fact. Next Wednesday, Feb. 12, Pope Pius will attend a solemn high mass in the Sistine Chapel, mark- ing the eighth anniversary of his formal coronation as supreme pon tiff. That ceremony will be attend ed by the diplomatic corys acered ited to the Holy See, the Roman aristocracy, many distinguished vis: itors, and a horde of pilgrims, J. M. Johnston Was Fatally Injured Last Evening Dies, Two Hurt, in Toronto Fire FATHER OF FIVE CRUSHED WHEN CHAIN FALLS ON HIM IN THE STAMPING PLANT Harmony Man Dies Almost Instantly as Great Chain Falls on Him, Crushing Him to the Floor INQUEST ORDERED BY CORONER DR. HOIG Preliminary' Hearing Held This Morning When Jury Was Empanelled--John- ston Had Been Out of Work for Some Time When a great chain fell from the crane of a conveyor in the stamping plant of General Mo- tors of Canada, Ltd., yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, J. More timer Johnston, 25, of 384 Windsor street south, Harmony, and father of five little children, was struck and almost instantly killed. Johnston was passing beneath the crane on his way home after finishing work for the day. The huge hook, used to lift heavy obe jects, moved to one side and drage ged from a platform on which it had been resting a long chain, which fell upon him, The injured man was immediately rushed to the General Hospital but was dead when he arrived there. Five Children Fatherless The tragedy is particularly sad in view of the fact that five small children, the oldest aged six and youngest eight weeks have been left fatherless in their humble lite tle home. They are too young ale most to realize the loss which they have sustained. The death of her husband has come as a great shock to the mother who has been attempting to bear up bravely une der the strain. Mortimer Johnston had been out of work for some time during the fall and early winter and he had SIX ESCAPE FIRE IN EXTREME GOLD North Bay, Feb. 6.--With tha thermometer registering 30 below zero, Mr. and Mrs, George Cole, their three young children and Mr, Cole's mother, fled from their beds in night clothing when fire broke out in the cellar of the MeCool block shortly after midnight this morning. The Coles live in an apartment at the rear of the block. Mrs. Cole, senior, was the first to notice the fire when she was awakened by smoke. The fire was still raging an hour later, the heavy smoke and the extreme cold handicapping the fire fighters, There are a number of offices in the block including those of Dr, La H. McCool. dentist. The building is owned by Angus and Taylor, Ltd. The extent of damage is not vet known. 48 BELOW ZERO IN NORTHERN ONTARIO Hornpayne Provides Low Record and Other Centres Also Suffered (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) North Bay, Feb. 6.--Northern Ontario is in the grip of an excess sive cold snap that descended from the north yesterday morning and reached a climax when tempera- tures ranging from 30 to 48 de- grees below zero were registered at various northern centres. The lowest mark was reached at Horne payne from where 48 below zera was reported this morning at nine o'clock, White River, reported 44 below and Swastika*gaid it was 40 below this morning. In North Bay, the temperature ranged from 40 to 34 below. F To the excessive cold was attri= buted a break in the hydro transe mission line from the Nipissing power plant which plunged the city in darkness from 11 o'clock until midnight. Thirty-eizht below zero was recorded at Nipissing at the time of break. Power was restor- ed an hour later.