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co Bt The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Dey "Estest Sundays and Public Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES VOL. 6--NO. 33 - ' A 5 t News in Brief b (By Canadian Press) } Losing No Time 'Winnipeg.--1The Legislature of Manitoba accepted the reply to the speech from the throne yesterday without even going to the trouble of having a division, : * s&s ® Banker Dies Ottawa. --~Widely known in bank- ing circles throughout Canada, Her- bert Sharpe, manager of an 'Ottawa branch of the Bank of Montreal, is dead here. * * * Good Crop of Ice Woodbridge.--According to Wil- liam Blake, the ice crop on the Humber River here this year has béen better than previous years both in depth and quality, . . LJ Dies of Injuries Toronto, Feb, 8.--Internally in- jured when she was struck by a toboggan on the High Park slides last Wednesday, Lillian Allpress, 17, died/in hospital today, * x 0% Rescued From Fire Toronto.--Four children, rang- ing in age from five to 13 years were rescued by firemen from the second story of the burning home of William Baxter today, when flames and smoke had cut off other means of escape. * w" * Several Killed in Riot Rio Janeiro. -- Vice-President Mello Vianna of Brazil was wound- ed tliree times and several persons were killed during a political dis- pute arising from the presidential election campaign in the state of Minas Geraes. * * "Pig Woman" Dies Jersey City.--Jane Gibson the "pig woman' of the Hall Mills murder case, an obscure person whom a succession of changes had made a nationally known figure, died of cancer in the Jersey City Hospital, . oo» Ribs Broken by Car Galt.--Miss Louise Niergarth, lies in the hospital with several broken ribs as a result of having been struck by an automobile driven by Harold Henderson while crossing Water Street at Queen. a a Granite Firms Merge Barre, Vt.--A merger involving more than $6,000,000 in Granite Realty was conpleted here when the Rock of Ages Corporation, largest owners of granite quaries in the world, and 10 manufactur- ing concerns Jere combined. being in Border Cities daily, Dr, Fredegick Adams, health officer for the Essex Border Utilities 'Commission, has to take utmost care with children showing the slightest symptoms of the disease. * Lumberman Injured Orillia.--With the bone of his leg smashed in two places below the knee, Fred Gray, Burk's Falls, was brought in by train from the scene of the accident in a lumber camp to Orillia Memorial Hospital. The accident is said to have been caused by a log rolling on his leg. . * * * Auger Writing Book Ottawa.--The story of his arrest, his three jury trials and 11 months spent in jail will be the subject of a book which Louis M. Auger, for- mer member of Parliament for Prescott, started writing during his incarceration and intends complet- ing shortly, * * * Given Remand Calgary, Alta--K. W. C. Solloway end Harvey Mills, charged with fraud growing out of the operations of their stock brokerage firm of Sol. Joway, Mills and Company, were granted a further remand of five weeks when they appeared in court here, yesterday for preliminary hear- ing. ) * ow \ * Almost Kitchener.--William = Bellstein, aan. brrhy voi oes gas in his home a u Street. While putting coal on the furnace door of the cellar blew shut, the fumes overcoming him, Mrs, Catherine Young, a A noticing ie abapiite Biel 1 ming vestigal an rm Stratched out on the floor. h att! esA on the eastern edge of Paris today. Not a single powder magazine ex- ploded although fire was all round them, The loss was esti- mated at $3,000,000 but may be much greater as buildings collapsed on artillery stocks, BURGLARS Two Toronto CAUGHT IN LOCAL STORE Men Arrested in Act of Robbery Three Rescue Workers Are Killed in Utah Mine IS THIS ANOTHER ICE AGE? FALL OF ROCK FOLLOWING EXPLOSION ADDS TO LIST OF DEAD IN MINE TRAGEDY ing in Mine Workings for Bodies of Three Men Who Are Still Missing RESCUE EFFORTS ARE TEMPORARILY ENDED Huge Boulder, Loosened by | Force of the Explosion, Fell on Top of Members of Rescue Party (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb, 8.-- Grim death once more has stalked through the portals of the Stand- J ard Coal Company's mine at Stand- ardville, Utah, where a score were killed Thursday by an explosion and poisonous gas, adding the names of three rescue workers to the list of dead. The three men searching the in- ner workings for C, H, Brady, Frank James and Todie Wimbee, missing since the explosion Thurs- day night, were xiiled Instantly late last night when a huge bould- er, loosened by the terrific blast which rocked the mountainside, fell on them. Bodies of the men were recover- ed and res workers temporar- ily abandi "thelr - efforts to te the three missing workmen, ho were helleved' to have been killed by the monoxide gas which flooded the slopes of the mine after the blast. The men killed hy the falling rock were John R. Loman, 24, of New Mexico; Clarence E. Smith, 36, Great Falls, Mont.; and Walton Henderson, 18, of Standardville. They were members of a "fresh air" crew and were endeavoring to ventilate one of the gas filled slopes. SIX PROVINGES To BE REPRESENTED Conference on Stock Trad- ing Opens in Toronto on Monday Toronto, Feb, 8.--Six of the provinces of Canada definitely will be represented at the confer- ence of Attorney-Generals to be held here on Monday to discuss uniform control over stock trad- ing regulations, Col, W, H, Price, Attorney-General for Ontario, will be the only cabinet member at the conference, the other provincial delegates being deputy- ministers or other high officials, British Columbia will be repre- sented by H. G. Garrett, registrar of companies; Alberta by George G. Henweed, K.C., deputy attorney- general and J. J. Frawley, an offi- cial of the department; Saskatche- wan by R. W, Shannon, K.C., legis- lative council; Manitoba by W. R. Cottingham, K.C., chairman of the municipal and public utilities board, and Quebec by Charles Lanctot, K.C. : STORIF-FORLONG TROUBLE NEAR EX 2 Definite Announcement Is Expected Within Next Few Days wot (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb 8.--An end of the somewhat complicated troubles of Stoble, Forland and =. Company, which precipitated itself into bank- ruptcy following the recent arrest of its excutive heads and the raid on its office, hove in sight in a for- mal statement to the press last night by R. 8, Robertson, K.C., counsel for the company in the present difficulty, It reads: : "Those connected with the com- pany's affairs have been working diligently upon plans for: the re- organization of their business. These plans are approaching com- pletion and it is expected will be announced to clients in some mane ner before the meeting of creditors TORONTO STRIKE HAS BEEN SETTLED Garment Workers Will Re. turne to Their Shops Monday (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb, 8§--Some 1,600 members of the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union unanimously en- dorsed the settlement . between manufacturers and phe union at a mare meeting here yesterday. The manufacturers approved the contract Thursday night, which calls for all unjon shops to estab- lish a 44-hour week, higher rate of pay for overtime, and for im- proved working conditions in the shops. Union officials sald the workers would return to work Monday. Here are shown a few scenes from Mitchell, Ont., situated on the Stratford-Goderich highw:y, which give an idea of the kind of weather ! prevalent in these parts. (1) Snow hd MITCHELL ON STRATFORD. GODERICH HIGHWAY GETS GEN piled to the side of the main street along the sidewalks. (2) Car com- ing down the roadway on one side of the main street. There are two roadways cut through snow of the main street, one to either side, with . os. on: 4, EROUS QUOTA OF WEATHER the snow piled in the centre, and (8) two citizens of Mitchell stand. ing atop snow piled high alongside the main street, It has been sug- gested in view of this that perhaps the ice-age isn't over after all. WATCHMAN IN FACTORY GIVES ALARM AND POLICE CATCH MEN RED-HANDED CHICAGO CRIME CLEANUP BEGINS Several Arrests Were Made Last Night at Boxing Show (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Feb, 8--Wholesale war on the Chicago bad men had start- ed today. The first skirmish of the new conflict was financed from the pri- 'vate purse of Police Commissioner William Russell, for the city has no money, The Commissioner pro- vided funds for the purchase of 25 tickets to Jack Dempsey's boxing show last night, picking his best sleuths to attend. Boxing matches are magnets that lure the 'big shots" of the beer racket and gang world from the usual haunts, Commissioner Russell ordered his detectives to pick up every man they recognized as in anyway connected with Chi- cago gang and gun life, and several arrests were made. League Adopts Geneva, Feb, 8.--The League of Nations advisory committee on opium yesterda, a sub- committee report ERED." hun crusaders hail as the triumph of the scheme for limitation by stipu- lated supply as opposed to a scheme of control, The report embodies a limitation plan with the following three fun- damental points; Fixation of total quantity of narcotic drugs which may be manufactured annually; distribution of that quantity among narcotic manufacturing countries, and distribution of that quantity in a matter assuring to each con- suming country the amount of dan- gerous drugs it needs for medical and scientific: purposes. The scheme provides that each country annually shall state the amount of narcotics it needs for medical and scientific uses during une year, Byrd Flight Records Found Valuable Instruments Are Located in Fisherman's Home (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ver-Sur-Mer, France, Feb, 8--The rubber-incased barograph ° "which Commander 'Evelyn' Byrd missed: af- ter his Trans-Atlantic crossing in the America in June, 1927, thas been located along with several other in- struments of the plane in the home of Jules Letot, a fisherman. Gendarmes, conducting an inyesti- ation, found the instruments in' the vi Letot and demanded ug planation, Letot asserted that he had i instruments at low tide on f on occasions. He kept them, ot their intrinsic value or value of their scientific records, fogs IN GAS EXPLOSION (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Pottsville, Pa., Feb, 8.--Three miners are dead today as the re- sult of an explosion, said to have been caused by the ignition of a pocket of gas at the mines of the Lincoln Collieries; near here, of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Bi po The dead 'were: Kreiser, of Greenpoint; © Danfel Lehman, 'of Pine Grove, and Charles Frants, of Mowry. Three others were burned, one seriously, Anaesthetic Death Iroquois Falls.--A verdict of ac- cidental death was returned jury under Coromer W. J." Grum- mett in the death of Mrs. J. Pitrie, 29, who succumbed while under an which the custodian will call with in a fow days," anaesthetic on the operating table at hospital bers, Measures For Limitation of Opium Supply Sensational Detroit Story Police Official Says He Will of Be Killed For Testimony Detroit, Feb. 8.--A police trial board went into the second day of a far reaching inquiry today with a maze of contradictory and startl- ing testimony in its records. While convened to try Detective Adolph Van Coppenolle on charges of un- becoming conduct, the board, at its first session, heard stories involv- ing numerous police officials which, observers agree, will widen con- siderably the scope of the inquiry. Van Coppenolle was ordered tri- ed by Police Commissioner Harold E. Emmons because of weird stor- ies about an inter-department plot credited to him after the attempt on Inspector Henry J. Garvin's life vy machine gun gangsters on Jan- uary 2, On the stand at the hearing Van Coppenolle proveed himself to be an extensive talker but did not say the things others had credited to him after the Garvin shooting, Some of the outstanding things he said were: That he will be killed for his testimony. That Garvin will be killed by "Bugs" Moran gangsters and "an Egan rat" because he double cross- ed gangsters after promising that Joseph (Lers) Laman would not be tried for kidnapping. That he did not tell former Com- missioner William P. Rutledge that Inspector ' Robert A. MacPherson had tried to engineer a plot where- by gangsters would murder Garvin. That Garvin told him to get MacPherson drunk, deprive him of his revolver and thus give Garvin a chance at him, RICH GOLD STRIKE WADE IN ALASKA Small Community Changed Into a Booming Mining Town Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 8-~Con- firmation of a rich gold strike in the Ruby district between Fairbanks and Nome has reached here by aeroplane The strike 'was made on Poorman and Wolfe Creek 'waterheads, and was reported especially rich on Bea- ver Cheek, ig Py was said Pas ground ran as as six dollars a foot and $1.20 to the pan. : dicated that that it extended for 'a mile. 'The town of Ruby has been con- verted into a booming. mining town' b of the strike, . Well-Knoun Official Dies At Prescott Brockville, Feb, 8.--Herbert'W. Ernst, clerk of the division court, issuer of motor licenses and secre- tary of the school board at Pres- cott, dropped dead of apoplexy in the Royal Alexander Hotel in that town early this morning. He came from Kitchener about 35 years ago to be deputy-registrar of deeds at Prescott, and is survived by lus wife, two sons and one daughter, ANXIOUS OVER ITALIAN AND FRENCH VIEW Reaction to British and U.S. Statements Is Causing Concern London, Feb. 8.--Naval confer- ence circles . today viewed with some concern attitude of France and Italy toward statements of Premier MacDonald and United States Secretary of State Stimson, setting forth British and United States views on naval limitation-- views which are strikingly . near agreement, 3 It was open to question in gen- eral opinion, whether. the two statements of national aims ad- vanced the procedure toward merg- ing of the naval ndeds of the five powers into a compact satisfactory agreement or endangered final adjudication of differences with the two Mediterranean powers, Italy through Dino Grandi, for- eign minister and delegation head. diplomatically expressed satisfac- tion with the British and United States pronouncements on the ground that they hastoned the con- ference work by getting down to figures, The French, however, were ex- tremely taciturn. Andre Tardieu, French premier, leaving for Paris for the week-end, was reported to have been greatly displeased with the contents of the two announce- ments and the methods displayed in making them. The Japanese officially had nothing to say. Reljiro Wakatsuki, former Japanese premier and dele- gation head, said informally that he was "neither astonished nor an- noyed." He said also that Japan had no intention at present of: is- suing a statement: as she had nothing to add to her views which London, Feb. 8.--Andre Tar- dieu, French premier, was reported previously had been exprossed publicly. genorally today in naval conference circles to be considering making a statement in which French needs and aspiration would be expressed. It would compare with the state- ments of Secretary Stimson and Premier MacDonald of the past two. days, 2 Tardieu Ministry Is Upheld In Chamber by 58 Majority Train Derailed: No One Injured Spectacular Accident Occur- red at Grimsby This ; Morning Hamilton, Feb. 8 --Havoc was cre- ated in the village of Grimsby this morning when a C.N.R, freight train left the tracks. An engine and seven coal cars was derailed just west of the station and tore along, smashing the water stargard, and finally sev- eral of the caki went over an em- bankment. The most spectacular in- cident occurred when one car crash- ed over the Elizabeth street viaduct into the street below with a thund- reous concussion that could be heard throughout the district, The falling car carried with it telephone and power wires, putting about 100 tele- phones out of order, and cutting power off from one section of the village. Alfred Lepage, Grimsby garage owner, was on his way to work and was walking beneath the viaduct when the accident occurred. He had the thrilling experience of seeing the vast mass of the coal car come crashing: downward, -and only saved his life by hastily scrambling back out gf danger. In spite of the spec- tacular nature of the accident no one was injured. NATIVES FIGHTING TO GET INTO PRISON Adelaide, Australia, Feb. 8--The natives of Central Australia are fight ing for, a chance to go to prison. The drought which is making all of Central Australia a hungry and thir- sty land has made living sucha pre- carious business that the black fel- lows are eager to get to prison where they are assured of § water and clothing. WILL ENDEAVOR "TOSTOP POACHING Aeroplane Raids in Quebec Park To Be . Checked (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb. 8---Drastic action wil' be taken by the Ontario Gov- ernment, at this session of the legis- lature to prevent, if possible, a repe- tition this summer of last year's raids by aeroplane-aided Joachens from the United States on the fur-bearing life of Quetico Provincial Park. Legislation will be introduced, <t is; 'which will not only make the poaching penalties more severe, but will empower park officers to confiscate any plane caught operat- ing Yifhinte preserve boundaries in the interests of the fur thieves h Paris, Feb. 8.--The Tardieu ministry weathered another polit: cal storm in the Chamber of Depu= ties, and after an all-night sitting, was sustained this morning by its regular majority of 68 votes. The test came over a vast and ambitious National Assurances Act, about which all parties agreed that the law as it stood was inapplic- able. Dfferences arose over the nature and extent of the modfica- tions to be introduced, the Opposi- tion accusing the Government's supporters of trying to modify the scheme out of existence. Premier Tardieu, who came ex- pressly from the London conference for the debate, gave a formal un- dertaking that the law would be suitably modified and put ' into force before July 1. He then plac- ed the question of confidence in the Government on the chamber's accepting it, and the Government was upheld by 315 fo 2567. Rescued From Marooned Ships Captain Reid Takes Girl and Two Men Back to Safety (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) North Cape, Siberia, Feb, 8.-- Captain Pat Reid, who took off from here yesterday with Miss Marion Swenson, Seattle high school girl, her father, Olaf Swen- son, and Captain Milovzorov as passengers, landed at Teller, Alas- ka,, today after a flight of about four hours, Miss Swenson radioed from Teller. They took off from North Cape at 10 a.m. The Swensons had been maroon- ed for several months on the fur trading ship Nanuk, fce-bound at North Cape, while Captain Milovzo- rov has been ice-bound here aboard the Russian ship Stavcopol, of which he is mate. Swenson is head of the Swenson Fur Trading Com- pany which owns the Nanuk, PAT SULLIVAN IS GIVEN YEAR IN JAIL (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb, 8.--Patrick Sulll- van, editor of the Thunderer, was sentenced to one year of hard la- bor in jail for libelling Henri Corti in an issue of his paper last Novem- ber, and is to pay $200 costs of the prosecution. "I am of the opinion that your paper is a menace to this country," Mr. Justice McEvoy said, in pronouncing sentence, recalling Sullivan's statements that he re- .gretted not having printed all he knew about the complainant, Police in Gun Battle Vancouver.--~One man was cap- tured, and three others, one of them believed to have been shqt by a constable, escaped, when bandits and police staged a battle in' the' Kitsilano section of Vancouver. Prompt Action of James Lavender, 205 Bloor St. East, Enables Police ta Make Arrests MEN BELIEVED TO HAVE STOLEN CAR Broke Into Jury and Lovell's Simcoe Street South Drug Store, and Were Seen From Pedlar's Factory When James Lavender, of 206 Bloor street east, night watchman employed in the plant of tho Ped- lar People Ltd., spied two men break into the south drug store of Jury and Lovell, 528% Simcoe street south, at 5.30 o'clock this morning, he telephoned the police from the factory. Sergeant George Stauffer and P.C. Alexander im- mediately sped down to the scena in the police car and caught the pair red-handed. The men, who gave their names as Harold Wal- lace, aged about 22, of Toronto, and Kenneth McEwen, aged 17, al« so, of Toronto, were immediately placed under arrest and were brought to the local police station. They are now charged with break- ing and entering. The police state that Wallace and McEwen had stolen a Buick car in Toronto yesterday and started east for Oshawa early this morning. Somewhere near Westhill they are believed to have broken into a ser< vice station and stolen four one gallon ting of gasoline and one five gallon tin. They also had In their possession a "jimmy" which they used In entering Jury and Lovell's drug store. Gave Alarm Promptly While making his usual round of inspection of the Pedlar People's plant, which occupies almost a whole block directly opposite the group of buildings in which the drug store is situated, James Lav- ender, night watchman, saw a car drive up to the store apd two men enter through the rout door. Showing commendable presence of mind, he at once communicated with the police station. Hardly a minute elapsed before Sergeant Stauffer and Constable Alexander (Continued of Page 3) REACH AGREEMENT IN UNIQUE CASE Ottawa Car Dealer Was Su- ing Toronto Firm for Damages (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb, 8.--A settlement of one of the most unique cases appear before Ontario courts was contained in the announcement to- day an agreement had been reach- ed between Christopher Thomas, Ottawa motor car dealer and the MeLaughlin Motor Car Sales Co., Toronto. Thomas was suing the company for $100,000 damages resulting from an accident which he claims was caused by the motor company neglecting to re- place a cotter pin in the steering gear of his car. Details of the agreement were not made public, ORLANDO HERON IS GIVEN FIVE YEARS Judge McEvoy Imposes Sent+ ence on Toronto Broker ¢ AL {By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb, 8.--Five years in Portsmouth Penitentiary was the sentence meted out to Orlando Heron, former broker, by Mr, Juss tice McEvoy yesterday afternoon. Heron had previously pleaded guilty to 13 of the 40 counts of fraud and theft of which he was charged. ¢ In passing sentence, "His Lord. ship stated that while the five years might appear severe for = man of 60, the lives of others had been ruined and he would have to serve a portion of his life as a warning to others, He felt that the prisoner had been the victim of a system of brokerage practice, and come to his fall that way rather than through any criminal