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News While It'Is News" -- i e-- RARE ee LA . The Os ' iT] VEL Sl & a oat" ditofd (a oss SNARE ara Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 6---NO, 53 Published at Dav Except Oshawa Ont. Canada Every "Sundays and Public Holidave 'OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES Bhd! Sotelo deb? de) i News in Erief 5 {By _anadias Press) : Train Explodes Bomb Bucharest, Rumania, Mar, 4--The Ploesti-Bucharest Express today ex- | ploded 'a bomb which had been laid | on the rails between Buda and Pra- hova stations, There were numerous y | minor injuries among the thousand or more persons on the train. There were charges that the bomb was of Communistic origin. . LJ » Broker Charged Hamilton.--On the heels of a "| special audit of the books of C. E. | Weller, brokerage firm, 47 James Street South, which has been con- ducted during the past few days by the Attorney-General's depart- ment, a charge of conversion and theft of $1,161.81 was today laid against C. E. Weller, president of the firm, by a Chinese client. 3 Toronto Library Chairman Dies bi] Toronto--Ernest J. Hathaway, 58 { chairman of the Public Library board for 1930, died suddenly at his home last night. He had been seized with a heart attack earlier in the day. A widow apd two brothers survive. » a * To Fight Anti-Royalty Marid.-----Young Spanish mon- archists have formed an association to defend the crown, and to break up meetings hostile to King Alfon- 80. They have agreed to use their fists on any one attempting to cry "down with the king." - LJ * . Deputy Minister Leaves Ottawa.--R. A. C. Henry, dep- uty minister of railways and can- als, questioned here last night re garding reports that he would sever his connections with the Gov- ernment srevice in the near fut- ure to become vice-president and gneral manager of the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company, stated it was true he had requested that he be relieved of his duties as deputy minister. Mr. Henry set no date on which his resignation would take effect. DEATH NOT DUE TO ETHER, JURY FINDS Louis. Mill, Toronao Man, Would Have Died in Any Event, Doctors Testify Toronto, Mar. 4.--Evidence that the victim was in such an advane- ed state of illness that he would have died anyway in a few hours had the operation not been per- formed, and the jury's decision that no blame' could be attached 0 anyone in connection with the death, featured the inquest last night into the sudden expiration hile under ether of Louie R. Mill, 63 years of age, of 60 Pearson av- nue. Mill died in Strathcona Hospital n Feb. 21, after a week of com- licated illness in which a severe qld and fever played a large part. e had been partly unwell for the ast six or séven years, the testi- ony indicated. Following a trip to Niagara 'alls on Feb. 15, he became serl- usly ill, but recovered partly and nly became dangerously affected n the morning of Feb, 21. Dr G. Russell, physician in charge f the case, told the fury that ill-wonld certainly have died if eft alone, and that he felt an peration despite the risk of los- ng the patient anyway in conse- uence, was the only chance to ave the suffering man. J The jury's verdict accepted the inding of the autopsist that the irect cause of death was pul- onary oedema, otherwise the looding or waterloeging of the unes. This, it was explained, re- ults when respiration or heart ac- tetion-Ceases. PEMEN RESCUE / <EVEN FROM FIRE Hull, Que., Mareh 4.--Trapred on the third floor of a burning apartment house here early last ight, seven people Were 'carried Hown ladders to safety by firemer 4A smok~> explosion on the first onr had driven the tenants to th: op of the building, ? fvete in danger of being overcome 'by the dense smoke. After fighting the blaze for three ours, firemen at 8 o'clock belleved had it under control. It is pstimated $50,000 - damage was aused by the blaze, which com- p ly destroyed a building at Bridge and Wellington Streets con- 'Raining four stores and five apart ents. ts, pn ---- WEATHER Crh t and press is high in be Mackenzie valley Rocky ountain states, and over the Gulf of Mexico. The weather has been fair in nearly all of the dominio: how lc ort east of mn, the "eat Lakes, and comparatively mild inthe Wes- tern A i [| where 'they COUN ; 'NEW INDUSTRIAL AREA Council and C. of C. to Discuss Harbor All Veterans To Come Un- der Same Provisions as Old Age Pension Act at Age of Sixty BILL REFERRED TO SPECIAL COMMITTEE Provision Is Made for Veter- ans Unable to Work . on Account of Disabilities That Are Not Pensionable (Special to The Times) Ottawa, Ont., March 4--Hon. Dr, J. H. King, minister of pensions and national health, this afternoon introduced in the house of com- mons a bill known as the War Veterans' Allowance Bill, which provides for the making of allow- ances to those who have become known as "broken-down" and "burnt-out" war veterans, The bill provides, in effect, that 'war veter- ans will come under the same pro- visions as contained in the old age pension act on reaching the age of 60, with the exception that the pro- vinces will not be asked to share anw war veteran who, by reason of mental or physical infirmity, is wholly or' partially unemploybale, will be eligible far this irres ve of age. The bill ig ing red to the special com- mittee which has been appointed to investigate war veterans' pro- blems, . By M. MCINTYRE HOOD (Chairman, Executive Committee Oshawa, Branch, No. 43, Cana- adian Legion) The War Veterans' Allowance Bill, which has now been introduc ed by the minister cf pensions in- to the house of commons, is of vital interest to a large body of war vetérans, and to the whole of Canada, since if is intended to give relief to a large body of veterans who, in the past, have been forced to depend upon municipal relief funds and charitable organizations for the means of life. In this bill the government proposes to place upon the dominior as a whole, rather than on the local munici- nalities and local charities, the ob- lication of looking after those men who, burnt-out by the strain of war service, have broken down prema turely, and are unable to support themselves, their wives and their families. While there may be a possibility that the bill will be amended be- fore it finally becomes law, that is very remote. One clings to thie opinion' because of twos circum- stances; first, that it has been ac- cepted in principle and detail by the federal cabinet, ar ° setondly, because it meets with the expressed views of the opposition as to. re' medial legislation for the burnt-out ~lags of war veterans. In addition t has the approval of the Canadian legion, since it is based almost in its entirety, on the resolution which was adopted by the Legion at its Dominion con' »ntion in Ri gina last November. The Bill Let us look at the bill and an- alyze exactly its contents, The definition clauses are worthy of notice. Thoy define the term "Theatre of Actual War" ag the zone of the allied armies in Europe Asia or Africa, or wherever a vet- eran may have sustained injury or disability by a hostile act of the enemy, The Ar" !* ~~" the word "eran" for the purposes of the act is even more .i...c.ting, t includes any former member of the Canadian Expeditionary force or any former member of His Majes- ty's Imperial, Dominion, or Co'- onial forces of thé forces of the Allies, who served in a theatre of actual war, who was domiciled in Canada at the outbreak of the war, It also includes those who served (Continued on Page 7) Friendly Snake "Walks" to Death Owen Sound, March 4.--A huge earter snake is dead today because it insisted on following home tw: man who saved it a few days ag: from death by freezing. They pleced it in the warm sun and lert it there. On two successive days however, they found it curled up In front of a stove in the house. Death ended its persistonce, MEASURE PROVIDES FOR PREMATURELY AGED AND BURNT OUT WAR VETERANS in the cost. It also provides that inp £5170 DISCUSS. ARCTIC FLYERS BODIES AT NOME Bodies of Eicon and Bors land Brought by Aerial Cortege Nome, Alaska, Mar. 4--The bodies of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Bor- land, Arctic flyers, were here to day after having been brought across the Bering sea by aeroplane from the motorship Nanuk, icebound near North Cape, Siberia. The two bodies were flown to Tel- ler, Alaska, yesterday in a plane piloted by Ed. Young. Pilot Joe Crosson and Mechanic Sam Macau- ley were ssengers. he Russian aviators, Commander Mavrick Slip- enov and Mechanic Farich, followed in their Junkers plane. The aerial cortege will continue as soon as possible its flight to Fair- banks, where Ole Eielson father of the dead aviator and Borland's young widow and sons are awaiting the re- mains. The bodies will be taken by train and ship to Seattle. Lieuten~ ant Eielson will be buried at Hatton, ACTION OVER HARBOR VOTE Council and Chamber of Commerce to Review Situation The question of the advisability of pressing for a further appropriation from the Dominion government for the Oshawa harbor received. lengthy discussion at last night's meeting of the. city council. It was decided that the council should meet the directors of the local Chamber of Commerce and discuss further action on the matter, "The general purpose committee re- commended that' "This committee be empowered by the council to confer with the directors of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the advisability of calling a public meeting to discuss the harbor development." This re- commendation was voted out in favor of Alderman P. A. Macdonald's amendment that the whole council discuss the matter with the Cham- "ber of Commerce directors. On motion of Alderman Macdonald the council went into committee of the whole on the committee's report. While grateful for the govern ment's grant, it was felt that a fur- ther development should be made, as the present contract called for only hte' excavation of a turning basin, said Alderman Boddy. The commit- tee did not necessarily intend to call a public meeting, certainly not until 'negotiations had been conducted wit the govergment, 5 Aldesad Macdopad said that it | would be inadvisable to call a public ed by it. A Serious Matter "The clause should stand, said Ald- erman Hart. It was a serious mat- ter, he declared. Oshawa was the most important potential port on the north shore of the lake, and a plan of harbor development had been out lined by the city which would aid (Continued on Page 2) IN THE LEGISLATURE h meeting as no benefit could be gain- |/ War Veterans' Allowance Bill Introduced Today o% 7 ARMY HUT INVENTOR DEAD Lieut.-Col. Peter N. Nissen, inven- tor of Nissen huts used in great war and a native of Halifax, N. S., who. died at Westham, Engl:..d, Saturday last. His wife came from Kingston, Ont. Baldwin Rocks United E. Party Beaverbrook Cancels Speech When Conservatives Agree' With Plan (By Canadian Fiess Leased Wire) London, March 4.--The speech of Rt. Hon, Stanley Baldwin before the Conservative party today, advocating a referendum on food taxes, caused a sensation among the United Em pire party. The Rothermere-owned Evening News in a big headline said: "Mr, Baldwin Adopts United Empire Par- ty's Policy," qualifying this in its report with the words, "In its main outline." Lord Beaverbrook, leader of the Empire party, cancelled a speaking engagement and sent a letter saying the reason was the "momentous pro nouncement from the leader of the Cgiervative party which alters al- most to the point of transformation the political outlook." This necessi- tated consultation between himself and his followers before he com- mented on "it. D. J. Hannon, Conservative mem- ber of parliament who read this let- ter at the Central Chamber of Ag- riculture, said he was "in a happy position, being able to announce that the whole forces of the United Em- pire party will stand on the;side of the great forward upliftnig policy announced this morning by r. Stanley Baldwin." CANNOT IMPOSE + TAX ON TIMBER Privy Cotincil Rules British Columbi- Act Is Ultra Vires London, March 4--The forestry act of Btitish Columbia is ultra ONTARIO BUGET PRESENTED BY PROVINCIAL TREASURER IN THE LEGISLATURE TODAY Hon. Dr. J. D. Monteith Pre- sents Statement Showing Surplus of Over $2 600, 000 During the Year 1929 NO CHANGES TO BE MADE IN TAXATION | Gasoline Tax Is Expected to Produce $11,500,000 Dur- ing Present Year--Treas- urer Emphasifes Debt Retirement Plan (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Mar. 4.---The largest surplus in Ontario's history, $2,- 642,000, was recorded for the fis- eal year of 1929 by the Hon. Dr. J. D. Monteith, provincial treas- urer, fin presenting his annual budret to the legislature todav, In a sneech of over two hours, he nre- sented a fnll statement of the fin- ances of the nrovince, moine into nll pheees of its financial fabrie He snid the province's borrowing nowers were never at a higher nenk, and that the debt retir- ment scheme was now fnnetioning and world wine ont the current Apht of tha province at the end of *arty years. The * provincial treasurer esti- mated the surplus for 1930 at $490,000, figured on a new Ace counting system that eliminates cross-entry and needless inflation. Profits from the sale of liquor in 1929 were $8,496,000, and the es- timated profits for 1930 are estl- mated at $8,200,000. The revenue from the five cent gasoline tax was $8,500,000, and the estimated revenue for 1930 is $11,600,000. The ordinary rev- enue of the 'province last year was $64,549,717, and the estimated re- ceipts for the current year are es- timated at $54,865,00. This ap- parent decrease, the treasurer ex- plained, was accounted for by the new accounting system, and as a SUCCEEDS TO NAVAL POST Admiral Sir Frederick Field, who succeeds to the post of lord com- missioner of the admiralty and chief of the naval staff, upon re- tirement of Sir Chas. Madden about July next. Score Thought Dead in Flood ECONOMIC UNITY MEANS DURATION OF BRITISH EMPIRE Baldwin Would Call Eco- nomic Conference -- Food Taxes Not Political Issue (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, March 4.--If the Conser- vative party is returned to power its first business will be to call, un- conditionally, an Imperial Economic conference. This declaration was malle by Rt. Hon, Stanley Baldwin, party leader, addressing the council of the National Union of Conserva- tive and Unionist associations today. Mr. Baldwin, making an eagerly awaited pronouncement of Conser- vative policy in the face of the newly developed opposition from the United Empire party, also declared without qualification that the ques- tion of food taxes should be taken out of party politics and submitted to a | of the people. His speech might be taken by po- litical observers as indicating a fur- ther mcasure of agreement with the aims of Lord Beaverbrook. For the United Empire party demands econ- omic unity of the empire, with free trade between its members, and a tariff barrier around the whole em- pire against foreign products. This means a tax on food products, am- ong other articles, entering Britain. And to now every political leader in Britain has refrained from suggest ing taxes on food. Can't Dictate to Dominion But Mr, Baldwin today said: "The dominions can not be dictated to. It is for us to meet in an atmosphere of perfect freedom. If, as a result of those discussions, there should 600 Workmen Marooned as Rivers Overflow Banks in France (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toulouse, France, Mar. 4--Fall- ing waters at Villemur has re- lieved anxiety concerning the fate of 600 workers imprisoned in a spaghetti factory by the floods. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toulouse, France, Mar. 4--~While reality represented no actual de- crease, A Successful Year The fiscal year 1929 has been an exceptionally successful year, the (Cohtinued on Page 3) CALLED IN GEM MYSTERY Archduke Lec old of Austria, al- legedly residing in New %ork, for whom a subpoena has been issued to appear in connection with dis- appearance of $400,000 necklace sent to America for sale by the Archduchess ©. Marie Theresa of Austria. The 'Archduch recently vires so far as it seeks to imp a.tax on timber, This is the decision of their lordships of the Judicial committee of the Privy Council. To- day they dismissed the appeal of the attorney-general of British Columbia against the Macdonald Murphy Lum- ber company. Besides the contention, that the tax provisions of the bill are ultra vires the provincial authority, the case disposes of the question of whether a subject may commence action against the attorney-general to ob- Toronto, Mar. 4.--Consid- erable criticism was made of _ the government's bill to estab- Joan to farmers to pay for the 'loan to farme: sto pay for the installation costs of hydro. Liberals and Progressives unit- its features. F W. Elliott, Lib,, Bruce / North, introduced a bill which would permit towns to reduce the number of councillors ed in. denouncing several of |day In the intensified search tain a declaration that a provincial act is invalid. The Attorney-Gengral had asserted such action should be by way of petition of right. Oak Park, Il1L.--The radio, the telegraph and the police through- out the country were employed to- for Oak Park's missing Police Magis- trate, James M, Feron, He has not' been heard of since Thursday afternoon 'when he teleph d his received a cheque for $7,270 for its sale, 'the vendor, a certain Col. Chas. F. Townsend, retaining the balance for "expenses." : GAXDHI'S ULTIMATUM DELIVERED T0 VICEROY (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New Delhi, India, Mar, 4--Reginald Reynolds, lieutenant of ahatma Gandbi, Indian Nationalist leader, to- day delivered Gandhi's ultimatum to the private secretary of Viceroy Lord Irwin and gave a formal ac- knowledgment of it. The 'contents are being kept con- fidential. Reynolds stated later that he expected the Civil Disobedience campaign, which is Gandhi's alterna- tive in the ultimatum to certain de- ds made upon the British crown, clerk that he was enroute to the from six to. four. court, is to commence within two week's time, the swirling waters of the swoolen Agout river, surged about them 600 workmen were imprisoned today in a flooded spaghetti factory at Ville- mur awaiting rescue. The town itself was like a semi- submerged island in the centre of a lake covering an area of 60 square miles or more. Many old houses collapsed with the sudden rising of the river yesterday. Dozens gf dogs, surprised by the flood, could be seen simming, while the less agile farm stock were dead in the water about them. / The torrent carried all sorts of debris toward the mother river, the Garonne, which, flooded itself was believed to have taken more than a score. of lives as it devastated the region north and east of Toulousu. Hundreds of houses and factories collapsed roads and railways were cut, and bridges swept away as a con- sequence of the swollen rivers and their tributaries. Conditions were said to be worse than dt any time within the past half century, Prince of Wales Is Convalescing (By Canadian Préss (Leased Wire) Nairobin Kenya Colony, British East Africa, Mar. 4--An official bul- letin issued this forenoon by physi- cians to the Prince of Wales whois suffering with sub-tertain malaria said: "The Prince of Wales is now con- valescing. He expects to leave for Uganda March 9, as originally ar- ranged. HUNTERS INJURED FOLLOWING HOUNDS Colonel Johnson, Oldest Hunter Broke Collar- bone When Thrown (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Melton, Mowbray, Eng, Mar, 4~ Duting a day's hunting with the Quorn hounds yesterday, in which Prinée Henry, Duke of Gloucester, participated, there was a. crop of ac- cidents among the followers. Colonel Johnson, 65, oldest member of the hunt, was thrown and his col- lar-bone was broken. Thereafter he rode six miles to his home. emerge any form of agreement, ar- rangement, treaty--whatever you like to call it--that does give us great benefits and demands in a return a (Continued on Page 2) CURRIE GIVES STATEMENT {ON NEW ACT Approves of Principle of War Veterans Allowances (Special to The Times) Montreal, March '4.--In an exclu- sive interview with The Times Gen- eral Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian Corps in the Great War, and grand president of the Ca- nadian Legion, expressed his satis' faction with the legislation introduc- ed in the House of Commons this afternoon by the Hon, Ea J. H. King, providing relief for burnt-out ex-service men. General Currie, who, it will be 'recalled, emphasized the need for this type of legislation in his message to the Canadian Legion at its dominion convention in Regina last November, made the gollowing statement regarding the posed 2&t which will place veterans on an old age pension basis at the age of 60, and will provide similar treat- ment for those who are unemploy- able on account of mental and phy- sical infirmity, General Currie's Statement General Crurrie's statement was as ollows : "] have read with interest the bill introduced by the 'Hon, Dr. King in the House of Commons re- specting war veterans allowances and I approve of the principal which underlies that measure, evidently much care and sympathic consideration has been given to its preparation, It recognizes in a very definite way what the Canadian Legion has long contended--that a whole generation of Canadians are prematurely old owing to their service in thé Great War and that many of them are now unemploy- able, That is a condition not visu- alized when the Pensions Act was framed and I think it proper that the measure to deal with the "burnt-out" men should not be an amendment to the Pensions Act and that it should be administered by an entirely separate committee. "I am glad to see that this bill does not withhold from the veteran any right he may have under the Pensions Act and that it in no way is intended to compensate for such right. "i* "I approve of the principal that this act be administered by a com- .mittee of the department who are to have the power to appoint others (Continued ¥"'| Page ou LAND ADJOINING HARBOR BOUGHT TO BE DEVELOPED AS SITES FOR INDUSTRIES Council Pays $6,500 fos Eleven and a Half Acres of Land Immediately Ad joining the Oshawa Har bor 5 : WILL BE FILLED IN BY THE GOVERNMENT Land Was Purchased Under Authority of Industrial Area By-law Approved by Ratepayers Last June Purchase 6f a new industrial area of approximately eleven and a half acres, immediately adjoining the Oshawa harbor, was authorized by the city council last night. The pur- chase price is $6,500, and the vendor is Mrs, E. Maynard, of Toronto, The land is situated on the east side of Simcoe street, just south of where the Oshawa creek crosses the street, just north of where the street turns towards the east, A con< siderable portion of the land {is marshy, but the government has agreed toufill it up and reclaim it for industrial sites while the harbor ex- cavation is under way this summer, Part of it was filled in under a pris vate arrangement with Mrs. Maye nard last fall. Close to the Harbor Basin The land adjoining the governs ment property immediately surrounds ing the harbor, and is very. close to the actual harbor basin, It also has Oshawa Railway sidings along two sides of it.' Thus it provides splens did transportation facilities. The land is being purchased undes the authority of the industrial sites bylaw passed by the ratepayers last year, authorizing the city to spend an aggregate of $30,000 for the pure chase of industrial areas. One indus~ trial area, just south of where the new Skinner plant now stands, was sought by the city council last year, This new purchase makes a total of approximately 25 acres available for new industries at cost, A Key Position The council in committee of the whole discussed the report of the general purpose committee recom- mending the purchase of the land, This was a key point to the harbor, (Continued on. Page 2) ING GEORGE HOLDS FIRST INVESTITURE More Than Hundred Persons Honored at First Court Since Illness (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Mer. 4--For the first time since his recovery from his serious illness of a year ago the King held an investiture in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace. More than a hundred recipients of honors in the New Year's list received the insignia ofgtheir orders and their decorations. The scene was an ever-moving pageant of color. The king was a resplendent figure in a scarlet and gold uniform of a field marshal. For more than half an hour he stood whilie recipients df the honors passed slowly before him. Last year while the King was still ill the Prince of Wales deputized for him at the New Year's investiture. IN PARLIAMENT Ottawa, Mar, 4.---Yesterday the Senate did not sit, A resalution respecting de- velopment of the St. Lawrence river was introduced into the Flouse of Commons hy T. L. Church, (Cons., Toronto Northwest), 'and adjourned. A resolution of G. G. Coote, (U.FIA, MacLeod), was de- 'bated A motion of Hon. R. B. Bennett, Opposition lead- er to adjourn the debate was carried 86 votes to 39. % A resolution of H. BE. Spen- cer, (U.F.A. Battle River), respecting health units was adopted without a division. A motion of Dr. J. H. Kint, Minister of Pensions and Na. tional Health for a special mmittee . of the house to al © with pensidns and re- tarned soldiers' problems was approved. . Today in Parliament: The Senate will ndt sit. House of 4 J {