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¢ Osha 1} Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer a Baily Times "All the News While It Is News" OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930 15 Cents a Weeks; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES Lontwa Die in Plane Crash ie n p ing mail from Cr crashed at Limpsficld tod am, The pilot and mee onl upants, 'both Thi Laie mail service operation only two nights, Suspend Work Cochrd e~Development work at fhe lignite fields north 'of here ) temporarily: suspended, « Work 'has been # 'pending a further survey of the area, as it has been indicated the extent of the field is greater. than at first expected, Diae mond drilling will be continued, Control Kgg Marketing Sydney, Australia.~The efi production of Australia is being tiken under control by a federal board, which will control the mar keting "of eggs wealth and the export to other countries, » » » Ad » " Earlier Navigation "Port Arthur~The icesbreaker James Whalen has started' smashing up the ice in the harbor, two weeks earlier than usual, Marine men here look for upper lake navigation to be active \by about April 2. Swansea Eloctionp Swansea~Two vacancies on the Swansea: Village Council caused by the resignations"™of Deputy Reeve Duncan Green and Councillor * A, Bennett, were filled by the election of D.3J. McBeth for' Deputy Reeve and J. R. Finlay for Councillor, Ld Australia's Ban Temporary Sydney, Australia ~Australia's dra- stie_ restriction of imports by means of governmental prohibitions and super-taxes may only be necessary for a period of 12 to 18 months, ac- cording to the opinion. expressed by Francis M. Forde, Deputy Minister of Customs, © Ladin Labor Wins Election Adelaide, South Australia ~The, Liberal administration of Premier R. L, Butler, which came into power in South Australia: in 1 has been defeated by Labor, The {ntroduction of a system of preference voting has delayed declaration of the returns, but it is indicated that Labor has ob« tained 28 seats. in the Ass of 46 members; the Liberals 16 and the Country party, with whom the Lib. erals were allied in government, vl fapantee 8 in | ; go Ri tse River of a Japanese | flotilla of 16 ships has og da gr ment protest by the Chinese verna« © \eular press, The newspapers Nhe warships cruising 'the' Yangtse are op Chinese inland waters without authorization of the Nationalist gov- erament. . . ' Seek Unknown Hero Homilton~The police, fire de~ partment and Royal Humane So- clety are searching for an unknown hero who saved the lives of Mrs, Nabbait Karabain and her Naat child here Baturday when t home caught fire, FATHER CHARGED WITH BURNING HS CHILD TO DEATH : Crime Is Charged and His Second Wife Norwich, N.¥w April T.--Awaits Ivania extradition' ac h 1. Mumbulo, 34, afd ANgo | Jai " that they murdered 'Mumbulo's 11 year old daughter, by a former marriage, Beyond this they refused to die: cuss the case in which they are Sharged with the burning th:4uith % e child, 'Margh~ 93, n° Kris, the use of gasoline. Extras in' the common | Kinsmen's Convention Was Closed on Saturday OF MOVEMENT "ENTHUSIASM FOR FUTURE WAS KEYNOTE OF DISTRICT CONVENTION Business Session on Satur day Afternoon Brought Forth Discussion of Prob- TORONTO MAN TO BE NEXT GOVERNOR Major S. H. Bantick, Nation. al President, Delivered In- spiration Address on De- velopment of the Move- ment With an expressed determination to go out and spread the gospel of Kinsmanship throughout the length and breadth of Eastern Capuda, the business sessions of the second an- nual convention of District No, 1 of the Association of Kinsmen's Clubs of Canada came to a close late on Saturday afternoon, The afternoon session wos a busy one, with interests ing and informative discussions on matters of much importance to the development of the movement, and to the work which is being done by the individual clubs in thelr respecs tive communities, One of the inter- esting items of business transacted was the selection of the candidate to be nominated for the office of dis- trict. governor at the national con- vention which is ta be held in To ronto in July, Ernie Ritchie, of the Toronto Club, and one of the out. standing. workers for the expansion of the orgahisstion, was chosen to fill this iiportent office, During the rae of the afternoon, Major S, H. jonal president of the an inspirational 8 With "yore "of the emi in the immediate future of insmanship, and there were inter 'esting yeports from the various clubs a¢ to the nature of their community service work, : "The business Stttion shite conyen- dijourned at 6.30. p.m, ai- ul MiGobtinued on Page 8) Drunk While Driving, Motorist Gets 30 Days John Tait, of this city, was sen- tenced to serve twenty days in' the Whitby 'jail 'for being = intoxicated while in 'charge of a motor vehicle, and assessed $100 and costs or three months. fof having lauor in other thin a Jegal place, in police court this morning, Tait_was apprehended by Motor. le Officer orge Parsons early unday morning. The accused plead: ed guilty to the first charge, FIFTY FOOT DROP NEARLY MADE THIS PRISONER FREE Leap from Fourth Storey of Police Station Did Not Bother Youth Tbs Conndion' Press: assed. Wits) Montreal, April To--A fifty bo Re aad of Wen ' ) co alk Burke, 27, so littla that' he able to outdistance the police and n JAreedom halt an hour Saris. Mo was DOE ) bery ONE DIES AS GAR CHARGES CROWD: Twelve Hurt as Heartless Motorist Wreaks Havoc in New York (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, April, 7,-One man was killed and twelve other pers sons were injured early today when an automobile which police sald was driven at 50 miles an hour, and which did not stop, crashed into a crowd of between 80 and 40 persons who had gaths ered to look at the wreckage of another automobile sccident, As James Burke and bs sister, Sarah, injured In the first crash, were being attended by an ambule ance surgeon someone in the crowd shouted a warning. It was too late, A speeding car dushed through the crowd knocking people in all directions, * Australia to Reduce Armies Drastic Cuts in All Mili tary 'Departments Being Considered (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Melbourne, Australia, April 7. "he i.aval correspondent of the Mel. bourne Herald says today that while no official announcement has been made it is believed the common wealth Government has ordered a reduction of $3,500,000 in the ses- Halt of the cut applies to the navy and half to 'the armby and air force combined, it is stated. The reductions will involve the dis- missal of 500 seamen and reduction of vessels in. commission to the num- ber of four, Those retained in com- mission, wecording to the Herald's correspondent, would be the two 10+ 000 ton cruisers, Australia and Can- berra, the seaplane carrier Albatross of 5000 tons, and one destroyer, probably the success of 905 tons, The Royal Australian navy also in- cludes the light cruisers Adelaide and Brisbane and the flotilla leader An- zac, There are six destroyers of 600 tons; and five of 905 tons In addi. tion the United includes two 1400 ton submarines completed two years ago, three stoops, a submarine depot and repair whip, May Force Use of British Wheat in English Bread Explosion on Train Kills 17 Seven Seriously 'Injured As Dynamite Blows Up Locomotive ------ (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tokyo, April T,~The railway ministry today announced that 17 persons had been killed and seven soriously injured in an explosion aboard a train near Oita, Kyushu prefecture, The explosion was offici- als attributed to dynamite, which was believed somehow to have be- come mixed in the coal used by the engine, The oxplosion occurred shortly after noon yesterday but earlier re« ports indicate it was of minor con sequence, The seriousness of the blast did not become known here until today, . All the dead were passengers, A majority of the 17 apparently liv. od for several hours after the ex- piosion, The blast started a forest fire' which burped throughout the nighf. ---------- NIAGARA POLICE CATCH ALLEGED CONN. MURDERER (By Canadian , Press Leased Wire) Niagara Falls, NY, April 7.-He- inric Oswald Lotens, F Jeu old, of Hartford, Conn, alleged slayer of Nils Anderson, Wethersfield, Conn, arrested at Windsor Ont, was lodg- ed in the local police headquarters '| today awaiting removal to Wethers- face a murder field where he will Ander. charge in. connection with son's slay vi Flee Volcano RUAN took OF the volase Ororae 5 . (J 0 Osorno, como tion nds of Wudden n 3 ni activity within the mountain, and 'are. flecing Dosthaste tor safe ro. § ---- ey London, April 7,~The Press As- sociation states that the Rt, Hon, Phillip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in considering, in con- nection with his forthcoming bud- Kot, a scheme to make compulsory the use of flour milled from home- grown wheat in the baking of bread in this country, Sliding Neale Su The Chancellor would, according to the plan, stipulate the percent. ago of flour to be milled from Bri- tish (home-grown) wheat. The con- templated compulsory quota, it is understood, would be based upon a sliding scale varying from 74 to 20 por cent, the exact percentage to be based upon the extent of the available: supply of home-grown wheat. A necessary feature of the schema, it is assumed, would Ye the regulation of wheat imports at the ports, but, so far is known, no dif- ferentiation is proposed as between foreign flour and that from the Em- pire overbeas. Canadian interests here deom the Chancellor's propos- al a gerious menace, not only to the Canadian millers, but also to, Em» pire wheat producers as a whole, At present the bakers through- out the Kingdom use from 20 to 30 per cegt, of strong Canadian flour and blend it with varying propor tions of the British (home-grown), Auatralion and Argentinian nro- uets, TERRIFIC STORM DELAYS LINERS New York, N.Y, April 7.~~The United States liner America docke ed today, two days late after bate tling at sea two terrific storms which, early radio reports in. dicated, would probably delay are rival 'of nearly all liners duo here the first half of the week, CHICAGO BLASTS SASH 35 AUTOS eight people, four of a child r fro hoi Ded. or yomerday a bombing attributed to a south 'si per war, blew a policeman off his AR] On the northwest side a S0-car ga- de royed when a pro exploded, 'shattering s for blocks about, Thiftrfive demolished. A negro wa t left the Garage for x L] southwest ide, w twosgtors ent way damaged and mets \ wo families rocked from their beds by « bob explosion in nce, Attorney David Alex Saisaut sufporttion ogeupied on " flonrs could disclose nu motive: Ton SARE a Sa Station timates of the defense department.' 3 boat or men missing, WINS SCHOLARSHIP V. E. BR ZUFELT? Of this city, who has been awarded the Rankine No. 1 scholarship at Queen's Theological College, it was announced today. Crosses U.S. in S-- (By Canadian Press Lessed Wire) New York, April 7~Captain Frank M. Hawks, completed his transcontis vental flight in a glider towed by an aeroplane yesterday. The noted avia- tor cut loose from the aeroplane and glided to earth on the parade ground at Van Corlandt park, in the Brons, The holder of the transcontinental speed record completed the feat, which was without purallel in avia- tion, with a beautiful landing. He cut the two ropes at an altitude of about 4,500 feet, circled the field se- veral times, and settled gently tv earth, while photographers and a huge crowd gathered about the gli Boal's Crew Is Thought Swept Over Niagara Cabin Cruiser Pounds to Pieces on Rocks Near Falls, No Trace of Sailors Niagara Falls, Ont,, April T==The wreckage of a thirty foot cabin cruiser drifted down the upper Nia gara river this forenoon and is is possible that the bodies of the crew have been taken aver the falls, An International Railway motorman first saw the craft coming down the river with the cabin tower appar. ently shot away, No report has been filed at any of the police head- quarters or at the United States coastguard stations across the rive or, United States coastguardsmen stated to Canadian Press at noon today that they had not been in contact with rum-runners for sev. eral days and that no firing had been done by them this morning, It was stated at Fort Erie today that firing 'was hoard just before dawn. 'When first sighted there was up parently no one on board and the oraft in a sinking condition was carried down the river, and was smashed to pleces just above the Falls, the whola of one side boing carried into the Canadian Niagara Power Company intake and the re- mainder strewn along tho bank and over the falls, No name could be seen and the craft was painted white with green wtripes, It. is known that there is serious rivalry on the upper river between the mon long established and fresh arrivals trom Detroit, No boat painted like the wreenage found here today uses the Fort Er export dooks, Thquiry uh and down the river falled to disclose either THOUGHT MURDERED HOME IN-BEACHVILLE \ _ (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) A , Ont, April 7(==Mre, Cora Lightheart, 51 year old wid- ow, Who was reperted in des patches from Lewiston, Maine, to be missing, has 'returned to her home in Reachville, near here, Tha reports from Maine sald it was feared there the woman had beep murdered : Mrs. Lightheart denies she mare ried Avery E. Chanalew; Wiss ton, as also stated in th patch from that town. The Lewiston for the Bplies undets with her when \ sudden departure the Maine towr led to reports 'of foul play. She arvived in Beach VN Tn Glider Train! there, in addition to considera Her aw Swiss Adopt a New Liquor Law 'Heavy Taxation of Strong Drink Hailed as Social Reform (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Berne, Switzerland, April Switzerland, voting in yesterday's re. ferendum for revision of its alcoholic legislation, has undertaken heavy tax. ation of strong liquors with the avow ed object of social reform. Heretofore only alcohol made from potatoes has been taxed, The new law will tax from one gold franc a litre upwards all alcohol, brandies, and similar higheproof liquors, with the exception made that the people have a right to brew their own liquor sole ly for their own consumption with out taxation, There will be no government mone apoly of either manufacture or sale under the new scope, but simply an enlargement of a taxation scheme. The expected large revenue played an important part in 'the campaign, although the money angle possibly was considered secondary to the sof cial aspect, The bill was voted by about 482. 000 to 317,000, Seventeen cantons . 7 were favorable to the revision while five were against it, THIS WEEK TO SEE CLIMAX OF NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD - | FIVE-POWER AGREEMENT REGRETS STUDENT |" Sissons DISTURBANCES ing Settled, It Is Declared Chinese Leader Promises Ac: Unofficially tion Against Anti-British Demonstrators i ed NOW WORKING ON ° THREE-POWER PAC1 Great Britain, United States | and Japan Considering Agreement Which Other Two Powers Could Later Join A (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Nanking, April 7.--Chiang Kgl- Shek, head of the Nationalist gov ernment, conferring with news paper men today stated that the anti-Britich demonstration hy Chinese students heres "has an m- portant political mgnificance bes cause reactionary elements and Communists fomented the demon- stration seeking to discredit the Nationalist government," Chiang sald the government would take drastic measures, against both studeits and agita~ tors, to suppress such activities, "The authorities," be sald, "wit not hesitate to shoot n few stu. dents and close down the univer- pities if the students attempt furs ther disturbances." (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 7--Henry L, Stim son, United States secretary of state, returned to London from Stanmore, country residence, today to consult the American delegation to the naval conference, He ex» pected to return to his country home later to continue work' on the intracies of a draft disarma- ment phet for submission to the three shisf powers of the eonfers ence, Assembling his material for a possible treaty, the head of the American delegation signalized the Snprosching end of the historic par- ey. ' Mr, Stimson Is understood to be Elgin Member Predicts | considering "the framing of 'the draft pact in. such a way that France and Italy can later join with | Great Britain, the United Stdtes and Japan if they overcome thé dif- ficulties which have thus far block ed the progress of the conference. Brampton, April 7,--A federal election within the next five months was forecast here by Mitchell Hep- burn, Liberal member for Elgin j West, at the Liberal nomination convention held in the Oddfellows' Hall, "It T were to prophesy I would say the election would be held be- fore September 3," he supnounced to some 500 applauding delegates, Additional significance was lent to Mr, Hepburn's prediction by the fact that Ontario Liberals held a caucus Friday, at which the elec tion situation is said to have been discussed and: that earlier in the week the general outlook was threshed out before a general cau- cus, Ross Grey, member for West Lambton, also referring to the pos. ; sibility of an early election, de- | ¢lared emphatically that tha King Government was not waiting for an issue but was ready to come to the people at any time on the strength of its past records, W. J, Lowe unanimously choson by the convention as Liberal can- didato for Peel County for the forthcoming Federal election, The meeting was one of the largest and most enthusiastic held here In yoars, TRAPPERS DROWN IN PEACE RIVER (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kdmonton, Alta, April Ye Three trappers crashed through the weakened ice on Peace River and were drowned on Iriday, ace cording to 'word reaching here to- day. After a winter on the trap lines, the men wera returning to the little town of Pasce River in Northern Alberta, drawing sleds carrying their winter furcateh, TRY YOUNG GIR ONMURDER CHARGE 15-year-old North Bay Maid Charged With Killing Mother (By Cansdlan. Prone Lasssd Wire) North Bay, Aprit T.~The trial o the L5-yeaald dausntes of hth 3 com! uven : Satrtclde | court on a charge of beriping from the death of her Rother last mouth, will be heard at the opening of the spring nas sizes, today, ' Mr. Justice will preside. It {a the only criminal oase on the docket and will coms monce immediately the court opens. at one o'clock. ; In the event of the grand jury returning a true bill; it iu od A. B. Currey, defense counsel, will ask fora spegial Jury to determine whether the girl is mentally tit to stand: trial, 12 such followed it ts expec! (girl under direction of the. attors ney-general will be requested, and probably testimony from two locel Fou an doteune may "Should the wpeolal jury, utter atonis ata other. Modiar Sox thorities, decide the girl vane she will immediately be placed on tujal tor murder, RR ald N | Election by September 3 | beers without proceeding Mokivoy | Bt { "ine report of the alienists who examined the |' The conference generally ' is marking time pending the ¥rench answer to the British proposals de- signed to meet the ¥Fronch demand for greater security in return for 4 lowered estimate of French naval tonnage, which would possibly make agreement with the remain. ing: powers possible. Upon the French reply will depend the eon~ Action of Govt. ; | power pact. Followers Arrested in Large ""Aliitldo Briand, head of the 2 H French delegation, is discussing the Number for Violation of matter with the French government Salt Laws in Paris and plans to return to Lon- don tomorrow, The fateful answer will be given some time this week, it is expected. " | FRIGHTENED VICTIM ASKS PAYMENT OF HIS $15,000 RANSOM (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dandi, Punjab, Indi, April w/ = Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist leader, in commenting today upon the government action' against yes- terday's salt law violators, said that | the striking manifestation "of civil | disobedience in the Gujerat had had an-effect on the-government, which lost no time in arresting the chief men involved, This, the Mahatma said, was a matter for congratulation ~~it would have been surprising if the government had allowed the ci vil disobedience volunteers to lave had their own way and would have been barbarous ir they had violated the persons and property of volun judicially. No exception, he said, could be ta- ken to orderly prosecutions 'and puns ishments legally inflicted. Gandhi concluded: = "Now (is the time for everyone to be both chief and follower, It will pain me if even after these imprisonments the studs ents in government or government controlled schools and colleges do not respond by giving up their stu- dies," In addressing a public meet last night Gandhi complimented a police officer who' confiscated the salt cols lected at Aat on the courtesy shown fo the volunteers who had produced the salt, He added that he would con gratulate the government and bow down before the Viceroy if the salt tax were abolished, (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) 3 Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, April 7. . ~=A, KE, Bristow, oil operator of San Angelo, Texas, frightened by a mock exetution in which he was the principal figure, has asked that federal troops sent to rescue him be withdrawn and that his ransom of 80,000 pesos (about $15,000) be paid, The story as told here is that the 10 or 15 bandits wha have held Bristow captive for threes weeks, stood him up against a wall' and conducted a mock excution in which they succeeded in making him think he was about to be shot, U3. COMMITTEE FAVORS FEDERAL" WATERWAY PLAN St. Lawrence P Project op Costly, Is Claim by "All. American" Boosters i (By Conadian Press Leased Wire) =~ fhe Tedtrit Ghvemalat to. tone' the Erie and Oswego Canals, to: Je Great Lake States a bY a 14 Prisoners Escape Houston, Tex.=A. fire: hose, on the side of the wall, spelled liberty here today for 14 prisoners in the Harris County jail, A hasty check indicated none of the escaped men were dangerous characters, terway to the Atlantic, was app Saturday by the Ho Rivers: A Harbors Committee, with a oven that New York State relinquish : : ola the jrojects, 5 h rod by a 19 to 2 ally or an outlay of 906,210 to provide for a ghunnel | teen Yeet deep, widened where essary, and with $2,500,000 ani The mittee turned down & e comipepdation the Board of Engiveers for a: channel four aaa, fn ian ts 18 so approved for . the rivers asd hatbors omnibus. bil + now! being 'formulated a roject 1 pervide for | 24-foot chanher n th Gréat 1 er and allowed py Capt, 8. T 2 play : FLERE trom Mont: | oon to Monckton, Yt No im" WRF A. ide | ARTES