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Oshawa Daily Times, 8 May 1930, p. 1

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VOL. 6~~NO, 108 News in Brief {hy Consdlun Pros) Admits $10,000 Theft Toronto ~~Business depression and firlancial worries Led Florence Horan to walk into the office of a local stockbroker and remove to 8 hotel room pg box containing secur~ ities worth $10,000 she admitted when she pleaded guilty to the theft in police court today, She was remanded for a week, SAVINGS DEPOSITS INCREASE IN MARCH (By Canadian Press Lessed Wire) Ottaws, Ont, May S---=Savings deposits In Canadian banks in- creased by $16,676,817 during the month of March, according to the Bank statement fssued through the Department of finance today, At the end of March, savings deposits held by the banks totalled $1,400 811,602. Jk " MUST FACE TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, May 8--~Frank Barton, alleged to have murdered his sls ter with a hatchet was committed for trial at the next assizes, in pol- jee court today, before Magistrate Jones. Crown Attorney Armour will now seek a special order from the attorney-general's department have committed for "treatment and "observation" in a suitable in stitution where he will be safe. guarded pending trial, Warn Pilgrims That Moslems Prohibit Entering Mosques (By Canadian Press am Wis rthage, Tunisia, May 8.~News- ---- ge today warned the 20,000 more pilgrims who have agsembled for the Thirtieth Eucharistic Con- gress that unbelievers will not be ad. mitted to Moslem mosques. The warning was given with desire to prevent friction between the clerics and laymen and the followers of Is- Baty: ion of Cardinal Lepicler, papal delegate, in asking release of eleven Arab students who were arrested ove. er the week end for planning an an- ti-Christian demonstration during the congress, has had favorable influence: on their compatriots, but the feeling hetween the fwo groups has not been entirely quenched, UNVEIL BUSTS OF U.S. CELEBRITIES (By Canadian Press Lotsed Wire) New York, May 8~The busts of nine persons who have been elected to the Hall of Fame at New York University will be unveiled Inte to- day, filling the last of the pedestals for 65 celebrities, The busts are of John Quincy Ad- ams, sixth president of the United States; George Bancroft, historian; James Fenimore Cooper, author; Ja mes Russell, poet and critic; Elias Howe, inventor; Patrick Henry, pat viot and orator; Horce Mann, educa- tor; John Lothrop Motley, historian and Joh Storey, associate justice of the Supreme Court. Blames Government For "Jake Peralys 4 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Oklahoma City, Okla, May 8~Dr, Clyde W. Beson, state health com- sioner, today blamed the metion of the federal government in authoriz ing manufacture of alcohol for the wave of "jake paralysis" which swept the United States and left in its wake hun reds of persons suffering partial sin, i the purity of alcohol issued by the government for medi ginal purposes. Dr. Beson said facts brown! to his attention justified ad. vising people against drinking any cines or extracts tent m contain ® a high percentage of 'alcohol. Ja« maica ginger has been widely blamed for much of the paralysis, Four Are Killed By Dynamite Blast S-- (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) , Minn, M Bee Four en gh Dn aril on i dn a in the «pit iron Mine near + Fay Hendricks, Shelvini ! 1 Ho» ivers Ernest A 'ment! | 'The {continue aati fa cE 3 3 Vg? =] The Oshmuva Daily T Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1930 o.C. s 'end vil adore .L O "All the News While It Is News" 16 Cents a Week; 3 Cents » Copy PENING INSPIRING EVENT Indian' Rioters Capture City of 120,000 People THIRTY DEAD AFTER RIOT ATSHOLAPUR Troops Rushed Into City of Sholapur, in Bombay Dis- trict, in Effort to Quell Disturbances FOUR INJURED IN RELIGIOUS CLASH Cotton Worth $75,000 Des- troyed by Fire at Sewri-- Gandhi Moved From Poona Prison to Purand- har (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) Sholapur, Bombay, India, May 8.~~Twenty-seven or more police and natives were killed in desper~ ate rioting which starting ast night was resumed at dawn today and had resulted at noon in seizure of thig eity of 120,000 inhabitants b the adherents of Mahatma Gandhi, Resisting the local authorities who had forbidden their sssem~ blage, the angry natives maintain od attacks which threw the city into chaos, Police and Troops Powerless The local police were powerless, Citizens reserves who joined them soon were thrown back by the riot. ors, Troops rushed into this tex. tile community likewise proved unable to cope with the situation, At noon today the officer coms manding the auxiliary forces of India sent out a call for more troops, His request siated that he considered the single detachment already provided would not be | enough, Police Stations Burned Six . stations were burned 'down during the morning, The magistrate's court was out hy fia and all liquor shops in town suftered a similar fate, Aba mtly the rioters were in comp control, with the armed defensive forces carrying on as best they eopuld, Continuous firing ogs curred' and the police gradually were pushed back and hemmed in, A detachment of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment stationed at Anmednagar, was dis- patched to the beleaguered city, Ignore Police Orders The trouble started last night. A number of volunteers in eivil dis. obedience program started cutting down palm trees from which liquor is taken, They ignored police or- ders to stop. A district magistrate was summbned, He warned them to disperse, Instead, the crowd, in. ereasing in numbers every minute, refused and the police were order ed to open fire, In-an instant the fury of the mob was unleashed, The fire of the troops was refurned with missiles, The mob surged forward, The small detachment of officers was thrust aside, . Women Evacuated Sholapur, India, May 8--Eight European women with their five children had beon evacuated this ayening from the town, They were sent by sepoial train to Poona, Reali; Riot Bombay, India, May 8=Four per- sons were injured seriously in com. munal rioting between Hindus and Moslems at Amalner yesterday, The trouble arose when a Moslem shop. owner refused to close his doors h conformance with the hartal or stop. ie, called to protest arrest of Ma ata Gandhi, Flerce fighting re: sulted, Gandhi Moved London, May BA Dachange Te. egraph dispatch from Bombay t sud that Mahatme Gandhi had been removed secretly during the night from Yeroda pri Poona, to Pur andhar where Shivajis, a famous tort ress, is located, Purandhar is a mil itary sanatorium' twenty-five miles from Poona, Five $75,000 Cotton Boinbay, "India, May 8--Fire at the cotton Jepola bt owri this mors ning destroyed 3,300 bales of cotton bout $7500) The Tre vas Boum , The fire was t under control after three rs There was no ind n whether the blaze w ry, It . {called that Yor siC Ton a number of, cotton year we _ IN PARLIAMENT Ottawa, May 8--Today In pariias debate on the budget will res earlier in the Fam strensed the budget 1 Photographs Taken at Formal Opening of O.C.V.L SIR JOSEPH FLAVELLE TURNS GOLDEN KEY TO OPEN COL. LEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE Above are photographs taken yes. torday at the opening of the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. (1) Siv Joseph Flavelle opening the front door of the institution the olden key presented to him. (2) The ront view of the school, (3) Prin. , cipal A. E, O'Neill. (4) Mayor T. B, Mitchell, who hoisted the flag. (8) Members of the O.C.V.I. Glee Club who led in the singing. Lower left, George Brigden, of Toronte, spoke on present day education, Lower right, Rev. J. 4 Burke, of Toronto, who delivered the address of dedication. whe Girl Aviator In Syria Beirut, Syria,--Miss Amy John- son, Britsih aviator, who is now on a solo flight to Australia, land od last night at Mouslimie, near hore, ' Two Convicts Machine Gunner Accident. ally Fired--Incendiary Fire in Penitentiary (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Columbus; O, May 8~Two con- victs were killed early today when a machine gunner stationed on the roof of the chapel at the Ohio Pen itentiary accidentally discharged hiy weapon at the convicts sleeping in the stockade, The convicts listed dead are Albert Freeman and Frank Ross, both of Cleveland, who were serving long terms. Freeman was serving a 10 to 20 year sentence for manslaughter, Only One Shot Fired Only one shot was reported fired. According to prison guard Captain Hostetter, who was on the gate when the shooting occurred, the bullet was fired while the National Guardsmen ton the chapel roof were being re Heved, The guardsmen, he said, were changing the cartridge belt when the gun was accidentally discharged, Incendiary Fire The machine gunners had heen on the alert through the night as a res sult of a fire which destroyed the 88 tents within the stockade which were arected last week afjer National Guardsmen quelled a. mutiny among convicts in the idle house and placed leaders of a "passive resistance" move in solitary confinement. How the. tented city ignited not known today, but officials in charge assumed the fire had been started by convicts whe opposed the iron rule of the. soldiers. Was Killed in Ohio 1,000 Deaths In Earthquake (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Rangoon, Buris, May 8-The Ex change Telegraph today reported that the discovery of additional hodigs in carly this week 'would bring the death the disastrous earthquake at. Pegu toll up to fully 1 More than 300 persons were #till 'whaccounted for and bodies were be. ing found in huge fissures which op- ened up after the quake, SEYMOUR FARMER FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING BOY Albert Hay Sentenced to Jail For Brutality to Immigrant (By Canadien Press Lossed Wire) Peterboro, May 8.---Albert Hay, Seymour township farmer was today found guilty by Magistrate Langley, of assaulting and oceasioning mrevi. ous bodily harm to Arthur Godsall, his 17-year-old immigrant employee, and was sentenced to 15 days in jail with $200 and costs V. J. McElderry, K.C, prosecuted and A. F Filiott, defended Haye The magistrate in delivering judgment said that he found the charge just. ified and it was one of the most ser- lous cages brought to his attention in this county recently, Train Derailed Sault Ste, Marie, Ont--The de- rallment of three pulpwood oars yesterday at Tatnall, 210 miles north of Saut Hte, Marie, on the Algoma Central Rallway blocked the tracks and made it necessary to transfer the passengers from other trains woross the stranded cars to an awaiting train on 'the other aide, No one was hurt and the track in clear today, Lapointe Defines Budget As Policy for All Canada (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Woodstock, May 8-<In: the first ical address by a member of the inion. cabinet since: the announ- cement was made of a general clos tion this summer, vo Ernest Las hohe, minister, of justice, last night red the new budget was a na- budget: with the great policy 1 i preference as its founda tion, Upham Io. Tandiant i NE MS arguments w un. numerable statistics, Hon, Mr, 'Las as the t of the Liberal government's program, The Liberal party sought; to draw all the conflicting ins Heats within' the Dominion togeths for the benefit of all: "Agricul 1 nd industry are twin sisters t would be & erime to divide one st the other," he declared. Thus budget "heen drawn up 'te \ hihe tetas: Volume, of betel! Rreatest number of people n. Mr. Lapeinte reased t LR BAS SEE UT © El ) he Lapotie trade. ers EN And he believed the widening of the British preferences would do more to foster Canadian trade than any oth. er policy, "We want to trade with all the world" he emphasized, "but as 1 said before, we desire to establish higher lines of trade with countries which desire to trade with us, and we will see to it that that is done." National Ideal The minister, pursuing the theme that the Liberal party was devoted to the development of a great nations al ideal, declared the Liberal governs ment had been responsible for remove fue two great obstacles, which had n unity, Ong was the solution of Maritime transportation question, t other the restoration of thelr nature al Riourees to the western provinces, he banquet at which Mr, La Apoke was held In the Sih" : Was capaci v ) than 700 people, Hugh Allan; MP, North Oxford and Miss Odette were among other speaks Oil Refinery In Danger of Destruction ------ Flames Roar Through Plant, Threatening Others, And Injuring Three Men Bayonne, N.J., May 8 Fire started by the explosion of a 10,000 gallon oll tanker, today : roared through the yards of the Gulf Re- fining Company at Constable Hook, threatening the destruetion of that plant and the adjacent yards of the Tidewater Oll Company and the Standard Oil Company. Three men were injured, one seriously, ofcials said all other em. ployees were accounted for, Shortly after noon two tankers containing between 80,000 and 100,000 barrels of gasoline and five tanks of lesser capacity had ex. ploded, along with a number of tank cars containing fuel ofl, Two hours earlier, the tanker Schurchis, a harbor craft used as A gasoline supply boat, went up in a roar of flame, Gunner Frieden and Carl Noappahl, members of the crew, received serious burns, The flames spread quickly from pler one of the plant to plers two and three, destroying the docks and roaring through the yard, All Bay. onne was shaken by the blasts as the tanks in the yard blew skyward, scattering 'flaming gasoline in all directions, A truck load of chemical ex tinguisher waa brought from New- ark in an effort te check the rush of the flames, Killed by Lightning Lawrence, Mass. ~~Donald Dono- van, aged 17, right-flelder on the Lawrence High Sclool baseball team, was killed, and other persons in the path of perfect Ci n | were injured, hero last night, ay lightning struck the grand stand at Sullivan Park, Donovan, with yers of the Lawrence and Nashua, N.H.,, high school teapa and fans attending the game had sought shelter in the stand when & thunderstorm broke, Freak Weather Brings Snow to San Francisco San Francisco, Cal, May 8-= Froak May woather had brought heavy snow falls to the 'Sierra mountains today, while a terrific wale yesterday struck the Southern California coast, (Heavy gales etruck Southern California coast near Redondo Beach and for several hours threatened fishing enthusiasts and orews of small boats with disaster, At the St. James Parochial school classes were dismissed when the wind reached a velooity that seemed likely to cave in the sghool building, : Twin Falls, Mont, May §-For the first time jn 24 years a heavy ghow han visited thix adotion in May 'three-inch fall yesterday osuaing alarm of fruit growers, Tempera: tures also tumbled to new seaponal records. eraments, the years of study and 1] Youngest Flier In Canada Found Fault St fabled Algoma a The youngest flier in Canada, and per- hitps Hy Ane Sontingat, ah oun r is Marg An! duuahtar, of. Mes and. Mikes wette, who wae only 14 hours ela when she was flown from the hom pital at Blind River to her home in Spragge, with her mother, FOURTEEN PAGES DEDICATION OF SCHOOL TO GOD, COUNTRY AND TRUTH AT BRILLIANT FUNCTION | GREAT GATHERING OF CITIZENS AND: VISITORS ASSEMBLED AT COLLEGIATE AND VOCATION- AL INSTITUTE FOR OPENING CEREMONY OF COMPOSITE SCHOOL HEARD INSPIRING ADw DRESSES FROM DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS School--George Brigden, Practical Side of Technical men of vision and foresight in t yesterday afternoon. The openi its spiritual side, the practical n ber of the Toronto Board of Edu ideals of God, the nation, and tr of people outside guests, the gatherin, distinguish a guard of honor, thip Mayor T, B, Mitchell, torium and look over the vast Elo acai Another War Is ESTABLISH AIR ROUTE, CANADA AND U.5. TO ASIA Proposed Airway Would Touch Alaska and Bering Straits (By Canadien Press Leased Wing) Saint John, NB, May 8.---An eight to ten day pioneer flying trip be tween Saint John, as the eastern base, and Moscow, Russin, via Alas« ka and the Bering Straits, will be made late this fall or early in the apring of 1931 by George E. King, of New York, a representative of the Junkers Corporation, with a view of establishing a northern air route con necting Asia with the United States and Canada in a commercial way, Mr, King who was here yesterday looking over the local possibilities in the event of such a trade route, sald Saint John was an ideal eastern ters mink 'He could: not say definitely whether 'he would make Saint. John or Moscow the Mating point in the pioneer fig planned for during the month of November next or March 1931. Phe direction of the flight and Begun in China Northern Military Alliance Clashes With Nationalist Government \By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nanking, May 8~-The long pend- ing war between 'the Northern Military Alliance and the Nation. alist government began today, sald dispatches received here, The fght- ing was savere, The clash between troops directs ed by generals Feng Yu-Halang and Yen Bhan of t Norther Al lance and the government foroes took p the rellway from Kweiteh, Honan province ww... 4 how, in K W. There was fight- ing also 50 miles south of Suchow along the Tientalns Pukow railway, ee ---------- Y ih A Corner Stone Lald Hamilton, --=Uprisi hg of steel, symbolic of Buildin 'or fut. ure permanence and of the strides commercially made by Canada dur- ing the past, became officially the new Canadian National Railways station at Hamilton yesterday when Bir Henry Thornton, chair. man and president of the National the starting point, as well as the time of departure will depend on the na- ture of the weather prevailing at he) time, system, laid the foundation stone for the new part of terminal im provements which are now under way in this elity, College Graduates Urged To Seek Success in Canada (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Kingston, May 8---~*There is one urgent appeal! which I wish to aa- dress to the young men and women of the country who have been through a university course, and it ia this, 'Stay in Canada.'"" In these words, Hon, Li A. Tas ohereau, Premiar of the Province of Quebeo, endeavored to impress on the 200 arts and science gradu. ates 'of Queen's Univeraity yester« day at 'the Spring convocation their duty toward the country of their birth; the country which edu. coated them at much public expense, Promjor Taschereau dedlared it desertion fon graduates to got their education in Canada and give thelr services to pnother country, He said that the Uiiversity ia the beat in. strument to consolidate and con. tinue 60 years of Canadian sue and progreas. Dosertion After Benefits "'Desertion, The word is not too st , after the sacrifices made by. parents, the grants from the Gov. Jf of Dr, Taylor, unveiled by Judge struggles. The graduates have bo. come an asset to thelr country and their country expects returns for what she did to educate them, "There is room for every one in our Canada, Some of our lboral professions may be overcrowded, but the top of the ladder certainly is not, Pelition may have full quota of willing, devoted and heroio sol- diers but in the sclentific feld, in the engineering world, in the de- velopment. of our national re sources, openings are unlimited, Dr. Taylor Retires Grant Hall was filled to ever flowjug for the convooation, It was the last official function #n univers sity life for Dr R, Bruce Taylor, the retiring principal, Features of the ceremonies were the unveiling of two portraits, one H. A, Lavell, and one of the last Dr, Willlam Morgan of = Queen's 'Theologioal College, unveiled by Rev, Nell Leakie, Principal Taylor was presented with a marine clock 0 'by the students.' 3 [a Nn iy returning home Spiritual Values of Educational Institutions Stressed in Ade dress of Sir Joseph Flavelle, Who Formally Opened the of Toronto Spoke on the | Education, and Rev. J. E, Burke Delivered Impassioned Dedicatory Oration Dedicated to "God, our country, and truth" the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute, a monument to the faith of | he future of their community, was formally opened and dedicated at a brilliant ceremony he ng presented a three-sided ples ture of the place of the institution in the community, stressing ature of its courses of instrucs tion, and the ideals of culture which it should inculcate in the Lyoung people who are privileged to attend it. Flavalle, in his speech formally declarin stressed its spiritual values, George Brigden, prominent mema Sir Joseph the school opened, cation, enlarged upon the prace tical aspects of present day education, and Rev, Father J. E, Burke, of Toronto, in the closing speech, dedicated it to the. uth, The function, attended by glorious weather, was, in every detail, both successful and inspiring. It was inspiring to see the institution to welcome the It was inspiring to see the collegiate cadets and the girl students, in colorful uniform, lined up as It was inspiring to hear the orchestra and les club lead in the singing of patriotic songs as the grand old nion Jack was hauled to the top of the flag-pole by His Wore It was inspiring to be in the audis sea of faces, to hear the ade dresses delivered, and to watch the keen expressions on the they listened to the wordk 'of {anon of the boys and girls as i fisdom and advice coming from the lips of men much thelr elders, men who had gone through life, and were now handing down to those coming after them the fruits of their long years Great Crowd Present The people of Oshawa responded nobly to the invitation extended toa them by the board of education to atv tend the opening ceremony. Just how many hundrgds were there in hard to estimate, but they presented large throng of people as they gathe ered on the green lawns for the pre« liminary ceremony, and they filled the afditorium to the limit of its capacity for that portion of the ceremonies held inside, The auditorium seats over ene thousand people, and every seat was taken, and, in addition; the galleries were crowded with eager students, rejoleing in the privilege which way theirs, not only to he press ent at such an important function, but also to be students of such an institution § A Colorful Seeny Qufside the institution, the scend was a colorful one, The brilliang sunshine blazed down en a gathers ing that glowed with life and color, The green of the grass, in all its spring freshness, made a velvety background for the gathering. Lined up in two rows oh the pathway rong (Continued 'on Page 6) (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) "his morning the conferences werd m a were concluded shortly ore 1 re pan Over Sudan . ent ape t Tha chief point of di parently has been over he visions he Sudan. 4 of the treaty regarding t which territory the fans asvorts or - : May 8~AnglosEgyptian n 8 for a treaty e lapred t ng and the Egyptian olen 1 orthwith, on: £4 ed it was impossible for them "ta sign away." The negotiations: were stated. to. have been perfectly friendly but that they have broken off for th To ent with the Egy a he ving for Cairo tomorrow with "the hare of resuming at some future ate, 3 From the British side came the statement that the present sessions are closed and that no future meets Ing was arranged. v nnounced in House Rt, Hon, Arthur Henderson, this. afternoon announced to the House of Commons the breakdown of the negotiations in spite of the most si cere and friendly efforts on both des, His Majesty's government not having scen: their way clear to meet! the demands of the Eeyotian deles gation in regard to the Sudan" Some Conservative cheers which ia terrupted this announcement § loud Labor cries of "shame 0 2 & © NEGOTIATIONS FOR EGYPTIAN TREATY. COLLAPSED TODAY

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