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Oshawa Daily Times, 17 May 1930, p. 1

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. VOL. 6--NO, 116 A SS... ------ a _".L Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Re OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 17,1930 |, News in Brief i M, I" Is Revominated Midland.~A. EB, Thompson, of P , present member of pare la for Simeoe East in the - Howe of Comons wue again nomfs nated as candidate for the Conser- vatjve party in the forthcoming general election, at the riding con- vention held at"Coldwater, Hydro Appointments Toroutoi=~The Ontario Hydro Rieetric Commission has Bne nounced the appointment of Loftus , Reid, as member of the Toronto Hydro Elecigic Commission to till the vacancy caused by the death ot the late C(eorge Wright, Wil loughy Ellis of Hamilton will oc- cupy the same position on the local board fn that city and Jemes Ban- well of Windsor on that city's commission. . Ld v Maloney A: nted Sydney, N.8.~~Robert P. Maloney fas been appointed tant gener- al manager of the British Empire Steel Corporation in charge of coal operations, general manager H. J. Kelly announced yesterday, J. C. Nicholson will continué the duties of general superintendent of mines, To Attend Canonization Quebec ~Hon, Honore Mereler, provineial minister of jands and forests will sail on the Empress of France on June 4, and will attend the ceremonies at Rome in connec: tion with the canonization of the Jesuit martyrs. EDS FINED AND JAILKY a -- Soven = Communist leaders were fined $25 and costs or. one month in jail when they elected summary trial on charges of disorderly conduct on May Day. One of the accused, Amos Hill of Toronto, was given two months in fall dn addition to the $25 fine. BRITISH AVIATRIX "REACHES SINGORA (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) Singapore, Straits Settlement, May 17.~Miss Amy Johnson, Brit- ish girl flyer, landed 'today ot Fingora on the easy coast of the Malas peninsula, She will start for Singapore tomorrow in continua. tion of her filght from Croydon to Australia, CHINA D : TO BE FOR (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Shanghal, May 17.~Total in- security prevailed today for fo eigners in China, Piracy and' ban ditry are reported to be increas- ing «in n sensational manner. To- day three ships were taken by pir- . ates on the Kiang river and a undetermined number of passengers were killed, Several villages ij the neighborhood of Shanghai are besieging Hankow, BRITISH BOYS ARE ADVISED T0 ENTER COLLEGES HERE Headmasters on Return To England Enthusiastic About Canada (By Canadian Prose Leased Wire) Glasgow, Scotland, May 17--The rty of headmasters of British INSURG Fe AE BL ES a li 156 Cents o Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PACES ON WADALA Governor General Opens New College at Port Hope WILLINGDON ADDRESSES 1.CS. BOYS Advises Students to. Neither Gloat Over Success Nor Be Too Perturbed About Failure HISTORY MADE AT BRILLIANT EVENT Hundreds of Guests and Par. ents of Boys Attend Fune- tion, and Inspect Fine New Buildings History was made Friday with the opening of the new Trinity Colloge School at Port Hope, Twelve-thir. ty was the time scheduled for the arrival of Governordenera! Lord Willingdon and Lady Willingdon, In good time the senior cadets looking their smartest in the white uniforms of the schoo! and the Juniors in the traditional blue coats and grey trousers, were in readl ness to receive their Excellencies, The student body was lined up in ranks facing the gchool and the door whieh was to be onened by the Governor-General, . Tha hundreds of guests, parents and friends oo the boys found places opposite the cadets, When the Governor-Gen- eral's car arvived, thelr Eoellancies were formally received by Dr, Or- chard, headmaster, and Mrs, Or. chard, Ax sha stepped from the ear Lady Willingdon was nresented with a beautiful boouet of mauve orchids and Jiy-of-the-vallay, hy one of the young cadets. Mrs, Ore hard earried a houquet of yellow roses, 'The vieeresal party, escort. od by Dr, Orohard and Mrs, Orch. ard sroreeded to inspect the eadets and Lady Willingdon was most gen aroun WIth Ter eracious smiles snd friendly asluintigrs, to those who stood »mar, Her Excellonev wore. n (Continued on Page 6) TERY CANDIDATES IN'RV.ELECTION AT NOTTINGHAM (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) Nottin~lam, Ene, May 17. Labor, Conservative. and Libera' randidaten were. nominated todey to enntest the hy-slection in Not. tingham Central, necessitated hy the resignation of Bir A, J. Pen. nett, Cennorvative, who wan elect od in the "1920 general election by n majority of 2,008 in a three. cornernd eontest, E, Waterson, politieal or ganizer for the co-operative party, was chosen as the Labor party candidate, while J, J. O'Connor, K.C., former Conservative member for Luton, was put forward to carry the banner of the Conserve. tive forces. Tha third candidete. 1s ln former member for Nottingham Central, Captain Reginald C Berkeley, who was successful in the 1622 and 1023 general elec tions In straight fights against the Copservative nominee, -- Girl Poisoned, Companion Sought by Police mr PB Kip The photographs here show: (1) Rita Guraner, Baden, Ontario, girl found dead in s Montreal hotel and who was poisoned by strychnine, according to a statemont by Dr, Wilfred Derome, Montreal, medico. legal export, at inquest, (8) Lovely Gardner hemo at Baden, Ontario, where Rita, 88-year-old daughter of Noah Gardner, lived and helped to beautify by working with her fa ther and brother, (8) George Ned. fern, married, Kitchener man, whom Rita Gardner is alleged to have accompanied to Montreal, DEMOCRATS SAY GOVERNMENT WIL CHANGE IN 1022 Lesser Prosperity and Other Things Cause Republican Popularity to Wane eI (By Ken Clark, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 17. «There might be a change in ernment in the United ey in Demeeratic leaders in Washinglen' think there may be and they have several rea. SONKe et [a First and most important, the coun- try may not be as prosperous in 1932 as it wag in 1928, When it gpmes to an election In these modern times the average American yoter whatever his academic interest in tariff and power, whatever his passignate interest in prohibition, actually asks himse!l ane question, "have 1 made money un der this government?" Second, opponents of the Republic can administration believe that its popularity is waning, There is no doub: hut great things were exnect- ed of Mr. Herbert Hoover, things perhaps too great, Whether or not the president and his advisers can be held at all re sponsible, it is a fact that things have rot gone so well since his el ection, Third, while the administration eon trols the Howse of Representatives, its strength in the Senate has been broken. The resuli®has been a politis eal tangle, aimless legislative gest- ures, Taking heart then upon these pro- mises of the Democrats. are girding up. their loins for 1932, There is a strong probability that their candi. date for president will be Governor Roosevelt of New, York. Financier Said Chicago Crook President of Defunct Distill- ers Said Identified as Rum Runner By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Ils, May 17-~Hitherto uncut pages in the life story of Frank J. Parker were slit open yes terday by Canadian customs officials In Chicago, Parker was in. the po. lice record as a petty hoodlum, con- fidence man, automobile thief, burg. lar, ex=convict and well-to-do aviators bootlegger, His name even came into the ins 5t. Yalentine's Day e (Bugs) Moran gangsters, Montreal Financier In Montreal, Que., there was an- other Frank 'J. Parker, president of the Dominion Distillers, Ltd, known Asp shrewd business man and a lea: ding citizen, Yesterday, P. A. Martineay, Cana- dian customs official, identified the two as the same through photographs and fingerprints, After the Dominion Distillers be came bankrupt an investigation show ed Parker had secretly withdrawn whiskey to evade paying taxes, Mar+ tineau said, and he wus jailed yes. terday on perjury charges and for attempting to bribe excise officers. Chicago police estimated Parker way, formerly worth at least $5,000, 000 and that he had supplied a sel- ect local clientele with choice Cana dian liquors, run in by five airplanes, Bri Attempt Alleged Montreal, May 17.-~Facing charg- es of perjury arising out of his tes- timony before a commission enquirs ing into the affairs of the Dominion Distillers, Consolidated, before it made a voluntary assignment of its assets, Frank ). Parker, president and then managing director of the company, was yesterday admitted to hall, H, R. Hall and J, J. Glass of Ren- frew, Ontario, declared that Francis L Kingston Lad Is Seriously Hurt (By Canadian Press' Leased Wire) Kingston, May 17.~Warren Stir! ing, aged nine years, was critically injured here this morning when he wits struck by a sand truck Young Stirling was riding on the carrier of a bicycle driven by Gordon Lane, They turned out to pass a par. ked car just as. a big sand truck came along and struck them, Lane was only slightly injured but Stir ling sustained a {ractured skull, frac tured shoulder, broken fore-arm and fractured thigh as well as many cuts and bruises, At the hospital slight hopes were held for his recovery, Liquor Bill Is Deferred by Senate Again Sharp Clashes Feature De- bate in House on Tariff Items (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, May 17-Parliament, af. ter & busy and exciting week, today takes a holiday, It has gone through a week devoted to the bud- get debate, climaxed by the di- vision whieh resulted in the stamp of approval being placed on the first hudget Charles A, Dunning, minister Finance, ' The House of Commons yester- day wettled back to the somewhat monotonous duty of discussing the individual tariff changes announced in the budget, The whole day wan given over to free debate on gpeci flo commodities, Al times It swit- ched from' silk to hogs and from horses to eggs with mouts, canned Koods, tallow, héeswax and fish bes of delivered by Hon, |} Opposition to Treaty Grows Over 100 Y Consernative. Members Frame Amend-| ment Resolution (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, May 17,~8trong Conser- vative opposition to the Londen Na val Treaty developed today, although it still to all appearances was dis sociated from such leaders us Stan+ ley Baldwin, former premier and no- minal head of the party eonsider- Back-benchers, numbrin bicha oi LY ably more than 100 out o vative menthership in the FHA Ha Th L! fot ee of the treaty, which fixes limits on tonnage of cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, gs contrary to! the in terests of the Empire. The motion was sald net te have heen approved by the wominal Cone servative leadership, which will. held aloof from, the action. of their ex~ treme followers, If this ds the case there was soe doubt that the 'move would have sufficient support to get time allotted for its discussion in the House The motion followed speeches hy Winston Churchill and Colonel 1L.C, S. Amery in condemnation of the treaty, -------------------------- MAN KILLED WHEN BIG LIMB FALLS (By Canadian Presse Lossed Wire) Ottawa, May 17--When a 10- Inch Hmb dropped from a huge elm tree yesterday, Thomas Brule, 42, was fatally injured, his 18-year-old son, Aleide, was so seriously hurt he is not expected to live and Louis Boainneq and William O'Connel re- colved minor hurts, The men were trimming the tree and had lashed a rope around the large 'limb before cutting it away, The rope failed to hold, however, and it orashed down among the quartet on the ground, UNREST AMONG MOSLEMSIN INDIA CAUSING CONCERN, MAY UNITE IN PARLIAMENT Ottawa, 'May 17. ~Monday in par- lament ; The senate will sit The House of Commons will con- tinue 'consideration of the budget re- solutions, Yesterday In parliament ; In the senate: third reading of the Liguor Export Bill was postponed till Tuesday, A resolution providing for investis gation of possibilities of Increased trade with the British West Indies next session was adopted, second reading was glven the falr wage and eight-hour day bill. Third reading was given bills granting increased pension to officers' of the Royal Ca- nadian Mounted Police, increasing the membership of the biological hoard and respecting-pensions for jud ges of the supreiye court, In the House of Cogmens third reading was given the Canadian Na tional Railways estimates, Third reading was given eleven divorce bills, Considergtion of the budget re- solutions was continued and items were passed, PREFERENCE TO CANADIAN GOODS New Market for Wheat from Prairies and Fish From Maritimes Ottawa, May 17.--A preference to Canada on agricultural produce and on fish has been granted by Bermuda, according to a telegram received late last night 'by the Prime Minister trom the Hon, Pluck, Speaker of 'the Leglslat Assembly of Bermuda, "he telegram reads as follows: "I am delighted to Inform you that the assembly today unani- mously agreed to alter the tariff os follows: "Bran, hay, middlings, shorts, wheat--at oxisting specific rates, Foreign general tariff, 10 per cent, plus 25 per cent, "Flour, and fish, salted, smoked or pickled--- British preference, free, [oreign at general tariff rates." Commenting on the telegram, Mr, Mackensia King said that this was a direct reply to Canada's nee tion In making the vegetnblos aud fruits free from the West Indies, Bermuda's action had been taken us a reciprocal offer to this couns try, and was interesting as the first response of the West Indies Islands to Canada's extension of the Brit ish preference te them, The Prime Minister was con. fident that this would mean an access of trade both to 'and from Bermuda, and would he of great benefit to the Maritime Provinces, It would be of marked assistance to Canada in that it gave the farm. ors of this Dominion the Bermuda market, particularly in flour and wheat, wate WITH GANDE British Attitude in Palestine Causes Resentment With Mohammedans Who May Join Forces With Hindus POLICE PREPARE TO PREVENT RAID Large Armed Force Must ered to Oppose 400 Disob« edience Volunteers Intent On Storming Salt Works (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Bombay, India, May 17~Four hun dred civil disobedience volunteers this evening began thelr march upon the salt works of Wadala, which they Intend to raid tomorrow, : I'he procession marched past ond of the largest copsentrations of arme et bolice mustered since the bhegine IK OF Mahatma ( 's ¢ la of elyil re uaa Unvdiiy Campaign Six hundred officers, 100 of thens with firearms, were stationed at Jae fob Cirle, and : elsewhere on fhe oute to the sa DC from Bombay, ¥ depot seven, miles ~ Elaborate preparations for arrests If necessary to thwart the raid inclu« ded preparations of quarters in the development department building of Worli, around which is a barbed wire harrier through which electric cure rent can he circulated, osloems Restlacs Bombay, India, May 17 =Growing unrest among the Mohammedan pop+ ulation of India was viewgd with cone cern in European ciggles here today, Coupled with progress of the Hindy civil disobedience campaign the sities ation provided a particularly disquiet ing outlook for thy future, Moslems, who for weeks have whe stained from participation in the ele vil dicbedience campaign, now appear to be drawing near the Natlonaliss { ation. ©, € on of 10 Trdla she ment of Moslems in Palestine, Moslem quarters here were paraly« zed Friday with observance of a hate tal' or day of protest in sympathy with' the Arabs ¢. Palestine, In connection with the fartal the Moss lenis amet 'in' celebration of what was called "Palestine Day," and passed resolutions warning the British that il they did not satisty Moslem claims | in Palestine the Mohammedans would have to take steps to' compel recog- nition of those claims, Mohamed All, Moslem leader, ane nounced that he had applied to the Bombay government for permission { ¢ Mahatma Gandhi in his prison at Yeroda, ndar Poona, and consult with him as t6 measures of bringing about peace In Incia, He said that he had also discussed the situation with 'the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, ------ CONSERVATIVE NOMINEES IN N. B, Saint. John, N,B,, May 17--Pros vinolal government party (Consers vative) candidates selected to cone tost King's County are, ' A, J, Brooks, M.A.L,, Sussex; J, Willlam' Smith, M.L.A,; Hampton, and J, H, A. L, Fairweatter, Rothesay. The sitting members for Sunbury coun= ty, Ewart O, Atkinson, of Frederice ton, and Alton PD. Taylor, of Minto, YOUTH OF U.S. GET THREE YEAR TERM FOR TAXI ROBBERY ing iujected intermittantly, The principles. advoogted in the budget were discussed' last week and, trom now on, for at least a A widow and 10 children survive Brule, J. Parker had attempted to bribe the two excise officers authorized to control the production of distillery, INTERNATIONAL BANK OPENS TODAY were chosen at Burton yesterday to contest Sunbury again in the ins = terests of the Conservative party, in the next New Brunawick provins ublie schools. have returned to the . Clyde on the steamship Duchess Bedford after a thors a ------------ PRINCE EDWARD ough tour of Canada, during which they visited practically all the un- 1 os of the Dominion and gain- od insight into all sections of Can. adian life, dan Cyril Norwood of Harfow spokesman for the party, declared that as a result of their visit, they ' had found every confirmation of thelr impression that the best way for British to enter into Can. Hnglish or Scottish schools to Canadian raities. The Cana- y Jyive authorities warmly favored. this procedure, Dr. Nor- "There are ho great number of m ready «made vacancies in Canada," Dr, Norwood warned, fob with resource and initia- tive, ore are great openings for | ing these quall- Tn etlouiary Tor those who oan apply selene to Industry and i who have good training In oe) Aa vegion and states ramabe hana ad rod. | pari of Ostarie, Quabes "but it Is af bristling with opportunities" (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Basel, Switzerland, May 17, nk for Internationaal Seis # threw open its doors for today without ceremony y kind to mark inception of the Young Plan, which will settle the world war financial problem, The signature of a trust agree ment will take place Monday in Paris. On that day also the bank expects to receive advice of trans Farkas Gllbart age! on FARMER SUICIDES (By Canadian Press Lewsed Wire) Belleville, May 17-Rodney C, Alyea, aged 68, resident of 'Amelia- burg township, Prince Edward county, committed suloide by shoot. ing, at his home late yesterday. Alyen was a successful farmer, but was forced to retire from partial lows of sight and this is given as the reason for the act, He wan alone at home at the time and was shortly after the shooting one of his children, who had ed from sehool, Dr, Thomp- ner, of Wellington, attend. jo scene and declared an in. essary, Alyea loaves a four children, py been on into" the election by ve 1h the statement of the prime va : ter who he charged, had ed" his office. Ll bilo of Commons that. "unless as I say, You are not em any advantage thai may pme from the Dominion treasury." a prime minister wo Au] A ) 8 a ldwering of pub 'the Canadian people will ve than they will the tar. 1 bel that tssue fis much more Important toduy than « . "any problem for the country 3 od ' declared, "sal aor rh BALDWIN SCORES Roads to. Lower Quality Add Limited Choice, He +. Declares (By, Canadian Press Leased Wire), London, May 17-~Former Pre« mier the Rt. Hon, Stanley Baldwin might 'lead a revolution, ) He sald so last night in address. Ing women' Conservatives at Albert Hall, | Bs: the Govery. of a body to prices, where i I'and cloths od that standardis" lowered quality which people had to u days~-a blend which @ ardent; patriots could He without a grumble, « * "People do not like "It you control prices. you must Invariably get at a fixed Jion, ree duction in quality and limitation in your choice," sald the former Premier. PRICE CONTROL" {info week or ten days, the house will be occupied. with considering the voluminous individual tari? ghanges in committep of ways and moanw, + + + \ Dunning and Cohan Clash Comparatively slow progress was made. oh the 500 tariff changes. 'Practically no Item, passed without a disoussion: of, some kind and some did not get through without a reg: ular miniature debate, Nerves bes fame frayed toward the end and 4 day 'concluded in a verbal clash between Hon, Mr, Dunning and O, H. Cahan | (Cons, St, Lawrenoce-St, George), In which the minister sald Bi% honor ps auch was at stake, e House was discussing the {tem dealing with the teasduty ros duction, Mr, Cahan nbaerved there had been a t deal of discusaion with regard the nuantity of tea in hond on the day the hudget was delivered and the allered larger auantities ve from hond thergafter, The Hause should have fan on the point, Continued on" Page 1) b i. 2 ? awa, May 17.~C An 1ife fmprigonment has Wire) Fo been LH d upon in the onse of Charles Foloen of Chatham, Ont, k hive. heen execut st Monday, He wan one of four men convioted "fer a hold-up In whieh ong wan was murdered, Tha other threa turned King's evidence and were sentenced to long torma of imprisonment, od | lips, would be made by the United ment, NO-APPOINTEE FOR WASHINGTON YET Successor To Massey Will Be Named After Elections (By Canadian Presa Leased Wire) Ottawa, May 17.~-The Canadian minister to Washington will not be Shpainteq until after the geperal eldotion, This was stated by the prime minister last night when asked concerning reports. that a successor to the Hon, Vincent Mass soy had been decided upon, "I think I intimated some time ago that we would not appoint a minister immediately," said Mp Mackensie King, Mr, Mosey will remain In Washington - until the month of July, and after that wil take up hia duties in London as bigh commissioner, As a matter of fact we have not thought of his successor yet, and in any case no one will be appointed to the Wash. ington legation until after the gens eral eleotions," « The Prime Minister = declared that the announcement of a United States minister to Ottawa, in sues cosslon to the Hon, William Phil States government, A Washington deapateh stated that a U.S, minis ter to Canadh had been decided upon and his name submitted for approval to the Canadian Governs Ottawa, May 17--Louis Sheldon and Albert Elmer Jenkinson, Ot. tawa youths who hound and gagged 0, Ouellette, a taxi driver, on April 20 and decamped with his motor car, were sentenced to three years each in Portsmouth penitentiary. "The moat serious feature of your escapade was the use of a re-| volver," sald county judge J, F, MoKinley in passing sentence, 'Yau have been employed in the United States and had returned home for visit, but if that is the only {hing you could bring back as a resu of your stay across the line, you have made a serious error, as we in Canada do not intend to tolerate for a momeht the carrying of guns or the use of them." clal election, diem NO COMMUTATION OFF HANGING SENTENCE Ottawa, May 17.~~The law take its course in the oase "Bing" Anderson, alias Sloane, who stands uentenced to ba, hanged at Sydney, N.8, on Tues day next for murder. Cabinet have decided ing reviewed the case, there would be no Interference with the verdict of the it wag announced today, There have been allegat garding the mental condition of the condemned man but examina« tion has established him as sane, it was declared, ! ! (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Honey Grove, Tex, May 17, A cursing mob of 8,000 men and wonien seized the body of a negro who had been shot to death late yesterday, raged it through the streets of Honey Grove; hanged it | to a tree and burned it. It was the second such demonstration in Tex« an in lens than a week, . The nogroe, Sam Johnson, bur oaded himself in his shanty atter he had shot and kiHed 1 ¥, Fors tenberry, H0-yeursnld, landownewn County ofcers, called to the farm house, were alded by citizens, who surrounded the bullding for more than three hours, The bodyv-plareed: by bullets of the posse, was taken from thi house shortly before dusk, chain to an automobile and d through the negro 'section, It ti was hung to a tree and burned. The mob dispersed shortly afters wards, There were no fresh ow breaks of violence, Sherriff 3 of of Bonham sald the situa wax: #0 well in hand that no tiona) guardsmen would be mended: Cltizans from Honey Grove Sanby faruia surrounded the house, ho negro, armed with two revels vers, kept up a ateady fire at his slogors, but none was hurt, \ Shonly before. § o'clock so men, led by Deputy Sherif : 'Moore, stormed the housty seis

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