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j A Growing Newspaper i ls Growing City Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer | The Oshawa Daily Times "All the News While It Is News" It "VOL. 6--NO, 117 isi at Ostaua abit Helsdars OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1930 15 Cents 8 Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES Neus in Brief Brantford, 'May 19--Tho the memory of T. H. Preston, editor, newspaper proprietor, parliamen- tarfan and parole board member, a memorial window, the gift of the family, was unveiled at Brant Unit- od Church yesterday, W. B. Preston, president of the Expositor, made the presentation address for the family, LE Ba Was Aggressive Constable St, Thomas.--Ney Chute, fo more than 40 years a county con- stable in ign, died at Lakeview near Port Burwell, today, aged 71. Mr. Chute was one of the most ag- gressive investigators of erown In the district and bad served on many important eases. . Ll Ld VILLAGE WIPED OUT Samarang, Java, May 10.-A stream of mud flowing from the side of mountain Telemojo has wiped out the entire native village of Likasan in the center of Java, Forty-five inhabitants were killed, only five escaping from the avai anche, START EVACUATION OF RHINELAND ON MAY 20 Wiesbaden, Germany, May 10, supreme command of the French army of the Rhineland today noti- fied the custodian of German' proj orties that orders had been re- ceived from the Franch war office to start evacuation of®the Rhine- land on May 20. Previous reports had indicated that the entire ex- odus of the army of occupation would be ended by May 30. TOWER CRASHES, KILLING 13 WOMEN Ab a yocent ball in London poll- Istanbul, Turkey, May 10,-- Superstitious Turks have long be- Jleved that the ancient and erumbl- Ing Roman tower of Dedebashi, near Smyrna, was haunted by evil spirits, Yesterday the tower crashed down upon Turkish peasant women who were resting in the shade after working in the oplum fields, Lilling 13 and injuring algnt, EX-JUDGE FOUND DEAD IN MONTREAL Montreas, May 1) «Former jus. tice Maitland McCarthy of Calgary, Alta, was tound dead In his room at a loewl hotel, end and a verdict of natural death was returned by a coroner's jury today. Hon, Justice McCarthy was 68 years of age. He had been in this city for several days on a holiday trip. Born in Orangeville, Ont, he was oducated at Trinity College, Port Hope and Toroato University, gruduating in Jaw, Fle wos a meni. Ler of parliament for Calgary froin 1905 to 1913 sitting on the Con- sorvativo side of the house, In 1013 le was appointed to the superior court of Calgary, retiring afler nhout six years service, on accouns of ill health, EXPECT FAVORABLE REPORT ON TREATY Waslilngton, May. 19==Tho Son- tte foreign relations committes to- day returned to its hearing on the London Naval Treaty with propon- ents of the pact confident that bHo- fore the end of the week a favorable report hind be voted, $8,000 ) FIRE BURNS STIRLING BUILDING ™ Canadian Press Leased Wire) Belleville, May 19.--Fire of an unknown origin destroyed a brick bailding in tho village of Stirling early today, Tho loss is estimated at $8,000, partially covered by in- surance. The fire siarted in a rear shed and the two families of Mrs. Florence Smith and Hiram Acker, living in the apartments above, wore able to escape from the burn- ing building with aifticulty, CAPONE IS CHARGED Chicago, lls, May Franti ald and Examiner says the federal government has and JUFY for pro- sontation to the f avidtiice by which it, h 1 Ca- pone for tricome tax law a lon, Conviction carries a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and a §10,- 000 fine, Capone's r, Ralph, was convictod recently same . charge. and a over the 'week«| SERIOUS EXPLOSION IN LIVES, THREE Ten Killed by Weekend Accidents in Ontario MOTOR CRASHES TAKE FOUR BOYS DROWN, THREE OTHER FATALITIES All Sections of O of Ontario Con- tribute to Toll of Fatal Ac- cidents, Which Occur Des- pite Unpleasant Weather SEVEN DROWNED IN QUEBEC RIVER Two Accidents Within Short Distance of Each Other-- Heroic Rescue Attempt Ends Fatally (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, May 19---Fair weather or not Ontario's fatality list cone tinues to grow, Despite unpleasant weather conditions over the week- end when Jack Frost made a sudden reappearance nipping tonder plants and forcing citizens to seek heavier clothing, motor car, drown. Ing and other accidents took a toll of ten lives, Crowded highways wero response sible for the major number of ac cldents, four lives being snuffed out by auto mishaps, Three children, all under 15 years of age, wore the drowning victims, while three others were killed in a trio of un- usual aceldents, The fatalities were as follows: Motor Car Accidents Myron Youngs, 19, of Welland. Warren Stirling, 16, Kingston, Mrs. Robert McDowell, Windsor, A. J. MacDonald, Sudbury. rDownings Lawrence H, Kelsay, Smith's Falls, Wilfred Fulton, Fort William. Leophil Hamond, «3, Cornwall, Duro Bee, 23, was killed in a cave in as Sudbury. Wilson Den- ping, 60, Mneman, was killed by lightning at Ottawa, and Thomas Brule, 42, was killed by a falling limb of a tree, Seven Drown in Quebec Montreal, May .19~Boating fa- talitles claimed seven lives over the week-end in two aceidents on the Rivieres des Prairies, on the north shore of Montreal Island, Father and two young sons and a youth who made a gallant attempt at descue were drowned yostorday afternoon while the mother of the two children loked on helplessly from the veranda of their summer cottage, The father and two childs ren were in a canoe with an outs board motor and capsized, Three young men, two of them brothers, were drowning near the same spot while fishing from a row- boat, There were no witnesses or survivors and the cause of the ac cident could not be learned, Manslaughter Charged Welland, May 19---As a result of an accident near the city limits, Saturday night, In which a car driven by Walter LL, MoQuiggin, this elty, aged 19, struck and al. most instantly killed Joseph MM. Youngs, aged 19, whose home is in Sombra, Ontario. MeQuiggin was arraigned in Welland police court this morning on a charge of mans slaughter, Bail of $1,000 was allowed, An inquest is to be opened that after. noon but it Is expected to be ad- Journed for a woek after the jury has viewed the body, CENTRAL FIGURE IN INSANITY SUIT DIES AT KINGSTON Robert Hunter Was Subject of Action to be Heard Tomorrow (By Canadian Press Loased Wire) Kingston, May 19--Robert Hunt er, aged rosident of Pittsburgh township, who was the central fig. ure in an application which' fa' to' come up. in Osgoode Hall tomorrow which to have him declared of unsotnd mind, died this afters non, . A fow weeks ago Hunter; 'who was formerly a master In the Or. ange Lodge, was baptized li 'the Roman Catholle 'ehurch apd .re« colved. the last rites of that church, His son, Willlam Hunter, through A, B, Cunningham, K.C,, hae made application to have the father de his i ae ATS aren ian [PRISONER FIRES JAIL AT BARI Police Court, Council Cham- ber, Town Offices, Fire Hall Threatened ---- Barrie, May 19.~Fire believed to have been caused by a prisoner burn- ing paper in the hot air compart ment above a small stove in the po- lice cells, for a time threatened Bar- ric's old municipal building which houses police court, council chamb- ers, town offices, cells and fire hall, The damage, however, was small and was confined to the area between the cells in the basement and the police magistrate's office immdeiately above While police officials refused to dis- cuss the fire, pending an investiga- tion, it was stated the prisoner was brought from Toronto Sunday noon to face a charge of theft, He was along in the cells and is believed to have lighted the "paper to warm his hands, Noted Chemist Dies Larchmont, N.Y.--Dr, Vigo B, Drewsen, noted pulp und paper chemist, died at his home here yosterday after a long illness. He was 72 years old, Two Governors at the Woodbin~ TORD WILLINGDON OPENS RACE MEET the former, add an Ascot touch classic raco meet, The photograph here shows his Excellency Viscount Willingdon, govornor-general of Canada, and his Hon, W. D. Ross, lisutenante governor of Ontario, as they ap- peared at the opening day of the Woodbine races, Saturday, when the meet was formally opened by The gray top hats here to Canada's | here this morning for the last time OTTAWA FIRE CAPTAIN KILLED AND HOSEMAN SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN WALL FALLS ON THEM R-100 STARTS FOR GANADA ON SUNDAY Great British Dirigible Should Cross Atlantic in Three Days Cardington, England, May 19-- The R-100, great British dirigible, will take off on her flight to Canada it is expected, next Sunday (May 26), This date, however, is but tentinive and the take-off will de- pend upon the weather on that day The glant airship left hangar before her flight to the new world, The ship's repairs, necessitated by her mishap in leaving the hangar a few weeks ago, were completed on Saturday, One hundred and fifty men from | the local air works and an equal | number from the Royal Afr Force depot at Henlow will stand by to remove the R-100, The ship will | be attached to the mooring mast after each of the remaining trials this week, In the meantime the television apparatus, on which wea- ther maps are to be transmitted during the flight, is being subjected to searching tests, If the N-100 starts her westward trip early on Sunday and takes the scheduled route, via Cape Farewell, at the south of Greenland, she should arrive at Montreal in from two and a half to three days, (By Canadian Prove 1 Press Leased Wire) Ottawd, May 10.--Civie holliday and election day may clash in many Ontarjo cities and towns this Aug. ust unless Parliament hurries its dissolution, This year civic holiday, being als wave the first' Monday in August, will fall on August 4, which, inet. dentally, is also the 16th anniver. sary of Canada's entry futo the Great: War, Under the now election law, election day must be &« Mon. day, It must also be not less than 60 days after the date Parliament dissolves. Bearing in mind these latter con. siderations, a count on the calen- dar shows three Mondays that may 'be considered as possible election days; July 28, August 4 and Aug- ust 11, The last date is too close to the start of harvesting many are convinced, and Parliament cannot finisl its work in time to make the first, many members belleve. That leaves August 4, Civic holiday, the day on which thousands of city dwellers are far away from. their homes on. vacation or weok-ond trips. Of course, there is a chance that Ottawa opiudon is wrong again, that the House will be finished by May 29, the day by which dissolu- tion must occur to have the poll- ing on Joly 28. But Parliament must rush mightily to dissolve by May 290, Accidents Aid Safety. Drive Weekend Crashes Grim Ob- ject Lessons for Campaign in England (By Thos. T. Champion, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, May 18.--Elaborate plans made all over. the country under the leadership of the Duke of 'York, 'for bringing the aims of "Safety Week" before the public this 'week, were grimly fortitied At the Jast moment by an unusual number of highway accidents over the week-end. 4 Four members of one family from Wath, near Rotherham, were killed when their motorcar crashed into a motorbus near Wakefield, A 'man and his wite were killed and thelr two children seriously iu- jured in a crash at Wolverhamp- ton, A man and boy ware killed near Abordeen and ggdded to these gt fatalities was a long list of a out the country. foty First Coun: ual placards on street commercial veh: the rams on the' streets, The cam- will not be limited to the for they are giving pubs 10 safety first principles in the factories and on board vessels at sen, in the coastal waters, and course of events the case will come tomorrow in Osgoode Hall, J on the. Siekand-saaala.: a, General Election August 4, Civic Holiday, ned ted (Huge Table Over Railway Mooted (By Canadian Piss. Leased Wire) Chicago, Ills, May 19-The Tri bune says today an air right de- velopment that may rival the loop as a business district is being plane ned, Present plams, the paper says, are to construct 70.1 acres of streels and skyscrapers, completely wer- viced with gas, water, electricity and other conveniences, on a vir. tual table built over the tracts of the Illinois Central railroad, Indian Unrest Said Lessened Government Statement Says Public Tired of Gand- hi's Movement (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, May 19--The Statement that there is "no woakenipg of control" by the authorities in India, and that in several districts there are signs of improvement in. the civil disobedience unrest, was made in an official communique issued by the Indian-government today, Rural areas except in the Qujorat district are but Intle affected, the communique continues, and It says there are indications that the pub- lie as a whole »s getting tired of sympathy strikes and the loss of business involved, IL is also stated that counter publicity is having some effect In checking' alarmist rumors, Uso More Extremo Measures Bombay, May 19--Nerve worn and fatigued with a 'prolonged game of tag with Indian National- ists, police guarding the * govern. mont salt depot at Wadalo today resorted to more extreme measures to curb the Increasing raids on the salt pans, The policemen used thelr lathls, or staves, to good effect iy tound- ing up the raiders ms they would sock entrance into the barbed wire (Continued on Page 7) Three Brooklyn Young Men Slain -- (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, N.Y, May 10,- Three young men were found slain in Brooklyn today, Police found no link between the two cases,' but attributed all three deaths to hoodlum. feuds, is One man, found dead in a vacant lot, was identified from - finger. print records as Jack Valenti, 20, known to police but never convict od of any serious charge, The other two, apparently shot, in ao motor car and their bodies throwu out, ona on top of the other, had not been. identitied.. ' Heavy Storms Briand Outlines Plan for "United States of Europe", Sweep. States TORNADO KILLS 17 IN ARKANSAS, MANY | HURT Floods Sweep oil Fields and Cause Large Property (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dallas, Texas, May 19--Swirling flood waters today advanced thread teningly on cities and farm lands in central and northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas in the wake of lashing storms that have taken a toll of four lives, Although clearing skies arded some oncouragement, the Red, Trinisy, Brazos, Colorado and: the Quadalupe rivers were experiencing sharp rises. Near Texarakana, raging waters of the Red river cut off highway and railway trafic, swept away highway bridges and forced hun. dreds of lowland residents to high- er ground, Based upon predicitions of the Shreveport weather bureau, flood stage was expected to be reached at Rd river points today, Rescue par- {les were battling the currents to bring out marooned residents, Levees noar I"ulton were report. ed weakening under the Red rive or's pounding, Tra Me wahsalted last night on all roads into Corsicana, which re- ported that Navarro county, whern a tornado two wenks ago took 22 lives, was drenched by 2.70 inches (Continued on Page 7) . GRAF ZEPPELIN FLYING T0 BRAZ Left Germany ny Yesterday and Is Due in Spain This (By Canadian Pres Leased Wire) Sevillg, Spain, May 19.=The Graf Zeppelify arrived at Seville at 4.50 p. m. (1080 am, EST) completing the first leg of her voyage from Fried richshafen, Germany, to the new world, Paris, May 19~Favored by a clear star<lit sky, the world girdling diri- gible, Graf Zeppelin, ' sped across France last night on her way to Sc ville, the first stop on her transocca- ni¢ flight to Brazil and North Am- erica, The airship averaged well ov or 60 miles an hour and was due at Seville about 4 pan. today. After 'crossing the frontier from Germany=having taken off at Fried. richshaven at 5.18 pm, vesterday, the giant air liner quickly picked up the fertile Rhone Valley at Besancon, Franee, and headed sotuhward over Lyons and Valence toward Maracits lew \ | Consumption of ment of Labor Minister Charge Teacher Ice Cream Grows (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, D.C,, May 19~The capacity of the American citizen for ice-creant appears unlimited from the figures furnished in a radio address today by O. E. Reed or the depart. agriculture. It has increased from 1.04 gallons per stomach in 1905 to 2.9 gallons in 1928, Reed pointed out that few dairy farmers realized how much of their produced went into the manufacture of the one time delicacy and now staple food Given Rebuff Textile Mill Owners Refuse Appeal for Compromise to End Strike (By Conadian Press Leased Wire) Bradford, England, May 19. Owners of the mills in the woollen districts of Yorkshire, . many ol which have been idle or only f'n partial operation since the ews ployers attempted (0 impose wage reductions * somo weeks ago, have rebuffed Rt, Hon, Margaret Bonde field, Minister of*Yabor. Technic: ally the dispute is not at the mo- ment within the jurisdiction of Miss Bondfield's, department, but nevertheless' she issued a further appeal to both sides to reach souwe compromise on the reductions, The employers however, declare that no good purpose would be gerved by a meeting between both eldes in the dispute, as the woman eabinet minister suggested, They pointed out that tiie wage reduce tions they are Imposing were recy ommended by the royal commis gloner who enguired inte condi- tions tu the industry, and as this juquiry was instituted by Miss Dondfield she !s naturally in an awkward position, With Carp Crime (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Carp, Ont,, May 19,--Nelson Hoop- er, 26-year-old high school teacher of this town, is under arrest charged with assaulting Miss Kate Wilson, crippled telephone operator, and rob- bing the Carp telephone office of $5. He was taken into custody at his home in Ottawa over the Wi pend after the operator in county police she was positive in' identification of him as the offender. Hoaper strongly "denies any con nection with the robbery. He fis at liberty on $2,000 to appear in county (By Canadian Press. Leased Wire) London, May 1%.-The Londo: | Press today commented cautiously | on the plan of Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, for a iuropean Federation of Nations, The view seemed pretty generally held that there was no lkelihood cf Great Britain joining such an organization, If only because of her relations with the dominions, M. Briand was credited by the press with the best of intentions and he was assured his plan would be regarded with good will in Eng- land but there was no general en. thusiasm for it, and in some quar- fers it was rather sharply critic. jzed, Welcomed in Paris Paris, May 19,--~The Europ- ean Federal Union scheme of Avistide Briand, distinguished French foreign minister, was wel- comed hy the French press yester- dey with high hopes and some res- crvations, As an idealistic document, it was contrasted sharply by many newa- papers with the vigorous speech of (Continued on Page 7) Smashing Crime RingsinChicago Police Wiping Out Bomb Terrorists, Closing Race Tracks Chicago, May 19.~Notable progress is being made by Chicago i in its wars fare against the Capone and other gangsters, Closing of the dog-racing tracks, which, it is estimated, cut off $3,000,000 annually, the lion's share gaing to the Capone mob, was one of the hardest blows, Smashing of the slot-machine graft eliminates other millions and yesterday the pos lice took decided steps to wipe out the gang of bomb terrorists, a most important adjunct of the big hood- lums, Bomber Captured Chicago, May 19~In Frank H, Phillips, former bomb expert of his company in the Canadian forces dur» ing the great wary police believe they have found the answer to several of © | the €ity's recent bomb outrages. Phil lips, who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary. Force at Windsor, Ont, in 1914," was trapped last night as he sought to bomb a restaurant, Acting on a tip, the officers lay in wait, 'The man placed the bomb in the restaurant doorway and ignited the fuse by pressing the lighte end of his cigar gainst, it. Police rushed in firing 1g the: air, "One: of then trampled. the sputtering fuse, The gtherstehntureds lips. 3: ---------------------- 5 olals Suspendod ; ida om -- Governor Bullock and Assistafft Turnkey Britton ui the Waterloo County jail staff have been suspended by Sheriit Cribb, new on Explosion in Blazing Ices house Sends Wall Hurts ling Down on Firemen This Afternoon CAPT, ROBT, PRATT DIES OF INJURIES William Oulette, a Hoseman, So Seriously Hurt His Life Is Despaired of at Hospital Amy Johnson Makes (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, May 19~A fire captain lost his life and one of his men was s0 eritically injured his life is despair ed of, when a nexplosion in a blazes ing icchouse in the west end of the capital blew out the front wall and pinned them to the ground carly this alternoon, Capt, Robert No, Two Fire ¥ Pratt, veteran chief of Hall, died of injur« | ics soon afte rreaching the civic hose | pital, He was being rushed to the operations table when he succumbed, William Qulette, a hoseman, is res ported trom hospital as having but a fighting chance for life Half a dozen other fire fighters sustained minor hurts through bhe- ing struck by fragments of the shattered wall, The blaze had been brought un- der control and some of the 'fire companies were preparing to leaye the scene when the blast accurred, Its cause has not heen determined, Captain Pratt and Ouleite wera perched on ladders, about 25 feet from the ground, the one playing water through a window onto the charred pile and the other viewing damage, when the wall gave way, The loss was estimated at abou 45,000, | Christian Scientists Ask Change in Code Toronto, May 19--In a despateh from Ottawa the Toronto Star says that in a bill introduced by the governuient to amend the criminal code, a change has been made at the request of Christian Selentists, in three sections which 'deal with obligations of heads of families, people in charge of the sick, and masters and mistresses of servants and apprentices under sixteen, It is explained the purpose of the sec tion is to permit Christian Seien: tists to practice their beliefs with« out fear of prosecution, -'l sim Shamrock V Win Race Easily Today Harwich, England, May 19, The Shamrock V., with which Sip Thomas Lipton 1 to try for the America's Cup, won easily today an a time allowance In her second race against bigger yachts, The actual finishing times were: A, A. Paton's Lulworth, 4 hours, 2 mine utes, 58 seconds; Shamrock, 4.04, 53; and H, A, Andrea's Candida, 4.07.04, § » um Cheyenne, Wyo, ~~Two inches of snow has covered much of the sous thern part of Wyoming halting tras vel over the transcontinental ale mail route and constituting a seri« ous threat to live stock, BRITISH FIRMS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE CANADIAN TARIFE Conference Proposal Rejects ed, But Department Will Aid Manufacturers (By Canadian Press Loased Wire) London, May 19.=The governmen® today rejected a proposal put fore ward in thé, House pf Commons, that the overseas trade department Shank organize a conference of British ex« porters to consider the best means of taking full advantage of changes in the Canadian tariff. The questions er had pointed out the changes bn versely affected about worth of goods Canada annually pure chased in the United States, Hone W. R. Smith, parliamentary sceretary to the board of trade, said the changes in the Canadian tariff would affect business operations in a great many sections of the export trade of Britain, Every effort wag being made to assist Manufactirety and traders to take Mvaitage e of their rtunitics, he said, While the: '| departmient of overseas trade belies | ved no practical purpose could be sers ved by such a conference it woull be glad to adopt the proposals ef particular groups if they felt that consultation would be useful, he cons cougt Friday, it is announced here, So cluded.