Jv A Growing Newspaper in | Growing City | | L'a, Che Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer "All the News While It Is News" VOL. 7--NO. 70 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy Published at Oshawa, Ont. Canada, Every Vay Except Sundays and Public Holidays TEN PAGES VOT ODT, News in Brief p 3 3 3 (By Canadien Press) re Notorious Gangster Opsted Philadelphia, Penn. Jack (Legs) Diamond, New York gangs- ter, who was deported from Ger- many and arrived here yesterday, on the steamer Hannover, was to- day ordered to leave the city by the police. Franklin Leaves Fox Company New York.--Harold B. Franklin, president of the Fox West Coast chain of 513 motion picture thea- ters, told the Associated Press to- day he had resigned from his post. Chatham Backs Move Chatham.--The city of Chatham will be represented in the deputa- tion which is being organized by Mayor R. B. Robson of Guelph to wait on the provincial government and urge the removal of the levy on urban municipalities in respect to the building and maintenance of provincial highways and suburban roads. Suicide Verdict Toronto.--A verdict of was returned last night by a cor- oner's jury investigating circum- stnces surrounding the death from a revolver shot of Mrs, Jessie Nol- loth at her home here on Septem- ber 14. suicide Street Extension Passed Toronto.--The city council has approved the cost estimate of $5.- 500,000 for the extension of Uni- versity avenue from Queen to Front streets. Workers Ask Executions Moscow, Russia.--Hundreds of resolutions, adopted at factory meetings throughout the country, and demanding the death sentence for all twenty-five members of the counterrevolutionary society reveal- ed hy the chief of police, were pub- lished in all the leading newspapers today. Seeks (C'uban Presidency Havana, Cuba.---Published state- ments of General Mario Menogal, who was Cuba's presidént for two terms between 1913 and 1921, were taken today to indicate that he may seek the presidency again in succession to General Gerardo Machado. Paralysis Increases Stratford.--Two more cases of '{ stantile paralysis » brought the total in this city to seven now confined in the isolation hospital. In all there have been eleven cases since the outbreak some weeks ago. Verdict of Suicide Welland.--A verdict of suicide was returned at the inquest into the death of William Charles Lam- bert, who was found dead In his bedroom Sept. 14. A shotgun was found lying against a table and a note to his mother, were found in the room. Abduction Charged Niagara Falls, Ont.--Cecil Ger- ald McCate, Buffalo was arrested at the lower bridge here, charged with abducting a 15-year-old Kitchener girl. The girl was taken to the children's 'shelter. The warrant for McCate's arrest was taken out in Kitchener. Excitement Causes Death Thomas.-----Henry Frederick Jelly, Justice of the Peace at Port Stanley, was so overjoyed when he found that he could see again fol- lowing an operation for the remov- al of cataracts from his eyes, that he brought on a stroke which caus- ed his death, , St. Girl is Drowned Barrie.--Falling from the dock at Shanty Bav vesterdav, Miss Muriel Maher, aged 26, of 117 Annette St. Toronto, was drowned. COBOURG MAN BUYS KEMPTVILLE ADVANCE (By Comdinh | Proms Leased Wire) Kemptville, Sept. 23.--The Kemptville Advance, one of the sldest weekly newspapers in On- tario, and owned by Premier G. Howard Ferguson, has been sold jo P. J, Friend of Cobourg. Mr. Friend will take over operation kmmediately. WEATHER A deep depression centred 29.08 inches has develo d over North Dakota and sure is low over Newfoundland but high over Ontario and the eastern states, and in the Mac- Kenzie valley. With the exception of a few scattered showers the weather has been fair and moderately warm from Manitoba to the Maritime provinces, - while in Saskatchewan and Alberta the weather has become showery and much cooler, Lower Lakes -- East and southeast winds; mostly fair and warm to-day and Wednes- day; probably light showers in western counties tonight. Georgean Bay -- Moderate southeasteriy winds; fair; Wednesday--ifresh southeast winds; mostly fair and warm: followed by a few scattered showers. ol OUNGIL ADOPTS PLANS FOR SUBWAY ritain Asks League to Probe World Depression CANADIAN DELEGATE ALSO GIVES VIEWS ON CURRENT | | Represent Canada at Imperial Conference | a i : | | | Returns to Fight 1 Plague i in China| | (By Canadian Prom Leased Wire) Northfield, Minn., Sept, 23,--Dr, Watson will respond to Continued Depression in In- (Child is Killed Percy T. CONDITION OF BUSINESS dustrialized Countries Like | Ce;:ada and United States Directly Affects Agricul-| tural Industry CAUSES FARMERS TO LEAVE LAND | the plea of Chinese authorities to | b # A | return to China to fight an out- | 4 id Ws gs a break of the bubonic plague, ho an- | | | By Aunt's Auto (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) 3.--~The infant | Stanley Deal, Deal, was | | nounced today. He said he would | three weeks for Shensi and Shansi provinces of northern China. The {trip will take about three weeks. His services, sought from the United States Board of Commis-| sioners for foreign missions Boston, will center to prevent the spread gué in an area 10 miles | of Fengchow, Peterboro, Sept, | Thoro,. Hef leave in about son of Mr, and Mrs. 14-months old 'Harold killed when run over by a motor- | car which was being backed out | ; m-- of a garage by the child's aunt, 17- | ' British Delegate Declares vear-old Pearl Deal, last evening. | "mmm wa ; 3 y | [The child was playing in the lane- HON. HUGH GUTHRIE HON. R. B. BENNETT HON. H. H. STEVENS That Much Has Been| way when the ear struck and kill Above are shown the chief Canadian delegates who sailed today to attend the Imperial Conference. : led him instantly. An inquest will| Hon, Hugh Guthrie is minister of justice and Hom. H. H. Stevens is minister of trade and commerce in the Heard in League Assemb be held. | Bennett cabinet. Hom Maurice Dupre, solicitor-general, is also one of the Canadian delegates. ly About Depression, But Boao Mode © Three Seriously Injured as Host of Tatil Daring Flight Saves Life Cars Collide at Gananoque | 0 Sick, Ice-Bound Captain = "Items Passed in in (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) + Gananoque, Sept. . 23 members of a party of five drivit ome, Alaska, tricken gea captain w Geneva, Switzerland, Scpt. 23 1 m Ottawa to Kingston, were ser treatment here and his Susan Lawrence, labor chairman anc injured, one of them: possibly A J | ] jce-hound off the northern Si- | | | | dl " | parliamentary secretary to the min | | when in attempting to pass hip, was given course | | of the pla- northwest 3) Three men, Boyd and Connor Start on Flight (By Canadian Press Leassd Wire) Charlottetown, P. ff. 1., Held up for several days by adverse weather Capt. Er- i roll Boyd and his navigator, Harry Connor. who plan a | transatlantic flight from Har- | bor Grace, Newfoundland, 1 | opt, a K rr fur-laden m mn me vide | mamm-- coast, a sept istry of health in the Macdonald | CObOUEE Hotel t, tod: the ns i the | | Sabine! Seam ihe Leanne | Burns to Ground | | cir this morning they side erian tal canses of economic depression | Cobourg, Sept. 23.--Fire re | I and their coupe was forced {to open water by a hazardoug flight than 500 miles over: Arctic | British government urged the League of Nations to instituie a world-y | fatally | another | reported by virtually all countries on | sulting from an explosion of | into the ditch, the globe | unknown origin demolished a Dick Oliver i | | | of more 3. waste Frank lion of the inured | TO BE DISCUSSED AT REGULAR SESSION seriously while Dorbandt, flying compan late Carl Ben KEilson, and | a mechanic, Alonzo Cope, dropped | their plane in tha slush ice near the Seattle fur trader Karise to take aboard the master, Captain | A. P. Joequinson. Hé was taken to Turner yesterday. then to Nome, While making the dangerous flight Dorbandt observed an open | route in the Arctic and ra- dioed this information the of- | Bennett | Cand: ficers of the vessel heir: wa { Physic iang today life of | verial ¢ { Captain Joequinson, x from | kidney ailment, probably was saved the speedy scientific inquiry into the fundamen (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) wiped it No Concrete Suggestions large. building known as Pull IB 3 nh § pnp ct 3 hi Mak "We mans Hotel at Cobourg early aor, ead oo 3 awa ron day," to the economic com- Tuesday morning. The build Works and owner of the car and | IN FEBRUARY Unique Procedure Adopted | A { ; how. 3 adlv jured mittee of the assembly, hearing | ing is assessed at $3.000. The Perey Lavghey are odly Injured. | delegates from one country after contents de alter Wilkinson and Po | to Allow Prorogation Yesterday have sat here day after | she said nea ' hopped off for the eastern air- port early this afternoon. The aviators started from Montreal on Sept, 13 to make a non- stop flight to Harbor Grace, but they were forced down near Charlottetown by Dad weather, = ro etely another tell of the miserable state to stroved. Wers complete) ho was driving, were uninjured which their populations have been A reduced. There has rot been one word of hope nor orie real conkrete suggestion for a remedy.' Dealing with the Warsaw confer- ence's resolutions Miss Lawrence asserted that Great Britain could not agree with a plan to give pre- ference to the agricultural products | of Furopean countries as against non-Europeans. Canada's Views on Depression Dr. Waiter Riddell, Canadian dele- gate, explained to the economic com- mittee how a depression in highly industrialized countries . like Canada and the United States has especially severe results, "You must Firemen fought the blaze four. hours, -oventually bringing it under control at daybreak, The st™ieture, which fs an old landmark in the vic- | inity, was uninhabited at the |] | ston NWospital: The party was.enroute to Kingston to do some Iron work and the acci dent occurred at the east end of the | : - | town on the provincial highway. | (By Canadian Press leased Wire) I | who | The injured were rushed to King- | i | ocean () va 23 Yarlamer lis Oliver and lLauley wére reported tay 23 Parliament Hill is | to hospital authorities to be sufiers desert nicr R. B ing from fractured skulls, Oliver rT 1 1he | foreman of the Ottawa firm and Lau- ley is lus assistant, orrest Earl of Mallorytown Iriving the car which was sidesw that driven by the Ottawa time. marooned - ---- . said the sufferi 15 w Reeve of Barrie : Killed by Train yg was iped | 1 men , | by rescue K | PILOT DISAPPEARS by eremonic a close ada's 17th parl The Ho esterday n today for remember," Mr. Rid- h Premier items in "that a highly indus- is operated en- dell declared, Englut trialized agriculture ngland tirelyy upon a price basis; it cannot live unless it can sell its products at a profit. 'What happens in such a country? The farmers become bank- rupt; they must abandon their jand After the depression of 1921-22 in- vestigation in the United States showed that more than 2,000.000 people had to leave the land. That does not usually occur in a pleasant agriculture country." Dr. Riddell opposed the idea of conference for preferential rate on European agricultural products in Europe saying: "We are asked to come here and agree to something in a world or- ganization which amounts to shutting out our products from free competi- tion in the market of the world, That is the unvarnished truth about the matter BRITISH FIRMS SEEK LOCATIONS IN THE DOMINION Forty Heads of Corporations Now Looking Over Ground in Canada der Wheels of C.N.R. IN GUN BATILE sin Coach | rushed } oy &h. the it "fore | Two R.AF. Planes Start To- AMER nts to of Gigi day on Difficult rtunity, ver, will be the house at the regular | Search to open February hen | ; . Ottawa, t ! on | ers Canadian Corporation | To Be Investigated President of Western Mary- |m : land System Killed, As- | .ccorde sistant Seriously Hurt (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Barrie, Sept. 23.--Hugh Henry Creswicke, 29, popular warden of Simcoe county, reeve of Barrie, ad jutant of Simcoe Foresters regiment and brilliant lawyer, died in Royal Victoria hospital here to-day from injuries received when he fell be- neath the wheels of a Canadian National Railways passenger train ag it pulled ont of local station. Running from his office nearby Mr. Crefwicke attempted to board the moving train about 75 yards from the station. There were no witnesses to the accident although it is believed he lost his balance and fell beneath the wheels of the following coach. Mr. Creswicke was slated for Mayor at the December elections to succeed Mayor D. F. McCuaig. He wag chairman of the finance com- mittee of the town council, He wag particularly active in military and sporting circles He was 'a graduate of Royal Military College, Kingston. Pope Has Radio Station Vatican City.--The Pope vester- day formally took -over Vatican City's new and powerful radio hroadcasting plant. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) 23.--Allegations session for in ut d sept. members ¢ Rew p t Lib HH als ang Winnipeg, Sept. 23 --In quest of : state | YOUNg Mike Finland, who faded in | tariff | his plane into the silence vid {ern timberlands a week ago, 'arliamen- | Royal Canadian Air Force planes will hop off Into Saskatchewan's barrens today They will join pilot Ken Dewar, of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, already en- gaged in the search north of Lac La Ronge. Finland induetry in Canada will be inves sti- the Combines Investl- Hon. G. D. Robertson, anngunced today. Peter White, K.C., of Toronto has been appointed a commissioner to conduct the investigation and the appointment' was approved at yesterday's meeting of the cabinet. The investigation, it is expected, will begin at once and will cover all the ramifications of the motion picture business. Mr. White is em« powered to inquire into the opera- tions of the Famous Players Cana- dian Corporation and its subsidiari- es. The business of the various film exchanges operating in Canada will also come under his scrutipy as well ag that of any person believed to be a party to the alleged com- bine. : The provisions of the Combines Investigation Act make it an of- fense to operate a combine if it works or is likely to work to the detriment or against the interests of the public. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) up, 11 be given tir to Baltimore, Sept. 23 Maxwell C. their of Byers, president of the Western | increases Maryland Railroad, was shot and to | He m ( killed and Dudley D. Gray, vice-|tary histo president the _road, ' seriously Soecch From Throne Brief wounded in a pistol battle in the | he nor-general pr company's offices in the Standard parliament with all custo Oil building today. pomp and ceremony, "His The fatal sheoting was discov- | from the throne was extremely ered hy occupants of neighboring | 1n keeping with the delivered offices in the building who entered | the opening of the afte? hearing several pistol shots. | thanked the commoners for ir. Byers and Mr. Gray both were | Prompt consideration to on the floor, the former dead and | measures submitted nd which the latter unconscious, are - deemed necessary for the Gray wag rushed to a hospital relief of unemployment in the dom and placed immediately on. an op-| inion and expressed hope and belief | erating table in an effort to save |that the fucasures will effec- tive. This brought to the hig life. second shortest session recent times. The commons opened vesterday en a note of discord and closed amid happy felicitations and mutual well-wishes to the premier in his London trin. Onlv a few minutes (Continued on Page 2) gated under gations Act, minister of labor, of north- two "e anadian of gued ary speech short, 'at special session, It the the JOV( ore disappeared after he took off northward, with an Indian guide, from Lac La Ronge, 180 miles north of Princes Albert. He was hound fer Wollaston Lake, 200 miles away over the Muskeg coun- try Whether or not any the Consolidated fleet are moving toward northern Saskatchewan to seek out Finland, who is a pilot. geologist for the company, could not he determined here, 1° F¥. Os ler, in charge of the company's prospecting operations in the pral- ria. provinces. refused abruptly to sonverse with reporters regarding the company's planes, Canada Offers Aid in Probing Charges of Soviet Wheat Sales (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, 1s, Sept. 23--Further information was awaited today by the business conduct committee of the Chicago Beard of Trade before pressing an investigation of hitherto unprecedented charges of attempted manipulation by a foreign govepn- ment, The committee met briefly close of 'yesterday's market, It an- nounced that a thorough inquiry would be made into charges of Sec- retary of Agriculture Hyde that Soviet Russia had been selling wheat short in an effort to depress prices. The investigation, however, will be conducted with "due regard for the delicate market situation." Amplifying the committee's an nouncement, Joseph W. Badenoch, its chairman said :-- "When we know are, they will be: called committee and asked details of the transactions. very nature of it, one given machines of prove end in an Guelph Man Drowns (inelph.~The body of Robert Jardine, Guelph, was found yester- day in the Speed river near Allan's Dam. No report had been received by police that the man was missing but indications are the body was in the water some time. ACTING PREMIER Gardiner Urges Federal Gout. To Assist in Marketing Wheat (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Sept. 23--Dominion gov- ernment assistance in the marketing of the wheat crop was advocated. by Hon. James G. Gardiner, former pre- mier of Saskatchewan and now lead- er of the Liberal opposition in that province, here today. Mr. Gardiner is in Ottawa for a few days on priv- ate business, He said that the wheat pool was having a difficult time be- cause the margin between the 75 cent 'per bushel ddvance by the pool to the farmers.and the selling price of wheat is so small. The crop, Mr, Gardiner said, is fair in northern Saskatchewan. In the southern sec tion of the province some damage has heen caused .by rust, Criticism of the new duties on agricutural implements was voiced by Mr. Gardiner. The additional duties, he said, would make it almost impossible for the farmers 'to buy new binders (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Sept. 23. -- 'Great Britain no longer thinks and talks Canada, but acting it to such an extent that forty heads of corpora- tions in the old country are at pres- ent -in Canada looking over the ground," said T. Jenkins, chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commis- sion, on his arrival in the Hner Alaunia. In discussing the ques- tion of bringing old country manu- facturers to Canada, he said, that he was going back to the -erganiz- ation with the suggestion that they open at once an office in London for the giving out of information, gratis, "in this," he said, "I mean information which' can not be got in five minutes notice, but real technical information which the British manufacturer requirers be- fore he will consider the placing of a plant here in Canada, ¥m- pire free trade wag gripped the old country in a manner that is noth- ing short of ssgtounding and every- wheres one goes one can hear the matter being discussed," ness is confidential and we are un- able to proceed until we have de- finite information as it might grave- ly affect the market. In the mean- while, North American export busi- ness was virtually halted as Russia continued to offer large 'quantities of wheat abroad 10 cents under prices for similar wheat from this contin- ent. Canada and Great Britain evinced deep concern in the inves- tigation and Premier Bennett of the dominion government offered any assistance it could give to the United States Farm Board in its inquiry into the chirge that 'Russian selling has brought about the recent decline in grains. E. Y. Belitzky, vice-president of the All-Russian Textile Syndicate, made the first reply on behalf of the Soviet government to the Hyde char- ges. He denied that any effort was made to keep the hedging operations secret and said that they had heen consummated on three days, involv- ing a total of 7,765,000 bushels. remained stationary since the war, and the western farmer, who was re- coiving such a small price for his wheat, would have to keep on mend- img and patching his old machine. He could not afford to buy a new one. Mr. Gardiner intimated that there would be some criticism of the presets premier of Saskatchewan, J. . M. Anderson, at the next session I the legislature, wit!* respect to the bargain made by him with the |. dominion for return of the natural resources, The Anderson govern- ment, said Mr. Gardiner, had accept: ed a settlement which he had re fused when leader of the provincial government, Mr. Gardiner express- ed the opinion that if the Liberals had to be in opposition, in the pro- vincial as well as®the federal fields, now was a good time. He was in- clined to the view that Hon. C. A, Dunning, former minister of finance, would secure a seat in the federal house before long. at the SIR GEORGE PERLEY Minister without portfolio in the Bennett government, who has been appointed acting premier during Myr. Bennett's absence in London, attending the Imperial Conference. who the brokers before the for complett By the speculative busi- The price of binders, he said, had Conditions at | upon an effort | | Lp Canadian Press Lo sed Wire) | Probe Canadian Movie Combine IN NORTH COUNTRY | eration of Famous nn of a combine in the motion picture | 45 MEN TO BE GIVEN WORK, TWO STEAM SHOVELS WILL BE USED FOR EXCAVATION Strings Are Atul to Council's Acceptance of Plans Proposed by Can. adian National Railways For Construction WANT FREIGHT LINE BUILT TO HARBOR Imposed by Council, However, Are Not Expected to Delay the Start of the Subway Pro- ject the construction of the bencath the C.N.R. tracks on Simcoe street south, | prepared by the engineering depari- | ment of the railroad, were approved by the city council upon recommens dation of the board of works at a spec meeting held last night. Tha approv val of the city however is sub- ject to eertain conditions namely, that (he Canadian National Railways | Rive satisfactory evidence to the Board of Railway Commissioners | tay it is prepared to provide a pro- per freight line to the south end of | the city connecting with the new harbor; that the railway hoard or- der the railroad company to eon. struct separate freight tracks for such freight line, at the expense of the company, as upplementary to the subway project, the said track age to be approved by the city: that the nzle of entrance from the gtas tion approach into the. subway be amended to provide better access to the subway from Albert street and that the railway be asked to elimin- ate from the general contract the construction of the storm sewer to provide drainage for the subway as [in the opinion of the city council, the work can best be done hy the city using its own gang, the cost of | drainage to be included in the cost of the whole scheme. The. conditions outlined above re not expected to delay an early start being made on the' subway The Times has been assur- i oe hen the plans have received the | necessary approval from the railway (Continued cn Page for " subw ay as projec t, ---- SCREAM IS ONLY CLUE TO MURDER | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Glace Bay, | woman's scream was the s | clue on whiclr police of Glace Bay | today prepared to seek the killer | of Nicholas Marthlos, taxi-driver, | who ied less than an hour after being discovered beaten insensible in his cab on a lonely road outsidg the town. of N.S, Sept. TEN MEMBERS OF STEAMER'S CREW LOST IN WRECK Newfoundland Ship Struck by Lightning and Split in Two (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) North Sydney, N.S, Sept. 23 = Eight passengers and two members of the crew of the Newfoundland schooner Caranza, which left here last Thursday for Burin, Nfld, were lost Thursday night when the vessel sank after being split in two by lightning twenty miles west of Scat- ari Island, off the eastern coast of Cape Breton, it was learned here to- day when six survivors, picked up seventy-fivemiles west of St. Pierre, Miquelon, on Sunday night, arrived on board the schooner Viginette, in ballast from Burin, All the dead were from Newfound- land. Captain Joshua Matthews, 53, of Grand Bank, went down with his ship, as well as the cook, John Rob- bett, 17, of Push Through The passengers lost were Thomas White, of Fortune Bay, and Samuel Moulton, Stephen Grandy, Frank Legge, Joseph Grandy, Joseph New port, Archie Adams, John C. Cluett, the last seven all hailing from Gar- nish. ! g Without food or water, and with only two oars in their single dory, the survivors battled the stormy weather for seventy two hours, and it was not until ten o'clock Sunday night that a watchman on the schooner Viginette heard their feeble cries in the darkness,