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-a Growing City ¥ Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer l ------ a; y Times "All the News While It Is News" at Ushowa. Sok, Canada, Lats H.-L ,., Ds VOL. 7--NO. 83. : Badly Scalded . Simcoe.--Scalded when a large copper kettle at the Leland Pickle Company plant exploded yeeterday Grant Furry, 26 years old, of Sim. coe, is in a serious condition in'the: Norfolk General Hospital here, Minister Gets Acclamation -~Moncton.--Hon. Lewis Smith, Minister of Agriculture for New Brunswick, was elected at Dorches- ter yesterday to fill the vacancy in the Legislature caused 7y the resig- nation of Dr, M. A. Oulton, former member for Westmoreland. Hon. Mr. Smith was defeated at the gen- eral elections. SEVERAL KILLED IN MEXICAN STORMS Mexico City, Oct. 8.--Large sec- tions of several central and west-' ern states in Mexico were storm- 'bound yesterday. Reports of loss of life and property over a wide 'area trickled slowly into the capi- tal over stricken or roundabout communication lines. # A dispatch from Guadalajara said 15 of 21 people comprising the crew and passengers aboard a motor launch on Lake Chalapa, in the State of Jalisco, were drown- 'ed when the storm capsized the launch. Six survivors were rescued. FLOAT SEVEN HOURS AFTER BOAT SINKS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Calif., Oct. 8.--After floating in the Pacific Ocean for seven hours, two men and a woman were res- cued at dusk last night by the steamer Avalon, bound for the is- Jand from Los Angeles harbor. Mr. and Mrs, W, A. Campbell, of Long Beach and Keil Lawrence of Portervile, Calif., were kept afloat by life preservers and air cushions after the speed boat in which they had left the island for the main land sank almost without warning. CANADA SECOND IN GOLD PRODUCING Montreal, Que~The gropects are that Canada will this year advance into second place among the gold roducing countries of the world. uth Africa holds first place and ear Nw the United States second. Last the value of gold produced is This year it is expected the value will be about $60,000,000. Almost without exception the larger mines in Northern Ontario, the_ principal source of gold production in the Do- minion are expanding their output. Besides. the straight gold producers there are several copper mines that add 2» important quota of gold as a by-product. Within the next year it is likely that Manitoba will play an important role in gold production. GOVT. SHOULD AID AIRWAY FIRMS General MacBrien Suggests Help For Commercial Flying Companies Toronto, Oct." 8.--*Governments should refrain from carrying out serial work which rightly belongs to commercial aviation, notably aerial survey", said Hon. J, H. acBrien, president of the Avia- tion League of Canada, in speak- {ng before the Canadian Chambers of Commerce here.' "Experimental, development or exploration duties, and advanced -training provides plenty of work for government machines," he said. Among other suggestions made by General McBrien for the as- sistance of commercial aviation were: Progressive government policies, dominion and provincial, needed so that commercal operators and manufacturers may plan accord- ingly. + Organized airways, which in- cludes up 'to date airports, The airways system of trunk and branch lines should be energetical- ly developed. Substantial support should be ven to Canadian aircraft manu- urers as it is most important the industry - should be firmly established. Small companies should be eu- couraged to amalgamate and branch transport lines should be entrusted to them, Commercial schools should be supported by an allowance for certificates issued. jl TH i) i i i 1 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES "Time for Action Has Come" on Decision of Economic Trade Union, Canadian Prime "Minister Says EMPIRE FREE TRADE SAID NOT POSSIBLE Canada Offers Preferences to All Empire Countries in e. for Like Preferences, Based on Ten Per Cent. Tariff Increase (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, Eng, Oct. 8--Definitely and unequivocally, Premier R. B. Bennett « nada tod id his plan for reciprocal empire trade pre ferences hefore the imperial confer- ence. He spoke in words, the pur- port of which could not be doubted. The principle of empire preference, he declared, must be either approved or rejected, "I put the question definitely to you," he exclaimed, "and definitely it should be answered. There is no room here for compromise. There is no possibility of avoi ing the issue, This is a time for pl speaking and I speak plainly when I say the day is now 'at hand when the peoples of the enipire must decide for once and "alt whetler our welfare Tes' in 'closer economic union or whether it does not. Delay is hazardous and fur- ther discussion' of the principle is surely unnecessary, The time for ac- tion has corte." Premier Bennett was frank in say- ing the primarv concern of Canada was to sell, profitably, her wheat. "This market," he declared, * we want, and for it we are willing to pay by giving in the Canadian market preference for British goods." Canadian Offer He then stated his offer in these terms: "I offer to the mother coun- try and to all other parts of the em- pire a preference in the Canadian market in exchange for like prefer- ences in theirs, based upon the addi- tion of a ten percent. increase in the prevailing general tariffs, or upon tariffs yet to be created in'the dniv- ersal acceptance of this, and in like proposals and acceptances by all other parts of the empire, we attain tothe ideal of empire preference." Premier Bennett added that the rate mentioned could not be uniform- ly applied. The basis of the propos- als was adequate protection to indus- tries now existent or yet to be es: tablished. . "Because of this we must ensure a certain flexibility in the pre- (Contiaued on Page 2) NEW POSTAL TREATY WITH CUBA SIGNED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Oct, 8.~ Announce- ment has been made by Hon, Ar- thur Sauve that a postal treaty providing for a direct exchange of parcel post between Canada and Cuba has been signed and will come into force at an early date. Hitherto parcels have had to be routed through England or France. THROUGH ALL THE EMPIRE ferential tariff," he said. Nor could IS CANADIAN PROPOSAL SERIOUS FIRE IN SHALL VILLAGE Two Buildings, Including Hotel, Burned, But No One Hurt (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Oct. 8.--The combined efforts of every able-bodied man in Plantagenet, tiny French-Canadian settlement 40 miles east of the eapi- tal, were required to curb a fire which threatened the village with total destruction early today. The flames consumed two buildings, one of them Lalonda's hotel, badly damaged Gauthier's hotel and scorched a numbar of other struc- tures. Assistance was sent by the Ottawa fire department and arriv- ed at the height of the blaze, The fire is believed to have start' ed from defective wiring in La- londe's hotel. Choking smoke which accompanied it aroused all occup- ants of the hotel and they escaped uninjured. $1,500 Verdict In Oshawa Case Oshawa. Railway Held to Blame for Accident to Smith Truck (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Oct. 8.--Justice Raney in a judgment at Osgoode Hall to- day allowed $1,200 damages to Mary Topping and $300 to Henry Topping, husband and wife, both of Oshawa. The action arose. out of a collision between a street-car owned.by the Oshawa Rallway Com- pany and a motor-truck owned by Philip Smith, trucker of Oshawa, Mrs. Topping, a passenger in the street car, was injured, His lordship finds the driver of the truck had no business on the street car tracks and that he was doing 'all he could to get out of the way, but that notwithstanding his negligence the motorman could have avoided the collision. "I think whole responsibility for tho col- lision is on the railway company," states his lordship. ARRESTED FOR AGINCOURT CRIME Windsor, Oct. 8.--Eric. Hugi! was arrested here yesterday after- noon by Inspector Claude Renaud of the detective department of the Windsor police, and Sergt. Thomas Draycott of the Scarboro towp- ship police. He is -vanted for ques- tioning in connection with the recent hold-up of the branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia at Agincourt, in which robbers escaped with about $800. KILLED BY TRAIN Smiths Falls.--Mrs. Elizabeth Ste- wart, 79, was instantly killed at Rose- dale, Ont, six or seven miles from this town, by passenger train No. 19 from Montreal, on the. Canadian Pacific. Railway, en route to Smiths Falls. London, Eng., Oct. 8 ~All Eng- land entered today upon a period of mourning which will have its of- ficial close when the fes of the R-101 victims are taken to Card- ington for burial on Friday after a public memorial at St. Paul's cathedral. All guards paced silently to and fro before the rows of coffins in the mortuary under the shadow of Westminster Abbey. It was but a brief moment before dawn when the dead of the wrecked dirigible were brought home from the scene of their fate. Through the chill a sf morning the vie- i a from . - mpest at Dover, entrained for London well after three o'clock and borne from Victoria station to temporary resting place. Many Deragis came during the day to view. the ble Sight, while mere 'passers b; memora' ort raised Dore he mortuary r All England is in Mourning For Victims of R-101 Crash Shdtty before noon formalities connected with the disaster were resumed when Coroner Inglby Od- die, of Westminster, began his in- quest. The proceedings were pure- ly preliminary, no identification evidence being taken. The coroner said he would adjourn the inquiry until completion of the report of a tribunal of investigation which is to be put into action soon by the alr ministry. The provisional ad- journment was until Nov. 18' with the understanding that if the work of the statutory tribunal was not then. completed there would be a still further delay in the inquest. 'It was understood that the mem- 'bers of the government's court of inquiry would not be named until a new secretary for air had been appointed to replace Lord Thom- son, who die the destruction of the R-101 in France early Sunday, It was considered probable that the appointment of a new air minister 'would be made in a few days, Watch For Tomorrow's Prosperity Edition edition of great interest to Tomorrow's issue of The Times will contain the spe- cial Prosperity Edition, carrying the announcements of those who are cooperating in the effort to make Osh. awa's contribution to the Dominion-wide observance of Prosperity Week an outstanding success. since it will lay before them countless' op doing their part in making business better and in helping their. community along the road to better times. Pros. perity Week opens officially on Saturday, October 11, at 9 a.m., and will continue until Saturday evening, October 18, and throughout the whole period a large organization of citizens will be doing everything in their power to re- vive the atmosphere of prosperity. in Oshawa, Tomor- row's issue of the Times, which will 32 and 40 pages, will be the contribution of this news- paper to the cause, and it will be well worth studying from the first page to the last. It will be an all the citizens of Oshawa, ies of be one of between Ontario M. P., Four Friends Caught in Raid Although Booked by To- ronto Police, Do Not Ap- pear in Court (Special to The Times) Toronto, Oct. 8.--There is much speculation in polgal circles over a rald carried out By a police squad headed by Staff Inspector David M. McKinney of the moral. ity department, Monday afternoon in a room at a downtown hotel when five or six men were arrest- ed, brought to Court| St. station, booked, and then released on $100 bail supplied by theniselves. Although the mén (were booked they did not appear in police court yesterday nor did their names ap- pear on the police court calendar except one man, whom the police brought to court on a charge of a breach of the Excise Act for hav- ing cigarettes brought from the United States. He was in a room adjoining the one which police raided. Among the men brought to Court street station were, a rela- tive of one of the Queen's Park cabinet, a provincial member of parliament, a Toronto business man, and two Toronto lawyers, Shrouded in Mystery Just what happened to the men that the Staff Inspector brought over to Court street station after what he admits was a "visit" is shrouded in mystery and police of- ficials decline to tell newspaper- men anything about the matter, The fact remains, the men were released on bail and although registered in the books at Colrt street station, did not appear in police court. "Will there be any prosecutions against these men," The Times asked . Staff Inspector MeKinney today, "I cannot say," he replied. "Were these men that you brought to Court street station ar- rested at the time?" (Continued on Page 3) ALCOHOL PEDDLED IN NIAGARA DISTRICT Hamilton, Oct. 8,--From a con- victed bootlegger in the Police Court yesterday came the startling admission that a man named Thomas Boyd, of Niagara Falls, visits Hamilton with a truck three times a week and supplies bootleg- gers with raw alcohol in tins, BLUENOSE WIL RACE TOMORROW Meets Gertrude Thebaud of Gloucester for Lipton Trophy (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 8~--The men who brave the fury of the North Atlantic to reap the harvest of the deep will make sport of their hazardous calling tomorrow when the Bluenose, out of Lunenburg, N.8., Queen of the Canadian fishing fleet, ana the schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud; pride of the Gloucest- er fleet, meet off here to sail for the Sir Thomas Lipton Internation. al Fisherman's Challenge Trophy, The cup will go to the schooner first to win two races over a tris angular course of approximately 37 nautical miles, and with "that the «| greater part of a large purse, OUTLINES PLAN no BV once HON. R. B. BENNETT Premier of Canada, who has of. fered the various Empire Na- tions a scheme .of . reciprocal trade preferences. i CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED, FIVE HURT FIGHTING THUGS Three More May Die, Includ- -ing Two Robbers of Post Office (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Murphy, N.C., Oct. 8~--Mack Carringer, chief of police of Mur- phy, was shot to death and five other persons wounded, three per- haps fatally, early today in a gun battle with three men suspected of robbing the post-office at Coker Creek, Tenn, Two of the suspeqted post office robbers were shot down and are not expected to recover. They are Walter Bryson, shot through the chest, and Jeff McPherson, wound- ed in the head and abdomen. Me- Pherson sald he was from Xen- tucky.. Bryson's residence was not learned. The third suspect escap- ed. Police said he was wounded. Policeman George Leatherwotd, 85, was shot through the right jung and policeman Burt Savage in the arm. ; BATHING SUITS FOR AIR MAIL PILOTS Richmond, Va.--Air mail pilots on the Richmond-Atlanta route mock at hot weather with new flying togs ~bathing suits, : Two night filers; Richard Merrill and John Kytle, inaugurated the fa- shion for relief from the sun-heated air and exhaust-heated cockpits that even speed and altitude failed to cool. Ventilators will: be placed in the planes for. further comfort. The aviators dress in bathing sults, shoes, helmets and goggles. : SHEEP FOR MAINE FARMERS Portland, Me.--Several carloads of sheep,, western range ewes, will be shipped to Aroostook County farmers in the near future, and plans for their shipment and recep- tion are being made by O. H, Craw- ford; state sheep specialist. The drought has caused .a shortage in winter forage: In northwestern states, and this fact, combined with the. fact that sheep are coming World's Series FOUR INCENDIARY FIRES LAST NIGHT Bennett Tells Plan For Promoting Empire Trade FOUR CALLS IN FIVE HOURS KEEP FIREMEN HERE BUSY, __ FINAL SCORE _-- Athletics 7 Cardinals 1 Play.by-play Report of Game on Page 7 Business Now Recovering But Progress Slow Canada Should Be Normal by Fall of 1931 Survey Shows (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Oct. 8.--The Montreal Star today in a copyright survey of business conditions in Canada says that "recovery in Canadian business, as a whole, from ¢ e- cent period of depression is no under way, but the progress of the movement will be so slow that a return to normal proportions will not be perceptible before the fall of 1931. This, in effect, is the ma- jority opinion of the:answers re- ceived from a questionnaire sub- mitted by the Star to 125 leaders of Canada's finance and industry. "The complicated nature of the business picture of today, with itd mass of detail and changing meth' ods, leaves the lay and profession- al man somewhat bewildered and caution has been over emphasize as a result," the article continues, "The contraction in the purchas- ing powers has been considerable. extending, in the opinion of those questioned, to approximately 15 per cent. of normal, as indicated by a moving average ever recent years, "Production rates in almost all industries have been materially re- duced, and.the ratios vary consid- erably, In some widely scattered instances the normal figure has been cut by 40 per cent, while In comparison to 1924 some of the reductions have been much more drastic. Following this operation has come a healthy reduction in inventories. There are few ex- ceptions where an increase was re- ported in industrial inventories or unwieldy stocks," the Star goes on. POWER SHORTAGE LOOMS IN MANITOBA (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Winnipeg, Oct. 8.--Low water level in the Winnipeg river arries the threat of a power shortage for Manitoba, it is revealed by the Win nipeg Electrical Company, Custom- ers of Winnipeg Electric, the Sub- urban Rapid Transit Company and the Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Rallway were advised last night by the companies to discon- tinue the use of electric water heut~ ers for the winter, THe Czecho police arrested a U. S. citizens for toot'n of his own horn. We suggest importing Sicene police' over here~--Brandon un, BOSTON SCENE OF Hoodlums erican Legion police controlled the downtown streets today efter sever- al hours of disorder by mobs of hoodlums. es of a score of bonfires that had been built in downtown thorough- fares and on Boston common, and here and there a battered head, marked the passing of the rowdies, who took advantage of the privil- eges extended the Legionnaries on a night of frivolity after the annual parade in connection with the na- tional convention, probably the greatest contributing factor toward curbing the rufflans. night, it seemed that the melee In Park Square might gain the pro- portions of a vicious riot. J. Lorden, leading a detail of fed- eral agents, had arrested four local men for peddling liquor | square. Two Kitchener Buried in Sand Early This are entombed in a six foot tunnel at the new Kitchener sewer plant now Doona, six miles south of the city, as a result of a cave-in which oc- curred at six o'clock this morn- ing. been seen since the sand caved in, but the other, Andrew Brogas, was uncovered three times by a rescue squad but each time another cave in covered him, breathing when the last cave in occurred at 11 o'clock. A gang of 50 men is working in frantic ef- forts to rescue the two who are 28 feet below ground. Direct res- cue efforts are hampered by the fact that only three men can work in the tunnel at a time. - back from the engulfing sand in time to escape with only severe bruises, BIG RAIL ORDER conclusion of a government meet- ing held here yesterday to discuss the expenditure on emergency em- ployment of Nova Scotia's $700,000 appointment-under the federal gov- ernment's plan for unemployment relief, Hon. Percy C. Black, acting premier, for the Sydney steel plant from the Canadian National Railways for 140 miles of track. L0SS CAUSED SERIOUS RIOTING Cause Trouble For Several Hours After Legion Parade (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Boston, Oct. 8.--Bostow and Am- Overturned automobiles, the ash- Exhaustion was At one time, shortly before mid- Dennis in the Men Entombed Morning; Rescue Efforts Hampered (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kitchener, Oct. 8.--Two men under construction near One man, Steve Baloga, has not still He was A third man, J. Drotos, dodged PLACED BY C.N.R. Halifax, N.8.,, Oct. 8.--At the announced "a rail order a task, this time, BY EACH FIRE Fire Chief Elliott States This Morning That All Fous Fires Seem to Have Been * of Incendiary Origin THIRD BLAZE AT TERWILLEGAR HOME Barn of E. J. Black, Har: mony, and Partly Finish. ed House of G. Semen« chuk, Annis Street, Alsa Suffer Damage The City Fire Repartment had a very busy session® last night being called to four fires between the hours of 10.00 p.m. and 3.30 this morning, all of which resulted in a momentary loss. Fire Chief W,. R. Elliott informed The Tifles this raoining that all the fires appeared to be of an incendiary nature, The first call to duty came af 10,565 p.m, last night, when the fire~ men paid another visit to Mrs. A, C. Terwillegar, in Harmony. The barn was on fire and this-kept the fire- men's attention for & short while. At 1.15 a.m. this morning, the alarm was again rung and the reels went to E. J. Black's farm also in Harmony, on Gifford Road. Considerable damage wes done here to a barn which was on fire. While they were still' out, an other call came, thiy time in the il of the'€ity/ipr 2/80 Annis St. to the home of Mr, G. Semen- chuk. The house was badly gutted by fire and the Aremen had quite After having put out this fire, they returned to the station only to be again aroused at 3.20 a.m. by another call to the same place. This time it was to put out a fire in a pile of lumber, which it is supposed had become ignited from the house fire. This concluded their activities for the evening and Chief Elliott and his stalwarts were given no more work to do, for the night. The fire at the Terwillogar ests ate is the third within a short per- fod of time. The fire on Annis street, it was learned, was covered in part by insurance. The house was in the process of construction, MURDER CHARGE AGAINST HOGARET ] (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) = Montreal, Oct. §.-- Thursday, Oct. 14, has been set for the pre- liminary hearing of the charge of murder brought against Albert Ho- garet, known as brother Bozite of the Sacred Heart order and a forms er teacher of Roussin Academy, Hogaret, who is 48 years old, was held criminally responsible by a coroner's jury for the death of Simone Carron, a seven-year-old school girl, Hp" -- ee -- WOMAN KILLED IN - MOTOR COLLISION Cargill, Oct. 8.--When returning from a church meeting in Owen Sound last evening, a heavy drfven y 3 salesman of Port gin ran into a sedan in charge of Rev. Mr. Blackwell, Anglican po man, in which were Mrs. Black- well, Miss Maud McCoy and James Garland, all of Cargill. : Miss McCoy 'was killed almost {n+ stantly. Mr, Blackwell was shaken up, the others escaping unhurt. SHIP AGROUND BUT ISNOT IN DANGER Crew of 23 Aboard Burling- ton, Which Struck Rocks -- Women Urged to Consider Problem of Unemployment (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Niagara Falls, Ont,, Oct. 8.--By in Lake Michigan (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 8.--The tug Welcome manoeuvered with two ropes today to free the freighter Burlington, aground on a shoal in Lake Michigan off Cuadhy, Wis. The Burlington, 2,029 ton vessel, commanded by W. J. Flanders and carrying a crew of 23 rammed prow on the rocks as she nosed through fog from Gary, Ind., with a cargo of steel for the A. O, Smith corproa- tion, Wilmaukee, The crash 'stove a hole in the forepart of the freighter, but coast ards said there was little likell- of the ship's sinking. extra pumps fir urlington and by their aid Captain Flanders hoped to pump. water from his ship and The Welcome then @x- Welcome carri transfer to the steady work and unremitting pres- sure the will of the enfranchised women of Canada can bring ubout reforms in the social and econ omic 'world but the women must "stay on' the job", declared Mrs. J. A. Wilson of Ottawa, in her presi- dential address today to.the .con- vention of the National Council of Women, : Mrs. Wilson paid tribute to the work done by American women, in" aiding to secure the ratification of the Briand-Kellogg anti-war pact, by a vigorous letter campaign, in which the president of the United States alone was made the recipi- ent of 800 letters daily. Mrs. Wilson recalled there were three main problems before the council when she. took office four years ago, namely, material' care, unemployment and household ec- onomics. She referred to the illum- inating addresses on unemploy- back Into their own in Maine, has lant Tmpatun Jo Sho plan POR hare. ted to tow the freighter into / i ment delivered by labor leaders be fore the iliall aut she admitted, "in common with the men, we have n't done much." She exhorted hor hearers to take the problem up more thoroughly, warning that the increasing mechanization of the: world created an urgent demand for new methods of distribution so that our vast amounts of raw und: manufactured material may be put to use, by those who have not enough of anything. 3 vod "Think of it", exclaimed the. tional council president, "a huge territory, vast mineral wealth, boutiral harvests and a pititully erded population, starvi: "ill Slad, ® EL, all wrong." ag ung i" Mrs, son referred t : J in Canada' campaign of vy rnd al Council, 'which dated as far back a ou oahe thoughts in rd 'the production of goods, ah faulty Harksting and : spre tween the prodicin Sud he pros buid bth conumer considerable bea; upon un- 4 siden ring upon un. Be too great a