The Oshawa Baily Tines Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer "All the News While It Is News" Publeshes o1 shown Unt Vay Cacopt Samdaye and Public vay ' OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1930 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES Thugs Chatham.-- City police were --& hunting today for two men, one of whom beat up Thomas William McLean, aged 77, in his grocery store before taking the contents of his cash till. The grocer is at home receiving treatment for severe cuts and bruises about the face and a bad lacaration of the left ear which requires several stitches, . Falls 31 Stories Detroit.--Greasy shoes are be- lieved to have caused Guy E, Min- cher, 31 years old, chief electrician at the Book Cadillac Hotel, to plunge thirtyone floors to his death in 'a service elevator shaft at the rear of the hotel yesterday. Ld » LJ Labor Badly Beaten Edmonton.--A crushing defeat was 'administered to Labor forces in the civic election here, when two retiring Labor Aldermen were defeated, reducing the party's representation in the City Council from five to three. . Ld MM New Air Mail Service Winnipeg.-- Another link In Western Canada's air mail chain-- overnight service between Winni- pg and Edmonton, will be com- pleted within a month, declared J. A. Wilson, Director of Civil Aviation, here, . . First Bank Robbery Asquith, Sask.--Two bandits, one very tall and the other short, staged the first bank rebbery in the history of this town yesterday, when they obtained about $800 at the point of a gun from a teller of the Royal Bank of Canada, LJ LJ LJ 2 Ask Enforement of Rules Toronto.-- A recommendation that Government rules and regula- tions in regard to aviation should be more strictly enforced Was made by the jury investigating the death of Harry Tegart at the Imperial Conferenc BRITAIN GUARANTEES T0 RETAIN PREFERENCES T0 EMPIRE FOR THREE YEARS Conference Closes After Agreeing to Continue Ses- sion in Ottawa Within Next Twelve Months CONTINUE TALKS ON EMPIRE TRADE Resolutions of Premier Ben- nett Adopted, Recording Belief in Necessity of Trade Development in the Empire (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London. Nov, 14.--The Imperial Conference of 1930 ended today, to meet again in Ottawa within 12 months upon a date mutually agreed upon." tawa conference will continue e Adjourns to Meet in Ottawa "to be The Ot- inquest held last night. » Ld . To Elect 8. A. Generals London. -- The no general shall hereafter point his succéssor. LJ . LJ Bread Price Drops Montreal--The price of bread has been reduced two cents a loaf at all leading local bulerions Tt is now 10 cents, v A Hunter Killed Sudbury.--Stanley Thompson, Coldwater, was accidentally killed by a shot in the back, it is alleged from the gun of M. Coone, of Niag- ara Falls, while on a hunting trip near Espanola. BRITISH GOVT. TAKES ITS STAND FOR PREFERENCES Thomas Makes Declaration Preferences Are of Mu- tual Advantage' (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Nov. 14,--*For the first time" declared Rt. Hon. J. Thomas, secretary of state for the dominion, "the British Labor party through the government has plac ed itself on record and declares that in its opinion preferences within the empire have been of mutual advantage to all parts of the em- That is the clear and defin- ite declaration by the British La- pire, bor government." Mr. Thomas made this statement in an interview om the results of the Imperial Conference which clos- ed today. s was a declaration of prin- lag Thomas added, which the government had Sollowed up by saying that these preferences need not necessarily be tariff pref- ciple, British erences." : "Do they necessarily exclude \arift preferences," he was asked, Mr. Thomas declined to go into the matter further. WEATHER Pressure continues high on the Atlantic coast and the northwestern high area has moved southeastward to Man-* itoba. Pressure is low over Hudson Bay and Ungava a pression 1] "ottared over Colorado. The r has been rather co Jrauthe provinces with light in southern dis. tricts, while from Ontario eastward it has been mostly cloudy and mild. Forecasts: Lower Lake Region-- Mod. erate south and southwest winds; mostly'cloudy and mild 3 of, Saturday, today and part Drabably followed by rain in western districts. Georgian Bay -- Moderate southeast winds, cloudy and mild today and part of Satur day; probably followed by rain. international meéting of commissioners of the Salvation Army yesterday decided that the generals of the army shall be elected to that office and that ap- negotiations for the development of empire trade where they have been left by the London confer- ence, Britain G t Pr In the interval, the British and dominion governments will further confer and the British govern- ment gives an undertaking that "the existing preferential margins accorded by the United Kingdom to other parts of the empire will Bot be reduced for a period of ree subject to the rights of the United Kingdom to fix its budget from year to year." . that Great Britain will. 'neét for three years at least, cancel the tariff preferences she now grants to the dominions. If any tariff is reduced, the present margin of preference, roughly one-third of the duty, will be retained, South Africa gives a similar up- dertaking. No specific undertfk- ing is given by the other domin. fons but the general idea, it is un- derstood, was that offers to main- tain preference should be volun- tary rather than in the nature of a quid pro quo. The resolutions winding up the conference were moved by Premier B. Bennett of Canada, who re affirmed very strongly the position he took at the opening of the Im- perial Conference, when he de- clared his belief that reciprocal (Continued on Page 72) SPEAKER OF QUEBEC COUNCIL IS DEAD (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Quebec, Nov. 14--Unable, to raliy from the serious illness that finally sent him to his bed only a few days ago, Hon. Adelard Turgeon, speaker of the Quebec Legislative Council, died at 5.25 o'clock this morning with members of his family about him. Hon, Mr. Turgeon, an important figure in the provinefal Liberal party since before they ascended to power 33 years ago, was speaker of the Up- per House since his appointment to that Chamber in 1909. Since that time h: has remained in political re- tirement except for an occasional sortie when extraordinary legislation called forth his acumen and energy in defence of party and policy. h years, or pending the out. come of the Awe Sonterester The effect of this guarantee is HOMUTH MAY BE DEPUTY MINISTER MAKING GOOD PROGRESS WITH THE SUBWAY Mentioned as Successor to James Ballantyne, Resigned Toronto, Nov. 14.--Announce- ment was made at noon today by Hon, J. D. Monteith, Ontario min- ister of labor that James II, II. Ballantyne, deputy minister of the department had' handed in his resignation. Mr, Ballantyne was suspended recently pending the outcome of a charge . of theft sgainst the deputy minfster., The charge laid in connection with the theft of a dress valued at $15 ye- sulted in the conviction of Bal- lantyne who was released on sus- pended sentence, The nge of K former Conservative nember for South Waterloo in the Ontario legislature, fs mentioned in Queen's Park circles as a possible succes sor to Mr. Ballantyne, - . Homuth Thursday, November 13, -- SCENE AT OSHAWA SUBWAY EXCAVATION Above is a photograph showing the progress which is being made with the excavation for the sub- way on Simcoe Street South. The contractors, Bathe and McLellan of this city, have shown commend- able speed in getting the work viell trucks carting the excavated mater ial out of the big hole. This view under way. The picture shows the GENERAL MOTORS TO WIDEN MARKETS AFTER TOUR H. A. BROWN OPTIMISTIC OF CANADA; SAYS PROSPECTS BRIGHT steam shovels at work, and the shows the work as it was on Convict Pair of Robbing Bank Two Plead Guilty to Holdup SCOTT APPOINTED MEMBER OF COUNCIL Quebec, Nov. 14.--3ion., Gordon Scott was named as a member of the Quebec legislative council for the seat of Wellington and also a Ministes Ep eat yortiotie in the Abine] Ao A. Taschereau, hy an Eri RITA yoelortas: Disarmament Plan Accepted Budgetary Method of Limit- ing War Materials Ad- opted by Commission (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Geneva, Nov, 14.--The prepara- tory disarmament commission to- day accepted the principle of limi tation of land war material by the budgetary method. The priaviple was embodied in a resolution jresentad by Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, for Great Bri- tain. Sixteen nations supported the resolution, including Canada, France and Japan. Three nations opposed it, Russia, Germany and at Unionville--Admit Other Robberies (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov, 1----James Kirk- land and Jack Darwent bt Toronto, who were arrested on November 6 on a charge of robbing the Cana- dian Bank of Commerce at Uunjon. ville, pleaded guilty when they ap- peared in county police court this morning and were remanded for sentence until Nov. 19, Kirkland and Darwent were ar- rested in Barrie the night of the robbery, and admitted to provinei- al police that they were the pair who entered the bank and horded the staff into the valut and made their escape with about $6,000, practicallly all the money was re. covered when the bandits were ar- rested. Kirkland and Darwent also ad- mitted robbing the Bank of Nova Scotia at Agincourt, Ont., while Kirkland confessed to holding up the Bank of Montreal, at King, Ont, All three robberies were in {he county of York. Thirty Spies Arrested Budapest, Hungary.--A report from Subotica, Jugoslavia, today said" that thirty Hungarians, among them 'George Szantha, chairman of the Hungarian political party had heen arrested on a charge of pro hungarian espoinage. SCORE DROWNED "IN PACIFIC WRECK Italy. The United States, Sweden. Turkey, Venezuela, Bulgaria and China abstained from voting. ) The vote was taken a few min- utes after the Commission had re- jected the Rusian declaration that simultanegus application of both the direct and budetary method was the only effective means of limiting and reducing land war material; The vote on the Russian resolu- tion, which in effect embodied some of the features of a propos al of Hugh Gibson, United States delegate, several days ago before the commission, was five votes for to twelve against. It's supporters were Russia, Italy, Germany, Tur- key and Holland. The United States voted against it. Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion, the members referred to the executive committee the making of plans for the apointment of com- mittees for the 1931 convention of the Ontario Provincial Command, to be held in Oshawa on August 19, 20 and 21. The provincial ex- ecutive and its special committee have left practically all the arrange- ments in the hands of M. McIntyre Hood, second provincial vice- presi- dent, and the 1. committees, and it is expected that a the next meet. ing of the branch in November 27, a complete line-up of committees will be adopted. The undertaking of staging a successful convention is a huge one, and will call for tre- mendous effort on the part of the members, but they are enthusiastic over the project, and will settle down to work at once, Last nrght ¥» meeting was well-at- tended, and was marked by the ad- dition of eight more new members Local Legion Starts Plans For Convention Here in 1931 " At last night's meeting of the'to the branch. It is noteworthy that in the last eight months there have been applications for member- ship at every meeting held by the branch. Resolutions of thanks in connec- tion with the various Armistice an niversary functions were passed to the following: The Ontario Regi- ment and the Regimental Band, the Collegiate and Vocational Institute Cadet Corps; Mrs. F. W. Cowan for cigarettes and refréshments suppli- ed for the banquet, Rev, E. Hars- ton and the officers of Simcoe Street United Church, Chief of Police Friend, Fire Chief Elliott, and all those who acted as taggers on Poppy Day. Reporting on adjustment work, M. Melntyre Hood informied the branch that two more successful pension adjustments had been made in the last week, by which veter- ane in Oshawa' would receive re- drudctive pensions of over $1,000 each. (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Puerto, Monte, Calif., Nov, 14, Belated reports reaching here from Chonchi, on the west of the island of Chiloe, south of here, today re- vealed the loss of more than 17 lives when the Chilean bark Laura foundered near there Monday. The captain, 16 members of the crew, and several passengers, their number unknown, went down with the sailing vessel in a severe storm. THREE MORE HURT AS WALLS COLYAPSE AFTER LANDSLIDE Use Dynamite to Demolish Shaky Buildings-- Residents Evacuate (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lyons, France, Nov. 14=Three workmen were injured today by fall- ing masonry as they labored on Fourviere Hill in an effort to dig out the bodies of upwards of 100 persons buried under the debris of an over. helming landslide. early yesterday morning. The authorities decided to ise dye namite to demolish the shaky walls of buildings still standing in the rone and menacing the rescue work. A wide area about the section has been evacuted in fear of further landslides. The space under the greatdome of the hospital Hotel Dieu has been transformed into a mortuary chapel to receive the bodies as they are re- covered. © Only five bodies thus far have been renovered but it is known that between 60 and 100 persons are buried under the ruins. Conference At a Glance (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) ondon, Nov. 14.-- Results of the 1930 Imperial Conference sum- marized roughly are as follow Britain will maintain prefer- ences for at least three years. Trade proposals will be consid- ered at Ottawa next year, Voluntary empire judicial tri- bunal will be established, ; Colonial Laws Validity Act will be repealed, Dominions may act through British ambassadors abroad. Position of Privy Council ap- peals remains unchanged. British married women's na- . tionality safeguarded. King, through Dominion gov. ernments, appoints governor-gen- eral, Dominions must approve changes in succession to throne, Status of high commissioners in London improved, Shot From Ambush The Pas, Man.--Fired on from ambush, Lawrence Kane, 28-year- old dog musher, was geriously wounded while traveling with a trapper"s supply team on the trail north of Cranberry Portage, Man, He was brought to hospital here and his condition was reported as only fair. The assailant escaped, PROSECUTIONS T0 FOLLOW PROBE IN YORK TOWNSHIP Councillors and Former Dep- uty Reeves Accused of Dishonesty (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov, 14.---Criminal ac- tion will be taken against some of those mentioned in Judge J. H. Denton's report on the investiga- tion 'he conducted into the affairs of York Township, Crown Attorney Eric Armour has stated. The re- port was tabled before York Town- ship Council yesterday. Until he had an opportunity to study the 2,000-odd pages of evi- dence; Mr. Armour was not in a position to say under what section of the criminal code charges would be laid. In the report read at the council meeting, His Honour named Depu- ty reeves L. C. Woolner, J. J. Little and ex-reeve Ernest G. Westbury, ex-deputy reeves W. Glen Arm- strong, E. Baker and ex-councillor W. MacQueen as being either 'of dull moral perception" or "actually and consciously dishonest." Reeve W. J. Gilbert Dean, depu- ty reeve Ralph Russell and coun- cillors A. J. B. Gray and W. A. Toogood, were absolved and com- mended for their action. His Hon- or reported that councillor W. H. Lumley's actions were in regard to his connection with a sand and gravel busiess but not such as to warrant wholesale con demnation or to be placed in the same category as the six members who accepted $500 victory bonds. The council intends to act quick. ly on the numerous recommenda: tions contained in Judge Denton's report. A special meetig will be convened this afternoon and the reorganization of the engleering department as suggested in the re- port will be proceeded with. Resignations of the entire ene gineering department will be re- quested, a member of the council stated, indiscreet® Admit Attack On Aged Grocer |Crown Asks : Prison Term and Lash for Chatham (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chatham, Nov. 14--Arrested by city police several hours after a fru- tal attack on T, W. McClean, aged 77, in his grocery store at 69 St, Clair Street, two Chatham youths to- day pleaded guilty. to charges of .as« sault and robbery and were remand- ed until Monday for sentence, The prisoners are George Cunning ham, 17, and Kenneth Stover, 18 Both men have records Crown Attorney H, D he would urge penitentiary terms and The two entered McLean's grocery about 6.30 last night, Smith said | | that each received a lashing according to the po- lice Stover ordered potatoes, but asked to them before buying McLean took him to a store room ut the rear the shop where he at- tacked the old man. He escaped with Cunningham after locking him in the room, Lacerations to the left ear which required five stiches, and the cuts and bruises to his face, had aroused sus- picion that McLean was struck with a knuckle duster sce of TORONTO WOMAN GETS SEVEN YEARS FOR DEATH OF MAN Toronto, Nov, 14=Mrs. Helen Bednarski, who was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter by a grand jury under Mr, Justice Jeffrey in criminal assizes court was today sen- tenced to seven years in Portsmouth penitentiary Mrs. Bednarski was charged with the murder of Albert Mallett, former boarder at her home, but after five hours deliberation by the jury the count was reduced to manslaughter, Two Killed in Plane Crash Madrid.--Two aviators were kill- ed and another severely injured to- day when two planes collided over the Quatro Vientos aviation field. SIX PRISONERS G0 10 PENITENTIARY AFTER JAIL BREAK Two Year Terms Imposed For Escaping From Reformatory (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) + Guelph, Nov. 14--<Six prisoners of the Ontario reformatory received sentences of two years each in Ports. mouth penitentiary when they ap- peared in police court today and pleaded guilty to charges of escaping from the institution. They are William Cann and Perey Rawn, who were captured in Winni- peg, and Michael Huard, Ottawa; William Bradt, St. Catharines, Clif- ford Marshall, Guelph; and Walter White, Gananoque, all of whom fig- ured in the break from the institu. tion on Tuesday. White, Marshall and Bradt will each serve four years. The penalties imposed today being made consecutive with other Ports- mouth terms hanging over their heads, > HON. H. A. STEWART HERE SATURDAY Minister of Public Works Will Inspect Harbor and Other Works The city of Oshawa on Saturday will be visited by the Hon. Hugh A. Stewart, the federal minister of public works, who is to spend the day on a tour of inspection in this district. The minister is due to reach Whitby at 9.30 a.m., and after a brief inspection of the har- bor there, he will come on to Osh- awa about 10.30 or 11 a.m, and will inspect the harbor and other public works in the city. While it- is understood that the visit {is to be of an informal character, the Hon. Mr. Sewart will be the guest of the city council at a luncheon to be held at the Hotel Genosha, with the officers of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce also present as guests In view of the expectations that a- considerable amount of addition al work 1s to be done at the Oshawa harbor in the near future, the visit of the minister to Oshawa is of much interest to the community, Wounded Child Dies Stratford.--Patricla Mills, six- year-old child, who was admitted to the General Hospital yesterday morning, suffering from knife wounds inflicted by her mother, Mrs. M. 8. Mills, who immediate- ly after took her own life, died in the hospital this morning. Fire Threatens Auburn Village Much Damage Done by First Blaze in Town in 28 Years (By Canadian Pr Leased Wire) Stratford, Nov, 14,--The villagz of Auburn in Huron county was threatened with destrucfion by fire early this morning when the hardware store of Nelson Hill and a stable owned by E. Lawson were completely gutted and the Bank of Commerce building next door considerably damaged. The loss wilt be about $10,000. The fire started in Hill's hard. ware store at 1.30 o'clock from an undetermined cause, though it is stated that a furnace in the build- ing was used yesterday for the first time 'in several years and may have been defective. This is the first fire in the villge in 28 years. Auburn, Blyth and Goderich fire brigades fought the blaze, Murderer Judged Insane Toronto.--James Barton, charg- ed with the murder of his sister, about six months ago, appeared be- fore Mr. Justice Jeffrey in the as- sizes today and was adjudged un- fit to stand trial and was sent to General Motors of Canada Redoubling Sales Efforts and Spending Much Money to Build Up Field Force EXPECT TO HAVE 700 NEW DEALERS Prospects Good for Revival of Business All Across Country, and 1931 Is Ex- pected to be One of Com pany's Very Sucessful Years From coast to coast in Canada there is good reason for optimism, H. A, Brown, vice-president and general manager of the General Motors. of Canada, Limited, finds. Mr. Brown has returnde from a Dominfon-wide tour," His observa- tions may be summarized as fol- lows: There are large sections of the country where businehs recession has been psychological and where purchasing power is practically un- impaired. Already a summary of indices shows that business in 1931 will be better than for 1930. There is no good reason why the automotive industry should not en- joy a restoration to better times in 1931, and if you restore the au- tomotive industry, you do much to. restore the whole country. As far as General Motors of Can- ada i= concerned. preparations are Betz made for a definitely wider market. The same company reports its dealer mortality has been neglig- ible, repossessions have not been numerous and collections have been better than reported condie tions would lead one to expect, (Continued on page 10), PLAN ATLANTIC AIR MAIL SERVICE Great Britain and United States to be Linked by Fast Planes New York, Nov. 14---7Plans for transatlantic air-mail service be- tween Great Britain and the Unft- ed States via Bermuda and the Az- ores were described in several New York newspapers today. Pan-American Airways, Inc, which operates through the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America, will conduct the leg from the Atlantic coast to Bermuda, the papers said, and Imperial Air- ways, Ltd., which runs through Europe, India and Africa, will con- tinue the service from Bermuda to England. The line will be inaugurated with mail, but eventually express and passenger service will be added. The United States company will use single-motored, speed planes while the British concern has designed a giant four-engined flying boat es- the insane asylum, pecially for the project. Union of All Indian States Under Central Gout. is Plan London, Nov. 14.--The epgerly awaited despatch from the gov- ernment of India of the best form of government for the country was issued last night, and it outlines the ideal of a unified federal In- dia--a United States of India, as a co-partner in the British com- monwealth of nations. "The viceroy's despatch," as the. report has already come to be named, constitutes a considerable part of the raw material on which the round-table conference dele- gates will base their initial dis- cussions of Indian status and poli- tial reform. The report makes a definite advance on the Simon commission recommendations, in that it outlines plans for a strong central government, At the outset the despatch ad- mits a large degree of national consciousness among the educated classes of India, and Bays it would be a great mistake to underesti- mate the force or depreciate the value of this sentiment, The civil disobedience move- ment exhibits both the strength and the manifest limitations of the Nationalist forces, says the gov- ernment's statement, There is lit- tle Goubt the minority communi- ties share to a targe extent in these broad nationalist aspirations: but, generally speaking they dis- play a keen apprehension of their position, as it would be in a self- governing India over which the restraining hand of Britain had no control, They are pardonably concentrating their attention on the protection of their rights and fnterest in the community. The Indian government agrees with the Simon commission, that the aim of the reformers must be to establish a constitution con- taining due provision for its own development and expansion. Mean- while the main problem is declared by the government to be the means by which British India may be developed in a manner not only consistent with the wider vision, but appropriate to its own im- mediate requirements, The govern- ment admits that the provinces should be given the maximum of autonomous control consistent with the interests of India as a whole, but emphasis is laid on the fact that there is a great need of : strong vigorous central guthog- Ye