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The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer ---- 'All the News While It Is News" ruts Hide Our acest Semduve sad OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy 3 TEN PAGES 2VOL. 7--NO. 1 36 Driver Injured Toronto--Thrown from his de- Jivery cart when his horse started "pofore he had jumped up to the peat, Walter Garrett, 457 Sudan Avenue, driver for the T. Eaton Company, had his jaw and cheek bones, fractured by the rear wheel "which passed over his face. " - Work For Returned Men Saskatoon. -- Unemployed re- "turned men here are to paint the 'numbers of houses on the curbs in front of local residences. House- "holders will be assessed 50 cents, The City Council authorized the 'scheme. N " " LJ > Novelist Dies London.--Bart Kennedy, the "stramp novelist" who fought In- dians in the Southwestern United States and gold-rushed in Alaska, meanwhile writing twenty books, 1s dead at the age of 99 Transients Killed at Winnipeg. -- Two transients were killed and a third injured, probably fatally, when a switelf engine shunted a car under which they had been staging a drinking party om a transfer track in the north end of Jhe city. Fatally Injured Hanover--Mrs. Henry Cross, 67, was fataly injured when she was .hit by a truck owned by the Dir- stein Trucking Company and driv- en by George Behkopt. Spectacular Fire 7 Port Carling.--A spectacular fire started in the large storage boat- house of the Duke Motorboat Ser- . vice here, formerly owned Aig the Disappearing Propeller Boat Com- hs destroyed that build- | ing and its contents. The villagers, ' with pail and hose saved nearby 'Given Job to . Ye Fay His rine (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Dec. 10. 'James Grieves wanted to go to ! jail, and argued with the judge ! about it. Grieves, on a charge of ! being drunk and disorderly, was | sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or ' gerve 10 days in jail. He had vi- ! sions of spending 10 days in jail | with free and lodging, but ' he had an] Judge Gillespie | obtained a job for him with the ! city. Wen wwe ' just ten { Honor. AGNES MAGPHAIL HITS AT TARIFFS , Makes Sarcastic Reference to Proposals Made by Premier Bennett \ (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Dee. 10.--In a vigorous denunciation of nations that ex- pressed their "selfish nationalism' in an interdependent world by rais- ing tariff walls to keep out the pro- ducts of other lands, Miss Agnes MacPhail, M.P. for Southeast Gray, told members of the U.F.O. conven- tion last night that the day of the gold standard was done, that Can- ada was expressing the worst possi- ble kind of spirit in raising its tar- iffs and that Great Britain, of all the nations in the world, was the only one that .retained economic sanity. Caustic reference to Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett's offer of reciprocal pre- ferences to Great Britain was made 'by Miss Macphail. "We send a Premier to Great Bril- tain," shre said. 'He has the same idea as most of us--Capada for Canadians, I don't blame him, He reflects the opinion of those who placed him in power. We go'over to tell them what they must do. We, not just one man, tell England that if she will exclude the goods of the rest of the world and buy mostly from us, wo will do the same. "Snowden, a man Who under- stands economics, saw how silly the plan ri was, If the world will not lower tariff walls, and there is no indiation that this will. take place, we must form an alliance within the British Empire, but the same tolerance and sympathy and vision that is necessary for a world alliance must he present in the smaller sphere of the British Com- monwealth of N ations. WEATHER Pressure is higin in the Rocky Mountain states and from Northern Ontario south- ward to the Florida peninsula, and low over. the western pr tees and in the Missouri valley, with a over Lio Gulf Some snow and rain has in and the maritimes while in other parts of the dominion the h has been' fair and mild, par- ticularly' in Alberta and Sask- atchewan. : Voreeasts: Lower La % gion and Georgian Bay cloudy and tonight and Thursday. rs' worth," said His "going x not" going 'to-jail. | EXPE CTS GENERAL JAN SMUTS § BITTERLY OF FAILURE TO REACH EMPIRE AGREEMENT South African Leader Says Conference Failed Opposition Leader Says What Might Have Been Brilliant Event Ends Only / in Disillusionment and Disappointment for Do- BRITISH BOVERNMENT ATTITUDE DEPLORED General Smuts, However, Denounces the Making of Trady Treaty With Ger- many as Interference With British Preference (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Bloemfontein, South Africa, Dec. 10 --"The Imperial Conference was a complete failure from the econ- omic point of view," declared Gen- eral Jan Christian Smuts, leader of the opposition in the South African parliament, and former prime min- ister, today. "What mght have been the most brilliant and successful of all im- perial conferences ended in disil- iusionment ana disappointment for every part of our commonwealth of nations," he told the anmual con- gress of the South African party of which he is the head. "If the final settlement of do- minion status had gone band in hand with a great gesture of friend- ship and comradeship, and with the holding out and of helpful hands 'all around in this common bour of trial what a k this Premier Hertzog spoke in this city a few days ago and said that if South Africa failed to gain a wid- er market for her products within the empire, in reasonable time, she would have to revise her economic structure. an Not Safe Link ' General Smuts today said he did not believe commercial motives were a safe link between the mem- bers of the commonwealth, but he did believe in a co-oprative com- monwealth "In gervering thé old bonds we should not leave a dan- gerous void," he declared. 'The old bonds should be replaced by a new spirit of co-operation and help- fulness in our. mutual relations. "I am sure the spirit is there but expression at the Imperial Confer: ence, and that a sense of soreness was left instead." Attacks German Treaty General Smutts emphasized that Great Britain was South Africa's best market, and that no substitute would be found, for many years to come. He denounced the trade treaty between the Union and Ger- many as an abject failure, He warily ed the government, which he under- stood was preparing a number of similar treaties with other countries not to tamper again with the Brit- ish preferences, which would be the government's most powerful weapon for extending South Africd's market in Great Britain. Anti. Vivisectionists Routed London.--Prankish médical stu- dents broke up an anti-vivisection meeting by tossing live eels and stench bombs into the crowd. Conditions Fetter Claims E.W. Beatty Chicago, Dec. 10.--Edwarfd W. Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, here to address the annual dinner of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, sald yesterday that business conditions look better to him. : "They certainly are in Canada," he added, "and I think they are here." He sald there is a good deal better feeling in Canada. "I believe you will suddenly wake up to find that conditions have becn improving Without your knowing it,"' Mr. Beatty sald. To Operate On Minister Toronto, eration will be performed upon Hon. William Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests for Ontario, in Toronto General Hospital today." Overwork is believed to have brought about the illness. For some time -Mr. Finlayson's health has not been of the best, hut he re. mained at his desk and atended to the affairs of his department as usual, as well as making extensive "trips throughout Ontario. it is a thousand pities it found no | Dec. 10.4~--~A major op- : NEW DIRECTORS ~ FORCG.N.R. SON Sir Henry Thorton And Tom Moore Sure To Be Retained Ottawa, Dec. 10.--Appointment of the personnel of the new direct- orate of the Canadian National lallways will probably be made within the next two weeks. For iome tinmje, this matter has been engaging official consideration. Sir Henry Thornton, president of the system, will undoubtedly be on the néw board. Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals, V, IL Smart, will probably be on the di- rectorate, while Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress, is likely to be re-ap- pointed as representative of labor. Navigation :s Over for Year Lake Sailors Give Up Un- equal Fight Against Ice and Storms 10--Pour days-before the "0 close of yigation, satto the Great Lakes have given up the unequal fight against storms and ice, and today navigation is clos- ing. Strangely enough, last year navigation also shut down on Dec, 10, but in that case, the "official" close had been set for Dec. 12. With the exception of one or two boats which are on their way to winter storage quarters, all vessels are safely tied up and the work of "laying up" is pro- ceeding. Engines are being smeared with heavy oil, deckhouses covered in, dishes, linens and things which contribute to the comfort of the crew are being stowed away, ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF CHILE PRESIDENT) (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Santiago De Chile, Dec. 10.--An attempt against the lives of presi- dent Colonel Carlos Ibanez and members of his party was thwarted last night by Government agents who discovered and removed a bomb set to blow up the presiden- tial train as it neared the capital from the south. King George Goes Hunting Londen, Dec. 10.--The King, ac- companied by the Duke of York and Prince 'George, today left Buckingham Palace for Windsor to do some shooting on the pheas- ant reserves there, It is the first time the King has gone shooting since his illness in 1928. The trip was postponed from Toronto, Dec. chal" PEAKS| yesterday because of the fog which over southern England then, ALLEGED BANK ROBBER HONORABLY DISCHARGE: (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Pec, 10.--Eric Hugill was 'honorably discharged" today by Judge Widdifield on a charge of armed robbery of the Bank of Nova Scotia ,at Agincourt in Sep- tember. Hugill was arrested in Windsor and brought to Toronto, but sub- sequently two men, arrested for another robbery admitted that they had also staged the Agincourt hold-up, They were convicted and sent to Portsmouth Penitentiary for 18 years with lashes added. Famous Flier Married Today Captain Kingsford - Smith, Who Flew Two Oceans, Takes Bride (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 10 -- wing Commander Charles Kingsford snith, who flew around the world searching for the end of the rainbow, today claimed a bride, more precious than a pot of gold, for his own. He and Miss Mary Powell, pretty Irish-Australian girl, who has waited for him while he flew across an ocean and four continents, "were married this afternoon at Scots' church while 0,000 people waited outside to catch a glimpse of them. Only immediate friends of the cou ple witnessed the ceremony. A num ver of airforce officers were present and formed an arch of honor at the doorway undér which the bride and groom passed as they left the church, The bride was attired in white and silver with a long tulle veil. Her aviator husband: wore his air force uniform and was accompanied by his iriend and companion of his transpa- cific flight, C. T. P. Ulm, Four brides maids attended Mrs, Kingsford Smith. AUSTRALIA CUTS BUTTER BOUNTS Result Will Be To Raise Price of Butter Laid Down in Canada (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 10.-- The federal stabilization commit- tee reduced the bounty on Austra. lian butter for export, to tliree- pence and a half-penny per pound, effective' on Dec. 31st next. In effect, this means an increase of five cents a pound for the but- ter necessary before it can be laid down in Canada. Reports of fears in Canada that Australian butter would flood the Dominion market at 24 cents a pound have been dis- counted here, but the action of the board today is a concrete step in favor of the Canadian producer, There is a Canadian duty of one cent a pound an the prevailing Australian price is ahout 36 cents a pound, so that it would cost, dis- counting the bounty of seven cents, rabout 30 cents in Canada. Against this there is a dumping duty of roughly, at the present time, § to 6 cents, which Australian export- ers believe, can be avoided by ship- ping an assignment td be sold on commission, British Royal Commission to Probe Unemployment Insurance Appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the working of the "dole," or unemployment ingurance system, was.announced by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in the House of Commons yesterday after- noon. The commission will be presided over by Judge Holman Gregory, who was a Liberal member of parliament from 1918 to *9522. The commis- sion will not include direct repre- sentatives of either employers or workers. Rt, Hon. Margaret Bondfield, Minister of Labor, in parliament re- cently stated the dole fund was in debt. to the extent of about $276,- 000,000 and was spending every week more than it"received. NO POLITICS IN C.N.R. : i [meme ee HON. R. J. MANION Jederal Minister of Railways, who last night declared the Canadian National Railways would be kept absolutely free from politics un- der' the present government, PRODUCTION CAMPAIGNS CONDEMNED | U.F.O. President Says Far- mers Must Concentrate on Marketing (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Dec. 10.--'We must de- wand a halt to ineveased-production ampaigns," declared Bruce Me- .levin of Omemee, Ont., in his pres- idential address to the United Far- mers of Ontario, opening their ane nual convention here today. 'Expenditures formerly made on productign campaigns should be uti- lized in finding wider markets and giving assistance to the develop- nent of farmer-owned and controll- | marketing agencies that will pro- ide returns to the primary produc- ar in direct proportion to the quali- (Continued on page 3) ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS 1S URGED Manufacturers Make Appeal to Governments to Help Westerners (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Dec. 10. -- Assistance from municipal and provincial gov- ernments, 'in co-operation with the Dominion Government,' for farmers of Canada, especially in the prairie provinces, who have suffered from partial or entire crop failures as well as from the gen- eral depression, was urged in a statement approved yesterday at the meeting of the executive coun- cil and executive committee of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa. tion. Members were present from a majority of the districts of the lumbla. The meeting decided upon Brit- ish Columbia as the scene of the 1931 annual meoting of the associ- ation. The following statement was ap- proved by the executive council and given out for publication: "The low prices of agricultural products have created for Canadian farmers very difficult conditions, aggravated in some districts, par- ticularly in certin areas of the prairie provinces, by partial or en. tire crop failures. Farmers who are the victims of these circum- stances have the sympathy of all other Canadians, but they require, in addition, practical assistance in order that they 'and their families can get through this Winter and make a fresh start next Spring. Soviet Plans Campaign To Denounce Christmas Moscow, Dec. 10.--The Soviet antl-Christmas campaign began to- day with an announcement by the all-union society of militant athe- ists that thousands of professors, teachers, lecturers and students bad been mobilized to instruct the public' about Christmas and how it is a snare and a delusion. The lecturers will reveal to countless meetings of workers and peasants "the attempts of 'clergy. men, and priests to utilize the le- gend of the birth of Christ for colinter-revolutionary purposes." "On Christmas night theatres and clubs will offer extra enter- tainment with the purpose of at- tracting the wavering from church services, * | BANDITS ESCAPE AFTER "ROBBING CANDY STORE (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Vancouver, B.C., Dec, 9.--Flee- ing from a fusillade of revolver shots fired by their victim, two youhtful bandits made their escape with $50 in cash after holding up a candy store last night and ex- changing shots with the proprietor R. A. Heather. A bullet from the bandit's gun passed through Heather's top coat and grazed his es, J | assoclation, including British Co- | STEAMER RACING ICE TO REACH OP OCEAN (By Calladian Press Leased Wire) Quebec, Dec. 10, -- The Greek freighter, Embiricos, which left Montreal early yesterday morning, ten days after the officlal.close of navigation, in an attempt to reach the sea before the St. Lawrence river freezes up, was reported 75 miles below Quebec this morning. The ship was making good pro- gress. Although the channel was reported clear of ice, the Embiri- cos was being escorted by two gov- ernment ice-breakers. Urges Farmers To Organize U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Says Over-Production Root of Trouble (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Boston, Dec, 10.--An organiza- tion of farmer broad enough to plan production and control mar- keting, coupled with adequate tar- iff protection, are the hope of agriculture,, Arthur M. Hyde, sec- retary of agriculture, told the Am- erican Farm Bureau Federajpfon today. "The root of our troubles over-production," he asserted, "The job immediately ahead of us is two fold, to stop uneconomic axpansion to new lands; to get unprofitable submargarinal land out of crop production, and by di- rect positive action on the part of farmers themselves, to regulate the acreage in crops." In the balancing of United States 'crops against market de- mands, he sald, "tariff protection is' of fundamental importance." is Many Feared Drowned Belgrade, Jugoslavia, -- Many ersons were thrown into the wa. ter as the steamer Topola listed gharply at its dock at Souchak and authorities feared a heavy loss of lite by drowning. CLAIM POLICY OF POOLHAS FAILED British Newspaper Declares Pool Has Confessed Failure (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Dec. 10, -- Commenting on the decision of the selling agency for the Canadian wheat pools, to close its agencies in Lon- don and on the European conti. nent, the Conservative Morning Post today asserted "the new de- velopment is considered in London grain circles as a final confession of the failure of the pool's policy for the last three years." The Post warns the British Government against introducing import boards, which, it says, "would as purchas- ers, labor under disadvantages sim- {lar to those the pool has experi- enced as sellers, and which have ended in disaster." NEW TRADE AGREEMENTS -------------------- TRADE DONE ON CR. VESSEL | Spectacular Blaze Threatens | to Destroy Empress of Scotland Blyth, England, Dec. 10.--Fire aboard the former passenger liner Empress of Scotland, docked here for dismantlement, this morning raised fears that the vessel might be completely destroyed. The blaze was sepctacular for hours and resisted all efforts of a large fighting force to extinguish it. Despite fear that fuel oil tank ships nearby might explode fire- men with masks remained aboard at noon braving the dense fumes from raging blaze which was con- suming the cabins of the liner. The fire is believed to have orig- inated with' a burned out fuse in the second class quarters, Bank in Kansas City is Robbed Daring Bandits Escape With Between $50,000 and $55,000 Kansas City, Dec. 10.-- Four robbers held up the Inter-State Na- tional Bank in the Livestock Ex- change Buildipg here today and made off with currency estimated between $50,000 and $55,000. The quartet, - unmasked, took charge of the bank when the porter arrived to open the place. Officers and cmployees arriving for work were greeted with drawn pistols and held in a group until the time lock on the vault permitted its opening. Before the vault could be open- ed there were 25 or 30 persons in the group covered by the robbers' guns. The four men escaped in a mo- tor car. Russia A gain Heard on Air London, Dec. 10.--~The voice of Moscow was again heard over the air in Great Britain last night de- spite the recent protest of Foreign Secretary Rt. Hon. Arthur Hen. derson to the Soviet Government against these broadcasts. The program, which was part of a regular Tuesday night series to convert the British workmen to Communism, consisted of an ad- dress on economic problems in which references were made to British goods. The trial of eight Russian engineers, which ended in commutation sentences, also dis- cussed. Canadian National Railways to Be Free of Politics, Says Manion! (By Canadian Press leased Wire) Montreal, Dec. 10.--The Govern. ment did not desire to inject poli- tics into its relations with either of the great railway systems, Hon. Dr. R, J. Manion, Minister of Rail- ways and Canals, declared last night in a banquet given in his honor by the St. Patrick's Society. "I am sure," he added, "that neither of the great railway systems aspires to control the policies of the Gov= ernment.' Referring to the Canadian Na- tional, the minister stated: 'We be- lieve it to be the Governinent's duty as trustees for the people of Can- ada--indeed as trustees of the Can- adian National Railway {itself--to avoid unwise or unnecessary in- crease in already heavy capitaliza- tion and interest charges." Dr. Manion read.a prepared state- ment during the course of his ad- dress outlining the relationship of the Government to the railways. He emphasized that the Government was anxious that the Canadian Na- tional Railways should improve ifs own credit position. Blames U.S. Magazines ~ For Holding Canada Back Montreal, Dec. 10.--If Cana- dians would stop talking about hard times and adverse conditions and look forward to an economic revival, the psychological effect would benefit Canada greatly, El- mer Davis, president of the Cana- dian Manufacturers' Association sald yesterday addressing a ser- vice club. He urged everybody to look ahead to a future which would sep Canada, "financially and commercially one of the great powers of the world," according to the words of Sir Esme Howard. ' One of the means towards this end was the support by all Canadians of the "Produced-in-Canada" movement, he declared, The main difficulties that were facing Canada were the flooding of Canada with American adver tisemeat through the medium of Ameritan magazines, the over-em- phasis placed upon "imported goods" by retail merchants sugges tive of the inferiority ot Canadian merchandise and th- toleration of Russian-made goods and Russian (competition, declared Mr. Davis, AUSTRALIAN MINISTER IS HOPEFUL FOR INCREASE IN WITH CANADA FIRE BREAKS OUT |", 3 Mons tawa, Gives His Views on Empire Trade | HOPES SATISFACTORY | AGREEMENT IS MADE Mr. Moloney Refuses to Share Pessimistic Views Regarding the Outcome of the Imperial Economic Conference (By Canadian' Press Leased Wire) New York, Dec. 10.--Trade be- tween Canada and Australia will be very materially increased if pre- sent plans for a revision of Trade agreement between the two coun- tries are carried out, Hon. Par. Yer 2 Moloney, Minister of Mar-' ets for Australia, to Cahadian Press, day told '1h Mr. Moloney, who was on Australian delegates to hing hihi Imperial Conferénce, will arrive in Ottawa on Saturday and will re. main there three days in confer- ence with heads of the Dominion Government, Mr. Moloney was hope mutually satisfactory Tora! iri ment between Canada and Austra- lia would be concluded and put in. to operation soon. At the conclu- sion of the Ottawa Conference he will report to his government and he anticipates that steps to put the new agreement into almost im- mediate action will then be taken. Mr, Moloney declined to say in ad~ vance of the conference just what items are likely to be most affect. a the Hew treaty, No revision of existin ential tariff rates which 8 rete any way adversely affect Great Britain would be made in the agreement, Mr. Moloney said thap as result of the Imperial Confere ence all preferential rates betwee Great Britain and the Dominions were left as before, he explained, and, though there was nothing in writing to prohibit it. he felt that inter-Dominion preferences would be left- as' before, at least until after the economie conference in Ottawa next summer, Regarding the Imperial Confer- ence, Mr, Moloney declared he re. fused to share the pessimistic views which had been expressed by some other delegates. He felt, he said, that the conference had been successful. His own country had retained its tariff preferences along with the others. Further, he added, the fact that the econo- mic side of the conference had been adjourned to Ottawa next summer indicated a growing inter- est and a growing feeling for intra- Empire Trade. "I think the time has arrived: when the Dominions should some to cloger grips," Mr. Moloney said, 'and I think I am expressing the' feeling of my government when I say its feeling is that trade should be kept as far as possible within' the family group." FRANCESTILL WITHOUT GOV'T. Senator [aval Continues His Efforts of Forming New Ministry Paris, Dec. 10.--~The sixth day of the minsterial crisis today still found the French ship of state without a pilot, Pierre Laval, premier-designate, Australia, on Way to Ot- ontly determined to succeed in his efforts to get together a govern- ment, expected to be able to an- nounce his success this evening or Thursday, although it will not be the broadly based cabinet of com- centration for which he had hoped. Hermit Confesses To Three Murders Pawhee, Oakla,, Dee. 10.--Jess Powell, a recluse who confessed he killed two farm youths "be= cause one of them left my gate open and I wanted the other one out of the way." and also murder. ed a deputy sheriff, was held in an unnamed jail last night because of possible mob violence. Powell, in written confessions, admrited killing Floyd Bell, 19, and his companion Marion Kendall, 20. He also shot and killed depu~ ty sheriff Ed. Hartwick when the officer attempted to arrest him. however, undiscouraged and pati- ,