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~§ BR _A Growing Newspaper in | 5:Grawing Clty . VOL. 2-80. 3 Sain wa buble tenders GENERAL REDUCTIONS IN CHEV PRICES The Oshawa Dail Daily Reformer The Oshawa Daily Tires "OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1928 5, 1928 10 10 Cosa a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES FOR ARSON AS FIVE PERISH "W. G. Denby in Custody, Sobs Out Story of Misfortune EXHIBITS BRUISES -- Coroner Investigating the Death of Five o Children # d (By Associated Press) Little Rock, Ark,, Jan, 5--W, G, Dendy, railroad shop owner, was held in jail on suspicion of arson today while the coroner investigat- ed the death of the five Dendy chil- dren, whose charred bodies were found in the ruins of the Dendy farm home here yesterday, Dendy sobbed as he told the story of the misfortune which he said had been trailing around for two years, He showed bruises about his head and hands which he said were sustain ed when he tried to fight through the flames of the burning room in which the children were trapped. Dendy's arrest followed a report of a neighbor that the children were all in one bed, although there were two in the room, and that some of the bodies had crushed heads. However, the neighbor stated that falling timber: might have struck some of the children on the heads, JSEVENKILLEDIN + TERRIFIC BLAST Howse in Berlin is Wrecked ~--Panic Fol'ows (Cable Service To The Times By adian Press) Berlin, Jan. 5--Secyen persons were killed and twenty injured in a vio- lent explosion which wrecked and set Bre to a house in the northern part "of the city shortly after midnight, It is feared other persons may have been burned in the ruins, Of the injured, seventeen were tenants of the house, and the re- mainder were firemen who worked superhumanly to put out the flames. The explosion is believed to have been due to a defect in the main gas pipe, The explosion caused a panic throughout the neighborhood, hun- dreds of persons rushing from their homes, GIVEN 5200 FINE SECOND OFFENSE Gordon Barron Previously Convicted for Being Intoxicated A fine of $200 and $7.40 costs with the alternative of three months in jail, was the sentence mposed upon Gordon Barron in po- 'ice court this morning. Barron was tharged with being in an intoxi- | ated condition, and this was 'his + lecond offence, having been convic- % #d on a similar charge on Septem- "per 24. Barron was arrested on ~ front street about 7.30 o'clock last | aight, and, when arraigned in po- fee court before Magistrate Hind sleaded guilty to the charge, FATHER HELD'F RANCE CONSIDERING NEGOTIATIONS IN LINE WITH KELLOG'S TREATY + TUNNEY PLANS TWO FIGHTS IN 1928 New York, Jan. 5.--~Gene Tun- ney plans to fight Paulino Uscu- dun and Jack Dempsey in the two title matches he plans for 1928, the Evening World said to- he 4 The Spanish heavyweight be Gene's opponent some time in July, probably in Los Angeles, where Paul'no is booked to fight George Godfrey in Feb. ruary, the paper said, This is a fivht for which Tunney has been offered a guar-ntee of $125,000 more than Tex Rick-rd hod pro- mised for a Single 1928 match, the paper Miarted. A TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS NEXT STEP D. A. Campbell, Piovincial Director, Urges Considera- tion of Move Here INSPECTING SCHOOL Collegiate Building Must Be Enlgrged to Provide 'Accommodation Having In view Oshawa's indus- trial importance and the fact that one out of every four secondary pupils in the Province are enrolled in technical schools of Ontario cities, D. A. Campbell, B.A, di rector of technical schools in the province, recommends that the local Board of Education give ser- fous consideration to the giving of technical education at the Collegi- ate Institute when that institution is again enlarged. Mr, Campbell is today inspeci- ing the Oshawa Collegiate In stitute's Commercial department which is this city's only full-time trarie school, He will also inspect the work of the collegiate night classes, insofar as such are under his department of the Ministry of Edueation, Trustees are agreed that the Collegiate Institute must be added to in the near future to take care of expected increases in popula tion, Tentative plans call for the erection of a new front to the pres- ent structure which will be wider possibly higher, and somewhat nearer to Simcoe sfreet. If technical education should be favored by the Board, the com- pleted school wouid be a combined, Arts, Techncal and Commercial School as in Sarnia and some other cities of the Province, It the expansion were approved this year, it is understood that the city would be reimbursed from subsidies made available by the Federal and P.ovincial Govern- ments respectively. Under the pro (Continued on page 3) RUSSIAN EXECUTED FOR RED MOVEMENT (Cable Batvise, To The Times By Canad'an Press) Canton, Jan. 5--Adyices from the Island of Honan, opposite Canton, today told of the execution of a Russian document in .the red dis- orders of December 11. Stefanson Explodes Tales of Frozen orth and the Heroism of Explorers (By Hartford, Conn., Jan. 4--Glamour »f frozen northlands and the heroism »f interprid explorers of the Artic vas cifully debunked here last ight by Vilhjalmur Stefanson, noted :xplorer and author. In his lecture stefanson revealed that the Igloo is m mazing sight and does not -drink sil; that the annual snow fall at the =r forth pole has been exceeded by a , tingle snowfall in Virginia, that the 'wummer temperature within the! "Artic gircle averages 85 degrees and 1as occasionally approached one Press) hundred degrees in the shade. Heartlessly he exposed the fact that Kentucky Blue Erase id in ooh Bortaerly part of the wo fhe et over 859 varieties of flowering plants in addition to spruce trees which . measure over one hindred feet in height. Iceland, he said, 1s icy in mame only, the temperature there in January is the same as that in Milan, Italy. He prefaced his ex- | posures with 2 rap at geographies who cram children with "misinforma- Pact Now Being Elaborated Will in No Way Affect Obligations of France in League of Nations TO BE EMBODIED IN OLD TREATY Britain Receives Text of Pro- posals Made By Secretary of State Ke'logg of U, S. --Not Asked for An Ex- pression of Opinion (By €anadian Press) Paris, Jan, 65.--The French Cab- inet today undertook considerat"or of negotiations between France and the United States for a pact to out- law war when Foreign Minister Bri- and presented Se-retary of State Kellogg's proposed treaty text anc informed his colleagues of the state of nerotiations, In the opinion of official circles the pact as it is now being elaborat ed will in no way affect the obli gat'ons of France as a member of the League of Nations, The understending is that the resolution to outlaw war will be in corporated in a preamble to the treaty of arbitration being negoti: ated separrtely between France and the United States and other coun. tries with the arbitration treatv at tached to give Juridical form to the. anti-war resolut'on, 'London, Jan, B6~--The British Foreign Office announced! today that the text of the Kellozg pro: posals for treaties to outlaw war had bgen received by the Govern. ment, It was stated that Great Britain merely has been informer of the proposed texts and not assed for any expression of opinion for which there seems to he no need CHILPREN'S AID PL/NS CAMPAIGN Will Launch Drive for 2,000 Members--May Discuss New Shelter Launching of its campaign for 2,- 000 new members will be the feature of 'tonight's monthly meeting of the Children's Aid Society where, in ad- dition, discussion centering around the erection of a new Children's Home will also be a leading order of business, The membership campaign plan was introduced .at the recent annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society by Ex-Mayor H. P, Schell, president of the organization, and the sugges- 'tion was enthusiastically endorsed, Already quite a number have en- rolled voluntarily, and it is believed that there will be no difficulty in get- ting 2,000 people in Oshawa and dis trict to enroll. The fee is only one dollar a year, and it is believed that with an addition of $2000 to the Society's yearly income, the scobe of the organization can be widened and much more effective work done than has hitherto been possible, WORST OVER IN ENGLAND FLOODS Waters Disappear as if By Magic -- River Dareth Normal (By Canadian Press) London, Jan. 5--The worst stage of the floods which have been be- setting England today is believe to heve been passed although the lower Thames is still rising a lit tle. The floods in England, usu zlly caused by purely temporary conditions, disappear as quickly as they come. In Dartford, Ken' where hundreds of families wer to sleep last night in the uppe floors of their floofed homes, ir habitents awoke this morning t find that the waters had disep pecred as if by magic and that th iver Dareth had resumed its no: tion which passes under the head of America. | education in mal course, F rance - U. S. Pact To Outlaw War Planned ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION LOCATEDHERE General Mo'ors Financial In- stitution in East Wing of New Building ON FOURTH FLOOR One of Largest Companies of Its Kind in the Dominion Headquarters of General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Canada, Limited, were moved to Oshawa from Toronto late in December, Now. occupying the entire cast of the new General Motors office build- ing's fourth floor, the corporation is organizing for the greatest year in automotive history. The transfer of the Acceptance Corporation head off'ce from Toronto to Oshawa means that one of the largest financial institutions in the Dominion is now, located in this city. A. O, Heather, Canadian general manager, heads the local corporation staff consisting of four department managers and 74 office employees. D. Creary is manager of the (Continued on page 3) (PFOSE PRIVATE POWER SCHEMES Ontario Muwuicipal Electric |, Ass'n to Combat A'l Such Applications (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Jan, 5.~Abpplications by private interests for authority to de- velop power on the St, Lawrence River will meet with strong opposi- tion from Hydro forces in Ontario, said C. A, MaGuire, President of the Ontario Municipal Electric Associa- tion, and member of the Ontario Hydro Commission, today. Mr. Ma- Guire said the meeting of the asso- ciation will be called this month to make a strong nrotest against the granting of any charters by the Do- minion Government to Montreal and Western Canada Comnany and the Beauharnois Heat, Light and Power Company. DISASTROUS FIRE IN NORTH BAY The Cenadian Department Stores' Building Gutted-- Stock Complete Loss (By Canadian Press) North Bay, Jan. 5.--Fire breaking out in the Canadian department stores building in the heart of the business district, at noon today had caused heavy loss by early this af- ternoon. The Department Store's premises were + gutted, the huge stock and buildings being a complete loss. In addition, the stocks of J. W, Richardson, furniture dealer, were damaged to the extent of several thousand rdollars and firemen were concentrating on the work of at tempting to save the Richardson store from the flames. .$5 000 BEARER BONDS FOUND AT OTTAWA AND RECLAIMED Ottawa, Jan. 4. -- A parcel of bearer Dominion Victory Bonds, amounting to $5,000 was found ly- ing on Sparks street this after- noon by Charles Spence, confiden- tial messenger for Hon. James Robb. OSHAWA LOSES A PIONEER RESIDENT One of Oshawa's pioneers passed away today at his residence, 283 Simcoe Street, North, in the person of Robert Williams, for 40 years a resident of this city. The late Mr. Williams was in his 74th year, The funeral will he held from his late residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will take place to Mount Pleasant Cemetery, MAY FILL VACANCY IN SENATE TO * SUCCEED GRAHAM (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont,, Jan, 5A sub- committee of the Cabinet met informally this morning with the national advisory commit. tee on the St. Lawrence water. way and after a conference of more than two hours it was an nounced that nothing definite had been accomplished, This afternoon the National Committee will meet alone to select a chairman and it is said officially that Hon, Walter Fos. ter of Saint John is likely to be selected to fill the post made vacant by the resignation of Senator Itizht Hon, George P, Graham, ROY WILL BE MINISTER TO FRANCE SOON "A inoimeanent | is Expected By Paris Diplomats Shortly ALMOST ASSURED France Expected to Select Baron D'Vitro'les as Canadian Envoy (By Associated Press) New York, Jan. 5---Appointment of Hon, Phillipe Roy as first Ca- nadian Minister to France is ex- pected ip Paris shortly, according to a mailed article received by The Associated Press from its bureau in the French capital today, Hon. Mr, Roy has been representing Can ada as Commiss'oner General 1 France since 1911, France is expected to select as it. first minister to Canada Baron Regis D'Arnauld. Vitrolles, con- sul general at Montreal and prin cipal French representative in Can- ada, the Paris Bureau of The Asso clated Press is informed. LAST FIGHGT FOR MRS. RUTH SNYDER Counsel Tells Governor She Suffered Sunstroke When a Child (By Associated Press) Albany, N.Y. Jan. 5--~The last fight for the lives of Mrs, Ruth Sny- der and Henry Judd Gray, convicted and sentenced to death for the mur- der of the woman's husband, Albert Snyder, opened. before Governor Smith at the state house today. Sun- stroke, suffered as a little girl, so affected Mrs. Snyder's mind when she grew up, Edgar Hazelton, her chief counsel, told the Governor, that she lost her sense of responsibility and could not help killing her hus- band. Decided to Walk Instead of Ride Bicycle on Morning of Fatality and Probably Saved His Own Life What made Albert Sargent walk to work on the morning of Thurs- day, December 29? For some time, Mr. Sargent has been in the habit of riding on a bicycle to work in company with Mr. W. H. Goome, at the General Mo tors plant in the mormings. And when asked by Coroner Hoig as a witness at the inquest last night, whether he was accompanying Mr. Gomme he replied, "No, I walk that morning." That decision may have saved his life. Mr. Sargent gave evidence that the late Mr. Gomme was a very carful rider, and that on several occasions they had had conversations regard ing accidents to bicycle riders, and discussions as to the care necessary to avoid acc'dents. Oddly, Mr. was a'most instantly killed when hit by a truck while riding on his wheel. But Mr. Sargent, as he to | stated to the court, had preferred to walk on the fatal morning. |CHEVROLET PRICES OUT TODAY . CLUDE (ALL EQUIPMENT Announcement of Prices in] Toronto Paper Last Eve- ning Inaccurate -- Little Difference Between Ford Prices and Chevrolet REDUCTIONS AS MUCH AS $40 -- Roadster and Touring Sell at $685.50; Coach, Coupe $803.50, Sedan and Cab- riolet $902.50, Imperial Landau Sedan $958.50 General reductions in prices are announced by the Chevrolet Motor Car Company of the General Mot- ors of Canada, Limited, today. through their agents, the Ontario Motor Sales, Oshawa. The new car, "Bigger and Bet- ter" Chevrolet will sell, deliverad in Oshawa as follows: Roadsrer and Touring $685.50; Coach and Coupe, $803.50; Sedan and Cabh- riolet, $902.60; Imperial Landau Sedan, $958,60; % ton commercial chassis, $508.60; 1 ton commercial chassis, $678.50, Prices include all equipment except license and spare tire, Analyzing the new figures, it Is pointed out that there is a drop in price in almost every instance, Last year, according to the loca: dealers, the Roadster and the Touring sold for $705.50, $20 more, The Coupe this year is $25 cheaper, while a reduction of $65 is noted in the price of the Im- serial Landau Sedan. The Cabriolet is next to the Coupe in price re: ductions selling this year for} $902:50,7¥40 below that of 1927, The Sedan is also $15 cheaper. The: one ton commercial chassis re. (Continued on page 3) TURNS TABLES ON WOULD-BE THUG St. Catharines Man With Re- volver Pressed to Back Orders Youth Out (By Canadian Press) St. Catharines, Ont., Jan. 5.--With a gun pressed into his ribs from the rear as he sat in the office today, and 'isregarding the command "hands up," Jerry Heaton cooly ask- ed the masked youth what was wan ted. Upon being told that money was wanted, Heaton declared the vi- sitor was in the wrong place for that, and ordered him out in very expres- sive language, at the same time reaching for a chair to use as a wea- non. The would-be bandit departed. Police later arrested Harold Gough, 19, and Leslie Reece, 21, Gough was charged with attempted robbery while armed, and Reece is being held on a nominal charge. BODIES TAKEN OFF S-4 IDENTIFIED Were Those of Lt. Comman- der R. K. Jones, Lt. McGin- ley and Aaron Hodges (By Associated Press) Boston, Jan. 5.--Naval inquiry in- to the sinking of the submarine S-4 pressed forward today with the un-|sas finished testimony of Lieut. Frank L. Worden, Commander of the ill fated craft's sister ship, S-8, and with the knowledge that the three recovered bodies of the forty officers and sailor victoms had been identified, The bodies have been identified as those of Lieut. rR K Jones, Lieut. Joseph McGinley and chief machinist's mate, Aaron Hod- ges. Lieut. McGinley stuck to his post aboard the S-4 that another of- ficer assigned to relieve him might spend Christmas at home. BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA BUY. LARGE BLOCK IN WINNIPEG Winnipeg, Man. Jan. 3---Local officials of the Banke of Nova Scotia ck of the Fachion Craft ods on Portage Ayenue, adjoining the bask. The price involved was given as $237,500. W. C. Brown, of Toronto, was the owner of the building. The pr y, it was stated, has been ed to permit extensions of the present premises. HIGKMAN'S FATHER CHANGES VIEWS -- (By Associated Press) El Paso, Texas, Jan. 5--Reversing his forme: views, Thomas Hickman, father of William Edward Hickman yesterday expressed the hope that the youthful slayer of Marian Park- er would be saved from the death enalty. The elder Hickman said his son undoubtedly was insane and wished that he would be called as a witness at the trial of the accused. GEN. MOTORS TRAVELOGUE T0 BE SHOWM Will Show G.M.C, Around the World--No Admission Fee MUST HAVE TICKETS First Show on Friday at 1,15 for G. ML Employees' 1 Families What is described as the finest moving picture travclogue will be shown twice at the Regent Theatre Friday afternoon, This magnificent picture is titled "General Motors Around the World' which 'is being shown in Oshawa with the compli- ments of General Motors of Canada, Limited. No admission fee is to he charged, hut tickets must be secured prior to the performance either at Jury and Lovell's or Karns' Drug stores, The first show begins at 1.15 p.m. Friday, and will he open only to General Motors employees' families and such others as obtain tickets from the centers named, The second | show begins at § p.m. and wiil be for General Motors workers themselves and others interested, The picture's every-varying scenes will circle the carth, and the spectas tors will be taken to every land where General Motors products are known for their quality and used irr their service. This includes the thriving reprb- lics of South America; the spice- fragrant islands of the East Indies, Japan, China, India, Africa and Asia Minor. In Egypt on can see the inscrut- able Sphinx's four thousand years gazing over the paved highway whereon cars built mm Oshawa now take the place of the carvans that] cnce brought ivory to the courts of the Pharaohs. RESOLUTION TO LOWER FREIGHT RATES IN THE U. S| ~ (By Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 5--A resolu tion intended to bring about a re duction of freight rates on grain and grain products exported from the United States in order that the United States grain growers and milling interests may be placed in a better position to meet Canadian competition, was introduced br Senator Capper, Republican, Kan- DR, KAISER SAYS: 'Happy New Year; Hail to the New Chevrolet! Motto for new windshield, "Pedestrians Should pe MORE RIGID SUPERVISION OF CUSTOMS Report of Royal Commission Will Not Be Published Till bere' hi House Opens Now Hopes His Son Will Be > st Saved from Death |TOOK EIGHT MONTHS ~ Penalty C=neral Tightening Up of Service, Reduction in Parts Expected (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont, Jan, 5--W. D, Euler, Minister of National Rev- enue, said today that the report of the Royal Commission on Cus- toms will not be made public be. fore Parliament meets. It will be tabled: in the House of Commons, The report was made by the com- mission after an exhaustive investi- gation which covered the whole Do- minjon, included a visit to Wash- ington, and occupied about eight months, Recommendations for a general tightening up of the eus- toms service, modification and rigid enforcement of terms of the antl- smuggling treaty, improvement of the appraisal system, reduction in the number of ports where goods may be entered into the Dominfon, ete.,, are expected in the report, which will probably be tabled short- ly after members gather here, GETS 14 DAYS ON LIQUOR CHARGE ww potenley- Blair, Bowmanville, Drives Motor Car While Intoxicated "You must drink and not drive, or drive and not drink, the two will not go together," said Magistrate A, F, Hind in police court this morning in sentencing Stanley Blair to 14 days in jail for being intoxicated while in charge of a car, Blair, who is a Bowmanville man, was arrested on Ritson road south at 6.45 last evening after he had hit a Canada Bread Company wagon, He was driving a light Ford truck, and tated to the court that he had turn- ed out to allow another automobile tn pass him, when he hit the truck. This is his first conviction, and his first accident in seven years of driy- ing. In asking for sentence, Crown Attorney J. A. McGibbon made ft quite clear that driving a car while intoxicated will not be allowed in thi: city. Besides serving the fourteen days, Blair will also have to pay the costs of the prosecution, £17.15, or serve a furthems ten days. EXPECT T0 FIND FOURTH BANDIT In Connection With Holdup of Bank of Commerce in Hamilton (By Canadian Press) Hamilton, Jan. 5--Published de- scription of a fourth man wanted in the hold up of the Canedian Bank of Commerce here a week ago, and an adjournment for eight days of the pro~eedings agains; the three men already held in the ease today at police court, lead to the belief that police soon expect to arrest the fourth man and are de- sirous of doing so before taking further proceedings against the other three. seen, and not--"hurt", Winnipeg, Jan. 5.--Rigid inspec- tion of all r i h 14 ing of rooming apartments and strict supervision of the sale of methyl hydrate in drug stores were among the recommendations of the coroper's jury which last might in- vestigated the death of Timothy Curran, one of eleven victims of the "wood alcohol" orgy in Winni- Rigid Inspection of All A Houses Is Urgeb (By Canadian Press) peg Chinatown on December 27. Curran was a member of the party at the Coronation Block rooming apartment frequented by the down and outs of the city. The jury Aaarta. vf sof Curran's death. Thirty witnesses, ! cluding a number of friends of victims who live in ramshackle Chinatown apartment testified at the inquest.