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CC A, 1 NE WRECKAGE The Oshawa Dail OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY -10, 1928 T0 FRANCE LIKELY CHOICES Baron De Vitrolles May Be Minister Here and Phillippe Roy to Paris '(Cable Service To The Times By ¥ Canadian Press) Paris, Jan, 10.--France and (Canada have definitely decided to "change the present status of inter- 'national representation to the "gstablishment of legations in the respective capitals, The 'Cabinet today approved the plan to' appoint a minister to Ottawa, . It is quite likely that Baron De Witrolles, present Counsel General to Canada, will be the first Minis- ter to Ottawa Baron De Vitrolles bas been in Canada several years, with headquarters « in Montreal, Office of Consul Geperall probably 'will' be continued in that city. No 'announcement has heen made as y appointments yet, : itis supposed in Paris that Hon, Phillippe Roy, Canada's High Com- issioner in Parisi for many years, Il become the Miinister pleni- potentiary for Canada here, NO APPOINTMENT MADF (By Canadian Press) Wa, JAR, 10 appoint- hap" be aa Cana~ legation, it was learn- , The announcement 4%. in: today, it is pointed deals only with the opening of ation in Canada and legation in Frange. It fs i that post of Minister to' France may stand vacant for 'while at least, Ottawa, Ont., Jan, 10--In the sourse of an interview today, Pre- mier King sald: a advisability of providing exchange of ministers between Canada and France has been re- ~ oelving consideration by the two Governments for some time, The Question has recently been discuss- od formally, Hon, Raould Dandur- and, representing the Canadisp Governemnt, after officigl presen- 'gation by Secretary of State for . Foreign Affairs and the British pmbassador in Paris to the Minis i of Foreign Affairs of France, 'Reviewed the situation with M, Bri- snd, "It was found that the two Gov- proments were in entire agreement #4 to opportuneness of exchange of "Ministers, The Canadien Goyern- rnd considers that in view of the / ment _flian P importance of political as well trade interests of Capada in and the continent of Eurvpe t y, it is desirable to extend 4 scope of the work hitherto car- loga- | coarched. Frenchy an -- : en Legations TOLAUNCH EFFORT FOR 10 COMPLETION OF HARBOR City Council Foresees What the Harbor Development Means to This City on Completion of Welland Canal -- Deputation Will Include Mayor and Three Aldermen and Represen- tatives of jer of Commerce Fired with a vision of what harbor development may mean to Oshawa on the completion of the Welland Canal, the City Council last night named a deputation con- sisting of the nmayor and three al- dermen and an un ed number of Chamber of Commerce delegates to wait on the Minister of Public iWorks at Ottawa in the near fu- ture to seek ample appropriations for the completion of Oshawa's port. The motion to this end was in- troduced by Ald, A, J, Graves, who named the mayor and Aldermen Conant and _ Stacey as Council members of the proposed depnta- tion, On Ald, Conant's suggestion, the Council in passing the resolu: tion added Ald, Graves to the delegation, It wes pointed out that on the completion of the Welland Canal Eastern Ontario's Industry will be greatly stimulated, Grain eleva- tors may rise near the docks of every developed harbor. The Porf of Oshawa, it was 'emphatically stated, offers special inducements for development second to.none on Lake Ontario. Mr. Graves' ipitial suggestion (Continued on page 3) PLANE CRASHES TNO ARE INJURED George Knowlton Lesming to Drive--Plane Hits a Stone Wall (By Associated Press) Grafton, Mass, Jan. 10--George Knowlton, of West Upton, and Cap- tain Stickney, Hartford, Conn., em- ployed as pilot of 'the New Eng- land Aircraft Company, were seri- ously injured today when the plane which was being mused by Captain Stickney to teach'Knowlton how: to drive, crashed into a stone wall near Whittall Field. The cause of the accident was unknown, but ac cording to employees working near the hangar, something apparently went wrong with the machine be- | fore it crashed to the ground, The pilot seemed to lose and then re- gain control, onlookers said. The machine was flying low when it crashed to earth. FINED FOR SMUGGLING Niagara Falls, Ont, Jan. 9--On a charge of atempting to sm 2 pine of rns, Br muggle 2 tailor, Richmond street, To- ronto, was today fined fifty dollars and costs. He also had to pay $13378 to the customs authorities. Customs officers found the patterns concealed under Heisel's wa when he was In bis own#defence, the accused said he had been at 3 pri- showing in New York and 'did vate Js Sn ht atime ud shy com: mercial value. Jean Marie Saunders Is Official New Year's Baby NRT Our baby was born at 12.30 a.m., . { Janucry 1, 1928. Jean was born at 12.30 a.m. Year's morning; as shown by Parents' names: Richard George {Continued on page 3) DEPUTATION IS NAMED OSHAWA CITIZENS ARE "AUTOMOTIVE CRAZY" SAYS SPEAKER That Oshawa citizens are "automotive crasy"" was pointed out last night at a meeting of the North Simcoe Street Home and School Club by Rev, 0, W. DeMille, pastor of King Street United Church, After explaining the many moods in which people refer to the automobile, the speaker referred to a young man who called at his home to prepare for a wedding ceremony, Why that young man couldn't com. plete wedding arrangements without veferring to the plant", he said, "A person live ing in Oshawa at the t time who cannot think slong automotive lines Is a genius or a hermit," THIRTY DAYS FOR HAVING LIQUOR William Davis, Division Street--Second Offense Under Act . Thirty days in jail was the term imposed on William Davis, 257 Divi- sion street, yesterday on a charge of haying liquor in a place other than his_private dwelling house, Davis appeared in police court yestreday morning and asked for a remand for one week, Through his counsel, J. P, Mangan, bail was re- ore and set by the magistrate at 00, Later Davis reconsidered his decision and asked for a speedy trial, He appeared in an afternoon session of the court, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the above men- tioned term in the county jail. The was his second offence under this section of the, act, he having been released from jaid but a few hours when arrested Sunday, EARTH SHOCKS IN EAST AFRICA Fissure Torn in Mountain Side © Miles Lor and 10 Feet Wide (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Nairobi, East Africa, Jan. 10,-- Renewed earthquakes have occur- red throughout Kenya, and an- other heavy shock at Nairobi was felt early today. A great fissure which was torn in the side of the mountain near Lake Baringo yes- terday has been vastly enlarged It is about nine miles long and neariyl ten feet wide. Nuns in the Catholic Mission at Fort Hall narrowly escaped death when a heavy stone wall of their dormitory collapsed. The [falling stones smashed beds and furni- ture, but at the moment nuns were at prayer in the chapel, SIX MONTHS FOR FORGERY North Bay, Ont, Jan 8--Harry dd, a pative of Hamilton a resident of this city for the past four years, was sentenced to six months in the Burwash Jail Farm, when he pleaded guilty to the charg mg a cheque er, A. Re $16.50 and elected to be tried sum- marily, U. 5. SHIP TEXAS ° ! i iy 1 f § ES i : i H i: DANGER PAST IN FLOODS IN LONDON Fury of River Thames Has Spent Itself -- Fears Relieved REPAIRING DAMAGE Tide Reaches Height Today But Subsides Without Trouble (Cable Service to The Times By Canadian Press) London, Jan, 10,--The fury of the Thames has spent itself and London today turned to measures of relief and to repairing the damage wrought by the flood wat- ers Saturday. The tide today reached its height at 3.46 a.m, and subsided without damage, It was below Saturday's high level and experts believe that the dan- ger is past, Precautions against further deaths and destruetion are being maintained and barriers against new rush of water were strengthened continually, ALGER BLOCK FIRE PROBE REOPENED Fire Marshal E. P. Heaton is Presiding at Sitting' Today J Evidence is expected at.the open probe into the Alger Block fire, which will throw an entirely new light on the origin of this blaze, The sitting of the probe began at two o'- clock this afternoon, and it is ex: pected that it will continue either to- night or tomorrow, E. P. Heaton, Ontario Fire Mat- shall, is presiding over,the hearing, and some twenty witnesses have re: ceived subpoenas to appear. The probe is intended to determine the place of origin of the fire, and to find out definitely, if possible, whe: ther or not it was incendiary in ori- gin, Several witnesses who were heard at the arson proceedings taken recently will be called, and it is ex- pected that they will throw consi derable new light on the circumstan ces surrounding the blaze. In addi- tion, any one who can throw any light on thc matter will be given an opportunity to do so, and to testify at the probe, which is: described as an absolutely open one. THRESHING RESUMED IN SOUTH ALBERTA Lethbridge, Jad. 9--Threshing was resumed in the Cardstone district to- day, a chinook wind having cleared off the snow. It is estimated that more than 30 per cent, of the South- ern Alberta wheat crop remains to 4 an By Rat Pi gue (Cable Service to The Times By Canadian Press) London, Jan, 10 -- A plague of rats was sweeping London today in the wake of the flood of last Satur- day, Driven from wharves, warehouses and basements, in low lying parts of the city, small rats, lean rats, tawney rats and brawny rats, in families of tens and dozens, scurried about in search of new homes. Never hefore has London been so rat ridden, said Wil. ik am Dalton, official rat tcher, beetle destroyer and vermin exterminator, who, with a staff of expert pled pipers, is working day and night to drive the invaders from the city, PUT IN NEW HEALTH BD. IN LINDSAY Relieved of Office By Town Council ' Last Night ISSUED STRONG EDICT Old Board Ordered Children Could Not Return to School (By Associated Press) Lipdsay, Ont, Jan, 10. -- The 'former Board of Health of Lind- say was relieved of office and practically a new board appoint- ed by the town council last night, The old Board had issued an edict that all school children must be vaccinated during the New Year holidays and could not return to school unless they were vaccinat- ed, and this is believed to have had some effect on the council, The new board comprises Mayor Moore, Former Mayor T. W. Wil- kinson, M, Mulcahy and H, Al- vaccination, HOSPITAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION NAMES OFFICERS FOR 1928 The Oshawa General Hospital Alumnae Association met at the nurses home on Monday, January 9 for their annual meeting, at which the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Honorary President, Miss E. MacWilliams; President, Mrs. G. M. Johnston; Secretary, Mrs. Douglas Redpath; Assistant Secretary, Miss M, Dickie; Treasurer, Miss J. Cole. NOTRACE 1S DISCOVERED OF BOY FEARED DROWNED St. Catharines, Jan. 9--Up to to- night no trace of the missing boy, Alan Gamble, has been found at Port Dalhousie. Grappling has been car ried from Lock 1 to the coal docks for a distance of 16 feet from the harbor wall. Dynamite was also used but to no avail. A citizen went out on the ice toward Muir's Pond until he broke through. He found no sign of any place where there was a break, and claims that the ice would not have. broken under a boy's weight at the spot where he went through. It is believed the body has been swept out into the lake. Fresh westerly winds, fair and mild today and Wednes- £3 4 g 25h £ g + 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a AN D 3 BODIES Aircraft and Its Crew Since Sunday Crashed in Fog Wreckage and Bodies Dis- covered in Field Near Can- CRASH NEAR A FARMHOUSE No One Knew of Accident Until Today When Fog Lifted--One Body Found 40 Feet Away, Other Two Buried in Debris Canajoharle, N.Y, Jan, 10-- Wreckage of an aeroplane which has been missing since Sunday and the bodies of its three passengers were found in a field near here to- day, Indications were that the plane crashed in a fog that has en- shrouded the countryside, The vie- tims of the accident were: Lieut, George Benedict, Curtiss Field fli- er, Raymond Benrels, Buffalo, pi- lot, and Capt, Edward Pauley, Al- bany aviator, The fog was so thick throughout Sunday and yesterday that, al- though the air craft crashed to earth within one hundred yards of a farmhouse, no one in the vicinity knew of the disaster until search- ers located the bodies and wreck- age. when mists were dispelled to- day. Bodies of two of the men were buried under wreckage, while that of the third occupant of the plane was found about forty feet away, Try to Identify Plane Bt. John's" Nila; Jan, 10--The buoy which was picked up at Pisto- let Bay recently and which it was thought might furnish some clue as to the manner in which one of last year's air tragedies occurred, arrived here today aboard the steamer Prospero. It is a black, spherical float, about two feet in diameter and made of canvas, The float containing a hole for the use of a rope, is nailed across the top, which is made of wood. The object is evidently a float used for the purpose of makige a sea anchor, CRASH CAUSED BY NEGLECTING RULES Enterprise Jury Finds That Judgment of Engineer Was at Fault Enterprise, Ont., Jan, 9.--En- gineer Bradford, injured in the re- cent C.P,R. train wreck at Dock- rill, was still too ill to appear when the inquest was resumed today, an Dr, Cowan, coroner, and Crown At- torney U, M. Wilson, acting upon instructions, declared the fhquiry a verdict finding the accident due to non-observance of the rules, and suggesting the advisability of a pe- riod longer than five minutes for clearance of passenger trains. The C.P.R. was not represénted today. US. CUSTOMS TO SEARCH CANADIAN OFFICERS' CARS Niagara Falls, Ont, Jan. 9.--An or der has been issued by the customs authorities across the fiver to care- fully search all cars owned by Cana- dian customs and igami closed, after the jury had agreed to| $5 BREAK INTO-HOUSE ON SURPRISE PARTY FIND THREE® DEAD (By Associated Press) Milwaukee, Wis, Jan, 10. Neighbors who burst into the nie, 28-year-old-wife, and her two - small children, dead from coal gas, Dworozyk, A young War veteran, was still alive. But doctors said he could not live, LEGSLATURE IN QUEBEC OPENS Hon, Hector Laferte is Nam- ed Speaker--Customary Ceremonies (By Canadian Press) Quebec, Jan, 10--The first ses. sion of the seventeenth legislature of Quebec was opened here today with the customary, ceremonies by the Lieutenant Governor, Hon, Nar- cisse Perodeau, The galleries in the Legislative Assembly Chamber were crowded, the new comer to the ceremony being Hop, William Phillips, United States Minister to Canada, who was accompanied by Mrs, Phillips and Albert Halstead, Consul General to Canada located at Montreal, The first business of the new leg- 'slature was the election of Hon. Hector Laferte, member for Drum- mond, as speaker in the place of J. . Francouer, resigned, TO PROBE CANADIAN COMPANY IN TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL Washington, D.C, Jan. 9--~A new Senate inquiry into a phase of the Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve lease was ordered today coincident with an order for postponement until April 2 of of the retrial of the Fall Singlair conspiracy case growing out of that transaction, Without discussion, the Senate ap- proves a resolution of Senator Nor- ris, Republican, Nebraska, directing the Senate Public Lands Committee to inyestigate the extinct Continental Trading Company, Ltd, of Canada, Harry F. Sinclair, lessor of the re serve, was one of the backess of the company and, it has been charged by the Government that M, T, Everhart, sontin-law of Albert B, Fall, received $230,500 in Liberty bonds from the company, of which $90,000 went to Fall, who as Secretary of the Inter- jor, negotiated the Teapot Dcme lease. FINED $5 PEDDLING WITHOUT LICENSE For peddling without the necessary license George Williamson was fined and costs in a session of Rylice court yesterday afternoon. illiamson was apprehended by a local officer early in the afternoon. STORE LOOT FOUND IN RECOVERED CARS Brantford, Ont., Jan. 9--That many "joy ride" auto thefts are in reality more serious was indicated today by the finding by the pclice of the stolen cars of il Ti son, a Cainsville, . PP. Nixon, on the River Road. In both cases, goods apparently part of the loot of some district store, bad been left in the abandoned cars, 21 LIVES ARE LOST IN COAL MINE BLAST Most of Men Were Killed Instantly in Peabody Mine RECOVER BODIES State and County Start Probes to Find Cause of Explosion (By Adsociated Press) West Frankfort, Ills, Jan, 10, Gas, the invisible menace of the coal miner, has added 21 lives to its lengthening list as a result of the terrific gas explosion in the pas- sage of the Peabody Industrial mine No, 18, 8ix hundred feet un- derground, and more than a mile from the surface, mast of the min. ers were killed outright, while oth- ers died from the after-damp tnat followed the explosion. Three mine rescue crews fought their way through gas end erumbl-- ed walls of coal and timber to bring the bodies to the surface. Two of the dead men were found within a few feet of fresh air and safety, Another had made his way nearly to the trap door where he could have escaped. A brave effort by David McPhail to save his brother Robert was related, David, upon hearing the blast, rushed into the passage and after three dashes into deadly gas found his brother but was forced to drop him within fifteen feet of the fresh air. State and county investigations today sought to fix the explosion's cause. A. D, Lewis, State Direc.us of Mines, who put on *'pit"" cloth- ing and made a personal inspec- investigation, while Coroner Joe Hill of Franklin County empanelled a jury to investigate, SEPARATE SCHOOL BD. COMMITTEES Rev. Father Bench is Named as Representative on Education Board The Separate School Board of Oshawa held its inaugural session last might ond elected Frack P Palmer, 186 Agnes Street, as chair- man for 1928. He succeeds D. D, Mullin, retired, who was chairman for the past four years. Tiusiee A. €. Love was again elected secretary and treasurer of the Separate Board and committees appointed as follows: : Finance Committee: Joseph Kearney, chairman; E. J. Keating and A. C, Love, Management: J. J, Normoyle gp hairman; W. Walker, and R, Hef- fer. Property Committee: Paul Bra- yea, chairman; Daniel Riordon and W. P. Plunkett, Rev. Father Bench, pastor of St Gregory's, was again named as the Separate School Board's representa- tive on the Oshawa Board of Edu- cation. CNR. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT DINNER IN PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Jan. 9--Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, will be the prin- cipal speaker at the twentieth an- pual dinner of the Traffic Club of Philadelphia, to be held here tomor- Et askess will be J. A r si 5 Wi . A. ry, 1 of the Nati ery: ciation of Manufacturers, and Rey. Dr. J. L. Davis. Two New Rooms Officially Taken Over By Board, By Chairmen T. B. Mit- cipal C. F. Cannon -- No Eight Room School Nearly eight months Board of Education ditions, the Cedardale was opened today as an room- ed public school. The two new rooms were taken over by the Board of Etucation represented by after the ad- |Cedardale Public School ols Addition Opened Today Chairman T. B. Mitchell and Super- vising Principal C. F. Cannon.' work got underway without any de- the assignment of Which Was Represented |loy following tion, was conducting the State's