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Oshawa Daily Times, 5 Jul 1928, p. 1

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TORONTO SCULLERS WIN HEAT unds Death of Loewenstein , Mystery | STEEL GOING UP RAPIDLY INNEW HOTEL Will Be Completed Up to the Second Story By Wednesday DERRICK' AT WORK Contract Calls for All Steel Work to Be Done By July 25 Erection of steel on the new "(jenosha' hotel, King and Mary streets, commenced last night, and this morning the columns and beams c¢nuld: be seen rising ahove the height of the protecting bar. ricade. Over 200 tons of steel have arrived on the job, and it is expected that all steel to the sec- ond story level will be erected by about Wednesday of next week, Work has been proceeding for several days on the placing of the derrick, and the 25-horse power steam hoisting engine, Five cars of steel, half of that required on the job, have now been unloaded, and other cars are now on the yoad from Sarnia, The sewer leading to the property is now be- ing dug, leading from King and Victoria streets, in front of the property of T. W, G, McKay, to the south-west corner of the ho- tel, While this sewer is being laid, pedestrians have to walk on a plank sidewalk constructed on Dr. McKay's property and along: side the sidewalk, The Sarnia Bridge and Tron works, have the contract for steel erection, the contract calling for the completion of the work, to the full six stories, by July 25. The first work is being done in the south-west corner, where several columns and tie-heams are already in place. The steel columns in the main portion of the hotel, that will eover six stories, come in two-storey heights, and as each level of steel is placed, the der- rick will be raised one or two stories, until at the finish of the job it will be perched up near the top of the building. Then it will lower itself, under its own power, and the way will be clear for the completion of brickwork and oth- er trades on the structure. Each of the two-storey columns weighs about six tons, and it is yery inter- esting to see the derrick pick up these columns and beams and place them in the exact position where they are needed. Prices are being taken on all of the trades at the Toronto of- fice of the J. W, Butler Co., Royal Bank Building, Toronto, A num- ber of local firms have been re- quested to submit tenders on the trades in which they are interest- ed, and the company states thai they are letting the work to Osha- wa firms as far as possible, They expect to make application for a building permit for the balance of the job in about 8 week or go, as goon as some aterations to plams for a portion of the building are completed, The Times is informed today. TRIES TO ESTABLISH "A REVOLUTIONARY REGIME IN INDIA (By Canadian Press) London, July 5.--A despatch to the Daily Mial from Bombay today * said the Nationalist agitator, Mo- handis Gandhi, was trying to es- tablish a revolutionary regime in the Gikerat agricultura] region. His organization is defying the govern- mrent and terrorizing 80,000 villag- ers in the Bardoli district. LIMESTONE DEPOSIT FOUND AT McGREGOR Windsor, July 4.--Limestone ot excellent quality for building pur- poses and already, it is claimed, J proven by test to meet all the re- quirements of crushed stone for building purposes and for con- crete work, has been discovered in large volume near McGregor, 12 miles from here. Preliminary exploration has so far revealed the presence of an limestone only 20 or 21 feet below limestone ony 20 or 21 feet below the ground and extending beneath an area of from 300 to 600 acres Surro Belief That Financier Fell by Accident Considered Improbable 205 Lives Lost in Celebration in U.S. July 4th (By Associated Press) Chicago, July 5.--The lives of 205 people were the nation's sacrifice to the cel- ebration of its 152nd birth day anniversary yesterday. There were 11 deaths from fireworks accidents through- out the country, 106 drown- ings, 54 deaths in automo- bile accidents, 12 deaths from heat, three from light- ning and four were killed in plane crashes. Other caus- es claimed 15 victims, POLICE PROBING FARMER'S DEATH Body is Found With the Head Crushed Near Team of Horses (By Canadian Press) St. Thomas, July 5--Provincial and County Police are investigating the death of Osmond Gunn, 25-year-old farmer, found dead in his barn yard on Wednesday, Cattle men visiting Gunn's farm, one mile east of Sparta found the body with head crushed and mangled, the horses standing near hitched to a manure spreader, Coroner Dr. Coll Sinclair of Ayl- mer, after a conference with Crown Attorney McCrimmon, decided an inquest was necessary and that it might be necessary to stop the bur- ial. Gunn expected to be married shortly, He lived with his widowed mother and three sisters, TEETH BLOWN AWAY BY FIRECRACKER, WAS JULY FOURTH PRANK Camden, N.J., Jly 6--W. Ingram, 40, is in the hospital today with his teeth blasted away, the victim of a fourth of July prank. While he sat asleep on the porch of his home, a practical joker thrust a firecracker between his teeth, 70 MUTINEERS ARE SLAIN BY SHANSI TROOPS IN BATTLE Pekin, July 4--The tenuous nature of peace stability in North China is exemplified by an outbreak of Tient- sin, in which 70 soldiers of a body who mutinied were killed before or- der could be restored. These 70 were a part of a body of 4,000 former Northerners who now profess alle- giance to the Nationalists, and en- rolled in the Nationalist armies. They were ordered to vacate the Law College and retire to a village outside Tientsin, which they refused to do, except that every man be paid $20. Surrounded by Shansi soldiers, who attempted forcibly to disarm them, the mutineers opened fire, which resulted in a pitched battle, in which 70 of the latter were killed. Every hour Tientsin streets are patrolled by motor buses packed with Shansi soldiers armed with machine guns and automatics. Meanwhile propaganda posters and speakers Ay urging the ending of foreign control of customs and confiscation and distribution of the wealth of ex- President Tsao-kun and other Chinese notables, now refugees in the foreign concessions at Tientsin. The question ' of disarmament of the enormous and now useless fac- tional armics will be the main topic of the Pekin conference of Nation- alist leaders, of whom all the prin- cipals are now here except two, both of whom are soon expected. The combined armies are officially stated to total 2,200,000 men, and the cost of upkeep $720,000,000 annually. Against this the total income of the Nationalist Government does not ex- | ceed $500,000,000. BAR KEEPERS FIND USE FOR CREOSOTE Kitchener, July 4.--Provineial police here who have been raiding Waterloo County hotels with more regularity than ever before, allege that the barkeepers have a new to a distance of 110 feet below the =! = nf dodge to thwart justice. Aviation Experts Inclined to Doubt Theory that Alfred Loewenstein Opened the Wrong Door in Plane and Dropped Accidentally to His Death in the English Channel ; PLANE CREW ARE HELD AT CALAIS Six Persons Detained for Ju- dicial Investigation Into Disappearance of Famous Financier -- Believed to Be Richest Man in Europe --Controlled Large Cor- porations (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Boulotne Surmer, France, July 5.--The myster of whether Capt. Alfred Loewenstein, noted Belgian financier, jumped or fell by acci- dent from his private aeroplane while over the English Channel last night, had not been definitely cleared up by preliminary investi- gation today, Aviation experts here are in- clined to think that the theory of the accident in that he opened the wrong door of the plane in going to the wash room was improb- able. The plane was held here and the staff of six persons in it was detained at Calais for judicial investigation, Richest Man In Europe London, July 5.--Captain Al- fred Loewenstein, who was drown- ed when he fell from his aeroplane over the North Sea yesterday, was reputed to be the richest man In Europe, his wealth being estimated at only less than that of Henry Ford or Rockfeller, He controlled steamship lines, was one of the chief shareholders in the Belgian railway system, owned Manganese iron mines in Silesia, steel furnaces in the north of Spain, coal proper- ties in Saar Basin and in the Ruhr and immense rubber plantations in the Congo, He was born in 1877, his father being a small Jewish banker in Brussels. His immense fortune was built up by clever speculation, As a young man he staked everything on future importance of artificial silk, Hydro Electric Power and methods of mass production, He always spent prodigiously and car- ried large retinue of servants, Reaction in Market Brussels, Belgium, July 65.-- The stock market here reacted violently on the news of Captain Alfred Loewenstein's death des- pite the notice that the entire sit- uation is being taken over by those associated with him without any shares on the market. The shares in which Loewenstein was interested dropped froi® between 20 and 40 percent. Rumors that Capt, Loewenstein was a possible suicide were ener- getically denied at the financier's office here, London Stocks Affected London, July 5.--The death of Capt. Lecewenstein shocked the city cir: today and at the open- ing of Stock Exchange the stocks in i. hich he was interested were marked down considerably. In- ternational holdings were quoted at 140 against last night's 215 and dropped ater to 130. Hydro Electrics, another Loewenstein stock, was quoted at 32 against yesterday's figure of 51. The Brazilian Traction and Barcelona Traction in both of which he was interested were weak. . Loewenstein had been showing signs of ill health lately because of his unceasthg activity. It was believed that rejection of his offer to the French and Belgian govern- ments to loan them a vast sum to stabilize their currency was a great disappointment to him. The door out of which the fin- ancier fell is secured by bolts on the inside and '2a patent handle lock. WEATHER Moderate to fresh east and north winds, north- fair and GERMAN PLANE WILL ATTEMPT ATLANTIC FLIGHT (By Canadian Press) Berlin, July 5-Dr. Eck has d a new seaplane which he is building will make three trips back and forth across the Atlantic, starting in August. This would be done he said to demonstarte that "it does- n't take heroes, but just or- dinary mortals to fly across the ocean safely." He sug- gested that the dirigible Los Angeles accompany the sea- plane, RAMSAY M'DONALD COMING TO CANADA Will Sail July 28th in Com- pany With His Three Daughters (By Canadian Press) London, July 4.--On July 28 Rt, Hon. James Ramsay Macdonald, former labor prime minister, sails with his three daughters for a five weeks' visit to the Dominion of Canada. The three girls, Ishbel, Joan and Sheila, are particularly enthusiastic over the journey. They intend to cover as much ground as possible in the time at their disposal, and Montreal, Quebec and Winnipeg will be visited, although most of the time will be spent holi- daying at Lake of the Woods, on the Ontario-Manitoba boundary. Miss Ishbel explained that the Macdonalds were a busy family. "Joan is studying for a medical de- gree at Edinburgh University, Sne- ila is In school here working for a scholarship to one of the univer- sities, and I have my work on the London County Council all of which will call us back in seven weeks' time. And of course, fatner has his work in Parliament, too. But even a flying trip will be a wonderful experience. Father says that schools are important, of course but that travel is the best education of all and my recent American trip made me realize how true that is. Travel prevents one from becoming stodgy, "We three girls have such dif- ferent interests, however, that (mm afraid father will have a hard time of it, showing us all we want to see. Joan will want to visit some of the hospitals and clinics, I shall want to see the schools and parks, in connection with my work on the education and open spaces commit- tee of the London County Couneil, and Sheila will want just to have a good time." Miss Macdonald smiled at the thought of the labor leader's forth- conring predicament. It was a gmt smile, for she is a reserved and serious young woman, but her twinkling brown eyes and the pretty pink flush that tinged her cheeks revealed a very live sense of humor. Father is evidently a great pal of his girls, and knows how fo handle a family, as well as labor politics. "Who is liable to win out?" I asked. , "Oh, all of us," Miss Macdonald assured me. "We three are fast friends and never quarrel, like many sisters do. We don's even borrow each other's clothes!" The Macdonald girls, in spite of their marked intellectual attain- ments, are out-of-door types, and have the freshness and bloom of their native Scottish moors about them. The two younger are ath- letes. Joan is a star member of the women's rowing crew ana sets retary of the rowing club at Pdin- burgh University. Sheila plays golf well, as becomes a Scotch lass, TO MAKE STRONG BID FOR DIAMOND SCULLS JOE WRIGHT JR. Toronto sculler who won his first heat for the Diamond Sculls at Henley, England, today, defeat- ing David Collett, of London, by two and one half lengths. He will race tomorrow against Jack Guest, also of Toronto, in the semi final. Guest was likewise a winner in his first heat today. TOURIST WINS THE PRINCESS OF WALES NEWMARKET STAKES (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Newmarket, Eng., July 55--Sir Abe Bailey's three-year-old tourist won the Princess of Wales stakes. over a mile and half course today by half length from J. De Rothchild's Caporal with Lord Lonsdale"s Lo- dore third, Winner started at 100 to 6 against Caporal at 100 to 9 and Ladore at three to one. FOURTEEN PAGES S AT HENLEY Wright and Guest Are Successful in First Diamond Sculls Events Joe Wright Defeats Collett, London, By Two and a Half Lengths in 10 Min. utes and Six Seconds GUEST MAKES FASTEST TIME Two Toronto Oarsmen Will Meet in Semifinal Heat Tomorrow With the Final Being Rowed on Saturday (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Henley, Eng, July 5.--Joe Wright, Canadian sculler, won his heat in the diamond sculls this afternoon, defeating David Collett, well known London oarsman by two and one half lengths. His time was 10 min- utes 6 seconds. Jack Guest, Toronto sculler, won his first heat this after- noon defeating T, Sanders, Eton, D. Guye, London, defeated H, Dekek, South Africa, in an- other preliminary, Either Wright or Jack Guest will be eliminated tomorrow for they meet in the semi final, The final will be rowed Satur- day. Guest's time today was bet- ter than Wright's. He made the distance in nine minutes, 58 seconds, It is with very great regret that The Times reports today the death of a young Oshawa child as a result of the intense heat wave that we are experiencing at the present time. We are accustomed to reading of deaths from heat in the large cities like New York and Chicago, and perhaps a little bit inclined to think that we are immune from such danger here. It behooves every one, particular- ly parents of young children, to be exceedingly careful at this season Death of Child From Intense Heat Reveals Need For Care on Part of Oshawa Parents of the year. Every precaution should be taken to guard against such complaints as upset stomachs, summer diarrhea ,etc., as this may easily prove fatal to young child- ren. Babies should not be exposed to the direci heat of the sun, and great care should be taken to see that milk is perfectly sweet; in fact it is advisable to sterilize thd milk by boiling as a complete pre- caution, Care should be taken with other foods which are like- ly to become tainted and conse- quently a potential source of seri- ous {llness, AUSTRALIANS WIN FROM AMERICANS IN TENNIS DOUBLES (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Wimbledon, July 5~Gerald Pat- terson and John B. Hawkes, Aus- tralia, defeated William T. Tilden and Frances T. Hunter, United States, in semi finals of men's doub- les Wimbledon tennis championship today 7-9, 7-9, 6-4, 6-4, 10-8. CONSERVATIVES WIN EPSOM BY-ELECTION (By Canadian Press) Epsom, Eng., July 5.--Conserva- tives won the by-election at Epsom made necessary by the elevation of Sir Roland Bains to the peerage, Commander H. J. R. Southby cap- turing the seat. He had 13,644 votes, against 5,095 received by S. but she hasn't any records yet. Still, she is only 17, Parnell, Liberal and 3,719 obtain- ed by Miss Helen Keynes, Labor. Uprising at re 4 Dozen Members of National Youth Association Raised Cry "Down With Boches" During Impressive Cere- mony (By Canadian Press) Louvain, Belgium, July §.--Po- lice arrested a dozen prominent members of the National Youth As- Arrests Follow Student Dedication of Louvain Library Boches" during the dedication of the Louvain Library yesterday. An aviator dropped leaflets and his companions were arrested at Evere and brought back to Louvain under arrest. The leaflets bore the inscription "Destroyed by Teutonic fury, restored by American gener- osity," which the architect had wanted placed on the library but which the university authorities had succeeded in eliminating. The exclusion of several student demonstrators from the university | sociation for shouting "down with was announced today, '| showed little (ONLY TWO LETTERS MISSING IN REPORTED $500,000 ROBBERY (By Associated Press) New York, N.Y. July 5--The story of robbery of $500,000 from ils on the Leviathan received a great trimming down yesterday when Post Office inspectors told Captain Cunningham of liner that only two letters were miss- ing. LOEWENSTEIN'S DEATH CAUSES A REACTION ON STOCK MARKETS (Cable Service to the Times by Canadian Press) New York, July 5.--The sudden death of Alfred Loewenstein, Bel- glan financier, which caused Euro- pean markets to break badly, ap- parently had no effect on the New York financal markets. Stocks of the artificial silk and utility com- panies in which the financier was believed to have been interested change in prices, while France and Belgium exchan- ges were steady, WILL NOT PROSECUTE LONDON POLICEMEN London, July 4--The Daily Mail will say tomorrow that the Home Secretary has decided not to prose- cute the two icemen who arres- ted Sir Leo Money and Miss Irene Savidge in Hyde Park, thus giving rise to what is known as the Savidge case. Nor will he, according to the Mail, take any disciplinary action against them. If you are buying anything on time you can make both parties to the deal happy by paying on time-- itchener Record . mands delivery Courtney to Take Ott For Montreal Sunday at Dawn '(By Canadian Press) Horta, Azores, July 5.-- Capt. Frank Courtney, Brit- ish aviator, now intends to leave the Azores at dawn Sunday for Montreal. ie- pairs to his machine have been made and he made a successful trial flight yes- terday. ALIEN SMUGGLERS HAVE PRICE LIST Charge $60 to Cross to De- troit and $250 to New York Detroit, Mich., July 4.--Despite repeated announcements that the hey-day of the alien smuggler has passed there is little here to prove the truth of that statement. Not only are aliens being smuggled across the international line night- ly--and sometimes daily--but the organization which directs the acti- vities of the "Little Fellows" who do the actual work have gone so far as to issue a standard 'price list" which quotes in very definite jisures the cost of bringing one's riends into the so-called 'promis. ed land." The following prices were taken from a smuggler arrested by im- migration officers: Chicago $150, Cleveland $150, Detroit $60, New York $250, Flint $90, Ann Arbor $90, Pittsburg $150, Windsor $50. The actual smuggling is done by hirelings who receive $7.50 to $10 a head. In extent the alien de- in Cleveland he will be provided with a railroad ticket and placed aboard a train. Sometimes he is driven to the des- tination, if it may be reached in a few hours. Sometimes the aliena lose their courage when landed on this side of the river, and without friends or prospects here demand to be taken back to Canada. For this the smuggler will charge the alien $50 as the above scale shows. Ordinarily the smuggler uses a rowboat with an outboard motor. He turns off the motor when he reaches American waters and rows silently to the shores. Sometimes he uses a speed boat transporting the aliens in a boat towed behind. In the event he is pursued by a "Law Boat" in American waters. As he noses into shore he severs the tow rope with a smart stroke of a hatchet and shoots for Can- ada at full speed. The boat load of abandoned aliens is, of course, apprehended. SWIMMER DROWNS IN DETROIT RIVER Windsor, July 4.--Windsor's new police boat was tonight engaged in a search for Jacob Jacobson, aged 28, of 208 Albert Road, Ford City, who was drowned this affegnoon in an attempt to swim to Belle Isle from the Ford Motor Company dock, a distance of about half a mile. Jacobson, with his brother James and a party of five, started out from the dock about 4 o'clock this afternoon. All intended to swim the Canadian Channel to the wve- troit park, but the others turned back after swimming out about 100 yards in the river. When they arrived at the dock, Jacobson had vanished, and it was at first thought that he had reucn- ed his destination. A later check- up, however, revealed the fact that he was seized with cramps, as the water in the river, in spite of sev- eral hot days, is as yet none too warm. The body had not been recovered up to a late hour this evening. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD'S FLIGHT RECORD (Cable Seryice To The Times By Canadian Press) Dessau, Germany, July 5.--Pi- lots Johann Risticz and Hans Zimmerman hopped off at 4.04 a. m. today in another attempt to break the duration flight record of 58 hours, 34 minutes and 26 1-9 second held by Italians Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo P. Delprete. FLIERS 800 MILES FROM PERNAMBUCO According to a Radio Message from English Steamer ON WAY TO BRAZIL Italian Aviators Are Now Nearing Their Des. tination (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) ! Rome, July 5--Newspaper Giornal D'Italia without citing its source, says that the Italian trans Atlantie plane of Capt. Farrarin and Major Delprete, reached Brazilian coast toe day and to Rio De Janiero, is going on Rio De Janiero, July 5.--A radio message from an English steamer to Natal today gives the position of the Italian trans-Atlantic fliers, at 800 miles northeast of Pername buco, Rome, July 4. -- Two Italian airmen were tonight believed to be somewhere over the South Atlan. tie, more than two-thirds of their flight behind them, in an effort to fly from Rome to Pernambuce, Brazil, on the mainland of South America. Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo P. Delprete were sighted at 5 p.m. (Greenwich time) above the Cape Verde Ise lands, radio despatches from that place to Buenos Aires, Argentina, said, 8,000 Miles From Rome St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, is approximately 8,000 miles from Rome and 1,600 miles from Per- nambuco. But the 1,600 miles to Pernambuco is regarded as the most dangerous lap of the flight, though just about one-half the distance already traversed, It is over open water, The sighting at Cape Verde saw the two airmen 22 hours out of Rome, with the remarkable aver- age of better than 135 miles an hour speed in their plane from that city behind them. Should they maintain this speed, and keep tor their course, they would reach' Pernambuco about 5 o'clock Thursday morning, Greenwich time, or 8 o'clock Pernambuco time (3 a.m. E.8.T.). May Fly on South There is no certainty of the aire men landing at Pernambuco, how ever, if they still have fuel and' can obtain their bearings. It was said prior to their departure they might continue farther south, pose sibly to Rio Janeiro or other Bra- zilian coastal cities. This was regarded as particularly apt to happen, since the aviators are in- tent on besting the long distance flight record of just less than 4, 000 miles, now held by the Amer. fcans, Chamberlin and Levine, Thus far the airmen have kept consistently to their course, being sighted first at Gibraltar at 5.15 this morning and later at Villa Ctseros, Rio de Oro at 3 p.m. Greenwich time, A St. Vin. cent's despatch said they were sighted again 350 miles north of Cape Verde Islands, the radio des- patch to Buenos Aires later sets ting the time of the passage over the island group at 5 p.m. G.M.T. TRIO OF AMERICANS SAVED FROM LAKE St. Catharines, July 4.--When their light skifr upset several miles out from the Fifteen Beach last evening, three unknown American youths nearly lost their lives, Campers on the beach, seeing the boat overturn, put out rowboats to the rescuq, but in the choppy wa- ter they had great difficulty ia reaching the trio, two of them were clinging to the overturned boat. One of the three had been holding his unconscious brother for nearly an hour, he said. The boy had been overcome by the cold water. Stanley Gibson, a cottager of the Fifteen, was the first to arrive in his rowboat, after his craft had been nearly swamped several times. He managed to get the drowning three into his boat, however. The Gibson boat was too small for the four men and, returning, it begam to sink, so bailing had to be re- sorted to. As there was nothing to bail with, Gibson adopted a un-- ique method. He tied his own pant- legs at the bottom and got the three others to do the same, and his bal loon method gave sufficient buoy- \ancy te hold the craft afloat,

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