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Che Oshawa Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Retormer EE RR VOL. 3--NO, 98° "Bar Excess Semiure snd Puls tsar THIRTY-0 --_-- OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1928 ERA eA Eh bh (Ue 10 Cents a Week; 2 Conta a Copy. R-- TWELVE PAGES - Hoover FLIGHT OVER MIDDLE WEST ABANDONED Graf Zeppelin's Trip to Am- erican Cities Cancelled Be. cause of Weather BACK TO GERMANY Commander Wants to Prove Reliability of Airship for Ocean Voyages o (By Canadian Press) Lakehurst, N.J,, Oct .26--Dr, Hugo Eckner, commander of the trans. Atlantic dirigible Graf Zeppelin, to- day abandoned his plans for a flight to the middle west before returning to Germany, Cancellation of the trip was announced after numerous post. ponements caused by unfavorable weather either at Lakehurst or along the proposed Toute of flight, Dr. Eckner issued a statement say- ing he would "look forward to mak- Ing the western flight after our ship has been proven by another round trip over the Atlantic, : "The primary object of the flight of the Graf Bi to America he said "has been to give a demon- stration that modern rigid airships can be operated across the North Atlantic and on other oceanic pas- sages with safety and réliability, o accomplish that object I con. sider it essential that the: return to Europe be made without unreason- able delay," MINIMUM FINE 18 LEVIED AGAINST ALFRED WHITE Pleads Guilty to Consuming Liquor in a Place Other Than His Dwelling The original charge of having liquor not obtained on his indivi- dual permit, against Alfred White, Oshawa, was amended in police court this morning before Magis- trate Hind to read: 'Having con- sumed liquor in a place other than his private dwelling." Pleads Guilty The accused pleaded guilty to the charge and, as it was his first offence against the Liguor Control Act, he was fined the minimum, $100 and costs, or in lien of not paying the fine, he will serye one month in jail, The liguor was or- dered confiscated and destroyed, MRS, CHAPPELL IS AGAIN REMANDED Preliminary Hearing on the Charge of Murder Set for November 2 Mrs, Nora Chappell, charged with murder, procuring an abor- tion, and killing unborn children, was again remanded In custody, when she appeared before Magis- trate Hind in police court this morning. D, A. J. Swanson is aet- ing for the defence, The date set for the preliminary hearing was November 2, at 10 o'clock in the morning. James Kennelly, charged with assisting to procure an abortion, was remanded until the same date, when he appeared for trial, BRIDE-ELECT SUICIDES (By Canadian Press) > Philadelphia, Pa, Oct, 26.-- Clasping the bridal gown she was to wear at the altar a few hours later, Miss Tola Swain, aged 35, 8 ssleswoman, shot herself through the head in a bedroom of her home. She died instantly, leaving a note saying she had nothing to live for, The police today wer looking for, her intended husban who did net arrive for the wed- ding. GRAIN OPENING (By Press) Chicago, Oct, 26.--Opening. Wheat, 1185, Corn, 8334 . Oats, December, 113%; March, December, 8154; March, December, ; ' ' hh Lea BAGS TWO BEARS WITH TWO SHOTS Sherbrooke, Que., Oct, 26. --Two bears bagged with two successive shots is the record of Edmond Crete, of 8t, "Auckland, near this city, He did mot have to hunt; the bears came right on him as he was timber cruising, SELLING PRESSURE SLACKENS, WHEAT Corn Prices Advance on the Talk of Further Export Business (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Oct, 26--Higher prices both for wheat and corn developed early today, Unexpected firmness of Liverpool wheat quotations, together with absence of selling pressure here, strengthened wheat, and there was talk that further export business in corn had been done overnight, Open- ing % cent and }4 higher Chie wheat reacted a little. And then r higher than before, Corn started #4 to. 3 cents up, and held near aarifie initial figures, Oats were steady, Provisions inclined downward, RADIO BRIDGES GAP BETWEEN HEMISPHERES (By Associated Press) Schenectady, N.Y., Oct, 26, -- The United States talked with Australia for more than half an hour today and early rising radio fans listened for the conversation, Through the medium of two short wave broadcasting stations con- versation was maintained over ten thousand miles of space between this city and Sydney, on the other side of the world, SNOW FLURRIES, KILLING FROST NEW YORK STATE (By Canadian Press) Buffalo, Oct, 26--A killing frost and snow flurries, the first of the resent fall, visited western New ork today, The temperature was 30 degrees above zero, Oshawa experienced a temperature of 28 degrees above zero early this morning, with a snow flurry and the first ice of the season on water vn low lying land, Ee ---------- FIRE IN SYRACUSE (By Associated Press) Syracuse, N.Y, Oct, 26,--Burn- ing fiercely before it was discov. ered, fire early today wrecked two upper floors of a business building in the heart of the down- town district and all available fire- to prevent its spread, The flames caused damage estimated at $200, 000, GRANTED DIVORCE (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct, 26.-- A decree of divorce has been grant- ed Lady Northesk, former Jessica Brown, from the Earl of Northesk, The suit was undefended, The ground of the action was miscon- duet by Lord Northesk in Paris in January of this year. The couple were married in Chicago in 1923, BEBEL CHIEF SLAIN (By Canadian Press) ° ™ Mexico City, Oct, 26, -- R-™ Lopez, insurgent chieftain, and 15 of his followers were st: dispatch today from Aguascalien- tes to have been slain by Federal troops after they had looted snd set fire to La Punta ranch, THE WEATHER TURNS UPWARD men and apparatus were summoned KILLED 'WHEN T ds Smith in Straw Vote Postcard Poll Shows Republicans Leading by Almos t Two ) to One Governor Smith Sees Pop- ular in New York City, But Lags Behind in the State -- Indications of a Break in the "Solid South" as Poll Enfers Its Final Phase (By Canadian Press) New York, Oct, 26--With more than 2,700,000 votes in the post card poll of a New York periodical tabul- ated, and only one more instalment of returns to be published, Herbert Hvover, Republican nominee, contin- ues to maintain his lead over Alfred E, Smith, Democratic candidate for president, The total for each candidate fs: Hoover, 1,717,041, or about 63 per cent, of the vote polled, and Smith, 971,356, or 36 per cent, Break in Solid South Indications of a break in the "solid South" are scen as the poll enters its final phase, The table shows Hoover leading in all states excep# four, in the South, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis- sissippi and South Carolina, Mr, Hoover continues to lead in New York state, but Mr, Smith is ahead in New York city, Hoover leads in Chicago and Philadelphia, LANDLORD FINED, ALTHOUGH ROOMER OWNED THE LIQUOR $300 and Costs Levied on John Fialka -- Will Appeal Case A fine of $300 and costs was im- posed by Magistrate Hind in police court this morning on John Fialka, who was convicted on a charge of being unlawfully in possession of liquor, D, A, J, Swanson entered a plea of not guilty of the offence, The myterial evidence offered by Crown Attorney J, A, McGib- bon, consisted of one quart bottle containing a small amount of whiskey, and a quart milk bottle, about one-third full of alcohol, It was analyzed by the department, Disclaims Ownership The defendant admitted that the exhibits in the form of the liquor was found in the house, on the property of the accused at 308 Rit- son Road south, but it was main- tained that the liquor was not pur- chased on the individual permit of the defendant, and did not belong to him, Rather startling evidence was given when, John Polinski, one of the roomers at the Fialka home, admitted that the liquor belonged to him, and that he was responsible for bringing it into the house, Neyer Baw It Before Fialka testified that he never before saw the liquor until it was shown to him by Detective Serg- eant Flintoff, who with Dect.-Sergt, McGee and P.O, Thomas Mitchell made the raid, He also stated un- der oath that he told his roomers that he did not want liquor on his premises, being on parole at the time, ir J ¢ Given Magistrate Hind did pot think the evidence of the defence was sufficiently conclusive to warrant a dismissal of the case, and passed sentence, Will Appeal Mr. Swanson immediately asked for. bail, stating that' appeal would be made, The crown set the amount at $2,000, which rais- ed an objection from the defence, The Magistrate, however, upheld the crown's decision, Two securi- ties of $1,000 each would suffice, said Mr. McGibbo nm. FINAL FIGURES (By Canadian Press) Regina, Sask, Oct. 26, -- Final figures in the Arm River By-elee- tion gave Dr, Thomas Waugh, Lib~ eral, a majority of 53 over Stew- art Adrian, Conservative. The fig- ures were Waugh 2,785; Adrian 2,732, NEGROES PROTEST (By Canadian Press) New York, Oct, 26,--A protest signed by 33 leading neggoes against the way race prejudice is being exploited in the election campaign by both parties was made public today, Simard and D, Gagne, later, scene of the explosion, PREMATURE EXPLOSION \ OF DYNAMITE KILLS FIVE (By Canadian Press) ° Wontres), Oct, 26.--Five Joe ere blowa es bits today in a premature dynami osion in Cote St. Michel quarry on the island of Montreal. are: Jos, Gagnon, Ernest LePage, Eugene Fortin, A. The cause of the explosion is unknown as only the five men were at work at the time, They were placing dynamite in a crevice of the rock and the switch con- trolling the fuse was not due to be closed for an hour Windows within a two-mile radius were shattered and small buildings in the vicinity. were wrecked, Four hours after the explosion morgue officials patrolled the vicinity looking for bits of the doomed laborers, Parts of their bodies were found hundreds of yards from the \ The dead NORTHWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY, SAYS NOTED EXPLORER Toronto, Oct, 26.--Champloning the Arctic circle as a place of pal- utory environient, Vilhjalmur Jtefansson, noted Canadian explor- er, prophesied to the Empire Club yesterday that the future story of civilization would centre about the conquest of Northern territories, The climate which, after 10 win- ters' sojourn, Mr, Stefansson as- cribed as to the Arctic was no worse than that of the city of Winnipeg, - Turns Northward Dr, Stefansson devoted his ad- dress, which he gave as the guest of honor at the club's luncheon, to taking issue with the old adage that "Westward the course of Em- pire travels." Generally, he de- clared, its course | been North- ward, Civilization had started from the tropics and crept NorthWards, until such nations as Great Britain and France, which had been con- sidered a part of the barbarian hinterland by' the Romans, had come to be the leaders in the world's march of 'progress, The whole course of history so far, he declared, would have to alter if the story of the future were not to be the [id of Northern expansion, On score of climate the noted explorer had no misgivings, "His- tory teaches us," he said, 'that those of cur race who went North have bucome prominent, while those who went South have once more disappeared; they have be- come poor white trash! The point Is that there are two kinds of cli- mate; there is the good loafing climate and the good working cli- mate, I submit that it is not a good climate that makes bananas and yams flourish and men decay," Reindeer Industry Dr, Stefansson was optimistic for the outlook for the reindeer in- dustry in the North, He was al- together critical of the basis upon which the Canadian Government had initiated the experiment in Baffin's Land, declaring that those who had been put in charge of it had known practically nothing ahout reindeer, Canada possessed, however, he believed, some of the greatest experts upon reindeer in the world, and under their super- vislon he was confident that a Sucre) industry could be devel- oped, LANGSNER CLAIMS HE HAS NOTHING 10 GIVE POLICE Official Visit Paid to Chief Draper -- Leaves for the West Toronto, Oct. 26--~That he was hounded to death by mewspapermen, was without monty to carry on his investigations in the Small mystery, and had nothing to divulge to police relative to the disappearance of the theatrical magnate, were admissions of Maxmillan Langsner during the course of what he described as an "informal" interyiew at noon yester- day with Chief of Police D. C, Dra- per and Deputy Chief J, Pogue, The international erime expert ap- peared to be a gready disappointed man, He referred to an arrangement he claimed to have entered into be- tween himself and a representative of an evening paper during the time he was in Edmonton, that came to grief through a hitch that developed in the arrangements of his plans upon arrival here in Toronto, Police Not Impressed Neither the Chief nor the Deputy was impressed by the Langsner in- terview, and when the latter found local authorities were not going to finance him he announced that he was leaving for Ihe West for one week to try to "dig up some money, While he did not make it known to the police, it was learned from a re- liable source that a theatrical ap- pearance was under consideration, Langsner arrived at. the City Hall during the noon hour, He was alone, He did not wear his mask, and show- ed signs of being a man whose cour- age had been shaken, The Interview Begins Constable Hunt, on duty at the en- trance to Chief Draper's office, was approached by Langsner and asked if the Chief could be seen. When answered in the affirmative the man asked for an envelope, which was given him, Placing bis card. in the env , Langsner, whose identity was unknown to the constable, was led through the Deputy's office to the Chief. Taking the card from the envelope, Chief Draper read it, then, looking up at the crime expert, said ; LOCAL BUSINESS MAN COMES BY Al TO HIS HOWE HERE W. H, Tait Lands in Alexan- dra Park After Completing Trip to Buffalo Oshawa experienced a new thrill yesterday when a Toronto and Oshawa business man came by air taxi from Toronto to his home here, This was the novel experj- ence of W, H. Tait, of Tait Radio Sales, Toronto, and Luke Furni- ture Company, Oshawa, Neat Landing After completing a trip to Buf- falo in the morning to bring back a shipment of Federal Orthosonic Radios, Mr, Tait went to Brantford by plane in the afternoon, and then completed the day by flying to his home in Oshawa, The moth plane owned by National Aireraft Limit- ed, in charge of Pilot Geoffrey Younger, made g neat landing in Alexandra Park, just a block away from Mr, Tait's residence on Aber- deen et, NO INQUEST (By Canadian Press) Windsor, Oct, 26, -- No inquest will be held into the deaths of three small colored children burn+ ed to death when the home of' their father at Harrow was des- troyed last night, The children were buried this afternoon, FAVORABLE BULLETIN ON SIR HERBERT HOLT Montreal, Oct. 26--Sir Herbert Holt spent a very good night at the Royal Victoria Hospital where he went for observation and possible treatment of a minor trouble, At the hospital today it was stated that Sir Herbert was feeling very well, NORTHCOTT AGAIN REMANDED Vancouver, Oct, 26--~Gordon Stuart Northcott was remanded to Novem- ber 2 when he appeared in Extradi- tion Court in connection with pro- he | alleg: ra esedings to take charges of murder eges y committed on his chicken Forty-Seven Collide RAINS CRASH Injured When Express Trains in Rumania Accident Due to Failure of Switch Points to Work Properly -- Twenty-seven Killed on One Train and Four on the Other -- One of the Best Known Trains in Europe, the Simplon Express, Involved in Ac cident : (Cable Service to The Times by nadian Press) . Bucharest, Rumania, Oct. 26--Thir- ty one persons were killed today in a collision between the Simplon Tunnel express, outbound {from Bucharest, and another express train from Sibiu, at 'the little station at Recea, near Slatina. Those killed included an Italian engineer, his wife and daughter and a Greek passenger, Twenty five persons were taken to hospitals, The force of the collision was so great that one of .the sleeping cars of the Simplon express was completes ly wrecked, an two first class coaches and mail cars were smashed, The other 27 killed were Ruman- jans who were travelling third class in Sibiu grain, The number of injured was stated stated to be 47, The accident was due to the failure of switch points to work properly. The Paris coach of the Simplon, express which is one of best known trains in Europe, s completely wrecked, \ SINCLAIR TURNS HIS GUNS UPON LIBERAL CLUB] Tells Toronto Women Lib- erals There's No Competition for the Leadership Toronto, Oct, 26--Provincial Lib- eral Leader William E. N. Sinclair delivered two broadsides when he spoke at a meeting of the Toronto lod Liberal Association yesters day, One he aimed point-blank at Pre- mier Ferguson, whom he described as a "political minister of education," spending public money on Conserva- tive propaganda by the recent pub- lication of a book called "Great Men of Canada," intended for school lib- raries, Return Fire He also turned his oratorical fire on the Toronto East Liberal Club, which was reported to have demand- ed at a recent meeting a new leader, a definite policy and a party conven~ tion, This latter fusillade, however, was returned by ladies in the aud- jence who were officers of the Tor- onto East Liberal Club and who de- clared that Mr, Sinclair's remarks were based on misinformation as to what had been said at the club's meeting on Tuesday night, West York Fiasco Mrs. Zoe Stevens, President of the club; Miss Kathleen Bennett, Secre- tary and Miss Grace H, Hunter, sis- ter of Col. AST, Hunter, one of the speakers on that occasion, declared hat Mr, Sinclair's name had not been mentioned in connection wtih a possible change of leadership. The complaint had been rather, they ex- lained, against the lack of Federal eadership in regard to the West York election "fiasco." ° tion d Before these explanations enierged however, Mr, Sinclair had spoken his mind in regard to the reported sug- estions made at the club's meeting, fie pointed out that under his leader- ship the party's representation in the Legislat had risen from 12 to 21; he knew of no one anxious to take over the responsibilities of his pres- ent position nor of any demand for a change; there was no great issue troubling the Jublie mind at present which required the cine of a con- vention and so far as The formulation of new policies was concerned, he assured the rank and file of his earn- est desire for co-operation and sug- gestions that would promote the in- terests of the public and the Liberal party, OUT OF 8,500 HARVESTERS 8,800 BETURN TO, BRITAIN Winnipeg, Oct. 26,--Out of the 8,500 British harvesters who came to Canada this year for work m Western harvest fields under Gov- ernment auspices, 3,800 have re- turned home up to yesterday ac- cording to officials concerned in their handling. Many are in the city at present, waiting to secure jobs in their various trades, while farm placements for those still in Girl's Courtesy is Well Rewarded London, Oct, 26.--A happy result of a servant girl's act of courtesy at Leeds has just come to light, Two or three years ago the girl, named Ellen Fellowes, assisted an old lady across a busy street, and at the time the lady took a note of the girl's name and address. Recently Miss Fellowes re- ceived a letter advising her of the old lady's death and a bequest of $2,000, WILL WAKE REPORT ON FATAL PLUNGE, STUDENT PILOT Official of Aviation Depart. ment of Ottawa Makes Pri- vate Investigation (By Canadian Press) Windsor, Oct, 26.--After a pri- vate investigation into the death of Arthur Donald Strevett, student pilot who plunged 4,000 feet to his death when he lost control of his airplane, C. A, MacLean, of the elvil aviation branch of the De- partment of National Defence, will return to gpa tonight to make his report, MacLean interviewed eye wit- nesses who saw the plane dive steeply and an object fall out, as well as R, L. Soundy, instructor pilot, who was with Strevett and who, after falling out managed to cling to a wing, eraw! back into the cockpit and right the plane, ACHIEVES RECORD COAST T0 COAST New York Plane Reaches Los Angeles in 24 Hours and 51 Minutes Mines Field, Los Angeles, Oct, 26.--Setting a new record for a trans-continental non-stop airplane flight from -the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, the monoplane Yankee Doodle arrived here at 2,12 p.m, Thursday from. Roosevelt Field, New York, The official time of the flight was announced as 24 hours 61 min utes by an official of the National Aeronautical Association, The unofficial time, as announe- ed by Captain C, B, D, Collyer, pi- lot, and Harry. Tucker, owner and passenger, was 24 hours and 65 minutes. The best previous time for the westward flight was 26 hours and 650 minutes, made in 1923 by Lieutenants John Mac- ready and Oakley Kelley, The Yankee Doodle hopped off at Roosevelt Field at 4.16.35 p.m, eastern standard time Wednesday, The little cigar-shaped, white-wing- ed plane was loaded with 53 gal- lons of gasoline, just about enough for a 24 hour flight, and a check began shortly after landing to de- termine how much of the fuel was left, The westward flight covered ap- proximately the course flown over by Col Arthur Goebel, when he pi- loted his plane to a new west-east non-stop transcontinental record of 18 hours and 55 minutes several weeks ago, HAD MANIA TO KILL (By ress Alliance, Neb, Oct, 26--A twelve- year-old boy with a mania to "kill something," who kidnapped a two months' old baby and when caugnt was hunting for an axé€ to behead tne infant, presented a problem to county officials today. The baby was kid- napped from its parents' parked car and was concealed in a nearby vacant lot and its cries attracted a neighbor's attention, The boy told the sherih he intended to kill the baby. DRWNED WHILE SKATING (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Oslo, Norway, Oct. 26, -- Seven persons were drowned when a par- ty of ten, skating on the lake at Ballaghen. crashed through the ice, says a message received today from Narvik. A specialist manag- ed to save three of the skaters, the country are being arranged, \ » PRISONERS RETURNED 10 BURWASH Drug Addicts Who Escaped Tuesday Rounded Up By Guards SHOTS FIRED Fugitives Are Sighted on the C.N.R, Tracks, 16 Miles North of Burwash (By Canadian Press) Sudbury, Ont, Oct. 20.--Four pri» spners of the Burwash Industrial Farm, who last Tuesday escaped from the drug addicts' camp, were captur- ed yesterday afternoon after guards had frightened them into submission by firing shots over their heads, The fugutives were sighted at noon near Wannp Diamond, about 16 miles north of Burwash, on the CN.R, by Guards Benson and Tomie, but a: first refused to surrender and threats ened to offer resistance. The two young guards, however, drew their revolvers, firing high, and the men gave in, Other guards were sent to help re- turn the prisoners and they were brought back here on a freight train, The four men are John O'Brien, Joseph Lenix, William Hammell ana William Henderson, CONTRACT PRICES PUBLIC BUILDIN ARE ANNOUNCED Alterations 'to Post Ofes and Customs House Will Cost $25,000 : The contract prices on the euss toms house and post office altera- tions were announced today by Daniel Riordan, 786 Simcoe street south, contractor for the customs house, and Garbutt & Campbell, contractors on the post office job. The tender of Mr, Riordan aceepts ed by the Department of Publie Works for the new story om the customs house totalled just over $17,000, while the contract price for the post office alterations was about $8,000, Sub-Contracts ' Most of the sub-contracts on the customs house have been arranged, said Mr, Riordan, 8, Gasgoigne of Whitby will do the roofing, W, F. Bowden, of this city, will hans dle the sheet metal work, and Mr, Riardan will himself handle. the concrete and earpentry work, Tens ders are in and closed on plumbing and heating, steel vaults, strges tural and reinforcing steel, and plastering, while the brickwork, lumber, electrial and painting are still open. Contrats Are Open The sub-contracts on the pos office alteration work are still open, say A, E, Garbutt and N, A, Camps bell, who compose the Garbutt & Campbell sub-contracting firm, The trades not let are roofing, eles vator, plumbing, electrical work and painting, BUFFALO DRY AGENTS NO LONGER ADVISED Buffalo, Oct, 26.--The Canadian Custms office today received an of» ficial communication from Hon, W. D, Euler, Minister of National Revenue, In which he ordered the office to discontinue the transports ing to United States Customs of~ fices of names and consignees of shipments of liquor, The same message went to all border posts, to take effect immediately, A desire to uphold the dignity of the international treaty is sgid to have prompted the order, One of the provisions of . this treaty, which was designed to check the activity of the rum boats was that the name of the consignee should be telephoned to the United States Customs after the clearance of the cargo by Canadian Customs, NEGLIGENCE CHARGE Midland, Oct. 26.--Gilbert H, Murdoch, former U.F.0. member of the Legislature for Centre Sime coe, was yesterday committed 'for trial on a charge of criminal negli» gence after a coroner's jury fad placed the blame on his car for & fatal crash oh September 16, Murdoch was released on $4, 000 bail, $2,000 provided by hime selt and $1,000 each by R., W, Clue and H, D. Dewell. \ OF RUM CLEARANCES