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Che Oshmua Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Retormer VOL 3--NO. 117 TE II Shae NO ORDER ISSUED TO DELAY ARP -------------- OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES GASOLINE IS MADE FROM SOFT COAL Germany's Success in Syn- thetic Product Described at SOAP ALSO Kerosene, Gas, Oil and Lu bricating Oils Can Also Be Manufactured (By Canadian Press) Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 19.--Germany's success in making synthetic gasoline from soit coal, ani also soap from coal, was described today by Dr. Karl Krauch, before the international con- ference on bituminous coal at Car- negic Institute of Technology. Krauch said that coal gasoline could be changed in making into di- verse products such as kerosene, gas oil and lubricating oils, thus enabl- ing the process to be adapted to fluctuations of the market, Anti-knock gaseline could be pro- duced, he said, by controlling the method of transforming molecules of coal so that certain atomic substan- ces affecting knocks are properly synthesized. OTTAWA WANTS THE FACTS OF GASE BEFORE ACTING United States Asked Regard: ing Detention of Canadian Youths in Vermont (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont, Nov, 19.--~The De- rtment of External Affairs, through on, Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to Washington, has asked the United States government to in- quire into "the complaint that two Canadian youths are detained at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, by the Ameri- can authorities, So far no protest has' been made, The department is merely trying to ascertain if the facts, as reported, are correct before taking further action, It is under- stood the men are held as aliens at- tempting to enter the United States, A Protest Ottawa, Ont,, Nov, 19,--Norman Candler, 16, Toronto, has been locked up for nearly two weeks at St. Jahnsbury, Vt, by the United States immigration authorities, and, it is claimed, without warning or jurisdiction, = The story reach- ing here is that he was arrested aw an alien entering the United States imprisoned for a week without trial, and that the Washington authorities know of this and are & party to the illegal imprisonment, A young Nova Scotian named Hebbs, of Hebbsville, N.8,, is in a like predicament at the same place, Hostility Over Contract Fraser, Brace and Company, construction engineers of Mont. real, who built the" huge power works on the Gatineau, recently secured a power dam contract at St. Johnsbury, It is understood there is a strong local feeling against the awarding of this con~ tract to a Canadian company, This hostile feeling has been shown in the arrest of about 20 of the Fras- er, Brace, and Company employes by the United States Immigration authorities, although it is claimed, the United States laws on labor had been complied with in every re spect by Fraser, Brace and Com- pany when sending these employes from the Gatineau to the Vermont work. Mr, Fraser has bailed out all his employes, and while doing this discovered the plight of the two lads, Candler and Hebbs, He was unable tp escura their re- lease and bas notified ths Govern ment, through Hon, James A, Robb, minister of finance, Mr, Robb re- ceived word on Saturday and im- mediately asked Dr, O, D, Skelton, wider Secretary for External Af- fairs, to take action, which he did by sending a protest to Hon Vin- cent Massey to tae place before the United States Department of State, No reply has been received to r. Massey's protest to the State Department at Washington, but from another source it is learned that Candler is being kept in pris- on on instructions from the Unit- ed States Government, To secure the release of his own men Mr, Fraser had to put up $1,200 bail for each under arrest, CRAIN OPENING .. (By Canadian Press) Chicago, Nov, 19, -- Ope heat, December, $1.15%; March, $121, Corn, . December, £3 March, 871%. Oats, December, 45%c; arch, 46c. ning Stole a Car and ' Drove to New York; Now Under Arrest (By Canadian Press) Niagara Falls, N.Y,, Nov, 19.--Thomas Talland, Tor. onto, held here on a grand larceny charge, today waiv- ed examination. According to the police he stole an au- tomobile jn Thorold, Ont., and drove to New York, where he was arrested, WHEAT ADVANCES THEN REACTS ON CHICAGO MART Forecast of Fair Weather in the Corn Belt Eases Corn Prices (By Associated Press) Chicago, Nov, 19.--Unexpected firmpess of Liverpool wheat quota- tions, together with rain reports from Argentina, tended to lft wheat prices here today at the start. Offerings increased on the advances here, however, and a re- action ensued, Opening unchanged to % cents up, Chicago wheat af- terward showed something of a setback all around, A forecast of fair weather helped to ease corn which opened' unchanged to % cents higher ,and subsequently re- acted, Oats were steady, Provisions advanced, POWER BATTLE 1S RAGING IN SOUTHAMPTON Four Meetings Arranged for This Week--Officials and Ministers to Speak Southampton, Nov, 19, -- Both sides are importing speakers for the final round this week in the bat tle between private and public ownership of power, Meetings of the campaign on both sides will all be held during the week hefore the voting a week from today to de- cide whether Southampton retains BHyate power or goes over to Hy- ro, On Tuesday the Hon, William Fin- layson will start the campaign fon the Hydro with Reeve J, C, Tolmie former M.P.P,, presiding, Thurs- day it is expected that C, A, Ma- grath, chairman of the Hydro Com- mission and other officials from Toronto will address the final meet» ing on the Hydro side, The private company will hold meetings Wednesday and Friday, Who the speakers will be has not yet been decided, The Hydro meetings have been arranged by Reeve Tolmie and not by Mayor Bell, as announced in Toronto, Premier Ferguson has been in touch with Mr, Tolmie, MURDER CHARGE LAID IN NORTH Austrian Accused of Slaying License Inspector Two Years Ago -- Cochrane, Nov, 19, -- Two yeard of sifting rumors more or less re- able, of tollowing up clues of var- ying value, of patient investigation into every conceivable angle of one of the North Country's most mys- terious crimes, have culminated in the arrest of a former soldier in the Austrian Army, who today stands charged with the wilful murder of Inspector Harry Con- stable, former License Insector for the district of Cochrane, who was shot to death within a few steps of his own door here on a dark night in October, 1926, 4 Millions of Dollars Damage by Floods, Thousands Homeless ; Large Areas of Kansas, Mis- souri and Oklahoma Inun. dated and the Death Toll Stands at a Dozen -- Change to Colder Weather With Snow Intensifies the Suffering -- Farmers hose Crops, Livestock and Homes (Ry Associated Press) Kansas City, Nav, 19.--Two more drownings today brought the total of known dead from floods to fourteen, Cold Causes Suffering Kansas City, Mo,, Nov, 19,-- Snow fell generally over the flood- ed areas of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma today, intenstifying the suffering and hardship of thous- ands of persons driven from their home by the overflows, With the known toll of dead and missing standing at a dosen, addi- tional lives were endangered by possible outbreaks of disease ex- pected to follow the severe climatic change which held the temperature in the lower thirties, Combat Disease National and local relief agen- cles throughout the flooded section have joined to combat the new menace, and to aid in the rehabili- tation of victims, many of whom are likely to have a hard time with the early coming of winter, Farmers Suffer Property damage rums into mil. lions, the principal less being to crops, livestock, and flooded homes and buildings, With the crest of the flood passing from Central and Northeastern Kansas uplands, the danger was increased in South. eastern Kansas, where much of the turbulent overflow will leave the state in large streams, Kentucky Floods Pineville, Ky.,. Nov, 18,--Cum- herland River, swollen by 86 hours of torrential rain went on a ramp- age today causing death to three men, driving families from low: land homes and inundating the business district of Middlesboro, Ky, The three employes of a ceal company lost their lives about six- teen miles from here, when they walked out on a bridge to look at a mass of wreckage, The flood hurled the wreckage®at the bridge with such force that it tore it away, throwing the men into the torrent, To Record Height As the water continued to rise it was predicted that the flood would equal that of 1918, when water lay in houses to a depth of four feet, Practically all roads in the vicinity are under water, Counting the Toll Kansas City, Mo,, Noy, 10,-- After a fearful night of anxious vigilance. over encroaching flood waters along the river Eastern Kapsas and Western Mis- sourl, residentss of the lowlands in the inundated areas hegan today to count the toll, which has claimed around ten lives and caused a colos- sal properiy damage, Farmers suffered heaviest, in the loss of live stock and crops and damage to farm buildings and equipment, Damage to city munici- pal plants and flood prevention construction work was also heavy. Rainfall had ceased yesterday, and today flood crests were rushing from the uplands, while receding waters revealed the extent nf dam- age to farms and municipalities in their wake, g Care for Refugees Refugees were being cared for today by the hundred at various points where the inundation caused evacuation of homes, Many locali- ties were obliged to send out calls for shipment of drinking water, as water, light, power and communi- cation facilities were put out of commission generally. As rain ceased to fall in the two states, the temperature began to drop steadily, adding to the dis- comfort to the refugees and relief workers, Snow was reported at several points in both states, City Under Water Winfield, Kansas, today was in the grip of the worst flond in the city's history, with part of the city under water, Although rumors of several deaths in that vicinity came today it was impossible to eorrobs orate apy of the reports, basins of" Rivers Run Wild in Three States ACCOUNTANT OF TIMBER COMPANY LOST IN WoODS A. C, Sherwood Went on Hunting Trip Last Thursday and Has Not Returned (Ry Canadian Press) Port Arthur, Ont., Nav, 19. -- Fears are entertained for the safe- ty of A, C., Sherwood, accountant of the New Wago Timber Company, who has been missing from an isolated camp of the company since Thursday, He went hunting while on a business visit to the camp and when he did not return search par- ties were sent out without result, SCORE INJURED AS BUS COLLIDES WITH MOTOR CAR Passengers Thrown from Their Seats and Showered With Broken Glass (By Canadian Press) Kalamazoo, Mich,, Nov, 19.--22 persons were Injured, seven seri- ously, when a Chicago-Detroit bus, carrying thirty-five persons, collid- ed with a motor car driven by Rev, Father Bonna, pastor of Paw Paw Church, Thirty-five passengers of the bus were camahulted from their uty and showered with broken glass, TWO KILLED AND TWELVE INJURED AS TRAINS CRASH (By Canadian Press) Lowell, Mass., Nov, 19.--Two persons were killed and twelve in- jured in a collision between two passenger trains of the Boston & Maine Rallroad near Lowell station this afternoon. PRISONER OPENS FIRE ON POLICE AFTER ARREST Kills Detective Sergeant, Wounds Two Others and Fatally Wounds Self (By Canadian Press) Baltimore, Md., Nov, 19--Opening fire after he had been arrested and taken peacefully to police headquar- ters, Henry Patterson, aged 24, wanted in New York for the shoot- ing of a policeman, today shot and killed detective sergeant Joseph Car- roll, wounded two other officers, and was probably fatally wounded him- self by the officers' return fire, BAN EMPLOYES LIQUOR BOARD (By Canadian Press St. Catharines, Ont.,, Nov, 19.--- Alderman W., B, Mills, vendor at the Ontario Government store to- day received word from Sir Henry Drayton that in future no employe of the Liguor Control Board may run for public office, This prevents the alderman, who has been on the council for three years, from being a candidate again, Red Russia Rumbling With Revolution and Soviet Rule Menaced Peasants Bitterly Resent the Confiscation of Their Grain --Separatist Revolt Impending in the Ukraine ~--Moscow Blames France for Playing a Part in the Present Drama Paris, Nov, 19--Rumblings of re- volution are shaking the foundations of Red Russia, despatches reaching here from Moscow, seat of the Sov- iet Government, clearly disclose to- day, The menace to the 11-year-old Communist States is two-fold, Gravest fears that the Government founded by Lenin and Trotzky may be tottering arise from the admitted fact a Separatist revolt is impend- ing in the Ukraine and a coalition of frontier states determined to break away from the domination of the Kremlin, Moscow openly accuses Poland and Roumania of preparing to help in the overthrow of the exist- ing regime, and also points an accus- ing finger at the presence of French General Le Rond in Rumania, alleg- edly in connection with uniting the front against Russia, The Moscow Krasnaya Swesta, organ of the Red Army, has printed what purports to he the clauses of a military agree- ment by which Poland and Rumania will unite commands, The sccond menace is the peasant reyolt, which, for weeks, has been sweeping across Russia from the Baltic to the Berling Straits, The rich peasants, or "Kulaks" (Russian for tight fists), have been carrying on a war of revenge against the rulers at Moscow, Nearly five hun- dred Soviet officials have been mur- dered in the past year by the pea- sants, who have been stirred to fury by the Goyernment's requisitioning of grain with the threat of famine lcoming over the country, That the Soviet Government is on the verge of bankruptcy is common talk in the streets of Russian cities and is feed- ing the fires of unrest. Rumors of Di There are also persistent rumors of dissension within the Kremlin itself where Josef Vissarenovitch Dzhug- shivili, called Stalin, meaning "steel," sits at the head of the Soviet state. recent clash between Stalin and Leon Trotsky, builder of the Red Army, ended in Trotzky's exile to Russia Turkestan, where he has been writing a book attacking the Stalin regime, copies of which have recently been smuggled out into Germany for printing there, and secret distribu- tion through Russia, Trotzky ac- & Ld cuses Stalin of abandoning the prin- ciples sponsored by Lenin. The inscrutable president of the Union of Soviet States, named Stalin by Lenin because he is as cold as tempered metal, is reported to be en- gineering a coup d'etat, According to the version of the situation accepted by Berlin and Paris, where the clos- est cye is kept on Moscow, the re- volution will find Stalin in power at its end--a Napoleon of the North, Important Red Army commanders have been as far outside Russia as Berlin within the past few weeks and emigres, who have never dared to re- turn to their native country since the revolution, have gone into Moscow and come safely out again. Diplomatic sources in Moscow have in several cases recently reported a portentous stir there, The talk of Soviet bankruptcy, for example, heard on every hand, would have been a dangerous type of conversa- tion a few months ago, The ex- planation given of this condition is that the army is getting the upper hand and- now has the secret police under control, SAILOR FALLS FROM SHIP MASTHEAD (By Canadian Press) Port Arthur, Ont, Nov, 19--An- toine - Pelletier, Quebec, sustained serious injuries when he fell forty feet from the masthead of the steam- er Cedarton, on which he was em- ployed, STRUCK BY TRAIN (By Canadidn Press) St, Catharines, Ont., Nov, 1§,-- Mrs, Mary Kowal, aged 64, died in 8 hospital today as a result of being struck by a train while walking on the tracks in Thorold township on Saturday, IVESTOCK PRICES oronto, Ont, Nov, 19.--Livestock receipts, 7921, trade good. Heavy beef steers, $9 to $10, Butcher steers, good to choice, $9 to $9.25. Butcher cows, medivm, $6 to $7.50. Calves, good to choice, $14 to $16, Hops sel- ect, $10. Good ewe lambs, $1 75, DIES IN HOSPITAL L Statement lssued on Behalf of Lamport and Holt Fo cuses Attention on Radio Messages to Merchant and Naval Ships -- Fear-craz. ed Negro Firemen Forsook Furnaces and Refused to Keep Up Steam (By Associated Press) New York, Nov, 19--Official denial on behalf of the owners of the steamer Vestris, that they caused Captain Carey to delay 8 O 8 calls has been made in a state- ment issued by Saunderson and Son, American agents for Lamport and Holt, and focuses attention on radio mesage obtained for the in- quiry, . Federal Attorney Tuttle has subpoenaed the radio fyle of mer- chant ships, and has obtained navy records of all messages relating lo the Vestris, Firemen Quit New York, Nov, 19.--In an ex- clusive 'interview with Reuter's here, three surviving: members of the crew of the ill fated Vestris, which sank of the West Virginia coast Monday with a loss of more than 100 lives, stated that the rea- son the Vestris sank was because the negro firemen refused to keep up the steam boilers and Captain Casey did not send his SOS sooner than he did because up to 9 a.m, Monday there was not any need of These are the answers to the two main questions, the explanation of which has been most eagerly sought since the disaster, The sailors, insignificant figures dressed in ill-fitting clothes, were all engineer officers and all three hail from Liverpool, They were Re- frigerating Engineer Smith; Fourth Engineer Officer Prestwick, and Sixth Engineer Dixon, They told thelr story brokenly, stopping fre- gently to hite hungrily at sand- wiches, They were ull especially insistent that Captain Carey's repu- tation be vindicated of the baseless charges laid against him to whicn he was unable to reply, having hela true to the tradition of British sea- men and stuck to his post to the last, going down with his vessel, Glass Port Broken It was on Sunday, they said, thae a glass port in the so-called coal door. about five feet ahove waters line was broken by a huge wave, and immediately a solid torrent ox water poured into the ship, This in itself did not cause any danger, Smith said, as the pumps were ahle to handle it, But a list developed which, although it was not danger- ous, caused the negro firemen to become more panicky. All went well Monday, they sald, and none of the engineers were worried as the situation was in hand, about 9 o'clock on Monday, how- ever, the negroes became almost impossible to handle, their nervves having been frayed by the ship's list, which made the firing of the boilers a difficult task, while wat- er was swishing walst high in the engine room, The negroes kept slipping away when officers' backs were turned, and although they were driven back several times at the point of a revolver, nothing could keep them at work even when they were forced right to the boil- ers, Finally, officers could do no more and the steam began to fail with corresonding and increasing lack of power in the pumps, and more and more water pouring through the broken port, and at 10 o'clock Catain Carey decided to send out an SOS, DRIVER ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS AND NEGLIGENCE Young London Girls Struck By Car Nearly Drown in Ditch (By Canadian Press) London, = Nov, 18.--Thomas Dwyer, aged 27, was charged today with responsibility for the accident on Saturday which pearly cost the lives of Minnie Prince, aged 15, and Vera Prince, aged 17, The two girls were struck by a car and thrown into 8 water-filled ditch, Both were in danger of drowning before being pulled out, Minnie is suffering from a fraec- tured leg and Vera from cuts and bruises, Dwyer was arrested today charged with being drunk while driving and with causing bodily harm through negligence, Claim Britishers Being Used for Strike Breakers --p-- (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Int, Nov. 19. -- Alleged use of Briish miner harvesters as strike breakers in mines at Wayne, Alberta, is still under investigation by the immigration department. Officials decline to say what action will be taken if the charge is substantiated. THO NEW GASOLINE STATIONS MAY BE ESTABLISHED City Service on Court Street and Domestic, Corner King and Ritson Present indications ave that Osh- awa will soon have two additional up-to-date gasoline and oil stations, one in the west end of tire city, and the other in the east end, makin® nine well-equipped service stations on the highway within the eity limits, The Cities Service Ofl Co., Ltd, which has a wholesale gasoline sna oil depot on Court street, has s- cured an option on the former Millichamp residence at the corner of King street west and Gladstone avenue, and intend starting work at an early date on the demolition of this building and the erection of a fully modern, well-equipped ser- vice station, This company's appli- cation will come before the Council Monday night, hut it is not thought there will be any serious oppositiui to it as that section of King street has already taken on & business character, there being another ser- vice station, a bread depot and 2 dairy within a few hundred yards, There is no residential by-law cov- ering this area, Domestic Nervice The southeast corner of King St, east and Ritson road is the site ser lected hy the Domestic Service Sta tion, which has several branches in Toronto. The head of this coms pany is D, B. Hanna, formerly chairman nf the Liquor Control Board, This firm has an option on the corner lot owned by E, IL, Vickery, and also the house and lot facing on Ritson Road to the rear of Mr, Vickery's lot owned by J. F, Jarrell, On the Vickery lot is situ ated one of the oldest residences in Oshawa. This house was occupied for many years by Isaac Salter, Carload at a Time The Domestic Service Station has a rather unique idea, although a similar scheme has already been introduced in Oshawa by the Mer- cury Service Station at the corner of King and Mary streets, This 18 the installation of huge storage tanks witht capacity to hold a freight carload of gasoline, Two of these tanks holding 12,000 gals lons each, will ho installed at the rear of the property and it is In- tended to run a switch from the line on Ritson Road so that a car can he shunted right on to the pro- perty. Four tanks of 1,000 gallon capacity each will be installed at the front of the service station, and these will he kept supplied from the large tanks at the rear, Before Council Two questions are involved in connection wity this proposed lo- cation, One is that of lifting resi- dential restrictions on the property and the other, permission to in- stall the siding. It is likely that both these matters will come be~ fore the Council on Monday night, RECORD PRICE FOR N. Y. EXCHANGE SEAT (By Canadian Press) New York, Nov, 19--A seat on the New York Stock Exchange was sold today for $490,000, a new re- cord price, $10,000 above the pre- vious sale and peak price. _BEBEL LEADERS SLAIN (By Canadian Press) Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Nov, 19, --George Nandess, one of the chief lieutenants of Ivan Mikhailoff, Ma- cedonian revolutionary leader, has been killed by adherents of the late rival leader, General Protogu- eroff. Macedonians believe Mik- bailoff himself will be the next vietim to suffer revenge for the killing of numerous members of the Protogueroff faction, in the S.0.S. CALLS Owners of S.S. Vestris Deny Responsibility For Belated Appeal FEAR FIFTY DIE IN STORM OVER BRITAIN Wreck of Steamer Eltham May Add Eleven Victims to the Death Toll 41 KNOWN DEAD Communications Are Being Restored and Storm Damage Repaired (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Swansea, Wales, Nov, 19.--Fear that the gale which has swept Bri- tain during the past week had added 11 more vietims to the toll was entertained here when it was learned that the steamer Eltham had been wrecked, The vessel was washed ashore, broken in two, She carried a crew of 11, Known Dead 41 London, Nov, 19.--With 41 pers sons killed in the storm which swept over England, there was no sign today of a recurrence of the gale and communications were bes ing restored and damage repaired, With the repoening of commun- ications it became known that five more were to he added to the death toll, as the result of the wreck of » small Liverpool schooner, John Woodier, a youth, was the only one of the crew to escape. He manag- ed to clamber to a bit of rock that jutted out of the sea when the schooner was dashed to pieces on the Tacks. After 48 hours without ood, he was sighted an by a pilot boat, § Tesoveq KILPATRICK WILL OPPOSE WENIGE FOR MAYORALTY Spirited Contests Anticipate ed for Annual Civic Elec. tions in London London, Ont, Nov, 19.~There is certain to be a contest for the May- oralty of London for 1929, and today (nomination day) there will be two and possibly three or four candidates in the field, Mayor Wenige is seeks ing a fifth term, and Ald, W, J, Kil» patrick, one of London's most proms ment business men, announces des finitely he is in the field to oppose him. Ald, Kilpatrick has another year to serve on the City Council having been elected at the head of the polls last year for a two-year term, but he is resigning from the Council, His resignation means that Chris Hawken, well-known merchant, will automatically be chosen to sue= ceed him, as Hawken last year was fifth man when four were being els ected to the Council. Other $= sible candidates are Ald, Frank Mes Kay and ex-Ald. Edward Smith, MAJORITY CUTIN BRUGE TRIUMPH Ministerialists Lead By 13 in Australian Election Returns be Melybourne, Australia, Nov, 19, With many seats in doubt last night, following the general elees tion Saturday, the ultimate stands ing of the parties in the new House of Representatives was indicated as follows: Ministerialists, 44, Combined Opposition, 31, The coalition Government head- ed by Premier Stanley Bruce, was sustained by the electors, who turn- ed out to the polls in record num. bers. In somed istricts 97 per cent of the electorate voted. Majority Reduced The majority of the coalition in the House of Representatives will apparently be reduced by eight members, with the gain going to the Labor party. The Nationalist Country. coalition was represented- by 52 members in the last Paria- ment. The vote in the Senate elections is being counted, with the returns so far, too incomplete to indicate the result. One-third of the Sem- ate membership was to be elected. In the last Senate the Government had 26 out of the 36 seats. AN Ministers were returned in Saturs deadly feud between the two groups. . day's election,