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~ -- ~~-- "All the News While It Is News" VOL. 4-NO. 67 og a. a bie aan 8 8 0 ot dt tite Goals ind do inn i did News in Brief (By Canadian Press) - ni Sul Jp improvement oo r ot pes ie the condition of Sit Hugh John ¥ Macdonald whe is suffering from is influenza. R Ho llgl Otawa.--Hon, as Lapointe, minister of justice, resumed his place in the house of commons yesterday, following a lengthy illness. Rural Credits Costly Winnipeg--It cost Manitoba $l. 100,000 to establish a rural credit sys- tem. This is the amount the debt adjustment board announced must | ff. be written off, he : f a uf Nave 8 Sgtia nts of lifax.~The public accou Bom of No ova Scotia, for the fiscal year ending September 1928, tabled in the house of Fesebly, Show a total defioit of $800,772 Amen a Liquor Law iho reading was given by the Quebéc Legislative Assembly to the bill amending the Liquor' Act to make the closing time of liotnged places in Montreal and Quebec 1 pan, city time. . Adopt Half H Owen Sound.--The oliny. Sound Retail Merchants' Bureau of the Board of Trade again decided to have. the Wednesday half-holiday during five months of the year, com- mencing in May. Ottawa! int paper exports a AE at Siosts, pi 4 This "hn or ey and also as for February, | il Liquor Baned Ottawa. --Hon, Rodolphe Lomicus, Speaker of the House of ave orders to Colonel H. W, rg §ergeant-at-Arms, forbidding mes- sengers to bring liquor into the Par- liament Buildings. To lovetigate Hospitals Toronto.--A complete survey of the' whole provincial hospital system, in- volving charges for patients, manage- ment and all other matters, will be made under a royal commission: by H H Williams, J To E New Toronto.--~Dormestic relations courts will. be established in every centre where there is a juvenile court, under ill which was introduced in the fe slature by Hon. W. H. Price, at- OBER RSEIAL ni Inherits Fortune Hamilton, ~Word Shas been receiv. ed here that Mrs. M. L. Cross, for- mer housekeeper at the Royal Con- naught hotel, has inherited $400,000 through the death of a near relative in England, 3 ' * To Hold Plebiscite = Charlottetown, P.E.L--Legislation will be submitted for a plebiscite this summer to determine whether the people of Prince Edward Island de- sire the present prohibition act or government control of liquor, Worse. Drown Guelph.--After she had wis APR absent from her home for three hours, the body of Mrs, Thomas Sleeman, 53, well-known Moorefield resident, was found lying in a creek about half a mile from the village Yesterday. New Wheat Standards Ottawa.-~The proposal that a sep- arate set of standards for commercial rades be fixed for wheat going west or shipment from Pacific rts, found favor at the meeting of the house of commons committee on agriculture, an Flying Field Chain. Ottawa. Dione of a chain of landing fields and other aviation aids along a direct line between Ot- tawa and Toronto, is being consider- ed by officials of the, civil aviation branch of the department of national defence. 2» Prince Given Badge London.--The Prince of Wales fast night at the annual banquet of the Master Mariners was adorned with a temporary insignia of office, an ornate badge and chain, while the actual insignia in gold and jewels is being made. * * Higher Tax Rate Toronto.--York township council anticipates a higher tax rate for the current year than in 1928, to 'Reeve Westbury. Slightly more than 20 mills on the dollar is expect- ed to be the rate, in comparison with 17.2 mills for 1928. . Took Peter By Mistake Toronto.--~In a critical condition following the swallowing of two ete cury tablets, Mrs. Kate tie, of 11 Chestnut street, is in the eral hospital. She may recover. Mrs. Christie, her husband declares, took mua Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing | Newspaper in aw QSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1929 10 Gents Hon ee TWELVE PAGES %,| Death Came This Afternoon and Was Not Unexpected as Physicians Had for Some Time Been Warning the Public to Prepare for the End of a Lengthy Ill- ness ROSE TO HEIGHTS AS GREAT LEADER Marshal Foch Was Seventy- Seven Years Old, and Had Spent the Whole of His Life in the Military Ser vice of His Country --- Made Generalissimo of Allied Armies in 1918 (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Paris, May. 20,--~Marshal Fer- dinand Foch, famous generalissijo who led the allied armise to vic- tory in the Great War, died at his home today after a lengthy illness. He was 77 years old. The death of the French mar- shal was not unexpected, as about two weeks ago his physicians pre- pared the public for the end by an- nouncing that there was not much hope for his r-covery. He made a strong rally, however, and hopes were again roused, "only to be shattered when Marshal Foch died this afternoon, and a glorious car tor of military service came to a close. Greatest War Leader It is probable the verdict of his- tory will be that two great military leaders emerged from the world war, Ludendorff, who after crush- ing Russia on the East Front saved the German Army from defeat in 1917, and in the spring of 1918 came within an ace of final victory; and Foch, created Generalissimo of the Allied Armies in April, 1918, who finally broke the enemy's mili- tary machine in the great series.of victories which opened at Amiens on August 8 and terminated only with the Armistice on November 11, Other commanders, including Haig, great in his steadfastness of soul, will rank high in history, but none of them attained to the military genius of these two men that sets then. on a plane with the great commanders of all time, His War Record August, 1914, found Foch in command of the -Twentieth Corps before Nancy, but he was speedily (Continued on Page 7) KING GEORGE WILL NOT BE AT RAGES Will Not Even Risk the Strain of Listening By Radio (Cable Service to The 'Times by The Canadian Press) "Liverpool, Eng., Mar. 20.--King Passed Away Today and HUGE INGREASE IN AUTO PRODUCTION DURING FEBRUARY INCREASE OF 171 P.C OVER SAME MONTH ~ OF 1928 Record Only Once ' Before Exceeded in History of the Industry (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Mar, 20.~--~Production of automobiles in Canada numbered 31,287 vehicles in February acecord- ing to a report issued yesterday by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This output was the highest re- ported for any February to date and was only exceeded in May of last year when the monthly recora was established at 83,942 cars. This month's production showed a gain of 58 per cent over the vuile put of 21,501 cars of the previous month and exceeded by 171 per cent the total of 12,604 cars pro- duced in February of a year agu. Data for February, when com- pared with the figures for January, showed higher outputs on all types of cars, The principal gain was In closed model passenger cars which advanced to 18,661 units from 10, 525; open passenger cars rose to 4,730 from 3,649; chassig to 6, 969 from 6,750 and truck to 927 from 577, J Customs records for February show that 2,929; cars. were import. ed into Canade during the month and that a total of 10,856 cars were exported during the same period. Corresponding figures for January showed an import of 1,780 cars and an export of 8,997 cars. Of the tot#1 output during Feb. ruary, 21,016 cars were made for sale in Canada and 10,271 cars were intended for export. The ap- parent consumption of automobiles in Canada during the month, as de- termined by adding the 21,016 cars made for sale in Canada to the 2 929 cars imported, amounted to 23.945 cars. Comparative figures showing the number of cars avail. able for consumption in Canads for the previous month totalled 13,~ 285 cars and in February last year, 11.726 cars. t THOUSANDS BEREFT OF): THEIR HOMES Floods : in Europe Ave the Worst Experienced in Nearly Sixty Years (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Bratislavia, Czechoslovakia, Mar, 20.--~Th nds of families along George, convalescing at Bog not only will not see the Grand Na- tional run off at Aintree, but will not even risk the nervous excite- ment of listening to accounts of it broadcast over the io. The Prince of Wales, however, plans to take the day off, and with crowds of other Londoners, pile into ol ons of the 300, special trains which speed from the capital to Liverpool early. on Friday morning and re- turn immediately after the great Protest Pensions Plan Toronto.~Toronto will likely join with other municipalities in opposing Premier Ferguson's proposal to com- pel municipalities to pay 20 per cent. of old age pensions. the right bank of the Danube were suddenly bereft of their homes, cattle and other belongings wuuy by the worst flood since 1872. The great river, which is choked with millions of tons of thawing fce, was rising steadily and threat ening further disaster, Church bells tolled along its 1800 mile length warning Ripar- fan dwellers to flee for their lives. . Save Steamers London--Half a d men in.a small open motor boat from Deal, sounding 2 hand foghorn, saved sev- eral big steamers, including a liner, from possible wreck on the danger- ous Goodwin Sands yesterday. the tablets last night in for medicinal tablets. Foreccsts -- Lower Lakes mud Montreal, Mar. 20.--An airplane hummed yesterday over the St. Lawrence at Bout de L'Isle, just below this city, and 2 moment lat- er there was a roar, masses of ice spurted high in the air, creat- ing spaces of open water. The ex- periment ' registered success for Prof. Howard Barnes of McGill C-orgian Bay -- wind , foir 0.4 rather cold to- might. Thursday -- South to southwest winds, mostly fair and milder 2gain, university, who has devised bombs containing a fiercé her' -generating Misiire called solite, for ice fight- gE Bombs Dropped Used in Breaking Up Ice (By Canadian Press) From Air Three bombs were dropped, each having a penetrator so that the solite would reach slush ice and open the way to heat generation. Unless special conditions . esse, however, in connection with open- fog the river, it is possible that Professor Barnes will not utilize an airplane again. Yesterday's ac- tivities were mostly to see if bombs launched from a flying ship would reach their mark. French Generalissimo Dead. i ' MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Generalissimo who led the allied forces to victory in the World War, passed away at Paris, France, today, after a long illness. CONSPIRACY IN INDIA IS DISCOVERED MADE OF THOSE BE- LIEVED INVOLVED Elaborate Precautions Tal:en at Strategic Points Against Revolt (Cable Service To The Times By . 'Canadian Press) Bombay, India, Mar, 20.--The police made numerous arfests here at Poona and Calcutta today in connection wilh an alleged con- spiracy against: the state. The activities here were mainly directed. against the "Youth League", offices were three local Communist labor leaders were ar- rested -on a .charge of "waging war against the King" in connec- tion with speeches they delivered at the Jhansi Presidency Peas- ants' Conference. Many. books. and papers were seized and elaborate precautions taken throughout the city. The police and military . stationed guards at strategic points, partic- ularly at the mills." When news of the arrests reach- ed the Tata Mills at Dadar, north of Bombay, the workmen struck, walking out in a body. Tense ex- citement prevails there, Literature Seized Poona, Mar. 20.--Hundreds of police searched the branches of the youth league here today and arrested the Socialist leader Dhun- diraj Thegadi on charges of wag- ing war against the King. A quan- tity of Communist and other liter- ature was seized, x Calcutta Houses Raided Calcutta, Mar. 20.--Police raid- ed many houses this morning and arrested several Communist labor leaders. A quantity of Communist literature was seized. SMITH FALLS MAN KILLED ON RAILWAY (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Mar. 20. -- Fred Me- Martin, of Smith Falls, an employe of the Canadian Pacific Railway, was instantly killed last night when struck by a locomotive in the companys' Outremont yards. The man was crossing the tracks and failed to see the approach of the train. NUMEROUS ARRESTS BONUSING ACT AMENDMENT INTRODUCED MEASURE RESULT OF REQUEST BY CITY OF OSHAWA Will Ensble Municipalities to Acquire and Sell Industrial Sites - (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 20.--A bill re- specting the acquisition of lands by municipalities for industrial pur- poses wag introduced by Hon: W. H. Price, attorney-general, 'in the legislature yesterday. The bill was introduced as a re- sult of several applications, Col. Price stated, to the private bills commfttee., It provides that muni- cipalities may obtain land which they plan to devote to industrial sites, when approval is given by a vote of the electors. The land may then be held for sale to industries, but on, selling must be approved by the county court judge. The bill seeks to provide that municipalities shall both pay and receive fair prices 'for property. ' The above bill was prepared as a direct result of the application of the City of Oshawa for a private bill giving the city the right to do those things which are provided for in the proposed new legislation. At the hearing of the private bills committee regarding the Oshawa bill, the attorney-general recom- mended to the committee that leg- islation along the above lines should be passéd. W. E. N. Sinclair, local repre- sentative in the legislature, is mak- ing an application for a refund to the city, of the cost of presenting Oshawa's private bill to the legis- lature. It is understood that this practice is customary in cases where private bills are found to involve matters which should pro- perly be amendments to the stat- utes as is the case in this instance. The amount involved is in the neighborhood of $200. Two Burned to Death Marcus Hook, Pa. -- Two meh were burned to death and three others seriously burned early to- day in a fire at the Sun Oil Co. plant here, after an explosion in Annoi Distillery. Scores of work- ers and firemen were burned. They were treated on he scene by physi cians summond from nearby towns. a a DISASTER AT PARRY SOUND Unknown 'Number Killed When Trains Collide Aged Marshal of F rance Collision of Passenger Trains at | Lonely Point Near Parry Sound Results ; in Death of Tealunen Brother of Local Man Missin Railway "Fanci J. H. McRoberts, baggage- man on a C.N.R. passenger train which collided in a dis- astrous fashion with another C.N.R. train near Parry Sound, Ontario, and' who 'was reported as missing following the accident is a brother of H. H, McRoberts living at 186 Simcoe street south, Osh- awa. Mr. McRoberts here stated to the Times that he last saw his brother four weeks ago, as the latter was in the habit of visiting him about omce a month, The members of the famiy are an- xiously waiting further details of the accident. STRONG CRITICS OF INTERESTS NOW OPPOSING HYDRO Informatiort Sought By Mr. Sinclair ¢ NOT ADVISABLE Liberal " Laader Objests to this Secrecy Policy in Regard to Hydro i Toronto, Mar. 20.--Scathing erit- iciem of the Foshay interests and of United States and other competi- tion against the provincial hydro system was made yesterday after- noon in the legislature by Premier Ferguson when he prevailed upon W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal lead- er, to withdraw a motion asking the production of all the commis- sioner's files with respect to the export of power, At the premier's plea that it was not in the public interest to publish the reguestedl information as to the hydro's power contracts, reports and other documents, Mr. Sinclair withdrew his motion, but not without considerable reluc- tnce. The di jon which ended with the withdrawal, developed in- to a thrashing anew of the whole competition problem. Premier Ferguson reiterated that the commission was harassed by un- fair competition, especially from United States interests. He refer- red to the United States firms as "the more insidious gentlemen from foreign lands, seeking to get their hooks into us." Minneapol- is, he said, signified the efforts which United States firms were willing to make to gain a foo in ( Ontario. == Public Wanted Information Mr. Sinclair, however, insisted that the public bad a right tosknow fhe hydro's dealings in export pow- er. Secrecy, he sald, only served (Continued on Page 7) BILL T0 PROTECT STOCK INVESTORS Attorney General Frames New Legi-12t'on Providing for Audit (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Mar. 20. -- Attorney- General W, H. Price, in the Prov- incial Legislature yesterday, stated that it was imperative that the vublic be protected in all stock transactions. For this reasém he introduced for first reading a bill to amend the 'Security Frauds Pre- vention Act." ? The main amendments of the Bill deal with the audit of the books of firms by the stock ex- changes of which, firms are mem- bers.. The bill, Mr. Price inform- ed the House, was' introduced at the request of the two Toronto stock exchanges, *eah of which have a membership of dpproximate- ly 60. "It is only proper that we stand' behind these stock ex- changes and so give them power to audit the books of the mempers. Heretofore they have not had that Collisio : near Parry division here this afternoon. were to escape. Strutt, of Toronto. ' man Savage. steel, RETREATING IN MEXICO Federal Forces Plan Relent- less Pursuit--Bank Banditr y Charged (By Canadian Press) Mexico City, Mar, 20.--General Plutarco Elias Calles reorganized bis forces at Torreon today pre- paratory to the drive northward to 'purge Chihuahua of the rebel forces of General Jose Gonzalo Escobar. The federal generalissimo ar- rived at Torreon last night from the state of Durango and immediately began preparations for the relent- less pursuit of Escobar and the campaign which he previously had sald would be one of "extermina- on." At Chapultepec Castle, President Portes Gil said this pursuit of the revolting generals would not be against them as rebels and political offenders but as bank bandits and large scale looters. The entire re- volution was characterized as noth- ing more than a wholesale depre- datory attempt with its leaders in- tending from the first to get what loot they could and then escape in- to the United States. REBELS ARE 'TORONTO - WINNIPEG TRAINS CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING, AND FEARS ARE EXPRESSED THAT NUMBER OF VICTIMS MAY BE BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY WITH FOUR * ALREADY DEFINITELY ITELY IDENTIFIED AS DEAD. Inability to Secure Direct rect Commmuication Gives Rises to Fears Sia Visit o Haw Serious Jia al Fish ported--Co ist Reported to Have * Mter Wreck and Many Passengers Were Unable To Escape---Doctors ann Nurses Rushed to Se of , SEVENTEEN DEAD Toronto, March 20--Seventeen persons are dead, including thirteen passengers, and five seriously injured, as the result of the head-on collision on the Canadian National Railway, Drocourt, Sound, according to an official statemer issued from the office of the general manager of the contr... ist Parry Sound, Mar. 20--The death list in the head-on eollis' between trains three and four on the Canadian National Rail" / near Drocourt early this morning may number between 10 Passengers on the sleeping ear of number three, wiih bound west for Winnipeg, returned to Parry Sound this snd gave more definite word of the magnitude of the disaster Ji It Svea that the colonist ear, next to the baggage ¢, La "caught fire after the wreck and several of the pa 4 The surviving passengers tell graphic stories of heroic Xie to escape cremation in the burning wreck. a! The passenger list of the colonist car is not yet available. is not definitely known how many people were aboard. The newsboy who met death has deen identified as Edward The official statement from the railway company also repo the death of Engineer Gauvreau, fireman Horace Smitt and tind Practically all the passengers were asleep when the wreck oe- curred. The impact of the collision telescoped the baggage cars of both trains. Both engines were rendered a great wwisted mass of "he latest official report of the company gives. the names of the known dead as follows: Conductop Barstead, Brakeman Ferguson, Brakeman White and News Agent Miller. Known injured are stated to be Engineer Gauvreau, Fireman Smith, Brakeman Savage and Bag- gigeman Meo McRoberts, Scenes Uninjured passengers from the sleepers of No. three, who came forward to give their aid to the less fortunate people in the colonist car report heart-rending scenes as they strove to realease their fellow passengers. One woman is reports ed to have died calling for help fop her child in the wreck. Heroic ef» forts were made to effect the res lease of the trapped passengers. . When the ecolonist car caught fire all passengers In the sl were ordered out as a precautions ary measure. They detrained into the snow with all their baggage. Later they were taken aboard when the cars were brought back to Parry Sound. The line was reported clear at noon. n Broken (By Canadian Press) Parry Sound, Mar, 20.--An early morning head-on collision at Droe court, 4 miles north-west of this town, between two crack Canadian National Railways trains is known to have cost the lives of at least three members of the train crews, while fuller details were not avail. able at noon owing to disruption of communications, but there are fears that the number of deaths may be even greater than first reports indicated, and msny in- clude passengers. Conductor Barstead, Brakeman (Continued on Page 7) Manchester, Eng., Mar. 20.--The gravest financial crisis in the world's history was described by Sir George Paish, well-known econ- omist, as threatening modern busi- ness. Sir George startled his aud- ftors at the national free trade conference here with his "I say it with the highest auth- ority and I challenge anyone to deny it when I say we are threat- ened with the greatest financial crisis the world has even seen, be- | latitude," he said. cause the governments of me | Sir George Paish Predicts Financial Crisis is Coming world have followed the policy of trade restriction, preventing deb- tors from paying their debts," Sir George declared. "We are face to face with this crisis. The greatest suthorities in this country expeet to come this spring snd unless this policy of safeguarding or protec- tion is checked, it means disaster to the world. "] am mot exaggerating," Sir George declared. "I wish I were." He blamed politicians who had wrong policies since pursued the war for the impending crisis, P