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The Osh mua Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaperin a Growing City Published at and Public Fire Damages Kitc Birch Clitf.--A tire in the kitch- en of the house at the rear of Ste- venson's soft drink store, Stop 33, Kingston Road, caused $200 dam- age at 4.45 p.m. Jesterday. Stiff Fines Imvosed Mimico.--Magistrate Davidson's highway court today was crowded with defendants who paid a total of over $1,000 into the treasury, tue penalty for overloading trucks, * Ld Pwo Killed in Plane Santa Monica, Calif.--Oscar Bay- er, 31, pilot, and O. L. Johnson, 24, inspector for the Douglas Air- craft company, were killed today when their plane crashed at Clover field here. * LJ Still Seeking Refuge Oslo Norway. -- Refused entry into Germany, Leon Trotzky, exiled Russian Communist, s seeking per- mission to come to Norway. The government wil take the matter under consideration. LJ * Atlantic Stormy New York.--The north Atlantic states were raked today by a north- east rain storm that sank small ships in harbor, swept shore bung- alows out to sea and held ocean Iners from comleting ther voyages. " LJ * May Visit U.S. Windsor. -- The Essex Scottish regiment, probablp will" visit the New York state fair at Syracuse, next August, it was announced by its commander, Lieut.-Col. Alan C. Prince. Permission is being sought at Ottawa and 'Washington. » * Miniser Called Milton, -- The congregation of Knox Presbyterian church, Bur- lington, has decided to extend an unanimous call to Rev. C, A. Mul- lin, of Richmond Hill, Mr. Mullin will receive $2,000 per year, a manse and a month's holdays. ow LJ ® Third Plane Death Detroit. -- William, C Naylor, aged 29, Chief Engineer of the Stout Engineering Laboratories, who was injured Saturday after- noon in the oeroplane crash at the ! Ford airport, in which two others were killed, died" this morning at the Henry Ford hospital. FS A an Drug Carrier Sentenced Toronto.--Convicted in sesisons court of having drugs in his pos- session, Joseph Bennett, alias Summers, was sentenced by Judge Denton yesterday to 18 months in the reformatory, with a fine of $1,000 or in the alternative an ad- ditional 12 months' Jmprisonment. * Ld To Relieve Traffic Toronto, -- A new international bridge at Siagara Falls, a third highway between Toronto and Hamilton and a new road to ease congestion about Windsor, are three suggested features of a traf- fic relief program which is now receiving the consideration of the Ontario government. LANDSLIDE DAMAGES THE WELLAND CANAL St. Catharines, April 17--Damage estimated at $10,000 was caused to- day by a landslide on section num- ber 2° of the Welland Ship Canal near Homer, when a part of the east bank slid from its place for a dis- tance of about 25 fect to the bottom of the huge ditch carrying with it a large section of the concrete slabs which line the bank at the water's edge when the canal is filled. BANDITS ESCAPE WITH §38,000 LOOT Rob Messengers Transport- ing Payroll and Shoot Policeman and Guard (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, N.Y, April 17--A band of robbers in 'an automobile today held up and shot a policeman and a bank messenger who were guard- ing a payroll and escaped with a sum estimated at $38,000. . The money was in several bags and was being taken to the Bell Tele- phone laboratories in Bethune street. Police Commissioner Whalen and other high officials of the depart- ment personally took charge of the case. .. McKane is a guard for the Chat- ham Phenix bank branch at 14th street and Eighth 'avenue, a short distance uptown from where the hold~ up occurred. WEATHER The Atlantic Coast storm is centred near Nantucket, moving slowly north east- ward, while pressure is high fiom Hudson Bay eastward to Labrador and Newfoundland. The weather has been most- ly fair with moderate tempera« tures in the Western prove ince, while gales witn neavy rain and lecal snowfalls pre vail in Quebec and the Mari- time provinces. Forecasts: Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay--Fresh to strong northerly winds, fair and cool tonight and Thurs. day. . Ont., Canada, Every A\TLANT OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. SIXTEEN PAGES IC COAST SWEPT BY STORM Wreckage Piled Up on Long Stretch of Seaboard Germany's Offer to the Allies Billion Dollars a Year Lower Than the Demands Presented Dr. Schacht, German Spokes-| men, Also Proposes to Limit the Payments to 37 Years, in Place of 58 Years Called for in Allies' Claim PATIENCE OF ALLIES BECOMING STRAINED Reasons Why Germany Finds the Reduced Allied Bill Greatly Reduced Also Presented to the Confer- ence on Reparations (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, Apr. 17. Germany's coun- ter plan for paying her Great War reparations, presented to the allied experts by Dr. Schacht, chief of the German delegation, this afternoon, is* understood to offer about one billion marks less per year than the creditors demanded, Payments would continue 37 years instead of the 58 years pro- posed by the allies in their memor- annum. The German offer envis- aged annuities beginning at 1,100,- 000,006 marks and rising to 1, 450,000,000 marks. Dr. Schacht seemed in an affable humor when he arrived at the Ho- tel George V, where the committees has been meeting. He submittea with good grace and smiles to be photographed. Getting Impatient Paris, April 17.--The allies re- parations experts, whose patience seemed slightly strained, expected today to see on paper just what Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German spokes- man, thinks Germany can pay to settle the war ilaims. Instead of hitherto constant oral' criticism of the proposals of the creditor nations, Dr. Schacht had prepared his own schedule of fig- ures to present at the plenary ses- sion of the experts this afternoon. His memorandum contained in black and white also, it was said, his reasons why Germany finds the greatly reduced allied bill exces- sive. REBELS PREPARING FORTIFICATIONS FOR LAST STAND MEXICAN REVOLUTION IS CONFINED TO ONE STATE Federal Forces. Creeping Nearer to Last Strongholds of Rebel Army (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nogales, Ariz, April 17--Mexican rebel fortifications at Nogales and Agua Prieta,' Sonora, were being strengthened today as federal arm- ies crept nearer the last strongholds of the revolutionary movement. Agua Prieta which has been occu- pied by about 1,800 rebels from Chi- huahua under General Martin Bar- cenas, apparently was being made ready to repulse an attack from fed- erals reported to be moving toward Sonora from Pulpito Pass, or from the loyal garrison at Naco, Sonoro. Unemployed men in Nogales, Son- ora, were placed under rebel guards anf put to work digging trenches. Trenches more than half a mile long were being constructed. Rebel soldiers were being concen- trated at two other points in Sonora. The main revolutionary force was said to have gathered at Navojoa, in the Southern part of the state, after withdrawing from San Blas, North- ern Sinaloa. Federal forces were said to have occupied San Blas. The fourth rebel camp, with a nucleus of 1,300 men under General Ramon Yucupicio, was being maintained in the hills south of Naco. About 1,500 federals were reported in the Naco garrison. QUEBEC MAN IS BURNED TO DEATH Montreal, April 17--When he trip- ped and fell, causing a lighted lan- tern he was carrying to break and ignite the contents of a can of gaso- line he was also carrying, Daniel McCormick, 28 years of age, was bur- ned to death last night on the shore of Riviere des Prairies at Sault aux Recollets. 'Passenger Bus Goes in Ditch (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brantford, April 17.--A passen- ger bus on the Buffalo-Detroit run was ditched between Princeton and Paris about 7.30 this morning and eight passengers suffered minor injuries and a shaking up. They were admitted to the Willett Hos- pital at Paris, but after receiving first aid treatment were discharg- NOTED CANADIAN POLITICIAN" AND FIVANCIER DIE SIR CLIFFORD SIFTON DIES SUDDENLY IN NEW YORK Had Great Influence in West by Reason of His Newspapers (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, April 17.--S8ir Clif- ford Sifton, long prominent in Canadia npolitical and business af- fairs dropped dead this morning in Roosevelt Hospital in this city. He bad come from his winter home in Florida to consult a heart gpecial- ist, Dr. Evan Evans, in New York. Death was due to heart disease from which 'Sir Clifford had suf- fered for the last two years. Sir Clifford was a man of great wealth, with wide and varied finan- cial interests. During his politi- cal career in Manitoba he acquired ownership of the Manitoba Free Press, which wielded a great influ- ence throughout the prairie prov- inces. More recently, with his sons, he purchased a group of Sas- katchewan daily papers, the Re- gina Leader and Post, and Saska- toon Star and Phoenix. Lady Sifton died about 4 years ago. The surviving sons of Sir Clifford are: John W., of the Mani- toba Free Press, Winnipeg; Harry A., financier, of Toronto; Clifford, Jr., barrister of Toronto; and W. (Continued on page 10) FRANCE SUSPENDS SMALLPOX ORDER Will Confer With British Government on Subject of Vaccination (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, April 17, -- The French Government today temporarily sus- pended regulations invoked yester- day requiring travelers entering France from England to have been vaccinated for smallpox within two months past. The Government that the French and British health authortes would confer soon as to the best methods of protecting French citizens from an epidemic of smallpox which was alleged to exist in England. LITTLE HOPE FOR UNION TERMINAL Sir Henry Thornton Says Deadlock Reached at Montreal (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, April 17. -- The evi- dence taken before the special committee of the House of Com- mons on Canadian National Rail- way matters, indicated that there was very little prospect of a Union Station in Montreal. Ad- dressing the opening meeting of the commitee here today, Sir Hen- ry Thornton president of the Can- adian National Railways, stated emphatically that it would not be possible for that system to use the Windsor Street Canadian Pacific Railway Station as a joint termin- al. On the other hand, C.P.R. of- ficials have stated that they would not agree to using the tunnel ter- minal of the C.N.R. or announced | Anxious About Fate of Aviators Who are Missing (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sydney, N. S. W., April 17-- Anxiety is growing as to the fate of Lieutenant Keith Anderson and Robert Hitchcock last seen 'over Alice Springs, Central Australia, ten days ago whole flying in the aero- plane Kookaburra to join in the search for the Southern Cross, then missing. Three additional aeroplanes one of which is equipped with wire- less, have gone to Alice Springs to aid in the search which two planes carried out in that region for several hours today without results, JohnKennedy's Death Declared As Accidental C.P.R. Engineer Died Under Unfortunate Circum- stances, Verdict INQUEST LAST NIGHT Many Witnesses Called by Crown Attorney W. F. Kerr of Cobourg (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, April 17.--The jury empanelled to investi- gate the death of John Kennedy, who was killed in an accident of C.P.R. freight train No. 906 on April 6, returned the following ver- dict at the inquest last njght held in the Bowmanville Town Hall: "We, the named jury enquir- ing into the death of John Kennedy of Toronto on the carly morning of April 6, 1929, in the Township of Clarke, find that he came to his death due to a, washout by a heavy rain storm undermining the tracks which caused derailment of his train." The C.P.R. train was derailed on the line between Newogmstle and Bowmanville in the early morning of Saturday, April 6, due to a wash- out which caused the tracks to sink when the heavy train passed over them. Engineer Kennedy was kill- ed, his body being caught and mangled when the engine turned on its side, as a result of the de- railment. Chief Sydney Venton of Bow- manville was the first to give evi- dence. The chief's evidence was of a minor nature and Dr. Birks was next called. Dr. Birks is a medical practitioner in Bowman- ville, who told how he had found the engine of the C.P.R. train fol- lowing the accident. It leaned up against the bank, after the derail- ment occurred, he said. Kennedy's body was almost decapitated, and an arm was badly lacerated when Dr. Birks made an official examin ation, Conductor's Evidence Mr. Leddy, conductor, stated that his train was flagged east of Darlington. by a section man who informed him water covered the (Continued on page 7) NEW PLANS BEING MADE FOR BRIDGE AT BROCKVILLE Canadian and New York Governments May Con- tribute to Cost (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, April 17.--A plan whereby the Canadian Government and the New York state assembly would each contribute $500,000 as the nucleus of a fund for the con- struction of an international bridge between this town and Morris- town, N.Y., was unofficially re- ported here yesterday. Bonds to the amount of $3,000,000 would be issued to take care of the other expenditure necessary to construc- tion of the bridge. This enterprise apparently was to substitute one which passed the Canadian Parliament and the New York assembly and senate, only to be vetoed Monday night by Gov- ernor Theodore Roosevelt. Combine Honors List Londoi}. -- As. the present par- liament will expire close to His Majesty's birthday, June 3, it is expected the honors list customary when a prime minister leaves of- fice and the Birthday honors' list will appear simultaneously on His Majesty's' birthday, . SnowdenClaims Labor Opposed To Balfour Vote Statement in the House of Commons Excites the Keenest Interest MUCH COMMENT MADE Principle of Depling With War Debtors and Cred- itors Is Reviewed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 17--The British gen- eral election campaign was enlivened today as it had not been since its inception with repercussions of Philip Snowden's attack on the Bal- four note, which fixed the status of Britain's war debtors, Snowden, who was chancellor of the exchequer in the Labor govern- ment of Ramsay Macdonald, said the Labor party had never sub- scribed to the principals of the Bal- four note, and would hold itself open, if circumstances arose, to re- pudiate its conditions, The answer of the government, and an expected affirmation or disa- vowal by Ramsay Macdonald were anticipated with extreme interest to- day, since the admittedly strong posi- tion of the Labor party made its views of such an integral part of Europe's war debt structure as the Balfour note of extreme importance, Few of today's papers commented on Snowden's speech, which was made in the commons yesterday in the course of an attack on the bud- get proposals of Winston Churchill, present chancellog of the Exchequer. The independent Daily Express, however, congratulated him "on dar- ing to' speak the truth about the (Continued on page 10) Police Discredit Use of Machine Guns By Bandits | INVESTIGATION SHOWS BULLETS WERE ONLY BUCKSHOT Believe Beamsville Robbery Was Committed by United States' Gang (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hamilton, April 17.--Police in charge of the Beamsville bank rob- bery are inclined to discredit the report that a machine gun was used by the bandits. The thieves may have had such a weapon in their car, but it was not fired, the bullet holes in shop windows, etc. being caused by buck-shot from the sawed off shot guns that were brought into action. Inspectors Stringer, Ward and Gurnett are in charge of the case and it is believed that the robbers were an American gang familiar with the Siagara district. An amusing sidelight in con- nection with the affair was the ad- venture of Ted Brough, who was bringing his day's receipts to the bank for deposit. He was waved back by a gunman who prevented him from innocently entering to give the money to the teller. The package of currecy wiuc was wrapped up in the bany ready for mail, and overlooked by the bandits was today stated to uave contained $3,000. Donate X-Ray Plant Sarnia.--That Imperial Oil Lim- ited will donate the equipment for the X-ray laboratory in the new wing of the Sarnia General hospi- tal at a cost of about $8,000 is tne announcement made by C. O. Still- man, of Toronto, president of the company. : Germany Would Welcome Change In U.S. Quoto Law (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Berlin, April 17.--A recommen- dation of President Heover"s mes- sage to Congress suggesting chan- ges in American immigration laws was generally welcomed by the German press. It was regarded as offering the possibility of a re- peal of the national orgins clause which is felt to be "so prejudcial to Germany." Ld Labor Chairman Makes Attack on oy. ) British Gov't (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Aberdeen, Scotalnd, April 17--A vigorous attack on the government was made by George Kerr, chairman of the general council, in his presi- dential address at the opening of the Scottish Trades Union Congress here today, A Labor government could never assume the attitude of tolera- tion to unemployment and the pover- ty it created, such as the present government showed, he declared. In- dustrial depression meant to the workers a denial of the bare neces- sities of life. C.N.R. Engineer Died in Accident Is Jury's Verdict Unfortunate Occurrence on April 6, Responsible for Robert Milne's Death CREW EXONERATED Train Derailed in Washout on Line Between Bow- manville and Darlington (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, April 17.--Accl- dental death was the text of a verdict returned by a coroner's jury investigating the death of Robert Milne, engineer on a C.N.R. freight train which was derailed on the C.N.R. line between Bowman- ville and Darlington during the early hours of Saturday morning, April 6. Coroner Dr. V. H. Storey, Bowmanville, presided at the in- quest in the Town Hall, Bowman- ville, last night. W. F. Kerr, K.C., of Cobourg, represented the crown. The verdict read: 'We, the jury, empanelled to enquire into the death of Robert Milne of Belleville, Ont., killed on April 6, 1929, on train No. 20, on C.N, rail. way, about one and a half miles west of Bowmanville station in Darlington Township, came to his death due to the track being washed out by the storm, his engine turned over, he being pinned underneath." The first witness called by Crown Attorney W. F, Kerr was I, Lavivlette, conductor on the C.N.R, freight train, which came to grief due to the washout on the tracks between Bowmanville and Darling- ton. Although not in the engine at the time of the accident, wit- ness stated he arrived there soon after the crash and made a hasty summary of conditions. Wreck Described Following the evidence of Cone ductor Lavivlette, C. Dewey, fire- man on the derailed train, was call- ed to the stand and explained the circumstances of the wreck as he knew them, Mr. Dewey declared that the train came to a stop along the track some distance from the (Continued on page 7) MISSIONARIES ARE WARNED 10 VACATE POSTS Communists Carrying - Campaign of Atrocities in China (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Canton, China, April 17. -- Im view of increasingly unsettled conditions and Communist acuvity Douglas Jenkins, United States Consul-General, today advised American missionaries in Southern Kiangsi and = Northern Xwang- tung and Kwangsi Provinces to evacuate their posts. The Catholic Bishop O'Shea at Kanchow, Kiangsi, telegraphed that the Roman Catholic chapel at Ncaoyuan, 'Kiangsi, had been burned. He said Reds had burned the homes of well-to-do shopkeep- ers and farmers in scores of places in Southern Kiangsi and he term- ed the locality a "belt of unspeak- able arson murder and rape." Hon. Dr. Edwards Improved Ottawa.--A further improvement in the condition of Hon. J W. Ed- wards, Conseravtive memebr of parliament for Frontenac-Adding- ton, was reported from the Civie Hospital at an early hour this morning. Shipping is Many Vessels Brock's Monument to Remain Armless (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Niagara Falls, Ont., April 17--The Park comission decided against re- placing the arm of the General Brock monument, at Queenston Heights, which was blown off during a wind- storm last week, Instead the arm, now in threc pieces, will be made whole again 'and placed where visit- ors can see it. An inscription telling of the fall of the arm will be inscrib~ ed on it. SOVIET PLANS. ARE PRESENTED T0 CONFERENCE CALL FOR DRASTIC RE- DUCTION IN ARMA. MENTS Plea Made For Maximum of 10,000 Tons For All Warships (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Geneva, April 17.--The Soviet disarmament proposals which would entail the scrapping of 800,~ 000 tons of American warships, were explained today to the ses sion of the preparatory commission on disarmament of the League of Nations, General Alexander Langovov, Russian military expert, is defend- ing and explaining his countrys proposals, pleaded for a maximum of 10,000 tons displacement for warships as against 35,000 tons fix ed by the Washington conference. He charged that the 10,000 crus ers "being constructed now when they take the sea will have a dis. placement of 14,000 tons. The Soviet proposals he explaig. ed as having four points: First, reduction instead of mere limitation of armaments, Second, extensive reduction of (Continued on page 10) CHILD'S BODY 8 LOCATED BY DOG Three Persons Are Held by Police in Village Near Windsor (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Windsor, April 17.--An inquisitive police dog pawing about the Ferris farmyard near the village of Harrow yesterday discovered the missing body of a male child. Ruth Ferris, 21; William Talbot, a 50 year old negro and Kenneth Fer- ris, 65, father of the girl, are all charged with complicity in conceal- ment of the birth of the child. They are 'at liberty on $2,000 bail each. A jury impanelled last night by Coroner Dr. F, J. McKenzie, of Kingsville, viewed the body and ad- journed until three o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Harrow town hail THREE DEATHS UNDER INQUIRY Victims Die of Blood Poison- ing in Ekfird Township Near London London, Ont., April 17,--Three sudden deaths, two in one family, within a radius of five miles of each other, and all of which have been attributed to blood poisoning has started an official health inves- tigation in Ekfrid township. The three victims who are already dead are Miss Barbara Sinclair, who died Thursday following - the infliction which resulted' when she cut her hand in opening a jar.of fruit; Dan- iel Brown, aged 21, who died on Sunday; taken ill a few hours after attending the funeral of Miss Sin- clair, and William Brown, a bro- ther of Daniel, 9 years old, who dled yesterday, after an fllness of six' hours. Doctors are at the present time waging a fight for the life of Mrs. D. Sinclair, mother of Barbara Sin- clair, . a Demoralized and Sunk in Storm Sweeping Over Eastern States Liners Held Outside New York Harbor Waiting for the Weather to Moderate Before Making an Effort to Reach Piers WIND AND WAVES DO GREAT DAMAGE One of Barges Sunk Was Carrying a Cargo of Whale Oil from the Ant- arctic Valued at $20,000 --Many Buildings on Shore Damaged (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, April 17.--The At lantic coast from Maine to Virginia was strewn with wreckage today, piled up under the battering of a northeast storm. While wind and waves sank small craft, demoraliz- ed shipping and damaged shore structures . along the coast, the storm swept inland carrying rain and snow as far as Western New York and Pennsylvania. In New York harbor a tug and two barges were sunk. . The crew of 18 was rescued from the tug just before it went down off Staten Island. One of the barges lost car- ried a $250,000 cargo of whale oil pumped out of the whaler, Sir James Clark Ross, recently arrived from the Antarctic. Liners Held Up Six liners were held outside the harbor waiting for the weather to moderate Defore proceeding to their piers. The tide in the har- 'bor rose to within a foot of the top of the Battery Wall and was close to the record, being four feet above normal. 2 Building Collapses Brooklyn and other communi- ties on Long Island suffered .seve erely. At Bell Harbor jn the Rock- away district a three storey frame dwelling collapsed when the tide brought the high waves within redch of it. Trees blown down en- dangered the lives of pedestrions in several sections of Brooklyn dure ing the height of the storm. Schooner on Rocks The wind reached a velocity of (Continued on page 10) SNOWSTORMS IN MONTREAL AND © PENNSYLVANIA WIRES AND RAILWAY SOURCES . ARE AFFECTED Roads Are Rendered Ime passable in Places by Deep Drifts Montreal, April 17, -- Montreal and district today was under a blanket of snow. A heavy sleet- storm throughout the night follow= ed by snow, wrought havoc with communicatin wires and newspaper and other services out of Montreal to Quebec City, Chicoutimi, Three Rivers, Sherbrooke, and the Mari- time Provinces were seriously af fected. The Canadian Pacific Tele graphs, the Canadian National Telegraphs and the Bell elephone Company reported that many wires had snapped owing to the sleet.. -------- Snow in Pennsplvania Philadelphia, April 17, -- Por tions of Northern and Western Pennsylvania were in the grip of an Avril blizzard today with snow inches deep in various sections. In Bradford county, the United States weather bureau annountea, a snowfall of more than 11 inches had occurred. . At Ellentown, Sullivan county, the snowfall was more than a root deep and highways were rendered impassable in some places by deep drifts. In this section scores of automobiles were stranded during the night. Providing for Boys Toronto.--To cover the cost of Toronto boys in the Bowmanville Training school the Board of Con- trol yesterday approved the pay- ment of $7,424. The period cov= ered is from April 1 to December 31, 1927, RE