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er Niagara Falls, Ont.--Mike Lor- enzo, 30, shot three times through the and his head battered with butt of an automatic pis- tol, is expected to recover, doctors say today. . Grand Ohancgllor Hall B.L~Dr. T. W, Fletcher of Vancouver was elected Grand Chancellor "of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of British Columbia. * * Pensions Vote Ottawa.--In committee of sup- ply last night, the House of Com- mons considered th appropriations under the vote for pensions and national health, totalling $9,433,- 000. "wa Cottages Robbed Dunsford--Cottage owners at Green Bay, near Bobcaygeon, re- port that all the cottages at that resort have been entered and used during the winter months -and thefts have been committed. * * * Victoria Day Session Ottawa.--Parliament will sit on Victoria Day, May 24. Announc- ment to this effect was made in hte House of Commons by Premier W. L. Mackenzie King, in reply to a question by Hon. R. B, Bennett, Conservative leader, LJ * LJ Child Dies Suddenly . Brantford|--A three-months-old child, Danny Smith, Burford, was stricken suddenly last night and died before a medical man could be secured. An inquest was opener this morning and adjourned until Thursday next. x %® ¥ Negotiations Fail Scarboro.--Word has been re- ceived that negotiations for the acquiring of an industrial area for Scarboro', north of the C. N. R. main line near Warden Avenue, have been unsuccessful. [TR New Gold Rush Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--A rush call 'to record claims has been sent to the Soo, following reports re- ceived from Oba, at the junction of the A.C.A. & C.N.R.,, that the district is experiencing a gold rush. LJ] LJ Deportation Ordered Brockville.--Peter Yates, who pleaded guilty to the theft of an utomobile at Prescott, was taken rom the jail by Deportation Of- ficgr Roberts of Montreal, to that city, and will be deported to Eng- land. * x * Children's Aid Remembered Chatham --The' will of the late Frances Saddington' provided a bequest of $250 to 'the Kent Child- ren's Aid Society, according to the announcement yesterday of Frank Appleyard, Secretary of the so- ty. clety. EL Main Line Blocked Port Colborne.--The main 'line of the Canadian National Railway was blocked for four hours here Friday .morning, when four cars of westbound freight were derailed just east of the bridge over the Welland Canal bore, * Windsor New Essex Seat Windsor.--Proposed removal of the county seat of Essex from the town of Sandwich to Windsor will be considered in the preliminary stage here next week at a joint conference of the Windsor city council and a delegation of county councillors. > * Seek Wage Increase Windsor.--Platform men of the hydro-operated - border street rail way will seek am 8-cent-an-hour pay boost this year, in: accord with a reputed understanding with the radia authorities when their agree- ment was drafted last summer, it wag announced last night by. union officials. -. *® British Candidate Dead London.--Hon, Edward Harney, N.Ci, Liberal candidate in and late member for South Shields, died yesterday. Only on Wednesday he had decided to withdraw from the election but later in the day, on the advice of his physicians, he reconsidered his "decision. Law School Dean Winnipeg.--E. H. Coleman, LL. B., secretary of the Canadian Bar association for several years, has been appointed dean of the Maui- toba Law: school, succeeding J. T. Thorson, M.P,, it was announced today. Since the resignation of Mr. Thorson three years ago, Hon, H. A. Robson, KeC., has fijled the office of acting dean. FEDERAL SELECTION Victoria, B.C., May 18. -- "A Federal selection is anticipated in about fifteen or eighteen months," sald Premier S. F. Tolmie, in an address here last night to mem- bers of the Sir John A. Macdon- ald club. Premier Tolmie turned from a visit Canada. WEATHER Toronto, May 18.--Dressure is low from Georgian Bay to the southwest states, while high pressure and cooler wea- ther is approaching the Great Lakes from the northwest, The weather is for the most part fair in all provinces and decid- edly cool in Northern Omtario and the Lake Superior dis- '© tricts. Forecasts: Lower Lake re- gio"--Northerly winds and cooler with showers tonight . -and part of Sunday. _ recently re- in Eastern wa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Refromer 3 Timex A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929 70 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWENTY PAGES | F rench Sailors Stand Guiod Over CITY ENTERS | NEW PERIOD OF ACTIVITY Total For First Half of May Exceeds Entire Building Figure for First Four Months of 1929 -- This Year's Total Now $315,- 280 COMPARE WELL WITH MAY, 1928, FIGURES Largest Single Permit of the Year is for $102,000 Resi- dence for Col. W. E. Phil- lips--F. C. Davidson Con- structing Three Stores With permits for the first half of May already totalling more than those of the entire first four months of this year, and the total for the first half of May well over half of the total for May of last year, Osh- awa scems to be entering on an- other period of real building activ- ity. So far this month permits for $161,660 have been issued, of which $141,300 was for residential building, figures at the city hall show. This total brings the figure for 1929 building in Oshawa up to $315,280, the total for the first half of May being bigger than the fig- ure of $153,620 for the first four months of this year. The May to- tal so far, $161,660, also compares very favorably with the figures for May, 1928, which was $284,610 for the entire month. Sh | The largest single permit or {his month, which is also the largest single permit issued so far this year, is for the residence of Col.. W, E, Phillips on = Simcoe = street south, which is valued at $102,000, accord- ing to the permit. This large resi- dence will contain 31 rooms and will be constructed of brick and stone, with slate roof, oak and pine floors, hardwood trim and hot water heat- ing. Tt is 122 by 80 feet in size and three storeys high. . The contract has been let to the Dickie Construction Company of Toronto, which has the foundation in and is starting to lay brick for the walls. Darling and Pearson 'of Toronto were the archi- tects. Col. Phillips is also building a garage, 58 By 24 feet in size, on this property, for which a permit has not yet been issued. This garage will be of fireproof construction and two storeys high, the upper floor to contain chauffeurs' quarters. 3 House Building Thirteen other new dwellings are under construction for which permits have been issued this month. Uriah Jones, 461 Simcoe street north, is (Continued on Page 10) Rome Daily Assails Work of Conference Cites Alleged Disapproval by President Hoover' of Owen. D. Young's Work (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Rome, May 18.--Tevere, Rome Daily, in an editorial today assail- ed the work of the conference on Reparations at Paris, citing alleged disapproval by President Hoover of the chairman, Owen D. Young's work. The editorial carried the head: ing, "A new tower of Babel," and continued: "There is a cruel logic in what America is doing, but is iro" logic. If there is not a solidarity between European nations' why should there be between one con- tinent and another? If Mr. Wins- ton Churchill won't negotiate Mr. Hoover certainly won't. CP.R. FREIGHT JUMPS TRACK Belleville, May 18.--A Canadian Pacific Railway freight proceeding west from Trenton was derailed sometime after midnight and 12 cars were thrown into the ditch. It is thought the accident was due to a bad coupling. Members of the crew escaped injuries. It fis expected the line will be cleared ofr traffic early today. The aux- iliary from Trenton was seat to the scene. A Bradford woman who had been i} Auto Crash 'Claims One Life 'crash into a telephone pole, Hilda Corrigan, 18, Bradford, Ont., was in- ion. Th Whitesid , 35, received head in- stantly killed and her EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRADFORD GIRL IS INSTANTLY KILLED When the automcbile in which they were riding on the Yonge St. high- way, near Richmond Hill, was struck in rear by another car, causing it to f juries and shock. The layout shows, on the LEFT, the demolished autome- pole, and RIGHT, a general scene of bile after it had struck a telephone pole ped off by force of the accident, showing the top of impact of wrecked car. GETS APPOINTHERT Graf Zeppelin WAR-TIME ENEMIES AIDED BY FRENCH AS DIRIGIBLE FINDS PLACE OF REFUGE DR. GARFIELD PLATT Appointed in the Place of Dr. W. G. Anglin, Retired (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kingston, May 18, -- Dr. Gar- field Platt of Picton, son of the late J. M. Platt, for many years warden of the Portmouth Peni- tenitiary, as been appointed sur- geon at the penitentiary to fill the plage of Dr, W. G. Anglican, re- tire, Since last summer Dr. 8. E. Porter of Kingston has been act- ing surgeon at the instiution. Napanee Boy Killed Napanee.--Jack Irvine, aged 14, was killed almost instantly last night, when he rode his bicyele in front of an automobile. : The Prince (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Swinley Forest, Eng, May 18.-- The Prince of Wales and Walter Hagen, visiting the goli star, defeated Sir Victor Sassoon and Aubrey Boo- mer, English' star, by two holes in a foursome golf match today. Match A Mystery London, May 18.~The matter cf when and where the Prince of Wales and Walter Hagen would have their week end golf match was, a mystery this morning. The United States golf professional and: his manager, Bob Harlow, step- ped from a Moortown sleeper in Lon- don in the grim grey hours not long after dawn, To queries, both Hagen and Har- low replied that they were sorry, but they could not talk about the golf match, The prince did not want any 'gallery and his wishes must, be respected, they said, . Hagen would not even suggest the time or place of the big show. As Hagen breakfasted his hotel was watched by reporters, the idea being- to trail him when he leit for his match, Spirited Away After Hagen had had breakfast, the automobile of Sir Philip Sassoon picked him up at his hotel and spirit- ed him away with them being Au- brey Boomer. This was seen as lend- ing color to previous reports that Hagen and the Prince of Wales would play against Sir Philip and' Boomer, Sir Philip's car was waiting in a side street. Hagen made a quick break for it, and before the newspapermen realized what had happened 'they were underway. The reporters im- mediately gave chase in a number of other .automobiles, some followed on motor cycles. Secret Police Arrest Priest Cresteros and Fedesals Clash --Insurgents Abandon . Nine Dead (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, May 18 --Secret police have arrested Filiberto Vil- lagomez, the priest Justo De Jara- iza and Concepcion Obregon, with seven servants and employes, after a raid on the home of Villagomez where alleged 'seditious literature was found. Despatches to El Universal from Puebla reported a two hour engage- ment at Jaguey, Tlaxcala, between 125 alleged "Cristeros" and, Fed- erals. 'The insurgents were defeat- ed, abandoning nine dead. A mong them a colonel. Two federals were killed and seven wounded. DISMISSED FROM THE SENATE Bucharest, Rumania, May 18.-- Senator Cornescu, who at a meet- ing at Talgoviste, Monday, declar- ed all Rumania yearned for Prince Carol's return, has been expelled from the senate and the Peasants' Party and his parliamentary privi- leges abrogated. He will be ar- ? drawing .. the old-age pension since 1926 left £2,500, . raigned and charged with treason. ¥ Bd Walter Hagen Partners ales in of Foursome Golf Match L Students Decide Not to Return Des Moines, 1a, May 18.--Stud- ents of Des Moines university Fri- day. passed. a' resolution on 'chapel saying none of them would return to the institution after June 4. The resolution was wired to the Baptist Bible Union of North America, Fun- damentalist organization, which fin- ances the school and is in conven- tion at Buffalo. : i On Man Killed Another Injured In Plane Crash Blazing Plane Falls in Back- yard of Private Residence DURING SHAM BATTLE One Plane Reported to Have Struck Tail of Other (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Columbus, Ohio, May 18.--One man was killed and another slight- ly injured today when two planes which they were' piloting in the National Army manoeuvres crash- ed over 'a north side residential district and fell in flames, The dead man was Sergeant Meadows. He died when his blaz- ing ship crashed in the back yard of a residence, yr The second man ig Lieut. Fred Salter, SanDiego, Calif., attache to the 95th pursuit squadron. He jumped . with a parachute and landed in a ravine, suffering only burns about his face. The crash occurred during the biggest single sham' battle staged thus far in the mimic warfare :be- tween the red and 'blue armies. There werga 104 aeroplanes par- ticipating 2 the battle, 42 pur: suit planes from the red air head- guarters at Norton Field here went out to engage in mock com- bat with 15 bombers, 32 attack planes and 15 pursuit planes from the. blue headquarters at Wright Field, Dayton. It was reported that one of the planes struck the tail of another then burst into flames. SIX MEN KILLED; BOILERS EXPLODE entire crew of the steamer Perico, containing six men, were believed today to have been killed when the steamer's boilers exploded and it sank, near Point Curaumilla. The steamer Taracapa found' bits of wreckage from the other steamer near the site. of the sunppaed ex- plosion. ~ Smoking Near Film Storage Is Disclosed Charwoman at Clinic Says That Men Used Cigarettes . Near Storage FIRE DOOR OPEN Clinic Had Been Warned of Dangerous Storing Place (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Cleveland, Ohio., May 18.--In- vestigation into the Cleveland Clinic fire which caused the deaths of 122 persons from gas generated by blazing X-ray film went" for- ward today with information that cigarettes were smoked near the film storage room and that the clinic had been warned of the danger. . These facts had been uncovered in testimony before an inquest conducted by Coroner A. J. Perse and County Prosecutor Ray T. Miller, newspapermen were told. The nequry was held behind closed doors. , Mrs. Roose, Reber, charwoman the clinic, told later of her testimony. She testified that men frequently smoked cigarettes in the basement near the room where the film was stored, and that she had never seen the steel fire door closed. ' A report of the Ohio Inspection Bureau warning the tlinic to safe- guard the building bY removing the film was heard into the record. Pearse admitted after the hearing was closed. Pearse, with Miller declared their enquire was 'not .a blame fixing affair" but an attempt 'to determine exactly what happen- ed." The inspection report wag fyled with clinic officials some time (Continued on Page 30) at gin ! Valparaiso, Chile, May 18.--The CLEVELAND GAS VICTIM Dr. Harry M. Andison of Winnipeg, a member of the staff of the Cleveland Clinic, who was stricken by the deadly gas from the explosion as 1t rolled in a huge cloud into the oper ating room where he was perform« ing an operation. He was 31 years of age and had been attached to the for four years. Committee Will Try to Take Over the Reins of Des Moines University DISSATISFIED WITH IRREGULAR PAY DAYS A - +4 Dawson City, May 18.--A gen- eral walk out of employes of Dur- rall and Baird Ltd., and associated companies, operating what is claimed to be the largest placer gold mining leases in the world, occurred here yesterday. The men have been dissatisfied with the. irregular. paydays. and demand the regular paydays be established. Expect Crisis In Reparrtions Deliberations Will Know by Tuesday Eve- ning If There Is To Be Rupture DISTINCT CHANGE General Impression That Experts Had Done As Well As Expected (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, May 18.--Tucsday of next week was designated as the time when the experts on Reparations will reach the crisis in their. deliberations --when they will find agreement on the one hand and definite failure in their task on the other, One of the experts, who preferred to remain anonymous, said today, "we shall know about Tuesday evening if there is to be a rupture or'an agree- ment. If an agreement is possible our work will continue another ten days." Meanwhile the German reservatioiis to: acceptance of aunnunity figures proposed by Owen D. Young, loomed as increasingly liable to prove the rock upon which the conference may break up. ; The situation represented a distinct change from that of two days ago when it was not believed Mr. Sch- acht's stipulations to = acceptance would prove overly difficult of hand- ling. Today, however, as the experts delved deeper into them, they. were seen to involve all: manner of com- plications, unforeseen: consequences and implications which had to be followed up and studied in detail. There still remained some few to- day who professed belief that the delegates would end. by reaching an agreement but their number was dim- inishing. The general impression was that the experts had done as® much as could be reasonably expected of them. Drowning Accidental Sudbury,-- Accidental drowning was apparently the cause of death of Mrs. Charlotte Samakesse, 'In- dian woman .0of Oba . whose body was found this week in Cameron lake after she had ben missing from her home since last Novem- ber, Sr Sapa" i, Sar Buffalo, N.Y, May 18.--A commit- tee of the board of trustees is pre- paring. to return to Des Moines uni- versity with "the 'announced "intention of taking over the reins of govern- ment of the institution after pending legal issues have been straightened out. The, committee is headed by Dr. T. T. Shields, against whom the stu- dent body revolted, Trustees O. wv. Van Osdel, E. A. Réberts and H. J. Hamilton, with Miss Edith M, Reb- man as secretary. They expect to be in Des Moines at an early date, it was said today. J : Quiet Closing The sessions of the Baptist Bible Union Convention of which, Dr, Shields is president closed with & qui- et session last night. Dr. Shields made no reference to university affairs during his closing address, but after the meeting issued a typewritten Statement stating that a students re- solution declaring they would not re-- turn to the college next fall, was due to a misunderstanding on their part. Dr. Shields'Statement The statement follows: "I am confident that when the stu- dents know the facts there will be a very general reaction in favor of the position taken by the trustee board. We should, of course, be sorry should the students decide not to return to the university, but discipline must he maintained and the. trustees must be supreme, no matter what the cost may be. g "We have been delighted to receive intimation of a considerable number Jf young people who nave been at- tracted to Des Moines who have ne- ver heard of it before; and already applications for positions on the fa- culty are pouring in on us, and no less than two proposals have reached nN us respecting the presidency, = We have every confidence the opening of the. fall term will see a better and greater Des Moines University and we hope a large number of our sty- dents will be there to see it." Napanee Youth Fatally Injured Knocked Off His Bicycle By Motorist -- Died Later (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kingston, May 18.--John' Irv- ine, aged sixteen, son of Mr, and Mrs. Richard Irvine, of Napanee, was fatally injured last evening when he was struck by a ¢ar driven by Harvey McFarlane of Napanee. The accident, which occurred on a Napanee street, happened . when young Irvine was driving a bicycle and" was struck by McFarlane's car. He was taken to the office of Dr, Soratton but died half an .houry ; A preliminary inquest was 1 later. held but was adjourned. Girl Missing Kitchener.--Olive Hsch, 17, of 247 South Albert street, is sought by the police. She disappeared Wednesday and it appears that her departure 'was intentional for $200 was withdrawn from the bank that day, and in addition she wore her bést coat French Mechanics Assisting Crew of the Graf Zeppe- lin in the Task of Repair« ing Damage to Four of Its Five Engines 5 PASSENGERS LITTLE WORSE OF EXPERIENCE Dr. Eckener, Suffering From 'Severe Strain, Expresses His Gratitude to French Navy For Its Assistance in Landing of Airship (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) i Cuers, France, May 18.--French bluejackets stood guard today about the German dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, housed in the hangar from which their own ill-fated Dixmude went forth five years ago to disaster. In- side the hangar French mechanics as« sisted the Graf's crew, former ene mies but now friends in distress, 10 repair the damage which had incap- acitated four of the dirigiblc's five motors, . The entire atmosphere was one of friendliness and good fellowship with a dash of bitter disappointment am- ong the Germans that they had fail- ed to take their ship another time across the Atlantic, There was lit« tle or no trace of animosity which kept the two peoples so far apart during the Great War and in the immediately succeeding «years. The first man to call on Dr. Hugo Eckener, the dirigible's master, after he rose late this morning was Rear Admiral Bintry, commanding the; French naval base at Toulon. German Grateful "I have a duty of gratitude to ful- fil," the German commander told the French rear admiral. "I wish to ex- press my sincere thanks to the French navy for the efficacious as- sistance rendered us in our landing." In that short conversation which followed Dr, Eckener insisted espc= cially on the word "efficacious repeat« ing it three or four times. He was not the hale and Hearty man he has been pictured in France. On the contrary he appeared pale and drawn with his cyes bloodshot. - He, who generally has been so calm had a nervous twisting to his mouth and the left side of his face, plain evi- (Qontinued on Page 10) ii RA ACQUITTED OF PATRICIDE {The verdict of not guilty returned 'b; | the Parry Sound assize jury yestei- day in the case of 13-year-old Tony Tucker, charged with m ter of his father, culminated one of most unusual cases ever b before the criminal courts of G tario. Young Tucker, who is above, the jury found, was justified in shooting his father, Anthony] Tucker, aged 65, outside their home near Trout creek on the evening of] March 5 last. ~ PRED 4 morning. Sa sd when she left in the : A