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ES Army of Occupation to Evacuate Rh SIXTY THOUSAND CHINESE TROOPS UNDER ORDERS TO MOVE TO SIBERIAN BORDER tions suffers from lack of an organ- ized advertising campaign, Was charged at final sessions of the World Adyertising Congress yester- iy 5 = Legion's Floral Day . Scarboro--Two branches of the Canadian Legion in Scarboro, Nos. 13 and 73, will hold a fiower show at the Memorial Hall, Birch Cliff, on "Labor Day, when a series of com- Jetitions for home-grown flowers will staged. * * LJ Suffers Burns Peterboro.--Percival Gold suffered serious burns to his arms and face from boiling pitch yesterday. Mr. Gold was carrying a pail of bubbling- hot pitch up: a ladder, when it slip- d and he was sprayed by the fluid. fir. Gold was the kettle man on the job of reroofing I. Hooper's store. Toronto Motorist Fined St. Thomas.--Robert. Wills, a Tor- onto motorist, was fined $50 and costs in county Police Court yester- day on a charge of reckless driving on the Fingal Road July 11 last. Wills' car crashed into a machine driven by H. A. Clarke of this city, causing considerable damage, Hurt In Quarry Mishap Elora--While excavating' in the quarry of the Canada Gypsum and Alabastine Company here yesterday, William Larrison was struck by a piece of stone, which destroyed the sight of one eye and may cause the loss of the other, -Larrison was operating an aif drill, which struck an unexploded dynamite cap, Given Five-Year Sentence Kitchener--Harold McMullen. of Kitchener was sentenced to five years in Portsmouth penitentiary in police court here yesterday by Magistrate Weir, for holding up C. H. Conway, robbing him of $55 and stealing a medical kit from Dr. Hott's garage. He was given five years on each charge, the sentence to run concur- rently. * * * Officer At Picnic London. --While P. C, John Ayres, Prize street, attended the annual police picnic at Springbank park yes- terday afternoon, someone entered his home, ransacking completely, but without obtaining 'any loot. City detectives have a goog description of the intruder, who enetred by way of a rear door, yi Widow Hard Hit Stratford. --The barn and about 35 tons of hay belonging to Mrs. Thomas Payton, a widow residing at St. Pauls, were totally destroyed last night by fire, which is thought to have broken out spontaneously. A bucket brigade was formed soon af- ter the blaze was discovered, but the flames had made too great headway to save the building itself. The resi- dence and outlying buildings were saved through the efforts of the neighbors. The loss is estimated at about $3,000, a Hurt By Plunge Into Canal St, Thomas.--James P. Odell, en- gineer on the Michigan Central pas- senger locomotive that ran through an open bridge into the Welland Canal about two months ago, was brought to his home from the hospi- tal in Welland. Mr. Odell is said to be well on the road to recovery. He suffered a fractured skull, injuries to his right hand and a fractured rib when he leaped from the locomotive xab. The investigation into the ac- cident will be completed as soon as Mr. Odell is able to leave his home. Four-Legged Chicken Kingston.--A freak chicken was hatched at the farm of George P. Brooks, Sharps' Corners. The chicken is equipped with an extra pair of legs, which are normal in size and are attached to an extension of the back bone. These extra legs are' not used in walking, but are featur- ed out and the fcet are perfectly formed. The chicken is now nearly three months old, is healthy and runs with its mates about the farm. " It is nearly as large as the others of its hatching and is not inconvenien- ced by its extra equipment. * Shriners 1930 Meeting Toronto--The 1930 convention of the Imperial Council of Mystic Shri- ners likely will take place in Toronto, it was learned yesterday in a despatch from Detroit. L. V. Youngworth, Im- perial potentate from Los Angeles, was in Detroit yesterday and will ar- rive in Toronto next Thursday, where he will be the principal guest at a banquet of the Rameses Temple at the Royal York hotel. Alderman Howell recently obtain- ed assurance from the city council that if the Imperial council was in- vited the city would assist in the en- tertainment of the delegates at next year's council. Esten G. FEletcher ts to. be elected to the chief e in the gift of the Shrine. - WEATHER Pressure is high over the Great Lakes and south east- ern States and low to the northward of Maritime Prov- 'inces and -over northeastern Manitoba and Nebraska. Showers have occurred in 'eastern Quebec and the Mari- times, while except for a few light showers in Ontario and northern Manitoba, clsewhere the weather has been fair. Forecasts: ' Lower Lake Region--Moder- ate winds; fair and warm to- day and Saturday; probably a few scattered showers Sat- urday night. Le) shawa Dail RE py § Succeeding The Oshawa Daily. Reformer y Times Newspaper in a Growing City 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. FOURTEEN PAGES OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929 | G ! NS ls i i . OFFENSIVE IN CHINA Three Hundred Russian Mar- ines Driven from Towns on Lower Sungari River-- Both Sides Suffer Casual- ties after Conflict. MANY BORDER : RAIDS REPORTED Soviet Government Refuse to Recognize any Transac- tion or Obligations under- taken by China in Rela- tion to Eastern Railway London, Aug. 16.--Reuter dis- pdtches from Nanking state that the Nationalist Government has in« structed the Chinese minister at Washington to notify the Kellogg Pact signatories that Russia has begun an offensive along the Man- churian border. A Reuter's Mukden dispatch said Chang Hsueh Liang, head of the three Manchurian provincial gov- ernments, -- had ordered 60,000 Fengtien troops to thé Siberian border, half to be commanded by Marshal Wang Shih Chen at Man- chuli, and half to be stationed in the east at Suifenho (Pogranich- naya), under General Ho Yu Kwan. It was said that 300 Russian marines who had occupied two small towns on the lower Sungari River had been driven off, 6 Rus. sians and two Chinese dying in the conflict, Some sources reported a lack of agreement between the Nationalist Government and the Mukden Pro- vincial Government. The Daily Mail in a Dairen despatch said their correspondent Thursday visited Mukden and found a complete 1g- norance there of the conditions of affairs. Chagn, the writer said, appar- ently feared the Nanking Govern- ment. was intriguing to overthrow him since the Chinese, finding the (Continued on page 9) GENERAL HIGGINS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL CONGRESS IN JULY Salvation Army Leader to Sail From London August 24 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Aug. 16.--General' Edward Higgins, chief of the Salvation Army, accompanied by his wife, will leave London on Aug. 24 for Newfoundland and Canada to conduct the Army's annual congresses at St. John's Nfld, Toronto and Winnipeg. This will be his first extended tour since he as- sumed the leadership of the Salva- tion Army in successtion to General Bramwell Booth. He will be away from London for two months, Among the arrangements for Gen- eral Higgins' visit is an invitation from His Excellency, Lord Willing- don, Governor-General of Canada, for luncheon at Ottawa, Premier Mackenzie King will preside 'at a lec- ture to be. given by General Higgins at Ottawa, and the Lieutenant-Gov- ernors of the various provinces have invited him to be their guests and have arahbed public receptions, Every Salvation Army officer in the Dominion will meet General Higgins in council, while at private meetings at wayside railway stations he will address the bulk of the army work- ers in Canada. His program also in- cludes large public meetings in 13 principal centres. . Riley--What is the 'easiest way to raise potatoes? Bill-With 'a knife. Explosion Injures 16 Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng., Aug. 16.--An explosion resounding like a bursting shell caused extensive damage in the business section to- day, injuring 16 pérsons, some of them seriously. The explosion apparently was due to escaping gas. It occurred on business premises on Drury Lane, blowing out the front of an office building, 'wrecking g safe, and shattering the windows of the town hall opposite and of a large number of shops in the vieinity. 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN [3 LOST IN BUSH Hundred Men Searching for Alvina Gridwoed near Brockville (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, Ont., Aug. 16.--A posse of about 100 men today scoured the bush country around Easton's Corners, near here, for Miss Alvina Girdwood, 83 years of age who has been lost for three days. Miss Girdwood disappeared from a berry picking party and no trace has yet heen found which might lead to her whereabouts, Two pro- vincial police officers from Ottawa joined in the search this morning. | Seeks ¢ of Record London.--A Belfast despatch to the Daily News says that the keel of the 60,000-ton White Star steam- ship Oceanic, to have becn the great- est liner of the world, has been com- pletely demolished, and plans are be- ing prepared for a new vessel to take up the speed challenge of the Premier King Greets Winston Churchill Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill arrived in Toronto at 820 today. Yesterday he was in Ottawa, where he, and his party, were welcomed by Premier BRITISH STATESMEN AND SOL DIERS WELCOMED AT DOMINION CAPITAL Mackenzie King. The photograph | here shows Winston Churchill, LEFT, with Premier King. When asked by the press whether he had come to Canada in a mission to foster inter- imperial trade Winston Churchill stated he was on no mission at all, but came to Canada for a holiday. His last @isit to Canada was in 1900, $2,637,028 in Old Age Pensions Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 16~Since the adoption of the old age pensions act in the three western provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, a total of $2,637,02883 has been paid to 12,002 pensioners, ac- cording to the summary just issued by the department of labor. Of the total amount the federal government has paid half, while the provinces and municipalities have new North German Lloyd Brémen. shared the remaining half. Sabbath-Keepin Incensed Over Plane Crashes | Into Cottage Flying Officer Killed and Mechanic Injured at Camp Borden (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Camp Borden, Ont., Aug. 16.--Fly- ing Officer' G. R. Stafford : was fat- ally injured and Aircraftsman G. A. Hanson, who was flying with him on a test flight was injured today when their aeroplane 'crashed into a cottage near the flying field. Stafford, an Irishman, who was formerly:a mem- ber of the Royal Air Force and came to Canada about 18 months ago, died 'an 'hour after the crash. Hansom, whose. home is in Meaford, Ont. is not seriously hurt, The cottage is occupied by Major P. Earnshaw, officer commanding the Signal Corps at the camp and at the time of the. crash several persons were inside but'all were unhurt, The aeroplane is a total wreck. * Flying Officer. Stafford is survived be his widow and two children living ere, : : a-------- ANSWERING DOGS Lost--A large German police dog, answers to name Jack, on Monday. One hundred dollars reward to any one who can tell me where I can locate my white Eskimo dog, who answers to the name of Ruth, dead or alive--Ads in the same issue of Woodbury (N.J.) paper. Two Crews Q Norfolk, Va, Aug. 16--Leaving Norfolk for Genoa, the ancient Ger- man steamer Quinistan steamed out into the Atlantic yesterday, with many wagers made in marine circles that she will not reach her destina- tion. The vessel is '58 years old, having been built in 1871, and has flown the flag of three nations during her career. She was first owned by Nor- wegians, then she flew the flag of Honduras and now the German color, 'vaded with scrap iron from . uit Scrap Iron Vessel Offer Odds She Will Not Stay Afloat Tampa and her former skipper, Capt. F, Riesse, who left the vessel at this port, says she will probably be bro- ken up and thrown on the same heap with her cargo if- she arrives at Genoa. Capt. Riesse and the crew of 19, excepting the mate, left the ship when she arrived here last Sunday. Others were signed on to take their places, but they quit after giving the old craft the "once over." A crew was finally obtained from New York, and the ship sailed 'with- g Scotland Sunday Breach (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 16--The Duke and Duchess of York, Premier Ramsay MacDonald, and Ambassa- dor Dawes have insulted Sabbath- keeping Scotland in the apinion of the assembly commission of the Scottish Free Church, a sissident sect of about 100 congregations. A resolution passed by the assem- bly yesterday "noted with regret the continued flouting of the Sabbath day," and declared the Free Church "renewed its testimony on behalf of the mourth commandment as bind- ing- wihtout exception even to' the great one of the earth." The error of thejr Royal Highness- es was'in presentation of medals for ambulance work at Forfar last Sun- day.' Reverend' William Fraser of Govan said they felt it very keenly that two people so much beloved as the Duke of York and his Lady should lend themselves 'to desecra- tion of the Sabbath. Premier MacDonald and Ambassa- dor Dawes earned the body's cen-] sure' for the memorable meeting at Forres = June 16, where they held their first conference on international naval reduction, Archibald MacNeil- lage, one member of the commission, said the Labor party had shown ad terrible disregard of the Sabbath and delight int trampling it underfoot. Premier MacDonald, when asked to say his views on the criticism; replied he was too busy with, state affairs to discuss criticisms made against him. TheDuke of York has taken no public notice of the stric- ture. Motorists - Take Notice Stamford, Conn., Aug. 16.--A wooden horse played no small part in the fall of Troy. A milk wagon steed helped write history in Stam- ford, Conn. Here's the story--and the good folk of Stamford are going to stick to it. During the wee small hours this particular horse decided to run away. The streets were wide and deserted and the going was fine for a block or so, during which time a lot of milk was delivered promiscuously. Then came a Stamford intersee- tion ,and as old Dobbin thundered down upon it, the green light changed to red. + The noble charger dug his tleats p in an hour after they were on board. into the pavement and stopped Bandits Grab Pay-Roll of + Toronto Firm (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) "Toronto, Ont., Aug. 16. -- Snatching a satchel containing a $2,510.00 pay-roll from the hands. of D. C. Patton, Office Manager of the Sangano Elec- tric Company in front of the office here to-day, three un- masked bandits made good their escape in a motor car bear- ing Ontario license plates. Pat- ton fired several shots after the fleeing car. Schoolgirl Was Found in Gutter After Attack Police Question Shoe Maker As Alleged Strangler of Child (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Minneapolis Minn., Aug. 16.-- Strands. of dark 'hair and two skeins of cord wound a web of circumstantial evidence, about Alpert Mollenauer today as he was questioned in connection with the death of Dorothy Aune, 12- year-old school girl who was at- tacked, strangled and htrown into a street gutter,. of W, ollenauer, who operates a shoe 8 just aq block from the Aune home, was confro by police with the hair a Wreshly washed suit of underwear, ' two. rolls of cord and a distinctive automobile tire, all found they said, in his cole shop. Police declared the hair was similar to that of the murdered girl; that the underwear, still damp, was found under a pile of rubbish in the cellar of the shop: that the cord was like that used to bind the body of Dorothy in burlay sacks and the tread of the automobile tire. corresponded with a track near the bundle that con' tained the girl's body. With that evidence detectives questioned Molleanuer all night, but he denied he was the fiend who kidnapped the girl, attacked and strangled her, and then flung her trussed body into the gutter where it was 'found by ice men at dawn Wednesday. The bad in us sees the bad in others, the good in us sees the good in qthers. Hence we make a world like 'ourselves. ' dead in his tracks, thereby quali- fying himself ' as a law-abiding plug. The National Safety Coun- cil points "out this little incident as an evidence of horse 'sensé--of- ten needed by careless drivers. 7 Liquor Ladened Schoéner Taken (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Norfolk, Va., Aug. 16--The British schooner Jupie out of Bérmuda and liquor laden, was captured this morn- ing by the coast guard patrol ,boat CH-194 off the Virginia coast and is being brought to the section base here. No deal is ever right unless both parties are 'benefited. * A high ideal is a spiritual blue Lands Plane As it Burns Grandview, Man, Aug. 16--Side- slipping his burning plane to'the ground from a height of 200 feet, Al- vin Keith, Winnipeg pilot, and K. N. Routley, mechanic, landed with only slight body injuries 'here yesterday. The plane was destroyed. Routley stood on a wing and plied the fire extinguisher until the landing was made. The machine was purchased a short time ago by Keith to carry passengers. GORDON TESTIFIES TO GIRL'S SCREAMS Witness States Pantages was Holding Eunice Pringle by Ankle (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 16.-- Testimony that Eunice Pringle, 17 year old dancer, was struggling to secape from the private office of Alexander Pantages as W, L. Gor- don, prosecution witness, arrived at the scene of the alleged attack upon her last Friday, was on rec- ord today in the theatrical mags tutory charges, Gordon, who testifies the girl's repeated screams drew him from his office in the Pantages bufld- ing, declared that as he reached Pantages' office door Miss Prin- gle's hand was protruding. As he pushed the door open, Gordon said the girl half fell out, then ran down the hall screaming for aid. Under cross-examination at the night session of court Gordon stated that as he pushd open the door Pantages was hanging on to Miss Pringel"s ankle as she tried print for one's life. to escape. Right Hon. Winston Churchill Comments on Red Disturbance Toronto, Aug.'16.--Smiling at the prospect of a visit to Toronto and a motor trip to Niagara Falls and Hamilton, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, former British chancel lor of the exchequer arrived here this morning. He was met at the station by Col. Alex Fraser, aide- de-camp to Lieutenant-Governor W. D. Ross, and with his party went to Government House. Mr. Church- ill was accompanied by his son, Randolph, his brother, Major John Churchill, and his nephew, John George Churchill, The Churchills were still slvep- ing when the train arrived and it was not till an hour and a half later that they left their private car. . During their stay here they will occupy the vice-regal suite at the Royal York hotel. In the same hotel the British statesman is ad- dressing a 'large luncheon today under the combined auspices of the Toronto board of trade, the Empire club and the Canauran club. Mr. Churchill was itenrested in hearing about the recent encounter between cummunists and police in Toronto. ' 'Oh, yes. You had quite a row, I hear," he said. "But I should not like to say anything about it." * Asked about the British method of dealing with Reds, however, he did venture a few remarks. 'We let them make their speeches," he said, "and if they want to hold a demonstration or a parade .they may do so under police protection." He said the police usually stood by to guard geist any breach of the peace. Little Hope For Safety of Kasper Windsor, Aug. 16.--Only the slightest hope is held for the safe- ty of John Kasper, co-pilot of the Miss Detroit, amphibian plane which sank in Lake Erie off Pelee Island, Tuesday night. Since the plane sank the waters of the lake have been too turbulent to permit a thorough searcn ror the missing pilot and the only chance he may have been saved, ac- cording to lake mariners, lies In the hope that he reached ome of several smaller islands in the viec- inity of the disaster. bh | . Woman Swims Sixty-one Hours 18-year-old Wife Taken from Pool Unconscious -- Is in Hospital (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, N.Y., Aug. 16--A swimming endurance record of 61 inne Rossburg, 18 years old, after she was taken unconscious from a Brnox swimming pool early to- day, Mrs. Rossburg, of Reading, Pa.. 1.30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. started her endurance swim at She was so exhausted when taken from the water that a physician ordered her removal to St. Fran- cis Hospital, It was said she would be compelled to remain there sev- eral days before returning to her home in the Bronx. . Th former record of 60 hours was made by Mrs. Myrtle Huddle- ston last September at a Coney Island pool: Man and Wife Arrested Samuel Richardson, aged 42, of 21 Roseberry' avenue, and his wife, Anna, aged 28, of the same address, were arrested last night by Detec- tives Crown and McAllister on a charge of illegal possession of drugs. They were held without bail at Court street station. nate's preliminary hearing on sta~ hours was claimed for Mrs. Cor-|P ine by November | | EFFORTS BEING MADETO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON FINANCIAL QUESTION : : M. Francqui Makes Detailed Reply to Creditor Nations, Declaring that British Interests Had Been far Better Cared for than was Admitted % p BRITAIN OFFERED ' SIXTY PER CENT, German Delegation Perturb« ed by What the Status of the Rhineland will be, Should Financial Question Fail to be Settled (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) The Hague, Netherlands, Aug. 16. Last minute efforts to reach an a= greement on the financial question and plans looking toward evacuation of the Rhineland were in progress today at The Hague, Premier Briand of France, called on Foreign Minister Stresemann, of Germany, and again talked about ev« acuation of - the Rhineland while Emile Francqui, Belgian delegate; called on Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a formal proposition from' the other creditor powers. It is understood that Great Britain was offered 60 cept. of its or about 30000000 marks a year (a- bout' $7,500,000) to be included in the unconditional 'annuities. Premier Baldwin told Foreign Min- ister. Stresemann that the second zone of the occupation of the Rhineland, the Cablenz Bridgehead, will be eva- cuated by the middle 'of November. As to the third zone at Mainz, ex perts are 'still 'at work studying the details, ' The situation in the financial com« mittee also was discussed by the twa ministers. When M. Francqui made his propo< sal to Chancellor Snowden, he alsa made a detailed reply of the credit« or nations to the Chancellor's argu« (Continued on page 9) GERMAN AIRLINER REPORTED FLYING TOWARDS SIBERIA Will Skirt the Arctic Circle , on Passage to ~ ® Japan Hy "(By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Friedrichshafen, Germany, Aug. 16. --The Zeppelin works received a; radio this afternoon from the dirig- ible Graf Zeppelin reportin her osition as over. the village of "Po jevska, north of Perm, Russia, ath 100 pm, central' European - timer (700 am, ES.T.). . Perm is a city of 85,000 inhabitants which is an important transit sta tion for freight from Moscow: and central Russia for the Kama: dis- trict and Siberia, and vice versa. It is located on the banks ofthe' Kama river and is the: district city of the Ural territory, west of the grea. mountain chain. Perm itself is almost 300 milesy east of Viatka by railroad * and is roughly 700 miles east of Moscow, Dr. Eckener had set his course' from Viatka for Ustsisolsk in the centre of the. Komi region, where the Russian population is already a neg- ligible minority among the tribes of the Urals. Ustsisolsk - is roughly 225 miles northeast of Viatka apd is located just below the 62 pamallel of latitude. Along this course Dr. Eckener would head far into the north of Russia before crossing the Urals into Siberia in the direction of the Ob river val- ley. 16.--The an- in London London, Aug. nouncement is made that Lord Headley, 'the Moslem peer, has been married. The mar- riage was held first at the Fulham Registrar's office and then at the Moslem: Mosque in Woking. His bride is Catharine, widow of Major Lindsay Bashford and daughter of the late Joseph Williams of Lovi- bond & Sons, the family brewers and wine merchants. Lord Headley is the only mem- ber of the British Peerage who has ever set foot in the Holy City of Lord Headley, Mohammedan, Shows London To His New Bride Mecca. He openly avowed his con- version to the Mohammedan faith ga when he succeeded to the title. He was educated at Harrow and "Prinity and was a noted athlete ing his younger days, winning both the heavy and middle-weight boxing' championships at Cambridge. He has written a number of standard text-books. on. boxing. This is Lord Headley's thd, marriage, his second wife, an Aus- traMan novelist, dying in. Mel- bourne in May last. He has four sons of his first marrisgg, .