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'News i Brief "fMy Conndian Press) J, Wsdiarto D D. Maiped: & vote of to 87, the senate today decided fo realy 0 one cent duty on cals hy eark de, Contiscatod yun Sold i Abo $4,700 was res- the wrov nels! department PE abories #t the an- su Mp "contisonted furs, Loses Champions Everett, Wash, ot, olline of the Illinois Athletic Clu Chicago: fost his national amateur billiard championship to M. C, Wallgren Everett hore last night, #00 to 871, hf, Berwick, Str ok by tom Lr, ue AR automo- bile in front of his home here, Leon Illoran, aged 9 years, was Sines instantly killed here last . v Completed Friedeichshaten, Germeny.~The dirigibla Graf Zapyaith, completing a two day's flight to Bpain, landed mh at Friedrichshafen, this af- ternoon, Enters Business Clif ~~Rey, J. 8, Jitfin, form minister of Birch Cliff fst ehurch, bas been appointed to the position of director of per- sonnel of the McCormack Biscuit company, "vy | vi o Yul Joa Cort is con- fined to the royal palace here by a cold dencribed as serious, The Xing is visiting the exposition here has been participating in many functions. Body "Found in Lake ' North Bay. The body of Mrs. W. B. Munroe, 5 Callander, was found in Lake Nipissing yesterday. It is believed tbat she walked into the lake while asleep, No inquest will be Bold. is LJ Swissming 1 Collapses itr yur hrs of the concrete rool of a awimming 1 at Beu- then, Upper Silesia, buried many perapns.. Fourteen PY bled isjur. od were extricated and it was fear- od that five. who were still miss. ing had perished. *® LJ * Ea a very, Good d8Y S04 those 14 nA very ose the Dedaide now feel bis recov- from Dig present wtidck 1s' us- sured, He Is taking rye) at regular intervals and is cone solous AR wh the time, an peer nits Cook, a, Tarm- ar of this district is dead from burns received when tire destroy- od his farm home, Cook attempt ad to | the kitchen fire with noal, oll, explosion resulted and he' was Yu f Durned, : Horse Thieves Bus ratford,--Horae thieves, long a - y Setloved extinct, are opera " on a wholesale scale in Perth nounty. illlam Moses, a farmer pear St, Paul's, told police here Jestaiay morning that five ani- mals had been son en from his pas- ture some a Attorney Sain New York, Aaron L. Apple< baum, & patent attorney, was shot and killed in his office on Park row during a dispute with two Ital- fan brothers, cobblers, who said he had swindled them, They were Jostan into submission apd cap- ured. . *. 8 Gailty of Manslaughter Londont, Ont.~Edward Harl- ton, who was reprieved from the lowe 04 granted a new trial tap! escaped exsoution for the Bi 'of John Waddell, coun- motor-cycle officer, when a jury 4 the supreme court assizes re- turned a manslaughter verdiot af- tor slightly Jess than two hours de- Uberation, Youth' rE SE son Ho n, > ol Victoria colleme student, is a alive. ahd, has not met with Bay, y. and Mrs. R. 8 Robin. Jeft Toronto last night for hair Rome home bo New Taga. dnt LN AW n seareh " o the iain youth, a ------------ rovCARE's MORE SATISFACTORY Paris, Oct, 24.~--Former Premier Ralncaren condition was sald to ete dn the u letin hd by Dra, , and Boldin, at his hospital, f 11] 35 Shute aning from a iy w---------------------- ke fo The Oshawa Daily Time Succeeding The Oshawa Daily R Reformer 4 A Growing Newspaper in & Growing City u 3 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOB BER 24, 1929 T5 Gants s Weak; 3 Conte Copy SIXTEEN PAGES THEAVY DEATH TOLL LIKEL ON L AKES Attempt To Assassinate Italian Crown Prince Fails FERRY WITH 50 PASSENGERS AND MANY OTHER VESSELS STILL MISSING AFTER GALE ------ Car Ferry Milwaukee Which Left the Port of Mil waukee for Grand Haven on Tuesday Afternoon, Is Still Unreported CREWS OF SEVERAL BOATS ARE RESCUED Freighter Donaldson, With Thirty People Aboard Overdue at Superior, Wis- consin, Since Tuesday Night Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 24,--~Hope That the Car Ferry, Milwaukee, of the Grand Trunk Fleet with 52 aboard, had weathered the 49-hour storm on Lake Michigan, faded today with a report that wreckage from a boat had been pick- ed up ten miles off Wind Point, which is about #4 miles north of Racine, Chicago, lll, Oct, %. ~The region of the great lakes storm-scarred and wind aed, today counted its loss. es in men and money. The fate of well over 100 persons, caught on the lakes in the fury of the storm, re- mained uncertain early today, Fifty two were aboard the cr ferry Mil walkee which left the port of "Mi waukee at 2 p.m, Tuesday, for Grand Haven, and which at dawn today still was unrepo orted, Seventy-thre feriie were aboard craft im seriled y the pounding waves in the Supers ior Lake, Fears were felt for the steamer William D, Pilkey and its crew of 32 men, The ship was aground on a rest of Gravel Ystand, cast of De- tour, The steamer Maple Court was on the rocks near Cockburn Island in Lake Huron but with its crew of 15 men safe, The steel Sandsucker C. A, Caldwell, with a crew of 16 was aground in Lake Erie off Lea- mington, Ont, Freighter Overdue The freighter Donaldson, loaded with coal and carrying a crew of 25 and possibly 30 men, was over due at Superior, Wis,, where It was scheduled to arrive Tuesday night, The ship has no wireless, Coast» guardamen suggested the Donald. son may have put into a sheltered place to await the end of the storm, Property loss will run into the millions, "with the city of Chicage a heavy sufferer, The eatimate of damage to Chicago breakwaters, boulevard systems and parks was fixed at $2,000,000 with private property damage adding another million 40 the city's total loss, Another Possible Disaster Port Rowan, Oct, 24.-~The pos- sibility that the terrific storm that has raged here for nearly three days may have taken a heavy toy of lives arose today when BE, Fos. ter, a resident of this village, re- ported that early yesterday meorn- ing he saw a large lake-going ves- sel, presumably a freighter, go down with all hands about four mileg off the shore in Lake Erle, oll of the Storm Toronto, Oct. M~The 48-hour storm which lashed the great lakes left the following toll as it pounded itself out early yesterday: KNOWN DEAD an drowned when houseboat Moly s8s at New Baltimore, Lake St, Clair, Mich, Girl Jl dawned in Wisconsin, ppleton, Wis, college stu. on drowned when drifting row- boat sank, (Continued on page 3) Waohave heard no good Scotch jokes. "lately, except the one th the man who is to draft a rohibition enforcement pro s & Mr, MacNab,--Ex, Bees in Pie Spoil Party ! Winsted, Conn, Oct, 24~Honey bees broke up a dinner party, temps orarily at least, at the home of Mrs, Morgan Pease, of Riverton, last ev ning, Mrs, Pease had baked an wool ee during the rao and pla outdoors to cool, T honey mak- ers entered the holes WY the pie curat and when she started to cut the pie for her fueats the bees quickly took Premier Is Not Able To Speak This Evang (By Canadian. Press "Lonsed Wire) Toronto, Oct, 24,-~The report on the lines of Premier G, How- ard Yerguson this morning is that "the Prime Minister 8 sore throat is slightly better," Premier Ferguson is still at his home, and will not address a meet- Ing at Campbellford tonight, for which he was originally scheduled, Hon, J, R, Cooke, minister without portfollo and member of the N- tarlo Hydro Commision, will speak in place of the Prime Min- ister, Toronto Stock Market Joins In Declines by Millions of Dollars * Today Toronto, Oct, 24, --The vales of Values of Shares Dropped | -# PS I Lake Gale Heralds Heroic Work of Rear shares of companies listed on the Toronto Btock Exchange were re: duced by millions of dollars this morning when the local market followed the course set by New York and broke sharply, However, the local situation was not as seri ous as that In Wall Strest, but it was sufficiently bad to drop a wide range of issues two to ten points, Hpeculators made several efforts to halt the downward trend of val. ues, but they were helpless before the heavy offerings which w M thrown on the market bloek a look, The bears centred their attack on those issues which have enjoyed a prominent place in local trading for the past six weeks, namely, the olls, agricultural stocks, Brasilian Traction, International and the diss tillery stocks, Brasilian Traction and Internation. al Nickel which are traded in on the New York and Montreal mar kets, hore a good share of the sell: Ing, The former dropped ten points at 52, while Nickel sold down to 42%, rallied to 43% and again slumped to 424, for a loss of 4} points, Briand May Be Premier Again Paris, Oct, 24.-~After a day or conferences between President Doumergue and leaders of every shade of Fremoh political opinion, France's twenty-fourshour-old Cab- inet crisis was still unchanged last night, In the opinion of most close ob- servers the formation of a new Ministry to replace Aristide Rri- and's "Cabinet of the Hundr@l Days," which has governed France since July 29, will he deterred uns til at least the end of the weak. Meanwliiile, President Doumeps gue ia being urged by a Amy of his important visitors from &i | ferent parties of the Left-Centre and the Left of the Chambe of Deputies to eall M, Briand to hia twelfth Ministry, M, Briand's friends declare hat he has finally decided to refuge any offer other than that of holding the portfolio of Foreign Affairs in some one else's Cabinet, N New York, Oct. 24. «Foreign ex- change steady, Demand rates: Great Britain, 4.87%: Canadian The Rhétographs hore Top, Gravel Cavrlor ©, M, prot well aground off Point Pelee in Lake , It in seen here being beaten by heavy seas after being Car Blows Up Apter Crash SE Three Rivers, Que, Oct, M. =A li quor-laden automobile which blew up when another car crashed inte it, 1s this city's lastest mystery, The car, containing cans of liquor was standing without lights in a street in the suburbs, It had come from the diregtion of Mantreal When the secontl car collided, the explosion set fire to both machines and they burned down to the chas sis, Cans of liquor were strewn a round by the force of the blast, 1.5. STOCKS Go DOWN IN LONDON Stock Exchange Reflects Collapse on Wall Street (By Canadien yg Leased Wire) Londen, Oct, 24,--8harp falls ranging from three to five points ogeurred in the "Transatlantic" {sues of the Stock Exchange today following yesteroay's collapse of Wall Street, As usual here the declines large: ly represented marking down of quotations hut a reat deal of steok was offered and sympathetic weakness developed in the apecu- lative sections, The movement of money fr America to London as a reaul of the higher rate ia causing an improvement in the exchange, New York oable transfers touched $4.88, the highest in some years, C Man Rlectrocuted Aylmer.~Charles Hopper, 24, was elebtroouted here yesterday while repairing hydro lines, Hop- per grasped a wire containing 2,200 dollars 1% per cent discount, volts and was killed tantly, Winnipeg, Oct, 26-The grain stor- age crisis has passed, Yawning bins at country points contain more than enough storage space to accommo- the unmarketed portion of the crop, mers' deliveries are falling off and®arve balanced by the movement ta the lakehead. And lakehead bins are being kept | §* their. wing ove Be! quigks | b en And, Turin aa sich: room. | eastward, NV grain boats steaming steal Grain Storage Crisis Passes In West as Deliveries Show Decline Attentive observers of the western storage situation regarded these signs A today with relief, They loked back on a car-rationing move during the first hali of the month hy hoth the nadian National and the Canadian Pacific railways, . They remembered the fear a month ago that Port Ar thur and Fort Wiliam elevators || might soon be filled to Wrong and tat the: yards would be cram: med with Joaded grain cars STRICKEN SRITS Asnong---oi EW OF FREIGH ashore before vecont heavy wales. ' TER N, J, Tt is expected that conditions are sich that she will be able ta be re. floated Sain today, Bottom shown Lake Freighter N, J, Nessen, driven aground in Pigeon Bay, Lake Krie, ahout eight m miles from No Traces Yet 0f Ocean Fliet Rumor That Aeroplane Had Been Sighted Without Foundation Oct, HM St, John's, Nfld, from Harbor Grace that the Kyle had picked up a message was stated hy the Newfoundland railway management to be without founda. tion, The management has had no message from the Kyle, which is at present on the Northern Coast, It 15 believed the rumor originated from the 8, 8, Sevthia's message last night that no sign of the plane had been seen, This message was in code and the report spread that Diteman had been Hound, A report hI CR. TAKES OVER NORTHERN LINE Action Expected to Help De- velopment of Mining Area Se-------- Winnipeg, Oct, 24.---Announce- ment was made yesterday that the branch line from Cranberry to the Shervitt-Gordon Mine at Cold Lake will be taken aver by the Canadian National Railways at the end ef his month, Tt in expected when the hranch la taken over there will be a tri-week- ly passenger service to and from The Pas and a dally freight ser. vice, H. MacLean, President of the Dominion Construetion Company, stated that work on the hranch had been completed well ahead of ache. dule, Looal wining men believe that the taking over of the line @y the Canadian National Railways will lend great impetus te mining in Northern Manitoba, Work on many promising prospects has been held up, they state, hecause of the exorbitant cost of taking maohin- ery into the Cold Lake mining area hy winter trails, During the past summer large mining companies hecame intereat- ed in the Cold Lake wining area, but have delayed development un. til the rvallway 'pravided cheaper freighting. With the opening af the new lines these companies will now be able to rush in supplies and equipment for Witter work on the properties, Point Pelee, Neavy seas and wind gipociaculay at first prevented all efforts at rescue work by those em shore, The crew of 14, Including omo woman, however, have since heen ' brought Ashore to safety in A NESE N BROUGHT TO BAFETY wero WTRUOULN resone lifeboats rough bolling a a8 the ighter pounded on the shoal, her rew eagerly walling at her bow or thelr deliverers, 1.O.D.E. Gives (My Camila | my Leased Wire) Toronto, Oot, S4-~Bursaries In Canadian universities have awarded for the present year by the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Xmpire, under their war mems orlal soheme, to 10 sons and daughs ters of Canadian soldiers, most o whom were killed in action, The awards are as follows Alberta-May Johnston, Edmond ton; Marjorie Hall, Edmonton, Hritish Columbia---Hilda Lobb Vancouver, Manitoba leawood, New Rrunswiok--- Hampton; Vernon C, erieton, Nova Seotia~ (lace Ray; Arthur address given), Ontario-=Kathleen Henson, (8 (address not given), Mam A, Yones W, J. Hunter, Chars Ralph Marohy Rastin, Freds Mary Rosina Lyon T, Dickey, (ne J Saskatchewan --W (adress not glven), Perey Lonham, Manitoba, was awarded a speolal bursary by the Manitoba Provinola! ohapter, HOIERMEN 105 | HEAVILY INSTOR Thousands of Dollars Dain- age Done to Fishing Equipment E West Lorne, a Ont, Qet, West Lorne lake flahermen : heavily in the violent storm wh fo has been raging for the past 48 hours, Thousands of dollars iam. age to the fishing compRhigy equipment has resulted, with meta helng blown out, stakes logt and boats . destroyed, Tha Ragle Fish Company, near here, loat all their nets, a motorboat and a . Ht {a doubtful if the pound net #laher- men will be in a position 'to re. heen' Panic As Price akes Big Drop Record Setback "on Winni- peg Exchange as Wheat Pours Into Pit Winnipeg, Oot, 24. ~Wheat was lterally poured in on the pit here today as traders started one of the heaviest liguidation movements witnessed here in some time and cents below yesterday's quatations up to 11,16 this morn Optober wheat dropped EY to 81, 88; Novamber, 8% to 31.28; De cember 114 to $1.87; and May 12 cents to $1,562, Around 1040 am, traders started flooding the market With offerings, Ntop-loss selling coms menced and prices sank lower, At 11.80 the market showed aligns ot going to lower levels as offerings continued to Increase, Chicago, Oot, 24-~8harp new hWreaks in wheat prices early today resulted from unusual acoumulas tion of avernight orders to sell out, and put a stop to holders losses, Marah delivery of wheat dropped to a new low price record for the season, Continued large shipments of wheat from Avgontina to Bum MANITOBA'S FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER AGRICULTURE DIES Moose Jaw, Sask, Oot, 24, Hugh MoKellar, former deputy minister of agriculture in Manitoba and a veteran agricultuve editor, died at his home here last night after an extended Hing. He was 80 years of age, and served as Manitoba's deputy minister at age rionlture from 1893 to 1004 under Premiera Greenway, Davidson and od sume until next spring, J Rablin, British Automabile Companies Planito Speed up Productiou London, Oct ¥----A sweeping plan to push forward Britain's motor car industry in connection with ithe gov- ernment's schemes for reli. of une employment and to capturg 'the auto mobile markets of the wad, is said to be under way here, According to stories the front pages of ofthe § - and the Express today, the plan is largely aimed at Awveblean competi tion, " The scheme carries the motor car War. between Rmtain and the United States an important step fors ward" says the Express, It was stated that the government, huge financial interests and the en tire motor trade in Great: Britain SHOT FIRED AT CEREMONY IN BRUSSELS Prince, However Was Not Injured, But Carried on With Ceremony at Tomb of Belgium's Unknown Soldier ASSAILANT JUST ESCAPED LYNCHING Incident Occurred While Prince Was in Brussels for His Betrothal to Pring cess Marie Jose, Daughter of King of Belgium Brussels, Oct, 24, == A shot was fired at the Italian Crown Prince, Humbert, to-day, as he laid a wreath on the tomb of Belgium's unknown soldier, He was not injured The shot was fired at the vince at 9.45 am, just as he arrived at the tomb The prince seemed not to notice it, The would-be assassin was arrested immediately after and nesrly lynched, ! Bruseels,, Pelglum, Oct, 84,» Crown Prince Humbert of Italy af- flaneed husband of Princess Marin Jose marrowly esceped death tne day. at the hands of an assassin who fired a shot at the royal suitor as the prince was placing A wreath on tha tomb of the une known soldier, The quick work of one nf the Ttalian embassy party, who knocke od down the assassins arm, seized the gun and overpowered him was htllaved to have saved the prince's [] The assassin, who only escaped lynching through the protestion oft the police, later told the authori» tien that he was an Itallan named Enrico Dirosa and said that he haa intended to fire in the air as » protest, The young princes whose engages ment to the Belgian princess wan formally announced today, was one of the oalmest of those present, Ha continued the wreath placing ceres (Continued on page 2) EE ---------------------- Aerial Search Again Delayed Weather Conditions Hold Up Hunt for McAlpine Party oi Winnipeg, Oct, 24The demon of the frosen north smiled sardonically last night, Another day had been added to the enforced sentence on Col, CD H, MacAlpine and kis seven confreres, imprisoned now for S days in the subsArctie, An derial rescue patrol of four machines had been foiled again in ity efforts to bring freedom to the marooned mins ors, 'For the second successive day frowning skies defeated the plan of the plate: quartetie stationed at Ras ker lake, 300 miles west of Hudson bay, This after two long wee 3 atin as the in-between season ed DY Today, as yesterday and as the day before--the outpost patrol at Bakers lake planned to soar away at dawn, i «deemed, however, as dusk gathe ed over the barrens Jenorda eves ph \ that further delay would be dded to the trials of the anxious Airmen, A Bathurst inlet, on the Are etic rim of Canada, as well as at Bas ker lake, flying conditions were res ported as Huncable J attered snowflurries breaking do SG ove er cast skies, Not a ath of wind gave promise of clouds being Brush AWAY, Hon. Lincoln Goldie ) An Is Confined to Bed FR " (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Blora, Oct, 4~--=Hon, Lincoln Goldie, provineial secretary, ia cong fined to bed with illness, He wad to have spoken at a meeting herg laat night, but ® A, Hall, forme member of parliament for Routh Waterloo, substituted, The natura of Mp Goldie's illness is nop were engaged in evolving the plan known, BEI