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_ The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer ' ' A Growing Newspaper in Growing City ay teens Sundays smd. ub Haday Lod inching of Calvin more than a ilton Bay Wreck Oal "Lenn, ~Darailment of the north-bound passenger train, Ponce de Leon, of the Southern Railway near here early yesterday caused the death 'of four persion and injuries to more than fi ty, passengers. Jum Yeo Plane Curtiss Field, N.Y --~Ruth Rockwell 2, of Crestwood, N.Y, committed su- cide yesterday by leaping from a ssenger train shortly after taking oH from Curtiss Field. A bulky en- velope, apparently a farewell mes- sage was found on the girl's body, Dryas in River North Bay~--Francois Gervals, 19, of sh, Stanislas, Que, was drowned in the Montreal river near Goward esterday when his canoe upset, The body was recovered and taken to Cobalt, where an inquest will be held ay, . Newspaper Sum ded Barcelona, Spain,~--The newspa- per "El Mat!" was indifinitely sus- pended today on government order for wblishing news which had not mn' submitted previously to the intl Ad " L] Three Men Killed Philadelphia,--Three men were reported killed in a building col- lapse At Gth and Reed streets, in the southern part of the city, to- day, LJ] id LJ Prince George 111 London.~--~Prince George, young- est son of the King and Queen, was confine® to his room today with a chill, © He has cancelled his en gagements, * » LJ] Awarded Nobel Prize Stockholm Thomas Mann, widely known German novelist, whose best known work is "The Magic Moun. tain," has been awarded this year's Nobel prize for lit for literature, EXPRESS THANKS FOR CO-OPERATION Legion Committee Pleased With Observance of Armistice Day 'Ehe committee in charge of the Armistice' Service held yesterday, at the Garden of the Unforgotten, under the auspices of Branch No, 43 Cana- jan Legion B.ESL., wish to take this opportunity of expressing their sincere thanks and appreciation to , Smith and Officers of the 34th ntario Regirent, Bandmaster T, Dempsey and the Regimental Band, Mr. F. W, Cowan, the Rev. C, R dePencier, of S t, eGorge's Church, who supplied the chimes, The Mayor and Council, Capt, E, Hartson, Com- de J. A. Graves, Chief Owen Fred the firemen under Chief Elliott the Postal Employees' Re- turned Men's Association, and to all ex-service men of the C ity and sur rounding district who attended this service and so raterialy | assisted in making this, the Fors of the Year, one never to ten, The committee in charge alse with thank Chief wea D, Friend a ire Chief W, R. Elliott, for ac able arrangements in the observgnce of the two minute's silence, a em ns Sa Pressure is high over the halt of the United and along the Atlantic Beary OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, ! NOVEMBER 12, 1929 15 Cents 8 Week; 3 Cents a Copy, . TWELVE PAGES BANDITS HOLD UP BANK IN TORONTO Sum of $3,000 Stolen From Clinton and College St. Branch of Canadian Bank of Commerce MONEY STOLEN WAS ALL IN SMALL BILLS Bandits Took Advantage of Absence of Most of the Clerks from Bank During the Noon Hour Toronto, Nov. 12, I'wo armed bandits held up a teller of the Clinton and College Streets branch of the Bank of Commerce here this afternoon, and after securing between $2,- 000 and $3,000 in small bills, made their escape in an auto mobile, The robbery took place while the majority of the bank em- ployees were on their lunch hour, TWO MORE VICTIMS OF ACCIDENT DIE Three Now Dead as Result of Smash Near Cobourg Cobourg, Nov, 12.--~Two more deaths resulted from yesterday from the accident on the Kingston Highway near here, which cost the life on Sunday of Miss Marie Fras. er of Whitby, Claude Black, 27 Victoria Boulevard, Mount Dennis, died in hospital here yesterday morning and Mrs, Harry Smith, Emmett Avenue, Mount Dennls, succumbed to her injuries last week, The hospital reported that Miss Dorothy Smith, who sustain. ed severe head injuries, will pron. ably recover, All the vietims were passengers in Harry Smith's car, which left the highway and crashed into a Hydra pole, Smith *was subsequent- ly arrested on a charge of erimin« al negligence and released on bafl of $6,000. Miss Argyle Smith, another pas senger in the car, escaped injury. NE Black's mother and sister sur- vive, SALUTED THE COLORS A notable expression of tribute was noticed on the return march from the Cenotaph when the detachment of N.C.O's and men of the 34th On- tario Regiment under RQMS, J E, Burnley and Cpt. S, J, Murray whe had performed the military cere- mony at the Armouries, synonymous with the Armistice Service at Mem- orial Park, formed up in front of the Armouries in true miltary fashion, to salute the colors and veterans as they marched by and which drew forth many pleasing and complimen- tary comments from those on parade. Zizia, in North Africa, is the hot. est place in the world, In three months we will all wish we were in Zizia.--~Kingston Whig-Standard, PRINCE SUFFERS CHILL Prince George, youngest son of Klug George od Suncom Mar). | by es tine he boy cancelled all ly forced to leave the navy, for which his career had been planned, for the foreign office, hecauso of ill-health. [state AND ESCAPE IN AUTOMOBILE BODY OF FINANCE MINISTER TAKEN 10° VALLEYFIELD Simple Private Funeral Will Be Held There To- morrow Valleyfield, Que, Nov, 12-The body of Hon: James Alexander Robb, minister of finance, today was lying in his beautiful home on Ste, Jean Baptiste street here, Hundreds of his fellow-townsmen and political sup- porters and friends from the district called during the morning to express their sympathy to Mrs, Robb, The finance minister, who died sud- denly at Toronto yesterday, wis brought overnight on a special Cans adian National Railways train, ace companied by Mrs, Robb, Miss Chri sting Robb, his sister, William Mac Donald, Mr, Robb's business partner and Watson Sellar, the minister's sec retary, The train arrived here at 8.30 am, The telegrams and cables of con. dolenge from many warts of the world today continued to reach Mrs, Robb, testifying to the esteem in which Canada's finance minister was held, The funeral which will be simple and private, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m, at the Valleyfield United Church, i ---- X-RAY REVEALS LOST RCEPS Mra, Mat OR Sainte Croix, of Jersey, Eagan, has been walking about for nearly scven years with a pair of arterial forceps in her abdo- men. Early in 1923 she underwent an operation in a London hospital for internal trouble, Afterward she experienced pains which became so acute that an X.ray was taken re- cently and revealed the forceps, An operation will be necessary to re move the instrument. Canada Honors Her War Heroes Solemn Services Held in All Parts of the Do- minion Ottawa, Nov, 12-~Canada joined with the empire yesterday in paying tribute to the memory of her fallen, Simple and impressive ceremonies marked the 11th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities, At 11 o'clock yesterday morning the wheels of in- dustry were stilled throughout the dominion and heads were bared in reverence. On cenotaphs were plac: ed wreaths of poppies, tokens im- mortalized in the lines of Col, John MeCrae's famous poem, From 1045 to 11 o'clock the tenor bell of the carillon in the peace tower. tolled at JO-second intervals, As the great clock boomed the eleventh stroke of the hour, the two minutes of silence were observed, This was followed by the singing of "O Canada' by the ihrong and the playing of the "Dead March" in "Saul" by the Governor-General's Footguards., SEVERE STORM STRIKES BRITAIN Eight Persons Killed and Enormous Damage Done to Property London, Nov, 12,-Eight persons were killed through accidents and drownings, many were injured, and enormous property damage inflict ed in a gale which lashed the Brit. ish Isles and surrounding seas last night and today, Conditions became better with the coming of the dawn and the sun later shone brilliantly on scenes of wreckage in various places, roofs were broken, chimney pots smashed, bill boards throwu down, windows blown out and Arm. istice day decorations ripped to shreds, Deal boatmen had a strenuous time getting thelr small vessels in« to the horbor after thelr crews had reached the exhaustion point, An: other barge, the Marie May, had her sails blown to ribbons and her anchor dragged off Dungeness, She drifted helpless and her crew were in grave danger when rescued by a lfeboat, Thirty of the crew of the Itallan steamereNimbo were dramatically rescued by a lifeline from the cliff top at New Haven, CHICAGO PRICES FOR WHEAT COLLAPSE (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Nov, 12-~Wheat prices crashed down 2 1-2 to 6 1.4 cents in a sensational opening break today but rallied sharply in the early trad. ing, The collapse was attributed to breaks at Liverpool yesterday, when the domestic market was closed, and to the slumping stock markets. Another Slump On N.Y. Market Early Rally Was Quickly Ended,' and Prices Hit New Low Levels New York, Nov. - 12.--~Prices of] leading stocks broke sharply to new low levels for the ycar on the New York Stock Exchange today when the brief rally which followed an op- ening decline quickly petered out, Scores of issues were carried down $2 to $20 a share while American Express, making its first appear- ance since Jan, dropped $106 a share below the ae quotation to $205, Total sales in the first two hours were 4,234,000 shares as contrasted with 1,644,100 in the same period yes- terday, with the ticker runnieg near- ly an hour behind the market, The ticker was running 46 minutes behind the market at noon, U, S, Steel Common, which had touched $163 a share on the rally, fell back to $153.50 off $6 net, and another new low record, General Electric dropped from $195.50 to $184.50, off $8.50, and a new low; American Tel: ephone sold down $6.75 a share to a RW A on the current decline at Insta: santly, Killed Stratford, N.J~Blinded by a hea- vy fog, a priest driving home from a sick call early today struck two brothers walking along the White Horse Pike near here, killing one in« stantly and critical» injuring the ath- er, The dead man was Craig Pal miter, 22, of Stratford. His brother Robert, 20, suffered fractures of both legs and severe internal injuries, Prominent Men Extend Tributes To Canada's Late F inance Minister Ww. E. Ni Sinclair, K.C, leader of the Liberal Party in Ontario, ex- pressed keen regret when informed of Mr, Robb's death Yesterday after. noon, "The 'Dominion of Canada suffers 4 distinét loss in his passing," he said, 'was one of our outstanding amen of the present day, a most critical period and in the face of numerous difficulties he made a signal success as minister of finance, e was a man of great ability and unquestionable integrity, and inspired the confidence of the wry To know him was to admire and respect him, "His death while still employed at duties which have won him the a of the people of Canada will be regretted by Liberals everywhere. I*knew him for several years and always found him genial and cours teous, It was a real pleasure to meet him at any time and 1 feel the deepest personal regret at his death." \ son's Tribute Toronto, Novirl2--Hon, G, Howard Ferguson, Premier of Ontario, last night expresied the following tribute to the late Hon, J. A: Robb; "While held in he %. hest esteem by all Canada was partis cularly eloved fhe ly ate who had the tune to enjoy his per- sonal acqua bop magnetic personality won him an ever in. creasing number of friends and ad- mirers, had the privilege of knowing him fairly well and a all my numerous talks with him 1 was particularly impressed with his in. tense devotion to the service of his country and the broad outlook with Mich he viewed the future of Can. ada, "Men such as he.make a most valuable contribution to the high standards and ideals that should o tain in public life and add ay to the prestige and: influence of our country rong the nations of the FINANCE MINISTER DIED SUDDENLY CANADIANS MOURN PASSING OF NOTED MINISTER Hon, James Robb, 70, Minister of Finance for the Dominion since 1088 who died yesterday afternoon from an apoplectic stroke in the Royal Yerk hotel, following a 10-day attack of pneumonia Never hitter or unkind in word or action, his brilliant career was marked by self-sffacement, outstands 'Ame abiity and accomplishment, Canada and Mons Remember Nov. 11 Montreal, Nov, 18 General Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian corps, yesterday received the following cablegram from Bur- gomaster Maistriau of Mons, Del: glum: 'Salute and remembrance," Sir Arthur replied: 'With vivid and proud recollection of eleven years ago, Canadians send warm greetings," Killed by Nephew Owen Sound---Artmur Lane, 26, was killed yesterday when he was struck by the discharge of a shot- gun carried by his nephew, A, Mae Dongall, The two, with several others, were hunting when Mac: Dougall tripped, Fliers Likely To Start Today Flight of McAlpine Party to South Delayed by Storms (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Winnipeg, Nov, 12~HMHemmed in by raging blizzards and windstorms for several days at isolated Bathurst Inlet, Col, C. D, M, McAlpine, his seven companions and their ressyers will probably leave on the second lap of their air journey to civilization to- day, This was the content of a mess sage sent frojn Bathurst by Capt, G, S. Blanchet and received here today by W, L. Brintell, managing directs or of Western Canada Airways, Blanchet will carry his eight chars es, who were rescued from Cams ridge Bay at the north cqast of Ca. nada after being lost for eight weeks and succoured by wandering Eski- mos, due south to Fort Reliance and thence southwest fo Resolution, on the south-east coast of Great Slave Lake, The party will come out of the north from Stoney Rapids and Cran. berry Portage to the Pas and then by train. from the Pas to Winnipeg Sparkling, clear, J0-below zero weather today urged the flyers one ward, Until this morning it was not decided whether they would fly southward via Baker. Lake, and Churchill or take the Stones Rapids route, They will halt at Resolution, Mr, Brintnell stated today, for furth. er directions fram Dominion Explory] ations headquarters, Sir Arthur Currie Has Recovered | Montreal, Nov. 12.-8ir Arthur Currie, commander of the Cana. dian Oorps, who was unable to at tend the cenotaph armistice cere- monies here yesterday on account of illness, has so far recovered from his indisposition that he was returned from the Royal Vietoria Hospital to his home, ' Sir Arthur expects to be able to return to his duties as principal of MoeQill Unl (Continued on page 6) versity on Thursday, / Prices Tower At Montreal Flood of "Selling Strikes Stock Market at Open. ing Today Montreal, Nov, 12~Resuming tras ding after a holiday on Saturday and yesterday, the Montreal Stock Ex change was greeted at the opening gong today by a flood of selling or- ders and a decline of major import ance immediately set in, amounts of one to fifteewr dollars being washed off market prices, Trading today and during the remainder of the week will end at one pm, with the market closed on Saturday, The market leaders were hard hit, Most of the trading was absorbed by Brazilian Traction, International Ni- ckel Montreal Power and Shawini. wan, All these showed substantial losses. Nrazilian being off $4.50 to $36.50; Nickel! dropping $3.50; at $30; Montreal Power losing $10 at $113 and Shawinigan dropping $3 at $75 a ---------------------- CHILD KILLED AND PARENTS INJURED . London, Nov, 18,-Diek Kastner, aged two, is dead, and hia parents, Mr, and Mrs, John Kastner of De. troit are in Vietoria Hospital with possible skull fractures as the res sult of a motor aceldent at Dela ware on No, 2 highway early today, Paul Kastner, four years old, ls suffering from shook, The accident happened when Mp Kastner, east. bound, failed to make 'the turn at Delaware and hia car crashed iutg A tree, HON. JAMES A. Canada's Finance Minister Died Very Suddenly TWO ARMED BANDITS MAKE SENSATIONAL RAID ON BANK ROBB PASSED AWAY MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM APOPLECTIC STROKE CONJECTURE AS T0' SUCCESSOR FOR FINANCE MINISTER Charles Dunning Is Filling the Position Temporarily Hon, Ottawa, Nov, 12,~The death of Hon, James A, Robb, removes from the cabinet of Prime Minister Mack angle King, one of its outstanding figures The portfolio of finance, which Mr, Robb carried with sueh signal success has always been re garded as one of the most import ant in any government, and already there is great conjecture respecting Mr, Robhb's successor, Who will Premier King choose to fill which death has created? Will a permanent wmppointment be made now, or will the prime ministel select one of the present members of the cabinet to fill the post tems porarily? A good deal depends lp: on the decision of the Prime Min ister on this latter point A tem: porary appointment would afford time for careful consultation and complete canvassing of the situa- tion, On tne other hand, with a passion of parliament in the offing, it may be regarded as desivahle to fill the position permanently with as little delay as possible The department of finance ix now being administered by Hon, 0, A Dunning, minister of railways aud Canals, He has been acting ever since Mr Robb became ill, and at the same time he has been doing the work of the rallways departs ment, But his arrangement is, otf course, only temporary, The fact, however, that Dunning was selected as temporary finance minister sug. gests the possibility of his being the permanent appointees He Ia regarded as a capable administrator and an able and aggressive parlia mentary debater, He comes from the west, and finance ministers have usually heen easterners, hut this would not necessarily be a bar to his selection, Mackensle the vacancy Wheat Slumps At Wines Weakness of Quotations at Liverpool Has Effect on Market Winnipeg, Nov, 12-~Wheat tum- bled to lower levels today, drops ping 2% to 4% cents below Satur day's quotations, When reports of weakness at Liverpool reached the local exchange wheat values sank sharply, Liverpool at two o'clock was 3% 4, to 4d, lower, At the opening here November wheat was quoted 4% cents to 3% centa lower at $1.25 to $1.26; December 29 cents to 3% cents lower at $1.28 to $1.27; May 2% cents to 4% cents lower at $1.86 % to $1.84; and uly iy ped § centa to 8% cents at pa o $1,863, Weakness at Buenos Aires and Shicaye also affected the trading ere: Two Oshawa Men Arrested In London After Battle With Police Constable London, Ont, Nov, 11==A midnight hand-to-hand battle between Charles Noulty, city motoreyele policeman, and alleged armed burglars caught itn the act of robbing the Caleott & Fisher store, 613}4 Richmond street, tewlted in the overnight round-up py Harry Webb, aged of Stanley street, an ex- policeman of the eity force; Charles Shelby, aged for bmerly of London and latterly of Qsh- awa, and Albert Knowles, aged 22, of Oshawa, early on Sunday morning. Charged with burglarizing the Cals cott & Fisher store while armed, the men are held while the police con. tinue an exhaustive probe, which they believe will show that the same gang is responsible for most of a series of mare than twenty house and store burglaries which have been als most alt to night oceurrences here during the past six weeks. Certain loot, police report, taken from the Ceeley hardware store, 719 Richmond street, on Oety 1; the resis dence o of walle man John G, Riche ter, JO8 Piccadilly street, in two burglaries en Oet, 3 and Oct, 11, and the residence of Mrs, Robert Kirk- trick, 30 Wharneliffe Road South, has already been identified from a quantity taken from the homes of the apprehended men, Other victims |} of the burglaries are coming te headquarters as quickly as they can be brought in, and it is believed that during a week's remand, which will be ordered, the police will be able to lay many crimes at the door ef the qe hlkd iB hs thy List of BRuvgla The hat of burglaries ineludes the following, in which it is said that cash and ecutitios taken totalled about $200 and jeweliy ry her $000: Oct. 18, Msg Heury, 16 The (Continued on' Page 3) 0 Was Making Splendid Re covery From Attack of Pneumonia When the End Came With Startling Sud- denness NATION SHOCKED BY SUDDEN PASSING Finance Minister of Canada Had Brilliant Political Career and Became Fame ous for His Budgets from 1928 to 1929, Hon, James A, Robb, dominion minister of finance since 1086 and a cabinet member singe 1041, died In Toronto at 4,06 o'llock yesters day afternoon, from an apoplectia stroke Death came unexpectedly just as he was starting te recover from the looar pneumonia which had kept him seriously ill at the Royal York hotel for the past two and a half weeks, He was T0 years of aga last August His passing, whieh ended four hours of coma into whieh he lapsed after his stroke at noon, came as 6 shock and a surprise to hig fam» fly, friends and his physicians, Dr, D'Arcy Prendergast, of Tors onto, who was in charge of him oase, announced Sunday night that the minister was "out of danger, barring complications," and eould find no reason to change his opin= fon whan he examined Mr, Robb ahout 10 o'clack yesterday meorn- Ing. Body Taken Home The stateaman's hody was taken thom Toronto at 11.80 o'clock last night aboard a special ear placed at the disposal of members of the family through the efforiz of Riv Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National rallways, and Hon, Charles Dunning, minister of rallways, Accompanied hy relatives and as« soclates fn publie and private life, it was helng taken ta Valleyfield, PQ, where Mr, Robh was horn and first entered publie life as a member of the tewn eounell, Tentative arrangements made here last night were for a private and simple funeral ceremony to he held at Vallayfield at 2 n'olook to» (Continued on page 8) TORONTO BANDIT MAKES TWO HAULS Robe Apartment House, Office and Service Sta tion and Escapes Toronto, Nov, 13,--A slim, lone bandit worked fast here last mi and escaped after committing holdups in a downtown distriet, Walking inte the office of the Wal» singham apartments on Jarvia 8t,, he held up the proprietor and & awitohboard operator and vel them of $183, While police oars rushed to the scene, the nonchalant orook alipped around the corner to a Canadian Ol Company ssrylen Station, pushed a gun against = fined bili ribs, and robbed tll o NICKEL C0. PROFIT SHOWS DECREASE Profit for Nine Monthe Equal to Dividend of $1.11 on Common Stock (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov, 12--Net profits of the International Nickel Company ef Yoda and subsidiary companies Lg the nine months ended orliuner 1929, amounted to $6, equivalent to §L11 a Siig on vin common stock after allowing for ferred dividends, This figure ine the earnings from the fond N Company, hig) o the profits fap We Ee Shigd in 1998 amount did not include the ond es . ns © ein---- 0 Dies Wiarton, I ty M. lermye, Shot of Bruce county, died hei yesterday after a long illness. He was M years of age. Four daughters survive,