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Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer t * OSHAWA, ONTARIO; THURSDAY, JUNE 5,.1930 15 Cents 8s Week; 3 Cents a: Copy FOURTEEN PAGES Auger Gets Acgiiita wa. ~Louis er ber of cott, 'was last night a eof i Tug, « form« for Pres- ute on a role Re of 'dep 'ties 'today ratified the protocol adopted at oevA a omer 1929, modifyl the court of inl Stuer Ta Justics to permit the nestor of the Faq States. ] CHILDREN CAUSE ANXIETY IN FIRE NEAR LINDSAY (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lindsay, June b-----Janetville Vil- lage, in Manvers. Township, 13 ~miles south of Lifdsay, was threa- tened with destruction by fire yes- terday when two frame rsidences were razed by flames. Other dwel lings were in danger, including the United Chueh parsonage. Mervin Armptrong's home was the first to go, the fire originating from an at stovepipe. Mrs; Arm- resting upstairs and was anSnod by the cries of the peo- ple outside. For a time she wag al- most frantic, believing that her 3-year-old son, Billy, might bs in- side the burning house. The babe was found playing near by. The franie home of Percy Crawford, a short distance away, wag next to be destroyed. Little furniture was saved in. the Crawford home, and everything was lost in the Arm- strong 'house. William Sarrel, a 15-year-old farm boy, fell off a near-by roof, a distance of 25 feet, and for some time was thought a be seriously hurt, but. L when dane. B Paisal arrived | he was fot e was, stun: | on ned for a time. One hundred farmers. res "al to the telephone calls, es a gade ang wells, Only their ¢ saved the church and nd age, which caught fire several times' MOST PROVINCES HAVE MOTOR LAWS All Except PEL: Regulate {By Canadian Press Leaséd 'Wire) Toronto, June 5~A general sur. vey of transportation matters in Can- ada ih ie ira inthe report : Bre 'sent, Vv Tony ransportation vin e Ca ag Ty iv meeting here. Re- 2 the results of dian rail- bionbi operations for the year, the Committee observed that while there had been a substantial decline revefiues as compared with the, pre~ 'vious vear, the total gross revenue of ,003 was well above 'that of "1927 and. previous years. The falling- off in tonnage had been under the \ heads of agricultural, animal pod forest products, The avemént of mine products, manufactures an A an : products shown a Conurent was iA. by "the on. the, satisfactory re- in dealing with ne ire ht classifi ica- reice' meth- on & Commies on BE Committee toted that all the rovinées, ot the exception of Prince Island, ha ih Hoe Sf effect lation of gclicles # the ie in gy Sk Cece th for hire, oF several years for fo r Tn x ies beer It was true that some of this legislation had only "recent- iy "become. tive -and. also the question of "regulation was still a. matter of serious considera- 2 Te. jrovigess ta | months ago. Ii is not cxpect: IN HEARING IS ADJOURNED UNTIL YOUTH IS ABLE T0 TELL STORY OF TRAGEDY Watchman Was Standing 50 Feet West of Cobourg Crossing, When Only Car Coming Was From East, 'Evidence Shows CROSSING GATES BROKEN 14 DAYS Crown Attorney Fully Prob- ing Reason Why Repairs Were Not Made Much Sooner After = Previous Accident {Special to The Oshawa Times) Cobourg, - June. 5--Coroner's in- quest into the death of six persons at the Kingston Crossing early on Monday, May 26, was adjourned Wednesday evening until June 20, after most of the evidence was taken. The thief witness and only survivor of the tragedy, Robert Johnston, 21, Hamilton, was brought to the court from hospital where he has been . undergoing treatment, and with the , Young man's fainting twice from weakness and agitation in the effort fo give evidence, it was decided not to ime pose further upon him until ag phy- Siciana gave assurance, he is well 0" the ordeal. Members of the jury and a large number of citizens gathered in the County Court room for the inguest, were deeply distressed by the young man's ayidens serious roms a mtg the circumstances Ou ding the tragedy, and he. is 'demanditic the fullest possible report on why the Crossing Gates, crashed on May 13, stood unrepaired and out of ser. vice until Tuesday morning, May 27 the morning following the Yatals ties. which cost six Hamiiton people their lives. «Gatekeeper West of Track David Swan, gatekeeper, exonerated, appareén may. deplore the fact that under his printed orders he stood at a measured point 49 feet west of the westerly track of the C.N.R. double track line, when, as he admitted, 'only car he saw was the ill- 'ong approaching from the was Interesting points slso hinge on the evidence that though the watch man had a red lantern which threw a beam only in two opposite diree. tions, the engineer of .the engi'e (Continued on Page 3) EVIDENGE 13 VERY CONTRADICTORY IN COPYRIGHT CASE H G Wells an and Miss F. Deeks Differ Widely ii in Testimony «(By Canadian Press Ledsed Wire) Toronto, June 5-- Mr.-Wells says they had "the same common, obvious idea" and used the sama authorities and Miss Deeks says "he used my un- published manuseric t." Such was the contradictory cvidence that came be- fore Mr. Justice Raney 'in _non-jury assizes court today in continuation of the. $500,000 suit brought by Florence 'A. Deeks, authoress, against H. G. Wells, internationally known English author, for :lleged infringement of copyright, Reading. from the cvidenoe of H. G, Wells taker + commission in London, Englatid, was given for t court. FECOrus, ast Barker was responsible for the history criticism, Sir-Roy Lankester for the early pal aeological part, and Philip G Bx, Serain- historical part. of. "Th J ine of vy" Mr. Wells sal and the hn of the work bad HATE been with him, e draft history of mankind" had been 'a student dream: "If there are resemblances to other works it must be due to'a com- man obvious idea and She: use of com- mon. sources." Commission TY Charge Jegina.---Control of the Provin- rtd Ra Pui Me. the Commission, a body put into office: by Anderson Government several that there will' be any unusual change fon E30ms thie) CHARGE ROGM-MATE tly, The puoi | MURDERED YOUTH Montréaller Held for Slaying of Chum and Hacking Up Body (By Canadian Press Leased Wiie) Montreal, Que., June 5.--Tbe dismembered body found on =» small sland in the St. Lawrence river below Montreal last mont was that of Louis Philippe Lafon taine, 18, and today a coroner's jury charged Allan' Forbes, 35, Lafontaine's roommate, with mur- der, Forhes 'on the 'witness stand declared that . Lafontaine hand threatened" Forbes' life with a re- volver. During the ensuing strug- gle .Lafontaine's revolver had dis charged and the youth was killed, the bullet entering his head. ° Plane Orashes NeéWw York. --A message from the Boston airport t> the offices of Colonial 'Airways here said that no one was kiiled in a ecrackup Sole Survivor of Crossing Crash Collapses at Inquest PRESIDENT OF C.M.A. ELMER DAVIS Kingston, Ont, who was elected pre- sident of the Canadian Manufac- turers' Association at the annual convention in Toronto. WILL NOT BUILD CHANNEL TUNNEL, CABINET DECIDES { Losdon, June 5----Prime Minister MacDonald informed the House of Cammons this afternoon that the government had decided against the construction of the proposed English Channel tunnel. The Prime Minster said a state- ment on the subject would be cirou- lated in a white paper tomorrow, He did not indicate in today's an- nouncement the reasons leading to of one of the company's planes there today. the eabinet's decision against the project. Probe Life of Schoolboy "Prince" Who Shot Teacher >» + /New Fires Are - Found in North Three New Blazes Discover- ed in Vicinity of Lake '«:» Nipigon Port Arthur, June 5--Outbreak of three new fires on timberland along the cast side of Lake Nipigon to-day added, incenth ¢ to the forestry de- partment asters in thelr or- ganization ive 10 elimi the for- est 'fire menace in northwestern Ontario. Seriousness of three new blazes re- ported was. not known here but mcn were rushed to that region this 'mofn= ing and if necessary more will follow. Drenching rain. last : night com pletely' removed thie possibility of re- currence of fires in the Hurkett and Pass Lake areas. East of Port Arth- ur, a downpour that lasted 'until early this'morning soaked the black- ened fire raked sections where sever- al families Were made homelss by early we gh <r con flagrations, Lookout J)Jue S--Heavy rains poured down to-day intl. urea in northawest Ontario-where forest fires have been threatening scttle- ments alofig the Canadian National Railways. S| ortly after dawn today, the flame-marred drca between Sioux Lookout. and Savant Lake felt its fir.t showers in more than a wee! Three hours later, with rain still fall ing, the firesthreat scemed definitely crased. ALL AIR TRAVEL RECORDS BROKEN Mail Plane Reduces Time From Edmonton to Arctic to 14 Hours , Sioux To au Edmonton, Alta, June 5--All records for air travel in the north country were smashed Wednesday when a scommercial airways aero- plane conveying the first tail of 'the summer and express to Aklavik N.W.T., situated at the mouth of the Mackenzie river, made the hop to the far northern post from: Fort McMurray 3 Sigante of 1, 2830 mi- log J0 shours, and five minutes, Nofin the. rat mall Since the hi tie-up and the factors, trad- ers, and natives e She, lane a bolero. seating It breught mail 5 and those things that ordinarily would not be ayailable to a dn, Aklavik for' several mi Go ot As it is a two hour trip from Edmonton "to McMurray anyone laying this city now, can reach ihe rim "of 'the Arctic." Ocean ' in 1a+14 notre: RC 'tragedy was that he was secr " | comin Wirsh,... ambridge, ay ne b5--Cam- bridge University authorities have started searching inquiries into the habits of undergraduates ag an outgrowth 'of revelations of . es- capades 'in 'which' Douglas Newton Potts, an undergraduate, {s report- ed to have been engaged long be- fore the shooting tragedy here early this week. Potts committed suicide after shooting and kiling. a tutor, Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston, noted mountaineer and explorer, and detective ser- geant Willis of the Cambridge po- lice. It has been revealed that Potts bad surrounded himself with an atmosphere of false romance which he insisted his friends should share and that he had been known in the little village of Mildstone about 30 miles from Cambridge, which he frequently visited, as "the prince." The villagers sald. that he called himself "The Prince of Lorraine" and pretended that one of hig friends was the heir to the Rug sian throne. One report which came to the police for investigation since the tly married fh Loddon several mohths ago. British Radio Links the World 90 P.C. 'of Eniglish-Speaking People Can Converse by Wireless Telephone (By_ George Hambleton, Canadian | Press Staff Correspondent) London, + June 6--To-day the delegates of the Imperial Press conference, heard from the Hon. H. 1. "LeesSmith, postmaster-genear), of an important form of Empire link, the wireless telephone, ' The great wireless station of the Brit- ish-Post Office at Rugby was al- ready "linked, reported tlie post« master-general with land line séle- phone . systems which centred in London and in New York. T! York, link would permit munication = witlr practically all North America, -- opened tatedsth service 1s already opened s sthe Hon, H. B, Lees-Smith, 8 have heen plotted out for bervice to the other dominions and to India. 7 Britain's Strong: on 'We 'have quietly on git atiously obtained for this country a most. important. position in the long distance telephone services of the world and we have enabled a British telephone subscriber to communicate by conversation with ninety percent, of all telephone gub- scribers dere on. earth. Bd ye: ghd Seriousness of Indian Unrest Is Emphasized Useless to Hold Conference Under Present Conditions, Is Belief (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, June 5--Despatches from India today stressed seriousness of the political unrest there, where Na- tionalists are waging a campaign of "civil disobedience" to gain Indian in- dependence. the Bombay correspondent of the Daily Herald said the prospect of arrangmg the projected round table conference in Londou in October to settle affairs in India did not seem very hopeful as long as existing con- ditions obtained. Appeals to Moslems Simla, india, June S--Vaceroy Lord Irwin received a deputation 'of 30 leading Punjab Moslém land ownefs Wednesday afternoon and appealed to them to co-operate wth the Beit- ish government in maintaining order in the empire. He reiterated the government's aim to give India eventual dominion status with assurance of full consideration of Indian aspirations and minority rights. Tribesmen "Repulsed Peshawar, India, June 5--An Afridi lashkar (body of men) which advan. ced on Peshawar in the night, cut- ting wire fences and blocking roads, was repeleld by troops which engag- ed them this forenoon. The greater part of the lashkar retired across the border. Salt Raiders Sentenced Bombay, June 5-One hundred and forty salt raiders from ;Worli were tried in court 'this forenoon and 115 of thém were sentenced to three months rigorous imprisontient "for unlawful assembly. Condé Use of Cyanide Toronto.~--Because 'it has been thie cause of peverdl deaths in the city, the promiscuous' sale of cyanide for use in disinfecting and cleanping was condemned at yes- terday afternoon's meeting of the counell of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, at present in session at the college. CANDIDATES . NOMINATED TIMISKAMING SOUTH (Ont.)-- Wesley A. Gordon, K.C, Conserva- tive. HASTINGS SOUTH (Ontario) -- William E. Tummon, Conservative. DURHAM '(Ontario)---Fred W. Bowen, Conservative, PERTH 'NORTH (Ontario)-D. M. Wright, Conservative. PERTH 'SOUTH (Ontario) James Monteith, Conservative. NORFOLK-ELGIN' (Ontario) W. H." Taylor, Liberal. NORTHUMBERLAND (Ontario) --Milton' E, 'Maybee, Conservative, WELLINGTON SOUTH : (Ont)-- ~John :B. Mitchell, Liberal. WELINGTON NORTH (Ont.)~-- Dr. J.-K. Blair, Liberal. JOLIETTE _ (Quebec)--Conrad Perrault; Conservative. TESTS THE PUBLIC vi ARIEL TPRON ony Or. "streets the 'master of Chicago S ghwatre, as he pla avius on' ther "ay to test He netied 3081. of good music. ET SE PR TR AWARDED PRIZE MiSS AGATHA CHAPMAN Vernon, B.C, who led the commerce and finance graduating class at the University of Toronto, has been awarded. $1,500 Maurice Cody re- search fellowship, Fire Burns Hospital Fort Simpson, N.W.T.--Flames of unknown origin swept through the 20-year-old Roman Catholic Mission Hospital here yesterday causing damage of $50,000. Heroic work on the part of the sisters in charge of the institution was re. sponsible for the saving of all pa- tients and much of the hospital equipment, $100,000 Fire Saint John, N.B.--Several build- fugs in the main street at St, An- drew's N.B., were burned yesterday afternoon, REBELS ARE ADVANCING ON CAPITAL CITY OF TSINAN: RED ARMY TAKES CHANGSHA BROWN'S ESTATE WORTH $106,000 Trustee Tells of Assets Found While Investigat- ing in Mexico City Toronto. June 5--"The Creditors of Tom Brown; fugitive mayor of Strat- ford, whose death in Mexico City re: cently was surrounded "by strange circumstances, may expect to share in assets of approximately $106,000, said D. H. McCannell, trustee of the estate, on his return: today from Mexico City where he has been in- vestigating. The most tangible results of his in- vestigation, I.r. McCannell said had been the finding of promissory notes from Toronto and Stratford people in. Brown's strong box with a value of between $12,000 to $13,000. Anoth- er $5,500 might be added to this, he intimated, when police had aired charges of theft laid = against two Jews whose arrest was announced yesterday. Baird is Moderator Hamilton.--Rev, Dr. Baird of Pictou, N.B., was last night elected moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyter- fan church in Canada at the open- ing of its annual meeting. Frank Rich Strike of Ore in B. C. Lures Many Prospectors (By Canadian Prise Leased Wire) Wrangell, Alasks, June §<=Lured by the discovery of a body of ore believed to contain copper, gold and silver, with $60 a ton, prospectors are rushizg to the Cassiar district 100 miles up the ' Stikiné river, northeast of here in northern Bri- tish Columbia, The discovery was made by Geo. Drapich, old time Yukon miner, on the eastern bank of the stream near the vilage of Glenora. Harly ar- rivals in the district have already staked 32 claims, while a large number of miners will leave here on the next boat. J Tariff Bill Retarned "Washington, D.C.--The tariff bill was returned to.conference to-day for the, fourth time - when vice- president Curtis upheld a demo- cratic point of order against its rate provisions, Lauds Work of Vincent Massey Has Done Much to Strength: en Cordial Relations With U.S., Says Speaker ---- (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New: York, 'N:Y., June b.--The United: States has not' been: a good peighbor to Canada in 'the past, its" people' having been' too ab- sorbed in 'their ~ own occupations, Bay. William Phillips, « former United" Statés minister to: Canada told the Pilgrims of the United States last' might, Mr. Phillips was gpeaking at a farewell dinner ten- dered Hon. Vincen' Massey, Cana: dian minister to the United States. The speaker stressed' the valuable work done 'at Washington by Mr, Massey in making Canada better known 'in the United States. Mr, 'Phillips, 'who' but 'recently velingiished his 'post at Ottawa, indulged in 'some plain speaking. 'Vincent Massey has 'preachea to us. the:gospel of a better un- aarstanding between" 'Americans end Canadians," he said, "and he is right in so doiv : 'fof Americans in the past have not' been good neighbors. 'hey huve 'been too abs sored in thelr daily' occupations, Les intent. upon gheir immediate surroundings to ftke the time to extend the right' hand' of fellow: ship to their best customer, to who they owe mich of their OWR pros. perity and happiness. 'But, 'thanks to. Massey miore than anyone else, a great many of us are awake at last to the realization.that. Canada ; | and. the United States are partners in the .vast 'enterprise. of 'dévelops ing 'the North 'American continent for the benefit of; Americans and Canadians alike, and that we owe sour. friends ®nd . partpers whole: harted respect, consideration and FO gratitude." i U.S. Car Makers Protest Tariff Would Reduce Export Vol- ume Two-thirds, Says Executive (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, June 5--The United States motor industry régistered an emphatic tariff protest to-day in a survey conducted by the New York Evening World. Telegrams were sent to the heads of twelve automobile manufactur- ing companies of the country re- questing brief statements of their reasons for opposing the proposed tariff schedules, President Gorrell of the Stuts Motor Car company announced that the day the tariff bill is signed his company will lay off 40 per cent of its employees. Already approximately thirty countries have instituted reprisals says the telegram from the Stutz company in part, "Remaining countries are now preparing to do likewise, "Our. export volume will be re- duced by at least two-thirds due to the pending tariff bill if passed." WOLFE HONUMENT UNVEILED TODAY Erected on Greenwich Hill by Subscriptions of People _of Canada By THOMAS T. CHAMPION (Canadian Press Staff Correspon- dent), 'London, June 5--Erected on the hill at Greenwich above the naval buildings and opposite the famous observatory is.a statue of General Jameg 8S. Wolfe, erected by sub scriptions from : people of Canada, The statue was unveiled today ina great ceremony, The unveiling was by the Marquis | de Montcalm, descendant of the famous Moncalm, , Wolfe's * great generous antagonist in the struggle for Quebec and Canada: The: cere- mony 'wag performed in, the pre- sence of the Duke of Connaught, 'former governor-general of Canada, the French ambassador, the Rt. Hon. 'A.V. 'Alexander, the figgt lord of the admiralty; the: Rt. Hon, Thomas Shaw, secretary of state for war; the Hon, Philippe Roy, Capadian minister to France and other representatives of 'the. three nations most intimately concerned. | Nationalists Fall Fall Back Upon Tsinan -- Tsingtao Rail. way -- British, Japanese, United States Gunboats Stand by at Changsha QUAKER MISSIONARY MURDERED BY REDS Many Foreigners Evacuate Tsinan, While Those at Changsha' Are Segregated on. Small Island ---- Red Army Maintains Order (By -Canadian 'Press Leased Wire) Shanghay, June S5--Foreign naval dispatches to-might from Tsingtao and Chefoo, Shantung province, said the northern allied forces had cross« ed the Yellow river about 60 miles cast of Tsinan, provincial capitaly broken the nationalist troops' lines, and reached the Tsinan-Tsingtan railway line in the neighborhood of Chowtsun. The naval dispatches said the Na« tionalist defenses had re-orgahizeds near the strategic railway line, andl that sharp engagement was still go« ing on, Foreigners Fearful The development was said to have aroused apprchension among foreign- ers in: Tsinan.. Some prepared for an expecled siege of the city, while num» bers of others left for Tsingtao, on the coast 250 miles to the east. This' was the second sect back of the day for the Nanking Nationalists, The firct was the loss of the imiport< ant city of Changsha, capital of Hun- an proyince, to a. motley horde of Kwaigsi province rebels and bandits 'known 'colloglially: as the #Red™ army, Japaneses Evacuate AN foreigners in Changhsha had been concentrated:on an island in the Siang, river off the city, the despatch- es explained, where they were unden the protection of the guns of the fors eign gunboats. Japanese residents were said to be' evacuating the city, moving 'to' Hankow, Hupch province, op the Yangste river, The declared' objective of the red army jis' Hankow itself and its sister cities, Wuchang and Hanyang. In decided contrast to most rebels victories, the "Red Army" was re ported in Tapanese advices to be maintaining order in Changsha. Looting was prohibited. - Ample pro- tection of foreigners was eved, provided by Weitish, Japane and United States gunboats in the Harbor, TONG WARS OCCUR INMANY GITIESOF UNTTED STATES Two Killed, and Celestials Adopt Modern Gangland Methods of Shooting: (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, June 5--Tong 'war-: fare the Chinese sections sweeps through the Chinese sections of large cities, broke out today.' At Chicago a group of Celestials armed with pistols and a machine gun raked -the territory in. the neighborhood of Archer avenue and 22nd street. Police say they tried to assassinate Frawk Chin, but in this they failed, It is the firstitime Chinese had been known to modern Chicago gangland methods, Ha Gong, young Chinese a member of the Hip Sing Ton shot to death in vf room hi day with 'a hatchet buried door' of, his: room, They: after the shots aroused ithe J 'borhood. A En Sing, 25, a' Newark on man, was found behind his shop day With a hatchen' buried Pskull and at Boston seven: were fired into! the headquatt the Hip Sing Tong in Chinatg v 'WAGE DISPUTE IN PAPER MILLS OVER (By Canadian. Prove | Leased | Ottawa, June §.--Word ceived today by Hen. Peter' 'nan, minister of labor, hat a dispute; employees and emp 'the paper industry at the: pig .ot the lakes, had been settled. : 2,000 men in Fort William, Francis, 'Kenora 'and Internation Fally were affected.