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b Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer The Oshawa Daily Timex 1 "All the. News While It Is News" Published of Ushswa, Ust. Usy Except Sundays and Public ' OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES ' .. Killed By Truck North Battleford, Sask.--Peter Nylander 35, was fatally injured Saturday by a hit-and-run trjc driver near Delmas, Sask., Nylan- dor, a resident of Prince, Sask, was struck as he crawled from benelth his car, which he had been repairing. Blizzard in Manitoba The Pas, Man.--After most of the Western prairies have seen their first fall snow a week ago, north country residents chilled tc the first blizzard over the week- end. Prospectors are - hurrying home over the last 'open wate! and trappers are outfitting for th winter, ' King Zogu Fatally 11 Zagres, Jugoslavia.~The Tirana corréspondent of the newspaper "Utarni, List," reported yesterday that King Zogn of Albania was known to be .fatally ill, although official denials of his sickness bad been issued. , Sivoke Curtain Around City New York.--A smoke curtain more than 1,600 feet high Was laid around the skyscraper zone of Lower Manhattan by United States army filers, demonstrating how the £ity might be protected from air ' ralds in time of war. Modernize Steel Industr London.,--British 'steel interests were reported today to be planning a thorough reorganization and modernization of the industry in this country. ---- \ Hon, ¥. T. Smye Better Hamilton.--8light improvement is reported in the condition of Hon, ¥. T. Pmye, who for several days has been rather seriously ill at his home on Aberdeen Avenue, Prince Leopold Dies Munich, Germany.--~Prince Leo- pold of Bavaria died yesterday. He ' was 84 years old. Born in 1846 he was the second son of Prince Luippold the last regent of Bav- aria, Gasoline Prices Drop Chicago.-- Now that Winter is al- most here, gasoline prices took their usual Autuinn drop today, Toronto Star Barred From Osgoode Hall (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Sept, 29,--Acting un- der instructions from the premier of Ontario, Edmund Harley, K.C., today issued instructions debar- ring reporters of the Toronto Daily Star from securing any informa- "fi6n 'from officials at Osgoode Hall. of whigk Mr, Harley is sen- for registfar. Osgoode Hall com- prises most of 'the provincial ap- pellate gnd civil courts, Accord- ingly, under a provision of the Judicature Act, the newspaper filed praecipes according to regu- lations which allow for search of court documents, but accowding to the Star these were refused. -- sr nn ONTARIO GOVT, T0 CONFER WITH LABOR MINISTER Parley on Unem )yment Relief Fixed For Wednesday Ottawa, Sept. 25.--Ontario, Al- berta and Manitoba will this week co-operate with the Dominion gov- ernment in steps towards the al- leviation of unemployment. From Saskatchewan also a communica- tion to Senator G. D. Robertson, Minister of Labor, is in the mails with the same object in view. The letter should reach Ottawa this afternoon, Appointments have been arrang- ed for representatives of the gover- nments of Ontario and Alberta to confer with members of the Domin- ion cabinet here on Wednesday. Hon, George 8S. Henry, Minister of Public Works and Highways, and Hon. Willlam Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests, will repre- sent the Ontario government. Lat- est advice is that Premier J, E. . Brownlee may not arrive with the Alberta delegation but will be rep- resented by one or two of his minis- ters. With this representation will probably be the mayors of Calgary and Edmonton. The eonference will Hkely be separate. Pressure remains low over Ontario and Quebec and high from Manitoba to the Guif of Mexico with a trough of low extending southwest over Ale berta and the rocky mowitain states, Showers have occurred in northern Ontario, Quebec « and Alberta, while in other ~ parts of the DPminon the wen. ther has been fair but quite cool in Ontario and the western, Forecast ym : Lower Lakes and Georgian : "resh west and north " winds: fair and cool to. ° om and Tuesday, . probably Todal ros, ke Imports During First Six Months: of 1930 Drop From $503,000,000 t $371,000,000 - As, Com pared With Last Year GENERAL REDUCTION IN AMERICAN TRADE' | United States Exports to British . Dominions Show Marked Declines, With Imports Also Lower (By Ken Clark, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, D.C, Sept, 29.--Can- ada's exports to the United States fell off during the first six months of 1930 as compared with those of 1929, but did not drop as much as the dominion's imports from the United States, The figures given by the United States Chamber of Commerce for the decline in trade are:=--Can- adian exports Hl per cent, Canadiun imports 20 per cent. These are on a dollar basis. In the first six months 1929 Canada bought from the United States $503,000,000 worth of goods, in the first half of this year the do- of minion bought only - $371,000,000 worth, The increase in Canadian sales was valued at- $25,384,000, The report shows a gencral falling off in American foreign rade, Out of a-total of 69 principal markets for United States goods 62 absorbed less than in 1929. Out of 0% pringipal sources of supply 55 sent less to the United States, The most outstanding gain in ex- ports was to Soviet Russi, sales mounting from $0875000 10 $73,- 232000 or 137 per cent. Exports to re United Kingdom declined 16 per cent, to Australia 38 per cent, to British India 16 per cent, to British South Africa, 38 per cent, Imports from the United Kingdom declined 29 per cent, British Malaya 35 per cent, British India, 24 per cent, Egypt, 54 per cent, Australia, 51 'per cent, and British West Af- rica, 45 per cent. Philanthropist Dies Port Washington, N.Y.,--Danlel Guggenheim, capitalist, donor of the $200,000 Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aero- nautics, died of heart disease at his home here yesterday. He was 74 years old, Old Civic Employee Dies Brantford, Sept. 29.--~Angug Mc- Auley, who up to time of his retire. ment a year wgo, was one of the oldest city officials, both in length of service and in years, died this morning at the hospital, Six Thought Lost In Lake Tragedy (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Grand Haven, Mich, } ng 28 Coastguards from statighs on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan were searching between Grand Haven and Pudington today for bodies of Capt. Erwin J. Anderson, 24-year-old skip- per of the fruit packet, North Shore, his 18-year-old bride of two weeks and four sailors who went down with. their ship during Friday's gale, Capt. W. E. Preston, of the Grand Haven coastyard station, and his crew returned last night from a cruise on the lake and reported find- ing part of the bulk head of the North Shore. MISSING AIRMAN REPORTED FOUND Mike Finland and His Indian Companion Are Safe in Arctic Prince Albert, Sask., Sept, 29--Out of the cold barrens of North Saskat- chewan today came a radio flash that ended a two-week search for Mike Finland, pilot:geologist, and the In dian guide with whom he flew away from Lac La Ronge, adding: "Indian found making way out for stranded plane." Finland has been missing Sept. 16, when he took off on 4 flight from Lac La Ronge to Wollas ton Lake, 200 miles further north gasoline for He is believed to have turned off the straight line to Wollaston to visit one of his company's many mineral claims in the district and to have been forced down by bad weather, CANADA ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTING LEAGUE PROGRAM Irish Free State: and Other | Countries Included in Frenchman's Ire Geneva, Switzerland Pierre Etinne Flandin, Frenélhy min. ister of commeree and industry, to- day before the League ass~iohlv ac- cused Canada, Irish Free State and other overseas countries of obstruct. ing the league's program for cons certed economic action These overseas members of the leagtie, M. Flandin asserted, gspeci- ally the British dominion, have been objecting in the economic committee to approval 'by the assembly of pre. ferential tariff rates in wire for European agricultural produce, 'They hold the approval would be contrary to the League's ideal of universality because it would tend to shut out overseas producers from free com- petition in European markets, H. Flandin told thie committee that Canada and other non-European agricultural producers are separat- ing themselves more and more from the League's economic program and are menacing the success of the movement for concerted action to remove obstacles of trade, The debate arose out of consider. ation of resolutions adopted hy the Warsaw conference for a group of Danube and Baltic agricultural states acting in behalf of their ex port trade with other European coun tries. . Sept J BOYD, CONNOR MAY . HOP OFF TUESDAY Harbor Grace, Nfld, Sept, 29.-1f weather reports ure. favorable Cap- tain Erroll Boyd and Navigator Harry Cennor will hop off to-mor- row in the monoplane Columbia for Croydon, England, . Another test flight will be made to correct the inductor and to prevent strain on the undercarriage wh'le the plane is standing on the ground, The Ceol. umbia will not be refueled until im- megliately before departure, Citizens of Toronto Catch Bandits Attempting Theft (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Sept. 29 ---Auswering the challenge hurled at them by local police, hold-up men extended their lawlessness over the 'week- end. 'Four robberies and one ats tempted break-in were reported, in addition to numerous other minor thefts, Where police had failed, citizens roused and three men who had commenced another "job" , took fright and ran with a posse of the law after them. One was corner. ed and held until police arrived, while the other two were caught shortly after, Over forty charges will be laid against them, A reward of $600 has heen of- fered by Mrs, A, C. Kerr for infor- mation léading to the return of her Jewelry, stolen over the week-end ransacked = her by 'burglers who valued at home, Rare jewels $4,000 were stolen, | Lawrence Goudette, taxi man fell vietim to hold-up men and was robbed of $10, while forced to hand over the money he carried when in- timidated by a revolver in the hand of his erstwhile passenger, but he! aleo lost his car temporarily, the thug using it to get back to the 'city after requesting the driver to convey him to the outskirts, Two: bandits chose Agnes Smylie 18, a maid, as their victim, = They drove up to the curb and foreyd her into a car with much flourish- ing «f revolvers, she told police, and, after binding sher hands and feet with cord, took what money she had and then tossed her into a field, ; "Finland safe", said the message, that came at dawn, yesterday, since IS OPTIMISTIC ------ ra SIR JOHN AIRD Presodent of ithe Canadian Bank of Commerce, who says that the bot- tom of the Present depression has been Passed and That Business is on the upgrade Urge Quota For Wheat Imports British Conservatives Make New Suggestion, Says (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, N.Y., Sept. 29.--The New York Times in a London des- patch today says the Conservative purty has pat forward a suggestion that the importation of wheat into CGireat Britain be placed on a quota basis. The allotment of the mar- ket, the Times says, would bé 66 percent to the Dominions, and nine percent to Foreign countries, The remaining 25 percent of all the wheat consumed would come from domestic sources, | The Times story follows, in part: | "Plans for a wheat quota pure chasing system, to which Conser- vative, leaders have committed themselves as their party's for improving | been sufficiently Stanley Baldwin's economic experts for the now to he known, "There Is no comfort in them for the grain growers of the United States, Argentina and other wheat- producing countries, If the Con- servatives regain control of the government and are able to got parliamentary sanction for their quota system, the foreign countries which now supply about half the wheat used in the United Kingdom will not. be'germitted to supply mora 4 40 percent, "Ag dar as the result of keeping out foreign grain is concerned, it is diMoult for a layman to see any real differgnce between a prohibi- tive tari on wheat, the quota sys- tem ag gdvocated by the Conserva- tives and the government import boards for the Conservatives, while advocating the quota as a means of helping the British farmer and in- creasing trade with the Dominions, can still declare they will never consent to put a tariff on food bulk purchase of grain which some mem- bors of the present Labor govern- ment want to establish." SCHOONER SINKS AFTER COLLISION Five Drowned When Fishing Boat Is Rammed by Ore Freighter St. John's, Nfld, Sept, 29. Captain Shave, of the Grand Banks fishing schooner Vibert B., was the only sur: vivor when the vessel was ¢ut in two in collision with the Bell. [sland ve carrying steamer Haugarland at mid night Saturday. The five lost" were the captain's wife and John Peddie, Joseph RBrushett, William Gossing and Philip Vincent, all of Burin, Nfld, The identity of the schooner and names of the vietims did not be come known herg until this morn- worked out by committee of details ng: The Vibert B. sank immediately after the collision three miles off Ferryland, about forty. miles south of St. John's, 'A search continiied until daylight failed to show. any' trace of those missing. . Although the night was dark there wis no fog, and the schouncr was carrying sailing lights, according to Captain Shave, She was bound to Burin with a general cargo, while the Haugarland was enroute to Bell Island. . ' roject Britain's commer. clul and agricultural situation, h = Dominions Have Right to Secede, Thomas Asserts No One Doubts It, He Says --Conference to Consider Weighty Problems (By Thomas T. Champion, Cana- dian Vress Staff Correspondent) London, Eng., Sept, 29.--"For my part I shall enter the confer- ence as an optimist', declared the Rt. Hon. J. H, Thomas, secretary of state for the dominions, today when he discussed general aspects of the imperial conference with a large group of newspapermen, Someone asked what the atti- tude of the conference would be towards the right of a nation to secede from the British common- wealth, the question obviously being. aimed at South Africa, "No- body questions in the leagt the right to secede', retorted Mr. Thomas, "No more than if you paid to me: 'I have a right to shoot myself,' although I may question the wisdom of your doing so, "Seriously, it is only in this room that 1 have heard the seces- sion question raised as an issue, It is evidently more important to you than it is to those who will attend the conference." Privy Council Appeals Regarding privy couneil appeals, Mr. Thomas sald the question of an ultimate court, it was gener- ally felt, could best be settled by the conference itself rather than with the help of any outside body. Machinery could be devised for the settlement of disputes both be- tween the nations of the empire and, between. one nation and its citizens, Mr, Thomas stated the whele guestion of disarmament and the London Naval Treaty would be discussed. Imperial Defense "Does Britain believe the dominions are not contributing onough towards imperial de- fense?" asked one questioner, but the head of the dominions' office sald he could express no view on ho subjyet, In his general statement, Mr Thomas reaffirmed that the board Principle of constitutional status had already been settled but cers tain points concerning the legal position appeared to require furs ther detalled consideration. The report of the special conference on the operation of dominion legislas tion and merghant shipping legis lation would, therefore, come up for consideration, On the economic side the con- ference met when the outlook was the darkest for gemerations yet for that reason its work was so eagerly anticipated and so much was expocted from it, At any rate, the greatness of the crisis was the measure of the opportunity, ESCAPING CONVICT LEAPS TO DEATH (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Charlottetown, PEI, Sept. 29 Two hundred yards from the spot where he leaped into the West River channel in an effort to escape police, the body of Alex Cameron, was found this morning, Cameron was arrested on a charge of creating a disturh- ance Sunday morning. Having ob. tained permission to go upstairs and chance his clothing, he leaped from a window and ran across the flats towards the channel, police in purs suit, Near the hank his pursuers lost sight of hin, SAID RESIGNED CHIEF JUSTILE MEREDITH Of London, Ont, whose resignation is rumored in a despatch from Lon: don, teday. He is not in good 1 we URGES WHEAT QUOTA CLAIRE ANDERSON MAY NOT SURVIVE INJURIES THAT HE SUSTAINED JUDGE MEREDITH SAID RESIGNED Chief Justice of Ontario Has Been on Bench Forty Years Toronto, Bept, 29. ~~A special de- RT. HON. STANLEY BALDWIN Leader of the British Conservatives, whose party is reported to he ad- vocating a quota system for wheat imports into Britain, her dominions would then supply 91 per cent..of the Consumption Britain and spatch to the Dally star from Lon- don, Ont., states Chief Justice R, M. Meredith has tendered his resig- nation to the government to take effect Oct, 1. His lordshp has been on the Ontaro bench for the past 40 years, He hag not been in the best of health for some months and is now on a three months leave of absence, His Lordship gives age and the possibility of a breakdown in health as the reasons fr his resignation, His Lordship expresses regret that his departure should occur before the stitution of the judicial reforms to which he has frequently directed ate LTavior hospital afe badly burned [J ree { e tention, which would effect a saving of probably $200,000 annually, | Mi Bl t 83 years of age, has for some years I Nl nine blast; money ) could carry on his duties, Coal Mine Disaster Occurs Neer Scranton, Penn., Today (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Scranton, Penn,, Sopt, 29. Three men were reported to have been Killed and four injured in a gas explosion in a Pittsburg Coal Company mine near Old Forge to- day, The blast occurred in what is The blast occurred in what is known as the Nigger vein of the central mine in Avoca, Those killed were Adolph Ercoll, 32, Moosic; Robert Brunetti, 30, Old Forge: Marcello Monticelli, 306, Old Forge, Four injured, all taken to the about the head and body and will hardly recover, doctors sald, They are Joseph Parzzelo, Old lorge; Amelio Ponfili, 47, Old Forge: Rona Ettor, 32, Moosic; Basil BurMla, 39, Duryea, CHICKEN THIEVES ' Chief Justice Meredith, who is now seen entitled to retire on full salary public accept as he but has refused to long for $0 retiring NATIONAL HIGHWAY T0 BE CONSTRUCTED THROUGH MANITOBA Forty-five Mile Link To Be Built as Relief for Unemployment (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Sept, 29.--The {trans- Canada highway through Manitoba will in all probability be under- taken as part of the program to provide work for the unemployed in that province, The portion re- maining uncompleted runs from Whitemouth to the Ontario-Mani- . toba boundary, a distance of forty- five miles, This matter with a number of CAUGHT AFTER CHASE proposals, several appertaining to (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) ther noon the dominion fer John Bracken, and Hon, W, Clubb, Ralph Webb of Winnipeg. It was decided the should again confer among them- selves later present a definite plan of public works and chicken | relief of unemployment at a meet- ing in the office of the minister of labor, tomorrow morning, St. Thomas, Sept, 29, -- Midnight chase along country roads and across farmers' fields ended in arrest early this morning of William Inches and Harry L. Frexlver, said. to have move ed recently from London te St Thomas, on charges of chicken steals ing. The pair have been under sures veilance by provincial officers Ose trander and Lloyd for some time fol- lowing complaints about thieving by' farmers in. this district, Steamer Released Helloville --The steamer Valley Camp, which went aground Friday near Point Anne, had been releas- ed by the tug 8S, A, Queen of the today, members of delegation will give consideration to the question Winnipeg city, were before a fur conference early this after between representatives of government, Prem- R. of Manitoba, and Mayor Manitoba delegation this afternoon and undortdkings for the Hon. G, D. Robertson, In deciding on their plan later the Manitoba of the hard sur- NEAR GUELPH Local Resident, Who Is Stud« ent at Toronto University, Was Involved in Collision on Guelph-Hamilton High- way wa FIVE FATALITIES OVER THE WEEK-END Two Drownings, a Motor Accident and Two Other Mishaps Account For Toll of Lives Claire Anderson, Madison aven= ue, Toronto, with John McCreary of the same address met with sere fous injuries in a motor accident on the Guelph-Hamilton highway south of the Ontario Agricultural College about seven o'clock Sate urday evening. Anderson is the son of Mr, and Mrs, Alex H. Anderson, Masson street, Oshawa, wha came to Osh« awa seven years ago from Oak- wood, Ontario, He is in the Guelph Hospital in a very critical condi« tion suffering with both legs broken above the knee and from a fractured skull, When Mr. and Mrs. Anderson motored to Guelph late Saturday night, they held little hope for his recovery, Al« though he ig still living he has not a8 yel regained consciousness, McCreary's right arm was broke and he was cut about the head, The two young men, who are medi« cal students at the University of Toronto were. on their way to spend the wwsk-end with friends. Anderson is also an interne at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was return ing to Toronto this week to come! plete his seventh year in medicine, They turned out to pass a car stalled on the highway and crash ed into the rear end of an auto- mobile driven by W. J. Buchan of! Beamsville who was accompanied by H. Mitchell, Borden street, To- ronto, turning it upside down and' then careening across the road crashed into a telegraph pole de-! molishing their car, Buchan and Pyke Wrecking and asSlvage Com- Kingston, Camp 'was loaded with coal, FAMOUS BRITISH SOLDIER SUICIDES "Empire Jack" Griffiths .Ends Life in pany of Valley Norton- facing of trunk highways leading into Winnipeg through the differ- ent suburbs, Construction of bridges over the Red and Assini- boine rivers, the total cost of which is estimated at $1,100,000 will likewise be discussed, Bulld- Ing of a number of subways will also come under consideration, Train Crew Not Blamed Barrie,~A coroners' jury here today returned a verdict that "Hugh Henry Creswicke, reeve of Barrie and warden of Simcoe county, died from imyuries received when he at- tempted to board a moving train, They commended Constable Walter (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 29--No of- ficial announcement has heen made in regard to the death of Sr John | Griffiths, which occurred Saturday Rayner for his prompt and efficient rendering of first aid as well as ad- ding a rider attaching no blame to he train crew. x Mitchell escaped injury, Toronto, Sept. 29.--Five persons were killed in week-end accidents in Ontario, two being drowned, one killed by a train, one killed in an automobile accidént, and one died when trampled by a horse. Sever- al others were injured in varfous accidents, John Watson, 18-year-old son of Mr, and. Mrs, John Watson, Port Dover, was drowned yesterday af- ternoon when he fell from the dock while watching for the incoming tug owned by his father. Harvey Stewart, of Puslineh, died in St. Joheph's hospital Guelph, from terrible injuries sus- tained when he was trampled by a horse in attempt to rescue Fred Edwards, farm hand, from the an- imal, When a car turned completely over while elimbing a steep hill near Holloway last night, Mrs, Thomas O'Neil of Trenton sustain- ed injuries which resulted in her death, Drowns Mysteriously George Ernest Swartz, aged 57 years, was drowned in the harbor ut Goderich late Friday night. The body was recovered Saturday afters noon.- The circumstances of the death are somewhat mysterious, and Coroner Dr, A, C. Hunter has ordered an inquest, Duncan Archie Brown, aged 20, was killed Instantly Saturday af- ternoon when the truck he was driving was struck by a Michigan Central Railway flier at the level crossing at Buxton, under mysterious circumstances, Sir John, who was managing al- rector of the Norton-Griffiths com. pany, public works contractor, was found dead in a surf boat some dis- tance from the shore opposite the San Stafano Casino, There was a bullet wound in his temple, appar- ently self-inflicted, The death has created a great gensation here following the sus. pension of work on the heightens ing of the Assonan Dam, being car- ried out by Sir John's company un- |i der a' contract with the Egyptian government, A Norton-Griffiths' most notable exploit during the World War was blowing off the top of Vimy Ridge near Ypres .with seventeen vast mines, This won a great battle for the British, and, according to Com= mander-in-Cntef Sir Douglas Haig, saved 50,000 casualties, Another remarkable war exploit was his destruction of the Rouman- fan oil wells, John among the Arctic Islands off the mainland of Canada 8% years ago, has heen gleaned, Major IL, T. Bure wash, veteran explorer, returned to Ottawa with a number of relics, Burwash Says Search For Franklin Relics at an End (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Sept, 29.-- Satisfied that all the information which it is hu- manly possible to discover regard- ng the fate of the expedition for Sir Franklin, which perished 'Their discovery in an abandoned damp on King Willlam Island, be- tween Victory Point and Lady Jane Franklin Point, added little to what was already known, beyond defini. tely establishing the locale of at least ono staging place in the long trek which appears to have ended hundreds of mHes south, on the Canadian mainland, near the mouth of Back's igh River, The fragment of a canvas tent, circular in shape, and lending col- or to the assumption that this por. tion hd been frozen to the ground while those occupying it had torn away the remainder, pieces of na« val broadcloth, some rope, and the rusted blade of a knife constitute Major Burwash's | find, He encountered two graves on King William Island, but feem « these nothing could he gathered, Of the grave of Sir John Franklin hime sell, no trace was found, oy nghsthick '| L) OSHAWA MAN BELIEVED FATALLY HURT | Imports From United States Are 26 Percent Less CANADIAN TRADE BALANCE WITH THE U.S. IMPROVES; EXPORTS DROP 11 PERCENT