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The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer "All the News While It Is News" VOL. 7--NO. 109 Publishes of Ushews Umi. Vay Escont Sumdove end pute Valders OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES News in Brief } 8 Canadien Fras) Year of Freak Weather London, Ont.--~The year 1930 will go down in the history of London as one of freak weather, a year of records. Last night another snow mark for November fell when the weather bureau instrument measured a snow fall of 16 inches since the first flakes fell late Wednesday af- ternoon. Roads are open, however, and there has been no interference with traffic, 4,000 Children Inoculated London, Ont.--More than 4,000 London school children under 12 rears of age, were inoculated today with anti-diptheria serum as the fight against an epidemic which has been running here for a week, was carried into the public schools. Three thousand others are receiving similar treatment outside of schools. Soviet Celebrates Moscow. Russia. -- One of the greatest processions of Soviet history marched past Communist and gov- srnment leaders in red square this forenoon in a parade celebrating the thirteenth anniversary of October Day, the date on which the proletar- late uprising had its beginning. STOCK EXCHANGES TO CLOSE MONDAY (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov. 7.--All Canadian stock exchanges will be closed on Monday, Nov. 10, in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, and the Standard Stock and Min- ing Exchange and the Montreal Stock Exchange will also be closed on Saturday, Nov. 8. A decision was reached by the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday to hold the usual session of the Exchange on Saturday morning. TRAPPER TO HANG FOR CHUM'S MURDER (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Melfort, Sask., Nov. 7.--Peter Knudson, 50-year-old trapper and homesteader, will hang for the murder of Wallace W. Baird, a man with whom he worked and liv- ed for several years. Knudson, a Norwegian, of the Torch River district of Northern Saskatchewan, was found guilty of the capital count in Court of the King's Bench here, and sentenced by Mr. H. V. Bigelow to hang on Feb. 9, 1931, POOL HAS PLAN T0 PAY DEBTS Members Approve Scheme to Reimburse Creditor Banks (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) ; Winnipeg, Nov. 7.--Manitoba's wheat pool, admittedly the loser on 1929 crop transactions, has evolved a way of repaying its in- debtedness to lending banks. Dele- gates to the annual pool meet yesterday unanimously approved their directors' suggestion that the banks continue to carry the 1929 account for a period of years, guaranteed by the government. Though both the banks and the government, according to the di- rectors, have been apprised of the plan, no agreement has yet been reached. Commenting on the di- rectors' plan, under which the government would not be called on to implement its guarantee ac- corded last March Premier John Bracken complimented the pool "upon its decision to work out its wn salvation without leaning upon e government and the present arantee to the banks to cover Je' over-payment in the 1928 i th posed re- cording to e pro En $890,000 would eo. available next August 1 and $605,000 on each August 1 there- Mer, until the full indcbtedness be paid. Total loss under the gov- sronment's guarantee will not be known, however, until the last of the 1929 crop has been sold. The directors' report disclosed that over-payments were much greater than the 1928 surplus, announced as. $120,000. WEATHER Jhe storm which was cen- tred near the mouth of the St. Lawrence yesterday morning 'has moved northeastward to Labrador with increasing in- tensity and a shallow depres- sion covers the Mackenzie val- Jey while pressure is high over the greater part of the United States and to the northward of Hudson Bay. The weather has been cold from Ontario eastward with high winds and local snow falls and flurries, while in the western provinces it has been fair and comparatively mild, Vorecasts:-- Lower Lake Region and Goorgian Bay--Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds, fair today and Satur- day becoming somewhat 'milder. 0 INFLAMED BY SPEAKERS, CROWD OF 500 ATTACKS Many Are Hurt Although Police Showed Great Re- straint and Did Not Use Batons -- Several Rioters Trampled RINGLEADERS ARE PLACED IN CELLS Crowd Follows Wagon to Police Station, But Large Force of Police Dampens Their Ardor and No At- tempt Is Made to Release Prisoners. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hamilton, Nov. 7.--Demon- strating unemployed men and police clashed on the Haymar- ket today and a strong fight en- sued. Finally the police restor- ed order and made many arrests. The crowd was estimated at be- tween four and five hundred and the trouble started when they at- tempted a parade against police or- ders. A determined line of police barred the way and a general melee ensued. Crowd Inflamed A meeting on the haymarket commenced at 10.30. Mrs, Annie Buller, of Toronto and William Resely, chairman of the unemplog: ment association, were the spea ers, Mra. Buller delivering an at- tack against capitalism. The crowd was asked whether they would demonstrate in deflance of the police order and a forest of hands shot in the air. The parade got under way with the men hastening towards the. centre of the city. They found the way blocked by police at John and Jackson streets. Many People Trampled Protests arose from the ranks of the unemployed, and some person struck a policeman over the head with a stick of a banner, In a moment all was confusion and the crowd closed with the po- lice. 'The officers showed admir- able restraint and did not draw their batons, but used their fists freely. Shrill cries of pain were heard and many persons were knocked down and trampled on. The police rounded up those whom they believed to be the ring- leaders, commandeered a passing truck and removed them to the po- lice station. The crowd followed after, and arrived at central sta- tion to find literally hundreds of police drawn up around the bulld- ing, ready to receive any kind of an attack. The ardor of the crowd departed very rapidly and it soon began to dwindle in numbers. The prisoners were safely placed in the cells, in the detention room, PR -------- 1S. SHOULD JOIN WORLD'S COURT, SENATOR SAYS Refusal Means "Indifference to Settlement of Inter- national Disputes (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) South Hadley, Mass., Nov. 7.-- Senator Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts today - told the alumni and undergraduates of Mount Holyoke College that for the United States to refuse to sub- geribe to the World Court "would show indifference to the great cause 'of judicial sottlement of in- ternational disputes". "We certainly are not risking much', Senator Gillett sald, "in helping to establish a court which can never try us except on. our request, any judgment it may ren der in disputes between other na- tions does not bind us but only the nations on trial. "The fifth reservation, which has been the sole source of dif- ficulty, provided that the court shall not 'without the consent of the United States entertain any request for an advisory opinion toyching any dispute or question in which tho United States has or claims an interest'. POLICE BUT IS SUBDUED + CANADIANS START " TO RETURN HOME London, Ting, Nov. 7T.-The first of the Canadians to return after the Imperial Conference were threc members of the advisory staff that accompanied the Cana- dian delegates, with the experts' discussion of the conference about completed, C. P. Plaxton, legal of- ficer of the ministry of justice; group-capt. J. Lindsay Gordon, director of civil air operations, Ot- tawa, and Prof. D. A. McGibbon, of the Board of Grain Commission- ers, Winnipez, today ailed for Canada aboard the steamship Duchess of Atholl, Mussolini will be amused when he reads that it takes fifty-nine Police Battle Communists in Streets of Hamilton VESSEL DISABLED, ASKS AID AT ONCE Upshur, of 2,500 Tons, Adrift With Engines Broken Down (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Savannah, Ga., Nov. 7.--The coastguard cutter Yamacraw, was enroute today from the assistance | of the Merchants and Miners Trans- | portation Company steamer, Up- shur, reported disabled ten miles | off Jupiter Light, Florida. The Yamacraw, which at the time was off Charleston, 8.C., was | dispatched to the Upshur's assist- ance after a call for immediate ald had been received from the steam- er by the Savannah naval radio sta- tion, The message received by the ra- | dio station sald the ship's engines were dirabled and beyond repair. The Upshur is 250 feet in length and 2,569 tons displacement. The vessel carries freight between | men to rule the United States, Duluth Herald. Jacksonville, West Palm Beach and | Miami, Florida. Crown Enters Strong Protest Defense Counsel in Stobie Trial Is Subject of Rebuke (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov. 7.--W. N. Tilley, K.C., special crown prosecutor fn the trial of Malcolm Stoble, C, J. Forlong and Gordon Draper, brok- ers of Stobie-Forlong and Co., Ltd., facing two charges of conspiracy to defraud, before Mr. Justice Jef- frey, made 'a protest against any intimation to a witness by Joseph Singer that the witness had endea- vored to convict the accused by presenting an incorrect statement. The reference was made in con- nection with the cross-examination of Ross McKenzie, accountant, by Joseph Singer on behalf of Gordon Draper when the subject of the firm's sho™ position was under consideration. Ross McKenzie, told R., S. Rob- ertson, K.C., defending Malcolm Stoble, that he had not examined all the accounts and admitted that the week he worked on the ac- counts, he had not examined 10 per cent, of them, DECOMPOSED BODY OF MAN DISCOVERED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montrdal, Que.,, Nov, 7.--The police today were finding it dif- ficult to identify the decomposed remains of a man found on Ile Perrot, near Montreal, The body, fully clothed, was discovered by two youngsters yesterday. FORMER OFFICER GIVEN TEN YEARS Sentenced for Manslaughter . o Having Killed Woman While Drunk (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dauphin, Man,, Nov. 7--Sentence of ten years in Stony Mountain pen- itentiary was iniposed on Joseph Pirt, former Royal Canadian Mount- ed Police constable convicted of of manslaughter at the fall assizes before Mr. Justice D. A, McDonald, today. Charged with the murder of Mrs. Sophie Light, of Ipswich, Séuth Da- kota, at an inter-provincial = picnic held at Roblin, near here, September 1, Pirt was convicted of manslaugh- ter, the jury, after 80 minutes delib- eration, reducing the charge from the capital count. The verdict was. returned after : two-day hearing daring which wit- nesses testified that Pirt was under the influence of liquor at the time the South Dakota woman was shot to death. No defense witnesses were called, In his plea, I. D. Suffied K.C,, chref defense counsel, asked that the former constable be treated Two Caught in Barrie After Robbing Unionville Bank SPOKE AT BANQUET LT.-COL. J. KEILLOR McKAY Provincial President of the Cana- dian Legion. who issued a stirr- ing call to effort for world peace at last night's Armistice Dinner of the Oshawa Legionnaires (Construction Fauts Found ATTEMPT T0 ROB TAXI MAN FAILS Driver's Desptits Fight Against Robber Is Successful (By Canadian Press Leaged Wire) Toronto, Nov. 7.--A desperate grapple in a taxi-cab with the en- gine of the car still running, cul- minated in Leonard Draper, the taxi-driver overpowering Louis Lalonde) 18, with the assistance of Mr. and Mri. Sewell Burgess. La- londe was arrested on a charge of attempted robbery. According to Draper, attempted to rop him, using the usual weapon, chloroform, in his attack. The taxi-driver, however, was no meck subject and a battle royal ensued. Draper managed after strenuous effort to get lLa- londe into the back seat where he fell on top of him. His cries at- tracted the attention of Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, the latter shutting off the engine of tho car while the former aided in subduing La- londe. Police arrived later Lalonde into custody. Lalonde and (ook 4 Barge is Ashore Near Brockville Brockville, Nov. T.--Blown from its course by a strong southwest wind, the steel car float Ogdens- burg, recently placed in service be- tween Prescott and Ogdensburg by the Canadian Pacific and New York Central Railways, is ashore in four and half feet of water off the New York state shore half a mile below the grain elevator at Ogdensburg. On it are 16 freight cars which were in process of being ferried across the St. Lawrence when the diesel operated tug Prescotont failed in its efforts to hold the float true to its course, Mrs. Heenan Very Ill Ottawa. --The condition of Mrs, Heenan, the wife of Hon, Peter Hee- nan, formerly minister of Labor for Canada, is reported very serious. Slight hopes for her recovery are entertained at a local hospital where she has been a patient for some time. In the R-101 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) | Barrie, Nov. 7.--James Kirkland, | | 35, and Jack Darwent, 25, both of Toronto, were captured here last | night after allegedly robbing the branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Unionville of $6,000 earlier in the day. Revolvers drawn, apparently ready to shoot their way out, the men were surrounded by officers of the Provincial police force in a garage here and overpowered be- fore they could open fire. The police claim they found $5,- 000 of the money taken from the bank concealed on the men and that on the road to this town, near Stayner, where their ear is said to have broken down, a package containing $1,000 was found by a small girl where one of the thugs had apparently dropped it, Tip From Stayner The tip as to where the men might be found was secured by the police when they discovered two men had telephoned,a garage, ask- ing for assistance at Stayner where their machine was out of order. (Continued. on Page 10) D. S. Paterson Firm Assigns Go Into Bankruptcy "As Re- sult of Recent Court as temporarily insane. \ Proceedings" (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Nov. 7.--As a result of recent court proceedings," D. 8. Paterson and Company, stock brok- ers, have decided to make a vol- untary assignment, This action was authorized at a meeting of shareholders, yesterday and pro- ceedings were commenced in the bankruptcy court at Osgoode Hall today, D. 8. Paterson and Austin Camp- bell, officials of the company, last week were convicted on charges of conspiracy, while Edgar McLean, the general manager, was acquitted on similar counts. Paterson and Campbell have still to face a charge of "bucketing." It was pointed out by Mr, Jus- tice Raney that arrangements were completed last September where- by Arthur E. Moysey and Co., Ltd., since taken over by R. E. Jack- son and Co. Ltd., assumed liabili- tiés of the Paterson customers as of Sept, 17, 1930. Subsequently further business was transacted for the company for customers on a cash basis, and these customers' accounts all have been taken ovey by Morrison, Southgate and Co. Ltd., he sald. The remaining labllities of the company says Mr, Paterson, con- glsting of small accounts, owing to general creditors, will be taken care of as soon as assets can be realized, and it is anticipated that all creditors will be paid in full. A statement prepared. for filing by the company with the official receiver, discloses the fact that apart from the liability of the company on leaseholders and for taxes, the total amount owing to the creditors is less than $15,000. It is impossible to state accurate- ly the position of the firm es some of the company's books are still Not Have Granted Cer- tificate of Airworthiness (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Eng., Noy. 7.--The dec- laration that he would not have granted a certificate of afrworthi- ness to the R-101 for the India flight in the condition she was in at the time she started was made by ¥. McWade, in charge of the in- spection department at Cardington, at today's inquiry into the glant afr- ship's Joss Major Faults Found Documents indicating that major construction faults had been dis- covered in the dirigible R-101 be- fore she was sliced in two for in- sertion of a 75 foot section were introduced today. One of them was a memorandum by Colonel V. C. Richmond, design« er of the craft ,who perished in the crash of October 65. In it he noted that holes in the gas bags caused serious loss of lifting power. Sir John Simon head of the board of inquiry, said the documents had been on file at the Cardington air- ship headquarters for some time, and he would make it his business to discover why they had not been produced before, The second document was a meln- orandum from the department of inspections. It noted that modifi- cations in the dirigible's wiring system had brought the gas bags up against the longitudinal girders where the bags rubbed against nuts | and bolts. Such points of fouling, it was stated, occurred at hundreds of points throughout the ship, and the use of padding had proved un- satisfactory. REPUBLICANS HAVE SMALL LEAD IN BOTH HOUSES Are One Up on Democrats With One House Seat Still Doubtful (By Canadian Press Leasea Wire) Washington, Nov. 7.--Democra- tic prospects for control of the House were destroyed today with the re-election of representative Vestal, Republican, Indiana, which, on the basis of returns to date, gave his party a total of 217 seats. Barring overturns caused by re- counts and contested elections, the most the Democrats could hope for was a tie with the Republicans at 217 each, representative Kvale, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, holding the deciding ballot. The contest between Representa- tive Richard Yates, Republican, and Walter Nesbit, Democrat for congressman-at-large from Illinois, was still classed as doubtful, but Yates was uolding a lead of over 9,000 votes with 89 precints miss- ing, If he should win the seat, his party would have 218, a clear majority. The slight Republican plurality of one vote in the Senate was threatened today by the announce- ment that he would support the Democratic organization in the Senate, if that party would spon- sor a program he considers gzatis- under seizure by the Crown. factory. | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) | Oakland, Calif., Nov. 7.--South- ern Pacific passenger train number 36, bound from Oakland to Tracy, Cal., was held up by five armed men at Nobel today and robbed of an undetermined amount of cash and valuable mail, The amount was reported variously at $40,000 to $55,000 in cash and ten to fifteen bags of registered mail. The cash was consigned by the Federal Reserve Bank in San Fran- cisco to the American Trust Com- pany branch in Pittsburgh, Calif. Reports received here said the mail car and baggage car were rifled. The robbers used a large sedan in which two machine guns were mounted. One man carried a shot- gun and all were armed with auto- matics. Authorities over the east bay region were notified and all roads leading from the scene were guarded. Officer Loses Barrie Appeal in Which Constable { Was Fined For Intoxica- 'Case tion Is Reviewed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Barrie, Nov. 7.--The appeal of ex-constable W. Reid of Richmond Hill against a $100 fine on a charge | of being intoxicated when his ar- | rest climaxed a fishing party at | "ollingwood on Sept. 3, was dis- | missed by Judge E. R. Wismer in Judges chamber: today, fol- i lowing the hearing of evidence by 1 Collingwood constables, | He also corrected a statement | that "magistrates should be remov- ed from office," which had no ref- erence to Magistrate W. Hogg of Collignwood who tried the case. "What was said," said His Honor, "was that in a case where a magis- trate willfully makes up an incor- rect record, such magistrate should be removed from office, argument for the defense endeavored to show that the Collingwood record was in- correct. Thomas Portland, Collingwood chief of police admitted he had told Reid to shut up, but "it was before the court opened. When 1 came into the office the accused was walking up and down and shout. ing." He was intoxicated and was the stormiest one in the crowd." "When the court opened the in- formation was read to him under section 42 of the Liquor Control Act. He pleaded guilty and was fine $100 and casts by the magis- trate. Reid then asked the magis- trate to reduce the fine to $10 un- der section 81 of the L.C.A. but the magistrate told him he couldn't do it. When he was arrested Reid wanted to cover up his identity and suggesed that the chief put Dun- dalk on the information, --he would lose his job if Richmond Hill were put on." The chief constable un- der cross-examination sald he might he was not sure. He did not know Reid, but when he found out who (he was he thought it would be wise for him to plead guilty and =ave publicity. have put down Dundalk, although. 'Robbers Hold Up Train | And Secure $55,000 in Cash Inspector Says He Would Sweated Labor Charge Denied Bennett States He Did Not Make Accusations in Lancashire (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Nov. 7.--Returning to London from Sheffield today Pre- mier R. B. bennett of Canada again denied having charged Lancashire with sweated labor. What he had done, he sald, was to compare costs of production of cottons in Canada with the production costs in Great Britain, but ne made no accusation of sweated labor conditions, he said. : Premier Bennett's alleged state- ment was supposed to have heen made at 'a private meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association here on Wednesday, The Man- chester Guardian reported Premier Bennett as follows: "He instanced what he called the dumping of Lancashire goods into Canada. Two manufacturers, he sald, complained to the government that the wages paid in Lancashire were only half the wages paid in Canada. Therefore they were un- able to compete with what was de- scribed as sweated labor of that kind." In Sheffield yesterday, where he received the freedom of the city and spoke at the cutlers' feast, Premier Bennett declared this report was a pure invention, Today the Guardian correspondent quotes R. M. Ked- ward, Liberal Member of Parlia- ment for Ashford, Kent, as saying he was prepared to vouch for the accuracy of the report, SIX FLIERS NOW BELIEVED DEAD Three Originally Missing and Three Searchers '\re Lost (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Vancouver, B.C, Nov. 7--A death toll of six is virtually conceded to the North as airmen' continued their efforts in the hunt for British Colum- bia's lost fliers. From the far North, Atlin advised today that the search for Captain E. J. A .Burke and his two companions has been temporarily abandoned. These three have been missing since Oct. 31, when they left Liard River Post for Atlin, and, with little food, their chances for safety in the rug- ged, storm-swept country are very slight. Between Butedale and Prince Ru- pert, on the Province's Pacific Coast, Pilot. Robin Renahan and two com- panions, flying from Vancouver to aid in the Burke quest, have. been missing since Oct. 28, Burke's companions were Air En- gineer Emil Kading and Bob Marten, a prospector, while Air ' Engineer Frank Hatcher, and Sam Clerf, of Seattle, a prospector, were with Ren- ahan. OSHAWA SHELTER CITED AS MODEL CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY HERE RECEIVES PRAISE FROM WELFARE MINISTER Hon, W. G. Martin Gives Interesting Address Here on Work of New Depart-~ ment of Public Welfare of Ontario CARE OF CHILDREN VERY IMPORTANT Every Child Has a Right to be Happy," Says Minister, Discussing Children's Work Branch of His De- partment The duati:s ci the Department of Public Welfare in the provincial Government were made clear to all who listened to the address delivered by the Hon. W. G. Martin, Minister of that department, when he address« ed the annual meeting of the Child- ren's Aid Society in King Street Church last evening. "The 'home'--for he called it such rather than the Shelter--"in Oshawa is not only a credit to the city but ta the whole province and is exemplary' of what should be striven for in children's work throughout One tario," said Mr. Martin, compliment« ing the local Society on the building which has beén so recently erected, Mr. Martin, did not fail to stress the point that Canada is one, if not the most, important part of the Bri- tish Empire, and he srongly believes that "Canada will some day be the centre of the world's civilization." "Ours is a goodly heritage," said tha speaker. "The greatest thing in a nation's life is not, natural resources, not industrial enterpriscs, not bank deposits, but it is the wealth of its citizenship" and Hon. Mr. Martin be- lieves that Canada is making great progress towards making the stand- (Continued on Page 9) WINS CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION Toronto, Nov. 7.--Announcee ment is made Mrs. C, J. Mitchell, Brantford, has been awarded first prize of $100 in the Christmas card competition of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. TRADE BARRIERS PREVENT PEACE WOMAN M.P. SAYS Abolition of High Tariff Ig Necessary Before Peace Can Reign New York, Nov. 7.--Canada'd first woman member of parliae ment, Miss Agnes McPhail, wha represents the riding of Southeast Grey in Ontario, in an address before the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, deplored the existence of trade barriers, especially between Can= ada and the United States, and urged, as a forerunner of world peace, the abolition of economies barriers. Miss MacPhail, a delegate to the League of Nations in 1929, exe pressed her hope for disarmament among nations and prophesied that the United States would some time join the league for a similag grouping of world powers. Miss MacPhail spoke of 4 "smoldering dislike" of the United States among people of the domin« fon, and she said this feeling ha not been improved by the recem Smoot-Hawley tariff act. _ She pointed out that trade bes tween the two countries had dro ped $25,000,000 in the month of September. Speaking of the League of Nae tions, Miss MacPhail said *"Wq haven't a society of nations, onl a' society of some of them, W must have the co-operation of al nations in order to stop war. Pere haps the League of Nations is nod to be the agency, but we mus build up something permanent. M own idea is that we have got tq wait for the United States to come in. We cannot get much farthe until you, the greatest fiman power in the world, come in", The Kellogg Act, she said, wad valuable as stating in simpld language the desire of nations ta end war, but a practical machinery must be set up, and quickly, be. cause, she contended, unrest and hostile feelings were seething in Germany, France and Great Brite ain, : ARAN ARS