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A Growing News papcr in a Growing City dhe Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer . 'All the News While It Is News" VOL. 7--=NO. 147 wilishew © Jbews Mt asedn, Evesy 'Voy Varewt Sumdave wae "ube Halide OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1930 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES News in Brief (iy endbon Frome) i ba dod Prince Has Recovered London, De¢. 23.~The Prince of Wales had recovered from bis re- cont indisposition, it was stated au- thoritatively today. He became {11 last week with a cevere chill, . Xd Ld Prominent Scot Dies Edinburgh, Scotland, Dee, 23,-- Col. Sir Robert King Stewart, for- mer Grand Master Mason of Scot- land died today at the age of 76. He was lord lieutenant of the coun ty of Lanark, and a director of the Clydesdale Vr' Commissioner iletives Ottawa, -- Col, Thomas Vien, K.C deputy chief eommissioner of the Board of Raflway Commissioners for Canada, has announced his re- tirement from the Government ser- vice. He plans to resume hig law practice in Montreal. May C! one Tiqhiior Stores Vietoria.--With liquor gales in British Columbia falling rapidly for the first time since the tion of Government Control, the liquor board Is now considering tne question of closing some of the smaller outlying liquor stores, " » Fumigation Kills Ten Jitschin, Czezchoslovekia,--For- ty inmates of an almhouse here were overcome hy fumes of a fumi- gating poison, Ten died and 13 were not expected to live, v " Attacked by Indians Belem, Brazil.-- Troops were does- patched south today to defend the inhabitant of the sparsely settled upper Tocantina River reglon from savage attacks by Cayapo Indians, Lord Dawson's Brother Dies Wenatchee, Wash,--Arthur H, Dawson, 72 brother of Lord Daw- son of Penn, personal physician to inaugura- | one fly Tells Indian Conference, Delegates That Settlement of the Minorities Question Rests Entirely in Their Own Hands WOMEN DELEGATES All-India Round Table Con! ference Is Adjourned for, the Christmas Holidays | After Premier's Message | (By George Hambleton, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, Dec, 23,--~Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald spoke a King George of England, died this afternoon after a heart attack, » v Accepts Portfolio Pairs. Maurice Dormann, a Deputy from the Department of Seine-Olsq. was sald in a semi official announcement, to have ac- cepted the Ministry of Pensions in the new Cabinet of Theodore Steeg. The cholee was popular with war veterang, (or Dormann was badly wounded In the Great 'War, losing both legs, Former Premier Dies Bucharest, Roumania, -- Vintilla Bratlanu, former premier of Rou. mania. died suddenly here last night LJ wv - ATI po "hot, New York.--Tony ("The Chief") Bonosera, fourth Brooklyn gang. ster, to snatch at the mantle of the slain Frankie Yale, was shot and probably fatally wounded in a new outbreak of gunnery in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn. MAIL AND EMPIRE EDITOR PASSES Sudden Heart Attack Ends Career of Brilliant News- paperman Toronto, Dec, 23,--Claud A, C. Jennings, Chief Editor of the Mall and Empire, died suddenly last evening at his home, 100 Rosedale Helghts Drive, Mr, Jennings had been enjoying excellent health un til about half. an hour before his death, He had been at his office In the Mail and Empire Bullding in the afternoon, and left for home between 6.30 and 6 o'clock, Shortly after areyving home he complained of a constriction and pains in his chest. He went to bed, but sank rapidly, and expired before Dr. M. B, Becker, who had been summoned, could arrive, Dr, Becker stated that death had been caused by a clot of blood in the arteries of the heart, His sud: den death was a tragic shock tu his family and relatives and the host of friends he had mrde in the course of his kindly and dlsting- uished career, Family at Bedside His wife and two daughters, Mrs ¥. M. Macdonald and Misg Hilda Jennings, were with him at the time of his seizure, He died before the arrival of anothe daughter, Mrs, Stanley S, Higgs. Mr, Jen- nings is also survived by three half-brothers, Percy, Tom and Charles B, Jennings, After a career at school teaching and as editor of the Canadian Grocer, Mr, Jennings joined the staff of the old Mail in 1863, un- der its formor editor, Arthur Wal iis. Ho became editor of the Mall and Empire in 1011, 'WEATHER Pressure is high over Lake Superior and the Western States also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and low in Western Canada, with a depression of increasing off the middle At. Jantic Coast moving north. ward. Local snowfalls have occurred in Southern Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia while in the west the weather cons tinues fake and mild in Sask- atchewan and Alberta, 'ovecasts: Lower Lake Ree r! and Georgian Bay=--Mod- erate winds, cloudy with light local snow, Wednesday--Most- ly fair with stationary or a little lower temperature, few plain words at tho Indian | Round Table Conference today, before the conference adjourned | for the Christmas holiday, Presiding over the sub-commit- tee on minorities, he made an ur- gent plea for settlement of the differences between the Hindu and Moslem communities. "Settlement of the minorities question," Premier MacDonald declared, "Is essential to the poli- tical progress of Indla, That Js not merely a British view, It is the view lield by every emlighten- ed Indian, Irrespective of the com- munity to which he belongs, or of the Interests with which he Is specially concerned, "It 1s, moreover," he significant ly added, "A question which ought to be settled by you and between yourselves, It {# no good your starting working on an Indian con- stitution and asking any outside authority to settle what {s one of the essential conditions of the successful working of that consti tution." The two women delegates, Mos lem and Hindu, joined with Pre- mier MacDonald In a plea to "bury the hatchet," "The time for emotional speech- es and for long appeals for unity ang passed," sald the Begum Shah wawaz, a Moslem, "The time for practical proposals and for solid constructive work has arrived, If you are not going to settle your differences now, when {s that au- gpiclous time to come? You come 7,000 miles from your home, mak- ing tremendous sacrifices for the sake of your country. Your object Is to be masters in your own home. "Now that the time for the realization of that hope has come, it is for you to ask, and ask with all the force at your command, 'It {8 wise that you should remain divided in your ranks?' 1 beg of you just to think that the success of all your mission lies. in Hindu- Moslem unity, United we stand, divided we fall, "You are brothers in flesh ana blood, born of one soll, living side by side, working and enjoying life together, When the time comes to fight for the sake of your Mother: land you hesitate to remain divid ed. As sisters we expect of you, and as daughters we beg of you~ as mothers we demand of you to como to a settlement." Mrs, Subbarayan, a Hindu, (Continued on page 2) Hl) main. mien -- |. nembers BRITISH PREMIER PLEADS WITH HINDUS AND MOSLEMS 10 SETTLE DIFFERENCES WAR CLOTHING TO BE DISTRIBUTED $250,000 (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) ianta material Ottawa, Dee, will care for the of many thou within the ne: thousands sults derwear Lrousers, jackets and forth will tributed throu: h the the Canadian Red Cross And this windfall to that o tion has come about in a fashion, Incidentally the v the gift is approximately a er of a million dollars a donor is the Department tional Defence, Yesterday few days of of Wint psocks 0 agency Society rganiza alue Clans wants be dis unique quart nd the of Na Order-in-Councl) of of BY GOVERNMENT ALSO MAKE APPEAL | Canadian Red Cross Society to Distribute Nat'onal De-| fence Supplies Valued at| andg of needy people | when er un- sweater MacDonald Speaks Plainly to Indian Delegates Sam, Kivell, Brooklin Miss Jean Thompson, Mrs, Mrs, Mrs. Mrs, W, Miss L. 'Mrs. M Mrs, H, Crossman, Haydon Horn, Hampton I. Dubyk, Oshawa . (Signed) B. J. { | GRAND PRIZE, $800 cath: Miss Frances Sonley, Whithy SECOND PRIZE, $300 cash: Elmer Wilbur, Taunton THIRD PRIZE, $100 cash: The following candidates qualify for cash commission prizes :-- Raglan Minnie McQuay, Whitby ...... J. A. Gunn, Bowmanville ., R. Courtice, Courtice A, Stasick, Oshawa ,.. T. B. MITCHELL, BOWMAN, McCORMICK, | Oshawa Chamber of | Commerce, | | Secretary, PETER BLACKBURN, | ..15,645.000 votes 9,168,600 votes 7,716,000 vote 6,589,600 5,147,500 4,195,250 2,388,250 2,037,250 1,593,600 1,463,500 1,103,000 votes votes votes votes votes votes votes votes Mayor of Oshawa, Mayor of Whitby, City Treasurer, Oshawa, Boy Sentenced To Lite Term was signed authorizing the turn- | Fourteen Year Old Lad Is to the Red ( of articles of « lain in the milit throughou ing over thousands which have dipance depots country since Great War, At the conflict in herselt with clothing on excellent that the permanent forces Dominion have those stores for the The supplies seemed tible, Looking to the future, t partment has set aside eno meet the needs of the pern forces for the next decade, a remainder will be through the Red Cross to tl titute throughout Canada the close the a largo pust 12 Fou Killed on of conclusion m 8 Canada found surplus W condo oad bara ine ross lothing wry or t the tho of of the bean equipped from years xhaus he de ugh tr nanen! nd the |, distributed | 1¢ des of of | N. 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Railway Found Guilty on Charge of Second Degree Murder (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) St, Clairsville, O., Dec, 23, John Woods, 14-year-old slayer of n Meeker, 60, produce deal Hs sentenced to life lmpris- court here guilty mut onment hy common pleas last night when he pleaded to a charge of second degree der, | Common pleas Judge W, W.Cow- | en, who accepted the plea, sentence od Woods to serve at Lancaster Re formatory for boys until he becomes 21 years of age, when he will be transferred to Ohio Penitentiary for | the vemainder of his life, | Woods, who had suffered several | heart attacks because of fear of | death in the electrie chalr, was jub | ilant when the sentence was pro nounced, He smiled and joked with court attaclies, + Making Late Trip Quebec The 8.5, King's Coun Which wis awrenc trip overseas, and fog to delay iy, tho on i LJ by snow River yesterday was forced her de- St, Men Clearing Snow From varture until today, when a goy- Tracks Struck by New Jer- sey Central Express Train and Killed (By Canadian Press Leased W Cranford, NJ., Dec. 3 of a section killed today when a Central express bound York ploughed into the 'hey worked on the track, The men, members of a ¢ ten or twelve, were not imme identified. They were clearin Naw for Kang ire) Four Jersey were | which now tots | | | New | men while row of | diately the junction where the nid and Ohio ralls leave the Central, on a local track to permit er train to pass it, Jersey | The express was a fast | a fast- 9n 3.--~ "Further of recent predictions that a totally 'dry' party ls to be lanhched in Ontario in readiness for the next provincial election is seen in a conference with Hon. Harry C. Nixon, leader of the Pro- gressive group," the Toronto Globe says today, None of the members accosted would discuss the conference but Toronty, confirmation Formation of New Dry Party by Ontario Progressives Likely it is understood, Globe, that tentative plang early caucus of all people e Ing the prohibition movement securing discussed, "Likelihood of extra strength for the through Liberal members wh | | | according to the | for an | ndors was group 0 are, It is sald, ready to leave the new Hepburn leadership, ed to have newspaper says, Toronto, Dec. 28. ----- Further changes in the Ontario Government Cabinet are expected to follow the elevation to the cabinet today of H. C. Schofield, Toronto 8t. George's, and Dr. Paul' Poisson. North Essex, as ministers without portfolio , Presence at Queen's Park yesterday of Thomas J. Ma hony, Wentworth South, who has been mentioned as likely to receive cabinet rank, has given rise to the rumor that he will shortly entor Predict More Changes in Cabinet of Premier Henry the government and be portfolio of highways by Premier Henry, Resignation of Col. BV succeeded by Hon, Chas. N minister of mines, been considered," W. MH. from tho attorney-generalship to be {8 also report- the en the | now carried | leCrea, is sald in some Quarters to be a likely, possibility, Attorney-General Price left Queen's officials Park yesterday for what In his department said was day of 10 days, was shrouded in secrecy. a holl His destination Price for | S08 during the wnment ice breaker will escort her down the river Grows an Increase of year, Guelph's pop ulation has jumped to 21,201, a cording to assessment figures for 193 The city's assessment, Is $16. 809,853 was 452 In the past 12 Guelph Guelph--With $283 boosted | Pom hs Bil COMPANY TO SPEND §20,000,000 | Exreiotve Program of Exten- sions in Equipment and Plant Is Announced by Manager of Company (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Dec, Twenty mil- lon dollars will be spent during 1931 by the Bell Telephone Com- pany for improvements and exten- slons in Ontarlp and Quebec, In making this annoyncement W. J, Calyy ', manager of the com: pany, sala he had just been ad- vised that approva' had heen given this oxpenditure, which provides expenses in connection with the central office equipment, long dlstanée and exchange lines, land and buildings and subscriber's sta. tion equipment, Attempts Suicide On London Street (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Dec, 233,--Albhert W, Piper, aged 67, attempted sulcide on the street here toflay swallow. ing a quantity of carbolic which he had purchased at a drug store, He was removed to Victoria Hospital where he gave his name but re- fused to give hig address, He saia he had no relatives and no friends since he had run out of money, 00 "d,- to have salled down New Provincial Minister Sworn (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Dec <3 Hogpry CC. icholtield, M.P.P., Bt, George's, To ronto, and Dr, Paul Polsson, M.P.P North Essex, Windsor, were today worn In as ministers without port folio In 'the Ontario cabinet The ceremony was performed at eleven o'clock In the cabinet council ehan ber, Parllament Bulldings, Many Deaths | Caused by For= Four Men Drowned When They Stepped Into Canals in One of Worst Fogs in London History Dec. 23 men stepped to during the great fog, one worst in the history of the city w der Which | and its environs were buried last night and early to day. The total deaths from vario accidents due to the heavy mist t d well over a d n all w aid ] tre them were niore " | nn At least tour r drownii of the death lon ondon av numbered The unseeingly into Three of years old here was some and the fog had the affected secti NEW MINISTERS NAMED IN FRANCE Cabinet of Premier Steeg Is Once Again Com- --plete drowni victims nls ams an. 70 today any of alleviation lifted in n (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, Dec, 23.---The Council of ministers today filled several vac- uncles caused by recent resigna. tions, Maurice Dormann was made minister of pensions; Ernest Breant undersecretary of stato for the in- terior; Etienne Charlot, under-sec. retary for agriculture; Jacques Stern, under-secretary for the navy and Plerre Tricard-Graveron, undersecretary for physical educa tion. The government renewed for six years the mandate of Gabrielle Hanotaux to the permanent court at the Hague, and it awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor to the Corps of Flremen at Lyons for gal- lantry in the recent landslide dis. aster, . Assassin Wounds Punjab Governor Lahore, India, Dec, 23.--Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, gover nor of tho Punjab, was wounded above the left hip and in one arn today by two of six shots fired at him ag he attended the University convocation, Both wounds were stated ta be minor, Two police officials were also hurt in the attempt on the governor's life, Two students were arrested in connection with the at. tempt, All the shots were firdq at close quarters, The wound above the hip was a flesh wound and that on the arm a grazing wound, Judges Report of Winners CHURCH ATTE DANCE 1 Subscription Contest | | to be | ter thy LAW WILL BE TESTED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Manchester, England, Déc, 27 Somebody In Manchester fs going prosecuted for not attending church on Sunday, It doesn't met- much who the vietim will be, the prosecution will he made the object of demonstrating the alleged absurdity anclent, laws which are still nominally ia in effect, And one of them, appro King Charles 11, say £0 to church on BSunduy Furthermore, of the working for the will be sum moned for working Sunday and the corporation chiefs will summoned for "aiding and abet. | ting' them, | RadioBilte Be Introduced : Federal Minister of Marine | Has Recommendations | Ready to be Considered by the Cabinet for with of ou Ome miei city on par J in Canad Duran depart 1, mir | ally « Dill ( jament id 0 -ANADA'S ATTITUDE TO WAIFS DEPLORED Montreal, De Lack of ( Ana | | Government as stance the immigrat Burns | fre Britain ble | m '| sending of th st desirable ¢ | | | | | is of imnuagrant to ( harles ( of the London, Englan In pointing out 1 advantages to ommun on, | hildren who have since the ration o ment plan by the n than 60 years a good, He emphasiz jority of the boys stale ven after they eing part of the there un t! i that U8 per C naug le ne fact th 1 | the far reached maturit bargain t cam til the ape cal FIVE DROWNED IN MEXICAN STORM Seamen Washed From the Deck of Their Vessel and Two Women Lost When Boat Capsized (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tampico, Mexico, Dec, 23 I"ve persons were drowned in high seas and storms accompanying a severe norther that struck here yesterday, Three United ' States geamon wero lost when they were washed from the deck of a small tanker named "Bunganon" which was being towed back to port, They were Captain Hugo Soneson, Joa Strack and an unidentified man, . The wite and daughter of 1elix Gonzalez were drowned when his boat capsized in the Panuco River, Gonzalez was arrested pending Investigation, Murderer Hanged ! In Chatham Jail Chatham, IY Francis Vandevelde, Hollinger, the con. victed murderer of ils countryman, Joel Kamoen, on a farm near here a year ago. was hanged carly thie morning at the Chatham jail Vandevelde was pronounced dead within a few minutes and a cor, oner's jury returned the customs ary verdict An appeal for the commutation of the death penalty failed last week WHITBY GIRL WINS TIMES' GONTES rm ------------------------ MISS FRANCES SONLEY IS WINNER OF GRAND PRIZE; RECEIVES CHEQUE FOR $800 AGREEMENT MADE ON MARKETING OF Premier Bennett Makes An- nouncement After Day of Conferences With Bank- ers and Meeting of Cab- inet 'Ar luded for the Dec rangement bey 1 con Ottawa, have orders of the 1040 whea rn Canada announ Dennett esterda conference wit rday morning and in the mi Lin crop of We t [eed I" ' evening efter i the banker a cabinet Bennett council voluntee red no ex lad heen adi 0 omplish orderly marketing but it | irued there is little ederal financial respon bilit only an obligation to prevent dumping if the mn continueg to 1's The Federal Government sumer no financial responsibility the holding or orderly of the remant of the and 1920, which still remains elevators of the wheat pools, wwranteed price, It semi-officially stated that negotiations have heen practic ompleted that will 30 crop durin tho seven remaining of the current (Conti ued on pi 6) Mejor Shepard Found Guilty : Counsel for Defence Gives! Notice of Appeal, and Makes New Trial plan no Ie arket foi ing 1028 In the There no ¢ hing been dispose of Dec, 23 A A Shep. Kansas City, Kan, jury found Major Charles ard, distinguished army physician, formerly of Dellevilla, Ontario, guilty vesterday, of murdering his wife, Ie left immediately for his | army medical post at Denver, pen- ding hearing of his appeal I'he verdict, reached after ly three days of deliberation, riled a mandatory sentence of nears onrs life fmprisonment, As the word "gullty" by the clerk in thé Federal Court, where the major has been on trial for two week he remained as erect as If on dress parade, Thén as a surge of emotion swept over tho spell-bound court, in a buzz of whispers and "OWs", the major's head slipped to his arms on the defence table and his body shook with sobs, . 1, Cagey, chief of the defence slowly and walked to the His words were almost in rose bench, a whisper "The defence pare motion for sald. askd time to pre a new trial," he San J afternoon. |d market | crops of | Application for was read | Taunton, Prize of Kivell of Third Elmer Wilmer, Wins Second $300, and Sam Brooklin, Wins © IOSD WHEATOROP reo suo CONTEST CAME TO CLOSE YESTERDAY, Prizes Were Awarded And Candidates Expressed Their * Satisfaction With Manner in Which Contest Was Conducted contest cone Daily Times and Chron After seven weeks ns effort, Miss , of Whitby, yes winner of e fir presented with vhich she decided to the grand priz ezond prize of ded to Elmer 'Wilbur, | his cheque was also i as was the third $100, Ww Sam ription hawa Gazette | b first prize, Mis lendid total of ¢ | prize-winners above, all the other contestants | oh ented with the cheques re their commission prizes ntest, und, while nat I icy were disappointed, they ned to congratulate the win s, and to express their satisfaction (Continued on page 6) | wert presenting ( arn Lin the cc ous FRECHETTE MONUMENT MOOTED 1 23.~~A monu~ the achieve Montreal, Dee, ment to commemorate {ments of Louis Frechette, distin- | Bus hed French-Canadian journals [ 1st, poet and writer, is to be raised {in Bt, Louis Park, within a stone's throw of the home where Frechette worked and died, according to | present plans, louis Frechette was one of the outstanding Canadian poets of the { last century, His first book, 'Nos Lolsirs," was printed with "La | Voix d'un Exile," which was Incite {ed by a four year sojjourn in Chi- cago, shortly afterwards he was elects {ed to the House of Commons at Ot tawa but found little comfort in the turmoil of polities and was later appointed Clerk of the Legislative | Council of Quebec, In his leisure hours he wrote and | published a variety of volumes of prose and poetry, a most important contribution being "Le Legende d'un Peuple," issued in 1887. Hin works were well known in France where the French Academy award- ed many mentions and decorations {to the Canadian writer, Frechette died at his home in Montreal on May 81, 19008, Ontario Covernment Making Sure Of Power Supply for Future Needs (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dec, With the de- velopment of , the St, Lawrence River still a long way in the fut. ure, the Ontario government making adequate provision for a steady supply of electric power for future needs, P'reamier George NS, Henry said, The premier was re- plying to questions asked regard- ing the conference Saturday be- 0a Toronto, is tween New York State and Ontario Power Commissioners, While the government was make ing every effort to hasten the St, Lawrence development, this pro- ject may not eventuate for some years, Premier Henry said, But in the meantime the government is providing for future expansion in industry, by obtaining, when neces- sary, adequate supplies of electric power." General Motors President Predicts Prosperity Soon Dec. 23,~~The period of depression throughout which the nation ig passing will bo checks ed and turn upwards to 'greater heights of prosperity tharwwe have ever enjoyed,' because of the basie stability of the people and thelr ability to "think straight," Allred P. Sloan, Jr, president of General Motors, sald last night in a national broadeast speech, Without minimizing of a business recession that, he said, has carried us "fron a period of our greatest prosperity to a low New York the extent point in tho business oycle, with substantial losses to a large number of people," Sloan outlined two lessons learned by the 'business men during 198Q---that, as a nation 'we have accepted these clrcum. stances in an. orderly way," and that "we are endeavoring to core rect what is wrong and have dem- onstrated a willingness to work to restore what may have been destroyed." Out of the experiences of the year, he pointed out, the country's \ (Continued ow page 6) by