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SEAR G.M.C. ( VOL. 1--NO. 110 The Oshawa Daily Reformer : $ -- 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Second Section--Pages 9-16 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1927 Seymond Case May Reach Jury To. day; Two Crown Witnesses Not Present WANDERING YOUTH 1S HELD IN NEW YORK New York, Nov, 10.--Elmo Gall- ant, claiming to be a Sudbury youth, who said he had been roam- ing over the United States since hia 12th year, was remanded today by Magistrate Bernard J. Douras in Morrisania Court to the Bronx County Jail until Wednesday, pend ing investigation, He 1s charged with vagrancy. When he was arrestéd Tuesday night in a Pullman car stored in the new York Central yards at 153rd street and Sheridan avenue, the Bronr, Gallant described himself as Jerry Collins, 17 years old, of 189 Mountain street, Sudbury, Ont. He told State Rallway Detective John W. Leonard that he had been seek ing a lower berth in which to sleep, WILL LAY BARE CAROL CONSPIRACY The Former Finance Minister Goes on Trial for Part in Plot Bucharest, Roumania, Nov, 10.-- Former Crown Prince Carol's ef- fort for the restoration of his right to the Roumanian throne will be laid bare during the coming weeks #0 far as the Roumanian Govern ment can do so. Former Under-Sec: retary of Finance M, Manoilescu went on trial today before a court martial charged with conspiracy to bring Carol back to Roumania to replace the little King Michael, 'hie six-year-old son, : gly aM -Bucharest clamor ed around the little whitewashed courtroom when proceedings open: ed, and within its walls were more than a hundred able lawyers will ing and ready to defend the uvcu sed official, The colonel, two ma- Jors and two captains comprising the court-martial appeared some. what overwhelmed at this vast ur ray of legal talent, On his part Manoilescu appeared blithe and debonair, with no conscious display of fear at the outcome, The documents seized at the time of Manollescu's arrest, including lef ters written by the former Crown Frince which it is the intention of the prosecution to submit as ew dence, are held in abeyance, for the entire time was given over to ar guments by the defence that the court-martial had no jurisdiction that it was not competent to pro ceed with the case, hecause martia' law had been decreed only for th¢ pericd of war, e members of the court re jected this plea, and the court ad Journed after the defence had an nounced its intention to challenge the court's competence on the ground that the crime for which the defendant is about to' be tried Was committed on foreign soil, 'afd that the defendant was arrested in a district pot under the Jurisdiction of the court-martial. Permission to bring Carol from Paris as a witness will be asked pny the deefnce, but it | $2 doo will robably be EE ----------t US, MISSIONARIES FIRED ON IN CHINA Their Launch Refused to Halt When Ordered by Shanghai, Nov, 10, ee American missigpnaries the North Riy f rth Ci laupeh red Spon soldiers; espate Canton state, The Chinese engineer the only pergon injured, b 4 Phe military, authorities stated the Jaubeh "had disregarded orders to Shanghai, Nov. 10,--Police yester- day frustrated an attempt to bomb the Russian consulate, seizing a bomb and arresting five Monarchist Russians, who, they declared, were leaders in the plot. A strong cordon of police now surrounds the consul- ate. Trouble is feared. Six hundred anti-Communis; Rus- sians, chiefly women, yesterday af- ternoon attended the funeral of their comrade who was killed on Monday when hundreds of Royalists stormed the Soviet consulate and tore down the Red flag flying over it -- a cou monstration against th. riage o the tenth anniversary was Much Evidence Heard in the Manslaughter Case at Co- - bourg Aassizes in Connec- tion With Death of Mrs. Helen Brown--Two Crown Witnesses Absent But if Present Will Be Called To- day (By Staff iieporter) Cobourg, Nov. 11.--Several wit- esses were ca'ed yesterday at the opening sitting of the manslaughter case against Peter Seymond of Osh awa at the fall assizes being held here. If the two witnesses who were 4'sent today are in court today. the case may go to the jury this after- noon, Henry Levy, and Dr. Wilson were the absentees and the remain Ing two witesses to be called to complete the Crown case. If Levy fails to appear the Crown may con tine under protest. W. J. Ward, former Toronto police officer, in whose car Mrs. Helen Brown had been riding prior to the time she met her death after she had stepped from the car which was park- ed on the south side of the road: Mr, 'Ward told of driving the car with his friends from Toronto to Osh- awa from where they went to: "The House That Jack Built," a roadhouse near Oshawa, "Who was in the car with you?" asked Crown Counsel Sinclair, "Mrs, Dorothy Lavigne, who was in the front seat with me, and Henry Levy and Miss Florence Appleton in the back seat," answered witness. "What time did you reach "The House That Jack Built," he was asked. "At eleven o'clock at night, Mrs. Helen Brown came out then and got in the car. She was wearing a coolie coat over some other clothing," ans- wered Mr, Ward, The coolie coat is the blue-garment which -was: to at the inquest and the preliminary hearing as a kimona, "What did "you od then?" witness was asked, Saw Camival "It was suggested by Mrs, Brown that we go to Oshawa. "She wanted to see what the streets looked like, as there was a hig Rotary Street fair be- ng held there, We went to Oshawa, Lut were stopped on King street by a rarrigade, We watched the carnival ior a few moments without getting out f the car, and then we went back," leclared Mr, Ward, "Where did you go Mr. Sinclair, "We went to Waverley Inn, a road- use on the opposite s'de of the road then?" asked 1 little to the east. We stayed there ithout three-quarters of an hour," ans- vered witness, "When we left Way- 'rley Inn, I drove west o nthe north iide of the road, and then parked on he south side facing west, 'and off he pavement," asserted Mr, Ward, Where was that?" asked Mr, Sin- "lair, "Directly in front of "The House that Jack Built." There is a pathway Yeading from the door to 'the road, and I stopped so that the rear door open- ed ate the pathway," replied witness. "Were your lights on?" "The courtesy lights were on" "How far gould they be seen?' "I imagine they could be seen for a mile on _level ground," witness replied Might Obstruct Vision Cross-examined by D. A. J, Swanson, defense counsel, witness acknowledged that the grade just to the east of where his car was parked might inter- fere with the vision of the other dri- ver seeing his lights as far off as a mile, "Did you see a car coming toward you," asked Mr. Sinclair, "Yes, I saw it first when it was com- ing up the grade. It was following a rather wavering course, and hte first thing I knew was when my car ddor was struck, bending back a corner of it, "What did you do?" "I immediately got _ogt d ran around to Ihe rear of ik ga where: I found Miss Florence pi , who had got out at the same time as Mrs. Brown, and who was, I thosdght, go- ing to go into.the h ith her, lying on the volind and g with pain. I called for rs, Brown, who, ! thought, had gone in the house, found .out later that Mrs, Brown wa not in the house ,and then § yarte to ook for her." 5 | "Did you find Mrs. Brown later?" "Yes, she was lying about 80 feet east of where the car was parked, She was dead at the time, and was in bottom of the ditch on the south sk lof the road" 1 | "Cross examined by Mr. Swanson, witness was asked if he had ever pre- viously seen a car parked in the way he said his car was parked on the south side of the road, and with the ights on. "Yes," was the answer. "Didn't it confuse you?" "No, it didnt because I always slow ed down," witness replied. 35 Miles an Hour Mr. Ward would make no definite 'the "other car was"tray. 'rom "The House that Jack Built," and J0hbery of J tention after they had fought their way to safety through falling and ap Record Year With Dividend a Morris, Miss Many Bloomer, Maurice Morris, Family Reunion on 60th Wedding Anniversary Stevens, Walter Morris, The above group shows members of the Morris {amiiy assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris, Kingston road west, on' Thanksgiving Day, when Mr. and Mrs. Morris celebrated their diamond wedding. Those shown in the picture are: Top Row, left to right-- Mrs. Norman Morris, Mrs. Wm. Woolner, Mrs. Frank Morris, Maurice Morris, Norman Morris, Fred Morris, Frank Morris, Wm. Woolner, Roy Morris, James Bloomer, James Woods; Middle Row-- Mrs. S. Rabert Morris, bride and groom, Miss Hanhah Annis, Mrs, James Bloomer, Mrs. James Woods and daughter Gladys; Bottom Row--Herman Morris, George Bloomer, Clarence Morris, Flossie Morris, Harold Morris, Ruby Robert Morris, Mrs. --Photo by Campbell 200 "OLD CONTEMPTIBLES" TO ATTENL MONS SERVICE London, Nov, 10.--Two hundred of the "Old Contemnptibles" left London today to attend a special commemorative service tomorrow at Mons, Belgium, where the two min- utes' silence will be observed on the earliest British battleground on thc outksirts of the town. Belgian bug- lers will sound the "Last Post" at the Armistice Day service at Mons, On Saturday the British soldiers will lay wreaths on the tomb of Bel- gium's Unknown Soldier, On Sunday a drumhead service will be held at Mons. ST. LOUIS YOUTH HELD FOR MURDER Alleged That He Killed His Grandmother For Money St, Louis, - Mo., Nov, 10.---l.eo- nard Cota, 19, of Altoono, Wiscon- sin, was arrested by St, Louis po- lice charged with the murder and his grandmother, Mrs, Elizabeth McKitrick, 73, wealthy re- cluse, who was found strangled to death in her home at Zwingel, lo- wa, last Wednesday. When arrested with another Al- toona, Wis.,, bov, Oota was said to nave heen earrying $27 000 cash, which corresponded to the amount reported missing, from the home of his grandomther after the muraer, Cota's companion, who gave only the flame of "Cremer," was also held by the police, RUSSIAN DIES IN FIRE AT THE PAS Blaze Threatened Business Section of Manitoba Town The Pass, Man., Nov. 10.--One dead, two persons in the hospital and several others suffering minor in- juries is the toll of a fire which de- stroyed a cafe here Tuesday and for a time threatened the husiness sec- tion of this little northern Manitoba town, 'Tuesday afternoon searchers dis- covered the charred remains of a man believed to be a Russian, known only 'as Paul, in the ruins of the '® building. The victim, who was About 65 years old, had been work- ing on the Hudson Bay Railway, and came tor town on Monday morning. He accupied a room over the cafe. Twe men are in the hospital suf- fering from severe burns and injur- ies suffered when they were forced to jump from windows, while sev- erel other men required medical at- burning timbers. fire unknown, The origin of the SEVEN RAILWAY ; CARS ARE DERAILED Regina, Sask., Nov. 10.--Seven cars were derailed but no one was injured when the westbound Cana- diam Pacific Raliway train No. 1, struck a defective switch at Broad- view, Sask., on Monday. One bag- ghge car, three coaches, two sleeping ca» and the dining car left the Statement the speed he judged ! ng. He trie (Continued on Page 11) PREMIERS' PARLEY ADJOURNS, MATTERS STILL UNSOLVED Requests of the Provinces Are Promised Consideration "i By Domigion Forecasts Withdrawal /of Federal Aid te Technical Education Ottawa, Nov. 10.--Without hav- ing, achieved definite results upon any of the prohlems which it had de hated, the Dominion-Provineial con- ference raached the cnd of its agen da paper early this evening and ad- jonrned. Importart subjects occupied it for the last day of its deliberations Thel include old age pensions, Fed- eral aid to education and road build ing, the control of water power sites and the Alberta and Nova Scotia nal problems. The Federal Govern- ment, furthermore, communicated through Hon. Mr. Robb its attitude upon the agitation whieh the prov- inces had waged for increased subsi dies. Upon none of the matters which were brought up, however, did any- thing tangibe materialize. The most which the provinces gained on any noint was promise of [Federal con- :ideration, This represented the sum total of their three day battle for larger subsidies after Hon. Mr, Robb had made his pronouncement 't also represented their. attitude nnon the question of old age pen- sions. Upon the power control issue, the Federal Government's attitude a- gain consisted in an inclination to consider the provincial viewpoint, which in this case was that a sub- mission of the whole matter should be made to the courts for deter- mination, With regard to Alberta coal the tendenéy of the Dominion Ministers was to divert attention 'rom the immediate problem by em ~hasizing the encouragement which they were giving to substitute fue hy the establishment of coking plants. One interesting development loomed upon the horizon during the day. namely, the withdrawal of the Federal Government from the field of technical edmecation. Up to the nresent. time the Dominion Govern- ment has contributed to the support of this work, recognizing its im- ~ortance to the country's industry. When the matter came up for dis- cussion today,, however, indieations were pot wanting that Federal au- thorities intend to withdraw thair aid from this field, just as they have previously done from that of road building and agricultural edu- cation. So far as. Ontario is con- cerned, such a change of poliey will cost the provineial treasury some $400,000 to $500,000 per year, FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE Osio, Nov. 10,--General Umberto Nobile, the Italian ,airship construc- tor, is planning a new airship flight to the North Pole. The airship at present' is under construction in Italy. It is a sister to the Norge, and will be named the Italia. He hopes to start the flight in April, returning Aradis. The chef was slightly seald- # at the end of thé summer, GARAGEMAN IS SHOT RESISTING BANDITS Windsor, Nov. 10.--S8tillman Bar- ton, proprietor of a service station at Wyandotte Street and Welling- ton avenue, Windsor, was shot hy two armed bandits tonight when he resisted their efforts to carry off his day's takings, # The armed thugs stopped at Bar 1on's service station near midnight for a supply of gasoline. While Bar ton was accompanying with thelr order, one of the men pushed the gun in his bak, ordering him to "throw" his hands wp: Instead of db- Ing" 'so, Barton wrestled with tne thugs and ip the struggle the gun was d'schared, the bullet entering Barton's left knee. The two bana- its .made their escape in a car, WARM IN GREENLAND Mountain Observatory, Kangend- lugssdak, South Greenland, Nov. 10. --While New York City reports snow and freezing weather, our expedi- tion, tucked away among '"Green- land's icy mountains," has been en- joying comparatively warm weather. For the past five days the thermo- meter has stood near 40 above zero, Fahrenheit, BIRTHDAY PARDONS Berlin, Nov, 10.--More than 5,000 sentences have been remitted or re- duced in the State of Prussia as a result of Hindenhure"s eighth birth- day pardon policy. The Prussian of- fielal press service 'states that this is only the 'beginning, and the com- plete list of cases hefore the Pardon- the first of the year, Bonus on Unprecedented Earnings Ben- efit Shareholders -- Total Year's Payments on Issue $136,650,000 -- Regular Dividend for Quarter Rep- resents Aggregate of $21,- 750,000 New York, Nov. 10.--Gengral Motors Corporation today capped a ven of unprecendented earnings with a record-breaking disbursement .0 s.areholders by declaring a regu- lar quarterly dividend of $1.25 a share and a cash extra of $2.50 on the common stock, bringing the year's total payments on that issue to #136 650,000. Rezular dividends on the six and seven per eent. pre- ferred stocks increased the vear's dividends on all outstanding shares to ©145,894,000. On the 17,400,000 shares of com- men stock outstanding, the regular dividend for the quarter represents an acgre~ate of $21,750,000 and the extra amounts to double that figure, making a total of $65.250,000. Three ~egular dividends of $2 and one ex- tra of like amount in the three pre- ceding quarters amounted to $71, 400.000 on the 8,700,000 shares then outstanding. Today's disbursements of $1.25 a share. placing the stock on a $5 an- nual basis, is equal to $10 a share on the old common before the 100 per cent, stock dividend, authorized in Sentember. Predictions had been aeneral that the $5 basis would be adopted, and the $2.50 extra was not unexpected, NIAGARA FALLS MOTORIST SUSTAINS FRACTURED SKULL Niaeara Falls, Ont,, Nov. Lapa i rd Phelps, this city, is in a eritica ain the Dunnville Hospita® as a result of an automobile accident. He has a fractured skull and con- cussion of the brain. Phelps was in a car driven by Alexander Brown, this city, and the latter claims he was blinded by the headlights of an approaching car and swerved into @ diteh beside the railway crossing near Dunnville, Brown and the other oceupant, Wilbert Reise, sustained cuts and bruises, SEVEN.FOOT GOLDEN EAGL® PAYS PENALTY FOR CRIMES 9. --Andrew Ingles North Orillia, Nov, of the Second Commission, Orillia, brought into town a ver) fine golden eagle which he had shot on his farm, With wings ex- tended the bird measured seven feet from tip to tip. It is believed thi: earle was responsible for the mys terious disappearance of = several young lambs early in the season as well as much choice pouiry on Stock "TORONTO" AND "DANGER" SIGNS POINT SAME WAY (By Staff R ) Cobourg, Nov. 10--~Twe signs on ¥ YOUTH GUILTY OF SERIOUS OFFENCE Edward Pane Will Probably. Suspended Sentence (By Staff Reporter) Cobourg, Nov. 10--Edward Pane, 16-year-old Durham county boy, cha:ged with attempting to 'commit, and with committing a serious of- fense against an eleven.year-old girl. was found guilty by a jury to- lay on the lesser count. The case which was tried before Hon Mr, Jus. tice Wright was held in camera. R. V. Sinclair, K.C, of Ottawa, was counsel for the Crown, while F. M Field, K.C., Cobourg, was de- fense counsel, Each counsel challenged one prospective juror hefore the panel was filled, It is likely that the convicted youth, who appeared in court today Jin. short. tro! will be. sentenced tomorfow, fol Eg the trial of Pe. ter Seymond, Oshawa who is charg- ed with manslaughter It is expected that Mr. Field, the lad"s attorney, will make a strong appeal to the bench that the boy be released on suspended sentence. The jury which tried the accused vas composed of E. E Patterson, Clarke; Albert Adams, Haldimand; Harry Allen. Percy; I. N, Nattrass, Milbrook; George Wilbur, Darling- on; Henry Beckett, Hope; James Dixen, Hope; W H, Trewin, Dar- ington; Gordon Van Camp, Darling. on; Chauncey Waite, Haldimand: Zharles R. Ough, Port Hope, and Tohn Aird. Haldimand. The verdict was brought in at 2 2'elock RHODES IMPROVING New York, Nov. 10.--Premier I N. Rhodes of Nova Scotia told a re)- 'esentative of The Canadian Pie: oday that he was getting along 'first rate," following a minor 0) - An Investment in Fair- view Park No.2 Doesn't Mean Paying Out a Lot of Cash-- But it does mean taking in a Lot of Cash Profit in the not-very-dis- tant future. ; BEAL ESTATE ing Board will not be finished before | Eagles are very rarely seen in Or | ration performed at St. Vincent's illia Township. Hospital on Tuesday. tA Ma ---- " i TR 5 ' » FE w= Be Sentenced Today--To Ask = nd Bonus J Declare $1.25 Quarterly Dividend, Also a $2.50 mt tssssresmtdihoslmmeetesstletbotba ens ------------------------------ DE I ET EN 5 5 A AN i is VEE ie RN OR