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oe SE - \. =] The aii Daily Times [55] The Oshawa Dai Daily Reformer TARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1928 a Fact Sirs on ble here. aU A, HS A 10 Cents a Week; eck; 2 Cents a Copy. R 6. OF C. DIRECTORS + BRITISH NOTE DESCRIBED AS Immigr BEING GRAVE Objections to the Recent Egyptian Legislation Are Voiced PAPERS COMMENT Britain Believes Authority Weakened in Maintaining Law and Order (By Canadian Press) Cairo, Egypt, March 7.--British objections to recent Egyptian legis- lation felt to weaken authority in flealing with the maintenance of public order and protection of life and property thoughout Egypt are reported to have been expressed in # note handed hy Lord Lloyd, Bri- tish High Commissioner, to Sarwat Pasha, who resigned Sunday as Premier, Local newspapers, describing the | note as "grave" say that it points . out that recent legislation, al- though accepted hy the Egyptian . executive, weakens his authority in maintaining order. In this connec- tion the note is stated to cite as an pxample law forbidding public de- monstrations which the Egyptian Government is in process of re- pealing. LEARNS MOTHER IS DEAD BEFORE BOUT SUF Friedman Loses De- cision, Although People "i Thought: se (By Canadian Press) Toronto, March 7.--In a bril- liantly lighted ring, Sailor Fried- man, Chicago, and George Fifield, Toronto, struggled to the shed and fought through eight rounds of the main event here last night, while five .thousand boxing euthusiasts alternately roared and gasped their approval.. At the end of the fight, victory was awarded the lo- eal boy, although the majority of newspapermen and referee thought Friedman was the winner Friedman smiled sadly, and ran to his dressing room. He dressed burriedly and Jeft the Coliseum amid plaudits of every man in the building. Just before the fight started he was notified tbat his mother had died in Chicago yester- day, but like Leon Cavallo's immor- tal Pagliacei, he "smiled though his heart was broken." STRIKERS DEFER STAGING WALKOUT New York's Riding Millions Become Temporarily Hopeful (By Associated Press) New York, March 7.--The cloud which had been hovering over New York City's riding mulions for soy- eral days had been temporarily lifted today when postponement until Saturday of the vote by the Union on the question of a strike. The executive committee of the Amalgamated Association of Strept and Electric Railway Employees said the postponement was taken at the request of Mayor Walker. TO DEVOTE FORTUNE OF $8000,000 TO CULTURAL PROJECTS (By Canadian Press) Barcelona, March 7.--Francesco Cambo, who retired fromr the poii- tical field with the advent of Pre- mier Primo De Rivero, has deecid- ed to devote his fortune, estimated at more than $8.000,000, to Cata- lonian cultural projects. WIFE-BEATER IS IMPRISONED AND WiLL GET TEN LASHES Chatham, March 6--Two months in jail and ten lashes was the pun- ishment meted out to Harry Salis- bury of Chatham Township by Ma- gistratc Amold in the Police Court toGay. Salisbury was gonvieted of a charge of assaulting his wife, and of dligally consuming liquor. He will also serve 2 month on the Jiguor charge. Imposing seatence, Magistrate Arnold said: "Any man who goes home drunk and beats his wife deserves all of that." '| seHing- Bibles | BELIEVE SOLUTION NEAR OF MISSING COLLEGE STUDENT (By Canadian Press) Northampton, Mass,, March 7,-- With the arrest of Michael Buinie- kas last night, police believe that they might be nearing a solution of the mystery of the disappear- ance of Miss Frances St, Joun Smith. DBuinickas removed a de- coy parcel from the post box fol- lowing receipt by police of a fifty- thousand-dollar ransom offer, OPPOSE BILL TO LICENSE PEDLARS Transient Trade Delegates Appear Before Legislative Committee (By Canadian Press) ' Toronto, Mar, 7. -- Contending that the bill is unfair and diserim- inatory, representatives of the Transient Traders and of several manufacturing companies appear- ed before the Ontario Legislature's municipal law committee today to oppose the projected bill licensing hawkers and pedlars, Hon. Wil- llam Finlayson, Chairman, sug- gested that companies pay one tax to the municipality and a small regulatory tax on each sales- man and this met with a tacit agreement of ig) of | aluminum, brush, gorges, roa Ba chine and bread interests, 1] committee decided that salesmen .and "high class" educational works should be ex- empted from the tax, after it was pointed out that no exemption had heen provided, TRIPLETS BORN TO 17 YEAR OLD MOTHER; 2 JOINED TOGETHER (By Canadian Press) La Paz, Bolivia, March 7.--A seventeen-year-old mother gave birth to girl triplets here, two of them being joined together. The parents have giyen them one name --*Mary." CORK INDUSTRY | IN ation Consultant Acts on Decision Circuit Court on Border Rule TH. Goldsmith Se Serves Notice on Secretary of Labor De- siring Admittance Daily of 6 Aliens at Detroit and 5 at Niagara Falls SAYS COURT ANNULLED RULE Asserts Law Refusing Com- muters Daily Entrance Non-existent -- Border Restrictions' Controversy Still Goes On (By Associated Press) New York, March 7.--Following the decision of the United Statts Circuit Court declaring the border restriction rule for commuters to be illegal, H. Goldsmith, consult- ant in immigration matters, today served notice on Secretary of La- bor James Davis at Washington, that he desired immediate admit- tance for daily commuting of six aliens previously denied eatrance in Detroit and five aliens similarly refused at Niagara I'alls, in ac- cordance with the opinion and or- der of the court, Commenting up- on a press dispatch quoting assist- ant secretary of labor as stating that the department would not change its ruling until the Supreme Court had passed upon the 'jues- tion, Mr. Goldsmith stated that it made no difference whether the department changed the rul> or t, a8 only a court of final juris p had annnjed it und thet therefore the rule was neu-exist- ant, OR, JOHN MACLEAN DIES IN WINNIPEG Pioneer Missionary and His- torian Succumbs to Attack of Influenza (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Mar. 7. -- Rev. Dr. John Maclean, historian and pi- oneer missionary of Western Canada, died here today following an attack of influenza. Dr. MacLean, who was 77, for SPAIN HARD HIT BY REDUCED DEMAND | (By Canadian Press) Madrid, Spain, March supplying two thirds of the world's supply of corks, the Spanish cork industry finds itself in straighten- ed circumstances due to the great- ly reduced demand. NOW HOPEFUL OVER BISHOP'S CONDITION London, Mar. 7. -- Following a satisfactory night and slight im- provement today, physicians at- tending Right Rev. M. F. Fallon, Bishop of London, who is ill with pleuro-pneumonia at St. Joseph's Hospital, were very hopeful re- garding his condition. LIQUOR LAW OFFENSES DECLINE IN HAMILTON Hanilton, Mareh 6.--While 8,- 806 cases were prosecuted by Ham- ilton police during 1927, an in- crease of 2,030, there was a de- cided decrease in the number of liguor cases handled. Chief Con- stable Coulter reported today. Lig- uor charges totalled 454, a de- crease of 86. Highway trafic laws and civic by-law offences accoun- ted for the increase in police court work. PLEA THAT FAMILY IS JILL BRINGS LENIENT SENTENCE Detroit, March 6--The plea that his wife and two children were se- riously ill in Windsor won W. R. Waterman, a Windsor fur dealer, his freedom with 2a $100 fine, fol- lowing his conviction in Federal Court on a charge of attempting to smuggle two fur coats into the United States. The sentence was imposed by Judge Tuttle. Water- man sald the coats were the prop- erty of a customer in Toledo, who had demanded some alterations. WEATHER Light suow today followed by strong monthwest winds and colder tomight. Thursday --Northerly winds, fair and much colder. more than fifty years had been , prominently connected with the | activities of the Methodist Church in Canada. PROBE STARTS TODAY 7.--After | OF COAL SITUATION Washington, March 6.--The in- terstate Commerce Committee of the Senate will begin tomorrow an investigation of conditions in the central bituminous coal district. John L. Lewis, president of the will be the first witness. He has voluntarily. United Mine Workers of America, ! pot been subpoenaed, but comes CONSIDERING BETTER FIRE PROTECTION Port Hope Public Bodies Going Into Situation--More Insurance INSPECT NEW PUMPER Council is Pleased With the Apparatus--Arrange for Pupils' Return (By Canadian Press) Port Hope, Ont., Mar, 7,--There are many things happening now since Trinity College school - fire, and public bodies in Port Hope have taken stock of things needed in town. At a meeting of the Pub- lic School Board last night the | question of insurance on the schools in town was up for serious consideration, and as a result the Board decided that more insurance should be taken out immediately, another tangible result of the fire was the appearance in town today of a brand new fire truck sent here hy an enterprising firm of makers. The demonstrator has been sold to the East York Council but the salesmen are endeavoring to sell one like .it to the local town council. It is a pump and this af. ternoon it was driven to Trinity College school and a demonstra- tion was made showing how a pump like this could have been operated on Saturday, Later an- other demonstration was given in the downtown section. The people of Port Hope are demanding bet- ter fire protection and from what could be heard today the members of the Council were more than pleased with the gpparatus shown. Although representatives from the Fire Marshall's Department visited the scene of the fire yesterday it is now likely that an investigation will be further taken part in as it is the general impression that the fire started from an overheated stove in the skating rink. Dr. Orchard has made all ar- DUNGAN AGAIN UNDER ARREST Free of Murder Charge But Faces Another Court Case (By Canadian Press) Brantford, Mar. 7. -- George Duncan, held in jail since Sep. tember last year until last. night, when he was freed from a charge of murdering his wife, was ar- rested again early today on be- half of D. Mogke, who charges Duncan with threatening to kill him. Duncan was released from this charge, but was re-arrested again when police made a special trip from Kitchener to get him, BOY MURDERER 10 PLEAD GUILTY Fifteen-Year-Old Ohio Boy Killed Mother and Shot Two Others (By Associated Press) St. Clairesville, Ohio, Mar, 7.-- Andy Dyken, the fifteen-year-old boy who killed his mother and shot his father and a farm hand because his parents reprimanded him for not attending school, will plead guilty tomorrow to second degree murder. The maximum sentence possible is life imprisonment, The boy's attorney sald the prose- cutor had agreed to accept the plea. rangements for the housing of the boys on their return to school and a central eating place has been secured at the town hall where the school staff of cooks, etc., will carry just as they did in heold building. The classes will he held in thre different places and the boys will gather at the town hall for their meals. Dr. Or? chard was in consultation all day yesterday with the architects and today is in Toronto in connection with school affairs. ALBERTA COAL COMING? 6.---Negotiations with the railway companies are well advanced, it is understood, for the establishment of a three- year test rate on the movement of Albert coal to Central Canada. Ap official announcement in the mat- {ter is likely within the pext few days. Pending the official an- nouncement, details will not be available, but, according to reports, the scheme will probably be on the i basis of a three-year test rate of $6.75 per ton established by Or- | der-in-Council. Ottawa, March Hambly Bros. Are Doubling Capacity of Ice Plant Will Be Able to Provide 42 Hambly Brothers are doubling the capacity of their present fce- manufacturing plant, they an- nounced this morning to The Times. When the new plant jis completed, probably June 1, this firm will be able to provide about 42 tons of ice per day to Oshawa householders. _ The {increased equipment to be added to the present plant will include a 15-ton tank for making the ice supply, date this new tank the building housing the manufacturing unit will be doubled in size. The ad- dition will be built on the merth of the present unit of the same height, and will be one storey. The building now used for manu- facturing purposes is 10 x 20 feet. Other improvements will in- clude making both the present | building and the addition reason- {ably fireproof. The cousiruction and to accommo- | no wis entirely frame; but both the old and new sections will be stuccoed outside and plastered inside to reduce considerably the fire hazard. Although the haz- ard is not considered great in an fice manufacturing plant, it is the aim of Hambly Brothers to take all practical precautions, When the new machinery is in- stalled, it will be possible to make 24 tons of ice per day. The storage facilities, however, are ex- tensive and, if manufacturing fis continued on Sunday, with the storing of supplies in slack per- fods, 42 tons can be delivered evs ery day in the week. It is mot considered necessary by the man- agement 10 enlarge their storage facilities, as the (is quite large enough to* | the estimated husiness | while. This developinbbt of the artificial fee mcens, which it is confidently expected will be erected by Hambly Brothers. If the arena proposition definitely becomes effective, the ammonia freezing solution could be piped from the ice plant to the proposed arena site without difficulty, and the increased accommodation for making ice will make this much CU » Britain Prepares To Protects Irak Territory Threatened by Sultan Despatch States K King of Hed- jaz Makes Declaration of War Against Mandated British District of Irak and Trans-Jordania RELUCTANT TO BELIEVE REPORT Reports Rumored That 30, 000 Fanatics Are Ready to Carry Out Orders of Chief--Information as Yet Not Confirmed (Cable Service To The Times By , Canadian Press) London, Mar. 7.--Possibility that Ibn Saud, King of Hedjaz and Sultan of Hedj, would attack the borders of Iraq and Trans-jordania mandated British territory, was met with active preparations by Great Britain. jbn Saud, who was reported in an Exchange Telegraph Despatch from Jerusalem to have made for- mal declaration of hostilities against the mandated district, was | estimated to be able to place thirty thousand fighting fanatics in the field. There was no counfidmation of the Jerusalem despatch at Basra, which fis the chief news source of the region. Basra, however, gets little reli- able information in Ibn Saud's des- ert realm except that which is ob- taned by aeroplane scouts. There was reluctance in London to believe that Ibn has voluntarily avowed himself an active enemy of the countries under British pro- tection. it was held that if he was ac- tively supporting raiding iribes- men it was because he felt that to remain aloft would cause his De- mipion to be threatened by power- ful tribes over some of which his control is loose. Nominations Are Being Mailed to All Memboss Elections Close Monday Committee Exercises Great Care in the Selection of Names -- Fifteen Are to Be Elected Members Un- der Secret Ballot NAMES BEING PUT ON BALLOTS 7 o'Clock on Monday Even: ing, March 12, Will See Votes All in and These Will Be Counted Immed- iately Forty-five representative busi- ness and commercial men of this city were chosen today by the nomi- nating committee of the Chamber of Commerce as suitable to act as Directors of the new organization, Eighteen of the ninteen member: of the nominating committee were present at the luncheon in Welsh's parlors, together with W. J, Whalon, organizer, and after con- siderable discussion these 45 men were chosen. Fifteen of these forty- five will be elected by secret baliot, as the directors of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce for 1928 and 1929, Mr. C, E. McTavish, Chairman of the Nominating Committee in giv- ing out the names of the nominees stated that the committee had given very careful consideration io the selection, with the idea of not only securing the strongest pos- sible board but also getting one that would represent all elements in the community, To expedite matters the names are heing placed on a ballot and mailed to all the members today. The committee has assumed that anyone joining the Chamber will be glad to serve on the Board, therefore time has not been taken ask each one of the nominees, The elections will close at seven o'clock on Monday evening, March 12 and the votes will be counted immediately by the scrutineers to be appointed by the Executive Com- mittee, It is expected that the counting will be done in Welsh's Parlors so that _as many, of the members as desire may he present. George H. Alchin, Generator & Starter Company; Ewart Alger, The Alger Press; A. R. Alloway, Oshawa Daily Tinics ; Roy Beaton, Grocer; A. W. Bell, Traffic Manager, General Motors of Canada; Peter Blackburn, City Treasurer; H. A. Brown, Gen- eral Manager, General Motors of Canada; John J. Burns, Joots & Shoes; J. J. Callaghan, Supt. Osh- awa Street Railway; 1. B. Carlyle, Williams Piano Co.; Gordon D. Con- ant, Barrister; Walter H. Daniels, Foreman, General Motors of Canada; Harry Deyman, National Grocers; Lew V. Disney, Real Estate; Elmer Dixon, Coal & Wood; E. W. Drew, Purchasing Agent, General Motors of Canada; A. J. Graves, Painter; Ico Gray, Tod's Bakery; Geo. Hart, Oshawa Dairy; M. E. Hartley, In- surance; C. N. Henry, Broker; E. C. Hodgins, Manager, Standard Bank of Canada; Morley Jacobi, Moffatt Mo- tor Sales; D. Frank Johnston, Cloth- ier; Arthur Lovell, Druggist; Ernie Marks, Manager, New Martin Thea- tre; F. I. Mason, Pedlar People Ltd. ; R. S. Morphy, Manager, Bank of Montreal; G. W. McLaughlin; Dr. T. W. G. McKay, Physician; C. E. McTavish, Manager, Service & Parts, General Motors of Camada; George Norris, Ontario Malleable Iron Co.; A. E. O'Neil, Principal, Oshawa Col- legiate; Dr. S. J. Phillips, Dentist; W. E£. Phillips," W. E. Phillips Glass Co.; R. D. Preston, Mayor of Osh- awa; R. B. Reed, Florist; Frank J. Reddin, Manager, Central Canada Loan & Savings; H. P. Schell, Rob- son Leather Co.; Robert Stewart, President Canadian Legion; A. G. Storie, Fittings Ltd.; A. V. Swail, Contractor; D. A. J. Swanson, Bar- rister; W. J. Trick, Contractor, J. C. Ward, Dry Goods. PRINCE OF WALES SECOND IN RACE FOR MANNER'S CUP (By Canadian Press) Bicester, Eng., March 7.--The Prince of Wales finished second to Lieut. Colonel John Heywood Lons- dale in the race for the Lord Man- ners' Cup at the point to point meeting today. The Prince got well away from the thirteem other starters, had a five length lead at the third jump and was still leading at the half- way mark. Three fences from he finish, however, his mount, Lady Doone, hesitated and Robin Hood, ridden by Lieut. Heywood-Lonsdale drew away, finishing six lengths in front, SYEAROLD JOHN COWARD GETS 2.3 OF $4,000,000 ESTATE (By Associated Press) New York, Mar. 7.--- Meet John Coward, the third, of Glen Ridge, N.J., aged five. He has just inherited two- thirds of the four-milion dollar estate of his father, Mortimer Coward, shoe mag. nate, BRITISH PLANES READY TO FIGHT AGAINST IBN SAUD Receive Instructions to Be Ready at a Moment's Notice Londen, Mar. 6--British aeroplane squadrons - in India, Palestine and Egypt have received orders to he ready at a moment's notice to rein. force the small contingent of aero- planes and armored cars which are holding the borders of Iraq and Transjordania against the threatened holy war of Ibn Saud, ruler of the fanatic Wahabi Moslems. The sud- den turning of Ibn Saud against the power which has been paying him $300,000 a year to keep the peace in the Arabian desert has precipitated a | crisis which is causing London anx- 1ety, There are now 45 bombing plancs and a dozen Bgitish fighters, in the patrol which safeguards Shabay the Imperial Airway Acrodrome at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the only route from Karachi to India and Aus- tralia. At the same time news reach- ed London that unknown thousands of Wahabis are prepared to descend upon the infidels of Iraq, and word comes from Teheran that negotiations there, which had been proceeding with fair prospects of success, for re- storation of the airway concession in Persia have struck a snag and are likely to be long drawn out and dif- ficult. AGREE TO COMMITTEE TO HANDLE PROBE IN MACHINE GUN PARTS (By Canadian Press) Geneva, March 7.--Both Ruman- ia and Hungary today accepted the proposal of Sir Austin Chamber- lain, British Foreign Minister, that a small committee be appointed with power to call experts to deal with the situation arising fronr the discovery of machine gun parts at St, Gothard. The Former Crown Prince Terms Mussolini as A Real Genius (By Conadian Press) Rome, March 7.--The Naples correspondent of Popolo Di Roma today quotes Former Crown Prince Wilbelm of Germany as saying Premier Mussolini is "a genius who has arisen opportunely in Europe where so many mediocrites are spouting." CN.R. STEAMS Ip LINE REPLACES HANT MARINE Montreal, March Brive about closer association with the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, 1td., Canadian National (West Indies) Steamships, Ltd, and the Canadian National Steamship Company, Ltd, will be effective March 15, be operat- ed under the name, "Canadian Nation al Steamships," it was announced to- day by R. B. Teakle, general man- ager of the C.G.M.M. Authority for this change in the name is contained in Chapter 29, Statutes of Canada, 1927. The (Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Ltd, operates the freight and passenger-carrying ves- sels of that company at present. RUSSIA VALUES TURKEY Geneva, March 6.--The Secre- tary of the League of Nations to- day received from Litvinoff, Soviet delegate to the Geneva Disarma- ment Conference, a telegram saying that no really comprehensive pro- gram of disarmament can be put into effect without the co-operation of Turkey. Therefore, Moscow sug- gests that Turkey at omece be in- vited to participate in a disarma- ment conversation which begins on March 15. The Moscow suggestion will be placed before the League Council tomorrow, and it is pos- | sible the suggestion will be ac- INCIDENT IN GENEVA CON. MAKES CLASH Hungarian and Rumanian Representatives Come to Blows MACHINE GUNS FIGURE Appearance of 2,000 Artils lery in Hungary Causes Discussion (By Canadian Press) Geneva, March 7.--A mysterious St. Gotthard machine gup figure incident involving the appearance of two thousand machine guns in Hungary in contravention of the peace treaty came up in the Coun- cil of the League of Nations today and produced a clash between Gene eral Tanczos,, Hungarian represens tative, and Foreign Minister Titu- lescu of Rumania. The Council appointed a commits tep of three countries, Holland, Chile and Finland to examine the documents and make a report on the case. A passage-at-arms followed the statement made by the Little Ens tente. General Tanczos referred to the relations between Hungary and her neighbors as not 'yet excellent" and said that steps taken by theses neighbors in St. Gotthard incident was not calculated to prove those relations. Titulescu protested that the Lite tie Eentente was acting in the ine erests of the League in the affair, and that the talk of the Hungarian was 'pouring ofl on flames". Tanczos replied that his remarks were the outcome of a mature re- flection, to which Tituleseu replied that this only made the matter more serious, The matter was, after some Als. cussion, left to the special coms mittee. WALDORF CAFE. OPENS TOMORROW New Up-to-the-Minute Res taurant Located on Simcoe | Street North The Waldorf Cafe, & new vens ture in Oshawa, opens tomorrow. This will be one of the most up-to= date cafes in the city. It is situs ated centrally, a few doors above King street, north on Simcoe, Two separate compartments feas ture the new cafe, One is of the grill-room type, separated from the larger dining room, by a bandsome archway, hung with velour curtains. A few private compartments at the back of the main cafe, are also a pleasing fear ture. The cafe is commodious, and is about 27 feet wide, and 60 feet in depth, and has a large pantry and kitchen at the rear. The latest cooking and refrigerating devices will be used, and the cafe is mod- ern in every respect. . Crystal electric light brackets, and clean, gleaming silverware of the best grade, make this Cafe one of the best in Oshawa. It has been designed so that every comfort and convenience of the diner is considered. The dec- orating has been done with taste and skill, as the palms, flowers, me» tallic scroll work ceiling, and the panelled walls give evidence. One of the latest batteryless radio sets will provide the "music with the meals." 'Twenty-six tables are available so that quick and effic- ient serving will be given. In an interview with Mr. Seto Hong, the manager of the cafe said that they would give the ut. most in service and quality, The cafe is operated by Seto Brothers and Company, who also are the owners of the well-known Monico Cafe, Toronto. WINNIPEG PRESBYTERY FAVORS ORDINATION WOMEN MINISTERS Winnipeg, March 7.--Winnipeg Presbytery of the United Church yesterday adopted a resolution in favor of the ordination of women to the mimistry. Division Court is being held in the court room of the city hall to- day, with His Honor Judge Ruddy on the bench. There are a large number of cases, many of them disputed actions The sitting of the court is continuing this after- 4 cepted. noon.