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Che Oshawa B al \ pi 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1928 WILL TRAIN MINERS FOR FARM WORK ada is Friendly to British Scheme COMING TO OTTAWA Lord Lovat Will Visit Aus- tralia and New Zealand for Same Purpose (Cable Survict to The Times by vess) London, July 30--"We have every reason to believe that the Canadian Government is thoroughly friendly to our scheme," declared Lord Lovat, under secretary for the Dominions, today in connection with his depar- ture for Canada next Saturday to confer with the Ottawa authorities on the proposal to train British miners in Britain for farm work in Canada. : : The new training centre will be opened in a few wecks here, Lord Lavat said, and it is acped that some- thing like 20,000 miners and their din: Fo will be ready next spring, Lord Lovat will go frem Canada to Australia aud New Zealand probably with the same scheme in mind with gelation to the Domin'ons in the Antipodes, 17 ARE EXECUTED IN CHINA TO CHECK COMMUNIST PLOTS (By Canadian Press) Canton, China, July 40,--Seven- lesn persons have been executed in ¥ 5 8 ; t 'plot for 'uprising. One hundred forty-nine Communists, including nine girls were arrested, ARMED BANDITS " SECURE $25,000 Five Thugs Hold Up Two Bank Messengers, Grabbing Satchels With Money (By Canadian Press) . Winnipeg, Man, July 30--Five pandits armed with revolvers and sawed off shot guns, held up two messengers of the Canadian Bank of Commerce here today, The robbers escaped in an automobile bearing United States license plates, with two saichels believed to have contained between $25,000 and $30,000, Messengers, Robert Jones and Kenneth Nicholson, were on their way with a supply of currency ror the Provincial Savings Bank on Donald street when they were sud- denly surrounded by bandits, While unmasked, the hold-up men menac~ ed the mesengers with their guns and threatened to "shoot to kill" if they offered resistance, They seized the satches and all four jumped into an automobile and vanished down a side street, The hold-up was staged on one of the city's busiest thoroughfares with hundreds of citizens passing by, but the four men carried off their coup with such speed that eye-witnesses had no chance to sound an alarm, , DROWNINGS AND SUNSTROKES THROUGH HEAT WAVE IN ITALY Rome, July 29.--Further drown- ings and sunstrokes due to Italy's heat wave, were reported from various parts of Italy today. In some villages religious cere- monies and processions were held peempanying prayers for rain, since the prolonged drought has destro ed y crops, \ London, July 30--Newspapers and politicians are discussing with keen interest the pronounced divergence in views of members of the cabinet and other persons prominent in the conservative party on the policy of protection of the British Industries. Whether the divers gence, is heading for a sensa- tiona! split in the party, as anti-gav- ernment papers claim, is yet to be shown, There is no question, how- ever, that ministers ar talking one against the other, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin recently {phatically turned down the appeal of some influential fol- lowers for the extension of guarding" to iron and steel industry. Sir William Joynson . Hicks, home sccretary, in a speech on Saturday advocated the extension and asserted that the question of general pro- tection must be settled between now and the next election, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the same day made a sir'king declaration in favor of the state for tlie Dominions, and other members of the cabinet sup- port Joynson Hicks, Boy Dies of Injuries When Car Turns Turtle RAINS OF CLOUDBURST PROPORTIONS FLOOD KANSAS DRY BELT (By Associated Press) Hayes, Kansas, July 30.--Flood conditions prevailed in compara. tively dry weather belt of western Kansas today following near cloud- bursts in several sections yester- day, Although 300 fanmrilies were forced to flee their homes, no loss of life was reported, GENERAL NOBILE REACHES GERMANY Accompanied By Other Ital ia Survivors--Party Confined to Car (Bp Canadian Press) Berlin, July 80.--General Um- berto Nobile and the survivors of the Italia reached German soil this morning at Warnemuende by the train ferry from Denmark, The curtains of their car were tightly drawn and none of the members of the party showed themselves, COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE CAR AND HIS WIFE WERE PARKED Detroit, July 20,--It's going to be bad if Edward Kahrs, 52 years old Tillsonburg, Ont,, doesn't find his wife parked, according to pol- ice, somewhere in the immediate vienity of Broadway, She has been wating a long time, Kahrs came to Detroit today to secure delivery on a new car, Leaving the sales room he drove to Broadway to buy accessories, Parking his ear and his wife with it, he went shopping. When he had made his purchases he could- n't remember where he left the machine except that it was on "a narrow street with a car track." After a four hour search, during which officers suspect Mrs, Kahrs may have become impatient, Kahrs presented himself 8k sential pre- cinet station and asked police aid, The official dragnet was unfolded and patrolmen went to help Kahrs search, ENGLISH FARM TRAINING PRIZE-WINNERS IN CANADA Quebec, July 29.--George Lay- cock, of Sheffield and J. Blair Stirling, Scotland, 20-year-old win- ners of special prizes offered by E. W, Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, for competition among members of the British Ministry of Labor farm training schools in England, ar- rived in Quebec yesterday on the Canadian Pacific 8. 8, Montcalm enroute to the Strathmore Experi- mental Farm fn Alberta, where they make their homes for the next year, anamaker "M Worth New York, July 29.--Fifteen de- ives guarded officials of John Wanamaker stores when they recoy- * the so-called "mystery jewels" at nearly half a million dol- which were allegedly sold ille- by 2 former servant in the of Capt. Isaac Emerson, of Bal- e. ery of the jewelry, which was to a Fifth Avenue jewelry by Maria Leslie, brought a tem- p end tothe legal battle which he w i bl pieces for : nearly a week. 'gems were recovered on a writ of when the Wanamaker of- became suspicious of ( Jewels' 500,000 Recovered Leslie, who purchased them on the credit of Mrs. Emerson. Conflicting stories and statements clouded the affair, but police said Mrs. Leslie was mentally unsound and had a criminal record in London. The woman is a daughter of the late Edward P. Eastwick, of Phila- delphia, who made a fortune in su- gar deals, authorities said. She now is in a samitarium in necticut. Capt. and Mrs. Emerson are in Eu- rope and letters which Mrs. Leslie produced, purporting to have been written by Mrs. Emersons, were viewed skeptically by officials. Wasnamakers, holding the gems un- der heavy bond. will sue for their ." permanent recovery. Accident Near ,Lindsay Claims One Life While Four Persons Are Injured -- Fred Barnstley Suc. cumbs After Being Admit. ted to Hospital -- William Bools Was Driving Broth. er's Car, Which Has Wir. ing Hidden to Prevent Its Being Taken (By Canadian Press) Lindsay, Ont, July 30--A youthful automobile party ended in disaster on the House of Refuge road last night when the car driven by Roy Bools, aged 14, turned turtle twice, Fatally injuring one boy and injure ing four others, : Fred Barnstley, aged 9, of Lindsay, died in the hospital a few hours af- ter the accident, Teddy Lawson, Jack and Bill Rogers and Bools also 50 INJURED AS NEW YORK TRAINS CRASH as Passenger Hits Stalled Train PEOPLE IN PANIC Seven-Passenger Train Was Heavily Loaded--Fire Fol lows Smash New York, N.Y, July 30-Fifty ersons were injured, three probably atally, when a heavily loaded seven car elevated train crashed into a stalled train of the sixth avenue line at Columbus avenue and 69th street last night. More than, 1,000 passen- gers on the two trains were thrown into a panic. Fire accompanied the collision, 20 ARE KILLED AS BENZINE EXPLODES Factory in Lodz, Poland, the Scene of Heavy Blast-- Many Injured * (By Canadian Press) Berlin, July 30.--Twenty-five persons are reported to have been killed in an explosion of benzine at a chemical factory in Lodz, Poland, Hundreds are said to have been in- jured, Many houses were wreck- ed and windows were shattered for miles around the factory. as ERT NEY TO SPEND that the wiring and other starting apparatus had been hidden to pre- vent its being taken, WILL INVESTIGATE DEATH OF WOMAN Hamilton, July 28,--Mrs, Flor- ence Smith, 74 Alanson Street, a middle-aged woman, died touight in the Mount Hamilton sosjital, and it was intimated that there will be futher developments in con- nection with the case, Coroner Dr, D. G, Mcllwraith ordered an inquest and arranged io have the remains removed to the morgue fiom the General Hospital, William Smith, husband of the deceased, was in police court Friday lust charged with assault- ing his sister-in-law Margaret Clarkson, because she interferéd with a visit to his wile, The charge was dismissed Friday hy Magistrate Jelfs, who held that the woman should have called hospital authorities to enforce the regula- tions regarding visitors, "Is it true that your wife is in the hospital as the result of injur- jes you inflicted?" Crown Attorney Ballard asked during the hearing, "That is not true," said the wit- ness, Smith told the court that on Tuesday he heard his wife was dead and he called relatives who confirmed the report, He went direct to the hospital and was about to go to her ward when the sister-in-law intervened, DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER OPERATION (By Canadian Press) Toronto, July 30, -- Mrs, Agnes Atwood ,aged 19, died in the Hos- pital here today from the effects of an illegal operation, The wom- an vas taken seriously ill this morning and was rnshed to the hospital, but died a few hours af- ter her admittance, Knowing she would not recover, the young woman expressed her de- sire to make an ante-mortem statement in which she declared her husband, Robert, and & man named Harry Lavery, responsible for her condition. Both men were arrested on a charge of per- forming an illegal operation, but with the death of the woman, ft will probably be amended to g more charge. BALDWIN HAS NOT CONSIDERED CHANGES IN THE EPISCOPATE London, Eng, July 29.--It is understood that Premier Baldwin has not yet givem co - eration to the question of changes ir the episcopate, 'following the elevation of Most Rev. Cosmo G. Lang, Archbishop of York, to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. Meanwhile, Dr. Lang will com- tinue asp rimate of the morthere A YEAR ABROAD After Which He Will Take Up Banking or Industrial Business (By Associated Press) New York, N.Y., July 30,--The New York World today says that Gene Tunney, according to one of his closest friends, plans to spend a year abroad studying philosophy, after which he will take up a ca- reer of banking and Industrial business, His philosophic studies, it 1s said, will take him' to such uni- versities as Kings College, London, and perhaps the University of Hei- delberg. He may even enroll in as many as four universities be- fore he returns to this country ana casts his lot in a business venture. WRECK STOPS TORONTO GIRLS FROM SAILING FOR LONDON New York, N.Y. July 29--The train wreck on the New York Cen- tral Railroad near Batavia, N.Y, prevented the Misses M. B. and F, B. Williams, sisters of Toronto, from sailing on the liner Minnetonka for London Saturday. ; The wreck which was without ser- ious results other than delay in traf- fic, held up the passenger train on which Miss F. B. Williams was tra- velling to join her sister in New York. The Minnetonka was held fif- teen minutes, but was away down the harbor 'when they reached the dock, They proceeded to Boston where they expect to take passage on the Cedric now on her way to that port, A bankrupt confessed to squan- dering all his money on flapper friends. That's what I call a miss- spent fortune.--Montreal Star, Amateur Motion Pictures in Full Natural Colors (By Associated Press) Rochester, N.Y, July 30-- Amateur motion pictures re« producing scenes in full nat- ural colors, were s! here for the first time today by George Eastman to a group of scientists and other pubuc men. A new process utilizing three color "light filter" and a new film with minute cy- linderical lenses is the fruit of years of experimentation. 3 CANADIAN GIRLSIN100 METRE FINAL Great Day at Olympics for Canada's Entries--Four Competed MAKE GOOD RECORDS Fanny Rosenfeld Delivers Best Performance, Showing Sensational Form July 30--Three or the girl sprinters qualified for the final of the 100 metres in the semi-finals today. Fanny Rosenfeld of Toronto showed the best performance in winning over Ethel Smith, also of Toronto, in 12 2-5 seconds, Besides these two, yrtle Cook, Toronto, qualified by nmning second to Fanny Robinson of the United States, Jane Bell, Toronto, came up against company too good for her and was eliminated, the winner of her seat being Fraulein Schmidt of Germany, whose time was 12 4-5 seconds. The four Canadian girls raced in four different preliminaries of the women's 100 metres in the Olympic games today and three of them won while the fourth was second, Fanny Rosensfeld and Ethel Smith, of Toronto, showed the hest perfor- mance while running the heats in 12 3-5 seconds, Both were under wraps, Myrtle Cook, Toronto, won her heat in 12 4-5 seconds, but her op- position was not of the calibre as that faced by Misses Rosenfeld and Smith, Jane Bell, Toronto, deserved great credit for running a good second to Miss Hitomi of Japan who was fay- ored for the 100 metre title, BURGLARS GET ONLY THREE RAW EGGS IN VANDERBILT HOME (By Canadian Press) Paris, July 30.--The only loot of the burglars, who broke into the residence of Mrs. William Vander- hilt, where a fortune in jewels was in the wall safe, was three eggs, which they swallowed raw. PREMIER TO INAUGURATE PARIS CANADIAN LEGATION Ottawa, July 29--When the Right Hon. Mackenzie King goes to Paris, as at present expected, to sign the Kellogg peace treaty on behalf of this couriry, the prckebilities are that he vill embrace the opportunity to inaugurate the Canadian Legation in the French capital, The Prime Minister's European visit will take up the better part of six weeks, for in that period he will have a number Amsterdam, four ° of of malters of interaanional impor- |Plaee tance tc attend te. Following the signature of the peace treaty will proceed to Geneva where he will represent Canada on the Council of the League of Natiops, and also at- tead the cessions of the League Assembly, Eight People Accident on Highway Near Burlington, Caused By » Cutin Truck Driver, Who Forces Auto Into Ditch and Then Speeds Away-- Some of Victims Are in a Critical Condition (By Canadien Press) Hemilton, July 30.--Bight peo- ple were seriously finjured this morning when a ecut-in truck driv- er forced an automobile from the roadway into the ditch and them speeded away, while the passenger Seriously Injured in Auto Crash car, swerving back onto the high- way was in collision with another auto coming from the opposite di- rection. The accident occurred at Ingle- wood, two miles east of Burling- ton. Ben Baxter, Toronto, was driving the car, which was ditched, and with him were Mrs. Margaret Sorkin, Hamilton, and her daugh- r. Axter is in a very critical con- dition and Mrs. Soskin is serious- ly ill, while her daughter received painful head lacerations. Charles Beckett, Strathroy, driv- er of the second passenger car, re- ceived fnjuries to his chest and right leg and four other people in bis car all were painfully injured. "10 Conta a Week; 2 Cont » Cop, PERCY WILLIAMS WINS 100 METRE FINAL Members of British Cabinet Divided on Protection Policy (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Canadian School Boy Springs to Fame by Defeating World's Greatest Sprinters at Olympics Youthful Athlete's Sensational Victory Brings a Great Demonstration from All Canadian Athletes at Amster- da m-- Dr, O'Callaghan of Ireland, Wins Olympic Hammer Throwing Contest -- Williams Leaps Across Finishing Line One Yard Ahead of London, British Negro -- Lammers Takes Third Place -- American Runs Fifth Lammers, finish, in either of the semi finals, of the three medals. (Cable Service to The Times By Canadian Press) Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, July 30.--The Canadian school boy from British Columbia, Percy Williams, sprang from obscurity to fame today by beating the world's greatest sprinters in the Olym- pie 100 metres final in 10 4-5 seconds, liant start and successfully withstood the closing drive of London, the British Negro, leaping across the finish line with a sensational swoop to win by a full yard, London was a step ahead of George Williams was off to a bril- There was a dispute about the fifth and sixth places, the judges tentatively placing Legg of South Africa fifth and MeAllister of United States, sixth, pending the development of pictures of the Percy Williams, of Canada, today won the 100 metre Olympic championship, defeating a brilliant field in the dash, Two false starts preceeded the race, The time was slower than Williams' totally unexpected victory astounded foreign experts and the British triumph was the worse sefback the United States has ever received in Olympic sprints since she failed to get any one The second big upset came when Dr, O'Callaghan, of Ireland, won the Olympic hammer throwing champion- ship with a toss of 50.39 metres. Skold of Sweden was second and Americans, Black, Gwinn and Con- nor finished third, fifth and sixth respectively. Bab McCallister of United, States equalled the Olympic record of 10 3-5 seconds in the first heat of the 100 metres final, today closing in a great burst of speed for victory dver P. Williams, of Vancouver, Canada. The American flying cop heat the Canadian by a bare foot. Legg of South Africa was third, The second heat was won by Jack London, Great Britain, in the same record time as McCallister, Second came Lammers, of Germany. Johnny Fitzpatrick, of Hamilton, Canada, was fourth, Lord David Burghley, the famous Cambridge track star, scored Great Britain's first Olympic championship in the 1928 Olympic, capturing the final of the 400 metre hurdles today. The victory of the young English- man over the American pair of Frank J. Cuhel and F. Morgan Tay- lor, who finished second and third, furnished sensational upset. As a result of yesterday's opening day activities, the Canadian Olympic team officials charge Dr. Otto Pelt- zer, German star with elbowing B. Little, of Winnipeg, in heat of 800 metres, in which the Canadian fin- ished second to Peltzer. Williams broke exceptionally fast, sticking his. chest out at the start and not withdrawing it un- til he had won, He gradually surg- ed ahead of his competitors, who could not quite match the gruel. ling pace the young Canadian set. Afterwards Phil Edwards and B. Little, the Canadian 800-metre runners, carried Williams on their shoulders to the dressing room, with the crowd breaking out in ap- plause time and again. In token of the victory Canada's flag was mounted on the Olympic pole at 4.40 p.m., while the band played the "Maple Leaf." To the right of it the Union Jack, celebrat- ing London's second place effort, was raised, while the German flag was raised to the left for Lammers' achievement in capturing third Capadians "in the stands sang "The Maple Leaf" more or less in time with the band, apd if the sopgsters lacked some harmony they lacked nothing im vigor or feeling. It was noted that after the sem sational Canadian victory {in the sprint, the edge seemed taken off the remajnder of the day's pro- gram. Most were content to dis- cuss Wiliams' feat. 'The British in the field and on the stands were jubilant at the Empire carrying off the honors of the dey. Here and there a Scotsman, Englishman and Irishman in company with Austral- fans and South Africans, could be seen arm-in-arme looking for the Canadian to offer congratulations, GET-BIC SCHEME FAILS SATISFY INVESTOR Vancouver, B.C., July' 20.--A -suick Vancouver and marketed in Winnj- peg, was revealed to the police yes- terday, when Hans Nelson, Van- couver, reported at the police sta- don he bad been persuaded three strangers to invest $1,500 fin the scheme. Huge profits were Byomised him, but he has not seen the strangers in three weeks. HAMILTON MAN IS FATALLY CRUSHED BY A MOTOR TRUCK (By Oanadian Press) Hamilton, July 30.--Herbert Am- ridge Hamilton, was fatally crush- ed by a truck driven by Hyde Ren- ouff, this morning, He was rid- ing a bleyele when the accident occurred. SKILLED, 5 HURT TRAIN HITS TAXIS Fatalities Occur in Heavy Traffic at a Level Crossing Saskatoon, Sask, July 29--Three persons were killed * instantly, two died in hospital, and five were in- jured when two taxicabs collided with a Canadian National Railways yard engine at a level crossing here late Saturday night, The dead are, Prof. H. R. Kar- stens, 60, of the Saskatoon Lutheran College; baby June Nelson, three years old, whose grand-parents are members of a troupe of acrobats on the Canadian fairs circuit; Steve Dzuba, farm laborer, Hubbard, Sask. ; Hans Hartig, 16-year-old son of Rey, Thomas Harts, travelling mission- ary for the Manitoba Synod of the Lutheran Church, and one wupiden- tified 'man, thought to be a farmer, The injured are, Adam Hopfinger, driver of one of the taxis; Mrs, Hop- finger, Mrs. H. Nelson, Gilbert Mor- rison, Saskatoon; Charles T, Burns, trainman. All of the killed and injured, save one, Byrns, were riding in the Hop- finger taxi, Burns was injured when thrown from the pilot of the engine, PAYS PENALTY IN CHAIR FOR MURDER OF DOC, G, KELLY (By Associated Press) Bellefonte, Pa., July 30.-- Joseph Kamenisky, 20, confessed slayer of Dr. Gerald Kelly, Jessup, Pa., went to the electric chair this morning at Rockview Penitentiary. Kam- enisky shot the doctor in the .belief that the medical man had amputat- ed his left leg unnecessarily. WEATHER Rates on Fruit, Oranges (By Associated Press) Washington, July 30--A readjustment of freight rates on oranges and grape fruit moving from Florida produce to all Sonsuming Revise Freight rape ing points territory in United States an Canada which involves both increases and reductions was ordered today by interstate Commerce commission effec. tive October 10 next. COCHET WINS DAVIS CUP BEATS TILDEN Takes Three Straight Sets from American Star Today RETAINS HONORS America's Efforts to Defeal France's Best End in Failure - - (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Auteuil, France, July 80.--Am- erica"s campaign to recapture the Davis Cup from the French failed tcday when Henri Cochet defeated William T, Tilden in the deciding match of the series in straight sets by scores of 9-7, 8-6, 6-4. This gave the French three of the four matches played. Big Bill put up a gallant tight against his brilliant little French opponent hut showed effects of o0s- ing the five set doubles maich in which he participated yesterday, Cochet was at his whirlwind best today and gave Big Bill the worst heating he ever received in Davis Cup play. Never before had Pden bok irimmed in straight 8 in a challenge fois 19 ge round for the Realizing his best chance lay In wearing down the American, the canny young player from Lyons kept him on the run constantly, de- ducing sets and stretching them out Interminably. Tilden made a brave attempt to win the second set and seven times needed only one point to gain it and square the match, but each time failed Bs Cochet steadily overhauled him, The third set saw Tilden again bats thing fiercely, This time. in hope of forcing the match to four sets, which would have given him inters mission at the end of the third set, in which to rest. Cochet had other plans, however, and finished him Off before the American could sain the coveted breathing space, There was a tremendous ovation from thousands in the stands as Cochet won the final point for France. Vietory was all the sweets er for athletes of the tri color, as it was won over the best team the Americans could put fn the court, Tilden having been allowed to play at their request, despite Shares ol violation of amateur yer 'write rule play pending against Br -- VISIT mission BASE ELAN : Belfast, Northern LANDS Saar Oscr 25,000 deyotees joined today in the annual pilgrimage to Crongh patrick Mountain, in South Mayo, where St. Patrick is supposed to haye begun lis missionary work. ho iZrimage was on an ecedented scale and those joini out- - bered by thousands pilgrims of previous years. Three Ol Won (Cable Service Amsterdam, July 30.--All three of the championships decided to- day at the'Olympic games went to the British Empire. Fercy Wil- liams of Vancouver, won the 109 by | metres final, Lord England, won the 400 4 Bariler, dies, and Dr. O'Callaghan won for in the hammer throw. The point. totals including yes- ic Championships Today by British to The Times by Canadian Press * e ) terday's events show United States with 55 points, Britain 19 Finland 17, Sweden 16, and Cana- da and Ireland each 140. Phil Edwards, the Bri- tish Guianan, representing analified for the 800 metres fin- al, when he ram second to Lioyd Habu of United States in ope of the three semi-finals, ad