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} f [| « 3--NO. 27 "Be ree Smit a ~ ' \ ea ' 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928 10 Cents a a Baily Times Explosion in Furnace Hurls Olive Ave. Man Through Window Death List Remains at 8, Welland Canal Crash House Badly Damaged From Blast; Two Men Held For Investigation FORMER SPEAKER OF BRITISH HOUSE IS MARRIED TODAY {Cable Service to The Times by Canadian 08) London, Aug. 2--Former speaker of the House, J. H, Whitley, surpris- ed Londoners by announcing early this morning that he would be mar- ed at Old Chelsea Church to Miss elen Clarke, daughter of J, A, ke, of Hunstanton, The mar- riage took place at 11 o'clock in the presence of a few intimate friends and both families, the bride has been a friend of the Whitley family for many years, FUNERAL OF MRS. FIELDING FRIDAY Died Last Night in Ottawa-- Widow of Former Finance Minister (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Aug, 2,--The funeral of Mrs, Hester Fielding, who died last night will be held in Ottawa tomor- vow afternoon, it was announced at noon today, She is the widow the Rt, Hop, W, 8, Fielding, for~ er Canadian Minister ot Finance, Interment will take place in Beech. . wood Cemetery here, Ottawa, Aug, 1,~Mrs, Hester Fielding, wife of Right Hon, W, 8, Fielding, former Canadian Minis. ter of Finance, one of the Capital's most distinguished women in social and philanthropic circles, died at the family residence tonight, She had been failing in health for near- ly four years, and had been almost entirely confined to her home throughout that period, The not- ed lady was soon to have celebrat- ed her eightieth birthday, Since Mr, Fielding first came to Ottawa as Finance Minister in the Laurier Government of 1896 Mrs, Fielding had been closely identified with the social lite of this city, Throughout the long and outstand- ing career of her husband Mrs, Fielding proved a real helpmate in |} the arduous duties which they were both called upon to meet in public life, She accompanied Mr, Fielding on several trips to Great Britain for Governmental purpos- es, and on one of these visits she was received at the court of King Edward VII, VANCOUVER EXPORTS 80,254,688 BUSHELS IN 1927.28 SEASON (By Canadian Press) Vancouver, Aug. 2--Vancouyer's 1927-28 grain season came to an end at midnight Tuesday when total ex- ports reached 80,254,688 bushels, $615,000 DONATED TO Ni , 2--Commander Richards E. Byrd, has added a staunch vessel with 800 tons carry- capacity to the equipment for 18 South Pole dash, The new boat Chelsea, cost the $34,000. Contributions to * Norman Stein, Tenant, Was Just About to Leave When Explosion Occur. red -- Cause is Mystery But is Being Probed By Fire and Police Officials MAN RECEIVES SEVERE INJURIES Can Containing Oily Mater. ial Found Near Furnace-- House Thrown Out of Line and Verandah Tilted = Contents Damaged Considerably In an explosion at 255 Olive avenue shortly before three o'clock this afternoon, Norman Stein, who was blown out the front window, sus- tained quite severe injuries, and the house suffered considerable damage, A fire that threatened serious pro- portions, followed the blast, Stein, who is the tenant of the house, was the enly occupant of the building at the time, He claims that he was just about to leave by the front door when the explosion oc» curred, but he was blown out of the west front window of the house, sus- taining injuries from glass cuts and burns about the face, e explosion wrenched the house out of line, tilted the front verandah at a dangerous angle ,and made the structure appar- ently temporarily unsafe, As The Times s to press, local police and fire department officials are probing the cause of the explo- sion, which is cloaked in mystery, It apparently originated in the fur- nace which was blown completely apart, An odor of oil permeates the cellar and Fire Chief Elliott advances the theory that gasoline or turpentine caused the damage. A can that had contained an oily material was found beside the furnace, and a glass bottle with one side out of it, was found among the ruins 'and in close proxi- mity to the base of the furnace. A fire which spread rapidly fol- lowed, and a considerable quantity of water, from one line of hose, had to be paved on the building to ex- tinguish it, The contents of the ouse were greatly damaged. Mrs, F, Kobernick, Ritson road south, is the owner of the building, which is 8 single story, brick veneer struc- ture, Stein says that two men left the building a few minutes before the mishap. Their names were given to local police, who apprehended them and took them, together with Stein, to the police station this afternoon for questioning. HUGE EXTENSION OF STEEL COMPANY Hamilton, Aug, 1.--~Expenditure of from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 in the extension of the Steel Com- pany of Canada is announced in a letter forwarded to shareholders todey, With the additions the Hamilton firm will be one of the largest of its kind on the contin- ent, The old open hearth will be dis- mantled and the new unit will make inereased production possi- ble and will increase efficiency, The plans have been under con- sideration for two years, and the improvements are mecessary, it is stated, to provide a better balance between steel production and fin- of | ishing capacity, The present 14 and 10 inch rolling mills will be replae- ed with a modern combination 10- inch and 12-inch train, and this will provide greater capacity and reduce costs. It will be necessary to abandon present mills and equipment. ion Decided on as to Train-Plane Service ------ Associated Press) (By New York, N.Y. Aug. 12.--The New York Central Railway Lines The announcement said that the railroad system had been approach- ed by air transport companies de- sirous of interesting it in the co- ordinated service, and that these companies have been advised that it called upon to do so, the rail- road would make reservations for passengers wishing to make a part WHARTON IS GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY Former Congressman Con- victed of Conspiracy in Mail Robbery BY FEDERAL COURT Alleged Ring Leader Also Found Guilty on Similar Charge Chicago, Ills, Aug. 2.--Charles 8. Wharton, former congressman and former Assistant States Attor- ney, was found guilty b) ederal Jury of conspiracy today" con- nection with the $133,000 Grand Trunk mail robbery at Evergreen Park last February. Charles "Limpy" Cleaver co-defendant and accused ring leader of the robber band was found guilty of con. spiracy and six other charges, HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE CAUSING A LOSS OF $10,000 (By Canadian Press) Port Colborne, Ont, Aug, 2.-- Fire which for a time threatened the entire block, completely de' stroyed. the store and house of A, Trevision at the cormer of Fare and Louis streets on the east side of the town this morfiing, The loss is estimated at $10,000, FIRPO TO RE-ENTER SQUARED CIRCLE (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Buenos Aires, Aug, 2, -- Luis Angel Firpo, the bull of the pam- pas," now a prosperous automo- bile dealer of Buenos Aires, ex- pects to return to the squared circle in a few months to seek the heavyweight boxing crown and the Tunney-Muldoon trophy for Ar- gentisa, He told the Associated Press today that he had been in- dulging in light training for sey- eral weeks, preparatory to a come- back effort, BOY DROWNED NEAR THOROLD (By Canadian Press) Thorold, Ont., Aug, 2." -- Mike Rogozynski, 13 was drowned in the Power canal at the Domin'on Power and Transmission Com- pany plant above Decow Falls yes terday while bathing. Other lade were present but were unable to give any assistance, RETIRING ARCHBISHOP WINS FINAL VICTORY London, Aug. 1.--The Arch- bishop of Canterbury today, mak- ing bis last appearance in the House. of Lords as Primate of the Church of England before his im- pending retirement, secured the defeat of a bill which the Church had opposed but which had slipped through the Commons and reached Js third reading in the upper use. The bill would have amended the marriage laws to permit mar- riage between uncles and aunts and their nephews and nieces. In the past few years' many ineffectual attempts had been made to pass such a measure, and recently it was put through the House of Commons late one night, subsequently pass- ing on two readings in the Lords, where the divisions, however, were Te a, the y, on ground that there had been no general demand for the measure, which, he said, 'had been insufficiently discussed, the Archbishop procured its defeat on the third reading by a majority of one, the vote being 26 against and 25 for the bill, which now is dead for this session of Parliament, A-------- FACES SEVENTIETH CHARGE Port Arthur, Aug. 1.--This morning James Tuck made his sey- entieth appearance in Police Court, on a charge of drunkenness, having only just come off "the farm" yes- terday morning when finishing a three months' terme for the same offense. Magistrate O'Brien allow- ed Tuck off on six months' sus- the dust of Port Arthur off of their journey'by rail and by air, pended sentence, on condition he his feet within 24 hours. (Bp Canadian Press) Leo Dion, Sherbrooke, Que., and Alex Wilson, St. Cathar. ines, are the most seriously in- commission to investigate the accident, E, 8, Mattice, chief engineer and manager of the Steel Gates Compan;, places the property damage at $60,000, Canadians Continue to Make Brilliant Showing in Olympic Contests Joe Wright Easily Wins First Heat -- Canadian Girls Run Fourth and Fifth in 800 Metre Event 1,500 Metre Race Goes To Finland WILLIAMS TO ENTER RELAY All Four Canadians Enter- pt, eat, Germany Wins 800 Metre Women's Final (Cable Sepvice to The Times by Canadian Press) Amsterdam, Aug. 2, -- Hary Larva of Finland won the 1,500 metre championship, the first fin- al on today's program at the Ol- ympic games, by 3 yards, from Jules LaDoumegue, of France, Larva"s victory reasserted the su- premacy of the Finns at this dis- tance as this championsip was one of four won by Paave Nurmi in 1024, The second championship of the day went to Germany, Fraul- ein Radke winning the women's 800 metre final, She shattered her own feminine world's record by more than 7 seconds, being timed at 2 minutes, 16 4-6 seconds, Percy Williams, sprinting cham» pion, whose name was never heard outside Canada before the Olym- pic games, "celebrated his double victory, the first. since 1912, by getting a sound night's sleep in preparation for further efforts on the cinder path in the Olympic Sta- dium, "He is sleeping like a baby," P, J. Mulqueen, chief of the Canadian team, told reporters who besieged the 19-year-old Vancouver school boy, the hero of the ninth Clym- pic last night, "Don't disturd him, He must run in the re Saturday." That is all Canadas asks of her Olympic star--besides winning the 100 and 200 metre dashes from the pick of the world's sprinters, he must rum on Canada's relay team, It was proposed to drop Wil- liams from the relay team in order to give him a rest, but he modest- ly stuck to his determination te see his task through to a finish. All four Canadians entered jn the Olympic 400 metres run quali- fied in the trials this afternoon, Phil Edwards, Hamilton, won his heat, while "W. A. Wilson, Mont- resl, F, W, MacBeth, Hamilton, snd James Ball, Winnipeg, took second Canada gained greater wres- tling success in the present Olym- pic games than ever before, being awarded four points to the United States five, Final placings give D. P. Stock- |i top, Montreal, second place in the 147-pound class, Stockton having defeated the United States and South Africa champions. James Trifunoy, Regina, carried third place in the 123-pound class, defeating 'an English' competitor. Morris Latcheford, Montreal, took third place in the 158-pound class, defeating English and French champions. > Joe Wright, Jr., of Toronto sar. gonauts, Canada's representative in the Olympic single sculls, had lit- tle difficulty winning his first heat in that event against D. H. F. Gun- terby, Holland's entrant,. today. Wright's time for the 2,000 me- tre course was 7 minutes, 55 see- onds. ; Jobn Schmidt and Paul McDow- | ¢ WHY U. 8. FAILED IN OLYMPIC GAMES (Cable Service to The (Times by Canadian Press ) London, Aug. 2.--Under a full page streamer head- line, "The Secret of the United States Olympic Failures," the Evening Standard today prints the following: "Lavish feeding ,it 1s suggested, has led to the undoing of the TUnitea States team in the Olympis games at Amsterdam where at the start of today's sport they were still with- out a single victory in the » track events," ell, United States, beat the bel- glans, Van Wolchson and Canden Driesche by two tenths in the trial heats for rowing for pair oared shells without a coxswain, Canada's hopes in the 800 metres final for women, Jean Thompson, of Penetang, and Fanny Rosenfeld, Tor onto, finished fourth and fifth res- pectively in the race in which the first six finishers all broke existing records at Olympic stadium today. Frau Radke, of Germany won in two minutes 16 4-5 seconds, : Mikio Oda, Japan, won champion- ship in hop, step and jump with Levi Casey, United States second, The Canadian 400 metre runners made a fine showing in the first and second trials of the event at Olympic ames today and as a result three Canadians will be among the 12 runners in semi-final tomorrow--Phil Edwards, Hamilton, James Ball, Win- nipeg and W. A. Watson, Montreal. wards easily won both his first and second trials. Ball won first and second and Wilson two seconds. F. W. MacBeth was eliminated in second trials, RE Cr Olympic championship in Javelin throwing went to E, H. Lundquist, Sweden, who replaced as champion John Myrra of Finland, STRUCK BY FREIGHT CAR GUELPH MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED (By Press) Guelph, Aug. 2. -- Walking from behind a freight car into the h of a locomotive, George Gal- agher, 29, Guelph, was struck and critically injured in the rail- way yards here today, CAR FALLS INTO RIVER AND OCCUPANTS HUBT Quebec, Aug. =. -- Two sailors bad 2 narrow escape from death today when the automobile i» which they were riding crashed through a bridge and fell into the Portneuf River. One of the oe- cupants suctained a broken leg, while the second one was taken from the water in am exhausted condition. The car, which was the property of a United States tour- ist and had been borrowed with- out his permission. was badly damaged. . WAR AGAINST RUM RUNNERS 1S PROMISED Coastguard Commander Orders All Ships Possible To Stand By FIGHT TO FINISH Says 27 Liquor Laden Boats Waiting For Dash Across River (By Associated Press) Buffalo, Aug. 2--Possibility of open warfare against rum runners in the Niagara river was promised today in announcement by Lieut, Martin W, Rasmussen, district coastguard com- mander, that 27 liquor laden boats - Vessels Searching Area Where Transatlantic Plane Was Forced Down Minnewaska and President Hayes Arve in Vicinity of Plane and Efforts Are Be- ing Made to Locate It -- Calls for Aid Received By Ship FLIGHT WAS LONG DELAYED According to Radio Message from Plane It is in Lati. tude 42 North, Longitude 41 -- Courtney Left the Azores Yesterday (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) were hovering. along the Canad shore near ridgeburg, Ont., wait- ing to dash across the river. "I have ordered all ships that I can spare from other duties to cover the rum carriers "Rasmussen said, "and 1 propose to fight it out with them. Five ships of the coastguard covering boats have anchored on the Ameri- can side, where they will remain day and night. I don't believe the rum fleet can break through." His reports, the Lieutenant said, showed that the rum crafts were armed with cannons, machine guns, rifles and automatic pistols. : NOW SEARCHING FOR THUGS IN MINNESOTA Winnipeg, Aug. 1.+-Search for the five bandits who relieved two Winnipég bank messengers of a pouch containing $25,000, last Monday, had shifted to Minnesota today. Following a ceaseless hunt throughout the southern portion of Manitoba and North Dakota, across the international border, word was received by the authori- ties here that a car carrying a number of men had been seen rae- ing through Litchfield, Minn., to- day at a terrific rate of speed. Armed men have been stationed at vantage points along the highway south of the town and every ef- fort will be made to intercept the car before it can reach thé more densely settled areas around Min- neapolis and St. Paul. Despite this report there was no let-up in the search in Manitoba and North Dakota, While police admitted that the car spotted at Litchfield might be manned by the bandits, they have not abandoned the clue that the fugitives desert- ed the automobile in which they escaped and made their getaway by train. The authorities are vir- tually certain, however, that the hold-up men are now in the Unit- ed States. OTTAWA WILL PROBE CANAL DISASTER Ottawa, Aug. 1.--Major Graham Bell, Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals, stated tonight the Gov- ernment had no responsibility ror the disaster on the Welland Canal, and it entailed no governmental obligation. There was a direct contract be- tween the Government and the steel gate company, and the com- pany must assume all responsibil- ity and obligation, and he believed it would, To protect the Government an inquiry will be made by the depart- ment and an engineer, Sherwood, of the Department of Railways and Canals, left tonight to investigate the disaster. The Government will also have a representative at the inquest. 4 The disaster will not delay the Somplgtion of the canal, it is stat- The oficial report on the acel- dent sent to the .Railways and Car nals Department was as follows: "Location lower guard gates east chamber Lock No. 6, at 11.45 a. m., Two locomotive cranes, work- ing on top of centre wall were plac- ing end post of the west leaf (gate). One crane over-turned, falling between west leaf and the lock wall. ARGONAUT EIGHT DEFEATS DENMARK (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Sloten, Poland Aug. 2.--The Ar- gonaut eight of Toronto won its heat in the Olympic trials today, defeating Denmark by two lengths. ' Lond Aug. 2.--The lat. est radio advices received by the Portishead Station stated that the Steamship President Hayes was 45 miles from Cap tain Frank' T, Courtney's plane at 1 1o'clock tis morn. ing, Greenwich mean time (6 am, Eastern Standard time), New York, Aug. 2.--The Radio Marine Corporation reported this afternoon that its Chatham, Mass., station, has information that the seamer "President Hayes, was at the position where Captain Frank Courtney's plane landed in mid- ocean and was searching for the plane. ---- (Vis Radio to Associdted Press) 8. 8, Cedric, Aug, 8.~A ra- dio message broadcast to all ships by the 8, 8, Minnetonka stated that the Minnewaska as well as the President Hayes was in the vicinity of latitude 42 north, longitude 41 west, where Capt, Courtney's sea. plane came down, Both ships are understood to be searching for the plane, (By Associated Press) New York, N.Y. Aug. 2.--Ra- dio messages received at London, Halifax and New York this morn- ing established that Capt. Frank Courtney, British aviator, flying from the Azores to Newfoundland, is down 580 miles southeast of Cape Race and is sending out dis- tress signals, The liners Celtic, Cedric and President Hayes are in the vicin- ity and the President Hayes is go- ing to Courtney's assistance. The liner is expected to reach him at 11 a.m, Messages said Courtney and his crew wanted immediate help but were in no immeditae dan- ger. Took off From Azores Horta, Fayal, Azores, Aug, 2.-- Capt. Frank T. Courtney, British aviator, who had been waiting for a favorable opportunity to take-off from the Azores on a transatlantic flight to Canada, hopped off for Newfoundland late yesterday after- noon. The British airman, who made an unsuccessful effort to take-off on July 26, had extremely favor- able weather conditions. There was a bright sunshine and a moderate sea, The wind was fron the north, Capt, Frank T. Courtney, accom- panied by E. B. Hosmer, Montreal banker and backer of the flight, Fred Pierce, mechanic, and E. W. Gilmour, radio operator, left Pisa on June 13 for Lisbon, from which point he started his transatlantic flight on June 28. The captain. who made an unm- successful effort to span the At- antic in 1927, used a Dornier-Wal flying boat. He made the flight to Horta in 11 hours and had no difficulties. For the past month he has 'been waiting a favorable op- portunity to continue the fig and it was not until July 26 that he attempted to take-off. He made re- | Azor: FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN MEXICO AND U.S. IMPROVE (By Associated Press) Washington, D.C., Aug. 2. Strengthening of friendly relations between Mexico and the United States was evidenced today when for the first time in many years Mexican army officers were reguy larly uccredited to the Washington Government as military attaches. SCORE OF LIVES ~ LOST IN FLOODS Central Japan Suffers from Heavy Rains -- Also Landslides . (By Canadian Press). Tokyo, Aug. 2.--More than a score of lives have heen lost in Central Japan which has been flooded as a result of the recent heavy rains. Landslides and the destruction of a number of bridges have dis rupted the railway trafic. Hune dreds of houses were flooded and crops were damaged. Several villages in the vicinity of Tokyo were submerged. 1 STIR IN JAPANESE POLITICAL CIRCLES BY RESIGNATION (Cable Service to The Times by { adian Press) ' Tokyo, Aug. 2--The Vernaculas newspapers in commenting on the resignation of Takejiro Tokonami from the Minseito of the opposition party said that this political develop« ment was likely to have far reache ing consequences. The papers, however, were inclined, to doubt Tokonami's sincerity accuse ing him on being an office hunter despite his manifesto, It was generally believed that the party he declared he intended to found would support Seiyukai or the government party, FIFTEEN MEXICAN INSURGENTS KILLED (By Associated Press) Mexico City, July 2--Despatches from Quereiaro today said that fif= teen insurgents had been killed in a two-hour combat at Pinal De Zamorand, Six soldiers were wound+ ed. A group of kidnappers who res cently captured Joaquin Rodriguez, son of a wealthy Spaniard, and hel him for 10,000 Pesos Ransom, have been rounded up and killed by sols iers, Transatlantic Plane Only Slightly Damaged: (Cable Service to The Times by ; Press Madrid, Aug. 2--Damage to the Spanish transatlantic plane Numan cia which came down off the Por~ tugual Coast yesterday with gasoline pump trouble is said to be slight and the plane may possibly start again to= morrow for the Azores, t + peated attempts to get in the air, but all failed, Finally he decided that the bottom of his plane had become fouled and gave directions to have the machine cleaned. The distance from the Azores to Newfoundland is approximately 1 800 miles. ' Although the North Atlantic has been spanned once fromr east to west--by the German plane Bre men--an east to west flight from the Azores to the North American continent has never been made, ht, | There have been several flights from North America to the es, | Audet Sexe Obregun's Slayer of Terrorist Organization A---------- (By Associated Press) Mexico City, Aug. 2.--Attorney General Cobrea in a statement to- day, asserted that Jose de Leon Toral, assassin. of General Alvaro Obregon. belonged to a organization headed by, Abess Ma- ria Concepcion Ace: de la Lista. individuals who directly or inufs rectly participated in . Obregon's murder belong to a terrorist ors gan headed by mo other than Abbess Mario Concepcion Acevedo de la Lilata, who ig an intelligent The attorney general, who is su-|lead the preliminary judicial examination inte the laying issue his statement: "I amy convinced this group of woman and had been trying to mis- am - = Faspasgsanpeesy ad - a yi 4 ian ell SRE Rp RevasSs 3SEST MNESY