a SUCCEEDING \ | 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1928 PLAN THREE STORY GARAG Joe Wright Beaten in Olympic Trials | PILGRIMAGE TO FLANDERS ON WEEK END 11,000 Ex-Service Men and Families to Attend Ceremonies INCLUDE 3,000 WOMEN Commemorative Service at Ypres Wednesday--Prince to Take Salute, '(Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) London, Aug, 4,--Eleven thous. and ex-service men and their fami- lies, comstituting the greatest pil- grimmage of modern times, are leaving Britain this week-end for battlefields of France and Flan- ders under the auspices of the British Legion, Three thousand women are included in the party. The Prince of Wales will join ' the pilgrims at Bethune on Tues- day and without formality will drive through historic towns of war, On Wednesday a great com- memorative service will be con- ducted at the Menin Gate at Ypres by Most Rev, Cosmo Gorden Lang, Archbishop of York and next Arch- bishop of Canterbury, The Prince will take the salute before the yuined Cloth Hall of Ypres with Prince Charles of Belgium, Mar- shal Foch of France and Admiral Lord Jellicoe attending, v $1,500 JEWELRY ~ ROBBERY AT 300 hieves Enter Store Early This Morning and Make Escape (By Canadian Press) Sault, Ste, Marie, Aug, 4 Thieves edrly this morning enterea the jewelry store of A. J. Jean, Sault Ste, Marie, Mich, and es- caped with $1,600 in jewelry. PRESTON POLICEMEN WILL LEAVE FORCE Preston, Aug, 3.--Preston's new constables, who have been on the force since the second week in Feb yuary have handed in their resig- natons, The resignation. of John Kettles is to take effect on the gifteenth of this month, while the resignation of Daniel Murphy will take effect September 1, "According to information re- ceived a meeting of the Police Commission is to be held on Fri- day next to discuss the matter, It is said that Constable Kettles has given no reasons for his resigna- tion while Constable Murphy will tell of his grievances The Preston Police Commission picked these two constables from 2 long line of applicants, Daniel Murphy, aged 30, hed five years' experience with the Royal Irish Constabulary snd ex- perience in Muskoka and Mont real, P. C. Kettles, aged 28, ser- ved nearly' four years with Ster- ling Scottish constabulary; and saw 8 year and a half active ser- vice with the Black Watch Regi- ment. ANOTHER ROCKET CAR IS WRECKED '(Cable Service to The Times by ; Canadien Press) Hanover, Germany Aug. 4.-- 'Another of Fitz Van Repl's ocket was making its first test on a rail- road track when one of the rock- ets exploded the wrong way and it was wrecked. NEW HOSIERY SHADES shades. These four colors, constitut- ing as they do only the advance pum- bers of the season's line, suggest some interesting forethoughts on coming fashionable shades. There is, first of all, the mavy or midnight blue, intended for navy footwear and costumes. oo For bronze shoes, or harmon with many tones of brown, there 1s |drop Diamond Scull Winner Defeated by Hungarian Three Lengths Margin Observe 14th Anniversary of The Great War (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Brussels, Aug. 4, -- The fourteenth anniversary of the invasion of Belgium by Germany was commemor- ated today by a salvo of 21 shots fired by all garrisons, Bells were rung and staem whistles blown throughout the country, SWARM OF BEES ATTACKS HORSES Exciting Time | Experienced By Farmer and Son Near Lucknow, Lucknow, Aug. 3--Thomas Con- gram, East Wawanosh farmer, and his son, Wilfred had an exciting time when a swarm of bees attacked a et away before any damage was iy but in vain. They became fran- tic with the sting of the angry bees and in a short time become insensible their bodies being literally covered with the swarming insects, Mr. Congram and his son were for- ced to flee from the scene and pro- tect themselves in a pond close by. Veterinary surgeons were summon- ed from Blyth and . Belgrave, who did everything to ease the suffering of the dumb animals, which are in a pitiful condition, their bodies being badly swollen, As if enough trouble had not fal- len already, the Congram house was struck by lightning during an electric storm that swept these parts of Ontario Thursday night. The bolt hit one of the chimneys ,smashing it to pieces, but fortunately did not set fire to the building, LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS YOUNG GIRL Toronto, Aug. 4.--Whil® playing in 2 barn on her father's farm, Dorothy Maude Kennedy, aged 15, years, was instantly killed when struck by lightning at about 4.30 o'clock (standard time) yesterday afternoon, The scene of the fatality was her father's farm, about 1 1-2 miles north of the postoffice at Dixie, The vietim was the daughter of John R. Kennedy, Clerk of Toron- to Township, and a niece of Brig.- Gen, Thomas L, Kennedy, M,P.P, for Peel. At the time of the bolt, Miss Kennedy was on a ladder in the barn. She was accompanied at the time by two other children who were horrified when they saw their playmate fall from the Jad- der, a distance of 15 feet In a fash of lightning. The bolt evidently passed right through the girl. Death was in- stantaneous. But strange to say, no damage to the barn was visible. The girl attended St. Mildred's College in Toronto, She was the | eldest of seven children. Chamberlain Makes Steady Progress London, Aug. 4. -- Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secretary, who is suffering from a mild at- tack of broncho-pneumonia, was stated in a medical bulletin today to be making satisfactory progress. THE FOREIGN BORN (Edmonton Journal) Most foreigners who have come to cast in their fortunes with us have made or are making, a pretty good job of it, and few would be disposed to question their loyalty to their adopted country. Many of them bring qualities of a perseverance even more dogged than Anglo-Saxons can muster up. They have a love of the land, in and for itself, that does not seem particularly to characterize any the British stock. Foreigner today, Canadian tomorrow. - us these recriminations back and the dark shade described as brows | -- Result Proves to Be Startling Upset -- Canadian Teams Win Relay Events, Girls' Team Setting Up a New World's Record WILLIAMS IN FINE CONDITION Hero of Olympiad By Burst of Speed Nips London, the British Sprinter, at the Tape -- Italy Runs Third ~--Finland Adds Another Victory (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Sloten, Holland, Aug. 4.-- Joe Wright, Jr,, of Toronto, Diamond sculls winner, was beaten in a singles trial of the Olympic rowing contests to- day by Straka, Hungarian, The Canadian rower's defeat by three lengths over a 8,000 me- tres course came as a startling upset, Amsterdam, Aug, 4.--(By W. team of horses attached to a load of H, Ingram, Canadian Press Staff hay. The two meu at once unhitchs espondent.) Both _ Cana- ed the horses, thinking. en and women's 400. metre. eams were successful in their Olympic trials today, the girls set- ting up a new world's record in their heat. The finals eof both events will he run tomorrow. Men's team, John Fitzpatrick, Ralph Adams and George Hester, of Hamilton, and Perey Williams, Vancouver, 100 and 200 metre sprint champon, won their trial with Britain second and Italy third, The time was 42 1-5 seconds, The Canadian girls mark was 49 2-5 seconds. The runners in order were, Fan- ny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Flor- ence Ball and Myrtle Cook, all of Toronto, The Am-rican girls equal- led the world's record in trimming the Germans in the second heat in 49 4-5 seconds, Williams by a bufst of speed nipped the British negro J. E. Lon- don, at the tape in the men's trials and gave victory to the Canadian team, Britain was second and Italy third. Finland added another to its list of Olympic running victories today when Tiovo Loukola won the 3,000 metre steeplechase championship] with Paavo Nurmi second, Willie Ritola quit. It was the second beating in two days for Nurmi, who previously had not been defeated in the Olympic finals since 1920. Yesterday Ritola beat him for the 5,000 metre championship, HUSBAND DISCOUNTS STORIES OF CURE BY A FAITH HEALER Woodstock, Aug, 8.--Charles les Schofield of this city today made a statement discounting the stories that his wife had been mir- aculously made to walk for the first time in two years at a re- ong meeting here a few nights "It is true," he said, "that she is much improved, and that yes- terday she walked alone for the frist time, but we have no desire to mislead any one, or to give out false information. Since she had her stroke in April, 1927, she has been able to walk with assistance on several occasions. When she has been feeling well, she has walked leaning on my arm, but only at certain times. It is not true, Low- ever, that she has been in a wheel chair for two years, as we secured the chair only a month ago, so that she could be wheeled out of doors." Mrs. Schofield, however, is still walking without assistance, and has discarded the use of a cane except at occasional interval's, BANK'S MOTIVE IMPUGNED New York, Aug. 3--Suit for an injunction against the F, 1 serve Bank of New York was begun today in the United States District Court of Frank G. Rauhle of Buffalo, N.Y., who seeks to restrain the bank from enforcing rediscount rates. Rauhle claimed the rates are part of propaganda undertaken in spreading false reports of a "money Rauhle charged that yy stortage. these rates were fixed deliberately to restrict the forth. The time can be more profit- ably employed in this new country, credit available for investment, , 'y CASHIER'S WIFE KILLS GIRL, HERSELF AND ATTEMPTS BABE'S LIFE '(By Associated Press) Waco, Texas, Aug. 4.--Walking is cashier, Mrs, B, C. Asworth yes- into the office where her husband terday engaged Miss Charlig Law- son in a brief, low-voiced conver, sation shot her to death, tried to force acid down the throat of her 18-months-old daughter and then dained the fatal contents of the phial, The baby will recover, CAPTAIN DESCRIBES COURTNEY RESCUE Relates How Fliers Were Taken Off Plane in Mid. Atlantic New York, N.Y, Aug. 3--Steaming toward New York with Capt, Court- ney, E. H. Hosmer, of Montreal, and their two companions, of .Capt. Courtney's flying boat aboard, Capt, Frank H. Claret, of the liner Min- newaska, tonight radioed to his com- pany's rescue of Courtney and his companions, In the laconic language of the sea- man's log, the message told how the Minnewaska steamed 341 miles out of her course, searched for hours in a position from which the plane had drifted, after its forced landing, then received from Courtney's radio an amended position, finally discovering the wreck and taking off its crew, "Courtney, companions, myself and ship's company deeply appreciate your kind message," the radio read, "Our small part briefly as follows: "Picked up 5.0.5. 6 Thursday morn. I Raced' 10 position, Instituted search without result until 1 p.m, when amended position of plane was received, Course then altered for new position, which reached 5 p.m, but no plane visible, "Estimated plane drifted to east- ward due to guf stream and western winds, Steered east 18 miles, when plane was observed at a distance of about nine miles to eastward. "Reached plane 6.44 pm. Found riding easily on gentle swells, En- gine room burned out, Wireless bat- tery exhausted, "Sent boat away which returned to ship at 7.09 p.m. with Brace, Tired but cheerful survivors. All well. Im- practical to save plane. Night falling Abandoned with consent of owner, He willing to test its seaworthiness, Our diversion from track totalled 341 miles. Rescue aided by ideal weather conditions and extreme visibility." Plane Caught Fire London, Aug. 3--Fire aboard his plane forced Capt. Frank T. Court- ney down on the Atlantic, he in- formed his wife today in a message sent from the liner Minnewaska, The message read: "Practically everything 0K. had to come down owing to fire, nothing to worry about." Thanks for Rescue London, Aug. 3--A message ex- pressing thanks for their rescue was received this afternoon by the man- aging director of the Atlantic Trans- port Line from Captain Frank T. Courtney, E. B. Hosmer, of Montreal, and their two companions, picked up by the SS. Minnewaska on their un- successful transatlantic flight, The message read: "Deepest thanks for our rescue to your company and regrets for in- conyenience caused." The transport company replied through the Minnewaska's captain, expressing thanks for the message, and congratulating the captain on carrying out the rules of the sea in making the rescue. Made Many Rescues New York, Aug. 3--Captain Frank gases, comands J the Atlantic ransport liner Minnewaska, whic owe up Captain Frank T. Court- ney, E. B. sity and their me- chanic ,from their plane in mid-ocean has a distinguished record in the British Merchant Marine. Although this is his first rescue of aviators, Capt, Claret has many other rescues to his credit, and a number of decorations for bravery. He was master of the transport Minnehaha, which was torpedoed off the Irish coast during the war, and he went down with her on the bridge, only to swim the surface, and personally res- cue a dozen persons by assisting them to_ lifeboats, Inspired by his efforts, members of the crew succeeded in rescuing all but forty-three of those aboard. Captain Claret had made 52 successful cross- ings with the transport before she was sunk. A member of the Royal Navy Reserve, he has been at sea for 35 years. He was first put in co d of a st hip when only 28 years old. h PONTIAC CAR NOW ON ITS 9 DAY TRIP Ceremony is Performed By W. E. Davis, Production Manager MANY SPECTATORS Speedometer is Locked and Sealed--Will Be Opened By Committee With nearly one hundred people present, the Pontiac sedan which is to be given away by General Motors at their monster picnic at Lake- view Park on August 11, was start- ed on its five day journey over a treadmill, situated aeross from the Post Office on Dr. Kaiser's vacant lot by W. E. Davis, vice president in charge of the production de- partment of General Motors of Can- ada, Limited. Mr, Davis perform- ed the ceremony in the obsence of both R. 8. McLaughlin and H. A, Brown, who were unavoidably eall- ed out of the city, The Pontiac was started on its five day journey sharp at 7 o'clock last night and continued without stop until 10.30, during which time probably two thousand people came to watch its performance with an ultimate view of guessing the correct mileage and thereby hecoming . its proud possessor, It is a special paint job and with spe- cial lighting effects, ferns and flow- ers to set it off, it is always the focus of admiring eyes. A committee of five is in charge of the car, one man being detailed for each day it is running. The car will not be run on Sunday, Af- ter being stopped =&t 10.30 last night, it was started again at 9 o'- clock this morning and will run continuous until 10.30 tonight, which will be its absolute routine except.on Sunday, until it is stop- ped next Thursday at 7 o'clock, The man in charge of the«car on this particular day and he only, will determine the speed of the car, It will never be run in re- verse, Those in charge are, 8S. Gummow, 8S. Walker, J. Lane, Lloyd Kelley and A, W. Bell. Every employee in the General Motors and his or her direct de- pendent' has a guess on the total mileage the car will register when rit is stopped next Thursday. It is estimated that well over 10,000 guesses will be submitted, while over 17,000 are known to be elig- ible. Ballot boxes to receive the guess will be placed at the tent where the car is running, at the Mary street employee's entrance, and at the corner of Division and William streets. The boxes close when the car stops on Thursday. The speedometer was locked and sealed by W, E. Davis last night, following his putting the car into motion, It will not be touched again until it is taken out and plac- ed before a committee of fifteen who will then unlock and unseal it and separately make a notation of the reading. These notations will then be compared so as to make certain no mistakes have been made even in the reading of the meter, This will be dene either Thursday night or Friday morning. Then will follow the search through the guesses to find who has arrived at the nearest computation after which will come the last step when the winner is announced at the picnic at 8.30 o'clock in the evening, and the car is presented, At the opening ceremonies last night, the Royal Collegians' or- chestra rendered suitable and much appreciated dance music, ; Organizing Campaign Against Government Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia, Aug. 83.-- A working committee to organize' the campaign of the Croatian Peasant party agsinst the "'Heg- omonistic Government at Belgrade has been elected by the executive committee of that party at Zagreb. rts reaching here state that the National Democratic party, which formed a Parliamentary bloc with the Croatian peasants is co-operating with them at Zagreb. The working committee, it is said, will be made up of party leaders and the other half of men who have distinguished themselves in various lines of public en- Gost, First Big City 10 Cents a Week; 2 Conte a Copy. ~ Garage to Ramp Be Under Construction Soon Announcement Made Today By J. Norval Willson, President and General Manager of Mercury Ser. vice, Limited, of Fine New Building to Rear of Pre. sent Structure DIMENSIONS 157 BY 105 FEET Building to Have Space for 169 Automobiles and Ser- - vice Will Require 18 Men --Construction Work to Begin About October 1-- To cost at least $90,000, Osh- awa's first big city ramp garage will be begun at King and Mary streets on or about October 1, J, Norval Willson, president and gen- eral manager of the Mercury Ser- vice Ltd., announced today. This magnificent new building will be three stories in' height and of brick, reinforced concrete and hol- low tile construction throughout, Its architecture, showing the Span- ish Mission influence, will be par- icularly handsome. The main fac- ade will extend 80 feet parallel with King street east in the rear of the Mercury Service Station, completed only this year at an ap- proximate oost of $40,000, The building will have a frontage of 157 feet on Mary street, and a depth of 105 feet, The garage building and the service station, being similar in design, will form two splendi¢ architectural units of which any city might ba proud. The building will have space for 169 automobiles. Admission to the various floors will be gained by ramps constructed in accord- ance with the latest engineering thought. Every facility for oiling, greas- ing, washing and general repairs are being provided, The building and service station will require the services of 15 men. Plans for the- building have been prepared by C. B, Dolphin, Leader Lane, Toronto, who has had many years experience in the constructon of this type of build- ng. Roy Bishop is architect, The announcement by Mr. Will- son follows completion of the fin- ancial arrangements. He informed The Times that a small issue of accumulative preferred stock with 25 per cent of bonus common stock would be offered investors at an early date. Officers of Mercury Service Ltd., are, in addition to the president, Mr. Willson, C. W. Detenbeck, first vice president; J. A, Lang- maid, second vice president; L. M. Souch, secretary-treasurer, and J. P. Mangan, director and legal ad- visor. Official Opening of Ukrainian St. George's Hall Sunday A large crowd is expected on Sunday evening at the Ukrainian St. George's Hall, Albert street, when a special service will mark the official opening of the Hall, at 7.30 o'clock. This will be an event which has long been wanted by those behind the movement. A par- ticularly attractive Ukrainian con- cert is being arranged and with'one and all being welcomed, it is cer- tain to be a popular event in the southern part of the city, JUDGE DISMISSED FOR MISCONDUCT Ottawa, Aug, 3. -- Dismissal of Judge H. F. Maulson, of the Nor- thern judicial district of Manitoba, is announced here, Charges made against Judge Maulson, which were sustained on investigation, have resulted in his removal from of- fice. Such action is rare in Canadian judicial history. The charges in- cluded a dozen instances of Judge Maulson presiding on the bench while under the influence of ligu- or. It was also charged that he patronized bootleggers who had apeals pending before him. Other charges involved the passing of worthless cheques, and consorting with a Chinese restaurant keeper. who appeared before Judge True- man, who conducted the investiga- tion, were mainly members of the » Another Chinese Puzzle Solved (By Associated Press) Urbana, Ills, Aug. 4.-- Afother Chinese puzze-- sending Chinese by tele- graph--has been solved af- ter fifteen years of research by Dr. C. C. Wang, former University of Illinois stu- dent Out of the maze of char- acters making up the Chi- nese language, the commis. sion headed by Dr. Wang, has evolved a system of phonetics which for the first time will enable the Chinese to send telegrams in their own tongue, 96TH REGATTA AT LACHINE, QUEBEC Cream of Eastern Canada's Paddlers Competing--Sev- eral Events Held (By Canadian Press) Lachine, Que, Aug. 4. -- The cream of Eastern Canada's pad- dlers, representing racing canoe clubs in the. districts of Toornto, Ottawa, Sudbury and Montreal were gathered here today for the 26th annual regatta o fthe Cana- dian. - Canoe Association which iw being held on the championship course of the Lachine Club. The three final events and the preliminary heats of the war ea- noe races were held this morning with ali other finals being schedul- ed for the afternoon. The mile WAr canoe race, the efature event o fthe program, will conclude the afternoon sport. The morning finals included junior singles, jun- rf tandem an dintermediate sin- gles. HAD LIQUOR IN A PUBLIC PLACE, $100 AND COSTS IMPOSED -- "One Hundred dollars and costs," Magistrate Hind told Hugh John McLean of Toronto in police court this morning when he was brought before him charged with having liquor in a place other than his private residence. 'That's all right with me, I wish you'd have done that last night so's I could have got home," McLean told His Worship as he started fishing for the $107 which was required by the court, GIVEN DEED AND TITLE FOR LOT WON IN GUESSING CONTEST A clear deed entitling him to a plot in Oakland Park was present- ed to James Edgen yesterday ab- solutely free of any encumbrance by the officials in charge of the sub-division. Mr. Edgen when his name was drawn from the box set out at Lakeview Park at the Conserva- tive picnic held on July 21. Mr. Edgen told The Times this morn- ing that he appreciated the straight forward manner in which the "Lucky Name" contest was con- ducted and in which the lot was turned over to him. BALFOUR AT & (From the New York Sun) : He began life as a Cecil. At Eton he was thought the perfect dilet- tante. At 26 he entered the House of Commons and was known as the nephew of his uncle, because the fame' of Lord Salisbury naturally overshadowed his own. At 30 he was at the Berlin Conference, secretary to his uncle, confidant of Beacons- field. At 37 he was Chief Secretary for Ireland meeting the epithet of "Bloody Balfour" with patient control of his témper. At 49 he refused to lend a hand to the counsel of con- fusion among the European Powers which had as its end the further em- barr of Spanish-American re- lations. At 54 he was Prime Minister. At 72 he was head of British dele- gation to the Washington Armament Conference. At 73 he was Earl of Balf>ur and Viscount Traprain of Whittingehgme. Today, at 80, he sits in a pleasant London house, bringing his memories to a close, This lot was given to | b E, COST $90,000 PLANE SEEN 200 MILES OFF AZORES Aesording ta Wireless Mase sages--Machine is Going : Well BEHIND SCHEDULE Polish Fliers Attempting a Non-stop Flight Paris to New York \ (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) London, Aug. 4.--Wireless mes- sages today indicated that possibly the Polish plane flying from Paris to New York had been sighted at sea going well at 9.40 p.m, last night, Eastern Standard Time. The Valencia wireless station said that it had received the mes~ sage from the British ste mer Port Hunter relaying a message inter- cepte§ from the steamer Aztec which read: "Biplane passed this morning latitude 44.22 north longitude 24.08 west in the direction of 75 degrees at 2.40 Greenwich time." The position given would place the plane about 200 miles north of the Azores. If the plane is that of the Polish airmen they are ap- parently behind schedule as they estimated that they would pass over the Azores between 9 and 11 11 p.m., Greenwich time last night, Paris, Aug. 4. -- If the Polish fliers Major Kubala asd Major Izidkowski can keep their plane, now somewhere over the Atlantie, afloat in the air until 7.48 a.m, Eastern Standard time it is caleu- lated Marhhal Pilsudski has a cruising radius of 5,000 miles, Airmen said that this morning the fliers should be over the steam- er lanes and that something was likely to be. heard of them from some vessel, eRports of a fog along the Banks, it was thought, Grand them to abandon their intention of going by way of Newfoundland and they might head straight for New York from a point 1,400 miles east of the Metropolis, Paris, Aug. 8.--Another . Atlantic flight venture has Sans ed the sient phase of such attempts, At 9 pm, Eastern standgrd time, 21 hours after 1t had left Le Bourget Flying Field, the Marshal Pilsudski, plane of Major Louis Idzikowski. and Kasimir Kubala Polish fliers, had not been seen since a reported sighting pn the ay of Biscay, 60 mies off the Fréneh coast, early yesterday, ure of the plane to - ed at Horta, Fayal, be i it had expected possibly to reach before nightfall on Friday eausea no immediate apprehension, how- ever, inasmuch as the fliers had stated that if all went well they might steer a straight course to the north of the archipela- 80 and miss it altogether, yor ouuting the effect of Winds and other po, - verse weather isle a plane was expected to arrive in New York as early as 1 p.m, on Saturday (Easfern standard time) 37 hours after its start, To de this would require it to maintain 21 average Speed of 100 miles am No Alarm Felt The French Weather Bureau an- nounced tonight that fogs and storms in the west of Franca gave Do reason for disquiet regarding the safety of the plane. The fIi- ers hoped to rum into better wea- ther as they made their way wests ward, reports givng them assur- ance of good conditions there. The plane has no special objec- tive in New York, aiming at net- ther Mitchell nor Roosevelt Field nor any other particular landing Place. Major Idzikowski said: When we get there we will start hunting for a landing place " They were escorted toward the coast by a plane from Le Bourget, The chief engineer of the Lorraine Motor Works, M. Carol was in the plane, which turned back at Dreux, He said: "For the first few minutes the Poles flew rather slowly, making a wide detour to avoid Paris and its suburbs. Shortly thereafter Major Izdikowski began to speed up his machine, and they were flying about 100 miles an hour when we left them." Major Izdikowski intended to pilot-the plane without relief as far as the Azores, leaving his compan- ion free to scan the broad red line marking their course on the big folding map, which was the last thing the navigators ad- their hotel in Paris, took from