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The Oshawa Daily Times The Oshawa Daily Reformer VOL. 3--NO. 41 ey ey OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TEN PAGES BELIEVE TWO MEN STAGED MAIL ROBBERY DIES FROM INJURIES IN CAR MISHAP F. S. Chapin Was Prominent Resident of Oshawa Few Years Ago HIGHLY ESTEEMED Left Oshawa to Be With His Son, Rev. R. E. Chapin, at Island Lake It was with cosiderable regret that Oshawa citizens learned of the death of F 8, Chapin, a former well-known resident of this eitv, which occurred last week in ti® Western Hospital, Toronto, His death folowed an automobile ac- cident on the road in front of his daughter's home In Islington, where he had been living for the past few years, The late Mr, Chapin was a well known and much beloved worker in what was then Simcoe street Methodist Church and also at his place of employment, the Wil. llams Plano Works, As a church worker he was associated with the Sunday school in a teaching capacity and he was a member of the quarterly board for a mumber of years, Although well past middle age, he left Oshawa to go with his som, Rev, R., E, Chapin, a missionary, to Island Lake, near Hudson Bay, where the two tolled for somé time among the Indians, With age beginning to tell on him he return. ed to Islington to reside with his daughter, Mrs, E. A, Haney, where his death called him to his great reward on Sunday of last week, Interment was made at Uz. bridge, accompanied by a beautifu; and fitting service, TAG DAY PROVES GREAT SUCCESS Proceeds Go to the Orange Home at Richmond Hill The Victoria Lodge No, 55, L, T.B., held a successful tag day In this city on Saturday Some of the taggers were on the street early and did well, The members of the lodge wish to thank the gub- lic for the liberal support they gave this noble cause and' the edi- tor of this paper for the publiel. ty, as we as the taggers, who worked so hard, The money col- lected is to go toward the upkeep of the Orange Home at Richmono Hill, In Oshawa the amount col- lected was $345.16, The Bow- manville lodge also asisted In the cause and collected $61.15 and a donation of $5 from Majur Hol- gate making a total of $66.15, The L.T.B of the city wish to assure the citizens of Oshawa and Bowmanville that all money col- lected goes toward the L.T.B. a ¢, Orange Home at Richmond Hill, VETERANS' QUEBEC MEET IS DEFERRED Program is Insufficient to Warrant Gathering of Ex- Soldiers This Year Edmonton, Alta, Aug. 19.-- Major-General Hon. W, A, Gries- bach, Dominion President of the Army and Navy Veterans in Can- ade, ahmounced that the conven- tion of the Army and Navy Veter- ans to have been held in Quebec September 25 to 29, had been post- poned until next year, Gen, Griesbach stated that the cause of the postponement was a lack of sufficiently important busi- ness to bring the delegates from all over Canada to the City of Que- bec. The general pointed out that at the last session of Parliament 8 mass of legislation was passed dealing with the ex-soldier, In the matter of boosting, many 2 man shoves not wisely but too well. --Los Angeles Examiner. "We need more. sleep," says a sci- entist. That's what we tell the alarm clock.--~Los Angeles Examiner. She--You're no gentleman. He-- Heavens! and I've read Mrs. Post's book on etiquette three times !--Town Topics ORGANIZING PARADE D, M. TOD who is arranging what he terms as one of the best street' parades ever staged in city in connection with the Street Fair, NO WORD FROM ROCKFORD FLIERS Long Overdue at Greenland --QGrave Fears Are Entertained Cochrane, Aug, 19.--Absence of news from the monoplane 'Greater Rockford" hound from Cochrane to Stockholm, Sweden, today has aroused fears that Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, pilots of the plane, have met disaster in their attempt to blaze the aerial trail from the United States Middle West to Europe. The monoplane, which arrived at Cochrane after a 600-mile flight from Rockford, Ill, on Thursday, took the air again at 12.12 p.m, Eastern standard time, on Satur- day on the second Yeg of the flight to Mount Evans, Greenland, a 1,600-mile journey across the wilderness of Northern Ontario and Quebec, to Labrador whence the airmen were to cross Davis Straits to Greenland. Safe Off Labrador Signals believed to have come from the plane, were picked up at Madison, Wis.,, by radio operators at 3 a.m, Central standard time, today, and indicated that the fli- | ers had safely traversed the route from Cochrane to Labrador and were off Cape Chidley, the ex- treme northern tip of Labrador, Cape Chidley is about 1100 miles from Cochrane, and, if calcula- tions on' the fliers' location at that hour are correct, they had heen flying approximately 80 miles an hour. In their flight from Rockford to Cochrane, Hassell and Cramer averged about 100 miles an hur, and were hopeful of maintaining that average for the remainder of the flight, Nothing Heard Since Since the signals believed to have come from the plane at Cape Chidley were received noth- ing has heen heard of th fliers, Wireless stations in Eastern Can- ada have been listening all day, but silence has met all their ef, forts to establish the whereabouts of the plane which was expected to reach Mount Evans at 8 am, Four radio signals received on Saturday indicated _ that the "Greater Rockford" was flying on its course in a north-eastery diree- tion. Two hours and 45 minutes after taking off from Cochrane, the plane passed over Rupert House, a distance of 192 miles, The plane was also reported over Eye Lake, 331 miles from Coch- rane, nearly five hours after leay- ing Fort George River, 67 miles farther, or 5 hours and 47 mins utes after starting, The last clear signal came from Apiskigamish Lake at 6.04 p.m, This lake is 526 miles from Coch- rane, and it is calculated the pane averaged a little more than 76 miles an hour in covering one- third of its journey. 500 Miles Over Sea From Cape Chidley the "Greaf- er Rockford" would have to cros# the Davis Straits to Greenland, a distance of about 500 nuiles. Whether the plane was forced down in these northern waters owing to fuel shortage, engine trouble, unfavorable weather, or some other mishap, is a matter for speculation, There is the pessi- bility that the airmen landed on some spot in the Far North, which is not in communication with the outside world by wireless or oth- er means and that word of their plight will not be received for sev- eral days, perhaps weeks. Before starting from Cochrane, Hassell and Cramer received weather reports which forecast favorable weather for night flying across the wildernes of Northern Quebee. In deciding to start at noon they gxpected to reach Green- land in daylight, British Harvesters are Overwhelmed by Canada's Extent and Development First Detachment Reaches Winnipeg -- Are Being Despatched to Various Points -- Show Willing- ness to Accept Any Kind of Work for First Year-- Will Then Seek Work in Respective Trades (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 20.---Ov- erwhelmed by the "tremendous extent and development of the country," as one of their number* expressed it, a party of 258 Bri. tish harvesters, the first group of thousands now on their way to Caanda, arrived in Winnipeg last night, Following a short rest, the men were paid $10 in acord- ance with an agreement under which they volunteered fro work in Western grain fields and des- patched by outgoing trains to var- fous points in the Prairie Prov. inces where they will shortly re- ceive their Initiation into Canadi- an farm life, General willingness to accept any kind of work that offers dur- ing the first year, and an almost equally general intention to seek work in their general trades as soon as the harvest is over, was expressed by mebers of the group. A number intimated however that they would like to try their hand at this farmiyg game." MUST NOT PARK CARS ON GROUNDS Caretaker at Lakeview Com- plains of Privileges Taken By Motorists "They shall not park!" At least, not on certain parts cf Lakeview Park, Complaints have been made by the caretaker of this city park for some time that motorists have been carelessly driving onto the boule- vards and cutting up the turf, Some of them, he says, have even gone so far as to park at the lake shore, Jdriving "roughshod" over the grass, As a result steps are being taken to have notices posted warn- park on the park proper, but must leave their cars In the ample park- ing space along the road, or on the tourist camping ground section, near the buffalo enclosure, BELIEVE MISSIONARY TORTURED TO DEATH (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, Aug, 20, -- Belief that Monsignor Froewis, prefect apos- tolic o fthe Catholic Mission at Sin Yang Chow, in Southeast HRonan Province, was tortured to death by brigands is expressed in a des- patch to the Daily Mail from Hankow, China, Monsignor Froewis, Austrian, was captured by brigands two weeks ago. IS BADLY WOUNDED ON BOAT BY YOUNG MAN WIELDING KNIFE (By Associated Press) Buffalo, New York, Aug, 20,-- Louis Elbaugh, 24, employed at the U.S. Marine Hospital as an orderly and reported to be tne scion of a welathy Fort Worth, Texas, family, was badly wounded early today while returning by boat from Crystal Beach, Ont, He was attacked by a young man with a8 knife and seriously slashed about the neck and temple, Perhaps nothing bores a man more than to have another man begin an explanation of something he was just going to explain.--Detroit News, ing motorists that they are not to - a REPORT EXPLORER SLAIN BY INDIANS Cable Service to The Times (by Press) Rio de Janiero, Aug. 20.-- The report of the death of Colonel P. H. Fawcett, Brit- ish explorer, who has been missing in Central Brazil since 1925 ,was given out to- day by Vasco Abreu, radio amateur who has been in touch with the Dyott expe- dition sent out to search for Fawcett, "I received last Thursday a radio from the Dyott station stating that Fawcett was kill- ed by Indians in July, 1925" said Abreu. BREAKS RECORD IN NON-STOP FLIGHT Arthur Goebel's Time Was 18 Hours, Fifty-eight Minutes (By Canadian Press) Curtiss Field, Aug. 20--Art Gobel landed here at 11.26 v'ejpek today after a non-stop flight from Cali- fornia, which Ps the existing record by almost six hours. Goebel's time was 18 hours and 58 minutes, The best previous time was 26 hours and 50 minutes made in 1923 by Lieut, J, A. Mae- Rady and Oakley Keely from the Atlantic tp Pacific flight. Goebel's plane "Yankee Doodle" had 90 gallons of gasoline left of 450 gallons stored in the tanks when she left the Pacific coast. She had averaged 10 miles per hour, WEATHER Lakes -- Moderate southerly winds, fair and to fresh southwest winds, warm with local showers or thunderstorms, Lower FORMER OSHAWA POLICE CHIEF 18 CALLED BY DEATH William Halnan Dies at the Home of His Son in Detroit William Halnan, for manv years chief constable of the town of Oshawa, and a former town councillor and boot and shoe mer- chant of this place, died yesterday at the home of his son, George, 427 Port Drive, Grand Haven, De- troit. Mr. Halnan had been in poor health for some time, but the intense heat seriously affecte ed him and caused his deatn, Although Mr. Halnan has not been actively connected with the business life of Oshawa since 1914, he will be well remembered as one of the town's best citizens, Straightforward in business, and an energetic servant of the come munity when opportunity offered, he made many friends that will learn with regret of his death, When a young man, Mr. Haln- an came from his birthplace in County Cork, Ireland, landing In Boston. After a short residence in that city and then in Prescott. Ontario, he moved to Oshawa and soon became {identified with the police force here as night con- stable, After four and a half years' experience he was made chief of police, which position he held for twenty yeara., He then entered the hoot and shoe husi. ness, carrying on his store at 11 Simcoe street north for nearly 20 years, In 1914 he sold his iInter- ests to Davidson and Samells, and went to Brantford to reside with his son, Leaman, who was then principal of Brantford Coliegiate Institute and now is connected with the Normal school! at Toron- He alr s two sons, Wil. liam and George, residing in De. troit, while a fourth son Kenneth, died about seven years ago. His wife predeceased him in the same year as the death of his son, Mr. Halnan served Oshawa as town counefllor for several terms, and In the larger field of politics was an ardent Conservative. He was an Anglican in religion. The funeral will he held tomorrow af. ternoon, and Interment will he made in 8t, Clair Cemetery, To- ronto, Son of Oshawa Pastor is REFRESHMENT KING JOE WELSH Who is General Chairman of the Refreshment Booth Committee of the Rotary Street Fair, ; RS During a spell of cold weather the Aberdonians were to be seen going about with their mouths open, There was a nip in the air.--Yorkshire Post. Now that Gene Howe, that Texas editor, has patched up his quarrel with Col. Lindbergh, what about you and the wife?--Neéw York Evening World Northampton, Mass., Aug, 19.-- Republican women of President Coolidge's home town have sub- stituted the camel for the elephant, as the symbol on which they hope Hoover will ride to victory. The Women's Republican Club opened headquartters in a building decorated with a banner on which a camel was depicted with this in- scription: 1 "He stands on his own feet, tra- L REPLACES ELEPHANT ON CAMEANNER OF 'REPUBLICAN WOMEN vels a great distance by his own power, and lives a long and useful life." At the other end of the banner a fish was depicted in place of the traditional Democratic donkey, with this inscription: "He drifts with every current, gets nowhere, is easily caught. He is worthless until dead." Over all was the inscription, "Which does American want?" Given Important Charge d "Rev. W. W. Maxwell, B.A, B.D. Son of Rev. F, J. Maxwell, Appointed Pas. tor of Emperor's Gate Presbyterian Church, Lon. don, England Rev, W, W. Maxwell, B.A,, B.D., son of Rey, F, J, Maxwell, minister of 8t Andrew's Church here, who has been assistant minister at St. Stephen's Church, Edinburgh, Scot- lahd, has accepted a unanimous call to Emperor's Gate Presbyter- ian Church, London, England, and will begin his duties in that pas- torate early in September, Rev, W, W. Maxwell is well known in this city, having preach. ed in St. Andrew's Church, and be- ing a graduate of Knox College, To- ronto, The church to which he is now going, Emperor's Gate Church, is situated in the South Kensington residential district of London, and is the pulpit which Rev. George Hanson, D.D., promi- nent minister, occupied "before he came to Canada to accept the pas- torate of one of the larger Montreal churches. This is an especially fine opportunity for this scholarly young minister and his numerous Canadian friends join in extending congratulations and best wishes, VIEW REMARKABLE MIGRATION OF GAME Cable Service to The Times by the ress Nairobi, Kenya, ~East Africa, Aug. 20.--Remarkable migration of g into Tapganyika territory is repo) by Carveth Wells, of the United States Geographic Society ex- pedition. : Martin Johnson, noted animal photographer, who is in the same district with Wells, estimated that there are about 10,000000 head of game migrating across country ina solid mass ten miles wide and 30 miles long at ome spot. Zebras were stated to be leadi the way in a mass 10 miles ws, J and five miles deep, followed by miles of gnus-and other animals. Lak wornusncwoon [police Reinforced and Heavily Armed, Scour Country at Waubamick GEORGE HANLEY General Chairmn Rotary Streeet Fair, who expects this year's event to surpass all previous efforts. TOM MIX'S HORSE CAUSE OF FIGHT Will Morrissey and Wife Attended By Doctors-- Both Assaulted (By Associated Press) Hollywood, Calit., Aug. 20.--A wise crack about Tom Mix's fu- ture in talking mvies was eredit- ed by Will Morrissey, less fam- ous film actor, as the cause of the fist fight at he home of George Beban, film actor, Saturday night' after which Morrissey and his wife had to be attended by doctors. Morrissey admitted he haa "told Tom his horse Tony had a great future in the talkies. "1 said his horse could at least snort but what could Tom de?" Then the fight hegan. Mrs. Morrissey alleges Tom struck her as well as her husbaud. PREMIER VENIZELOS WINS ELECTIONS Party Will Occupy 170 of 250 Seats in Chamber of Deputies (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Athens, Greece, Aug. 20.--Foi3 lowers of Premier Venizelos were victorious in yesterday's parliamen- tary elections. It is probable that they will ecupy 170 o fthe 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, Both Venizelos and his son were elected. FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING IN SOUTH Two Large Tracts of Land Swept By Fires Now Out of Control (By Associated Press) San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 20. --Forest and brush areas in the widely separated parts of the West were ablaze again today, two large fires being practically out of control and others weré threatening to jump the hastily made fire guards. Strong winds and dry weather enhanced the menace, California's largest fire at Cu- jon Pass in San Bernardino Mts., leapgd the national old trails, highWays, stopping traffic and to- day was burning before a brisk windd. NEW YORK POLICEMEN KILLED BY GANGSTERS (By Associated Press) 'New York, N.Y. Aug, 20.-- Gangsters of Manhattan's Lower East Side today were believed to have used a pistol with a silencer to shoot a policeman because of his activities against them. Witnesses said they heard thé sharp "ping" when four men drove up in an automobile beside Policeman George M. Egan and he fell dead. The wealth of Northern Ontario is to be duplicated, apparently, all over the Dominion north. Gold and platinum have been found on the north shores of Lake Athabasca. This is 500 miles north of the Flin- Flon country.--Hamilton Herald. John Burowski is Held on a Charge of Robbery and With Murder of Thomas Jackson, Farmer, Who Was Shot When Bandits Were Cornered MANY THEORIES ARE ADVANCED Believe Men Parted When the Stolen Car Went Into Ditch -- Sons of the Slain Man Aid in Search (By Canadian Press) Parry Sound, Aug. 20.--Re-inforc- ed~by additional men and armed to the teeth, provincial police continue to search for the bandit or bandits at large in the rough country near Waubamick, who took part in the mail robbery on C.P.R. Transcon- tinental train near here early Satur- day morning, John Burowski, Pole, is held by police in connection with the robbery and murder of Thomas Jackson, who was shot when rob- bers were cornered after the stolen car in whic hthey fled from this city went into the ditch. Several theories are held by po- lice who now think that the rob- bery was engineered by only two men. It is thought possible that the men parted when the car went in- to the ditch after a dispute as to which route should be taken. Claude and Allen Jackson, sons of the slain man, are among assidious searchers, Parry Sound, Aug. 9. -- Some- where in the bush around here at least one robber is skulking, while armed police close in on every side determined to put him behind bars with John Burawski of Toronto, who already is held in connection with the holding up of the C.P.R, Sudbury train, the murder of Thomas Jackson of Waubamik and the wounding of Walter and Houghton Laird early Saturday morning. While squads of Provincial pol- ice patrol roads, stop motorists, search trains, guard railway lines and arrest every suspicious indi- vidual they see, in the most in- tensive man hunt in Ontario since Leo Rogers left his trail of ter- ror behind him, and while the whole countryside bristles with a show of arms, the details of the double atrocity have been dis- cussed and checked up until the actual story of the affair .is finally available, Mail Staff Held Up What is known is that at an early hour Saturday morning as C.P.R. train No. 4 was passing at a very slow rate of speed through Romford Junction, some distance south of Sudbury, two bandits en. tered the mail car. They pointed firearms at the three Toronto clerks, Harry McDonald, M. Doyle and A, C. Clarke, cut open most of the mall bags in the ear and took what they wanted from the inside. y During the long southward trip from Romford Junction to Par- ry Sound, while ,the passengers reclined in the coaches, the con- ductor, and even the engineer and fireman in the cab, performed their accustomed duties in com- plete ignorance of the drama which was being enacted in thé" mail car. As the train entered the out- skirts of Parry Sound, the two robbers left the mail car, and jumping into an auto which had been parked by Lee Lyman of Ohio, a summer visitor, tore off through the edge of the city and out toward Wapbamik, about nine miles north. In Hot Pursuit Lyman, with his brothers-in- law, Walter Laird, aged about 21, and Houghton Laird, aged 18, with whom he was visiting, jump- ed into the car of Harold J. Row- land, a friend, and had Rowland drive them in pursuit of the stolen car. For mbes the pursuers never caught sight fo their quarry, un- til a few rods past the village of Waubamik. Here the robbers, un- familiar with the road, drove into the ditch, and unaware that they were being pursued, decided to se- cure a tow. Ld One of the bandits hid in the bush alongside the road while the other; who the police mlleged was Burawski, who was later captured, went to the farm homse of Thom- as Jackson to secure a tow. Bandits Pose As Tourists This fellow knocked on the door and awakened the father, Thomas Jackson, aged about 60 years, and his twe sons, Claude, SEVEN DROWNED AS STEAMER SINKS (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Santiago, Chile, Aug. 20.--Three passegers and four members of the crew were drowned in the sinking of a small coastwises steamer, '"Muraflores," at the mouth of the Maulin River in South Chile. 1 LLC. A. OFFENDERS CONTRIBUTE $580 IN FINES TODAY Eight Appear on Charges of Intoxication--One Had No Permit F) The local Government liquor store must have done a particu« larly flourishing business over the week-end judging by the number of offenders against the Liquor Control Act brought before Mag. istrate Hind in police court this morning. Nine cases were dealt with, eight of which were for be- ing intoxicated while the ninth was for having liquor without a pers mit. All nine were found gullty and a total of $580 and costs were assessed while two were remanded for sentence. Peter Hrecia and John Cutof- sky, the pair who were remanded for sentence, will appear again on August 28 when their cases will have been further Investigated, Besides being intoxjcated in'a pub- lic place they were fighting when' apprehended. by Detective Ser« geant Flintoff and Provincial Of- ficer Mitchell and they now face! an additional charge in this pe- spect, Neither is over 20 years of age but are out on parole, the one for five months and the other for seven. Rather unfortunate seemed the case of Charles Whitfield as he told it to the court this morning when he answered to the charge of having liquor without a permit, In the first place he told the court he never drank beer sueh as that found in his pocket, and in the second place he was only in Osha- wa for a short while visiting friends and it was because one of his friends smelt of liquor that ths officer apprehended him and found the hottle protruding from his pocket. Whitfield also told the court that he purchased the liquor in Toronto before coming to Osh awa but he apparently left his per- mit at home for safe keeping. He was fined $100 and costs with an alternative of 30 days in the County jail. Of the six fined for being ine toxicated, two were second offen~ ders but since they had a good record extending over nearly a year to show since their previous offence, a minimum of $200 and' costs was imposed by His Worship, William Broad and William False head were at the short end of the fines. William Lynde, Tony Chap and Peter Trembley were all fied $20 and costs for their first offence after they had been warned that a second appear- ance on a similar charge would mean $200 and costs with alter- native of two months in the eoun. ty jail. Broad and Fairhead, see. ond offenders, were also warned by the court that If they ever ape peared again, they would pot got the option of a fine. | H Nick Toman, aged 2 , and Adam, aged 23. Mr. Jackson and Claude went out, se- cured a horse from the stable and led it to the roadside, while the stranger was explaining how they had been touring in the vicinity' and had run into the ditch. The horse was hitched to the car and had just given one pull on the chain when Rowland's car, containing Rowland, the Laird brothers, ad Lyman, dashed along the road. Recognizing the stolen car as they passed; they stopped immediately, turned their car and ran over to the group at the roadside. The bandit was at the wheel while the Jacksons, father and son, stood at the horse's head. Rowland, at first to disarm sus- picion, asked the man at the wheel if he was stuck, and then suddenly produced a monkey wrench and, trusting to the dark to conceal the mature of his weap- on, pointed it at the robber and ordered him to surrender,