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"All the News While It Is News" a Bail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer y Times A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 4--NO. 76 PT . Dies at Niagara Falls Ne Falls, Ont.--Alfred Les- lie Sparling, 44, died here Satur- doy. He had lived nearly all his lite here. He was born at Cor- ona, Ont. J LJ * rdinal 'Lucidi Dies Roe -- Cardinal Lucidi died early yesterday morning. Noni-stas~ jans now have a majority of seven in the Sacred college, the fi being: Italians, 26; non-Italians, 83. hte ® 20 Are Arrested Windsor, Ont.--Windsor police arrested 20 persons, three of whom were women, in raids Saturday night. Robert Hooper, 46, is held on a chorge of keeping liquor for sale. Bail was placed at $1,000. * * * Car Crashes Tree Hamilton. -- Passengers on a street car on the C.N.R route, had an unpleasant experience on Sat- urday night when the car left the rails at MacNab and Stuart streets and crashed into a tree. There were no casualties. &* w % Dog Goes en Rampage Kemptvlle.--One rabid dog car- ried destruction into the Mountain station district durng the week- end, It attacked a 12-year-old- boy, a grown up man, 47 sheep, two calves and killed a: number of hens before it was finally destroy- ed. LJ * LJ Author Dead New York, N.Y.--Brander Math- ews, author and educator, died at his home, 337 West 87th street, after an illness of over two years. He was 77 years.old. The imme- diate cause of death was given as influenza, which he contracted a week ago. » LJ Pants Burglar Operating Ottawa.--Operating along lines adopted by the notorious 'cat bur- glar," who recently was reported to have been active in Toronto, Ham- ilton and St. Thomas, a sneak thief made three successful forays on Ottawa.dwellings over the week- end. He made his escape with lot estimated in txcess of $500. * * » Twenty-Three Killed Brussels.--Twenty-three miners were killed in an explosion at the . Winterclag mines near Hasselt, Limberg, yesterday. Rescuers brought to the surfacé many uis- figured bodies, some of which could be identified only by metal dises which the miners arried. - LJ Ld Stabbed to Death St. Thomas, Ont.--Alfred Westa- way, 24, was stabbed to death ana Morley Fox, 23 received a knife wound in the thigh, following a fra- cas in a cafe here early yesterday morning. Rikap Sheriff, 45, a Greek employed as chef in the cafe, is alleged to have done the stabbing and is under arrest on a charge of murder. LJ * * Shot by Brother Niagara Falls, Ont. -- Phyllis Jane, 3-year-old daughter of Ar- nold, and Mrs. Smith, Niagara Falls, was killed here yesterday by the contents of a shotgun fired, it is alleged, by her 7-year-old brother Richard. The two child- ren were alone in the house and the boy it is claimed got posses- sion of a 12-bore pump-gun and in play pointed it at his little sister. * L3 LJ 2 Clues Prove Fruitless Peéterboro. -- Acting on a wire that a girl answering the descrip- tion of Barbara Pitcher, misging McGill stndent, had been seen by a C.P.R, trainman boarding a mixed train at Medonte and that she had left the train on its arrivai in Pet- erboro on Thursday night, Peter; boro policeh ave been conducting a thorough search without any suc- cess. ® *® ® Farmer Commits Suicide Guelph.--Hanging from a rafter in a horse stable on his son's rarm in Eden Mills, the dead body of . Wm. Cole, aged resident of tne vir- Jage, was found Saturday about two 'hours after he had left home to take his customary walk. Des- pondency brought on through delay in obtaining an.old age pension is believed to have caused him to take his life. Cole was 81 years of age. \ *._ 3 Inquest Tuesday ~ Hamilton.--Joseph Crocker, In- spector »f Detectives, stated last night that Chief Coroner George S. Rennie would preside at the in- quest into the death of Miss Eva Coleman, which will be held on Tuesday night at the Central Police Station. She died on Sun- day, March 24, after having been earried from the apartment of Hor- old Niece, who is beingh tld in Jail without bail on a nominal charge of vagrancy. A deep depression which de- veloped over the Southwest Sta- tes is now centred over the Great Lakes causing sleet and rain over Ontario and Western Quebec. The weather has been mostly fair and cool in the Western and Maritime Provinces. Forecasts: Lower Lakes--Clear- ing tonight with strong winds or gales from westward. Tuesday-- Westerly winds, fair and compar. atively mild. Georgian Bay: Strong winds or gales with snow or rain. Tues- day--Westerly winds, mostly fair end comparatively mild, : OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES RP. BREAKS ALL RECORDS ales or 1929 Nearly One and a 4 Ice and SI r Telegraph and Telephone Communications Inter- rupted Throughout Whole Province As A Result of Broken Wires and Poles MANY CELLARS ARE FLOODED Small Boats on Lake Ground to Tinder by Ferocity of Waves --Storm More Severe in North and East Districts April was ushered in according to true form today as far as Osh- awa and district is concerned for heavy showers of rain heralded the coming of the month which is noted for its variableness and watery downpours, The heavens wept copious tears and from the appearance of the gloomy sky there remains a promise of rain and yet more rain. Umbrellas, raincoats and rub- bers were much in evidence on the city's stree!s today adorning pedestrian figures. Gutters and storm drains were taxed to carry away the surplus water and an- other indication of the amount of rain which fell during the night was seen in Oshawa creek which threatened to overflow its banks. Residents along paved streets had cause to congratulate themselves that they are not situated as some Oshawans are on thoroughfares where the rain has made motor traffic impossible on account of tHe" Menth of the mud, It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. While some may lament the weather it gives an im- petus never the less to the sale of rubber boats, raincoats and parasols. And after all "april showers bring May flowers," or as Sir. Henry Newbolt has so ably stated it "April's anger swift to fall, April's pleasure worth it all." (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 1.--Telegraph and telephone communications were subjected to considerable®interrup- tion throughout Ontario today through the worst sleet storms of the year. Wires and poles snapped under the strain imposed by the heavy clinging sleet and ice, and several points were isolated from Toronto as far as these facilities were concerned. The electrical dig- location was the worst this season. Efforts to establish communica- tion with various northern points by telephone and telegraph were without avail, while serious incon- venience - was caused throughout northern and northwestern On- tario generally. The storm was most severe in the northerly and easterly districts. In the southern counties considerable interruption to service was caused by the break- ing of poles and ice-laden wires, Strong winds lashed Lake On- tario driving the monstrous waves far back into many streets in East Toronto. Roads and yards were inundated while many cellars were flooded and furnace fires gquench- ed. A number of canoes were ground to matchwood by the huge waves. i § FEAR FOR SAFETY OF FOUR FLIERS Captain C. Kingsford-Smith Reported to Have Landed on Coast of Australia (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sydney, N.S.W.,r April 1.--Con- siderable anxiety is felt here for Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith, his pilot, Charles T. Ulm and a crew of two who were reputed to have made a forced landing 100 miles from Wyndham, on the north- west coast of Australia, while fly- ing from Sydney on the first stage of a flight to England. Rescue planes have been sent to search for the missing airmen who are thought to be down in a rugged inhospitable country. The first messages received here said that the men were safe and were merely awaiting gasoline to replenish their rapidly decreasing supply. but confirmation of this was lacking and the exact where- abouts df the men was not known today. The flight was being made in the aeroplane 'Southern Cross" os trans-Pacific fame. The plane left Sydney yesterday morning with Wyndham as the first stopping place, ==Ontario Swept by Severe eet Storm, The Worst in . Years Japan Protests Lumber Tariff (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tokyo, Apr. 1.--The Japanese foreign office today forwarded to the American Embassy here a re- ply to its memorandum of Mar. 23, protesting the new tariffs on lumber imports as discriminatory. Contents of the reply werenot disclosed but it was understood it disclaimed any discriminatory intent, A foreign office spokes- man asserted the new tariff was non-discriminatory and in a ny event not of sufficient importance to call forth American retaliation. MEXICAN REBELS POORLY EQUIPPED FOR NEXT CLASH Believed Entrenched at La Cruze -- Conflict Most Likely at Mazatlan (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Mexico City, April 1.--The re- bel west coast army was believed today to be entrenched at La Cruz, 64 miles north of Mazatlan, to be awaiting federal attack there. This attack was forming and General Plutarco Elias Calles, from hig field headquarters in Northern Mexico, notified the government he believed it would take place tomor- row or.-Wednesday. Federal cavalry was in a posi- tion to strike at the rebel army's rear and cut off its retreat toward Gulican, capital of the state, Fed- eral generals were most hopeful that the battle would take place since they regarded the rebels, poor- ly equipped and with limited am- munition, as no match for them- selves. In northern Mexico the governs menttroops under general Juan An- dreu Almazan forsook the railroad yesterday and took to the highway 41 as to quicken their advance to- ward Jimenez, which Federal planes contjnued to fly over during the way without sighting any rebel troops. General Almazan warned he would be out of touch with it for a short while. Federal aeroplanes reported bombing two rebel troop trains be- (Continued on page 3) (i. M. CORPORATION MAKES PLANS T0 AID OLDER EMPLOYEES Annual Report Discloses Proposition - Featuring Profit-Sharing Policy (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, N.Y., April 1..--The annual report of General Motors Corporation discloses plans for giving the rank and file of its em- ployees a partnership relation to the corporation by affording them an opportunity to "participate fin- ancially in some form or other, depending upon the position, in the progress of the Corporation." General Motors' prosperi.y already is credited with development of a hundred or more mililonaires among its higher executives. -Wid- ening of this profit-sharing policy will enable General Motors to pro- vide for its ageing employees. When questioned by The Times this morning in relation to this item, W. E. Davis, assistant gen- eral manager of General Motors of Canada, stated that the repdrt probably referred to the saving system which has been in existence in the Canadian plans for some time. Mr. Davis said that he did not know of any other scheme which would be put into effect at the present time. ACCIDENALLY KILLED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) + London, Ont., April 1. -- Elten Lippert 12, Melbourne village, Ont., was killed yesterday as the result of a hunting acident. A rifle be- ing carried by his brother acciden- tally discharged, the bullet striking Elten. There had been a quarrel. "You're no lidy," remarked one. "Ah!" re- plied the other, "if I wasn't that I was a lidy, p'r'aps I'd be able to tell you what kind of a lidy you ain't!" 24 Dead, Score Hurt In Mine Explosion Brussels, April 1.--Twenty- four dead and 25 injured con- stituted the known toll today of a serieg of explosions in the winter slag coal mine near Baseelt, Limburg. Others were missing. A number of the in- jured were expected to die. The first explosion occurred Saturday night at a depth of 2,000 feet. Rescue parties were hampered by continuation of the explosions. Some bodies could be identified only by me- tal tags the men wore. THOUSANDS DYING FROM STARVATION CONDITIONS IN BELGIAN CONGO MOST DE- PLORABLE Successive Failure of Crops During Rainy Seasons Bring About Famine (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Apr. 1.--The "Daily Ex- press," in a despatch from Nairobi, Kenya today described 'terrible famine conditions" in the Ruando district of the elgian Congo. The account was credited to Dr. J. E. Church, British Missionary working there. * Owing to the successive failure of crops during two or three rainy seasons, the backward state of ag- riculture and the indifferent state of communication thousands g:ie dead and lying of starvation, ac cording to the minister. Since December, when the ugan- da government prohibited exporta- tion of foodstuffs to Ruanda, the natives of the district have tried to migrate to the formar, but thous- ands have never reached their goal and the fever-stricken district through which they trekked is lit- tered with their corpses, the mis- sionary said. Tracks he said, are crowded with natives staggering along with fail- ing strength, Women and children have lain helpless by the sides of the roads and in some cases have been eaten by hyenas which began their meal before they were dead. Japanese Air Mail Service Inaugurated (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Tokyo, April 1, -- Japuu s first air mail was inaugurated today des- pite storms which curtoiled the ser- vice bn some routes. The mails were carried successfully, howev- er, between Tokyo, Osaka and Fu- kuoka, and - between Dairen an Korea. . \ WOMAN IS BURNED 10 DEATH IN GAR Mrs. Mary Watson Held Prisoner by Steering Wheel Following Crash (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Owen Sound, April 1.----Powerless to render aid, two men and a wo- man were forced to watch while Mrs. Mary Watson was burned tn death under her automobile early yesterday morning. The woman was held prisoner by the steering wheel, \ Richard Fletcher and Milton C. Kearns did not abandon efforts to free the woman till both had been severely burned. Their efforts were powerless to budge the heavy car wedged up against a boulder. Mrs. Fletcher had one arm and several ribs broken in the crash. FRENCH STEAMER IS PROCEEDING AFTER RAMMING BRITISHER (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Bordeaux, France, April 1.--The French steamship "Ceyland" was listing heavily as it approached this port today after collision yes- terday in the Bay of Biscay with the British steamer 'Clodoald." Wireless messages from the ves- sel, however, . said the principal damage was above the water line and that the ship was in no danger of sinking: "I saw Brown the other day. He was treating his wife in a way I wouldn't treat a dog." "Great Scott! What was he doing?" her I" "Kissing 1 WILL INVESTIGATE FORMER OSHAWA WOMAN'S DEATH THERESA RIORDAN WOULD MAKE NO ANTE- MORTEM STATEMENT Had Left Oshawa Three Wecks Ago--Autopsy to be Performed Toronto, April 1.--Theresa Rior- dan, 29, who had been rooming at 263 Danforth Ave, for the past 3 weeks, died Saturday night in St. Joseph's Hospital. Her body was removed to the city morgue by or- der of the chief coroner, Dr. M. M. Crawford and anautopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of the woman's death, She refused to make any statement on being taken to St. Joseph's Hos- pital on Friday night. According to information receiv ed by the police, Miss Riordan came from her home in Oshawa some three weeks ago. She said ghe came to get work. A week ago she took sick and was confined to bed until Thursday night, when she became alarmingly ill. Realizing the seriousness of her condition, Miss Riordan is alleged to have sent a wire to someone in Niagara Falls, asking for money. Whether the wire was answered the police are unable to find out. Detective-Sergt. Thompson has been assigned to make a complete investigation. BIG DAMAGE AS RESULT OF STORM IN U.S Twenty-two Injured When Slight Tornado Hits Missouri (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) St. Louis, Mo., April 1.--Twenty- two injured three reported missing and thirty to forty farm buildings wrecked or damaged, was the known toll early today of an Eas- ter storms of tornado proportions that cut a swath through rural southeast Missouri early last nignt, No deaths were reported but sever- al of the victims were n a serious condition. Searching parties, under atrec- tion of the Poplar Bluff Red Cross chapter this morning were attemp- ting to make their way over high- ways strewn with trtes and other debris to make a further survey. Reports indicated that the storm, accompanied by a terrific downpour of rain and hail origin- ated near Hoxie in Northern Ar- kansas and swept north as far as Bismarck, Mo., a distance of about 170 miles. The wrst damage was done in the Green Forest Church communi- ty three miles northwest of here, where many buildings were unroof- ed or wrecked and eleven persdns injured.An inch of hail was left on the ground. At Mineral Point, Mo., near Bis- marck, the roof of the Missouri Pacific Railroad station was blown off and ten or more houses were wrecked. CONGRESSMAN IS ~ AMONG MISSING Warrant Issued for Arrest on ~ Charges of Smuggling - Liquor (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Ill, April 41.--Three days after a warrant had been is- sued for his arrest, Congressman M. Alffed Michaelson, of Chicago, was still missing today. His where- abouts has been a mystery since Thursday when the public first learned of his indictment six months ago on charges of smug- gling liquor into the United States. Reports were current that Mich- aelson had communicated with federal authorities and was pre- paring to give himself up, but this could not be confirmed. Work has begun on the construc- tion of the 5,400,000 bushel grain ele- vator to be built at Prescott, Ontario, ont the River St. Lawrence, opposite Ogdensburg, New York, by the Can- adian Government at a cost approxi- mately of $4,000,000. seals. Efforts to Refloat Plane Are Failure (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, Ont.,, Apr. 1.--The Waco biplane, belonging to the Leavens Air Service, of Belleville, which sank on Tuesday last, in the waters of Lamb's Pond, near New Dublin when the ice gave way as a landing was being at- tempted, is still resting on the bottom of the small lake, having resisted all efforts to bring it to shore, The owners have abandon- ed salvage work until the ice, in some places still a foot thick, has left the pond. HON.W.HARTY DIES AT HOME IN KINGSTON WAS FORMER MINISTER IN MOWAT CABINET First Entered Legislature in 1892--Reached Age of 82 (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Kingston, April 1.--Hon. William Harty, former minister of public works in the Mowat cabinet of On- tario and for nearly ten years King- ston's representative in the House of Commons at Ottawa died early this morning after a long illness. Hon. Mr. Harty was born in Middle- sex county eighty-two years ago but settled in Kingston early in life. He entered municipal politics as an al- derman in 1874 and was elected to the legislature in 1892, being two years later made minister of public works. Ir 3902 he was el- ected to the House of Commons and re-elected in 1904 and 1908. He was for many years president of the Canadian Locomotive Company, reorganizing the company when he purchased it in 1900. He is sur- vived by ohe son, Major Wm. Harty, president of the Canadian Locomo- tive Company, and one daughter, Mrs. Osler, Winnipeg. Another son, Dr. Jock Harty, died in Eng- land some years ago. He took a prominent part in une work of the local board of traue, and was elected president of this organization in 1873. As a delegate to the boards of trade convention held at Saint John, N. B., in 1874, he took part. in the (Continued on Page 3) Sealing Vessel Has Successful Trip (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) St. Johns, Nfld.,, April 1.--The sealing vessel 'Neptune," first of the fleet to return from the ice fields, arrived this morning with approximately twenty thousand She was followed by the "Eagle," with about 'eleven thous- and. They may make a second trip. SPINAL MENINGITIS [5 CLAIMING MANY Twenty-Five Foreigners Die from Outbreak of Dreaded Disease in Shanghai an Press Leased Wire! HA $4 gy OY health authorities have become alarmed at rapid spread of cerebro- spinal meningitis among both na- tives and foreigners here. Al- though the, disease. has occurred frequently during the past decade since the first of February it has approached epidemic stage and more than 1,000 cases are under treatment there now. > Many of those stricken have died, among them nine foreigners. 25 foreigners have contrac- ted the disease. International set- tlement workers said 50 meningitis patients were contained in the municipal isolation hospital and half of this number were expected to die. During the christening the child had been exceptionally good, smiling sweetly into the clergyman's face. The minister congratulated the young mo- ther on the child's good behaviour. "He should be good," replied his fa- ther. "I have been practising on him with a pail of water the last ten days!" Housemaid: "I was pouring myself out a glass of wine in the dining- room when the butler pounces down on me and says: "Hullo! I'll have none o' that!'" Parlourmaid: "What did you say?" Housemaid: "I said ] hadnt intended to offer him any of it)" Half Billions Tremendous Canadian Interests Provide Large Aid in G, 2,000 Are Killed | In Chinese Battle (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chefoo, Shantung, China, Apr. 1.--Nationalist troops of Lieu Chen-Nien sallied from the wall- ed city of Hinchaichow today and inflicted a serious defeat on the army of Marshal Chang Tsung- Chang, killing more than 2,000 of them. Chang made a determined effort to carry the city by night by the mediaeval operation of an escal- ade. While the ladders and hooks were being fixed the attackers met a counter-offensive from those inside the wall and some of the most severe fighting of the campaign took place. HIRED HAN SHOOTS WOMAN AND THE COMMITS SUICIDE Mrs. Hilliard Hickson of Lindsay Has Slight Chance for Recovery (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lindsay, April 1.--With a rifle bullet lodged in her lung, Mrs. Hil- liard K. Hickson, young and attrac- tive wife of an Ops Township farm- er, lies in the Ross Hospital here with but a fighting chance for life. William Challins, aged 20, hired man who fired point-blank at 'his employer's wife, is dead, his head almost blown off by a shotgun. He picked up the shotgun after he had broken the rifle with which he shot her, over Mrs. Hickson's head. Hickson was away from the house yesterday afternoon. His wife lay down on the couch for an afternoon nap. She suggested to the hired man ¢hat he go to church. Then she dozed off, awak- ening suddenly to find Challins standing over her with the rifle in his hands. She screamed. He fired. The husband returned to find Challins dead and his wie uncon- scioug with her head split open and a bullet in her chest. He telephon- ed for aid and Mrs. Hickson was rushed to the hospital. Last night it was stated that there was & chance for her recovery. ATTEMPT T0 HALT NATIONALISTS IS (COSTLY VENTURE Opposition Meets With Heavy Checking--Many Are Wounded Hankow, China, April 1.--Three hundred wounded arrived today from Kishui,, Hupeh province where the forces of the Wuhan opposition are attempting to halt the Nationalist advance on Han- kow. Litwnsien north of Kishui has also been the scene of some sharp fighting. Communication has become most difficult and the outcome of the fighting is not at all clear. Nanking is reported widely to be trying 'to buy over the Hupeh authorities to its cause. ; Shanghai reports yesterday sald it was learned from Hankow that the Wuhan generals, surprised .by the suddenness and ferocity of the Nationalist attack were preparing to withdraw to the south bank of the Yangtze and attempt to hold that. The deelsion to do so, it was said, followed reports of the ap- proach of 50,000 troops of Mar- shal Feng Hu-Hsiand toward Han- kow from the north. Killed by Car Otawa.--John Campbell, aged 4, was killed yesterday when struck by an automobile driven by Chas. E. Davis, a holiday visitor from To- ronto. The driver was placed un- der arrest, but later released on his own recognizances. Steamer Crew Arrive Melbourne," Australia. --- The Union cargo steamer Kaituna ar- rived from here yesterday with the crew of the Norwegian freighter Selje. The Selje was sunk follow- ing a collision with the Kaituna west of Cape Otway Friday. The Selje carried to the bottom a car- go of 114,000 bags of wheat valued at $365,000. M. Industry ' Number of Stockholders in General Motors Corporas tion at End of 1928 Reached 71,185 -- Manu- factured 40 Cars to Every 100 in Canada and U.S. GREAT CHANGES TAKE PLACE Competition Developed So Rapidly in Past Year as to Necessitate Changing Models at Short Notice-- Efficient Work Outlined Toronto, April 1--What a colos« sus General Motors Corpora« tion has . become! Its financial statement for 1928 shows its net sales to have approached $1,500,000,« 000, its total assets to 'have grown to $1,250,000,000, its net income avail- able for dividends to have exceeded $250,000,000, even after deducting preferred dividends, and its income reinvested in the business to have been more than $100,000,000 in 1928 alone. The earnings on the common stock were equivalent to $15.35 on the $25-par-value stock outstanding at the end of the year, and at the rate of $6.14 a share on the new wanted charges and for jail-breaking, has apparently eluded the police again. $10-par-value common stock which is at present outstanding, as compar« ed with $5.20 a share in 1927. Its stockholders numbered 71,185 at the end of 1928, as compared with 1927 early in 1917, It paid more than $1,000,000 a day to its 208981 employees; nearly six times the pays roll in 1921, and it has also various co-operative plans by which em« ployees can save and invest in the stock of the company, by which they can 'secure group insurance, and by which bonus stock is awarded from time to time. The sales of General Motors car$ by dealers to users in. 1928 nume bered 1842443, as compared with 1,554,577 in 1927, 1,215,826 in 1926, and 827,056 in 1925. Of the 1,810,806 sales by manufacturing divisions to deal« ers in 1928, there were 1,552,617 pas~ senger cars and 257,189 Chevrolet commercial cars. The Chevrolet led the list of passenger cars, with 930,- 935 cars, against 791,870 in 1927, and 620,364 in 1926, The Buick and Pon- tiac, other popular lines, ran almost neck-and-neck, with 229,788 cars and 214,534 cars, respectively. Export or ganizations sold 282,157 cars and trucks overseas, for a net wholesale price total of $252,152,284, about $71,« 000,000 ahead of the preceding year. "During 1924 the General Motors Corporation manufactured approxi- mately one car in every six produced in the United States and Canada," says Alfred P. Sloan Jr. President of General Motors, in the annual res port to shareholders ., "In 1925 a gain was made to approximately one car in every four and in the year 1927 the corporation produced forty- four cars out of every one hundred. During the year 1928 the corporation produced approximately forty cars out of every 'one hundred produced in the United States and Canada, During the year 1927 the production (Continued on Page 2) ORVAL SHAW AGAIN ELUDES THE POLICE Mystery Man of "Skunk's Misery" Seen at Guelph (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Guelph, April 1.--Orval Shaw, on a .number of theft Shaw, known as the mystery man' of Skunk's Misery, appeared at the Homewood Sanitarium here Satur day, driving a large car, believed to 'have been' stolen.' He was attired in the uniform of a British. : Officer. Shaw was formerly -! ployed at the sanitarium 'and spoke to an. acquaintance there. . Provincial police héadquarters at Hamilton, when informed- of the visit, despatched extra men to search for Shaw whose ability to elude squads has become notorious. The police received a tip early at night that Shaw had bought gaso- line at a nearby town and set out to look for him, : The police car and Shaw's met on the highway but when the officers attempted to turn. their car across the road the motor stalled and Shaw swept by. . He proceeded for 100 yards down the road where he abandoned the car and took to the fields, escaping in the dark. Roads for miles around Guelph are being patrolled. ;