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TT aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer yy Time A Growing Newspaper In a Growing City OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1929 18 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy / TWELVE PAGES News in Brief Sauk Radi, di J 0 ff 04 . v Dies in Cathedral Kingston, ~Siddenly stricken with heart trouble while attending mess in St. Mary's cathedral rt terday morning, John Gallivan, a, well-known resident of this city, died instantly. Chatge Dropped Toronto.~~A charge of perjury against Barl 8, George by W. J. Arthur Fair of the Security Frauds Prevention department last Octo ber has been withdrawn under the personal 'direction of Attorney-Gen- eral Price, » . ' . Post Office Burns Agincourt,--Within an hour af- ter it started, a fire completely de- stroyed the Malvern post office and, store adjoining it last night, The large frame building, a 'landmark in the district for the past 60 years, was gutted, . Man ¥ound Dead North Bay.--Polico are seeking the identity of the man who Was tound yesterday in the brine tank of a C.N.R. refrigerator car, suffo- cated by carbon fumes from the heater. " Bus Ditches Car Cooksville.~Harly last night » 4'"7.C., bus, driving south on the Centre road, struck a light truck owned by a Cooksville resident and drove it into the ditch, Fortun- ately the occupants of the truck and the bus escaped injuries. Agreement Extended Ottawa.--Cannda's trade agree- ment with Cuba has, been extend- od for two years ensuring continue ation of the arrangement whereby the dominion exchanges with Guba the benefit of the intermediate schedule of customs Auties. Ad » Injured on Highway Cooksville.--~Knocked down by a car on the Dundas highway las night, Blmer Wilson received min- or cuts and bruises and was at- tended to by Dr. A. H. McFadden. John Watson, 243 Balmoral ave, driver of the car, was not detained, % To Enter World Court Washington. --President Hoover has suthorized the signing of the p gol of adherence to the per- m igburt of international jus. ties, containing the Root formula for United States entry into the world court. Ih Realtor Goes To Jalil Btratford.--Alfred E. ¥. Jones, prominent local realtor, was nent. enced to two years less one day in the Ontario reformatory by County Judge James L. Killoran. Jones was convicted last Tuesday of ob- taining money under false pres tences, 'xn Miners Rescued Morgantown, W.Va,~Three min- ors, trapped hehind a fall of coal for 34 hours in the Brock mine of the Continental Coal company a Cassville, were rescued early Sun- day morning by fellow-workmen who cut through tons of coal and slate to eah the men. Chinese War in Torouto Toronto.~~Choo You and Garne. Wong, two prominent members ot the local nationalists party, were assaulted and seriously injured here Saturday night, Police de- soribed the affair as being the re- sult of war declared by Chinese gamblers on _the Nationalists. y Twice Bereaved Ottawa.~Mrs, James J. Leddy, was twice. bereaved within a few she through the present and any future couver,. of hor ; tl Curtin, for many years ¢ouneillos bey miso. dealer in Brookville ' Boy Loses Arm "London, Ont.--A fighting. chance tor recovery is given 16-year-old Kenneth Simpson, of Centralia, whose right arm was torn off in a power belt late Saturday at Smith's tlat uil, Cantfaily, The boy wan found g and unconscious on ay floor near where the mostly cloudy, a by some local pling Py ICANE STILL SWEEPS BRITAIN Fear Expressed That Death List from Violent Storms Will Reach a Total of One Hundred SEVERAL VESSELS LOST WITH CREWS Gale Continues Today With Added Appeals\ for Help Coming From Ships of Many Nationalities London, Dee. 9.-The bitter hammering by wind and storm, be- lieved the worst in the past cen- tury, to which Great Britain and the continent have been subjectea for nearly a week continued today 'with somewhat lessened force but with the possibility of a worse blow to come. No'less than fifty vessels along the coast were reported in distress while the raging seas prevented as- sistano being sent to them, At least sixty-five lives have been lost in the gales, and it is pos- gible that the death list will num- ber more than a hundred when ai the reports have been received, Those figures include sixteen lives lost in th sinking of the steamer Frances Duncan on Thurs. day, twenty-one Jost with the sink- ing of the steamer Radyr on Batur- day with all hands, seven men washed ove Ho along the Ea f ish coasts, and a' R killed in accidents due to the gale on land, Steamer Abandoned (By Canadian Press Lassed Wire) London, Dec, 0.-----A steamer, be- lleved to be the Volumnia was abandoned at noon today and for- ty-tive of her czew were saved. One liteboat was lost, A report from the steamship Manchester Regiment by way of the Valencia wireless station was received as follows: "We have aboard 45 hands, the crew of the steamer Volumnia of Glasgow, abgndoned in a sinking (Continued on page 0) Business Men Form Council Will Act To Prevent Eco- nomic Disturbance in United States Washington, Dee, 9.--Something important happened in Washington last week. With but little ostonta- tion there came into being the Nar tional Council of Business Men; "to guide industry apd commerce The ob- ! omie disturbance." Hoover's ve, in President words, is to "assure employment and remove the fear of unemploy- ment." Julius Barnes, chairman of the board @f the United States Cham. r of Commerce, summed as a "The representation today constitutes a cross-section of all the fabric of United States busi- ness, . It may be spoch-smaking in the evolution of modern industry." ox suffering trom "it. may be neo the working hours v Doak Roads hs Chathaw, Ont.--While Saturday night's sleet storm left roads of the district in a dangerous condition, a check-up revealed that no serious DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LEFT IN WAKE OF STORM STILL SWEEPING EUROPE ADMIT SITUATION IN HAITI SERIOUS U.S. Government Sends 700 Marines to Reinforce Garrison (By Ken Clark, Canadian ross Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec, 9. ~The United States government admits the situation In Haiti where a number of students and workers have been killed by United States marines, is bad, The riotous tropi- cal island, populated by 2,600,000 blacks, is again in eruption poli- tically, and Washington has dias patched 700 marines to re-enforce the garrison of 600, The government here feels it has been left a difficult legnoy by past administrations, President Hoover suggested in his message to con- gress at the opening of the ses sion a commission would be ape pointed to investigate the Haitian situation, and now asks its im- mediate appointment, ony Gas Station Owner Thwarts Gunmen ? a he or AY AO 4 Robert Carnrite, owner of gas; station at cornor of Grove Ave. and Dundas St., Toronto, thwarted the efforts of two alleged gunmen and landed Hamilton twins in the locks up. It is alleged that John and Stewart Watson attempted to hold up Carnrite. Carnrite kicked the gun from the hands of one and locked him up in his office, The photographs hero show: (1) and (2) John and Stewart Watson, who Mn © wd A are alleged to have attempted the hold up, as they appeared after arrest, (8) Robert Carnrite, own. er of gas station. (4) Carnrite's gaz station, sceno of alleged ate tempted hold-up, Suspect For Bowmanville Robbery Arrested NELSON SHARPE, MIDLAND, SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED T0 DARING ARMED ROBBERY STILL FIGHTING IGE AT THE S00 Grain-Laden Steamers As sisted Through Channel by Tugs (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Sault Ste, Marie, Dec. 9.--~The steamer Donovan, which arrived last evening from Fort William with grain, left today to buck the fce of the St, Mary's River, She is accompanied by tugs, but even with that assistance may have some difficulty in getting through it the experience of the steamer Mathewston, which made the trip through the lower river down- bound yesterday, is any critierion, It took the Mathewston, with the aid of tugs, ten hours to force a pussage through the lower river yesterday. Ottawa,~City health authorities are finding their Isolation hospital space taxed with 47 cases of diph- theria and 96 cases of scarlet fever, , rk, Dec. J. " 1 jlophone service . d States liner Leviathan and the subscribers of the Bell system throughout the United with complete success, while th vessel was 200 miles at sea. W. 8. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, at 11 am. called up Commander H. A. Cunningham aboard the Leviathan, conversed with him a few minutes and then passed his telephone around among a group of guests at the directors' table, at No. 195 Broadway, while other guests listened in with a pro- fuse array of head phones. Then the service was open to the general public, a wervice which Mr, Gifford 4 expects will one day link to the shore every ship upon all the seas, The most Immediate result of this spectacular advance in com- munications was that the weather in the Leviathan's part of the oc- ean became the most extensively and (at $7 a minute) expensively discussed meteorological condition before or since Noah's flood, The weather was fine, Belgian Queen In Poor Health Urged To Be Careful In View of Approaching Royal Wedding Brussels, Dec. 9 Queen Eliza- beth, ill with influenza for two weeks, has been warned she must careful of her health in view of the coming ceremonies attendnnt to the marriage of her daughter, Princess Marie Jose, to Humbert, the Italian heir. The court physician yesterday told her to take extreme care of herself, He emphasized her condi- tion was not alarming, other quar. are | ters sald no anxiety was felt at her condition, and it was felt cer- tain she would be In excellent health at the timo of the wedding ul * | ceremony, which is set for January, Rhodes Scholars Chosen Montreal.--Two third-year law {students of Laval University, Que- state bee, Charles Bilodeau, B.A, and Evender Bellleux, B.A,, have been 1" Iselocted as 1930° Rhodes scholars fro mthe Province of Quebec, RECOMMEND PROBE OF NEWSPRINT PRICE 1 New York, Des. 9.~An 'inde 1 | pendent investigation of news. print production costs and the re- turn to the mills under the vre. auing price, on actual Investment of ital; was rocommended to eo American Newspaper Publish. i om. Amociation, in amergency ses. : here today, by the paper com- 'mittee, The session was' called to con. sider an increase of five dollars a ton announced for 1980 hy Cana dian and other newaprint pro- laccidents occurred as a result, ducers, Telephone Service With Ocean Liners Inaugurated States, was inaugurated Yoatardans -- beWivapped as Christmas Gift _ Brings] Disaster New York, Dee, 8.~~A bomb wrapped like a Christmas package, and crammed with dynamite and Jugged steel, lay on the kitchen table in the home of a Brooklyn working man yesterday morning. Three children stumbled sleepily into the cold room. Thelr dark oyés grew big when they saw the "Christmas package." One picked it up. It went off, instantly kill- ing a boy and a girl. Another died soon afterwards, The house, in the Ridgewood' section, is the home of Joseph Fal- zone and his wife'and five chil- dren. Mrs. Jonny Falzone, the wife, and the other two children escaped death, Jap Delegates Coming to U.S. Will Hold Conference In Washington on Naval Matters (By Kon Clark, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec, 9.--Within a few days the Japanese delegation to the London disarmament confer- once will be in Washington and an important preliminary conference will begin. Japan wants more cruiser strength as compared with Great Britain and the United States and neither of tha greater powers fs favorable to that desire, It is oénsidered unlikely an agreement will be reached before the London conference opens on January 321. In the meantime Henry L. Stim- son, georetary of state, and his ad- viserg gontinue to study the prob- lems to be faced and to make pre- parations for presentation of the view of the United States. It is announced the delegation to Lon- don will number nearly 40, inelud- tariat, To Visit Hoover \ Hot Springs, Ark.~Pasocual Ort. iz Ruble, president-elect of Mexico, has signl his 'Intention to ac- cept the invitation of President Hoover to visit the White House while on his visit to the United ing technical advisers and secre- States. ' om --------------" Escaped Man is Again in Custody Belleville, Dec. 9.--Gordon Cal- vert, aged 20, was arrested early today and will be charged with es- caping lawful custody. When pu Uce were thking a statement from Calvert recently regarding a series of thefts in the northern part of the county he walked out of the police office and the headquarters staff joined in the search, THO TORONTO STREET GARS Twenty-Four Persons Injur- ed When Cars Crashed on Grade Toronto, Dec, 9.--Twenty-four persons were hurt when two street cars crashed at Davenport Road and Bt, Clair Avenue here today. Fourteen persons were taken to hospital but the extent of their in- Juries .has not yet been determin ed, The jpars in collision were both of the Bathurst street 1ine and both southbound. One had stopped at Davenport Road when the car im- mediately behind got out of con- trol and a rear-end collision re sulted. At the point where the CArs met there is a steop grade which only a few weeks ago was responsible for another car runn- ing away and killing a motorist, At 10,80 today it~was announc- ed that all but three of the injur- od had left the hospital, The accls dent occurred at 8.30 when the cars were bound downtown with workers hurrying to work, No announcement regarding the reason why the car could not be controlled has yet been made. ROWELL PRAISES JAP HOSPITALITY Returns Home From At. tending Institute of Pacific Relations Toronto, Deo. 9.~Emphasizing the cordiality received by the Can- adlan delegation, and the welcome shown to the Canadian minister to Japan, Hon. Newton W, Rowell, K, C., chairman of the Canadian dele- |: gation to the recent conference of the Institute of Pacific relations, held in Kyoto, Japan, here today outlined the work of the conference in an address to the members of the Canadian Club, Mr, Rowell arrived here Saturday night from Japan. Interest Grws In Appointment Of Archbishop Roni®, Dee. 9.~Interest over the successor 40 the late Archbishop O. E., Mathieu of Regina, Sask, has been revived by the ADprouchin are rival in Rome of Right Rev. F, X, Ross, DD, Rishop of Gaspe, Que, who is expected to arrive December 10, and Right Rev. F, X. Cloutier, D.D, Bishop of Three Rivers, Que, who is due shortly afterwards, and also the canonization of the Cana« dian Jesuit martyrs, scheduled for Tanuary, London.--The Daily Mail prints a dispatch frqm Rawalpindi, Pun: jab, reporting that British troops had engaged in fierce fighting at Wana in"Southern Waszaristan, & Chatsworth Sage Predicts Januar Will See Floo Chatsworth, Deo, §.--James B. Bowes, the *'Sage of Chatsworth," whose long-distance weather fore casts have made him known throughout Ontario, predicts ser fous floods in many parts of the province during January. Mr, Bowes, who predicted three months ago that the last: of No- vember and the first of December would see heavy snows, reiterates his forecast that this will be an un- usually "white Christmas," In contrast, he says, January will be decidedly mila until the 20th of the month, U.S. May Apply Canadian Quota Secretary of Labor, Notes Decline in Migration From Canada (By Ken Clark, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Deg. 9.--~Applica~ tion of a modified quota system to immigration from the countries of the western hemisphere is suggest. od in the annual report of the sec- retary of labor, James J, Davis, made publle yesterday, The report notes that while there has been "a constant and considerable de- cline in the number of immigrants from our northern neighbor," im- migration from Mexico has flue- tuated up and down to a marked extent, "The absence of any restriction of limitation on natives of new world countries coming here for permanent residence, is the only obstacle in the way of complete ntimerioal control of: immigration, and in my judgment the matter has already been tod long hegleots ed by congress," the report says. Protocol Signed Berne, Switzerland.--Jay Pler repont Moffat, United States charge d'affaires here, today sign« ed on behalf of the United States government the protocol for the adhesion of the United States to the world court. Spanish Vessel Calls For Help (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Dec, 9,~-The Spanish steamer Mar Rojo, 2,202 tons, was reported to be drifting on the rocks today five miles south of Hastings, on the Channel coast, The ship reported that her engines had broken down and asked for immediate help. $750,000 Damage Done by Fire in Business Section "of Gleathain this Morning Chatham, Dec. 9.~~In the most disastrous fire in the history of the ¢ity two downtown blocks, in- cluding Chatham's leading ho telry, the Garner Hotel, whre gute ted with a loss estimated at $750, 000. While it has been impossi- ble to check up losses closely it is belleved this figure is a conserva~ tive one, Chatham fire brigade, assisted by seven men from Windsor under Chief De Fields and the "Wallace- burg fire department fought the blaze which started last night and ravaged the Garner Hotel and the Shelderick block before it was brought under control at three o'clock this morning, The fire originated in the kitch- en of the hotel restawrant and guests were forced to make hurried exits, Most of them saved their personal belongings. It was impos- sible this morning to subgtantiate a rumor last night that one of the guests was missing. The only cas ualty reported was a volunteer fire- man who had his hand slightly cut by falling glass. Chatham, Dee, 9.--After daus- ing damages tentatively estimated at half a million dollars, fire which (Continued on page 5) Premier Denies Interference Says Many Interests Involv- ed in Newsprint Situation Atlantie City, NJ, Dec. 9.--No proper view of the newsprint sits uation can be attained unless the interests of the province, the mill operators and the publishers are taken into consideration together, declared Premier G, Howard Fer guson, in an interview here. He deplored the suggestion that polls tioal influence was belng used to raise the price of newsprint, Premier Ferguson is here for a short holiday with Mrs, Ferguson, "Such a statement the public a wholly erron Tmpros- sion of the motive act the 'governmen and it probably arises from faflure to consider the situation in ita entirety," said the premier, referring to the charge of political inte ce, CABLES SENT BY CIRCUITOUS ROUTE| Montreal, Dec. 9.~Cable matter addressed to dominion. .poiits from Fogland yesterday went on a trip round the world before reathing its destination. Owing to the rup- ture of so many cables by the recs ent earthquake in the morth Ate lantic it was found quicker to route messages over lines going via In. dia to Australia, From the latter they travelled over the Paaltie oa- blgs vin Bamford, Fanning island. to Vancouver and from there over land lines to Canadian addresses. Chief Venton and Provincial Constable Carey Trace Man Believed to Have Held Up Mrs, Pearce in Grocery: Store on Friday REMANDED FOR WEEK IN COURT TODAY Youth Gives His Age as ' Eighteen Years, But Looks Much Older-- Creditable Work by Police in Clearing Up Robbery (By Bowmanville Stai'f Reporter) Howmanyille, Dec, 9.~~Nelson Sharpe, whose home is in Mid land, Ontario, and who has been working near Bowmanville for some time, was arrested about nine o'clock on Saturday night by Chief Sydney Venton of Bowmanville, and Provincial Constable Carey of Cobourg, and is said by the police, to have admitted being the bandit who, at the point of a gun, held up Mrs, Ira F. Pearce at her groo« ery store on Concession stroet last Friday afternoon in broad day- light, Acting upon clues in thelr possession the police traced Sharpe to fh house north of Solina, about seven miles from Bowmanville, and w ed wader Avpest, bn by Att to have been " session of a gun, which he 'Was carrying in his overcoat pocket, A rumor that has been prevalent in Bowmanville over the week, slats ing that Sharpe drew the gun on the police when placed under ar vest 18 denied by them, and it is stated that he came quietly when requested. He was brought to Bows manville and lodged In the local jail where he was examined by the police, and is sald to have admits ted the crime at that time, Ha gave his age as nineteen next Jan- uary. Remanded For Week He was remanded for one week when he appeared before Magis trate Ward in police court this morning. No evidence was taken and ho will be taken to Cobourg (Continued on page 6B) re Situation ln China Serious Foreign Gunboats Ready To Evacuate Women and Children (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Shanghai, Deg 9~Six foreign gun boats lying off Ichang, important Yangtze Kiang €ity in Western Ku- peh province, today evacuated foreign women and children and took them aboard, as capture of the gity by re= bel troops impended, Foreign naval despatches to Shang« hai said the situation was "serious. The rebel troops were said to have but for a hai other mutincers today, Bh hai-Nan~» second time, cut the king railway, wreckl y k L removing the ra ous break was repaired only 1! Fight, The sh cruiser Was ex ted to reach, Nanking and pr by to remove British residents; SNOW RULES : Kitohener, Deo. 9. police commission order that all walks in this city be cleared of snow down to the cement has resulted in eftl~ sens protesting vigorously, Saturs day the letter carriers entered thi fray by sending a protest to commission. They claim it m their work more dificult when sidewalks are bare of snow, , Crew Abandons . he Ja nese, Ship China Sea (By Canadian Prods, Leased Wire) Loudon, Dec, 9,-~A Lloyds' des patch from Sandakan, Norht Borneo, today stated that the Japanese steamer Kenkyu m the China Sea was in a sinking condition after running aground Her orew abandoned- h-+ but it was not known whether they were safe. The United States survey vessel, Fathomer, réported un uns successful attempt to communis cate with the steamer by wireless, surrounded the city, Nearer Shang« | ht train. | British «©