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"Al the News While It Is News" @he Oshawa Daily Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer dines A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City » VOL. 6--NO. 50 Canada' Every Published at - Oshawa, wd Day Except Sundays and OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1930 « 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES RE i News in Brief 3 (By .anadian Press) Lanse lots oe oa oD Liberal Whip Resigns London.--8ir Willlami Edge, one of the four Liberals voting with the Government and against the Liberal leader in Parliament last 'night, afterwards resigned as a Liberal whip. The party has not yet accepted his resignation. ! Ld i Wanted in Belleville | Toronto.--At the request of the lchief constable at Belleville, Ar- ithur Fenn, Cambridge Avenue, {was arrested last night on a charge of fraud. Fenn is alleged to have {forged a number of small cheques and cashed them in Belleville He {will be taken back to stand trial |at Belleville. ' : | Mine Inspector Appointed Winnipeg. -- George E. Cole, {present chief inspector of mines, {will be the provincial director ot mines and head of the new de- partment which will control Mani- i{toba's mineral resources, it was {learned yesterday. The new de- partment was formed following {the return of the natural resources {to the province by the Dominion |{Government. . LJ - Organization Act Signed Rome.--The governors and re- presentatives of state banks con- nected with the foundation of the bank for international settlements |yesterday adopted and signed the |organizing act for the bank. They |agreed on measures for developing its functions. | Meets Death Under Sleigh Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Trying to escape death beneath sliding logs, Steve Kolchuk, 46-year-old lumberman, jumped from a rush- ing sleigh to the snow and then slid back under the runners. He died of a fractured skull as he was being rushed from Labelle's camp to Blind River. . «'e Milford, Conn.--Simon Lake, ifather of numerous submarine in- ventions, plans to spend a consid- erable part of this summer search- fing the floor of the Long Island sound in the vicinity of Hell Gate for $4,000,000 in gold, believed to nave sunk with a pay ship sent to America by the British during the Irevolutionary yar. | To Search For Treasure | 1 | | | Agree to Become Directors | New York,--Gates M. McGarrah, hairman of the board of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank of New York, and Léon Fraser, New York attorney, Hwho was general counsel for the Dawes plan, have indicated they will agree to become the United States members. of the board of directors lof the Bank for International Settle- * Five Killed in Explosion | Haydock, Lancashire --~Five miners were killed and 20 others sent to a hospital, some of them badly burned, after an explosion in Lyne pit near here Wednes. night. Fire delayed res cue operations for some time, but ventually the dead and injured were brought to the surface. Not Ready for Air Mail Vancouver.--Air mail will not cross Le Rockies this year, the city coun- il has been informed in a letter from Hon, P. J. Veniot, Postmaster Gen- ral, Emergency landing fields and beacons for night flying and airports imust be developed before regular air ail flights over the mountains can Ibe * established, the minister pointed ut. « Candy Girl NowOper a Singer New York.--~Anna Turkel, a form- r candy seller in the Opera Cafe on he Grand Tier of the Metropolitan Golden Horseshoe," has made her successful debut as a dramatic sop- no, in Europe, cabels to the Met- opolitan management announce. She ang the leading .ole in "La Forza fel Destino," at the Carl Felice thea- tre in Genoa. bi «= Stockholders Get Melon Cleveland. --W. . Gerhauer, president of the United States Shipbuilding company announced he company planned to distribute p $6,000,000 melon among the istockholders. The plan entails jhe 0! f the company's capita ls AE 05,714,400 to $8,828,640, which officials say is ample for op- eration. i viets Paid Would-Be Assassin Some. Commendatore De Benn- detti, councillor of the penal sec fon of the Rome court of appeals. has gone to Paris with a special mission. H will examine all who iknow or associated with young IFerdinand DeRosa, who shot at lcrown Prince Humbert in Brus- lsels last O-tober. DeRosa is await. ling trial in that city. It is alleged hat he obtained money from Mos- COW. ° WEATHER Pressure is high over the Eastern part of the continent while a shallow depression centered over South Dakota is moving rapidly northeastward The weather has been for the most part fair in all provinces with about normal tempera- ture. Forecasts: Lower Lake Re- glon--Fine with rising tem- perature, Saturday -- South- east winds, partly cloudy and milder, probably followed by some rain, Georgian Bay-- Fair with slowly rising tem. perature. "atonrday -- Cloudy and milder, followed by some snow or. part rain, OSHAWA HARBOR VOTE Decision In Miami Fight Is Upheld Debate in House of Com. mons on Condition Re- specting Pension Appeals of War Veterans FAVORS CHANGES IN SOLDIERS' ADVISORS General Ross Does Not Favor Increasing Number of Members on Appeal Board (By Conadian Pres Leased Wire) Ottawa, Feb. 28--'I xnow of an instance where a maa who should represent the returned soldiers' case was not in a fit condition to present it before the appeal tribu- nal." declared General Arthur E. Ross, Conservative, Kingston, in protesting before the House of Commons yesterday existing condi- tions in respect to the hearing and granting of war veterans' pensions appeals. "I am going further into the case, but I shall first notify th man that T pam going to bring itp in this housfe." General Ross, who was Canadian director of medical services in France, and who =recognizedly speaks with authority on matters relating to soldiers' disabilities and pensions, indicated his future dis- satisfaction in the matter of sub mission of war veterans' pension pleas when he said: 'We are not going to strengthen the case of the returned soldier or make it one bit better by increas- ing the number of members of the Federal Appeal Board. We had bet- ter get busq and change some of the official representatives who are not doing their duty at the presenttime in presenting the cases of the re- turned soldier." Dr. Wm. Spankie, (Conservative, Frontenac-Addington), a new mem- ber, succeeding the late Hon. Dr. J. W. Edwards, made his maiden spech in the course of the debate. The duscussion was only notable for the first speech this session of Miss Agnes MacPhail (Progressive Southeast Grey), only woman mem- ber of the House, MIMICO MAN I$ GIVEN REMAND ON SHOOTING CHARGE Accidentally Shot Chum! Who Asked for Lend of Money (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb. 28.--Charged with manslaughter In counection with the death of his boyhood friend, Walter Gregor, 28, appear- ed in police court at Mimico, a Toronto suburb, today and was re- manded to March 5, He was al- lowed his freedom on bail of $10,- 000. The charge arose from the fatal wounding last night of Edward King, 29, while laughinely discuss- ing the possibility of his not re- turning to repay five dollars which he had just borrowed from Gre- eor, a Mimico storekeeper. Un- able to cash a cheque for King, Gregor had offered to lend him five dollars. While the former was makin out an 1.0.U., he jokingly asked if Greror was afraid he would not return to pay him the money. "If you don't," the storekeeper replied, as he produced a revolver from a drawer, "Vou'll have this to contend with." The sun discharged a8 he pointed it at Kine, who dron- nad tn the flnor, mortally wounded. PENALTIES ADDED 70 SILIGHSIS AGT Employers Must Protect Eyesight of Granite Workers (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb. 28.--Penalties for employers of granite workers in Ontario who do not provide safe- guards to their eyesight and gen- eral health were added to the sili- cosis act, in an amendment intro- duced into the legislature by Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, Minister of Health. For an {nfraction of the provi- sions of the act, which was passed last year, a fine of from $100 to $500 was provided. The minister said that complaints had been re- ceived by his department that the act was not being observed in some sections of the province and the penalties were added so that prosecutions could be commenced. MAN IS KILLED, OFFICER WIUNDED AND BOMB FOUND 600 Arrests Made in Further Efforts to Clear Windy City of Crime Chicago, 111, Feb, 28--A man was killed by a policeman, an of- ficer of the law was wounded chas- ing bandits. and a bomb with a sputtering fuse was discovered in time to prevent a serious expiosion early today as police pushed for- ward their drive against criminals, Six hundred arrests we made during the 24 hours endga last midnight. 4 Walter Collins, a negro and non- combatant in a gunfight between eight policemen and a man they sought to arrest, was killed. Policeman - David MCLean was wounded twice in the arm when he exchanged shots with two men who attempted to rob him. Two patrolmen found the bomb, with fuse lightened, in the door- way of a butcher shop in the Max- well Street Ghetto. Meanwhile "erimeless Chicago in six months' was the slogan today of the secret committee of six. GIRL BANDIT GETS 20 YEAR SENTENCE Two Others Go to Auburn for Life in $300,000 Robbery (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Buffalo, Feb, 28.--Sentences of life imprisonment in Auburn prison were meted out today by Justice Hinkley in Supreme Court to Peter Dombkiewicz, companion of Sallie Joyce Richards, 'Blond Bandit", in a series of hold ups here, and to Stanley Przybyl, the "Millionaire Kid", the fifth to be sentenced for participation in the $300,000 gem robbéry at the home of John L. Carson of this city, The 20-year-old blonde girl wae given 20 years to life in prison, and Eddie Izydorzcak, who was ar- rested with her and DoDmbkiewicy in Montgomery, Ala., will spend 16 years to life at Auburn, Both were first offenders and were given minimum sentences, mandatory by law. Civic Employes (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Chicago, Ill, Fed, 28.--Thous- ands who have worked for weeks without pay----policemen combat. ting crime, tiremen fighting smoke and blaze in icy winter, nurses pro tocting public health - watched the first of the rescue millions trickle into 'the city, county and school Watch Cash Come in and Line Up For Pay bbard coffers today and formed in- to line for the paycff parade. With the initial quota of $50.- 000,000 pledged yeeterday, every effort was put forward to transfer the cash so the first ct the cheques could be issued tomorrow, More of the omployees will be paid Mon- day and on Tuesday, payoff on municipal debts will begin, EX-PRESIDENT TAFT GROWING WEAKER FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT NEARS DEATH Wm. Howard Taft, former presi- ment, and his death may come at dent of the United States and re- | any time. cently resigned chief justice of the supreme court, who is growing weak- er. according to physicians state- | The present crisis 1s the result of a long period of ill-health which forced the ex-president to re tire, only recently, from chief jusg- iceship. ' , 1aft's Condition Is Still Lerious (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Washington, Feb. 28.--All was quiet at the home of William How- ard Taft today, and there was no indication that there had been any change in the condition of the for- mer chief justice and president since his physicians visited him shortly before midnight. Mr, Taft still remained, it was said, in the state of coma that has held him for several days. Beaverbrook Will Aid Tories If They Aid Hi Party Is Economic And Not Politically Inclined (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Feb. 28.--Lord Beaver- brook has made his position very plain. If the Conservatives will adopt his policy of free trade within the empire, then Lord Bea- verbrook will support the Conser- vatives. His own party, the Unit- ed Empire party, is an economic body, not a political one. Lord Beaverbrook opened a west country' campaign at Gloucester last night before a very large and apparently open-minded audience. He urged the "foolishness" of the empire nations buying from for- eign sources much more than they bought and sold among themselves, "I want to remove the misun- derstandings on the part of Mr. Stanley Baldwin," sald Lord Bea- verbrook. "The Conservative party as a whole does not realize tne great change which at this moment is transforming politieal opinion in Britain, "For the first time' in half a century, the British péople are pre- pared to drastically modify, or ab- andon altogether, the present fis- cal system in which the whole country is losing confidence. Road- making plans and the palliatives of Lloyd George are already forgot- ten. "The present state of industry wants an immediate remedy, I beg Mr. Baldwin to belleve it is possible now at once, to commence to bulld that greatly policy which the whole Conservative party ap- proves, and that from the moment we begin we shall reap immense benefits in Britain, "The second point T wish to put to Mr. Baldwin is this: How can we commence negotiations with (Continued on Page 2) IAMI BOXING CONMISSION GIVES RULING (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Miami, Feb. 28.--Lou Magnolias action in declaring Jack Sharkey the winner and refusing to allow Phil Scott's claim of foul in last night's fistic fiasco was formally upheld to- day by the Miami Boxing Commis- sion, Chairman of the commission, Louis MacReynolds, advised Magnolia that' his action was unanimously support- ed. Jimmy Johnston, Scott's manager, declared his intention of fyling a pro- jest. MacReynolds indicated no pro- test would be entertained. Scott is said to have suffered so much pain from the blow that it was cessary to administer morphia at five o'clock this morning to get him to sleep. After breaktrast, Scott was taken to a solarium for treatment of the raumisme of the right sciatic nerve and also stomach muscles. He was able to walk. Jack Sharkey"s manager, Johnny Buckley, lost no time in issuing a statement that a claim would be fyled with the Massachusetts Boxing Com- mission for the world's champion- ship, He expressed willingness, how- ever, to have Sharkey fight Max Schmeling in June, with the cham- pionship at stake. Ask Uniformity In "0, Canada" (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Feb, 28--When a Cana- dian audience is asked to sing "0 Canada" it is safe to guess that most of the audience will mumble the words as if they were afraid someone would hear what they were saying, and three or four d#f- lerent versions of this anthem will be used by people in the same crowd. In .rder to overcome this, one of the Rotary clubs in an On tario city has adopted the expedi- ent of having onc version pointed |in large type, and hung up in the front of their hall, so that no one will" feel embarrassed by lack of knowledge of the right version, The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, in its programme to be presented to parliament this session, believes tho Dominion Government shoul: take a hand in correcting this sit- uation, and one of its requests is that the government should select and publish an official English ver- sion of "0 Canada." Serious Charge Is Made Against Pension Official GENERAL ROSS, KINGSTON, SAYS OFFICIAL WAS UNFIT T0 PRESENT CASE TO BOARD Tardieu Claims He Is Able to Form Cabinet Succeeds in Spite of Scoffing of Socialist Opponents (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, Feb. 28.--Andre Tardieu formally assured President Dou- mergue this afterncon that: he would form a cabinet. Tardieu spent only a few min- utes with President Doumergue On emerging he said he had re ported progress and had told the President he had undertaken to form a ministry. He refused to give any indication when he would have the ministry ready or to say anything about ita political complexion, Consults Poincare (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, Feb. 28.--Andre Tardieu, Premier-Designate, again this morning sought the advice of the veteran French statesman, Ray- mond Poincare, as to how to pro- ceed in formation of a government to replace the two--his own and that of Camille Chautemps--which have been defeated in the cham- ber. It was believed M. Poincare told him to proceed wit! his slow meth odical canvas of the various partv leaders and their subordinates, a policy which thus far has résulted probably in his conferring with 50 or more deputies and senators. Twelve or 15 called for consulta- tion today. Arouses Resentment The method has aroused the fur- fous resentment of the Socialists, who met this morning and passed a resolution describing M, Tar dieu"s delay as a "scandalous com er president and premier-designate were waiting untii the Radicai Socialists should have recovered from their anger at M. Tardieu's part in bringing about the defeat of Camille Chautemps. ANOTHER MONTREAL FIRM 1S SUSPENDED (By Canafllan Press Lease? Wire) Montreal, Feb. 28.--The Con- solidated Mining and Oil Exchange of Montreal, today announced the suspension of the brokerage firm of Edgecombe and Company, from the exercising of its membership of the exchange held in the name of George Edgecombe: Paul L. Turgeon has been appointed li- quidator of the firm. Canadian Exodus To U.S. Stopped London, Ont., Feb. 28.--Visas Issued from the entire London Jurisdiction of the United States ccnsulate fell to 40 in February and the exodus of Canadians to the United States is regarded as defin- ftely ended. This number is the lowest February total in many years. Officials wrote that the re- duction has two principal causes; unemployment in the United States and the stiffenlig of United States immigration regulations, Lost Flyer At Prince's Camp (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nairobi, Kenya Colony, British East Africa, Feb. 28.--The Prince of Wales had another aerial visitor at his camp at Selengai yesterday, Com mander Glen Kidston, flying from Naiobi to the camp with a private cinematographer who took pictures of big game near Selengai. Kidston returned in the evening with several game films taken by His Royal Highness. Campbell Black, the aviator, who was not heard from for some time after his departure Wednesday fin- ally arrived safely at the Prince's camp and 'is expected to return here today. Believe Man Is Ottawa Slayer Boston, Mass, Feb, 28--~A man who described himself as Leonard Doherty, a waiter, and who ws ar- rested during a garment workers' strike alteration in the Back Bay this morning was said by police to have been virtually identified as Charles Leonard, wanted for the slay ing of Charles Underwood, a room- ate at Ottawa, Ont, on April 30, edy." Their press claimeq the form- |. JAMES ROSS MUNRO JOURNALIST, DEAD Well-known Newspaperman Never Fully Recovered From Operation (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb, 28--James Ross Munro, well-known newspaperman, died at his home here this morning. He was 45 years of age. Two months ago he submitted to an operation but never fully recovered. Mr. Munro started his newspaper career with his father, the late Rob- ert Munro, publisher of the Port El- gin (Ont.) Times. He later served for various periods on the editorial staffs of the Niagara Falls Record, the Brantford Expositor and the To- ronto Globe. He was managing edi- tor of the Ottawa Free Press when that paper was merged with the pre- sent Ottawa Journal. He returned to Toronto and after further service with the Toronto Globe and later with the Toronto Star entered the advertising agency business. For some time he had been connected with the firm of Lord, Thomas and Logan, The funeral will take place at Port Elgin on Monday next. ASK PRESIDENT T0 MOLIFY GRAIN MARKETING PLAN Want Modification of Policy of Buying Wheat From Only Co-operatives Minneapolis, Minn,, - Feb. 28-- 'Some modification" of the Federal Farm board's three-day old policy of refusing to buy wheat except from co-operatives affiliated with its Farm- ers' National Grain corporation may be made, it was announced in tele- grams from Samuel R. McKelvie, grain member of the farm board. The messages were received by the Northwest Country Elevator associa- tion and the Minneapolis Grain Com- mission Merchants' association, These are two of the numerous northwest organizations which have tyled pro- tests with the Farm Board, and with senators and congressmen from Min- nesota 'and the other spring wheat states against the Board's new sys- tem of limiting its wheat purchases to co-operative elevator groups that have signed as stockholder-members of the Farmers' National corporation or of the latter's three northwest ag- encies, FARMERS SUPPORT BIRTH CONTROL Step Toward Solving Eco- nomic Problems of Working Classes Saskatoon, Sask, Feb. 28 --Firm support of birth control, as an im- portant step toward solving econom- ic problems of farmers and other working classes, was expressed yes- terday by the convention of United Farmers of Canada, Saskatchewan section. The stand based on that of the last Saskatchewan Fai Wom- efi's week, is the most pronounced approval of bitrh control ever offer- ed by a provincial farmer's body. Removal of the ban on safe, sane and hygenic contraceptives is re- quested of the Dominion government by the convention's decision. It is al- so advised that immediate provision be made for training all of practis- ing physicians in application of such contraceptives; and that clinics be added to "all hospitals far and wide for the purpose of dissemination of such contraceptive methods as are found most suitable for each case." IS RENEWED $50,000 APPROPRIATION FOR WORK AT THE HARBOR INCLUDED IN ESTIMATES $34,000 of This Sum, How ever, is Revote of Unex- pended Portion of Last Year's Vote of $50,000 MAYOR MITCHELL IS DISAPPOINTED Amount Provided Will Be Expended in Completing the Dredging Work Which Was Started at Harbor Last Fall Oshawa this year figures in the main estimates of the federal gove ernment, an appropriation of $50,- 000 being made for the work being done at Oshawa Harbor, Of thia amount $16,000 is a new vote, the balance of $34,000 being the unexe pended amount of the $50,000 ap- propriation which was provided fo# in the supplementary estimates at last year's session of parliament. The amount set azide, it is understood, will be sufficient only to cover the cost of the dredging contract which was let early last fall, and under which a considerable amount of work das already been done. There is not, however. any new appropris ations for other work at the harbor, but there is always a possibility, o course, that there may be a further sum set aside for that work in the supplementary estimates. Statement by Mayor The $50,000 appropriation for the Oshawa Harbor is entirely to cover the contract let last year by the De- partment of Public Works for dredg« ing and the diversion of crecks at the harbor, Mayor Mitchell, speaking to The Times today, explained that thé contract let last year totalled $66,000. There bad been $16,000 worth of work done last year out of tha 1929 appropriation, leaving $50,000, to be appropriated this year to cover the contract, The appropriation last year was for $50,000. Since $16,000 of this was (Continued on Page 2) THREE COMMITTED FOR WORDER TRIAL Accused in Winona Crime Appeared in Court This Morning i (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Hamilton, Feb. 28.-----Mike Smith, Martin Shawra and Joe Mikulsk, charged with the murder of John Iwantz, at Winona, on the morn ing of November 26, were coms mitted for trial in eounty police court this afternoon by Magistrate Vance after lengthy evidence had been submitted by the erown. The feature of the hearing was the en- try into the witness box of Mike Smith, who told his story, blaming his companions for the crime. Paul Hershuck and Mike Kosty- niuk, charged with vagrancy in connection with the case, were dis missed when it was announced that there was no evidence to offer against them. Sharkev-Scott Fight Failure (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Miami, Fla.,, Feb. 28.--Official figures announced today placed the paid attendance at the Scott-- Sharkey fight show last night at 18,600, the gross receipts at $190,- 000 and the net "gate" at only $161,000 after deduction of tax. The loss to the Madison Square Garden Corporation was estimated at $50,000 but may run as high as $76,000, Sharkey, receiving 25 per cent, drew $40,000, for hic share as com. pared with $100,000 he received for his victory over Young Strib- ling a year ago. Sgott, getting 20 per cent., drew $32,000. (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Feb, 28.--Second Division al court at Osgoode Hall this miorn- ing held that Nofman Samells un der the provisions of the statute was justified in hanging "Virginia Skip per," the: valuable fox hound belong- ing to Provincial Constable Cecil Taylor because the dog was found off premises upon which he was habitua- lly kept without a tag and not un- der control, Judge Says Samells Right in Hanging "Virginia Skipper" Accordingly the court today al- lowed Mr, Sammell's appeal against the finding of Judge Ruddy who as warded $120 damages to the plaintiff, Taylor, Justice Riddell who writes tha judgment says that evidence that the dog was seen chasing sheep and that he was seen in defendant's hen house may be neglected, but his lord ship points out the dog was caught and killed in defendant's orchard where sheep were kept.