The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 1

LateMws cracDcR masport itiort WEDNESDAY, 1 APRIL 1J OL. LL No. 107. CONTAINING ALL THE CABLES RECEIVED UP TO 4.30. LATE NEWS ON PAGE 19 TODAY.

PRICE THREE CENTS Lachute May Have Stolen Railway Hand-car abandoned Vehicle JNear CP.R. Station at Buckingham. MPORTANT aUE BEING FOLLOWED Probability that the fjindit gang which held Op the Bank of Nova Qtia at Lachute yester-v reached Buckingham st night on their war to ttawa and null is en- saced in the theft of a Ind-car from the station St. Philippe, near La- mte. The shed in which lpe hanrt-car was Kepi as broken into and the Jhicle stolen.

It was re- hvered this morning, I toandonea near Clicking When the then was discov er! bv the St. Philippe sec- bn foreman this morning, he ported it to Canadian Pacific ailwav police constables, who astituted a search and located hand-car near hsucking- m. Provincial policemen were notl- and a squad of detectivn from ontreal headquarters were de- Satched towards Buckingham to k-operate with Provincial Detec-k-es J. A. Robert and E.

Dion, of all district. Ob Hot Trail. This afternoon police believed jey were on a not trsu ana naa siceucni cnenccs os bid-up gang. In the meantime other detach-enti ol heavily-armed detectives hi com tables continued to scour 1 highways in the lachute area. Although a fusillade- of revolver hots was fired by bank employes aV tha maroon-colored sedan as it tared westward alter the nom-up, An mornine bv nrovinrial officers I led to reveal a single bullet hole, ank ufficials explained that the inge and the speed 01 ine macnine ndered accurate shooting very fficult.

Farmer Ottawa Man. Although still suffering from a cad-wound Inflicted by the leader the bandit gang. Garnet Cheley. Manager of the looted branch, was today and spent some time at he bank, checking up on losses. Cencladed aa Fag 14, Quick Hearing Brings Movie Actress Divorce LOS ANGELES.

April IS A uick hearing brought divorce to- tay for Helen Twelvetrees, blonde lovle actress, from Jack Woody, usineas msn. The film player's catimony that he abused her with seemly language was corroooral- Id by another actress, Ena Gregory. ivoody did not contest the suit. Miss Twelvetrees and woody Vere married March 25, 1931. at Rio BV1 Mar, she aaid.

They epa rated last January S. Custody of Jack, meir three-ear-old son, was given Miss rwelvetrees. 'Corpse" Groans as Gold Teeth Knocked Out by Portsmouth Man Serving Dead by Physicians Revived When Morgue Workers Use Chisel and Hammer. PORTSMOUTH. April IS.

0P John Pappas. local restaurant hroprietor, will go to New York to tell Attendants st Camp Lee to rob him of Ming buried alive in Sepember, 1017. Pappas. alive and healthy today, wo negro attendants, who were tried stealing gild from cadavers, but presiding officer because they hsd Pappas. The restaurant man was stationed stricken with Influenza.

Was Fran one ed Dead. Pronounced dead by physicians, ha was carried to the camp morgue and lay there unattended for ap proximately seven hours. Tha tare neireee. wka were etettened at the saargae. an- iPayS $21,000 for tnn anrl Tinman T.t STsacked the "body" near Faaraaa' ath.

maortad the aaiael a kaarkad and Jaw, Pappas groaned. The attendants fled, dropping their ghoulish instruments. Deaths. tXAOCMKHOS At tha residence of BKoaoe, not Wei-ngton street, on Wednesday, April 18. leas, peter Clademenoa.

hk) tath year. Funeral service at the K1ors of A. Veltch and Son Ltd. Farkdala avenue. Tuna and date saidnight, armed with a ahkml a kaauaer.

They arted Bandits Courageous Pilot )F I Her Is sietare af Miss Betty SnclL af M. Otrt, pietored after she aulloed pilots iteena despite the tact that ana has never walked since was stricken witk infantile paralysis at three years af aft. The fact that, the tors have carry her ta and freae taw airplane In their arm aha amy la "hat an very dia-treaelnf." Miss Knell anid ahe la going ass far a cam mere lal license ia aviation. WANT FIGURES AS TO EXTENT BRITISH AID Staffs of Britain, France and Belgium Meet in London. WANT DISCUSSION ON GENERAL TERMS LONDON, April 15.

Havui. British rnrptnta eral staff talks ODenins here to- fay were understood to have insisted that the discussions be held to general terms. The talks are among delegates representing the general staffs of Britain, France and Belgium. Prime Minister Baldwin told the House of Commons last week that the scope and subject matter of the consultations would be closely limited and that no commitments would be undertaken without Cabinet approval. The staff talks vera arranged faUawtac the German reaoeasatlea af the demilitarised Khlnelaad.

Italy Nat Fraacnt. They were a part of the projected new Locarno agreement drawn up by Britain. France, Belgium and Italy. The latter country, however, has abstained from entering the talks while aanctiona remain in effect against her. It was understood that the British spokesmen made it clear to their French and Belgian colleagues that Britain ia not disposed to undertake definite com-Ortcladed aa Faga l.

Negro Attendants at Camp Lee Pronounced how the attempt of two morgue tour gold teeth saved him from la grateful for the greed of the before a courtmartial on charges acquitted in a direct verdict by the unwittingly averted the tragedy to aa a private at Camp Lee when Bank Note Firm Buys Property WMMN VSf Building. It was reported today that the Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, Z34 Wellington street, had bought tha property on which is located the old established firm of Thornton and Truman, Limited 232-234 Wellington street, the sale price being around WlJOs. MANS-ATLAHTIC MAILS. -MoMeabii" via attfax. close at loss am, Thursday.

April 14. Far -Lafayette via Jtew York, class st US an, Friday. RESCUE CREW CLINGS TO HOPE MINERS ALIVE Volunteers Hack Their Way Through Much Crumbling Debris. NO MORE SMOKE UP FBOM BELOW MOOSE RIVER, N.S., April IS. Ol Hopes renewed by the approach of heavy mining equipment, miners and volunteers hacked their way through crumbling debris today, seeking to rescue three Toronto men trapped 60 hours 140 feet below the surface of an abandoned gold mine.

Whether the men. Dr. D. E. Robertson, prominent Toronto surgeon: his mining partner.

H. B. Magill. and their timekeeper, Alfred Scad-ding, still lived, was a matter of conjecture. Making Desperate Meet.

Three carloads of mining equipment Including a big derrick-scoop, capable of lifting two tona of rock in one aweep. was being brought over boggy rural roads and it would be afternoon at least before the scoop could be put into oper-lon, officials aaid. Transport of me equipment, sent oy Halifax rnntrartnr mnA minina enmnaniu waa delayed by slow passage over some 20 miles of sunken roads from the railway line. Whether the equipment waa tea late, nana eaaid aay. There waa nothing ta Indicate tba men aUU lived after being entombed by a aadden cave-In Sanday.

Bat there waa nothing definite te Indicate they had perished beneath the tans af laaae rark and Starts that ehefced the only passage and smashed the communicating hoist. No one could say definitely how long it would take to penetrate to the slope or level where it was suggested the trio found shelter from the rain of rock and debris which broke without warning. Some said 10 days, others longer. Digging is Beesmed. Meanwhile digging waa returned to, the Meagher shaft which caved Cencladed an Faga It.

50 Dead, 20 Hurt Mine Elevator Drops Down Pit Cable Suddenly Snaps, Plunging Many Workers in Cage Down Shaft I of Colliery. TOKYO. April IS. (C. Fifty miners were known killed and 20 injured, soma of them gravely, when sn elevator carrying 82 plunged to the bottom of the Chuwsi colliery pit.

near Fukuoka. today. The accident was due to a suddenly broken cable. Rescue squads extricated the 50 bodiea and the 20 injured from the mast of debris at the bottom of the pit. and made feverish efforts to reach the remaining 12 before it was too late.

Fukuoka is town on the northwestern coast of Kiuthu Island, southern Japan. Bank of Canada Buys Property Pays in Neighborhood, of $21,000 for Wellington Street Site. It wss reported today that the Bank of Canada had bought from the Canadian Bank Note Company property at 224 Wellington street, adjoining the latter company's plant. The aale price was approximately 121.000. The Bank of Canada, it ia understood, intends constructing new quarters oa the property which has been used in the past for storing machinery and parking motor cars of the Csnsdisn Bank Note Company's employes.

Plans Are Not Complete Por President's Visit WASHINGTON. April IS President Roosevelt told newspaper men today when eafced about an invitation to visit Canada this Summer, that he was not even making tentative plans until adjournment Some time ago he expressed a hope that some day he would be In a position to visit the Dominion, but he aaid nothing hat yet been de- ctded. VESSEL MOVIMtMTt. Steamer Ajner. Trader.

Columbus Fenntand Veandaia Wssnlnfton Exeter Ausonia Exoehorda Pres. Orant At York Sou Ui pt on York From York N. York York N. York Naplea M. York N.

York Bsattla Marseille Shanghai Steamer Berxensfford Cacailbur. Qu. of Bermuda vuleanta Europe Maunsanut Ep. af num Coast 41 gaveta From It York York 9alfa York Wellington Ynkohaaaa Genoa For neraen soles York Fran. Fran.

If. York Canadian-Owned Racehorse Breaks Record i 1 i i aV asar. i iLca Banning sensationally In the Brat presentation af the I14.4H March-bank handicap at Tanforan track, Man Franeiaoe. Indian Bream, frees the Vatweaver stables af Major Aaatia C. Taylor, set a new werld record far tha handicap mile and ene-eighth by travelling the dialanea in ana minute 47 IS seconds.

The Canadian -awn ed threa-year-eld Is seen her after the race with Jockey Basil James In the saddle and Majar Taylor at hla head. Miss Billia Taylor, the Vanceever apartaman'a daughter, la alaa admiring the big parse. winner. Gypsy Woman Is Mother of Two Boys and Three Girls Vs a 1 rarents Alter woman went to Work in Field. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 15.

UP) Reporta of a birth of quintupletstwo boys and three girls to gypsy. Msris Ljngursru, It yean old, came today, from tha village of Hodoa in the BJhor district of Transylvsnis. The five children were described ss living, but born two months prematurely, extremely small and with abnormal features. Superstitious villagers became excited st the birth, the reporls from Hodoa said, and took the mother and her babies to Oradea. the nearest larger centre.

Mother Working In Field. Police Chief Quits Penny Ante Poker CAPREOL, April 15 retire Ckief George Canron naa premised the man lei pal eoancil that he won Id no longer take part la penny-ante poker gaaaes In the rear af a leeal restaurant. The promise was made after a Bseeting af the eoancil at which eomplainta made against the police chief were aired. The chief did net think a poker game was any worse than playing bridge for stakee, and he began ta give Police Commissi an Chairman P. J.

Coyne hla pinion an the aabjert when he was halted by Mayor James' Coyne. "The ananey la not an the table In a bridge game," retorted Ceyne. He aaid it waa net a eaitahle thing rer the chief to be atsytng poker fee sneney. Prison Inquiry Starting in May Commission of Three to Investigate Charges of Coal Monopoly. Owing to the illness of its chairman.

Mr. Justice Arrhambault. the Royal Commission which wiH investigate the administration of Canadian penitentiaries not expected to begin ita work until next month. The commission will meet in Ottawa In May and formulate Its plans. Allan J.

Frasqr. of Ottawa. Is secretary, The Government fi expected to set up a Royal Commission of three members to inquire into charge representing monopolistic control nf the Importation and distribution of nthraclte coal. Next week will aee parliamentary committees hard at work. These will include special committees investigating the administration nf the Canadian Wheat Board, another on radio broadcasting.

So many committees will be in act, on that officials of the House of Commons bsve authorised the employment nf shorthand reporteia to take down the evidence. Continue Tight to Save Woman Prom Gallows BIRMINGHAM. April IS. Defence counsel sought stay of execution today for Mrs. Dorothy Waddingham.

34. with only 24 hours remaining before the. time set for her hanging under conviction of poison murder of a patient in her nursing home. If Mrs. Waddingham dies an the gallows tomorrow, ahe will be only the ninth woman executed In Great Britain since the turn of tha aanXurx I GO' in Rumania Quintuplets Are Born to 25-Year-Old i aaaaaa The Ave babies were reported to have been born shortly after the mother went to work in a field.

There was no doctor present and the woman's husband, Alexander Ljnguraru, assisted in the delivery. Mrs Ljnguraru was said to be recovering well. Although official verification of the multiple birth was lacking, the circumstances were vouched for by a newspaper reporter here. Authentic medical records disclose that only the Dionne quintuple ta. born May 28.

10.14, to Mrs. Oliva Dionne at Callander. have lived more than an exceedingly brief span. Of eases authenticated by the American Medical Association aa having arcarred aver a period at let years, na act of ftve arevtona ta the Diennea aver lived aaare than fonr days, and na single qatntaplet baby ever lived mare than S4 days. The Dionnes.

all girls, now are approaching their second birthday, Ceneladed en Page It. Continue Search Body of Woman Police Delay Inquest Un til Namur Mystery Has Been Cleared Up. Search for either the body or the peraon of Mrs. Joseph DuDevoir. who disappeared on Tuesday.

April 7. when the DuDevoir home was burned to the ground st Namur. miles from Ottawa, war continued today by Quebec provincial detectives, who questioned many residents of the district over the tragedy. Until the missing woman ia located the inquet Into the tragedy, which cost the live of Joseph DuDevoir and Leon Le-clair. is being postponed.

Charred bodies of the two men were discovered In the ruins of the house, and circumstances surrounding the tragedy strongly suggest iuui piay. Omer Olrard. Itinerant lumberjack, aaid by police to be familur with the Namur diatrict. was picked up for questioning in Mortreil yesterday by Quebec provincial detectives who Intimated that he w.M be detained at police ss an essential witness until after the Inqueat. WOULD SUCCEED AUSTRALIA.

WELLINGTON, April 15. Prime Minister Michael Savage said today that New Zealand wss endeavoring to secure a seat on the Council nf the League nf Nations In September in succession to Australia. IDENTIFY MAN'S BODY. RIVIERE DU LOUP. April IS.

Body of a man found in the St. Lawrence river last week was identified today as that of Willie Lafontaine. Victoria ville dairy operator, whoa widow lavas in Man- WAVES BATTER SHIP CARRYING ART TREASURE Warships Stand by Craft Held Fast in Sand Bar. HAS PRICELESS CARGO ABOARD' GIBRALTAR, April 15. (IP) The SS.

Ranpura, with fortunes in Chinese art treasures aboard, was battered late today by high waves as she remained fast in a sand bar near the harbor with warships standing by. The stesmer is carrying the bulk of the Chinese art exhibit which for three monlha was on display at Burlington House. London. Treasure lTnder Guard. Connoisseurs of Chinese art from throughout the Occident went to London to view the amazing display, carried there by arrangements between the British and Chinese Governments and constantly under guard by Chineae and British authorities The valaa af the Ranpara'a carte la heyand estimate, for taany af the stems carefully Packed In watertight bexea In her held were carved and saealded by Imperial maatera wha lived long before the birth af Chrtat The cruiser Leander was ordered to keep up steam and to go to the assistance of the Ranpura if necessary.

Make Another Attempt. High waves, rollinx throuxh the bay, prevented an attempt by tugs this morning to refloat the treasure ship, but another try will be msde with the night tide. The Ranpura drawa 24 feet of water, but went aground in a spot where the sounding is only IS feet Two salvage steamers from Lisbon have been ordered ta stand by. At tha same Unas destroyers are eat gaard areand tha distressed vessel. The crew rigged a kedge anchot to prevent the ship from moving farther into the sand bank and began trimming its ballast and fuel tanks.

The P. and O. liner Barrabool will take 40 of the Ranpura'a pas sengers to Marseilles tonignu France Is Warned Of Italy's Stand Duce Will Not Be Frus- trated in His Efforts in Ethiopia. PARIS, April IV Diplomatic sources ta i toda tha Pie rre-Etiennc Flandin, France's Foreign Minister, had been warned by Italy that Premier Mussolini "refused to be frustrated now that his forces are nearlng Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. They asserted this statement was made to Flandin directly by Ambassador Cetruti, of Italy.

At the same time the Italian ambassador was reported as saying naiy was willing to mini, her obligations to aid France against Germany under the Locarno Treaty only if League of Nations sanctions against Italy were lifted. At a meeting Government leaders, French eincUls decided give Great Britain and Italy time ta settle their differences ver the Rthlaplan war befare taking a stand an farther sane-Uens. Sources close to the Foreign Of-Ace indies ted Joseph Psul-Roncour, minister without portfolio, had been instructed to do all he could Concluded an Page M. Former Prme Minister Undergoes Operation LONDON. April 15.

Former Prime Minister Ramsay Mac Don urKrwnt an operation today which the nursing home he entrr- ed announced waa "successfully performed." "He is doing well." a bulletin said. MacDonald. now Lord President of the Council, entered the nursing home yesterday for the operation which he described as "minor." He hopes to return to his official duiies within i few weekx. ENTICING ITEMS From ToJmy'i Wmmt TVo Roston hull pups are for sala a' very reasonable prices Lost A brown suede chanfe purse containing lara sum of money. A doctor's residence and offtra ts for sala or rant.

Used tires, all sixes, ara for sala at bargain pneaa. gf elaas for moving service. On firm apaetaltaaa in roovtng pun os. The rent te mliwH a 4 room at-tracrtrty furnlshdMl apartment. aUacttleaUy equipped The rent la reduced on a hmise Owner will decorate to suit tenant Uf bura a t-tube Marconi Easy tried irrv-Hd reader offers advwe.

i I 1 i I I i I i i I 1 i French Accord Off If Great Britain Plays Lone Hand One Rescue Worker Accident Victim MOOSE RIVER. N.8., April 15. One of the men rushing reacne eqalpment ta the abandoned mine where three Toronto men have been entombed ee hoars, was Injured today when a heavy tractor overturned and pinned him ta the ground. The worker, Roy Brown, af Halifax, was aent ta hospital with fractured ribs and other undetermined Injuries. ON SOCIAL LAW FOR SOMETIME published in the newspaper Supreme Court Has Had Le Temps and was confirmed Little Time on Impor- '9 official quarters.

tant References. "lon8 witn feer1 Mediterranean nations had a' MAY DELAY ACTION sured Great Britain that If shs) BY PARLIAMENT were 'tac'iel 'n Mediter- ranean by Italy they would Decision of the Supreme come to her id- The assur-Court of Canada on the valid- ance was on reciprocal basis. ity of the eight social reform (France favor, the lifting of I measures enacted by the Ben- I sanctions from Italy In order nett Government is not ex-1 be assured of her aid against peeled this month. The court Germany, while Britain hf-I meets next Tuesday and again portedly favors increasing tha on April 28. sanctions current me.u In addition to the eight reference.

negotiations are not on the social reform laws, the court fruitful). at It. January and Tebrusry sessions Premier Albert Sarraut de-heard 28 other cases, on which. I clared France may be forced iudgmenia are expected to be to quit the League) of Nation handed down. Expect Appeal.

rrivy Ceanell. So many important points have to be considered regarding the social reform laws that the court's findings may be delayed. Then again it ia believed that sppesls against the court's decision may be taken to the Imperial Privy Council. The situation In this eveeit i that no action may be taken by Parliament at the present session to deal witn the social reform legislation until its validity has been determined finally by the higheat court of appeal which la the Judi cial committee of the Imperial Privy Council. The legislation which arose from the flndinga of the Royal Commis sion on price spreads ia In a separate claas from those enacted under the conventions under the Versailles Treaty and also quite distinct from such a law aa the Farmers' Arrangement Act.

A ft ecu Fries Spreads Laws. The Dominion Trade and Indus try Commission would have been the inatrument which would have made inquiriea into offences aria-Ing out of the price spreads legia-lation and then passed its finding to the Attorney General of the province concerned for prosecution. The Dominion Trade and Industry Commission Act. however. Is one of the measures now before the Supreme Court.

I Record and Forecast of the Weather The JhtbiI aUndartf thennmeter TORONTO. April IS. Ot Shallow disturbance, cover On tario, Western Quebec and Newfoundland, while pressure is high over Ungava and the western and aoutahern portions of the continent. Light to moderate precipitation has occurred from Eastern Saskatche-! wan eastward to eat em Quebec aluo romp parts of the Maritime Provirwpv The weathar has been romparat.vely mild in Alberta and but rather cool nearly all other part of the Dominion. FORECASTS.

Ottawa and 1Tpper St. Law renee Valley: Fartly cleanly teds? and Thursday; probably a few araltered ahsmera; net much change In iei pent tare. Northern Ontario; Cloudy with srsiiered showers and jnowflurnev Thursday, mostly cloudy and rather cold. Lake Superior- We.t to north-wejtt wind; cloudy with anme light showers or snowflurnes. Thursday.

moetiy fa and rsther cold. Tetaipera tares. Lnwt Hi I'M During m. Yosf'dy Nigh! Diwion Aklev-ik Id 10, an Firt gimpeon Frt ftmitn Prince Rupert Victoria Kami oop Jeaper Caiaary C4nion ton Safk.toon Prince Albert Churchill Rrsndnn Wlnntnes as so ii fx so as la nenore a is Ready to Withdraw Aid to Fleet in Mediterranean. ITALY IS REASON OF SURPRISE ACT I O'clock EdiUan Service.

PARIS, April 15. (A. Official quarters said tonight a French agreement to aid the Brit ish fleet if it is attacked in the i ranean "does not hold if Britain plays a lone hand against Italy." This warning to Britain was if her "faith in collective curity" is broken by Geneva's failure to punish those who "ruptured International agree-, orients." The Premier, Germany's denunciation of the Locarno treaty, said France strong enough- to take care of her own security if the League collapses. Bennett's Appeal Is Successful House of Commons Messenger Is Restored to His Post. A messenger on the staff of the House of Commons since 1931 snd dismissed early in the parliamentary session has been restored to his post on the appeal of Mr.

Bennett, The Opposition Leader appealed on the ground that the msn lost his -wife recently, has five children, snd ts a war veteran. The 'dismissal will be looked Into' by the special committee en privilege, and elections which wilt ptart its activities next week wltla E. R. E. Chevrier, presiding.

a tWay regtitereI 4effa Sault Marta lymonn Toronto Klns'nn Ottawa Montreal Drtiicet Quebec Saint John Monet freOencton Halifax Oartottetown Detroit New York a so 44 44 4 4a 42 3 5 S4 a 12 11 st ss SS as gun rose. IS a sun sets Stt p.m. sent Ada. an Page M. I Of Nmtt fcot Main.

Vjowvw most Latest News-Sporting and Alarkets Close Today On Page 19. urn.