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#2] The Oshawa WT VOL. 1--NO. 39 "Viet gaz Serves ™ The Oshawa Daily Reformer Laily Times - OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TEER TWELVE PAGES VESSELS, PLANES SEARCH FOR FLIERS CANADIAN TO FLY ATLANTIC FROM CANADA Capt. E. L. Jan Janney Verifies Report of Secretly Built Plane ARRIVES KINGSTON Will Make the Flight to Eng- land Alone--To Return By Air (By Canadian Press) Kingston, Aug. 18, -- Capt E. L. Janney, Canadian aviator, arrived here today from New York, and when shown a Cana- dian Press despatch which gave details printed by the New York World today of his plane which is being secretly built for a trans- Atlantic flight from Canada ad- mitted that it was correct. He also announced definitely for the first time that he would make the trip alone and if successful in landing in England will fly back to Canada as soon as the weather permits. "It won't be long now," he said, when asked when he expected to leave, New York, Aug, 17.--In an effort tc steal a march on two other Canadian expeditions which plan non-stop trans Atlantic flights to England, a plane has been secretly under construction for wecks at the Farmingdale, LI, plant of the Fairchild Airplane Corp- oration, and is to &ohe livered e next EAN, Lager 4 i of Ottawa, who Saple to A the firs: to fly from Canada to London. Th fuselage of the ship, which is a modi fication of the Fairchild folding wing monoplane, already has been complet ed, and by virtue of a $5000 bonus, a force of men is working day and night to rush the machine to completion, GREAT FLOODS SWEEP SIBERIA Steady Downpour of Rain for 18 Hours--40,000 Peas- (By Canadian Press) Viadivsotck, Siberia, Aug. 18.-- Forty thousand peasants are re- ported to have been déprived of shelter and over one hyndred drowned in the great floods which are sweeping the Maritime Proy- inces following a steady dowmpour of eighteen hours. With rain econ- tinuing to fall today. The Ussuri River was out of its banks for miles, and the Bikin, one of its tributaries, was rising tem finches every hour. Suchan also has over- flowed. Doren Lost CHINESE TO HAND OVER WINGS OF SEIZED PLANE (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Shanghal, Aug. 18.--Both Chinese and British officials to. day denied the report that the Chinese had returned the wings of a British military plane seiz. ed after the plane had made a forced landing outsile the In. ternational Settlement herve, London, Aug. 18.--Chinese authorities in Shanghai, Reut. er's says, are handing over to- day the wings of the British military aeroplane which they seized after - the plane was forced to descend outside the international settlement, After delivery of the wings, the cor- respondent says, the British will immediately repair the break in the railway which they cut yesterday, and withdraw to the settlement, INJURED LAD DOING AS WELL AS CAN BE Golden Eagle and Miss Planes' Fate Unknown , Woolaroe, Winner of Dole In Pacific, Race and Aloha, Second Prize Winner, Resting in Hangars at Wheeler Field Hawaii PLANES MISSING OVER 40 HOURS Miss Mildred Doran is Fas- senger in Plane "Miss Dor- an" -- 40 Destroyers, Mer- chant Vesse's and Aircraft Join in Search end Are Combing Seas Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 18.--Mar- shalling the greatest fleet of vessels at its command in the Pacific, thie Navy Departmen to- day had 30 ships of various descriptions under orders to search for the missing Hawaiian flight planes, "Miss Doran" and "Golden Eagle." (By San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 18 Forty destroyers, merchant vessel: EXPECTED TODAY Fred Davey in in a Serious But Not Critical Condition NO ADULT WITNESSES Playmate Says Boy's Foot Was Caught Trying to Kick Stone Although sullering from loss of blood and from severe shock, five- year-old Fred Davey. son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davey, 65 Harold street, who had his right leg sev- ered below the knee when run over by a freight car yesterday after- noon on Bruce street, is not in a critical condition, and unless com- plications arise will recover. When he was first admitted to the operating room at the hospital yesterday afternoon it was feared that it would be necessary to am- putate above the knee, but Dr. H. W. Trick and Dr. C. O. Miller who were in attendance were able to save the joint. Today the wee lad- die is resting quietly and appears to be gaining strength. No adult eye witnesses of the mis- bap have yet been found and it is doubtful if there were any. A young lad, Cyril Gladman, with whom the injured boy was playing at the time says that Freddy had his fet caught while trying to kick a stone (Continued on page 3) Festiva /cf Fun and at _at Rotary Street Fair, Aug. 23 NARROW ESCAPE AT Scores of Bovis to Be Erect) ed in Blocks Adjoining Cor- ner of King and Simcoe Streets, Which Will Be Gaily Decorated--To Raise Funds to Equip Rotary Park on Centre Street Oshawa will be in the hands of the Carnival Spirit Tuesday evening, Aug- ust 23, when the Rotary Club's street fair for 1927 begins a festival of fun and frolic in the dowm-towm section which will last far into the might. Nearly a score of booths will be raised in the four blocks on Simcoe and King streets adjoining the Four Corners. Each of these will be in the hands of uniformed Rotarians and their wolunteer helpers. The streets will be decorated. flooded with festi- Three bands will furnish which will move freely in Ee Street Fair area without being disturbed by motor traffic. The blocks adjoining the Four Corners will be roped off and automobiles diverted to other streets. A Worthy Object Fun will be king throughout the Fair, and along with the fun will go the consciousness that the profits from every dime or dollar spent will go to the equipment of the children's Play, * ground on Contae street. Members of y Club have already 00 on the playground, om page 5) \ C.P.R. Frolic (. P. B. CROSSING Death passed so close to the motor car driven by H. Hickling of Uxbridge on the Brock road last night that the front wheels of the vehicle were brok by a i r train, which Mr. Hickling partially avoided by turm- ing his car imto the roadside ditch. I. S. Stevens, also of Uxbridge. Mr. Hickling's passenger. received a slight cut on his head but is other- wise uninjured. Mr. Hickling suffer- ed mo miore than a severe shaking up whes the car, which was grazed by the train, turned turtle. The accident occurred om the Brock Road at 11.390 o'clock" last night, about three miles month of the Kingston Highway. Neither Mr. Hickling mor his passenger heand the approaching train umntil it was almost too late. Turning. the car into the ditch was the altermative to certain in- jury and probable death, and Mr. Hickling took the chamce which re- sulted in mo serious damage ex cept to his automobile. The damaged car was takem to Spencer's garage at Pickering after the accident. The crew of the C. P. R. train were apparently unaware of the ident as it pr on and afreraf tjoined in the hunt today for the two aeroplanes --The Golden Eagle and the Miss Doran---which sailed into the air from Oakland Tuesday wit hhigh hopes of reach ing Honolulu in competition for the James Dole $35,000 prize for the non-stop flight to Honolulu. Whiie interest in the fHght sweryv- ed to the search over the Pacific, Woolaroe and Aloha which landed Field, Hawaii, were the mononlanes tucked safely in hangars at Wheeler at the finishing point late yester- day. At midnight the missing planes had been out more than 34 hours, long past the time when ther gaso- line supply would have kept them on the wing. One carried Miss Mildred Doran, pretty young Michigan school teacher, with J." A. Pedlar pilot and Lt. V. Knope, navigator. The other was a cigar-shaped mono plane piloted by Jack Frost, New (Continued on page 3) | BACK FROM MAR ITIMES PARADE MARSHAL nD. M, TOD Who heads a committeg consisting of Bob Henderson, Albert Goyne, and N. Johns, charged with stag- ing the Monster Parade which will open the Rotary Club's Street Fair Tuesday evening. August 23, The parade will be a Big Dandy aftihir, it is pleely stated, HOPS OFF TODAY FOR HAWAII TO LOOK FOR FLIERS Capt William P. Erwin Of fered $25,000 Purse to Go on to Hong Kong (By Associated Press) San Francisco, Aug, 18.--Capt. William P. Erwin, of Dallas, Texas, who failed to get started in the Dole air race Tuesday, announced he would take off today for the Hawaiian Islands, following a zig zag course in an effort to sight one of the two missing planes. Captain Erwin had a radio send- ing set installed in his plane last night and expected to start op the plane hunt late in the day. His decision was taken following the receipt of a telegram from Col. William Easterwood of Dallas, of- fering him a $25,000 purse if he continued his flight to Hong Kong. If Erwin sights the planes floating on the sea he wlil broadcast the news by radio and continue his course, The damage to Erwin plane, the Dallas Spirit, in the attempted tokeoff Tuesday has been repaired and he intends to take a 36 hour supply of gagpoline -which he be- lieves will give him a ten hour mar- gin in which to search for the mis- sing planes. HUGE CHERRY WOOD PIPE FOR BALDWIN (By Canadian Press) North Sydmey, N.S., Aug. 18.-- Frantically Search For Victim of Accident In Whitb Had Continued (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 17.~To spend the night in a frantic search of hospitals and hotels from Toe ronto to Kingston and then to find in the morning that the supposed accident victim, an Ampwican tourist, had Jjgone mervily on his way toward Montreal was the experience of the Toronto agent of an Am- erican accident insurance com- pany, The insurance office in Detroit received a laconic mes. sage of an accident somewhere east of Toronto and sent their y, But He is Motor Trip Toronto man out hot foot to find the victim, The services of Highway Oonstable Reid were called in and at Whitby the tangled skein was unravelled, The tourist car had collided with a local man injuring (he Ontario machine not at all buf damaging itself slightly, The American reported the occurs rence to the insurance company and then as cnly his own car was damaged went on, And the Toronto man lost a night's sleep, UPPER SCHOOL EXAM. RESULTS FOR OSHAWA COLLEGIATE ISSUED 2, Lat. Dr. T. E. Kaiser In interview with The Times today told of optimism and patriotism ex- isting in Maritime provinces. He has brought back a stone relic from the interior of the Fort of Louisburg. Hurried farewells. crowded wharves and Sydney Harbor blue in the noon sunshine made up a setting of Pre- mier Baldwin's farewell to the Do- minion. There was a last minute civic ad- dress and a presentation of am en- ormous cherrywood pipe, with a two-foot stem and a bowl like a cof- fee pot. Everyone was jin high spirits and the crowds cheered again and again as the Premier caught the mammonth pipe in his jaws and waved adieu. As the tender pulled away a local band played "Auld Lang Syme." Sixty-five Candidates Make +7 AILED TO SECURE Good Showing in Various Upper School Departmental Subjects 50 PER CENT. IS NEEDED TO PASS "C" Stands for Credit While Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Indi- cate First, Second and Third Class Honors The Upper School Departmental Ex. aminations were received this after- noon by J. As McGibbon, secretary of the Board of Education and show a very good record of subjects passed in Ly the 65 candidates for the Upper School subjects. A "C" after a sub- ject indicates that a credit pass has been granted, a "1," *2" or "3" indi cates first, second or third class honors have been obtained, while if the marks are given, it indicates a failure in that subject, 50 per cent. any paper. "R" indicates that the pa- per has been re-read. Howard Adair--Algebra C, Geome try 1, Trig. 1. Physics C, Chemistry C, Lat. Auth. 2, Lat. Comp. 2. Margaret Anderson --Eng Eng. Lit. C Louis Arcand Trig. 2, Physics 2. Chem. ( 23, Lat. Comp. 34. Douglas Bailes--Fr. Comp. C. Oscar Baird--Eng. Comp. 3, Epg Lit. 42, Fr. Auth. C, Fr. Comp. C. Arlie Barrowclough--Hist. C, Alge bra C, Geom. C, Trig. C, Botany ( Zoology 3. Helen Boddy Lit. C. Mildred Bravener Eng. Lit. C, Hist. C, Auth. 3, Lat. Comp. 2, Fr. (Continued on page 3) Comp. 2, Algebra 1, Geom. | ", Lat. Auth -Eng. Comp. C, Eng ° Fong. Comp. 3 Algebra 3, Geom. Auth. FIND BODY FLOATING IN WATER New London, Conn. Aug. 17.--The body of Dr. Thomas William Salmon, 51, noted phsychiatrist of New York, who disappeared from his yacht Sat- urday, was found floating off Race Point, Fishers Island, today. DR. WILLIAMS HURT Hamilton, Ont rr. J. 3. Wil liams, superintendent of the Ontar- io Hospital, Mountain Top, suffer- ed injuries to his right hand, and Clifford Bichard, of the same jn- stitution, was painfully hurt in an auto accident at Kent street and Humewood avenue. being a pass on | DISMISSAL, REDUCE SALARIES TO $50! (By Canadian Press) Three Rivers, Que,, Aug. 18. ~~} ailing to secure the neces. sary majority for the dismissal of severel heads of departments, Mayor Bettez last night pro- posed at a meeting of the City Council a measure reducing the salaries of the officials concern- ed to fifty dollars a year. The measure was adopted by a vote of three to two, FINDS OPTIMISM AND PATRIOTISM IN THE MARITIMES |Dr, T. E. Kaiser on Return from Trip Tells of Im- proved Conditions LAND OF FASCINATION | Has Stone Relic | Brought By Him from Interior of Old Fort of Louisburg Dr. T. E. Kaiser, M. P., has just returned to Oshawa after a three weeks' tour of the Maritime Prov- in~es wondering if tle question "What's wrong with the Mar! times?" had not be answered with a certain friendly bluntness For his part, Dr. Kaiser states that he was more interested in ope peculiar contradiction. Throughout Canada's Atlantic provinces he found optimism, earnest patriotism both for the Maritimes and the Do- minion at large, and emphatic state- ments of greaty improved condi- tions. "Yet," Dr. Kaiser observes, "these same men will come dowm to Ot- tawa, and the only part of the Lord's Prayer with which they seem in full accord is that, read L: the Speaker which petitions: 'Delivef us from evil." "The Maritimes, I found, is a land of fascination and delight. Never- theless, we saw muny dismal scenes The people of the saa-provinces have n.any difficulties, but it is my candic belief that they are, to use an auto- motive term. geared too slow for modorn conditions. "Phev should change gears, I be (Continued on page 3) Oshawa's Newest Musical Organization without slackening speed. The above picture shows the Legion Pipe Band as it appeared last Saturday when it took pant in the big Genéral Motors picnic. bers of the band are: The mem- Niven. Piper Stewant Piper Hamilton Sgt. Piper McLelland Drum Major McTaggart. Drummer Craig, Standing from left to right--Pipe Major, D. Me- |Gihson Dower Coppin, Sgt. Drummer Finley. Piper McDonald, Piper Drysdale, Piper McLeod, Sitting-- Dummer McCullough, Drummer PREMIER JOHN OLIVER, B.C., DIES TODAY Takes Sudden Turn for the Worse--Had Been Ili Some Months WAS 71 YEARS OLD J. E, McClean Has Been Act- ing Premier Since Last Month (By Canadian Press) Victoria B.C., Aug. 18--Premier John Oliver, of British Columbia, died early today. Premier, taking a sudden turn for the worse after several month' ii.» ness, died at his home bere helure | 3 | Physician could be called. bir. Oliva was relieved of his office duties when a Liberal caucus last month nomina- ted J. E. McClean, Minister of Finance jand Education, as acting Premier and leader designate of the Liveral party n British Columbia during the Pre- mier's illness. The Premier was 71 years old. During his years in office as chief minister Premier Oliver initiated many departures in social legislation; land and settlement laws, and improvements to the educational system of the Pro- vince. For the past five years a consider- able portion of his time .and :ttention was directed toward the prosecution of British Columbia's claims for freight rate reductions, and better terms from 'he Dominion. A square-built man of enormous strength, he was proud of his humble origin. and delighted in recalling the {avs of his piohets life on bush farms n Ontario and British Columbia. A forceful speaker, and réady debater, he loved a political argument and was never Happier than when crossing swords with some opponent worthy of his steel across the floor of the Legis- lature. He pssessed a ready wit and a keen sense of humor, delighting in and applauding: any good natured thrust at himself from his opponents. Shortly after his arrival in British Columbia, Oliver married Elizabeth Woodward daughter of William and Hannah Woodward, who had emigra- ted. from Cheshire. England, sevrral venrs before to Mud Bay, B.C. Of the eight children, the five sons include a doctor, a lawyer, a mineralogist. a soldier and a farmer, who manages his father's agricultural estate. Four of the five are university graduates. three from Toronto and one from McGill One daughter is a school teacher. WEATHER Moderate to fresh northerly, winds fair and cool today and Friday. Coming | Events RATES 8 Cents per word each ines Minbanm charge for each insertion, Sc. MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, AT 46 Kenneth Ave. till Friday. (38¢) PROCEEDS OF ROTARY STREET Fair Tuesday evening, August 23% in Aid of Children's Park and REA playground. (39-2) NICE PLACE TO EAT. ig House That Jack Built," 2] miles east on the Kingston High- way. Special chicken, steak and roast duck dinner. day luncheons. Mrs. L. M. Prior. REGULAR BUS TO NIAGARA Falls, Wednesdays and Sundays. Don't miss these wonderful drives through the garden of Canada. Leave Oshawa 7.30 a.m., petwrn fare, $4.25 from Courtice, and $4.00 from Oshawa. Stops' are made at all. points of intensat along the way. Book your seats now. For information phone 2283. T. A. Garton, Prop. 19 Prince street. (39-3) LOYAL TRUE BLUES PICNIC AT Dennis Woods, Victoria No. &f and Maple Leaf No. 2 Adult and Juvenile, Saturday, August 20. Cars leave hall »t 1.30. - Ewery- body come and bring your bas- kets. (39-2) JUBILEE PAVILION TONIGHT -- The formal introducine of Miss Whitby winner in the Whitby ai- vision of the most charming lady contest. Special music by G.MC. Broadcasting Oprcliestra. Danc- ing at 8.30. Don't miss this. as this contest has created a wom- derful interest. F nals will be held at the Jubil e Pavilian or Monday. 39-2) HAPPY TIME FOR ALL THE Rotary Street Fair Tuesday even- ing, Angust 23. 29-1)