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dt. Newspaper in City | a Growing Sis PLE Tr dx ak " Oshawa Baily im The Oshawa Daily' Reformer me 'OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TEN PAGES ! . Oshavs 'Entrant in Bik ArT---- Swim Has Chest Trouble; Taken From Water End of 5th Mile Officials of Big Swim Get Thrill Soon After Start (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Aug. 81,--Officlals running the Marathon Swim had first thrill half an hour after the start when George Young of Toronto, leading, and Byron Summers of Cali- fornia following him, went through the inside of the course and the other swimmers started after them, Others turned back but Young and Summers went on, cutting off the big corner on the first tur. After a few minutes, how- ever, both turned and went back to the proper turning, putting themselves level with three or four other leaders, much to the relief of officials, They were not disqualified, RETURNS WITH PRIZES FROM GN Mr, C. Vann, 142 Olive Ave- nue, Captures Honors in Vegetable Section An amateur gardener, Vann, 14. Olive. avenue, returned with. honors yesterday from the Canadian. National. Exhibition where he carried off two firsts, two seconds and two thirds in vegetables, over the best of professional and special- izing gardeners, The [first prizes were won with exhibits of leeks and parsnips while the two seconds were awarded for Egyptian beets and yellow onions. Exhibits of white pickling onions and salsify brought the two third prizes. Mr. Vann has been exhibiting his garden produce at both the C.N.E. and Winter Fairs in Toronto for over twenty years and has nearly always brought home at least one Airst prize. This year's success was particularly gratifying or as Mrs. Vann pug it, "Pretty good results for Olive avenue." PASSENGER LINER LANDS ON ROCK Princess Charlotte With 270 Passengers Aboard is in No Immediate Danger (By Canadian Press) Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 31--Princess Charlotte is on the bleak and wind- swept Alaskan Beach, while 270 pas- sengers of the disabled coastwise liner awaited relief today following their safe landing from the ship, which had been refloated in the early hours. af- ter striking a rock in the Wrangell Narrows. A jagged hole. was torn in the prow of the crack liner, according to radic reports, but the vessel appeared in no immediate danger of sinking. Mr, C, Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 31.--The crack passenger liner, Princess Charlotte, of the Canadian Ocean Steamships Compamy with 720 pas- sengers aboard ram into a rock mear Wrangell, Alaska, last night, Radio messages received here from the ves- sel said it was in no immediate dan- ger but requested that the passen- gers be taken off. The captain shid he expected it would be refloated at high tide later today. The U. 8. survey vessel, Explorer, was rush- fog to the scene of the mishap, while coastguard cutters were go- ing to the Charlotte's aid. (Phe steamer was en route to Vancouver of word was officially conveyed to short distance back, (Special To The Times By a Staff Reporter) On Board S.S. Macassa, Toronto, Aug. 31 (12.15)--Suffering from acute pains in his chest and numbed by the cy waters of Lake Ontario, Ernest Fawcett, Oshawa's representative in the ~reat Canadian National Exhibition Sw'mming Marathon, was taken from the water shortly before eleven o'clock this morning after having completed nearly five miles of the chilly course. Struggling on with grim determination long after the dread pains had seized him, Fawcett was at length forced to listen to the pleading of Harry Gilpin his manager, who secing his condition urged him to leave the water. Shortly after Fawcett left the water George Young, conqueror of the Catalina swim and favored by many to win this event was taken out suffering from cramps. The water is numbingly cold and the opinion of expérts: gathered here on the press boat is that the race will be unfinished. At the rate the swimmers are progressing, the fortunaie entrant who suceeeds in enduring the cold will not cross the finishing line before a late hour tonight. Ernst Vierkotter, famous German swimmer who succeed- ed in crossing the English Channel is well in the lead. Immediately after being taken into the boat Fawcett was refreshed with stimulants and was given a strenuous rub down. Then warmly wrapped in heavy blankets he was given an oppor- tunity to recover from the chilling effects of the cold. At the time he was torced to give up Fawcett was well up with the lead- ers in the race and was among the first twenty-five. Before the cramps seized him he was swimming strongly of the water. There was a gentle breeze blowing from the north and what it lacked in strength it made up in chilliness. Many of the starters have already dropped out of the race and there is great doubt that human endurance will be able to stand the test which twenty-one miles in the bitingly cold waters will impose. The swim is not for the speedy. It is for the man with unbelievable powers to stand fatigue and cold. Through hindred like most other swimmers, by the great number of con- testants, who awaited the starting blast, Fawcett got away to a compara- tively good start. He survived the jostling and confusion to which all the swimmers were subjected in the take off and surprised even his ardent sup- porters by the time he made in reach- ing the point on the stretch where the swimmer's boats were waiting. The course is triangular and is seven miles in length. Thrice round constitutes the distance of the race. The first of the triangle lies inside the breakwater m front of the Exhibition grounds. The next side stretches three miles to the south while the remaining side is three miles to the north. This morning, Fawcett, feeling in the pink of condition was up bright and carly and looking forward eagerly to the great event. Like scores of other swimmers he realized that the difficul- ties would be manifold and that the winner would be exhausted with fari- tue, battered by the waves and chilled to the very bone by the heatless waters. But undaunted he went to the start. plunged in at the starting whistle and continued as long as physical endurance permitted. Fawcett has no excuses. He needs none. His failure to finish was not a matter of lacking swimming ability. No man can continue when pan paralysis the muscles and tries the will. After he recuperates from the effects of his watery journey he will return to Osh- With more than one-third of course covered Ernest Vierkdoetter, of Germany, had established 2 two wile lead in the $50,000 marathon of 21 miles at 1 p.m. today. His hours, twenty seconds. With George Young out of race the contention was supplied by Byron Summers, of California. Edward Keating, 2 threat to Summers, was taken out of water at the Seven mile mark. Vier- koeter appeared to be slowly inereas- ing lead over Summers, who was ac- but obviously was feeling the coldness ; time for eight miles was about four German Swimmer Has Big Lead -- Passes George Young _, Before Latter Quits on Account of Cramps -- Number Still in Race Below Hundred Mark -- Summers Drops Out -- Miss Hertle in Fourth Place and Going Strong --Finish of Race Will Be Late Tonight With Present Indications Pointing to Vierkotter Capturing First Prize $358,000 -- Great Endurance Test Lakeshore, Toronto, Aug, 831--With Ernest Viorketter of Germany, swimming shortly, 200 yards ahead in the $50,000 Canadian National Exhibition Marathon Swim, George Young, conqueror of the Catalina Channel, was pulled from the water at the five mile mark suffering from cramps, favorite caused great excitement in the German boat and when The removal of the Viorketter's handlers they broke into loud cheering, The German is now a mile and a half in front of Byron Summers of California, Edward Keating was third, a After 656 minutes swimming, it was definitely determined that George Young, Catalina Channel champion, was in the van near the two-mile mark, with Byron Sum- mers of California, second, and Ernest Vierkotter, the German swimmer, third, about a quarter of a mile behind the Toronto hov, Two hundred and eight-seven swimmers, including the most noted in the world, commenced the 21- mile grind to win the $50,000 in prizes at 8.32 a.m. today when Pre- mier Ferguson of Ontario fired the starting gun. Fully one hundred thousand people lined the lake front of the Canadian National Exhibition grounds and the immense flotilla of boats was on the water. There was no delay about the start. About one hundred and fifty jumped immediately with the gun while the rest waited until the crowd was out of the way hefore en- tering the water. There was a great jostle for posi- tion in the first few yards, while some burned themselves out in a few strokes, Two swimmers were taken out before they went 50 yards, The pack started to string out before the hundred yards mark was reached, the speed artists in the front rank. It was a wonderful spec- tacle as the swimmers crawled up the mile long lane to the first turn where boats waited to find their own swimmers. George Coombs, of Sudbury, Ont., who is legless climbed onto the breakwater just before the end of the mile. The cold water forced him to withdraw. Life guards were busily engaged in rescuing swimmers, driven out by the cold water. The better swimmers, with the water as calm as.it possibly could be were wasting no time. At ten thirty, two hours after the start George Young had a lead of about 200 yards. Ernst Vierkoet- ter, German, was in second place and Byron Summer third. Edward Keating was in fourth jus; ahead of Clarence Ross. At this stage, about seventy swimmers had left the cold water, the remainder of about 210 being strung out a mile to the rear. At this point four miles had been covered and Vierkoetter was clos- ing in a little on Young. Latter how- ever was swimming easily. Summers was slowing up a little. Threatened by Edward Keating. Young's lead over Vierkoetter at the four mile mark was a minute and a quarter. Viorketter, the German, took the lead from Young along the third leg, going about fifty yards in front. Ethel Hertle first of the women was among ten leaders at this time. Young, swimming, 51 strokes to the minute, wads quite cool as Vier- koetter took the lead from him at the four and a half mile 'mark. He is said to have told his handlers, "It's a long way yet". Vierkoetter was one hundred yards in front at 11 a.m. Both were going without ef- fort, heads well down. companied by a band. Mendill Burrit Toronto, was third and John O'Hall- oran, ol Harvie. Ont., fifth. Miss Ethel e was fourth, swim- ming easily, and George Micheal, French ch@nnel swimamr, was in sixth place. At 1.30 swimmers left in water were just under 100 mark. Toronto, Aug. 31 (12.30)--Ernst Vierkoetter, German, was well in the lead as the first lap of the course was completed--one third of the whole marathon, he a had lead of about two miles, going strongly. There were far more swimmers left however than had been expected at this stage as the water was very cold. Vierkoetter left Young far behind before the boats began to gather around the Cataliva conqueror, who was suffering from cramps. \ ; YOUNG DROPS OUT other Atlantic Flight Starts PRINCESS ACCOMPANIES PILOT OF ST. RAPPAEL ON FLIGHT TO OTTAWA p PRIDE OF DETROIT AT CONSTANTINOPLE (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Constantinople, Aug. 31.~-- The round--thesworld monoplane Pride of Detroit, piloted by William Brock and Edward Schlee, arrived here from Bel. grade, Jugo Slavia, at 11.45 this morning. The trip was made in seven hours, CAUSE OF YOUNG'S MISHAP UNKNOWN Catalina Conqueror Overcome With Disappointment -- Ap- pears in Normal Condition (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Aug. 31--"Dad, I can't stay in the race for a hindred yards more, and I'll kill myself," said George Young as he collapsed in the swim just after yielding the lead to Vierkotter. The cause of George's mishap was not known but when he. was taken to the hosnital he appeared almost normal. The Toromte swimming marvel was heavy eyed amd bowed down with dis-: appointment as he climbed from his motor launch, which hore the ill fated number 13, at the emergency hospital. O'Byrne threw out the suggestion that the cause was "thinkng about it." REGIMENTAL ORDERS FOR FRIDAY'S PARADE Regimental orders issued today by Lt. Col. Frank Chappell and posted by Captain C. A. Mason, ad- jutant of the Ontario Resiment, are as follows: --Orderly Officer, Lieut. J. K. Cowan; Orderly Sergt., Sergt. J. Thom. Next for Duty, Lieut. M. Evans, Sgt. Crawford. Parade Friday, September 2nd, tor 'Hdg.' 'A' and 'B' Coys. Fall in at 8.00 p.m. Rifles and Bayonets, Service Dress, Drill Order, Ceremo- nial and Guard Mounting. Company Commanders will ar- range to issme packs at this parade to all ranks under their commands. Final orders will be issued at this parade for the trip to Port Perry, An. advance party composed of 3 officers, 4 N. C. O. and 10 other ranks under the command of Major H. E. Smith will leave armouries, Oshawa, Saturday, September 3rd, at 2.00 p.m. and proceed to Port Perry to lay out and erect camp on the fair grounds at Port Perry. 'Headquarters,' 'A.' 'B' and 'C' Companies will parade at the arm- ouries, Oshawa, on Sunday at 1.30 pm., D. S. September 4th. Service Dress, Drill order, Great Coats to be carried in packs. , PRESIDENT OF GOOPRICH TIRES PASSES AWAY IN SWITZERLAND Akron, Ohio, Aug. 30.--B. C. Work, President of the B. F. Good- rich Tire, and Rubber Company, is dead in St. Mark, Switzerland, said word received at he company offices here today from their New York representatives. Death was attri- buted to heart disease, from which Mr. Work had been ill some time. TWO CANADIANS APPOINTED Paris, Aug. 30.--Senator Napo leon Belcourt of'Ottawa, and Sep- ator Rauol Dandurand of Montreal were among those elected members of the Council of the Inter-parlia- mentary Union todoy. FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER PASSES AWAY IN VANCOUVER Vancouver, Aug. 30.--S. C. Ox- ton, former Deputy Minister of Pub- lic Works for Manitoba, died here yesterday. Heart disease was the, cause of death. Mr. Oxton retired from public life in 1922, after being commected with the Provincial Department of Public Works for nearly tem years. He was also Chairman of the Manito- ba Fair Wage Bcard for several years. KING ST. LADIES AID. The regular meeting of the King street United Church Ladies' Auxili- ary will be held in the school room of the church on Thursday, Septem- ber 1, at three o'clock. This is to be a special rally meeting, all the mem- bers and interested friends are urged to be present, when plans for the Autumn work are to be discussed and a good program is being pre- pared by Mrs. Shaver and the mem- bers of her group. B:itish Aviator Plans to Fly to Canadian Capital and Continue on to I ondon to Claim $25,000 Offered for London-Lordon Hop NOW FLYING ACROSS OCEAN Princess Wertheim Who is Financing the Flight, is Confident They Wil Be Successful in the Effort to Span Atlantic (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Inveran, County Galway, Ireland, Aug. 31.--Throbbing of the trans- Atlantic plane was plainly heard as Captain Hamilton and Capt. Minchin, pilot, headed out over the Atlantic on the flight to Canada today, The machine sned over the ocean be- tween the western extremity of Ire- land and Inishmore, most northernly of the Aran Islands. (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Upavon, England, Aug. 31.--After waiting at the army aerodrome here for ten days for favorable weather Captain Leslie Hamilton and Lieut. Colopel F. F. Minchin with Princess Lowensten .Worthem as passenger, left here at 7.32 o'clock this morn- ing in the monoplane St. Rappael in an attempt to fly to Capada. They had fuel for a 44-hour flight but expedéted to reach Ottawa in 37 hours. After landing at Ottawa they hope to go to London, Ont., to claim the prize of $25,000 for the London to London flight. The plane was re- ported later passing over Tipperary, Ireland. They made a beautiful take off, although narrowly missing crashing into a hangar at the edge of the field. Princess Werthem was the financier of the flight and was clad in a purple leather flying outfit. "Of course we are going to make it," she said. "There is no doubt about it." The plane was blessed by the Ro- man Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff before starting. It is equipped with a five hundred horse power Bristol Jupiter engine and does not carry a radio but has a collapsable rubber boat. The Princess is 61 years of age, and is the first to attempt a flight across the Atlantic, Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 31.--Captain Hamilton plans to follow the Saint Lawrence River when he strikes the coast of Canada on the trans-Atlantic flight. He then follows the Ottawa River to the Capital, landing at the Hunt Club Field. If the flight is suc- cessful the plane should be here to- morrow afternoon or evening. (By Associated Press) New York, Aug. 31.--So confident LJ 12 Cobs of Corn Grown Together A vegetable freak, ome of those inexplicable oddities which Nature occasionally pro- duces was brought to The Times ofice. yesterduy after- noon by Mrs. Ralph Tooley who lives near Tooley's Mill on the Kingston highway Jt con- sists of twelve cobs of corm grown together at one end but separated to form distinet cobs at the oposite extremity In tha centre of the mass thera 13 central mass about which ele- ven emaller cobs are clustered, The whol» mass was surround- ed by a singl husk, Mrs. Tooley planted the corn last spring from seed secured from Cooper Smith, Oshawa. She speaks with a jmarked Scotch brogue and her friends are asking her if she demanded sced which would grow twelve cobs instead of one when mul- ing the purchase last spring. JUNKERS PLANE READY TO START German Aviators to Make Second Atiempt to Cross Atlantic (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Dessau, Germany, Aug. 31--Work of fuelling the junkers plane Bremen was commenced after the plane was rolled en the runway here this afternoon. It was hoped to start the second trans- Atlantic attempt within a few hours, with Freidrich Loose, Herman Koe- hal and Baron Huenefield on board. GENERAL MANAGER? NO! CHORE BOY Toronto, Aug. 31--Hon. G. Howard Ferouson was introduced at the CN.E. Director's luncheon yesterday by Pre- sident J. J. Dixon as "Premier of On- ran'o and General Manager of the Exhibition." A little later Mr. Ferguson made his reply to this new introduction. There was not the time at the present, said he, to decal at length with the topic of educational development in Ontario, a subject on which he would like to linger. But he would have another opportunity for this at another lun- cheon. He often spoke at these lun- cheons. "For," said he, "lI am recog- nized as a sort of chore boy for the Exhibition." is Mrs. Hamilton, wife of Captain Leslie Hamilton that her husband will succeed in the trans-Atlantic venture with Captain Minchin and the Princess Wertheim that upon learning that the plane had hopped off, she immediately left for Ot- tawa. Princses Wertheim is the first wo- man to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight. She was clad for the part-- a purple leather flyin: suit with knee breeches, a black crush hat, black silk stockings and high heel- ed, furlined boots. Oshawa Railwa Another Marked Growth in Freioh'| Marked increase in the amount of freight traffic handled by the Osh- awa Railway during recent mont has made n ry the rec d tion that an additional shunter be produced. Growth of Oshawa's in- dustries, which during the past two years have progressed tremendously is given as the primary cause. Speaking to The Times this morning, H. W. Cooper, manager of the Osh- awa Railway, stated that he had the matter in hand with his vice presi- dent, Mr. D. E. Galloway, urging that such action be taken as soon as possible. It is thought likely that early action in accordance with Mr. Cooper's nr dation will be taken. "The volume of business handled by the Oshawa Railway has in- creased to such am extent that the six shunters which they now oper- To Have ectric Shunter The addition of a seventh shunter would allow better opportunity to make repairs which from tine to time are necessary in keeping tie shunters in first class running or- der," Mr. Cooper pointed out. The new system of handling Gen- eral Motors freight through the north Oshawa junction which was recently electrified is working out with success, Mr. Cooper informed The Times this morning: The mile- age from the plant to the steam line is mo greater than via the south route along Ritson road and Bruce street, previously used, and has the great advantage that it is safer fiom a citizens' poing of view, Mr. Couper states. In order to bring about this change it was not necessary to build a mew roadbed. The (racks layed down years ago by the old Canadian Nertherm Railway then proposing to come into Oshawa and link un wit he proposed Toroate Eastern, is Heing made mse of. It remained only to electrify the road, and put it in good order. Consummation of the proposal to locate the head offices of the Osh- awa Railway and the Thousand Is- land Railway at Oshawa instead of at Gananoque is now complete and Mr. Cooper with his staff are now focatcd im the Bradley Block. ate are working almost continuously. J « ISEYMOND IS TRYING T0 RAISE BAIL | Fixed at $5,000 -- Case Will Be Adjourned to Sep- tember 9 AWAIT INQUEST Charge is Result of Fatality When Mrs. Helen Brown Was Killed Provincial Constable Fewtre'l intimated to The Daily Times that a charge would be laid tonight against Detective Wil. liam Ward driver of the car out of which Mrs. Helen Brown had stepped just prior to being killed, Tt was not stated def. nitely what the charge would be but it is understood that it will likely be one of criminal negligence, (By Staff Renorter) Bowmanville, Aug. 31. -- Peter Béymond, charged with manslaugh- ter, was slated to appear for prelim- inary hearing before Magistrate Floyd in Bowmanville police court this afternoon, Counsel and friends of Seymond were trying to secure the amount of bail required which was fixed at $5,000. Whether or not the money is secured Lhe case will be adjourned until September 9, the day of the inguest and according to Provincial Officer Fewtrell a fur- ther adjournment will be made on that day to await the outcome of the inquest. Seymond's arrest followed some smart work by Provincial police, ar- resting him in a car in a Newton- ville garage. Seymond has been in rustody ever since in connection with the death of Mrs. Helen Brown who was instantly killed in front of "The House That Jack Built" about one o'clock last Thursday morning. The inquest was resumed at Bow- manville last Monday but an ad- journment was made to allow a number of other witnesses to be called. RESTAURANT ON DIVISION STREET Although permission has not yet been. granted to operate the rest- aurant, a building permit has been taken out at the city hall by David Pritchard of 227 Simcoe street south, for a combined restaurant and apart- ment building, to be built at the corner of Brock and Division streets, the number to be 164 Division. The total cost is expected to be $7,600 according to the permit taken out, and is to be of brick-concrete base with solid brick walls. Maple floor- ing will be used throughout, with' the trimmings being of pine. It will be two stories high, cover- ing an area of 1200 square feet and will be of 8 rooms not including bathrooms. GREAT-NEPHEW OF BROCK PASSES AWAY IN BUFFALO Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 30.-- Death today removed a link with the Battle of Queenston Heights when Abraham Lineoln = Yates, great-nephew of General Isaac Broek, away in Buffalo. Born in Fisherville, Ontario, Yates, as a8 young man, moved across the river, where he conducted a furnace business. He is survived by his widow, two sons and one daughter, WEATHER Moderate winds, fair today and: Thursday mot much change in temperature, ear Fo) Coming Events Eo Ansention, B0¢. SUNSHINE REBECCA LODGE Picnic, Lakeview Park. Sept. 1. In event of rain Thursday, picmic held Friday. (50a) TONIGHT JUBILEE PAVILION. Best dressed gentlemen contest Competent lady judges. Tomor- row, who holds the lucky ticket on the $50,000 marathor wim. Be sure and be there with "or ticket. You may win. G. M C. Broadcasting Orchestra. Da c ax 8.30, (50a)