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Cry Fe The Oshawa Daily Reformer The Oshawa Daily Times[== VOL. 1--NO. 71 Seymond Committed For Trial, Manslaughter ep ST lt > OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. : = Second 'Section--Pages 9-12 FOUR PERSONS ARE BURNED T0 DEATH INA FARM HOUSE Brothers Lose Their Lives in . Attempt to Rescue :) Children HOUSE TOTAL LOSS Five Others in the Blazing Building Have Narrow Escape Moose Jaw, Sept, 25.--Four lives were lost in a disastrous fire which broke out about 8 o'clock Saturday morning, and which completely de- stroyed the farm residence of 0, W. Huyck, situated five miles north of Pasqua, according to messages re- ceived here today, In angeffort to save the lives of two children who were sleeping in the house, Wiliam and Frederick Huyck were burned to death, the two youngsters suffering the same fate, In the residence at the time of the outbreak were Mr, and Mrs. Wil- Ham Huyck, the former handling the farm for his father, who resides in Moose Jaw; Fred Huyck; 'a sister, Jepnie Huyck; the three children of William, Mildred, aged 5, Thelma, aged 2, and a baby, the last two los- ing theix lives in the conflagration, Attempt to Save Lives The hired man, George Gould, who displayed much courage in en- deavoring to save the lives of the children, and the hired girl also escaped from the burning building with their lives, The eldest girl, Mildred, was carried from the house ®y her mother, It is thought that the blaze start- ed in a lean-to kitchen, where a small fire was left burning when the family retired for the night, During the night Jennie Huyck was awakened from sleep by what she at first thought was a hailstorm, but, smelling smoke, she gave the alarm and the others were aroused. A number of men of a threshing gang who were sleeping in a bunk- house near by were awakened and they endeavored to enter the house by breaking windows, but the flames and dense smoke drove them back. Had they been able to get into the building the tragedy might have been averted. : Huyck Family *Old-Timers," The residence was a two-story frame house of considerable size and well furnished, as the Huyek family are "old-timers" and prosperous farmers in the district. A local undertaker has left for the scene of the fire to bring the bodies into Moose Jaw. Members of the Moose Jaw Provincial Police force also went to the Huyck farm following the receipt of the news of the tragedy. FIRE DESTROYS WING OTTAWA CAR BARN Ottawa, Sept. 25.--Fire tonight destroyed a wing of the Ottawa Eleec- tric Street Railway barms, in the Rockliff district, and 25 trolley cars, with an estimated loss of $200.- 000. An early fnvestigation pointed to the blaze having originated from defective wiring. The other wings of the main barn were saved, The structure is within a: stone's throw of Rideau Hgzll, official resi- dence of the Governor-General, and but for an opposite wind the build- ings of his Excellency would have been endangered by myriads of sparks thrown up by the blaze. Fire- men had a strenuous task in keeping the flames from catching om to the thick wood which stretches for m at the rear of the barn and forms Rockliffe Park, a scenic beauty spot of the Capital. Breaking out near the front door of the building, the conflagration soon assumed uncontrollable propor- tions and swept through the entire wing, rapidly reducing it to ashes. the 25 emergency trolley Bowmanville : | Ivers Kelly, Representative--Phones: Office 255; Res. 300 f Wrange Duck That "Aided Survivor's) Battle for Life is in J, L. Morden's Bird Refuge -- Guinea Pigs from South America That Whistle Like Birds (By Staff Reporter) Powmanville, Sept. 26.--It is far cry from Wrangel Island in the Are- tie Ocean to a mild, peaceful pond on the outskirts of Bowmanville. Yet one of the two survivors of the the ill-fated Crawford party sails the still waters of that pond which supplies the Cream of Barley plant here with power, and exercises a sort of suzerainiy over the wildfow! of thee sanctuary which ¥, L, Mord- en. president of the local cereal industry, has established. That sur- vivor is a Muscovy duek which the famous -- or notorious--Esquimax woman, "Mrs. Blackjack," brought brek with her from the tragic des- er: island whose grim secrets will probably never be revealed. This duck, the one human survivor sta- ted, helped her to survive by an al- most daily egg. Mr. Morden's sanctuary has no exact limits. It is, really, as large as his friendly neighbors' land. For some three miles from Mr. Morden's estate wild fowl are treated as hon- ored guests. They may be wild fowl in transit. and again they may be some of Mr, Morden's proteges. In any event, wild fowl are given the benefit of the doubt, Arctic Wild Fowl The sanctuary boasts, amoug many other valuable specimens four snow white wild ducks. among the fir» in the world to be domesii- cated. The flock was larger origin- ally, but three have been present- ed to National collection at Ottawa, another three were given io Baron Von Herse at Cleveland, and the at- torney general of Manitoba has a pair. While no special effort is made to keep the ducks in the sanctuary special pens have been built to lure them for a short stay. Plentiful supplies of grain are spread in the pens which, covered with netting above, have a wide trap door at the side. The hungry birds, already in- spired with confidence by so many of their comrades that float on the millpond and call to them as they fly over, enter the pen and then the trap door falls. Bird Notes Hort in ihe pen for various per- iods and well-fed, their release usually results in some of their number staying behind. The rest, still untamed, fly on south or north. according to the season. The domesticated wild fowl of leng standing occasionally fly with them for a few miles, for all' the world like a local service club see- ing a visiting caravan of brethren well on its way to the next city. then they turn to the sanciuary's NOTIOR TO HBOWMANVILLE SUBSORIBERS 2 Any Bowmanville subscriber who 18 now getting The Times by mail may have same delivered by carrier boy at the delivery rate of 10¢c a waek if they will notify the Bowmanville representative, Mr, Ivers Kelly, or the office of publication ag Oshawa, Sequel to Tragic Story Island Found In Wi d F owl Sanctuary peace and. plenty. Mr, Morden also epecializes in guinea pigs. He believes that viese little martyrs to science would he a profitable side line for district farms as he obtains an average of a dollar each for his pigs whose up- keep amounts to very little as they live on grass and other vegetable matter, He is at present experimenting with South American guinea pigs, known as cavies, of the black and cream varieties which are evtremely rare. These queer little creatures have a very musical squall that. is very much like a hird note tha has the real quality of melody. REPAIRS BEING MADE TO RAILS Rigid Inspestion Features C P. R. Maintenance Work-- New Methods Introduced (By staff Report 'r) Bowmanille, Sept. 26---All the rail joints on the C.P.R. main lines here are being examined now and tightened Heavy weights on the rails causes a slight depression where two of them are joined to- gether, and they must be examined periodically. Formerly, the depres- sion was overcome by raising the road bed at that point slightly, hut now a washer plate is plac:d over all the bolts, and the nuts are tight- ened. This new method is said to be more satisfactory because it is faster, and stands up better under use, G,P.R. STATIONS READY FOR WINTER Protective Stripping is Being Put on All Stations Between Belleville and Toronto Bowmanville, Sept, 26---Metal weather stripping on all the win- dows and doors of the local Cana- dian Pacific Station is being applied now by a Toronto 'Company. The window weather strips are of zine, which works in a tongue and groove fashion. As zine, however, has little resili- ency or spring, bronze is being plac- ed along the edges of the door frames and doors, giving what is known as a hemmed edge. Several weeks ago, a black pitch was calked into th: crevices between the brick wall and the door and window frames. This is the same material which was used in the calking of the windows and doors of the new Union Station at Toronto. (Continued on page"12) cars lost, a bonding track car amd a track grinder car were destroyed. The entire loss is covered by imsur- ance a 8 ARRIVALS IN GOTHAM New York, Sept. 25.--Sir Paul Dukes, Lord Dunsford and David Cook were among arrivals on the Adriatic today. Sir Paul said that he had been over to Paris for two months on business and returned to join y Dukes at No. 1 Sutton Place. vid Cook is director of the : and Holt Line in the United States. Lord Dunsford will wisit friends in New York. $18.000 ROBBERY, New York, Sept. 26.--Two bold daylight robberies, one in Manhattan and the other in Brooklyn, metted the perpetrators more than $18.000 = cash, cheques and jewels yester- y. -- ---- me WINDSOR POLICE RAID MANY ALLEGED BLIND | PIGS, SEVERAL ARRESTS Crowds Watch Officers Dash Into Houses Suspected of Violating Law -- Forty into Custody, Including Many Frequenters, Who Are Held as Witnesses Windsor, Sept. 25--Staging spec- tacular raids on alleged blind pigs at 457 Ouelette Avenue and 327 Al- bert Street, Windsor City Provin- «ial Police last night attracted big audiences. The crowd that gath- ered in front of the Ouelette Awve- nue address, situated in the heart of the city's business district, was dispersed by some unidentified per- son sprinkling them with water from a garden house, During the week-end mo fewer than 40 persons, including several women, were arrestad. The city police successfully raided six places, arresting six men, who are charged with either the keeping of liquor for sale or having liquor in places oth- er than private dwellings, and one a'leged gambling bouse operator. Provincial officers raided a house on Reaume Road, Sandwich East, where arrests were made. Detroit Women Held Helen Baker, aged 36, formerly of Detroit, and four men were tak- on from 457 Ouelette Avenue by Ontario police. The Baker woman is accused of gelling liguor and the men held as witnesses. Herbert C. Henderson, aged 38, of Detroit, who was found in the Point Pelee Club, 8 Ouelette Avenue, by Sergeant Burns of the city police, had twe Quarts of champagne in his posses- (Continued on page 11) OLD COMRADES OF 136TH BATTALION ATTEND REUNION War-hallowed Friendships Re- pledged at Annual Ban- quet Saturday Evening PERMANENT OFFICE Will Meet Each Yer in Bow- manville--Veterans from United States Present Bowmanville, Sept, 25--Gather- ing tozether to re-pledge their weld- ed brotherhood which was horn and hallowed amidst the blond and glory of Flanders, over 100 officers and men of the famous 136th Battalion, Durham and Northumberland, gath- ered in the dining room of the Bowman House Saturday evening for an annual bhanquet, At the head of the table was their old commander, Col. R. W, Smart of To- rento, bles flaming with September flow- ers gallant officers and no less gal- lant men sat side hy side in the lev- e' ranks of affectionate comradeship whirh reached its elimax when, with hands! gripped in the endless chain of friendship, they made the raft. terg ring with the swaying rhythm of "Anld Lang Syne There were many speeches, hut, aside from Col. Andrew's feeling aneech of welcome and reminis- cence, they were generally fmpromp- tu. Thre "King"? was the first '~aat of the evening, given with Highland honors: and silence as the great hearts of those who died marked the old hattalion's reverent memorv of Fallen Comrades. Captain C E. Dickinson, proprie- tor of the Bowmgn House, guest and genial "mine host," wipad out the memory of manv a dav's rations of canned corn beef and hardbread with a banavet that was one in fact as wel' ag name Major W. J. Hcoar. as president of the hattalion asscciation, ppt a motion to the of'ert that the Bow- man House ghall he be headquarters nf the Assnciatioin in future. and that its 'annual banquet shall be held there each vear. This motion woe carried with apnlavse. In re- renl years, the annual "get togeth- ar" vag alternated hetween Bow- manille, Newcastle and Pnrt Hope. Amon~ the prominent gnests pre- ant ipelnded Col. €¢ H. Anderson, London. Ontarin, formerly of Bow- manvi'le: Major P. H. Jobb, Osgh- awa: Captain Georee Atkins. geere- tarv trepenrer. Port Hone. R. 8 M. Atkins, Port Hope: and Major Bon- aeastle, Bowmanville. WITNESS ABSENT CASE IS ADJOURNED William Ward on Charge of Criminal Negligence to Appear Sept. 27 + (By Staff ) Bowmanville, Sept. 26. -- When a witness for the crown, Henry Levy, Toronto, failed to appear in court on Saturday in answer to a subpoena sworn to have been served on him, the preliminary hearing into the charge of criminal negligence laid against W. J. Ward, Toronto police officer, in con- nection with the death of Mrs. Helen Brown on August 25, was adjourned until Tuesday, Sept. 27, at three o'- clock, by Magistrate W. H. Floyd, of Cobourg. Mr. Levy was called three times in- side the courtroom, and three times outside by provincial constable George E. Cookman, Whitby, acting on the orders of the court. No reply being given, W. F. Kerr, K.C., county crown attorney, asked that a bench warrant be issued for the apprehension "of Levy, but it was decided to wait' until the police officer who made an affi- davit that he served the summons, could be brought from Toronto to give testimony. Mr. Kerr confessed his inability to proceed with the preliminary hearing without the witness, and court was ad- journed until tomorrow. Col. T. Her- bert Lennox, KC. Toronto, counsel for Ward, was present, ready to plead his client's case. TENNIS CLUB ATTENDS LAKESIDE CORN ROAST Bowmanville, Sept. 25. -- The Bow~ maunville Tennis Club held a corn roast at the lakeside home of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Campbell, "Raby Head," on Fri- day might, at eight o'clock, over seven- ty guests attending. The Ladies' Exe- cutive of the club had charge of the serving of refreshments. Automobiles conveyed the guests who were wait- ing in front of the town 'hall to the Campbell home. and scattered along the ta. |h Driver of Fatal Car Will Come Up For Trial In Cobourg in November Charge Peter Seymond Will Remain in Custody Being Unable to Raise $5,000 Bail--Held on Manslaughter Charge in Connection With Death of Mrs. Helen Brown on Au- gust 26 (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Spt. 20. Peter Scy- mond, Oshawa, charged with slaughter in connection with the death of Mrs, Helen Brown in front of "The House that Jack Built," near Oshawa on August 25 was committed for trial at the fall assizes at Cobourg, by Magistrate WH. Floyd, on Saturda~ D. A. J. Swanson, counsel for Seymond, ininediately asked for a re- duction of $2,000 in the amount of bail being asked of Seyinond, pointing out that the man wonld have to stay in jail until the middle of November as e was unable to ra'se the $5000 as demanded by the court, Magistrate Toyd held that five thousand dollars was not too muc h to ask, although agr son that no more bail should be re- quired of a man than would be suffi man- cient to bring him back for trial. Add ing, however, that there has been too much careless driving by people who cared not for other lives, the court we with Mr. Swan-' said he would like to see a higher value | placed on human life, and conld not sce his way clear to lower the bail Magistrate Floyd however agreed to the other petition of Mr. Swanson, and removed the restriction that only two people could go bond for the bail. This makes it possible for several people to | give bond for smaller amounts than the $2500 which was required of each be- fore. Weight of Evidenge In committing Seymond to trial at! assizes, Magistrate Floyd de- clared there was a great deal of evi- dence ajrainst Seymond, making it ne- cessary for the court to comrhit him While admitting that there might be a reasonable. doubt as to the identifi- cation of Seymond as the driver of the death car, the court believed that the settling of this point rested with a court and jury. D. A. J. Swanson, counsel for Sey- mond, declared there was no evidence that his client was driving the car at the time of the tragedy. It was shown, counsel admitted, that Sey- mond had borrowed the car, but only to take another man to his home, and after promising to return the vehicle in twenty minutes, On the grounds that much doubt remained whether Seymond was driving the automobile when Mrs. Brown, was killed, Mr. Swanson asked for a dismissal. W. F. Kerr, K.C, crown attorney for united counties of Northumberland and Durham, was of the opinion that there was sufficient evidence for the charge of manslaughter to be laid and Seymond to be committed. Mr. Kerr continued that Seyvmond had asked his friend, David Prusky, for the loan of his car; and, on refusal, had taken it without permission; and that Prusky did not see it again. The inference was that the car was not re- turned, it being found the next after- noon 25 miles away. The crown at- torney continued that it did not rest with the Crown to say who took the car, but that it was up to the defence to prove someone clse took the car after Seymond had it. Sevmond was found the next day in Newtonville, (Continued on page 10) the fall GUELPH LAD ALMOST INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN HIT BY CAR Guelph, Sept, 25--8truck by a motor truck as he was dart. ing across the pavend nt in front of his home, Arthur Wellhaus- er, Geyear.old son of Mr, and Mes. Arthur Wellhauser, 69 Kent Street, was almost instant ly killed Saturday afternoon, The truck was driven by Lslie Greer of Puslifich, Greer stat. ed to the police that two chil. dren had run. across in front of the truck, and swerving to miss one, he struck the otlgr, Death was due to a fractue at the base of the skull, An in. aquest will be held, FIRST TRAIN OVER MEW VIADUCT RAILS Brockville Local Makes First | Regular Trip Over Newly Laid Rails | (Special to The [imes) Toronto, Sept. 23 --Toronto travel- | lers this afternoon had their first an- | thentic- glimpse of what the "Queen | City" will look like when seen from the viaduct, top of the new Prompt to the second, at noon. at old standard | time. Canadian National train No. 2, | the local running to Brockville, pulled ont of the new union station, and just | west of the Cherry St. crossing took the newly laid tracks which ascended | a specially built ramp, on the south | side of the permanent viaduct struc- | "ture, and it steamed up one per cent. grade to high level tracks, 12d upon | the top of the eighteen foot iaduct | surface, this' was the first train, onut- side of work trains, to take the via- duct rails The diversion of the east main line traffic to the high level tracks means the elimination, within two or three days of the level crossings at Fastern Avenue and Queen Street, at River dale station, for while all castbound traffic will now operate over the via- duct lines, from Cherry Street to logan Avenue, a distance of one mile the westbound traffic will not be di-! versed to the high level until either Sunday or Monday, when the track- age for this section will be completed. Train No. 20 as the initial passenger train to inaugurate service on the. new viaduct had the distinction of officially opening the new Canadian National Railways bridge over the Don River one hundred and thirty-five feet long. The gap is spanned by single steel gird- ers which are stated to be the longest on the Canadian | National system. Apart from this, 20 was likewise the first regular No. to cross over the new subway structures at Eastern Avenue and Queen street. The pas- sengers on the train had also an in- teresting view of the work which Can- adian National engineers have accom plished during the past few months. From Cherry Street to Eastern Ave- nue, five tracks have been laid, while work trains are filling for the sixth track, ahd westward, to logan Ave. three tracks are completed, with con- struction work being rapidly pursued to lay the remaining tracks, To Erect Toboggan Slides At The Rotary Park Soon In Addition Rotary Club Will| Provide Up to 20 Tobog- gans and Supervision -- Slides to Be Free to Chil- dren in Proper Hours -- Nominal Charge to Adults in Evenings -- G. D. Con- ant and A. V. Swail to Visit Montreal for Information as to Slides oat Toboggan slides will be erected in Rotary Park, Oshawa's civie play- ground, within the next few weeks to provide the most exhilirating of winter sports for the city's child- hood, youth and adults. As many as four or fiye slides extending from a twenty foot platform om Centre 'Streat down the hill and across the Oshawa creek to the western limits the playground will be erected. Provision will be made in the start- ing platform for increases shou'd the venture prove popular enough. The Rotary Club will, in addition, furpish up to 20 toboggans and su- pervigion, The slides will he free to children @Quring the proper hours that city, for them to be out. In the even. ings, a small nominal fee will be charged to adults in order to carry, the cost of electic lights and super- vision which will b: necessary Lo prevent accidents and other up- pleasant incidents, Rotarians G. D. Conant and Al- bert Swail have been appointed a cimmittee by the Oshawa Rotary Club to go to Montreal at an early date to secure data and costs on the famous eivic toboggan slides in it is expected that the Rotary Park slides will be ready for use on or before Christmas day, depending an weather conditions. The hours in which the slides will be open to adults will in no way conflict with the children's pri- vileges for which no charge of any sort will be made. The fees which will be charged adults will be very small, merely enough to cover the running costs as stated. The mon- ey for the slides themselves, a capi- tal investment, comes in part from the receipts of the racent Rotary Street Fair. In this way, what the city contributed through the Fair Booths' hectic financing comes back in the form of a service that will mak. the winter of 1927-28 one of the happiest Oshawa has ever J INPGRTANT CROP RESEARCH WORK AT BOYS' SCHOOL School Initiates Experimental Department That Will Bene- fit Large District HARVEST LARGE CROPS Lads at Training School for Fair to Be Honored By Pre- mies Fergusdh's Presence (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Sept. 26.----Experimen- tal work that will be of value to farm- ers throughout the Toronto-Belleville district was begun this year at the Boys' Training School farm and will, as the work grows, very probably prove of increasing importance. Experiments this' year, under the supervision of Di- rector Bradt, group of senior boys whose exper'- ments covered a wide rang of agricul- | tuzal products. One group specialized in mangels, the object of their research being to de- te nine Lid hest varieties for the typi- ontinued on page 10) {cal coil eo this district; 120 het group concentrated on a similar 'problem in carrots, specifically noting the value | of the chantenay varicties as opposed to the Ox-heart. Green soilage crops nsed to clear land of noxious growths covered grass peas, soy beans, and vetches. Silage crops were also tceted out in special work which dealt with corn, sunflowers, and sugar cane. The prob- lem of auxiliary crops where early hay crops prove light was worked out with three varicties of millet including the Tapanese panicle Hungarian grass and the well known OAC. 211 variety. Flaborate investigation of cabbage production was also made, the experi- ments being confined to the Kale and rape divisions which aré used as green | feed for poultry and stock. That the Boys Training School Farm is run on thoroughly practical lines is evidenced by the first statistics of this vear's crop filed with Dr. school superintendent. From the Somers' farm, consisting of 125 acres, over 1.200 bushels of grain have been harvested, consisting of wheat, oats and barley. The Darch Farm, compns- ing 125 acres also, was all sown m oats and a heavy yield is expected. Thirty acres of the farm were de- voted to vegetable crops for the school's use; being of sandy loam soil this plot is giving particularly satisfac- tory results. Two acres were given over to the boys in general for garden plots, each lad being assigned space two rods long by one rod wide. Points toward awards have been given each week for efficient cultivation, and on October 1, the lads' harvest will be exhibited at the School Fall Fair which will be honored by Premier Ferguson, cabin- et ministers, prominent citizens from all parts of Ontario and Quebec, and citizens of this district. NEW STEEL STALLS ARE NOW INSTALLED (By Staff R Bowmanville, Sept. 20. -- New steel rails and stanchions are being placed in the barn standing on the old Darch farm, now part of the grounds of the Boys' Training. school, by the Public Works Departinent of Ontario. All the old stalls have been torn out during the past two weeks and it is expected, that the work will be finished in time for the formal opening at the end of this week, Oct. 1. Bowmanville, Sept. 26.--Boy Scout Froop Number One, Bowmanville, was ousy Saturday cutting the grass, trim- ning the hedges and cultivating the lower beds at Memorial Park, carry- ng on the work which they began when the troop was first organi Captain Fred C. Palmer, Scout Mas- er, said today that the scouts have 'aken it upon themselves to pick mp and scrap of paper or refuse they 'might see when passing the park at wv time. Pointing out that the ro Office is mext to the park, Captain Palmer stated that thoughtless people sometimes throw circulars they do not want on the grass. Brenton Hazelwood is troop leader. WRECKAGE SENT HOME St. John's, Nfid., Sent. 25.-- Wreckage of the monoplane Old 3lory, which was lost with its three »wcupants when it fell into the At- lantic during an attempted non-stop flight from Old Orchard, Maine. to Rome, was shipped to New York last night on board the steamer Nerissa. The wreckage, 34 feet of the wing, to which were attached parts of the fuselage, was picked up several hundred miles east of Newfoundland by the steamer Kyle, chartered to search for tle plame and its occupamts. Experts who ex- amined it later sxpressed the opim- ion that the plane had struck the water while travelling at a pod of 99 miles an hour. were carried out by a - Keaman,' : ? § t a Ee