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(§¢ & > <l 'SUCCEED The Oshawa Daily Reformer Daily Times VOL. 1--NO. 84 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. TWELVE PAGES OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1927 " NOMINATION FOR LEADE County Pupils Ta Pay $15 Month COL. GRIERSON WILL VACATE POST OCT. 15 Notifies Department He Can- not Serve as Crown Attorney After That NO APPOINTMENT YET Name of J. A. McGibbon is Mentioned Prominently for Position (Special to The Times) Toronto, Oct. 11.--Notice that he could not, in justice to himself, con- tinue in. office longer than Satur- day, October 15, has been received by the Attorney General's Depart- ment from Lieut. Col. J. F. Grier- son, crown attorney of Ontario County, who resigned in July, but who was asked to continue in office as long as possible by the attorney general. Following Col. Grierson's ho- tice, #t is expected that the ap- pointment of a. successor will be an- nounced early next -week on the re- turn of Hon. W. H. Price, attorney general of Ontario. It is conceded that J. A, McGib- bon of Oshawa will receive the ap- pointment., In addition to his suc- cess as a barrister, Mr. McGibbon has been active in behalf of the Conservative Party in South Ontario for several years, having been cam- paign director in the late Federal election when Dr. T. E. Kaiser was elected to the Dominion Parliament. Other names under consideration by the attorney general for the ap- pointment are Mason Horner, prom- inent lawyer of Cannington, and John Crozier of Port Perry. - T. K. Creighton; Col. Grierson's, partner in the firm of 'Grierson and Creighton; has also been mentioned for the position. 15 FINED $25 FOR RECKLESS DRIVING Donald Boa Convicted on al Charge Resulting from Accident Convicted by Magistrate Hind this morning on a charge of reckless driving, Donald Boa was fined $25 and costs of $7.26 with the alterna- tive of 30 days in jail and' had his chauffeurs liLeuse suspenaed for a week. . The charge was 1aid by C. B. Gil- lard as' the result of an accident which occurred about a month ago at Mary and Elgin streets, and the case has been' adjourned several times. In passing sentence, the Magistrate said that it was very necessary for the public to remem- ber that Simcoe and King Sts. are only through streets in Oshawa, and that on all the others the speed lim- it of 12 miles per hour set by the Highways Traffic act must be ob- served at intersections. A. 'F. An- nis appeared for the defence, while i > Mangan represented Mr. Gil ard. THREE BOYS ESCAPE FROM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT MIMICO Local police are on the look-out for three boys who escaped from Victoria Industrial School, Mimico, yesterday. One of them, Percy Colvin, is an Osh- awa boy, and for that reason it is thought "that they might have headed in this direction.) The other two lads are Gordon Applepine, Belleville, and a boy whose name is Jamieson. STEAMERS COLLIDE OFF POINT ARGUELLO (By Associated Press) Los Angeles, Calif, Oct. 11--Wirelese despatches to this point indicated the steamers Pomona and Kekoskee had collided four miles off Point Arguello 150 miles from San Pedro. Distress signals indicated the Kekos- kee was badly damaged but that the Pomona was standing by. The Ke- koskee is a five thousand ton tanker and Pomona a seven thousand five hundred ton steamer, BABY PRINCESS ARRIVES AT ROYAL PALACE IN BELGIUM Service To The Times Canadian Press) Brussells, Bel>iam, Oct. 11. --=Princess Astrid, wife of Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, gave birth to a daughter today. She will be christened Josephine Charlotte. All Belgium had been waiting for the event for weeks, hoping that this first grandchild of Albert and Queen Elizabeth would be an heir to the throne. The booming of guns gave the wews to the populace who im. mediately began celebrating in cafes, BUILDING PERNITS * THIS WEEK $16,000 oe Include Several Fine New Residences -- Some Additions Over $16.000 of new building has been authorized this week including several substantial residences and a numer of house additions and gar- ages. ' G. P. Morison is erecting a two siorey brick veneer house on Mary street to aost $4 000; a similiar permit is issued W. BE, Phillips for a $4,000 brick house on Fairbanks avenue; M. Karch is building a $3,- 000 brick veneer bungalow on Rit- son road; A. Duckworth is building a $4.500 bungalow on Jarvis street. Robert Shorter is building a $200 strneture on Bloor street south; E. W Rundle is ereciing a garage on Richmond street to cost $125; H. E. Pearson is building a $200 zarage on Wood street; A. Douglas is odding a room eosting $100 to 1 house on Kingsdale avenue; Phil- ni Kolvnka is erecting a verandah to a house on Olive street which will cost $40; H. Barker is building a $100 garage on Arthur stree.. MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN JUGO-SLAVIA CABINET(MAY RESIGN Paris, Oct. 11.--Havas despatch from Belgrade says that a minister 'al crisis is imminent in Jugo-Slavia as a result of the quarrel over the handling of the situation with Bul- garia and the resignation of the ~abinet is expected. War. Averted : Belgrade, Oct. 11.---All danger of war or rupture in relations be- tweed Bulgaria and Jugo-Slavia was considered averted today follow- ing Bulgaria's action in declaring marti=1 law along frontier and clos- ing stratgec border points in order to prevent further incusions by Bul- ar'an bandits on to Jugo Slavian soil, (Cale By BOARD OF EDUCATION SETS FEES FOR COUNTY PUPILS AT COLLEGIATE This Charge Will Be Levied Providing Fees Are Not Taken Care of in Some Other Way -- Motion of Trustee Smith Carries GETTING PROBLEM SQUARED AWAY Suburban Parents Chiefly Af- fected By Board's Demand --Accept Agreement With S.S.No.4 to Pay $4 a Month for Pupils Non-resident pupils of the Osh- awa Collegiate Institute will be charged $15 a month tuition, pro- viding their fees are not taken care of in some other way, the Board of Education decided at its monthly meeting last night. Motion to this effect was introduced hy Trustee H. S. Smith, chairman of the special committee dealing with County Pupils' fees, and supplements the Board's Seljember demand that On- tario and Durham and Northumber- land Counties pay 100 per cent main- tenance and 80 per cent debenture 'of the pro rata cost of educating their pupils attending the Oshawa Collegiate Institute. The motion, it is understood, leaves an avenue open to the pavents .of pupils who live near Oshawa, Suburban parents are chiefly af- fected by the Board's demand for higher fees from the counties con- (Continued on Page 7) SOUTH ONTARIO IS WELL REPRESENTED Three Oshawa and Tw o County Delegates at Tory Convention Oshawa and South Ontario County delegates to the National Conven- tion of the Liberal-Conservative Party at Winnipeg are in the thick of the fight between the right and left wins of the Party which was precipiated yesterday in a clash be- mer leader, and Hon. G. Howard Fer~uson, Ontario Conservative chief. Oshawa's delegates are Dr. T. E. Kaiser, M.P., Ex-Mayor F. L. Mason, and Mrs..C. Downing. The riding of South Ontario is rep- resented: by Warden Albert W. Jackson of Ontario County, Whithy, and Dr. James Moore of Brooklin. All the delegates named to the convention from the South Ontario Riding are attending, making it unnecessary for any of the alternates to go to Winnipeg. H. W. Cooper, Manager of Oshawa Railway Says Mat- Late in the Season--Would Necessitate Changing Win- ter Schedules Which Have Just Gone Into Effect "The matter will be held in abey- ance until Spring, at least." said H. W. (Cooper, manager of the Oshawa Rail- way Company, when queried as to whether any further action would be taken by the railway company in re- spect to the proposed bus service re- cently brought before the city council. Commenting on the action taken, the manager was of the opinion that the matter had been brought up too late in the season, stating that it would have necessitated changing the winter street car <chedules which went into effect just this week. The question of providing for a bus service will, he thought, be taken up in time to pro- vide for a bus schedule when the Spring street railway schedules are ar- ranged. This action depends, howev- (Continued on Page 7) ter Was Brought Up Too | Bus Service Liely to Be Inaugurated Next Spring AVIATORS AVERAGE 106 MILES AN HOUR FOR 2,700 MILES (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) St. Louis, Senegal, Oct. 11. --Diudonne Coste and Lieut. Jebrix completed the first stage of the Paris-Buenos Aires flight when they landed here today. The fliers completed the 2,700 mile flight from Paris in 25" hours and 27 minutes, averag. ing 106 miles an hour, and land- #1 on schedule. The flight is much longer than the hop over the Atlantic to South America. PROGRESS ON KNOX CHURCH Progress is reported on the new Knox Presbyterian Church building now being erected on north Simcoe street. The building is of brick con- struction and is of ample size to ac- commodate the non-concurring Pres- bytérian congregation Work is pro- ceeding so well on the construction of this new church that it is ex- pected that it will be ready for -oc- cupation next month, tween Rt. Hon. Arthur Mefften, for- ' = APPOINTMENT PENDING J. A. McGIBBON Whose appointment as Crown At- torney of Ontario County js con- ceded according to advice from Toronto. - Col. Grierson, who re- signed in Julv, has pressed the Attorney General's department to: immediate relief from the duty of the office and an official announcement is expected within a few days. T0 CLOSE SCHOOLS EARLIER AT NOON T0 AVOID TRAFFI To Protect Children from the "Rush Dangers- on the Streets REASSEMBLE AT 1.20 Enrolment in Pub'ic Schools September 30 Was 3,028 All Oshawa public schools are to close at 11.50 a.m.. each school day in order that children may not run the risk of noon hour traffic. The Ioard of Education gave unanimous consent to the change in public school time tables as recommended by Supervising Principal Cannon at last night's Board meeting. In ad- dition, the publi¢ schools will re assemble for work at 1.20 p.m., in- stead of at 1.30 as at present. The Collegiate Institute's. noon recess already begins at 11.50, Principal O'Neil declared. Enrollment in the public s-hools at the end of September totalled 3.028, the supervising principal re- ported. Of these 1.529 were boys and 1.499 were girls. Attendance on Monday, however, had climbed (Continued on Page 7) NIGHT CLASSES IN BETTER BOYHOOD To Be Inaugurated in Oshawa Public Schools--Dirill Class Oshawa Public Schools are to have night classes in Better Boyhood, the first classes of this type to be organized in the Dominion of Can- ada. Authority to open Ritson. Road and Simcoe South publi¢ schon] for one evening each week was granted hy the Board of Education last night on Supervising Principal Canon's ex- nlaining the proposal laid before the trustees, in co-operation with Mr. Cennon, by A. L. W. Smith, school attendance officer who wes appoint- ed at the September meeting, The purpose of these rlasses is stated to be. primarily, a drill class with the idea of training boys physically and morally, and gen- erally to improve their outlook on life. The details of the work were not given, but enrolment, which is voluntarv, already totals 67 boys who will benefit very much, it is honed, by the course. Where other cities in Ontario have found it necéssary 'to establish jnvenile courts to deal with the problem of boy life, of which tru- ancy is but one evidence, Oshawa' is committed to a distinct innovation by the Better Boyhood Classes. Wide interest in the working out of the scheme now in thé hands of Mr. Cannon and Mr. Smith, will be aroused throughout the Province, it is anticipated, b Selection of Candidates Will Be Allowed it was officially announced today of Montre. |. tatjon of votes. were today submitted to the Conser- vative National Convention by its re- solutions committee. The first resolution sets forth, that the party "declares itself in favor of a policy that will encourage the de- velopment of the country's natural re- sources so that the maximum benefit will accrue to people of Dominion as whole." The second reads "that the Liberal Conservative party declares itself strongly in favor of the National Pol- icy of forest protection and refores- tration and believes it to be duty of the Federal Government to assist and co-operate in this regard with those provinces of the Dominion that are entrusted with the care of their own forests." Third resolution on natural resources 'provides that party "places itself on record as being in favor of encoufag- ing to utmost scientific research as to the best means of protecting, conserv- ing and developing our vast natural resources." ; NEW MEMBERS ARE RECEIVED BY LADIES HOSPITAL AUXILIARY A very enthasiastic meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary was held at the nurses' residence yesterday afternoon when a number of new members were most heartily received. A most cor- dial invitation is extended to all those who are in any way mterested in Hos- pital work. Besides the purchase of Tyuartz lamp, it was decided to pur- chase a Diathermy outfit for the: treatment of Physio-Therapy, a wel- ccme addition to the list of useful equipment already purchased for the Hospital by the Auxiliary. Final ar- rangements were mads for the Hos- mover for ten minutes and the seeonder for five minutes. and eneecle: will be broadeast throughout the Prairie Provinces. Senator Gideoon Robertson, of Ottawa. will be Returning Officer Each candidate will have three representatives in the counting of the ballots. Twenty serutineers and twenty tellers have alsa been appointed to handle-the balloting. George F. Perley will be in charge of compu- Permanent Leader of Conservative Party Near at Hand to Speak for Twenty Minutes, Mover for Ten Minutes and Seconder for Five Minutes --Resolutions Committee Bring in Strong Recommen- dations for Development of Natural Resources (By CANADIAN PRESS) Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 11.--Naominations Cor ; Leadership will begin sharp at eight o'clock tonight, Winnipeg time for the Conservative by Joint Chairmen of the Conven tion, Premier E. N. Rhodes of Nova Scotia and Senator C. F. Beaubien Candidates will speak for twenty minutes each, tiw Nomination: The development of the counfry's natural resources, a National policy of forest protection and encour~gement of scientific research as to the best methods of protecting and developing natural resources are urged in three resolutions which : MAY START OCEAN FLIGHT TODAY Ruth Elder Decides to Take Off for Paris This Afternoon Rooseveli Fieid, N. YY, Oct. 11-- With the announcement that wea- ther conditions were favorable, Miss Ruth Elder, Florida, aviatrix, de- cided to start on the flight to Pa- ris this afternoon with Captain Haldeman as navigator. The plane was provisioned and fuelled. At Old Orchard Beach, Maine, a full load test flight of Mrs. Fran- ces Grayson's Sikorsky plane was held over until {omorrow after the | tide cut short the attempt today. Mrs. Grayon aid he wa confident her big flying boat would enable her to send out radio calls and bring ships to the rescue in the event of a crash. She will be accompanied bv Wil- mer Stultz and Brice Goldsberough on the flight to Denmark. WEATHER Moderate to fresh southerly winds, fair and warm today and most of Wednesday, Showers probably by Wednesday night. pital dance which is to be held on the i4th, of October, and timportant work vias planned for the ensuing year. Fire Department Put on Edu- cative Program at Armories This Afternoon to Teach Youngsters the Importance of Preventing Fires and How City Guards Against Fire Menace Oshawa's fire department, including over '3000 public school children mo- bilize today for the greatest Fire Pre- vention Day in the city's history. At 3.30 this afternoon, the children of eight public schools and the pupils of St. Gregory's separate school marched to the Ontario Regiment armories for an exhibition which showed the eager voungsters ho wthe city guards itself against the life and property menace of preventable fire. Tonight at 7.15 a general alarm will be turned in and the fire and police building at the cor- ner of Richmond and Simcoe streets will, in theory, be the scene of a rag- ing "conflagration." Every man on the department's roster and every piecefof equipment will be turned out (Continued on Page 7) Public School Pupils See Fire Prevention Display both staff and volunteer members, and Fire Prevention Program Tonight Fire prevention progrum for . tonight has been announced as follows: 7.15 p.m. General Alarm Sham Fire at Richmond and Simcoe Streets. 8.15 p.m, Parade of Fire Fignters 8.30 p.m. Concert and Dance at Armories, Admission Free MAN DROWNED AFTER DRIVING HIS MOTOR TRUCK OFF CAUSEWAY (By Canadian Press) Kingston, Ont., Oct. 11--Driving off LaSalle Caugewdy last night Milton Murray, a young man of Barriefield was drowned. The body was recovered early today when the steamer Conretia raised his motor truck to the surfacu. (Cable Service To The Times By J 'Canadian Press) Folkestone, England, Oct. 11. --Another has cong ed the English Channel. Miss Mona McLellan today won out on the fifth attempt. She is a doctor in London and she broke London Woman Doctor Conquers English Channel 13 Hrs. 10 Min. Miss Gertrude Ederle's record bv more than an hour, taking thirteen hours and ten minutes. compared with fourteen hours and 31 minutes. Her real name is Dorothy Cochrane Logan. She was the second woman in - two days to conquer the Chan- nel, ahd the fourth in history, SHIP TONIGH 1,800 ATTEND CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION Rumor of Resolution on Meighen's Hamilton Speech Baseless MRS. FALLIS SPEAKS Says the Party Failed to Use Inexhaustible Energy of Women Forces (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Man,, uct. 11.--With vighteen hundred delegates and al- ternates assembled, the Conserva- tive Convention opened its proceed - ngs for the second day sharpe at en thirty this morning. Yesterday's la~h between Rt. Hon. Arthuj; Meighen and Premier G." Howard "e-guson of Ontario overshadowed he question of a probable choice ior .eadership on the discussion among the delegates as they foregathered. A rumour was in circulation that a resolution of some nature on the matter of the Hamilton declaration might be put before the Convention for its approval but it is learned that no such resolution has .been dra "ted » Waiting for resolutions from the (Continued on Page 7) JOINS THE LARKE TRANSPORT C0. E. J. O'Reilly Resigns from Staff of Dominion Bank --Given Presentation E. J. O'Reilly, accountant of the Dominion. Bank here for the eight years, and in that bank's service for i1 years, has resigned to joim W. 8S. Larke in forming the Lake Transporta¥ion Company, Limited, in 'which Mr. O'Reilly has acquired a substantial interest. Mr. O'Reilly will take charge of the Oshawa head office of the corporation, _ Testifying to the high esteem in which hé is held by the staff of the Dominion Bank of Oshawa of which 3. N. Henry is manager, Mr. J'Reilly was presented' with a solid walnut radio table, which was ac- companied by an address in which deep regret was expressed at his leaving, together with the earnest wish for that success in his new business to which his marked finan- _ cial talents and executive ability en- title him. Mr. OQ'Reilly's wide circle of friends in Oshawa predict that the corporation which he is entering will be assured of success through the special abilit.es of Mr, Larke, his partner, and himself. With the further development of highways in Ontario, it is stated by experts that an almost unlimit- ed opportunity is offered firms that combine sound practice with good financing. PLEAD NOT GUILTY ON MURDER CHARGE Mays Landing, N.J,, Oct. 11--Mrs. Margaret T. Lillindahl and her reputed friend, Willis Beach, today pleaded ruilty to joint indictment charging hem with the murder of the woman's wusband, Dr. William Lilliendahl, and vere refused their release on bail Their trial will not begin before Nov- :mber 28 TIL, wa EE a a---- Cc ming Events RATES 8 Cents per word each nse * + Minhnum charge for each insertion, 85c. . ZEDDA, SCIENTIFIC at 384 Mitchell Avenue this week only. (84h) RESERVE OCTOBER 14 FOR Roast Chicken Supper and Con- cert at United Church, Columbus, (84b) THORNTON'S CORNERS ANNUAL Chicken Pie Snoper. Wednesday, October 12. Admission 60 cents and 25 route Program. (81e) DON'T MISS "WE PLAY "AUNT Susan's Visit" in K. of P Hall, Oct. 12, under anspices of Ch nven Friends. Admission 2ii~ '°3b) MADAME NEVADA. PALM" AT 267 French St. Hours 2 to ° (82h) MADAME palmist