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9% am a I 2 an + ¥ ' Bowmanville Daily Times News, advertising and subscriptions will be received at the Bowmanville Office of The Times. Telephones--Office, 587; DOOC RATED 90TH W. B. COUCH Member of the well-known firm of Couch, Johnston and Cryderman, Limited, celebrated his 90th birthday on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12, and in spite of his age, is hale and hearty, and still enjoys a day's fishing, (By Staff Bowmanville, May 17.--The old ad- age that hard work and plenty of it never killed any man is proven to Bowmanville citizens in the person- nel of W. B. Couch who for the past fifty years has worked irom eight o'clock in the morning to six in the evening and on Saturday nights until midnight, with only Wednesday af- ternoons off. The fact that Mr. Couch remains on his feet most of that time, seldom using a stool or a ghar, strengthens the fact quite a it. Mr. Couch was born in Cornwall, England, and at the age of seventeen he left the Old Country to make his way in Canada. Mr. Couch first set- tled in Hampton, but after several years moved to Bowmanville where he started to work for the McClung Brothers, In 1882, Mr. Couch, in partnership with James Johnston and J. H. Cryderman took over the firm of the McClung Brothers and start- ed up the present firm of Couch, Johnston and Cryderman, Although Mr. Johnston died several years ago his place has been ably filled by his son, Avery C. Johnston. Mr. Cryder- man, along with Mr. . Couch, still takes an active part in the business and is ably assisted by his two sons, Lawrd and Fred. Likes To Play Mr. Couch likes to play as well as the rest of the Bowmanville citizens. This was proven to The Times when the staff reporter went to call oun Mr. Couch early this week, as Mr. Couch was then off on one of his fishing excursions, Since a lad Mr. Couch has derived a keen enjoymei of following the streams in quest of its speckled inhabitants, and there are few persons in Bowmanville who knows the streams in the district as well as Mr, Couch. Next to fishing Mr. Couch likes to Reporter) be in around his garden, All through the summer, when he isn't fishing, Mr. Couch may be seen in his leisure hours at work caring for his garden friends, whom he takes a great de- light in keeping in first class shape. Bowmanville citizens know Mr. Couch well for the splendid way hi has of entertaining his friends with addresses and poems of favourite poets. Mr. Couch is in fact a relative of Browning from which his second name is derived. Active In Community Although Mr. Couch is well up in years people here do not consider him thus because of his broad mindness and the active part that he plays in community affairs. Mr, Couch has been a member of the Bowmanville High School board for the past fifty years and for the past twenty has been its chaitman, Since the school was built there have been only three chairman, Mr. F. C. Cubitt, Mr. J. B. Fairbairn 'and Mr. Couch. When Mr. Couch wished to leave the board last January his wish was not granted as everybody felt that he is still quite able to carry on. ~ Mr. Couch has also taken an active part in Trinity United Church of which he is a member, and may be seen nearly every Sunday in his pew at that church. BOWMANVILLE BRIEFS Bowmanville, May 17.--W. A. Phillips and bride of New York city are the guests of Norman and George James and families. Mr. and Mrs, H. B. Creeper are vigiting friends in Toronto and Hamilton. Mrs. C. W. E. Meath of Ottawa is spending a few days with her fa- ther, W, B. Couch. Tourist Fares Jasper National Park; Canadian Rockies, ' Fares from OSHAWA AND RETURN Vancouver Victoria Seattle Tacoma Portland $111.85 Jasper National Park $90.10 the continent. Sto teresting resort 112 miles east of Winnipeg. Sept. 7thto 14thisGolf Weekat Jasper Literature, Vancouver, Victoria, Alaska Adventure awaits you in the West! Great mountains to explore... roaring rivers to cross... Indian villages . . . glaciers. Cross the Prairies. Stay awhile at Jasper National Park. See the Majestic Canadian Rockies. Visit Vancouver and Victoria. Board steamer for Alaska--a cruise recog- nized as the finest water trip in America. Your trip may include the famous Triangle Tour--a travel route famous throughout over at Minaki--an in- information and reserva- tions from D. C. Forrester, City Ticket F Office, 37 King St. W, Phone 813 anadian afltional WOU THE OLYMPIA CAFE BUILDS ADDITION 10 THE PREMISES Will Provide Additional Seating Capacity for 24 Persons (By Staff Reporter) A Bowmanville, May 17.--~The management of the Olympia Cafe has commenced work on a new ad- dition to the rear of the restaurant. Until the present time the restau- rant has been quite ¢ramped for space and the management, realiz- ing this, decided to enlarge their quarters which they are doing .at the rear. The new addition will take the form of a private dining room for ladies and gentlemen and with a seating capacity of 24 per- sons. So far the cement founda- tion has been laid and the men expect to be able to get at the structural part in a few days, W. R. STRIKE HEADS THE TENNIS CLUB Elected President at Enthusi- astic Annual Meeting Recently (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, May 17, -- The Bowmanville Tennis Club is going right ahead with plans for this sea- gon. At the last meeting it was decided to have lots of local com- petition © throughout tha season which will please maay of the fol: lowers of Bill Tilden. = tees wili be the same as last year with the exception that boys and girls under fifteen years of age muy join for $2.00 and additional members of the same family under that age may join for 50 cents. The courts appear in good shape and in order to keep them in the best possible condition throughout the season a regular caretaker will be appoint- ed. The newly-elected officers of the club are: hon:pres. J. W. Alex- ander; president, W. R. Strike; vice-president, Alan Campbell; treasurer, A. H. Bounsall; captain, M. A. Neale: secretary, Stuart James; executive, Helen Osborne, Grace Cayerly, C. H. Dudley, T. A. Dunstan, Edsall Oliver, E. 8. Var- coe, and Art Kent, SEVEN TEAMS IN SOFTBALL LEAGUE More May Enter Before Meeting of Committee Next Week (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, May 17.--The town softball league teams are g0- ing right ahead preparing for the coming season. There will be a meeting of the softball committee next week at which all teams de- siring to take part in the league must hand in their entries. A schedule will then be drawn up. So far seven teams have signified their desire to place an entry into the league. They are: High School, Front street team, Whiz factory, Foundry, Goodyear, Bankers, and an Outlaw team composed of local boys who are working in the Gene eral Motors plant at Oshawa. FOOTBALL LEAGUE MEETING TONIGHT (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, May 17.--~The Dar- lington Football League will hold its annual meeting in Solina this even- ing at 8 o'clock, standard time, to organize for the coming season. All the clubs wishing to enter teams are requested to send representatives so that the schedule may be drawn w immediately. Teams who have already signified their intentions to enter are, Solina, Zion, Bowmanville, Enniskil- len and Kirby. This League has al- ways proved of interest to those peo- ple who likes to see a real game of association football. Any other teams who desire to enter will be welcomed gladly. WILL TRADE BUS FOR NEW ONE (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, May 17.--Citizens of Bowmanville who on King strect at about 11 a.m, today weré suprised to see one of T. A. Garton's busses being towed up the street in the di- rection of Oshawa, This was the bus in which one of the connecting rods broke and tore a hole in the side of the engine, damaging it beyond all repair as the hole was large enough for a person to crawl through, Mr. Garton was having the bus towed to Toronto where he is trading it in on a new one. Local people who use this method of transportation will look with interest towards the arrival of the new bus. In the meantime the old bus will go under a major op- eration and have new engine placed m it, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT A total of 342 concerns, repre- senting an investment of $77,409,- 800, established locations on. or near the lines of the Canadian Na- tional Railways throughout Cana- da in 1928, according to William Phillips, manager of the industrial department of the railway com- pany. Further additions to exist. ing concerns adjecent to these rail- way lines represented a total in- vestment of $24,568,800, STANLEY BALDWIN 10 GUARD INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT TO ES- TABLISH SAFEGUARD- ING TRIBUNAL Promises Board to Deal With AN Applications For Duties (By Thomns T. Champion, Cana« dian Press Staff Writer) London, May 17. -- Attention was centred pyvobably for the first time in the present election cam- paign on this great metropolis yesterday, whem Premier Stanley Baldwin spoke in the heart of the city--the one-square mile of terri- tory in the heart of the capital which remains officially the city of London. In greater London every one of its 62 seats are be- ing contested' with triangular fight in 54 divisions. In 1924 Conser- _vatives secured 39 of these, Labor 19, and the Liberals 3. Referring to the restoration of the old standard by Great Britain Mr. Baldwin said that whatever disadvantages there had been as result of this step were only tem- porary. Safeguarding Industries He expressed satisfaction that the government had made a *'sol- id, permanent gain" with regard to tris, and said it was the intention tries, and haid it was the intention of the government, if returned to power to establish a permanent tribunal to deal with applications for safeguarding duties. * After reaffirming his pledge that safeguarding duties would not be imposed on foodstuffis, the premier said iron and steel woula be treated just like any other in- dustries when their applications were considered. Defends White Paper He dealt with the charge that the government, in issuing a gov- ernment white paper, condemning the Liberal scheme for solving the unemployment problem, had there- by issued a political pamphlet at the taxpayers' expense. The pub- lication had been so popular, the prime minister said, that the ex- pense of printing was more than covered by sales." As to te consis- tional aspect, the Liberal lead- er had gone contrary to all con--- stitutional rpactice in making def- ers had gone contrary to all con- inite assertions that the civil ser- vice had been unable to find any fault with the scheme, FISHERMEN'S NETS ROB BY MARAUDERS Threaten to Take the Law in Their Own Hands and Shoot (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) 'Windsor, Ont, May 17. -- Des- pite the pleas which have been made to officials, fishermen along the shores of Lake St. Clair are daily losing hundreds of dollars in the loss of the catches at the hands of marauders, thought to be either Americans or rum runners from the Canadian side of the in- ternational boundary. Early each morning the nets of the St. Clair fishermen are lifted, torn to bits, and their contents emptied into high powered speed boats. The ravages of the thieves ap- pear to have been and are directed at those fishermen who are living along the shores of the near-east- ern lake, and within the shore line boundary of Tecumseh. The situ- ation has come to such an impasse that these fishermen threaten to arm themselves with rifles and re- volvers, take the law in their own hands and seek the capture wu. those responsible for the loss oi their livelihood. FINLAND DECLINES "10 SIG PROTOCOL Minister at Moscow Heads Note to Soviet Gov- ernment Helsingfors, May 17.--The Fnish Minister at Moscow handed the So- viet Government a note from his Government recently declining to gign the Litvineff protocol on the grounds that it is unnecessary. Finland's note asserted that, since the Kellogg anti-war treaty soon will be ratified by all the original signa- tories, it will be futile for the Baltic States to become parties to the Lit- vinoff protocol. In the event that the treaty is not ratified by all, the note added, Fin- land is prepared to submit a proposal to adhere to the Litvinoff protocol, meanwhile observing its principals in her relations with all States, in- cluding Russia. The Litvinoff protocol . was de- signed to make the Kellogg anti-war treaty effective immediately among the Baltic States. Several of the States already have signed. "I want a license," said the young man as he stepped up to the clerk's desk. "Marriage or asked the clerk. "Marriage," was the reply. "I've hunted long enough, and now I'm hunting license ?" going to get married." REAFFIRMS PLEDGE | DRUNKEN FATHER HILLED BY SON 10 SAVE MOTHER FORGIVEN BY FATHER 13-Year-Old Boy Goes on 'Trial on Manslaught Charge Parry Sound, May 16.--A 13- year-old boy stepped into the dock before' Mr. Justice Raney at the Spring Assizes here today. to answer to a charge of manslaugh- ter. He stood to attention while the clerk read the indictment that he, Anthony Tucker, had shot and killed his father, And then he answered promptly the clerk's question: "Not guilty, sir." He sat unmoved while a jury was empanelled, while Crown At- torney W. T. Halght outlined the details of the tragedy at the little shack at Trout Creek, and while various friends and members of his family testified, until his mother took the stand. Then, as she told between sobs of her quar- rel with an intoxicated husband; of a struggle and finally of the discharging. of the rifle in the hands of her son, the lad dragged out a colored handkerchief to hide the sobs and the hard-fought tears. The 65-year-old Anthony Tuck- er, the elder, Mr, Haight told the jury, had come home that night from Trout Creek in a state of intoxication. There had followed, he said, an altercation with his wife. It was alleged that he Beat her, Then, he said, the boy had come from the house with a load- ed rifle which he bad discharged in his father's direction. The boy, Mr. Haight told them, had said he aimed for- his fatiser's' leg, but the shot had found a more vital spot and the man died several hours later. Mother's Testimony The mother, Mrs. Lillian Tuck- er, testified that her husband drank whenever he could get it, and generally became ugly. He had several times, she said, threat- ened to take her life. On the day of the tragedy, she sald, Tucker had come home late for supper after having been away since 9 o'clock that morning Under the examination of the defense counsel, Gordon D. Brady of North Bay she said that her husband wag intoxicated, and that shortly after the boy Anthony had left to drive his elder brother to the road gang camp, where he worked. Her husband had become quantelsome. Later, when An- thoyy the junior returned, his father, she said, went to the stable to the horse, and then her son suggested that she should go away. She did make preparations, she said; by putting a small satchel full of her things on the outside step, but when her husband came back to the house he had contin- ued his abuse ,and threatened to get the axe and kill her. She said he went to the woodshed in search of the axe. However, in his absence, she had hidden the ax? while the boy had removed a cart- ridge from a rifle, which had been loaded several days before to shoot an old horse. Father's Forgiveness Failing to find the axe, she said, Tucker grabbed a broom and chased her from the houge. Out: side, she said, he dropped the broom, and instead picked up a big wooden stick, with which he started to. beat her. She said she heard the boy call: "Leave her alone, papa," and a few minutes later she heard a shot, and saw her husband fall. Describing the events which followed, she said the boy ran to the schoolhouse near by, where a meeting of Trustees was in progress, and re- turned with them. They she said, carrfed her husband into the house, and later the boy had gone to his father and said: "I am sorry, papa." The father's reply had been: 'I will forgive you, son. You did it to save your mother." PULITZER WINNERS 1928 ANNOUNCED Prize Awards for Journal istic and Literary Merit Are Made New York, May 17.--Pulitzer prize awards for 1928 -- blue ribbons of journalistic and literary merit--were announced Sunday by the trustees of Columbia University as follows: -- Most disinterested and meritorious service by a newspaper: New York Evening World, campaign against "ambulance chasing" lawyers ($500 "medal). Best example of newspaper corres- pondence: Paul Scott Mowrer, Chi- cago Daily News ($500). Best Editorial: Louis Isaac Jaffe, Norfolk, Va. Virginian, anti-lynch« ing ($500). Best reportorial work: Paul Y. An- derson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, un- covering of Continental Trading Com- pany bonds deal ($1,000). Best newspaper cartoon: Rollin Kirby, New York World, "Tammany" ($500). American novel: Julia Peterkin, "Scarlet Sister Mary" ($1,000). American play: Elmer I. Rice, "Street Scene" ($1,000). Best United States history: Fred Albert Shannon, "The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865 ($2,000). Best American biography: Burton J. Hendrick, "The Training of an American. The Earlier Life and Let- ters of Walter H. Page" ($1,000). Best volume of verse: Stephen Vincent Benet, "John Brown's Body" $1,000). STORAGE OF FILN MAY BE PROBED Fire Marshall Says Hospitals Comply With Advice of His Department Toronto, May 16.--A complete [investigation into the methods of storing X-ray film in Toronto hospitals may be ordered within the next few days by Fire Chief William Russell. Yesterday after- noon the chief stated that he is corresponding with the fire author- ities in Cleveland for further in- formation as to the conditions that existed in the Cleveland clinic prior to the disastrous fire and as to the probable cause of the ea- plosion and blaze. Depending on the result of his correspondence the chief may order a probe. "We will have to find out just what happened over there before we know what to look for here," said the chief. "No action will be taken in any event until after we have' fully corresponded on the Cleveland disaster. If I ordered an investigation into the condi- tions now I would not know just what steps were necessary, as we would be looking for something about which we know nothing." No probe will be made into the fire hazard as regards X-ray films in the hospitals throughout the province, according to E. P. nea. on, Ontario fire marshal. The hogpitals in all the cities are al- ready complying with the advice of the department which was igsu- ed three or four years ago and in the smaller centers the amount of X-ray work would not establish a fire hazard. BRITISH MILLERS DISCUSS PRICE DROP Quantity of Wheat in Can ada a Menace to a True Value London, May 17.--The wheat men here sum up the situation as fol- lows: Canada has begun its usual shipments while Australia and the Argentine desire to continue shipping in normal quantities, Therefore, if the United States ship freely to the markets already supplied how will it be possible to place all this wheat? The consequent keen competition is likely to force price reductions. Nevertheless, the millers and mer- chants are chary of selling short at present prices. Dispatches from Australia quote a leading wheat trader as follows: "The present debacle is the result of propaganda by professional farm agi- tators with fancy schemes for raising prices, thereby inducing the farmers to increase acreage. The large quan- tity of wheat pooled in Canada is a menace to a true value being estab- lished. Farmers should hold their wheat on their farms, and not ac- cumulate enormous visible supplies controlled by a few individuals in charge of pools. The collection of wheat under the control of a few in- dividuals becomés a menace to the basic law of supply and demand." The Australian farmers refuse to sell the balance of their crop at pre- sent prices and are in a financial position to maintain this attitude, and Australian shippers are accept- ing no further business till the mar- ket is stabilized. "WHERE'S YOUR KNIFE?" I'm about to ask a queston-- Now don't begin to squirm, It's frightfully importan, You may feel just like a worm, But up and answer--be a man, You know the subject's rife, No matter from what land you hail ---1 say "Where is your knife?" If you disgrace your country, We'll just blame {it on Yanks, Although we can't expect them To return a vote of thanks; But you must mind your manners, As you gobble on through life, Or some Britisher may ask you: "Where is your knife?" the Do you park it on the tablecloth, Or park it on your plate? When in a hurry and you feel You're just a trifle late? Or if you use it but for peas Be sure and hang on tight, Or the coroner will question "Where's that knife?" ~--NANCY LYONS. MEN'S SILK SOX SPECIAL 2 Pair $1 00 for ,.... CHILDREN'S WASH SUITS 98¢ alk SIZES SPECIAL MEN'S DRESS BOOTS Special ..evevas '$2.49 BOYS' CAPS fuoriee Paes Siig Dominion Clothing Company 68 King W. Phone 2141 MECHANICAL MAN SAID TO AIRPORT In Reply to Siren's Tooting, It Turns on Lights at Airport Newark, N.J., May 17.--Mr, Tel- evox, the mechanical man, has come to the aid of aviators by making dangerous landings on un- lighted flying fields unnecessary. In obedience to the note of a siren on an approaching plane, the mechanical man turned on the flood lights without the aia or human hands, Mr. Televox, whose name, freely translated from the Greek and Latin, means 'distant voice," demonstrated his ability as an air- field attendant when in repeated tests he flooded the new airport at Newark with 24,000,000 candle power in response to the distant voice of a plane high in the air. Pete Branson, airmail pilot, ap- proached the field from various directions and at different alti- tudes in the test, turning on a wind driven siren as he neared. Each time the sound of the siren reached the field the mechanical man flashed on the lights. The device, which gives Mr. Tel- evox the similitude of human re- sponse to sound is the combina- tion of two recent inventions. The Knowles grid-glow and a vibrac- ing Reed selector. The vibrations set up in the Reed selector when a sound of a certain pitch is impress- ed upon it are transmitted to the grid-glow, converted into electri- cal energy and amplified suffic- fently to operate the switching mechanism of the flood lights, ASSISTANT ASSESSOR Applications will be receiv- ed by the undersigned up until five o'clock p.m. Wed- nesday, May 22nd, for the position of Assistant Asscs- sor for the City of Oshawa. State qualificaitons and age. F. E. HARE, Clerk. SPECIALS USED CARS Friday and Saturday $49 Chev. Sedan. Looks and runs like new. 1927 model. ' $295 Ford Coach. Per fect shape, Recon- ditioned, 1926. $3 0 Youd Toute: Runs See Our Used Car RESALE DEPOT 43 King St. East Opposite Post Office COX MOTOR SALES 10 Bond St. W. Phone 924 Re-Conditioned USED CARS Olds @ sedan, New Taint $4150 $150 running Ford Coupe, 0. K. Pontiac Sedan, 28. A per- fect car, $775 Tow tonto, Tine new $950 We have a nice assortment of Touring Cars. Priced from $100 to $300. Motor City Service, Limited OLDSMOBILE DEALERS 26 'Athol St. West, Oshawa Phone 428 i | | H | QUAKER STATEMENTS "Many medicines, few Often Quaker cures." State Motor Oil alone is sufficient to restore a sick motor to health, Try it, my friend! Special refining has removed from each gallon the quart of useless ma- terial thee buys in ordinary oils. So, in every gallon of Quaker State, thee gets four full quarts of lubricant -- an extra quart! Look for the green-and-white sign QUAKER STA per '"Imperiai quart" TE "5 Authorized Distributor : SUPERIOR OiL & SUrFLY CO., LIMITED 302 Cumberland Avenue, Hamilton, Can. Express Service Direct to Woodbine Race Track Leave Ohawa 11.30 a.m., Standard Time--May 18th, 24th and 25th Fare 85c¢ Return Coaches leave Toronto--Bay, at Dundas--every hour on the half- hour, until 10.30 p.m. Standard Time. GRAY COACH LINES Prince St. OSHAWA Telephone 2825