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ae au ha chat "All the ". Jews While hy Sh Is News" air Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer PY The Oshawa Daily Times E A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City at Oshawa. Ont. Canada E Pe Son, Or thar OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 3, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES | VOL. 6--NO. 2 aan LT RPP News in Brief §| « (By canadian Press) PPT PrI Trlr t thd bd ddd ddd Ten Boys Dréwned Copenhagen. --Ten bays. drowned today when the ice broke under them 'while they were skating on the Flian River, Sweden, * * : A Good Record Brockville.--A record for the police court here was established when from December 12 to December 30 not a for' disposal by the "drunk" ap- case came magistrate. peared, up Not even a * * ot C.N.R. Official Dies Montreal. --Edward Arnold, auditor of freight claims of the Canadian National = railways, and one of the best known freight claim officials on the American continent died at his home here yesterday of heart failure. Ww * »® Finances Improve Halifax. --DBetterment of mately three-quarters of dollars in the financial position of approx Nova Scotia for the year just closed | anounced by Premier Rhodes. * * * Smallpox Epidemic Port Arthur.--Port Arthur Fort William have been warned of the existence of 40 cases of smallpox in the little community. of Mineral Centre; six miles from the boundary in Minnesota. . Ship In Distress Seattle, Wash.--Disregarding storm earnings -broadcast by the weather bureau, two coastguard cutters late today were racing to the rescue of the disabled freighter California off Portland, which was being battered by a 75-mile gale far out Pacific. * wy C.P.R. Lecturer Retires Montreal--After more than half a century of service with the Canadian Pacific railway, O. Armstrong, official lecturer i former coloniza- tion agent, is retiring at the age of 78, it was anbnunced today at Cana- dian Pacific headquarters. ® x % Sn TR Killed in Explosion London.--Two children were killed and seven injured today in the Holloway District of London by the explosion' of a barrel of petro- leum in a railway freight station. x x % Cardinal Improves Vatican City.--Cardinal Gaspar- ri, Papal secretary of state, wae days in bed with fever. The aged cardinal was +? Jor several hours. : Fire "Los Pullin] % Yorkton, Sask.--Fire. which swept through two warehouses, a pair of general stores and a dwell ing at Ebenzer, Sask., yesterday, caused damage of $30,000. Ex- plosion of a gasoline lamp caused the conflagration. DISABLED VESSELS on the | 1 a Ron i | GATHERING " FEATURED BY ENTHUSIASM ahd | New Chevrolet Si Six Was Pre- Sales sented Today To _ Organization For Eastern' Canada THREE HUNDRED | AT THE CONVENTION Joined With Pontiac Officials and Representatives at Luncheon in Hotel Gen- osha at Noon The - Hotel :Genosha was the scene of lively 'activity today when more than three hundred members of the Eastern Canada sales or- ganization of Chevrolet gathered for buffet luncheon that opened a whirlwind one-day convention. The occasion was marked by the *irst showing in Canada of the new Chevrolet Six, and if the enthusiasm shown by the men who will -sell it i# any indication, the latest Chevrolet product is due to receive a tumultnoug welcome throughout the eountry. Oshawa people will he the first group outside the actual sales or- ~anization to see the new car. A number of models are to be on pub- lic view tomorrow afternoon in the General Motors auditorium. Until the models are officially announced later in January there will be no other public showing. As a re- sult, the *previewd--which will last for only a limited time Satur- day afterns--is expected' to &t- tract a large crowd. Three Hundred Here The three hundred men who met at moon today comprise factory of: MAKING FOR PORT | *icigls, dealers and representatives St. John's Nfld, Jan, 3.-4Two | disabled ships, the Bal County and London Corporation are due here this morning. The Ball county had her bows stove in above water, in a collision with the Cairn line ship Bairnesk, forty miles from here, and the London Corporation. Captain Westnarth, is making for this port with her machinery dam- Seed. a PRINCE OF WALES STARTS JOURNEY London, Jan. 3--~The Prince of Wales, who wil resume his African hunt trip interrupted by the illness of King George more than a year ago, left St. James' Palace this af- ternoan' for Southampton. At Southampton he will take the steamship Kenilworth Castle for the voyage to Cape Town whence he will proceed into the interior. ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION Rosevear, who was elected mayor of Port Hope for 1920 by ae clamation. ; WEATHER An érea of high pressure ex- "tends from Manitoba southward over the western states, while a deep depression is cen- 3 ¥ed in Alberta and pressure is tively low on the "Atlan- | tie oast. 1 Local rain or snow has fallen in Ontario and Quebec. 'In the western provinces it has been cold with snowflurries. 'Forecasts: Lower Lake Region and Bay-Maatly fair and a little colder t and Saturday with northwesterly winds; local snowflurries, fom Ontario and Quebec. They are in tow '-to discuss sales poli- cies for 1930, and--most import- ant--to view the newest Chevrolet Six. be an example to some of those bodies which find it necessary to convene for four or five-day per- fods. For this Chevrolet conven- tion will last just about six hours. The delegates arrived in town tu day in time for luncheon, they are meeting at the General Motors au- ditorium this afternoon, and then {they are free to return to their homes, full of enthusiasm and in- gpiration. A Large Function They were joined at luncheon by the Pontiac factory officials and representatives, also assembled in convention. The total group which (Continued on Page 8) Fitty Victims Ot Fire Buried Grief-Striken Crowds Watch Solemn Cortege Go To Cemeteries Paisley, Scotland, Jan. 3.~Inhabi- tants of this grief Ti town to- day witnessed another act in the tra- ic drama of the.cinema fire which KF esday snuffed out the lives of 72 children living here. Fifty of the child victims were bur- ied today. Business life was hushed, and flags dropped at half mast on public buildings, Blinds on residen- ces were drawn as the hearses at brief intervals for five hours carried the tiny coffins through the silent streets to the cemeteries. Twenty six of the children. were Roman Catholics and the bodies of these were taken from' their homes Jast night to Catholic churches "where"short services were held. Wee- ping women and sad-faced men re- mained at the church until a late hour, Train Engineer Won Wolf Bounty, Sanlt Ste. Maric, § Ont, ain. 3.-- f. W. Conway, a CP. rR. engineer, has made application for the bounty on the pelt of a wolf which his en- gine killed at Mile 158 on the down- trip at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, Conway saw the wolf running a- head of the engine on the right-of- way and speeded up his train. Confused by the glare of the head Yiahit the woll remained between the rails and was killed, Their convention might well | | | | | COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME FOR NEW CITY HALL AND FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS The original layout for Oshawa's new civic buildings adopted by the city council of 1928 showed the City Hall facing on Metcalfe street and | Memorial Park and the Fire Hall and Police Station at the rear, fac- ing on Bagot street. Later the above plan was proposed as an alternative. This places both byildings én the Park frontage, as shown, and tak- ing in the property now occupied by a frame dwell adjoining the Ma- sonic Temple building, which is al- so shown in the above sketch. The Times favors the site adjoining Me- morial Park for all civic buildings and believes an unwise step would | be taken by building a $50,000 police KEEN INTEREST IN CIVIC ELECTIONS "Heavy Vote Is Anticipated at Polls on Monday Chevrolet Sales Staff Are in Convention Here "ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR CIVIC BUILDINGS FACING MEMORIAL PARK LARGE FIELD OF ASPIRANTS WORKING STRENUOUSLY T0 BRING OUT station on Prince street. Until such time as the larger civic building pro- gram can be undertaken the present police quarters could be greatly im- proved and enlarged at a compara- tively small cost, as proposed edi- torially in this issue. General Smuts Is Christian South / early today tinguished visitor i joint guest of Sir oir Toronto University. In Toronto Today (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Jan, Smuts, 1 3--+General Jan premier of a, arrived the city from Ottawa. The dis- in Canada as the Robert Borden and presiden Toronto, rmer m Robert Falconer, Today General Bonute addr joint meeting of spoke at a spe niversity of Canadian Clubs A a WEL Toronto. Canadian Government Is Urged to Provide Stations For Life-Saving on Lakes Two Hanged | LINES IN U.S. (By Canadian Pre. Lonsed Wire) Toront Jan The Canadian government will be requested to do its shar toward providing proper ofe-saving 'facilities on the Car shores of the great lakes, acco to a motion passcd unanimously the Sons of England hall last by the Toronto Branch of thé tional Association of Marine gineers The 2,000 members of the tion plying on the great lakes, not | to'mention the other members of the crews. have to depend in. case of danger on nearby ships or upon American life-saving stations, The | | | | rding atl night Na En | { associa- | mation passed last igh t declared it} was a humanitari on th party of the ge to establis stations cquip « staff them | properly. Many vernn and lives could be saved from | stricken ships on the lake s if life saving craft could put out from the Canadian shores to the rescue, it wa said. Passengers Saved Lima, Perus- The Chilean steamer Mapocho pounded herself into a total | wreck after going aground early in| the morning near Samanco, about 200 miles north of Callao. All passen gers were landed safely by the ships boats. Prince to Fly Over Jungles | Will Probably Use An Aero- plane on African I Trip (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, Jan. The Prince of Wales probably will use an aero- plane to cover at least part of the territory on h¥ hunting trip, which may take him over ten thousarV' miles of Central African territory, including considerable jungle coun- try. A halt dozen automobiles will be provided for his use while he ia in Africa, hut it was feared recent rains will have made so many jun- gle tracks impossible he will have to fly to Dodoma, Central Tangan- vika, where he abandoned his tour last year. It Is from Dodoma he actually will start his new trip. We see in a paper that worry is deadly. Now t something else to worry about.--Tolede Blade. Many a man keeps his nose to the| grindstone go that his wife can turn hers up at the neighbours.--Kay Fea- tures. g Arrested For Attack On Parents (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) . Toronto, Jan, 3--Michael Skérritt, 49, was arrested last night on a charge of doing grievous bodily harm ta his aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Skerritt, who are 79 and 74 years of age, respectively. Police said Skerritt was maddened by excessive drinking*and ' beat his parents so badly both are now confined to hos- pital in a serious condition. He also swung an. axe at a police constable adian | | | | | {to death | viet George Baker during the 1927 | Thanksgiving Folsom | who attempted to arrest him, ) Murder For (By Canidian Prove Leased Wire) Folsom State Prison, Calif, Jan }.--~Two of for SIX the murder of Con Day riot at rison were hanged here today, Anthony Brown was hanged at 9.02 a.m. He was pronouneed dead at 9 14 a.m. Roy E.'Stokes followed, the trap being sprifng at 9.27 a.m. He was Pronouneed dead. at 9.34, Believe Lost Aviators Safe Officials Think They Will Turn Up in the Spring Air Ottawa, Jan 3 Pilot W. Cannon and Mechanic Leonce Lizotte, Curtiss Reid airways fliers lost in the wilds of Northern Quebec since the middle of Ogtober, will apepar next spring on the eastern shore of James Bay, flving officials here believe. laboriously piecing together stray s of evidence collected since the wo men disappeared out of St. Feli- Que, authorities have come to the conclusion that the airmen: are now wintering comparatively in the interior, hemmed in by the freeze-up and waiting until after the break-up when they can float down the near est water course to some ort of out-post, les -------------------- The the bottom. of stock Times. way to succeed is to begin at This is especially true speculation. -- Louisville It's art if you don't have to get a divorce from 1t for non-support--~Kay Fea- tures. PILOT W. SPENCE FLIES INTO NORTH | May Bring Out Two Avi- ators Stranded at Baker Lake Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 3.--Pilot Bill Spence, one of the rescuers of the MacAlpine party, is flying back wo the north, With two of the eight MacAlpine: men as passengers, he nosed his Fairchild plane into the chill air yesterday afternoori, en route to Stoney Rapids in North Saskat- chewan, Capt. S, R. McMillan, of Edmon- ton, and Mechanic Alex. G. Milne of Winnipeg, members of the north .which was marogned on the north of Canada for: cight weeks, Though ne admis- it was thought that the fliers may eventually bring out Pilot J. D. Vance and Brian Blas- dale, now at Baker lake with a plane damaged when the search for the lost MacAlpine men was at its height. Stoney Rapids is about 1,000 miles distant from Winnipeg and Baker is dome 450 miles farther on, shore rode with Spence. sions were made, convicts sentenced | all right to bes wedded to your | DENIES C.N.R. TO SELL ITS Sir Henry Thornton Explains | Position of Central Vermont Lines (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Jan. 3.--The adminis- tration of the Canadian National Railways at the present time has no intention of parting with the Central Vermont Railways, stated Sir Henry Thornton, chairman, and president of the Canadian National today. Sir Henry also outlined the attitude of the Canadian Na- 'tional in connection with the Sou- New England railway, be- tween Palmer, Mass, and Provi- dence, R.1., in the following terms: "Various. rumors have been cur- rent in the press and elsewhere with respect to the attitude of the Canadian National Railway system towards the Southern New land railway, a partly line between Palmer, Mass, and Proyidence, R.1., sponsored by the old Grand Trunk system some 20 years ago. "The project to construct the Southern New England from Palm- er to Providence was definitely abandoned by the Grand Trunk system and its. successor company, the Canadian National system, has not changed that policy. The Southern New England is now in (Continued on Page 8) Bank Teller Is Given Sentence Goes to Penitentiary For Six Years on Robbery Charge Toronto, Jan, 3.--Leonard Es- terbrook, teller of the Canadian Bank of Commerce branch at Clin- ton and College street, was teday sentenced to six years in Ports- mouth Penitentiary by Magistrate Jones. Esterbrook was charged with conspiracy in connection wif the robbery of the bank on Nov. 12 last, when more than $6,000 was taken, of which $3,000 was taken by the accused. Esterbrook pleaded guilty to the charge. Herbert Hudson, also charged with conspiracy: in the robbery was sentenced to two years in the Ports- mouth prison. Joker Starts Theatre Panic Ottawa, Jan. 3--Fifteen hundred spectators in the Francais theatre, Dalhousie street, were thrown into a momentary panic and 200 of them rushed for the exits yesterday after- noon when a young man leaving the theatre shouted "fire fire"! and then ran ont betore he could be captured. Joseph Paquin, manfger of the theatre and his staff opened every exit 'at once on hearing the comimo- tion. Mr, Panquin from the stage ap- pealed for order, telling the crowded house that there was no cause for alarm. The #dience soon calmed down and the 290 who Lad fled re- turned to their seats. Mr. Paquin said no ong was injured in the rush. thern A Chinese Rob Countrymen (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Vancouver, Jan. Four Chin- armed with revolvers and knives, raided a ro@ning house in the Oriental section early today, robbed one of their. .countrymen of $1,600 and terrorized scores ot others, Yong Gow was the vigim of the robbery. Gow was asleep in his room with $1,600 under his pillow when the four Chinese ban- dits attacked him. ese, N.Y. Ferry Boat Eng- constructed Ran Into Tug]: Tugboat Sank, But None of Passengers on Ferry Were Injured (By: Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, Jan, 3.--Running blindly in a dense fog which threw her two miles -off her course, the ferrybot Willlam R. Hearst crash- ed into the tugboat Mutual today at Beard's dry dock, Brooklyn, throwing 18 men into the water and injuring four of them serious- Iy. Although the bound passengers boat became excited, was reported injured. The ferryboat was proceeding slowly through a thick fog, She struck the tugboat head on, and it sank in 30 feet of water. Four of the tug's crew were res- cued by the ferryboat and the fifth' man was picked up by another tug. The ferryboat, only slightly dam- aged, proceeded to her Brooklyn slip. 160 Brooklyn on the ferry- none of them WINNIPFR; RANDITS ARE STILL ACTIVE Chinese Laundry Owner Badly Beaten and Rob- bed of $90 Winnipeg, Jan. 3.--~While police were investigating the records of four alleged bandits, taken into custody during the New Year's holiday, four others were active in the central part of the city last night. At a Chinese laundry, the proprie- tor and an employ ee were beaten in- to unconsciousness by two armed bandits, and their pockets emptied of $90. The Chinese proprietor was so badly beaten that he was taken to the hospital. A 14-year-old newspaper carrier. boy 'was the other victim. Two youths, armed with pistols, held him up and forced him to hand over $24 which he had collected from his cus- tomers. The Wall Street lamb may have the wool pulled over his eyes, but he has it pulled off everywhere else. --Arkansas Gazette. A Mr. Grundy refused to tell. just what he - thought about - Senators. Boys, page Mrs. Grundy.-- Louisville Ties. Ten Persons Lose Lives In Mid-Air Plane Crash While Making Movie Film (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Santa Monica, Cal, Jan, 3. Ten persons including Kenneth Hawks, motion picture director, and Max Gold, assistant director and former national , handball champion, were killed yesterday when two motion picture camera planes collided head on in midair and plunged into the ocean neal here, The , abin ships, loaded. with cameras and motion picture equip- ment, in addition to five persous pach, crashed together at 5,000 ft. altitude, three miles off the coast. They wedged together in a tangl- cd mass, burst into flames and plunged to the surface, sinking immediately, "Three of the passengers were thrown clear as the interlocked planes struck the wgter, The other seyen were carried beneath the surface. Three bodies later broke free from the wreckage on the sea bottom and rose, to be picked up by patrol boats. The doors haa been removed to give cameramen free play, and searchers believed all hodies eventually would appear on the surface. The dead: Kenneth Hawks, motion director and husband of Mary tor, film actress. Max Gold, assistant director and (Continued on Page 5) Favors Curb on Immigration United States Commissioner | Would Adopt Selective Principle "picture As- Washington, D.C, Jan. 3--Selective immigration as a panacea for two of the nation's' problems--racketeering and unemployment--and to improve economic conditions is advocated by Harry E.'Hull, recently re- -appointed by President Hoover as commissioner general of immigration. Asserting that in contrast to the present system under which thous- ands of unneeded alien laborers are admitted annually, sclective imimigra- tion would permit accepting , only those who would aid industry. Ferry in Collision (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New Yor. -- Police headquarters, Brooklyn, today feported several persons were thrown into the water as a result of a collision between the ferryboat William R, Hearst and a tugboat off Van Brunt Street, Brook- lyn. The report said the. tugboat G.M.C. Pays Its Extra Dividends NN Toronto, Jan, 3--General Motors Corporation is today distributing to its" common stock-holders: over $13,- 000,000, represe fiting the extra divi- dend declared on Nov. 14, 1929. With Life payment of this extra dividend stockholders will have received an aggregate income of approximately $166,000,000 applicable to 1929 earn- ings. This compares with $174,704, 759 for the year 1928. RECORD VOTE 'Aldermanic Candidates Are Covering the City Thor- oughly and Stimulating Interest in the-Contests in Every Ward VOTING HOURS ARE ARE FROM 10-TO 7 Contests for Public Utilities Commission and for the Also Arousing Keen In- terest Not.in many years has there been so keen an interest in an Osh- awa municipal election as is the case this year. In spite of the fact that there is no contest for the mayoralty, the fact that every ward in the city is the scene of a stiff aldermanic battle has injeect- ed a keen spirit into the campaign, and this, coupled with the con~ tests =for--the utilities commission and the board of education, and the voting on the police station by- law and the question of salaries for aldermen, has raised the pres- ent election beyond the average of the ordinary election in this eity, so that a heavy vote is expected. The aldermanic candidates, twenty-three of them, are putting a great deal of personal effort into the campaign, and are hard at work canvasging for support in their wards. While the same in- tensive effort is not noticeable in a general way among the candi- dates for the board of education and the public utilities com- mission. some of these are also out canvassing, and have their friends also working for them, so that the whole field of the elector- ate is being covered more thor- oughly than usual. Interest In The Bylaw The voting on the police station bylaw, too, has taken on an added aspect of importance on account of fhe suggestion made by The Times that the police accommodation problem can be solved for the next few years without the necessity of building a police zation on Prince Street, and without! endangering the ideal plan of centralization of all civic departments on the site adjoining Memorizl Park. BEven some of the aldermen who voted to have tLe bylaw submitted to the ratepayers ae now doubtful of the wisdom of building the police station on Prince Street, and are willing to forego this sectional scheme in favor larger and thore comprehensive plan, Expression of opinion favorable to the sugges- tion of The Times are being heard {Continued on ou Page 8) Believe Lost Plane Heard | Search Party Is ven Clue to Eielson and Mechanic Nome, Alaska, Jan. 3--A dog team driver today brought word to Nome that a plane was heard soaring over Pilgrim Springs, 75 miles north of here in a mduntainous district, at midnight on Nov. 9, the day Pilot Carl Ben Eielson and Mechanic Earl Borland disapeared while flying to the fur trading ship Nanuk, ice bound at North Cape, Siberia. Arrangements probably will be made in the next few hours to sénd a plane to scout the area, if weather conditions permit, those in charge of the Eielson search said. 1f the plane heard was Eiclson's, it would indicate that he had turned back for Alaska after finding it im- possible to land at North Cape. The Pilgrim Springs district is an isolated section, with only a few inhabitants scattered many. miles apart. Woman Killed on Railway Tracks Parry Sound, Jan. 3.--Efforts to save a little handsleigh brought death yesterday" to Mrs, J. Starchuk, 70 years old, She was instantly killed when she ran into the path of a fast Cana- dian Pacific train a mile and a half south of this town, and, trying to pull the sleigh and its foad of wood free from the tracks, was struck'by the rushing locomotive, Board of Education Are | ---- { i ! 1 } : |