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The Osha Baily Times 'Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer. "All the News While It Is News" at Oshawa. Semis OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1930 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES City Windsor.--Frank D. Davis, K. C., died yesterday. He had been ill for about three weeks. For 16 years he was solicitor for the city of Windsor and resigned that post only a few weeks ago. He was also solicitor for the township of Sandwich East, and widely recog- -. nized as a Student of and author- ity on municipal affairs, 4 * % * . Is Wycliffe Principal Torontp.--A graduate of Wy- cliffe college Rev. Dr. R. B. Me- Elheran, was installed as principal of that institution last night. Rev. Canon H, J. Cody conducted the ceremony before distinguished members of the Anglican Church in Canada. " * * Steinberg on Trial Toronto.-- Abraham Steinberg . went on trial for his life yester- day afternoon, charged with the murder of his nephew and busi- ness partner, Samuel Goldberg, last March 5. Steinberg pleaded not guilty. LOCAL MINISTER ~ PAINFULLY HURT Rev. S. C. Moore Struck by Car and Is in Hospital Rev. 8. C. Moore, pastor of Al- bert Street United Church, suffer- ed painful injuries, last evening, when the bicycle on which he was riding, was struck by a car driven by S. J. Collacutt, of King street west, on Simcoe street' south near the Elena Ave. intersection. Rev. Mr. Moore was riding south at the time and is thought to have at- tempted to turn on to Eléna street when the car struck his bicycle. He was thrown heavily to the pave- ment. The injured pastor was removed to the Oshawa Hospital where he is now resting comfortably. Hie in- juries are not thought to be ser- jous but he will prebally be pre- ventsdl from carrying an active work for several weeks, . PRIEST BLANED FOR CHILD MURDER Brother Dozite Held Re $ponsible for Killing Young Girl (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Oct. 7.--Albert No- garet, known in religion as Brother Dozite of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart, a worker in the Roussin Academy, today was held criminally responsible by a cor- oner's jury for the death of 7 year old Simone Caron. who disappear- ed from her home in Longue Pointe on July 10 and whose body was found in a passage of the base- ment of Roussin Academy on Sept. 18. ee bm mt rn 73 FIFTY BRITISH TARS ARRESTED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) ". London, Oct. 7.--Forty sailors aboard the British battleship "Re- venge," lying off Colfe Juan Harbor, near Nice, France, were reported in dispatches to have been arrest- ed after trouble with their officers. Fifty men who had shore-leave were said to have refused to return on board, complaining of over-e'rict disclipine and unsatisfactory food. KILLS WIFE, THREE CHILDREN, THEN SELF Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ni Bedford, Mass.,, Oct, T.-- John W. Robison, 37, believed to have been demented, killed his wife and thfgee children and. probably fatally injured another before kill- ing himself in his home here last night. The children's throats had been cut with a razor and their heads beaten in with a hammer, f WEATHER High pressure extends from the St. Lawrence valley and " gulf so over the At - lantic coast while pressure is - low over the western half of Essay and Poster Contests Arranged for the Public Schools of the City in Con- nection With Observance of Prosperity Week OFFICIAL OPENING DAY ON SATURDAY Bells Will Ring and Factory Whistles Will Blow to Usher in Oshawa's Contri- bution to Dominion-Wide Campaign to Make Busi- ness Better The Prosperity Week idea has caught on. Everyone is talking about it. Over forty merchants and business firms have taken hold of the idea with a will, and have combined their . forces to make Prosperity Week one of the higgest business-boosting events ever held in the city of Oshawa. And mean- while, the committees in charge are making their plans to bring the purpose of Prosperity Week clearly and plainly before the citizens of the community, so that everything possible will be done to nromote the thought of making business bet- ter by thinking, talking and acting prosperity. When the full {ist of attractions and special features for the week is announced, there will be many surprises for the people of Oshawa, who will have every reason to feel proud of the sylendid spirit of optimism and community patriotism in the minds of those who are doing their level hest to make the event a success in every way. The Prosperity Week campaign is even being extended into the public school, and a special com- mittee has undertaken, with the '| co-operation of Cecil Cannon, pub- lic school inspector, for a Prosper- (Continued on Page 2 Edinburgh, Scotland.---A com- mittee of members of the Edin- burgh Council have recommended the conferring of the freedom of the city upon Prime Ministers Bennett, Scullin, Forbes, and Hertaog, of the four great Domin- ons. YORK TOWNSHIP INVESTIGATION 1S CONTINUING Evidence Yesterday Disclos- es Payments to Township Engineer Toronto, Oct. 7.--Further revel- ations as to the business methods of York Township officials and mem- bers of council and contractors en- raged in township work, were made at the resumed hearing before Judge Herbert Denton, in his in- vestigation into township affairs, The sessions will 'be continued probably most of this week, with feature testimony including the ap- pearance of ex-reeve BE, G. VWest- bury, whose name figured in pre- vious sessions while he was in Eng- land. The possible re-appearance of Deputy Reeve J, J. Little and ex- planation by D. K. C. Strathearn, suspended township engineer as to how a contractor's revised cost esti- mate, checked by Strathearn, later turned out to be in excess of what it should have Leen, Yesterday , evidence centered largely on further instances of pay- ments by contractors to Mr. Strath- earn but some new ground was touched mainly in relation to the allocation of bonds guaranteeing performance of contractors, where- by members of council were enabl- ed to benefit their friends dnd constituents, ; Frank Lovatt, township employee contradicted the statement made previously by T. L. Cranston, town- ship assistant accountant, to the ef- that Mr, Strathearn had $8,000 Teady to au up" the impending on. (Mr. Cranston's account supports the statement of reeve Gilbert Dean that Strathearn had offered him $8,000 to quiet things down, while 'Lovatt's testimony supports Stra- thearn's evidence to the effect that Dean had demanded $10,000 to suppress the whole affair.) Federal Gout. Controls Flying (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Oct. 7.--The Dominion government has paramount but not exclusive . jurisdiction over aviation. This is the effect of a majority judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada today on the reference as to the regulation and control of aeronau- tics in Canada | UNKNOWN GIRL IS DISCOVERED SHOT Police Seek Male Compan- ion--Thought to be From Regina (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Saskatoon, Sask., Oct. 7.--City Police here are still baflled as to the identity of a 19-year-old girl who was found shot to death, pre- sumably by her own hand in a bluff near the city limits. In three places in the city a bank hotel and in a letter, she gave her name as Virginia T. Hamilton, but in each case Virginia was rpeit dif- ferently. At the hotel where she stayed before her death she said she came from Regina. As an ald in establishing her identity, police are looking for a young man who was seen with her Saturday night, leaving the hotel. RESIGNED TODAY ALDERMAN P. A. MACDONALD Who today announced his resigna- tion as chairman of the finance committe of the Oshawa city council. 1 NEARLY MILLION ASKED BY OTTAWA Would Do Work to Elimin- ate Floods to Relieve Unemployment (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Oct. 7.--The Dominion and Ontario governments are to be asked to join with Ottawa in ex- pending $750,000 for work toward the abatement of the annual Rid- eau river floods here as an unem- ployment relief measure. City council adopted a motion to this effect last night. Proposals to ex- pend a total of $350,904 on con- struction of a bridge and two sep- arate railroad grade separations also were approved. SAYS VIEWS ALDERMAN P. A. MACDONALD AT VARIANCE WITH REST OF THE COUNCIL MacDonald Sends Reply to Canada (By . Canadian Press Leased Wire) Charlottetown, P.E.I, Oct, 7.-- Viscount Willingdon has received a reply from Premier Ramsay MacDonald to the message of sym- pathy for the British people in the R-101 disaster dispatched by the governor-general Sunday, Mr. Mac- Donald's message read: "I send you my heartfelt thanks for the kind telegram which you have sent me on behalf of the people of Canada, I know that this expression of Canada's sym- pathy will be most deeply appreci- ated by the relatives of those who have lost their lives in this terrible disaster", British Woman Auviatrix Has Crashed in Hills of India Stricter Check On Films Asked Woman's Council Hears Forecast of Ontario School for Girls (By Canadipn Press Leased Wire) Niagara Falls, Ont., Oct. T.~--AN address by the newly appointed minister of public welfare, Hon. W. G. Martin, in which he forecast important developments jn the near future in connection with child welfare and passage of numerous resolutions for the advancement of the nation's health, marked the opening sessions here yesterday of the National Council of Women, attendéd by more than 75 repre sentatives of provinces from coast to coast. Establishment of an institution for girls similar to (he Bowman- ville home for boys was forecast by Martin. He also predictad the Ontario Government may soon organize a crippled children's de- partment. One of the feature resolutions passed at the business meeting was one urging the provincial goverf- ments to Institute a more strict censorship of moving pictures un- desirable from the standpoint of public morals and educational standards. It was suggested adult actresses and female dancers be not allowed to appear in public performances with lower limbs and torso uncovered. Newsprint Freight Rate Hearing Opens (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Oct. 7.--The adjourned hearing of the application of the railways for increased freight rates on newsprint going to points in the United States opened here before the Board of Railway Commission- ers today, The hearing has been adjourned from time to time and will probably take two or three days to complete. BRAZIL RESERVES ARE CALLED OUT Government Seizes Food- stuffs in Rio de Janeiro ~--Revolt Grows (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 7.-- The government, faced with a growing revolutionary 'movement in both south and the morth, an- nounced today it would call out the first and-second classes of army reserves. f All foodstuffs have been requisi- tioned by the federal government in the capital city, it was alleged that retail merchants were charging excessive prices for their wares owing to communications being in- terrupted. Althought official news is scanty it was known today that the gov- ernment is 'working feverishly to obtain the upper hand in the sitva- tion, Federal forces are marching slowly toward the state of Minas Geraes, but their progress is delay- ed because of the many bridges troyed along the central rallway, and tracks which have heen des- (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Karachi, Indi., Oct. 7--Mrs. Victor Bruce, British woman aviator who has been engaged in a flight from England to Tokyo, crashed this morn ing on a range of hills called Kohim- borak, about twenty miles north of Jask, and sent out a call for help, A rescue party, including a doctor and an engineer, started on a sailing vessel from here shortly after the distress call was received. Jask is a small town on a promontory of southern Persia, about 575 miles from Karachi, : Mrs. Bruce had. been missing since Sunday, 'when she was seen flying over Janjam, on the Persian Gulf, PROBE CRASH OF HOME-MADE PLANE Calgary, Alta, Oct. 7.--Fallure td gain height was given by a cor- oner's jury as the cause of the crash of an airplane at Gleichen Sunday In which Irwin Hinker 24- year-old pilot, and his passenger, Harvey Menard, were killed. Evidence of Dr. George Hollert, of Bassano, who performed autop- sles, showed that both pilot and passenger were killed in the crash before flames enveloped the home- made machine built in Bassano by Dr. A. G. Scott and W, E., Sand- brook two years ago. Experts in plane construction told the coroner's jury that the ma- chine was of sound construction, CNR. to Start Works Program Oshawa Subway Listed as Unemployment Relief Measure (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Montreal, Oct. 7--Construction pro- jects in various sections of Canada will be undertaken by Canadian Na- tional Railways, by arrangement with dominion gow rnment, for che pur. pose ot providing employment and stimulating business activities over a wide area, Thousands of men will be provided with work through the plans an- nounced today by the railway. Among the projects to be proceeded with are: Saint John, N.B., station; Quebec, elevation of tracks and con- struction of subway; Chicoutimi, re- location of certain portions of the line involving grade separations; Oshawa, subway; Toronto Canadian National Express Company garage and additional - store building; & Clair avenue grade separations; New market, sub-division providing for elevation of tracks with subway un- derneath; Brantford, Ont, cut off; London, two subways, at" Richmond and: Wellington streets; Sudbury, bridge over Canadian Pacific and Al- goma Eastern Railway tracks; Fort Wililam, freight shed; Prairie prov- inces, 140 miles of tracklaying. In addition it was announced that it was the intention of the railway to place orders for rather more rails and ties than was originally contem- plated and the orders to take care of the needs of the coming year, will be placed shortly. / Weather Halts Willingdons ; Sackville, N.B.--High seas kick- ed up by yesterday northeasterly gale prevented the special train carrying their Excellencies the Governor-General and Viscountess Willingdon from reaching Char lottetown, P.E,I, until late yes- terday afternoon, interfering with the program of reception on the Island, vd No Dictation From Jobless, Council Says "WILD VAPORINGS" OF UNEMPLOYED ARE SCORNED But Every Effort Will Be Made to Provide Work The city council will not submit to dictation on the part of the un- employed or any other group, it was made clear at the regular meet- ing of the council last night when the council unanimously adopted a special report prepared in commit- tee of the whole, The council how- ever, emphasized the fact that it realizes the seriousness of the un- employment problem and that it will do all in its power to help al- leviate present conditions, A large number of unemployed were present at last night's council meet- ing and made an interested and re- gpectful audience. The report is in reply to action taken by the unemployed in cen- suring the council and in submit- ting proposals for its consideration. It reads as follows: -- "Your council in committee of the whole have given consideration to resolutions and recommenda tions made by a group of unem- ployed at a special meeting held on Tuesday, September 30. "Most of the suggestions made to this council for relief work have been before this council many times. Some of them will receive consideration. "We would have it understood once and for all, that we will not be dictated to by the wild vapor- ings of any individual or any group of individuals. We were elected by the ratepayers to transact the business of this municipality, Any extra burden of taxation falls on the ratepayers, consequently we in- tend to earry on the business of this council as we see fit, having consid- eration for all concerned, "At the present we have not un- dertaken any great amount of re- lief work; for the simple reason that the government has not made (Continued on Pago 2) WANT REDUGTION IN GOVERNMENT MERCHANT MARINE Chambers of Commerce Committee Urges Further Slashing of Fleet (By Canadian' Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Oct. 7.--~The Canadian Government Merchant | Marine, Limited, now operated by the Canadian National Steamships, Limited, 'would be further -re- duéed if a recommendation of the trandportation committee, Cana- dian Chambers of Commerce, was adopted. The committee was in- vited by the national executive of the body to makg a stidy of the merchant marine, "The committee desires to make it quite clear that ft is only in. connection with the former Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Limited that this study is being made and that the Can- ada-West Indiés service does not enter into the enquiry." Bodies of R-101 Victims Are Enroute to English Grave (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Beauvais, France, Oct. 7.-- Thirty thousand people, from Beauvais and the countryside hereabout, lined the streets of this little city today as a procession of caissons bearing the 47 bodies of victims of the R-101 disaster were taken from Beauvais city hall to the railroad station, They were put reverently on a special train which takes them to- day to Boulogne-sur-mer where they will be placed ahoard the destroyers Tempest and Tribune for the trip across the channel to England, home, and an eternal resting place in. a. single grave, Thirty French airplanes and a squadron of British airplanes hovered low over the procession as it wended its way to the railway station, sometimes swooping so low as to scatter the frightened crowds. Troops stood at each side of the cortege's route, Each casket was covered with a British and French flag and bou- quets of flowers, most of them wild flowers picked by the peas- ants and placed there by the peasants of the area, . Memorial Service Wednesday London, Eng., Oct. 7.--It is in- tended to make the memorial ser- vice which will be held at St. Paul's Wednesday a national trib. ute but without a military cere- (Continued on Page 2) Llandudno, Wales, Oct. 7.--An amendment sponsored by the inde- pendent Labor Party, which would have cepsured the Ramsay Mac- Donald, labor government for fail- ure to solve the unemployment problem, was defeated at the La- bor party 2oNjonal conference this afternoon by 1,803,000 prox to 354,000. PLesY Yotes The ballot was taken after James Maxton, leader of the Independent Labor Party, had come to the Gov- ernment's defense--although still criticising it--by declaring: '"We cannot throw the prime minister overboard." Maxton's dramatic intervention came at a moment when extremists were heckling Premier MacDonald and just after the Independent La- bor Party had moved censure of the government for failure to solve unemployment. Maxton's position appeared to be that, while he was critical of the government's failure in unemploy- ment, he attributed this to min- ority position rather than irndividu- "\ wedership, that he is against anv move to oust MacDonald, and that he wants the government to seek a majority with more powér by go- ing to the polls. . Political circles see this as hav- ing an important bearing on the coming elections, i Five-Year Sentance , Rouyn, Que.-- Pleading guilty to a charge of embezzling $20,000, George A, Clarke, manager of the local branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, was sentenced to five years in penitentiary by Judge Roland Millar, of Hull, Maxton Swings Behind Premier Independent Laborite Mo- tion of Censufe on Govt. Is Defeated (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) v Canadian Govt. Bonds Offered $100,000,000 New Issue May Be Oversubscribed in New York (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, Oct, 7.--Offering of a $100,000,000 issue of bonds was placed on the Wall Street market today by the Canadian govern- ment, Indications were that the issue would be oversubscribed. Canadian government bonds are popular among United States investors and officials of the Chase Securi- tien Corporation, though stating the books were still open said re- sponse to the offering was -satis- factory. » The Canadian government placed the issue at more favorable terms than have prevailed at any time since the war, In announcing the issue today it was stated the Canadian public would have a chance to participate through a banking group in the dominion headed by the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Bank of Can- ada, the Canadian Bank of Com- merce. Proceeds of this financing will be used to refund or retire loans outstanding and for other pur- poses of the government. The is- sue will be callable on Oct. 1, 1950, or later as a wholg at par. CHINESE NATIONALS CAPTURE CHENGCHOW (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Nanking, China, Oct. 7.--Of- ficial announcement was made to- day that government forces last night captured Chengchow, head- quarters of Feng Yu-Hsiang, lead- er of the northern coalition which has been in military revolt against the Nanking government, LASHED T0 TREE IN FURIOUS GALE Nova Scotian Found Uncon- scious After Attack by Pair (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Eeel Brook, Yarmouth County, N.S., Oct. 7.--Dpagged from his bed, gagged, bound hand and foot and lashed to a tree 250 yards from his home, J. C. Reis, of Glen- wood, spent Sunday night exposed to the gale that swept the prov- ince, and was found unconscious yesterday morning. He was discovered by John Surette, of Glenwood, who was on his way to a small lake to fish when hé caught sight of the man through the trees. Reis was un- able to tell a coherent story, but after being taken to his home. pencilled a statement in which he indicated that two men had gag- ged him fh his home, sometime during the , night, removed him from the house and tied him to the tree where he was found by Surette. His captors, he -elaiméd, had fired three shots and left him. ' Nova Scotia police are investi- gating. Ld ¥ ENGLISH JOURNAL \ Chief Differences Occurred Over Solving of Unems ployment Problem on Which Other Aldermen Opposed His Views FINANCE CHAIRMAN FOR LAST TWO YEARS Says He Is Stepping Down to Allow Council ta Choose Finance Head Who Holds Views of Mas jority Alderman P. A, Macdonald re signed his position as chairman, of the finance committee of the city, council this morning. In a telephone conversation with The Times, Alderman Macdonald confirmed the fact of his resig« nation, stating that he had forward- ed a letter of resignation today to city clerk F, E. Hare and also to Mayor T. B. Mitchell, Opinions- Differ 1 "I took this action because my views seem to be so much -* vare fance with those of the n ity off the members of the city council," Alderman Macdonald declared. : He intimated that the chief dif+ ference had been in connection witlx the solving of the unemployment and relief situation. "We have been: trying for some time to consider ways and means of solving the un- employment problem," he said "but my views were nearly always opposed by nearly all the other members of the couneil. For that reason, I felt that it would be de- sirable to have as chairman of the finance committee, an alderman whose views wouid be more accept- able to the other members of the council." Algerman Macdonald made 6 clear that he was not' resigning from his seat oa the council, but only: from his position as chairman of the finance committee, He de< sires the resignation to take effect immediately, he stated, P. A. Macdonald represented the north-east ward on the city coun» cil for the last five years. He had been chairman of the finance com= mittee, considered perhaps, the most important committee on the council, during 1929 and thus far in 1930. In 1928 he was chairman of the general purpose committee. Mayor Mitchell this morning stated that he had received noti- fication of Alderman Macdonald's resignation, and said that he had no comment to make. It will be dealt with at the next regular meet+ ing of the council, Waterspout Does Damage Bar-le-duc, France.-- Ten vile lages in this region were swept by a waterspout yesterday and suffered heavy damage. A river of mud a yard deep seeped into houses and cheese factories here, destroying tons of cheese. | SAYS DISASTER TO R101 AVOIDABLE Was Sent on Flight With One Engine Out of Or- der, Is Statement Bedford, England, Oct. 7.--With the caption, "indictment,'"" an edit orial appearing in a local newspap= er, the Bedford Record, today asserted that the disaster to the R-101, which cost the lives of so many residents of this region, need not and ought not to have happen- ed. i The paper declared that she was sent on her long hazardous flight before having been properly tested, with one engine out of order, just after she had shown a tendency to dip at the nose and with weathen sondit ons unfavorable to the flight, provisation," concluded the article, "Who did it?" ' The record, which is the mide weekly edition of the Bedfordshire Times, says that first accounts of the disaster 'confirmed 1in cruel fashion the worst foreboding of many who watched with anxious interest the all too rapld execution of her alterations and al! too casu« al preparations afterwards for her flight. < Let there be no mistake about this. The one point which struck the casual and ignorant obe server when the R-101 returned from her one inadequate test wag the dip at the nose." , r brave men were sacrificed. to improvidence if not even to ime. CHAIRMAN OF CITY FINANCE RESIGNS Prosperity Week Idea Wins Popular Approval | SCHOOL CHILDREN ASKED 10 TAKE PART IN BIG. BUSINESS MAKING EVENT