emonstrative RKS, McDONALD GAVE H JDRESSES TO ELECTORS ( SSUES OF T % McDonald Makes An er Fiery Speech in ich He Claims Credit Reduction in Price of d in Oshawa NIE MARKS TELLS COUNCIL SERVICE e Allchin Declines to on-Account of the Ties of Frank L. Mason Idermanic Candidates Spoke i was filled on Wednesday evening by & noisy, demonstrative crowd, which heard one member of the 'present city council and seven new aspir- ants for civic honors speak. addresses ranged from serious dis- cussions of vital civic problems, to extremo farces, R. D. Preston was unanimously elected chairman of the meeting but even he had difficulty in making himself heard when the audience got excited. Ernie Marks Ernie Marks, candidate for muy or, was the first speaker, In a brief address, he declared that he was going to the people with no set platform, because under present conditions the eouncil would have to adapt itself to circu ynces and probaby could not carry out a defi- nite program, He would endeavor, however, .to do his duty and play | the game straight, uprightly and honestly, using sane, sound judg- ment, 1t elected, he said, he would call a meeting of the chairmen of all thé civic boards, and have a round table talk with the object of paring down expenses and cutting the city's overhead. Mr. Marks reviewed lis service in the council, which intluded two vears as alderman in ong of which he had been chairman Of the city property committee; "I agree with Aldeman Morris that we have one of the best fire chiefs and one of the best fire departments in Ontar- fo. It was R. D. Preson, then mayor, and myself that hired Mr, Elliott, and I consider thit we used good judgment," he mid. Mr, Marks said that ho consifered that Le had operated his priate busi. ness fairly successfully, snd believ- ed that he could take hild of the city's business and condwt it pro- perly. "If anything in the ciy needs cleaning up, I promise t¢ clean fit up," he declared amid thunderous applause, He sald that ie would stand by the working min if re- turned to the mayor's chal, In a flery address that yent over the fifteen minutes alottql by the chair, Eddie McDonald, ajo a can- didate for the mayoralty repeated (Continued on pagq 10) A Ad Monessen, Pa., Jan, 2 -- Fire hich followed a terrifigexplosion n the business district early to. ay caused damage estimated by ire Chief Willlam Lairdat $125,- 00. An entire block-wa destroy- WEATHRR Pressure continues h ih over the Easte: tates withfalling ._ Pressurosover the nofhwest jiisan and a deep depiession the Newfoundl¥nd | coast. Except for some light! local snow the weather has fair in all provinces. It coginues comparatively mild in th west with slowly rising te: ture in the region of "the [ireat Lakes and somewhat coller in the maritimes. i Forecasts: Lower Lak Re-. gion, Fair today and Sajrday becoming somewhat mild, Ge- Bay, Partly-olouy to- night and Saturday wit toca snowflurries. A little jigher temperature, | Lord Sankey Ap The | HE CAMPAIY * | OSHAWA HAD GOI HOLIDAY RECO | No Offences of Any Kindo | Come Before Magistrie | in Police Court Today | | | Oshawa got off to a good sit | in 1931. In spite of the mely making yesterday and the night b- | fore, which is always attendanto | the entrance of another new yef, ! this city was on its good behavids and made good resolutions for ip future. It indulged in no crime any kind and this morning the 4 ual police court audlenco was di appointed when the Magistrate. th clerk and other officials failed 4 put in an appearance, But a there were no cases to be trie there could be no court, Oshawa has a clean sheet and | it 18 hoped that it may continui| | STEWART ELECTED | TORONTD'S MAYOR BY 381 HAJORITY | SamuelMcBride Goes Down | lers Defeated o Leased Wire) By the nar (By Canadian Toronto. Jan. 1 | row margin of 381 votes out of | 114,619 counted ballots, Alderman william J. Stewart defeated gx- | Mayor Samuel McBride for the | 1931 Mayoralty yesterday in the | closest and most thrilling contest | in Toronto's history. With Mayor-elect Stewart Chalrman, Toronto's 1931 Board of Control will consist of Messrs. J. George Ramsden, Willlam D. Robbins. James Simpson and Al- bert 1. Hacker, elected in that or- der, with respective votes of 051,. 643, 50,861, 48,178 and 48,763, Alderman Boland, py ent with Mayor.elect Stewart wé® an anti- salary-grabber, was runner-up with 41,779 votes. It was a record race, a record vote and a record cleanout of old Councillors, with twelve new men elected to replace representatives of last year. Prominent--and per- haps significant--among those de. 1 | feated were Controllers Pedree and Summerville, who led the salary: grab, and Alderman Joseph Wright in Ward 6, who presented the sal- ary.grab motion to the Council and sponsored the Brule Lake scheme. The Mayoralty Vote McBride Stewart . 6,005 8,923 7.817 8,630 5,989 4,240 6,787 2,668 8,808 8.6565 9,781 11,606 4,798 4,838 7,464 9,940 57,600 Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward . Ward . Total® «..evv.e 67,119 Majority for Stewart, 381, Will Make Survey Of Relief Problem Washington, Jan. 2.--A con. gressional survey of unemployment and relief problems confronting the nation will he begun next Tuesday by the Senate appropriations com- mittee. Colonel Arthnd Woods, chairman of president Iloover's emergency committee for employ. ment, and John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, will head the list of those to be questionad. peals to Indians For Good Will (By George Hambleton, Press Staft Corre London, Jan. 2.--'"Av J&od warningly today ound-table conference came to grips with its fesne of the powers and re ties n" the central federal dec I1d of the rocks of gqd-will," 'sands of suspicion." In my view i is not the slightest use Britain sugj. gesting something to India that i not worth having. On the other hand it is no use India demanding something which Britain cannot now grant, It is no use putting forward at this stage of the pro- ceedings visionary suggestions or, impossible ideals! Practicable wor) ing schemes are 'yanted." Veh A Trial on Murder Charge Awaits Recovery of Broc- kenshire Who Is Still in 000 | Weak Condition | (By Canadian. Pre Leased Wire) Toronto, Jan. Harry Clark- won, of Windsor, who faces ay harge of murder arising out ot the rata] shooting of police Constable toy McQuillin, several wecks ago, | was again remanded when le ap- peared in police court to apswer the charge. Clarkson has heen re manded on two previous occasions and will make an appearance in the court every week until such time as his companion Juck Brok- enshire. who is at precent in St Joseph's Hospital, suffering from bullet wounds received when he tried to evade capture, is able to make an appearance, According to the police, Brokenshire has ad mitted shooting the constable, It is not expected that Brokenshire will. be able to leave the hospital for some time as he is still in a weak condition, PRICE OF TIRES BEING REDUCED ee | Ten Per Cent. Cut Is Being | Madé Tomorrow by Eight | Canadian Manufacturers { { s Leased Wire) A 10 per ceut (By Canadian P Toronto, Jan. ' | to Defeat in Close Contest |. duction in the pric to aoalers of | ~--Two of 1930 Control: wutomoblle | 1 be made | all of the | in the ctically all types res sold in Canada effective tomorrow by eight tire manufacturers { Dominion, The reduction will vary some- | what according to the style and size of tire, it is believed, but the average will amount to about 10 | | por cent, of the present quotations { Ito retail dealers, The cut will | he passed on to the consumers in cordance with the various deal- es' overhead and their transporta. | ton costs arising out of the dis- | tince of the sales agoncy from the fictory., Retail prices are set by ®alere, not by the manufacturers. MARSHALL JOFFRE Co ISSTIL IVE - | Hero of the Marne in a State of Coma, From Which He Is Not Likely to Awake | | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Paris, Jan. 2.--Marshall Joffre, dep In a coma from which hig physcians. do not expect him to awike, remained alive today, one of {hem indicated, through ad- mirstration of large injections of stimulant. Ir. Boulin, meeting newspapei men outside of St. Jean De Dieu after an official' bulletin which sald thero was no change In the condition of the aged hero of the Marae, stated that he did not ex- pect death until tonight or per- haps tomorrow, < MINERS' STRIKE WILL BE SHORT Men Are Confident That Work in South Wales Mines Will Be Resumed Monday (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Lopé~"mUan. 2.--Confident of retu jo work on Monday next the dw... #8 South Wales Miners are facing the loss of wages cheer. fully. Tho strikers have not in- terferrgd with the few volunteers who are still in the mines. These number between 1,00 and 2,000 of ghe 150,000 men called out, The strikers are very hopeful the con- eillation board tomorrow will bring about a satisfactory arrange. ment between the nilne owners and Me men's committee. Indepen- dent abservers say it is impossible page will last long as the gnion funds are in such a he shopkeepers will not line of credit which es has been the miners' ght. | NEW CHEVROLET MORELS Go ON" PISPLAY IN SHOWROOMS ALL OVER THE DOMINION TOMORROW New models of the Chevrolet, AS throughout Canada, show many implvements and | | Above is the beautiful\gport rille and cowl lamps nd 3 wheels. The circle in the center give an idea of the extensively changed front end deiign of the entire 1081 line. The arched tie-bar of chrome refinements, with radiator OTHER INDUSTRI prelims we on display | nickel and the horn me] amp are characteris) Chevrolet is longe roolier, This is he revéals the space in alsoWndicates the ¢ 1931 Shevrolet are dan, wire ES HER Secretary of Chamber of [ina very few days. The sue Commerce Says Good Prospect Is Waiting for these negotiations, howaeve pended on the building ot a f which the concern Would he to purchase, Factory Building -- Can-| Gordon D, Conant, pre vassers Express Confid- ence That Necessary Finances Can Be Secured: The possibility of another indus- try of a substantial character be- ing established in Oshawa as a re sult of the joint efforts of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce and the Oshawa Industrial Foundation was mooted at a luncheon of the Cham ber of Commerce on Wednesday, when the announcement was made that the erection of the factory for the Coulter Manufacturing Com- pany had been completely finance ed. This project was mentioned in the course of a discussion as to whether there was hope of success for a campaign, to be conducted in two or three months time, to make a further stock Issue for the pur- pose of erecting a factory, which would be purchased by the proposed new industry. B. J. McCormick, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and indus- trial commissioner for the city, stated definitely that there was an industrial prospect waiting for a factory to be erected, and that if a factory building + ya available, ne. gotiations would be completed with. Beatty Con Will 1 (By Canadian Press Leased New York, Jan, 2--In a article appearing in today's York World, E. W. Beatty dent of the Canadia way, reviews econoy Canada during tj states, 4 "During th past year w, one of th pressivh w selves | | | | the Chamber of Comiler out the question as to would be possible to stag campaign to finance thi with any measure of succ® uggested that there were prospects for further new ind tries, il they could bo assisted the way suggested, Several of those who had tak part in the campaign spoke bri ly, and all expressed their bel' that another campaign staged af a period of two or three mont by which time the results of Coulter Company drive could be parent, would in all probabi bring about the desired results, The Chamber of Commerce Industrial Foundation directors, a result of this expression of op fon, will keep in touch with the nation so as to take whatever tion seems wisest at the appropri time, SEND IN YOUR LISTS At thig time of the year lodg® fraternal societies and various ot er organizations are holding the annual election of officers, T! Times would appreciate it wv much if secretaries would reports of these annua with lists of qf tion,