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A Growing Newspaper in Growing City -| The Osh awa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer "All The News While It Is News" 'VOL. 8--NO. 107 Published at Osbaws, Ont.. E Dus Eacept Sundays" and Publis Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy FOURTEEN PAGES # SOLUTION PROMISED FOR HARBO & Horses From Parkwood Stables Win at Toronto Show OPENING NIGHT EVENTS Letter Carrier Charged with BRING HONOR TO HORSES OF McLAUGHLIN STABLE Brilliant Performances Seen in Competitions Staged Last Night at Toronto Horse Show in Eglington Arena : OSHAWA TEAM IS IN SECOND PLACE R. S. McLaughlin's Michael, Ridden by Lieut. C. Churchill Mann, in Tie With Famous Bucephalus for O'Connor Trophy Brilliant performances character- ized the events on the opening night of the Toronto Horse Show at the Eglington Arena last night, and found the high-class jumpers from the Parkwood Stables of R. S. Mc- Laughlin playing an important part in the competitions. Mr. Mc- Laughlin's Irish hunter, Michael, particularly appeared in the lime- light, and brought honors to the Parkwood stable, while Rathmore, another of the McLaughlin entries, made a splendid appearance in the important $1.000 Touch and Out Stake, although just failing by a narrow margin to count in the first three. Mr. McLaughlin's Michael, ridden by Lieut. C. Churchill Mann, after tying with the famous Bucephalus for first place in the competition for the F. P. O'Connor challenge trophy was nased out by Major Timmis' horse in the jump-off, and had to be content with second place. Forty- five jumpers started in this com- petition, and in the first test tem of them g¢leared the course without a fault, Of these ten, only Michael and " BuchepHalus had a 'perfeet perfor- mance in the first jump-off. These two horses then jumped off again for first place. Again Bucephalus had a clean performance, while Michael, with two faults, came sec- ond. In a competition for qualified heavyweight hunters, Michael was 'awarded second piace, nri:an Boru, of the Sifton Stables, taking first place. Municipal Teams In the international competition .for the Lieutenant-Governor's chal- lenge trophy, the Oshawa team of 3 was placed 2nd with four faults: and Aurora third with five. This was the first round of this event, which will be repeated each night until Saturday, when the winning teams will compete for the cham- pionship. : The $1,000 Touch and Out stake, (Continued on page 3) CPR. DIVIDEND IS CUT IN HALF Directors Take Action as Temporary Measure on Account of Reduced Rev- enue Montreal, May 7.--Declaration of an interim dividend of 1% per cent. intead of the usual uarterly dividend of 23 per cent.'by the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany was made yesterday by its president E. W. Beatty, K.C. The official announcement stat- ed that the directers had made this decision at a meeting following the annual session of the shareholders and would await the results of sub- 'sequent months' operations before finally deciding on the rate that will be paid for the full year. Action by the C.P.R. directors in regard to the dividend was ex- pected on the street and the var- jouvs rumors that ware heard affect- od the stock on the exchanges in Mortreal and Toronto, though it finished down -only a fraction on tiie dey's trading. . The way was pav2d for the divi- dend announcement in the presi. dent's annual address to the share- hslders in which he explained the shrinkage which had taken place in 1929 and 1930 in the company's gross earnings owiag to the eco- nom'c depression ana ontlined the weosvre taken to mast it, such as cuis in salaries of the directors and officers of the comwpaay and the s1oriening of working time of em- ployes. WEATHER Forecasts: Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay «-- Moderate winds, partly cloudy today and Friday with scattered ' showers, . 'Agincourt being first with no faults'|' + |tress on the WELFARE ROOMS CLOSE MAY 1 After a hive of busy activ- ity for the last six months, the clothing depot of the Wo- men's Welfare League, in the Times' building, will be clos- ed at end of May, and will re. main closed during the sum- mer months. During the win- ter hundreds of families have been helped by the operation of the welfare rooms, and sev. eral thousands of dollars have been spent in providing cloth- ing, boots and shoes for nedy families. Its activities will, in all probability, be re- sumed in the fall. BENNETT MOVED FOR TARIFF BOARD Places Resolution on Order Paper Forecasting Ap- pointment of New Tariff Body Ottawa, May 7.--Notice of a resolution calling for the appoint- ment of a new tariff board appears on the order paper of the House of Commons in the name of the Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. The motion reads: 'Resolved that it is expedient to bring in a measure for the appointment of. tariff board, to prescribe the con- stitution, functions and duties of the board, and to provide for the salary to be paid the members, of- ficers and employees of the board." The resolution will form basis for a bill to be introduced later on. LIEUT. WAGHORN DIES OF INJURIES Winner of Schnieder Trophy "in 1929 Fatally Injured in Crash of Aeroplane Aldershot, Eng., May 7.--Flight Lieutenant H. R. D. Waghorn, winner of the Schneider Cup Tro- phy for 1929, died at Cambridge Military Hospital today from injur- ies received when his plane crash- ed near Farnborough on Tuesday. His companion, E. R. Alexander, escaped serious injury. Waghorn underwent an operation and grew steadily worse. To win the Schnei- der Trophy, Waghorn attained a speed of 228.63 miles per hour. His death marks the forty-first fatality in the Royal Air Force since January first and follows closely the tragic end of Lieut. Commander Glen Kidston last Tuesday. While not planning to participate in this year's Schueider Cup competition, Waghorn had been training the crews and pre- paring the planes for tlhe greatest speed contest. IRISH LOTTERY 'LETTERS SEIZED Thousands of Sweepstakes Tickets Are Confiscated at Winnipeg Post Office Winnipeg, May 7.--Thousands of letters were seized yesterday at the Winnipeg post office because they were found to contain Irish sweepstakes tickets on the Eng- lish Derby. Seizure was made un- der. orders of the Postmafter-Gen- eral of Canada, as sweepstakes mail is illegal under Section 236 of the Criminal Code. 98 The postal staff here have seized numerous letters containing the tickets in the past week, but yes- terday's collection was the largest on record. The letters, disguised in various ways, will be returned to the dead-letter office, Ottawa. London, May 7.--The chairman of.the executive, Fellowship of the Maple Leaf, hag received a cheque for $5,000 from Lady Houston for the fellowship fund to relieve dis- Prairie Provinces. The chairman, P. Gough, téld an interviewer the distress was "large- ly caused by dumping Soviet grain hours, and a reduction in the pay scale for plece work former Minister for Ontario, stated that for the second day he LEGION AROUSED | BY ATTITUDE ON PENSION CLAIMS Local President Claims Spirit of New Act Violated by Attitude of Chief Com- mission Counsel Amazement and indignation at the attitude being taken towards pension tribunal cases by the chie! pensions commission counsel, was Theft of Mail, Committe For Trial by Magistrate Today man, Given Preliminary Hearing in Police Court This Morning--Accused Man Defended by D. A. J. being expressed today by leeal war veterans and Canadian Legion of- ficials, and it is likely that the mat- ter will be the subject of some live- ly discussion at tonignt's special meeting of the Legion. According to those who have knowledg2 of the pensions and regulations, the announcement of the commission counsel is taken to mean that every case on which a favorable decision is given by the pensioa tribunal will be appealed to the pension ap- | peal court. Speaking of the announcement today, M. McIntyre Hoced, presi- dent of the Oshawa branch of the | Legion, :eid the situalics which | had devuloped. was one which de- | manded immediate attention. "The serious aspect of the matter," he said, "is that the attitude of the chief commission connzel. is entire- y ooposed te the spirit of parlia- ment ja passing th2 pension amendmerts a year ag The in- tention of parilamoent, as expressed by all navties in the h. , was to make it easier for the man who is applying for pension to prove his case, and particularly in cases in which the securing of direct medical evidence is a matter of impossibility. Section 73 of the pension act was inserted there In rder that. the benefit of all rea- | onable.doubt might he given the | applicant and those of us who spent s0 much time in Ottawa 1 year ago discussing with the parliamentary | committee on pensions are convin- ced that it was the desire of par: liament that this claise be inter- preted liberally. Instead, however, it is being entirely ignored. and the attitude of the commission BOWMANVILLE MAN 1S CONVICTED OF FALSE PRETENGES Elgin Hobbs Sentenced to Term of Three Months in Ontario Reformatory act Elgin Hobbs, of Bowmanville, in city police court this morning pleaded guilty to four charges of obtaining money from citizens cf the city by false prteases. He was sentenced by Magistrate Creighton to three months 'n the Ontario Reformatory on each charge. The terms will run' con- currently. In addition Hobbs will serve two years less one day inde- terminate sentence, The charges to which the ac- cused pleaded guilty were as fol- lows: W. R. Chapman, the sum of $3; Walter Boone, 32; Norman Thickson, $2; and Georges Allehin, Hobbs told the court that he worked for $1.60 a day and that he had used his brother's name in se- curing the money from tLe various men. BUILDING STRIKE LOOMS IN ENGLAND Million Workers Are In- volved in Dispute Over Working Hours = and Wages London; May 7.--Labor disputes in the buildnig trades may result in a strike of a million men unless an agreement is reached tomorrow concerning the expansion of the working week from 47 hours to 48 and over- time. Representatives of forty unions involved have agreed to a modification of the piece work re- duction, but they are holding out for the additional hours work week, MARTIN IMPROVING Simcoe, May 7.--No marked change is reported today in the condition of Hon, John S. Martin, of Agriculture A bulletin. issued into Great Britain." was showing slight improvement, Swanson -- Released on Dalton Fickes, a former employee of the Oshawa Postoflice who ap- peared in city police court this morning on a charge of the theft of a letter containing money from the mails, was given a prelimivary hearing by His Worship Magistrate Creighton and sent on for trial at tl,2 next court of competent juris- diction, The accused was rcleased on $10,000 bail, $5,000 of which was have been working through Ontario suplied by himself and $2,500 each by Peter A. Macdonald and Gilbert Nolan. Another charge of the theft of three letter from the mails will be heard at the court hearing of the case. The second charge was LJ Dalton Fickes, Local Post-! not taken up at the hearing today. Inspector Little, of the Postal Department told the court of how he and Postmaster Matheson on April 23, in his room at the Gen- osha Hotel prepared a letter ad- dressed to Mr. Nordstron, 313 Car- negie Avenue South, Oshawa, Min- nesota. In the letter, Inspector Lit- tle stated, they placed four United States one dollar bills, an American ten cent piece and a postage stamp, after taking the serial numbers of the bills and marking the coin and the stamp. The letter was then tak- en to the post office and placed on carrier No. 11's desk ard the night clerk instructed to watch it. In court this morning Inspector Little opened the letter which had been taken, he stated, from Fickes as he left the postoffice the morn- ing of April 24th. Inspector Little identified the money from a mem- orandum which he had kept, Inspector Little told the eourt that after writing the letter he took itsto the postoflice where it was plac ed on the desk of carrier No, 11 (Continued on page 3) | Soldier's Body. Discovered Near Vimy Ridge Identified By Ring taken from Finger The discovery of a gold signet ring upon the body of one of three unknown soldiers, whose grave was recently uncovered in the vi- | einity of Vimy Ridge, has brought great comfort to an Oshawa mo- ther, numbered among that host of mothers whose hearts were torn when sons died valiantly overseas. Mrs. Jane Wilson, of 169 Church street, has been convinced that af- ter fourteen long years, the hody of her son, Pte. John Buchanan Wilson, M.M., has finally been dis- covered, The remains will be re- interred with proper burial and the Department of National ae- fence will forward to Mrs. Wilson the exact location of her son's new grave. Thus this Oshawa mother is solaced to know that if she ever visits France, she may see the last resting place of her brave son, and find it well cared for as befits the grayes of those who died on Flan- ders' field. : The gold signet ring, which bore the initials "J. B. ."! was given to John Wilson in Vancouver by a fond aunt, Mrs. George Martin, of 586 Kootenay street, one Christ- mas time. When war broke out, young Wilson joined the 72nd Sea- forth Highlanders and marched proudly away, carrying with him the ring and other "keepsakes" which might bring vividly to mind the parents and relatives he had left at home. Among the gallant men of the 72nd he served his country wcll and was awarded the Military Medal for his valor. Then came Vimy Ridge, a heroic death and burial in a hastily-made grave, In the stirring events which followed, the exact location of this make- shift grave was soon forgotten. The story of the part the ring played is best told in a letter re- ceived by Mrs. Jane Wilson, from the Department of National De- fence: "From one of the bodies, the en- closed signet ring was recovered. The ring was carefully examined and was found to hear the initials J. B. W,, and to have emanated from Messrs. Birks & Sons, Can- adian Jewellers. On the inside of the ring faint scratchings were discovered which led to the be- lief that it was issued by the Van- couver branch of the firm, In reply to an enquiry addressed to (Continued on page 3) Nine Lots Donated for use As Vegetable Gardens by Unemployed Men of Oshawa One generously disposed citizen of Oshawa has responded to the appeal made by The Times asking that vacant lots be made available to the unemployed for gardening purposes. Mrs, A. Anderson, 73 Wil- kinson Avenue, the other day paid a visit to the office of Miss Farn- combe, city social 'service worker, and stated that she had nine lots which she was willing to turn over to unemployed for the purpose of growing vegetables. The offer was accepted with thanks, and already one man has taken advantage of it. As the spring season is slipping away, however, it is essential that there be some speedy action to have this scheme developed on a more extensive basis. It has been sug- gested that the Oshawa Horticul- tural Society should take hold of the plan, and act as the official clearing-house for the offering of lots and the acceptance of them by unemployed men. There is, as has been mentioned before, the further problem of providing some of the unemployed with seeds, in- order that they may take advantage of the land that is available. The Times is anxious that the matter be brought to a head, and therefore makes the following requests: Will any citizens with land avail- able, and willing to have it used for vacant lot vegetables gardens by the unemployed, please notify The Times at once? Will any citizen willing to contri. bute to a fund, to be administered, preferably, by the Horticultural So- ciety, for the purpose of supplying seeds to those unable to buy them? On the response to these two re- quests will depend, to a large ex- tent, the scope of the vacant lot gardens this summer, and The Times hopes that it will be sufficj-. ently large to enable the project to be pidertaken on a substantial scale. Citizens Warned to be on Lookout For Fake United States $20 Bills Beware of dollar bills! If anyone should hand you an American bill of that denomina- tion inspect it carefully before accepting the currency oh the he- lief that the United States treas- ury will pay to bearer, etc. Don't get a wrong impression. American money is ag good as it ever was but some slick gentle- men have been raising Uncle Sam's old one dollar paper money to the denomination of $20. These men their way leaving behind American twenty them a trail of .angry and disgust- ed merchants. Recently they were reported in Belleville, Saturday they visited Oshawa. Fruit Store Victimized The Little Covent Garden was the latest of a host of victims in the province. Saturday night, dur- ing the rush period, some strang- ers entered the store and pur chased some fruit. They Were waited upon by a new clerk, who accepted the American twenty dollar bill which they tendered and gave them change of about 19 (Continued on page 3), Clue on Finger IMPRESSED BLAME CARS FOR CLOSING CHURCH Lindsay, May 7.--At .a meeting of the Lindsay presbytery of the United Church at Fenelon Falls, authority was given the offi- cial board of Seagrave Unit- ed Church to sell Bethel Church, the proceeds to go towards promotion work at Seagrave. This church is one of the oldest landmarks in Victoria County, having been one of the first covn- try churches ever erected in Mariposa Township. The advent of the car has meant the closing of the church, as people attending church now pass to the larger cen- tres. PTE. JOHN WILSON Son of Mrs. Jane Wilson of this city, whose long fcrgotten grave was recently uncovered near Vimy Ridge. The identity of this soldier, who died a heroic death during the engagement at Vimy, has been learned through the discovery of a signet ring on his body which bore the initials, "J. B. W." Through investiga- tions carried on by the Depart- ment of National Defence, it was learned that the ring had been given to Pte. Wilson by an aunt at Vancouver, before the war. CHIEF HAS MEN FOR PARK WORK Has Recommended Two Men for Appointment to Patrol Parks During Sum- mer Months Chief of Police Owen D. Friend, when interviewed by The Times this morning stated that he had recommended two men to the City Parks Board for the work «f pu- trolling Alexandra Park and Lake- view Park during the night dur- ing the summer months. These men, Chief Friend stated would be under the suparvision of the police department but would be paid by the Parks Board. The men recommended for tha posts, Chiet Friend sald, were not mem- bers of the present police force, but were married men of middle age, who were greatly in need of work, and who he felt would fll the positions capably, CANNINGTON PASTOR IS NEW SYNOD HEAD Orillia, May 7.--Rev. R. S. Sei of Cannington will be the moder! tor of the Toronto and Kingston synod of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, according to a vote polled by that court of the church, in session here. Rev. Mr. Scott received more votes than both of his opponents, Rev. A. C. Stewart, Toronto, and Rev, C. G. Kidd, Gananoque, com- bined. The decision was given the unanimous approval of the mem- bers of the synod. CONSUMPTION OF WATER DECREASES 49,000,000 Gallons Pumped During April, Compared With 59,000,000 a Year Ago Wf Oshawa is drinking less water than a year ago. During the month of April, 49,000,000 gallons were pumped at the city's pumping sta- tion from Lake Ontario. In April off last year, 59,220,000 gallons gour® sed through the waterworks system, Doctors claim that few people drink enough water. The public utilities commission evidently also suscribes to this theory and plans to increase the cosumption of water by reducing the rates from 20 to 25 per cent. So Oshawans should feel free to drink more of this sparkling beverage, refreshing and healthful for both man and beast. Alberta fisheries authorities es- timate that more than 2,211,000 pounds of fish were caught by an- glers in the province in 1930, or several hundred thousand pounds ASSOCIATION I FORMED BY MEN OF ST. GEORGE" Organization Meeting Held in Parish Hall Last Night + A Men's Association will 'be formed in St. George's Church, it was decided at an egthusiastic meeting held in the parish hall last night. A large number of the men of the church were present and the following officers were elected: honorary president, Rev. Canon C. R. dePencier; president, J. R. Smith; vice-president, H. Suddard; 2nd vice-president, MH. Macdonald; secretary, W. H, Gib- bie; treasurer, S. Peacock. The next meeting of the newly formed association is to be held oy May 20, at 8 o'clock, in the parish hall, when a prominent speaker will be heard. COBOURG TO HAVE $400,000 HOTEL Tenders Have Been Invited for Construction of New Arlington Hotel at Sum- mer Resort Cobourg, May 7.--Tenders for a proposed new $400,000 Arling- ton Hotel to be built on the site of the present Arlington on King street east have been invited from local contractors by Victor L. Mor- gan. a Toronto architect. The new building will contain = 100 guest gooms, will be four storeys high, of cut stone, trimmed brick and steel construction, and will be erected 90 feet back from the street line. The rear and front ap- proaches to the building will be landscaped and terraced at a cost of about $10,000. The building will be erected in the form of a central block, with two wings ex- tending towards the lake at an angle of 30 degrees. The ground dimensions are 60 by 200 feet, $1,000,000 LOSS INBUFFALD FIRE National Guard Armory, Church and Several Homes Fall Prey to the Flames Buffalo, May 7.--At 2 o'clock this morning one of the most dis- astrous fires ever experienced by Buffalo was under control. The 106th Field Artillery Armory of the New York State National Guard had been destroyed with a $7,000,- 000 loss and one church and sev- eral vicinity homes had been burn- ed. Shortly after midnight, flying empers threatened buildings sev- eral blocks distant, and it was feared the conflagration would spread over a wide section in the eastern part of Buffalo, The church burned was the Am- erican-Scandinavian, at Masten and Northampton streets. In bringing the fire under con- trol it was necessary to summon the entire department with the exception of two pieces of appar- atus in the waterfront district. Lackawanna, Depew and other nearby places, were asked to have their firemen stand in readiness to lend aid, but their services were more thar in 1929. Pike made up about half the catche ------------------ iF CHIEF ENGINEER FROM WORKS DEPARTMENT IS [§ a Mido RT WITH NEEDS J. A. Wilson, of Ottawa, Ex presses Amazement at the | Large Volume of Traffig | Developed Since Navigas = tion Season Opened 3 NEED OF EXTRA : DOCKAGE STRESSED | Departmental Engineen Promises to Return ta Oshawa Next Week With a Solution of the Whole Harbor Problem Expressing amazement at tha large volume of traffic which hag developed at Oshawa Harbour since it was opened last summer, J. Aq Wilson. chief engineer of the De« partment of Public Works, Ottawa, made a survey of thé harbour yess 3 terday with a view to relieving cons gested conditions which have aris en there. After learning of the trle als of shippers, who can find no place to load or unload their goodsy > and the complaints of coal compan jes who are struggling for space afl the waterfront on which to store cargo after cargo of coal, Mr. Wil= son promised that he would returm next week with a solution of tha whole problem. On his visit to the port, the gov ernment's chief engineer was acs companied by Mayor E. Marks, Fy L. Mason, president of the Chams ber of Commerce, T. B. Mitchelly | chairman of the Chamber of Com J merce harbour committee. Col B. Ji McCormick, industrial commissiong er. shippers, transportation manas gers of the city's various oii and business houses, coal importers and others. Mr, Wilson was surpriss ed by the activity at the waterfromgs and was impressed when the need for a suitable warehouse and ade * ditional docking facilities was points ed out to him. He had no idea, tha§§ | Oshawa had shown such progres4 siveness in taking advantage : 1 water transportation. The fact thafi | the city has extended the pavemen right to the harbour, he accepted an indication that the city was anxg ious to co-operate with the coverng ment in the development of the lo4 cal port. Those who accompanied the chief} A engineer were pleased with his ats titude toward the harbour mattes J and are confident that he will everything within his power to prog . vide the much needed port faciliy ties. CONSERVATIVES WIN BRITISH ELECTION Scarbofough, Eng., May 7.--Thd Conservatives retained their par« liamentary seat for Scarborougihf | and Whitby Division at the by-elecg 4 tion necessitated by the resignatic of sitting member. Today's coun gave H. P. Latham, 21,618 vote against 19,429 for the Liberal candy didate, J. Ramsay Muir. Thg Conservative majority, howevery was reduced as compared withy - their previous victory here. END OF CONTRACT POOLING FORECAST Manitoba Wheat Pool Directs | ors Offer Members Oppors | tunity for Open Marketing Winnipeg, May 7.--Manitoba Wheat-Pool members will be giver the right to choose between pools | ing their grain voluntarily or sells ing it on the open market, if pros posals announced last night by Manitoba pool directors are aps proved by members. If the pros posals are adopted, they will come into force June 1, 1931, : Contained in a letter signed by President Colin H. Burnell andj. forwarded to all pool members, the proposals will be discussed af special meetings of 94 pool locals In Manitoba, to be held during the last week in May. Under the sugs | gested changes, all open-marke§ sales would be handled by Manis toba Pool Elevators, Ltd, tha pool's elevator system, > Decision to pave the way fof | alteration of the principle of the pool contract, should members sol desire, was reached at a meeting of the board of directors at Wine nipge, May 1. It followed a direcs tors' meeting' April 10-13, at whic } consideration was given to a resos lution passed at the annual pool delegates meeting last November, asking directors to call a 193 Summer meeting to consider thd question of handling the ~193§ trop. : not required. oh R PROBLEM N {