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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing 2. a Osha Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer ad » Aa di "All The News While It Is News" VOL. 8--NO. 119 Published at Oshawa, Ont., Canada, Every Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES Day Except Sundays and Public IRE MUSIC FESTIVAL THRILLS AUDIENCE & > P.U.C. Activities and Plans Explained By Members MUCH INFORMATION WAS GIVEN AT OPEN MEETING S. W. WARD RATEPAYERS! Speakers Included Chair man John Stacey, Com- missioners R. D. Preston and F. L. Mason -- Full Explanation of Utilities Commissior's "Work" Given : WATER DEPARTMENT SURPLUS NOT LARGE Difference Between Liquid and Frozen Assets Ex- plained -- Reasons for Asking City to Pay More For Fire Protection Set Forth The activities and plans of the Public Utilities Commission were fully explained by members of the Commission, and discussed at a meeting of the ratepayers of the city called for this purpose in Centre street school on Wed- +» nesday evening by the South West Ward Ratepayers' Associa- tion. : The meeting was fairly well attended, being addressed by Commissioner John Stacey, chairman of the Commission; Commissigner R, D. Preston and Commissioner F. L. Mason, «ach of whom dealt more particularly with the Water Works Depart- ment and the plans to build new offices for the Commission, hile y- several questions-were-asked members of the audience. Commissioner Preston The chair was occupied by E. Clark. who explained the reason for the meeting and invited Com- misstoner Preston to speak first. Commissioner Preston stated that he was comparatively a new member of the Commission but as he had served for three years as 'a member of the old Water Works Commission as Mayor of Oshawa, he did know '"'something of that department." He stated that there was one action taken by the Commission with which he did not wholly agree, and that was in supplying 'water to communities outside the city, "although this may possibly work out all right. Of course there is a large urban area which was crying out for water," said Mr. Preston, "but on the other hand I could not see why the city should encourage building out- side the city limits by the in- stallation of water service, even when such service was charged for at double rates. "The Commission is- doing its best to put the Water Depart- ment on a business basis. I be- lieve that all public utilities should stand on their own feet. The Water Department should not help to carry the Electric De- partment or the Electric Depart- ment help to carry the Water Works. Hydro should carry its own burden and the Water Works likewise. It is wrong to take (Continued on page 5) German To Fly the Atlantic in August Berlin, May 21 --, The Foreign Ministry today announced that Cap- tain Wolfgang von Gronau who last year flew to New Yurk via Green- land, will make a similar flight at the end of August to study weather conditions and determine the feasi- bility of an air traffic route from Europe to North America via Greenland. : The flight will start from Reyk- javik, Iceland, and will be partici- pated in also by the men ac- cc ied von G last year. A new type Dornier-Wal plane will be used. Experimental flighits over the eastern and western coast of Green- land as well as the ice-covered in- terior also are scheduled. . Ld ILL IN NORTHLAND C. H. CARLISLE President of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, of Tor- onto and Bowmanville, who is dangerously ill in a bushland camp, 60 miles beyond North Bay.. Mr. Carlisle is well known in Oshawa and is an intimate friend of R. S. Me. YLaughlin and G. W, McLaugh- lin, FIREMEN'S ERROR ALDERMAN'S GAIN Mixup Between Two Cars Causes Amusing Incid- ent in Front of Fire Hall Chevrolet So is Fire And Ald. Cawker"s new roadster is satan red. Chief Elliott's chariot. herein hangs a tale, Ald. Cawker had business at the old city hall yesterday «na he parked his car outside the fire department's doors. Chief Elliott wanted his official car filled with gasoline and gave in- structions to two men that this be done. The firemen drove away in a satan red road- ster, A few minutes later the genial alderman returned. His car was gone. Wildly he looked about end was just about to hurry into the police station to report the theft when the lire- men returned with his machine, The tank of the aldermanic ve- hicle had been filled with gas at the city's expense, while the fire chief's car had been left cmpty. It is now up to Ald. Morris, chair- man of the fire protection ard city property committee to col- lect the price of the gas frcm Ald. Cawker. ; AW. BELL TOBE MC. DELEGATE Company Traffic Manager to Attend Convention A. W. Bell, Traffic Manager of General Motors 'off Canada, Ltd, is to represent the G.M C, at the un- nual meeting of the Canadian Manufacturers Association to be held in Victoria, B.C, on lst, 2nd, and 3rd of June. The annual meeting this year is Ley celebrated as the Diamernd Jubilee of the Association, being the sixtieth annual gathering of this im- penant body. A special train beariag the dele: gates from Ontario leaves loronto ior. Victoria on Monday, May 25, Windsor Ai Da hy ) (C: n Press Windsor, Ont., May 2i---Mau- fice D. Heller, local "arrister, died in hospital today from in- juries received in an aeroplaie crash at Walker Airport Joster- day. - Ex-Mayor John H. as of East Windsor, pilot of ile plane, miraculously escaped with- out serious injuries. The plane had just taken off Barrister Receives Fatal Injuries In Aeroplane Crash with three others in tien for a flight to Branitord when it banked on a turn and became' x ing "from caught in the propeller of.a plane piloted by Dr. J. Clark Griffin, of Detroit., Wigle's machine plunged to the ground in a sharp nose dive, burst into flames and within a few minutes was reduc- ed to ruins. Heller was saved from immediate death by Joan MacLellan, 24-year-old appren- tice at the air port, who rushed to the flaming plane and with bare hands tore apart the flam- James CONTEST IN KITE FLYING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 13 Event Open to All Local| Boys, Valuable Prizes Offered What boy has not had the de- sire to fly a kite and spend a good deal of his time on vacant lots experimenting with his own creations in an attempt to make them take the air? Due to the in- terest that has been taken by the Boy Scouts' Association in the boys of the city, a contest for the building of kites and the flying of them is to be held on June 13th. It should be noted that the con- test is open to all boys in the city and not to the Boy Scouts alone. Prizes are being offered for both the Scouts and other boys so that there are first and second prizes for the Scouts and first and second prizes for other boys. There is no reason why every boy in the city should not build a kite and enter it in the contest. Each boy by presenting the re- quired form to W. A. Gilbert at the Oshawa Lumber Co., many ob- tain the wood necessary for the construction of the frame. From that point the construction of the kite is wholly up to the boy him- self and he may introduce any color scheme that he.may see fit. The prizes for the contest amounting to $25 are to be equal- ly divided between the Scout en- trants and the non-scout entries. First and second prizes will be. given in each case, so that the non-scouts have an equal chance. The larger prize is being donated through the courtesy of Col. B. J. McCormick of the Chamber of Commerce the prize money was obtained through subscriptions by C. M. Mundy, The Scouts of the city plan to hold- & Jamboree. church parade on Sunday, Tune 14th. The Scouts will attend Sim. coe Street United Church. also Housewives Swindled Salesman Sentenced (Canadian Press Despatch) Orillia, May 21,--For what was characterized by Police Mag- istrate Dan McCaughrin as the most daring piece of fraud that has come before the Orillia Po- tice Court for a long time, Roy Sutherland, alias R. A. Thomp- gon, alias Snider, was sentenced to six months yesterday, Suth- erland had victimized housewives of Orillia by taking $1.95 for a tablecloth, with which he said he wag giving a. 28-piece breakfast set ag a premium. The goods were never delivered and the purchasers never again saw their money. Sutherland broke down when sentenced, sighing for his wife, who, according to a writ that he produced, was suing him for divorce, naming a Toronto woman as co-respondent. The bench dealt leniently with him on accounnt of his health. Bids For Freight Warehouse Made Acting through the Chamber of Commerce, several Oshawa lirms have tendered bids to the Depart- ment of Public Works, Toronto, for the purchase of the old freight warehouse which has stood for many yeafs on- the wharf at the Oshawa Harbor. It is understood that in carry- ing out the work planned in mak. ing improved shipping facilities at the Harbor this old warehouse will have to be either removed or de- molished, and the majority of the bidders are coal or coke merchants: who plan its re-erection in the im- mediate vicinity of where coal and coke storage will be' established when improvements are completed and the new wharf constructed, Word has been received by the Chamber of Commence from the Department that the bids for the building are now being considered and that a definite decision re garding disposal of this old build- ing may be expected in tHe near future. Brown Again Heads Church Assembly Scotland, May 21-- Brown, the humble miner who became a .P., once more is Lord Hieli Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He and Mrs, Brown are installed again at Holyrood Palace where to- day they held a levee with all the Edinburgh, Jomp, and dignity of royalty. Later |' r, Brown and his wife drove in semi-state with outriders fuse and d Helle ast dragged Heller ing wreckage. Giles' Cathedral, to. St. ' I the sgmmer, | Home And School Clubs to Co-Operate In Holding A Tag Day Clubs' Central Council Ac-! cepts Responsibility for| Tag Day on June 6 -- Proceeds Will Go to the | Canadian National Insti- tute for the Blind With the worthy objective of helping financially the Canadian Institute for the Blind, the Cen- tral Council of the Oshawa Home and School Clubs, of which Mrs, R. 8S. McLaughlin is President, has undertaken the responsibility for putting on a tag day in Osh- awa on Saturday, June 6th. The necessary permission has been very kindly granted by the Police Commission and all of the Home and School Clubs in the city are heartily co-operating in the work. The Separate School will also lend its assistance. For the purposes of the tay day the city will he divided into dis- tricts, each Home and School Club assuming responsibility for a definite section of the city. These arrangements are being worked out by the individual clubs in co-operation with Mr. C. F, Cannon, city public school in- spector. There will be virtually no expense in connection with the tag day. so that the entire pro- ceeds will go to the Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind. A special appeal is being made to the service clubs of the city In Aid of Blind for their co-operation and the! interests of the Institute are be- sented to them hy H. C. Treneer, organist and choirmas- ter of King Street United Church, who is a member of the Council of the Institute, and who is act- ing in an honorary capacity as its local representative. On Sunday evening, May 24, Mr. Treneer will present an up- peal on the Institute's behalf, il- lustrated with lantern slides, to the congregation of King Street United Church. The following Sunday, May 31st, the Institute will be represented by two ad- dresses delivered by Rev. Mr. Pickering, a blind, Anglican clergyman, who will speak in the morning at Holy Trinity Church and in the evening at St, George's Anglican Church. While the work of the Insti- tute is primarily providing con- genial and appropriate work for the blind and helping them to self support, it is also taking a very aclive and useful interest in the prevention of blindness, and this phaze of the work will be presented in the appeal to Osh- awa citizens which js an added reason for the interest being tak- en in the movement hy the Cen- tral Home and School Council and. the individual Home .nd School Clubs of the city. If auy citizens desire to make individual subscription to the work they are invited to get in touch with Mr. Treneer, either in person or by telephone at 2896. Mr. Treneer's dddress is 50 William street east. Car Hits Hydro Pole, Police Find Liquor, Man Is F ined and | Frank De Carroll Pays $100 and Costs for Having Wine in Auto--Lady | Companion Is Fined After his car had collided with a telephone pole, snapped it off and done some damage to the lawn of Crown Attorney J. A. McGibbon at the corner of Yonge and King Streets at an early hour this morning, Frank G, DeCar- roll, 173 Albert Street, was ar- rested by Sergeant M, Bowman and Constable W. Spencer. The police found a bottle of wine in the car. DeCarroll was taken to the police station and this mern- ing pleaded guilty to a charge of having liquor in an illegal place and was fined $100 and costs by His Worship Magistrate T. K. Creighton, The young lady, who .t is alleged was the driver of DeCar- roll"s car at the time of the ac- cident, was charged with driv- ing a car, not being the holder of a driver's license. She pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $10 and costs, Besides the damage to prop- erty caused by the car, the car itself suffered damage to the left front tire and rim and the right front fender. ST. GEORGE'S MEN'S ASSN. QUITS FOR SUMMER Closing Meeting Held Last Night-- Association Will Resume Activities in Sep- tember The St. (George's Anglican Church Men's Association held their closing meeting for the sum- mer season in the Parish Hall, Centre street, last night. The meeting took the form of a social evening and plans for the Fall season and the forma- tion of a Men's Bible Class were discussed, President Ross Smith occupied the chair and all mem- bers of the Executive were . .s- ent, It was decided to abandon the weekly meetings for the sum- mer months. The first meeting of the new season will be held in September and it was agreed that the initial meeting of the Fall season would take the form of a social evening and generul welcome night. It is expected that it will be found necessary to have one or two executive. meetings during Grain Boat Captain Dies After Brawl (Canadian Press Despatch) Montreal, May 21 -- Captain William Ransome, 43, Master of the grain boat, "A Clifford Hail" died today of injuries received in a scuffle at the entrance of an uptown club. Captain Ran- some was refused admittance to the club and a mix ap ensued. His body was found in the lob- by of the club and taken to his shiP. Ransome died in his cabin from head wounds. Two ship's captains and two males are be. ing held as material witnesses. FOUNDER OF FERGUS NEWSPAPER IS DEAD Veteran newspaper editor and printer, Robert Craig, formerly of Fergus, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edith Wood, 118 Vaughan Road, in his 85th year. Born near Belfast, Ire- land, March 8, 1847, he came to Canada when a small bog, the family settling in the Peterbore district. He learned the printing art as an apprentice on the old Peter- boro Review and later was em- ployed in the Sun Printing of- fice at Cobourg, befqre he went to Fergus, more than 60 years ago. There in partnership with his brother, he founded the Fer- gus "News-Record", and in later vears also carried on a general music business in that town. A Liberal, he took keen inter- est in the party and also in the Presbyterian Church and was a member of the L.O.F. On retir- ing from business two years ago, he came Toronto reside with his daughfers, Mrs. Edith Wood and Mrs. Mary McIntyre. Other survivors are his son, Logan Craig, editor of the Wingham- Advance-Times," seven grand- children and three great-grand- children. AUSTRIA RECOGNIZES SERVICES OF MULVEY (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, May 21--The services which he rendered in the matter of adjusting Austrian alien enemy pro- perty previously in his custody have brought recognition to Thomas Mulvey, K. C.r Under-Secretary of State, from the Austrian. Govern- ment, Mr. Mulvey at 'a gathering oi Monday was the recipient of a piece of china presented on behalf or the Austrian Government by J. Schober, an official from Vienna, h An interesting feature of the ev- ent was that the china pift was in lieu of a decoration which the Aus- trian Government desired to conifer on Mr: Mulvey but which he was barred, under the rule, from accept- ing. Under the agre@ment negotiate ed by Mr Mulvey, Austrians in Canada whose property was seized during the Great War, received 1{ back uncurtailed, VESSEL ALTERED COURSE BUT DID | NOT ENTER HARBOR | | | | | Sugar Shipment for Osh-| awa Taken on to Toronto | | Further evidence, if cay was required, of the urgent recessity for immediate improvements to the Oshawa harbor was tortacoms- ing during the last day cr two | when the package freight stea- |! mer, City of Windsor, of the Can- ada Steamship Lines, altered itz course to call here bu:.fipally de- cided to "'bout ship" and go to Toronto. The City of Windsor, c1e of the new vessels recently put in- to commission by the C.S.1.., car- ried a shipment of thirty rons of sugar consigned from Montreal to an Oshawa firm, hut the e/m- mander of this vessel, vh-ze [isl call it was at the Pori of Osh. awa, on recing condit ons at the dock. decided in favor of nnload- ing this consignm2at in Toronto rather than take chances by drop ping it on a pile of coal or coke Ag a result of this somebody will be charged with the cost of transporting this engar from Tor- onto to Oshawa by rail or road. C,H. CARLISLE ILL AT FISHING CLUB Goodyear Executive Re- ported Stricken by Appendicitis (Canadian Press Despatch) North Bay, May 21.--Believed to be stricken with appendicitis, C. H. Carlisle of Toronto, presi- dent of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Canada, lies in .a serious condition at the Magnsippi Fishing Club, 18 miles up the Magnsippi River, which joins the Ottawa River at Deux Rivieres, Quebec. ' A telephone. call from Deux Rivierse, from Phil Lamothe of Mattawa, well-known tourist re- sort owner, to his father yester- day afternoon brought the infor- mation that Mr. Carlisle was too ill to' move, although his condi- tion has shown improvement in the last 24 hours, Mr. Carlisle's son is motoring from Toronto with a doctor and Mr. Lamothe is waiting at Deux Rivieres for them. As no bridge spans the Ottawa River at this point, crossing is made by means of a bucket and cable. Automo- biles are transported by this method also. Should Mr, Carlisle be brought out, he would have to be taken over in the bucket. Duex Rivieres lies 68 miles cast of North Bay on the North Bay-Pembroke highway, Dr, Courtney, eye, ear and nose spec falist of Toronto, is a member of the party at the Magnsippi Fish- ing Club. It is understood he has advised that Mr. Carlisle be not moved for the present. Fire Brigade : Had Busy Day The city fire department had four calls during yesterday after- noon and evening, none of which resulted in serious damage. The first call to the department came in at 4.43 in the afternoon. This fire was to extinguish a fire among oil and rubbish which had been started by children playing The fire was threatening hydro poles on city property on Court Street. At 8.14, in the evening, a call was received from 106 Frederick Street, where an electric iron, the property of Mrs. Stephenson, had caused a slight blaze. The house is~owned by G. F. Blatter. : The third call of the day was from 118 Division Street. A chim- ney on the home of Mrs. Alice Wil- liams had taken fire in this case and was extinguished with the use of chemicals. Later in the even- ing the department were again called to the Willlams home, as the chimney was again on fire. The fire department stated this morn- ing that the chimney was in very dirty condition and that the soot was blazing and proved hard to cope with. Unfit for 'Irial (Canadian Press Despatch) Kingston, May 21,--~Judge H- A. Lavell has found Fred Bedore of Oso unfit for trial at the sitling of the County Judge's Criminal Court. and has directed that he be kept in custodv to await the pleasure of the Lieutenant-Gover- nor: He was charged with burning a cottage at Bob's Lake, the pro- 1500 OSHAWA SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN BIG MUSICAL EVENT WAS CHAIRMAN * | Youthful Singers Were | Most Responsive to the Baton of Their Conduct. or, Mr. Leonard Richer FESTIVAL AHEAD OF LAST YEAR'S Audience Astonished by the i awa Pub DR. F. J. DONEVAN Chairman of the Board of Kdu- cation, who presided over the Empire Music Festival given by 1.500 children of the city's public schools in the Colleg- jate Auditorium last night. "wheat markets in 'perty of Joseph Green. NEW COURTS T0 BE READY 500 Oshawa Tennis Club Will Possess Six First - Class Courts -- Playing Chal- lenge Matches The two new courts are rapidiy being placed {nto shape ai the Oshawa *Tl'ennis Club grounds. When these courts are complet- ed the club will possess six first class courts, thus providing am- ple playing accommodation for its steadily increasing membper- ship, The mew section of the grounds is to be fenced off in the near future. Although twice the official opening of the club: has been postponed on account of rainy weather, it is planned to hold an opening at a later date when an exhibition of tennis will be given by outstanding Canadian players. The club's ladder, for men and lady players, is now in operation and play is being enlivened by challenge matches. COMMITTEE IS STILLINSESSION Little Has Been Achieved at London Wheat Con- ference as Yet London, May 29.--The commit. tee of the conference of wheat ex- porting nations of the world con- tinued at Canada House today their examinations = of various schemes submitted by delegates looking to stabilization of world authoritative circles. A system of controlled marketing, but without adoption of export quotes for each great producing country is forecast' as the most likely outcome. . United States is understood to be making strenuous objections to the idea 'of controlled exports with quotas along line of Polish Danubian scheme. Large private dealers in Canadg also are understood to be opposed 'to export quotas. The scheme of controlled exports with- out *quotas is understood to be still in the formative stage. ¥ull details of the Russian plan. were submitted yesterday and will not be made public until late this af- ternoon. ATTEMPTED LYNCHING FAILS Elberton, Ga, Mav 21--Rifle fire and tear gas bombs: were used by National Guardsmen hcre Monday night in beating off a mob which attacked the jail where a negro was under arrest charged with attacking a white woman. Quality of Music--Dr. F, J. Donevan, Chairman, Praised Instructor and Teachers Obeying every wave of the cone ductor's baton hiteen hundred Osh- lic School children blended | their voices in songz at the Empire Musical Festival which opened ior {a two nights run in the Oshawa Col tlegiate auditorium last evening. The audience thrilled at the sight of the mass of children before them. Row upon row they sat, trom the floor oi the auditorium to the top of the stage and on tiers of scats on either side of the stage. Periect order prevailed throughout the whole con- cert and it was a most remarkable sight to sce the endless line of children filing into their places, keeping time to the rousing march tunes played by the Festival Or- chestra. . "0 Canada," the opening chorus, swelling with the volume of the my- riad mingled voices, stirred to the very heart every member of the audience. The chorus is augmented by twice as many voices as last year and the programme showed what great advancement has been made in music during the addition- al year of training under the talent- ed directorship of Mr, Leonard Richer, The festival last year was an en= tirely new cxperunent for: Oshawa but it met with startling success and awakened the public to the fact that musical training in the schools was essentially worth while, This year, preparations for the fes- tival have gone on, on a much larg- er scale and the programme last evening displayed a fineness and a completeness which was not so pre- valent last year, but which has been obtained after further 'drilling and more detailed and conscentrated studying on the part of the direc- tor and the pupils. Vocal training is of course, the primary duty of Mr, Richer, super- visor of music in the Public Schools but it is not the only work he at- tempts. In the last year and a hall a desire on the part of some of the children to learn to play an in- strument has sprung up and last evening, the Little Symphony Or- chestra made its debut before an Oshawa audience, A . There were twenty-two boys an girls playing in the orche pd therc were at least :ix dit t mn- struments besides the pian®, Their first number ening, "The Motor City M et with such applause from "the "audience, that the young artists were forced te move their music stands from the floor of the auditorium where they were playing and take their places on the raised platform. Watching the conductor from there they ren- dered their second number, "Play- ing. in the Sunshine," and an en- core. These children have the dis- tinct honor of playing in the first symphony orchestra that has eve: been organized in the 'city, These (Continued on page 3) 7 Value ForgDuty on '< ~~ "Cucumbers Fixed Ottawa, =. An 'extra issue of the Canada' Gazette yestebday gives notice that the value for duly on cucumbers has been fixed af scven cents per pound when enter- ed under the intermediate or gen- eral tariff, such value to be comput- ed on the weight as imported, the weight of the package to be inclug- ed. RO WEATHER ~ Toronto-- Lower Lakes region and Georgian Baye Fresh southwest to north west winds; fair and quite cool tonight. Friday---Fresh wost to north west winds; fair and cool. } Empire. Day. To Be Observed In City's Schools Tomorrow Tomorrow, Friday, is Empire Day and will be observed in Je schools or Oshawa and other towns and eit- ies" throughout the proviace, An cffare is then wade to stimpiute. the interest of the pupils * im the far flung Empire of which Canada is an important part and to aruuse just pride in the acmevements of the great British Commonwealth of Nations with its heart a little island Kingdom, small in azea but magii- sigent in nation build'ng. Interesting programs will be wive en in practically all tne schivols with a patriotic them. To be programs 4s a rule, follow a certain stdndard set by the Department of Educstion and give plenty of opportunity for the pupils to take pact, in songs cr, resitationsy om has