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DOsh VOL. 9--NO. 14 Tomas ot Duhawa. Oat Conde Evy rote ee OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1931 aa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer "All the News While It Is News' 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES COLLAPSE THREATENS NORTH HARBOR PIE Markham Man Wins Car Given Away by Orangemen fa 9x ow tk PRIZE DRAW WAS HELD 'AT LAKEVIEW PARK BEFORE LARGE CROWD George Young, Noted Mar- athon Swimmer, Drew Out Prize No. 12780 Last Night T. W. ANDERSON IS HOLDER OF TICKET Two Other Prizes Are Given Away--Marathon Swim Contestants Are Introduced to Audience TT, W. Anflerson, P.O. Box 174, Markham, who holds lucky ticket number 12780 is the winner of the new Chevrolet coach given away by the Orange Temple Building Committee in connection with the campaign to raise funds for the new Orange Hall. The draw was held at Lakeview Park last night in the presence of a crowd of 7,000 people and the lucky ticket was picked out of the box by George Young, well known marathon swimmer, who is mow in training here for the big swim at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. Mr, Anderson has been notified of his good luck and is expected to drive away with the new car today. .The lucky number for the sec- ond prize was drawn by Miss Mar- garet Ravior, of Philadelphia, an- other famous swimmer, who is in training at Lakeview Park. Miss Ravior drew ticket number 5510 which is held by Mrs. C. Down, of Cobourg, who wins a valuable tor. The third lucky number, 10171 wag drawn by Miss Armstrong, of Detroit, who is also a mer- maid. The holder of this ticket, P. Brownson, of 83 Nassau street, Oshawa, wins a fine Rog- ers radio set. Park Crowded Lakeview Park was crowded with humanity last night and at 11 o'clock all eyes were turned + toward the bandstand where the draw was to take place. R. W. Boughton, chairman of the build- ing committee, was master of ceremonies last night and in the unavoidable absence of Mayor Marks, Bro. R. P. MacKenzie, of L.O:L. 686, was called upon to conduct, the draw, Realizing the eagerness of the crowd to learn who wofild win the car, Mr. MacKenzie lost no time in introducing Johnnie Walker, of Toronto, prominent sportsman who is training George Yonng for ¢« (Continued on page 3) No Nation Can Stand Alone W. H. Moore Issues Warn- ing in Address to U.S. Audience (By Canadian Press) Athens, Ga., July 17,--A warn- ing that "no nation can main- tain modern civilization out of its own natural resources" was sounded before the University of Georgia Institute of Public Af- fairs here last night by W. H. Moore, of Pickering, Ont, Mr. Moore, M.P., farmer chairman of the Canadian Tariff Advisory Board traced much of present in- ternational depression to what he described as 'economic na- tionalism", "No words of mine", he said. "can bring home to you the ser- ious character of the times we face -and the importance of ex- aming economic conditions and shaping fiscal policies to meet the strain from which we suffer, and, if I am not mistaken shall suffer for some time". He said the depression could not be lifted "until curable causes are cured", or minds and affairs are adjusted to conditions imposed by incurable causes. THUNDER AROUSES HAMILTON SLEEPERS (Canadian Press Despatch) Hamilton, July 17.--The city was aroused from its slumber at four o'clock this morning by most terrific clap of thunder heard in many years. A storm had form- ed over the city, giving no warn- ing of its approach and ny rain had fallen as yet, when a flash of lightning travelled from end to end of Hamilton, causing a deaf- ening roar, which startled sound. est sleepers out of bed. WEATHER Lower Lakes Region and Georgian Bay -- Moderate winds, mostly southeast to southwest; mostly fair today and Saturday with a few scattered thunderstorms. Council May Appoint New Engineer At Next Meeting 'The hour of oriyin Of as 38 seconds past £13 a "MAGN TARIFF King to Attack Remaining : Item in Committee . To-day Ottawa, July 17--With the excep- tion ;of the higehr duties against . fo magazines, all the individual a i hse panouced in he ennett et have been. passe by the House of Commons in com- mittee stage. ied magazine items, 'explagne Premier R. B. Bennett to-night stand over until today at the. re- ioe] Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King, leader, who will make repre- seilidtions against them. one _or two uncontentious ity remained. 4 passed last then began re- City Engineer Needed as Important Construction Works May Be Initiated Under Unemployment Relief Schemes 1t is understood that the matter of appointing a city engineer to succeed W. C. Smith will be brought up when the City Council holds / its regular meeting on Monday evening, and that there is a possibility that definite steps will be taken to fill the Yacancy immediately. So far as can be learned tom urofficial sources, the final selec- 'tion lies at present, between two applicants, both resident in Osh- awa, The feeling among the major- ity of the members of the City Council is that, when the Domin. fon and Provincial Governments bave completed their plans for aiding municipalities within this province in conmection with ve- lief of unemployment, extensive construction of work will have to be commenced immediately in or- der to take advantage of these plans. With this condition in view the opinion is freely ex- pressed that the services of a ful- lv. qualified engineer will be ah- sclutely necessary the city. CELEBRATION POSTPONED (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, July 17.--Link up celebration in connection with the completion of the Manitoba- Ontario section of the Trans-Can- ada highway has been postponed view of the estimates of Hon. Ar- Sauve, Postmaster-Gegeral, unl next summer, | DEMOLISHING OF OLD TOWER BASE NOW COMPLETED 36 Men Were Employed in Construction of Base Several Years Ago The work of demolishing and removing the old water base on the corner of Simcoe and Alex- andra Streets has now been com- pleted. This base contained about 730 tons of concrete, its removal costing approximately $540, eight men being employed on the job which was commenced on June 25, under the supervis- ion of E. A. Colvin, superintend- ent of the water work division of the public utilities, and took sixteen working days. It is interesting to recall that the old base, built to support the tower which had a capacity of 100,000 gallons, one fifth that of the present tower, was erected under contract by Arthur Drew of this city and his late partner, Mr, Bishop. In recalling this work Mr Drew states that all the work was done by hand labour, the concrete being mixed by hand, and the stone which went into it, some of the pieces as big as a man could lift, being carted a considerable distance by wagon. The base was completed in three weeks or a month, so far ag Mr. Drew can recall, about 36 men being employed on the job which was carried out in July, 1904. BEAUHARNOIS G0. CONTRIBUTED T0 CAMPAIGN FUNDS R. O. Sweezey Admits Large Gifts to Both Lib- eral and Conservative Parties (By The Canadian Press), Ottawa, July 17.--R. O, Sweez- ey and his Beauharnois company contributed campaign fund to both federal parties and Liberal and Conservative parties of On- tario and Quebec. Evidence to this effect was given to-day before parliamentary committee prob- ing Beauharnois Company by Mr. Sweezey. A contribution of be- tween $600,000 and $700,000 was given by Mr. Sweezey to Sen- ator Donat Raymond ahd Senator Andrew Haydon for federal Lib- eral party and Liberal party in Quebec. his was his own person- al contributon, Mr. Sweezey said. A sum of $125,000 {in Victory bonds was given by Mr. Sweezey to John Aird, Jr., of Toronto, for Ontario Conservative party. Con- tributions to federal Conservative party were small sums to personal friends whom he had béen in habit of aiding at election time. Asked if there had been any further contributions to campaign funds in addition to those which he had discovered, particularly to Progressive party, Mr. Sweezy replied: "I am sorry, but we seem to have forgotten Mr. Gardiner or he forgot us," In answer to fur- ther questioning, Mr. Sweezy said three members of Progressive par ty, Messrs. Campbell, Irvine and Garland had come to vigit Baeu- arnois project upon invitation, but denied that they were ever paid anything. In course of discussion, Peter White, counsel, remarked: 'It has been suggested that the Hon. G. H. Ferguson, Canadian Hgh Com- missoner in London, had benefit- ed personally from this or some other contribution. ° "Who suggested that," Samuel Jacobs, M.P. "The Toronto Globe, for one," replied Mr, White. "Ag far as I know," said Mr. Sweezy, "I had no dealings with him, and I don't know anything he got. It had been demonstrat- ed to me funds were not in his hands, or anybody like him." "There is ny one like him," said Samuel Jacobs, amid laugh- er. sald TAKE VARIED LOOT Niagara Falls, Ont., July 17-- A branch of the Dominjon Stores across the street from the police station was entered early yester- day and a queer lot of goods stolen. . The value is around $30 and among the goods stoeln were 48 pounds of rum and butter candy, six cans of chicken haddie, two watermelons, half a case of raisins and two gallons of shellac. ELECTED AS DEPUTY FRANK M. CHAPMAN, LEFT, GRAND MASTERS AND E. F. FARROW, RIGHT Who at the annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge, held at Windsor, Wednesday, were elected as District Deputy Grand Masters for Toronto "B" district and Ontario district re- spectively, M. Chapman is a member of Doric Lodge, Pickering, while Mr. Farrow has been a Mason since 1914 when he was initi- ated into Cedar Lodge, No. 270. He is a past master of Cedar Lodge, a charter member of Temple Lodge No. 649, an officer of Pentalpha Chapter R .A. M., and a past president of the Past Masters' Associa- tion of Ontario District. He is also chairman of the auditorium committee of the Oshawa Masonic Temple. Whiskey Runner Arrested At Whitby Pleads Guilty AndIs Fined $1,000, Costs John Stratachuk, of Niagara Falls, Was Discovered Yesterday in Charge of Carload of Liquor Whitby, July 17.--Pleading zuilty to a charge of having six- ty-five gallons of alcohol in his possession illegally, John Strata- chuk, of Niagara Falls, was fined $1,000 and costs in police court here yesterday afternoon by His Worship Magistrate Willis. Stratachuk was placed in the county jail pending the payment of his tine, non-payment of which will force him to spend three months in jail. He Is also liable to a term of from oné to three months in addition to this term if he falls to give a satisfactory explanation to the magistrate of where he obtained the alcohol. In conversation with Town Clerk and Treasurer J. R. Frost, last night, The Times was in- formed that the fine would be paid over to the town unless the provincial government took steps to obtain it. The authorities are lead to be- lieve that the alcohol which was found in Stratachuk"s car early Thursday morning was manufac- tured in the United States and that the cans in which it was contained were also of American origin. The young man who was rid- ing with the accused, after being given a ride from near Hamilton, was held as a material witness and was later released. He claim- ed to have nothing to do with Stratachok and was entirely iz- orant of what the car carried. "We are growing out of this wort ship of material possessions. It is no longer a distinction to be rich." --Henry Ford. BR ae "The essence of politics not only never changes but they are the same in all countries." --Col. E. M. House. 3 "Among the néighborhood of na- tions, Uncle Sam remains an over- grown boy with youth and its faults and virtues in his heart." -- William Allen White. CEDARDALE 3.3. HOLDS PICNIC Outing at Lakeview Park Was Much Enjoyed The Cedardale United Church Sunday School held its annual mid-summer picnic at Lakeview Park yesterday afternoon. Both the weather and environment were ideal. The sports commit- tee in charge of Wesley Bright, ably assistd by Messrs. H. Wil gon, E. Johnson, W. McKinstry, John Bardour, F. Jones and others, varied the program to suit children of all ages as well as adults. It was participated in by the entire school and was the centre of interest from 3 to 5 Dp. m. The program began from the least to the largest with the fol- lowing as prize winners. 5 years and under, each won an ice eream cone. Girls, 6 to 7 years race, 1st Jean Gillard; 2nd, Geraldine Goodes; 3rd, Sheila Harper. 8 to 9 race, 1st, June Hester; 2nd, Mary Jackson; 3rd, Annie Hen- derson, 10 to 11 shoe kick, 1st, Ada Floyd; 2nd, Elsle Arnold; 3rd, Edith Locke, 12 to 13 ball throwing, 1st, Elsie Floyd; 2nd, Lorna Duley; 3rd, Madeline Bran- ton. 14 and over, blind man's race, Ist, Lilllan Carey; 2nd, Margaret Wilkins; 3rd, Ethel Reece. Boys 6 to 7 race, 1st, Stewart Tutton; 2nd, James Goodes; 3rd, Leslie Dingley. 8 to 9 race, 1st, George McKinstrey; 2nd, Stanley Locke; 3rd, Allan Tutin. 10 to 11 ple eating, 1st, Leonard Wilson; 2nd, Lloyd Bd®riage; 3rd, Graham Clapp. 12 to 13, hop, skip and jump, 1st, Lloyd Barriage; 2nd, Albert Carey; 3rd, Ernest Wilkins, 14 and over, race, 1st, Mervin Jen- kins; 2nd, Percy Barriage; 3rd, Frank Sherwood. Free for all rage, 1st, Floyd Thornley; 2nd, Margaret Wilkins. Mother's nail driving, Mrs. Cook. In the Barnhart pavilion about 300 members and friends of the Sunday School partook of re- freshments with keen appetites that were amply satisfied. Each member of the S.S. as they left the dining room were given an (Continued on page 3) Terrible Heat Wave Fanning Middlewest With Hot Vapors i Chicago, July 17---A heat wave fanned the middlewest with va- pors so hot they might have come from a demohiacal oven tonight to kill humans and livestock, ruin crops, and bring suffering to mil- lions. . Although temperatures of 100 degrees, were the rule and not: the exception,, the Kansas City weather bureau reported that the hot weather could not be consid- ered a heat wave. Thermometer readings of from 100 to 103 in the Kansas wheat fields were nor- mal, sald the weather forecast | there, 1 was as hot in Minngs-] ota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Nebraska. Deaths and prostrations, sun stroke and heat strokes occurred in widely scattered localities. Ten' died in the region surrounding St. Paul, Minn,, six more in Chi- cago, others in Indiana, I6wa and the southwest, A few local showers merely turned to steam' while farmers, unable for the most part, tb labor in the blazing sun, hoped for rain to save their wilting crops. Forecaster W, P. Day in Chi. cago announced that no relief Was In sight before Saturday, BATTALIONS OF JOBLESS NOT T0 BE CONSCRIPTED Unemployed Will Not Be Coerced Into Joining Spe- cial Labor Battalions Hon. William Finlayson, minister of Lands and Forests, who has been designated as "Field Marshal" of the proposed "unemployment bat- talions," is quite emphatic that there would be no conscription of the job- less for the proposed battalions, and that the further away such organ- izations were removed from the mil- itary idea the better. On all other points--such as wages, hours of work, housing, and the route of the expected to provide the most work for the battalions--he had the one declaration that "all these things have still to be worked out." It is stated that tentative surveys of battalion camp locatiods have been made by Government officials --that Mr. Finlayson himself flew the first of the week over various road routes that are almost certain to be included, eventually, in the Trans-Canada layout. - Out of these preliminary. preparations has grown the story that one battalion of transients would be located in the Schreiber-Nipigon area: a second in the Dryden district, and a third, at least, in the area between Kenora and Vermillion Bay, Only single-men transients will figure in the composition of the bat- talions. Married men unemployed will be given work, as close to their homes as possible, with the Gov- ernments aiding the municipalities in looking after them. Care of the transients will be removed from the Geld of municipal obligation entire- ly. The Federal Government has asked Ontario to conduct the final survey and prepare the 'necessary plans for the project. This is being done. Married men will not be mobiliz- ed into the "work army" in Ontar- io. Efforts will be made to provide them with employment at home, so (Continued on page 3) STOLE CAR, LONDON MAN MUST SPEND YEAR IN JAIL Kenneth Hollywood Sent- enced in Court Today, for Theft of Auto Here Kenneth Hollywood, of London was sentenced to one year deter- minate and one year indetermin- ato in the Ontario Reformatory by Magistrate Creighton in police court this morning when he was found guilty of the theft of a sedan car the property of J. P. Mangan, local barrister, which was taken from King Street east on June 23. It was brought out that Holly. wcod had been convicted of the theft of three cars in London oi April 2 of this year and had Leen placed on suspended sent- ence, A most eloquent plea for leniency was presented by Alex C. Hall, eounsel for the accused, who said that arrangements were being made to insure his good conduct. In passing judgment, His Wor- ship commented that Hollywood did not seem entitled to probation as he did not know what to do with it, as he had been placed on suspended sentence and less than two months after he had been found guilty of the same of- fgnse. His Worship expressed the hope that the accusel had learned his lesson and would rea- lize that nothing but his own foolishness had put him ian the pcsition, so that he woud come out of the reformatory a better man. SEEK GIRL BANDIT AFTER JAIL BREAK Saskatoon, July 17--Mary Millen, 18 years of age, a blonde-haired bandit who has recently sentenced to a two-year prison term for an armed hold-up, escaped from the yesterday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachments and police throughout the provirce have been furnished with a go lete description of the yaung 1u On Tiny 19, Mary 'Millen was sen- tenced to two years in jail for tak- ing part in the armed robbery of a Chinese cafe proprietor at Pinkham Sask., on May 10, The loot amount- ed to only $25. Another young girl and two men, took part i in the hold- up. women's jail at Batfleford, Sask.,] DANGEROUS SAGINDOCK UNDER GREAT WEIGHT OF LARGE COAL PILES Two Readings Given Bylaw G. D. Conant Explained Agreement With Gas Company to Sidney Tp. Council Gordon D. Conant, Canadiar counsel and director of the On- tario Shore Gas Company, at- tended a meeting of the township council of Sidney Townshig at Wallbridge .yesterday, and pre- sented to the council an agree- ment for a franchise for 35 years, to supply -gas to the residents of the township, Sidney township lies west of Belleville, and the franchise there is part of the plan. for the development of the eastern section of the distribu- tion system of the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited. After discussing the agreement with Mr. Conant, the Sidney township council gave the first and second reading to the bylaw granting the franchige, The third reading was deferred until after the vote in Belleville on July 30 on the sale of the Belleville gas plant and the granting of a fran- chise and fixed assessment to the company. Should the vote on these bylaws be favcroble, the Sidney township council will give its franckise bylaw third reading to make it effective. U.S. Wins a Race For Sparrow Eggs Pittsburg, Pa., July 17.--Dis- covery of the eggs of the Harris sparrow, the last North American bird whose eggs had remained unknown to science despite searches over more than a cen- tury, has been made by Dr. George Sutton, a Pittsburg ornithologist, who returned Sun- day from ice-covered wastes on the western shore of Hudson Day. Dr, Sutton's discovery came at the climax of a race with a group of scientists of the Canadian Ornithological Society, while both expeditions were camped less than a mile apart. For nearly three weeks the groups raced to be the first to find the last link in the chain of more than 1,200 known birds of this continent, The expedition, which was fin- anced by John Bonner Semple of Sewiskey, spent two months in the Arctic, collecting birds, plants and insects. Wharfinger Warned of Con- dition by Engineers Who Made Survey of Local Port Yesterday PERMISSION TO STORE MORE COAL REFUSED In Spite of Refusal to Coal Company, S. S- Coalfax Unloaded 2,000 Tons Here Wednesday -- Gov't. May Suggest Remedy a According to the report of the engineers, who at the request of the Oshawa wharfinger, Col. B. J. Me¢~ Cormick, made a survey of con= ditions at the harbour yesterday, there is a possibility that the north pier of the inner basin will collapse and fall into thé harbour as the re- sult of the weight of coal piled up= on it contrary to the existing reg= ulations and the definite instruc tions issued to the coal company re- sponsible by Col McCormick. An application, dated July 10, was received by the wharfinger from the Pittsburgh Coal Coq. for further wharfage space at the harbour for the storage of 22,000 tons of coal Having in view the fact that cone struction work is expected to start almost immediately at the harbour, and that a large quantity of coal must be removed in order to assure no delay in this work, permission was refused. Conditions at the harbour were surveyed by representatives of the Department of Public Works, and also representatives of the coal company, the formal apylication for further storage space being submit= ted to the proper government auth orities, word being received by Col McCormick and passed on to the coal company, that to accede to the request was "absolutely impossible" and that "no coal cargoes can be received" at the present time under existing conditions, In spite of this, the wharfinger reports, the steamer Coalfax arrived in the Oshawa Harbour at about 30 am, on the morning of Wed- nesday, July 15, with about 2,000 tons of coal which was unloaded and piled on the north pier. The government regulations hibit coal being piled on the bour wharves to a greater hei; than twenty feet, but the pile thus created is described as being n er forty than twenty feet, oh weight is creating a dangerous cons dition. The wharfiinger, himself, noticing ro- poi the pier itself appeared to be "bulging", had a survey made by a competent engineer on day (Continued on page 3) Oshawa Harbor to be Scene Of Big Regatta On Aug. 1 Outboard Motor Boat Race From Toronto to Oshawa |: Will Be Outstanding Featurs whys > The Canada Power Boat As- sociation is to stage a big regatta at the Oshawa harbor on Satur- day, August 1, one of the feat- ures of the tentative program already agreed upon being a big outboard motor boat race from Toronto to Oshawa. The suggestion for the holding of this event, which is bound to attract attention all over this dis- trict of Ontario, emanated origin- ally from the Industrial Commis- sioner, Col,. B. J. McCormick, who communicated with the Pow- er Boat Association on the mat- ter, and has been taken up most enthusiastically by the Executive Committee of the recently organ- ized Oshawa Yacht Club of which Eldon Stacey is chairman, In expressing its willingness to co-operate in. staging a re- gatta at Oshawa the Canada Power Boat Association also sug- gests the date for the occasion, pointing out that as the members of the association, with their boats, will be staging a similar event in Belleville on Monday, August 3, to hold a regatta on the previous Saturday would fit in very well with their plans. It is very probable that the occasion will also be made that of the formal opening of the Oshawa Yacht Club House, on the eastern side of the Oshawa Har- bour, this building being practic- ally complete except for final touches of paint, (Continued on page 3), Low Week-end Fares CLANS SETTLEMENT Next summer the one hund- reth anniversary of the settle- guson clan in the Dominion will be celebrated at the home of Er- nest Ferguson, who 'ives on the original homestead at Sonya. sixth annual gathering of clan has just been held at Sem ya at the home of Mrs. James Ferguson, about 200 attending. At noon, dinner was Served the grounds which vere gaily di orated with flags 'and bunting. Bagpipes, commudity singing and. sporting events Sonatituted program. P to the winne Mrs. Ben Smith, of "Toronte' presided at the business meetin Mrs. W. Thornburn, of Sun land, was present as secret and Gran. Stewart, of Toronto treasurer Officers were elects as follows: president Ernest Fer Mrs. S. Connell of Omemae; sef= retary, Mrs. Charles Williams of Lindsay; treasurer, Mrs. Mil Arnold, of Zephyr, ; | WILL BE CELEBRATED Ys 3 guson of Sonya; vice-president, * ir. ment of one branch of the Fer-