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- A Growing Newspaper in a Growing C The Oshawa Daily Jdcceeding The Qshawa Reformer VOL. 9--NO. 18 ubbisted at Oshawa, Dav _Excent Sundave i wo Pk "All the News While It Is News "' OSHAWA. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES: WORK ON GAS LINES STARTS THIS WEE Alleged Hit-and-Run. Motorist Arrested In Oshawa TORONTO PO . HERELAST LICE CAM NIGHT AND ARRESTED F. M. ROGERS Lloyd Cook 'and Beryl Robertson, Both of Osh- awa, Held as Material Witnesses of Fatal Acci- dent in Toronto Last Week TORONTO BOY WAS ACCIDENT VICTIM Rogers Alleged to be Driv- er of Car Involved in Accident, - Returned to' Scene and Blamed Driver Two Local Men Have Invented Novel News Box Two local men, Martin Stut- ika and Gesa Rechor, of 158 Ce- lina street, have invented a novel type of newspaper-vending box, which is somewhat different from anything that is in use up to the present. The details of the invention, naturally, are he- ing guarded, as the inventors have not as yet secured protec- tion by patent. They are anxious however, to find some party or |NewEngineet Now In City And in Office F. B. Goedike, Oshawa's newly appointed City Engineer, has taken over the reins of his de- partment, and has already made himself fairly conversant with conditions in the city so far as construction work, and projected work is concerned. He arrived in Oshawa yester- day afternoon and immediately made a point of driving over the city, a member of the department acting a guide, in order to fam- iliarize himself with the local sit- uation, and this morning was chiefly occupied in an examina- tion of the plans for completion of the C.N.R. stbway on Simcoe Street South from the city's view- point. Be All Childre Tonight is a big night for the children of Oshawa, for about 7 30 p.m., they will have the op- portunity of taking their first dip in the Rotary Swimming Pool at Rotary Park. Everything is now in readiness for the open- ing ceremony. The tank is filled with water, the approaches have been graded, and a fence has been erected all around the pool, with entrance and exit for the convenience of thdse using it. The nurse and supervisor are ready to take over their duties, and shortly after seven o'clock this evening, with the Ontario Regimental Band in usndsnge, Mayor Marks will officially de- clare the pool open. Immediately after the pool has licen opened, Johnny Walker's parties who would be interested in securing the rights of their invention, and would be willing to sell either the patent outright or an interest in it, to responsible persons who would undertake the of Another Car (By Canadian Press) REMANDED FOR WEEK Toronto, July 22. -- Frec- erick M. Rogers, 18, was re- manded until July 29, when he appeared in police court today to face a charge of manslaughter in connection wwith the death of seven-year. old Bobby Binns last Thurs. day. Bail of $5,000 was furnished by friends. Young Binns was knocked down by an automobile, the driver of which fled from the scene of the accident. Following police investigation, Rogers was arrested in Oshawa last Three companions of Rog- ers were bonded in the am- _ Fred M. Rogers, aged 18, of 193 High Park Avenue, alleged driver of tHe green-colored auto- mobile that ran down and killed Robert Binns, aged 7, 7 Mac- Kay Avenue, last Friday night at St. Clair and Greenlaw Avenues, Toronto, was arrested in Oshawa, last night at a house at 43 Elgin St. East, where he was staying, by Detectives McMaster and Richardson, charged with man- slaughter, Lloyd Cook, aged 19, of '21 Greta Street, Oshawa, and Beryl "Robertson, 19-yearold bank clerk, of 51% Williams Street West, Oshawa, who are al- leged to have been driving with Rogers in the death car on the night of the fatal accident were also taken into custody here last night and are held by the Toron- to: police as material witnesses, The fourth member of 'the party, 4 16-year-old Toronto girl, was not arrested, but will be summoned to appear at the pre- liminary hearing. J The trio were taken by mot- or to Toronto by the detectives. Arriving at Court Street Station at midnight, the prisoners spent the night there. Witness Secured Information A reward of $100 offered. for information leading to the arrest of the motorist will, in all prob- ability, be paid a witness of the accident who secured the name of Cook. It was this tiny thread of information that Richardson and. McMaster pieced together and led to the arrest of Cook and of 'the other two later on in the day. The car, owned by an Oshawa garage man, was rented by. Rog- ers and Cook last Friday. THey drove to Toronto, and were drive: "ing west on St. Clair Avenue, po- lice say, when the Binns boy, who was crossing the street, was struck and hurled to the roadway. He died a few hours later in the Western * Hospital, Rogers, it is charged was at the steering wheel. ' According to police, after run- ning down the boy, Rogers pulled into the curb, and to excited throngs about blamed another motorist for the accident. He is alleged to have made the fatal mistake of showing Cook's driv er's permit at the scene of the accident to a person who made a note of | 2 Man production of their invention. | The two men visited The Times | office this morning and discussed | | their invention, which seemed to Lave in it features of a very use- {ul and practical nature. MAJOR A. STROUD GIVES. ADDRESS Signalling in Modem Warfare development and growth of signail- ing as employed by army units dur- ing the Great War was given to the Oshawa Kiwanis Club by Major Stroud, commanding. the signal sec- tion, Ontario Regiment, at the club luncheon yesterday. Major Stroud traced the development of signalling in all its various phases from the post primitive stages in early times to the most intricate systems used by the army in France. Major Stroud pointed out that the signal service fulfilled the same function to any, army as the nervous system to the human body. In or- der to be of full value it must be efficient, quick and variable so as to cope with any contingency that might arise so as to keep each unit in constant contact with headquar- ters. Various systems of commun- ication yere used in France, and as those that were not found to be to the best interests of the army they were discontinued and others adopt- ed. In the early days of the war when the army was on the mbve dispatch riders were used but with ¢ restricted warfare, buzzer tele- phone systems were set up linking each unit, In time this was found to be unpracticable and a more ef- ficient system adopted. At the end of the war some 20,000 carrier pid- geons were being used with 93,000 men specially trained to look after them. In early times messages were sent by beacons with fire by night and smoke by day. The first: organized system of message sending was in- augurated by William 'enn who started the elementary dot and dash system, with a lantern. Since that time development has taken place till there are a great number of means of sending messages with flags, banners pennants and semi- es, The. mechanical semiphore used on wagships, it was stated was capable of sending eighteen words per minute, while some: navies used a system of colored lights for con- veying orders. At the present tune wireless and radio had enabled the sending of messages quickly and at long range, . Major R. B. Smith, who introduc- ed the speaker pointed out that Major, Stroud had taken c of the signal section of the Ontario Regiment and raised its efficiency to a point where the section won the M.D, No. 2 championship sig- nalling trophy, and were only a few Joints s of winning the - 3 y. Major Stroudswas a divisional signalling officer the war. « The vote of thanks 'was y Moved by Kiwanian Norval Willson, wo 'the : luncheon Kiwasian J. Worrall reported that the Sea Cadets now had some forty boys in uniform. A trip to Toronto was to be unpracticable and a more dif: boys would be brought back on the contemplated on Thursday and the freighter City of Kingston, when it was expected they would be given ON SIGNALLING Interesting Talk to Kiwanis Club on Development of | A most comprehensive idea of the | nd river last night. One excursionist, MAN WANTED BY * GRINSBY POLICE Here as Vagrant, Is 'Charged With Stealing | Bicycle Herbert Willlam Smith, who npeared in police court yester- day morning and was remanted in custody on a vagrancy charge, was this morning taken to Grims- by by the Grimsby Chief of Po- lice to face a charge of stealing a bicycle. Smith was taken into custody here on July 20, when he at- tempted to sell a bicycle to a second hand dealer. The dealer was suspicious and informed the police who later took Smith into custody, He was closely question- 2d and although he at first den- 'ed stealing the bicycle eventual- | ly confessed that he had stolen it | in Grimsby. He appeared in court and was remanded pending in- | formation from Grimsby. SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT ON WIFE | Harry Marchuk Sent to On- tario Reformatory For Term of Three Months Harry Marchuk, who appeared in police court on July 6 to be tried on a charge of assaulting his wife and who was remanded for sentence until today was sen- tenced to three months definite and three months indefinite in the Ontario Reformatory by Magistrate T. K. Creighton. It was stated in court that Marchuk 'might have been sen- tenced to the strap as the assualt was brutal and altogether un- Justified, but as it was found on examination, that he was subject to epilepsy he would be spared. i |} | SHOOTING VICTIM Member of Church Excur- sion Party Shot in Battle Between Rum-Runners and Police Detroit, Mich., July 22.--Ste. Claire, excursion steamer with 1000 mgmbers of a church young people'sisociety on board became the center of a brush between liquor runners and U.S. customs border patrolmen on the Detroit Arthur Gajeski, 23, was wounded in the arm when one of the shots that were exchanged be: tween the riuiers and the pur- Suers apparently ricocheted from the hull of one of the boats as they sped past the steamer, The 'fugitive speed boat and its crew of two escaped into Canadian ters, having dumped part of its cargo. RADIO PROGRAM AGREEMENT New York, July 27.--New York newspapers have agreed to grammes of radio entertainment a talk on navigation by the cap- tain of the boat, . y ig " ARRESTED HERE | Herbert W. Smith, Held EXCURSIONIST IS |= eliminate from the published pro- | On hi | crew of marathon swimmers, in- Rotary Swimming Pool to Opened This Evening, n Welcome ciuding George Young, Margaret Ravior, Doris Beresford, Evelyn Armstrong, Olive Anderson, Jim- my Radevitch and Warren An- derson, will plunge into the wa- ter at the deep end of the tank, and will give an exhibition of fest and fancy swimming. The citizens generally, and es- pecially the children, are cord- {ally invited to pe present for the opening ceremonies. Immediate- ly the exhibition by the mara- thoners is over, the children will be allowed to enter the pool, and it is likely that there will be a great splash as hundreds of kid: dies seek to get into the pool all ot one time. The Rotarians will ba on hand in full force, and will take an especial delight in see- ing one more of the dreams of the club come true. Oshawa Council Favors Moratorium On the recommendation of the (,eneral Purpose Committee, whose report was submittei by Ald, Boddy, the City Council en- dersed and adopted the following 1esolution emanating from the City Council of Windsor.-- "Whereas very large numbers of citizens of this city have, dur- ing recent months, due to fore- closure of land mortgages and agreements for sale, lost their homes upon which large and sub- s.antial portions of the purchase price and mortgage indebtedness have been paid; "And wheres the loss of the said homes has been due almost invariably to lack of employment on the part of the debtors and to a world wide condition of busi- ress depression for which they are in no way responsible; "And whereas the great major- ity of those so foreclosed could, however, hae paid interest, tax- es and insurance had they heen relieved from the payment of on Mortgages "And whereas it is the opinion of this Council of the utmost im- pcrtance and in the public inter- ast that the homes and life-time savings of its citizens should be NEW ENGINEER T. B. GOEDIKE Former Works Commissioner of York Township, who was ap- pointed by the city council on Monday night as City Engineer of Oshawa. * BELIEVE 'SEA SERPENT' HAS | BEEN CAPTURED protected in these abnormal times where it is possible so to do without injustice or undue hardship to the vendors "Now therefore be it resolved that this Council do and it does Lereby respectfully petition the Government of the Province of Ontario that it take the mecces- sary measures to declare a mora. torium upon all payments of principal in arrears owing on land ° mortgages and contracts and agreements for the purchase and sale of land and falling due within and for a period of one vear from the date of the dec- laration except in cases where in- terest, taxes, or insurance are not heing paid as they fall due; Le forwarded to the Prime Mini- ster of Ontario and the local principal; members of the Legislature." VEIUS ASSALT | Attacked in Bed by An | other Woman Who Beat | Her With Wooden Club (By Canadian Press) » Thorold, July 22.--Mrs, Salon- ika Yarnoski, 26, Thorold South, is in the hospital at St. Cathar- ires and police have apprehended Mrs. Eureka Glingin, believed to be the woman who walked into the home of Mrs. Yarnoski as she lay in bed last night and peat her iuto insensibility with a wooden- club, at the same time scratching her from head to foot, smashing a mirror and tearing the curtains into shreds. Neighbors, hear- ing screams, ran into the house, and it required the strength of three to tear away the assailant, who later escaped. Mrs, Yarn- oski's condition is reported as air. POOL TO CONTINUE IN SASKATCHEWAN (By Canadian Press) Regina, July 22.--Announce- ment that Saskatchewan Wheat Pool members may themselves decide the method by which their grain shall. be marketed, that amount of initial payments will shortly be made public and that the pool will continue to operate for 1931-32 crop season and for the marketing the members' grain, was made today in an official statement issued from pool headquarters here. STUDENT SHOT AT BOMBAY GOVERNOR © (Canadian Press Despatch) Pgona , India, July 22--Sir John E. B. Hotson, acting governor of Bombay, narrowly escaped death to- day when a bullet fired by a student hit his coat just above the heart and was stopped by the metal stud of is pocketbook." A d shot went wild. The governor overpow- ered the youth, who was arrested. im was found a second revol- ver, fully loaded. Sir John was un- WOMAN VICTIM OF 1SPOKE AT MEETING ON GAS BYLAWS Gordon D. Conant Address- ed Belleville Chamber of Commerce Meeting on Monday Night Gordon D. Conant, Canadian counsel and director of thé On- tario Shore Gas Company,*was in Belleville jon Monday evening ad- dressing a largely attended meet- ing of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce in connection with the bylaws for the sale of the Belle- ville gas system and the granting of a franchise and fixed assess- ment to the gas company. . The meeting was a highly interesting one, the feature being the present- ation of the Belleville gas system, showing that the people of the city 'would benefit in a large way, financially, by selling the gas sys- tem to the Ontario Shore Gas Company. > Public meetings in connection with the bylaws are being held on Thursday of this week, and Tues- day evening next. On Thursday evening, the speakers will include Eugene C. Lang, engineer of the Utilities Power and Light Corpor- ation, and Col, B, J. McCormick, Oshawa Chamber of Commerce Secretary, while on Tuesday next Ben E. Tate, of Chicago, Frank L. Mason, Gordon D. Conant and M. McIntyre Hood, of Oshawa, will be included among the speakers. -------------------- Ottawa, July 22.--Privale de- positors will not be affectéd by the reduction of one bal per cent, in the interest rate on cur- rent accounts as announced by the Canadian banks, according to local banking officials. The reduction is strictly on commer- cial accounts, 4 The annual trout-fishing match between England and Scotland took place at 'Leven and was'| successful enough: to prove (truth of the old / adage "trout will out," The secretary of the Society for the Propagation of Truth Among Anglers told me a pretty story of the event. It seems an Englishman and a Scotsman had a bet that the first one to cash a fish should pay for drinks, After Ria: for nearly an hour the Eng lah caught' a igh and lost the bet. Then the Scotsman decided to put some all the names of spo pr og iP Gisn of the burt; and made light of his experi- ence, chi i bait on his hook, ee and wortgagees of land; i and that copies of this resolution | e | Tiee With Roots Attached and Covered With Moss | Found in Lake by Swim- mer The sea serpent that is alleged tn" have been seen in the vicinity of the city pumping station last week, may have been run to earth, according to information that was received by The Times this morning. It was learned that Johnny Walker and his swimmers were out in the lake yesterday and came across a tree that still had the roots attached and which was covered with moss. It is thought tnat the tree may have produced the impression of a serpent if ob- | served from some distance, | There are others, however, who | «laim to have seen the reptile, who state that the. serpent was ast seen swimming in a wester- ly direction heading toward Whitby. They still claim that the serpent was authentic as they did not see how a tree could have travelled so fast and have return- ed to the vicinity of the bathing Leach. MISS H. BEGLEY IN HEROIC ROLE Member of Former Osh- awa Family Saves Com- panion From Drowning at Lindsay Miss Helen Begley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Begley, for- mer well-known residefits of Osh- awa, enacted an heroic role a few days ago in the Scugog river at Lindsay, when she saved her com- panion, Miss Bernadette McGuire from drowning. The two girls were swimming in the river just east of the locks. Miss McGuire Was using an inflated automobile tire, which slipped from her hody when she got into deep water. She immediately sank, and was n grave danger of drowning When Miss Begley, who is not a good swimmer, jumped from the ghore into the deep water and brought her companion to shore. This is not the first time that 'a member of the Begley family "has performed an heroic rescue from drowning, as her cousin, {ke Rev. Charles Begley, of Lind- say, holds the medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life. Thomas Begley, father of the heroic girl, was at one time a well-known resident of Oshawa, but left here some forty yedrs ago, after which he was for some time editor of the Lindsay Post. There are still many of his old friends in Oshawa who remem- ber him very well. CHURCH DEMANDS. $i (Canadian Press Despatch) = Toronto, July 22--Declaring' the potential power shortage in Ontario was "nothing but a bogey" and con- tending the Ontario power and light users had been "sold into bondage." T. L. Church, K.C; ex--M.P., last night demanded a "wide open in- ry" int Ota io contracts ot 0 er not tydro » POWER INQUIRY, .| some seven weeks FROM 150 Children Raise Money in Aid of Red Cross Work As a result of the effort of a group of little children living on Richmond Street East, a sum of $2.12 was handed to The Tin.es yesterday afternoon for the Red Cross Society's fund for the carrying on of its work at the Red Cross Cottage. These little children staged a concert in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Soenes, 295 Richmond street east, and neighbors and friends patronized to such an extent that the above sum was raised for the cottage fund. The children who took part in the program were: Lucille Feasby, Nellie Haverzon, Pauline Soanes, Margnret Soanes, Cartherine Soanes and Earl Phil- lips. The money raised has been forwarded to Mrs. M. Hezzelwood secretary-treasurer of the So- ciety, who is receiving all dona- tions for the Red Cross Cottage. oe ---------------- MONSTER OF LAKE PROVES NO MYTH "Sea Serpent" Caught in Sandusky Bay by Two Fishermen--Is 25 Feet Long Sandusky, Ohio, July 22.--The sca serpent that has terrorized Sandusky fishermen .during the last. two weeks and which was considered a fabrication of an in- ventive mind by local skeptics was captured yesterday by two Cincinnati fishermen in Sandusky Bay. Clifford Wilson and Francis Bagentrose, cement salesmen, were the fishermen who gave battle when the reptile appeared iu the east portion of the bay and conquered the beast after a thrilling battle that left them nerve-racked and barely able to talk. News of the capture of the sea. serpent spread shortly after the men brought it to shore and Ed. Ways, Sandusky, correspondent, accompanied by police captain Leo. J. Schifleyavent to the dock to view the creature. They reported that the serpent was at least 25 feet long and Shop nine inches - thick. Its back was black and gray, and its Lelly a dead white. The head was yellow with a black coronet. The head was said to be about nine inches long by six inches wide. Wilson said they were fishing when the monster suddenly ap- peared above the water near their poat and started to swim in their direction. According to Wilson's story, the monster mov- ed toward them with the evident intention of attacking, them, Wilson seized an oar and struck it over the head, stunning it. They then hit it. again and Wilson threw out a net and pull- cd the serpent into the beat. Captain Schifléy said the men were unable to talk rationally when he reached the scene, Thé captain said that no plans for disposition of the ser- pent had been made as no ope had any idea what to do with It. He said it was not dead, but had revived after being brought to shore. COMPLAINT LAID AGAINST FARMER Magistre:c Arranges for an Agreement Regarding Wages Owing to Labcrer Melville Knapp, of the Town: ship of East Whitby, made an' ap- pearance in police court this 'morning on the complaint of Cory | Stevens, of Oshawa, who had worked for him om his farm for early in the summer. Stevens, it was stated had agreed to work for Knapp for two months at $2.50 a week. Stevens 'claimed that he had re- ceived no money for.his work, Knapp claimed that as Stevens had not worked for him for the full period stipulated he was not TO 200 MEN TO BE EMPLOYED ON SUPPLY LINES TO BOWMANVILLE Folwell Engineering Come pay Limited, With R. T. Highland, Former Whit. by Boy, as Manager, Given Contract for Laye ing Gas Lines OSHAWA LABOR TO - BE GIVEN WORK Pipes Now Being Laid Out Along Highway, and Work on Trenches Will Start in Next Day or Two--Anxious to Use All Manual Labor Work on the digging of the tren ches for the gas supply pipe line for the Ontario Shore Gas Company from Oshawa to Bowmanville is be= ing started this week, and before many days between 150 and 200 men will be employed on the work "of doing the necessary digging, laying the pipe lines and doin® the back- filling for the stretch from this city for approximately ten miles east. All of the labor required will be securs ed through the Oshawa Employ= ment Office, with the exception of about six technical workers who will be doing the welding of the pipe; and the men employed will work right from Oshawa to the Bowmans, ville end of the line. The pipes bes ing used in the work are now be ing laid out along the highway, and digging will be started before the end of this week. : Bi The above welcome information for the unemployed men of the city was- given to The > morn= ing in an interview with R. T. Highland, manager of the Folwell - Engineering 'Company, which has been given the contract for laying the transmission and distribution lines by the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited. Mr. Highland, incidentally, is a native of Whit and had his early education at high school there. He was for some vears head of the Highland Con- struction Company, of Toronto, and later went to the Folwell Engineer= ing Company, Limited, as its mane ager. Anxious to Give Work - In his interview with The Times: Mr. Highland expressed the desire: of his company to live up faithfully: to the terms of the agreement bes tween the city of Oshawa and thE Ontario Shore Gas Company rés garding the employment of local las bor in all construction work. io "We are anxious," he said, "to give employment to as many men as possibly. We had originally plane (Continued on page 2) - Would Make Gypsy * Kingdom Republic Warsaw, July 22--Pol#nd"s gyspy kingdom is threatened with a dems ocratic revolution, The Polish 4 sies, who always have given i. J authorities more or less anxiety with their: periodic disputes over who should be acknowledged king constitute a new problem this year because one pretender is denouncs ing kings as old fashioned and 4s agitating for, a gypsy republic--with: himself as first president. i The 30,000 gypsies living in and still carry on a nomadic lifes During the winter most of them séts tle in towns where they Sometimes : even own their own homes. In the vy spring, however, they all more to special wagons covered by te ig something like that used in | Canadian West about sixty ago, and travel with their enti families and belongings all over Po: an s Though some of them came iginally to Poland from Hum centuries ago, ti speak on . en Polish and use among themsels a Hungarian dialect, ring their wanderings they make their by varous means. The men ving horses and repair iron nd household implements; the women tell fortunes. Sometimes the or 3 San th them Sine ani generally bears, an e performs ances in the villages. For years Polish gypsies were ed by. their ef--the so-call "King of Polish Gypsies"--Basil an Michael Kwicks-- could not : as to who was entitled to throne. Basil succeeded in gathering near Warsaw a large assembly of | Eypaies who conferred the crowh i a terrible b the adherents of Michael. A yeas ichael was elected king. "Lately the problem has 0 more complicated Re rte bound to pay, but finally agreed |; to pay $15 for the seven weeks ily. from the Beattharnsis Cor sul other power interests in Quebec, | poration but from that Stevens had worked for him. |