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4 Crouh : "Newspaper in a Growing City if i 4 ' pe ° VOL. 9--NO. 26 Published at Lvery a3 ute Falke Osh aa Daily Times Jucceeding The Oshawa Reformer "All the News While It Is News "' OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PA AS COMPANY ASSURED OF PROTECTIO Electors to Vote on Reducing Size of City Council | Gas Pipe Line Work COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF REDUCING - COUNCIL TO 10 MEMBERS Measure to be Presented to "Electors in January Next Was Adopted by Coun- cil in Committee of Whole Last Night WOULD CONTINUE THE WARD SYSTEM Vote to be a Proposal That Two Instead of Three Aldermen Be Elected by Each of City Wards That a vote of the people will be taken in January next on the mat- ter of reducing Oshawa's City Council to. ten Aldermen and the Mayor, two of the Aldermen to be elected from each af the five wards and the Mayor from the city as a whole, was practically assured last evening when City Council, meeting in "committee of the whole" passed a resolution indicat- ing $uch action. # Council had under discussion the r tioh tabled some time ago by 'P.'A. Macdonald for an am- t to the existing method of e ~ cit gepresentation whereby Coun- cil would consist of a Mayor and four members of a Board of Con- trol, all to be elected from the city as a whole, and five Aldermen to be elected under the existing ward system. : A great deal of discussion centred on this matter. The Mayor and some of the members of Council feeling that the city manager plan was an excellent one, but should not. be advocated at the present time owing to the additional ex- pense which would be incurred. Aldermen who supported the sug- gestion of forming a Board of Con- trol were, very apparently, in the minority, the opinion being freely expressed that under such a system the administration of' city business really lay in the hands of the Board the aldermen having little to say and becoming "mere figure-heads." Id. Morris drew attention to what he termed the "unfair distri- butioh" under the present ward sys- tem, figures being produced at his request by the *City Clerk which ve the numerical strength of the ferent wards in the city as fol- lows: Ward No. 1,42031; No." 2, 329; No. 3, 2055; No. 4, 3160, and No. 5, 683, the last named, Cedardale, giving rise to a discussion regard- ing a re-arrangement of the wards, seyeral members supporting the suggestion that a sixth ward 'be formed in the eastern part of the city and a more equitable distribu tion made. The motion that the question be put to the people at the next muni- cipal election for the reduction of the number of Aldermen from fif- teen to ten, as previously outlined was sponsored by Aldermen E. Jackson and Caunt, Aldermen Mac- donald and Morris dissenting from the majority when a vote of those present was taken, CONTINUE FLIGHT "AROUND WORLD) Pangborn and Herndon Ar- rive at Moscow From Berlin in Quest of New Record | aly, Sain ew) oscow, July 31. e Pang- born and Hugh Herndon Jr., United States airmen making a iy the one speed Bist, at { om Ber Janae at 11. HR (4.52 pr BRP.) nae ' . Pangborn said they had aban. doned their originai plan t> make tke Pacific crossing in one long bop from Tokylo to Seatt'e and instead will follow the Post Cat- ty route across Siberia and the Behring sea to Nome. J. M. DILLON DIES IN LONDON London, Ont., July 31.--One of London's prominent citizens, Joha Munro Dillon, died at bis summer. ho § in pendent wholessl 'in Can- olesale grocers yo J dn 135 "Hel rH 4 rad SEA CADET CORPS WAS INSPECTED BY KIWANUANS Corps, With Bugle Band Made Splendid Showing in Inspection at Armories Last Night Smart, alert and precise in the carrying out of the commands is- sued to them, the Oshawa Sea Cadets showed the members of the Kiwanis. Club who attended the inspection last night in the armories that they are a unit that the citizens of the city may well Le proud of. From the "fall in" until the order to dismiss was given there was not a dull mo- ment during the evening, with every phase of the work in which the cadets are Instructed, heing demonstrated. The activities of the evening were commenced with the march past of the whole corps, headed by the bugle band, with R. E. Bir. chard, president of the Kiwanis Club, taking the salute with Lieu- tenant Worrall. Following this the cadets took part in platoon drill under the direction of In- structor Lee. In this department of work the boys showed that they have learned well. the drill various evenings together, as they went through the drill with a precision that marked them as efficient in mlitary tactics, Then just to show that they are not trained along one line alone, the boys broke up into groups, each group taking a par- ticular phase of the training. One group gave a demonstration of gymnastics, while other groups tied knots or. bandaged for all types of injuries. Another group equipped with flags stationed themselves at either end of 'the long drill shed and sent messages back and forth. Then the whole unit gathered in a big circle in the centre of the floor and watch- ed while several of their number engaged in boxing. After the "fall in" was sounded again an inspection of the cadets was made by E. R. Birchard who was accompanied on his rounds by Lieutenant Worrall. The ev- ening's show was brought to a ciose with the lowering of the Union Jack with every boy at at- tention. BAND CONGERT 47 MEMORIAL PARK Band of Ontario Regiment Has Prepared an Excel lent Program of Music The Band of the Ontario Regi- ment, under the baton of Band- master T. Dempsey, W.0.I., has prepared an excellent program for its concert to be given in Memorial Park this eveming, the numbers selected for this even- ing being varied in character and chosen in order to contribute to the taste of people whose enjoy- ment is derived from widely sep- arated classes of music, Some of the outstanding num- bers will be "Tancredi" (Ross ini), - "The Wedding of The Winds" (John T. Hal), and "Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera" (Tobani), while "Moon- light Saving Time" and "Lone- some Lover" sre among the num- Date In the Tere modern class. € complete ro) : tolls: Pp program is as _ Gaoan ireh, "The Fed- nards'" ages); waltz "Tanered!" (Rossini); Rite Wed- ding of the Winds (Hall); "Wild Flowers" (Losey); "Fol- this mor- | low Me" (Fulton); o at Po |: (Fulton); the overture "Orpheus" = (Oftenhmeh) ; Saving Time"; Lovers; whtior Sun t ora (Tobani); Bol "and the National An- that. they have practsed in their | RE-ORGANIZATION AT GITY OFFICES WAS DISCUSSED Only Action as Yet Will Be Establishing Account- ing System in Engineer's Department With City Council meeting in "committee of the whole" yester- day evening, under the chairman- ship of Ald. T. Hawkes, a resolu- tion was adopted authorizing the City Treasurer, P. A Blackburn, to confer with the City Engineer, F. B. Goedike, with the view of estab- lishing certain accounting methods in the Engineer's Department. This matter was brought up through the discussion which centred on a resolution tabled by Aldermen Kirby and Macdonald, to the effect that the appointment of a City Hall Controller be consider- ed together with the re-organiza- tion of the staff at the City Build- ings for more economical and effi- cient service. The City Clerk, F. E. Hare, and Mr. Blackburn had been previously requested to confer and report on this suggestion, this report indicat- ing that in the opinion of these two senior city officials the appointment of a Controller was "probably advis- able" but that "his duties and pow- ers should be clearly defined by "v- law." The report referred to what wa termed "the danger of political in- fluence," and pointed out that "any re-organization must be unquestion- ably governed by the problem of accommodation." During the discussion the City Treasurer's comments on the report of the Auditors, issued in 1928 and tabled at the request of Council at that time, were referred to, the sug- gestions then put forward by Mr. Blackburn being considered still timely. It was brought out that no accur- ate method of records has ever been established in the Engineer's De- partment, several essential details regarding this matter being pointed out by the Treasurer. No defmite action was taken on the resolution which will be brought up again atter Mr. Blackburn's sug- gested system 'has been discussed with Mr, Goedike, OSHAWA LEGION GOING T0 PICNIC Large Contingent Expected to Make Trip to Canning- ton on Civic Holiday Plans for the Oshawa conting- ent to the Canadian Legion field day at Cannington on Monday, August 3, the Civie Holiday, were completed at'a meeting of the, cal branch executive last night. Free transportation. is being pro- vided for Legion members and their familips only, but this of ne- cessity is restricted to those who notify, in advance, A, H. Power, 8 Bond Street West, secretary of the branch, or Arthur Gladman, at the post office. Busses and trucks will be provided only on the basis of the number who signi- fy their intention of making the trip. The busses will leave the market building, corner of Prince and Richmond Streets, at 12 noon on Monday, so as to arrive in Can- nington in ample time for the pa- rade at 1.30 p.m., Standard Time. The Oshawa Branch will be rep- resented ' in' the championship softball tournament by a strong team, and hopes t, win the hon- ors. Although the field day is be- ing held under Legion auspices, it is entirely open to the public, and it is expected that a large number of Oshawa people will make Cannington the goal of their Civic Holiday outing. COCHET TO TURN PRO. Paris, July 31.--Henr| Cochet, world's ranking amateur tennis player, today told his friends that he planned to turn 'professional about the middle of September. ------------ Woman's Flight Pre : Shanghai, July 831--Amy John- son, British woman flier, enroute from Engalnd to Tokylo, took off today from Omsk. She telegraph- ed that she expected to reach Krasnojarsk tonight. Jiaiate coat' OF oho or Traf 1 0 were Jassenger vehid % cases : > ¢onditiol Athol Streets. police. service in the north end of the present controversy. Was Stopped Today After Demonstration At seven o'clock this morning, the hour for the com- mencement of work under ordinary conditions, following the action of the leaders of the unemployed of the city in withdrawing men from the work of 'laying gas pipe lines which is reported fully elsewhere in this paper, forty or fifty men, all of them willing to work for six cents per foot on the trenches to carry the pipes, congre- gated on the job in the neighborhood of St. Julien and In addition to these men a crowd of some 200 unem- ployed were also on hand, together with a small force of Under these circumstances the tools were not issued by the foreman of the Folwell Engineering Co., and no attempt was made to put any men at work. A crowd of men, varying in size throughout the fore- noon, congregated in the vicinity of the job, some of them being disappointed at not being able to get to work, while others supported the action of the leaders in the movement to tie the work up. The Ontario Shore Gas Company's work at the gas plant, and in laying mains for the extension of the city's the city, is not affected by About seventy-five men are at present employed by the company at the plant and on the mains, those engaged in the laying of pipe lines being paid at the hourly rate of forty cents. Belleville, July 31.--The elec- tors and ratepayers of Belleville, by an overwhelming majority, yes- terday carried the three by-laws, providing for the sale of the city's gas system to the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited, and for granting a fixed assesment and franchise to supply and distribute gas, to the company. The vote was overwhelmingly one-sided, the by-law for the gale of the gas Belleville Gas System Bylaws Were All Carried By Sweeping Majorities plant being carried by the amaz- ing figure of 691 to, 3. In all but three of the city's polling sub-div. isions, the vote was absolutely un- animous -in favor of selling the gag system. The fixed assessment by-law was carried by a vote of 646 to 47, there being, apparently, a slightly stronger feeling against the fixed assessment, On the question of the franchise, on (Continued on page 3) Ottawa, July 31.---Emphatical- ly dissociating himself from the private dealings of his senator friends, some of whose actions he termed '"'wholly unjustifiable," Rt, Hon. W, L. Mackenzie King, Liberal leader, sent the Beauhar- noig report debate into a dramat- ic pitch last night in the House of Commofis when the findings of the parliamentary inquiry were pre- sented. Late in his speech Mr. King de- manded that a royal commission be named to probe all campaign contributions of both parties in the last three general elections. He charged that if such action were not taken by Premier Ben- nett the people of Canada would Mackenzie King Asks For Beauharnois Commission judge that the Beauharnois probe was started to "pin something on the Liberals and go no further." "The Liberal party is in the valley of humiliation. Many on this side of the House have brok- en hearts," he said in accents hoarse with emotion, Denies Knowledge of Contribution Mr. King denied all knowledge of campaign contributions. He branded the committee report as full of "insinuations and innuen- does," but joined in the criticism of R. O. Sweezey, president of the Beauharnois Corporation, who, he asserted, was a man of "curious notions' as regards the value of party fund donations in the way (Continued on page 3) MOTOR DEATHS' TOLL IN ONTARIO [5 39 FOR JUNE 857 Crashes in That Month Are Reported by High- ways Department on the Roads of Province Toronto, July 31--Statistics pre- pared by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the Department of Highways and released yesterday by J. P. ickell, Registrar, reveal that deaths from motor-car accidents are still mounting--that during the month of June 59 persons were kill= ed and 835 injured in the 857 crash- es which occurred throughout the Province. Of these crashes, 261 were collis- ions with pedestrians, 350 collisions with other cars, 52 collisions with bicycles, and, 50 collisions with fixed objects. Twelve hundred and forty drivers figured in them; 1,150 were male and 90 female. Only 30 of them were under 18 years of age, 782 had more than a year's driv- ing experience, and only 13 were 'intoxicated. ; Of the 857 accidents, 278 occurred at street intersections and 193.0n a t Of th cars, fast 70 cases of bein, e of as of being cases of no right of way, 16 cases of cutting in, and 18 cases of dri- vers failing to signal, for road and PARKER RENEWS CHARGE AGAINST WE. N. SINCLAIR Claims Former Party Lead- er Advised Legislature Leader to Ignofe Invita- "tion Toronto, July 81.--The breach between Willlam E. N. Sinclair and officers of the Ontario Lib: eral Association widened yester- day, with a further statement is- sued to the press by W. R. P. Parker, First Vice-President of the association. In this statement Mr. Parker declares that he pos- sesses a telegram sent by Mr. Sin- clair to a Liberal member of the Legislature, advising him to re- main away from =a luncheon meeting, which would be attend- ed, by certain members of the as- soclation's executive, Will Produce Telegram . Parker further declares that he will produce this tele- gram at the annual meeting of the Ontario Liberal Association at London in October. He states that he will also produce proof at this meeting that Mr, Sinclair has done "a similar thing" on a previous occasion. Mr. Parker's statement follows a challenge issued by Mr. Sin- clair 'yesterday morning to pro- duce evidence that he had' dis- (Continued on psge 3), EAST WHITBY NOT INTERESTED IN WAGES PAID MEN Reeve Ross Say Council's Only Concern Is to See Men From Township Employed John Ross, Reeve of East Whit- by and Warden of Ontario County, speaking to The Times this morn- ing in connection with the prob- lems which have recently develop. ed regarding the employment of labor in the laying of the gas pipe lines of the Ontario Shore Gas Co. from Whitby to Bowmanville, ex- pressed the opinion that Fast Whitby Township Council was not officially interested in the rate of wages paid to the men at work within the township limits, but was officially interested in seeing that residents of the township re- ceived every preference so far as Shployment on the job is concern- ed. Leaders of the unemployed in Oshawa, during the discussion at the corner of Simcoe and Metcalf Strets late last night between themselves, the Mayor, geveral Al- dermen, and the manager of the Folwell Engineering Co., made the positive statement that the unemployed of Bowmanville and East Whitby were absolutely side by side with the Oshawa men 'in their demands for forty cents per hour and an eight-hour day. The assertion was made lat night that the Township Council of East Whitby had taken the stand that it "would see hell freeze over be- fore East Whithy men worked on the gas line for less than a living wage." Outside Jurisdiction Reeve John Ross, however, speaking to The Times this morn- ing, stated "the question of the (Continued on page 3) WARRIORS' DAY WITHDRAWAL OF MEN O GAS LINE WORK CAUSES DISCUSSION IN COUNCIL MAJOR. B. SHITH INABLETOGOTO REGIMENT GAP Medical Advisor Reports Acting Commander Offi- cer Too Sick for Ux- bridge Outing It was announced by Capt. A. L. Tosland, Adjutant of the On- tario- Regiment, that the doctor in attendance on Major R. B. Smith, who was recently reported as sick, could give no hope of this popular officet being suf- ficiently recovered to attend the three-day camp of the regiment in Uxbridge during the coming week-end. In the absence of Lt.-Colonel E. C. Hodgins Major Smith was to have assumed command of the camp. As 'second in com- mand" of the Ontario Regiment a great deal of the administra- tion work of the unit has fallen upon his shoulders since the re- moval of Col. Hodgins to King- ston, and to a very great extent it is due to Major Smith's per- sonal executive and organization ability that the camp has been arranged for, Every officer, N.C.0. and man in the battalion will regret that Major Smith cannot attend this camp, while he himself was look- ing forward to the brief outing with a great deal of enjoyment. Under these. circumstances command of the unit in camp will fall upon Captain E, Pear- son, the next senior officer oa the regimental roll, Capt. Pear- son usually having command of "A" Company, PLANS ARE MADE Oshawa Branch of the Legion Will 'Again Take! Part in Event at the C.N.E. Preliminary plans for the par- ticipation of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion in the Warriors' Day parade at the Can- adian National Exhibition on Sat- urday, August 29. were consider- ed at a meeting of the branch ex- ecutive last night, when it was de- cided to make a.strong effort to have a'large representation in the parade. As has been usual in past years, busses will be avail- able for the transportation of members and their families, and the executive last night decided on a charge of $1.00 for adults and 60 cents for children between the ages of 6 and 16, for the re- turn fare to Toront, exhibition grounds, and back, this to include admision to the grounds. The Legion party for the parade will be accompanied by the band of the Ontario Regiment, and will probably be the largest conting- ent from any point outside of To- ronto. Tickets for the trip will be available within the next few days. EIGHT WELDERS ONLOGAL LISTS Employment Bureau Has Men Listed Such as Re- quired for Gas Line Work In connection with the com- plaint that the Folwell Engineer- town welders on theaoinmfwyppp in Co, are employing out-of-town welders on the work oi connect ing the different lengths of pipe necessary to form the main be- ing Co. are employing out-of-town manville, it is interesting to note that efiquiry at the local Govern- ment Employment Bureau elicits the information that there are at present eight Oshawa residents, detceribed as welders, registered as seeking employment. It is not known, however, how many out thege eight local men are capable of doing the particu- lar class of work required of them by the contractors on the job in guestion. Some of this number | are experienced in working with acetylene gas, the class of work carried out in this particular in- stunce, but whether they are effi- cient in the work of linking pipe as required on this job could on. | | | FRAUD ACTION WAS DISMISSED Magistrate Says Charge Arose Out of Misunder- standing Between Two Men His Worship, Creighton, dismissed the action brought by Murrell Woodward against William Peters for alleg- ed fraud, in city police court this morning. In passing judgment His Worship commented that there was no need to call defense witnesses as while there were some grounds for misunderstand- ing between the men they were not such as to indicate that there had been any intent to commit fraud. He stated that he was in- fluenced in his decision by the fact that Woodward had learned that all the furnishings of .the barber shop purchased by him did not belong to the accused yet he allowed the bargain to stand for some time. Louis Hyman ap- peared for Peters, while Crown Attorney ducted the pr he evi n the evidence it was brought out that Woodward ph isles the barber shop' operated by the defendant early in July and had come to an arrangement with him whereby he paid a certain amount for the fitness and a certain amount for the equipment, while Peters still continued to work in the shop on a tage basis. It was not until after the bargain was made and the money paid over, W rd alleged, that he learned '8 number of articles in the shop were not the property of Peters. Yet he admitted he did not bring action at once, British House of Commons Adjourns (By Canadian Press) London, July 31--Both Houses 'of Parliament adjourned: this af- ternoon until Oct. 2 or until an earlier date decided upon by the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House, should an extra session in connection with the in- ternational financial situation be considered in the National inter- est. Magistrate SUICIDE BELIEVED Niagara Falls, July 81. -- Ar. thur M. Stearns, said to be a millionaire broker of New York City, is believed to have com- mitted shicide by going over the 1y 'be decided by a demonstration of their abilities, ' Horseshoe Falls from this side, today, Aldermen Declare Gas Company Has Relieved Unemployment Consid- erably and Must Be Pro- tected MEN WERE TAKEN OFF JOB YESTERDAY Claim That Living Wage Was Not Being Paid Re futed by Record of Men Earning $2.40 in Half a Day ' ---- Following a request for "advice™ made by Mayor Ernie Marks to the City Council, sitting as a "commit tee of the whole" yesterday evens ing, he was given unanimous au- thority to give the Ontario Shore Gas Co, and the Folwell Engineer- ing Co.. full protection in carrying otit their work of laying gas pipe lines within the city limits, follow- ing the withdrawal of men from this work early yesterday afternoon by leaders of the unemployed Leaders in this movement to withdraw the men from off the job are demanding forty cents per hour and an eight-hour day, instead of the arrangement under which the men have been working, namely six cents per foot of trench dug. The business of Council was thought to be over last night when the Mayor stated "just a minute, gentlemen, there is a serious mate ter upon which I want to get your advice." "At one o'clock to-day the Osh= awa men employed in laying the line of the gas company were pulled off the work by the executive commits teé of the unemployed. I have do conciliation, but apparently I can not get'anywhere, Now I want to know what 1 shall do next, "The men want forty cents an | hour and an eight-hour day. 1 met {them in the. Park here and 1 told them that this work is helping the city. Relieving the city from the payment of money for relief. have asked them to co-operate with the city, and if they can get any wage at all upon which it is possi= ble for them to live to take it", said the Mayor. Ald. P. M. Macdonald--""We have nothing to do with this that I can | see. 1f the gas company goes ahead and offers men wages they can get lots of men I should think, and we should sce that they get protection 'if they want to work." Mayor Marks--""The company is going to spend $15000 in actual wages. Some people seem to forget that." Ald. Morris--"I would tell the gas company to hire who they liked, and give them protection." Ald. Macdonald. --"This is a pri- vate enterprise." Ald. Boddy.--"The gas company has let a contract at so much per foot, has it not?" Mayor Marks.--"Yes, and then there was a row over some machine. I have definite information that this morning thirty-four men on one portion of the job, were working at the rate of six cents per foot. . quarter to twelve, nearly noon, ut three of these men had pleted their first allotment of for feet. They had earned $240 were ready to go on with the next forty feet in the afternoon." . Ald. Waterous, -- "I understand there is some complaint about som of the men sub-letting their all ment. Foreigners in the same boarding house, or something work= ing together on one man's job." ' (Continued on page 6) $3,000 SET ASIDE 10 PROVIDE WORK Emergency Measure Taken by Brantford City Coun- cil to Give Employment Drantiod, July 31.-At a spe- cial ne, called at noon yes Fee Ring City Council authoriz- 'ed an edditional appropriation of $3,000 to provide works for ig dire straits. The wonk will be ided through the Board of Barks Department, +the pen' pamed from the Re- f Department lists. Pay will be in credits, and the appropriation will be charged against the Relief Department. cy measure to tide the situation over until, with the Government's announcement of a policy, a sta- ble plan could be framed. my very best to act as a board of Row SAVE 7 Mayor Marks. --"I saw the gee It was pointed out J that this wag merely an emergen- ORE TR