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| HE A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City A Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer News "' "All the News While It Is VOL. 9--NO. 46 Published at Oshawa, Ont., Canada, hy Every. Day Except Sundays and Public Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a ; TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES 'QUEBEC LIBERALS BACK INTO POWER Oshawa Street Railway Company May Extend Service CONSIDERING A SPUR INTO LAKEVIEW PARK TO CARRY PASSENGERS Would Run From Simcoe Street South to Neigh- borhood of Present Pa- vilion Building PRESENT STOP NOT VERY CONVENIENT Line May Run Through Site Previously Occupied by Buffalo Pen--Would Be Big Improvement The construction of a spur line from the Oshawa Railway Co.'s present street car terminus on Sim- coe street south into Lakeview Park is a project which is said to be un- der consideration now. By means of this spur line, visitors to Lake- view Park could be carried right in- to the grounds and would be saved a long walk to and from the street car. Each year Lakeview Park is be- coming more popular with thous- ands of people. Every fine day dur- ing the summer, the park is visited by large . numbers of people who come tp bathe, picnic or enjoy its natural beauty and the benefits of cool lake breezes. On Sundays and holidays the park is thronged by thousands, A large proportion of visitors to the park are brought there by the Oshawa Railway Co. Each car bears' its quota of picnickers and iy fglidaye the traffic is particular- heavy. Y the present time, the cars stop opposite the road leading into the park and it is necessary for persons going to the park to cross Simcoe street with its heavy traffic, and walk a considerable distance before they may reach a spot where picnic baskets and other luggage may be deposited. ~ After a day spent "in bathing, playing sottball, racing and hearty eating of picnic lunches these same persons are naturally weary when the time comes to walk back to the street car line to catch a car. Arriving at the car tracks, un- less there happens to be a car wait- ing at the time, they must stand and wait for a minute or two until a street car arrives, The weather is not always fine at Lakeview Park but is as much given to vagaries there as at any other place. Showers have been known to gmbarrass holiday makers and people who have been forced to race from the centre of the park to the car line in the midst of a heavy downpour of rain have felt that their cup of woe is complete, Such an experience does much to quench the right holiday spirit. According to the proposal which is now being suggested, the railway company could extend a spur line from the present car stop through .the old buffalo enclosure, behind the "old stone dwelling and along the south edge of the playing field to a point opposite the Jubilee Pavilion Passengers then could be brought almost to the heart of the park, thus saving the long walk to and from the car line, It is also pointed out that some kind of a shelter could be erected at this new term- inus so that in time of rain people would not get soaked while waiting for a street car. EEE EEE EERE EE 6 FIGS AND THISTLES . A unique exhibitor with * a unique exhibit visited * the Star Boarder at The * Times Office yesterday. * The man himsel? was * unique because he flatly * refused to divulge his * name and address - while * the exhibit was na still * stranger phenomenon. . That it is impossible to * gather figs from thistles * Is an accepted precept but * nevertheless "the Star * Boarder's visitor gathers * tomatoes from potato ¥ plants, and haa been doing * so for some weeks. . Instead of planting his ¥ young tomato plants in * his garden in the usual * orthodox manner his gar- * dener, being fond of ex- * perimenting, cut oft the * tops of his young potatoes * and grafted the tomatoes * on to the stems, . The result--fine ripe * tomatoes nourished by the * potatoes and also a fine * crop of potatoes. " The visitor to The * Times office evidently * wishes to enjoy hig garden * in peace and is afraid that * if his name and address * are broadcast his privacy * will be invaded by an en- * quiring horde of clirious * persons. 88888280080 * * » -. . * * LJ . . LJ] - LJ - L Ld Ld LJ * . LJ LJ * * Ld -. LJ Ld * . * L * - LJ . . J * . . Ld 4 sess Presided W. J. TRICK The President of Oshawa Kiwanis Club who presided at the lun- cheon of Service Clubs held to- day when officers of the Pro- vincial Command, Canadian Legion, were honored guests. EXECUTIVE IS DOWN TO WORK Legion Officers Enthusias- tic Over Financial Report With executive sessions start- irg this forenoon, the fifth an- nual convention of the Ontario Provincial Command of the Cana- dian Legion got under way at the Hotel Genosha this forenoon and the executive and officers paved the way for the business sessions which open tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, rarry Bray, of Toronto, the provincial chairman is presiding over the executive sessions which are concerned largely with discussion of the financial report and the {aterior eccnomy of the organization. At this mornings' session, however, the resolutions committee was named, subject to the cor rma. tion of the convention toaiorrow morning, and the chairmen were appointed for other committees. The resolutions commitiee is as follows: Rev. John Kelman, Mount Den- nis, chairman; Captain Murchie, Totonto; Captain W. P. Grant, Ottawa; Captain C. S. Archibald. Seaforth, and Dr. J. Gimby, Sault Ste. Marfe. » Procedure Cummittee, M. Me- Intyre Hood, Oshawa, chairman Ways and Means Committee, Cc F. J. Pickering, Toronto, chairman. Constitution and Laws Commit. . tee, Austin Neame, Timmins, chairman. Financial Statement The financial statement: pre- sented to the committse was re- ceived with enthusiasm, ia that it showed that a deficit of ceer $10,000 a year ago had, in that time, been transformed into a credit balance of $8,000. This forenoon delegates con- tinued to arrive, and possibly two hundred Legion branch rep- resentatives are now in the city. Large contingents are expccted kere this evening, in readiness for the opening ceremonies to- morrow morning. Tomérrow's opening ceremon- ies will be brief, the mayor's ad- dress of welcome and the intro- duction of prominent citizens and representatives of organizations Leing the features. The conven- tion will settle down to business at once after the official welcome, and will be jn session until 5.30 p.m. At six o'clock there will be a picnic supper served by the Osh- awa Ladies' Auxiliary, followed by sports, at Lakeview Park, while at 8.30 there will be a musical and vaudeville revue, ar- ranged by the Famocs Players Canadian Corporation through the courtesy of R. S. McLaughlin, staged in the General Motors Auditorium. One ot the princinal items of business tomorrow afternoon will be the nomination of officers. this taking place on the first day of open sessions with the election on Friday aternoon. . WEATHER Probabilities -- | ~~ Moderate to [WILL ASK FOR PENSION RELIEF Manitoba Asks Dominion To Bear Whole Cost (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Aug. 25--The Mani- i|toba Government will request the Dominion administration to assume the whole cost of old age pensions with the province this year, Pre- mier John Bracken announced last night. He stated his government was unable to finance 25 per cent. of the scheme because of crop fail- ure and revealed that Hon. W. R. Clubb, Minister of Public Works, has been instructed to ask the Do- minipn Government to assume the whole cost when he presents Mani- toba's relief program to the Min- ister of Labor, at Ottawa, probably today. MAY CONSIDER IMPROVEMENTS With Buffalo Gone Beautify Picnic Grounds Bo Now that the buffalo have been removed from the enclosure in which they were kept for several years at Lakeview Park, people are now asking when the fence about the former buffalo grounds will be removed and the property, once oc- cupied by the shaggy herd, included with the rest of the park. It is the Parks Commission which must initjate action in this matter. The commission was responsible for the removal of the buffalo and now it is for this body to remove the fence so that the one time buffalo eficlosure may no longer be an en- closure but open to the park and the street. The arca within the enclosure is rough, uneven ground covered by coarse grass, In order that it may become part of the park, it will be necessary to plough this land up and have it seeded with grass seed or sodded, This is something which the Parks Commission will no doubt have done this fall, so that the pro- perty may be in good shape " next summer. THE KING CALLS PRIVY COUNCIL Seals of Office To Be Hand- ed in by Labor Men Can (By Canadian Press) London, Aug. 25.--His Majesty has called a Privy Council meet- ig for tomorrow morning. At this meeting it is expected members of the old Labor Cabinet will hand in their seals ot office which will be transferred to min- isters in the new National Gov. ernment headed by Prime Minis- tar Ramsay MacDonald. FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR LINDSAY . ol . Motorcyclist Killed in Col- lision With Car Last Night Lindsay, Aug. 25.--Howard A. Moore, Midway, Pa., was killed instantly, seven miles southeast of here on No. 7 Highway last night when a car driven by Miss Irene Ross, 162 Pacific Avenue, Toronto, crashed head-on with a motorcycle on which he was rid- ing. Moore suffered a fractured skull. Glen Griffith, also of Pennsylvania, who was with Moore, escaped with minor in- juries. According to police, Miss Ross, who was accompanied by her mother and a small boy, were driving west from Omemee, en route to their summer home at Lake Simcoe, when a herd of eleven cattle and one horse, was driven across their path to a pasturage by E. Reed, a farm hand. Miss Ross pulled to the side of the highway to pass the herd, police say, and collided with the motorcycle, Moore and Griffith were on their way from Bobcaygeon to Black Rapids, mear Kingston, to fish. It was Griffith's first. visit to Canada, although Moore has been here before. An inquest was opened here tonight under Cor- oner Dr, Collison and was ad- Ig i ¥) Cabinet Is Announced By Ramsay MacDonald ; (Special Canadian Press Cable) London, Aug. 25.--Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald completed the roster of his new National Non-political Cabinet today and took it to Buckingham Palace where it was approved by the King. "The barometer is setting fair," to his office in Downing Street. preliminaries." he said when he returned "We have very nearly finished The complete cabinet is as follows: -- Mr. MacDonald, Prime Minister and First Lord of Treasury. Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin (Cons.), President of Council. Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden chequer. (Labor), Chancellor of Ex- Sir Herbert Samuel (Liberal), Home Secretary. Lord Sankey (Labor), Lord Chancellor. Lord Reading (Liberal), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir Samuel Hoare (Cons.), Secretary of State for India. Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas (Labor), Secretary of State for Dominions and Colonies. Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain (Cons.), Minister of Health. Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister (Cons.), President of Board of Trade. Sir Donald Maclean (Lib.), President of Board of Edu- cation. Sir Henry Betterton (Cons.), Minister of Labor. Lord Londonderry (Cons.), First Commissioner of Works. Lord Lothian (Lib.), Chancellor of Duchy of Lancester. Lord Amulree (Labor), Secretary of State for Air. Sir Austin Chamberlain (Cons.), First Lord of Admiralty. Sir Archibald Sinclair (Cons.), Secretary for Scotland. The Secretary for War and Minister of Agriculture are to be announced later. National Government Made First Statement Specific Aim Will Be Tor Inspire Confidence in Pound Sterling--Policy With This Object in View Will Be Main Just- ification for Existence of Coalition Cabinet London, Aug. 25. -- The new national Government will take whatever steps it deems neces- sary to keep confidence in the pound sterling unimpaired, it was indicated in an official statement on the situation issued from 10 Powning Street last night, The gtatement follows. "The Prime Minister, since his appointment by Mis Majesty this afternoon, has been in consulta- tion with Stanley Baldwin, Sir Herbert Samuel and Philip Snow- den as to the names to be submit- ted to the King for inclusion as Ministers to the new Government, Considerable progress has been made. "The specific object for which the new : Government is being formed is to dea} with the nation- al emergency that now exists. It is not to be a coalition Govern- ment in the usual sense of the term, but a Government of co- operation for this one purpose. When that purpose is achieved the political parties will resume their respective positions. "In order to correct without delay the excess of national ex- penditure over revenue, it is an- ticipated that Parl' nent will be summoned September 8, when proposals will be submitted to the House for a very large reduction in expenditure and for provision, on an equitable basis, of the fur- ther funds which will be required to balance the budget. "As the commerce and well- being, not only of the British na- tion but of a large part of the civilized world, has been built up and rests upon well-founded con- fidence in the pound sterling, the rew Government will take what- ever steps may be demed by them necessary to keep that confidence unimpaired." U.3. BANKERS DID NOT INTERFERE Officially Denied That Dole Affected Credits (By Canadian Press) London, Aug. 25.--Official de- nial was issued this afternoon of a statement in the laborite Daily Herald that United States Bankers had stipulated a reduce tion of the dole as a condition to granting further credits to the Bgnk of England. "You may deny that any such conditions have been imposed," it was stated from an authorita- tive source. To Christen Baby on September 15 Ottawa, Aug. 25.--It was an- nounced yesterday from Govern- ment House that Their Excellen- cles Lord and Lady Bessboroagh Lope to return to Ottawa cn September 11, and to hold the christening of their infant son at Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ot- tawa, on September 15. Her Excellency will not accom- pany the Governor-Gene.al on his tour of the Maritime Provinces, commencing September 27, but will remain at Rideau Hall. BLOWN TO PIECES Canadian Press) (By St, Catharines, Ont., Aug, 25. ---One m is believed to have been drowned when a gasoline cruiser engine backfired and ex- ploded the gas tank. The boat .was blown to pieces. Other oc 'cupants of the boat swam ashore and told the canal attendant his companion was unable to swim. He then departed without reveal- ing his identity other than saying they were from Niagara, Fall, LX 2 HE WAS ON TRACTOR WHEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING BOLT Howard Farndale, a highly re- spected farmer who lives on R.R, 1, writes to The Times calling attention to an error which crept into the news forwarded recently, and published in this paper, by the correspondent at Kinsale. In this news item, published on August 20, it wes stated "Howard FKarndale's silo was struck by lightning several days ago. He is now able to drive out in his car. It was very fortunate that he was not killed." Mr. Farndale states that he was given a shock by lightning about three weeks ago when he was working on a tractor, He was not near any silo at the time. He has, apparently, had a great deal of fun with his friends try- ing to figure out just where his silo is situated in his anatomy. The Times regrets that an er- ror should have crept into the report of this incident. Mayor Marks Had Pleasant Company "Yes, I have a new stenographer today," Mayor Marks admitted when he was accosted by The 'Times as he was leaving his office in the city hall this morning. His Warship was followed by a chiarm- ing litle lassie who smiled up shyly into the face of the newspapetman. "This is my daughter Betty," the Ma or explained., "Nothing would o DLE he had to come down to the en with me today." "How do you do said Betty to the reporter, and who could feel but that one did well in meeting a pret- ty little miss of nine or ten years 'who smiled so graciously and acted (a2 perfect little lady is expected to LOCAL SWIMMER TRAINING HARD J. W. Everitt Leaves For Toronto This Week James W. Everitt, the Oshawa war veteran who has entered for the big swim to be held at the C. N.E. on Wednesday of next week, is still continuing rigid training at the lake shore, Up until yesterday Mr. Everitt was training regularly with Johnny Walker and his camp near Lakeview Park and now that the camp has broken up and moved to Toronto he will not let up for a moment in his program. To-morrow evening the public will have an oportunity of seeing the lo- cal man in action as he has arrang- ed wo stage an exhibition for the picnic being held in conjunction with the Legion Convention, but apart from this special occasion he is contenting himself with the pro- gram commenced when he was un- der the advice of Johnny Walker. Mr. Everitt has done a great deal of swimming in his time although next week will be the first occasion upon which he has entered any of the more important events. + His longest swim, when any definite re- cord was kept, was of seventeen and a half miles at Port Said, Egypt, some thirteen years ago- when he | wAs serving in the mercantile mar- ine. Mr. Everitt expects to go to Toronto to make final preparations for the big event at the end of this week. He will be accompanied by one of his own boys and also by Ed. Armour who will supply the boat and attend him during the swim, while Rev. Captain E. Harston has made arrangements to be in attend- ance during the event and feed Mr. Everitt during the hours that he will be in the water, Mr. Everitt, who is a married man with five children, one of the many citizens who are unable to obtain regular employment at the present time, states that his chief troybles are to obtain a sufficient sum of money to cover his expenses in Toronto. He feels that it is very necessary, Johnny Walker emphas- izing this fact, that he should be in Toronto for several days betore the swim in order to get into the water as often as possible. "There is also a possibility that the event may be postponed from day to day as the rules governing entry call for the water to be at a temperature of 58 degrees . He must also pay the ex- penses of his attendant Mr. our, and the cost of transporting his boat, Mr, Lveritt is obtaining a great deal of encouragement in his ctforts many citizens subscribing both large and small sums towards his cx- penses and the Oshawa branch of the Canadian Legion having donat- cd $10, towards this end. He states, however, that the sum already rc- ceived must be increased before he feels completely ready to cope with every condition which may arise, Arrangements have been made, therefore, for further subscriptions established to be received either at towards the fund which has been established to be received either at Mike's Place or at the office of The Daily Times, _ The swim in which Mr. Everitt is to take part is of fifteen miles and he feels quite confident of be- ing able to cover this distance pro- vided conditions are at all favor; able, He swims with a strong "side stroke, and is rapidly reaching the pink of Sondttion. TOOK OTTAWA WITH A SHILE Earl Jellicoe Given Rous- ing Reception in Capital Ottawa, Aug. 25. -- A short slight, bronzed sailorman, whom every tar in the British navy knows as "Hell-Fire Jack" took the capital of Canada last night with no heavier arwament thau a shy, genial smile, Cheers which echoed through the Union Station and were ye! l'ut the prelude to a refrain of enthusiasm that followed him everywhere, greeted Earl Jellicoe, admiral of the fleet and hero of the Battle of Jutland, when he arrived in Ottawa. Within three heurs of his ar- rival, the grand president of the British Empire Service Leagus, who is visiting Canada for the an- nual meeting of the Cana lian Legion at Oshawd, had begun the heavy official itinerary whizh had been prepared for him here. Nearly 700 army and navy vet- erans, officials of the Legion's Dominion command, and members of its Ottawa branch, wih their ladies gathered at the organiza. tion's local headquarters for a reception to the visiting admiral. Ar at the station on his arrival, oficial Ottawa rubbed shoulders with the humblest ex-service man Arm- | HAVE MAJORITY OF 68 ON UNOFFICIAL COUNT OF YESTERDAY'S VOTE Gave Inspiring Address | Government Elected 79 LT.-COL. B, O. HOOPER, D.8.0., M.C. Treasurer of the Pro- vincial Command, Canadian Legion, who was the guest speaker at the luncheon held by the Oshawa Service Clubs at noon today. WHO WILL HEAD LABOR PARTY? Honorary | Ramsay MacDonald Said To Be Estranged From Unionists 25.--What is the Labor economy the London, Aug. going to happen in Party, split over the program to be followed by national government? Until yesterday afternoon Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald was the political head of the Labor Party, It is claimed by some that in setting up a national govern- ment Mr. MacDonald has com- completely estranged himself from the trades unionists, Mr, Thomas may likewise be 'dis- owned." In this event who will head the Labor Party when it Zcrms itself into regular line of batfle after the emergency? If Mr, Mac- Donald has indeed lost tLe leac- ership the most obvious successor is Rt, Hon. Arthur Hendcrson, who has not broken his silence, although 1i% is known he has broken with the Prime Minister. For reasons apart from the im- mediate situation it is known that Mr, MacDonald and Mr. Hen- derson--erstwhile foreign secre- tary--have not been easy in each other's company for a long while. Mr. Henderson started life as a working iron-moulder and start- ed in politics as a Liberal, No more high-minded a character ever rose to high office in the state yet Mr. Henderson at the core is a trades unionist, while his study of affairs in the larger field is the big finishing touch of his politica] education. When parliament again meets it 1s quite likely Mr. Henderson will face Ramsay. MacDonald across the table as head of the Opposition. So. far as indications go, the Opposition front bench will present a by no means negli, gible spectacle. At least seven of the Prime Minister's old cabinet colleagues--some say nine--are likely to be with Mr. Henderson. Meanwhile Rt. Hon. J, H. Thomas, who remains in the new cabinet and who cultivated a struggling, ill-kempt railway- men's union into one of the strongest forces of its kind, seems to have lost the support of his union. The formation of the national governent is a momentous event in the political fortunes of the country at large; it is likely to prove a momentous event too in the history of the Labor Party as a parliamentary force. It was estimated last night that out of 286 Labor members in the House, 110 would be found in the Opposition benches when the parliament assembles perhaps early next month, atl this function of welcome. As he entered Ottawa head- quarters, Admiral Jellicoe signed a form and pecame a member of the Ottawa branch of the l.egion. Frig.-Gen, Sir Gerald Verner White, who is in the admiral's party, became a life-member of the Legion, Lord Jellicoe signing the certificate with a fountain pen berrowed from a local newspaper man, rt Candidates Compared With Conservatives 11-- Taschereau Returned to Power Stronger Than Ever HOUDE DEFEATED IN TWO RIDINGS Conservatives Make No Headway--Have Same Number of Seats as Be- fore -- Liberals Gain Fourteen Seats Montreal, Aug. 25.--After 34 unbroken years of power, the Lib- eral Government of the ancient Province of Quebec was yesterday swept back into office stronger than ever before, after what is conceded to be the most danger ous bid for victory the Conserva« tive party has made since 1897. Premier Taschereau last night commanded 79 seats in the Legis- lative Assembly, provided the offi- cial returns on declaration day bear out the figures announced by the returning officers. The Opposition, their leader defeated in both of the Montreal seats where he was a candidate, had but 11 seats, equal to their num- ber at dissolution. After a whirlwind campaign in which he delivered almost sixty speeches throughout the province in ten days, Mayor Camillien Houde met decisive defeat in both 8t, Mary and St. James, Montreal. He has represented St. Mary for the past eight years, but contested St. James as well, in order, he said, to make a place for a Minister who was not a can- didate in to-day's elections. Premier L. A. Taschereau and all his Ministers were returned by comfortable majorities, with the solitary exception of Hon. Gordon W, Scott, who was to have been Provincial Treasurer. Mr. Scott was defeated in the St. George divisiun of Montreal, a traditional Conservative seat won by C. E. Gault, who has held it for more than 20 years. Liberals Gain Five Seats Liberals gained the following five seats: From Conservatives, Laval, Montreal Dorion, Mont- real Ste. Marie and Sherbrooke; from Labor, Maissoneuve. Con. servatives captured the follow= ing four seats, all from Liberals, Chambly, Rouville, St. Sauveur and Yamaska. The five new seats provided by the last Redis- tribution Act returned Liberals. Standing at Dissolution In a statement issued at Que- bec Legislature at dissolute was: Liberals 65, Independent Lib- erals 4, Conservatives 11, Labor 1, vacant 4, new geats 5. In a statement isseud at Que- bec City, Premier Taschereau de- scribed to-day's result as one of the greatest victories in the his tory of the Liberal party, and at- tributed it to the honest and pro- gressive administration of his government in the past. 'The province has spoken," said Mayor Camillien Houde, leader of the Conservatives, and expressed the conviction that h had done his duty throughou the campaign. FORECAST EVEN GREATER MISERY Stricken Chinese Hordes Now Fear Approach- ing Typhoon Hankow, Aug, 25--Forebodings of even greater disaster today added to the misery of Central China's flood stricken hordes as this vast reservoir of death, disease and hun» ger was whipped by a strong wind --the feared forerunner of a ty- phoon, It is the season for typhoons and apprehensive residents feel a storm now would complete the doom of the three cities, Hanyand, Wuch: and Hankow, by blowing such v umes of water against them that un- dermined foundations would be certain to collapse. More than 400,000 refugees are clinging to a precarious existen: on the islanded crests of two hills behind Wuchang. Forced to drink' the polluted waters of the swoll streams, the refupces, crowded gether like sheep, are ravaged by fever and dysentery. In a native section of this city, hunger crazed refugees quartered in a_large warehouse, attacked a des tail of soldiers who had begun to remove a quantity of grain stored there, The soldiers summoned re- inforcements and the crowd quelled by. the use of machine guns' - guns. Several of' the refugees were