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The Oshawa Daily Tanes : Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer : / : VOL. 9--NO. 71 Oey Except Sundays and" Public Holldas OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1931 _12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a-Copy UNITED STATES INTERVENES IN CHINA Result of Efforts to Provide Work Still Uncertain SECRETARY STIMSON i SENDS NOTE DEMANDING A Growing 'Newspaper in a Growing City sm eer--rsame--" TWELVE PAGES ' » COUNCIL IS TRYING TO SECURE LARGER SHARE OF GOVERNMENT HELP Comparison of Grant Made Last Year and of Unem- ployment Conditions Provides Subject For In- teresting Study RELIEF WORK LAST YEAR COST $215,000 Number of Unemployed, However, Is Greater, While It Is Understood Relief Work to Cost $300,000 Has Been Ap- proved What the ultimate result of the efforts being put forward by the City Council to obtain govern- mental approval of a larger works program for the relief of unem- ployment will be, still remains a question 'as yet unanswerabel. At this time, therefore, an ex- amination of conditions as they exist is of interest. During the worst unemploy- ment period of last winter Osh- awa had an approximate total of not more than 1,800 unemployed to care for under similar relief measures to those which are to be put into effect throughout the province this year. In caring for these citizens this city ex- pended a total of a little over '$215,000, fifty per cent of which was received in grants from the Government. Under present conditions, with an approximate total of 2,800 un- employed, the formal approval of the Government has been given t> an expenditure of $300,000, of which fifty per cent will be re- funded to the city in the form of relief grants. This, on the face of it, would appear to be fairly proportionate especially as it {s expected that a small percentage of the unem- ployed will be taken care of by finding employment in labor camps to be established in North- ern Ontario. Another phase of the situation of interest to taxpayers in the city is to be found in the logical question being asked on. :!! sides "if the city expends $800,000 on 8 works plan for the relief of unemployment, of which $400,- 000 must come out of the city treasury, where are they going to find the money?" and the asn- sumption is logical that it was with this problem in view that the City Council, at its last meet- ing, endorsed a resolution passed by the City .Council of Niagara Falls in which the Dominion and Provincial Governments are pe- (Continued on page 3) a. -" MRS. THOMAS HOY, AGED 96, DIED AT OSHAWA HOME Grand Old Lady Leaves | Long List of Descendants The death of Mrs. Charlotte Hoy, widow of the late Thomas Hoy, of Kendal, Ontario, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Ogden, 92 Bruce Street, yes- terday will be widely mourned. At the time of her death she was nine- ty-six years of age and the mother and grandmother of a very large family of which there are eight sons and daughters, thirty grandchild- and six great granchildren. For the past four years, the late Mrs, Hoy has made her home in Oshawa with her daughter and only for the last month has she been a great care. Previous to her com- ing to Oshawa, she had always ye- sided in Kendal, Ontario, Her hus- band predeceased her lity years ago Outside of her home and her family, she had no great interests, although she was a regular attendant at the services in the Kendal United (Continued on page 3) DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS SATURDAY Citizens Will Have To Put Their Clocks Back One Hour Daylight saving time ends of- ficlally in Oshawa at one o'clock on Sunday morning next, Sep- tember 27, standard time being in effect all day on Sunday, With the official notification to this effect being published today, all citizens should put their clocks and watches back one hour before retiring to bed on Saturday night, otherwise, if they fail in this act, they will find themselves aff hour ahead of everybody else on Sunday and will be an hour too early for church service instead of the fashionable two or three minutes late. Whitby, Bowmanville, and other towns in the district re- turn to standay'd time from day- light saving time on the same day as Oshawa, A Ld Changes in Railway Schedules Go Into Effect During Next Weekend Coincident with the return of Oshawa and a number of other municipalities to standard time at midnight on Saturday, August 26, a number of changes in the schedule involving trains stopping at Osh- awa will be put into effect by the Canadian National Railways. As a result of these changes, two trains which have been serving Oshawa will be discontinued, while a num- ber of others will be subjected to alteration of the time at which they are due here. 'On the eastbound service, the trains leaving here at 9.12 a.m., 9.39 am, and 207 p.m, will remain as they are, without change. The train which has been going east at 5.41 will be changed to' 641, this merely bringing the scheddle back to the basis of standard time locally, The train which went east at 923 p.m, has been changed, and after Sat- urday will leave at 9.38 p.m. The 11.04 p.m. train has been cut back almost an hour, and will leave at 1204 am. while the train, which during the summer months, has been leaving here at 11.41, has been discontinued. As this is the train for Ottawa, it is likely that some other arrangements will be made for the Ottawa cars to go on an- other train, but a further announce- ment in this regard is awaited, On the westbound service several changes go into effect. The 4.26 a.m. train will leave at 4.30. The former 518 a. m. westbound train will changed to 6.07 am, to bring it back to a standard time basis. The 5:30 am, train is cut from the list, while the train which has been go- ing west at 6.08 am. will leave at 6.32 am. The 210 p.m, 4.08 p.m. and 6.35 p.m. trains are unchanged, but the train now leaving Oshawa at 7.35 p.m. has been brought for- ward twelve minutes, and, after Saturday, will leave here at 7.23 p. m. All of these changes go into effect on Sunday next, with the re- turn to standard time in this city and district. Changes in the C.P.R. fime table have not yet.been announced, Canada's Imports Down | $30,000, 000 For August 'Ottawa, Sept. 24.--Imports of foreign goods into Canada during August had a valuation of $47,- 308,000, a decrease of $30,598, 000. from the same month a year ago, according to the Dominion Rureau of Statistics. United States lost a considerably large share of this business than Great Britain. Imports from the Re- public during the month were Pets +1 at $27,482,000, a decrease of $21,222,000, while Great Bit- aiu's trade with Canada dropped oft §4,:12,00¢ to $8,678,000. In practically every tr ading class, Canada bought less in 4u- gust thau' a year ag Agricui- tural and 1ezetable pFfoducts, in- <ludipg fruits rubber, sugar and tea, dropped frem $13,649.00) to $9,871,000. Fibres and textiles, inctuaing art A nal silk vic) and ditins, dropped from SLLS00,- 600.to $7,372,000, : MOST REV. C. L. WORRELL Who has been elected Primate of the Anglican Church for all Canada, spent part of his boy- hood in Oshawa, where his father was at one time rector sof St. George's Church. For the last sixteen years he has been Archbishop of Nova Scotia. UTILITIES TO HAVE COMPLETE REPORT Also Expect 'to Have Re. port From Engineer On Filtration Plant At the regular meeting of the Public Utilities Commission to be held this evening a complete fin- ancial statement is to be tabled showing the standing of the Water Works Division so far as the collection of water rates is concerned A similar statement published two or three months ago showed the total arrears of payments outstanding to be well over $15,000, and it is expected that the statement tabled this even- ing will prove the aggressive policy adopted by the Commis- sion in making collections *to have been most successful, A report has also been prom- ised for this evening by ys Ca Smith, consulting engineer to the Commission, relative to the ex- tension necessary to the filtra- tion plant at the Water Works in order to place the plant on an adequate footing to serve the city. It will be re-called that the Medical Officer of Health, in a communication addressed to the Commission, recently called at- tention to the fact that the fil- tration plant gave evidence of not being up to ' the necessary capacity and as a result of the letter from the M.O.H. the re- port of Mr. Smith was asked for by the Commission. Mr. Smith was City Engineer up until a few months ago and it is felt by the Commission that his opinion regarding the filtra- tion plant will be of the greatest value, 8TH TROOP WINS SCOUT CONTEST Points For Exhibiiton of Scout Handicraft Have Now Been Tabulated The tabulation of points. for the inter-troop Scout trophy competed for in the display of handicraft work exhibited in con: function with the recent big Jam- boree by the Oshawa Boy Scouts has now been completed, the 8th Troop, of which Harry Rigg is Scoutmaster, being declared the winner, having a per centage of 114 points for each Scout, The total number of points ob- tained by the 8th Troop was 2,- 742, with 24 members. The 5th Troop was placed sec- ond, Reg. St..J. Terrett being the Scoutmaster. This Troop obtain- ed an aggregate total of 3,826 points or an average, with 40 irembers, of 95.6. The complete list: of points awarded to each of the Scouts exhibiting handicraft for points In this display will be published in tomorrow's paper having been received too.late for today's issue. MAKING GOOD PROGRES Batavia, Java, Sept. 2¢ Wing Commander Charles Kings- ford Smith, who left Windham, Australia for England today in attempt to establish a new flight record for the trip, arrived at Cherigon, Dutch East Indies, this afternoon. He planned to fly to Victoria Point, Burm, tomorrow. | | New Primate Was Studen of Canada tin Oshawa; Father Was Rector Here Announcement of the election yesterday of the Rev, C. L. Worrell, of Halifax, Archbishop of Nova Scotia, to the office of Primate of All Canada, by the general synod of the Anglican Church, was of par- ticular interest to many of the old- er residents of Oshawa, who recall- ed the fact that the new primate spent part of his boyhood in this city. At one time, in the early davs of this parish, the gather of Arch- bishop Worrell was rector of St George's congregation of this city. At this time, there was no regular St. George's Church, but the con- gregation of this city. At this time there was no regular St. George's Church, but the congregation met in the residence on King Street West at the corner of Park Road, now occupied by Stephen Jones and his sister, Miss Ruth Jones, Archbishop Worrell himself attended the Osh- awa High School, the principal at that time being William McCabe, who latter resigned to go into bus- iffess and, before his death in Tor- onto, became president of the Brit- ish American Life Insurance Com- pany. - In addition to Archbishop Worrell, a brother, now deceased, but who was for a time Chancellor of the diocese, of Toronto, also liv- ed here, and attended the Oshawa High School. Many of the older residents of the city' can recall the young student who is now the Pri- mate of All Canada, and found keen interest in reading of his election to that office, SENT T0 JAIL FOR SECOND OFFENCE Harry Rudko Found Guilty | of Having Liquor Illegally Harry Rudko, 612 Albert Street, was sentenced to three months in the county jail this morning by His Worship Magis- trate T. K. Creighton when he was found guilty of having a quantity of alcohol in his posses- sion illegally. It was his second offence. The information was laid against the accused as the re- sult of a raid which was made on his residence on the afternoon of September 10, when officers of the police force discovered four bottles of alcohol in the at- tic of the house. In. court this morning Louis Hyman, counsel for the accused sought to estab- lish the fact that the liquor was the property of a foreigner who was sleeping in the attic of the home. The man stated that he had come up town and asked where he could get some liquor and was sold the four bottles for $8. But when cross examined by His Worship and Crown Attorney McGibbon he could not state where the pool room was where he had gained the information or even give the name of the man from who he had obtained it. In passing judgment His Wor- ship commented that he could not believe the evidence of the boarder as it appeared very evi- dent that perjury had been com- mitted by him In the box. The whole defense was an effort to shift the blame for the offense stated His Worship, POINT INVOLVED INTAX REFUNDS Oshawa City Treasurer Does Not Agree With View of Toronto Counsel With A. J. Parkhill, legal counsel for several property owners, opposing the.recent pass- age of a bylaw in thi: city which would prohibit the reduction of taxes on apartments and tene- ment houses which are vacant, the action of "he Toronto City Solicitor in opposing the legality' of 'the Court of Revision in or- dering 'a repayment of taxes al- ready received is of interest here. Counsel for the City of To- ronto claims that the Court of Revision, while being given power under the Statute to '"'can- cel or remit' taxes, is given no authority to order such taxes, when once paid, to be returned to the payer. . Enquiry from the Oshawa City Treasurer, P. A. Blackburn, elicits the expression of opinira that it would be very unfair it taxes received by the city treas- ury if afterwards proved to have been paid in error, or to be in excess of the amount legally due, could not be returned to the payer, The Toronto counsel claims that "the court had no power to remit, reduce or cancel, for any cause, taxes once paid: Nor had the City Treasurer power to re- fund to the owners any portion of taxes once paid", 'but so far as Oshawa is concerned the City Treasurer, under proper author- ity from City Council, often re- funds such payments for any cause believed to be just and fair. ; KEEN INTEREST IN BUS FRANCHISE Several Aldermen Favor Granting of Franchise To New Transit Company matter of granting a bus franchise to the Oshawa Transit Company, whose application for such a franchise was referred to the Property Committee of the City Council on Monday night,is a mat- ter of lively discussion among all the members of council. The majority of. the aldermen feel that there is no concrete reason why such a franchise should not be granted as requested, the un- derstanding through the whole council being that the franchise of the Oshawa Street Railway Com- pany does not include the right of excluding other companies from op- erating a bus service. The opinion, as voiced by one of the members of council today, is practically unanimous that the ques- tion of obtaining the necessary cap- ital for such a venture should not be an insurmountable one for the Railway Company, and that this company has been treated very fair- ly by being given the opportunity of establishing such a service in the face of the other application for a franchise, The feeling in council is also that if the Oshawa Transit Company is willing, and anxious, to venture on such a service, the new company should at least be given the oppor- tunity of so doing, the matter of its ultimate success or failure not be- ing of any grave concern to the city council. The Property Committee is meet- ing this week when the whole ques- tion will be thoroughly discussed and some recommendation formu- lated to be tabled at the next meet- ing of council. RUMOR OF BRITIS ELECTION SOON AGAIN GROPS UP National Party May Appeal To Electors Under Ramsay MacDonald London, Sept. 24.--Proroga- tion of Parliament on Oct. 5 or 6; dissolution the same night and 'a short and swift campaign by the National Government un- der leadership of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald leading to a general election before the end of October--this was the talk among Conservative "back-bench- ers' at Westminster last night. Debates in the House of Com- mons have yielded pride of place to party meetings in the com- mittée rooms; to negotiations and discussions behind the scenes. The House spent another day on the National Govern- ment's emergency taxation pro- posals. But the benches were al- most deserted, compared with the throngs of the past few days. The Conservative private members discussed possible swift developments resulting in a cam- paign by the National Govern- ment on a program of national reconstruction which would in- clyde tariffs, The As an example of such a re: fund may be cited the occasions upon which payments of the "transit traders tax" are f"2- quently refunded for the unex- pired period for which they are received by the Treasurer. This tax is payable in advance and if no proportionate refund was pos- sible for the unexpired period conditions. would be manifestly most unfair, RELIEF EXPENSE CAUSES ANNIETY T0 GITY COUNCIL ing Special Meeting To- night to Discuss Situation With the Finance Committee of the City Council holding a special meeting this evening for the pur- pose of discussing expenditures on the relief of conditions arising trom the unemployment situation one of the matters brought before the committee will be the serious defi- cit which will have to be faced by the Relief Department at the end of the eyar. According to figures given to The Times this morning by Ald. P. A MacDonald, chairman of the Fin- ance Committee, a total sum amounting to $18,000 had been ex- pended on relief, in supplying food and fuel to needy citizens where the breadwinner of the family is un- employed, at the end of August this vear, "while we still have four months to go," said Ald. MacDon- ald According to these figures the budget, as adopted by the City Council at the beginning of the year, allotted $9,700 for expendi- tures on direct relief during the current twelve months, $5,500 being for supplying food and $4,200 for fuel Actual expenditures during only eight months of the year have aomunted to nearly double the es- timated expenditures for the whole year and with other expenditures fin addition to those on tood and fuel Relief Department has an over- draft of approximately $11,000 at the present time, KINSMEN START WINTER PROGRAM First Dinner of the Season At Hotel Genosha This Evening The Kinsmen Club of Oshawa is to hold its first dinner of the fall and winter program this ev- ening in the Genosha Hotel when the Club is to be addressed by Col. B. J. McCormick, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Cshawa's Industria] Commission- er, while a splendid program of entertainment has also been pro- vided. Thomas L. Wilson, presi- dent of the Club, recently receiv- ed a communteafion from the secretary of the Children's Aid Society, M. E. Everson, which speaks for itself as regards the work that this service club car- ries out. Mr. Everson says as follows:- "The Shelter Board greatly ap- preciates the kindness of the 'Kinsmen' in entertaining the children at different times this summer. Thank you." CORPSE ROBBED POLICE ALLEGE Men Remanded at Simcoe -- Probe Lasts Since Death Year Ago SiSmcoe, Sept. 24. -- Charged with ransacking the pockets of a corpse, Lawrence Taylor, 18, Charlotteville Township, and Ar- thur Beemer, 24, Windham, were arraigned in court here yesterday and remanded to jail for a year. Mrs. Ethel Bowerman is held as a material witness, The trio were taken inta cus- tody early to-day by provincial po- lice officers following an investi- gation which extended for nearly a year. ago the dead body of Henry Hyatt, an aged man, was found near the well on the farm where Beemer and Mrs, Bowerman lived. It is man's pockets. The police state that other than the matter of the alleged theft there are no suspicious cir- cumstances in connection with Hyatt's death. WHITE STAR LINE (By Canadian Press) London, Sept. 24.--Sir Walter Runciman, presiding today at a meeting of the directors of the White Star Line, told his associ- ates that drastic measures must be taken if the shipping company is to continue to operate. The company's accounts for the year showed a debit balance 'of $167,000, , Finance Committee Hold: | Approximately a year alleged that Beemer and Taylor removed the sum of $21 from the. HAS BIG DEFICIT WITHDRAWAL BY JAPAN 84TH BIRTHDAY [5 CELEBRATED BY JOHN GILLIYN Interesting Stories of Early Days Are Told by Osh- awa Octogenarian The Times had the pleasure of interviewing John Gilliyn, a res- ident of Oshawa for more than fifty years, at his home, yester- day afternoon when he was ccle- trating his eighty-fourth birth- day. Mr. Gilliyn lives at 76 Col- bcrne St. West in the same horse ite has occupied for the past fifty years, This house which is set tack in from the street is sur- rounded by beautiful shade trees and the remains of a once very fine pickett fence mark off the property around it, which ad- joins the flats through whizh the Oshawa Creek runs. Mr. Gilliya was walking in his garden when the reporter arrived aud after a hearty handshake and a conge- nial greeting, conducted his guest on a tour of the grounds, pointing out his flowers, his vege- table garden, the chickens, his dog and a summerhouse afforded in the shade of the thick branches of a great chestnut tree in front cf the house where comfortabie chairs and a table, meke an in- viting place to spend a warm summer afternoon. Then lead- ing the way to the house he in- vited his caller in and making I imself comfortable in an arm- chair this charming old gentle- man began the story of his life. John Gilliyn wae barn in Wales, and was a very young boy when his father took the family te live in Leeds, England. Short- ly after going there, the father of John Gilliyn was killed while working in a coal mine, and it was not long after that that his mother died. Jobn received some education in England and served his ap- prenticeship as a cabinet maker, then at the age of nine- teen came to Canada with a friend by the. name of William (Continued on page 8) Imperial Pension Cheques Affected By Exchange Rate Many men in the City of Oshawa, who are in receipt of a military pen- sion, from the Imperial Army, are wondering just how the sum they receive will be affected under pre-- sent conditions with the pound sterling worth a great deal less than it was a few weeks ago. Cheques in payment of this class of pension are made out in pounds, shillings, and pence, A cheque, for example, issued for £3 10s. is nor- mally worth about $17.50 when the pensioner cashes it in this city. Un- der present conditions, however, the pensioner may be forced to accept around $16. in payment of his pen- sion, a serious loss to the pensioner especially if his pension is the only source of income, Government of United States Pledges Whole- Hearted Sympathy To League of Nations In Chinese Difficulty ASKS IMMEDIATE END OF FIGHTING Withdrawal of Japanese Troops From Positions Outside South Manchur- ian Railway Zone Has Been Started Washington, Sept. 24.--Secre- _ tary of State Stimson in a note to the Japanese Government to-day not only urged immediate cessa« tion of fighting between the Chin- ese and Japanese troops, but has asked for withdrawal "from the present situation of danger." Re-' plying to a recent resolution of the League of Nations urging sim- ilar action in Manchuria, Stimson assured the League of his govern- ment's "whole-hearted gympa- thy." ' Withdrawal Started Tokyo, Sept. 24.--Japanese oc- cupation of positions outside the South Manchurian railway zone has been halted, the foreign of- fice has announced and Withdraw- al of troops is under way. Newspaper correspondents wers advised of this action by a spokes- man of the Foregn Office follow- ing conferences in which Baron Shidehara, the Foreign Minister, and Minister of War Minami took part. Reports of Japanese occupation of Chinese territory outside the railway concession, the spokes- man said, had been grossly exag- gerated by militarists anxious to create a favorable impression in Japan. Such occupation, he said, had narrowed down to Kirin, Chang-Chun and the native city of Mukden. From all other points, except possibly Antung, Japanese forces had been recalled. A statement on Japan's posi- tion in Manchuria will be forthe coming within a day or two, it was announced. This communi. que probably will give the govern- ment's reaction to the suggestion of the League of Nations that Ja- pan withdraw her troops from Chinese territory. ' While no date has been men- tioned for retirement from Muk- den and other occupied points, it was thought the government would take this action when the Chinese government had given as- surances of safeguarding the rail- way zone as well as Japanese lives and property. Denies Russia Mobilizing Moscow Sept. 24.--Commissare of War Viroshilov to-day denfed published reports that Soviet troops were being mobilized on the Manchurian border. WEATHER + Forecasts: Lower Lake Ree gion--Fresh to strong north west winds, decreasing in force tonight, fair and cool. Friday moderate northerly winds fair and cool. Swéden Makes Suggestion that 1932 Olympic Games be Postponed Stockholm, Sept. 24.--Ar opinion that the 1932 Olympic Games at Lake Placid and Los Angeles should be postponed be- cause of the financial depression has been expressed in Swedish sporting circles, Although no official action has been taken, it is the opinion here that such a move would meet with almost unanimous sup- port of Eurapean nations, where the depression is most keenly felt. The cost of Swedish participa- tion in the Winter and Summer games has been 'estimated as around $200,000. Several European nations, notably France and Germany, have experienced difficulty ia raising the money for the ex- penses of their representatives at. the Olympic games, Postponement Impossible Lake Placid, N.Y., Sept. 24.-- Dr. Godfrey Dewey, chairman of the Olympic winter games come mission, said last night that it would be impossible to postpone the 1932 Olympic games at Lake Placid and Los Angeles, as sug- gested in Swedish sporting circles because of the conditions imposed by the charter and pro- tocol of the Olympic games. Protest Against Landing Chinese Coal in Canada Halifax, Sept. 24.--A protest against the landing of Chinese coal in Canada was telegraphed to Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister, yesterday by Hon. W. A, Black, M.P.,, and Felix P. Quinn, M.P., Federal members for this constituency. The protest followed the an- nouncement this morning that a Norwegian freighter was on the way from Port Redon, French Indo China, with a cargo of 14,000 tous of Chinese authracite for sale in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The text of the telegram fol= lows: "Today's papers report coal on way from China to land that 4,000 tons of anthracite at Halifax or view of conditions at Scotia coal mines and large mums ber of men who are unemployed we strongly urge that jmportasd 3 tions of this kind be not permits ted to land in Canada." : Saint John. In Nova.