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i' A Growing } Newspaper in a Che a "ey aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Times PROBS. and Wednesday, Sremresmen Em ------ VOL. Published at Oshawa, Ont, Canada, Day and Osh OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES SND. 122 'S DEFICI Cobourg Oshawa Man's Automobile Kills Woman at J.D. RUTHERFORD'S CAR STRUCK PERAMBULATOR AND WOMAN PUSHING IT Woman Died on Way to Hospital as Result of In- juries Sustained When Struck by Car on High- way BABY THROWN INTO DITCH BUT ALIVE Accident Occurred After Dark, When Visibility Was Poor on Account of Mist -- Mr. Rutherford Not Held by Police Cobourg Ontario, November 24. «Mrs. William Meclvor, Perry Street, Cobourg was fatally injur- ed and died before medical aid could be obtained when struck by an automobile driven by john D. Rutherford, 134 Celina Street, Oshawa. The accident happened on No. 2 Highway about one mile east of Cobourg, shortly before six o'- clock yesterday evening when Mrs, Mclvor was walking along the highway pushing a perambu- lator containing her young baby, Vivian, and accompanied by two other of her small children, Bet- ty and Margaret. Mrs. Mclvor was walking to- wards Cobourg on the south-side of the highway. Mr, Rutherford, aocording to the story teld to the police, 'was travelling east behind another car driven by Charles D. Balkeld, of Montreal, Mr. Ruther- ford pulled out to pass the other car and after passing he struck the woman and perambulator with 'considerable force. Saw Woman Too late It was dusk at the time and while. Mr. Rutherford's lights were lit on his car he failed to see the unfortunate woman and her children until it was too late ow- ing to the low visibility which Ya made much worse owing to mist. Both Mr. Rutherford and Mr. Balkeld immediately stopped and ran back to the scene of the acci- dent where it was found that Mrs. McIvor was, apparently, very severely injured, and was lying in a pool of blood at the side of the road. The perambulator was wrecked and thrown into the ditch but the baby seemed to be uninjured. The other two children were not touched by the car. in Car At the suggestion of Mr. Ruth- erford the driver of the other car went back to Cobourg to re- port to the police and obtain med- ical assistance, but Mrs. Mclvor died on her way to the hospital in a Cobourg ambulance within a short time of the occurrence. Not Held by Police The accident was investigated by Provincial Officer William Ca- rey, while a coroner's jury was empanelled the same evening by Dr. BE. C. Lapp bf Cobourg, the inquest being adjourned until 7.30 o'clock on Thursday night following the preliminary pro- ceedings, « Mr, 'Rutherford was not held by the police. The three children who were with their mother were taken to the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ash, who reside in the vicinity of the accident and with whom Mrs. Mclvor had been visiting during the after- noon, Leaves Four Children Mrs. Mclvor was only twenty- two years of age and leaves, in additfon to her 'husband, four small children, the fourth and eldest child, a boy, not being with ker at the time of the occurrence. After the children had been taken to their grandparents the (Continued on pege 3) SOVIET PAPERS CHARGE 1S, WITH * INGITING WAR Claim States Trying to Drive Russia Into War , With Japan (By Canadian Press) Moscow, Nov. 24.~-Newspapers Tsvestin and Pravda laid down an editorial barrage today, charging the United States {is trying to drive thé Soviet Union into war with Japan for the fourfold pur- pose of undermining the five-year plan, getting orders for military equipment, weakening Japanese competition in the Pacific and setting up a Manchuriap buffer Bolsh SPOKE AT ROTARY E. WYLY GRIER Noted Canadian artist, and presi- dent of the Roya] Canadian Acad- emy of Art, gave an interesting {] at y d Club Luncheon, NOTED ARTIST SPOKE AT ROTARY GLUB LUNCHEON E. Wyly Grier, of Toronto Was Speaker at Meeting him Yesterday y's Rotary A highly interesting and instruc- tive address on the past and pres- ent of Canadian art, and touching on the direction in which it is now moving, was delivered to the Osh- awa Rotary Cilub at its weekly luncheon yesterday by E_ Wyly Grier, president of the Royal Cana- dian Academy of Art. His address was touched with humor, and was yet 'informative and showed the speaker to be admirably versed in the history of Canadian art. In- troduced by Duncan Campbell as one of the greatest of Canadian artists, Mr. Grier was modesty it- self, as he referred but little to his own work, but had praise in abund- ance for other artists. Art in Canada, said Mr. Grier, had its birth among the army and naval officers who were here from 1740 to 1760, during the Frencl regime, althou h their work was tinged with signs that it had a bearing on mili- tary operations and strategy. This was continued by amateur painters first professional artists, Danield Fowler and Pau; Caine began their work, Daniel Fowler's landscapes were touched with true virility of Canada, while Paul Caine had done some wonderful pictures of the life of the Indian in the northwest, Mr. Grier then reviewed the work of various Canadian artists, includ- ing Harlow, White, Jacobi, Fraser and a number of others, and point- ed to their influence on Canadian art. He also told of the formation, in 1872, of the Ontario Society of Art, and in 1880, sponsored by the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Roval, of the Royal Canadian Aca- demy of Art. Coming to more re- cent artists, Mr. Grier spoke highly of the work of Walter Allward, whose Vimy Ridge war memorial, he said, would give Europe its finest war monument, produced by a Can- adian. ; Touching on the trend of present day art in Canada, Mr: Grier said (Continued on page 3) Battle Raging Mukden, Nov. 24.--Despatches received here this afternoon said fighting had begun between Jap- anese and Chinese forces south of Mukden this morning. and was still going on at mid-afternoon. CR BL BE IE EO BE BE BE AE REN WINS COVETED CUP The coveted Governors General's Cup, for three year old half-bred horses, suitable to become hunt- gs, was won at the Royal 'Winter Fair last night by R. 8. McLaughlin's fine animal, Storm Along, In competition the en- were shown on the After the judging was completed, _. the trophy was presented to R. 8. McLaughlin per- sonally by the Earl of Besshorough, Governor- General of Canada, who stepped down from the Viceregal box to hand the id over to Mr. McLaugh- n. LE rE SEU Berson essscanessrssnsnaanre Stress sian SV. RATEPAYERS DEMAND INQUIRY INTO CONTRACT Claims Council Has Power to Act--Council By- laws Discussed ..At a largely attended meeting of the South-West Ward Ratepayers Association held last night in Cen- ere Street School much business of importance to the ratepayers of the ward -was dealt with, while as their guest speaker the members had Ex- Alderman Brown, who delivered a heated attack on the by-laws to be placed before the electors of the city at the forthcoming municipal elections regarding proposed changes in the composition of the city council. ; The most important item of busi- ness was the passing of a resolution which will be sent to the City Coun- cil at once asking that a judicial in- quiry be held into the awarding of the contract for the city filtration plant. The association on learning that two members of the Public Utilities Commission had asked for an inquiry looked into the Munici- pal Act and also found that contrary to what Mayor Marks stated at a meeting of the Commission the city council has the power to ask for an inquiry into the affairs of the com- mission, The resolution reads as follows : . f "That - the City Council having power by the Municipa; Act, Secs tion 257, sub section 1, chapter 233, page 2777 request a judicial investi- gation and that two commissioners wishing the same in the awarding of the contract for the filtration plant. We, the South-West Ward Ratepayers' Association, ask the City Council to request such investi- gation so that the matter of any (Continued on page 3) OSHAWA PARTY LANDS AT DRYDEN Last Group To Go North Comfortably Housed, Says Letter The party of men which left on Thursday of last week for North- ern Ontario is now comfortably settled in a damp at Dryden, On- tario, according to a letter writ- ten by George Rorabeck to his parents in the city, His letter, lin part, reads as follows: "I thought you would like to know that we arrived here safe and well. We arrived at three o'clock Saturday morning, It took us 31 hours from Oshawa to here, I am in a hut with a bunch of good boys from Toronto. The huts are fine and warm, and the food is fine, and we have all we can eat, with lots of variety, so there is no need to worry about how I am getting along. "I had eight hours work today, and am feeling tired. Ernie Solmes is in the next hut to ours. There are about twenty huts, and a big hall where we all eat, The trip was tiresome but very nice. This country is all lakes and woods. We are on the shore of a nice little lake. Please send up my skates and boxing gloves." LITLE GIRL IS KILLED BY CHUM Shooting Accident Ends the Life of Four-year-old Orillia Girl Orillia, Nov. 24.--Ruth Harvie, aged 4, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. James W. Harvie, of Mississauga Street, was almost instantly kill éd at 3.45 o'clock yesterday after- noon, when shot through the neck, according to police, by a playmate, Earl Curran, aged 9, son of Frank Curran, of 200 St. Lawrence Street, Another little boy, Johnn Gor- don, aged , of Mississauga Street, was playing with the children at the time. The three of them went into the Curran home, and were playing jn one bf the rooms. According to the story told to the police by the little Gordon boy, 'Earl Curran, picked up a .22 calibre repeating rifie from the corner, and commanded his two laymates to "stick them . up." Ho pointed the gun at both of them, it is said then pulled the trigger as he aimed in. the direc- tion of the little girl. The gun discharged and the bullet entered the girl's neck, severing the jugular vein. She did not drop at first, but walked from the room and fell headlong down the backsteps, about 12 feet from where she had been struck. When the terror-siivicken lads found her, she was dead, COMPETING AT RO YAL WINTER FAIR Clarke, of Boston. Fair yesterday. DAUGHTERS OF R. S. Mc LAUGHLIN WIN HONORS In the above photograph are shown--left, Mrs. Churchill Mann and, right, Mrs. W. E. Phillips, daughters of Mr, and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin, Oshawa, who have won many honors in the riding and jumping com- petitions at the Royal Winter Fair. This photograph was taken at the Royal Winter With them, in the centre, is Al This morning's report from Welfare Fund Headquarters showed that the latest total of the fund which has heen raised for the Associated Welfare So- cieties stands at $34,480.51 This total has been reached as a result of some additional subscriptions from industries and employees being added to yesterday's fig- ure. Ross Mackinnon, chairman, of the campaign committee, is now quite confident that the final total will exceed $35,000. To- day's list of contributions is as follows: Previously ecknowledged $34,117.76 Welfare Fund Total is Now Close to $34,500 Ontario Shore Gas Company, Ltd. .... Oshawa Dairy Limited Employees, 100.00 3.00 City Hall Employees, i additional .,. .. .. Canadian Fuels, Limit- ed, 5 Tons Coke in the value of Tod's Bread employees Valley Camp Coal Co., 19.00 55.00 15.76 Strect Bridge immediately, | are called for "by January 4." "You COUNCIL DECIDES T0 GO AHEAD WITH BOND 3T. BRIDGE Project To Be Undertaken in Order to Provide Employment By resolution passed at. last! night's meeting of the City Council in committee of the whole the City Engineer was instructed to com- mence the construction of the Bond A lensthy discussion of this pro- posal took place during the meet- ing, the recommendation of the Board of Works to this effect sub- mitted at the last regular meeting of council being eventually upheld on the motion of Ald. Morris sec- onded by Ald. Waterous, with Al- derman Boddy and Hyman dissent- ing from the majority vote. During the debate on the Bond Street Bridge council jumped from the bridge itself to the proposed sewage disposal plant, the Bloor St, sewer and the alternative route tor this sewer as proposed by Ald, Sam Jackson, to the inlet and outlet sew- ers which will serve the sewage dis- posal plant, to the filtration plant being constructed by the Public Utilities Commission, and in fact to all works which are being undertak- en or spoken of as some measure of relief from unemployment. During the discussion it was brought out that the estimated cost of the bridge will be $35,000, $20,000 for labour and the remainder for material. That taking into account the work already undertaken, and the allotment of money to the Public Utilities Commission for the filtra- tion plint, Council still will have about $43,000 of the Government's grant. still unused and available for the =roposed bridge. As regards the sewage disposal plant the City Engineer, F. B. Goed- ike, in reply to a question from the council, stated that in the advertise- ment for plans and specifications replies from engineers interested cannot get engineers to obtain all the necessary details of such a pro- (Continued on page 6) THURLOW BYLAW Cleveland, Ohio ... 100.00 Ontario Shore Gas { Company Employees iad ve0.$34,480.51 | Total to Date ... The City Tax Collector, W, N. Ford, is evidently making stren- uous efforts towards the collec- tion of current taxes and arrears and in this, from indications gathered last night at the me backing of the Finance tee. At this meeting. last night a taxpayer appeared before Council with the complaint that a bailiff had placed a lien on his house- hold furniture for the amount of $117, representing unpaid. taxes for this year. Definite Instructions During a brief discussion re- garding this matter it was brought out that Mr. Ford's in- structions from the Finance Com- mittee are to "go and get the money". Many of the aldermen apparently believed that the ac- tion taken by the Collector in put- ting the bailiff in for this year's taxes was unfair. Ald, Hyman, who is a member of the sub- committee of the Finance Com- mittee -handling this problem stating "we tell the Tax Callec- tor to go and get the nroney. We tell' him that it is his business to collect the taxes and instruct him to get busy and do his job Making Strenuous Effort to Collect Tax Arrears; Complaint Before Council and then one of the aldermen says here that to put a bailiff in is unfair'. : Mayor Marks stated '"Thisg is the Tax Collector's job and noth- ing to do with us as individuals at all". Had Been Warned The complainant admitted, when questioned by Mr. Ford, that he had been previously warned that the bailiff would be put in if steps were not taken to meet his obligation, and that he had not made any effort at all to reply to this notice, The feeling of the council was that the Tax Collector should be given a free hand in the carrying out of his dutjes, and that if any taxpayer had a complaint to make regarding the procedure adopted then such complaints should be made in writing to the City Clerk for the information and consid- eration of City Council, In spite of the fact that ap- plications for the position of City Tax Collector have been adver- tised for in this paper owing to the faet that Mr. Ford was slated for other work in the City Treasurer's office, present indications are that Mr. Ford will continue to. perform his present duties for some time to come. MISSING CORNWALL MAN HAS RETURNED NG (By Canadian Press) Cornwall, Nov. 34~-Absgit 'oth his home for three weeks, uring Which: time his relatives 'and friends expressed anxiety for his safety, Lient.-Col. F. G. Rob- inson, prominent Cornwall real estfite and insurance broker re- turned last night, He motored to his home from Toronto. Out- side the admission that Colonel Robinson had returned, little in- formation could be obtained at his home this morning. "Colonel Robinson has return- ed but ke is ill and cannot See A 1) anyope;," members of the family | told newspapermen. "He is sufs SUBSCRIBING TO LOAN Montreal, Nov. 24 -- Additional subscriptions of $515,000 to the Na- tional Service Loan, launched yes terday, were received early today by the 'central committee here. The subscriptions were made mostly by insurance companies throughout Canada. fering from a nervous breakdown and must have complete rest" OVERCOAT WANTED The Women's Welfare Lea- ®ue are in need of a mall's overcoat, size forty, for a sin. gle Oshawa man in one of the Northern ction cambs, who hay beén taken suddenly ill and will have to be removed. to his home, . -Lwe know of is 8 golden. " EASILY CARRIED Gas 'Franchise Granted Oshawa Company by a Vote of 620 to 17 By a vote of 620 votes to 17, the electors of Thurlow township, ad- jacent to Belleville, yesterday car- ried a bylaw to grant a franchise for the distribution and sale of gas to the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited, of Oshawa. In three of the ten divisions, not a single vote was cast against the bylaw, while in three others only one negative vote was cast, 'I'he vote by polling sub- divisions shows the strong feeling in favor of the bylaw, as follows: Division Against 1. Point Anne 5 = 2. Reid's House . Mitchell's House .. . Stapley's House ... 63 SCHOOL i. visas ssivnss 138 Town Hall ...... ree 76 . Galpin's House .... 38 , Gounell's Hall ,.,.. 57 , Sill's House ....... 34 , Orange Hall ,...... 33 EA SopNSnsw -- | COND Str -- ~ Majority for bylaw, 603, CONCERT TICKETS ARE FIFTY CENTS Typographical Enror in Yes- terday's Issue Gave the . Wrong Figure In yesterday's issue of The Times, owing to a typographical error, it was stated that the tickets for the concert by the Oshawa Massed Choir in the Simcoe Street United Church next Monday might were on sale at 30 cents each, As several previous announcements have been made, the citizens generally were aware that these tickets are 50 cents, and not 30 cents as was stat- ed last night. The entire proceeds of the concert are to be given to the funds of the Associated Welfare Societies. The tickets, which were placed on sale at Karn's Drug Store yes- terday, are meeting with a ready demand, and it is likely that a sec- ond Jeriormance will be necessary to take care of all who are anxious to hear the first public presentation the Oshawa Massed Choir, which, in a very short time, has reached a remarkably high state of | efficiency. necessary content for 'ing Great Britain from the Domin- W. A. DRYDEN WINS AT WINTER FAIR Tookl First Prize With Junior Bull Calf--Other District Awards W. A. Dryden, well-known Shorthorn cattle breeder of Brooklin, figured prominently in the awards in that class at the Itoyal Winter Fair yesterday, winning first place in a class of thirteen junior bull calves with his fine calf Roseband. In the senior bull class he won seventh and eighth place ribboms with Royal Stripe and Eden Bloom. The Herford calsses at the same show, while not including win- ners from this district, were judged by L. O. Clifford, of Osh- awa. In the Clydesdale horse classes, W. G. Batty, of Brooklin, receiv- ed sixth place with Dowhill Pat- riot in the class for stallions foaled previous to Jan, 1, 1928, and third place with Crescent Sylvia in the class for mares foal- ed in 1930. James W , Boyd, well-known poultryman of Pickering, did ex- ceptionally well in the Leghorn classes, having the first and third cock, second, third and fourth ben, first pullet and first and second old pen in the R.C, White Leghorn classification, 'In' the judging of wool entries, W. Glaspell and Son, of Oshawa, aud F, B. Glaspell of Hampton, won first and second prizes re- spectively in the class for coarse or common and braid wool. Tn the class for medium combing wool, A. Ayre of Hampton was fifth, while the same breeder was fourth in the class for low me- dium combing wool, BOTH COUNTRIES MASSING TROOPS FOR BIG BATTLE "Real War" Is Hinted at by Officials in Tokio Tokio, Nov. 24, -- Reports here indicate that the Chinese President, Chiang Kai-shek plans to join forces with the Manchur- fan leader Chiang Hsueh-liang, for the purpose of marching into Manchuria, Such action might lead to a "real war," officials here declare. Reports in official circles in- dicate that Chiang Kai-shek al- 1éady is moving his troops north- ward, and has reached Honan, This reported action led to a Japanese belief that the Chinese President might establish himself at Peipin if the League of Na- tions Council decided against the Nankin Government. : If this situation should arise, Japan would increase her mili- tary force at Tientsin which is al- lowed her under the Boxer pro- tocol, it was authoritatively said. London Hears of Activity London, Nov. 24, -- A Peipin despatch 'to the London Daily Mail today said Japanese troops wera moving southward in Man- churia toward Chinchow, with the intention of crushing all political and military forces hostile to Ja- pan. Their movement was directed particularly against the forces of Chang Hseuh-liang, deposed gov- Sino of Manchuria, the despatch raid, : London, Nov. 24--The Board of Trade today fixed 25 percent as the s_enter- ions if they are to qualify on the empire preferential tariff free list drawn up as part of the anti-dump- ing act, * CER RENEE EERE DANDELIONS IN BLOOM The "Flowers that bloom in the spring, tra- 1a," are now blooming in the fall. Yesterday Mrs. T. B. Mitchell, wife of the former mayor of Oshawa, found some dandelions _ blooming on the lawn in her garden, indica that they had mistaken the season of the year. Patches of dandelions are also to be seen in bloom on the Oshawa golf , 80 t Osha n Reid oy own with othe ha EE xan a Who that the seasons have be come twisted. ° (EEE ERNE EEE RS aS EEE EE EE EE RE ER EE ER RENE EEE EE EE RES EE RE EE EE EE REE EEE The finest endurance . record Wedding Council Gratified That Deficit Is Not Greater in View of Extraordinary Expenditures Necessary During Coming Year FIRST DEFICIT Treasurer Suggests Using Proceeds of Gas System Sale to Balance City's' Finances and Avoid Tax Increase At the meeting of the City Couns cil in committee of the whole last night the City Treasurer, P. Ei Blackburn, gave a very clear and concise statement regarding as te: how the city will, in his estimation finish its financial year. ; In spite of a $19,000 deficit caused by unlooked for expenditures dur+ ing the year on social service, the Treasurer's estimated deficit at the end of the present year was placed at a total of $10,700, this statement being received with gratification by every alderman present. ie At the invitation of the meeting Mr. Blackburn spoke on "How we will finish up the year" stating that while some of the expenditures had exceeded the appropriation, others had not. . Yo "The greatest deficit is in social service" said the Treasurer. "You will remember that in August I estimated the deficit would be some= thing like $19,000, and my figures, estimated of course, now go to show that we will be exactly $19,000 to the bad on expenditures for food, fuel, and hospital maintenance, "The Property Committee, owing to unforeseen expenditures, have exceeded their appropriation by $1,» The city farm barn wil; cost us $2,000 more than the insurance --personally 1 believe we should the farm into grass. : "Other committees, however, are below their appropriation. The Board of Works should be $1,000 to the good at the end of the year, On strect cleaning we should save $2 000. On garbage collection $1,000, The Police Commission will save about $1,200, while on county ex» penditures, although these are hard to estimate, there is a possible sav- ing of $1,600. : "Our expenditures over our esti mates made at the beginning of the year will be some thing like $16,000: "Our revenue, due entirely to the enalties imposed by arrears of axes, shold collect us $6,000, I say 'should' collect, this of course : be taken into account as reveune, it will be due, in any event." : There were other small items of revenue, and also expenditure dealt with by Mr. Blackburn, who stated "I estimate this tota; deficit at the en d of the year as about $10,700." irst In Nine Years In making this Council the Treasurer called attens tion to the fact that it will be d first deficit in nine years which this. city has ever incurred, adding * we can congratulate ourselves that it is not a great deal more." The Treasurer also had some gestions to make as to To es deficit could be met without an ads ditional burden on the taxpayers. "lI would suggest that we can meet this deficit from the fund ace crued by the sale of the The amount available the Utilities Commission the amoun| of their deficit' less the amount o outstanding accounts which, I (Continued on page 6) SAUSAGES CAUSED DEATH OF BUR Berlin, Nov. 24.--A burglar tered the shop of a butcher {i suburbs of Berlin, filled his pe kets with sausages and att to climb out again thre na row transom. He slip balance and fell. string sausages caught around his and strangled him. The body found by the butcher when Ppened his shop a few hours er. WEST GIVES GOOD SUPPORT TO LG --r-- (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Nov, 24--~A feature of first day's activities in conn with the National Service Loan the volume of small applications the prairie provinces," said an © cer of the treasury today. "On first day of campaign we do not ect any dealers to 7 or they are di toa Jona has dota 1 the im i ; 0 ers, who not only s "up, b so See TL AL M WARNINGS y r-- Nod have kept the insurance and put - Poul 'be about $10,875 after paying over to T LIKELY TO BE $10,700 TREASURER PRESENTED ESTIMATE AT MEETING a OF COUNCIL LAST NIGHT A A Fad 7 y a IN NINE YEARS. § - i 3 - statement to 4 4