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"A Growing Newspcy:r in a Growing City The Osh awa Bail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer 1 Times Cromsamcs romme npad PROBS. Fair and Milder Today and on Thursday OL. 9--NO. 14] Published at Ochows, Ont. Canade, Every Escopt Sundays and Public Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Core EIGHT PAGES DSHAWA MAN COMMITTED FOR TR Ald. P. A. Macdonald May be Candidate For Mayoralty STRONG PRESSURE IS BEING PLACED ON HIM TO STAND FOR OFFICE. i Provicarly oi Anpotniedn NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED His Retirement From Public Life, But Admits Strong Pressure Is Caus- ing Him to Re-consider | DECIDE IN NEXT FEW DAYS) Leatie F. McLaughlin Is | Bays He Has 'Been Ap-| proached by Many Citi- zens With Requests That He Stand as Mayoralty Candidate hs The situation so far as the prthcoming municipal election is poncerned appears to be develop- g and it is learned this morning that there is a probability that 1d P. A. Macdonald will be entually persuaded by the ressure that is being brought to ear upon him and become a can- jidate for the mayoralty, It will be recalled that within he last week or so Ald. Macdon- d announced his retirement om municipal affairs, stating hat he would not again offer himself as a candidate for re- lection. Since that time, however, Mayor Ernie Marks has also defi- pitely announced that it is quite mpossible for him to accept a econd term in the office of payor under any , conditions hatsoever. Following this there ppears to have been an inten- ive campaign, taken part in by igens of all classes, in order p have Ald, Macdonald 'change mind." 'This was most » ble 'at "the dinner given by he members of the city council n Monday night in honour of yor Marks, when practically pvery speaker, aldermen and city officials, expressed their regret egarding Ald, Macdonald's an- mouncement, coupled with the hope that he could be prevailed upon to re-consider his decision. Sinee that time still further pressure has been brought to ar on Ald. Macdonald, and he mitted this morning to The imes that it would be necessary or him to make still another an- nonncement in the near future tf he is to be left in peace. conversation with The Mimes, Ald. Macdonald inferred hat he was re-considering his de- pision to retire from every angle, nd that there was a possibility hut his previous announcement ould be re-called. Has Been Approached "I have been approached by many citizens, outstanding wen, known all over the city and oth- rs who have spoken to me on his occasion for the first time nd whom T do not know person- ally." said Ald. Macdonald. "They lal! seem to think that with Mayor [Marks retiring it should be the uty of some man in close touch ith every phase of the civic business to announce himself as pady to occupy the mayor's hair, "1 am taking all the arguments have heard during the last few ayr into consideration, but have no announcement to make just at present. My own personal af- faira have to be taken into con- ideration and I am not rushing intc anything," said Ald. Mac- onald. Leading citizens who are en- 'deavoring to induce Ald. Macdon- Id to announce himself as a 'meyoralty candidate feel that no hotter selection from among the 'members of this year's council could be made and also that it 'would be very hard to obtain a more suitable man even by select- ing a candidate from outside the ranks of the present aldermen. BY TEMPLE LODGE New Worshipful Master For Next Year Officers for the ensuing year were duly installed last: night at special ceremonies held for this purpose by Temple Lodge, AF, & AM. Oshawa, in the Masonic Temple. The proceedings were con- ducted by Roy Mcintosh, the In- stalling Master, and were followed by a most enjoyable banquet at which about 200 members of the Craft sat down. The Master of the Lodge for the ensuing year, installed last night, is L. F. McLaughlin, the other officers charged with the administration of of the affairs of the lodge during the coming year being as follows: Immediate Past Master, C. F. Cannon; Senior Warden, W, E. Gillott; Junior Warden, C. T. Barnes; Chaplain, H. M. Black; Treasurer, R. Morphy; Secretary, W. O. Wilson; Director of Cere- monies, C. C. Stenhouse; Senior Deacon, J. Norvill Wilson; Junior Deacon, W, R. Elliott; Inner Guard, O. D. Friend; Senior Steward, R. Crossley; Junior Steward, F. C. Davidson: Director of Music, George Henley; Tyler, E, Flutter. At the banquet which followed the installation ceremonies in. the lodge room, when the newly install ed Master of the Lodge, L. F. Mc- Laughlin, acted as Toastmaster, the principal speaker was W. H. Moore, M.P., who took for his subject "Sol- omon, Sheba, and Spice", dealing with this topic in a most interesting and witty manner, Mr. Moore was introduced to the big gathering by George Hart, the thanks of his audience being ex- pressed to Mr. Moor by Cecil Can- non MEN EXAMINED FOR ROAD WORK Party Now Waiting For Orders tc Proceed to Ottawa District A total of thirty-five men, from which twenty-five will be finally, se- lected for work on the construction camps on the highway west of Ot- tawa, were examined last night by Dr. Grant Berry everyone of them being r~ronounced as physically fit for such work as would be required of them. No 'definite instructions have yet been received as to the date on which these men will leave the city, and it is hardlv expected that they will be called for before 'Christmas. They have been instructed, howev- er, to keep in close touch with Ma- jor Hamilton, Superintendent of the Labour Bureau, and to hold them- selves in readiness to leave on short notice. , There is always a tie between father and son, declares a South- ern Rotarian, Probably. And if ihere is, it's a safe bet that son's wearing it.--Boston Herald. "Dad," asked little Duncan, "dces the dictionary contain all the words there are?" Father: "No, new words are constantly coming into use." Duncan. "Then what is the last word?" Father: ther." "Go and ask your mo- See Market in Ontario For 110,800 New Cars Toronto, Dec. 16.--Surveys | showing that the Ontario area should be a potential market for the unprecedented pure! of 110,800 new automobiles in 1982, because of reduced buying during the past two years, will | be presented by Detroit automo- bile officials here tomorrow. C. R. Gall, Canadian supervisor of the Hudson Motor Car Com- pany, will head the party which will confer with Hudson-Essex York Limited, distributors of Hdteon and Essex cars, and with ih heads of sales organizations territory. . "four sufveys,® sald A. A. | Walker, in agnouncing the meet- ing, "show that for the past two years owners have purchased new automobiles only when absolute- ly necessary. Normal purchases of new automobiles in this terri tory usually approximate 64,700 each year, However, approximate- ly only 83,300 cars were bought during 1930 and 1931, leaving a deficiency of approximately 46, 100 cars for these two years. This deficiency, plus normal pur chases, make an unprecedented potential market for ihe sale of approximately 110,800 new auto- mobiles in this territo. r in 1932 "This necessary buying of new automobiles 'during the coming year should go far toward speed- ing up-'business in all lines, 'TO-SPEAK HERE HON. W. G. MARTIN Ontario Minister of Public Wel- tare, will speak at the annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society in St. Andrew's United Church hall tomorrow night. PORT PERRY MAN FACES CHARGE OF ALLEGED FORGERY John W. Crozier Remand- ed for Week, And Re- leased on Bail Port Perry, Dec. 16.--Some- what of a sensation was created here on Monday by the arrest of John W. Crozier, local barrister, on a charge of uttering a forged document. The 'arrest was -made by Provincial Constable T. Mit- ¢hell, and Crozier appeared in court before Magistrate E. Purdy, who remanded the accused for one week. Crozier was released on bail of-$5,000. The charge against Crozier, it is alleged, is based on the claim that he countenanced the forgery of a husband's signature by his wife to a quit claim deed {° con- nection with a foreclosure action brought aganst T, Lane and Earl Thompson by J. Hortop of Port Perry, Crozier, who is alleged to have been receiving a cash gon- sideration from the plaintiff for a quit claim deed, is charged with securing the forged signa- ture to the document, and it is also alleged that he later swore to this as a true signature, Provincial Constable Mitchell, when interviewed by The Times this morning, sald there was no further information which could be given out regarding the case, but admitted that there was a possibility that other charges might be laid against Crozier before he comes up for hearing next week. ASSURED MARKET SEEN FOR WHEAT British Quota Would Take 106,000,000 Bushels a Year From Canada Ottawa, Dec, 16.--Canada would secure a sheltered market in Great Britain for at least 106,000,000 bushels of wheat an- nually: under the proposed quota preference, it has been learned here since Premjer R. B, Ben- nett's return from London. . In the present open market Canada has been selling for consumption in Great Britain only about 70,000,000 bushels a year. Premier Bennett intimated last night that his understanding of the basis upon which the British Government was considerng the proposed wheat quota was that 70 per cent, of Great Britain's wheat requirements + uld be allotted to the dominions--Can- ada and Australia--with 15 per cent. reserved for British' wheat and 15 per cent, for foreign countries, mainly Argeuiine. Britain's annual wheat con- sumption is 190,000,000 bushels, so the dominions' 70 per cent would be 132,000,000 bushels. Of this, Canada's share, on the basis of production and quality of wheat, would be about 30 per cent, or 106,000,000 bushels, PLEADS GUILTY TO FORGERY Hamilton, Dec. 16. -- Pleading guilty to a charge of forgery and utlering and to four charges of forgery, Burritt A. Rose, Guelph C.N R. employee was 'remanded until Saturday by Magistrate Burbidge in police court- RX Soday. He will be sentenced on that day, New Relief Work Policy Said to be Working Well With the adoption of the pres- ent policy of employment relief, the men working in three shifts of three days each, the grounds for complaint voiced recently re- garding crowds of men "lining up" outside the Government Em- ployment Bureau have been elim- inated, Under existing conditions the men employed on the undertak- ings of the Board of Works as a measure of relief from unemploy- ment, automatically work for three days and are laid off for six, returning to their previous job at the expiration of the lay- off period without re-registration at the Employment. Bureau, This method of employment, recently adopted by the city council, 18 being found to work most satisfactorily for all con cerned. The men themselves, when once issued with the neces- sary identification card, can count on periods of employment which are fairly well assured to them. They know just when they will be working and when they wil! be idle, while they also know the particular job which they will be on when at work. It will be re-called that a few weeks ago the Board of Policé Commissioners requested the co- operation of the City Counell in its efforts to have the Govern- ment Employment Office moved to some other location owing to tho complaints received from merchants occupying premises in the vicinity of the office regard- ing the crowds of men, There dces not seem to be any reasvu foc such complaints under the prevailing policy ol the City Re- lief Committee. Firm Complains Time Too Short to Make Sewage Disposal Plant Plans Some idea of the work en- tailled in meeting the require- ments of the City Council, as laid down {n the advertisement for plans and specifications from en- gineering firms on the proposed sewage disposal plant, can be ga- thered from a communication re- ceived recently by the civic au- thorities from the Ontario En- gineering Company Ltd. While the period for receiving these competitive plans does not expire until January 4, this re- putable firm of engineers states thst it is not possible to do jus- tice to the work within the time allotted and that it, therefore, "cannot compete." According to this firm such pans as those required by the city authorities would require "at least twenty sheets of ac- curately drawn up plans, taking about "five expert draughtsmen about four weeks' to prepare. It is also pointed out by this firm that before an) actual work in preparation of the plans could ever be commenced a thorough survey of local conditions, with a view to obtaining all necessary data for the erection of such a rlant, would ¥e an absolute ne- ceseity. ASSOCIATIONS OF RATEPAYERS TO HOLD MEETINGS Central Body Meets on Fri- day Night--Bylaws to be Discussed With the municipal elections, involving also votes on two by- laws, one to reduce the number of aldermen, and the other to change from the ward system to a city-wide system of aldermanic elections, coming closer, activity is being stirred up by the city ward ratepayers' association. An imporfant meeting of the Central Ratepayers' Association is being held on Friday evening of this week in the city council chamber, when it is expected that the whole municipal situation will be very thoroughly discussed. It is understood that the two bylaws will become the subject of dis- cussion at this meeting, and both sides of the question are likely to be given an airing. Another important ratepayers' meeting is that of the South- west Ward, which is to be held on Monday evening In the au- ditorium of Centre Street School, when, it is expected, speakers will be present botl for and against the bylaws. In view of the approaching municipal elections, large audi- ences are likely to attend these two meetings. CENTRE STREET HOME AND SCHOOL CLUB MEETING Banquet To Be Given To " Senior Rugby Team of School Final arrangements for' ' the banquet to be givén to the Senior Rugby team of Centre Street School were made at the meeting of the Home and Schobl Club on Monday evening. The date for this annual event is set for December 17th. Mrs. O. S. Hobbs, president, presided over the meeting which opened in the usual manner with the Lord's Prayer and the vead- ing of the different reports. The Flower committee reported hav- ing sent out three bouquets and one box of fruit during the past month, Mrs. Whitelaw gave a full report of the last meeting of the' local Home and School Council meeting she had attended. The $1.00 prize was won last evenin by Miss Hallingon's class whi had 'the largest representation of mothers present at the meeting. The business session was closed early io "have plenty of time for R. N. BASSETT PRESIDENT OF KIWANIS CLUB Election of Officers Was Held at Luncheon Yesterday The meeting of the Oshawa Kiwanis Clup held yesterday in the Genashg Hotel was one of the most important of the year, the officers who will direct the destinies of the club for the forthcoming year being elected. The officers elected are as follows: -- President--R, N, Bassett. Vice President---W, H. Clark. District Trustee--R. 8, Virtue. Treasurer--T, W, Joyce (Ac- clamation), Secretary--W. G. Burns. Directors--Dr, O, G. Mills, A. S. Ross, J. N. Willson, J. L. Beaton, A. F. Cox, E. Cay and A. E. McGilvray. The newly elected officers were congratulated upon their election to office by W. J. Trick, immedi- ate Past President, who urged the members to give their whole hearted and loyal support to the officers. He assured the members that the success of the club de- pended upon their cooperation with the president, who alone could not make the club a suc- cess. R. N. Bassett, who will act as president of the club during the ensuing year, thanked the mem- bers for the honor which they had conferred upon him. He stated that he had a real job be- fore him to maintain the stand- ard of the club, He asked the members to be always willing to accept any office or committee duties in which they might be asked to take part, 'as it was only by each member working with the others that the club could be a success, "My wife has skipped," sald a man in court. He must have giv- en her too much rope.. Jopes and his wife were on a fishing expedition. At.the end of a trying fishing day Jones brought things to a climax by falling into the water. : Just as he crawled out, his wife appeared on the scene. "Did you fall in?" ghe inquired, in surprise. "No, no! Just crawled in to see which fish it was got away from a special goclal programme of games, 'contests and music that had been planned for this last meeting of the year. Mrs, Rich- ardson was the winner "of the Christmas cake donated and raf- fled by the president. The teachers of the Centre Steert School served i shments at this social gathers " | NB W. M. INSTALLED LESLIE F. McLAUGHLIN Who was. last night installed in office as Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, A.F. and A.M. TAX COLLECTOR GIVEN SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL No Drastic Action, How- ever, to Be Taken Where Distress Wuold Be Caused The finance Committee of the City Council held a special meeting last night for the purpose of thor- oughly discussing the policy to be adopted, and methods of collection, in the effort which has to be put forward in getting in arrears of taxes. At this meeting, a communication was considered from J. A. McGib- bon, who wrote on behalf of a client against whom action has been taken to collect arrears by the seiz- ure of his goods and chattels: In this letter, Mr. McGibbon pointed out that his client had always paid his taxes when in a position to do so, and that it was through no fault of his own that he now found him- self owing some $300 to the city. He had been unable to meet the second instalment of the 1930 taxes, and had paid nothing this year. Mr. McGibbon stated that his client was a married man with five children, and if a seizure of his goods was permitted then he will be compelled to apply to the civic authorities tor direct relief. It was also stated in the solicitors letter that tools and equipment, us- ed by his client in obtaining a live- lihood, had been seized by the bail- iff acting for the Tax Collector, the seizure of such articles being illeg=- al. A somewhat similar case was also placed before the Finance Commit- tee by Alex C. Hall, acting on be- half of another citizen. It is understood that the Finance Committee will carefully investi- gate every case in which it is con- tended that drastic action would cause positive distress, considering every such instance on its individual merits The Finance Committee is solidly behind the Tax Collector in his e forts to carry out his fastructions, but the members of this committee feel that City: Council itself, through (Continued on page 3) VICE-PRESIDENT OF ROYAL BANK PASSED TODAY Charles E. Neill, Prominent; Banker, Died After Long Il Illness (By Crain Press) Montreal, Dec. 16. -- One of Canada's foremost bankers died here today. Charles Ernest Neill, vice-president and managing di- rector of the Royal Bank of Can- ada, succumbed to an illness that had kept him in hospital for the past two months. He was 5% years of age. For some time Mr. Nelll's chances of recovery were con- sidered slight. A few weeks 250 an operation was resorted to in an effort to save his life. His condition became increasingly critical, however, and when he took a turn for worse yesterday all hope that he might get well was abandoned, Mr, Neill was a widower «nd had no children, He is survived by"Ralph D. 8. Neill, a brother, of Montreal, and John Neil), half brother, Fredericton, Tentative = arrangements 'were made for the funeral ser- vice here tomorrow. The re- mains are to be taken to Fred- erjcton, Mr. Nefll's birthplace, for burial. i OHN D. RUTHERFORD IS TO STAND TRIAL FOR ~ CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE (ONTARIO COUNTY STOCK JUDGING TEAM WON TROPHY | Had First Place in Judging ! of Two Classes of Heavy Horses | In the recent Inter-County , Live Stock Judging Competition i held at the Guelph Winter Fair { the team of three young farmers selected and trained by Agricul- turzl Representative W, M, Cros- kery, were successful in winning the Glen Ormond Trophy, an im- mense silver cup donated by Rob- ert Dollory given to the team winning the highest number of points in judging two classes of Heavy Horses. The members of the team were Kenneth Holliday, Walter Holliday and Leonard McQuay, all of Whitby Township. Kenneth Holliday the high man on the team was the second high man in the whole competition in Judging Horses and won a sub- stantial cash prize. In the general Competition the team did not do so well, standing 13th among 26 Counties compet- ing. The boys' child weakness being two Hog Classes in which they got rather badly twisted. This is the second occasion this year when a trophy put up for Inter-County Competition has come to Ontario County.. In the Inter-County Junior Farmers' Field Day held at Presqu'ile last summer the local boys and girls were successful in bringing home the silverware donated by Farm & Dairy. Both of these trophies are put up for yearly competition and may be seen until the time for the next Competition comes round at the office of the Agri- cuitural Representative, at Ux- Lridge. SPORT GOOD AT BONFIELD CAMP Arthur Goslein Says Osh- awa Men There Are Well Satisfied ° Still another letter from the nor- thern construction camps, written this time by Alfred Goslein to his parents, Mr, and Mrs, W. Goslein, 571 Simcoe Street North, and re- ceived within a day or so, is most cheerful 'in its tone and further evidence that conditions in the camps are eminently satisfactory, The writer speaking of conditions in the camp at Bonfield, states that there were three inches of snow in the locality at the time of writing. He says that rabbits, pure white ones, are very plentiful and good sport. An~parently, according to Alfred Goslein, at any rate, the food is ex- cellent and ample in quantity. He says -in his letter: -- "I just got through supper. A big dish of pea- soup, potatoes, and liver, tour kinds of cake, nice buns, stewed figs. All vou can eat and how I eat, oh boy." It is evident also from this letter that' the spiritual needs of the voung men in camp are not being ~-glected as Goslein tells of visits trom the priest in charge of the Ro- man Catholic Church at Bonfield, and opportunities which are readily taken advantage of for the hearing of confessions and attending ser- vices Allred Gosfield encloses with his ctter a photo of a group of Osh- awa boys taken in Bonfield camp, including the writer, and also photos of the huts in which the boys live and eat. The writer of this letter states that the majority of the Oshawa boys are making plans to be home fer Christmas even if they have to "beat their way" in order to make the Sune * Prelimioary Hearing Took Place in Cobourg Police Court Today, When Rutherford Elected Trial by Higher Court CONSTABLE WAS ONLY WITNESS Provincial Constable Carey Tells of Fatal Accident to Mrs. Catherine Mclvor --Bail Fixed at $2,000 (Special to The Times) Cobourg, Dec. 16.--John D. Rutherford, of 134 Celina Street, Oshawa, appeared in police court here this morning, before Magis- trate Floyd, and was formally committed for trial on a charge of failing to keep his car under proper control, and unlawfully killing Catherine Mclvor, contrary to section 284 of the Criminal Code. Rutherford, who was de- fended by J. P. Mangan, of Osh- awa, did not plead, but elected trial by the next court of coms petent jurisdiction. Provincial Constable W. J. Carey was the only witness for the crown, and no witnesses appeared for the des fence, Provincial Constable Carey, in his evidence, told of finding the body of Mrs. Mclvor on the high~ way about one mile east of Co bourg about 5.45 p.m. on Novem- ber 23. The injured woman, he sald, was placed in an ambuls ance, he said, -but died om the way to the hospital. Some men were standing around the scene of the accident, and on the com« stable asking who had heen the driver of the car which struck the woman, Rutherford stepped lorward and said he was. Rutherford, said the constable, had explained that he had been following a car from Montreal driven by a Mr, Salkald, and had turned out to pass this car when he struck the woman, She had been struck by the left hand bumper of his car, Constable Carey, continuing, said the woman had been badly injured about the head. In answer to J. P. Mangan, de- fence counsel, the officer said it was dark at the time, but that he could not say anything as to the traffic on the road at the time of the accident. Asked how many children were with Mps. Mclvor at the time, he said there were two, aged 16 months and three years, in a baby carriage, and, one, five years old, walking alongside. Questioned further, he said that the highway was straight for several miles on each * side of the scene of the accident, and that the road was level. When he found Mrs, Meclvor's body, her head was about 15 fnches from the side of the pave ment. The body was lying north and south on the south side of the road. No other evidence was given, and Magistrate Floyd formally committeed Rutherford for trial at the next court of competent jurisdiction, Bail was renewed at $2,000. The! time when the next court, of competent jurisdiction will be Held has not yet been settled, PSYCHOLOGY BOOKS POPULAR READING Montreal, Que.~Mrs. Mary Carte er, Assistant Director of the Me Gill Library School, in an address mentionen a questionaire she had circulated in order to gain informe ation on the relative popularity of various subjects in reading, exclus- ive of fiction. learned, was psychology, particulars ly in regard to personality. Second came health and hygiene and t recreation. ting least interest, she found. we plant and animal life and industria science, Saturday morning *will be one of the big events of the week in the calendar of the children of tho city. The big event is the big show at the Regent Theatre commencing at 10 a.m., when children may gain admission by bringing a toy or a doll that can .be repaired, which will take the pla of an admission fee. it is jpted out that no books will I taken as admission. The show will be one of the best children's entertainments ob- tainable, with comedies suitable for children. In addition the one and only Bert Johnston, who will do his best to mystify and mis- Boy Scout Toy Matinee at Regent Theatre Saturday lead his audience, will - be the headline act on the stage. 8 pointed out that the Pletires tle be shown at no other shaw he and have been specially select The showing of the pictures will take more than 'an hour whi the acts of Mr, Johnston will take the remainder of the full lengtit show period, The show is being Fen a lutely free of charge theatre and {ts staff 8 ih ed to this worthy cause, dome ber the doors will be open 9.20 and the show will wmence at 10 a.m, shaip, The chief, she had Those subjects attrace TEAR RST CRORE a a a ata DT