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"A Growing 1 Nowspaper in a v Iie Osh aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Times Fair Tonight, Cloudy, With Rain or Snow Tomorrow, VOL. 9--NO. 152 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931 12 Cents s Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PACES NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES BEFORE NOMINATION SUBJECT OF COMMENT Court Judgment, Unseating 'Mayor of Fort Frances 'for Paying Taxes After - Nominations Has Been 'Established as Precedent LOCAL CANDIDATES MAY BER INVOLVED City. Officials Admit Sever- al' Paid Taxes After Nomination, But Decline Give List for Publica The article whith Sybased os on! 6 of e Times y Sanday. ne to the technical interpretation of the terms of the sion pal Act which would dis- _all candidates to municl- hi office whose taxes were in ar- years at the time of nomination, created a considerable amount of comment and discussion. It was the subject of much debate in.the.city clerk's office last night. The interpretation placed ' on 53-of the Municipal Act in day's article is upheld by Ontario Law Reports, Part 33, on page 196, in which judgment is yeported as being handed down by Mr, Justice J. Sutherland, of fir case Coart, in a very sim- The Precedent Case case reported in the Law s is one in which David C. eo, elected mayor of Fort Ice, fn Ga et y- on, bro ELE 'WAS appeal 0 and the the' unseatipg u ol EE - % Justice Butherland in ee report states, in effect, that at the time of nomination Mr, Mc- 's taxes, ii tion the day 'were un "On the day oF a om, Bot some time af- o'clock, (when ' pre- bly. ominatfons were clos. Er cKenzie paid the remaining Re Tse ludgm handed dows, which this phase of n to unseat was success- 1, yéads in part as follows: -- Be) "the election' means the day of polling then McKenzie had paid his, arrears of taxes before thst time and before faking 'the declaration, ; and, having subse- quently been elected could, so far as this Frm) is concerned, take ne retain 'his seat. "But it does not mean that 'Blegtion' includes nomination and the 'respondent, be- ing in 'arrears for taxes to the municipality at the time of his nomination, was disqualified as'a "F-am, therefore, of the opinion that the Tes) t was properly | Be" 19 connection with this whole matter Tt t 1s interesting, and only to note that the Returning or Clerk of the Municipal- ity, bas no means of knowing det- Just when a prospective actually carried out the of making tax pay- Candidates at om quality, Oy to of decir: tion--are fon J As a rule, sxpbpiiine ae fr boiwoen, these cert are o just prior to 'antes th ing day aug eo made. The cer- laration is dg not. show the date up- . were and, { indicate nothin along 'o (Continued on Page 3) ROSS MAGKINNON WAS SPEAKER AT ~~ KINANIS CLUB Spoke on Two Bylaws To' Be Voted on by Electors Next Monday The speaker at the weekly: lun- cheon of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club held yesterday in the Genosha Hotel, was Ross Mackinnon, who explained to the members the need for the acceptance of the two by- laws to be placed before the people at the municipal elections. Mr. Mackinnon in his address stressed the need for economy in the manc agement of the business of the city and refuted a number of reasons why the bylaws should not be pass- ed by the electors. The speaker pointed out that while if the bylaws were accepted by the electors there would still be a year before they could be defin- itely put into operation. In that time there was a great deal of work to be done by those whe were elected to office. It would have to be a year of economy' when the capital expenditures of the city must be kept down. Mr. Mackinnon urged that those who were nominated for office should qualify and do their best in the interests of the city. He also urged that those who were not nominated should support men of the deep thinking type, but above all he urged every voter to turn out and vote. Mr. Mackinnon in his address-also deplored the action of certain men in public addresses who stated that the city was bordering on a state of bankruptcy. It was a case of bad judgment he stated 'as it gave the city a bad name in other municipal- ities. Mr. Mackinnon was introduc- ed: to the members by President- elect R. N. Bassett and the vote of fhanie was proposed by A. J. Park- TWO YOUTHS GO TO REFORMATORY Third Man Convicted of Breaking Charge Given "Suspended Sentence Fred 'W. Taylor and Byron Trull, each of whom was convicted on four chargegeof breaking and enter- ing by ni were sentenced to serve thre ths definite and one ear ind ate in: the Ontario eformatory by Magistrate T. K. Creighton .in city police court this morning, Merle Mackey, the fourth member of the group who was con- victed on one charge of breaking and entering was sentenced to three months determinte and three mon- ths indeterminate in the same in- stitution.' The three young jules who were jaken into custody by the She police fol- a series of in the bi Lring recent eta appeared in police court on December 21 after pleading guilty were remanded for sant sentence until this morning. An ! Dea for leniency was en- ok by Russell Humphreys, coun- sel for the young men, who pointed out that it was their first offence and also drew the attention of the court 'to their tender years. In passing judgment His Worship remarked that too much had been said about restitution a matter with which he was not concern- ed. He pointed out the t { the offences and stated Fl a (Continued on Page 3) Chinese Troops Withdraw From Chinchow District 3 2, Chins, Dec. 30.~Mar- Hsueh-liang ordered is Menuchurian troops to evacu. ste the Chinchow area yesterday and 'withdraw within - the Great 'of Chins. - PE bare this action' sole 8 op Gt ie Sra may have wartare and its con- into North China aati the _Peipin-Tientsin ares," Marshal Charg tolg the Press. The withdrawal alyeady has |an ' commenced: 3t was understood, | w aud wl pressed "as rapidly as has gy of the Marshal's decision shal wade ublic' after his head- |' foatrs gunouaeed "that 'the | the. Chinese bad succeedeq in cutting : in behind the Japanese army that is. 'pushing north from Yingkow toward Kowpangtze. Headquarters also apnounced that several hundred Chinese and at least 150 Japanese had fallen in the fighting in the Yingkow- past few days. . Every other section - of ,Man- | churia, with. the 'exception of Chinchow, has been under Japs district during the |. STANDS FOR MAYOR ALD. P. A. MACDONALD Member of the council for the last six years, who is a candidate for the office of mayor for the year 1932. E. WHITBY REEVE AND DEPUTY ARE GIVEN ELECTION | W. Allin Lavis and Everett Warne Elected by Acclamation (Special to The Times) Columbus, Dec. 30.--W. Alljn La- vis has been elected as reeve, and Everett Warne as deputy-reeve of the township of Kast Whitby for the year 1932 by acclamation. At nine o'clock last night these were the only nominees who: had filed pa pers of qualification, and they were therefore declared as elected. Reeve- elect Lavis steps up from the de puty-reeveship, to which he was first elected in 1929 on the resigna- tion of Major R. B. Smith, while Everett Warne has been a member of: the township council for the last two years. A keen contest, however, is as sured for the three seats on the township council, Six candidates have qualified for the three places. These are Maurice G. Hart, Oliver C. Lander and Lyman Gifford, from the Harmony district of the town ship; James A. McKenzie, of Col umbus; A. G. Turner, of the base line south of Westmount, and Hec- tor Stevenson, of Thornton's Cor- ners. None of the other nine nom- inees qualified as candidates, but the presence of six men in the field is sufficient to ensure a keenly con- tested council election in Kast Whitby., © SERIOUS FIRE NEAR LONDON, ONTARIO (By the Canadian Press) London, Ont., Dec. 30.-- Two stores, warehouse, an apartment and part of a house were destroy- ed by fire which bro%e out in the centre of the village of Melbourne today. For a few hours it appear- ag if the whole business section would be wiped vot, The loss was estimated at $20,000. This was the second serious fire to hit the village this year. SIR GEORGE FOSTER "LOW" Ottawa, Dec. 30,--Sir George Foster, veteran statesman, who has been serloucly {ll for more than two wreks, was reported "very low" 2t noon today. | ing meetings this Meetings of Ratepayers in Three Wards of City Promise to be of Interest This is going to be a busy eve- ning for election candidates, and particularly for those who are seeking election for mayor and the public utilities commission, in which the voting ' is city-wide. Three of the Ward Ratepayers' Asroclations of the city are hold- evening, at which the candidates are ex- pected to be present to present their views, The Southeast Ward, in which there i8 a keen contest for alder- manic honors, will have its meet- ing in the Centre Street School zuditorium, as usual, and with feeling running high in this ward, an interesting session is antici- pated. In the Southeast Ward, where there are five aldermanic candi- dates, a meeting is being held in the Albert Street School. Ail of the candidates for alderman, and probably some of those for other offices, are expected to be on hand, while Ross Mackinnon will speak on the bylaws which the electors are to vote next Monday. The Northwest Ward Associ- ation is holding a meeting in the North Simcoe Street School, but as there {s no aldermanic contest in that ward, speaking will prob- ably be confined to candidates for mayor and the utilities com- migelon, although the bylaws may come up for discussion. As the city council and the hoard of education are both hold- ing meetings this evening, it looks like a full evening of muni- cipal discussions. in addition, a ratepayers' meet- ipg is being held in the West- mount School, at 'which the candi- dates for East Whitby Council are expected to speak. Prior to this meeting, there will be a meeting | of the Westmount School Sec- | tion ratepayers, at which the school trustee for the next three | years will be chosen. SUPERIOR STORES {BRITISH GOV'T. CONTEST CLOSING | TAKES STEPS TO TOMORROW NIGHT GALL CONFERENCE Keen Interest Has Been! Notices Sent to All Nations 'Contests For Offices in|' Shown in Contest Based | Which Are Expected on Purchases Only one day remains, after today, in the Superior Stores radio contest. This handsome Rogers Batteryless Radio Receiv- ing Set, it will be recalled, will be given to the customer of any of the Superior Stores having the highest number of purchase votes up to the closing hour on De- cember 31, 1931. Votes are giv- en with every purchase made at Superior Stores, and the contest has aroused keen interest on the part of hundreds of local] and Bowmanville citizens, While not placed in the order of their stand- ing the following is a list of the nine people who are leading in the contest up to this morning: Mrs, McNeilly, 73 Celina St.; William Barrell, Bowmanville: P. Gennen, 271 Bloor St. West; Mrs. McQuade, Albert Street; L. M. Cameron, 291 Celina Street; Wiliam McDonald, 258 Nassau Street; G. Roughley, 211 Church Street; (. Forestall, 634 Hortop Avenue; Mrs, Lovell, 289 Albert Etreet. REMANDS GIVEN IN PORT PERRY GASES Hearings of Charges Against C. Munro and J. W. Crozier Again Ad- journed Port Perry, Dec. 30.--Charles Munro, 35-yerr-old bee-keeper living near Utica, who was to have appeared for trial before Magistrate Purdy, here yestér- day, was further remanded for a week. When he appears In court he will answer to a charge arieing out-of an occurrence which too place on December 22, when it is alleged that Munro entered the home of Thomas Cummins and after demanding money beat Cummins very severe ly in.a fight which ensued. John W. Crozier, charged with | to Participate Press) | ACCLAMATIONS IN (By Canadian P London, Dec. 30--British Rovern- | ment has taken initial steps for summoning an international con- ference on reparations to meet at | Lausanne on January 20. Telegrams have been sent to the British representatives in ten coun- tries which are expected to parti pate in the conference, suggesting that they approach other govern- ment regarding the time and place a suggestion also was made to ask the approval of the Swiss Rovern: ment, which amounts to requesting invitation to hold the conferc ge at Lausanne. / The nations participating in con- ference are expected to be Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Poland, Greece, Roumania, Jugo-Slavia, Czecho Slovakia and Portugal. It was denied that Unit- ed States government had made any ap~roaches to Great Britain for en- largin~ the scope of the conference with a view to joining it, or that Great Britain had sought United States participation on that basis. Two Japanese Are Hanged For Murder Vancouver, Dec. 30-~Tadio Hit- omi and Shinkick Sakurada, Japan- ese, were hanged at the Oakalla Prison Farm at 6.05 am. today for the murder of their countryman, Nakischi' Watafabe. Watanabe was hacked to death Sh an axe on March 20 last on the railway tracks along the local waterfront. Hitomi, according tc the evidence at their trials, wielded the axe at the instigation of Sakur- ada, who was a beneficiary of a $25,000 life insurance policy on the life of Watanabe. NO ONE QUALIFIED St. Catharines, Ont., Dec. 30--Al- though nine citizens are nominated for the local mayoralty contest, not one qualified last night. Another nomination meeting will be neces- sary. uttering a forged document, who was to have appeared in court today was also remanded. The case will be heard after a re- FILLS COUNCIL GAP O NOW IN FIELD FOR MAYORALTY Eligibility of Municipal Candidates is Open to Question (ALD. P. A. MACDONALD AND EDDIE MCDONALD ARE ONLY CANDIDATES | Ex-Mayor T. B. MITCHELL Who stepped into the gap at one minute to nine and was elected by acclamation as alderman for the northwest ward in order to prevent the holding of new nomi- nations for that ward. DARLINGTON TWP. FOR ALL OFFICE Clarke and Pickering Townships i (Special to The Times) Hampton, Dec. 30--~In Darlington township, all of the municipal of- | nces have been filled by acclama- tion. I, Annis is re-elected as reeve, and A. L. Pascoe as deputy-reeve. Lhe three members of council, who were the only nominees to qualify, are Charles Blanshard, O.*M. Car- ruthers and A. W. Annis, and they were therefore declared elected by acclamation, PICKERING TOWNSHIP (Special to The Times) Pickering, Dec. 30--A keen inter- est for all municipal offices is an- ticipated in the township of Picker- ine, enough candidates having qual- ified last night to torce a contest for all positions. E. L.VChapman, urst deputy-reeve for 1931, is a can- didate for reeve, and will be oppos- ed by John A. White. For the office of deputy-reeve, Allan B. Moore, who was second deputy-reeve for 1931, is being opposed by Dr. N., E. McEwen. For the council, five candidates have qualified, three to be elected. The five in the field are Ralph E. Mowbray, Robert C. Reesor, Wil- liam Anderson, William A. Knox and William Reesor. Of these, Ralph E. Mowbray and Robert C, Reesor were councillors for 1931. CLARKE TOWNSHIP (Special to The Times) Orono, Dec. 30--A three-cornered contest for recve, and a contest for council feature the municipal elec- tion for Clarke township, only the deputy-reeve, Fred Couch, being elected by acclamation. Three can- didates for Reeve are Fred Lurkin, L. A Dent and William Payne. For the three council seats, there are four candidates, these being Arthur McKay, Wilbur Ogden, W. J. Pat- ton and T A. Reid, ONLY THREE MEN MOVED The Times has received a letter from some Oshawa boys in the Edison camp in Northern Ontario. The letter states that only three of the Oshawa party in that camp have been transferred to English River, and that those who are left in Ediron have no complaints to make, as everything is very satis- factory . ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION TO BOARD OF EDUCATION E. A. LOVELL return by acclamation is:an sndurcation. of the business-like REDUCTION IN FIRE INSURANGE RATES SOUGHT Col B. J. "J. McCormick Makes Formal Applica- tion for Lower Rates Col. B. J. McCormick, Industrial Commissioner for the city of Osh- awa, has made formal application to the Canadian Fire Underwrit- ers Association, "for a genera) re- duction of fire insurance premium rates for policies covering proper- ties in this city." The Industrial Commissioner has asked the underwriters to make a 'survey of this city, and especially of the {improvements which we have installed in our efforts to inérease our fire pre- vention and fire fighting eflicien- cy," and ig confident that such a survey would result in the Under- writers Association being con- vinced that fire hazards had been greatly decreased during the last few years. RATEPAYERS OF N. E. WARD MET Ald. P. A. Macdonald and Aldermanic Candidates Spoke at Meeting Alderman P. A. Macdonald, candidate for the mayoralty for 1932, J. B. Hutcheson and J. G. Stephens, candidates for alder- men in the Northeast Ward, and Ross Mackinnon, were speakers 'at a special meeting of the North- east Ward Ratepayers Associ ation held in Hutcheson's store on Mary Street last night. A. Douglas, president of the ward ratepayers' association, presided over the meeting, and presented the various speakers to the meeting. : Ross Mackinnon spoke on the two by-laws on which the elect- ors will vote next Monday, and presented convincing arguments in favor of carrying them. Ald, P. A. Macdonald, in his brief address, gave a review of the work of the last year in the city council, and stressed the need for economy, and for safe and sane civic administration. He appealed to the ratepayers who were present for their support in his campaign for the mayoralty. J. B., Hutcheson and J. Stephens also spoke briefly, giv- ing their views on the questions before the electors in the present campaign, and asking for support of their candidature. PORT HOPE BEAT OSHAWA-WHITBY Checker Game at Whitby Gives Victory to Visit- ing Team I ------ The combined checker clubs of Oshawa and Whitby suffered de- feat at the hands of a team made up of players from Port Hope and Cobourg in a match played in Whitby last night. The visitors won 28 games while Whitby-Osh- awa won 22. Thirty games were drawn, The scores were as fol- lows: , Oshawa Port Hope and and 'Won Drawn Wo! 0 N. McGee. 3 .. A. Flindell, 2 W. Stone.. 2 ,.G. Bennett. 0 H. Quantrill 1 ..E. Morton. 0 Capt. Best. 2 ..W, Morton. n 1 0 8 2 Ex-Mayor T. B. Mitchell Prevents New Election in | Northwest Ward, by Qualifying at Last Min. ute -- Acclamations in Cedardale Alderman P. A. Macdonald and Eddie McDonald will battle it out for the mayoralty of Oshawa for 1902, Just a few minutes before nine o'clock last night up to which time none of the mayoralty nominees had filed their declarations of qualifica- tion, Eddie McDonald, walked into pers. Immediately afterwards, Ald= erman Vordonaid folloona suit thu ensuring a contest for the ¢ elective office of the city. Alder- man Macdonald is making his first fight for the mayoralty, after serv~ ing as an alderman for six years; while Eddie McDonald ran third in a threecorner contest with Mayor Ernie Marks and George Hart a = year ago. : Board of Education A There is no contest for the board of education. The four retiring members of the board were the only nominees to qualify, so Allin F. An- nis, E. A. Lovell, Dr. B. A. Brown, and' J. Carroll Anderson are re: clected by acclamation. : An interesting three-corner cons test is assured for the two vacan- cies on the public utilities Ng 314 : sion. R. D. Preston, one. of 1931 'commissioners, who was pointed to fill out the term of Q; D. Conant, who resigned last A failed to qualify, and drops out; but John Stacey, chairman of the c¢ % mission in 1981, is faced. with twof strong opponents in William Ross and James C. Fowlds. of these citizens were m the water commission before it discerded in favor of the utilities commission, while = Johm | Stacey is a former alderman, mayor, and has been a member the utilities commission since inception twe. years ago. Aldermanic In two wards, the fom ward and Cedardale ward, the & contest. Up to the last looked as if a new election have to be called in the No! ward, as Clifford Harman, fo alderman, and' Ald. George M: alone had qualified. At one m G- | to nine, however, ex-mayor ' T. Mitchell stepped into the breac order to save the city the e necessary papers. These three didates were thus declared ele Yy acclamation. Ex-Mayor N (Continued on page 8) . Brittion 2'..R. Payn . Printice 1. .W. . Ellis... 1 'Collins. 2. Bu . Bdmundson 0 +. J. Ba, . Powers, 0 H. Rich Twilley 1 pring Ro? . Charlaton 2 ..C. . Broughton 0. . W, . Vanstone 2 .D, O' . Woods... +3 ..C. 22 30 Almonte. --A ' Nativity presented in the town pupils . of St. Mary's. bigh under the direction of the of St Jrsenh, | before a large ence. All members of the c ed their parts and ¢ ing complete presentation nleasing spectacle. The vocal us singing' was well dofe. fl eh pd fod ed CO DO BORD I A RO fd A OO LEapHSRIROP Lao London-Paris Agreemer is Sought Paris," Dec: '30 -- Rumors of a w'ranco- British bloc at the impend- | ing Reparations < Conference were | answered officially yesterday with | the statement that current negotia« | tions between London and Paris | were for the purpose of 'avoiding i 'misunderstandings when the Con- i demands made DR. B. A. BROWN : Imin- istration given to the city's educational affairs by that body. ference opens, rnment officials recalled the on France | by Vis- sount Ickornshaw Right Hon, Philip Snowden) at the rst. Hagu Conference, which followed the cre. ation of the Young Plan. These surprise demands of the former 1 British Chancellor of the E in Advance it was said. The British and French view were described as apart, In addition to the the ) of the morat actorded any, the priority for .private del m..y over reparations troublesome. P The French rare und; be willing for Great Britai ease e | Germany, bat 1p ans. on. Jelaction between. bikin 00d indicated * the need for Rut Ji preparation béfore the next parley, A