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TORONTO DURHAM CLUB ENTERTAINEO ON FRIDAY Toronto now holidaying in town were entertained last Friday evening .at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. 51001013an by their daughter, Miss May McClocklin of the Toronto school staff, now on vacation here. Flaunt Evening Spent at Home of the 80ch, His: IcClocklin. Briefly, the "Durham" Club is a society of loyal Durhamite residents of the Queen City who hold monthly meetings, exchange ideas and greet- ings, and. incidentally, do a lot of sewing and other work for the Dur- ham Red Cross Memorial Hospital. From a small beginning. we under- stand the Club now has a member- ship of nearly 200 and the big prob- lem is to find suitable avcommoda- tion for the monthly meetings. Besides members of the Club on vacation here, a few residents ol‘ the town were also present and the ev- ening was reported a very enjoyable aflair. Mrs. (Dr;- D. Jamieson, the local Red Cross president. was pres- ent and thanked the Toronto ladies for the interest they had taken in the hospital here which, while do- ing a good work. was in need of all the assistance it could get. Mrs. Jamieson assured the Durham Club ladies that their efforts were always acceptable and Very much approvi- ated. .\ little five-year-old newsboy was run over and killed by a motor car in the east end of Toronto on Satur- day night. Wurm. the driver of the on, was immediately placed under mast for manslaughter. During the evening quite a lot of saving was done and at. the close! a dainty lunch was served by tlw hostess. It was on information laid by one George E. Oliver, that Inspector Floody arrested Smith. According to tho ovidonCo Oliver went to Smith who is a tinsmith and asked him to nianut‘acturo a machine as rovoalod by a diagram. Troating tho pl‘OpOSi- tion as an ordinary order. Smith prom-odod to construct tho apparat- us. 'l‘hon UliVor rotm'nod to Inspor- tor Huody and tho stage was arrang- ed for a rnnvirtion. Crossâ€"oxaminzi- tion of ()lix'or rovoalod that such a prm'mhlt't‘ was moroly his customary practico. Ho stutod that ho had boon intormittontly omployod by tho On- tario lironso board for over 20 years. Toronto MagiStrate Censures Meth- ods Used to Secure Conviction of Tinsmith For Breach o! the Dom- inion Customs and Excise Act. “.\n innm'o-nt. slew-Ht, respectable Citim-n." in tho- womls uf .‘lagisll'atv Brmmm of Tm'untn. in a I'vm'nt. vasc‘ tl'iwl hofm'o- him in NW Quwn City. mm Inn»! and trapped by a “con- trmptihlu «lo-m-no-rah' in to a Viola- lion Hf the Customs and Excise Act by maikng a still.” Miss Vina Krvss ul’ Bnfl'aln is Visitâ€" ing hm' fathom Mr. Ho'nl'g'v Mums. and sistoi'l'. Miss I‘llvanm' KI‘OPSS. “SPOTTER” lURED MAN T0 BREAK THE LAW Hum-g9 E. Smith of Humber Bay was mmicted of haying a still in his pcryssov‘ssinll. ' The Mail and Empire is the only Toronto newspaper that made an increase in circulation in the month of July. The increase in the Mail and Empire’s circulation was 1,987 more than June‘s average. The? magistratv suggested he wuuld help Smith 3% rmlrt‘ss for the fine. The t). P. R. bridge gang has been working at the overhead bridge east of town for the past month and are about finished. We understand that there is still a lot of work to do be- tween here and Walkerton and that the gang will stick on the job until it is all completed. A special woik new with enginei and c1ew is going through this partl of the diusion and were working inI Durham vicinity last week. Theyi \wre engaged in picking up rails' that. had been replaced by new ones. "! dun't think the Dominion De- partment would ever countenance such 3 MPH. of knavery," said Ma- gistrate Brnnton. "A more snake- like piece of evidem'e has never been ofl'ered in the police cmu'ts of (Jan- ada." BRIDGE GANG STILL BUSY _ Will Repair All Bridges On This Branch of the C. P. R.â€"Plenty of Work for Some Time Yet. Members of the Durham Club of ‘ THE IRUHAM CHRONICLE ’râ€"NO. 2930. MRS. ROBERT ECTOR PASSED AWAY TUESDAY Pioneer Resident of Glenelg Answers Last Call After Two Months” 111- ness.â€"lnterment Saturday in Dur- ham Cemetery. Mrs. Robert Ector, whom we re- mn'tvd last. \wek as seriously ill', passod‘mvay Tuesday night at nine u'c'luck at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 'l'hnmas 'I‘urnhull. about a mile north of town. Her maiden name was Fanny Mc- tallum and she was born in the ”lomiship ot \aughan on the lst of .\l'auh. 1838. «nor eighty- the years ago. On the 30th of October, 1856. she married the late Robert Ector, who died in 1906. Immediately after their marriage in the Township of Vaughan, the young couple came to tilenelg. where they spent the re- mainder of their lives. They were pioneers of the Township, endured all the hardships of pioneer life, raised a family of two sons and six daughti‘rrs, and by thrift and in- dustry rose to a position of comfort. \\'v unclvrstanol it was alm‘itlml to npm-atv whom tlu- pativnt bwamn strungvr. hut, \\'¢Ylla\'v nut, lwnn in- formmlas tn his mnc‘liticm sincn Monday night. The members of the family are: Rpm-rt, in Glpnelg. on the old home- shiaol; Archiv and Mrs. Pelcll (Mil- liu, at Elbow. Sash; Mrs. John Moll’at {Fanny . at Pinkertén, County of Hrucv; Mrs. William WPil' (Eliznbvlhj, in (llmwlg; Mrs. .l‘ulm Littlv (Sarah‘. in l’I'Olnn; Mrs. 'l'lmmas 'l‘urnlmll (Kaleb. [war hur- ham. and Margarvt at Sthlnstvacl. (JUPDBC. Sincv thv (lt‘ath of hm' husband so-wnto-vn yvurs agu the deceased has two-n thing with 1101' son. ltntwt‘l. Ull tlu- nlcl hnmvstvalt. till slur Moi; swk a muplo- nt‘ n'mnths ago zuul vamv tn liw with how clz‘iughtm'. Mrs. Turnâ€" hull. 'l'hv ill-('va’sml was a itmntmt Prus- hytt-l'ian. kindly in how itispns'itinn :mol :1 highly cistm-mmt mo-mhm- nl' tho- i-nmmnnit)‘. lntm'mvnt will lw manta on Satur- oluy at'tvrnnnn at 2. n'i-lovk in Dur- htn‘n vvmvtm‘). tlw ltvlay llt'ill}: nuâ€" i-ussm'y in tll'tit‘l' that tlw sun amt clauglitvi' might m'riw fer the “hut in tims- for tlw t'unural. JAMES LAVELLE, SR., ILL AT HOME IN STRATFORD Mr. and Mrs. Lavvllv nmtm'mt tn Struth'ml that night and found Mr. Lawllv. Stu. throatonml with an at- tark nt' amwmtit'itls. On Sunday tlw \vm'ol came) that hp was mnsidvrably impruvml. and Iatyr inl'm'mutinn was I'o-('0i\'mt that tw was not so \wll. Mr. Lawllv's i'rii-mls imrn will lw plf‘asml t0 lPfll'll Hf his ri-ci'Vi-ry. and accepting the 0M :ulagv that. "no iwws is good Hows" \w aw inclined in think that tlw i'l'isis is [Lian-it‘d. Former Grand Trunk Conductor Out of Durham Stricken With Appen- dicitis. Mr. lamps Lawliv nf town recen- ed “0rd Saturday night that his t'zlilII'lg MP. .lamI‘s L3\'i‘ii(‘. Sr. was zhkmi wry ill at his hIImII at Shat- IIIIII and that his I OIIIlitiIIn \\ as sm'i- nus. ' autummmummwm'm .Wsotl: 1‘9me my; magnum-cm DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1923. OLD-TIME RESIDENTS HAD PLEASANT VISIT Becker Boys of Pennsylvania State Were in Town For a Few Days and Spent a Pleasant Time Hunt- ing and Fishing. Messrs. Oscar Becker and sons, “scar, Jr.. and Frank Becker, with Mr. Gus. Herscher. all of Philadel- phia. and F 'zmk Becker, of Potts- tuwn, Pennsylvania. were in town last week and enjoyed a few days’ sport hunting groundhogs on some of the farms in the surrounding vi- cinity and were successful in mak- ing a good bag. The Messrs. Becker have prosper- ml since leaving Durham and made the trip this time in a twin-six Pack- ard ear and covered the seven hund- red odd miles without a mishap. Both boys are looking will and had a pleasant time with the many friends of their boyhood ays. Messrs. ()scar and Frank Becker are old Durham boys and left here about twvnty years ago I'm; 'the Quaker City. They enjoy a isit back to the Old home town mcasion- ally, and ware here about three years agu on a similar trip. Their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Becker, are new residents of Car- ney’s Point, New Jersey, and old friends here will be pleased to learn they are enjoying guod health. Since leaving Durham the family have al- ways kept in touch with the old town and have always been regular sub- sm'ihm's tn 'l'lu'. Chrmlit‘le. FIELDZCROPS THIS YEAR NOT UP TO AVERAGE This Is the Opinion of Government Inspector Here Last Week on Field Crop Competition. Fur SHIIH‘ wars :1 Fil‘ltl 11m.» «lum- [wtitinn in Hans has hmm huh! in this \‘it'iniiy in ('mnu-x'ténn with Hm Snulh HI'G')’ Agrivullul'al Sewimy. 'l'lw judging: I'm' {his war was «IHIH‘ lust. wvek \vlwn Hu- I'ull(»\\'ing com.- pvtitnrs \wm- :mardm the prizes in “H‘ m‘oh'l' ,L'iVPn Z 'l‘lw cmps oxaminmi are said to bo lwlmv Hlo‘ :lVo'l'mu' 0f ”IUSP c'lltt'l'im.’ in I’nrmm' mmpvtitions. but am) pm- ununcml goml. A Mr. Foster from nnar Shvllmrnv olicl tho- judging. Follmviug are the othm‘ compet- itm's in m'dm' 0f nwl'it : Fall Whvnl in l’c-vl Cmmty will av- u-I'agv ll) lmsllc'ls tn llu- ficro. accord- im: M a I'vcnnt nmvspaper report. In lhu stornn-mvvpt. {ll'l‘ilh‘ tlu- uwrago will go up to 30 bushels. Alsike is turning out well with yields of from l0 l0 l2 huslwls. an vxcnptional crap. W. J. Ritchiu. .lamos Mathew. William Wuir. 'l'. (i He'll. .(Inhn .Hamiltcm. Dmid Robinscm. John Mrtiil'l‘. Alvx. (Eric-I‘m”. Thomas chng'. Charlc-s Kc'nm-dy. R. 'l‘. l'IdwaI-c'is. Owing to sickness on the staff, The (Ihronicln is a day late. this week. On Tuesday morning J. L. Stedman failed to show up and we later dis- covered that he was suffering from an attack of lu'mbago and up to this Friday morning has not‘*yet showed up. A meeting to discuss the proposed )Vaterworks scheme has been called for next Tuesday night in the Town Hall and it is to he hOped that there will be a full attendance. This is an important matter for Durham and no man has a right to express too posithc an opinion without hearing both sides of the case. The question is one that deserves mme than a casual going over and the Town Hall should he jammed on Tuesday when the matter comes up for discussion. The case, hovéever, is a very grave one and the "patient is not yet by/any means out of danger. Council let londey Night and Struck Rate For Next Yeahâ€"Have Called Public fleeting to Discuss Waterworks for Next 'l'u'eedey flight. 1924 TAX RATE 42 MILLS Mrs. Croft has been troubled con- siderably of late with headaches and could not seem to get relief. Spe- cialists finally diagnosed the case as tumor on the brain and an Operation was performed last week. From the first the Operation was considered of a most critical nature and the condition of the patient for a few days was anything but assur- ing and it was with relief that her friends here heard this morning that her conidtion was more promising than at any time sincef'going to the hospital. At the Council meeting on Monday night the business of striking the rates for 1924 was gone into and ac- cording to the finding of the Town Fathers the rate will he 42 mills, one mill less than last year. The failure of the Jackson Manu- faeuring Company was one of the factors that contributed to keeping the rate up, as this otl‘set the advant- age gained by the maturing of a couple of the money by-laws last year. The High school, too, asked for approximately $1,000 less this year than last, but the Public school estimates were about that much higher than in 1923. The rate was stizuek as i'ololws : High School ...... 4.9 mills Public Scliool.... 15.2 mills Publir Library... 1.5 mills i-iy-lziws ......... 7.9 mills Sidewalk ........ .4 mills munty llale ...... 6.6 mills (Senora! Hale ..... 5.7) mills 'l'olnl .......... 42.0 mills The condition of Mrs. S. D. Croft. who last week underwent an Opera- tion in a Toronto hospital is r mori- ed to-day as better than at any time since the operation was performed. Mrs. John Marshall and son Victor, Miss Barbara Marshall, Roydml Mr.- llonnlcl. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph lid- muncls. Mrs. HHpklllS. William Murâ€" «lirk and sislvr. Miss Rota. William llvay. Arthur Wilson, Archie and Noll .\‘lcl\'urhnio. Goon-go C. Wilson. .\ll)l'l‘l (lollohorl. Howard McCallnm .lamvs l'l. Nichol. Hmrgo Wilson. (lor- mnn Johnston. lilitl‘ Paylnr, Law- rvnro Chapman. (ii-orgo Boll. Camp- lwll Clark. Douglas Ewen. Crcil Roay. David llnrns. Jumps \Vhilmorp, A. l‘lllnlOllllS. R. Hopkins. Ranald Martin. Now-l li‘alkingham. Thomas Sproulo. All'wrt Ashlvy. William Ecclos. Har- ()lll Airhison. l). \V. Clark. Charles Scales. Allwri, Mrllonald. W09. Noble, Lawson Hopkins. Ewing Noble, M01- \'in Aillum. Fletcher Riddoll and Wilfrid Barbour. 'l‘hirlyâ€"mn‘vn 117‘” how by 11. l’. H. yvstvnlay morning: on llw Harvm't- vl's‘ l‘lxvm'siun tn \Vinnipvg. From thvw Hwy will go to clifl'm'ent points in the \Vustm'u Provinces. Fallowâ€" ing is tho list: Recovering Nicely From Critical Operation in Toronto Hospital. MRS. S. D. CROFT ' REPORTED IMPROVING Youth and Brawn of the East Now En Route West to Assist in West- ern Harvest. 'l‘ho late-st P(‘[)()l‘tS say that while this \‘ii'iiVs “’estorn crup is not a H‘COI‘d mm. it is away abme the ax- magv and that 50,000 11:11 \PStPI‘S xx ill be l'l‘quil'c‘d from tho East to garner the crop. ONE DAY LATE THIS WEEK WESTWARD HO? JLIIUUIQO o. 1010‘! libl‘a1.}vo o o 1.5 . 4.9 mills . 15.2 mills 1.5 mills 7.9 mills .4 mills 6.6 mills 5.5 mills . 42.0 mills Slayer. of Father (Bohocy, It. Proton, Rocapturod on Erma! Road.â€" Wu Taken Without a Struggle and Is Now Again in Custody. COSGRAVB BBWWRBD SIX IILBS IORTH OI" GUBLPI The man hunt for John Cosgrave. escaped lunatic murderer, for the Ontario Reformatory. ended early Wednesday evening of last week when the fugitive was captured in an oatfield six miles north of Guelph on the Eramosa Road. A telephone tip from Mrs. A. Peart, wife of the general storekeeper at Four Corners to the Guelph pOIice and relayed to Sul‘ierintendent Nielands at the Re- formatory was the commencement of the last act in an escape that had stirred up the whole section of the. province in the vicinity of Guelph. Ten minutes after receiving the mes- sage Supt. Nielands and a party of guards set out from the institution and in less than half an hour later the fugitive had been caught. Those who are familiar with the varied talents of this dynamic actor can easily picture the grace and dash whereuith he (onducts himself in the numerous scenes of this photo. play. To say it is Tom at his best is an old description but true neverg theless. This new screen play. which is from the pen of Marion Brooks and which was directed by Edward Sedgwiek. casts the vigorous hero in three distinct rolesâ€"first. as the val- orous and peril-defying scout of the western plains whq rescues the beautiful daughter of the command- ant of a desolate frontier fort from a hostile Indian tribe and then saves the post from the onslaughts of the savages; second, as the guileless and- passive youth who neither knows of nor seeks adventure in his provincial shell, but who is suddenly fired by the desire for romance when he hears the lurid tales of his famous forbear; and third. as the brave and resolute participant in a South Am- erican revolution. whose daring deeds win for him the woman he loves and the command of a nation’s military forces. TOM MIX COMING IN NEW FOX PRODUCTION Local l'ulluwcrs of Tom Mix. lbv hip: luminary 0f the William Fox welkin. will have another treat in “D0 and Darn," his latest vehivlv, whi‘h comes to the) Veterans’ Star Theztre twmorrow and Saturday Gosgraw apparently had been lying in swampy lands southeast of the ret‘ormatory ever since his escape until the day on which he was rap- tured, when he came out to the open country and started for the north. He was given a ride by a farmer named Lawson who did not know of the escape. When passing the Pearl, store at. Four Corners, Mrs. Peart recognized his prison garb and gave the alarm. Mr. Lawson stopped at Four Corners and thvsgrave contin- ued north on the l'lramosa Road on foot. He had only gone a mile when the searchers reached Four Corners and jllsl, before the latter rame Up with him he entered an oatliehl. He was sown by guards in ttw tic-M and quivtly surrounded and captured without a struggle... nights. 'l‘hrro- passml away on Mount 9 mar Burgoyiw, Mr. William Hur- . . -- 1 goss. l..l..B.. Ill his 41”! your. Hot was horn in St'ntland and ramp to this rountry with his pare-tits and srtllml on a farm near Port. Elgin and Burgoyno. his father teaching school as well as farming. The de- rvased a' tang-ht. school in York and Durl am Countit-s hoforc- ht' studiod law in Southampun'l and took up a practice in Port Elgin my to a few years ago who”. owing to ill-health he moved back to his old homo on the farm (the homestead» with his-wife and family of our daughter. Miss Oliw. and two sons. W‘illiam Nohlo and Jams llowand. Mrs. Burgess is a daughter of Mr. James Rowand. MJ’. Uncle of Mr. J. M. Burgess of This Town Passed Away in Bruce Co. in 77th Year. The deceased leaves two brothers. Alfrod. at. Burgoylw. and Han-NM in Wales. England. ’J‘ho funm'al «m Angus! H was largvly attendod. Tml Rm: Mr. Strachan officiatml, and spnkn highâ€" ly of tho deceased, who was of great value to- the church and mankind alike». H0 was laid to rust in lhv Bnrgoynv comotm‘y. Amung Umsu l'l'um a «listanvo WOI‘P tho. Rnwand families of Walkerton, Mr. John A. G‘aham and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hlll'go'ss nf Durham. DEATH OF WILLIAM BURGESS 82.003 YurinCuudl: 8250mm”. We left. 00' last week as we were on our way from Halifax to tlw Syd- neys. As we left about 8 O'clock in the owning with nearly 300 miles ahead of us, wv naturally went through a long stretch in tho night. some of which was made in daylight on our return trip. Wl'l'llTIIEWEI-IKLYPRI'SS The Sydneys an» in the vxtreme East of Cape Breton Island. and tn reach the island we had to ferry across the Strait of (lanso. Uwing to the length of our train. two 01' three trips had to be made in tin» crossing. . Sydney Hat'hm- has a pt-t'nliarity m l‘espm't to its gt‘OgI‘flth‘nl situa- tion as \wll. And this “05' in the fact that it is nearm- Eumpo. Africa and even South Amvrica than any other point on “IP .Vm'th Amvrit'an Continent. Compared with New Ur- lenns it. is 600 miles nmror Rio de Janeim. This geographical advant- age is due to thv fact that tho point of land in which it is situated juts further into the Atlantic than any othcrpointotludontheflorun An- On these trips we make it a point, to see all we can. and we were Up bright and early every morning. We followed the motto of early to bed and early to rise. going to bed every night as soon as it got too dark to see the rountry we. were passing through. The day was very young our first day in Cape Breton when we made our way to the obseryalitm rar and enjoyed the beautiful seen- ‘ery of the. Island. From East to West the island is almost it‘ not en- tirely cut in two by the Bras o'tn' Lakes and their eoniu-cting links. The trip by rail followed the lakes generally and all the way to Sydney was a eontinuous streteh of delight- ful seenery. To add to the pleasure and as a souree of gaining informa- tion.' the ronductor was the only other orrugianl of the observation ear. and for an hour or more we found him genial and eoinnanion- able. He was a man about 70 years of age. spent his life from lioyliooat in railroadiin.r and was in tlmw Bret- on ever sinre the railuny was put through. He kllc‘“ ext-r} ”It'll of the way and when we thought we had tried him out with our questions he walled in Voluntzn'ilx and aaxe n- a lot of additional information. We reached the Sydneys about 9 o‘clock. one of the most important and interesting districts in the Do- minion. The outstanding features of the district are its industries and its harbor. Within the district proper there are three towns hearing the name Sydney. a name which was bestowed upon it 136 years ago in honor of Lord Sydney. at that time lll'itish Secretary of State for the Colonies. Hue of these is known merely as Sydney. another as Syd- ney Mines. while the third bears the appellation of North Sydney. thus avoiding confusion of names. Each occupies a place on the shores of Sydney harbor. Still another im- ‘portant town which can practically ‘lay claim to being within the dist- rict is Glace Bay, fronting on the At- lantic, about fourteen miles from Sydney. The aggregate population within the boundaries of these four towns is about £8,000, largely the result of the rapid growth of the last. decade or two. Sydney harbor is one of the finest in the world. It is two miles wide at its muth. extends inland for a disunce of four miles and has an area of over 25 square miles. Within its confines all the naVies of the “'Ol‘id 0011'” hp aft'tlnnnmlflimi \Vliil anchorage at one and the same time. And it is without rocks and shoals. From what “1- saw and lvarnml \w conclude-cl thv island was not {a good agrivultural country. This was «or- tmnly the case alum: Hw lino of railway, though our mmcluvtm- ffrivnd told us thon- m-w g‘mut suc- tions to the north. The Strait of liaiiso. to which we referred, is 187 miles east of Halifax. and Mulgrave lies on the western shore. The strait. is a mile wide and about fourteen miles long. It is a natural canal connecting the Atlan- tic Ocean with the Gulf of St. Law- rence, thus providing a safe passage as well as a short cut for vessels ply- ing between the two bodies of water. It is called the Golden Gate of the St. Lawrence and the number of Vessels annually usini.r it runs into the thousands. Mulgrave. :i place m» had no knowledge pwviously. is cunquuvntly an important ship- ping pnl't. Most, 0f lho- (‘nrmi fish from Canso destined for Untarin and other points in tlw was! an- shipped from this port.