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-- A VOL. 1--NO, 2 The Oshawa Daily Times The Oshawa!Daily' Reformer Tian Sundays' and Puli Holinge OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1927 P 2 For Subscription Rates See age TEN PAGES JUNE BUILDING SETS NEW HI GH RECORD ACTION HELD UP ON JOHN LST. CLOSING Await Arrival in the City of Owner of the Lands Desired MAY EXPROPRIATE City Solicitor Will First Seek an Equitable Adjustment for City Action with regard to the closing of John street and acquining lands for Centre street school have been delayed pending the arrival in the city of Mr, Hinds, owner of the lands ipvolved, The report of the Board of Works which was received and adopted by eouncil last night order- ed that the city solicitor negotiate with Mr, Hinds ané failing an equi- table adjustment that the Board of Education define the lands required by them and that the lands required for the extension of John street be added to the said area and that all the lands required be expropriated, the city to bear all costs with the Board of Education in proportion to the areas of lands so acquired, The Board's report also provided that the City Engineer confer with the county superintendent and pre- pare plans, specifications and esti- mates for the proposed Ross road bridge which it is expected will hid built replace the present inade- quaty yo ed 'County and city ere to share the expense jof the bridge which is on a bounadry road, It wae ordered that the solicitor be consulted as to the apportionment of the costs, The eity solicitor will be asked to advise council as to the legal status of the third avenue crossing, and also as to the requirements of the Railway Board in this connection. Plans for the Feldspar Glass Com- pany's siding will be approved by council subject to the approval of the city engineer. It was ordered that Simcoe street from Frank street to the Lake be kept oiled during the summer. The first coat has already been applied. The Board of Works recommend- ed that & sanitary sewer be con- structed on Warren avenue from the Toronto Eastern tracks to north end of the street provided the owners pay in eash $320 to cover the city's share of the cost. The recommenda tion was also made that a sewer be constructed on Drew street from Olive avenue to Eulalie Ave. when snd if the owner of the property constructs houses in such locations as to pot require a greater length than ten feet of sewer per house. COUNCIL OPPOSES STREET OPENING | £ i : HN singh Hi 8 i : EH hii 4 fel Hi is jncluded in the estimates mext year. most of Wednesday, ing a little warmer. U. S. Suggests Increase In Maximum Cruiser Tonnage American Delegation Prooses New Total Tonnage of Nearly 400,000 Tons, Being 100,000 Tons More Than Indicated in the Original Proposal -- Would Affect States and Britain (Cable Service To The Times Ry Canadian Press) Geneva, July 6.--American dele- gation submitted new total tonnage figures for cruisers at today's secret session of experts of the tri-partite naval conference, Although official confirmation is lacking, it is under- stood that United States in a spirit of compromise and in a genuine at- tempt to meet Great Britain's ex- pressed needs in cruisers has sug- gested an increase in the maximum tonnage for Great Britain and the United States so that the new total would be in the neighborhood of four hundred thousand tons. This is one hundred thousand tons more than was Indicated in original American maximum pro- posal, and roughly corresponds with existing strength of the British cruiser fleet, Japan is making a last determin- ed stand at the Tri-Partite Nava! Conference for a treaty right to pos- JAPANESE TROOPS ORDERED TO SHANTUNG (Cable Service To The Times Ry Canadian Press) Tokyo, July B.~~Owing to latest developments in the Chinese Province of Shantung, the Japanese Government has decided to send troops from the port of Tsingtao to the capital, Tsinanfu, for the protection of Jap resident Imperial sanction for the move is ex. pected tomorrow, unlimited number of submar- tons lis- coastal sess ines under six hundred placement for purposes of defence, If she loses, as appears probahle, Japan will immediately ask, It is understood, for increased proportion of authorized submarines under the propected Geneva Treaty. Associated Press learns that this question has been one of the thorn- fest of the present negotiations and far-reaching in its ramification, for Great Britain has contested the Jap- anese demand for unrestricted small-sized submarines because of the effect the acecaptance of this de- mand would have on France in sub- sequent negotiations with both France and Italy, : CUSTOMS PROBE ENDS AT HALIFAX (By Canadian Press) Halifax, N.S., July 5----Royal Cus- toms Commission concluded the sit- tings here today. Adjournment was taken to meet at Charlottetown to- morrow. ROTARY PLAYGROUND TO HAVE SWIMMING POOL, DAM BEING CONSTRUCTED Pool Will Be 50 Yards Long While Creek Will Be Clear- ed of Impediments, Leav- ing a Firm Sand Bottom Sloping to a Sheltered Beach The sittings there will pro- bably occupy a day and a half, ant?' the work of the Commission will con- clude until September, when the sit- tings will resume in: Ottawa. 77 ARE INJURED Two Children May Die as a Result of Deflected Sky Rocket Chicago, Ills., July 5--~Two chiffiren PARK COMPRISED Members of the Rotary Club's boy's work committee made a formal inspec- uon of the Rotary Playground, Centre street yesterday afternoon. Rapid pro- gress is being made in grading and the contract for a dam which will pro- vide Oshawa's child population with a swimming pool was tentatively lel. The proposed dam will be of tempor- ary construction, but will give a mixi- mum of depth of four feet in a creek pool that will be about 50 yards Tong. The bed of the creek will be cleared of all impediments leaving a firm sand bottom sloping gradually up to a shel- were injured, perhaps fatally, and 25 others hurt, when fireworks exploded near Desplaines last night. A crowd of two thousand persons stampeded in an effort to escape burning explosives which shot in all directions and sev> cral children were trampled. The ex- plosion was caused by a deflected sky- rocket which shot to a huge pte of fireworks. FOSSIL FODTPRINTS PREHISTORIG AGE Were Made 25 to 30 Million Years Ago--Taken to Museum Washington, D.C., July 5.--Fossil footprints of pre-historic impressed in rock slabs have been brought from Grand Canyon of Col- orado to the National Museum by Charles Gilmore, Curator of Verte- brae Paleontology. The prints were made twenty-five to thirty million years ago, he said. The animals were probably rep- tiles or amphibians, seven or eight feet long, living before the dinosaur, according to Mr. Gilmore, although the canyon failed to reveal any skeleton to which the prints would conform. ground's tered sand beach. Some $2000 was appropiated this year by the Rotary Club for the play- development. The general program, however, involves an expen- diture of $10,000 over a five = A iod. Rotarians are enthusiastically committed to the fullest develope of the center which will, it is believed, add much to the health and happiness of the city's childhood. ises Seven Acres - Rotary layground, fronting on (Continued on page 3) ATTEMPTED JAI DELIVERY FOILED Two Armed Prisoners Try to Escape During Rioting at Marquette Prison (By Associated Press) Marquette, Mich, July 5.--Tweuty- one inmates of Marquette prison were held in the detention cells today fof lowing an attempted ail. delivery by two armed prisoners and rioting last night. One guard was beaten by pri- scners and a convict slightly injured during the rioting. The prisoners sur- rendered when they found themselves confronted with machine guns ~an¥ armed police and guards. OLD RESIDENT DIES AT AGE OF 91 YEARS John Crumb, Elgin Street, Passes After a Short lliness NEVER SERIOUSLY ILL He Came to Canada from England When Only a Lad Having attained the grand-eld age of ninety-one years and haviug lived a life of quiet usefulness, John crumb died this morning at the home of his. son-in-law, Fred Plin- toff, 29 Elgin street east. Lees than a week ago, despite his advancing years he was enjoying fair health and taking a keen interest in the affairs of the day and the approach- ing celebration of Canada's Diamond Jubilee. But illness overtook him and his age made recovery impossible. Up until a year ago, Mr. Crumb did not know what medical attention was, having reached the age of ninety without having suffered ser- fous illness or accident, He was a non-smoker and alcoholic drink knew him not and to these facts he frequently attributed the :ugged constitution and the longevity vith which he was blessed. His eyesight and hearing were always excellent and glasses he used only when reading. Were he not an extensive reader it is likely that spectacles would never have been used by him. Although he retired from farm- ing twenty-one years ago following the death of his wife, Mr. Crumb has always been an active man, He was particularly: fond of walking and would frequently set out on long jaunts, The Canadian National Exhibition was one of his joys and he attended it whenever possible. or several years he attended alone and at the age of eighty-nine would spend the day at the Exhibition grounds returning to his daughter's home in Toronto: in the evening. He was an ardent follower of the policy of Sir John A, MacDonald and was Tory through and through. To Mr. Crumb the non-exercise of one's franchise was sacrilege and as re- cently as the last election he walk- ed down to the Conservative com- mittee rooms to make sure that his name was on the polling list. The late Mr. Crumb was born in England and when still a lad came to Canada with his parents who upon their arrival set themselves to hew- ing a home from the primeval in Darlington township. He was one of a family of nine all of whom | have passed along before him. Until 2 young man he worked with his parents on the family homestead and in a day when the destinies which shaped the Canada of today were at work. Arduous times they were, when the pioneer settlers toil- ed a sustenance from the soil and modern conveniences and comforts were undreamed of. Thirty-one years old was John Crumb when the Fathers of Confederation brought about tha famous union of the provinces and like all other Cana- dians he celebrated joyously that first Dominion Day and honoured the men who had brought it about. In 1865 his marriage to Agnes Urquhart, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Urquhart, then living north of the city of Toronto was solemnized. The meeting between the two had beem quite romantic, Mr. Crumb having met his bride while visiting his sister who lived in the vicinity of her home. Follow- ing their marriage they moved to a farm at Hampton where they car- ried on for some time, at length moving to Maple Grove in Darling- ton township where they located on a farm facing on the Kingston road. elapsed before Mrs. Crumb's death they lived there and raised a fam- ily of five, Alfred James, now at Torouto, Mrs. Howard Flintoff, now of Courtice, Mrs. Fred Flintoff, of Oshawa, Mrs. G. Everest of Toron- to, and J. M. of Harmony. Since the death of his wife Mr. Crumb has made his home with Mrs. Fred Flin- toff. The funeral which is to be held on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock will be to the Bowmanville Council Makes At last night's meeting of council y | provision was made for the ade- Quate disposal of animals found dead on the streets or destroyed by N. 8. Baird, Humane Inspector. It was decided to pay Johm Fowler $100 to remove daily during the summer, such animals and bury them outside the city limits. Pre- viously the carcasses were collec- ted twice a week by representatives of a glue factory but some weeks Provision For Disposal of Dead Animals the calls were mot regularly e and the result was frequently a r greeable odour in the wicinity of the pound. Mayor Preston and Ald. Hart classed the condition which sometimes resuited, as deplorable. Suggestion that the balve course be taken was contained in a letter from N. 8. Baird, who made the necessary arrangements. Couacil adopted vhe suggestion unanimously Pe Niagara Falls, NY. July 5--- The toll of last might's level crossing tra- gedy was increased to seven today when Michael Pawloff, eight, die® here. His mother and five brothers and sisters were instantly killed la® night when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a train. The father, also injured, is now the sole survivor of the family. City To Secure Legal Advice As to Appealing Fine Recently Levied Council Will Also Seek Ad- vice as to Rights of City Against the Hydro-Electric Commission Who Are Al- leged to Have Dumped Ob- jectionable Material on the Properties CITY SOLICITOR IS CRITICIZED Decision to secure the advice of counsel as to the advisability of appeal- ing the judgment of Mr. Justice Rose hy which the city was fined $500 for violation of an injunction restraining Oshawa from dumping drainage into the creek running over properties own ed by Messrs. H, A, Butt and Arthur Wilkinson was reached at last night's session of the council. It was further decided to secure advice as to the FASTED 85 DAYS WOMAN IS DYING (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Ont, July 5--NTs, Hope Leontough, of this city, i dying at the Western Hosp?" here after going without food for 55 days. During that period, she has taken nothing but water. Her fast was undertaken in an attempt to rebuild her health. Physicians here say her hunger strike may the longest on record. RESIDENT OPPOSED TO NEW SIDEWALK Mrs, McMullen, Station Lf. PERMITS HERE LAST MONTH $1,254.950.00 Latest Permit is for New General Motors Stamping Plant, $450,000 71 NEW DWELLINGS Other Permits Include Apart- ment Houses, Church Addi: tions and Others June, 1927, was a record breaking month for building in Oshawa, Dur- ing the month which has just past, permits issued by the City Engineer's department totalled no less than $1,- 254,950.00, which is more than ten times greater than the mark of $103,225 set or the same month last year, This represents the value of the 128 permits which were issued, and which includes almost every kind of an edifice whi is to he found in a city, Says Petition Not Fully rights of the city against the Hydro- Electric Power Commission who it is alleged have dumped much ohjection- able matter into the drains. Should counsel so advise, a fiat will be ob- tained and action entered against the Hydro-Electric Commission, The mo- tion ordering that this course be taken specifically stated that the city solici- tor, Col. J. F. Grierson, K.C. obtain as counsel either Hon. N. W. Rowell, KC, A.,C. McMaster, K.C., W, N. Tilley, K.C,, or I. F. Hellmuth, K.C. Express Surprise Complete surprise that court proceed- ings should have been entered against the city and that they should have been threatened with a jail term was expressed by many of the council members. One alderman termed the motion 'a holt from the blues' another said the whole matter was an entire surprise and with both of these ex- pressions many concurred. Lack of knowledge of either the events leading up to the hearing of the motion or of | what has transpired since was profes- | (Continued on page 4) DONATIONS TO LAKE COTTAGE $420.79 Children Were nt Supper at St. Gregory's Picnic-- Motor Ride Tonight More donations for the Red Cross cottage. at Lakeview Park have been received by the secretary, Mrs. M. Hez- zelwood, while any others which may follow will be gratefully acknowledged. The following are the recent acknow- ledgements :-- Amount previously acknow- ledged J. S. Kyle W. B. Woodruff W. R. Geikie A roast of meat was donated by Rex Harper and some jam by Mrs. Mat thews, Cedardale. The children were the guests at the St. Gregory's For and supper held recently at the Park, while a drive to Bowmanville in" five cars is being arranged for them to- night by Mr. Arthur Legge, Mary | seconded the motion which favored Signed Communication was received at last night's council meeting from Mrs. E, McMullen, Station street, oh- jecting to the proposed building of sidewalks on BSwation street, whica extends from Albert street to the C. N.R. Station, The matter was final- ly referred to the Board of Works. Mrs, McMullen stated she did not wish the sidewalk and that she had never been approached to sign the petition, which she claims was never fully carried out. Ald, Stirling wa: opposed to forcing a sidewalk where it was no wanted but Ald, Jackson thought it should be built and poin- ted out that five of Six interested residents had signed. the petition. Ald. Harman denied that he had the paving being done and suggest- ed that it be built only part way. A letter from Paul Purves thank- ing the city for the assistance given at the recent Columbus fire on behalf of the residents of that Community was received and referred to the Fire Prevention Committee, C. H. Tuck's request for permis- sion to erect a non-illuminated sign on King street east, was referred to the General Parpose Committee, From the Ontario Railway Muni- cipal Board a communication was received stating that if the Board's orders regarding the proposed resi- dential area on King street were not satisfactory, the council would have the privilege of passing a mew by- law which would carry out their in- tentions either by amendment or re- peal of the old by-law. In such event it would be necessary to noti- fy by registered mail, the affected ratepayers. A request that two lights be plac- ed on Thomas street, was referred to the Property Committee for action. Sufficiently signed petitjons for a sidewalk on the north of Ar- lington avenue, from Midland street to the end of the street and for a sanitary sewer on Hillside street from the end of the present sewer to lot No. 6, Plan No. 248 were re- ceived and turned over to the Board of Work. Reports of the Finance, General Purpose and City Property commit- tees which advised payment of cer- tain accounts were received and adopted. SENT FLOWERS FOR At the top of the list is the $ 000 Stamping Plant which is b built by the General Motors, T includes churches, apartments, ages, places of business, factory ditions, alterations which are being made, The 71 dwellings which are to he seen going up in every section of the city are together valued at $188,600, an amount in itself greater than the grand total for June, 1926, The garages, which for the most part are being privately built, are 23 in number and are estimated at $3200. Three large apartment houses, which in all will have nearly 100 suites, are valued at $87,000, while seven factory additions, including the new G.M.C. office build- ing and not including t stamping plant mentioned above, are valued at $448,000. The churches which are being built, and not including St. Andrew's addi- tion which permit was issued in May total $12,500, while two business places not including The Times addition, amount to a value of $8,100. The per- mit issued for the rebuilding of the Separate School was $50,000 as the es- timated cost, while the stable which is, being constructed is placed at a value of $1,500. Thirteen alterations on houses, garages and other sundry places total $5650, which along with the $450,000 stamping plant and the 4 electric signs wn Bd $400 brings the total to the record breaking million dollar figure. ESCAPES JAIL FOR THIRD TIME Harry Duncan Makes Geta- way from Cells in City Hal Jail (By Canadian Press) Toronto, July 5.--Harry MACDONALD'S GRAVE Kingston, Ont.. July 6.--Hon. Hugh Guthrie, leader of the Con- servative party.and Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, Premier of Ontario, have sent flowers to be placed on the grave of the late Sir Johm A. Mac- donald, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada who is buried at aCtaraqui Cemetery. Hon. Dr. A. E. Ross, M. P., for Kingston, is in charge of the dec- oration which took place on Fri- day at moon. Basis In (By Assoc Chicago, lis, July 5--British Dom- inions probably will return to a wider imperial basis in commercal treaty- making, Sir Cecil Hurst, British dele- gate to the Harris Memorial Institute, predicted in his final lecture at the University of Chicago today on prob- lems of the British Empire. "The right of the Dominions t frame their own commercial treaties with foreign powers was recognized by Great Bri- itish Dominions Likely To Return To Wider ial Molinos Treaties iated Press) tain in 1884, and mow the Dominions are disposed more and more to do so and not to rely on treaties negotiated by Great Britain. Whether they will 20 farther in this direction one cannot tell. It depends on whether they find the terms secured for their commerce by means of treaties restricted in op- eration 10 their own territory are better than those obtained through the wreaty operating on the British side 2 "APPLE- sauce." This year "The Patsy." Five big days in Chautaugua, July 15-- 20. Tickets on sale now. Season tickets pay. (2a) DANCING AT HEYDENSHORE Park, Whitby, every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday evenings. Clark- son James and his dance band. Novelty dances. Entertainers. 2a STRAWBERRY SOCIAL ON MR. Muir's lawn, Courtice, Wednesday, July 6. Ball game. Tea from 530 until all are served, after which a good concert will be given. Admis- sion 35¢ and 25c. 22 ANNUAL PICNIC CHRISTIAN Church Sunday School, Friday July over a wider area. 8, Lakeview Park. Cars leave Centre and King Sts. at 230 o'clock. 2c a school and a stable to say nothing of 71 dwellings and 18 £ ,.