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"All the News While It is News" The Oshawa Dail; Daily Reformer The Oshawa Daily Times Tahini Seawind a Growing City A. VOL. 1--NO, 6 Pobiged sf gebavs. Ont Cannds Eros Dos OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1927 Subscri Rates See Page 2 For Cnate. Copies. 3 Conte o "TWELVE PAGES ~ SEVEN LIVES LOST IN VANCOUVER FIRE Ask Council For Two More Police GUN BATTLE WITH THUGS IN TORONTO Enter Three Stores in East End of City and Escape STOLE GOODS Shots Exchanged With Police Constable Percy Short (By Canadian Press) Toronto, July 9,--After hay- ing entered three stores in the east end of the city, two armed thugs engaged in a gun battle with police constable Percy Short early today and escaped after a long chase through the city. The thieves gained entrance to two of the stores by cutting the screening at the rear door and inserting a skeleton key in the lock, while one store door was opened with a "jimmy." Fortunately there was not much cash on hand in any of the shops and the amount stolen did not amount to much more than $70, though the robbers carried off a considerable quan- tity of goods, MISS OSHAWA AT LAKE PAVILION Is Presented by Mayor Preston --Competes in Toronto Wednesday Miss Oshawa appeared at the Ju- bilea Pavillon at Lakeview park last pight and was presented by Mayor Vreston who addressed the merry- makers gathered there in appropri- ate terms. On Wednesday at the Up- town theatre, Toronto, the finals of the Screen Opportunity contest for Ontario will be held. Miss Oshawa will be one of those taking part. NO PROGRESS AT NAVAL CONFERENCE Japanese Delegate Downcast 'on Leaving Meeting of Executive * (By Canadian Press) Geneva, July 9.--*"No progress has beem made," Admiral Viscount Saito of Japan told The Associated Press as he emerged today at noon from a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Tri-Partite Naval Conference. The Japanese delegate anpeared extremely dowmcast. CORNER-STONE LAID FOR NEW BRITISH HOUSE IN PARIS Paris, July 8.--The corner-stone of British House in the University colony , which is growing up on the south side of Paris, was laid today by the Prince of Wales. This is the Mfth large residential block which has been built by various countries to house their students while study- ing in Paris. The Prince of Wales last aptumn opened Canadian House, which will lodge 200 stu- dents. British House, which will ac te students from all over the Empire ,will house 500. BIG LIBERAL VICTORY * IN RUMANIAN VOTE ACable Seawice To The Times By Canadian Press) Bucharest, Rumania, July 9. Government (Liberal) Party. won an overwhelming victory in Thurs- day's Parliamentary elections, get- ting about 205 seats, while the National Peasant's Party returned | seventy candidates and other par- ties, aggregate of 13. A few re- turns ape still Joutstanding today bat capnot change the result. Police Commission to Ask] City Council For Two More Men to Supervise Parks and to Teke Care of Increased Population, UNIFORMED MAN FOR CITY PARKS Council Will Deal With Mat- ter at Next Regular Meet- ing -- Beard Appreciates Efficient Work of P., C. Venton As Acting Chief, Provided official sanction from the city council is forthcoming two more constables will be added at once to the strength of the Oshawa police force. After considering the matter from various angles, the Board of Police Commissioners meeting yesterday afternoon de- cided that because of the marked increase in the population and he- cause of the need of close police supervision of the city parks, an addition to the force was impera- tive. Judge Ruddy of Whitby pre- sided at the meeting and other Commissioners present were Mhag- istrate Hind, Mayor Preston and Chiet Friend. Council will deal with the matter at next regular meeting which is to be held on July 18, upless in the meantime a specigl meeting be called. The need of additional police protection was brought up when Mayor Preston introduced the sub- ject of policing the parks. In com- menting on the situation at Lake- view Park, he expressed the opin- ion that any special constables who might be appointed in dealing with the matter should be under direct supervision of the Chief of Police. It was pointed out by Chief Friend: that the parks should be given proper police protection by a upi- formed man who would spend con- siderable time at the park. but that this could not be cndertaken with the present force of nine men. Chief Friend went on to point out where the routine work of the de- partment was in need of a larger staff. The discussion which [fol- lowed was brought to a head when Major Hind seconded by Mayor Preston moved that due to the city's growth two more constables be added on the sanction - of the city council. The Board went on record as being highly appreciative of the manner in which P. C. Venton, as acting chief conducted the depart- ment in the absence of Chief Friend at the police chiefs' convention in Vancouver. Apreciation of the manner in which the city was pol- iced and traffic handled during the recent Jubilee celebration was also expressed. BRITISH COLLEGE STARS WIN ATHLETIC MEET AGAINST US. (Cable Seryice To The Times By Canadian Press) _ Stamford Bridge, Eng., July 9.-- British college stars captured the International Athletic meet against the United States athletes today when they captured six out of eight contests. Their triumph was a dis- tine: surprise as the ©. 8. team en- tered the meet 2-1 favorites. WEATHER Jower lakis and Georgian Bay--JLight winds, fatr and partly fair with local thouder- showers. WOULD STRENGTHEN CITY POLICE FORCE TO KEEP PACE WITH GROWTH HERE "HON, HUGH GUTHRIE TO SPEAK IN WHITBY Hon. Hugh Guthrie, present leader of the Conservative party in the Hote of Commons will address the meeting of the South Ontario Aad vative Association which is being held in the Town Hall at Whithy on Friday evening, July 15, at 8.30 o'clock, day- light time. The meeting Is being held for the purpose of electing officers and delegates to the national convention which is being held in Winni- Peg. START WORK ON NEW SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK Cedardale Extension to Cost $8,773, S. Simcoe $24,916 Trades Separately additions to the Cedardale and Simcoe street south public schools, the contracts for which were recently awarded W. J, Trick Company Limited will be well under way within the coming week. The contracts as awarded do not include the mechanical trades which the Board of Education will Jet separately. The exact figure for the Cedardale two-room addition Is $8,773 while that for the South Sim- coe four room addition is $24,916. On these two jobs the Board esti- mated $9,000 and #29.500 respec- tively. After the mechanical trades and the furnishings have been pro- vided, it is expected that the total cost will be not more than esti- mated, 55 DROWNED IN TORRENTIAL FLOODS Series of Cloudbursts Ends in Deaths of Many Persons in Saxony Work on the (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Dresden, Saxony, July 9. Fifty- five persons are known to have been drowned in the torrental floods of Mueglitz ana Gottleuba Rivers following a series of cloudbursts. Telephone connections are broken, and it was impossible to ascertain the number of missing today MLEGED 'FAKE GAS" INSPECTOR ARRESTED Toronto, July 9.--Traild around Bellwoods Park yesterday after- noon by two 11-year-old boys who pointed him out to a constable, Samuel Sherbourne, married, aged 59, of 42 Halton street, was arrest- ed, and is being held in custody as the man who attacked women in the west end of the city. Sherbourne was first held as a vagrant, but, on being identified by two young girls, police changed the charge to that of "assaulting and beating a fe- male." Sherbourne is alleged to be the man who posed as an inspector for the Consumer's Gas Company to gain entrance to houses on Shaw street and Bellwoods avenue. On reaching the cellar of the house he is said to have turned om the wo- men and young girls. Red Hot Steel Worlanan; Mammond, Ind. July 9.-- Paul Kosty was still cheating death in the hospital here to- day, the fourteenth day since his head was pierced by a 26- foot pred hot stesl rod. Kosty, working in a steel mill, was struck in the meck by the vod, which passed through his mouth and protruded 22 feet on the outside of his head. Still con- scious, be shouted for help and with the assistance of fellow employees pulled the remtining Rod Pierced Head Eats First Full Meal Since Mishap Two Weeks Ago (By Associated Press) portion of the vod on through his head. Me has been conscious ever since and ate his first full meal since the accident of to- mato soup, mashed potatoes, spring beans, apple pie, custard pudding and two glasses of milk yesterday. A jagged hole in Kosty's neck, mor: than an inch in di- ameter is rapidly healing. Sur- geons removed two square inch- es of bone from his skull, and an x-ray examination showed four definite skull fractures. BIG DEMAND FOR PERMITS FOR DRIVERS Two Men Kept Busy With Applications of Local Motorists 4 STEADY STREAM Operators' Licenses Are in Greater Demand Than Two men are Yelk kept busy continuously from 6.30 o'clock In the morning to 9 o'clock at night, issuing the operator's, instructor's or chanffeur's licenses which are now required for every automobile or truck driver in the Province under the recent ruling of the De- partment of Public Highways, Tor- onto. Mike's Place, where they are being issued, is now a scene of activity which hardly gives the pro- prietor, Mike Bouckley, and his son, Harold, the necessary time to attend to their regular husiness, and this state of affairs has been in evidence since Monday, the 4th, when the ruling became effective, but as yet there has heen no let up in the steady stream of applicants for these permits, The greatest number which are being taken out is the operator's licenses, with the chauffeur's com- ing next in lipe and the instructor's following closely for popularity. The operator's and instructor's lic- enses cost the sum of one dollar for the permit and in tke cases of the instructor and chauffeur licenses it costs an extra dollar for examina- tion fees. A chauffeur's license costs "$2 for registration. To acquire. an operator's license, one must have been driving a car for more than six months, and over a distance of approximately 5060 miles. If such is not the case with an applicant, he takes out an in- structor's permit and inside of a period of sixty days he must go to Mr. &° Durrant, King street west, to be examined, and, if the examina- tion is passed, he is then given an operator's license, free of charge, provided the former fee of one dol- lar for the instructor's license has already been paid. The chauffeurs' licenses are necessary for all those who drive cars for remuneration, giving them additional privileges over those with operator's or instructor's licenses, who may drive any car with the owner's permission, but without re- muneration. Those who have in- structor's licenses must always be accompanied while driving by one who has an operator's or chauffeur's license, Mr. Bouckley pointed out to The Times. A number of applicants have al- ready been rejected on account of some disability and have had to try an examination similar to those seeking chauffeurs' licenses, some being successful and a few being pronounced unfit to drive. There has also been quite a number of lady drivers, Mr. Bouckley stated, the most of whom had been successful in securing their license. In the case of motorcycle drivers, they must have a license for that despite the fact that they may have one for driving a car. White Helmets For Police Force Oshawa police constables will appear one of these fine summer days wearing white helmets. The blue headgear now worn by the local police is particularly hot for summer use and realizing this the pol- joe commission at yesterday' meeting acting on the advice of Chief Friend have ordered that a number of white sum- mer helmets be obtained. They ave now on onder and will be put into use as soom as they arrive. Police Commis- sion also authorized Chief Friend to call for tenders for ten police amiforms. Numer- ous accounts were passod and ordered paid. The request of the police officers that the Conunission supply a vegulation tug-of- war was granted on motion by Mayor Preston and Magistrate Hind. 1 Japanese bluejackets were landed at | i HEROINE SAVES FOUR PERSONS OVERCOME BY SMOKE IN WOMAN DIES RESULT OF 55 DAYS' FAST (By Canadian Press Toronto, July #.--Mrs, Leon- tough, young woman of this city, who had endured a fifty five days' fasting in an effort to cure indigestion, died here today. For two days physicians had been giving her glucose in. travously in a losing attempt to save her life, FAMILY QUARRE! AMIGABLY SETT Hughie Clos, Barber, Given Suspended Sentence in Court Today ED A family guarrel was amicably patched up in Police Court this morning when Magistrate Hind placed Hughie Closs, a barber on Athol street west, residing at 155 Simcoe street south, on suspended sentence with a rcognizanc of $500, for beating his wife on Wednesday of this week. A lecture on the duties of family life and the position of both father and mother in the home, was expended by hoth Magis- trate Hind and Col. Grierson ap- pearing for the Crown, with the re- sult that Mrs. Closs finally agreed to return to him, for the sake of their four children, despite a form- er assertation to the contrary. Grievances on hoth sides were aired in Police Court this morning, Mr. Closs accusing his wife of "rup- ning off and leaving the children alone," while Mrs. Closs countered with accusing her husband of drinking, to which when questioned, he admitted. A particular instance against Mrs. Closs was cited by the prisoner when he told of a trip which she had taken to Rochester, setting out at 8 in the morning leaving the children unclothed and without breakfast, Mrs. Closs ex- plained that she had made arrange- ments with a neighbour to see to this, but it had been overlooked. Mr. Closs having realised that he had been at fault had changed his plea from that of not guilty which he had originally chosen. to guilty, and when he was convicted, he was sentenced to report at the first of every month to the chief constable in charge, in addition to sentence mentioned above. Mrs. Closs was directed also to report on her hus- band's conduct in a month's time that His Worship might see how they were keeping up with the res- olutions made on leaving the Court. 000 JAPANESE AT TSINGTAD Td Do Guard Duty Until Aurival of Military Reinf orcements (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Tokyo, July 9.--Nwme hundred Tsingtao, Shantung Province, yes terday to perform guard duty until the arrival of military reinforce- ments from Dairen, Monday, the mavy department announced today. NOTED AMERICAN ACTOR IS DEAD (By Associatod Press) San Francisco, Calif., July 9.-- John Drew, noted Amerizan actor, d ed her teday after being confined to hosptial since May 31, with arth- 1itis and rheumatic fever. He was 73 years old. APARTMENT * Miss Billy Erickson Returns Three Times to Drag Some- one to Safety and Then Collapses -- Firemen do Heroic Work in Fighting Flames and Saving l.ives. WORST FIRES THERE IN YEARS Breaks Out in Upper Storeys of Royal Alexandra Apart- ments--Gutted by Flames --Man Held For Man- slaughter Says Fire Caused By Explosion of Fumes of Paint by Cigarette Butt or Match, (By Canadian Press) Vancouver, July 9.--Seven per- sons are dead, victims o1 Van- couver's worst fire tragedy in years whicn occurred when the upper storeys of the Royal Alexandra Apartments in the west end of the city were gutted by flames which claimed their toll. within an hour yesterday. The dead are: Winnipeg. kK. Fitzgerald, 9, Edmonton, Mrs. J. Barber, 66, Vernon, B.C. Mrs. Emily Bickaby, Vancouver. Grant Lockhart, 10, Toronto. An unidentified child, believed to be Lockhart's sister, Jean. An unidentified woman, believed to be the wife of Griffin. Five were injured, including P. Fitzgerald and his daughter. With the fire finally extinguish- ed, firemen are now removing cor- nices and hanging timbers that might be dangerous to pedestrains or others. Started Fourth Floor When the fire fighters were able Lo turn to the work of fighting the blaze, it was found that the fire had originated on the fourth floor in a suite where David Henderson, painter, had 'been working. Hen- derson declared that the fire start- ed when the fumes from the paint exploded after some one had drop- ped a match or a cigarette butt into some papers. Henderson turped in the alarm and is being held on a manslaughter charge. One of the first was Jean Venderburg, 14. She cut off by flames and smoke and badly scortched but calmly seated herself on the window sill until the firemen climbed ladders to reach her. Motorcycle officer MacDonald joined in the work of rescue and carried two women, overcome by smoke, down the fire escape. Later MacDonald found a small bull dog lying apparently dead on the floor. He tucked it under his arm and when he emerged from the build- ing the dog revived. Fire Captain McDermid, entering the suite, found Mr. and Mrs. P. Conway trapped by smole and flames, badly 'burned and almost. unconscious. Sustaining terrible burns about the face and arms, the fire fighter succeeded in getting the couple to the ladder where comrades took them to safety. Just as this rescue was completed, a fireman saw a figure of a girl H. J. Griffin, 40, flit through flame and smoke tow- ard the apartment at the rear of though suffering the building and intensively from his burns, he went after her but lost her in the infer- existed on that floor. Saved Four Lives Billy no that Miss by smoke and who dazed and lost. Miss Erickson had been visiting friends and was just leaving when she heard cries from the fourth floor. She was met by a rush of smoke as she mounted the stairway, but kept on until found the prostrate body of the woman. She dragged the body to the third floor, returned three times. each time taking some one to safe- She then collapsed and was as- to the ty. sisted by ground. fire fighters Large Crop Pretty Well Assured, Says The Manitoba Free Press (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Man., July 9.-- "The state of crops in all prov- inces is such that if given at all suitable weather from now on until the middie of September, a large crop is pretty well as- sured, but it will take all of that time to fully insure mat- unity as a whole," says The Manitoba Free Press in a crop report published today. "Since June 18, when the last crop report was presented and while it has not yet made up the time lost in late seeding, mone progness in growth. has heen made than was expected. Of the three provimces Alberta has enjoyed the best conditions and Manitoba the poovest dur- ing the past twenty days," the DOPOrt Says, | o'clock this to be rescued | was | Erickson saved four persons who were almost overcome had become she MOTHER AN SIX CHILDR PERISH IN FIRE Explosion Believed th Have Been Caused from § Still FATHER MAY DIE Flames and Smoke Made the Rescue of Victims Impossible (By Associated Press) Reading, Pa., July 9.--Mrs. Cath- arine Fair, 35, and her six chlidren ranging in age from one to fifteen, were burned to death early today when flames following a terrific ex- plosion destroyed their farm home at Bernville, near here. County po- lice blamed a still. The father, Mark Fair, and Angelo Consoli, farm owner, were seriously burned and the father may die. $ne explosion occurred about one morning while the mother and children were asleep. fvhe father said he and Consoll arose at that time to begin work and prepared breakfast on an oil stove. A few minutes after leaving | the house, Fair said, he heard the explosion and saw his home a mass of flames. "We both ran back and tried to get upstairs to my wife and child- ren, but heat and smoke drove us back. Our clothing caught fire and we were painfully burned," he sald. ANTI- JAPANESE BOYCOTT INCREASES Situation Grave in Canton Where Shipping Strike ie in Progress (Cable Service To e To The Times By Canadian Press) Canton, July 9.--An increasing anti-Japanese boycott, in protest against the landing of Japanese fore- es in Shantung, radical activities and a shipping strike are causing grave unrest and anxiety in Canton. Japapese goods reaching here bave been seized and deposited in police stations. A cargo from Hopg- kong, consisting of personal baggage of Europeans was seized by the stri- kers while being taken from the Bri- tish steamer to be transferred" Shameen, a foreign settle Strong consular protests have to secure release of the American and English men who istered protests were arrested fined. BYRD AND PARTY SAIL FOR AMREICA (Cable Service To The Canadian Press) Paris, July 9. oiler 'Byrd | and members of his trans- hope 9-4 | monoplahe, America, said f to Paris today leaving for Calais Just, after noon. There were no ties but a big crowd was on hand the station to cheer the aviators: J ).. & Sydney, 'N. S. July 9.--Command- er Donald MeMillan's sub Arctic ex- pedition sailed for Battle Harbor, Labrador, at eleven o'clock this morning. a Coming | Events RATES thon Minimum chase for cach insertion, 35c. " MEMBERS OF L. O. L. 2167 AND. 686 and all Lady Lodges are nen . quested to meet in the Orange Hall, next "Sunday morning at 10.39 for Divine Service, at - coe St. United Church. by Rev. F. J. Maxwell. (4c) FORMAL OPENING--JUBILEE £A- vilion, Lakeview Park, Monday! duly 11th, 8090 pm. Oshawa" Board of Parks Commissioners cordially invite the publio 'to' special opening ceremonies. Brief speeches by leading citizens, spe- cial program and novel featiwes. No admission fee. Free dancing' 8.20 to A. (6d)