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/ z2|The Osha SUCCEEDING a Dail The Oshawa Daily Reformer y Thurs VOL. 1--NO. 8 eS Wl OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1927 For Subscription Rutes See Page 2 Single Copies, 3 Cents rmrmmrea------ TEN PAGES CANADIANS WIN TWO BISLEY TROPHIES HEATED DEBATE OVER \ OTTAWA MAN WINS TIMES SILVER CUP Lieut, K, R, McGregor Cap tures Trophy in Sensa- tional Event STRONG OPPOSITION Canadien Tem Overcomes England's Lead and Captures Imperial Kolapore Cup '(Cable Sewvice To The Times By Canadian Press) Bisley Camp, Eng., July 12,--In one of the finest tie shoot-offs ever witnessed on the old Bisley ranges, Lieut. K. R. McGregor, Ottawa, won the Times Silver Trophy today. He fired against Sgt. A. G. Fulton, the king's prize winner of last year, A, Cooks, London and Sgt. Major Hawkins of the Scots Guards, Cooks and Hawkins dropped out early, but McGregor and Fulton kept steadily plugging in hulls' eyes until seven- teen had been shot consecutively. Then Fulton dropped his bullet te the inner, leaving McGregor with the tropiuy and National Rifle As- sociation gold badge. Bisley Camp, July 12,--The Ca- nadian team won the Imeprial Kola- pore Cup at Bisley today by thir- teen points, This was the third year in succession the Canadians defeated teams from England and other parts of the Empire in great: est. service rifle match of the Na: tional RIfIé Association meeting. Shooting valiantly, the Canadian team defending the Imperial Kola- pore Cup after being ten points down in the first distance, came back at the second distance to score 389 outof a possible four hundred and go into the lead over England by three points. The scores at the sec- ond distance, five hundred yards, Canada 389, England 376, India, Jersey and Guernsey 375 each. -- GRANT APPLICATION + FOR LIQVIDATION Royal Trust Company is to Wind Up Dominion Steel Corporation ER (By Canadian Press) Halifax, July 12.--Application by the Natiopal Trust Limited for the winding up the Dominion Steel Cor- poration mited, was granted to- day in a decision handed down by Mr. Justice Chisholm. The petition was filed by the Natiopal Trust Company on March 26 last and ask- ed for winding up the Dominion Steel Corporation and for the ap- pointment of the Royal Trust Com- pany as liguidators of the Corpora- tion. FIVE ESCAPE AS BOAT : CAPSIZES Brantford, Onmt., July 11.--Five young people had 2a narrow escape from drowning over the week end, the ability to swim possessed by Miss Elsie Chamberlin, Brantford, snd Dean Zavitz, son of the well- known O. A. C. official, preventing to swim from the point to the Uni- ted Church Summer camp at Nor- . He was followed for safe- by 2 boat containing Miss Elsie Chamberlin. Master Douglas Lee, Brantford, Miss Edith Hunter, Dur- Ralph Cartér, of this city. was calm at the stant, but sprang up and Zavitz failed distance. He askea wo , and the four in the one side to al- b the other. in precautions, the boat were thrown into the Obamberlin could swim #pough to keep himself the others not at all. swimmens gave aid to the to reach the boat. off for the shore, a away. This they though nearly ex- boat was sent out Normandale and a rescue ef- 'he five participants were of medical attention, but SH LHL il 131 set 41] Ideal Weather Favors Orange Order Observing Today The 'Glorious 12th' Oshawa Lodges Attend Cele- bration in Bowmanville Where More Than 5,000 Orangemen Are Active in the Various Events--Osh- awa Alive With Sound of Fife and Drum Early This Morning MAMMOTH PARADE IN TORONTO TODAY Fine Sports Program at Bow- manville -- Ceremony at Cenotaph This Morning When Oranzemre- Honor Fallen Brethren in Great War (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, July 12.--Orange- men and their families numbering 7,000 people celebrated the Glorious Twelfth here today., Special trains over both railways brought nearly a score of outlying lodges to the town, while entire county lodge groups came in by motor convoys. The day's ceremonies began under tlie auspices of Bowmanville Purple Guards L. O. L. Lodge No, 2384 which convened at 7.30 a. m. sol- erinly marking the 237th anniver- sary of the Battle of the Boyne. The gavel of Worshipful Master Andrew M. Connell signalled the beginning of the celebration, incidentally de- claring the Lodge open for the en- tire dav. The Grand Parade which began at 1 o'clock traversed three miles of streets to the Fair Grounds where the first hour was devoted to patri- otic, addresses delivered by A. H. Graham, Kingston, immediate past grand master of Ontario esat, who CANADA THREE POINTS BEHIND ENGLAND IN KOLAPORE CUP EVENT (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Bisley, Eng., July 18.~The Canadian team was ten points behind the English team after the first distance of three shoots for the Imperial Kolapore Cup, the greatest team event of the Bisley meet, today. Scores at the first range were: England, 879; Canada, 8600; India, 368; Guernsey, 358; and Jersey, 3564, The Canadian team has won the cup twice in succession and is defending it, DAMAGE HEAVY IN TRANSJORDANIA Eye Witness Says Most of Houses and New Mosque Are Wrecked (Cable Service to The Canadian Press) Cairo, Egypt, July 12.--An eye-wits ness who arrived here today by eio plane from Transjordania, said that three hundred people were believed to have been killed in yesterday's earth gnake. - Describing the damage at Maan, Arabia, the eye-witness said that most of the houses there were damaged or had collapsed completely while the mosque in the course of construcflof was badly damaged. Movements of the earth lasted forty seconds and were quite visible in sur- rounding lava beds, the effect being terrifying. Many persons were killed at Palestine, witness said, while others were killed at Rudd and Ramleh. as well as in various villages in Trans- Times by (Continued on page 3) jordania. Lawyer, big game hunter, ex- plorer, entertainer, adventurer and traveller all in one. That is Herbert F. Bradley of Chicago who is now in Oshawa on.a brief visit with his father, Thomas Bradley and his brothers, Edward and Howard. His wife, Mary Hastings Bradley, writer of numerous novels and travel books was unable to accompany him being in New York making final arrange- ments for the publication of her latest book, "Alice in Jungelland." Mr. Bradley was born at Columbus where he lived until seventeen years ago. He attended Coligiate in Whit- by and obtained his law training at University of Michigan. It is twenty years since he has visited Oshawa. Mr. Herbert Bradley is a tall thin man of dark complevion and with an affable manner To see him one would never imagine that he had travelled over two thousand miles on foot im the depth of Africa, that he had been the first American to view Lake Kiva in the centre of the jungle, or that he was the first man to photopgraph the gorilla in his native haunts. On all his travels, in Africa, in India and in Ching Mr. Bradley was accompanied by his wife and by his little daughter Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have hunted elephants in India and Africa. lions on the plains surrounding Lake Ed- ward in Africa, tigers in Sumatra and hippopotamus on the Ruchura river in Africa. They were the first white people to travel into the in- terior of central Africa west of Lake Edward, and they are among those who have observed the murky waters of the sacred Ganges in In- dia. Wherever they went Mr. and Mrs. Bradléy took moving pictures of what they saw and secured a per- manent record of the magnificent which they witnessed. Yes- térday afternoon at the Regent theatre before am audience eoam- posed of Oshawa friends of Mr. Explorer and Big Game Hunter Visits Oshawa Herbert Bradley, Son of Osh-] awa Man, Has Twice Vis- ited Interior of Africa, Ac- companied By Wife and Daughter -- Was Born at Columbus 1 BARNES LEADS THE EARLY QUALIFIERS IN BRITISH OPEN (Cable Service to The Times Canadian Press) St. Andrew's, Scotland, July 12. --- Jim Barnes, of New Rochetle, N.Y. today led the early qualifier in the British open golf championship with 153 for his two days' play. by ditiops In Africa and China and the conditions under which they were taken were described by Mr. Brad- ley as the various scenes were film- ed. Two Trips In Africa Mr. and Mrs. Bradley and their wee daughter, Alice, have made two trips into the interior of Africa. Im 1921 accompanied by Carl Akeley of the American Museum in New York, they #penetrated fhe unex- plored wilds to hunt gorillas and to obtain films of them. They called from New York to Capetown khich lies at the extreme southerly limit of the African continent and from there they travelled morth by rail- road for seven days finally reaching the Congo river. After five days voyage on a river boat they went by railroad to Lake Tanganyika, took the boat to its northern end and from there travelled a thousand miles on foot through an unexplored jand. When they (finally reached transportation they entrained for Mombassa on the east coast. On that trip the Bradleys obtained the first photos of the gorilla at home and Shese moving pletupes were shown on the screen. The animal's habitat, habits and peculiarities were vividly shown. Pletures of rov- ing herds of elephants, of tigers. antelopes and other African ani- mals were shown as they appeared when photographed in the beauti- ful jungle. Mr. Bradley declared that the natural beauty of the Afri- can jungle is the finest he has ever seen. Several feet of film showing hippopotamus in the river were shown and Mr. Bradley commented on the fact that their curiosity out- weighed their fear and that they could he approached and photo- graphed without difficulty. The Bradley and his famil, a private showing of some 5000 feet of these films was given. The pictures gave a ¢ 3 £o0@ insight inte the life and" cons pictures also showed the method of travel. Natives carried food, tents and mecessary implements. The (Continued ou page 3) Circle World In Planes Run By Electric Motors (By Canadian Press) New York, N.Y., July 12, --Nicola Tesla, inventor of the alternating system of power transmission, in an interview on his 71st borth- day, predicted that aero- planes would circle the world soon by light electric motors receiving their power by wireless transmission from generating stations on the earth, CHAMBERLIN SAILS FOR UNITED STATES (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) | Southampton, July 12.--Car- rying back to the United States his long distance air record won on his trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Germany, Clarence DD. Chamberlin, ac. companied by Mrs, Chamberlin, sailed for home today aboard the steamship Leviathan, VIERKOETTER LEADS IN MARATHON SWIM Has 300 Yard Advantage Early in Race Over Tommy Walker, Toronto (By Associated Press) Hague, Lake George, N.Y., July 12.--~Three miles from the start of the Lake George ten thousand dol- lar swimming marathon, Ernest Vierkoetter, German Conqueror of the English channel, held & three hundred yard lead over Tommy Walker, Toronto swimmer, who was ten yards ahead of William Saldo, New York. May Elwell, Reverea, Mass., was the leading lady conten- der, Vierkogtter had a quarter mile lead over other entrants at the six- mile mark, with wildam J. Saldo roming second and the rest of the field spread out. Tommy Walker was fitfth. Cold water took its toll of swimmers, and many were drop- ping out at this point, BRITISH OFFICER GIVEN REPRIEVE Was Sentenced to Death for Killing His Commanding Officer (Cable Service To The Times By Capadian Press) Gibraltar, July 12.--Lieut. A. C. Duffield who was sentenced: to death last June for killing his Commanding Officer, Col. James Fiizgerald, on April 7 has been re- rieved, it was u p Jriehen, i nofficially stated On the hearing on April 7. Lieut. Duffield entered the plea that he bad killed the Commanding Officer for the good of the regiment. 'Since our arrival at Gibraltar." he said in the statement, "the Commanding Officer had given up all ideas of soldlering and it is better that ome man should die than the whole regiment be ruined." RESIDENT'S SCHEME FAILS ENDORSEMENT Second Preferred Shareholders Oppose, Others Approve Proposal (By Canadian Press) Halifax, July 12.--Official fig- ures read at the adjourned meetings of the first and second preferred shareholders and common share- holders of -the British Empire Steel Corporation showed that the scheme of reorganization suggested by President Roy M. Wolvin, had fail- ed of endorsement by the second preferred shareholders but had been endorsed by the first preferred shareholders and common share- holders, WEATHER Moderate southwest winds, fair and decidedly warm. Wednesday Southwest winds, mostly fair and decided- Iv wanu. Probably a few scat- tered thanderstoniis. SIR THOMAS LIPTON RELIEVED OF ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF FIRM Service to The Times by Canadian Press) London, July 12--S8ir Thomas Lipton, famous yachtsman, who founded the business of Lipton Limited fifty years ago, at his own request has been relieved of all active t of the business and has accepted the office of President of the Company for life, TWO SENTENCED ON THEFT CHARGE Stole Two Bot:les of Milk-- Clarence Sills Gets Three Months (Cable The case against Clarence Sills and Frederick Dyer for the theft of two bottles of milk, property of Hart's Dairy, was hrought to a close by Magistrate Hind in Police Court this morning when Clarence Sills was sent to the Ontario Reforma- tory for a period of not less than three months and not more than two vears less one day, and Frederick Dver was sentenced to thirty days with hard labour in the County Jail, with a recommendation for de- portation by Mareistrate Hind. "To steal milk is the meanest. mcgt miserable kind of a theft of which 1 know." was the comment made by His Worship in addressing the young men, who as a matter nf fact are hardly more than boys the one being 21 and the other 18. Dyer, who ig 21 and has only been in this country for 11 months, ad- mitted that he owned a motoreyecle for which he paid $150 althongh at the time he was in such a state of finance that he had to "borrow" a hottle of milk. He also stated that he is a married man, with his wife and a child being in England. Clarence Sills has only recently been freed from the Industrial School but the training reecelved there apparently had done no good for him, the Magistrate commented. His good conduct at the Reforma- tory to which he is now sent, will have its effect upon the length of time in which he has to remain there, THREE ARE FINED FOR INTOXICATION AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL ADDITIONS Cairacts Let at Special Meet- ing Approved After Trus- tes Annis Charges Session Had No Quorum, Was Not Properly Called and Im. rroperly Held CHAIRMAN CASTS DECIDING VOTE Trustee Annis Asserts Act Was lllegal and Declares In.ention of Moving That Committees Be Abolished -- The Original Motion to Award Contracts Adopted Charging that the special mecting of tue Board of Education at which the contracts for the additions to the Ce- da.dale and South Simcoe public schools were awarded W. J. Trick Company Limited had no quorum, wa% not property called and was improper. ly held, 'Trustee A. F. Annis at last ught's meeting of the Board chaileng- d the awarding of the contracts ang moved that the minutes of the last re- gular meeting and of the special meet. Trio Pay $56.40 Into Cour: for Pleasure of Becoming Inebriated It cost three drunks a total of $96.40 for the temporary pleasure of being inebriated last nighy when they appeared before Magistrate Hind in Police Court this morning. The first two were picked up in the vicinity of Olive Avenue and Ritson Road and the third was brought in from Lakeview Park, all before 10.- 30 o'clock. Phillip Duncan was the first to appear this morning, charged with being in an intoxicated condition on St. Eloi street. After a lecture from the Magistrate, he was fined $30 and costs, amounting to $37. He was arrested by Constables Terry and Parsons, as also was Harry Lynch whose case followed. Lynch was brought in about nine o'clock last might from Olive aven- ue and the same charge was laid for being intoxicated. He was found guilty of the offence and in all it cost him $32.40, the fine being $25. Norman Ferguson found at Lake- view Park, was assessed $20 and costs, totalling $27, with the warn- ing that the next offence would cost him a good deal more or he might even get 30 days withaus on op- tion. mg as read by the secretary be adopt ed only insolar as they relerred [0 1%» provions regalar meeting. The motion was seconded hy Trustee A. FE. Gar- butt and atter considerable discussion was voted upon. The result was a draw, three of the six members pre- sent voting each way. Chairman 1. B Muchell in casting his deciding yote against the motion declared that he was willing to stand by whatever was done at the special mecting. The up- shot of the whole affair was that the ue tion awarding the contract. to the \W. I. Trick Company, as passed al the special meeting was introduced a- sam and passed ynanimously by the Board who believed that in so dois they would legalize any irregular pros ceding which may have been carried cut in connection with the special meeting. The question of whether or not such motion having once been pas- (Continued on page 4)) CAPTAIN LAWRENCE JOINS HUDSON'S BAY AEROPLANE PARTY Halifax, N.S., July 12.--Captain Lawrence, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who left Ottawa yester- day for Halifax in a small moth Lype aeroplane to jon the Hudson's Buy party here, reached the city safetly this morning. Some anxiety had been felt when he failed to ar- rive last night. REACH SETTLEMENT IN COURT DISPUTE Robert Brown Acquitted on Promise to Keep Peace and Erect Fence Robert Brown, oi the Township of Fast Whitby, having promised to keep peace in Tature and build a fence where it belonged, had the case aginst him over a line fence affair with Tirs. Ebzabeth Wheeler as piaintiff, Gismis- sed by Magistrate Hind in Police Court this morning when the 'nior mation laid against him was withiCraws by Mrs. Wheeler on the advice ¢™2.2 J. F. Grierson, Crown attorney. : The case has been gowg on for some time but since all concerned are now satisfied since Mr. Brown has agre™® to build a new line fence over the centre of the site of the old one in- stead of encroaching upon the terri- tory of the Wheelers, it was felt that the hest possible judgment was hats by Magistrate Hind when he disni®ssé® the case without charges. 1) (Cable Service to The Times fy Canadian Press) Dublin, July 12.- George Plunk- ett, son of Count Plunkett, was one of the tem men who appeared n ns to murder Kevin O'Hizy President of the Ye court today charged with conspiring | cuatod Vice- | we "tate onaai | {who was assassinated on Sunday. | chorge Ten Suspects Arrested For Murder Free State Minister, One Is Son of Count Plunkett Plungett, who has been arrested sev- eral times previously om charges of being involved ia republican aoti- ! vities and other men, were arrested Inst night, They were remanded i» until Manday. AM prote t bain: arrested on wha culled an "obviously falsc TWO MILLION ACRES CROPS ARE AFFECTED First Estimates of Damage in the West Found to Be Conservative FIVE STORM CENTRES Hail Insurance Companies Are Preparing ta Pay Out Over $1,000,000 (By Canadian Press) Regina Sask., July 12.--As tele- phone and telegraph reports are ob- tuned from various sections of the province, the first estimates of dam- aeg done by Saturday's storms in- Gicate they were very conservative, Five distinct storm centres are re- ported, with nearly two million acres of crops affected, thousands of window panes smashed, granaries blown about the fields, one barn demolished and one person killed Ly lightning, Information sought from hail insurance agents throughout the storm struck areas as to the total acreage affected verified the first reports and in same cases the total d mage was increased. It is impos- sible to even get an estimate of what the damage will total, but in- si.rance companies are preparing to make out payments of more than a million dollars. This is far from representing the total loss in the province as hundreds of farmers did not carry any hail insurance. COURT DISMISSES AUTO THEFT CASE Gordon Rose Pleads Not Guilty--Given Benefit of Doubt Charged with having stolen an automobile which ended in a smash up some time ago, Gordon Rose appeared tn Police Court this morn- ing. but after only a brief session, the case was dismissed by Magis- traae Hind. He was originally tried on July 6, and after a rather lengthy hearing on that day, the case was held over until this morn- ing. Rose pleaded not guilty, and on account or his youth and previous good character, he was given the benefit of the doubt by His Wor ship. and set free, with the under- standing that he would pay the damages which were done to the car in question, which he was will- ing to do. FARTHOUAKE TOLL ESTIMATED AT 62 Twelve Killed at ; Pamleh, Near Jerusalem, and 25 Iniwed (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Jerusalem, July 12.--Latest of- ficial reports from Nablius, whick is thirty miles north of Jerusalem. give the earthquake casualities of 62 dead and 250 injured at Pamieh, twelve persons were killed and 25 injured, while at Ludd thirty per- sons were injured. A report from Nablus stated that most of the casualties took place when a bazaar collapsed. Work of recovering bodies was' begun Am- mediately. Revised fizures of the casualties at Ludd showed that thirty persons had been killed and seventy injured there. ; Comin: I'v:nts RATES 8 Cents per aur oh inser Minhaum 220 (or sach Ansantion, 35 JA WILL nr ON JULY 15--CH start a five da, best in years. COMING--JULY - anoua S-day pr van. tickets on sal OW A it will be del' ve ed. UARMONY SUNDAY SOU, PIC- nic at Lakeview Park, Thucsday, duly 14. (=A) » 23