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VOL. 1---NO, 20 MYR The Oshawa Daily Reformer FOUND -- OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUES ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JAY JULY 26 1 26, 1927 ND DEAD BENEATH CAR LET CONTRACT FOR ADDITION T0 G. M. PLANT T. B, Mothersill to Construct Extension to Dry Kiln Sec- tion, Lumber Yards CONTRACT IS $50,000 Five New Drying Kilns Will Bring the Total Number nr T. B. Mothersill, local cement con- tractor, was today awarded the con- tract for a 35 per cent, addition to the dry kiln batteries and lumber storage yards of the General Motors of Can- ada plant here. The value of the con- tract successfull ton tendered for hy Mr. Mothersill is Equipment for the five new hin will amount to an- other The area to he occupied by the new kilns is over 12,000 square fect, their mass dimensions being 110 by 120 feet, Work on the new dry kilns will he- in at once and will involve some ad- ition to the outside lumber yards, It is understood that the extension con- templated will accommodate two new transfer tracks, which are a feature of General Motors lumber storage sys- tem as thew permit easy switching ev en when hundreds of carloads of sun- dried lumber, loaded on kiln trucks, are in the yards, The hve new drying kilns will bring the plant total up to 13, each of which will be so constructed as to turn out Jlumber seasoned to the very highest standards. Lumber which comes out of the Gen- eral Motors 7 yg is not merely dried on the outside, which produces case- hardenin which covers interior mois- sure, it " dried from the centre out- wards with. a Aormity which. fre: quent tests amply RE yfich. PRIORY PARK WINS British Foreign Office Knows Nothing * of Instructions lssued to Ambassador to U.S. to Protest Against Propaganda (By Canadian Press) London, July 26.--A report pub- lished In several morning news- papers that Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador at Washington, had been instructed to protest to Washington against anti- British propaganda In the American press in connection with the naval conference at Geneva was not con- firmed by the forelgn office when called to Its attention today. Officials sald they had not heard anything of this nature. Pressed for a definite statement as to whether such a protest had heen transmitted, official spokeman sald: "All that can be sald Is that nothing is known in officlal circles here.' Finger Print Bureau at Ottawa Has Failed to Identify Slain 'Bandit No Similar Impression Com tained in Police Records of Finger Prints of Man Killed By Alex Hodge, Beeton Farmer MANY RUMORS AS TO IDENTITY Provincial Police Follow Clue That Bandit May Be the "Cookstown Mystery Man" ~--May Have Definite In- formation in the Next Few Hours (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont, July 26.--Finger prints of the unknown bandit who vis killed July 22 by Alex Hodge, farmer of Beeton, ceived by the Ont,, were re- headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police here today. A search in the finger prints THE STEWARD'S CUP "Glorious Goodwood" Scene of London's Last Big Meet of Social Season (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Goodwood, England, July 286-J. B. Noel's Priory Park, winner of the Steward's cup today at meeting of the London social season on the private course of the Duke of Richmond in Goodwood near Chichester. J. Brown's Queen's two lengths behind Priory Park and Sol Joel's Fananuan was third, one length behind Queen's Twenty-four ram. The stakes were £1,000 with ex- tra and a distance of six furlongs. BAND CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT Regiment Band Move Weekly Program Forward--Go to Uxbridge Friday The regular Friday evening band concert given by the Ontario Regi- mental Band has been moved forward to Wednesday of this week. The band has been engaged for a four day per- iod at Uxbridge for the Uxbridge Old Boys" Reunion which is being held at this time and which requires their ser- vices on Friday. The local band se- cured this engagement through their fine appearance and music on July 1 when a nber of the ittee from ow were in Oshawa and heard aving for the the wy Celebra- the band com- pris is Fa be held tomorrow. Wednes- day might, at Alexandra Park. The feature of the program will be a cor- met duet by smen Jones and Fountain. The program will be as fol- flows : March--Colonel Bogey, Alfred: Ox- ecture--Home Circle, Schlepegrell: In- terme Drops, Saumell : Waltz ~Fricotrin, Beyer: Trio--Gloaming, Adams: Fantasis--Grand Awerican; Bendix; Cornet gduwet--Two Friends, Lozes; Medley march--Martial Mo- ments, Winter: Popular numbers--(a) Helle Bluchird, (b) Five Foot Two, Exes of Blue: Hyawn--Sun of my Soul. God Save the King. steamer, Rose Castle, division fa'lex to ldentify the slain man. Police records were sald to contain no similar impression. Beeton, Ont, July 26.--Out of many rumors and clues as to the jdentity of the man who was killed in the gruelling battle with Alexan- der Hodge, at his farm bome near here last Friday night, one clue was being followed closely by the Pro- vin'dal Police today. The *Cooks- town mystery man" has been con- nected with the, case in rumors since yesterday, and it is thought that it was this man who was slain by Hodge in gthe liq and death struggle Friday, and whose body has lain here unidentified the past three days. While no official identifica- * {tion has been announced by the po- lice, it is expected that they will have some definite information to give within the next few hours. PROMINENT NORTH BAY LAWYER 1S DEAD (By Condion Press) North Ray, Ont, July 26.--G. A. Motiauhgey, prominent local lawyer and well kmown among legal profes- slons, died here last night after a brief illness. He had been very we- tive In political circles ana was a candidate for the Provincial House FREIGHTER AND OIL TANKER COLLIDE OFF MATANE, QUE. (By Canadian Press) ~/Quebec, Que., July 26.--Freight outward bound and oil tanker, Albertolite, bound for Moamtreal, came into col- lision yesterday off Matame, below here. The cause of the collision and details as to damage, it any, sustained by the two wessels have not been received here so far. Both steamers are proceeding to Quebec under their ewan power. KINGF ERDINAND PAID OWN DOCTOR BILLS (By Canadinn Press) Bucharest, July 86,~One of the late King Ferdinand's last acts was to insist on paying his own doctor bills, totalling shout $20,000 which the state was ahout to pay. "There's been tronble enough to the state," he is reported to have said, "hesides 1 don't want to burden the country with this expense at a time when everyone should strive tor economy" JACK DELANEY NOW REAL HEAVYWEIGHT Relinquishes Light Heavy- weight Title, Being Unable to Make 175 Pounds (By Canadian Press) New York, N. Y., July 26.---Be- cause of his claim that he no longer can make a class weight of 176 pounds, Jack Delaney, Bridgeport, Conn., French Canadian holder of the light heavyweight boxing crown for the past year today relinquished the title and was given permission by the State Athletic Commission to fight as a full fledged heavyweight. AVIATOR EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK AFTER A SEARCH FOR FLIERS (By Canadian Press) Pugwash, N.S., July 26.--Major F. Sidney Cotton, leader of the Nun gesser-Coli expedition, who Is re- turning to New York after making an unsuccessful aerial survey of Newfoundland in search of the miss- ing French fliers, was still detained here today by a dense bank of fog which caused him to interrupt the flight yesterday. If Major Cotton gets away today he plans to spend the night in Saint John and make a nonstop flight to New York from that city tomorrow. COURTNEY'S HOP IS FURTHER DELAYED Unfavorable Weather Condi- tions Continue -- 35-Mile Wind Reported (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Southampton, Eng... July 26.--- Weather conditions were again um- favorable today and there was no immediate prospect of Captain F. T. Courtney taking off on his trans- Atlantic flight which will be made from Valentia, Ireland. A depres sion was reported over Western ing from thorty to thirty-five miles Aveland with a southwest wind blow- an hour. ATHOL STREET RESIDENT PICKS RIPE TOMATOES IN GARDEN A -------------------- Oshawa has long been accustom- od to lead. In the matter of ous- toms receipts and building permits issued the Motor city although one of the youngest invariably stands within a few rungs of the top. But information which has reached The Times warrants the belief that Osh- awa has yet amother vecord, his time in a totally different field. Gardeners in this city have long boon proud of their handiwork and it i= said that some of the hest veg- otables grown in the whole connty are antured from Mother Earth within the confines of this oity. Whatever the record for quality may have been im the past it is most unlikely that theve has heen any thing to beat the record for speed which has been established br IL. F. Johnston, Athol street east. Last Friday Mr. Johnston picked nvipe te- matoes from his garden. Has anyone beaten this record. OTTAWA GETS READY FOR ROYAL PARTY Parliament Hill is Being Re- decorated for Coming of the! Princes and Premier REAL HOLIDAY DRESS Half Holiday is Proclsimed in Montreal in Honor of Visitors (Ny Sy Press) Ottawa, Ont, July 26-Parliament Hill Is being redecorated for the coming of the Prince of Wales, Prince George and Premier Baldwin, A few short weeks ago, a thousand flags fluttered in the hreeze to cele- hrate Canada's Diamond Jubilee, then, the hirthday having been cele- brated, workmen appeared on the scene and took down the Pavilion, uprooted posts supporting the uvan- ners, packed up flags and Parlia- ment Hill assumed an ordinary as- pect, Today the Pavilion is being reconstructed, The flag poles have heen brought forth again and flags will be resurrected, For another brief period Parliament Hill after its few weeks of quiet will wear its holiday dress, There Is some sur- prise expressed that it was ever re- | moved for such a short Interval, Montrsal, Que, July 26.--In hon- or of the Prince of Wales, Prince George and Premier Baldwin, alt holiday, +Monday morning an- nounced today In_»a pi ation issned by Mayor Wedaric Martin. Another proclamation cglls upon the citizens of Montreal" do (decorate their premises on the-oggasion of the Royal visit, BISLEY TEAM 70 RETURN AUGUST. Will Be Laden With Spoils of Many Victories, Including Kolapore Cup (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Que., July 26 ---Laden with the spoils of their many vietor- ies a greated number of the Canadi- an Bisley team is returning to Can- ada on August 1. Most important among the trophies which the eam is bringing wifh them is the Kola- pore Cup, for the third successive time won by Canadiams. The Me- Kinnon Cup, which they won the vear before last, is again in posses- slon of Canadians, and was wrested from the Mother Country team. Among the individual prizes, the Grend Aggregate wom by C. Q. M. 8. A. Parnell, Verdun, Que., ranks foremost. Parnell has led Canadian team for the third time in four suec- cessive years. Sergeant Major Hawkes won the Prince of Wales' prize of $5600. The Hamilton cadet team, which distinguished itself at Ae math and won many prizes will sail from Liverpool om July 29. The Oshawa Daily Time For Subse Rates P or See ] roth rb np TEN FAGES EXPECT STRIKE ANY TIME IN N, Y. ON SUBWAY LINES (By Aouiahrd Prem) New York, N.Y, July 26--~New York's millions rode to work tos day facing the possibility thet they may have to walk home, A strike affecting all clevated and subway lines in Manhattan and Brooklyn and surface cars in Brooklyn loom. ed almost a certainty for late to- TORONTO'S APPEAL AGAINST CONSUMERS GAS IS DISMISSED | Judicial Committee of Privy Council Hands Down Decision AS TO CITY'S POWER | The lssue Was to Bring About Lower Rates By Reserve Fund (By Cunaion Press) London, July 28.---Appeal of the City of fronto against the eon. sumers' Gas Company's methods of accountings in. respect to pre- miums was dismissed with costs by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today. Body Is Discovered By Octena Couple Pinned Under Upturned Auto 1 Alfred Calvin Spencer, 16, Dies of Suffocation in Ditch Near Brooklin -- Is Found With Seat of Ford Run- about Resting Across Back of Neck INQUEST IS UNNECESSARY Lad is Thought to Have Turn- ed Around to See if the Car Had Killed Snake Since One Was Found Dead, Having Been Run Over Death as the result of a motor ac cident to which there were no eye witnesses came with startling sudden- ness on Sunday afternoon to Alfred Calvin Spencer, only child of Mr, and Mrs. A Spencer of Myrtle. Pinned face downwards in the bottom of a tour foot ditch on the eighth conces sion of East Whithy near Brooklin with the back of the seat of his fa- ther's upturned Ford runabout across the hack of his neck, the sixteen year old lad was found dead by Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Corrin, of Oshawa. With the aid of John Booth! a farmer liv mg near-by, Mr. Corrin raised the car and removed the body, Dr. Jas. Moore of Brooklin was summoned and after examining the body he pronounced death due to suffocation, There were no broken hones nor even the slight- est scratch on the unfortunate youth's hody. Coroner Dr. C. F. McGillivray, of Whithy, after visiting the scene of the accident and examining the body decided that an inquest was not neces: sary. Provincial Constable Cookman of Whithy, also investigated I'he exact manner in which the ac cident occurred will never be known | Question at issue was as to whether the City of Toronto was entitled to compel the Consumers' Gas Company of Toronto to carry premiums on its sale of stock to a special reserve fund which should be applied in reduction in the cost of gas. The lower court held that the city itself had no recognized position or right to intervene, and in consequence the Judicial Com- mittee of Privy Council recently granted a petition to have the at- torney genral of Ontario. H. Price joined with Toronto the appeal. | {11 he had killed a snake over which but circumstantial evidence points strongly to the suggestion voung man was looking back to sce that the it is thought he drove. A dead snake bearing the imprint of a automobile tire was found in the ditch near the accident and just bevond the point where the snake was found the car tracks show that the car veered sharp- Iv off the road into the ditch. Whe- ther the snake caused the fatality or whether it was due to: faulty steering apparatus will remain a mystery. There | is not the slightest suggestion that a * Continued on page 3 PORT PERRY MAN GETS Decoration of Interior of St. Andrew's Church to Be Elaborate In Every Way Contract Awarded for Decor ating of Church But Work on the Interior of Sunday Scvhool Will Be Awarded Separately -- New Lighting and New Entrance Contract tor the ve-decoration St. Andrew's United Church on Sim- ove street south, has heen let and of the work will be begun in the mear future. This contract affects the church anditonium only. as the painting and decorating of the Samn- day School amex will he oanvied out wheve possible hy local fiowms employing Oshawa labor. Mustrations of the new decora- tive scheme ave in the hands of Rex. F. 4. Maxwell, the minister. They show the church's Mine segmented dome ven a Mackzvound of old ivory in which the play of lights from stained glass windows a twilight mauve to awntuma leaf brown, The dome sectors will each have a convention vine design for border while the wault ribs will carry a pleasingly decorated pattern im ve lief, with occasional rosette patterms of sky blue. gilt all hangings will be royal hiune which will ofter a most , effestive contrast to the amber auality of the | stained windows® Mght. New lighting will be installed. both in the awnditovium over the ohoir loft and pulpit. The pews ave to be repainted to give a deeper oak tone in haomony with the woed- work of choir and pulpit, A new ontrance fram the chwaroh vestry to the pulpit is being ar- ranged. which will he level thooneh- out its lenath. The enlarged ohurch plant will he ready for sen- oval mse on the first Sunday in Oc- will give color effects ranging from toler, it is stated. Local Swimmer to Try Ten Mile Test Before Entering S Emost Fowealt Sam 1 Mile | to diet, in 32 Minutes Last Evening --Will Make Decision Def- inite'y Saturday or Sunday "It's mothing more tham a gamble on the weather. If it is fair and the water is umrutfled evem by rip- ples, 1 doubt if I will be mear the altimate prize winvers (or I lay no claim to being a speed) swimmer, 'but if it is rough amd the lake is lashed with large waves 1 think 1 will have am excellemt getting im the have endurance. money, because I the speedy swimmers will be. forced to drop out. The race will thea be chance of lex If bad weather su- J 4 pervemes it is likely tha, some of | U.S. DESIRES T0 CONTINUE NAVAL PARLEY Asks London When Delegates Are Expected to Return to Geneva CANADA'S POSITION Officially Stated at Ottawa That Dominion Has Made No Representations Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Geneva, July 26.--American delega- tion to the tri partite naval conference sent aletter to the British delegation today asking for information as to when W. C. Bridgeman, Chief of the British delegation, and Earl Cecil, who are now in London, are expected to return to Geneva to resume the con- ference, It appears that Mr. Bridge- man informed Hugh 8, Gibson, chief of the American delegation, hefore de- parting for London early last week, that he expected to start back on Sunm- day last, but since then no word has heen received here from the British, No Representations Made Ottawa, Ont, July 26--It is stated here that Canada has made no repre- sentations to the British Government with respect to certain matters in the dispute at the Geneva Naval Confers ence. A despatch from Geneva sug: gested that the British dominions were urging Great Britain not to be appre- hensive over the details of the United States naval building program, be- cause there is no possibility of a war' between United States and Great Bri- tain. Canada, it is stated here official ly, has made no representations in re- gard to the Shised Sites program. Lonlon "a he he British Gov- ernment will make a statement in the House of Commons regarding the tri partite naval negotiations tomorrow or Thursday, right Hon. Winston Church- ill, Chancellor of the Exchequor, told the House today. LAY NEW SIDEWALK SIMCOE ST. SOUTH Replaces Old Walk! Which Has Long Been a Nui (Cable Within a few dags a completely new sidewalk will be in use on Simcoe street south in the block occupied by The Oshawa Railway Company, the YMCA, the Mundy Printing C pany, plant, and St. Andrew's Unit Church and manse. Decision to flay a new sidewalk in front of the Oshawa Railway Compan offices was reached only a- few as ago. while the Board of Management of St. Andrew's church, headed by Chairman Stuart Storie, reached a de- cision only today. The city engineer was at once authorized to. proceed with the work. The new sidewalk will be a boon to citizens in general as well as to the buswess houses and Jstittions frong= ing on it. A parieulpfiy inconvenient wet-weather will be eo od by raising the sidewalk to the oh ol. Rev. F. J. Maxwell, minister of Andrew's, states that the walks lea wg to the Church entrances will also be raised to conform with the mew sidewalk levels. ~ a matter of endurance not of speed.™ in such words does Ernest Fawcett, Oshawa's hope in the big Canadian National "Exhibition Marathon swimming race express his opinion of his own ohamces in the $59,000 event in which George Young and world famous swimmers will com- pete, Meanwhile Fawcett comtimmes to train. Last might he swam a mile in 32 minutes and tonight he noo- Coming | Events RA1ES Mintawne change for each Amacrtion, Jc. SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ENG- land annual excursion to Niagara Falls, on Wednesday, July 27. Spec ial tram leaves CNR station at 7.35 am. Davhight Saving time Res Fy fave, adults $3. children S158. Tickets can be had feom the com= ing factor and all his doy |e conducted im such A pol a as to improve his endurance. Attention | Fawcett helieves is the first | Prevequisite in bhnilding wp wp the su dy constitution which will be ud and with this in mind he is vegwiat- ing his meals and diet 1 Sind which | is most saisfaoctory. Though the idea mar ne appeal to sone, Fawoott believes that much ! walking each day will he of xalve in training for the swim and becanse | of this belief, he proposes te start oach days training dy walking fom his home in the central pant of Oshawa te the Lake. Continued on page 3 | | aittee or at the ticket office. Exery- body come and onjox a sail on the Nake (18c) - IPS SCOTTISH NIGHT AT THE Jubilee Pavilion tonight. Piper Ghanmmay fa fur Ai). Don't mise ak CANADIAN ORDER OF Chosen Friends wil hold its | vemwlar meeting in the XK & P | hall, Wednesday, July 27th. { 1204) | SCOTCH DANCE AT RARXW ° RT'S | Pavilion on W "hh, at {| 8 pam. prompt. - Masic supalied F. Watson's archestra. + 29-a)