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Oshmua Daily SUCCEEDING The Oshawa Daily Reformer VOL. 1--NO.22 "ei Gove awit list > ~ SAYS MEETING ON HYDRO PREMATURE OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927 TWELVE PAGES Monday May See End Naval Parley) REAL PITY IF POWERS DO NOT AGREE Is Comment of Hon, W. C, Bridgemaii on Return to Geneva SEES U.S, DELEGATE Meeting of Chief Delegates is Likely to Be Held on Today (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Geneva, July 28.--No agreement was reached by the tri-partite con- ference at the meeting this after- noon and the Japanese spoksman expressed the opinion to the Associ- ated Press that the plenary session convoked for Monday will probably be the last, The Japanese spokes- man sald that indications were that the conference will fail, W. C, Bridgeman, chief British delegate, denied , to Associated Press that the conference had col- lapsed. Mr, Bridgeman said that the conversations would continue, but 'he declined to predict as to fu- ture prospects, London, July 28.--A despatch to Reuters from Geneva says that the British and American delegates to the Tri Partite 'Naval Conference this Sik srnom failed to agree on the pro ck by the Right Hon. n and Viseount Cecil, trom London, Geneva, July 28,--Right Hon, W. C. Bridgeman, Pirst Lord of the Ad- miralty and chief British delegate to the Tri-Partite Naval Conference, called upon Hugh 8. Gibson, chief of the United States delegation to- day, shortly after arriving from London, where he bad consulted with the British Cabinet. Mr, Bridgeman was accompanied by Ad- miral Pounds. Mr. Bridgeman declined to make any comment on the visit but did announce that 8 meeting of the chief delegates had been considered for today, It is understood that he revealed to the plenipotentiary a rough out- line of the British suggestions as to how the Naval Conference might be brought to a successful close, "We hope to get everything ser- tled within a week or fortnight, it will be a real pity for all of us if we cannot agree at this time," said Mr. Bridgeman, First Lord of the British Admiralty, to the Associated Press correspondent, upon alighting at Gepeva from the Paris train to- day. WAN ELECTROCUTED NEAR PICKERING Willism Evoy, of Toronto, is Instantly Killed -- Hand Touches Live Wire (Special To The Times) Pickering, July 28.--When his band came fn contact with a live wire while he was working on a hy- dro pole, mear the farm of F. H. Richardson, con. 2, Pickering Towa- ship, yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock, William Evoy, 9 Cumning- ham street, Toronto, was electrocut- ed. The wire which caused his in- stant death carried 2,200 volts. Mr. Evoy was alone at the time, the other members of the gang be- ing engaged im work some distance away. Flowever, pome children mearby saw the man fall to the ground and gave the alarm. When found life was extinet. The body was removed to the undertaking parlors at Pickering and it will be taken to Toronte today. Mr. Evoy was about 35 years of Service Men for All Makes of! General Motors Cars Here from All Parts of Ontario, Montreal and Sherbrooke EFFICIENCY IS THE MOTTO C, E, McTavish, General Man- ager Parts and Service De- partment, is Presiding -- Several Instructive Talks ment Two great gatherings, bringing between eight and nine hundred peo- ple to Oshawa are being held today under the auspices of General Mo- tors of Canada Limited, One is the Toronto Chevrolet Dealers' picnic which is heing held in Lakeview Park, and the other is a service con- vention which has mttragted men from every part of Ontario and from as far east as Montreal and Sher- brooke. Almost seven hundred people will dispory themselves at the Chevrolet pienie, indicating the sige of the dealer organizations in Toronto and Oshawe, Pive Toronto dealers and the Ontario Motors Sales of this city are represented. The plenie whieh began at 3 o'clock Is being featured by a program of sports running the gamut from a wheel- barrow race to a fat men's handi- cap. Wives, sweethearts and chil- dren of all the employees in the dealer organization in Toronto and Oshawa are attending the picnic. Service Convention Of a more serious nature is the Service convention which opened in General Motors Convention hall this morning under the chairman- ship of C. E. MeTavish, General Manager of the Parts and Service Department of General Motors of (Continued on page 3) LOCAL FIREMEN T0 ATTEND CONVENTION Six Members of Department Leave Tonight for St. Mary's Six local firemen leave Oshawa to- night by motor car to attend the On- tario Volunteer Fireman's Association convention which is being held in St. Mary's this year. Following them on various days throughout the four day period of the convention will be all the members of the force with the exception of the Chief, who will return' tomorrow from a convention of his own, the Fire Chief's convention which is being held in Hull, Q The six men to leave tonight are the two delegates, Frank Hastings and Louis Boudreau, and four hfe members, Edward Brown, Frederick Luke, Alfred Baldwin and O. R. Moy- nes. The eleven other members of the force all intend to make the trip, the main purpose being to try to have the convention come to Oshawa next year. The last time the convention was held in Oshawa was in 1922. Given By Heads of Depart- Service Convention and Picnic of Chev Dealers Being Held Here Today BE. McTAVISH General Manager of the Parts and Service Department of General Motors of Canada Lhwited, wha is presiding at the Parts and Serr vice convention being held in the canvention hall of General Nardre here today, THREE MONTHS ON CHARGE OF THEFT Peter Pawluk is Convicted of Stealing $37.00 from His Roommate Peter Pawluk was sentenced to three months with an indeterminate period of two years less one day in Guelph Reformatory by Magistrate Hind in Police Court this morning, having been found guilty on July 14 on a charge of theft to which he pleaded mot guilty. This culmin- ates an Interesting case which be- gan op July 2 when a roommate of Pawluk's, as revealed in the evi- dence took a hammer and a but- cher knife and threatened Pawluk in no uncertain mapper which re- sulted in Pawluk laying a charge of assault against the roommate, Sam Ostojeh by name. At Ostojch's trial however, it developed that the cause of the hammer and knife epi- sode was the theft of $37 from his trousers during the night, which it was found, had been taken by Paw- luk. Pawluk pleaded not guilty to the theft and the trial lasted several hours on July 14 before he was found guilty. He was remanded in custody until today when he was brought before his worship for sen- tence. Mr. German, appearing for Pawluk, asked for suspended sent- ence but the Crown was of the opin- jon that such would not be a suf- ficient lesson to the prisoner. BOSCH'S DEATH CAUSED BY BLOW Jury Blames George Burgess --Death Yas Resmi of (By Associated Press) Vancouver, B.C., July 28.--That Otto Bosch, twenty, occured following an operation last Sunday, died as a result of a blow over the head struck by George Burgess, eighteen, on the Canadian Pacific eastbound train near BTOy Creek. B.C., last Friday, was the verdiet returned last might by Coromer's jury which in- vestigated fhe case. The death of Bosch was the outcome of a fight among the men who were "riding HEAVY RAIN STORM FLOODS CITYS STREETS Cellars Suffer "Wien Storm Sewers Fail in Torrential Downpour HALTS CONSTRUCTION Crops in Surrounding District Not Damaged--Lightning Strikes in Oshawa Accompanied by a high wind and hail stones as large as acorns, a terri- fic electrical storm broke over this city yesterday afternoon inundating the principal streets of the city and flood- ing the cellars of scores of homes and stores, Storm sewers proved inade- quate to handle the torrential rain which fell, streets were whirling rivers whose death | and local streams were transformed to raging torrents. Lightning struck the home of Dr. Kaiser on King street east, jumped to the power lines and wrecked a set of transformers at Al- bert and Athol streets, Several other transformers in the city were put out of commission and telephone service also suffered. Sewer construction and the laying of water mains which was in progress on several city streets, was seriously interfered with due to water draining in and causing the sides to cave in, City Engineer Smith estima- tes that the work will be delayed three or four days as a result, The storm was the third which has struck this eity recently, Its prede- cessors though less severe caused some flooding and delayed city construction work several days. In formation oh- tained by The Times shows that yes- terday's storm was most severe dir- ectly over Oshawa and in the imme- diate vicinity. Damage to crops was slight and points north, west and east of Oshawa escaped hail. At Bowman: ville and Whitby the downpour was terrific but there was no hail. The same conditions prevailed at Raglan, Columbus and Brooklin. Crops in the northern section, though somewhat beaten down, did pot suffer seriously it is reported. In Oshawa the storm was preceded by a high wind and when the first cloud descended on' the city leaves were blown from the trees and wash- ed into the catch basins which they partially plugged. An attempt to keep the drains open was made by a party of thirty workers superintended by City Engineer Smith. Despite their efforts numerous sections were badly flooded. Those to suffer most were residents living on Albert street south of Albany street, those on Ritson road south of Bond street, those on Bond street mear . Simcoe and downtown stores. "It was a terrific storm and I doubt if storm sewers which would have handled it could be built," Mr. Smith stated to The Times today. Construction work at General Mo- tors was delayed by the storm and pumps to drain out the water were mstalled last night. The sidewalks un- der comstruction were saved by an adequate covering. Sewer and water main ditches were also pumped out last night and this morning. 50 YEARS IN SING SING FOR PART IN better known pinihind iy today for per- rob- EATER OSHAWA BOWLERS NEARLY FIGURE IN PRIZES AT BARRIE D. A. J. Swanson's rink from the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club journeyed to Allandale yesterday where they par- ticipated in the Annual Lawn Bowling towrnment. They won two out of their three games and came very near carrying off some prizes but two teams with three games won and an- ather with a very high plus score beat them out. They lost their first game w Mr. P. Clark, of Allandale, and won the next two from A. G. (Hiram) Walker, of Allandale, and Mr. Mc- Knight, from Tottenham. Aa extra wd had to be played with Mr. Walker asta they won the game with his ank. Mr. Swanson's rink was composed of Stevenson. Jas. Allman. P. A. Black- bun and skip, D. A. J. Swanson. CHAIRMAN C. $5,000 IN JEWELRY FOUND IN STREET CAR (By Canadian Press) Montreal, July 28.--Trinkets and jewellery valued at more than $5, 000, were found in a paper pack- age on the seat of a street car on St. Lawrence boulevard yesterday. The finder gave the parcel to the police. No one has claimed them or reported the loss. THREE MOTOR CARS FIGURE IN CRASH Auto Parked on the Highway Without Lights Results in Charge Parking » car on a public high- way without lights caused what might have been a serious accident in Whitby yesterday when three cars figured in a smash up al twelve o'clock last. night ahout firty yards west of the C.P.R. sub- way over the Kingston Road, A Mclaughlin touring car driven by Ralph Vodden, of Harmony, was parked on the north side of the road without lights when it was struck In LiT8 read by a Ford coupe driven by Don GilFoogley of the Ontario Hospital, Whithy, causing considerable damage to the Ford | but not apn appreciable amount to the Mcl.aughlin. At the same time there was another car ap- prouaching from the west which had to run into the ditch to avoid striking the other two ears. The Identity of this car or its owner are not known since they went away with po damage having beep done to either the ear or occupants. No one was injured although Mr. Gilfongley was upon the other car beiore he noticed it. A broken axle, a damaged radiator and two [t front fenders were the most dam- Age done to Gilfoogley's ear. Only |; a fender was hurt on Vodden's. here were four qceupants in Vod- den's car but all but Vodden had dissapveared along the C. FP. R. tracks oefore the police had arriv- ed. Mr. Gilfoogley was accompani- od by his brother, Frank. A charge was laid against Vod- den in Whitby Police Court this morning by Chief of Police Gun- smn of Whitby, charging Vodden with being Intoxicated in a public place. He was found guilty by Magistrate Willis and fined $20 apd cosfs. He agreed to make a settlement with Gilfoogley over the damage done to Gilfoogley's car. Chict of Police Gunson states that a charge of incumbering the high- way wight also be laid against Vodden, if witnesses which he is searching for can be found. NORTH BAY MAN IS ELECTED PRESIDENT Officers Chosen at the Last Session of Dominion Fire Chiefs ( ) Hull, Que., July 28.--Chief George M. Brady, of North Bay. was elected president of the Do- minion Fire Chiefs' Association in succession to Chief A. Tessier, of Hull, at the copcluding session of the four day convention held here. Other officers elected Montreal, second vice president. chief W. Phillips, Sault Ste. Mzrie; Secretary, Chief J. Armstrong Kingston; Auditor. M. Muir, King. ton, Directors. Canadian Press July 28. cd by flames when a fire started by a littl» playmate spread rapidh in the loft an which they were plaving, Annie | Galonski, four. By Webb, Sask, here yesterday. Barnes, Electric Commission. deals in its entirety with municipali- ties which operate their own distri- ibuting station and has no reference whateve to centres sucr as Oshawa where the Commission superintends tre distribution, Mr. Barnes inform: ed The Times. the home of Thomas Campbell, Croaburn avenue, able damage was done to the inter- jor of a two roomed frame cottage through a spark which fell in the wood box. The chemical extinguish- er was used to put out the fire. The frame of the building was saved. banu || was bummed to death| ~ |eay. N C. 0. POWER ASS'N THINKS COUNCIL SHOULD AWAIT REPORT Report Will Not Be Made Public Until Information Now Being Prepared By the Hydro Commission is Re. ceived By Central Ontario Aumsociation SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT Chief Question to Be Consid- ered is Purchase of Own Distributing Plant -- Assn- ciation Wants to Learn How Cost of General Ad- ministration is Divided Oshawa will not be affected by he report of the Hydro Electric ower Commission announced yes- erday, which authorizes the chang- ng of power and lighting rates in everal Ontario municipalities, it vas stated here today hy C. T. local manager of the Hydro The report By a curious coincidence the re- port of the Commission announcing numerous rebates and reductions in power rates is published at a tims when power and lighting rates as Jevied in Oshawa ae receiving eon- siderable attention, clal meeting of ths eity council is being 'general business it is believed that the chief and probably the sole dis- ieussion will centre on Oshawa power and Tonight a spe- held and though called for lighting rates. It is probable hat a special committee will be ap- pointed to investigate the situation horoughly, to obtain what informa- tion may be needed and to advise a :ourse of action. Say Meeting Premature, There are those who believe that (Continued on. page 3) THREE SMALL FIRES IN CITY WEDNESDAY Lightning Strikes Chimney on the Home of Dr. T. E. Kaiser The fire department bad a busy day in Oshawa yesterday when they three fires to deal with, two being 2 result of the storm in the after- poon and one from a spark from 2 stove flying into a wood box. to 244 where consider- At 7.5656 a call was answered At 4.50 p.m. lightning struck the chimney of Dr. Kaiser's residence on King street east and perbaps the most damage was done to a door which the firemen had to break through before they could get to the trouble. The third run of the day was to Frank street where it was found that some hydro poles had broken ing. the Hydro men arrived but saw to it that the wires did no damage to property, down and were blaz- The firemen left them until Dr. Oscar D. Duckett is Held Responsible for Gil's Death ~--Jllegal Operation (B 1 Canadian Press) Montreal, July 28.--Dr. Osenr D. Duekett, local physician, held ves- ponsible by a coroner's jury for the death of Rorrilla Germain, 2 Que- hee ginl, whe died after am illegal onera'ion, will face the count of the win~'s hench on a murder charge Jndre Marin sent Ya far tial after he had apneareq a voluntary statement yester- * the mext term, WILL MAKE WINDSOR T0 WINDSOR HOP "Duke" Schiller Announces He Will Resign from Forestry Service TO PILOT PLANE Plans to Go Ahead With the Arrangements for the 1] Flight (By Associated Press) Detroit, Mich, July 28. --Refused leave from his duties with the Cana- dian Air Service to make the flight from Windsor, Ontario, to Windsor, England, C. A. "Duke" Schiller, Cana- dian pilot, announced today that he would resign at once from the govern- ment position and would continue with plans for the flight. Schiller will pilot Phil Wood, brother of Gar Wood, on the proposed trip Schiller, Rid pilot in the forestry branch of the air service is at present stationed at Port Arthur, Ontario, and word that he would resign Was receiv- ed in a message to Wood here. CHILDREN DESTROY PROPERTY IN PARKS, TO TAKE ACTION It the children do not stop des- troying property in city parks, some of them may find themselves con- fined to the cells within a few days. Dr. PF. L. Henry, chairman of the Parks Commission told The Daily Times that he had the names of some of the children who he had seen carrying on destructive work. He intends to make an example of some of them if this continues. BURIED IN SAND (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) . An Oxford Professor, in order to make ends meet, to take mp manual labor. So he yimiea ; a large building operation and said 4 nery- ouely to a red-faced man. "i ao Ir, snort. he said "We mighe start you - bn architect, and let you work wp." MADAME NEVADA --PALMIST, at 46 Ave. all this week. Hours 2told. (21-) JUBILEE PAVILION TONIGHT. Dancing 830 pm. Best dressed lady contest. Neutral judges. Handsome prize. Wonderful interest already evident. Gilbert Watson's 9 piece Broadcasting Orchestra. Tomorrow, "Old time Mddler's contest." ( CARPENTERS' AMALCAMATED Union of Canrda meets in Velsh's gadomcs. 20 Kg WwW, Fra ov. aly 2, 8 of officers oie Jig @)