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The © -- TT ,." hanua Daily Tim The Oshawa'!Daily Reformer PS = YOL. INO. 40 1--NO, 40 TS Sai She ha, OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. iS TWELVE PAGES MISS DORAN PLANE STILL MISSING © Sacco, Vanzetti TWO PLANES AND 100 MEN COMB W0ODS Searching for Five Quebec Youths Missing Since Sunday SCATTER HANDBILLS Instruct Them to Go to Nearest Open Space Till Found (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Que,, Aug, 19,--With two areoplanes and a party of one hundred men searching the woods in the vicinity of Lake Archambault, no trace of the five hoys who have been reported lost since Sunday had come come to light. They scattered three thousand handbills, bearing the following message--"Boys, when you read this go to the nearest open place you can find and 'make a fire or wave a shirt so that aeroplanes can see you and send some one to bring you out. tay right where you are until help comes." Thte boys, who range from eight to fonrteen years, were camping at Camp Agaming on Lake Archam- bault in the Laurientian Mountains. They set out on a short trip Sun- day, intending to remain in the woods overnight and yeturn to camp Monday hoy failed to re- turn and sear hers found traces of them fifteen miles from the lake, but were unable to follow the trail. > found near the re- Vo in e Agaming are lost, SENT FOR TRIAL ON FORGERY CHARGE Mabie Knapp, East Whit- by, Committed at Prelim- inary Hearing Accused of having forged the pame of F. Shellenkoff, Oshawa baker, to a cheque for $30.40, Mel- ville Knapp, East Whitby farmer was this morning committed for trial at thf next sdssion off the Assizes to be held in Whitby. He will be held in custody until bail can be arranged. Col. J. F. Grierson appeared for the Crown and D. A. J. Swanson for the accused. = According to the story related by Shellenkoff, the accused raised a cheque from $30.40 to $33.40 the amount which accused thought he should receive. for a load of hay whieh Shellenkoff purchased. ,The raised cheque was discredited at the bank where Knapp was advised to see Shellenkoff and get r cheque for the proper amount. When Shellenkoft refused to make out a the took matters in his own hands and wrote out a cheque signing Shel- lenkoff's mame. The bank refused payment, advised Shellenkoff o! what bad been dome quently a 'charge was laid. Cross examined by Mr. Swanson this morning Shellenkoff admitted that there had been a difference of opinion as to the price which should be paid for the hay. Originally the price was set at $23 a tom which would bring the total amount due on the hay delivered to $30.40. But FULL BENCH OVERRULES EXCEPTIONS TAKEN BY COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE Vanzetti Takes News Badly While Sacco is Not Disturb- ed -- Latter Says He Ex- pected Such a Decision -- Asked to Write Letter to His Boy FEAR TROUBLE IN NEW YORK 'esume Guard -- Find Can of Nitro-glycerine Under Pittsburg Railway Bridge Following Small Explosion (By Associated Press) Boston 19--A full bench of the [assachuettes Supreme Court today verruled the exceptions by the Sacco- "anzetti defense counsel to the deei- 'ons by Justice George A. Sanderson f that Court and by Judge Webster 'hayer of the Supreme Court and re- (used to grant the writ of error, The decision was announced just after none a.m, by the Supreme Court recorder, with whom the justices filed it yesterday. The exceptions were to the refusal of Justice A. Sanderson to grant a writ of error and a refusal by Judge Thayer of a new trial, revocation pi the sen- tence and a stay of execution. The ar- guments of these exceptions were made hn Tuesday before four Justices of the Supreme Court, sitting as 3 full berich, for Ni Ag RA Aw Vanzetti, whose respite from executiion for mur- der expires at midgight on August 22, were based chiefly on allegations of prejudice 'on the part of Judge Thayer, who presided at the trial, and "whose previous refusal to grant a new trial was upheld by the Massachusetts Sup reme Court last April The counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti announced today that they will apply to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of Certiorari in behalf of the condemned men. It will be based on points involving "due success" a clause of the United States constituential, they said. Toronto, Aug. 19--F ne of fifty dol- lars was imposed by Magistrate Jacob Cohen in police court today on Paul Rawlinoff, one of a number of Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers who were paste- ing printed appeals on street posts and buildings last. night. Says Vanzetti Insane Boston, Aug. 19--Word of the de- (Continued on page 3) LOCAL SPEAKER AT BOWMANVILLE D. M. Tod Gives Account of Trip Abroad Before Rotary Club (« to The Times) Bowmanville, August 19.--D. M. Ttod, past president of the Oshawa Rotary Club, addressed Bowmanville Rotarians at their noon luncheon to- lay, extending the main official in- vitation to take part in the Oshawa Rotary Club's big street fair next Tuesday evening. Mr. Tod also addressed the Bow- manville Service Club on his recent tour of Europe while attending the "nternational Rotary Cofivention at Jstend. Mr. Tod's address was greatly ap- oreciated. by local Rotarians who are to attend the Oshawa Street Fair in a body if possible. JOINS BRITISH BOWLERS T, P, JOHNS Member of the Oshawa Lawn Bowl- ing Association, who joins the British Bowlers at Toronto to- morrow as the party leaves for a tour of the Canadian west, Two of the British Bowlers' six rinks are returning home today, and their places are being taken by two rinks made up of repre- sentative Eastern Canada players. The British-Capadian Bowlers Vani visit inhibes, Regina, uver, 'and. other - important Wontern anada. centers, i BOWLERS TOMORROW T. P, Johns, Oshawa, One of Ontario Bowlers to Go West on Tour T. P. Johns, member of the Osh- awa Lawn Bowling Club, will joim the British Bowlers' Tour at To- ronto tomorrow, to proceed with them for a tour of the Canadian west. Mr. Johns is one of several representative Ontario bowlers in- vited to fill out the British Bowlers' full complement of six rinks, two of which are returning today to Great Britain. The British-Canadian Bowlers, as the tour's members will now be known, will visit all the important cities of the Prairie and Rocky Mountain Provinces, including Win- nipeg, Caleary, Edmonton, Vancou- ver, and Victoria. Mr. Johns is in Toronto today playing with a group of Caandian bowlers who toured the British Isles in 1924. These are being matched against the six British rinks now vis- iting Canada, and is the Ontario bowling enthusiasts' farewell to the members of the two rinks who find it necessary to return to England at once. BOY'S CONDITION IS MUCH IMPROVED Fred Davey, 5 Harold street, who had his leg severed by a freight car on Wednesday is reported as doing well under careful supervision fin Oshawa Hosp'tal today. That he will recover, despite the shock and loss of blood is now almost definite- ly assurred although it will be a long while yet before he will be per- mitted to leave the hospital. Building permits for the curremt week already total $104,000 which brings the month's total up to well over $300.000 with many of the larger industrial permits yet to be recorded. General Motors' mew plant being erected by Anglin and Norcross. Hamilton, is officially valued at #50000: the remainder of the week's building warrants are for homes and garages. Of the latter, seven permits ranging in value be- tween $100 and $500 were issued. In order of issue. home building permits: S. Bone, a two storey brick Current Week's Building Permits Amount to $104,000 veneer house on Arlington Avenue to cost $3,500: General Motors of Canada, Limited. a house on Ritson Road to cost $4,500; and five houses on Mary street to cost $4,400 each, a total of $822.0vy. Another per- mit for five houses to cost $4,200 each was issued to General Motors, the total being $21,000. P. E. Glabb is building a bunga- low on Division street of brick ven- eer constricilon to cost $1,500. Bwiiding under way outside the city limits but directly serving Osh- awa is for August alone walued at nearly $100,000. Fine Prizes For Street Parade Prizes for the Monster Street Parade to open the Ro- tary Street Fair Tuesday even- ing, August 23, include the following entry sections: For the oldest and most dilapidated car run In the parade under its own power, $8.00, For the oldest and most dilapidated truck run under its own power In the parade, $8.00, For the best decorated auto- mobile in the parade, $10.00. For the best decorated bi- cycle, $6.00. For the hest jazz band in a truck, not less than eight pieces, $8.00. For the best marching on foot, not than eight pieces, $8.00, For the hest decorated mot- or truck, $10.00. NEVILLES ADMITS THEFT OF CATTLE IN BEETON GASE His Signed "Confession Pre- sented in Court, Implicates Several 'Accused ASK ALL EVIDENCE mate Cases Will Ge Before Jury at Barrie (By Canailian Press) Barrie, Ont., Aug. 19--A con- tesgion signed by Elwood Nevilles, one of the aecused, sensation in the preliminary "hear- ings of the ten men charged with theft, perjury and receiving before Magistrate Jeffs today. The con- fession was read in court and in it Nevilles admitted stealing cattle and implicated several of those ac- cused with him, Counsel for the mated that they would likely be tried by Judge and jury, but would ingles on all evidence being brought y the Crown before their clients are committed for trial. T0 SELL $275,000 CITY DEBENTURES Will Be "Placed on the Market Early Next Year hand less Jazz prisoners inti- Approximately $275,000 of Osh- awa debentures will be put on the market early in 1928, City Treas- urer Blackburn states. Work for which these debentures were auth- orized is in progress. but the city's financial position is such that Osh- awa can afford to wait for a favor- able moment for issuing its bonds. it is likely that the mext issue, total- ling more than a quarter of mil- lion dollars, will be disposed of in February. The year's second and shortest month is favored by the city treas- urer as the, generally speaking, the best for placing municipals. He finds that by that time, the new is- sues are generally not ready for the market while the old have been dis posed of. This gives a sort of breathing time, financially speaking, which is taken advantage of by many canny investors, The fact that January dividends are, very largely still in the hands of those receiving them makes February 2a particularly good month to place municipal bond issues. It is interesting to mecall that Oshawa's last bond issue was dispos- ed of entirely within the city and over the city treasurer's counter. This did away with the loss incident to sales through bond brokers. That issue, however. was a comparatively | Ti small one. Oshawa stands in a fav-| The orable position with investors im [Of municipal bonds. The discount against them is small and interest rates demanded are decreasing from year to year. WEATHER 'aeroplane, oyided early. Honolulu Newspaper Cirew] lated Rumors of Finding Aircraft Off North Coast of Maui, Which Were Late. Found to Be Baseless GENERAL SEARCH IS UNDER WAY Washingion Orders Two Sub marines to Investigate Re ports and Join in Hunt -- James Dole Offers $20,00C and Michigan Millionaire $10,000 (Cable Service To The Canadian Press) Honolulu, Aug. 19.9-- Publication of the baseless rumors in a news- paper here, not a member of The Associated Press that the Dole flight plane Miss Doran and its crew had been found off the north coast of Maui in the isolated Keanae sec- tion, served to excite residents of Honolulu last night, who filled the newspaper offices demanding more accurate information, Representatives of The Associated Press, using both automobile and nag, | only to learn that what observers thought was Pedlar"s gaily painted plane was the Sampan--a Japanese fishing boat. San Francisco, Aug. 19.--The jinx which preceded the take off in the $35,000 prize Dole flight con- tinued in its wake today. Out into t far reaching expanses of the Pattie went the appealing call of the radio, aided by searching aero~ planes, destroyers and submarines in the quest of the two lost aero- planes--Miss Doran and Golden Eagle. James Dole, Hawaiian millionaire, who put up the prize for the race, today opened hi purse again, this time to offer $20,000 for the re- covery of the missing planes and their occupants. To this amount, William Mallosha, Michigan mil- lionaire, who entered Miss Doran in the race, added $10,000 for the recovery of the occupants of the Miss Doran dead or alive; George Hearst, publisher of the San Fran- cisco Examiner, also offered $10,- 000 reward, $5,000 for the rescue Times By ther severe injuries ip t (Continued on page 3) Step Up, Gentlemen! 29 PERCENT 1928 TAXES COLLECTED $379,370 Paid in By End of July Out of Total Roll of $643,000 ARREARS PAID IN Of $159,000 Back Taxes $75,000 Are Collected-- Total Receipts $454,370 City Treasurer Blackburn an- nounced today that 659 per cent. of Oshawa's Tax roll for the cur- rent year had heen collected by the end of July, Amounting rough- ly to $879,370, out of the roll's total of $643,000, In addition, of $169,000 of tax arrears on the city books at the beginning of 1927, $75.000 have been collected. This brings the year's total of tax re- ceipts up to well over $454,370. STAN, PHILLIPS Who will preside over the Ring | Throwing Booth at the Big Ro- tary Street Fair to be held Tues- day exening, August 23. Orra Al- ger will be Mr. Phillips right- hand man, and the Ring Throwing Booth is bound to be a ccntre of interest and much profit to con- testants, Glittering prizes, as rich as an Arabjlan:wight's dream, WHI We "the reWAPE of "those that" throw with dexterity! Step up gentlemen, this way for the grand prize! BANK TELLER IS IMPROVING RAPIDLY H. C. Robbins, who received ra- whe, a revolver wad _acelden 3 Ho charged in the Standard oak on Monday, is recovering rapidly in the Oshawa Hospital and Dr. F. J. Rundle who is attending, expects that he will be back ' to normal again within the next few weeks, WATCH STOLEN While attending the dance at the Lake last night Cecil Barriage, 116 Albert street, had his wateh and fob stolen. He believes that it was taken from his pocket. Early in the evening he noticed that he had it but later found it gone when he wished to observe the time, The police were notified. Splendid Prizes For Monster Parade at the Rotary Club's Street Fair Announced Award of $8 to Entry With Oldest and Most Dilapidat- ed Car -- Prizes for Fancy tive--Three Oshawa Bands to Take Part in Parade Splendid cash prizes are announced today for the winners of specfal~entries in the monster [p2iade which will 'open the Oshawa ary Club's annual Street Fair on Tuesday evening, Aug- ust 23. This list given out after a com- mittee meeting in the office of Rotar- ian D. M. Tod early today is, however, but a section of the general prize list which is yet to be announced. Tuesday night's parade will feature the motor car. The best decorated car in the procession will be awarded the blue ribbon and $10 in gold; the best decorated will win a similar re- ward. Prizes For Oldest Cor But the old timers are not forgotten. A prize of $8 is offered to the oldest and most dilapidated car that can hold its own in the parade under its own hoger. In describing this entry, Mr. 4 said : "I want to make it clear-- dest and Most Dilapidated Car ord." A recent parade of such ancient vet- erans was staged at Sunnyside Park in Toronto. Some 5 poople went home with sore sides after seeing some of the specimens which wheezed their senile way past the judges' stand. At the same time, a prize of "Ri offered for the old~st and most dilav® touck that can ma" > "ho grand (Continued on pag: 8) WINNER PONTIAC CAR AT GM.C. PICNIC MAY TAKE PART IN PARADE Members of the Rotary Club committee were to ask Thomas Wil- son, whose little .son .Dayid's guess won the prize Pontise coach at General Motors' plemic on Saturday, to join the big parade which will open the Rotary Street Fair next Tues. day evening. Everyone wants to see David and his proud father, and the car which fell to the little lad's fortunate guess. by ranged and a definite TOURING FARMERS HAVE BIG DAY AT THE CAPITAL By Canadianiieess) Ottawa, Ont., Ang. 19.--A of farmers from Essex, Kent Lambton counties ave a pusy time in the Capital Today they. will wisit the Parliament Buildings, archives, mint, paper mills. and power plants on the Ot awa River and on the Gatineau "eenday was spent for the mo» part at the Experimental Farr Troy 'cave tonight for Boockwille. Mr. Blackburn expects to reduce unpaid tax accounts to $40,000 be- fore the end of the year. The high percentage of collee- tions is ascribed to the city's forth- right method of dealing in the mat- ter by Mr, Blackburn. The wilfully delinquent are dealt with aecord- ing to the strict letter of the statutes, but with the merely dila- tory, the city has used educational a more and more that it is to their interest to pay their tax bills promptly," Mr. Blackburn stated. "Uncollected taxes from a few means higher taxes for the many. There is also the matter of penalties for those that delay payment. Strict enforcement of these penalty clauses accounts very largely for the high percentage of collections. Pel | oF 4 nt fect ig dis} year - ately after Oecto year's second tax instaliment falls due, the treasurer stated. WEEKLY BOWLING TOURNEY TONIGHT Keen interest continues fn the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club's week- ly promiscuous tournaments; To- night's feature. it is mpderstood, will draw out an even larger crowd of player and spectators thas at any previous game. The games begin at 7.456 p.m. and there will be eight to fight out the three scheduled con- tests. Rinks are picked promiseutish ly at these tournaments, terest in these weekly result, jater, in an extension cr program. CASE ADJOURNED William yg Norn see erin-law, haying Fonabing him maing's police EER after having Fonsi | he prosecutioon dismissed a fx 25 Evidence given by Crom ses Go To Death Cell--Appeals Fail Rewards of $30,000 Are Offered For Recovery Of Two Missing Planes 4