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A Growing SE [Eh a ld ii am TWELVE PAGFS "FI The Ost Daily Tie The Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. VOL. 1-NO. 46 Tn a aes, oa DRIVER OF DEATH CAR HELD IN JAIL Oshawa Sixth in Canada July Building|Clever Work By Police [CONFER WITH [ DARING FLIER Total Building In City Last Month $621,325 Close Behind Winnipeg ON NON-STOP HOP TO RIO Paul Redfern Should Now Be Far Along Route Through Tropics 2,400-MILE JOURNEY Naval Men Say If Aviator Reaches Objective It Will Be a_Mircale (By Associated Press) Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 26.--The vast expanse of sea and sky stretch- ing away to the tropics today held behind its walls of silence the fate of its newest explorer, Roaring away from Brunswick at noon yes- terday In the face of unusually fav- orable eather conditions Paul Red- fern, Georgia aviator, piloted his huge Stinson Detroiter monoplane seaward on the proposed 4,600 mile non-stop journey to Rio de Janeiro. He sought to establish a new en- durance and distance marks, Des- pite the head winds forecast, Red- fern today should be fare along on his route through the tropics, steer- ing a course east of the Bahamas. The young birdman headed for Porto iticu, which his schedule in- dicated he should have reached by midnight, Pressing on, Redfern hoped to be speeding during the day over the waters of the Caribean Sea toward thd" Isle of Trinidad. 'The daring birdman had not been heard from since his plane winged its way out over the Atlantic, The naval men sald that if Red- fern reached his objective it would be nothing short of a miracle. They estimated he would miss his ob- jective at Rio de Jameiro by about 450 miles, as they did not believe his gasoline supply would last more than 67 hours, while with favorable conditions it would take 62 hours to reach his goal. They believe when he reaches the northwestern coast of Brazil he will turn east Yo Per- pam bueo, (By Associated Press) St. Petersburg, Fla., Aug. 26.-- A radio message from Station 4- AQF, Nassau, picked up here by the Financial Journal's wireless sta- tion today said that the Port of Brunswick, piloted by Paul Red- tern was sighted 300 miles east on the British Bahamas by a steamer. The plane was flying at an altitude of about 2,000 feet headed in a southerly direction, last night. jumped into place over Winnipeg which fifth place with a building total of only %706.700, for 1926 was #1.052,100; first Toronto Leads With Port Ar- thur, Montreal, Regina, Winnipeg and Oshawa Fol- lowing in Order -- Great Record for Motor City HERE $1,052,100 Building for the First Seven Months of 1927 Tota's $2, 900,000 -- Will Likely To- tal $4,000,000 for Entire Year Oshawa took sixth place amongst Canadian cities in July building rec- ords, which is but one place lower than its record for June of the pres- ent year when it was within $50, 000 of stand'ng second for the whole Dominion, Toronto comes first as usual with $2,676,000 of building permits issued during July; Port Arthur unusual prominence with a month's total of $2,188,000 which gave it second rank; Mont- real was relegafed with $1,084,000 of huilding started in July, while Regina's to third place total of lead of one $827,000 gave it a took Canada's sixth city in building begun was Oshawa with a total of $621,326 which was nearly as much as Hamilton and London combined, and more than the Mountain City snd Ottawa together Border Cities--Wmasor, Ford, Riv- erside, Sandwich conld total. and Walkerville together exceeded Oshawa's total, but it took five of them to do it. build'ng record for the seven months of the current year the total was $2,900,000. With Angnst permits added, Oshawa's 1927 building record will be very Oshawa's total close to $3.5600,000. A final total of four millions is more than as- sured, it is stated. START HOP FOR ROME AS SOON AS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE GOOD (By Associated Press) Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Aug. 26. --The monoplane "Old Glory" load- ed and fueled, perched at the run- away top today, earthbound by a b DISTRIBUTE PARADE PRIZES TOMORROW Prizes won by contestants at the Rotary Carnival are now ready for distribution and wine. ners may recelve them from Mv, Robert Henderson ag the office of The Times, The winners ..were as follows:. Alfred Rob-,, inson, Mr, and Mrs, Bt, George, Rotary 'wins, "Pig skin" Pe. ters, Miss Evelyn Diplock, Cow Boy, Miss Eilleen Corr, Robert Calford, Earl Dangzy, Guards dazs Band, General Motors (float) Bowmanville Rotary Club (best decorated car and special prize for wild animals) The committee in charge were unable to learn the names of certain of the winning contest. ants and in these cases the name of the costume worn Is given in the above list, SEYMOND IS KNOWN IN POLICE CIRGLES Driver Held for Death of Mrs. Helen Brown Has Long EXCAVATING FOR fresh east wind that definitely pro- longed a take off on the non-stop flight for Rome. The hop off is set for the first moment between ten in the morning and seven in the even- ing that the wind and other atmo- BOND ST. PAVING Work Held Up for a Few Hours as Wheel of Roller Falls in Hole Excavations for the new pavement which will be built on Bond street were held up for several hours to- day when the front wheel of the heavy steam roller which was being used in preliminary scarification work dropped into a soft hole in the centre of the road. For some time the roller leaned perilously at an angle of forty five degrees or less but a gang of several men after doing considerable digging brouht it to a safer angle. After that it still remained to get the roller out of the hole which it appears was left when the railway tracks which were om the street were removed. With the use of large planks, rocks, and other equipment it is hoped to bring the roller out this afterncom under its OWA Power. The roller is owned by the Stand- being operated by W. Williams who escaped unhurt when the roller tilt- od. 21 DEAD AND 30 INJURED IN WRECK spheric conditions are favorable. MASTER STROKE BY FREE STATE LEADER In Calling Quick General Election, English Press Canadian London, Aug. 26.--English press in general comsiders that Presidemt Cosgrave of the Irish Free State County made a master stroke fn call- ing a quick gemeral election after two sweeping victories scored for his party yesterday ih the Dublin by- elections. Midnight meetings in Dublin of all Record Peter. Seymond whom the police have arrested un » charge of man- slaughter In connection with the death of Mrs. Helen Brown who was instantly killed when struck on the Kingston highway east of Oshawa by a hit and run motorist, is not unknown in police circles. At the present time he is on suspended sentence on a conviction for assault registered against him in Oshawa on Jupe 19. Seymond has been particularly active in handling liquor fllegally the police records show. In February 1919 he was convicted and fined $200 for having liquor illegally and in February 1920 he was sentenced to six months at Guelph Reformatory * for having sold liquor in contravention to the Ontario Temperance Act. His most recent and most serious liquor of- fence was in March 1922 when he was given one year at Guelph for selling liquor illegally. The sentence in this case was more severe, It being a secona offence. ON HIKE TO THOUSAND ISLANDS FROM N. Y. A couple of pretty brunettes, who gave their names as "Pat and Mike from Ithaca, New York", passed through Oshawa this afternoon on their way to the Thousand Islands. These pretty hikers left New York on Wednesday morning, Au- gust 24, so it can easily be seen that they do mot entirely depend on their "tootsies" to take them to the Ridean. They explained to The Times reporter that they were merely doing it "for the fum of it." Apparently, they have had mo trouble getting lifts, so far. FIRST CLASS HONORS Haileybury, Aug. 23.--The case of a pupil at the local high school whe mistook the meaning of an explana- tory paragraph in the English com- position test at the homors matricu- lation examination last Jume, yet who emerged triumphant from the ordeal althoush writing absolutely contrary to the directions, is occa- sioning a quiet chuckle here. im I | i | | ! i H i i I i ] t it | ! | | | | if u | 3 [ i BOARD PROTESTS LACK OF HEALTH GUARDING NEEDS Refer to Conditions in the Down Town Business Section PROTEST TO COUNCIL Letters Sent to Paris Board Not Acknowledged--Routine Business Oshawa's City Council will be presented with a strongly worded protest over the city's lack of health-guarding facilities in the down-town district at its next meeting, The protest grows out of the convention of Royal Black Knights of Ireland, Preceptories here on August 12, The parade tormed up In the Memorial Park, and it was stated at last night's Board of Health meeting that Osh- awn's glaring lack of those facili- ties was keenly resented by the Or- ange Order visitors and their local hosts. At the same time, the Board of Health again went on record re- garding sanitary provisions at Lakeview Park, It was stated that the situation there is entirely a re- flection upon the Parks Board and the city in general. Letters of pro- test sent to the Parks Board had not been acknowledged, it was stated. Board of Health accounts for the current month totalled $1,301.29, which was sald to be within the budget allowance apportioned it by the Council. That the Board will (Continued on page 7) SECRETARY MAILS FAIR PRIZE LISTS More Than 2,000 Sent Out to Prospective Exhibitors Here Over 2,000 prize lists' in booklet form have been mailed to prospec- tive exhibitors at the South Ontario Agricultural Society's fall fair at Al- exandra Park here on September 15, 16 and 17. More money is being of- fered as prizes for cattle and farm products (exhibitors this fall Rham ever before in the fair's history, and the large prize list booklet amply evidences thap fact. Clydesdale, heavy draught, agri- culutral, and Percheron horses each have their classes in the heavy draught section; while light horses include carriage, roadster, ponies. harness, saddle hunters. Many of these classes are sub-divided with prizes for each division. The same is true of the cattle sections, which includes shorthorns in ten divisions: beef cattle in six; Jersey (pure bred) in six divisions; eight divisions of class. For sheep there are 49 divisions for entry; the swine headed under Yorkshires, Tamworths, Berkshires and Bacon hogs there are mineteen prize divisions. Poultry sections cover the whole range of domestic fowl; and under miscellaneous headings are grouped Hit and Him and Police Car Police Say (fobourg, August 26, early yesterday morning by a Oshawa appeared before Col, W, H ing and was remanded in custody of August 31, The preliminary he W. IF. Kerr of Cobourg acted for not granted, daylight time in Newtonville by morning. at the Cobourg jail as Peter Simon and a resident of Oshawa. contain his signature as Seymond, the accused, the Governor states, Huddled in the back of a car in Burlie's garage at Newtonville and showing the effects of long hours without sleep, Peter Seymond of Oshawa, alleged by the provincial po- lice to have been the driver of the car whieh struck and instantly kill ed Mrs. Helen Brown of Oshawa and injured Miss Florence Appleton of Toronto on the Kingston highway east of Oshawa early Thursday morning, was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter, late yesterday afternoon. Relentless work on the part of provincial con- stables Mitchell and Cookman of this district assisted by provincial con- stable Fewtrell of Cobourg and High- way officer Reid was responsible for the arrest of the man whom the po- lice say positively was driver of the death car. An important plece of evidence thought to connect Sey- mond with the tragedy is the fact that a small piece of a kimona which Mrs. Brown was wearing was found caught on the radiator of the car hieh Seymond as seen taking in Oshawa and which he is thought to Holsteins, and two for al special ing the accident. At the present time Seymond is lodged in the Dur- ham county pail at Cobourg. Sey- mond's whereabouts was definitely learned when he phoned to a taxi to bring him back to Oshawa. Police state that Seymond when arrested was under the influence of liguor amd appeared unkempt haggard. His clothes, they state, showed the effects of having been slept in and his whole appearance was that of a man who had spent the night in the opea. Though they have not definite proof the provincial officers are of the opinion that Sey- mond walked a short distance on the highway after abandoning at Comur- tice the car which had had taken from the home of Walter Green and which was the property of David (Continued on page T) PRIDE OF DETROIT LEAVES FOR STARTING POINT OF GLOBE TOUR (By Associated Press) Old Orchard, Me, Aug. 26.-- The lane, Pride of Detroit and all other varieties of farm products including the housewife's owm divi- sions. . Fair Board officials expect that Oshawa's Jubilee Fair will be the greatest ever staged in Eastern Om- hopped off at 5.25 eastern daylight time this morning for Harber Grace, f TOTAL STREET FAIR have abandoned at Courtice follow- | Results In Arrest Of Run Motorist Peter Seymond, Arrested By Provincial Police, Found Hud- dled in Back of Car in Garage at Newtonville -- In. teicepied Telephone Call for Someone to Come After Responded -- Seamond Will Appear for Preliminary Hearing in Bowmanville Police Court on August 31--Inquest to Be Resumed Monday --Seymond, Who is Also Known as Simon and Sy- mons, is a Russian Pole, Residing on Brassey Street Here--Was in Intoxicated Condition When Arrested, (By a Staff Reporter) Charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Mrs, Helen Brown who was struck cown and killed ssing motorist, Peter Seymond, of , Floyd, magistrate, here this morn. until two o'clock on the afternoon wring will be held in Bowmanville, the Crown this morning. Bail wes Seymond was arrested yesterday afternoon at five-thirty provincial officers who had been working on the case since the accident occurred at one o'clock in the Seymond who is also known as Simon and Symonds is registerea , age 30, unmarried, a Russian Pole Documents held by the Oshawa police however, No parson has been to see Seymond, Governor (i, L. MeLaughlin of the Cobourg juil informed The Times this morning. Interviews witl, will not be permitted. RECEIPTS $9,505.42 Oshawa Rotarians are partic. ularly well pleased with the re. sult of thelr efforts to obtain funds for equipping the Chil. dren's Playground. from the mammoth Rotary Car. nival totalled $0505.42 it was announced today by ', N. Henry, n r of the Dominion Bank and chairman of the Rotary Au. dit committee, Obviously the total proceeds will not reach that figure as ie expenses incurred have not yet been totalled, It is believed, however, that ap- proximately $5,000 will be rea- lized, for the promotion of Chil. dren's welfare in this city, INQUEST TO BE RESUMED MONDAY Opened in Bowmanville Yes- terday to Investigate Auto Fatality Monday evening at Bowmanville the inguest to inquire into the cir- cumstances surrounding the death of Helen Brown who was instantly kill- ed early yesterday morping when struck by a car alleged to have been driven by Peter Seymond, will be ley presiding. Yesterday the jury selected by Chief Jarvis of the Bow- manville police met at the fumeral parlors of Frank Morris and after viewing the remains adjourned. Those on the jury are Alfred Bickell, foreman, F. C. Palmer, A. J. Lyle, Chas. Rice, S. G. Chartran, Jno. Hal- lowell and N. J. Bird. Arrangements for the fumeral of Mrs. Brown ané now complete. Se:- vices are to be private amd will be "eld at the parlors of the Luke Bur ial Company, 67 King street. east. Rev. H. 8. Dougall, of Simcoe street vices and will he assisted by Capt. Mark Are of the Salvation Army at Passadena, Cal, uncle of the deceas- Nfid., where the start of the at- tempt at a mew world circling record will be made. od, who is visiting friends and rela- {ives in this vicinity. Interment will {be ar the Union cemetery. Fear Many Fishing Fleets On Atlantic Coast Lost a -- 1 Nine Dead Already Reported, Four Missing and Many In- jured With Ships Lost or Broken Up By Force of the Tropical Hurricane Boston, Mass, Ang. 26--Sea montis firom Cape Cod to Newfoundland todar awaited with trepidation further oe ports from their fishing flonts which had alveady told of nine dead, four the toll of fife was exacted at sea As the storm swept monthward came mg of three Wg of one schooner and the dismast- ng of another off Cape Cod. three vessols and dozens of small onafts wrecked in Nova Scotia, one sunk, six wouwndod vg Jwo forced adrift at St wore, with the store still raging at St. Jolw's Nfld. Nova Scotia felt the full fury of the storm and damage thote was estima ofl at move than one wilhon dollars The Dominion Adantic Railway ve- missing and many wnwmred. with hie fost or hreoken hy the force of Al toopical hurricane which swat an 2h const. Severs dames Aa oroms and highways was veported Soom fond bu art 4 22 wadhapts hotween Halifax ad Yaowouth alome, while highways nS me sections weve owght foot mado Naor, COUNTY AS T0 PUPIL'S FEES Chairman of School Finance Asks for Meeting to Draft Agreement Says Oshawa Selling Its Edu- cation 20 to 50 Per Cent. Below Cost Pointing out that Oshawa selling high schaol education to county pupils at anywhere from 20 to 50 percent below cost, Chairman H, 8. Smith of the finance committee of the Board of Education and hosl of a special committee investigating the question of county pupils' fees, has asked the Ontario County Coun- cll to name delegates and suggest an early meeting date with a view to making a new agreement, Acts which automatically separ- ated the Collegiate Institute from compulsory service to the County on Oshawa's becoming a city, also provided that non-urban pupils could be accommodated at any rate responsible City and County officials might agree upon. As a matter of reason, such fees would not total more than 100 percent of the pro-rata cost. The existing agreement, based on clauses in the education act itself and in the high school act of On- tario, provides for fees figured at 80 percent of the Collegiate Insti- tute's total cost for maintenance and debenture payments apportion- ed on a per capita basis. That is to say, i there are 500 pupils in the collegiate, four hun- dred will be assumed to be students resident within Oshawa eity limits, liable to no fees but for whom the city must provide salaried teachers, (Continued on page 3) ARCHBISHOP MATHIEU (By Canadian Press) Regina, Sask., Aug. 20--Following a sudden relapse late last night, Arch- bishop Mathicu was reported to have rallied this 'mroning. According to at- tending physicians, his condition, how- ever remains grave. United Church will conduct the ser ! CITY REPRESENTED ATI. 0. F. SESSIONS G. A. Wesson, Brock Street, resumed with Coroner Dr. A. S. Til- West IN GRAVE CONDITION