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het em ---- | iy) EE SUCCEEDING The Oshawa Daily Tim The Oshawa!Daily Reformer "All the VOL. 1--NO. 74 SS: OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Second Section--Pages 9-14 IVERS BLAMED FOR DEATH TOLL ON THE HIGHWAYS Good Roads Convention Dis- cusses Resolutions for Safety TO PASS RESOLUTIONS Hon. Percy C. Black, Nova Scotia, is Elected President Niagara Falls, Ont,, Sept. 28.--The Canadian Good Roads Association has caught the cue thrown by Hon. George S. Henry. The problem of safety on the public highways has become the keynote. It cropped up in a variety of forms during the day, though direct action has been deferred until the final session of the convention. Judging from the actions of the delegates, the long lists of highway accidents which have appeared in the pews columns for the past few months appeared to rest upon their minds like a weight, It was as though the Min- isters of Highways, engineers and promotors of automobile roadways appreciated that their work of the past tweny years had no been an unmixed blessing. They agitated in the past for the construction of highways; they got the public work- ed up to the proper frame of mind; and then one product of their agita- tion and their work was the totally unexpeced harvest of death. So Cabi- net Ministers and engineers alike seemed to realize that much respon- sibility rested upon them to find a means of reducing the harvest to the minimum, At tomorrow's session, the dele- gates will make an . attempt to fix the responsibility and find a solu- tion; and in the meantime they have been informed that the bulk of the blame for accident rests upon the automobilists, It was 0. S, Hess, engineer for Kent County, Michigan, who told them that, Mr. Hess was booked to talk on gravel roads and \ (Continued on page 11) MINING CONGRESS DELEGATES GOOD-BY TO CANADA Quebec, Que., Sept. 28--A num. ber of delegates to the second Tri- ennial Empire Mining and Metal. lurgical Congress in connection with which technical sessions have been held in the leading cities of the Dominion from August 22 to Sep- tember 26, on which date the con- gress was concluded in Quebec sail- ed for home today on the 8. 8, Em. press of Scotland, The party was composed of Lieut.-Gen, Sir Wil. liam Furse, K.C.B. D.S.P, and Lady Furse, Mr. and Mrs, P, M. Ander. son, of Johannesburg, South Africa, 8. W. Woolmer and O. J. Stannard, of London. The remainder of the British mining experts are booked to sail for England on Friday, by the 8. S. Ausonia from Montreal and the S. S. Caronia from New York. CAR FALLS THROUGH BRIDGE TWO WOMEN ARE DROWNED Musegon, Mich., Sept, 28--Mrs. Elmer Hile and Mrs. Nellie Kroger, of this city, were drowned late to- day when the car in which they were riding, driven by Fred L. Her- rick, 31, crashed through the guard rail of the bridge across the Muske- gon River, Herrick. who escaped death by jumping from the car and holding to the bridge structure, is under ar- rest on a charge of manslaughter and negligent homicide. The bodies of the two women were recovered after several hours by the police. HOTEL IS DESTROYED AT POINTE AU BARIL Meaford, Ont., Sept 28.--Word was rcceived here tonight that the Bellevue Hotel, a large frame build- ing accommodating around one hun- dred guests, has been burned. The cause of the fire is unknown. "> The guests were preparing for bed when flames burst forth from the kitchen. Practically nothing was saveu, "he occupants had to vacate with only the clothing they ad on. The ~g8 is reported to be around $20,- 000. PANIC IN CONVENT FOLLOWS EXPLOSION 600 Pupils Make Rush for Doors as the Smoke Spreads Chicoutimi, Que., Sept. 28 --Quick work on the part of nuns and school teachers and the fortunate absence of some 200 very young pupils at recess averted a dangerous situation when two furnaces in the St. Joseph D'- Alma Catholic School exploded yester- day and struck terror into the hearts of some six hundred children of vari- ous ages. Smoke and steam spread. rapidly throughout the institution. Thinking the four-storey building was on fire, the panic-stricken children rushed for all exits, including the windows. Sev- cral were prevented from jumping through the upper windows to cer- tain death by the speedy action of the teachers, who ordered them to march in orderly fashion down the stairways to safety. In the excite- ment a nun fell from the fourth floor, but by this time such a possibility had been foreseen by the citizens of the town who had surrounded the institu- tion and, in parties of four, held bed mattresses in place of fire safety de- vices" to receive anyone falling. The sister suffered slight bruises. Mlle, Alice Guay, teacher, suffered a broken leg when she fell down in the rush, A few children suffered slight contu- sions, The damage caused to the building was considerable, BRIAND 70 REPLY T0 AMERICA'S NOTE France Anxious to Avoid Tariff War With United States Paris, Sept, 29.--Foreign Minister Briand, who has returned from Gen- eva, and Minister of Commerce Bo- kanowski from Prague where he has been opening negotiations for a Franco-Czecho , commercial treaty, conferred Wednesday on a reply to Washington's protest against the French tariff, In French Government circles it is said France is anxious to avoid a tariff war with America over the preferential duties granted Germany on many classes of manufacturers. France wishes to go as far as she can in yielding to Washington's de- mand for most favored treatment without losing all chance of getting American tariffs against French im- ports lowered, The correspondence between the two countries will be printed at Wshington's request. The nego- tiators involved do not believe this will make it easier for France to better the offer already made to re- duce the tariff against American goods 50 per cent. This would still leave them twice as high as the Germans must pay. America's Threat The American note made pointed For Close Reading W. A. HARE'S Glasses Are Perfect For years we have served a most discriminating patronage. For close reading or any work that is hard on the eyes, we know we can be of service to jou. Eyes Carefully Tested Without Charge W. A Hare R . Optometrist {5 win. Te ~~ Hae reference to Article 317 of the Amer- fcan tariff act. This permits the . President to raise duties 50 per cent against a eountry not giving Amer- jean exporters fair treatment and even to place an embargo against that country if he wishes. When the note is publishéd the 'threat of a tariff war is expected to | stick out so obviously that it ap- | pears France is offering the 50 per cent, cut did so because of the threat. This naturally would have a (Continued on Page 10) COURTNEY HAS NOT ABANDONED FLIGHT Madrid, Sept. 28.--Captain Frank T. €ourtney, British aviatro, arrived here today from Corunna, where several weeks ago he was forced to land in his flying boat, the "Whale" while on a flight from England to America. - Courtney told mewspapermen he had not abandoned the flight, but would make the atempt in another machine of te same type when wea- ther conditions were favorable. Courtney's machine was badly dam- aged in landing at Corunna. Canada by General Motors . facturing building at Oshawa, This building is but one unit in a : $2,600,000 expansion program now under way in Canada's motor city, where General Motors of Canada of office building, a new paint shop, and constructing , radiator and assembly are erecting a huge stamping mill, a fire additions to the machine shops, body buildin finished, will nearly double the Company's output and is expected to ad « Trucks will be manufactured in of Canada on a larger scale than ever before, as the result of the completion of a new truck manu- Oshawa. 1927 Building in Ontario Increases 37 Completion of the first unit was signalized when President R. S. McLaughlin dr. the first General Motors Truck off the new assembly line, as pictured at the top right. he other views show the exterior and interior of the new truck b uilding. lants. The program, when 10,000 to the population of The other views show STORK HOVERING LOW Brussels, Belgium, Sept, 28. King Albert will be the godfather of a grandson who will assume the title of Count of Mainaut should the stork which is hovering lower and lower over the royal palace at Laeken, where Crown Princess As- trid is residing, bring a boy to the royal family. Cardinal Vanroey, successor to ine late Cardinal Mercier at Malines, will perform the religious ceremony at the christening at St. James' Chapel, adjacent io the royal palace MISSING CADET EQUIPMENT COSTLY Ottawa Collegiate Institute Will Have to Pay $1,500 or More Ottawa, Sept, 29.-- Shortages in equipment and uniforms issued to cadets at the Ottawa Collegiate In- stitute during the last year were re- ported Monday night at the regular meeting of the O.C.I. Board, Secretary-Treasurer Cecil Bethune figured the loss would total about $300 for drill rifles, and from $1,000 to $1,500 for missing uni- forms, Various efforts have been made to secure return of the equip- ment, but without success. The Board appointed Sergt.-Major W. C. Carter of the Royal Canadian Regi- ment, London, Ont., as drill instruc- tor, COL. D. SHARPE APPOINTED WELLAND JAIL GOVERNOR Welland, Ont., Sept, Z28--Sheriff Vietor Davidson, of Welland, an- nounced officially the appointment of Col, Donald Sharpe, of Niagara Falls, formerly of Fonthill, as gov- ernor of the Welland County jail. Col. Sharpe will connnence his new duties on Oct. 1, The new appointee is a former member of the Legislature. He is also a former reeve of Thorold Township and Village of Fonthill, and has been warden of the County of Welland. In military affairs he was colonel of the 2nd Dragoons, the oldest mounted regiment in Canada. During the war he organ- ized and took overseas the 176 Battalion, NOTE FOUND AT BURLINGTON MAY INDICATE A TRAGEDY Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28--A. R. Smith, said to be from Los Ange- les, Calif., may have been drowned in the sinking of a boat on Lake Ontario, according to a message picked up in a bottle at Burlington Beach. Ont., and forwarded to Chief of Police Higgins, here, he note said: -- "Whoever finds this please send help. Our boat is sinking. Cannot last long. We are 25 miles west of Point Dalhousie." The message was addressed to 44 Proctor Street, this city, where a relative of Smith lives. The rela- tive said Smith had been visiting Burlington Beach, LORD AND LADY WILLINGDON TO PAY VISIT TO CALGARY Calgary, Alta., Sept. 28--Lord Willingdon, Governor-General of Canada, and Lady Willingdon will pay Calgary an unofficial visit on Thursday and Friday of this week, according to am announcement to-- day by Mayor Fred E. Osborne. There will 'be mo reception of any kind, on oveme ow BRITAIN SETS A WORLD RECORD IN BUILDING HOMES A Million Houses Erected Since Armistice--Nation of Home Owners New York, Sept. 28.--Omne million houses have heeft Yuilt in England since the APtmisticy, Sir Kingsley Wood declared today in a review of the housing s#uuaiion in London, ac- cording to aldespateh received by a local wirelegs station, Three hundred and fifty thousand of these homes were built without Government subsidy, Sir Kingsley Wood, who is Parliamentary Secrc- tary of the Ministry of Health, de- clared, calling the achievement without precedent. ""No other country has made such progress," he said. "No other coun- try has expended such vast sums for the henefit of the homelesg, and the badly housed. It is a world ree- ord. It is the greatest social" con- tribution which has been made in this country since the war. One of the besi features of the situation ig that we are more and more be- oming a nation of house owners ipgtead of merely house renters." Sir Kingsely was opening the thousandth house in Bilston, .Staff- erdshire, recently erected in con- nection with the Governments n- nancial encouragement of house- building Ly the granting of subsi- dies. Of the million houses built, Sir Kingsley said, some 600,000 had peen built by private builders who had received subsidies and 250,000 had been built without subsidies mainly for workers. In connection with the Ministry's building ecam- paign, he said one of the most hope- ful signs was the reduction in build- ing prices. Since the announcement was made that from the first or Ortober ihe subsidy would be low- ered by an average of £25 per house there had been an acwuu ie- duetion of £36 in the cost of a honse containing a parlor and a reduction of £37 in the cost of a house without a parlor. TWO NEW PARALYSIS CASES REPORTED IN CITY OF WINNIPEG Winipeg, Man., Sept. 28.--Two new cases of infantile paralysis were reported in the city today, bringing the total number of eases to three, one having been reported last week The cases are widely spread through- out the city and every precaution is being taken to curb the disease KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN ARE ON VISIT TO MOROCCO Madrid, Sept. 28---The first -visit to Morocco in peace time by the King and Queen of Spain aud the entire court will be made on Oect. 4, when they will arrive at Ceuta. and proceed to the encampment of the Riffians, where they will review the Foreign Legion. The Sultan and Grand Viser of Spanish Morocco, with their Majesties. The Ministers of War and Navy and personal guards of the King will accompany the monarch. - fame one has written an article an "What a' Male Parent Ought to To" What he ought to be is a par- nt.--Chicago Evening Post. ni FRENCH APPOINTEE | ON SPECIAL BOARD BIG YEAR SCIENTIFIC VOYAGE HELD UP BY STORM New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 28.-- nsurance underwriters here have seceived word from Dr. Oliver L. Austin, Tuckahoe, N.Y., ornitholo- ist, who left here in June for a scientific expedition to the Far Nocth, that his schooner, Ariel, was adly damaged by storm, near Cape 'hadley, August 21. The message was gent from Battle Harbor, Lab- rador. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK T0 BE HELD OCTOBER 9T0 10 Ontario's Fire Loss in 1926 Averaged Over $34,000 Daily Windsor, OCnt., Sept. 28.--An- nouncement was made here today of the appointment of Albert J leneteau, of Sundwich, French master at 'he English-French train- | ing school at Sandwich, as a riem- | ber of Premier Ferguson's special committee of three which will ar-| range details for the absorption of the English-I'rench schools of tue | province into the general school sys- | tem. BROTHER OF HENRY FORD FOUN DEAD John Ford Succumbed to] 1 Heart Trouble in Unoc- | cupied Cottage Detroit, Mich, Sept. 28.--A victim of heart failure that had troubled him for weeks, John Ford, wealthy real estate operator and brother of Henry Ford, died alone in an unoccupied cot- tage in Fordson last night, The body, lying on a bed left in | the cottage by its last tenant, was | found this morning by Fordson police and Robert W. Ford, a son, who be- gan a search when Mr. Ford failed to return to hiis home from a meeting of the Fordson City Council, of which he was president, The cottage, recently purchased by Mr. Ford, is but a few squares from the Ford homestead, and it is believed Mr. Ford went to the place to iuspect it, when he was stricken, Pending the formality of a post- mortem examination, the body was held today in an undertaking estab- lishment in Dearborn. It later will be removed to the Ford home, where fu- neral services are to be held Friday, with burial in Grand Lawn Cemetery, | not far from the spot where William and Mary Litegot Ford settled when they came to the United States from Ircland, and where Henry and William Ford were horn. Mr. Ford had been prominently identified with state and civic affairs. As a partner in a local real estate firm and an officer of two banks, he became wealthy. Besides his brothers, Henry and William Ford, and a sister, Mrs. Mar- garet Ruddiman, he is survived by his widow and three children. SUPREME COURT CASES Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 28---At the onening of the Autumn session of he Supreme Court of "Canada, on Tuesday, 'October 4, judgment will be delivered in the following cases: Landry v. Banque Canadienne Na- tionale. Canadiap. Grant et al. The King v. Sincennes McNaugh- ten. It is expected that judgment in the cases of Township of Tiny 8. S. Trustees v. The King, and the Bangue Canadienne Nationale v. Tencha will be delivered at the op- ening of the court on Monday, Oc- tober 10. Westinghouse Co. v. KEEP SCHOOLS CLOSED Vernon, B.C., Sept. 28.--Exten sion of the public school closing edict and the ban on public meeting: in Vernon was ordered by medica authorities today as the result o Oshawa's Fi ire Loss Last Year Amounted to the Sum of $18,813.14 Fire Prevention Week will be in vogue throughout Oshawa and On- tario during the week of October 9 to 15 inclusive, and during that time extensive cleaning operations will be the main work of those in- terested in the supression of fires. Special drives along educational lines are being prepared by the fire deparyment members under the leadership of Fire Chief A, C, Cam- eron. Fire drills will be conducted in the public and separate schools and at the collegiate institute and talks and lectures on topics stress- ing the ways and means of preven- | tion, of fire will be given the vari- ous classes by the teachers in the public and separate schools. A con- cert will also be put on in the Arm- curies. the exact date of which has not yet been set In an interesting little brochure igened through-the courtesy of the provincial fire marshall's depart- nent, many methods are detailed whereby fires could be eliminated and as a result many thousands of dolars would be saved in this prov- in e and in this city every year. Oshawa's fire loss in 1926 amount- ed to $18,813.14, and the loss per capita was $9.40. According to the rooklet mentioned above the fire waste in Ontario last year exceed- ed $34,000 a day and on the aver- age per capita basis this amounted (Continued on page 13) LJ . Readers' Views MEMORIAL PARK Editor, The Oshawa Daily Times: You published a letter in your columns of the past week from someone protesting against the "desecration" of Memorial Park by public school children. I also want to protest against the ill-use of Memorial Park, but not by school children! Public school children do not throw matches, cie- arette butts and boxes around the Garden of the Unforgotten, Children do not use the steps of the memo- ria! as seats for noonday lunches. But these things to which I ob- ject are not "desecration" it is merely poor taste, And it would be better to have conditions worse than they are than for this city to be hag ridden by mawkish sentimental- ity where none is required. Shall Memorial Park be made another Cemetery, shrouded in such places' formal gloom? Rather, cemeteries shonld be made into parks. their grizzly monuments torn down and the whole put to finer uses than andowed conceit or pitiful negleet, Too much case for the mere ashes »f mortality is utterly unchristian. This body. St, Paul tells us, is "sown in corruption" and the inference is that it is better forgotten until the day it is raised a "spiritual body, in- corruptible " Let the children have the mark, the great dead will not mind. Rath- er, if their knightly spirits ever hov- or over Oshawa. they will rejoice in the happy liberty of the little anes' whom 'their sacrifices made 'ree the death of a boy in the Coldstrear district from infantile paralysis The boy is reported to have come fir contact with a carrier from Kel- owna, B.C., where eight deaths have occurred since the outbreak of the disease. Authorities here have Dogvipeisl Roard of Health ent residents of Kelowna asved the 0 pre | » this city. "OTHER THINGS ARE SWEET AND FITTING." CRUSHED BY WET PULP Port Arthur. Ont.,, Seot. 28.-- Toncdale Hill, 28, was accidentally 1142 Toeadov at the plant of the Mhador Ray Panes Companv when tom of wet pmin errahad pander oo comins'| v1 t-% wag heing prepcred for ship. ment, rm Percent IN PROVINCE FOR BUILDING, RECORD CONSTUCTION JOBS ; Projects Actually Started in September Have Estimated Value of $32,787,700 With Total for Year Up to $304,- 873,700 Construction contracts awarded during September exceeded those for the previous month and estah- lished a record for this month of the year, Projects were actually started or contracted for to the esti- mated value of $32,787,700. This brings the contract totals awarded for the year to date well ahead of iat for the previous year, It now stands at $304,873,700, compared with $280,865,400, or an increase of 8.5 percent. * The Province of Ontario accord- in: to Maclean Building 'Reports, Ltd, accounted for 55.6 percent. of contracts awarded during Septemb on a total of $18,212,600. During he past month $9,810,500 worth o. ontracts were reported for the Prov- ince of Quebec, or 29.9 percent, of all construction, The Prairie Prov- neces accounted for 7.3 percent., or $2,400,700, while British Columbia commenced on 6 percent of the con- tracts, or $1,954,200 and the Mari- tinies 1.2 percent. or $409,700. The distribution of contracts by classifications for September is as follows: business buildings, $51.8 peccent, or $16,975,200; residential, 30.3 percent, or $9,951,700; engin- ering, 12.5 percent. or $4,097,300 and industrial, 5.4 percent, or $1,- 763,600. By classifications also for the first rine months of this year, business buildings are well in the lead, $110,- 893,800 being shown for contracts awarded coming under that classifi- eation or 36.4 percent. of all con- struction, 29.9 percent is shown for residential work, which total now stands at $90,979,400. Public works and utilities account for 23.2 per- cent, or $70,944,300, while indus- trial unde¥tukings stand at $32.- 051,200, or 10.5 percent, To the end of September 37 per- cent. more work has been started in Ontario than during the same per- jod in 1926. The record for this year for Ontario shows $138,863,000 worth of new construction, or 45.5 percent. of all construction awarded throughout the Dominion, In the Province of Quebec 31.8 percent. nas been undertaken or $96,826,800. The Prairie Provinces account for $39,588,300, or 13 percent. Work to the value of $22,500,100, or 7.4 percent has. heen started in Britich Columbia, while 2.3 percent. or $7,095,500 worth has been contract- ed for in the Maritime Provinces. ATRPANE LEAVES WITH MAIL FOR EMPRESS OV SCOTLAND 28.--Con- of placing Montreal, Que., Sept. tinving the experiment outgoing mail abroad lines ai Fath- er Point, a Canadian airways hydro- plane left here today with approxi- mately 500 pounds of mail for the 3S. S. 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