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Shop In Oshawa and Help Build Up the Town te HI ple sew Che Onfario Reformer | A 4 SUE WW Ay RN A Sey Hola iu pp eign BE ay ath All the News While it Is News VOLUME 51--No. 72 Published at Oshawa, Ont.; Canada Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 single Coples 5 Cents TEN PAGES Seven Business Places - Entered By Burglars; - Not Much Is Missing Cash and Goods Known to Have Been Secured By Crooks Amount to Perhaps $50--Places Were Visited Early Wednesday Morning YOUNG LOCAL MEN ARE SUSPECTED -- Virtue"s Hardware Store En- tered Second Time in Less Than a Week--Stores En- tered in Vicinity of Police Station -- Two Suspicious Characters Sighted Under cover of early morning dark- ness burglars entered seven stores in the heart of the business section of Oshawa on Wednesday, Consider- ing the trouble the intruders took in entering the various places of busi- ness and the number of stores enter- ed the crooks received but scant re- ward for their efforts. An examina- tion of their stocks by merchants whose stores were broken into did not reveal a larger individual loss in cash of more than $18 while the aggregate loss does not appear to have been New Phone Cables Are Being Installed The Bell Telephone Company announced early this year that the sum of $31,000 was to be expended on the construction of new underground and aerial cables, in Oshawa, with a view to meeting the telephone needs of the town for the next five years at least, Tuesday after- noon a crew of thirteen line- men arrived in Oshawa, in charge of Mr. W, Jackson, who have just completed work at Brighton, to commence install- ing the new cables. They will be here for the next three months executing the work. The new cables are additional to those now in use, The Bell Telephone Company has always regarded this town as one of promise and has ex- pended much more money here in equipment and service than in other places of like size and in many cases double the popu- lation, With the new equip- ment the company will be in a better position than ever be- fore to give a prompt and efficient local and long distance service, | | more than $50. Following is a list of the stores en- | tered and the amount of money and merchandise that is missing as a re- sult: -- R. L. Virtue, hardware merchant, | Simcoe street north, loss $18, in cash. | Bowra's Electrical Shop, Simcoe St. | north, $9, in cash and a valuable club bag. | Harper and Clemens, grocers and butchers, Simcoe Street North, loss of about $2 in cash. | Port Hope Printing Company, Sim- | coe Street North, nothing missing. N. 8. Baird, confectionery, loss of a | quantity of cigars, cigarettes znd to-| bacco. Dingman and Mason, Church street, icycle repair shop, loss of 28 cents. George Lyle, grocer, King street west, loss of $2. Entrance to the stores broker into was effected ractically ame manner in each instance, namely by |is bringing his campaign to a close | would begin to come in. ARGE NUMBERS OF RATS KILLED Town Dumps Were Baited Yesterday--It Had Dis- appeared Today "While we have found fewer rats in Oshawa than in other towns and cities in Ontario, hundreds of these pests have died during the past few days as the result of our work," stat- ed Mr. E. J. Urry, in speakin to The Reformer this morning. Mr. Urry LARGE QUANTITIES COAL PROMISED IN TWO WEEKS Company Supplying One Local Firm Sends Word To This Effect THREE CARLOADS HERE Dealers To Adhere To Policy of Selling Fuel in Small Lots "We will have lots other ten days," was and. rather startling made by Mr. R. W. Dixon, one of Oshawa's prominent coal dealers, yesterday afternoon when interview- ed on the subject by a Reformer rep- resentative, Mr. Dixon stated posi- tively that he had received word from the firm from which he pro- cures coal that they had a big supply on hand which they could ship in a few days. Another gratifying state- ment made by Mr. Dixon was to the effect that the first shipments re- ceived would be sold at the old price of coal in an- the gratifying announcement | of $16 per ton, although this would be subject to change without notice after that. Mr. Dixon informed The Reformer that the local dealers han- dling that kind of coal had been ask- ed to attend a meeting to be held in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on | Friday morning, when further en-| lightenment as to the coal situation | is expected. | Coal On The Way In conversation with a representa- | tive of H. M. Fowlds & Son, coal and | wood dealers, King Street West, The Reformer learned that they had at the present time three carloads of anthracite coal on hand and more] were on the way. During the past! two weeks, Mr. J. C. Fowlds has been paying a visit to the head offices of | leading coal companies in Buffalo! and also to the mines and the result | of his trip is already shown in that he has succeeded in procuring a small supply of coal for residents of this town. Mr. Sargent stated yesterday that he had obtained a car of buckwheat coal, which is a size smaller than pea coal, but that it had been sold. He believed that in the course of an- other two weeks, a supply of coal Mr. R. C. breaking or forcing rear windows or this evening after a thorough canvas | Henry also assured The Reformer doors. Suspicious (Characters On the morning of the Constable Flintoff, while his beat along King Street, stopped momentarily at the "Four Corners." Hearing subdued voices which appar- ently came from the vicinity of the Regent theatre, the constable investi- gated. Approaching the theatre he saw two young men peering into the theatre windows. The constable and his quarry discovered each other prac- tically at the same moment and the men immediately fled. Calling to them to stop and drawing his revol- ver the officer started in pursuit of the fleecing men. Owing to the fact that in the darkmess they fed down the Oshawa street railway tracks the constable did not have am opportun- ity to use his revolver. Aided by the darkness the men managed to make good their escape and despite the fact that the district was scoured until | dawn no trace of them could be found. Ave Young Mem Police have expressed the belief that the robbers are local mea and that they are also very young. The fact that they entered three stores adjacent to the police station is of- | fered as proof that the burglars are | residents of the town and well ac-| quainted with the beats of the police. | The recklessness and daring of the | men in robbing stores in such close proximity to the station has led mer- | chants to believe that the men are young. Crooks of mature exnerience | would hardly take the risks involved | for such small recompense, it was pointed out. Another reason which has been giv- en as proof that the men are ama- teurs is the crudeness of their work. Practically all of the doors and win- | dows that have been forced open were opened with heavy, dull instruments. | The burglary at Virtue's hardware | store marks the second a of the robbers at this store in less than a week. Last Thursday night twe men effected an entrance to this store but were frightened away by the ap- pearance of the proprietor. Chief Friend has issued strict in- structions to his men as to how to act should they discover any suspic- jous appearing individuals on the street in the early hours of the morn- ing. It is altogether likely that any- one who is commanded to halt by the police and who fails to do so when ordered to, will come under the range of the officers' revolvers. Decide Inter-Church League Winner Sat. AY PA and Christian Church will meet in the final for the cham- pionship of the Inter-Church Base- ball League, Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. The game undoubt- edly will be a pitcher's battle be- tween Elliott and Claus, the latter twirling the Anglicans to the lead- ership of the first section. They captured the second half title Sat- urday afternoon when they humbled the ¥. M. C. A. mine 11 to 7. of the business section of the town. In the places which have been baited | robberies | Where rats have been plentiful, not | might be patrolling (one has been seen since, he pointed | even three weeks. out, and declared that the campaign | had been a complete success. While | here Mr. Urry has had a rather large | staff assisting him, composed of all | local help, and he has been enabled | to finish his work in a shorter time | than he at first expected. He ex- pressed the hope that Oshawa citizens | would continue the good work and help to make this a ratless city. | Great interest has been shown by everyone in connection wtih the rat invasion and it is believed that the re- sults of Mr. Urry"s visit will be to a great extent beneficial to the town. Yesterday morning the city dumps were baited, about 20 pounds of meat and 30 pounds of bread being scat- tered through the rubbish lying about. This morning Mr. Urry stat- od that the bait had all disappeared, which was evidence of the presence of rats in large numbers. The am- ount required for each rat would not more than cover a five cent piece so that the death toll will be estimated very large. | | { { | Male Chorus Is Formed at GM.C. A new organization was formed vesterday afternoon in connection with the General Motors which will afford much entertainment for mus- ic lovers of Oshawa. At a meeting held in the offices of the Company at which about forty were present. it was decided to form a male chor- us which will be known as the Gen- eral Motors Male Chorus. It is their intention to reat a hall to suit their requirements for rehearsals and about three months from now give a concert, the proceeds from which will be given to charity. Of- ficers were elected as follows: Honorary president--R. 8. Laughlin. Honorary vice-president--G. W. McLaughlin. . President--Milton Bergey. Vice-President --George Henley Leader--R. V. Courtney, Secretary --Fred Pawson. Treasurer--Hales Barker. Mc- NEW APARTMENT HOUSE that he would undoubtedly have a good supply in a short time which | ten days, two weeks or Will Remove Worry Announcements to this effect will relieve the worries of residents here as to a probable cool famine or even a more or less severe. shortage. | While the retail coal merchants be- lieve they will have adequate sup- plies to meet the demand they will not sell the coal in large quantities but as previously, announced in ton or half ton lots. PRIZES AWARDED FOR BEST GARDENS School Children Receive Awards at Meeting in Regent Theatre Tuesday { On Tuesday afternoon the Regeat theatre was crowded with a happy | band of school children who had | competed in the Horticultural so- ciety and the Home and School | clubs' flower and vegetable growing competition. The gardens of the children had been. judged while in full bloom and yesterday the fortu- nate winners of prizes were given their awards. Prizes were donated by Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin, F. Cars- well, president of the Horticultural society, and' Mrs. Witterick. So keen was the competition that the judges found difficulty in many stances in deciding which was the better exhibit. Rather than disap- point some of the contestants whose exhibits were above the ordinary, several second prizes were given. Following are the names of the successful contestants; Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin's prizes--First prize, Rea Brooks, King street school: first prize, Melvin Walters, Albert street school; d prize, George Baird, Centre street school: second prize, Margaret Grieve, Mary street school. Mr. F. Carswell's prizes--Pirst prize, Wilbert Hall, Mary street During the last few days several building permits have been issued from the office of the Town Engineer. The most important one is that is- sued to N. S. Baird, Simcoe Street South, for the erection of an apart- ment house, the estimated cost of which is $6,000. The building will be erected of brick stucco and will be started upon immediately. A permit has been issued to W. Grooms, for the erection of a dwell- ing on the north side of Alma Street, west of Golf Street. It will cost $3,000. It will be of cement block construction. Repairs, the estimated cost of which wil be $400, will be done to a house owned by J. J. Scully. It is situated .on Simcoe Street between jhe and Fairbanks Streets, school; second prize, Sydney Haley, Albert street school; second prize, Edith Parker, King street school. Those who received special prizes were; Alex . Flossie Jef- fery and Isabelle Pollock. CAR NOT YET FOUND The Baby Grand Chevrolet motor car owned by Mr. J. C. Ward, of Ward and Dewland's which was stolen last Saturday evening from the place where it was parked on Athol Street adjacent to the stove, has mot been d. The poli are doing everything in their power 10 locate the car and they believe it is only a matter of time before some information will be forth- (any prizes of the Horticultural So- * Greenbank Boy Is - ' Flung From Horse, Killed Instantly | . Flung from his horse when he rode into a wire stretched across the lane to prevent cattle encroaching, fifteen-year-old Rex Rodd was Instantly killed Tuesday afternoon hetween foir and five o'clock. He land- ed on his head. He was the son of Amos Rodd, who has a farm one and a half miles west of Greenbank. The boy was riding up the lane leading to his father's house, and apparently either forgot or did not know of the wire. The horse was badly cut, BAZAAR PLANNED BY SCHOOL CLUB Simcoe St. Organization Holds Opening Fall Meeting-- Prizes for Children + Simcoe Street, Home and School Club held their opening meeting on INSURANCE RATE ON FIRE RISKS HIGHER. INCLUDE SURCHARGE Latter Was Imposed Locally in 1918 -- Now Per- manent NO REASON IS GIVEN Should Respect National Anthem "Oshawa school children Means Thousands of Dollars! Annually--Council Should | Act, Say Some A case which seems to call for! action by the Oshawa Town Council | is disclosed by an investigation made in insurance circles here, While| since November 25, 1018, there has heen a surcharge on all fire insurance rates paid for policies on mercantile risks in this town, now the Fire Underwriters of Toronto have de-| finitely placed this surcharge in the rates. Ever since this extra premium had been put on as a surcharge local policy holders and insurance men Tuesday evening. The meeting was well attended, about fifty ladies gath- | ering in the room at Simcoe Street | School. The most encouraging feature of the meeting was the in-| terest taken in the work by all those | present, all seeming to work "wits | a spirit of making this a banner | year for the Club. Mrs. Corrin, pres-| ident of the Club, was in charge of | the meeting. At the last meeting in June, it was decided that a bazaar would be held in September. Accordingly all the committees in charge, with the | aid of the boys and girls, have been busy during the summer months in preparation for the fall. Several committees reported their progress | Tuesday evening, and the reports of | the Boy's work Committee and the | Girl's Work Committee, especially showed that a great deal of work had been done. Committees for Country Store, Fairyland, ete, were appointed, other booths having been under preparation since June. The Bazaar is to be held on the lawns at the home of Mayor Stacey, the North Lawn will be a hive of booths, while the south lawn will be given over to serving afternoon tea. It was decided on Tuesday night that the Bazaar should be held at 2.30, September 30th. Tickets will be sold to school children, and this ticket will give the holder, besides ' entrance to the grounds, ice cream and cake. The home and school club are anxious to make this the biggest bazaar ever held in the South end of Oshawa and the co-operation of all South End citizens is hoped for. Donations of all descriptions will be gratefully received. Amy- one having flowers in their garden are asked to leave bouquets at Mrs. Stacey's on the Saturday morn- ing of the bazaar. The Simcoe Street children had a beautiful array of vegetables and flowers at the Oshawa fair but were not fortunate enough to bring down { | ciety. It was therefore decided at this meeting that twelve . prizes should be given by the Home and School Club as a small recognition of the efforts put forth by the chid- ren. The following won prizes: Vegetables | Beets--1. Frank Down, 2 Dorothy | Skingsley, 3. Wilda Knaight. Carrots--1. John Morrison, bert King, 3. Elena Stacey. | Largest Beets--Clifford Vickery. Largest Carrots--Dorothy Sking- | sley. 2.Al- Flowers 1.--Stanley Bligdon, 2. John Mor- rison, 3. Maurice Hutchinson. | Nasturtiums, John Morrison. The grounds at the Simcee St. | School this Fall are looking fine. The beds planted by the children on Arbor Day have bloomed into a very riot of color, and the children are naturally very proud of their grounds. How proud may be gues- sed, when of all the boys who played {Continued on page 6) commG Events | THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM will be administered in the Presby- terian Church next Sunday AS. << ROLLER RINK OPEN EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Also Saturday after- noon. )66-t.1.) DANCE TO KUANNA'S NOVELTY Orchestra at Town Hall, Whitby, Friday evening, September 22nd. 2a PIE SUP- per and concert, September 27th" | oming concerning it. | unable to obtain any reason as to why | on { 1918, would be abolished. | some, appeared in police court yes- have held the hope that the various town bodies might take definite ac- tion in regard to fire protection, whereby it would he possible to have this surcharge wiped off. Now, how- ever, the Fire Underwriters assure The Reformer that this surcharge has been incorporated into the reg- ular rates. The Reformer, in conversation with the Fire Underwriters, has been should be taught to pay more respect to the flag, the national anthem, and their country. They should be impressed with the necessity of standing at at- tention when 'God Save the King' is played." Such was the comment of Mrs. R. 8. Mclaughlin in the Regent Theatre on Tuesday af- ternoon, when, as the orchestra struck up the strains of the Na- tional Anthem, very few of the assembled children paid any at- tention to it at all. Most of them made a wild scramble for the doors, The occasion was the presen- tation of prizes to the sueccess- ful young gardeners who had competed in the vegetable and flower growing contest con- ducted during the summer. There was some excuse for the children, however, They had Municipalities Want to Buy From Government Hydro Power Property Representatives of Cities and Towns of District Pass Re- solution to This Effect At Meeting Held At Port Hope On Monday OSHAWA DELEGATES AGAINST PROPOSAL Deputation To Go To Queen's Park With Request--Trans- fer Would Only Follow Favorable Vote By Rate- - payers--To Meet Again to Form Association Municipalities of the Central On- tario Power System will shortly make representations to the On- tario Government to have the control of Hydro transmis- sion power lines and properties turned over to them from the provin- cial commission. This was the de- just witnessed a particularly funny reel and probably were 80 excited that for the moment the ideals which had heen in- stilled in them were tempor- arily forgotten, these rates should be increased., It is up to the Town Council or the Water Commission, local business men aver, to find out why it is that | they are penalized by the addition of this surcharge to their rates. Is it because the water mains here are not sufficient, is it because we have not a permanent fire brigade at the fire hall, or what, local tax payers are asking. On November 25, on local mercantile creased: --twenty-five no co-insurance rate, twenty cents the co-insurance rate of solid brick or stone dwellings and twenty- one cents on the co-insurance rate of all other buildings and on the contents' rate of all classes of build- ing. These surcharges were on every $100 of risk carried. In this way the business district was particularly hard hit as this class of insurance is carried by mercantile concerns. { Since the water commission spent | about $280,000 on a big extension to the town's water system, local people had been hoping that this surcharge, which went into effect in Business men pointed out that in the past this was nothing more than a pen- alty and should be removed as soon as possible. Now the underwriters have made a re-survey of Oshawa and after taking into consideration the fire fighting equipment of this (Continued on page 6) WOMAN ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGE Mrs. Eileen Beck Alleged To Have Secured $500 From Local Man 1918, all rates risks were in-| cents on the Mrs. Eileen Beck, stylish and hand- terday afternoon to answer to a by false pretences. remanded the woman for eight days. She is at present confined in the Whitby jail. She is alleged to | a local man by fraud. Mrs. Beck was arrested in Toronto | on Tuesday by Detectives Nursey and McConnell, at a fashionable Toronto hostel. R. H. Greer, K. C., defending her when she was arraigned in To- ronto asked for a remand stating that if givem the chance Mrs. Beck could erase the misunderstanding and raise the money. Some months ago Eileen Beck, a nurse, was accused in Toronto of having stolen a diamond ring and of having obtained an endorsement of $500 from Col. Laurence Moore Cosgrave, of Toronto. The change of theft was dismissed. The other count vesuited in a sentence of six months but after serving three months the prisoner was paroled and it was while she was on parole it is said that the offence alleged to have been committed here occurred. Jewish New Year Starts on Friday Oshawa citizens of Jewish faith will this week observe their New "¥ear's Day, commencing Friday eve- ning at sunset and continuing anti Sunday evening at sunset. Business places conducted by them will be closed during that time. On Friday evening services will be held at the residence of Rev. F. Halpern, Simcoe South, which will also be con- tinued until Sunday evening. The Day of Atonement will be observed commencing Sunday evening, Octo- /| her 1st at sunset and continuing un- '|til Monday evening at sunset. Dur- ing this day no Jewish person is al- lowed to eat or drink. land | charge of obtaining a sum of money | the institution was never in a better PHYSICAL DIRECTOR 13 CHOSEN FOR Y. Howard Ellis, of Stratford, Appointed--Prepare for Membership Drive | Anticipating one of the most ac-| tive seasons in the history of the Y. | M.C.A., during the fall and winter | months, the Directors of that insti-| tution are planning accordingly. Not only are they launching a mem- bership campaign next week to create interest among the boys, young men and older men but they have this week engaged a Physical Instructor in Mr. Howard Ellis, of Stratford, a graduate of the Y.M.C. A., Training School. Increased du- ties in connection with the secre- tarial work prevent Mr. Galley and Mr. Harrold from conducting class- es as they have done in the past. Mr. Ellis comes to Oshawa very highly recommended and he will take charge of all gymnasium class- es, commencing the first of next week. In connection with the member- ship drive to be launched shortly, the directors gathered at a luncheon in the Y.M.C.A., Tuesday evening, when some preliminary details were discussed. It was decided to oper- ate the campaign along similar lines as heretofore with a number of teams under their respective cap-| tains carrying out a systematic can- vass. Prominent and capable men are to be selected to lead the drive and the committees to be in charge of the work will be finally decided this evening at another meeting of the Directors. The principal reason for a cam- paign at this time is owing to the fine opportunity of getting the boys, men's classes together besides Magistrate Hind | ocition to carry out a program of are owned \ {this nature than at the present time. |are operated by the Hydro Electric In his seasom's program, Secretary Power Commission of Ontario; G. L. Galley told The Reformer | would be particularly emphasized. | This would embrace Su nday after- | during the week. The directors are | looking forward with a good deal of enthusiasm to a successful cam- paign. Large Turnout at A large attendance was the feat- ure of the annual meeting and ban- quet of the Simcoe Street Methodist Sunday School, which was held Tues- day evening in the auditorium of the hool besid t hers and offic- ers, a representative from each class was present to give reports while Miss M. Burns and Miss Kmight delegates to the Summer School at the Ontario Ladies College, Whitby, gave interesting accounts of the work there. The reports were most encouraging, and the offtcers and teachers alike are of thé opinion that a most successful season is a- head of them. The banquet took place at 6.30 o'clock, which was immediately followed by the busin- ess session. During the evening Miss Loraine Tod rendered a much appreciated solo, while Mr. and Mrs. T. E. East contributed a duet, which was well received. ere eet--t Mr. George Luke, of Oshawa, has purchased the property at present owned by Mr. Campbell, at Prince Albert. Mr. Luke expects to move there mext spring. Mr. and Mrs. Luke were former vesidents of Prince Albert. or Quinn, and Reeve | strong; cision arrived at at a meeting held in Port Hope on Monday, which was at- tended by representatives from towns and cities interested in the Central Ontario system. A resolution to this effect was drawn up and passed with only the Oshawa representa- tives, Deputy Reeve, F. L.. Mason, and councillor W. J. Trick ' dissenting. The purchase of this system, accord- ing to W. J. Trick might mean the ex- pendliture of approximately $8,000,- 000, to the municipalities concerned. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the advisa- bility of placing the Central Ontario Power System now owned by the government, upon the same basis as the power system of Western Ontario, and also that steps might be taken to make representations to the Gregory Commission to have this end attained. Representatives at Meeting The municipalities represented and the men who were vested with auth- ority to act for their respective towns and cities at this meeting were: Belleville, Mr, Herrity of the Cham- ber of Commerce; Port Hope, Mayor Curtis, and Reeve Smith; Cobourg, Mayor Marks, Henry Fullerton, and Fred McArthur; Bowmanville, May- Reed; Peter- boro, Messrs Bradburn, Hamilton, and Mason, of the Public Utilities Commission, and Clerk R. O. Arm- Oshawa, Dep. Reeve F. L. Mason and Councillor Trick; Lind- say, Mayor O'Reilly and Ald. Brown. Mayor Curtis, of Port Hope, acted as chairman while T. H. Stinson, of - Lindsay offiiciated as secretary. All the municapalities were in fa- vor of submitting the idea to the Gregory Commission with the ex- ception of the Oshawa delegates. Resolution Passed. The resolution which was adopted relating to the acquiring of the transmission lines by the municipal- ities is as follows: -- Moved by Mayor Mark, of Co- bourg, seconded by Mayor O'Reilly of Lindsay:-- "Whereas the Government of On- tario purchased the powers and property of the Electric Power Company and subsidiary companies in Central Ontario: "And whereas the property in- cluded street railway and other lo- cal utilities; "And whereas by these properties the Province and "And whereas in Western Ontario | have obtained the sum of $500 from | ).¢ the religious side of the work [the Hyrdo-Electric Power Commis- sion has constructed, controls and operates the power properties for {noon meetings and possibly services the municipalities and the proper- ties are in fact owned by the muni- cipalities; "And whereas the municipalities in Central Ontario desire to have the powers and properties in this district placed in the same position as those in Western Ontario and be- lieve that only by this being done can the municipalities and people be justly treated: "And whereas these properties and utilities should be handed over to the Hyrdo-Electric Commission to be operated for the municipalities, and at a price that will make the Hydro-Electric business in Central | Ontario commercially feasible and | permit the local utilities to be sold direct to the municipalities at a price that will enable the municipal- ities to operate them on a sound commercial basis; "Resolved that this meeting, rep- resenting the municipalities in the Central Ontario District petition and urge the government of Ontario to pass legislation for the transfer of the powers and utilities in this dis- that they will be so transferred at a price and on terms that will en- able the powers and utilities to be operated on a sound and satisfact- {Continued on page 3) i