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4 { Mile? ot Clie Osh Bay Eaten Sunaps and" Sule Hatuge awa Daily Thnes Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer "All The News Whiie It Is News" OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES -- District Governor Pays Visitto Oshawa Kinsmen's Club LOCAL CLUB TENDERED WARM CONGRATULATIONS BY VISITING OFFICIALS District Governor Ernie PREDICTS 19831 TO BE BANNER YEAR Major S. H. Bantick, Past National President, Was Also Present at Important Function of Club Held Last Night "ongratulations were tendered to Th Club of Oshawa on its past achievements and the new ex- ecutive it has elected, by Ernie Ritchie, governe. of the Fastern Dis trict Kinsmen's Clubs, on the occa- sion of his official visit to the Osh- awa club last night, Major S. H. Bantick, past national president, and Wilfred Reeves, editor of Kin, the national Kinsmen's magazine, were also present and gave brief addres es, iii : In his opening remarks, Gove....r Ritchie referred to the good work done by the oast presidents of the Jocal club, particularly by Leon Osier, esident in 1930, and made partic a= ar reference to I. Li. Wilson, pres. ident, George Finley, ..cretary, and Charles Greenwood, editor of the lo- 'val club's bulletin, whose work, he {, had already been noted in the feiet office. He predicted 1931 for I club. Place for Slackers "No man can be a slacker and be a good Kinsman," said tlie speaker. He declared that his opinion of a Kinsman was not based upon his 1- ancial rating, for even the best of men suffered business reverses at times, but he valued the members as men, He s ke of the obligation "taken every Kinsman, who pled~- ed service to his country, his com- munity, and his club, The' ideal of Kinsmanship, he said, was to promote a thought and purpose across Canada in a body of young business men so that the country could be kept on an even keel. . "Let us work together," he said, "so that there may be no east or west in Canada. He had no misgiv- ings, he said, regarding any possible dissolution of Canada or the empire. Major Bantick, who is chairman of the inter<club relations committee of the Toronto Kinsmen's Club, extend- ed an invitation to the Oshawa club to attend a meeting in to on (Continued on DISTRICT GOVERNOR ERNIE RITCHIE Distelet Governor of Kinsmen's Clubs, who paid his official visit - to the Oshawa Club last night. , NEW DAIRY ASKED 10 COMPLY WITH LOCAL STANDARDS Board of Health Declines to Grant Permit Until Cer. tain Conditions Are Met When the new dairy, to be known as the Pure Milk Co., operated by R. L. Scott, fulfills conditions laid down In the city's bylaw governing the sale of milk, it will be given the necessary permit by the board of health to sell pasteurized milk and cream in Oshawa, Dr. T. W. 0. Me: Kay, medical officer of health in- formed the board last night. The conipany has erected a building just north of King street west and ad- joining Hambly Bros. Ice plant. Con siderable equipment has beén in- stalled and a communication was read at the meeting from Mr. Scott requesting that he be allowed to commende operations, "Just as soon as this dairy con- forms to the standards which have been set to protect the public we will gladly give it the necessary au- thority," Dr. McKay commented. "I think that we have attempted to co-operate with the company in every possible way. 1t whe not the fault of the health officials, Dr. McKay explaned, that without seeking "their advice Mr. Beott went ahead and'did certain work and then when he had com- pleted it found that changes would have to be made in order that the plant should conform to proper (Continued on page 4) Rome, Feb. 6.Michele Schirru, arrested yesterday for possession of firearms and explosives cone fessod today he had planned an attempt on the life of Premier Mussolini. Gross Profits Made by Gas Plant at Kitchener Show Utility is Thriving While the public utilities com- mission and the city council are dis- cussing the proposed sale of the city's gas plant, which is regarded as the only unprofitable unit of the three great utilities, hydro, water, and gas, it 1s juserosting to note that the t the city of Kitchener showed a gross profit of about Jio000 last 'year according to the Kitchener Daily Record. Record sub- mitted by es Commission to the city en iudieate net profits for oi, ents ted by the tured ven after the deduc- comm tion of annual depreciation allow- ances. Plant Improved . This enterprising Western On- tario city has a thoroughly modern gas plant, with coaking plant in conjunction with it. Evidently the Kitchener commission does not rv gard gas as a white elephant for during 1920 $92,000 was expanded on additions and improvements to Fnot only maintain but also improve the service, This is 36.8 per cent. of the total estimated expenditure of $260,000 which Oshawa would (Continued on page 3) Oshawa Boy Scouts Organize For - Inter-Troop Debating Competition ts have been fin- he Jor an Juterro0p t! A pv 4 wil bo open A Sctuts of nk of A8£0R Aan ne i asters eligible to enter the 3 {tion compet . entries are limited to one toni of two scoutery from each and gil entries must be in nde of Mr. Robinson, Chasr- of the Educational t y and Awards comm at 74 Centre gt. not later than twelve o'clock 4 reday, ¥ebruary the on Pelt, 198% asters a are not the man J re The entries will then be placed in a hat and the opposing teams for the preliminary round will be drawn. The troops concerned will be subsequently notified and the visiting team will have the choice of topic and the home team the choice of side. Note: the first of each two names drawn will be con- sidered the home troop. 'Speakers will be allowed five minutes each,' with a two minute perfod rebuttal allowed for the af-| ¥ firmative, The judges Wil be selected by the committee in Marge and their de- cision ig final, § : a a MILK SUPPLY OF CITY PROTECTED BY STRICT TESTS Work of Veterinary and Food Inspector Commend: ed by Medical Officer .of Health Thirty-two cows in two separate herds wore tested by Dr. C. 8B Dickinson, veterinary and food in- spector, during the past month In order to insure a safe milk sup- ply for Oshawa. Of this number, one cow was suspected of having tuberculosis. Five and a half cans of milk wero rejected by the in- spector during this period. The work of Dr. Dickinson was highly commended last night by both Dr, McKay, M.O.H, and mem- bers of the board of health. Dr. McKay suggested that in future the veterinary and food inspector might make his reports more full in order that the board might re- alize what he was actually doing in an endeavor to protect the city's Tho: activities of Dr. Dickinson during the past month are briefly summarized in the table below:-- Total visits to Dairy Farms .. 39 Toal T.B. Tests conducted ... 32 (2 Herds) Total T.B. Suspects ........ 1 Total Milk rejected .. (cans) 6) Total visits to Dairies ...... 26 Total Sedimont Tests taken . S82 Total samples of Pastourized Milk taken .. ..iivvue Total Dairy Barus re-white- washed Total [1] visits DOUBEEIs «dass sas sanie Total visits to Butcher Shops Total visits re slaughering in unauthorized places «vu. Total visits to Bake Shops . Total visits to Bottling Works Total visits to Cafos ..ive. Total visits to Confectionery Stores to Slaughter 60 23 Total complaints : invest igated Total visits to City Stables .. BOY DIES UNDER AN ANAESTHETIC AT BOWMANVILLE MH. Ferguson Into Death at Bowmanville General Hospital RO SAMI (By Reporter) Bowmanville, Feb. 6.--Kenneth James Jennings, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jennings, of Chicago, and grandson of Mrs. wil flam Tordift, of Bowmanville, died in the Bowmanville hospital yester- day afternoon while under an an- aesthetic, The anaesthetic had been administered in order to perform an operation upon the throat of the little lad. Coroner Dr. H. Fergus- on, of Enniskillen, has taken charge of the case and has ordered an in quest. A postmortem examination is being made today. The doctors who were conducting the operation were Dr. V. H. Storey and Dr, J. Clark Bell, both of Bow: manville. Dr, Storey is the cor- oner for Bowmanville, but due to his connection with the operation, the case was turned over to Dr. Fer- guson, who is the coroner for Darl- ington township, and an {oquest was ordered. A jury was {impannelled this morning, and adjourned after view ing the body, The hearing will take place next Thursday evening, Feb ruary 12, 'Col, ¥. B. Boggs, Co- bourg, crown attorney for the Unit- ed Counties of Northumberland and Durham, will conduct the inquiry tor the crown. DENTAL GIVENTD NEW YORK RUNOR U.S. Secretary of State De- nies Knowledge of Plans to Start Waterway Con- struction Washington, Februar Ed It was sald today at the state department on bebalf of Secretary Stimson he knew nothing of the impending appointment of a § st comm to study on. behalf of the Canadian and United States governments the problems in the construction of the St. Lawrence Waterw. A, pests] despatch from the Now Times that as a result of fer Bennett's recent visit to Washington steps wero to be taken towards the construction of I Fi 0 df TI Ld Place--Factory Buildings The handicar under which Oshawa is laboring .in the effort to secure new industries, by reason of the lack ot factory buildings in which to lo- cate them, was forcefully pointed out to The 'limes this morning by Lt.- Col B. J. McCormick, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce und the city's industrial commissioner, Col Cormack's statement was prompted by the announcement from Kingston that the firm of Hield Brothers, of Yorkshire, Lngland, is to locate a plant there, in empty factory former ly occupied and operated by the Do- minion Textile Company. 'This com- pany, he said, had been in corres. pondence with the Oshawa Chamber of Cominerce for some six months, and had rejected the overtures made by this city solely on account of the fact that there was not an available biu ling in Oshawa in which to lo- cate, "In addition to all this correspond- ence," said Col McCormick, "I per- sonally went to Montrell and intcr- viewed the principals of the Hield Company with a view to locating in Oshawa. Mr, Hield, however, said that the company wanted a buil. Jag all ready for them to occupy, and Industries Lost to Oshawa And go Elsewhere, Because Lack of Empty Buildings Col. McCormack, Chamber of Commerce Secretary, Tells of Efforts Which Were Made to Secure Industries Which Have Now Located in Kingston and Carleton Essential to Industrial De- velopment of City of Oshawa that since Oshawa could not provide this his firm was not interested in coming to Oshawa, Thus all the effort and correspondence went for naught because Oshawa has no va- cant factory buildings to offer to in- dustries." Another somewhat similar case, cited by Col. McCormack, was that of the firm of George Hirst and Co, another Lnglish textile firm, with which a voluminous correspondence, covering a period of six months, was carried on, 'I'his company also want: ed a building ready for occupation. They found there was an empty tex- tile factory at Carleton Place, and they went there, 'T'hus a second pos sible industry for Oshawa was lost because of the lack of vacant build ngs. In discussing the situation, Col Mec- Cormack said he was thorouhgly con vinced that the only way in which Oshawa could secure industries of the substantial character of those men tioned above, would be through tlie activities of the Oshawa Industrial Foundation in erecting = buildings ready for industries, yet, he added, it had been only through tremendous effort that it bad been possible to raise the money to bud one factory. LIFE OF CONRAD WAS SUBJECT OF INTERESTING TALK Prof. E. A. Dale of Toronto | Was Lecturer at Univers- | ity Extension Course Last | Night | An interesting lecture on the life of Joseph Conrad, the novelist who wrote so powerfully of Drit- ish seafaring life, was given by Professor E. A, Dale, of University College, Toronto, last night in con nection with the series of Univer. sity Extension Lectures being con ducted here. 3 Conrad was born in Poland of a good family, in 1857. He manifest- ed an Interest In exploration early in life, and gained a desire to go to sea, joining the crew ot a ship when 17 years of age des. pite the protests of his parents. Later he became a British sallor, and at the age of 24 obtained his Master's papers in the British mercantile marive. In 18056 his first work, "All. nayer's Folly," appeared, meeting with only moderate success, Grad- ually, however, by pains and ef- fort, by a true comprehension of (Continued ~~ ~~ge 8) CAMPBELL WILL NOT MAKE NEW ATTEMPT Daytona Beacn, Flo., Feb, 6.-- Capt. Malcolm Campbell, who yes- terday established a new automo- bile record of 246 miles hour, to. day announced he would not at. tempt any further trials before leaving for England. It was pre- viously stated the | British jand speed king was really for another attempt if the beach and weather permitted. NEARLY 2,000,000 GALLONS OF WATER PUMPED EACH DAY Six Calls for Extra Pressure Made in January on Ac: * count of Fires Water pumpage for the eit aury average of 1,321,000 gallon it is reported by the engineers of the local waterworks plant, This avers age is very slightly higher than the average, for the whole of 1930, and while somewhat below the average for the first few months of last year, 1s higher than the pumpage for the lust four months of 1930. The pumpage in December was 54, 890,000 gallons, being an average of 1,803,000 gallons per days, while, the total for January of last year was 03,000,000 gallons, or an average of 243,000 gallons per day. The maximum day's pumpage dur- ing January was 2,025,000 gallons, oc curing on Jan, 7, when the pumps had to be kept running for the en- tire 24 hours to supply the demand for. water, The minimum pumpage wig on Jan. 31, when the pumps were run for 20 hours to supply 1,561,000 gallons, Six calls for extra pressure due to fires were received at the pumphouse during the months, three of them coming on Jan. 24. During these calls a pressure of 130 to 132 pounds per square inch was maintained at the pumphouse. The big auxiliary pump, operated by a large gasoline engine, was run for six hours dur- ing the mont", delivering 340,000 gal- lons of water during that period. THREE HUNDRED ARRESTED Bompdy, Feb, 6.---Three hun- dred congress party volunteers were arrested today at a Ahmada- bad for attompting to interfere with the auction sale of liquor Ii censes. per day, Napier, New Zealand, Feb, 6=Ev- acutaion of Napier and Hastings pro- ceeded today attended by almost cve ery conceivable hardship and dis eotragement, The only navigable road i filled with fissure and is con- tressed with hundreds of vehicles. A number of dazed and nerve-shattered refugees, unable to continue the march from the scene of the disas- trous explosion have fallen by the way and died: Pathetic rude crosses and" shallow graves are the only traces of these unfortunates, Under Martial Law Napier, NZ, Feb, 6-~New Zeus Jand's realm «£ ruin was under shar tial law to-day with armed marines gaiedling the streets to prevent loot. ng and to see that nothing hamper. ed the ceaseless toil of rescue work ers Jeclinf survivors among the wreckage left by Thursday's earth quake, ae All day yesterday a. great exodus fi Evacuation of Earthquake Area Brings Great Hardship to Victims J, the inhabit who had escaped death fleeing from the dis- case which it was feared might follow destruction of the city's sanitary sys- tem, Red Cross workers estimated the number of dead in the e quake 'strict at more than 1,000, but ofl or reports made the figure lower. <A final 'count will probably not be kngws or days and probably never will be complete, because of the fires which raged through both Napies and Hastings after the buildings had fal- 1, Vietims Found Alive The feveris!- search for persons still alive was rewarded when one woman, still breathing, was found "» the debris of the 'lapier Hospital, and another one at the technic school, where r-any boys were killed when the building colapsed. Two other living victius were lo- acted and hopes were cxpressed that they could-be extricated. . | in June | totalled 50,450,000 galons, und | Pagama City. | FLYWHEEL BURST HURLING METAL THROUGH THE AIR Mystery of Large Piece of ' Metal Which Crashed Through Side of House Is Solved The bursting of a fly wheel that came within inches of killing three men hurled the projectile which dam- aged the house of S. Naish on Gib- bons strect, The fly wheel was on . sawing machine which was being operated by Charles Gerrard on Gib bons street, near King street, at least a quarter of a mile from the house. 'I'he three pieces into which the fly wheel divided while going at a tre- mendous speed, narrowly missed Mr. Gerratl and his two helpers on the saw outfit, the piece that soared into the air and hit the Naish hone miss ing Mr. Gerrard himself by less than a toot. The place where Mr. Gerrard was working was in a hollow, while the Naish home is on the highest piece of ground on Gibbons street. I'he projectile rose to a considerable height, soaring over the wires and hydro poles and missing the roofs of about forty houses, before it struck the side of the Naish house, pene. trating the clapboard siding to a depth of an inch and a half and snap- ping off a 2 x 4 scantling. The projectile hit the house three times before it finally droped to the ground. It scemed to be travelling almost horizontally when it struct, then skipped along the house, doing the most damage with the first blow but causing dents in two other places. It missed by ten inches crashing through a window and demolishing a atchen cabinet, Mr. Gerrard when told of the in- «dent, at first entirely disbelieved 'hat a part of his burst flywheel could have travelled such a long distance but was forced to admit the facts when shown the picce of metal by Mr. Naish yesterday afternoon. : NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTORSHIPS LOCAL CHAMBER List of Twenty-one Selected by Nominating Committee To Be Mailed to Members on Ballot Papers Twenty-one members of the Chamber of Commerce have been nominated by the nominating com- mittee as directors for the ensu- ing year, six to be elected for a period of two years and one to be elected for a period of one year to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. E. Lovell. Bal- lots are to be distributed and the polls will close at 7 o'clock on the evening of Friday, February 20. Those who have been nominated are; -- Algor, 8. R., manager of the Al- ger Pross. Allchin, Geo., president of the Geo. Allchin Co., Ltd, Bell, A. W. transportation man- ager, Goneral Motors of Canada. Black, H. M.. Manager of Bell Telephone Co. Borsberry, J. W., gentlemuu. Burns, J. J., the Burns Shoe Co. Callaghan, J. J., superintendent of the Oshawa Railway Co. Chappell, ¥., assistant factory manager, General Motors of Can- ada. Creighton, T. K,, and Creighton. Jacobi, M. R., vice-president of Moffatt Motor Sales. Johnston, ID: F. Johnston's (clothlers). Langmaid, Dr. W. J., dentist. (Continued on page 3) RINGES VISITING IN PANANA ITY Prince of Wales and Brother Are Featured in Making of Film for Talkies On Board 8.8. Oropesa, Feb. 6. ~The Prince of Wales, spending his last night aboard before reach ing Cristebal, mado a talkie film with his brother for a number of camera men. The Prince stood with a large map and discussed his prosent and previous tours with his brother and the Captain. The Royal passeng: digem- barked at Colon while coast-guns boomed a salute. The Princes im- mediately left for the airport where they climbed jnto a Pan- American Alrliner and took off for of Grierson VETERAN CHAIRMAN IS RE-ELECTED TO SERVE | 14th CONSECUTIVE TERM | VETERAN CHAIRMAN JOHN GIBSON Last night unanimously elected chairman of the Oshawa Board of Health for the fourteenth cone secutive year. SUARLET FEVER IN CITY IS NOW UNBER CONTROL Ten Cases of Disease Were Reported to City's Health Department During .Jan- uary Ten cases of scarlet fever Wefeo discovered in the city during the month of January, according to the report of Miss B, Harris, sup- ervisiug public health nurse, which was received and adopted by the Board of Health last night. The number of cases was augmented by an out-break of the discase which occurred in Bishop Bethune reported by the school. College, four cases having been A slight increase in the number of cases of whooping cough and of chickenpox is commented upon by Miss Harris, There was only one case of diphtheria and the board considered that on the whole the city made a good show- ing in health during the past month, The report is published as fol- lows: Communicable Disease "The following Communicable Diseases have been reported in January, 1921, Disease Cases Chickenpox «...covosvveeecesdd Whooping Cough .eeesvecsee dl Scarlet Fever ..oeevveeveceeddl Diphtheria pe "1 It will be noted that there is a slight increase over the preceding month in the number of cases re- ported of Whooping Cough ana also of Chickenpox. Both diseases appear to bo scattered throughout the City. The number of Scarlet Fever cases is, compared with our pre vious records for the past two years, rather noticeably large. This (Continued on page 2) Inaugural Meeting of Board | Held Last Night, and | Chairman Re-elected by Unanimous Vote of Hig ESTIMATES FIXED i BELOW LAST YEAR'S | Requirements For 1931 Amount to $26,660, Which Is Almost $700 Less Than for the Previous Year John Gibson was re-elected chairs 4 man of the board of health for his 14th consecutive term at the inaue gural meeting of the board held last night.- No other nominations were received and as Mr, Gibson again took office he expressed appreciation for the renewed confidence which had been placed in him and stated that ha would "endeavour to serve the board to the best of his ability. Estimates oft the board for 1931 last night at $26,060.10, which is $695. 40 less than the total expenditures of the board during the past year. The estimates were prepared by Dr, Te W. G. McKay who explained that eve erything had been pared down to an. absolute minimum and that no salary increases were being put through fog any member of the staff. It was move ed by Ald. P, A. Macdonald and secs onded by Ald Wm. Boddy that the board submit its estimates to the city council, Cedardale Problem The question of sewage disposal fop houses on Robson street, Cedardaley was again before the board last night, being brought up in the report of We D. Muckler, sanitary and plumbing inspector, It was finally decided refer the matter to the city council for the purpose of investigating t possibility of linking these hous with the city's sanitary sewage syse tem. In the opinion of ers of the board this could only be done by building a sump from which the sews age would have to be forced by pump into the city's system. As it has previously been stated, 8 resident of Cedardale is threatenin, legal action against the owners of hommes .on Robson street on the ground that scepage from their septie tanks is creating a nuisance on hes property. W. D. Muckler, sanitary and plumbing inspector, was instructs cd to investigate the situation and last night he reported to the board _§ as follows: "Complaint was received from Ced! (Continued on page 2) FEARS DOMINATION A wr [BSON AGAIN HEADS HEALTH BOARD! BY RUSSIAN WHEAT | (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Fob. 6.--~Chairmas Legge of the farm board today said he viewed Russia's official grain export statement as an ine | dication that the Soviets were turned toward a dominating posi« tion in the world wheat market. Samucl McKelvie, grain member of the board, said the American farmer could not compete with Russian wheat, because of Russia's "free land and free labor." i PRINCES AT PANAMA Cristobal, Panama, Feb, 6--The ol rince of Wales and brother, Prince George, reached hore today by steamer from Jamaica. » Oshawa Police Still have Still; % Doubtful if Furchaser Can be Found The police have not as yet dis. posed of the copper still which they seized in a local man's home a few days ago. As no one can possess a still without first secur ing a lcense it is doubtful wheth- er anyone is lkely to purchase it especially as there is an extremely heavy penalty for having one with. out ficense. Chief of Police Friend jocularly suggested that he might give it td | a member of the press but the | offer was not received with enthusiasm, However {f the €on: densing apparatus were removed it might make a satisfactory wash tub, so there still remains possibility that it may yet the benches of the laundry of some Oshawa home, for an entirely dif< ferent purpose from that for whicl it was originally intended. J Advocates Entertainment at Fairs Should be Given by Local 1alen Toronto, Feg. ¢6.--Small fairy in Ontario were doomed unless the Government grante" more money to assist the management in carry. ing them on, J. J. Hunter of Kin- cardine told members of the On. {ario Association of Fairs and Kx-| hibitions at thelr 31st aunual convention held yestérday at the King Edward Hotel, 'An outlay of (four or five Bundred dollars," he said, "was ni even the smalfest alr." Mr. "unter spoke following the address - given by W. J. Hill of Ct" ---- | Madoc who made bis target the ry to finance circuses and carnivals in tion with fall fairs. "What are ' going to do to keep the small fal alive?" queried Mr. Hunter. ht suggested that hobby shows migh§ add {oterest. : 'Fair boards should be particue larly careful what exhibits and tractions were permitted on f grounds, commented Mr, E control of the grounds'to some who calls himself carnival circus," he said. 'Control