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A Growing . Newspape: In a Growing City lie Osh mua Daily Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer @i nes "All The News Whiie It Is News" VOL. 8--NO, 40 Published at Oshawa, Ont., Day Except Sundays and Sande Exar OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy VOTE ON GAS PLANT PURCHASE ON MARCH 21 Port Perry High School Student Killed in Car Accidents DOROTHY MILLER, 16, IS KILLED IN CAR UPSET IN DITCH AT MANCHESTER Party of Four Students Were in Car When It Left the Road and Toppled Into Ditch Killing Gis! Who Was Driving NONE OF OTHERS IN CAR WAS INJURED Miss Miller Was Thrown Out of Car When Crash Occurred And Was Crush- ed to Death Undern:esth It (By Staft Reporter) Port Perry, Feb. 17.--Dorothy Miller, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller, 6th conces- sion of Reach township and stu- dent at the Port Pérry High School, was almost instantly killea last night when the car which she was driving upset in the 'ditch on the Whitby-Lindsay highway about two miles south of Manchester. _ The young girl in company with three student friends, Miss Irva Reynolds, Campbell McMasters and Wendell Statten, all of Port Perry, haa veen motoring south on the highway. The car is thought to have skidded on the icy pave. ment and made toward the ditch on the cast side of the highway. Miss Miller was thrown out through the window and the car toppled upon her, crushing her chest. She died a few minutes later. : No Others Injured All three occupsunts of the car wore students at the Port Perry High School and the joy ride ou which they had set out with light hearts was soon turned into a trag- edy. The accident occurred about nine o'clock according to Chief of Police Nesbitt of Port Perry who is investigating the incident, None of the other young people in the car with Miss Miller was injured (Continued on pago 3) DEBATING TROPHY T0 BE OFFERED Prohibition Union Takes 'Steps to Encourage Educa- tion Along Tempérance Lines A silver cup will be purchased as a trophy to be given to the winning team in a debating con- test which is to be held under the auspices of the Oshawa branch of the Ontarfo Prohibition Union. The matter has been under con- sideration for some time and at a meeting of the branch executive held in St. Andrew's United Church Sunday School, last evenigg, it was definitely decided to securc a an bating teams have already been organized in the county, Rev. A. M, Irwin, president of the lo- cal branch, 'nformed the meeting yesterday. After eliminations In the county a team will be selected to meet a teum from the city. In order to facilitate the organization of teams in Oshawa, the executive determined to refer the matter to the Oshawa Young Peoples' Chris- tian Union. with the request that it take steps to urge the various young people's societies to take part. Each debating team fis to consist of two members and a sub- ject, relative to temperance and social reform, will be debated on. The . Prohibition Union will be asked by the local branch to sup- ply it with literature on temper- ancé which may be circulated frce- 1y through the city. The secretary, Mr. McKay, was instructed to write the local W.C.T.U. asking that fits members might undertake the dis- tribution of the literature. High praise was voiced for the efficient manner in which the W.C.T.U, ac- complished everything that it set out to do. Members of the esccutive who were present at the meeting, in- cluded Rev. A. M. Irwin, presi dent; Mr. McKay, secretary; D. Haverson, J. C. Young, Rev. 8, C. Moore, Rev. Dr. W. P. Fletcher and Rev. R. J, Maxwell. ATHER ' povecasts, Lower Lakes Kast to northeast winds, cloudy today and early Wednesday with some rain and snow then Slonring with a little lower temperature. eorgi®n Bay ~~ to northeast winds, cloudy today and early Wednesday * HAS NEW POSITION GEORGE E. ANSLEY Wha has been apnointed Assistant General Sales Manager by the General Mctors of Canada Ltd, DECLINE OFFER TO PURCHASE Y.M.C.A Proposal Made to City Coun- cil Was Rejected at Last Night's Meeting A proposal that the city council in. terest itself in the purchase of the building of the Y.M.C.A, was declin- ed by the city corhefl at"its' meeting last night. The proposal was cone tained in a letter from Magistrate T, K. Creighton, one of the citizens who have interested themselves in the proposal, and offered 10 dispose of the building at a price much below its actual value, and of just a suffi- cient amount to meet ifs liabilities. Ald. MacDonald led the opposition to the proposal, saying that the city could not afford the expenditure at the present time, and was in no need of the building, He moved that no action be taken; and this was sccond- ed by Ald. Hawkes. Ald. Hyman moved. an amendment that the mat- ter be referred to 'the finance com- mittee to secure the price, but the amendment was defeated, and Ald. MacDonald's motion carried. FIRE CHIEF'S CAR WAS SUBJECT OF KEEN DISCUSSION Proposal to Buy New Car Referred Back to Commit- tee for Further Considera- tion Two proposals in the report of the city property and fire protection committee, one that a new car be purchased for the fire chief, and the other that the agreement with the township of East Whitby for fire protection be renewed, were the sub- ject of much discussion at last night's city council meeting and both re- commendations were finally referred back to the committee for further consideration, The proposal to buy a new car for the fire chief was quite keenly debated, some of the alder- men objecting to the expenditure be- ing placed in the report prior to the consideration of the estimates, while others contended that the car was not Necessusy, and should not be bought at all, Ald. MacDonald opened the attack on this clause of the report, which recommended that "A Chevrolet road- ster be purchased from the Ontario Motor Sales at a price of $685 for the use of the fire chief, with an al- lowance of $265 for the old car" Objects to Principle Ald. McDonald not only objected to the principel of making this pur- chase: before the estimates were cone sidered, but also asserted thit the fire chief did not need a new car. The old car, he said, had gone only 12,000 miles, and ought to be in good shape, and he could not see that a new car was needed. He moved that the clause be struck out. Ald. Boddy seconded this resolu tion. He also was not too sure that the car was getting the worse for wear, as it had been bought only three years ago, and had gone onl 13,000 miles. This amount of $68 should not be gone into, he said, until the estimates were considered. "We re trying to keep the mill rate n," he asserted, "but if we kee on adding amounts like this it will probably go higher than last year. 1 with some local snow, then clearing end a litle colder, (Continued on page 8) a HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FORMED HERE LAST NIGHT! Interesting Addresses Given on Various Phases of Hor- | ticulture -- Nominating, Committee Named An enthusiastic meeting of citizens of Oshawa who are interested in hore ticulture filled the library room of the Masonic Temple to overflowing last night, and those present voted unanimously to form a horticultural society in this city. Splendid address- es were delivered by Lionel Godson, president of the Toronto Horticul- tural Society, director of horticul- tural societies for this district, and director of the Canadian National Exhibition and the Royal Winter horticultural department; and E Collin, superintendent of parks for the city of Toronto. W. M. Gilbert was named by those present as chair- man of the meeting. A nominating committee was ap- pointed as follows: FF, T. Lamble, M. | McIntyre Hood, O. D. Friend, W. H. Moyse, Ross McKinnon, Mrs, J. C. Young, Robert Brooks, A. Leislinan, George Fuller, Chris. Vann, Mrs. Caroline King, and Mrs. G. DD, Con- ant, This committee has been called to meet 'on Friday next, February 20, and the members of the society | will mect again on Monday night | next, February 23, to receive the re- What The City Council Did is to interview Premier Bennett on fire protection be renewed, fire chief. at Whitby. of the city for one year Fair; John F. Clarke, lecturer for fe | port of the nominating committee, and elect officers for the year, W | M, Gilbert was appointed by the | [ meeting as chairman for the evening. | {| The first speaker, Mr. Godson, said | that he was surprised to learn that | {the Oshawa Horticultural Society, | which had been so flourishing in 1925 | and 1926, had passed out of existence, (Continued on pago 8) LOCAL LEGIONTO | JOIN IN PROTEST Between 25 and 30 Local Veterans Affected by Re-| duction in Pension Relief Schedules The Oshawa Branch of the Can- adian Legion, acting on behalf of some 25 or 30 local pensioners, will join in the general protest which has been aroused by the ac- tion of the department of pensions and national health in reducing re- lief payments to pensioners who are in distress, without any notice that this was to be done. The action of the department has arous- ed a storm of protest from all parts of Ontario, and action will be taken by practically every branch of the Legion to have this decision by the minister of pen- sions and national health rgcon- sidered by the federal cabinet, "There are about 25 or 30 local families and pensioners affected by this order," it was stated by (Continued on page 2) REQUESTS GALL FOR TENDERS ON CIVIC GAS PLANT Citizen Sends Letter to the Council Asking That De- cision be Deferred Till Tenders Are in A letter from a ratepayer named Albert Douglas, suggesting that be- fore any action was taken to dispose of the gas plant tenders should be called, aroused some interest at last night's meeting of the city council. The letter, however, was laid on the table, and was finally disposed of, af- ter the bylaws regarding the proposed purchase had been dealt with, and was then ordered received and filed. When Mr. Douglas' letter was read, Ald. Jackson said that the public utilities commission had had several offers, and all of these had been very carefully considered by the public utilities commission and the city coun- cil, and the best had been selected. The commission, he said, was com- posed of successful business men, who he felt were capable of securing the best possible deal for the city. On Ald. Hyman's suggestion, how- ever, the letter was held over for fur- ther consideration later in the mect- ing. Before it was finally disposed of, Ald, Hyman said he thought the pub- lic ought to know that several offers had been received and considered and that the one accepted had been the one the public utilities commission and the council thought was the best for the city. Passed a bylaw authorizing a vote of the ratepayers on the sale of the gas plant and distribution system and the granting of a franchise for the manufacture, sale and distribution of gas and steam, and on the granting of a fixed assessment of $84,000 for a period of ten years to the purchasers of the gas plant, Appointed Mayor Marks as a delegate to join the deputation which ence to the St. Lawrence Waterway Development, Referred back to the city property a proposal that the agreement with the township of East Whitby for Referred back to the city property a recommendation that a new car be purchased for the use of the _ Passed a bylaw to raise by debentures the sum of $7,146.26, this being the city's share of the cost of the addition to the registry office Passed a resolution to strike out of the bylaw regarding licenses the requirement that applicants for auctioneers' licenses be a resident efor® making application, Passed a resolution that no action be taken with reference to a proposal that the city purchase the Y.M.C.A. building. Thursday of this week with refer and fire protection committee and fire protection committee AGREEMENT FOR SALE OF GAS SYSTEM SETS PRICE AT SAME Purchaser Will Pay $214,832 For Gas Plant and Distribu- | tion System, and Contracts to Spend $100,000 on New AS CITY PAID Plant and Equipment Within Twelve Months--Modern Coking Plant To Be Established in Conjunction With | Gas Plant--Provision Made for Reductions in Price | of Gas Under the terms of the agreement for the sale of the local gas plant, upon which the people of this city will vote on Mar, 21, Ben. F, Tate of Chicago, agrees to pay the city the same price, with interest to date, that Oshawa paid for the plant from the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario on May 13, 1929; to con- struct a modern coking plant within the city limits, spending at least $100,000 on the new plant and equip- ment before April 1, 1932; and to supply gas to the citizens of this city at the same or lower rates than they are now paying. The agreement is a long document, itself 15 pages of typewritten copy, of foolscap size, with five appendices that run into another ten pages. Schedule "A" lists the properties and stores being transferred by the city to the purchaser; schedule "B" is a deed for the properties listed in schedule "A"; Schedule "C" is the mortgage being given by Mr, Tat: to the city to secure the payment of the purchase price; Schedufe "D" is a forin of conveyance, in which the company acknowledges the convey- | ance of the lands; and the fifth ap- pendix is an agreement fixing the as- sessment. of the pas plant at $84,000. Terms of Purchase The agreement of sale notes that the plant was sold to the city by the HEPC, for $210,000, and that the purchaser has offered $214,832.64 for the property. This is the purchase price paid by the city, plus ic in terest already paid to the city on the debentures given to the ILEP.C, which bear interest at 4 3-4 percent The sum of $18,183.41, which the city has alréady paid on the plant, is to be paid by Mr. Tate in cash, a mark- ed cheque for this amount havng al- ready been deposited with the city. The remainder of the purchase price is to be paid by the same instalments (Continued on page §) DEBENTURES FOR ADDITION T0 THE REGISTRY OFFICE City Council Passed By-law Providing for Payment of Share at Last Night's Meeting A by-law to ralse by the issue of debentures the sum of $7,146.26 to pay the city's share of the cost of the extension of the registry office at Whitby was passed at last night's meeting of the city couneil. The by-law states thdt the total cost of this addition was $17,860.64, and that, under the agreement between tho city of Oshawa and county of Ontario, the city's share was the amount mentioned above, The de- bentures authorized are to be lssu- ed for ten years, with the payments of principal and interest equalized at ten annual payments of $925.47 each. The by-law was introduced by Ald. Hawkes, and was put through all its stages, signed, and sealed without discussion, INSTAL OFFICERS OF CHOSEN FRIENDS ¥. H. Lee, of 396 Mary street, way last night installed as chief couneillor of Oshawa lodge No. 3), Order of Chosen Friends. Dr. Charles W, Carr was made imme- diate past councillor, The other officials installed were the same as last year, Grand Chief Councillor J. L. AEROPLANE MUCH USED IN NORTH G. Norman Irwin of Whitby Tells of Interesting Ex- periences in Northern Quebec An interesting flying trip to Amos Quebec, wac made recently by G. Norman Irwin, of Whitby, who took Douglas Holliday, Whitby, as a pas- senger. The purpose of the trip was a visit with Willlam H. Clark, of Oshawa," who is chief pilot for the General Airways that operate at Amos. Even though it is the middle of winter, three machines are in use at this northern point. Little active prospecting is being done now in the goldfields, but the air: men are busy making preparations for the opening up of spring, Mr. Irwin reported. While Mr, Irwin and Mr. Holll- day were at Amos, they witnessed the transportating of a sick woman to hospital by aeroplane. 'I'ms woman resided 50 miles. from Amos, and it would have taken two days by dog team to bring her out to hospital. By plane, it took 27 minutes, and as she was in quite a serious condition tbis speed probe ably saved her life. During the stay of the Whithy men at Amos, General Afrways {llustrated another of the modern uses of the airplane, when they toow 256 hockey players and fans from Amos to Rouyn for a hockey game. Travel by any other method would have been al- most impossible. GHANDI PLEASED New Delbi, India, Feb. 17--High- ly important mnegiotions between the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin and Mahatma Gandhi commenced today in the new capital formally inaugurated a few days ago. Ghandi emerged from the four hour ence with most cheerful Archer and field superint H. W. Magill of Hamilton were present at tho meeting and install- ed the officers. There were also precept the deputies for the Osh- awa district, W. H. Brinning, Charles Lowry and M. Wallace, pronouncement regarding the pros. pects for eventual agreement that he bas made in months. "I am sat- fsfled, even optimistic" he said, adding he would talk with the vie eroy again tomorrow, INISTER ASKS L HARBOR PROJECT | Asks City Council to Submit | Further Particulars on Re-| quirements of Oshawa! Harbor The minister of public works, Hon, | Hugh A. Stewart, has asked the city council of Oshawa to submit further details 'regarding the proposals for the improvement and extension of Oshawa Harbor at the time when the estimates for the coming fiscal year are under consideration. This request was contained in a letter from the minister read at last night's meeting of the city council. In the letter, Mr, Stewart expressed his thanks for the particulars forwarded to him by the council, and while he points out that he is unable to give any definite answer until such time as the esti- mates are under consideration, he states that he will be pleased to have further particulars from the council as to the requirements of Oshawa's harbor when this time comes. It is likely that at that time a deputation from the city will go to Ottawa to present Oshawa's case, NEW POSITION FOR GEORGE E. ANSLEY General Motors Official Is Appointed as Assistant General Sales Manager | The appoifitment of George E. | Ansley to be an Assistant General | Sates Manager is announced by | General Motors of Gamadu, Limit- ed. Mr, Angley assumes his new position after a long record of servico with General Motors Divi- | sions that has made him a very | well-knbwn fizure in the Canadlan automotive industry. It was with the McLaughlin Mo- tor Company that Mr. Ansley had hig first experience. He roce from book-keeper {in the = Winnipeg branch of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company. Ile served an As- sistant Sales Manager of the Me- Laughlin Motor Car Company at Oshawa headquarters for some time and then became sales head of that division. Since inaugura- tion of the Zcne system by Gen- eral] Motors, Mr. Ansley has been active in the work of supervising rotail stores. His appointment is a very popular one. TO USE R-101 PARTS Friedrichshafen, Germany, Feb. 17.--Great Britain's tragic dirig- ible R-101 is to fly again in spirit though wreckage of her great skel- eton is a twisted pile on hillside near Beauvals, France. The zep- pelin works here has bought metal the remains of the ship, and will melt them down to be fashioned in- to parts for the new German dirig- ible LZ 120. HARD LABOR TERM 1S IMPOSED ON SAM PAWLENCHUK Man Convicted of Liquor Selling Charge Is Sent to County Jail for Two Months Two months at hard labor in the county jail is the prospect which faces Sam Pawlenchuk, Bloor street east, who was found guilty by Mag- istrate T. K. Creighton in city police court this morning on 'a charge of selling liquor. Pawlenchuk's trial took place last week but on account of the physical condition of the ac- cused who was just recovering from an attack of influenza, His Worship reserved judgment and sentence until today. His Worship reserved judg- ment and sentence until today. The defendant, through his counsel, A. J. Parkhill, had pleaded not guilty, In suming up the case, this morn- ing, Magistrate Creighton comment- ed that the Crown had produced ample evidence to prove that Paw- lenchik was selling liquor at his home. The cogtention of the defence that the Crown witnesses had a spite against the accused was not suffi- ciently strong to justify dismissal of the case, he said. Pawlenchuk accepted his sentence in the stoic manner of the Slavic people and did not seem at all per- turbed when the magistrate ded that he would have to serve another month in jail if he failed to pay the costs of court, This was the only case before the court today, COBOURG BANK BANDITS CAUGHT Tellers of Bank Gave Chase to Three Bandits and Handed Them Over to the Police (Special to The Times) Cobourg, Feb. 17.--~Within twen. ty minutes after the Dominion Bank in Cobourg was held up and robbed at 12.30 p.m, today three vouthful bank bandits were captur- od by two of the bank clerks who had been placed in the vault where the robbers belicved them safely locked, while they robbed the bapk of over $3,000 and fied. The clerks figuring in the capture are G. A. Smith, accountant and James Forb- es, teller, who pursued the bandits 80 closely in a car that they aban- doned their own vehicle und took refuge in the Cobourg Public School. In the meantime, Clifford Throop, native of Cobourg and vet- eran of the 21st battalion seeing | suspicious characters running into | the school pursued them and held lone while C. Rorabeck followed and gave assistance in capturing the other two. The bank clerks arrived then, and completed what is possibly the smartest job of cap- turing bandits in castern Ontario history. Chief Constable Ruse accompani- ed by Provincial Constables Car) and Kidd took over the men and locked them in the cells. The mames given by the three men to the police are Hurold Blan- chard, 18, of Montreal; Leonard Forest, 21, of no fixed place of abode, but who said he had been havging around Windsor lately, and Walter Clifford, 21, a netixe of Cape Dreton Island, who has recently been living in Ottawa. DAYLIGHT SAVING DATES REQUESTED | Railway Association of Can: ada Suggests Period Be From April 26 to Sept. 27 An indication that spring and summer are not far away was con- tained in a letter read to the city council last night from the Railway Association of Canada with reference to the fixing of dates for daylight saving time this year. The letter pointed out that the spring railway schedules would become effective on April 26 and the fall schedules on September 27, and suggested that since most of the large cities were adopting these dates as the period for daylight saving time, Oshawa might put it into cficct for the same period if it were desired to adopt daylight saving in this city. The lct- ter evoked no discussion, but was re- ferred to the general purpose come mittee for consideration, PREMIER--DESIGNATE FAILS Madrid, Feb, 17.--Jose Antonio Sanchez Guerra, designated by King Alfonso yesterday to form a Lib- eral Spanish government, after a visit to the king today said he had failed in his efforts. OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN Chamber of Commerce Noti- fied of Vacancies for Trade Commissioners of Canada Opportunities for young men of university education are brought to the attention to the citizens of Osh- awa through a circular which has been received from the civil service commission by Lt.-Col. B. J. McCor- mick, secretary of the Oshawa Cham- ber of Commerce. This circular an- nounces that there are six vacancies for the post of junior trade commis- sioners, and that these will be filled by examination. The successful ap- icants, after undergoing a course of instruction in foreign commerce, will become qualified for posts as assist- ant trade commisioners in any part of the world, The initial salary. be- ing during instruction is $1,920 per annum, after which the post of as- sistant trade commissioner provides an initial salary of $2,460, with full living allowance while outside Can ada, and rising to a possible mum salary, as trade commissioner, of $5,760, plus full living allowances. Any young men of this city who are interested can secure further partic ulars from Col McCormick, -------------------- YLAWS COVERING SALE, FRANCHISE, IEoRATION ON | ASSESSMENT INTRODUCED * AND FIXED Citizens Entitled to Vote on Money Bylaws Will Go to Polls on March 21 to Vote on Proposals FIXED ASSESSMENT OF $84,000 ASKED Agreement Gives City Right to Sell Plant for $214,000 and Give Franchise for Gas and Steam Distribue tion Citizens of Oshawa who are en: titled to vote on money by-laws will go to the polls on March 21 and vote on two bylaws, one providing for the sale of the Oshawa gas plant and distribution system and grant- {ng to the purchaser a franchise for the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas and steam, and the other providing for a fixed assess- ment of $84,000 on the gas plant for a period of ten years. This was provided for by the city council at its meeting last night, when the two by-laws were introduced apd given their first and second read- ing, and a third by-law, providing for the taking of the vote and the creation of the necessary machin- ery for this purpose, was passed through all its stages. The council chamber was filled with a large audience of spectators when the by-laws were passed, but there was some disappointment when the agreements, the contents of which wero well known to the aldermen, were not read. Robert Gibbie, a ratepayer in the audience, asked what the price was going tv be, and was informed that the a= greement would be published in the press for all to read. A synopsis of the agreement, setting forth. its salient points. appears in to-day. s 1ssue of The Times, sturling on page one. The agreement which forms part of the purchase and franchise by- law, provides for the sale of the gas plant and distribution system to len. E. Tate of Chicago, for a sum of $214,832.64, as set forth in the synopsis. There was no discussion of the project when the three by-laws were introduced and put through the council. The two main Uy- laws were given only first and sec- ond reading, since the third read- ings will come only if the taking of the vote specifies that those quali- fled to vote on money by-laws, on- ly, are entitled to vote, and it also names the polling sub-divisions and polling clerks. NO COMBINE OF BAKERS IS FOUND Report of Inquiry Says Price of Bread Being Kept Fair by Competition Ottawa, Feb. 17--Investigation into the bread-making industry of Canada has not revealed the existence of a combine operating to the detriment of the public. It has disclosed 'the existence of a combination resulting from the entry of several laige flotir- milling companies into the" bread- baking industry, but "no conclusive evidence has been adduced to show that this combination combine within the meaning of the Combines Investigation Act." Onithe other hand, the situation is such a$ to warrant continued government "in- terest, "and, if necessary, further governmental action," The report of the investigation has just been issued by Hon. G. D. Ro- bertson, Minister of Labor, It was made by F. A. McGregor, registrar undey the Combine Investigation Act, following complaints received from various Canadian cities including Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax. The registrar states that from Wine nipeg came formal application charg= 'ing the existence of a local combine, while the Vancouver complaint aske for an inquiry into other wheat pro- ducts as well as bread. Only bread is dealt with in the present report. HEARING ON TARIFF Ottawa, Feb, 17--The Tariff hear ing today lasted just five minutes. When Premier Bennett called upon any of those present to make re presentations with respect to agri- enltural and fruit schedules in tar- iff, there was no response. The Premier then adjourned hearing un~ til Thursday, when textile schedule es will be under consideration, SEEKING ANOTHER HOLIDAY An interesting communication, asks ing that the city council of Oshawa join with the city of Winnipeg in making a request to the federal gove ernment that the day following Christmas Day be created a c holiday. This request was refered to the general purpose committee of the council. constitutes a' EIGHT PAGES i