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A Growing 'Newspaper in a Growing City The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer "All The News While It Is News" ey A VOL, .8--NO, 90 YT Suid of ube nd "Puble Holkiaye OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES BOWMANVILLE GIRL DROWNS I > - Convention Plans Unfolded at Zone Rally of Legion JELLICOE, BENNETT AND MANY OTHER NOTABLES WILL BE HERE IN AUGUST Lt.-Col. F. J. Picking Comes | From Ottawa With De- tails of Plans for Recep- tion of Delegates From All Over the Empire MEETING LAST NIGHT WAS ENTHUSIASTIC Delegates From All Legion Branches Met in Oshawa Armories Last Night and Heard Inspiring Messages A glowing picture of the setting . and background for the annual prov- incial convention of the Canadian Legion, tu be held in Oshawa on Au- gust 26, 27 and 28 was presented to a zone rally of Legion members held in the Oshawa Armories last night, when several hundred Legion mem- bers, from all over the district, as- gembled to take stock of the posi- tion of the Legion in the zone. The details of the convention arrange- ments were laid before the assembly by Lt.-Col, F. J. Picking, provincial first vice-president, who came to Oshawa direct from Ottawa, where the plans were given the approval of the Dominion Executive Council, which is interested in the conven- tion on account of the visit here of Eirl Jellicoe, Grand President of the British Empire Service League, and his contingent of delegates to the bi- ennial council of the League. Bennett Expected Not only will Earl Jellicoe and his colleagues from all over the empire here for part of the convention, but 'the new Dominion president of the Legion, Major John S, Roper, of from the seaboard, and it is also very tikely that the 'Rt Fon. R. Bi Ben- nett, uDteies of Canada, and the Hon. d Sutherland, minister of na- tional defence, will be here for the banquet on the evening of August 27, at which Earl Jellicoe will te given his official welcome to the minion by the. premier, The plans which were confirmed by the Dominion executive council call for Earl Jellicoe to land in Can- ada, on the S. S. Franconia, on Sun- day, August 23, the vessel making a #pecial call there so that he can be met at Canada's oldest port, and so that he can be welcomed by the Do- (Continued on page 3) PASSEBOIS FACES ANOTHER CHARGE IN POLICE COURT Pleads Guilty to Charge of Obtaining Goods and Money by False Pretences With four other.charges against him, two of stealing securities in the form of cheques from letters, and two of stealing letters from the mail, Oliver L. Passebols, former - employee of the Mundy- Goodfellow Printi Co., was ar- raigned on a fifth count when he appeared in police court again this morning. This last charge was laid by the T., Eaton Co. of Toronto and it was alleged in the information that Passebois had obtained by fraud and false pre- tences $166.35 in money and goods from the company. Although this offence was al- leged to have occurred in Toronto, Crown Attorney McGibbon pointed out that the Attorney-General had suggested that the case be tried here and that arrangements had been made to place the matter within the jurisdiction of Magis- trate Creighton's court, L. 8. Hy- man, counsel for the defense, had no objection to such procedure, Passebois pleaded guilty to the charge, and upon request of his counsel was further remanded for sentence until next Thursday. RECOGNIZES REPUPLIC Paris, April 16.--Frence govern- ment officially recognized new Ppanish republic today, being first najor power to do so. WEATHER Forecasts: Lower Lake Re- gion and Georgian Bay---Mod- erate westerly winds fair and moderately warm today and on Saturday, Northern Y tariomFals to- day and cloudy, mot much "ghange in temperature, DIED THIS WEEK ANDREW J. STALTER Well known citizen of Oshawa, and member of the Park Com- mission since its inception In 1906, died on Wednesday of this week, and will be buried to- morrow afternoon, WORK FOR BLIND [5 EXPLAINED TO KINSMEN'S CLUB H. C. Treneer, Organist of Gave Interesting Address The Kinsmen's club was fortunate to have as its guest speaker, last night, H. C. Treneer, organist at a graduate of the institute gave an King Street United Church, who as interesting account of the important work which is Jing carried on by the Canadian Nati-~! Institute for the Blind. Throv . :.. medium, 'I'reneer said, blind people, were taught a number of useful trades so that they might have the satisfaction of supporting themselves by their own industry, Products manufact: ¢ ed by blind folk in Canada, had a total value last year of $ $02,922.34 last year and through the efforts of Institute a readv market ws; found for all these goods. The value of the Braille system for blind readers, was emphasized by the speaker, and he explained that ..e Institute's Braille libzary has over 900 active subscribers, over 21,000 books loaned in a year. The address was well illustrated by lantern slides. T. L, Wilson, president of the Kinsmen's Club, acted as chairman for the meeting and a hearty vote of thanks was extended to Mr, Treneer by T. C. Young. A brief but interesting review of the provincial convention at Chat- ham, was given by Russell Storks, who with President Wilson, repre- sented Oshawa at this important ga- thering of. Kinsmen. Final arrangements were complet- ed by the club for. ie "at home" in the Genosha Hotel, tonight. PRIZE LIST FOR FAIR IS REVISED Directors Met Last Night and Made Many Changes in Classes and Prizes : The prize list of the South On- tario Agricultpral Society, operat- ing the Oshawa Fair, was revised at a meeting of the board held last night, Oscar Donly, president, presided, and the meeting was well attended. One of the chief revisions was the addition of several prizes to the sec- tion for exhibits by Women's In: stitutes and their members. The in. stitutes in this district had request- ed an enlargement of this section of the list, and it was authorized at the annual meeting. A donation of $60 towards thié by Mayor E. Marks of the city contributed large- to the increase 'in prize money. A number of other changes were made. in the annual revision of classes and amounts of prizes throughout the book. Barcelona, Spain, April 17 .-- All prisoners weer released from jails here today by rioters who swept through the streets without interfer- ence, The police were disinclined to take action despite the existence of martial law, King Street United Church: [SHERIFF PAXTON ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION Will Retire From Office on July 1, After Forty-Four Years as Sheriff of Ontario (By Staff Correspondent) Whitby, April 17--The announce- ment of the voluntary retirement of Sheriff J. F. Paxton in Tuly was made public in Whitby today. This brings to conclusion forty-four years of faithful service rendered by Sher- iff Paxton to Ontario County, as sheriff. Sheriff Paxton was appointed to his present office in July 1887, to succeed his father, who was sherif for a number of years. When he retires in July Sheriff Paxton will have completed fifty years as sheriff, as he worked under his father prev- ious to his appointment, He has the unique record of bein» the oldest sheriff, from the standpoint of scr- vice,in the province. Sheriff Paxton was born in Port Perry, and came to Whitby, in 1881, where he lived until little over a year ago, when he moved to Oshawa. The sheriff has not yet made plans for the future. It is learned on good authority that James Blanchard, M.P.P. for North Ontario will be the new sheriff, It is understood that he has been of: fered the position and had accepted. Sheriff Paxton has not yet fully recovered from a severe illness of over a year ago, and he is retirine now to conserve his strencth and take a well merited re:t, WOMAN INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Cars Collided on Provineial Highway Just West of the City Limits When Lseter Leckey, of 202 Prince street, who was travelling west on the Kingston highway, at- tempted to turn into a lane near the Smith Pottery works, his car walk struck by a machine going ast and in control of E, L, Jex. of Cobourg last night, Leckey's car was badly damaged and Mrs. Heard, who was riding with him, sustained {injuries which necessit- ated her removal to the Oshawa Hospital. No one else was hurt, This morning, the hospital re- ported the condition of Mrs. Heard as favorable and Dr, C. Ferrier, who is attending to the injured woman, stated that she was suf- fering from severe bruises about the shoulders and cuts on the left leg. She had also sustained a slight concussion and an X-ray ex- amination is being taken to deter- mine whether she sustained any other injuries. The accident was reported to the local police. ROYAL PERSONAGES VISIT CANADA King is lll With An Attack of Bronchitis Vanocuver, April 17.--Their ma- Jesties King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambail Barni of Siam with prin- cess of royal household, and en- tourage of some 60 personages ar- rived here today on board the steamer Empress of Japan. Royal party arrived in Victoria last night where the king and queen were ex- tended official welcome on behalf of Canada. Party will leave at mid- night for New York. His majesty on arrival was in- disposed with attack of bronchitis and expressed his apologies through the queen for not being able to per- sonally accept the welcome on be- halt of the Canadian people for Which he thanked them most heart- ily. WOMAN FOUND DEAD , Toronto, April 19--~With all the gas jets on the stove turned on, body of rs. Amelia Vardon 69, was found in the kitchen of her home today with the body of her pet Boston Buijl terrier her feet. The woman was sit- ting in a rocking chair before the stove, STRUCK AT CROSSING Galt, April 17--=Witl, the noise ef the county road grader he was onot- ating, drownine out the sev 1 of an approaching train, Sam Rohr, e- reeve of North Dumfries ./as serious- ly injured when the machine was struck hy a Canadian National Rail- way train. [Iis injuries have not yet been fully determined, Old Autocratic Ideas of Parenthood are Obsolete; Judge H. Mott Declares Fine Address on "Desire and Its Relation to Life" Given Before Simcoe St. Men's Brotherhood Last Night Delving deep into the basis of hu- man conduct, Judge Hawley Mott, of the Juvenile Court of Toronto, de- livered an address before the Men's Brotherhood of Simcoe Street United Church, last night, which was not only encouraging but challenged thought. The occasion was the last banquet of the brotherhood society tor the season, and Judge Mott's re- marks were heard by a large audi- ence which beside the members of the brotherhood, included a number of ladies who had gathered in the gallery of the Sunday School. Al- though the subject that he discussed, which might briefly be termed as "Desire and its Relation to Life" was a profound one, the speaker was very lucid & his remarks and carried his hearers to the logical conclusion that desires, when properly directed, can make our lives much finer, hap- pier and better, Those who live at their best, Judge Mott emphasized, are not those who are competing with their fellow men but who are running a race with their own ideals, "Life, he said, is at all times full of conflict with desire. "Call it what you wish, he said, "instinct, sentiment, or desire. In order that we may live at our best we must take time to understand our desires. We owe it to ourselves, to our families, to our employers or em- ployees to make an analysis of our- selves." Emphasis was placed by the speak- er on the fact that it is much more important to make a life than to make a living. The man, he said, who was so absorbed in accumulating money that he had no time for any- thing else, missed many of the best things of life, Desire adds zest to life, Judge Mott opined. It would be a drab world indeed if we did not desire anything which we could not achieve, or i on the other hand, we could get (Continued on page 4) New Legion Zone Created on Account of Developed to such an extent as to become unwieldy from the stand- point of organization and admin- stration by its growth of the last year, Zone No. 14 of the Canadian Legion, of which Oshawa is the cen. tre, was last night divided into two zones, by mutual consent of the branches. This decision was reached at a meeting of the presidents and escretaries of the branches held in the Oshawa Armories last night prior to the zone rally, and the di- viding lines fixed as between Osh- awa and "Bowmanville, On the divi- fon of the zone being made, Major J. F. Belford, of Codrington, well- known and popular war veteran of Northumberland County, was elect- ed as the zone representative for the new eastern zone, his appoint- ment to last until the provincial convention at Oshawa in August of this year. Rev. E. Ralph Edye, of Whitby, the present zone represen- tative, will retain his office as sone Rapid Growth representative for the western sec- tion. The crganization of new branches at Colborne, Cannington, Wood- ville and Bowmanville in the last year and the growth of the existing branches. made this step necessary. Under the new arrangement, Zone No. 14 will include the Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Sun- derland, Cannington, Beaverton and Woodville branches. while negotia- tions are under way for the forma- tion of another branch to take in the villages of Pickering and Dun- barton. In the new estern zone there will be the branches at Cobourg, Port Hope, Bowmanville, Colborne, Brighton and Campbellford, while it is likely that the Hastings and Millbrook branches ww!" he added to this territory. The new arrange- ment was warmly praised by Lt. Col. F. J. Picking, provincial sec- retary, who was here last night and was well pleased with Legion pro- gress in this part of Ontario. General Motors Broadcast Is on the Air again Tonight Honor will be paid to the rn vinces of the Dominion in General Motors' "Canada on Parade" pro- gram tonight, the second of a re- gular series to be héard, each Fri- day night, over 26 stations from coast to coast, The feature of a pro. minent guest speaker. from France, England or Canada, will be heard each succeeding week, will be in- | troduced tonight when Lord Robert Cecll, or, as he is known in the an- nals of English nobility, Lord Cecil of Chelwood, will be presented to the radio listeners of Canada. Opening the program, the C.M. Concert Orchestra, directed by Reg- inald Stewart, will play the "Cor- onation March" from the opera, "The Prophet." Other selections will be "Anitra's Dance" and *"Sol- veig's Song' from Greig's Peer Gynt Suite. Malcolm and Godden, the popular Canadian plano duo, will then be heard rendering "Baby's Birthday Party" and "Turkey in The Straw." Luigi Romanelli, conducting the C.M. Cadets, will play his arrange- ment of the popular number adopt- ed from Kilmer's famous poem '"Trees." This will be followed by "On the Alamo," "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Flse." and "Feeling the Way I Do." Other fea- tures of the program will be a one- act historical play called '"MacDon- ald and Brown" and the All-Cana- dian Singers. The G.M. Concert Or- chestra and all the artists who have appeared on the evening's program will assemble to present, as a stir- ring finale, the "Spinning Wheel Beane from Flotow's opera "Mar- the." MA ARRESTED IN PENSION FRALD Charged With Forging 36 Twenty Dollar Cheques Toronto, April 17.~Following investigation into old age pension payments being conducted through- out Western Ontario, local police today arrested Perey Bouskill. 30, enployed as chief clerk in pensions department, Bouskill appeared in court charg- ef with forging 35 $20 cheques, and HEADS LEGION, : ZONE MAJOR J, ¥. B. BELFORD Of Codrington was last night chosen Zone Representative of the Cansdian Legion for a new zone covering Durham and Northumberland Counties creat- ed at a meeting here last night by dividing Zone No. 14 in two. was remanded one week on bail of $2,000. Though it was at first intimated a series of arrests would follow the investigation ordered by Mayor W. J. Stewart. it 1s understood no fur- ther prosecutions would be made in this connection. The Mayor an- nouced he would give full details of the case at a special meeting of the board of control later in the day. In a statement issued last night, the Hon. W. G. Martin, minister of pub- lic welfare, announced a province- wide check or old age pension pay- ments was being made. Investiga- tors were checking the alleged for- gery of signatures, payments of ex- cessixe allowances and falsification of lists of pensioners and similar abuses wnich would save the gov- ernment tens of thousands of dol- lars, said the Hon, Mr, Martin, RC.Y.C. CRUISE COMING TO OSHAWA Entire Fleet of Yacht Club to Make First Cruise Here on June 20 Oshawa will be the destinuation of the annual Commordore's Cruise of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto, according to a letter re. celved today by Col B, J. McCor- mick, secretaty of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce and whar- finger at the Oshawa harbor, The letter states that the sailing committee of the club has decided on the date of Saturday, June 20 for the cruise, which will be from Toronto to Oshawa and return, The entire fleet of the club, comprising 30 or more boats, will take part in the cruise, it is expected. The matter of entertaining the guests has been turned over by: the Chamber of Commerce to the newly f | formed Oshawa Yacht Club, and it is expected that they will be on hand to officially welcome the Tor- onto yachtsmen who made the trip. Full details have not yet been ¢om- pleted. This marks the first time that the R.C.Y.C. has officially recognized the port of Oshawa, and the cruise June 20, will be the first of a large number, Col. McCormick predicts. The harbor {is ideal for the shelter- ing of sailing craft, for the turning hasin is absolutely landlocked, with good mooring facitities, so that even the smallest boat is safe in time of storm. The distance from Toronto to Oshawa is ideal for a cruise, and it is expected that many members of the R.C.Y.C., once they have learn- ed the channel at Oshawa, will make week-end cruises to this port, coming down Saturday afternoon and returning Sunday. The Commordore's Cruise is the biggest annual event of the club, and 'practically all members take part in it, so that the cruise to Osh- awa is undoubtedly being keenly anticipated by the Toronto yachts- men. HERBERT E. CHUBB DIED YESTERDAY Deceased Lived All His Life In Oshawa and Was Prom- inent in Lodge Circles Heart failure caused the death of Herbert Everett Chubb, yester- day morning at the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital. The deceased was a life long resident of the city of Oshawa. He was well known having been a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Or- der of Foresters. For over twenty- five years he was employed by the Ontario Malleable Iron Works, having retired from there three years ago and since then lived with his daughter, Mrs, ¥, Marks at 445 Centre Street. The wife 6f the late Mr. Chubb, Amy Pankhurst, predeceased him by three years. Mrs. F. Marks, a daughter, Carlyle Chubb, of Osh- awa, a son, and Morley Chubb, ot Kipling, Saskatchewan, are the only survivors, The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at three thirty o'clock and will bé conduct- ed by Rev. A. M. Irwin, pastor of Northminster United Chupch, In- terment will be made at the Union Cemetery, FARMERS HOSTILE AGAINST HEP. Party Being Provided At D. (C Press h) Peterboro, April 17.--~Police pro- tection has been provided for hydro electric power commission survey, ongaged in laying out plans for con- struction of third power line in Otonabee township. Protection was given the surveyors as result of hostility shown by farmers, toward the party planning route of line which will run from Ottawa River to Toronto. Last Saturday farmers organized right of way association so more adequate compensation might be secured for their lands over which line is to run. Farmers claim they were not treated fairly when other two lines were constructed. Some farmers declared they would fight rather than let the sur- vey party on their property and as surveyors already had encouraged trouble in Eastern Ontario, they re- | quested police escort, MILL POND -------------------- BODY OF MISS M. POTTER FOUND THIS MORNING; INQUEST 1S ORDERED HARBOR IN JUNE Police Protection of Survey SHERIFF RESIGNS SHERIFF F, PAXTON Whose retirement from the office which he has held tor the last for- ty-four years, to take effect on July 1, is announced today. KINSMEN T0 TAKE KEENER INTEREST IN LOCAL SHELTER Members Make Plans to Act as Big Brothers to Child- ren in the Institution A friendly interest in the wel- fare of the children at.the Child- ren's Aid Society Shelter, Centre street south, will be taken by the Kinsmen's Club, it was decided at a well attended meeting of the club held in Welsh's Parlors, last night, Members of the club will try to act like big brothers to these youngsters at the shelter, and one of the first things they plan to undertake is the establishment of a playground on the property. This playground will be equipped so that all the children, no matter what their age. may find healthy, wholesome recreation there, The Kinsmen and the young- sters are looking forward with mutual delight to next Sunday morning, for they are all going on a motor ride together. Need- less to say fine weather is hoped for. Attitude Appreciated Delight over the interest which the organization {is showing in the work of the Children's Aid So- clety, was expressed by O. M. Alger. Children's Aid Society in- spector, when informed. by The Times of the plans of the Kins- men's Club, "We can not appreciate too highly' the friendly attitude which is being taken by this club," Mr. Alger said. 'Children need to have amusement and recreation and the establishment of a play- grounds at the shelter will help them a great deal. Not only will it provide the means for recrea- tion but it will also assist in the physical development of the child- ren. It should prove of wonderful assistance to the Children's Ald Society, LABOR SUSTAINED ON CENSURE VOTE Win Important Division 305 to 251 ,With Aid of Lib- erals (Canadian Press Despaich) London, April 16.--The great crisis, the Conservative motion of censure, ended last night in a " Government majority of 64 on a vote of 305 to 251, But it was a victory of Right Hon. David Lloyd George. Liberal Leader, rather than for the Government's unems- ployment program, forcefully as Right Hon. Tom Johnston, Minis- ter of Employment, ifn Commons yesterday, The program itself wa: received with some obvious disappointment by the Liberals, But the point taken by Lloyd George--as he Jed the majority of his followers into the: Government lobby-----was that the Conservative motion of censure. was unjust and unfajr un- til Mr. Johnston had been given a better chance. His main point was what he called. the danger of presented it Young Lady, Aged 25, Had | Been Missing Since She | Left to Attend Theatre Last Evening NO MARKS FOUND NO BONES BROKEN Search Begun Last Night Ends With Finding of Body at Eight O'Clock This Morning in Vane stone's Mill Pond (By Staff Correspondnet) Bowmanville, April 17.--~The body of Miss Melinda Potter was found in Vanstone's mill pond at 8 o'clock this morning by Lawre ence Woods. an employee of the Vanstone mill, The body was found below .the dam, where the creek current runs and was nearly under the bridge. There were na marks on the body for were there any bones broken, The body was removed to the Northcutt and Smith Funeral Parlors. Miss Potter was a niece of Mr. Willlam Potter and lived at his home in the north ward, Last night she left home with the ine tention of attending the Bowmane | ville theatre. When she did not re turn late in the evening she was reported missing by Mr. Potter to Constable Walter Hall and & search for her was begun, Mr Potter, about one o'clock this morning, walked to the bridge and looked over but did not see his niece, The deceased who was abou twenty-five years of age, had been. a patient at the Whitby Hospital = and returned home about a week ago. She was of a very happy and' pleasant disposition but since her = return from Whitby she had been morose and very quiet, Coroner V, H. Storey has "des clded that an {inquest will be necessary and Chief of Police Syde ney Venton this morning sume moned a jury which viewed the body at the funeral parlors at one o'clock this afternoon. The date of the inquest hearing has not yet been set. 4 The funeral will be held from the home of her uncle on Sunday afternoon, SENATE REJECTS NEW AUSTRALIAN FINANCE MEASURE Premier Scullin Will Go ta People on Issue of Cure rency Inflation Unless Senate's Decision is Re: considered Canberra, April 17 ~ The des knell of the government's inf program was sounded when the ate of Australia today rejected | i finance bill by 21 votes to six. x The bill provides for an issue ofp | to ninety million dollars in fiduicasy notes, designed to provide works for the relief of unemployment, bonuses to wheat-growers and aid to farms k generally, The government will immedi send the bill back to the seule Ww is allowed a statutory period of a" A months to again decide on it. a is rejected for the second time tha I | prime minister will call for dis Bo tion of both the senate and H House of Representatives and ii general election, going to the people on the issue, As a result of the senate's action, | which had been sxpected; the ernment was Jorce to imme drop its wheat bill which rec second reading in the lower only yesterday. The bill con wheat bonuses and was entirely pendent on the authorization of the fiduciary issue, J Prime Minister Rt. Hon, James Scullin strongly attacked the op / ition for defeat of the governm measure, declaring the members shown "no compassion for the whes grower or the unemployed." yk The Commonwealth Bank has des cided not to homor further govets ment overdrafts, : ) Hon, John Greig, leader of the ficial opposition, immediately re: - ed his leadership tom "e way ie the formation of a stron> consolida~ tion of all right win~ elements he< hind the leadership of Hon. J Lyons, prepared to put a death ple with labor and the extremists general in the election that is. evitable with the next few ht ie 00 8 change in the vote, ost, ah pp a