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""All the News While It Is News "' 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES GAS B) Beauharnois Of ficials and Senators Are Censured REPORT TO PARLIAMENT SHOWS HUGE PROFITS BY - COMPANY PROMOTERS Highs Oficiate- ob Beda -nois Corporation Declar- ed to Have Misused the Funds of Company in Campaign Contributions PROJECT DECLARED BASICALLY SOUND Parliament Urged to Take Action to Complete Pro- ject and to Conserve the Rights of the Province of Quebec : Ottawa, July 29. -- Censuring Senators Wilfrid Laurier McDou- 281d and Andrew Haydon and Do- nat Raymond in the strongest terms; lashing out at R. O. Swee- 2% and other high Beauharnois cials, and maintaining a cir- cumspect neutrality regarding the evidence of John Aird, Jr., the re. port of the parliamentary inquiry into the Beauharnois project, ta- bled last night in the House of Commons, recommends the fu- ture development of the giant St. Lawrence power scheme "in such a manner as will best serve the people of Canada," without inter- fering with Quebec's jealously guarded provincial rights. Senator McDougald "cannot be too strongly condemned," says the report. Senator Haydon, it declares, violatéd his trust as a senator. Mr. Sweezey, who is president of Beauharnois, and Hugh 'B. Grifith, the secretary- treasurer, are flatly accused of a Ymisuse of solupans funds" in mitted on the stand. Senator Ray- Rend is taxed with lack of cam. or. With respect to Mr. Aird, who admitted receiving $125,000 fod "doing nothing" toward gettire the Beauharnois its Ontario Hydro contract, the committee is con- tent to remark that there is clear- ly no evidence that any of this money reached the Ontario Con- servaties. It says: "Whether the truth lies on one or the other, it {s clear there is no evidence before the commit- tes that would indicate that any of these bonds have reached any itical organization or any per- son authorized to receive cam- | funds." ' Profit $6,189,000 After pointing out evidence that 000,000 is needed to com- the project, the committee points out that the promoters. al- ready have profited, at current market quotations, to the extent of $6,189,000 in cash and stock Moreover, says the report, the $2,- "189,000 cash profit was paid 'out of money borrowed from the pub. lic from the sale of bonds. The five management shares, the re- port continues, give the under- writers "practical control" of the company's affairs "without the present investment of any money." The committee finds that the (Continued on page 3) DIVISION SOUGHT IN SCARBORO TP. Meeting at Agincourt De- 'cides to Present Petition a That It Be Div- ourt, July 29. -- Intent- : A 'on having tHe Township | boro' divided into two mu- ticipalities, residents of 'Agin® court and the northarn section held a mass meeting at the Odd fellows' Hall last night at which it was decided to prepare a peti- tion to that effect, to which every citizen will be asked to affix his signature. When jt has been fully signed, it was the feeling of the meeting that it ghould not be taken to the Township Council but possibly direct' to the On- tario Legislature to back a pri. vate bill which may be also pre- scnted, to divide the towaship. "Eight years ago I took an ac- tive part in opposing' any form of seccessicn," declared L. Clay- ten Ridge, secretary of the Sear- Loro' Citizens' League, "but things have changed since then, oud today I am g 'th question with an Councillor tae only member to put in an appear nc COUNCIL T0 MEET sentation and Elections City Council is to meet "in committee of the whole" at 7.30 o'clock on Thursday events of this week when, it is understood, the chief business up for discus- sion will be the Yesolution tabled some few weeks 8go by Ald. P. A Macdonald relative to the amend- ing of the present method of civie representation and elections. Ald. Macdonald's motion having the effect of reducing the number of Aldermen, It is very probable that other important business will also come before Council at this meeting in- cluding the suggestion that a contribution be asked towards the relief of unemployed in the city from civic officials and employ- ees, PLANTED LIQUOR An instance of how the toils of the law turn against those who try to use it to their own ends was seen in city police ¢ourt this morning when Mrs. Maria Ostafechuk, 618 Howard Street, appeared to answer to a charge of having liquor illegally. All the evidence for the prosecu- tion was taken and the case was adjourned until August 13 when the evidence for the defense will be taken. In the evidence adduced this morning, it was brought out that Mrs. Ostafechuk, with Les, Samu- lak, on July 21 went to the home of Wasel Dmytriw at 588 Howard Street and placed a bottle of liquor in the bean pateh in the garden. They then went to the home of William Igel, court in- terpreter, on Prospect Street and asked Mrs, Igel to telephone to the police to the effect that there was liquor at the Dymtriw home and to come and seize it. Samulak, however, for some rea- son turned against the accused and went back to the Igel home and told them that the liquor had been placed there by Mrs, Osta- fechuk. The police were inform- ed of the incident and went to the Dymtriw home and seized the liguor but instead of laying a charge against Dmytriw laid one against Mrs. Ostafechuk. CHEQUE STAWP TAX AMENDMENTS Prime © Minister Proposes Exemption on All Cheques Under Five Dol- lars EE RN tary prorogation during this wée Is still problematical hut the Commoners certainly brought a Saturday get.away distinctly within 'the realm of possibility today when they virtually clean- «od the order paper of everything but some estimates, the unmem- ployment relief measure and the Beauharnols probe matter. Mary members have already left for treir homes and will not be back 'this session. One further amendment of im- portance in the bill to amend the. Special War Revenue Act, and Ls sed by the Prime Minister, exempt all money fustru- hy x: $5 or under, from the p tax; another made ' exém bi TOMORROW NIGHT Will Consider Proposals to Amending Civic Repre- IN BEAN PATCH Crop May Have Disastrous Results--Curious Case Ottawa, July 29. -- HY PENSION TRIBUNAL ENDS SESSIONS IN CITY TODAY One Claim Rejected and Court's Decision Is Re- served in Another The Pensions Tribunal which has been sitting for the last two days in Centre Street School, com- pletes its session in Oshawa to- day and proceeds to Peterborough where it will hold a two-day ses. sion. On the opening of the sitting this morning it was announced that in the claim made by Joseph Gilson; and heard yesterday, de- cision was reserved pending the receipt of a medical opinion to be obtained from Dr, H. B. Anderson, of Toronto, regarding the rela- tionship of the applicant's pres- ent condition to his war service. In the case of the claim of Charles F. O'Connor, the decision was announced that the condition of dementia praecox was not con- sidered 'attributable to service." The applicant had only short ser- vice prior to going over-seas, and only served three weeks in France before the Armistice was signed, the Tribunal's decision being reached after consideration of this fact and the lapse of time after demobilization before the symp- toms of the applicant's condition were manifest. No other findings of the court were announced. Five cases were scheduled to be held to-day before the sittings fi- nally adjourned, the applicants on the list for to-day's proceedings being Frederick Duffield, W. J. Scott, Edward P. McQuade, Wil- liam Coyston, and Anthony Bur- ger, the latter's claim being the first heard this morning. The finding of the Tribunal will be forwarded by mall to the ap- plicants whose claims were not put forward to-day. MEETING TOBE AT COLLEGIATE A. Heaps, M.P., of Winni- peg, Announced as the Speaker for Meeting of Unemployed : Owing to a misunderstanding as to which auditorium was desired for the meeting of the Unemploy- ed Workers' Association this eve- ning, the board of education on Monday evening granted the use of the Centre Street School audi- torium for this meeting, while the unemployed organization had in mind the use of the Collegiate Anditorium, as the Centre Street hall had proven much too small for its last meeting, On learning of the desires of the unemployed this morning, C. H. R. ler, business administrator of the board, at once communicated with the members of the pro committee, and secured sanction "for the use of the Collegiate Auditorium for to-night's meet- ing, with the understanding that future meetings should yp held at Centre Street School, on account of the expense involved in open- ing up the Collegiate auditorium, The. mass meeting of the un- employed, therefore, will bo held at the Collegiate at eight o'clock this evening, when A. Heaps, of Winnipeg, Labor member of the federal parliament, will be the special speaker. The fact that the meeting was to be held in Col- legiate Auditorium was announc- ed at a large gathering of the un- employed in Memorial Park yes- terday afternoon, and jt - is ex- pected that the large hall of the collegiate and vocational institute will be filled to capacity SoRight to hear the address headdress by Mr, Mr, H MRS. PRICE PRICE MAKES A How great a boon the Rotary Swimming Pool is proving to the children of the city has been shown this week, during these hot. afternoons. Yesterday after- noon, for instance, mated that there were well over a thousand children at the pool, and the scene when The Times called there about three o'clock in the afternoon was an inter- esting and delightful one. The pool was crowded with children, and their shouts of enjoyment created a regular babel of sound. From the smallest of tots to children in their éarly teens, the young folks of Oshawa were enjoying to the full the coolness of the water, and the members Swimming Pool Proves To Be Boon For Thousands it was esti- [© of the Rotary Club who were present to watch the proceedings were delighted with the evident enjoyment which the children were finding in using the pool Outside of the pool, and around the playgrounds, were hundreds of children, mostly in bathing suits, were taking advantage of the equipment and playground facilities, It was a colorful and impressiye scene, and one which showed to the fullest extent the manner in which the Rotary Club has provided for the recreation of the children of the commun- ity, in conjunction with those re- sponsible for providing super- vision of the playground there. Start in Oshawa Starting tomorrow, The Times will present to its readers a valuable series. of articles, en- titled "How to Swim" and writ- ten by Martha Norelius Wright, one of the world's outstanding swimmers, and winner of the women's marathon swim at the 1929 Canadian National Exhibi- tion, In addition to being the winner of that swim, Mrs. Wright, who is the wife of Joe Wright, jr., winner of the Diamond Sculls in 1928, was winner af the 440 yards race at the Olym- pic Games in 1924 and 1928, and has a remarkable record for championship swimming. In view of the opening of the Articles by Famous Swimmer Will Times Tomorrow Rotary Swimming Pool, these articles will be of very timely interest to the people of Osh- awa, and they will also be found valuable by those who can now swim, but who wish to improve their stroke and style. They not only give instructions to begin- ners, but offer progressive ad- vice on the varipus types of swimming strokes. These articles have been secured by The Times in the belief that they will be read with much interest and profit, and readers are asked to watch for the first of them in tomorrow night's issue of The Times. rt ad imply A persistent story has been going the rounds of the city during the last day or so to the effect that a gang of boys had practised an atro- cious form of torture on. another and smaller boy, branding him with a hot iron on his arm, the brand being in the form of the word "MIKE". This story seemed to gather still more lurid details as it travelled, the shrieks of the help- less victim having been heard for a long distance according to some of those who pretended to have a full knowledge of all the facts gath- ered from a reliable source. An investigation into these ru- mors, while not proving them to be actually false in every particular, Slaps them as very much exagger- ated. From the true fa€ts of the case it appears that on a recent atter- noon' a young boy of six years of age, "Freddy" or "Teddy" Murray, was subjected to more. or less sev- ere "scratches. with some sharp instrument, possibly a small pen- knife, made by two other older boys while. the three were at play in Ro- tary Park. he wound or wounds, were ex- amined by Dr. A, E. McKibbon, who describes them as "nothing serious", and "having no resemblance to burns," adding "they were appar- ently made by some sharp instru- Story That Boy Branded Proves an Exaggeration ment, possibly a small knife. They resemble an attempt at crude letter- ing, all being about the same height and covering an area of from two and a half to three inches long. These scratches, made by some oth- er person, might well have given the victim the sensation that he was being burned." There will be no ill-effects, and probably no perman- ent scar, according to Dr, McKib- bon's opinion, The incident has become a mat- ter for the investigation of the Juvenile Court, and to the Judge of this. court, Capt. (Rev.) S. C Jar- rett, the story told by the boy: him- self is to the effect that two older boys inflicted these injuries while the three lads were at play. - The boy evidently belicves he is speak- ing the truth when he states that he "was burned," and also believes that the injuries were done with lighted matches. Neither Dr. McKibbon or any of- ficer of the Juvenile Court will cons firm the report that the marks take the form of the word "MIKE", all of them stating that they could see no resemblance to this word in the scars, which are high up on the boy's arm, and may even have been made by twigs, or bark, when he was climbing a tree, this supposi- 3 tls "diighter for the past eight years, He was, during that time, & member of the Oshawa Curling Club and of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club. The late Mr. Do- melle was also a member of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived by ome son, John H., of Toronto, Secretary of the Canada Life In- surance Company; two daughters, Mrs. Emily Gitting of Oshawa and Mrs. H. E. Saunders of this city. His wife predeceased him sixteen Years ago. Rev. Canon dePencier will of- ficiate at the yiiaeral which will be held on Thursday afternoon from the residence of the de- ceased. Interment will be made at 5 Mount Royal Cemetery, Mont- GIRL HEADS LIST | a eo -------- out for the ultimate recovery of 434 is in. cident on she was severely inju ay evening last. ported from the he ing Street Mrs. H. H, Price, Gliddon Avenue, 1; | ospital following an ac. Evi. Servic Eom. 1928, 1929, : hie motorcycl es sd ) 1,292, "1464 respectively. The number killed while driving cars during the same years was 263, 3, ress) Toronto, IN EXAMINATION used or heard in Toronto police court ry Detective McMas- ter against Fred '[Lloyd Cook, were Rn, regently in Oshawa jauto accident. which took the life fot Bobbie Binns, fabrication of evidence yi} are tion finding favor with several peo- HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY WARMLY CONGRATULATED Prize-Winners Are Named in Special Competitions Sponsored by Society John F. Clark, lectuser in hor- ticulture for the Department of Agricutlure, Toronto, carried out the judging of gardens entered in the annual competitions held by the Oshawa Horticultural Society on Monday of this week, as the result of which the prize win- ners were announced by the Oshawa Society this morning. Mr. Clark, who was accomp- anied on his tour of the city by Thomas J. Wragg, warmly con- gratulates the local society on the gardens which he saw, having special commendation for the manner in which the grounds sur- rounding the Oshawa schools are cared for. Writing to the Secretary of the Oshawa Horticultural Society, Mrs. .E. J. Bowman, Mr, Clark suys, in part, as follows: Mr, Clark's Letter "I wish to congratulate the Oshawa Horticultural Society on the fine gardens that I saw on every hand throughout the city. 1st me assure you that the gar- dens surrounding the schools of Oshawa are as fine a8 J] have seen in the province of Ontario. This speake volumes for the work of the various persons caring for these gardens, Ontario has many {ipe school gardens and Oshawa stands out quite promin. ently in this line. "The undersigned appreciates the kind assistance of Mr. Thos. Wragg who conducted me (Continued on page 3) LEGION TO STUDY UNEMPLOYMENT Provincial Commands Ask- ed to Name Represent- atives on Special Com- mittee Ottawa July 29, -- Notice has been served that, at the forth- caqming Dominion Convention of the Canadian Legion to be held at Niagara Falls, Ont, Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, special attention will be given to the study of the subject oi employment, not only as it af- fects war veterans, but also in the broader general semse. Do- rilnion headquarters has asked all Provincial Commands to ap- point representatives to a special unemployment committee which will study the problem and will bring in reports to thc conven- tion. In asking each Province to rame a member of this commit- tee, the Dominion Command asks that "members of the special un- employment committee should be well versed in that subject, and in particular should be in a posi- tion to speak authoritatively on any scheme to alleviate unem- ployment which has been success- fully tried out in the Province ple who have examined the lad, Sanus Teel RU WH Lv LUC WU on So my advice to a youngste a quick-moving brain is: 'Don' dazzled with the ides thats ssengers in Car Which Figured in Tragedy Ap- Geared Before Toronto (By Canadian July 29.--~ A charge udicial circles, was laid today in M. Rogers and the young men who t., and are at present held on eavy bail in connection with the The pair are now charged with _-a, The number of gels killed in while riding and 1,- and 316 ces | va concerned." There is a possibility that this who feels she has got ifeas anicommittee may be appointed in advance of the opening of the waste yourself on a routine jolconyention so that it can begin simply because your parents ariits deliberations early, in order to give the convention ample time to discuss its report, ACCIDENT STORIES ARE CONFLICTING Eye-Witnesses State Mrs. Price. Was Trying to Cross Street at Corner With Green Light i Conflicting reports of the man- ner in which Mrs. H, Price was injured in an automobile accident at the corner of King and Simcoe Streets, on" Saturday night, are being given by eye-witnesses who claim to have seen the aceld- nts, This morning, The Times was informed by relatives of Mrs. Price that it was not correct that she had stepped out from between two parked cars near the corner, and that they had the statements of eye-witnesses in corroboration of this. The reports they have received are to the effect that Mrs. Price was standing at Bassett's corner waiting for an opportunity to cross the intersection to the Can- adian Bank of Commerce corner. the stop light changed trom green, she stepped off the wal right on the corner, and was struck there by the car driv- Jahn AW VOTE TOMORROW PUBLIC OPINION PINION SEEMS SOLIDLY IN FAVOR OF PASSING THREE BYLAWS CHIEF FRIEND WAS SPEAKER AT KIWANIS CLUB Chief Gave Interesting Ad- dress on Operations of His Department of Civic Service Chief of Police O, D. Feiend de. livered a straight from the shoul- der address yesterday to the members of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club in 'which he described the work in which his department were engaged to the best interests of law and order. The speaker was introduced by Kiwanian N. Edgar, while the vote of thanks was moved by Kiwanian A. E. Mc- Gilvray. Chief Friend prefaced his re- marks by giving a short history of the development of the police system, which had its beginnings in early Rome and in the British Empire with the Bowstreet Run- ners, in England who were reput- ed to be more rascally than those whom they sought. The founder of the present police system was Sir Robert Peel, who organized the metropolitan police service in London, on which practically al! forces are now modelled. In speaking of the require- ments necessary in a police officer, Chief Friend said that he must have the courage of Daniel, the wisdom of Solomon and the pati- ence of Job as well as more com- mon sense than the usual man. It was pointed out that the officers do not try to please everyone as it would be impossible to meet with the approval of all classes of people, yet they carry out their duty as they see it, It is seldom realized the risk run by an officer in the course of his duties. At any time he may be the target for a (Continued on page 3) NOTED CANADIAN PASSES IN QUEBEC Right Hon. C. J. Doherty Served for Many Years in Federal Cabinet Westmount, Que., July 29.-- An outstanding career in Cana- dian legal and political life was closed last evening with the death of Right Hon. C. J. Doh- erty, Minister of Justice for Can- ada during the war years and until 1921, when he retired from public life. Mr. Doherty was stricken with pneumonia on June 3, the illness taking a criti- cal turn some two weeks ago. Over the week-end his condition became even more serious, and death resulted at 6.45 p.m. yes- terday, at his home, 9 Gorden Street, Westmount, As Minister of Justice, Mr. Doherty had much to do with the vexatious problems of con- scription during the later war years. At one time it appeared that there was to be a sharp clash between the civil courts in the matter of the application of the habeas corpus case when applied to conscripts, but Mr. Doherty took a firm stand in the matter, ordering adhesion to the conscription law until the judg- ment of the Supreme Court of Canada could be obtained in a test case. Mrs, Doherty, formerly Cather- ine Lucy Barnard, daughter of Edmund Barnard of Montreal; She son and four daughters sur- vive. ov WEATHER Forecast: = Lower Lake Region and Georgian Bay--- Fresh southwest to north. west winds, local thunder squalls and hecoming cooler. Thursday----Mostly fair and cooler, dragged several yards along the street by the car before it stopped. , .In view of this report from rela. tives, the editorial paragraph in last night's issue of The Times, referring to the danger of pedes- trians crossing the street against the red light would not apply to this accident, as. witnesses de- clare that the light was showing green, and that Mr. Campbell's car made a right turn off Simcoe Street 'on to King Street East when the accident occurred, The Times regrets any reflection that She was may have been cast on sod "rice by the paragraph in ques: a -- Ontario -Shore Gas Com. pany Seeking to Pur. chase Gas System and Secure Franchise and Fixed Assessment PUBLIC MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT Frank L. Mason of Oshawa, and Ben E. Tate Were Speakers at Meeting -- Voting Will Take Place Tomorrow (By Staff Reporter) Bellevile, July 29.--Tomorrow the ratepayers and electors of Belleville go to the polls to vote on three bylaws, one to sell the gas plant and distribution system to the Ontario Shore Gas Com- pany and the others to grant a franchise and fixed assessment to the company. While keen inter: est has been aroused by the came paign concerning the bylaws, practically nothing in the way of cpposition has developed and the public opinion throughout the community seems to be almost unanimously in favor of the by- laws. This situation exists large ly on account of the unanimous approval given to the bylaws by the mayor and members of the city council, and on account of tte general knowlédge that the gas plant has year after year been piling up deficits, until today fit has a bank overdraft of $68,000 and that money is being raised in the tax rate to meet the current deficits on the plant. The plant itself is in excellent condition, new equipment having been in= stalled only a few years ago, buf * the council js in much the same position as was the Oshawa pub= lic utilities commission, in that money is not available to make the necessary extensions 'in the distribution system to give a pro= fitable amount of gas consump= tion. These facts have been made known to the public in the last two weeks at a series of meets ings and through the press, a the. result is that. the gen J cpinion seems to be that the laws will all be carried by Band: some majorities. Last night, the final meeting of the campaign was held in the of the gas committee of the city. council, in the chair. The meets ing was featured by the presence of Ben E. Tate, vice-president of the Utilities Power and Light Corporation, who sketched a pic. ture of the plans of the company for the establishment of a gas distribution system covering the whole of Central Ontario and ex- pressed the faith of his com 4 in the future development of th district. Mr. Tate also answers ed a number of questions from ratepayers in the audience and made an excellent impression. Frank L. Mason, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Come merce, and M. Mcintyre Hood, editor of the Oshawa Dally Times, adso addressed the meeting, give ing their opinions as to the Salus of building up a large gas distrl/ bution system, and telling of tX splendid manner in which company has "ved up to its agre ment with the city of Oshawa. Other speakers at the meetin were Mayor . George Reid, of (Continued on page 3) : COL. E. C. HODGIN CANNOT ATTEN Command of Ontario Regie ment Camp To Be As+ Smith Definite word has now been fe- ceived in the city that Lt.-Colo E. C. Hodgins, who comman the Ontario Regiment, will be unable to attend the th camp of this unit held Uxbridge from August 1 to 8. Under these ci command of the regi assumed by Major R. ; Smit who has been most actl administration of the . batiation since the removal of Col, Hod to Kingston where he now sides, Major! n present confined | Columbus through an indi tion, but hopes to be sutticle recovered to go under canvas. D1 Fly regiment will march -- TOE LT Ra 160 strong, council chamber of the city hall; « with Ald. George Tice, chairman ~ sumed by Major R. B. 'the wi ie majority of both o : ! le in 3 enti having EE i i