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- A Growing Newspaper in-a Growing City The Osh ana Bail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer 1 Times | Fair Today and Thursday. Not Much Change in Temperature. | VOL, 9--NO. 93 Published at Oshawa, Canada, Every OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES SITE FOR SEWAGE PLANT QUESTIONED Pedlar People, Limited, Finds Business Encouraging EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED THIS YEAR AT LOCAL PLANT Company Finds That In- 'crease of Twenty-Five Per Cent. in Advertising Brings Excellent Results FACTORY RUNNING ALMOST AT NORMAL Frank L. Mason, Secretary- Ho reasurer of Company, is # imistic as to Future Activities of Business The plant of Ths Peilar Pele Limited, is another of Ushawa s mn- dystrial org uzations winch, spite of the general depression has continued a large measure of activ- ity during the presen: year with the number of e.aplorecs actually at work being manta: at a compar- atively high level, Frank L. Mason, Secret'arv-Trea- surer of this company, commenting on ge - conditions ' *' : factory to The Limes, stated to-day "I think it is nearly time that a strong- er feeling of optimism is shown by our industries. A great deal of this depression, in my opinion, exists only because of pessimisin, "As far as The Pedlar People sre concerned we have not had a bad year at all when the busizess tran- sacted is judged from the standords maintained Dy other indust:ies dur- ing the same period. We have been going along quietly and we have done nothing very startling it is true, but on the other hand business by no means sunk to a greatly he the beginning. of.th ? inning of.the year we felt that if our maintained some special effort must be made and as a result we increas- ed our advertising budget by a twenty-five per cent. We have spent. more this year in advertising than for many years in the past, and this policy has been fuily. justi- fied by the result. We have been enabled to maintain our plant on practically a normal basis through- out the year, when other plants were, according to reports, almost idle, and we have been able to re- tain the great majority of our em- Ploysss in regular employment. hile we do not want a big crowd of men coming down here as applicants for employment, we have nothing to offer them, but we are very optimistic and have no doubts as to the. immediate future", said Mr. Mason who intimated that in the near future still further plans were to be considered in connection with an even greater activity for advertising the Product of the plant, the option of this policy having Been fully justified by the experi~ ence of the last twelve months, TWO RAILWAYS TO "' CO-OPERATE IN BUSINESS EFFORT faint John, N.B., Oct. 21.--A co-operative agreement under Which the Canadian National Railways will assist the Canadian Toct1e Rallways au steamships promotion of passenger and freight traffic was B ii today at C.P.R. headquarters here. The announcement says the two railways will "co-operate in the solicitation of freight, passen- ger and express traffic for Can. adian Pacific ships to and from Canadian Atlantic ports, in other words, the two railway com- panies have agreed to work to- gether to promote rail and steam- ship business originating across the Atlantic or that which goes through or from Canada to Euro- pean ports." "I must sing to keep healthy" -- Mme. Schumann-Heink. fa roy activity was to be | § LECTURE GIVEN ON LIFE OF GREAT RUSSIAN NOVELIST Prof. E. K. Brown Con- ducted Third of University Extension Classes For comparison, Professor E. K. Brown in his lecture before the Un~ iversity Extension class last evening varied his choice of writers from great English novelists, to whom four evenings of the series are be- ing devoted, to that of the greatest Russian writer of the nineteenth century, Tolstoi. Once more Professor Brown held the undivided attention of his lis- teners and while the time was all too short, for the handling of so tremendous a subject, the glimpse into the life and work of this re- markable man will long be remem- bered. _ Briefly, the speaker outlined the life of Tolstoi. Born of the aristo- cratic class, this genius was edu- cated as such, enjoying the privilege of wealth and leisure, until at the age of forty, becoming disgusted with the social, political and ethical theories of the upper class of Rus- sia, he retired to his estate to spend the remaining years of his long life as a recluse, Tolstoi way, Professor Brown said, a great novelist, but he was algo a prophet and an ascetic. These characteristics gave to his wi an and intensity "séldom ound. He also achieved success as a poet, dramatist and literary critic. A Tremendous Work , Professor Brown spoke also only of one of the greatest novels of this author, "War and Peace", a tremendous work of over sixteen hundred pages, introducing over two hundred characters. It was likened to a huge panorama of the country and national life of Russia. Probal y two distinctive points de- veloped in the leading characters and emphasized by the speaker were the consciousness of the fu- tility of war, and in contrast the pod f Chri \f eals of Christian socialism pre- dominate in this and many other works of Tolstofr Hardy's "The Return of the Na- tive" is the subjetc for next week's lecture by Professor Brown. KING 51. SCHOOL ENTERED BY THIEF School Broken Into on Mon. day Night and Pupils' Articles Stolen It has been reported to the police that King Street Public School was broken into some- time during Monday night by Some person or persons as yet unknown and a number of ar- ticles of little intrinsic value and only useful to the - pupils were taken, THe police have the occur- Jasco in hand and are investigat- ng. The entrance was discovered by the caretaker of the school, when he arrived on Tuesday morning. An investigation show- ed that a fountain pen, a pencil sharpener and ten cents in money had been removed. ---------------- immensit, "Things are not p roved merely by wishing' them." nce Darrow, Baldwin Makes Appeal to Liberals on London, Oct. 21.--Right Hon, Se ldwin, Conservative Lord President of the Council in the National Government, last night urged his "Liberal friends" to give ased consideration to 0 his. ation of a tariff mandate for | ; , which would re- move the tariff issue from the realm of politics and place it in the hands of a non-political' Com- mission, Mr. Baldwin's remark was said bid been Prompied bY the Son, 58 arms between t Hon, Philip Snowden, Labor Chancel: tional, Government, and. Right or vernment, an Hon. Neville Chamberlain, Con- Tariff Issue that the mext Parliament would have no right to impose a general tariff without first appealing to the country. . ey King to Return orvy will return on from Sandringham, where ng been: Boliduying, jo be lt [ A hate ear the election results promptly after the polls close on Tuesday evening. Prime Minister Ramsay Donald and his daughter Ishbel King Monday "hag Bassetlaw Division in Not- od flew to tinghamshire to begin a three- day speaking tour on behalf of Malcolm Mac! , who held jhe for of simplicity and peace. OSHAWA DRIVER 1S INVOLVED IN * AUTO ACCIDENT Walter Starr Charged With Reckless Driving--Three Women Injured in Crash ny, (By Bowmanville Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Oct. 21 -- Walter Starr, 97 Warren Avenue, Oshawa, was remanded by Magistrate Camp- bell, in Bowmanville . police court yesterday on a charge of reckless driving in connection with an acci- dent on the provincial highway one mile west of Bowmanvlle, in which three women were more or less sev" erely injured. Starr was allowed his freedom on bail, and will appear in court on Friday of this week to an- swer to the charge. The three women who were injur- ed in the collision of a car driven by one of them and the car driven by Starr, are Mrs. Evelyn Schwerd- feger, of Ottawa, two broken ribs; Miss Marjorie "Annis, Dunbarton, severe arm cuts, and Mrs, Alva Renaud, Ottawa, two broken ribs and head injuries. The three wo- men were given medical attention by Dr. Slemon, of Bowmanville, and were then driven to Dunbarton, which was their destination. According to the police investiga- tion, the accident occurred at Maple Grove sideroad junction with the rovincial highway, Starr, it is al- eged, was driving off the sideroad on to the highway when the two cars crashed. The car driven by Mrs. Schwerfeger was badly dam- aged in the collision, and the wo- men injured both by flying glass and by the impact of the two cars. Starr was not injured. 70 MEET AGAIN IN KING STREET UNITED CHURCH Meeting Next Wednesday to Take the Form of an Open Forum The proposal that another meet- ing be held of the citizens for the iscussion of the unemployed situa- ation and possibfe remedies, arising out of the meeting held a week ago in the King Street United Church, has borne fruit, and another meet- ing, although of a somewhat differ~ ent character, will be held in: the same church on Wednesday evenin| of next week. The offical boar of the church, at its regular month- ly meeting, unanimously passed a resolution granting the use of the church for this purpose on that date, The meeting, however, will take the form of an open forum, at which an outstanding speaker will lead the discussion in a brief address, and the subject 'will then be thrown op- en for general discussion, in which all present will have an opportunity of taking part. All speaches, of necessity, will be held down te a few minutes. Keen interest was shown in the meeting held last week, and Rev. C, E. Cragg, who has taken the initiative in this mat- ter, is confident that there will be just as great an interest shown in the open forum gathering. CANADA RETAINS TRADE POSITION Dominion Continues to Rank as Warld's Fifth Trading Nation : Ottawa, Oct. 21.--Canada con- tinued to hold her position as the fitth trading nation of the world in 1930, according to the annual report of the Department of Trade and Commerce. In per capita trade amoung the world trading nations the Dominion had risen from seventh 'position in 1913 to fourth position in 1930, while gradually moving down the scalé in per capita volume of importations. . In production and exportation of many staple products Canada ranks high among the principal nations, says the report. In the production of 'printing paper, nickel and asbestos, the Dominion led all others. is the world's second largest gold pro- ducing country, and in output of wheat and sinc holds third plsce. As far as exports are concern- 'ed the Dominion leads the world in wheat, newspzint, nickel and asbestos, is second in the export of automobiles and" wheat flour, While ranking high in wood pulp, , fish, copper and r fl w J £0 The official board of the King Street United Church, at a meeting the other night, accepted the chal- lenge of the Ontario marketing board, to the effect that organiza- tions interested in relief work should buy potatoes and store them for the winter. The board unani- mously decided to buy 100 bags of potatoes for this purpose, and, learning of a farmer near Nestleton who wanted to sell potatoes in the field, Rev, C. E. Cragg, on Sunday, made an appeal to his Bible Class to provide a digging squad. On Monday, as a result, a party of men, King Street Church Buys 100 Sacks of Potatoes to Provide for Winter Relief with trucks, digging forks and sacks, went to Nestleton, dug up 100 bags of potatoes, for which they paid at the rate of twenty cents a bag and brought them to the city. They have been stored by the King Street Church, and will be avail- able for distribution to families in the congregation which are in dis- tress during the coming winter, Mr. Cragg was well pleased, not only with the action of the official board in authorizing this purchase, but al- so with the spirit shown by his Bible Class members in providing the potato digging party. London, Ont., Oct. 21.--Brand- ing the Parliamentary Beauhar- nois investigation incomplete and abortive, Rt. Hon, Macken- zie King, Liberal Leader, last night reiterated his demand for a judicial inquiry into all party campaign funds for the last three general elections. The probe should begin at once, he suggested, and a report presented to parliament as soon as it opens. The path then would be open to adopt legislation which would preclude further heavy campaign fund contribu- tions from corporations. Throwing out a challenge to Premier R. B. Bennelt to dis- close what personal contribu- tions he made to the Conservative party chest and to reveal what corporations had donated money to the Government party, the Liberal leader said he would welcome a full investigation of the actions of the Opposition. The former prime minister threw out a strong hint to his followers--: = was speaking be- fore the Ontario Liberal Associ- ation----that he might foresake the leadership unless a change was made in the party organiza- tion, No Central Qrganization The Liberal 'party possessed practically no central organiza- tion office, he sald. It could not indulge in publicity because it lacked the necessary funds, A handful of stalwarts had been carrying the financial load of the party for years. "It is only fair to the party," declared Mr. King, 'for me to say that my physical endurance is not what it was as a younger man. If I had to contemplate a Mackenzie King Demands Wide Beauharnois Probe; Sifton Attacks Leader further period of leadership un- der conditions of lack of organi- zation and education in the party's work such as that of which I have been speaking, 1 question if I should be equal to the strain or be able to do what is expected of me by the party in the advocacy of its cause." But this very probably would be. found unnecessary, Mr. King hastened to add. He was con- vinced the rank and file of the Liberal party would rally to its cause, create a national organiza- tion worthy of the name--and one that would result in a re- turn to power, Sifton Strikes Blow London, Onf., Oct, 20.--~While Right Honorable W. L, Mackenzie King, former premier of Canada, concluded a carefully worded de- fence of his political career be- fore Ontario Liberals last night in an effort to vindicate and sup- port his former administration in its relation to the Beauharnols power development, Harry Sifton, prominent Liberal, turned upon his party's leader and in a state- ment released simultaneously with Mr. King's concluding words, demanded a purging of the 'Liberal party. Refused permission to speak from the same platform with Mr. King on the same question vital to the party, Mr, Sifton, in a written statement, charged that the government 'of Mr. King had betrayed the public interests, abdicated the position taken by Honorable Ernest Lapointe," former minister in the King cabinet, and "brought about the present nation-wide disillusion- ment under which the party is suffering." NON-PARTISAN COMMISSION ON RELIEF IS URGED Liberal Convention Also Demands Royal Com- mission to Probe Hydro London, Ont. Oct. 21, -- Ap- pointment of a non-partisan commission to take over unem- ployment relief measures in Northern Ontario was urged in a resolution passed by the an- nual meeting of the Ontario Lib- eral Association here today. It was moved by KE. A. Lapierre, former member of parliament for ' Nipissing, A Royal Commission to probe the administration of the On- tario Hydro Commission was de- manded from the provincial gov- ernment in another resolution. "The farms of this province are in desperation," declared Dr. L. J. Simpson, Provincial mem- ber for Simcoe South, in moving a resolution deploring the ab- sence of concrete agricultura policies from the Ottawa and To- ronto governments. RECORD FLIGHT TO THREE CAPITALS ". Mexico City, Oct. 21.--Twelve hours and 24 minutes out of Ot- tawa, Ont,, Major James H. Doo- little brought his biplane down on lofty Valbuena Field at 3.16 | p.m, mountain standard time, y completing a' three- capital flight which he described as "uninteresting." "The biggest thrill I got out a of this flight was SE ia. bW. 4 = e Brainy wn THEATRES NAMED IN COMBINE CASE Paramount Oshawa Thea- tres, Ltd, Included in Conspiracy Indictment ---- Toronto, Oct. 21.--The Grand Jury at the Fall Assizes yester- day returned a true bill on fin- dictments charging conspiracy and the formation of a combine against most of the leading firms and figures id the Cana- dian moving-picture industry, Although a long list of prom- inent moving-picture concerns and men outstanding in the in- dustry in the United States are named in the indictment, the charges are not directed at them. They are named only as parties with whom the indicted Canadian producers and distributors con- spired to lessen gqompetition in films, Oshawa Theatre Named In a long' list of Theatres named in the indictment as being charged with conspiracy appears the name of the Paramount Osh- awa Theatres, Limited. 4 ANOTHER BARN IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Galt, Oct. 21.--While police centred their investigations on a barn fire on the farm of Thomas Surerus, Greensville, last night, the barn of John Berta, on the sixth concession of Beverly, about ten miles southwest 'of Greensville, went up in smoke. The origin of the fire is un- known. Flames destroyed all the season's crop and 300 chickens trapped in the barn. The loss was partly covered by insurance. This was the tenth barn fire in i UTILITIES BODY CONFIDENT PLANT WILL BE ERECTED Action of City Council Places Commission in Un- : comfortable Position The action of the city council in failing to adopt its own recommen- dations, formulated in committee of the whole in connection with the construction of a new filtration plant by the public utilities com- mission, has placed that commission in a rather uncomfortable position, according to information obtained by The Times from those who are in close touch with the situation. On Friday evening of last week, following the conference between the members of the commission and the members of the council, the commissioners did not leave the city buildings while the subject was be- ing debated by council, and when a decision was finally reached, a de- cision which at that time was cou- sidered as absolutely definite and final, the commission was informed, verbally but more or less officially, that its $85,000 program had been approved. As the result of this the engineer employed by the commission, F. A. Dallyn, of Toronto, was instructed to rush his final plans and specifica- tions so that they can be formally approved by the Commission aud actual work commenced as soon as possible. Notwithstanding the fact that city council, at its regular meeting on Monday, failed to ratify its action of the previous Friday, the mem bers of the utilities commission fcel that the filtration plant proposal wil! eventually materialize after the de- putation from council has interview- ed officials of the provincial board of health and the commission is continuing its preparations accord- ingly. UNIQUE DONATION 0 WELFARE FUND J. Collis and Sons To Hand Over Five Per Cent of Sale Receipts A unique idea is being put into effect in Oshawa during the next three days by the firm of 1. Collis & Sons, who are staging a most at- tractive "Unemployment Sale" and contributing five per cent of the gross receipts to the funds of the Associated Welfare Societies, Commenting on this idea to The Times this morning Mr. Collis ex- plained that arrangements have been made with the Associated Welfare Societies for their repre- sentative to be present in the store and check up, with members of the firm, the gross takings for each of the three days, five per cent. of this amount being handed over to the welfare organization at the expira- tion of each day. "It would be a fairly easy thing for us to say that we would con- tribute five per cent, of the gross profits, or five per cent of our net profits, or something of that sort," said Mr, Collis, "but in this case we want to make a contribution that will be 'as substantial as pos- sible and have decided to make it five per cent of the .gross takings, or five cents out of every dollar that we take in at both our stores dur- ing the next three days." The same arrangements have been made for both the stores of I. Col- lis & Sons, the sale being staged at the store on King Street West and also at 500 and 502 Simcpe Street South, so that customers who make purchases at either of these stores will also be making a contribution towards the funds of the Associated Welfare Societies. $ WENTWORTH FRE SUSPECT IS HEL Young Farm Hand Arrest- Is Burned Down Hamilton, Oct. 21. ~ Increas- fug his toll to nine buildings, Wentworth County's pyromaniac Thomas Surerus, of Greensville, aad the $8,000 structure was burned to the ground. Developments swiftly follow- ed the conflagration. James McConnell, 26-year-old farm-hand engaged' by Johnston Tew, who lives directly opposite Sererus and who lost his barn with all its contents last night, was taken from the crowd of 3,- 000 spectators by provincial and county police and was held on a vagrancy charge. The officers alloge he told conflicting stories. past ten days in the-district. . Earlier in the day David Blain, (Continued ou page. 3), set fire last night to the barn of; ' \ COL. B. J. M'CORMACK SUGGESTS CONFERENCE TO SELECT LOCATION ° REV. T. WALLACE KIWANIS SPEAKER Members Are Urged to Build Lives on Founda- tion of Love and Service Rev. Thomas Wallace, of New- tonville, chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery of the United Church, who wag the speaker at the lunch- eon of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club yesterday, exhorted the members to build their lives upon the solid foundation afforded by the lan- guage of love and service to others. Rev. Wallace in his remarks, referred to the sometimes per- plexing meaning of what we say. In many cases, he asserted it is not what we say but how we say it that renders the meaning ob- scure. But he stated there was one language that was univer- sally understood and that is the language of love. While service to others is the manner in which we pay for the space we occupy in the world we live in. There were also many perplexing phenomena in the intellectual field as well as in the physical field, sta- ted the speaker who said that it was hard to realize that there were hundreds of miles of blood veins in the human body, while estimating that the heart pumped four ounces of blood with every beat and this took place 72"times a minute, there are 18 pounds of blood pass through the heart per minute. This and many other things in life were hard to understand, service and love ex tended to others was a medium un- iversally understood. The speaker was introduced to the members by Kiwanian Kay, while the vote of thanks was moved by Kiwanlan Graves and expressed to Rev, Wallace by the president, W. J. Trick. STILL ON HIGHWAY No. Apparent Reduction in Number Applying for Shelter The commencement of work on the Trans-Canada Highway seems to h#ve had no effect upon the number of transients travelling on the highways of the province. It was expected that the work offer. ed in the north would take most of the men who were journeying from place to place in search of work, but as far as the police de- partment of the city is concerned there seems to be no reduction in the number of men applying for a night's lodging. During the summer months the namber of transients applying for accommodation was almost nil, but with the coming of colder weather the nightly total has jumped perceptibly and one night recently there were twenty men taken care of in the cells at the police station. A glance at the rec- ords kept of these men leads one to believe that these men are just travelling from one Jlace to an- other and with no definite destin. ation in view. . 150 DROWNED BY FLOODS IN INDIA (By Press) Calcutta, Oct. 21.--At least 150 persons were drowned today and two thousand made home- less by floods which reached a depth of thirty feet in Viziana- gram area of India. About ninety percent of the cattle area were drowned and considerable dam- age done to the jute crop. WHEAT POOL HEAD DIES Regina, Sask, Oct. 21.--A UJ. MacPhail, president of the Sas- katchewan Wheat Pool died this morning in the Regina General ed as Another Large Barn | Hospital after au fiinese of three Claims Selection of Site Is Important for Future De- velopment of Harbor Area SURVEYS HAVE BEEN MADE NEAR HARBOR Industrial Commissioner . Says City Council, Utilis ties Commission, Cham- ber of Commerce and Others Should Discuss Question Col. B. J. McCormick, the city's Industrial Commissioner and Gov- ernment Wharfinger, discussing the question of the construction of a sewage disposal plant with The Times this morning, and hav- ing in view the remarks made dur- ing the debate on Monday even= ing by Ald. Kirby, expressed the opinion that 'the selection of a site for the disposal plant should be arrived at as the result of a conference between all civic bod= fes who are interested or are like- ly to be interested asthe city and harbour development materialize. "In selecting the site for the proposed plant I feel that the whole picture of this city's future development, as regards the loca- tion of industrial sites and the futre needs of the city when its harbour improvements have been completed, must be borne {in mind," said Col. McCormick. "No one body, or committee, in my opinion should be able to say of its own authority 'the site will be here, or there'. 'Those of us who are in touch with. future de- velopments can already picture the Oshawa of twenty years hence ag development plang are P ot ed and gradually materialize, and for all we know the city now pro- poses to put a sewage disposal plant in the centre of the picture, . Should Be Conference "Every organization {in the city, City Council, Public Utili« ties Commission, Chamber of Commerce, and everybody inter< ested in the progress of this city should co-operate, and form one unit on the most important matter of a site for this proposed plant and then there will be less likeli- hood of a mistake being made and if a mistake is made each body must shoulder its share of criti cism," said the Industrial Come missioner. Site Surveyed While it is quite true that Ald, Kirby's question, asked of City Council on Monday night, "Have we decided on a definite location for this sewage disposal plant?" is a logical one, and there is no record of any formal approval given by Council to any one site, Gore, Nasmith and Storrie, the Toronto engineers who have been at work on the proposal, made surveys and prepared plans from which the approximate costs of construction have been compiled, have been working on the assumpe tion that the location on which they have been working is the / site upon which the plant will be = erected. ¥ iQ The site for which the surveys = = have been made, and plans pared, is half a mile due sou re- of the existing plant, 300 feet due , north of the Harbour road and 600 feet due west of the city boundary line. Approximately 1,000 feet north-west of the bridge over the creek on the Har bour road. An Alternative An alternative site previously considered and still favored by some members of the City Couns cil is west of the inner Harbou! approximately 1000 feet from the shore line. This alternative site however presents several engi neering problems which wo add considerably to the expense constructing the inlet sewer owing to the levels of the ground over which it would have to pass. The site from which the en neers have made all their calcu tions is about 200 feet south west of the original site recom mended by the same engineers their report submitted in 1928. "There is only one thing in world that makes prosperity, a that is work.""--Henry Ford, RE. | Convention Told Sweezey i Wanted to be Candidate London, Oct. 21.--R. O. Swee- zoy, head of the Beauharnois Power Company, was considering last February running as a Liber. al candidate in an Eastern Ontar- fo riding, at the next general elec- tion, H, R, Parker, of Toron- to, told the Ontario Liberal Asso. ciation to-day, in ning how Mr. Sweezey came to donate $2,- 000 to the party funds. Mr. Parker, in explaining his actions to the associztion, said he was lunching one day last Febru- \ He ary with Mr. Sweezey, and was ex plaining to the Beauharnois dent the proviucial position of Y. "Mr, Sweezey," he ) "told me he was con standing as 3 Liyerat Se idate 3 ; an Eastern Ontario ri ° eral Slection, About Awa weeks afterward I received a cl une from him for $2.000, for arty's chest. And that ol ppened to be named in t Beauharnois re, 4