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A Growing - Newspap:r in a Growing City ; Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer RIO, y Tours x PROBS. Fair Today and Sunday; SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1932 1932 City Council Will be Inaugurated on Monday NEW COUNCIL TO TAKE OVER ITS DUTIES AND NAME ITS COMMITTEES Speculation Exists as to] Naming of Chairmen of Ye This Year of Council for SIX NEW MEMBERS * TO TAKE OFFICE Mayor Marks Will Deliver Valedictory, to be Fol- lowed by the Inaugural of Mayor-elect P. A. Macdonald. On Monday forenoon, at eleven o'clock, Mayor Erie Marks and the 1931 city council will formally va- eate office, and Mayor Macdonald and his colleagues elected to the 1932 council will take over their du- ties. The formal swearing-ifi of the 1932 city council will see one of the former aldermen step into the may- or's chair, eight of them return to their seats on the 1932 council, and six of them step aside to make way for others, through. retirement or defeat in the municipal elections. The eight aldermen who remain at their posts of duty are George T. Morris, Thomas Hawkes, William Boddy, Fred 0, Ry, Louis S. Hy- Cawker, John Gaunt and op ackson. By getirement, the council loses Robert Keel, Gilbert Puckett, J. H. R. Luke, f'homas Knox and J. B. Wat- erous, while S. H. Jackson met his Waterloo at the polls last Monday. In the places of those who have re- tired or have been promoted, T. B. Mitchell, G. Bunker, Clifford S. oy, Babe, Edwin Clarke and Albert "J. Crandell will be sworn in as new menibers. The swearing-in ceremony will be conducted by the city clerk, Fred Hare, and after Mayor Ernie Marks has. delivered his valedictory for 1931, he will welcome the 1 council, ps will step ts office Sadi 'will at once proceed with the $rangaction, of routine busines, i, eluding the important 0 "the standing Poin TA dor he vear 1931. Keen anticipa- ressed in the inau- Jobing «2 Mayor P. A. Mac- There is much speculation as to who will be the chairman of the four jmportant committees of the ¢ity council. Ald. Thomas Hawkes js mentioned as a likely chairman of the board of works, while Wil- fiam Boddy, and Ald. G, T. Morris are m.ationed as possibilities for "chairmanship of the finance com- mittee. Ald, Morris, however, may prefer to remain as chairman of the 2ity property and fire protection Stee, which he has been al. nx so capably. This would he chairmanship of the at rposes 'and purchasing commit- doy which Ald. Hyman, Ald. i, and Ald. Cawker are men- These, however, are mere- i tecuatons and may not be in H with the actual appointments on Moriday, as the members are kee ing their own counsel on the sul ject. On Monday evening, the board of gucation for 1932 wil also begin mito by slecting its be, Shairman appoint: S$. : i gt th Br Y Darovan. the Co Yi in accord- ance. with > usual custom, be gv. en a second. term as chairman, but {hese is a possibility that there may be some changes in the chairmane |. ships of the various standing com- mittees. Brookville, Citizens of Pres- cott, through the Chamber of Commerce, are to tender A. C. 5 KC C., Member 'of Par- Grenville riding, a | imentary. banquet on the evening of January 14th. WAREHOUSES AT SEAGRAVE BURNED Fire Destroys Livestock, Buildings and Their Contents (Mrs. L. Scott, Correspondent) Seagrave, Jan. 9--Fire destroyed the warehouse and adjoining hen house, the property of F. J. Woold- ridge, storekeeper at Sea Saray be- tween 12 and 2 a.m. ay. Five head of po Ry and thirty hogs which were housed in the basement were also destroyed be- Sites implements and flour and eed. The fire is of unknown origin. It gained such headway before it was discovered that it was impossible to save anything, The joss Lo estimat- ed between $2000.00 1.00, This is partly covéred = on. As Inspector Brockville.~--At the. request of the Minister of Education, T. A. 'Craig, veteran inspector of pub- lic schools in Grenville county, has withdrawn his resignation from that office, which he will continue to occupy until August 21st next... Mr. Craig contem- plated retirement from the in- spectorship at the commencement of the year. New Year's Dance Camden East.--The weather- man was not very kind to the of- ficers and members of the Cam- den 'East' Women's Institute for the progressive euchré and old time dance which was held in the parish hall on New Year's night. Throughout the day a heavy snow storm prevailed, but, despite this there was a large attendance, and all enjoyed the splendid hospital- ity. of the lustitute members. - Archbishop 1s 'Superintendent Kingston.--Dr. F.'J. O'Connor was elected Chairman of the Sep- arate School Board for 1933 at the inaugural meeting, Arch- to | bishop M. J, O'Brien was. invited to serve' as Superintendent of Schools and has accepted, MEET TO DISCUSS ROAD FINANCING Work in North Progressing Much More Quickly Than Expected Toronto, Jan. 9--Hon. George S. Hon: William Fintaysor sori , Wil minister of Jands and § a dg meet the Dominion Ain lh in Ottawa on Wednesday next to dis- cuss further fi of the Trans- Sapais highway ud other read. re. ects in eral thousand men are now e in ole... Ving oh yion told old the Capaditn Press Joday that owing to the un- usually weal cons on 'gangs - in "north had Jade u} unexpected areas with the work in Jhand. the rogram- would probably pied T before April 1, the be om or- | Fi Ontario. governments, Death Penalties Provided for Indian Nationalists Na pale 1 wil Bo at 101 YEARS OLD | 'REV. DR. W. T. McMULLBEN Patriarch of the United Church of Canada, who is today cele. bis 101st birthday at oodstock. KEEN INTEREST IN GRABOSKI BENEFIT Mike Bouckley Gives Re- port of One Encourag- ing Experience Keen interest is being taken in the plans which are beite per- fected for the raising of a bene- fit fund for Joe Graboski, Oshawa junfor hockey player who lost an eye in practice last Saturday. 'A large: attendance is expected at the meeting in the Hotel Genosba to-morrow ftorn oon to complete the plane, -but in the meantime many -citisens are making offers of contributions of various kinds to the fund. Mike Bouckley, who is taking & keen interest in it, had an in- teresting experience the other day. A man came into tore snd said that although he no ad ron he wanted to help, so. he rought. along a doll. which e hat made, to be sold for the. Tard {ke at once. organized a draw, and. when the: winning He et wes drawn, the wintier hatded the doll back to be drawn for all over again. is was repeated until Mike had sum of quite a few dollars laid aside to be added to the fund. This indicates the interest which is being taken in the ef- forts to raise as large a sum of money as possible to assist Grab- oskl in his difficulties. DAWES TO RESIGN FROM LONDON POST U.S. Ambassador to Britain Notifies Intention of Washington, Jan. 9--A pictures- que.statesian; of the: United States, rles: Gates Dawes, is to retire as Ambassador to ' Great Britain, - His resignation will take effect af- work" a States dele- Conferénce in "for -the technical The Sonfefence is no ST to ng of gen- take Jory long ssion pr) gettitny into its al problems after it opens on be before tog A d weather ne the open | work. tonight for a E rien 0 Meet Kingston. Ne Siection' of's Bishop to fill the Tacabcs. rig he' phy not | | John Stacey Replies to Statements Made on Water Being Shut Off John Stacey, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, this morning handed to The Times a reply to the statements made at Thursday night's Board of Health meeting with reference to water being turned off in cases of men on city relief work. In his re- ply Mr. Stacey sets forth the position of the commission in the matter, and the action which fit has taken in the past to prevent hardship. Mr. Stacey's letter is as follows: Mr. Stacey's Letter The Editor of the Oshawa Times. "Dear Sir: -- Replying to the remarks made at the Board of Heslth meeting and appearing ia your paper of yesterday, with reference to turning off water for non-payment. "As chairman of the P.U.C, and being iu close touch with the problem of collection of water rates, as complained of, I think an explanation at this time would be in order. "First your commission has epent time and given a great deg! of thought to the different methods of collecting the water accounts. It must be borne in mind that those accounts are not like taxes. They cannot be car- ried on as assets and the interest doubled up on them every few months. When they are not col- lected they are lost, and this com- pels those who pay their water rates to dip down in their pock- ets and pay for those who do not get thelr rates paid. "True the P.U.C. could be = bunch of good fellows in the minds of some people {f they would instruct their office em- ployes not to turn off the water from persons who say they can- vot pay. First let me point out that we have no funds set aside for the purpose of checking up on those who should pay or those who should not be compelled to ay. Provided Funds "I am gure the P.U.C, would be the last ones to cause a hardship on any deserving family, if it is in a position to know it is de- serving. In our endeavours to avoid this, we some time ago placed in the hand. of the Wel- fare Association $£00.00 for the purpose of paying the rates of those who are properly unable to pay. We got notice, T think at our last meeting, that these funds were all pald out. We thougnt the City or the Welfare, with their organized position and thinking that two-thirds of their re'ief comes from the twa gov- ornments, would see to it that water, one of the most necessary things of life, (outside of a House these cold nights) would be sup- (Continued on page 3) Sloan Sees Better Future for Automobile Industry New York, Jan. 9. -- The auto- mobile industry "will enjoy =a somewhat better year than 1931," iu the opinion of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., President of the General -Mo- tore C tion. Mr. Sloap, in a statement voiced his confidence in the growth of "he motor car business end his faith in the future on acccunt "of the fundamental soundness of the industry itself." "In the early development of the industry," said he, "there was a justifiable occasion for un- certainty because the ultimate position of the motor car as a contribution to progress had not been established -- we had no measure of our strength--of the dominating position we were to attain as an economic and social necessity. "That 1s all behind us. Wa know we have the first lien o the purchaser's budget; that th motor car is the last thing the in- dividual gives up in times of ad- versity--the first thing that {s purchased when circumstances are such that a new purchase can be made. . .. "This is in no sense a time for discouragement--in every. sense time for action. No greater op- portunities ever existed than to- day." MEN'S BANQUET AT HOLY TRINITY Crown-Attorney J. A. Me- Gibbon Gave Address 'on Work of His Office The banquet of the Men's Club of Holy Trinity Anglican Church held last night was attended by an almost one hundred per cent. attendance of the members, who listened With great interest to the address of J. A. McGibbon, Crown Attorney for Ontario County, who told his 'audience of his work among delinquents, A very S| fine musical program Was also presented: which was much en- oyed. Rev. 8. C. Jarrett intro- duced Mr, MqGibbon to the club members, while the chairman- ship of the gathering was cap- ably taken by Mr. Sydney Wells. * Mr, McGibbon in his. address, which was more of a heart to heart talk than an address, ex- plained the nature his work among delinquents as Crown At- torney. He showed how a kindly interest was taken in first offend- ers and how théy were set on the aon |" to being good citizens. Yh musical program was made of selections by the banjo twins. solos by Mr. Halewood. recitations were present- eq by wg 'Bellingham. At the conclusion 'of the banquet a vote of al REV. DR. WMULLEN IS 101 YEARS OLD Patriarch of United Church Ministry Is Well at Woodstock Woodstock, Jan. 9, -- Rev. Dr. W. T. McMullen, the Grand Old Man of Woodstock and of the United Church of Canada, is to- day celebrating his 101st birth- day, The celebration wil] be a very quiet one, only seven members of Dr. McMullen's immediate' family being present, and will be 'in marked contrast to the more elaborate observance of the aged clergyman's 100th birthday a year ago. Dr. McMullen, despite his great age, is in excellent health at present, although he lives very quietly at his old home, rarely appearing in public. He spends the greater part of his time reading and writing and takes a great interest in current events.. Rev. Dr. McMullen was born in the County of Monaghan, Ireland, on Jan. 9, 1831, of Scottish an- gcestry. The family came to Can- ada and settled near Fergus, where Dr. MeMullen went through the trials of pioneering for six years before studying for the church, It was in 1856 that he was ordained into the Presby- terian Church, and since then he has 'held only two charges. After spending some years at Millbank, he received a call from Knox Church in Woodstock in 1860. Appointed moderator of the Presbyterian Church {n 1888, Dr McMullen retired in 1906, on the completion of his jubilee. It is noted that sugar, tea, coffee imports are entered 100 cent, ee nanas and ra between 85 and 86 infu In ex however, only 54 per cent, Canada's wheat makes its Sa, Ports up. Mo pes pine of Canadas crude yo catered RR Sta thou, ~ 'The s Canada with 94 per cent. of its Ain and 90 per. hoy I srapefruit. GHORAL SOCIETY does nited State said ORGANIZATION TOMORROW NIGHT Meeting for or This Purpose | Will Be Held in Centre | Street School To-morrow evening, at a meect- ing to be held in the Centre Street School at 8.30 p.m., giops will be taken for the organizat on of the Oshawa Choral Society, As hes been previously announced, this society will have, as its musica) director, Dr. H. A, Fricker, of Toronto, Canada's outstanding choral leader, and this annouifce- ment has aroused keen interest in musical circles throughout the city, 1t 1s the aim of Dr, Fricker and those interested in the formation of the society that there should be an Oshawa civic chorus of at least 150 voices, and 'the co-oper- atfon of all who are interested in choral music is solicited for to- morrow night's meeting. Ross Mackinnon, who has been acting as chairman of the organizing committee, will preside over the meeting, at which full details of the plan of organization and oper. ation will be given, and the first officers elected. The committee in charge ex- tends a cordial invitation to all singers in the city, and all choir members in particular, to attend to-morrow night's meeting, so as to get the organization off to a good start, CHARLES N. STAGEY DIED YESTERDAY IN 67TH YEAR Neceased Was Brother of '>hn Stacey and Was Il Three Months The death occurred yesterday 'of Charles Newbury Stacey-of 120 Park Road South. Mr, Stacey was in his sixty-seventh year. He hud been {11 for the past three months when he underwent an operation from which he did not récover. The deceaséd i» one of a large family of sons and daughters of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Bta- cey of Courtice, originally of De- vonshire, England. Charles Stacey was born in Devonshire, England. For the past sixty years he had lived in Canada in this part of the Province of Ontario. At one time he operated a saw-mill at Burke's Falls, Ontario, and of late years he had heen a builder and contractor in this city. Bertha Hogarth of Solina was the first wife of the late Mr. Sta- 'coy, but his widow who survives him now was, before her mar riage, Ethel Cairns, of Brooklin, Newton Stacey of Oshawa and Leslie Stacey of Charlottetown, P.E.I, are sons of the geceased. Daughters who survive are: Mrs. P. D, Thompson, Oshawa; Mrs. John Gerry, Windsor: Mrs. Ceci! Durno, Oshawa and Myrtle; Mary and Mildred who live at home, Four brothers.of the late Mr. Stacey reside in Oshawa... They are: John, Harry, Willlam and: Walter, Samuel Stacey of Saskat- chewan is also a brother. The late Edgar Stacey at bne time of Cour tice, Ontarfo, and who died 'in Saskatchewan 8 year ago, was a brother of the late Charles Sts- coy. Sisters of the deceased 'are: Mrs. F. Braund;, Oshawa; Mrs, Emma Smith, Detroit + Mrs. Bea- trice Hastings, Toronto; the late Mrs. Henry Hogarth, and the late Mrs. Albert Tenant, Oshawa. The funeral will he held from the family residence, 120 Park Road South, on Monday, January the eleventh, Rev. E. Harston will officiate and' interment will be made at the Union ' Cemetery, Oshawa. ' BENNETT ASSERTS BUSINESS BETTER Points to Trade Develop. ment--Tourists Valu- sble--Buy at at Home 9--Possibilities 1 Slag, Ju SE during the Ai foster Ro. | re ett in a hurried to th Beard of Trade hers Yeteray just prior to his departure for Ottawa. emier Bennett said he was cer- at ravi able velopment tof Cansditn the spent by tourists. png the Dominion 're, ae t- "MONTREAL IDENTIFIED | 'AS LOCAL HOLDUP MAN | afternoon, and its recommendations 'during her military policy ed that much less in Canada's ob- ligation: Necessity of buy- LEGION PLANNING | PENSION CHANGES Meetings Being Held to Draft Its Legislative Program The legislative program of the Canadian Legion, especially regard- ing changes in the administration of the Pensions Act, is being con- | sidered at Legion headquarters at a | series of meetings starting today. { M. Mcintyre Hood, member of the | Dominion executive and chairman of the Ontario Provincial command pensions committee, has been called to Ottawa to take part in the draft- ing of the Legislative program, and lest money for Legion headquarters at Ottawa. A meeting of the On- tario + mmittee is being held this will- be passed on tothe Dominion legislative committee, The chief points which will be under consideration will be the wholesale appeals being made against favorable decisions of the pensions tribunal, from which sev- eral Oshawa veterans have suffer- ed. Most. of the cases favorably decided at the last tribunal here have been appealed by the board of pensions commissioners, which means months of delay before the final decisions will be made. The committee will also consider amend- ments making the provisions giv- ing the applicants the benefit of the doubt more binding upon the vari- ous pension boards, as the general opinion is that these provisions are being ignored. The Ontario com- mittee has for some time been as- sembling evidence to be used in the preparation of its legislative recom- mendations, "Dad, how can puns kick when they Have no legs?" asked Bertie. "Don't ask absurd questions!" said his father, "Guns haven't any legs, have they, dad?" "Certainly not!" "Well, then, what's the use of their having breeches?" BELIEVE CONVICT IS SURROUNDED Calvert in Woman's Garb, Is Likely to be Caught Soon rn ------ (By Canadian Press) Peterboro, Jan, 9 -- An escaped convict, dressed in woman's clothes, was believed today to be surround- ed by a posse about 2J4 miles out- side of this city. Police expected soon to arrest Gordon Calvert who escaped from Portsmouth Peniten- tiary five days ago. On reports that a masculine fig- ure in feminine garb had been seen at Tweed about 70 miles east, police and prison guards hurried to the district, and were able to establish identification. More than 50 men were in the search near Tweed ear- lv today and every motor car tra- veling the highway was halted and searched, ing Canadian products was empha- 8! "The new year presents the great- est bilities of any in our his tory, he said. "The forthcoming d' \rmament conference will go far to: determine whether the year will close with more favorable or un- favo! conditions than exist at present; whether vast sums will continue to be absorbed by heavy "Car With Licwnse Number of That Stolen by Bandit | Here Found in Posses- | sion of Man Caught in Montreal Holdup =~ HAD LOCAL MAN'S LICENSE IN POCKET | | Has Been Identified From | Photograph as Being | Joseph Smith Wanted in | Toronto on Burglary and Robbery Charges The lone bandit who oper« ated in this city on Wednes- day night was positively identified shortly after twelve o'clotk today as not only the | man who is being held by the | Montreal Police, but also as Joseph Smith, wanted in 47+ Toronto for armed robbery ! and burglary. " A telegram received from Montreal by the Chief of Po- lice stated that that man ar- rested last night for holding up a restaurant, and who was in,' possession of the automboile stolen from E. O. Webster on Wednesday night, was also be- ing held as Joseph 'Smith, wanted in Toronto. Chief of Police Friend, whe i had one of the usual circulars | issded by the Toronto. Polich | i Department when a search' instigated for some Smith, and bearing his. photo- | graph, to the citizens who | Wednesday with the result that | E. T. Johnston and W. C, | fied Smith as the bandit wh 4 had robbed them. tiva in .his' identifica a] "That's the man all right graph. '| am quite certain 'of that." i Local Police Notified Montreal arrest was rece! the Chief of Police here quill reported that a young man been arrested in Montreal, his name as Edwin Webster { Oshawa. The man was them re- Oriving his father's car. Mr. Webster, of this city, on Wednesday night is 'a sing men, however, and has no 9 ¥ of this circular describing Je ef were victimized and yobbed on kinson both . positively iden Mr. Johnston ie quite p said he when shown the os The first word regs ding. L early this morning when it lowing a hold-up and had 'sive ported to have stated that he was held up by the lone b while in any event, he is not old enough to havé a son able of driving automob! Mr. Webster stated to' lice that the bandit who ¢ such excitement here in ad to taking his car, is also in 'pt session of his driving leénse at car registration . so that's indications were very sf the man held in MontreaF a: mar who bald. up three Osha citizens on ednesday 'were 0 and the same. How the : far as 'Montreal was raystery to the Bosom armaments or released for the uses of industry and human progress." nighway traffic officer and (Continued on page 3 United States Protest Has no Effect on Japa Tokio, Jan. 9.--R tations by the United tates over the oc- cupatfon of Manchuria failed to have swerved Japan in her atti. | state tude jovars China. C! equal interest, Pre- mier are month-old cabinet tendered its resignation as the af- termath of the a glfempt ¢ to assassl- nate Emperor Hiroh! An official spokesman, toplying | 2 informally to ted States S: retary of State Henry L. Stimson's L] note invoking the nine-power tre- aty, the pact of Paris and the open-door policy, pled that United Sta ee al rights in Manchuria would not be harm- ed but sald Japan Saliuot change Ja Shuey ai. ut maintains the National ment has never exercised HH gai over Marshal Chang eh-Liang's regime. If this view be accepted, he added, ih admin- latrgtive Sleatity of China Las not been destroyed by-Ji military operations for ria virtually is an ind: pe! "We stand for peace, ord honest government in Mi fa," he continued, 'and every assurance that our is one of the open door and. eq 9 portunity, Our aim a Fac ro ote the open door in every Dl etiumenta i Not nf Japan's activities in ch have not fntringed ox Li i Na