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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City ~ | The Osh mua Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Times d= PROBS. Fair and Cold. Cloudy and Milder on | Sunday, VOL. 10--NO. 43 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1932 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES ELECTRIC REBATE ON PER CENT BASIS Great Britain Keeping Close Touch With Shanghai EMERGENCY COMMITTEE HEADED BY BALDWIN NAMED BY THE CABINET LZ War and Admiralty Offi. cers in London Show Great Activity, All Night Appearance Resembles War Conditions COMMITTEE HAS FULL POWER TO ACT Special Secret Instructions | Forwarded to British Minister in China for Protection of Interests London, Feb, 20.--Specific in- structions were sent today to Sir Miles Lampsou, British Minister to China, outlining the action he should take to protect British in- : terests at Shanghai. The instructions made public. They followed a night of activity in Whitehall during which the lights in For- eign office, Admiralty and War offices, were not extinguished. Emergency Committee Formed An emergency Cabinet ecom- mittee stood by throughout the night keeping constantly in touch with the latest devélopments at Shanghai. The Government last night formed the emergency cabinet committee with full powers to deal with any critical situation at Shanghai involving British in- terests, The committee will maintain contact with the developments at Shanghai and will be prepared to meet on one hour's notice. The members of the commit- tee cancelled other plans for the week-end. Open All Night For the first time since the World War it was arranged for the Admiralty and the War Of- fice to remain open all night un- til further notice, The members of the emergency committee are: Stanley Baldwin, Conservative party leader and Lord President of the council. Sir John Simon, Secretary. Lord Hailsham, Secretary for 'War. Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel' Hoare, of State for India. Neville Chamberlain, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer. J. H. Thomas, Dominions Sec- retary. Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac- Donald is an ex-officio member of the committee, The Prime Min- ister is now at Chequers, were not the Foreign Secretary COURT OF APPEAL WAS UNANIMOUS All Five Judges Agreed in Upholding Communists' Conviction ° Toronto, Feb. 20--For the first time in an English-speaking coun- try, a Court of Appeal yesterday passed on the legality of the Com- munist Party. By a unanimous de- cision of five Judges, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the convic- tion of eight Communists of being members of an unlawful association, namely the Communist Party of Canada, section of the Communist International, ' The conviction, upheld by yester- day's decision, was registered after a trial in the Fall Assizes before Mr, Justice Wright and a Jury. The convicted persons are: Tim Buck, Tom Ewen, John Boychuk, Amos T. Hill, Malcolm L. Bruce, Samuel Co- hen, Matthew Papovich (each sen- tenced to five years in the peniten- tiary) and Thomas Cacic (sentenced to two years). Are Taken Into Custody From this decision, it being unan- imous, there is no further appeal. The convicted Communists were taken into custody immediately up- on the reading of the judgment by Sir William Mulock, Chief Justice of Ontario. With Sir William on the bench were the other four judges who constituted the court, Mr. Justice Middleton, Mr, Justice Masten, Mr, Justice Orde and Mr, Justice Grant, While upholding the conviction of the accused on two charges of be- ing members of an ynlawful asso-. ciation and also acting as officers of an unlawful association, the court found that the third count of the indictment "fails for insufficiency" This count charged the prisoners with seditious conspiracy. "The ac, cused having been convicted under HEADS COMMITTEE RT. HON. 8. G. BALDWIN ITead of special Emergency Com. | mittee of the British Cabinet, which has been given full power to act on the Shanghai problem, DE VALERA HEADS IRISH PARTIES Won Fifty Seats in General Election--May Combine With Labor Dublin, Irish Free State, Feb, 20.~~Eammon de Valera's Flan- na Fail (Republican Party) and its Labor allies, needing only eight more votes to give them a majority in the Dail Eireann, early today held a lead of nine seats over the combined forces of President Willlam T. Cos- grave's Government and its Inde- pendent supporters, as counting of votes in Tuesday's election pro- ceeded. Tabulation of returns from 129 seats out of 145 showed the: fol- lowing standing: Flanna Fail Labor (Republican) Government Independents Returns showed the Govern- men forces had gained two seats and lost eighit. The Republicans, on the 'other hand, had gained eleven and lost one. Labor had gained two and lost four, as also the Independents. On the strength of results al- ready revealed tue Labor group was considering conditions under which it would support the Flan- na Fail it it should find itself holding the balance of power in the Dail. Willlam Norton, Chalr- man of the Labor Party, who was elected in Kildare, said the Re- publicans would have the support of Labor only on condition that it adopt Labor's plans for the relief -of unemployment, Some sources already saw signs of an "understanding" between the two major parties in a speech delivered by President Cosgrave in this city. The President said: "Whatever the final result, the {task hefore all parties is to en- deavor to promote the common welfare of their country." The President made similar remarks elswhere, notably in Cork, where he declared: "All parties should put forth their best endeavors for the common welfare of the coun- try." Other observers saw in the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress at Dublin and the Imperial Econ- omic Conference at Ottawa in July reasons to suppose the two parties would work in compara- tive harmony at least until after these events. An announcement today said the. new Dail would not he con- vened until March 9, instead of on March 2, owing to the post- poned voting in the seven divi- sions of Leitrim. the first two counts, and the third count relating to precisely the same subject matter, no miscarriage of justice has resulted," the judgment reads. "The offense embodied in the third count is of a minor char- acter, and as on the conviction of the accused has received lesser pun- ishment to run concurrent!v with (Continued on page 2) Circus Owner--Have you seen an escaped elephant about here? Yokel---Naw, but I saw a big india rubber bull eating carrots with its tail, WILL CONTINCE HIGHWAY WOR INTHE SUMMER Ontario Government Plan- ning Further Relief Work Program OFFICIAL STATEMENT Minister © of Lands and Forests Conferred With Premier Bennett (By the Canadian Press) Toronto, "eb. 20.--The Ontar- fo Government is planning to con- tinue construction on a limited scale on the Trans-Canada High- way as a relief program through- out the summer, Hon, Wm, Fin- layson, Minister of Lands and Forests, announced today follow- ing a conference yesterday at Ot- tawa with Premier Bennett and Hon.. Wesley Gordon, Minister of Labor, Whether the work is continued rests upon the Federal Govern- ment's decision to make furthe: grants which will be supplement- 3d by the Provincial Government, In connection with the letting ut of fourteen men from the amp at Sundridge, Mr.. Finlay- on explained that these men are part of some three thousand who were relieved on the 15th by oth- ers. The men relieved have had nearly three months' work, some as high as five months and the | government ie carrying out a plan to distribute the work as widely as possible, RENEW REQUEST FOR SEPARATION Town of Cobourg Revives Application to Ontario Government Cobourg, Feb, 20.--Cobourg is re- newing its application to the pro- vincial government for separation from the counties of Northumber- land and Durham. In the announce- ment of the application the town asks for the termination of the agreement in 1895, whereby they became subject to the jurisdictior. of the counties council. The town agrees to assume its share of the counties' debenture debt and to pay certain annual expenditures for the administration of justice, mothers' allowances, registry office and the house of refuge. ) In the event of a dispute over the terms of separation the town asks for reference to the Ontario Rail- way and municipal Board or arbit- ration under the provisions of the Municipal Act, FACES CHARGE IN TORONTO COURT Oshawa Motorist Said to Have Figured in Mishap Charged with reckless driving and failure to return to the scene of an accident, Charles M. Ander- son, Oshawa, was taken into cus- tody about six o'clock last night by Detectives Max Richardson und Robert McMaster, of Toron- to, and was taken to Toronto where he was later released on hail 1c is charged that Mr, Ander- son in company with another man, whose name {3 known to the rolice, but who is not held, drove big car over the curb on the I'rinco Edward viaduct on Bloor Street East on Wednesday night last, with the result that the car struck two youths. It is alleged that Mr. Anderson did not stop but continued on his way. A report from Toronto at 1 p.m, was to the éffect that Mr. Anderson's case had been enlarg- ed for one week when called in Police Court this morning. PRETTY GOOD PAY London.--A witness at Westmin- ster County Court recently said as drummer in a dance band he re- ceived $85 a week and he knew an- other. drummer who received $200 a week, "Why wasn't I a drum- mer?" commented Judge Turner. "It's better than being a High Court Judge." His Honor Judge Richard Whitbourn Turner is: Additional Judge at Westminster County Court and Judge of Uxbridge County Court. Next to a butter knife nothing in the average home, says a hu- morist, shows less wear "~d tear thax the family Bible, ' Japan's Advance Slow, Resistance Stubborn War Machine Pounds Its Way in Teriffic Battle Today --Every Inch of Ground Disputed by Chinese Forces (By Canadian Press) Shanghai, Feb. 20--(12 noon, ES, T.). -- Lieutenant-General Kenkichi Uyeda's snappy war machine blood- ily pounded its way inch by inch through the stubbornly resisting Chinese lines at Kiangwan today in the most terrific battle the world has seen since the Great War on the opening day of Japan's on- slaught upon Shanghai, The earth literally shook and shivered with the fury of the Jap- anese attack, Dozens of roaring aeroplanes rained showers of most powerful bombs upon the well covered Chin- ese trenches, Heavy artillery and big guns from warships in the river faid down a red tempest of death and firs along a sixteen mile front from Chapei to Woosung. Steel helmeted rows of Japanese shock troops with sharp and glis- tening bayonets followed the power- ful artillery barrage, aided by a fleet of tanks which nosed their way stubbornly across the marshy bat- tleground. It was only a short time until ambulances began rushing to hospitals carrying the wounded of both sides, Latter in th. day it appeared to observers "that the Japanese were making slow advance, with every inch disputed by galling Chinese resistance, Japanese "Big Push" Was Commenced Today Described as "Greatest Military Action Since the Great War"--Attack Opened With Roar of Concentrated Artillery--Infantry Assault Lines Advancing Shanghaj, Feb, 20.--(Satur- day.) --The big Japanese push, aimed at overwhelming the stub- born Nineteenth Chinese Route Army that has been defending thanghal, got under way with the deafening roar of guns this morn- ing, and there was very promise that it would develop into the greatest military action since the Great War, At 8.50 'a.m, deep-throated Japanese guns roared forth from their positions in Hongkew Park. A few minutes later the Chin- eso artillery accepted 'the gage of battle, The bombardment by | both sides was of terrific propor. tions, Japan's ultimatum that the Nineteenth Army---heroes of all China for the way it has perform- ed in the field during the past few weeks---withdraw twelve miles from Shanghai had expired at 7 am, Planes Spy Out Position A few minutes after 7 o'clock 'ive Japanese planes sped into 'he alr, and reconnoltered over the Chinese positions in Chapel. 1t was a thick, foggy day, but the airmen could see enough to- 'ndicate that the Chinese front lines were Intact---that the Chin- ese Army was defying tha ultl- matum, That word was brought back to Japanese - Headquarters, and soon the big push was 'under Way. The Japanese command rushed men, tanks, machine guns and tield pieces toward the front in vast quantities. The troop preparation had been going on all night, but until the big guns spoke at 8.50 o'clock | Naval had been com- Only a burst of now and again the battle zone paratively quiet machine-gun fire told of warfare. After the big Japanese guns had started their streams of pro- jectiles toward Chapel, head- quarters ordered up ten huge hombing planes, each of them carrying a full load of explosives. Infantry assault lines were ad- vancing this morning behind the cover of a Japanese barrage laid down on Chinese positions on the Kiangwan front, Japanes Headquarters announced, It was evident the criss-cross of Chinese trenches in Chapei and Kiangwan wig In for a terrific battering Across from the Japanese head- quarters fifty aeroplanes were lined up in a newly built landing- field, Thelr motors were running and the pilots were ready to take a hand in the battle as soon as the word was spoken. A detachment of tanks, fol- lowed by eighteen motor trucks loaded with ammunition, was des- patched from Japanese head- quarters toward Woosung, Lieutenant-General Kenkichl Uyeda, Commanding Officer of the Japanes army forces, told an Associated Press correspondent in hig hadquarters at 8 a.m, that "the end of our patience has been reached." Village on Fire : Shanghai, Feb. 20.---Woosung Village was being devoured by flames, which roared and crackled among the fliimey houses to-night, and the ("hinese flag still flutter. ed from the forts, however, .in spite of an intengo bombardment by the Japanese from land, sea and air all day. YOUNG PEOPLE ~~ PRODUCE PLAY "The Prodigal Son" Was Well Staged at Thorn- ton's Corners "The Prodigal Son," a four act drama adapted from story, was produced last night by the Young People's Soclety of Thornton's Corners, in the Com- munity Hall, under the direction of Miss Beatrice Anderson. The play, which Is somewhat heavy for amateurs was very well done by these young people and it was cvident that a thorougn study of the action and the biblical con- text had been made before the ottempt at producing. Portraying the story of the Prodigal Son, are the four acts, with the first act laid in a court yard of the House of Jacob, the second in the halls of David's house in Rome, the third act in the depths of prison and the last act again in the court yard of the House of Jacob with the home- coming of the prodigal. As a fit- ting finale to the last act, a vo- cal duet entitled "Ninety and Nine," wag sung by Mri. R, All- man and Mrs, Frank LeRoy. The characters are as follows: Chronicler, Mildred Lean; Es- ther, wife of Simeon, Mrs, Geo. Wabster; Racheal, serving girl in the House of Jacob, Mary Mec- Clure; Simeon, elder brother of David, Roy Lick; Ruth, younger sister of Esther, Florence Gar- rard; David, prodigal son, Clar- ence Scott; Murmen, an officer of the Roman garrison, Chester Robinson; Sarah, wife of Jacob, Orillia Taylor; Malachi, first ser- vant in the House of Jacob, Wal- the Bible | GAVE NEW IDEA OF DICKENS Prof. E. K. Brown Spoke to Students on "David Copperfield" A special University Extension lecture was given last evening by Professor 12, K. Brown on "David Copperfield" for the benefit of the Collegiate students. Over ninety pupils were at the Genosha Hotel to hear Professor Brown. "David Copperfield is a very varied novel, but it has too many characters," said the speaker.. © He criticized severely the female characters in the book, classing Agnes Wick- field as too perfect a person and Dora as too sentimental. Accord- ing to Professor Brown, there is no real heroine in the story. The speaker agreed with other students of English that the nov- el is autobiographical, portraying the private life of the author, Charles Dickens. Students found Professor Rrown's ideas of great value and through them obtained a different idea of Dickens and a greater in- sight Into his works. 4 ter Buss: Jacob, father of David, Harold Pascoe; Damon, boy ser- vant, Roland Mirby; Odala, beau- tiful woman. of Rome, Hazel Deo- Guerre; Memnon, captain of Ro- man secret service, Donald All- man; Ob, one of Ahab's slaves, Frank Hoag; Ahab, slave keeper, Gordon, Hamlyn; Iszra, a cousin of Ahab, Mrs, Clarence Scott, Frank Luke acted as stage manager, Maurice Robinson as the electrician and Miss Louise Luke was in charge of the cos- tumes, RE-ORGANIZATION CAMPAIGN WILL START TUESDAY Chamber of Commerce Committee Workers to Gather on Monday THREE DAY CANVASS President of the Belleville Chamber Guest Speaker in Genosha Hotel Already keyed up to a high pitch of enthusiasm, the workers in the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce re- organization campaign will assemble at dinner on Monday evening for their final instructions before going out to make a success of the cam paign. This dinner. will be of an outstanding character because of the chief speaker who is to deliver an address on the functions value of a Chamber of Commerce The speaker who has consented to come to Oshawa for this occa- sion is E. V, Ulsey, president of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce, and one of the outstanding leaders in this type of work in the province of Ontario. Mr. llsey is also man- ager of the Canadian Bank of Com merce Branch at Belleville, and he is regarded as one of the finest speakers today giving his services to any community in Chamber of Commerce work. As president of the Belleville Chamber of Com- merce, which has had a successful career of twelve years community building effort, Mr, Illsey is well qualified to address such a gather- ing as being held on Monday eve- ning, In the course of the evening, Ross Mackinnon, general chairman of the campaign, will give the final instruc tions to the workers, and there, will be brief addresses from other prom- nent citizens, dealing with various phases of the eampaign, The dinner will ba the prelude to the three day canvas which will be made on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On these three days, committes workers will interview all prospective members and firms which might be interested,and judg- ing from the pre-campaign interest, they are confident that the citizens of Oshawa will rally to the cause, and will do their level best to make so hearty a response that the future of the Chamber of Commerce for Osha a will be assured, SPECIAL EDITION OUT ON MONDAY The Times to Contain Full Particulars of Cooking School . and The housewives of Oshawa will find Monday's edition of The Times of more than usual inter- est, On Monday, there will be published a special edition of an- nouncements dealing with the Oshawa School of Cooking and Home Economics, which is being held in the Masonic Temple au- ditorium on Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday of next week. Thig issue will give full details of all the special prizes which are to be glven away as attendance prizes dally, and will also tell something of the work which is being carried on by Miss E, Fran- ced Thompson, who has been very highly com 'ad in all the cooking schoo, has held in various parts a =ince, At the schoc miAdsor last week and 8. A) 'his week, hundreds os. turned away, tho | racked to capacity WW re the school started, Sin Vd is likely that the women of tf awa will be just as much interested ag those of the Border Cities and St. Catharines, those who wish to attend are urged to be on hand early, Further details will appear in Monday's special cooking school edition, and all women of Osh- awa and district are urged to watch fof this and to study it cavefully, PICTURES OF PRINCE London, -- Film introducing the personal interests and activities of the Prince of Wales has been made by A. Stanley Williamson, and was privately shown recently at the Phoenix Theatre. Naturally, there are no special photographs of the Prince, but the film includes many "topicals" which have not heen of- ten shown, and gives a good idea of how hard his Royal Highness has to work, There are also pic- tures of the Prince's farms in Corn- wall, where he is known as the Duke. The film will be publicly shown in the West End, "ACCIDENTAL" 13 JURY'S VERDICT Enquiry Into Death of C.P.R. Employe Was Completed Yesterday | | { A euroner's Jury empanelled on | Tuesday last by Coroner D, 8. | Haig, M.D., to investigate the eir- cumstances surrounding the death of George Frederick Watson, an employs of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company who lost his life when, he fell beneath a car that was being shunted into a sid- ing, yesterday afternoon, return- ed a verdict of accidental death and attached no blame for the ac- cident, Coroner Holg was assieted in the examination of the wit- riesses by Crown-Attorney J. A. MeceGibbon. George Chisholm, eonductor in charge of the train on which Wat son was employed as a brake man, stated that the train was a through freight from West Tor- onto to Trenton which had 'stop- ped here to drop some cars about 11.056 p.m. on Monday night last. Watson, he said, was the rear-end brakeman and was near the Rit- son Road crossing while five cars were being backed into the sid- ing. Mr, Chisholm stated that he was some forty feet away from Watson when he saw the brake- man try to swing himself on to the ladder of a flat car as it pass- ed him. Although it was a dark night, he saw Watson apparently misg his hold and fall back. He could not see what happened then but realizing that an accident had taken place he signalled to the engine and en emergency . stop was made, tunning to the side of tho in- jured man he found that the wheels of one car had passed over an arm and both legs almost completely severing them, The wheels of the next car were rest- ing on the body, he said. Watson was unconsclous but still alive when he reached him, The train was going only ahout eight miles an hour, He set the timo of the accident at about 11.60 p.m. Dr. F. J. Rundle, resident phy- siclan for the railway company, stated that he arrived on the scene soon after the accident and although the injured man. was alive, he died soon afterward. De- scribing the nature of the fnjur- les sustained by Watson, Dr, Run- dle stated that the right leg was almost severed between the knee and the foot, while tire left leg and arm were badly crushed, The lower part of the face was brok- en and the jaw fractured. He asserted 'that the injuries were sufficient to cause death. Death was due to shock accentuated .by hemorrhage. Evidence was also given by Harry Campbell, engineer. in charge of the train, Stanford Sta- ples, front-end brakeman, and Ray Hubbell, fireman, but these witnesses could throw very little light on the accident, Campbell stated he had received the signal to stop and had brought the train to a quick stop. Watson was stated to have been a careful brakeman and had been known to the majority of them for the last twenty years. ALLEGE LIBEL, CLAIM §10,000 Writ Served on Times on Behalf of Two Chinese The Times Publishing Com- pany of Oshawa Limited, publish. ers of The Oshawa Daily Times, has been served with a writ claiming $10,000 damages for libel. The action has been in- stituted by Charlie Sing and Jack Yuen, through their solici- tor, Joseph P. Mangan, The action is the result of an editorial published in the issue of The Oshawa Daily Times for February 6th in which reference was made to a Juvenile Court case, The defence of the action is in the hands of G. D. Conant, of Messrs. Conant & Annis, RETURNS TO GENEVA (By Canadian Press). Paris, Feb, 20, -- It was an- ronuced yesterday that former War Minister Andre Tardieu had agreed to accept the post of Min- {ster of State without portfolio in order to return to Geneva as head of the French disarmament delegation, PUBLISHER DIRS Cornwall, Feb, 20. -- William Gibbens, editor and proprietor of The Cornwall Standard for many years, died to-day. He was former ly managing-editor of The Ottawa Citizen, i) HYDRO CHAIRMAN SAYS COMMISSION APPROVES OF GENERAL POLICY Provincial Body Would Approve Twelve Per Cent. Rebate by Local Commission NO OFFICIAL WORD " RECEIVED HERE Would Also Suggest Por- tion of Surplus Be Used to Retire or Buy De- bentures Toronto, Feb, 20,--As an ex- pediency measure to aid muniei- palities hard hit by unemploy- ment and economic stress, the Hydro-Electiric Power Commis- sion of Ontario will approve in policy the rebate of a percentage of municipality surpluses to the Hydro users, Hon. J." R. Cooke, chairman, stated yesterday, "Under present conditions, the commission ig prepared .to con- sider favorably recommendations from municipalities for the re- bating to all of fits consumers such amounts of their surplus as can justifiably he used for that purpose," Mr Cooke stated, The Initiative must rest in the muniei- pality, but final approval of the plan lay with the commission The rebate will he based on a percentage of the year's total revenue, Oshawa's Case "We will probably set the re- bate at ahout 12 per cent, for Oshawa and suggest that they buy back their debentures with the balance," the chairman said. "The large power users will get cheques for this amount of their year's bill and the smaller con- sumers will probably zet credit slips on future hills.' The rebat- able amount.is-based on $451, 000. Toronto is not likely to have any rebate, it was stated. 'To- ronto is growing so fast that the city used up its surplus as. goon as It gets one," the Hydro official pointed out, No Official Word No official word of the adap- tion of this policy has reached the Oshawa Public Utilities Com-~ mission, according to informa- tion given to The Times by the Chairman of the Commission this morning. In commenting on this des- patch, however, Commissioner F. L. Mason stated that an amount of twelve per cent, on the year's basis would be about equivalent to the amount which the local Commission proposes to return to the consumers of Oshawa, al- though the debate on a 'last blil" system would greatly simplify the necessary accounting and elerical work. ; It will be seen from the above despatch that the matter of mak- ing this rebate, and arranging all the details, may take some time, T0 INVITE BOARD -- T0 CONFERENCE Premier Will Write School Board and Ask for . Meeting - Speaking to. The Times this morning regarding the results at- tained by the deputation from the City Council which waited on Premier George S. Henry in To- ronto yesterday, Mayor Peter A. Macdonald stated that Premier Henry received the deputation most courteously and gave them a very sympathetic hearing. \ "Premier Henry stated that he would write to the Board of Edu~ cation. regarding the matter un- der discussion," said the Mayor, "and ask the members of the Board to go and see him." KING VOICES HIS HOPE FOR PEACE London, Feb. 20.--A hope for the largest possible measure of general disarmanment was voiced by the King yesterday in an address to, the Saghisy clergy. : His Majesty received addresses from the Convocations of Canter= bury and York. In reply he said: "I share to the full the fervent hope and prayer fop-the success of disarmament ¢onference. I am cons fident that my governments throughout the British Commons wealth will exert themselves to the utmost to secure the largest possi« ble measure of general disarmas | ment, Their endeavors will bo © greatly assisted by your wholes earted support and prayers, "Every nation must work out its own restoration to prosperity,"