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"A Growing E Nowe: in a Growing City The Osh Succeeding The ata Dail Oshawa Reformer A y Times | v PROBS. Cloudy and Cool, Show ers Tonight and Fair Tomorrow. VoL. 11--NO. 81 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS FOURTEEN, PAGES OPEN FILTRATION PLANT TOMORROW Inspiring Messages at United Church W. M.S. Rally MISSIONARIES FROM CHINA, JAPAN GAVE SPLENDID ADDRESSES Oshawa Presbyterial Rally | Held in St. Andrew' 3) Church Yesterday At-/ tended by Women From .All Over District KEEN INTEREST | IN WORK SHOWN : Story of Missions at Home | "and Abroad Told in Series of Addresses' at . Afternoon and Evening Sessions . Displaying - keen interest in the work of Christian missions, both at home in Canada and on the far- flun ; foreign fields, representatives of the Women's Missionary Soci- eties of the United Church assembl- ed in St. Andrew's United Church yesterday afternoon for the annual ail rally of the Oshawa Presby- terial. Unfortunately, the incle- ment weather interfered to a large extent with the attendance, and kept many away from the sessions. ose who did attend, however, heard some inspiring messages, and went back to their societies with a new vision of the work in which they were engaged. The sessions were presided over by Mrs. C. R. Carscallen, of Whitby, president of the Oshawa Presbyterial, and in- cluded among the speakers were returned missionaries from China and Japan, whose addresses formed the high lights of the proceedings. At the afternoon session, the opening exercises were conducted by members of the Brooklin W.M. S. Mrs. Elliott conducting the ser- vice, Mrs. Norman White reading the scripture and leading in prayer, and Mrs, Stinson giving a short talk on the movement for the ad- vancement of the Kingdom of God. Message of Welcome Mrs. F. E. Hare extended greet- ings of welcome from the ladies of St. Andrew's Church, saying that cae of the good things about these rallies was the opportunities they provided for getting together and discussing common problems. Mrs. F. Chapman of Pickering presented the financial, which was "further explained by Mrs, H. Bas- com -of Whitby, Mrs, Stinson, in a stirring talk, stressed the neces- sity of keeping the objective of "Peace" at all times before the groups, from the mission bands right up to the adult societies. Mrs, R. Bird gave a report of the execu- tive meeting held earlier in the day, and presented a sy nopsis of the re- ports of the secrctaries of the vari- outs auxiliaries. New Study Book . Mrs. W. P. Rogers of Newcastle, inéroducing the new W.M.S. study book, "His Dominion of Canada" written by the Rev. Dr. E. H. Oliver. former moderator of the United 'Church, said it was a study LEAVING THE CITY JAMES H. THOMSON Who was honored last night by the officials and staff of Ped- lar People, Limited, on the eve of his departure for Calgary, where he will be branch man- ager for the company. CHECKER GLUB IS ORGANIZED Hamilton Collins Is " as President of New Organization Oshawa now has a fully- | fledged Checkers and Chess Club. with club rooms on Simcoe Street North, where these two games will engage the attention of a large number of interested citl- zens, At a meeting held in the early part of this week, it was definitely decided to organize a club, which, in addition to stim- ulating interest in these games in Oshawa, will arrange. for matches with clubs in other towns in the neighborhood. The officers elected by the club were as follows: President--Hamilton Collins. Vice-President--Mr. Eader. Seerctary-treasurer-- Norman McGee. Assistant secretary--Mr, Crum- mell. A. L. Bouckley was added as an officer of the club to make up an executive of five, and plans for the club's activities will be made in the near future ° Cock fighting Is a. popuiar sport in County Armagh, Ireland, and many battles have been held despite the vigilence of the po- lice and humane 'society officers. (Continued on page 10) tsportscoH-ly-,rte mfwybgkqfifiif Appeal Court Upholds Decision of Judge Quashing Conviction of Frank Kobernick td The appeal entered by the at- torney-general against a decision of His Honor Judge Thompson, by which a conviction registered by Magistrate Creighton against Frank Kobernick, on a charge of illegally selling liquor, was quashed, has been unsuccessful. Tn the appellate division at Os- goode Hall yesterday, the hear- ing of the appeal of the attor- ney-general was completed, and it was dismissed. In this case, Kobernick was cHarged in Oshawa police court with having sold liquor illegally. He was found guilty by Magis- trate Creighton, and was sen- tenced to a jail term, Hig coun- sel, Arthur Greer, at that time entered an appeal, and on the appeal heing heard before His Honor Judge Thompson in coun- ty court at Whitby, the appeal was sustained and the couviction quashed. The attorney-general's department, however, was not satisfied, and entered a further appeal, this being heard at Os- goode Hall on Tuesday and yes- terday, with the result that fit was dismissed. The conviction registered by Magistrate Creigh- ton therefore remains quashed. W. B. Common appeared for the attorney-general at the hear- ing of the appeal, while Kober- nick was represented by R. H. Greer, K.C.,, of Toronto. WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO T:IROWING LYE IN MAN'S FACE; SENTENCE LATER His Worship, Magistrate Creighton in police court tais morning received a plea of guiliy from Mrs, Marya Kuzmeliuk, 685 Simcoe Street South, who was charged, with Intent to maim and disfigure, did actual bodily har to Samuel] Systopul, 135 Conant Street by throwing lye in his face on August 16 last. After hear- ing the facts of the case His Wor- ship reserved judgment and re- mavnded the accused in custody for one week for sentence. Crown Attorney J. A, McGin- bon, who reviewed the case, stat- ed that the complainant operated a shoe repairing shop on Conart Street and that bad feeling had existed between the parties for some time. On one occasion he said the police were informed Ly the accused that Systopul had a quantity of liquor hidden on his premises and told them that if a search were not made she would see that something was done, Details of Assault Mr. McGibbon stated that on the night in question the com- PRESENTATION T0 J. H. THOMSON OF Departing Executive Honored by His Business Associates A delightful function, at the office staff of the to James H, Thomson, former as- sistant sales manager who is leaving for Calgary, where he will be branch manager for the company was held in the Hotel Genosha last night, when Mr. Thomson was made the recipient of a gift from his principals and associates of the Oshawa plant. W. R. Geikie, president and gen- eral manager of the company, presided over the function, which was featured by addresses by Mr, Gelkie, F. 1. Mason, secretary- treasurer and Beverley J. Brown, | zeneral sales manager of the | company. | Mr, Gelkie, in paying tribute to Mr, Thomson for having risen by sheer merit from a | position to that of assistant sales | manager, said that it was quite | fitting that when the important nosition of the managership of the Calgary Branch hecame vac- ant, Mr. Thomson, with his thor- ough knowledge of the company's lines and business policy, should be selected to. fill ft. Realise Possibilities imized the possibilities and tentialities of the west," (Continued on page 3) New Officers to be Elected po- said Brotherhood Executive Is Well Satished With Reception of Venture Complete satisfaction with the reception of the Christian So- cial Brotherhood by the man of the city and district was express- ed at a meeting of the executive committee held jas night at toe home of the secretary, Arthwu Cook. . The meeting discussed plans for future Sunday after noon gatherings, and made ar rangements for some new fea- tures which will tend to make these meetings for men even brighter in the future. The present officers having been elected only provisionally, the nominating committee; at next Sunday's meeting jn the New Martin Theatre, will present a report recommending the election of permanent officers and exec- utive, The committee's report will contain a number of changes from the list of provisional offi- cers, 80 ag to make the executive more representative of the mein- bership. It is expected the Rev. John Line, who took a prominent part in the discussion of the report of the social and economic cmmit'es of the United Church at its Gen- eral Council meeting in Hami'- ton this week, will he the speak- er here on Sunday afternoon, and hig message on the application of Christian principles and teaching to tho present day problems of the world is being looked for- ward to with much interest. The brotherhood now has an actual enrolled membership of about fifty, and the officers ex- pect that it will now show steady growth, as last Sunday tere wus strong competition from the world series baseball broadcast and the beautiful weather, WOMAN'S BODY IS FOUND IN L. ERIE Shipping Tragedy Still Missing Pa, Oct, 6.--The body of Jean Mcintyre, 24, of Welland, Ont., second cook on the Canadian freighter John F. Boland, Jr. which sank in Lake Erie, 20 miles east of here yesterday, was reported found off Barcelona, N.Y. this morning by the fish tug "Betty and Jean." Meanwhile the coast guards from the Erie, Buffalo and Dunkirk, N.Y, stations continued to © search the waters of the lake for the three other missing members of the crew. The three missing men are G. Keary, deckhand, 598 Gage Avenue Hamilton; H. Jobes, deckhand, 23% Academy Street, St. Catharines ; S. Brooks, deckhand, 848 Pierie Ave, Windsor. Fiftcen other members of the vessel's crew reached shore Erie, (Continued on page 3) safely. PEDLAR PEOPLE Is which officials and members of Pedlar People Limited, met to do honor junior | "| fetail trade, Three Other Victims of! To Be Officially Opened Tomorrow | | | | OSHAWA'S NEW FILTRATION PLANT Exterior view showing, from left to right, chemical house and coagulation tanks to the rear; wash water tank over; clear water reservoir in rear of connecting galleries; formers over, and main pump room. To provide room for the pumping station the old residenee was moved some 100 ft, away and the main pump ing station is attached and connected by a doorway with the existing buildings to the north. The chem ical house in front of the elevated tank was archi. tecturally improved by lifting the roof which was necessary in order to provide a storage room for chemicals above the proportionate feed equipment. to the pumping station room. The heating of this room as well as the other buildings is by the uni- vent system with a return to the existing boilers. This building is reached by a tunnel opening in electrical room with trans. | | IMPORTANT RETAIL MERCHANTS HAVE BUSINESS TO The general mecting of all retail erchants, to be held in the Gen- sha Hotel on Friday night under arrangements made by the Board of Directors of the Oshawa Retail Merchants Association, will have many matters of importance to cv- ery retail merchant in the city brought before it. At this meeting a new Board of Directors, represcutatiye of every will be elected to hold office for the ensuing year. During the past year the Board of seven clected officers, while it has done excellent work for the benefit of the whole body, has been found not completely representative and the new Board is to be increased to twelve men chosen from each trade represented in the association at large, The question of the city's method | DISCUSS ON FRIDAY NIGHT "Our company has never min- | f administering relief, through the establishment of a city relief depot, will be brought up for discussion. Many of the retail grocers of thé city have expressed the opinion that the civic authorities, in establishing a relief depot tor the distribtuion of foodstuff, are not acting in the best intercets of the city as a whole, The claim is made by many grocers that the old system of issuing orders on retail storeg is the only logical sys- tem of dealing with the relief prob- lem, and an opportunity will he created tomorrow night for the grocers and other merchants to voice their opinions, The new Ontario Act dealing with 'Unfair Competition" will also" be brought up for discussion, and it appears that it will be in the inter- ests of every retail merchant to at- tend this big meeting, SPECIAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING Ministerial Assoc. Shonsors. Union Gathering Next Monday order that he Thanksgiving holiday mav be observed m the true spirit, an United Thanksgiving ser- vice has been arranged by the Osh- awa Ministerial Association, to be held in St. Andrew's United Church on Monday next at 10.30 am, the service to be of a purely undenam- inational character. Rev. E. Har- ston, president of the association, will preside over the meeting, The speaker for the occasion will be the Rev. Dr. R. Lorne McTavish, of King Street United Church, Rev. R. B. Patterson, of Christ Church, will read the scripture, while the prayers will be led by Rev. Roy McGregor, First Baptist Church. Special music will be provided by the choir of St. Andrew's Church. In Toronto, Oct 6. ---- The Toron- to police dep artment today of- fered a reward of $200 for the apprehension of two thugs who Jast night shot Dr. William C. Moore, dentist. A police drive for the handts got under way t»- day, The victim of the attack is in a critica] condition at the general hospital. $8 eR Ee NEY EN UNIQUE RECORD °° W. J. Trick, president of the * W. J. Trick Company, Limit- * ed, which had the general contract for the construction of the new Oshawa Filtration Plant, has a record in connec- tion with the Oshawa Water- works System which is hard to beat, While he has just completed the latest addition to the system, he can look back to the year 1904, when he was the general contractor who biult the first waterworks plant, pumping station and clearwell for the Oshawa Wa- ter Commission of that time. Naturally, Mr, Trick is quite proud of this record in connection with the water. works development in Osh- awa, since he was responsible for the oldest and the newest sections of the city's water system, * * * * * * * * * * » ¥ * * » * ¥ * rrr - * ¥ * * # * * * & FF EEE ASK GOVERNMENT T0 PROVIDE MONEY j tions, Interesting Proposal Re- ceived From Edmonton by City Council A resolution from the City Coun- cil of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, has been forwarded to the City Clerk and will be considered by the Finance Committee of the Oshawa Council, This resolution reads as follows,-- "That we upon the Federal Government to assist in refloating our debt-logged institutions by the issuance of Dominion currency at cost against the bonds of provincial and: municipal governments, or other practical means, to such amounts as will carry the cost of unemploy- ment relief and make it possible to carry on productive 'work or neces- sary improvements." Action along the lines suggested would, it is apparent, eliminate the paying of interest to banks, charges on debentures, on the cost of the usual procedure in raising funds by municipalities, money being avail. able at par from the Government. Housing Cominission Surveys Sitpation urge Dominion The Oshawa Housing Commis- sion, at a regular meeting held last night with the President, George W. McLaughlin, in the chair, disposed of a large amount of routine business. The . Commission recently au- thorized an independent survey of 'its position to ba made by A, E. Cutler of this city, Mr. Cut ler's report being received some little time aga. %'he report, i* is stated, shows the Commis- sion's husiness to have suffered owing to the general economic depression, as all similar ven- tures have suffered, but not to an extent where the situation can Le classed as "serious.' Bert W. A Johnston was schedul- ed to make a blindfold drive around the city tonight at six p.m. but ow- ing to a change in the arrangement Mr. Johnston will drive the auto- mobile blindfold with a committee of lncal citizens tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock instead of this evening. will OWNERS OF HOMES T0 HOLD MEETING Relating to Shelter «Relief Plan A meeting, under the auspices of tha Central Ratepayers' As- sociation has been called to dis- cuss the position of small prop- erty owners under the terms by which shelter relief js to be given to tenants of homes in Osh- awa. This meeting is to be held in the council chamber, Simcoe Street North, on Friday evening of this week, at eight o'clock, when the status of persons hav- inz an equity in their home, and being in distress, will be fully discussed. Under 'the government regula- tions, only persons who are actually renting their homes are entitled to assistance in the form of payment for shelter, persons owning 'their own homes or having an equity in them being barred, This is felt by the Cen- tral Ratepayers' Association to be unfair discrimination against a deserving class, and an effort will probably be made to secure reconsideration of the resgula- Pleads Guilty to Car Theft Toronto Youth Is Given Term in Ontario Reformatory Pleading guilty to the theft of an automobile owned by David Govan from King Street East on September 17. Jacob Smokler, aged 17, of Toronto was thls morning sentenced fo one year definite and' six months indefin- ite in the Ontario Reformatory. The term of imprisonment im- posed by the court will run con- currently with an term which Smokler was serving when he was paroled. A. C. Hall appeared for the accused. Accounting for his actions dur- ing the evening when he stole the car the accused stated that he came to Oshawa to see a girl of his acquaintane " and as he knew his mother would be wor- ried if he was not home early, he took the car and drove to To- ronto, leaving the car on Spadina Avenue. The next night he went to the car and attempted to move it to Bathurst Street where he thought the "police would find it. Tt was while he was doing this that he was taken into custody. It was stated by the accused that he had been sen- tencd to the reformatory for breaking into a store in Toronto, For this offence he s°rved a short term and was paroled, Board of | Health Meeting Postponed The regular monthly meccting of the Board of Health, scheduled for to-night, has been fostponed to some night to be fixed by the chairman. during next week. The majority of the members of the Board of Health are also mem- bers of the Public Welfare Board and as the latter body has been called together for to-night, it was Discuss Regulations torchards owned by the complain- SENT T0 JAIL FOR STEALING APPLEY Samuel Scala Found Guilty and Given Term of Six Months Magistrate T. K. Creighton im- posed a penalty of sixty days in the County Jail with hard labour on Samuel Scalia 'of this city who pleaded guilty to a charge of steal- ing a quantity of apples valued at over $10 from 0. Clifford of Har- mony It was adduced in evidence that Mr. Clifford, who is a large raiser of apples, had been missing large quantities of fruit from his orchards and had not been able to trace the loss even though he had watched for a number of nights, About three o'clock this morning Mr. Clifford was aroused by the barking of his dog. On going into the or- chard he found the accused pick- ing apples and took him back to the house and called County Constable Saunders, Five bags of freshly packed fruit were found in the or- chard while a truck was parked earby. A search of the premises occupied by the accused was made by Ser- geant Bowman of the Oshawa pol- '¢ force which revealed four and a half barrels of fruit identical with that grown bv Mr. Clifford which the accused admitted stealing from ant Crown Attorney J. A. McGibbon commented that the court. would have to stamp out such thefts as a year's work would have been ruin- ed had the accused not been caught as apparently he was working on a wholesale scale. He pressed for a substantial 5 al sentence. Birthdays Galore in Whitby Today (By Whitby Editor) Whitby, October 6.-- Birthday parties will be the rule in min- _isterial circles in Whitby today, for no less than three of the local ministers are celebrating their birthdays. The three min- isters who are sharing congratu- lations today are Rev, Dr. J. R. van Wyck, retired minister; Rev. A. L. Richards, of the United Church, and Rev. E. Ralph Adye, of All Saints' Anglican Church, In addition, Mrs, E. Ralph Adye is also celebrating her birthday, so that it is a big day in the Adye household. The friends of the clergy were kept busy today extending congratula- tions to these ministers, who, incidentally, prefer to remain sil- MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS COMING HERE FOR FORMAL CEREMONY "| Hon. Dr. J. M. Robb, Min- ister of Public Health, to Officiate at Opening of City's New $155,000 Plant th MOST MODERN OF KIND IN ONTARIO Engineers and Waterworks Officials From All Over Ontario Are Expected Here to See New Plant in Operation With a gMaxy of distinguished engineers, officials of the Ontario department of health and other vis« itors in attendance, the official op~ ening of the new filtration plant of the Oshawa Waterworks System will be held tomorrow afternoon at the plant on the shore of Lake On« tario, Hon. Dr. John M. Robb, On- tario minister of public health, will officiate at the formal opening cere- mony, which will be held at 2.30 p. m., and to which all citizens of Osh= awa, are given a cordial invitation? In addition to speaking at the op- ening ceremony, Hon, Dr. Robb will also be the guest of honour at a luncheon which is being given in the Hotel Genosha at 12.30 p.m. Elsewhere in today's issue of The Times will be found a description of the new filtration plant, which was built at a cost of $155,000, is con- sidered to be the most modern in Ontario, fitted with the mast scien-: tific equipment for the filtration and purification of water, and to ensure an adequate and controlled ply of water to the city. On this ac- count it is attracting the attention Jof waterworks engineers, and offi- cialg from far and near and guests are expected 'to be here from many of the towns and cities of Ontario. Among those who have been invifed and who are expected to attend, in addition to those immediately con- cerned in the opening ceremonies, are the following: Among the Guests Dr. A. E. Berry, Toronto; W. E. MacDonald, B.A.S.C,, waterworks engincer, Ottawa, Ont.; Norman J. Howard, Filtration Plant Labora- tories, Toronto; R. C. Harris, Com= missioner of Works, Toronto; Wa C. Miller, B.A.S.C,, city engineer, St. Thomas; Theo. Lanctot, water» works engineer, Hull, Que.; Theo. Lffreniern, B.S.C, Proyincial Board of Health, Montreal, Que.; Geo. H. Ferguson, B.A.S., Eng.' Federal Dept, of Health, Ottawa; Dr, Jas. A. Amyot, Dept. Minister of Health, Ottawa; Dr. J. W. S. McCullough, D.P.H., Chief Inspector of Health, Ontario, Toronto; J. Clark Keith, Engineer, Essex Border Utilities Commission, Windsor; Gilbert Stor« rie, waterworks superintendent, ent as to their comparative ages. (Continued on page 3) Most Important Parliament Opened This Afternoon For Session in Many Years (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Oct. 6, --One of tae most momentous sessions of par- liament of Canada opened this afternoon. Called together sev- eral months earlier than usual for the purpose of considering anc ratifying the Imperial Conference agreements the members are ex- pected to dispose of this busincss in a month or six weeks, and ad- journ to meet again in February ot March, Never before has Parliamen® had so mény treaties for ratifi- cation at one time. In addition to the Imperial Conference agreements with the various Do- minions and the United King dom, the St. Lawrence Waterwey Treaty 'will come up for ratifica- tion. His Excellency, the 'Governcr- General opened parliament today with usual ceremdnies. Premier Bennett {is meeting parliament with a determination to transact the nation's business with a minimum of delay. Thanks to his own industry aad ' the diligence of his Ministers, the Government is ready with several important measures cf major importance. It is the intention of the rime Minister to proceed at omce wiih the tariff changes arising from the Imperial Economic Confer ence and with the legislation ne- cessary to implement the recow= mendations of the Royal Commis- sion on Transportation, which spent nine months investigating the railway ills of Canada and prescribed remedies which have been generally well received. Unofficial figures obtained by The Times this morning, figures which it is believed will be contained in the monthly report of the City Re- lief Officer," Miss Farncomb, show 1,116 families to be at present in receipt of relief in this city. The number of families on re- lief during the month of August, according to the report of the So- cial 'Service Department, was 922, this number having been imcreased by 194 through new applications for assistance received by the de- partment during the month of Sep- tember, while this total is growing larger day by day. found impossible to obtain a quorum for the Board of Health. At to-night's meeting of the Pub- lic 'Welfare Board it is expected NUMBER OF FAMILIES RECEIVING RELIEF. FROM CITY IS INCREASED that a committee will be appointed to put into force a definite method of dealing with the problem of pro- viding shelter. The Order-in-Coun« cil recently passed by the Ontario Government set October 1 as. the date upon which relief under the heading of "rent" is to be available through the machinery set up by individual municipalities, and this matter will be dealt with to-night, Many Seek Shelter Relief During the past month the City Relief Department has been inuns dated with applications for assis< tance under the general heading of shelter, all such applications being temporarily side-tracked during the (Continued on page 3)