The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Oshawg Baily Reforier WITH WHICH IN CORPORATED THE OSHAWA TELEGRAM Es -- VOL. 55--NO. 203 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1926 Second Section--Pages 9-12 EXPLOSION ROCKS LONDON STREETS, ONE WOMAN DEAR. Mrs. Crawford, Trapped in Burning Building, Rescue Fails . TWO PERSONS SAVED Roof Blown Into Air and the Wreckage is Strewn About Street London, Ont., Nov. 29.--An ex- plosion, as yet unexplained, rocked the London business district to- night, demolished the Hotson bloek, 296, 298 and 300 Dundas street, ignited the wreckage, caused the death of Mrs. Crawford, mother of Edward Crawford, of the Crawford Piano Company, and more or less seriously injured Mrs. Fred Merrill, her sisted, Miss Minnie Fontana, and Harry Poulson, Mrs. Merrill and her sister were rescued from the burning ruins a- | mid scenes of the greatest valor, and tonight at Victoria Hospital are reported as having a good chance of recovery. Fireman Lawrence Inch is-also in the hospital, suffering from severe burns sustained when his clothing caught fire during the rescuing op- erations. Total Loss is $75,000 The destroyed buildings were part of the William Wyatt estate on the north side of Dundas street, a few doors east of the City Hall. The loss to the building, a two-story brick, about 20 years old, will be approximately $30,000. The Craw- ford Piano Company, tenant in No. 296, suffered a loss to stock of about $20,000, and it is believed that $10,000 will cover the loss to the Radio Auto Eleetric, operated by William White; the Merrill Toilet and Barber Supply Co.; and the Smart Set Beauty Parlor. Other losses, including the demo- lition of the apartment occupied by Mr. Crawford's mother above the music store, the Merrill apartment above their own store, the partial destruction of adjacent buildings in the Abbott property, and the smash- ing of windows for a block in all directions, will bring the total, ac- cording to .tonight's estimates, to more than $75,000. Heroic Efforts at Rescue Heroic efforts were made to lo- cate Mrs. Crawford, but the mass of debris could not be moved for hours, despite. the augmentation of the night and day platoons of the firé department by hundreds of volun- teer workers. Later at night the dead body was found. The Crawford and White stores were both closed at the time, Migs White having left the store only a TWO BRITISH SPORTSMEN BURIED AS REQUESTED London, Nov. 30--Harry Armour, who died at the age of 80 in the saddle at a recent meet of the Lin- lithgow, Stirlingshire Fox Hounds, ! was buried in full hunting dress, booted and spurred, according to his own directions. 'Another veter- lan sportsman, Col. P. R. W. Sam- san, also received an original fun- {eral the same day at Hastings. Formerly active in the service of Nigeria, Colonel Samson's dying | wish was to be buried in the Eng- | lish Channel from the deck of a ' fishing smack.- With the coffin covered with the Union Jack, and | carried by four fishermen, the smack i put to sea following a brief ser- vice, and immediately disappeared i from sight in a fog with a single mourner attending. A picturesque touch was lent to the occasion by the fact that hundreds of screaming gulls settled quietly to rest on the water the moment the strange fun- eral barge left shore, VIGE-PRESIDENT OF C.N.R. RESIGNS J. E. Dalrymple, Who Began as Office Boy in 1883, Gives Up Post Montreal, Nov. 29.--J. E. Dalrym- ple, president in charge of traffic and express, Canadian National Rail- ways, has announced his resignation to take effect Dec. 31. A. T. Wel- don, general traffic manager, suc- | ceeds Mr. Dalrymple as vice-presi- | dent. The position of general traffic | manager will be abolished. | Mr. Dalrymple says he has been | considering the move for some time and the traffic department has been reorganized in anticipation. The new officers are now functioning and Mr. Dalrymple feels he can relieve him- | self of the. arduous duties involved | in the position. | Granted leave of absence by the EVER £ Rich man, poor man, beggar man--all, Listening to the radio's call Listen to music and listen to news Brings in the gladness and drives out the blues. RADIO set is the friend- liest instrument devised by scientists who have the comfort and happiness of the human race in mind. If you haven't a set in your home you are missing a lot that belongs in your life. FOLLOW THE ADVENTURES or THE RADIO BUG Cont Sag C 15 PRINCE ST PHONE 94.2 OSHAWA,ONT.. A ANNUAL MEETING. of the Children's Aid Society of the County of Ontario, will be held on Thursday Evening, Dec. 2nd, 1926 At 8 p.m. in the Simcoe United "Church, Oshawa, Ont. Reports of the work done during the year will be read and an open discussion will follow regarding this work. Special Addresses will al- so be given on questions regarding the welfare of children. Election of Of- ficers. All Welcome. H. W. Elliott, H. P. Schell, Local Supt. Pres. management during December he has transferred all outstanding mat- ters to his successor and now pro- poses to spend a quiet holiday at home. He says he is not going to think about business until the New Year and expressed the intention of continuing to live in Montreal. Began as Office Boy Beginning his career as office boy with the Grand Trunk in July, 1883, Mr. Dalrymple gained rapid promo- tion until he reached the responsible office he is now vacating. His successor Mr. Weldon, also be- gan in the ranks. He is a native of Dorchester, N. B., entering the service of the old Intercolonial Rail- way as a messenger in Moncton in 1890. He was then 14 years old. In December, 1901, he became chief clerk to the Nova Scotia divisional freight agent with headquarters in Halifax. In 1917, he was appointed general freight agent of the Canadian Gov- ernment railways and a year later when the amalgamation was effected between the old Canadian Northern and the Government lines he was ap- pointed assistant freight traffic man- ager with headquarters at Moncton and a little later transferred to Montreal with the same title but in charge of lines east of Port Arthur. He continued in this position until the final consolidation of the Cana- dian National Railways in 1923 when he was appointed trafic manager of the Atlantic region with supervision over both freight and traffic business, with headquarters at Moncton. g Mr. Weldon was appointed general trafic manager of the system last August. Dundas street, was in the i TA Motor Sales, on the opposite few minutes before the crash. Huma Depotie, salesman for the Merrill store at the time. He said that Mrs. Mrerill was in her apart- ment above, and that Miss Fontana was behind the counter in the beauty parlor. He was about to leave when a violent explosion oc- curred without warning, hurling him back under a stairway, which in part protected him from the falling bris. hes, ersiby saw the roof of the building blown into the air as the walls burst out upon the adjoining buildings, and for a minute the wreckage rained into Dundas street. Depotie was able to extricate him- self, and staggering fainting into the street, while the cries of Miss Fontana, buried under heavy beams, attracted the attention of rescuers and firemen. : Dr. Percy Banghart accompanied the rescuers into the tottering ruins, and gave a hypodermic to Miss Fontana to ease her suffering. Am- bulances were called, and Miss Fon- tana, her sister, and Harry Poulson, proprietor of a fish and chip parlor in the Abbot Block, were rushed in turn to Victoria Hospital. Mrs. Merrill was buried beneath six feet of bricks and heavy wreck- age, but a wooden box which fell over her head provided breathing space and saved her life. War Veteran Shows Courage W. H. Baines, manager of the Winter Gardens, a war veteran, and Secretary of the Canadian Legion, one of the first on the scene, was given great crdit by spectators for his fearless disregard of the totter- ing wreckage in the fight to save the! imprisoned women, while a furnace | of flames licked up the timbers a- round them. sources, but they have not been of- ed { visable not railway strike will likely be under discussion in Cabinet Council tomor- |row afternoon. Minister, Minister of Railways, past twenty-four hours has had two emergency conferences with f sentatives of both sides in the wage, dispute, will attend the sitting. The | Minister of Labor, Hon. Peter Hee- nan is out of the city, and is not expected to be present at tomorrow's | Cabinet session. KING OF RUMANIA 1S RUMORED DEAD Report is Unofficial With No Details Being Avaibale Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Nov. 29.-- Reports have been in circulation here today that King Ferdinand of Rumania is dead. These reports ap- parently originated from several ficially confirmed nor have any de- tails been received establishing their authenticity, The death of King Ferdinand of Rumania has been reported several times from various capitals, The Allgemiene Zeitung of Vienna has | published an unconfirmed report from Bucharest tig¥ Ferdinand died on Saturday. The Bucharest despatch mention- ed the possibility of the proclama- tion of a republic. The explana- tion given for the secrecy maintain- was that it was considered ad- to disclose the facts of the King's death pending Queen Marie's return. Flags were said to have been half- masted" and theatres and stores closed on Saturday at Klausenburg. in Transylvania, formerly a Hun- garian City, but now part of Ru- mania, i KING CABINET TO DISCUSS STRIKE Negotiations Between Men | and Railways Now Likely | to Reopen Ottawa, Nov. 29.--The threatened Robb, Acting Prime | C. A. Dunning, | who in the, J. A. and Hon. Hon. repre- | In official circles the belief is ex- pressed tonight that tomorrow may) bring forth a reopening in Montreal of J ] of the Canadian Pacific and Cana-| accounted for 29.8% of all con- dian National Railways with officials struction, or $107,129,700. It is to of the on behalf of 15,000 conductors and [ing under this he.ding have been trainmen, are seeking a 6 per cent.!more numerous and also of a some- ' 1 | negotiations between executives railway brotherhoods, who, increase in wages. : Late this afternoon representatives of the railway brotherhoods left for | well ahead ; industrial November Contracts Show A Noticeable Increase Construction contracts awarded in all the cities, towns, villages and rural districts throughout Canada, during November, according to fig- ures compiled by MacLean Building Reports, Ltd., totalled $34,972,800 compared with $43,384,600 in Octo- ber 'and $46,972,800 in November, 1925. The total for the eleven monthg of 1926 is $359,222,800 compared with $285,297,700 dur- ing the corresponding months of 1925 or an increase of 25.9% and with $247,393,300 for the first eleven months of 1924, or an in- crease over that year of 45%. The total for this year to date exceeds even the corresponding figure for 1925, which ended with the largest total for recent years by 22.7%. The estimated value of construc- tion for the past month divided into sections shows the Province of Quebec far in the lead, with the total of $22,805,500, an increase of about 50% over the previous month and being 65.29% of the aggregate for all divisions. On the other hand, Ontario only turned in a total of construction. In British Columbia awards to the value of $1,186,100 were let or 3.4%; the Prairies were practically the same with $1,178,- 400 or 3.4%, while the Maritimes accounted for $229.50 vor .6%. By divisions also for the first eleven months of this year, the line up is similar to the month of Nov- ember. Quebec leads with $147,- 478.800 wor.h of new construction actually started or 41.1%. Ontario shows up well with 37.7% or $135,- 479,500. The Prairie Provinces have accounted for 127% of all construc- tion 'with an estimated value of $42,972,700. Britigh Columbia totals $25,262,900 or 7%, while the Maritimes show 2.2% or $8,028,900. $9,673,300, which is 27.4% of all A large Pulp and Paper Mill award in the Provinces of Quebec totalling $15,000,000 boosted the classiffcation for 'the month of November to first place. the total awards in that slassifica- tion being $16,302,000 or 46.6% of all construction. Apartments and residences, which make up the resi- dential classification continue at the same rate as usual, 29.8%. The awards in that classification amounted to $10,427,700, which is just in excess of the total for Octo- ber. Business buildings - accounted for $4,921,300, or 14.1%. and en- gineering work $3,321,800, or 9.5%. The Business building classifica- tion maintains its lead over the other classifications for the first eleven months of this year, having be remarked that the awards com- what larger. nature than in 1925. Residgntial \construction. which is of the previous year, Montreal at the close of a confer-| also now totals $103,770,500 and ac- ence with Mr. Dunning. In the party | counts for 28.99. The fact that in- were S. N. Berry, Senior Vice-Presi- dent of the Order of Railway Con- ductors: W. J. Babe, Vice-President of the Board of Railway Trainmen; W. G. Chester, Chairman for the committees, and Minor J. Burdy, Secretary for the committees. This discussion followed on the heels of yesterday's emergency conference which the Minister of Railways had in the Capital with Sir Henry Thorn- ton, President of the Canadian Na- tional Railways, and BE. W. Beatty, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway. "There is hope that negotiations will be resumed," said Mr. Dunning, following the conference. : Montreal, Nov. 29.--S. J. Hunger- ford, Operating Vice-President, stat- ed that so far as the Canadian Na- tional Railways were concerned, there would be further negotiations, but he would not state as yet the date on which the representatives of the men would meet the execu- tive of the system. SPEND STUDY HOURS USUALLY AT MOVIES (By Canadian Press) (Montreal, Que., Nov. 30.--Per- sonality as the keynote of success in teaching, and the need of the gift of insight, enabling the teacher to classify her pupils according to mental ability, were stressed by Miss Margaret McAnally, principal of St. Agnes' Academy before the Catho- lic Women's League. She refer- red to the gratuitous advice on what and how to teach, frequently of- fered by those who had never taught, and said, "Children should be led to make their own observa- tions and draw their own infer- ences--not to be told too much by the teacher. She should try to de- velop individuality in the child, and effort rat than results should be recognized." he importance of fun and pleaspre in the develop- ment of the child were also pointed out, "Nowadays, the study hour is spent in the movies," Miss McAn- ally declared. Unless children were given written lessons to do, home work generally went unprepared, as "parents take little or no interest in the school." WOMEN WENT TO JAIL (By Canadian Press) London; Ont., Nov. 30.--Two wo- men, both married, one a mother of seven, and the other a mother of two children, went to jail for a month for selling liquor. Each also was faced with an additional three months unless they paid fines of $200. The penalties are the mini- mum under the O.T.A. Both cases were tried in the city court, dustrial work this year has attain- ed the large total of $78.349,500, or 21.8% is attributable largely to some very big projects principally in the line of Pulp and Paper Mills and Power Development, Where pro- jects in this classification in 1925 nearly doubled the awards of 1924, it is now assured that figures for this year will double those for 1925. Projdets coming under the engin- eering classification now total $69,- 973,100, or 19.5%. Western Canada ---Construction work has been undertaken in the Western Provinces on a scale not approached since 1919. Every prov- ince has contributed a big portion of the increase. The Prairie Provinces where new work in recent years ran along at a low level show gains proportionately higher than Britigh Columbia altho the totals are smaller. British Columbia has en- joyed good building years right along. The improvement shown this | year in construction in those prov- inces is the first step toward etill better building years. The wheat crops alone, in spite of unsuitable weather are expected to return as many. or more dollars to the grow- ers than they did in 1925. so con- tinued development on broad lines is looked for, AGED 84, SHE FORGETS WHERE SHE LEFT GRIPS (By Canadian Press) (Edmonton, Alta., Nov. 30.--Wan- dering into a store while waiting in the city for a train, a lonely old widow of 84 left two suitcases in the store containing some per- sonal necessities, clothes and shoes. The old lady left for Toronto to live with a nephew who has offer- ed her home for the remainder of her days, and has not been able, so far, to recall the location of the store in which she left the two grips. RESOUR Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 30. -- Men and women with a common enthu- siasm--that of a love for old Cana- dian buildings--will be pleased to hear of the rescue of a unique piece of stone-carving, a carved arch. An old stone foundry (1840) was be- ing wrecked, when the beautiful arch was noted. It will be built into the brick wall near Dundurn Castle. To the City 'Council the suggestion was 'also made that "a memorial mark the spot of the home of Richard Beasley, which was first visited by Governor Simcoe, near where Dundurn Castle is located. It was proposed to have the governor-. general unveil it on his visit to Hamilton in the spring. CANADIAN WHEAT CAUSES RUSH OF U.S. GOLD TO DOMINION New York, Nov. 2. «Shipments of $10,000,000 in gold were made to Canada by United States banks during the past week when the Canadian dollar stood at 3-16 pre- mium in the United States market. The swing of gold towdrd the Dominion was caused by the rush of Canadian wheat down the lakes to be sold before the close of the shipping season, resuiting in. large demand for bullion ip Canada. There is some talk in Wall Street of the loss of London gold to the Dominion because of the large 8eas- onal export of Canadian products, THEIR OWN BUSINESS (Woodstock Sentinel Review) A Toronto professor admits that the Mussolini method of government has accomplished munch good for Italy, but claims that the cost has been too great because liberty has been sacrificed for material welfare, It has been said that good gov- ernment is not a satisfactory substi- tute for self-government; but the Mussolini idea is that the people of Italy are not fit for liberty and are better without it, And if the people of Italy mrefer Mussolini to liberty that is their own affair, so long as they do not at- tempt to force their ideas on others. JAhie church, NEW LIFE OPENS FOR ISOBEL FOLEY (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont., Nov, 30.--A new and unexpected life has opened for Isabel Foley, tht 16-year-old girl who was arrested in an apartment with John Sandusky, the highway bandit who was sentenced to 12 years in Portsmouth Penitentiary. She has accepted the wonderful of- fer made by Victoria Booth-Clibborn Demarest, who has been conducting gospel services in the Gospel Tab- ernacle, and has gone with her to Boston, motoring from Ottawa. In view of the turn in affairs, Magis- trate Hopewell formally allowed the charge of vagrancy which had been registered. against the girl, to he withdrawn, THE WOMEN'S (By Canadian Press) Edmonton, Alta., Nov, 30.-- That the Women's Institute is making a strong impression on the children of Alberta is shown by the following story: A teacher was teaching her Sunday school class the story of Stephen. They were told that Ste- phen formed a class and taught it, forming it into a society known as Closing the lesson, she asked, "Now can anyone tell to what society St. Stephen belonged?" "1 know," answered a little girl, "The Women's Institute." INSTITUTE The only newspaper printed . in Tombstone, county seat of Cochise county, Arizona, is called the '"Epi- taph." COUNTESS INTENDS 10 SETTLE HERE Will Take Up Farm in Wess tern Canada Early Next Year Montreal, Nov. 30.--The Connters Karolyi, wife of Count Karolyi, who played a prominent part in the at- fairs of Austria and Hungry during war days, and who was "muzzled" as far as public speeches were von- cerned, during his last trip to the United States, sailed for England, en route for Paria on board the White Star Liner, Regina, determin- ed that she will return to Canada next year and settle here, After a lengthy tour of Canada, and a close inspection of conditions in Western Canada, she sald she was s0 pleased 'with this country that she has made up her mind to return and reside here. A few weeks ago this was predic- ted by the Countess, but at that time she could not make any definite an- nouncement, Now she is convinced that the Province of Alberta will suit her and she is practically ver- tin that she will purchase a farm out there next spring, Outside of that the future is un- certain. She will consult her hus- band and decide just where and when she will become a Canadian citizen, and she will also take into consideration the number of people | she will bring out here, N ' i Every package of Winchester | Cigarettes contains a poker hand insert card. 3 Save these inserts --they are valuable in exchange for packs of high grade playing cards, etc. ~ Winches A Mild, Blended Cigarette er RM-20 "CHRISTMA DINNER, Cooked on a MOFFAT S HE finest turkey, the most carefully prepared A a J Christmas pudding can not be roasted and boiled to perfection on an unscientifically designed and poorly constructed cook stove. Mother knows the importance of a good range. Why not make this Christmas her happiest by giving her a good Range -- give her a Moffat; it is accepted everywhere as the standard of excellence, in efficiency of operation, economy of power, low cost of maintenance and repair, in beauty of design and high grade workmanship, yet the price of a Moffat Electric Range is rea- sonable, no greater than what you would pay for an ordinary range. Remember 70,000 women have found it more economical to buy a Moffat than any other range MOFFATS, LIMITED, WESTON, ONTARIO. Electric Ran ses x LECTRIC SH --Simeoe-Street_N., Oshawa, Ontario, HOP MOFFATT'S ELECTRIC RANGES FOR SALE BY THE