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|The Oshawa Daily Ti The Oshawa Daily | Reformer nes - w-an VOL INO. 45 _ "ii ths Srvc "OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. EmE---------------------- Second Section--Pages 9-12 Take Out Rain Insurance To Protect F air Against Loss AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY GUARD AGAINST LOSS; HEAVY EXPENDITURES Fireworks to Be Important Feature, Night Displays and Day Fireworks, Too -- Ad- mission Fee Remains Un- changed -- Other Central Ontario Fairs Have Same Prices ¢« ql Heavy insurance against rain has been taken out hy the directors of the South Ontario Agricultural So- clety as a rpecautionary measure in connection with the Diamond Jubilee Fair to be held at Alex andra Park, September 15, 16 and 17. This step was deemed espy:ial- ly necessary this year in view of the heavy expenditure which will be made to send the 1827 Fair down as the finest ever held in Ontario County, Fireworks, this year, will be an important feature of the exhibition There will he night displays both on Thursday and Friday nights, each of which will consist of over 60 dazzling features; in addition, daylight fireworks have heen con- tracted for as a special Children's Day attraction, While daylight fireworks are more or less familiar, the 40 ela- borate pieces that will he set off on the Fair's opening day will be unusually interesting. The air will be full of floating cows, horses, ani- mals; and grotesoue human feat- ures will sail along side really beautiful displays of British flags and patriotic symbols. Admission to the fair this year will be 35 cents for adults, 15 cents for children, 35 cents for vehicles, and 86 cents for each person in a vehicle. Admission to the grand © stands will be 25 cents. The excep- tion is that on the afternoon of Children's Day, admission for adults will be 25 cents while school children, furnished with passes, will be admitted free. Admission to the night show will be 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children, The matter of reducing the ad- mission fee to 25 cents for adults has been carefully considered. It was freely stated in some quarters that Lindsay and Peterborough are reducing their fees tn 25 cents. Secretary Davis wrote to the fair officials of Peterborough and Lind- say, and has just received replies to the effect that the 35 cent rate remains in force. Peterborough, in addition, stated that a move to raise the adult admission fee to 50 cents was under serious considera- tion. It js pointed out by local fair officials that they cannot at the same time give a fair worthy of public support and meet their ex- penses without the general 35 cent admission fee. The Agricultural Society's income from concessions fis small; the midway brings no large return; and the grandstand receipts are cut by 2 25 percent rental fee to the city parks board before expenses are deducted to leave a pet profit, if ary. TRAIN DERAILED TWELVE KILLED London, Aug. 24-- Twelve persons were killed and twenty seriously in- jured this evening when the 5 o'clock express on the Southern Railway running from the Cannon street sta- , in Kent, left the 'mils while trave Ning at a high rate of speed and crashed into the Shoreham Lane bridge near the Sev- emoaks station, twenty miles south- east of London. The train was composed of the 'lacomotixe, two guard vans and three p h A washout as a result of the day's heavy rain is believed to have caused the acci- dent. Engine Overturns The engine left the tracks first and tore along the ties for about a hundred yards and then overturned. The first of the guard vans side- swiped the bridge and the entire side of the van was torn away. TFRsT SOD TURNED FOR INDIAN MEMORIAL Cobourg, Aug. 24.--What is be- lieved to be the first Indian war memorial in Canada was started under ideal conditions last Sunday at Alderville, in the Rice Lake dis- trict, Lieut.-Ool, Boggs the chief speaker--paid tribute to the splen- did work done by the Indians in the 40th Regiment, Mrs, Norman Marsden deftly turned the first sod with a silver spade, which was pre- sented to her by Col. Boggs. After the sod was turned Mrs, Boggs presented Mrs, Marsden with a love- ly bouquet of flowers, The local In- dian Band led the singing, The monument is heing erected by A. McKeel of Campbheliford. who 1s giving his entire time and lahor to this work. A very large share of the labor is being done voluntarily. PREMIER BALDWIN ARRIVES IN LONDON Sir Austen Chamberlain Wel- comes Prime Minister on Behalf of Gov't London, Aug. 24.--Premier Bald- win, Mrs. Baldwin and party arriv- ed at Waterloo station tonight on their return from Canada. Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain was the only mem- her of the Cabinet at the station to greet him, the remainder of the Cab- inet members being on holidays. Many of them, however, may return to London tomorrow for a Cabinet meeting, The Empress of Scotland with Pre- mier Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin and par- ty aboard arrived at Southampton from Canada soon after midday, in a burst of sunshine of which Eng- land has seen very little this sum- mer. The premier, while the vessel was being berthed, was observed on the bridge. Immediately afterwards he granted the Canadian Press a short interview. Had Strenuons Time "I have had a very strenuous time," Premier Baldwin said with reference to his tour of the Domin- ion, "but it has heen a wonderful ex- perience and I have enjoyed every minute of it. In 19 days I made 2 public speeches. I mention the speeches only in case there is an im- pression that I have been on a holi- day. "In some ways my visit was excep- tional. It was my great privilege to travel with the Prince of Wales, and Prince George, than, whom [ could wish no better travelling companions. "Anyone who tries to get a bird's- eye view of Canada in a short time cannot fail to be almost overwhelmed by its sheer vastness. I did not hear of any serious problem in the rela- tions between labor and capital over there. Canada has plenty of elbow room for both and she needs more men and money, and when I say 'men' I mean men and women." The Premier spoke of his having been greatly impressed with the open- hearted welcome given in Can- ada to a visitor from the Old Coun- try and the eagerness of Canadians to hear sympathetically about Eng- Jand's problems and the manner in which the English people were fight- ing them. Cure For Pessimism "If you go to Canada a pessimist you will feel like a fish out of wat- er," the Premier said "and I pro- phesy you will come back cured. I am certain I do not interpret the spirit of Canada amiss if I say that the message the Canadian people gave me to bring home is one of faith, hope and afection." to matters of state upon his return to these shores as a bulky despatch box was at Cherbourg awaiting his arrival there on his way to South- ampton. During the voyage the Premier treated his fellow passengers with characteristic courtesy, but skilfully declined to be drawn into discussions on political or commercial matters, into which some of the travelers hardly concealed their anxiety to be- guile him. Bouquet For Mrs. Baldwin Upon landing, Mrs. Baldwin en- ly the youngest ac- The first and al- though each struck the Raster pier a glancing blow, cleared it before they overturned, but the third coach crashed into the bridge and was completely demolished, while the rear guard van piled mp behind it. Many volunteers isi o in automo- biles from nearby towns, removed the injured from the wreckage and took them to hospitals in Sevenoaks and Although the insular railways of carry, on the average, 199.009 passengers, accidents are most are. . for the Conser- Miss Nancy Per- ld daughter of Colonel E. K. Perkins Conservative M. P. for Southampton, who presen- ted her with a bouquet, while a depu- tation of local women Conservatives paid their respects. Chatting with those around him Premier Baldwin again alluded to the deep impression' his journey across Canada had made upon him. "Despite some thickly populated centres like Toronto, Montreal and .-over-the whole Dominion Pilots and Plane for London to Lendon Flight HEAVY HURRICANE SWEEPS MARITIMES Vessels Are Sunk and Great | Damage Done Along Nova | Scotia Coast -- | Halifax, N.S., Aug. 24. Stranded | and sunken vessels and motor boats, | and a property damage estimated at many thousands of dollars were Jeft in the wake of a cyclonic storm that beat Nova Scotia with hurricane fu- ry tomight Torrential rains, combin- ed with the 'terrific blast, seriously hampered all lines of communica- tion. Owing to the damage done to telephone lines, Halifax being cut off from practically all points in the Maritime Provinces, no estimate of the damage done in points outside of the city was available tonight. Tracks Washed Out. Meagre reports brought in by mo- torists stated that im many sections the highways were awash. Near Wolfville. it was reported, heavy logs washed in by the turbulent seas were strewn across the roads. At Doyle's, ten miles from here, the Canadian National outgoing tracks were washed out completely. Train traffic proceeding in both di- rections was compelled to use the incoming tracks. The peak velocity of the wind was around 9 o'clock, when 48 miles was registered. Fears were entertained for the Swedish-American Line steamer Stockholm, which sailed from here for New York, with a Jarge passaneer list, shortly before the storm broke. Word received Premier Baldwin soon plunged in| here by wireless shortly after mid- night said that communication had been established with the ship and that she was safely outside the zone of the hurricane. Dieting 1s so popular that scores o doctors have had to economize by put- tiing last year's magazines iin thei waiting rooms.--~Toronto Telegram. there are only three persons to the square mile," he said "so you can understand why Canada's problem is different from ours. ¥ven travel- ling at the rate of 50 miles an hour I had mo time to visit the Pacific coast, although I did cross the Great Divide and set foot in British Colum- bia." The Premier specially mentioned the profound impression created up- on himself and Mrs. Baldwin when they first viewed the Heizhts of Ab- raham and afterwards witnessed the vociferous welcome extended to the Prince of Wales and Prince George. shown Lieut, Jimmy lot navigator, (left) and Capt. Terry B. Tully, pilot for the 3.900 mile non-stop flight (right). Between these pals in adventure stands Charle urns, president of Brewerie limited, donors of the $25.000 prize. Below iz a side view of the plane christened to honor the memory of a Canadian statesman of Confederation days who repre- sented London in hoth Provineial and Federal parliaments at the same time. The picture shows the Wri ght Whirlwind motor, a dupli- cate of Lindbergh's. Tully and Medcalf plan to hop off within ten days. Above are V. Medcali, pi arling COUPLE RETURN TO | FIND BANDITS JAD RANSAGKED HOME House of Beeton Family Was Looted While They Were | Away SAME GANG SUSPECTED Another Link in Crime Wave Which Swept Over the District Beeton, Aug. 24.--Away since July 12, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Wray returned tonight to find their home had hecn looted during their ab-- sence, Marks left by the marauders in chiseling through the door panel were almost identical with the trac- es left behind by the burglars who pillaged stores and houses in this nreighborhood before the Beeton crime wave came to an abrupt end just a month ago. Citizens tonight were positive that it was the work of the same rob- bers. As the Wrays have been away from home for six weeks and no one has visited the house during their absence the Wobbery could easily have been committed before the grim battle between Alex. Hodge and the lone marauder brought a sud- den end to organized crime in this district. . Mr. and Mrs. Wray only reached home at 6 o'clock tongiht and have not vet ascertained the extent of the robbery. They found contents of drawers strewn over the floors and closets rifled. Nothing of value fis zone, Mr. Wray stated. a a OR | PROBLEMS Vancouver, B.C.. Aug. 24.--Prob- lems of the international boundar- ies between Canada and the United States and Alaska are being studied by special Commissioners from both Governments, John D. Clark, Direc- tor of Surveys, Ottawa, and €ol. E. Lester Jones. Washington, D.C. who are mow in Vancouver. Refer- ring to the proposal as put forward by Hugh Dennison, Australian Trade Commissioner in New York, that the Port of Skagway, in United States Alaskan territory, should be internationalized or leased to Brit- He also snoke enthusiastically of his visit to Lake Louise and of the sim- ple heartiness of farewell given. him and Mrs. Baldwin in Nova Scotia. ish Columbia interests, Col. Jones said neither he mor Mr. Clark had heard anything of the scheme of- HAMILTON MAY START FRIDAY Princess Loewenstein - Wer- theim Not to he a Passenger Bristol, Eng., Aug. 24.--(AP)-- Captain Leslie Hamilton expects to be ready to start early Friday morn- ing on his overseas flight to Ot- tawa, Ont. One of his assistants flew the plane from the Upavon Aero- drome to the Filton Aerodrome in Bristol this morning so that some necessary adjustments on the engine could be made by experts of the Bristol Aeroplane Works, where the engine was constructed. Everything was declared to have been satisfac- torily adjusted his afternoon and in the early evening Captain Hamilton and Colonel F. F. Minchen, who is to accompany him on his trans-Atlantic journey, went up for an hour's trial. On coming down it was declared the machine worked perfectly. Captain Hamilton denied reports that Princess Loewenstein-Werth- eim, who has held a flying license for vears. would be a passenger on the overseas attempt. . This denial was occasioned by the publication of a report that the princess would be the additional passenger which it was said several days ago Hamil- fon contemplated taking along. But today the aviator asserted that only he and Colonel Minchen would make the trip. The plane will be flown to Upavon tomorrow morning, Shere it will be fueled and, according to the present plans, will take off about 7 o'clock "riday morning. v CABINET CONFIDENT IN DUBLIN BY-ELECTION: Dublin. Aug. 24 --Polling too! place today in by-elections in twr constituencies of the County Dublin and South Dublin City. The results will be announced tomorrow. There was mo excitement aroused and the electors seemed indifferent in the early hours. Government ofgamiz- ers are confident of a substo tia' victory in the south city phot ency, while in the county former Unionists and business men are voting solidly for the Government candidate. HUDSON BAY ROUTE The prospects are that the Hudson Bay route will cost Canada $40.000.000 and be capable of handling 25000000 bushels of grain and some other freight coling and coming. That is not invit- ing, but iit was the inevitable nm gec- sity of political expediency and should be managed so as ta Loop down the | ficially. annual cost of operatithg: INCITYIN I 1,500 Notices, Not Otherwise Assessed be twice as great Yhis year as Jash it wus stated today by S. G. poll tax collector, who has sent out more than fifteen hundred notices advising recipitents of poll liability and who will, in the witure serve an additional hundred residents with such oe Already $300, more than the otal amount collected last year. has been paid in and indication ure that the ultimate collections will he twice that figure at least. Great bulk of the increase over last year's figures is due to the great influx of nea not- | that workers to this city, records ob- tained from the industrial concerns here by the collector, show. In the city's three largest industries the rumber of workers liable to poll tax assessment is approximately 356 per cent greater than in 1926. No hetter indication of the growth of Oshawa concerns can be obtained than these figures showing increased employment in all industries. There has heen a popular belief for many years that married men are not subject to poll tax but this | is" incorrect, Mr, Carnell states. The law, he points out, | male inhabitants who are | sessed for other city taxes are able to the poll tax of $5. But as | a matter of fact, little effort is made to collect from married men | who support families living in Osh- awa and who do not pay other municipal taxes. There are many | married , men making their living in Oshawa and sendipg much of | their wages to their families who | are residing in some other locality. | ' Every effort is made to collect from these, and it is pointed out they are liable even though they may be paying municipal taxes elsewhere. Many students are among those who have been called vpon to pay poll taxes in Oshawa this summer. Most of them are here only for the summer and in the winter are in attendance at either Varsity or Queen's Unjversity. 'The fact that many of these. despite their summer earnings are still dependent on their parents residing elsewhere, oes not relieve them of poll tax liabili- ty, Mr. Carpe]l states. "They earn money here and there is no reason why they should not pay a tax," the collector asserted before going on to point out that the vast ma- jority of those assessed realize the justice of the tax and pay willing- ly. Local industries, too, he stated are cooperating in the collection of the tax by supplying lists of those taxable. Another interesting fact in nection with the poll tax levy is that, contrary to general belief, it becomes due each year. In other words, a man twenty one or more years of age is liable to the tax every year in which 'he is not oth- erwise assessed by the city. Anoth- er point is that ownership of a property the taxes on which amount to less than $5 does not entirely absolve a man from payment of the poll tax. He must pay the collect- or the difference between $5 and the amount payable on his prop- erty. In one or two instances such differences needed to make up the amount of the poll tax have been collected by Mr. Carnell this year No person can be called upon to pay a poll tax in two Ontario muni- cipalities in one year. Consequently the Oshawa collector cannot de- mand paynient from any person whe can produce a receipt showing pay ment of a poll tax elsewhere this year. It fis quite possible that : person coming from another prov- ince might be called upon to pay a second time. Failure to pay a poll tax to which is l- able will result in a charge being laid and in such cases summonses to appear in police court will be issued. Then defaulters will have to pay a fine which will be assess ed should they be found guilty of having evaded the tax and will in addition be called upon to make payment to the tax collector of the amount originally due. y not as- con- CLEMENXNCEAU'S OPINION Sfables-Dolonne, Aug. 24. Fron the seclusion of his simple La Ven- dee home off the shores of the At lantic, Clemenceau today made known his views on the Sacco-Van» zetti case. Without expressing am opinion on the humanitarian side of the question, the ~fzer asserted *hat. in his opinion. the Judges con rerned laid down their decision i- the lirht of the evidence presente: an' "ceeding to the rules of juris prudence, Poll tax collections in Oshawa will Carnell, tax three decrees that all | li- POLL TAX COLLECTIONS 927 WILL BE DOUBLE TOTAL OF 1926 S. G. Camell, Poll Tax Col- lector, Has Sent Out Over and 300 More Are to Follow -- Be- comes Due Each Year to Those Over 21 Years Old STEAMER HURONIC IS STILL AGROUND, TUGS TRY TO FREE BOAT Sarnia, Aug. 24.--The steamer Huronic of the Northern Navigation Company was still aground in Mud Lake, in the St. Mary's River, this evening, following a mishap yester- day afternoon, when the passenger boat drifted on to a mud-bank while the crew were engaged in lifeboat drill. The Huronic was due at Sar- nia from Duluth and Port Arthur at 5 a.m. today, and the boat train, which arrived on time from Toronto for the 100 passengers aboard re- turned to Toronto empty. The Huronic is not in danger. Two tugs sent out from the Soo are .en- deavoring to refloat the steamer. Mud Laka is about three hours' sail 'rom the Soo. Besides the passenger Mist, the Huronic has a heavy carro of flour aboard, and tugs ere light: ening the latter this afternoon, SITTER BATTLE OVER GODSERERRIES Rockliffe, Suburb of Ottawa, is Involved in Civil | Conflict | ------ | Ottawa, Aug. 24.--Rockeliffe, the stately suburb of Ottawa, wherein { many of the Capital's wealthiest and | most prominent people have their | homes, high on a eliffe overlooking | the Ottawa River, amid the tall pines of a beautiful park, is the | scene of a bitter. civil war. The resi- 'dents of the erstwhile calm and dig- ! nified community have divided into two rival camps, not like the Eatons- | will partisans as blues and buffs, but a8 Blisters and Anti-Blisters. On the banner of one faction is a white pine treq while the othpr army flights behind a flag that throws to the breeze a gooseberry and black cur- rant bush. Rockcliffe is an incorporated vil- lage and, according to several in- formants, a meeting of the ratepay- ers was called spome two months ago to take some action regarding the ravages of the white pine blister. The meeting was not very largely at- tended, but those who did go decided the white pine was in grave danger, and instructed the authorities to cut down all possible sources of in- fection. Gooseberry and black cur- rant bushes were officially declared 2 menace to the pines. The cutting down of the bushes began a few days ago, and many property own- ers have awakened to find that their summer supply of berries has been effectively diverted, and their bushes ruthlessly slaughtered. Indignation now animates many an erstwhile miid breast, and the whole while pine faction is being denounced in no unmeasured terms. "Why should Rockeliffe sacrifice herself on the altar of the lumber interests?" demands one house-hold- er. "We never heard of the blister before a fow weeks ago, and neither did the public-spirited citizens who attended the meeting. But these folk at once fell for the blister and promptly ordered that their neigh- bors' bushes be cut down in order to save the white pine forests of 'Rockeliffe. Where these latter are, I 0 not know, but the amount of standing white pine in Rockeliffe must be very expemsive in order to justify such steps." FERRY MAROONED BY FOG, GROUNDS ON A SAND BAR New York, Aug. 24.--Twenty- four passengers on the Rockaway Point Company's ferry Manhattan were marooned for three hours early today when the ferry and a second one sent out to search for her went aground during a dense fog on a sandbar near Rockaway Point. The passengers, most of whom were wxmen and children. started their trip from Sheepshead Bay at 11.30 o'clock last might. They were finally taken off the ferry about 2.40 am. by a police launch. ' The ferries were not floated unt'! about 4 o'clock when the rising tide freed them. Neither boat was dam- aged. The distance between Sheepshead Bay and Rdekaway Pe'nt is short, but there are four or five sand- bars along the way Jast night when the Manhattan left for its last trip the fog was as dense as i been in that vicinity in years. Girls admire promisae mt evervhody olge nef rs 0 pay cash.--Chicaga Daily Noa.