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he © Alo Fe haa BD a 1 The Oshawa'Daily Reformer AR HW FTN Eee Sumiava" and. ble Holidays Dav 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. -_--a FOURTEEN PAGES ONTRACT T rms OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1927 A n rt { Oshaw yx HEAD OFFICES INSURANCE (0. MOVING HERE Site Already Chosen for the Erection of an Office Building NEWLY ORGANIZED A. J. Walker-Craig, Montreal, Was in City Investigating * Situation Head offices ¢ / an *mportant though newly-furmed Insurance Company, now located in Montreal, are on the eve of moving to Osh- awa Mayor Preston announced to. day. The name of the company is withheld from publication for the present for obvious reasons, but Mr, Preston stated that A. J. Walker: Craig of Montreal, acting for the company, was in this city earlier this week and, the mayor under- stands, he has returned te report favorably on changing the company's headquarters to this eity, The move would involve the eree. tion of an office building, a favor able site for which has already heer found. A large «clerical force would be emploved in addition to the ex- ecutives who would make theh home here, Tha new enmnany which will be established here within the next few months, it is helieved, will is. sue all standard forms of insurance together with some new forms in which the company will spesalize. Backed by well-known financiers pf Montreal, the company's financial position is said to be most envia- ble. | "It is very gratifying," the mayor pointed out, "that a company of this sort is earnestly contemplating moy- ing its headquarters to Oshawa. It shows that our commercial develop- ment is keeping pace with individ- ual growth." SAYS WOMAN KILLED WHEN CAR STOPPED Brantford Man Took Body to Undertaker and Left--Ar- rested Later (By Capadian Press) Brantford, Ont., Sept. 29.-- Mystery surrounds the death of the woman claimed by George Duncan, ¢ former member of the Brantford police force to be his wife. i It is known that last might Dun- can and the woman were motoring from Hamilton to Brantford, About 11.30 last night he drove to the of- fice of Dr, Faris with her, and Dr. Faris declared the woman dead Duncan took the body to a local un- dertaker and left. The police were notified and after a search in which they travelled ninety miles, Provin- cial Officer Milligan and County Officer Blakney arrested Duncan who is beld as a material witness Jo formal charge being laid against m, Duncan's statement, it is reported Was that the car had to d suddenly, and that, the, hol 41 the steering wheel, this being re- sponsible for. the. broken neck. Ex- amination of the body showed # mark on her chin and Scratches or the abdomen. The feet and ankle: were covered with dirt 'and some of the underclothing had been torr off, with indication that there hac been a struggle on the road. While it is rumored that the gir' in question came from Hamilton Provincial Officer Milligan stated that she is an Oxford County girl ber mother residing in Plattsville. THRESHING MACHINE DESTROYED BY FIRE (By Canadian Press) Owen Sound. Ont., Sept. 29. William MeNally's barn in Syden ham Township, and its entire crop of bay and grain, considerabl- stock, and a new threshing machine were all. destroyed by fire last nigh' during a severe electrical story which struck shis district. The loss i= satimoted at hetween twelve ans fiftean shoveend doMars and war partly insured. SENATOR CELEBRATES HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY (By Canadian Press) St, Hyacinthe, Que., Sept. 20.-- Residents of St. Hyacinthe and the government of Canada paid honor today to Senator Geo. Des- saulles on the occasion of the hun- dredth anniversary of his birth, Hon. Fernand Rinfret, Secretary of State, represented the Dominion Government at today's ceremonies which were featured by the unveil ing of a monument to the aged but hale and hearty Senator, The unveiling was done by Mr. Rinfret who, in his remarks, paid a tribute to the veteran statesman. FOUR MONTHS ON LIQUOR CHARGE Jack McMi'lan is Found Guilty of Keeping Liquor for Sale J ek McMillan, charged before Virgistrate A, F, Hind in police court. yesterday with keeping lig- or for sale contrary to the provi- sions of the Liquor Control Act, was 'ound. gullty and senisnced to four months with hard labor in the coun- ty jail, It will be remembered that ac- rording to the evidence of several members of the provincial and city police. given before his worship yesterday morning and afternoon, the officers swore to seeing men en- ter and leave the McMillan apart- ment at all hours of the day and night, After keeping the place un- der surveillance for some time, a raid was staged and a quantity of liguor found. J. P. Mangan apepared for the Aefonga and Crown Attorney, Col. J. F. Grierson prosecuted. It is un- derstood an appeal from sentence will be entered. TIME EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 10TH FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES While taxes are due October 1, City Treasurer Peter Blackburn an- pounced today that this time has been extended until October 10. Af- ter that date taxes will be liable to the penalty of 5 per cent and steps will be taken to collect the outstanding amounts, Organization Meeting Monday to Form Branch Aeronautical Association | Officers Will Be Elected and ' formed to' report e Aviation Cent a Committee Appointed to- Report on Question of a Flying Field and Erection of a Hangar MEETING TO BE AT ARMOURIES Well Known Aviators to At- tend -- All Ex-service Men of Flying Corps Urged to Be Present -- Will Apply for Two Instruction Ma- chines Definite announcement was made, today by organizing members that an Oshawa branch of the Canadian Aeronautical Association of which Maj. Gen. J. H. MacBrien, C.B., C. M.G.,, D.8.0., is the head, will he formed Monday evening at the On- tario Re®iment armories. Officers will be elected and a committee and act on the local problem of 2 flying field and the erection of a hangar, On the field being secured and the hangar matter settled, application will be mode for the two instruction planes which the Federal Government has offered to organized branches of the Dominion association, Every man in Oshawa who had flying corps experience in the late war is urged hy L. P. Boudler ul re T0 MAKE CITY WIDE CANVASS FOR SUBWAY Several Thousand Names Will Be Added to the Petitions TO GO TO COUNCIL Business Men Unanimous in Pledging Support to Project Public interest in the proposed subway under the C.N.R. tracks at Simcoe Street South has grown so remarkably since Monday that the' Citizens' Committee which is giving vol'nteer work in the matter of petitions decided early today to make a city-wide canvass for names en- dorsing the City Council's action in appointint a committee to investig- ate and report, and praying that the work be started at the earliest pos- sible moment, BefoWe the Council session Mon- day night Jt is anticipated that several thousand names will have heen secnped as pledges of support for the City Souncil in'megofiating with the .Ganadian | National Rail- wow and the Dominion Board of Ra y Conimissiongrs, THevfizst of the Busi Men's lists Wan. daphleted (today, and the names gttaghed ave released: for puh- lication. "in "al,. however, some 500 of wAerders im gommerce and Andry have signed, but their names are attached to lists to "which more names are being added. acting secretary, to report at the or- ganization meeting. It is J record | (Continued on page 6) List,No. 1, contains the #llowing names: J. 8. Kyle, J. H. R. Luke, J. " (Continged on page 3) City's Fire Loss For First Nin # Nearly Half of Total Amount, $20,000, Caused in Blalze at Fittings, Limited--Only Six Other Fires During the Year 5 Fire losses in Oshawa for the first pine months of 1927 total only $42,- 827.73 nearly one half of which was accounted for in the $20 000 fire at Fittings Limited, early in the year. Only six other fires during the year did more than a thousand dollars VAME DIRECTORS BILINGUAL SCHOOLS Sandwich French Master and Dr. Karr, Toronto, Are Chosen (By Canadian Press) Toronto. Sept. . 29--A, J. Bene- teau, French master at the English- i"rench training 'school, / Sandwich, 1as been appol director of 7rench pr. co + 4) Dr, wr (S. Karr, Toronto. director of Englieh education of the bilingyal s¢hools 1 g weordance 'with: proposals' mage- by 'he committee appointed to investi- rate the French-English schools' im 'he province. ' Premier G. H. Ferguson, apnouvn- ed the appointments today. Mr. Zenete'n and Dr, Kerr together with Chief Inspector Greer will 'orm the committee of supervision ander the proposed new scheme. damaze. The remainder was made up of three fires doing more than $100 damage and a number rep- resenting negligible loss. Up' to this day, the Oshawa Fire Department has respondéd to 126 calls. eight of which were false alarms. | , The department's ambition ig to keep Oshawa's fire loss below the $50,000 mark for the entire year. $42,827 e Months 1927 Lady Jane Grey Wears Gown of 1554 at Weddirg (Cable Service to The Times By Canadian Press) London, Sept. 29,--Scenes reminiscent of the sixteenth century were enacted in West» minster Abbey today when the possessor of one of England's most romantic names, Lady Jane Grey was married in the chapel of Henry VII to Rev, Peveril H. Turnbull rector of St. Crosswith at Homersfield, Suffolk. The bride wore a gown of white velvet copied from a portrait of her ill fated an- cestor who was beheaded at London in 1554 with her hus- band on charges of treason af- ter having been proclaimed queen in 1553. and the coming Fire Prevention Week will stress that objective in every possible way, Amonest Canadian cities, partie- ularly those of the industrial class. Oshawa's position as regards fire prevention is almost unigue. The annual total of losses in this eity compares . favorably with a week's rayage in many otoer Canadian mu- picipalities. 1'@redst for this epyible record is aseribed in the fist nloce to the department itself, headed by Chief Angus Cameron the City Connell Fira Protection committee of which Ald. Ernie Marks is chairman, and to the citizens in general upon whose co-operation, the fire chief declares. the real effectiveness of the eity's fire prevention program finally rests. Report Sesing Biod ; (By Canadian Press) Harbor Grace, Nfld, Sept. 29.--The eport that the body of a man with a helmet on his head similar to those yorn by the aviators had béen seen loating between Bell Island in Con- eption Bay and this town on the nainland, was current here today. "here was no early confirmation. The story as told here was that two nen had cegortéd that while go irom Bel Tdtand to the i kr phi pa of Man met Like Aviator a motor boat they had seen the body and had tried to recover it with their boat hook but that a heavy swell on the ocean surface prevented this. The rumor immediately started spec- ulation among the residents of Harbor Grace as to whether the body might have been that of one of the airmen lost on one of the several flights be- tween Newfoundland and Europe this year which ended in the loss or dis- ! |appearance of planes. SUGGESTS PEACE PALACE AT FALLS To Commemorate More Than One Hundred Years of Peace (By Associated Press) Niagara Falls, N.Y., Sept. 29.-- Peace Palace at Niagara Fails, with- in sound and view of hte great cat- aracts, to commemorate more than a century of peace between the United States and Canada, is sug- gested by Mayor H. P. Stephens, Ni-gara Falls, Ont., in an interview today. "Instead of having a Peace Pal- ace in Europe which has been torn with strife since the day of Attila the Hun is it not far more appropri- ate that we have a Peace Palace at Niagara Falls, between two nations which have enjoyed peace for more than a century," Mayor Stephens said, discussing his project. WEATHER Moderate south-west winds, fair td vr Kier, smn somth- FOR | Ground Will This Week; Be Completed January 1 Al Wo : Structure to Hambly Bros. Withhold Cost tracts Will Be Awarded of Building and Name of Con- tractor But Announce That Concrete and Steel Work Will Be Up in Six Weeks' Time -- Will Be Modem in Every Detail and Accommodate 5,000 Fans--Sub-con- This Week January |. proposed structure or the name cording to the terms of the contract will be located on King street west. While Hambly Brothers would not divulge the cost of the Oshawa hockey teams will be playing on artificial ice surface this winter, according to an announcement made late today by Hambly Brothers, who stated that ground for the new Arena will be broken this week and the new structure ready for occupancy The concrete and structural steel work will be up, ac- , in six weeks from now, It of the it was de- contractor, signed by A, W. Connor & Company, of Toronto, architects. They added, however, that it has been especially designed to meet the requirements of Oshawa fans and hockey teams. ing will have a seating capacity of 3,500 people and there will be The new build- standing room of approximately 1,500 capacity, thus making ample accommodation for Bons -- fans. . That the building is modern in i every detail is evident by the fact that the architects have included everything required to make the pub- lic comfortable hoth while skating and while watching teams playing hockey. Dressing rooms for teams participating in games will be of the latest designs and all modern improvements such as lacked in other arenas at present standing will be included. Contracts for the various sections of the pronsition will be let this week as a!l bids have been consid- ered and everything ready to have signatures attached to paper, The announcement that the build- ing will he re2dy hy January 1, means that hockey teams will be practically able to start their play- ing season on artificial ice. 'n or- der that the teams may become ac- quainted with artificial jee condi- tions it is understood tht prelimin- ary tra'ning will take place on arti- ticial ice, possibly at Toronto, An abundance of new material for both the junior and intermediate teams is available this year and prospzets for a bumper season looks bright, YOUTH GETS YEAR TERM FOR THEFT Joseph Morrow, of Toronto, ' Pleads Guilty to Stealing Car : One year in the Ontario Refor- matory with an indeterminate period of oné year, was the sentence metted out in police court this morning to Joseph Morrow, a Tpronto youth, who pleaded guilty through his counsel, J. P. Mangan, to the theft of a car. In sentencing the accused Magistrate Hind pointed out that the youth is - young and for this reason the sentence was light, Mor- row promised to reform if given the chance. The car taken by Morrow was the property of Harry Cawker, this city. FIFTY ACRE SUBDIVISION Big Development at East. mounts Heights By the Torrance Co, CITY EXPANDING Messrs. Torrance and Stod- dard Believe City's Growth Barely Begun "Oshawa is a wonderful city for i.8 size, in fact its future is the best in Canada today," said A. P. Torrance, of the A. 1', l'orrance & vo. reallors, who are developing Eastmount Heights, a subdivision or about 50 acres sanctioned by the Pianning Commission of Oshawa Mr. Torrance's company have taken permanent offices at 14% King treet eaft, Suite 2, In describing the Eastmoun! Heirhis to The Daily Times today, Mr. Torrance stated personally that it rontains approximately fifty acre: of splendid rolling land with natur il drainage. This property, sta- ted Mr. Torrance, is absolutely free of en"umberance, and he added tha! Auring the past few monts, thei superintendent Mr. A, C. Stoddard who until recently was with the Seminole Fruit snd Land Company Miami, P'orida, has been busily enga~ed in looking after the subdi vision especially the surveying, reg '#terinz and the laying out of the thoroughfares. The result jis that the official opening of the subdivi sion will be Friday of this week, So great has been the interes' taken in this Jatest development (Continued on page 4) of ----- Present Month Establishes a New Record for September in History of City. -- Only $400,000 More Building is Required to Bring Year's Total Up to $4,000,000 With anything between ten and twenty thousand dollars of permits to be approved at the last minute and yet to be added to the month's total, September's building total today reach- ed $356,540, bringing the year's aggre- gate up to $3,006,540. The latter to- tal represents Oshawa's building acti- vity for nine months of its greatest expansion year. Less than : remain to be reported to the city building inspector to reach the goal of $4,000,000 and much of that balance is already in sight. September goes down as the record September so far as building is con- cerned, in Oshawa's history. It also passed August's total by over $6000, as the eighth month's total 'was an even $350,000. > Only one large and three moderate factory building permits were issued during September. General Motors' tember Building in Ortavre Near $400,000 Mark BOOKLAW CAPTURES FURTHER HONORS, WINS JOCKEY CLUB STAKES Ue Service: to The. Ti (Cable to ie imes by Newmarket, Eng., Sept. 29. -- Lord Aster's filly Booklaw, winner of the classic St. Leger stakes, today won the jockey club stakes. law is by Buchan out of Poppingoal and is three years old. Foliation, owned by S. Tattersall, was second. new paint plant permit showed $50, 000 as the construction value; two others were issued to the W. E. Phil- lips Company. The remainder of the permits were for house and garage building in the main. The garage permits do not ac- ed, but close to 50 such structures were erected during the month. Every part of Oshawa north of the | CNR. tracks saw home building very active. Many fine homes were begun, and the remainder, generally, reflect the high living standzrds 'of Oshawa | cifiz ns, ; Be Broken count for much of the total value stat- | FORTY MORE RESIDENCES General Motors to Carry Out Housing Scheme for ' Employees : PREPARING PLANS All Will Be Completed Be- fore Winter--$250,000 In- volved in Project Plans and specifications are, being nrepired for forty more houses to he erected by General Motors of Ca $ ada, Limited,' which are to he sold under the corporation's employees' housing sceme. '$t is officially statad that the entire block will be com- nloted before snow flies, or at least far enough advanced to make their further completion independent of we-ther conditions. Work on five additional houses to the 11 now | rearing complgion will pegin at once, : The houses heing erected by Gen- eral Motors are all of high residen- tial type, and will range in vaWe when completed between $3,700 up to $4,500 as an average, Total value of the housing pro- fect has been stated at $250,000, i and their completion this year will wactically guarantee the 1927 bulld- int total's passing the four million mark which is exactly twice what even 1c most optimistic predicted in January, ALE LADEN VESSEL RUNS AGROUND Two of Crew Spend Night in Open Boat--Had Export Papers (By Camadian Press) i Port Colborne, Sept. 29--Heripad- || der becoming defective, the motor. ; boat Scout, loaded with Canadian ale for export, ran aground near the . Peace Bridge Tuesday and for some hours the crew of four men were in a perilious position, 'wo of the men weye taken off by rescuers dur- ing the evening. but the remaining two were forced to spend the nigh! in an open boat, being taken off vesterday. The cargo was trans- ferred to another craft op eaxmina- tion showing the Scoot's export pa- pers as being in order. pho Yu INJURIES PROVE FATAL (By Camadian Press) =. oo Brantford, Ont., Sept. 29 B50 Passmore, for forty years clagsicgl. master at the Brantford Collegiate = Institute died in hospital here to- day from injuries sustained when he was struck by a motor car lale. last night, A il id 4 Ccming Events RATES * 8 Cents per word each § Minbnnm for ; insertion, 8Bc. Eo eg +ADIES' AID TEA IN THE BASE- ment of King St. Unite" Churels; Friday afternoon, September '30, from 3 to 6 p.m. Also homemade candy for sale. (742) IADAME ZEDDA, SCIENTIFIC Pa'mist, now at 384 Mitchell, Ave. Short time only. (74b) TONIGHT JUBILEE PAVILION-- Big Fight night, Tunney Fish We. Dempsey Jones, in six rou of" hilarious laughter. Don't miss .. big battle! Canadian Jubilee Or- chestra. (74a) ROLLER SKATING EVERY Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Band. Skating every Sat- urday afternoon. (72-74-18) RUMMAGE SALE IN THE MARKET Friday, 2 p.m., in 2id of the Loyal True Blues. (73h) WHIST DRIVE IN CANADIAN Legion Hall, over Market, Friday' September 30th, at eight o'clock. Good prizes. (73h)! PUBLIC MEETING--A PUBLIC meeting for a!l bricklayers, mas" ons, plastere-s, carpenters, pafnt- ers. electr'c'ans. and all mechan- ics in the br'iding trades will be" heid o» Frias a enfne santem- ber 30th, at eight o'clock in the Orange Hall, Simcoe r: ..] : hor of King over Burm's Shoe v The meeting will be addres <7 oy represe, tativi oP! the dif ata rutin, Welt ood' " (7 38) 1 ye K Rt i LETT : :