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shawa Daily SUCCEEDING The Oshawa Daily Reformer es VOL. 1--NO. 84 ET OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Second Section--Pages 9-12 Meighen and erguson Clash at Tory Convention New Public School ~ Additions Will Not Be Ready This Year Board of Education Criticizes | Contractors--Can Do Noth- ing But Property Commit- tee Chairman Says Present Treatment Will Be Borne in Mind When Future Con- tracts Are Let -- Rev. Fa- ther Bench Thanks Board for Courtesy Contractors engaged in enlarging two of Oshawa's public schools were sharply criticised at last night's meeting of the Board of Education when Trustee Norris, chairman of the Property Committee, informed the Board that, in his opinion, the additions would not be ready before January 1, even if then. "We can do nothing as you know," Mr. Norris stated, "but there" are other public schools to be erected in Oshawa, and this Board may well bear in mind the treatment it has received this year when the time comes to let future contracts." Trustees understood that the ad- ditioms to the Simcoe South and Cedardale Schools would be ready for the opening of the school term in September. No penalty clauses were exacted as contractors tender- ing argued thd: if there were penalty clauses," justice also indicated the need of preminm clauses for earlier completi~n than specified. Rev. Father Benelf® rector of St. Gregory's parish school and Separate School member of the Board, made eloauent acknr-viedgement of the kindness show, ® he Separate-School Board in the opening of two rooms at the, Collegiate Tnstitute for senior parish school pupils. "I wish 'to state on behalf of St. Gregory's how grateful we are to Chairman Mitchell, to the chairman of the property committee, Mr. Nor- ris, and to Principal O'Neill and the trustees in general for your gener- ous assistance, "Personally, T also want to ex- press my own sense of gratitude for your kindness. mentioning Mr, Nor- ris in particular if I have not al. ready done so, and I can assure you that we do not consider our debt discharged by this acknowledgement. but that a tangible expression will be forthcoming in due course, "As to -the bunild'ng, you gentle- men know that I hav mv wn prob- lems and some of vod enough to suggest that I was ,or- haps using 'undue influence' (laugh- ter), but I feel, gentlemen, that we must all recognize that this year has been altogether unprecedented in Oshawa. ' "I feel that our contractors have been working with a good will, and their mistakes have been in methods employed rathér than intention. I am sure that six months from now we will have forgotten all this de- lay to which we have been subject- ed." Chairman Mitchell replied to Rev. Father Bench"s message of thanks by saying that the Board's only re. gret was that thev had not had more rooms to offer the Separate School Board, and that he was sure that the Board appreciated the kind things said by Father Bench very highly. 1- Pretty Cashier: "I think IT need a holiday for the sake of my health. My beauty is beginning to fade." Manager: "What has put that idea into your head?" Pretty Cashier: '"The men are be- Bowmanville Ivers Kelly, Bowmanville rep- resentative, Telephone 300. MATRIMONIAL OFFICE RUN BY GOVERNMENT London, Oct. 11.--The Daily Chron- icle editorially, under the caption "Matrimonial Agencies," says: "As ev- eryone knows there are more women than men ip this country and in some of the Dominions there are more men than women. 'Here there is a surplus of women, many of whom, it is whis- pered, want husbands, whilst overseas men are eating their hearts out for lack of wives. Sir George MacMunn suggests a remedy. Why not an Em- pire matrimonial agency conducted strictly on official lines by the Coun- cil of Empire Settlement, with photo- graphs and testimonials--previous ex- perience not required. It seems an almost feasible plan." "BRITISH FLAGS" I SUBJECT OF TALK Capt. F. C. Palmer Addresses Home and School Club-- To Hold Sale (By Staff R. Bowmanville, Oct. 11.---Over forty nembers were present last night at the drst meeting of the Home and School club, presided over by Mrs. Harry Al- len, president. It was decided to hold a home cooking sale in the Central Public School basements, and a com- mittee was appointed to arrange de- tails for the next meeting which will he on the first Monday in November. The club will meet on the first Mon- day of each month for the balance of the school year. Captain. Fred C. Palmer, town en- .|gineer, gave an interesting and instruc- tive address on "British- Flags," trac- ing the changes of the flag from be- fore the time of Cromwell to the pre- sent. day. During his address Mr. Palmer declared himself opposed to the suggestion that aCnada make any change in the Unicn Jack, pointing out that the flag is symbolical of Bri- tish citizenship. and should be left as it stands. After showing the progress of the British flag from early history, through the time that Queen Anne summoned heraldists to submit suggestions of a combination of the flags' of Scotland and England, and down past the time when the Cross of Ireland was added, Mr. Palmer touched another branch of the subject, ensigns. ¥xplaining their need and use, Mr, Palmer produced several drawings snowing different types of ensigns. He then told of how the first insurance company for ships at sea started and how the need arose at that time for a distinctive flag for Canadian vessels. After pointing out that people olden times could in many casés nei- their read or write, Mr. Palmer show- ed how .the need for coats-of-arms arose. He explained how one man in olden times could tell, from the escut- cheon emblazoned on the shield or ar- wor of another, who the man was anl nis family. Concluding, the speaker explained the symbols of the Canadian CoCat-cf- arms, showing whence each part of it was" derived. Producing the coats-of- arms of each of the provinces, Mr. Palmer told what probably caused the choosing of the symbol in cach part of the escutcheon. This address followed community singing by the whole club, from song books which were distributed to each member. Miss Phyllis Darch played a piano selection, followed by a reci- tation by Mrs. William Hall. Neil S. Stewart also rendered several piano selections. Following the feeting, refreshments ginning to count their. change." were served to those present. Llewllyn Hall Pupils. Who Are Attending City Schools To Be Exempt From Fees Board of Education Receives Official Definition from De- partment of Education -- Llewellyn Pupils Are Chil- dren of Missionaries eign missionaries of the United Chufch of Canada who are domiciled at Llewellyn Hall, King street east, and attending the city's public schools or collegiate in- stitute are mot sfibject to payment of fees for their education. Official definition of 'hon resident pupils" was received from the Ontario ministry of edncation at last, night's meeting of the Board of Education, and the matter is cleared up not only for Oshawa but for the entire Children of f Trustee H. S. Smith asked for a ruling from the ministry of educa- tion and his reply not only referred him to sections and paragraphs of certain acts, but declared that "as it is required that all children "at. tend school, a child constantly liv- ing with a ratepayer is regarded, for educational purposes, as that ratepayer's child." Children who, however, go home for week-ends are regarded as mnon- resident pupils and the Oshawa Board of Education is now at liberty to check up on such attending the Collegiate Institute and impose it's new monthly tuition fee of $15. Trustee Smith asked specifically for a definition of guardianship as regards children attending school, and his reply indicates that--so far as school attendance is concerned-- a child may have both parents and province, Prod guardian at the same time, in health authorities. PUPILS READY FOR. INTER-SCHOOL MEET Bowmanville Athletes Com- ing Tomorrow in Quest of School Titile (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanv'lle, Oct. 11'--Pupi's or the High School here are preparin; today to leave tomorrow in time for the Inter-school meet which is be ing held in Oshawa beginning at half past twelve. Although the postpone ment of a meet usually means a los- ing of enthusiasm by the partie:- pants, such is not the case with the wmanville athletes, who expect tv ke a good showing at the event which was postponed from last Fri day till tomorrow on accdunt. of rain. W. J. Morrison, B.A, principal o the local High Schoo! is allowing the twenty odd representatives ur the institute to leave early enough in the morning that they may reacn Oshawa before the time scheduled for the starting evenie. The non- combatant studenis will not leave until later. Some of the local students would have preferred to have held the field meet today, that fhey might atiend the Rotary Street Fair, which is being held Wednesday night, without being tired from the after- noon"s events. However, they dia nvr place their suggestion before the convenors of the program until af ter the dale was .fiixed. THREE DIPHTHERIA 'GASES REPORTED Dr. B. J. Hazlewood, M.O.H., Sees No Danger of Contagion (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Oct. 11.--Although three cases of diphtheria have bro- ken out in town, the first in six years, Dr. B. J. Hazlewood, Medical Fealth Offier, announces there is practically no danger of contagivn as each of the three cases is of a mild .type and has been quaranieen- ed along with those in contact with them. Swabs have been taken of all the children in the school in which the disease has been found and any student found to be a car- rier of the germs will be quarran- teed. The swabs are being tesied in the Connaught Laoratories in To- ronto. Notes were sent yesterday to par- ents of sihool childen for per. misgion to give the students Scheick fmmunizing vaccine, which will | be administered free by the public Although this type of vaccihe is comparativiey new it has been successfully mused to quite already. After the school chil- dren have been immunized, the pub- lic health office in the town hall will be_open to administer vaccine free of charge to all children of pre-school age. Although no provi- sion has een made for the imminiz- ing of adults, they are strongly ad- vised by Dr. Hazlewood to consult their family physicians and receive the vaccine. All local medical doc- tors are in receipt of a supply of the Scheick vaccine. Six years ago all the local school children were administered antitox- in to immunize them against dipth- eria, but many of present day stu- dents were not attending school at that time, and did not receive the vaccine, This is given by Dr. Hazel- wood as a possible reason for the cutbreak of the disease among two of the younger students at this time, Scarlet fever was wired out two years ago, believes Dr. Hazelwood, when all the children attending the school were immunized with Dick vaccine. This was a new immuniz- ing, agent at that time, and the Bowmanville school students were the first large group to Which it was administered. SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED (By Staff Peporter) Bowmanville, Oct. 11.--Pablic school pupils will be given holidays on Thursday and Friday of this week while the Teachers' Conven- tion is being held in Pori Hope. J H. Johnston, principal of Central public school is president of the con- vention this year. Bowmanville, Oct. 11. --Miss I. K. Smith, teacher at the Bowmanville High School, was confined to her home today with a severe cold. In her absence, the pupils of the first form were given a holiday this af- ternoon, Dramatic Scene | Enacted in) Convention Hall -- Fergu- son Declares He Will Dis- sociate Himself from Gath- ering if Convention En- dorses Mr. Meighen -- Open Disorder Follows the Statement -- Meighen Says He Made Hamilton Com- mitment in Good Faith Winnipeg, Oct. 10.--The Nation. a! Conservative Convention was split right up the middle this af- ternoon when Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, erstwhile Leader of the varty, essayed to justify his fam- ans Hamilton speech and Premier Ferguson immediately thereafter took the floor and proceeded, figur- atively, to take the hide off Mr. Meighen. It was a dramatic episode. For more than an hour the convention was divided into factions, cheering alternately for Meighen and Fer- zusen. The storm followed ominous rimblings. For it had been whisper. ed around that Mr Meighen would defend the epeech which did so much to wreck his Government, and lead- es n* the party were deeply con- cerned. Ci That Worried Feeling ™ . They wondered what he would sav. They were worried. Surely he wonld not come to Winnipeg and disturb the harmony of the largest nolitieral convention ever held in Canada by exposing the skeletons in the family cupboard. They did not have lon to wait for answer. With deliberate step Mr. Meighen strode to the platform, before the afternoon session had been under way many minues. The ovation he received from the vast assemblage was remarkable. Scattered cheers soon swelled into a crescendo, and for several minutes the rafters rang with a welcome for the defeated Teader that would have gladdened the heart of anv man. And when the cheering subcided the great throng hroke into the singing of '""He"s a Jolly Fellow" and "Il a Gagne Ses Epaulettes" from the Quebec delega- tion. Mr. Meighen was clearly affected bv the magnificent reception accord- ed him, and declared he could not find words adequately to express the feelings of emotion and gratitude which swelled within him. As a Private Citizen Without further preliminaries he announced that he came as a pri- vate citizen, and as a private citizen he intended to remain. Having thus removed all doubts as to where he stood regarding the party lead- ership, he plunged into a defense of his Hamilton speech, and apparently carried thie majority of the rank and file with him' There were painful expressions on the faces of his former colleagues and Provincial leaders seated on the platform as he proceeded. They felt that this was neither the time nor the place for such a speech. Premier Ferguson began to take notes. The atmosphere was tence. Sir Thomas White shifted uneasily in his chair, Premier Rhodes and Mr. Bennett whispered remarks to each other. No one on the platform applauded. The people in the body of the hall cheered Mr. Meighen to the echo, but his erstwhile colleagues and Provincial leaders frowned. To them the subject was painful. They felt the speech was ill-advised and in bad taste. Mr. Meighen looked defiant, as if he would fight to the 'ast ditch to put himself right before the Canadian people. Armand Lavergne and the Quebec delegates cheered at every opportunity, and there were warm outbursts of ap- nlause from the repesentatives of other Provinces, particularly Al- herta and Nova Scotia, but the On- tario delegation was sullen. It was a hitter pill for them, but they gave their former Leader a respectful hearing. In G%d Faith, He Savs Mr. Meighen said he had made the Hamilton commitment in good faith because he believed in its merits. He sincerely believed when he said so at Hamilton that it would be practicable to consult' the Can- adian people in a general election were Canada ever involved again in a foreign war. But for his Hamil- ton speech he took all the responsi- bility. "From the utterance at Hamilton," he said, '"'the Conserva- tive party is now free. It is not binding on the party now." He harbored no grievance and made no complaint. He had suffered from a grievous misunderstanding and in some cases from grievious misrepre- sentation regarding the meaning and scope of his Hamilton speech. \ F ormer Conservative Chieftain Defends Hamilton Speech and Is Assailed By Ontadic Premier CLASH Ar CONVENTION RT. HON. ARTHUR MEIGHEN HON. G. HOWARD FERGUSON m-- He proceeded to give the conven- tion the precise language used at Hamilton. This evoked loud cheers from the Quehec delegation, as the speech was made on the eve of a by-election in Bagot and Mr. Meigh-! en had been accused of throwing a sop to the French-Canadian people to catch their votes. His proposal regarding Canadian participation in future wars, he explained, had been that the Government would reach its decision as speedily as possible regarding what action should be taken concerning the -lespatch of troops and then ask the people in a general election for its verdict. No Slackening, He Says He said that in the event of hostil- ities many weeks would elapse be- fore Canada could have troops ready to participate, and five or six weeks were all that were necessary for a general election. No delay or im- pairment of fighting power, no slackening of effort or relaxation had been involved in the general election of 1917 when the Union Government went to the country. Not one tenet of the party had heen shattered nor had the flag ever been lowered in the Hamilton speech, said Mr. Meighen. His idea was that if the Government decided upon Cana- dian participation in a foreign war, the Administration should st>nd be. hind that policv at the peril of its Governmental life. Amid the cheers of the delegates, Mr. Meighen closed with a challenge: "If this speech is made the subject of attack." he said. "I claim the right to reply from this platform to- day." Ferguson Hastens to Reply Before the applause had died away Premier Ferguson of Ontario strode to the centre of the stage. He had not uttered three sentences before the convention was in a turmoil. The Chairman lost control when Mr, Ferguson accused Mr. Meighen of bad taste and expressed his profound regret that the former Conservative Leader at Ottawa had seen fit to resurrect his Hamilton speech and seek to justify it. The Ontario Pre- mier told the convention how Mr. Meighen had come and consulted him before going to Hamilton. "He spent three hours in my house." said Mr. Ferguson, "and I told him his speech was grossly unnecessary and therefore unwise. It was throwing sops to the French-Canadian people of Bagot in an effort to catch their votes. I told him he should go to Bagot and not to Hamilton. I re- fused to go to Hamilton with' him." "Shut Up!" Cry Delegates "Sit down!" and "Shut up!" came cries from all parts of the conven- tion hall, while the Alberta delegates rose in a body cheering for Meighen. For a time Mr. Ferguson was unable to proceed, but when the Chairman finally restored order he said: "I never could see the wisdom of dig- ging up a corpse that had been bur- ied for two years, just for the pur- pose of raising a smell." This caused another uproar. For several minutes delegates hurled un- complimentary remarks at the Prime Minister of Ontario, and it looked for a time as if the convention would break up in disorder. The skating rink fairly shook with the roars of dissent and the cheers of the various partisans. Premier Baxter of New Brunswick marched across the platform and told the Chairman what to do. The latter pounded the table with his gavel. Mr. Ferguson waited. He was bound to go through with the job he had started. He faced the howling mob until the Chairman had re- stored some semblance of order by appealing to them to give the On- tario Premier a hearire The din subsided for a minute, hut Mr. Fei- | guson's parting shot loosed a roar that could be heard for blocks. TALL IN READINESS FOR STREET FAIR To Be Held Wednesday Night --Twelve Booths--Two Bands (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Oct. 11.--Everything 's practically in readiness now for the Rotary Club street Fair which is be- ng held tomorrow night to raise money for the Nurses' Home, and the veather man is being importuned hv Il to he kind, and not make the spon- sors postpone the fair unul Thursday night. Ihe rugs and the woollen blankets iave been bought and are on view mn he re window of one of the mem- vers ol the club. The sugar is pur- chased. and huge hams aie ready to ¢ taken away by persons who are 'ortunate at the booths, Orders for weiners have been plac- :«d through three local stores, and onns are on order as well. That com- bination of cooked weiner, stcame | un and hot mustary is going to prose a tasty morsel. taeie wil be twelve booths, with .wo or three Rotarians and Loy scouts from Bowmanville Troop Nim ber One in each. The club is cu- | deavouring to have soniething doing every moment, so there will be no lag- ging. 'i he Ontario Regimental Bard oi Oshawa will be here as well as the "If this convention endorses Mr. | Meighen," he said, "I will dissociate myself from the activities of the con- vention, no matter what happens to | » And the gathering knew that Mr. Ferguson meant what he said. If there was any doubt as to whether he had ambitions to lead the party in the 'Federal arena, he removed it bv his speech today, in which he raked Mr. Meighen fore and aft. Ferguson Loses No Time In Making His Answer When Mr. Meighen ended his speech, Premier G. Howard Fergu- son arose ang stalked across the front of the platform. He was greet. ed by the Varsity yell. "Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle- men," he commenced, "I crave your indulgence for a very brief neriod in the interruption of the proceed- ings of this afternoon. I read by the program what was to occur this afternoon, and I came in just a few minutes late. but I have listened with the keenest interest to what my great nersrnal friend and. former leader, Mr. Meighen, has had to say, and it is with the most profound regret that T find myself compelled to ask von to give me just a few moments of vour time to make my position right with regard to the declaration and views Mr. Meighen has ex- pressed. "Some two vears ao. to be his- torieal, Mr. Meighen asked me if I wonld consult with him in Toronto, and he came to Toronto and spent two or three hours in my house dis- cussing the advisability of making the speech to which he referred to- day. You will recall that at that time there was in the offing a hv- election in the constituencv of Ba- got. in Quebec. and I ventured, with mv limited experience, to suggest to Myr. Meighen that the opportunity was most inappronriate and' the oc- rasion most inadvisable. (Some scat- tered cries of 'Hear! Hear!') For one s@r two reasons, I have alwavs fornd im mv career that when vou do nnnaceccary things thev are usually ill-advided. and I pointed out that in mv indgment to make » sveech such as he contemplated at that time was ornaaly unnecessary, and therefore and T ventured as well the sneestion to Mr. Meighen that T heA sufficient confidence and regard and respect for the loyalty and self. recpert -8f my French-Canadian friends thaty thev would not be di- verted bv anv such attemnt to cach their votes as that. Speaks fOr Unity "] have a full sense of the seri- ons< position in which T find myself todav and the responsibility I take in this matter. I have been asso- cited 211 my life with the Conser- vative partv, I have been asso- ~iated and have devoted my efforts to the npbnilding of a united Can- ada. and when Mr. Meighen said to me he proposed to make a speech of that kind T said 'It is the grossest kind of violation of all the principles of unity in Canada. You never can secure unity if you are going to ap- peal to sections, nor acauire respect of people if you are going to throw sops at them to get their votes. If I wanted tn make such a speech J would go down to Bagot and make it, and 7 wanld not go to Hamilton to make it." Sizns of unrest hegan tn 'be av- navent in the andience, and a hum ~aaminely of protest arose. "I am pening tn you nerfectly frankly at 1 tharal-Conservative convention," Wergueon proceeded. "And I hava the right of a lifelong Conser- vativa whose services justify my takin this time. If Mr. Meighen aan got on tha nlatform and unneec- (Continued on page 11) | me. npvrica, a Me comedy band, to help make the festi- vitics gayer. Pigskin Peters, of Birds- eve Centre, disqualificd contestant in [the C.N.E. marathon swim, and pos- sible future mayor of that thriving metropolis, will be here with his bent derby, red nose, big black rubber boots, inevitable cigar, etc. Permission has been granted by the Police Committee to close King street from Silver to Division streets, traffic to be diverted to side strects.: The Rotary Club is desirous that everyone in the vicinity come and have an cv- ening's entertainment. The fair staris at 7.20 in the evening. ARMS LIMITATION MAKES PROGRESS Sir Austen Chamberlain Pre- dicts Success in Near Future Paris, Oct. .11.--*'Sensible pro- gress" on disarmament was predict- ed for the near future by Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain, British, Foreign Minister, in an -interview reviewing the recent assembly of the League of Nations. "The session was interesting 2nd had happy results," he said. "The League is not vet and will not be for a long. time everything its founders would have desired. "But the world today has more ronfidence in the League and the Teague has more confidence in it- self. "I think the decisions of the last Assembly permit the opinion that in the near future sensible progress can be made in disarmament and in- ternational security -- though the international situation at the present time is mot ripe for sensational de-¢ velopments."' Reviewing his recent communica- tions with Primo De Rivera, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that Great Britain was interested in the status of Tangier only to the extent that - she desired to see its administration continue to be international. RAILWAY PORTER MADE BANKRUPT ---- Loudon--Thé #Milway porter who never received a tip has filed his petition 'in bankruptcy. And he 1s in charge of a stat'on, too. The "London Gazette" is coldly official on the matter. ' "A receiv- ing -order hes bgen made agains Thomas Pritchard, of Station House, Cwmyglo, Carnarvonshire. porter in charge of a rallway station." Cwmyglo, with fts one platform lies in the lap of thé Snowden range between Carnarvon and Llanberis. But Pritchard was not to be "ound there. He was ill. "I have never hadsa tip since I ceme here," he said at his home. "People seem to think that porters have plenty of money, but that is all wrong. "There has been nothing but ili- luck for me for a long time. I am only thirty-eight. but I 'married young--when I was nineteen--and I have five children." The sound of the puffing train toiling up to Llanberis floated through the window. Pritchard sighed, "Vew get off here--and tho-o don't tip," he said "The- all go on to Llanberis--and they go up to Snowden." tryees ists vay do nA rly then PA : J