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Oshmua Baily Times x kite) - - , 0h te ade, Even Public Tolar SHAWA W % The Oshawa Daily Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1927 \ 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. | «al the | News While + | i bh News" FOURTEEN PAG! ILL HAVE CHAMBER COMMERCE | Sister Leaps | 142B0YS LED) TO SAFETY IN Sister May Die as Result of Heroic Attempt to Save Sick Boy BOTH IN HOSPITAL Found Retreat Cut Off -- Police Investigation is Started Quebec, Dee, 17--One hundred Hod forty two half-dressed young oys were led to safety when fire oke out last night in St, Jean man's Boarding House for oys and the St. Louis Academy, th housed in one building which located in the heart of the best residential section of Quebec ose to the Legislative Buildings the Province, building was completely gutted, Several were injured, two ser- ously, Bister Ste, Victoire, nurse a the Academy, is reported near death following a heroic attemp! to savea sock hoy isolated at t top floor or the hullding, Sister Bte. Victoire was attending the ¥. when the fire began. Findin OF retreat cut off, she took a patient in her Arms, made her way to window, called tc the fire- ® and jumped ninety feet into het they spread for her. Both she and the youngster named Red- mond were carried to the hospits' seriously hurt. rigin of the fire, the second within two days to destroy a Catho- le institution bere, : remained a en today. "The Police began investigation 8s soon as the flames were controlled and an- ROunced tha t they had reports that EWO men were seen leaving the pnds shortly before the alarm was given, Twenty-five sisters and sixteen ng Sith are at present lying in otel Dieu Hospital as a re- sult of last pight's fire at St. Jean rehman's School here. The young girls were in the Mother House, op- site the school, at the time of the fre and when the alarm was given t they had to leave the building at once, several of the young chil- dren became alarmed and with hurry and panic, many of them fainted or pustained minor injuries from falls, The sisters, of whom there are fourteen slightly injured and in a ner- vous condition, all received their in- while engaged in rescue work. remaining eleven sisters were suffering from shock. WAONIG WELL 08 WAY TO SARNIA Other Down Bound Boats Defeated in Effort to Reach Lower Lakes Sault Ste. Marie. Dee. 17--The steamer Hamoniz, of the Northern Nayigation Company, passed urd today on her way to Sarnia 8 load of package freight, af ter baving been stuck in the fee of the misils Neebish Channel for of ¥8. rest of the down-bound flee' 28 boats have been defeated ir to reach the lower lakes and pone yet had made any at- tempt to follow in the wake of the which was released oply laborious efforts. The steam- Eades ls stil Mrosen in west The six-storey 90 Feet From Window With Boy In Arm: Chicago Gunmen's Christmas ng Parade Totaled 0; Furs, Jewelry, Cash Sho $100, Chicago, Dee. robberies, C. Hudson, real to $100,000, (By Associated Press) 17,--OChicago stickup men did one hum- dred thousand dollars worth of Christmas shopping yesterday furs, jewellery and cash to that amount being taken in nine Slugging seemed the preferred "shopping" method. Emil Sinder, 0 ous. salesman, made the heaviest con. tribution wi i mple § street car by three men 4 escaped in au automablle, tate dealer, donated $25,000 in jewel- lery, clothing and valugble rugs which were taken from hia home, Other holdups on street and in stores brought the total , He was robbed on a Quehee, Dee, 17.=Two fires with anpalling losses have ravaned Quebee within the short space of 48 hours, On Wednesday ni~ht at the Hos. plo 8t, Charles a fire heran 'which resulted in the do strues. tion of a hing and the loss of nt least 26 lives, Last ni"ht five beoan at St, deen PBerchmon's School vee sulting in the 1783 of property estimated at between | and Quebec Ravaged By Two Fires With A In Perio (By Ownadian Press) alling Loss OF 48 Hours three quarters of a million dollars, No lives are as yet reported lost as a result of last night's five but many ave in the hos. pital suffering minor injuries, Roth institotions are under control of Sisters of Good Shenhed, For the first time within memory, the milita'y were called out lost nirit to hand'e large crowds that gathered, NO MEDICAL AD IF ILLS INA Eight South Dakota Towns Take Action--Patients Change Physicians (By Assor'ated Press) Yankton, SD, Dec. 17.--Per- sons who agree in the habit of ne- glecting payment of bills for pro- fessional medical service will be denied medical aid In at Jeast eight southerster South DaDkota towns. Stirred to setion because of an Increasin~ number of patients w"o chanre from one dostor to an- other to avoid payment, eight physicians have joined hands in keening this class of patients to a minimum, Notices simned by physicians warn that a'ter Jan- very 1, services will be dented tn all those whose accounts are in arrears and who have pot made ar- Fangements for further extension of credit. AIRMEN TO DROP 60,000 PCUNDS BOMBS TO DEMOLISH BRIDGE (By As-ociated Press) Washington, Dee. 17.--Sixty will be dropped by army alr corps planes op a reinformed concrete brid~e over the Pee Dee River be- tween Aldemarle and Mount Gilead, North Carolinas, during the de- molition of the bridze next Mon- day. The bridze to be destroyed h~s been superseded by a new one, De-| and has been turned over to mir- men for a target, Down and out, with po money and mo immediate prospet of thousand pounds of air bombs .{t2mpt the POINCARE AND BRIAND EXTEND SYMPATHY (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Pavls, Dee, 17.~Ba mond Boinealre, Premier of France and M, A. Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs have sent personal representatives to Hon, Phillippe Roy, Canadian Commissioner General, Paris, to express the deep sympathy of the French Government over the destruction by fire of the Hospice St, Charles, Que. bee, entailing los of Jife of » large number of little children. STEAMER HAMONIC FREED FROM ICF Fight But Others Return to Soo Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Dee. 16-- Winter has won the battle with the last trippers and after smashing 8! of them--the A:tz"oc, Agowa, Mar, tian, Lambton, and Kamloops--or the rocks, has compelled 22 other to sbencon the fizht to force the passage at the Neebish cut. With the exception of the Famonic and the Eades, the steamers today re turned crestfallen to the Sault ané the owners are hurriedly arranging for Winter berths, with dockage at a premium. [It is the first thwe in history, marine men soy, that a fleet has been held up by ice. Ecdes St] Fast, The James B. Eades, key ship of the blockade, is still fast in the Neebich cut, while the biz Capad'- an liner Hamopic, after hope had been given up, was released tonight by three tugs and proceeded down to Mud Lake, en route to Detour. She fs the first vessel in more than 2 week to get out of river fice. Whether the success of the Hamon- i> will induce other vessels to at , is uncertain. to free the Eades. Eroken fice the ship and her supplies of fue! and food are running low. 'auit are: Clement, Sarnian, Home Smith, Lewis R. Davidson eat in the holds of 23 steamers. 27.409 bushe's of barley. 161.267 shels of rye and 20,450 barrels J aus. | The cargoes azgregate 2000000. Anniversary of Blo-"ade. A year azo today, another group * late steamers was out in Leke uron, having been freed from a similar ice-jam, Dec. 15. AUNICIPAL SITUATION IS SERIOUS Public Apathy in Council Service Equalled Only By Lack of Interest NEED STRONG MEN Alderman Bradley, Hart and Schell Have Announced Retirement With less than a week to run be- 'ore ncminations for the City Council of 1928 are filed, it is freely stated today that Oshawa is confronted with he most serious situation in its wnicipal history, Public apathy in he matter of Council service is said a be matched only by the lack of nterest by outstanding community caders, and that unless heroic ef- rts are made between now and Fr, lay, the city will face a period of sivic disorganizaticn in 1928 wholly 'ncompatible with its expected de velopment during the coming year The announced intention of Ail Bradley, Ald. Hart and Ald, Schell 1 set re irom the Council this year | ;2id to be hardly- short of a cates trophe. "Ald. Bradley, it is pointed out, i+ one of the outstanding members on the Council, ideally qualified for his service as finance committee char man. While he his not aefinitcly announced his ret:rement, 1t 18 known that. he 'will not be a candidate un- less he is impelled by a high sensc of duty tothe city. Ald. Hart, as Board of Works chairman, is another who is planning to ret're, and both he and Ald, Scheil were scored by Ex-Mayor Mason fr ther decision in the matter at last ni ht's public meeting. No B: ard of Works in Canada has accomplished so much work in a year with so lttle overhcad as the Juez! wor':s ccmm tiee has, it is stated Ald. Hart's service has actually mea: a sav.ng of several thousand nllar: to the city during 1927, and mam bus'ness men feel with Mr, Mas that he should be earnestly request ed to offer himself for re-elect on Ald. Schell's scrvice has been « outstanding merit, local bus'ness mn state. The same qualities that ma' 1m a successful business executy ave been given whole-heartedly tr Council busness during his years « ervice. To lose him just at this tim would be in the na'ure of a calamity 't is pointed out, FACES CHARGE OF KEEPING RESORT; ON $1,000 BAIL (By Siaff Repo ter) Whit'y, Dee. 17--\ hen Lela Duke of Whitby appe:red belore ira-istrate J. E. Willis charged with keeping a common resort, she was allowed out on a $1,000 bail. She was represented by her cour sel, J. H. Kennedy at whose re- nuest bail was allowed. The de. 'endant wes pot asted to plead Cfforts to secure an im: ortapt wit- ness in connection with the easc ere keine made. Lela Duke was mrrested Thurs day morning about 4 o'clock at he: home. She was slecping when t local copstable arrived at her home to take ler to the station. Hon. G. N. Cordon Says Demand for Power Is Not General (By Canadian Press) is piling higher cnd hizher agains' | eV The yecsels to Winter at the} G. W, McLAUGHLIN Who was elected general chalr- man of the committee appointed at lost night's public meeting at the City Hall to tase immedi- ate steps with recard to organ: izing a Chamber of Commerce or a similar body de:zizned to further Oshawa's development, "NCTHER HOME IN CITY IS ENTERED $10 15 STOLEN Residence of E. V, Lander is Latest Scene of Burglary LEFT BY REAR DOOR Not Definite How Thugs Entered Home--Left No Clue Between $70 and £8) in cash was tolen by burglars who entered the residence of E. V. Lander, 221 8im- coe street north, during Thursday night, As bas been the case with other urglarics in this city recently, a mooth job was done and little trace as left by the thief or thieves. No- ng was tcuched in the house ex- pt Mr, Landers' trousers, which ere in his bedroom, and which were } where their contents vas through the trousers ou cide the house. we t'on2d this morning by The Osh- awa Daly Times regarding the oec- currence Ch'cf of Police Friend stat- ed that it had not yet been defin- itely ascertained how entry was gain. »d to the house, In spite of the wet, rainy might, no mud was tracked into the house and few traces were left. Tt is-thou~ht that entry m'~ht have been gained by a window in the rear, as a ladd-r was found leaning against the building, WEATHER Fresh porthwest winds; wostly fair and cold tcmight and Sunda g local snow flurries. FCSTERED NOVEMENT Re the City ate organization, merchants, manufacturers, arofessional men. anncunced his election, G, D. Conant was elected vice chairman over his protest and 'ounter-orsition thpt Ald, H. P, Schell be named. Ald. Schell with. drew and President Lovell of the old Eoard of Trade met Mr, Co- nant's objection to occupying the office by saying: "If you want & movement to achieve success, be s..re to appoint a man who is too busy fer the job. It's not falr, perhaps, but it gets results." A resolution presented by G. D. Conant endorsing the formation of 8 Chamber of Commerce or simi- lar body, seconded by Ex-Ald. A. J. Graves, was carried as follows: "Recolved that this meeting en- corse the organization of a Cham- ber of Commerce or such other similar body designed to further the industrial, commercial and so- cial development of Oshawa, Fur- ther, be it resolved thet a commit- tee of from 16 to 20 eitizens be named to co-operate with the City Council in carryinz out plans with a view to Immediate organiza- tion." Committee Named It was moved by Ex-Mayor Ma- "on that Chairman Swanson be smpowered to pame himself znd two otLers from the floor of the meeting to name the 15 or 20 gen- er:]l committee members. The mo- tion was carried and Mr. Swauson requested Mr. Mason and Mr, Co- "ant to assist him. The committee members appoint- °d were as follows: Mer-hants: D. M. Tod, itehell, A. E, N Professional Men: G. D. Conant; Dr. A. W, Harding, and Dr. 8. J. Phillips. Manufacturers: A. G. Storie, F. L. Mason, and H. A. Brown. Veterans: Lieut. Frank Chappel and Dap Douglas. Finance: George W. McLaughlin; ALD. D. A. J. SWANSON Whose service in behalf of organ- izirg a Chamber of Commerce in Ochawa was cheered at a Public Meeting where an or- garizction committee was named and general officers elected. The vote of thanks terdered Mr. Swanson was moved by G. D. Conary who declared that Osh- awa was indebted for his effec- tive service im the matter. Committee Named to Work in Conjunction With . Council Committee -- G, W, McLaughlin Elected General Chairman -- Committee is Composed of Merchants, Manufacturers, Ar- tisans, Veterans, Financiers and Professional Men -- Enthusiasm Runs High With City Hall Crowded By People of All Classes in With enthusiasm unequalled in the city's history for an oc- casion of its kind, represenetatives of every section of community life crowded the City Hall last night and endorsed unanimously the organization of a Chamber of Commerce or such other sim- {lar body that will have the further development of Oshawa--in- dustrially, ccmmercially and socially--as its object, Presidéd over by Ald, D, A, J. Swanson, the meeting ap- pointed a committee of 21 to co-operate with the City Council -pecial committee in the taking of further steps towards immedi- The committee, as constituted, is made up of artisans, George W. McLaughlin was elected general chairman, As scon as his name was put in nomination it was at once moved 'rom the body of the meeting that the nominations be closed. The motion carried and, with general applause, Ald, Swanson sentative Gatherin itizens Unanimously Endorse Forming Chamber Of Commere E) Of veterans, financiers and ' » ited, did pot transfer TIL 1] EW ATTEHFT TO SCALE NT, EVEREST Captain N, O'Dell Has Expe- dition Ready to Accom- ' plish Feat (By Associated Press) New York, Dec. 17.--A new at- tempt to scale Mount Everest, the highest peak In the world, has been projected by Captain N. O'Dell, geologist and oxygen of- ficer wtih the British Expedition that lost two of its members in a effort to reach the summit in 1024. Only the permission of the Tiber tan Government is mecessary be- fore the new expedition will start out, O'Dell told the pverseas league last night. With knowledge gained in three previous efforts, the next expedition would zimost certainly succeed, he asserted. The expedi- tion of 1924 came w'" P02 feet of the 29000 foot summit, G.M.C. TRANSFER OF OFFICES POSTPONED General Motors of Canada, Lim- its offices from the old oflice buildirg © Mary Street to the pew headquar- ters building on William Street to- day. As foreseen, final completion of interior work is yet to be effect- ed. The chapge will be made. Aowpver, probably before the New ear, BELANGER-JARVIS BOUT FOR MOV (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Dec, 17~In cordance with its im) - ag & world championship bout under National oe sociation auspices a wed tween French Belanger, Tos ronto, and Ernie Jarvis, Lons don, Eng., will be filmed fon motion pictures in e here Monday. { MAY APPOIN| A LOCAL MAI FIRE CHIE City Council to Consider § Recommendation at day's Meeting CULLING ACTING CH Many Are in Fever Man Appointment of a local m hief of the Oshawa Fire Depa ent is considered » # 4 ibility today. The City J holds its final regular session | the year Monday night at time it'is understood that aendations will be received fi the Fire Protection Committee, Lieut. R. Culling, acting fi chief, is favored for ti | ment by several of the erm who believe that he would ma an efficient executive, If is ol understood that he has the back of the volunteer stoff and that appointment would cure fricion tween the permanent and Ron-p manent staff, ] There is, however, a strong of opnion in the Council an outside man for the post. These aldermen are in declaring that the new must have absolute authority "hire gnd fire" so that, from start, he may set up high of discipline in the foree. Expected division of opinion | the matter may change the night session of the Council f the usual "love feast" into & Mm 'ng marked by acrimopionus bate, The final result, some is that the whole matter wil 'eft in cheyance for the € of 1928, leaving Lisut. Culling 2cting chief until such time as new aldermaric body can take necessary steps towards tion. - i ti 0 Lad Breaks His Bank To Aid Christmas Fun IH EE | BE 4 : - g : : Bn ih .3 ] £ i ¢ E fed i 3 I EE i | ; 3 i : { HH = » Eg 3 il iM gl bs 3 t Lid il i ef i } ! ae A ddd rors srrppmanns , McKay ... pps rcansn T. Holland, 86