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shawa Baily Times The Oshawa Daily Reformer Der Except Sumdurs and Pulls toshoare | OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1928 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. JOE WRIGHT 2 Oshawa Ladies on Stranded Huronic HARVESTERS ARE SECURED IN ENGLAND Despite Objection to Scheme 10,000 Men Are Rapidly ' Being Collected BRIGHT OUTLOOK Work Cannot Be Much Harder Than in Coal Mines .is Opinion (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) ear London, Aug. 7.--Despite objec~ tion to the scheme voiced last night by A. J. Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, 10,000 men to go from Britain to the Canadian harvest fields are rapid. 1y being sdcured, especially in Nor. thern mining centres, As early as eight o'clock this morning long queues of potential harvesters formed themselves at the Labor Exchanges in industrial centres, "Even il the work ig very hard, it cannot be harder than work in the pit" declared many miness among the applicants, In some centres a district ob- jection arises among applicants to the stipulation fhat they secure the written consent of their wives to their going. Taking all cen- res together, however, a large majority of the applicants are prob- ably single men, Comparatively few applicants are being taken in London because of official preference for men from minging areas whic hare suf- fering rom depression, MORE GASES IN POLIGE COURT Approximately 300 More Charges Laid Than for Same] 00 Period in 1927 : Acording to informa- | tion furnished by police officals in this cty, there have been 300 more court cases dealt with to date in 1028 than were taken care of dur- ing the whole of last year, Whether or not this constitutes a record or not it was undecided but it is sur- mised that like every other activ- ity in Oshawa, "business" has also shown a large increase over each previous year with the police de- partments here, FAILED IN ATTEMPT TO TRIM WHITBY CHIEF OF POLICE (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 7.--Expressing his desire to trim 'the local police while in a state of intoxication Saturday afternoon, P C, Van Ester, a big burly foreigner, met his match when, he encounter:d Chief of Police Gunson, Van Fs- ter previously rang up the police from a store on Brock sirset north to summon their assisstance in lo- cating a clubbag which he claimed had been stolen from him, Chief Gunson answered and it was while going to the four corners to meet the representative of law and or- der that the big man expressed his bellicose intentions, The two clashed but only for a mere sec- ond because the challenger was soon placed hors-de-combat. The duel cost a short sojourn in the police cells and a fine of $20 and costs which was willingly paid. CIVIC HOLIDAY OBSERVED QUIETLY '(By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Aug. 7.--Civic holiday pashed quietly in town with no celebration or sport of any sort to mark the day, According to the police the local citizenry were well behaved and alinough the vol- ume of motoy traffic on both prov- incial highways through here was tremendous, no accidents were re- ported within ths corporation lim- its. The majority of people ¢:h- er went motoriag, travelled to oth- or points to visit relatives and friends. or spent the day at home. Both railroad lines, the C.N.R. and C.P.R. experienced a rush in passenger demands while bus lines specific Local Passengers Were En Route to Vancouver; Arrive Safely in Port MANY KILLED BY TIDAL WAVE AND (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) - Batavia, Aug. 7.--Official news received by a resident of Timor states that a volcanic eruption' and tidal wave had occurred on the coastal district of Paleoweh, Is- land of Flores, Dutch East Indies, Twenty native boats were lost and manp natives killed or injur- 10 REORGANIZE PIERCE ARROY ITOR GONPANY Studebaker Corporation to Have Substantial Interest Under New Plans (By Associated Press) Buffalo, N.Y, Aug. 7.--Stockhold- ers of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company today approved plans for the reorganization of the company in which the Studebaker Corporation will have a substantial interest, Un- der the terms of the plans adopted which had been approved by the dir- ectors, Studebaker will invest $2,000,- 000 in the new company, receiving in rturn all of class B stock to be issued, Although plans do not pro- vide for the merger, the Studebaker selling organization will be put be- hind the new company in the expec- tation that the production at the Pierce Arrow plant will be increased to 15,0000 units yearly, The allied in~ terests of the two motor companies will form the fourth largest manu- facturing group in the industry with total assets approximating $200,000,- PRINCE OF WALES TO ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE AT YPRES (By Canadian Press) London, Aug, 7.--The Prince of Wales left today by boat for Bel- gium to join the British Legion Pilgrims to the battlefield of Flan- ders and France, He will stay at Lille tonight and join the Pilgrims memorial service at Ypres, FOUNDATION BUILT FOR CLUBHOUSE Ready for 'Moving the Did G.M.C. Convention Hall to Rotary Park The work of moying the old G.M, C. convention hall from its former site at Bond and Mary streets to its new location in the Rotary Park, Centre street, is proceeding apace under the direction of a Port Hope firm of movers. The convention hall, which is a one-story frame building of generous proportions, has been tracted much attention especially at the corner of Simcoe and Bond streets as the building was pulled across the former thoroughfare by means of a truck and. block and tackle. i The building was a generous gift to the Rotary Club from General Motors of Canada and when instal- led it will fulfil many wants, The Rotarians have built a foundation and are also paying the cost of moy- ing. The local club is living up to its motto of service and this is an- other step in the right direction to supply something useful for the community, Although members of the club are not definitely certain as to the extent of the use which will be made of the hall they feel that it will provide headquarters for the boy scout troops of the city and other organizations. WEATHER mere algo crowled, --- VOLCANIC ERUPTION | { ing tension following a g divided into sections and the moying|- of the first section this morning at- Vessel Went Aground Dur. ing Fog But Passengers Were Removed in Safety and While Fear Was En. tertained By Many of Them, No Panic Prevailed OSHAWA LADIES WERE TOGETHER Miss Effie Smith and Miss Bessie Scott Have Excit. ing Experience -- Former is Assistant Superinten. dent of General Hospital Here Two Oshawa ladies, Miss Effie Smith, istant superintendent of the General Hospital and Miss Bes- sie Scott, a bookkeeper at the Fit- tings Limited, are thought to be passengers of the steamer Huronie, pride of the Canada Steamship Co., which is reported aground en Lu- cille Island, Lake Superior. Ae- cording to press despatches the ves- sel went aground during a heavy fog, but all the passengers were re- moved in safety, Miss Smith and Miss Scott are travelling together to Vancouver and the Pacific coast where they will spent their vacation, They left Oshawa Thursday morning and en- trained at Toronto at 10.30 o'clock, standard time, for Sarnia, where they were going to hoard the steamer Huronic, scheduled to safl for Port Arthur and Fort Willlam that afternoon, Miss Smith resides at the home of A, R, Goyne, 25 Church street, while Miss Scott's home is at 108 Division street, Friends have as yet received no word from them, but no anxiety fs felt 'as neither passengers nor crew of the Huronic were in any danger, Port Arthur, Ont, Aug, 6--~The passenger steamer Huronic, upper lakes liner, ranking third in the fleet of the Northern Navigation Division of the Canada Steamship Lines, is to- night resting as on a pinnacle, on a rock known as Lucille Island nearly opposite the mouth of the Pigeon River, which marks the border linc between the United States and Can- ada, Shortly before midnight her passenger list of one hundred and fifty, comprising largely people from Eastern Canada and Michigan on ex- cursion, together with a few from Port Arthur and Fort William, were brought into Port Arthur by the Do- minion Towing and Salvage Co.'s steamer Champlain, a former ocean- going tug, which was sent out from here early this morning in answer to calls for assistance transmitted through the local district manager for the Canada Steamships, S. Brock Batten, : The passengers tell a story of try- ing experience, a day of nerve rack- PONTIAC CAR ON 4TH DAY OF JOURNEY Hundreds of Visitors View the Car in Operation Daily STOPS THURSDAY Rules Drawn Up By the Committee Must Be Adhered to The Pontiac Coach which is to be given free on the day of the "Bigger and Better" General Mo- tors Picnic incidentally this com- ing Saturday, has entered upon its fourth day of continuous running. The figures which appear on the speedometer, locked and sealed in a box and attached to the driving gear of the car, are unknown and will not come to light until seven o'clock Thursday, August 9. At this time, it will be opened amid a representative body from General Motors, and the distance covered by the wheels of the car, noted. Employees of General Motors of Canada Limited will have the pri- vilege of guessing at this distance in figures en ballots provided un- til the time when the mystery box is opened, which is Ti ursday eve- ning, After that time, guessing will 'be "null and vold", so it is urged that those eligible use thelr |} franchise in this direction. Regulations as drawn up for the (Continued on page 3) 2 OFFICERS DISMISSED FROM SHIP Captain MacPherson and Lieut. Beatty Responsible for Ship Hitting Shoal COURT MARTIAL HELD Captain is Convicted of Negligence--Lieut. Gave Wrong Course (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Portsmouth, Eng, Aug. 7--Both Captain K. W. D. MacPherson and Lieut, Commander T. R. Beatty of the British Light Cruised Dauntless have been sentenced to dismissal from their ship and to be reprimand- ed, as a result of the Dauntless strik- ing a shoal in Halifax harbor while the officers a nd crew are back in England, A Naval Court Martial on Satur- dav found Lieut. Commander Beatty guilty of giving a wrong course for the cruiser when it entered the har- bor, Yesterday the second Court Martial heard charges that Captain MacPherson by negligence or default suffered the Dauntless to be ground- ed, Prosecution contended Captain MacPherson failed to check course of ship. Captain MacPherson in giv- ing evidence said that the pilot vessel had behaved in such a manner that e had to take prompt action to avoid a collision and the situation was further complicated by unusual sig- nals, made by pilot vessel, Rescue Crews Work All Night to Aid Trapped Men in Sunken Sub F-14 Succeed in Attaching Pipe to Vessel to Supply Air -- Crew of Ship Known to Be Still Alive as Com. munication is Maintained ~--Rescuers Race Against Time -- Fear Watertight Compartments Will Give Way at Depth of 130 Feet (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Rome, Aug. 7.--Rescue workers, laboring all night to bring aid to the crew of the Italian submarine F-14, sunk in the Adriatic early yesterday, have succeeded in attaching a pipe to the crippled vessel in order to supply air to the imprisoned men, ivers zlso were able to tie a steel cable to the F-14 which sank after the collision with a destroyer during al- arm when their steamer crunched on the rocks of the unknown spot in the inky blackness of three am. The Huronic was on her way from Duluth to Port Arthur, commencing the re- turn trip after her weekly tour of the lakes from Sarnia, © ANNUAL FIELD DAY AT ENNISKILLEN Bowmanville, Aug. 7.--The En- niskillen annual Civic Holiday Field Day was held yesterday. The feature of the afternoon was a baseball tournament, A ladies' softball game also held a great deal of interest. In the evening pres- entation" of awards was made at the Enniskillen United Church, followed by a short talk. The pro- program was ended with the pres- entation of the rural drama "Kind- ling the Hearth Fire", put on by the Newcastle Young People's League. , COLLISION OCCURS WHEN CAR STOPS Bowmanville, Aug. 7--A slight ac- cident occurred yesterday morning on King street in front of the Post f Office when Frank Hodgkinson, To- ronto, stopped his car so suddenly that it was hit in the rear fenders. Slight damage was also done to the car driven by Avery Martin, Mt Denis, which failed to stop quickly enough to avoid crashing into the manoeuvres, The crew of the ship was known to be still alive today and they were maintaining communication with rescuers by means of a sub- marine telephone. The rescuers were racing against time in their effort to refloat the sub- (Continued on page 3) Britain Opposcs Los Angeles For 1932 Olympiad (By, Canadian Press) London, Aug, 7--J. F, Wad- more, manager of the British Olympic team, told an inter. viewer today that if United States did not change the venue of the 1932 games from Los Angeles to Atlantic coast they would be disap- pointed with the representa- tion at the next games from the British team as well as 'many other nations. Los Angeles is too far away, he said, BOOTLEGGERS' WAR TAKES TWO LIVES Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 7.-- Three heavily armed men last night entered the home of Gaitano Binette, and shot Binette and his wife dead. Police characterized the double murde; as part of a war- fare between bootleggers and hi- jackers, Twelve Special Trains to Carry 21,000 Defendants ~ in One Bankruptcy Case The Times by Canadian Press) (Cable Service to Rzescow, Galicia, Poland, Aug. 7.-- Twelve special trains were needed to- day to convey to their trial 21,000 defendants in a bankruptcy suit. They were members of the "Nuza" Cooperative Society of Cracow which failed. M f ers and holesal ers who sold supplies to the society, held each member of it separately responsible for the debts. The trial was held in the open air on the parade grounds adjoining the bar- racks of a local sapper regiment. An immense wocden stand was erected or the Judges, attorneys and witnes- ses, while 21,000 defendants were ac- commodated on forty rows of wooden benches, each row two hundred yards long. Numerous megaphones and sound amplifiers were installed as to make testimony and speeches audible to . Officials in charge of the wns' wieldy proceedings were fearful lest demonstrations by defendants disrupt the trial, ' DR. KAISER SPEAKS AT LENNOX PICNIC Dr. T. E. Kaiser, M.P. for South Ontario riding, was an honored speaker at the big Lennox Picnic which was held at Willoughby Park near Toronto yesterday. The event was the 23rd annual celebration and proved a gigantic affair at which many noted speaker: and guests were present. Sir Edv-rd Kemp, KCM.G., was the speaker of the y. The day was in celebration of the civic holiday as well as being a mon- ster Conservative congregation from many pasts of the district, + IS ELIMINATED BY COLLETT TEN PAGES Diamond Sculls Winner Beaten by Two Lengths By British Sculler Wright's Defeat Follows Victory in the Doubles in Which He and Jack Guest Eliminate French Crew By Four Lengths CANADIAN EIGHT CREW QUALIFIES Garnet Ault of Ottawa Qual- ifies for Semi-finals in 400 Metre Swimming Event-- Spence of U. S. in 200 Metre Swimming Finals By T. H. Loudon, special correspon- dent of the Canadian Press Amsterdam, Aug. 7--Joe Wright, Jr, of Toronto Argonaut Rowing Club, was eliminated from the single sculls at the Olympic regatta today when he was defeated by David Col- lett, of England. Collett's time was 7 minutes, 52 seconds. Wright's defeat today eliminates him from any further contest for Olympic single sculling honors. Wright's defeat in the quarter finals--his second in the regatta-- followed a victory, in the doubles in which he paired with Jack Guest, his clubmate, to defeat the French double crew by four lengths in 7 minutes, 21 seconds, ¢ Wright and Guest rowed a brilliant race in the doubles following their defeat yesterday by Hoeck and Voight of Germany, The defeat of Robineau and Caplin, French pair, put them out of further competition as they have suffered two defeats. At the start Wright and Guest rowed 36 strokes to the minute and the 'Frenchmen 40, At the quarter mark the Canadian crew were trail- ing by a length but at the 750 metre mark they drew up steadily rowing long and steady, 30 strokes to Fran- ce"s 36. The Argonaut crew passed the Frenchmen and has a length lead shortly after they had passed the half way mark. The Canadians then dropped their stroke to 26 and drew gradually away, winning by four lengths. The International Amateur Ath- letic Federation, after spirited debate, today voted 16 to 6 to retain women's track and field events in Olympic programme by vote of 14 to 8, how- ever, it rejected full list of ten events asked by Women's International Sports Federation, Canada's time was 6 minutes, 37 3-5 seconds and Poland's 642 1-5, Poland led until 1,000 metre point which is halfway when Argonauts evened it up, Canadians then forged half length ahead at 1,500 metres and finished strong. : Great Britain and the United States each won their quarter final in eights, Britain defeating Germany, and U.S. Italy, g Garnet Ault, of Ottawa, qualified for the semi-finals of 400 metre Olympic free style swimming by de- feating Heinrich, Germany today, wiiiis MR will take place Thursday, , Walter Spence, Brooklyn, qualified for the finals of men's 200 metre swimming race, finishing second to Sturuta, Japan. Latter was forced to set new Olympic record of 249 to beat Canadians. As result of today's races only three eights remain in running for championship Canada, Great Britain, and United States. i ; Four semi-finalists in the single sculls are Meyers, U.S., Bob Pearce, Austarlia, Collett, England, and Gun- ther, Holland. Ray Smillie, Toronto, won from Fraberger, Austria, in welterweight class al the opening of the Olympic boxing tournament today. i Smith, South Africa, outpointed Frank Battaglia, Winnipeg, in 135 pound class, 4 Ault's time in the third heat was 5.18 4-5, Arne Borge of Sweden won the fouth heat with Ray Ruddy, the youthful New York star, second. Takaishi of Japan won the fifth heat with Charlton of Australia sec- ond. Takaishis time was 5.22 4-5, Zoriila of Argentina won the sixth and last heat with Hatfield of Great Britain second. EMINENT IRISH MUSIGIAN DEAD (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 7.-- Chevalier William Henry Grattan Flood, eminent Irish musician and musical historian is dead at his home in Enniscorthy, Wexford. Chevalier, who was organist of the Enniscorthy Cathedral since 1895, was decorated by four popes. He was widely noted for his musical writing, particularly church music and was the composer of two masses, numerous motets and series. w MAN COLLAPSES OF HUNGER WATCHING GIRL TOSS PANCAKES (By Associated Press) New York, N.Y., Aug. 7.--A man collapsed of hunger at 42nd Street and Broadway last night while standing in front of a rest- aurant window watching a girl toss pancakes, Several persons of- fered to pay for a meal but an ambulance doctor advised he be removed to a hospital for treat- ment, COUNCIL MEETING [5 POSTPONED Mayor Out of the City for Vacation--No Matters of Importance The Council meeting which was to have been held this evening at the accustomed place in the court rooms has been postponed indefinitely ac- cording to information received by members of tht council and officials today, Reasons for this apparent sudden action were evidenced in the fact that Mayor R. D. Preston is at the time on his holidays and is out of the city. Other information was to the effect that some of the other members of the council could make very good use of the evening in other manner than at the council meeting. It was also stated that busi- ness prepared in the agenda for the evening was not of sufficient import- ance that it could not be laid away until a further meeting of the city "fathers." It was expected that a meeting might be arranged for the latter part of the week, but it is thought that this date will be cancel- led for the present, Some time ago at a regular meet- ing of the council it was brought to the attention of those present that some deemed it advisable to defer the r:eetings during July and August, For some reason however, no action was taken on the matter, and it was dropped, CHILD NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH Jean Lesnik is Struck By an Auto -- Driver is Charged Rendered ) for almost three hours, Jean Lesnik, daugh- ter of Mr, and Mrs, Frank Les- nik, 145 Olive avenue, on Satur- day afternoon, had a narrow escape from death, when struck by a car driven by Nelson Hamlin, Simcoe street south, The accident occur- red at Drew street and Olive av- enue, when the child darted from behind 'a wagon in front of Ham- lin's auto. Jean received a severe bruise over the left temple. How- ever, yesterday she was reported to be much improved. Hamlin's car was taken to police headquarters where the brakes were tested and a charge of reck- less driving preferred against him. Police allege the brakes were de- fective and that during the test the car failed to stop within fifty feet, while the car was travelling 20 miles an hour, HATCH COMPANY TO HOLD PICNIC AUG. 18 Whitby, Aug. 7. -- The annual picnic of the staff and employees of the Hatch Manufacturing Co., which was to have been held on Saturday afternoon, July 28, but was postponed on account of in- clement weather, will be staged on August 18, everything being fav- orable. It is to be hoped that by this date the weather will be fine and that the legend of St. Swith- in's day, having held good for 21 days, may not apply to th remain- ing 19, GLARING HEADLIGHTS . CAUSE OF ACCIDENT (By Staff er) Whitby, Aug. 7.--Glaring head- lights caused a large Packard se- dan to go off the ditch on the Kingston highway a mile east of Pickering, Saturday nl The big car which was owned by a Toronto man was travelling east when the incident occurred. For- unately no one was injured, as the RESULTS OF ITALIA TRIP IMPORTANT General Nobile of Impressios Scientific Results of Ex- pedition Valuable NOTE BOOK FOUND Property of Late Dr. Finn Malmgren Readable and Specific (Cable Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Rome, Aug. 7--Popolo Di Rima te- day quoted General Umberto Nobile as saying the scientific results of his fatal expedition to the North Pole in the dirigible Italia were most im- portant. Professor * Aldo Pontre- moli, who is a member of the party missing with the balloon part of the dirigible took magnetic observations but Nobile says he remembered what the scientist had told him. The note book of Dr. Finn Malmgren, meteorologist who died on the ice, was found and it was easily readable, Nobile said. WORE PERMITS FOR NEW RESIDENCES To Be Erected By R. H. Stacey and Bews, Holmes and Samison ---- hid . Permits to erect two more houses in the better residential districts of the city were issusd at the town hall today. R. H, Stacey, 538 Simcoe street north, is erecting a two-storied six roomed brick veneer house on Westmoreland street, north side, be- tween Simcoe and Midland streets at an estimated cost of $3,500. The dimensions are 24 feet by 28 fest, Floors throughout will be of oak while the trimming downstairs will be in chestnut, Another, home in thc Oakland Park district will be built by Bews, Hol- mes and Samison 494 King street east. The building is to be a seven- roomed solid brick house to be sit- uated on the west side of Cadillac street 'between King and Richmond. The roof will be shingled with as- phalt while oflors throughout will be of oak with gumwood and basswood trimming, The cost is estimated at Mrs. Rogers, 494 King street east, has taken out a permit to stucco her residence, a large frame home, situat- ed on the north side of the street. The stucco will replace t . boards, ? he slap FIELD DAY HELD AT NEWCASTLE Home Team Wins Baseball Cup--Prizes Are Presented -- (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, Aug, 7.~The Newcastle annual Field Day and Baseball Tournamnit were held in Newcastle yesterday afternoon and evening in spite of threatened rains, The tournament was played off in the afternoon and prizes were presented in the Community Hall in the evening. The games started at two o'clock according to schedule, the first game being between Orono and Starkville, After playing four innings over- time, Starkville scored two runs, and won the game to the tune of 9-7, The Kendall-Newcastle game was second, and lasted for the scheduled seven innings, at which time the score was 11-1 in favor of Newcastle, The winners played off for the trophy cup in the thira game, Playing one of the tightest games of the season, Starkville lost to Newcastle by the score of 2-0. The neatest baseball of the day was played by L. Savery, Starksville's southpaw, for eight- een innings. In the evening the trophy was presented to the Newcastle team in the Community hall. This is the second year that Newcastle has won the cup. The first year it was won by Kendall. The cup is pre- sented by the community, and is open to teams of Clarke Township. Prizes were also 'awarded for the longest hit,, the most runs scored by one man, and for the best field- ing. Following the presen on, the film comedy, "The Better "Ole" was shown. The Durham Regi- 1 mental band Orono was in ate lendasce thEOMEROVE the das i