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-------- i A Growing | Newspaper in a Growing City A VOL. 3--NO. 111 ETD EI SNR | The Oshawa Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Retormer 8761 '01 YIAWIAON 'AVGRINLYS 'OIIV.INO "VAVHSO 'KEEP ALIVE THE MEMORIES OF SACRIFIC a i i EY 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Thanksgivin Began Wi Customs Pilgrims, and Became Universal What's Going on During Holidays in Oshawa City Thanksgiving observances in Oshawa tomorrow and Monday will be intermingled for the first time in several years with Armistice Day commemorations, including the nation wide observance of the two minutes silence at eleven a'clock Sunday Local churches are prepar- ing special services for the occasion, all organizations having made ' particular plans to observe the two minutes of silence while Simeoe street United Church will be attended in the morning by the civic offici- als and the Ontario Regl- ment, A special service at The Garden of The Unfor- gotten will take place at 3 o'clock in the afternoon conducted by the Salvation Army while the local mem- bers of the Ontario Regi- ment will journey in the af- ternoon to Whi.by to take part in special activities there at 2.45. Local activi: ties for Monday are chiefly confined to special presenta: tions at the local theatres, WOMAN SHERIFF IS ELECTED IN NORWICH CITY Ten Women Chosen as May ors Among Three Hundred Elected in England (By Canadian Press) London, Nov, 10,--Ten women were among more than 300 mayors elected in Epgland yesterday, There were no women Lord Mayors, but Norwich, the first city to elect a woman to that post, for the first time elected a woman sheriff, REDUGED FARES FIR THMIGRANTS TO THE DOMINION Third Class Rate is Now $71,580, Which is Reduction of $20,00 (Cable Service to The Times, by The Canadian Press) Manchester, Eng., Nov. 10.--The Manchester Guardian says today that third class fares for Immi- grants to Canada is reduced from $01.16 to 71.50. W. J. Egan, de- "ty minister of immigration, now in Britain, wanted to make it $50, bat this, the Guardian says, was Settlement of America, the Pilgrim Fathers Ex- pressed Thanks By Feast. ing and Prayer, With In dians as Guests -- Idea Took Hold and is New Observed in Every Civiliz ed Country Thanksgiving this year will celebrated in duofold manner, the fact of Armistice Day falling on the same date making the occasion all the more conspicuous. During this short period, all mankind on this American continent will give thanks for the blessings of the year, The old custom of feasting on the fruits of the past season, of revel: ling in the bountiful stores provided through months of hard labor has not been entirely done away with, and although mannerisms change, the old idea lingers and all join in thanksgiving and feasting for good fortune in the past, Oshawa citizens are fortunate to have the opportunity to give praise in return for mercies the land has bestowed, Not so much the goil in this part of the country as hy mech: anical nndustry has Oshawa risen to prominence. And so it is for this that Thanksgiving is observed in church, school, factory and home, First Thanksgiving The story of Thanksgiving as it first took place provides a romantic tale of life in Canada and the Un- ited States during the period of eay- ly settling on the continent, In Plymouth Colony the first dread- ful winted during which almost half of the Pilgrim company died, had passed, and renewed hope had grown with the summer, With the Fall the corny crop was gathered, and Governor Bradford decreed a day of Thanksgiving. Great were the pre parations--the few women in the colony spent days before hoiling and baking and roasting; and even the children were husy turning the Joasts on the spits before the open res. be Native Guests As guests, there were more than forescore friendly Indians who brought as their share of the feast wild turkeys and venison from the woods, The tahles were set out-of- doors and the company set at them as one big family, This first Thanks- giving, however, was not merely a feast--there were prayers and ser- mons and songs of praise; and three days had gone hy before the Indians returned to their forest and the col- onists to their tasks, From Plymouth the custom spread to other colonies, until, in time, the governor of each issued such a pro- clamation annually. Become Universal But there was no uniformity, Some states had an annual Thanksgiving, others did not, and no proclamation was issued to this effect by govern- ing bodies. However, when finally the matter was taken up with sin- cerity, separate states authorized the Thanksgiving period, and soon the festival was observed throughout the whole country, Throughout the continent, but es- pecially in New England where the custom originated, the day is looked upon with great reverence. It is peculiarly a family day and the, very sound of the name brings back in- evitable memories of "back home," found impossible, of the old farmhouse kitchen and Oshawa aisport Opens With Due eremony as McBride Greets Preston 1 Toronto Mayor Sends Mes sage to Mayor of Oshawa Congratulating City on Its Progress -- Large Crowd Attends -- Many Sail in the Altitudes. and View Oshawa from the Air With ceremony befitting an oec- casfon representing such an im portant step in the history of the city of Oshawa, the new airport was opened by Mayor R. D. Pres- ton this afternoon at two o'clock. Large crowds assembled to view © opening of the airport. Promptly at two o'clock the air- Plane of the Harding Aireraft of Toronto appeared out of a elear sky and landed op the mew field. Immedijately following the arrival of the plane, a letter from Mayor McBride of Toronto, was handed to Mayor Preston who read it for the benefit of those present. The letter reads: Toronto, Noy, 9, 1928 R. D. Preston, Esq., : Mayor of Oshawa, Ont. Dear Mr. Mayor: I understand that tomorrow the official opening of the Oshawa Air- por. will take place, ad it affords me greatest possi pleasure to extend to you and to the city of O-hawa by the hearer, Mr. Thomas . Stubbs, controller of operatio) for the Harding Aircraft ny the greetings of the corporation of the city of Toronto. I heartily congratulate you up- on the establish t of the Osh p ---- Back in the Early Days of the| honored. dead, Oshawa's Memorial to Her Fallen Heroes SCENE 'OF CIVIC MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY In front of this noble memorial the people of Oshawa will gather Sunday and tender this city's tribute to its New York, 'Nov. 10.--Canada's effort in the Great War and the duty of Canadians to keep alive the memories of the country's sacri- fice was the theme of the address delivered to the Canadan Club of New York by Col, Hon, J. L. Ral- ston, Minister of National Defense, today. The consequences of the war were increasing annually as mani. fested hy the swelling of the amount pad in pensions, Last year Minister of National Defense Describes Canada's Efforts in the Great War -- Duty of Canadians to Keep Alive Memories of Country's Sacrifice -- Dominion Paying Thirty-Six Million Dollars Afnually in' Pensions and New Applicants Number 500 Monthly (By Canadian Press) Canada pad over $36,000,000 and the Pensions' Board was receiving new applicants at (he rate of 6500 a month, Col, Ralston reviewed the various commanders of the Cana: dian Corps, paying generous trih- ute to each, He recalled the achievements of the men at St Julien, Festubert, Givenchy, Vimy and other ba'tles, Developments in Canada since the war ,he sald, were made pos- Sibi by the efforts of those who ed, the pantry crowded with "good things." In Canada The Dominion government takes great pains to observe the annual Thanksgiving Day and it is cele brated in much the same way, with family reunions and religious ser- vices, It is proclaimed by the Goy- ernor-General as a harvest festival and unlike that of the United States is not always set for the same day, The date is set for the Monday near- est to Armistice Day, November 11, It is not strictly a legal holiday he- ing dependent solely on government proclamation, In Oshawa Thanksgiving in the city will be observed by special services in all the churches. Prayers and rituals will be in order at most divine meet- ings and general praise will be the text of the sermons of local clergy. With the advent of the Thanks. giving season, the hunter hecomes tensed to the fact that the hunting season has opened, and party after party of those burly clad men makes its way into the north land where abound the moose, deer and bear. Truly, it is a wonderful conception of Thanksgiving. LOSES PROPELLOR (By Capadian Press) Port Colborne, Nov, 10,--~When the steamer Capadoc lost a pro- peller some miles out of here yes- terday it bad difficulty limping into port. Following repairs the vessel was able to proceed today. BREWERY BURNED (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Nov.. 10.--Fire early today destroyed part of the Na- tional 'Breweries Limited plant, with a loss of $200,000, Seventy- five horses were rescued from the stables, which were burped, but many motor trucks were burned. BURNED TO DEATH Y arrich from Sicily says an old man and his wife who refused to leave home were burned to death in the lava pouring ddwn the slopes of Mount na. YORKS NOT COMING (Cable Seryice to The Times by The Canadian Press) London, Noy. 10.--It was learn- airport, a further mark in the great advancement made by your your city and I trust that the op- £ on Page 3 ) ed today that there was no truth in the suggestion that the Duke and Duchess of York would visit Canada next vear, PETROLEUM FIELD IN CALIFORNIA I MENACED BY FIRE Damage from Burning Ges Well Already Estimated at Five Million Dollars (By Canadian Press) Los Angeles, Nov, 10.--A menac- ing pillar of fire shooting from the burning gas well at Santa Fe Springs, today endangered the whole petroleum field. Damage al- ready caused is estimated at five million dollars. Long lines of fire fighters worked feverishly through the night, setting up pipe lines in an effort to play heavy streams or mud and steam on the blaze, Canadian Development Was Made Possible by the Efforts of Those Who Died, Declares Col. Ralston L ' ORDERLY EXONERATED (By Canadian Press) Winnipeg, Nov, 10.--William Simpson, orderly at Deer Lodge, the soldiers' convalescent home, charged with manslaughter, follow- ing the death of John Dempsey, a patient, which took place after a fight between Dempsey and Simp- son, was exonerated of blame by a coroner's jury, The jury found death was due to natural canses. CHAMBERLAIN IS GREETED IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA Derailment of Car of the British Foreign Secrctary Causes Delay in Arrival (By Canadian Press) ) Ottawa, Nov. 10.--Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Sec- retary, arrived here today from To- ronto, and was met at the station by Premier King, Sir William Clark, British High Commissioner, and members of the cabinet, Owing to the breaking of a rail under the train which caused the detrailment of Sir Austen's private car ,the arrival was delayed about an hour, ELECTION IN MANITOBA (By Canadian Press) Brandon, Man., Nov, 10,--Today is election day in Lansdowne con: stitueney, made vacant by the re- signation of from the Legislature, to become a member of the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners. The. cans didates are Hon. Donaid McKenzie, recently appointed member of the Bracken Government and Dr. H. E, Hicks, Conservative, Of yesternight of Of better promise; Anew the right to liv To the full measure Untroubled by the And Honor shall charms To justice and the trod ARMISTICE 1918--1928 Blow out, you bugles. By the cenotaph Than power to kill. The saving, salt of tears Has wrought a grace of fellowship that binds Where the slow beam of equity inclines To weaker races taking hope again; As o'er the blood-drenched way the nations Armistice comes unto the Peace of God. --By B. C. Freeman. sorrow breaks a morn from the dead is born e and love and laugh of the rounding years, . dread of war's alarms; draw men by other brotherhood of men, | shippers Hon. T. C. Norris, | Go Ro : or . THE OLD TIMER The word was passed "cease fire," At last the cannon's mighty roar Was silenced. Tomorrow ta be "Armistice Day" and for two minutes the world to stand silent as a tribute to the valiant dead who to lie in Flanders' Fields and elsewhere. As the great clocks of the world to strike the solemn tones, a hush to break upon the na- [| tions, and streets where millions to teem, to be silent; and hosts of wor- throughout the civilized world, gathered in churches, to stand with boweed heads-- The mighty anvils of commerce, which to be clanging around the , world, to stand poised; on every rail- road 'where the giant engine throbs, the wheels to stand still; on every ship that carries the allies' flags, the engines to run softly--the world to be standing in solent homage to the dead--Armistice Day. Ten years ago the bugles blew and the bells of victory pealed and tears were dried, and broken hearts were healed--for Peace had come again. The orgy of killing was over for a time and all the world rejoiced, And then the lads came home again from the fields where poppies grow bright red 'neath the crosses white, that are spread out row on row; bac!. to the homes for which they fought and bled and back to the wel- coming arms of loved ones; back to mother, sister and sweetheart and back to the labor of life again, But what of the dead who lie in Flander's fields? Over the years and over the seas today and tomorrow the heart of the mother is stretching to the boy who died, alone, without the tender care of the one who bore him and loved him. - Over to the field where the white crosses mark his grave, do the maist eyes turn, to him who is sleeping his untroubled sleep neath the poppies red, ------ "Doesn't seem so long ago," an old vet to say to me today, "Ten years ago the 'four-point-fives' to be throw- ing the big shells seven miles for a barrage, with the Jack Johnsons and the little fellows searching out at Mons, Then--next day the stunning silence at 11; then bonfires through the hills--dinner--pigs' feet, pickles, sauerkraut and biscuits and coffee from the German supply dump," Then he to go on with that far- away look to his eye :--"Leaping bon- fires at night, buddies warming their 'dogs,' eating sweetless flapjacks toasted over the fires on the old mess kit lids, faces of comrades forming in the twisted flames--the friends who had "Gone West"--God will be good to you, old pals, you died like men --then dreams of home and a gray- haired mother, and sister Sue and lit- tle 'Bub'--Hell, it ain't so long ago, is it?" And, though Peace not to have brought everything that they dream: ed about, the fighting lads to be glad to be home here, drinking in the heaven-sent sweetness "neath the nor- thern stars, Once in a while, and especially at this Armistice annivers sary, their thoughts to turn back to Ypres and France and the dugouts where the shrapnel hissed. And ever so often they to see again the Jonely crosses on the hillside, resting now, But they are thanking d, too, back here, that He is giv- ing them, in His own peculiar way, a glimpse of rest and life, where all is calmness, So--Armistice Day must never be forgotten. Armistice Day, the day of peace and victory, must ever have a place in our national life, apart from ev- ery other day. Though some to sit by and calmly think, "Oh, it was no- thing," yet, if they had but had a taste of what our lads went through, where old pals, tried and true, are|Re a Ralston Armistice Day Will Observed in Oshawa by Services and Parades Ontario Regiment and Can.' adian Legion Will Cele- brate the Signing of Peace By Worshipping in Sim. coe Street United Church -- Two Minutes' Silence Observed -- Celebration at Whitby--Wreaths Laid on Memorial Armistice Day will be observed in Oshawa on Sunday when special ser- vices and a regimental parade will feature the occasion. Divine service is being held at Simcoe Street United church with Rev. Captain E, Har- ston, pastor of the church, and Rev. Captain S. C. Jarrett, rector of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, the officiat- ing clergymen. Ten Years Ago Ten years ago bloody combat at the frant ceased. Over the entire world swept the news: that the Ar- mistice had been signed. Millions of people celebrated the glad tidings with joyous bon-fires, and thousands were enthusiastic in the thought that soon would they be meeting with loved ones again . Even those mo- thers who gave their sons in death could not quell the happiness within them that told of the" ending of a great scourge, But throughout the life of each will remain the little sorrowful glance which tells too well the fact that there was one or two or even more who remained there in Flanders, Struggle Ends Ten years ago the world heaved its greatest sigh of relici. The en- ging countries, torn into shreds by aur years of bloody struggle, were worn out, and the signing of the Armistice came as a breath of new life, of new-born hopes and loathing of that thing which has heen the destruction of greatest work-empires war, In Ottawa Armistice is to be solemnly ohser- ved at the Dominion's capital on Sunday. Possibly one of the most impressive services ever held in this instance will be conducted on Par- liament Hill at Ottawa at 3,30 o'clock in the afternoon, Patriotic anthems and hymns will ring out the. thanks of a great nation while the recently installed chimes of the Peace Tow- er will proclaim to the country-side that Canada is fittingly observing the memory of her fallen heroes, The great service as well as the services throughout the Dominion are in charge of the Canadian Leg- ion British Empire Eervice League, In Oshawa Sharply at 10.50 the service in Simcoe Street /United Church will commence the 34th Ontario Regi- ment and the Canadian Legion Post 43 parading from the Armories down Simcoe street to the church. Those taking part in the parade will assem- ble at the Armories at 10.15 o'clock in the morning. At precisely 11 o'clock two minu- tes' silence will be observed, which is to be followed by the Lasp Post by two trumpeters at the doors of the church. The strains of the organ so- lo, "Trumpeter," will be heard when v, Capt. Jarrett will call for rayer., The Lord's Prayer will fol- ow, being chanted. "0, God Our Help in Ages Past" will be the first hymn and after this the scriptural reading by Captain Jarrett will take place. "0, King of Kings," the anthem, will be taken hy the choir, the last hymn being "O God of Bethel" Rey. Captain Harston will take for the theme to his sermon, "Unerring Providence," following which the hymn, "Fight the Good Fight," will be sung. Immediately after the morning ser- ory COUNCIL y Staff Reporter) Whitby, Nov. 10,7 he fall ses- sions of the county council will op- en at the court. house on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, pursuant to adjournment. Om Friday ev- ening the warden's banquet will be held in this town hall which Tas been granted free of charge for the purpose. Warden G. M. Forsyth, reeve of Pickering township, will preside over the sessions of the council, RAILWAY BRIDGE FALLS A PREY TO THE LAVA TORRENT Present Eruption of Mount Etna is Greatest Since the Year 1669 (Cable Service to The Times by The Canadian Press) Catania, Sicily, Nov, 10.--The railway bridge at Mascall today fell prey to the molten torrent of lava from Mount Etna, which has destroyed the town of Maseali, The flow across the rallway, cut off communications between Oat- ania and Messina, -Steamship ser- vice hetween the two points was inaugurated. Developments in the past 24 hours showed that this was the Fost Hnportant outbreak of un na since 1669, | of lava flow, "the point Uncanny Sivhts Watchers spent a sleepless nigh observing the uncanny eiipcts OF « the molten mass on what was th richest fruit and erape-bearing dis. trict In Sicily. The whole countrys side was studded with trees burns ing like torches, while the sweep of the torrent was punctuated hy ex. nlosions, It was thought that the explosions were caused by the ins tense heat of subterranean gases developed by putrefication of vege etable matter in the subsoil, DELANEY INJURED (By Canadian Press) New York, Nov, 10,--Jack De: laney has suffered a sprained shoulder and will he unable to go through with his bout with Jimmy Slattery, set for November 30, SMITH ON THE RADIO (By Associated Press) New York, Nov, 10,--Governor Al Bmith will deliver a mesrage to the American people over the na tion-wide radio hookup on Tuesday night, vice the veterans will parade to the Garden of the Unforgotten where wreaths will be deposited by the 34th Ont !o Regiment, the Canadian Le- gion Post 43, The wreath from the church will also be laid on the mem- orial, : During the afternoon, further Arm- istice Day celebrations will be held in Whitby when the Canadian Legion of Oshawa will join up with the Le» gion of Whitby, The Salvation Army will also have service in the Garden, of the Unforgotten, Dress for the parade in the morn~ ing will be mufti, and participants will wear a poppy for remembrance during the observance of the day, "Oh God our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home." then they would bless those sol laddies, who in Flanders's fields kept the red death and the horrors back from them. And tomorrow Oshawa, in common with the rest of the world, is to pay tribute to the boys who fought and died. In many churches throughout the land the Reverend gins, the beloved Padres who held the hand and head of many 3 dying boy, to preach the message of peace and re- A ABA soldiers these men of the cloth, fighting without a gun or sword, but with keener instru- ment of love and fidelity, bringing peace to those just stepping across the portal, Armistice Day--The word was sed, "cease fire" At last mightly roar was pas- the cannon's Unbroken Line of Heirs of the Sun (Cable Service To The Times By Canadian Press) Kyoto, Japan, Nov, 10. Sovereign today formally took his Goddess is unbroken line of heirs of the Sum Goddess, who have ruled Japan since before the dawn of bistory, was crowned, Representatives of 26 foreign pations were present but only ope envoy represented an Emperor, the envoy of the King of England who is also Emperor of India. The ceremony, for which prepar- ations have been made for months was the most gorgeous as well a9 the most ancient of modern rituale, The cen'ral point is the worship of the Bun Goddess who ruled a high plane of Heaven before the earth took shape .,and from whom the lopg line of Japanese Empers Ors are Sprung. /