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Sop oul FR x J rr tt me \ The Ontario Reforme Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Copise 5 Cents ea Shop In Oshawa and Help Build Up. the Town All the News While It Is News ER OMLLE EIGHT PAGES ----- --- ap LV Dicken nges Radial Advocates oS i dn TESTIVE SEASON. | WAS BUSY TIE, AROUND OSHAWA VOL. 51--No. 112 4 Fublished OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 1 ont, Canada Tuesday, fhlomave, 0 Baturday Thornton Challe Trick and Stacey in GOUNTY WARDEN DENOUNGES PLAN Mayoralty Contest; ADOPTED BY BECK Prisoner Escapes From Police Cell; Later Recaptured or any other lines enter- ing National Field. Sir| Henry says Radials are competitors. ; + Moffat not Running Morris, Hill and Mason Re-| Warden Richardson Sends | Stores Made Record Sales! ELECTRIFY LINE Over Lengthy Period * /Batters Down Door to Gain Freedom When Officer Leaves to Attend Fire-- Located at Darlington Farm- house Where he Sought Shelter From Storm TOLD WOMAN HE HAD BEEN ROBBED Shortly after one o'clock this morning a 'man who gave his name as Frank James Smith of Chicago, and who was confined in the cells of the local police station facing a theft charge, battered his wag through the wooden loor leading from the celis- to the station and made a clean getaway. At eleven o'clock this morning Smith was cap- tured by Constable Walker, ona.of the new members of the force and again lodged in the cells from which he had escaped. he Smith was arrested yesterday on the complaint of a local man wha stated that Smith had stolen a quans | tity of clothing. He was lodged in | the cells, In the night it became | quite cold and one of the policemen | unlocked the door to the cell and | allowed the prisoner to walk up and 10 BE ERECTED down the detention room to -keep 1) | himself warm. At 1 o'clock the fire | bell sounded, and, as is the custom, the officer on duty in the station D. M. Tod Lets Contracts for! rushed out to go with the firemen. Buildi Ki | Hearing the bell and realizing that uilding at King and | the offices had departed, Smith lost . | no time in smashing the panel of Prince | the wooden door. He then smashed m-- | the-lock and made his getaway, Yesterday Mr. D. M. Tod awarded| Forty minutes after the escape a contract to Mr. J. F. Turney, a | Constable Risto¥ abe Jo the yi tion and discovered the door to local contractor, for the carpenter. | 4orention room open. Sergt; Pax- brick and mason work on a new two |... and a squad of officers immed- storey brick building on the pro- | fately scoured all the roads leading perty recently purchased by him at|from the town but it was not until King and Prince Streets from Hop-| arly this morning that a trace of kins and Goulding, bakers. The the man was found. Information property has a frontage on King. Was received that he had taken ref. . Street of 22 feet and on Prince u8e in a house in Darlivgton town- Street of 117 feet. The store, which Ship about four miles east of Oshawa. until a few weeks ago was occupied Constable Walker was despatched by Messrs. Hopkins and Goulding,|to the house and an hour later had extends along Prince Street 33 feet. returned with his man. This building will be remodelled, Smith was found sitting in the { with an entire new front. Two new home of Mrs. Gordon Trevail, 2nd plate glass windows will be install- Concession, Darlington township. ed while the interior which consists Mrs. Trevail told Constable Walker | of a small store, an ice cream parlor that the fugitive had come to the and bake shop will be converted into house early this moruing and bad {one store. The apartment above told her that he had deen travelling will also be renovated. from Oshawa to Port ] Hope in his To the rear of the building on|sutomobile when he was held Prince Street a new two storey |by bandits and relieved of his structure of brick construction will| and also his car. be erected, the ground floor to de] Speaki | ng of the occurrence this divided into six stores while the morning, Chief Owen Friend stated Large Public Meeti Organists Bro. G. W Henley, does the government intend to take 'second floor will be converted into ga." eet THI TE SET OF ad Bre. T. W. Richardson to restore proper relationship be- | Fireworks Conspicuous By Absence in Addresses of Mayor, y four apartments. These will be of not give his right name. Judging Auditors. Bro. James A Math and | tween the commission and the muni- | . o . {the latest design e i . t Stace Councillor Council quipped with all | 4--Thes. Hewkes, NX. A go. william Deans cipalities? y and Trick Nominees Also the lat conveniences including gas. by the daring show by the prisoner A Christmas Thief While on a visit to relatives in Toronto, Mr. G. C. Maunders, Simcoe Street, Oshawa, was a victim of a daring robbefy on Christmas night. Mr, Maunders was a guest of Mr, and Mrs, Frank J. Proctor, 153 Indian Road, and while they were driving some relatives to the Parkdale station, burglars broke into their home and stole a quantity of jewelry and cloth. ing, Mr, Proctor was only away half an hour, and several of his relatives were with him, leav- ing the house empty, The burg. lars got into the house through the milk box and stole a club bag containing clothes and jewel. ry belonging to Mr, Maunders, Mrs. Proctor lost considerable jewelry, two wrist watches, four necklaces, three rings and sev. eral keepsakes belonging to a sister, | Before Holiday ' TRAINS ALL CROWDED | | Railway Traffic Locally Was! Heaviest on Record | Christmas business in Oshawa th:s year was more extensive than in past years, according to local merchants who were interviewed today. Every | local store has come in for a good share of the holiday trade and tne merchants state that a marked pre- ference has been shown by the buy-| ers for goods of a better quality. Shoppers: seemed to have heeded the repeated warnings of the store- keepers and the exhortations of the press to do their Christmas shop- ping early, for although the business was heavy it likewise was quite steady and spread over a protract- ed period. The railways did a rushing busi- ness; in fact, it was difficult to pro- cure a seat in any of the trains in or out of Oshawa on Saturday. Yes- terday saw the arrival back in Osn- awa of practically all the holidayers, and they are now once more endeav- oring to speedily get back into tne swing of office or factory routine. School Programs In all the schools Christrhas exam- inations have been conducted during the past two weeks and the kiddies are now enjoying a respite from their arduous duties. Practically every classroom in ever school in town had a concert of some kind, Judging by the appeardnce of the streets of the town) Santa Claus more than did himself proud in Oshawa Many of the kiddies are trying out roller skates in the an- sence of ice, while others are busy propelling wagons, and a score of other toys which delight the heart of the child at Christmastide, and ! which are unmistakable evidence that few, if any, children 'were over- looked by good old Kris Kringle on | Christmas morn. | Mayoralty Candidates Address Electors At elected to Reeveships by Acclamation -- Whattam and Alger Fight for Third Deputy's Post--Many Ac- clamations NEW FACES WILL --APPEAR IN COUNCIL The mayoralty contest in Oshawn on January 1, is arousing more In terest than for several years past The two candidates are Mayor John Stacey, who is seeking re-election for the fifth term, and Councillor W. J. Trick. While a number o1 ratepayers predicted that Roland Moffatt would also be a candidate, he did not qualify, leaving the issue be- tween two men, both of whom are prominent contractors and well vers- ed In the town's affairs, Reeve George T. Morris, deputy reeve J, V. Hill and second deputy reeve PF. L. Mason were re-elected by acclamation but for the position of third deputy reeve, Councillor O. M Alger is opposing J. L. Whattam In two out of the five wards coun cillors were elected without opposi- tion. In Ward 2 or the southeast ward, N. 8. Baird and O. R, Burus © were the only two to qualify while in the northwest ward D. A, Hubbeu and A. N. Ellis were not opposea The candidates in the new ward, whieh is Cedar Dale, are H. P. Schell, Edmund Jackson and R, C Henry, while in Ward 1 there are four 'candidates and Ward 4, three ra and W. H. Ross were | Deen performed so efficlontly and ol: 4 Son to 4 a | impressively as b 1 »intosh. elected by acclamation io the Board The new Worshipful by W. H. of money paid out of the funds of ot Water RE Pri were | BOBS, was in the chair, and short | the Hydro Commission, or, in other Sebowl Board all cant 2 " ape addresses were given by the new. of- | words, publie funds of the province lected with the exception of Ward ig... 41) of whom pledged them- | "Since December 1, 1921, Mr. W lng »> hon ABN * OP selves to seeing that a coming | R. Robertson, general superintendent puting U. A. 4. Boia; year was one Of the most successtul | of the Windsor lines has spent at Phe Canditates in the history of the lodge. At the |least three months campaigning in! Stave) close of the business session refresh- | St. Catherines and surrounding dis- : ments were served. The newly in- trict. | (aoclama- stalled officers are The question naturally arises--for * W.M.-- Wor. Bro. W. H. Ross what purpose are these men employ- | 1PM. Wor Bro. H L Wallace ©d? ' Is it to perform some specific SW... Bro. C. J. Pirie work in connection with the Hydro IW. Bre. W. O. Wilsos enterprises or to campaign in var- Treasurer-- Wor. Bro. Join Gibson | ious municipalities and thus set up Secretary Wor. Bro, Thomas the Hydro Commission as a 'Tam- | Hawkes many boss'? | 8D---Bro. H. C. Arnos "Are the actions of the various J D--Bro. Neil Feit members of the Hydro staff, includ- 1G. Bro. Fred Pawson ing the chairman, known to the gov- D. of C.--Wor. Bro. A § Henry | rnment, and if so, does the govern- S88 Bro. B. F. Farrov ment approve of same?" asks Mr. JS Bro. EW. Gillot | Richardson. "If not, what aetion Strong Letter To Harbor | | Premier A start has at been made in comnection with (§e long look. ed for harbor for Ofhawa, Yesterday steps wire taken to shingle the old collsheds down | at the lake front, Sccording to Mr, L, O, Clifford, $1, this is the preliminary steplin the hare bor development. Its necessary to shingle the shod in order that the tools md materials wnedd in construction vork might be kept from the weather, It will bi™gratifying tof the people of Owhawa and dist to know THROUGH OSHAWA Ottawa, Dee, 28th, 1922--Posi- tive, clear cut and eniphatic statements that the Canadian National Railways system does not intend to let Hydro Radials or any other Railway take busi- ness away from them, and not only will competition wher. over it develops be met with every ounce of energy possible but that electrification in what is ealled the Toronto Zone, will be carried out in order to give all necessary facilities and ser- vice. to the public, was made through the Toronto Star today by Sir Henry Thornton, Presi. dent of 'the Canadian National Railways, ; There. was no element of doubt in his attitude. Not only does he express his opinion in positive terms but on request he authorized an official state- ment, Sumarized below are the most important points in the pronouncement, Thar the very existence of Hydro Radials between Toronto and the Niagara Frontier and between Toronto snd Cobourg, or between Toronto or any other place where they would parallel National lines would force those Radials into com. petition with the Nationals whether. this may be the inten- tion of those so planning them or not. That the Canadian National Railways are to be administer. ed on a truly business basis, that they will give adequate service to the public in order to get the maximum of revenue, and that their interests are to be protected from attack and encroachment from whatever angle they appear. That any other theory than that the Nationals are publicily owned and must be administer- ed in the best interest of the piblic would be cowardly and a breach of the trust placed in the hands of the Board. "IMPROPER ATTACKS" Alleges Beck's Attitude May * Imperil Welfare of Province | | F. H. Richardson, warden of On- tario county, has written to Pre- mier Drury, calling the latter's at- tention to the actipns of 'certain servants of your government, in the | persons of'Sir Adam Beck, Mr. Gaby, Mr. Hewson, Mr, Jefferies, Mr. Rob- | {ertson, and others of the Hydro- | | Electric Commission--a body which | | comes directly under your jurisdic- | tion." An unusually interest was held by Cedar My AF, and AM, No. 270 evening when the offi were Installed. The inst conducted by Worshipful R. Mcintosh and it was [ opinion that this ceremony that something ta © is being done in regard to OhBwa's mach needed harbor, 2 | "I refer," continues Mr. Richard- | Ison, *'to their general interference in purely municipal matters by ruth- {les attacks upon municipal candi- | dates who dare hold views contrary | INSTALS | ICERS to those of the chairman of the | Hydro-Electric Commission." | "About ten days ago, Mr. E. 0. . . if | Hewson, at a municipal meeting in Interesting Cerem \y Held the township of Scarboro, attacked At Ced L | the settled policy of the municipal t ar | councils east of Toronto of co-oper- No. 270 {ating with the Canadian - Nationa: | . : | railways in respect to radial trans- - | portation, advising them that Sir g function | Adam Beck intended fighting this Lodge ! policy of the municipalities. As there TR.C is no Hydro by-law being submitted lls | in the township this constituted an last for 1923 | unwarranted interference in muni- lation was cipal matters. rother C. 'At the present time in Hamilton, e general | Hydro officials have created an or- had never | ganization for the purpose of in- fluencing public opinion in their favor at the cost of a iarge amount - Wayor-- Join end W. Teich Renve (en. 7 Norris Tu Lieparr matior Second Lepuis gon (actianation Tired Depuwy Reeve J ew and LON. Alger Uonsdllions Ward l--é. W. Brown, ED. Pres | tor, £ V. Young Howard C. Brad- | Wan 2--N § Baird anf O = Burp: (acclamation : Ward 5D. A Hubbell and A Ellis (acclamation) Ward * heeve--]. WV Hl (accla- F, L. Ma- Heavy What- w Campbell and TJ Sheriten Trier--Wor Bro. A. E ry Ward 63. » Senel Edmund ---- Jackson antl B.C. Henry Water Commissioners--W, 3. Hall and WW, #. Ross (acclamation SUNDAY S & 4 Sehon] Trpsuees Wang --4d Liovasl weclamas- tion Ward 2 A. J. Bwansox Ward 3--J. BE. Thompson ma Ton Ward ¢--C. BE McTavish tion ) Ward 5--Thomas Stapleton and E Liddle (aorlamation B Dr. DD. BR Cameron and D (accla- scclama- Albert HELD PRU Chile Pleasing Chn Entertainment Street AM | These attacks might easily imperil ' | the welfare of the city of Toronto as in well. as the province of Ontario. for 1923, fired the opening guns of ! ... peeve for 1922, was given ibe reeve's "32° .dfaate,< Lavi Bilins, not qualifying. items and among them w The Albert Street od ist Sunday School held thei @unual | Christmas tree on Friday olf. Mr. i IN FAST WHITBY Bickel! was chairman 'or xcel- lent program rendered by s rs of the school The primary ez pecially gave some very i ting items, and as usual, brougigown J. A Nesbitt Given Post as Reeve Without Contest drill by Miss Schemilt's clas Br rainbow drill which was ally # * yridle §t was expected there would | Pretty was rendered by na- ~ municipal: elections on Japuary IL {especially beautiful. "si oply one of the two mes mominated "ea : tomime, while Mrs. Sha qualified. Jobu A Nesbitt, Seputy | pock of Ages In addition to the drills, e the house " {dian Girls in Training unde@® su- .wheir by acclamation, the other cas- etc, there were numerous irls' a of ittle hd a Drills were put on by ot | classes, a holly drill by the "5 3 cosiugst for The recveship in the vuln, of Mise Hazel Miles. as Mis: { Miss Warne's olass, a pre tompship of East Whithy at the:a pantomime "Rock of i Hurlbert played the part in §gpan- when lowing: . . meeting last Frei Rechtation, Arthur Yeo: re «day-both Mr. Elling and Mr. Nesbitz {Lillian Williams: recitatic declared 'Fils came as rather a surprise; themselves to be in the Cooper; recitation, Andre Seld. 'Mr. Nesbitt's election is being recitation, Lulu Shaw; well received by the ratepayers of Marion Clapper; solo, Norn the township and he should fill the liams; recitation, Alice S§ position to the satisfaction of the recitation, Ebba Larson; re electors. May Skingsley; recitation Dr. A. A Farewell, councillor for Gibson: recitation, Glad 1922, was elected by acclamation as bert; recitation, Irene § deputy reeve, H. L. Pascoe, the only recitation, Norman William other man nominated, not allowing itation, Donald Yeo: re bis name to stand. The councillors Eleamor Vickery; recitation were also elected to office by accla- Logeman; recitation, Jea mation, as follows: I. T. Ormiston, Quarry. Charles Lambert and William Dyes. The arrival of Santa Claus Mr. Ormiston is the only councillor occasion for great jubilatio of 1922 who will be ir the same oi- thie younger folk. But he s fice im 1923, Mr. Lambert and Mr. the gifts distributed and a "It is conceivable that your gov- ernment is not conversant with the improper attacks made by Sir Adam Beck and his staff upon the newly appointed president of the Canadian National Railways since his an- nouncement in reference to the in- auguration of a rapid electric railway service east and west of Toronto. Does Sir Adam Beck in attacking the greatest public ownership enter- prisé in Canada and its newly ap- pointed president, speak for your government in view of his official position as chairman of the most im- portant commission under ydur jurisdiction?" Presentation to Superintendent Saturday morning, Mr. Walter Da- | niels, superintendent of the paint! department of the 'General Motors, | was given a pleasant surprise by his fellow-employes when he was pre- sented with a beautiful club bag as: 2 small token of their esteem. The presentation was made by Mr. Cop- | per and Mr. W. Tane read the fol- | lowing address: -- . Dear Walter:-- We have gathered here om this | occasion to present you with this | memento as a slight token of the ! esteem in which you are held by the | bovs . under your supe on. We wish you and your family a! Perty Christmas and a bappy New - Signed on behalf of the boys, Robert Hyndman, Robert Flin- toff, Edward James. Ben Sheridan, WELSH'S TEA DANCE, SATUR- day, Dec. 30, 4-6. Orchestra. 112a SONS OF ENGLAND WHIST DRIVE Friday night, 8 o'clock sharp. Admission 25ec. 112a BIG DANCE BY™S. E. CLUSE, OF Syracuse, N.Y., at Engel's Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 1st. New Year's | njght. Cox's Orchestra. Dyer being new members. home laden and happy. 107-10-11-12-¢ | i Heard in Brief Talks BRENNAN-CARROL ACCOUNTS DISCUSSED heaters. for the heating has The whole building will be heated by hot water. tract (awarded to Miller and Libby but the other contracts have not been de- cided. The con- been At a public meeting held in the , Town Hall on Tueeday evening, | Mayor John Stacey 2nd Councillor | W. J. Trick, mayoralty candidates | their campaigns. Several aspirants for the council also aired their views at this meeting. Mr. Charles P. Davis acted as chairman. There was the halt the Town will have a white ele-| phant" on its hands, Mr. Davis, chairman, called upon Councillor Trick to aldress the as- semblage first, pointing out that in view of the fact that Mayor Stacey had at the former meeting the opportunity of speaking first, that it was only fair that Mr. Trick should be accorded the privilege of speak- ing first at this meeting ° Work on the new building will commence at an early date and Mr. Tod hopes to have the stores ready for occupancy by April 1 and the apdrtments by May 1. The struct- ure when completed will be a credit to the business section and be in keeping with the growth of the town for some years to come. The many improvements made to stores in the business section has 'it was mot discernible. Councillor aspirants, summed «ae whole situation up when ous 'contentious matters {required to complete the work. a very good attendance, being taxed to capacity. The meeting was orderly and there was a total absence of heckling. Both of the mayoralty candidates received an attentive hearing and at the close of their remarks received consider- able applause. Those who journeyed to the hall anticipating "fireworks" were dis- appointed. Neither of the mayor- alty candidates indulged in any "mud-slinging." True, each criticiz- ed the work of the other but if eitn- er of the two made a better impres- sion on his audience than the other Mr. Trick's Address In opening Mr. Trick brought up the now famous Brenpan-Carrol ac- count, He told of the matter being brought before the Board of Works and contended that the board had the right to investigate the accounts. Mr. Trick then charged that these two contractors had been overpaid approximately $8,000. There is an item in this account of $7,000 for extra grading," said Mr. Trick, "and there is not an itemized statement for the work supposed to have been done. The contract called for all that the work which has been charac- terized as 'extras'. It was blamed on poor engineering. Let me tell you. gentlemen, that any contractor al- lows for variations in grading. It has beet blamed on poor profiles. Then why didn't they make the profiles right before the contract was signed. "I have been told by Mr. Worden, then engiheer, that the amounts should not have been paid. At the time' the accounts were O. K'd by Mr. Shupe. Mr, Worden was in town. Why wasn't Mr. Worden ask- ed to O. K. the decounts? Further- more Mayor Stacey wanted to let another contract for the construction of these and one-half miles of pave- ment to the Bremunan-Carrol firm this year despite the experience we had with tiem before. What's the] answer?" Hawkes, who spoke. following. the "the he humorously remarked that "'after hearing both candidates for the may- oralty that he was convinced that both were right." Many points of interest were touch- ed on by Councillor Trick and Mayor Stacey and the citizens had numer- - explained to their satisfaction. . . For the first time during the year Mayor Stacey and Councillor Trick agreed on one matter. That is that the by-law authorizing the Town to borrow the sum of $20,000 to be used for the completion of the Westmount sewer should Je carvied. The orig- inal by-law ca. or an e: ° of $70,000 and already Sspendiiate $80,000 has been spent. It is esti- mated that an additional $10,000 is Fuel Question Proceeding, Mr. Trick then launch- ed into an account of the activities of the Fuel Committe, of which he is the chairman. ) "Barly in the summer," he said, "a committee consisting of Reeve (Continued on Page 3) Both mayoralty candidates in fact, all of the aspirants for the counct! who spoke, urged that this by-law to be presented on Japuary 1 be car- ried. If the by-law is not carried been most noticeable during the past vear and this new undertaking will be received with interest and satis- faction by not only the merchants ' but the citizens generally. Class Members Present Teacher "in making his getaway it is believed that he has had a previous record. The affair emphasizes the neces- sity of having a steel barred door immediately installed in the station to prevent a repetition of the occur- . rence. Having left no stone unturn- ed in an effort to re-apprehend the prisoner the local police deserve credit for making such a speedy cap- ture, of the criminal. Smith claims to have a wife living in Montreal. SPECIAL PROGRAM NEW YEAR'S DAY YMCA Will Entertain Visitors With Varied Activities 2 The Board of Directo 1 4 With Club Bag , 77. foi extending i To show their appreciation of the young men of the town service rendered by their Sunday 'in the activities School teacher, Mr. O. J. Clatwor-| building on New thy, members of the Young Men's Bible Class of King Street Metho- dist 'Sunday School on Sunday after- noon presented him with a hand- some club bag. The presentation was miade by Mr. Mr. M. Moffatt read the following address: Dear Mr. Clatworthy:-- As another A. Larmer, President. Hyndman while Christmas season approaches, we the members of this class wish to show in some tangible way our appreciation of your efforts during the year. We realize that you have spent a great deal of your time preparing for our Sunday af- ternoon meetings and we come here always assured of something and worth while. Your activities are not confined, however, to this phase of our work, but you are a great help and support in our athletic and social events. We would ask you to accept this bag, not that it can in any way.rve- pay you for your efforts, but mere- ly as a token of the good will and esteem of the class. Signed on behalf of the Y.M.B.C. good {tion to all men and particularly tho BF % kk ] i ¥ 4 program has really good ] i : 8 | E | | [3] 3 y 5 11 i ; fit th Li ; ; | : I ! : it i g LW | Hi ¥ il jis i 41 3 g i | ; iil eR I i ; : g gE & g 8s 4) Hi Hi! Hf: will be Sunday evening ter months and every mag iman is invited to attend,