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> ~ Thornt Shop In Oshawa and Help Build . Up the Town soa SRP Tea Ontario Reformes AE: BRS tg A A MH 5 All the News While It Is News CIEE VOL. 51--No. 112 Tom d fain, out, Connda OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 EIGHT PAGES . 4 oh Challen Trick and Stacey in Mayoralty Contet ; '+t-lonly 'one of thé two men nominated "qualified. John A. Nesbitt, deputy ioc Reeve for 1922, was given thie reeve's .s<iebair by acclomatjon, the other can- a1fudfdate;< Lavi Bilins, not qualfying. items, and among them wer 2.2: 'Pyle ¢amse Rs.vathier a surprise; when : . @»u ab the nomination: mesting . Moffat Morris, Hill and Mason Re- elected to Reeveships by Acclamation -- Whattam and Alger Fight for Third Deputy's Post--Many Ac- clamations NEW FACES WILL APPEAR IN COUNCIL fn The mayoralty contest in Oshawa 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 ot ratepayers predicted that Rolana 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 F, 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, Burns 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, which 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 candidates. W. H. Hall and W. H., Ross were elected by acclamation to the Board of Water Commissioners and for tne She hew Worshivrel 1) 3 LR School Board all candidates were 24d osies wets: given Syl rey ots elected with the exception of Ward ficers all of whom pl them- 2, where Dr. D. R, Cameron is op- posing D. A. J. Swanson, The Candidates Mayor--John Stacey and W. J. Trick. Reeve--Geo. T. Morris (acclama- tion). Deputy Reeve--J. V, Hill (accla- mation). Second Deputy Reeve--F. L. Ma- son (acclamation). Third Deputy Reeve--J. L, What- tam and O. M. Alger. 'Councillors Ward 1--A. W. Brown, R. D. Pres ton, 8. V. Young, Howard C. Brad- 10 ard 2--N. 8, Baird and O. h. Burns (acclamation). Ward 3--D. A. Hubbell and A, N. Ellis (acclamation). Ward 4--Thos. Hawkes, N. A. Campbell and T. J Sheridan. PE | Ward 5--H. P. Schell,. Edmund | Jackson and R. C. Henry. Water Commissioners--W. H. Hall and W. H. Ross (acclamation). School Trustees Ward 1--E. A. Lovell (acclama- tion). { Ward 2--Dr. D. R. Cameron and D. A. J. Swanson. . Ward 3--J. B. Thompson (accla- mation). Ward 4--C. E. McTavish (acclama- | tion). 1 Ward 5--Thomas Stapleton and E. Liddle (acclamation). NO ELECTION IN EAST WHITBY J. A. Nesbitt Given Post as Reeve Without Contest | Christmas tree on Friday of Mr. i Bickell was chairman for #ixcel- lent program rendered by s s of the school. The primary es | pecially gave some very | ting |items, and as usual, brougiown » while it was expected there would tL wnunicipal + elections on Jast Fri] «day-both Mr. Elling and Mr. Nesbite declared themselves to be in the field. Mr. Nesbitt's election is being well received by the ratepayers of the township and he should Sill the position to the satisfaction of the electors. Dr. A. A. Farewell, councillor for 1922, was elected by acclamation as deputy reeve, H. L. Pascoe, the only other man nominated, not allowing itation, Donald Yeo; his name to stand. The councillors were also-elected to office by acecla- mation, as follows: I. T. Ormiston, not Ru ! ning | Prepare FefHarbor | 4 A staft has at been made in connection with jong look- ed for harbor for {Bawa, Yesterday steps wie taken to shingle the old colBheds down at the lake front. cording to Mr. L. O, Clifford RB p,, this is the preliminary styl the: har- bor development. ($8 necessary to shingle the shill in order that the tools aff materials used in constructia ork might be kept from the or. It will be gratifying ylhe people of Oshawa and di to know that something ta p is being done in regard to C a's mach needed harbor. MASONIC LOSE Interesting Cerenaghy was held by Cedar AF. and AM, No. 27@ER.C. last evening when the offi for 1923 were installed. The ingliition was conducted by Worshipfi @other C. R. opinion that this cerema been performed so efiig impressively as by Mi selves to seeing that year was one of the moi} in the history of the lo@dl At the close of the business sesafl ments were served. stalled officers are: Hawkes Bro. T. W. Richardson Bro.. William Deans SUNDAY SCHOO {Albert Street Chile | Sunday School ithe house. Charles Lambert and William Dye:. Mr. Ori of 1922 who will be ir the same o1- fice im 1923, Mr. Lambert and Mr. Dyer being new members. n is the only councillor occasion for great jubilatiol | classes, a holly drill by thé Miss Warne's class, drill by Miss Schemilt's clas rainbow drill which was pretty was rendered by th |dian Girls in Training unde etc., there were numerous | lowing: INSTALS GRIGER Held At Cedar Li§ No. 27(C § function oflic Lodge An unusually intere McIntosh and it wai general d never tly and Intosh. coming cessful efresh- Th ly in- | W.M.--Wor. Bro. W. 1] LP.M.--Wor. Bro. H, 8.W.--Bro. C. J. Pirie J.W.--Bro. W. 0. Wils{ Treasurer--Wor. Bro. Ji Secretary -- Wor. Br 3 DSS allace ibson homas 8.D.--Bro. H. C. nd! J.D.--Bro. Neil Jelt LG. Bro, Fred Pawson D. of C.--Wor. Bro. 8.8--Bro. E. F. Farro | J.8--Bro. E. W. Giliot Organists--Bro. G. W, Henry enley, Auditors--Bro. James Afth and COUNTY WARDEN DENOUNCES PLAN Warden Richardson Sends Strong Letter To Premier "IMPROPER ATTACKS" Alleges Beck's Attitude May Imperil Welfare of Province " H. Richardson, warden of On- ario 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 ADOPTED BY BECK Issues statement that C. N. R. will fight radials or any other lines enter- ing National Field. Sir Henry says Radials are competitors. Ottawa, Dee, 28th, 1922--Posi- tive, clear cut and emphatic statements that the Canadian National Rallways system does not intend to let Hydro Radials or any other Railway take busi- ness away from them, and not only will competition wher. ever it develops be met with every ounce of energy possible but that electrification in what is called 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 | in purely municipal matters by ruth- |les attacks upon municipal candi- | dates who dare hold views contrary | [to those of the chairman of the | | Hydro-Electric Commission." "About ten days ago, Mr. E. a. Hewson, at a municipal meeting in the township of Scarboro, attacked | the settled policy of the municipal councils east of Toronto of co-oper- | ating with the Canadian Nationa: | railways in respect to radial trans-| portation, advising them that Sir ' Adam Beck intended fighting this! policy of the municipalities. As there | is no Hydro by-law being submitted | in the township this constitited an | unwarranted interference in'muni- | cipal matters. '"At the present time in Hamilton, | Hydro officials have created an or-! ganization for the purpose of in- | fluencing public opinion in their | favor at the cost of a iarge amount | of money paid out of the funds of] the Hydro Commission, or, in other] words, public funds of the province. | "Since December 1, 1921, Mr. W. R. Robertson, general superintendent | of the Windsor lines has spent at] least three months campaigning in! St. Catherines and surrounding dis-| trict, | "The question naturally arises--for | what purpose are these men employ- ed? Is it to perform some specific work in connection with the Hydro enterprises or to campaign in var- fous municipalities and thus set up the Hydro Commission as a 'Tam- many boss'? "Are the actions of the various members of the Hydro staff, includ- ment approve of same?" asks Mr. Richardson. "If not, what action does the government intend to take to restore proper relationship be- tween the commission and the muni- cipalities? | Tyler--Wor Bro. A. E.| y "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 referencé to the in- | auguration of a rapid electric railway service east and west of Toronto. | These attacks might easily imperil | HELD PRORAM; Pleasing Chris Entertainment The Albert Street Hlodist held theid@nual Drills were put on by ot ; ire 8 0 ttle da Ily a pre In addition to the drills, @ Gibsgn; recitation, Glad bert; recitation, Irene recitation, Norman Williams '™ recitation recitation, Jea n, ie c- Eleanor Vickery; Logeman; Quarry. <The arrival of Santa Claus ne m 2 tT the younger folk. But he sd the gifts distributed and a 3 | bove . under your su the welfare of the city of Toronto as Does Sir Adam Beck in attacking the greatest public ownership énter-| prise 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 urisdiction?" 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 i "Dear Walter: -- memento as a slight token of the esteem in which you are held by the on. We wish you and your family a 'merry Christmas and a happy New 4 Year, -. Signed on bebalf 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 25e. 112a BIG DANCE BY S. E. CLUSE, OF Syracuse, N.Y., at Engel's Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 1st. New Year's night. Cox's Orchestra. home laden and happy. s 197-10-11-12-¢ hi | We have gathered here on this he & | occasion to present you with this comes directly under your jurisdic- Railways, tion." There was no element of "I refer," continues Mr. Richard- doubt in his attitude. Not only son, 'to their general interference 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 thé pronouncement, Thai the very existence of Hydro Radials between Toronto and the Niagara Frontier and between Toronto and 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 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 public would be cowardly and a breach of the trust placed in the hands of the Board. ELECTRIFY LINE THROUGH OSHAWA ®lcure a seat in any of the trains in | Oshawa. : Sin | trying out roller skates in the ap-| storey. brick building on ges Radial Advocat £5 : > FESTIVE SEASON " WASBUSYTIME AROUND OSHAWA Prisoner Escapes From Police Cell; Later Recaptured | Stores Made Record Sales! Over Lengthy Period Before Holiday A Christmas Thief * | Batters Down Door to Gain Freedom When Officer Leaves to Attend Fire-- | TRAINS ALL CROWDED | Railway Traffic Locally Was! Heaviest on | Record Christmas business in Oshawa this | | 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- While on a visit to relatives in Toronto, Mr. G. C. Maunders, Simcoe Street, Oshawa, was a victim of a daring robbery 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 scveral 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 sey- eral keepsakes belonging to a sister. '| made a clean getaway. (ness; in fact, it was difficult to pro- 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 BUSINESS BLOCK 10 BE ERECTED 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 way through the wooden loor leading from the cells to the station and 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 whie he had escaped. Ne 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 down the detention room to keep himself warm. At 1 o'clock the fire | bell sounded, and, as is the custom, the officer on duty in the station In all the schools Christmas exam- DD. M. Tod Lets Contracts for| rushed out to go with the firemen. 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 appearance of the ga streets of the town] Santa Claus more than did himself proud in Many of the kiddies are local contractor, brick and mason work on a new two Building at King and Prince Yesterday Mr. D. M. Tod awarded contract to Mr. J. F. Turney, a for the carpenter, the pro- sence of ice, while others are busy perty recently purchased by him at which are unmistakable kins and Goulding, | propelling wagons, and a score of King and Prince Streets from Hop- jother toys which delight the heart |of the child at Christmastide, and property has a frontage on King. Was received that he had taken ref- evidence | Street that few, if any, children were over- | Street of 117 feet. bakers. The of 22 and on Prince The store, which feet looked by good old K:is Kringle on | until a few weeks ago was occupied Christmas morn. Mayoralty Candidates Address Electors At Large Public Meeting Fireworks Conspicuous By Absence in Addresses of Mayor Stacey and Councillor Trick--Council Nominees Also Heard in Brief Talks BRENNAN-CARROL ACCOUNTS DISCUSSED by Messrs. | extends along Prince Street 33 feet. {with an entire new front. plate glass windows will be install- ed while the interior which consists of a small store, an ice cream parlor and bake shop will be converted into | one store. will also be renovated. Hopkins and Goulding. This building will be remodelled Two new The apartment above To the rear of the building on Prince Btrest a new two storey bandits and relieved structure of brick onstraption wii oY, ois be erected, the ground floor to be| divided into six stores while the' {second floor will be converted into | four apartmgp the latest design equipped with all ,modern conveniences including gas' ts. These will be of heaters. The whole building will be heated by hot water. The con- tract for the heating has been At a public meeting held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, Mayor John Stacey and Councillor W. J. Trick, mayoralty candidates in [well as the province of Ontarfo. for 1923, fired the opening guns of their campaigns. Several aspirants for the council also aired their views 'at this meeting. Mr. Charles P. Davis acted as chairman. There was a very good attendance, the hall being taxed to capacity. The meeting was orderly and there was a fotal! |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 it was not discermible. 1 {inal by-law called for an expenditure |of $70,000 and already the sum of | $80,000 has been spent. It is esti- |mated that an additional $10,000 is {required to complete the work. | Both mayoralty candidates in fact, all of the aspirants for the counel! {who spoke, urged that this by-law to be presented on Janmary 1 be car- |ried. If the by-law is not carried i | Councillor Trick to address the as- | then engineer, the Town will have a white ele-| phant" on its hands, Mr. Davis, chairman, called upon 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 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 before the contract was signed. "I have been told by Mr. Worden. 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 0. 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 Brenunan-Carrol firm this year despite the experience we had with them before. What's the answer?" : Fuel Question Proceeding, Mr. Trick then launch- ed into an account of the activities of the Fuel Committe, of which he is the chairman. "Early in the summer," he said, "a committee consisting of Reeve (Continued on Page 3) T address: bag, not that it can in pay you for your efforts, but mere- token of the good will and the class Signed on behalf of the Y.M.B.C. ly as esteem awarded to Miller and Libby but the other contracts cided. have not been de- Work on the new building will commence at an early date and Mr. Tod hopes to have the stores ready for occupancy apartments by May 1. 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 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 1 and the The struct- by April Present Teacher With Club Bag , {tion to all men and To show their appreciation of the: young men of the service rendered by their Sunday Dear Mr. Clatworthy:-- As another We would ask you § A. Larmer, President. 'in the activities way .re- | Hearing the bell and realizing that [no time in smashing the panel of | the wooden door. He then smashed i the lock and made his getaway, the officer hed departed, Smith lost Forty minutes after the escape Constable Flintoff came to the sta- tion and discovered the door to the detention room. open. Sergt. Pax- ton and a squad of officers immed- fately scoured all the réads leading | from the town but it was not until | early this morning that a trace of {the man was found. Information uge in a house in Darlirgton town- ship about four miles east of Oshawa. Constable Walker was despatched {to the house and an hour later had returned with his man. Smith was found sitting in the {home of Mrs. Gordon Trevail, 2nd Concession, Darlington township. Mrs. Trevail told Constable' Walker that the fugitive had come to the house early this morning and bad told her that he had deen tre from Oshawa to Port Hope automobile when he was held : 1 and also his car. Speaking of the occurrence morning, Chief Owen Friend that he believed that the man did not give /uis. right name. Judging by the daring show by the prisoner 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. 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