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A Growing : Newspaper in a Growing City Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer "All The News While It Is News" VOL. 8--NO. 69 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy GAS B WS CARRY B | Only 45 Percent of ABOUT 45 PERCENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS CAST BALLOTS ON TWO BYLAWS "Total of 2,603 Electors Out of 11,198 on List Voted on Franchise Question -- 1,742 Property Owners Exercised Franchise CEDARDALE WARD HEADED THE LIST 50 Per Cent. of Property Owners and 38 Per Cent. of Electors Voted in Cedar- dale -- South-east Ward Second in Interest Shown in Bylaws Approximately 25 percent of the electors entitled to vote and about 45 percent of th€ property owners en- titled to vote, cast their ballots on Saturday. . A 'total of 2,603 electors cast their ballots. The voters' list gives 11,198 as the total possible vote which gives a percentage of just under 25, There were 1,742 ballots cast by property owners. The voters' list gives 4,561 . property owners as the total, but a nurgber of these are duplications, that is, the same man may be listed in several of the five wards of the city. As one man could vote once only on Saturday, this cut the possible vote down somewhat, and it is estimated that about 45 per cent of the quanified vote was cast. Cedardale ward led the way in the voting, in both cases, 38.2 per cent, of the electors and about 58 percent of the property of ballots, The s -east ward came next in both cases, 26.1 percent of the electors and about 47 percent of the property owners voting. The south-west and north-east wards were about even. In the south-west ward 21 percent of the electors and about 45 percent of the property owners voted, and in the north-east ward 22 per cent of the electors and sbout 43.5 percent of the porperty owners voted. The north-west ward trailed behind in both lists only 18 percent of the electors and 39 percent of the property owners voting. JUDGHENT WAS RESERVED IN CASE AGAINST HOSPITAL Former Pupil Dietit'an Claims Damages for In- juries Sustained About Two Years Ago Judgment was reserved by Mr. Jus- tice ney at Osgoode Hall, in the case of Jarvis vs, Oshawa Hospital This case was one in which Miss Jarvis, formerly employed by the hos- pital about two years ago as a pupil dietitian, sued the Oshawa Hospital for damages. Miss Jarvis claimed that she sustained injury to her wrist in an accident that occurred while she was operating the dumb waiter irom the diet kitchen to the various floors of the hospital. The hospital author- ities claimed that she put her hand into the dumb waiter in the wrong place and in the wrong way, and that when the rope broke the wrist was caught and bruised. Following the accident Miss Jarvis was cared for at the hospital and finished her course. Nothing further was heard from her for a year, the hospital claims, when she applied for a position as dietician, having taken other training in other hospitals during the inter- vening time. Her application for employment was unsuccesstul, and she later sued the hospital for damages arising out of the accident, RETURNS WITH BODY St. John's Nfid.,, March 23.-- The ocean going tug Foundation Franklin returned here this morn- ing with the body of Patrick Bart- lett, one of the victims of the Vi- king disaster. She had Deen un- able to penetrate the ice barrier oft Horse Island. . WEATHER Forecasts: Lower Lake Ne gion -- Fight to moderate m H ly followed by showers in wes- tern counties. Georgian Bay --=Moderate to fresh south easterly winds; fair and mild today and most of Tucsday, probably followed by showers, casting. their | the TIMES EXPRESSES 'THANKS FOR HELP Splendid Co-operation Re- ceived in Compiling Re- turns, and in Speeding Telephone Service Seldom has a better service on any voting in Oshawa been given than was made possible on Saturday night in connection with the voting on the gas system bylaws. The first returns were received by The Times at 7.22 p.m., and by eight o'clock the result was a foregone conclusion, The final figures were compiled and posted on the bulletin board about eight-thirty, a delay in one poll holding back the complete result for about fifteen min- utes. This result was only made possible by the splendid co-operation which was extended to The Times, The de- puty-returning officers gave a prompt service, and The Times is grateful for their assistance. To the opera- tors of the Bell Telephone Company, also, the thanks of The Times is extended: They had a heavy load of traffic forced upon them, not only by the calls'to The Times with returns, but by the hundreds of calls which were made by citizens anxious to learn the result, For nearly four hours, telephones at the office of The Times were kept busy answering inquiries, and telephone operators worked splendidly under this heavy pressure. To all who assisted in ing the service given by The Times possible, tof the newspapet ex- presses sincere appreciation, because the co-operation received was of an unusually fine character, MAYOR MARKS IS DELIGHTED WITH RESULT OF VOTE Says It Was Expression of Confidence in Council -- F. L. Mason Also Satisfied Satisfaction in the result of the hylaw vote was expressed by Mayor Ernie Marks and F. L. Mason, pre- sident of the Chamber of Commerce, to The Times this morning. John Stacey, chajrman of the Public Util- ities' Commission, was out of the city today, and his opinion could not be recorded. "The people by their verdict on Saturday, expressed confidence in the council that they elected to ca on the business of the cor- poration. The result gives the coun. eil confidence to go ahead and con- duct the city's affairs for the bet- terment of everyone," said Mayor Marks. The mayor pointed out that it was a clearcut vietory, every poll rolling up majorities for all three bylaws. This indicated that the peo- ple in every part of the city were in thorough agreement with the '(Continued on page 3) GONFERENGES ON RAILWAY DISPUTE Meet Union Represent- atives to Consider Differ- ences rik vg Ottawa, Mar, 23--A conference be- tween executive officers of the Cana- dian National Railways and represen- tatives of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen will be held tomorrow, at the behest of Senator Robertson, minister of Labor, with a view to adjusting a number of difficulties that have arisen in the course of past few months. A similar, meeting at which executives of the Canadian Pa- cific Railways will be present will be held in Wednesday. The conferences are in pursuance of an application from the Brotherhood that has been pending since January. As a climax to negotiations "with the railway companies, some time ago the Brotherhood of Locomotive fire- men and engineers have filed with the department of labof an applica- tion for a board of arbitration to set- tle labor disputes. Coupled with the application was an affidavit setting forth the union's belief that a strike could ialize 1 i You 4 materialize if ; the Sispute were Railway Executives Will, ber of C President, Ch on Saturday. LEADERS IN CAMPAIGN TO CARRY GAS BYLAWS ERNIE MARKS Mayor of Oshawa for 1931 JOHN STACEY Chairman, Public Utilities: Commiss'n Above are three of Oshawa's oufstanding citi zens who played a prominent part in the campaign in support of the three gas plant bylaws, all of which were carried by substantial majorities at the polls HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY APPEAL TOROTARY CLUB Ross Mackinnon Gives De- tails of Work to be Under- taken by Local Orsganiza- tion A strong appeal to all members of the Oshawa Rotary Club to sup port the Horticultural Society was made at today's Rotary luncheon by Ross Mackinnon. Mr. Mackin- non, in appealing for suppont for the movement, stressed the value of the Horticultural Society in appealing for support for the movement, stressed the valug of the Horticultural Society im pro- moting civic beautification, and said one of the first tasks under- taken by the Society would he tae care of the Garden of the Unfor- gotten. He also announced that A, G. Storie had donated a prize to be given to the janitor of the best kept school grounds in the city, and that other competitions would be held for the best-kept gardens and back yards. Membership applications forms were distributed among the mem- bers, bearing the list of opticas and a large number signed these forms and paid their membership fees at the close of the meeting, ALEXANDER TORRIE SPOKE AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURGH in Charge of Impressive Services on Sunday God's own word assures men and women of the certainty of their con- version, Alexander Torrie, B.A., well known evangelist, declared in the course of an encouraging' sermon preached at the evening service of First Baptist Church, last night. The speaker based his statement upon the words of Jesus as set forth in John 3, 36: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life." Conversion is something which can not be explained, although its mani- | festations are evident, the evangelist | said. Man is by nature sinful and depraved, but the converted man takes on new life and is changed into something finer and better. "How can you know that you are saved?" he asked. "You need not go through any unusual experience or find yourself swayed by strange emo- tions. The Bible tells you that you are ocnverted when you believe in Jesus. You become one of God's own children and what more do you need are converted when you believe in God's holy word." : Stresses Conversion Evangelist Torrie had ro use for churches which did not stress the need of conyersion. "It is too' easy to become a fem- ber of some churches today. You need do nothing but- join. There are church members who blaspheme the name of God through week days, who are dishonest and who would cheat anyone they could, You can not be- come a member of the body of Christ unless vou first repent of your sins, and believing fully in Him, are con- verted. Conversion is everything, baptism and confirmation are nothing compared with it." "Once converted, the speaker said, one could never again be lost accord- ing to the teachings of the Bible. "God's children may wander {af (Continued on page 3), _. ment said. Keen expressions of satisfaction were heard on every side on Satur- day evening as the returns from the city's polling stations showed that the three gas bylaws had been car- ried by very substantial majorities, sufficient to show the will of the peo- ple in an unmistakable manner. A large number of citizens assembled at The Times office, where the returns were being received and compiled, and save for one or two, all were de- lighted with the figures as they were posted on the bulletins, and as the majorities grew with each succeeding report received. Those Who had op- posed the bylaws were inclined to take the result philosophically, and some of them were even ready to admit that their opposition had brought out a much larger vote than would otherwise have been the case, and thus added to the proporgion by which all three bylaws were carried. As is usual on voting night, The Times gave a special telephone ser- vice to the citizens, and many hun- dreds of calls were received and ans- wered in the course of the evening. Three telephone lines were in con- stant usc from shortly after scven o'clock until late in the evening, and there were no moments of respite for the operators on these lines. From the expressions heard over the tele- phon on the results being given, there was general satisfaction with the re- sult. The members of the city council Supporters of Bylaws Were Delighted with Result of The Voting on Saturday assembled in the city clerk's office to await the result, and as the deputy- returning officers came in with their boxes, and the majorities piled up with each arrival, Mayor Marks and his colleagues wore happy smiles at the manner in which their judgment had been endorsed by the voters. When it was all over, Mayor Marks expressed his great delight with the final figures, and remarked that the result showed that the people were satisfied that the council had done the right thing in accepting the pro- posals offered and submitting them to' a vote. i The leaders of the campaign in favor of the bylaws assembled in the headquarters office in the Genosha Hotel building, and here, also, there was great satisfaction with the over- whelming verdict in favor of all three bylaws. There had been some doubt as to whether the fixed assessment bylaw would secure the necessary two-thirds vote, but when it was seen that this had been exceeded, and a clean sweep made of all three measures, the workers who had taken part in the campaign were overjoyed that the electors and ratepayers had scen fit to endorse their stand. Many times in the course of the evening, The Times was congratulat- ed on the leadership it had given the community in the campaign, and on the complete vindication of its atti- tude on the three questions by the voters, . VAGRANTS WERE ~~ ALLOWED 0 GO | Begging After Being Sup- plied With Meal Tickets William Lewin and John Henson, Toronto young men, were not satis- fied with the fare which was pro- vided them at the city's shelter for single, unemployed men, last night. Lewin and Henzon were hiking back from Kingston to Toronto and they had been given tickets for a meal at the shelter when they called at the police station and pi2aded that they were hungry. A few hours later the police were notified that two men were begging from house to house. A constable was soon on their trail and discov- ered that the pair were Lewin and Henson. This morning both appeared in police court on a charge of va- grancy. They claimed that they were begging for food because the sup- per. provided at the local shelter was not to their likinz, Too much bean soup and bread. ' With an admonishment that one can not cultivate an overly delicate palate these days, Magistrate Creighton allowed the boys to go their way. They were remanded by the court until called upon for sen- tence, HUPMOBILE FACTORY Detroit, March 23.--The Hupp Motor Car Corporation announced Saturday that an assembly plant will be opened at Windsor to take care of Canadian sales. Hupp al- ready owns a building suitabie for an assembly plant in waniech 30,000 square feet of floor space is avail- able, and plans to start production Mithin ninety 'days, the announce- li, TO OPEN IN WINDSOR 'FINAL READING OF + BYLAWS, APRIL 6 Wellknown | Evangelist Was Two Men Were Arrested for Council Must Wait for Two Weeks Before Completing 'the Deal for Sale of Gas Plant The necessary formalities 1o complete the deal whereby the Oshawa gas plant and distribution {system will be sold-to Ben I. Tate and his associates, of Chicago, will not be consummated vntil the next meeting of the city council, which will be held on Iionnay, April G. The holding of a special meeting of the city council for this purpose would be of no effect, since the and passed until two weeks after declared. The city clerk at noon today, issued the formal declara- tion of the vote in accordance with the figures published in the Times today, which clears the way for the bylaws to be given their final read- ing at the meeting of council on the first Monday in April, whicu is two weeks from today. In the meantime, however, the plans of the purchasers for the incorpora- tion under an Ontario charter of the Ontario Shore Gas Company to operate the plant and for the im- provement and extension of the system, will be. proceeded with, {80 as to make the delay in getting to. work of as little duration as possible, ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES Leighton Buzzard, Eng., March 23.--~The number of victims cf the wreck of the "Royal Scot" «¢ wag increased fodav he 10° - of Miss Dorothy Lang, 18, of Greenock, Seotiaud; . ed to her mynres twenty ue Fag after derailment of the famous train. This brings the total of deaths to seven, isms NAVIGATION ON GREAT LAKES 10 OPEN APRIL 13 | Steamers Will Soon Be Mak- | municipal act provides that the by- | laws cannot be read a third time | the result of the voting has Leen | | Oshawa Harbor Navigation on the Great Lakes re- opens officially on April 15, and with- in a few days after that date the Oshawa harbor will be resuming its | activity, it is stated by Col. B, J. Mc- | Cormick wharfinger, There is a possibility that one or two ships may call at the local port before that time, as insurance of vessels is in force April 5, but since the Welland Canal does not open until the 15th, there will not be much activity before that date, At least one large shipment is ex- pected within a few days after April 15, Col. McCormick says. The Osh- awa Railway has undertaken to ex- tend its trackage at the lake so that it will run parallel to the wharf for the transference of freight from ship to flat cars in operation, and has promised to have this work done by the time navigation is officially op- cned. This will be a great conyen- ience for shippers in Oshawa. Engineers of the Department of Marine visited Oshawa during the latter part of last week, and found that there has been no filling up of the harbor or the harbor mouth. dur- ing the winter, There had been some fears on the part of local authorities that the sand would have drifted dur- ing the winter's storms and choked the harbor mouth, but soundings Jak- en by the engineers show that the depth has not changed more than a couple of inches in any place throughout the harbor, The water is at the lowest level in years, but this is a condition that prevails over the whole of Lake Ontario, CHILDREN NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE | Filled Water Pan of Furnace With Chips and Started | Fire in House When his house became filled with smoke, yesterday afternocu, E. Hopper, Colborne street easl, was worried. At a loss to discov- (er the origin of the smoke, he sus- | pected that something was wrong | with the heating system and tore {up a register but could not locate {the source. He then called the fire department, | Ever resourceful when it comes to dealing with fire and smoke, the firemen made a thorough investi- gation and in a few minutes dis- covered that the contents of a "va- ter pan on top of the furnace had burst into flames. Children had | emptied the pan of water and fill- {ed it with chips. TENDERS CALLED | FOR DEBENTURES | City T reasurer Sends Out Call for Bids for Issue] Amounting to $161,546 | | "Tenders have been called by the city of Oshawa, through P. A. Blackburn, city treasurer, on a block | of $165,546.26 in debentures bearing ' 5 per cent interest, Circulars have been sent out to 61 bond houses in Canada and the United States, and | the time for receiving the bids closes | at 530 pm. on Wednesday of this | week, March 25. The debentures cover pavements and sewers, 15-year term, $138,000; sidewalks, 10-year term, $6,000; city's share of county registry office addi- tion, 10-year term, $7,146.26; indus- trial site, 5-year term, $7,000; fire ladder truck, 6-year, $7,400. 'The debentures are issued in denomina- tions of $1,000 and odd amounts, { The circular sent out inviting ten- ders on these bonds shows that the assessed valuation of city property for taxation purposes is $16,731,115; that. the capital assets of the corpora- tion total $5,197,492; and that the to- tal amount of the debt, including the present issue, is $5,108,680.67. Dur- ing the vear, however, $295,147.62 of this will be retired, leaving a debt at ITY OF BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR TO ONE IN VOTING SATURDAY WITH GAS PLANT SALE TO 341, GRANTING OF FRANCHISE BY | CARRIED BY 1,401 2,026 TO 577, AND FIXED ASSESSMENT BY 1,283 TO 373 ing Their First Calls at the| Bylaw to Grant Fixed Assessment of $84,000 for Next Ten Years Received 178 More Than the Required Two-thi rds Vote--Majorities in Favor of the Bylaws Recorded in Each of the Twenty-eight Sub-Divisions of the City-- Cedardale Ward Voted Most Strongly for Gas System Proposals i . <&« Bylaw No. 1--For sale of gas plant, For, 1401; against, 341. Majority f or bylaw, 1060. Bylaw No. 2--To grant franchise, For, 2026; against, 577; majority for bylaw, 1449. i Bylaw No. 3 -- To grant fixed assessment; For, 1283; against, 373; majority for bylaw, 910. By the above overwhelming majorities, the voters of Oshawa on Sat« urday carried all three of the bylaws, providing for the sale of the Oshawa gas plant and distribution system to B Power and Light Corporation of 'Chic clusive fifty year franchise and a fixe of ten years to the purchasers. The v en E, Tate, representing the Utilities ago, and for the granting of an ex- d assessment of $84,000 for a period. ote which was recorded voiced in no uncertain terms the will of the people, for, although the. number of ballots cast. could not be considered large, the result can be taken as indicating in an accurate manner the wishes of every sub-division 'of the city, all thre the citizens of the community, In e bylaws were carried by substantial majorities, and the fixed assessment bylaw, which required a vote of twe= thirds of the ballots to be carried, was well over the required margin, Thus. on April 1 the city will relinquish its hold on the gas plant-and distributjen' system, and it will pass into the hands of large private interests, to beconie EIGHT PAGES ° : LARGE MAJORITIES | () Electors Voted On Saturday Ratepayers And Electors ~ Voted Overwhelmingly In Favor of Three Proposals | ' ALL BYLAWS WERE CARRIED BY MAJOR- the central plant of a gas system which is intended to be created to serve . 8 a wide areca along the Ontario lake shore. of the ratepayers and electors, the city council, as.its meeting on give the three bylaws their April 6, will will ratify the agreements made with the transaction. SUDFAREWEL | T0 COL HODGINS Rotary Club Presents De- parting Member With an Address of Appreciation The Oshawa Rotary Club form- ally bade farewell to' Lt.-Col. E. C. Hodgins, one of its directors and manager of the Oshawa Branch of the Capadian Bank of Commerce, who leaves the city on Wednesday of the week to take over the man- agership of the Kingston Branch. President Frank Johnston read an address, in which regret was ex- pressed at the departure of Col. Hodgins and in which a tribute was paid to his splendid services to the Rotary Club and the com- munity during the years he had lived here. He extended the best wishes of all Rotarians to Col Hodgins, ! In replying Col. Hodgins =aid it was hard to leave Oshawa and to break off the many fine associ- ations formed in the last ten years, "I have no fear for the future of Oshawa," he said, "and I will al- ways look back with pleasant memories to the ten years I have spent here. Oshawa and its citi- zens will always have a place in my heart, no matter where I may 0." President Johnston made the suggestion that a party from Osh- awa Rotary Club go down to Kingston to introduce Col. Hod- gins to the Kingston Club and the idea was received with loud ap- plause, met eid. CALVARY CHURCH MISSION SUNDAY Secretary of Inland South | America Missionary Union Was Present as Special Speaker 4 At Calvary Baptist Church yester- day Rev. W, J. Anderson, Secretary of the Inland South America Mis- sionary Union, was the special speaker, the occasion being the quarterly missionary Sunday, which is being observed by this church. At the morning service Mr. An- derson gave a very interesting re- view of the work of the mission which has 25 stations with many out-stations, 60 foreign workers and 25 native workers. Its work is chiefly among the Indian tribes in remote parts of Brazil where the fssion has a list of names and ex- act locations of over 225 distinct tribes which are still --unreached Mo formal third reading Ben E. Tate for the completion @ Interest Was Keen' . The voting on Saturday marked the} culmination of a hectic wéek of cam-1} paigning, in which a number of op= ponents of the bylaws made strong efforts to alienate the support of the voters from them. Stirred up by the holding of a number of meetirigs; and by the issuing of many pamphlets and | handbills on both sides of the ques~ tion, the interest of the voters was aroused to a high pitch, and the last minute efforts of the opposition un- doubtedly had a great deal to do with bringing out so large a vote of those = favorable to the bylaws. The opposi- tion, however, had little hope of des" feating the bylaws. Aligned in fa-" vor of them was the unanimous sup- port of the Public Utilities Commis= sion, the City Council and the direc=" tors of the Chamber of Commerce, = while only a few individual citizens, led by D. A. J. Swanson, F, W. t- kinson and Eddie McDonald had any (Continued on page 8) FANCY SKATERS AT ARENA FRIDAY 2 Special Attraction for Ice Festival in Aid of Associated Welfare cieties 5 Fancy skating, easily the most graceful performance seen on the ice, this fascinating and pictur. esque diversion is rapidly growing in Canadian faver. It has reached its highest development in Euro- pean countries. The Xuropean championships held annually io Switzerland formerly were won al-. most exclusively by Swiss and people of the various Scandinavian countries, but latterty France, Czech-Slovakia : and Austria have come to the fore. Quite recently % Great Britain has loomed largely and a championship exhibition is being held in London now. On Friday night, the 27th, two of Canada's hest will be seen at the Arena performing all the rew- est fancy figures. It seems strange that until the last few years ex- cept in Ottawa and Montreal that this splendid sport has beer mee glected. Here is your opportunity to see this: graceful spectacle at about one quarter the usual price and take in the other five m events at the same time. At arena March 27th. Admission 50c. All proceeds above expenses to go to Oshawa Associated charities. At the evening service Mr. Al derson gave a stirring gospel Mm sage which was well received by the large congregation. 4 a dress a public meeting in the church in the interests of the mis = gion. He will be accompanied George A. Rice, missionary-elect to South America who will tell of the close of the present year of $4,- SIE, a am with the gospel message, call to the mission field. articulate part in the opposition. How Armed with thie full authority | Tonight Mr. Anderson will ad-.2