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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City he Osh aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer iy Times PROBS. Cloudy Tonight. Wed- nesday -- Showers and Little Higher Temperas ture VOL .9--NO. 86 Published st Oshawa, Ont.. Canada, Every Day Except Sundays and Public Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES CHINESE TROUBLE BEFORE LEAGUE Ny Oshawa Car Was Involved in Collision on Highway MRS. WILLIAM NEWELL SEVERELY CUT; PORT HOPE MAN IS INJURED Cars Collided on Kingston Road While Local Party Was Returning From Queen's-Varsity Game Saturday MR. NEWELL GIVES STORY OF CRASH Three Persons in Other Car, From Port Hope, Also Received Injuries in the Accident A car driven by William Newell, 72 Ritson Road South, figured in an automobile accident on Highway No. 2, just east of Toronto, on aSt- urday, in which Mrs. Newell was severely cut about the face and one of the occpuants of the other car Robert White, received severe in- juries necessitating his admission to the Toronto East General Hospital. Mr. Newell, with his wife and three children ,one of them a baby in arms, went to Toronto on Sat- urday for the Queen's-Varsity game, the accident occurring while they were on their way. home early in the evening. Travelling east ,at Stop 13, a large car oovertook the car driven by Mr. Newell and, i- ter it had passed ond gone clear Mr. Newell's car was in collision with another going in the opposite d'rec- tion. Unexpected Crash According to Mr. Newell's story as given to this paper the: collision was a most unexpected one, the other car, apparently, suddenly swerving into his left front wheels possibly, in his opinion, turning too far back on. to the centre of the roadway after pulling over to le: the other car pass. Mr. Newell's car was badly dam- aged, the axle being badly bent and much glass broken. Mrs. Newell was badly cut over the mouth, she and the baby being covered with blood. The other car was owned by Ro- bert White, of Mill Street, Port Hope, but was driven by Clarence Mercer, Bramley Street, Port Hope. Robert White, who was riding with Mr. Mercer, sustained a concussion of the brain and was removed to hospital, his condition this mornirg being reported as very favourable. Mrs. Clarence Mercer, and Hany Mercer, sustained cuts and bruises which necessitated medical atten- tion, Denies Report According to a report of this ac- cident which appeared in one of the Toronto papers, "Newell did not stop after the accident but later re- turned and reported." Mr, Newell asserts most emphatically that this is quite incorrect. He states that, quite naturally he was fully taken up for some minutes with attending to his injured wife and frightened children. His wife fainted, and by the time he had seen her attended to in a nearby house, and also quier- ed his children, the other parties to the accident had left the scene. "Ac- tually I was the last of all the peo- ple who figured in the accident to leave the scene of the accident," said Mr. Newell who explained that when he had found the others had all gone and left him he reporte the occurrence at the nearest police station. The cut on Mrs. Newell's liz ne- cessitated several stitches while che also suffered from shocx, although able to be about her. house hold duties again this morning. WELL-KNOWN CAPTAIN DIES Owen Sound, Oct. 13.--One of the best known mariners of the Great Lakes, Captain Pearson, 70, died at his home here today from heart disease. Captain Pearson was skipper of the steamer Collingwood of the Canada Steamship Liues. George Apples Offered Free to Oshawa Unemployed Men Blake Oke, a farmer , living half a mile west and a quarter mile south of the Ebenezer Church, is willing to let any unem- ployed persons have all the apples they want free of charge, providing they do their own picking at the orchard. He tele- phoned The Times this morning to make this known, and the only con- dition attached is that those coming for apples take proper care of the trees. He also asks that any taking advantage of his offer telephone him first, at 1615 r 22, on the Oshawa line, so that he can be at home when they arrive, to guide them to the orchard where the apples are available. TORONTO ANGLER DROWNING VICTIM Thomas Noton Falls From Motorboat Into Lake Couchiching Orillia, Oct. 13. -- Reported by his companions to have taken a fit and fallen from an outboard motor boat, Thomas Noton, aged 29, of 64 Cowan Avenue, Toronto, was drowned in Lake Couchich- ing yesterday. According to his three compan- lone, Frank Samway, 513 Jones Avenue, Toronto, John Robb, Woodbridge, and John L. Hamer, 40 Vermont Avenue, Toronto, No- ton suddenly stood erect and top- pled into the water. He did not return to the surface. Unable to rescue their compan- fon, the three men made for shore where they notified Provin- cial Constable Purvis. Dragging operations were conducted until after dark, without avail. T0 PRESENT FIRE SHIELD T0 CITY Official Ceremony Will be Part of Proceedings at Windsor This Week Arrangements have now been made for the championship shield, won by the City of Oshawa in the Dominion-wide "Fire Waste Con- test" sponsored by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, to be pre- sented to the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce during the proceedings at Windsor this week at the annual convention of the Ontario Associat- ed Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce. Frank L. Mason, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, who is an accredited delegate io the provincial convention, will re- ceive this shield on behalf of the city. : "Thus far it must be confessed that men, have in many ways made a mess of government," -- Nicholas Murray Butler. Thanks of Committee are Expressed to Massed Choir The Oshawa Massed Choirs were addressed on Sunday even- ing, at the regular weekly re- hearsal in Simcoe Street United Church Sunday School, by Ross Mackinnon, chairman of the com- mittee charged with the task of raising funds for the Associated Welfare Societies. Mr, Mackinnon complimented the choristers on the efforts they are putting forward to raise funds for unemployment relief work and expressed the opinion Abst the need for such funds will be a very real one during the coming winter. R. M. McIntyre was introduced to the choir by Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. McIntyre having consented to act as business manager for the organization of choristers. The rehearsal, under the baton of Leonard M. Richer, proved that the Choir has made vast strides towards perfection during the last two or three weeks. Nearly two hundred men and women, drawn from practically every choir in the city, were in attendance, PUBLIC SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING HELD YESTERDAY Rev. G. C. R. McQuade Was Special Speaker and Massed Choir Assisted The public service of Thanks- giving, held on Thanksgiving Day at 10.30 a.m. in Simcoe United Church, was very well attended and of a most inspiring nature, The massed choirs of the city led in the singing and, under the direction of Leonard M. Richer, and with G. W. Henley of St. Audrew's United Church at the organ, rendered Handel's Halle- lujah Chorus, this stupendous composition as rendered by the local choristers adding much to the success of the service. The special preaeher for the occasion was Rev. George C. R. McQuade of Centre Street United Church, who recently came to Oshawa from Odessa and who de- livered a most appropriate ad- dress on the true spirt of Thanks- giving. The service was presided over by R. B. Patterson, "of Christ Church, Anglican; Rev. Roy Mc- regor, of the First Baptist Church offering prayer. TORONTO MAN 15 SHOOTING VICTIM Found Wounded on Street, He Refuses to Give Po- lice Information (By The Canadian Press) Toronto, Oct. 13. --Staggering along Dundas Street with a bullet wound in his side, Willlam Cook, Toronto, was found by a taxi-driv- er early this morning and taken to a hospital. According to po- lice, Cook so far has refused to say how the shooting occurred. Hospital authorities reported the wound was not regarded as seri- ous. Cook is a former part owner of the Chicory Inn on the Lake Shore road. He was acquitted six months ago of a charge in con- nection with the shooting of Os- car Campbell, another inn prop- rietor, GOLFERS ENTERTAINED The enjoyment of the General Motors annual golf field day at the Oshawa Golf Club was greatly in- tensified by the kindness of the Bowra Electric and Hardware in installing a special radio set, with powerful amplifier equipment, at the clubhouse. By means of this equip: ment, players around the course were kept informed of the progress of the final world series basebail game, while later, it provided var- ied and enjoyable entertainment at the club house after the games wee over. The General Motors goliers were greatly appreciative of the kindness of the Bowra company in helping, in this way, in the success of the. field day. '"The moderns have music with ractions, but no emotions.' -- Walter Damrosch. WOLVES RAIDING WIARTON FARMS Wolf-Hunt on Large Scale Reveals Pack of Fierce Animals Wiarton, Oct. 13.--It is thirty- five years since the last of the wolves was driven out of Keppel Township, Recently, Keppel farmers have lost 160 sheep. They have blamed dogs and, in accordance with the law, the township has paid out $1,600 to the losers, But there have been those who doubted that the grim and mournful howls heard the last ten nights were the bayings of dogs. They disturbed the folk in the more lonely farms, (nd women have feared to leave the 'houses unaccompanied. Percy Sims, who lived fu the North for many years, had heard such sounds before. "Wolves," he said, but few believed him, The slaughter went on, and Mr, Sims managed to convince fifty men. They joined him in a wolf-hunt yesterday. The hunters surrounded a wood on the farm of William Lemcke, near the Village of Oxenden. Here they saw four wolves, but killed only one, which fell to the gun of Earl Davidson. It was four feet seven inches long and twenty-six inches high, apparently about a year old. Davidson will claim the Govera- ment bounty of $25. Oshawa General Hospital | Is Again Fully Approved Oshawa General Hospital is list- ed as a fully approved hospital in the list of standardized institu- tions of this character made public yesterday at the opening session of the fourteenth annual hospital standardization conference of the American College of Surgeons, in New York. Hospital standardiza- tion, the report says, "has done much to reduce the mortality rate in hospitals, and to reduce the average stay of patients in hospi- tals. Improvement of the care of patients injured in accidents and in the treatment of fractures is also reported among approved hos- pitals. The Oshawa General Hos- pital having been fully approved, is now listed among the hospitals meeting the highest standards set by the American College of sur- geons. In presenting his report to the conference, Dr. Franklin H. Martin, director-general of the college, said that despite the financial depres sion more hospitals than ever be- fore have this year succeeded in meeting the high standard required by the college for attainment to its list of institutions approved for care of the sick. He announced that of 3,319 hospitals surveyed in the United States and Canada, 2,158 have won coypted places on the approved list igsued yearly in October by the college. Efficiency Maintained "Although it costs money operate a good hospital, hard times have not decreased the efficiency of American and Canadian institu- tions under survey of the Ameri- can College of Surgeons," declared Dr. Martin. "Indeed, the economic crisis seems to have acted as a challenge to these hospitals to keep their standards higher than ever in order to give safe care for to (Continued on page 8) Goodwill Mass Meeting to be Held To Discuss Unemployment in City mass meeting, for the purpose of discussing the local unemployment situation, and considering ways and means of alleviating conditions in the city, is to be held in the King Street United Church on Wed- nesday evening, when a number of representative speakers will take the platform, and give their views on .the situation, The meeting has been organized by the Rev. C. E. Cragg, minister of King Street United Church, in the hope of creating a finer atmosphere of goodwill among the citizens, and of bringing to the forefront the main problem, that of providing work for those A goodwill 'who are unemployed. Among the speakers who will take part in the meeting are I. L., Fowke, ex- M.P.,, Col. Frank Chappell, rep- resenting the General Motors of Canada, Limited; D. ¥. Johnston, representing the retail mer- chants of Oshawa; I. W, Watkin- son, representing the unemploy- ed; Frank Chapman, of Picker- ing, representing the farmers, while Rev, Amos Thomas, M.A. R.D., of Toronto, will bring a message of goodwill, This meeting {is entirely open to the public, and it is possible that some definite action may be formulated as a result of the dis- cussions. ANNIVERSARY OF ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH Rev. Dr. Ww. D. Maxwell Was Special Preacher at Inspiring Services Anniversary services in St. An- drew's United Church on Sunday were marked by inspiring ad- dresses delivered by Rev. Dr. W. D. Maxwell, of London, England, and music of a very high stan- dard both morning and evening, while the congregation at the morning service was exceptionally encouraging. At the morning service the spe- cial music by the choir under the direction of i. W. Henley the crganist and choir master conslist- ed of two anthems: "'O Clap Your Hands" (Turner) in which the tenor solo was taken by C. H. Toze, and the Jubilate Dea, (Dud- ley Buck). At the evening service the two anthems were 'The Ninety and Nine," in which solo portions were taken by Mrs. W. J. David- gon, soprano; Mrs. R. J. Bale, so- prano; J. Gray, baritone, and Miss Greta Maxewll, contralto, and "Unfold Ye Portals Everlast- ing," from Gounod's Redemption. At the evening service Rev. Dr. Maxwell preached a most suitabe sermon for the depressing times through which the world is paseing, bringing out the different ideas behind the words of Jacob, Hezekiah, and St. Paul, words used when circumstances appear- ed very much against them. He pointed out that Jacob cried "all these things are against me," in a spirit of "full-blooded pessi- mism,"" but that when he knew the true facts of the case, found that things were very far from be- ing so dark as they appeared. Hozekiah believed that troubles and tribulations were good for his soul, while St. Paul expressed the thought that it was through tribulation that victory was reached. "It is foolish to say 'all is for the best," all is not for the best," suld Dr. Maxwell, who emphasiz- ed the fact that many things are "for the worst," but that 'all things work together for good to those who love God." 200 ARE DROWNED IN JAPANESE FLOOD (By Canadian Press) Tokyo, Oct. 13,--More than 200 persons were believed drown- ed today in the Mive Prefecture says Osaka Mainichi, when the swollen river broke its embank- ment and flooded a number of villages, sweeping all before it, "It is contrary to our manhood it we obey laws repugnant to our conscience."--Mahatma Gandhi REMEMBRANCE DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY November 11, for First Time, to be so Observed in Canada Ottawa, Oct, 13, With Arm ietice. Day now added to the list of Public Holidays, Canadiand certainly cannot complain of a shortage of off-days. The addition of Nov, 11 makes eight national holidays in the Do- minion, In addition to these, there is Civic Holiday falling by Municipal proclamation early in August in nearly all Ontario Mu- nicipalities, the bank holidays and six Church feasts which are observed in Quebec and in the Federal Government service here by the stoppage of all work. This year, for the first time, Armistice Day, now re-named Re- membrance Day, will be observed as a public holiday. In previous vears it was an ordinary business day, although in most communi- tieg it was punctuated at 11 o'- clock in the morning by a two- minute silence in memory of those who lost their lives in the Great War. Heretofore Thanksgiving Day was celebrated on the Monday preceding Armistice Day. This voar the two observances have been separated. Under an amend- ment enacted at the last session of parliament. November 11 was made a statutory holiday and au- thority was given the Government to fix Thanksgiving Day by Or- der-in-Council., The result has been an October Thanksgiving as was the custom until about 10 years ago. ORE MONEY FOR HARBOR REPAIRS Department Allows Extra $5,000 for Work on Damaged Wharf Work on the necessary repairs to the north wharf at the Oshawa Harbour is to commence immediate- ly, according to word reccived to- oy by the Government Wharfinger, Col. B. J. McCormick. Another $5,000 has been placed in the estimates of the Department of Public Works for the purpose oi making these repairs which are ne cessary owing to the supports of the wharf giving way under the huge weight of coal which it was called upon to carry during the summer months. "The great problem that con- fronts the world is to gear down the productive machinery. = Silas Strawn, CHANGES MADE INPERSONNEL OF GENERAL MOTORS J. L. Kirkhope Appointed Manager of Chevrolet Truck Division The appointment of Mr. J. L. Kirkhope to be manager of the Chevrolet truck division of Gen- eral Motors Products of Canada was announced. here today. Mr. Kirkhope will be in contact with salesmen all across the Dominion through the eight Zone offices of General Motors Products of Canada, He has had a wide ex- perience in the truck field and is already well-known through- out the Dominion. He is a native of Glasgow and a graduate of Cambridge. After a long career with the British Army in India, he came to Canada and joined the staff of a Windsor automo- bile firm, and later went "with Ford Company as a representa- tive in South Africa and tropical countries, Latterly he has been with the . Sawyer-Massey Com- pany with a.coast-to-coast exper- fence, To assist Mr, new Chevrolet Kirkhope in the truck organiza- tion being set up, truck man- agers have been. named in two of the larger Zones. Mr, Frank Barker is to occupy this position in the Toronto Zone and Mr. R. C, Baker in the Montreal Zone. Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and London Zones of General Motors Products of Canada, Limited, are all affected by staff transfers which - are also an- PLEADS GUILTY TO GASOLINE THEFT Lewis Clarke Ih Placed on Suspended Sentence by Magistrate lewis (Clarke, a taxi-driver, wag placed on suspended sentence in city police court this morning by Magistrate T. K. Creighton when he pleaded guilty to the theft of a small quantity of gaso- line from the tank of a truck, owned by the Shell Oil Company of Toronto, in the garage of the Red Indian Station on King Street West on October 2. A. C. Hall, counsel for the ac- cuged, told the court that the ae- cused had no car of his own and was not stealing for his own ad- vantage, There was no question of breaking and entering the ga- rage, counsel stated as the accus- ed had been told to keep an eye on the station in cage customers appeared. J. A. McGibbon, who prosecuted the case, asserted that he knew the accused and his family and could speak well of them, but the accused had gotten into bad com- pany and bad ways. He stated em- phatically that taxi-driving was no business for a young man to engage in. Mr. McGibbon asserted that he felt that the accused had sufficient sense to realize what he was doing and felt that he would go straight, but in recommending suspended sentence he did not want the idea to circulate that anyone coming into court for the first time would be placed on a similar suspension. In placing Lewis on suspended sentence His Worship imposed a bond of $500 and stipulated that he must report to Chief of Police Friend once a month for a period JELLIGOE HEALTH CAUSING CONCERN Abdominal Symptoms Are Source of Grave Anxiety Says Report --f-- Cowes, Isle of Wight, Oct. 13. --Grave anxiety prevails over the condition of Earl Jellicoe who re- cently returned from Canada where he attended the British Empire Service League meetings and opened the Canadian Nation- al Exhibition at Toronto. A statement issued from his residence says: "Abdominal symptoms continue to cause se- vere anxiety. An X-ray examina- tion is deemed advisable and will be carried out. Earl Jellicoe has 'been advised to cancel his engage- ments for the remainder of the year." Earl Jellicoe has not been in gocd health since his return from Canada and at first he was re- ported to be suffering from bron- chitis.. Recently, however, his condition was said to have im- proved. JAPAN IS DENOUNCED BY CHINESE MINISTER FOR MILITARY POLICY CHIEF REPORTS SPLENDID FIRE REGORD IN CITY Fire Department Has Not Had Single Call Since October 1 The Oshawa Fire Department has had no alarm of fire sent in, or any call of any description, since the carly hours of October 1, 1.50 a.m., when the apparatus answered a call to a blaze in a small house on Mitchell Avenue. Following out its usual program the Associated Chambers of Com- merce Headquarters telegraphed the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce this morning asking for the record of fire calls in this city during Fire Prevention Week which concluded on Saturday night, the Oshawa Fire Chief being able to reply that no calls of any description had been received Commenting on the thirteen day period during which no calls have been received, Fire Chief W. R. Ll- liott stated "this shows what can be done when the majority of people are trying to co-operate in reducing fire hazards In Fire Prevention the dang fire, and the need for care, 1s continually before the public and there is no reason why this same thought should not be kept in mind during the other fifty-one weeks of the year." It will be interesting to note when the next alarm is received by the Fire Department, and the origin oi the fire which breaks this long per- od of immunity, LARGE CRANE GOT INTO DIFFICULTY Machine Used at Harbor Tipped Into Large Hole When Ground Caved In The small but powerful crane, the property of the T. A. Brown Com- pany, of Toronto, contractors carry- ing out the work of extending the sea-wall at the Oshawa Harbor, tip- ped over into a hole on Monday morning necessitating a great deal of hard work all day in order to extricate it. This powerful machine was at work on the excavation when the ground upon which it was standing caved ih, leaving one of the cater- pillar tractors with which it is fitted several feet lower than the other, both of them being in very soft carth. As a result of this it was impossible to obtain any tractor purchase while suitable "anchorage" so that the machine could use its own lifting power to drag itself out could not be obtained, Quite a crowd of people watched the efforts to get the crane back onto hard ground, efforts which were unsuccessful until late in ihe evening. EDISON SINKING West Orange, Oct. 13--Thomas A. Edison continued to cling to a straining thread of life today, but his personal physician reported that while his general condition remain- ed unchanged the aged inventor was experiencing a "gradually pro- gressive somnolence." DARING BANK ROBBERY Lizton, Ind, Oct. 13--=Two auto- mobile loads of bandits early to- day isolated this town from com- munication, wrecked the state bank building with a dozen blasts of nit- roglycerine, and escaped with more than -3,800 in currency and nego Dr. Alfred Sze Demands the Immediate With- drawal of Japanese Troops From Manchur- ian Trouble Area | CHINESE TROOP TRAIN IS BOMBED League of Nations Is Con- vened in Extra-ordinary Session to Consider Chi- nese Manchurian Situae tion { (By The Canadian Press) Geneva, Oct, 13.--The League of Nations Council, convened in extraordinary session to-day to consider the Manchurian situa- tion, listened to a statement by Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese delegate, and adjourned until this after- noon. Dr, Sze, asserting that hope for world disarmament de pends upon the league's action now, denounced Japan's 'violence and military aggression' and de- manded that the league direct immediate withdrawal of Japan- ese troops from Manchuria, He emphasized that quick action fis essential if the "most unhappy re- sults" are to be avoided. While he spoke the diminutive Kenkichi Yossizawa, Japan's rep- resentative, sat impassively on the other side of the council table. He will speak this afternoon. Troop Train Bombed Peiping, Oct. 13.--Chinese head- quarters in Manchuria report that several Japanese aeroplanes bombed a train on the Tahussan railway 'between Mukden and Chinchow to-day, while Chinese troops were embarking for the south. No casualties were re- ported. The movement of Chine ese troops to the territory south of the great wall was reported to be in the face of a "strict warn- ing" from Japan against possible repetition of a clash with the Jap- anese forces of occupdtion, Both Sides Heard Geneva, Oct. 13.--The League of Nations Council heard both sideg of the Sino-Japanese con- flict in Manchuria to-day, and ad- journed until to-morrow or later without taking action. Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japanese spokesman, insisted on continuing direct ne- gotiations with China, and dis- avowed his government's respone Sibliy for the Manchurian trou- ble. War Threatened Nanking, Oct, 13.--War against Japan was threatened by Presi dent Chiang Kai-Shek of China yesterday, if a 'just settlement" of the Chinese-Japanese contro- versy over Manchuria is not ob- tained by the League of Nations Council, which convenes in Gene- va to-day. The Nanking Government, Chiang said, hoped the League Council would take measures to prevent almost inevitable war, The Chinese President also ex- pressed hope that the League would "properly punish" Japan, on the ground it occupied Chinese territory in Manchuria without Justification and refused to abide by decisions of the League. Addressing the Chinese Govern. ment's weekly memorial service, Chiang made the following proe nouncement: "I hereby declare that the Na- tional Government's patience has been tested to the last degree. "China respects the League covenant and the Kellogg t (for renouncement of war), re if the League and the Kellogg sig- natories fail to fulfil their solemp + ly undertaken obligations, Chica will not hesitate to make the su- preme sacrifice -- bankrupt the the country for half a century and go to war to uphold the sanctity - of international agreements and to safeguard the peace of the world." Ramsay MacDonald make: Fiery Appeal to Miners Easington, Durham, England, Oct. 13.--1In one of the most elo- quent appeals of hig career, Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald last night asked the Durham miners to send him back to the House of Commons as 8 common laborer to help build the dam against na- tional and world chaos. "Who dares point the finger of scorn at me?" the prime minister demanded. Whether Mr. MacDonald won the support of the nearly 2,000 miners and their womenfolk only those who know the minds of the grim northcountrymen could say, but, judged from the applause, he carried bis audience with him. The premier made this speech to his own constituents, whose Labor party organization has' re- pudiated him, on his sizty-fifth Hecklers: interrupted birthday. them with him but he silenced strong words. "You be quiet, my friend," he told one of the interrupters, "You'll be a wiser man." "I wish people would say hard things to vou instead of saying smooth things to peek their popu larity with you," he declared a another point in his speech. Warns of Currency Inflation The Prime Minister bared Great Britain's problems to his hearers, warning them especially of the dangers of currency infla= tion. He reducéd the complex problems of national and interna- tional affairs to "simple problems of housekeeping --- government housekeeping." "Unless you make ends meet (Continued on page 3)