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I~RSDAY, OCTOBER 2OTH, 1938 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARLO _ITRSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 1938 ;Y OUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyright) By John C. Kirkwood On Iranksgiving Day I attend- either forbidden or restricted ed a c untry fair. As everybody Taxation has been made heaviei knows,ý this year's Thanksgiving to pay for the war. Day w4s absolute perfection. One In Germany and Italy the comn neededî no overcoat - or even hat. mon people are regimented ir What ikrnpressed me, as i wander- distasteful ways. They have noi ed aboli t among the crowd, was the abundance of food and cloth. the very large number of good- ing and comforts which we pos- looking, and well-dressed young sess. In many European countrie. people end middle-aged people. I women work in the fields, and tried t4' imagine myseif being a cows and 'axen draw the plow. visitor from another country sud- and carts. In Russia and in Ger- denly ýut down on the fair many - and perhaps in some othei grounds. If this visitor had per- European countries - freedom ol ceptiverbess, hie would have been expression is not permitted. Th< impressed by wvhat impressed me, death penalty may follow 00e': and hie would have rejoiced over indiscreet remark. Secret POUiCE the transparent happiness in are everywhere. In some Euro- young people's faces and over the pean countries freedom of wor- many evidences of comfortable ship is not permitted, and somE circumstances. It xvas said that religious faiths are not tolerated, there were quite 10,000 persons Many Jews, Protestants and Cath- at this fair, and I venture the as- olies are being exiled, and are nol sertion that most of those present permitted to take money anc arrived at the fair in motor cars, possessions with them. In the Su- Hundreds upon hundreds of cars deten area of Czechoslovakia ie were parked in the fair grounds. going on a transfer ol popula- i C Ktions - families are being compel. We who live in Canada are led to leave the land of their fa- reading in these current days thers. much about Europe and Asia - It does us good to contrast oui about wars and rumours of wars, happy lot with the lot of those and about the oppressed peoples in many countries of Europe and of rirany countries. That is to say, Asia, and of South America. We the common people are under the have ail about us conditions fav- oppression of law to a degree that orable to our personal peace, comn we know nothing of in this coun- fort, well-being and prosperity. try. In Japan the dwellers of that The complaints of most of us have country are denied by law many not to do with food or clothing of the things which we have in or shelter or personal liberty, but unstinted abundance. In Japan with our inability to keep up witli the îaw is compelling many arti- the Joneses. sans to change their occupations. Look at our newspapers and sec Many kinds of production are -the great quantity of advertise- "MEN AT 'WORK!" The most cheerful sign on the road "~MEN AT WORK" is an encouraging, cheerful sign upon the highway. SIt is the happiest sign on the business highway too. Businefs enterprise, making wise use of banking service, is the Mainspring of employment. The contractor responsible for that "Men at Work" sign gets the job of building that stretch of highway by being the lowest responsible tenderer. Nt always does h. have the ready money to buy aliltihe materials, puy wages and build t out of his own resources. He goes to the. bank and, having assets and a good repu ta- tion, he negotiates such advances as he may need. lIe orders materials, sets men to work. As the job proceeda, engî, neer' certificatea enable him to collect from those with whom he contracted, and the work goes on. The highwaýr finished, the bank is repaid. Such repayments enable the bank to supply credit to other responsible borrowers. A manufacturer gets a large Order, -*ith an early time limit for delivery. With only ahun- dred men, bis factory cannet turn out the articles within the tinse required. With more men he can do it-but he lacka *%ufficient cash. Operating his factory, as a going concern, with a profitable order and having a reputation for integrity, lie asks tbe bank ta Icnd him what he needs to pay wages. Thse bank makes him a loan. Ile takes on more men. They get wa «es. The goods are turned out, de'ivered and paid for. Thse manufacturer repaya the bank with the agreed intereat. lie has bis profit and can spend saine money developing new business to keep bis men emiployed. llow does a bank make these advances - where doea the money corne from ? Banks, havin g branches througbout Canada, mobilie the surplus funda of millions of depositors, large and amail, and, based upon them, make credit avail:ble tbroughout the coun- Millions of little aums repre- sent tbe toil, production and Iifetisne savings of Canadians- yaur fellow-citizens. Safeguarding these deposits is the bank's first care. Deposits of $ 1,000 or leu- moat of them much les-are owned by 3,770,000 out of Canada'a 4,084,000 savings de- positars. The total af ail bank savings deposits in Canada is nearly $1,584,000,000; tbe aver- age savings deposit in a bank Wiaely saaeguarded by Cana- da's chartered banks these de- Posits furnish credit that keeps 0men at work" whcn used by Canadian business and industry -producing new realizable wealth fromn Canada'8 great re- sources. The country and ail has people benefit. In the field of business de- posits, out of an average of 660,000 "eurrent" accoumts, 596,000 amount to $ 1,000 or leas. Savings deposits are, primari- ly, the basis on which batiks can make lbans. Only the confidence of the reole and their willingnesa ta leiaive their money on deposit, enable a batik ta lend money and-at amati profit-margin ta itaelf-serve the community. We bave mentioned the con- tractor and the manufacturer. The samne procesa atimulates employment tbroughout the whole fabrie of production, in- dustry and commerce. Loans ta agriculture and for marketinýg agricultural producta totalled in 1937, $88,294,000- 9.0 per cent. of ail ordinary batik boans shown on tbe return ta the Minister of Finance, October 3lst, 1937. 0f this sum $ 57,490,000 went ta farmers, cattlemien and fruit raisers and $30,804,000 ta grain dealers, aeed merchanta and grain exportera. Other bank loans went to municipalities and school dis- tricts; wholesaera, retailera, manufaciurers of and dealers in lumber, pul1 and other foreat po ucta féhrmen; fish pack- ers and curera; public utilities including transportation comn- p anie8; stockbrokers and bond deal ers; provincial govern- mente; mining men; churches, pariaea; bospitals; and to chari- table and religioua institutions. Canada's chartered banka de- fend and protect the safety of the funda of depositors-the millions of thrifty soula we have described, whose life-savings they entruat ta their banks. No Canadian depositor, through the woild-shaki ng eventa of recent years, bas had to fear for the safety of a single dollar lodged with Canada's chartered batiks. The funda of depositors are their own - not a pool fromn which everybody may draw at will for any and every new fin- ancial experiment. TUE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA Youw local branch bank manager wili b. glad ta talk banh- ing tih you. He wtil b. glad ta answer your questions, from the. aeandpoint of his own experience. The. next article in this series wili appear in this newspaper. Watch for it. SOR - ments in them - in themn and ir our magazines. These advertise- ments, in their abundance, are presenting to us pictures of ease and comfort, pictures of how tc, make ourselves more socially ac- ceptable, of how to enjoy life. We - are being urged to dress better, to eat more varieties of food, tc J. furnish our homes luxuriously, tc, ýr spend our winters in California or Florida, to go cruising round the i- world, to educate ourselves and n our children at universîties and )t prîvate sehools, to buy motor cars k- and radio sets, to insure our lives, ;- to reduce the number of our work- ýs ing years in order to have a leis- d ureful old age. Imagine the samne ,s kind of advertising. and the same 1- quantity of advertising, appearing ýr in the newspapers of Germany f and of the Balkan countries, of e Japan and China, and of Russia. 's e iJc K - Why is it that ail English- -speaking countries are so won- ederfully blessed in respect of per- 1. sonal liberty, of the amenities of life, of food and clothing and shelerWhyis it that our aut- Sumn fairs are thronged by thou- -sands of contented-looking and s prosperous-looking men and wo- -men and young people? One ans- -wer to this question is. English- -speaking people are a literate people. For generations the law r has required children to go to esehool and to remain at sehool un- ,tii age 14, or 15 or 16. You'Il not efind many people in English- speaking countries unable to read and write. In no other countries of the world will you find 50 many newspapers, ma ga zi n es, trade newspapers, books, public tlibraries, public and high sehools and universities. In countries where ail can read and write, there develops an ap- petite for reading matter in its various forms. Where everybody is able to read the people are ac- quiring new ideas, and these new ideas when they enter the mind become as yeast: they ferment the mind; they enlarge the mind; they make the mind inquisitive. When the common people of the peasant states of Europe, of China and Japan, of South America, of Spain and Egypt, of India become literate, they too will demand newspapers and books, and these newspapers and books will ev- entually lead them to, want and have what we have in such abun- dance. And when literacy comes, with its hunger for larger know- ledge, and with its power to rouse wants in the common people, in- dustry will begin to present pic- tures of higher living standards and of the ways by which daily life can be made rîcher and fuller of the fine things of life. J CK We are seeing in our newspaper quite often articles and reports of addresses which say that we spend far too much on tihe edu- cation of our children. But is it not true that ail of us, both thse rich and thse poor, are reaping every year, and have reaped for generations, the harvests of what has been spent to make and keep us literate? When we complain about the high cost of education and about the higis cost of adver- tising, we forget that it is thse law of life that we must sufer pain and discomfort for our prized possessions. We simply cannot have fine roads and fine public buildings and fine parks, and fine homes and fine clothing and fine food and fine times without pay- ing for them in the form of labor. Many of us are the beneficiaries of the labor of others, and ail of us should be ready to labor in order that others about us and those who came after us shall have such riches as we ourselves possess. It is true that often we pay quite too mucis for thse things which we enjoy. It is true that many of us demand things - and acquire them - before we are ready to pay for them. Yet as against what we pay in excess of what we should pay, or possess in advance of our ability to pay, is to be set the abundance of things which are ours free. Every day of my life I am grate- fui for what I have or may have at little or no feit cost. I get my newspaper, with its wealth of news, gathered at an incalculable cost of money, and sweat, and peril, and even deatis, for a paltry sum. I may have four books at a time fromn the public library. I can get food - good food - at a very 10w cost. 1 can listen to thse finest living singers and musicians via radio at a negligible annual cost. Fine parks are neyer far from me. Fine lecturers can be hepard by me without cost other Courageous men build true and hg. -Prescott Shott "I was turned away attise door of tise nigist club iast night be- cause of full capacity." "But tise place was oniy isaîf f U;,. "Yes, but I was completely full." Student Wins Championship Three Consecutive Years At Newcastle Harold Hoar Again Higis Man In Hlgh Sehool Field Day Events - Rager Meadaws Runfler Up - Norma Van Dusen Tops School Wlth 6 Firsts For the tisird year Harold Hoar proved himself the champion ath. lete of Newcastle High Sehool by winning 20 points in tise annual field day contests at community park on Friday afternoon, Oct. 7. His nearest competitors were the Meadows twins, Roger and Reggie, who were close contenders iin nearly ail events. Roger scored l8 points and Reg 12. Other point winners in the Senior section were Chas. Rogerson and Chas. Bonatisan. E In the Junior section three boys 1stood out as promising young ath- letes. They were Keitis Branton, witis 13 points; Frank Hoar, witli 112, and Ross Embly, 12. Roy Mur- »ray ranked next with 8 and Bill Taylor witis 7. Laurence Mortons aiso figured in the point getting by attaining third place in the hop, step and jump. Norma Van Dusen whose father in his day was a champion la- crosse player and wisose sister Jessie was champion girl atisiete in her day at the Newcastle High Scisool, was so far ahead of her girl competitors that it almost required a telescope to see her. Il should be explained, however, that the granting of points for tise girls was on a different basis from tisat for the boys. In the boys' events first, second and third places were accorded 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point, respectively, while in tise girls', first, second and third places earned 5 points, 3 points, and 1 point respectively. Norma came first in six competi- tions, winning a score of 30. Her nearest competitor was a young first former, Muriel Pedwell, with 8 points. Muriel gave every indi- cation of making a name for her- self in the field of scisool athletics. Tise field day program was well planned in advance and the stu- dents organized for the event by tise staff and officers of the Ath- letie Society. The boys were di- vided into two teams captained by Harold Hoar and Roger Meadows. Points won by a team in group contests were added to those won by individual members of a team to make up tise grand total for thse team. The same method was fol- lowed in computing points for the girls' color sections. Members of Harold Hoar's team wore purple ribbons (one of tise sehool colors) on their sweaters as a distinguishing mark, while Roger Meadows' team wore gold colored ribbons (tise other scisool color). The girls of Norma VanDusen's color section displayed as their insigna a bladk maple leaf with white veins, of cloth material sewn on their right sleeve. Thse distinguishing emblem of Editis Hendry's section was a winged white boot witis purpie and gold trimmings attached to the back of blouse or sweater. Assisting Principal Coombs in conducting tise boys' programme were E. W. Fisher, scorer for the Seniors; Artie Toms, scorer for tise Juniors; Geo. Meadows, Keith Rowe and Doug Walton. Mrs. Ross Dickinson was Miss Sander- son's chief assistant with the girls. Others helping in starting, tim- ing, measuring, etc., were H. E. Hancock, Rev. R. E. Morton, Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Harold Toms. Boys' Events Standing I Individual Contests Seniors 100 Yd. Dasis - Harold Hoar, Roger Meadows, Reg. Meadows. High Jump - Harold Hoar, Ro- ger Meadows, Reg. Meadows. Vault - H. Hoar, Rog. Meadows, Reg. Meadows. St'g. B. Jump - H. Hoar, Reg. Meadows, Rog. Meadows. R'g. B. Jump - H. Hoar, Rog. Meadows, Reg. Meadows. Shot Put - Rog. Meadows, Reg. Meadows, H. Hoar. London. Sept. 29, 1938.t The dinjniz-room of the Club was 1 a buzz of chatter last night. Talk 1 was the f ood. Soup, meat, sweet and1 cheese were swallowed in turn with-i out taste. P- J., our dignified white-haired warden. had tinkled a littie bell tot silence the hum of voices and then announc.cd that Ras masks "ould be f itted and distributed that evening at a local centre. From 7:40 until 9 o'ciock an American friend and I stoçd waiting in a queue four abreast. A thin, drizzlinz Scotch mist felI contin- FIOHI KIDNEY ACIOS Cigeinflamed kidgeys prevent prope limination of toxic waste mat- ter, reuulting in exces acid accumula- tions in kidhlys land bload. Gin Pille fluas out tise millions cf tiny kIdaey tubes giving quick relief fromn back- ache, lumbago, rheumatic pains.. Let Gin Pille help you as tisey have eo many others. Bicycle Race - Chas. Rogerson, H. Hoar, Reg. Meadows. Bail Throw - Rog. Meadows, Reg. Meadows, Chas. Bonathan. H. S. & Jump - Rog. Meadows, H. Hoar, Reg. Meadows. Juniors 100 Yd. Dash - Keitis Branton, Ross Embly, Roy Murray. Higis Jump - Frank Hoar, Ross Embly, Keith Branton. Vault - Ross Embly, Roy Mur- ray, Bill Taylor. St'g. B. Jump - Keitis Branton, Frank Hoar, Ross Embly. R'g. B. Jump - Keitis Branton, Ross Embly, Frank Hoar. Shot Put - Frank Hoar, Bill Taylor, Roy Murray. Bail Throw - Roy Murray, Bill Taylor, Frank Hoar. H. S. & Jump - Keith Branton, Ross Embly, Laurence Morton. Bicycle Race - Bill T a y I o r, Frank Hoar, Roy Murray. Tearm Contests Relay Race - Purples (H. Hoar captain), Golds (Rog. Meadows captain). Crab Race - Chas. Rogerson and Rog. Meadows (Golds), Reg. Mea- dows and Floyd Milison (Purples). Roy Murray and Maurice Pedwell (Golds). Junior Relay - Golds, Purpies. Trip to Toronto - Purples. Tunnel - Purpies. Hurdling - Purples. Horses and riders - Purpies. Total points - Golds 72, Purpies 56. * I Girls' Events m tnig n Iidal ontest Basketbali Tisrow - N. VanDu- sen, Wylma Farrow, Edith Hen- dry. St'g. B. Jump - N. VanDusen, Muriel Pedwell, Doily Purdy. 50 Yd. Dash, Jrs. - Muriel Ped- well, Grace Cotter, Audrey Ad- ams. 50 Yd. Dash, Srs. - N. VanDusen Grace Powell, Jean Bonathan. Basebail Throw - N. VanDusen, Doliy Purdy, Margaret Bowen. 1 R'g. B. Jump - N. VanDusen,i Jean Bonathan, Wylma Farrow. Hurdiing - N. VanDusen, Jean Bonatisan, Grace Powell. Section Contests and Relays Trip to Toronto - Maple Leafs« (N. VanDusen captain), Fleet Feet (Edith Hendry captain). Yells - Fleet Feet, Maple Leafs. Shuttle Relay - Maple Leafs, Fleet Feet. Pursuit Relay - Maple Leafs, Fleet Feet. Bean Bag Relay - Maple Leafs, Fleet Feet. Obstacle Race- Fleet Feet, Ma- ple Leafs. Peanut Hunt Fleet Feet, Ma- ple Leafs. Total Points- Mapie Leafs 76, Fleet Feet 73. Following tise bicycle races whicis were run on Miii St. be- tween Toronto and Emily Sts., preparations were made for tise annual Field Day lunch. This was held intise kitchen of the com- munity hall. The boys and girls were paired and sat at tables bountifuily supplied with sand- wiches, cake, candy and coffee. The tables were prettily decorat- ed with plates of apples and grapes at intervals along tise centre. Harold Hoar, President of tise Athletic Society, presided at tise isead table witis his champion girl partner, Norma VanDusen. Dolly Purdy led in singing grace. Tise viands being disposed of a short program of speeches of congratu- lation, commendation and appre- ciation followed. Those gracious- ly responding to invitations by Cisairman Hoar to speak were: Miss Margaret Sanderson, B.A., Norma VanDusen, E. W. Fisher, Principal J. A. Coombs, B.A., Keitis Rowe and others. A vote of tisanks was tendered Wylma Farrow -and Jean Bona- tisan for tiseir special work in serving tables and looking after tise coffee and to ail others who had iselped in any way to make this year's f ield day sucis a splen- -did success. tiaflv: but we stood too closely packed for umbrellas to be held confortablv. We soon gave Up and lowered ours: but thse valuable vol- uble svoman in front of us waved bers about. emphasizing witb everv ierk bier low opinion of "'itler and them zenerak of 'is," shile those of lis immediately behind ducked and dodized ta avoid the perilous spokes. At last the cockney youth on mv left poked the patriotic lady in tise back. "Look 'ere. They're giviin' awai; gas mnasks in there, flot gzlass eves." Britons neyer. neyer will be slaves The umbrella was not lowered; but the f rizid dignity with which it was held no longer imperiled our sight. I hildren shoved and chattered and iigled. They jostled you and laugehed when there was nothing to laugh at; they stepped on your iseels and ate licorice under y'our nose; but some how you did flot mind. You kept smiling when they looked tu) and met Your glance; and you just wanted them tes go on having f un. Ajults and children warned of tise necessity of keeping themn dry, emnerged from thse Distributing Cen- tre huzizinz their gas masks beneatis their coats. A stragrzle-haired woman with a baby on one arm anîd a three-year-old child clinzinLr to the otiser isand. came out crying. She stopped ta speak ta a f riend in tise queue. dl sez ta 'im. 'Fit themn first an' then do me.' 'Sorrv ma'am,' 'e sez, 'We can't fit children under four years with ga5 masks.' 'e sez. 'Alright,' I J. C. Hancock secretary-treasurer. sez. 'Neyer mind fittin' me neitherý A vote of appreciation of the then. \Vot eood is a gas mask to work of the officers and the sev- tue if thev can't 'ave one?' eral collectors was moved by Mr. * H. E. Hancock, seconded by Mr. Tiiere werc tearful farewells this ejdrsW.Genyaduanosy mnornifle as flects of busses. fillededos. with childrenl left London for the Mrs. Harold Toms favored with conr.For the '<most part, their a vocal solo, accompanied by Mrs. destinations will be unknown to the W .Bmn parents until the authorities notifyI At the close of the lecture a them in three days. hearty vote of thanks was tend- ~ * * *ered Rev. F. B. Allnutt who con- The faosatoJ . rste gratulated the local society on famus uthr.J. . Pîçsl. doubling its contribution. District and Mirs. Priestley have opened their collectors will later be appointed home on the Isle of Wight to thirty by the executive. children from the City. Since ten o'clock this morning (It is now four-thirty) I have been try- JURY'S VERDICT meg vainly to put through a long SAYS ACCIDENTAL distance telephone caîl. I ha vc been _____ unable to even contact the long-dis- A coroner's jury inquiring into tancc operator. Every line is busy. the death of William Hicks, To- ronto, returned an open verdict- Garbaze remains uncollected, while at the inquest on Friday night at tlhe cari., and vans are commandeered the Town Hall. It reads: to carry loads of sarnd bags or gas "We, the jury, find that Wil- masks for distribUlioni throughout liam Hicks came to his death be- tihe City. tween 12 and 1.0amSp.4 *938*o* ighw12. a.oSet.34, Is it pailic or sane precaution ? yads38, on outic, f 30 a Bthe e vouar reading ti fractured neck, caused by a car we'll know the answer. accident." \Ve hope it's panic. We'd rather Mr. Hicks was in a car driven mean that as flippantly as it sounds. by Frederick Pearson, Toronto. ISOBEL H. STEPHENSON, They were on their wRy to pick Cartwright Gardens Club' up Hicks' mother to take her to Lodn vé ' the funeral of his brother-in-law NEWCASTLE BIBLE SOCIETY HEARS REV. F. ALLNUTT Re-eleets Ail Offleers Rev. F. B. Allnutt, B.A., Dis- trict Secretary British & Foreign Bible Society, with which is allied the Upper Canada Bible Society, addresised a public meeting in the U.C.S.S. hall, Newcastle, October 5th. His subject was The Ro- - mance of the Bible Society or The Bible Society at Work, illustrated with moving pictures. He showed a number of films, the first one of which pictured the high lights in the Story of Mary Jones, the little Welsh girl, and her Bible, 50 well known to most Sunday school pupiîs, and how her persistent efforts led to Rev. Thos. Charles and his contemporaries taking steps to found the British & For- eign Bible Society. Other films showed the headquarters of the society, the Bible House in Vic- toria Square, London, from which were sent to ail parts of the world last year 11,318,000 copies of the Bible, the most widely read book in the world; the Bible Society at work at Port Said, where 150 dif- ferent languages are spoken, 40 more than Canada's 110 lang- uages; the Society at work in Cairo; at Jerusalem and at AI- giers, North Africa. The Bible, "the most valuable thing that the world affords" is now printed in 723 different languages and over 500,000,000 copies have been cir- culated. Previous to Rev. F. B. Allnutt's informative and highly interest- ing lecture a business session was held with Rev. R. E. Morton in the chair. Following devotions, Mrs. J. C. Hancock, secretary, read the minutes and presented the treasurer's report showing re- mittances to the society of $54.00 last year. Mr. Thos. Moffat was re-elected president, Mr. J. W. Bradley vice president, and Mrs. PoO'R M M^ & /! OV DO4'EEL Gms/ /o FOR R e<Krr F-'/ gE R /t y 1 * B C R I sp ~ CR-umCNY KELLO&G'v 1 and Prov. Constable John L. Whitty. Coroner Dr. V. H. Storey con- ducted the inquest and Col. F. D. Boggs, K.C., Cobourg, was the Crown Attorney. Pearson has been charged with manslaughter and on Monday af- ternoon after a prellminary hear- ing in Police Court was sent on for trial in Cobourg. He will be tried at the Fall Assizes. Magis- trate in charge was Mr. F. S. Ebbs of Oshawa. Sended*s und rftar moulure- montaoor m«o ta b. Abght. Great edcs Munufactmrmsaieaor i fumuPrstcSts Tin an e "mmd amm*&t 60 ment.Addrspl: 306 h PxeotmUL ut e0 --'j au-r mA-RtEE! Ois i-r-possiaLE iFI;Ar Ar-IVlii.. IAS GOP AS ~-iis OUR LO4EL G.R^agp ALL-BRAW MAI<RFOR "A BANK WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME" addressing your requcst ta the undermentioncd, or any brandi. BANK 0F MONTRERL MOTABLISHCD i817 Bowmnanville Branch: F. 0. McILVEEN, Manager -THE FARMER AND HIS BANK"%-As& fer b.dIe*1d NEOr MNICj Our English Letter DISTRIBUTING GAS MASKS By Miss Isobel Stephenson r- - ---- ---- 1 PAGE THREE THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO wISo hac also been kiclled the same day. Their car left the road at Courtice, throwing both men out as it turned over. Pearson receiv-J ed minor bruises. Witnesses Friday night includ- ed Chief of Police Sydney Ven- ton, who impaneiled the jury, Dr. C. W. Slemon who gave the cause of death as a broken neck, J. H. iPearson who identified the body,