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PAGE FOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN 0.4, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicage, a THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 RAISING THE "CLASS" CRY _-- It is altogether too bad that when elec. tion time approaches some candidates and others insist on raising the "class" ery, It is nothing more than an appeal to prejudice, Some aspirants for public office reckon that if they can divide the city into two camps their chances of election will be im- proved, Therefore they encourage the idea that those citizens whose occupation hap. pens to require the wearing of a white col. lar are in an entirely different "class" to those who handle the pick and shovel or go to the factory in overalls and with a lunch box in their hand, Of course this is an in- sult to the intelligence of Oshawa electors, The number of people in Oshawa who do not perform some useful work, whether of the mental or physical kind, or more likely, a combination of both, are few and far be- tween, Neither the man in overalls or the man in the white collar is likely to be deceived by clap-trap talk about the *'workingman" when it is apparent to anyone that the chief interest of those indulging in this chat- ter is to secure their own election, TWO VOTING DAYS SUGGESTED Oshawa citizens are confronted with an unusually large number of important issues, all of which must receive their attention at an early date, The situation is perhaps un- precedented in the history of this munici- pality, There are three money by-laws or ques- tions of major importance--the hydro and gas purchase, the city hall project and the subway, The latter need not be submitted to the people but it is altogether unlikely that the Council will wish to proceed with it without the assent of the ratepayers, There are two questions on which all elec» tors have a vote--(a) the proposal to reduce the size of the Council and (b) the proposal to elect the Council by general vote instead of by wards, The electors will also be called upon to select a Mayor, and Aldermen in some, if not all, the wards, It is quite pos- sible there will be contests for the Board of Education and Board of Water Commission- ers, There would not be the slightest objection to settling all of these matters on the same day if it could be done without overtaxing the election machinery and if we could be sure that all of these problems would re- ceive fair consideration, But is that pos- gible? We are inclined to think that it is too much to hope that full justice can be done to all of these matters at the same time, And it has often happened that in the heat of a municipal campaign important money by-laws have not received thoughtful con- sideration and their fate has too often been decided by the atmosphere that happens to be created for the time being by the may- oralty and aldermanic contests, Then too it would put a terrific strain on the election machinery as well as the patience of the voters, Eight or ten ballots are too many to handle at one time, Mis- takes are almost sure to be made by both returning officers and electors. Some voters would receive all ballots; some only those relating to money matters; some only those relating to questions other than money mat- ters, and so on. Our proposal is that two voting days be arranged, The first on the regular date, which falls this .year on January 7th, to elect municipal representatives and deal with | THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 kz 3 ! q i gs PHL i £ nary, did Galt display such lamentable ig- norance! Surely they could not have un. derstood the situation as explained by some of the letter-writers to The Times, Or is it possible that they decided in favour of the changes with their eyes wide open and know- ing full well the meaning of the innova. tions? As a matter of fact, Galt is made up of people very much like the people of Oshawa, only there are a few more Scotch there, So "also, the city has its natural divisions, The Grand River separates the city into twe and there are other divisions, But despite all these things the electors of that city are evidently of the opinion that the advantages of the general vote far outweigh the merits of the ward system, They are also of the opinion that a council of ten members, with the mayor, is quite sufficient to transact the business of the city, Is it possible that some of the Oshawa aldermen who are opposing the proposals here are really afraid to submit them to the people because they believe the electors would take similar action to that taken by the citizens of Galt on Monday? We have 0 quarrel with the man who will come out openly and tell us we are wrong and he is right and who uses every legiti- mate means to defeat such proposals but we cannot see the viewpoint of the alderman who says: "We do not agree with these pro- posals ourselves and if we can possibly help it we will not allow the electors to vote on them because they are not to be trusted and they might do something foolish," How can such an alderman claim to stand for truly democratic civic Government? EDITORIAL NOTES Cheap matches are all right if you happen to strike a good one, ---------- A hard winter for the rest of us is a soft one for the coal man, ' With the new concrete head that they are putting on the Sphinx, tourists may come to regard it as a monument to somebody who tried to beat the train to the crossing. Bit of Verse GOOD KING WENCESLAS a » Good King Wenceslas looked out On the feast of Stephen, And the snow lay round about, Deep and crisp and even, Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight Gath'ring winter fuel, "Hither, page, come stand by me, If thou know'st it telling, Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?" "Sire, he lives a good league hence, Down beneath the mountain, Close against the forest fence, By St, Agnes' Fountain," "Bring me flesh and bring me wine, Bring me pine logs hither; Thou and I will see him dine When we bear them thither," Page and monarch on they went, On they went together, ' Through the rude wind's wild lament, Through the bitter weather. In his master's steps he trod Where the snow lay dinted; Heat was in the very sod Which his foot hand printed. Therefore, Christian men, be sure Wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now do bless the poor, Shail yourselves find blessing. a. That Body of Pours By James WW. MD. AFTER A GUM BOIL, WHAT? | You ha gait Lh ut ERA SR and feel thankful that ons Tae to the 3 you think no more 20out it {or a gum boil is only 2 gum What has happened when a gum he nve of the tooth die © Sele Jarve insomts ---- Yses pal swelling. Tels wn, Pin r, and you AK as as that tooth is concerned your troubles are over. However Dr, W., M, Gardner, of Cleveland, tells us that the ly h a i Sr of the infec e steal sy 2h into the mouth ow mto the system. You will remember that Dr. Wes- ton Price showed that a little pus from one of these infected teeth, when injected into rabbits, was suf- ficient to produce disease and even death. x Therefore this tooth, now so quiet and free from pain, and with no gum boil about it, is really more danger- ous to the system than when the pus from the gum boil was draining into the mouth, because the stomach and digestive juices often render a poison harmless, or at least less harmful. This infection, absorbed into the blood vessels, can be carried by the blood to all parts of the body in- cluding the lining of the heart itself. What is the thought? That where there is a gum boil, that you do not delay seeing your dentist. He may open it up so as to let it drain into mouth. Then later he will make an e tion, ronic, and drain. | "P! DRURY WITHDRAWS FROM FARM GROUP, MEETING I TOLD cept Position Under Federal Government Hon. Emest C, Drury's refusal to stand for re-clection to the direc- torate was one of the sensations at last evening's of the 1 meeting of the United Farmers' Co- rative Company in Hygeia Hall. r. Drury was nominated, but J. J. Morrison, Secretary of the U.F. O, explained that the former' Pre- mier had withdrawn from the Unit- ed Farmers movement, Following this statement, Mr, Drury's nomina- tion did not stand. . sev- The was expressed by eral leaders of the UF.O, that Mr. Drury's decision was based upon his d ition under 1 The job which these U.F.O. leaders thought that Mr. Drury had, or would ac- t, at the hands of the Federal Ad- to Pt a Pe the Federal Government. ministration, was that of supervisor of grain elevators. Elections Ave Quiet Apart from these rumors about Mr. Drury's position, rumors from the lips of not one but several of the leaders in his erstwhile U.F.O. party, the election of officers proceeded quietly at last night's meeting of the annual convention: There were three ballots, resulting in the election of the following Board of Directors, the counties which they represent being given in parenthesis : R J. McMillan (Hur- on), H. A. Gilroy (Lambton), W. A. Amos (Perth), R. H. Halbert (On- tario), Carl Jones (Elgin), Harold Currie (Middlesex), G. W. Buchan- an (Lanark), J. G. Whitmore (York), Herbert Millar (Renfrew). Former members of the board de- feated in the election were: James Ross, G. A. Bathwell and Neil Mc- Kay. The new members are Messrs, Buchanan, Whitmore and Millar. including perhaps an X ray of root, and give the necessary treatment, or extract the tooth. . Now the tooth itself may appear to be quite all right, and you do not like the idea of losing it, neverthe- less in the light of what our dentists are now telling us, don't take a chance of leaving it in if your den- tist wishes to extract it, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) WITCHCRAFT RIFE IN PENNSYLVANIA Murder of Rehmeyer Brings Resentment Against Mediaeval Beliefs York, Pa., Dec, 5,.-- As the Falem witcheraft practice was brought to lan end through violence--burning at the stakd---so may the Western Pennsylvania witcheraft he hrought to an end through viclence--mur- der. Since the slaying of Nelson D. Rehmeyer and the subsequent com- fession of two youths and a8 man that they killed the aged farmer hecanse he refused a lock off his hair to break a "hex," resentment has grown against mediaeval hellef that has prevailed here for vears, John Curry, 14, and Wilhert Hess, 18, are sald by police to have eonfessed naminz John Bly. myre, 28, a witch doctor, as thelr accomplice, Blymyre subsequently confessed, District Attorney Amos Herrman helleves enlightenment {is needed in York County and therefore is planning a campaign against the entire belief 'of witcheraft, He plans to drive out the "pow wow' doctors, and the "hex" doctors and attempt to educate the heliavers in these strange rituals against the mediaeval superstitions, There are thousands of believ- ers in witcheraft through the county. Many are of German and Dutch descent, One woman, reports ray, fs the head "Pow wow' doctor. She is some 80 years old but has every appearance of heing 100, Bhe fis slizht of stature and bent. Her eyes are piercing, lending a rather cerle aspect as she looks at anyone, Many of these witch doctors pro- bably will be called for questioning by the district attorpey. Popular resentment erainst witcheraft among certain classes was shown in the funeral services for Rehmever Sunday. Rehmeyer was g believer in witcheraft and an active practitioner, Yet the Rev. U, E. Bowersox, pastor of the St. John's Church, in the funeral ser. viee prayed for "divine enlighten ment so that we may not practice evil arts." Authorities to-day also looked for two stone jugs which the far. mer, Rehmeyer, was said to have kept at kis place. These jugs were believed to have contained shout $800. The authorities sald Young Curry bz4 complained ho did pot get his "ehare," although he re- fused to admit the jugs were stol- rondo mg tr my tod 0 ny lke HIS FOURFOLD SUFFERING-- But he was wounded for our trans- | gressions, he was bruised for our iniquities : the Fhastisemen of ous, / n ; wil Seripes we are healed --isa, 83:5. RAYER--For Thy mércy that provided for us and suffered for us, we thank Thee, O For spraying garments with moth proofing liquids a bottle has been designed containing a plunger that acts as a pump when depressed, a nozzle on top producing a fine mist. Forty times as sensitive as the usual film, a motion picture film developed in Germany can he usen to make pictures of street scenes at night with ordinary street light- ing. Leaders State He Will Ac| REVELATION IN - MURDER TRAGEDY Dead Woman Had Husband in Provincial English Town London, Dec. 6.--Dramatic dfs. closures have been made to the Colonial Office in relation to the charge of murder against Dr. . Jamin Knowles, M.C., a ical man in the service of the Govern. ment of the Gold Coast Colony, West Africa. * Dr, Knowles was sentenced to @cath for shooting his wife, Mrs, Harriet Knowles, in their bungalow at Bekwai, a native town 25 miles from Kumasi, the capital of Ash- antl, and has just been re ed, Mrs. Knowles in her earlier life was Miss Madge Clifton, a prominent English music-hall and pantomime Ll Accepted As Wife She had been living in West Af- rica--with intervals for holidays at bh for the past two years, and was known and accepted as the wife of Dr, Knowles. A statement made to the Colon. fal Office established the fact tha: the supposed 'Mrs, Knowles" was really Mrs, Harriet Street, the wife of George Alfred Street, forme erly a successful actor-manager and now the proprietor of a thea. tre and fancy dress store in a prow incial town, Mr. George Street, when he vis- ited the Colonial Office was asked to make a full report in writing concerning his dead wife. He was told officially that Mrs, Benjamin Knowles -- otherwise Miss Madge Clifton, the actress--was dead, and that Dr. Knowles was charged with her murder, "Music-Hall Tour" All the time that Miss Madge Clifton was living in West Africa with Dr, Knowles, her husband and her relatives, who live in London, thought that she was on a music hall tour in South Africa, Austral- ia, and China. They had not the slightest idea that she was on the Gold Coast. She wrote frequently to her hus- band, friendly, affectionate com- munications -- always, howéver, with the trace of a complaint that she was having hard times and wanted to be back home, There was a strange thing about these letters. They were not post- ed abroad. They had been sent from Miss Madge Clifton, the mus- ic hall artist on tour, enclosed in an envelope to some unknown &ec- Put in a 25% mixture of ANT {the balance water} Alco Mater Service ts Free, SCIENTIFIC ; RADIATOR PROTECTION DONT GAMBLE --with cold weather and risk Up your expensive motor. J she mixture, hus a free crow it will last until ero Avco-Mrrea Smvics is avaihble MAPLE LEAP ANTITRERZR Re It Se SARS t al leading garages and service stations, Good for all water-cooled C474 « o « WO CxCOPLioN. | dl CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL COMPANY LIMITED MONTARAL CORVYVILLE TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER ond party in London, and posted on to the husband at his country er town address, All these letters prove one thing --that Miss Madge Clifton was de- termined that her real husband and her mother should mot know of Ther association with Dr. Knowles, The writer of the let- | ters intended to give the impression that she was having a rather diffi- cult theatrical time, and that she was longing for the moment when she could return home, The whole affair is a most aston ishing example of a married wom- an's double life. It is difficult to give any real idea of the distress of the husband, George Street. He declares it 14 his intention™o go im mediately to the Gold Coast to ascertain the whole eircumstances of Clifton's adventures there, "Think what it means to me," sald Mr, Street. "I believed my wife. was on tour. The last lets ter 1 had from her was in August, when she wrote that she was have ing a "hell of a time," and that she would be back with me at Christe mas, alo Sromtr omiono eG Office: Reford 11 King Street East, Oshawa «~~ Abeve C.P.R, Offiee Phones 143 and 144 An Open n of Canada mfort; thousands © handicapped, Letter 10 f children who m today @re which might have His coune ature of his