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" "PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929 The ®shawa Baily Times (Established 1871) "An independent newspaper published every atler- J noon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M. Mundy, President; A. RB. Alloway, Secretary. 'he Oshawa Daily Times 1s a member of the Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newapapers' As. sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dallies and the Aodit Bureau of Circulations, sUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 0c a week. Ly mail (out side Oshawa carrier delivery limits); In the Counties of Ontario, Durham an Northumber. land, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canado, 84.00 a year; United States, $8.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 64 Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, H. D. 'Tresidder, repre. sentative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929 === ER PROTECTION OF CROSSINGS There is one aspect of the latest report of the board of railway commissioners on railway crossing accidents which has great significance. In that re- port, it is stated that in one month there were 44 accidents at crossings, fifieen people being killed and fifty-three injured. The significant fact, however, is that six of these accidents occurred at protected crossings, and thirty- eight of them at crossings with no protection, These figures speak for themselves, They form a conclusive argument in favor of providing protec- tion of an adequate nature for all railway crossings. When the ratio of accidents at unprotected crossings to that at those given protection is so great, surely the board of railway commissioners does not need any further argument in the matter, It is true that the railways are prone to oppose all applications for protection of crossings, their view- point being that of the corporation anxious to keep down overhead expenses, But the accident record should be suflicient proof that this policy is costing far more in human life than the money saved could ever repay, RIGHTEOUS ANGER An interesting comment on what is often termed righteous anger is made by Arthur Ponsonby, well: known British member of parliament, Anger is not only inevitable, he says, but it is sometimes neces- sary. In his view, the absence of anger means in. difference, the greatest of all human failings. These are words which are productive of food for thought, because anger is so often condemned as an undesirable human characteristic. Yet he is right when he says that there are times when it is neces. sary. Many of the greatest reform movements of all times have been made possible because of the anger of men suffering from conditions which re quired to be righted. Tyranny, cruelty, persecution can only be blotted from the face of the earth when they arouse a wave of indignation sufficiently strong to overcome them, In that respect, anger might well be termed righteous, without casting any slur on righteousness. LIFE SAVING AVIATORS Once again those men who go aloft in aeroplanes have been making medical history, News of a dis- astrous epidemic of influenza among the Indians in the isolated settlements of northern Ontario was brought back to civilization by the aviators who were patrolling that district, and immediately doctors and medical supplies were sent north, by air, to give «succor and relief to those whose lives were in peril. This is by no means the first occasion on which aviation has proven a means of saving lives, But the many hazards of the flights into the north, and the nature of the epidemic which was halted by those medical men who ventured forth into an almost un- known country by air, make it an outstanfling in- cident. The aeroplane has been of tremendous as- sistance in many lines of commercial activity, and in pushing back the frontiers of civilization, but as "a means of saving the lives of those who live far from the trodden path it is performing one of the most useful of its many services to humanity. RECORD COAL PRODUCTION There are signs of a real effort to provide for a greater development of Canada's coal deposits than has ever been attained in the past. The report of coal production in Alberta for 1928 shows that the . jndustry in that province is growing rapidly. In that year, the production reached a total of 7,250,000 tons, the highest figure ever attained, It is admitted that this high figure was reached very largely as a result of the experimental shipments of Alberta coal to Ontario. The Alberta dealers are highly optimistic regarding this great Ontario mar- . ket for their product. They are convinced that the experiences of last year have been such as to popu- ! jarize Alberta coal in this province, and their proof of this lies in the fact that they have received large numbers of repeat orders for supplies to be shipped * this year. "There is a long way to go yet, lowever, before © the Alberta fuel has the market in Ontario that is _ pow held by the United States. There is a great ' geal of educational work 0 be done before the peak of consumption of Alberta coal in Ontario is reached. sven if the output of the western wines were double the 1928 figures, the total production would not then equal the amount of coal used in this provinee, and fargely imported from the United States. This is . the poini which should be remembered, and which shuld be made the basis of the educational pub- Jicity of the Alberta coal men. CHICAGO'S WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER It has become quite common to receive reports of killings in Chicago's gangland, but the latest horror, the wholesale slaughter of seven unarmed victims of a gang war, has stirred a feeling of revulsion against the conditions which prevail in what might well be termed the world's most wicked city, That such an atrocious thing should be possible in a sup- posedly civilized community is almost unbelievable, and it casts a terrible reflection on the authorities responsible for the maintenance of law aud order there, The cause of such things, of course, is that law and order, as we know it in Canada, has ceased to exist in Chicago, There is neither respect for the law nor fear of its penalties. Police authorities seem helpless to check the wave of slaughter, and those in higher places in the administration of justice find themselves hampered by laws that are so full of loopholes that it is much easier for a man to escape punishment than it is to bring him to justice. There have been many threats of a clean-up of Chicago's gangland, but they have found action in a few spectacular and spasmodic raids which had no definite and lasting result in the elimination of crime. What is needed is so strong a wave of pub- lic opinion for a better Chicago that the authorities will know for a certainty that they have a solid body of citizenship behind them, to give them courage to really clean out the cesspools of humanity which ure spreading their vile machinations over the whole city. EDITORIAL NOTES It is only the man who is constantly growling who really lives a dog's life, The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true, Men cannot escape the effects of their deeds, for the things they do today mould their lives tomorrow, A modern bride seems much more domestic if she has a telephone in the kitchen to use when order ing canned dinner stuff, Custom requires British members of parliament to wear their hats in the house, Probably to give them something to talk through, Col, Lindbergh's engagement to the daughter of an United States Ambassador is Announced, It is quite natural, of course, for the Lone Eagle of the Atlantic to fly high, Since the beginning of December, we have been waiting for the real winter weather to come, but it looks as if even February is to be disappointing in that respect, ---- The Quebec Liquor Commission will devote $1,000, 000 of its profits to charity. It will probably all go to help keep the families of those poor unfortunates who spent about $5,000,000 for liquor in order to create that profit, ' It is well that the public should know that the fire caused recently in the press room of the To- ronto Telegram was in no way connected with the warm atmosphere of the department where the edi- torial columns are produced, ~ Other Editors' Comment ~ EXPENSIVE NEGLIGENCE (Lindsay Post) A judgment has just been entered against the village of Cannington for damages to one of the residents caused by {injuries sustained in a fall on an jcy sidewalk, The judgment is interesting to the municipal world in that it sets forth that the reason why the town is liable for the damages is not because the sidewalks all over the town were icy, but because at the particular place where this accident occurred there was a most dangerous gpot caused by faulty construction, THE JOURNALIST . (Max Murray in the Daily News and Westminster Gazette) is The other day I listened to Lord Riddell explaining the psychology of journalists. I think that this is like explaining the psychology of the people of the City of London, You scratch a journalist and you discover a doctor, a lawyer, or a poet, or a coal miner, They are all in Fleet St. Each one of them says that if he ever hears his son saying that he wants to be a journalist he will smack him and put him to bed. They have that in common, that and the fact that when they wish they were something else them- selves they do not expect to be taken seriously. Lord Riddell knows as much about journalists as any man living. He says that some of them expect to keep their wives on tender words. A SOUND IMMIGRATION SCHEME (Winnipeg Tribune) : The family reunion scheme provides assisted pas- sage from Great Britain for the wives and children of British immigrants who have become permanently settled in this country and are in a position to as- sume the responsibilities of setting up a new home.. ..» The good points of such a plan are easily ap- parent. In the past many a g British immigrant has been compelled to live apart from his wife and children for an unduly long period until he could save the money necessary for their transportation and to take care of them immediately on arrival. The effect of such prolonged breaking up of family life has been hard on the immigrant himself and on his dependents, and has not been in the best interest of the country of his adoption, The family man quickly settles down and invariably makes the best citizen, | . oo. Bits of Verse - - | THE HOMES OF CANADA The rural homes of Canada, How modest], A beacon Q'er all the windswept land; Sheltered by apple orchard Or spreading maple-tree, They make a restful haven From all the storms that be. It matters not how lowly The rural home may be, 'It is a castle stronghold From worldly conflict free; Where family hearts united In love and truth may grow, Till home, tho' poor and humble Seems like a heaven below, Though far her children wander O'er mountain, sea and plain, Their thoughts are ever turning To Canada again, To where a modest dwelling, Safe and sequestered, lies Close by a flowering orchard Beneath Canadian skies. Consecon, Ont. --~Helen B, Anderson. gq Sance Whispers of Spring Sometimes my Fancy wanders To a charming Mitle glade In the mellow golden sunshine Where the robs serenade; Where the lark sweetly carols His greeting to the morn, And the earliest blue vielets The pretty dell adorn, There the Godess of the Springtime Treads lightly o'er the green In her robes of faires. verdure With a vell of golden sheen Touches here a budding lily With her shining ailver-wand, Opens wide its snowy petals Tinted like a rosy dawn, Now the purple violet wakens Shedding fragrance all around, Lauds the royalty of Nature More than sceptre, throne, crown; And the tiny streamlet ripples Bursting free from Winter's bonde Singing, laughing, in the sunshine Nature's best beloved songs, or Now the soft caressing breezes, Barely stir the baby leaves, Whispering tender low sweet ca- dence, Wondrous lovely melodies; So the Harp of Nature answers At a touch pon the strings, And the whole of Nature quickens At the whispering of Spring. J . G. Lee, Nshawa LJ . # The last two days have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Spring weather is not terrib'y far off, It rather puts gumption in a man, It is rea) life, v LJ ( ] The office cat had its second lite snuffed out this morning when iL came in contact with a plece of electric tape and became electro- cuted, » LJ * The ladder of life is full of splinters but thry always prick the hardest when we're sliding down.--~W. L. Brown. ell, » LJ LJ Ye Olde Sporte Sez This place should have a rink, a rink A "Y"", a Swimming Pool, I think, But Gee! You hardly need to think To realize we need a rink. * v0 Joy is not in things, it is in us, *. ® So be it. ' . Renrut. - Bits of Humor z NO REDUCTION : How much are these packets of pins 7 "One penny, madam," "But 1 thought there was a sale on? NO ROOM THERE A teacher was advising his pupils to strive for success, and concluded -- "There is plenty of room at the top," "Yes, sir," replied one boy; "but what about the Pyramids?" SHOULD COLLABORATE WITH NAN Modern Publisher (to scientific au- thor)---I like your book on water- beetles, but, couldn't you contrive somehow to introduce a detective in- terest P~--Punch. HIS OWN BACK Smart Counsel--Is it true that there are traces of insanity in your family? Witness (getting his own back)-- Very likely. My grandfather, who was studying for the ministry gave it up to become a barrister, SMART "Many mosquitoes weigh 2 pound," the smart pupil had written in an es- say, "This is nonsense," said the teacher, "No mosquitoes weigh a pound." ' "Please, sir, I said many mosqui- oes, WELL SAID, GEORGE. "Well, George," said a country clergyman to an old man who sat by the wayside breaking stones, "that pile doesn't seem to get any smaller." "No, vicar," replied the old man, "them stones is like the Ten n- mandments; you can go on breakin' 'em, but you can't get rid of 'em."-- Tit-Bits, WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? (Chicago Daily News) A political canvasser, after spend- ing twenty minutes on a doorstep di- lating on the glories of his party, asked the woman of the house if she thought it would be any use his call- ing again, when her husband was at ne, "No," was the unexpected reply. "You see, we are already insured with one company." IMPORTANT TRANSACTION Counsel tried to serve his client by casting sus, on a wit The first question was: "You admit that you were at the defendant's house every evening dur- ing this period?" "Yes, sir," : . "Were you and he interested in any special transaction, business or other- wise ?" "Yes, "Ah?" counsel; "then you will be good enough to tell us the nature of business in you were jointly interested." . "I was courting his daughter," -- Sheffield News. sir, we were." - © CHRIST FOB AiLe-ALL THE GREAT PHYSICIAN~Heal | me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and | shall be saved: for thou art m paise~Jorumiah 17:14. 1] That Body of a Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. CURING HYSTERIA During my early days in medicine a patient came to my office and dur- ing the examination fell from a chair to the floor, She was not in a faint, the pulse, while fast, was sound and regular, and I was at a loss as to the trouble, I endeavored to lift her, but she said she was powerless to move. I told her that her heart was quite all right and that there would be no danger in getting to her feet. owever no persuasion on my part had any effect, so I telephoned for a medical consultant who was a pro- fessor of medicine. On arriving and making a short examination he ordered the patient to get to her feet. She said she was absolutely unable to get up, I" endeavored to help her, but the consultant motioned me away and said "She can get i all right, can walk, in fact can walk home; there's really nothing wrong with her," And the patient did get up and walk, What was the trouble? Hysteria, What is it that makes some indi- viduals want to behave in this man. ner? Simply that they do not adjust themselves to their circumstances, and do things like the above as a sort of protest, Acting in this manner gets them a certain amount of sympathy and attention, which they seem to want or_need. Roushly this is their method of "getting back" at folks and circum- stances. Sometimes without any loss of dig- nity it may be possible to change surroundings to suit patient, In the army, when no organic reas- on was found for the hysteria, the sudden application of an electric current to the patient's hodv, with out his knowledge, made him leap from a cot where he had been lying "powerless" for weeks. The thought then is to help the patient to adjust himself to his rur- roundings, once you are certain that there is really no underlying ail- ment, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) OPENING OF METROPOLITAN BY OCTBER 1 EXPECTED Toronto, Feb, 18,--October 1 ig set as the date on which it is ex- pected the Metropolitan church will be ready for occupancy. Pro gress 8 being made in the plans for the community building, which the congregation hopes also will be opened in the early autumn, The response to the appeal for funds for the buildin gprogram and to se- cure an endowment has met with much success, but a substantial fess was subjective, Prepared by Rav Clargncell Wilson D. C(ommisgion an Evangelism of Federsl Counc? of the Churches of Chmal th - Ameria Copyright1929 Topic for the Week "LENT AND MYSELF Memory Verse for Today "But was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). (Read: Matthews §:1-11.) MEDITATION: It is thought that our Lord's temptation in the wilder. The pictures he saw were in His own mind, the own thoughts. If He had not told about it nobody would ever have known. So with me, my struggles are hid from the world. These suppres. sed desires, these concealed ambi- tions, how they beset me! And I let them deceive me, as Jesus did not. I even try to justify them to myself, which is a futile attempt at self-de- ception, I have but to be honest with myself, and 1 will be started on the way to better things. RAYER: Holy and Loving Fa- ther who knowest the thoughts and intents of the heart, have compas- sion on my weakness, Search me and know my heart, Try me and know my thoughts. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow, Create in me a clear heart, O God, and re- new a right spirit within me, Through Jesus Christ my Lord, Amen, Women's Institutes To Hold Convention Saskatoon, Sask, Feb, 16. -- The sixth biennial convention of the Fed rated Institutes of Canada will be held the third week of June, at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon this year, Representa- tives from ev'ry part of Canada will meet together for the purpose of dis~ussing Women's Institute work and how to better it, FARMERS TO DISCUSS TWP. SCHOOL BILL Toronto, Feb. 16, -- Farmers from Lanark, Grey, Waterloo and Bruce, will debate at the Ontario trustee's and ratepayers' association meet- ing here April 3 on "the township school board bill introduced by the government" it was announced here last night. NEARLY 2,700,000 MOTOR CARS CAME TO CANADA IN 1928; A NEW RECORD Ottawa, Feb, 18, -- Hon. W. D, Euler, minister of national revenue, stated that the calendar year 1928 was a record breaking one for tour. ist travel in Canada. Figures com- sum stil] remains to be subscribed | piled by the department of national before the objective will be attain- ed, Nuns Ordered Deported Mexico City, Feb, 18 --Seven Span- ish Catholic nuns awaited the first boat to Havana at Vera Cruz today, after their arrest at Tacuba, near here, Subsequent charges of violating the religious laws were fyled and they were ordered deported, revenue from returns made by ports and outports throughout the Domin- ion show that 2,698,737 foreign auto~ mobiles entered for a period not ex- ceeding 24 hours, 945,545 entered for a period not exceeding 60 days, 1,173 entered for a period exceeding 60 days and not more than six months. a the year 519,871 Canadian automobiles were exported for tour- ing purposes, 4 words he heard were the echo of His | 3956 MORE THAN 70.000 PENSIONERS IN CANADA LAST YEAR Country Paid Out Over $35,000,000 in War Pensions (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont., Feb, 18, -- The num- ber of disability and dependent pen- sioners in Canada up to the ending of the fiscal year 1927-28 amounted to 70,610 persons, according to a return tabled in the House of Commons by Hon, J. H, King, Minister of Health and national pensions. Of disability pensioners there were 50,635, and of dependents 19975. Canada's liability totalled $35,583,853, which was an in- crease of $1,353,204 over the preced- ing fiscal year. The number of new claims considered by the board was 00, With respect to the nine provinces, the disability pensioners were distrib- uted as follows :-- Ontario, 16244; British Columbia, 6,258; Alberta, 3,944; Manitoba, 4,927; Saskatchewan, 3, 116; Quebec, 3,604; Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Is- land, 2,727; and New Brunswick 1,379, Canadian pensioners resident in the United States numbered 5,016 and in Great Britain 3,037. LIFE DESPAIRED IF FAST IS CONTINUED Lima, Ohio, Feb, 18.--Fred Conrad, 27, today cntered the last week of life allotted him if he continues a hunger strike, now in its twenty- third day, aimed at "driving the de- vel" from his father, George Conrad, who stands at the bedside for hours begging his son to take food in the hope of saving his life, Conrad's father blamed the Rev, Mr, Ray Dodson, revivalist, for his son's fast. He has despaired of in- ducing his son to eat, and declared he believed the minister the only person capable of obtaining his con- sent to take food, Conrad weichs 145 pounds, 55 pounds less than he weighed when he took up the fast, Physicians have given him not more than a week to live if he continues, Paderev:cki II, Cancels Engagements Nice, France, Feb, 18, -- Ignace Jan Paderewski, the noted pianist, is ill with grippe and had been forced to cancel his engagements, His doctors stated that he was THOROUGH PLINS BEING HADE FOR NAVAL CONFERENCE Careful Study Being Made of Anglo-Ameriéan Naval Matters N (By Canadian Press) London, Feb, 18, -- The British foreign office on Saturday issued a statement indicating that great tho. roughness is being observed in pre. Darations which are being made for ritain's reopening of negotiations with the United States on disarma- ment questions, An official communique stated that a careful examination of all questions concerning Anglo-American naval matters is being diligently prosecuted, To Consult Dominions Confirming previous London re- orts the foreign office said that the Dominions will be consulted and their views on the whale question consid. ered before an official announcement is made, It is not likely therefore, that the government will be in a po- sition to make a further communica- tion for some time. Some Criticism Meanwhile, it is understood, the outline of the British position given to the press yesterday by Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador at Washington, remains the correct one, The British opposition press has voiced criticism of the government for Sir Esme's statement because the first intimation of such an important move is traditionally given in the House of Commons In view of this criticism the foreign office said today that there has been no official change in the situation, The foreign office in no way intimated that Sir Esme's statement was thought indis- creet, Washington, D.C,, Feb, 18, -- Re- ports that another naval armament limitations conference was in the maling have taken shape with the announcement by Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador, that his govern- ment plans to take the initiative to- ward such a conference, The United States and Japan are both believed to favor an armament parley. The Washington govern- ment has received no direct word from Great Britain. This, and the fact that the next administration will probably have to deal with the prob- lem, has impelled the administration to proceed cautiously, ELEV"N DIE IN FIRE Tokyo, Feb. 18, ~ Eleven patients perished in a fire which destroyed the hospital for brain diseases of the Tokyo medical college early to- recovering but because of his age must remain quiet for a time long- er. He has been in bed several | days. day. Seven others were missing, The army artillery and engineering school bullding was also burned. tC -- = | bk Office: Retford AND WELLINGTON 978 8. F EVERSON, Private Wire System 11 King Strest East, Oshaws Phooue 143 end 144 Local Manager Above CPR. Offiee The Bell Would You be a Magnate On $216 a Year? Telephone Company is owned by 15,300 shareholders and 95 per cent of them live in Canada. Over 50 per cent of them are women. The average shareholder 'has 27 shares and gets $216 a year on his money. The largest has 1,510 shares, which is less than one-quarter of one per cent of the total. The company has grown from a few telephones to over 700,000, but it has never' split its stock and never departed from its policy of the best service at lowest cost. The monthly rates paid by telephone users in Ontarie and Quebec today are the lowest rates in the world for comparable service. 7 THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA PRAYE appy is the man that findeth Thee, O Lord. J