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/ PAGE FOUR r-- __Ehe Oshawa Baily Times "THE OSHAWA' DAILY REFORMER An t Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, a4) by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A, R. Alloway, Sec- retary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cans- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As» sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 10c a week, By mail (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), in the Counties ©¢ Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temp Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929 AN INQUEST JUSTIFIED It is hard to understand why there should be any hesitancy in ordering that an inquest be he into the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident to Miss Helen Wright and Walter Northop, of Peter boro, when the bridge over the Harmony Creek col- lapsed during last Friday night's storm. The wind age person must be convinced that, if for no othe reason than to satisfy the public mind, an inquest is advisable, but there are other reasons which weigh far more heavily than that in having this course d. 4 "icp ped. N be well to give the department of high opportunity to make its position he ane the Ypridge was not of proper type of 'construction to stand the strain of heavy floods, such as are all too common in 'this district' then that fact should be very clearly brought out, so that, when the new bridge is constructed, any defects in the old 'one may be remedied, It is significant that in all cases where death oc curs as the result of an accident 'on! the railways, ot on railway property, an inquest is, required by law. The public highway has become just as much a carrier of passenger traffic as the railway, and when death occurs in an dccident on a public high- ay, the same regulations should be. made to apply. | "There is too often a tendency on the part of coron» ers to take it for granted that such tragedies as 'that which occurred at Harmony are purely accidental,'and that 'no good can come of holding an inquest. "That, however, is a fallacious attitude, and it is hard to ~ 'understand why there should have been any delay or hesitancy in ordering an inquest in the present case. An inquest in this case would seem to be fully "justified so that all the available facts can be made ." known, and the responsibility, if any, for the tragedy, may be properly allocated. DEPENDENCE ON MODERN SERVICES wr { It is only 'when accidents occur to deprive the people of today of what they consider to be ordinary services that they realize how much they have come to depend on these things. For instance, when the railways were blocked by the accidents of last week- end, practically no mails came into Oshawa for two days, and passengers desiring to travel east or west by railway found these means of transportation ab- solutely cut. off. Industrial plants, too, depending on. rail transportation for their raw materials and for shipping - facilities, found their operations greatly hampered. Yet these things, rail transportation and mail ser- vice, are things which are taken for granted; They have become so ordinary that many people lose sight. of their great value and of the great part they play in the business and social life of today.» It is only when they stop for a day or two, as they did during the past weekend, that the public is awakened to the fact that they have come to depend so much on * these things that the lack of them becomes a serious . matter. TWELVE YEARS AGO April 9 is a day which will long be remembered by the people of Canada, and particularly by those Canadians who wore the uniforms of 'their country in the great war. Twelve years ago today, on April 9, 1917, the Canadian Corps, fighting for the first time as a corps of four divisions, stormed the key position of the enemy on the western front, Vimy Ridge, and before nightfall had won a glorious vic- tory, and had cleared the Germans from the emin- ence which for two years had dcfied all the efforts "of other armies to capture it. ; It was sacred ground over which the Canadian Corps fought on that wintry April morning twelve years ago. One hundred thousand Frenchmen had given their lives in previous efforts to capture it, and itheir graves dotted the torn hillside. British regi- 'ments had shed their blood freely in trying to scale the summit, and their sacrifices were all in vain, so far as the attainment of the objective was concerned. Over this hillside, conscerated by French and Bri- tish blood, the Canadians advanced in the face of a storm of snow and sleet, provided by nature, and a hail of machine gun bullets and shells from the guns of the desperate enemy. It was a glorious achieve- ment for Canadian arms, but it was won at a great price, for many a Canadian boy gave his life in that desperate, but. glorious rush for the peak of the ridge. A Tonight the Canadian Legion, all over Canada, is celebrating the anniversary of that glorious, but ter- rible day of twelve ycars ago. The Oshawa branch, in common with the others, is holding a celebration banquet, not in a spirit of rejoicing, but in the spirit of remembrance of those whe gave thei lives' that Vimy ght be won. That is the proper spirit of rem 2 of those who gave their lives that Vimy might bé won. That, is the proper spirit of celebra- 'tion, There must be a feeling of satisfaction that 'Canada's grmy was responsible for this decisive vice tory in thé 'war, but that feeling is ever tempered by the memory of those gallant men who never came | back and over whose heads the white crosses stand as everlasting memorials, and the blood-red poppies ith of Flanders raise their heads, : Vimy stands out as a conspicuous milestone in Canadian war history, and the thoughts of many people will today be going back twelve years, think- ing mot of the feeling of pride in the victory that was won, but of the price it cost in the lives of Canada's bravest and best sons. AN EXAMPLE OF MODERN SPEED A remarkable example of the speed which has been attained in modern newspaper publishing was. af- forded the people of Oshawa on Saturday. Early on Saturday morning, a terrible tragedy occurred at Harmony. Soon after daybreak, a local photo- grapher was on the scene,- and took a number of pictures of the bridge which had collapsed, and of the efforts being made to find the bodies of those drowned. These pictures were brought back to Oshawa, where they were developed and printed, and rushed to Toronto, over roads half blocked in some places by water and debris, There they were quickly trans- posed on to newspaper zinc half-tone cuts, and from these matrices were made. A car was rushed from Oshawa to Toronto, and. these matrices were re- turned to this city to be cast into metal plates and in time to appear in the Saturday afternoon issue of The Oshawa Times. This speed is typical of all newspaper work where - big events are concerned. It is made possible, part- ly, through the perfection of the mechanical appli- ances associated with newspaper publication, and partly due to the enterprise and ingenuity of the human element in the business. The public of to- day must have service, and on this occasion, no cf- fort was too great to supply the demand for the latest news and pictures of the storm tragedy. EDITORIAL NOTES People who acquire a habit of getting to the bot- tom of things are usually those who come out on top. George Bernard Shaw now has a real grievance. When the name "Shaw" appears in the newspapers, people will think more readily of Orval Shaw than they will of the famous dramatist, Premier Ferguson says a second Pittsburg is growing up in Northern Ontario. Now, let us see, wasn't Pittsburg the place where about half the police was fired for bribery and corruption. «= Other Editors' Comment ~ THEY SEEK HIM WHERE HE ISNT (Hamilton Herald) The police are getting quite hot about Mr. Orval , Shaw. If they would just sit down and let him canter about for @ while it would not be so easy to miss him. "BRITISH CAPITAL FOR CANADA i (Ottawa Journal) 'Canada' welcomes American capital, or any other 'capital, and. will always treat it fairly; but next to control of Canadian enterprises by Canadians the best thing that can happen is to keep control of what we. have within the British family. That is one kind of Empire preference about which there should be unanimity, LITERATURE ON FARMING (Fort William Times-Journal) When one reads of the poor methods that are used in farming by a 'number of men who- are engaged in that profession, one is tempted to wonder whether the enormous mass of educational matter that is be- ing run from presses and the multigraphs by the de- partment of agriculture iis reaching the proper quar- ters, or whether the farmer turns a deaf ear to the goed advice and goes on with his dirty seed, scrub herd, his runty shoats and his unprofitable poultry run, qut of sheer cussedness, LACK PUBLICITY (London Daily Exptess) Qur industrial reputation depends on our not cater- ing for the multitude, or, if we do, on giving them a better article than they can obtain anywhere else. - Quality, standard the best--those ar our mottoes. They pay in the end. As with coal so with every- thing else, the reward for putting nothing on the market that is not superior to everything else, while it may be tardy, is always sure. If we were only as skilled in letting the world know what we have to sell as we are in the business of making it, no depression in British" industry could last long, « FORGETTING THE PRICE : (Port Athur News-Chronicle) It is foolish to say that all of the war-torn and war-burdened nations regret the last collossal struggle. . Most of them would not undo its work and go back to pre-war conditions if it were possible to renew in that way all of the lives sacrificed, restore the maimed to complete bodily soundness; 'rebuild 'the health of the war-made invalids and restore ruined cities. But all these facts will not stop the chatter about the World War-as an unmitigated curse, so' recognized and so rated by the nations which came out on the winning side, And they are among the obstacles to world peace. Humanity would be far better off if Jo Baton could trace to the World War a single enefit. - '= Bits of Verse - = "THE PATRONAGE OF OPEN WAYS" My right, the high-way through Village, and, country too, Where 1 may go, with yeu, Who are my friend. My right, a road which leads, Past fields that shall form seeds, To serve our country's needs, Its weal to blend. Your right is mine, to me, Needing your company, For most felecity, In common ways. Your right is to inspire, Your friend for your desire, To move o'er Life's ways higher, Than. in past days, Our right is 'that of men Seeking more freedom, when, Though all Canadian, Our bondage grows. Our right to go abroad, And turn to Nature's God, As men who ways have trod, Their faith bestows, --Roscoe R. Miller, o ------ By James W; Barton, M.D. THE FRUIT DIET There is so much written about food these days that readers must wonder where all the ideas get start- ed and by whom. ' One man will advise fasting for a number of days and then going on a fruit juice diet for another week or more. Individuals following this advice will show. different reactions. In one, this doing without food for days and then going on a fruit juice diet, will be of fred physical bene- fit. He will feel brighter, clearer headed, and 'the loss of a few sur- plus pounds make him feel must bet- ter, and naturally so. This was the right diet for him for that period of time, Others following this same system of diet have bitterly repented it, as it has so lowered their vitality that weeks in bed have been necessary to get back cven a semblance of health, Others have suffered a complete collapse from which they did not re- cover. Now there is no question but that a fruit diet, intelligently used, can be of help to practically every- body. In those who are overweight it can be particularly helpful because the use of fruits, two or even three days a week for a few weeks will "en- sure a gradual and pleasant reduc- tion of weight in a harmless way." In those with high blood pressure, heart and kidney ailments, a fruit diet a couple of days a week will be of great benefit. In constipation this fruit diet is, generally speaking, excellent treat- ment, but there are quite a number of cases' where the fruit diet causes spasms or cramps, and the distension from gas is most distressing. Just as some folks abstain from meat once a week with benefit to their health, so likewise one day a week, with fruit as the only article of diet, would help everyone of us. It can be consumed raw, stewed or cooked. Unfortunately, fruit is not rich enough in the proteids or build- ing substances to make it a complete food. Therefore, if you work hard physically, and attempt td live on fruits alone, you are not only going to lose fat or surplus tissue, but will lose good solid muscular tissue. And that body of yours needs that kind of tissue. If you want to stick to fruits and vegetables eat one or two eggs daily, if you wish to avoid meat. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). Fo) - Bits of Humor - | PLAINLY EXEMPT 4 Nell--Caroline says her face is her fortune. Belle--Then she needn't worry about paying an income tax.--Tax Reform, OVERHEARD ON THE "EL" First Woman -- | think the way she treats her husband is positively awful. Second Woman--Well, to say the least, she's awfully positive.--Life. REAL DIAGNOSIS OF MUMPS Little Betty had contracted a case of mumps. Asked if the trouble was very painful, she re- plied: "Awful! It hurts just like having the tumyache in my iuce," --The Lancet, QUENCHING HIS FIRE (Everybody's Weekly) He -- 1 am burning with love for you. She--Oh, don't make a fyel of yourself. BURNING ANSWER Cop (to motorist): Hey! You can't park next to that fire hy- drant! Motorist: O, yes I éan. car is on fire.--Life, This NOTHING ELSE BUT One Freshman: Is your room- mate a broadminded chap? Another: Say, that's thinks of.--Life. 'NOTHER HAY%ARD Wife: I'm suing you for divorce, Husband: Yeah? And what all he a. | evidence have you got? Wife: Plenty. I've 'made talk ing movies of what you've been saying in your sleep.--Life. ACADEMIC vis 'Teacher--If you stand facing the north what have you on your left hand? Billie--Fingers, -- The schools master, ' Xi posted at Syracuse Univer- sity: i "Prospective Senior Class: All men available during summer for autopsies please leave name, ad- dress and telephone number, -- Dean." ; One evening on returning home periences the boy said: "Mother, if you don't stop faking me heat with you so much, people will think "you have married a dwarf." Lr ":) LACK OF KNOWLEDGE--My } people are destroyed for lack' of nowledge: because thou hast re- jected knowledge, I will also re- ject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast for- sotten the law of thy God, I will also orget thy children.--Hosea 4:6. PRAYER--"Who trusts in God's unchanging love, - Builds on a' rock that nought can move." a very much bored with the day's ex-. THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929 BN ose (MANY THOUSANDS a OF DOLLARS DAMAGE IN PICKERING FLOOD Bridge Carried Away--Cot. tage Destroyed With $3,000 Loss WORST IN YEARS Residents Qusted From Their Homes as Water Reaches Their Beds Pickering, April 6.--Reports are still coming into the village of the rseults of the terrific storm on Friday evening which show that the community has been harder hit than was at first imagined. Sev eral bridges and culverts on the north concessions have been car ried away and traffic is completely closed on the Brock Rd., nortia of the highway, as the approaches to the big bridge have been washed away, leaving the bridge at an angle. A cottage owned by J. C. Richardson, of Toronto, situated on the river bank just west of this bridge, was carried off, con- tents and all, with a loss of three thousand dollars, The major part of the village being on an elevation escaped withia few flooded cellars, the residents living west on highway, and at the south end of Church St. suffered comsiderably, Mr. John Clark, whose residence is just at the south limits of the village, was bereft of his summer kitchen, and hdd several feet of water in the front part of his house. Mr. Clark has lived in the same spot for fifty years and has never before experienced such a flood, which far surpassed the one in January. Mr. Herbert White and family were forced to go to a neigh- bours for the night as the water rose as high as the matiresses on their beds. They also lost all their hens. Some of Mr, Ross Burn's floors were also inundated. The highway west of the iron bridge has been greatly weakened by the torrents, which covered it for several hours, and men worked all day Saturday clearing away the debris which consisted of luthber, of all sorts, not to mention tree stumps. and whole evergreen trees. Mr. Cook's house is almost hidden by huge piles of drift wood. St, Paul's Church sustained the greatest loss in the main part of the village. The water rose in the basement to a height of several feet, and badly damaged a fine piano, which was found lying on its side in the muddy water. Other articles of furniture were affect- ed, and the basement as a whole was badly water-soaked. The cel- lars of Jas, Richardson's grocery store, and M. S. Chapman's general store were also flooded Although no lives were lost in the vicinity, the material loss can hardly be estimated. Mrs. Wm, Peak of Toronto, held a sale of furniture at her resid- ence on Church St.,, on Saturday afternoon. Misses Verna and Doris Reid, of Whitby, spent the week-end with their aunt and uncle, Mr, and M:s. W. G. Reid. Mr. Wm. Gibson of Pittsburg, is visiting his sisters, ' Mrs. Jas. Richardson and Mrs. IL. Squires, Behind windows, daintily cur- tained in blue and white tissue, the Women's Institute held a success- ful home-made baking sale in Mec- Ewen's store on Friday afternoon. The members were liberal in their donations and the pies and tarts were bought by eager purchasers almost before they could be priced. Afternoon tea was served at small tables, which were decorated with daffodils. The proceeds of the afternoon amounted to twenty dol- lars. ; The charge of reckless driving, against R. L. McWilliams, Peter- boro, preferred in the local police court on Thursday evening resuit- ed in a fine of ten dollars and costs, The case arose out of a motor accident, near Dunbarton on Good Friday morning, in which four persons were injured. Mr. Me- Willlams was arrested at the time, and released on two thousand dol- lar bail. As all the victims are re- covering, and the accident would entail a great deal of expense for hte defendant, the Crown, repre- sented by Officer Hilliard, ex- pressed itself content with the minimum fine, and Magistrate Clark passed judgment according- ly, and also cancelled the defend- ant's driver's permit for six months. TALKIES WILL HAVE EFFECT ON LANGUAGE SAYS FILM HEAD New York, April 9.~The English language, through talking motion pictures, now stands a good chance of becoming the international lane guage, in the opinion of John Max- well, chairman of British Interna- tional Pictures and Colvin Brown, vice-president of the Pathe Com- pany, who have arrived in the Uni- tates. . It's going to be "English Eng- lish," however, and not "American English," in theopinion of Maxwell. He cited as reason for his belief \ {the fact that a large number of English actors are being engaged for the talkies at Hollywood. ; "Please don't get the idea," he said, 'that real English is the haughty accent of Oxford and Cam- bridge, which has given England a rather comic reputation. The English we speak over there is a plain, clear language, not much dif- ferent from the English that any well educated American uses. The chief difference is perhaps that we enunciate more clearly than do the . RRR TODAY'S LIST OF Chinaman Injured Toronto, April 9.~~Chong Wong, 33 Elizabeth street, 46 years old, was struck by a motor car at Spadina avenue and Oxford street and suffered lacerations to the scalp and injuries to a shoulder. Girl Injured by Auto Toronto, April 9.--Struck by an automobie last eveping at King and Bathurst streets, Theresa Tester, nine, of 27 Mitchell Ave., suffered 'head and leg injuries; She was taken to the Hospital for Sick Children. Her condition is not serious. Three Accidents Chatlfam, April 9.-- Three people were injured in three acci- dents on the provincial highway near here yesterday. Donald, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nicholls, is at his home, 269 Grand avenue, recov- ering from injuries sustained when knocked . down by a car driven by Frank E. Hyatt, of 526 Ohio street, Toledo. Mrs. Lillian Armstrong of 6634 Berry street, Dearborn, Mich., sus- tained bad cuts and bruises when a car driven by her husband, Chester, was ditched after being struck by a car driven by W. R. Nicholls of Queen avenue, London. A woman whose name was not learned was cut and bruised when ger with John F. Hunter of De- the car in which she was a passen- troit as driver, was ditched after being struck by a car driven by Elizabeth Van Putter of Rochester, N.Y., while attempting to pass. REINDEER MEAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR U. S. ARMY RATIONS Washington, D.C., April 9.-- army is being considered by Quar- termaster General Cheatham, in view of the mounting cost of fresh beef and the fact that either can- ned or frozen reindeer mea parently can be delivered at army costs at less cost than beef. 500 BLACK SWANS REACH NEW YORK New York, April 9.--A record shipment of black swans--500 of this rare specles--arrived here Thursday on the International Mer- cantile Marie freighter . Tairoa, from Australia and New Zealand. Captain D. 'K, Christie, master of the freighter, said that the black swans enjoyed the freedom of the enclosed part of the vessel's superstructure and were immune to sea sickness. The black swans are consigned to a local dealer in birds and ani- mals, who plans to sell them to in- dividuals and zoos, Reindeer meat from Alaska for the |P CATHEDRAL IN AUTO ACCIDENTS |! St. Albans Falls Prey to Flames--Valuable Mem- orials Saved Toronto, April 9.--St. Alban's cathedral, seat of the Bishop of Toronto, fell prey to flames late yesterday afternoon which gutted the interior and gave firemen a stubborn fight before they were subdued. Cause of the fire is as yet unknown but the outbreak is believed to have had its origin in the basement under the chancel, perhaps from defective electric wiring. The loss is fully covered by insurance. At seven o'clock last night the flames again broke out. Little damagé was done, a detachment of firemen having been assigned to watch the building, the basement of which was filled with inflam- mable material caused by the col- lapse of the floors bearing benches, stalls and other furniture into it. This blaze was quickly extinguish- od '- First knowledge of the fire was reserved for two young boys who were passing, Tommy Whelan, 65 Howland avenue, and Sydney Ap- pleton, Jr., 219 Howland avenue, The boys saw smoke curling slowly out of the basement windows on the south and east sides of the church, Tommy, who had a bicycle, immediately agreed to dash to the nearest fire alarm box while Syd- ney opened the door and ran down to the choir room. Stopped by Smoke Sydney, however, was stopped by smoke so he ran back up. See- ing the sexton coming from the other end of the building, he ran to tell him of the fire. The sex- ton tried to make his way to the fire but was also forced back. When they first saw the smoke, the lads said, it was about 4.10 .m, Within a few minutes the first detachment of reels arrived, In the meantime, other alarms had been turned in by residents near- by and in -1swer to an official send ala... additional detachments arrived. From the first it was evident that the fire was to be stubborn. Within halt an hour after the first alarm was turned in 16 streams were playing i... the basement, from which uds of smoke were biliowing, Firemen were unable fo chénge far into the interior; yet, blinded by the smoke, they returned ing communion vessels iv: $0 4M articles. rd ah f BAKER IS FINED® © FOR SELLING BREAD London, April 9.--Diek Pilling, a grocer, was fined 10s. at Fleet wood recently for selling food to a boy of five after hours. ; A plain-clothes constable aid he saw the boy leave Pilling's shop at 6.26 p.m. on Saturday, which was early-¢losing day, carrying a small box containing tea, sugar, butter, bread, and sausages. Pilling said that it was a regular weekly order. The boy's father was at sea and bis mother was ill in bed, and so sent her son for the groceries. A baker, Harry Mamby, was pro- secuted at Newark for selling a loaf of bread after 8 p.m. A constable saw a boy leaving the shop at - 9 p.m. and spoke to Mamby, who said, "I thought it was nine o'clock for bread, This has been ordered all day." : Mamby said he was a victim of "Dora." Lake Shore Specially Prepared Analysis on Request F. 0'HEARN & COMPANY Standard Stock and Mining Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Grain Exchange New York Produce Ex- change (Ass'te) Genosha Hotel, Oshawa Telephone 2700 Phones StoBIE-FORLONG &(@ STOCKS BONDS GRAIN 3 Office: Reford ¥ AND WELLINGTON STS. S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager : Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa -- Above C.P.R, Office AE 143 and 144 wy with it?" "It takes so much time! Stop us if you've heard this one " Y DEAR, I simply dread this daily shopping!" How many times have you heard that story? More than once, we'll bet a hat. ask the woman who. "dreads shopping" just why she does so, you'll usually hear something like this; You can do a friend like that a real service. Ask her if she reads the advertisements. Usually she'll look sur- prised and say, "Not very often. What has that to do Tell her how you have your mind all made up before you hang the market basket over your arm....how you're 'able to save steps, budget your expenditures neatly, get what you want--and all with a minimum of time and effort.' Simply because you have the news of the shopping world at your finger-tips all the time, by * reading the advertisements every day. 5 Advertisements are news. Vital, practical news. News you need to keep on tap. Read the advertisements every day: I start out and look and look and look. ...and by the time I've found what I want I'm dead on my feet. All in, my dear. | mean | actually am!" And if you