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PAGE FOUR "Tie Oshawa Bally Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER An indep t paper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Sec- retary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- 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' of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, #500 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929 OPPORTUNITY OPENING UP The granting of a provincial charter to the Oshawa Industrial Foundation, Limited, a company sponsored by officers of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce to play a vital part in the development of the city, should mark the beginning of a new era in the in- industrial growth and progress of Oshawa. It must not be thought, of course, that the secur- ing of the charter for the company is the main; es- sential to this growth and' progress, nor that it is the end of even a stage on the road, The citizens must not expect too much of the new concern. Its function is merely to provide opportunities for firms which wish to locate here in a small way, firms which might have possibilities for developing into big things. But it cannot go out and pick off, overnight, a num- ber of new industries for the city. The chief usefulness of the company, of course, lies in the fact that it is ready to take action should the opportunity open up. It has the power to con- struct factory incubator buildings( to be leased or sold to prospective industries, and in this way it will provide something for which there is a crying need in Oshawa. The city, however, is fortunate in that it has such citizens as the men who are behind the new com- pany. They are in it, not with any hope of gain, but rather because they are anxious to serve their city, and enable it to develop as they feel it should develop when opporfunities open up for securing new indus- tries for Oshawa. THE VALUE OF BRAKE TESTS Within the last week or so the police of Oshawa have been testing the brakes on automobiles on the streets of the city. In far too many cases, the brakes have been found defective to such an extent that the pwners of these cars can thank their luck that they nave not been involved in accidents. For this reason, a periodical check by the. police on brakes is a good thing. This has been proven in Toronto, where three periodical tests have been made. The first, made last October, produced the amazing record that 81 per cent of the cars tested had de- fective brakes. In the second test, made last month, only ten per cent of defective brakes were found, and in the third test, last week, the number has dropped to five per cent, This illustrates the value of brake tests by the police. When motorists know that they may be stop- ped at any moment to have a police officer test their brakes, they are more likely to see that they are kept in perfect condition. Perfect braking is an absolute essential in safe car driving in these days of heavy traffic, and if the police tests are securing an improvement in this important feature, they should be continued. ; CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS One of the engineers of the highways department of the province of Manitoba has been making an analysis of all the automobile accidents in that pro- vince, so as to find out their causes. The outstand- ing fact that is brought to light by this survey is that. a very large percentage of accidents should never have occurred at all, since the use of common-sense in driving would have prevented them. For instance, 35.7 per cent of the accidents were caused by excessive speed in driving. Careless driv- ing is given as the cause for 159 per cént, so that these two main causes are responsible for over half of the automobile accidents. The remainder are divided between twelve other causes, and the only one of these in which mechanical defects in the car is given as a contributory factor is that of broken steering rods, responsible for 3.5 per cent of the ac- cidents," In all the other cases, the human element was in some way responsible. This information causes one to think seriously. With statistics of this kind before them, one would imagine that motor drivers would ever be on the alert, so that they would not be guilty of any of the mistakes in judgment responsible for accidents. But human nature is not built that way in uniformity, so acci- dents must always be expected, no matter how per- fect automobiles may be mechanically. The only hope one can: express is that drivers in general school themselves to safe and careful driving, so as to avoid any of the causes which are responsible for the ma- jority of mishaps on the highways. AMENDMENT REQUIRED The decision of the magistrate at Windsor in find- not guilty an oficial of the American Legion who sc-ved liquor at a banquet given in a Windsor hotel, comics os a surprise to those who were of the opinion ing THE OSHAWA DAILY 11MES, MUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1929 that the Liquor Control Act made such conduct an offence. i The ruling of the magistrate was that since the 'man responsible had rented the room in the hotel in which the liquor was served," and had secured the liquor with his permit, there was no offence against the law. This ruling, of course, is against the spirit and the intent of the Liquor Control Act, even though it may, by some technicality, be a correct one. There can be no question that, if this decision is one which can be upheld in law, there is something _ wrong with the law, The Liquor Control Act was never intended to allow liquor to be served at ban- quets in hotels, no matter what guise might be adopted ot make a technical evasion of the law. But if there is a loophole which makes such conduct legal, then the Liquor Gontrol Act needs to be amend- ed, and amended it should be at the next session of the legislature. BORDERING ON SACRILEGE The marathon Bible-reading contest which is be- ing conducted in Toronto is little short of sacrilege. No one can have a word to say against the reading of the Bible. A thorough study and knowledge of the sacred book is bound to have a refining influence on the life of the student. But there is a great dif- ference between reading the Bible, quietly and studi- ously in the solitude of one's room, and reading it aloud in a mad race against time and against other competitors. No one is benefited, for the words bc- come a meaningless repetition, and nothing is gained save a certain amount of motoriety achieved at the cost of making a mockery of the Word of God. BAN ON POISON GAS APPROVED The approval given by the preparatory commission of the League of Nations on disarmament to the principle that all kinds of poison and asphyxiating gases be banned in warfare is worth noting. The great war brought into being this inhuman and cruel form of waging war, and the world: will not readily forget the first occasion on which it was used by the German army. Those who were not killed by it were left with their lungs so infected that many of its victims are still dying a lingering death in hospital. Perhaps the ban on poison gas may be taken as a sign that the world is progressing in humanity, or it may be only a sign that the results' of its use in the last war were so terrible as to eradicate any desire to ever see it in action again. Even Germany, the first nation to use poison gas in war, is agreed that it should be abolished. If a simi- lar agreement can be reached in connection with all the other death-dealing instruments which constitute armaments for war, then progress will indeed have been made. EDITORIAL NOTES The need of the neighbour's chickens is one of the impelling reasons for planting the garden early. The present-day model of the happy warrior is pro- bably a Mexican rebel who has escaped across the border into the United States. Teachers in the school of experience sometimes 'demand high fees, but if their lessons are well learned, the pupil will find it worth the cost. The old tradition that preparedness will prevent war has not worked out very well in Chicago since the law-breakers started arming themselves. An United States legal authority says too many people are being sent to jail in that country. Un- fortunately the right people are not included in the 11st, "This is an election in which anything can hap- pen," says Sir Herbert Samuel, chairman of the Lib- eral party in Britain. But most elections are like that. , It cost about sixteen cents a day to feed each prisoner in the Hamilton jail last year. This is enough 'to make any thrifty housewive turn green with envy. . A traffic officer found that 50 motorists out of 400 he stopped had no drivers' license, Apparently the law regarding these licenses has no terrors for many motorists. 5 The fuss which has been made in Washing- ton over the social status of Mrs. Gann leads to the suggestion that the clause in the U.S. com- stitution about all men being born free and equal evidently does not apply to women. « Other Editors' Comment ~ | MANNERS OF YOUTH (Winnipeg Tribune) The truth is that the manners of young people have always differed from the manners of their parents, not only in their maturity but also in their youth. Old and middle-aged people who are honest with themselves will recollect how they in their young days were accused of being un- mannerly, arrogant and free-and-easy. The elders had, in their youth, their own way of being rude and. unmannerly; the young people now have theirs; and their children in turn will have yet another, over which they, in their turn, will shake disapproving heads. . THE RISING RACE (New York Herald-Tribune) Almost suddenly the white world has awaken- ed to a respect for the Negro as an artist which is aiding the more deliberate campaign to win him respect as a human being. Negro plays are success- ses, North and South, in an otherwise dull theatri- cal season; Negro lecturers are making inroads upon the British monopoly of the women's club lecture field; Negro music, from jaz to spirituals, has stormed the country. It is fmpossible to trace direct relationship between-these phenomena and a change in race attitudes, but that there is a growing change in race attitude no one can doubt. Bits of Verse » - » Ld A FRAGMENT There came a dawn to white Abydos' toweérs When Hero, tearless, all her tears being shed, Knew suddenly the end of those hushed hours W hen her strong, laughing boy, with wave-drenched . head, Would shake the sea from him, and maké the cliff their bed. Her heart stood still, clutched by the empty years; But then this thought came flooding like a tide, Though love is over, yet love was! The spears Of gricf were broken on her remembering pride. --Shaemas O'Sheel in Scribes. By James W. Barton, M.D. YOUR BODY AND YOUR MOTOR CAR Some six years ago I compared that body of yours to a motor car. The stomach is the gas tank. The small intestine is the carbureter, be- cause the small intestine is where the important "mixture" of the foods and digestive juices take place be- fore being absorbed into the blood. Your steering gear is your brain, Your springs are the arches of your feet, Your oiling system is the oil in the joints which allows the bones to come in contact with one another without friction, Then there is the oil in the skin which prevents it becoming' dry and harsh, and is a protection against water and other liquids. The lining surfaces of the body, like the nose, throat, intestine, and covering of the lungs, all manufac- ture a fluid to keep everything smooth and moist. Your tires are the connective tis- sue "cushions" that are found be- tween all the bones of your spinal column. These cushions fit in be- tween the bones which are sustain- ing your weight and take away the jar from 'that precious bundle of nerve tissue--the spinal cord--and thus form the brain itself. Your clutch is your power to put that body of yours into its right gear, low, second, high, or reverse. Your brain of course tells you which gear to run in, according to what you are doing. Sleeping is log gear; second gear for a hard job, just as the car uses second for a hard hill; and high gear for the usual tasks of life--your na- tural rate of speed. In reverse gear you are backing away or trying to undo some mistake you have made with that body of yours. : And your cooling system is your skin, Just as your car stalls or gets "seized" if it gets overheated, so would that body of yours if it were not for the skin's ability to lose heat. Your compression is your desire to work. In a car a little carbon inter- feres with compression and causes a leak. Similarly a little poison from the teeth, tonsils, intestine or else- where can lower your compression. Your brakes in the car enable you to _take care of emergencies. What about the ability of that body of yours to take care of emer- gencies ? . My space is limited, but the above is enough to show that your body has many points in common with a motor car. You can't replace worn parts, but your body 1s more wonderful than a motor car in that it has the power of healing or correcting its defects if .you give it a chance, (Registered in Accordance with the Copyright Act.) SIX FATALITES IN CITY OF TORONTO DURING WEEK-END TEN MORE OR LESS SERIOUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED Three of the Deaths Were'! Due to Accidents to Automobiles -------- Toronto, April dead, ten injured, one missing ling totals by which police records last night bore witness to one of the worst week-ends of accident and | violence in the city's history. Dead WILLIAM J. MAGINNIS, aged 74, 3 Crang avenue, struck by an auto. GEORGE C. BELL, president of the L.S. Brack Company of Canada. found dead in a room at the Ford hotel. MRS. VIOLET HENDERSON, aged 35, found dead in a gas-filled room at her home 103 Larchmount avenue, FREDERICK HILLMAN, aged 50, 882 Greenwood avenue, succumbed to motor accident injuries in Toronto East General Hospital, J. W. BARNES, aged 43, 18 Hill- crest drive, who was burned to death Saturday morning when his motor car crashed with a street car on the || Bloor viaduct. Ten Injured Of the ten persons injured were hurt by motor cars. these was Patrol-Sergeant William Gregory, a Belmont street division traffic officer who was struck by a woman motorist, now under arrest, while he was on point duty at St. Paul's church, Bloor street. Two oth- er drivers are under arrest in con- nection with other accidents and a fourth is sought by police. The person listed as missing is Miss Jean Routcliffe, aged 22, 17 Roscheath avenue, who has not been seen since she left her home on Fri- ay. eight Among MAN'S EXTREMITY, GOD'S 'OPPORTUNITY--When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.~Jonah 2: 'PRAYER--I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill, 22--Six persons || and || three under arrest, were the start- |! P. W. ELLIS, HYDRO PIONEER, IS DEAD AFTER OPERATION Was Chairman of T.T.C,, and Prominent in Many Other Enterprises Toronto, April 22--Philip William Ellis, pioneer of the Hydro-Electric power system of Ontario, chairman of the Toronto Transportation com- mission and prominent in a score of public and private enterprises, died vesterday at St. Michael's hospital, following a surgical operation. Mr. Ellis for several wecks had. been a patient at St. Michael's, and a few days ago his physicians deci- ded that an operation could no longer be postponed. The operation brought relief and his reaction was deemed most satisfactory. It was believed that he might soon regain health, when heart weakness supervened and was the immediate cause of death. A natural 'born business man, en- dowed with exceptional executive powers, Mr. Ellis' great aim in life was to render service to his fellow- men, especially to his native city. In addition to the other important posts which he filled, he was chairman of the Toronto Hydro-Electric commis- sion; of the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls (Ontario) Parks commission; first president of the Canadian Mau- ufacturers' association, and a mem- ber of the executive council when that body effected dominion-wide or- ganization in 1901-2; chairman of workmen's compensation committee of Canadian Manufacturers' associa- tion, representing the industrial in- terests of Ontario in the framing of the present workmen's compensation act; for many years chairman of the Canadian Manufacturers' association tariff committee; vice-chairman and treasurer of the Ontario power com- mission appointed by the municipali- ties in 1903; member of the first Hy- dro-Electric Power commission ap- pointed by the Whitney government mn 1906; and founder of the whole- sale and manufacturing jewelry es- tablishment of P, W. Ellis and com- pany. Entered Jewelry Business P. W. Ellis was educated at the Misses Reeve's school, the Model school and Jarvis collegiate. He com- menced his commercial career as un apprentice in the jewelry firm of W. C. Morrison. On completion of his term there he entered business for himself in 1877 and soon afterwards was joined by his twin brother, Mat- thew C. Ellis. From this humble be- ginning the firm of P. W. Ellis & Co., became one of the largest in its line in the dominion. Early in life Mr. Ellis took a keen interest in sport and won fame as a lacrosse player, bowler and curler. He was captain of the Maple Leaf la- crosse club, the first junior lacrosse club founded in Toronto. Mr. Ellis had been a member of Sherbourne United church virtually from boyhood. He was formerly a member of Queen City bowling and Rosedale Golf Clubs, also of the To- by his widow, formerly Miss Eliza- beth Kate Gooderham; two sons, Kenneth and Reginald of Toronto; four daughters, Mrs. Robert C. Campbell, Havershaw, N.Y., Mrs. G. S. Scott, Timmins, Ont, Mrs, Ern- est H. Finlayson of Ottawa, and Mrs. Kathleen Thomas, Toronto; al- so a sister, Mrs. Thomas Bowley, of Toronto, and two brothers, Charles E. and William G. Ellis, Toronto, PARENTS BLAMED FOR GIRLS DEATH Jury Says That They Were Guilty of Shameful Neglect Listowe, Auril 22.--Delibera'- ing for almost two hours, a coron- er's jury inquiring into the deaht of Almo Olive Wilson, a five-year-old daughter of Arthur Wilson, near Moorfield, in Wallace township, who died on April 10, came to the conclusion that the girl's death was due to blood poisoning, apparently caus- ed by shameful neglect and abuse on the part of her parents and also Hhiroush the lack of medical atten- on." Coroner Dr. D, A. Kidd of At- wood, was in charge, while G. G. McPherson, K.C., of Stratford, re- presented the crown, and H. B, Morphy, K.C.. of Listowel, appear- ed in the interests of the Wilsons, Fourteen witnesses were exam- ined and evidence went to show that the girl did not appear properly clothed and that at times had been ill-treated. The parents claimed she had not complained of being ill until the day of her death when she admitted she was a bit weak, but mainfained she would be al- right. MINAKI A Luxurious Stop-Over For Western Travellers Minaki Lodge, on the transcon- tinental line of Canadian Nati 1 Railways, in the deep forest coun- try of northwestern Ontario, 112 miles east of Winnipeg, provides a wonderful stop-over for Travel- lers to Western Canada. The magnificent Lodge is equip- ped with everything that makes fos modern comfort. You can golf or play tennis, hike, ride, swim, or go boating or fishing. There's plenty to do. and it will be a pleasing break in your long jour- ney. Ask any Canadian National Rail- ways Agent for literature.,and full information. The newest car on the market is The Roosevelt, but it is a cinch that no ad will refer to it as the The Rough Rider.--~Birmingham News. The Fiji Islanders own 1,074 auto- mobiles now. The day will come when all cannibal tribes will use them instead of spears.--Kay Feat- ures. ronto board of trade. He is survived |. Let Nothing Come Ahead of This =r of all, when you are paid, pay yourself. Unfailingly set aside a de- finite percentage of your earnings, deposit it in a savings account with us,-- and leave it untouched! Then plan to live comfort- ably on the balance of your earnings. In this way you are bound to succeed--to enjoy life much more, to be indepen- dent when independence means most. Be generous to yourself. OF COMMERCE with which is amalgamated (F THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA : i: | | StoBIE-FORLONG 8 @ STOCKS BONDS GRAIN Office: Reford AND WELLINGTON STS S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System : 11 King Street East, Oshawa -- Above C.P.R, Office Phones 143 and 144 _-- And those two words are as welcome as they are familiar, for they form a bond of confidence between the merchant and yourself. They are his guarantee to you of worth and value. Here is an article that has been described in your newspaper. Its merits have been told; possibly, too, its price. You knew its quality, its utility; you know how it fits into your needs. And when you buy it, you know you are getting not some unproved substitute but the specified article--as represented. It is easy to understand why that phrase, "as advertised," creates a feeling of confidence. You have learned to depend upon consist- ently advertised products. You know that the maker has confidence in them, else he would not spend money calling your attention to them day after day, and month after month. You know that they have been approved by the most critical of investigators--the buying public. And above all you know from experience that buying goods "as advertised" is the best investment you can make. '-- as advertised" OW many times you see those two words in the course of a day's shopping: "This artice for sale--as advertised." It pays to read the advertisements,