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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929 The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered carrier, 10c a a delivery limits), in the Counties Ontario, Durham and N $3.00 dbs elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 & year; United States, $5.00 a year. 2 . "TORONTO OFFICE Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone - Adelaide 0107, H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicage. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929 THE HARMONY TRAGEDY i---- Coroner Rundle has decided that he will' hold no inquest into the death of Miss Helen Wright, Peterboro girl who was drowned in Harmony Creek in the storm on the night of April 5, when the bridge collapsed under the strain of flood waters. It is unfortunate that such a decision has been reached, for if ever there was a tragedy in which an inquest was justified, this was such edy. : Sa pi OTR which Dr. Rundle gives for his decision will not go far towards satisfying the public mind regarding the fatal accident. In his explanation, he uses the following 'words: «If the body of either victim had been pinned down by concrete slabs or, earth to show that a defective bridge' had been the v of the accident, then there would have been cause for the holding of an inquest." Further on in his statement, he says. "What work of man could have prevented such a tragedy when the bridge, which pos- sibly was not of the strongest type, weakened in its supports and gave 'way. But there was every evidence that the bodies were not pinned down by the bridge, therefore the giving way of the bridge could have had nothing to do with the drowning of the victims." These two statements are hardly consistent with each other, nor with the facts which are known. It there is a possibility that the bridge was not of the strongest type, then there is a possibility that it was defective for the purpose for which it sas erected, namely, to carry traffic over a stream which, from its past history, was known to have been subject to floods. It is far removed from the facts, also, to say that "the giving way of the bridge could have had nothing to do with the drowning of the victims" Tad the bridge not given way, they could have crossed in safety. But instead, the car went through the broken bridge and into the creek, and the victimk were washed down stream py che rushing water. The public mind will hardly be satisfied with the explanation as given, Even if it done nothicg else, an inquest would have cleared the alr, and satisfied the public that everything possible was being done to have the department of highways go advised of the circumstances that precautions would be taken in future construction work to prevent another such tragedy. It may be perfectly true that, with the bridge as it was, "possibly not of the strongest type," as Dr. Rundle suggests, 'no work of man could have prevented such a tragedy," yet it is possible that an inquest would have resulted in such recom- mendations from the jury as would have pre- vented a recurrence, Nothing can now bring back to life the victims of the tragedy, but surely everything should be done to protect lives from similar occurrences in future, and the holding of an inquest would have resulted in such recom- ing such accidents, finding out the contributory factors, and trying to remedy them for the future prctection of the public, : TO ENCOURAGE TOURISTS Jf Oshawa has any desire to make its camping facilities attractive to tourists, and thus to encourage them to make use of the ground which is provided here for that purpose, it is essential that steps should be taken to improve the approach to Lakeview Park, where the tourist camp is located. At present, the road leading down to the lake is in a wretched condi- tion, such as would make any motorist think twice before traversing it the whole way to the lake. It may be that the board of works of the city council: has every intention of putting it in good condition in the near future, but summer is fast approaching, and if the work is to be done before the season is here, thus preventing repair work being in progress while the rush of traffic is on, an early start is im- perative. A WORTHY ORGANIZATION A few days ago The Times found occasion to make some comment on an address delivered in this city a little over a week ago by Denton Mas- sey, of Toronto. In some quarters, the feeling has been created that this comment was a criticism of the City Young People's Union, under whose auspices the meeting at which Mr, Massey spoke was held. The Times hastens to correct this impression, For the City Young People's Union, we have noth- ing but the highest regard. It is an organization which is striving to do wholesome and a splendid work amongst the young people of Oshawa, and it is deserving of the highest commendation for its worthwhile efforts to bring to Oshawa as speakers men who are prominent in the life of | . young' le of to-day. ; 'The City Young People's Union could not, of course, be held. responsible for the remarks of Mr. Massey. Its officers brouglit him here because |' he was sn outstanding Bible class teacher in Tor- onto, and if his speech was such as to merit criticism, not only from The Times, but also from many who heard it, and who have since express- 'ed the strongest approval of the comment made "by this newspaper, the City Young People's Union is by no mesns to blame, and it can go on with its work in the knowledge that its work has the fullest support of The Times and of the better- thinking people of the community. BEAUTIFYING A CITY A campaign has been launched by the Toronto Business Men's 'Association with the object of beau- tifying their city, Even in a city like Tofonto, with its busy industrialisni, and its intense business atmo- sphere, realizes that business is not everything in a community, but that the finer things of life, such as a sense of the beautiful and an appreciation of har- monious surroundings, have an important part in city building. . : When 2 city like Toronto, with all its handicaps "in the way of unsightly factories and other buildings, spread-eagled over a large area, can devote attention to, civic beautification, surely Oshawa, with a much finer' natural' background and setting, cannot afford to lef this matter go by default. There are oppor- tunities in abundance for the beautification of Osh- awa as a community, and this object is one which is well worth the leadership of patriotic citizens. EDITORIAL NOTES A scientist has found that the Sahara was not always a desert. This leaves some hope for the United States yet. The eternal triangle is proment in: a new form in the British general election with over 1700 can- didates for 615 seats. A British airman has evolved a flivver aero- plane. But has he found a way of reaching safelv when the engine stalls? A man's league for 'sensible clothing has been organized in New York. Couldn't a league of this kind be extended to the other sex? A man up in northern Ontario found gold while digging a posthole. But this is not likely to cause the occupation to become popular. Henry Ford had a hard year in 1928, and his cash on hand was reduced to $582,629,663. But he is not yet thinking of applying for relief, April is becoming the popular month for mare riages instead of June. Perhaps courtships mature more rapidly than they used to do. It is hard to say what the British heckler, that noted figure in election campaigns, will do now that the radio is being used for campaign speeches. The old tradition regarding Scotsmen is some- what rudely shattered by the mews that not one of them has joined the free speech movement in Toronto. Merriton has a four legged chicken, Here's hoping that type does not become common. Those with two legs do quite enough damage to the ave:- age garden, Married men are sald to be smarter than single ones. Yet the Liberal party, the Conservative party and the C.P.R., have living examples that this is not always so « Other Editors' Comment STICKS TIGHT (Stratford Beacon and Herald) We wish the tax collector would develop the hit- and-run habit. He hits all right, but stays right there until the injured victim coughs up. PUBLIC SERVICE 4 (Vancouver Sun) The modern newspaper, believing in the force of newspaper advertising, regards journalism, not mere- ly as a source of its own profits, but as a source of prosperity to the city it represents. TO BUY SWIMMING PLACE (Kingston Whig-Standard) If the Kiwanis club of Kingston needed to do any one thing to justify its existence in the city, it per- formed that deed on Monday by deciding on the pur- chase of "Sandy Bottom," solely for the preservation of the favorite beach as the "old swimming-hole" for the children of the city, to say nothing of the hun- dreds of adults who patronize the place daily during the summer. MAKING THE FARM POPULAR (Fort William Times-Journal) Pessimistic views as to the future of Canadian culture should have been dispelled from the mind of anyone who attended the winding-up dintder given to the pupils of the short courses which have been held here. The enthusiasm that was evident among all the students proved that education in scientific methods of farming can be as fascinating as any other type of learning, when it is carried out under teach- ers who love their work and by boys and girls who are in a receptive m It is not hard to realize that the practical teaching which they receive at these courses is a eal more attractive to the active minds of the young folks than is the laborious mem- orizing of "amo, amas, amat," or the struggle with a recalcitrant conic (not comic) section. IN THE WOODS Softly I steal thro' a woodland dell, ere winter's king rejoices; For Nature lies lifeless beneath his spell, ' And hushed are the summer's voices! No care-free larks their songs are trilling, And the once leafy trees stand bare, Like solemn old warriors vely fulfilling Their vows to keep sentinel there! But my heart with joy doth ring, From the moss is a snowdrop peeping; And it breathes out a promise of spring, From the land where the flow'rets are sleeping! --Ethel T. Arnot. By James W . Barton, M.D. MEDICAL STUDENTS AND COOKING While it h#s always been women's work to cook food for the house- hold, it must be admitted that when) men get right down to it they make excellent cooks also, . But that any group of men should undertake a course in cooking as part of their regular work may come as a surprise to you. And that this group of men should be professional men, doctors, may still further sur- prise you. And yet a news item some months ago announced that the medical ttudents. of John Hopkins University will be given a course in cooking. Now whilst Hopkins is not the old- est medical college in the United States, it ranks with the very high- est, and that it thinks it necessary for a medical student to know how to cook, is an indication of how very important is food and its' preparation, for sick folks. . The news item stated further "The importance of diet in the treatment of disease is generally recognized. Students should, be taught not only what food to prescribe for their future patients but also how it should be prepared to make it digestible and asty." Now the cooking end is most im- portant and these new methods whereby the juices in which food is cooked are retained, means that the patient gets the full value in calories of the food cooked, and also the vitamins, However the other point, its taste to the palate, how the patient wants or looks forward to cating, is just as important as the quality, cooking, and digestibility of the food. You know how it is, even when you are well, but have remained indoors or been kept there by weather con- ditions, how you are not really keen for food, not hungry, If you are well and have been outdoors you come in and will eat anything that has been prepared. You can readily understand then how an individual who is not well, lying in bed indoors, must have something to induce him to eat. So even good food, well cooked, but served in an inviting way does not stir his appetite. What is necessary ? These medical students will have to learn also how to make the food "look nice," and the tray and dishes also, if they are to start the digestive Juices running. s For you will remember that not only the saliva in the mouth but the gastric juice in the stomach start flowing at the "sight" of a meal that is attractive to the patient. This may be the hard part for these medical students to learn. - (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). - Bits of Humor - FEMININE VARIETY? "They say his fortune runs to six figures." : "Yeah, I've seen: them,"'--Life, MORE IMPORTANT He: If you refuse me I shall never love another. She: Will that be true if I ac- cept you?--Answers. QUITE SO! Parent: My son has many orig- inal ideas, has he not? Teacher: Yes, especially spelling.--Tt-Bits. oe PLAYING THE GAME (Lite) Friend: "What did you do when you found, out your husband was leading a double life?" Wife: "Oh, I redoubled." A TOUGH JOB "So Helene is playing the shy, demure young thing now?" "Yes, and her grandmother's trying to teach her to blush.".-- Lite. GETTING SHORTER He: Another new dress? She: I can hardly bear the old ones. He: And I can hardly see this new one.--Lustige Koelner Zeit- ung, Cologne. TRY AN' PINCH IT Cop: Aren't you afraid to leave your raccoon coat there in the rum- ble seat? Motorist: It's all right officer. A friend of mine is inside minding it. --Judge. to see QUITE PLEASED Brown---Were you really pleased that the woman next door had a new coat? Mrs. Brown--Not at first; but I was as soon as I found out it wasn't real fur.--Draper"s News. OBEYED "Here! You, sir!" cried the irate old gentleman, 'Didn't I tell you never to enter this house again," "No, sir," replied his daughter's persistent suitor. '"You said I was not to 'cross your threshold." so I climbed in at the window.""--The FAILURE--Woe to him that build- eth a town with blood and estab- lisheth a city by iniquity.--Habak- kuk 2:12, . : PRAYER--O God, Thou hatest every unclean thing, for thou art' of purer eyes than to behold 'evil, | both legs injured when, TODAY'S LIST OF AUTO ACCIDENTS RUN OVER BY TRUCK Toronto, May 7.--J. Eddie of 92 Alridge avenue, a porter in the employ of the R, 8. McLean com- pany at-26 Lombard street, had while kneeling on the ground at work, a truck backed over him. The truck, owned by the Miller Cart- age company, was being driven by George Rice of 76 Clinton street. SKULL FRACTURED Mattawa, May 7.--Theodore Tremblay, 20, Mattawa electrician, was fatally injured here last even- ng when an auto which he was driving capsized in a ditch, His skull was fractured, and he died in the Mattawa hospital early to- day. Several others in the car escaped with minor cuts and bruises. VETERAN KILLED Toronto, May 7.--James Wat son, aged 62, a war veteran room- ing at 82 Berkeley street, was probably fatally injured yesterday afternoon when struck down by a motor truck on Front at Frederick street. Watson was hurled several feet sustaining a fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain. At St. Michael's Hospital his con- dition is sald to be very critical. STRUCK WHILE WORKING Toronto, May 7.--Gerald O"Sul- livan, of 22 Moutray street, T.T.C track worker, was struck by an automobile while at work near the corner of Yonge and Queen streets early oday. He was taken to St. Michael's hospital suffering from slight injuries about the body. J. L Rumble is held on a charge of reckless driving. PEDESRIAN INJURED Toronto, May 7.--Serious head injuries were sustained yesterday morning by William Brownlee, aged 63, of 32 Baltic Avenue, whem he was run down on Danforth Avenue near Jones Avenue by the motor car of Frank 'Plaxton of Cornish Road. Brownlee was taken to the East General Hospital in a sem-conscious condiiton. cident occurred within a few yards of the scene of the cave-in which cost the life of 7-year-old Kenneth Veal on Saturday night, Nearly a million dozen eggs were exported by Canada during the 12 months ending January 31, 1929, practically twice as many as for the previous year. Of Canada's total hog market ings, more than $20,000,000 worth or 40 per cent of the total was con- The ac-| LETTERS BERNARD SHAW REALIZE HIGH PRICES Value of the Book - London, May 7.--George Ber- nard Shaw's letters are now be- coming one of the piquant items in every auction of books and manuscripts, not only for the astonishing prices they realize, but for the self-revelation they con- tain. At Hodgson's rooms one autograph letter, which realized $250, revealed him as a violent critic of his own early work "Cashel Byron's Profession", novel" and in another he offers frank advice to a correspondent on how he "might finally become, like me, a prosperous tradesman, as well as a celebrated artist." Indeed, Mr. Shaw has only to write his name on one of his books to add $250 to $500 to its value even though its published price may be no more than $1.50, One presentation copy of the first edition of "John Bull's Other Island" which he signed and gave to the late Henry Arthur Jones, the dramatist, fetched $500, while $300 was paid for an uncut copy of '"Widawers' Houses" and $300 for a first edition of "Plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant." In thn face of these prices for fragments of Mr, Shaw's handwriting, the imagination reels at any attempt to estimate via what might he realized for say, the complete manuscript of "Back to Methus- elah." AUSTRALIAN BOYS RETURN T0 CANADA Will Spend Three Days Sight-seeing in Winnipeg Winnipeg, May 7.--~Three days will be spent in Winnipeg by the members of the Young Australia Lea- gue, who are touring Canada and the United States, and who arrived here yestérday from Chicago. 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Head Offices TORONTO, CANADA tions, and spoke briefly on the pat played by the Dominion and the Commonwealth in the war. 'tne wreath, he sdid, was presented "in the memory of the brothers of the sister Dominions who made the great- est of all sacrifices in the love of their Empire." Major J. J. Simmons, the founder of the Young Australia movement, and manager of the present tour, ex- pressed his appreciation in replying to the Mayor's address of come. The directors of the Alberta Co- operative Livestock pool have been instruc'ed to Investigate the feas- ibility of establishing a packing plant, and to proceed with the pro- ject if the finding are favourable. SroBl STOCKS BONDS Head Office: Reford Building BAY AND WELLINGTON STS TORON S. F. 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