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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929 Bl Ei a he Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding : THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER P . iN . An independent newspaper published every afternoon 'Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa. ! by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Sec: 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 Theulstions. ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES ~livered by carrier, 15c a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 year; United States, $5.00 a year. : TORONTO OFFICE $07 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,1929 WHY HESITATE ft is hard to understand why there should be any hesitation 'on the part of the city council in accept- ing the generous and public-spirited offer of Gordon D. Conant to donate to the city of Oshawa sufficient property on Simcoe Street South to widen the road- way there by fourteen feet, One would imagine that the very need of this street for widening would com- pel the attention of the council, and make it only too eager to embrace such an offer. One has only to pay a visit to Lakeview Park al- most any' summer evening, and particularly on Sun- day afternoon, to realize how much need there is for a better thoroughfare leading down tothe Take. At times the traffic congestion becomes more than serious, It is positively dangerous, and the wonder is that there have not been a great many accidents, due to thé crowded condition of a narrow thorough- fare. The offer made by Mr. Conant is a generous one. He is willing to give to the city a strip of land four teen feet wide running practically all the way down to the lake from where his property begins. If the city felt inclined to purchase the property for the widening project, which is becoming more necessary each summer, this land would cost a considerable sum. Yet it is being offered as a gift, and there are those on the cotincil who would 'hesitate before accepting it, Perhaps the laggards in accepting the offer are unable to understand the public spirit behind it. They may be wondering if there is some hidden motive which impels the donation, But surely the public service which Mr, Conant has rendered to the commune ity in the last fifteen to twenty years is sufficient guarantee that there are men who are willing to do big things for their city, and to do them with the hope only of finding the reward which always comes to virtue and generosity, Further delay may imperil the whole plan which makes a wider roadway to the lake possible, owing to the sale of some of the property involved to the Skin- ner Company of Gananoque, which is to locate there. It would be a matter for eternal regret were this present opportunity, therefore, to pass by, and the council would do well to make an immediate accept- unce of the offer. THE WARD SYSTEM It is entouraging to find 'that there are some men in the city council who have not forgotten the duty they owe to the over four hundred electors of Osh awa who presented a petition late last year, request- ing a vote of the electors on a bylaw to institute the election of the council by general vote, instead of by the ward syste, This petition, it will be re- called, was shelved in the dying hours of the 1928 council, and it is still lying on the shelf, Monday night's council meeting, however, indicated that it is not going to be left there indefinitely, There are those aldermen who were in the council last year who realize there is an obligation, by law, to' sub- mit the bylaw which is asked for in the petition. In that view, they are perfectly correct, for the statutes of Ontario specifically provide that where a petition of over four hundred names requesting such.a vote is presented to the council, the only proper alterna: tive is to Submit the bylaw. It may be, of course, that some of the aldermen are opposed to adopting the ward system, and for that reason arc opposing the taking of the vote. In this question, however, the ward system is mot on trial. The council is not asked to decide whether the ward system shall be adopted or not. That is the prerogative. of the people of Oshawa. The issue before the council is whether the rights given to the four hundred clectors who signed the petition by the laws of the province are to be respected or over-ruled. That is a much bigger issue than the method of electing a council. It is an issue which involves the rights and liberties of a free people. Any body which chooses to ignore such a petition is deliberately de- fying the laws of Ontario, and is running counter to the democratic system of government which is the inherent night of the Canadian people. From that 'standpoint, the council ¥ 1929 should go one " better thay the council of 1928\and, when the proper time comes, should make provision for the vote of the peopleion the form which they desire their muni- cipal government to take. \ . A LIFE OF SERVICE 4 ! It was 'an interesting amd a significant ceremony which took place at the 'Albert Street United Church on Sunday morning when Harry Lynch, a well-known and mucherespected citizen of Oshawa, was awarded a handsome certificate on the completion of twenty- one years of continuous service as Sunday School * supefintendent. Tueaty-ong years is a long time to stisk to any | task of a voluntary nature, and Mr. Lynch stands forth as a aitizen of the type which means much to Oshawa, The influence of the Sunday School on the lives of boys and girls is tremendous, and in twenty- one years of service in the capacity of a Sunday School leader, Mr. Lynch must have touched many lives with a beneficial influence. As a leader, in his own chosen way, of the young people of the city, Mr, Lynch is worthy of congratulation on his faith- fulness to his post of duty in a work which is of the highest value, : WARNING TO SLOW DRIVERS The Hon, George.S. Henry is finding plenty of support in the press for his attitude in upholding a magistrate who fined a slow driver on the ground that 'his driving was dangerous to the public. The slow car driver is condemned almost as much as the reckless driver, and is looked upon by motorists gen- erally as an even greater nuisance on the roads as the man who tears along at a reckless speed. There is much to be said in favor of this attituue in these days of crowded highways. Many accidents are caused by motorists cutting in on' crowded high- ways, but it is not usually recognized that the prac- tice of cutting in arises from the fact that there is, at the head of the traffic line, a motorist who is hold- ing up scores of others because he refuses to drive his car at a reasonable rate of speed. There are those, of course, who will uphold the slow driver.. Sometimes he cannot help himself. Fe may be driving a new car, and be living up to the manufacturers' instructions not to drive it over 20 or 25 miles an hour for the first few hundred miles. On the other extreme, he may be driving so old a car that to speed it up would be to place himself in' danger of having it fall to pieces. In both of these cases, there is some excuse for the slow driver, although he is a nuisance to those who wish to keep up the legal speed limit, There might also be the excuse that the slow dri- ver is out for pleasure, out to enjoy the scenic beau- ties of the province. If that be the case, however, he can find more enjoyment by keeping to the less heavily travelled traffic avenues. There is much more pleasure in driving slowly over the back country roads than there is in ambling along on a crowded high- way, with a crowd of irate motorists sounding their horns in the rear, or cutting in every few minutes. The crux of the situation, howkver, is found in the fact that the department of highways has placed the seal of its approval on the driver who persists in going along ata slow rate of speed. This should be a warning to those who prefer slow driving to keep to the less travelled roads when the traffic is heavy on the highways, and if this were done, there woud be less danger to those who prefer a speed nearer the legal limit, : THE COLOR LINE The color line between black and white in some sections of the United States is a peculiar thing. It is reported that many of the leaders of public opin- ion in the United States are up in arms against President Hoover because he recognized, 'socially, the wife of a negro congressman from an Illinois district, and that they have declared that this ace tion is a great blow to the stability of the South, It is hard for Canadians to fully understand the antipathy of the Southerners to the negro race. It is founded on more than the mere fact that the ne- groes were formerly slaves, and that the present gen- eration of colored people is descended from slaves. People coming from the southern states declare quite emphatically that on moral grounds their antagonism to the negroes is quite justified, and that they have, in 'their large negro population, a serious menace to combat, That may be very true, but it is hard to find fault with President Hoover's position. The negress who he recognized was the wife of a regularly-elected rep- resentative of the people of a section of the United States, and to have refused her the recognition due her on account of her husband's position would have been a direct insult to those who elected him. However, on such 'small things as this hinges the fate of rulers and dynasties. Hoover's election was to some extent due to his ability to take a large sec- tion of the south away from the traditional Demo- cratic allegiance, and with the color line so tightly drawn 'in that section, the incident is likely to have some political repercussions, even although the United States - constitution declares that all men are bora free and equal: EDITORIAL NOTES Patronize the Rotary Club "Street Fair tonight, The federal parliament has closed a session which has been notable for the amount of wasted words. : Lloyd George would like to be the British Musso- lini, but he is likely to find that it is not se easy in Britain as it is in Italy, A Kentucky woman died at the age of 101 after smoking a. cigar, Wonder is the smoking habit had 'anything to do with her early death, More and more Ontario communities are adopting daylight saving time. The day is coming when it will have to be made province-wide. The acroplane accident which cost seven lives in the English Channel proves that flying is becoming almost as dangerous as motoring. A German historian claims his country never naa any desire for war. That does not agree very well with his fellow-writers previous to 1914, Deseronto is to be complimented on honoring the United Empire Loyalists. They made a wonderful contribution to the pioneer days of Ontario, Tomorrow night should see the whole of Oshawa assembled near the Four Corners. The Rotary Club Street Fair is going to be a wonderful event this year, Sault Ste. Marie's latest thriller is a story about a fight between a hawk and a cat. Jim Curran must have something to fill the gap between the woli- hunting seasons, MacDonald is not losing any 'time in discussing world peace proposals with the United States. That is because the Labor premier is in deadly earnest over the matter. The Hon. R. B. Bennett is touring Ontario at the same time as a circus. It will not be hard to guess whigh will baye the larger audiences, 4 By James W. Barton, M.D. FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS The flu swept through your district the past autumn and winter season and left grief in the homes of many. It has been estimated that from 30 to 40 per cent. of the entire population had the flu in a mild or severe form. As you think of this, remember also that the scourge, cancer, still takes its terrible toll of lives. you wonder how much progress the med- ical profession is really making. And yet it would be well we would recall the words of the speak- er at the fiftieth anniversary of a University recently. "Pasteur has proved the germ theory of disease and physicians now know how to fight or ward off these organisms. Lister has taught us how to make surgery safe. Before his time, the majority of patients died after op- erations, Smallpox and typhoid fever are banished by preventive vaccination. The hundreds of thousands that were swept off the earth by these scourges is a matter of only recent history. Diphtheria and scarlet fever can be prevented, or cured if contracted. Patients with tuberculosis are plac- ed in sanatoriums and a large num- ber are cured. If thyroid or other ductless gland is deficient in its work the condition can be helped by glandular extracts. Diets that are deficient can be cor- rected by appropriate foods contain. ing vitamines. Babies receive such care before, during, and after birth, that but a small fraction die at birth or during the first year. Hospitals are now eagerly sought by thousands of patients with no fear or dread any more, because they have proven their worth, And when you remember that prac- tically all this progress has come about during the latter part of the last century and the first part of this, then you are willing to be a little patient with research physic. fans in their search for-the cause of cancer and for a preventive of flu. Further many who are wealthy are now giving of their means to en- able gifted and enthusiastic physic- fans to give their entire time to this research work, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act) « Bits of Humor - HORRORS OF THE NEXT WAR A daily paper states that a new musical instrument combining a saxo- phone and bagpipe has been invented. That's not a musical instrument--it's a weapon.--Passing Show (London). ANCIENT RETAINER Lady (making her will, to lawyer) --And I wish to leave the sum of twenty pounds to my old and valued parlormaid, Eliza Jenkins, who has served me well and faithful for over six- months.--Punch (London). JUST ONCE WOULD' DO An aeroplane built for an American |, millionaire contains a bathroom. An excellent shower may be obtained by the occupant of the bath who clings tightly to the rim and then signals to the pilot to loop the loop a few times. --~Humorist, : MIGHTLY POOR CHANCE Little Milton came home from Sun- day school with a mit box. "Why do they call it a mit box, Mother?" asked Milton. "Because," chirped in his brother, "you might put something in it and you might not."--The Churchman, WHAT LUCK! Young Husband--I did not marry you for your money, you know, rather in spite of it. Money does not make happiness; infact, the less money, the more happiness! Young. Wife--Then, darling, we shall be wonderfully happy--Daddy went bankrupt yesterday. -- Passing Show (London). Bits of Verse I KNOW SOMETHING GOOD 3 ABOUT YOU Wouldn't this old world be better, If the folks we meet would say, "I know something. good about you." And then treat us just thaf way? Wouldn't it be fine and dandy, If each handclasp, warm and true, Carried 'with it this assurance, "I know something good about you?" Wouldn't life be lots more happy, 1f the good that's in us all Were the only thing about us That folks bothered to recall? Wouldn't life be lots more happy, If we praised the good we see? For there's such a lot of goodness In the worst of you and me. Wouldn't it be nice to practice That fine way of thinking too? You know something good about me! I know something good about you! --Selected, DESPERATE REMEDIES--And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out. and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.--Matthew 5:29. PRAYER--May our purity, Lord, be more precious to us than all else besides. hie + wn. & + cn and GAMBLING LURES | WOMEN OF FRANCE Said to be More Reckless Gamblers Than " Men Paris, June 19.--Official France began Tuesday to take cognizance of the fact that the women of the Republic, more especially of Paris, have gone in very heavily for gam- bling. Mademoiselle, always seeking something new in the way of sen- sations, has taken a great fancy to the green-covered tables of tne casinos, occasioning great worry to the social workers of France, who see in the latest fud a great men- ace to the futuge of the country. At one time women gamblers were a class to themselves. In the season at Monte Carlo they haunt. od, as they still do, the tables of the resort, working out innumer- able codes for beating the game and making a profound study of how to win money. Now, it develops, a new genera- tion of women gamblers has sprung up, who seek not so much to win money as to gain sensations. Une der the French law the gambling resorts in Paris must be licensed clubs. To secure the right to play at any time in the year each per- son must become an associate, But during the tourist season all tne gambling clubs are permitted to throw their doors open to all, To cope with the new clientele which has sprung up--the young girls of Paris--many new licensed establishments have been establish- ed, besides the innumerable unli. censed resorts which exist. The fashion now is to go to the gambling house after an hour or two in the gay restaurants. Play at the principal casinos begins in real earnest about midnight and continues until the small hours of the morning, when the automue biles, crammed with tired-faced girls, start rushing from the gam- ing houses homeward. Experts state that women are far more reckless in the gambling operations than men. From time to time they succeed in pulling off sensational coups, A number of young French women who formed a gambling syndicate and attacked several large banks in succession won $100,000 in a short time. The women do not confine their gambling activities to the gambl- ing houses. At the race tracks they are as numerous as the men. Once the mademoiselles went to the races only to show off their fin- eries. Nowadays they add to the ex- citement by betting on the races-- heavily--and wagering even among themselves, EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ARE SOUGHT Mass Meeting to be Held in Berlin This Month Washington, D.C, June 19.--Equal- ity for women in morals, working conditions and pay will be sought by women from all over the world at the mecting of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship in Berlin June 17 to 22, While women have made tremen- dous advances since the alliance was formed 25 years ago, much remains to be done. Suffrage is still to be won in connection with nationality, the unmarried mother and the legal posi- tion of married women, Twenty-four American women at- tend the meeting. All of them are members of the League of Women Voters, the only affiliated member or- ganization in the United States. Mrs. Ann Webster, a practicing attorney, of Washington, will attend as a rep- resentative on the committee for an equal moral standard against the traffic in women. The American delegation is headed by Miss Belle Sherwin of Cleveland, president of the National League of Women Voters. Mrs. Carrie Chap- man Catt, founder and first president of the International Alliance, will be unable to attend. NO LONGER REFUGE FOR CRIMINALS Several Wanted Members Now at Large at Colony Manila, P.I, June 19.--Macao, that Portuguese colony 'on the coast of southern China, which for years has been a refuge for fugitives from jus- tice from the Phillipines, is no longer a haven, In the past, criminals fleeing from the Philippines felt that they were safe if they reached Macao, but their sense of security was blasted recent- ly when "the Macao government granted the extradition of Joseph L. Wilson, Wilson was convicted in Manilia of having embezzled through forgery $200,000 from the San Carlos Milling Company, a sugar concern. He fled from the islands while his case was being appealéd. Like others before him, he headed for Macao. Because of the circumstances the Philippine. government decided to bring him back if possible. Much to Wilson's surprise, he was arrested in Macao and extradited a few weeks after his flight. Back in the Philip- pines, Wilson now faces a 2l-year- prison term, for his appeal was dis- missed when he fled. The insular department of justice estimates that there were at least eight and perhaps 14 others in Macao who are wanted heres We offer the ERCHANTS of Oshawa can substantially increase the earning power of their Sav- ings by depositing them with the Central Canada Loan and Sav- ings Company. Why not decide now to make the Surplus Funds of the Busi- ness and your Personal Savings earn our 4% Interest Rate. For the convenient transaction of your business, our Offices are open every day, including Satur- day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our customers always feel free to consult us concerning any financial matters, May we Jook forward to serving you? [AN AND SAVINGS ( OSHAWA' BRANCH OFFICE: 23 SIMCOE ST. NORTH Operated Under Government Inspection Re lal Merchants Interest on Savings Subject toWithdrawal bey Check Business hours 8 a.m to 5 p.m, including Saturday. QSL AVR @AL AVDA OMPANY TORONTO HEAD OFFICE: KING & VICTORIA STS. 08 "A SAFE PLACE FOR SAVINGS A Record of Accomplishment There is a class of people who, while not active opponents of the League of Nations, consider it merely the expression of an ideal which is impossible of accomplish- ment and who mistakenly contend that it has done little up to date to justify its existence. This propaganda sprang origin. ally from "sources very actively op- posed to both international peace and the League itself and it has done a great deal of harm and ali- enated the support of many who would otherwise be earnest advoe cates of the policies of Geneva. No unfairer and more unde- served stigma was ever attacheu to any great public institution. To make this clear let us very briefly enumerate some of the real accomplishments of the League since its inception, along the line of its chief objective, which is to prevent war. In 1920 Sweden and Finland were on the verge of War over the Aaland Islands. Seeing the danger the British Government called tor a special meeting of the League Council. It met and the dispute was soon settled. Finland got the islands but was bound to prevent their fortification and to grant the islanders a large measure of self- government. In November 1921 a Jugo-Slav army invaded Albania, threatening another Balkan War and again the Council assembled in haste. The Council threatened Jugo- Slavia with an economic blockade unless the troops were withdrawn. As a result of this act a loan then being negotiated for that country by foreign bankers was dropped and Jugo-Slavia exchange collaps- ed. Within two weeks the invad- ing troops were withdrawn and the crisis was passed. Again in the same year almost another Great War was threatened and France and Britain were es- tranged. This arose over the dis- posal of Upper Silesia. In inm country Poles and Germans were hopelessly intermingled. France was determined that the territory should be annexed to Poland and Britain just as determined that it should become a part of Germany. In the deadlock the League was appealed to and within two months it presented a compromise settle- ment satisfactory to both nations and to he people of Silesia. Then here was the Corfu crisis in 1923 when it seemed as if 1t were impossible to prevent war be- tween Italy and Greece. Some Ital- ian members of a boundary coms mission were murdered on Greek territory. Italy sent an ultimatum to Greece and not receiving a satis factory reply bombarded the Greek port of Corfu killing and wounding many civillans. The Conference a settlement on the contending par- ties and Italy was forced to with- draw her extreme demands on Greece. War again loomed menacingly in the dispute between Britain and Turkey over the ownership of Mo- sul. Turkey claimed it as her own and Britain contended that it was part of the mandate of Irak. A clash between British and Turkish troops was expected at any mo- ment. The League Council inter- vened. For a time Turkey chal- lenged the decision of the lL.eague but when it was finally referred to the World Court the pressure of public opinion forced her to yield. The last big crisis occurred in that ancient breeding ground of in- ternational wars--The Balkans. A shot fired on the borders of those ancient enemies Greece and Bul. garia, resulted in the immediate invasion of Bulgaria by a Grecian army. Once more the Balkans were in flames, On the appeal of Bulgaria the League gave both countries just one day to issue or- ders for complete demobilization. Those orders were carried out and not only that, but Greece was con- demned to pay heavy damages for. invading its neighbour's territory. In the most recent threat of war the League brought about peace. cial matters. FARM FINANCE The business of farming under present day conditions requires considerable knowledge of finan. Consult the manager of the nears est branch of The Dominion Bank, who is always willing to discuss your problems with yous | THE DOMINION BANK Oshawa Branch ' L. W, JOYCE, Mgr TOBIE STOCKS rRLONG &@ BONDS GRAIN , Head Office: Reford Building _BAY AND WELLINGTON STS. 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