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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1931 , Withdrawn jg" bids fair to express the phe with Quebec, for no de: 88 to the course of action to rom the League for Wo. ghts, in view Montreal Bill drawn from consideration © Provincial in keeping with their re- a to the Dax. for the pres. 'ollowing 0. City 1@ for Women's Rights asked Joaunell to insert a clause in jntreal Bill to give the vote clause to give the muniei- nchise - to married 'women a8. to property, city authorities do not in. fly the feminists are to withdraw gracefully and advantage which they feel ined by having the City concede the principle of in the Provincial Legisla- but just what their tectics int, declines for the present Anyone who gives away the at sof actlon in advance fs sure t defeat," she stated em loo woulg never have been wou il the plan ot action had been given out beforehand. We are not going to tell." "We have obtained something rather important in the fact that the City Council conceded the principle of votes for women, and Just because of a hitch in proce dure we are not. going to give up the advantage wo gained, It was not exactly what we wanted, for wo asked for the vote without dis. tinction of matrimonial regime. They only favored giving = the municipal franchise to 'married women separate as to property, but nevertheless this did constitute a recognition of the principle of woman suffrage, and wo are not golng to sacrifice this gain." SNOT IR0PoED sts Will Adopt New ics If Montreal Bill \.-- Inelegent though @ may be 'keep 'em f the feminists in their in the battle for the franchise are forthe CITY COUNGHL. TO PROBE CHARGES (Qontinued from page 1) Donald, in which he repeated, to a large extent, the charges he made in spech prior to the mun- felpal election. in which he was a defeated candidate. He reiter- ated, in his letter, the chargos that Standard Paving Co, workmen had been pald by the company while working on an addition to the home of the city engineer, und also that an agreemont existed be- tween the paving companies which virtually gave the Standard Pave fng Co. a monopoly on the bus- iness of Oshawa, The letter also charged that tho city had purchased certain lumber from a local company at n price higher thun it aan haw cured from another local 'company. Tho char » th had not been lald according to specifications was made, the streots specifically mentioned being War ren, Willlam, Masson, Ritson Road North, Courtstrect, Barrie Avenue, Bloor street east, and Prospect streot, Mr. MeDonald offered to » the council on these streots hd ghow them where to cut tho samples to eecuro. proof of his of the rumor {s likely to Legislature. to announce the name ot "of the bill to admit resentations made ouncil, wherein the ed women property thout distinction of regime, the aldermen proceed' with their bill, not ight to vote. There are ans of bringing up the Mrs. P. ¥, Casgrain, charges. Various other charges involving the city engineer's > partment were also contained in the letter, On those letters being read. mo- tions were passed referring them to the committee of the whole council tor investigation, Later in the meeting, Ald. Hawkes was named chairman of the standing committee of the whole council for the year 1931, COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS SCORED U.S. Secretary of Treasury Says Plan Will In. crease Taxes Washington, Feb, 3-<The Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon told Congress that paying cash to world war veterans for their adjusted service compensation certificates would cause increased taxes harder times, The slender old financial veteran, puffing a cherovt, debated the ambi- tious: plans of congressmen for such relief with, members of the Senate Finance Committee, Issuance of Government bonds Jo raise a sum of up to $3,400,000,000 to pay the veterans, according to Mel. lon, would'cause havoe with the Gov- eriiment's financial program, It would kill the market for other sé- curities and disorganize the debtere- funding and retirement program, he held, Capital values aggregating hun- dreds of millions would be destroyed He predicted, with reservations, a deficit of $375,000,000 would be regis tered in Government finances at thy end of the fiscal year June 30, and commented that "obviously this is no time for the reckless and unwarranted abuse of the public eredit" Senators favoring the cash pay. ments disagreed with him, and thegd was no indication that his warning signal would stop the drive, which in recent days has enlisted the powers ful support of the American Legion, and JOBLESS MAY BORROW FROM TOWN OR CITY Proposed Legislation Would Enable Unemployed to Borrow Boston, Mass.--~A scheme de. signed to free the unemployed from accepting charity or patron. ging loan sharks, and at the same time eliminating the possibility of {any dole system, is envisaged in a blll filed on petition of J. Arthur Baker, of Pittsbeld. whose pro. posed legislation would enable a person out of employment to bor. row from the city or town In which he resides an amount of not more than five dollars per week for each member of his fam- ily. Persons seeking the loans woulda give a written promise to repay the amount borrowed, in weekly instalments of not less than one per cent of the total loan, with Interest at the rate of three per cent. per annum. The application for such loans would necessarily be approved by the apnlicant's last employer and by the Welfare De. nartment or Overseers of the Poor of the city or town making the loan. Kneh ease would he thor. anerhly investieated, The Act also provides for a ahenk<un hy the local welfare de nartment at least once in every two weeks on the individuals ob taftnine loang, go that no nnneces envy delnv fn renaving will he made emnlavment fg obtained, Ttanoris on 'all tonne wonld he mhmittad ta tha Sinfd Tranunrer and that. offfeinl would reimhuras the elty or town un to RO par con of the total nmonnt loaned, nan novment of tha leanne hal? of the Antd ha Wr tha efty Aft ng mon e aw mt he or town and the other half seat to the State Treasurer, BOOKS STOLEN FROM LIBRARY AT HARVARD Boston, Mass. --NKtforts of Har vard University authorities during the past year to prevent the theft of books from college libraries have resulted in the installation of turnstiles at the Widener Lib. rary, and students passing through these must submit to a rigid ex. amination before leaving the build- ing. In a retent letter addressed to the student body, Professor George Herbert Palmer, eminent educator and Harvard's oldest living pro. fessor, bitterly berated the un. known student who stole six cher: ished volumes of the works ot Wil. llam James from a reading room In Emerson Hall, ' "Dirty business this!" wrote the Professor, The set of books had been given by the son of Wil. llam James and could not be dup. llcated, he sald, The remaining volumes of Willlam James wero removed to the comparative safety of Widener Library. INTETLIGENCE NOT ACQUIRED QUALITY Human Traits Hereditary and May Be Measured, Dr. W. D. Tait States Montreal.=It {sy no use trying to Instill intelligence into those born without it for it is inherited and! cannot bo acquired, Dr, W. D, Taft, rofessor of psychology, McGill Iniversity, declared emphatically in an address to the nursing education section of the Association of Reg- stored Nurses for the Province of Quebec, 'No amount of education will put brains into u skull where Natu has omitted them. All we can do fs such enterprise as no other nation hag ever been able to demonstrate. Great Enterprise Shown When all the world is suffering from depression and is wondering whether anything is worth while in any markets, British manufacturers have shown extraordinary enter rise. . A nation in whose name such an exhibition ean be organized 7,000 miles from its capital and in a per fod when all initiative on the part of those who say Britain is "down and out, has collapsed because they have felt the draught ot de. pression, must be a nation of im. mense vitality and incalculable re- sources, The exhibits take a very wide rahge and many British tirms, which do not usually trade with thie Republie, will ghow goods. The oc casion is regarded as an excellent opportunity for introducing British goods in lines which have hithertc been almost monopolized by for cigners. Motorcars and airplanes will bg prominent. °° For Workers -- J pally, "The victory of Water. nA to put the individual in the mont | favorable environment, then the person of superior qualities will de- velop more rapidly and further," " ; aid Dr, Tait, : . 9 - | Teacup readers, graphologists or AT OSHAWA | gl | phrenologists mgy cheer their sub : # i | juets by telling them they possess | Intelligence, ambition, initiative, or Pall of these. Everybody has these characteristics, Dr. Talt sald; the 'uestion is, to what degree? Every. ody possesses every human trait, I the proportion varies with the 'Ividual, Every {dot has so much 'lligence and every harumsecarum | © umbition, Tests have been made by the de ment of psychology to deter. + whether blondes or brunettes I the more quickly. There wus | 'Hiference of 2.76 thousandths of meond==hut then it was found 0 bo due to un error of the record- 8 Inutrament, Studies have Leen mide In Germany lately concerniim imi Ri) any atl arse hige J. 8. FRY & SONS (Canada) Limited, Montreal, Que. "pin different environment it way | a 2 ro found that when one developed | . . tuberculosis, the other was almost uro to have it also, said Dr. Talt, I'nychology ean measure certain wquired traits, said Dr. Tait, Mus cil and all other artistic ability ge- vends upon {inheritance of certain types of nervous structure. No amount of training will ever make + musician of a person wnu lacks sich structure. Training has no ef. fect whatever on the sense organs the speaker emphasized, yet, he snfd that a blind person may pro | ceive things that the seeing do now, | Hi hand is not any different, It wu, | added "Please advise parents not to 1:1. | pose musie on children unless they | have a certain amount of tmusien) ability," Dr. Tait urged. It would be as veecless an to try to teach a color blind person to paint. The question of what a person tall do in life is entirely a matter of individual tendencies, the lectur- or continued. He expressed the wish that more had been done with regard to the vocational tendencies of girls, which had been compara- tively neglected fu studying the ap- titude of boys. Family history plays quite as important a part as does the psychological examination In determining vocational abilities. Intelligence might be called the common factor of every other trait, #ald the speaker, and like them can be measured. He believed that | intelligence tests were employed | selocting candidates for the nursi profession many failures later could be avoided. He also advocated me- chanical tests for nurses, consider fug ability to manipulate of high Importance, He looked for nurses or physicians to develop tests of personality, involving emotions) ' he News i Write for Free Recipe Book Keep him smiling with FRY'S . Men need all the energy it is possible to get from their food these days. More is expected of them health and cheeriness count for so much. y not serve FRY'S daily ? Here you bave one of nature's greatest Suergy making foods. Order a tin today and keep your man healthy, vigorous and smiling with a daily cup of this great Cocoa. FRY'S == the world's favourite Cocoa since 1728. 'SIBERRY"S GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE OF Men's and Young Men's Suits, Overcoats and Furnishings Thursday Morning STORE CLOSED ALL DAY . WEDNESDAY TO MARK DOWN PRICES Watch for advertising being delivered to Your Home Tuesday and Wednesday. SIBERRY"S Opposite P.O. 27 King Street E. Where The Extraordinary Values Come From ......1these prices are i certainly low!" 3 INTIAC'S new prices reductions of ag much as $85 . . are unusually low They are not price reductions on old models, but consti- tute new standards of value for a car of bright tiew beauty, added comfort and luxury, As an mstance of this added value, five wire + - A stability, th wheels are standard equipment on all regular ) Hoad a' omergonny ald 10 dove models at no extra cost. 070° contidenco fn the patient, Come and see the 1931 Pontiac today. Inves its value, find out how convenient it 1s ARGENT INOS READY ee pas i a a wien TO RECEIVE PRINCE own deferred payment Jin, with fhe foes rates avai anywhere. men " learn too, how your continued HRH. To Open British satisfaction 1s assured by General Empire Ex March Motors Owner Service Policy. 14 at Buenos Aires : Buenon Afes, ¥eb, 3.~More thun $2,600,000 bas been spent by Drit- ish firms on representation at the British Empire Tradq Exbibition which will bo opened on March 14 hy the Prince of Wales, who is now speeding towards these shores, 1t Is certain that the Prince will get an enthusiastic reception. He has the tastes of the Argentinos country life and for horses. iy grandfather's Derby winner, Din- mond Jubilee, was sold to the Ar- senting, where lie had grout success | as # sire, / ' ] : / I The exhibition has been wade 0 att otor : a es t possible by the courtesy and genor > 9 Ld oeity of the Argentine Rural Society 88 SIMCOE STREET NORTH PHONE i 5 wiifels cancelled its annus) dairy 1 An hawe, Government Tones, Dum ers e Six hire wheels, 1 wells lero and iruph 106 Included as standard equipment on sport models at slight exira cost. PONTIAC «+ » a fine car, a modern car, a great value show which was to have been held at that time, The fine grounds and buildings of the soclety have been iaced at the disposal of the exhi- tion. "into these bulldogs Baye eho diovrs Toot raptosthe |