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_ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1931 PAGE THREE Bowmanville Daily Times 'Reprosentative's Phone No. 53 Theories On Arctic Are Shattered By Stefansson Famous Explorer Heard at Chautauqua Lecture in Bowmanville Last Night Dr Stefansson, who presents an imposing platform appearance, spoke for nearly two hours and not for one minute did interest lag in his address. It was a bril. liant talk that gave the audience a new insight into that vast and little-known territory known as the Arctie Circle. An amusing incident occurred during the course of the address when Dr. Stefansson asked the young people in front what an ostrich did when it became scared and he received the answer that 90 per cent. of the older people would have given "It buries its head in the sand." One little boy said it ran, and Dr. Stefansson re- marked that that boy was using his common sense while the rest were only using their education. It stood to reason, he said, and it was an established fact, that an ostrich does not bury its head in the sand for if it did it would take little time before the ostrich was an extinct animal. This was another accepted theory that was all wrong. Thousands of years ago, the speaker said, the Greeks had discovered the ostrich per- haps with its head in the sand searching for worms, and finding an animal or bird they considered more foolish than themselves they had accepted the belief that the ostrich buried its head through fear of an enemy. While the Arctic summer was short, and its winters long and severe from the pictures thrown on the screen, this part of the world was a very pleasant place to live in. One hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle 130 dif- ferent varieties of owers flourish- ed in the summer time and trees grew to a height of 100 feet de- spite the fact that the subsoil was eternally frozen. So intensely in- teresting was the address and so many theories received their death knells, that it would be possible Born CONLIN--At Oshawa General Hospital, on July 16th, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Conlin, a daughter, (14a) COMING EVENT MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Ross Corners, Phone 2894. (13b) NEW WESTMOUNT DANCE Pavilion big special square and round dance tonight. Dance all evening 25c. (14a) TAG DAY SATURDAY--IN AID of funds of Greek Orthodox Church, Our need is great. Your generous support solicit- ed. (14a) VISION & COMFORT Eyesight Service C. H. TUCK, Opt. D. Disney Block Phone 1516 IF. YOUR EYES ARE PERFECT You should congratulate yourself, Not one person in a is so fortunate. Not ALL the others need help in seeing, but a great many of them do. A fact to be remembered is that most of those who at this minute an eye service are unaware of it, This is to suggest that YOU secure here the help your eyes may need. TODAY AND SATURDAY Py 'to ramble on over two or three columns without telling half of the interesting facts concerning the Arctic as told by its great ex- plorer. Dr. Stefansson, who was introduced to the audiences by Mayor Milton J. Elliott, received a great ovation from the audience on his appearnce on the stage. Theories concerning the far north and Eskimos which have been generally accepted by a gul- lible public for scores of years re- ceived a rude jolt at the hand of Vilhjamur Stefansson, world- famous Arctic explorer at Chau- tauqua last night. Canadian School text books concerning this part of the world were ripped to pieces by the greatest living auth- ority on the so-called "eternally silent north." It came as a surprise to the huge audience that listened to the explorer to hear him tell that the North Pole was by no means the coldest spot in the northern hemi- sphere. They were surprised to learn that there are many parts right in the province of Ontario where a more intense cold is ex- perienced in the winter time than is ever experienced at the North Pole.. The old accepted theory that Eskimos lived in snow houses was another theory that was blasted by Dr. Stefansson. Having spent 11 years in the Arctic he was able to tell his audience on the very best authority that mare than half of the Eskimos in the world have never seen or even heard of a snow house much less to have lived in one. Neither does this race of people drink seal ofl as has been erroneously accepted as a faet for scores of years, Nothing at Chautauqua has been quite as educational in char- acter and nothing that is yet to be heard will have as much edu- cational value ag Dr. Stefansson's address. The majority of those present learned more of the geo- graphy, the truthful geography of the north last night than they ever learned at school. Dr. Ste- fansson decried the system that let facts that were totally untrud remain in the text books of tM schools, bringing the public up in ignorance of what the great north really was. "The Soul of The Holy Land." In the afternoon another large crowd assembled to witness the pageant, "The Soul of The Holy Land," and hear the distinguished Assyrian nobleman, Julius Caesar Nayphe, Palestine-born lecturer give a beautifully illustrated ad- dress on his native land. Tapes- tries, worth thousands of doliars, were displayed before an admiring audience and the mysticism of the Holy Land and the Orient were apparent in the presentation by pageant of life and customs of the Holy Land. Nearly all yearn to feel the mystic beauty and un- dying charm of that country through centuries of sacred asso- ciation has been termed ..The Holy Land." Few only are cap- able of rising to those sublime heights of description of these mysteries, of the beauty and pa- thos of that country where Our Lord was born and lived as this young Damascus nobleman. His pleasing gestures and abundant wit appealed very strongly to his audience. Card of Thanks , Mr, Ted Roberts and children wish to thank their friends and neighbors, for their kindness and many expressions of sympathy shown them during their recent bereavement. (14a) HINDU IS WIZARD AT MATHEMATICS Multiplies 100 Figures by 100 Figures Mentally in 52 Minutes London.--Indians as a race are gifted with remarkable mathe- matical powers. There is now, for example, in London, a Hindu who can .perform the most intri- cate calculations almost instantly without the aid of pen or paper. But a recent feat was far more astonishing than any instantan- eous calculation. He was set the task of multiplying together two NEW MARTIN TODAY Next MON. - TUES. - WED. - THURS. 4--BIG DAYS--4 GLORIA SWANSON in "INDISCREET" Monte Blue numbers, each containing a hun- dred figures. The entire opera- tion was conducted mentally and he produced the answer at the end of fifty-two and a half minu- tes. One of the most wonderful mathematicians that ever lived was Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyan- gar, who was born in the Madras Presidency in 1887, and died at the height of his powers at the early age of thirty-two, in 1920. A M Career Born of the Brahmin caste, he went as a child to a native elemen- tary school where he showed no particular brilliance. During the first ten years of his life, he seems to have been a perfectly ordinary boy, but it was when he went to a high school that the first signs of genius became apparent. Whilst still in the fourth form he borrowed from a sixth-form boy an advanced book on trigonome- try. Though he had never in his life touched this branch of mathe. matics, he was able to read through the book as if it had been a novel. Within a few weeks he had solved every problem in the book. From this time onwards he was entirely absorbed by mathematics, For this reason he failed to pass examinations and ran away from school to hide his shame! But he was doing original work in mathe- matics of the most amazing kind. In 1909 he married, and sought for a small 'post whose salary would provide for his family and enable him to continue his mathe- matical work in his spare time. His case was brought to the no- tice of a high Indian official, and a post was secured for him in the Madras Port Trust Office. It car- ried only a tiny salary, but his wants were so simple that it suf- ficed. By this time his work was at- tracting wide attention, and he entered into correspondence with eminent mathematicians of Cam- bridge University, The work he sent them proved so original that the strongest efforts were made to induce him to come to this country for proper teaching. He was, though, a strict Brahmin, and caste restrictions forbade him to leave India. The Univer- sity of Madras awarded him a scholarship which enabled him to carry on his work, and in 1914 his mother announced that the Goddess Nanigirl had appeared to her and had told her that Ra- manujan might come to England to fulfil his life's work. At Cambridge his career was meteoric. Frequently he would rise from his bed to write down marvellous calculations that he had dreamt. In 1918 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal So- ciety, the first Indian ever to be 80 honored. In the same year he became a Fellow of Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge. But here romance gave place to tragedy. It was found that he was suffering from consumption and the disease made rapid prog- ress. Under the best medical treatment he showed, in the fol- lowing year, sufficient improve- ment to enable him to go back to his own country, There he re- sumed his mathematical labors, but in 1920 he had a relapse which ended in death. Genius of the Fields There has been no more origin- al mathematician since Newton, We are realizing more and more ics is the golden key to knowl- edge, and Ramanujan's name will go down to history as one of those who have helped to shape the key that may some day unlock the Fate at wh ch mankind is knock- ng. Such astonishing mental mas- tery.of figures recalls a great nat- ural genius this country produced, but never appreciated. his ex- traordinary man was Jedediah Buxton, born in Derbyshire. He was never taught to read or write, and toiled in the fields for the pittance of a laborer. To test his power of ealucua- tion, this problem was presented to him while he was actoally working in a gang on the land: How many cubical eighths of an inch are there in a body whose three sides are 23,145,789 yards, 5,642,732 yards, and 54,965 yards. Without stopping from his work in the field, Buxton gave a correct answer to this intricate sum in five hours. His power of concen- tration on mental arithmetic, no matter what his hands might be doing, was not the most remark- able gift he possessed. He also had the power, not recorded in any other human being, of sfor- ing up in his memory involved progressive calculations. He would have six or eight in mind at once, sometimes for months, turning from one to the other at will, until at last he worked out the correct: answers entirely hy mental effort, without so much as a single figuroc on paper to 'help his memory. Buxton walked to London to see the King and the Royal Fam- ily in 1754, but failed to do so. Taken to the play at Drury Lane, he counted every word spoken by Garrick, kept perfeet count of the steps of the dancers, but was perplexed because the nunum- erable sounds psoduced by the in- struments in the orchestra were beyond his reckoning. Had 'he been sent to college, he could have worked with New- ton to guide him, beginning as a young man where Newton left off. As it was, he lived and died an agricultural laborer, William Gibson, a Westmore-. land farmer, who taught himself to read and write, was another natural genfus who could tell, without setting down a figure, the product of two numbers, each of them of nine figures, when multi- plied together. This was but a boyish amusement for Gibson. As a grown man, still ' entirely self-taught, he mastered all the discoveries of Newton, which were then secret. While work- ing on hig farm, he would solve advanced problems with a piece of chalk on the knee of his breeches. World fame came to Gibson, universities in this country and Germany sent him questions to eal with. He became so renown ed that for many years eight or ted men pupils boarded at his farm to learn mathematics. But he was always a farmer before all else, and his pupils often had City and District News | ROTARY CLUB Have a five dollar prize walt- ing for Mr, Geo. Allin or Geo. Ellen, the one man band 4n the Rotary Parade, See Dave Tod or Reg Morphy. (14b) OSHAWA BUTCHERS WIN In a seven-inning game played at Lakeview Park last night, the Oshawa Butchers defesteqd Whit- by by 14 to 9. Two runs down in the last frame the Butchers made a great rally to put across six rung and win the decision, The Butchers play again at Lake- view Park next Thursday night. TO HOLD TAG DAY A tag day is being held to-mor- row by the Greek Orthodox Church in aid of the church funds, This particular church, of which the Rev, John Chrustawka is the minister, has been very hard hit by the unemployment situation, its members being almost entirely men of the laboring class and their families. The money raised by the tag day is to be used to meet the necessary expenses of carrying on the church work. LEGION BRANCHES HERT The Oshawa Branch of the Can- adian Legion and its Ladies' Aux- iliary will to-morrow be helping to entertain two parties of Le- glonnaires which will be holding an outing at Lakeview Park. A party from the Lambton branch will be here returning the visit made by an Oshawa party to Lambton two weeks ago, and will be the guests of the Oshawa branch and auxiliary at supper. In the afternoon, the Lambton and Oshawa Branches will engage Jointly in sports. The Earlscourt Branch and auxiliary of Toronto will bé here in full force for their annual pic- nic, and in the course of the af- ternoon members of the Oshawa Branch will join with them in their program of sports. Mem- bers of the Oshawa Branch are asked to assemble at Lakeview Park at two o'clock in the after- noon to join in these events, NURSES GRADUATE A number of graduate nurses in Oshawa and the surrounding district have been successful in the May examinations for nurse registration in the province of Ontario, as required by the prov- incial department of health. In- cluded in the list of successful candidates published today are: Misses Myrtle R. Chappell, Mary M. Daley, M. Ilene Goodman, Effie R. Stewart, and Jennie I. Walk- er, all of Oshawa; Misses V. C. Ruth Armstrong, and Dorothy E. Lockhart, of Bowmanville; Misses Ethel H. Chumbley, Sylvia Gyde and Madeline King, of Whitby, and Miss Florence L. Harris, of North Orono. y INSTRUCTOR REMANDED William Anderson, flying in- structor, who appeared in police court this morning on a charge of obtaining the sum of $400 from Joseph M. Stroughton by false pretenses on April 18 last, was re- manded in custody until Wednes- day of next week. CHANGED HIS MIND William Davidson, of the town- ship of East Whitby, was fined $10 and costs or ten days in the county jail by Magistrate T. K. Creighton in police court this morning when he pleaded guilty to a charge of being intoxicated in a public place on July 16. When Davidson first appeared in court this morning he pleaded not guilty to the charge and ask- ed to be placed on his own bail. This the court refused to do and he was taken back to the cells where he apparently changed his mind for he was again brought before the bench and pleaded guilty, DRAW FOR CLOCK The Greek Orthodox Church and Relief Association committee will hold their Prize Draw, for the clock, on Saturday afternoon. This clock was to have been drawn for on Dominion Day but as all the tickets had not been dis- posed of, the draw was postponed until July 18. The draw will be held at 261 Bloor St, 4.30 p.m. East, at REPORT UPHOLDS VOTE OF SAILORS Changes in Act Urged as Result of Cases at Port McNicoll Ottawa, July 17.--(CP)--Sail- ors without permanent places of residence should not for that rea- son alone be debarred from exer- cising their franchise. This, in substance, is the report made to the House of Commons to-day by the privileges and elections com- mittee. The committee investigated the cases of sailors who were refused the vote at Port MecNicoll, Ont., in the last election because it was held they were not residents with- in the meaning of the Elections Act. The committee recommends changes im the Elections Act to enable such persons to vote. '""Having regard to the fact that it is the intention of the Domin- ion Elections 'Act to enfranchise as many voters as possible under the residence provisions if they have the other qualifications," the report says, "those in situations similar to that of F, B. Chidwick and Alexander Campbell should have been. entitled to vote. "Your committee therefore re- commends that the necessary a- mendments be made to the Dom- have a knotty point explained. Nicholay Saunderson, blind al- of his memory could multiply, di- most from birth, bby the strength vide, and extract the gquare or ¢ube root to many places of fig- ures. He was created Doctor of Laws, and to the day of his death was highly valued as a distin- guished professor of Cambridge University. De-licious! Every drop--a boon to the ii thirsty. Every bubble--sal- | vation for the weary. Every ii icy tinkle--refreshment for il the wilted. By George, these ice cold drinks at Karn's Soda Fountain are just the cat's whiskers. Meet me at Karn's Soda an : Next the P.O. to follow him into the fields to I EULER DIFFERED WITH MINISTERS Admits He Never Agreed to Drawbacks on Coal for Coking Ottawa, July 17.--(CP) ~-- On the matter of drawbacks on coal for coking purposes, Hon. W. D. Euler was at variance with the other members of the former Lib- eral Government of which he was a member, he told the House of Commons yesterday, during dis- cussion of coal and coke tariff schedules, The former Minister of National Revenue contended there was dis- crimination against municipalities that used coal for generating arti- ficial gas. Coking plants receiv- ed a 99 per cent, drawback if they used a certain process, but no like benefit went to municipalities even though coke was a by-prod- uct of the operation. The same situation prevailed under Liberal administration. At 'the beginning of h'y argu- ment Mr. Euler said: "In what I am about to say there is a criti- cism of the action of the former Government, of which J was a member, an action to which I was never a consenting party, as my honorable friend, the former Min- ister of Interior (Hon. Charles Stewart) knows." Mr. Stewart, who was sitting next Mr. Euler, nodded in afirma- tion. From Premier R. B. Bennett at a later stage in the ' discussion came the statement he was sur- prised that if Mr. Euler differed from his colleagues on such a question of policy he had not re- signed. inion Elections Act to enable per- sons similarly situated to vote at future Dominion elections." Campbell. and Chidwick took the oath in the election hooth, then were arrested but were not brought to trial. They claimed they were entitled to vote, but it was held they had no permanent residence in the port and were de- barred. BATTALIONS OF JOBLESS NOT T0 ~ BE CONSCRIPTED (Continued from page 1) the families may be kept together. Removal of the single men will in itself aid conditions in the munici- palities since they will not be com~ peting for jobs which arise. : When Premier Henry visited Ot- tawa last week to confer with Prime Miny:ter Bennett, the ernment, heavil," taxed with the duties of the session; had not yet been able to work out its entire scheme, Around the end of this 'month Premier Henry will return to Ottawa for a final conference with Mr. Bennett. Following that, he will call a con~ ference of (representatives of the Ontario municipalities to discuss the program in all its phases and the part the municipalities are to play in it. Already the Provincial Govern- ment has started giving assistance to transient 'jobless in a few in- stances. From almost every train, hungry, homeless men in search of Jobs, are dropping off throughout orthern Ontario. A few of the towns and villages where they stop and ask for meals lack finances to feed them. These places have in- ¥ PRIZE DRAW HELD AT PARK (Continued from page 1) the big swim. Walker in turn "would show them all at the C. introduced Foung, whom he said NE." The tickets, which had been placed in a large box, were thor- oughly stirred up and then Young, looking very fit and in the pink of condition, drew out the lucky number. Johnnie Walker in turn intro- duced Miss Ravior and Miss Arm- strong, each of whom drew out a ticket, second and third prize numbers respectively. The crowd was also given a chance to meet three other C.N.E, Swim contestants in the persons of Miss Doris Beresford, of Toronto; Miss Violet Anderson, of Scot- land, and Jimmie Radevitch, of Toronto, all of whom were intro- duced by the redoubtable Johnnie Walker. On behalf of the Temple Build- ing committee, the ladies' and men's Orange lodges and the ju- venile lodges, .the public was thanked last night for the gener- ous reception it has given tia Orangemen in their attempt to raise funds for a much needed lodge home. Under the auspices of the Orange lodges, dancing was also held in the Jubilee Pavilion and continued until after midnight, OSHAWA HARBOR TOBE SCENE OF BIG REGATTA (Continued from page 1) It will be recalled that the Power Boat Association staged a most successful regatta in Co- bourg on July 4, which attracted a great deal of attention, and the program in Oshawa will be very similar in its details. The executive committee of the Oshawa Yacht Club is hold- ing a special meeting to consider all details of the proposed pro- gram on the evening of Mooday, July 20, after which a further announcement may be expected. Juryman: "Sir, 1 desire to be ex- cused from jury duty, as I can only hear with one ear." Judge: "Oh, you'll do. We only hear one side of a case at a time." Love is blind, and matrimony is the most successful oculist practis- ing. A man who paints clock faces complains that he is in a blind-al- ley job. He certainly seems to be marking time. If you can't be great, you can be useful, which is greater. formed the Premier of their diffi- culty, and have been instructed by Mr. Henry personally to see that the men do not go hungry, GEDARDALE 3.3. HOLD PICNIC (Continued from page 1) ice cream cone for good meas- ure. Mrs, A. Singer was convenor of the refreshment committee, A donation of $25.00 annually from the Robson. Leather Co., goes far to make possible this feast of good things. After supper there was a game of softball between 'the Young People's League and the officers and teachers of 8.8, with a score of 11 to 5 in favor of the League, ------------------------------ DOCK SAGGING DANGEROUSLY UNDER WEIGHT (Continued from page 1) afternoon with the result that the possibility of the whole . structure collapsing has been reported. The concrete used in the con- struction of the north piér has mov- ed considerably from its original position, this condition being quite noticeable even without the aid of engineering instruments, The whole matter will, it is un- derstood, be the subject of an of ficial report to the Department of the Provincial Government charged with the ownership and care of the wharves at the harbour, and what steps will be taken to remedy the condition remains to be seen.' ALLEGED RED HELD Melee Ends Workless Meeting at Thorold-- Warnings Fail = Thorold, July 17.--Attempting to close a public meeting called for British subjects, Chief Con- stable Shelton of Thorold was allegedly assaulted and htrown to the floor by Edward Haslen of Windle village, Thorold town- ship, an alleged Communist agi- tator, when attempting to evict Haslen from the meeting, * Following a struggle, Haslen was placed under arrest and bail set yesterday afternoon at $200. He will appeans at Thorold court next Thursday on a charge of assaulting a police officer and l GHIEF IS ATTACKED: causing a disturbance in a pub- lic place. The chairman of the gathering Robert Rippy, had emphasized that no Communist or non-resi- dent was to speak, as the meet- fag was solely ia the interests of the town's unemployed. Haslen, it is said, insisted on speaking and demanded the chairmanship. He was ordered out by five or six warnings issued by the manager of the hall, J. Haysel, and the chairman. He also allegedly ig- uored the request of Chief Con- stable. Shelton and P.C. James Shrubb to leave. tempt was made to eject him for- cibly, he assaulted Chief Shelton, it is charged, throwing him to the floor. As the chief dragged uis alleged assailant down after him, other Communists, accord- ing to the chief,' piled on top of them. DEBATE ON CARE OF BEARS HEARD IN POLICE COURT Charge of Cruelty to Ani- mals Against J, Lake Morden, Dismissed Bowmanville, July 17, -- The amount of gpace and water re- quired by bears in captivity was debated before Magistrate Camp- bell in Bowmanville police court the other day when J. L.. Morden, cwner and operator of the Cream of Barley Camp, east of the town appeared on a charge of cruelty to animals. The charge was laid by Hu- mane Inspector Palmer, of Tor- onto, who alleged that the bears kept in a small zoo at the camp were not provided with suffici- ent fresh water and that they were kept in so small a place that their treatment constituted cruel- ty. Morden admitted that no run- ning water whs provided, but claimed that the drinking pans were kept refilled and the cages kept as clean as possible. Dr. Campbell of the Toronto Zoo tes- tified for the Humane Society, Dismissing the charge, Magis- trate Campbell decided that con- ditions fof the animals could be much improved but doubted that their present treatment was cruelty under the act. 5 A Scotsman applied for a position on the London police force. They asked him this question: "Suppose M'Farland, you saw a growd con- gregated, how would you disperse it quickly?" "I would pass the hat," answered M'Farland. He--""Will you always love me?" She--"I don't know all ways!" "Study implies not what we are doing today, but what we are to do in days 'to 'come = Franklin D. Roosevelt. When an at- | OWNERSHIP OF BEER IS DENIED Magistrate Creighton 'Re- serves Decision in L.C-A. Case Today Gerge Drew, Division street, was remanded for judgment fol- lowing the hearing of a charge of having liquor 'in an illegal place, before His Worship, Ma~ gistrate Creighton, this morning. It was adduced that the police were called to the home of the accused on June 25 last where they found Drew suffering from the effects of a fight, Sergeant Bowman stated tifat there wag a cask of beer in the garage at the back of the house, which Drew told him belonged to a man named 'Colton, who lived several doors away. Drew, the sergeant said, had a glass in his hand. Colton when called to the stand said that he did not rent the garage but had the loan of {t from Drew to do work on his ear. He stated that there were a numa ber of men about on the day in question and that he among oth- thers was taken into the Drew cellar and given beer. Drew on taking the stand said that he did not remember any- thing about what happened, hut denied ownership of the beer. He further said that he was ine toxicated with wine and so did not remember the events of June 25. A man with short arms is grevi- ously handicapped when trying to illustrate the length of the fish that got away, "Birth and death -- they are the essence of life, and it is there that woman is great."--Will Durant. "Money in itself means little, but money is the badge of accomplish- ment."--Charles M. Schwab, * "In comparison with the Ameri- can, the European is inclined to pessimism."--Albert Einstein, "To share with others is a step toward happiness." -- Lewisohn, ' eat olph "What we know as the business depression will end just as soon as the optimists outnumber the pessi- mists."--Charles G. Dawes. "There are no such things as 'natural rights;' there are only ad- justments of conflicting claims." -- Aldous Huxley. The barber did his best to make conversation. "Your hair is getting very thin, sir," he said. "Ever use our patent hair-restorer?" "No, no; it's quite all right," said the customer. "It wasn't that that caused it." : "Charm in women is a variable star and shows different colors at different times."--H. I. Mencken. AL eee Motorists * always disadvantage in an accident, and sympathy swings too often to the pedestrian who is careless. appear at a Of the 524 fatalities in Ontario last year, many were occasioned by pedestrians carelessly stepping intg the path of moving motor cars. Don't obstruct traffic. Obey the signals. When motorists and pedes- trians co-operate, the distressing annual toll of traffic victims will be considerably reduced. [}