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WAGERS $5006 CATCHER CANNOT TRAP HIS MOUND Hamilton Officer Takes Up Controller's Challenge on Being Attacked Hamilton, April 9.--The alleged offerin gof a bribe by Controller Bell to William Tyler, city deg- catcher, was explained at length to members of the Board of Con- trol today, and, though there was apparent animus from ome quar- ter, the Comtrollers decided to re- tain the services of Mr. Tyler on ground that he was a highly ef- ficient civic servant, When asked point-blank if Con- troller Bell had offered him a bribe when he (Tyler) had caught Controller Bell's dog running at large, the dog-catcher admitted that no money had been suggested, but Controller Bell had urged that he be not summoned to Police Court. The Controller, so Tyler sald, came downstairs in his "ki- mona," whereat other members of the board burst into laughter. - $30 Wager Offered Controller Bell insisted that Tyler was an irresponsible person, and that no one's reputation was safe in such an official's hands, Chief of Police Coulter, however, praised Tyler and sald he was the most efficient dog-catcher the city ever had. Tyler also defended his own repuation, and intimated that Controller Bell could teach him nothing. "You are full conceit, Bell, all right," said "rn give you $50 if you can catch my Tyler immediately drew a voll of bills from his pocket and cover- ed the wager. This, however, waa not proceeded with, and Tyler will still carry on as dog-cateher, Will Enforce As several childrem have been bitten by stray dogs during the few days, Chief Coulter stated t the new by-law which compels dogs to be leashed the year round when off an owner's premises will be enforced to the limit. Chief Coul- ter said he would again urge that the sale of puppies on the Central Market be pohibited. Most of these puppies are sold for nominal sums as playmates for children, but later when the pups grow old. er they are often cast adrift, and this aggravated the problem stray dogs, the Chief said. MAYOR-ELECT OF MONTREAL SEES WAGER IS FULFILLED -- Montreal, April 9.--Mayor-elect Camillien Houde presided, yester- day at his first official function, which was anythisg but solemn. Ro- gaire Barbis bet A. Trudeau that Mederic Martin would be Mayor once again. Mederic lost, so Mr, Barbin had to trusdle Mr. Tru- deau in a wheelbarrow from ome home to another. At the end of the trail was the Mayor-elect, who was there to see that the het was settled all square. Some golfers claim they are already playing in "mid-season form," but in most cases that doesn't mean any- thing. ~SaSult Daily Star, M Clary Elect oven on the reasons: . 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Seven Planets Seen This unusual accomplishment is the result of long and patient cal- culation based on the peculiar movements of the three outermost planets in our known solar sys- tem--Saturn, Uranus and Nep- tune, So far as scientists have been able to observe, with the tele- scopes in use, seven major planets accompany our earth in its rota- tion about the sun. They range all the way from Mercury, which is nearest the sun, to Neptune, a tre- mendous fiery mass more than 30 times the earth's distance from the sun, The new planet however, makes a ninth member in our solar system. For want of a name, Pickering calls this initiate "Planet 0." Its presence far out in the solar sys- tem was conjectured at the time of the discovery of Neptune, in 1846, From that time on, ob- servers noted that Neptune de- viated from the course calculated for it. They found that the pull of its nearest planet, Uranus, couldn't have been enough to cause so much deviation, And they discovereed that even Uranus showed a similar deviation, although much less, from its calculated orbit, They went further and checked up the orbit of Sa'urn, which isa "n° our earth as compared with the distances of Neptune and Uranus, and they discovered that even here a slight variation existed, Calculates Position From all these observations, Prof. Pickering calculated the po- gition of the new planet to whose gravitational pull the deviations of the other three planets was as- eribed. From the extent of these devia- tions, he also was able to calculate the mass and size of the new planet and its probable distance from us. And by checking up the deviations of the three planets in their orbits for the past century or so, he could calculate its orbit. As planets go, the new 'Planet 0" {isn't large, Pickering estl- mates its mass at about half that of the earth and its size, about 6,- 300 miles in diameter. Because of its small size, there- fore, Pickering argues it must be anite close to Neptune--as stellar diztances go--in order to affect that planet as it does. In fact, he has calculated its orhit to be that of an eclipse; one end reach- ing out beyond the orbit of Nep- tune, the other approaching closer to the earth, between the orbits of Neptune and Uranus. This orbit, however, is about as large as that of Neptune, Picker- ing estimates--which is equal to about 165 of our earth years. Beyond Neptune's Orbit At the present time, "Planet 0" is a little beyond Neptune's orbit, While Neptune remains almost constantly about 30 times our dis- tance from the sup, this new planet varies from 25 to 35 times the 93,000,000 miles we are from the sun. Some might believe this new planet to be merely a satellite of Neptune, since it keeps, so close to that planet. But Pickering points out that the farthest such a satel- lite could deviate from Neptune would be about 100,000,000 miles. "Planet 0" is sometimes five times that distance from Neptune, and therefore cannot be a satellite. Pickering goes so far as to pre- dict the exact location of "Planet 0" in the sky. At present, he says, it roams far down in the sonthern sky at an angle of about 22 de- grees from the horizon. Astronomers are pointing their telescopes that way in the desire to be the first to observe the new planet, now that it is defintely lc- cated. 'EVERYBODY WRONG Waterloo, April 9.--The Water- loo Fire Department had plenty of trouble this morning, and all be- TAX COLLECTOR'S BOOKS SHORT; CITIZENS HELP GASSED VETERAN "In a Fog Sometimes," Says] THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928 p-- Jimmy Degnan -- Bor ough Will Make Up $7, 627 Deficit New York, April 7--An audit of the books of the Tax Collector Jimmy Degnan of the Borough of East Newark, N.J., shows a shortage of $7,627. East Newark's 3,500 resi- dents have been devoting deep thought to the matter all week. They have reached several conclusions. In the first place, everybody knows Jimmy is all right--so the audit must be wrong. But if it's right, they're certain the worst that can be said of Jimmy is that he is careless, which may very well be traceable to shell-shock. Further- more, they are taking extraordinary measures to make up the deficit, and their minds are all made up to re- elect Tax Collector Degnan in June. Degnan, now thirty-five, was a captain in a fighting infantry outfit, He brought home a case of gas, a touch of shell-shock and a bad leg, regarding all of which he has little to say. His popularity does not rest on these infirmities. Official life yielding only $1,700 a year, Jimmy has a tiny real estate business for the maintenance of Mrs. Jimmy and their three children. As a notary public he is entitled to col- lect a fee of 50 cents when this title is called into use, but for the more than 7,000 times he has acted as offi- cial witness he has never accepted a penny. For this and other reasons, East Newark is fond of Jimmy Jimmy resigned a week ago when the shortage was friends promptly retained Maurice Grossman, East Newark attorney, and the lawyer has put into account- ants to work on an independent audit. The Albert Ettlin Post, American Legion, has voted to turn over to the borough its building fund, amounting to about $2° if Jimmy really is short. The | cs' Auxiliary of this post is arrangi © a card party to raise an additional sum. East Newark is a community with- out a movie, having set a $10, license fee deliberately. Precedent will be broken, however, for Jimmy. With police and firemen acting as ticket sellers, a special showing of official war scenes, obtained from the Government, will be held, as soon as arrangements can be made, in the re- creation hall of the Clark Thread Company. The American Legion post expects 3,500 persons--Every man, woman and child in East Newark-- to pay 50 cents each for the perfor- mance. "I never took a dime of that money," Jimmy says, "but 1 have spells off and on, when I'm kind of in a fog. It sure has got by goat!" LIFER UNDER BAUMES LAW New York, N.Y., April 9.--Be- cause of the changed testimony of two complainants characterized as liars by the judge, Dapper Don Collins, internationally known cofidence ma, was discharged to- day from a case of alleged extor- tio which conviction would auto« matically have meant life impri- sonment as a fourth offender, reported. His GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATIONS Toronto, April 10.--On the sub- ject of Grand Jury recommenda- tions the Mail and Empire says editorially: "The Grand Jury complains that the observations of previous Grand Juries have received little or mo attention, and submits that it is not performing a useful service if its recommendations are not given serious consideration by the au- thorities. It may be that such recommendation in the past did re- ceive attention but that for vari. ous reasons they were not all acted upon. They are largely in the na- ture of social reform, and social 000 | reform is notoriously slow. Never- theless the Grand Jury did well to call attention to this neglect; fit will fasten public opinion upon the necessity of these reforms, and 'hammering away' by successive juries will hasten the improvements advocated." PERFECTION OF THE PAST St. Thomas, April 9.--Workmen enaged in the renovation of the 105-year-old St. Thomas Church found two exceptionally well-pre- seved mementos of the past today when removing the old facia boards. They are the original wooden eavetrouhs erected on the historic chureh. Each is made from a_ 40-foot hand-hewn pine log, 8 by 12 inches, The tops were neatly scooped out to form the troughs, while the slides were hand-carved in pleasing design, The old eavetroughs are being pre- served as evidence of the excellent craftsmanship obtaining a century | ago. There's a Thrill in Every Mile Through the Rockies and Along the Pacibc Cont For am ideal holiday, the Cana- dian National Tour to the Pacific Coast and up to Alaska, offers a world of beauty and pleasure that adds new zest to life. In the midst of rugged peaks and wooded valleys, Jasper Nation- al Park is just the place to break the westward journey. Jasper Park Lodge, an ultra-modern hotel, is the centre of social gayety that outrivals all the gayness of fash- ionable cities. From Jasper Park the tour takes You to the most attractive cities on the Pacific Coast-- Vancouver and Victoria, Here you can enjoy the pleasures of ocean bathing, and all the summer activities of mod- ern cities. Now you leave the cities behind for a thousand mile cruise along the famous Inside Passage to Skag- way, Alaska. Comfortable, modern steamers carry you along past scenes that thrill and startle with their beauty and grandeur, White capped mountain ranges--a thous- and shades of green in the valleys --sparkling waterfalls and deep blue seas bring an ever changing picture to the traveller, Jasper Park -- Vancouver -- Vic- toria--along the Pacific Coast to Skagway--can all be yisited in one complete tour. Ask any Canadian National Rallways Agent for full | information and illustrated litera- ture, he will help you to plan your | itinerary. BE EE EEE . ve BOY SCOUT PATROL LEADERS HOLD CONVENTION AT CHATHA CONVENE AT CHATHAM Chatham, April 9.--Boy Scoat Patrol Leaders of the district opon- ed their ammual comvention in Christ Church Parish Hall this eve (ning with more than 150 del cates in attendance. - Scout Cormiss on- eer Fred Buesnel of this city was presiding officer. Provincial Com- missioner Irwin of Toronto und H. 8S. Thomas, President of the Chat- ham Scout Council, were the speak- ers at this evening's session. Busl- ness sessions will be held tomor- TOW. Mabel--So0 Maurice and you are to be married? Why, 1 thought it was a mere flirtation. Mavis--So did Maurice, A new, delightful chocolate bar--divin- ity fudge, walnuts and bitter-sweet cho- colate, cause of the ignorance of a wom- an. The latter in trying to post a letter pulled fire alarm box No. 41. 'The fndicator at the hall did pot work properly, and the fire- men had to listen to the tolling of the bells for the number and fin the roar of the new motor en- gines they read jt 21. Out they a fire anywhere. They re- to the hall, got the proper ber, and had a longer run, to find that an uninformed bad given them half an work and anxiety unneces- New York, April 9.--John Alden Dix, former Governor of New York, died tonight in Harbor Hos- raced to 21, but there was no sign | 2 ese ZF my On 0a nif ELECTRIC = = 4 \ a Po EAUTY THE MODERN DEMANDS FFICIENCY is the first in a range, but the modem kitchen too, demands beauty EDMONTON VANCOUVER COAL RA requirement Whether N GES F -~o KITCHEN ments (both oped wit ted design) i EE rs Loa Datoutod deel design) 5 : are several i i IT with open or closed ele- features in URNACTES pital. Death was caused by an- | gina pectoris. - EE RE Beach Electric Ronges Are Sold in Oshewa 4 -- S. COWELL -- 15 PRINCE ST.