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PAGE TWO The Ontario Reformer (Bstablished in 1871) An independent newspaper pub- lished every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Charles M, Mundy, Presi- dent, Managing Director and Treas- urer; A. R. Alloway, Assistant Man- ager, GEO. A, MARTIN Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year, United States subscriptions $1.50 extra to cover postage, Single copies fe, OSHAWA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, * A BOON FROM MOSCOW What continues to sustain the hope 'that Russia will some day emerge from the slough in which she is now plunged, is the courage with which her scientists pursue their labors and maintain themselves abreast of the advancing times, With the same devotion as the monks of the Middle Ages, they are keeping the lamp of learning burning in the midst of an almost Cimmerian dark- ness. Yet, while cognizant of this, it is in a way surprising to learn of a discovery made in Moscow: that may rival in importance that of Jen- ner in the treatment of smallpox. The Bolshevik capital is probably the last place in the world that would be pitched upon for such an achievement, but it is announced by Dr. Walter P. Davenport, of the American Relief Administration, that what seems to be the germ of typhus has been isolated and tested experi- mentally by Dr. N. Kritch, a Mos- cow woman physician. The germ is described as discoid in form, sharpened on one or both OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 1922 _---- WOMEN ON VOTERS' | \ | LISTS NEXT YEAR Will Be Able to Vote in 1924! Present Number of Votes | { | Recent amendments to the Assess- ment and Voters' Act of Ontario will place women on an equality with men on and after Jan. 1st, 1923, That is to say when the voters' lists are printed next year the women's names will appear as well as those of the men so that when election time comes around in Jan,, 1024, the wom- en will be able to vote in the various municipalities for the election of controllers, aldermen, reeves or coun- cillors with the result that the pres- ent number of voters will be about doubled. The changes will give the wives of property owners and tenants alike the privilege of voting and in cases where the wives are registeerd own- ers or tenants, their husbands will have like privileges. In some local- ities it has been thought the Act would become effective in 1023, so that women would have the right to & "The Black Menace ARTHUR BE REEVE ed CHAPTER II, The Double Cross There was a knock at the lahor- atory door and Kennedy opened it, admitting a young man whom I re, cognized at once as Jack Speed, Speed was, a rather handsome young fellow, a splendid figure of a man, athletic and with a free ana omreless manner, which stamped him as one whom you could easily find very likeable, . 'Professor Kennedy?" he in- quired as he stepped in through the door, "Yes," answered Craig, "I'm from the Star," he went on, "My name is Speed. I was out on an assignment and about to telephone in my story when the city editor told me to go over to Granhy's. They sald that yon had heen there, and'l thought I'd better come to see vote next year, but this view is mis- taken. When the assessors prepare the lists for 1924 they will insert the | names of all men and women entitled | to vote as owners and tenants and | the names of their husbands or wives, as occasion demands, | | | TELEPHONE PLANS Bell and Howe Telephone Com-| panies Have New Plan--Many | Subscribers Irate | --- | A deputation of citizens from East Whitby and West Whitby Town ships waited upon Mr. R. C. Douglas, | District Manager of the Bell Tele- sides, and from one-third to two- thirds greater in length than in breadth. It has been grown in spe- cial cultures and tried on guinea pigs with characteristic typhus reac- tions resulting. It is found sparsely in the blood, but abounds in the in- ternal organs, particularly in the brain and spleen, Research work is now being carried on in the field of immunity reactions, and it is report- vaccine can be prepared which will | phone Company in Oshawa, recently | ito protest against the arrangement | [that has been entered into by the | Bell Telephone Company and the | | Home Telephone Company, an inde-! pendent organization which serves !subseribers in the neighborhood of | | Pickering, Brooklin and Uxbridge. A | new agreement has been entered | linto. to take effect about September | 1, by which the two companies will Ino longer compete with each other. [The Bell will take over séme sub- | seribers of the Home Company and The deputation which waited on | anyhow, you to get the inside story." Kennedy smiled. "Trying to get a heat on Jameson?" he laughed, nod- ding toward me, "Oh, hello," greeted Speed turn- ing toward me. "I didn't recognize you at first--didn't think about it." "That's all right," I replied, "I'd ich rather the story were yours Besides, from what I know of it already 1 think it will take more than both of, us to handle it anyhow." ' Speed turned from me inquiring- ly at Kennedy, as though to ask just how mueh he did know, "Miss Claremont called on us this afternoon," explained Craig. "Oh, she did? That's fine, I am delighted, In fact I have been tell ing her that she should do some- thing of the sort. 'Ravenal is all right, but this thing is getting too deep for us." Without wasting any more words Kennedy related briefly what had happened at the interview, the strange note from Granby and the fatal sequel. Speed grew more and more excited as Kennedy finished, "My (iod," he exclaimed, 'this thing had ramifications I never dreametl of. I had no'idea that poor Ripley was involved. What a des- perate gang this must he. "Involved in what?" asked Ken- nedy, watching the young man's face keenly, Speed shook his head doubtfully, but said nothing. "What do you make of the Black | Menace, Jack?" I inquired for Speed | was one of those fellows whom you irresistibly call by his first almost on acquaintance, + Speed's face clearly indicated not | only great perplexity, but something | as near fear as his nature was cap- | able. "I don't know," he confessed, | "There is some blackmailing scheme! here, 1 can't make it out--first | Dale, then Granhy---why, [I could! name a dozen people in high society, whom 1 think are victims, Yet al | are as dumb as oysters." | name | it threats?" "Indeed T have." He set his jaws tightly. ["But I am going through with this/ thing and so is Clare." "What| clues have you had so far?" ; "Scarcegly anything, except everywheYe we turn we find some evidence yf the power of this band, that is, if\ it is a band. I never dreamed that anyone could cover up evidence sh completely." Kennedy\ was gazing thoughtfully | at the appdratus before him on the "There are still a couple of | table, hours bhefofe our appointment to meet Miss ({laremont." He decided, | "Ta tell you\the sorry that 1 ruth, I am rather "I must find time the best|thing you and Walter can do will b¢ to return to Granby's and make a search of his library he- fore it is too late, You ean do it Speed, hecguse you were intimate with him, Kato might have hesitated to ad- | mit even Kennedy again, but he could hardly refuse to allow Speed who had heen a frequent and wel | to enter, | come visitor at Granhy's We mounted to. the library, and Speed and I immediately set to work, I noticed, however, that Kato hung ahout in the hall, venturing into the library, always masking his inter- est under his Japanese politeness. Finally 1 whispered to Speed about far end of the "If you don't mind, Kato," he dir- ected," "we'd prefer to be alone," Kato howed, and his impressive face betrayed nothing. see him, however, again. Searching through the and pigeonholes, we turned over an immense amount of papers and mem- oranda. Speed even opened the safe, but there did not seem to he much (Continued on page 3) that | et her go away alone." | He jumped wp with sudden energy. | er, and in the mean- | sometimes even | We did not | drawers | : H Recording Milk Production ID O%S sach cow in your herd earn' her keep? : ; The Milk Record Book which will be' given to you by any of our branches will help you to keep track of the milk| production of your animals, ") THE, CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE PAID-UP CAPITAL $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND $15,000,000 OSHAWA BRANCH, H, E, Tylor, Manager, A cat has nine lives. But there are three hundred thousand to the credit of The | London Life Insurance Company "Policies Good as Gold" HEAD OFFICES LONDON, CANADA Agencies in all principal cities ---- -- E. Hubbard, Dist, Representative, 22; Simcoe St, ed to be probable that a protective |yice versa. | give immunity to the disease. This Mr. Douglas protested against the! i y .| proposed removal of the Bell Tele- | is expected all the moe confidently phone Co. from Brooklin, and the ar- since one attack of typhus is under- rangement made with the Independ.- | stood to confer lasting immunity|ent Company, whereby the area cov- | (ered by the, "free" service to sub: | scribers is greatly reduced. | | It was pointed out that by the] {new ararngement, when it is finally | {consummated, all Bell subscribers in | Brooklin and vicinity will become In- | {dependent phone subscribers, and! [they will have to pay for long dis-| tance calls each time they wish to | speak to a party on the Bell line. | | Further, the Independent subscrib-| {ers object to the deal, because they | have to. pay for long distance call into Whitby or Port Perry, which {they formerly had free on their In {dependent phones. | { Service between Whitby { Brooklin, Brooklin and Ashburn, | Ashburn and Port Perry, and other | {similar connections, which were | formerly free over Bell or Independ-| |ent lines as the case might be, are {all chargeable now as long distance | |calls, and the chief advantage of the | phone service, and the reason many | {phones were installed, has now been |destroyed. The citizens of the two! (townships it was stated, feel very | | much annopyed by the new arrange- | ment, as it means a greatly inereas- | ed yearly cost for phone service sim- | ilar to that obtained before, or al greatly reduced phope service at the previous price. Mr. Douglas, replying to the rep- resentations of the deputation, said he could make no statement as to what might be done in response to their protest, but he would take the matter up with the General Manager in Montreal, and later would advise them as to what information he had received and what could be done, if anything. should the yictim recover. Typhus is reckoned among the most viru- lent of world epidemiecs--an almost invariable sequence to famine and war. Seven million cases are esti- mated to have occurred in Russia during the last four years. Should this discovery prove the boon to hu- manity that is hoped, the name of Dr. Kritch may give Moscow a place of honor in history that will obscure its association with Lepine. EDITORIAL COMMENTS Habit is a powerful thing Al- though the war has been over almost four years people still speak of the "war tax" charged when going to a ball game or a theatre, correctly styled am tax." when it is "amusement Congratulations are due Mr. M. A. James, the editor of the Bowman- ville Statesman. Two weeks ago Mr. James began his 46th year as editor of this paper, and he has reason to be proud of the fact that the publi- cation has steadily improved under his direction. Mr. James, through his papers, has exercised a great in- fluence for good in our neighboring community, If given 2a chante © name two common words most frequently mis- spelled in daily life, often by people whose education has not been neg- lected, fdncluding school teachers, what would you say? The Reformer believes that "convener" is more fre- quently spelled "convenor" than it is the former, although the first mentioned is correct, according to standard dictionaries; and that "bouguet" comes second, being fre- quently spelled without the first "u." &% A BIT O' VERSE GET A TRANSFER Jf you are on the gloomy line, Get a transfer; It yow're inclined to fret and pine, Get a transfer; Get on the sunshine train, there's room, Get off the track of doubt and gloom Get a transfer. If you are va the worry train, Get a 3 You must net stay there and com- plain Get a transfer; The cheerful cars are passing through, And there's a lot of room for you, Get a transfer. if you are on the grouchy track, Get a transfer; Just take a happy special back, Get a transfer; Jump on the train and pull the rope, sn. at the Station Hope, and HEROIC MEASURES Boston Transcript: "Nou your husband go away every mer, don't you?" "Yes, but I dislike doing it." | "Then why do you go?" 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