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The Onkario Reformer VOLUME 51--No. 95 Published at Oshawa, Ont Tuesday, Thursday and ., Canada Saturday OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1922 Yearly Subseription $3.00 Single Coples 5 Cents Second Section-- Drug Traffic Increasing In Canada s * Largely Among Chinese ay Statistics Addiction to the use of habit- forming drugs such as opium, mor- phine and cocaine has assumed such large proportions and been so diffi- cult to suppress and makes such ter- rible havoe, physical, mental and moral of its enslaved victims as to cause grave concern to leaders alike in Church and State. Parliament is always unanimous in making the Opium and Narcotic Drugs Act more stringent and effective. The only question raised by members in Com- mons or Senate is how best to ac- complish the end sought. The present Premier, Right Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, then Min- ister of Labour, introduced the Act in 1911. It has heen strengthened since under the Right Honourable Sir Robert Borden and. Arthur Meighen and last session under the Hon. H. 8. Beland, Minister of Health, The penalty was raised to seven years. Whipping was added where drugs are supplied to juve- niles, and unnaturalized aliens con- victed of offences were ordered de- ported after serving sentence. It 3 interesting to note the dis- tribution of this traffic in the Pro- vinces of the Dominion. The very latest figures suplied by the Federal Department of Health, ving the numbers for Federal convietions for the year ending 31st March, 1922, are as follows; -- Non- Total Chinese Chinese Pr. Ed. Is. 0 0 0 N. 8B. ..... 9 8 1 N. B...¢ 14 9 5 Manitoba: .. 16 0 15 Ontario '.. 66 h2 14 Sask"n .... 88 73 15 Alberta 101 59 42 Quebec 2317 133 104 B. C. 315 300 15 Total 845 634 211 We have arranged these figures in ascending scale. The first fact that stares one in the face is the tremendous propor- tion of Chinese in this summary of offenders 634 out of 845. The new law attaching deportation as a pen- alty will probably in a few years materially alter these figures. It is likely that many, perhaps most of the Chinese offenders are not Can- adian citizens and are therefore sub- ject to deportation when convicted. These must either mend their ways or leave Canada. It is interesting to note that. no mention is made of Japanese or East Indians in this statement. It is sometimes argued by those opposed to prohibition of the traf- fic in intoxicants that it results in increased addiction to the use of drugs. These official figures go some distance towards knocking the props from under this contention. The two provinces not under pro- hibition show 522 convictions out of 845 for all Canada, If the Chinese are left out the figures are 119 in these two provinces out of 211 in all Canada. Of course, however, these provinces contain Canada's chief points of foreign transportation. British Columbia's quota of 15, omitting the Chinese, which afe more numerous there than in any other part of Canada is not abnormally large, being the same as Manitoba's and Saskatchewan's. But it Is singu- leaving out the Chinese, the convic- | Provinces, population of half a million more than the four combined. easily explained. Two hundred and | Out of the 237 in that Province only | 21 are outside Montreal in an al- tion, and of these 21 only 11 are] non-Chinese. This is highly credit- | able to Quebec outside Montreal. | Montreal itself is the most perplex- | ing. The Health Department's more complete report gives Montreal 216 including Chinese; or 93 without! them in a population of perhaps 750,- 000. €ompare this with the.figures for the whole of the Maritime Prov- inces,--25 including Chinese, or 6 | without them; out of a population | of 1,000,000. Or compare it again with Ontario convictions-- 66 in- cluding Chinese, or 14 without them, out of a population of not much less, than 3,000,000, This can largely be explained by! the cosmopolitan character of Mont- | real's population. And there is no! finer type of population anywhere eral, Possibly the course of the Ad-| ministration of Justice may have had! something to do with this, the fact that Montreal is Canada's most im- portaht seaport will also enter into | any explanation of the numbers of! comvictions. Tactful Traffic System Prevails In Connecticut How to handle traffic successfully is the big problem before motor ve- hicle and municipal authorities to- day. This problem seems to have been solved to a large degree by the State of Connecticut. As the gateway to New England this State found itself the scene of heavy motor vehicle traf- fic and immediately sought to evolve regulations to cope with the situa- tion. . Upon entry into the State of Con- necticut, the motorist is banded a card which reads: "Mr. Motor Vehicle Operator: "Your safety and convenience is our duty. We want, need, and must have your co-operation to successful- ly per form that duty. PLEASE as- sist us to avoid accidents: By Staying in line and not trying to pass the motor vehicle ahead. Passing on a curve, at the top of a hill, or where the sight line is ob- structed is illegal and will be prose- cuted. y Keeping to the right of the cen- tre line of the highway. By Maintaining a reasonable dis- tance from the car ahead in case of a sudden stop. By Refraining from cutting in. By Having your brakes and oth- er equipment in good order. By Keeping your speed to the average speed of the line. By Giving the proper and distinct signal when stopping or changing di- rection. By Parking your car when it is necessary to stop, completely off the traveled portion of the highway, so as not to restrict traffic. By Obeying the officer's signals and directions. By Being careful and courteous. "With your assistance in the above, we will endeavor to move traf- fic as fast as safety will permit. Road mopes, who are holding up traffic, will be removed from the line." Undoubtedly, C cticut has evolved a desirable and commend- able system of dealing with motor traffic and its card of co-operative rules is worthy of study and emula- tion. A surprise finsh that lands with laughs and chuckles and no end of | delightful thrills make "The First! Woman" starring Mildred Harris, one of the snappiest comedy-drama- tic hits of recent months, It will be shown at the New Martin Theatre to-night, Friday and Saturday. "The First Woman" ends with a regular O. Henry finish. It comes with complete surprise, so deftly has the screen narrative been developed. It recalls, for example, such well wrought plays of the stage as "Seven Keys to Baldpate" and "The Bat" and others of that class, in which the solution of the mystery is not divulg- ed until the final fadeout. "The First Woman," in which Mildred Harris repeats the brilliant success she achieved in "Fool's Para- dise," has to do with the experience of a young woman of the stage in her efforts to convince a noted play- wright that she really could act. Billie Mayo, portrayed by Miss Har- ris, was recommended to Paul | Marsh, world famous author, for the leading role in his new drama. Marsh had rd of her as a music Suggestions For Securing Better To assist in tiding over the scar- city of anthracite coal, many house- holders are using substitutes in their furnaces, tions may aid in the securing of hetter results. No change i8 necessary in furnace, Build the fire in the usual way. Open them open for about This is to a)low the gases to pass out of the chimney. To get ing coal to the tire use a little less than in the case of Anthracite and apply coal oftener. After the coal has heen burning for ahout for the smoke and gases to have been expelled, close up all the drafts the chimney draft, should be left partially open. | except When refiring, or poker coal that lar that in all the Western Provinces, | Bituminous fresh coal, following the rule already tions are proportionately much 1arg- | given for leaving drafts open. A | er than in Ontario and the Maritime | handful or two of coarse salt seat- | Manitoba, Saskatchewan | tered evenly over top of Bituminous | and British Columbia have 15 each | coal freshly applied to fire will pre- | and Alberta 42; Ontario 14 with a|yent formation of tar and other sub- | stances adhering to sides of furnace, | rie 'it will form a gas thereby intensify-| Was quite willing to make friends The case of Quebec is also not|ing the heat and eliminating smoke. | Bituminous coal will probably be thirty-seven, including Chinese, or|in varying sizes and contain some | 104 not including them, is abnormal. | slack. The lumps should he burned | in the day time and the fire bank- ed with smaller most solid French-Canadian popula- | night, leaving a small opening ot the top to let the air through. When night shake out will be clogging the openings in the Your grates will longer if kept clean, By throwing a moderate amount grate, of water at the point from which the coal. is taken out the dust and dirt objec-! tion is largely overcome, as well as Heating Results The following sugges- and leave ten minutes, smoke and all drafts the hest results in apply- ton minutes or long enough which When Refiring | first take a bar and break up the crust of | forms on the top of a 'conl fire, ghen Mpply stopped, coal and slack at fire at that | the last the fine ash making last far upon the Bituminous pile dog and a frien long lost owner. Ll LLY" is home at last; after years of travel lands, and long months spent in the mud, rain and water of the Canadian front in Flanders Billy has at last arrived at home--and his homecom- ing is a thing of romance, "Billy" is a dog, but a wise little ly little dog. He with all nice people, but there he No one could take the place of his rightful master, and for four long years "Billy" sought his lost best friend on the docks at ebec, It was there Billy lost his master the day he arrived in Canada in com- pany with a regiment of returning soldiers that came home on the "Empress of France", and since that day never an ocean ship has come to the Canadian Pacific wharf but that "Billy" was there to welcome it and to inspect every passenger that in foreign in that occupation. was "Don", regimental mascot friend by the entire battalion, mutual and enthusiastic. "Billy" Finds His Master "Billy", and time and again a come fortable home was offered him, but back he came to the dock in search for the lost unknown, and seemed content to spend the rest of his life "Billy" became a public figure-- his picture and his story got into the papers, and thus he found his home, Major W. C, Lamson, of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion, read the story and believed that "Billy" a wire-haired terrier that had attached himself to the 26th, and had been accepted as a and personal "Billy" was sent to Minto, N.B,, and on his arrival the recognition be- tween him and Major Lamson was Billy's troubles and travels are over and he again answers to the name of "Don" as the soldiers of the old 26th knew | him. Before him lies an honored age came off in the hope of finding his | of restful ease as befits one who has Everybody liked | ended his quest successfully, E. C. HODGINS, Men of Experience at Your Command Our officers will gladly give yo first-hand knowledge and Ei judgment on money matters. STANDARD BANK : OSHAWA BRANCH a I stttrtjhdhiiiit i... reducing the amount of smoke when the coal is first thrown on the fire, In the the furnace door, the chimney and bottom drafts should be first open- | ed. With Bituminous Coal more soot | than the people of Montreal in gen- | Anthracite; WAS EVE "THE FIRST WOMAN?" | coke, will simplify the problem. i the force of a Dempsey knockout, | coal and *"Briquettes" should be estry they have acquired. The gov- ernment is beginning to wake up in this direction, but much remains to be done before a real start can be One difficulty seems to be to arouse the farmers to the potential value of their bush acreage and to a live interest in the importance of forestry generally. made. morning, hefore opening | Bituminous Coal Clearing Lines fo Saturday and Following Week! r Friday, is foun in siovepives. flues 15 Doz Only Ladies All Wool Heather Hose. and chimneys than in case of ; A y a re All sizes Reg $1.25 to clearat............ 55¢ nace pipes and chimneys should Men's Silk Poplin Shirts with collars to match be cleaned foquently. 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