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PAL Ww THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929 he Oshawa Baily Times THE OSIAWA Dhar REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every after. noon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Secretary. The Oshawa Daily Times is » member of the Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Ase sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Burcau of Circulations, sUHSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: Wc a week, Uy mall (out side Oshawa carrier delivery limite): In the Counties of Ontario, Durham 8nd Northumber- fand, $3.00 a year; e'sewhere in Canada, 84.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, A TORONTO OFFICE 407 Lond Building, 6a Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, I. D, 'Presidder, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929 TIE A COMMON FAILING What the country needs is not a good 5- cent cigar or a new law, but a formula or device which would make it impossible to write 1928 now that is it passed, For such mistakes as this erasers were placed on pen- cils, but the economic waste in wearing out so many erasers and rubbing out so much ink and lead is staggering. Fo If the flood of plain, fancy and assorted calendars with which all are deluged on or about January 1 would prevent this writing of the old year for the new, the economic waste involved in the annual calendar sur- plus could be overlooked, But the careful and methodical man who surrounds himself with new calendars invariably dates his mail a year back. That's everybody's weakness now, There's a reason why editorial writers no longer write in bright and inspiring terms of the New Year as a new beginning, a fresh start and a reawakening, Such flights of poetic fancy ceased when the custom of buy- * ing in December and paying in January be- gan. Economically and financially the new ~ year begins about March 1, all of January's and February's surplus earnings being re- 'quired to settle in full with the old year. The hope the new year brings is the hope for solvency before Easter, spring housecleaning and vacation time. . BILLBOARDS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED Oshawa's 1929 City Council, whoever may compose it, can make no mistalfe in taking a strong stand against the erection of bill- boards in locations where they will be of- fensive to the eye and tend to increase the - five hazard or otherwise affect adversely ad- joining properties. The owner of a billboard located on the south-west corner of Simcoe and Bagot streets recently removed it and forthwith, without permission, set about erecting 2 much larger one. The owner of the apart- ment house on the next lot appealed to the City Council. His tenants were threatening to move out if the new billboard was erect- ed. Could anyone blame them? Should the rights of a hundred people and the invest- ment of a large sum of money be prejudiced : by the erection of a signboard on an adjoin- ing vacant lot? In fairness to the signboard company it should be said that they readily complied with the request of the city to stop work on the erection of the new board and * have since removed their materials from the lot. . Now a request has been made to the Coun- +¢il for permission to erect a large sign board 'on the roof of a building at the corner of «Athol and Simeoe streets--opposite the pub- "Nie library. The 1928 Council has referred "'5t to the 1929 Council. We believe this pro-' * posal should be turned down in the interests _ of the city as a whole. Such glaring, tawdry signs cheapen our main business streets and detract from the legitimate business of Hehe who have places of business in vi , gi ow a time when people took bill- boards for granted. They were looked upon &3 2 necessary evil. But today there is a yismg tide of popular sentiment against i.om, and the public is winning the fight, as witness the regulations now in force by the -¢,stario Provincial Highways Department the bydaws of 2 number of cities. At ira : en . tao canal coavention Ci the American As- sociation of State Highway officials a resolu- tion restricting billboards within a distance of at least 500 feet from the rights-of-way on the highways was passed. "This whole campaign has been something like a spon- taneous uprising throughout the country," says the New York Times. "From the mo- ment when the opponents of the disfiguring billboards first: raised their voices their pleas were echoed from all corners of the land. People had suffered under the nui- sance for years. They had resented the un. pleasing signs, They had been repelled rather than attracted by the blandishments ne forced upon them." NEWSPAPER IDEALS Frequently one hears opinions expressed by newspaper readers that a newspaper should do thus and so, or should refrain from doing or saying something, or that it is in. fluenced by some mercenary consideration or biased or prejudiced for or against a cause or an individual, Such opinions and statements may occa- sionally be true or partly true, but in our opinion, and we know hundreds of newspa- per editors and publishers personally they are generally false, Charges against the good faith and integrity of Canadian newspapers generally originate in the minds of those making such charges, Of course, newspaper editors, like all other members of the human family, may err in their judgment, perhaps err seriously, but we are speaking of their sincerity of purpose and their desire to serve the public in a fair and unbiassed manner, Here is a '"journalist's creed," wriiten by Dean Valter Williams, of the School of Journalism, University of Missouri, that epitonizes the aim and ambition: of the great majority of newspapers with which we are acquainted and we have no hesitation in saying that this newspaper and its editor and publishers are in hearty accord with it in every detail: The Journalist's Creed I balieve in tae proiession of journalism, I beiieve tuat the public journal is a public trust; that ail connected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the public; tnat acceptance of lesser ser- vice than the public service is betrayal of this trust. I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy and fairness, are funda- mental to good journalism, I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true, 1 believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible, I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentle- man; that bribery by one's own pocketbook is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual re- sponsibility may not be escaped by pleading another's instructions or another's dividends, 1 believe that advertising, news and edi- torial columns should alike serve the best in- terests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that the supreme test of good journ- alism is the measure of its public service, I believe that the journalism which sue- ceeds best--and best deserves success-- fears God and honours man; is stoutly in- dependent, unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power, constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, al- ways respectful of its readers, but always unafraid; is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance, and, so far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is profound- ly 'patriotic while sincerely promoting iater, national good will and cementing world- comradeship; is a journalism of humanity, of and for today's world. EDITORIAL NOTES Any man who makes the best of things gets them. Human nature never changes, but it often short-changes. To compliment a married woman tell her she doesn't look it. Better to have worked and lost than never to have worked at all A fruit tree bears better if it's near the farm house so motorists can't break limbs for the blossoms. : ------------ Ld It won't be healthy for the world if four hundred million Chinese keep on practicing until they really learn warfare. Persons seeking to Zengthen the span of life should get up a correspondence course of instruction in quicker leaping when cross- i ing the street. FORMER PREMIER OF NOVA SCOTIA DIES, MONTREAL Hon. George H. Murray Suc. cumbs to Pneumonia After Three Days' Iliness Montreal, Jan, 7.--Hon. George H., Murray, whose record-breaking period in office as Premier and leader of the Liberal party in Nova Scotia ended only on his vol- untary retirement in 1928, died here at 8.30 Sunday night at his residence, 488 Mount I'leasant Ave- nue, He had been ill only three days, of pneumonia, Former Premier Murray, who held that office in Nova Scotia from 1896 to 1923, was in his 68th year, Shortly after resigning hi; port- folio in the Nova Scotia Govern. ment, 'and his seat in Victoria County, which he had held through- out his long tenure as Premier, Hon, Mr, Murray came to Mont. real where he established perman- ent residence but making frequent long visits to Nova Scotia each summer, Tost a Leg During the Jatter year of his occupancy' of the Premiership of Nova Scotia he suffered a severe fllness. which resulted in the Joss of a leg. During his residence in Montreal Hon, Mr. Murray had lived in retirement so far as husiness was concerned hu. remained active physicaily and maintained an in- terest in all public" affairs, par- ticularly those of his native prov- ince, He was stricken only three days ago and death came aimost before it was realized that his eon. dition was critical. He was horn June 7, 1861, at Grand Narrows, N.S. The funeral will he held a the residence, Mount Pleasant Avenue, at 2.30 Tuesday afternoon (or at an hour to be announced later) and the remains wi.l then be conveyed to North Sydney, N.S., where the final rites will take place Thursday, Refused Knizhthood Hon, George Henry Murray might have teen a "Sir" on at .east two occosfons, In 1911 Earl Gray offered h'm a title ang in 1914, after he had rendered siznal ser- vice in marshalling the forces of the province for the effort of war, the Duke of Connought repeated the Karl's suggestion. Mr Murray refused both offers and locked the papers in his private safe where hey probally are yet, He married Grace E, Moore, of | North Sydney, in 1889. They had! three sons, Wilirid Laurier, Hu hb Allen and George Belcher. Hush Is an invalid, Wilfrid and George went overseas when the Great War broke out and distinguished them- selves in the army, BUFFZL0 POLICE | HOLD "RED DUKE" Is Wanted "in Toronto for | Attempted Murder of Clerk at Loblaw's Toronto, Jan. 7.--Wanted here! on charges of att.mpted murder and armed robbery, and also want- ed in connection wi.h robbery of the Capadian Bank of Commerce in Hamiiton, Clinton Jones alias "Red Duke" has been captured in Buffalo and held by requést of the Toronto police. The Toronto charge against him arises out of bis a.leged participa- | tion- in the hold-up of Loblaws groceteria, 511 Danforth Avenue, on Chris.mas eve, 1927, when Wil- lism Arrowsmith, a clerk, was shot and badly wounded, and John Mit- chell, manager was clubbed with a revolver. Armed When Captured Jones was found walking in crowded Main Street, Buffalo, near the place at which he had been rooming. He was fully armed, carrying a ,32 automatic revolver and a .38-calibre revolver, both loaded. Taken by surprise, however, he offered no resistance. That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. . POTATOES AND WHEAT With a tremendous wheat crop the past year there is - no worry about food throughout the world, but someone asks what would hap- pen if the wheat crop failed, In North America we eat more wheat than perhaps any other one article of food, but in Eurape one other article of food stands first, and that is the potato, There has been much discussion about the merits of the potato as a food. What about it? In a former article I spoke about the valuable mineral salts found in potatoes, which neutralize the acids in the blood, formed when too much meat or protein foods are eaten, The Journal of the American Medical Association in an editorial on the potato says that "an analy. sis shows that the pota o is close wheat in actual food value, but it contains so much water that four times as much potato as wheat must be eaten in order to obtain the same amount of nourishment," Now our. overweight friends have been avoiding potatoes because they contain so much starch, However it has been learned that the protein (nitrogen) in potatoes, though small in amount, is of good quality, In Denmark, Great Britain, and Poland, research men have bh en investigating the food value of the potato, because it may mear much to the people of any country in time of other crop failures, Dr. Hindhede of Denmark ports a case of a man living for nearly a year on 9 pounds of pota- toes daily, with some vegetable margarine. Drs. Kon and Klein, Warsaw, de- scribe an experiment in which two adults, a man and a woman, lived for a pcriod of 167 days in good health on potatoes supplemented with fats and a few fruits. And strane to relate, they did no grow tired of it. "It is said that def'cien"y or wast- ing diceases are not common where the potato enters lib rally into the diet." The thought then is that the low- ly potato shovld loonr lar~er in our minds as a food, and that while bread will likcly be more generally eaten, should there be any crop failure in future days, we can rely on the potato to help us ont (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) re- HUMAYN NATURE (Deme Madge Kendall in John O'Londor's Week'y) Hae the race thrown overboard the eapacity for quiet enjoyment that made the Victorian period the basically .sound era that it was? For it was sound, and it produces. many great thirkers, many ot whom are still w'th us, No; be- neath the veneer of modern condi- tions, with its hectic race after hap pinesg, there is in reality, po change. It is a phase just zs duel- linz was a phase, and it will be- come as unfashionable as duelling. ONTARIO PREMIER SUFFERS ATTACK OF INFLUENZA "Flu" Continues to Abate But More Fatalities from Pneumonia Toronto, Jan, 7.--~The "flu," which is no respecter of persons has attacked the Prime Minister of On- tario and the Minister of Health, Generally speaking, it continues throughout the city on a serious scale, though not so extensive as before, Premier Ferguson, who remain- ed home over last week-end on ac- count of a cold expecting to re- turn to his work in a day or two, has been confined to hed for some days at Alexandra Palace Apart- ments. * Mr, Godfrey Ill Hon, Forbes Godfrey reached Bermuda in time to a.tend Mrs. McCrea, wife of the Minister of Mines, who was ill in hospital there, but has now recovered, ana Dr, Godfrey himself has since suf- fered an attack of "flu," More Deaths The trend of the situation over the week-end followed pret.y c,052- ly the predicitions of the Medical Officer, Dr, Hastings, that the "flu" would continue to abate hut that there would be-increases in dea hs from pneumonia, Deaths re- ported to the Department of Hea.th showed a marked decrease in the classification of "fin" and "flu'- pneumonia, while there was an in- crease in fatalities from pneu- monia and simi.ar afflictions, The number of new patients admitted o hospitals during the last two days continued to keep at a low level, there heing only 16 admis sions to nine of the larger institu tions, DUKE. NICHOLS RPMATQFF HEAD Antibes, France, Jan. 7.--Granu Duke Nicholas ot Russia, rega d- ed generally by Royrnlists as claim: art to the throne of that country, died at hiz villa hera shortly as ter wm'dnight Saturday night, fol- lowing an ilinss of several weeks' standing. The Grand Duke, who was a sec- ond cousir to the late Czar N'chol- as II of Russia, and who was fon mander-in-Chief of the Russ'an troops on the Eastern Euronean front duricg the war, had heen gravely {ll for the past two weeks but a few hours prior to his death | it was believed he had passed the cr'sis of his illness. New Year's Day he nad Improy- ed so much that he was thought out of danger. Tne long seige ot pneumonia had worn him out, how- ever, and--possibly because of his age, 72---he collapsed and sank rapidly Saturday and shortly after midnight he died. A.L. HUDSON & Co. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE STANDARD STOCK and MINING EXCHANGE NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE (Ass'ts) Buffalo police say they t Jones of complicity in several local and Niagara Falls burglaries, but they failed to ge: any admissions from their prisoner and are holding him on an open charge pending further 'investigation, Toronto po- lice were notified of the arrest and Buffelo authorities will €0-0p- erste with Toronto in turning him over to this city if it is proven he is wanted there for crimes more serious than those of which he is suspected in Buffalo. ---- iT Globe) ow withdrawn tical move- But the movement - ready withdrawn from Mr. Poy PROBLEM F; ENCE a i ron eer laj every- can lain al thing except why the static is .al- Ways much stronger when the radio is being shown off to visitors. LIFES MYSTERIES--O Lord ! why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our -heart from thy fear? 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