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4 OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929 Scenes Following Big Cleveland Disaster as "Poison Gas Takes Heavy Toll The photographs here show the action and tragedy which followed hard Pp Cleveland Clinic explosion when poison fumes crept| (1) bringing out a victim on a stretcher after rescue from the fume-laden upon the heels of th RESCUE PARTIES RUSH ASPHYXIATED VICTIMS FROM SCENE OF DEADLY FUMES 1: 1 buildi: ding disaster in their wake, through the four storey brick h Clinic building. in the fev (2) general scene of rescue workers and ambulances engaged ish work of rushing the still living away to hospital, and (3) a girl- victim of the blast just after being taken from the building. Insinuations of Dean Bitterly Resented by Dr. Shields at Convention Letter to Trustees in Which the Signatures, Deans of the University, Charged "Flagrant Indiscretion" Against Dr. Shields and Miss Rebman Described as "Dispic- able" and "Diabolical" Buffalo, N.Y., May 16--The voice of Dr. T. T. Shields thundered a new climax in the Des Moines university dispute today. In the First Baptist church here, where the convention of the Baptist Bible union is nearing its close, the Jarvis street, Toronto, pastor, who is president ofthe trustees of the fun- .damentalist college in Towa, branded as "despicable" and "diabolical," a letter to the trustees in which the signatories, deans of the university, charged "flagrant indiscretion" against Dr. Shields and Miss Reb- man, secretary of the trustee board. He could find only the epithet, "damnable" to apply to a report in Tuesday's Toronto Telegram of an interview with Dr. H. C. Wayman, deposed president of the university. The newspaper quoted Dr. Wayman as saying over the long distance telc- phone that he knew that Dr. Shields and Miss Rebman had occupied ad- joining' rooms in an hotel at Water- loo, Jowa, and that the resolution by which the university trustees com- pletely cleared their president and secretary of any suspicion was mere- ly "whitewash." "I think I shall take out a writ for libel against Dr. Wayman for daring to say that, and against the Tele- gram for publishing it," Dr. Shiclds announced. Dr. Shields' production of the let- ter to the trustees and extract from the Telegram followed the appear- ance of Dean E. C. Calloway of Des Moines university, who had been given the privilege 'of the platform for the purpose of placing before the convention the case for the fa~ul and students of the university. By a coincidence, Dr. Calloway's specch occupied the time given to Dr. Way- man, who was to have spoken on the Des Moines university. but wi invitation was cancelled by Dr. Shields after the last dismissals of Saturday. Bitter Attack on Dean Dr. Calloway had pleaded with the convention to consider the fate of the students and the past services of the faculty. He asked questions of Dr. Shields and was questioned in turn until Dr. Shields produced the letter which the deans had sent tno 77 "a trustees except the president and sec- retary. e sccured from i - way the admission that his com- plaint Dr. Shields and Miss Rebman dealt with nothing but matters of ad- ministration. .He secured Dr. Callo- way's admission that he had signed the letter. And then he read it. Dr. Calloway re-affirmed his dis- betief in any suggestion of impro- priety even after Dr. Shields had read the last paragraph which com- plained of his "flagrant indiscre- tions," and the Toronto pastor's re- WANTED FOR THE OSHAWA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1) A Physical Director to take full charge of Physical Training in the Oshawa Public Schools. Applicants must be fully qualified in every particular. . (2) A Musical Director to take full charge of the teaching " of music, especially singing, for the Oshawa Public Schools. Apply, stating qualifications to J. A. McGIBBON Secretary, Oshawa, Board of Education, Oshawa, Ont. MRS. T. BARRITT Box 114, Asbestos Mines, Quebec "After the birth of my sec- ond child I was always feelin nervous and weak, an had headaches, backaches and terrible pains every month. I two years before I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and it was through the advice of my hus- band that I took it. I got four Bostlas at first and it did me a world of good. I recommend it to woman I know." --Mrs. T. Barritt. MRS. JAMES ROBSON Box 693, Fernie, British Columbia "After my baby was born I was very weak and run-down. I'was not able to do any heavy work for about two months. My mother advised Lydia E: Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound and I started to take it. You 'should have seen the change in me. I am now well and strong and in good spirits. I also take the Liver Pills and I find them a wonderful help for constipation."--Mrs. James E. Robson. vdia E. Pinkham's egetable Compou } ' Me ne Co., | lass. nd L A \ ply was an impassioned repudiation of the suggestions, in which he seem- ed to range the entire vocabulary of invective and 'launched a torrent of denunciation on the dean who sat be- side him on the platform, Dr. Calloway made a reply in which he protested against being brow- beaten and declared that Dr, Shields' speech was an illustration of his methogls at Des Moines. Then he left the platform with the statement that it was his devotion to the causc of Des Moines university that pre- vented him from replying with fur- ther statements to Dr. Shields, de- nunciation, Says It Was "Damnable" A: shouted protest against the in- sinuation came from Dr, Shields and the Jarvis street pastor read the Telegram report. "If that isn't dam- nable then nothing that was ever said or published deserved the word," he said. "I wish I had all the words in the dictionary to express myself about it. To try to destroy a man's character is worse than murder. If Dr. Wayman said that, and Dr. Cal- loway likes to take his stand beside Dr. Wayman, he is welcome to his company. "l think Dr. Calloway owes it to this convention, to Miss Rcbman and to me, to come up on to this plat- form and make the most abject apology for allowing himself to he- come the devil's instrument in pro- moting such charges as these." But Dr. Calloway did not comply. He had already left the hall. Earlier Exchanges Amiable The earlier exchanges between Dr. Shields and Dr, Calloway had been almost amiable. Inviting Drs Callo- way to the platform, Dr. Shields asked him to make a full statement of his case and promised a full hear- ing. He introduced the dean as a man who" had been one of his best friends in the university, and inter- larded his interjections during Dean Calloway"s speech with compliments on his past services but the tenor changed when the dean admitted signing: the letter to the trustecs. "You have heard Dr, Calloway say that his complaint is with regard to the administration of the university," Dr. Shields cried. "Yet this man put his signature to a letter which, if it had contained an infinitesimal grain of truth, would be enough to damn any man or woman, "Dean Calloway admits. what all the othér deans admitted that the suggestions were groundless. It was apparent, when that was admitted, that in their anxicty to get rid of Miss Rebman and myself, they found themselves faced with the necessity of besmirching the officials. "I have no language to express my contempt and horror of the despic- able, diabolical thing to which Dr. Calloway put his hand." Dr. Shields paused perforce, and Dean Calloway' interjected "You've lost your sweet- ness now." The interruption was ignored. "I would rather see Des Moines univer- sity 'in rot and ruin," Shields thun- dered, "than see it in the hands of men whose cthical intelligence is so low that because tiicy object to the administration of authority they will make a despicable attempt to blast a man's and woman's character." Dean Calloway Replies Dr. Calloway rose as Dr. Shields sat down. "You h: heard how Dr. Shields has browbeaten me today," he said quictly. "That is what is the matter with' our cause. You have seen how I have taken this brow- beating. Have 1 taken it like a man?" There were a few scattered cries of "Yes, you have." "Then I won't say any more," the dean continued. "I don't want you to consider me, You can crucify me. It is the cause that counts. Dr. Shields is a man who will either ask nor give quarter, and if I went on with this 1 should have to say things I would rather not--because 1 love the cause." ; He was already leaving the plat- form when Dr. Shields bounded to his feet crying, "I 'protest against that insinuation, What does he mean by it?" : "I won't say any more," Dr. Callo- way reiterated, moving for the steps. #Go ahead. and say your worst," Dr. Shields roared at him, "I chal- lenge you." . Dr. Calloway waved his hand. "That's all," he said. "I'm through. Goodbye." There was uproar from the front pews. "Think of the woman. You can't half say a thing like that," someone cried. The chairman tried to call him back. "You signed that letter," he cafled after the retreating. dean. "How long do you think I'm going ha h } Calloway called back as he retreated down the aisle. Calloway said. Divided Into Two Camps The principal point of Dean Callo- | y way's appeal to the convention was that the dismissal of the faculty by the board had destroyed the univer- sity's standing and its credits in re-|i lation to other universities. i "And now I don't sce what anyone | ( can do about it," he confessed. "In| ¢ "I haven't received my letter," Dr. are lots of things i yet," Dr. "You will. There jou have not received Shields answered amid laughter. Says Dean is Hoodwinked The Jarvis street pastor extempor- zed a beatitude: "Brother Calloway s the finest fellow in the world," he leclared. "He is a man on whom I lepended. But he is being hood- Des Moines university we are like a | winked." city that has been visited by a tor- nado and hadn't any tornado insur- ance. "The university is divided into two camps, and each one posscsses one integral part of the whole," he said, "The trustees' camp, which is domin- ated by Dr. Shields, has the property and the money. But it is without the], president, the faculty and the stu- dents. These of the other camp may have had differences in the past, but they are now as ome man, all pre- pared to follow Dr. Wayman. "They are convinced that Dr. Way- man was never given an opportunity to be president, in that he has never allowed to discharge the full duties of president. They love the univer- sity, but they are not prepared to offer any compromise to the other side." The dismissal of the faculty had alrcady resulted in the loss of the university's credits," "When the uni- versity was taken under new control we were placed on probation for a year in the matter of standing. We were being watched for any major changes in the faculty. So now our credits are gone already. The trus- tees have earned for themselves the reputation of the board who fired a faculty over-night and invited stu- dents to a university which had no standing. Des Moines diplomas are valueless now." Dean Calloway earlier had somc questions to ask Dr. Shields about the university administration. They were answered with a friendly good humor in strange contradiction to the fury of the later onslaught which drew from the dean the bitter com- ment: "You've lost your sweetness now." The figst question was whether Dr. Shields had given Dr. Wayman full authority "over the university and in- structed Miss Rebman to follow the president's leadership. The -reply was: "Not to follow his leadership. | Miss Rebman was a trustee and could not take instructions from Dr. Way- man." "Have you asked the deans for re commendations and report the by the tribute. whether Dr. Shields had realized be- forehand would injure the university. shot back. tions like that." univ president, sident who would know what the pro- I president could teach," he said. continued unperturbed He wanted to know The dean that firing the faculty "I don't know it yet," Dr. Shields "I'll take a hundred ques- There weren't any more, however. 'You go ahead and fire your ques- tions at me. Shoot," the dean urged the doctor. The Jarvis street - pastor's first auestion was whether Dean Calloway was not satisfied that the other side had been given a fair hearing. "Dr. Calloway talked here today about steamrollers," he said in reference to the dean's earlier demand for a hear- ing. "Now I want to know if there's anything clse he wants to say." "If I had all the testimony of the faculty here it would take all the rest of the week," the dean replied. "Why didn't you bring it, then?" Dr. Shields asked and Mr. Calloway replied, "Why don't you gentlemen come and get it?" Dr. Calloway explained his "steam roller" reference by saying that the board meeting at the university had not touched on matters of adminis- tration. When Dr. Shields asked if his supreme concern was the ques- tion ot credits, he replied, "My sup- reme concern is the life of the uni- versity." "If college credits are all we are thinking about, let's be done with it," Dr. Shiclds cried, "There are plenty more universities, but we wanted Des Moines to be something more than a mere system of credits." Why Dr. Wayman Dismissed Dr. Shields said he had asked for Dr. Wayman's dismissal because the rsity obviously needed a new It needed the kind of pre- fessors were teaching, "He was never in a class of Doctor Calloway's and Dr. Calloway did, not know if the "For was never in a single r any profcssor af : is utterly incom- ul 1 know he dean asked next, Dr. Shields that he had. said Before you buy~-- look under the lid! No matter how much you BY, for your radio, it is no tter than the tubes you see in the sockets. UX-226 UY-227 UX-200 UX-171-A Westinghouse" on the radiotrons assures un- questionable quality and efficiency. Canada's largest Radio, manufacturers equip with and recommend Genuine RADIOTRONS Gomack's most Peiulon Tubes to stand thera and h tan 3D of his he has ability know amd Shields demanded an ex- oi the alleged interference of Rebman no matters of adminis- , the dean consented to give one onl ch concerned her coun termandi; of an order about the purchases of books by the students, "Nine hundred miles is a long way to travel on behalf of the students to tell about those books," remarked Dr. Shiclds, "I don't think it fair to' Miss Reb- man to say any more," the dean re- plicd. "I think she was representing vou. Whatever she did, I knew it was really you and you ought to take the responsibility." The result of Dr. Shields oratory was another expression of confidence in him and in Miss Rebman." 'You have heard what the charges were that the trustees had to consis der," the convention was told by Dr, O. W. VanOsdel of Grand Rapids, "I think it 'would be fitting if the convention framed another resolution expressing its abhorrence of the sug- gestions that were made." The resolution will be formally sub- mitted to the convention to-morrow. Calloway Presents His Side Despite his discomfiture, at Dr. Shields' hands, Dr. Calloway carried out his intention to present "the oth- cr side of the case," for which pur- posc the dining-room of the Touraine hotel, which is the headquarters of the Shiclds party, was rented for an hour to-night. With the dean was Rev. Minor Stevens, another oppon- ent of Dr. Shields. - It was a critical audience, made up mostly of Bible Union. members in support of the Shiclds policy, that heard Dean Calloway and Mr. Stey- ens declare that they had been de- nied the right of free speech at the Bible Union meetings. Their speech- es were punctuated throughout by persistent heckling. ; Among those who disturbed the plans of the meeting was Rev. Wil- liam Fraser, Dr. Shields' assistant at Jarvis street church, who asked if he might question Dr. Stevens. T here will be no opportunity for asking questions," Mr. Stevens told nim, $A n Jenna haan Batol a ail we came here," Dcan Calloway, the chairman added. "If you do not sit down I'll call the police to put you out," Mr. Stev- ens further informed Mr, Fraser. Mr, Fraser reminded the chairman that he had complained" of steam- roller methods. "And I'm living 1n this hotel," he added. i Mr. Stevens was insistent that the meeting must not be disturbed, The people who had used the language that had been heard in the Bible Un- jon convention were not going to have any say at his meeting. Deprecates Strong Language Dean Calloway remarked that there had been much strong language used in the Bible Union's' discussion of the case. "The boys at the university threw eggs," he said. "But I don't know which is worse, smelly eggs or smelly epithets." Mention of eggs brought to the dean's mind some details of the Dcs Moines riots, and the audience laugh- ed as he told how Dr. Shields had run for refuge, "He ran into the of- fice with his coat taiis sticking out behind him," he declared. The board of trustees had acted un= justly. in dismis the university faculty, Dr. Calloway declared, Theie action meant the threatened disrupe tion of the university, and the stud ents were heart-brok "One of them." he l 'ca me and said Dr, Shicld d' our mother." nas Kuic (Continued on Page 12) 2M cant be wrong Kellogg's Corn Flakes must be crisper, more delicious--or 12,000,000 people would not daily prefer them to all other corn flakes. Kellogg originated corn flakes and nobody has ever been able to equal that Kellogg wonder flavor. Enjoy Kellogg's Corn Flakes for lunch and dinner as well as breaks fast. Fine for the children's evening meal. So easy to digest. Try them with canned peaches and milk or cream. Look for the red-and-green pack- age. 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