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1 i 1 i i i i i i i i 1 1 1 i i f i c 1 1 3 i i 1 3 thomas edison greatest inventor succumbs at age of 84 passes quietly world joins in tribute to man who revolu tionized industry ontario recalls boyhood in akiug use o two cats which were rubbed vigorously together but the cits objected so strenuously that the experiment hail to be abandoned at fort gratiot mich where he was visiting relatives ho became iueensed it one of the men who told ghost stories so lie- wired the chair and suc ceeded in giving tho storyteller a real shock as he approached the climax of a story his relatives at vienna have many keepsakes by which they treasure the memory of tho old inventor shiptoshore attempt ends disastrously west orange nx oct is thomas a edison died at his home in llewel lyn park at 321 am sunday he was 81 years old his wife six children his personal physician and two nurses were at the bedsiuo when the end came tho pronouncement ot death was made by dr hubert s howe mr edi sons personal physician at 321 am and transmitted by arthur walsh at 337 the announcement of death given to the press by mr walsh vicepresi dent of the thomas a edison indus tries said thomas alva edison quietly passed away at twentyfour minutes after three am oct is 1931 signed dr hubert s howe the end came after a day and night during which mr edison sank deeper and deeper into a state of coma while his heart which during weeks of ill ness had stood up oudertully began to falter as soon as the sad tidings were broadcast men of worldwide promin ence joined in paying tribute to the german auto exports 170 pc ahead of 1930 berlin in the first half of this year germany exported 5236 mo tor vehicles as against 61s2 for tho whole of last year ami at this rato the exports for 1931 would exceed those ot the preceding year 170 per cent trucks lagged behind passenger cars ill foreign sales as the latter wero nearly doubled this is large ly attributed to the pinch o hard character and genius of thomas alva times everywhere making tho snall kdison some of the more significant i car especially featured by the ger- statemenu follow man auto industry more attractive by herbert hoover it is given to abroad than it used to be few men of any age or nation or call- while it is a good thing for the ing to become the benefactor of all j reich which badly needs a favor- humanity that distinction came able trade balance this growth in abundantly to thomas alva edison exports affords a consideration re- whose death iu his slth year has end- lief to german auto manufacturers ed a life of courage and outstanding who mora than 1000 i hon steadily shrinkin here is a plane taking oft in an illfated attempt to beat liner bremen to new york plane carried two men and 3000 pieces ot mail japan adopts j british women motor tvicycies lead as pilots with improved facilities for achievement his lifelong search for production found domestic eonsump- trtith fnictifyinj inventions made him the greatest in ventor our nation has produced and revolutionized civilization itself lie multiplied light and dissolved darkness lie added t the wholo wealth of nations o was great not only in his scientific creative instinct and insight but lid more than any other american to p u- invention on an organised basis of the utilization of in he half year foreign sales ab sorbs per cent of the total ger man production as against s per c m st year at the same lime auto exports from other coun tries went down considerably so that germanys improved share of the world ait trade is greater thau the foregoing figure would indicate motorcycles not in haded tabulation show an iiic raw materials of pure science and dlsj tabulation show an incease coverv lie was a rare genius he ei saie3 amounting to 153 p has been a precious asset ti the whole of production as agius 30 p world every aincrean owes a per sonal dent to him by henry ford mr ediou was a truly great man he changed the face of the world in his lifetime aud every thing he achieved was beneficial to mankind the epoch created by his work will influence all the future his fame is independent of the fluctuating judgments of history it is etched in light and sound on the daily and hour ly life of the world i knew him for nearly 40 years he was the chief hero ot my boyhood and lie became my friend in manhood that experi ence must lie rare to have ones early hero for ones later friend the first encouraging word i ever had from any informed person on tho making of a gasoline automobile was given me by mr edison by harvey firestone one of the great privileges of my life has boon to have had the friendship of mr edi son ami to have enjoyed close associa tion with him jlr edison we all know had the greatest mind of any man in our generation there was no subject you could taka up with him on which he could not discourse brilliant ly his unselfishness his willingness to sacrifice himself for others his concentration and his natural genius all combined to drive him at top speed in his determination to increase the comfort and the welfare of the people and to lift human happiness to its highest standard ontario recalls boyhood st thomas the death of thomas edison famed inventor is of particu lar moment to a number ot his rela tives in this district edisons boyhood home still stands as a landmark on the banks of the ot ter biver 25 miles east of st thomas in the little village ot vienna it was to this thriving littlo humbor- ing town that edisons family lied when their lands on manhattan is land wero confiscated along with those of other united empire loyal ists the edisous owned s00 acres ot rich valley soil in east elgin and it was here that thomas edison as a boy roamed the picturesque countryside had his boyhood dreams learned to swim aud built up a rugged constitu tion that death has taken so long to wear down edisons chief companion in thoso days was oscar edison his uncle head of the present vienna family which still occupies tho ancient homestead oscar edison was the youngest of a largo family and was not so much ohler in years than thomas the future inventor was delicate in health in thoso days ho did not go to school early but his mother was nancy elliott a school teacher who undertook to teach tho young thomas many stories are told of thomas ellisons early life in this district ho was always tinkering experimenting with something one of his first jobs was that of a train news agent but ono day tho water dried oft a bottle of phosphorus he had in tho car with him and it set the car on lire costing him that job in pore huron it la said he joined his fathers printing house but some man became offended at an article he wroto and throw him ino the river ending his career as a repailcr whllo still in port huron he an 1 a companion aro said to have experi mented in tho generation ot eloctncity n the u tor rent cent year last year but production th was sharply reduced auto deaths in us average 90 daily new york in the frst nine months ot this year more than 24000 per sons were killed in automobile acci dents in the united states making the toll the largest ever recorded in 1 a similar period according to a com pilation made by the trevelers in surance company from state reports this loss ot life brings the fatal ities up to an averago of nearly ninety daly for the country august was the first mouth to show a de cline from the corresponding month last year now york with 1961 deaths a gain of 436 per cent over the simi lar period ot 1930 reports the greatest loss of life from automobile accidents of any stae during the nine months california with the second largest toll of 1gs0 shows a gain of 1307 per cent pennsylvania and ohio were next on the list tourists in japan ae interested in the strange vehicles that tho sonii ot nippon havo evolved as ther answer to the motor age in that country many of the streets and roads are still so narrow and full of turns as to handicap fullsized auto mobiles consequently uierehaiidise is often transported by moor tri cycles which have cue wheel in front and two in the rear called a rear car the vehicles are efficient and economical can travel at a speed of thirtyfive miles an hour and can climb steep grades the motor tricycles are products of evolution several years ago small merchants began to use trail ers and sidecars attached to ordi nary motorcycles later enterpris ing dealers cut off the rear sec tions of motorcycles and substitut ed therefor specially constructed frames witii a steel box for mer chandise carried on the rear axle from this converted motorcycle it was just a step to the tricycle the first machines of this type produced in osaka were noisy hardriding and inclined to break down those manufactured today are a great im provement and in spite of the de pression their production ha in creased rapidly in the past year japans highways are being wid ened and equipped with stronger bridges as quickly as funds permit but it is a lengthy task to improve 590000 miles of roads and streets especially with land priced so high the use of small vehicles that move fast is therefore an imperative need ot delivery men tho ny times cr proportion of feminine flyers laid to sport phase new york by adopting aviation as a sport women of great britain have won a larger proportional reore- sentatiou among pilots than have their sisters in tile united states charies s casey jones vice- president of the curtisswright cor poration said when the british air craft constructors ltd made public a report on feminine flyers it is iore a difference of geography than temperament that has given britains women pilots a relatively larger place mr jones declared after a comparison of feminine participation in flying here and there in the united states according to the latest figures of the department of commerce only 445 of the 16265 licensed pilots were women in britain of 3349 pilots certificates 112 air ministry a licenses are now held by feminine flyers as are five of the rare b permits which can be gain ed only with much flying and wide technical and mechanical knowledge in england and elsewhere in tho british isles aviation has attracted a large following as a sport or diver sion said mr ones the govern ment there sponsors and aids flying clubs while here the person who flies for fun gets no subsidy eats 37 corn within 2 hours by downing thirtyseven ears of corn in ono hour and fortyfive minutes ed ward kottwitz thirtysevenyearold ortottville minn farmer lays claim to being tho champion sweet corn eater of the world when horseshoes were fir3t used the practice of nailing iron plates or rimshoes to the hoofs apparently originated about the second century bc in the countries bordering on the mcditernnnean it was not commonly known till about the fifth century and iron horseshoes were not regularly used until the middle ages animal life new theatres are opened i in london despite depression london tlie london theatre seems to be peculiarly free from the evils of depression if the steady building of new playhouses is any criterion several new theatres opened their doors last year and more are yet to make their debut two mor2 are j shortly to lie added to the growing list the westminster in buckingham palace road opening with james bridies play the anatomist and the saville in shaftesbury avenue where for the love of mike is to be done other recently opened theatres in clude tho cambridge and phoenix french farmers covet agricultural medal paris the agricultural order of merit is prized by french farmers ac cording to a correspondent of the christian science monitor to obtain it one must havo been actively en gaged in agriculture for at least fif teen years when ii was founded by jules meline minister of agriculture in 1884 it met with a great deal of ridicule but s present popularity may be judged by this years pro motion which comprises 406 offi cers and 2430 knights in france and twentyeight officers and 196 knighs in algeria and the colonies- the rec ognition which membership in the order accords is eagerly soughtafter and many a farmer is proud to wear the green ribbon in his buttonhole awithjhem lonpscouts so they say j all that is distinctive in man j marking him oft from the clay ha walks upon or the potatoes he eats occurs in his thoughts and eiuo- tions john dewey jloue scouting continues to grow apaco in ontario and during tho past month some thirty new members were rcgistored at louo scout headquar ters it is gratifying also to note that this mouth two new troops havo been add ed to tho growing list of regular scout troops which navo been formed as a direct result ot lmo scout ac tivity theso aro at maplo and at uniouville the others aro located at paris killaioe cobalt sault ste marie aud bcamsvill on october 2nd tho louo scout commissioner with commissioner ir win and scoutmaster don hutchison ot tho 1st out lono scout troop journeyed to maple to attend the spo- cial meeting and resent the charter to tho new maplo troop there was a splendid turnout of scouts and the louies from king also attended to add their goo wishes and after a number of interesting scout activities tho chartor was presented in tho presenco ot a nice gathering of interested citizens ot maple wo wish the now maplo troop and their scoutmaster mr bryan the very best of good scouting ontario lono scout will bo inter ested to leara that a new shoulder tape badge has now been issued this reads as follow ontario lono scouts and is to be worn on the right shoulder by all lone scouts in this province these can bo obtained from louo scout headquarters for 5c each fire prevention week lono scouts are urged to put aside one week during october for special work under this head g all over canada this firo prevention week is being observed by scouts and tho idea is to clean up aud destroy all rubbish and inflammable mater around your houses barns and in tho vicinity ot your premises and in the case of pa trols in tho villages iu which they aro located thus before tho winter sets in everything will bo cleaned up and snug and there will ho no danger ot fires starting as a result ot rubbish left around or ot unt- ded rubbish adding to the seriousuess of any fire which might occur bear this in mind louies you can do lots of good turns in this way lone scout question box is there a special badge for lone scouts mlj moscow no special badge has yet beou is sued to lono scouts in canada al though imperial headquarters in lou don englaud have approved ot a spe cial badge for overseas lono scouts which consists of a scroti bearing tho words lone scout superimposed on the fleur do lys arrangements are being mado to obtain a supply of these for the use ot the lono scouts ot on tario ontario lone scouts may bo dis tinguished however by their mauvo neckerchief and by tho special should er tapo which is mentioned iu this column lonies are invited to address ques tions on scouting subjects to lono e at lone scout headquarters 330 bay street toronto 2 we cannot go on buying ouc daily bread aud butter with payer j unless there is something behind it george bernard shaw t dont know what they mean by mude withoui motion t sound contradictory to me water dam- rosrb in general marriage is easiest where people are ess differon- tiated bertram russell ml the money systems world may be represented of tho an up- j side down pyramid of paper notes resting on a point of gold joseph j caillaux i im afraid theres no charter which could he devised by the wit ot man which would prevent a fool and his money from being parted the mask of greatness is far too often worn either by notoriety or by popularity nicholas murray butler the times aro so grave today that every ones task is to cheer up his neighbor albert einstein you do not give to relieve tho beggar ycu give to relieve your self clarence darrow noted educationist taken by death mrs edith groves only woman chairman cf toronto education board toronto mrs edith leleau groves internationally known educationist friend of underprivileged children and first and only woman chairman of to rontos board of education died on saturday night following an operation a woman ot versatile talents a teacher lecturer poet educationist philanthropist and a good friend to all mrs groves filled a iarge place in canadian life and was a favorite in the united states where she often ad dressed educational gatherings and whero she did much research work in educational fields at her own- expense she was twice a delegate to the im perial conferenco on education held in tho university of london in 1921 and in the sorbonno in 192g educationists et nil ranks mourned with the announcement ot her death henry pay3 tribute the minister ot education hon george s henry spoko in glowing tho work ot the board of education was due to her understanding its prob lems having been a teachor herself tho opinion of the chief inspector david d mosliier her work had been strougly influenced by her understand ing of tho teacher aud the teachers viewpoint he said that understanding had shown itself iu sympathy to those whose need was greatest and the attention which- she gave to handicapped children resulted in the establishment of auxiliary classes iu the public schools for teen age boys and girls every important lite story has two aspects the things a man has energy enough to do and the things a man has stability enough to stand harry emerson fosdick the total number of stars in the universe is probably something like the total number of grains ot sand on all the seashores of the world- sir james jeans america has turned the civiliza tion of quality into a civilization ot quantity andre maurois politics nowadays is apparently overwhelmed 1iy economics benito i mussolini gaspe boats lost is report it t were to give any advice i would say to young people fall in love sir j arthur thomson dominion radios to federal vessels to join in search ottawa some eight or ten fishing vessels havo been lost in a storm off the gaspe coast according to advice officially received here over the week end wireless messages are being rushed by the dominion government to de partmental vessels in tho gulf ot st lawrence to proceed to the scene iu the world does not need mora knowledge as much as it needs noro humor bruce barton nothing recedes like success walter wiuchell every mans heart is his pulpit and believo me the pulpit needs just as much cleansing as do somo peo- i pies hearts texas guinan wealth has enabled women to gorget and set aside the virtue of usefulness mahatma gandhi terms ot her work and achievements an ondeavor to locato the missing fish- members of the department ot edit- ing boats cation expressed their regrets mem- liars ot the board ot education who had worked ddo by side with her told j world s grain exhibit ot her accomplishments teachers kegtna in july 1933 too felt they had iost a real friend i regina the worlds grain exhibi- and little children who had pulled at ion and conference will be held in re- her skirts and always won affection- giua july 21 to august 5 1933 at a ate attention talked ct the nice lady mrs groves has boon the main spring of a great deal of tho develop ment in the board of education during meeting ot the executive and flnauce committee of the forthcoming interna tional show held here recently theso dates were decided on the commit- air tour started by british airmen london determination to ob tain wider markets overseas for bri tish aircraft is evident in a high speed demonstration tour of europe begun recently with a display at brussels by three blackburn aircraft flown in for mation from an airdrome in york shire inspired by robert blackburn one of the pioneers of british airplane construction tho tour is to last twenty i days and cover 5700 miles demon- titrations will he given at prague vi- 1 enna budapest belgrade athens istanbul bucharest warsaw and am sterdam glider boat vienna a new type of passenger boat has made its appearance on tho danube river it is built in lire fa shion of the cabin of a huge flying boat nnd a pusher propeller mounted on the rear drives the boat along at a speed of more than 50 miles an hour it accommodates 20 passengers und their baggage jobless in france now number 650000 paris record compiled by the fed eration of labor place the total num ber of unemployed in france at 650- 0f0 and the ministry of labor re ported that plants with payrolls of more than 100 men arc employing 218500 fewer workers than at the same time last year the socialist party figured that 2500000 workers arc on part time employment results of a hail storm i proposes one currency for nations of empire london as the first step toward on international currency conference the observer suggested that nations with in the british empire should endeavor to elaborate a common current- policy tho newspaper said no more import ant step iu the direction of empire unity could be conceived than an agreement brlngiiig inio existence r common currency with a single stand ard throughout the empire the bri tish empire hie newspaper odd vvii thi ax iad solid as a rock in ih midst ot a world struggling with diverse currencies the past decade her work in connec- leo will at ouco proceed with plans for lion with the handicapped will always the carrying out ot the exhibition and bo a monument to her premier conference originally to have been henry said certainly the board ot held next year education the city and all the rclivj ities in which she was engaged have electric light anniversary lost greatly by her passing iter place date f ed funera will be bard to fid not only the board ot education and kew york by a strango coinci- tho school children hut tho entire city dence thomas alva editson will be lias lost an unselfish ami generous pub- l on the 52nd anniversary ot lie servant and not only the city but what he considered his greatest inven- tho whole north american continent hon the incandescent light although will mourn the death ot mrs grovos he did not give his famous monlo park the chairman of tho board ot educa- demonstration until dec 31 1879 he hon showing house with front cut to shreds by hail stones criiae gale swept through village of rayville mo recently zeph hilton said born in england mrs groves was born in cornwall england ot ancient huguenot stock j her family tho loleans was a sea- faring one persecution ot tho ilugue- j nots drovo it to seok a home in eng land and her family settled iu the cornish villago of trovagissy j prior to becoming a trusteo she had been vicepresident ot tho local conn- cil ot women and of tho homo and i school council president ot tho to- ronto girl guides and president ot the i sir douglas haig war auxiliary dur ing tho war trustee f b edmunds has been a j member of tho board tor 15 years as j tho member who had served longest and throughout tho whole ot mrs groves term ot service ho said is a terrible shock we havo lost ono of tho most active and interested mom- j hers of the board a woman who do- voted nil her time to educational work i her wholo educational outlook was en- j lightened and she stood for every reaj sonablo ndvauco in education two brothers and ono sister suivlvo they aro leo leloan mayor ot red- lands call c s lelean of berkoley c il and mrs c 3 warren shrews- bury mass i mrs groves profound devotion to perfected it on oct 21 of that year birthdeath rates low in great britain london tho 1930 death rate in great britain equalled the low of 1929 statictics recently published showed the death rate was 114 per 1000 of population and the birth rate 1g3 also equalling the 1929 low robot to play tennis match to permit a tennis player to prac tice alone a frenchman has invented a mechanical partner for tho courts expenditure for pavements an expenditure of about 92500 for pavements will bo mado by london wealth of queen sheba still a mystery tho gems and treasure recently found in a hidden cavern in a re mote region ot abyssinia by frank payter a big game hunter havo aroused fresh speculation about tho supposedly rich mines in that area tho theory is now advanced that theso gems wero taken from tho same cavern that was the source ot the jewels of the queen of sheba this queen is perhaps best remem bered by the biblical story of her visit to king solomon in which sho is reputed to have come from tho uttermost parts ot the earth to hear his wisdom as the hebrew kingdom grew in riches and power an increasing com merce was established with the king dom of the sabaeans whose capital was sheba in south arabia felix by means ot farlying trade routes the bible as well as classical writers and assyrian inscriptions attest tho wealth and trading importance ot sheba or saba as it is more general ly known from tho days of kins solomon to those of cyrus king ot persia tho trade routes from india to egypt and northern syria passed tho sabaean capital giving a tremendous advantage to the people ot that coun try in the marketing ot their goods many legends about the mysterious queen have sprung up her promi nence was partly duo to tho fact that sho was head ot an important omplro when queens wero scarco tho modern ethiopians hold tho tra dition that their emperor halle selassio is a lineal descendant ot david son of king solomon and tho queen ot sheba it out t never found the companion ihat was so companionable as solitude henry david thoreau flowers the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lio too deep for tears wordsworth do not affront the mornings fresh- 1 ness with a catalogue of ailmentsj it w emerson i thanks thero is a kind ot gratitudo in thanks though it ho barren and bring forth words southern all happy families rosemble one an other every unhappy family is un- i appy in its own way count leo tolstoy j manners aro what vex or sootho corrup of purify exalt or debaso bararize or refine us hut a constant steady uniform insensible operation liko that of the air we breathe ed mund burks