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(ye . « . v a Baily Tinnces Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER 5 (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every afternoon except. Sundays 'and legal holidays, 'at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Frinting Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway. Secretary. The Oshawa Daily Times 1s a member of the Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Association, 'he Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier: 10c a week. By mail: in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, 00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United tates, $3.00 a year. ! TORONTO OFFICE: . 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D, Tresidder, representative, -- J TUESDAY, AUGUST 380, 1927 COUNTY PUPILS' FEES That the Oshawa Board of Education is ar- ranging for a meeting between representatives of the County Council and its own special com- mittee on county pupils' fees is an interesting announcement that was made the other day. The chairman of the special committee is Trus- tee H. S. Smith, a former chairman of the Board and one who has given to this problem of county pupils' fees a great deal of thought and study. His ideas on the subject have been worked out very carefully and his only aim is to see that the taxpayers of Oshawa are not called upon to shoulder burdens that should be borne by others, : This problem must be faced fairly and squarely, Both sides have certain rights, Should county pupils pay the whole cost of their education at the Oshawa Collegiate Insti- tute or should they pay only part of it? Should the upkeep and a share of the capital cost of the building be included in the cost of education per pupil per annum? Is there room in the Collegiate Institute for pupils who live more than a mile or two beyond the tity limits? Will it be necessary in a few years to enlarge the Collegiate Institute? Let it be definitely understood that Oshawa Coes not wish to impose any hardship on county pupils, It must be possible to find a solution that is perfectly fair to all concerned and we think Chairman Smith will find it. FIRST THINGS FIRST It is said that, at its next meeting, the Board of Education will consider taking action on Premier Ferguson's plan for having university work done in the Collegiate Institute, Respect- 'ully we should like to point out that there is Jlenty of time to consider this innovation when the pressing needs of elementary education in Oshawa have been fully 'met. The first duty of any Board of Education is to provide public school instruction, This summer four rooms are being added to one public school and two to another, But who knows how many more roomfuls of children will appear next week on the opening day of school? All these children are entitled to a good elementary education and to comfortable accommodation in which to absorb it. "Port- ables" and basement rooms must be only temp- orary expedients, and very temporary at that. If first things are put first, the public schools will receive attention before all else, Long ago in Ontario the principle was ac- cepted that it is the duty of the municipal zovernment to provide elementary education free of cost to all children. It is a basic prin- ciole in all civilized izountries. To this has gradually been added the duty of furnishing free secondary education; but this idea has not yet been fully accepted and there has beep in recent years a growing conviction that those who receive the benefits of high school educa- tion should probably pay some fraction of the cost of that instruction. One might almost venture to prophesy that within ten years there will be fees charged to students in col- legiate institutes, technical schools, commer- eial schools, high schools, and continuation schools, Those who have watched the rapidly mounting cost of education will be inclined to agree that this prediction is not altogether a dream. ; ! So the second duty of the Oshawa Board of Education is to provide for students in the Collegiate Institute, the technical and the com- mercial classes. There is a third duty, the pro- vision of adult education in evening classes. This is an increasing need. For many people a seeond chance must be provided; they must have an opportunity to equip themselves for better positions. When these three duties have been adequate- ly and amply fulfilled, education authorities may consider others, such as the provision of higher education--but not till then. Oshawa is less than forty miles from the Provincial Uni- versity and, in this motor age, that is a short distance. Nor should it be supposed that we are in any way ovposed to the plan put forward by the Minister of Education. It is a logical and a democratic scheme which will, no doubt, be carefully worked out in all its details and will 4 prove a boon to cities in Northern Ontario." | In brief, our argument is this, School taxes are already high in Oshawa, This City's popu- lation is growing rapidly. Extensive additions to the public schools will probably be needed at once. An enlargement of the Collegiate Insti- tute looms up as a necessity of the not very distant future. More money will probably be required for evening classes. Therefore, the Board of Education would be, in our *humble opinion, well advised to confine its attention to the problems already before it and to postpone for some years consideration of the proposal to add to the City's educational obligations. GOOD WORK GOING ON The suggestion thrown out that future sum- mer camps of the Boys' Training School at Bowmanville might be held much nearer to Oshawa should not be dismissed without in- vestigation, It is earnestly predicted by some of those in touch with the splendid results being obtained by Dr. Reaman and his staff that the name of Bowmanville wll be famous in all parts of the earth before many years through the success of the school, From a purely selfish civic stand- point, Oshawa might find it worth while to seek a share in the honor, The major consideration, however, is the School itself, The people of Ontario need to know what it is all about, and to become thoroughly aware, in speaking of it, that it is not a reformatory ; that no stigma rests on the lads who are sent there for training, True, a great majority of the boys have at one time or another shown evidence of dis- ciplinary or spiritual breakdown. All boys show it in one way or another at some period of their lives, But these lads, for the most part, come from surroundings for which they are not responsible, but which tend to force them into criminality, ! At the same time, it should be remembered that the boys at the Training School are sound inside or they wouldn't be there. Good citizens of the districts they come from believe in them, stand as their sponsors, No hoy can be com- mitted to the school from any court, The school's real function is this: It is dedi- cated to the ideal of giving the neglected boy a real chance. Where, in former years, the gossips of small town or large have said: "I guess So-and-So's boy is going to the devil," the Bowmanville school replies: "No hoy goes to the devil unless he is forced there. Send him here where he can learn to be a man." EDITORIAL NOTES The greatest thing the airplane has done for civilization is teach us to look up now and then. Many of our peace pact proposals are faulty because they wouldn't work out in case of war. Our best-dressed woman now is the one who used to complain that she had nothing to wear. A financial failure doesn't hurt so much after you become accustomed to your new friends. : Men have a hard time deciding what to order in restaurants, yet kick at home when the food doesn't suit. Some take too much trouble in making pleasure and others too much pleasure in mak- ing trouble, In a single season banana trees grow as much as forty feet, showing what ambition will do in a hard-working tree. £ Giving every man a job is recommended as a cure for unrest. Still, many are willing to take the money without the job, A machine represented to be certain in the diagnosis of diease has been tested and found to have altogether too many incurable ailments. Bit of Verse NEW DELIGHTS Day after day I find some new delight; It was the grass that pressed upon my cheeks, That add a touch as soft as Death's when he Comes to a sleeping child that never wakes. And now the wind and rain; it was the rain That made the wind. reveal his breath at last, But 'twas the wind that, travelling high and iar, Furrowed the heavens with clouds from east 40 west. And when the night has come, perhaps the moon, With her round face all shining clear and bright, ] Will ride the dark, humped clouds with camel's backs-- And end my day with that last new delight. | Mrs. Brown, he said was there practi- WARD PARTY WENT "TO VAVERLEY IN| (Continued from' page 1) any members of the Ward party had been drinking. After ten witnesses had been heard last night, A. Cochrane of Cobourg, acting for the Crown, asked that the inquest be adjourned to enable the Crown to bring additional witnesses Cqroner Dr. A. S. Tilley agreed and fixed September 9 at eight o'clock in the evening, daylight time as the date on which the hearing will be continued. The large auditorium in the Town Hall at Bowmanville was packed to the doors when Chief Constable Jarvis re- opened proceedings last night. On the atform were seated the Coroner, pro- vincial police and several counsel. A. J. Swanson and Louis F. Hyman were present on behalf of Peter Sey- mond, thought to have been the driver of the car which struck Mrs. Brown and at present remanded in custody on a charge af manslaughter. F. Ward of Toronto, appeared in the in- terests of Detective Ward. Mr| Swan- son is also acting for Philip Pritchard who was with Seymond on the night of the accident some time before its ogeurrence. Henry Levy and Miss Florence Appleton of Toronto, whe were members of the Ward party were not present last night but they will be summoned to attend on Septem- ber 9. Subpoenas for last night's ses- sion were not sent out until last Satur- day afternoon and it is understood that neither of them were served in time to be present. The fact that Levy was absent drew unfavourable comment from the Coroner. "Notice that the inquest was to be tonight has been printed several times in the daily press and I see no reason why Levy should not have made it his business to at tend even if he was not summoned," declared Dr. Tilley when informed of Levy's absence. Piece of Cloth Exhibited Two exhibits were placed in the hands of the Coroner last night. The first was a tiny piece of cloth which Highway Officer Reid removed from the battered headlight of the abandon ed car owned hy David Prusky of Peterhoro and thought to have beer driven into the women alighting fron Ward's car by Seymond. The second was the kimona which Mrs. Brow: was wearing at the time of the fatality The material taken from Prusky's ca and that of © which the kimona wa: made were identical. The two exhibit: established the fact that it was Prus kv's car which hit Mrs. Brown. Police officers testified that the ribbed pat tern of the material in the kimona wa: imprinted upon the dust laden fender of the abandoned car. Order had to be restored severa! times while David Prusky was testily ing and also while Phillip Pritchar« was giving his evdience, Both men though foreigners speak English fairly well. Prusky caused considerable amusement by his reticence concerning the location and activities indulged i at an Oshawa club which he frequent- ed. Pritchard also a member of the same club, apparently a card playing joint, was equally unwilling to speak of it. Physician's Testimony Dr. R. B. E. Wilson who was called to the scene of the accident shortly af- ter it occurred last Thursday morning was the first witness. He told of hav- ing found Mrs. Brown in the south ditch, limp and in a state of collapse. After noticing the position of the body Dr. Wilson had her removed to "The, House That Jack Built" where he ad- ministered the usual stimulants and proceeded with medical tests which es- tablished the fact that Mrs. Brown was dead. Although the hair was mat ted with blood and there were several injuries including a probable fractured skull and a shattered leg, Dr. Wilson thought that the primary condition leading to death was shock. The doc tor was of the opinion that he had arrived on the scene at 1.45 am. "At what time did the accident oc- cur?" asked Mr. Cochrane of Detective Ward, the second witness. "To be precise I could was somewhere between 12 and 1 am "Who was with you when you ar- rived from Toronto in your car? "There were three others, Mrs. Le- vine, Sherbourne street, Toronto, Hen- ry Levy, 21 Marion street, Toronto and Miss Flo. Appleton, also of Toronto. Went to Waverly Inp Detective Ward then proceeded to relate the incidents which led up to the departure of the party increased t not say. It Oshawa to see the Rotary Carnival before going to the Waverley, Returning from the Waverley, Mr. Ward testified that he had driven = ew yards west along the highway and had pulled up on the south side of the toad so that the rear sonth door of his car was flush with the 'walk "leading into "The House That Jack Built." He also stated that so far as he knew there was none of his car left on the pavement. r. Cochrane dwelt on this point for séme time but witness would not swear that the car was all off the pavement. His headlights, he went on to say, were not an full" the courtesy lights being lighted. He explained that courtesy lights are lights used when approaching another car. They are not parking lights. Witness esti- mated that they had been on the side of the road for about three minutes before the tragedy took place. "Where was Mrs. Brown struck ?" asked the Crown. "I don't know. I knew she had got out of the car from the back seat but just where she was I am not prepared to say. 1 was sitting in the front seat and was not paying attention to the others. 1 judge however that there was a conversation between Miss Ap- pleton and Mrs. Brown. They had opened the car and got out on the wrong side." "When did you first see the other car coming?" Yelled "Look Out" "1 saw its lights coming and from the way it was travelling 1 was not sure what part of the road he was on. I yelled 'Look out, then I heard my car door struck. I got out. Miss Ap- pleton was about seven feet from the rear of the car. Mrs. Levine got out and exclaimed, 'Where is Helen?' She must be gone into the house! Mrs. Levine looked in the house and then Mrs. Brown's nephew came out. Miss Appleton was unable to give us any idea as to what had happened." "Where was Levy?" interjected Mr. Cochrane. "He was there, he jumped out of the car too when the accident occurred." Detective Ward then went on to say that after a search which lasted some time he and Kenneth Prior found Mrs. Brown in the ditch, on the south side of the road, considerably farther away than they had anticipated. "Can you say how fast that car was travelling 7" Says Car Swayed "It was very fast but I can't esti- mate its exact speed as there was a sort of incline on the road at that point. The car was not holding a straight course hut was swaying from side to side. Tt was when I saw it lunging toward my car that I yelled." "You did not turn and go after the driver who did not stop," observed Mr. Cochrane pointedly, "My first attention was to the injur- ed and besides his car was travelling at such a rate I felt it would be use- less." Mr. Cochrane then went back over some of the ground previously covered in an effort to learn more complete details concerning the arrival of the party from Toronto and the party which was subsequently held at the Waverley Inn. "Who went to the door of "The House That Jack Built" when you an- rived?" counsel asked. "Mrs. Levine and Mrs. Brown ans- wered." "How was she dressed?" "She wore a blue kimona or bath- robe over whatever she had on under neath, I don't know." "And she did not change that cos- tume #" "There was no change whatever." "That was an extraordinary costume to go out in, was it not?" "Well she said she was going to a friend's place which was just across the road. As I have said I do not know what she had on underneath, when Dominion and Provincial Dominion SECURITIES CORPORATION LIMITED MONTREAL OFFICE 109 Sc. 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He told of having left Toronto at nine o'clock and gong straight to Oshawa and thence to "The House That Jack Built" where Mrs. Levine rapped at the door and was answer. ed by Mrs. Brown. "Mrs. Brown sai that they had had a busy day and had gone to bed early. I heard Mrs. Javine asking her if she hadn't got the ca to the effect that we were COMINg.. Then we all went into the sitting room and sat down. Somebody said sope- thing about lunch but Mrs. Brow: said the place there was filled up and she would rather the guests be not dis- turbed by our talking and walking about downstairs. She went on to say that some friends of hers had a place across the road and we could go there. We went outside and 1 thought they were going to walk but them to the Waverley Ian following directions given. They assured me we were going to some friends. "When we got there Mrs. Brown called "Willie" to someone. L was sur- prised to notice that "Willie when he appeared was a Chinaman. We went in and were directed to a room. There was talking and conversation' and in another room there was music. Later on a large crowd came in and shortly after 1 heard someone asking if that meal was ready yet." The witness then proceeded to explain the relative posi- tion to one another which those in the room assumed, pointing out that he picked out a chair, sat down in it and never got up till they were leaving. cally all the time, leaving but once and then to go out and dance with Levy. The others were in and out of the room from time to time. At this juncture Detective Ward re- membered that he had omitted to men- tion that the pasty after leaving "The --W. L. Davies. | mai np . ~ Ad CS they went | ' straight to my car and got in. 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