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i PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An {independent newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Ushawa Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas M Mundy, President; A R. . Secre tary. limes is a member of the Cana ian Daily Newspapers' As Canadian oy - . The Ushawa Dally dian Press, the sociation, I'he untarie Provincial Dallies Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 1Uc a week. Hy mail: im the Counties of Untario, Durham and Northumberiand, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. ¢ TORONTO OFFICE: 407 Bond Building, 66 Pemperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D, Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc. New York and Chicago. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928 A VOTE TO BE TAKEN The City Council, at last night's meeting, voted almost unanimously in favor of sub- mitting a by-law to the ratepayers for the purchase of the Cowan homestead on Simcoe Street South at a price of $40,000. Rather surprising it was to find His Wor- ship, Mayor Preston, who is usually a "pro- gressive"'--not politically, of course---oppos- 'ing the proposal. Just what danger there is in giving the ratepayers an opportunity to say "yes" or "no" to the suggestion that this very beautiful property be acquired at a re- markably low price we are at a loss to un. derstand. If the ratepayers decide that the present property owned by the City is suffi cient for all public purposes then that de- cision will be accepted by the Council as satis- factory. But it seems to us that the Council owes it to the ratepayers to at least submit to them so attractive an offer as that which has been made by Mr. F, W, Cowan, We were rather sorry the Council decided against submitting at the same time the question of holding or disposing of the pres- ent property fronting on Bagot, Metcalfe and Simcoe Streets. Not that we favor its sale, We do not. We believe this property can be used to excellent advantage in a number of ways, even if the City Hall were located else- where. But we think the people would have preferred to express their opinion on the mat- ter and it would not have added anything of consequence to the cost of taking the vote, However, so the Council decided and by that decision we must abide, Since the purchase ofghe Cowan property by the City was first mooted we have heard many favorable comments and a few, but very few, unfavorable ones, Our own opinion is that the ratepayers will be quick to recog- nize the unique beauty of this property and also its unusual -suitability for civic pups poses, But whether we are right or not there is no doubt the people will appreciate the op- portunity of accepting or rejecting the pro- posal, WHY. NOT AN INQUEST, A young man died in the Oshawa Hospital carly Saturday morning as a direct result of being immersed in the bitterly cold waters of Lake Ontario about 9 o'clock the previous night. The circumstanges surrounding this un- fortunate accident: are such as, in our opin- ion, to call for a Coroner's inquest, We ate aware that the Coroner has made a thorough investigation of the cireumstan- ces but we feel that the official finding of a jury weuld carry more weight in the direc- tion of remedying some of the contributing factors in connection with the fatality, Here are some questions that might well be con- sidered by a Coroner's Jury if one were em- powered to inquire into the death of this young man. Should not the life saving equipment at the lake be readily available at this season of the year? Why should it be under lock and key just because the man in charge of it during the summer is not at the lake? Should .there not be a life-buoy and pike- pole on the pier the year round, Also in any other location where same might be needed? Warnings could be posted against molest- ing or any improper use of such equipment, How long was the ambulance bearing the young man held up at the C.N.R, crossing by one or more trains? Is it true that the conductor or engineer were asked to move their train to let the am- bulance over and failed to do so? Was the delay a serious factor in causing death? It does seem to us that in a case of this kind a Coroner should not hesitate to hold an inquest--indeeed we think he should be required to do so. It is not sufficient to as- sume that all the parties interested and Ink OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928 publicity in connection with the accident. On the very same day a young railroad engineer lost his life as a result of a train derailment at Bradford. An explanation, and doubtless the correct one, has been given of the cause of the accident. But nevertheless, we are glad to note, an inquest is to be held. Why? Because other lives were emdan- gered and still others might be endangered from a similar cause and so an exhaustive investigation, involving the hearing of wit- nesses, is considered well worth while, The same holds good in this case. An inquest would undoubtedly serve a very use- ful purpose and should be held. Other lives may be lost or endangered because of the very same circumstances that contributed to this young man's death. What assurance has anyone now that any one of the factors involved will be corrected ? . FOR THE SUBWAY The long-discussed subway under the Can- adian National Railway at Simcoe Street South now appears to be within reasonable distance of accomplishment, A hearing before the Dominion Railway Board is scheduled for May 1st and from that date on things should move fairly rapid- ly. It is too bad that last year's Council did not take this necessary action or that this year's Council did not act earlier in the year, Certain aldermen seemed to be of the opin. ion there was some other method to pursue, which was the chief cause of delay. The drowning accident of last week pro- vided another instance showing the real need for a subway, Had there been no blocked crossing to negotiate the unfortunate young man, suffering terribly from exposure, would have been in the Hospital under treatment several minutes sooner. What would happen if the fire reels were held up when answering a call to some point below the tracks? Perhaps a fire that could be put out with chemicals would develop in- to a serious blaze by reason of that few min- utes' delay. The traffic to the lake this summer will likely be heavier than ever and the delay and danger of the level crossing will be a serious menace, From every standpoint no time should be lost in pushing the subway through to a proper conclusion. There has already been far too much delay. Let us see if this year's Council can make real progress in this matter that is so vital to the interests of all citizens, EDITORIAL NOTES A Toranto school boy was sent home for having a camphor bottle around his neck, We suppose that is what the teacher would call "necking." The Prince of Wales has granted an audi- ence to Henry Ford, Now everyone will be wondering what they talked about, D, B. Hanna, who is resigning as Liquor Control head, said (jokingly of course) that he proposed now to return to some "legiti- mate" job, Many a true word is spoken .in jest. The Provincial Police are now checking truck loads on a weigh scales recently in- stalled at West Hill. This is a splendid scheme and should help to save the highways, par- ticularly at this season of the year, when overloading is so extremely harmful, Bit of Verse MARKET STREET He stops in front of the store windows where Little white chicks in brooders roll like balls. He looks at dry brown bulbs till people stare At him, but he can vision garden walls Where tall gladioli and dahlias stand Like brilliant ladies in the uncoiling ferns, He visioned rows of garden truck. his hand Is clenched as if he hoed; and then he turns To look beyond the box of flower seeds. Verbenas, phlox and larkspur now he sows, - Carefully guarding them from treacherous weeds That come in armies down the little rows, He scatters seed upon the lawn, and grass Appears, as green and tender as in those Elysian fields where only fairies pass, Right here before his eyes a garden grows, And chickens peck, and drink from a tin cup He holds for them, He moves as if to pet, His chicks, who live but fifteen stories up In a hall bedroom, bath and kitchenette, --Raymond Kresensky | At a Glance nh, jf i However, if the Englishman is really afraid that in 10 years or s0 he can't take a bath without curious people spying on him by television, we would suggest that there is plenty of time for him to take one before then. --Owen Sound Times. LJ LJ And here comes along some to be burned at the stake for heresy or somethin'. Soon no- body'll be able to do nuthin' without somebody seein' some- one. . v LJ] Who remembers way back when mothers used to shriek at their children to keep out of the way of the milk-wagon? - LJ] * Ah, Speed, what demon art thou? What robed in red That hides on curves, hills, lakes and crossings To send us to destruction. Nd . . SPRING This morn 1 heard a robin sing; "At last," said I, 'Ah, here is spring." Next morn, behold, when I looked out I hardly could supress a shout, For such a change had met my sight : Was I transported in the night To frozen lands where no birds sing Nor ever feel the touch of Spring? Now all you bards who tune the lyre Imbued with Spring's poetic fire, Take warning, do not wake too soon, No Spring comes here 'till first of June, treacherous figure R.J.W, . * . "School Board claims teacher embroidered during hours of class" --headline, For crying out loud, here we be teachin' all our daugh- ters to learn to sew, anl here ye be callin' one down fer doin' that very thing, CI "Bird of rare species is believed to have made Atlantic flight"-- headline, Why all this here aero- plane business when we couid make birds pull cars fashioned for the purpose, LI "Girl Guides Co, held bridge" =~headline, What reminiscen. ces have we of the time when brave Horatius held his bridge against the vast hords of in- truders upon the sacred soil of Italy. CI So that's the reason "You have been a good boy so Papa's going to buy you a violin." "Goodie, now I won't have to get my hair cut," . CC If the effect of a University education is going to drive our students into the Arctic, and by canoe, then I say, away with our universities, CI Famous last words, "Why this gun hasn't been load- ed since" LJ Rd LJ Walt'll termorrer. od Ww LJ » By Renrut, FATALLY SHOT St. Mary's, April 16,--~Thomas Binnington, who resided on Water street north, was shot this morn- ing at 7,30, and succumbed to the wound in his head at 9.30. An in- quest is not likely, as the Coroner and Crown believe it was a case of suicide. The Binnington family was up- stairs at the time of the shooting. Mr. Binnington was in the kitchen. The first intimation of there being anything wrong was the sound of a shot from a 32-calibre gun, which was {i the house. On coming down stairs the family found Mr. Bin- DEATH SENTENCES IN MOSCOW FOR ILLEGAL FINANCING Moscow, April 17. --- After a trial lasting 23 days seven men Saturday were sentenced to death on charges of economic counter- revolution through fllegal busi- ness transactions, There were 42 persons on trial, and of the re- mainder thirty were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and five were acquitted. Six of those sentenced to death were di- rectors of private Moscow cred- it companies, the seventh was deputy chief of the economie bur- eau of the state bank. The charges of counter-revolu- tionary activities were in conmec- tion with illegal finance methods in the bank, singion lying on the floor wound- | em ee ye " TALES TOLD TO The Oshawa Baily Times | . Succeeding : ANIRISH COURT Gombeen Man and Peasant Farmer at War Al ways rp -- Cavan, April 16.--Gombeen men and Irish peasant farmers have been at war for generations. The gombeen man is a sort of general dealer who supplies all the farmer's needs, from a pint of porter to a plough, on credit, and the fun comes when he seeks to get his money through the district courts. All general dealers are not gom- been men, but they share his fin- anclal worries. It is easier to pluck flowers from the Bog of Allen than to ex- tract money from an Irish peasant- farmer's pocket when he does not wish to pay. "Hence, the heavy eivil business done in small debts in the district courts, which not only are police courts but also have the powers of British county courts to recover small sums. ' Saturday morning' saw a long list of claims In the Cavan district court, presided over by M.J. Han- nen, whose district covers Coun- - Jties Cavan and Monaghan--a young man with clean cul features, smooth hair bughed back, keen questioning eyed and a firnr mouth, Old men, hent and worn with years of thankless toil, sat grimly in the chilly, dusty court--men with quaintly shaped beards. There were bushy beards and forked beards, thin beards and big beards, and beards of Apostolic form and fullness, Also, there were whiskers, side whiskers, mut- ton-chop whiskers, whiskers that wandered and whiskers that stop- A QUEBEC TEACHERS hy EAGER FOR VISIT Quebec, April 16. -- Quebec teachers are already showing eag- erness to accept the invitation ex- tended to them by the University of Toronto to make a trip during the Summer holidays and learn something of Ontario school methods, according to the Hon. Cyrille F. Delage chairman of the Council of Public Instruction, who will shortly make the delavel arrangements, This year. Mr. Deelage says, Ontario teachers will come here again, as they did in 1927, to secure, instruction in French. PHILADELPHIA WILL HAVE LARGEST FREIGHT TERMINAL Philadelphia, Pa., April 17.-- The largest freight terminal yard in the world is to be built by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on 295 acres of reclaimed swamp and meadow land in South Phila- delphia, fronting the Delaware river. The project and other improve- ments in South Philadelhpia will cost approximately $20,000,000. d " odode Mone to Loan Secured by first mort- gages--50 per cent. of value--on dwellings-- apartment houses or offices and stores lo- cated in Oshawa. Address correspond. ence to Manager of Mortgage Dept, GIBSON BROS. 357 Bay Street, TORONTO No Agents fofecfucfosfosfoortost josfosied . 5 ooosdosiedt * Seeioeeted ped but did not finish, AN'IDEAL" POLICY The "Ideal" Policy has been designed for those who desire the greatest amount of protection for the smallest premium pos- sible and yet do not Sheet wish to be paying pre- For $2.500 miums after age sixty. | 38° ou If under 45, no medical smn 44.90 examination is required scans for amounts up to $2,500. EXCELSIOR waves | ESsReany MAIL THIS TODAY H. A. MacDONALD - District Manager Oshawa, Ont. Sead me full information about your "IDEAL" Policy. Myoge & Name. Address. -- StoBiE-ForLONG (© STOCKS BONDS GRAIN Head Office: Reford Bui BAY AND WELLINGTON STS TORON S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa -- Above C.P.R. Office Phones 143 and 144 BE a ES a BR A Myr, J.F. H, Wyse General Manager Ontario Safety League Says : if operated with care al- ways, and courtesy towards others. I have watched with pleasure many boys who ob- serve the traffic rules care- fully. They ride on the right side of the road or street, They put out a hand when it is their intention to stop or turn, and, in general, follow traffic directions, careful bicycle rider is very much safer on our streets, congested with traf- fic, than a child playing on the sidewalk who, thought: lessly, or to retrieve a ball, runs out into the road with- out looking." - With, probably, the heav- fest traffic itions in a Oring Ontario, Batety a the Ontario your is wheel pl street, "The bicycle is one of the safest vehicles of locomo- tion, All means of locomo- tion are comparatively safe 10 Commandments for Cyclists 1 Keep to the right and ness the curb, Meeting traffi on 2 iid 4 pois Bs iB oh on left. 3 Tum close to curb. Tum left around centre of intersections. 4 Raise one arm when stop: ping and slowing up and to indicate direction when turning. Rid ight. \/ 5 Ride stra ght. Don's Watch for STOP 6 traffic officers' i - Give traffic coming from 7 right the right of way et intersections. D 8 Die 9 moving 9 Don't "eut in" in front of & moving car. Keep your feet th 10 bit LL = the dlebars. "He will only be | youn Let him have a bicycle once- YOUR boy wants a bicy- clema C, C. M. Don't disappoint him, He will only be a boy once, _ Some fathers forget what joy a bicycle was to them when they were boys. They don't put themselves in the boy's place. A bicycle will give him wings. It gets a boy away from street corner influences. With a bicycle he 63h "Dee the Word". It will ve scope for his energies. t will develop him. A orgies. teaches him his way about, and how to take care of himself. On his bicycle he can ride to the parks and playgrounds, to the open country, Every boy idealizes a certamn brand of skates, or a certain kind of motor car, or a certain brand of jack knife. You'll find when it comes to bicycles Your B.y Wants a C-C'M* That's the wheel with the 20-year nickel, the rich, radi- ant enamel and the padded motor bike saddle. There are many other features he will prob. ably tell you about if you ask him ~such as the famous Hercules brake, the top quality Roller Chain, steel rims, the automobile style mudguards, and the Gibson , one-piece aluminum pedals, One of these snappy bikes in maroon, green, blue or black, with their sporty id trimming, would tickle a to Tn CCM: Bicycles CoLumBIA--RED BIRD--CLEVELAND PERFECT--MASSEY and Joycycles for Children (for use on the sidewalks) Corner of Church and King Streets DINGMAN & MASON Phone 930