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TORONTO OFFICER 407 Bond Building, 4a Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, H. D. Tresiddev, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, ES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1928 THE MAYOR--AND THE COUNCIL As usual at this season of the year a crop of announcements and near- announcements of mayoralty intentions is being harvested. Few men whose names are mentioned think it politic to make an unequivocal statement of their intention to run, and still fewer have the courage to say they have not the slightest notion of running, It all de- pends, is the way most of them figure it out, and of course it does, They and their friends will want to dope it out as well as they can in advance, Is there a chance of an acclamation? And if not, will it be a two man battle, or a three-cornered or even a four-cornered fight? And who will be the opponent, or opponents? So many, many, questions of vital importance to the city's welfare--and incidentally the candidates' chances, The result is that nobody can be sure just who is in the ring (to stay) until nomination day is past, But after all, is it a matter of such su- preme importance who is chosen mayor? Of course we want a man who is respect- ed, honest, sincere and intelligent, But are we not all inclined to pay too much heed to an office that is largely one of presiding officer? So much talk about the mayoralty and so little interest, comparatively, about the personnel of the council, Would it not be better to give a little more advance thought to how the 1929 council is to be made up and whether any changes can be made in the method of election that would make for greater efficiency, if not in 1929, then in subsequent years? These are some questions we leave with our readers to ponder over, A city is known pretty much by the calibre of its council and if a group of aldermen do not measure up to as high a standard as they might then the electors, and not the aldermen, are to . blame, The former have the remedy in their own hands, What about mayor of Oshawa for 19297 By all means let us consider the question, But, also, and in many respects of greater importance--what about the council of 1929? WHEN WORK IS PLAY There is a lesson for grown-up men and women in that felicity of childhood to make play out of work, Many adults can recall the fun which made play of the harvest la- bour, and the snow house and snow man which made walk shovelling great sport, as well the many play games that came of rak- ing leaves, running errands, beating rugs. Was there anything men call work which those same men as boys could not have made a rip-snorting good game of? Making play of work is the real secret of happiness, Happiness is never attained through slaving to-day in the anticipation oi being able, financially, to play to-morrow. he man who takes a pleasure in his work-- 'rules play of it--is enjoying life in its full, Heo does not need to depend upon financial independence for his happiness. He is the man or woman whom the world has always 1. staken for the inspired genius because '#jove of work," "ambitions" and "aspira- tion" arc terms foreign to a world finding in work nothing but "toil," "slavery," "labour," "siruggle," and "drudgery," and working for nothing but "repose," "relaxation" and a perpetual holiday, Love of work is possible either in digging Some of the ride jumpers are merely young fellows out for adventure and travel, More are jobless men escaping from a hard job here to-day to what looks in the dis- tance like a better job somewhere else to- morrow. This modern tramp is often clean and decently dressed, and rides, not furtive- ly on dusty bumpers, but in the cushioned front seat and discusses politics and poverty as man to man with the driver by whose generosity he travels on wheels instead of on foot, HOW TO LIVE 100 YEARS There are about 5,000 persons 100 or more years old in the United States and Canada. "Thirty years ago I saw one person 100 years old where I see three today," says Dr, Frederick L, Hoffman of the Prudential Life Insurance Company. "I don't know of any limit to the life span," says Dr, Eugene Lyman Fiske, of the Life Extension Institute, There is no un- derlying, complete necessary reason for death, Death is always caused by poison, injury, or the failing of a substance neces- gary to life," Those statements, coupled with assur. ances that the active span of life for men and women has nearly doubled in the last 50 years make pleasant reading for most of us. The instinct of self preservation is one of our strongest, and whatever gives prom- ise to that instinct is gratifying, Just how to achieve the century mark is a matter of some dispute among centenar- ians, inquiry among 26 of them showed, One said no smoking and drinking was the cause of long life, while another said three teaspoonfuls of whisky each morning and night turned the trick for him, One said minding one's own business was the cause, and another said taking an active interest in other people was the secret, Other views were equally at variance, There was one similarity in all of them, however; they be- lieved in mcderation in all things, Which is a good rule for many purposes, EDITORIAL NOTES If a product is good, it will keep itself sold without advertising, if it has no competitors, Don't blame a man for being dignified, The less a doctor knows, the more Latin he must use, None is perfect; when a man outgrows fairies and Santa Claus, he still believes in statistics, On the other hand, many fear that the speaker who sees 8 world of fewer pessi- mists is a bit optimistic, Enthusiasm: The whistle on. the boat that wastes the steam while the propeller does the work, bit of Verse What are my needs? These only; Enough of song and sun, New scenes when I grow lonely And rest when work. is done; The strength for each day's task Of honest useful labor , , . What more could mortal ask? My needs , , . I reckon over The list I thought complete, And there one lack discover, Surpassing all things sweet. My needs? But futile pleasures Would all the others prove Without this crown of treasures, For every hour: love! | ship approaching. THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, Vestris Made No Report to Land Before Her S.0.S.| Record of Wireless Messages Indicates Decision When to Send Out Distress Call 'Was Entirely the Captain's «= Third Mate Tells How Lifeboats Were Launched sent New York, Nov, 20.--The rec- ords of two commercial wireless telegraph companies produced in court Monday indicated that the steamer Vestris made no report to land that she was in trouble at sea until after sending out a general BO vita) instances after the ship had begun to keel, it was also shown, the Vestris reported '"'noth- ing to communicate" to a sister Officials of the Radio Marine Corporation and the Marconi Wire- less Company occupied the stand for the greater part of the fourth day's session of the Federal inquiry into the sinking of the Vestria off the Virginia Capes a week ago to- day with the loss of more than 100 lives, Nothing they testified indicated that the captain of the ship de- layed the S.0.8. until 10 o'clock Monday morning, almost a full day after sie had had to heave the Ves- tris to, on any authority other than his own, . United States Attorney Char. les H. Tutile, conducting the in- quiry before United States Com- missioner Francis 'A, O'Neil, had subpoenaed the radio records to determine the truth or faisity of rumors that during those long hours when the Vestris was keeling over. Cap ain William Carey had asked for instructions from ashore as to the advisability of asking ald and had been told to make every effort to get along without a dis tress call, Launching Lifcboats equipment the Vestris and her sister the Voltaire, produced the radio of the Voltaire to show that had been in com- munication with the Vestris as late as § o'clock last Monday mora- ing, and had been told that the 4.41 Sunday Morning "At 4.41 Sunday morning, the Voltaire called the Vestris," Smith sid, consulting the Voltaire radio log, "and received no answer, It continued to call, but there was no response, At 5.09 they establish- ed communication, The Vestris said, 'Atmospherics are bad,' and 'I have nothing to communicate.' This was an interchange of signals, which he decoded, "After signaling the Vestris in vain several times on Sunday, the Voltaire got her again at 5.19 a.m., AMonday, They exchanged signals, and the Vestris said, 'stand by, 1 will call you when required, Have nothing to communicate,' * Welland, the Third Officer, a shy, red-cheeked youngster, spoke in a voice that was almost inau- dible, Again and again the attor neys asked him to speak louder. Finally, most of what he said had to be read after him by the steno- grapher, Welland sald that, as third of- fcer, he was responsible for the ifeboats, and (hat he actually superviced the launching of thew on the starboard side--where the lecks were awash-----while the cap- The caly other important wit. tain and the first officer super- ne 8-ot the day pa erpert oi| vised the loading of the boats on \ olland, 23 ye J ol ig au off he port side, which was up out of the Vestri who had 4 vind the water, It was in the boats on laund hing the lite Rul oid aL the portside that most of the mony of the 1a inching rR o| Women and children were lost. striking Yeh! > i Mo a "mem. | There were four boats on the star: gstunony © azsenzZcd an id Ts Fi b \ FO ar The crew that juetiiciency oard side of the ship, Welland was shown in getung the boats into the water and that they were found to be unseawor.hy when they were launched. The fourth and only other wit- pess of the day was a %0-year-u.d steward in the second cabin, who of being ned to investig- ate a leak in . a ..de of the ship. At the close of today's seision the Federal a torney said that he still had some raulo records to be produced, but he intimated that he be.ieve those already read from the stand were fairly conclusive evidence that Captain Carey with- held his 8.0.8, as long as he did solely on his own responsibility and not in submission 10 instructions from ashoré, The tirst. witness today was Ar thur J, Costigan of the Radio Marine Corporation, who had cou- ducted a search through the files of several of his compuny's coastal stations, He read the log of the sta.ion at Tuckerton, N.J,, and such parts as that of the Caatham, Mass., station as were not duplica- tions of the Tuckerton messages. The logs of the other stations, he said, merey dupiicated the Tucker- ton and Chatham logs, When Ship Began To Tip The detailed reading of the logs showed that on Sunday, Nov, 11, the day the Vestris had to heave to and began to tip, there was no record of any message from the ship to iis line offices or from the line to the ship. There was no record of any interchange between the two until after the 8.0.8, when the line wirelessed the ship for de- tails, and the ship replied with a brief description of iis perilous con- dation, The reading of the log gave as terse a description of the disasier as there has been, in the following entries: 9.10 a.m, Monday--The Vestris informed the Tuckerton station that it was keeling over and might need help. Tuckerton broadcast the message as a "CQ" stand by warn: ing to all ships, * 9,68--Vestris sends its 8.0.8, 10.37--A second 8.0.8. giving its position, ' 10.58--Vestris reports condition getting worse, 11,00--*"'Oh, please come quick,' pleads the Vestris, 12,15 p.m.--The Vestris says, "Can hardly stay and receive," 1,10--Vestris reports steam going and shift to emergency radio set, 1,29--In rapidly fading signals Tukeerton gets from Vestris; "We are going to abandon ship soon," 1,30--Vestris reports ship being abandoned, No Trace of "Olsen" Costigan's reading of the various logs developed the information that at the time of the 8.0.8, the steam- er Georgia Olsen was apparently but 35 miles from the Vestris, but no testimony was given to show when she reached the scene of the sinking or if she ever got there. The ships that did save about two-thirds of those on the Vestris --the American Shipper, the Ber- lin, the Myriam, and the battleship Wyoming--were al] more than 100 miies away from the Vestris at the time of the 8.0.8, and did not reach the scene until after night- estifled, and three of them were launched, He said he was picked up by Lifeboat No, § after he hau been in the water about an hour. He said this boat leaked a little, but only until the boardswhad swelled and closed the cracks, "How many talks did you have with the captain on Monday?' Tu.t]e asked Welland, Reported Water Leak "I saw him between 4 and 8 a NTRAL CANADA IAN AND SAVINGS 3 SIMCOE STREET NORTH, OSHAWA m.," Welland sald. "I reported about the water coming through a door just above the water line, He told me the situation was serious and directed me to inspect the ship in search of other leaks." "What did you find?" Tuttle asked him, "Nothing." Capt, E. P. Jessup, USN. re- tired U.S. adviser to Commissioner O'Neill, then asked Welland what percentage of passengers and crew were in the lifeboats under his charge that got away from the ship. Weiland said he did not know, When today's session of the hearing .opened, Commissioner O'Neill was joined on the bench by Captain Jessup, as U.S. adviser, and Captain Henry McConkey, mar- ine superintendant of the Cunard Line, as representative of the Brit- ish Government, The two advisers will no. have any ofiicial court status, Commissioner O'Neill mak- ing the final findings alone, Three of the rescued member: of the Vestris crew are to make a vaudeville tour at $65 a week, to describe their experiences in thz disaster, Officials of the Ungited States s.eamboat inspection service touay went over testimony adduced at the Federal inquiry into the Vestris disaster, in preparation for the commencement toworrow of public hearing on whether or noi Lae ves sel was properly inspected before she sailed on her las, trip, ihe in- spection inquiry hearings are ex- pected to last three days, The presiding officer will be Dickenson N, Hoover, supervising inspector-general of the intpectiou service, All the witnesses who gave testi- mony before earlier hearings of the inspection service will be re- I a A called to give Mr, Hoover their stories again, These include Fred- erick Soremson, a ship's officer, who was a passenger on the Ves- tris, and who at earlier hearings by the inspection service, repudiated charges with which he was ac- credited in newspaper stories ap- pearing soon after he reached here on one of the rescue ships. Among the first witnesses to be called will be the two inspectors direc ly responsible for giving the "0K." to the Vestris before she sailed, They are Edward F. Keane, hulls inspector, and Frederitk L. Dennis, inspector of boilers, The last identification of the dead of the Ves.ris was made to- day when, according to E, George Wiiliams, of Sanderson and Son, agents of Lamport and Holt, the body of the woman who had been in the Seaview Morgue, was found to be that of Mrs, Nora B, Kauan, of Detroit, Mich, RR -- SEARCHERS FIND BODY OF MISSING ACCOUNTANT Port Arthur, Nov, 19.--The body of C, Sherwood, accountant, of the {Newago Timber Company, who dis- appeared from one of the com- pany's camps on the north shore, {45 miles northeast of here while on an inspection trip Thursday {by a search party from Port Ar- tur, It was located about a mile from the camp and a bullet wound in the head indicated the probable cause of death, A rifle was near- by. Coroner Laurie has ordered an inquest, Sherwood was in his early thir- ties, had been seven years with the Newaygo Company, previously with the Bank of Nova Scotia and was prominent in veterans' organiza- {tions and in Masonie and service {club eircles, His home was in Cumberland, Ev gland. PAYS TRIBUTE TO FACTORY WORKERS London, Eng, Nov, 20, == The Most Rev, Cosmo Gordon lang. Archbishop of York and Archbishe op-Designate of Canterbury, paid a neat compliment to the girls em« ployed at a chocolate factory at York when he made a farewell visit to the factory before his departure to become Archbishop of Canter. bury, Referring to his boisterous recep= tion, he said, "The mere sight and sound of these girls stirred up all the instincts of my youth, and I found--as I constantly find--that the incurable youth within mie 1s very much alive and seems to pay very little heed to the passage of years." The girls, he added, were "'ex- cellent advertisements of the health and spirits they have in this indus try--and, may I add, of amother Seay industry, that of artificial ilk." Dr. Lang had to run the gauntlet of 500 white-smocked and white capped girls when he arrived, $100,000 Loss in . Theatre Productions London, Eng., Nov, 20.--Loss of $100,000 on two theatrical produc- tions are cited as the cause of the insolvency of Philip Ridgeway, th-atrical manager of Charing Cross Road, London, the two productions and net aseets $970, being, "The Blue Train' an a"an. tion of a Viennese play, and 'Cn- ronuts," The llahilities are $48,816, fall. John VP. Smith, of the Marcon! Wireless Company, which econtrol-| led and operated the wireless] Advertisements make neighbors of a nation The Yankee clipper-ships are sailing phantom seas. The western two-gun man has retired to the movies, and the southern planta- tion has been sub-divided, The old sectional distinctions have passed into tradition, Where there was North, South and West, there is now one people. Those old barriers of distance and prejudice have been worn down by many uniting forces: Railroads, radio, automo- biles, telephones, newspapers, magazines, Advertising. These are the things that have united America into a nation of neighbors. You have the same automobile as the chap a half- dozen states away. You both eat the same advertised foods, smoke the same tobaccos, enjoy concerts from the air with the same radio sets. You have a lot of things in common. Advertisements give you and your neighbors in all the forty. eight states the same chance to know and obtain new things as soon as they are ready. Through advertisements, you learn of a thousand devices that save you labor, increase your comfort,' help you enjoy life generally. They give you a broad panoramic view of this modern age we live in, Soi Read the advertisements--youy neighbors are reading them too