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| THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER;0. 1928 S223 DISEASE ATTACKS {BELIEVE NEGRO 1S been in 1} PAGE FIVE EE -- EE 3 * guns Ow Beafnetonthel NORCO OW Battle of Guns Ends m town that might I would have help- PEPER EPPPIETINEEN RR ER RS 2 2S ed you myself, For 16 yeare have been im public life here have always done my best for Peterboro and Veterans Win All Along the Line Peterboro, Nov, 30.--With a frank admission from Mayor Denne to 500 war veterams in the Cana- dian Legion Hall that a mistake, for which he did mot attempt to evade responsibility, had been made, Peterboro's famous battle of the guns, came to an end Thursday with an armistice in which the ex- service men won all along the line, The captured German guns are to be returned to Confederation Square. At the Mayor's request, a committee of five veterans was ap- pointed to co-operate with the city council in deciding where the tro- phies can be placed to the best ad- vantage. Veterans Cheer Mayor The Mayor's frankness and will- ingness to face the issue were nct only rewarded by an amicable set- tlement of the controversy, but earned him a round of cheers from the veterans, proposed by Col. Charles H. Ackerman, president of the Ontario command of the Cana- dian Legion, and the man who pre- sided at Monday night's indigna- tion meeting at which the salvag- ing of the guns was decided upon. The attendance at the meeting at which Dr, N. H. Sutton was chairman was even larger than on Monday night and there was a chorus of approval when it was an- nounced that Mayor Denne had ask- ed permission to address the vet- erans. The Mayor, who was applauded as he marched up to the platform, began by the statement that at any event ha had done something to bring the returned men together, He explained the appointment of a special committee of the council to co-operate with the war memorial committee in the beautification of Confederation Square and told of the proposal to remove the guns until the work there could be com- pleted. Mayor Admits Mistake "There has been a mistake made and I am sorry," sald Mayor Den. ne. *I regret very much that this thing has happened but there was no intention of showing indignity to the guns and my intention was that they should be stored in a good place until the plans were completed. There was a mistake where they were put and I don't blame you boys for going down terboro and for the veterans this city. I am ready at any ti to help you and ready, now to ans- wer any questions. I'm admitting my responsibility in the matter and I regret very much that this epi- sode has occurred. "Will the. guns go back to Com- federation Square?' demanded a veteran in the rear of the Imlil, "They will go wherever you men want them to go," replied the may- or, and the gathering cheered. The warfare was over them and there. Captain Jamea Winterbottom im- mediately moved that the mayor's explanation be accepted and Cap- tain R. E, Layfield proposed that the veterans get behind His Wor- ship in putting old home week over. Appreciate Attitude ~The, formal expression of opin. fon of the veterans was voiced in the following resolution: 'His Worship, the Mayor, having explained the circumstances sur rounding the removal from Confed- eration Square of the three cap- tured German gums treasured by ex-service men, as symbol of vig tory and sacrifice, and having of- fered to replace them and maintain them in good repair as lasting mem- orials, "Be it resolved that the veterans of the Great War here assembled, accept His Worship's explanation and his undertaking on behalf of the p of Pe ES KARN'S BIG One Cent SALE Now In FULL SWING Come Early And Secure the Bargains Karn's Drug Store NEXT POST OFFICE Pp terboro, to replace the guns in Confederation Square, and care for them, and these vet- erans express appreciation of His Worship's conciliatory attitude un- der the rircumstances, WASTE OF WHEAT STRAW 18 CURRENT PROBLEM : y ress Regina Sask, Nov. 30.--For years experts of one kind or another have wrestled with the idea of utilizing the millions of tons of wheat straw that annually go to waste on prair- ie farms, and now there is more than a flickering ray of hope that the problem is about to be solved through the invention of a new ma- chine by a French engineer, The Saskatchewan government, | which has closely watched every plan brought forward in the past, is said to be interested in the new invention and may ship a ton or two of straw over to France to be tested in the new machine, The French engineer's invention is a machine that' presses straw into a slab about two inches thick and binds it with steel wire, The slab can be used for partitions or in the construction of {all sorts of outbuildings. It is also said to have possibilities as a fuel. MAJOR GRAHAM BELL IS REPORTED IMPROVED Ottawa, Nov, 30,--~The condition of Major Graham A, Bell, Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals, was reported today to be much im- proved. An operation Tuesday dis- closed a typhoid condition and not pneumonia, as previously reported, jit Feed your nerves, h Feel Gt. Sold at 5c., $1.25 speci ily size. oA nd economical to England, Sid Ea EfL §§ Jour wore erves you are "run-down" and "all nerves" the cause is simple, Strained nerves are starved nerves. The constant wastage of nerve cells and tissues has not been made good by sufficient restorative material, Stimulants and drugs do more harm than good, What you need is the of OVAL Buildsup Brain, Nerve and Body Opaltine Rusks are made which Ovaltine is added and and for is caked 7d ave. Tors Spbgtiont ciety A. WANDER LIMITED 455 from finest Conadion wheaten flour to A a KING STREET WEST, TORONTO, ONTARIO FAMOUS SCIENST US. Public Health Officer 'Down With Maka Fever Washington, Nov. 30.--For 28 yeas Dr. Edward Francis, noted Favelnment scientist of the public ealth service, has experimented with germs. He has toyed with the most deadly cultures, prodded them with steel in- struments under i munity, sday he was removed to the naval hospital gravely ill, a victim of what he had regarded one of his most harmless germs--that of malta fever, previously associated only with cattle. 'Dr, C, C. Pierce, assistant sur- goon general, said Dr. Fraucis's con. tion was serious, since there is not known treatment for the diseasc when contracted, by humans. The symptomdoi the disease in many 'ways resémbles tuberculosis with a strong suggestion of malaria, Dr. Pierce explained, Only in rare cases has malta fever been known to attack humans and when it does it generally lasts from three to five years, usually with fatal results, the (assistant surgeon general said. Fever germs have been Dr, Fran- cis' hobby, He gained international renown as the isolater of the Tu- laremia germ--the fever contracted from rabbits. Humans many times were infect- ed by careless handling of the ani- mals and often with 'serious results. For eight years Dr, Francis experi- mented with the tularemia germ. He believed he had discovered a cure. Rather than endanger his assist. ants, the scientist deliberately inocu- lated himself with tularemia culture. He contracted the disease, used the treatments which he had discovered and subsequently cured himself. Disposing of the rabbit fever, Dr. Francis set about isolating and ex- perimenting with the Malta fever germ. The disease was comparatively unknown, having been discovered on the Island of Malta about 40 years ago. Through his research the sci- entist discovered that cattle in this country had the disease and that it was passed on to human beings by the use of raw milk. Dr. Francis and his assistants started experiments with the Malta fever germ, Two health service sur- geons and laboratory workers con- tracted slight cases of the fever, but the scientist, whe had conquered many other forms of disease, kept on with his research. Finally he, too caught it. His assistants said it was because of Dr. Francis' experiments with raw milk as a carrier of the germ, CANADIAN TRADE ON INCREASE IS REPORT ---- Import and Export Figures Both Up in Last 12 Months Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 20.--Canada's trade for the 12 months ended Oc- tober 31 reached a total of $2,560, 808,369. This was an advance © $236,944 473 over the amount of $2,- 32386389 for the same period in 1927. Figures wei issued at the Do- inion Bureau © atistics, Forte amounted to $1,202,304,859 as compared with $1,078975,104 in the same period last year, For Octo- ber alone the figure was $112,340, 617. Iron and its products Was, the heaviest item for the period with : value of $312,378,327, Agricultural and ts amou : 4: poy Mg fadyle and " textiles 199,103,553 ; and non-metallic min- iid including coal $157,292,460, i Exports for the 12 months perind were $1,358,503,510 compared wit $1,244,888,792 for the same period in 1927. For October alone the amount was $143,955,185. Agricultural and ducts, which includes Jargest item exported months with a total of 4 Wood and paper amounted to is : 752,740; ammal roducts including meats $169,228,775 ; and metals other than iron $100,043,117 AGITATE TO HAVE CHILDREN'S LEGS KEPT COVERED 30,--Couly onton, Alta, Nov, 80. ul - Edmenien interested in the wel- tare of the human race be persuad- ed to start an educational campaign with a view to haying the Jegs of small children being properly ecloth- ed in cold weather, The agitation on this aefount is growing in this eity following publicity given to recent examples of children shivering with bere lege blue with cold while their parents walked muffled up in furs or great costs. "MARY CHRISTMAS" IS - Montreal, Que,, Nov, 80.--"Mary Christmas," shouted the ~lerk of the Recorder's Court and everybody in the court looked around in sur- prise. To their astonishment a young woman named Mary Christ- mas answered the call. She was charged with loitering while drunk on a city street. "Simply you are named after one of the greatest holidays of the year it does mot mean that yoy have the privilege of getting intoxicated on any feast day," Recorder Thouin ssid, after she had pleaded zuilty. She was compelled to pay the custs of the court, vegetable pre: rain, was fF in the 12 $642,608,946. ;| ASK FULL PROBE OF FINANCE COMPANY Amherst, N.S., Nov. 80.--At a special meeting called here by D, W. Robb, the Maritime shareholu- ers of the Manufacturers Finance Corporation reiterated their de mands for a full investigation in- to the affairs of the sorporatin, urging that the inquiry of the liquidator, G. T, Clarkson, and other officials be pressed to a def- inite conclusion, A letter address- ed to Charles Garrow, K.C., master in Chambers, Osgoode Hall, To- ronto, was drawn up, expressing a desire to have the court inquire in- to the liability of the insurance companies involved, regarding compensation for iosses sustained on insured notes. The court was also asked to institute proceedings for the recovery of this insured money, Clean Up the Mess Mr, Robb said it was the duty of the shareholders to see that the "mess" into which the affairs of the corporation had fallen was cleared up, The meeting was called in ve- sponse to a letter from Mr, Clark- son, replying to a resolution re. cently drafted by the Maritime shareholders, This reply, it was sald, failed to classify the standing of the bondholders, shareholders and other creditors of the bank- rupt company, A telegram from P. E, Smith, Chairman of the Bri. tish Columbia Committee of Share. holders, said they were alsqibress- ing for the requested classiff@ition, and favored the institution of suit against the insurance company, In this letter Mr, Clarkson des- cribed in detail the affairs of the Manufacturers Finance Corporation, which, he said, were in a 'serious mess," "Catch Submarines" By Nets Like Small Fish Tokio, Nov, 30,--~Submarines have always been a great deal of trouble in time of war, They have the habit of sinking ships at the wrong time and in the 'wrong place, Convinced of the necessity of inventing some other monster of the deep that will put the U- boats out of commission, Japanese mechanics have been working on the problem for some time, It has been announced that such a ship has been perfected and two of these are now under comstruc- tion, one in Osaka and the other in Yokohama, They ought to be ready for service before the end of the year, Nothing is said of the principle behind the invention other than that it 1s a small ship, capable of more than 30 miles an hour+and equipped with nets which catch gibiarinee "just as. we catch fish", ? GLASS INSULATOR IS FOUND IN OLD TREE New Denver, Bo, B,, Nov, 30-- When a cotionwood tree was cut down near here recently, it was found to contain in its heart 8 telephone line block, the plece of wood to which the glass insulator for the wire is attached, The tree had grown completely around the telephone block, which was in per- fect preservation, Counting of the tree rings disclose that it had been attached to the tree thirty years ago, This fact was borne out by G. Williamson, manager of the tele- phohe company, who recalls when the telephone wire was first in- stalled, establishing communica- tion. between Silverton and New Denver. during the great mining boom days, Give thema PICTURE For Christmas Nothing can beautify the walls of a room os well as a beautiful picture, and it is a lasting gift. "We can live without Pictures, but not so well" Won derful selection now on display. Store open eve- pings until Christmas, Patte's Phones 125, 1846 85 Simcoe St. N. TOHET SLAYER' \ Omaha, Neb, Nov. 30.--For the second time in the past week, Mrs. G. Harold Stribling, injured victim of a hatchet attack, positively iden- tified Jake Bird, Louisiana negro, as the man who crushed her husband's skull in the Stribling home with an axe. Mrs. Stribling suffered a broken nose in the attack. Bird is held as a suspect in the murder of three Omaha persons, killed by blows delivered by a "hat- chet slayer" here several days ago. "As God is my judge, there stands the man," Mrs. Stribling said in a hospital where Bird was taken late Tuesday from the State Penitentiary at Lincoln, where he had been guard- ed since last Friday against possible mob violence, Mrs. Stribling had identified Bird as the attacker last Friday when she said: "That is the man; take him away." Since that time some doubt had arisen as to whether she was posi- tive in her identifications. The second identification placed the blame for the attack in the Stribling home on Bird and brought suspicion that the negro may be the man who struck terror throughout Omaha and surrounding territory by a trio of slayings. In all of the mur- ders the victims' heads were crush- ed with an axe, Mrs, Stribling in identifying Bird Tuesday pleaded with the negro to "tell the truth" and reminded him that she had "kept my word not to tell detectives." * rrer------------ 00ST OF LIVING 1 SLIGHTLY HIGHER Statistics Show Weekly Cost for Family of Five is $21.52 Ottawa, Nov, 30~The cost of liv- ing in Canada advanced slightly in October, The average weekly budget for a family of five was $21.52 ac- cording to an estimate compiled at the Department of Labor, The figure for September was $21.38 and for October last year $21.18. In 1900 the budget was $9.37. The high peak was reached in 1920 with a cost of $26.46. The total was reached as follows: Food, $11.28; fuel and light, $3.26; and rent, $6.95, The increase over September was mainly due to seasonal advances in the prices of eggs, milk and butter, Smaller advances occurred in meats, cheese and beans, The price of po- tatoes was substantially lower, Wholesale prices were slightly higher compared with September but lower than the same point in 1927, Taking 1913 prices as 100, the index figure for October was 150.2, Scp- tember 149.7 and October last year 152.6, In the budget rent advanced two cents while fuel and light were one cent cheaper, SAYS GIRLS OF TODAY ARE NOT SO BAD Kingston, Ont,, Nov. 30.--When Mr, and Mrs. Napoleon Doe, cele- brated the 55th anniversary of their wedding recently, Mrs, Doe showed a fine liberality in her judgment of the modern girl when, in an inter- view, she said 'I see nothing wrong with the modern girl. When I was a girl I remember we craved good tinves, but girls in those days had to work and attend to their knitt- ing, Of course it was something aw- ful for a girl to use rouge and lip- stick, and late hours with boy friends usually resulted in sound spankings from stern fathers who to-day don't seem quite so stern, But a girl can be a good girl with- out being a goody-goody girl, and though they bob their hair and en- joy themeselves in 1928 they aren't any worse than the girls of 1873 because I guess they wanted to do the same thing even away back then." Daughter and Father Separated for 49 Years at Last Reunited (By Canadian Press) Calgary, Alta, Nov, 30.--After a separation of 49 years and an inten- sive search during the past six years which at times had seemed hopeless, Mrs. J. E. Rutledge, of Altoona, Penn., has been re-united with her father, Thomas Jefferson Wagner, re, The last time Mrs. Rutledge saw {her father she was a little girl in North Dakota, and her father was a man of 27 years. Today he is 76 and a patient in a local hospital. "We thought certain he was dead, but I never gave up hope of finding him," said Mrs. Rutledge. She took her father back with her to Penn- sylvania, SCANDINAVIAN EMIGRATION TURNS TO CANADA (By Canadian Press) ; Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 30.--The tide of Scandinavian emigration is being turned to Canada, and in the next few years a large influx of set- tires from the Scandinayian coun- tries may be expected, according to Senator Ivar Vennerstrom, who pass- ed through Winnipeg recently inthe |} course of his extensive tour of Can- ada, Myr, Vennerstrom is greatly im- ressed with the degree of success andinayian settlers have met with in this country, | : of Women's and Girls' COATS ®aete 2 Sododed 0 * Special Price Groups Wonderfullv Good Savings Await All Whe Have To Buy. 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