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Au Four Ak Vana war DAILY TIMES, 1aURoUAY, DECEMBER £/ ipa The Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER 4 (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every after. noon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M, Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Secretary. The Oshawa Dally Times 1s a member of the Cana dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As. sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: ¥0c a week, By mail (out side Oshawa carrier delivery limits): in the Counties of Ontario, Durham end Northumber- land, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 'a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, v8 Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaido 0107, H, D, 'fresiddev, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN 0.8. Powers and Stone, Inc.,, New York snd Chicago, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928 Cm THE CANADIAN NATIONAL"S GOOD SHOWING There is no reason to be depressed over the showing of the Canadian National Rail- ways during the first eleven months of this year. The net earnings for the period men- tioned are $53,549,291 as compared with $41,459,707 for the corresponding period last year, A gain of nearly 30 per cent. in net earn- ings would be considered a very satisfactory achievement in any business and no less so in the case of the Canadian National, which no one will argue has a particularly easy row to hoe. Every {fair-minded Canadian will express, mentally if not audibly, congratula- tions and best wishes for an even better showing in 1929. DROWNING FATALITIES It seems inevitable that at the beginning of the winter freeze-up of lakes, harbours and streams, each year, a series of drowning accidents must occur. This year is no-ex- ception. During the past two days eleven persons have lost their lives through this cause in eastern Canada alone, Three young boys were drowned while skating at Midland, one boy was drowned while crossing the river at Guelph, two boys lost their lives taking a short cut over the Lachine Canal at Mon- treal and five persons went to a watery grave when their closed auto crashed through the ice at Bathhurst, N.B. While loss 'of life from this cause occurs every year it seems to us it need not occur if proper precautions were taken. Parents have a responsibility in this connection but the authorities have an even greater respon- sibility. Surely some measure of control can be exercised to prevent people taking fool- hardy risks of this sort. Warning signs such as are to be seen along the Toronto waterfront are of some avail and no doubt serve to cause many thoughtless young peo- ple to stop and consider before taking need- less risks. THE CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND Oshawa citizens have reason to pride them- selves on raising a fund of around $3,000 to help give the less fortunate members of this community a "Merry Christmas." The accomplishment was a worthy one and the Christmas Cheer Committee has been able to bring joy to many hearts and to give at least temporary relief in some cases of actual distress. Some givers to the Christmas Cheer Fund gave out of their own comparative poverty, many others from their store of wealth. But all who gave will undoubtedly have greater joy in their own hearts by reason of their giving. Yet we cannot help thinking that the total amount subscribed is a mere bagatelle when compared with the amount spent on personal luxuries. Perhaps ten times the amount re- ceived for the Fund has been spent waste- fully. during the Christmas season right here in Oshawa. Take the purchase of bottled goods from the Government liquor store and the brew- ers' warehouse, for example. It is safe to say that twenty thousand dollars would be a low estimate of the amount spent at these two thirst quenching depots during the week precoding Christmas. Quite possibly Satur- cay and Monday alone svould account for half that amount. Whatever our individual opin- be regarding the use of liquor ions me surely no one will question that it is properly placed in the luxury class. Nor have we heard of any charge accounts at either the liquor 'store or the beer warehouse. Cash and cash only is the policy. If the amount spent for liquor in this prov- ince could be diverted to the purchase of useful commodities such as food and cloth- ing there would be less need for Christmas cheer funds here or elsewhere. Winter's other annoyances and discom- forts could be put up with gracefully were it not for those common ailments of grip and colds which are so prevalent this winter, No matter how. often a person has been afflicted with these maladies a new attack lays him low in body and spirit. Absences from work on account of these common ailments are a severe blow to in- dustry and business. Claims against benefit associations because of influenza or grip make up 20 per cent. of the total compensa- tion paid by these associations, If people could only avoid getting these diseases they would save themselves discom- fort, doctors' bills, loss of wages and danger of serious illness, But try as one may; it seems impossible to escape at least one attack a winter, People who get plenty of fresh air, who ventilate their homes thoroughly, who avoid drafts and wet feet, and who are careful to take a good amount of exercise are the ones least afflicted. Fresh air is a wonderful medicine, « MENACE OF COLDS EDITORIAL NOTES The most successful debater in this world is time. Life is what you make it instead of what you make, No man is old until he feels like kissing a girl on the forehead. Honestly, the best policy is to let all's well that ends well enough alone. Civilization seems to be a frantic search to find a substitute for some substitute. You get used to things. Seems only natur- al now that a girl's complexion should be artificial, A few prominent citizens have not yet been "mentioned" for the position of Mayor of Oshawa for 1929, Any who feel slighted should phone the editor of this paper and the omission will be remedied, French automobile manufacturers are reverting to the right hand drive, says a news despatch from Paris. It seems almost as hopeless to obtain unanimity in this mat- ter as in the adoption of a universal lang- uage. A distinguished son of Ontario County has passed away in Toronto in the person of Dr. Clarence L. Starr, noted surgeon and teacher. The world is richer for the service rendered by such a man as Dr. Starr and poorer because he has passed on, ~ Bit of Verse HOW FAR TO BETHLEHEM? "How far is it to Bethlehem Town?" "Just over Jerusalem hills, adown Past lovely Rachel's white-domed tomb--- Sweet shrine of motherhoods' young doom. "It isn't far to Bethlehem Town-- Just over the dusty roads, adown Past Wise Men's Well, still offering Cool draughts from welcome wayside spring; Past shepherds with their flutes of reed That charm the woolly sheep they lead. Past boys with kites on hilltops flying, And soon you're there where Bethlehem"s ly- ing. Sunned white and sweet on olived slopes, Gold-lighted still with Judah's hopes. And so, we find the shepherd's field And plain that gave rich Boaz yield; And look where Herod's villa stood. We thrill that earthly parenthood Could foster Christ who was all-good; And thrill that Bethlehem Town to-day Looks down on Christmas homes that pray. It isn't far to Bethlehem Town! It's anywhere that Christ comes down And finds in people's friendly face A welcome and abiding place. The road to Bethlehem runs straight through The homes of folks like me and you. Madeleine Sweeney Miller. That Body of Bours By James W. Barton, M.D. | INSURANCE COMPANIES AND : W HT WVEIG You have applied for some in- surance and as you have had no difficulty in passing the doctor's examination on previous occasions You are surprised and hurt to learn that although the company will ac- cept you, that as you are twenty five pounds overweight for your age and build, they will have to rate you up as being five years older than your actual age, Or perhaps you are one of the thin type and the doctor informs you that as you are ten pounds un- derweight, the company will have to rate you up as five years older than your actual age, Now as these insurance compan- fes have statistical departments, and life and health is the material on which they work, there is there- fore no getting around the fact that folks that are too thin or those who are overwelght are not as good risks as those who are the proper weight for their age, sex, and height. Now there is no question but that as there are different types of Individuals physically that -there must be differences in weight even for same height. There is what Is called the greyhound type such as Dempsey, and the bulldog type such as was John L. Sullivan; both fine specimens physically, Yet where these types are of equal height, the bull dog type would necessarily be perhaps 20 pounds heavier, However the whole point about the matter is that that body ou yours is like a machine that needs a certain amount of food to run it. The machine has to replace worn out cells and to create heat and en- grey to keep itself running proper- y. In fact nearly 80 per cent of the food it takes in is used simply to keep itself running. The other 20 per cent is to do your dally work. Dr. Julius Friedenwald of Balti- more puts it in a simple manner A grown person uses up each, day 4 ounces or a quarter pound of meat or eggs, 17 ounces or a little more than a pound of fruit, vege- tables and bread, and about 2 ounces of butter, cream, or fat; as well as 2 to 3 quarts of water. The body absorbs about 95 per cent, of this, and uses it for the various purposes of the body. If you do hard physical work it would be well to increase your food intake by 20 per cent; the meat and eggs should certainly be increased. The thought then, whether un- derweight or overweight is to see that that body of yours gets enough fuel for its needs every day, no more, no less. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) FORDS REPORTED IN CONTROL OF COMPANY STOCK Windsor, Ont., Dee. 27.--Wallace R. Campbell. vice-president and treasurer of the Ford Motor Com- pany of Canada, Limited, express- ed himself as puzzled by the startl- inf rise of the company's stock on the curb market, where a gain of 74 points was rezistered, the stork climbing from $601 to $675 in two hours. The rise of the stock was news to him, Campbell said, and he could ascribe no reason for it, for his confpany was announcing noth- ing out of the ordinary in the way of production schedules, and the announcement was made some time .|ago. Majority Stock Gossip here has it that the rise has something to do with reported attempts of Henry and Edsel Ford to acquire a majority of the stock by adding the holdings of several of the large original stockholders of the Ford Company who live here. This rumor was given an official denial some days ago by several of the stockholders who live here, and whose holdings, add- ed to those now owned by the Fords, would give the latter abso- lute control of the company. The Fords are the largest single stock- holders, but they do not own a majority of stock in the Canadian Ford. Rumor also has it that the Fords have obtained enough prox- ies to gain voting control in the company from several of the large stockholders here. VANDERBILT BACKERS TO RECEIVE CHEQUES St. Louis, Mo, Dec. 27--Tired but affable, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. changed trains here late Sunday on his way to Reno for Christmas. The former publisher said: "Now, just be- fore Christmas, arrangements have been made so I will have $3,000,000 ready for distribution among the backers of my unsuccessful tabloid ventures in Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco." CHRIST FON ALL=ALL POR CHR THE COVENANT OF GOD---As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which 1 have put in thy mouth, shall not de- part out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed. saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. --Isa. 59:21. PRAY ER--Thy word, Lord, have 1 hid mm mine heart, that I may not sin against Thee y Before Him Lies the Geo. graphical Challenge to Sci- ence, a Continent of Five Million Square Miles, of Which Practically Nothing is Known -- Spend Two . Years in Exploring New York, Dec, 27.--Comman- der Richard H. Byrd, head of an expedition to the 'bottom of the world," is at the threshold of one of the greatest adventures of this adventuresome century, Before him lies the last geo- graphical challenge to science-- frigid formidable Antarctica, a con- tinent of 5,000,000 square miles, which Is so little known that even a large part of its glacier-fringed coasiline must be mapped from guess, Byrd commands a millicn dol- lar expedition, equipped us few, if any, previous po.ar parties have been fitte out, and is prepared to spend two years, if necessary, in wresting from the vast land of silence secrets that scienee has long wanted to know. The pariy finds itself at the Bay of Whales--one of the gate- ways to the continent--virtually at midsummer, when conditions are most favorable for (he .tlying which Byrd plans to do. Whether he will attempt an im- mediate aerial trip to the South Pole is regarded as doubtful; it is believed, rather, that he will post- pone this spectacular part of his program until the expedition has its second wind on the storm- swept tongue of ice that ex.ends for an indefinite distance into the continental indentation known as Ross Sea, Wilkins Also Planning On the South American side of Antar.ica is Sir George Hubert Wilkins himself an aviator ol note, | who is also known to be planning a polar flight, The two airmen have disavowed any intention of racing to the Pole, previously visit- ed by Amundsen and Scotr, after sledge journeys overland, but it is known that each would iike to ne the first man to reach it by air. Wilkins has already made at least one long Antarctic flight from his base on Deception Island, near the Weddell Sea,, and hence finds him- self wich a good bit of South Polar Bryd's Expedition to Bottom of the World Faces Big Adventure carry with them, Beyond the coasts, that it will be hard enough to fly them even when conditions are most favorable, And that, accord- ing to American standards, isn't saying much, for Antarctica is always cold, always blustery, al- ways treacherous, always inhos- pitable, = Byrd's men who venture into the interior will find themselves strict- ly dependent on the supplics they where seals, sea elephants and pen- guins abound, theres no game in this dead land of ice. Vegetation, even among the rocks that outcrop here and there through the glac- fer, is limited to rudimentary mosses, The largest living thing re- ported is a minute spider, [SSUE WARRANT RESTAURANT FIGHT Feeling in Ottawa Runs High Over Row When Three Injured Ottawa, Dec, 27,--A fight in one of Ottawa's leading Chinese cafes, during which Harold Starr, prom- inent athlete, was branded about the face and body with a red-hot poker, resulted in the issuance of three police warrants today. warrants charged Harry Woo, Chin- ese cook, who is wielded thur Tabor, athlete, to serve Tabor, and salt shakers, trees and in fact every movable ob- ject in the restaurant were used as weapons by the combatants. authorities describe the most serious fracas of its kind ever to have occurred in the capi- tal. flying experience, : The Ross Sea barrier and its Bay | of Whales, used by Amu.adsen as the base for his Summer season, to the explorers of the Byrd party. It is a vast cliff of ice, hundreds of miles Jong, the termination of the continental glacier that blankets probably the entire con.inent, On its chilly, slippery surface the expedition will set up the basecamp from which the exploring parties will set out on their trips into that almost mythical section of the con- tinent known as King Edward VII land, which borders the sea. When supplies have been swung ashore from the expedition's boats ~-no small problem itself, in view of the height of the ice wall-- the adventurers will erect the port- able houses that are to be their homes during the many months. When the encampment is complete it will be a tiny town, wich dwel- lings, a recreation room, library, kitchen, workshop, storehouses for the tons of food, and the gasosine and sheiters for the four airplanes. Lay Supply Bases Taking adventage of the slight! moderation ia tempera.ure and storm which the brief Antarctic Summers will afford, the expedi- tions plans to make a start at lay- ing supply bases along the 800- mile route which Byrd's big tri- mo.ored airplane is to take some day to the Pole. These depots, ac- cording to the plan, are to be put down at intervals of 100 miles, with smaller stations, between, and will be transported by dog teams. The scientists of the party are expected at least to get their bear- ings in this--to them--inviting land, and perhaps they will be able to make a start at their in- vestigations into -glaciology, geo- logy, meteorology and several other "ologies" in the mysterious contin- ent. Life on the ice barrier will not have all the comforts of home, but it will offer many of them. The expedition carried with it bundreds of books, tons of candy and tobacco, scores of phonograph recors, elec- tric washing machines, a gigantic cook stove that will burn coal, left by the City of New York, and many other luxuries such as previous Polar explorers have left behind. In the larder are vast quantities of meats, tinned vegetables and fruits, jellies--sufficient in both wariety and amount to set such meals as probably mever were seen south of the Amtarctic circle. For the first two months it will be all work and little play for Byrd and his men, but as Spriaz comes to North America they will be preparing for the long, vicious Winter of blizzards and disappear-| ing thermometers. Other explorers have said that nowhere jn the world did the wind blow harder than on Amtarctica, and that no- where were the snzw and ice storms more severe. The gales sweep down to the coast from the high platéaus and mountain ranges of the inter ior, even from the South Pole it- self, which is perched at an eleva- tion of about 10,000 feet. Disastrous to Fly Te attempt to fly airplanes in the Winter months would be disas- trous. Some scientists have sgid | Starr's estimate than a score of Chinese took part He suffered successful dash, [long burns across his left cheek, offers small comfort, even in the|while his neck, chin and legs were also branded when the heated stove poker was brought into play. Feeling in the capital is running in the fight. the heated poker, causing grievous bodily harm; Ar- another who is reported to have precipitated the fracas, with disor- derly conduct, and Starr also with disorderly conduct, Miniature War According to the the miniature war broke out last' {Saturday night while Starr was at- tempting to pacify Tabor and per- suade him to leave the restaurant after the Chinese proprietor and a number of his walters had refused Besides the poker and the liberal appliance of fists, sugar bowls, sauce bottles, pepper PICK -- Your Used Car --NOW! PAY A DEPOSIT WE GIVE Free Storage Until March 31 Look Over Our Stock Now! LATE MODELS The alleged to have with prominent police report chairs, clothes Oaklands Ontario Motor Sales Limited 2nd Floor Mercury Service Limited, King and Mary Streets A VERY FINE SELECTION OF Chevrolets CLOSED CARS The the affair as high, and the cafe in which the fight took place, as well as other Chinese eating houses in the city, are under special police guard for fear of reprisals. Starr is a favor- ite among the sporting public, hav- ing gained himself a berth of prom- inence as an amateur hockey, base- ball and rugby football player. He is that more three captaineds the Ottawa Senator Club of the interprovincial Rugby Un- ion last season, As Starr, Tabor and Woo are confined with their injuries, a date for the Police Court hearing of the unusual" affair has not been set. 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