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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929 | The Osbatna Baily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published aflere noon except Sundays and legal ho » ot Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M, Mundy, President; A, R, Alloway, Secretary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Dally Newspapers' As- sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dallies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier; 30c » week. By mail (out side Oshawa carrier delivery limits): in the Counties of Ontario, Durham end Northumber jand, $8.00 a year; elsewhere in Canads, 84.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICER 407 Bond Building, 48 Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaido 0107, H. D. 'Fresiddey, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN 0.8, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, = THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929 V -- MITCHELL'S PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM On another page in this issue appears the official pre-election statement of T. B. Mitchell, who is opposing Alderman D, A. J. Swanson, for the mayoralty. As a sane, sound platform coupling econ- omy and progress, we believe Mr, Mitchell's brief outline of his policy will strongly com- mend itself to all thoughtful electors. There is no doubt that the tax rate in Oshawa should be re@uced and T. B, Mitchell, with his long and successful experience in preparing budgets and eliminating unneces- sary expenditures can be depended upon to safeguard the taxpayers' interests at every point, Mr, Mitchell's declared policy of consult. - ing the electors with regard to all large ex- renditures and important matters of policy is also a move in the right direction and is in sharp contrast to Alderman Swanson's re- cent action in refusing to let the electors say . whether or not they preferred a smaller council elected by the city at large. Once again Mr. Mitchell touches a matter of vital importance to all citizens when he proposes an improvement in transportation facilities in the city that will bring all sec- tions of the city closer together and make those parts of the city remote from the pres- ent back bone street car service just as at- tractive from a residential standpoint as those sections of the city adjacent to Simcoe street. Mr. Mitchell has had the necessary civic experience, he is thoroughly reliable and trustworthy in every way, and can be de- pended upon to serve Oshawa as Mayor in a way that will reflect credit upon himself and those who support him for the office. Vote Mitchell for Mayor on Monday next. "JOE" SWANSON When a man presumes to offer his services as mayor of a live, progressive city such as Oshawa, he must not be surprised if his past record is closely scrutinized and his personal qualifications carefully considered. Alderman D. A. J. Swanson has been a member of Oshawa City Council for the past two years. Citizens have had an excel- lent opportunity of judging his worth in that capacity and now that he must depend on a city-at-large vote for his election all elec- tors will have an opportunity of registering their approval or disapproval of his stew- ardship. That is, he will no longer be in the position of merely contesting a seat in 2 single ward against weak opposition. What has Swanson accomplished or helped to accomplish as alderman during the past two years? It is true that he has held the record both years for the greatest number and length of speeches. As a marathon talker he s..ould be able to win out against all comers. We would even put him up against those New Yorkers who talked without stopping for 20 or 24 hours. We are confident he could beat them. If no mayor had been in c_arge of the council meetings ready to call Lin to order we think he would have talked 1.zat through the night on 2 number of oc- . casions ond been all set to switch over to : olee court at ten o'clock the next morning. Looking over the record of the past two soc it is difficult to find any accomplish- i 4s that con fairly be credited to Alder- ncn Swansen that would in any degree war- ron the assumption thet he possesses quali- fications to justify his election as the city's chief magistrate. "He has been a member 'of a number of committees upon which others have taken the heavy responsibility. During 'the past year he has been chairman of Finance but in that capacity has dealt al- most wholly with routine matters, It is safe to say that any contribution of a constructive character made by Alderman Swanson during his terms on the city coun- cil has been more than offset by his utter waste of the time of other members, both in council and committee, Joe Swanson's election to council as alder- man was a direct result of the present ward system. It would certainly never have hap- pened if Oshawa aldermen were elected by general vote, The electors of the city at large should thank Alderman Swanson for giving them the opportunity of registering their opinion of his fitness for public office and they will leave no doubt on that point on Monday next, If, like some of the town. ship candidates, Swanson's motto is "Up or ' out" he must not quarrel with the electors when he finds they have taken him at his word and chosen the latter of these alter- natives, WOULD NOT TRUST ELECTORS Alderman D, A, J, Swanson had an oppor- tunity a few weeks ago to show just what he really thinks of the wishes of electors-- when he was for the time being safely in office, A petition was presented signed by 450 electors asking that by-laws be submitted to the people with reference to reducing the gize of the council and electing the aldermen by general vote instead of by the ward sys- tem, Alderman Swanson was not in favor of either proposal, This paper favored both. But that was not the issue, Ald. Swanson was not asked to commit himself for or against the "reforms." He was asked to give the electors, who are supposed to have a right to decide how their representatives shall be chosen, a right clearly recognized by the Municipal Act, an opportunity of de- ciding these issues. This clever alderman who now seeks to be mayor of the city, with all that goes with that important position, raised technical ob- jections to submitting the by-laws. He ig- nored the petition of the 450 reputable elec- tors, treating them with contempt, all be- cause he did not not agree with the object of the by-laws. Why was he not willing to trust the electors? Why would he not agree to submit the by-laws to their judgment? One thing is sure, he himself must now stand or fall by the decision of those same electors. There should not be any difficulty decid- ing between a man who practically tosses in the waste basket a petition containing 450 names of electors and a man of sterling in- tegrity and unquestioned fairness such as T. B. Mitchell. EDITORIAL NOTES For genuine obscurity, suppose there were a vice-presidency of Italy. As a rule the man who is good for nothing else can argue with considerable skill, The quickest way to win a man's respect is to let him know you think him a wonder. The smart young man usually succeeds after he outgrows the habit of being too smart. There was a time when a man considered it to his credit to pay cash and live within his income. A sport car never will reach its highest development until manufacturers learn to nickel-plate tires. Good times are those in which people make the debts that worry them in bad Eit of Verse ROLLING TIME Another year is gone; And yet we live to see The Rolling Time pass on Toward Eternity. How this year will be spent, None else but God can tell. But! let our minds be bent To walk the journey well. Though rough may be the road, Yet! some sunny spots we'll find. Which will lead at last, 79 the Creator of all mankind. WwW. H. < By James W. Barton, M.D. LAZINESS OR TIREDNESS A salesman has two or three more calls to make, but feels a bit languid and so calls up his custom ers by telephone and endeavors to get their orders in this manner, The office man begins to feel 'all in" before the afternoon is half over and decides to have a smoke and read the paper, What is'the cause of this lack of energy, this lack of desire to work? In a great many cases it is due to constipation which is called the disease of civilization, There is no question but that constipation, by allowing the blood to absorb waste matter---poison--- from the intestine, is the cause of laziness and depression, and most of the headaches from which folks suffer. And the trouble is that so many folks accept the situation as one that cannot be helped, and go about day after day with only about sixty to eighty per cent of their natural efficiency. And yet as a matter of fact as Dr, Thos, R, Brown, of John Hop- kins University says "The vast ma- josity of cases of chronic constipa- tion have no organic basis, repre- sent careless habits of eating and living, and can be corrected by diet, exercise, and establishing a regular habit for the intestine, {if the doctor be wise and persistent, and the patient co-operative and understanding. . A morning dose of salt and water or if preferred a fruit juice mix- ture, a bran cereal, brad or whole wheat bread, fruits and greens in abundance, prunes or grapes qr an apple at night, exercise and ex- ercises re-educating the patient's mental attitude casting out that devil of devils, the fear of auto- intoxication." And where many sufferers make the mistake is in thinking that they are eating too much and eat spar- ingly, under the belief that they will have that much less waste or poison in lower intestine. In addition to this they use en- emas or irrications up high in low- er intestine to rid it of its *poi- sons." Now enemas and irrigations may be needed at times and are wonder- fully helpful in removing gas, but as they leave the intestine empty its muscular walls have nothing to contract against and simply don't contract, that's all. The idea then is to eat sufficient food of the type mentioned by Dr. Brown and in addition to exercise the abdominal muscles by bending exercises. (Regi-tered In accordance with the Copyright Act.) What Others Say LANDLADIES ON LITTER (Christian Science Monitor) Fewer billboards and more board bills by tourists is the cry of the women of Wisconsin, who contend that littering the landscape with un- sightly signs is keeping summer visi- lors away. WHY NOT? (Border Cities Star) With father-and-son and mother. and-daughter dinners becoming popu- lar, the astute New York Evening Post supposes that some bold spirit will be tempted to risk a husband- and-wife dinner, A-HA! HOW COME (Lindsay Post) There seems to be such a thing as editorial license, apparently somewhat akin to the license en- 'joyed by poets. - Just the other day the Belleville, Ontario, carried an editorial on "The Curfew." It was credited to the Woodstock Sentinel- Review which seemed odd for we distinetly remember writing it. How- ever, we may be able to steal one some of these days, just to even up. GERMANY IS ABLE TO PAY, SAYS REPORT OF DAWES PLAN Berlin, Jan. 2--The annual report of 8. Parker Gilbert, Agent-General of Reparations, giving his survey of German economic conditions for the fourth year of the working of the Dawes Plan was issued for publica- tion here yesterday. : Summing up the fourth annuity year which brought to an end the so-called "transition period," Mr. Gil- bert says: "Fundamentally, confidence thas been restored and Germany has been re-established as a going concern on a relatively high level of economic activity." The Dawes Plan has mot ouly worked satisfactorily as reviewed dur- ing the four years of its operation, but, according to the Agent-General, there are no serious obstacles in its path for the future, as far as can be predicted. Mr. Gi again scores the Reich for failure to re- trench on addiinistrative expendi- | tures and effect promised reforms in the National Government's financial ! relations . with the federated States. ion the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord be- | stowed on us which he hath bestow- | ed according to 'his mercies, and {according to the multitude of his | loving-kindnesses.--Isaiah 637. PRAYER--O Lord with my ahole heart will 1 praise Thee. ! Pleadings of Two Children Had Apparently No Effect Whatever MOTORST BLAMED Locomotive Said to Have Whistled Prior to Arriving at Crossing Kingston, Ont, Jan, 2.--The folly of motorists trying to beat the train to level crossings was dramatically told last evening by two small boys at the inquest into the deaths of Alexander Dupuis, one time of Proctor, Vermont; his wife and four small children; and Edgar Rivet and his wife of Corn- wall who were instantly killed on Cataraqui, a hamlet about four miles from Kingston, when they lost out in their mad dash to cross ahead of the Canadian National Chicago-to-Montreal fast train by a hairbreadth margin. The stories of the two small boys, Freddie and Arthur Sparks, aged 13 and 9 years, lost nothing of its dramatic force by the sim- plicity of the telling, In brief, the gist of their evidence was that they saw an automobile approaching the crossing and at the same time heard the whistle of the approach- ing train, and saw it speeding toward the scene of the fatality. Freddie held out his hand to stop the car and, as it drew up beside him, shouted to the driver: 'Hey, mister, here comes the train; if you don't stop you'll get killed." The answer was an exclamation, followed by the remark: *I can make it!" Then, according to Freddie 'the car kept on down the road. I knew the train was going to hit it, and I turned and watched, When it came to a s.one house, close to the track, it seeme to slacken speed, but it kept on and the train struck it, I then ran home and told mother," The evidence of both lads was approximately the same and both were steadfast in their statements of warning the driver and his reply. The lads explained that they were walking along the road to Kingston hoping to get a free ride, and that the warning of the ap- proaching train came to them from the usual engineer's crossing sig- nals. Heard Locomotive Whistle E. Sieeman and Thomas Burteh, who live close to the crossing, boti gave eviuence of the locomotive whistling for the crossing and oi the speed of the approaching au.o- mobi.e, which they p.aced at about 30 to 3» miles an hour, Sleeman stated that while he heard the tr.in 8 warning whisties ne uid not see it, but .hat he watciaed tae motor car tarough a window of his home, "I knew irom its posi- tion to the crossing ana its speed that a collision was inev.tabie," he said, and added the signiricant phrase, "I have seen a good many cas8 gO over the crossing and soiue of them made ne pair stand on my nead." engineer Whalen and Fireman Jewey stated that tue iocomotive was travelling at a speed of apout 55 miles an hour and that al crossing sigzna.s had been given, the eng.ne beil ringing e.en ui wae car was struck and iwo long and two short b.asts 0. Lue wuisuie sounded, the last blast being given not more than 100 feet from the crossing where the car was struck, Af.er hearing the evidence, the jury were only a short time oui when they returned the followitg veruict: "We the jury, find the death of the party was due to negligence of the driver of the car and peti.ion the Canadian Na- tional Railways Company to have gates erected at the crossing." Engineer's Eviuence Engineer James Wha.en, who was in charge of the train, gave evidence and stated that he had been an engineer for three months, though he had been on the rail- way for fifteen years. He was on the run from Belleville to Brock- ville and on Monday the train was about five minutes late on leaving Belleville also leaving Collin's Bay. "On approaching this cioss- ing," said Engineer Whalen, 'I sounded the whistle and also rang the bell. I did not see anything, until almos. at the grossing when I saw something op the track. It was just a momentary glance I had of it. The train was going between fifty and fifty-five miles an hour. There is a stone house to the west of the crossing, which shut off my view somewhat, so that a car coud not be seen very well until after 1 passed the house. The whistle sounded up to about seventy-five feet of the crossing." Fireman Harry Dewey, fireman on the train, was on the other side of the cab and could see mothing, he stated. The first he knew was when the impact came and the brakes were applied. Both the whistle and bell were sounded, he stated. Saw Car Coming Thomas Burtch, a mason, who lived mear the crossing, said he was in his back yard when he heard the train coming, and he looked up to the crossing. "I saw the car coming," 'he said. "And I knew there would be an accident. The car was going at a very fast rate, about thirty-five miles an hour. It slowed down and seemed to swerve 2 little and then went on again. the afternoon of the year's end at li Warning Ignored by Driver of Death Car at Cataraqui 4 car being carried along on the front of the train, Freddie Sparks, the 13-year-old boy, sou of the section man, said he had walked down the (rack a quarter of a mile to the crossing and then with his nine-year-old brother, walked towards Kingston, "We were about the 300-foot sign mark," he said, 'when I saw the car coming, A man was driving and there was another in the front seat and two women and three children behind, I put up my hand and yelled, 'Hey, Mister; there's a train coming, If you don't stop you'll he killed,' and the driver hollered back, 'I can make it." We turned and watched the car and saw it slow up a little and then keep going onto the track, I think the car was 'hitting about 20 miles per hour,' and it slowed up to about 18 miles." Witness told of going home and telling his mother, and then coming back to the cross. ng. This evidence was corroborated by Arthur Sparks, brother of the previous witness, who also said he thought the car was going about 20 miles an hour When Crown- Attorney T. J, Rigney suggested that the car was going so fast that the driver couldn't hear the boy holler, witness said, "Freddie spoke pretty fast," Coroner M. J. Morrison stated that the bodies of the eight people were horribly mangled, with three of- them having their heads com- pletely cut off. The oldest Dupuis boy had the back of his head cut off, and only the face remained, while the bodies of the women were also horribly lacerated, particularly the heads, The body of Dupuis was almost unrecognizable, Another Expedition To Try and Locate The "Missing Link" Beloit, Wis., Jan. 3.--~Another ex- pedition to Mongolia seeking re- mains of the "missing link" will sail next March, it was announced by Roy Chapman Andrews, the ex- plorer who led a party of scientists there early this year. The remains sought are those of the "Java man's" ancestors. The search will be made, he said, on a Pliocene fossil deposit estimated to be from one to six million years old. It is about 700 miles from Shara Muvmuran in the Kaldan path, Andrews said. Stockings were invented in the eleventh century, but weren't dis- covered until the twentieth.--London Calling. MOVINL ANYWHERE HIGH GRADE BQUIpP. MENT KEPT IN PER FECT CONDITION MEANS RELIABLE SERVICE tion when it was hit; and that it | was on the railway right of way. Ernest Sleeman, who lives in the | stone house to the south side of | the crossing, said he was in his | house, and after he heard the whistle of the train he saw a car whizz by. Feeling there would be an accident he ran out, but when he did all he could see was the | I am sure that the car was in mo- | brick Cor. Bond & Simcoe Streets Phone 266% Property With Us. "We viet Results". List Your BODY OF MISSING GEOLOGIST FOUND Hangs Himsclf When Lost in a Cavern in Austria Vienna, Jan, 3.--A tale of devo- tion by wu scientist to his calling, re- sulting finally in his death, from the little town of Eisenerz, near Salzburg. Professor Frank Ratschul. ler, of the Alzburg Technical Aca- demy, a well-known geologist and one of the most respected citizens of the city, vanished two months ago, The mystification of his acquaintanc- es was the greater because his life had been of the happiest sort, Saturday two youths bent on ad- venture made their difficult way down into a deep rocky cavern in Eisenerz, and discovered the body of the professor with a rope around the neck and an extinguished candle in one hand. His light had apparently gone out, and he had lost his way while .at- tempting to explore the geological formation in the darkest recesses of the cavern. The authorities believe that he must have groped about in the darkness for at least three days, and nights in seeking a way out, be- cause his body was greatly emaciat- ed, Realizing finally that he was doomed, and dreading the results of Jonger remaining in his damp and dark subterranean prison, the profes- gor took the rope with which he had lowered himself into the cavern, fastened a loop about his neck, and hanged himself from a projecting rock. Before he took this step he wrote the following note: "This is a last farewell to my dear wife and child. I see nothing but darkness and death in front of me, I cannot be saved. This cavern must be my coffin, Good- bye." f came | His family buried him pear the spot where he had died while the weeping populace paid tribute, Well Mixed W. L. 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