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pon on PAGE FOUR sedi Ga ah retary. The, Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Ase sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureaw of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 10c a week. By mail (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland; $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. Lo WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929 THE HYDRO AND GAS PURCHASE VOTE There are two significant factors in the report made by the special committee of the city council regarding the vote on the purchase of the hydro- electric and gas systems by the city, and adopted by the council at its meeting on Monday evening. The first and most important, of course, is the de- cision of the council to submit the matter to the rate- payers of Oshawa at an early date. The second is the clear-cut recommendation of the committee that "the purchase is in the best interests of the city of Oshawa." This decision and recommendation were not made in a hasty manner. The purchase of these two systems has been the subject of long and careful study, not only by successive city councils, but also by a special committee which included outstanding citizens not in the city council. The recommenda- tion made by the committee shows that the by-law will go to the ratepayers bearing the seal of its approval, based on exhaustive study and independent reports. Before the vote is taken, there will have to be some effort to give the ratepayers full information, on the proposals by which the hyro-electric and gas systems will pass into municipal ownership at a cost of some $520,000. The matter must be presented to those who will vote on it in such a manner as will enable them to cast their ballots intelligently, for ignorance might be fatal to the scheme. It will be part of the duty of the city council to see to it that this information is given to the ratepayers as fully as possible. It is also essential that there should be as little delay -as possible in taking the vote. It is true that there are several mialters of detail to be ar- ranged, and the final form of agreement has yet to be drafted, but these things should not be allowed to delay the vote unduly. As was pointed out in these columns a few days ago, the council should make every effort to have the vote taken before the summer vacation period comes along, as after that time a truly representa. tive vote will be impossible. The people are now thoroughly interested in the proposal, and for. the securing of the maximum vote, it is necessary that the preliminary details be arranged at once, and final plans made for submitting the matter to the ratepayers as the earliest possible date, MUNICIPAL MATTERS {The city council, at its meeting on Monday. even- ing, had several important matters to deal with, and some important decisions were recorded. The: matter of the submitting of a by-law on the purchase of the hydro-electric and gas systems has already been dealt with. It had been expected that the discussion of a by-law providing for a vote on the erection of a new fire hall and police building would also come up, but this matter was not touched. It is to be hoped, however, that it has not been shelved indefinitely, but that it will come before the council again in time to permit this vote to be taken at the same time as that on the electric and gas system purchase. * » * * The decision of the council to establish a juvenile i court in Oshawa will be received with satisfaction by those who have urged this action for many months. Juvenile courts are now past the stage of being an experiment. They have proven their worth in many other communities, and the size and importance of Oshawa is such as to fully warrant -this action. The juvenile court judge, Rev. S. C. Jarrett, will enter upon duties calling for high qualities of judg- "ment and human sympathy, and The Times bespeaks for him in his task the sympathetic support and co-operation of all who may be.in a position to lend him assistance. * * * * The discussion of the imposition of a municipal tax, oh 'busses using the city streets under provin- cial licenses is one which has caused much contro- : versy in many: communities. There is some logic in the argument of Alderman Preston that these *veNicles should pay for the privilege of using the " citor: for: solution. [aa city streets, just as they have to pay for the privi- lege of using the provincial highways. These busses contribute to the wear and tear of the streets, and it is but right, in the opinion of many people, that they should make some contribution towards their upkeep. The difficulty would appear to be that of evolving a method of collection which would ensure the securing of a sufficient revenue to justify the cost entailed in collecting it, and this is the prob- jem which has' been hended over to the city soll ow * » Ld ! Another serious problem has loomed an {afore / freshets and excessive rainfalls. the council in the matter of sufficient sewer capacity to take care of the surplus water caused by spring In the floods of this spring, thousands of dollars of damage Was done to local property and stocks in the cellars 'of business houses by the influx of water. : ditions will continue to cause floods unless there is 'some acfion to ent' them, and the action of the council in asking for a complete report on the sewer situation from the city engineer shows that it is at least alive to the ¢ity's responsibilities in the matter. : Ske x» * Dealing with the same subject of the flood situa tion, the letter of rt Bickle, of Bickle Fire Hp. gines, Limited, is of considerable interest. During the flood period of ten days ago, the fire pumper was used for pumping out flooded cellars, the result be- ing that it had to be sent to the factory for repairs. An examination there revealed that some of the parts had to be renewed on account of the grit and sand "taken into the pumper in this operation, Mr. Bickle's letter asks a pertinent question. Why was not the G.M.C. Bickle Flusher used for this purpose instead of the expensive fire apparatus? Possibly the answer would be that the city officials were unaware of the fact that the flusher could be used for pumping water out of flooded cellars, If 80, then Mr. Bickle has done the city a service in calling attention to its possibilities for use in this way, and it will no longer be necessary to use the fire pumper for work which it is not built to under- take. DID HE MEAN CANADA? There will be much speculation as to what Presi- dent Hoover meant exactly by his references to trade with other countries in the speech in which he an- nounced that there would have to be higher tariffs for the relief of agriculture in the United States. There has been some perturbation in this country as to the nature of these tariff changes, because there has been a fear that any higher tariffs would probably be directed at agricultural products from Canada entering the United States. 1t is significant, however, to notice the following extract from the president's address to congress:-- "In determining changes in our tariff, we must not fall to take into account the broad interests of the country as a whole, and such interests in- clude our trade relations with other countries, It is obviously unwise protection which sacri- fices a greater amount of employment in ex- ports to gain a less amount of employment in imports." If there is any country to which that extract can have particylar reference, that country is Canada. The leaders of business in the United States cannot lose sight of the fact that Canada is their best cus- tomer, and, with veiled hints at retaliation from Canada should the new tariffs injure Canadian ex- ports to that country, have apparently placed the president in the same frame of mind. What the new tariffs will be is now in the hands of congress, but with the president's warning that the effect of a higher tariff might be to injure the United States export trade with other countries, and with Canada most of all, should not be lost on the tariff-makers. EDITORIAL NOTES The man who talks to himself can at least be assured of a sympathetic audience. : The savage tribes of Africa, it is reported, pay no taxes. But who on earth would want to be a savage. After a night drive along the highway, one is impelled to ask if the law against glaring head- lights has been dropped from the statute books of Ontario. Savings deposits in Canadian banks decreased by seven millions in February, just about the time that the sales of 'the motor companles showed a big increase. The Niagara Falls Review is finding fault with Orval Shaw for not including that city in his iter- Orval Shaw for not including that city in his itin- erary. Perhaps Orval has not yet had his honey- moon, « Other Editors' Comment ACT OF PREVENTION (Toronto Mail and Empire) A fire in a Kingston millinery store destroyed about $1,000 worth of Easter bonnets. The au- thor of the outrage has not been arrested, but it may turn out to be a married man with a couple of grown-up daughters. TELL IT TO BILL (Kitchener Record) Big Bill Thompson might be relieved to know that the English walnut is not a native of Eng- land but comes from the mountains of Greece, from Perafa, and from Afghanistan. SMALL CHANGES CONTINUE STEADILY (Automobile Industry) 'The big problem of any American manufacturer selling abroad, of course, is to get down the retail sales price of his vehicle. Determination of what parts are to be made abroad means very detailed study and examination of such matters as tariffe, transportation costs, materials, prices and local supply sources in connection with each individual ftem. Such studies doubtless have been in pro- gress by the American makers with foreign . assembly plants for some time. First one item, then another profitably is being studied. So gradual has been the change in manufacturing base that it has scarcely been noticeable to the aver- age executive at home unless he is directly con- nected with just what is going on. If the exact present status of the situation were to be present- ed quantitatively, most of us probably would be surprised at the development which already has taken place--at least that's our guess. - « Bits of Verse . : | Eo , 'MOOD I mean to travel high to-night. To-night I'll tread among the stars; Maks sharp their cdges with a file, And draw a compass 'round the moon, Sweep off the clouds that mar her face. Faint dawn shall cry me back to earth, I'll see With one bleak, disillusioned glance (Star-filings pricking in my eyes, Moon-fragments stuck between my thumbs), The stars, blunt-pointed as before, A crooked moon With smoke-soiled clouds upon her face! --Dorothy Garrison in the American Poet. "This bas become a sefious problem. Natural cdn-' py By James W. Barton, DIATHERMY IN MIDDLE EAR DEAFNESS I have 'spoken before about dia- [POLICE NET OUT IN SEARCH FOR BANK ROBBERS AT LEAST FIVE MEN IN. VOLVED IN HOLD-UP AT BEAMSVILLE Loot Amounting to About M.D. thermy, the method of getting heat into the inner part of the body with- out burning the skin. : It has been used by Dr. Crile of Cleveland in maintaining heat in the $2,000 Taken from Bank by Armed Men abdomen Dr. F. B, Granger, us that it is of value in pneumonia, improves tem- porarily the heart's action, and in- as it lessens pain, duces sleep. By relieving the pain and increas- ing the amount. of rest, the patient is in better shape to meet {i And now Dr. Dan Glasgow, Scotland, says orable cases of chronic middle ear: improves - the deafness, ditherm hearing and diminishes humming, ringing, Ww other noises---that acco during an operation, hirring, Toronto, April 17.--Police of 2 nations are flung over the border country this morning to catch a bandit gang which yesterday robb- ed a Beamsville bank, raked the malin gtreet of the town with ma- chine gun, shot gun and revolver fire and then, changing automobiles on the run, disappeared in a cloud lof dust, headed, it is thought, for Buffalo. Federal police and immigration men of Canada and thé United States have been ordered te-wateh every communication point along the intérnational border. Provin- Boston, tells e crisis. McKenzie, that in fav- the noises-- an mpany some forms of deafness. ] The middle car, as you know, is where the three little bones are located that carry sound from. the drum of the ear to the brain, He describes the method as- fol- lows: the electrodes used are of metal, of the same size, the super- ficial measurement being 1 inch by 134 inches, One is placed over the mastoid process (the bony lump be- hind the ear), and the other is laid upon the face just below the promin- ence of the cheek bone. A pad of lint soaked in 10 percent salt solution is placed between the electrode and the skin, The current used varies from 0.7 to 1.4 amperes; it is gradually raised from zero to the point when the patient begins to feel the skin be- coming too hot, and then. reduced to the point where the patient can bear it comfortably, and tképt there from 7 to 10 minutes. The patient should remain lying down for a short time after the treatment. The treatments should be repeated every other day and improvement, if it is going to occur at all, should be noted af end of the second or. third week. "There may or may not be a reactionary dulling of the hearing for the first 18 to 36 hours. In the presence of pus, or in cases where the little bones in the ear have grown together, diathermy should not be used. I have quoted freely because you may be a sufferer from deafness, and your ear specialist will be able to tell you whether or not diathermy may be helpful in your particular type of deafness. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). - Bits of Humor - | cial police of Ontario and state po- lice of New York, Ohio and Michi- gan are patrolling the roads and county and municipal forces are combing cities, town and villages. Five Men In Gang At least five men were in the' gang which swept down on the lit- tle fruit town in the Niagara pen- insula shortly after noon in two automobiles. One car, supposedly manned only by a chauffeur, swerv- ed to the south of the town anu later provided a means of escape. The other machine, bearing four men, screamed to a stop in front of the branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Three men ens tered the building, while the driv- er remained in his seat, $2,000 was taken while three employes stood with hands raised high. Then, when town police and citizens ut- tempted to come to the rescue of the bank they were met by a hail of lead from a machine gun, shot gun and revolvers, Less than two hours after the robbery, 30 men of the force of tne Ontario provincial police alone haa been detailed to work on the rob- bery, while three of the finest crim- inal investigators on the force, In- spectors Stringer, Ward and Gur- nett, were at work, Constable Halts Bandits The loot obtained, amounting to about $2,000, was picked up from a desk near .the teller's cage and theft of a larger amount was pre- vented only by the opening of fire by Town Constable Juhlke outside the bank, it is declared. Two bandits who had covered the manager and two clerks had order- ed that the vault be opened and were pressing. their demand when the first shot was heard. The ban- dits, scooping up one pile of bills, ran from the bank to take part in the gun battle preceding their es- cape. The bandit car was last seen a few miles out of Smithville and it BAD LUCK to friend's house): "Beg pardon lady, but I'm looking for a man," Ancient Spinster (who has ans- wered the doorbell): "I only hope Stranger (trying you have better luck had."--Fun, GOOD REASONS Laura--Why do Elleen's people object to her future husbana? Vera--well there are seven In the family and he's only got a two- seater,--The Auto Car. MUSIC'S CHARMS a saxophone player one night pleaded that he A man who shot thought it was a cat. "But you must"nt even shoot a cat," said the magistrate, "I thought this one was very ill," pleaded the. man.--The Etude, Literary Producti "Do you know, ange night I write my thoug a little book?" "Fie, fie, little rosebud, and how long has ths proceeded?" "Nigh onto foah yeahs, sugan plum, "Gracious, you must have first page practically full."'--Stan- ford Chapparal. PAT'S REVENGE An Englishman and an Irishman lived in a coast ' town, One day the wng- owned boats. lishman decided to chri on the stern painted Eighth" °° "An' wot the divvil mine?" mused the Irishman. jecting the suggestion of the oth- ers that he call his 'George the Fifth" he became suddenly inspir- ed, got out brush and inscribed the legend, Seventeenth." --Ex. /BAD LUCK "Confound the Slackputtey, the faithf of the pent ia > luck," ie Constable Sam T. asked 'Mayor Numbers. 'Matter "enough, b'gosh! town is full of thieves, Somebody stole my shirt yesterday afternoon while I was resting in the the lumber yard." "Stole your shirt?" "Yes, and I'd like to know how the Sam Hill they got without and dignity of Petun- "What's the matter, Slack?" removing my is believed that from that point the machine was headed for the Dunn- ville-Niagara Falls highway, a route. which 'would allow access to several cross-border points, Wounds One Bandit Constable Juhlke fired directly at two of the men as they stood in the doorway and it is believed that he struck one of them. The wound apparently was not serious. The officer ran ino Prudhomme's jewelry store when a fusilade ot shots just cleared his head ana broke a large front window. In addition to the revolvers, the ma- chine gun was trained in the offi- cer's direction and a half dozen shots broke through the glass anu the bullets were found imbedded in the interior. Apparently it was expected that Juhlke would make an attempt to fire from an apartment window up- stairs for the driver fired the shot- gun at the pane and a dozen holes were made by the buckshot. Qver a. score of citizens were on the main street at the time of the robbery and the firing attracted dozens of merchants. One indivi- dual whose name was not learned came racing up to the street to in- tervene but a revolver bullet gereamed over his shoulder and he turned into a hiding place. Several theories presented - in connection with the crime are not supported by hard facts, making the solution of the case more diffi- cult. It is believed, however, that provincial police have more than a hazy idea as to the identity of the bandits, although this is not admitted by officers working on the case. Pictures Taken to Beamsville Pictures of three men were taken from the rogues' gallery here to Beamsville yesterday afternoon and shown to residents. The men pic- tured on the circulars could not be identified positively as being among those who took part in the bank robbery, but investigation along this line will continue. At the same time there is be- lieved to be some connection with this latest crime and with others in this part of the province within the past two weeks. Descriptions of three of the men tally with those of a trio which early Monday morning held up a taxi driver with whom they had been riding on the Don Mills road and, stealing his money, drove away in the taxi, leaving the driv- er standing on the road. SIREN STUFF Mrs.' Brown--So your husband wag lost at sea? Mrs. Green--Yes, a bathing beau- ty got him. locate a than I've veness 1 face, each hts down in the and both sten his and 'Henry the will T name Re- paint, and "March th' dad-burned ul guardian This shade of 4 it off'n me coat and OUR ASSURANCE--Fear. riot, O be glad and rejoice: for the Lord: will do great things. =- Joel 2:21. PRAYER~"Lord God of Host land ; with us yet, Lest we fo! forget," Her father bought home to din- ner an earpest young man with a very pale face. He had a miser- able voice like a broken fog-horn and when he lifted his watery eyes to the ceiling and said: "Every man should have a mis- sion in life," she gsked: "What is yours?" "The saving of young men," said he lusubriously. 'Oh, do 'save a nice one for me!" sald she, s, be rget, lest we QI by OSHAWA BRANCH OFFICE: 23 SIMCOE ST. NORTH et no month go by without sb p your pass books of hundreds of Operated Under Government Inspection I Central Canada depositors tell astory of financial progress----of wage- earners steadily accumulating a reserve for the future. Small entries and large entries, all receiving the impetus of our 4 per cent earning power. Try this simple method of improving your financial status from month to month. An initial deposit of a dollar is the first step--regularity and our 4 per cent interest rate will prove useful allies in helping you to attain financial independence. VAY @AL FAY DAY N AND SAVINGS COMPANY TORONTO MEAD OFFICE KING & VICTORIA STS. » A SAFE SAVINGS. PLACE FOR, CLAIMS BUSSES COULD BE MADE BY TORONTO FIRM Exception Taken to Placing of T.T.C. Order in the United States A further contribution to the discussion which has arisen in re- gard to the purchase of busses by the TT.C. in the United States ap- peared in last night's issue of the Toronto Telegram, as follows: "The thirty-five 'made in the U.S.A.' buses bought by Gray Coach Lines: the subsidiary of the Toronto Transportation Commis gion, could have been purchased right here in Toronto.' The price paid by the Gray Coach Lines is $365,000. The cost of the same buses purchased in Toronto wounia have been considerably less, The Telegram is informed. "We will build any type of cvacn body there is,"' said W. P. Smith, of Smith Bros., manufacturers or motor bodies, 183 Duke street. "We will sell it to them at the price they are paying in the United States and save them the duty. "We are certainly big enough to handle any such order as has been given by the Gray Coach Lines, Ltd., But we did not receive as much as an enquiry from them, The last tender we had from them was in 1925. I don't know of them having called for any tenders for buses singe that time. "Smith Bros. make buses, ror many bus companies in Canada. "We are building quite a few busses here," continued Mr. Smith. "We have built them for most of the companies around here, but since the T.T.C. has taken over .the bus business in Ontario, it looks as if we will not get any more bus- iness in Central Canada, but will have to look. to Quebec and the western provinces for a market for our product. "Smith Bros, have made buses for Del-Ray Coach Lines, And thereby hangs a tale, Gray Coach Lines last week paid $170,000 for the Pel Ray 'permit' and buses running between here and Oshawa: That means that Del Ray Coach Lines purchased Smith Bros. buses second hand, but lost no time after closing the deal to order new buses made in the United States. "Smith Bros. have also made bus bodies for the Collatutt Line, Provincial Transport of Montreal, General Motors of Walkerville, White Motors, Canadian National Railways for their line at St, Cath- arines and two for the Toronw Transportation Commission. Yesterday Mr, Harvey, general manager of the T.T.C., said: 'They don't make buses in this country.' "Mr, Sith takes issue with this statement, He says empnaticalry that buses are made in, Canada. All to Be Gray "By end of the week all buses purchased last week by Gray Coach Lines, Limited, will have been painted gray, and will be marked with the insignia of Gray Coach Lines, General Manager D. W. Har- vey, of the T.T.C,, stated today. He said that the equipment purchased from the Del Ray, Highway Quesn and Maple Leaf concerns would be made to conform {in appearance with gray buses. Before long sever- al buses are to be painted blue, These will be used for Royal Blue Line bus business to which the T, T.C. recently acquired the rights is this territory." CURSE CAME TRUE He--Yes, I've been married seve en years today. She--Gosh, you must have broke en a mirror.--Texas Ranger, Advertising does it. Detroit has more killings per capita than Chi cago, and yet nobody thinks of the town a8 £ producer of anything that isn't f.o.b, tion. Many people have special - savings accounts for spe. cial purposes. Why not start a vacation account? When holidays come a- round, the money saved will make your vacation a pleasant, carefree relaxa- | THE | DOMINION BA StoBie-For Long &© Head Office: Reford Buil BAY AND WELLINGTON STS S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa -- Above C.P.R. Office Phones 143 and 144 | GRAIN J