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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-10-13, Page 3CANADA'S OPPORTUNITY Close Affiliation of Provinces Gives Opportunity to Work OutUniform Traffic Regulations LEARN FROM NEIGHBORS Taa annual • meeting of the Good Roads Conference just closed brings to the attention of newspaperreaders generally the serious aspect of traffic control and the prevention of traffic accidents; Opportune Editorial. , Peculiarly enough a, most excellent editorial ou this subject appeared in theSaturday Evening Post simul- taneously with the report of the Con- vention proceedings, and strangely enough the government at Ottawa is - .sued their road map at' the sauce time. The editorial in part is as follows: Mach attention has been given to: safety education, especially in the public schools. Automobile associa- tions keep insisting that, if only drivers would show common courtesy there would be fewer accidents. The demand for more stringent examina- tion of those seeking drivers' licenses grows apace. No remark these clays is more often heard than that im- mense numbers of people should not be allowed to drive cars at all. The whole question is puzzling in the extreme. The streets and high- ways of the country cannot be rebuilt in ,a day into foolproof, intersection - less conduits. Nor can tens of mil- lions of people be constantly exam- ined by the state to determine their exact mental, "nervous and physical condition, including hearing, eyesight and muscular' reaction, not to men- tion such qualities as courtesy, com- mon' om-mon' decency and consideration for others. Neither the highways nor human nature can be made over quickly, but there are helpful step& which can be taken at once, without cost and with- out price. If they are not adopted swiftly the American people will stand condemned of utter incapacity for self:government arid of a prefer- ence for chaos rather than for order. Uniformity Wanted We refer, of course, to the inexpen- sive nexpensive expedient of adopting uniform traffic Taws and regulations through- out the country. At the present time if a man sticks his hand out of a car the drivers behind him do not know what he means if they .happen to come from , other states. As Presi- dent Henry, of the American Automo- bile Association, says: "It should not be very difficult to reach a national' accord, on such a simple, though vital, matter as warn- ing signals of intention to stop or tarn, and so on. .taut even here con- fusion prevails. The majority of states prescribe merely than' a timely warning be given, but custom has brought an infinite variety of hand and arm signals, resulting in confu- sion. and increased hazard." Many states require the examine tion of drivers, but there are many which do not. Indeed, astonishing as it may seem, there are states—or were, according to a recent compila- tion—which require neither examina- tion nor license to drive. The :privil- eges granted to non-resident operat- ors vary from fifteen days to six months. As it is now, a tourist or business man traveling in states through; unavoidable ignorance. Then, too, there is no uniformity as to brake requirements, and there is the great- est possible diversity among the states as to lighting 'requirements. Nor is there uniformity ,among the states regarding these matters: Which vehicle shal have the - right of way at intersections and under other given circumstances; what highways hall.be through highwaye, how they shall be designated and to what ex- tent a boultvard system with light- ing signals o fa certain character is applicable to all cities; the passing •of street cars; what to do on approach of fire or police department vehicles. Even within a single state we en- counter different standards of -law en- forcement.from place to place. 'Every degree and standard of courtesy, helpfulness and firmness in enforce- ment is found. Some communities pay no attention to dense traffic and others regulate light traffic rigidly. If states and municipalities must be led- by the hand of gentle but specific Federal encouragement, we suppose that Mr. Hoover, although al- ready overworked in other directions, is the best person to lead them. ' But what a terrible indictment of the ability of states, cities and towns to govern themselves! j Governor Rit- chie, of Maryland, and others view with much alarm the encroachment of Federal authority upon theepre- rogatives of the states. But if the legislatures of the different states haven't enough instinct of human self-preservation to agree upon a uni- form signal for a man who sticks his hand out of an automobile window, then we can expect Federal activities in the future to make those of the present look like thirty cents. No automobile driver can possibly know or understand all the varying laws and regulations govering his actions, as they change from town to town and from state to state. There is no reason whatever for the failure of states to adopt uniform traffic laws and regulations except sheer incom- petence of government. It is worse than futile to talk about any substantial reduction or preven- tion of accidents until uniformity of traffic regulation has been attained. When that is done drivers can be ex- pected to understand and abide by the rules. As it' is now, the situation is• so chaotic` and public opinion will not stand for the severe punishment of drivers. Everyone, knows that everyone else is driving in a haze of semi -ignorance. Once the situation is simplified and standardized, the driver can be held for failure to sig- nal and for other infractions of regu- lations as directly as a railroad en- gineers is disciplined for going past a warning to stop. Canada's Opportunity. Wo in Canada can and do endorse many of these sentiments. We have our provinces working together and Federal'•aid is available to help on the good work. While our recent Goocl Roads Convention; in closing, left the matter over for another year, we will look for a year pregnant with per - other than the one in which he has an formance, and next year's meeting operator's license may be put to should see some constructive legisla- great inconvenience or even arrested tion suggested. Cancer Cure Ends in Tragedy Walsall, Eng.—How a woman suf- fering from advanced cancer was nearly cured by eight doses of a new treatment, only to be killed by an in- finitesimal overdose at therninth in- jection, was revealed at an inquest et Chasetown, near trere. The woman—Marriet Eleanor Kate Woolley, the wife of a colliery fire- man—was treated in the Birmingham General Hospital, and her wonderful recovery had attracted attention in the medicial World. Dr, Arthur P. Thomson stated that Mrs. Woolley had attended the hospi- tal since February. It was impossible, he said, to remove the cancer by opera- tion, and it was accordingly decided to give her a lead -glycine treatment which had been adopted exclusively by the Cancer Research Committee's chemist at the hospital, and with which experiments had been made on animals to determine the poisonous dose. Airnott Normal Eight injections had the effect of reducing >the cancer from the size of a man's list to that of a hazel nut, and Mrs. Woolley returned ahnost to nor- mal health. After the ninth injection, however, she developed toxic sy:np- eoms. and -died a few days later. A post-niortent revealed the presence of a small queatity of lead. Less than one-tenth of a gramma was found, and probably ten per cent. of that re- presented the overdose. "It shows," said Dr. Thorsont "how' little turned the balance against us, Dr. Francis William. Lamb, patliolo- gist to the Cancer Research Commit- tee, agreed that the woman would not have died it she had not had the last injection. The ,eorner, returning a verdict of "pEath . fatty degeneration of the front y liver, probably clue to lead poison;" said that Uhc treatment had been prop, erly 'administered" Aily .tteuf' Barde r.�....h08ry 11.411:it Wilks hear. Increased Duty on Milk Sought Producers in U.S. Want Pro- tective Tariff Wall Strengthened Washington.—Increase in the duty on milk and cream has been urged on the United States Tariff Commission which announces that it will shortly hold public hearings to gather evi- dence for and against higher taxation of these' foods. Canada is practically the only country affected and the commission has just concluded a sur- vey of the dairy industry in the Do- minion to determine if the cost of production there is less than in the United States. The New England States and New York State are chiefly affected on this side. 'While the, dairy interests of that section demand' higher protec- tion against Canadian competition, importers oppose the increased levy. During the last few years there has been a steady increase in the impor- tation of Canadian milk and cream into the eastern states. Cheese and butter -making plants have sprung up along the border and importers in some sections have come to depend on milk and cream from the Canadian side to keep those plants going., ' Ice cream factories in New York and Boston oleo are using a lot of Canadian cream. Importers probably will urge on the Commission. that they cannot get along without the Cana- dian product - to augment the . supply of fresh milk and cream available within easy shipping distance of large centres of population in the eastern states, Husband and wire were sitting ono each side 6f: the lire -place, and for sotto time silence had reigned suw' prem. At last the wife' said, "You seem 'very t iouglltfttl tonight, I'll give you a penny for them." "Oh," replied, lidr husband. "I was just thinking What epitaph I shall put on your tomb- stone, 5V[arr,". ""Don't worry about thea, 04614". she said sweetly, "dust put 'wits otthe above.' " , N' Scientists Visit North Land. COURSE OF S.S. BEOTHIC'S THRILLING VOYAGE Dr. Bantin.g and A. Y. Jackson, the artist, were among the notables that accompanied the S.S. Beothic on its trip to the Artie, The most northerly Point touched was R.N.W. Pollee Post at Bache, Ellesmere Psland. More Farm Tasks Urged Electrified London,—That the work of clean- ing, feeding, not to mention milking 150 cows, could be done by three men instead of the usual 15, was the con- tention of R. Borlase Matthews, who read a paper on the subject of elec- tricity on the farm before the en- gineering - section of the British As- sociation meeting at Leeds. . Mr. Matthews believed - thatthe path of improvement in farming ass! an industry lay in the introduction of electrical transport. At present, he, said, hay. in. England is often caiiiiect "in single trusses on the shoulders of laborers." This should cease:` Moreover; threshing machines ought to be supplied with electrical chain - conveyors, while fertilizers should be liquified so that they could be pump- ed and distributed electrically onto the fields. On a farm of 420 acres, Mr. Matthews calculated that over 8000 tones of material had to be trans- ported annually, and this could be done most 'economically, by electrical. apparatus. "Say," said A, ",fou don't have to worry over that ten dollars you owe nie." "Why?" said B. "Because," said A, "it's no use both of us worry ing. Says Nungesser Fell During Gale Irish Report Intimates White Bird Lost Three Miles from Coast London.—Rev. D. Harty, of Glas- gow, brings the rumor from Meenoga- hane, Ireland, to the effect that Nun- gesser's White Bird plane was seen to drop into the sea three miles from that village during a terrific gale the morning after Nungesser's start from Le Bourget. Petrol and oil covered water came in with the tide but when fishermen were able to go to the scene no trace o fthe plane was found. Villagers claim that the water is not deep at the spot and that it ought to be possible to salvage the wreck- age. The French Ambassador has been notified of Harty's discovery. The Intolerant Atheist . There is a lot said about the biogo- try and intolerance of the church peo- ple. But I have never encountered more'wholesale bigotry and intoler- ance than that voiced by many of my "open-minded" brethern. Some of them can't look at a church spire without seeing red. Some loudly de- nounce all God's processes on earth. —M. R. McCallum in Plain Taik, BRItAIN WON SCHNEIDER CUA' SPEED OF 281 MILES 'PER HOUR Competition Between Gov -1 ernments Olily for Sea- planes Was This Year a Duel ' Between Italy and England RACE OVER ADRIATIC Venice;—Great Britain administer- ed a crushing defeat to Italy in a dual battle here for possession of the Schneider Cup, in which all existing seaplane speed records were shatter- ed. - Flight -Lieut. S. N. Wesbster, pilot- ing a Supermarine Napier S-5 ma- chine, woii the . race, with his team- mate, Flight -Lieut. 0, E. Worsley, in another supermarine machine second. The third English entry and all three Italian entries were unable to cross the finish lino of the 850 -kilometre (217.463 files) course.. 281 Miles An Hour. Lieut, Webster covered the dis- tance in the official time of 46 min- utes 20.28 seconds. He averaged 453.282 kilometres, or 281,488 miles an hour, compared with the record of 246.496 miles, established by Major Mario ole Bernardi of the Italian Royal Air Force, who won the race last year. Lieut. Worsley also broke the pre- vious record, covering the course .in 47 minutes 46.475 seconds, for an average of 439.472 kilometres, or 272. 912 miles an hour. Lieut. Webster's fastest lap was clocked at 289.76 miles an hour. Another star speed performance was by the• other British entry, Lieut. S. N. Kinkead, in a Gloster Speedster, who covered one of the laps on the triangular course at a speed of 465. 402 kilometres an hour, or 289.014 miles an hour. (At the first Schneider Cup race, held at Monaco iu 1913, Maurice Prevost of Prance attained a speed of 72 miles an hour). The Contest, This year's contest was a duel ,bei tween Great Britain and Italy, them latter holding the trophy won las November in Norfolk. The interest! in the race was enormous, owing tc1 the great strides made in aviation since the last race, All the hotels' in Venice were filled with visitors, Mostly tourists, andfurther accommo-j dation is - difficult to obtain. The general topic of conversation! was the contest, which constitutedi the greatest speed race ever held,' America's non -participation is much regretted, but the request for the postponement of the race could not, bo granted, as according to the rulegi the date of the contest having once been fixed by the International Aero-' nautical Association cannot be alter- ed. Although, when the trophy was given in 1913 by Jacques Schneider' for an international maritime com-. petition, the main consideration of the donor was not the speed of the; Iaircraft, high speed has turned out to! be the dominant factor of the race. Only Governments Compete. The contest indeed became so dif- ficult that only governments found themselves in the position to compete and this year's race had an additional interest, since it is the first time thati Great Britain as a nation has de-' voted al its possible resources to win the trophy. From a speed of 47.75 - miles per hour obtained in the first race in 1913, we have reached 246.5 miles per hour last year and this year 281. was reached. - Both teams were confident of v1c4 tory, but the issue was of course," doubtful, especially as little was known about the Italian seaplane.' The Italian airmen believed that their monoplane was capable of more thane 290 miles an hour, and in recent tests held over the lagoon, they were. greatly satisfied with their machine My Garden The sun is shining on my garden, Monkshood and delphinium Hold up dark blue rods, Blue lupins scatter pepper -scent And blue violas flutter Like little butterflies. The wind is passing by my garden; The flowers stir lazily;; Columbine dances, . - Foxgloves shakes their silent bells, And tall iris blades quiver Like water shivering.—M. E. A. Thoughts by Will Rogers On Aviation First, National Sstudio, Burbank, Cal.—Leaving to -night to go to San Diego to make a speech at Lindbergh's banquet. Ili wouldn't be so hard to speak if you knew anything of impor- tance he had ever done. Yours, WILL. P.S,—See where the aviator and the lion landed O.K. and remained friends. That's the pilot that might get along with Levine. Old Time Driver Again at Throttle W ton "The Confederation, ' the largest locomotive, not only in Can- ada, but in the British Empire, left the Canadian National Railways terminal in Toronto, to take part its the "Pageant of the Iron Horse;'' at Baltimore, 7iaryland, John ltyburn Mcintyre, a''pensiotted engineer, who commenced itis railway career 12 years ago, emerged from his retire- ment to take the throttle of "The TrevithIek," the oldest wood burner the' Dominion, which was also brought from honorable retirement for the event. Together the two "ponsloners" escorted "The Canted - rails for its trip to the big pageant which is intended to depiet the evolu- tion of rail transportation. "The first locomotives I fired weighed 23% tons," Mr. McIntyre re- marked, as he looked over the old tuner and compared it with the mod- trn Canadian 'product, "and when I . retitred on petition the Grand Trunk system was putting In service loco- motives weighing 221% tons;" 18y comparison, "The Confederation" typo weighs 320 tons, - Again, Mr, McIn- tyre noted that when he . cominonced his railroad career some of the freight ears had a capacity ref eight oration" Out of the .yards to take the teas, To -ds, t many of the oars tit ser. vice have a capacity of 40 tons. Mr, McIntyre was born in Kilmar- nock, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1852. Tlie family, like many other Scottish fa - Dillies, was attracted to Canada to share in the railway building of that period, and in December, 1863, at the ago of 13 years, Mr. McIntyre began service with the Grand Trunk as a cleaner at Sarnia, continuing, except for a short interval, until he 'retired at the ago of 65 years. Mr. Melntyre became fireman and then driver and saw some service with the; militia during the second Fenian laic'!, Canadian l 'at'tonal ltaiiways Photo granite: Classify Case of Infantile 111 Germ of Paralysis Isolated, According to Report fro mBoston IS REAL PRGRESS Task of Science in Overcom-, ing Disease Greatly Simplified New York --A special dispatch to the Morning World from Boston says: "The germ of infantile paralysis has been definitely classified, thereby simplifying the task of science in its attempts to overcome the disease, Dr. W. L. Aycock, head of the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commi_sion said, "The main problem now is to fiva a suitable animal to„ yield an anti- toxin." "The only animal which takes the disease appears to be the monkey," said Dr. Aycock, "and the lather's mortality is so high that it is an un- satisfactory subject. When we dis- cover the proper animal for serum purposes, infantile paralysis will ba controlled. - "Dr. Aycock pointed out that a somewhat similar problem confronted science when the diphtheria germ was first isolated and finally it was found diphtheria serum could be made from the blood of the horse. "The infantile paralysis germ is too small to be detected even by the most powerful microscope, Dr. Ay- cock said, but its evidence was proved by evidence of growth. He denied that an infantile paralysis epidemic existed. He pointed out that in Mas- sachusetts there has been one -fount% the number of cases reported this year as compared to 1916. "'Parents need not worry," he said, "Fatalities from automobile accidents are far greater than the number caused by this disaese. Many chit- dren are naturally immune, Also, children who have once had the dia.. ease will not have it again." Don't Be Niggardly Touting To enjoy a trip to Europe, start off with the thought that you are going to do something—a lot—to help her to repay her debts to us. Be prepared to pay full prices for everything and, on top of this, to hand out tips at every, turn from morning 'till night. Unless you are willing to follow such a coarse with the utmost cheerfulness, stay at hone: Don't draw up any bard and fast budget embodying modest ex- penditures, for you Will findyourself unable to stic kto it.- 2'orbes Maga- nine. aganine. - Othor natioue sneer at "Yankee ntoney-maicing--' ut they don't 'sneer at tho money. ---A U.S. view. - Up -to -pate. Miss Dieg--•"No, 'ace you're too sew, 1V-tr. Shall. I'm a 1927 flapper -bug " beret, likelikeannate, need ata as ederatot,