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The Huron Expositor, 1930-10-17, Page 3z1 I Remitting. Money We sell drafts, money orders and cable remittances' on all parts of the world—at low- est rates. Quick service at all branches. THE DOMINION BANK Established 1871 138 SEAFORTS BRANCH R. M. Jones - • - Manager NO MEDICINE LIKE BABY'S OWN TABLETS For Either the Newborn Baby or The Growing Child. There is no other medicine to equal Baby's Own Tablets for little ones—whether it be the newborn babe or the growing child the Tablets al- ways do good. They are absolutely free from opiates or other harmful 'drugs and the mother can always feel (safe in using them. Concerning the Tablets, Mrs. John 'Armour, R. R. 1, South Monaghan, Ont., says:—"We have three fine, healthy children, to whom when a medicine is needed, we have given only Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are the best medicine you can keep in any home where there are young children." Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the stomach and bowels; banish consti- pation and indigestion; break up colds and simple fever and make teething easy. They are sold by medicine deal- ers or direct by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine 'Po., Brockville, Ont. • A CEASELESS MESSENGER Over 5,000,000 times a day residents Of Ontario and Quebec turn to the ttelephoneL) More than 70,000 daily calls are for ' out-of-town friends. These people have learned the wie- idom of letting their telephone "go there and back" for them. ' HEALTH SERVICE OF THE •• CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Sinus Trouble. It is not unusual to hear that some- one has sinus trouble. Sinus trouble means that there is infection, and, as we know, infection in any part of the body is serious. The infection is the result of the activity of living germs, and if it is allowed to continue, it may result in a chronic poisoning of the body. The nasal sinuses are the cavities in the bones of the face, which cavi- ties are connected w-ij;h the nose by marrow openings, and the lining mem- branes of the nose and the sinuses are continuous. There is one sinus under the cheek- bone, another above the eye, others in 'the bones behind the nose. Some of these sinuses are close to the brain cavity, and infection close to the vital Centres is the result of sinusitis in Buch parts. Sinus trouble occurs when infection (spreads from the nose along the lin- ing membrane through the narrow !opening into the sinus. Swelling re- sults from the infection, and this swelling may be, and often is sufficient to block the opening, and so the in- fection is sealed in the sinus. On account of the practical danger of the seread of infection from the nose to a sinus, it is evident that grave trouble may be prevented by taking care of nasal infection—the common cold. The neglected cold leads to a great deal of trouble and misery. The cold itself is one of the greatest nuisances from which we suffer, and, besides, it is most mischievous in its effects. To neglect a cold is 'always to invite trou- ble. If you want to avoid trouble, avoid a cold, and if you are not suc- cessful in avoiding the cold, give it early attention. In the late stages of a cold, if the teeth begin to ache with a feeling f pressure on the back upper teeth, it suggests that the antrum or sinus in the cheek bone is involved. Pain over one eye •suggests involvement of the sinus located• there. The pain may, not be constant; it may occur during part of the day, growing worse and then easing off. Infection of the sinuses may follow colds, influenza, pneumonia, measles, scarlet fever, or indeed, any infection of the upper respiratory tract. It is a condition which should be fought under treatment at once. Not only is it that the acute stage requires pro- per care, but it is of the utmost im- portance to secure such care in order to prevent, if possible, a chronic in- fection of the sinus. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 'College Street, Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Acids In Stomach Cause Indigestion Create Sourness, Gas and Pain. How to Treat. Medical authorities state that near- ly nine -tenths of the cases of stomach trouble, indigestion, sourness, burn- ing, gas, bloating, nausea, etc , are due to an excess of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. The delicate stom- ach lining is irritated, digestion is de- layed and food sours, causing the dis- agreeable symptoms which every stomach sufferer knows so well. Artificial digestants are not needed in such cases and may do real harm. Try laying aside all digestive aids and instead get from any druggist some Bisurated Magnesia and take a tea- spoonful of powder or four tablets in water right after eating. This sweet- ens the stomach, prevents the forma- tion of excess acid and there is no sourness, gas or pain. Bisurated Mag- nesia (in powder or tablet form—nev- er liquid or milk) is harmless to the stomach, inexpensive to take and is the most efficient form• of magnesia for •stomach purposes. It is used by thousands of people who enjoy their meals with no more fear of indiges- tion. 01a44elbearOenet portuiiities for ge 1, dist Aly a'1C tram; the wane 9 i ope{tationa There is alto the .„Cart that thexe,r nnorepenitent ones •eiefe''to (WOW than to any ether 'town in' .the Malt(• ed "Mates. That is ty, ' Ghtcag0 the nearest p.9int of call fir •diseharg7, ed convicts, ouee lr'berated the eX00;i has small resources. 'Sometimes he is' given .00, sometimes $25 acid some-," times $75, the idea being to give 'hi;; a start iii the hard fight that lies be,. fore him if he wishes to rehabilitate hi.,m1f. Now, a convict who wishes to be kit sight of does not go to some zmall town where his appearancc> will, be remarked. He tries to lose himself in a large city, and perhaps there axe three or four times as many convicts who go to Chicago for this purpose as go to New York. Chicago has, therefore, always a larger crmminal population, or a population of crimin- als who have been convicted, than any other large city in the world. Some of these discharged convicts try to earn an honest living Most of them probably drift into one or other of the gangs that infest the city. The.. gangs, therefore, are always being replenished by desperate characters, and this more than compensates for the attrition of gang warfare. ,Another important fact is that Chi- cago for many years has been the fav- orite resort of foreign criminals. It might be supposed that most of them would be found in the seaport cities. But the foreign criminals who reach New York do not feel safe. They feel too close to home. They know that if a search is to be made for them it will probably be made at the point where they were known to have landed. Therefore they make tracks to an interior city which offers them better chances of safety and at the same time a suitable field for their operations. Chicago naturally appeals to them. Another important reason for the criminal, whether native or foreign, choosing Chicago is that he knows he can buy protection there. He knows there are grafting police - Men, politicians and court officials. Says Mr. Howe: "The towns which of- fer no protection through graft, brib- erl, or political influence are natural- ly avoided by the underworld. Owing to political pull, to corrupt politicians to the' selection of officials and ex- ecutives irrespective of the characters of the men chosen, no large town can justly claim to be free from some forms of graft and venality, but no- where is graft more flagrantly re- cognized and reckoned upon than in Chicago." But Chicago could be rid of its crooks if the task were given to the police and there were no corrupt in- fluence 'brought to bear. Mr. Howe once told a candidate for mayor that if he were given 25 picked detectives, trustworthy men who knew the un- derworld, he would undertake to rid Chicago of all professional crooks in 60 days provided that after an arrest had been made and conclusive evidence presented, there would be no fixing of the case. The candidate ad- mitted the futility of attempting such a drastic reform. Much of the fixing takes place in the courtroom. The clever lawyer can frequently man- oeuvre to have the case brought on for trial before the witnesses can be reached. A common trick is for the clerk of the court to make an error in the date set for a hearing. If the date set is on Thursday, the case is called on Tuesday, and the witnesses for the prosecution not being present when called, the agreeable judge will dismiss the prisoner. On Thursday when the witnesses turn up they will be told that through an error the case has already been disposed of. Certain judges, friendly to the pris- oners or the influences behind the prisoners, rule out certain testimony, allow witnesses to be badgered and terrorized and sometimes even go so far as to instruct juries improperly. At other times, they consent to post- ponement after postponement, until the witnesses for the prosecution tire of being dragged fruitlessly from their work, often at the expense of losing their day's pay, and fail to appear. Or they lose interest and can be bought off by agents for the accused persons. Finally a major cause of Chicago's evil reputation is its ill- advised policy of changing police chiefs frequently. The average length of service of a Chicago chief of po- lice is less than two years. In the past 75 years Chicago has been serv- ed by no fewer than 43 chiefs of po- lice. In London there have been only six in 100 years. In canada, the chief of police holds his office for life or un- til he desires to retire on pension. To force a chief of police to resign is almost unheard of here. Politicians have no power over chiefs of police, and since a good deal more care is emp1efyed in appointing them, it is not often that incompetence of the official leads to a public demand that he shall relinquish his post. HERE ARE THE REASONS FOR CHICAGO CRIMINALS For each robberycommitted in Lon- don, New York commits 36 and Chica- go 100. In one year in Chicago there were twelve times as many robber- ies as in all England and Wales. In 1923 Chicago statistics showed twelve times the number of robberies as the whole of Canada, and the number has increased steadily ever since then. Its homicidal rate was twice that of It- aly, four times that of Australia, and nine times that of England and Wales Such statistics, quoted by Lawrence Howe, for 21 years a Chicago detec- tive sergeant, writing in The Nation are familiar enough and deplorable enough. Nor will anybody say that they have not been sufficiently deplor- ed. Mr. Howe, we believe, gives the best explanation of them, from the point of {view of a police officer, that we have come across. One of the chief reasons far Chicago lawlessness is the fact that it is the greatest rail- road centre in the country. There is a train leaving Chicago on an aver- age of one every minute through- out the 24 hours, and the escaping Each package marked 'Chinaware .contains a piece of fine English ware, .old ivory tint, new irregular borders. ER THE WATERBOILS nos Saturday, Oct. MR. W. J. MOORE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF Nelson Tanz Fur Company Will give a Special Fur Display of this Leading Fur Companrp's Cleverest Coats OU are very cordially invited to attend this dem- -1- Come and see what is new this sea- onstration. son in Furs and Fur Coats. Every style and kind of Fur will be represented. 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For Reisler fed Dempsey and provided while he achieved celebrity as a man - him with a new wardrobe and then ager of fighters and for a time made to his immediate disappointment and money it was on the whole a costly abiding regret Dempsey left him and hobby. Every manager of a broken - soon after had formed the alliance down boxer sought out John to sell his with Jack Kearns which was to prove contract and if John did not buy them so profitable to them both. Later on all he (bought more than enough. Reisler sued Dempsey and it is be- Again and again the owners of some lieved that he received $10,000 in re- decrepit sporting or amusement club cognition of his part in discovering would induce him to unbelt. He even and proclaiming the new champion. ventured into the •show business with But even if there had been no Demp- results that he found it unpleasant sey, Reisler would have been notor- to contemplate. Indeed there was more ious. He was born in Austria and than enough of unpleasantness in went to the United States as a boy. John's life. The incident which gave He became a bootblacker and barber him his first wide notoriety and more and like many other barbers disclos- worry than any other before or after ed sporting tastes. He had also an was his connection with the murder ambition to distinguish himself ini of Rosenthal, the New York gambler, the ring and being a man of power- in 1912. He happened to be one of ful physique it seemed that he might the first on the scene after the shoot - succeed. But he lacked something or ing and in time to see "Bridgey" Web - other. Probably it was unintelligence ber running away. Hle was subpoenaed for he perceived that there was more to give testimony and on the stand money to be made by managing box- denied that he had seen Webber. Then ers than by being whacked in the ring by other boxers, and soon he had launched himself forth as the mentor of a number of prize fighters, JOHN THE BARBER A NOTED CHARACTER It says something for a deceased New York barber that he should be the subject. of a fourth column, and what it says will be found set forth below. The barber in question, it is to be admitted, shines with a reflect- ed greatness. He is like the fellow who once saw Shelley plain, only a great deal more important to the World to -day. He is, in fact, John J. Reisler, known throughout the sport- ing world as "John the Barber" and he was the original discoverer of Jack Dempsey. It was 15 years ago that Dempsey, then unknown, arrived in New York, thanks to the friendly brake beams and empty box cars, and hunted up John Reisler who at that time was quite a well-known sport- ing character. Dempsey had won several unimportant fights, but had done well enough to satisfy himself that he might get somewhere in the game if he had backing, He was a ing sireno pervade the shop ancj shy, bronzed, lean youth at the time Cheri are plenty of barbers besides, At one time he had no fewer than 43 working for him in the east and another stable of 11 out in California when the sport there was in its hey- day. Abe Attell and Benny Yanger were boxers, whom Reisler managed. He found that the sport paid him in two ways. There were the direct profits out of the fighters and the in- direct profits which flowed to John's barber shop. That barber shop he kept going in good times and bad times, and when he died he was the proprietor of the best known tonsorial studio in New York where one may be manicured by melodious jades ad- vertised as "the pick of Broadway shows, beautiful in farm, face and ability." Twenty-five of these sing - with little to say for himself. As a matter of fact he never was very loquacious, but in Reisler he found a barber who could do the talking for him. Having seen him box, Reisler Dame to the conclusion that he had discovered a prodigy. Says Ned Brown in the New York World: "I can remember the' barber bringing the shy, 'quiet Dempsey do'Wn to the World df - and mirrors at Versailles to those who have never seen the Hall of Mir- rors, and jasper that is almost real, and green marble and a general air of voluptuousness dear to the heart of the butter -and -egg men in town on a visit, and favored also by the leading citizens of Rroad'way. Indeed, for more than twenty years John the Barber has shaved the blue chine of been estranged but with whom he had effected a reconciliation shortly before his death. In case anyone is curious to know what brought about the death of John the Barber, it should be explained that an ingrowing hair on his hand became infected and blood poisoning developed. the prosecuting attorney had him charged with perjury and faced with a long penitentiary term. Reisler told what he had seen though, as she said, in imminent fear that he might not live to leave the court room cr get safety back to his cell in the Tombs. Later on Webber turned informer and his evidence was instrumental in sending to the electric chair Lieuten- ant Becker, "Gyp the Blood" Horo- witz, "Lefty Louie" Rosenberg, "Whitey" Lewis and "Dago Frank" Cirofici. It is probable that but for Reisler's testimony which implicated Webber he would not have confessed and thus the barber might have con- gratulated himself, though there is no evidence that he did play a lead- ing part in the execution of these murderers. Nor did the police seem to be particularly grateful to him. They raided his barber shop for liq- uor and found lots of it. They also arrested his son and convicted him of to make use of it. I had a number of old postcards which had been sent to us at different times. On these I pasted the recipes dealing with certain dishes—placing each type together. To mark the var- ious divisions I cut larger squares from breakfast food boxes—leaving a raised tab on which to mark `Cakes,' `Meats,' 'Fish,' etc.—making as many as 1 required. I enclose the cards in a cereal box which was cut to fit the cards, and can reach a recipe quickly when it is required. Old Rubber Inner Tubes. One you have had on hand an old inner tube, cut it into rubber bands using a sharp pair of scissors for cutting. You can cut narrow bands and wide ones-tfor different uses! These I keep in a box in the kitchen —and they are very useful ilbr snap- ping around parcels—even parcels of garbage. At one time I kept a ball of string in the kitchen, but I find my rubber bands very much more handy than string. One inner tube will make a large boxful of the bandsand they will not cost you anything. * * * Instead of putting water in the wooden tub of the washing machine, I place a saucerful of water in the tub. This saves the work of rinsing the machine before using it. When men's suspenders are worn out, you will find there is enough of the elastic webbing at the front end of each brace to make apair of strong garters for a small boy. The wide el- astic will not twist. * * * Save that old metal chain purse and use as a scourer for saucepans. It will make an excellent bottle cleaner as well. * * * Save the wrappers from the butter until baking day, then use them for greasing your cake tins. * * * For pressing the pleats in little tot9' skirts and dresses, I use a sleeve HOUSEHOLD DISCOVERIES To Remove Old Wallpaper. When the removal of several layers of wall paper seems to be an impos- sible task, try stretching on the wall a square of thin cotton wrung out of warm water. Iron this cotton with a fairly hot iron. Slip a knife edge un- der the paper, and you will find that it will peel off in great pieces. Cleaning Painted Walls. -Give freshly painted walls a thin coating of boiled starch then they may be washed without removing the paint. Repeat the coating of starch after each washing if desired. When basket chairs require clean• ing, scrub them with a coarse brush and a strong salt and water solution. Then dry with a soft cloth. The salt will not only clean the wicker but will prevent discoloration. Straw matting may be cleansed in the Same way. * * Grained woodwork has a much brighter appearance when it is wash- ed over occasionally with cold tea. * * * Tf piano keys are washed with a soft flannel dipped in alcohol, they will retain their color and will not turn yellow. * * * To cleanse hair combs and hair brushes, wash them in a quart of warm water, to which has been added a teaspoonful of ammonia. * * * To glean old brass, pour ammonia on it and scrub with a brush; then rinse in clear water. murder, the victim being his aunt, Miss Katz. It was, apparently, a family light for Mrs. Reisler had ae- cused Miss Katz of having ensnared the vagrant affections of her husband. The son pleaded guilty to second de- gree murder and was sent to Sing Sing. However, he was out in time to be at his father's beside with his * * * board, and find it very handy. A teaspoonful of ammonia added to * a teacup?'ul of water is excellent for After emptying the fruit jars use in cleansing gold and silver jew turn the glass lid upside down, ems' either the jar or lid are i1 the let( Recipe File. defective—but the jar' is still, slab(!) One of the best discoveries I have for preserv'e'd foods *Melvin no made in my kitchen has been my re- quire an airtight con'tti ler ripe file. I had dozens and dozens of . when inview iii :th t t1'i tow, .t recipes and found that I could not at a ,glance *hid" Jaitk fete did find a particular one wlhen I wanted for canned foods and which, mother, from whom the barber Witt, therefore I was not always able able OnlyCPI! Piglgligfl J it 544 1y