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The` Late Mrs. Andrew Fraser T Mrs. Mary S. Fraser, wife of 1\mh`ow 1<`rasm'. Ogmna, Sa.='.k., divd in Toronto last. Thursday, in hm` /42nd. year. For several months she had 1mm] in poor] houlth, but the rnrl oanm Very 1111-} ox1.)rwlodly. - Pending` the arrival. of M1`. Fl'{l%(',I` from ()gema., the: _1't1m-,ra.l did nol. lakes. place unlilol I ]\IoVmla1y,-whrn I110 ho(ly_wasr laid to 1`(`>`!\ in the f:1Il`1ily.plul,, in the i . . . I 1~nmn (`mI1`1o'tm*_V, Bz.u'r'10. i Th afrie Examiner Saturday Morning % Ernest C.`Drury of Crown Hill was given the Liberal` nomination for North Siincoe at a very largely attended convention held in Stay- ner last Friday afternoon.` The Town Hall was lled to capacity every municipality being well re- presented. Dr. MeFaul, president of the association. filled the chair. For the noniinaiium there were two vcompetiim-s, vi /.., Warden Martin, who was nominated by Dr. Simpson of Elmvale and J. Richardson of l<`0rgusonvale,_ and Mr. Drury named hy R. G. Rich- lardson of Edenvale `and A.l+'.`. Rouse, Mitchell Square, \\ hen the first ballot `showed Mr. l')rur), ahead by a considerable majority, Mr. Martin i1mve(.l that the nom; ination be made unanimous \\'liieh was done amid the lie:-trty cheers of the audience. ' ` As Gandidate for the next. Federal \ EIection--Large convention-`-` Speech by Hon. (3. P. Graham. N. SIMGOE LIBERALS M Qt,he1's tu'wl'1mn c0mplimen- tary mnnin_at,i(.ms were tendered lwercz Reuvu` Scott... M . J. Holden IJ. A. BrecI_u:1'H-i`igo,, N0tl.awaAsag'z1; iJ0h11.]'%i1`n1i_.~., l'\'.(1._, :-bmd Dr. M(-.. |Faul, C1T>lli11*.r~\\`(md: D; G. Roll. !St,ayn01': Dnnald Russ, Barrie: Dr. Smit.h, (_1_r(wI1mr`n. all nTf.\\-`hum 1'0..- ltirnd 1t't,u1slmrl .ull1'es. ! wood. Q lst. \'im--l).'(%. Roll, Sl,aynm'.v 2nd. V'i('(---l')I`. I... G. Simpson, |Elmval(-3. V 3rd. Vi(`u-~{l`)l1r1 Bretrkelwidzo. l Nomawa. T V S('(`.V _'l7I`vas.-l)1'. A1`Ihu1',' (`.nl_l V1i11gw0'od .. wuv I /\ I I EX(`(`lltl\ (. ---- \Vesley Orchard Minesing; J. W . Brown, l)alston; Jas. Marlin, New 'l.owell; R. .l . Cainphell. lfinntroon; .l'no. l-lood. C r. l |'cl Stayner; .lno. ]`..a\\'i-erice, `Creo-Il more; Jno. - Drystla.le. F.llll\'2ll(`, 1 Jno.pShipl_ey, tlollingwond. T i l i-epare ss A 1 NV. ll. Atlaliis, (ion. St-ry. of the 1 Ontario l{el`m'n1 .\ssomi.. said .~ thatthe nominations lining liuld by the Liber'al.s were not \\'il.`.i any ll thought. of forcing a war election but simply to have their candid- . ates and o1g:`1tIiizati`_iIi in roadi- ness, so as not to he caugzjht ll"l-- prepared in ease-:nf an emergency. For Broad Liberalism In addressi'ng the convention. Mr. Drury. hoped that there would . beno war election, though there i are many l.hin to be cleaned up and if t..l1e.-e cannot be cleaned up otherwise, the" people will prefer even a war electioil to a Continu- ance of many olijectionahl-e con- ditions. But, said the speaker, Ihope that our public mefn at Ot- tawa mayhe patriotic -enough to do as in Britain, form a coalition to carry on the war.V "We must realize that. we are ghting for more than our national existence, we are fighting for our very lives. ' Most of the ills of government. are r l i f due to partyism, the truckle -for party adva11t,ag_e being respons- ible for many an unholy alliance. I am a Liberal from top to toe, but one who ghts for Liberalism in the broadest sense rather than in a party spirit. In or out of Parliament I stand. for the deep principles of lihertyand equality in every directi_on; for honest and economical government; for political, social and economic freedom; for remodelling a taxa- tion sys_tem which taxes a man every way as he exercises the functions of a useful citizen; for reform of the zivil service and the Senate; for all things that would tend to eiliciency, honesty and equality in a free and un- trammelled democracy. " i'r"}_i`{e'd,"1iei.idi,'i{e would go to the House, not as a hide-bound partisan, but as one who, while supporting the good old princip-' les of Liberalism, would reserve the right to exercise his own judgment on any question that` might arise 1-7 (V 1x A 'I _,_`J_ Hon. Geo. P. Graham The Hon. Geo. P. Graham, one of the most popular and effective speakers in the Liberal party, was .given a very attering reception, (Continued on page 6.) John B. Barr Nc3\'1y'1e(:ted Master of Corin. thi-an I.odg'n, A. F. & A. M. Hon. Pm-.-;I,.. L M TP1'e..~.;-.-l)r. M-lm.1l, .I. A. Macbu-en. Editor W. C. Walls. Business Manager ()I1i(-.1-ifs` -3E'-E'. c. nnunv .l`]ln("l,od 1\I(-(`rm-my A .11, `Gull-ing-` Good Progress Under Mr. Fa||is' '1`l|alA Rev. B. J. '1;r1]liS who is cunliug lu (`.(,)l|it_`l SI- M`l,|lm_H.-'l, (.}l1.ux'(*l`I 110x(,.luzm, has hm-n dning 's1>Iimdid \\'m'l in l.7:"HIlg't(-ill is wi- denL' 1'1-um L110" f'ullu\\'ing.-"item wllich appva1'ua_l in Lhv Gllx-islmp (liuartliau 1-ece11l ly: " 1* ' 1 ` I.`__. ._/u\,-...- \,CI\ \.-.,_-.../ Our i\ /lC`/l..i]H(l'l.s`l-1`l'i(`lH iH in +`.g_v 1ing't.i:m zi1'(`-i'mpiIig' in the 110211` l'u- `Lure to nmve i"i'n;m llu-ii` |)I't.~'(3Ill -old oiiux'g.-li and site, \\'liich has Sujmd at lhv 'm'c.~'l, if the hill. up- pnsilc (iii-ii (Haw, fm' 2iinm.~'lfu cc.-,riLi1i'y. 'I`hny have piim-Ii-zmrd :1 imw silo, `I50 1'0:-lbh_v il.p;n'l)Xil1i- ialoiy 360 t 00l._._m1'Sim1ir:1lu~ Bou- lm'aI'd. Tim prnsmit. paislur, the Rm . R.` J. Fzlliis, wlm is ('mnpivl- in{:_ his fu11I'H1 y(`:u'. is m"ti1 he. loved by the (:ui1im1inil.y. not nnly for his wa1'm and spit-i1(J-id pm`- snnnlil.y_. his l`aitl'ifulims:s ElR'pi1S-Q `MILITARY Y wonx A ~ AT BATTLE FRONT Capt. Pearson Told Engrossing Story of How t.he`Y. M. G. A. Helps to |V|other" thesoldiers M1*.~:. ]4`1'asm- v\'as the d:iug111.e1' ol"M1~. and MP9. Chas. Swinnelu ion. In 189!) MI`. and Mrs. Fra- `Iv! .. To an audience that crowcdnd the Opera House, Capt. Pearson last Monday night; toldpthe story of what this splendid organiza_ tion is doing to add to the cheer and comfort of the brave ladsiin the m-mg line. For an hour and a half he kept the undivided at- tention. of `his hearers, moving them frequently to laughter ant` again to tears. In no way `did he try to thrust forward himself or his fe1low-workers, his story be. ing all of the soldiers, their brav- ery, their cheerfulness, their dc; votion to duty in the face of tre- mendous discouragements, to- gether with vivid descriptions oi; hits of_warfare, through it all running, incidentally, the thread of the Y.M.C.A.'s helpfulness, BARRIE, CANADA, DECEMBER I4, I916 J an. lst, next, is the date set for putting into effect the new subscription rate of $1.50 per year for the Barrie,Examiner and Saturday Morning. I Those whopay before thatvdate save fty per cent, as the present price of ONE .DOLLAR per year will be accepted up .to that date for NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS, ARREARS or RENEWALS that fall due any time next year. 50 percent. on Your Money We believe thatyou are ready in your mind to pay mere for your weekly newspaper. You know that in your own buying and selling, prices in scarcely anything remain "fixed" year after year, as has the price of your weekly newspaper. You are paying more--very much more-I-for almost every- thing in ccmmon use. i In the meantime, we are meeting you ha`lf way by offering to accept renewals, etc, at the old" rate. Hundreds alreacl have renewed. Why not send YOUR Dollar today? ' ` (Continued on nage 7.) REV. R. J. FALLIS, ||\lAV\lTED TO COLLIER ST. st-1' Vlofll Bz1r'ri> l`m~ Wilmipog` and! a lbw yoaps `1zLl.e1' llll,)\"(`,(] to Og'e- ma, Sask., wllnrn Mr. Fraser has a g'm1m'a1 slum amcl also a quar-l 1,4`-r-seclli0n farm. Mrs. 1*`:-asor isl (looply 'lll0l1I'l10(l by many `frioudsl in all the places she had residecl. In the family there are four (~l1ill1`en: And:-aw in lCng'lan'dhwit.h the 179th (.`.anm1'01 1 Highlanders of Canada, M-Mgamt, Charlie and Iknssie, all allo.11Lling' school in Barrie. Mrs. il<`ra1se1` was a sister of _O. (1. Hart, Barr-ie,V and Ivm. (loo. L. Burl,on of M_arsh_ 1i_-lll, ()I'(-3g'on. Hm` In his D(`t_)[)lL`, hiil his` pulpit niini.~:l.i'2tl,im'i.s liaw 21ll.1`:1ct,ed and r ll L~_iii521'ng'z1l,i<>i1 which ' lills 1'1-4-qimiilly In m'm'llnwing' the pm,-sciit HM and ll1il(l(-`,`(`]l`1-`c).lP. build- ing`. T110 Q11ai'lc1'ly Ollivial Board ill. lll(`ll' last nu:0l,ing, which was largely allenclnd. passed :1 P680]- ulimi oxpwssiiig unanilnmisly their apprmi-.ialinn, \\'hl(`h inr-lud_ ad nu. a(l(lll.lHll ..1' .'s*2im.oo to the` stipend pi'o\'im.1.-ly paid making the salary for this c0n.feI`ence ynmj $2(l00. 'l`liis mii{:x'eg'at..imi has had Pill/'il(`I' :1 unique groxvlli anrl o.\'p:1nsinn. Eighth years ago tho salm'y paid was $650.00 with omiiwxinnal f1m(ls in Dl'()p()I`l-lOll- This _V(`dI' lhc (`()l'ln(`.\'l0Tl'1i funds will reach $4500. The Rev. Dr. Rankin has been invited to occupy this pulpit. cmmmmcing next tj0n_ f(`l'(`ll(`(`. year." G. I. BUILDING FUND Trustees Think collegiate Term Should be Longer-l\lew Ar- r_angements_ for Promotions The Board of Education at its meetinig this week rescinded the motion, passed two weeks pre- viously, xing` uniform exams. in classes up_ to Junior Third` for December with a promotion for pupils higher than Junior Third at the end of January. - In its stead a report was adopted to hold these exams in January, a1- so to continue the usual weekly exams, but no mention wasmade of the promotions in grades ahove Junior Third.` Several members `protested against the shortening of the collegiate term and the Government may bememorialized. Chairman Frawley has still lots of money in his `B.C.I. building account, the balance being $3384. (Continued on page 3.) Read the Adlet Column. f'i"|i.C (H/AS $3384.00 `Mr. James, Hydro Electric En- gineer, and Reeve Bennett ec- eupied the oor for the gt-eate1' part of 'a two-hou1- session last Thursday night, when the Town Fathers assembled to he enlight- ened upon the proposed new Vagreexnent` for the supply of pow- er to - Barrie. Between Reeve and .EngineeI_* James-Wil| Submit By-Law- cheaper Power Promised In explanation of the agree- ; ment, Mr. James said that when. the H. E. Cmnn. made a contract. with Barrie it had an agremnent with the Simcee Power Co. to supply 1500 H.P., that being all the loads on `the system then` I warranted. After two 01' three years it was found that the sys- tem would be better served by the purchase of this plant. However, if this plant and lines belonged A LIVEI-Y `DEBATE - ment. ' has been one of the two agricul- ' `wasthe first president of the Un.. 'l!`.r11e`st. C. Drury was born at Crown Hill 38 years ago, the only son of the late Hon. Chas. Drury. Except for the time attending` school, his lil'e has been spent on the farm where he first saw the 1l_{.:`ll|; of day. His home is one of the finest of the many beautiful farm residences that are admired by the travellers along the Pene- tang Road. After taking` his Sen". ior Matric at Barrie Collegiate. Mr. Drury went was graduated in 1899 from the 0.A.C., with the degree of .B.S.A. Since -1903 he has been active- ly identified with farmers organ- izations of various kinds. Join- ing the 1<`armcrs Association in Z 1903, he soon made hisway to the f`ront and in 1905 was en- trusted with the important_ duty of placing the views of the Asso- '. elation before the Tariff Com- . During'1909. mission-in Toronto. and 1910 he was Master 0-f the Dominion Grange and in the lat- ter year was chosen as the first secretary of the Canadian Council of Agriculture. Inthis capacity he had to make all the arrange- ments for the big deputation of farmers which visited Ottawa tr- place its views before the Govern- Fortwo years Mr. Drury tural representatives on the Sen- ate of Toronto University. H- ited Farmers of Ontario and is now honorary president.` V A ' Mr. Drury s platform ability is widely known. His debates with T. A. Russell on the tariff ques- tion in 1911 attracted a great deal of attention. A close student of ` -political economy and agricultur_ al problems, he is well equipped for the discussion of public af- fairs. particularly as they affect the "farmer, and has the faculty of presenting his views in a flu- ent, lucid and cogent manner. to Guelph and . l t "is up" to (apacity and we are im_ to the Coinn. the municipalit.ies|: would not _be in a position to`: share in the profits. Under the,: present contract the lowest price at which Barrie can get power is $16.50 at Waubaushene, plus the xed charg'es__for transmission. The Comn. is now working 1) in- creases of 1000 11.1). for Penetung: and 1300 H.P. for Midland, so the 1` prospects for next year point toii 3500 _H.P., which will make it possible to deliver power away below $26.50 at \Vaubausl1ene.` An agreement has been made to!` buy power 1'ron`1 Orillia at $8.ooil next year. Mr. Beck wants the!` people to have a chance of S2134 ing if they would share in the!` protits. The proposed agreenientl is the same as signed by all on ' the Eugeiiia system. It means 4 that the mn'nicipalit,ies would pay simply the cost of power. Even now we can deliver power-at less than $16.50 and if we can hrin.2' it. down to $11.00 the eonsuiners get the benet. Before the by. law is submitted. th(Cnn_ll1. will be able to show what the cost oil J power will be and what the pro- tits have _been this year. The pro- fits have been big and it is only right _ the munieipalities shonltl have them. The load at Big: tlhute porting` from Eugenia and \\'as- del_l s lines 2100 H.P. more than the Big Chute developed a year ago. These loads. are for staple industries and are likely to be` well maintained. The new ag'ree-; ment means cheaper power andl also that at the end of 30 years} the municipalities will own the plant. . T Tnn Much AH. E. Comm. Rome "Bennett. said that whonl the first agreement was `approved the citizrrns didn t anticipate that l the H. E. Comn. would go 10 tho! I.egislatu1`e and get authority tc usurp the powers of the local commissions.` ` W-Ii!-[-1*'.`..}5;1f1.e3`;'de11ie that this had been (lone. ':{\V hVa1.y-about wiring? asked the Mayor. rr\1- ,4 |l__l ..-.\. -.-..._, v-. Mr. James---This was not the! doing of the H. E. Comn. Ther: had been so many res due to defective wiring that the Under- writers made representations to the Government, which then placed the regulations regzfarding wiring under the power of the H E. Comn. The latter hired the chief inspector of the Underwrit- ers in Toronto and placed him in charge of this department Reeve Bennett--It is very plain that this change was not ma,de at the request of the municipalities but was manipulated for the ben- efit of the Underwriters. \Ve were told that we would have full con. trol of out` plant, but that s only a dream. . l Ul-\Jlo I Can Hardly Breathe The Mayor`--' We can hardly breathe without permission of the H. E. Comn. -.... -\ 3.- u...,.--. Mi`. Jams-But you have con- trol. J.J.o .:_a. \Ju;A. Mr. Jamgls and Mr. Bennett had a lengthy "argument over the methods of the "H. E. Comn. Copies Weekly . Mr. Jam_es'--The administra_ tion is under local control as long as you apply the rates. 7 I 17. _.._..:_...I`l__ 1.`--l tau `]\I\A uvrrr:-J v.-\. ......v... The Reev.e---Yes, nominally, but not in practice. They 'take $3500 ON HYDRO MATTERS I`l:llMS-Slng1o Coplola cu.` For nnnun [in udvuco] Ilaoo `His many Bari-ie friends were Dleasml to notice rocmitly that Licut. Frank Quinn oi the 76th Bn. had won the rnililzu-y cross. When the 76l.h Bn. paper, The iBai'1'a Bugle was started, Lt. Quinn was biisiimss nlunager and in `that capacity hevame well 'known to lho l>11siiw; men. In the social life of the town he was a grrral, l z1\7'm'ite, Q liis hright, ch0ei'y, happy lispn_ every- where linzling f1`iend:~:. The fol- lowing I`0fOl'()l'1(`('. to M1 . Quinn s winning l,h-. (ll.-co1'alion is l;i'o.'n the Hamilton S[)(`(`lE1l(ll`Z ` THC lllll S1ll'\'l\'l_i[' in Hip r- ing line of a d1'al'l, of six (_ll`l'H,'Pl`.\ who went, to I-110 tiring: line last. lJuly, Lioul. Frank J. Quinn has lboen aw.'u`lo(l the Military (Irons, !and is.p1*occe(li11glo F`.ng`laml in "be ollicially d(,`(.'Ol'2ll(`l,l hy His Majesty ll1e~King.' A lF.)t`("I' in his - p:1i'l-nl:<. l*'1`ank \\'. z1mlMi-s. Quinn of 30 Eliiemld Si. nnrlh, l'0lfl`.l\(3d yesterday bore the iin\\'.<, lml, the popular young` nlli('l'l` i-~l rained from giving` any pal-lit-nlai-s. Ll. Quinn was sl 1e1l-slm(-kwl in Nov- einher, hut was able in r<~lur'n to the living lino aflor :1 l'ow clays 11-cal,ino1`1t in hospital. l)l1i'in;.:` lho . \'mnino ull'vii.-4iv(`., Liaul. Quinn had an 2lll |2l7.ll`l;.;' vs- -apo l'1~nn tloalli. llo xms with a pz-n`l.y of` l1'oop.s,' l`1i:< (_>I`I`lOI`ly walk- ing lmhind him; when 21 Ho1`InaI1 bomb fell iiglit into llm midst of the lillln cnrnp:n1_v. and vxploding, killed or wounded 0voi'y man ex- rcopt the Hamilton liliicor, who I escaped without a scralcli. His , urclrwly was in: killed. l 5.1- Military cross for Lieut. Quinn Lillt. Quinn is a nat.i\'0 of this city. and was mnplnyml at the ,custmns. He had . service iwilh the 13th 1`eginwnt., and took iout. a commission in lhn 76th 1311. Ilast year. ` ` 1 ` L ,-.,_. 1l\rs THIS`; Anxnl J\J[;l. The deed-whivh won the Mi`i.. tary Cross for Liout. Quinn is 'g'i\`o.n in Tu0.s:day s papers as fol- gluxvsz - O1'g'a_ni7.'r>d a bmnhing party and cleared 300 yarrls nf trench, 0z1plm'ing' (wnr 100 pt-is(mer.<. Latm" charged with his party, 1'0`- pulsing the envemy. a yrar out of the consuincrs to provido a so_callod sinking fund. M1`. James---1<`o1' Vrioprr=cialion. |That's good business. _ The Ro0ve--Thal. s what, you say, but Mr. Gaby has told us that our debent.1u'es run 30 years and the life of l.he'plunt is only 15 years. You seem 1,0 think it `good business to take enough out of the present consumers to pay for two plants. Perhaps you would he S11I`DI`iSP(l lo lvarn that that-re is not a dollar of the al- loged sinking fund which has boon kept oilt of earnings. ,l_,..;_.u 11..-; :4 :. 53rd Year. Reeve Bennett-\Vhat s the sense of calling it a sinking fund`? If you spend the money where will the fund be when you ,want it? The sys_ tem is wrong and unfair. We ran our plant successfully before a lot of you young fellows got into it and we run our ~ waterworks withou_t any sinking fund. ..\-l., u \I `~.. V Mr. James co'nt'1 1;1o1"Lhat it is good business to invest, this fund \ 11- IL- in plant. [instead nf holding the sinking fund and raising by deh- nnture the. money for plant. re- quirements. ` V n n, __11 11n_._n_ 41.- ..-..--V..._u I/COD -...--------O -...--... Mr. James-The majririty of the people think ours is the pro- per way. I-_ I , , -,'A\ --Read Brys0n's announce- ment on Page. 4. "(Eointinued on page` 2.) Section 1 Pages I to 8 16 Pages No. 50 3500 The Liberal candidate