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' { NICE PEOPLE COMING: BURNING SANDS HOUSE mms IN HUMAN HEARTS AND THE musoum or ZENDA % `GRANDMA SBOY HAROLD LLOYD A man s answer` to .T he Sheik, by the same producer-GEORGE MELFORD. WALLACE REID, BEBE DANIELS AND CONRAD NAGEL A Now} PLAYING FRIDAY-SATIIRDAY wannssnnvernunsnnv With Eng1and S Incomparable I Beauty THE PICTURE. WONDERFUL MONDAY-TUESDAY 0x65 %@@$' THE LAUGHTER 1, fgfgnfikz 16' ssurveu A BARRIE, CANAISA, LT]-IIJRSDAY, DECEMBER 7,1922. His First" 5-Part Picture -.-IN-%- i NF.` ` He went ori to claim that when the committee discussed the matter of the. overcharge with Mr. Walls, business manager of` The Examiner, the did not get all the information tha they should have received. Ald. Byrne explained that at no time did the committee believe they had any legal redress. ` IIIVA . an. A. 4. . . _had the right to charge 50 cents perl Ald. Byrne went on to say that} Mr. Walls had explained that accord-: ing` to the price list The Examiner] page extra for two extra" columns' on each page in the voters list. No person in'the"'Council saw that price. list, he alleged. ` U'I'\L.. l`|........2'I an... .1- ~2.....L .. 36.! NO OVERCHARGE IS 1 COUNClL S VERDICT "If they iidn t see t to "make usl a rebate, he said, `-`we had no legali means.of forcing them to." `Iv, ,I I . II` 11! 1| 1 ii llll, ll\5 Iul05\i\A- Th Council can do just as it! wishes on this matter, he said. I ask for a division; I_ 1l stand alone on this if need be. I have stood alone! } on it before and my action has been endorsed by the ratepayers. Should Vindicate Examiner T Ald. Coles spoke in support of his; motion. ` ` I llllll, , 1,, 1 ,, . , ,, I 1 , ,`,1 1 Erin in three placfa '?d to death when his Wife ` _ -2 .1... LI....A an the nnnv vlvnlu I There has been -consider'a ble pub-. licity given this affair, he said. If I were in the position of The Exam- iner, I d like to be vindicated in the same way. ' ..u.u.- T2-LL}- ....`|...J A... &'I.... hint i '1` Own Fathers` Exoneratev The -`Examiner of Byrne Allegations. ci;is}.};}i "EEaE"1i}."iva11s haai admitted that _a previous rate lye- duction had, been due to an agitation that he, Byrne, had started. 4 w.l\`_Ia3;o`1.'f,.Little ruled on the point.` Ald.l Byrne, he said, at the last Coun- .cil meeting had moved that Council ask for a .rebate on the voters list account. A peport had been brought in recommending that no `action be taken. This, however, did not vindi- cate__ The Examiner, he felt. He rul- ed that Al'd. Coles motion was quite in order. - V A1]-' '\,,,,, JI,,__ ,1,,!,,,,,1 A`,AA 'I',, ' `the town money. He further claim- Council, claiming that his move had all VI. \l\r Ald'.'.Byrne then claimed that Mr.l, Walls had alleged that he took the l action on entirely personal grounds and that he had raised the overcharge ed that the editor of The Examiner had lobbied the members of the been actuated by spite. For this re- mark Ald. Byrne drew a reply from Mayor Little. Satised Was No Overcharge rumpus in order to give the Advance ` some good copy. He had no axe to . grind for any paper, he said, and moved solely with a View to saving I didn t hear Mr. MacLaren make any such statement, he said. I- hope you didn t say that to injure him, - Ald. Byrne-. I hope you are above 7 that sort of thing. Furthermore,` I don t recollect ever having heard Mr. Walls say that you were re- ' sponsible for any previous reduc- tion. As to the price list, I. saw it, although you say that no member of the Council did. Any of us who heard the discussion were" satised that there had been no over; a charge. 'i ' A1-.1 I`..I...J _.-.I.:.... ..-..-_......L.!_.. .5... , Ald. Coles motion exonerating The Examiner then went to a vote and was carried, Ald. Byrne being the only one to vote nay. Read the advts. b They re brimful of news. (Continued from page. `1) THE LATE LIEUT.-COL. JOHN B,_`McPHI:`.E Leaving the family residence, 65 Plighl St., at; t(\;vo.tS) clock,tt}:lhe colrtce sowy wen e 1 way roug . e streets, lined with respectful citizens, to Trinity Church. The funeral pro- cession moved in the following order: Members of Masonic Craft, Citizens ,Band, gun carriage bearing the eas- Iket covered with a Union Jack,,with pall-bearers walking on either side, horse with empty saddle and riding boots reversed in`the stirrups, mourn- lers, ring party, veterans, B..C.I. ca- .,dets, members of {Barrie Fire Bri- igade in uniform, employees of the {Barrie Tanning Co., general public. .I The e was a large representation of {all/trhe bodies` in attendance. - @@@@g Splendid tribute t_o the _memory of Lt.-Col. Jo_hn Bingham McPhee was paid last Saturday afternoon when his body was laid to rest. '. The pall-bearers were: Lt.-Col., the Hon. Dugald 'Carmichael, D.S.V0., ,'M.C.; Lt.-Col. D. H. MacL'aren; Lt.- |co1._ Richard Raikes, Lt-.-Col. Alex. 'Cowan, Brevet-Col. John Preece, Major Walter Scott, Major Geo. R. Rodgers and Major J. I. Hartt. I ' . I. Among the other officers present were Major Mark Robinson, Supt. .Algonquin Park; Capt, Robt. Hen- lderson, Toronto; Capt. Chas. P. iStocking, Waubaushene; Capt. J. E. Tudhope, M.C., Capt. Clarke Wal- lace, Lieut. Hooey, Orillia; Capt. W. S. McClinton, M.C., Midland, as well as local `officers. At Trinity Church, which was crowded beyond its seating capacity, Rev. A. R. Beverley conducted the impressive Anglican service for the dead, Rev. Geo. A. Brown of St. An- |drew s Church reading the lesson. From the church the cortege pro- ceeded to the Union Cemetery. Af- ter the burial service, the Masons performed the funeral rites for their departed brother, the ring party of [fteen under Major Knowles red three volleys and the notes of The Last Post rang out over the grave of a kind friend, a brave soldier and la gallant gentleman. A....'\...... +1.. ..,.1.4.:...... c........'....; g: no aunsulau 6\4llIIl\alIlIA-Ila Among [the relatives from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mrs. A. G. McAvity (sister of Mrs. McPhee), St. John, N.B.; Mr. and Mrs. D. Adams, Toronto; Geo. Ad-. ams (brother of `Mrs. McPhee), of Muskoka; Norman Northcote (bro- ther-in.-law of Mrs. McPhee) and Mrs. Northcote, Toronto. A ..-....1&L J l.......J..'I..'l ......I ..:'L Av;Lu Iva. vlavyvu, J. ULUIIVU A wealth of beautiful oral trib- utes bore their silent messages of sympathy and respect. Besides those from individuals, emblems were re- ceived from the following organiza- tions: Corinthian Lodge, No... 96, A. `F. & A. M.; O. C. and.Oi t'icers of West Toronto Regiment (20th Bn.); Officers and members-of Mount Cal- vary Preceptory, Royal Arch Masons; Officers of Barrie Tanning Co.; Em- ployees of Barrie Tanning Co.; Scot- tish Rite Masons; G.W.V.A. of Coll- ing-wood; Barrie Fire Department; Officers and men of Simcoe Forest- ers. HILRARY HONORS MARK __0_BSEQUlF.S Xmas cakes, almond iced and de- corated, 45c lb. Almond icing, 45c lb. Ladies making their own Xmas cakes can have them iced'and decor- ated to order.-C. Brown, baker, cor. Elizgbeth and Small St. Phone 250. 48_51c Impressive Funral Service For C01 . McPhee. Held ` on Satrday I I Major Matthews and Constable` Pearce told of tracing Crawford s footsteps through the snow to the officers mess and of nding him in the office, coatless and in his stock-I ing feet. The office safe was on a chair in the middle of `the room and they had seen Crawford endeavoring to open it before they entered. They affirmed that the man was slightly under the influence. of liquor, al- though not actually drunk. Gnu.-_L 'l)..-............I ....2..`l LL..L ..._ Ll..- unavusnn navy uvvuuAl_y \AL ullnn Sergt. Raymond said that on the night in question he wakened to find the light on in his room and Craw- ford standing nearby. He was very sleepy, asked Crawford a question which. he could not remember, was evidently satised with the reply, and went to sleep again. In the morning he found that his pockets had been ried. .His pen-knife, a bunch of keys and $2.77 in cash were missing. ry ` Ill I/IIC UILIVCI Charged with the theft of a bunch of keys, a pen-lmife and $2.77 cash, alleged to be the property of Sergt. 0. Raymond of the C.A.F., Crawford appeared in Barrie police court on Wednesday morning before Magis-; trate Jeffs, was convicted and ned- $5 and costs, amounting to $16 in all, the" sentence being lenient in - view of character evidence given in his behalf by his accusers. Eleaded Loss of Memory Crawford, taking the stand in his` own defence, said that he could re-n member nothing of the events of thel night. Heihad spent the week-end inl Toronto with his wife and. family, and returned in an intoxicated con- dition. He had a bottle of liquor with him and shared it with a chum. He was drunk when he got back to Camp and swore that he could re- collect nothing of what happened un- til. he woke up in the guard room next morning. 1ur..:.... 1ur..u1........ ;......-1..... c-.. LL- - Lays Blame on Liquor iCamp Bordcghxnten Clerk Q For Dowfall. When\Major R. A. Matthews, med- ical officer at Camp Borden, received a telephone call. at his residence at the Camp at 2.05 Tuesday morning, and heard a voice, purporting to be that of Flight-Lieutenant Johnson, `asking for the combination to the lcanteen safe, his suspicions were aroused and he acted quickly. Keep- ing the mysterious caller on the wire, he called the switchboard operator and ordered him to arouse Constable Pearce of the R.N.W.M.P. and hold him in readiness. He then got into his car, picked up the Mountie a short distance away, and -the two Var- rived at the officers mess in time to arrest Harold Crawford, twenty- ,fouf years of age, canteen clerk, in the act of tampering with the safe in the office. 0.1 .1 .1 A. A 1 iusa or PHONE uan | T0 THlEF S ARREST JLCAU AIIVA 111115: , Major Matthews, speaking for the prisoner,` said that he had been act- ing a.s canteen clerk forsome time, always been found trustworthy and honest. He had never been up be- fore on a serious charge, had served four and a half years overseas, had been gassedin France, and had a good war record. The man was -drunk to a certain extent when he was apprehended, but was not so in- capacitated, he felt, that he did not handling, money and goods, and had} know what he was doing. Y c . A. County Crown Attorney Cotter, although `feeling that case against the prisoner was clear, recommended suspended sentence in view of his previous good character and the testimony given in his behalf. Magistrate J e"s said that probably the prisoner had been drinking` some modern moonshine, which was quite likely to render him irresponsible. but that he could not allow him off on suspended sentence. He was len- ient. however, and imposed a ne of $5 and costs, with an alternative of three months in jail. T fully aware U: -- ` the nine months` sen WsrgL**Via;md1 Wsaidythat Craw-i ford had been eight months at Camp `Borden and had been recalled for his second _tour on the strength of his rst record. He believed the man had not been altogether responsible. Ge? your pi;i'vate greeting cards it The Examiner office. 49tfx umon BANK or CANADA No. 49 The Gift that Lasts Tzcnncuumon I A rather` amusing case was heard `in Division Court; on Tuesday, when Richard Drury sued Benj. Lawrence for $8 worth of corn stalks and $2 damage to a fence- . ." .'.. .`3_ . E It appears that the plaintill`-had a quarter-acre of standing corn that he did'not want to use himself. One day he remarked to Robt. I-lypson that if he knew of anybody wanting it,` he would let it go at a reasonable price. Mr. Hypson, who is rather hard of hearing, evidently got the impression" that the corn was to be had for the taking away and he in~ formed Ben Lawrence accordingly`. Without notifying Mr. Drury, Mr. Lawrence went and took the corn one evening. `cw up -s q u .. .. ?sUEs T6`RE(;\;ITR-_` $8 wonm or CORN When Mr. Drury heard of the res moval, he demanded pay for the corn. This was not agreeable to Mr. Lawrence, who offered to take it back. Mr. Drury would not consent and entered action to` recover. Judgment was reserved. D. F. Mc- Cuaig for pl`.; J. R. Boys for deft. inmz COUNTY coumr , CASES ON nocxar us-n-:n.a\a\r\.lnl u n r|A\|vl rl\ll.`nlV\: I , Head Office, 43 Victoria SL, Tog-onto `Elwood A. Black, Repreuentative. 58 Owen St., Barrie. Phone 926111. 49-50-: .aj. L_vvIII\Al||5 \l.lD|IL lb!/n Mr. Black is an experienced farm~ er and has had several years exper- ience in the selling of real estate, and is well-known among the farm ers in the Barrieidistrict, and with his practical knowledge of farming- is in a position to give purchaserspf farms every assistance, through the Willoughby Farm Agency, in making asuitable selection. so -Julvcanllc UGIGL VIVIA- "Those wishing to purchase a farm, or list .for sale the farm they now own, we would ask them. to get in touch immediately with Mr. Black, who will be pleased to call on them and` discuss their requirements. ;'.lLLOUGBY FARM AGENGY, I_I-_.I l\2-, no `I0 . - Three jury and six non-jury cases are on the list for County Court sit- tings, which open in the Court House at one o clock, Tuesday` afternoon next. With the exception of Light-. heart vs. Lightheart, an alimony ac- tion, the jury cases are disputes over notes. On the non-jury list is a dam- age suit against the Town of Orillia, instituted by Elizabeth Ann Pelkey of that town,`and the Town of Bar- rie s suit against Chester M. McCon- lkey over a wood purchase agreement. The list is as follows:-- Jury-Fred Ayerst vs. George Al- pine ; Sarah Lightheart vs. Warren Lightheart; Sterling Bank vs. John Switzer._ . Non-Jury - University Estates, Ltd., vs. J. D. Wisdom; Elizabeth Ann. Pelkey vs. Town of Orillia; Her- bert and Allan Gibbons vs. W. W. `Johnson; Town of Barrie vs. Chester M. Mcconkey; Samuel McMeekin vs. R. T. Gough; D. A. `Manson vs. Peter ' and Theodore Lazarou. As intimated in last week s Exam- iner, the meeting of the G.W.V.A._. held Monday night, decided to sur render the charter` for the Barrie Branch, substituting therefor the Soldiers Club for which officers were recently elected. There was a fair attendance and the decision was un~ animous. ' ` nu, p .1 nu,-|,ui__-,n rn-_'1.` THE WILLOUGHBYM FARM AGENCY We_have secured the services of Mr. Elwood A. Black to act as our representative at Barrie and sur-- rounding district. 151.. n1....1- :._ ._ _......._u....,I 0 The Largest Farm Agency i Canada, Appoints Repre~ sentative at Barrie. GIIIIIIU UBO ' The officers of the Soldiers Clui plan an energetic campaign to gather all returned men into the organiza- tion. Members get all the benets of the club rooms for 50 a quarter. Rev. Geo. A. Brown began his seventh year as minister of St. An~ drew s Church last Sunday. DROP c.w.'v.A. BRANCH 4225 GOPIES 20 PAGES