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e Tt evidence of sale, so the case was disâ€" Chief Paul testified that hehad given a marked one dollar bill to a man named Morrisette and told him to go to Ayoub‘s at 9 Wilson avenue to buy «beer. Police had watched him go part _ way to the place and had actually seen him enter. Within a few minutes Morâ€" risette came out again and they saw him part way to the police car where he produced two bottles of beer. Police searched Ayoub‘s place and found three cases of beer and some liquor. The dollar bill was on the counter, crumpled up. Morrisette, the chief said, had just come into the police office»one night and said could "get them some places." No financial ‘arrangement had been made. . Morrisette claimed he had paid 25 cents a pint for the beer. He said he was not doing the "job" for money, hope of money, hope of employment or because he had smething against Ayoub. He later admitted that he had had some trouble with Mike months The magistrate warned Ayoub and tdlismissed the cham against him i Ligqpor Case Dismissed l A charge of liquor for salo "Was he the one you had in mind when you came to the police?" 6 money. Jacob Maki will go to jail for three months as a result of pleading gullty to a charge of selling liquor on May 5th. He said that it was over ten years since he hadâ€"been up before the court. His place was made public for a year. Ayoub Found Not Guilty Mike ‘Ayoub pleaded not guilty to selling liquor and when all the evidencte was in, his worshlp said that although he did not like the look of it, he could not render a conviction, as it was posâ€" sible t.hat..thene "had been a plant." "And that‘s why you came?" The magistrate stated that he did not ‘object ‘to an agreement whereby Sauder would be compensated but that he would lay the charge over for anâ€" other week, pending an arrangement between Pexton and Sauder for a sum Counsel for the defence brought forâ€" ward a planâ€"whereby Sauder would get $100 for the damage done and the charge would be left as common assault and disposeq of before the magistrate rather than a judge and jury. _ "One hundred dollars won‘t pay everything," said Sauder. Shawn held that a precedent had been set: up in the showing of "The Ten Days that Shook the World 6 but the magistrate thought not. Pexton Case Not Settled "I propose to send him on for trial," commented the magistrate when the charge of common assault against Charles Pexton was read again. It wasi once more pointed out that should Pexton be convicted of the assault, Levi Sauder, victim of the alleged act, would have no right to claim civil damages. His nose had been A4njured in such a manner as to require the attention of a specialist. Picture Operator Fined The operator of a motion pictuu‘e projector, Herman Shawn, who was in Timmins with a show called "Golden Mountains" on April 15th and 16th, was fined $50 and costs a total of $63.25. The machine and film have been conâ€" fiscated and will remain at the bown hall until instructions are received from the provincial treasurer as to what disposition should be made of them. In handing down the decision held over from last week, Magistrate Atkinson said that he had been lookâ€" ing over the case and had come to the conclusion that Shawn had not shown that the entertainment was in any way educational or that the proceeds were to be used for such organization as those mentioned in the act. ‘"*You don‘t own anything. You don‘t even turn the money over to a church or educational society so far as I know. You‘re just on salary, you told me," said his worship. I The suggestion that a plea of insanity might be entered was also brought forâ€" ward but it is likely the hearing here will be merely a preliminary one and the case will, if sufficient evidence is produced, be sent on to a judge and jJury. A full account of the circumâ€" stances surrounding the wounding of the woman appear in another column of this issue. Ivan Gaspovich appeared momenâ€" tarily when a charge of attempted murâ€" der was read. The woman in the hosâ€" pital is his wife and counsel for the deâ€" fence W. O. Langdon raised the quesâ€" tion as to whether or not she was a cgmpetent or compellable witness. Dalton and Henry Perrault Sr., agreed to renew bail of $7,500 each for the second time, for Henry Perrault, Jr., and later on in the afternoon A. De Luca and John Mascioli renewed bail of $5,000 each for Romeo De Luca. Fined for Operating of Film Without Authority Man Assessed $50.00 in "Golden Mountains" Case. Maâ€" chine and Film Confiscated. Cases Against Perrault fl{l‘De Luca Remanded Two Weeks. Other Court ou. G. Howarg Ferguson last week was back at work at his desk as Canaâ€" da‘s High oner at London, England. Thus Hon. Mr. Ferguson disâ€" peis the rumour circulated to more or less extent that he might be compelled sto retire on account of ill health. Hon. Mr. Ferguson recently uffered an atâ€" “ho“nnm,butisnowapparem ly fully recovered again. HON. G. HOWARD FERGUSON "BACK ON THE JOB" A Two juvenile cases were held over until next week in the absence Oof A. G. Carson, district superintendent of the TChildren‘s Aid Society. ‘"*YÂ¥ou‘re not to beat your wife." "Oh, no." "If you beat her again, that previous conviction will go down against ybu," his worship warned. ‘"Yes, if there‘s no interference," said the man. He explained‘that his "inâ€" laws" sometimes interferred in family Two cases were heard in closed court after <the regular session. A man charged with indecent exposure was dismissed. One little girl testified that she had seen the man in a laneway and that he had made objectionable acâ€" tions. The man denied this and said that when he went up the lane there was no one there, nor was there when he came out again. He promised not to use public places again. Wife and Husband Agrce A case of nonâ€"support begun last." week was concluded on Tuesday when the wife decided to give her husband another chance. "Is that satisfactory to you?" asked Magistrate Atkinson. ! "Fut a muffler on that horn of yours," advised the magistrate as he imposed a fine of $1 and costs. A solitary drunk paid $10 and costs. One"young man was fined $10 and costs for consuming liquor in a public place. Blew Horn Lustily "Oh, the joke‘s on you!" were the words alleged by police to have been spoken by a young man tooting his horn out in front of someone‘s house late at night. "It was a very loud horn." said Sergeant Gagnon. Two speeders paid $10 and costs and one man paid $5 and costs for driving without a permit. Another motorist paid $10 and costs for having no license. Fred Thompson did not appear to answer a reckless driving charge when his name was called. Police had seen him turning onto Mountjoy from Third at a high rate of speed. A little girl had been on the street at the time and the driver had not been able to stop his car before striking her. Thompson‘s driving permit was suspended for 30 day and he was assessed $25 and costs. "Scuffling on the street‘" cost two young men $1 and costs, $8 each. "They were in a scrimmage on the sidewalk," said Constable Hawley, "and were bumping into pedestrians." Charges of the theft of five gray blankets and one oil lamp laid against Roy Anderson were dismissed. Mrs. Florence Gilroy claimed that he had taken them from her home and that he had promised to see that they were returned. Anderson denied this and showed that when the blankets had been found, they were not in his house but in a shack at the rear of his place that was occupied by some other men. Since the blankets were not properly identiâ€" fied, the case was ruled out. Rode "Bike" on Sidewalk Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk brought a 15â€"yearâ€"old boy to police court. "Don‘t do that again," warned his worship, “Keep on the road. You may go." / s Charles Seguin was fined $37 and costs or 30 days in jail for trapping without a license. Two gill nets found in the possession of the same man brought a fine of $10 and costs. A total of 37 muskrat hides were confiscated, together with some other equipment. Seguin claimed that he had traded the _Eill nets for some grub somewhere in the bush. He brought some corresâ€" pondence to court to show that he realâ€" ly had tried to obtain a trapping license and said that he had spent a long time trying to procure one. When he had failled several times, he set out his traps anyway. Game Warden Phil Boudreau, who is making every effort to see that the law is observed in the public interâ€" est and protection, laid the charge against Sequin. Constable Clement haq just testified as to traffic in and out of the place and the condition of the numerous visitors, when it came out that the liquor perâ€" mit was in the wife‘s namsg. They will be charged jointly at next week‘s court and in the meantime are out on $500 bail each. Frank Haikala, charged with selling liquor, asked a remand for a week beâ€" cause his wife was absent, then changâ€" ed his mind and decided to go ahead because he didn‘t want to stay in jail for a week. | missed. One witness testified that he had gone there for a bottle of beer "but they didn‘t have any." Published at Timmins, Ont., Canadae, Everey MONDAY and THURSDAY The former Temiskaming and Northâ€" ern Ontario Railway Act provided for a minimum of three commissioners. Mr. Hepburn amended the act during the last session of the legislature to make it possible to administer the road with one coâ€"mmissioner. increased revenues. He added the railâ€" way had what was needsd, "ar; outâ€" standing operating man," in the perâ€" son cf Gensral Manager Arthur Cavaâ€" Revenues Increasing The premier saigqg the road had been making splendid progress and reported ‘"‘They understsod when they were appointeq they would remain until I could amend the act,, which required that there should be three commissionâ€" Hepburn.â€"‘Now : weâ€"can carry on with one paid commissioner, like in the Liquor Control Board and the Hydro Ccmmission.‘" At the same time, Mr. Hepburn said if Col. Lang accepted the Liberal nomâ€" ination for Temiskatring in the forthâ€" coming federal electivoin, he would also Despatches from Toronto say that Premier Hepburn anhounced on Satâ€" urday that C., V. Gallagher of South Porcupine and Armand Racine, cf Windsor, had resignsd from the threeâ€" man Temiskaming and Northern Onâ€" tario Railway Commission, and the railway in future will be administered by one commissioner, Col. Malcolm Lang, of Haileybury, as chairman of the commission. Salaries of the commissioners, fixed Mac Lang to be the Only T.N.O. Commissioner "L‘Innocente," presented by L‘Ecole de Musique et de Declamation of Ottawa University, won the Bessborough trophy for the best perforâ€" mange at the annual Drama Festival in Ottawa last week. They were under direction of Madame Laurctte LarocqueMuger (LOWER RIGHT. Winners of individuzl performances were Miss Brenda Ferguson of Vancouver and Moray Sinclair of Winnipeg (UPPER RIGHT) who won Lady Bessborough mementos for best performances in English, while _V. Gallagher, South Porcupme, and Armand Racine, Wmdsor Reported as Resigning in Accordance with thc Hepburn Plan for Oneâ€"Man Commission. While foreign diplomats pursue an elusive "peace pact," Frank H. Simonds, noted historian and foreign observer declares their work is futile unless world agreement on trade is reached. Meanwhile whole world reâ€"arms as war threatens. ABOVE: Paris is now decorated with significant posters advising what to do in case of air attack,. RIGHT, shows similar poster used in London during the last war.. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, French Players from Ottawa University Win Drama Festi;al Honours "Will Mr. Racine be given another positiipn?‘"‘ Mr. Hepburn was asked. "I don‘t know yet," he replied. Praises Lang and Cavanagh Despatches from Windsor on Saturâ€" day also quste Armand Racinge, Windâ€" sor lawyer, who has been acting as _commissioner of the T. N.O., and whose report on the railway was folâ€" lowed by certain changes, as commentâ€" ing on his own voluntary retirement from the T. N.O. berard. He is deâ€" scribed as saying that he had conâ€" sented .t serve on the board only temâ€" pcrarily, nending appointment of a single commissioner, which> he had recommended. "I found the duties of commissioner interfering with my legal practice," exâ€" ‘salariesâ€"Of "the: Liquer . Mmkmandr said Mr. Hepburn. Commissioner E. G. Odette received an annual salary iof $10,000. At one time the salaries of the former threeâ€"man commission tctalled $40,000. Formerly, when ~there were ‘three paid members of the commission, the salaries reacheq approximately $38,000. There ‘has ‘been a reduction also in The premier said reductioin of the personnel was in line with government policy. The salary of T. Stewart Lyon, chairman cf the Hydroâ€"Electric Power Commission, was $10,000. by statute, formerly were:â€"Chairman $10,000; viceâ€"chairman, $4,000; memâ€" bers, $3,000 each. The new (bill makes a maximum salary of $9,000. Mr. Hepâ€" burn said Col. Lang‘s salary had not yet been fixed. drama;: TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT, Miss Fliorence Castonguay, MissuargotGaudreau,MiasMamelleBarthe Miss Germaine Patrice, Miss Margot Babourin. â€"LOWER, LEFT TO RIGHT, Mr. Charles â€"H. Wmmsflwymmmmw Albert Boucher. Miss Florence Castonguay and Mexandre Dupont (UPFER LEFT) won slmflar awards in French plays. LOWER LEFT, the players in the 1 7 ‘a im . |the present Ontario Government would gdat“iremfigfifipfh:: afl:fl onber onine |ibtianes in faver of ths T. N. O. board he has been a suc.|S°D2Tate school supporter. It has been cess, and the feeling seems to be that | !"8°!Y hinted that such lgglslaation may the public would like to see him con.|P° introduced at the special fall session tinue the gcod work in ‘this line. of the Ontario Legislature. f - Government to Decide ‘"In respect to this question, the said yesterday:â€"‘"The Governâ€" ,ment will take full responsibility for any decision which might be made in North Bay Nugget:â€"You can‘t blame college students for being against war. Every time they write home for more money they get a taste of it. . Col. Mac Lang ‘as permanent chairâ€" man of the road in preférence to any appointment Of a Southern Ontario man. In regard to what Premier Hepâ€" burn says in refsrence to Col. Lang in the Federal election, the hope will be general that he will ;drop the canâ€" didature rather than the T.‘ N. O. commissionership. As a member of the T.: N. O. board he has been a sucâ€" cess, and the feeling seems to be that the .public would like to see him conâ€" tinue the gz0od work in ‘this line. Gallagher is_due. the. excolient way in which the railway is now being operâ€" ated. Both these men know the North and have wide public experience. The North would have been glad to see themi both remain. There will be genâ€" eral approval of the appointment of In the North there appears to be a very general feeling that Col. Mac Lang will maks ‘an excellent commisâ€" sioner, though there is equally general regret that the cther North Land man on the commission, C. V. Gallagher, should qrop off the: board. It is a fact that t> Col, Mac Lang and Reeve "His success in OCbtaining reduced rates for telegraphic service to Northâ€" ern Ontario was most commendable," he added. Speaking for Mr. Cavangdgh, the Windsr barrister saigq he had already effected "surprising economies‘" and had greatly increased the efficiency of the service. Mr. Racine paid tribute to Col. Malâ€" colm Lang, who will constitute the oneâ€" man ‘board to onerate the railway, and A. H. Cavanagh, who was appomtfld gentral manager last fall. plained Mr. Racine, ‘"but at the request <cf the prime minister I waited until the amending legislation was completed before tendering my resignation.‘" "@uestioned following the announceâ€" ment, Premier Hepburn admitteq that the committees will, in addition to studying costs in regards to maintainâ€" ing separate schools, go into the quesâ€" tion of allGcation by municipalities of corporation or other taxesâ€" as between public and separate schools. : ‘"‘The separate schools‘ tax question has aroused considerable controversy throughout the province, and speculaâ€" tion has lbeen rife as to whether or not page article, The Globe has th° folâ€" lowing:â€" Dr. George F. Rogers, Chief Inspecâ€" tor of Secondary Schools. V. K. Greer, Chief Inspector of Pubâ€" |lic and Separate Schools. | .E. L Longmore, former mayor of Jchn Stuart, London, Clerk of Midâ€" ‘dlesex County. B. B, Patten, Secretary of a public school section in South Dumfries and of the St. Gecrge Continuation School. W. T. Kermahan of Toronto. Comment on Committee There will be general interest in the reference made to the committee and its work as given in The Toronto Globe on Saturday last. In a front Timmins. E. C. Desormeaux, Secretaryâ€"Treasurâ€" er of the Separate School Board at Ottawa. Duncan McArthur, Deputy Minister of Education, Chairman, Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada, lnp MONDAY 'mvm There will be very special interest in the committee so far as Timmins is concéerned, in view of the personnel of this boargq of enquiry. E. L. Longmore is one of those named by the premier for this committee, and on account of the esteem in which Mr. Longmore is ,held by all classes and creeds in this community there will be addsd confiâ€" dence in the good faith and Jjudgment of the committee. | Personnel of the Committec The appointments, made by Hon. Harry C. Nixon, Provincial Secretary and Acting Minister of Educatiscn, are as follows:â€" ;al.so enquire into the allocation by municipalities of corporation or other taxes to public and separate schools. The question has special interest to Timmins and to other parts of the North. The township of Tisdale has no separate schcols and so is not so closely concerned in the allocation of corp:ration and other taxes to public and separate schools. in Ontario. The committee will not only study the costs of education but On Friday of last week Preml‘r Mitchell F. Hepburn announced the personnel of a committee to conduct an exhaustivkb enquiry into the cost of primary and secondary education E. L. Longmore on Board to Study School Taxes Former Mayor of Timmins on Provincial Committee Apâ€" pointed by Premier Hepburn to Study School Costs and _ Allocation of Taxes to Schools in Ontario. PC Mail and Emplre-soma Oonserva- tive newspapers are giving tree publicâ€" ity to the campaign for safe driving So far they have not b:en called scabs bythefavouredmemhouottbem In connection with special activity new planned by the Canadian Legion in Ontario, it may be noted that a Special "pslicy" committee has been apâ€" pointed to see what may be done to inâ€" Legion more effective. Members of the "policy"‘ committee are:â€"Colonel H. H. Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie; Don Rawâ€" motto the Legion plans to be of inâ€" creasing power and influence, and the "policy" ccmmittee seeks ways and mcans to make the purpose of the crease the membership of the Legion and also to extend its usefulness in various ways. With ‘"service" as its Stating that the Legion was no longâ€" er going to function "merely as a flyâ€" wheel on the constitutional growth of our ccuntry," Capfain Ferry remarked: ‘"We are going to make the Legion more attractive for membership. We hope that it will contain a great many of~â€" ._"* the exâ€"service men who are not now included in its ranks. At present more than 80â€" per cent. of our work is gone for nonâ€"members. We mean to knit cl:ser together the various commands and branches, and by interâ€"communiâ€" cation and correspondence, establish a definite policy, which will allow us to take part in Canada‘s development during the trying years through which we now pass." our adherence to the ideals set out by the illustrious Field Marshal Earl Hailg, at the same time we are going to throw cur weight into the balance against the Red and subversive elements in our country," he <stated. ‘"While we are going to continue withâ€" out abatement, our service in the matâ€" ter of pensions and veterans‘ allowâ€" ances; while we are in no way entering the political arena; while we are mainâ€" taining to the utmost of our ability, A despatch from Toronto last week says <that â€"a decision to throw the weight of the organization against the reds and subversive element of the country was announced by Captain Jules J. Ferry, chairman of the execuâ€" tive session, at two meetings of the Canadian Legion, in the Royal York hotel. Capt. Ferry of Sudbury, Says the Legion Plans Acâ€" tive Opposition to Subâ€" versive Elements. Legion to be Active Against the "Reds" "J. D. Campbell, Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Public Schools, will be asked to act as secréetary." ‘"The survey will be started as soon as possible, and meetings of the comâ€" mittee may be Reld>inâ€"various sections of the province. han have been clesely identified with the separate schools of the province. Mr. Patten has been for many years a member of a rural school board, and has likewise acted as secretary both of a public school board and of a conâ€" tinuaticin school board. Mr. Stuart, is the veteran clerk of the county of Middlesex, and is intimately familiar with the relations between the county and local muncipalities in i"he field of education. tion and the council, and ha.vlngbeâ€"en mayor of the town for a period of two years. Mr. Desormeaux and Mr. Kernaâ€" to give representation to the varicus sections of the province and to the difâ€" ferent interests concerned in school matters. Dr. Rogers and Mr. Greer have, for a long periog of years exerâ€" cised supervision within the departâ€" ment in matters relating respectively to the secondary. and primary schools of the province. Mr. Longmore, who is the mill manager of the Hollinger solidated Gold Mines, has been closeâ€" ly identified with both the educational and municipal interests of Timmins since the founding of the ccmmunity, having served on the board of educaâ€" nounced, "will be directed to an exâ€" amination of the cost to the province and to local municipalities of the eduâ€" cation provided in the primary and secondary schools of the province. It will consider the method employed for the raising of taxation for educational purpses and the contribution to the maintenance of education made by the province, the county, the local municiâ€" pality and the school section or disâ€" trict. It will be asked to consider also the question of the adequacy of the existing units of administratisn for school purposes and of the existing system of provincial grants.," : Praisé for Personnel "In the selection of members of the committee, an attempt has been made tion." The premier added that 't{fiy recommendation â€" of the committee named will not necessarily be adopted. respect to the separate schsol tax quesâ€" PRICE THREE CENTS â€"Third Section