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""` THE 9HRIs'rMAs stone `. % % i *2! nnuuuuu:Auuuuuu H. G. Roherisnn A man who will do all in his power to advance the best: interests of the town. as MAYOR for Military Section 2[ Pages 5m 12 1917 FOR THIS Vega HY No. 5%! Fund Copies Weekly 5` $1 ._,-0./-I-' Q! `53fd Year. Goon u_o_ns:s WANTED (Continued from page M3500 is the slogan these days. Our big stock is being shattered, but it will stand the strain and proveour abilityto serve in the highest degree V store Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings Until`10%o cIock. n ~ -BARBIE COLLEGIATE SARJEANT 8: KING SARJEANT & KING 3 For Useful Presents 1) NewMu`lers just to hand More beautiful Collars in display %Handkerchiefs for Everybody Headquarters for Gloves in all sizes Choose Hose for acceptable Gifts Silk Waists from $1 25 to $5.00, Handkerchief Sale on Saturday `SEEKING QUARTER8 ` FOR B. O; I. GLASSES Several Trustees Vilgoli-ously .Op- pose anyproposal to use cen- ` tr-Val for this purpose; 1 .Not losing any time, ,the Board of Education_ got to work on `Tuesday night. on the probl_em [thrown upon their hands by the gdestruction of the Collegiate In- |sti(tiute.o \Vith the] exception 0% Ju ge Wismer, w 0 was out o town, all` the members were pro,` sent aiitlrwtries-ttled with the qua??- - ions w VIC ave arisenas .19, result of the fire. After consid_ ering the various phases of the matter very thoroughly, othe| committee of the whole reported] `that T1 listen \\- dHWlI1, Richard- I son and McAdam he a committee to purchase necessary equipmenti in connection with. temporaryl quarters for the Collegiate and that Chairman King with Trus- tees Love, Frawley and_Ross he another committee to secure suitable accommodation for the class rooms and report to Boargl at a special meeting on Dec. 21 at 7.30 p.m.._ 0 (V ,._ __1I_' , ,-., ---r. .v._._,. Orillia Collegiate Board wired ,exp1-essing , its sympathy with Barrie in the: most reg1*et,t,ab1e loss of` your splendid school and 0ffe1*ing_z to lend any assist- ance in their power. I1 lI__,_1_, ____.._ A resolution of thanks wasl passed, in which -mention was made of the fact that the hearty] offer of help coming so quickly after the disaster made it doubly appreciated. Moving Central Classes H The greatest discussion took place over the follovvingxnotion ,hy TrusteeSs'Pmss and `W'a]lwin, iThat_the classes. in the Central !School he continued as heret0-i sfore and not be removed to tem-l pnrary quarters outside the! bujrldingf. ' ._ ,. .~...\-.,.,J L\-- "I".n...-.Ln`n.-. f\-I- I uu11u1u.5. It was 1m)\-`rad by TI'uste`es Ot- ton and `Richardson (Vin amend- ment), That the possibility of, 1`e-a'i-ranging classes of the Cen..l t1'a1Sc.ho0l be left open until such time as theicommittee ap- pointed t,o_m1quire into facilities. has 1-n.pnrl.ed. L. ! 7`I"v...n4nn Dnam unnxnfnrl nnf fhofl Llifl l'l,'[)l)l.'llt'U- . i i Trustee Ross pointed out that; 400 chil dI'en would be disturb-` ed in their school course if the Central c1asse$ were moved and} that the` organization would be impaired; also that when they were moved {before they were `greatly ineonveniencediand re- tarded in their work. FIRE DESTROYED B It was mentioned, by Trustee! | Malcoms0n that the people of} the town were 1nuch opposed to ldisturbing the Central. ' toy 1` ..,_.'LI l`I_._l AL- Dr. Wallwin thought that the committee in seeking new prem- ises should know definitely.for what kind of classes the rooms! were to he used, and therefore it ! would be well to settle the mat_| ter at once. . urn1_-_- ' .. .11. . ...~.;....,J . IJUI. (lb U1l.UUo '-Those -favoring the ment simply did so ground that it was best I. A. Mncbueu. Editor T W. C. Walla. Business Manager Sympathy. anmnd-` on the to can- Ivy friends of Pte. Edwin Har_` `vey: (Ted), who went overseas` with the 37th Bn., will be inter- ested to know that he was one of the first hundred to enter Regina, trench, although they were evict-Q ed three times before they drove the enemy. out. Pte. Harvey is now attached to 16th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, as observer. He -writes under date of Nov. 22: At present we are fairly com- fortable in a French peasant s house behind the lines. It is `bitterly cold. Our great coats seem of little use as the wind |g0es right through one.` I hate [to think what our lads in the `trenches are enduring just now. I` Some new information has iheen learned concerning the acci_ dent in which Flight-Lieut. Geo. Rogers met his death. During the six days leave given the 157th Bn., one of the olcers visited in Beverley. While: in a barber shop he heard so-me airmen talk- ing and when he heard them men- tion the name of George Rogers he began making some enquir- ies. 'It was near here (at West- wood.) that George had. trained. He `met with accident at Brid- lington. He, with others, was trying out some new machines, and in a fog another collided with his machine. In the desceuttlie machine struck the top of a tree. They all spoke in very glowing terms of George. They said that he was one of the cleanest and most courageous in the service and they had all looked forward to his becoming one of the fore- lmost of Britain_ s airmen. vass the whole situation thor- oughly and with full*informa- ition before them the Board lwould be in a better position to !say what course` would be pur- `sued. (T11..- _....__...4]v.,-\.....1 A.-.-....:.-.,.I `- A motion by Trustees Rich- -ardson and Love, That the Edu- lcation Dept. be asked whether- eollegiateiclasses. may be placed in separate buildings for tuition ]because of the fire, was lost`-on idivision, a majority considering ,such request quite unnecessary. I n ___ -4. ., _ _ _ _ _'_L_.l or this Fine School only Walls Remain-- -Insurance of $53,350. Cause of Fire is Unknown. 1 `vv-V-- -v~1u.v.... -._|.,.-..v ._-----vv-.._.-_, I Committees were appointed `to secure information necessary "for the insurance `adjustment and also to meet the adjusters. Possible `Accommodation The mostlikely looking quar. terse inspected by the committee {are the Wellington Hotel, and [the Town, Hall. By some alter- ations, it is thought that the hotel, which is. a three-storey structure, could be converted in- to fairly satisfactory rooms for the Collegiate classes. It has [also been suggested by some of tlthe trustees that this hotel lmight be fitted` up so that it would do for school purposes- `until after the war, when build- ing would be very much cheap- er than at present. JULI- The amendment carried. BARRIE, CANADA. DECEMBER 21, mg WITH TI-IEMEN IN KHAKI J. J. Elliott of Midland, has en.- ` Dr. H. A. E1li0tt,, son of Rev. ilisted for overseas service . no ` a\/A `I-v...v..~-.. .,v..._v..- ` .Lieut. Truman-Williams, Su`- aering from shell shock, was ad~. mitted to 10 Hoala_.ce Green Hos- pital, London, on Dec. 3. A letter from him appears in this issue. l The -Guelph Herald recently! reported the death of Pte. David Walker, who was married to a niece of John Ness, Barrie. He was 24 years of age and went over with the 34th B11 . The wounds from which he succumbedawei-e received on Sept. 26. I The inauguration of the new rooms for reading, writing and recreation at the Armouries on Tuesday night proved a very en- joyable function for the large number present. It was the girls of the Soldiers [Aid who conceiv- ed the happy idea of thus filling a much-needed lack, and as a be- ginning they donated 6000 sheets of note paper, 3000 envelopes, half gross of both -pencils and peu-holders, 2 gross pen nibs-, 1 dozen glass ink wells, 1 dozen pen trays, 4 waste baskets, also post boxes and a supply of games and magazines. ' `RA-t'\tvA\v1 nnn:rm vxvxn.-I:/Jar` nnlniln n ,The salvage from the wreck! will be considerably greater than at first supposed and may_ run up to $10,000 besides the value` of the . remaining walls and! foundations. In the boiler room there is no damage, while the power and electric equipment are little the worse; likewise the two lavatories and shower baths. All the desks were saved out of Room 6 and in Room 5 the desks` are there covered with a coat- `mg of ice; in both these rooms the blaekhoards are in pretty good shape. Ty-unlu-unrl ':r\ {I-In nnr\I>n-nfa do lll.(]a&Cl4lJll.I.(3tDu . Mayor Craig presided while. a pr-0g`ra1;nme was being given by Misses Constance Palling, Bessie Ness, Mabel Powell, Alice Leigh- ton, Mae Dougall and Winnifred Monkman. _,,l `lI__,_`I,,, .,,-_._ mUVl l(;\r`l3l7mi;'(3art.y thanks were ex- tended by Lt.-C01. MacPhee on behalf of t,he.bat.tal,,i0n. `D,.l`..,..-.l...v~..-..,. .-..-..~.,-. r.nn`n\.l 'ln.1 IJWJIILLII. L71 I/Il\/` lJlJl.l1KIIdl\Ill. Refreshlnents were served by the glrls, after which an im_ promptu dance was held. I A` convenient Form of Sending Pocket Money to the Boys at. the Front ` In order to assist friends and relatives of soldiers in sending small remittances of ready mon- ey to France, the local branch of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce has procured a supply of French bank notes for this par- ticular purpose. These five franc notes (95 cents in Canadian" mon_ ey) may be had upon request and will he found a mostcnnvenient form of furnishing pocket mon- ey to the boys at the front as they are payable to bearer at par anywhere in France and can be easily enclosed in an ordinary letter. l The Second Men s Meeting The second of t.he series of Men s Meetings under the aus- pices of the Ministerial Associa- tion was held in the opera house Sunday afternoon, when a splendid address on The Bible -A Man s Book was given by the Rev. W. T. Hallam, D.D., of Wycliffe College, Toronto. eThe attendance was not as large as at the opening meeting of the series, but it was representative. Rev. W. H. VVallace presided at the meeting, the scripture les- son was read by Rev. H. D. Ray- mond, prayer offered by Capt. the Rev. F. C. Harper. and the benediction pronounced by Rev. Geo. A. Brown. TI'1I__ _..__.L _.._--11....~. __.1l `L... `L.._1.'l \.`UU. Ila .lJ1 lJVV1Ln The next meeting will be held at the opera house on Jan. 14th, to he addressed by Rev. Geo. A. Brown, minister of St._AndreW s'. . From Oklahoma {The Editor has `received $10 as a `donation to thr. Barrie Branch of the Canadian .Red Cross Society form John Forsyth of Elk City, Oklahoma. Mr. `For- syth is a Barrie Old Boy and takes this very practical way of showingthat he still keeps up his interest in the old town. Soldiers Aid T The Soldiers Aid rooms will not be `open Christmas week. The Elext sewing meeting will be on an. 2. We wish everybody, young, middle-aged and old, a Very Merry Christmas. We thank you one and all for your kindness to us during another year. VVe have honestly tried to give the public good store service and the best possible merchandise at the low- est prices. And if you will al- low us to say so, we think we have succeeded, and are glad that the public generally have appreciated our efforts and during the past year have trusted us with their business. Again we say a Merry Christmas! And now for the last few hours of Christmas shopping, weare ready for the last great pull and rush. No bet; ter assortment is to be found anywhere. Our increased staff of salespeople are at your ser- vice. Come as early as possible. You know, everybody knows what we trade in. Nothing` that a man, youth or boy wears that cannot be` found `at this big_ S_tore for - Men. - I.I-._L.._ 3'45!-`an Q`4nuA 3..-._l.. A Merry Christmas Everybody 111- _________ auuu auap Included in the contents de- stroyed were the old school reg` isters dating back 30 or 40 years, a library worth $600, the physics and chemistry equip-` ment, the piano in the assembly; room_and most of the books he- longing to the students. rnkn onlnnnl nnrl nnv\4nnI.:~ n~nnn Reading Room for 117th 1` ll.. 3:311. Huntey. clothing Store, Barrie icoMmrr1'En~ on Jos. G; Fitzgerald to be tried in J_9une-At.tempt to Defraud In- surance Go. is Alleged: I Jos. G. Fitzgerald had his pre_ 'liminary hearing before Mr. Rad- enhurst on Monday and was sent up for trial on a ehargeof burn- ing his house and barn at Hills- -dale on Sept. 10, with intent to defraud an insurance company. Mr. Cotter prosecuted and Mr. Boys appeared on. behalf of the accused. 1f.__..L -1.` 'IT2lI,...JAI... __-..._ LL- R. A. Kent of I-Iillsdale was the first witness. He told of placing insurance of $280 on the house and $20 on the stable. His val- uation of the property was $450. Some time before the fire, Fitz- gerald sent him notice to discon- tinue the policy saying he had in. sured in another company. To Mr. Boys, witness said he had no hesitation in taking the applica- tion for $300 insurance. He had known Fitzgerald since 1895 and ever heard anything against 1m. - 71W`--- 117-...` 11.1111. Thos. Ward, _insurance agent, gave lengthy evidence, the main parts. of which were as follows: Fitzgerald came to see me on June 3, asking a policy of $550. He claimed that the former policy carried $450 onthe house and $100 on the. stable. Upon the strength of this lissued a policy for $550. I had- been through Hillsdale and saw property but did not know it was 28 years old. In. February, Fitzgerald gave me a written authority_ to sell this property at $375, less my com- mission of 21/2 pep cent. When the insurance was taken 1 had forgotten this ` offer. The loss was made payable to the mortga_ gee. Fitzgerald told me that the other policy was $550 and had run out. On Sept. 11 Mrs. Fitz- gerald telephoned me that the buildings were burned and said she owned the property. Proofs of loss were subsequently sent me by Mr. Boys and forwarded with other papers to the company. Later they were turned over to Provincial Fire Marshall Heaton, who is prosecuting. ' Mr. Gotter---1<'irst I ve heard of this. My instructions are from the Dept. f`r\vv\vv\nv\`:-rune l'\Y\ `Inn r\rvIr\I`I`r\` AP UIIU LJUIID Commenting on the amount of the policy, Mr. Boys remarked, We know perfectly well that you can put insurance on property for anythillg you like as long as you pay the price, until a loss oc- lcurs and then the kick comes. Taking up the cross-exan1ina- tiou, Mr. Boys asked if Fitzgerald did not give him an old policy from which to make a uewone. This witness absolutely denied, to which Mr. Boys replied that having forgotten that he had this property listed at $375, he was liable to forget any hing. Asked . `A uuvlnu-. kn 4:-u:n `IVA n1\]l Pkn lUll5l,lll6 DU UIIU DDLLUUILUD. The school and contents were! valued at $100,000, and the in- surance carried was $50,000 'm the building with $33.50 on the contents of which $350 is on the cadet rifles and is payable to the Govt. In the spring of 1913 im- provements Were undeg-rtaken and -two years later the enlargedl school was `re-opeu<~d. The sum of.$80,000 was voted for this work, and of this amount a lit- tla over $3000 is yet unexpend-| e . - 'II __.__, _.___,.1. A..- `.0 1]-... .._..I_.. uuuu: LU LUL 501.: au_)uu1u5. rxanuu as to why he tried to sell the the place for $400 when it was listed at $375, witness said he wanted to allow a margin for re- duction L o ;`1_,.A:__._!,__. ,___'L_._..,.~ ....\Z..I. 17121.. UUL bl|J1lo Goiitinuing, witness said: Fitz- gerald came from Toronto on ` Sept. 16, and about 4.30 in my olce told me of the fire and said he was_ going out to see the place. I reminded him of the listing and said I didn t t.l1ink the company would pay $550. He said the listing was cancelled, which I denied. Fitzgerald stated that he had put up property to Calhoun to -sell at $670. About 9 p.m. that day, Fitzgerald returned to my oflice, saying he had been to Hillsdale, where he had learned from Hutton that the fire had taken place early Sunday morn- ing and also found that Calhoun had the original letter mention- ing a price of $670. The next in- lnnuinvn try:-no `in nfno n{>' M Dnve 1115 (J. 1.)]. AUG U1 .Ll.l\./ Lxunu 11.1- terview was in oice of Mr. Boys. We were alone, Mr. Boys having left us to see if we could reach a settlement. The first thing that he said was that Mr. Boys had told him that I accused Fitzger- ald of setting fire to the premis- es. This could not have been `so, because I did not think I had the information to seal the last link between the `fire and the guilty parties. I told him he had better take the $375 but he refused say_ ing that I was trying to get the difference ($175) for myself. Af_ ter pointing out that all cheques are made payable to the insured, I refused to discuss the matter further. Later, Mr. Boys said Fitzgerald would accept $500 for immediate settlement as it would save expenses and even if.he won the costs would equal the differ- ` ence. On Oct. 9 I_- phoned Mr. v Boys offering to recommend $425 but Mr. Boys replied that he did not think Fitzgerald would ac- cept it, being very determined. Subsequently Mr. Boys wrote let- - ters threatening suit if'settle- _ ment were not made. A__`|_-.`I 2.01.- L- J _.__.`I- ____.____._` his prodigious memory. IJJCLLII VVCLC II.\JII 1.ll.(`\L()n Asked if he had made anymem- orandums of the several conver_ sations, witness replied in the negative, and was sarcastically complimented by Mr. Boys upon 1\nnnIrl Drsn 4.-`IA A4` In-n-. rnnnt FL IJLIIUIJJIJC I.lllJlll\Jl.. I "Donald Ross told of two mort- gages given on this property for " 6}{p3/6 9.)" A crfnliaez or ARSON 'l`lJRMS-Sln(Io CODIOIS cu. Po: uunun [in advance] Il.oo CLOSING MEETING Town council Wound Uh its Business, Friday night--F|n- ancial condition Improved. ' Many people are of the opin-.1 ~ion that a thorough investiga-. tion should be _;made into the or- igin ofthe fire, not being at all satisfied with the "theory of? spontaneous combustion. In thei cellar Where the fire started] there were 100 tons of soft coal.` The fire did not start in the mid- dle of this bin or near any heat- ing pipe, but close to the outside wall, beside the coal window. Although the window was shut, it would have been quite poss- ible to break it open, but when the inspection was made after the fire, there was no way of de- termining if this had been done. When the caretaker s s on left thebuilding at 5.50 everything seemed all right. A few minu- tes previously he had been in the classroom over "the" coal cellar, and if the fire had been smould_ ering then the smell would eas- ily have been detected. It would certainly be the proper thing to hold an enquiry con- ccrn_ing'.the` fire. I DCILLUU an LIIU DI/(1l:l.lLUly IUVU-i""O of the Town Council last Friday night showed that the decit of over $8000 with which the year began had been reduced to $600. The financial statement pre- sented at` the statutory meeling rrf flan r"I\I1VV'\ nnuunn;l Inn` fo&?is' r}E{r}i 11$'v'{{ioi1jsbm- mittees showed that they had kept pretty well down to their estimates. Total of these ex- penditures were as follows:'-- Priniting, ,_$-1038.52; Indigcnts and Board of Health, $3406.60 (in connection with the latter there is still $453.50 due ham t-he Government; Market and Parks, $381.10 (not including`~ $350 for the new furnace); Fire and Police, $10,495.11; Board of Works, $8,348.91, with $1616.95 additional for street oiling. _ In making` his report Chair- man Fisher spoke very highly of the work` of Engineer Laing, and Deputy-Reeve Robertson -also Vreferred in complimentary terms in {kn nnnn-nnn in n~I-..'nL Inn Ann` LVLULLULA 111 UUIIILJIIIIICIIUGIJ I./_U`I.ll|U to the manner in which he per`- formed his duties both as as- sessor and engineer. r111, u lwas voted to the Mayor. ..._.... .._-O---..,v- The customary honorarium .1 Iltuvul UL uux l1(A..llL ULUUD 111 LLUIIII U]. E. Br0wn s4 house, Blake St,., was not passed, but the engineer will he asked to report on the mat- ter. 11'? I I n /-4 "1 A. motion asking for the re- moval of certain trees in front. of `D 13....\.-...9,.'1..,\__,_._ rn._1-- an ___._... |I\./ From Welch & Co.,. auditors, a letter was received suggesting some changes in hook_keeping methods. On motion, it was de- cided not to make any change at present, they having been en- gaged under certain conditions to perform certain duties, and though their suggestions might be good ones, the Council could not take action as this was their last meeting". u;uJ'u1 us (L16 l7Abl: lluUu Ill.` uuanna to the diffm'nnt -L-hairmen and members for their services and whole _ hearted co-0peration `throughout the year; Every- one had done his duty as he saw if onr] fl'\n11rr}1 1nI1 nanny Innurn Sixty good `horses (mares pre- ferred) rising 4 to 9 years old. Must, be sound,,in good condition andwzyeigh from 1300 to 1700 lbs. Ori'1Iia House, Orillia, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 26 and 27. Barrie'House,, Barrie, Friday and Saturday, Dec.v29 and 30. 51-51 Geo. W. Atkinson. I - Lxuu uuuo una uLll/_) (13 I113 UGVV in and though they rnay have done things they ought not to have(kNw andle.undonofhose things they ought to have done, they had acted as best they could to advance the interests of the Town. .-___k}. Just before adjournment. Mayor Craig extended his thanks In.-.....-.n..-. fn {Inn r]u'4`nn.\~.n4 1. n-`:1 It is particularly requested that all contributions to the 0v- erseas Military Fund of the Y.M. C.A. be in the hands of the local treasurer, A. Leslie, at the Union Bank of Canada, Barrie, as early as possible this week. as the ac- counts will he closed up and re.- mitted to Headquarters on Fri- day next. T\__--lZA___ ____ 1- J-A_ LI(,I.Y LIL/4`\Uo Donations up to date are slightly over $1400. Mayor: Craig Wishes the citizens of .VBarrie a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Your vote and influence are respectfully solicited for his re-election as Mayor for 1917 MAYORALTY YourxVote and Inu- ence are respectfully solicited for Eiunuuuuzuuuuunu `hristma: Zgreeting tcll