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Barrie Examiner, 24 Jun 1926, p. 9

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BROMT , ' on SPEEDJNG % unjusnruan Before Towvn` Council CH LS. : Entries for `any of tr sent to J. D. Milne, ; _. committee in charge ments. Lu. at. SI-:I'Ve(l. Thirteen track events have ` ranged for and it is planned t( green horse race. W. E. Rowe. expected to send two horses tries are also expected from flrnua l\a nu_-, Plans arepractlcally comp an extensive program of sport community field day `on July Doyle and his committee h: `busy: and they _have at-rang: baseball tournament. ladies a softball tournaments. -fopt r: horse.` races, withta communi on the street at night. Ivy, Thornton, Cookstown, or possibly Hillsdale, or a con of the two latter teams are to take part in the baseball _ment. .Entries in the two tournaments are confined to each class, and only one tee Barrie and one from All-andalc accepted, so it is a case of fi: first served. rm.;..+.....`. t..- --- - - Saturday, June'26z. mn-k'i_ng connections with all north 4*. wand southbound busses on T oronto-Muskoka route. {SERVICE TO WASAGA BEACH AND COLLING- - WOOD, via `Elmvale, starting Wednesday, June 30. ._...y 5-aA1:.;1r|11\J, Sllllng 31 PROGRAMME FOR . I FIELD DAY "ON JULX_ 7: Fdr information call Queen s or Hours: 9 to 12; 1 to 6. Saturday till 10 _p.m. Wvdninna 1. ........_L_.-. aaturaay 1:111 10 p.m. Evenings by _appointment. EYE STRAIN caiises both mental and physical discomfort. ~GLASSES, if needed, remove the strain and the'discomfort vanishes. While it is not as simple as it may appear from-that statement, we can render a sat- isfactory service when the need is the cor- rection of errors of vision. ROBERT E. SMITH _ -.-., ..u.as:ua.u LULlI`I1a-3 tries softball ts eight in , team. from one Allandale will be :0 case nf 1-`im+ .m.~..~' _ --...-v -u; unc uuuce, I be provided by the Bandd d day is in the nature of a affair, with the object of people _in the country to- rwn for a dav. fhnrn -mm I ' any the events may be 9. secretary of the 1 charge of Man a......,....... `nracticaiy co 1 t h * program of hrrrilvg:-c:e?~.(.1. Strained Eyes ` Reduce Efficiency N9. 25.. actically completed for` ogram sports for the 1 7. Frank have been,` arranged for. a! ment. and men's ments_ .fonf rnr-ac. n--=I \ ' " have been *ar-l t to have 8. . M.P., is 1 horapcz nn on 1 uidlns expected tourna- fwn unfl-In.-.11 I ,,_,_ .,....u ;11cl15 ants. races and a community dancej tight. ' .. .1ua.uua.u: will be case first come EYESIGHT SPECIALIST acu1 ULa.l`y OI the of the arrange- ,......v vv u, xuuu V8.18. ' combination ams 3.Y`Q n?~nnn4-AA SUCCESSOR TO O. R. RUSK 4 4E1m.1/'a1e. f1'lblhnf1nn ... -unnnuv. LAUH I fnunsnn Buy Advertised Things. Special Musicgby Choir ASSISTED BY Miss Lenore Reynolds Howkrard Park Church, Toronto will conduct morning and evening services. T\f\\Y7l'l'| TTIATY run -----`- ' \4 v \,u:u5 ac; VIUCD. DON T FAIL TO HEAR THIS % NOTED SPEAKER` SUNHDAY, JUNE 27 J 39 Elizabeth St.- Phone 80, Barrie EVERY-B'ODY WELCOME sPEc1AL"=.`Rv1cEs ._will be held when "Wellington Hotels. Toronto. sacnon 2 mass 9 TO 15 ; uuuguu u. .L1'UUl. ` It is alleged that the materials` wfre taken to the rooms of the i'Kla_n o Dunlop St. on the evening: of the explosion and shown to the otficials. Skelly states that he would have blown up the Champlain_ monument, but that there was no car available to take him to Orillia,' so; the church was chosen as an alternative. $16.50 `for Fees and Costume ` Skelly gave this information to Deputy Commissioner Cud_dy', it is said, quite voluntarily, and handed}, over to the officer certain ..papers . which, it is said, connect him with` the Ku Klux Klan. Skelly pa-id $16.-M p 50 for his membership and costume. f; The papers which 'he gave to the of`- ] cer were hidden in his sdcks. -, The Klan s `Statement _` l 1 Before his arrest in Toronto`, Skel-i-" V'j ly had been at Klan headquarters in Toronto. hmrimr ham +nl.-an +1.--- :4. -.-..D ....... a uu avvulau uuuuUuI:.' The chief of stem ofzthe Ku Klux Klan in Canada has stated that ,S1' l,v As candidature was refused by the Barrie organizer, after he had taken part in the initiation ceremonyxhere, which was "held 1n public on the night of May 23,'and that he had been ad-I mitted to n manna... ..4' .51....-1.1....-.... u.L u.I.u_y 80, mm (40.3? H mxtted to a meeting __j_`} `we, attempt UEJIIU I I,uVVi.lliam,Skelly, "say that I did on the 10th day of June, 1926,` at the town of_ Barriti, in the County of Sim- 0 Roman Catholic church, an`d I volun- blow up St. ~Mary sf tarily state that I -acted on my own initiative and was alone in doing what I-did. I did -this because of my antagonism to Roman -Catholic,s.l "Wan ,.L-. .1! _:_.1n n `AFF . .,y uuu uccu up Juan ueuuquarners In Toronto, having been taken there, it is alleged, by a memlter who found him working on a farm near -Mapl,e.f While there, Klan officials have stat- ed, the following statement, purport- ing to be signed by Skelly, was ob- tained:-- V _ . (`T 'IIY.'II!__._ ("1__II -I - - --- 7.. -.-nuns-ucul UIJGEE , Next Door to Sun : Fruit iSt`oro"' %.Across from Capitol 'heatf'., ulcub Lrum U18 V IYUUI: Butler is said to be Kleagle and {Lee secretary for-this district. Champlain Monument in Mind According to -Skelly s story, which is denied by the Klan, it is said that the duty for which he was set apart shortly after his initiation was tol blow up St. Mary's church/"or; wreck the Champlain monument at 0rillia.`. Either actwas to be aperformedon the nightof June 10. , ~ . Boug-htoDynamite`H re Skelly stated that he bou ht $4.00, worth of. supplies, includiig 'three.', sticks of dynamite, ten feet of fuse,; two" detonatingtcaps and fty rounds; of .38 calibre revolver bullets. froma ; local hardware store on. the afternoon before the explosion. When brought ` before the salesman from whom he` purzhased the articles to be identi-'` fied, Skellv declared, That s the man ['5 I bought it from. ~ ` , I 1+ 4;. niinmna ti...` LL- ..--J----!-1--I NeiIson s Ice A/Creain which his a `reputation -all its own for avor and quality. A complete `line of all the 11-... n--- rt - I VIUIILII5 UII-UU\1Ul-'5. . I ._ The Klan maintains that if any of their members-assisted Skellyior or- dered the outrage '. in-.St. Mary's church, they were acting `in direct violation `of their oath to'the order" and entirely without authority` from headquarters,` and by such violation would autornatically incur banish- ment from tYle=K-Ian. Dni-in... .'.. .....'.l 4... L- 171..-..1- _-__1 ....v- wane: Vvuq IIIIIIBU -Sandwiches and Pie. Soivcd ACome and enjy .youruIf. . You are he_artil-y welcome. lgtrliilo II _I/ nun u; but: ulculUc.l.'a ml bile l\.l8I1.UI' its ,, officials `to 'defend lawlessness. The members are sworn to preserve the law`and assist its officers in con- victing offenders." Tho w`nv| VV|n:v|+n:~nn I>`n\n# -3` Juhnluu `A3 Klan `Won't Defend ' The `principal officials of the Klan in 'Doronto have been in konk1ave" several times, resumablyo discuss the situation w `ich arises out/of the arrests. Following. ` Wedn'es2'ay s konklave i it wasistated by the h'ef of staff that the Klaimdid not contem- plate undertakingthe defence` in the courts of any member "of the order` who had been ea'rrested- in Barrie. The Klan stands for law and order, it was stated," and these men, if guil- ty, must take the consequence of their lawlessne s. It is not the busi- nnae nil Han V Rama nl-F Man 111.... (KIA iif '1&vsE1ei{ s.""It 'i'}I3"tBZ'BuiI ness of the me bers of the Klan .or `fly nmI'n:n`n '6-':\ r A4.9..u..I I..--.1....___-..._ vvv '7 % gain? can ."U'i'.J;;-' '` Hot and Cold rinks` -__I_._!_I , .I 1': - - - WM. rontowllr st. MAnv's onuncn C1acuumoTv"' -- v -mwlaa v VlUUlIICn Elizibegl; wlr D... L. --A'- 3 ' . cumplui nine 0; all tl Very Best Candy Ivgonav can 301?, "(Contlniued tzfom page 1) uc uuu UUUII au- of the `klavern Mo onul uuu uuun uuueyr ' - .The'w'eather was threatening in the~mo rning and rain fell at intervals dring.-the day and this condition of ' the weather had an adverse effect on the attendance, but notwithstanding this. thetournament wasa success. The members of the ladies` bowling `cilub served- refr.eshm_ents during the ay. / --The genuiihne Borsalinb haf for $7.00.---Simmons `& !C_o'. - 25c Juvac us: one uuul enu. _ _ ' Assisting Mr.` Kennedy wereLou Vair, Geo. Hubbard and -W. A. Tur- ner. In addition to the trophy they each received an electric heater._ Mr. Hiltz, who won fourth moneyat. the Barriesftournament last year, had the same ri'nk with the exception of one man. His players were Joe. Taylor, Albert Rogers, and John Gardner. Second prize winners received cut- 3. glass cre/Hm and sugar sets."1`he win- ners of third yplace, who- received K sweater coats .were '1`~hos.`\.Wrigh. w :3? Rosscurrie, . (3. Hopkins and C. Jeffers, and the p_l;_ay`ers on Mr. Cof- fey s rigk, who pt umbrellas.` were G-.L.'Rama::e.~ .P `P.-Mae . and John?`Co'ey.~i saw - c'- my 'l`hn--w'nn'+.hm- urns &L....`...|.`_...'.... :_ L15 UV UL uaxuculn ' Both. Mr. Kennedyfs rink and that skipped by Mr. -Hiltz won all four. of their games. Mr. Kennedy had a margin of three points over the run-. ne'rs-up, with a plus of 29 against Mr; Hiltz s 26. Mr. Jeffers had three Wwinsand a plus of 25 and Mr.iCoffey also won three games for _a lus of 23. Mr. Kennedy and Mr. -Co ey met in the last round, each having `won their first three games,_ and a win for either of them practically decided. first place. The local rink won the game by a margin of nine shot's.\ Mr. Hiltz had a hard game in the-last round with Jos. LeGear of Allandale. At the tenth end Mr. Hiltz waslead- ing by two shotsvland it looked like anybody s game, but he. -counted three '-on the eleventh and added two more on the nal end. Ana`:-I-311:: Il_l 7f-_._-.I'_ _ __,'_,,- 7 IIU .r~-1 mic guuuy pu_1.`L_y.. BC In the press reports of the let" appearing -in` the daily papers: the 1m work of Chief Stewart was ignpred On and .full credit for the discovery and ih_- arrest of the three susuects to the provincial polices v d = Give Chief Stewart Credit In__ this connection, `Inspector Jor- dan of the local. provincial violice .of- ch ce informed` The Examiner that at Chief `Stewart `had been: unfairly rt dealt with, Chief Stewart worked as hard as `any of us," he stated. It 3 p was he who discoveredthat the ex- a- plosives used had -been purchased 10-- in cally and_ he has worked night -and day ever since the a; tempt to blow up the church_.was disc vered. -Much of ,0 l the credit` is due to him. Inspector ,8 . Jordan -explained, that the informa- e, ; tions on which `Butler and.L'ee were 13' arrested were laid by him. instead. of a Chief Stewart, in whose Jurisdiction n the case lay, /because, he deemed an ,t irnfiiiediatej arrestexpedient and he` _e;w'as unable to locate Chief Stewart i_Iat the moment. In view of Ske1ly s nistateinerrt to Deputy Commissioner- 'Cuddy in Toronto immediately after ls.-his arrejt`; it is probable that In- n spector ordan vbecamepaware of the implication of Butler and Leevbefore the Chief of:Po1ice'. Inspector Jor- dzm was anxious that Chief Stewart should receive full credit for his part in thesolution of `the crime and stat- , ed-that _the_provincial police had been given credit which they did not de-. serve. V . . ` 7.. L..1-..L-_._ 8 i. 8 39 B -.1 case `Was given W. H. Kennedy s `rink took down [the honors at the annual tournament of the Barrie[Bowling Club ontWed- nesday, in which twenty-seven rinks, representing Barrie, Allandale, Or- illia, Collingwood, Stayner, Cooks- town, Tottenham, 0rang'eville,'N' w- market, `Gravenhurst and Tom to wereentered. Ex-Mayor Hiltz o-f ' Toronto was second, C. B." Jeffers of Orangeville was third and John.Cof- efey of Tottenham fourth.` i In win- .ning.the tournament, Mr. Kennedy had the satisfaction of- winning his ' own cup,` the Wellington Hotel Chal- lenge Trop-hy,..:which he donated two years ago for competition at the Bar- rie tournament. DALI; `Mr- `rr_.._.-.1__o_ _.3__f_ _ ,1 .1 l,wL KENNEDY wms ~ ] BARRIE TOURNAMENT ,uuL u; yuc uuuus 01. um? xoczu Vponce; i A the time of `going. to press ~there have been no further develop- ments and no further arrests are ex-' . I pected at pxjesent. In telephone conversation with Chief. Stewart, Deputy Commis ioner , Cudd accepted respon sibility. him- .self or apparently taking the case ,out of the hands of the local `police; 9 {ha firhn {VF `nvnnn +11 nucmn only once, in theabsence of officials, v and thathe hadtneverebeen, given any of the secret work. ' - . a Good Police Work` . Thesolution of the "crime-and the subsequent `arrests `were the result of thorough and patient investigation by both local and provincial police. a Chief of Police` Stewart was called _ in immediately the outrage w-as `dis- covered 'and in his investigation he found the fuse that was useda In- spector Jordan and his `staff also got to work.,oi1'_the case and Inspector John Miller of Toronto made several visits to\ Barrie. Numerous clues, most of them leading -nowhere, were followed up, and it was. only when Chief Stewart discovered-`thatodyna-, mite had been purchased at a local hardware store on the afternoon be- 1 fore the outrage that it was felt that , the olice "had a "clue that would lead to'Tt e guiltylparty. - ~ - - nunciu vlnnnudin II: `LA 5...... _, i+sa;.a CA_N ADA.THiJRsDAY, JUN1A:z4,%i92s. ' a.uz p.u1. mortnnound on unday `No. 47 at 9.00 p:m..a.nd No. 49` at 11.40 p.m. due Barrie 11.35 pm. and 2.08 a..m. Monday reap cuvely. No. .49 `does not run Saturda might.` -- :~ " ' auuuuay. - Special attention is drawn to the earlier departure o"thevmorn_ing mail No. 41 which will leave Toronto at 7.20 a.m. railway time and-dueat Bar- rie 10.25 a.m. instead of 10.50. Also the change `in service on the Penetang Branch.` Morning passenger train will leave Allandale at 12.20 pm. for Pene- tang and Midland, returning will leave Midland 12.30 p.m. due Allandale 2.10 p.1"n. also to the additional train ser-. vice between Allyandalez and Meaford. Northbound leaving at 12.40 pan. southbound arriving from Meatord and Collingwood, etc. 2.35 pm. When this .time table takes effect, there will be six passenger `trains :in each direction operating daily except Sunday. On S.a.tuz-daysthere will be a train leaving. ` Toronto 12.80 pm. in addition. On "Sundays there will be sou hbound No. ~ 46, leaving at 4.56'a.m. an No. 48 at ' 9.02 pm. Northbound Sunday 9.00 n.m...an`d No- 491+ 11 An ..... -..-....v . -nu. ,uvnIIvI|:.r\ GEHVIUE The summer schedule of_ the C.N.R. begins next Saturday but the full schedule does not take.effect- until Monday. ' Qnnnlnl nl-+n+'Ir... :. J4.------ L- U - nuvuu--.l.UZUZUUUO--5 V Barrie--Houghton, cf; Warnica, 2b: Morren, c; Moor ss; Cameron, 1b; Blackstock, 3b; Mc , ever, If; Wiles. rf; Robeftson, p. 9Rfrnn_..Dnla 11~.- 1xr..:...1_a. ...... -rd-.- J.\vUUUl.'|.UIl, p. ' *Stroud-Reid, 1b; Wright. ss; John- son, 2b: E. Hunter, c~, Webb. 3b: Rey- -nolds, rt; G. Hunter, 1f;;Booth, p; --Allan; cf. Ljuua auu (.118 game. _ Score by innings. ' ` Barr1e--000224 00 Stroud--102020 00 Tlfnu-n: B.1`Y`in--T-TnI1n-hfnn n 0 __ 0 __. fa TH ISTLES; BEAT HSTROUD The Thistles softball team went to Stroud last Friday evening and de- feated the home team by 8-5. One big winnings, the sixth, gave\'them four runs and the game. Snnr-A hv lnnina-a ,/.------, -w -`I Ailiston wipedhout part of the sting of their 21-6 defeat: at the hands of ` .Barrie hereilast Vvednesday. by hand- ing the local team their first defeat of the season in Alliston last Friday by 10-7. Over-confidence. due `in part to their easy victory here and their string e of victories, apparently made Barrie think they only-h_ad to go th ough the motions and before they rea zed what was going on Alliston had four runs across` the plate. Barrie _settled down ~then and it was an even game from then on. -' - ` . > r`m(Il\vu and `l').-_.4__A ,L ' >- .uu-:u UH. Carson and Burton shared the pitch- ing duties for Barrie while Dunn viierit the route for Alliston. Carson hurled the first five innings and Burton fin- ished the game. Barrie were without the `services of John Dobson and Ken. McKenzie played first base. As result of the game Barrie 'and Allister; `are tied for first `place. Barr1e-Carson, p, c; McKnight, c, rt; McKenzie. lb; Emms 2b: Manks, ss;. Burton. 3b, p; Outram, `If; Dyer; ' cf; Lynch, rf, 3b. Alliston-,-Dunn p; Byer, c; Russell, 1b; Hurst, 2b; Small, ss; Merrick, 3b; Stoneham, lf; Hand, cf: Hzmcey, rf. C.N.R.'S FINE SUMMER SERVICE 'I"'l-no allrvnvunnuug ._,.I_-.1-_n_ ,4 ~--- Au.1s'roN GIVES BARRIE; FIRST TRlMMING,%10_TOT 7, an... uuu. p. I, Midla.nd--.-Stux'geon. Fr>w1er,_ 1b: Wiser, Hendrickson, rf:' W. IBM}. ss: Hewson, 2t C. Armstrong,1x'f. | >, --; can-nun; Juan: villi`: , Correspondents-and advertis- ers are requested` to not copy intothio office ON MONDAY IF POSSIBLE. By doing this they. will greatly facilitate the` early `issuing II` I-Inn nann- "nu -IVES! IGGIIIIBKB issuing of the paper. _.-.-.-u.-.\n -" U U U V Bar:-ie--Emms, 2b; Burton. 3b: Dyer, of: M son, c; McKenzie, If; IV dith. p. , 1 Mi(]]Qhr1--.f11v~mnnn '. Ouiing `to Dominion Day flailing on Thursday, it will bo"neces-" nary; to"iuuo Tho Examine? a day darlier next week, n....-__-.'-_l-_.n_A IIICIICIUIL Score by innings. Barrie - 0 1 Midland` -- 0 0 Rn PP` n.....ii`.rv- Im =- and he was batted freelv. the top of the O`..P.-A. League on Wednesday when they invaded Mid- land and administered a coat of. kal- somine to the home team. The score was- 4-0 and, due to;Meredith s"splen- `did pitching and the perfect support accorded him; Midland never. _had a chance and they only got `two men as far as third base in the entire game. In fdurxinnings the side was retired in order." Only th`irty-ve _batters faced Meredith in the ine ' mninvrs. f who has been poison to the locals for Barrie C. solidied, '-."2eir position at] Armstrong. the south w, I the` past two seasons. was no mystery Dver led thehitters with four hits in veltimes ` at bat and Carson, Meredith, Lynch`: and Dobson each safeties. : had 3 brace of J - 1 Barrie enteredthe scoring column : 1 A in the second `3nnino.'s,v when` Carson made the circuit. The same player ' drove Lynchacross with the second tally in the fourth frame. "Two runs were added in the eighth. Dyer led off with a single but was foreed 'by~ . Carson also hit safely and after McKenzie had been `retired Marks and Meredith came across with safe hits. to scoreLynch and Carson. Tlrfnrlhnnnn `L- l'\.- am: x.uL9~ no score Lynch and Carson. Meredith's performance on the mound was the tmostlmpressive that he has. shown this season and he was master of the situation at all times. The team played tnultlesslv behind him, Dyer. Lynch and Marks providing the features, while Ca:-son's work be- hind the bat was worthy of special mention. T Gan..- I... :....:._ -m "Merdith sFine7Pitching';. only ' 35 Menn`-;FzAv:ed Him V 9 Innings; A %MlD`1.AND,%4 - 0, ; IN 0.B.A. GAME {EARLY cow Ask:-:6. i-.-Stux'geon. T 3b: McNa'.bb, lf: 0; Moore, cf; aon, Arms'tr'nn;r, p: 2b: Jermings, 2'0; `ona. rf. u 5;` "1Z;ol:s(:n_,~ 1b: : Lynch. rf; Car- Marks, ss; Mere- I leads the county/ were we progeny of two -dams. ' Records shqw .t1)a.t. with theAexcep- tion of one sma11_.station -from which only a few hogs are shipped, Craigva.le' V V by a considerable margin in the percentage of select hogs marketed.-; * ` `- . - HARVEY !-IUGHES MAKES RECORD IN SELECT HOGS I-Iarvey Hughes of Craigvale claims a record in that or fifty-eight hogs shipped. by him to: market during the past year, fifty-one graded select. This is close to 88 per cent. Premiums paid on select hogs netted `Mr. Hughes, roughly sp king, around $150 above at the regul arketpricei This is .pra.c- tically ,/found money, for it does not cost any more to feed selects than `thi ck.smooths r shop hogs. The fifty- eight hogs ma keted by Mr. I-Iulghyes were the progeny of two -dams. Records nhnw Hunt-y 1|-r5`I\ +1.... ..----- uccu uumg, ne uecxarea. "1'nere IS no half-way measure. . Furious d1'lV- ers will be summoned. I trygto be I fair and I don t wanthe town to get a bad name, but I must enforce the law. ` In conclusion, he said that he did . not think the town would suffer by the broadcasting. ' There had been a marked improvement over the past weekend and he'believed it would be a checkup in other parts of the pro- vince as well. ~ 3.110.153: was ulb'll.l1SS('3U. He denied that motorists. are per- secuted by the police. No one is summoned under thirty miles an :hour or twenty-ve at intersections, although the law places the limit at ten miles at intersections/. he de- olared. 1`lP___,,,', 11 n n pavea roadway all the way. 7 . Concluding, Chief Stewart said that the Highways Traffic Act is one of the laws and must be enforced. I am going`-to enforce `it as I have been doing, he declared. ' There is no }In"P_nrnu tinnnnluun `EV----`A--- -7-3-- ca] 9 Uta]. CU.- _Warnings Not Appreciated ` He frequently warned motorists, but he did not think . the warning was` appreciated, for in two instances where "he had withdrawn informa- tions the offence had been repeated. Barrie, he pointed out, is different from suchftowns as Orillia and Mid- land, in that the Provincial Highway runs rightithrough the town with a paved roadway all the way. Cnnrflnino (`.In:a-6' Q+..........+ .....:.1 .. .\. 1. vv M(ihiei Ste~\`\*art stated that he had had considerable experience as a traffic officer, having been a motor- r cycle constable for two years, and r 5 f I I I town. ! l_has'been killed during the past two * years, said the Chief. _ one of the best highways in the pro- f vince and during the summer, from that he always used his best_judg;ment. in motor cases. Barrie, he `said, has Friday to Monday, there is a contin-. ual stream of traffic through the Residents Complaineof `Speeding `fI.t is surprising to me that no one I am` con- . tinually receiving complaints by tel- ephone and letter from residents of Burton Ave. and Bradford and Blake l Sts_., who beg me to check `up the speeders on these thoroughfares. They are afraid to let their children play outside for fear that they will be struck down by cars. Only Most Flagrant Prosecuted Chief Stewart stated that on `May 24 there were so many cases of speeding that he instructed the con- stables to cut the list intwo and. summon only the most agrant cases. One of these men fought the case, with the'assistance of the Ontario Motor League, and as he had three witnesses against the officer the charge was -dismissed. T1,. A.....:...1 43...; ..--:.--.:4 1, V-.. `sane: \Jvul'lbll. [Stating that, following the broad- cast, he had heard considerable com- ment,' some of it favorable and .some not; but that_ he himself was con- vinced that the police" were doing their duty, First Deputy-Reeve Byrne, chairman of the Fire and Po- lice Committee, `had. Chief of Police Stewart apnear before the. Town Council on Monday night and tell the member's what steps he took to en- I force the traffic laws. `. n An. vvuvtl "sun "5 U. LVUUBFLSOH, EH9 SeC' retary of the Ontario Motor League; who stated that the radio speaker- had *-been authorized only to" an- nouhce that. Barrie `police were very strict i-n the enforcement of the re- gulations and to w_arn motorists to look out for speed traps here; lso that; anything further was unaut or- me . 'l'I_;, no ' A -- uuuguau u. On Tuesday, A. E.'Bryson,_ presid- ent of the Board of Trade, got in touch with W, G. Robertson", the sec-. retarv nf Hm nnhn-`in MM. 1---..- vvu u_y [one uroaucast and local` mem- Enuers of the Motor League are highly indignant. n.. l`u.....l..... A 1-` '1 ' uuc nun; vviuu WHICH me POHCG OIIIC-I ers enforce the_-Highways .Trai_c sAct. The broadcast wa's by way of. being an attempt to boycott the town. Citizens generally who realize the gravity of- the situation and the_ serious danger of accident, particu- larly on such narrow stretsas Bur- ton Ave., res'ent the slu cast on the tOWn bV the hrnarlr-99+ In A Inna` wan.- --_.. -..- ...-..-a res'ent Slit; the town by ,the' broadcast a d local hpr HF Mnfnm Tn:-n-Inn --A L-'-`L'* L The efforts of thelocal police to protect the public by keeping a check on . motorists who would like to speed_v through the long stretch of pavement on_ the Provincial Highway link through the `town -have broughtthe town some unfavorable advertising [by .-a radio broadcast A from CKNC, ` Toronto, last Thursday night,` when a speaker, sponsored` by't_he Ontario Motor League, warned motorists to avoid Barrie if possible because of the zeal with which the police office Qnfnrc -I-T`:r!`}\V.t7o-Iva '1`-on`-9-'0 Chief Stewart Sho'ws Council That Only` Worst Cases ~ Are Taken. 1

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