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What might haveproven a very serious train wreck, with consequent loss of life an'd"property, was mir- aculously; averted early Monday morning near Duntroon, on the CO1-. lingwobd `branchof. the C.N;R., when passenger train No. 392, ssouthb_ound, craEed into a railway motor Jigger, V ~ which had -been `carelessly left on` - thetrack near that point. some time , during the night previo'us.: As 3, re-, sult Thomas Wilkinson,` no perman-~ ent address, is in the County Jail at i Barrie, awaiting trial on the serious charge of placing an obstruction on` a railway track in axmanner liable` tocause danger to life and property. He will appear on Monday, August 15, before Magistrate Hogg-at Col- lingwood, to which place the trial has been transferred. v , Crash Came at Curve ' ~ _ Monday morning's crash came at? a bend about half a mile this side ~ of Duntroon. The jigger`. was visibleg Passengers felt only a` slight jar and only from`the fireman s side of the] cab and little or no `warning was . given, the train crashing into they vehlcle almost at.full speed. - It was` ,tossed in-the air", the engine of the jigger being demolished beyond re-i pair, but luckily there was node- railment of the train, which was brought "+0 an immediate haltand hacked to the scene of the collision. many did not know ofvthe c'ollision until after the-train had been stop- ped and they` had alighted to view the wreck. Train officials point out, however, - that much smaller M and lighter obstructions have caused ser- ious derailments. . Enauiries made bv C. N. R. ns-'iom~ nc In E Careless Act of-outh. Now in ; Toils; Might Have Had, ` Serious .Result_s. Q P"oTX'ro FIE-1:];-DAY .--FIGURES IN ck `H w11HM9'_r_gRJ 1 A \Samue_1T NeviI.s',F on1y_ ` Dmm:..-.. M -.-._ - (Tragic Chcipterin Beeton Casel Moves Court toy Sympathy! acu uuua'!:u. U18 CEISK OI l'l6WlTlg' out a farm--,two hundred acres of hard- ,,,,, .---..5.., -vuuauxy U1. +3516` mont, County.G1;ey, hat William B. A Taylor. and Sarah E zabeth Orchard were `joined in wedlock. Young Mr. Taylor was just turning twen`ty-one and his bride eighteen.` Since that` memorable day they haveexperienc-_ - "ed all the vicissitudes which beset the I pathof a_ young, married couple, and Vqu'ite probably a few more than the average bride and groom of today are called-upon to face; At the out- set,'for'instance, young` Mr. Taylor set himself the task of lhewing out] a farm-..+.wn hnnrhuul ..m..,.. -4: 1.--; -.-- ...... w ~11-01.61.5331: . `. /I Our: long-*- period of unspoiled marital happiness is no longer than` we.agreed at the outset it should be. We never had a qizarrel, and. it s not worth while starting onef now,, was a statement of Mrs. Tay-I lor s`_'which caused much merriment, 'at the anniVersary,dinne1*.i I TJ. .--_ _. - " .. ........ . ....m.u `y .'\.4AIll1C1n '7V I"c.-`was on the first of August, in! C`nada s year of Confederation, zit Orch'ard Village, Township of Egre- William Tnvlnirv nnrl Qnuaok 1.` ....1....n.. n..-1.---: not a single display of ill temper to mar the tranquil- waters of matri- I, many,` is the most unusual but truth- r_ ful claim of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 't.Taylor, of Allandale, who on Mon- S day, August 1, celebrated the Dia- mond Jubilee Anniversary of . their 1 ,wedding'. Theirs is _a statement,..of course, which will not go unchalleng- _'n..vl, but it is one to which both at- osted at a `dinner. g'iven.invhonor of the occasion, when the ha_opy~event [ was ttingly observed at the Taylori. '_ home at 75 Essa S`t., with the aged 1 couple surrounded by relativesand , friends, gathered to `do them `honor. f,`Wi2 never disagreed, saidqMr. Taylor. We always avoided ugly words, and I am happy tosgy we ` never had a quarrel." C ' m / HI'\.... 1. -- ` " ' 3 Sixty years happily married,` with I r . / V . A A Mryand `Mrs. W. B. Taylor, of Allagldale, who on were rememlzered by their friends on the occasion niversary of their \jze,d-ding. At a dimer and pres: to the fact they had never had a quarrel-. They dale for thirty-four years. ' V ` mueli Nevils,i Only_ a Few Minutes Following His Arrest,` Receives News [of His Daughter s.Death in Hospital, The -Secondwctim in His Familyxof Dynamite Explosion of Six Weeks Ago-` Ma.gis_t;at_e Takes Bail "of Poor Man and"`Friend Extends Timely Assistance So that Father. "May Attend Funeral of His Child; _e ` A . Yeas Qf.Hai?>PY. Wedded Life. And Ne"er a4C{oss.Word "Spoken A1la ndale, Monday I nnnnn:n-n A-9 L`-- uuuuu 1` `-.vJ\.\. ;uuucu hU_IH.S 3.10. `Inc boy was soon released and drlven as rapidly as possible to the Barrie hos- lnital. ` ,.__ -.,...D .vuu5llU Ill au cievauor. AThere was a big gash across his .cheek and through the nose, the bone`, ` below pne eyefbeving fractured and the nasal bone` broken. His injuries were attended to by Dr. F. "A. Ross. The lad, unnoticed had entered-ta freight elevator in a hotel where he was staying, and started 1t in opera- Ition. Apparently `he -became` fright- ened and tried'to stop the elevator and get out at the same time, the result being ltlyt he was caught `be- tween the e vator a-nd the joists. Attracted by his screams, an em- released and A.-;...... .. ployee rushed to his aid.` The boy . uu`zL\.}lC, W110 UH. lV10T_laay OI last W on occasion of the sixtieth (']:'. H'|fJ)` an}! n'r-nunnl-nd-~3.\.- L..4.1. `LA, CAUGHT IN AN ELEVATOR /I BOY F SEVERELY BRUISED Gerald Ham, an eigiht-,Vear-old summer visitor at" Windermere, was `brought to the Royal Victoria H spi- ftal last Saturday suffering tgbrrfx lsevere injuries to his face, the resu I being caught in an elevator. ' rm.....n-----_ - i - - 1 wood bush in Euphrasia townshjp-- and for four years he stuck to it. - But the reward, was poor and Mr. ~ and Mrs. Taylor decided upon a move to`\Thornb,_u1'3;, where for eight years Mr. Taylor learned and follow- ed his trade as a carpenter, some- thing which in lateryears was to stand him `in such good stead. It was in 1879 that the Taylors h/eard~the gal of the West. "This waslong` bef re the C.l?.R. was n- .~ ished. They made the `trip from _` ICollingwood to the head of the lakes by boat and took up a. half section near what is now known as Emmet-v , II"l.v....4..l._..-.! (Continued ovn page 8) ...uuu us. uuc D1.\|/.l.UL-ll an- presentation both attested how have `Hand :. A11-.. acu ha MU '. I UULH EICCGSCCU have lived in Allan`-` of last week m`..4..'-4.L -.. t not been able to lin up explosion of 7 dynamite caps at t e farm of Sam _ -------- I So far, at least, the `police have Nevils, which, with the death of Martha, aged 4, in Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, on Tuesday` of this week, -has now claimed two lives, with the cattle rustling and robberies of the late Dan Forsythe during the past two years, and in connection with which the father of the de d children is now in custody. It wll be remembered that at the inquest following the explosion on June 28 I last Nevils professed his innocence 1 as to where the dynamite caps came fiom, stating that they must have been pl-aced in his driving shed be- = fore he took over the farm several months previous to the fatality. . VFLA 1:4-n- ....--1 .L1_- ash: Police Now Scout. Idea That There! I is a Connection With Explosion! Which Has Ciaimed Two Lives, andi Cattle Thefts and -Robberies. I rust, uuume nay 1 `\The South counted their only run, of the game in the _sixth.when Des- J- ourdie crossed the plate after he had! been walked, stole second and came in on Johnson's single to left,/Arm-. .+'l`l\YI' +]v\1vnn1~:nn- +.kn lnn'n {n4-A #1`; !program of speech and song thor- p.1uuu{L cmsueu tu; Agricultural Park. The players, officers andsup-I porters of the league afterwards gath- leered around the banquet table at the American "I-Iotel, when the season's - autivities were reviewed, the pre- ..sentation of the Patterson,Cup made to the champion Barrie team, three- timechampions in the four years existence of,the league, and a .fine I, I oughly enjoyed _by upwards of ' seventy-ve, representative of the .J territory covered by the league. A Bang-up Game` Thegame itself was a bang-up a-f- ` 7 fair, the North winning by 2-1 fi-`om ` ~ the South in a game featured by the ,. superb pitching of Jack Reive of Le-j fro_v for the South. and J. Crawford, of Minesing for the North. It was a real pitchers duel between the two I \best hurlers in the league, with hits} few and far between. `Both twir1e_d ll masterly ball, but Crawford was pos- sihly the more steady,. a momentary lack of control on the part of Reive in the fourth virtually costing his team the game, the North scoring their only two runs of the game in this frame. t] Apart from this inning the North failed_ to at anytime solve the sizz1- 2"; ihg'shots of -`Reive, his terric sneed alt having the gentlemen from the North I ,1: completely at sea. Hits by E. Craw- ( ford,` McLean and J..Crawford ac- counted for the_North s tallies. Reive lhf had no less than eleven strike-outs, iib; lwhile Crawford had butfour. Both . pitchers were afforded excellent sup- `fl (port. a 151..-; n....L1.. ' n1... 1 SC \ ,.Th_e curtain was. run down Tues- day gvening on the most successful season in the history of the District Softball League, when teams .repre- senting the tall-stars of the North at? `South (sections clashed at Agricultura I Park` rntrnvu nmznnvva nvuzl-nus-- Bzirrie Team` Acclaimed -Threc- . Ply C(hampions---North A` Triurriphs Gver South. . I SOFTBALL SEASON . A A1` BAN_(_2_U_ET TABLE} Fast Double Play -.-1.'L __-___L-_`I ;,_,_-_, -.._ _.--nu uvnu UAVI: Former resident of Ivy who p X `- away recently in Toronto. ---Buy Staunton s Semi-trimmed wallpaper -- 22-in. wide instead of old 18-in. For',sale by W. A.,Lowe.' &~ Son, Elizabyth. St . :. tfp .._ ----- ...-...v...a ; ; v A ll ultc UUDUI. can. 1 r J 6 `Dead carp are also said to -be i strewn by the thousands along the! shores of Lake Couchiching`. Orillia civic authorities, says the News-Let- `ter, are greatly exercised over the matter, fearing that the pollution of the water, if allowe to go on much further, may seriously. affect the! source of the town s water supply.l The sh have drifted over towards] ll"I-..Ll_._- 1 _ vv v.b.u.u via 11:51: an H!) puuuua. The section of the lake which is affected by the incident `is chiey the south and east. None of the -bass or other game sh of the water are ap- parently suffering from the outbreak. I 4 :n-...1 ----_ I`S. 1 fl`, The epidemic which is killing off thousands of carp in Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching, reported from Or- lillia, Jackson s Point and other local- iities,.has so far not been noticeable to- any degree in Kempenfeldt Bay, cottagers along the shore report. To `date only a very few of the dead sh have been washed up on the shore, lbut even so, the somewhat alarming situation reported from points in the `lake properhas been the cause for {some concern among summer camp- Jers. I u I. -`THE LATE BOYD DAVIS Iun- --_2.I-..L -3 5' [CARP EPIDEMIC 1s 1 5 NOT PREVALENT IN I 3 KEMa*E_1gELDT BAY} `I iBut Minister of Health Has } Banned Waters at South ~ End'0f Lake Simcoe. Kindly look at the subscription label on your paper and see if the date is asfyou think it should be. Should you consider it in- accurate please notify this office "immediately. -_... .. 1-AQI-v\a\A vvvl. U` "(Continued on page 8.) FATHER IS GRA'i'l-'EI-'(iliJf \ FOR RESCUE EFFORTS `The `Examiner mailing lists were corrected last week. -All p'.a_1yments made up to\THURS- DAY, AUGUST 4, should be cred- ited on the date labels. PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR LABEL ` passed uuv auu AUG. -750 i C. N. R. Employees/ Annual Pic- nic, Queen's Park, Barrie, Wednes- day, Aug. 17. Good programme of sports, softball tournament, Barrie Citizens Band," dance at night. Everybody welcome. Come and bring your friends. i ._ 32b A number of theatrical people comedians, sopranos, elocution, step- dancers, e_tc.. will give a concert in Pavilion, Cookstown, on Friday, even`- ing Aug. 19, that oughtrgho be one of ' `the best ever in these parts. There will\be square and round dancing 2 3 5 after concert. Admission to Pavilion, E 47c. `J-ack -Doyle s_big orchestra. 32b` 3 v uvn. auu auc. 51-62]) Garden party, Anten Mills United : Church, Wednesday, Aug. 17, at church yard; excellent program; tea served from 6 to 8. Admission 40c and 20c. " 32b The Hon. Wm. Finlayson will -be present at nal game of Oro Foot- ball League at Edgar, on Aug. 17, to present the Finlayson Cup to win- _ners. Game called at 6 n.m. 32b .Come to Minesing Friday, Aug. 19. Concert under auspices\Ladies Ath- letic Club. Lantern slides, Bairns- ,father s cartoons. George Arthur, Toronto, pianist and entertainer, and other musical numbers. Admission 35c and 20c. ~ ` 32b '. n RT D `r:........1..-.......: A....---1 -n.-- i____.___.--.-- Centenary banduet, Dalston Unit- ed church, Monday, August 15, 6 to 1 '8 o'clock; fine programme. Tickets `soc and 25c. 31-32p Garden nnrfv Ann... Mm. n..:+,.. on an wuru; uunununl D!) an P `3 PI4 'I0I03>I0X0X<>X< D1014 >X0X0X<>X0I0I0I4 I An interesting dinghy race was held on the bay last Saturday after- noon. Six boats entered and the dis- tance was twice around a three-mile course. Rogers High Life nish- ed rst in 1.15; Ro]ph s Lucky Jim" (sailed by Ian Welsman) second in 1.18; Young s Byng, third; The Ghost, sailed by C. Raikes and Dr. Martin, fourth. !g&$&m&m&m&&&&m%g wwwwwmwwmwwwg ii-" comma EVENTS _-g DI` 3c per word; mi:-_:_irn_urP 50c .14 -1- ` Frank .Go'61win, Sn, Father of Boy Drowned \in Bay, Expresses `Grati- tude to Local Physicians and others who Worked to Save Drowning Lid SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS Owing to ill health, Miss Frances E. Clark has tenderedCner resignation as superintendent of the Royal Vic- toria Hospital. .5 nuulcu guuus irom uan rorsythe. August 3,~lJosenh Mcl)e1-mutt. ar- rested following inquest on charges of receiving stolen goods and per- ~jury, released on bail of $4,000. {{nn+.'........ |uu.G an J.Ul1U\V5 July 29, Edward Hickland, arrest- ed on his farm, charged with receiv- ing stolen goods from Dan Forsythe. I 3.` Jncunh MtI11n1-nxlxff nu- . cuuulg greauy in the work. 1, It now seems certain that the 5.Fall Assize court at Barrie, to which Llaccused will in all probability be sent for trial should the evidence at the preliminary trials warrant committal, will present a scene without preced- lent in the criminal annals of Simcoe County. and at which the nal chap- ter will be ;-,written of a series of `robberies and cattle thefts in South lsimcoe extending over two years, .during` which time the whole country- rside has beep terrorized. , . Nine Now in Toils Prisoners now in the toils awaiting trial and the dates of their arrests {are as follows: T..1.. on 1-.14", 1 1-7- .... vv axypcal 1 UIHOTTOWV .' Tomorrow morning in Barrie I police court the nine men facing charges will be arraigned before Mag- istrate Jeffs, when, it h s been in- -'timated, they will again e remanded until the 19th, a week hence. Wheth- - er or not the crown and the defence or either, will be ready to proceed on that date is still a mat'ter of con- _jecture. Much depends on develop- iments in the intervening days, for the police are by no means through with their investigation, statements vmade by prisoners after their arrests `aiding greatly in the work. HA! cnnnnrv nan`----~ I I With almost kaleidoscopic changes the shifting scenery in the Beeton drama daily points closer to an ul- ;timate solution of events leading up !to the killing of Dan Forsythe at the hands of Alex. Hodge on the night : of July 23rd last, and which has been adjudged by a coroner s jury to have . been in self defence. For the past week Barrie has been the official centre of intense activity on the part , of the provincial` police, with the re- sult that today no less than eight repose behind the bars of the Coun- ty Jail, awaiting trial on various charges, while a ninth, Samuel Nevils, has been allowed his free- dom on bail until tomorrow morn ing, in order that he may be present at the funeral of his four-year-old daughter, `the second child he has lost in death as a result of the dynamite explosion which occurred at his home `on -June 28th last, but which. has not yet been officiallylinked with the lawless ramications of Forsythe and his Confederates. All to Appear Tomorrow rn {ALL APPEAR TOMORROW `Another Week s Remand to be ' 'l`aken--PrisOners Confes- sions Assist Police. | T`KT2A_`L 1 Cleanup Follows Week c Feverish Activityon Part of Provincial Oigers. . _ . _ V-.. v.- we-.1: UL. ~yx,UU (Continued on page 3) - Appear '1 VV au. 3 J.l'IH. John Tuckeriand otlier members. of the inspection staff will be pre- sent and give a demonstration on V potato diseases. and speak on the im- portanc of certication to potato growers. There will `also -be a-dem- onstration of hand and"power_odust_-' ing machines. wst kaleidoscopic on of pvonfu ln...I:...... --r- .:.uwu zulu me aetence con- I interVeTl`l7'l{7 (lave `PAV- siacT16I~?T" PAGES 1 TO 3 A potato eld day is to be. held at Arthur Walt s farm, Mid$1urst,-on. Friday, Aug. \-19, at 2 p.m. Represen- tatives from the- Chemitry Dept. of the 0.A.C. will give a talk on the use of fertilizers on pgtatoe; also` discuss the fertilizer - experiment which is being conducted on Mr. Walt sifa`rm. . '~ 'I'.\L._ rn.-..I-__- __..1 _LL`___ ____,__1,_, lUU UU1'alIllIeIU5 , Enquiries made by C. N. R. Officer Charles Fullerton immediately fol- lowing the crash led to the arrest of Wilkinson, a youth still -in his teens, a few hours after the collisio . He had "been seen walking the tracks the evening previous, and\had told people that he was/bound for Allis-1 ton. Apparently he had broken into a tool house andremoved the jigger, abandonin to start t e engine. owing sence of gasoline. He has admitted it when he was unable r to ab- ' everything to the authorities, but can ' give no reasonable excuse for not having. taken the motor car oil the tracks, except perhaps that it. en- tailed too much work; The police point out that he. apparently" had succeeded, unassisted, in putting the canon the main line tracks from those of the tool house. Wilkinson gave his age to thegpolice as sixteen. He is a big, strong looking _fellow. V l I V t i n I