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TI-ITURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1931. j Hand Lettered Show Cards Price Tickets Window Streamers Let your Windows Speak through our service. Nurthvm Ahuanrv G.R. and E. A. Burp: Foot Adjustments for Rheumatism, Arthritis ~ Lumbago, Sciatica, Etc. The Advance now offers to` Merchants a Complete Window Service. Let Us Mbdernize Your Home With or without Spinal Adiuatmento 60 Elizabeth St. Try Some ! PROMPT SERVICE Phone 195-4363. 922w 12 OWEN STREET, BARBIE John McKenzie : Harold McNa.bb Phone 53 ; - Wilh Convenient Service - \vIIDI-`$1.5, nan-`nu _ _ Want to know If We are badly g0V- he won the riding in 1923. wnen rcauug Lin (1. ..n....., ...... ` - erned or why we are losing our th 1-, t` d h h 1}, f'i;".'""'b'.. three Years 380 185` HPIII '- """ ""' markets. _ . din3le fm3V`i$`iL`i e"`i? v'J JiIid bi p1;'l=eaem2?;e?. :"`}ai1`n. illgre fin ; union one son was bom-' 5`Lhi:"33 '_. RevieWing_ the nancial condition wanted. nor did he care very much. a smatter of blood on the wall where has been makmg his }_`me Wm` 3 Sis` 0f the P1'0VmCe. the Sources Of l'eV- He would, however, impress the need it had trickled from the head. Near tel` f the accused "1 T `9 and enue were given. From rants, sub- ' ' , - `Ina present all tlirou h the trial or sidies. etc..,$2.75o'.ooo; trim taxation `iace 'ii`31'i3iabrganiEzYily ThgLl Elirgififliio. p` ileio31v`$sZ3.7 his fat.her- The secondgmarniage took 011 E33. mines. etc-1 $17.000.000; hr servatives are organized and prepar- siderably discolored and decomposed. Place "1 192 and 3nth91' 5 W35 "5952 mt1` Vehicles Ietc" $7.700.- ing for the next election. In Mr Green fungus was noticed in the ear='b"` He and his mthe1' have bee 000; fees. 10031 registration. etc-. Hepburn the Liberals had a youn. and maggots were working in thiunving 9-Way f1'm the accused SW19 _.._..__.__ _.._._.._._____.___________ Dl`0ltS`n1an of ambition and ght ana sunken eyes_ It was the doctor's P1308 in T01`0nt0- ' I 1`0T_n H1110? 2` y ; S11CceSS~i0n.they were looking for him to beo inion that the bod had been in the! Questioned about th statemen A che ue for 850,000 to the . = - - .- - - -- P Y . . 9 `- vince asqthe nefprots of the Tllrigz ((i)l6t01 e`!:n;$1%i1]'1l(gI)0(a)I0t(ggal lugtfexgggiosgoggd I`Pi~`i1{/Inc lgIlI1l:te lxeltiore l0T}E.Ch h_l lcellGar_ for at least ge orl si11)c.da%s.]" E~C_onsi:aible Kelly said the accused was N_0. Railway for the past year gives This is a large sum to couvect ho"; resirded onar th an, to lJ!`(:I1`l,` (:lI%gdlT10tl;5tlnt% 83281 ,d 1}.` V A .-V.-`given the usuall warning and said he us some conception of what the north .h,.W minim people In Spite of am close cigerhe ed(ii1i`eeing. an .t,er sa e _a e oun t e `nose wanted to tel everything._ There - a lessee Mrs. Heir b10l\Tl and lips cut, also two shoi` was no rloubt but that his mind was em part f the pmvince is di3v~ any 0111' debt is 31"ing "-W` 110-" "slim \\"l` mesented with a b ' ' ' ' - - _ . - _ _ 4 _-~ . u .~ g, ' .. n eautiful wounds about two inches behind and perfectly clear. The statement was even in these times of depiession. li-`dCl`.L`(l $o00,000.000. whereas in l)0u(iur_~` of n0.m.S_ n 1-mm above the 191-` cm. an extQn_ (Continued on page six) Phone 405 WHEN you s rep info a luxur- ious mo+or coach a1' a main sfreef poin r in one 1-own. and s rep off a+ a main s+ree+ poinf in an- : o 7 7 _ _ __g`__J_ ofher `l'own,-+ fravel service. No wonder mo ror coach service has developed a new and increas- ing flow of inferurban rra'Fc! GRAY COACH LINES ...... ....--. ,.-.... _ |.- rha+ is convenienf l trenchment. (Continued from page one) Canada to-da.y is in a worse condi- tion than any country in the world. said the Liberal leader. Sooner or later some country is going to be forced out of business and the coun- try with the highest cost of produc- tion is going to be the one to go. Premier Henry says the Conservative policy is one of expenditure, but the policy of the Liberals is one of re- Do we realize the posi- tion we are in? This province`s share of the Federal debt is one bil- - lion dollars. five hundred million; our municipal debt three hundred million, alto- gether nearly two billion dollars. If all the assessed property in this province were sold it would not bring two billion. Wall street nanciers will bear down on Mr. Bennett and Mr. Henry one of these days and we will find ourselves in the same plight as England. The T-Tpnrv Government handed Our provincial debt is - An egg eaten between September, and March is worth more to the aver- age person in a northern climate than one eaten between April and Augus-. We also find it is worth more on the nmnv-Ira} LIBERAL LEADER LOOKS FOR ELECTION England. 1 The Henry Government out $10,000,000 for Northern On- ` tario development without giving any explanation as to how it was to be spent. It was controlled by one man, _ who used it to get Conservativn_ \otes. There are 112 constituencies in the province and each riding is ` contrbuting about $100,000 of this. Ref:-rence was made to the huge sums spent on provincial highways for removal of snow, trimming trees, etc. ' Mninknn n Drnnsaonnriiaf. etc. Meighen a Propagandist Turning to hydro mattem, the ` speaker said that the people demand- e:.l some explanation more denite of ' why $150,000 was paid to Aird. It - wasn't because he held options, be- , cause O'Brien said he did not hold, any options. Chairman Cook says` that the sum paid to Aird was not l exhorbant or unreasonable, as Aird ....._ :. n nncinn +n ~Fnw-:2 fhmn fnl 1 exhorbant unreasonable, was in a position to force them to pay more, but there is no information or satisfaction. Now the Hydro has ,. employed a propagandist in the per- ` son of Arthur Meighen, who has sold his services for $10 he has some job on ,000 a year, but his hands. Our great natural powers should be de- veloped and distributed at cost. Re- ports say that power on the St. Lawr- ence can be developed for $8 or $10 per h.p. h.n. available. Yet and that there is a million the Hyd-ro Com- mission have contracted for 960,000 h.p. at $15 per h.p. There must be some reason, and a Royal Commis- sion should investigate. Liberals Got the Money Mr. Hepburn said he was in ac- cord with ex-Premier King in de- manding an investigation into cam- paign funds. Beauharnois did con tribute to the Liberal party, but how much did oils, textiles and other in- terests contribute to minty `.7 the Conservative The money the Liberals got from Beauharnois did not go to cor- rupt the hire. broadcasting, leader he would not try to get funds . candidate to elect any electorate, but for litera- ~ etc. As Liberal in this pro- vince, and he would not be a party to accepting campaign funds from ' those expecting concessions. tor McDougald was If Sena- a member of the Liberal party in Ontario he would rule him out without any considera- tion. 'I`\-dc Anny-nccinn will nnt. be over I I l as Airu-th e ti a t s 0 r it l l 1 4 nevnewmg u provincej giver etc., $2,? mines, censes, V 10: $7,000,000; x from liquor, $' pro- duties, $11,000, ', & 000, making a wes large bk A.L..,`. nxHHnn tion. ; This depression will not be over till we change our method of tax- ation. It would be his aim to shift it from those who can't pay and bring a measure of justice to those who have to work like himself. Dr. Simpson Dr. L. J. Simpson, local member. of the Legislature, was introduced by Mr. Alex. Cowan, who predicted the doctor would be Minister of Edu- cation after the next election. This is not a political meeting, said the doctor, and` it was not an attack on the Government, but to give the people of this district an opportunity to hear Mr. Hepburn. When times are good we are not much interested in conditions, but when things are 1.-.: __ 1.1.-.- ..._.. :_ LL:.-. A,"-.u-naelnn ma [benefit the moderate drinker. that` 1111': CGHCL avuu lI\. to criticize the Liquor Control Act, l as the people voted for it, but a pro~ vince with 3,000,000 can t afford to spend fty or sixty million dollars a . year for liquor. If this consumption ` was cut down by a third it would _ give fteen million dollars for useful purposes. The law as it is does! not ` t is catering to three classes, the wealthy man, who can get it anyway; the petty bootlegger, who makes some- thing on the side. and the poor vic- time who can t do without it. The temperance people should get after the Conservative members to use their inuence to have the consump- tion cut down at least one-third till this depression is over, anyway. 1.. nlnuina Dr. Simpson said that s` AA|4\4 .... ..-..._ _ cation after the next elecnon. 1 * awn m-md um an: nnt much hear Mr. nepbum. wnen Lunc: 1 1 ` bad as they are in this depression we badly markets. Dn1rlAnnnD Hm nancial condition The Northern Advance DALSTON BARN AND STABLES ARE DESTROYED BY FIRE W e EUSU market. The large barn and stables on the farm occupied by Jas. Miller, and owned by Jas. Johnston, near Dals- ton, were destroyed by re on Fri- day night last. The season's crop, as well as a cow and calf, were ` among the loss. Mr. Miller had been in the stable under the barn and hung a lantern ` while he was attending to the even- * ing chores. Suddenly a defective sill. above gave way and the lantern fell with part of the ceiling, and explod- ed. In a few minutes the building was ablaze. 'T`l-un,\-.3 ufi-v-unfnrl noin-l1kn\-c Hul- '35 301328. The-re attracted neighbors, but little could be done to save the con- tents. JOHN McEACHERN, BANK SUPERINTENDENT, RETIRING John McEachern, superintendent 0 Manitoba branches of the Bank of \ Montreal, and well known in banking ` circles throughout Canada, is retir-.1 ing. Mr. McEachem got his early v banking experience in Stayner, Bar- rie and Elmvale many years ago, and where he is still remembered as a shrewd business man. 1923 it was $237,000,000, and the yearly expenditure $37,000,000. {Five vpar: nan A dphf. w11`.i'rinQ' yeany expenuxnure q:ol,uuu,uuu. Five years ago a debt retiring plan was started. A certain sum was to be set aside every year so that . AH dszsht wnnld hp rntirpd in fnrtv ` the farmers need help i any class at the present time. IO De SET, aSl(1e every year SO CUBE all debt would be retired in forty years. This, however, is not work- ing out, as we are borrowing more every year than we are paying off. This year there will be a decit or from six to eight million dollars. True, consderable has to be used on unemployment relief work, which is necessary, but there is some critic- ism of how this money is used. The rural people are discriminated against, as much as The - Government should come to their as- - sistance in some way. = have been appointed for various things. Several men travelled through the north country to see If game was increasing or decreasing; ve or six men travelled extensively known as the cancer commission. There was no objection to this if they accomplished anything, but most of the material gathered could have been gotten by correspondence. :1 there was a good non-partisan com- mission to investigate rural problems it would be more in keeping. ('.n_nnm-nf-inn in hnvimr and selling. Commissions , it would be in Keeping. Co-operation in buying and selling. the doctor agreed, was the only sail vation of the farmers. Reference : was made to the first Co-operative i Packing Plant in Barrie. This was a move in the right direction, and the Government should be interested In such a move and give leadership In - promoting more of such co-operatives. Civil Service Overcrowded In spite of such heavy expendi- ~ tures and a deficit, the evil serviee , each. at Queen s Park is over-manned. A large addition has been made to the building and it is crowded. If the ; province was growing in population 1 there might not be so much objec- 7 tion, but it isn't. There are thirteen cabinet ministers drawing $10,000 Everyone has a deputy min- ister, and under him are innumerable inspectors, clerks. helpers, etc., the whole service is top heavy. Investigate Hydro ( `.1 V ( i 1 till ' At the recent Liberal convention u ' resolution was passed the Government to appoint a judiczn commission to go into the when- question of Hydro dealings. There must. be something wrong. The Lib- crals have nothing against publicly owned Hydro, but it should be free from politics. Tiivninp` to education. Premier calling upon i _ sions, when but a smau pe1'ct:11L2J.g-.| ever use it. Education should br- "Imore practical and suited to V0(`n-` '- l Linn: irom poumcs. . Turning to education, Premier` Henry is cri*icize(l by many for hom- ing the position of Minister of Edn- cation. This calls for the whoh time of one man, and our education ` ` zil system needs revising. There in too much educating for the profes. sions, when but small percentag-.1 '..m.- nan :+ *<`.dm-Minn br-1 ALL INSTALLED FOR CASE OF MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Hluua Highways 21 Burden Good roads are necessary, but the burden of maintaining provincial higliways falls to heavily on the rural residents. The Coun t" of Simcoe last year paid T $198,000. The cost of maintenance ` from Barrie to Bradford was - 000, of this $5,000 being for the re- moval of snow. What benet Wan I this to the farmers It was a disad- - vantage, for those who live off the 2 highway could not get to town by ` l motor or by sleighs. - Too Much Spent on Liquor The speaker said he had no desire Act, - uinnn with 2.00-0.000 who can't do wxtnour It. me use down In closing, Dr. Simpson the riding in 1929. When n.., mun nnnvantinn comes round he the accused awful'staEe. I was always honest . F. W 1k , h h n . to Deimmine heerbogyo evsertifs with my father, but he was not hon- ?uuB>E- covery, testied that the deceased had l Est tgith. th.He t "seem " rd been in good health for at least two` Th: slgagmmenngv 0:?) say that months before his death. When he saw the body Campbell's head was resting on a bloody handkerchief and had the appearance of having been placed there , not fallen. There was the body was a pool of about three cupfuls of blood. The body was con- ears the accused had been married twice. The rst marriage took place thirty- three ago last April, of which son was born. This son making his home of in Toronto through father. second marriage in 1920 son sborn. been th, `living _away "1 opinion body the statement. It-pllav for least ve or six days. 'C_onstab_le Kelly_ accused ' ,...i _..:.I L... I nd lld be 2 polling 3 Con- nrepar- in Mr. young It, and be CAMPBELL cum or KILLING ms FATHER (Continued from gage one) Peter White, K.`C., who conducted the case for the Crown , reviewed the ` evidence in his summary. He stated that he felt the case had been given a fair trial and had received im- partial consideration. It was no part ' of his duty to strive for a conviction, he said. Regarding the witnesses, in- cluding the relatives of the murdered man, he felt it could not be suggest- ed that any of them endeavored to color the story in- any way. `M1', White : denition (if the law C0101` Lne awry 111ua,11y way. Mr. White s denition of the law both with respect to murder and manslaughter was the clearest and most comprehensive a Barrie cour1 has ever heard. .T+' vnu l`f\1`Y!lJ 4-n fhn nnnn1nr:1nv`. I ` he done so ? (T35 EVET l'183.l'(1. -If you come to the conclusion that this man is responsible for the death of his father, he is guilty What you must decide is-was he to blame for that killing ? declared the Crown. There is only one human being who knows how this thing hap- pened. The full details of his kill- ing will now probably never be known. The accused has.gone into ' the witness box and would tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but has deny that he ever signed the confes- sion which two officers of the law have testified he did. You will per- haps realize why so many of his an- swers to our questions have been '1 ` ' don t know, `I can't remember, where the truth must be that every ` incideunrt, every action of that morning i must be indelibly stamped on his - memory and is there now. nn vnn hplipvp him when he sworn that he 3 You have heard him . and IS mere now. Do you believe him when he denies having signed this statement '1 He denies it because it contains these word, `I hit him in the face and push- ed him down the stairs. His state ment on the witness stand is that hi.~ father fell down the stairs. ' Gentle men of the jury, I ask you to considei that there were fourteen distinct in- ! juries on he head of the aged man ` and the seven broken ribs make the V fteenth evidence of the kind of boat- ing he got. I am going to suggest tn van that the old man was done mg ne got. to you that the old when he was thrown down the stairs The accused was alone in the house . for several days. It would not ha. been such a trick to order and wipe out all evidence of a struggle. of difference whether he beat him up before he threw him down cellar ov . went down stairs afterwards and n ' do it. ished the job. You must take the responsibility for determining the facts. One would think that once tns accused s passion had cooled he would have gone to the auth- . aorities and said he had killed his! father and that he did not intend to` Instead he lived in the house for seven days with his father's body hidden away. Does that not show a guilty mind `.7 . Tn charging the iurv Judge Jeifrey 1 am guuig w auggcm . put things In ` It does not make one bit ` guilty mind '1' In charging the jury Judge Jeffrey complimented the Crown and the de- D fence counsel for the manner 1:. which they had discharged then i] duties. He warned the jury in arriving at their decision not to take the eas, way out by simply saying we will give! the accused the benet of the doubt, ,He drew to their attention the fact! that the accused had not gone to seci what had happened to his father 01 `a had attempted to give him any aid.- ` When his father struck him three ' times on the chest, which he admitted ' did not hurt him, he had struck bacni ' instead of stepping aside or leaving` the room. This was to be born In 1 ' mind in considering what, if any, pre-L` c c < I " vocation the zxccuserl had for his :u_-1.! The trial opened Friday morning ....-u. um mymrmnn nf` Mrs. CiA1.}| BATH ROOM :u_-Ll V` the body of Campbell late in the ab .ternoon of mmo m COI1S1(101`1ng \\'u2u,, u uu_\, i.I1u`t At this point. there was place In Th t.` 1 d F ~ . - ,i.evv1dence_ a wrltmg pad found on the with e=:the11ae\oi::Ee ofr1d23y1.:n1o1C:T{:l1 1`_l`=| dresser m room occupled by the Campbell, daughter-in-law of the (le-i'f`I,ChuSd ll; 510013 la;$eSf(?HOn' ,, , , , ere was aso p` uce e w- cmbed ho as the one to dlcmC"i11g statement made to Constable John Kelly and .~:ig11-_-ll by the ac- cused. "My full name is Thomas Wesley Campbell I m 54 years old. I came from Alberta in September, 1930, to before the body was found, but coulo Amstollz. and. fmmv then n 1.h.a`"' not get in_ on the afmmoon of ibeen hung vuth my father, W1_ll1am Campbell, of Centre Street, Alllston. S tv.8l'.l1 _h tt fl ) l ) ` d .. rexging the: seicllelecrlooro Llnl3OCl:)eLlise,VVa;]llnl l.H and I were the only people hvmg m that house. Sept. 8th. She stated that she had been to the house on u pre\'iou.'< occasion and found it lock-l ed. Her two sons, Lorne and Robert had also been there on the Saturday . ,,- _ , ._ I've always found my lranfglgy abndduvfggy `.:il`]el1.e:1 tigiztfather hard to get along with. He but got no answer " ` ` `was. a man 87 years old. He has maws bedroom She (}f%i3Edt.1ee1?Sllocked me out several times within , _ - the last year and on Saturday, Sun- sisglggrg `Em: *::;:::I a day he and mu On further search she d1scovered tharlto get mm` 1 had n money ad. n two of the bedrooms upstairs were home to g to` on Monday mommg` was occupied by the accuse l. : ,\ Unable to find anyolne about, s-mfather g lg: :h:_t'1ythafterA'd Went down town Where she met h llaV;?ti:l;ebre;:1illa$1{aSI pileoclgelzhemdishes 1:11) Son Lorne. They returned to the gmndfatherys house and after anothellthe kitchen table and my father tom 1. +,. rrnf nut I got um and cauzht occupied by the accused. anyone she1 town, hey grandfather's another search had decided to go home, when ` Mrs. Campbell opened the cellar door and saw the body of Campbell lying ~ at the foot of the stairs. She said she l knew from the position of the body : that he was dead. z .11.... can T.nrnc- mld the court that dead. Her son Lorne told the I he went to a neighbors after the ~ nding of the body to get a doctor. ` In cross-examination by the defence this witness stated that his granu- ` father had been a little hard to get - along with, but he had never seen any trouble between the old man and = accused. . n.. w W.nIkpr. who was the rst sive bruise at the back of the head, a out behind the right ear and a small portion of the ear missing. Asked about the chest condition, the witness said there were slight abras- ions over each collar bone and seven of the ribs attached to the breast bone broken. The inference was that heavy pressure exerted on the breast bone had caused that type of fracture such as jumping on the chest. On the examination of the dead man's brain the docto-r said he found a hemmhorage of blood on the left side between the brain and the skull just above the left ear. Death he attrr buted to shock, loss of blood and ex- posure. What. do vnn mean Iw shank '!" posure. What do you mean by shock '. " asked Judge Jeffrey. There are var~ ious kinds of shock. People are of- ten shocked in my court." The \vi1`nn.< said that cnllanse mi2"nt E011 SHOCKECI In my COI1l'E."~ The witness said that collapse might better describe the condition. He al- so expressed the belief that the mur- dered man had been lying on the cellar oor for a short time at least before he died. There was nothing in his position to indicate a struggle. Witness, what would you say with respect to the possibiliy of death hav- ing been caused by falling down- ` stairs ? asked the Crown. T e'l-umnlrl envy 4-1143+ 1'l- rlnnlrl hnv SE81l'S ."' KSKBG Elle UTOWH. I should say that it could no1 have been possible, replied Dr. Walker. l"`.`|nn vii--nnao J-A111 A43 I-sou-iv-nrr nvnv-nn walker. The witness told of having gone upstairs to Wesley Campbell s room with Dr. Cunningham and Provincial Constable Page, who forced the lock- ed door of the man's bedroom. There they found the accused lying partial- ly across the bed and at rst thought him dead. He had been bleeding from a small cut at the side of the neck and another one on the inner side of the left leg. There were also three supercial cuts on the left side of the neck. Wrapped in a towel beside him was a razor blade cover- ed with blood. Found to be alive. the accused was taken to the hospital, where he bnightened up considerably and although weak, seemed to be quite clear in his mind. Oiipstinned hv Judge Jeifrev be- quite clear in ms mmu. Questioned by Judge Jeffrey fore leaving the witness stand, Dr. Walker said that a fall down the cel- lar stairs could not have caused the extensive injuries seen on the dead mans body, which must have been the result of repeated blows. hr (`.nnm'nal-mm was of the same result 01 repeated mows. Dr. Cunningham was of opinion, that the old man had died from the injuries he received, and that the amount of blood on the cel- lar floor showed that the body had practically been drained. .(`,nn: John Page described the MCKENZHE & MCNABB pracncauy been arannea. -Constable John Page condition of the cellar, which he found showed no evidence of a struggle. He said the whole house seemed to be in order After the accused was placed under arrest in the hospital, he had been left to guard him. During the night of Sept. 9th the accused had `said he wanted to tell everything and ihad been told by the ofcer that he did not want to hear it. The accused, however, insisted upon making a state- ment, declaring that he wanted to get it off his chest. _ After ascertaining` from the wit- _"to put up with it now. point there placed In ;i,evvidence writing found 3 in the occupied '_,accused, with some names on 11:. __'There also produced the follow- _'_`ing U x-mu run nmnp is Wesley it off his chest." After ascertaining wit- ness that he had not questioned the accused regarding the crime, or hem [out any hope or promise that would induce him to make a confession, the Crown asked what the accused said. I He told me he had killed his 'father," replied -Constable Page. 'l`ha-. ithey had had an argument right after ;breakfast on the morning of Aug. 31, `and his father had iold him to gei `out. He hit him with his fist. To A corroborate this statement the ac- ; cused showed marks on his right ehand made by the blow. The ac~ Housed told the ofccr that he realized he had done wrong, but would have E to with it A1-. this noint placed the kitchen table and Iamer now `me to get out. I got up caught hold of him by the breast and we scuffled some. I hit him on the heat: with my st and pushed him down the . cellar stairs. This was about seven o clock in the morning. I think . went up to my room after that and j lay down. Those marks on the ' knuckles of my right hand were ' caused by the blow I struck my f father. It was afer my sister-in-law. I Mrs. Addison Campbell; came in yes- 1 terday evening that I cut my throat. 3 When I heard her in the house I got scared, my nerves were in such an awful state. honest ._ d est with me. He did not seem to A. 4-1. via!-1+ I-hint with me. Page *DEVELOP|NG~NEW~ TRAFFIC + \v/ _ . , , dirabcl the ifimgs ixglywag. I=UR1~jAcI~: o_r Hot Water Heating