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CIRCULATION THIS WEEK J. AL 56th Year W. C. WALLS, Mai 3625 COPIES| Trin p MacLAREN, Editor imager & WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMA' ARRIE SATURDAY MORNING BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1919 g Single Copies 4 cents $1.50 Per Year (in advance) | 16 PAGES - PAGES 170 8 No. 25 $1400 TO FINISH - BRADFORD ST. RD. Going Ahead at Once--Barrie Fair Asks More Grant--M. O.H. Wants Bread Wrapped At the regular Town Couneil, Monday night, a large Sieputation was present to an increased grant for Bar- air and another frem the Heard lof Health asked changes in the milk by~ how and that) wrapping of bread be made compulsery, It sas decided to proceed with the 1 St rie completion of the Brad pavement at Bunker's Creek im mediately. 'This work will be dene hy day laber and the esti- cost is SL E00 Communica Dr. Avi other rate south of Ehzabeth St. ions nuriber of oronto St, asked for Land Eighteen ratepayers on Eecles St. and Perry St. asked for the construction of a sewer on Eecles St. from the present sewer to Perry St and on Perry St westerly to the Villiers house on Perry St A petilion was received for a nent walk along the front of Hen St between Vespra and John Sts Fisher and others aske for the wiling of Toronto St from Toss St to Wellington St F. Barrettasked $40 for a sheep and threw lambs killed' by dogs on May 19 ALG, Ardagh wrote asking that some work dene on the steep hill on Theresa St W, E. Scott wrote regarding caretaking vf firemen's quarters With reference te the applica: tion of the Board ef Edueation for permission to take elay off! streets in seetion Taid out en the west sid® of Torenty St by the Rarrie Land Go. H. DB. Janes: wrote that he had offered to the Ttiuard its elay requirements from fis pe mperty on the Snnnitale| Read at onable whidh offer Sint holds good further pointed out that although the publi Net in-any w cation thereof reets in question appear up- registered plan they are not highways as the Town has epled the de joing work ar making improvements of any kind thereon although requests for such work were made several years ago:nor has anyof the land abutting on said streets been sold to any person. He holds that the Council has no authority to sell or give clay off these streets and notified it that if it did so it would be at its own risk, He also stated that steps had been taken some time ago towards having the Win amended sd that these streets may be closed, ~-™ 3.22 _ Board of Health A deputation consisting of R. A. Stephens, H. C. Channen and id before the Council Dr, Little ta certain matters that had been considered by the Board of Health. Mr. Stephens spoke hriefly on the necessity of having read wrapped and Mr. Channen referred to the need of proper} ree oe for street: sweeping: Little, M.Q.H., said ther auile a feeling in favor of having read wrapped. It has been said that this will raise the price of bread, but the M.O.H. produced a double loaf of wrapped bread made by an Alliston baker, which he had bought at Midhurst Stn. The price isthe same asis charg- ed in Barrie for unwrapped bread. This baker has been wrapping his. bread for three zears. He hoped to session of the: , [is being dumped on Muleast south | d| them that the Council was glad to, [assistance delivery of milk is desired. present delivery is madg 'at any old time. The Board would like to see a bylaw passed making it compulsory to deliver early in the morning and to carry the milk on ice in so doing. They also advo- cate a reduction of the butter-fat requirements from 3% to 3% per cent. Barrie has the highest standard in Ontario and it is not practic Another bylaw needing atten- tine-is that regarding pigs. Wm. ble. Rolling established a pigeery. on Henty Street last year-and nu- merous complaints have come that this i< a nuisance. Notice has been given the owner that he must abate the nuisance. -- Dr. Lilt le suggested that the bylaw define moe clearly what a pig- gery is and regulate such more closely The M0. ei) that the Board is trying te ket along with as little expense HS possible but latep on there will be numerous things to be under~ taken, A healthy Barrie is much more impertant than a beantiful Rarrie, desirable though the lat- Vter is. Deputy Lowe said if any refuse | St it is against orders. His Com- mittee is considering putting in receptacles | Mayor Sprott thanked the mem_ bers of the Board of Health for heir presentation and assured hear of their efforts for the wel- fare of thet citizens. aft" a Bigger Fair A laf®e-deputation appeared in support of an application for an increased grant lo Barrie Fair. assured the Coun-} tak: which asked grants to ie Nav ;|REFUSED A GRANT TO Y.M.C.A. WORK County Council Also Turned Down Request of Navy League day afternoon, bers had shed their coats the intense heat. eustomar as short as possible. accounts was the main Tuesday afternoon was larg en up in hearing deputath League and the Y.M.C.s Ww. ed, his seat was taken by Mr. nolds, the new lage On Wednesday Couneil decided against giving grant to either Y.M.C.A, League. tion wrote stating that the Janve grant for accommodation in) rural County is 8243144 er and 867,07 for Notice was received the latter, from proving of the bylaw When the June session of the County Counetl openetl on Mon- many of the mem- and vests ux a measure of relief from Warden Todd advised others to fotlow their ex- aiple and he forebore making the ipening address in or- der that the proceedings might be|the men Reading a big bateh of communications and |think we have discharged our ob- ilem. Stewart of Beeton having resign-- Rey. reeve of the vil- morning or Navy The Deputy Minister of Educ equipment and public and separate schools in Simene for the form: the | the Railway and Municipal Board ap- granting jcertain privileges to the Barrie | Angus Telephone Co. The Dept. Presiient Quinlan pointed out that the main object is to have a it iseep and betler fair, One of the |Reat firs in this part of the prov. [thee Hos tired to make i oone of ihe seven or eight big fairs of On tart, Ciazens are inereasing! their subscriptions and wath mosey; from the Couneil the Saciety would be in a position to offer larger prizes and improve} the fair all around. He believed) the town would get big returns for the grant | S.-W. Moore said the Fair di-| urs were to be commended for progressive plans to put rie Fair ina front place. What is good for the Society ig good for the town and he believed there| should be hearty co-operation by the Counci&and the citizens. A. F. A. Malcomson felt that the work of the Fair had been left to the few too long and urged that there be more general interest and support. From an educa- tional standpoint and as a bus ness proposition it deserved a: sistance from town and district, Loyd Livingston, Minesing, al- ways interested in the Fair said he was also interested in Barrie. He thought it not unreasonable that the Council should be asked for a more liberal grant. Improving the show would help to increase the sympathetic co-operation of the farmers and bring the town and country more closely to- gether, --- - Se "Barrie Fair is one of the best advertisements the town can have", said H. A. Sims, "and t surely merits generous sup- port." in "The Fair has been a great drawing card," remarked J. E. Suteliffe. "The directors have worked hard and are worthy of support." R. A. Sutherland of . Stroud pointed out the importance of a fair to town and country. A fair such as Barrie should have is a great asset. In the county town of the largest county of the province the fair should be second only to see the Council pass a bylaw making wrapping of bread com- pulsory. Another thing recommended by the Board igs to have proper re- ceptatles for refuse from streets. People on Mulcaster St quite properly objectedto having refuse dumped on that street. A burning question is the prop- er handling of milk. Pasteuriza- tion is most desirable, though it may increase the cost 13 to 2 cents per quart. The Board has tried 'to see that the citizens get pure milk. Tests for tuberculosis through fees and higher admis-|work. All the profits were turn-|pensation. are now being made on all cows|sion charges. The directors want|ed back to service. that supply milk to Barrie. Time may not yet be ripe for a pasteur-|rie has had a good fair with ex-|ned to raise funds by campaigns|might be increased. Toronto. Ifitgotthe supportitde- serves from the town it would de- velop wonderfully. There are great possibilities in the show and generous support from the Council would prove a splendid impetus. E. J. Byrne felt that the fair Was under most capable manage- ment and the Council would be justified in makingga liberal grant. .C. M. Hickling of Vespra [Coleman movedethat the adjourn: | 'nent be ull $0 Orillia of Public Highways |their lives during the war, has approved of the designation |the of the Penetang Road from Pen.|lo ¢ jotdng to Crown Hill and also of it was decided to make this ap. plication to the County Council. Capt. Best, in opening his ad- dress, referred to the very dark days of last year and to the mag- nificent spirit with which Cana- dians met the situation--enthu- siasm for war work, liberality, prayer and self sacrifice. He ad hoped this spirit had come to stay but since Nov. If a wonderful change has come over the people. It would almost seem ax though they threw their hats in the air, exclaiming joyfully "No more campaigns, mm: more generous givings, no more special prayer meetings. no more war work!" It ix good to see glad welcomes to coming home, but we make a tremendous mistake if we lligations to them until they are ly|placed in' suitable employment and assimilated into civil life. We are poor things if we stop now, We must stay with our duty Ul the whole job is finished It ix so easy to forget and drop back into selfishness, un- mindful of many things we should a}never forget. Simeoe Gounty had done well in its support of the Y M.C.A., war work and he hoped a-jthat it would maintain its repu- tation and generously aid an or- ganization that has done and is doing so much for Canada's sol- diers. Navy Leagte Capt. Coles of Collingwood, was first speaker of a deputation that axked a grant of $10,000 for the Navy League. There are over 35.000 dependents of sailors of the mercantile marine who lost These has undertaken surely was a Navy League for and it worthy cause 'road No. 240 fram Penetang Road Rey. Wm. Hipkin spoke with a to town of Midland Jhalf century's personal know. Jas. Lucas of Arthur askeq the} ledge of the life of the British County to pay $16.50 for damaves | Sailor. His two eldest sons went) fa ae DRONE TA dataetivel Gul [tm andone af these gave up his vert on the Tay-Tiny line. Mes.[life. There is no class of men Wilson Campbell of Wyevale par] Whe face death with lighter in a bill foe S86. for dame hearts op believe more firmly in cansed by her cutter turning ihe Providence af'God. "The war and horse running away at Pew's|Weuld never have been won but corner onitaudy : fup the heroism of the mereantile " Daylight Saving i When tiie came for ment at the first adjourn- session Coun. |g aun time, Having petitioned against) p change of lime at the January}, session he thought it Only consistent lo observe stan dard time, Other members felt. while op- posed to daylight saving, that 't would only cause confusion to follow the old Lime and so it was decided to meet according to the time which is in force in Barrie. Plowmen Want Help Mr, Leigh, representing the Plowmen's Association, |L) appeared on Tuesday afternoon] |i asking a grant. In seven years they have paid 82000 in prizes|a and they are the ofly live. plow- ing association in the county. He said the reason they did not get the provincial plowing match this year was because Chatham outbid them by $600. Competi- tion 1s open to thé world. An ef- fort is being made to interest the| , boys, two or three being entered e in gach boys' class, running east Appeal for Y.M.C.A. standart) with no thought of reward, would bel was started consisting of Couns. rarine dives lost nd they contributed more than did the na Phere was no glamour about their vet they rd all sorts off angers cheerfully and willingly ravision was made for their de- endents until the Navy League It is a cause that should appeal to every loyal Brit- isher, Roads and Bridges No action was taken on the laim of J. A. Lucas for damages to his car; nor upon the claim of Mrs. W. Campbell for damage to utter. A communication from J. T. Mulcahy re the flooding of David overing's land, Tay-Matchedash ne, Was referred to a committee Lovering nd Archer to dispose of. A special grant of $500 was made to Con. 5, Vespra. $300 was voted to a road in Coldwatér, the village to supple- ment with a like amount. Stayner will get $100 for road improve- ment, provided it spend alike mount on this work. $200 was voted to improve road from Hillsdale, Hillsdale and Medonte to supple- A deputation appearing on be-|ment with $100 each. half of a grant to the military work of the Y.M.C.A., was intro-|the road duced by Mr. Yeigh. 8 $150 will be spent to improve leading into Hawke- tone, Oro to spend a like Dr. A. M. McFaul, speaking for| amount, the Collingwood deputation, re- ferred to the good work of the|fi "Y" overseas and of the need to still "carry on". boys is second to none. 8500 was voted for the road rom Midland to lot 101, con. 2 Tay. upon the condition that Mid- Its work for the|land pay $200 and Tay $300. For the repair of the road lead- Chas. W. Bishop, General Sec-|ing from Elmvale to Wasaga retary of the National Council,|Beach a special grant of $500 dealt with the financial side of| was made. the Y.M.C.A. This is a most pe- To improve the Valley Road, culiar year, a period of transition |Nottawasaga, $33 was voted upon from war to peace. The "Y" is|condition that the township add left in-a position of larger tasks | $100. and responsibilities and yet with conditions more difficult than during the war. Referring to the|had Registry Office Fees The special committee which interviewed the Attorney consolidated financial statement,{General regarding the County's he said that every item means a|share of the fees of registry of- story of service. There had been|fice reported that the change in spent in free service over one|f showed how 'the fair revenue could not be much to increase the premiums, million dollars. eeshas madebecause some ofthe The Attorney Gener- He stated TUER ACQUITTED ON THREE CHARGES Amazing Record of Chief Crown Witness--Paid for Pretended Murder. Al the County Court all pf Fri- day was occupied in hearing lwo charges against Edgar Tuer: (1. That of stealing two bags of wheat from John Kirby of Teenmseth on Jan. 18, 1918 and receiving then knowing them 40 have been stolen, (2 That of stealing 15 bags of wheat and 3 s af rye from the Thornton el tor ef the Canada Grain Co on Jan. 19, 1918, On Thursday Tuer was tried on a charge of receiving a belt stelen from. 8. Bryant. On all three charges the accused was found not guilty. The most striking feature of these cases was the amazing record of evime which Charles Seotl, a youth of twenty, acknow ledged---theft. burglai false pretences and even taking money for having supposedly carried out a job of murder, The Belt Case 'ol. Bryant, owner of a shingle mill, testified to losing 150 feet of belt. At the time he hought, the belt if new was worth $90. It had been very little used and he Paid 860 for it. He had only used it two or three times when it was stolen. Chas. Scott described his theft of the belt and told how he sold. it to Edgar Tuer for 85.00 and $1.00 for Inck. Tuer admitted buying the belt and said thal the $15 paid was all if was worth to him. H. Hamilton of All fied to seeing Tuer pay for the pelt, After being out shout half an hour the jury returned a verdict of acquittal, The Grain Charges Charles Seatt was the first witness called for the Crown. He is twenty years of age. Since his father's death nearly two years ago be has lived mostly on the farm with his mother. Tuer lives about two'miles from wil- ness who knew him well, Was at Thornton elevator in Januar: 19, 1918. Went with Mr. Tuer at whose mill they agreed to go to Thornton elevator for grain, Left Tuer's mill before midnight and reached Thornton elevator probably about 1.30. Broke into elevator by taking off a small door on the south side leading into the side entrance. Took out door screws with screwdriver which witness had, unhooked the door and lifted it off. Went in, lit lantern and looked around. Had bags brought from Tuer's mill. At first noticed only rye and started to fill bags till Tuer noticed a spout and thinking it might be froni & wheat bin tried it and found the wheat with which they filled 18 or 16 bags. They. also had 3 or 4 bags of rye. Us- ing a truck they wheeled the bags to the door and loaded them into the sleigh, After loading up they put door hack and put in some of the screws. Put door back to avoid arousing suspicion. Then covering up the load with canvass brought for the purpose they drove south to Cookstown and then west to Tuer's mill where they unloaded the bags. Tuer took team and put in stable, tell_ ing witness to go home so that he would be home before daylight. Reached home about 7 o'clock Sunday morning. Next saw Tuer a few evenings later at the mill, Tuer told him the load came to over $90, making share of wit- ness $45. Witness owed Tuer some money and Tuer' paid him the balance--about $15. Concerning the Kirby case, witness| said Kirby lives a mile from him. In the winter of 1918, witness, on suggestion of Tuer, went to Kirby's at night to secure some grain. Tuer said that Kirby was going to team his wheat to him and wheat could easily be got there without being missed as the bins were large. One night, The business|registrars in the smaller offices|got bags from Tuer and drove increased |side was but an annex to the main|were not receiving adequate com-|to Kirby's barn and took two bags of wheat after pulling the staple al intimated that the percentage] in the lock of the granary door. Bar-| Mr. Yeigh said' they had plan-lof the Coynty's refund in Simcoe |=--=----=---------- expenses. Net receipts in Simcoe ization bylaw but it is bound to|eellent displays in nearly all de-} but so many suggestions had |that if the registry office expen-| County registry office-are slightly come. One dairy firm is instal-|partments but the directors are|come from leading men in differ-|ses are too high the Government| over -$6/000, and 90 per cent of (municipalities that the money would investigate same as they|the expenses of this office are 'ling a plant and the creamery has tall its cream so treated: * Better not 'satisfied. AGontinued on page 6.) They-want to bet-| : should be raised by county levyjhad now supervision over those Boldaby the ete pian Drove wheat home and the next. night took it to Tuer's mill, where the grain was emptied in- to the hopper. Tuer said that after Kirby sold another load wit. ness could get some more, There were five bushels and 'Tuer gave: him a cheque for $10 which he cashed in the Home Bank in Alliston At this stage Mr. Cotter asked that the cheque be produced by the defence. Mr, Agnew de- murred about putting it in at thig stage, He said there was no machinery of law to force a prisoner to produce such things: and asked leave to produce it on_ cross examination. With such a clever witness. he preferred the latter course. His Honor, how- ever, ordered the document to be produced immediately Mr. Cotter presented the cheque: fo the witness who identified it. This was dated Jan, 1B, 1918, pavable to Charlie Sentt for 810 and on it was written the word Witness said this was the: cheque given for the Kirby wheat. Witness had no wheat to sell but' had lots of rye on his mother's farm. The reason the word "ry was put on was for a blind in case the wheat should be missed and the cheque should turn up. His mother sold most of her grain. fo 4. H, Mitchell, but some to. Tuer, Taking up the cross-examina-- tion Mr. Agnew began delving in- to Scott's past history. Witness said turning King's evidence an& getting out on suspended sentence had nothing to do with his tuen- ing over a new leaf, He changed his ways privr to thal, Has not yet repaid thy persons whom he robbed--has not repaid any of them A remarkable record of crime was admitted by the witness, In addition to the three charges for which Tuer also was charged and on which witness was cunvicted, he acknowledged stealing = an emery wheel and belt from a fac tory in Alliston, 100 plugs of to- baceo from an Alliston store, box of collars from anoth re in Alliston, a motor car (which he drove for a time and it was then recovered by the owner), an au~ tomobile wheel and t a bicycle which he sold, 2 bags of sugar from Hutchinson's store, one of which went to his chum (this chum participated in several of the thefts but witness declined! to give his name}, flour from a C.P.R. car at Alliston, barley from Alderson's barn, rye from Stoneham's barn; securing $400 from J, H. Mitchell by false pre- tences and over $100 from Mr. Tracy of Alliston in the same way; stealing 'oats from Bob English's barn and a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of vinegar, which was mistaken for whiskey. He admitted being at Beeton that day with English who returned home with over $600 for stock loaded, but denied that he went to English's house with any thought of trying to get this money. They went after the whiskey. Oats were carried off on their backs, The climax to his story was his recital of how he got $45 from a man called Carter to kilt another man named Ray. He went to Carter one night and showing him blood on his clothes and face said he haj done the trick and Carter, seemingly sate isfied, handed over the 345. Ask~ ed where he got the blood, the witness replied, "That was eaay, killed a chicken." Replying to a question as to why he hired with: Carter to kill Ray, he said, "I thought as Carter was always talking of how ciever he was and considering the kind of a deal he was trying to put over, there wouldn! be any harm taking @& little change o% him." (Laughter Examined as to Thornton: trip, witness proved rather hazy as to the time at which he left Alliston and arrived' at Thornton. He | drove the team about half'the way « to Alliston. They trotted fully half the distance. The load did not bother them on the long hill. Made the trip of i, miles in 3% hours. Snow had fallen, but tte would not call the road heavy. Arriving at the mill they stood the bags (containing about 56 7 bushels) on the floor. He didn't + think it odd that Tuer should" supply team and outfit and then + take only half the proceeds. Con, cerning the-Kirby theft, witness ~~ said Tuer had suggested' it at different times. He admitted' that (Continued on Page: 4). ' A