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THE .BARRIE- EXAMINER CIRCULATION THIS WEEK 'WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED---------------- J. A. -56th Year MacLAREN, Editor W. C. WALLS, Manager BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919. ingle Copies 4 cents $1.50 Per Year (in advance) MANY PASSED ENTRANCE EXAMS. 82 Per Cent. of Candidates at Barrie Successful -- Those Who Passed. 'Barrie Centre fst Class Honours 1 Agnes 2 Edith Quirian .... Marion Partridge 1 4 Richard Callighen.... 4 John Rohisson...... 6 {rude I 7 Wilfrid: Rebinson, .WestWard 7 Joan Thom : Centrat) 9 Margaret Burdettp...Central 9 Frankie Campbell, West Ward 11 Janet Campiell,.. West Ward §{ Doris Turner ....West War 13. Wm. Hayes 14 Rowena Cook 15 Ruby Hanutton 15 Talhan Haske! 17 Gertrude Seett. 18 Agnes Qninlan... 19 Gertrude Wiimshe Gordon Channen . Reginald Forlong . Qn Class Honeurs , Margaret King 1 2 Thins Mee Mary's a Winuifred fia ~1 Ward i leene Brawn Ward 5 Joseph Hail Wa 6 Elmer Care West W Polean Hares 2... West Ward 7 Alan Manvel s....... Central O deebel Devin soo. St Mary's Victor Collis... Barlin Ave Muriel Tesson... West Ward Vincent Niven oo. West Ward Carvia co. West Ward Ma Shirtitesede Agnes Horan. t. Mary's Wm Mays Central Charles Cross: West Ward Mary's + Day Daley. Robert Pratt : Phyllis Partrider . Fadward Huxtable Annie Kenney... No, 7% Oro Reginald Godden. Burton Ave i Esther Martin ...... Central Neola Paddison .. West Ward 'Theresa Murphy .. St. Mary's Harold Wardman.West Ward Clark Scott Burton Ave. Vera Clifton ..., West Ward Charles Hunter ..... Central Alvin Tauck . Central 31 Ross Twiss , - Central 34 Alfreeda West . Central Pass . Catherine Moore. Irene Hor Flsie Cook: 5 5, Ve 5 Edna Secor .... Burton Ave, 7 Clarence Ambler . . Central 7 Aubrey Ardell .. Burton Ave Y Herbert Pratt No. 19, Oro 10 Annie J, Partridge. Crown Hi! 10 Oda Reith . Central 12 Hugh & ide .. Rurton Ave. 12 Aileen Landon ,. West Ward 14 Edward Smith . Central 15 Mo n Finlay Central 15 Irene Lowe . Burton Ave. 17 Madeline Clark . St. Mary's 17 Ivan Clemmens..Burton Ave. 19 Gordon Tribble ....£ Central 20 Kathleen Moore St. Mary's 21 Fred Cavanagh....St. Mary's 22 Belinda Murphy.No. 5, Vespra Re-read. Passed and Approved 1 Lyall Maxwell Central Recommended and Approved 1 Leslie Brown .. . Central 2 Faith Luck . Central 3 Lila Robinson .... Central 4 Ruby Wiles +» West Ward Total candidates .. ist Class Honours 2nd Class Hohours Pass . Recommende Failed Successful Minesing Centre ist Class Honours Mary Coles.s.8. No. 0, Vera 2nd Class Honours 1 Albert Graves.S.8. No. 9, Ves. 1 Alvin Graves.8.8. 9, Ves. 3 Ruth Orchard.S.S. No. 9, Ves. 4 Evaline Graves..8. 8. No.9. Vespra 5 Andrew Orchard..S, S. No. 9, Vespra 6 Daisy Smy..S. 8. No. 9, Ves. Pass 1 Hampton Fralick.S, 8. No. 9, = Vespra 2 Leonia Hayes..U.S.S. 11, Ves. Recommended arid Approved 1 Monica Torpey...8.S, No. 15, Vespra. @ | NOTE--In the foregoing lists * {eases wh . Central | 1-8 of one amill on the a where two or more pupils are given the same number this in- dicates equal standing. (Continued on-page 11.) A Memorial Park 'The Alliston Herald says: 'The reeve of West Gwillimbury, Cympton Jeffs, ang the members the council of that municipal- y have a commendable object in view in the way of preserving to the people of that and other townships and the urban centres in them a play ground on the [southern shure of Lake Simcoe, | (hus giving to the rising gener: }tien some of the pleasures en- | jeyed by their parents and grand parent 1 this beautiful body of |water. The township of Gwillim-- |bury was prompted to aet with {no further loss of time. Rapidly jare the farms and properties along the Lake Simeoe being bought up by the wealthy people Jof Toronty and no sooner dees tion to sell than a buyer is at his slow, It is said that in some e owners refuse to sell now, they have, for a considera. n, been given the first oppor ty tr buy should they decide ir |tuni aoman make known his inelina-| SUMMER VISITORS _ [LIGHTNING DOES FLOCK TO BARRIE Biggest Season in History-- News of the Resorts Down HEAVY DAMAGE Three Barns and Contents Destroyed -- Four Cows Reipert, and had an argument with him over the price. From words they came to blows, and Mr. Umbach, who was standing there, 'interfered by grabing Coutts. Coutts returned to the hotel. Apparently the trouble was over, but half an hour later, the Bay. Killed. about five in the afternoon, while Coutts was talking with his cus- Peninsular Park, Big Bay! Saturday's early morning {tomer and_-- myself, Umbach Point, and in fact the whole offotectyical storm caused heavy {arrived outside the 'hotel. He the shore of Kempenfeldt Bay,|jo..ex to a number of farmers in| Shouted a number of things and h, come back,"--indeed, it has /inis istricl. A barn helonging|Coults rushed out of the hotel s:ome back" --it has ew and rejuvenated Ife and is today one of the fore- most of the many summering places of this region of beauti- ful sylvan lake-xide resorts. All down the south shore from Minet's to Big Bay Point, palatial summer homes, inodest cottag more dhan started ona FY to Jas. stroyed by fire. Besides the barn, covered by insurance. Arthur Walt, of the 2nd con line, Vespra, impressed with the enthusiasm of) 82000, and if is reported that he Caldwell, Lot F, Range 2. 4Oro, was struck and totally de- some implements and bay were burned, thedloss of $1500 being near Midhurst, had jiust finished hauling in fifteen and struck Umbach, who fell." The late William Umbach was a hrother of Police Inspector Philip) Umbach, of Ossington avenue Police statign, Toronto. There are also two sisters and a nieee in Toronto. Mr. Umbach Was sixty-five years of age, and leaves a widow, his second wife, with idealistic names, and canvas | geres of fall wheat, the last load|and one daughter, Miss Sarah tents dot the banks of the bay.| still remaining on the wagon,|Umbach. He had resided at and the influx of summer resi-iwhen his barns were destroyed |A¥ton all his life, where he was dents and visitors is the greatest! about 4 o'elock {he same morn-|bern. He was a dealer in grain, in the history of the town. jing. He alse lost some 25 tons| flour and coal, and was formerly An' Examiner representative }of hay, 150 bushels of feed cats, | deputy reve, had an interesting interview with/a ton and a half of chop, some| "That Neil Coutts did, on July jMr. Coupe, the proprictor-man- Jimplements and harness, the|23. 1919, assault, strike, kill, and Weer of the Peninsular Park) horses and cattle being got out|!hereby | murder' William « Tm. }Uotel, on Monday, aad was much | in safely, His loss will he over|bach." was the charge against Coulis at the preliminary hear-| 12 PAGES - SECTION 1 PAGES 1T0 4 No. 31 MAJORITIES FOR BOTH BY-LAWS Small Vote Polled -- Work Authorized Will Be Started Without Delay. Both the West Ward Sehool bylaw and the roads and cement sidewalks bylaw carried by sub- stantial majorities on Friday last, the former by a vote of 143 to 78, and the latter by 171 to 64. Little intergst was evinced in either bylaw, the taxable rate- payers apparently. being quite content to let bothMthe Town Council and the Board of Edu- cation administer their affairs and proceed with the work out-- lined, There are some 1596 available votes, and of this num- ber only 235 were polled for the roads and sidewalks bylaw and only 221 for the West Ward School bylaw. One surprising feature of the School bylaw was the vote in Ward 5, where half as many votes were polled against as for, the vote being {8 for and 9 against. The votes jlo sell within avspecified time tol thi« experienced surimer hole! had but #1000 insurance, ing at Ayton on Thursday last. | were as follows: game Toronia man. $0 rapidly! manager. "Our holel is not halt| dart Wattie, Midhurst, had| | With the consent of the' Crown The School Vote have these Inke properties been |hig enangh ta aceammadate the fone mileh cows killed in a field [the court acceded to the request ° For Agéinat feeling thal there ave now Bul lnombers whi apply far erioms posite his house, the loss of [Of the defendant's lawyer for an} wana 4 i eae 16 ple Ue fo prevent they "ad Mir Coupe, Oa Sun. 18500 not carrying "any insnrance,|Adiournment, and after hearing |qary 9 77 10 07 °° rr' F day we regredfully turned twenty-| In the Stroud section the storm | the. evidence of three witnesses gon 5 ee r hack fenees to way, and evety day we was very sharp while it lasted, \]of the 'assault, adjoutned the | "a int fisfen To the lappi f the waves | Ieilers fram Americans! barn belonging to Robert Ferrier | hearing till August 2, committing | 14 and smell the lake temper red | huvodate| was struck by lightning ahont |Coutts fo the county jail at Owen v . 9 breeves, the township fathers of! rm Pitts. five c'elork and totally destroyed | Sound in the meantime. 9 pGwillinbury have made the. pro- and en-lwith contents. This barn was vent that the four townshing. |, are sll coming in!' nat on the farm where Me{biquor Fine of $366.60 In Flos ae ea jie Teavn and three ineorpornte cain san experienced Porrigy lives, but on lot 1, con.) On Friday afternoon, Allan] aa villages unite in acquiring Alwar man ait tor thet "fit Thowas a rather old strue-[MeDonald,«cun 10, Flos, app Sidewalk and Roads Bylaw. 0 TEL 10 vans: haa sven onitina titire abun! 30 be Go, set onjed before Magistrates Carnahan! wy. 4 Auainyt whe wothe lake se sosummen hotel a posts. In if were: mawer, nd Foster, charged with having a a " (wall know af ne more Miskosi. He is planing lentovatar and six tone af quer ina place other than his | yy. mat = 11 Swell as a HE PTARU ai Titties fa tint vent ane bud loss is estimated at about /private residence, says The Elm./ Vat 3 : ita those who have return Plas 4 Ward 6 4 those ' eat amie plains being Shad with no insurance jvale Lance) Through his suliei-| ("4 : Peaqesal is to establish the mem=|anesinent at the hotel: an ele tor, Mr. John Birnie, of Colling-| yo") as tal park as a pienie and play vinie ent plant which will far-|N, Coutts Charged With Murder | wood, he pleaded guilly to the Ward ¢ inde for the tuple of these nici light foe'vollanee tee well nal 5 SI anaeeeal oo His solicitor asked the|*®™ te is 10 Municipalities, The Gwillimbury {the nec ce nee 3) Neil Coutts, charged with the/charge, ¢ = -- (lates a be pavilion, danee| murder of William Umbach, -at{¢durt tc impose a minimum fine, aA Pri jmen have seeured an option on ithe most desirable of the fine inviling Teeumseih, Essa, Innis- |fil, Alliston, Bradford, "Beeton and Tottenham to join them in making the purchase. The price 'at which the property can be purchai@d is $20,000. This has been found ta mean but 12 cents on every thousand dollars of assessment in these cight mun- icipalities. have the rate figured out. This would require ment. To make the burden light that the most impecunious | should not feel it these men Propose to issue debentures to |cover the cost and pay off the {debt in twenty years' time which |would mean less than one cent |per thousand dollars of assess- jment per year, The promoters the memorial' park have their facts and figureg'allin intelligible forin for presentation to the people concerned and are asking for a meeting of representatives from all the municipalities on time, Centre Simooe Enumerators The enumerators appointed and now doing the work of pre- paring the voters' lists for Centre Simeoe, are as follows: Penetang-- No. 1, Chas. 8, Carter, returned soldier; 2, Jos. Hatton, returned soldier; 3, Stanley Knowles, returned sold- ie 1, Wm. A. Eakley, returned sold 2, John Downer, farmer; 3, ajorie Maurice, Iumberman; 4, Waller L. Simp- son, returned sojdier; 5, Geo. Lynn, returned soldier; 6, Thos. Dickinson, farmer. Flos--No. 4, Frank Keats, re- turned soldier; 2, Geo. H. Rowley, geturned -soldier; 3, A. Coughlin, live stock dealer; 4, Fred Van- sickle, returned soldier; 5, Geo. Borthwick, returned soldier: 6, Alvie Crowe, returned soldier; 7, Walter L. Carruthers, returned soldier, Sunnidale---No. 1, W. T. Clark, farmer; 2, Wm. Switzer, farmer; 3, Jno. Forgie, farmer; 4, David Seeler, farmer; 5, Jos. Gilpin, re- turned soldier, + Vespra---No. 1,. Wallace M. Coutts, returned soldier; 2, Vic- tor Brett, farmer;-3, Capt. E. E. G. Bird (retired captain); 4 and 6, Henry Priest, farmer; 5, Geo. Parr, returned soldier; 7, Stanley Reynolds, returned soldier, Tiny--No, ey Buy advertised things, it pays Properties still remaining and are! and many other improvements. Mr, Jeffs and Reeve! _ Todd of Innisfil class goods had heen entirely sold some date within a very short} Jamieson, and particularly the south shore, {And refreshinent room on] avin, an dulp'23, té well known ihe"shore: a regular boal service |in Barrie. "Severed sere aan he marge boats to augment theinod auction sales of cattle at present smail launch and motor| various hotela here. cad hog bus service; larger boat houses; the underbrushing and cleaning up of the grounds, affording an unobstructed view of the water, {bought cattle in this district for 'a number of years. Some four years ago, in company ¢with a local man. he got into an allerea- tion with Charley Chew at the latter's restaurant, striking the Chinaman very severely with his cane, The particulars of the case, as reported from Ayton, are as fol- Hows: "William Umbach, a well- known coal déaler and flour and feed merchant of Ayton, died on The benefit. to the town of Barrie from the many summer People who make their homes along the shores and at the Point. is evident to all business people. Merchants here do not now have the dull summers that are experienced in some towns. One local merchant stated that July 23, following a quarrel with his trade with summer residents|Noil Coutts, af 2106. St. Clair almost equalled his town trade|ayonue west Toranta, The two at this time of year, and another | man said that certain lines of better. were bargaining for hogs [with Charles Reipert. a farmer, in front of the Commercial Hotel, cut fo summer residents whol Main street, when they were stated that they could not pur-|drawn into a heated argument. ehase such good materials al| Witnesses of the affair say that such moderate prices' in thel¢ontts struck Tmbach aver tha shops of their home cities. The transformation of the south shore of-the' bay from farm head, shoulder and breast sev- eral times wilh a cane he was carrying, and that Umbach fell property to highly-improved| backwards. striking his head summer homes has been going on/ upon the cement pavement. for some years, but the boom in} Andrew Schenk immediately values of shore lots is of com- paratively recent date. H. D: when interviewed on the question, said that the lots on the shores of Kempenfeldt, went for the coroner, Dr. J. L. Easton, who declared Umbach dead and telephoned for constable John Sein, who was out of town. Coutts, in the, meantime, had gone to the station to superin- tend the loading of his pigs, and evidently was unaware that Um- bach was dead. _ A murder charge was laid by the wife of William Umbach against Neil Coutts the follow- ing morning. Coutts is about 60 years of age. He has a wife and two infant children, Mrs. Coutts reached are the most sought after of any summer properties today, and evidence of the satisfaction of the purchasers is the fact that except in cases of absolute necessity the owners never offer them for sale--in fact the con- sensus of opinion is that it is an ideal location, Mr. Jamieson was the pioneer in placing much of this property on the market, his purchase of the Silas Smith farm with an eighty-rod frontage being the first speculative pur- chase. This he purchased at $! per foot, and, later, he resold lots of 165-ft depth from it at from 81.50 to $3.00 a foot. To. day, it is said, one cannot pur- chase a foot of shore property from Allandale to Big Bay Point less than #12 a foot and much of it would bring much more than that figure. Some of the owners of the more extensive properties, which were bought for from $15,000 to $20,000, are said to have been offered over $50,000 but will not dispose of them. All the local owners with their families are occupying their cottages along the shore and new ones are continually being built. {Continued on Page 4.) Ayton on July 24, following the receipt of a telephone message from her husband, who told her "it's all right." Coutts left home on Wednesday morning and ex- pected to be away a week. is wife and family were to meet him at Ayton on Thursday, When Mrs. Coutts arrived she found her husband a prisoner in the hotel, because the village had no jail. Mrs. Ceutts declares that her husband has many friends in the Union Stock Yards and says she is most grateful to them for helping her. "I will never believe that my husband could wrong anyone," she said. "In his business he has to be fair and liberal-minded." Andrew Shenk told the story of the fatal quarrel as follows: "Coutts was selling his hogs at the station to a man named but Mr, M. B, Tudhope, of Orillia, counsel for the -- prosecution, contended that as the liquor was not for the defendant's own use, but evidently for purposes of sale, that the minimum fine should not be allowed, although he would not ask the court to impose a maximum fine After due consideration the court ask- ed Allan to hand over $364.50 as fine and costs, which he cheer- fully did. The ten gallons of liquor (declared by counsel for the prosecution to be "good stuf) was left in custody of Coustable Draper, who expressed it to Toronto. Inspector Fisher McDonald of operating a still. He met him at his gate on July Htthy returning with fen gallons of good rye whiskey in his buggy It is suspected that this was. fo have been taken to Orillia, in the hope that there might be some drouthy individuals among the crowds on the 42th, On searching McDonald's house, the Inspector found part of an old still that had evidently been used some time, but none of the pro- duct. The still was turned over to the Inland Revenue Depart- ment at Barrie. This is the third still Inspector Fisher has located in six months. Boys From Toronto "Ward" The second group of boys from Toronto's wel}-known "Ward," now at the Central Neighborhood Camp, just down the shore from Allandale, held their field day on Saturda: These boys are not often' privileged to avail them- selves of the large spaces and clear air of the country, and are enjoying themselves to the limit. Sam Goodman, the well-known Arlington Athletic Club boxer, won fitst place in the senior class, while Tom Fenuzzio and Phil Frankel were the inter- mediate and junior champions respectively. Of course there had to be a boxing tournament. These lads would rather box than do anything else. Most of them have room for little gelse than boxing in their restricted Toron- to quarters. There, were botits from 85 to 125 pounds weight, and the track and field events suspected | 'The need for the enlargement and modernizing of the West Ward School has been most thoroughly set forth: in recent issues of The Examiner, and all citizens should approve of the Board's action in adding to Bar- rie's school accommodation, The west portion of the town is slowly 'becoming the centre of Population and the town is ever srowing in that direction. It is, therefore, wisdom to provide for future requirements. A modern school for the West Ward is an absolute necessity. Work commenced on Monday. While excavations for the addi- tions fo the school are being made, the interior will be dismantled and partilions re moved for the remodelling and improving of the old portion of ? the building, whieh will he made into a first-class modern school, Kempenfeldi St. Road The work of improving Kem- penfeldt St, and constructing a permanent roadway there will be started at once. This work has been delayed since before the war " and with the increased cost of labor and materials, as well ag the scarcity of suitable men to do the work, it is doubtful if the $2700 voted will be sufficient to make as extensive a job as was at first intended. The balance the bylaw money, $7,300, is for sidewalk construction, much of the work to be done being connecting links, which every rafepayer will ap- Prove of. Arhong the sidewalks which are to be constructed are those on the following streets: Ellen from Vespra to Jobn, To- ronto from Mr, Turner's to Park, Elizabeth from Francis to Boys, Sophia from Mary to Toronto, Sanford from John to last house, Berezy from Theresa to Eugenia, Caroline from Marcus to Alfred, Maple Ave. from Wellington to Dalton; Park from Small west. Other sidewalks are under con- sideration. Citizens Country's Banker Canada occupies the very desir-- able position of having the citi. zens of the country largely her bankers. Our country's debt of which followed were quite as keenly contested as the boxing events. A twelve-innings base- ball game' resulted in a score tied at 7-7. The boys are having the time of their lives. Kindling wood for sale. Ball Planing Mill Co., Ltd. Phone 109. Bitte is now about two billion dollars, of which three-fourths 'are held in Canada itself, one-sixth in Great Britain, and one-twelfth in the United States. Canada is now practically independent in a financial sense. The bulk of the debt is from the Canadian people, to that section of it which invest- ed in bonds during the war,