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; i | iS CIRCULATION _ THIS WEEK . 3875 COPIES 'WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED----- THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING 16 PAGES SECTION 1 PAGES 1TO8 J. A. MacLAREN, Editor 56th Year Ww. ©. WALLS, Manager \ PREMIER-ELECT _ WARMLY GREETED Impromptu Reception Tender- .ed E. C. Drury.--Short Ad- dress in Opera House. B.C. Drury, the newly-chosen ater uf the UF.O.-Dabor Gove ment and Ontario's prospect: ive Premier, was warmly greeted tome from Toronte on 'Thursday evening last, Mayor Sprott and a number of prominent citizens, besides a host of his supporters, were al the station to greet him, on the arrival of the evening train, and the Citizens' Band put pep_into the welome by their ewli¥ening music. As he stepped from the train, the Premier-to-be was showered with congratulations. and as the band struck up "For He's a dolly cod Fellow,' rswere given. Hoys with lorehes and the band h ssion ty the Opera Hous y Sprott and) Mr. Drury riding ahead af ada number of moters. The fon was all INemMeNnts' Nobce and the welcome was a great surprise to Mr. Deury "Loam deeply touched by this warn weleun my heme tewn? said thee five Premier, as he arose te the speech uf t One we athe posiben hems untheargeht position as the leader of an inexper Hut the TOF.O0 are not the matter of ineyperies very few of the old membe rewlected and it will be an une experienced parhament. How. ever we ate: pr ml to assume Me respanstbilitt "The in Mento siecess of the movement whieh swept us inte power was semething deeper than simply the farm oO p arranged on a few peespe + reply Wy Mayer Sprott possilnlity of this was offered me And it is a neyyy fon for better representation in the House, for the farmers rep- resent ouly about forty per cent et the qsputation. 1 was the feeling | the old-tune party severnmiont Had ontlived is day the system which has developed into a4 scramble for ofive has been discarded by the people ay a whole and the government whieh puts party first and the rights of the people second is no i r wanted in us Provinee 7 resulted in a people's Eovernment "There will he no class lewis- lation ino the new government," sail Mr. Drury emphatically. "We have heen elected hy the will of Ihe people and we are going to aduiinister the laws of the pro- Vinee fairly and fearlessly. We will carry out the will of the people on the referendum, both ithe letter and in the spirit, and if there are any loopholes in the law we will have them corrected y further legislation." This lement brought forth hearty applause, "We will make for construe- five legislation, and will bring evonomy into the government, It lis will be a big task, but we are elected to serve the rank and file of the people rather than any need for economy today, » The curse of party government has been the abuse of the patro system, making' for extr ganee." continuing, Mr. Drury said: "We have no desire to look after our own following, and if there are those who expect special 's from the government they ure going jto be disappointed. "As yel/we fave bul a majority 6f byo in the Legislature, but there are indications that we will} have the sypport of members- elect of the other parties who-de- sire to cut away from the old tie and support progressive legislation for all. I see no rea- son why there should be two an- {agonistic parties in the House. We do not have them in our mun- icipal governméhts and there is no reason for them in Provincial government. The old party ser- vitude caused men to vote with their party though they knew they "were taking the advantage of a mistake of their opponents at the expense of the people as a whole.' In conclusion, Mr. Drury heart- ily thanked the citizens for the warm welcome and said it was far from his wish to be Premier of Ontario. It was a high honor that had been thrust upoyhim, but he felt it his duty to accept the office, which he did in the deepest sense of humility, and with a keen realization of 'the re- spongibilities of the positign. = , and there is the greatest! "| there, BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919 Single Copies 4 cents $1.50 Por Vear (in advance) --==== BIRTHPLACE OF THREE PREMIERS The Victoria (B.C.) Colonist) Mr. FE. C. Drury, of Bar- rie, Ont, who has been elect- ed leader of the Farmers' Pafty in Ontario, and who will be the next Premier of {hat Province, is a son of the late Mr. Charles Drury, former Minister of Agricul- tu of Ontario, in the Gov- ernment of Sir Oliver Mo- wal. He is a cousin of the tetesMr, RoI. Deury, of this rity. } Barrie, from where he comes, is a very smallten- tre of pepulation, but itor the country near it has the 1} fame of being the birthplace of three of the Provincial Premiers. namely, the late |] Charles Semlin Sof British Iumbia.. Mr. Chas, Stew: art (of Alberta) and Mr. B. Drury who will shortly be called upon te form a {] Government in Ontario. | pete His Worship Mayor Sprott, in introducing Mr, Drurg, said that Jhe voiced the pinion of the people as a whole, irrespective of | party or ereed, when he said that the whole town appreciated the honor that Mr, Drury had brought to Barrie by bemu blected as the | [frst ertizen of this province. Personally, saut the Mayer, he wi to weleame Mr, Deury sof the Bar- wits MEN'S OUTFITTERS OBJECT TO CHANGE Counter Petition Against Al- lowing Shops Open After Seven P.M. It was a short and rather un- eventful session of the Town Council on Monday evening, the evident desire 'being to rush the business through in time to at- fend the Victory Loan meeting. A counter petition was received from a number of the dealers in men's furnishings asking that the early closing by-law, so far as it affeets these stores, he not re- Pealed, They considered it a re- (rograde step W. Ford, 12 Wellington St., a returned soldier, complained of had drainage near his property, owing to culverts being blocked. Albert EK. Prinee complained of dangerous walk on Rose St., east from Perel St., and asked for a cement walk, Prominent men said the presen! walk was a disgrace to the town Ww Hunter, Geo. Vickers, J. & Sons, Devlin & Mur- Sarjeant & King, B. D, Moore & Armstrong, B.! + Webb and D, J. Mc- Law Dongall wrote asking that no ac- tion be taken in reference to pee {ition ty cancel early closing by- mee, of law of gents' furnishin es They consider such action a re. (ragade movement, Referred to commiltee | T. Metealf and others asked for] econe whan he had) sonally associated with school. He said that it) (Sas nel offen am history that the | on ef a prominent government omic! Fixe fo exeel the emin ence of tis father, in fact it was somewhat unusual far the sen to] hve the brains to full his [father's shoes," but in this case he hat ne doubt that Mer. Drury weull fll with honor the paste Hon he had risen to. Hearty cheers were given by the aubence for the new Prem: | wr, --_----_- Barrie Boy Goes to Air Board Capt. Frank Roy Smith pest sen of the late G. ¢ of Barrie, was on Saturday fied of his appointment as Medieal' OMieer under the Aw Hoard, and left for Ottawa on Tuesday to- receive instructions | las to his duties, | Capt. Smillr, although but a yenng man, is one of the vete [ins of 1914. He enlisted on Aug-| list X,af Rorento, and went over in Seplemir, 194, with a tachment of the Corps, and was in Fran ry | [months aifead of the 1st contin- | gent. Affer over a year in the [front line, he was returned to in Mareh, 1916, and was ved fo the Royal Air) ee as a medical officer, and among other units he command- jod a F. Hospital at Long ) Branch for six months. Dis- 'appointed in his ambition to get back to France with the Air : » he transferred to the C.A. and returned to England jwith the rank of Capt. He went jto France again in 1917, and al- logether served over two years ter the armistice and up to July of this year he served on medical boards in England, jexamining the men for discharge, when he returned to Canada, Since coming back he has been attached to the medical staff of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, and was quite surprised when the word came of his appointfhent to the Air Board, Frank was a popular youfg man of Barrie, and was one of the representa- tives of the Boy Scouts sent to England in 1914 to attend the coronation celebration of King George. For some time he was in charge of the local Boy Scouts, which are called "Frank Smith's. Own." His many friends. will congratulate him on his appoint- ment to this important position. Another appointment to the Air Board of interest to Barrie people is that of Lieut.-Col. J. Stanley Scott, M.C., who has been selected as superintendent of the Certificate Branch. Lieut.-Col, Seott was in-command of the R. A.F. camp_at Borden in 1918, He resides in Quebec and enlisted early in the war in tig Can. Ar- tillery, He later transferred to the R.F.C., and after considerable service in France returned to Canad to. take command of R.A.F. camps. 7 * them in good working Buy advertised gonds. Mt pays another light t. Vincent Park, between and Blake Sts. \lex. Cowan wrote regarding a} collision between a horse driven | by CG. M. Sr vo Tanistl, and Kempenfeldt Mex. Milne's automolile on} Bradford ost opposite Harry | Beyson's new garage on the 18th inst. The accident was FARMERS AND THE VICTORY LOAN Farmers, as a class, are more concerned than any other in the success of the Victory Loan, and J. J. Mor- rison, Secretary of the ULF. 0,, strongly commends it to the farmers of Ontario. As he points out, over 8200,- 900.000, or 34 per cent., of the loan of 1918 was ad- vanced to Great Britain and her Allies for the purchase of Canadian wheat and other foodstuffs, and he adds re- garding the present loan: "If the farmers of the country are tn receive good prices, with a ready market for their products, it is all- important that there should be an over-subscription. Then in addition there is the fact (hat the loan affords a good investment--almost double the rate of interest obtainable at' any of the hanks on deposits, with the whole of Canada as sceur- ity." Pe | a ens || that they could not procure the help, Lf they went on with the repairs they would have to take the men off the sewer work, This work was ta haye been 'lone in the spring and now it is fall and nothing done. It is a disgrace, and if the cellars are flooded the town will have some suits for damages to defend. 1 ant giving you , said ALL. "Dy | Ald, Pear attention, to the faet that the atrinking foun- tains have heer overflowing, creating pools of water on the: sidewalks and roadways around | them, Tt was intimated that an order would be given to have them closed of for the season, have he alised by a fh without any lh! or warn yu. He asked that Canned lor damages incurred, ani fail | ing this. action would be entered. | Phe Water and Light Gomis. sen wrote that every hydrant bad Leon | nl put in pe fret order. y asked far ee operation of Council ink rder a use by town emple é \ The Aero Club of Canada wrote} reestablishment of various aerial roptes and municipal aerodromes in'the interests of future devel. | opments of aerial traMe | D. Canawan and others peti-! tioned for a sidewalk at the vast end of Cumberland 8t. thief King's report of Police Court convictions was as follaws Assault 4, Motor Vehicles Act O.T.A. 3, theft 2, trespass 1 desertion f,-a total of 2 one arrest for theft and forger for Toronto folice. Seven loads | ne of coal were test and one! found 40 Ibs. short, which was made good. On one oecasion several loa' of bread were found 40 Ibs. short, wl was | Joaf, and" on another, several loaves were 2 ozs, over, evidently the result of carelessness in same bakery. 7 Inspections for Prevention of fires are being continued with good results, wrote Chief King, and [ generally find things in good shape, bul some, from ca lessness, allow rubbish, papers, ete., to accumulate, T have had to submit conditions in-une case to the authorities which I consider a menace to life and property. Glad to report no serious fire, has oecurred during the last two} months, the Allandale boat houses fire (cause unknown) be- ing the most serious, More Sidewalks Recommended The Board of Works recom- mended sidewalks on the follow- ing streets: West side of Toron- to St., from Wellington to half way between Wellington and Ross S8ts.; on Cumberland St., Theresa St.; north side of Sophia St., from Maple Ave to Mary St.; east side of Maple Ave. to Wel- lington St., on Victoria, from In- nisfil to Sanford St., and on San- ford, from Victoria to the last house. The same committee al- so recommended the acceptance of Scott Bros.' tender for snow plowing at 8495, it being the low- est. Delay in Sidewalk Repairs Ald. Tyrer wanted to know why repairs to sidewalks ordered last spring were yet untouched. On Dunlop St., as well as on other streets, there are places where from four to six inches of water is to be found after rain. Works. Chairman Lowe replied jof power production A mation hy Ald, Grafton to have the ing at the Five Peonts repaired or replaced ear- ried Survey of Soft Coal Supplies H..\. Harrington, Deputy Fuel Controller of Ontario, -- asked Mayor Sprott ty furnish a survey of the available bituminous coal supplies on hand in the various pubhe institutions in town. The Publie schools were found to have a sufficient: supply, as well as the R. V. Hospital, while Simeoe Hall and the Waterworks Dept, had just, sufficient for im- mieiate use, although the latter has nile arrangements for a re- hewable supply every fifteen days. None of the industries off the town are dependent on coal for power, hydro electric having replaced almost all other methods The Depu- ty Fuel Contoller is making a survey of the whote province, so as to take effective measures to make distribution where most needed if the miners' strike affects the shipments into the eountr There is still considerable of the eivie wood, brought from Al gonquin Park last winter, avail- able for sale, and enquiries should he directed to the Town Clerk. Besides the supply on hand there are {500 cords yet to be brought from the north as sdon as thé weather will permit. Motor Case Appeal Judgment was reserved. by Judge Wismer in the appeal of Fred Bolter, of Toronto, against a police court fine resulting out of an automobile collision on Bradford St., on August 16, The appeal was heard on Tuesday, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. the matter was argued out from many angles. Considerable interest attaches to the case, as it is hinted that the Ontario "Motor League is making a test case to establish a ruling. The point. which they wish to establish is that a man is justified in turning to his wrong side to avoid a collision, and if an accident occurs that he is not liable. Donald Ross ap- pgared for the plaintiff, and W. A.-Boys represented the Town. The Town's defence was that Bolter was speeding when the collision occurred with Chas, Harris' car, claiming that Bolter's skidded 30 feet before the col- ision and 12 feet more after the jlicting a period of deflation of HIGHLY COMMENDS VICTORY LOAN Mr. Drury in a Most Effective Speech Shows Why It Should Be Supported. Premiet-elect E, C, Drury made a most effective speech in favor of whole-hearted support of the Victory Loan at the meeting in the Opera House on Monday evening." Thix was Mr. Drury's first appearance on a public plat- form after hix call by the Lieut- enant-Governor to form a gov. ernment, and some reference to the political situation or the pol- liey of the new U.F.O.-Labor Coal- lition was eagerly looked for, but jMr. Drury refrained from any 'pronouncement on the course to he adopted by the dominant party in the next Legislature, confin- ing himself in his excellent fif- feon-minute speech to a strong endorsation of the Victory Loan an economic grounds He also sounded a note of warning, pre- money values and a depression that was hound to mean the low- ering of the price of wheat and fall in (he present high standard of wages, and advocated the pur- chase of bonds a8 a means to combat this depression when it does come. When he made his appearance | de. on the platform, after the com- meneement of the meeting, he| Th having just arrived on the even-| ro. Ihis was repeated when he arose| lo speak, the demonstration he- ing one of tribute to the First Citizen of Ontario and to the! pa honor he had brought to his na-| yo L the U.F.O. etrief-| ag fain appealed for the indulgence of the audience for being ineap-|a able at the end of a hard day's| my work of making a long address. Continued on page 9) Sudden Death of Mrs. H. Ball kl Fullowing a stroke, death came| ty suddenly to Mrs. Henry Ball, |" Mary St, on Tuesday night, and the news of her sudden passing came as a great shock to her an Ba rrie and surrounding coun- The late Mrs, Ball was born at Thornton, 72 years ago, her|ap maiden name being Sarah Jane|an nningham, daughter of late John Cunningham, of the} M Township of Essa, near ,Thorn-| lar fon, who died at the advanced jap age of 90, She was married tola the late Henry Ball of Warmin-;'me ster, nearly half a century ago, | a" and for a few years they resided | in at Warminster, where Mr. Ball! gr hada wood-working shop, they moved to Thornton, where Ness, that she felt a dizziness | yme over her, She rested on a] cov@h for a short time and med- ieal assistance was summoned, but she gradually sank, and at ag gan, died a year ago this month, |B and her little grandson, Mervyn|Ce Bailey, passed away in January of this year. The late Mrs. J. W.|C0 the only surviving member of |Or her family is Mrs. Lawrence |Mi Bailey, of Thessalon, Samuel Cunningham, on the homestead near Thornton, and James Cun- ningham, of Sundridge, dre the United States. be Mrs. Ball will be much missed | ed in Barrie. She was a member of St.'Andrew's Presbyterian Church and the funeral service will .be|12 impact with the other car. The plaintiff claimed that he expect- ed Harris to turn to the left on to Vespra St., and that he steered his car on to the wrong side to avoid a collision. The result of the appeal: will be of interest to all motorists. th East Simcoe seems to prefer|in J. B's--first it was J. B, Tudhope and now it is J. B, Johnston. Patriotism, profit and pros- perity are linked up by an in-|scribing to Loan. vestment in Victory Bonds, home, was a commercial He is surviv was formerly Orillia, and one son, George E. friends and acquaintances|New Organist and Choir Li ing of Collier § Church on 'Tuesday evening the the 'The Later | The Lieut. Bell, Lieut they conducted a general store/Geo. Irish were submitted to be just Cookstown Ness was also a daughter, and|Elmvale brothers, and a sister lives in|Opera House is rt conducted by her pastor, the Rev. | 15, Geo. A. Brown, films have heen shown EFFECTIVE Some business men have an idea that the billboards can give them better results than the newspapers. It certainly isn't so in Barrie, The manager of the Grand Opera House, who now uses The Examiner almost ex- clusively, has tried both methods of advertising and here is his opinion "The management of the Grand Opera House, Barrie, discontinued the use of the billboards on the streets a year ago, and have been us- ing instead additional news- Paper space which we find much more effective, busi- ness now being better than ever, Patrons of our theatre have become accustomed to getting the news of the at- tractions through the news- paper and we have no in- tention of reverting to bill- board advertising." ". (Signed) John Powell, Jr., Manager. Barrie, Oct. 24, 1919. $e -- ee Former Bandmaster Died in Toronto _ William King, ~whose oecurred suddenly at his Brock Aye., Toronto, last hursday, was 'one 'sf the early sidents of Barrie, and for a John ath ing train from Toronto, Mr.) number of years was bandmaster Drury was given a magnificent|of the old e Temperance rption by the large audience | Rand, Ws. Ho was that filled the Opera House, and| the son of the late Thomas D. x, of Cooksville, and for many has been a member of the th Highlanders' Band of To- nto, and though im his 70th ar was with them up te about tive fown and county. five months ago, when he too! When the Chairman of the) jy, When "he Wighlanders T -|Band furnished music for the ' air here in 1918s he was here Non. Mr./with them, About forty © he went to Toronto wh travel number of yea He was a mmber of All Saints' Chureh, by his widow, who Miss Curran of ng, of Toronto, and formerly Barrie, and two daughters, 's. J. H. Gordon, of Hamilto d Mrs. Henry Lauz, of Mich: in. ler At the Quarterly Board Meet- St. Methodist ist pointment of a new orga id choir leader was discussed. Board recommended that - Rice, who has held a simi- position in St. Thomas, be pointed, Mrs. Rice play few weeks ago. At the s reling il was decided to place memorial tablet in the church honor of mem egation who fe names of 1! in the war. Capt. Grandy Armstrong and for nearly'twenty years. engraved on this memorial tab- Mrs. Ball was in her usual good | let. health until about 7 o'clock on 'Tuesday evening, when she com- Barrie Tops the List plained te Ner son-in-law, W: 3-1 a (he annual repurt. of the rigultural societies of Ontario issued, Barrie is shown to ve paid out in {918 almost uble the amount paid by Col- 1.30 passed peacefully away. ML Me which was the next Much sorrow and bereavement Mishes in the county, had come to Mrs, Ball in the past | Coins glen ae votlewe: lwo years. Her husband, the late|"O7lties W as, follows: Henry Ball, died suddenly two (Alliston years ago this month, her daugh-| Barrie ter, Mrs. (Dr.) Henry, of Michi-|Beeton . Bradford ldwater Hingwood Reece eet idland teen eee * Films: for Victory Loan In connection with the Vic- tory Loan campaign, the Grand ning a num- r of feature filmis, those bill- for the balance of the week among a large circle of friends|and next week being as follows: Nov. 6, Ready Money Ringfieli Noy. 7 and 8, James Wilson; and 13, Prospperity; 14-and Lieutenant Wickson. These in all e principal cities and are run conjunction with the regular programme. American investors are sub- Canada's / Victory They know a good thing.