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CIRCULATION THIS WEEK Ww. C. WALLS, A. MacLARE! NM, Editer Manager DID COLLECTOR COMMIT FRAUD? J. B. Gray Was Having Good Receipts When Interrupted By Police. On Monday morning J. B. Gray. did not way where he is suppored to meke bie home, appeared before His Honor Judge Vance on a charge of fraud, elected to be tried by the Judge and will come up for triul on the 17th. James Bryce Gray was arrested in Pene tanguishene after he bod collected a cou- siderable quantity of money in that town and in Tiny, Being able to speak French etsily he operated successfully in that lin trict collecting in various eums from 10 cents upwards, Hin receipts are suid to have been sbout $8.00 per day, In his pocket was a book in which he put down the donations, This had in the front of it 8 statement to the effect thut the subserib- erm heartily endowed the work of evangelist J. B. Gray for temperance and purity aod that the donations were "for Mr. Gray's private use thst he may more efficiently carry on his noble work." 'The privoner says he is the von of @ min- ister, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, came to Canada 25 years ago after a course io Glasgow University, took s.courme at McGill College and st the Salvation Army training school, Toronto, after whieh, be pays. he did independent missionary work iv Minnawta, Saskstehewsn, New Bruns- wick und Ontario for four years. Last June sn unauthorized collector wa» reported to bé operating sround Powsssan and the authorities nuspect that this may be the suiie man. A. H. HALBERT AND THE INDEMNITY (Chesley Enterprise) We have received » copy of The Barrie Exanuner in which @ full repor' is given of Ex President Hulbert's address at a con- vention cnlled to name s candidate for the Federsl House for North Simcoe at Stayner. Evidently The Enterprise's re- marks about Halbert's action not harmon- wing with his talk on the Indemnity Bill bas got under his skin and be has adver: tised this paper so well in gn attempt to explain sway something thst can't very well be explained that The Enterprise is getting provincial-wide reputation over charging Halbert with beinig s political fak- ir, We had decided to drop the whole matter, but us Halbert doesn't seem dis- paced to quit wwe will give him one more browdside. The Examiner Teports bim thus: "Dealing with the charge made by the Chesley Enterprise that he had supported | who ed it an nbsolute falsehood and quoted an Ortawa paper to show that he had spoken against the measure. He did not eecept the Enterprise's challenge to sue for libel because he war too much occupied to be bothered with auch trivial matters." Wrong again, Mr, Halbert! You shirked the vote after talking against it. There were eleven who voted against the inereazo from $2500 and you were not one of them. "The inference is quite clear, You wanted to get credit with opposing thé motion and at the same time you were absent when the vote came on, leaving the impression that you were anxious to see the motion for the reduction from $4000 to the old indemnity of 82600 defeated. It was a pure case of self-interest, just what you secuse the manufacturer of, 80 far, Mr. Halbert, you haven't handed back to the public treasury any of that $4000 you pro- temted against, "By their fruits ye shall know them," 'and Mr, Halbert'e practice has not been in line with his profession, 'When a vote was pending to save this country about half s million dollars, we would have expected the Ex-President to have been on the job and there would have been a round dozen.patriota in the-Dom- inion Parliament. We have far more re- bh the indemnity increase, Mr. Halbert declar- NO DROP HERE (Simcoe Reformer) Any person in Norfolk County who in convinced that the sugar is e-ture barbinger of s general fall in commodity prices, and that conse- quently it will be wise to postpone purchasing for a while, is cordially invited to visit The Reformer shop and inspect our latest paper invoices, We paid last week for a shipment af job print twelve cente per pound plus freight. In 1014 we 'ould buy it at $2.15 per owt. fob, Bimeoe. The worst feature of the present price is that we are told in all serious. eas that in January there will be another increase of 3 centa per pound. The price toboggan is to- where in sight about a printing plant. statements. No wonder Halbert docan't frue a writ for bel. He knows that out of the mouths of many witnesses we can prove all we have eaid in court. PREMIER PLEASED THEM (Welland Telegraph) 'The fsct is, that Premier Drury, in bis first appearance in Welland, on Thursday, won many new admirers. Interest was keen to see the kind of man he was, and the manner in which he would soquit him- welf, The sddrees, and the man behind the address, left © very favorable impression snd one that will not soon be forgotten, With neither verbiage nor rhetoric, the Prime Minister discussed the issues of the day. His msnuer is frank and ploasing, WITH WHICH IS PUBLIC Jury Little Good--Smalle: J.P.'s Won't Act-- Coun On Monday the Public Service Commis sion, which hss been touring Ontario for weeks seeking suggestions regarding changes thought to be desirable in connection with legal offices, administration of justice, etc.. paid s visit to Barrie. Their coming did not sttract much public attention, only about Iralf s dosen outside the officials at the court house sppearing before them, The members of the Comminsion are:-- W. D. Gregory (chairman), Oakville; Dr. H, L. Brittain, Toronto; Norman Somer- ville, Toronto; Albert Hellyer, Arthur; E. A. Pocock, Loudon. The heuring, which lasted about five hour, was very informal, something of a round-table conference, with the commis. tion at one side of the big barristers' table in the court room and the otberw around tho other side of the table. As to Combining Offices some length as to the possibility of im proving the service and economising by combining or regrouping certain duties of officials. Judge Vance did not eee that much could be done here in that direction lowing to the large amount of business in nd ae of purpose cannot | thie big county. In the case of thy anal 1 VARIOUS VIEWS AIRED BEFORE SERVICE COMMISSION Simcoe Too Big to be Affected by Amalgamations--Grand In opening, Judge Vance was heard at! AMALGAMATED 3925 COPIES THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING r Petit Juries Favored--Many | ty Police System Faulty. counties be thought several could be smal | gamated to sdvantage, had found very strong local feeling against this and he did not suppose tho Goveroment would feel like flying in the face of public sentiment. If the counties bad to make good deficiencies in salaries perhaps they would not be 0 keen to keep 'up all these offices, he sdded. In this lat- ter view Judge Wismer concurred. Judge Vance suggested that Muskoka anight be joined to Bimeoe for judietal pur- poses; it would be just as easily reached as some parte of the county. The Sheriff could be appointed scting sheriff for Mus. koka, Dr. Brittain said that instead of offending {local prejudices by consolidating counties, it might be better to combine offices in leach county, having one administrator with | voveral depution, | Attached to Jail? "Why are the people so attached to the jail?" queried Mr. Somerville. "They seem more bent on hanging on to it than anything else." Judge Vance sugecsted that it won regarded aa a sort of local in- dustry. Chairman Gregory remarked that they | CERTAINLY BROUGHT RESULTS Last week Wm. Elliott, Thornton, sent an adlet regarding some stray cattle, with' instructions to insert the \idlet until further notice. On Mon- jasy be wrote: "I have found an '| Jowner for the cattle. Your ad, cor- |] tainly brought results."" Hundreds of others have bad a similar experience, The Examiner has the circulation that tells, $$ $< -- -- $$ _ es Judge Wiamer suid the ideal way to handle the jail question was to group sev- eral under the farm system, The welfare of the prisoners should be considered moro }than local sentiment, According to the | preeent average, the grouping of seven counties would make only 49 prisoners for much s form. Insane in Jails A discussion on keeping juveniles and in- sane people in jail followed, the practice being roundly condemned. Chairman Gre- gory spoke of finding reepeetable men and women (unfortuvately invane) mixed with the criminals in the Hamilton jail, which he described as "'s barbarous and {pbuman manner to trent a human being." Beveral commissioners thought the coun- ty should have some place to keep these unfortunate people before removal, but Judge Vance osid that it was not fair to saddle upon the county the upkeep of such 5 place, rarely used, when a central place (Continued on page 4) SS Hs SET OE One of Four Millions (A Photograph Direct from the War-Stricken Area) Millions of war orphans in Central Europe are growing up undernourished and stunted. Thousands of them are dying of typhus, tuberculosis and small-pox. per Month Preserves the Life of 0 he Child ] } There is almost a complete lack of the nourishing foods growing children need, - of clothing, of doctors; nurses and medical supplies. children is pitiable in the extreme. The condition of the Upon this coming generation depends largely whether these nations will be healthy and right-minded or a hot-bed of anarchy and degeneracy--a menace to -the world. Pa It bas been found by experience that the cost of caring for a waif child is appreximately three dollars per month; that of the supplies that are required spect for the member who defends the [n- eresse, He is at least consistent. If Hal- bert were only penitent, The Enterprise would forgive him, but he seems to glory in his political double dealing. - While the lamp bolds out to burn, the vilest politios! sinner may return, and if Halbert acknow- Iedges he made s mistake we will freely forgive him, but ali the wind be can work off his chest with both his cost and waist- coat off will not satisfy the public until he makes full confession that he made a big mistake in not having his vote count in backing up his words, We know it re- 'Therefore we. are again justified in ing that he is s political fakir and. amount of abuse of The Enterprise st ene child. 'The Canadian Red Cross The British Empire War Relief Fund will be adminis- tered in Europe by the British Red Cross in co-operation with the League of Red Cross Societies, Send your con- tribudion care of : Eceloned fn { soar onder for $. 1 my eantibutiog tothe Canadin Red Crows Society for European Rel, by imports about one dollar is needed; and therefore the dollar that we previde, together with the local support of local governments, local munici- Pasties eee! charities apd local! perviogs practically preserves the life of SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO 8 PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board Decides Upon Royal Names-- Grant to Educa- tional Association. At the: November session of the Board of Education held on Monday night thero was little of importance before the trustees, the only matter of much public' interest being the changing of the names of the four public schools, Dr. Simpson, chain man of the special committee appointed to consider the question, recommended that the public schools of the town be named ws (ollows: East Ward, King George; Central. Victoria; West Ward, Prinoe of Wales; South Ward, King Edward. 'Trustees Richardson and Stepbens com+ mended the committee and waid they thought an exellent choice had been made. They suggested that a tablet bearing the name be placed in the front of exch school. In the south school, aid Trustee King, there ia s tablet bearing the name, "Bure ton Ave, Sebool."" Notwithstanding this the committee decided on giving this schoot 4 new name along with the others, as the school hud been known by eevers! names, viz., "Burton Ave." "South Ward," aud "Allandale. A nuggestion was made by Trustee Muc~ Laren that s large photo of the member of the royal family after which each schoo} is named should be placed in the school. This will probably be done. Chairman Maleomson suggested that the old names be dropped in all references to the schools, Finance This committee reported receipts of $7506.46, including Government grant of $860.25 for B.C.I. and $118.80 for kinder. gurten; $1000 tuition fees for B.C.I. Pay» ments consisted of $5162.81 for salarien and $902.22 for accounts, The defective wiring in the South Ward School having been made right, a rebste of 10c per $1000 in the insurance has bem made, the total being $18.42. Management Mine M. Gallagher, Barrie, was appoint- 'ed to teach in the Burton Ave. School dur ing the absence of Miss Kennedy, at $4.00 per teaching day. A contract hus been signed by G. FE. Ramage for science master in the B.C.L. at $2500 per annum. Motions $25 was voted to the North Simcoe Fdu- cational Assocn, Resolutions were passed expressing syin- pathy with Miss Dewar in the desth of ber father and with Chairman Malcomson in the loss of his younger sou, Tt was decided to pay Geo, Lavery $1.25 for 52 hours repsira on boiler. in Central School, for which he put in a bill at $1.75 per hour; alo 6 hours for helper at 75 cents instend of $1.00 per hour os charged. Can't Come Till Next Term G. E. Ramage, who is to succeed Mr. Heath, wrote that he would not likely be able to report before the beginning of next term, Mina Mabel F.. Warnics-agked to be placed on the waiting lint for vacancies on the public school staff. Music in Schoola An inform! discussion over teaching choral 'singing, in the schools took place, Trustee Milne }tating that the Community Association "ieedesirous of getting half an hour each week in each school to teach the children community singing, The Com- munity Association proposed to engage Mr. Bamford for this" purpose and will poy all expenses. Trustees King and Simpson doubted if anything worth while could be sccomplish« ed in 0 short a time, but the other mem- bers who expremed themselves were of the opinion that it would be of decided benefit to both teachers and pupils, The Board had been compelled to abandon the idea of teaching ringing in the schools owing to the expense but bere was an opportunity to do something along this line without expense to the ratepayers. The question was referred to the Come mittee on Management. PRIVATE CHRISTMAS CARDS Those intending to order Christmas Cards for their friends should do #0 at once to se cure early delivery. A sample book, show. ing the prices, can be seen at The Examiner or would be sent to any home in town and left there for a short time no that intending purchasers can make their selections a6 mas reminder one ean send. Call or phone No. 194 if you would care to.seo the eam- ple book, FINAL PAYMENT ON WHEAT __ CERTIFICATES 'The Bank of Nova Scotia advises ite eu © tomers holding these certificates to lege them st its office as coon as ordas that Gaal paywent may be their leisure. It is the most popular Christ» ) 3