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FORTYâ€"FIRST YEAR. CONTRACT WITH CATARACT GETS VOTERS‘ SANCTION Renewal of Agreement With Present Supplying Company Endorsed By Large Majorityâ€"Hydro Hopelessly Defeatedâ€"Exâ€"Mayor Jas. A. Livingston Goes Under With Hydroâ€"Arthur Hewson Elected. The question of whether the contract with Hamilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Comâ€" pany should be renewed or Hydro power installed was the main facâ€" tor in the municipal election in Grimsby town on Monday, and his championship of Hydro reâ€" sulted in a sweeping defeat for exâ€"Mayor Jas. A. Livingston by former Reeve Arthur Hewson, the vote being 549 to6 252. â€"THE IND] The vote on the Cataract agreeâ€" ment renewal was 605 in favor and but 181 against, and the sentiâ€" ment that swayed the electors on that question is shown in the mayoralty vote. o A vote also submitted as to whether the town should, or not, instal a Hydro plant was decidedâ€" ly against Hydro 350 to 78, but this likewise was a reflection of the sentiment in favor of a reâ€" newal of the present lighting comâ€" pany‘s franchise, many who favor the Ontario Hydro work in genâ€" eral voting against this bylaw because of the desire to renew the contract with the tried Cataract Company.. A The vote polled was not a heavy one, less than sixtyâ€"three per cent being cast. In the north ward there are 359 on the list and 177 votedâ€"49.3 per cent. In the center ward 405 have the franâ€" chise, of which 270 took advanâ€" tageâ€"66.66 per cent. The south ward has 503 voters and 354 votâ€" edâ€"70.37 per cent. The total vote available is 1267 of which 801 turned out.. ud In the north ward 178 owners are listed and 86 voted on the Hydro questionâ€"48.3 per cent. Of 204 owners in the center ward 150 votedâ€"70.4per cent. And in the south ward out of 237 there were 186â€"784 per cent. Of a total possible 619 there were 428 castâ€"69.1 ‘per cent. The vote by wards: For Mayor Ward â€"â€" Hewson Livingston MaJ. 1 (north) 134 2 (center) 174 3 (south) 241 Total .. .. 549 Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 1 .. 17 Ward 2 .. 21 Ward 3 .. 40 Owing to an unfortunate omission in The Independent of last week the name of M. St. John was left out of the list ofâ€"councillors elected by acâ€" clamation. Mr. St. John was a memâ€" ber of the council last year, and in putting the names in alphabetical order his name was overlooked. ST. JOHN MEMBER â€"OF THE COUNCIL Total .. 605 Total .. 78 For Hydro Installation For â€" Against | Magj. For Cataract Contract For: Against _ Maj. 1 .. 146 29 117 2.. 205 65. 140 [ 3 ;; 254 87 167 252 113 350 181 69 135 146 43 JOHN C. FARRELL _â€" Pioneer of Grimsby who CSl@Drated quietly his 85th birthday °N Sunâ€" day, January 3. i ; . af 2 297 424 91 78 128 52 114 106 Reeveâ€" Robert Book. Councilâ€" Wilcox, Gowland, Shirton, Reeveâ€" H. p. Strong, 200 maj. ARTHUR HEWSON, Former reeve of Grimsby, who was elected as Mayor on Monday. Reeveâ€"$S, 1;. Shields, 360 maj, . Deputy Reevyeâ€"Clayton Culp. Councilâ€". a. Groff, E. Patterson, J Reeveâ€"Wm. SQyll, 57 maj. BDeputy Reeveâ€"Melvin Honsberger. Reoeveâ€"C, wW,. Tufford. Reeveâ€"Herbert Copeland. Reeveâ€"Fred Haynes. First Deputy Reeveâ€"O.‘F. Jacobson. Reeveâ€"A. Dawson. â€" Deputy Reeveâ€"Roland Lambert. Smiall warts on cow‘s teats will disâ€" appear after a time if you wet them often with a solution of one tableâ€" spoonful of washing soda in a pint of warm â€" water, or with oil of white cedar (thuja) or if you apply a ten percent ointment of that ofil. 197 Reeveâ€"Js Reeveâ€"R. F. Johnson. Reeveâ€"J, Richardson. Dalryimple Olaus. . #3 N[.;;G‘ARA TOWN J alfi;&x KVIcPhee e ns soUTH GRIMSBY PORT DALHOUSIE BEAMSVIELE (AINSBORO V GRANTHAM NIAGARA MERRITTON (LINTON CAISTOR GRIMSBY, W 7, JANUARY 6, 1926 Any hopes that the Peach Kings held of walking through their group were rudely shattered at the Niagara Falls Arena last night, when the Frasâ€" erites took their measure with a 4â€"3 score. E x n onl pamalgaaa in "{man, governor of the Bank of Eng-“ in enthnnies trom the 0 f I land, will return to London Ext week. im le e uic o ol | Although Mr. Norman made no comâ€"| § fasdla ues ‘ ents, it is understood he discussed o nvthine Te 2ip Nes many important matters with Benâ€" ons haidd o + min Strong, governor of the Fedâ€" n mne unags defang eral Reserve Bank of New York. Hlared in tnel ol parrroavant Some of the discussions may have an firat nemad and trotte U [ ipportant influence in the rehabilitaâ€" s we ciud of . ';’{;,‘ of Europe, a work in which the yz k : banks have played an important *‘??R*;' C ne ns 2 cwm CE CF C | ~Bankers familiar with present conâ€" "*”t*"%‘" ce q “fi”‘ ****| ditions in Great Britain believe there‘ met the sedond pemod 2BX WIRUCU| are four conditions which needed corâ€" slaxy" Por. &ix imin ce o tection. They are, Unemployment, ‘»* rea TA h OR Ei ftaxation, French and coal problems$. oo minutes‘ the wubos o onag d Britain, these international bankers f en 1a. 2 o 2| point out, has a. number of favorable P“ff” 166 ’,onditi-ons, namely the return to flt-he‘ ;M*i,f‘ ”; | gold standard, the rgm-oval of y the éfi(:%&f u, ns ‘g mbargo on foreign loans, the signing sters. ’ |of the Locarno Treaty and the perâ€" f’? xm,& 2, anent settlement of a boundary beâ€" ‘““;* ; gpag l ’ een North and ‘South Ireland. s ipie s en ag. w?, â€"| _ Great Britain, it is stated, has never ols ht haiflor e sedong pus| ar=wn on the £00,000,000 in Hederal !flz’i ‘wg?iw hich were _e-stablis»hg:fi"last €pring to l molgh Rotkey, ‘The homesters hooksi|e * ***..... j eee Do aoe oSaeeiee], tinnmplommnent always has been = gfi%,gwm%&g source of worry to Great Britain. i%‘*’;“féfi Dr 9V2ECE *[Three conditions make unemployment ‘“fmgwf Appear worse today than ever before. ?fiéfi?fi W ond, trade generally is bad; and third, /k;l!'/' ‘g.;‘;,_.’- " P mm'u{ <"~ | many men have lost the aptitude for {miny erfore. It was a tough pla®eii..is preâ€"war jobs and cannot be afl fibrwywfioiu and we know of only|j,.q in their war time occupations, |one who could have handled it sucâ€"|,,.p as munition makers, machinists -{Mfi;'ouroldfiflemdiwm;h!m,,({;ig\nm'dgwfiso es s ace Peach Kings Defeated By Niagara Falls 4 to McVicar got the King‘s first tally after ten minutes of play and immedâ€" iately afterwards the Fragerites tied | it up from a serimmage,. Reid soon put his team in the lead again by some nice juggling from @ face off | near the enemy nets. A pretty Carson to McVicar combination accounted for | the locals third and> last one, The homesters threa tallies ‘came so fast in the second spasm that it was imâ€"| possible to describe them.. Our gang acted dike a crew (of housecats for about two minutes and the damage was «dlone. Fisher made many ‘nice gaves and turned in a good card but we have seen him do much ibetter. McVicar played a whale iof a game and with a little luck would have had several more counters to his credit. | Canson due to ian injured leg sustained ‘in the opening moments of the game | was not very effective. He gamely played the entire program without ‘srel.ief, although at times he could hardly stand up. In our humble opinâ€" i'ion the big ‘boy should have been | taken out of the fray. He couldn‘t do 1himsel¢ justice and it‘s a dead sure icinch it didn‘t do his leg iany good, HMeaving him out there suffering the ]way he was. Olarke was the best of |‘the forwardsâ€" his checking . was |superb and he rushed splendidly. Reid and Burngide ‘both turned in good cards but the former was not as effective as usual. Hayhoe and Fowâ€" lis were the relief artists and were both good. The dformer found the Mayor elect Hewson received a teleâ€" gram from Syracuse, N. Y. from N. J. Crone, an uncle, which reads as folâ€" lows: " Mayor Hewson, Grimsby, ‘Ont. I want the honor of sending first wire to the new and ibest mayor of Grimsby. . Good news travels fast. It was all over bulletin boards when I arrived in Syracuse tonight. Accept my hearty congratulations. N. J. CRONE". Mr. Crone, an uncle of the mayor elect, passed through (Grimsby on Monday mnoon en route for Syracuse, when he lasked that news of the elecâ€" tion ibe wired him iat that city. Good News Travels Fast Mulching the strawberry ‘bed with clean straw or other material soon after the ground is frozen ‘will proâ€" tect the plants from the winter injury Paris.â€"The longest will on record has been admitted to probate here. it has 95,940 words. and freezing out. LONGEST WILL style iof play much to his liking and ‘ behaved splendidly. All the old time f j ; ( irit of ‘bitterness and rivalry beâ€" ween the two burgs came to the surâ€" { P face and it is a sure bet that the reâ€" durn engagement will be wonderful to 2#3 ehold. The King‘s defeat may prove *S ° ) be a blesging in disguise. It should (s9eaâ€" take some of the pep out of them and S make them settle down to business. ce i m No ¢ L.‘ § s Te fos 4 P % * 4 mxuc l P s%mw :'\x”(‘ i Pka i in 4 %“ * S Mese CRus | New York, Jan. 5.â€"Montagu Norâ€"| man, governor of the Bank of Eng-l Mand, will return to London next week. Aithough Mr. Norman made no comâ€" iments, it is understood he discussed ‘;many important matters with Benâ€" ‘@'rnin Strong, governor of the Fedâ€" eral Reserve Bank of New â€" York. | Some of the discussions may have an .-i}ppxortant influence in the rehabilitaâ€" ‘tion of Europe, a work in which the | two banks have played an important ;s;. rf. 14 ‘ | ~Bankers familiar with present conâ€" ditions in Great Britain believe there re four conditions which needed corâ€" |rection. They are, Unemployment, taxation, French and coal problem$. | Britain, these international bankers | point out, has a number of favorable | conditions, namely the return to the fi old standard, the rg:m-oval' of y the | embargo on foreign loans, the signing i‘ the Locarno Treaty and the perâ€" | manent settlement of a boundary beâ€" ;-zween North and ‘South Ireland. Great Britain, it is stated, has never |drawn on the $300,000,000 in Federal eserve and ‘private bank credits | which were established last spring to l Accist in the restoration of the gold . 13 d dige ty Py b “Q{’" ‘Taxation in England Heavy. | | T‘ ation in England, at present, according to a group of ibankers who have (just studied this situation, is | very heavy. Nearly oneâ€"half of, the presen £800,000,000 budget is needed for debt service, and the greater part o-i\ payments are for interest and not : for amortization, The bankers see no prospect of reducing the budâ€" get within the next few years and they feel a further imposition of taxes would work untold handships. & ' ‘ nce is a source of constant w-qgfy, the bankers assert, because of its ability to export huge quantities of goods.. It is also the only important country whose currency has not been stabilized. Students of the situation do not ‘believe the present Finance Mg‘fiistér will be able permanently to accomiplish much more than ‘his imâ€" mediate predecessors. ? ,;fioal is a big problem in Great Briâ€" tain just now.. Great Britain‘s coal ‘trade is slack. Exports have been curâ€" tailed because of the large receipts of coal un‘der the reparation agreement. Whether the subsidy was wise, the bankers say, remains to be seen, but at least it gave the coal trade a breathâ€" ing ‘spell until next spring. If a means could be found for preventing the exports of coal from countries receiving reparations coal that indusâ€" try in Great Britain might improve. One thing is certain, the bankers would FEranc worry, | its abilit gtool\dS. country stabilize _d".q,“not Ministe accomp | mediate _ _ Coal tain ju: trade is tailed ib coal un Whethe bankers at â€"least ing ‘sp means the . ex: receivir said, Great Britain cannot hope to maintain all the workers who claim io belong to the present coal industry. _ The ‘bankers generally agreed that the gold standard basis was far better than a managed currency. Great fBriba:in, they said, was prepared for a great drain of gold and a bank rate ‘E"as high las 6 or 7 per cent. Much to their surprise and to that of the lba.mk‘ing world generally imports of gold from South Africa distressea lE‘an‘gxla.n»d more than exports. The present outflow of gold has been caused largely by the sale of tobacco and rubber, and the plantaâ€" tions of such products, in the Dutch East Indies. This drain is considered merely seasonal and, it was pointed out, is only temporary, ‘because it always returns in some form or other, One banker, whose firm has promâ€" ihent connections in London, asserted he had learned the present rate of the Bank of England will be maintained as long as possible, the board of the institution feeling it must do all in its power to aid in the rehabilitation of the Empire and of Europe. It is unâ€" derstood that the London banking froternity does not regard a 5 per cent. bank rate as penalizing business. In some quiarters here it is believed the present outflow of gold from Great Britain will be checked within the After threeâ€"quarters of % ury of active work and business life, James Doran Bennett died at his home in Beamsville on Saturday, Jan. 2, 1926 in his eightyâ€"eighth year, _ JAMES DO BENNETT DIES AT HIS BEAMSVILLE HOME Mr. Bennett has probably been the | most ‘outstanding figure hi ';tbuxsi'-] ness and political life of Beamsville: | He was born in Grimsby | "‘hip,g near the town of Grimsby, but what | was then known as The Fort n 1838. . At the age of eleven, in 1849, he went | to live near Beamsville on a farm, but | while still a boy he started to learn the carriage business, and . : 1870 _ started business for himself, continâ€" uing in that line until 1896, since which time had been engaged in buyâ€" irin.g propertiesâ€"mostly farms ehaâ€" bilitating them, and reselling. _ â€" Outstanding Figure In Public Life of Beamsville Passes At Adâ€" vanced Age of Ei X__ â€"Seven â€" Was Born Near Grimsbyâ€" Served Many Year'sjjfj Council and School Board of Beamsville. . In educational mattiers afi niciâ€" pal life Mr. Bennett was always in the forefront, "and an aggressive ?¢ for what he deemed the interests of his town. . For fifteen years ‘he was 'f;,,i«l- lor, and reeve of Beamsville; for a similar period he was a rmem‘g er of the school board, and for nine ’ was superintendent of the Queen ‘ and Grimsby road,â€"now Queenst ihdnghâ€" way. ) : In February, 1868, Mr. nnett joined Union lodge No. 7 A.F. AM 2t Grimsby, later ,transfe‘rringé,”j Ivy lodge at Beamsville when : "‘,. dgo was instituted. In 1876 he joined the I. 0. °0. F.; joined the L. 0. A. in 1872; and was a member of the A.O.U.W., and 0O.C.H.C. y We next week or two. New York N three days last week lost about. $132,000,000 to interior banks for yearâ€"end PeQuireâ€" ments land for Wi-mdow~dres®mgg;i@urjf poses previous to the call of the comptroller, and it is felt hat similar cdnditmns. apply in ,,,,,;;' Ottawa, Jan. 5.â€"Industr3y 2&4Q comâ€" merce, as they affect war, a"0 to be studied at an international COnference in Geneva this year, and DT. Adam Shortt, Canadian economist, 148 been invited by the Council of the League of Nations to participate in the Preâ€" pamatory . Committee méetings in March, which will decide on (an DR. ADAM SHOâ€" LT ACTS FOR CANADA When the proposal for the Internaâ€" tional Economic ConferenC@ Was inâ€" troduced in September at the League meeting.iby Louis Loucheur (France), it was described as the first definite move to take up economic probhlems on @ broad linternational ‘basis. Parâ€" ticipation ‘by the United States was counted on ‘by the proponents of the scheme and three United States reâ€" 'presentwtivezs have been invited. agenda. Appointments to the Preparatory Committee were personal in character, and it is undenstood that Professor Shortt‘s inclusion in the committee came labout after consultation with the Dominion Government. It is aimâ€" ed to assemble experts in sciencs, industry, commence and agriculture and steps will ‘be taken to obtain the views of the average consumer. Inâ€" ternational and national conditions which might breed war will be taken into consideration. ‘The conference will lay down cerâ€" tain principles and take steps to enâ€" sure international coâ€"operation in aid of these principles, more particulariy in regard to ‘certain branches of proâ€" duction. f y Dr. Shortt has occupied for some years the post of Chairman of ‘the Historical Manuscripts Commission in connection with the Archives Branch of ithe Dominion Government. He was formerly a professor at Queen‘s University. â€" St. Catharines, Ont., Jan. 5.â€"On a telephone call from a wellâ€"known regsident of Hant e-fal Road at an early bhour this momfimg a tri0 of docal police hastened out to find trace of a mysterious pair who made an enâ€" deavor to hold up the resident and his wife, who were motoring home. â€" . A flashlight was ugsed as a trouble sign to get the motorist to stop his car, but his wife‘s intuition, that it might be a holdâ€"up led him to put on spoed. As he did so an attempt was made ito mount the runningboard. When the police arrived there was no sign of the istalled car where the flashlight was used. B SUSPECT HOLDUP New York i threoe a centur 3 l'izfe, Jia is home Jan. 2, | bly 'beetn in the I ‘ Beams\ y town: y, but 1 Forty in end $2.00 Per Yearâ€"S5 Cents a Copy The funeral took place on Monday, Jan. 4, from ‘hig late home to Mount Osbhorne cemetery.. The pallbearers were: Wm. Boughner, L. H. Collard, W. J. Reid, L. B. Tufford, M. I. Tufâ€" ford, W. F. Zimmerman. Surviving are his wife, two daughâ€" ters and one son: ‘Mrs. W. D. Fairâ€" brother of Beamsville, James Hixon Bennett of Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Helena Smith of Springfield, Masgss. | Obituary 32 Patriarch of Beamsville, who died on Saturday, January 2. f yame citizeng of St. Anns anf? districrt as well as Smithville and district were painfully shocked on Tuesday Dec. 29, to learn of the sad and sudâ€" den death of one of Gainsbono‘s most popular citizens, in the person Of William Comfort, the whilâ€"known hog and jcattle menrchant. Mr. Comfort had just finished his noonâ€"day meal and ‘wasp feeling as well as usual, and had just completed the work of his week‘s shipment. His boys found hira Iying dead between the house and the barn, death having ‘been instantaftâ€" ous from the effects of heart trouble. NMNr. Comfort was very stout, and poisâ€" ibly had overâ€"worked himself in the morning an‘d had partaken of too hearty a meal.~ Dr. Elmore was called from Beamsville, but nothing could be done. An inquest was not held. i Mr. Comfort was wellâ€"known to everyone in Lincoin, particularly in ’the farming community, and was highly respected. BLAZE UNDER Ns : FIREPLACE An incipient fire at the house of A. R. Globe, Main street west, gave the fire brigade a run about 8 a.m. on Thursday last. is A fire place had abean built on top of the joist with a thin coating of cement and when the firemen arrived and broke through the cement, the joist were found to ‘be in flames. The timely arrival of the brigade limited the damage, estimated to ‘be about $25. JAMES DORAN BENNETT ; "IERRY" CARSON Crack defence man of the Peach Kings, O.H.A. Intermediate Chamâ€" â€" pion hockey team, who has been temporarily reinstated. WILLIAM COMFORT