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sleep in a car parked on the highway. In Desroches‘ pocket there was a reâ€" volver fully loaded with a box conâ€" taining amunition. There were two empty beer bottles in the car. The acâ€" cused had $2.38 in his pockets. Medical testimony was given in reâ€" gard to the injuries sustained by Mr. and Mrs. April. Dr. Empey‘said that Desroches, w cently in Coch known in Tiit Northland Post ing says that of any emotio and that he ren the court. The he was brought but was releas on the magistr opening of the nospital and was the first witness. He testified that he and his wife wersâ€"aâ€" lone at their home at Driftwood on July Ist at 5 am. when they were awakened by Desroches, whom he knew well. Desâ€" roches asked him to take a horse and pull his car out of the mud some disâ€" tance up the road. Both the fartmer and his wife had dressed and April accompanied Desroches to the auto. April said that Desroches. appsared sober. After freeing the car, Mr. April started back home with his horse, while Desroches drove ahead. When Mr. Aprilâ€"reached his barn fifteenr or twenty minutes later, he was shot twice in the head and Desroches searched his pockets, and then went to the house. April managed to crawl to the barn, where he found his wife lying in the barn, bleeding from wounds in the head. Desroches, the witness said, returned to the barn but did not enter it and did not see April there. Witness managed to crawl on a stone boat and drive to a general store in Driftweod where he stayed until the police arrivea. Provincial Constable S. told of answering the call from Driftâ€" wood, finding Mr. April and also findâ€" ing Mrs. April lying inside of the barn seriously wounded and partly stripped Later the police found Desroches aâ€" opening of the Mr. J. B. ApI hospital and w t W Iistrate E. Desroche: on a April, of murder 0 July 1st | the fall : at Cochr: at COTnrane. Mr. Dean K appeared as ( Assistant Crow PAGE EIGHT Wilfrid Desroches Committed for Trial on Murder Charge Dean Kester, K.C., of Timâ€" mins, Counsel for the Deâ€" fence. Ight in leased F00( 11( husband ‘ar. He â€" of the it ‘ane min in it was brou ns. lIne Cocntrane ts report of the hearâ€" ave no outward sizn hrough the heatring r1ed silent all through ne paper reports that o the court shackied from the handcufts s instructions at the , K. C., of Timmins, sel for the defence. torney, A. V. Waters, ie case for the prosâ€" chran brought from th first witness. H his wife wercâ€"a Driftwood ot Jul ine court, ~v mmitted Wi a higher c beenâ€" living reâ€" said to be well The Cochrane Magâ€" ‘ilfrid court HC¢ W. Engineer James Cowan, formerly of the Hollinger Plate Shop, and now in the Canadian Navy where his skill and experience are of special value in repair work, wrote recently to Mr. W. H. Pritchard, Master Mechanic at the Hollinger, telling something of the work being carried on the East in ‘the way of repair work, etc., for the Cauadian Navy. The letter reads in part as folâ€" 1I0OWs : â€"â€" "At last I have got settled in the King‘s Naâ€"vee! I have to take charge of the combined workshops down here. It is quite interesting work. I get a defect list when the ship comes in port, and I go aboard and look the dammage over. If I have the men and material to do the job, I OK. the list and then go ahead with the repairs. . .We have a lot of welding to do, as our shinps sure get a battering in the North Atâ€" lantic. . ... newâ€" base. WC are getting organized gradually. . . I have two portable gasâ€"driven are welâ€" ders and two in the shop the saime patâ€" tern as we have in the Hollinger. Ou: welders have the heaviest end down here. Hanging over the ship on a rope. trying to weld up plates; then, next, trying to weld standing nearly upside dnwn in the stokeâ€"hold. . . .I have a Sense and Nonsense:â€" There is no doubt about the Allies winning the war. Some of the European countries have fallen from the fence on the side of the Allies. Timmins Man Doing Good Work in Shop for Canadian Navy trying to weld up plates; then, next, trying to weld standing nearly upside down in the stokeâ€"hold. . . .I have a good set of rolls, 1 radial drill, and 1 small vertical drill, and we sure do lots Of work with them. . .This is a lovely country down ‘here. We can see the city straight across from the base. It is a wonderful sight at night to see the slag from the steel work being poured down the bank. You can see the glare for miles around the country ..... We‘ cannot say to muca about naval matters, so this letter may not be as interesting as it might be. . . .Be sure to remember me to my old friends Joe, Roy, Tom, W. Avery and E4., and the others, and hoping this war will be finished before long." ing the man‘s Corporal H police at Coc taking of two cused. These ted also to 1 read. Mrs. April died from the effects of two bullet wounds in her head. She had also been bruised about the face and head. Dr. Empey said that he had extracted one bullet from Mr. April‘s head but that it was impossible to reâ€" move the other one without endangerâ€" ing the man‘s life, of W etting organ two portable ind two in th as we have it tnginee the R ork in t t Cocht f two s These 1 to Myr > R.C. in the Mr life. Pinger irane, t statem were 1| Keste er, of the , testified ments frc fvled ar . from Mr. Ar s impossible to without endan ., â€" Write last. from and but v provinc m the a the ac submit All, J 1€ North Cochrane. Michel Halle has lived in the North for some twentyâ€"two years and during that time has successfully conducted several different types of business. He has not before offered himself for proâ€" vincial or Dominion honoutrs, but he has served a couple of terms as counâ€" cillor for the town of Hearst, and has cillor for the town of Hearst, and has held other offices of public and semiâ€" public trust, so that he is not without experience in public service. He will not have much time to organize and conduct a campaign over the wide torâ€" ritory of Cochrane North, but he has gone into the battle with a will and will As noted in The Advance last week, Mr. Michel Halle, of Hearst, will be the candidate for the Progressive Conâ€" strvative party in the riding of North Cochrane.â€" It was reported that <the Conservatives in the North riding did not intend to run a candidate in this provincial election.. This apparcntly was not the fact. At the recent conâ€" vention of the Progressive Conservaâ€" tives held in North Cochrane it was decided to leave the selection of a candidate in the hands of the execuâ€" tive committee of the assoclation. The executive duely canvassed the situation and after careful consideration "~eld a meeting at which Michel Halls was selected aAs the standard bearer for Conservative Candidate for the North Riding Eric A. Leslie appointed vice comptroller f the ( Railway Company, Railway Company, is carrying on a family tradition in that high position for his father, John Leslice (right), was viceâ€"president and comptroller of the company from 1926 until 1928 at which time he became viceâ€"president of finance and treasurer, a position he retainâ€" ed until 1932 when he retivred after more than half a century of railâ€" way work,. The new viceâ€"president Follows Father as C.P.K. Viceâ€"President Progressive Conservative Candidate for Cochrane South Be Progressive! ident lian I Pacific THE PORCUPINE FOR A "Several exceptionally lengthy freight trains have been observed heading north along the T. N. O. within the ’last week, with the longest noticed on Tuesday night, when a train of 86 cars met the southbound ‘"Northland" here. Two engines hauled this train, which stretched back to the Beach for a disâ€" | tance of more than a half mile: The locomotives were the 302 and, 313, and | the former now has the name of the | government railway in white letters enclosed in an oval which decorates the tender. A few days before, a traim of 76 cars passed north." scholarghip and three years overâ€" seas setvice in the Great War as a lieutenant with the Canadian Artillery., He won two medals as a studentâ€" the Governor General‘s Silver Medal at Montreal High School and the British Association Medal in transportation at McGill University where he graduated from the Faculty of Applied Science. UNIVE schol: seas and com] has been pany for broken | Long Freight Trains Now Reported on the T. N. O. RKecently there have been some unâ€" usually long freight trains on the T. N. O. Railway. A recent one had 76 cars, while ancther on the main line had 86 cars. In speaking of those long trains The New Liskeard Speaker last week says:â€" North Bay Nugget:â€" Regarding a story, now around, that the Duce has lost 22 pounds in three months, it is assumed the Sherifi‘s description will be revised accordingly. not be easily defeated. Mr. Halle is said to have a large following in the North riding and admirers of his in the North say that he will put up a strong campaign. ptroller by on en s 48 years old and ed with the comâ€" s. His record was dance at McGill Canadian Pacific Mabel Ellis, first witness‘> called as the thriceâ€"postponed preliminary hearâ€" ing was resumed before Magistrate F,. E. Field, â€"said that when she left the house at 10.15 pm. Oakes was seated in the card room with a man and woâ€" man she had never seen before and Harold G. Christie, a close friend of Oakes who found his body in bed the following morning. T‘wo Windows Open Mabel Ellis said on the night of the murder she had sprayed the bedroom with Ay spray, and left the sprayer half full mear the door. In the room also was a small fan on the floor. "I left everything in perfect order in the room at 10 â€"o‘clock," she »said. "All the doors and windows were Oopened. Those were my instructions. All the windows in the room except two on the south are screened and I left thoss open." Questioned by Crown Counsel: Alfred Adderly she said there were three "open ways" of getting into Qakes‘ room: One through the main entrance and upstairs, the second up the stirway from the beach; third, another stairâ€" way leading to the garage. Harold Christie, friend and confidanâ€" te of Oakes, had slept with Oakes the previous night, she testified, and durâ€" ing the day a man and woman whom she did not now came to the house but she was not informed that anyone was staying. She didn‘t prepare any bedâ€" rooms except Oakes‘, she said. Discontinued Questioning She said there were objects in the mutliâ€"millionaire‘s bedroom which might have been used by the assailant in bludgeoning him to Geath. One the time, which was 1.05 a.m. They reached home about 1.20 a.m., she addâ€" ed, and De Marigny drove away at once. Played Cards With Friends Sir Harry Oakes played cards with a man and woman in his 20 room villa the night before he was found dead in bed, a Negro housemaid testified. Hearing Commences in Case of Death of sSir Harry Oakes Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Jean Ainsley said they attended a dinner party at De Marigny‘s home the night of July 8, adding that the dinner was over aâ€" bout 1 am., De Marigny drove them home. As they left De Marigny‘s home, Mrs. Clark said, he called attention to was in the home neg murdered in the pré Mrs. Do officer, te: near his f According the multi between 2 Mrs. Cl said they reliminary journed t Nas au, Bahamas, July that Count Alfred the vicinity of Sir near the time S t‘ed July 8 was intr preliminary hearin Dorothy Clarke, wi testified that de is fatherâ€"inâ€"law‘s h ing to Gakes‘ persol iltiâ€"millionaire die n 245 a.m. and 5 a Clatr ary â€" Hearing d to Next Weel Count vicinity the t Clarke that inâ€"~law Alfred de Ma of Sir Harry C ne Sir Harry is introduced hearing. ke, wife of a R. t de Marigny w‘s home at 1 personal physic e died some Where the Money is to Come From This clearly is one of the mosi imâ€" portant of the 22 points in the election program issued by Mr. George Drew, leader of the Progressive Conâ€" servative party. THE RESCUE OF REAL ESTATE (Windsor star) Mr. Drew proposes that the Ontario Government, if he is called up to form it, will assume at least fifty percent of the school taxes now charged against real estate . . . If that were done in Windsor it would knock about 10 mills off the tax rate. That ... would prove a relief to all taxpayers: DREW, NIXON, AND SCHOOGL TAXES (Ottawa Journal, July 13, 1943) There will be a sweeping revision of our whole system of real estate ltaxation so that the owning and and improvement of homes will not be discouraged by excessive taxaâ€" tion." Mr. Drew, elaborating briefly, said that "as the initial step" the provincial rovernment would assume "at least 50 per cent of the school taxes now charged Most of the necessary revenue will arise from the accelerated developâ€" ment of Ontarlo‘s vast natural reâ€" sources that will result from the presence in Queen‘s Park of a Proâ€" gressive Conservative Government of strong, capable men who have presented the Province with the most aggtessive andâ€" constructive pregramme in the history of the Province. Partly from abolition of Lapping Sservices. Partly from mies, Still more of the necessary revenue wily flow in from the stimulating infiuence this halving of school taxes will exert upon real estate values and upon rehousing and general building activities. Te was todaAyv Ad 3.Im V | the } bard tails, food, cl tention, training of comes. In addition t1 ed to women a men. Accordin| qualified trades will receive 25, | per day. Thus top bracket will The m one. of:: servIict pectiv« sIx mot be incre day at private week in In U the closing d creased pay : fits for membe was received ~ Canad form a monet recelve $1. inlistment was an insect sp1 small fan. late wife in t squ: A few mint uous objecitio1 ng wWas next wed Increased Pay for Members of Women‘s Services in Canada As Defence Higgs began t ness about t] Alfred de M ae about into aAl Constable We that De Marigt station at 7.30 : 4A ts Anno fence 11 ht PS C hou 1€ Department dint Marig 1ll $ lA 11 mU( rTeC!l rdditi thing unt the end 11 wWUC L 11 id jourt ene uit nent by he Hou with ple inadian n the C.W.A.C. will now i day from the date of her it the end of four and efficient service this will until it reaches $1.:20 per ind of "six months. The hen be‘ receiving $8.40 per on to living accomodation, x, medical and dental atâ€" italization and specialized will improve her chances civilian life when victory wWwoman 50 or 76 nit WA ndell Parker testified y came to the. police i.m., July 8, and asked 1i automobile converted ‘He appeared excited," His lips didn‘t look l L of *s1 be‘ re o livir edical pay has always been terest to soldiers in id the women in uniâ€" Avetr OSs Al orney Godfrey W ssâ€"examine the wit her fing? he wom Over CONnOo#â€" pay will be grantâ€" same rate as for her grouping, the r, over the stre defence, the hea until Tuesday â€" her grouping, the i in the C:W.A.C. 5 cents additional deswoman in the ve $13.65 per week 16 sure by Women Jefence Minister of Commons on > session, of inâ€" financial beneâ€" CFhne Increas also make t ractive to prC and the other 10 1 ispered in ptly discont i¢ Oa) en s service by member Hart night it Mr., Drew‘s declaration of principles makes it possible to relieve a grievance which has existed for many years. We tell men and women that they should own their own homesâ€"but we pile on those homes such a load of taxes that ownership often is a grievous burden which rests most heavily, by compariâ€" son, on those Jleast able to pay. There was a classic example in the depression days when a very large part of the cost of direct relief was charged against the communities and so against real estate. Iere was a situation which the muniâ€" cipalities had not brought about, could not cure, and for which they had no responsibility at all, and yet the unforâ€" lunate taxpayer was left "holding the bag" because there was no lesser governâ€" ment to which he could pass it, Only now are Ontario cities recovering from this gross injustice, against real estate," but explained that this change would not affect ‘""the authâ€" arity of the local school boards." . . . It woulid seem elementary that the cost of education should be distributed as widely as possible among all the people, and yet our present system throws (in the cities at least) the lion‘s share of it upon real estate. Mr. Drew, speaking after his nomination in High Park, Toronto, said that in Britain, in Australia and New Zealand, the greater part of school costs is borne by the state. Ontario should follow their exâ€" ample, and according to the Progressive Conservative leader it can be done witlhâ€" out any increase in provincial taxes, out any increase in pro "This province," he told meeting, "was overâ€"ltaxed un amount â€" considerably vould be involved in thes Here is a firstâ€"class election issue, with the Liberal Premier Nixon defendâ€" ing the old system and the Progressive Couservative party urging changes little «hort of revolutionar Lhis time there is * Iween parties. irthow in cou Al Micha colon s‘ hon hC Hut Arm f the muplt hour 5 « In uniâ€" ased wWAas she 11 of h clear, is she is a private. she qualâ€" ifNes for corporal‘s or sergeant‘s stripes her pay will be increased again. Of particular interest to many young women who have been anxious to join the C W.AC. but have found it onomically impossible because parents or other close relatives are dependent upon them for support, is the new regulation which makes such dependâ€" Hitler has lo Coebels had him unable to Goering has down. Try The Advance Want Advertisements onomica or other upon t regulatic ent‘s el Something Wrong With All the Axis Partners The Dominion parliament adjourned on Monday after sitting six months and with little to show for the time and cost of the session, the government majority being so large and so docile that there was "nothing to it." Ottawa House Adjourns After Sixâ€"Month Session tha The BBC said Monday that the latâ€" ; talk, apparently in Germany, was Â¥x. one can say no difference" beâ€" t his voice. lockjaw, which makes laugh. had a nervous breakâ€" the Toronto last year by more â€" than more change to the dependent er is $35.00 pce rl‘s mother, if $20