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The Brussels Post, 1926-4-7, Page 5) 1 Judgment is Reserved in Election Ease Attempt to Unseat Awnstrong and Little in the Hands of Master-in- Chambers—Doeision Soon With only one Witness to be heard the hi:arine: of the attempt, to unetiat Deputy Reeve W. Glen Armetrong and Councillor J. 3. Little of Ward One, York Township, on a charge of hiring, or using hired ears during election day, was vont:hided yester- day afternoon in Oegoode Hall be- fore alaster-in-Chambere, Charles Garrow, K.C. Judgment wae -reserv- ed, the elastee promising to push the matter through with no delay. As on Monday, the evidence eend- ed little towards the actual matter of the hiring of the eerS, but rather Wl18 directed in an endeavor by T. J. Clover, who laic' the charges, to prove that Armstrong and Little were connected with Brook Sykes in the eb:ction, and a counter effort by Mr. Greer. .A. Jeneings was the only witness to be heard. Counsel R. H. Greer, ICC., for Armstrong and Little, elicited the in- formation that Jennings had met the respondents at R. MIllett's office be- fore the nomination. Mr. Millett was Brook Sykes' election agent. Turned Down Offer "How did you come to be in Mr. Millett's office?" Mr. Greer asked. "Well, I know that Mr. MiIlett was interested in township politics and we were discussing therm Mr. Sykes was a candidate for reeve and want- ed to strengthen hie position, so I suggested calling in Mr. Arm- strong, whom I considered to be the strongest candidate in the field." "Did you hear Mr. Sykes make the proposal to Mr. Armstrong to link up with him?"—Well, Mr. Mil- lett was doing all the talking, pos- sibly he made the proposition." "How ded Armstrong take it?"— "He absolutely refused it. He said he had practically pledged himself to support Graham." "There was another meeting after the nominations?"—"Yes, there was practically the mine discussion there. Mr. Millett wanted Armstrong and Little to run on a slate with Mr. Sykes, but they both refused." Sykes' Committee Room Witness declared that the commit- tee rooms on Eglinton avenue wore Brook Sykes, and that neither Arm- strong nor Little had any connec- tion with them. Both had stren- uously objected to having their names on the windows and on the cards printed with the names of Brook Sykes, Armstrong and Little. He did not consider there was any advantage to be gaineci by- the re- spondents by joining forces with Mr. Sykes, although Mr. Sykes Would benefit. "In connection with the care, where do you keep your own?"— "At the Deer Park garage." Orders For Cars? "Did you ever deliver anything to the owner—Mr. Eastwood?"—"Yes, sir. One night Bob Millett gave me a parcel to deliver. He said he had ordered cage from the Deer Park Garage for election day, and that those were the orders." "Did you see them?"—"No. I saw Eastwood open the package, but I could not see what was in them." Mr. Glover endeavored to call Councillor Law to give evidence as, to a conversation alleged to have been carried out by Mr. Little. He was not allowed to do so, as Mr. Law could only give hearsay evidence. Case Defineet "Besides, I do not know whether it matters such an awful lot," decid- ed the Master, "it till rests now as to whether there was a common hir- ing of Cars and a common using of committee rooms." . "I think I em in the most difficult position which- can be imagined," de- clared Mr. Glover, commencing to sum up the evilenae. "I have had to name all my witnesses before I put them in the box, and since I've start- ed my case I have had hundreds of • men offer to give evidence—end I can't use them," Pointing out the high spots of the evidence, Mr. Giotto was interrupt- ed by the Master with a query as to how Many ears he claimed to have teaced to Armstrong's drug store and thence to take a voter to or near a polling booth. Mr. Glover claimed he had defin- ite evidence of two such. Mysterious M. MiIIeU A query Was raised .by the Master as to Why the mysterious Mr. Millar, Was net called as,witnees. "That is Whet I would like to know," replied Mr, GleVer. "Wall, wile' did/A you oeil him?" asked Mr. Greer,' "I didn't knoVe "Didta lettele Weer retorted Mr, Greer, 4014,0006. r"WItyf • I Weiolteee stud l0 Werked- f011s lot for tiosis yeara,•'. 1•11/aMallittaa.11110,./.110•10•1 THE BRUSSELS POST 5000 Bushels First-class vir FOR SALE EtTo An Oa 0') OkOr "Your honor, I think this ehould be stopped," remonstrated Mr. Glov- er. "I have stated that I don't know Mr. Millett." "I aceept your staterrumt unquali- fiedly," assured the Master. Wants Election Upheld Mr. Greer declared that the idea that either Armstrong. or Little hir- ed ears could be eliminated. "Mil- lett is the man who hired and paid for those ears, he was Brook Sykes' press agent.- Neither •Armstrong nor Little paid one cent for them. "I ask you not to find my clients 'guilty for what Millett has done. There is not the slightest suspieion that he was an agent for either of the respondents, he was for Brook Sykes' 'alone. I leave it with you, there is nothing more to be said, and I ask you to uphold the election." Workmen to Unite With toe foresters Amalgamate With Independent Or- der—Union Will Take Place May 31 At a meeting of the officers of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the Province. of Ontario held in the Canadian Or- der of Foresters' Hall, Toronto, it was unanimously decided that this order should unite with the Indepen- dent Order of' Foresters. The actual joining of these two great fraternal organizations will not take place until May 31. The Grand Master Workman, F. G. Inwood, who Presided at the meeting laid articles of an agreement before the meeting. This was the agreement reached be- tween the committee of the A.O.U.W andeethe supreme executive of the LO.P. It is the opinion of the chief officers gif both organizations that the merger is a good move, led very much in the interest of both mem- berships. At yesterday's meeting some inter- esting material relating to the strength of the LO:F. was brought forward. Records show that some $87,000,000 have been paid out by the I.O.F. in insurance since the or- ganization began. The present an- nual income is $5,000,000 and this will be enlarged with the addition of that of the A.O.U.W. which is $57e,- 000. The present assets of the 1.0. F. are standing at $38,000,000 and will be greatly increased with the addition of those of the A.O.U.W. which are $2,500,000. This makes a total of $40,500,000 in assets. The I.O.F. has a membership of 152,000 and this will be increased with the addition of the 8,300 members of the A.O.U.W. • The insurance in force of the I.O.F. is $149,000,000 which will be combined with the $8,- 000,000 carried by the A.O.U.W. The invested assets of the LOX'. are tremendous and in real estate alone, exclusive of the money tied up in the Temple building, there is $1,546,750 invested. "I am greatly pleased that we havo been able to arrive at such a good agreement," said W. II. Hun- ter, supreme chief engineer oe the I.O.F., when advised about the act- ion taken by the A.O.U.W. "We will now go forward as a bigger and bet- ter organization." WHERE THE PEN POINTS GO. Valet—What .sball I do with this old clothing, sir? philanthropsit--Give it to the Near East Relief. Valet—And these old books and magazines? Philanthropist -- The Salvation Amyl Valet—And shall I throw away these old pen points? Philanthropist—No. Give 'em to the postoffice department, 'Freedom From Pain NAOMI) tiaS tr, Neuritis 4.ri Neuralgia Thousands of Conedians have fouad that T.R.C.'a (live quickest and surest rebel from Pain. T.a.C.'s act directly on tbo poisons that camel the pain. They contain no dangerous or habit forming drugs. Yonr druggist recent. mends them. Sand ige. for generous tnaL Templetens, Toronto. $1.60 -41'.°AV,:""" "Mk' N't.1`,Vir Sat Lumbago SIZE Puirtn TRic ,.remPLE.rowtis •S pHflumAvrts CA,F)S1.01...kS TIO Sleet ind Mod Does Heavy Ramage Storm Last Weelt Will Cost Brus- sels Telphone Co. Over 34,000 -- Hydro Was Off Until Good Fri. clay Morning, and Again on Baker - cloy Night As reported last week, March went out like a rough-neek and hy- dro, telephone and telegraph were cut off, and to add to the effect, the mow piled up as if it were the mid - din of Winter. Hydro did not come on again un- til Good Friday morning and was with as until Saturday evening aretind nine o'clock when the power went off again, but it was back Sun- day morning and ham been behaving nicely singe then. The telegraph system has been opened up and the service le again working, both at the down town of- fice and C. N. R. station. The Telephone system received a bad blow. South of Brussels to Wel- ton, the poles are down, and the Company have ordered cable and will run a 50 pair cable out to the 12th Con., south, and a 25 pair cable to the 3rd of Morris and 6th or Grey, north. This will cost around $3,000 and labor will be another $1,000. The lines have been carrying 46 .wires, and it means too much weight in esee of a sleet and wind storm. In the course of another year, a cab- le will be extended another mile and a quarter south. Poles are order- ed and are to be delivered on the gravel road before the snow goes, but it "will be sometime before phone connections are made. Practically no damage was done elsewhere on the system. Walter Rose, our poultryman, was up against it bad with the hydro be- ing off. g had recently installed a hirge up-to-date incubator, which de- pends on electric fans to distribute the heat, and as he had 4,000 eggs 111 the machines, he could do nothing but wait. It wasn't like the olden days, to catch the old hen and put a box over the nest and niake—hif tend to business. We hope he will not suffer any great loss in the shut- down. The Post's linotype, the machine that sets up the type for the paper, was rendered useless when hydro went off, as the, metal is heated by electricity and is motor delven. How- ever, we were practically ready for press on Tuesday evening and an hour's setting by hand on Wedne's- day morning finished us up and we were soon printing our paper. Luck- ily for us we run our big press by a gasoline engine. Listowel Dark. Listowel, April 1.—The town last night presented a gloomy appearance with no street lights, and its faintly lighted homes. There was no tele - Phone or telegraph service, and hon- ditions had a general pioneer aspect. Suffers Heavy Loss. Wroxeter, April le—Heavy losses will be sustained by the local rural telephone company as a result of Tuesday night's storm, a great many telephone poles having been blown down and wires destroyed. Much Damage by Storm. IVInverton, April 2.—Considerable damage was done in this vicinity by Wednesday's sleet storm and the snow blizzard of Thursday. Poles and wires are down all throughout the district and not one telephone line is open out of town.. The hydro power has been off since Wednesday morning and business is practically at a standstill. Resembled 1922 Storm. Stratford, March 31.—A, condi- tion of affairs closely resembling the severe and damaging ice storm of February 1922, prevailel in this city to -day and communication with the outside world by means of telegraph and telephone has been cut off prac- tically since morning. The weather man on Tuesday night and again to -day dispensed ev- ery known brand of climate, to the discomfort of hundreds of 'citizens. Canadian National Railway officials sat in their offices marooned and cut off from the outside world when both telegraphic. and telephonic communi- cation failed to act over radiating lines to outside points. The effects of the night gale, in Tehran snow, sleet, iee and rain all played a prom- inent part, wrought havoc with man- made systems of communication and each incoming train brought its tale of lines, weighted down with leo and snow, spread in disheveled array over the landscape. Trains in the main were running on tine, communication teem the this end became the only news com- forter that the populace had of whet was going on outside. The morning • train front OWen Sound was one eXeeptioti. It toot meget atp with di".1- ficultios Mid arrived in lihe cif% one hem` fled lo minutes **O&M.. The teestotan got in fts deedly week mid, With reging 'intensity, peeceeded to tie up things in a tight knot. Telephones Dernoralized. Htlitgannon section experienc- ed one of the worst eleet .storms in its history on - Tuesday. night Mel Wednesday. Telephone polite were broken and hurled ;term)); the roads, blocking traffic and demoralizing teh:phone vomit:dime Dunganeon is entirely isolated, oven the Bell lima being out of commiseion. Telephone Lines Hit, Blyth, March 31.—This district was visited with a severe etorm on Tuesday night and Wednesday, with the result that a great many of the televlione lines are out of business. Many telephone poles were snapped off. Lineman Rogerson, of the Rut, al Company, had a gang of men at work early on Wednesday to get the mess cleaned up and communieaLions started again, If the high wind con- tinues it is feared the loss will be as heavy on the companies as the great storm of four Years ago. Many Wires Are Down. Mitchell, April 1.—The wind and lee storm of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning did not do much damage in Mitchell, but the tele- phone poles and wires are all gown for a distance of five miles, from Bornholm to Monkton, and a gang of men started work to -day to put this part of the telephone line In or- der again. There were also breaks in the hydro wires at different points between here and Niagara, and on Wednesday night, for lighting pur- poses, the citizens of Mitchell had to resort to candles and coal oil lamps. Wires on Ground. St. Marys, March 31.—All com- munication with the outside world, except by train, has been cut off tem porarily by the devastating sleet storm, the worst since that which en- veloped the Se. Marys district four years ago. Telephone and telegraph lines have been crippled since late last night and the darrime to them will be considerable. About half a mile of the Ben lines' poles and all the wires are lying on the ground south of the town and numerous par- ty lines are disabled. The rain and high winds have broken down many trees about the town. Goderich Swept by Sleetstorm. Goderich, April 5. --For about 40 hours, commencing on Friday night, Goderich experienced one of the worst sleet storms of the season. On Saturday the storm developed into a hurricane and it was fortunate the thermometer was as low as it was or the effects would have been serious. Old residents said the snowstorm on Saturday was the worst for this time ef the ;ago they have ever Been. For- tunately the only inconvenient:es suf- fered here, as far as can be learned, was the absence of hydro. Oe Satur- day slight about tee inches .01 snow fell ;11111 the snowplows wore mit yes- terday morning clearing the tide - Cancel Higher Postage Rates Charges For Parcels Return To Schedule of Last Year—Maximum Rate Increased — Fostoffices To Accept Packets Up To 15 Pounds After being in effect for five months, a period which included the Christmas rush of parcels, the parcel post rates which went into t,ffect on October 24 last have been ganeelled and the lower rates whieh existed prior to that date will again Prevail on and after April 12. In -the in- etructions iesued to postmasters the country, 80 reasons are given for the change. - The only difference between the rates in the form in which they are to return and the application before the October change was made, lies in thct maximum weight of parcels sent through the mails. The rates existing prior to October 24 made provision for parcels weighing only as high as 11 pounds, but with the new rates in October the maximum was increased to 15 pounds, and this maximum has not now been reduced. In every other respect the postal charges on parcels after April 12 will be the same as they were pier to October 24. Higher and Lower. . The rates which are to return are higher and lower than those which have prevailed in the five-month per- iod now ending, depending upon the size of the parcel and the distance it is to be sent, The. interim rates were grouped in relation to the , weights and distances, and flat char--; gas were imposed on parcels weigh- ; Mg one, two, three, four, five and: six pounds, etc. Under this system the person sending a parcel weigh- ing, for instance, one pound, paid: more and the person sending a par- cel weighing three pounds paid less. • The rates which existed prior to last October 24, which are now be- ing restored, provide varying charg- es for varying weights, having re-' gard to the distance involved. No two weights cost the same amount of postage for parcels going the WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th. 1990. saine dIStalleo, Retee Not Equitable. Although the financial returs of the Government under the interim rates might have been thout the mune, the retie) theineelvee were net collaidered lee the nubile to be mgt. • able, in view of the feet Hutt •the relative cheapm,ee of the large Par - eel was effeeted al the expense of the smaller parka:re. It way hare been for thie reason that the Gee...! ermmeit deekied to restore the (Jell rates. In the meantime, however, the public was vompelled to send its Chrietmas parcels under rates which have apparently proved unsetisfaite ) tory. • Verily, 'fis a wonderful country, People een be intorested in pro hoelte es :Led eetid eataleguee at the name time. It's ()low: hard on 1 n eespaper man when some ellen gets so mad sumething 11 ee., in priet e. 'kVA lel le.; 1 het paver aenin!"--Shelbourne Et:- el:o1e:4e A Brusseht man who has an un- usuallY large element of snow in his back yard, is worrying for fear away all the fishworms. emilm••••••=weauftweearaamrome,oalasenamaosabsesolas*mraggr In The Legislature Atokarewermurnrstroormahowne.m.womarepet The Ferguson Government Steam, roller worked over time during the I lest days of the Session. Morning, ; afternoon, and night sittings were j held and committees sat at the eame time. It was impossible for membert! to follow iiverything that went on. The motive for the terrific last hour; rush was not quite apparent -unleesi it 'Was that Premier Ferguson feared : in fallowing might demand definite : announcements on matters of policy,: especially regarding the liquor ques- tion. For 29 days the Legislature pursu- ed a leisurely course, only sitting a total of 70 hours. Then on the 30311 day the House sat continuously for i 10 hours, rising at 9 o'clock in thel excellent Liberal speeches was thus! morning. Publicity to a number of thwarted. The same undue haste j has been maintained ever since. The I main estimates totalling $45,000,000 were rushed through in a little more than an hour, having been brought down in the morning of the day they were passed. They were taken in I many lerge lump sums and passed before members could study the de-: tailed items. Many opposition rimm-! bers were away at committee meet- ings and thus the course of the Pre -1 mier in rushing matters could not beverstrongly apposed in the House, On Monday in the dying moments' df the session, eleven government bills were introduced; on Tuesday three more were introduced and on Wednesday morning two more. It is quite obvious ethat these measures could not have been given the con- sideration that important legislation requires. There have been session lanai rushes in the Legislature before but never anything approaching the 11.1MMIN•••••••••eLl 14&Vitgate,,,94;,,,(4; l'eecet jets wietee whii•l-winti windup staged by premier 1'erel).011 thhi year. The Premier took the bit in his teeth and cracked the party whip and the huge Tory majority began the laet great push. it was a sad speetaele for the old province of Ontario. By a persistent series of .questions W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal leader, was able to got some admissions from the government a its boasted edu- cational policy. The Premier for months ha e been talking of dropping the first two years' work at the uni- versities and having the high schools handle it. Mr. Sinclair got the ad- mission that the Premier only in- tends to drop one year, and also that. the- cost of handling the extra Work in the high schools will be passed onto the high school districts. Thus the cost of high schools will be great- er, and as Mr. Sinclair argued, the cost of the universities will not be lessened at all because the equipment and staffs must be maintained as they are. The government was also consid- erably worried by an amendment moved by Mr. Sinclair in which he demanded a survey of taxation in the province, especially as previncial tax- ation overlaps municipal. Mr. Sinclair was able to show that a large portion of the money collect- ed in the gasoline tax which was in tended for roads had gone for other purposes. He also demonstrated in his argument that the amusement tax was strictly a municipal tax and that the government by invading that field hadl infringed on municipal eights. The amendment, however, was killed by the government follow- ing which seldom looks for merit in bills, simply following the orders of the 'Premier. egtilitrellatlattdittliballlidleato L el INNI ale Having disposed of our Business in Cranbrook we offer our Entire Stock I 1EE EY If seeing is believing come early if you want in on the many Bargains. ClOb 9 pr 14 After which the Store will be closed for Stock -taking. Highest Market Prices paid for Butter and Eggs. Gordon's Phone 5211 CR ANI3R OOK et..,"."`" "e •