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Pd Toronto Member and Mayor Church in Clash Before Private Bills Committee Mr. J. W. Curry's bill to provide compensation for losses try riots went down and out before the Mu- nicipal Committee of the Legislature yesterday, but not before the epon- sor of the bill and Mayor Church clashed in a wanm manner. Mr. Halcrow'a bill to provide for day- light baking was also thrown out. Mayor Church, in speaking to the committee in opposition to tho Riot Damages Act, said that some of the Toronto members might sprnd their time removing causes for riots rather than bringing in such bills ae this one was. What Did He Mean? Mr. Curry was on his feet in an instant. What did the Mayor mean, he asked, by saying that To- ronto members should spend their time removing causes of riots? Mayor Church replied that city members might see to it that the. accounts between the city and Pro- vince were straightened out. The city was being soaked. he said. One of the causes of the riot in Toronto, said the Mayor, was that the sol- diers were angry at seeing enemy aliens protected safely at home and making big money, while the soldiers had to fight for $1.10 a day. Karl Homuth objected to this. One would think, he said, that no one else but returned soldiers ever caused riots at hearing such talk. A Word to the Mayor. Mr. Curry said that the men whose stores were damaged in the Toronto riots were not enemy aliens, but citizens of an allied power. He said that he resented the state- ment of the Mayor. He, Mr. Curry, had suffered lose in the war and was not the one to protect enemies ot the country. "I don't think it lies in the mouth of the Mayor to talk of something else when this bill is up. I tell the Mayor that I will not be a party to taking money from the Province for the city. The city ot Toronto is entitled to no more than justice, and the Mayor is not en- titled to come here and say that in- dividual members for Toronto should stand by Toronto. right or wrong." The bill to provide that bakers should be permitted to carry on their operations only during the day time was defeated, Some of the committee thinking that the one business of baking should not be singled out for this attention. Bills Reported. Other bills reported included l Permission for municipalities to place memorial windows and tablets in commemoration of officers and men who went to war, and to raise money by debenture without a vote of the people for this purpose; to compel Boards of Police Commhr- sioners to submit their estimates to the Council for approval by March 1 each year; to permit municipal cor- poratione to pass by-laws for grant- ing aid to the Navy League; prohib- iting the removal of a City Auditor except on a vote of two-thirda of the Council. " " h L" An act to amend the Public Health Act was passed at the in- stance of the city of Toronto,wh1ch defines the owner of premises as the perm for the time being re- ceiving the rent of the land or premises, whether on his own we. count or as agent or trustee. / IRRY'S BILL ABOUT Wills THROWN OUT Fees collected at municipal weigh scales were revised by an amendment to the Municipal Act, introduced and passed by the Pri-' vate Bills Committee of the Legis. l-ature yesterday. The new scale (maximum) is as follows: For weighing a load of hay, 25 cents; for weighing slaughtered meat, or grain or other articles ex- posed for sale, if weighing less than 100 pounds. 2 cents; if weighing more than 100 and less than 1,000 pounds, .5 cents; if weigh-ins more than 1,000 pounds, 10 cents: for weighing live animals other than pigs, sheep or calves, per head, when only one weighed, 10 cents" for each additional animal weighed at the same time. 5 cents; for weigh- ing sheep, pigs or calves. one or two, 10 cents; three, four or tive, 15 cents; six or seven,- 20 cents; eight, nine or den, 25 cents; for each addi- tional animal above ten. 2 cents; tor :me-asuring a load o.f wood, 10 can", (Municipal Weigh Scale V ' Tariff Gets Revision Mr. T. H. Barton, Returning Offi- cor for Northwest Toronto, stated yesterday that the Returning Offi- cers had four times the amount of Work to do in the last election ow- ing to the referendum vote, and the heavy women's vote, polled for the first time. The accounts were not four times those of previous years. The Election Act provided for spe- cific expenses and also for "reason- able fees" for extra work. It is this part which is in dispute. An act to amend the Ontario Com- panies Act that was considered and passed in the Committee of the Whole in the Legislature yesterday drew from Mr. Dewart the opinion that all companies should be com- pelled to send a financial statement to all the shareholders annually. Any shareholder should have the right to this, he said. --_ A future. The act under consideration re- lated only to co-operative com- panies. and Hon. Mr. Doherty said that he thought the laws relating to co-operative companies should be revised, simplified and. brought up- to-date. He intimated that such re- vision would be undertaken in the Mr. Dewart asked yesterday in the Legislature if the A'torney-Goneral knew anything about the exclusion of the press from the inquiry at the City Hall. Mr. Raney said that, in that regard, no instructions had been given. Unless there were extra- ordinary, reasons, the Attorney- General said his opinion was that everything ought to be done openly. and that the public ought to have full access to such sessions. A. Mr. n. W. Essery, Returning Offi- cer for Northeast Toronto, stated that the Returning Officers had in- terviewed the Attorney-General and did nothing without his sanction. They had had to pay time and a half for clerical help quite frequently; three-quarters of the work had to he done at night, and Mr. Essery stated that he had put in twenty- four hours a day quite frequently. Judge Coatsworth commenced his hearing in camera of the dispute between the Government and the Returning Officers who conducted the recent election. The latter claim $40,923 for their services, and the Attorney-General opposes the pay- ment of $25,924 of this amount. ELECTION DISPUTE HEARD IN CAMERA Revise Laws Relating - to Co-operative Companies Press Are Excluded From Inquiry o'n Returning Officers' Fees