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A long list of bills was given third H. 8 White, K.C., counsel for Mr. seading, including Hon. Manning Backus, questioned him as to the Doherty's measure to aid. in the wire of December 11 sent Mr. Backus greling and packing of fruit and in which Huston stated that only the Attorney--General's bill regard-é 10,000 cords of pulpwood would be ing probation officers. some _0 purchased and asked Mr. Backus | ° Hon. F. C. Biggs legiwglation also what he thought of the threat. The' received third reading, but his bill witness said he thought it was bluff. providing for ca,pita.lizati?n of motor Dealing with freight rate reductions license revenue wWwAs held over, as _ Mr. Backus stated that the sugges-- H. H. Dewart, South west Tor'gnto. tions that there should be an at-- sald he wished to put himse es tempt to secure freight rate reduc-- record by a motion to bave the bi tions were Captain Huston's own. referred back to committee. $ Backus never made a sguggestion York Township Bill. along that line. Consideration _ WAS deferred by penies Huston Had Hold. Committee of the House of the g'i" Regarding the statement that to incorporate part Of ihs LoWHa g Backus could not fire him (Huston) of York. HMon. Mr. Hem'){ Nggfi; Mr. Backugs emphatically declared: that it might stand_ oveY "mzl _ae "Huston had nothing on me; any township had seen the bif% ml]t' ® lg person in our employ or with whom assured thelr'gewel'e no difficuities we have had transactions can pub--| it to overcome. 4 :' lish on the front page of the news-- In answer to a question byPJose'ph papers all our relationsg." McNamarA, R"'e"':""e' retmt:r John Monaghan, Comptroller of Drury said that if, twa,s'::m tg the Minnesota and Ontario Paper thought of _the ('Ot\ ernthe Civil Company, produced a payroll ex-- reinstitute the bonus for tact and all cancelled cheques paid Service. to Captain Huston, including ex-- pense accounts. On December 5 $500 had been advanced to Huston, who claimed he had had the ap-- proval of 8. W. Backus and A. D. George for this advance. HUSTON WANTED * A letter from Huston referred to | the need of payment of this sum to| > someone '"before the day of the f elections." The letter concluded that if the payment was not ap-- proved he (Hustor®) would person-- « ally stand the loss. \ C[ { 8. W. Backus, Vice--President of ty e oc oumrertrea ns the Backus companies, produced a F letter authorizing Huston to buy not A over 10,000 cords of pulpwood. A Mythenous CAdvanceD_ rom ' letter from Capitan Huston, dated w December 9, to Mr. Newcombe, one ackus ompany. IS .of the officials, was read. It re-- closed at Inquiry ferred to the defeat of the Con--| servative party,' which 'came as &| C great surprise," but remarked that? '{he fenate was still Conservative and | f that Senator Sharpe was Leader of | > the Senate. 1 Regarding the $500 advance, Mr.| Backus stated he had never heard | £ about the advance until after it had" KFort Frances, Ont., May 15. -- E. been advanced. A telegram from W. Backus, President of the Inter-- }-iustoin at I({')tta,wa', (;lated Decembsr% a i, saying: "Have made arrangeéments, national Falls Pulp & Paper Co., was but it costs $500," was produced. The | the first witness called at the open-- witness did not know what it re--" ing session of the Royal Commis-- ferred to. sion of the Province of Ontario, in-- [ w ce en M amoon 6ugh A letter written to Mr. Newcombe on duiring into Ccharges against the At-- Tecember 9, in which Huston resign-- torney--General's Department, aris-- ed, owing to the fact that he thougltllt j 3 J ates was getting the 1'ng out of the death of Captain Or-- 12; Lor%ittege Srt;tes deal. £ Aftelr his ville Huston of Winnipeg, here last resignation he proposed, according Decemiber. i +o the jetter, to go into business with Mr. Backus declared Huston was | t . Senator Sharpe in the pulpwood pro-- not responsible for the reduction of | dueifg business, pulpwood rates to Fort Frances $500 Clinched the Deal. from Manitoba points, as had 'been The $§'0§. }t'he;ettlertwgnt on, fir'i'at-ll- C Iy clinched the deai a ttawa. e claimed iby the deceased, and ;pro- * lotter concluded by a postscript that iucedl:.é;legra.m from Hon. F. B. he was going to file :11 correspo';l,- Carve airman of the Board of dence with Premier Norris, J. s Railway Commissioners, to Captain f':go%,OfBThgarngfi"g?ata re%{afi)ll;;:? I'iuaton, stating that tl'w rate reduc-- ¢ 'ommission, as he was being put in tion asked was impossible. | a false light through (tlhe company uston Hired *>~ 4 buying only 10,000 cords instead of HTV noagipdarapamea 25--000. In the event of the com--. he witness also produced corre-- nany deciding to buy 25,000 cords, ¢ gpondence be~§ween f Captain Huston jm would like an immediate answer, and himself, in which the deceased & ntherwise he would hold up the pro-- nzad »beeln eng:-s':;isgor three months posed freight rate reduction. at a salary 0 per month, his ; The witness, 8. W. Backus, then duties being to try and get rates re-- | polated a long--distance conversation duced on pulpwood, and on getting | on Monday, December 12, and Huston ;'l:x(;imu:'emeixtx;;x;naitlogal 2g%151'gmnyl 4 ngreed to come dov'}r{n. N;) mentions j ' o buy ; to | of strong--arm work or force wWasi 50,000 cords. A teolegram from aade. Tgixere was no foundation for Huston to Backus, stating that the ?ruston's alleged -- remarks that International Company would buy | rtrong--arm work would be used 10,000 cords only, and making, in | mrainst him. The witness said that z(olns:quegg,-wha} the 'witngss claim-- | neither he no:-f his fathe(;, nor any--| ; reply, "a ulldozing ; ne he knew of, procured anyone to threat," was also read. id clil Huston. He also declared his Mr. Backus stated also he thought ""rm had taken no part, so far as he t}éat. Hl(xlston ibelieved 'he had obtain-- new, in the election here during ed a reduction. 919. j At the opening of the court Gor--| > To Mr. White the witness said his don Waldron, K.C., counsel for the wife and a Mr. Williams were in the Ontario Government, read a letter rfice when the long--distance tele-- fx:om J,. §. McRac, barrister, of Win-- phone talk with Huston in Winnipeg ; nipeg, offering to give evidence and ; was held. stating his relations with Huston. | § Huston had stated to McRae that he | , was in Backus' employ, (but that Backus could not fire him, as he, t Huston. had too much on him. x