¥ ALLEN { mo.nay Charles Ray in "Scrap Iron" he 0 --t YEAR 89; No, 9. aily British Whin meeimmmemmt--r es a-- ---- r-- ALLEN Charles Ray in "Scrap Iron' be ll ----n KINGSTON; ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922. "LAST EDITION ---- TT -- UPTONS AND -- /ALL OUR TEXT BOOKS BRY ANT | SHOULD BE CANADIAN | Discussion at Meeting of Ur- ban School Trustees' As- sociation at Windsor. | | | { Windsor, Jan. 12.--There was a ee H LIBERALS {BRITIS CONSIDER REUNION {Conference to Heal Breach is | Spirsely Attended--No | © Leaders Present. A BIG RALLY OF LIBERALS London, Jan. 12.--A conference PUT TREATY INTO EFFECT WH ODWIN IS CHAIRMAN 1] {the calling of which excited some | About Feb. 23rd "And 2 curiosity in political circles, was held | This is the Aim of President Of Board of Education---In- to Chose Ontario Lead- |at the National Liberal Club to con- Sr Sun Livew: Give tooo | - Guiifithy of Dil Bir augural Meeting Held on er. the differences between the two sec: | ean. Wednesday Evening. Toronto, Jan. 12.--The far as possible all text books should | L# |tions of the Liberal forces, namely 4 : Ontario | the Coalitionist-Liberals and the In- Dublin, Jan. 12.--A meeting of At the inaugural meeting of the beral executive yesterday hela | dependents, led by H. H. Asquith. His reso- | what was expected to be the jaz. The attendance numbered between | been summoned for | the South Ireland parl.ament has | Board of Education for 1922, held Saturuay nest. on Wednesday night, Trustee 'W. H. meeting In its history. But it was a |20 and 30, but no officials of either | Eamonn de Valera | newspapermen that none or mis par:iy [tee Godwin has been a member of {warm discussion yesterday at the | {third annual meeting of the Urban| 8chool Trustees' Association over the | {resolution introduced by Major Bert| * |S. Wemp through the Toronto Board | of Education. = Major Wemp contended that as PLACED ON TRIAL At Napanee For the Murder of Constable Rich ard Beard--Efidence Given Concerning re Stolen Kingston Rifles. on Sard {lution carried. a Trustee Edmunds moved that the case not eo much of extinction but |Wing of the party were among those i ' |Government enact legislation he spoke to the boys, but the lattor Ing salaries for trustees in cit The boys | informed (he Godwin was elected chairman. True allow- {rather of metamorphosis, since ihe | present, | Would recognize the meeting of tn.s | the board for seven years, has serve over 100,000 population. This affect Toronto, les of old body was to be converted int,,| The speakers were mostly coali-|parliament. ied on all the important committees, would and merged with, the new assucia.| tion sympathizers who expressed a| A temporary truce has been de- and has given much time and con- tion to be devised and fashioned by | Wish" for a reunion of the party in | clared by the W¥arrnng rac:ions witn- (sideration to educational matters, wa. The resolution will | > which [Order that Liberal principles should | in Sinn Fein, and his electian to this very import= with by the government at session. Representation has (From Our Own Corresponieént) Napanee, Jan.|did not say very much. 12. -- The pre- {were at the house before witness got | liminary trial of!out of bed: His mother let them in, | Sherwood and | Witness saw the rifles leaning! Erwood Jpton against the table He did not hava and Frederick | the guns. in his hand. A brother of | Hamilton and Otta- be dealt!the big Liberil convention the next|will; meet in Toronto next month. |have ful influence in the govern-| The Dail Eireann has adjourned ant post was received with great en= | The new body which will probably | ment of the country, [until St. Vaientine's day, and tas {thusiasm on the part of his cals Bry c : s been made to|be modelled on the lines of the old| The Independent view was ex- | Griffith government has & month's | leagues on the board a, ni He Nines had re Eh Bis hans ithe Ontario Government regarding a| Ontario Reform Association, -will |Pressed by a speaker who declared | respite from the attacks of Eamona.! At the opening of the meeting, the y ' Charged | The Joys said they had been ou a isi v2 ton] t i r |that a necessary preliminary to re- [de Vaiera and his followers, in whica rsecretary, John Macdonald, read the With the murder hunting party pear Yarker and were |WOT® Careful supervision of motion represent Ontario Liberalism for ¥ 3 | 4 rincis : {union of the Liberal party was the |to push forward Plans for es:ablish- [resuits of the recent election for of Constable | walking to Kingston. | Pictures. both provincial and federal purposes | Pp i r --t even as the new leader will be chos- [dissociation from their Unionist al- FARMERS, FIGHT CRAAM Asked to describe the boy with | Bryant, witness aid: 'He was dark | and a little. shorter." Witness had | seen Bryant later, but had no coa- | held here to-day, hours of evidence, In committed the after three Magistrate Rank- ve en to captain Ontario's lgglons in all |lles of any claiming the title of Lib- | fields, eral. The last act of the old executive | was to appoint a nominating and' ---- ee young men for court to be held ebruary. Counsel trial at the assize the last week of F for the prisoners, A. B. Cunning- ham and T. J. Rigney, Kingston, claimed that there had been no evi- dence whatever brought out to show that the prisoners were near Napan- €8 on the night of the murder and | asked that the ch be dismissed, 32 cycle. rsation with; him, -special. Witness had Finding of the Rifles, Police Sergeant Marshall Arm- | To the crown counsel he told of ha- , Witness hail | been told"that Bryant trode a motor- | He said that the rifles the | boys had at his house were a 30- and | looked at | the barrel of the rifles about six fest | away. arge against them | : {{'sttong of Kingston was then calley, | 5T®58Ives yesterday afternoon nomf- | convention committee of 'welve members, which, in turn, procee led | to strike the other committees need- | ed to carry on preparations for 'ha big convention. It was decided that this would las: for two days during the last week in February, these probably being Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th, A committee of three was also ap- | po'nted to inquire into protests aris- ing from the recent federal election. FEWER GENERALS IN SOUTH ESSEX RIDING Deter UNDER LIBERALS Minister of Defense Oppos by 8ame Man as in Gen- eral Election. of Essex, Jan. 12.--South Essex Pro- Are Said to Be Doomed. nated T. J. Willah, reeve of Mersea township to oppose Hon. George I. Ottawa, Jan. 12.--That estimates (Cocked Mats and Gold Braid Not Asked To Elect {ing with Sherwood Upton on Decem- | A crowd of about one hundreq | ber 11th. They went to a barn Bear | Salam, Ininister of defense, in tha People were at the Grand Trunk sta. | Kingston Junction and found two 30- | PY-election necessitated by the lat- we 1 ter's elevation to the feder 1 cabi tion at 11 o'clock this morni 'hen | Calibre Remington pump rifles. Tae . e 'ral cabinet, Velo rning when under Haines | The vote wag 342 to:29. Election day d from Kingst ay. | Buns were hidden | i y ing on board Eston hav. | Witness said he was lookin | '8 Feb. 2nd. Willan"was the Progre- the Upton brothers ang | barn. | ! 8 Fred Bryant, charged with the mur. | {oF Jewelry and went to the barn as |*iY€ candidate in the recent general der of | ) c 4 | election when there was hree- Night Con ~d | result of a conversation he had |® vas a three Beard on oh mole Richard 12 IF Sherwood Upton, Witness ask-1 jLoraered i Bw. The Conservatives 28th ast. All eyes were focused op | Sherwood Upton for informatio:. be 1 a ed to take no part in the the young prisoners as they wore | Witness could mot remember if ber} Ifa aon ws, Wikan ascopied th taken from the irain by the officars, [had warned Sherwood Upton at this {Rom a ou H oe understanding but the crowd had but a minute or |time. He had only been under rR vou re ve Sonorous as- #0 to see the prisoners as they wera | Tost about an hour. Sansa, wl shave, Quickly placed into auto bus and Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Rigney | whisked off to the court house | Poth objected to the witness telling SHOULDN'T ASK LABOR where the preliminary took place, |Of conversations to be used against | TO LE The case opened at 11.10 o'clock, [the accused if he had not been warn-| AD PRICE-CUTTING The court room was filled, every ©G. Witness placed Sherwood Upton -- Avaliable seat being occupied ang [under arrest, and wea Sajced Sbout Premier Drury Says Systém of many were unable to gain entrance, | conversations he had wit m, r- 5 - 1 ihe prisoners on being brought nto [wood Upton had told witness where Unemployment insuance gaurt showed very litle emotion. [bo could gel some stolen goods, but Should Be Devised. [§8Y Were arraigned on the charge of [When witness went to the place men- rder, but Magistrate Rankin did |tioned the goods had been removed. them to plead or elect. A. B. | Witness then told of finding a 32: ; hand C. M. Smith, King- [calibre rifle at the home of the U ®pepared as counsel for ths |ton boys. Another gun was located and T. J. Rigney, }in Portland village by Provincial In- ton appeared for Bryant. Croan |spector Boyd on an order from Er- orney U. M. Wilson, Napanee, [Wood Upton. Witness saw the order lafternoon on the unemployment pro- bnduc'ed the prosecution. and also saw Erwood Upton give the blem. At the same time labor should L Dr. T. W. Simpson was the first [order to Inspector Boyd. The rifle |p, willing to fall in line and take a Witness called when the preliminary. | found under the barn near Kingston cat corresponding to the drop in the ened. He was questioned by | Junction was wrapped in a canves | price of goods and produce. / Frown Attorney Wilson. He exam-|bag. Witness was present at the | mqpq @tker important point which med the body of the late Constabla | trial of the prisoners. He heard Er- {tye premier made was that some sys- rd and gave as the cause of death [wood Upton's evidence. Witness [tony of unemployment insurance § bullet passing through the hear: | was asked about statements made by [should be devised which would help lung. Death was due to hem- |the prisoners. Chief Robinson and {to provide a permanent solution of brhage and shock. Witness assist- | Inspector Boyd were present. The {the problem. And in conclusion he Prof. James Miller of Queen's | statements were typewritten, | emphasized that so soon as the cei. University, Kingston, in the post- | Counsel for the prisoners again | try 'was out of the woods of the pre- portem. F. F'. Miller, land surveyor, | raised Obpection to this evidence be- isent trouble it must grapple with the spanee, sald he had prepared plans [ing given but it was given subject {whole question and try to arrive at F the scene of the murder. These to the objection, |a basis of business which would pre- n8 were presented to the court. jyeat such unemployment coming / |again. Teronto, Jan. 12.--Labor should not be asked to take the TJead in bringing prices down to a normal level, declared Premier Drury, speaking to a large gathering of board of trade members yesterday ask Upton's Statement Produced. The crown presented a typewrit- ten statement from Erwood Upton and witness identified it as a state- ment given by Erwood Upton to In- Spector Boyd, Chief Robinsom and witness, It was dated Dec. 11th. Witness also identified a statement given hy Sherwood Upton on the same date. The statements were not read to the court. A rifle was at this stago produced by Sergt. Marsh- all Armstrong. It was a 30-calibre | Remington and found under the barn near Kingston Junction. Mr. Cunningham then took the the rifles as his property. The withess in hind and asked him Imbers on 'two had been cnipped ,when he first had a conversation - with the Upton boys. Witness said his first conversation took place with Farmer Remembers Bryant. I 5th. Erwood Willlam Young, a farmer near |Crvo0d Upton on Dec..5th. Erw Was at that time under arrest. Wit- jurvale, gave evidence to the crown onversation with ornoy. He said he saw the prison: | "085 had another ¢ 3 Erwood ou Dec 6th. ip Sigsion aud Dulari ae Both conversations took place in tha police station. Witness also had hegiviog day. FF gn eos Wt several other conversations with/Br- le'auda 32-special Remington rific wood. Later witness had a conversa- e . Stolen Rifles, . | W. B. Dalton, Jr., hardware mer- nt, Kingston, was the next wit- ¢ He told of having some riflos olen from his place on Sept. 3ra, 920, and Oct. 30h, 1920. Four kles were stolen and witness gave description of them. Two of the rifles were, 30-calibia 73029 and 673682. The 32-caii- guns were Nos. 64394 and 74590. itness said the rifles had been seen him in the possession of the pol- at Kingston. He identified 'wo German Delegates Before Allied Supreme Council ! Cannes, Jan. 12.--The German delegation headed by Dr. Walter Rathenau was received by the Allied Supreme council this morning, the reparations commission having re- ported that last night's conference with the Germans had been without results. . 0 -- BISHOP BRUNET BURIED ar Apostolic of N. Ontario, Mount: Laurier, Que., Jan. 12. The funeral! uf Mgr. Francols Xavier Brunet, bishop of 'he diocese of Mount Laurier, took place yesterday morning here. Tho 'yneral 'oration Was pronounced ir the cathedra] by Mgr. J. Hallo, vicar apostolic or North Ontario, while the services was elected by Mgr. Di Marla, Funeral Oration Pronounced on Vie. | The executive also passed a ngso- | " tion of the services of Arthur Liberalism during the years just passed. ' A vote of confidence was: passeu, congratulating Premier-elect Ma:- keazie King upon his accession to power. Speaking of the succdss of today's meeting, President Hardy stated that it was 100 per cent. better than any meting which the executive had ever held before. Delegates had been present from all over Ontario, com- ing from Rainy River, Temiskaming and other distant peints. The en- thusiasm and harmony which pre- vailed augured well for future sud- aL + Belleville, Jan. 12.-- The Heal statistics of the city of Belleville for the vear 1921, show that there were 159 marriages, a decrease of 20 over 1920; births, 384, an in- crease of 11 over 1020 and deaths. 228, a decrease of 22 over 1920. UO! the deaths, 49 were over the age of | 70 years. 1 SMUGGLING SUBMARINE SEEN OFF NEW JERSEY {Some Cape May Fishermen Tell of Strange Actions of Craft. Cape Bay, N.J., Jan. 12.--Hans Jensen and Pedro Lennington, two {fishermen from Cape May, reported | here that they have been watching | the strange actions of a submarine j ott the shore. They think the sub- { marine is in the liquor running trade from the Bahamas and that the | small craft that have been bringing |hdoch into the New Jersey coast | towns, and i been getting their supply from submarine. The fishermen report they have sighted the submarine | on severdl days off the Fathom Bank lightship, twenty miles east of Cape May, and that they also saw the-submarine off the Overfalls lightship at the en- trance to the Delaware Bay. The fishermen say that last night they were hailed by a small craft and that the skipper of the craft asked the way to Two Mile Beach. Two Mile Beach is the only unin- habited beach on the Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May, and' it has been watched as a possible the Hardy, of Brockville, who has work- [sacred I es ed indefatigably for the welfare of | 2 ' lution expressing its high apprecia- | "ill be cut to the hone under the new federal administration is con- It is taken for that war-like expenditure on militia will be duced to a minimum and many cock- ed hats may fall and much gold brald be eliminated in the process. In Laurier's day there were but two generals on the payroll, drawing about $5,000 a year each. To-day, there are seventeen with an average annual payroll of some $9,000. ~ The necessity of the retention of such a galaxy of high rank is seriougly questioned by the new administra- tion, The probabilities are that the east. | ern establishment of the police will be eliminated a and that the dominion : pol. once more mounted fee will pretty well reduced to a minimum, WAGE REDUCTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED Injunction Restraining Brit- ish Empire Steel Corpora- tion Suspended. -- Halifax, N. 8, Jan. 12.--The Nova Scotia court of appeals has suspend- ed the injunction granted by Justice Russel, restraining the British Em- pire Steel Corporation and constitu- ent companies from reducing 'hs wages of coal miners in their employ pending the outcome of the investi- gation of the conciliation board inte .coal companies will pay the reduc + wages of from 25 to 33 per cent., isolated beaches, have | PUtés Act no change the wage dispute between the com- panies and the miners. This means that the Nova Scoua od an- nounced as effective from January 2nd, until the court of dppeals pro- nounces judgment upon the ques- tions raised by the appellants. Justice Russell granted the reetrq. ining injunction on the ground tha* under the Dominion Idustrial Dis- in working conditions could be made by party while conciliation proceedings were in progress. The courts of appeal granted "he suspension of the injunction on the ground that as the coal companies and miners had agreed that the old Montreal agreement should on December 31st, 1921, and as no new agreement had been made, theo Was no "exieting rate of wages' af- ter the end of the year, about which there could be a dispute, as none had been fixed. > FRACTIONS RAISING re-| either expire i a tion with Sherwood Upton. This was suis Were ex L JAnotiier Dec. 6th, the witness believed, and on apostolic delegate. POLITICAL PROBLEM cache of the liquor runners. I¥ was with Bryant, but witness did | this occasion witness zot a rifle at know who the other fellow was. [the Wotop 'home. Sher Up'on Mr. Rigney, witness said taat r Wood : was placed under arrest on Dec. 11th, he Sevasion po net Bes ant uni Asked about the statements made, together to get warm and dry | Witness a lume yy 'something to eat, Witness sad | LYPewritten by Ci aon. Ra negs said that Inspector Boyd had * |oautioned the prisoners 'elling thew that any statement that they might make could be used in evidence against them. Several hours were taken up in securing the statements. The statements were typed just as the staements were given. The pris- oners were cautiond when the stata- ments were made. dts. + Could Not Iden'ify Men, Vincent Bova, merchant, Dundas street, Napanee, recalled the night of the murder. About 12.45 am. he saw three men in the rear of his store. It wis very dark and do could not see very well. He recalled Mhearing a shot fired. The evidence I. _ of the witness was the same as he Jets Harold wear hig Sun- [gave at the inquest. He could not ® to echool.----Harold, Sr. | dentity any of the men. Hugh Dun- ! Does Your Wife Do? {Continued on Page 13. x ; meats BRICKS DOWN IN HAMILTON Three Dollars Less Per Thousand ; May Stimulate bricks has been cut $3 a thousand, and builders say this will have a stimulating effect on building. ' A sign 'hat business is picking up is the Sawyer-Massey Contpany's an. nouncement that it had added one hundred men to its pay rolls, et} | WOMEN IN BELFAST Belfast, Jan. 12.--Mrs. Hogs was killed and Mrs. Ma- ginnls and Mrs. Bowman were critically wounded when armed men invaded their home last The fishermen report that when Hamilton, Jan. 12.--The price of' they questioned the skipper of the strange craft he sald that he was a down east lobster fishérman and that y had 7 Jost: his compass in rough Weather. He also asked for some gasoline. It is common talk among the*fish- ermen at Schellenger's Landing, where the boats obtain their sup- plies, that a submarine: started to come in through the jetties at' the eutrance to Cold Spring, which is at the entrance to Cape May harbor, and when the skipper of the sub- marine saw that the harbor was full of steamers and other fishing crary, he signalled the engineer "full speed does this divide exactly Representation Unit Does Not Go Exactly into Population of Provinces. Ottawa, Jan. 12.--Fractions have raised a problem in connection with estimates of the representatives of | the various provinces in the fifteenth i The Quebec unit of re- | parliament. presentation has been gpproximately calculated at 26,000, but in no case into the Population of & province as deter- mined by the 1921 census. In some cases, the fraction over ig large; in some, small. According to a ruling given, however, a fraction will be counted = as the next whole number where it exceeds one-half. The rulicg is of special interest to the maritime provinces. New Brunswick, with ® population of 388,082, will, under the TRiDE, vid its present population 679, will have fif- teen members instead astern," without turning around, and went out of the jetties and off shore and submerged. There is no. mother ship of sub- {ing the new Irish Free State. Arthur Griffith today declared he |and his ministers would use all tne | m-chinery of the Dail to bring the | Pree State into being. De Valera had objected that the Sinn Fein par- liament, established by the "repub- | lic"' could not be used for this pur- | pose, but the trea:y supporters, se- cure in their majority, point out that |the former president and his follow- ers recognized the Griffith govern- ment by returning to the Dail mee - | ing yesterday after their stampede | preceding the election | "1 will continue to act as hresident of the Dail, and, if necessary of the {Ir'sh republic," Griftith said fn an | Interview, "until the machinery or | the Free State is set up and the peo- |ple have an opportunity to choose | the officers of that state in an elec ton. "I will do my utmost to put the | treaty with Great Britain into .f- { fect." . | ™he plans of the Griffith govern- | ment are understood io be as fol- lows: _, | - Immediate steps will be taken .o | establish machinery for an Irish {Free State. | The Irish people will thén be ask- | [ed to approve the new state by tak- | | | ing part in an election of officers. (A sweeping victory for Griffith and | [his cabinet is confidently expected, | Itogether | following the final defeat 'of de Vai |J. C. Allen, | era.) To Carvell Regarding Hiss Attack | on Railway Workers, | Ottawa, Jan. 12.--That the labor {situation in Canada would never 'e {helped by such statemen:is as those | attributed to Hon. Mr. Carvell at | +he sitting of the railway commis- | | stoners in Montreal and tha: Mr. | | Carvell "'was not shouting the other side of the question from the housa | tops," was the warm reply made .0| the chief commissioner yes'erday oy { Hon. James Murdock. A Montreal despatch quoted Mr. Carvell as saying that the "railways are in the hands of the labor unions and that these men need some one behind them continually with a yard | stick." | | Missionaries Returning. ] | Cobourg, Jan. 12.--Rev. G. E. and | Mrs. Simmons, who have been un | furlough for some time In this coun- | try, left Stirling a few days ago | return to their mission work in| China. | { | XO TARIEF REVISION | TIL EVIDENCE TAKEN [This is the Opinion Expressed | at Ottawa Regarding the Matter. | Ottawa Jan. 12.--With the return |of the prime minister there is re- | {newed talk of the possibilities of j tariff revision during the coming ses- sion. In political circles here, how- lever, ft is not anticipated that this |aession will see any extensive tariff | changes attempted, but rather that | the ngw finance minister, in his first i budget, will be content with several and possibly an- | nounce that 'a new tariff investiga- | [tion is to be made before there is | a general revision. That there will | | be such a general revision eventual- ly is not doubted, but it is not likely | that the King "government would | want to undertake one without mak- | ing a thorough investigation. There is said to be little likeli- | hood of the present government at- | tempting to base its revision on the | evidence collected by the late finance | minister, for obvious reasons, says | Canadian Press, but whether that commission will be appointed' this | session, and thus enabled to start | work immediately affer the House | Prorogues, it is not certain. The members of the government in seeking election, pointed out the need of tariff revision iu many cases, and when the pew finance minister i : | slight changes, i Pose of seeing euch a revision through than with any idea of stay- Ing in the position once things are | land | e took office it was understood that | he was doing so gather for the por- | | | trustees, and the newly elected mems= |bers made their declaration of office |before Mayor S. S. Corbett. The new members present were Trustees W. R. Allen, W. J. C. Allen, H. B. JyNorman and Rev. Ji D. Boyd, | Following the swearing in of the | new members, voting took place for |chairman, and Trustee Godwin was !the unanimous choice. Mayor Cor bett shook hands with the hew chair {man and escorted him io the chair, jand then followed the rol call +¥hose present, In addition to the new chairman, were Trustees W. R, Allen, W. J. C. Allen, Allan Lemon, F. R. Anglin, T. G, Bishop, L. T. Best, W. M, Campbell, J, M. Far~ rell, Jas. Henderson, Canon J. W,. Jones, T. W, Mills, Miss E. G. Mowat, A. W. McLean, H. F. Norman and Rev. J. D. Boyd. -- The Standing Committees. The committee appointed by by law to strike the standing commit- tees for the year, then retired and through the chairman, Trustee J. M, Farrell, presetited the following re= port, which was adopted: Management--Trustees Campbell, Lest, Bishop,-Ellfott and Farrel. Property---Trustees J. B. Cooke, W. Roy Allan, Anglin, Henderson and Johes Finance---Trustees Newlands, W. McLean, Lemmon and i Renton, N Playgrounds--Trustees Best, lin, Mills, Newlands and Norm, Commercial -- Trustees Jones and Mills; Messrs, H. calfe, T. D. Minnes and J. F. Row- nd. '= « Industrial -- Trustees Lemmon, Rishop and Separate School repre= entative; MeSsrs, Jno. Birketf, Colin Macpherson and H. C. Welch. The first named on each commit= ee will servé as chairman, 5 t The School Chairman, Collegiate Institute '-- Trustes Mowat. Victoria School---Trustee Jones. Robert Meek school--Trustee El liott, Central school--Trustee Anglin, Macdonald school--Trustee W. J. Allen, Frontenac man. Louise school-=Trustac Rest. Sydenham school--Trustea rell, Rideau school---Trustee Boyd. Depot school--Trustee Bishop, Orphans' Home--Trustee Ren.on. "Your committee further recom- mends that G. H. Ogilvie be reap- pointed to the Public Library Board. school Trustee Nore Fars Mayor Corbett Speaks, Following the selection of the committees, Mayor Corbett was calls ed upon for an address. His wop- ship first congratulated Trustee God= win on his election as head of the board, He said that Trustee God- {win had served on the board for sev- eral years, had given much time to the work, and he felt sure that he would fill the position 4bly and wel], Mayor Corbett also made some and its finances, asking the board to retail its expenditure as much ag possible, He pointed out that this Was the advice he had given to all the civic committees. He asked that in striking the budget for the year, the board cut down in every w pos- | sible. There was a great deal of une i | timely remarks regarding the board * employment, and it wes desired to keep the tax rate down as low as possible. He wanted the board 0 know that it had the city council at its, back and at the same time he wanted the board to assist the eity couneil. After Mayor Corbett's address, the chairman called upon Rev. J. D. Boyd to offer prayer, and following. (Continue On Page 7) 3 TORY TO OPPOSE PREMIER KING Toronto, Jan. 12.-J. A. M. Armstrong received the Con- | servative party nomination at Newmarket yesterday after- Roon 'to oppose 'Hon. W, L. Meckenzie King fn'the North York bye-election. Extensive: reh co-operation ape proved by ethodists, Presbyterians and