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as elected President, Mr. J. E. Jackson, t committees Were elected for the a A \ _E. Jackson, P. Ingram, H. Peel. k, Robt. Harris, H. Archer, T. Bower- Land Sports--F. E. Reesor, R. Levia, rrow,. = M. Gerrow, Bert. MacGregor, G. McKee, 2 McLean, N. Ewers, S. CE elayen ater : iB: Bmaliman, E. Ge R. J. Weir, ts--W. M, Letcher. It was 'mq committee be elected to act Secretary and Treasurer, ed and carried that the in conjunction with the President, : to be the Executive Committee. After considerable discussion it was decided to hold a day of Sports on Wednesday, August 2nd. be A committee was appointed to meet the Town Council with a view to having the two business b [ nently wired for such events as the street dance. There is ample work for the Business lo about the town, and it is a real delight to see the entering into the spirit of the thing with enthusiasm. a 48. men of Port Perry formed of the town ld foster Stouffer, I. R. Bentley. wrence, A. L. McDermott, E. L. A. McFarlane, H. H - first named person in each on Queen Street perma- 'Men's Association to younger men COUNTY COUNCIL NOTES NEW ' PAVEMENT 18 RECOM- MENDED BY COUNTY COUNCIL , "(Oshawa Daily Times) Whitby, . June 9,--An expenditure . of $138,000 on new concrete pavement) in the north end of 'the County will be recomemnded to the Ontario De- partment of Highways by the County Council the work to be done this sum- mer. Of the $183,000 the County's share will be approximately $45,000. At the County Council session on] . day af! Council d of a resolution, brought in by "Redve Albert Jackson, of Whitby; which 'authorizes the sending of a recom- mendation to the Minister of High- ways that two and a half miles of 'pavement, to connect the Village of Cannington with the King's highway No. 12, and be contructed; and alfo four and half miles of King's Highway westerly and northerly from the town line between Brock and Thorah Town- ships, to the village of Beaverton. * "The pa t to Cannington is on "a county road, and the estimated cost is $45,000, of which the government will pay fifty per eent, leaving the county's share approximately $28,000 or the equivalent of one mill on the "The pavement to Beaverton, being a Provincial highway, the government -will pay 80 per cent. and the county J 'motion. Mr. Ross felt that the pave- when the government in one case paid 50 per cent, and in the other 20. Reeve Walter F. Weir, of Whitby Township, thought that the govern- ment if it wished to go on with fur- ther paving should complete Highway No. 7 west from Brooklin village to Langstaff, a work that should have been done long ago. He was opposed to the new pavement in the north end of the cdunty as proposed. : Engineer Approves ~ R. C. Muir, chief engineer of the} Highways Department, addressed the Council recommending that the pave- ment to Beaverton be constructed atf j this time. From many standpoints he figures that it would be good busi- ness for the county." He explained that he had come to Whitby to ad- vocate that this work be undertaken. Speaking on Reeve Jackson's resolu- tion, Mr. Muir approved of both re- commendations at this time. Fair Play For North . Reeve John Ross, of Thorah,| pointed out that in the morth end of the courity there is only 17 miles of pavement, yet for years the northern municipalities. have paid their share of the many miles of pa t con- Y now in the district, so that the work] 'm! see how | he could not see 1 e county could stand still now, and he favored the new pavements being constructed now. He hoped that the} county officials Jeould capitalize fo the fullest extent on the fact that the con- tractor's plant and much stone were t be done at as low a figure as 'Moore-Ke Very quietly in the St. Clare Church Parish House, St. Clare Ave,, W., Port Arthur, the marriage was solemnized of Rosemary Kenny, eldest daughter of Judge M. K. Kenny and Mrs. Kenny, of Port Arthur and William J. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore, of Pickering, The y was Rev. Father Givard: : #1 * Coming Events EDUCATIONAL MEETING AT AT MANCHESTER The semi-annual meeting of the On, tario County Educational Association will be held at Manchester, on Friday, JUNE 23rd, at 8 p.m. There will be a discussion on "Fifth Form Work in Public Schools" with addresses by Mrs. Jas. Gordon, of Gamebridge and Mr. A Grant, of Beaverton. Demon- stration of teaching music by Miss E. Ward, Uxbridge. Other speakers will be Inspector R: A. Hutch Mr. S. Farmer, Miss E." Graham. Miss M. Linton, of Claremont, will sing. Election of Officers. + °° ANNIVERSARY AT GREENBANK 'Sunday, July 26th, special services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. conducted by Rev. D. M. Solandt, Toronto. Miss E. Brownscombe will assist the choir. Saturday JULY 1st, sports in the afternoon, Supper at b, followed by a program by the following talent: Mr. D. Fonger, Xylophonist; Miss Marion Douglas, pli Harvey Dunlop, radio entertainer; Mrs, T. E. Douglas, Elocntionist; Mrs. Dr. Neshitt, soloist; J. Jami ® paniste; Mr. Rhine- Hamilton String Quartette; Me . Jami y rn Rhinehard, with his bass violin. Ad- mission 40c., children 25c. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AT MANCHESTER, JUNE 23rd Supper served on the church lawn from 6 to 8 p.m,, followed by a play entitled "Depend on Me" given by the young people of Port Perry United Church, Music between acts. * Sunday, June 25th, special services will be conducted in the church by Rev. P. L.-Jull; of Brooklin, at 7.30 pam. with a male choir of 23 voices niste; structed in the south part of the county. He félt that it would be mean at this time for those from the south to refuse to support Mr. Jackson's ment would furnish much needed work and that the council would actually save money in laying down permanent oads because of the annual. cost. of ipkeep of the roads as they are at the Present time, © Reeve E. L. Chapman, of Pickering, strongly opposed to the new pave- ments, and he charged the Department | Dominion Day, July 1st, falls on Sat- nd| homes, the 'arranged furnishing muse. JULY 1st AT BLACKSTOCK In the aftérnoon softball and sports. Supper served in the drill shed, follow- ed by a play given in the Community Hall by Newcastle Dramatic Club, en- titled "Mammy's Lil' Wild Rose". = On Sunday, June 26th, the 57th an- niversary of St. John's Anglican Church will be held. Services at 11 a.m, and 7 p,m. conducted by Rev. J. N. Blodgett, of Wycliffe College. Dominion Day Canada's principal summer Holiday, urday this year and for the conven- ience of those Canadians who wish to visit friends and relatives or to enjoy their outing at points away from their Canadian railways have } } ss providing for longer holiday to this effect ell, Chairman 5 1 now fares ted byl: ANADA CRIMINALS GOTO JAIL. m "Liberty", May 27, 1933, by Ernest Jerome ns, and published in "Readers Digest.) Shad * To the American eye, the clerk of aourt in his long black robe had something of the dignity of a bishop. And you could understand every word of the jurors oath as he intoned it in the hush of the Canadian court room. : When the 12th juror took his seat, I looked at my watch. I had seen a jury in a felony case obtained in 12 minutes! I pinched yself, was growing used to speed in these Canadian ntreal, T had seen the jury in a manslaughter trial ained in 23 minutes. Every American is used to the idea that hours and days must be spent in jury-getting and every talesman questioned with a fine-tooth comb. "A Canadian attorney with a quarter of a century of experience told me that four hours was the longest time he recalled. But 12 minutes! Neither the prosecutor, the defense attorney, nor the judge had asked a single question of any prospective juror. The jury itself Showed why. Young men. Not a gray head in the lot. Not a mind that had quit thinking or frozen into prejudice. Well- to-do citizens. As to evading, they didn't try. There was a look about the robed dignity upon the bench that discouraged it. And this justice was life-appointed. He needn't curry favor by ex- cusing jurors. + My purpose in Canada was to solve, if I could, the greatest mystery on the American continent. Why is it that, with crime ising to fantastic heights with us, it is growing no faster than the population on the the other side of the line? Here are two ad- jacent countries that are alike in their language, morals, and fundamental law. Yet in 1929 there were but 26 known murders in the whole Dominion, and in 1930 but 17. Any large American city can outmatch Canada's entire record of. crimes of violence in any given year. . Getting back to this particular trial: As calmly as a lecturer expounding history to an adult class the Crown prosecutor conver- sationally set forth the facts. Not fist-shaking and theatricals, Dok a hint of any emotional appeal. It was merely a question of act. ; . Concluding his statement, that Crown prosecutor brought up a very important point. But said he: "We're not just sure about that. The evidence is a bit doubtful. You gentlemen will hear what we have to offer, and decide." At that point, of all places, he sat down! Leaving the distinct impression that perhaps he couldn't fully prove his case! Why, every case has just such doubtful spots, but right there our prosecutors will turn purple and shout their loudest. Yet after that last frank acknowledge- ment that jury was prepared to believe in full every thing that Crown prosecutor might say. Well, that Crown prosécutor was life-appointed. He could afford to be square. He wasn't looking for votes, didn't have to pile up a high record of convictions. Yet records show that Can- adian prosecutors get far more convictions than our elected ones do. Taking the Dominion as a whole, in 1931 there were convic- tions in 60.3% of all jury trials. Compare that with the record of 6881 felony trials and 1532 convictions shown in Alfred Bett- man's surveys of five of our largest cities. Now, extraordinary as it seems to an American, that Crown prosecutor had the right of appeal. Suppose this jury acquitted the defendant, and there had been some essential irregularity, this district attorney could bring it before the higher court and get an order for retrial. I heard of one case in Canada where a judge gave a very stiff sentence to a convicted man--and the Crown prosecutor thought it was too stiff----and he appealed, and got the sentence cut down! Now you tell one. But mine's true. For the idea is strongly alive among Canadians that inequitably severe sentences, which are bound to be talked about in the prisons, are great breeders of criminal resentment and "hence of crime. It works, too. Less than one-fourth of all crime is committed by second or habitual offenders. Most ex-prisoners go straight. "> His worship the justice next took my attention. Very in- depéndent, that Judge! Life-appointed, of course. Spoke right out in meeting. Questioned witnesses himself, and freely. Hur- ried things along. Didn't allow heckling in cross-examination. Seemed very sure of his law. And a good reason why. Criminal law is the same all over Canada. The entire criminal code of all Canada is contained in a volume about two inches thick. We have | 48 sets of criminal law, and federal law besides. Canadian judges play an important part in the verdict. How? By having the "right of comment." At the end of this trial, when the evidence was all in, his worship on the bench would analyze that evidence, giving the jury the benefit of his experienced mind. We have this very system in New Jersey, and it works very well; but other states have hestitated to give, their judges the right of comment. Theirs may only give instructions on fhe law--not on the facts. Canadians think the judges' comment very important in obtaining intelligent verdicts by juries; and disagreements, hung juries, are greatly reduced by this system. X Strict and fair.. Impressive and dignified. Such is Canadian justice in the felony courts. It doesn't simply punish guilty men; it impressees their minds and hearts. So there is one explanation of why the rum gangs confine their murderous warfare to American soil and why serious crime is reducing in Canada. I went one ste lower, into the police courts. They are called | magistrates' éourts, They touch more lives than the felony courts, by eight or ten to one. To put it bluntly, the police courts in near- ly every American city are lousy. A petty offender can go before them and lose, rather than gain, respectyfor law. The police courts in both Montreal and Toronto are as decently operated as our own felony courts. Magistrates too are life-appointed, free of politics, The life appointment of all judges is regarded by Canadians as the central factor in their successful curbing of erime. 0" Cn : : I don't know of any figures much more striking than these as an indication of police efficiency: In 1930 the total number of offences to city police in Canada, in towns of 4000 popula- tion , was 532,783. The police made 308,165 arrests. out of seven known offenses! And there were 204,042 or better than two-thirds. There were 12,298 autos 3 A842 recoverad! That is 96%. found two marked differences between American and Can- city police. First, the Canadian system rests upon patrol. more policemen on the streets of 'anadia Bian cities og an ! 'You will see many n than in cities of similar size across the border ence is that their abilities are not, as a rule, r; arrests made. Said J. H. MacBrien, ed: "It may be the best proof of good 'makes an arrest. It may mean that 4 kept in good order by good patrol." "In most American Mente a man is expected or required to make so many a month. A Our police habit of running in any passer-by who doesn't , or grabbing the first suspect in sight on a crime and trying to pin something on him, is done away with in Canada a simple legal device. This is the sworn information upon ar We do the same when warrants are issued; but when a cop arrests a man without warrant he simply puts his name on the book, er blotter, often "on suspicion" or "open charge." The Canadian policeman has to swear to a definite. charge at the very outset. Also, after an arrest is made, a Canadian policeman is ready to take his man at once before a judge. That is what keeps down the third degree. No holding for two, four, six days, or two weeks, before bringing formal chafge. » Two glimpses, finally, of the whole system in action. One minor but typical; the other, the famous case which freed Can- ada of gangster crime once and, apparently, for all. A New York youth named James Tucker developed a talent for penmanship. In September, 1931, helping himself to bunch of American Express travellers' checks, he decamped for Pittsburgh, where he signed and cashed $400 of the checks. He eluded the police and went to Detroit. Here he cashed $200 mere, and again eluded the police. He crossed the border and turned up in ° Montreal. Pictures, of course, had preceded him. That Montreal patrol system spotted him early in October. He wasn't arrested. Instead--the British system--he was shad- owed by detectives. They wanted certainty. They waited patiently, until he walked over to a broker's office, where he pro- ceeded to cash $500" worth of travellers' checks. He was arfested o nthe spot. That was the afternoon of Oc- tober 5. He was brought into court on the morning of October 6, tried, and sentenced to four years, and was on his way to the penitentiary that same afternoon--in just 24 hours! When the United States was just arousing to the menace of gangsterism, there was a typical gang crime in Montreal. Robbers held: up an armoured truck of the Canadian National Bank. A bank messenger was killed. That was on April 1, 1924. Four Italian gangsters were arrested that same day. Early in May the whole gang was rounded up. The trials were over by the middle of May. All but one were convicted. The convicted men appealed. How long did that take? Two years? Not at all. By October the decision was handed down and the convictions affirmed. With- in six months from the date of the crime four were hanged, three in prison for life. Cases of the same summer mopped up two other gangs. Since then there hasn't been a gang crime in eastern Canada. Criminal justice works there. And mostiaf the features that Hake it work are perfectly adaptable to the law of any American state, HEPBURN ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE OF McCREA FOR JOINT DEBATE A political debate of considerable interest is likely to be staged at London shortly between Hon. Charles McCrae, Minister of Mines; and Mitchell F. Hepburn, Liberal Leader. We hope it will develop into some- thing more than the "You're another" type of debate. It may be necessary to review the sins of the past, but it should be with a view to repentance and a con- structive program of well-doing for the future. It is quite possible to raise such a smoke and dust at these these debates, that the future welfare of the Province may be overlooked, and nobody assume responsibility for the same. The main question about which the voters of Ontario would like information is--' What are the persons concerned geing to do about the proper government of the Province of Ontario?' TAXES COMING IN WELL Port Perry made a fairly good showing in payment of the first half yearly instalment of taxes, the col- lection being about forty-eight per cent. of the total taxes. It is to be hoped that the second instalment will be paid in equally well. A GOOD PIECE OF WORK The Council is to be congratulated upon the work done in cleaning up the dump at the water front. The way in which some people treated that spot in the Spring was certainly no credit either to themselves or to the town as a whole; and we are glad that the Council has cleaned up the ugly mess. We are also pleased that a start is being made to make another attack upon the weeds along the lake shore in front of the station and at the dock. In view of the proposed water sports, this work is essential, and if the work is persistently done each year before the weeds go to seed, this nuisance should soon be destroyed. It is pleasing to note, too, the work of private indi- viduals in Sleanyp and beautification. Mr. Pyatt has improved his lawns. and has set something of a standard in ditch cleaning and trimming. Mr. Sisson has cleaned up the ""Evaporator" property. Mr. W. H. Harris has a nice planting of dahlias at his road- side. The Misses Harris have planted the boulevard in front of their place with shrubbery and flowers, anil