‘@ubscription Rate $1.50 a Year in Advance Otherwiie $2.00 Rebuke For Listowel From Crown Attorney, SAYS SITUATIONS LIKE THAT} HERE WILL ENCOURAGE LAWS LIKE IN MANITOBA. Ata special meeting Monday night, the council Had before them a -ctom- munication from Crown Attorney G. ‘G. McPherson of Stratford, relative to the case of two Listowel boys who were sentenced to three months in jail for breaking into the Bazaar and stealing goods. “In order to secure the evidence,” the crown attorney writes, “it was necessary to send up a member of the provincial police force and he seems to have ane no difficulty in locating the crimina “In the province of Manitoba there is a Jaw which provides that if urban municipalities like Listowel,“@o not provide sufficient police protection, ‘ that the government may make such appointments, the salary to be paid by the municipality. “It is not so here in Ontario, but if these ealls are to be made upon}. the provincial police, we may find similar legislation shortly upon the books of the province.” There was considerable discussion among the members of the council -over the local situation and Constable} Wilson came in for some criticism.| He makes the claim in defense that one man alone is not in a position to enforce all laws; he must to some extent, have the co-operation of the citizens and this has been pretty much lacking, he insists. There was little definite done about the situation. ’ { ~~ | | EVERYBODY'S COLUMN | | Ten Cents a line for first =. | insertion. Subsequent inser- | | | tions Five Cents. Minimum | | charge Twenty-Five Cents. sky + - a FOR SALE aries. buggy and two cows. Ap- ply Jas. Wilson, Queens’ barn. ltp YANTED A maid. Apply to Mrs. N. L. Scott. tfnp DEMOCRAT FOR sMtx Apply to Zurbrigg Brothers. l1tnp| | FOUND oe! fi Bunch of keys. Apply at this| office. ltnp FOUND Wednesday, on 3rd. of Wallace, gauntlet. Apply at this office. NOTICE Mr. 8S. &. McConkey of Stratford will be at the Ford garage on April lst., for the purposes of issuing 1920 njotor licenses. Bring along your last year card. ltp PROBATIONERS WANTED For studying nursing at Listowel Memorial Hospital. Apply personally ‘ at Hospital or by letter to Miss C. M. Robinson, superintendent. 3tnp ROLLED OATS for sale in ninety-pound sacks, at $5.50, for the next few days. Mc- Donald's flour and feed store. FOR SALE Five choice dairy cows, rising five years, due to freshen in April; also a quantity of mixed slabs and hemlock ‘lumber. Apply to A. B. Thompson, lot 17, con. 5, Elma. 2tp FOR SALE Four colts, from,3 to 5 years old; heavy medium and light; all partly] . broken. For further particulars ap- ply to John Ellison, lot 3, con Maryborough. 2tnp| BACHELOR'S TEA The Finance Committee of the Con-| gregational church are giving a. Bachelors’ tea in the church on Good-! ; Friday, from 3 to 7.30 o’clock. Every-} ¢ body is invited. Admission 25c. itnp. b | ; A BARGAIN House and Lot fer sale, 144 storey, | | 18x22, living room, dining room. and | three bedrooms, cellar with stone! foundation fall size of main building: p good well, stoned up henhouse. Ap- i “ply at once. John C. Hay. { ig a FOR QUICK SALE mS Set brass mtounted double show harness, Massey-Harris fertilizer| . drill, Deering Binder, Disk Harrow, Set Sleighs, Smith Cultivator; all nearly new; Gasoline engine. All sold on easy term's of-payment. Ham- ilton & McEntyre. BAKING SALES The Women’s Auxitliary | of Christ church will hold their first. baking -fng the Lénten season. “Tea will also} be served. fe dice . : = fe = EA Listowel Women Form MRS. T. L. HAMILTON IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT AND MRS. J. W. SANGSTER SECRETARY. . Organization of a Women's Hospitai Aid society was affected at a well attended meeting of the ladies of Listowel Monday afternoon in the council chamber of the public Ubrary. Mrs. T. L. Hamilton was chosen] by etn a president, and other officers a First rien — we. J. OP. Walter. Seco - vice-president—Mrs. _ S&S. Greens) orhird vice-president——Mrs. J. Wat- 4s Fourth vice-president—Mrs. R. T. Kidd. Secretary—Mrs. J. W. Sangster. Assistant secretary—-Mrs. (Dr.) Pratt. ‘ Treasurer—Mrs. C. V. Blatchford. Committees were also appointed as follows: Work. committee—Mrs- A. G. Mel- rose, Mrs. 8. M. Smith, Mrs. R. O. Hube, Mrs. Geo. Harron, Mrs. Fred Vandrick, Mrs. W. J. Dowd, Mrs. J. Ament and Mrs. S. Greenslade. {of the new rink with as quick de At a meeting of the shareholdé of the Listowel Amateur Athletic ¢ sociation on Tuesday night, it was d cided to proceed with the completii patch as possible. The treasurer's statement sho that something like $3,500 will yet be required and.after careful eration of the matter, it wag decided to issue preferred stock at seven per cent. accumulated interest, to the a- mount of $4,000, as a means of ac- quiring the necessary money. First opportunity fer the purchase/ of the preferred stock will be allowed the -helders-of common stock; which it will be thrown open to the} pe general public. To provide for this it is being ar- ranged to have the charter amend accordingly. All the necessary material for the erection of the rink has been purchas-| ed and most of it is on the grout. but before the work is p -| with, it was decided that the wade Ways and means committee—Miss| should be gone over by an architect. Kidd, Mrs. C. B. Simms and Mrs. J. M. Nicol. Buying committee—Mrs. John Mc- Donald, Mrs. H. E. Cavelle and Miss Robinson. A visiting committee is also to be appointed each month and those ap- pointed at Monday’s meeting were Mrs. Sangster and Mrs. Paul. It was decided to hold meetings the first Monday of each month at three o'clock in the afternoon at the coun- cil chamber. Some little information as to the nature of the work and the progress that was being made at the hospital, was given by three members of the hospital board, Mesdames J. J. Fos; ter, R. A. Climie and W. P. Rennie, who found the gathering of ladies quite ready and willing to take hold of the work, Britain O: Offers Canada Fleet Of Warships WOULD FURNISH WITH SHIPS WORTH SIXTEEN AND A’ HALF MILLIONS. Ottawa, March 19.—Examination of the report of Admiral Jellicoe, re- cently tabled in the House of Com- mons, shows that the British gov- ernment is prepared to présent to Canada a fleet of ships which. at pre-war prices, would be worth $16.- 500,000, and at present prices would have a much higher value. These vessels, as indicated in table num- ber four of the Admiral’s report, are as follows: One light cruiser, four torpedo- boat destroyers, eight patrol boats. and one flotilla leader, eight submar- ines and four mine-sweepers. In con- nection with the gift of these vessels, the suggestion of Admiral Jellicoe is that Canada adopt a naval scheme the cost of which for the first year would be $5,800,000. Of this amount, however, $800, 090 would be used for the construction of ships, which could be postponed till a convenient date, and $500,000 more would be for erec- tion of defenses, maintenance of mine- sweepers, etc., which apparently need not be undertaken immediately. The necessary expenditure to give Canada a small navy, which would have ne- ce@sitated no capital outlay, will therefore appear to be about $4,500,- 000 annually. Admiral Jellicoe’s scheme provides for an increase by construction of new cruisers in Canada, but this need not be undertaken until the finances of the country would warrant it. Until i these vessels are built the annual ex- cms tase would be between four and a half and five million dollars. In connection with the manning of these vessels, it is understood that a personnel of 1,500- officers and men would be required for this pur- pose. Asa result of the war the Can- adian navy has now 500 well-trained men on the books of the ships, and a number of other men who served dur- ing the war and acquired considerable perience would probably be ready to veallist. The Naval College of Canada has turned out a number of well-quali- fied men, sixty of whom are now serv- ing on ships of the Imperial navy. Therefore it seems likely that there would be no difficulty in filling all the junior officers’ positions in the pro- ‘ posed fleet. The senior officers would : probably have to be borrowed from Great Britain until such time as the Canadian officers. attained sufficient seniority and acquired the necessary / experience to fill the more advanced! positions. Royal Household Flour, the highest] of flour made in Canada, for _| sale at J. H. McDonald's flour and feed store_at. 96.75 por cwt. DOMINION | It was pointed out that the prices of lumber, fron, etc., had shot wp greatly of late and if the material had to be purchased this year, would coat several hundreds more than what was paid for it. Corpse Rolls In Street When Car Hits Hearse {Guelph Mercury) A shocking and deplorable acci- dent occurred at the corner of Wynd- ham and Macdonnell streets, at 9 o'clock Monday morning, when car No. 20, of the local street railway, in charge of Motorman Williams and Conductor Lacey, crashed into the hearse which was conveying the body of the late Mrs. Wesley Simpson to!) the Church of Our Lady for requiem “high mass. When the car struck the hearse all the heavy glass in the ve- hicle was smashed,.to atoms; the driver, Mr. Ed. Tovell, was thro the pavement, and the horsés a ed to the hearse bolted and ran away up Macdonnell street. A few feet be- yond the Regent Theatre the hearse toppled over against the curb, and the coffin was thrown out on the pavet ment, the body leaving the casket when it fell. The horses were brought to a standstill here and kind hands arranged the body in the casket again. The pall-bearers then reverently lifted the damaged coffin and carried it to the church, where the service was proceeded with, Rev. Father Gorman, S.J., officiating. Owing to the fact that a new casket had to be secured, the body was taken to MeDermott’s undertaking parlors, at the conclusion of the church service, and burial was postponed until this afternoon. Mr. Hamilton An Honored Sunday School Leader The Ontario Sunday School Lead- er of Ontario, a monthly periodical, has the following tribute to a broth- er, of Mr. T. L. Hamilton of Listowel. in its March number: “Mr. William Hamilton, whose picture appears on the front cover of this issue has been appointed Presi- dent of the Religious Education Coun- ceil of Canada for a second term. In this issue will be found an article by him, giving an account of the last meeting of the Council, held in To- ronto in January. There are few men, if any, in Canada, who have been, and are still, more vitaHy con- nected with Sunday-schoo! work and progress not only in Canada, but in North America. Mr. Hamilton has been President of the Ontario Sunday School Association; is now Vice-Presi- dent of the International Sunday School Association, and has just re- tired from the position of Chairman} of the Board of lane of the above Association. “At the recent amass of the On- tario Religious Education Council, Mr. Hamilton was appointed Chair- man of the Adult Division Committee. We hops that his life may slong be spared so that he may give the bene- fit of his mature judgment to the many problems of work in the province.” Sunday-school es a as Des i Ss Os ee a Oe eet ‘. oo - HOSPITAL DONATIONS febeteeteedetetntedntntetetedetetetetetedetetete | Further donatgmas to thé Listowel) .Memorial Hospital shower, are ac- knowledged as follows: Zurbrigg Bros., $25 worth of bread tickets; a Friend, $5.00; Mrs. W. P. Rennie, lamp; Miss Ella Kidd, To- ronto, two plate glass shelves for dressing trolley; Miss Johnsten, Or- illia, two frying pans and two soap shakers; Mrs. McKay, Toronto, tea- pot; Trowbridge Patriotic League. te! oa reeeres ~after? peg; and Frank ed} raised i of Mrs. William Bradley, whose death on Friday, March 12th., was briefly reported in last weék’s issue, makes ‘the fifth nrember from this family to be laid to-rest in the Listowel ceme- tery, two sons an@ two daughters hav- ing predeceased the mother. Besides Mr. ley, there survive one daughter, Miss Winifred ley, at home, and four sons, Norman of Toronto, with the civil service as assistant to Post Office dison H., secretary of the Manitoba Free Press Printing company, Winni- F., aiso of Winni- peg. Mrs. Bradley was born in Pickering ‘township, county of Ontario and was ariposa.township of Vic- toria county, where as M Grim- ston, she was wedded im 1861 to Mr. Bradley, who was..then teaching school in that locality. From there Mr. and Mrs. Bradley moved in 1867 to Trowbridge, where for four years Mr. Bradley taught school, For three years following he was teaching at Wroxeter and in 1874 moved to Listowel, where the family has resided up ‘till the present. Though poorly the greater part of seriously ill for a few days. Bron- chitis and heart failure were the causes of death. She was in her seyv- enty-seventh year. Mrs. Bradley was a woman of Piper Christian qualities and held in affectionate esteem by a large cir- cle of friends. For long years she has been a faithful member of the Methodist church. The funeral on Saturday was = charge of her pastor, Rev. assisted by Rev. W. H. Dunbar of he Anglican church, where the daughter, Miss Winifred Bradley is organist. Definite Date For - Provincial Elections | FOR GOING TO PEOPLE IN OC. TOBER EVERY FOURTH YEAR. Ontario hereafter escapes all the uncertainty and speculation on the date of a general Provincial election. The new Election Act brought down in the House Tuesday by Premier Drury sets a definite date every four years. The Premier in his explana- tion said positively that the present Assembly would continue until Aug- ust 1, 1923, and that a general elec- tion would be held that year, and on every fourth year thereafter. The bill specifies that nominations be on the second Thursday of Oct- ober, and the polling day on the sec- ond Monday thereafter, giving ten days instead of seven between nom- inations and elections. The Premier, in reply to Major Tolmie, after his review of the bill, admitted he had not mentioned by-elections, stating that the government would bring this point up at discussion of the bil, and would welcome suggestions. The fons, “to make a perfect Election Act.” His review was applauded heartily by the Liberals, who seem- ed well pleased with the general feat- ures of the bill. London Coal Man Fined For Cheating The Parson (London Advertiser) Arthur J. Jenkins, manager of the , Andersop Coal Company, 495 York street, was fined $20 and costs in police court yesterday for giving short-weight coal. The load, which was weighed by Inspector J. W. Mc- Callum, was supposed to weigh 1,000 pounds. It only weighed $95 pounds. Half, of the load was consigned to a Mrs. Anderson of Rectory street and the other to Rev. W. R. Mcintosh, 826 Kingstreet. one-of the employees that had weigh- ed it, but was told that in any case he was responsible. “One hundred and five pounds is a very serious discrepancy,” — sl Magistrate A. H. M. Graydon. “It’s pretty hard tor the first thee.’ | said Jenkins. | “Yes, and it’s pretty bard on the people,” said the magist: Inspector McCallum asked that the maximum penalty be i The court did not ey 80, ery dectar- | ed that this was the last time that he was. going to impose a $20 fine, inti- mating that it would be heavier for the mext offender. Keep it in mind that we are agents for Parker’s Dye Works, Toronto. John McDonald. “Phe burial Saturday at’ Fairview} .| in a family in nspector} | Sutherland; George of Windsor, Ad- the winter, Mrs. Bradley was only,- INTRODUCED PROVIDES! Premier invited Opposition suggest-| The accused explained that it was New Bill Will Give Women Right - To Vote At Municipal E ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PAMILY ~ WHY ABR OF AGD-<PLANKED One ot the most ‘most important fran- in the house Monday by Hon. F. G. Biggs. Under the bill, which receiv éd first reading, the government rec- ognizes the principle of partnership respect to freehold or leasehold municipal franchise rights. In other words, where the head of the family, either father‘ or -mothr, owns property or is a tenant of prop- erty, all other members of the family of age, whether sons or daughters, will have equal fran Tig! The law is an extension of the prin- ciple adopted by the former govern- ment in.giving the franchise to the sons of farmers pny at home, and the bill will repealed to make way for the F cee measure. | The government takes the position that the wife of the farmer, or the daughter working. at home, has an equal interest in the community with the son, and therefore should have the franchise. The same principle has been made to cover the urban family. The new law will work two ways, since it will alse give the municipal franchise to the husband where the property is held in the name of the wife. At present the husband only votes if. the wife consents to the sur- render of her right. One effect of the change will be to tremendously increase the municipal) voting Hsts, and this in turn will sim- plify the task of getting the lists ready for a provincial election. One of the reasons why the former govern- ment resorted to enumeration was that the provincial franchise was so —< wider than the municipal fran- hise. So many es had to be eaaed to the sunfeia! Nsts that it appeared advisable °to «start at Pi beginning and make new™ n- der the bill introduced Mo ,» all married women wil ibe placed on the municipal lists—providing the hus- band is now qualified, and many thousands of adult franchise voters who “are -living at" homie: * why leave a comparatively smal& number to be added when a provincial elec- lists are made the basis for those of the province. Another important change is made by the bill introduced by Hon. Wab ter Rollo, to reduce the qualifications required of candidates for municipal office. The measure declares the qualification of the candidates shall be only that of voters. The prop- erty qualification is to be eliminated, but a candidate must be a tenant of the municipality. Two minor election changes are a bill by Hon. Mr. Biggs to —_— persons nominated in villages townships to qualify within carrey hours, otherwise their names will not appear on the ballot paper; and a bill by Hon. Mr. Rollo to make 25 names ‘sufficient endorsation of a nomination paper. lalalaliii re + HIGH SCHOOL NOTES ms + Contributions to the memoriai fund were received this week frem the following: Mrs. V. Sinclair, Til- sonburg; Miss Alma Gray, Listowel; Mrs. Thos. Spence, Collingwood, B. C.; Miss F. Twamley, Misa V. Zillliax, Miss” M. Climie, Mr. J. Climie, Lis- towel; Margaret Styles, Detroit; Norma Parker, Wingham; Shirley Binning and George Rennie, Lis- towel. - ns Geometry. Form V.—M. Clarke, W. Hyndman, A. Gray, L. Bender, I. Nichol. . Latin, Form IV.—K. MacIntyre, N. Sanderson, H. Clarke, C., Bauikner,/ F. Lake, V. Dierlam, C. B. Petrie, Tanner, J. Brock, R. Ferguson, O. Nickel, E. Dickson, J. Rennie, C. Stewart, J. Jack,"O. Cowan, M. Haw- thorne, C. Pelton. History. Form Iil.—L. Hammond, L. Wenzel, L. Philp, G. Woods, R. Ronald, J. Nickel, C. Honeyford, M. Halliday. French Form I.—R. Savage, M. Parker, J. Rae, M. ona Cc. Kin- kaed, L. Orr, F. Kilgore, W. Nickel, M. Johnston, L. Weger, L. Moore, L \. Sovereign, P. Kilgore, M. MacDonald, A. Moore, S. McQuarrie, J. Rennie, M Pfrie, C. Blakely, C. Hemsworth, 0. Fritz, R. Vine, D. Campbell. Easter Lilies at Jenning'’s green- house. Order early. Mr. J. M. Schinbein is in Toronto eazind Cbate Gnd Butts for the Easter -Don't miiss the best concert of the TO ABOLISH PROPERTY RE-! ene * tered tion comes along and the municipal) *e¢ 8 @ @ @ “Return to your boarding house. Get the good lady to *_ give you a pail of hot water 2 ‘whight. Take a hot mustard foot-bath, then a glass of hot ginger with the contents of half a lemon squeezed into it, say your prayers, go to bed, and in the morning you'll likely be all right.” Like the man in the Bible, he went away sorrowful, for he had a terrible thirst.’ * oonetrsenese s oe * ° s . s * * No More Direct Loans For Building of Houses" Municipalities will get no more ~ direct loans from the Ontario goy~ - érnment for house-buildiug. ™ fut- ~ ure they may issue their own bond) for that purpose, and the gevernment — - will guarantee them. New legisla-- tion covering these two points was introduced in the legislature Tuesday afterneon by Hon. H. C. Nixon, pro- vincia! secretary. Mr. Nixon informed the house that ten days ago word was received from the Dominion government that there would be no further loans to the pro- vincial authorities for housing pur- In view of this, his amend- ment was to wind up the work under the present act at the end of this year. The amendment to the municipal act allows municipalities to issue their own bonds, which will be guaranteed by the government. The tais- | ed in such a way will thea be a pended for housing. It has been | known for some time that the policy would be changed, in view of the fact that the Dominion was closing dowh on the grants, but until yesterday the extent of the change was not known. Toronto has been the only municipal- ity in Ontario to have its own hous- ing program, but the bonds, of course, were not guaranteed by the Province. peas aaa Rae ‘Amusement Tax With Us To Stay — The tax paid ont on theatre tickets not a war tax, aid there is” likelihood of it being removed. is the information gathered at the Provincial Treasurer's office. The amusement tax, ranging from one cent on the cheapest movie a a up to 25 cents on the most -.. xpensive concert ticket, was intro- pena in 1916 at a time when many war taxes were being im . Thus the public may have gathered the ‘impression that the amusement tax eferfeeleefeetenteeteedecBbeeeteedeclespesteelesdebeteteisbebeieed | the Treasurer's Department. until or unless liquor licenses back, there is little chance of the amusement tax being removed.” One of the government. officers connected with the administration of the amusement tax regulations says: “Tt is a fairer tax, in many re- spects, than the revenue from liquor. It does not hit the poor who have no margin of cash. It is taken only from the public which is well enough off to go to theatres. “Take the big concert where sga.s pcost from 50 cents in the top gallery to-$3 in the dress circle or centre balcony. The person who*can afford only a 50 cent seat pays only / five eents tax. That is no hardship. The swells who can afford $3 se&ts can easily afford 25 cents tax. And yet our theatres are so generally pat ronized now from the cheapest movies upward, that the tax is a profitable way of raising revenue.’ And, if you please, the amusement tax is more than balancing the old liquor revenue. This year’s estim- ates count on $760,000 from your coppers, nickels and dimes. But the collecting officials state that this fig-. ure will be far exceeded. It is ex- pected that the treasurer, in his budget speech, will show an amuse- ment tax revenue of nearer a million and a half. 4 And in the heyday of aleohol, the 4 anftyal revenue was only $427,888. ¢ . \ 5 5 Kean’ Main— e | The Ee. bad before = Monday meeting, a > | from the Pertect a larger water main ee. Itis peal intention 5 te . the wakes tesa