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EAM ;y three- Phone advertise TK vane- bulk, if LS ' on S ads of en. Ontario ,d Flax, ”lour, {ettles otatoes ‘50. qt. 60c. P18 25c VOL. 61.-NO. 3188 WELL-KNOWN FAMILY IS LEAVING TOWN Mr. and Hrs. E. A. Ray; ’Resldqnts Residents of the town generally heard with regret on Monday that E. A. Hay. for the past twenty years station‘agent for the C. P. R. here, had been transferred to Brampton and would assume his new duties in the course of a couple of weeks._Mr. Hay and the “, A_L-... t}. P. R. seem almost to Durham- ites one and the same thing, beâ€"l cause it was in July of 1908 that‘ the first passenger train went over the rails of this branch, and in October of the same year that Mr. and Mrs. Hay came to town and have since been prominently identified with the business and social life of the place. Mr. Hay’s removal to Brampton is a distinct promotion for him. Not only is Brampton a much larger town than Durham, but the salary is larger, the express is handled by 11-- 13. 11115-501, Lllb pay-”4.“,- .v --..-_..____ ,d a town express agent and the duties of depotmaster are not so numerous as in the smaller places. Since coming to Durham both Mr. and Mrs. Hay have been active workers in the Queen Street ('imi'vh, )Ir. Hay is a member of the si-hool and Hospital Boards. and has always taken a deep interest m anything that would be for the welfare of the town. and it. is with Hero for Twenty Years, Are Moving to Brampton End pf July.â€"â€"A Well-Earned Promotion. ronsiclm'ahlw regret that the citi- ywns will learn of the departure of‘ this well-known citizen and his‘ family. Mr. Hay takes over his1 nvw duties about the end of this month. though it is likely that it may be a month or so before the t'zunily follows. The. new agent for Durham station has not yet been unnmmtff‘fl. BefOI’B commg to town Mr. Hay formerly worked at ‘I’iranwton as an operator and was ~tation agent. at Hanover for two or three months before coming to BANK MERGER WILL MAKE BANK STRONGER Durham. Absorption Vof Standard Bank by of Commerce Planned to lee Canada a Must "Stronger Institution Than Eithgr of Form- “finb er BanKSoâ€"‘I' analâ€"UHUIU-UL D All Ibu- Ratify. 'l‘hv anmivuncement in Saturday’s tluilivs of tlw merging of the Stand- ;ml Bank with the Canadian Bank nt‘ tintmlmvrcr was received with great. interest. in Durham and vi- rmity. and while there are none ‘.â€"“â€"‘ 1A ‘l‘f‘ "l H\. uuu n H...“ _____ wiqux’ill not how gracefully to the wa arrangements that w111 have {0 be made should the merger be smwtimmcl by “10 shag-521101110115 of ~ 1" NA.‘ V(lll‘ ll'-'Il‘_ lmtli hanks. there will be a gen- eral feeling: of regret that the old Standard Bank is to pass forever nut. of existence and lose its iden- tity when taken over by the larger institution. Most of those doing business in Durham today can not rememl'wr when there was not a Standard Bank in town. The tirst luwmrli to he Opened here was up- wards of 45 years ago and for many years the Standard was the only hunk in the. town. Standard Bank shareholders will l'l'l't’in' share for share in the merger. and it is said that with the assets of both institutions com- .nined the service given will be mnre far-reaching and efi'icientl than either of the individual instiâ€"l :uiinns have been able to offer in rho» past. \Vhile the merger has mmin the assent of the Minister Finance. the deal has yet. to be ratified by the shareholders of 2mm hanks. but. it is not. thought firm..- will be any trouble in this tillill'lt‘l'. The Nile reason for the share :nnaimmatinn or the Standard Bank , .’ tianada with the Canadian Bank wz' tinnimeree is stated by officials ;»:' the hanks to be. the greater efâ€" flu-tix'nnsN“ ‘.\'ht(‘h \Vill attend their I'wlil hanks. but. it is not. thongm "ho-w- will be any trouble in this Hiltll'lt‘l'. The 5010* I't‘aSOII for the share :tmzligflmatinn or the Standard Bank lianzula with the Canadian Bank wz' llnmmeree is stated by OffiCifllS n: the banks tn be. the greater efâ€" :‘o-vriVelless which will attend their i'v‘MHII'l‘PS when united. NO 0th“? "urtnr has been considered when 73:" mutter was presented to the lazinislvl' of finance, whose consent ”ll' merger. inVHlVing assets of (Continued on page 7} Rt. Hon. Thomas Shaw; M- P-v minister of Labor in Ramsay Mac’ 'l">.'maM‘s cabinet, who . wi . Britlsh Parlia- fmuula with the than t :1 13’ Association. ’bu.‘vu flâ€"w-cu -â€"_- Banks.â€"~ Shareholders Must THE ' Lieut. Desmond Burke, the Cana- dian sharpshooter, and former king’s prize winner, who was second this year in the match for this coveted honnr. ENJOYED HOLIDAY AT OWEN SOUND Principal Graham’s Successful En- trance Schoiars Spent Pleasant Afternoon at Harrison Park and Inspected_ ms 83. Manitoba on t1 ____-‘ Monday Evening 1 A0 ljé‘o TRAFFIC CENSUS WAS ‘ A TAKEN LAST WEEK The The semiâ€"annual traffic census of the Provincial Highways De- partment was completed Tuesday night. of this week, and from a per- usal of the number of vehicles passing a given point the trafi‘ic this year is considerably heavier than last. During the week in ,which the census was taken. 3.593 vehicles passed the point at Me- Clinton’s Corners where the offic- ials. Messrs. R. Alice and V. Blyth kept count. This is some 400 more than last‘year. Following is a list of the tratfic by days, and includes passenger cars. trucks and horse- vlrawn vehicles: LL‘) me Provincial Highway Running Through Durham Shows Increase in Trafiic.â€"-Same Officials in (The Softball League is .still play- ing its games on Tuesday and Fri- ' ~ and to date the Clerks day mghta, . ar w1th 1,000 per cent. La§t Charge. .--. v â€" s is some 700 more Folloxxing is a list days. and includes trucks and h01 se- 440 1M7 TRINITY CHURCH BENEFITED BY WILL -uw II...- _-__ Fund .0?" $15,000 â€" to Durham Churchâ€"Durham Hospital A180 Benefits. ' " The will of the late Willia S. Scarf, inspector of weights and measures, Toronto, and. a former resident of Durham, bequeaths to his widow, Sarah Maria Scarf, a life interest in his $25,624 estate, or such sums as may be necessary for; her maintenance from the corpus of the estate, accordin§ to the probatemade in Toronto ast week.. â€"‘ IIâ€"A- 0AA“! fi 1» UN“ 0‘.) now-“v --- On the death of Mrs. Scarf, a trust fund of $12,000 is to be set aside, the yearly income there- from to be paid to Trinity Anglican Church, Durham. The will directs, deever, that the church must re-1 main an Anglican church, and a sermon must be‘preached there at least once a month as long as it enjoys the annuity. The plot of the Scarf family in Durham cemet- ,ery must also be kept in proper {order by the trustees of the church. V - The residue of the estate is to be shared equally by the Durham Red Cross Memorial Hospital, the Tor- onto Hospital for Sick Children, and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Consumptives, Weston. . a l. A In 1 .. Rf“ UUllbuulp u: v ‘40 To those who Knew the late Mr. Scarf, the disposition of his estate in this manner will cause no sur-i prise. He was a man of many charities. more than the average knew. He was a man, also, who thought a lot of his church and 01' his old town, Durham, and if con- ditions would warrant it there was nothing could please him better than coming back to town for even a short visit and meeting up with his old friends of former days. Hp resided in Toronto from neces- a short visit and meeting up with his old friends of former days. He resided in Toronto from neces- sity and not from choice and has told the writer on more than one occasion that'could he but have his choice. Durham would be his res- idence. ‘ Under these circumstances, and knowing him as we did, it was easy for us to picture this big-hearted man, after assuring himself that his life’s partner need never want, directing that after her death his estate should be distributed for the benefit of the communiy he loved :80 well and the church with which he had been associated since early boyhood. Citizens of. the William .. -\ this world. TRAFFIC OFFICER IIAD SPILL AT CHATSWORTII Local Speed Cop Thrown Prom Motorcycle When Machine Was Doing Sixty in Chasing a Car.â€" Owen Sound Chatsworth ‘Drivers Fred Stone, tratl‘ie otl‘icer from Arthur to Owen Sound, is nursing a sore arm these days the result of a spill near Chatsworth when he ran into sonualoose gravel and ins motorcycle skidded. Mr. Stone had spotted a new ear being driven‘ without markers and turned around to give. chase. Coming up the hill just. south of Ghatsworth ho had put his motorcycle into second gear and was hitting up around 60 .miles an‘ hour. when, in changing :into ‘high with his one hand on the handleâ€"bars, the cycle ran into-some loose gravel and threw him. As a result of his fall he had his arm so badly cut. that stitches were needed and sustained several bruises about his body. A II , 1].-.. Ll.n 4nnW§A ”‘11.! V a ”In Mr. Stone tells us that the. traffic between Owen Sound and Ghats- worth needs looking after as re- gards one-eyed ears and tail-lights; that are not burning, but it is sometimes difl‘icult to catch them owing to the heavy traffic. Resid- ents of Chatsworth are. also com- plaining of the manner in which the motorists breeze. through the Village especially at night, and everything is going to be done to abate this nuisance. In the mean- time, he expects to be‘ off duty fox! a -â€"--lnl\ AII" "IIL’UUQ ‘IJ'AU Iaynusl "Scarf class are all too fem in few Native City of Guelph Benefits by His Contribution for Advance- ment of Music.-â€"J. L. Yule to Head. Department. lmdu U1 UIIU “yr“- '-_-_ Mr. Yule 1s well known in Dun-â€" ham and has appeared here on sev- eral occasmns. He is a brother-in- law of Dr. w. C. Pickering 6! this place and friends of this talented musical directpr here will join us in congratulatmg him in having 1U. 110 (a‘\tl‘~'\l|.~' uv ”v - : days, but after thatfiwatéh out! BRITAIN NOT TO BLAME FOR CHINESE OPIUM WAR A. J . England, Writing in The Bisector, Denies Brit‘s]: Were Responsible for War of 1840-42. Whenever the question of the relation of Mongoloid Asiatics to‘ Caucasian peoples 1s in discussion, Whetha. it be in respect to their sojourn 1n lands other than their own, or what not, there is usually introduced a more.or less garbled reference to the misquoted “oplum war”. These references almost inver- iably conve , or seek to convey the idea that ritain ‘forced’ the use of Opium as 'a narcotic dnug on the Chinese people at the pomt of-the __- AAA .‘ U By tongue and pen, we are in- formed that the Chinese, at the time of Britain’s. first contact, neither smoked opium now were addicted to any Similar evil habit; that the traffic was introduced gradually, then cautiously pressed, and later openly enforced at the swords point; that England’s opium trade with China forms one ofthe dark- est pages in human lnstory. In short the oft-used adage that “eleven out of every ten Chinese smoke opium,” refers to a condition I Empire, in its alleged. greed for territory and trade, IS entirely responsible. 1-1 LA n..n¢n;nnr‘ *th 1166 EU \VILJU Uuu only ~~w-â€"-â€"â€" China, we are told, refused to allow England’s importation of ‘ Opium, and England imposed that . importation by force, 'lhree prin- compel' China's opening to foreign trade; to secure a far-eastern stronghold for British Imperial ex- pansion; to force the opium trade Ion China. _ ' To sustain the pomt, one of the statements of the late W. E. Glad- stone, made in the days‘when his statemanship may have been said modern, if not more enlightened, parliamentarian, Gladstone, when he found himself in a position of greater responsibility, (and, may we not also hope, wider knowledge) not only himself carried out the I very policies he had formerly eon- _ demned, but warmly defended his . predecessors. This fact we do not ' consider necessary to enlarge upon by quotation. though we have al- ready quoted his earlier and op- I - -... knizn1r;nfl 1419* Fifi-(1U) quuuuu u¢v v..-__-_ _ posite utterances, believing that our readers, if not familiar with Lanning’s “History of Shanghai”, are at least not ignorant of Glad- stone’s position and utterances as PrEmier of Great Britain. . 11 American speaker recently stated that “the one black mark against Great Britain respecting China was the introduction of ‘_ / ‘Ullv. The minutes of last meeting were; read and adopted. Letters of thanks were read from Miss Jean Coutts and a very touching one from Mr. Moses Jacklin, thanking the Institute for their kindness and remembrance. A letter was read from-Mr. T. Coogwer, Markdale, inâ€" viting all the ladies to take a motor trip over the country on the Nth and 18th -of July?) ‘- nn‘nn‘;nn The Allan Park branch of the Women’s Institute met at the home of Mrs. Alexander Herd on Wed-3 nesday, July 11, with a fair attend- ance of members and guests. The President, Mrs. Byers, occupied the chair. The meeting opened with the usual exercises, followed by the. Scripture lesson by Mrs. Byers. Community singing was indulged in and Mr. Allan Wise favored the audience with some fine violin sel- . eetions. _ n a- -1 _-A-t:n~ ‘1'an Miss Verna Kerr read a se "The Little Sun-shine Bag”. A piano instrumental wa by Miss Vera Reay and a ‘ teresting Question drawer v dueted- __ 1__-...l "1 UUU Luu. The meeting closed_ with “The Maple Leaf” after Wthh a damty lunch was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. James Park, St, on CONFIRMATION SERVI HELD CE LAST NIGHT Archbishop of Ontario Confirmed Candidateg at_ Service Held in 1‘1CL'U \VQ u o‘cv“ â€"â€";rv - . present at the servxces 1n Trlnity church last. night, the occasnon be- ..ing the \l'sit of His Grace, the Archbishop of Ontario, the Most Rev- David Williams, who Kati-)- ceived the eighteen candidates in the communion of the Anglican church. His Grace received the candidates from the Rector, Rev. ,Ernest' Hayes, and conducted a imost impressive ceremony. fi“. It will poll you The Chronicle. fifth} 'Church. There was ALLAN PARK INSTITUTE (Continued on Page 5) " U read a gelection, ntal Was giyen and a very 1n- rawer was con- to advertise; in with “The Sir Vincent Meredith, chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of Montreal, who is ill fol- lowing a stroke. At the present time he is resting easily, and therel is no immediate danger. He was1 born in London,0nt., in February, 1850, and is a brother 01 the late Sir William R. Meredith, who was chief justice of Ontario. Entering the Bank of Montreal in 1867, he was made general manager in 1911 and vice-president in 1912. He has ’always taken a prominent part in educational and charitable work in Montreal. . GEORGIAN BAY POWER DEVELOPMENTS STUDIED Preliminary Work Under Way Connection with Two Projects. Preliminary work is under way in connection with two new power developments on the Georgian Bay system. chief of which, on thei Musquash River, will provide 12,000. h.p. unon completion, with possibil- ity of ,devlopment up to perhaps 20,000 h.p., if necessary, later on. The present capacity of the Georg- ian Bay plants is only 22,000 horse- power, and the demand of the various municipalities had virtu- Ially reached this peak by the "“end of 19:27. As the annual increase has been at the rate of about 2,000 h.p., investigation was begun with a View to further deyelooments. ,Material and equipment are now being placed for the new plant, on the Mukosh, which drains the Muskoka watershed; engineers of the Comission are preparing plans and estimates, and construction will be begun next year. Some land will be required as result of neces- ;sary flooding through damming of {the west branch_ of the riyer. » â€"__“:nl\ The other devlopment, for which reconnaisance is being made, is to be on the South River, below Huntsville-in the Muskoka Divis-‘ ion. There are two plants in the neighborhood now, at South Falls and Hanna Chute, developing 5,100 and 1,550 luwsepovver respectively, and a short distance above the Hanna chute the new plant will be constructed, from which an addi- tional 2,300 11.1.). will be obtained. In this case 3150, construction will commence next year. KNOX UNITED CHURCH The July meeting of the W. M. S. of Knox l7nitcd church was held in the schonlroom of the church on 1 Thursday, 12th, with Mrs. Mather 4 in the chair. The meeting was J opened with singing and prayer by Mrs. McGirr. The business in- I cluded the Treasurer’s report for the second quarter, the visitors’ re- . port, a letter from Miss Efi‘ie Jam- ieson, general secretary, regarding new forms for reports and a letter from Mrs. Long, supply secretary, naming supplies to be sent. .After singing another hymn several memv hers led in prayer. Mrs. \V. _ H. Smith gave a few points on Com- munity work as outlined at the Conference branch meeting held recently in Flesherton. Mrs. R. MacFarlane then gave the topic, “Community Work in Connection with W. M. S.” and gave an inter- esting account of the work amongst all nations, the keynote being Friendliness. Mrs. MacFarlane also told of the Church of All Nations in Toronto, the services there being held in five. different languages. . Mrs. J. J. Smith gave. the Bible reading on “How Women in New = Testament Days Helped”. Mrs. W. ' J. Ritchie, read the story “Jesusin . the Midst of Common Life" telling of His interest in common people and their work and of His love for common things. The roll call was answered with a verse on Best . and the meeting closed with the all“ Iii-V â€"â€"â€"â€" â€" - V Lord’s Praver in unison. U The results of the recent Normal examinations were announced in Tuesday’s paper. All pupils at- tending from Durham, were suc- cessful. Morrow Riddell of Ben- tinck and Miss Marjorie Ritchie of l Glenelg passed with firstâ€"class cer- tificates, the latter being a pupil at Stratfor‘d. Among those granted second class standing were Jack ‘sfiééessful. NORMAL RESUL‘TS ANNOUNCED $2.00 a Year in Canada;'$2.50 in U. S. in PARKE!) CARS WERE DAMAGED IN COLLISION U. S. Tourist’s Gar Coming Down Hill Get. Out of Control and Did Minor Damage When Steering ’ Gear Went Wrong. A near accident that terminated very happily, everything consid- ered, happened in town yesterday afternoon when a car bearing a United States license plate, came down the Durham hill at a lively clip and, when north of the Dur- ham bridge: commenced to cut up *didoes on the right of way. The machine later crashed into a car belonging to one of the Gordon Mc- Kay travellers that was parked outside of the Kresa undertaking parlors and for a time it was not known what damage had been ‘done. A diagnosis disclosed the fact that the steering gear on the United States car had gone out of order, putting it out of control of the driver. In the mix-up the Gor- don MaoKay car received a bent axle, fender, and other minor dain- age, while a delivery car belong- ing to Mr. Kress, against which the latter was driven, also received minor injuries. We don’t know just how the matter was adjusted between the parties concerned, but everything considered, it was lucky no more serious damage was done. The results of the recent musical examinations of the Toronto Con- servatory of Music were received yesterday. Pupils of the. Misses Fursman and their standing are: u- v---w-_ ‘W-I-v‘ Junior Gradeâ€"Elizabeth Harding, 70; Florence Bailey, 68. Primer Gradeâ€"Olieda Hahn, 78; E. Hastie (Holstein), 76; Jean Grant, 75; Louise Jamieson, 72. 93Theory Primerâ€"Elsie Kearney, The Misses Fursman and pupils are to be commended on the show- ing made. A c ,,,19 1-1-.. ALA mt, "m.-- Other successful candidates, the pupils of Mrs. G. R. Padfield, were Helen Gagnon, with 75 marks. Mar- garet. Sparling 75, and Ruby Law- rence 74; These pupils tried what is known as the “regular" Conser- vatory examinations in the Intro- ductory Grade. We. congratulate both pupils and Mrs. Padfield on their success. At the first of the season Durham juveniles were groupel with Walk- erton, but since then the Walker- ton lacrosse club, which was to have no less than three teams in the running, has dropped out. The O.A.L.A. executive tried to hand [the Durham boys a bye in the series, but R. L. Saunders, who is the manager of the young fellows here. got in touch with the powers that be and succeeded in having a district formed comprising Orange- ville, Fergus and Durham. The playing schedule is to be drawn up later. With Fergus and Orange- ville in the district some .snappy lacrosse will be played and the locals will have to get down to business if they hope to emerge on tOp. We have just been informed of. the success of Miss Pearl Mortley daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mortley of this town. who has been teaching school near Ghatsworth. Miss Mortley, who has been teach- ing for the past two years in the Chatsworth school, had five pupils write; five passed. three taking honors and one winning a silver medal, One of these pupils was ,only ten years of age. M Last. Friday morning about 9 o’clock a barn on the farm of George Fisher, one miie north of Crawford. was burned from some cause which has not yet been as- certained. The farm is at present under lease to a Mr. McGregor. We have not been informed as to the amount _of insurnace; in fact we ““‘V -‘- barn was burned. the past week, with the highest and lowest registered every day during the preceeding 24 hours 8 am. Max. Min. Thursday ' ....... :37 73 «'18 Thursday - Fridax Saturday Sunda} ... Monday .. Tuesday .. Wednesday N EW LACROSSE GROUPING TEMPERATURES 0P PAST WEEK The weather during the past week has been Very warm with considerable humidity. There was a total rainfall of nearly two inches, the gauge registering 199 one-hundredths of anâ€"inch. Com- mencing at 7 pm. on Friday there was a continuous rainfall up to 4530 am. on Sunday. On Friday istationary. W MUSIC EXAM. RESULTS A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER Bani-max BARN BURNED The Weather .1 .1 .0 .0