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"“fl and Hespeler. ‘ it i;}; &od roads are a matter of real im ,'w ip these days of motor veâ€" .3 . ~ Any district that is going to N‘,#mpor and be developed cannot overâ€" ~‘Jeok taking steps to have firstclass *" itrade arteries. It was the overlooking ‘5> of Waterloo and Wellington counties _ ‘$m recent announcements of extensive "__ read improvements that roused repreâ€" y~, sentative citizens of Guelph and reâ€" * .. sulted in the meeting being called. â€" _ His selection to head the commerce department ensures it a broad outâ€" Hook and the benefit it cannot but deâ€" f rive from his immense experience of ; men and afairs. Strong interests s opposed Mr. Hoover, and it is all the g more to the credit of the Presidentâ€" & elect that he withstood their â€" influâ€" E- ence. _At times it seemes the only way to secure Government attention is to make a concerted and sustained effort. Governments have a habit of carrying en work in places from whence the greatest amount ef pressure comes. ‘Theréfore, if Waterloo and Wellington Counties register a strong protest tc the Government at this year‘s over sight, and keep *on pressing their claims throughout the year, they are fairly certain to receive better treatâ€" ment at the hands of the Departmen: of Hfghways in the future. The Association has an important work to do, and it will do well not to relax its efforts and thus possibly alâ€" !ow other Associations to get in ahead of it. ‘Rormation of a llingtonâ€"Waterioo lewBty Good Roa@s® Association is a teg‘in the right direction. The object l.&e Association is a most worthy mg. It is to promiote and encourage he‘ building of better highways beâ€" ween the industrial centres of the two butities, Guelph, Kitchener, Preston, ~ Presidentâ€"elect Harding has now] completed his cabinet, the last apâ€" pointment being also the most unexâ€" pected and surprisfilg, that of Edwin Denby, of Detroit. &s Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Denby is an attorney and former congressman, who came pru-‘«' minently in the limelight by volunâ€" tarily enlisting as a common seaman in the navy when the United States: entered the war. This somewhat unâ€" usual step,; before conscription drew men of all classes into the common met, had just the spectacular appeal that delights American newspapers. Mr. Denby‘s features were not only flashed before their readers, but were widely used in the calls for volunâ€" teers, and to this perhaps he owes, in part, his selection to a post of great and posisbly increasing importance during Mr. Harding‘s term. Fears were latterly expressed that the Presidentâ€"elect‘s cabinet | would mot measure up to what many of the more progressive and saner Republiâ€" cans had ventured to hope. As usua., the necessity of extending consideraâ€" tion to various elements entered into the selection, and at one iime it apâ€" peared as if the slate could not be} described otherwise than as | weak ‘Two names, however, have gone far to redeem the new cabinet from the charge of mediocrity. One of these is the inclusion of Herbert: Hoover as head of the department of comâ€" merce. Everyone knows the remarkâ€" mble career of Mr. Hoover during and since the war and the extraordinary reputation he justly â€" gained for inâ€" â€"ecorruptibility, efliciency and capacity. The other notable appointment is | : that of Charles Evans Hughes as|, Secretary of State and head of the |: cabinet. He also had incurred the | hostility of a clique of Senators, and some apprehension was felt that Mr Harding would find their 'uwpnsi‘tirm! too formidable to be overcome. ‘That he has distegarded.them is acceptable evidence that he intends to be Présiâ€" dent in fact as w&ll as in name. It 1Js no less significant also that in chooding Mr. Hughes he comes info intimate | personal <yelationship . with wne of the most censpicuous Ameriâ€" cans of the time., a man who certainâ€" 1y has no intention of being mereiy "m rubber stamp for the chief execuâ€" tive. Mr. Hughes‘ gfipointment will be welcomed with relef in Europs, and is likely to draw the two great English â€" speaking ; ‘commonwealths wmore closely In(n‘qline. The â€"new Wecretary of State is a strong and statesman Whose weight and \ will, we believe, be thrown the side of interngtional law, jusâ€" and peace. & a 4_. Monday néGon to insure inserâ€" THE HARDING CABINET A FORWARD sTEP ot his peors. of a charge of manglahc} womwmm}w-wm-- Jer ?;".'?.'!.‘f..f‘i“:.‘?.&fi’ Wpectire Truntiile Had @unâ€"Decedsed‘s Wife Bhters"|~ yougnro, rep :1â€"Hon enforcement of the law is deplorable; | that that person should be killed by an officer who is as well a preacher makes it doubly regrettable but as ) the evidence brought out at the l!‘iul‘ has clearly proved, it was a case of who could shoot first. There can be no dowbt of this as there was the eviâ€" dence of five against one that Trumâ€" ble had a revolver and that he was not a stranger to its use. l ‘ Mr. Spracklin was | unfortunate in some of the events that occurred folâ€" lowing the shooting. Had it been an ordinary case of shooting it is likely that acquittal by the coroner‘s jury would have been sufficient; but in this {nstance it was different. Officers of the Attorney General‘s Department should have sensed public opinion and speediy arranged that, Mn Spracklin whould be tried by a judge and jury. It was the bélief that the Attorney It was the bélief that the Attorney General was deliberately . trying â€" shield the pastorâ€"inspector that rons ed public opinion, or a section of it, against Mr. Spracklin. Finally, howâ€" ever, Hon. Mr. Raney bowed to the public will, and every effort was maile lsince then to see that the trial was absolutely fair. Friends of the deiad . NOteTReepC) . io+ two of whom were friends of Trumble wanted a special officer to prosccute | 5 and to accept the word of Mrs. Trumâ€" the case. They made their requet ] it ible. He asked if it were to be as known and it was granted. . Mr.|_ 2 R _ . sumed that Trumble met his wife and Spracklin to0 had abundance of legal } s i . spent ten minutes filling a water botâ€" talent ,and it can be taken for grant ; j tle when he knew his enemy was outâ€" ed that these men left no stones Un | .. ) . turned to adduce every scrap of eviâ€" w . 4 Or are we to assume that he rush dence that would help the jury to arâ€" e h , hy 3 ed to his own room to get his gun ?" rive at a fair vertlict. . s e said the lawyer. As far as the Spracklin case is con: j ., & A _ MF, Brackin declared that two men cerned it is closed. | However, enforceâ€" is 4 A . had testified yesterday to the effect ment of the O. T. A. is still a liv« . 5 . & that Trumble went and got his gun. question, and it behooves Qw Governâ€" war s s E Yesterday," satd the lawyer, "Mrs |ment to see that it is carried out. 9 § Trumble kissed that sacred book am A Manitoba physician issued 10,000 prescription. {~. li,uor in one month. He must have had a printing press handy. MacBride of Brantiord has renounâ€" ced the L L. P. in a speech in the Legâ€" islature _ Very sensible lliin;: to de after he hbas been read out of the party Life is one dâ€"â€" _ thing alter unother _A fellow no soomer gets the coal bill paid than he is confronted with the injunction: "Fill out your inâ€" come tax form." And then for the next year it is "pay. pay, pay." ,% Editorial Comment | Selling the game cocks seized in a reeent raid in Toronto instead of killâ€" ing them. and yet hope to stop cockâ€" fights is on all fours with prohibiting the sale of liquor and yet permitting its manufacture. Hon. Manning Doheriy /8 England as a "British sub not as Provincial Minister not as Provincial Minister of Agriâ€" culture, in an endeavor toâ€" have â€"the embargo against Canadian live catâ€" tle raised. Is it to hbe supposed, thereâ€" fore, the provincial treasury will not have to pay his expenses? a free man, acquitted by a The health centre was opened proâ€" fessionally at Waterloo yestc rday afâ€" ternoon This is one instance where Waterloo is decidedly whead of Kitâ€" chener. May the centre do such good work that a similar institution will sbon be a reality in this elty! Many of the burglars and holdâ€"up men apprehended in different p;ni‘ts‘ of the province during the last few months are still in their teens or early twenties. It is evident that spankirfg has been taboo among part ents during the last decad or two. There‘s considerable of the snur: grapes attitude in the attack of R.C ' Henders. MP., former | president of| the Manitoha Grain Growers‘ Associaâ€" tion, in condemning mnll’Mu of the Saskatchewan Grain ‘Growers‘ Assoâ€" cclation and the Grain Growers‘ Limâ€" dted. ;There was a time, when Mr. Henders saw eyc to o_w‘ with HMon. Tom Crerar and J. A. Maharg, MP., but then he chose to atick with the Government rather than hig former friends. As a result he can‘t rumn in the ‘same harness with tÂ¥e Nationa: Progressives at the next election. as much Manning Doherty is going to o as a "British subject‘ and of the deidl â€" hotelkeeper thing after /s Bgsiak C CCC TT; C (Cj y \i& Pirones armost Cotmarsisâ€" 0 n‘ , MWINDSOR, Feb. 24 â€"Rev. J. Oâ€" L. Sprécklin, Sandwich Methodist minisâ€" tert and erstwhile license imspéctor, was found not guilty by a jury OD & charge of manslaughter for shooting and . ymu Beverley Trumble, proâ€" prictor of the Chappeéll House, Sandâ€" wich, several weeks ago. The j’ry; ‘&elfverated 55 minutes before returnâ€" ing their verdict. 4 Great interest was centred in the ‘uial. The courtroom was crowded at each session, which lasted three days, l.ml His Lordship, Chief Justice Muâ€" lock, who was on the bench, had to | serve notice that interruptors would be arrested. A dramatic incident ocâ€" curring during the trial was the death in the Hotel Dieu from pneumonia of Ernest Deslippe, a star witness for the defence. The case went to the jury after listening to an exhanstive review 04 the case by R. L. Brackin, MPP. ehief counsel for Mr. Spracklin, a re~‘ view of the Crown‘s case by Crown Attorney Grier, and the charge of His Lordship Mr. Brackin called attention of the jury to the oft expressed hatred of Spracklin which Trumble had carried about with him and to the threats which Trumble had made as to what he would do to Spracklin. He pointed loul that, according _ to _ evidence | Trumble on the night of the shooting, iaftt‘r meeting Spracklin outside the hotel, ran info his living quarters «5 ‘ler Jocking the door. Five Against One. In order to convict Spracklin, said the lawyer it would be necessary to Cisbelieve the evidence of five men, two of whom were friends of Trumble ‘MF. Brackin declared that two men had testified yesterday to the effect that Trumble went and got his gun. "Yesterday." sald the lawyer, "Mrs. Trumble kissed that sacred book and swore to tell the whole truth and noâ€" thing but the truth. She stood there ‘ and she lied and lied and lied. Ent you could see the.light when she callâ€" ed Bannon a liar and denied the eviâ€" dence of her bhusband‘s friends, Desâ€" lippe and Morton and said they were deserting her in her hour of need. What need may 1 ask? Her need of} |:-nrrnh():'ati0!l of the taie she hadl Mr. Spracklin was called to the witâ€" | mess stand in his own defense, andl during his two hours‘ examination, whippedâ€" the interest of the spe('la-l tors to fever heat. in terse semences“ the pastorâ€"inspector recounted thei various events which finally culminâ€" ated in the death of Trumble and when he broke down at the moment }whon he told of firing the fatal shot wighs of sympathy swept across the Lrn\\(l(’d courtroom. + corroboration | of thi toid." Mr. Spracklin told of his work asi license inspector on two occasions ‘ when Trumble used violent language | to him, and finally of the raid and the : shooting. He declared that Trumble' had a revolver in his hand on the‘ nisht of the shooting and bad threatâ€"| oned him. He believed his life was' in danger. Trumble, he said, had him j cavered with his pistol ard he expeutâ€"{ ed would fire. Then he dropped his gun to his hip. At this part he cnuldl mot proceed and his counsel helped him out "You fired?" said Mr. Brackin. "Yes,." said Mr. Spracklin. Day For Defense It was a day for the defense and three witnesses, Frank and John Bell, brothers, who with County Constabâ€" les Mark Hoaton, Bannon and Sprackâ€" lin constituted the squad which raidâ€" ed Trumble‘s place on the night of the tragedy, swore that Trumble had a revolver in his hand and threatenâ€" ed to shoot Spracklin. Heaton testiâ€" fied that while Trumble was lying on :lln- floor after the shooting there was a revolver on the floor beside him and ; :Trumhlu had revolver holster fastened to his left side. Bannon testified that after the shooting he saw Mrs. Trumâ€" | hle with a revolyer in her hand. This evidence was introduced for the first time and was evidently intended hy. the crown to show what became of the revolver alleged to have b(‘l"l‘l! carried by Trumble and which has not been geen since the night of the tragedy. Bannon did not know what she did with the pistol for he left at lonce to get a doctor for Trumble. 18 Rontradiction to Mrs. Trumble‘s evidence that her busband did not "‘n °‘\ ] m W x 4.-. ,. w Luuaipuii) "J N_ GLEEE5" liee of the Legisiature next Wednes â€"â€" . day with all his books, vouchers and carry a revolver one 'mm recelpfa regarding the expenditure of Dougan, a garage man, toet that|$50,900 to R. T. Harding in connec he had repaired a revolver for the|yjon with the Timber Commission. dead man about two months before| jyr. Harding, formerty represented ‘Q“ shooting, while Robert BallantyN®|ins Qntario Government before the a Windsor taflor, Mflod! that Trumâ€"{Commission ble visited his afop to ha‘ve a suit of 1 clothes ftted and that he had a re volver in his hfp pocket. One witness, Best P"Ql’?xanda in sodition to Spractiin, testinied inat| FOr gagg,dian G?'(')dq te had heard Trumble niake threats against the clergyman. Mrs. Trumble Denles It. Mrs. Trumble, who was . recalled last night, again denied the evidence of Dougan, Banmnon and Ballantyne. Jack Bannon, one of Spracklin‘s squad who conducted the raid on the Chappeli House the night of the affair, was then called and examined by \Crown Prosecutor Grier: } "Dig you hear Mr. Trumble say .anyâ€" thing "Yes." I 1 F "What did he say?" * ® "He said, ‘I am shot‘." "Did you see the gun in the hand of any of them, or either of theim?" "Who, the officers?" * "Â¥es, either of the officers?" ° "Yes." "Did you see one in Spracklin‘s hand "No." "Did you see them in the hands of one of the officers " "Yes, one of the officers." kq ', "Which one?" * y * / "Heaton." "Had Trumble anything in his hand when you saw him?" "I didn‘t see anything." "You told me you did not see Trumâ€" ble with a gun?" "I didn‘t see Trumble with a gun. "FRither before or after the shoot ing? No sir." Crossâ€"examined by Mr. Bracklin® I Mrs. Trumble Had Pistoi "After you went into the doorway leading from the little hallway into the private â€" diningroom you . saW Trumble and Trumble said ‘I‘m shot‘ you . saw | Mrs. Trumble; did â€" Mrs. Trumble have a gun in ber hands?" "Yes sit." i "I think you told us that Beverly came from your left, sort of feeling his way along the hall. When he got up to you he said: ‘I am shot‘?" | "Yes." ‘ "Was it instantly after that, after said: ‘I‘m shot‘ you looked at her and she had the gun in her right hand, ‘\vhat happened " "I left for the doctor." By Grier: (reâ€"examination} ‘"What type of pistol do you say Mrs. Trumâ€" ble had in her hand?" * l "She had a gun; the barrel was |about (indicates about 12 inches) all ;|told. barrel and handle." k! "Very _ conspicuous, . very casily .lse('n?" | "Yes." One of Spracklin‘s Men Frank A. Bell, another member of Spracklin‘s squad on the morning of the shooting, was called and under examindtion by Mr. McEvoy, defense counsel, stated that he had been enâ€" gaged in the house search of places along the river. Later he went to the ‘Chappell House in company with othâ€" er officers, where they found Deslippe lying on the lawn. Bell then gave evidence of the alâ€" leged encounter â€" between Spracklin and Trumble, when the latter, pointâ€" ing his gun at Sprackin6, satd "Get out of here Spracklinâ€"you, or l shoot you." A second or two elapsed, accordâ€" ‘ag to Bell‘s evidence, and he heard the sound of a shot. on Bell dechared that there was noâ€" body present other than the two prinâ€" cipalsâ€"Spracklin and Trumble at the time the shot was fired. Revolver on Floor He stated that he saw the holster around Trumble‘s waist and that his revolver was lying on the floor. "I asked Smith for Trumble‘s reâ€" volver," _ continued _ Bell. "Never mind the revolver now, Smith said, ‘and had told me that Babe would reâ€" gain consciousness in A few minutes fand he will rave." ; d "When I first saw the revolver it was in the diningâ€"room, but it was in the livingâ€"room when I asked Simith for it." The testimony of Mra. Trumble, the widow, was to the effect that on the morning of November 6, when her husband was shot by Spracklin, he had gone to open the door of the hotel in response to Spracklin‘s knock for admission. He had a hot water hottle in one hand and a cigaretté in the other, Mrs. Trumble stated, and when he fell dying the cigarette was atill between his fingers. He died half an hour after being shot, she said. 9+ Best Propaganda For Canadian Goods Is Cheaper Waresj TORONTO, Feb. 24.â€"That the Uniâ€" ted Farmer Labor goyernment should start propaganda for Canadianâ€"made goods was one of the resolutions brought by the Associated Boards of Trade before Premier Drury and his ministers this morning, when a depuâ€" tation waited on them to present resâ€" olutions passed at the last meeting in Belleville. The Premier in reply stated emphatâ€" ically that the Ontario Government could not go into any scheme of proâ€" paganda for Canadian made goods. He said that the best propaganda was cheaper goods. He asked "Why should we sell Canadianâ€"made goods for more than United Statesâ€"made goods?" Leave O. T. A. Alone and Get a Law That Can be Enforced TORONTO, Feb. 24.â€" When Rev. Ben Spence and a deputation from the Provincial convention of the Alliance Temporance workers interviewed Preâ€" mier Drury this morning the Premier told them that it would be unwise for them to press for changes to the O. T A. at present. "Concentrate your strength on passâ€" ing the referendum in April, Pass that and we will have a law that can be enâ€" torced. We cannot enforce the O. T. A. I might say that efforts have beea broached to amenrd it to weaken it, but we will not do that," he said. The deputation had no special amendments to suggest but merely tendered its con fidence to the Premier. Keep Booze Out _ | Entirely to Stap Tllicit Traffic TORONTO, Feb. 2:}â€"Rum~runningl in Essex County was the topic introâ€", duced at the convention of the Onâ€", tario Branch of the Dominion Alliâ€"‘ ance this morning. Rev. W. D. Mu-‘| gee, of Essex, was the first speaker. ‘ He declared that the long river front and high prices obtainable made it! a day of opportunity for illicit trafâ€" ficers and he said that it would gn\ on until the people of Ontario on April 18th voted to end the supply. He said that the home route was the key to the situation. It was very easy to get liquor and running it, over the border was mereâ€" ’ly a matter of avoiding the vigilance ‘of the officers. Wm, Delaney discussed simtar conâ€" ditions on the frontier, where he said bridges _ and â€" foreigners made an easy â€" combination _ for flicit _ rum running ENORMOUS DEMAND FOR TELEPHONES MONTREAL, Feb 54. â€" statement â€" of _ the â€" Bell (YnmEa_vy;"grosromvd at MONTREAL, Feb zi. â€" The 19"0 | statement â€" of _ the â€" Bell Telephone Company, . presented â€" at the annual mecting here today. shows télepthone revenue for the year $16,513,384.44, an increase of $9,364,364.47 over 1919. However, _ total telephone expensos. ‘went up from $12,213,904.68 in 1919 to $16,295.341.09 in 1920, an increase of $4,081,436.40. _ The Company has 276.361 telephones in service, and its Connecting Companies in Ontario and Quebec â€" 113,212, making a total of 489,573, representing an increase dutâ€" ing the year of 45,866. at, In his address to shareholders, President L .B McFarlane said: "Our orders â€" for new _ telephone, facilities, both local and â€" long disâ€" tance, have been greater than any previous year, and our outatanding difficulty has been to meet the enâ€" ormous _ demand _ for service. We were not able to satisfy all requests, but had a net gain of 38,885 subscribâ€" era‘ stations, or 11%¢, being the greatest yearly gain in the history of the Company. Immediately _ after _ the . shooting Spracklin and his aides had left the Chappell â€" House, she testified. On erossâ€"examination she admitted that the hotel had been raided several times for liquor, but she did not know the number. To R. T. Brackin, counâ€" @el for the defense, she said she did not know that her husband carried a revolver belt. eign Office this oveqln(- ‘ Turk Repert CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb.«26.â€"Tifâ€" lis, the capital of Georgia is again in ‘Ithe hands of Bolsheviki according to |reportn received here today. Soviet forces which were reported in recent advices to have been expelled hy the Georgians now said to be reâ€"enâ€" ‘tering the city. Bolsheyiki Are Again in Control (Canadian Press) PARIS, Feb. 26. â€"Aunouncement that Georgian forces bad evacuated Tiflis was made by the French Forâ€" Burglars Visit a Walter St. Home; Loss is About $100 Burglars have once again made‘ their appearance in Kitchener after a few days‘ rest. A Walter street house was entered on Friday and‘ money, ‘stamps, jewelry and other| small articles valued at approximate ly $100 are missing. The occupants of the house were out for the evenâ€" ‘ing. During their absence entrance was made by the use of a skeleton Ekcy in the frout door. The house ‘was ransacked from top to bottom, lthe unwelcome visitors leaving by the back deor. mniana “m â€" P W ppdjan en imA fonieriiens esmm c iiind ’ TORONTO, Foeb. 26 â€"Representaâ€" tives of the Ontario Medical Council, \ the University of Toronto and the Onâ€" tario Asspciation of Osteopaths have practically reached an understanding iby which osteopaths can be licensed to practise their profession in Ontarâ€" io, it was learned from members of both professions yesterday. The conâ€" fererces upon the matter which have ‘;lakon place during the past few days | may be concluded toâ€"day, and a bill ‘will then be prepared for presentaâ€" llion to the Legislature which will ':ha\'e the consent of the governing i body of the medical profession and I the Ontario Association of Osteopaths. !_ One leading osteopath said | last night the only points to be cleared up lworo the privileges which osteopaths ) should have and the arrangements to ,l be made for osteopaths who would | practise in the Province in the futnre. Medicos and Osteopaths in The comnittee are agreed that conditions are now intolerable to the medical profession and membhers of our profession," said he. "Two reâ€" cent Polite Court cases are an illus tration. It is intolerable to think that anyone under existing circumstances can open &n office and practise as an osteopath." It was also stated that the Medical Council and the university rn‘proscn-‘ tatives had agreed not to oppose efâ€" forts of the osteopaths to secure simâ€" ilar status to the homeopath, and inâ€" vestigation had shown homeopaths were agreed upon this arrangement. Any bill or an amendment to the Medical Act to give licenses to osteoâ€" paths would not give immediately a legal right to practise the profession of ostcopathy toâ€"more thanâ€" 27 gradâ€" wates in Toronto of recognized schools of osteopathy and to 102 graduates in the Province. l Crown takes new â€" rction . against ‘Harry (. Rarnes on charge of manâ€" ) slaughter . Shipping War is Predicted by U. S. Federal Reserve Board (Canadian Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.â€"A period. of intense competition in world shipâ€" ping was forseen toâ€"day by the United States Federal Reserve Board in the survey of foreign and domestic shipâ€" ping conditions. . As result of over production, Board waid there probably will be for time, an excess of ships abovo the immediate needs of conm> merce. Shipping interests already are realâ€" izing, the Board declares, that producâ€" tion of shipping has been in excess of present nceeds. Reports are coming trom abroad of cancellation of shipâ€" building contracts on a considerable scale in geveral countries. Charleston News and Courier: | Inâ€" come tax is a nuisance, but just sup pmw' we had a reparations bill to pay like the Germans INTENSE COMPETITION Agreement ire ... AREOPPOBED . Ts m o TA ON _ _ Ontario Municipal Electric Association Places Itself on Record. HAS 150 ME MB ER S3 Also Express Confidence in the Leadership of Sir } Adam Beck. TORONTO, Feb. 26.â€" A resolution condemning the proposal now before the Ontario Government to impose & tax of $2 per horsepower on the proâ€" duction of electrical energy in this province was passed at a meeting of the Ontario Municipal Electric Assoâ€" ciation here yesterday afternoon, atâ€" tended by 150 members. Sir Adant Beck, chairman of the Ontario Hydroâ€" Electric Power Commission, was preâ€" lsem and took part in the discussion on the proposed impost. Only two ‘ men spoke against the resolution, Sam Carter, of Guelph, and J. V. Buchanâ€" an, of Ingersoll, who advised a â€"con ference with Premier Drury and ai ‘altiludo of sympathy and coâ€"operation toward the farmers. * The Objections. The chief objections to the propo® |ml tax outlined in the resolution were Istated as follows: "That the report of the committee of the Legislature was ‘based on inacâ€" curate information;«that it was a ajoiâ€" ation of municipal rights; that the whole bydreâ€"electric system wus based on contracts, and if these contracts were not kept the millions of doilars put into the enterprize by the muniâ€" cipalities would be in jeopardy, that a large amount of power developed ai Niagara Falls was being exported un: der contracts, and that the powetr not exported would have to carry the whole weight of the tax, and that the proposal to place the hydro systeta under a departinent of the Governinent |w0u1d take the hydroâ€"electric *enter: prise into politics." _’ The resolution concluded: I "Therefore, be it resolved, that the Ontario Municipal Electric Association ‘pluovs itself: on record as ‘being enâ€" llirc-ly opposed to Te ommendations in ithis report, and this association re® ]ummcnds for the reasons outlined above that the Logislative Assembly do not take action along the lines sugâ€" gested by the report without a thorâ€" ough investigation by competent aiâ€" thorities and without giving all interâ€" lestcd partics a full opportunity to be TO $ TAX ON HYDRO POWER hea Other resolutions were passed. UUC of them reaffirmed confidence in Sir Adam Bock and the other members of the Hydroâ€"Electric Power Commission, pledged them "loyal, continuous and undivided support." Officers of tho Association were elected as follows:â€" President, Wilâ€" loughby Ellis, Hamilton; _ first viceâ€" president; ~J.â€"â€"Ee Banwoll, Windsor: gsecond viceâ€"president, Controller Maâ€" guire, Toronto; third viceâ€"president, R F. Elliott, Kingston; fourth viceâ€"presiâ€" dent, W. K. Sanderson, St. Thomas: secretaryâ€"treasurer, T. J. Hannigan, Guelph The other four members of the executive board elected were:~â€"â€" Philip Pocock, London; Mayor Thos. Church, Toronto; S. Carter, Guelph, and George Lippert, Kitchener. ( Daylight saving will begin in Great Dritain at midnight April 2 and end at midnight Oct. 2. ard Beware! Say "California" or you may not got the genuine "Califormia Syrup of Figa" which doctora recom: moend for babies and children of all ages. Nothing else cleans the little bowels and regulates the child‘s atomach and liver so gently, «o thoroughly. Directions on each bottle. _ But you must say "California." Don‘t be talked Il‘&o an N VE LC wC imitation delicions, "lagative "California Syrup of Figs"‘ is Child‘s Best Laxative Confidence in Beck. "hg :’vm['; which hnan‘t the fruity «aste or the perfect physic‘ action. ‘The Officers. other were passed. One veee q +‘ Mf Â¥2¢%