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Hipel Of S. Waterloo _ s Scores Unfair Method :# Re Farm Insurance! . ... Advocating the drafting of a uniâ€" form code of fines, costs and penalâ€" ties for infractions of the law which have their ending in Ontario police courts, together with a more deâ€" finite policy in respect to the apâ€" pointment of magistrates, their age and salary, Norman O. Hipel, M.P.P. for South Waterloo, on Tuesâ€" day contributed to the debate on the Speech from the Throne in the Ontario Legislature at Toronto. o ete tamd! . ~,." Eagh â€" + ced 4 6 8 eP 4 : t 2. t Py ¢ Cepupike in it hi tis}" $y t Lt Aor o t t on o ~ £ e * 2y B e *X is t ol vaut P yeils / i y se l : â€" + f % Also Criticizes Discrimination In Handling Motorist Court Cases. _ ADDRESS GIVEN Without referring to any particuâ€" lur locality, the South Waterloo member also cautically referred to and criticized magistrates of the province for making uncalled for remarks while disposing of cases. "Personally I thirk it is humilint-l ing enough for anyone to be sumâ€"| moned into court without having to ; hear a magistrate make uncalled ; for remarks," Mr. Hipel said. He! recalled that the attorneyâ€"gencral| had requested magistrates to conâ€" duct themselves in a manner beâ€" coming to their office some time ago. Favors Definite Regulations ‘ Touching on the age limit of magistrates, _ Mr. Hipel â€" thought there should be a definite age limit at which magistrates would be reâ€" tired and he advocated a definite . form of arrangement for retivement so thit when accepting an appointâ€" ment a magistrate would know how long he could serve and what his' exact remuneration would be. | VOL. 48, NO. 8 Asking that the province formuâ€" late a definite plan for fines, costs and penalties, Mr. Hipel outlined two cases to illustrate his points. He said that one motor driver was fined $10 and costs or $28 in all for an infraction of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, had his drivâ€" er‘s license cancelled for 30 days for being involved in what was no more than a verbal argument with another _ motorist _ for â€" allegedly "hogging" the road. When the facts were taken up with the motor vehicies branch of the government by Mr. Hipel, the motorist had $8 of his money re furded to him hut the license stood revoked for the month. In another instance a prominent Toronto â€" motorist driving towards Kitchener on highway No. 7, struck some workmen on the highway, splashing hot tar which was being used, over one man and possibly crippling him for life,. There was a charge laid by the traffic officer and | subsequently no action was taken, there being no fine, no ceosts and no suspension of the perâ€" mit. Two different magistrates were involved _ in each instance, Mr. Hipel said. "I ask is there justice in either case? And is there any wonder that many people in this province are asked the questionâ€" "Is there one law for the rich and one for the poor?" Believing that farm fire insurance rates can be reduced considerably and thus lower the burdens of financing | which are facing the farmers today, Mr. Hipel also spoke ut great length on the insurance situation, The doors of two more Kitchener furniture plants were closed on Friday as 300 striking and unemâ€" ployed workers paraded through the city streets. From the Brandt Furniâ€" ture Company‘s plant 100 employees walked out on strike and were joinâ€" ed by 60 workers who claimed to have been locked out at the plant of the Reliable Manufacturing Comâ€" pany. 0 Employers Willing to Grant Wage Increases But Insist on Open Shop. POLICE AND Meanwhile to a crowded meeting at the furniture workers‘ union headquarters, Isadore Minster, orâ€" mnizer, was announcing plans for n _complete tieâ€"up of all Kitchener and Waterloo furniture factories if union demands were not met. Police Clash With Strikers. Police swung their clubs on Monâ€" day night in a brief melee with strikers outside the plant of the Brandt Furniture Company, and arrerted _ two _ men w{:nm they charged with obstructing police. _ The trouble arose, officers said, when a picketer outside the plant "jumped" a worker who was ]en%'mg. They said Constable Burgess went to the man‘s help and that several picketers attempted to obstruct him. Other officers in the vicinity drew their clubs andâ€" quickly restored order. Wilfred Oliver and George Stuebâ€" ing were arrested and released later on bail of $500 each. Oliver was anid to have come here from To: ronto. _ Stuching is a_ Kitchener resident. Strikers Arrested. At Kitchener, three men are unâ€" der arrest after they clashed with police officers on Monday and Tuesâ€" day. They are Geo. Steubing, Kitchâ€" ener, Wirfred Oliver of Kitchener, formerly of Toronto, and Alex Niezonany of Kitchener, The latter is charged with assaulting Peter Isamc, aged 58, as he reported for work at the Brandt factory. (Continued on page 4) IN LEGISLATURE STRIKERS CLASH & BELGIAN KING s FELL TO DEATH _ Who spoke at length in the On \tari Legislature on Tuesday. Toronto on Friday. | _ After a fourâ€"andâ€"aâ€"halfâ€"day trial, ‘the jury took a little more than five hours to arrive at their decision, ifinding the aceused not guilty on !the more serious count of manâ€" isluughter. t Skull _ Fractured When He Topples Over Mountain Side.â€"War Hero. s2â€"Â¥EARâ€"OLD SON Kinz Albert I. the beloved heroâ€" King of the Belgians, is deadâ€"a victim _ of â€" theâ€" sport ofâ€" mountainâ€" climbing. which he loved so well, Death came to the King come time in the late hours of Suturday. For more than twelve hours, while the greater part of Belgium slept in the peaceful early Sunday quiet of the beautiful city of Brusselas, their King ‘ay dead, his skull fractured, in a wWeep ravine near the Village of Namur twenty two mles south of the Belgian® Capital. Alone, he had tried to climb a 200â€" foot eliff, the Rocher de Marchâ€"lesâ€" Dames. A projecting knob of stone broke off in his hand, and the man who had climbed snowâ€"capped mounâ€" tain peaks plunged 36 feet to death. He passed away on the eve of the tweutyâ€"fifth anniversgary of his ac cexsion . to the throneâ€"a . throne which he occupied regally through the most terrible days his country ever has known. The late monarch Prince Leopold, who . will hecome’ "They are paying the farmers not King in his stead, is 32 to farm," stated Dr. G. I. Christle, â€"> s remces president â€" ofâ€" Ontario â€" Agricultural REV. FATHER BART College, In connection with the Unitâ€" y a , ed States Government‘s policy of honâ€" GUILTY OF CRIMINAL |using the farmers to cut down their NE(;L[(;ENCE”"”'“'"”“" in order to ralse prices, Milms . when speaking at Barrle recently. Rev. Father found guilty of and â€" sentenced prisonment in Toronto on Fri wars 58 years old, and his son, Crown Prince Leopold, who will become King in his stead, is 32 It was Father Bart‘s second trial arising out of an accident on North Yonge Street highway last Aug, 21, in which 15â€"yearâ€"old Frederick Rose was fatally injured by a car driven by the accused. In the first trial last Fall, the jury disagreed after deâ€" libBrating for seven hours, Peter White K.C., Crown Counsel, moved for sentence. Mr. Lennox spoke on his client‘s behalf. "This is one of those unfortunate cases," he began. "In no sense could the accused be classed as a criminal. Such an accident as this could hapâ€" ben to anyone. I ask that the court be as lenient as it possibly can. Father Bart has suffered n great deal. I am not sure that the ends of justice would not be served by placing him on suspended sentence. "Father Bart, it is a very painful duty for me to pronounce sentence on you," he said. "I realize the type of man you are and that you cannot be considered in any sense of the criminal class. â€" Mr. Justice MeFarland ordered the accused to stand. "There are, however, certain phases of the case that I feel cannot be overlooked. I have thought a good deal over this case. I am sorry I am unable to accede to deâ€" fence counsel‘s request; I do not think suspended sentence would be fitting in this case. Tha sentence of this court is six months‘ imprisonâ€" ment. 16 Below Zero In This District Monday Night With mercury falling again on Monday, residents piled coal into their furnaces to protect themselves from the cold as the thermometer plunged for the twelfth time this month below the zero mark. Official temperature on Monday night for this district was 16 below, although temperatures across Canada ranged from 50 hbelow at Churchill to 50 above at Vancouver. This â€" week‘s session of _ cold weather, along with the other apells of this month, have been a source of great revenue to taxi drivers and storage garages. _ Probably those hardest hit by the sanaps are the local florists. Provincial forecasts indicate a breaking up of the cold spells and a siege of mild weather starting later this week. N. O. HIPEL BECOMES® KING Peter J. Bart was criminal negligence to sixmonths‘ imâ€" Winter Assizes at \wm. UFFELMAN NAMED ACTING TOWN CLERK Discussion was also made re garâ€" bage collection. Ald. Henderson statâ€" ed that the residents of King atreet rorth or of other outlying sections, wishing their garbage collected must send in their petitions before the end ef this month, as the committee will meet to set the 1934 appropriation. At a epecial meeting of the Waterâ€" loo Town Council on Thursday, Wim. Uffelman, recently named taxâ€"collecâ€" tor, was appointed temporary secreâ€" taryâ€"treasurer and clerk during the duration of N. A. Zick‘s illness. A petty cash fund was also estabâ€" lished for the clerk‘s office. Public lability insurance was also considâ€" ered. This was dropped last year but was again revived by Ald. Mcinâ€" tyre, Heer and Mayor Frickey. The premium on the $10,000 policy was $490.00. â€" Waterloo Civic Bodies Hold Joint Meeting School Board Requires Increased Mill Rate Owing to Fifth Form Classes. The long looked for joint meeting of the public spending bodles of Waâ€" terloo was held on Thursday. Mayor Frickey was assured by the varlous chairmen of their continued support in an effort to cut down expenses. The chairman of the Park Board. w.~C. Toietzki, stuted that the board would again finance its works on % mill. e briefly expressed as his wich that the further gravelling of the lake bed be continued and that trees be planted along the south shore. 2 Dr. J. H. Engel, chairman of the Waterloo Public School Board, said that the 1934 rate, which was an inâ€" creage of 1% mills totalling 12% | mills could not possbily be avolded.' The added burden from the newlyâ€"; formed fifth classes together with ; the financing of three schools and | the $1,000 refuand to the town had all | necessitated the Increase, he sald. _ | Secretary M. E. Braendle reviewed . the chief expenditures affecting the‘ adverse rate. He stated that the , teacher«‘ «alaries had received big elits. 1 So "How long are you going to keep on payIng for something you never got 2" Not Working Out The very nature of the arrange: ment whereby the cost of the camâ€" paign would be met by a processing tax of $2 per hog, was the thing that was killing it, Dr. Christie felt. The anticipated Increase in the price of hogs did not materialize hecauge the consumer would not pay the higher prices for pork ea compared with «ther meats. The net result was that the packers were paying lesa for hogs and the farmere were actually paying themselvea for the hoge they did not produce Ald. Hillfard in participating in the d‘scussion sald that he believed $1,000 could be taken from the Board‘s estimates. Army of Inspectors Dr. Christie counld see little use in a campaign which used an army of nearly 100,000 men to eolleit the farâ€" mer< to reduce production all along the line, by paying them 30 centé per bushel for corn and $5 per hog for animals not even grown. "What kind ofâ€" economics is that?" he asked. Pay Farmers Defending himself and Mré. Thuler, Hana Thuler admitted to the townâ€" ship relief officer that he had bought a car last year for $7 and later sold it for $5. Investigation was made after their three children had been frosthitten. "I bought the car," stated Thuler, "to try and make a little money. I (verated it only part time and during the time I owned it 1 only bought gaa and not oll." Referring to the milk account of alx months, he admitted It was for that length of time. The account he eald was three years old. BRIDGEPORT MAN oN RELIHF MAKES A STATEMENT The landlord has been very good to us, he admitted, but added he was not permitted to cut any trees on the property, only to use the stumpe. He had attempted to «ecure work in the coal yard and also on the county road but was refused. It was reported to Waterloo police on Tuesday that a young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Block, Albert St., Waterloo, was uninjured on Monday when she ran from behind » parked truck into the car driven by Allen Shantz, also of Waterloo. Fill Office During lliness of N. A. Zick, as Well as Tax Pope, Wm. D. ... Kaufman, John R Bohlender, Dan ... Kieswetter, 8. P. Says Dr. Christie Regarding United States Agricultural Experiment. GIRL NOT HURT Collector Not to Farm WATERLOO, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1934 MEMBER OF "CLASS A" WEEKLIES OF CANADA Poll No DETAILED 1A 1B 27 27 16 15 13 10 An altack on mass buying by deâ€" | partment stores and radio factories [ was made in the Legislature by F. J._ MeArthur, Conservative member ‘tor Northumberland in speaking on {the speech from the Throne debate, jand in which it was charged this ‘condition of affairs brought about the Stratford strike, necesaitating ‘eall out troops. Mass buying, he asâ€" serted, had reduced employes in LABOR MAN ELECTED AN ALDERMAN William Pope Defeats Three Forffier Members of Waterâ€" loo Town Council by * 44 Votes. tart, fought out thesright to the seat with former mayor John R. Kaufman, finally defeating him by 44 votes, Former mayor Dan BohI}â€" ender polled over 200 votes. Actual totals were: Pope, 444; Kaufman, 400; Bohlender, 205; and Kiesâ€" wetter 87. Pope, who polled a small vote in the 1933 elections, led at 9 polls on Monday, losing out to Kaufman at m others, Out of a total of 4,012 persons uppearing on the voters‘ lists of the mmunicipality, only 1,136 exercised their franchise at the polls on Monday. Their absence may be attributed to the cold weather and lack of interest in the election. Conservative â€" Member Urges Fair Price to Producers. Welcomes Government Probe. "Farmers are not complaining of their interest rates," declared Mr. MceArthur, "as some would have us believe. Farmers are not asking for preferences or charity. All they want is a fair price for their commodities. If they get a fair price they will be uble to pay (axes and interest rates. Governmenta have gone to a great ceal of trouble to find markets but of what use are markets if they bring profits to the middleman and not to the producer? I want to see the farmers get the heneflt of these markets." The Agricultural Committee of the Lexislatnre met a Jarge deputation representing the Vegetable Growers Counceil who discussed various phases oi their proposal for compuleory reâ€" wistration of all fruit and vegetable prowers and also a lcensing fee. LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN IN CONTEST William D. Pope, Labor candidate for the vacant seat on the Waterloo town council, defeated his three rivals in the elections held for the post on Monday. Pope, from the "Eevyptian olaves," and while not quarel{ing â€" with capitalsm, efforts of the big buyers were foreing workâ€" inamen into the dust Mr. MeArthiur expressed the cpinion that the Stevens commisalon ut Ottawa is one of the greatest forâ€" vard «teps to remove the present «ituation existing over massâ€"buying. This responsibility rerts on the Conâ€" sefvative partr, and he«felt the parâ€" ty‘s shoulders are broad enough, their courage high enough, to stand up under the load and to see to it the Stratford strike, necesaitating call out troops. Macs buying, he asâ€" serted, had reduced employes in Stratford factories to the position of "Yap ol deal. While speaking on the debate on the Speech from the Throne, Mt. Sinclair reiterated his stand taken in 1933 when he offered assistance and co operation to those who are trying to help the people. Mr. Sinâ€" clair caid he had been charged by his Liberal colleagues with political heresy in view of this attitude, but he insisted that no public man could refrain from helping in alding reâ€" covery to normal conditions. "If 1 was misJudged, my consclence is clear," he said. "If 1 erred It was because of my judgment. When the whip Is in danger the tradition of the sallor calls for the safety of the pasâ€" sengers first." > The report of the Liquor Control Board for the year that closed Oct. 31 last was tabled by Attorneyâ€"Genâ€" eral W. H. Price, which showed a de crease in both sales and profits, the fizures being a new low in the hisâ€" tory oi the board. Sales totalled $30,â€" 143,247 including those from the liqnor «tores and brewery â€" wareâ€" houges, while the profit to the board amounted to $5,423.621. * Hfon. Dr. J. M. Robb, Minister of Health, in «peaking to his bill proâ€" viding for establischment of a radtum institute in the city of London, gave many enlightening facts as to the work being done in the clinies in Toronto, and Kingston in the governâ€" ment‘a aesistance in fighting cancer. "The whole secret of cancer treatâ€" ment |s early dlagnosls and treatâ€" ment," eaid Dr. Robb. "We have found that from the time a person noticea the first symptoms, usually «x montha elapae before he or she sees a doctor, and ugually another ‘Ix months elapae before the first treatment Ja given. The public la being aroused as to the vital neces: aity of early treatment. Our recorda snow that people are coming earlier for treatment than was previously the case." VOTE OF WATERLOO ELECTION 36 18 2A 2B 34 21 11 IS ATTACKED 3A 26 31 m io 2 .8 a > m to get a fair and equare 3B 20 19 4 A 59 32 10 10 £ &2A :a m in 4B 20 42 30 17 10 37 17 17 When â€"a ‘ runaway horse. dashed down Mannbheim hill and crashed the cutter â€"against a post last Wednesâ€" day, two men were injured, one seriâ€" ously. Mr. Daniel Wagner, 58, of Baden, and his sonâ€"inâ€"law, Clayton Bowman, 33, of Mannheim are now in St. Mary‘s Hospital, Kitchener. Dr. McNally reports Wagner to be suffering from sepious head injuries aud Bowman a fractured leg. . Mannheim and Baden Residents Victims of Serious Accident. â€"Now in Hospital. Bs According to the report submitted by manager Geo. Grosz at the meetâ€" ing of the Waterloo Public Utilities Commission, the gas sales have deâ€" clined in 1933. The leakage has also shrunk 12.3¢; $15,000 IS NEEDED FOR WELFARE WORK Badly Hurt The cutter was gofug down the lull when something frightened the honse causing it to bolt. In the atâ€" tempt to gain control a rein anapped aud the animal dashed off causing the cutter to crash into a telephone pole. The total cost to the county for the assizes will be $2,500, the highâ€" est in many years. The two weeks duration was also a longer period than usual, ;.}:.u.;]...‘;;‘.‘lni-.uo in en »'l“r. Euler iminced no words Withi | %x” *;‘;} The only two nonâ€"jury civil cases ‘bis speech. He told the acministraâ€" | [ g * '*&fzg on the docket had to be laid over tion it had failed and that it was d % until. the nonâ€"jury sittings in May,. time for a change of government. ; 4 They were Thager G. Jungersen vs. He delivered one of the most effecâ€" . Dominion ’]‘ruclgund Equipment Co. 1 ti“_" -“l’('f’"ho-\'”h“"“l"l ‘f“ l’“f"hl"l‘"‘%"t en e i t Lid.. and Albert Seiling vs. Harry | UNS APssioh. DC also JOTeciuly C6:) . Klinik. £ **Y‘clared himself in favor of an un-z â€"__HON. W. D. EULER e 2l ‘employment _ insurance measfire! Who suggested amalgamation of , when times improved. [ railways under public ownership, in ll\ (h'ant R(‘llt{l] The North Waterloo~ member‘is address in Fedecral Parliament. Waterloo Public Utilities Commisâ€" sion Effects Further Economy for Town. Considerable discussion between Commissioners _ Kress, _ Chairman MHenderson and Gies resulted over matters of ecconomy,. The rental of bydrants was slashed another $5. Arrears were shown to total ©$4.114, as follows: gas, $565 ; water, $733; domestic lighting, $1,385; commercial lighting, $1,169; power, Â¥20G1. it was said, however, that the amount would be reduced before the end of the month. Accounts totalling $0,120.74 were passed for payment. Trial of Strikers Cost County Over $1800 The cost of the trial of the seven men connected with the Hespeler strike will cost at least $1,800, it was learned on Saturday. Waterloo Relief Board Decides To Appeal to Citizens for Funds. Hydrant Rental C "The . North Again Reduced Sirikers Following a meeting on Thursday at which about thirtyâ€"five attended the Waterloo Welfare Board decided to appeal shortly to the public for funds to finance relief during 1934. This effort will be made in an enâ€" deavor to keep the usual $20,000 exâ€" penditure from being added to the tax estimates. an increase of 3‘4 to 1 mille The drive will be started at once it was decided. Win. Henderson was reappointed chalrman of the board for the en sning year with A. C. Hoffman as treaeurer. E. A. Strasser was named secretary to aucceed*E. W. Smith who now resides in Windsor. The nuditor‘s statement showed a total ot $45,614.64 expended for re Hef in Waterloo during ll\(')[)aat year. Onâ€" this amount, the board paid to the town the oneâ€"third, or $15,204.88. As compared to a balance of $4,764 on hand at the end of 1932 the board has a balance of $1,6$3.26 to start 1934. Receipts were shown to total $18.â€" 527.81, Including the balance from last year and subscriptions of $13, (26.59. Disbursements of $18,844.55, Included the one third coat of relief at $15,204.88 and â€" administration, walaries and honorarium of $1,500. The members of the board follow: Wm. Henderson, chairman; A. C. JJoffman. treasurer; E. A. Stracsotr, wecretary; W. H. Somerville, Ford S. il\'umpf. M. J. Smith, Dr. J. M. Livingâ€" ston, H. M. Snyder, Thomas Seagâ€" ram, J. E. Frowde Seagram, Clements Reitzel, George Groaz, W. G. Welchel, Wm. Uffelman, Mayor Frickey, H. E Ratz the deficit First Deficit on Kitchener Waterloo Ry. For the frst time since the Twhh (Citiee took over the K.â€"W, Street Railway, the line has operated at a losa. ‘The loss this year amounted to $7,088.18. Consequently the town will not receive her customary 25% share of the profite. Ifowever the ‘own doea not aseume any part of 5C 356 11 16 30 30 17 13 Em 6B 16 34 20 in Runaway 20 21 14 11 25 17 7B 20 42 400 206 87 Urging the passage of some legisâ€" lation which will shorten the hours ‘of labor so as to spread work, Mr. ‘Euler scored the Bennett adminisâ€" |tration for its stand pat policy at a time of general distress. He also ’wurned the government that if |amalgamation _ of _ the Canadian (Pacific Railway and the Canadian ‘National Railways ever takes place, ( it must be under government ownerâ€" ship. By a reduction in interest | charges $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 ‘of a deficit on the C wiped out. In a speech fairly bristling with criticism of Prime Minister R, B. Bennett and his government for feilure to formulate a policy to correct conditions under g_v%ich Canâ€" At the County Assizes at Kitchâ€" cner on Friday, fines totalling $825 were imposed upon the seven men found guilty of unlawful assembly or intimidation during the strike at the Woollen Mills at Hespeler in December. The jury, after four and a half Federal Member for North Waterloo Recommends Reduction of Interest Charges on Canadian National Railways Which Would Mean Wiping Out of $50,000,000 Deficit. ada suffers today, Hon. William D. Euler, Liberal member for North Waterloo, came out s%uarely in the House of Commons Thursday for a reduction in the rate of interest on federal government bonds to three per cent. to save the country £40,000,000 a year. â€" The jury, after four and a half hours dtliberation, brought in the following verdict on charges of unâ€" lawful assembly : John Stoddard, not guilty; Reid Brown, guilty; Hugh Ritchie, _ guilty; _ Albert _ Proud, guilty; George Feakes, guilty; J. J. Houston, Toronto, organizer of the vnion â€" after the strike started, guilty. The various fines were: Houston and Ritchie, $200 each or 60 days in jail; Stoddard, not a striker, but employed at the plant, $25 or ten days in jail, on a conâ€" viction by another jury for intimiâ€" dation; Brown, Proud and Feakes, $100 or 30 days in jail; William Millar, convicted for unlawful asâ€" scmbly by a jury last week, $100 or 15 days in jail. Millar was allowed to go on susâ€" pended sentence on the intimidation charge to which he pleaded guilty on Monday, the cireumstances being identically the same as those on account of which the unlawful asâ€" embly charge was laid. He, howâ€" ever, had to give $100 bond that he would keep the peace and that he would be on good behaviour. Mr. Justice Armour, in dealing with the case, said he would consider the two offences as one, and also considered the recommendation for leniency in the verdict of the jury that found him guilty of unlawful assembly. _ Trapped in their beds by a raging| | fire, 10 aged women were burned tui | death in the infirmary of the Pennâ€"| | sylvania _ Memorial _ Hospital â€" at Hh-nnk\'illo, Pa., on Tuesday. | _ The viectims, ranging in age from \b4 to 94, all dauchters, cousing or | widows of Civil War veterans, had| |no opportunity to escape when the i blaze, starting in the wash room due, to a short circuit, spread rapidly\ : throughout the building. Houston and Feakes are in jail, as a result of their fines not being poid. Houston stated that he would mot allow any person to pay his fine. Millar, during the conference beâ€" tween the convicted men and court officials after the court sitting, conâ€" sented to pay his own fine and those of Brown, Proud and Ritchie. Waterloo county friends of Mr. Lincoln Hagey regret to learn that he suffered a broken leg when he fcll on the icy road nearhis home recently. Owing to this mishap he was unable to attend the annual mieeting of, the North Waterloo Farmers‘ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of which he is a director. Farmera, with better prices for their _ commoditiéa the past . six months, are much more optimistic ‘for the future and are hopeful of a |@radual return to normal conditiona 10 Aged Women Burn to Death Jobless. Insurance Favored by Euler Farmers Report Conditions Better; | Farms in Demand| A Woolwich township farmer in conversation with a Chronlele repreâ€" sentative on Saturday reported that during the past month quite a numâ€" her of farms have changed hands This he stated was evidence of an improvement in conditions A man who had been celebrating unwleely, but well, came to a workâ€" man digging a hole. ‘"Watsh you doing ?" "Digging n tunnel." "Whersh It going?" "Under the r ver." "An‘ how long will it take?" "About three or four years." "Can‘t walt that long (hie) T‘ll take the ferry .‘ Heavily by Justice Armour FARMER BREAKS LEG GOVERNMENT®S POLICY SCORED COUNTY‘S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER | Fined could be FARMER KILLS SELF, SISTER AND BROTHER Tragedy visited a little frame farmhouse on the Aylmer Road, one mile east of the Village of Sparta, near 8t. Thomas, Saturday afternoon and evening, resulting in the murder of two old and respected residents of the community and the sulcide of a third WORRIED OVER especially decried statements by the Prime Minister that his government had nothing spectacular to offer ind that all he could suggest was hard work and thrift. Joseph Philp, 60, Deranged, Attacks Family at Sparta Home. Wife and Son Escape The victIms are Florence Elizabeth Philp, aged about 65 years, and Herâ€" lwii Thomas Philp, aged about 60 yeats, shot to death. evidence indfâ€" cotes, by their deranged brother, Jeceph Arundle Philp. who killed bimeeif in the room where his sigâ€" ter‘s body lay slumped across the bed, as the police were about to enâ€" ter tie house. Two other members of the family, Mrs. Joseph Philp and her 20â€"yearâ€" old «on, Donald Robert Philp, unâ€" doubtedly owe their lives to the fact that the house was in darkness when they returned home from visiting te titives in London, and their presence of mind in running into the front vart of the house and escaping through a parlor window when they learned what had occurred. Brooded Over Misfortunes Brooding over a series of mieforâ€" tunes during the last three years, is believed to have caused Joseph Philp ie kill his sister and brother and the»n himself About three years ago fire destroyed the houee and large then himself About three years ago fire destroyed the honse and large barn on the farm he occupled some gistance east of the old homestead He and Ais family moved into the house where the tragedy occurred. About a year ago a large drive barn on the farm was «truck by lightning and hburned down, then on Feb. 7 of this year the stock barn wase deâ€" stroyed by fire during the night, toâ€" gether with about a dozen head of cattle, «heep and other live stock. The Tast fire «eemed to affect Josenh Philp @reatly. Me became morose ind dicpirited again and wae under the impression that everything wae being taken from him On Friday of last week, Mrs. Philp mnd her son_motored to London to visit a «ister and her brother, Mayor Cox of Port Arthnr, who wae attendâ€" ing a convention of Ontario Mayors in that clty, leaving her brother and his sister and brother at the farm. The house was unlichted when they returned â€" Saturday evening . about 6 30 WELLâ€"KNOWN _ BREWER SHOT IN ST. LOUIS Suffering Intense Pain, Aanheuser Busch Takes Own Life.â€" Amassed Millions. August Anheuser Busch, Sr., 68â€" yearâ€"old head of the internationally known brewing family, ill from a complication of discases, shot and killed himself at his home at St. Louis recently. The rugged son of a German imâ€" migrant who started the Busch forâ€" tunes picked up a revolver while a servant‘s back was turned, and fired one shot into his abdomen. He left an unsigned note which read: "Goodâ€"bye, precious mommie ond adorable children." Mr. Busch had suffered intense pain for six weeks from gout, heart disease and dropsy. Unable to obâ€" tain medical relief, he spent the past week in bed. Disappointed with the advent of prohibition he established a successâ€" ful corn products refinery and marâ€" keted malt syrup for home brewing and baking. He developed a yeast business which outgrew the middleâ€" west market and resulted in the cstablishment of a $2,000,000 plant in New York. Expecting the return of beer, the famous St. Louis brewâ€" ing plant recently was improved by the expenditure of $7,000,000, HIS MISFORTUNES