EQITEE. Heard In Attempted Arson Base

or“ preliminary hearing of pstrick Earl McCourt, charged ‘m, mqnpted arson, Was held

n m, stipenidlary Magistrate's cow-r, yesterday morning before Mr. JA. Bentley, acting magis- mte in the absence of Stipend- ury Magistrate KM. Muriln. w. QR, Holmes, 12.0. appeared (or the Crown and Mr. RR. Bell. KG ,0,- thg defence. Five wit- nesses took the stand during YW‘ (grtlnys ileilrlng- _

Dr. lra J. Yeo, the first witness “were stated that he was the

esitlcnt of thc Churlnhtetown Forum Company Limited and ma; he was nouprcscnt at. the Fgfﬂn on the ninht of February 1s, when the attempt to set fire to ths building had taken place.

\Villlam Campbell, City f.re- man, said that he and ltirCoairl were on fire duty at the South gnrl of the Forum on the night of February l6. Ile sold that hc and Mr. ltivCaurt we're sitting in the balcony st that end prior to the game starting, but it the com- rnencoincnt of the game, he didn't see lilt-Cotirt again until after me gxnlo was over, and that. he was (i".\'ll stniis at the time.

Thc lliird witness, Melvin Ward or sumnnorslilo, said he hnd come down to Charlottetown on the lpECilil train for the hockey

match. and that during the. trip ,

by train, he and his two compan- ions Rnlph Dawson nnri Barclay Dawson, both o,i were drinking from s, quart bottle of rum, and that he didn't re- member anything shortly after arriving at the game. He snid that he could not recall whether the game was in progrcrs when he arrived at. the F‘orrm. but that he did see some people skat- ing 0n the ire when he first ar- rived, As to his whereabouts or what ile rllri after that, he can only go hy u-hnt his two compan- ions told him noxt day. ‘He said that he imew nothing of the fire or what went on during the grmc.

Other Witnesses '

Bart-icy Dawson, of Summer- side, titc fourth witness, also rel’- ferred to the trip to Charlotte- town by train, and that the three oi them hnd consumed the bottle of rum hotoro they left the train for the Forum by taxi, and that the some was in progress when they arrived but that Ward was In such grim shape, that he and Ralph Dawson took him to the basement where he could either sit or lay down. Witness said that they left h'm in a sitting position on a cement curbing’ to the right, and about three or tour feet from the bottom of the collar stairs. Witness said that he went lo the cellar door several i'mes ﬂurlnz the some, and that Ward was still sitting where they had ieit. him.

lie said that he went to get Ward about five minutes before the same was over but when h:- went to the door he smelled smoke and didn't go any farther l! he said that Ralph Dawson end some firemen went past him at the top of the stairs, and that “W? went down into tho cellar. lie said that he didn't see an fire but inter saw NH‘. McOour will": Ralph Dawson up stairs t0 the police,

The last witness, Ralph Daw- Wl. of sun-merside, gave the lama account of the trip by train Ind the taking of Ward to the "l1". and that he too had gone to the cellar door on several oc- ﬂslons to see if Ward was ail flxht and found him always in "l" "me Dosltion. Ho ma that "a. m still in the some position when he went down to get him ‘hlllllv before the same was over. ""1 that when he arrived in the collar he saw the fire. Witness said that the fire ml burning

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The importance o! having ada- qnmts cold storage facilities for the convenience of hand indus‘ ,1 is forcibly brought to mind when one realizes that the 25 carload capacity of the Government cold storllxe plant on Ibherﬂtreet is not. sufficient to meet the demand wihlch the coming simmer will brimg for cold storage spam, Mr. J. F. Connolly. Deputy-Minister of Raconataru -on. informed the Guardian yesterday.

Yet. without the presence oftihis modern plant. in the City-the most modern of any plant o! up. proximate capacity in the Mari- tlmes — many local lndrumrles would be in sore straits, Mr. Con- nolly said.

Illustrating his statement by a concrete cxcitnple. Mr. Connolly said that the Ontario flnm of Matthews-Wells Co.. Ltd. had ai_ ready spoken for storage space for 1.500 soc-pound barrels of straw- berries. Thoso strawberries are to be quick-frozen and processed at the plant. The operation of quick- freezing will be done by two unit; Huhose combined daily quick- lrceztng capacity is five tons. They were manufactured by the Llnde Canadian Refrigeration Company of Mo real and were installed by

Mr. T. W. Cope, Provincial Gov- ornament engineer.

Fox Feed Storage l Mr. Connolly said hhreo floors

are ready for cold storage services at. present and that within tihe next two or three weeks several car- loads of Western meat for fox feed will be arriving for Island fox ranchers. The fox feed will oc- cupy the storage room on one floor

Last rulmvmer. despite the fact that the plant was still undergo- ing much work to the interior, large amounts of perishable ccm- moditiies were safely kept in ston- age. Approximately 150 tons of cheese were storedthere through- out the sunumer months. In addit- ion t ere were ln the plant at vari tlarnes, 3.710 lbs. of blue- berries; 3,180 l-bs of butter; 77,000 lbs of grapes; 5,000 lbs of scallops: 70,000 lbs of apples; and 367.000 libs of fox cheat. so efficient were the cold storage facilities that odour-albsoribing ctrnmodlties, ouch as butter and cheese, were in as iperfect condition upon their re~ moval as when they were placed in storage. Such wrnmodlties. Mr. Connolly said, are placed in air- tight sins-ago rooms away from other ccmsnodkies. '

The plant was mrchased lrom tlhc Island Seed Company by the Provincial Government in Febru- arY._1947. The cost of ruucbaslng the new freezing equipment ta- gether with the necessary con- stsuction and attentions involved. has mean-t an eivpearditus-e of close to $50,000. Mr. Connolly said.

Summerside

The unmet-side Kinsman Ju- veniles wait. tihirﬁrgoals up their homo and home eer- iae witbtbo Charlottetown Kins- Imn lut. night at tbs Crystal Rink. Summerside defeating the capital City aggregation by the scored I to 5. Two goals dnwu to_the visitors sfter- five minutes of play in the second period, Charlie Hogan's chutes roared back into the game. scoring three goals in the middle session and two more in the final frame.

Layton “Colors" Schurman was the hero of tho home forces scor- ing five of the eight goals. Benny Grady the other "Dynamite Twin" picked up one goal and three assists.

Less thaxra nunuto from the opening whistle in the first. per- iod Schumann picked uip an at- teniptod shot by Roy "Chick" Gal- lant and relayed it into the meshes behind Roger. From the ensuing faceoff MncKenzls carried down centre and evened the count, the» puck rebounding off Rogers’ pads to trickle over the goal line. A ‘beautiful shot from the stick oi Roy Gallanifcaught the upper left corner behind Roper and sent the Hosanltgs once more into the lead. Then Ross scored two quick ones as the result of nice passing bouts with McCsllum and the score read 3 to 2. The pair fooled the defence with ivell-tim- ed posses a third time, McCallum finding the upper right. corner. Grady banged one past Roper just before the period ended leaving the score 4 to 8 for the visitors.

At tho end of five minutes of play in the second period Gal- lsni. realized on a soft. shot which never left the ice and the Char- lottetown boys were two goals a.- head. Then Laysh schurrnan went on a three-goal scoring splurge before an almost hysterical crowd of home supporters. The first one was snapped in from outside the crease on a pass from Grady. Laysh rounded a swarm of Char- lottetown players to poke the sec- ond one heme from close in and realized shortly after stiokhand- ling beautifully to the goal mouth tcyfooi RODer again. Just- before the period three enemy snipers bore down on Waite alone but. the Kinsmen dofencemen checked nicely to break up the threat.

The third period saw the home boys dominate the play most of the session. At the seven- minute mark "lloonea" Deiglaan trapped an attempt to clear out. of the Charlottetown cage ahd fired e quick one which beat Roper. Schurman tallied the last goal of the fuming on a typlcalfDyna- mite‘ play with Grady.

‘lat. Period l-Eiide. L. SchurmarL (It. Gt!- lent). 2—Oh'town. Mackenzie.

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3—.5‘Bidc, R. Gallant (Grady). a-Ciftown. Ross (MacCallum) l5—0b'tnwn Ross (Maocalium) 6—Oh'town. MacOallum (Ross) 1-.S'8lde. Grady (Perry, Gay). Penalties-None.

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il-Olrtown, Gallant (Bradley). 9—S'Sldo. L. Bonus-man. lo-Sside L. Schurmau (Waite) ll-Sﬁide L. Schumann. Penalties-None.

8rd. Period

12-88109 Doighan. , 13—S'Slde L. Schur-man (Grady).

Penalties - Larter and Rich- arcls.

Unaups:

Sside-Gosl O. Rogers; De- fence, Grady, Gay, Waite; For- ards Schurman, R. Gallant. Wedge, Perry. Delghan, Richards. G. Rogers.

Ch’town—Goa1, Roper; Defence - Anderson, Lund. Cameron. Smith; Forwards- barter, Mc- Kenzie, Blso. Gallant. Ross. Mac- Callum, Creelman, Bradley.

Referees. H. Mclunis and J. Hogan. —-S.

Steilarton Royals Defeat Windsor

S-TEILLARTON. N.S-. March 2 — (OP) - Stellar-ton Royals, winners of the Antigonish-PictouColchester Senior Hockey League. dumped Windsor Maple Leafs 8-2 here to- night and will have a six-goal edge on the Valley champs when they start their return- match of the two-game total-goal series Thurs- dB)‘.

Gambling

~ LANSING. Mich, March 2 — (AP) — Clarence crmpbeil, presi- dent of the National Hockey Dengue, today declared he had evi- dence of gambling in hockey which "warrants expulslons without a doubt." - The evidence, turned ovor by Michigan authorities, does not by name,

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said. However, ha em- barked on trips to Chicago, Boston

on a joist near the roof of the cellar and that a snail portion of both were burning. ﬂe said that. he tried to put it out with his hands first, and falling this, pick- ed up a cloth rag which he round lying on the floor about five feet away, and with this rag he smothered the fire. Witness laid that alter the firs was out, Mr. McCourt arrived in the cellar with a fire extinguisher and started spraying the surrounding iarea where the fire had been. He said that McCourt had ordered him out of the cellar but. that he didn't leave until he‘ took Ward up a short while later, After bringing ward up stein, ho was with the police for a while in the Forum but that they released him later, and that he and Bsreley Dawson than walked Ward from the llbrum to the train. ' Following the stltcments - by the various witnesses, the use in: adjourned until this morning

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Race fans from New Glasgow and surrounding districts were

card of racing on Saturday, Iiabru- ll‘! 8th when blanket finishes Ian witnessed on q‘ first class course. Credit- for the fine condi- tlon of the track goes to Mr. B. Andrews and sons who cleared the course for (he dlya sport.

In the Glue A trot and pace fans law four entries battle it out from tbs word "Go" to the wire.

Reuben Lee, who was racing on the trot. hauled the others in two of three haste, the other heat. go- inl to the game little trottor. Luck GUY. Role Mario ﬂptured third place in the summary, boating the old campaigner, King spruce who was drawn in the last. heat,

Class B too had four star-tare. Top honors in this event wont to Jack on Hearts, owned and driven by Ernest McNeil of Cavendish. This is "’I'h4e Hearts" first appear- ance this season and hid w keep pacing u he was chased all tho WY i=7 Happy fad. owned by lid- wsrd Dos-ion. who won the third heat. Billy Upton, owned by Ray Mills had the misfortune to out his foot after placing third in the first hzeat and had to be with- drmwn. Billy Worthy wass-ight there in each of the three heats with 4-2-4 to his credit.

Once again a lot of interest was centered on the Colt Race. Bonnie Kalrnuck. owned and driven by Allison Carr-cf Oyster Bed Bridge raced under the wire in front in two of t/he three heats. Cyril Smith up behind his Barbara Ann win- nlng the other encounter. Buddy Clegg, one of the two trotters (Bonnie Kalmuck also being a trotter) was in fine form and was a good third in the first heat but hsd to -be content with fourth place in the other two heats being headed at. the wire by Lady Blon- dell, that fine looking "Clegg" eolt owned by Ira McCoubrey of Cov- endlsh.

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Jack of Hearts (McNeil) Happy Lad (Dolron) Billy Worthy (Gallant) Billy Tlpton (Mills). Colt Race . Bonnie Kalrnuck (Carr) l l Barbara Ann (Smith) 2 2 Lady Blondell (McCoubrey) 4 8 Buddy Ciegg (Plneau) 8 4

Officials?

Starterr-Messrs Tennis Doll-on and Emmet Gallant.

JlldQEk-Ml‘. Mort Larkin, Ml‘. Warfield Orr, Mr. George Smith.

Evidence

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After a hasty examination of the evidence in private, Campbell said it implicated mrmbers of two Na- tional Hockey league teams, but that "nothing implicates the Chl- csgo Black Hawks." He would not. amplify.

The evidence was turned over by Detroit Police Commissioner Barry S. Toy on orders of Governor Sil- ler during a conference of state. Detroit and hockey oﬂielsls on the situation.

Accepting a sealed brown envel- ope containing the evidence, Camp- bell and Toy returned to g, private office to examine it. ,

Campbell. returning in half an hour to meet reporters, said that "the information does not indicate

been described in the press, The evidence alleges that the gambling activities were of): limited nat- ure."

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