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[R e Cl min t s ut dnc ho t "Comamen amey > inss iis ds is e .cs Adbnl ic inss s td t ts itc nB Te e in o Mar 2 & ' "I am afraid," the Attorney--Gen-- ; ' _ eral went on, "that, as a Govern-- ' ment, we cannot take the responsi-- | bility of settling the claims of these ' people who have come forward now that the Government has suggested * that the money should be given to * the University of Toronto." Then, remarking that the burden | of this responsibility was too large to be placed on the Lieutenant--Governor-- | in -- Council, the Attorney -- General i venenemmmmmmmmmmmmemmmmmunt ;?lild *"*We propose to withdraw the \QOutspoken, Indignant PFO-- may now Frile Claims. tests F0|| Seuure In view of the statement of the s s Attorney--General for Ontario made Leg|slat|0n in the Legislature yesterday in con-- nection with the proposed escheat-- . ment of the residue of the estate af B".L IS WIT H D RAWN the late Charles Millar, it is now open to any person who can establishn dn ie en ie io rercicyy relationship or claim to relationshin *--to file his or her claim and prove it. Attorney.Genera| Annountces This will have to be done by an action , s in the Supreme Court of Ontario "to That "Other Claimants" revoke or set aside the probate of the | will in the Surrogate Court." Have Appeared . | ||»toge of Proceaure. en paraton | This would be done, among other womnhood._indignant" Ou;smkeng t'hings. by attaCking the clause in the womanhood--asserted itself in the| Milar will giving the residue of the litical o . ram I | estate to the woman having the great-- political arena yesterday,. And there| »est number of children during the six were happenings--speedy, upsetting| years following the death of the happenings. There was no dramatic te:tatc;:; and endeavoring to have it invasion of the islativ set aside as contrary to public policy femmuzw' g}'{, lfibl%ic'r;et?au;agg' and void for uncertainty. Should it themselves heard. in the homes, over| D# Gdecided in the Supreme Court thai the telephone,. on the streets, in the| this clause was invalid the residue will stores--and elsewhere.* They talked| b¢ distributed among those entitled to gl';pnhf:ticagl}ii angh ptogsistmi)tli\j till the | 't'he;;h;)e];;'cl)mr';{;)"c ttheitxiu cla(;m ?«ndl n seethed wi eir sizzli com--| b 0 e eceased ment. And, by--and--by, in faxnrgt, quite: . Charles Millar im accordance with the ggrlyBi.n tBholglay, the tidings reached rules fgr the .distribution --of bequests e Big Building in Queen's Park. in such cases. + Then-- The question of the valdity of the The Attorney--General, Hon. W. H. particular clause in the will now being * Price, withdrew his bill to escheat the discussed may be decided early in con-- estate of the late Charles Millar, K.C.. nection with the action of James A. and saved himself and his Cabinet Noel of Pasadena, California, who from the lava and fire of a political claims that he holds an agreement Veistt'xvxus._ , : y made with the late Nancy Vance was indubitably the accumulation _ Millar, a grand--aunt by which he was of indignation among the women Y 7 ' ivy us to share in any bequest received from which foreed this volts face on the the estate of Charles Millar part of the Attorney--General. They * ° were the quickest and most vehement Claimants Near Aylmer. to resent It;he i;nplicat.ions in the bill According to E. Blake Miller, one Proprsed by the Covernment. time member of the Ontario Legis-- The Talk of the Town. lature, representing East Elgin, who Both yesterday and the day before arrived in the city yesterday after-- the articulate indignation of women _ nOOn in connection with claims to the 1ci:fmld(;)e }t:}ear tm every pth)fse of ldaxly ?'lllfi:lreswlgsilgr estate, t,ipe la,t,:;d C_'h_axiles ife. n the street cars they could be n on a farm joining overheard as denouncing as }{'thievery" his in the Aylmer district. An uncle the proposed action of the Govern-- of the late Charles Millar was Albert :imi?t in gich(eiat;ng" tél(\ie l?alt;-million- iMfli'llxr' ;ls;) deceasecld15 ri'tamlj-l a };'fgident ollar estate designa y the testa-- n the Aylmer trict. e had two tor for the mother of the largest Children, one of whom left a family family in Toronto and devoting that Oof eight. . These grandchildren of t> t:. Pr(t)'vixzcial pur{;;o?e. Irtxbthe de]-i ';l)m Miltl:r alx"ie,hitr} f: gl?ke I\L/(I)ill(t*gs partmont stores and from the sma n, e rightfu eirs e corner grocers the feminine customers Millar estate--and are now residing raised their voices in an equally pro-- on farms in the Aylmer area. testing vein. Newspaper offices were In addition Albert Millar also left bombarded with salvos of feminine a daughter--Miss Roxy Millar--still protestations against the proposed lving near Aylmer, who is also claim-- action by the Gqyernment. One ed to be interested in the estate. A broker explained that his wife, though member of this same family is said a loyal Consa}rvatihve. wo;xldine\trer ay;ig té)hah?veMt')fien eorrf)fpiloyed djnt the t,;awtfi cast a vote for the party if it carrie rles Ar's ce, and it is s > a 'out what she thought was an abs>-- that she is still employed in the city. lutely unfair and discriminating law. Miss Roxy Millar's homeq is in Mala-- Price Goes Into Reverse. '};;dgA '{glwnship, a few miles southeast _ on tdhe %{{;""d rm&' the c?nsgeri InyE. eBrl.a,ke Miller's view, "there is i0 the Milar estaie which had sppung * hot the slightest doubt but that these 1ls Gote, Siiar betabe Whith hed SDMIIS --| members of the Millar family are the up since the introduction of the bill Tightful heirs"' * e to escheat the funds in favor of the gDviu i University of Toronto, would be too great an onus on the Lieutenant-- Governor--in--Council, _ Attorney--Gen-- * eral William H Price announced in the Legislature yvestcrday that the bill would be withdrawn. The bill cams up in committee stage toward 1.30 p.m.., when almost « > _every member had left the House for luncheon, and it was some time be-- 'fore the news of the withdrawal was 'generally known and conversation on the matter could be hsard in the lobbies 1 Other Claimants Appear. 4 ' e u¥d the House that the Gov-- i ' etnment had acted at the suggestion of the trustees," Mr. Price stated, re-- ferring to the complaints which had & been made since the introduction of his bill. "It now appears that there a&re claimants in addition to people t who live in California, and who say > ' they are relatives, in this Province, } *. coming forward to make claims on -- ' the estate." \