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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT.' THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 192K 3 SPRACKLIN FOUND "NOT GUILTY" OF MANSLAUGHTER BY SANDWICH JURY Shooting of Beverley Trurnble, Proprietor of the Chappell House, Sandwich, on November 6th Last, Was Done in Self-Defence. the jury .•uous to the announcement, Justice Mulock issued an em-warning that any demonstra-on the part of the spectators be treated as contempt of and the offenders promptly A despatch from Sandwich says:--, Pre.' After fifty-seven minutes deliberation j Chief returned a verdict pro- j j^^.'0 sv. J. 0. L. Spracklin,! would pastor of Sandwich Methodist' court Church and former special liquor! placed license inspector "not guilty" .ofjquenee, the only evidence of the su-tlie charge' of manslaughter aris-! pressed excitement prevalent were ing cut of the shooting of Beverley; the scarcely audible sighs of relief Trumble, proprietor of the Chappell j from Mr. Sprackiin's sympathizers. House here during a raid on Novem-j M^. Spracklin at once stepped from bcr 6th last. Thus came to a close: the prisoner's dock a free man, stop-the trial which commenced before Sir ping only to shake hands with his William Mulock. at the Essex County j lawyers, he left the courtroom des-Spring Ass/ze Court here. The judge's I cending to the main floor of the charge to the jury was concluded ] Courthouse, he voiced his relief in the shortly after two o'clock and they j words "Thank God it's all over." Ir left to commence their deliberations j the sheriff's office he was surrounded at 2.18. They returned to the court I by relative^ and friends who tendered room at exactly 3.15 o'clock and an-J their congratulations. Asked if he nounced their finding in two words: | intended to resume his work as license '•Not Guilty." No comment of any j inspector, he replied, "I'm not saying, kind was attached to the finding by as a matter of fact I have made ab-the jury nor made by His Lordship.! solutely no plans." j Sixteen Doctors Have Been Suspended A despatch from Winnipeg I says:--Sixteen Manitoba physicians have been suspended for j periods ranging from one week ! to six months, as a result of the j wholesale issuance of prescrip-j tions for whiskey as a beverage, Council of the College of Physi-J cians and Surgeons for Manitoba ; announced on Thursday. One of the doctors suspended I gave 10,000 prescriptions during j a one-month period, according to testimony obtained by a special i committee of enquiry appointed I by the council. Twelve of the physicians practice in Winnipeg. Not a Sack of Flour Lost. In his report presented to the House | )f Commons, James Stewart, of the A de-patch Canadian Wheat Board, stated that of ! The French nore than 7,000,000 bags of flour ioTCes stm m«* draw British Mandate in Palestine Takes Effect • not being from Paris says:-- ind Italian military Palestine were with-at the beginning of March in accordance with the terms of the British mandate over Palestine. MILITARY POWER FIFTEEN PER CENT. IS SUPREME' DROP IN ENGLAND King's Bench at Dublin Upholds Military Power in Ireland. A despatch from Dublin says:-- The King's Bench, composed of the Chief Justice and four other Judges, rendered an important decision on Thursday in a case involving the powers of the military.. The Judges un- mously decided that a Etate of Living Cost is 250 Now, Based on 1914 as 100. A despatch from London says:--Although the official figures have not yet been published, it is known that the Labor Ministry's estimate of the living cost will show a drop of 15 per cent, in January. The December figures showed a drop of 4 per cent., from 269 to 265 per cent., with the TO KEEP THINGS MOVING successfully a man must swim eighty yards suitably clothed for the exercise, and then another forty yards fully dressed. naval friend was telling me something I did not know before, ivhich is that every ship carries a horseshoe for luck. This has been a fetish with the Navy ever since the day when Nelson nailed a horseshoe to the mast of the Victory. BIG BEN. British House Increases Insurance Benefit A despatch from London says:-- In the. House of Commons during the debate on the Unemployment Insurance Bill, the Government, in response urgent representation by the Laborites, agreed to increase the in-nce benefit from 18 to 20 shillings for men and 16 shillings for women. Herbert lloo^*o71;alfforn,ia. ha* iccepted the post of Secretary of Commerce in the Harding Cabinet. Question of Mandates Puzzles the League A despatch from Paris says: --According to La Liberte the League of Nations has been placed in an embarrassing position on the subject of mandates. "The terrible embarrassment of the league is shown," says the paper, "by the fact that it mu3t either reconsider the whole mandate question or adhere to all previous decisions. By reconsidering the mandates Britain and Japan will be offended and by adherence to the decisions the United States will be alienated from the league." existed and that the military had full I Jl™g cost m 1914 represented by 100. power to deal with the insurrection! The new figures probably will bring without interference by the civil | the Percentage down to 250. courtE. j The Food Ministry calculates that Dublin Castle announced that at1 food alone dropped from 14 to 16 Bandon, where there is a strong gar- j points. While this accounts for 60 rison of troops, a raid was conducted I Per cent- of the livinS cost> thei'e have Thursday night by armed men, who ' been bi£ droPs in the Price of cloth-shot dead a Black and Tan constate I ™H A"°ther shilling has 'been taken and wounded another and carried off s cff the Prlce of a sack °f ft°ur, and two naval wireless operators and two J 14 ls promised that broad soon will be soldiers. The wireless men were later j cneaP«r- .sed, but the soldiers were found ' The decline of prices in England is ' --tewhat behind the movement in shot dead. Mary Bowles, 13-year-old girl, who was captured in Count; Cork carrying a machine gun am was armed with a revolver, was sen fenced by court-martial to detention in a reformatory until she is*T9 y old. In the general order issued alluding to the killing of two soldiers at Bandon and three at Woodford, Galway, Tuesday, General Sir Nevil Mac-Cready, the military commander in Ireland, says there is no doubt that these crimes constituted deliberate attempts to exasperate the troops and tempt them to break the bonds of discipline. 'The Commander-in-Chief," says the order, "expects the troops, even face of provocation such as would not be indulged in by the wildest savages of central Africa, to maintain the discipline for which the justly proud." It is announced in Halifax that the legislature of Nova Scotia will meet March 9th. Lake marine insurance will go into effect on April 15, which means that is the date officially set for the open-of navigation. Weekly Market Report A Letter Frcnn London The Prince of Wales has just been One member of the Royal Family appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Sea- regards the cinema not only as a forth Highlanders. This makes the power but also as a real recreation, tenth regiment with his Royal High-; Queen Alexandra has private cinema ness at its head. The cost of ten shows at Marlborough House. Lists different uniforms is no small matter amj descriptions of all the trade these days, and the amount paid by j shows are supplied to her; and if she the Prince for kit alone must run well j takes a fancy to a film she has a into four figures. | private view of it at Marlborough * * * * House for herself and her friends. I noticed the other afternoon when * * * * I saw Princess Mary at a charity, Not many people remember how function that she was not wearing a the Duke of Connaught wt single jewel. When taking tea she 'sixties asked to accept thi took off her gloves, and not a ring of Greece. Had it not been for the v/as visible. I am told she considers opposition of the great Continental jewels a little showy. She sometimesi Powers at that time he miight have wears them at home, and they suitj been on the Throne of that troublous her admirably. | country at present. Although the Prince of Wales hasj > advisers he always hasj Toronto. I $7.50 per 15-sec. case; 5 and 2% Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern. I 2,3 v> 25c per lb. $1.93%: No. 2 Northern, $1.90%; No. $1.86%; No. * vrhcHt his own say, and is emphatic < point that i the 3 North* ?1.81%. Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 60Vie'; No. 3 CW, 46%c; extra No. 1 feed, 46%c; No. 1 feed, 44%c; No. 2 feed, 41%«. Manitoba barley--No. 3 CW, 85^; No. 4 CW, 70%c; rejected, 60%c; feed, 0014c. All above in store Fort William. Ontario wheat--F.o.b. shipping points, according to freights outside. No. 2 spring, $1.75 to $1.80; No. 2 winter, $1.85 to $1.90; No. 2 goose VTi wheat, $1.70 to $1.80. American corn--Prompt shipment, No. 2 yellow, track, Toronto, 90c. Ontario oats--No. 3 white, 47 to 49c, according to freights outside. Barley--Malting, 80 to 86c, according to freights outside. Ontario flour--Winter, prompt shipment, straight run bulk, seaboard, It is not generally known, I think, j *8pEe0as_No. 2- %XM to ,L60 outside. nat the American Ambassador to the; Mal;itoba flour--Track, Toronto: i-jlive at the Embassy in Gros' venienced in order that his posses-' Gardens. He is forced to rent a pr Hons may return larger incomes. Butivate house somewhere in the vicinit; his Royal Highness was never so in-j,and it is there that his social recej dignant as when it was suggested that! 4ons are held, Kennington Oval might toe sold forj A story is told of Mr. Whitela' building purposes to yield an annual Reid, who was Ambassador about ten ■t of St. James's does not actually! First patents, $10.70; second patents' rental between three and four thousand a year instead of seven hundred pounds odd. "I will never consent to the people's pleasure being interfered with," he said. The Prince, I am toid, has a very sweet tooth. Only the other day I saw him ccme out of the Bath Club and pop a chocolate into his mouth as soon as he had told the chauffeur During the war the number of where he wanted to go. He inherits swimmers in the Navy, among both his love for sweetmeats from his < fficers and men, was very noticeable, grandmother, Queen Alexandra, who! I am glad to see that the naval always had boxes of mixed sweets in! ; uthorities have been making inquir-every room she used at Sandninghair.,! ies, with the result that it has been and still has special cream fondants j . :cided to reintroduce the pre-war made for her in the Royal kitchen. ' swimming tests. To carry these out years ago. A police officer late ( evening found a man walking an jusly up and down the pavement Grosvenor Gardens. The policerr. said sharply, "Move on, my m Haven't you got a home?" "N came the simple reply, "I have home. I am the American Ambas- $10.20. Buckwheat--No. 2, 95c to $1 Rye--I" to $1.55. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered, ronto freights, bags included, per ton, $40; shorts, per ton, $38; white middlings, $41; feed flour, $2.40. Cheese--New, large, 30 to 31c; twins, 31 to 32c; triplets, 31% to 32y2c; old, large. 32 to 35c; do, twin's, 32% to 35*20. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50c; creamery, No. 1, 55 to 59c; fresh, ioked meats--Hams, med., 37 tc -\- vy. 37 to 39c; cooked, 53 t( 6B>; rolls, 32 to 33c; cottage rolls, 8f to 86c breakfast bacon, 44 to 47c fancy 'breakfast bacon, 53 to 56c backs, plain, bone in, 47 to 50c; boneless, 51 to 65c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 27, timber dis to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lard--Pure tierces, 21 to 21%c; tubs, 21% to 23c; pails. 21% to 2214c; prints, 22% to 23c. Shortening, tierces, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 15c; pails, 14% to 15%c; prints, 15% to Effect of Research on the Life of the Province. Besides its human inhabitants, the resources of any country consist fundamentally in its farms, its forests, its mines, and its waters. To show a little of what the University of Toronto is doing for the Province a selection has been made from the long list of problems now under investigation and those problems selected (less than one-sixth of the complete list) have been classified according to the basic industries benefited. The Farm--Wheat rust; poisonous seeds in feeds; character of soils; currence of sand and gravel beds; purification of water supply germination. (All this is entirely apart from the work being d> the Ontario Agricultural College). The Forests--Needle blight in white pine; reforestration; increased utili-bation of timber; pulp and paper; America, but the tendency ' certainly that way, and it is expected that relief will be felt here soon. Any suggestion of cutting wages has been met here the same as in America with violent protests from labor, which says that conditions are not yet equal to this. There is a movement on here for shortening hours. Will Try to Have Embargo Removed. Hon. Manning Doherty, Minister of Agriculture in the Ontario Govern--ment, who is leaving shortly for England, where he will endeavor to have the British Government remove the embargo on Canadian cattle. Choice heavy steers, $9 to $10; good heavy steers, $8.50 to $9; hutches' cattle, choice. $8.75 to $9.75; do, good, $7.50 to $8.50; do, med., $6 to $7; do. com., $4 to $6; butchers' bulls, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, good, $6 to $7; do, com., $4 to $5; butchers' cows, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, good, $6.25 to' 61c. poplar; wood preservation; plant breeding and improvement. The Mine --Ore deposits; manufacture of brick smelting of iron; rust-proof coatings; mineral deposits; ore separation; paraffin oil. The Waters--Rate of growth of fish; the herring in Lake Erie; mayflies; breeding of fish. Research benefits the basic resources of the Province; but specialized industry and the welfare of the people are not overlooked. Omitting, again, the more technical problems now $7; do, com., $4 to $5; feeders, $7.75. undeJ and selecting only a to $8.75: do, 900 lbs.. $7.25 to $8.25-! few from the llst> »°me additional ex-do, 800 lbs., $5.75 to $6.75 do, com., j amples are given. Specialized Indus-$5 to $6; canners and cutters, $3 to j try--Growth of yeast cells; heating of S4.50; milkers, good to choice, $85 to liquids; rubber; concrete beams; $120; do, com. to med., $50 to $60;: transformers; aeroplanes; electric choice springers, $90 to $130; lambs,. currenta j„ arc lights; sugar. Educa-No. 3, $1.50, ^» it2£.^eSid° J'^|tion-Methods of teaching; assimila-Tn | choice, $14.50 to $15.50; sheep, $7 to i 10" a"d "mcation of immigrants; re-'Rv:°"! $7.50; hogs, fed and watered. $14.25 - tardation of pupils; elimination; into $14.50; do, weighed off cars, $14.50. telligence tests. Medicine--Whooping to $14.76; do, f.o.b., $13.25 to $13.50; j cough; rickets, diphtheria; influenza; do, country points, $13 to $13.25. pneumonia; electric currents in thera- Montreal. peutics; blood supply and brain ac- Oats--Can. West., No. 2. 69c; do, tivity; bone formation; kidney dis-No. 3, 65c. Fk-nr. Man. spring wheat eases. Household Science-- Misbrand-patents firsts $10.70 Rolled oats, ing 0f textile fabrics in shops; adul-&f tfcl^f IL^ «* ^ ^brics; -Inu'tri per ton, car lots, $24 to $25. Cheese--Finest easterns, 28 to 28%c. Butter--Choicest creamery, 53 to 53%c. Eggs--Fresh, 48c. Butcher steers, med.. $6.25 to $7; com., $5 to $6; butcher heifers, com., $5 to $0.25; butc-her cows, med., $4 to $6; canners. $2 to $2.50; cutter?. S3 to $3.75; 'butcher bulls, good, $7 $4 to $6; good Margarine--29 to 33c. Eggs--New laids, 47 to laid, in cartons. 49 to 51c. Beans--Canadian hand-picked, bus., $3.75 to $4; primes, $3 to $3.50; Japans, 8c; Limas, Madagascar, 10%c; California Limas. 12%c. Maple products--Syrup, per imp. gal.. $3.10 to $3.50; per 5 imp. gals., $3.25 to $3.40. Maple sugar, lb., 20 to 25c. Honey--60 and 30-lb. tins, 22 24c per lb.; Ontario comb honey children; use and dietetic value of o-called egg substitutes. $10 to $11; gri to. lambs, good, $12 .it I weights The era of aerial mail has begun in Newfoundland. Letters ade'ressed to St. Anthony, in northern Newfoundland and the location of one of the Grenfell hospitals, are conveyed .1, $if to $14;'med.'i to their destination on one of the . $5 to $7; I planes i , hogs, off car; the seas selects, $14 to $15.50. | sealing Will Not Sell West Indies to Discharge Debt A despatch from London says:-- The Foreign Office has announced that the attitude of the British Government with regard to suggestions that Great Britain turn over the West Indies to the United States in return for cancellation of war debts has not changed from that of a year ago, at which time the Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, declared Great Britain had not the slightest intention of bartering or selling any part of the West Indies. That statement was made in commenting on the resolution introduced the United States Senate by Senator James A'. Reed of Missouri concerning possible negotiations for such exchange of the British West In-3 for the wiping out of Britain's debt to the United States. FRANCE READY TO INVADE GERMANY In Event of Berlin's Refusal to Accept Allies' Terms. A despatch from Paris says:-- Anticipating the German refusal of the indemnity terms agreed upon by the allies at Paris, it is reported that the French general staff has prepared complete plans for a general mobilization and invasion of Germany, probably by way of Frankfort-All leaves for the French anay have been cancelled for several days. Soldiers guarding the public buildings have been replaced by Republic guards. Conditions in Europe were given more tension by the declaration from Poland that a "state of war" exists there, martial law having been declared on account of anticipated dis-, orders at the forthcoming plebiscite, in Upper Silesia. REGLAR FEiLERS--By Gene Byrne* , AH* "WHKDb'xrN TrUHVi.* S^E. Sh+xl A DOjS COME KLoH£\ AN' SHE. 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