ON SALE. Special Bargains in SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, CAFS and HATS Our best grades only Collier's ALL NATIONS _ MUST COMBINE In the League of Nations, Declares Premier Lloyd George. London, Dec. 22.---Premier Lloyd George, presiding at a luncheon gi- yen to-day in the House of Commons for the British and Dominion dele- gates to the recent league of nations assembly in Geneva, declared the lea- gue would never achieve its real pro- | gress until all forward hopefully to the United Sta- tes coming into the league. This, he esserted, was essential, There could be no real peace, de- clared the prime riinister, petition in armaents ceased and before disarmament = ible all tations must b: cague. He said he was glad 'o know that all were doing something, He assart €d that if the Geneva assembly had existed in August, 1914, war would have been impossible. He was san- guine there would Le nc obstacle to Germany's admission ic if she manifested an intention to ful- fill her obligations. TEARING DOWN HUTS, TWENTY MEN AT WORK Forty Cents an Hour Paid-- | {though 1 am glad it is now come to | 100 Men May Later be Employed. The work of tearing down the buts at Barriefield commons is un- derway, On Tuesday morning twen- ty men commenced the work. This number will be gradually until there are about one hundred men on the job. The only men be- ing given work are those who saw service during the great war. When Sir Henry Drayton was in the city, he was in consultation with Mayor Nickle as te the disposal of the lumber in the buildings. It is understood that it is the intention of the Militia Department not to call for tenders for the whole amount, but to sell it in small quantities to people who need it, 'The men who are doing the work | are being paid 40 cents an hour if ~ tools are supplied or 50 cents an hour if they furnish their own tools. ALD. KENT ON BENCH; weer THREE T "One Was. Fined and the Two Others Were Remanded. Ald, R. E. Kent handled-~the #fales of justice at the police court on Wednesday morning, in the ab- sence of Magistrate Farrell. Three drunks formed the line up, two were remanded for a day in or- der that the magistrate could look into their cases and the other was | fined $10 and costs. One of the tipplers was not quite sober when giving his evidence and no doubt the day's remand will do him good. He said he got a drink from a friend from "across," later it was found that he had refer- ence to overseas. friend, who had the bottle, try"s battles, Drunk No. 2 said he had dinner last night with drunk No, 1, and that his supply came from. the source @s the other fellow. The. third tippler sald he got his | whiskey at Coteau Junction and he | got off with the usual fine of $10 and | costs. MAY BUILD SEWERS TO EMPLOY MEN The Civic Authorities Have the Matter Undetr Consideration. The civic authorities are working an a plan which may give work to fifty men during the winter. If a scheme can be devised couple of séwers in the .outskirts of the city can be constructed during the winter, they will be undertaken. At present a sewer is being built in Raglan road, and the city engineer is putting men on in shifts so as to provide a little money for as many as possible. There would be little use opening the stone quarry for men to break stone during the win- ter, as they might not be able to make $1.50 a day -at piece work. A ten-year-old Italian girl in Nia- gara Falls was probably fatally shot by her nine-year-old brother. Sarthguake shocks have occurred in the vicinity of the Island of Yap. Steal Drugs From Constable's Office Montreal, Dec. 22.---Opium, cocain and morphine, to the "value of seventy thousand dol- lars, were stolen from the vault ' in the private office of High Constable St. Mars during last night, Burglars smashed the window in the office, opened a drawer of the desk containing the key to the vault, and with the key secured access to the strong room. They took out two trunks containing the drugs, and made away im an automo- bile. The robbery was commit- ted in the face of four _. watchmen stationed on the pre- Naiiors were repres- | ented. Lloyd George sald he lovked until com- | the deague | increased | and | He first met the | when | he was engaged in fighting-the coun- | same | whereby a | | TRAIN TRAGEDY NEAR PETROGRAD 22.--A Central despatch from Helsing- Finland, under Tuesday's { date, says that several hundred | . persons were killed or: injured in a railway accident near | Petrograd. The accident was due, it is stated, to overcrowd- ing of the train, but the details © are lacking, the despatch adds. | GOVERNMENT ACTED | WISELY, SAYS WHITE | ---- In Removing the Luxury Tax at the Present Time. Dec. 22. acted wise tax and London, Dec. News fors, Toronto | ment has { the luxury the pre until next budget," s n removing doing. so at d Sir Thoma "The abolition of the tax will | doubtedly prove a stimulus to busi- ness.' Sir while "that undoubt- Thomas further the luxury tax stated, has | |edly proven a deterrent to business | {and has reacted to a certain extent | upon industry, it must be borne in | mind that it has exe most | wholesome check upon reckless among practically all classes, which {had it been allowed to continue | would have led to most serious, if | not disastrous consequences." "It may well be," he said, "that the luxury taxation has served a most useful National purpose al- an end." CEFF P FPP RRND £3 + + AUSTRALIA WINS - CRICKET MATCH» Sydney, Australia, Dec. -----Australia won the first test match from England to-day by 357 runs. Australia's fielding in England's second innings to- day was very brilliant, con- trasting spectacularly with the slipshod work of the British cricketers yesterday. Qh bbb bbb bp dr 90 Go ofe oe ode ole ode fe fe Pipe < REALE ALAR ELAR $5,000 Bonds Stolen. | Toronto, Dec . 22.--Five thousand | dollars in Victory bearer bonds were | removed from a small steel chest in | the Ernseliffe Apartments while their owner William Reynold, was absent visting in Montreal. ETN GE OVER OCEAN | The Carmania Leads the Im- | perator, Nieuw Amsterdam | and Savoie. | ------ { New York, Dee. 22.--Victorious | tava in a thrilling race lasting tareo de | in which she vanquished three oth passenger liners, the Carmania, from Liverpool by the way of Queenstown, docked Monday at the foot of West | Thirteenth street. From her jubilant offivers and passengers the details of her exciting | dash to get to New York on thé first | day of Christmas week were learned, The Carmania sailed from Liver- pool at 10.30 p. m., December 11th. called at Queenstown and then start- ied for New York. The Imperator sailed from- Southampton at December 11th. on her trip to New York by the way of Cherbourg. The vessels sighted each other at 3 p. m. December 1th. at which time the Imperator was making a shade the betfer time. Both crews seemed to catch the racing fever simultan- eously, and the big liners surged ahead at top speed, for many hours keeping almost abreast. Temporary gains were made first by one and then by the other all that night and during the following day. Captain G. W. Melsom said that the Carmania did not get going at her top speed until after the stokers, who were in a frenzy of excitement, had dug their way through a large quantity of low grade American coal and began to fire the furnaces with | some high grade English coal which was mixed in the bunkers At 6 o'clock, December 7th., both vessels were tearing along like ex- | press trains, with the Carmania hanging on comfortably a few hun- | dred yards behind the Imperator. | Shortly afterwards they overhauled {the Nieuw Amsterdam, of the Hol- { land-American Line, from Rotter- | dam, Boulogne and Plymouth, and | the latter at once entered the race, and put forth every effort to stay with her speedy rival, Through the | night the three big boats plunged [through the darkness, Impérator first, | then the Nieuw Amsterdam and the { Carmania third. The sporting stokers of the Carmania worked with might and main, and during the early hours of Saturday she pulled ahead and when day dawned neither the Imperator nor the Nieuw Amster- | dam was visible. Sunday morning at 6 o'clock the the French Line, which sailed from Havre December 11th. and then there was, another dash, neck and neck, Wor eight or nine hours, Both crews knew that the first one to meet the pilot boat would get to dock first and the outcome was very uncertain until nearly 3 o'clock, when the Car- mana st 2 slight lead. ..At 3.25 She reached the Ambrose Lightship, picked up "her pliot and rt i ceeded through Ambrose Channel and got 'to anchor at quarantine ahout half a minute before the sunset gun was fired at 4.30 o'clock. At that time the Carmania was forty-eight miles ahead of the Imperator, accord- ing to Captain Melsom. Under the circumstances the health officers went aboard the Carmania at once and cleared her with the result she docked Monday. nt time, instead of waiting | s White, formerly minister of finance. f un- | noon | Carmania overhauled the Savoie, of | ON SALE. . Special Bargains in SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, CAPS da HATS Our best grades oaly Collier's LAST EDITION. ! | | | govern- i | | | | | { Fein origin. | nnn remo SON BETRAYS FATHER'S TRUST. | C. H. Cahan, K.C, Weeps As "He Tells of Son's Defal- cation. Montreal, Dec. 22.--One of the most pathetic and tragic cases in the history of Canada was disclosed yes- terday afternoon before Justice Mac- | Lennan in the Superior Court when | the Corporation Agencies Limited, sued the Home Bank of Canada for | $209,028.12, representing alleged { defalcations of C. H. Cahan, Jr. K. C. ison of C. H. Cahan, K. C. the widely , known corporation lawyer. Mr. Cah- an, senior, the chief witness of the | afternoon, after giving evidence in |a courageous, frank and clear man- ner, broke down and wept when he told the court how he had trusted his boy with full power of attorney to, {transact his business during his fath- | er's absence, and how he had return- {ed home from abroad to find his trust | | betrayed, that his son had absconded | and the family fortune was a wreck. | "It was pretty hard," Mr, Cahan sob- | bed, "To come home and find that | almost the day after 1 had placed | this trust in_my boy, he began to! i pilfer my banking account to further | this personal greed and lavishness.' | | The legal issue is whether the bank | can be compelled to make good the sum of $209,028,12. Between March {1919 and - September of the same | year, it is charged that Cahan, junior, | as director of the Corporation Agen- i cles drew -nimety-six checks on the { corporation's account in the Merch- {ants Bank, deposited the proceeds to his personal account in the Home | Bank and later drew out the same for his personal use. R. F. Bowler, secretary-treasurer of the Corporat- | ion Agencies, who countersigned the ichecks, has also disappeared. The Corporation Agencies alleges that | the Home Bank did not take suffici- | | ent precautions, to which the bank | replies that Cahan, junior, had full: | power of attorney, and that he was a | | man of standing and substance in the | community. | Feit | | TORONTO POOL ROOMS , | RAIDED BY POLICE Who Arrest All Who Had Firearms or Who Looked Suspicious. Toronto, Dec 22.--Every pool- | room in Toronto was raided by the | police late yesterday afternoon under | the personal direction of the chief, {8. J. Dickson. The inmates were {lined up and searched, and any pos- sessing firearms or drugs, or falling to satisfy questions asked them were placed under arrest. Chief Dickson said he was determined to clean up the city, which hed an exceptionally high average of crime in the last few months. {Great Powers Warn Spain Against Unfair Trade Tax ' London, Dec. 22.--Representatives of the great powers in Madrid have prepared a warning to Spain to the effect that they view with disfavor attempts of certain elements in the Cortes to strangle foreign ~enter- prises in Spain through high taxatio, and other means, it was announce! here. (x: ak -- {One Hundred Laborers ' Executed in Petrogra London, Dec. 22.--A serious labor riot occurred recently in Pe'rograil, says a Helsingfors despatch under vesterday's date in which many per- isons were killed or injured. The riot was crushed, aad a hundred lavoress were executed, the despatch adds. The trouble started when the Soviet authorities refused the dewand of the city laborers for more food and the shortening of the working day, which is sixtegn hours. Montreal General and Western Hospital Boards have both unani- mously "decided in favor of amailga- mation. Japan's. population, as revealed by i | meeting { of i kets pEvey:oaffected to ridicule Detective 4.0m hand when Mrs. Verrille met her thé recent census, is 77,005,000. { FIREMEN FIGHT LIVERPOOL FLAMES. { main | | silver producers | slump in the price which the ACCEPT LOWER WAGES dverse to Such Plan of o-operation to Keep Mines Operating. Not 09 Cobalt, Dec. 22.--It is from a representative of that the workmen in the Cobalt dis- trict are not averse to being ap- proached on the wage guestion as a learned the mel means of finding a way to Keep the ines all working at a reduced cost, nit the balance to re-| of the | the proper side ledger. The average worker has been found to be very fair in views re- garding this question. The Work- men's Central Council is prepared to | com- | panies, and has expressed the opin-! co-operate with the mining thinking man besetting the the average difficulties as a result ion that realizes | commands From o from rep tatives of the | there would appear to be no doubt but that lower wages would be en- { tirely welcome, provided the cost of | living should decrease in proportion. | This | position quite extravagance in evidence a year ago | First photographs of the recent fires on the Liverpool docks, supposed to be of Sinn | | ------ POOR RELIEF FUND lacting to help in sending out cheer to continues to in- crease. Up until Wednesday morn- ing, the sum of $159 had been re- ceived at the Whig office. On Tues- day afternoon the ladise who will be in charge of the distribution had a | and decided on the | | 1 | The fund which thé Whig is cot- needy families | the people who will receive bas- for Christmas. The chairman of the committee, when speaking to the Whig, stated that the ladies, after making a careful investigation of each case, had decided view of the fact that so many of | the men of the homes are out of! work, in some cases a smell quantity of coal will be sent) it is stated that there are 'homes in Kingston where the families have very little food or | coal. Mrs. Blacklock, Glenburnie, inform- ed the committee that she would provide two baskets for needy fan { lies. Jf there are any more per-| sons who would prefer to send bas- | kets instead af a money contribu tion it would be very much appregia- | ted. The baskets could be left at f the Whig office or with any member | of the Poor Relief committee. On Wednesday morning the chair- man of the Poor Re"el committee stated that she would receive contri- buflons up until Saturday night. The following letter has been receiv- ed at the Whig office: "Kingston. Dec, 21, the treasurer of the British Whig's Roor Relief Fund. "There is a family living at num- ber -- ------ street who are badly in need of assistance. The father has been a helpless invalid for about four years and there is at present only ons member of the family, a boy, at work. They have no coal in i the house." This case will be looked after at | onee.; Another case, which has been re- perted, is of an elderly woman who has a very small pension, the only money which comes into the home is | what the daughter, who is sick at the presen time, is able to earn. There is a case of a family of six children, and there is not one cent | coming into the home at the present time. All these cases, which have been referred to in the Whig during the past week, are being looked after by the Poor Relief committee \with the money which has been collected by the Whig. . The following contributions were received on Tuesday: Shoe store Ursula Mrs. C. Smith R. F. Greenless ..... thag in| 1920, | "To { some Ll | vhasizes the forebodings over the $138.00 $159.00 Previously acknowledged . Total MRS. SMALL CAUSES i ARREST OF COUPLE Tried to Obtain Money on Story About Her Missing Husband. Toronto, Dee. 22.--David Verrille and wife a young couple who arrived here three weeks ago from Milwau- kee, were yesterday arrested, charg- ed with attempt to obtain one thous- and dollars under faise pretences from Mrs. Ambrose Small. The story they tried to work was that Mr. Smal]..was beirigrheld for ransem-.in_ Detrgit:) In letfers to Mrs. Small, Austin "Mitchell. Mrs. Smdll con« ferred with the latter, and had him agreeable to appointment. The wo- man was promptly arrested, and the husband was roped in later. I FEARS ANOTHER BIG WAR. Bishop Clark, of Niagara, Issues Gloomy Pastoral. ~ Hamilton, Dec. 22 --Bishop Clark, of Niagara, in a Christmas pastoral, states that everything seems to tend to another war--a war worse than the fast one--unless men of geod will from all nations get together and prevent it. His Lordship pictures conditions in Europe as very dafk, with war and famine still raging. Countess Roberts, widow of the late Field Marshal Earl Roberts, died at her residence in Ascot Heath. | England. | | present that | { employment { fear that the problem could only be! | Incomes to Pay More--Gov=- { unemployment, | 8's is more LABOR PROBLEM | VERY SERIOUS { British Gevernment Can Do Little In the Way of | Solution. London,- Dec. 22.--The govern- | ment, in its statement to parliament | | yesterday , was able to give but little | labor's demand for | a resolution unemployment problem which daily grows more urgent. Of the three main difficul- ties facing the government at the moment.--finance, Ireland unemployment---it is reported the government views un- as the most serious. | This is probably because 'the"recent slump in trade aggravates the trouble and eliminates the hope of better | ment in the near future. The only remedies in sight are mere pallia- tives. Lloyd George, replying to crit- icisms of the government schemes to remedy unemployment. expressed the | to of the satisfaction and emigration the world | a resort to empire until solved within by the | was in a more settled condition. He | hoped that the imperial conference | | next May would discuss this ques- tion. Extreme anxiety is felt by the Bri- | tish peeple over the conditions of and in some quar-| ters the opinion is held that the cri-| serious than any of its| his pessimism is re- flected in editorial comment relative to government proposals to relieve distress, and there is a fretful tone in comment, which em- | predecessors prospects of the coming winter. It is| felt that in spite of all aids that may be devised, the next few months may bring privations to many thousands The newspapers give Lloyd George | credit for doing whatever is possible which | by resorting to makeshifts, are admittedly palliatiyes, Entrance Examination { For Paymaster Cadets | Ottawa, Dec. 22.-- An examina- | tion for entrance of paymaster cadets | | in the Royal Canadian Navy will be | held by the Civil Service Commission | early in January. The candidates] elécted will probably be sent to Eng- | land for preliminary training in ships | of the Royal Navy, before receiving | an appointment as accountant officer | in Canadian ships. Applicants must | be between the ages of 17 and 18! years. Ten Per Cent. Reduction In Clothing Workers' Wages | Toronto, Dec. 22.--A reduction in | wages averaging about ten per cent. has been introduced in the clothing| manufacturing industry in Toronto | as a result of a decision of the per-| manent board of arbitration, which | is charged with the duty of making | an adjustment of the wage scale every 1 he agreement now ! in foréd between the employees and | the different local manufacturers. The new scale became effective on | December 1st. It entajls no change in| the present system by which the em-| ployees ary paid on a straight time} basis instead™of by piece work. { : An Aeroplane Hearse Carried the Body | St. Paul, Minu., Dec. 22.--A de-| cided innovation in the matter of| faneral arrangements has. been in- trodmrced dn this city. An. airplane | hearse vesterday carried the body of William Drefke from Webster, Wis., to St. Paul for burial. Drefke, for! years a resident of St. Paul, died on| his farm near Webster. The use of | the airplane was decided upon, since] the condition of the roads make vehi- | cular traffic almost impossible. { six months under ) the | that earthquake shocks occurred in | the vicinity of the island lasting sev- led | inated, in a at the would leave the workers as favorable as better, for present, or even | reason that it would enable the com- | panies to operate at & maximum rate and thereby provide work for greater number of men. a Refund of Luxury Taxes Not to be Made Ottawa, Dec. 22.--Those who may have been hoping to secure rebates of luxury tax charged on articles bought, perhaps late last Saturday night, and returned to the storekeep- er Monday, are doomed to disappoint- ment it was stated, that in respect of goods sold previous to the 20th in- stant on which luxury tax had been charged, no refund would be grant-| ed in the event of the goods being returned. Shocks May Mean Upheaval in Pacific Tokio, Dec. 22.--A naval wireless message from the Island of Yap in South Pacific Ocean announces eral days. The earth shocks were followed Saturday by a storm, which created | | extensive damage. | oxperts here regard the shock to have been the same as that reported in Tokio December 17th, and believe there has been a tremendous upheav- al of the bed of the Pacific Ocean. MAY INPOSE A LAND TAX ernment May Extend Sales Tax. Ottawa, Dec. 22.--It is regarded | yowever, by increases in the prices next will year be inevitable that taxation here as new sources of tapped. Until the luxury taxes were abhol- ished Saturday, Sir Henry Drayton asked deputations of merchants who wanted its removal: "What other tax | do you suggest to take its place?" All admitted the need of revenue, and in the latest meetings and re- presentations made it was stated that they would prefer a sales tax The Finance Department officials re- gard a turnover tax as difficult to collect, because so many small re- tail stores are run by men who do not keép books. It is thought, however, some al- ternative method of assessment, bas- | on. rental or value of property, might be adopted. however, that the loss of revenue from luxury taxes will be made up in part by extending the sales tax to some articles which it does not now | cover. In view of the fact that farmers throughout Canada have said that they would be willing to have land taxed in consideration of a reduc- tion in tariff taxatiean, it is believed that considerable atténtion has been given to the possibility of hav- ing a Federal super-tax collected by | (Canada. | municipalities throughout There is strong objection to this by | some members of the Government, | on the ground that it is encroaching on municipal preserves. It the business profits tax is elim- as expected, a small tax and an income tax higher some respects than at present are not beyond the bounds of possibility Latest statistics obtained from the | show | Inland Revenue that "luxury" Government in } as against $500,000 in June, the first full month in which the tax was col- lected. This seems to show that the revenue from the taxes was not dropping off as indicated in official statements, but that there was a jump upward in receipts. Department es brought in to the purchases made by merchants in or- der to have enough stamps on hand for their Christmas business The December revenue to Decem- ber 15th will be greatlw curtailed. partly .from the stamps used having seen bought mainly in November, nd partly becausc of the which the Government will have to make for stamps unused and not cancelled. - It is estimated that its abolition will mean the loss to the end of the fiscal year of 'a little miore than $3,- 000,000 but it probably would have produced $16,000,000 next year. The slowing up of the wheels of com- merce that resulted from its use, refunds |. however, far offset this loss in reve- The Néw York board of alderman | passed a4 resolution calling for the removal of Police Commissioner | Enright, on account of the present crime wave. Dr. F. D. Adams, McGill Univer- sity, is appointed vice-principal of the university. nue, it Is claimed. It is now a problem fer the Cus- toms and Inland Revenue Depart- ments to find a use for the" unused stamps and the punches to perforate them. which were distributed every- where. The stamps will probably be | made valid for other excise taxes. of the | metal | ial information obtained | men, | It is probable, | land | in | mber $1,200,000, | This is | believed to have resulted from large | ANOTHER TAX IS T0 EXPIRE - . Business Profits Tax in Force - Only Till End of A Year. | Ottawa, Dec. 22.--The MNability to | taxation under the business profits | tax expires on the 31st of December, and it will lapse unless at the next! session of parliament it is renewed by statute. Officially there may be no announcement in the matter un= til the budget is delivered, but the view is openly expressed here t this will be the last year in which the tax will be payable. : The primary idea in imposing the tax was to divert to the public treas sury 'excess' profits. There were plenty of them in the piping prosper= {ity of the war, but in year now end- ing the average firm has not made more than ten per cent. to whichi amount there is exemption. In con= sequence the outlook for the tax as a revenue producer is not very jars | orable. Business interests have lon | protested that the tax is a handicap lon industry, but it has been majin< | tained because of the need of res | venue. If, in addition, to discoury laging business, it has no revenue | producing capacity to speak of, ita argued that there will be little go in re-enacting it. i | The income tax is a permanencyy land the idea is that its strict em | forcement will bring about as much revenue next year as would accrue if | the business profits tax were maind tained updér present commercial copditions. The decision may not | meantime, as stated, the act axpir on the 31st inst, and all opinion exs pressed unofficially is that there w be no renewal of it. | PRICES IN BRITAIN | COME DOWN SLOWLY "Reduction in Cost of Living Shown in Labor Minis= tér's Statistics. : London, Dec. 22.--For the first time in some months a reduction in | the cost of living is shown by stats | istics of the Ministry of Labor. Om | December 1st. the average level of rés | tail prices, including food, rent, | clothing, fuel, light and miscciians | eous items, was 169 pér cent. above | that of July, 1914, as compared with {176 per cent. on November 1st.' : | The decrease during the month | was mainly due to a reduction of # | pence per pound in the price of si» | gar. There also was a reduction in | prices of clothing, the effect of which | was almost exactly counterhalanced, a | of milk, eggs and fish. For food {alone the increase at December 1st. | over the level of July, 1914, was 132 per cent.,as compared with 191 per kcent. at November 1st. |Everyone Beware of Yawn or Hiccough Paris, Dec. 22.--If your street cat { neighbor yawns or hiccoughs it might | be a good idea to leave the car as & | safety precaution. The French Acad | demy of Medicine has decided thi | either symptom is contagious a | may spread the epidemic of a diseasd | known as encephalitis lethargica) | which has appeared all over Europe. {| Thousands of victims of sleeph | sickness have been reported hi | since the disease first appeared, the majority of cases are mild. Fe | er than a score have developed fatal | eomplications, In a report to the academy lasé week it was asserted that the diseasd | can be transmitted by the breathy | clothing or bed covers. | | Passen er Rates Advanced On United States Railways Albany, N.Y., Dec. 22. -- Passengers | travelling to and from Canada on | the New York Central and Delaward | and Hudson railroads will be affects | ed by increased passenger fare rates {which became effective on those lines to-day. Under the new rates, authors izd by the Interstate Commerce { Commission, the 20 per cent. increale brings the fare up to 3.6 cents & mile, compared with 3 cents a mile authorized during the war. Parlor and sleeping car rates also were advanced 50 per cent. Heavy Fighting In Dublin, Dec. 22. -- Heavy. fighting has taken place be- tween large forces of civillans$ | on one side and soldiers and, { police on the other, in the gee lying between Callan, { county Kilkenny, and Glens bower, county Tipperary. Mills | tary and police were ambushed at not less than three differest { places, Monday, and numefous | casualties resulted on both | sides. These included Sefgeant | Walsh, Royal Irish constabu- | .ary, killed ; some soldiers, killed; ten } # tion | 'number: unknown, or fifteen civilians killed, and Sergeant Shannon and several {" other soldiers wounded. About | thirty eivilans were wounded |* or captured. 3 i Couay- Tipperary reached formally till the budget, but