ALLEN NOW PLAYING! "Anita Stewart" 88 : NO. 58 A GAMBLING PARTY FINED The Gauie Played Was "Stud Poker"--How They Were Caught. In the police court on morning, »sMagistrate Farrell Samuel Silverman, W. nasum, A. Stevens and Louis Wiskin gu "'unlawiulily gamoling on t Day, contrary to tae Act." The men were summone sult of a raid made py G beck, of the provincial poii with Constables Nicho man and Vernon local police torce, on a n Lower Bagot evening last, March 6th. Crown Attorney J, L. ducted the prosecution Rigney appeared [ ed Silverman and Thursday ound he camp Street, Whi ar the men ch ) first man 'call- he "guilty" Penasum came next and he "guilty." said and Wiskin said '"guii- was the pleaded to ed, charge too pl 1 "not guilty" but was corrected €4l, T. J. Rigney, who entered the eourt room just as Wiskin's name had been called. "Guilty," said was a rippel of laughter a ney remarked "n guilty "He made mistake," istrate Farrell, "Just Mr. "Rigney. Constable witness called He said that in €tables Timmerman on Sunday evening 1 o'clock, he had visi Bagot street Witness a window yticed ti charge and another around a gamblin and Constable Campbell front dobr and knocked, admitted. When they got house the: were only two men sit- ting at the table, These two men he identified as Silverman and Wolf, the latter of whom was not in court. 'Witness secured the of the men in the house and also se- cured the money on the amounting $2.50, and also deck of cards. "What did you see going on?" Mr. Rigney Witness told the dealing t money table in player . "But what did you actually see?" asked Mr. Rigney. Witness said tha he man named Wolf, who wa ent in the court, put money centrs of "the table. To Mr. Whiting, that he found $2.50 when He entered th: Constable Timmerman the gamgy in progress as er," which he declared was played for"money. He noticed man standing dealing the cards and on 'the stable he also noticed @ num- ber of bills and soma silver Wit- ness got into thel house via the back door and he entered noticed ony man make a grab for the money. In answer to a question put by Mr Stevens there Rig- Wiskin, and s Mr ot a a slight Hornbeck for the company and looked and n four men 8 p r went to the into tha RINE to ed seeing one of cards and thé front of each about men 1e on the noticed the not in pres- the witness on the house referred to "stud pok- as he Whiting, witness said that tha four | men charged were engaged in the game. Police Constable Vernon Camp- bell said he lcoked through a win- dow and could see men plaving cards i gam- at a table. He said they were bling. "What did you see that scribe as gambling?'asked N ney Witness said one man wa} ds the cards and that there wa y in tha centre of the table. Witnes and Constable Hornbeck went in th house via the front door and there was money on the card table they got into the house. This concluded the evidence for he prosecution and the defence did not call any witnesses. . Mr. Rigney claimed that the charge. of gambling had not been proven. Thera had been evidence when given of men sitting around a table | playing cards with money on the ta- ble, but there had been uo evidence ered showing that money had | About the | by his couu- | said Mag- into { and were | present | table, | the | ask- | being | one | $ afi A DOZEN FARM FIRES AROUND LIVERPOOL \Inflammable Spirits Were Found and Five Men Arrested. Liverpool ad ing in a pool on bot ascribed tc les of the incendiaries e situated dwall, Wavetr Crosby. The.e at Bootle, men were arrested a large qua mable- spirits was four In the oth- | er cases the are believed to have been inserted in hayricks. THE OCCUPATIG set on fir Hooton, ( | acre and outbrea Five { where of fuses OCCUPATION ~~ NOT PERMANENT French Premier Gives Assur- ance Regarding Occupation of Rhineland. London, March, 10.-- upon Germany when a s: CLC tion of the questions of rep disarmament and war crimi | been accepted by the | = This is the decision of | council taken at its night, at which tim that the I ment had no intenti of permanent- ly occupying sterritory on the left bank of the Rhine, He said that the only object was to secure exe- cution of th. treaty, The council agreed to instruct the allied high commission Rhineland to invite the attendance { of Italian representatives when econ- omic questions resulting from the applications of the penalties were l under consideration. M. Briand and head of the other delegation expressed appreciation of of the speech. 1posed will cease only tions, all € supreme ting last declared nf ft 's conduct conference his lucid Besides dealing with sanctions the council decided to draft a bill for a 50 per cent. toll on the sdles of Ger- man goods. Lioyd Geo | | | | 1. | BOLSHEVIK! JOIN THE REVOLUTIONISTS " ----_-- la | The Fate of Petrograd Reportd | ed Still in the ? Balance. brigades Moscow ry Riga, March Bolshevik soldie in have joined the revolution diers, it is said in advices reac hing here. Their action was prompted by a very acute food situation | Soviet capital. Reports the revolution against the {regime are conflicting. 10.-- Three {of s sol- at th regardi Soviet It is now re- | ported that the fate of Petrograd is | and denied that | still in tha balance revolutionary troops {quarters of the city. occupy three- BUILDERS REDUCE WAGES.! Make Twenty Per Cent. Cut in Chi- cago--Strikers Resume Work. Chicago, March-10.--A twenty per reduction in the wages of brick- rs, carpenters and common la- borers employed in the building i 1 was announced by the Asse {ciated Builders of Chicago, effective Ma¥ 1st. Bricklayers' and carpen- ters' wages will be reduced to $1 an hour from $1.20, while unskilled la- borerd will receive sixty-five cents an hour Representatives of the Car- Union announced that the reduction would be op- stry penters' proposed posed. changed hands and ha held that this | to make out a case did not He said tha! must be shown Magistrate Farrell the matter in this way. view | with the men sitting around the table | r'aring cards wih money on the ta- ble, it was fair to presum. that the | men were there for one purpgse. Mr. Rigney held, ,however, there must be conclusive evidence. While the men might be guilty that | of | gambling there should be proof ot | this in court. . i Mugistrate Farrell remarked that | two men had already plaaded guilty to the charge. Mr. Rigney sald that four might be engaged in a game. Two might plead guilty but this did not say the other two were guilty. "But I would find them guilty on this evidénce no matter ,how they ~Jpleaded," said the magistrate. "Under the statute," said Mr. Rig- neYe "I maintain that to establish gambling you have to prove more than what hag been established here You must prove that money passed 3 men | EDUARDO DATO Premier of Spain, who Was assass- | Inated in Madrid on Tuesday. at Crosby, | inflam. | he pepfal- v solu- | s has | the | "WORKERS ONLY | {throughout Ontario were calling for 0f German Workuei In Rubr District Not Believed By Allies. FPELPEF IEEE rr THE OCCUPATION IS COMPLETED Allied © Military ede de eB Headquar- ters, Neusse, March 10.--The Allied forces have virtually completed the occupation of the Rhine ports of the Ruhr region, all that remains to be done be- ing the seizure of a few villages and important crossroads. As yet the commanding officers have not arranged for the divi- sion of the occupied zone be- tween British, Belgian and French units gathered along the eastern side of the Rhine. deb hd hd bh bbb PERIL REP R REP Duisburg, March 10 Vague | that work th roughout tha Ruhr dis- {trict of Ge 1y will cease within a | few days, as the immediate result of d occupation of German and the zure of customs, m by German operators, i offi and others last night. There seemed to be little' unrest among working men last even- ing, after they had finished day's work however, and thousands gath- ered watch curiously the French | sentries and to inspect machine guns and They showed no resent- | men of Allied troop Well-informed Allied officials {elared they did not believe there would be a strike, asserting: "The people do not intend to strike. Communists pointing towards Russia as Germany's salvation, but Ithe allie ter- rit sel als the tanks at the presence de- one are the workingmen already have repu- | diated that idea and will repudiate {it again Business is not at a stand here, and I think it never will." | Brockville is Rocked | By an Explosion Brockville, March 10.--The explo- [sion yesterday of two cases of dyna- mite aggregating 1,150 pounds, on { the provincial highway about seven {and a half miles west of Brockville, [rocked this town and broke every window in the Sherwood Springs school house. The blast was set off to remove what is known as the rock hill near Sherwood Springs: | Windows in Brockville were cri by the explosion. ------ acked Charged With Marrying Three, Watertown, N.Y., March 10--Thos. Endersbee, aged twehty-nine, of was held for the grand jury |R { Canton, on-a charge of bigamy. It is alleged | | «1at he has been three times married, { Mrs. Rose Jessmore Endershee mak- | ing the complaint. She claims that April 3rd, 1912, he married Pearl Simmons, Dekaib Junction, and later {married-Eva Tanner in Canada. ADMIT BONAFIDE |Some Changes Likely to be Made in Regard to Immigrants. Ottawa, March 10.--Some ing changes in regulations ing the admission of immigr | Canada are reported be consideration by the cabin t. expected these will be pas a few days and will, is stated, maintain or increase the money regu- | lations at present in force and will | admit only bona-fide farm workers and domestic help, Immigration | from Britain, France, and United States will, it reported, not be rhindered by the new regulation, but Lbars will be kept up against cen- tral European immigrants It is not 'expected that the regulations, although fairly stringent, will effect persons coming to engage in farm | work. | NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. strik- govern- to under It it it 15 Frank Spiers, of Haliburton, was instantly killed when teaming jogs ion an ice road. Paris presbytery favors a sevens | year pastoral term, but Barrie de- clares for four years, | The body found in Tay canal at i Perth was identified as that of Des- | mond "Albery, aged nineteen. i Three horses were drowned cross- ing the Ottawa river between Gatin- eau Point and Rockeliffe. Frank Caldwell, Mapleton, buried under fifty tons of roe earth at: the Wentworth quarries near Windsor, NS. A public funera¥ was ziven in Dub. lin Wedn.sday to Brigadier-General Cumming, who was killel by Sian Fejn. was k and gypsum Fh bb bbb d bb nearly | ants to | ed within | SERVED TIME IN "PEN" Stated That Norman Hotrum Has a Very Bad Record. = trum, one of.the all being he at 1 ion with the my Sabine, druggist, « the Portsmouth penit r to information been given out He to the police in sey- 1d is regarded a cter, on, and th: report that Hotrum was arges of housebreak- ed ronte, ir er of L. | €4 a tern as in that convicted on jing. { Itisalleged that the accused start- ed his work when a | school, 1 carried on until now he Is charged th murder. It is alleg- | ed that Im on one occasion made mpt to burglarize bank at Dundas, Ont. He is {and twent years of age. HE WOULD KILL an | 'THE BILL NOW | (Hon. Thomas Crawford's | View of Proportional | Representation. March 10.-=--The legisha- afternoon discussed duced by Tom Maglad- I g, to enable munici- opt proportional repre- municipal elections, It if a petition is signed f per cent. of the elec- plebi ? may be taken of bringing the acti force in the municipality, If the maj voting favor the }act, then the act shall come into forces lin that municipality forthwith, Hon. G, Howard Ferguson said he was not. quite ready to give whole- | hearted support to the measure. It | would take a great deal to make him [change his mind in regard to the ex- {isting electoral system. He would {like to hear what the prime minis- ter thought of it. | | Toronto, {ture yest the bill intr jery, Timisk | palities to | sentation f provides | by at le tors a 1 Ito the advisability rday as nto rity Premier 'Approves. The premier said that quite pro-| perly party politics were kept out of | municipal elections so that the ef- For a time he | lad at! the | as | \YTON HA HEAVY TASK Of Framing Budget to Pay Canada's Way As It Goes. Ottawa, March rather disturbing but fully an- National 10.--Apart from th he tic showing of the the se Tuesday the total ipated Railways in estimates brought down in the are contemplated with the fons-- sup- plemen to cause the the form procedure Ty money v In the first two months of | sent calendar year the customs rev- | enue has registered a rather ominous estimates yet come, culation as to budget and the neces- greatest of this ¥ the pre- decline, not only in the amount col- ted to dutiable imports For example, in Jan y of year, dutiable goods valued at 66 millions produc- ed a customs revenue of eighteen millions, while in January of | year imports totalling 51 millions produced a revenue of but ten mil- lions, On this basis it is figured { as a possibility that the decline in | customs revenue in the year may | well be forty millions. This fact, taken in conjunction with the pra- bability that the excess profits | may be dropped because there li 'excess, and the further | that income revenues are likely to be diminished, suggest the pro- bability of such a marked shortage between revenue and expenditure-- from one hundred to two hundred million-- ing or new methods of taxation, The present minister of finance is on record as opposed to borrowing and favorable to the sounder eeon- omy of pay as you go. In view of the prospective situation, it is be- lieved that the new budget may maintain most or all of the 'old taxes and embrace also a turnover tax on every commercial transaction. The budget probably will not be delivered before the middle of April, and in the meantime the Government has a delicate situation to deal with, To Translate French lec last this is ttle Speeches Into English | {fect of the present bill could not be | very far-reaching. So far as federa! and provincial elections were con- cerned, rroportional representation would "prevent the manipulation of electoral divisions to the advantage of any particular party." It would |also ensure that "minorities would {be represented much more nearly in| than | Hansard should be issued every Mon- | On general] |proportion to their number {they are at present." principles the premier said he jproved of proportional representa- tion, Hon. Thomas the bill. There Imand for it, {bers for bringing up measures for | Which there was not any demand. | "It is time for us to deal with this | matter for this session and kill the { bill right now," [Fo avest Toronto. Crawford opposed ~ | Labor Favors Proposal. | Karl Homuth, labor, South Water- { loo, said that labor organizations the adoption of proportional repre- He did not think it nec- group government, | sentation. {essarily meant |ana even if it did, he was not quite | {sure but that such a state of affairs | would be: better than the old two- party system. {amendment to the Loan and Trust | Corporation Act, based upon recommendations by the provincial department of in surance, provides for more thorough {inspection. It further provides that loan and trust companies may re- ceive deposits up to twice the amount of the paid-up capital and reserves. Provision is also made for quarterly returns of all depos this being to safeguard the solvency of the companies. | The attorney-general introduced {an amendment to the police magis- i trates' act providing for the appoint- iment of women magistrates in cities! {of over 100;009 upon the application | lot the city council. Gasoline Down Two Cents. New York, March 10. --Feduction of twe cents a gallon wholesale in| oline was announced andard Oil Company, The new price, 2414 {the price of ga {cents a gallon; Will affect New Jer! sey and Baltimore, Md. { ---- -- [tetscssssssssscee * . DEAD LETTER OFFICE TO BE ABOLISHED Ottawa, March 10.--It is rum- ored that the dead letter office of the postal department is to be abolished. Under the proposed re-organization dead letters will |* be handled by the district super- 4 intendents, who will correspond [+ to postal inspectors © and i through the inquiry branch, i + v [toonsssses0ssse | te ® i |» I [% i + + + + > + + * -* + * + + * * ap- | was no public de-| He condemned mem- | said the member for | Hon, W. E. Raney introduced an The bill, which is] made | Ottawa, March 10.--This was private members day in the house, and after some routine the resolu- tions were taken up, and Joseph Archambault proposed that as French is official in the house and a great number of speeches are de- livered in that language, a special day; containing the translation into | English of all French speeches de- livered in the previous week. The prime minister saw insuperable in the pro-oral and ag- reed to it passing. phy warm words of appreciation of { the government's action and a tri- | bute to Sir George Foster for his per- formance in mastering the French Tanguage in the past few years. "THE M'ADOO AWARD IS A HINDRANCE {Hon. J. D, Reid Says Increased | Operation Cost Prevents i Development. 1 | | Ottawa, March 10.--Wide interest has been aroused by the statement { made in House of Commons by Dr. Reid, of railways and canals, on the effect of the high cost operations on develop- Officially, Hansard minister of railway ment in Canada. reports Dr. Reid as having declared! that the cost of railway operations is "hindering or preventing the future development of our country," that the development of Canada and the U.S. has been hindered by the Me- Adoo award and 'some action must be taken The official marks follows: "The cost of operation of not only in Can but in hiag increased so tremendoasly in the last two or three sears that in my that text of Dr. Reid's re- ada, U.s but also in the ratio of duty | tax fact | as to call either for borrow- | nothing | | ceiving a slight smile from his bro- | This drew from Hon. Charles Mur- | APPEAR AS MOSES The Will of Rev. J. J. 8. Mountain, Cornwall, is Under Litigation. Toronto, March 10.--The the late Rev. Jacob Jehoshap ter Mountain, Cornwall,' is the subject| of litigation through (the courts once purpose of having the courts it Now its validity is at- tacked. Mary Beatrice "Lloyd, Goderich, has entered action against {the exectitors and against the synod of the Ottawa diocese, to aside the will dated June 25th, 1902, and codicils added in April, 1903, Aug- ust, 1905, and May, 1909, on the jground that the testator was at the time of testamentary incapacity. It i so alleged that some of the be- ests were induced by.undue infln- ie. An order is asked sefting aside the probate. of the will, and calling on the executors for an accounting. An injunction restraining the executors from selling any part of the estate, is also asked. One of the peculiar bgjuests was for a colored memorial window to to be been the construe for t set be placed at Cornwall, in which the IS FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Denton Garfield, Woodstock, Confessed to Killing-- Brother Now on Trial. Woodstock, March 10.--At twenty | {minutes to two o'clock this morning, { when the jury in the Denton Garfield murder case returned to the court many of whom rfield plain- | patient audience, were women. Young G ly showed the intense strain under which he laboring. However, when John P. McDonald, foreman of the jury, announced uilty on the {charge of manslaughter," Garfield's face brightened up. The verdict was no great surprise, in view of the | fact that Denton had made a confes- | sion. This morning the court room fis {already filled, and the same great in- terest is manifested in the trial Norman Garfield, who will £0 on trial on a charge of murder. Denton fessed that his brother did the ing. was con- kil}- 1 Trial of Norman Garfield. | Woodstock, March 10.--A drama- | ic scene was enacted this morning, {in the court here when Denton Gar-'| field turned king's evidence against { his brother, Norman, whose trial on | the eharge of murdering Ben. John- ston, Woodstock, confectioner, on January 20th, was commenced before Justice Kelly, Shortly before eleven [ Norman Garfield was placed in the | {dock and pleaded 'not guilty" to a charge of murder. Denton Garfield was the. first witness, and after re- { ther in the dock, he proceeded, with- out afly apparent emotion, to tell {how he and his brother kad stolen a car in London, went to their room in { the same 'city, secured guns and then { motored to Woodstock. Denton then f recited the story of the tragedy, sub- | his confession: The mother and wife {of Norman Garfield are again in { court today. Furnace Man Found Dead { In Brockville Hotel Cellar | i March 10.--William as a laborer at found dead this Brockville, Humphrey, emplo the Revere hotel, was It has | of | room the place was crowded, with a | of | stantially the same as yesterday .in | ALLEN NOW PLAYING! 'HARRIET and THE PIPER" THE EMBARGO 00D THING Member of Commons Does Not Want Britain to Remove It. Octawa, March 10 --During the house of commons ting yesterday afternoon William his resolution that *'in the opinion of { this house it would not be in the in- terest of Canada should the British government the cattle ** -He when the em- bargo had been imposed it was fete that a stigma had been placed on Canadian cattle. It trenspired that the embargo was appliczble not only to Canada, but all other countries. He considered that one big reason for the embargo was the protection of the Irish cattle Industry. Ireland last year had exported 24,000 head to England After explaining that Canadian cattle can now over pro- viding they are slaugh.ered within ten days, he continued: "We should feed and kil} our cattle at home be done at Smith proposed remove em- said that bargo be sent own The killing should Halifax. The govern- ment ought to build there a big abattoir where the slaughtering could be done, the meat afterwards being exported chilled, but not froz- en In this embargo question a lot of selfishness mixed with senti- | ment, "We should raise tnd feed and kill our own cattle at home, keeping the labor in this country and also the by-products. I may no: have .the Sympathy of the house or even of the country in taking tiis stand but I am convinced, in the light of a long life on the farm and in cattle-raising, that' my resolution is in the right direction W.-H. White, Alberta, state unless there was a wider market for cattle, many now :n the business would go out of it. He favored a system of abattoirs and cul. storage. is d that Crow Bar Method. H. A. Mackle, of Edmonton, refer- red to the cattle embargo as an in- direct British means of imposing pro- | tection, and in doing so putting a stigma on Canadian cattle not de- | served. Dr. Clark objected to any crow-bar | method of getting into the British { market. He sympathized with the resolution, but favored freedom to export cattle alive or dead without any restrictions, "You can sell more bgef in Britain if you buy more cotton and wool there," he said aftd got into a free | trade argument irrevelant to the Question. He wound up by stating that Canadians have no right to in« terfere with the domestic policy of Great Britain. | Donald Sutherland declared that an endeavor was being made to make a political question out of the em- bargo. He referred to the presence in England of Mr. Doherty, Ontario minister of agriculture, quoted a speech on the subject by Hon. Peter Smith, and the resolution of the Quebec legisiature against the em- bargo. , He accused Mr. Doherty of trying to stir up trouble in England. Hon, Rodolphe Lemiex disclaim- ied any intention or desire of inter- | fering with British domestic policy, but it was not meddling to ask re- moval of an injury to our own in- terests. The only one who had made {a pol al issue o® the question was who had no man- itic Lord Beaverbrook, dato, morning in the cellar, where he had | evidently been stricken with lexy while tending the furfiace. oner Harding investigated but that an inquest Humphrey came Leeds county apop- Cor- found unnecessary Oak Le wa from Hon. J. W. Tweedale Hurt. St. John, N'B., March 19.--Hon. J. W. Tweedale, chairman of tha New Brunswick liquor commission, is suffering from a fractured skull as a reult-of a fall while playing with his grandson in the yard his home at Arthurville. Mr. Twae- {dale's condition is reported | eritical. to be judgment it is hindering or prevent | ing the future development of our | country, and unless some means are] tion of our railways, the { ment of our country will be hin- idered. 'The development of this country and the United States has been Jiadered by swhat is called the McAdoo award in of railway employes. Some action { way employes themselves should look. into shis mattér and endemvor to adjust, matters In such a way that be hindered on account of the enor- mous cost of operation of railways as is the case at the present time." ed States March 1st was 207,591,000 bushels, compared with 164,624,- 000 bushels a year ago. A New York sheriff has classified spooning in the park. as a légitl- matg outdoor sport. : must be taken, and I think the rail-| taken to decrease the cost of opera-| develop-| fixing the wages j | i the future of this country will not| Wheat held on farms in the Unit- | CAPT. W.E. LINTON { Well-known resident of Mooretown : Ont. who dropped dead from Rhoan ailure. was one of the t own i sailors of the great lakes. of | GERMANS HELPED IRISH REBELLION New York 8inn Feiner Admits Deal With Enemy for Arms. joston, March 10.---Germany's {participation in the Irish revolution which started at Dublin on Easter Sunday, 1916, was admitted by John Devoy, a New York Sinn Feiner, in {an address delivered here last night. {He said that this was brought about iby Sinn Fein sympathizers in the |U.8, who maddideal with the Ger- {mans for a shipioad of arms to be delivered in ireland. i Devoy said the "Irish Republican | Brotherhood" "sent word to sympe- jthizers in the US. of the plans for | {the Easter Sunday attack gpam the {British forces in the previous Jagu- lary. and 'requested that the Clan-na- {Gael in the U B. furnish a shipload of larme to be delivered in Limerick |as soon as possible. : < | "It was not possible to get amy °° isuch quantity of arms in the U8 {rithoat the knowlege of the U8. igovernment," Devoy said "There- {fore," he added, "the ald of Ger- {many in securing these arms was enlisted." He declared no other help had been received by the revolution- aries from German sources. wo i i | Claiming the crowing of roosters j annoyed him at night, a Springfield, { Mo, man sued Swift & Co. and was | prarded $3,600, :