He The Baily British } YEAR 88; No, 218. x KINGSTON, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1921. LAST EDITION, BO ARD SITS n deny Rk ROADS Ontario Municipal Board Hears Complaints of City And County. In the division court room of the court house Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, of which Don- 8d M. Mcintyre is chairman, sat to bear the complaints entered by the Oity of Kingston and the county of TY ACCUSED OF TAKING BRIBES THE REPLIES SE DONT TALLY | Paris, Oct. -The evening Jour-] nal, Liberte, recently published a sort Liberal Le d Speaks Abo of open letter addressed to M. Andre | . a er i ut Berthon, a deputy belonging to the | Ministers Explanations of Communist party, accusing him ot ! - a . having received the sum of 100,000 | Mi ) Ship n¢ francs from a number of Syrians who | unition ments. were expelled from Syria because of | (Ottawa, Oct. 26.--Hon. WwW. L their anti-French activities and at {Mackenzie King demanded last night present interned at Corsica, This {in a public meeting at Rockland, |Ont., why Premier Meighen, Hon. {Hugh Guthrie, minister of militia, Sum wus destined to remunerate him for services in taking up the cudgels land Major-General MacBrien gave {mutually contradictory explanations Charged With Accepting 100,- 000 Francs for Anti=French Activities. Frontenac with regard to the charges made against them for the construc- | ion of the provincial highway in this distriet. J. L.- Whiting, K.C., ap-] peared on behalf of the city, W. ¥.| Nickle, K.C., on behalf of the coun- | ty, and Mr. Whiting and T. J. Rigney, | K.C., for the townships of Kingston | and Pittsburg, The county council some "ime ago! passed a resolution suggesting that | the whole cost of the highway | through Frontenac should be charged | to the townships of Pittsburg and | Kingston as it passed through the ex- | treme southerly .portion of those | for them in the chamber. Berthon replied by simply saying: "You lie." of the reason for the five shiploads {of high explosives which have come to Canada since the premier and the Interviewed by the Eclair, the de- puty said he could not continue to minister of militia attended the conference of premiers of the Em- discuss the matter with the Liberte. | pire in London. "It was as an exception," he said, "that yesterday 1 broke the silence which all Communist deputies im-| Why was it that the Premier of posed upon themselves. I can neither [Canada was not able to answer at write nor say anything further to the once with anything but an insolent press." jletter with respect to so important The Liberte quotes from the de- [a matter as high explosives coming bates of the Chamber of October 20th to Canada from England, if it were a passage wherein Deputy Lenaill ja perfectly bona fide transaction, made a similar accusation against and if he were not delaying to work Berthon, adding: "You even went up an explanation? specially to Corsica in order to ask | If he were attending to his duty. TWO MILLIONAIRES IN SUIT OVER WIFE {One Demands $500,000 From Other For Stealing His Lady. New York, Oct. 26.--An alienation suit for $500,000 was filed this after- noon in the county clerk's office by William J. Wilkinson against Wil- liam F. Schlemmer, head of the hard- ware firg of Hammacher, Schlem- mer & Co, both millionaires, In the suit it is alleged by Wilkin- son; who is the head of a color print- ing concern of this city, that Schlem- mer robbed him of the affections of his wife, Mrs. Elsie F. Wilkinson, be- tween March 1st, 1920, and January 4th, 1921, while the Wilkinsons were living together at Great Weck, L.I. | Wilkinson alieges Schlemmer yisit- | ed his home as an intimate friend, ac- [cepted his hospitality, and at the | same time wickedly. designedly and | wilfully by trick, artifice, flattery land evil design, endeavored to win | the affections" of Mrs. Wilkinson {from her hushand. Schlemmer is charged with having | sought to induce Mrs. Wilkinson to leave her home, promising her he would leave his wife and live apart from her. It is pointed out in Wil- kinson's papers that Schlemmer, in { February, 1921, | did leave his wife | ONTARIO ITINERARY FOR HON. MR. KING GOUIN'S TOUR OF ONTARIO = 2% Leads to Rumor That He May | onsiay tor the Qutariotour of fon. Become the Liberal Leader. Toronto, Oct. 26.--The Telegram says: "The rapor: from Quebec that {Sir Lomer Gouin will enter Ontario |. | for a speaking tour is jin keeping York. o with the persistent rumor that Mont- | * Oct, 28th, afternoon, Stouffville; {Teal election strategists hope to make Right, Auroi: North. York, | Gouin the Liberal leader and the Oct. 29:4, afternoon, Bolton. vil- | Canadian premier, should fortune Jags. Toul counyy, Guelph |smile upon the Liberal cause on De- Nov 1st fi gt Foie a {cember 6th. The coming to Toronta| OV ond Eat, Stratford, of Sir Lomer Gouin on November 8th Nov. 2nd, night, Sarnia. | after Mackenzie King has "spoken Nov. 3rd, night, St. Thomas, here on November 5th does not sound Nov, 4th, night, London. | reasonable, yet this report may be Nov. |a trial balloon sent out to see if |FoRto-. 1 | " y |Ontarfo would receive Gouin favor- Nov. Ji, night, Otizwa. ably. For some years the former The schedule as revised provides premier of Quebec has resisted pres- for three meetings to be addressed {sure urging him to go to Ottawa. His by the Liberal leader in his own {entrance into the federal arena this |CODStituency of North York. {time is naturally regarded as of very ON his retarn to Ottawa, where ho | wide signifience." concludes the tour of his province, Hon. Dr. I. W. Edwards, minis. | It iS expected that Hon. Mr, King will Several Changes in Time and Place From Previous An- nouncements. previously of announcements The revised schecule follows: Oct. 26th, night, Orono, Durham county. Oct. 27th; night, Sutton, North remain in the capital for @ day or some changes in time and place from | made. | meetings | 5th, night, Massey Hall, To- | | | | ARE CROWDED Ticket-of-Leave Act Opera- tion Has Been Partially Suspended. i The population of the Portsmouth Penitentiary has reached the highest point in more than forty years, the {umber confined being over 820. It |is stated that this is due to some extent to the suspension of the op- erations of the Ticket-of-Leave act, passed in 1899 and which was a great reformative force, and also an ef- fective means by which to keep down the annual expenditure for mainten- aace. It enabled the authorities to | liberate or parole young first offend- ers who served their sentences at large while following some useful occupation. The change in the policy appears to have been brought about by tho repeated representations of the Do- minion Association of Chiefs of Pol« ice who are said $0 have been pre Judiced against the paroled man in spite of the fact that the statistics WHY PRISONS (as he should be, declared Mr. King,|and has since lived apart from her | ter of public health and immigration, covering the period since the incep-- townships. The northern townships [the Syrians interned there for 100,- of the county claim that they are un-| 000 francs" a statement to which able to pay the portion 'hat would | Berthon gave no very definite denial. be assessed against them, and ask for | '"This," the Liberte exultantly con- relief, | cludes, "proves our accusations quite {he should be able to state what they were coming for. | "If he is able to give a bona fide explanation, why the delay? Do The city of Kingston asks the] board to decide if it is being fairly | treated in being ordered to pay a por- | tion of the cos: of constructing fif- | teen and three-quarter miles of pro- | vinclal highway east and west of the | city, when it pays the total cost of | fts own pavements connecting the | provincial roads emsf, west and north, Kingston thinks that it is assessed more in proportion than some of the | other smaller, cities, although "ha highways department of the Ontario government intimates that the basis of assessment is one mile for every million dollars of municipal assess- ment. It is understood that the charge against Kingston will 'begin this year, and the county may he relieved of a portion of the assess- ment made against it, owing to King- ston being brought in. While the back 'ownships of the county are claiming inability to pay, | it is pointed cut that a large amount | the (they need time to prepare an planation? What the people of Can- ada expect from Mr. Meighen is the truth, and not insolence, with re- gard to questions of great public jconcern. All we have got from Mr. Meighen so far is an insolent reply. CREAT THRONCS CHEER | THE PRINCE OF WALES: o =e sos mi. av' jme, I am speaking for the people of Canada and asking information for them, and if he cares to reply in that insolent vein they will judge kim accordingly. "Why should the prime know nothing about it? Berthon actually got true. money.' Who Leaves London For Tour of India--Also to Visit Japan. : minister London, Oct. 26.--Plans formulas: | ed for the departure of the Prince of | - Wales for India to-day contemplated | Says Guthrie Should Know. the presence of only members of the| "I was told there were five ship- royal family at the station, but great loads pf these high explosives since throngs gathered about the building, he and Hon, Mr Guthrie went to the choered him and wished him god- [conference of premiers. ' I do not speed. The Renown was wailing at know whether there was any con- Portsmouth for the arrival of the nection or not between those events. Prince from London. It will land |I wanted him to make it plain. He ex-| | ©of money has been paid out by the | him at Bombay, where will begin a | has not denied that the shiploads provincial government and the coan-Y series of formal functions arranged | came, ty as a whole for highways in the | far north. rrp. A Sales Tax Decision. Ottawa, Oct 26. -- An important decision affecting the dominion sales tax was rendered by Judge Gunn liere yesterday in an action hrought by the Leader Company, Limited; of Sault Ste. Marie, to compel the Capital | Rawhide and Fur Company of Of tawa to pay a sales tax after a trans- action had been closed. The judge ruled that the defendants were not lable and stated that if he ordered | them to pay the tax, he would pac others in an awkward position. ---------------- ' A verdict in favor of the St; Louis Btar was returned by a jury in circuit court in a one hundred thousand dol- far libel suit brought by Alexaczde: P. MacAuley, Toron'o. BANK MANAGER CHASES ROBBER IN PISTOL DUEL Former Opens Fire When Des- perado Holds Up Teller in Montreal. Montreal, Oct. 26.--An attempt made by: bandits to hold up the branch of the Canadian Dank of Commerce at the corner of Prince Arthur and Park avenue at 1.45 yes- | terday afternoon was frustrated hy the quick action of the manager, J. 'J. Carnegie. A man entered the bank and asked the teller for change "dor a ten dollar bil. When the tell. | er turned to get the money, the band- #t told him to throw up his hands. Mr. Carnégie happened to hear the bandit's demand, and immediataly came from his office and opened firs on the man with a revolver, The bandit returned the fire, aiming first at the manager and thea at the tell- er. Nobody was hurt in the exchangbd of shots, and. finally, the bandit rushed out of the bank and into a Waiting automobile. 5 iy HUSBAND AND WIFE | : : S£ My husband insists on smoking een salad and dessert courses. -- Dees Your Husband De ? CHANCES OF SUCCESS special committee in every city he will visit. He wiil also visit Japan. Bandits Rob Butcher; Put Him in Refrigerator 26.--While Aime la Boussiere, butcher, Mount Royal avenue, was talking on the tele- phone in his store this morning, two bandits entered, grdered "him to throw up his hands at the point of a revolver, stole § ets, and then threw him into the re- frigerator. frozen to death some hours wards. Montreal, Oct. after- BRIAND MAY YET EMERGE VICTOR Paris; --0et: 26 melt ig-admite ted that the political tide has been .strongly against Premier Briand, but in government cir- cles it is hoped that He will be able to mend his fortunes and emerge ' victorious in his final address to-day, College For Technical School Teachers Likely 26.--It Toronto, Oct. is not un- likely that before long there will be] & provincial college for the training of technical school teacherg in On tario. The government has a propo- gal under consideration .to erect a provincial college. This matter has not yet been decided on. Irish Conference Postponed, London, Oct. 26.--An officiai com- muuique issued from No. 10 Downing street after the Sinn Fein repre. .en- tatives had left the Bfitish Premier's official residence yesterday afternoon ¢aid that 'the meeting of the full con ference on Ireland was postponed, as a committee of the conference was sitting." No time was set for the nex' meeting of the conference. It was 0' ficially explained that this does not mean a rupture, hut wag a matter of finding a time mutually agreeabiz N, REPORTED IMPROVED This Is Opinion After Tues- day's Conference on Irish Question. ' London, Oct. 26.--Although the on the Irish ques- tion failed to arrive at definite con- clusions after two hours' discussion yesterday, it is believed that the con- ference's chances of success have im- proved. It is stated that further pres- sure was being brought to bear u the government to adopt legislation that would énable the Ulster govern- ment to establish its administration | ¥ in Northern Ireland. Should such a measure in favor of Ulster be introduced, it was asserted this morning that the Sinn Fein would He was rescued almost] Federal expendit F from tho conference. Hon. | Mr. = Guthrie should {know what these loads were coming and for what purpose." s During part of his speech the Liberal leader addressed himself fo {the task of showing héw, by revis- {ing the tariff downwards along the lines set forth in the Liberal plat- form, - production can be increased, the cost of living lowered, and the revenues of the country Increased. {He dismissed as folly the idea that |the tariff could be abolished when {the country is saddled with a tre- 780 from his pock-|mendous debt on which the interest | re e whole amount of f ure before the war. | But there was a vast difference be- {tween the proposals of the Liberals |and the nebulous statements of the { Premier, who asserted the principle {of protection and also the necessity of-revision: i : alone exceeds th Meighen Attacks Farmers. Orillia, Oct. 26--Four Federal rii- ings were covered by addresses de- livered yesterday by the prime niin- 'ister and Hon. Hugh Guthrie. Thess four ridings, three Sinjcoes ani Mwa- keka, at-the 1917 and the 1911 ele tions returned supporters of the gov- i Se At Bracebridge the prime minister and Hon, {wo meetings. Mr. Meighen devoted most of his time to an attack on the Larmers' party, as it puts up the only ¢rposition in Muskoka. He declarca there was much scandalous chatter, and that the depravity of the scandal- mongers was past all fathoming. In declaring the tariff as the issue, Mr. Meighen 'said it was for the people to decide whether the Canadian na- tion should give up that name ana let other countries take her indus- tries, or whether she should be pro- tected. : Orerar Defends 'West. Woodstock, N.B., Oct. 26.--Open- 'ng the National Progressive party's cempaign in the Maritime Provinces nere yesterday, Hon. T. A. Crerar came sharply to the defense of the west. He declared that an "imputa- tion" had been cast again at the loy- jalty of the men in Western Canada, and in warm tones resented state- nents reported to have been made by the prime minister and Ly Hon. Hugh Guthrie, minister of militia. "As a Canadian born in the same province as Mr. Meighen," warmly exciaimed Mr. Crerar----"our birthplaces were not a day's journey apart--I regret to see such language fall from the I'ps of the prime minister of Can- aga." J) LEIS RLIISEIFILILIISL ® q * + WON'T ENTERTAIN * * GREEK PROPOSALS ¢ > » # Paris, Oct. 25.--Premier Bri ¢ # and yesterday refused to enter 4 tain Suis from Premier ¢ + Gounaris of Greece, looking to 4 the possibility of mediation be- & # tween Greece and Turkey. + * - LYE Hugh Guthrie addressed | ; + > 600000000090 00000 g and that she has begun against him an action for separation charging Wilkinson's wife with being unduly { friendly with Schlemmer. In January last, according to the | complaint, &chlemmer persuaded Mrs, Wilkinson to leave her home. SENATOR NICHOLLS DEAD Lieut.-Col, the Hon. Frederick Nich- olls, Senator, and President of Canada General Electric, who on' Tuesday. Mrs. Stillman Wants To Be Sons' Guardian i ---- | 'New York, Oct. 26.--Citations di- cting James A. Stillman, divorce {suit plaintiff, to show cause next Fri- | day why Mrs. Stillman should not be | appointed general guardian of their | | sons, James and Alexander, were is- sued yesterday by Surrogate Coha- | lan. They were procured by Mrs. Stiliman's counsel, At White Plains briefs are schedul- | |ed to be filed in connection with an order directing all interested in $37,- 0002000 trust fund left by Mr. Still- man's father to show cause why they should not be made codefendants in the divorce suit with Guy Stillman, whose paternity the plaintiff impugn- ed, : Te "CAVAN Who will be Britain's chief military observer at the Jy ashinkton conference. He will also lay the Victoria Cross on the grave of America's unknown hero. To Make a Search. Copenhagen, Oct. 26.--The Dan- ish govern t in April appropriat- ed 200,00@ kroner to defray the ex- pense of-Sending the ship, Teddy, to the east coast of Greenland to search for the East Greenland Trading Company's ship Dagny which had been dispatched from Copenhagen in the spring of 1920. Since then, nothing has been heard of her. Making Weather Observations London, Oct. 26.--T0 assist the British meteorological office in mak- | will speak with Premier Meighen in { Toronto on Friday evening. The lat- |est political rumor is that R. W. E | Burnaby, Progressive candidate in so, after which he will leave for Van- couver to begin - a tour of British Columbia, working back through the prairie provinces, and addressing {North York, will be out of the con- | Meetings in most of the cities on his [test before the voting takes place. | WaY back, [ Mr. Burnaby ig president of the Cau- | It is expected that Hon. Mr. King (adian Council of Agriculfure and of {Will spend the last week or two of {the U.F.O. : |the campaign in Ontario and Quebec. rr i Ernest Lapointe, K.C.; Hon. Chas. { Murphy, James Murdock and other | prominent men will take part in the | various Ontario meetings with Hon. Mr. King and the local candidates in | each riding visited. EXILE IS DEPRESSED. Veil of Gloom Settles Over House- hold at Doorn. Doorn, Oct. 26.--A veil of gloom appears to have settled on the ex- royal household similar to that of the period of the ex-kaiserin"s death. The ex-kaiser js about to celebrate the third anniversary of his arrival | : in Holland with all the memories of IN SEARCH FOR LIQUOR Germany's debacle, but this year as | 8 Widower. One Bottle Alleged to Have William Hohenzollern is also much depressed by the anniversary of the Been Found There on ex-kaiserin's birthday. Besides a Sunday special service on Sunday there was London, Ont., Oct. 26.--Acting 'on | ----. RAD MIDDLESEX JAL also.a memorial service held at Doorn Simultaneously a ser- "our children." on Saturday. vice was held at Potsdam which was attended by all the Hohenzollerns in Germany, The ex-kaiser sent an enormous wreath of yellow roses from his garden to be laid on the ex- kalserin's grave at Potsdam. After the service the ex-monarch withdrew to his apartments and would see no one but his daughter, Victoria Louisa. Economy is the order of the day {in the house of Doorn, although {many people think this is only a {comedy to impress the Dutch- tax lauthorities, as the question of taxes {Is not yet settled. RAILWAY CASUALTIES. {One Passenger Was Killed Out of i Each 1.452.000. Ottawa, Oct, 26. --One passenger was killed on Canadian steam rail- {ways during the yéar 1919 tg évery 11,452,000 carried; and there was one {injured to every 128,772 carried. + I jorders from Toronto, Provincial Of-+ {flcer A. W, Palmer and License In- | |spector Keenleyside raided the Mid- | {dlgsex county jail on Sunday after. noon, in search of liquor or other "evidences of inefficiency." The search was successful in so far. as | {liquor was concerned, | was found in a section of the insti- | tution. i | The officers are reticent in tha | | matter and would not state whether | |any developments might be expected | | in view of the discovery, { | The jail is the one from which the | Murrell brothers escaped a few | weeks ago, and the officials have | been suspended since. A new jail | governor is to be named within a day | {or two, and it is understood that a | new staff of turnkeys will also be in- ! | | stalled, The announcement regard- | {ing a new sheriff and possibly a new | | deputy-sheriff is expected daily. i {Tt is understood that officers mado | {a preliminary search through tne | {Jail on Saturday, and had difficulty | for a bottle | [summer | said. one of the stawarts. jtion of the Ticke:-of-Leave act {showed it was eminently succes:- {ful as the proportion of the Mberated {men who broke their parole was real- ily very small. | "The importance of the parole law {may be realized when it is shown | that fully sixty per cent. of the in- | mates of the Portsmouth institution | is composed of very young men, tha | majority of whom were never before | within prison walls and whose con- {finement with desperate characters, {without any hopes of earning their liberation by good conduct, tends to deprive them of every incentive to |reformetion. This is accentuated by [the failure of those responsible to | put into effect the recommendations | contained in the Nickle-Biggar-Harp« fer report presented last year. | In the meantime, those fortunats | enough to secure their liberty on par- ole have '0 depend upon the import- | unities of friends who are able to | bring influence to bear and secure a [recognition of 'the merits of tna | case. | The tendency to further restrict [ the operation of the parole laws, i* is stated, is shown in the recent ap--- pointment of a city court judge, Judge Coatsworth, Toronto, to the Ontario Parole Board. Judge Coatsworth ie by virtue of his ofiice a part of the prosecuting machine, ' sb R--i------------ Mrs. Carnegie's Parrot Has a Lauder Accent » r New York, Oct. 26.--Mrs, Andrew Carnegie, with her daughter and son=- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Miller, have arrived home on the steamship Cedric. They have been spending the at Skibo castle. They brought a parrot, which, having learned to talk in Scotland, has a very fine burr that reminds one of Sir Harey. lauder, ; "He's a very thrifty bird, too," "Any of his crackers that he doesn't eat he saves." Another passenger aboard the ced- There was a slight increase in the |in encountering any officials of the | ric was Captain Charles A. U. Rhys, {casualties over the previous year, the number being 35 killed and 372 in- {jured as against 32 and 422 respec- [ tively. [were 162 employees killed and 1,904 | tively, other accidents, 35 employees, 1 passenger and 5 others were killed, | whilst 4,458 employees, 20 passen- gers and 27 others were injured. To Make It Into Blankets. | Boston, Oct. 26.--Cold nights will {have no terrors for Massachuseyis {farmers who keep sheep this win'er. { Unable to dispose of their wool fo |advantage, many have followed a During the year 1919 there | | institution, a military cross man, who saw 23 { service. with. the grenadier guards in Foolish To Expect Suceess, Peking, . Oct. :26.--The- Tientsin Imewspaper, Ta Chun Shang Pao; be- | | the country, China can hope for ijt-| tle benefit from the Pacific confer- ence. i "The ministry of foreign . affairs | {has just established an investigation | | bureau for the purpose of gathering | | materials, records and other docv- | | ments to be used at the Pacific con- | {ference in connection with China's | | case," says that paper. i | "We believe this can do little tow- | Russia. He is the son and heir of the seventh Baron of Dynezor Castle Liandilo, Carémarthenshire, Wales. |injured as against 32 and 322 respec- | lieves that, with civil strife upsetting | Captain Rhys expects to pass several months in America. Saved Hogue Flag Jailed For Theft s London, Oct. 26.--Sidney Bearne, a naval stoker, who saved the ensign - of the Hogue when that armored cruiser was sunk with! the Aboukir [suggestion of the state department °f |ard attaining our object, for so long |®nd Crecy by a German submarine, {agriculture to have it made | blankets. Stations for collecting the wool {have been established at Shelburne {| Falls, Springfield, West Brookfield, | Concord, South Hanson and West | Tisbury. Enough has been turned in {will never take the trouble to go ints | decorated. 'to make 2,500 blankets weighing f tour pounds each, valued at aboat [$7.50 each. U Early Closing of Pubs. . on, 'Oct. 26.--The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a letter re- garding the licensing of public houses by justices in the area of Poplar and Stepney, urging early closing of licensed houses, He says: "For those who are weakened or weak-hearted the last hour of the open pdblic houses is fraught with more peril than all the other hours put to- gether." When the justices fixed the closing hour af 10 o'clock temper- ance representatives sang the Doxol- ogy in court. Vv Zi'a Was Disappointed, Vienna, Oct. 26.--When former Emperor Charles and his wife land- ied at Oedenburg last week by aero- plane. for the attempted restoration 'the H throne, the ex-em- 18 scrutinized the crowd of mon- awsgiting them, and missing tarfo. she expected to see, she her husband and said: "We might well shoot ourselves now but for } | | | to success, foreign powers will con- |tinue fo look down upon her and {treat her as an inferior; so that even {if we have overwhelming evidence at | our disposal to support our case, they t {it 20 as '0 render a decision in our | favor. Under Such circumstances {| would be foolish to expect success. President to Visit the South. - Washington, OCt. 26.~President Harding left Washington yesterday | on a four-day swing through the | south, 'hig first visit to that section ! since his inauguration. The president will travel on a special train, Jeaving Washington at | 9 a.m. and returning Friday in time | for the cabinet meeting. Visits will | be made to Birmingham, Camp Ben- ning, Ga., and Atlanta, In addition to Mrs. Harding, the president will be accompanied by Senator Underwood and Secretaries Weeks and Fall. Gouin to Tour Ontario. Quebec, Oct. 26.--8ir Lomer Gouin, former premier of the prov- ince, who has accepted the nomina- tion in Laurier-Outrement, is to de- liver a series of addresses in On- i | | i Brotherhood railway chiefs are to be arrested i a strike occurs in the United States into as China lacks the power essential | 28 sentencgd to a year's imprison ment for thefts while working as a cleaner. When the Hogue sank Bearne seized the ensign and, grips ping it in his teeth, swam two hours before he was rescued. Later he was An appeal for mercy in recognition of his former valor fail= ed. > R. D. Watson, Thurlow, Dead, Belleville, Oct. 26.--Richard D. Watson, a wellknown' resident of Thurlow township, died on Sunday Deceased was ecighty-two years .of age and passed away in the family home in which he was born. He was for some time a member of Thuriown township couneil and a trustees of the school section in whieh he resided A year ago Mr. and Mrs, Watson commemorated their golden wedd! A widow and. three daughters, | J.4G. Sills, Foxboro; Mrs. Rev. Tink Newtonville, and Miss Olivia, al home, survive, -° 3 Record in Grain Winnipeg, Oet. Any gt in grain Shipments, the bést since 1915, was established when the Canadian, Pacific Rallway moved east from Winnipeg to Fort William 1,443 cars of grain. This col Lt est movement of grain bm any Can adian rallway in one day 1915, when the same company moved over fhe sane territory 1,493 cars on Oct. 9 " 'the greats