ALLEN TO-DAY ZANE GREY'S "THE MAN OF THE FOREST" TO MEIGHEN Mackenzie King Says His Tariff Attitude Has Not Changed. London, Nov. 5.--A largo 'diseus- pion on the railroad situation Hon. Charles Murphy and a rapid- fire speech by Mon, Mackenzie King, reaffirming his attitude on the tariff end charging the government with autocratic and extravagant methods, were the principal features of the Liberal rally here last night in the winter garden before about 3,500 people. Mr. King declared that his atil- | tude on the tariff was exactly the same as it was at the timez of the Liberal convention, "Try and carry out anything, literim and verbatim end you destroy the spirit altogeti- er," he declared. H2 challenged the premier to point ir two columns side by side of any two speeches he had delivered on the tari thal varied from each otaer. Meighen Answers Criticisnt. Montreal, Nov, 5.--Critcism levell- ed by the Libera! opposition at the course pursued by him when attend- ing the conference of prime minis- ters in London drew from Premier Meighen last night an answer of the most positive nature. Referring to remarks reported to Pave been made by Hon. Charles Murphy at St. Thomas, the prime minister made a declaration embodying his attitude | towards the empire and. world af-! fairs in their relation to the poli- tical campaign. He had thought that | the course he pursued in London met with the approval of he Canadian 'people. Nohing which they should have known had been withheld. "Now after the conference has been concluded two months a man arises and says I have committed Canada to |gome naval policy and lowered the status of this dominion, At that con- férence, this country was commit- ted to nothing beyond what it has always stood committed to, nor was there anything said or done which went a hair's breadth beyond the pale of what I said to parliament." One in Seven Attends Theatres In Montreal Montreal, Nov. 6§.--Taking the population of Montreal as 700,000 persons, figures given out at the city hall today show that one out of every seven attends a theatre each day. As the average amusement tax is two cents per head, the fact that $69,119.45 was received from the various theatres during October in- dicates the colossal attendance at places of 'amusement. At two cents average tax per capital this accounts for almost 3,000,000 theatre pat- rons; or about 100,000 per day. MORE CLASS GOVERNMENT. Retail Merchants' Sccretary Objects to Calvin Lawrence Appointment, Ottawa, Nov, §.--Resentment was strongly expressed yesterday by E. M. Trowern, Dominion secretary of the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada, to alleged government dis- crimination by selecting what he termed class representation to the Dominion Raflway Board. If labor was going to be represented why not the retail merchants, who represent- ed the greatest trade element Ir Canada, be similarly favored by hav- ing a representative appointed. The Retail Merchants all over Canada were a unit in this sentiment, de- clared Mr, Trowern. Pr. Wilson W..Bredin Dead. Toronto, Nov, 6.--Dr. Wilson W. Bredin, a former county physician, and coroner of Colorado. and a fre- quent contributor to medicaj jour- nals and the Forum Magazine, died at his residence in Denver, Colo. on Thursday. He was born in Lanark courty, Ontario, and attended To- ronto university, being graduated from Trinity College, Toronto, in mad. cine, : " ! Labor Deserts Progressives. ttawa, Nov. 65---The Ottawa courtel quotes Thomas Marcil, French-speaking nominee of the In- dependent: Labor party as saying: "We have withdrawn irom the al- Mance with the Progressives ard are going Into tue campaign by oursel- ves as a straignt Labor party." HUSBAND AND WIF WIFE by | iment, have decided lo form a separ- '{Blumenhof on Thursday and escaped Jwith {wo thousand dollars. WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. Dr. Roberts, medical health offi- cer, has sounded a strong warning 'about the diphtheria epidemic in Hamilton. ! Six bandits hold up a Detroit bak- | mg company's cashier on Friday. throw peppér in hls eyes and #ols | four thousand dollars. | A solemn mass was celebrated at | {St. James cathedral, Montreal, day in honor of Italy's unkown dead. AN countries excepting Japan | and Russia were represented. { | As a result of the drop iu flour | and war among the Hamilton bak-, ers, one Hamilton dealer is now sell-} ing bread at seven cents a small leaf. | This is near the pre-war price. {| Earnings of the Grand Trunk Rali- | way System, for the period endifig! October 31st, amounted to $3,028, [900, compared with $3,705,62) "ofl | Wm. W. Husband, Commissioner Genera! of U.S. Immigration, de-| clared that foreign steamship comp- | anies are responsible for the hard-| ships suffered by immigrants whol are refused admission to the U. S. on| their arrival because the quotas for; their countries have been exhausted. STAGE-STRUCK WIFE MARRIES A SHOWMAN {An Elopement Has a Sequel in | Court, Ending in Recon= ciliation. { ---- New York, Nov. 5.--Found guilty lot bigamy by a jury in the Court of Special Sessions, Jersey City, yester- day, Mrs. Helen J. Townsend-Kearns, young and attractive, dropped to her knees on the floor of the courtroom and. while tears trickled down her pretty cheeks, begged her first hus- band, Elsworth Townsend, chief crew despatcher of the New York Central Railroad, to forgive her. And he did. Clasping her in his arms, Towns- end, who, had traced, his wife from Corning, N.Y., where they were mar- ried just eight months ago, to Grove street, Jersey City, and had her ar- rested and prosecuted, hegged, Jus- tice James McCarthy to 'permit him tagoare for her. #\ideve: her and always will," sald T8wnsend, his voice choking with emotion, "and if you permit her to go 1 shall be responsible for her." Several jurors were seen to wipe their eyes when they brought in a court to be lenient. Mrs, Townsend is twenty-two years old. At Corning, when she was twenty, she was voted the pret- tiest girl, © Many tempting - offers were mada to have her appear in moving pictures, but her parents stoadfastly refused to permit her. Last March she was married to Townsend and they went to live at |53 Market street, in Corning. i All went well until July, when a {camnival was held, at which a special 'show was given under the manage- iment of Harry Kearns, a showman {from . Michigan. Mrs. Townsend's {romantic life from the time she met | Kearns until she was arrested in | Jersey City was relaterd by her in: court today. \ "] was lonesome at nights when my husband had to be on duty," said Mrs. Townsend. 'When the circus came to town I met Mr, Kearns and {told him I was single. It's all my [fault, for Harry did not know. You (see, 1 always wanted to go into the movies or go on the stage, and I thought \hat it was a good chaneé for me. "When Harry proposed I accepted him and we eloped to Warren, Pa, where we were married. Harry did not know of it until I was arrested. I then told him everything. "But I'm mot a bad girl. I love my husband better than ever and if I can go with him I shall never run {away again. I never want to go on the stage." Kearns, who was in court, told his story. He said he was sorry to lose his wife, but it would be better it she went back to her first husband. Kearns was relieved from any blame, Mrs. Townsend was paroled im the! custody of her husband™and both left the court smiling. | em et Recalcitrant Unionists To Form Separate Group ' T.ondos, Nov. 5---According to the Saturday Reviow, the recalcit~ rant Uplonists, who supported the motion of cemsure of the govern- ate group, and that the chances of un approachment between Lord Ce- ¢il's followers are becoming remot: er as they remain in sympathy with the conservatives. x] Bandits In Saskatchewan, Swift Current, Sask., Nov. 5. Bandits blsw open the safe of the general store aud post office at The coaches coming in on" the morning train over the Canadian Pacific Railway on Saturday were covered with sumow. | ACCIDENTS IN 1920 {But Figures Show That Fatal- | ities Are Decreasing Year | By Year. BIG LEADER | i B Washington Nov. 5.--Deaths from Fri. (Pressing horror over the assassina- ition of Premier the corresponding period last month. | * {accidents cau.ed by automobiles and other motor vehicles, excludiug motoreycles, increased decidedly ir 1920, as compared with 1819, the census bureau enndbunced Wedens- jday.-- The déaths dueto moior va- hicles last year averaged within th: death registration area of the United States 10.4 per cent, per 100,000 pop | naltion as compared with 9.4 per Its Assassinated Premier Was An Enlightened Demo- crat. Tokio. Nov. b.--Cablegrams ex- Hara poured into the capital today from the capitals : of virtually all the nations. The at-|"h in 1919, tack on the premier was made by a | illed last vear Dy moe demented youth, aged nineteen, and|;, the TE atl rs shich there is Bo definite knowledge as Yeti somprises 82 per cent. of the popula- that it had ite genesis in the politic-| 0 of the United States The be figures, however, show that al rancor which actuated bitter as-| aau's saults upon M, Hara and his govern-| wae » ® | the automobila is not nearly so dan- ment in the recent i y t past. | gerous ag it was in its early days. In ; 1915 there wera two deaths to every An E " Plisiteney Democrat, _ 11,000 motor vehicles while last year «ondon, Nov. b5.--Thé& public in- the ratio was 1.2 per cent. terest in the assassination of M. The death rate from motor ve- Hara has Intensified public interest!) ;.a accidents last year was highest here by consideration of the influ-| California, amounting-to 21.1 per 100,000 population. Connecticut ence his death will have upon Jap- an"s atlitude toward the Washing. | wi*h a rate of 15.6 ranked second and toa conference. Newspapers here! New York and Washington with express deep sympathy With Japan| ates of 13.5 tied for third place. a, in the loss of its prime minister, who SAYS TURN OF TIDE was regarded as an enlightened democrat. as WILL COME IN 1922 Approximately 9.000 persons were vehiclas | 'thought: the educational FRPP HP EERE EFI EBSD ULSTER'S PREMIER ARRIVES IN LONDON London, Nov. 5.--S8ir James Craig arrived here to- day from Belfast but would not say that his visit was the result of an invitation from the premier. Whether he would see Lloyd George re- mained to be determined, he indicated. PP PPP rr errr erred PEEP REP RIFILESS BETTER THAN PLAYS, Recommends Abbey Rather Theatre For Children. London, Nov. 5.--The Londoit edu- cational authority in the past year spent £3,000 in taking children to gpecial' * theatre' 'performances of Shakespearian plays, counting such attendance as school attendance. Tha auditor held that such, payment from local taxes was illegal, and the Lord Ohdef Justice today on the appeal un- held the auditor. His lordship re- .Than marked that it was difficult to thifk'] that the framers of the Elementary Education act ever forsaw the taking of children to the theatre, although elementary education had been much advanced in recent years. The court authority was fully entitled to take children to such places as the house of parlia- ment, Westminster Abbey, and the Tower oft London, but declined to consider the theatre a place of edu- cational interest. Starts Off For School Spends Day Joy-Riding Ottawa, Nov. 5.--A little chap liv- ing in Sandy Hill was given a lunch, a schoolboy's street. car ticket good for 20 rides, and put aboard a street car yesterday morning to go to school for the first time. Finding what his ticket would do, he decidea the grand tour was better than school. He turned up at home late in the afternoon. His ticket had twen- ty holes punched in it. He had rid- den on all O.E.R. routes, and on twenty different cars, on one ot which he polished off the lunch at noon, He is the envy of playmates who were not bright enough to thifik of this great scheme to go travel- ling. British War Mother Greeted At Quebec Quebec, Nov, 5.--Mrs. Emma Me- Crudden, British war mother, who lost three sons and other relatives in the war, and who is on her way to place a wreath on the tomb of the United States "unknown," arrived at Quebec on the S.5. Meragama last night. She was me: by Mrs. Blanche Hellak, president of the Philadelphia Ohapter of American War Mothers, who brought her a messaga of greet. ing from her organization and 'he governor of the state, nmr RL Mine Workers Acclaim Court Action As Victory Clifcago,, Nov. 6.--The action of the United States court of appeals yesterday in suspending that part of the injunction by Judge Anderson applying to the "check-off" system until farther order of the court, was claimed last night: by officials of the mine workers 2s-a decided vie- ry, a » Ottawa, Nov. 5.--Blizzardly wea- ther descended on Ottawa last night delaying trains, affecting long dis- tance communication and causing minor aceldents in the city streets. Snow Fell in Toronto, Toronto; Nov. 6.--Toronto had ite first fall of snow of the this a light fall co the Steps tbtrrrtreted U.S. Expert Says Hard Times Due to Monkeying With Fundamentals. Montreal, Que.,, Nov. b6.--Rogr W. Babson, the well-known Ameri- can statistician, gave it as his view, at the Canadian Manufacturers - sociation luncheon, which he address: ed here, that an upward turn in bus- {ness would come some time in 1822 and that it had not yet arrived, no matter what optimisis were saying. He based his opinion upon statistics that those trades which were the first to be d.pressed would be the first to recover and those caught last by depression would be the last to get back to prosperity. He said that he had no use for unemployment con- ferences, which in his opinion were about as good as discussing the rise of the tides. "Hard times are pro- duced by monkeying with the ten commandments or the multiplication table, and until men find that out they are only delaying the final cure," he declared. = eee tl BRITISH INDUSTRY, Has Peen Benefited by Dominion ! Trade Preference. ° ! London, Nov. 5.--The resolution unanimously passed at the Imperial War Conference in London in 1917 favoring special treatment and facil- ities by each part of the Empire to the goods of other parts of the Em- pire was quoted in the House of Commons yesterday by Sir P. Lloyd Greame, director of the Overseas | Department, in reply to Alfred Dav- jes (Labor), who asked whether the dominions were systematically en- couraged to give preference to Brit- ish goods and contracts, 8ir Lleyd Greame added that there was ample evidence that British industry bene- fited by the preference accorded by the dominions. JUDGMENT OBTAINED. A Streatham Widow Awarded £468 Against Bottomley, London, Nov, b5.--A Streatham widow named Yates has obtained ! judgment against Horatio Bottom- {ley, M.P., in the King's Bench Court for £468, the amount she paid for Victory Bond Club certificates which she returned to him. The Vietory Bond Club was a scheme organized by Bottomley un- der which the public subscribed £450,000 for the purchase of war bonds, part of the revenue from which was {o be invested in the lot- tery scheme, Botiomley recently | | testified that he hand personally lost; £80,000 by the yemrure. al HELD UP FOUR TIMES. Montreal Man Searched om New rf" ty Fork State Road. Brockville, Nov. 5.--J. P. Sears, Mchtreal, passed through bere yes- terday ¢n route to Kingston. While travelling over ihe New York state road during the night he was held up and his cap person searche four times between 5 a identity of the folif parties conduct ing the searches is unknown fo Mr. Sears, it is bélieved state troop- ers in h' of liquor being carried | illegally were especially active dur- {ing the night. : Sales Tax ted by Senate, . Washington, Nov, 5.--The sales tax was rejected by. nate. The Democrats voted solid alnct the sales tax and were j "by severe on a proposal for a one-cent levy, with certain exemptions The vote was regarded generally as decisive of the whole question of sales tax at this time, but Senator Smoot offered another amendment, = embodying & business sales tax of one-half of one per cent on gross sales in excess of $6,009 a year. This went over, = for the past 150 years, and added teen Republicans. The vote, forty- | three against, to twenty-five for, wae | ~ h 0 . h STAT 1S FAVORED TT ta o . 'British Emigration Is To Be ! . . | Given More Vigorous ! . | Assistance. i » - | London, Nov. 5.--An earnest and {interesting discussion on emigration {occurred in the House of Commons jon the Colonial Office vote in aid of loverseas settlement, The feature of the debate was the speeh of the leader of the Labor | Party, Right Hon. J. R. Clynes, who said that Great Britain was far too dependent upon countries outside the Empire for food, "It would be all to the good," he said, "if we could use even more | } | nada, and other great territories within the Empire." Mr. Clynes favored supervision of and state assistance for emigration and immigration so that labor could move" about as circumstances re- quired, and conditions for mutual welfare were established which position of those against emigration. He asked what was the use of hav- ing great territories world-wide it they were not used. Otherwise they aroused politica] differences with those who wanted to use what was being left undeveloped. Major the Hon, E. F. Wood, permanent under-secretary of State for the Colonies, replied that close attention was being paid to encour- aging emigration of a due propor- tion of women and men. He pointed out that the present estimate of £330,000, which some complained was too small, was supplenientary to the original estimate of £650,000. He hoped the government would be !able to propose a very much larger sum after considering how best they could implement the proposals and decisionz of the last Imperial Con- ference. The conterenpy 884 suggested that Creat Britain oul contribute af- ter 1922, a maximum of £2,000,000 annually, equally devoted to assist ing the transportation of emigrants and in land settlement, the latter to be in the from of advance loans. Mr. Wood, expressed the opinion that the importance of the Imperial Conference lay in the fact that it emphasized the preblem of Empire settlement which could not be pro- prely treated by spasmodic measur- es, but was one demanding the con- tinuous attention of the British and the overseas governments, Mr. Wood added that the problem was only soluble by permanent co- operation between Great Britain and the dominions, He argued that Em- pire settlement could never be a reth- edy- for unemployment. Practically the whole migration was directed to- wards land settlement which, how- ever, developed employment, He wel- comed Mr. Clynes' speech and en- dorsed the latter's hope that the time was not far distant when it would be possible to consider moving on to Australia and New Zealand with somewhat the same ease as a man now seeks employment in the Eng- lish counties. ~ ee e------------ ' 1 ii Duelists Fire 78 Shots But Neither Is Hit Rome, Nov. 5,--Count Pietro Rus- !coni "and Lieutenant Altobelli, both jof this city, recently engaged in a duel that is believed to have set the record of smali gun practice. They faced each other on the field of honor and began hostilities which continued until they had exchanged 78 rounds, neither one having suf- fered serious damag>. At last their seconds and surgeous in attendance interfered and stopped the fusillade, _ The two men before retiring de- clared themselves reconciled. | Interest Rates Reduced On Agricultural Loans Washington, Nov. 5.--Reduction {in interest rates on {wo classes of loans was announced vesterday by the war jinance corporation.' The corporation said it had re- duced its rates on advances fo banks for agricultiral or livestock pur- poses irom 6 1-2 fo 5 per cent. on all advances maturing in six months or less, without the privilege of re- newal and on all other advances for agricultural or livestock purposes from 6 per cent. to & 1-2.per cent. « Mackenzie King's Supporters Emu- late Those of Grandfather. Ravenshoe, Nov. 6.--In Thomas Law's blacksmith shop, all cleaned up and decorated for the purpose, citizens of the district gathered Thursday for a meeting in the in- terests of Hon. Mackenzie King, Lib- eral leader ard candidate In North York. The smithy was packed to the doors and scareely another per- son could have gained admission, Speakers recalled that in '37 their ancestors gathered in the Lount blacksmith shop at Holland Land- ing to cheer the spéeches of Mr. King's grandfather, a r ¥ ERE fully ihe lands of Australia and Ca- | would remove the suspicion and op- | ORAL ENTHUSIASM | FOR THE CONFERECE| | Should Go Slowly in Scrap- ping Anglo-Jap Treaty, Comments Chronicle. §5.--The Dally London, hv. the on { Chronicle. in an editorial 'Washington conference says there is {in the United States and Great Brit-| lain an amount of moral enthusiasm | for its objects which, wisely direct- led, is capable of moving mountains. | 1"1t is because Weg realize the im- | mense force latent in this moral ar-| {dour," the Chronicle continues, "that we are anxious to avoid cer- [tain sunken rocks which are more |easily seen from this side than from | that. | "In the first place let us beware in {our enthusiasm for a perfect settle- {ment of throwing away such safe- 'guards, imperfect though they may | be, as already exist in the Anglo- (Japanese Treaty. At any rate, let i: {improve before we reject it. "In the second place let us re- {member that in this conference, un- like that at Versailles, there is no criminal. We are all to be presum-| ed equally eager to legislate for the| general good, and for the same reas- | on that peace and reduction of ar- maments are not only the common ideals' but the common interests of all alike. Baron Hayashi, in his |speech in London last Saturday, en- couraged us to think that not the] least practical and helpful of sug-| gestions toward disarmament will come from Japan. "We put these things first because we cannot understand how peace can come except by reconciliation and because we think that our alliance, so far from being an obstacle, may be a bridge of friendship. But the conference would be shorn of its at- tractiveness for us if it did not also result tu, closer understanding - be- [tween this country and the United |States, That, indeed, as we all feel, is the master key of the world's peace." |METHODISTS PAID $3,767,430 TO FUND Forward Movement Collec= tions Already Total 77.3 Per Cent. of Total. Toronto, Xo. &, --~ Reports sub- mitted at yesterday's meeting of the Methodist National Finance Commit- tee of the Methodist National Cam- paign, indicated that collections for the Forward Movement to Nov. 1st were$8,787430.24, or 77.3 per cent of the $4,877,000 total subscrip- tions, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Conference heads the the conference with a pércentage of 93. Toronto Conference is just un- der the average with 74.7. Up to the first of this month expenditures were $5,719,318, w't1 a balance on hal of $48,122. On special objectives $3,- 285,000 had been disbursed, made up to $21,314,000 to the Missionary Society, $1,314,000, to Superannua- tion Fund and $657,000 to the Edu- cational Society. An additional $250,- 000 was spent on current revenue during 1919-20, The $1,300,000 contributed to the Superan: uation Fund has been in- vested in Dominion and provincial government bonds, The Missionary Society's share. has been divided, $426,138 to the Home Department and $425,224 to the Foreign Depart- ment, ADOPTS STANDARD GAUGE, Four-Fifths of Australia's Railway Mileage Affected, London. Nov. 6.---A Reuter cable from Melbourne, Australia, says it was decided at the conference of the Istate prémiers to adapt the propos- ral to convert all the railway systems 'in the commonwealth into standard | (4 feet, 8 1-2 inches) gauge. The premiers will consider the financial obligations in. connection therewith at another conference fix- ed for next January, after obtaining the views of their respective govern- ments, It is estimated that the carrying out of the proposal will cost £57, {000,000, for which, it is suggested, {the commonwealth government. will float a loan. Of the 29,900 miles of railway in the Commonwealth, only about six thousand miles are standard gauge. Most of the systems have a three feet, six inch gauge. About 26,000 miles 'of the roads of the common- wealth are owned by state and fed- eral governments, > Children Live Like : Wild Young Animals Riga, Npv. 5.--Children are liv- ing in the woods and flelds like young animals in some parts of the famine district of Saratov, says an official wireless dispatch from Mos- cow, They are little waifs who have fled from famine stricken cities and villages and subsist on roots and grass, When adults approach they flee in fear. ' "Entire families are jumping into rivers and cases are reported of par- ents strangling their children rather than 'see them 'die by starvation," says the dispatch, which also gives the first report of disorderly migra- tion, "Over the roads in the Irbit district, is moving a band of disor g 9 ALLEN TO-DAY ZANE GREY'S "THE MAN OF THE FOREST" "LAST EDITION. BODY BLOW FOR CRERAR 'Only Resort For the Grain Growers Is the Privy Council. Winnipeg, Nov. 5.--The judgment of the court of appeal of Manitoba, which dissolves the injunction grant- ed by Justice Curran restraining the, Royal Grain Enquiry commission, is unanimous. Chief Justice Perdue's judgment affirms the authority of the tommie- sion to enquire into' grading and weighing of grain, handling of grain at elevators, grain exchanges, financ- ing lake shipments, etc. He had no doubt as to the power of the domin~ ion parliament to enact the Inquiries act. An inquiry might be directed into "any matter connected with the good government of Canada." C. P. Wilson, for the government, at the conclusion of the judgment asked that the judgment be made fin- al, closing the case, since there could be no point to the original plaintiffs going back to Justice R. Curran for trial of facts as to legality of acts of commission since court of appeals finds it legally entitled to even wider scope than it originally assumed. The completeness of the verdict rather discounts the possibility of Messrs, Crernr and the Northwest | Grain Dealers' Association or oher grain exchange members making fur- ther plans to head off the investi- gation. There is nothing in the judg- ment that orders the trial court "0 again reopen the case wth' reference to those phases not touched on in the original proceedings and 'there is feeling expressed in circles favor- able *0 having the investigation pro- coed that the forty-two grain firms involved in the original case can gO no further in holding up the investi~ | gation, Politically the decision is re- | garded in Winnipeg as a terrible set | back "0 Hon. 7. A. Crerar and his grain grower friends interested in jsein, gros turthe disclosues con: cerning alleged false bottoms in the Fort William elevator, which may now be exposed to the public, ---------- | gandwiches of Gold . And Gem-Stuffed Eggs Berlin, Nov. 5.--Sandwiches of gold and egss stuffed with diamonds constituted the delectable'. luncheon. found in the lunch basket of a trav- eler on the Lithuanian-Prussian bors der. The customs men opened the bas ket and took out the sandwiches to look at the bottom of the basket. They were {mpressed by thé weight of the thick sandwiches and, upon opening them, found them spread with gold coins, over which was a layer of butter. This discovery led to an exam- ination of the eggs, which revealed that they were filled with diamonds and pearls. : An appraisal showed that the tra- veler's luncheon had a value of 18, 000,000 marks. | ------------------ INVESTED IN RUBLES Late Senator Corby Subscribed to Russian Loan Toronto, Nov. B5~--That Wall Street financiers are of the view that tere are indications, however slight, of a change for the better in Rus: sian affairs, was stated in an affida- vit before Chief Justice Sir William | Mulock at Osgoode Hall on 'the ap- | plication for leave to postpone for {two years realizing on a fund of Russian rubles in which the late Hon. Henry Corby, Belleville, had | invested. The widow and three dau- | ghters of the late senator joined im | the request, which was granted. | Senator Corby left an estate val- ued at $1,208,616, including bonds of 300,000 Russian rubles, repre- | tenting an investment of $88,625 in. an internal loan of the late imperial | government of Russia. 2 |" "Did he invest in those?" asked | sir william Mulock, with emphasis on "he" and "those." John A. Worrell, K.C., for the es- tate, admitted that he had. . "In the inventory of the estate, these rubles Bad been valued at $72,000, but in 1917, when the es- tate was being divided, the value of the rable, normally 51.45 cents, bad fallen 55 per cent, and was worth only 22 cents. An order was then obtained permitting the realization on the rubles to be deferred till 1919, The value of the ruble was then : on the toboggan, and a further two year enlargement deferred realiza= tion till the present time. : e-------- re ------ Millions Cut Off Estimate. ¥ Washington, Nov, 5.--Estimated expenditures of the government for the fiscal year 1922 now ure placed at $3,940,000,000, a reduction of $94 060,000 from the August 10th es mate of $4,034,000,000, Harding has informed congress in & letter to Spedker Gillett. Sugar Down to $7.25. Vancouver, B.C., Nov. 6.--A duction of twenty-five cents a dred pounds in the prige of derly refugees from starving Vol- EA" - is announced here. It is now od at $7.25, J