ALLEN TO-DAY "Why Girls ave Home"' Che ALK REQUI f aily British Whi ED SAID MICHAEL COLLINS When DeValera's Name Was Again Proposed As President + ~Taking Over Govern t From the British Authorities. London, Jan. 9.--The transfer of the administrative powers to new Southern Ireland government, created under the treaty ratified on Saturday, is to be arranged for im- mediately, It ig understood that a committee of British ministers, ap- pointed under the chairmanship of Winston Churchill, will resume its work to-day, Churchill, who re- turned from Cannes yesterday, ex pressed keen satisfaction with the situation. Work Is Required Now. Dublin, Jan. 9.--When the Dail Was convened this morning, De Va- lera placed his resignation ae presi. dent of the Irish Republic formally before 'the house. Mns . Thomas Clarke moved his re-election as presi- | dent of the Republic, and Liam Mei- lows seconded the motion, Michael Collins said no one wished to be placed in the position of op posing De Valers, but and that it was faced with the pro- blem of taking over the government from the British, Work, and not talk, was what was now required, he sald, Colling declared that if Pe Valera were re-elected the people would turn { out the Dail, as it woud be the laughing stock of the world Arthur Griffith said the question had been constitutionally settled and there was nothing . to prevent the terms of the treaty being carried out. Mary" MacSwiney declared that the | pointed out | that the Dail had ratified the treaty Republican disestab- i they must carry on the government until {t- was lished by the people and, George Ga- van Duffy demanded that De Valera declare what his policy would be if re-elected. P. J. Hogan called for a speedy | election: and let the people decide, and William Sears contended that t..e treaty had been ratified and the world would so accept it. John Maclngee urged keeping the | | torces intact fo they could fight "if { England let§ us down." John Me- {| Keown and Michael Collins both jumped to their feet, claiming, "We will." | De Valera Turned Down. Dublin, Jan. 9.--A motion to re- elect De Valera president of the Irish | in the Dail | | Republic was. defeated by 60 to 58. i meee | Here's Another View, | Ottawa, Jan 9. --The National | Council of Self-Determination for | {Ireland League' of Canada and New- | foundland, has unanimouslyZpassed | | a resolution defining its attitude to- wards the Irish treaty. It declares | that Lloyd George, having stated that he would sacrifice a million sol- { diers rather than recognize the Irish Republic, the Irish people under ¥ duress and denied the right of self- | j determination, have been forced to | choose not between the existing re- | public agreement signed in London, but between the proposed agreement land war. THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Standing Committees--Posi-| (chairman), tion of Sanitary Inspector to be Advertised. "he inaugural meeting of the City Council of 1922 took place cn Monday morning beginning at 11.20 O'clock and was perhaps the shortest on record, as it occupied only fifty minutes. The retiring mayor, H. C Nickle, presided at the opening and congratulated the newly-elected may- | or, Samuel 8. Corbeft. After wishing f him success in the civic administra- tion during the year, the ex-mayor handed to Mayor Corbertt the chain and key of office. The declaration of office was administered to the mayor-elect by Police Magistrate Farrell, and then His Worship took 'his seat amid applause from the aly- ermen and a large number of spec- tators. , Among 'the ladies presen: wore Mrs. Corbett, wife of the nnw mayor, Mrs, Nash, wife of Ald. C. C. Nash and Mrs. John Wright, presii- ent of the City Poor Relief Assocw- | tion, -- The city clerk admbfistered the declaration of office to the aldermen as follows: Sydenham ward--George Bawden, Dr. F. J. O'Connor, Henfy Richard-| son, Ontario ward--C. J. Graham, E. Johnston, R. E. Kent. St. Lawrence ward--Isasc Cohen, Harvey Milne, W. P. Peters, Qataraqui ward--Thomas B. An- grove, W. J. Driscoll, Enoch God- win, Jr. Frontenac ward--Willlam Holder, Howard Kelly, William Patterson. Rideau ward--George Laturney, W. Marcellis, Dr. C. C. Nash. Victoria ward--P, B. Chown, Wil- liam McCartney, T. H. Sargent. Following the inaugural address ot the mayor, which is given in full on page seven, Ald. Kent moved that the address be referred to the incothing . standing committees, Ald, Kent con- gratulated Mayor Corbeit upon his elevation to the highest municipal position in the gift of the citizens and hoped that 'he year would be a very | profitable one. Ald Peters seconde the resolution and also added his congratulations to the mayor. The Standing Committees, ' The following standing committees HUSBAND AND WIFE. ~My husband is always me under the chin.--M. T, K. What Does Your Husband D6 ? 4 a4 Ald || Angrove and Patterson said they were , 38 the committee would know at ones wére appointed, Ald. Kent moving the following list: Finance--Mayor Corbett (chair- man) and Alds. O'Connor, Kent. Gra: | ham, Peters, Angrove, Chown. : Boards of Works--Alds. Graham Richardson, Cohen, Patterson, Nash, Sargent. Light-- Alds. | Driscoll, Fire and win, Milne, Holder, Marcellis. Property and Markets--Alds. An- grove (chairman), Holder, Marcellis, Laturney, McCartney, Sar- | gent. | 'Parks--Alds. Kent | Johnson, Milne, Godwin, | Nash, Laturney. | City Health Alds. O'C | (chairman), Driscoll, Kelly. | Industries--Alds. Peters (chair- man), Richardson, Bawden, Cohen, | MeCartney. f+ These = appointments made: Home for Aged and Infirm -- D. | Couper, Fred Welch. Board of Health---Alds. O'Connor and Marcellis, Mrs. D. A. Volume. Court of Revision--George H. Wil- liamson by the council; Samuel R. Bailey by the mayor. i Board of Education--W. M. Camp- bell, W. J. C. Allen. The executive of the Local Council | Qf Women recommended Mrs D. A. Volume as a member of the Board of | Health, and its re to (chairman), onnor were also These applications were received for the position of sanitary inspector: | | Andrew R. Brown, Henry McCam- | bridge, J. R. Minifie, Tom A. Din-| | lop, L.. FH. Joyce, C. Walter Dine, Eu-| gene Sleeth, W. H, Jackson, Levi Tryon, Raymond W. Murray, William | Gibson, James Cadue, Wm. Hackett, F. Angell, E. C. Hubley, Charles E.| Wilson, Percy T. Bould, W. J. Ba:-| jrett, N. Turner, W. J. Burle, H.| | Fowler, I. Tanner, Robert Mooney, | Jokn L. Geraldi, John B. O'Driscolt| and George Cornelius. f Ald. O'Connor moved, seconded by Ald. Driscoll, that applications for { th? rosition of sanitary insyector be advertised for in the lccal news- papers, the applications to be in by noon of Friday the 13th. This was carried. | Ald. Latarney moved, seconded by i Nash, that in connection with | the appo'ntment of a sanitary inspect- | or, preference be given to a returned soldier, who was qualified, and his a family, and who has been incapa- citared so that he cannot take up his former duties. This motion evoked some discus- sion. Alds. Kent, Graham, Peters, taoroughly in favor of the spirit of the resolution, but thought the com- mittee's hands should not be tied. Ald. O'Connor, chairman of the health committee, said he did not mind if the resolution was passed, 'what restrictions were: imposed upon it. He wanted the position adver- tised, however, and also was desir- ous of amalgamating all the duties to be performed by the inspector and fixing a proper salary, Ald. Driscoll stated that as a mem- ber of the health committee, quali- fications "alone would be taken into | number of men who served in | next Monda | councils of the city of Kin | council on Monday morning and | and was on hand fo see | Corbett. Chown | (chairman), Bawden, Johnson, God- | Kelly, | Patterson, | | quest was acceded | the fact that generally members Sanitary Incpector, 1 | with the appointment. The post was | an important one. | Ald. Bawden remarked that of the | applications received' fully one-half | were from returned soldiers, and he thought it would be quite possible to find a qualified man from among the war. The resolution of Ald. Laturney as defeated by a show of hands, the vote being 11 to 6. However, this favorable, to giving the position to a returned man, but merely gives the committee a free hand The ap- pointment recommendation must come to council, which meets again y evening. A Unique Honor. Ald. C. J. Graham had the unique honor on Monday morning of being Sworn in as the member of" the gston an. the township of Kingston. first sworn in at Cataraqui a was rushed to the city mobile to attend the nd then in his auto- city council | meeting. -- His Dog a Spectator. Ex-Mayor Nickle sat throughout the inaugural meeting of the city accompanied by his little spaniel, which was his constant companion | throughout last year. This little dog | accompanied him daily to his office, his master e to Mayor After that ceremony, he laid himself down on the green carpet and went to §leep. hand over the chain of offic 7 (22442 200000 000en] MRS. STILLMAN HURLS -* DEFIANCE AT HUBBY Montreal, Jan. 9.-- Mrs, Anne Stillman sent a telegram to her husband, James Silliman today in which she said: "Standing in the snow of Canada, 1 know what you tried to do to me, and from the north I hurl the gaunt- let at your feet. Gold agains courage James. I am ready for you. >» P * * PEER r br ERED * (Peer hr db ree Taps QUEBEC 1S 0 REGULATE BEER AND WINE PRICES The Legislature to Reject Wo- | man's Suffrage--Labor Bodies to Clash. Montreal, Jan. 9.--The Quebec | Legislature meets tomorrow, - and among the important matters that | will be up for discussion will {labor legislation, woman's suffrage and- the liquor laws, | Labor legislation and amendments to 'the' Quebec Workingmen's Com- {pensation Act will likely bring a {conflict between the rival national {and international unions for the se- {cond time in the present legislation. The meeting of the two unions, | which has been postponed by the legislators for several years, has | finally to come. : | The Provincial Government will {not favor the extension of the elec- |toral tran®@hise to women, and the {debate on that question Is not ex- pected to be a lengthy one, due to of the local House, who have taken a {part in the last Federal campaign, | will show their dislike for any change, and the Government will abstain as much as possible from interfering. The Quebec Liquor may be given power to control the prices at which wines and beer can be sold in hotels and restaurants and to prevent profiteering. The speech from the throne 'is to announce the creation of new elec- toral divisions, the number however, will not likely be Commission set. APPEARED IN COURT To Testify in ! Thornton-DavidSon Bankruptcy Case. Montreal, Jan, 9.--Money barons, bank president, senator and a host of lesser luminaries of Montreal's financial circles appeared in court to- day as witnesses in the case against Colin Cameron, ex-manager of the bankrupt brokerage house of Thorn- ton, Davidson & Co., now charged with the theft of half a milliqp 'dol- lars belonging to the firm and with the falsification of its books to the extent of another half million. The financiers were summoned to testi- fy in connection between the broker- age house and the Merchants' Bank which lost mMNlions by - the bank- ruptey. Lioyd George and Briand On Point fo Agreement Cannes, Jan. 9.--Premiers Lloyd George and Briand were on the point to-day of agreeing on the essential features of a pact for the protection of France from possible German ag- gression, which the British say will Rot 36 an alliance but a sort of gen- eral European accord in 'which Bel- glux and Italy will be included. consideration by him in connection British troops are to leave Treiand shorily, a 1 2 U KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JAN. 9 the| He was] + : | throat, the bullets entering from the |80Vernment of the minority of the { be | of which, | A MYSTERY AT MONTREAL | | Murder of Ottawa College | does not mean that the council is not | Student --Body Found | in a Shed. | Montreal, Jan. 9.--Raoul Lorme, a young student of Class ' |of Ottawa College, and a brother of {J. A. DeLorme, a priest of this city, | was found with two bullets through | his head on the snow, near a small | De on 1922, ONTARIO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' DEMANDS | High Schools and Share of Grants. | Toronto, Jan. 9.--The Separate School Board claims that under the | British North America Aet, Catholics | have the right to establish high Ischools. It fis stated that the de- | cision indicated by Premier Drury | against allowing ! separate school { boards to.take care of secondary edu- | cation may be appealed to the federal | government, The Catholic church is meking three important demands on the De- | partment of Education. They are: shack in the neighborhood of Sncw-/ First, the division of corporation and | Division of Taxes, Separate g ALLEN NO-DAY "Why Girls Leave Home" LAST EDITION IRISH TREATY { RATIFIED BY DALL; VOTE 64 T0 57 Ireland Becomes a Free State With Status of (Canada--De | Valera Announces His Resignation as President of "Irish Republic." - Dublin, Jan. | Saturday night 9.--The Dail Eireann voted for ratification [ot the trea'y creating the Irish Free ! State. The vote was six | fifty-seven, After the vote was taken Eamonn . 2 {de Valera announced his resi natic den Junction about threé miles from | Public utility taxes; second, separate | ; ro the heart of this city. | Complete mystery surrounds the | perpetration of this crime, but it is the theory of detectives who are working on the case that there is a | woman in the case and that the deed | was done in the spirit of revenge. | Raoul left his brother's home Fri- |day afternoon, telling him {he was going to a local { About seven o'clock he telephoned Was| to the house and said he had been 0 fortnight, | the performance and was going to jEopger with friends and that after- wards he might take an automobile [ride and that his brother was not {to worry about him if he was a little | late. | Who the friends are with whom | ne went to the theatre or with whom jae stayed are absolutely unknown |to the family, although his brother remembers hearing him speak on one idccason of a friend who lives fon Beaudry street. Robbery was {not the 'motive of the erime, for on «| bearing the inscription, "U. of o.,| '22," while in his pockets were all + his private papers, some letters and | |& small sum of money. | The victim was shot once through | the head and once through the | right side. | ped round his head to staunch Napkins had peea wrap- the [tied around the throat, not to | strangle him but to keep the nap- kins in place, The napkins were evidently tied around the head while presumably to | |the body was removed, in an auto or other conveyance, the spot where it was found. The boy is not known to have had any bad companions and to have been of good habits. He wen: to Confessions as late as ay; preparatory evidently to his return to Ottawa where he was to resume his studies on Monday. | NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM | Tidings From Places Far and | Near Are Briefly | Recounted. | De Valera refuses to accept | vote on the Irish treaty as legal. | Persia has decided to become a | member of the League of Nations | Louis Philippe Sirois noted Quebec | rotary and Laval professor, is dead. Hamilton contractors pledged to ke discounts to help restore normal ade. | Joint International Commission re- { commends building of St. Lawrence | waterway, | Joseph Oliver, grand sire of t | Odd Fellows, died on Sunday in Tor- onto, | 'Major Glen succeeds Col. Gordon | as officer commanding Camp Borden i air station. | New Brunswick to issue $1,800,- | 000 bonds for Hydro development (and highways, N.B. government considering con- [ trol of liquor sale, also inc | land taxation, Archbishop Thorneloe of Algoma fifth anni. the | | tal ; tr | highly honored on twenty- | versary of consecration. { Refusal of British and American | banks to accept Russian gold rubles has caused trouble in trading with Russia, It is expected that the ice-breaker | | contract awarded to the Canadian Vickers Company of Montreal for $1. 300,000 will be cancelled. The Canadian Government Mer- chant Marine announces a reduction in passenger rates from Halifax to Kingston, Jameice, on its ships. The evacuation of 49,884 Christ- lans, most of them Armenians, from Silfcia into Syria, under protection of the French army, has just been completed. The Ottawa branch of the G. Ww. | V. A. is asking for the naming of a Royal Commissfon, to investigate re- establishment, rather than a parlia- mentary committee, ------ Seeking Half of Amusement Tax. amilton, Jan. 9.--The provincial government took from the people of this city during the year ending Octo- ber 31st the sum of $137,151.86 in amusement taxes. There is an agi- tation here to have half of this money 'given to the city, to be used in connection with civic institutions. ---- The output of coal from Canadian mines durilig the first nine months ten and three-quarter ome and. | | participate in the international | high schools, and third, a share of | provincial grants to primary educa- tion, | FIGURING OUT THE ELECTION. | Many Constituencies, | Ottawa, Jan. 9.---About forty econ- stituencies are yet to report officially ot the recent federal elections, but the fine] gazetting will be within a i has been caused by recounts, When |all but the Yukon, which inevitably | will be late, are received, the direc- | tor of elections will tabulate the total vote. | Sufficien; is known already to in- | di 1 da |1s accounte vote of women electors, the great | proportion of whom voted for the | firet time. Popular interest in the election was also a factor in the hig | turnover generally, but, in a few cen- buble that of the last election. This «his finger was found his®class-ring, | tres, it was below normal. ! Figuring out a "popular majority' | will be difficult this time. The Lih- erals have the largest group in par- | Hament, and the largest vote, but | with the Conservatives and Agrarians { support added together it will be a |electors. On the other hand. the | Liberal vote added to that of the " % blood and a piece of cord had been | Farmers will show an enormous pre- | ponderance over that cast for the i Meighen candidates. There were more big majorities | on December 6th and more deposits {lost by defeated candidates than in | |any general election in Canadian p > | litical history. | --. GED T0 BUILD CREAT WATERWAY | streets in the vicinity of the univer- orn sity, where the Dail is meeting, cin- The Commission Rec mends gested with people anxious to learn Canada and U.8. to Construct 8t. Lawrence Sea Route. The projected St. Lawrence sea- way to bring ocean ships directly to | reat lakes ports is approved by the | International' joint commission re- | presenting the United States and Canada in a report transmitted | simultaneously to the United States | secretary of state and the Ottawa | government, i the project be undertaken jointly by | the United States and Canada, with- lout delay. | mission's recommendation is a re- | port by the waterway engineers de- | scribing the undertaking in detail | :and estimating its cost. The plan pravides for thirty-three | miles of canalization of the St. Law- | rence river at a cost to the Ameri- ican and Canadian governments of { $252,725,000. The cost of the under- | taking would be recovered from the | sale of electric power developed at various points along the seaway. | According to the report signed by the engineers, the proposed water- | way would be about 120 miles long, from a point opposite Prescott, Ont., {and Ogdensburg, N.Y., at the eastern { vip of Lake Ontario, to Montreal. The locks favored by the engi- | neers were declared capable of de- | veloping 1,750,000 horsepower. This | { woud be more than twice the 700, 000 horsepower now generated at | Niagara Falls. Thirty feet is the depth favored by the engineers. ! GLAD TO PARTICIPATE, { Hungary Pleased at Invitation to the Economic Council. Budapest, Jan .9.--The supreme council's invitation to Hungary to nancial and economic council, in ed upon with much satisfaction by the morning papers. Political cir- cles see in this development the new garded here, as a hostile ring of Iit- tle entente around Hungary, AMBASSADOR INJURED. When His Car Was Upset by Broken Axle, Cannes, Jan. 9.--George Harvey, United States ambassador te Britain, his automobile broke and he thrown completely out of the He was able to rise, however, was rushed to his hotel. Since taking office, Mr. King has adopted the policy of Sir Wilfrid Laurier 10 grant no newspaper in- terviews, hence the alleged interview in which 'the Hearst papers were car, and . lauded is ax absolute falsehood. 7 In a.few divisions deiay ! cate that the aggregate is almos: | | The commission recommends that Accompanying the com- | fi- | Genoa, early in March, is comment-| possibility of a break in, what is re-| was injured today when the axle of {from "he presidency of the Irish re- | publie, | Ata late hour Saturday afternoon | both pra-treaty and anti- treaty party | leaders in the Dail had claimed sk | majori'les would be given in | Complete Figures Still Lacking From | [2Y0T When the vote on ratificaticn | Was taken. The Griffith backers favoring rati- fication estimated that out of 122 votes the supporters would secure 63. Arthur GrMtith made the final ar- gument for the treaty. He began speaking at 7.30 o'clock. His speech was frequently interrupted by ap- plause. Burgess Sums Up, Summing up of the Dail's long de- | bate on the Downing street compact d for mainly by the heavy began when Burgess, closing speakeo: | for the opponents of the treaty, rose at five o'clock to deliver his final |speech. Excitement was at fever heat in the council chamber as | soldier--minister attacked the cor pact, "I don't want to fight," began. But I would rather than be a British subject." He declared he and his followers Burges: righ would never agree to the ratification | of a treaty which called for allegiance | Valers | to King George The de | faction was confiden! as their spokes- | man continued to denounce the treaty. Griffith. and Collins, declared Bur gess had been intimidated into sign ing the treaty. Another Recess, After Burgess concluded his speech | of opposition, the speaker declarea |arother recess. The Dail was called |to meet at 7 o'clock when Griffith | would make the final speech and the tvote would be taken, | The interval be'ween th afternoon and evening sessions found tha | the trend- of its deliberations and got | the earliest reports of the vote Republic Not Established, In his speech supporting the treat; Joseph McGrath who is in close toush with the labor movement, said he nad done his best in Easter week, 1916. but knew they would not get a re- public. He was now five years old:: than he had expected to he, he re- marked amid laughter, It took more than resolutions tn establish a republic and in fact the republic had not been effectively es- tablished, continued McGrath. They had not carried out 'heir first duties to the people in social policy and had ty-four to | ght | their | 1 le | | no powers to do it. He read a lettor {from Alderman Kelly, Lord Mayr | elect of Dublin, one of the members for that city, who had been broken |in health in an English prison aad [could not now attend the Dail ses- sions. In this letter Kelly sald he would vote for the treaty if he wore present, McGrath created a sensation by stating that when and Boland weat to Gairloch, Scotland, on their last trip as messengers in the negotia. tions * with Prime Minister Lloyd George, Boland told him he was go- { ing to the United States on: behalf ot | Eamonn de Valera to prepare the { people of the United States to accept "something short of a republic." Replying to McGrath Mr, de Valera said that because he wanted to be | bonest with the people of the United { States he had told Boland to let them know he could not secure the "iso lated republic," which was Ireland's ideal, but that his external assoela- | tion plan would give 'Iréland com=- § | plete independence. Ireland (henceforth to be called the Irish Free State) to have the stat- us of Canada. Irish M.P.'s to swear allegiance to { the Irish Free State and declare fidelity to the crown, acknowledg- ing empire partnership. The Irish Free State to contribute towards the national 'debt and payment of war pensions. {Imperial forces to undertake Irish | coast defence for at least five years and to receive harbor, avia- tion=and oil-fuel storage facilities at specified ports. Any Irish military defence force not to exceed in proportion to popula- tion the size of the forces of Great Britain, The Irish Free State to compensate public servants (with certal 0X ceptions) displaced by the hifi of government, Northern Ireland to have the opfion of remaining outside the ' Irish Free State. Should it so decide, . the boundaries between the Free State and Northern Ireland to be defined by a commission of three persons. If Northern Ireland joins tha Free State, the Ulster government will retain its present powers, but the Free State government will fune~ tion In Ulster in matters outside the Ulster government's jurisdies tion subject to agreed safeguards. No religion is to be endowed or boy- cotted by either Irish parliament, The agreement will be ratified by legislation subject to approval by the Imperial and Southern Ireland parliaments | a-- * Teams of Treaty. { NIA A iy, A WILL OCCUPY ROOM 221. { Mackenzie King to Work in Laurier's | Old Quar'ers, | Ottawa, Jan. 9. practice of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir John A. Macdonald, Premier | Mackenzie King will occupy room [221 in the East Block, The room has been tinted and cleaned in prepara- tion for the new occupant, and will be ready for Mr. King when he re- turns from Denver Room 221 was occupied by Sir | Wilfrid Laurier during his term of office a8 premier, and Sir Robert | |Ca Borden moved into it when he suc- ceeded Sir Wilfrid. After the forma- | tion of the Union government, how- ever, Sir Robert decided to take an- | other suite of rooms adjacent to the | privy council chamber, where the | meetings of the cabinet take place. | Premier Meighen occupied these rooms during his term of office. | action of more confidential business. | | HEART DISEASE NOT FATAL. | | heart trouble -Reverting to the i | 8¢ hools," said H. C. "It doesn't do anything of the |The Roman Catholfes 3 i® t get | is understood that the new premier | will use the rooms formerly occupied | by Premier Meighen for the trans- | | |de {drank varnish, | ---- | error, | Four Sufferers Reached the Age of | i 100 in Canada, | Ottawa, Jan. 9.--The sufferer from | will find consolation | 1 A DEFENCE LEAGUE. Public School Formed. Toronto, Jan. 9.--The Roman Catholics agitating for an ' amend- ment to the Ontario assssment act, to increasq separate school finds and to provide for separate high schools, may result in the formation of = public school defence league. A. jconference, attended by Orangemen. and certain leading Protestants, was held Saturday, but a decision may {not be reached for a few days. "The new attack by the Roman tholic church would ' lead one to believe that the British North Am- erica Act provides for separsts high Horcken. M.D, kind. are getting all the law provides. They should any more. The' Catholie church wants to destroy the publie school system for the benefit of t separate." : For the May Be ---------------------- At Grand Rapids, Mich., eight rs of the Seventh Ret h ormed church instead of wine, Germany has been summoned we the conference at Cannés. ---------------- lin farther vital statistics issued by (P+ $6420 00 ess 644 | the Bureau of Statistics. { tits cover April last, They show that of four centenarians who died in Canada during that month, no less than three had heart disease. One lived just to reach the hundred mark; another died at 101; the third survived to the age of 104, There was still another, with arterial affec- tions. He passed by his more deli- cate 'fellow-centenarians and died. at the age of 106, Cancer (all forms) was responsible for 390 deaths. 6.6 per cent. of the total deaths for the month, or one out of every fifteen deaths. ------------ Toronto's assessment has increas- ed $221,181,878 in ten years, The statis- | % |* FUSE DROWNED OUT + : IN NICh OF TIME + Havana, Jan. 9.--A can of % dyramite, with a #pluttering # 'fuse burning mearly to ftg + ent was discovered in the & # nick of tlioe on tha ferryboat | # Huvete, and an explosion + which would have blown to * rtlees the vessel and fis hun- % deeds ef passenger: wes par, * _rowly averted haw Friday. + "A seward, sweeping under a # bond, 'splashed water from 4 his mop. + "ho Ba Pati ig » POPC 4090002000009