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2.7 usher, of the sa Mento Aman. Lavand owner | - of the Laurier Palace Theatre, where 78 children lost. their lives as the re- es 3 AED n Sunday, ot nd Caml Baza, oad manager, an a ay criminally r other persons who y die from any cause attributable to this panic," by a | 'coroner's jury here Thursday evening. A warrant was at once issued by Coroner Mc cMahon authorizing the po- lice to hold Lawand, Arie and Bazzy #8 prisoners. They will be held for arraignment Friday morning. The jury's verdict was rendered fol- lowing a long "inquest, which was re: sumed here Thursday morning. Out of the great amount of detail produced in the evidence, two facts were out- standing: \ 1--That Annette Bordu, cashier at the theatre, had never received in- structions to withhold the sale of tick- ets from children under 16 years, and 2--That Alex. Bazzy, brother of Camil Bazzy, acting as ticket-taker, has lived in Canada for 16 years, has been employed at other theatres, but has never heard of the existing law prohibiting the .admission of minors 'motor cars were plac at the toni found | ; blo fox 'the death "of the 78 children, and for that of "all i Miss Rose Of the long" distance tawa telephone exchange, who adjust- ed the plugs which completed the radio telephonic conversations between Ot- tawa and England. ; a ticket for Albert Romillard, a , boy of seven. Re RUNAWAY HORSES HALT C.N.R, TRAINS Nimble-Footed Team Crosses Six Railway: Bridges With Freight at Heels. Campbellford.-- With a heavy wa- gon tilting and careening at their|® heels, a nimble.footed team of rum- under 16 years of age. 'Annette Bordu has been cashier at; the Laurier Palace for 16 months. She admitted that she had sold tickets to unaccompanied children "under 16 years. She did not know how many balcony tickets she: 3nd wold, nor chad she ever been in. the ho. bajcony of Laurier Palace. Asked by Antoine Chauvin, assitant Asked prosecutor, if it was her custom to sell tickets to children under the legal age, she re- plied that she had received no instruc- tions not to: do so. She knew nothinggabout 50 children being admitted grat She.could give no estimate of the number of minors vémitted, but thought it had been quite large. Miss Bordu declarnd that she had been in conference with Lawand on Wednesday afternoon in company with other employes. The conversa- _ tion had been carried on in Syrian and was not understood by Wer, but she was firm: in her declaration that Law- and had told her to tell the truth. . - Alex. Bazzy, in the course of his evi- dence, admitted that he did not know of the existence of the Provincial law, and also said that he had not reufsed admission to any children on Sunday. He denied that he himself had bought oroxto, h. i at--No. 1 Nort! He i No.3 North. - oats---N 2 CW, nominal; No. quoted; No. x 1. feed, 60c ;. No. "Sorel Western i quota- Pr 88; haps, 3 Ts oh of mio d--Del. Montreal bags included: Bran, per ton, shorts, per ton, $34.25; mi 10.25. rg oats, b50c, f.0.b. f $ away horses crossed six railway bridges at top speed in the course of a six-mile run down the C.N.R. tracks between Campbellford and Godolphin, 'At Godolphin they turned from the ties and' were stopped, panting but| unhurt. Local train $chedules suffered badly by this equine display of temperament. Behind the horses as they galloped down the tracks, a fast freight snorted with impatience, for its driver was unable to pass them, unwilling to run them down. At the station, passengers on the 7.03 express, unaware of the run- away, fumed impotently at the 15- minute delay dictated by "safety-first"| 1, cellent luncheon was served to the .| party a the OL Hydro-Electric' Commission, perial Conference, and the decision as to status, Premier Coates said: opinion were given at the Conference, and I have given mine. ment--the result--will unite the Brit- ish Empire and bind it closer together. That was the aim of those in London ' put in at St. Michaels, in the Azores, in coming to the decision they had, he because of boiler trouble. said. Dominions," he declared. two successful stores Friday night and escaped in a stolen auto. which missed its mark. flour and feed store of John Price & Son, Emerald and Barton Streets, and made inquiries about the price of chicken feed. He said he wanted a of the party, which included a number the members of the Toronto press. 4s thoughtfulness 'of the officials who conducted the party around the Hydro-Electric works and Niagara Falls, played no small part in making a very pleasant journey out of what (might have been a tiring one. Prac. tically the whole of the Hydro-Electrié works on the Canadian side were visit- ed, Including the three magnificent power houses, together with a trip along the underground passages lead- ng to the foot of the Falls, An ex- , who were the guests of the Referring to the results of the Im- "Two very efficient expressions of The agree- "Leave it to the self-governing Asked as regards naval problems and whether, now that Australia has] an increasing fleet to protect her sea- South Africa, to Montreal, the Ailsa board, New Zealand intended to follow . @xperienced : trouble with her boiler cult, Mr. Coatay laughingly took excep. Hamilton, Ont.--Hold-up men paid visits to Hamilton They fired one shot At 6.20 o'clock a man entered the half "bushel, and when George Price, officials. ee Canada Uses Most Electricity. Ottawa.--According to a recent com: |; pilation by the Canadian Government, Canada now leads the world in the public per capita distribution of elec- tricity from central electric. power sta- tions. The figures of kilowatt-hours speeded to the drug store of Cecil A. Cook, 269 Dundurn Street south, and two rough-looking men entered. who was alone in the store, turned to get it, a gun was thrust in his face and he was told to hand over the cash. The man cleaned the till of $43 and ran to a small auto which was wait- ng, and escaped. After staging this job, the machine J. 80c; cooked hams, 42¢; ibe; breakfast 5 bonele:s, 33 10 4 Comb honey--$3.40 +a $4.50 per doz. | 28 to| of the store and tossed them in an old smcked rolls, to bite; backs, Smoked meats--Hams, hadon, 8 generated per capita per annum by the' five leading countries are: 1,260, Switzerland 886, United States 681, Sweden 467, Norway 370. Canada red me; Ae Sat af bacon, 50 to 70 Tbs, § 8; 70 to $20.50; 20% Tbs, and up, 55. HH ehiosiont rolls, in barrels, $41.50; "heavyweight rolls, $38.54 per bbl. Lard--Pure tiercmn, Jah to to 16%c; tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16% to 17c; Hints; 17% to 18¢; shortening tierces, 212 2 to 12%¢; blocks] 14% to 15¢; pails, UH jo 13 rt stee $7 to $7.50; eavy expo steers 50; avy steers, .25 to 6.50; i | butcher Ee choice $7.25 to $7.4 to $6.20; i; oss, Ja butcher heifers, 8] Coote, Ti . $7; to Jax to good, heat--$1.27 to waloping pin 8, Age SoBe hace. $5 Fi cut for Drummondville. | Drummondville statio) the Canadian broadcast a Castau, clerk, was alone in the store and he suspected that the visit was made for the purpose of robbery. The men asked for a soft drink, and when 'he. went to get it he quietly slipped the bills from the cash box into his hand and then took them to the back tin. When he returned with the drinks the two had revolvers levelled at him, and he was told to pay over the ltrs Damion Bares of ; the o receipt of ai - reports logram from the Australian Com- wealth. statistician at Melbourne, | {which states that the Australian har- 000,000 bushels, or 9,000,000 bushels more than the previous official esti- mabe of 165,000,000 bushels reported | by the bureau last month. The area sown to wheat in Aus- tralia for 1926-27 is 11,000,000 acres. The final estimate of the yield of wheat in Australia in 1925-26 was 107,448,900 bushels from 10,288,900 acres, and the annual average produc tion for the five years 1920-21 to 1924- 26 was 134,797,600 bushels from 9, 782,900 acres, mre ices in Two.and Half Months Lisbon.--The British steamship Baron Ailso, bound from Canadian ports for Antwerp, arrived here two and a half months after her departure from Montreal. The average time for the trip is about 27 days. Leaving Montreal October 29, and Sydney, N.B., November 3, the Ailsa The vessel resumed her voyage December 11, but was forced to return to St. Michaels for further repairs. On the previous voyage, Port Natal, tubes throughout the trip. TWO ARMED MEN ESCAPE IN STOLEN AUTO AFTER RAID ON HAMILTON STORES money. One man covered him while the other took what money was left. About $15 in silver was obtained, but the presence of 'mind of the clerk saved the owner from a much heavier loss. Realizing that. they bad missed the big amount, one of 'the gunmen turned to Castau and fired a shot. The bullet missed its mark and lodged in the wall. Just as the pair stepped from the drug store Mr. Cook, the owner, re- turned, and he followed the car. He as able 30 Jet four numbers of the icense, which he reported to the po- lice. The sams car was used on both visits, and descriptions of the men tallied. While the officers were tying to find the auto and after outside places had been informed, W. F. Fitzgerald, of Fitzgerald & Kent called the police station 'to report that his auto had been stolen. The numbers and des- cription 'of his car were the same as that which the bandits used. The auto was stolen from the corner of Fergu- son avenue and King street, The men were about 80 years of age and of medium height. One wore a gray overcoat and the other a brown one. CHICAGO AMATEURS HEAR A despatch from Chicago says that ENGLAND-OTTAWA TALK local ratio amateurs there picked up some of the telephone conversations between Ottawa and Bridgewater, Eng- land, on Sunday. The map shows the comparative position of Bridgewater, the English end of the Marconi beam system; Drummondville, Quebec, the Canadian end; Ottawa, which was linked with Drummondville by long die- 50 tance telephone, and where the speaking with England occurned, and Chicago, | where the radio amateurs are said to have listened in and heard some of the conversations. The map indicates that Chicago is pretty weil in the path of Bridgewater-Drummondville. One observer sald he didn't think Chicago was half a degree off the line. The beam system is supposed to concentrate radio transmission instead of throwing it indiscriminajely in every direction. It is possible, therefore, that Chicago would pick up the conversations intended It Chicago also heard the conversations shot from the n to England, either there was a big back-loss of power and Chicago heard this "back-fire" from Drummondville or Chicago heard 1 after it had reached Bridgewater going east and had ; do, continued round the world til it reached Chicago in that direction. n Pee of the year and that 0 pare days were lost. with 7,980,000 days The previouss "bad" re- 1 hen: $5,870,000 dispiite and respon. {into the ses. A few swift strokes =| by currents, but maintaining to the' Willlam H. Gray One of the oldest war veterans in Can- ada, who dled Jan. 10, aged 93 years. He saw service In the Crimean War. sora bomen INCREASED DUTY ON IMPORTED EGGS --_---- Canadian Egg Products Given Higher Protection During Winter Months. Ottawa, Ont.--The demand of the Canadian farmers for additional pro- tection for eggs has been met by the Govérnment by a temporary expedi- ent. Duties can only be changed by WILLIAM DONALD ROSS | res FORMALLY a IN. Notable Ceremony Held in Cabinet Council Chamber at Provincial Parliament Buildings. Toronto.--In ceremony which had all the directness and brevity of high state action about it, William Donald Ross was sworn in on Jan. 12 as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. The function was held in the Cabinet Council Chamber at the Parliament Buildings, and was attended by a rep- resentative gathering of those who are prominent In the public life of the province. Premier Ferguson stood on the Lieutenant-Governor's right while the commission was béing read and the oath of office administered. Chief Justice Sir William Mulock was also present, as was also His Excellency Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian envoy to Washington, Others who attended for the occasion in addition to His Honor's personal party were the Min- Isters of the Ontario Government, the officers of the Legislative Chamber, Mr. Justice Ferguson, Rt. Hon. N. W. Rowell, K.C.; Hon. E. B. Ryckman, K.C.; Edmund BriStol, and the wives of the Cabinet Ministers. : As the formal confirmation of a new Lieutenant-Governor in his high position, the ceremony of swearing in Parliament, but values for duty pur- poses can be increased by the Minister | of Customs. Hon. W. D. Euler, Min- ister of Customs, has fixed the value for duty purposes on eggs imported | into Canada at 45 cents per dozen at point of production and 48 cents at] nearest point of distribution in the country shipping the eggs here. This increased valuation, it is believed, will increase the protection to the Can- adian egg produced considerably. At present the specific duty is three cents, but there is also an ad valorem duty possible of application, and it is in this form the duty will be applied. It] is believed the increase will be about six cents per dozen, or making the new duty about nine cents as against three formerly. It is understood the new regulation will only be applicable | during those months when climatic conditions place the Canadian °8E | producer at a disadvantage with com- petitors living in more favorable climates. | acquainting Mr. | ser, {by E. J. LeMaire, Clerk of the Exe- | justice therein," has a terseness suggestive of the busi- ness rather than of. the picturesque side of the office. It lasted in all less than a quarter of an hour, in which period not only had the commission Ross with his ap- pointment been read by Col. Alex. Fra- the oaths of office administered cutive Council from Ottawa, but the necessary papers had also been signed. Mr. Ross stood pledged by his oaths to "be faithful and true and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George V.,"" to "well and truly execute his office and trust of the Lieutenant- Governor of the Province of Ontario, and duly and impartially administer, and "well and truly execute the office and trust of Keeper of the Great Seal of His Majesty's Province." With the signing of the oaths the Great Seal was delivered to the new Lieutenant-Governor and the Bible upon which he had been sworn was also presented to him. Canadian Defeats Ninety-Six of World's Best Swimmers CONQUERED SAN PEDRO CHANNEL. George Young, 17-Year-Old Toronto Boy, Wins $25,000 by Swimming 22 Miles in 15 Hours, 45 Minutes, Los Angeles, Jan. 16.--In the flick- ering Tight of huge bonfires on the shore and with | the cheers of a chilled, weary crowd Tinging in his ears, George Young, seventeen-year-old To- ronto, Ont., boy, dropped his feet to the California mainland at 3.06 o'clock this morning, the first and only swim- mer to conquer the Catalina Island channel. Fifteen hours and forty-five minutes of steady plugging over a course con- ceded to be more difficult than the English Channel gave the Toronto boy victory In the first long-distance swim of his career over some of the hardiest swimmers of the country. The chan- nel is. twenty-two miles across, but Young probably covered thirty miles in his crossing. One by one contestants had dropped out. behind him as he ploughed on through the bitter cold and choppy Archbishop Thornloe After service of 30 years as bishop of the diocese of Algoma and 11 years as metropolitan ef the church in Ontario, withdrew on January 6 from the physical activities which have fea- tured his labors in these two positions. trated most of his fellows, he pulled himself practically unaided over the gunwale. water, buffeted by waves and swept end the steady crawl stroke that has| made him Canadian champion. | Men who had conquered the English Channel, men who had international reputations when Young was just learning to paddle; women, too, nine- ty-four swimmers in all, had quit the - 1 gruelling race across the stretch of treacherous water never before cross- ed by a swimmer, when the boy stood up at last on the rocks of Point Vicente. A few deep breaths while the fire- oy glowed on his triumphant smile, then he waved a hand and dived back brought him alongside his attending A dark horse, he had won the $25, 000 prize offered by William Wrigley, Jr, for the swimmer who could fight his way across the channel. Ninety-four men and women had Young finished, including 'Norman Ross, the big Chicagoan who had ruled favorite in the race and trailed Young until the last hour. mr fiir bans Talking Welsh. Welsh 1s more generally spoken to- day than in the seventeenth century.-- Professor W. J. Gducydd, Cardiff, epee Seton Taught by Wasp. The secret of mal paper was first whoat t to show his con- ode oper discovered by the ls by watch- tug wisi bid gists osfs. : . been pulled out of the water when | to trappers in the wilds. Dahinda, Sask.--J. C. Mitchell, three times wheat champion at the Chicago International, has given a new potato, "Mitchell's Excelsior" to the Dominion, He has been growing this potato for sixteen years and it has been very popular in his own neighborhood. Now he has made it available to all Canada through regis- tration by the Saskatchewan Seed Growers' Association, Winnipeg, Man.--Portugal bas al- ready taken 500,000 bushels of Can- adian wheat and is understood to be in the market for more. Blind River, Ont.--The town's in- habitants expect a tripling of its popu« lation shortly as a result of the deci- slon to locate the Selvin-Clark saw- mill here. A water works system, new schools, docks and railway sta- tion are already being discussed. Real estate is moving briskly and farmers within a 26-mile radius expect to bene- fit from this nearby market. Montreal, Que.--The McGill Uni- versity directory, just issued, cover- ing the academic year 1926-7, shows 2,600 students listed. While a major- ity of the students are from Montreal, every other province is represented as well as many of the States of the Un- ion and Newfoundland. Fredericton, N.B.--Swine breeders in Illinois and Minnesota are buying Maritime' stock for breeding. This is apparently a direct result of the ex- hibits shown by the Maritime Swine Breeders' Association at the recent Chicago International Livestock Expo- sition. The orders are coming through J. K. King, Federal Livestock Pro- moter who took the animals to Chi- cago following their showing at the Maritime Winter Fair at Amherst. The orders will be distributed over the three Maritime Provinces. Yarmouth, N.S.~The Cosmos Im- perial Mills have installed what is said to be the largest loom in the world, capable of making cotton duck 204 inches wide. The duck is known as "paper maker's felt" and is used in large paper mills throughout Canada and many foreign countries, Charlottetown, P,E.l.--The year 1926 was a prosperous one for Prince Edward Island farmers--prices, de- mand and yield all being good. Esti- mated values of the produce are as follows: potatoes, $7,613,000; turnips, $1,219,800; wheat, $843,426; oats, $3,- 170,750; barley, $125,100; $165,000; mixed grains, $95,900; cheese, $320,190 and butter, $550,381. BE The University Sir Robert Falconer has just issued the annual report of the University of Toronto. According to this there were last year 5,480 students proceeding to degrees or diplomas, 2,225 in exten- sion courses and classes, over 14,000 in music, and some hundreds more in affiliated colleges. Btudents come to the Provincial University of Ontario from every county and district in the province. Some of the counties sending large numbers are as follows: Wentworth, 173; Simcoe, 156; York, 1564; Carlton, 106; Waterloo, 97; Ontario, 94; Well- ington, 91; Middlesex, 90; Huron, 77; Brant, 76; Halton, 75; Grey, 72; Lin- coln, 68; Essex, 68. There, were 2,626 students in Arts; 808 in Medicine; 445 in Applied Science and Engineering; 57 in Household Science; 504 .in the College of Education; 44 in Forestry; 829 in Graduate Studies; 63 in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Music; 346 in Dentistry; 97 in the Department of Social Service; and 218 in the De- partment of Public Health Nursing. rein Seven-Day Test of Beam Wireless System London. --Farly on' on Thursday morn- ing the Postoffice began a seven-day test of the beam wireless system be- tween this country and Australia and Canada. The first message sent was received clearly. If the tests are successful, the Gov- ernment will take over the stations from the Marconi Company, which built them. The advantages claimed for the beam system are cheapness and privacy. It was reported on Th \y that a London merchant. has placed $100,000 order with a New York firm by brane. Atlantic telehone. re eon es buckwheat, Report. Disappear § in Scotland Thousands of th the pleturesque thatched roofed cottages of Scotland | will become but a memory under a burgh bill which the Government plans to introduce next session in the Bri- tish Parliament. ' 3 The bill is aimed at all roofs orereds