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NT1NG ,TEIWS TROY
Liquor Stores .Catered to
Crowdin£; Queues On'Open-.
ing Day and After.
THE WEEK'S ACCIDENTS.
r Tlltlr4 idity Hera:!
Ontario drank deep, or at least got
the necessary, with great enthusiasm,
when' the lidwas lifted on June 1,
Everywhere that is, where the Coy-
eminent
overnment stores operated tinder the
new Liquor Control Act -the story
was the sumo. A11 -day comes
haunted the "shops" and kept clerical
staffs within struggling to'meet their
demands. Men and' women \salted in
• line for hours to get their tui n' at• the
-Boer and whiskeys" counter: Wind-
zee' had to stop issuing permits
mid afternoon becapse store officials
coulii not keep' pace with the public';
"Wet" raquirements.
London' reports' "a crusii of cus-
•temers" thet'completely swamped' its
stbret. Prbni Kitchener comes the 'i.r1-
fdiniation'£hat "a eiplendid Business"
wbs done all day,
ILnfarililiilrity of purehaaers with
reguilition nd the""greenness," gen-
erally speaking, 'of the "stores'"
staffs are., accountable ' to rto` small
•extent, -for the queues. Shen the last -
;hour rush` foi permits, whirls, Chair=
mean Henna -of the Liquor Board says,
`night bdve been secured lust week.
lenience' ce of tourist' permits in • all
•centres Was insignificant..
Fridayts story Was the same only
more so:
claims . to have been r•ublre'<I of $150.
Parker :Arse' fii t picked 1 up for,
s& eding and. driving without lights
on the I:a.sl;eronce Road td by Tecwneeh.
police. ` lie admitted his guilt, and
left $20 With the Chief Constable. An
hour later Benaslu reported he had
been held pep by to armed man
sWering Pnker's description A rote
merit after the b'ord City polite were
notified,, and one of the Ford City
constables brought in the suspect on
a charge of speeding; for which he
was asseseod $23.50.
Benaeki was .taken to Ford City,
and :he immediately identified Parker
as the hold-up ma -i, .the police said.
Detoctivee are.. seeking i'.a bobbt-',
blonde -haired girl, who is said to have
been in Par'ke'r's'car: when ho ttopiiod
ltenaski,
Msrtor'ist'Loses His Liffe
Teaching Girl to Drive
i
Penjbroke.- hen the car
W a 1 e was
drivj:ng• turned' over Sitti1A'day:after-
noon, Patrick Gorman of Douglas was
-Instantly killed;: receiving injuries
tibout'the head and his -temple. An
inquest was held a. few hours later
by Dr. J. Crallig6in of gganville, and
he declarod ;death 'accidental Wirt
German had been teaching rise Mar-
garet Neville, daughter of tho pro-
prietor. of the -hotel . at Which. he board-
ed, to cbrive their car. :He was at the
wheel.' himself driving tuward the C:
N. R. Station when the accident,hap-
pened. In sem& 'way' he lost control
of the" car, arid It turned over in -a'
deep ditch. Mies 'Neville escaped with -
minor injuries.
'Kidnapping Plot Unearthed
at Windsor. '
Windsor: A plot to kill Joseph
Kevinsky, local milloinaire, and kid-
nap his. wife and daughter was un-
covered .recently, the police said,
when four Dien were arrested, Those
under arrest are: Frank Ward, bar-
ber at the Prince Edward Hotel,
-formerly of London; Arthur Lepage,
12 Pitt Street East; Hammond Llil-
lister, Detroit. and Patrick O'Shea,
aged 86, of 1029 Ouellette Avenue:
Kovinsky, who assisted detectives
to trap the' quartet of alleged Black.
Handers, who are said to have de-
manded:$6,00D from him on pain of
Gasoline Tank Explodes
While Mechanic Welds 1't
Tillsonburg.-William Cochrane of
the ,Cochrane :Foundry and Machine
Co. had a miraculous escape from
very serious injuries when a small
gasoline tank which lie was welding
'exploded in his face, causing very
geveyro'barns en the forehead, mouth
and inside of the mouth. The fact
that ho was tveat•ing a double pair of
!goggles saved his sight . Tver'y pre-
caution had been taken to tease e ntr_
there was no "gar oUtae in the '.mc,,,
:and the rause the -o.,t t
:not nr,
'instant death to himself and son, kid -I
napping of his daughter -and, i t,, , -1•r - ,'
and bombing tf him; ploee r' M`a`ne
'received the death -et l tat o;•
'May 25. Since then officers ha sen
trailing the Dien, and Tuesday :•s:
fell into: the clutches. of the law
through a tip owthe' telephone to
Constable Welter Loll free-, ,n un-
named woman, wt fu':_lhed the
names and add:.. a of t... ' alleged
'Black Han der a.
'Girl Changes Her Story,
And Mother is AITested
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. - James
Thomas, John. Harvey; Peter Dnpn
acid Harry; McAnch of Thessalon,
.charged with criminally, assaulting a
girl under .14, years of age, were'hon
erably aciyiltted by Judge 7. Stone,
when it was brought to light that the
-"hole affair had been a frank up.
The girl completely exonerated the
men, and swore that her:' mother had
concocted the story she had told at
'hc: preliminary hearing in March.
Mrs. Mary -S. Davey, the girl's moth-
er, was arrested in the court -room on
a perjury charge and remanded until
Juste 4, when she will face; eight more
charges in connection with the case.
Arrested for Speeding,
Man is Held as Bandit'
Darius Maus of Hamilton is
jj . Killed and Three ()timers
Injured,
Flarailton: Glaring h 't4ligtits .'rf
another cur wero blamed for a fated
accident oa the Toronto=Herii}t....
Highway recently when Darius ibiana
118 Napier Street received injuries
to which he succumbed within a few
minutes,
When 'nearing the city tie, glaring
headlights of another car cameo! Mrs.
Hines, who tvys driving. to ioae con-
trol of h i au':outohtlea, The ear went
into the drteh and No oiled for 57
feet, then requite'd' tis mitente$t rind:
proceeded for a:iothci 116 feet when
S left the rood for a eeeond time and
turned upside down in n ditch.'
Maur was pinned under the over-
turned
vetturned ear and his head was. crtished.
Earl Walls, 110 Catharine. Street
crt`:, end William Nevillee.' 097
John Street North, proceeded to the
General, Hospital with Maus,.btrt'the
latter diets before that institution was
An inquest, will beheld into the
death of Mauch Detective Duffy, ac-
companied by Motorcycle' Officer
Maxwell, visited the scene of.the ncci-
Windsor. --Arrested by Fod City dent and took he measurements of
constables' after paying two fines in the wheel marks. Mrs. Hines stated
as mans hours for speeding, George -that the speed of her car was not
Parker, alias Bennett, Who gave his' more than: 25 or 90 miles an hour
address as 1584 Bruneth Avenue, De -I when the accident occurred. Mr. Maus
trait, is held at Tecumseh in connec- j will be buried in Paris. "He is -sue-
tion with the armed hold-up of Frank vived by,one sister, Mrs. Fred Slade,
Eenacici of Sandwich East, , wlio 156 Balsam Avenue, Toronto.
Another. Triuiph ' for 'Young Canada
.E GYP ° OBJECTS 70 S AR.FW WE FIRE RAGED
WHILE RUSSIA BLAME POLITICS IS S O ` ROYALTIES ,SHIP
U,S• k roiniaes Consideration will fad a wuy of reali
sing unhamP
to Border Note and Canada ered their ambitions for normal rela-
Lions with the Soviet.
Liti'inof emphatically denies all
Welcomes' Phillips,
charges of violating the trade agree -
PRINCE AND BALDWIN m•eat. War-Llke Preparations.
COMING. An appeal issued in the name of the
A tense situation deists between various Moscow unions urges workers
Great Britain and Egypt owing to and peasant youth to voluntarily ens
the efcoi•ts of the Zaghlulist-extrem- list in the Red Army. It recommends
ista' section of the Egyptian Govern-
ment to force the elimination of ,the
few remaining' British officers serv-
ing in the Egyptian Army, particu-
larly the Sirdar, or Commander -in
Chief,
The issue -has been created by re-
commendations of the Egyptian Par-
liamentary War, Commission; ,one of
these recommendations was the total
removal of British representation on
the Egyptian Army Council,
This measure'is not acceptable to,
the British Government, and to fore-
-Clifford Brielter,'Catt. Ont;'.ntaratho'ner, fs sflown witl'}'hte father as he 'stall it 'a note was despatched to
finished fust in the Cairo roar-et-hen'at Buffabo: Bricker broke the kap one Egypt which theress :generally
g y
mmnta and twenty-five seconds ahead of: Jahnny•Milee, the. Nova Scotia characterizes as an ultimatum brit
rue iter, who caini9 the rli, and tiwiity=eight secoads before Le`h3iir *toted which the Foreign' Office maintains
go a mere ' warping, containing no
threat of any kind, but expressing 'a
•
- A .are Honor.
Paris. -Before leavingParis Cap-
tain
-
p
tain Lindbergh received another -rare
'honor -one that but .fifty men` hays
had sines 1321.
The Geographical Society, founded
in'"that•-.year, held a genera' 1 a's'sembly
desire for co-operation between' the
and voted to grant its "Great Medal 'British and' Egyptian Governments
cf Gold' to the aviator for his New to ensure the defence of Egypt.
York -to -Paris flight: it is furtherasserted that the de
Amon '' those who r i
g received this spatch of 'British warships 'to Egypt
honor .in the past were Sir John is not a demonstration, but a pre -
Franklin, Aretie explorer; David Liv-' caution for the preservation of for
ingstone, and Reno Caiile, French ex-' eign life and. property ..for which•
plorer of a century ago. p p y
G t B't' h d
bility. It is explained that excitable
Egyptian mobs easily get out of con-
trol a times of political excitement.
res ri an as as
TORONTO. I
Man. wheat-Na,'1 North., 31.681 ;.
No, 2 North,, $1.64%; No. 3 Nozilt.,
$1.5834 c.i.f. bay porta.
Man. oats -No. 2 C'W neritinel
Not '3, net-quat'dd; IVs, T feed, 663 e;
No. 2 feed, nominal; 14e: ern grain
quotations in c.i.f. potty.
xlrn. earn --7., I, a . 'reit;`hts, No, 2
yellow. kih, r:I, . No.'1 yellow,
1'1!' �It tl `bei.:•..
1 hf:- - _,.clots, delivered .9Ion-
teat: n1.11,1, per ton, 332.25; shorts,
;or -ton, 334.25; middlings, per ton, I
$'10.25.
Ont. oats -57c, f.o.b. shipping pts.
Ont. good milling wheat --$L40,
f.o.b. shipping points, according to
freights.
Barley -Matting, 80c.
Buckwheat -Per bus., 80e,
in carints.
stye -leer bus., 31,10, in
outside.
Man. flour -First pat, in
$915; ur'Sate,'"'$9, 'Toronto,
.'.ts., in jute, $8,50.
34e; fresh-extiae. loose, 35 to 36c;
firsts, $2c; seconds, 28 to 28c.
Poultry, dressed -Broilers, under 2
lbs., 40c do, over 2 lbs., 45e; chick -
=response-.
Lindbergh Honored.
London. -Tile King and Queen gave
Captain Charles Lindbergh a fitting
welcome' when he visited the Sover-
eigns at Buckingham Palace. The
King pinned .the Air Force Cross on
the Captain's breast, patted him in
tris, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., a fatherly manner on the shoulder
38e; ' do, 3 to 4 lbs,, 35c; do, 23 to and sat down and listened for twenty
3'!> Ibs„ 34e; 'bons, over 5 lbs„ 32c; minutes to a retial of onteof the most
do, 4 to 5`lbs., 30e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 28c; :venturesome voyages in the air that
roosters, 25c; turkeys, 46 to 47e; has ever been taken.
spring ducklings, 38c.
ronosoro LIVE s''OCh: QUOTATIONS. Queen Mary came in ond sat in
Heavy beef steers, 39 to 39.50; do; rapt attention, with eyes of admire-
Heavy
$8 to $8.50; butcher steers, tion on the youth who has achieved
choice, $9 to $9.25, do fair to good what no man ever achieved before --a
$8 to $8,75; butcher heifers, choice, straight, swift race across the Arlan -
38.25 to $8.50; do; com:, $6.75 to tic from one greatmeropolis to an -
37.25; butcher cows, -good to choice, othor
�. , . ; , to goo , • Later the Prince
to $G; do, cont, to med.,'$4.50 to $6; h h
outside butcher hulls Pried to choice $660 to called to sec hem and nerhans more
$C 75 to37 50 do faird 36 25
of Wales added
do, canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4, is cheery greeting when Lindbergh
da, hulls,
, R6.75 d taw
carrots, bolognas, 34.50 to 35; baby beef, 38.50 real spit.
to $12; feedere, •hnice,;Mt°,•'.-��w •J,v"6 :feture.'`bits
cotton, fish!, -$6:25' to $6.75; stockers„
second choice, 36.50' to 37; do,. fair to med.,
135.50 to spr ,`ger.^•, .h $3f• to
G•'.t •`•; - l.:. ee :,:.., .tia..n cows, entree ,at co $110;.
pat., per barrel, in carlots, Toron„o, Plain to med. Bows 345 mcx. ear...,,
.,7.,30; oenboard, in butk, $6.
Ichoice, 310 to $11;, do, meu., $8 to 39;
PIZODUCFI.
do, coo., ' 36 to 37; spring Iambs,
choice, $18 to $18.50; sheep, 'choice,
Deans -Gait. hand-picker!,
$8,00 to; $7 to $7.50. do heavies, $6.50' to
bushel; prone.;; $3.IG to $.,.(i O,: 36,50; do, 11
gal.
to $6;
••tl, o v5 to -$2 30• per 5 ,gal '2 15 w.o.e $1'0,5-0; do, f. and w., $10,2.0;
l -a $ $ P g $ d
hogs, select,
Maple products -Syrup per imp.1
thick
to '2:LC-per gal.; iiia l , o, rick smooth wo.c., $10 do, do, f.
$ g maple sugar, lb., anti tv., 30.7(1. ` Regula"r discounts on
r5 to 26c. inferior grades of logs.
honey -CO -lb. tine, 13 to 1334c; 10- . MONTREAL
r/t
;b. tins, 13to 13%c; 5-1b. tilts, 14
The egg market`' wPas moderately
active and firm. The receipts wore
1,812 cases.
The potato trade was fair and the
undertone was steady. Carlots of
to 141/2c; 2}L -lb. tins, lac.
Comb honey -34 to 35 per dozen.
Paovisrows:..
Wholesalers are quoting to the
Net/ Brunswickgieen mountains were
Smoked meats -Hams, med., '30 to'quoted at 32.46 to $2.50 per bag of
32c; cooked hams, 43e; smoked ninety pounds; Quebec white B grade
rolls, 250; Breakfast bacon, 28 to 33e; at $2.40 per bag, and reds.' at $$2 to
bacon
backs, boneless', 32 to 42c. $2.1hulk0, ex=. pertrack., bag of ninety pounds in
Cured• meats --Long .clear
50 to 70 lbs..' 321; 70 to 90 lbs., 319, Prices for all grades of butter were
90 to 100 lbs., and up, $13; light- well maintained under a moderate de-
wei
weight tolls 338.50 per bbl
ht rods, in
barrels, $11.60; heavy- mond. The receipts were 2,989 pack.
Lard -Furs tierces, 14 to 113irc;, ages.
tubs, 15 to 1'51,Pzc; pails, 16ye to 16c; Thtio was no asetrade
improvement inthe
condition of the cheese reads owing to
the continued indifferent tt't 1 f
prints 16% to 17c• shorteninm tierces
1314Lc; tubs, 13s/ac; pails, 141/ic; blocks
and tins, 1614.c.
Cheese -New, large, 1936 to 20%;
twins,. 20 to 21c; triplets, 201 to 21c.
Stiltons, 21%c.-` Old, large, 25c; Qua a ion were. Butter, No, 1 pus- ornment permit. Magistrate Brunton
twins, 26c. Old Stiltons, 27c. teurized, 343`4 to 343'ac; eggs, fresh er sed a. fine of Xagi and cosru
Butter -No. 1 creamery, 88c; No. extras, 35 to 36c; eggs, fresh firsts, Po$
s.
2 34 to 37c. Dairy prints, 33 to 84c. 33 to 34c; potatoes, per bag, carlots' His Worship was not to be denied
Eggs -Fresh . extras, . ,in cartons, 38.40.
a r uc e o
foreign buyers. In, the ab ence of any
important transactions it, is difficult
to quote prices. The receipts were
5,152 boxes.
tt
that all unions send the best of their
comrades to military schools for
training.
The Council of People's Commis-
sars has announced its decision to
float two internal loans of 500,000,000
rubles each. It asks a nation-wide
subscription to 'these loans for the
national defence.
Chairman To nsicy of the Soviet
trades unions, asserting that the
British note points to the certainty of
an open -attack on the Soviet, "maybe
in a month or maybe in a year, de-
clares the country must utilize the
interim in the mosteffective manner
to 'develop its military an economic
defence.
The newspaper Pravda says the
`rupture "is the r greatest treason to
the' cause of . European peace since
1914," and that the danger of war
upon the Soviet Union hasnever been
more imminent since the Polish war
of 1920.
The View in England.
London. -Creat Britain's break
with Russia receives the unqualified
approval of financial London. The
possible lose of trade is regarded as a
very small mnatter' when measured
against the benefit which we should
derive from the suppression of Rus-
sian communistic activities. Russia
has derived most of the advantage
from the trade which has been clone,
and its loss would disturb' very few
people. Loss of Chinese trade due to
the Russian influence ,is infinitely
more important.
Canada Considered.
Washington. -The United States
Government has •replied to Canada's
note on the border ruling. It .prom-
ises every
rom-ises.every consideration for Canadian
residents working across the border
during the six mouths in which they
must try to conform to the United
States immigration law and it con-
veys a virtual promise that. British
born Canadians who cannot get a
place on the quota this year will be
granted an extension of time.
The note also promises continued
mendatioit 1 .•ci,• :,,.
Politics Planned.- for the removal of anything inherent
Moscow, -Maxim Lttvinof, Assis in the law "which tends to affect ad -
tans Commissioner of Foreign Affairs versely the friendly relations between
Canada and thie country.'
and former Soviet Ambassador to
London, in a note handed the British
Charge d'Affaires, declared that ho
is not surprised at the British act Ottawa. Enjoying the distinction
in breaking of relations with' Russia, of being the first of the British Do-
se he veal aware that the Conserve- minions to be so recognized by;the
tive Government had long prepared United States,. Canada welcomed the
for a. rupture. first United States .Minister to this
The"wlfole'world sees thatthe cause -country,' ;tion, William Phillips, when
of the rupture'he adds, is the'tleifeat .:he recently arrived to present his
of the Conservative Government's`po1- credentials attd locate offices and a
icy in China, and an attempt'to mask residence. '
that defeat by a diversion directed Mr. Phillips was greeted at the
against the Soviet. He hopes the Union Station first by Premier Mac -
time is near when the British people kenzie King and leading high officials.
Philips Welcomed.
FIRST LIQUOR FINE.
Toronto. -The first day of Govern=
meat Control did not pass without
infractions of the new law within the
city and its environs. The first ease
in this district prosecuted under the
Liquor Control Act was aired in`the
some good-natured argument with
Austin Ross, counsel for the accused,
he turned to 'Kelly and said: "You
are' the first prosecution under the
new act, but I suppose that's because
you aro a horseman and want to be
at the'head of everything."
County Police Court, when Michael C. P.E.I. Elections.
Kelly, a race -horse owner, pleaded
guilty of having a bottle of whiskey
at Thorncliffe Park without a Gov -
1 his customary witticism, for, `.after
Charlottetown, P.E.I.-The Prince
Edward Island Provincial elections
will bo held. Saturday, June 25th.
While tennis is rather o. quiet game,
it can't be played without a' racket.
SECOND OF NINE HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY JEFFERYS
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The production of foodstuffs must
always remain Canada's ''basic indus-
try. Tire is ensured by her very
innnensity,, the fertility of her soil,
and the bounty of Nature which de-
crees the ,variations of frost and ' 323,873 bushels for. the ent:3e tern -
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snow, sunshine and rain necessary , tory now known as the Dominion' of was comparatively view, and the ma -
for' the gre rth of fruit, grain 'and' Canada; last year the ;total produc- 'chines then in use were crude' and
tion of wheat was 406,269,090 bushels. unwieldy. In that year a Canadian
vegetables unrivalled ' the World ,
t o'erIn the last 60
years 'the develop -a company produced tho hand -cake
In the item of wheat alone the year rant of Machinery has made farm reaper, which was far superior 'to
saw'a crop of
of Confederation cop 10, -work much less laborious, In 1867 j any manufactured. `before. On many
the cutting of grain by machinery a farm of that day the entire grain
crop was cut by the old-fashioned.
cradle. An expert needier, followed
by a man with :a wooden rake,, who
rsalced the windrows into sheaves and
bound thein with a wisp of straw,
could harvest from three to four acres
a day. Nowadays a power=driven
reaper -thresher which cuts a 15 -foot
1 swath and carries a crew of two men,
oan rut and thresh forty ,acres in
dayl Tho artist shows the old and
new methods, together with another
labor-saving ,devise -a modern. trac-
tor.
Twelye-Hour Blaze on H.M.S.
Renown Caused Serious
Alarm.,
DUKE OFFERED TO HELP*,
' Sydney, ,Australia. -That the Re-!
Down, with the Duke and Duchess of I
York aboard, were in very serious
danger when the fico broke out in` her
fuel -bins is disclosed by details I
whichare made available for the'
first time.
So serious did the position appear,
while the fire was being battled in
the Indian Ocean, that the cruise's.
Sydney was wirelessed to be ready to
proceed to the assistance of the mam-
moth British battle -cruiser. The
crew of the Renown stood by to flood
the magazines.
For twelve hours the fire raged,
and the ship was hove to to lessen
the air draught. Officers and men
showed magnificent' bravery.
The Duke of York was in the vi-
cinity of the fire, and offered his ser-
vices, if needed.
Perhaps the most st critical stage of
the outbreak wag reached when all
hands, „except those actually -engaged
in' fighting; the fire,' were; piped to the
upper deck viithorders to stand=to itt
readiness • to flood the magazine,`'
The cruiser` Sydney ..was off the
northwest coast of `Australia at the
time, and was notified by wireless' as
a precaution.
The fire was extinguished after •
considerable ' damages had been dons
to the electric lightini; id the boiler
room. • 1
FLOODS OVER
Volume Recedes About 50
Per Cent.
Now Orleana,-The-first good news
from the middle and northern .Louis-
iana disasterzonessince the great
flood overwhelmed that part of the
.Statecomes out front Northern. Pointe
Coupee. It is that the. flood torrents
crashing through the crevasse at Me ;
Crea have suddenly decreased toprob-
ably 50 per cent: of the volume that!!
was surging through the great gap in
the East Atchafalaya defences.
The hope now is that hundreds of 1
homes and thousands of acres of fer-
tile farm lands in Southern Pointa
C•oopee andin-,northern_n s.of the
At "one eery t w
lean, Dr. Cline the Government """
Meteorologist. said that what hid
happened at McCrea was one of the '
strangest things it his forty years of
experience in the Mississippi Vallee
weather service.
Eatons Buy Arcade
Y �
in Hamilton
Negotiations are said to haws been
completed for. the -transfer of the
.business at. RD early date of the "Ar -
cads"
Ar.cads" at Hamilton to the Eatoa in-
terests of Toronto. Terms of sale,
while yet subject to the ratification
of 2,200 shorebolders of The Arcade,
Limited, will be approved, it is raid,
at a shareholders' meeting to be held
on Jime 14,
The Arcade, Limited;' occupies a
central location 011 James Street, 'a
few doors north of the City Hall. • I1
the sale is approved on June 14 the
Eaton interests will take charge
forthwith, it is said,
Under the Eaton: management, the
new Hamilton store promises many'
innovation to the local buying public..
Mishap Near Smithville.
Hamilton, -Harry Major of Port
Colborne is believed to have been fa-
tally injured and William Kabwell of
Wainfleet was injured seriously when
an automobile in which they were
riding overturned at the intersection:
of the Sntithville and Grimsby roads.
Freeman Kebwell of Welland Junc-
tion was able to go home. Major and
William ICabwell were brought to St.
Josephs Hospital, this city.
Major had, concussion of the brain
and internal injuries. Kabtvell is suf-
fering from slight concession and has
several brokers ribs. Chief Bisloy of
Sniithvillo reports that the car was
trying to turn a .corner at the end of
the "stone road" at a high tate_of
speed when the accident oqc e
Sir Hugh.Joho. Macdoni
Has Right Leg Am
Winnipeg --Sir Hugh Soo,.
esot-
donald, veteran Police Magistrate of
Winnipeg, who underwent an opera-
tion hero Wednesday for tho amputa-
tion of his right leg, was reported "as
well as could be expected" in ahos-
pital : • bulletin irsued Wednesday
night.
The the h sicians were hopeful of
P y P
aged Magistrate's recovery, from the
shock of the operation: Sir Hugh
John is 77 years old and is a son of
Sir John A. `,Macdonald,' •Canada's
prat Premier.