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S xt /A th the | .. the Fo! /: | @lstant (Pank Ch â€" EARGE CROWD FOLLOWS THE 5 TRIAL OF WM. MFADDEN % ar .t §§-{ /.. We _ ~Year °t _ #jack" Conley Swears Prisoner Had Gun and Declarâ€" _ ‘~d He Had to ‘"Plug Him‘" â€" Admits Giving .32 _‘ _ Galibre Revolver to McFadden Prior to Murder. fi'“’a Â¥+ Clear His Skirts _ <\®Wre are collecting more taxes this f»'}‘ in previous years and if ;g;g-;{ ‘show a deficit, there are going to > We‘ guestions asked. The Council will * @eme in for some of the blame, but El § bt bf it will be handed to the Mayor ‘it: 14 Iâ€"am going to clear my skirts ~) A#e 4 * _ matter. PB ‘,divfi;‘ t ~point; we have many . wn ‘ servants doing their work “ .“!ho Boards and Commis â€" mlons. If we vote curselves this * %s0mey, they will be wanting it too. \ Aind egain, when this Council met on ‘.‘.,:i TORONTO, May 17. â€" A larger W‘ érowd than could gain access to the < casals ‘court here yesterday showed o n fi in the trial of William Mcâ€" : Smade Mt‘e London, Ont., young: man fé‘ jointly with Roy Hotrum, of (Mamilton, with the murder of Léonâ€" Card| Gécli~Sabine, druggist, of this ) elty, on March 5 last. The interest 2. j éqfi'dden'l fate ‘was accentuated fi:* he fact that Hotrum was eon-l , wicted of the murder by a jury on _\ Saturday afternoon. . The present | Wtiml miay got be finished toâ€"day, as \ M the witmcsses heard in the Hotrum I Int hay be called in McFadden‘s WÂ¥iB}, and the crown prosecutor, Gorâ€" DR Waldron, may repeat his move in i8 previous trial and put Hotrum on ‘ he Withess stand to give robuttal eviâ€" Wailce, If McFadden testifies in his B behalif, as he‘is likely to do. "RtF. Justice Logie is the trial judge m M i‘s case, instead of Mr ‘ Austice Kelly, who tried Hotrum. He ,*,‘_‘ from duty some jurors who Im the previous_case, at their reâ€" lest, though he. stated that there M no rule calling for this. MeFsdden apparently took a keen Rest Jn the testimony giten by EN witnesses Foslatday, but did Whidwi auy avsiety me to the gutâ€" He... Thro the day he .ap 8 .quite \W" y‘{“: lq per "N:’ Â¥ Adohce was practically a tep t._that .the work was certainly ithy of payment but did not feel it the present was the proper time I brigg it in, asserting that it should ~Rave . been in the estimates. "Anyâ€" ) Wey we came into this Council withâ€" 0 i p pay," he concluded. & / MaÂ¥or Greb also spoke in oppostâ€" ‘ ©Mon to the measure, saying: "I also think it is the wrong time to bring o J_@e_u . up. . It is not in the fimates and if it goes through . it | ‘cost between $3,000 and ~$4,000. ‘ "Phis amount in itself, while perhaps i * Jarge, is only one; of several ; irs not provided for. ‘There is ’w ty Planning Commission‘s proâ€" ;"- om for a plan of the city, the i mroposal to establish a health clinic \Uh the city and. another proposal oi . the Police Commission to hire an asâ€" istant to do the clerical work for :‘ ;IW of Police so that he may spend ‘more time outside of: his ofâ€" fice. While some of these pmoposals wiAy be deserving, none of them is for. he. reading of the Finance reâ€" jlh--n eri Rats rose in objection Seven, the clause dealing . wnatter. He expressed the MWEEYTS TERRIBLE: OEATH. Skirts in This Matte r‘‘â€"Objections on Cro : Wecessary $3,000 or $4,000 is Not in â€"Entimaten. g‘!prlm aged 73, of Sand Sast _ ‘Township,â€" wias : instantly Sati evening. . when the "lel * »“N w;rflh( with 5' en, l* narrowâ€"payâ€" Awo miles sast of Walkerâ€" pt down . « . nteon ooA qn accident R _ Aistancé ‘0. fWZ fer Council at Monday‘s $ Committee, â€" which for the ing aldermen $5.00 r:‘wadm&nuflnfl Committee that each man L ©Of the Mayor and Couneil NDs ON TIME TOO GREAT FOR :; */"*~ / WORKNGMEN WITEHOUT PAYâ€" MASagt opposed passing the Marchâ€" 218t, ‘a. res was â€" passed would ‘be considered. This is the first chance you:have.to break that resolu: tion. ‘It‘s up to the Council 10 deâ€" cide \whether they are going, to break it.‘* x T on\ ~‘ s ol e rane a= asked for â€" further but none being forthcommiég he" called for a vote:â€"on the report. ; It was‘ adopted, Aldermen Ratz and Wing. to: the .conâ€" trary. _ Later in the evening, when the by> law providing for the payment .was being discussed in the Committee of the Whole, Alderman Wing expressed his views, gaying that he did not beâ€" lieve in the principle ‘Involyed ‘oOf ofâ€" fering himgelf as an aldermas withâ€" put expectation ‘of ‘remuneration and then. â€" voting _ himiself a payment sfor o L omen s CovaL in te. s in s sls his es. He felt thit if the alder: menm ..'3.â€": principle ‘ of reâ€" xcelying payment ‘for the" work they do, they should bring ‘the matter up at the end of the year and let next year‘s Council reap the benefit. Alderman Massel took a different view of the matter, saying that it was not something the CouncH were takâ€" ing the initiative in, but was a matâ€" ter made possible by the passing of provincial legislation.‘ He pointed dut that the sacrifice of time involved in attending committee® meetings and Council meetings makes it prohibitive for an ordinary working man to sit in the Council. ‘Aldermdn}Wing‘s reply. was to the effect that‘as only the regular ses sions of the Finance Committee and the Council were affected by the Act, and as these were held in the ave= ing, it was only a man‘s leisure hours that were being sacrificed and . that it would not interfere with his workâ€" When the vote was taken on the by law it stood the same as when the report was voted on earlier in the evening, only Aldermen Ratz and Wing opposing its passing. ing day *tition of that given last week in the Hotrum trial. The two star witnessâ€" es for the crown were Waiter Hulse, the chauffeur, who drove. the â€" car which ©conveyed the g@ngsters© on their robbing expedition, and John Conley, who had been a rdom mate of Hotrum for three. weeks brior to the rounding up of the gang by the Toronto police. i ‘£ * oupant of the machine escaped with a fow: bruises. : The wause of the ac cldent is sald to be ‘due to the auto ;-MII-MN“”:,*‘_ the pavement,‘ préventing ths drtrer Conley admilted under crossâ€"examâ€" ‘nation by Fletcher Kerr, counsel:for McFadden, that he had possessed. a 28â€"caliber revolver, but not recently. Cartridges of this eallber found by the police came from England, he said, although most of theits were manufactured by the Dominion Cartâ€" ridge Company. The bullet :&u from Sabine‘s body_ and one of the cartridges found wereâ€"shown to the jury, the cartridges being identinsl He said Hctrum wore a dark checked suit, brown shoes, dark m.} a green peaked .cap on the night March 5. McFadden, he said, wore a ‘blue sult with green stripes, gray overcont, but as to whether he_wore * hat or cap Conley could not say. Mrs: Annic Baillis, «t whose place McFadden had testified that sho ‘héb seen -,msm th Mqfadden‘s drawer, abd When ‘sttown the :32â€"cailber revolver which Conley had claimed that he had‘Jent to Hotâ€" Pios\ in U that‘s 44." {Canadian Press) | _ 8T. THOMAS, May 17. â€" z w business . Trakbé td rallf tth marnday, at WM. WARNOCK Di€S. Principle Wrong *D> Anirik 1 I ‘s ; of "thi ; CE ' E-lm';@‘ e » al %i thera‘" Ad $ Jwifi"-"“-‘ * '-‘ ‘â€" n .,.’d‘m-. aads e * W o oo ffons heve. adlon i9 -';5*“"‘*2 motiey .or Bonds ‘to the extebt, $350 " is" not eligible â€", té "roogi , We genslon. ‘This Has acted‘ i8 A “ narsh way upon several local caogh," deserving ofâ€"aid. : l city, these: women had some * b -vbaluu'uww,“ \a ren being at work. Sipce them, the children out of em néat "im 3300 in debt Instead of having over takem up again by the Jocal with s view to having 'n""'% comnilssiqner reâ€"cousider their . s Secratary A, R. Gondie, of the cants have been dealt with by~. the board ‘aud ‘a first investigation m#de ot all mmm»muw come in lately and the*board eré mow come in lately and the"bourd"sre mow taking up bevertt"df the applicktions which have b@en turned dgwns ;. â€" Asked wiether tfl'i"m ments to the Act, which are® to ‘gome into force on September 1st would efâ€" fect the local gituation to any CÂ¥tent, he declared that he did not think so. Through the amendments wl,po( act allowances will: in future be giv= en to deserted. wives,. to widows with two children under 16 instead ofâ€"44, to mothers with one child and an in capacitated husband; and,to ‘:moth ers whose husbands areâ€"inâ€"asylums, Mothers with oply one clild are,not 0“0“‘0'“ m~ 5s m;fx;ll ,‘ in theâ€" case of. deserted, wives, they must be women who have not beéen supported by, their husbands. B period . of several yeart;, ‘}?.'3"! beiug elther five or seven years. . MONDAYX. NIGHT Voted payment of $5 mflmfi;}pfi; Councii and Finance Endorsed new rate umm-uw:gw loo_and Wellingfon | Ry. ‘C6.* ,~~==â€" Turned . down proposal to : amend amount of transient traders‘ Hcense; Received petition of ratepdyers preâ€" teating against paving of WategiRt. Passed resolution â€"asking amendingnt of Act defining "transient traders," Decided to hold committees on Wed: nesday during four simmer mouths. Ruferred number of tax dppeals ‘to Court of Revision. h+ Foirs > Authorized appointment this wedk of road Toréman by Board"of Works.*~ Gave first and second Feaillitga to four municipal byfiewa. C) SOUN DPOC+ Mrs. 8. H. Harding, wite of: the proâ€" prietor of the Port Rowan Noews, was instaftly killed hear Forestvilleâ€"at 4 o‘clock Saturday afternoon when she jumped from an sutomobile snd broke her neck. â€" With Mroa. Hardingâ€"in the: car wore Mrs. W. N. Buck ang Mrs. C. K. Rocksteiler, both of: Port Row: an Mrs. Rockefollor was driving the car up‘a steepâ€"hill at Forestyville whon . it stailed and commenced. to back down:â€" : Mrs. Rocketelied tbquestdd‘ hoÂ¥ two passengérs to ‘remain quibt, while sie stoered the car into "the gide of a hill,/through which the road" 1s Cut." ‘Both Mrs. Harding and "Mrs. Buck Jumped, and, according: to â€"some, ‘Mrs. . Harding â€" foll on a ‘ stobe‘ ahd ‘Slipped, breaking her neck. Othors La\ NMre: Harding fell sidéways anrid '&n the . top of her" head. Mra. Left has voted to join the third W of Moscow, the ballotstandâ€" 562 to 7. The dodi without ‘ ition the wing of th party will adopt the title of wWOMAN HAs NECK® BROKEN PRAGUE. May 17. The of Czecho : ~Blovak Of" <the . * + have $00,000 AY ).fi o Rusingas visitor; jt the $:; Rer. W C "Boulh, pastor of the Alma Street U. B. church, is at presâ€" heut. Attoniing s cantifunce of. the * Mrs. Harton, district auperfatendâ€" dnt of the W. M. 8. of the Methodist | church, Mrs. Vasébinder ‘of the W: M. _Mrs. Arthur Foster of the Queen Esther Mission Circle and Miss Norâ€" ine Weichel of the C. Q. 9. Mission isatiqnis at ‘the aniiual sessiond of the M‘anm !finM-nMflMP e M s ul t Ne en : We ce P e e . Mt, and Mrs. ‘Wafi steep motored to wvith triends. . ; .=.â€" > tm w mierch Wimain bure marned io the: vé a to ing the winter in the Bouth. > â€"~_ _ Sorse, vagrants ard . two speeders ds NC Sm is mre t is al ‘to ‘have oo e i ue twisd on Tudregay. * some on Johnâ€" street . Monday â€" and #urpfindd. her by presoiting her. with @everal â€"beautiful _piéces: of an ‘ivory .‘.¢..-.. s w4 TA . The occasion was. thit | of Miss Miller‘s birthday and after the pres entation an. efjoyable evening. was #pent in games, music, cards and dancing. Ahhplmmufl' ‘the evening: . ‘? church" in â€" Indianka."" Three: other tninisters from M%momil nttendance also. > & 2s ~ ~PUTEING TRACK: WWâ€"AHAPE,:. : | > *The bicycle Aut miotyr dycle :track { is â€" being : put . in ~Gobilition : and~ it is i thought that the Work will be complot | éa on Wedhesday=ur by Diturdday night © at the latest.. Precautionary measures A1e buing taken, and satety first is the dlogan for MaÂ¥ 24tho:=©I /~C; <;| Woman‘s Missio#arySociety ‘of the *« ~ nononktD â€"ONâ€"BIRATHDAY, ;>:â€" " A Aimber of rélatives and friends of Miss Leota Miller: gathered at her her a _ miscellaneous : shower: in : of her approaching marrisge: * «// : The shower consisted of many beay iwm_” Miss Shiyfer, After the presentation the evening was spent in ‘music and .games, and atter a Wainty tuhch tind ‘boon enjoyed the .: About forty young people gathered at the home of Miss Mabel Snyder, her, a _ miscellaneous shower‘ t-nm{ ‘bet ween of her spproaching marrisge. ~ _ ""}! which‘r; : Th shower consisted of many 1 %- e ce c hn (oe, fmbed. + toa . . _’ m v“fi"‘. the vounr neonle for their gensrosity. Â¥zaan C goal in the western mints and the tentative threat of the chairâ€" man to resign and refusa) to put a motion, featured a Tively mest ing thid© morning‘ of parliamen. tary fust committes. ; The trouble which commenced at the committee meeting yer terday when Or. Steale ruled out of order a motion to call cartain western operators, ‘came to a head with receipt of telegrams SHOWER MISs SNYDER. attended : the city . om E} low duys‘ ago Bupt. B. Kookier, loqmu May MMetorin . Park; and ‘a. number of strong: of Wast L jaftrbes / and ; uhrubbery‘wiich . hid ue aproacaince o 4 Amail payhorre: n. the..qusvens: of securing , abrube, | sebtetday ‘Afterndoi. ‘dduttig ‘wiiil‘ the o P poant laameaaenes fim oC Whpebeh Naww of Onlijecition ncinuate from sns ventured to make: <an on ince.". There ‘were uo ‘Wecupsate,‘ but be found that it was the hiding . were used a&s réceptacies for stolen underwesr, and at the bottom there was hbidden about $30 worth of cigar Nz‘!wtfid‘rwl&tfior who reported to the polica. An in en ie oo ce a n i ooo c h ts m 109 “'yxuutmwu ;Wawummmm the booty i the bush.‘ The fpvest+ getion is ‘utill Th ‘progress. © ofâ€"‘ the â€"druggist, Hotrum‘s~. evidence was qubstantially the same as given previously, : .. He : claimed um«-l hadâ€"a logge . black. â€" revolver. . â€" He claimed that he nmdm»'l mrispner. s¢emed.netrous and replied *Don‘tâ€" worry," said Hotrum, ; 6 â€"; When Sabineâ€" grappled .with : Mc# . one of. the sult ; cases "containce« several bores of cigars, puckiges of TORONTO, May 17.â€"Roy . Hotrum, convicted . of.murder on Saturday in connection with the death of 1. C. Sabing, druggist on March 5, took the Stand: in. the witness. box 3;_. more ing to testify in the trial of hig.fep low robber, .William McFadden, w 1s, being â€"tried Defore Mr. Justice Log: ip. pis the same.Ch8IR®.,â€" ,...; ..;.;. ~The convicted youth, is jp a, pitiable atate of nervousness and . his Jndifferâ€" ence has .giyen . way. Jn the telling of eventsleading up to . the: shootis Auto Accident Caze : is Being Heard building‘ on Monday ‘@fermoon. ‘The ‘between a motor car and a ‘bicycle which resulled in Additon Reist being Fadden, Hotrum said he â€" heard & whot but he didn‘t know whether‘ it was Sabline or â€"McFadden who Ared; The witness said he was at the door and rapn. followed by <MceFadden. / © E* HstitematiagÂ¥#a 0 HHAEHLEE o o $ tf : .JWirkcBiniy was the firat of the High Court cases heard by Mr. Justice Kelly at the County Court â€"‘ The ‘affailr occurred on the road be tween Galt and Preston ty 1918, and according to â€" medicat evidénce â€" sub mitted at Monday‘s sesslon, Ralat: has been under ‘doctor‘s treatment. prac tically ever since, his leg Weing in bad shapé from a break which hasmecesst. tated several: opergtions.© ‘Dr. "F. K ;v.‘z“'“ and Dr. <Hagmelet, . who Â¥e evidence, testified that while the: log. was now in fairly good/khape, the. lad is suffering from "hammer tous," the result of contraction ofâ€" the .tanâ€" dong of the leg. . This condition 1W Mmumuufi-ifi? coming. slong particularly well as a rastult ‘of <the advanced séamon, but the sharp break in thb â€"wenthor caught theim all Beans and C _A beavry frost during Subday .Ai@ght,, W m.V t TA ‘:’ But}ington markat gardep;@lis +t us also suffersd, although in the Intâ€" tor case . the damagoe is gnily & tomâ€" porary one, ‘ Some tear is also enterâ€" Th o iee rnggnn m are all : in . o c roÂ¥h 3 <.|‘ . Budget Amendment â€"-w : ocked ‘from his bicycle and Severely â€" ROY HOTRUN FRQSTS D0 DAMAGE. to +. OPEAWA, May 17. â€" 3. K.) Aie is e anemrmges farels kn Nn merret 6 ." barticdilriy\ 2i "It " AHidots L S”,':-"‘-', be mt ues e : '.:p, enb [ it " Ha ~Hiith aiuh a the country ‘and "devated" apmeiit at. mw eech ay W C to more td foly or Yhs Likiml sitk chiedy branches of: United States inâ€" ab « regult of the protective tariff onâ€" forced by the Government of Canada. At least half these tndustries, be said, would be wiped out by the adoption of the Liberal tarif platform. ~ _ Continuing, Mr. Armstrong ‘teiterat od that. if it were ever put .Into effect, the Liberal plattorm of 1919 would wipe out hundreds of: industries in West ‘Ontario. _ He instanced Kent County, with its large sugar refineries, consuming the product of the district and its implement a e «wigh, nwmw_'m.w%w in view of that‘ prospétt: * sup mmm&w‘tfim-n alluded to industries in West Middle sex represented by Duncan Ross. Was he ftor freoâ€"trade? : (Coming to Kitehâ€" ener, he spoke ~of inahy factories there, and was curious ‘as to. the at titude of W.:D. Euler. â€" He spoke ofâ€"the great ofl works in Lambton, and deâ€" clared that with the agrarian . plat Four Drown When :: THREE RIVERS, Que., May 17. Four ‘men in â€"the. employ. of the St. pany were drowned Sunday at Moute. chaineg Rapids, two hbundréd miles frormm this city, while attempting to oross the river to fight a forest fre, abcording to a telegram recteived ‘here this morning. i se 3: ; * FRANCE® AND .POLAND : a d ARMIES ARE ‘LARGEST . The victims. are Henri Lapolice, Domat Villemuer, of Three Rivers, Noe Hamelin, â€" of . Becancourt, and ‘Henrl Brousseau, of Cap De La Madeléine. OTTAWA,. May. 17â€"Geo. W . Hensley ‘of Halifax told ie sn ational _ Railways _ .this morning that he did ‘not fies tm io miy p e in es a deanman of trade necessitated their so doing. o Answoring a question he said it was good. business for the C. P. R. to have steamers . which _ would bring traffic to ° its own lines. He did not agree with the . Canadian . National Railways . having ~â€"dny steamship connection, howâ€" ever. He was opposed to public ownership of steamâ€" QOpposes :Gov‘t.. ‘Owning Vessels GQresee 230,000, France $09,000, Germany 100,000,â€" Hungary 36, $00,000 Portuga! 30,000 Rumania wm leriand 200,000, Sork * Tight Big. Fire ¢ L. ¢ ‘ ‘..") t 40 a.: dent a se he 4 # tiding rot urmid Q‘ Canaing ‘Company :1 s10‘ pleadod ‘Before that part of the. buds toms valiatioms and also how G minimum of cont.> â€" < _/ "When: we look for our manufa¢turers," & tor. the fanthere.!. . What We province and â€"to <Quebgo 3# wd â€"not wélint shar when d position ".* dutids />ctsp -“'“. NT :""'!; ’:' to how" ',;g, * wist ate proceblish the greit pB ot â€"electrit/ onergy .and. tol sion for ‘euatett industries, " $900,000 worth a yoear, the income t& thi ppreciably 4 m:..AM ad thit of 130 Amsooh ves mt w Ne taer : iai Qil Company . % | a~#ig Cityâ€" ‘Comticti‘s cndo® company‘s. uw% tween > Kitchener â€"> % t /88 c P Monday ‘Might‘s fil Consideration of ‘a‘ re&an dhtion affine Warkiony go without\grejudics, â€"the ates <pt Pare _ a+‘ propoliba. by: 'fi.-\', e w1 > Lancasto®"Stréot}â€" o order 40 mable : the© contpatiyâ€" to contipues ‘reguler wen /. Tide" throvighout the. yaak»® . "*9. / Wwhich stited ‘that,© <//~_ "The mwg niging© the *binportalich «