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s23 gym " lay-4;. Guthrie t, lakes Reply To FARMERS? Will You cotvrult vour) Nrit. m" naught" manor ttho m'mlrl mo drennmaklng lePT it she know .how to Cut and m The “wrap wo- run can new. But he Pvprtoting ,buin rucklnx prop“ when she “at! to out . qnrmettt, You can ham} hr overcome this try sending her to) our school for In two weeks culling‘ and Atthtq course. We teach I class apo. such month. Our lessons Are on out. mm. sleeves, Vanni. kimonos etpitdrmt'ts,drmmes. Non Mann. ho- _ Oct. mu. Terms an “700 tor _ emu. chum us than tree. Cull “mat!” (all 'rttqetauort, i Learn Itrattttnaklng The Bovine! ls ttoimt ttr mndiate be. tween Chin, and Mnncdia. A Dame! to mate mm: PF' "I am not merely referring to mom- bars of the House, hut to the utter lick of ttppret'iation of their duty by the “a; and flle or thrmlwrnl party generally. TORONTO, Oct. 19.-H. H. Dewart's letter of resignation as Iqalirr of the Liberal Party m Ontario Tame before the Liberal member: of the legislature rat a meeting held at the Parliament Building this afternoon. Mr. Dewar! pleads ill health fa the neceuity ot devoting more time to his law prac- tice " his reatons Var withdrawing. 'rhe question of his suczcssor was also under discunion. burit was stat. ed by a member that there was a strong probability that no selection would be made to-day. as the members desired more time, possibly two weeks, in which to think over the eituation. . "I have almost impoverished my- self to try and save the good name of the party and yet Asm daily ha. mud by ttnaneial I,',',',',]. us that were not of my mnkllk. Mr. Dewart Gives Reason for Action m his INN-r of roUtrnation Mr Dewar! sum in part: -. I "I must runwa that I keenly felt the open attacks and the more veil. ed, but equally approchhle, disloyal- ' ty of others, ' TORONTO, not 20. WPIllngu-n Hay, member for the North Pttttt constituency a. Lihe‘ whip, was appointed leader pro tem. nt the Lily. eral forces in Ontario following the mssiguation ot T Hartley Ihrwart, " c, owing to ill-health. "The House of Commons was in. formed last session and t,he session before that, that the British Govern, ment was sending this equipmoutt" "No munitions have been purchased trounced that-the meeting was the Lib w . eral convention. but this was denied since the war, except a few spam by Le Soleil, the official organ or the parts to pt1t in shape “Ch material Liberal Pttrrv, which stated on Friday . we have in Canada. At the and of that H. E. Lavuxeuer was the choice the war the British Government huml- m the Liberal Party. At all events, d "v. . d t T nd u m- Illa Convvntion was called by electors e over to Catta a a rerne o tr a who are opposed to the candidature aunt of equipment to replace the of H. E. Lavigeuer. equipment which Canada had taken A large! crowd had assembled in over to England and France during the Montealm Hall, where the first . tee, . . _ meeting was heM. the war. It has been taming to Can- Noi2y Gathering ads from than to limp since the war. The gathering was a noisy one and It in quite possible that. same of that the support”: of Armand haw-ram, . . . r . . F the Nationalist leader and Pram; handed o'er.d"P.tr Cue mu may have Hymn, mayor of Charlesburg, voiced recantly arrivnd in Canada. their sentiments, each group wearing: "The House of Commons was in. for its own man. Mr. Guthrie's Reply GUELPH. that., Oct zxtEarIy this waning Hon. Hugh Guthhe. Minister of Militia, made reply to the state ment of Hon. Mackenzie King. Liberu! kinder, In a letter to'ihe Pn-miur, Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, respect- ing the shipment of she} .; from Great Britain to Canada, Mr. Guthrie said. The letter points out that large shin loads of munitions are being distribu ted throughout Canada. and Mr. King Ilka what parliamentary authority there is for their expenditure, and that the object of those purchases Bre on the eve of tht disarmament conference OTTAWA. Oct., '.t---lrt a letter writ. in by himself to tho.prlme minister, can!“ of which we" given to the Winn Presa yummy. Hon. W. L. “tonne King leader of the Liberal any: places a series ot question. publicly before Rt, Hon. Arthur Meitp hon, respecting purchase and trtsipt manta of munitions from England to Canada during the ormterttetmmmer, and slates that these questions are "all-Important, and are deserving of in immediate and explicit reply." mum Warts Mr. Guthrie $3. a Only Sup _ plies‘Boing gent Prom DEWART IS (MIT la fiusiiihiui “new, maid w k. 5&2? Pdi; AUOTRALMN WHEAT (Claudia!) Pro“ Service.) MELBOVRNE. Ali-(nib. Oct. M. Anya-aw: whnl - will and " m" 13mm tmutt,. " "He shall not speak." one section of the crowd shouted/and a battle rnvai broke out on the college verandah, rho fight. whlch was at the real rough and tumble variety. lasted for nparly a quarter of an hour, and two of Hm romlmtzmts wore carried into the college unconscious. while the crowd. numbu’inz bctwsmn two and three thousand people. looked on from the college yard greatly amused by th" conflict. When a smnhlanr‘o of order was re- sturml, Mr. Iatvergrte .suated that there was no doubt that he was selected by the majority ot the convention. He amt-med that he would remain inde, pendent of all parties, He pledged himself to work in the interests or the county Quebec In the House of Com. mons and to demand the repeal or the conscription act. Referring to tho F'artuprs' Party. he expressed the hope of seeing it come into power, . Mr Byrne mated anér the meeting that If Mr, I,avergne runs in Quebec he will run also, Imchbrldxo. Am. -- Lincoln H. .19) ll". (Progressive), The "Mowing nonunmimvs trrrt, made yeslordny: ' Marquono, Man. A-te BrixCent-ral Hugh Dyer. (lndopondant). Wttyburn, Sank. - John Morrison. f Proxressl w L Glonurry-Stormont - J. Wilma Kennedy, IProtrretmire). Swift Current: t, M. Argue. Govern mam. West Edmonton: Captain Robert Campbell. Government. Pontiac. Uue--Georgrt D, Campbell (Government). This brought the convention to a close and at the request of Mr. La- vergne the crowd went to the college 31:53 A large percentage of the gath- o g was composed of people from this city and district. This meeting was presided over by Mayor Vrwrel of Loretteville 0n taking the chair. Mayor Verrel said that he had learned that Mr, Lavergne had been selected as candidate and he Introduced him as first speakert Than was a spir'r this juncture. "He shall nut speak the crowd shouted/an broke out on the col Tho following nominatlona were made yortterday: Ro.stigouthmMtulawairka, New Brun- awlck: Pious Mauchaud. [About Lunonburx. N. S.: Dr. D. A. Stewart. Conservative. Hams. N, tr: A. Parsons. Canaan's the. "he siermrs were asked to line up on either side of the hall, those who favored Mr. Byrne as cattdida'o on one side and those who favorwi Mr. Lavergne on the othr-r. Whvr this was done. Charles Parent sn'id that it was impossible for him to decide. I (Canadian Press Service) QUEBEC. Oet. 24.-The political campaign in Quebec county developed into a real battle yesterday when a convention called at Lorettevllle and a meeting started afterward was brok. en up in disorder. " had been an nounced that-the meeting was the Lib eral convention. but this was denied by Le Soleil, the official organ or inc Liberal Part-1, which stated on Friday that H. E. Lavuxcuer was the choice of the Liberal Party. At all events, “in c'onvvntion was called by electors who are opposed to the candidature of H. E. Lavigeucr. Nationalist Leader Tries to Speak and Fight POLITICS III _ QUEBEC UVELY What he Ba‘d. declared the prime minister, was that though the Pro. gressives themselves were wholly op posed to Bolahevikl principles. they had trailed behind the men ot sedltl one and Bolshevisnc tendencies. To this statement he adhered. I Mr. that. and an no Md an chum with Marl-g to enun- Jarmoru " Bauhaus. an m not 1le to no u: Namath. of known- cnly to him. Till m the ttrst “In. ho had referred to an: cum And In did It only New» . mutt-tor at the Cancun "nr, Juneau had mule refer? - to It. lie but written to 11.: muiatcr akin: hlmuto prr “In prool that the statev ment had nun made ad the mini- ster, In tr cc, initial letter had re. plied that he ac " made the reteren- ce attributed to nun J' :1 that he was "aatistisr,ttust Mr. Heighen had never made such a statement. at!” warm when It. an Ar um Wtqreat, Bun. an: came. lull-Lu or malt“. and local Imu- Chisinau“! mu; a." '1 as..." "a'iiit"riGi'GlGii. CANDIDATES CHOSEN Trouble Starts m a spirited outbreak at " “Referring to press articles regard- llng shipments of munitions trom Eng- land to Canada; No munitions. nor 'wnr material of any kind har, been 'purchnscd by Canada since the term- !ination of the war. " hen war broke {out all available guns and munitions in Canada were shipped to England as soon as possible and turned over to the war office, for which Canada Qcame and demobilization of the Can. iadian forces was decided upon. an iagreement was entered into try which ’practicnily all the equipment and iniunitions in the possession of the lCanadian troops was turned into or- jdinance depots. The. Canadian Gov- ernment received credit (or some. Demands were submitted to War Oftlee, for repuirements of active mil- litin and the shipment referred to by pr. King constituted part of those demdnds. Those demands were bus-i ed upon the number of rounds of am- munitions required for each gun rev turned to Canada, in accordance withl the standard scale. About July 19209 a tinaacia', settlement was made with‘ the war oftice. whereby the fe,'y'i/y.'J' Government was given a credit for', the baluneeot equipment which was not needed and tor which no demands were submitted. In order that some or the equipment and ammunition which is subject to deterioration. should not be out of dale a shipment“ was arranged so as to correspond "N nearly its possihle In 'the time it| would be required. This e'.plnilis why! some ammunition is arriving now. Clearly therefor no present expend- iture is involved in this arrangement. Regarding demobilization nppropria tion it may be said Ilia the clmrges‘ which have been going through ou) ithis vote represent no fresh commit l Iments. but paymentsol war accounts‘ Idelayed in adjustment." 1 l ancrato Plight "This only represents," commented the Prime Minister. "the desperate plight of a party, scrambling here. and 'scrumhling there and trying to nu 'the minds of the. public with this mat ter and with that, it it can only avoid the main 1tsitue--that of tar"! policy." That desirable tarm near Riverbnnk t If, J Hour“. nn‘the f'rmytomBreBlttu hand. t'onti'is3titttt of " acre: of land, I amen huuh, the rest can all he culli- unml if mum]. some " acre: ot it In also vorrgood platura land, with I 'rnek running through it. 2 nvren In orchard; Ilse some small fruits. 5 Acre- In tall when, 6 novel In rye. so more: In [all and vulture. an Now. lng done. On the {an In I good but bun will Itnv shod. Implant chad. " table And I qood 10 roamed noun, - remodelled with hm! And not: Sum In house. had hot m hm; “Imam- .mumn um "Itt at Ira-bu. ' III.- an} In the coming election campaign, It may be “may" than the dentists will come to Judgmem. The Prime Minister, in eonttrmat. ion of his statcment. read a telegram he had received from Major General McBrien. Chief ot me General Staff at mama Headquarters. That may sage was as follows: I shall hasten to tell Mr. King that he is not in the least danger from the munitions he saw. My are tor act- ive militia. and as far as I know he is not in it." (Applause and laughter.) "Using economy. commented a man in the audience. "Yea; I suppose Mr. King would propose dumping them in the middle ot the Atlantic," replied Mr. Meighen. and the audience laughed. Surely an Adjustment "The $3,000,000 in the public ac- counts paid for explosives three years ago turns out to be an adjustment for explosives used durlnng the war. l “There has F __-, one dollu spent for mun 'iomi .-- e the and ot the war," 1ir'crcyt:d Mr. Mencken. speaking in st. Thomas, in reply to the charges of Hon. luckenxle King. ('We" then "hattre them munitions? When the var began we had munit- ions in this country. When war broke out we sent them all ovemas When the war was over, there were munitions on hand. Part of these were allotted to Canada. Every country has munitions for its militia. and the munitions Mr. King saw were brought to Canada for our mil-‘ itia. ONLY Says Munitions Are Dtt Canada Prom War Stores Left Over. Primer FOR SALE Bit, My,» King '13 It $13.32’ it'isiiiti"i'i1 SINCE WAR Br another chute it II in“. In since to my or prowl“ to pay an. amen-1|, was. or other 'l"" of In elector [out to or trom a polling lutlou. The convoyunco of electorl ‘to polls, otc,, “Nun forbidden by the act. This Is not a new amendment but In one which w“ strengthened somewhat In the unending of the former not. It I- not. In nuance un- dar tho act. laminar. for “you hang an elector, to my hit own tare to or from the polling nation Shareholders and tttrueery of com. panics or associations violating the alove loction are declared guilty of an Indk'tahle offence. as also In "No unincorporated company or as- sociation and no Incorporated com- pnny or association other than one incorporated for political purposes alone. shall directly or indirectly, contribute, loan. advance, pay or pro- mise or alter to pay any money or its equivalent to, or for or in aid of. any candidate at an election, or to, or for, or in aid of any company incur unrated lor political purposes, or to or for or in furtherance of any polit- Mal purpose whatever. or for the itr dvtnttmcation or reimbursement of any person or mom-ya so used." made that " was aimed at the palm lcal and which It was stated was then being raised by the farmer or xanlzatlona in the western provinces, The clause pal-ed the Commons and Senate. however with little oppoV tion. ' Another clause in the nmendod act makes lt an olence for Any potion. not being nu doctor or I candidate, and who rando- outside of Canada, to canvass tor am... or In any way en. deavor to induce your: to vote for any ot the candidate, at an election. any candidate for, or in aid "any person who ash or knowingly n cab/as" any money or In equivalent in violation of this section. At the time this clause was Intro- duced In the Home the vlnim was One of mo amendments which! caused considerable comment in the{ country at the time it was paugdm was that referring to campaign fund _ contributions. Clause Ten ot the! amended art has been made to read: ( OTTAWA, Oct. 20.-HBr Canadian Press)-iym, are many things in connection with the conduct of and procedure in elections which are changed considerably under the pres- ent Dominion Election Act trom what they were formerly. Every pro-cau- tion which could he taken by Parlia- ment to ensure “clean" and orderly eloctlons was taken in amending the act during the last two sessions and the result ls a law which should pro- vide hymns: what was formerly con- sitlerod, in many cases, unavoidu' election evils. Amendments, to Election Act Should Ensure "Clean" Elections LAW CHANGED RE ELECTION declared “In this Dominion protection is the corner name ot our industrial life," he The premier defended the Govern- ment‘s railway policy and emphasised his abwlute adherenge to the policy of protection. C Continuing My eriticUm of Mr, Wer. ar's mtnltesto. the premier charged that the expenditures ot the my» “val: on propaganda greatly exceeded those of the Government " tell Mr. Crerar that his party hat; spent more on polltlcal propaganda than this Gov. ernment. tive dollars to one, In tbs last five years.” he said. Profits made from the grain trade. amount- ing to hundreds of thousands ot dol- lars, had, the Premier said, been and by the Progretsaivm, tor political pro- Hanan. {an . M‘ “M 1 Th. m. Vilma; l. mum-- of war“ I. In All to. - by lbs. W. Can‘t. ‘ludnr of (In Wu ”I'll. In MI "an: mum-to. The but... at this document. to lulu“. I. car- an. tt char“ the 'sires-gt with dishonesty uni it": will that with the "big NM" ttattq “I. it pointed to no swim: Mum. nude no direct than. - Lacklng In Cour-’0 "Until Mr. Crenr in man enough to put MI bad on In act ot an. Govern- ment open to attack he (all to demo!» struts the comma nevus"! to I prime minister," said Mr. Meutuut. --- 5”); ", from]; it} Ptfe"tte99tt"" IM?-- ftNteerttttttttt mum-c) - Ontario " 0mm 8, Nov: south I). luv/muck T, may. um tr 1911" (Wm-ermine- -- Ontario ht Quebec " Non Scotln b, Now Emu-wick 6, Prince Edvard IBitutd t, Mlnltobl I. Saskatchewtn t, Al- berta i, Britt" Columbia 7, Yukon 1. Tom IM. Litteri-0tttarto It, Quebec tt, Non Scott: 9, Now Brun- wick 8, Ale.; Eduard Island t, Hutton I. annular“ 0, Album 0. Total " irtdittdertt--Ahttaho 1. Quinn L , “whom 8. British Columbia ' unknown t, Alberta 3, Total " trtd-dmtt-ontarlo t, Quebec t, Total 3. T, Manitoba 7, British Columbia T, Prince Edward Island l, North Welt Territories 7. Yukon 0. Total 139. Conservatives -- Ontario is, Quebec li, Nova Scotia o, New Brunswick B, Mnniiqbn t, Brllinh Columbia. O, Prince Edward Island 3, North West Territorial t, Yukon 1. Total 75. M)0lr--Litreralte--0atario M, Que- lm- M, New Brunswick 11. Nova Scout 12, Prince Edward Island t, Manitoba 2, British Columbia 2, Saskatchewan 9, Alberta 4, Yukon I, Tnial 133. Conservative: -thttartq " Quebec n, New Ema-wick t, Non Soon: 6, Prince Edward Island 1900-Liberahr-0ntario M, Quebec 58. Nova Scotia 15, New Brunswick 9, Manitoba 2. British Columbia 3. Prince Edward Island 3, North West Territories 4, Yukon I. Total 128. Conservative-outa), " Quebec t, Nova Scotia b, New Brunswick 5, Manitoba 3, British Columbia 2. Prince Edward island 2, North West Territories 0. Total 78. Note-va. cancy. dun! representation and inde, pendants. 8. "M-Liberals-Ontario cr, Quebec 49, Nova Scotia lo, New Brunswick ir, Manitoba 2, British Columbia 4, Prince Edward Island 2, North West Territories 2. Total 117. Conserva- tieeg--Otttario 44, Quebec 16, Nova 300th; 10. New Brunswick 9, Manito. ba 4, British Columbia 2, Prince Ed, ward Island 2, North West Terruor- ies L Total 89. 1mtepemienttr--0m tario 5, Manitoba 1, North West Terr. itories 1. Total 7. 1904--L_1B---0ntttrio " Quebec " Nova Scott: 18, New Brunswick 1fi91--Comservatives - Ontario 48, Quebec to, Nova Scoua 16, New Brunswick 13, Manitoba 4, British Co. iambic. tl, Prince Edward island Q North West Territoris, 4; total 123. Liberals - Ontario 44, Quebec 35, Nova Scotia to,' New Brunswick 3, Mnniloba 1, British Columbia 0, Prince Edward Island 4, North West Territories 0; total 92. 1887~Conservatfves - Ontario " Quebec 33. Nova Seotia N, New Brunswick 10, Manitoba 4, British Co- lumbla 6, Prince Edward Island o, North West Territories 4; total 122. Liberals - Qatar-lo 40, Quebec 32, Nova Scotia 8, New Brunswick 6, Manitoba I, British Columbia 0. Prince Edward Island 6, North West Territories 0; .toial 93. 1M2--Conrrervatives - Ontario 54, Quebec 48, Nova Scotia 15, New Brunswick IO, Manitoba 2. British Columbia 6, Prince Edward Island 4; total 139. Liberals u, Ontario 3', Quebec 17. Nova Semis 6, New P.r, wr" wick 6, Manitoba 3, British Columbia o, Prince Edward _lsland 2; total 71. 1878-Coutgervauves - Ontario 59, Quebec 45, Nova Sootia 14, New Brunswick 6, Manitoba 3, British Co- iumbia 6, Prince Edward Island 5; total 137. Liberals-Ontario 29, Que- bec 20, Nova Scotia T, New Brunt wick 11, Manitoba LBritish Columbia o, Prince Edward Island 1; total 69. 1isii-Liberam-thttaHtt at, Quebec 33. Nova Scotti: It Nev Brunswick ll, Manitoba 2, Prince Edward island 6, British Columbia 0; total 18& Conservatives -- Ontario 24, Quebec 32, Nova Scotia 14, New Brunswick 5, Manitoba 2, British Columbia fl, Prince Edward Island o; total N3. mm 50, Quebec 27. tri'.", Booth IO, New Brunswick a, [V1, Brit. lrh Columbll. 0; tout . \ "6t--cot-uve. - 01mm M, Quebec 45, Non. Scott: a, New Brunswick T; total IN. Liberal.-- Onurio " Quebec to, Nova South 16, New answlck's; total 80. Ig7s-comservattve'r-- Onmno 38, Quebec 18, Nova South tl, New Brunswick J, In!“ 3. Witiott Co lumbla 6; total 103. . wuArau-ow Tha following ”may ot the :9- enl auction- from 1807 up to "" will be at Interest. -tWFANra", 'i5'AF.TriiiiG' Cured- enM the WV" he" - the "In of wt eight an“, new the Union“! government W In 1017. Darin. the In” our“ the ”been: he". been elected to ott%q e: flu seem! elections. The forthcoming election 1. the tmgr. team since Contedmuon. in? MM!” no" IR. 0llillhll'S i" BATTLE PLANS Following a meeting in Sheiburne on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Crerar will proceed to Toronto. whore he spends Sunday. On Sunday evening he will leave tor Montreal. where he will pass Monday. On Monday evan- ing he leaves tor Woodstock. N. ir, where he opens'hls Maritime Province campaign on Tuesday. After ten days or so in the Maritime Provinces he plans to return to Ontario and the Progressive: will stage their principal battle. it is expected that when Mr. Crerar returns practically all the members, or the Drury Government' will join in the campaign tor on alll hands it is admitted that in Ontario the "ttting will be keenest ant the result more uncertain. T Already the Ontario battle has us- nhmml the character of a 10tuprtuttps SEAFORTH, Ont., Oct. '21_--iBtatt correspondent , the Canadian Press) -The present week's tour of the Hon. T, A. Crerar in Ontario is but a pry" liminary to the main fight to come. Present Skirmish Is Prelim- inary To Main Fight Coming Yukon 1. Total 153; Oppqsltion (Laurier Liberals)- Ontario 8, Que- bee 62, Nova Scotia 4, New Bruns- wick 4, Prince Edward Island 2, Manitoba l, Saskatchewan 0. Alberta 1, British Columbia ll, Yukon 0. Ttr. l " Waterloo " Tilt tlilMtiltMoTELttliWrllil Is Always At Your Service Let Us Print Your-. The Chronicle- ' Auction Sale Bills Butter Wrappers Letter Heads Envelopes. Account Forms and All Kinds of _ _ Commercial Work. Prompt Attention Given to Orders Try Us Next Time You Re- F quire Any Printed Matter Five Hundred Millions Telegraph [ob [Printing Plant Assurance in Ford: I amount of am I universally Win die SunLife is mhthcfct HE cam which-h SYDNEY. N, F. Oct, 24, - Juno. Hickey. of Malpeque. REL. in deg here aitor, it In alleged. dunking t quarts of wood alcohol in two days. ”1ka is told to have prided himui! on his, ttbility to drink wood nlcohol. BOQRASSA NOT RUNNING ',', (Canadian Press Service) [ MONTREAL, on. 20. - In in course of his speech delivered 1-“ night, Henri Bonn” .muounced he would not be a candidate in the fed; eral elections. 'ru , So far Mr. Crerar has cont1tted hi - 139i! to the rural 'i:i"i'it'is,':',i?:ti3 [Western Ontario and at all points ireceived nttentive hearings. " has North and South Huron yesterday [ had to address overflow meetings H. has spoken in Peel, 't,rdlL',1',',e Oxford and the Barons. This afterno he speaks at Mount Forest in North Wellington. and this evening at J'H? erton in South Bruce. At every one. tf his speeches since he let: Brandon, Man.. Mr. CrArtu. has demanded t know the source or campaign fund . "My physical forro" ar" worn out? I can no longer bear the - of carrying on an election cahl‘n," he said. b _ debate. As Mr. érerar sped if“. the " Hurons yesterday he crossed the track ' of the Prime Minister, who had M " through the counties the day previous. V , F'rom Goderich on Wednesday night C the Prime Minister stacked the _ ' grosstve movement, from (ildt'd"it I the same county of North Huron MP. L Crerar replied the tollowtn‘ attor- ' noon and immediately otter the WI . '. ham meeting motored to Seafonhng rnrry the tight into South Huron, th county in which he was born. DID IT TOO OFTEN