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‘L,"In the witness box in the police court yesterday the first prisoner stated that she and two other girls , had conducted themselves in an imâ€" *proper manner in Kitchener, Windâ€" ‘gor, St. Thomas, Chatham, Brantford, jGalt, Guelph and Hamilton, as well @s Lo.don, spending most of their time in company with Chinese. . »LONDON, Ont., March 15.â€"It has j.palnad for the police department fi London to break up at least part M# .& vicious ring, operating from ‘ iquarters in Toronto, for the proâ€" M of girls for immoral purposes. l_ «©Saturday night the police raided a @lflme laundry in East London and ‘brought three Chinese and a white girl.to the police station. As a reâ€" ’lt Of the story unfolded by this girl another girl from Toronto, reâ€" ‘gistered at a local hotel, was arrestâ€" ;‘%d and charged with procuring the sgitl caught in the raid for immoral purposes. The girl said that her parents livâ€" ed in St. Louis, and that they had been so severe in their training Lhat she had left home and gone to Chicago. She arived in Toronto shortly beâ€" fore Christmas and had been workâ€" ing out from Toronto under the diâ€" rection of a man who has an office on Church street in Toronto. h'l'he girl stated that she gave all The money she earned to the other girl, who in turn handed it over to this man. The latter brought three girls to London two weeks ago and then left. The girls had gone on to Windsor and then came back here on. March $. *This .man in Toronto is at .the bottom of the whole affair?" quesâ€" tioned A. R. Douglas for the crown. "Certainly," replied the girl. She stated that all she received for herself was clothes and expenses, the rest of the money going to the The other girl charged with proâ€" curing stated that she worked on a salary basis and that she was in the employ of the man. . Mr. Douglas stated that efforts had been made to locate the man withâ€" out avail. Magistrate Graydon reâ€" tmanded both girls for a week to Jail. BREAKING UP * VICIOUS RING NOMINATIONS IN NELSON, B.C _ NELSON, B.C., March 20.â€"Mayor Â¥. F. McCarthy, Conservative, and Kenmneth Campbell, Liberal, . were @ominated Saturday for the Nelson tiding, where a provincial election will be held on Wednesday. *"RBANK"TORONTO Bbe London Police Raid A Chinese Laundry and Girls Arrested Safety Deposit Boxes 1 for it shows. it toâ€"dayâ€"â€" l;â€".fG;oou Tea is roco*::lud. â€"emendous increase in t de. AVAIL YOURSELF of the many advantages afforded by a Safety Deposit Box in our vault for the care of your bonds, deeds insurance policies and other valuable papers. BOXES are of different sizes to suit requirements, they are acâ€" cessible at any time during busiâ€" ness hours, the rental is moderâ€" ate, and as the renter holds the keys, privacy is assured. OUR MANAGER will be pleased to explain their operation KITCHENER (North Ward) Incorporated 1855 dous increase in the de. BRANCHES LONDON, March 15â€"Lady Alice White, who was found unconscious in her room in a London hotel yesâ€" terday morning, died this morning at 3 o‘clock. A burglar is believed to have inflicted the fatal injury, a fracture of the skull. Lady White, who was the widow of Sir Edward White, late chairman of the London Coiunty Council, made during a moment of consciousness a brief statement of the circumstanâ€" ces of the crime. She . asserted that burglars bad entered her room through a window and struck her. A woman occupant of & nearby room reported having beard a scream afâ€" ter Lady White retired on Monday night, and the assumption is that she shouted for heip, the burglar then striking her on the head and escaping. Lady Alice Struck _ By â€" Burglar Galt Reporter Bought by Owners of Sarnia Observer Thousands of Dollars Lost by Fautly Sewer The new owners will take possesâ€" sion at an early date, the present manager, Henry J. Foster, will be associated with Allan Holmes in the management of the paper. Messrs. Hueston and Holmes are also ownâ€" ers of the Daily Herald at Prince Alâ€" bert, Sask., so that this organization now controls the Herald at Prince Albert, the Canadian Observer at Sarnia, and the Galt Reporter it BRANTFORD, March 20â€"Over 300 city workmen wer« laid off on Saturâ€" day morn when it was learned that piping on the Belleview trunk sewer on which construction was well on towards completion, was Cefective. The work had been started during the winter torcope with the great amount of unemployment in the city but if detailed reports find the pipâ€" ing on the entire system to be use less, tens of thousands of dollars will Galt. SARNIA, Ont. March 15.â€"Arn nouncement was made here today that the Daily Reporter of Galt, Ont., has been purchased from the Galt Reporter Ltd., by H. M. Huesâ€" ton, Allan Holimes and A. D. Mcâ€" Kenzie, owners of the Canadian Obâ€" server, of Sarnia. The Galt Reâ€" porter was amalgamated with the Galt Reformer about ten years ago. be lost No further work on the sewer will be done until the report submited at a special session of the board of works has been sifted. There was an inspector on the job and the pipe was supposed to have been thoroughâ€" ly tested. ; You will like it KITCHENER \ _ "The various witnesses were unâ€" :dnubtedly honest in believing that }the acts could not have been thus | performed, but my | acquaintance | with the errors of observation and of memory on the part of intelliâ€" | gent persons dealing with a large \ number of details in a matter quite ‘new to them, has often demonâ€" | strated that such testimony may be | vitally in error. For example, it was thought that a cushion which ‘some time before‘ had been put upstairs was placed upon the bedstead downâ€" stairs by occult agency, but it apâ€" pears that the next preceding fire was upstairs, making it likely that an opportunity was found in the meantime to bring the cushion down. Altered Consciousness. 1 "But I am emphatically of the opinion.that the girl was not mentâ€" ally culpable. She is mentaily exâ€" ceedingly young for her years, and within the past year has had singuâ€" lar ‘dream states,‘ from which it was difficult to rouse her. It is very probable that she was the victim of altered states of consciousness, about which psychology has learned so much of late. Such was demonâ€" stratably che condition ‘of Esther HALIFAX, N.S., March 16.â€"*"The fires were produced by the physical means of the hands of the girl of the family, Mary Ellen, the fifteenâ€" yearâ€"old adopted daughter of Alexâ€" ander Macdonald, as shown â€" by marks left in ‘the building. _ She was not, however, morally culpable owing to having been in an altered state of consciousness. There is the added possibility, supported by a body of evidence in other quarters that this altered state was brought about by a discarnate intelligence. This is a theoretic possibility, whereâ€" as the external facts seem certain. The experiences of Haroid Whidden and P. O. Carroll were probably of a supernormal nature which does not necessarily imply that the superâ€" normal cause was sp{ritistic. It may have been owing to a psychoâ€" physiological cause which is perâ€" fectly natural, though as yet im perfectly normal." Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, diâ€" rector of the American Society of Psychical Research, so summed up tonight, the results of his investigaâ€" tions into the fires and other mysâ€" terious â€" happenings which drove Alexander Macdonald and his family from their home at Caledonia Mills, Antigonish County, during the winâ€" ter. Dr. Prince‘s own summary of his official visit is as follows: "My visit of six nights and five days at the house in the vicinity of Antigonish, N.S., which has attractâ€" ed so much attention, ended on Monâ€" day morning. It is difficult to donâ€" dense a report of some seven thousâ€" and words into a much briefer stateâ€" ment, and only the salient points can be mentioned. "Apart from the statements of Signor Marconi and other experts, I have proved that the wireless wave theory cannot be true, unless the waves are endowed with intelligence to know just when people are in the house, with a dislike for the upper part of the room walls, with a reâ€" pugnance to having persons see them break out into flames, and with abilâ€" ity to transport cushions from one room to another and the like. Dr. Franklin Prince, Howâ€"| > Set by Human Hands. ‘ "The fires were undoubtedly sat by human hands, judging by the unâ€" mistakable signs left in the house. The burns are never found on the wallpaper higher than the reach of a person five feet tall, which is the height of the girl in the family. Over the bed which fills one end of a room they are never higher than such a person kneeling could reach, and in muddy or snowy weather ons would not wish to stand on the bed. Other slightly higher places on the woodwork were always set on fire by pieces of cloth, which could easily have been tossed. In a recess over a door where a fire occurred were found the fragments of a glove, un: disturbed, and in the midst of them a match where it could not have been prior to the fire, mor have been placed there after its extinguishâ€" ment. The fires avoided starting beâ€" fore witnesses, as there was no ocâ€" cult reason for it doing so, and avoided all parts of the diningâ€"room and parior visible from the meeting: place in the kitchen. An ordorless, inflammable liquid was found in a bottle on a beam which produced the described effects on wet paper. Other indicia were found pointing to the same conclusion, that a person five feet tall secretively performed the acts, as opportunity presented itself. nomena . in the ‘great Untder he Domination of Some Unknown â€" Influâ€" ence â€" Advances theory of Psychic Obsession. _ The "Spook" who, Dr. Prince says, kindled the fires in the Antigonish "house of mystery." consisting of Dr. Prince, Mr. Whidâ€" den and Donald McRitchie, proceedâ€" ed to the MacDonaid home. After a series of investigations, Dr. Prince, says Mr. Whidden, required both him and Mr. McRitchie to undergo & psychic test. This consisted of seating them at a table and spreadâ€" ing sheets of copy paper in front of them. They were each given a pencil and told to remain impassive pendâ€" ing the operation of any psychic agency. The first test failed. Next day,'Mnrch 10, the McDonald family, with the exception of Alex. MacDonâ€" ald, were prevailed upon to occupy the farm, and toward 7 o‘clock at night Mr. Whidden was called to attend a telephone call at the Mcâ€" Gillivray home, half a mile away. instead of leaving the house, he enâ€" tered the room where Dr. Prince was reading and made the request to go through another test. This time extraordinary results were obtained. The sheets of paper were spread on the table. Mr. Whidden was given a lead pencil, and immediately he put his hand on the paper he felt a prickly senâ€" sation in his fingerâ€"tips. He deâ€" clares that his hand grew numb and that he felt a numbness about his heart. At the same time his hand began to move automatically, and mot of his own volition, over the paper with incredible speed. Someâ€" times the rate would slow down. At other times his hand would circle round, as he describes it, "like a toy top." He declares that he was for two hours under the control of some unseen power, which answered questions asked by Dr. Prince and at times asked itself questions which it readily answered. Keeps Confidence With "Spirits" The spirit gave its name and deâ€" livered messages, the nature of which, in view of their personal application to the subject controlled, is not all divulged. Mut during the â€" marifeatations Mr. Whidden called upon others, who were in the next room. to come in and "see what they might never see again." All entered and were witâ€" messes to the mysterious spirit comâ€" munication. MDDOIO OO DOTWMO MR RMOSSL T Mess application to the subject controlled, | a Born in Rtohaner | _ Dr. King, who was born at Kitchâ€" is not all divulged. i . â€" ener, graduated from the University Mut during the marifeatations of Toronto in 1902 with the degree Mr. Whidden called upon others, who of Bachelor of Medicine. During the were in the next room. to come in South African war he went to the and "see what they might never 888 ;yon; in the medical service. While again." All entered and were Witt jpore he contracted enteric fever, messes to the mysterious spirit COMâ€" which undermined his health, thus munication. placed him at a disadvantage in Asked if It made its presence f€lt jighting the more serious malady to to Mr. Whidden on the second night which he ultimately succumbed. of his stay in the MacDonald homeâ€" _ (OQn his return to Canada, he went stead, the mysterious power answer 1o O(tawa to practise being guided ed quickly in the affirmative. Asked in this step largely by @ desire to be why, it replied that this was in ordcr near his brother, the present preâ€" to show him that the mystery fires mier, since there had always been were caused by "spirits." Asked a warm attachment between . the who had unfastened the cows, the two. unseen control answered "I did."| In 1911, he married Miss May three exclamation points being writ Wookey, daughter of Mrs. C. A. ten after the word. Two messages Wookey, 181 Lowther avenue, Toâ€" recelved in this manner were that ronto. the spirits of the departed still visit _ During a typhoid epidemic which the earth and that God is good, God occurred a year or so later. Dr. King is kind and God is just. worked unsparingly and while still Other messages received by Mr Whidden were of a nature that afâ€" fected his own life, one being from a thirteenâ€"yearâ€"old sister who died in August, 1914. They contained inâ€" structions which, Mr. Whidden says, will be carried out in due course. Many of these manifestations took place in the presence of the four or five witnesses, all of whom testify Renews Strength! SCOTT‘S EMULSION memGeccoid proid d Seett & Bowae, Torento, Ont. w«â€"â€"â€"B1.80 M AKKR® OPFPâ€"â€"* need for a buildâ€" ingâ€"up tonic after prostrating illness, DR. "MAX" KING â€"DIES AFTER A |_ DENVER, Colo., March 20â€"Dr. D. |H. MacDougal King, brother of W. |L. Mackenzie King, premier of Canâ€" ‘ada, died at his home here Saturday )following an extended illness. Mr. ]King was the author of several medical text books. He had resided }In Colorado for more than fifteen | years. Mr. McRitchie, who was sent to Caledonia Mills merely as an interâ€" ested oberver, declares unreservedâ€" ly that the curcumstances are exactly as Mr. Whidden has porâ€" trayed them, that he personally witâ€" nessed the writing of the communiâ€" cations Funeral on Friday A despatch from Ottawa states that the Prime Minister left Ottawa for Denver on Saturday night and that it is the intention to have the body brought to Toronto for burial. The funeral it is expected, will be held on Friday. Dr. King‘s remains will be laid to rest beside those of his father and mother and one sisâ€" ter ,all of whom have died in the past five years. to the occurrences Was Native of Kitchener and Son of Late John King, K.C. HE WAS IN S. AFRICA In 1911, he married Miss May Wookey, daughter of Mrs. C. A. Wookey, 181 Lowther avenue, To: During a typhoid epidemic which occurred a year or so later. Dr. King worked unsparingly and while still weak from his toil on behalf ow huâ€" manity, was stricken down by a severe attack of influenza, compliâ€" cated by double pneumonia This developed into tuberculosis Accordingly he later moved . to Colorado with his wife and . their twin sons, Arthur and William Lyon Mackenzie junior. Wrote of he Diseases \ During this plucky fight against the disease he. wrote "The Battle With Tuberculosis and How to Win It," a book which had a wide: circulation on this continent and: which found a place in the military haspitals during the war. The vyolâ€" ume bore the inscription,. "Grateâ€" fully dedicated to my wife and to my brother." After two years in a Colorado sanâ€" itorium he felt sufficiently improved to resume his practise. This step, however, was apparently taken too soon for complications set in and \then began a gradual decline. Alâ€" though Dr. King recognized that the end was certain, he continued to put up a dogged and cheerful fight even writing another inspiratJonal book as yet unpablished, with & view to LONG ILLNESS YdeisStne d ids McÂ¥ WIARTON, Ont., Mar. 14.â€"When Irwin Kidd and George Keyes, old rival checker players, fell forward in sleep over their checker board at Keyes'x home, near Hepworth, on Saturday night, it was the last long sleep for Kidd. Mr. Keyes‘ daughter put her father to bed late at midâ€" night, but was unable to move his visitor, who slipped to the floor. She placed a pillow under his head and a blanket over him. He was dead when she came downstairs in the morning. He had apparently chokâ€" ed to death. Kidd. a picturesque and well known character of the district, and famous as a barn framer for 40 years, was in the habit of visiting Keyes and very often in the evening they would light their pipes and fill their glasses and sit down to a camâ€" paign at the checkerboard. Saturday they played late and when Miss Keyes looked in on them she found them both fast asleep and bowed ovâ€" er the board. Grim Reaper Has Last Move in Checker Game The coroner decided no inquest ne cessary. Kidd has no relatives loc ally. Italy Sends Note To Greece Asking For Satisfaction GaANDHI GETS SIX YEARS AHMEDABAD, British India, Mar. 20. â€"Mohandsk Gandhi, the Indian Nonâ€"Coâ€"Operationist leader, who was arrested recently on charges of sediâ€" tion, was sentenced on Saturday to EDINBURGH, March 20.â€" Edward Arthur Walton, widely known arâ€" tist, Is dead at his home here. He is 61 years of age, and president of the Royal Scottish Society of Paint era in Watercolors. six years" imprisonment without hard labor. 10 Years of Eczema â€"â€"A sample Relieved Her 3â€"4 A readi weekty Canadian letters, hu::"::oflnozr-d-':!o- skin diseases and how relief was obtained ? Here is part dumm'n-mltn?ln- vey, Rlack Lake, Que. Write her if you desire. "T::‘yunmmn!n l‘.e: Trea unave doctors, -.un...-«nfl. rzknl me , etc." The proof of the pudding is in the eat! When -."mmm lc'dkl- discase ‘:-"n clty and town eiainion: warkty i ts w ............2.".‘-.7-.. skebtiont. wWELL KNOWN ARTIST DEAD ce SA 3 NC ma t ROME, March 20.â€"Italy has sent a new an denergetic note to Greece demanding release of the steamshipg Abbazia and comâ€" plete satisfaction for the recent incidents. The communication was sent by Foreign Minister Schanzer through the Italian minister at Athens. Chicago, March 2 Wheatâ€"May, 1.38 Cornâ€"May, §1 1â€"2; July, 64 1â€"2 Oatsâ€"May, 38 1â€"2; July, 40 1â€"2. and some useful lines of furniture will be required for your | well stocked in all lines of good serviceable furniture. q You can buy a good mattress for $4.75 with wood fibre centre and wool batting on both sides. Seven Dollars will buy a good felt mattress with a fancy art ticking in You can secure a good coil spring which will make a very comfortable any size. We have a good woven wire spring with a heavy hardwood frame and strong roll edge of cable wire priced at $4.95. We are offering some very low prices in bedroom and dining room ture. See us for these requirements. 22â€"24 King Street East The Kitchener Furniture Co. Ltd. Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture â€"â€" ~WILL SOON Mattresses â€" Springs 20.â€"Opening : 8 1â€"8; July, 119 EDUCATION _ ESTIMATES An Everâ€"Increasing Deâ€" mand for Higher Educaâ€" tion is Cause Large Additional Expense in Connection With Technical Schools READ MANY PAPERS TORONTO, March 20.â€"The ever increasing desire of the people of Ontario for higher education is one of the chief reasons for the estiâ€" mates for education being so greatâ€" ly increased in this year‘s budget in this year‘s budget in the legisâ€" lature. As an indication of this, it was pointed out toâ€"day in the deâ€" »artment of education that whereas bere were 113,000 papers written by pupils in departmental examinations last year, the applications this year indicate 235,000 papers. While this number will be slightly decreased Lefore the examinations come on, the reduction will not be very great. Department â€" examinations â€" include the entrance to the high schools, the promotion â€" examinations in high schools and collegiate institutes and the matriculation to the universities. It costs the Government an averâ€" age of $1.20 to examine each paper so that the cost of "marking the papers" will be a substantial item. Technical Schools Theer is also a large additional expense in connection with techniâ€" cal schools. The Dominion Governâ€" ment pays 25 per cent., the province 25 per cent. and the municipality 5C per cent. for these schools and the rate that applications for these are pouring into the educational deâ€" partment indicates that there will be heavy expenditures this year. The â€" department, however, views these schools with great favor, not only because they fill an important gap in the educational system of the province, but they will receive the overcrowded colleges and uniâ€" versities in Ontario. These are the big extra charges in the nearly $2,000,000 increase in the estimates for education, but in addition there are greater interest in summer schools and other unâ€" dertakings of this kind to facilitate WELCOME MAYOR AND HIS BRIDE Galt, March 18. â€"One of the great est expressions of loyalty ever tendâ€" ered the chief citizen of Galt was that given Mayor 8. E. Chariton, who reached the clty last evening at 8.30 with B bride from Winnipeg, where they have been spending their honeymoon. in the higher education of those who cannot attend a university. On short notice the reception comâ€" mittes of the city council, in conjunt of which INCREASED for iron bed $8.75. bed, all spring black will not glt:‘:qt wo( 1 1â€"16 inches, full size, niece finish, priced at $9.50. . _ A very heavy iron bed 2 inch’i tinuous post, 3â€"4 inch fillers; mak bed suitable for any home, in W enamel $14.40, the same bed in | nut or mahogany finish $17.50, *‘ White iron bed, continuous _ wWOOD8 PHOSPHODINE ‘The great Englisn remedy, and invigorates the whole ne system, . makes blood in old / m Cures Nervous De Mental and Brein ry, Despondency, Loss of Ei Pa‘pitation, of the Heart, °F Memory. Price $2 per box, 8 f One will please, six will cures by all druggists or mailed in pkg. ou receipt of price. New phiet mailed free The Wood cine Co., Toromto, Ont., for Windsor,. se R mrniermememmmremmormeremmemecmmmetistctnc t FGZEMA & ment for Eczema and @ tions. It relieves at once n n faie ae y ho Berail dealers or Rdmanson, Bates Lim{ted, Toronto. worship and Mrs. Chariton ; three bands, and several . hus citizens were at the depot whet train pulled in, and to the #ur of the newlyâ€"weds, they werd® surrounded and showered with gratulations, while the bands pl "Home Sweet Home." us The bands and a fleet of ulg biles formed a parade, escorting!‘ mayor and his bride to their hflz Wellington street. Mayor Charl while he was completely m'} surprise with the reception tn« him, made a brief address of> preciation for the welcome q them. *Â¥ Border Line is ~ Veritable Battlef: LONDON, March 20.â€"The boi line of Ulster is described as * a battle front" by the Ev@I News‘ Belfast correspondent, says rival forces of the Irigh re lican army and of Ulster P constables are actually within 4 range and were contipually‘ f at each other during the weeks Are Well Concealed.. » The combatants were loo“ concealed for serious losses tu‘ inflicted, and the exchange of© was mainly intended to prevent. springing of surprise attacks,, an extra precaution the area tween the two forces was & with machinegun fire tt‘i?tfl The rival armies, continues the respondent, are gradually. creg closer to each other, and the‘j collission is expected to occur the frontier near Caledon, fi Tyrone. " LUMBAO NEURITIS SCIATICA _ Mave you given up? Hav: rul“dno‘ m::l: to that pain a io reliews t " bo “‘fll cause youcan‘t phhfl or take some expensive n rlerngtiive r *wo ‘ave RHEUMATIS Kitchener, t # â€" TRG, 184