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@9 2P ; ‘The shooting occurred in their _‘ ‘‘home on the main street, to which k -ihy had moved but yesterday, and ‘ <~#t is thought to have taken place beâ€" ; Aween 11 and 12 o‘clock last night. * i‘ No one heard the shooting, the four "ghildren of the dead man and womâ€" â€"><an being asleep, and it was not unâ€" tiJ this morning that the tragedy was discovered by the eldest of che fumily, a twelveâ€"yearâ€"old boy. Upâ€" on rising he was horrified to find _ his mother lying dead on her hbec .‘ with the side of her face shot away. ‘._/The father‘s body was found in the hj bathroom, with a doubleâ€" barrelled _ shotgun, which evidently had been ?, used, lying on the floor beside the . Terrible Tragedy In Stayner; Kills His Wife ;;‘PUTSANEND @10 ANXETY ie dissociation ut length and deciarâ€" i that the Drury legisiation would . death to the Hydro movement. â€"Me also asserted that a Dominionâ€" Wide campaign against public ownâ€" ' would have to be fought withâ€" ‘ t the next six weeks. gr Mayor Maguire offered welcome @h behalf of the city to the Radial EfiAuochuon‘ The City of Toronto, ‘\ he said, had not wavered in its . faith in Hydro and the radials. The ‘interests of Toronto and the other â€" diunictpalities. were identical. (~‘3..W. Lyon, president of the assocâ€" ‘Jation, announced that he was withâ€" ~drawing from the office. He was 74 e COLLINGWOOD, Ont., March 23. ‘â€"â€"The town of Stayner, nine miles south of Collingwood, was the scene of a terribe double tragedy last »might when Thomas Watson, aged *40 years, shot and killed his wife, ‘aged 35 and afterwards killed himâ€" ‘The â€" bill _ concerning _ radials brought down by the Ontario Govâ€" ernment would abrogate all the Mgreements between the municipalâ€" Aties already existing, a thing that was illegal. If the Government did ‘mot. want to guarantee any more Bonds for the municipalities, let them keep their guarantees, and the municipalities could go abead withâ€" out them. They would find, he was sure, that they had the support of all the farmers. â€" Watson was a druggist and had been in business for a number of years. He recently disposed of his drug store and it is said that he had ~been worrying over the matter. Mrs. Watson was a daughter of J. Clark, :prumr Grand Trunk station agent ',"t Stayner. ‘Dr. Murphy, the coroner, will holo an inquest into the tragedy. bllh.u" declaration â€" proposed . by .h Foreign Relations Confmittee fim by President Harding. final vote was 67 to 27, repreâ€" WASHINGTON, March 25.â€" The fourâ€"power Pacific treaty, the centrée of controversy over accomplishments of the Washington Arms Conference, was ratified by the Senate yesterday ‘With no reservation except the "no wenting a margin of four over the » twoâ€"thirds, was recorded w opponents of ratification m:h more than twenty unsucâ€" 1 uttempts to qualify Senate vod, he would move for disailowâ€" ide in the Dominion Pariiament, J. ‘» Lyon of Guelph the retiring presâ€" rs old and if he was thirty vears "-’wl'. Li cAuainad I_-;; osed legisiatjion by the Drury irnment covering Hydro Radials declared that if the Provincial of Ontario was held in the City by reservctions «or amendâ€" as distasteful to the adminis m the deciding roll call 12 ~woted for the treaty and tur Republicanss opposed it. remmmmnmeaeinenemementess m rneeemmmmcs w alo a -3! of the Canadian National Guelph; T. L. Church, â€"WIDE CAM PAIGN 18 UNDER WAY Provincial not be one mile of the radials built. b-uu.humkctommhvu Mayor Maguire the newly elected president in his ingugural address, said they had to combat a great inâ€" fluence. The railways were fighting | for their lives. The people of Onâ€" | tario had a right to fight for their | own interests as well. } Presentations Made. During the afternon an illuminatâ€" ea address and loving cup was preâ€" sented to the retiring president, J. W. Lyon, of Guelph, and an address ‘and watch chain pendant was preâ€" ‘sented to exâ€"Mayor Church. Both |recipients expressed" their thanks. younger he would be glad to conâ€" tinue the fight. There was a great controversy on, and it would not be completed until they had forced an the final court of appeal If the Act that the Drury Government propos GueipH, E. l CUHMICM, ME. E. A ECE zo;mumorc.A.lm Toronto; Vi presidents .(in the orâ€" ell Nesbitt, Toronto; T. W. Jutten, Hamilton; Alderman England, Windâ€" sor; A. A. Molntyre, Peterboro; John Dérbyshire, Brockville; Peter Ray, Waterdown; J. E. Riffin, St. Catharines; Secretary, T. J. Hanni gan, Guelph; Treasurer, G. Powell Hamilton. Resolutions were passed along the lines of those carried at the Hydro Municipal Association meeting, Tuesday, upholding the legislation now in existence and protesting against any change in it. John Duval Dodge Given His Freedom; Helps Blind Beggar KALAMAZOO, March 23.â€"John Duval Dodge, Detroit millionaire, was found not guilty of driving an automobile while drunk by a jury in the Police Court yesterday afterâ€" noodn. The jurors went to lunch at the Ryckman Hotel early in the afterâ€" noon. On their return the constable who escorted them announced that the bill was $5.20. Judge Blankenâ€" burg declared there were no funds to pay the bill, and that the six men would have to settle it After the verdict Dodge announced he would pay for the luncheon. Dodge went out about the time the jurors did, and outside the court met & blind beggar. Taking a handful of silver from his pocket, Dodge poured it inâ€" to the beggar‘s hat. JUMPS FROM BRD. FLOOR Giving money to a blind beggar is supposed to bring good luck. Prevâ€" lously it had been reported that the jury stood 5 to 1 for conviction. end because of illâ€"health, Esther Davidson, 28â€"yearâ€"old law office emâ€" ployee, yesterday pencilled a will on a plece of scratch paper and jumpâ€" ed from a twentyâ€"second story winâ€" dow of the Times Building, Broadâ€" way and 42nd street. She fell upon a wire mesh over an eighteenth floor skylight, and shortly afterward died in & hospital of a broken back and other injuries. A shower of glass tinkling down an elevator shaft when her body struck the sklight, attracted the building superintendent who found her in a sitting posture. "How did you get here?" he asked. "Jumpedâ€"but don‘t know how I summoned up enough courage," she answered, then lapsed into unconâ€" sciousness. Found Guilty of Murder of His Nephew QUEBBEC, March 27.â€"A verdict Of| seif under a lounge, and was uninâ€" guilty was brought in by the jury At | jured, although two shots were fired Rimouski on Saturday night against | at nim. Philaes Blouin, on trial for the murâ€" 222222z ez zse | der. of his nephew, Antoine Blouin, C611 Summonses Iu’ued The fatai shooting occurred at st.| _ to Merchants‘ Bank Jeromie, Matane county, one evening Officials Last Week towards the end of the month of wâ€"csizza > * August last. The shot, which was MONTREAL, â€"March 34. â€"After fired from outside through the winâ€"| consultation between representatives dow, was intended for Mrs. Joseph| of the tederal departments=~of fin« Blouin, the sisterinlaw of |the\ ance and justice, Judge Victor Cas NEW YORK, March 24.â€"Despondâ€" l x: Officers Elected. assumed the position of master meâ€" chanic which he retained until 1917. In 1917 he was loaned from the Imâ€" perial Munitionsâ€"Board to the Genâ€" foreman . of the Grand Trumk at Montreal from 1883 to 1837.. In 1897 he was made general foreman of the shops at Port Huron, Mich., and the Clair River. MONTREAL, March 27. â€" Rev. Adelard Delorme wa« this afternoon formally committed for trial on the charge of murdering his half broâ€" ther, Raoul, on January 16, by Judge Cusson in the police court The abbe was committed after he had appear ed for voluntary statement and had been asked to make a plea to the murder charge. The clerk of the court addressed the following words to him: "Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anthing in answer to the charge? You are not bound to say anything, but whatever you do say will be taken down in wrlu'ux and may be given in evidence against you at your trial. You must clearly understand that you have nothing to hope from any promise or favor and nothing to fear from any threat whith may have been held out to you to induce you to make any admission or confession of guilt but whatever you now say inay be given in evidence against you upon your trial notwithstanding any promise or threat." SHOT SEVEN OF FAMILY N BELFASI Raid of Band of Men Proâ€" foundly Stirred the City noon.. BELFAST, March 2+.â€"â€"A band of men forced their way into the home of Owen MacMahon, a saloon keepâ€" er, early this morning, and shot seven members of the tnmllly. News of the raid has profoundly stirred the entire city. MarMahon and three of his sons were killed outright; another died of his wounds, and two others are mear death. The crime is thought to have been in reprisal for the shooting of a number of special constables in May street yesterday. At about 1.20 o‘clock this morning the raiders, who are reported to have worn uniforms, smashed the door of the MacMahon home in the north end of.the city and rushed upstairs where the occupants of the house were sleeping. The _ male members of the family were taken down to the living room, lined up againet the wall and riddled with bullets. The shootings were Neard by ocâ€" cupants of a nearby house, who notâ€" ifled the Glenravel street barracks. Mrs. MacMahon and her daughter rushed down to the living room when the attackers departed and found the seven lying on the floor in pools of blood, three of the bodâ€" les in a heap. Another son who was ordered into the room escaped by throwing himâ€" self under a lounge, and was uninâ€" jured, although two shots were fired at him. When the police arrived they found the women in a state of colâ€" lapse. Ambulances took the vicâ€" tims to the hospital, where it was found that four already were dead. ‘The matron of the hospital reports that the two wounded sons are very Sut:’nfi:;lc:g I.'ug i. sick u::by to look after. To preâ€" ““’ nk vent an occasional dose of Officialy Last Week Th imawts tos rimeth ut tow, Belfast, March 24. â€" Joseph Campbell a Belfast city official, was shot and killed by a sniper in New Lodge Road this afterâ€" Committed for Trial e N V S ninndomaiinis 0 0 (|| and some useful lines of f KINDNESS OF GOOD BA MARITANREâ€"ENACTED || well stocked in all lines of Montagu Allan, president of the deâ€" funct Merchant‘s Bank, and D. C. Macarow, gemeral manager of that institution, to appear in the polic¢ court to answer charges in connecâ€" tion with the October report made under the Bank Act on behalf of the Merchants‘ Bank. s Both Sir Montagu and Mr. Macarâ€" ow appeared with their lawyers beâ€" fore Judge Cusson in the course of the day. N. K. Laflamme, K.C., M.P., is acting for Mr. Macarow, and Aime Geoffrion, K.C., for Sir Monâ€" tague Allan. Mr. Macarow‘s case was set for March 31, and Sir Monâ€" tagu Allan‘s for March 29. C. A. Wilson, K.C., is acting for the govâ€" ernment departments. Issued This Morning. ‘The information upon which the summonses were issued was sworn to before Judge Cusson by Robert B, Veits, an employe of the department of finance, Ottawa. C. A. Wilson, acting as legal adviser for Mr. Veits and also for the department of justice. The charge against Sir Monâ€" tagu Allan is for having "falsely and negligently concurred in the preparâ€" ation of the finance," and which did not show that the bank‘s rest was impaired. The charge against Mr. Macarow is for having "falsely and wilfully made a deceptive return to the federal government on the bank‘s standing." BERLIN, â€" March _ 27.â€"Fortyâ€"six men were killed and 109 wounded on the German side during every hour the world war was raging, according to an estimate arrived at by General Vom Altrock, a statistician. This estimate was made from a study of official records. 1,808,545 Germans Were Killed While War Was Raging Germany‘s losses totalled in dead 1,808,545 and in wounded 4,246,779. Men to the number of 13,000,000 were under arms during the course of the war, of whom about one in seven was killed in battle. The officers corps lost 53,000 men killed and 96,000 wounded. German soldier and clvilian losses through death caused directly or indirectly by the war, as estimated by General Vom Altrock at 12,000,000. The Canadian spring weatherâ€"one day mild and bright; the next raw and blustery is extremely hard on the baby. Conditions are such that the mother cannot take the little one out for the fresh air so much to be desired. He is confined to the house which is so often overâ€"heated and badly ventilated. He catches cold; his little stomach and bowels become disordered and the mother soon has a sick baby to look after. To pre LONDON, March 28. (Canadian Press Cable)â€"Sir Reginald Cox, of the well known military banking firm of Cox and Company, is dead. Spring Weather Hard On Baby colds, simple (mm““"""-‘-““'flmumâ€"wâ€" E2 uis la M d 28 cfi wl ces P on fhes. Frhind other of the many minor &iiments of| the Ulster cabinet toâ€"day, and the| largely for foreign account. Aside childbood. ‘The Tablets are sold by|f9P!y is expected by toâ€"night at the | trom liquidations by Berlin, Hamâ€" medicine desiers or by mail at 25| latest. Should the conference meet, | burg and other German cantres, Lonâ€" 1 . Jmn A ty s u.c .c9 saceil ue se e y t s P eP T CY Ernest Sandberg,.a German, was â€"murderously attackâ€" ed by two men, one of whom stabbed him. As he fell groanâ€" ing to the sidewalk, John Joseph O‘Brien, â€"66th Field Artillery 22nd: Division, â€"British Army, here awaiting disâ€" charge papers, appeared on the scene and went into action, The â€"man nearestâ€"him he knocked, stunned and helpless, into the middle of the street; then he turned on the man who had stabbed Sandberg. â€" That worthy decided to leave but O‘Brien applied his boot to the fleeing tough for half block before hisâ€" genuinely cowed quarry escaped. Then O‘Brien returned to the scene of the fight. The first ruffian had vanished. ness between the Briton and Teuton, bred of four years of warfare, were forgotten by two men of these races heré this morning when a British soldierâ€"and an Irishmanâ€" saved the life of a German dangerously. wounded byâ€"two O‘Brien administered first aid to Sandberg, called a taxicab and ordered a fast trip to Bellevue hospital. On arriving there O‘Brien tenderly catried in the wounded Gerâ€" man and, like the Good Samaritan, asked that the man be given help. Surgeons said O‘Brien‘s work had undoubtedly saved Sandberg‘s life. Policeman Mulcahy, who conducted the preliminary enâ€" quiry, seemed very happy over the incident, and â€" let O‘Brien go to his lodgings in a building given over to housing veterans of the great war. Ss1R REGINALD COX DEAD. LLOYD GEORGE Has Benefitted Wonderfulâ€" _ ly and is Completely Reinvigorated TO MEET COLLEAGUES To Meet Italian Minister Respecting the Genoa Conference LONDON, March 27â€"Prime Miniâ€" ster Lioyd George was expected to arrive in London this afternoon from Criccieth, Wales, where he has been resting for the last two weeks. His friends â€" say he â€" has benfitted wonderfully from the brief vacation, and is retyrning completely reinvigoâ€" rated. Mr. Lioyd George will no‘ resume his usual activities immediately, howâ€" few days to his country place, Chequâ€" ers Court, where he will further com sider the plans for the Genoa conferâ€" ever, and it is understood that after one night in London he will go for a ence and prepare for his speech to the House of Commons a week from toâ€"day, when he will seek a yote of confidence . To Consult Colleagues During his brief stay in London the Premier will naturally consult with his colleagues in the cabinet, and is likely to have an important talk with the Italian torel?i minister, M. Schâ€" anzer, who came to London overnight from Paris. . This conservation ,it is understood, will deal entirely with Genoa conference, and be a sort of sequel to Mr. Lioyd George‘s recent exchange of views with the French premier, M. Poincare at Boulogne. M. Schanzer, i© is said, will preside at the majority of the _ sessions in Genoa, Premier Facta only taking the chair at the opening moetlh‘. Will Not Meet Leaders Mr; Lioyd George is not expected to participate in the conference of Irish leaders in London., should that meeting be definitely arranged, but he is likely to see Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Eireann, and Eamon J. Duggan, Dail home mifisâ€" ter, if they arrive today, as expected. It is generally beltey d that Michâ€" mel Collitis, head of the provisional Free State government, will follow his colleagues to London, but will wait to learn what prospect there is of the Ulster Premier. 8i James Craig, soecepting the _ government‘s invitation before he starts. Opinions Differ Reports from Belfast say there is a qouldouhlo difference o‘ opifijon there as to utility of the proposed conference in view of the unsatistacâ€" tory results of the last one, but nothâ€" ing has been learned to suggest that the invitation will be‘ refused. _ It will be the subject of discussion by the Ulster cabinet today, and the TO LONDON Eng]iSh BOyS !-‘;g-::muilmuuunuumnmwumlmmm ForFarming : How many % _ LONDON, Mar. 27.â€"Premier Qlé 4 H. N. Barwell of South Australâ€" © ts © ia, is attempting to recruit 015 © 6,000 boys in England between *%|= ¢© the ages of 15 and 18 for ap @ B ¢ prenticeship to South Australâ€" # 5 € ian farmers, under government © S j guardianship. ‘The boys are % E ¢© wanted to replace the 6,000 # = ¢ South Australians killed during # & & the war. % = ¢ Each boy will be paid four # = & shillings a week for pocket # S & money, the remainder of his © = & earnings being placed to his # i © credit in the state treasury, @ § LONDON, Ont., March 27.â€"Presiâ€" dent Harold Fry of the Provincial O.A.C. alumni association, announcâ€" ed toâ€"day that a meeting will be held ir. Toronto on AM 5 and 6 in the Prince George Hotel of 200 represenâ€" tatives of all practical farmers‘ orâ€" ganizations. The meeting will be the first of its kind ever held in the Dominion arid will be for the purâ€" pose of discussing agricultural and educational problems. All of the farmersa‘ organizations of a provincâ€" ial character are being asked to send delegates and the educational deâ€" partment also. ‘ & where it will earn 4% per cent # § $ interest, the whole sum being i # turned over to him when he & attains his twentyâ€"first year. @ § WELLINGTON, N. Z., March 27. â€"The Government has decided to prosecute Monsignor Liston, Cathoâ€" Ne bubop of Auckland, on a clarge of having made seditious utterances during a recent speech. It is allegâ€" ed that he denounced the British troops in Ireland as "foreign troops." Monsignor Liston at the time was glorifying‘ the Easter Rebellion in Ireland and is said to have declared that the Irish were martyrs and "proud to dig for their country, murdered by foreign troops." Strong protests were made by the newspapers against the speech. . This amount will enable bim to % #become an independent farmer. @ Monsignor Liston Will Be Charged With Sedition Practical Farmers‘ Organizations Will Hold Convention NEW YORK, March 237â€"German exchange broke all previouse low reâ€" cords here toâ€"day, marks falling to 29 18 cents per 100 marks. . The previous minimcm quotation for this was 20 1â€"2 cents per 100, made last German Mark Breaks Previous Low Records Toâ€"day You can buy a good mattress for $4.75 with wood fibre centre and wool batting on both sides. 4 Seven Dollars will buy a good felt mattress with a fancy art ticking in Belling of marks today was again The Kitchener Furniture 22.24 King Street East 4 We are offering some very low prices in bedroom and dining room ture. See us for these requirements. s ; 44 â€" We have a good woven wire sm:gg with a heavy hardwood frame sgron roll edge of cable wire priced a 54.56‘ . You can secure a good coil spring which will make a very comfortable Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture Mattresses Springs 51+ o .. .â€"._ " : Invitations ' 5 Did you send? TORONTO, March 27.â€"Attorneyâ€" General Raney _ announced . this worning that the government would appeal the decision of County Judge Coughlin at Sandwich Saturday which quashed the conviction against the Essex Export Company. ‘The Kssexr Export Company had been tlnx by a magistrate for keepâ€" ing liquor in a warehouse that had not been granted a federal license, and appealed the cése to Judge Coughlin. Decision of Judge â€" Coughlin to Be Appealed omennenmeneenmnnenen en t The latter found that the Ontario to call at our new storé, 141 King street west, formerly occupied Lewis Tailoring Co. on s All Suits in store going at choles .................++â€"»«s $16 All Winter Coats and Waterproof Coats, choice at .,......> $10 All Spring Conts in store are going at .............l.. 22 §HW# m:; sale opened Saturday and will be continued for oI Herman Lippeéert Men‘s and Boys‘ Outfitters pg (He 4 +141 The Wise Shop Where The Are Invited Your success depends largely on your sales g)olicy. Are you making that policy as efficient as I‘})oa;sible by the wise use of ADVERTHSING ? People shop where thfi' feel welcome. Your advertisement should be an invitaâ€" tion.k?How many did you send out this week? 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Issued by Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Head Office, Toronto, Canada Do Not Fail for iron bed $8.75. â€"..â€" .> 1 1â€"16 inches, full size, nice sme finiah,‘prke:stw.m. e w e A very heavy fron bed 2 inch 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 fron bed, l CANADA‘S GRAIN SUPPL | OTTAWA, March 27.â€"â€"(By.â€" dian Press) According to rétum _celved at the Dominion "b&réi | statistics for the week ending M !11. 1922, the quantity of gr@% | store at the different cles throughout Canada has increas 1,893,924 bushels, made up &8 lows: Wheat, 728,031 bushéls; [1.0",‘!] bushels; fiax, 44,418) | ols and rye, 91,9651 bushels; > B | indicated a decrease of 286,261 hels. hk Temperance Act cannot regi export liquor warehouses. d ‘The attorneyâ€"genmeral pointed that this does not preveat‘.. seigure of liquor in transit. _ + a {Â¥