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widow sued for heavy damages, the C.P.R. being willing to settle for $40,000, acknowledging responsibiiâ€" ity fot the accident. ‘The settiement was yetused, and the case woent to trial betore Mr. Justice Hyndman The late Dr. W. Chambers of Calâ€" gary, who was an eye, ear and throat specialist in Calgary in reâ€" eelpt of a large income from his practice, was killed in a rallway acâ€" eident on the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" wiy about two years ago. The In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council their Lordships alâ€" lowed the Aiberta appeal of the Royal Trust Company, acting as exâ€" ecutors, against the Canadian Paâ€" clfic Railway, increasing the widow‘s damages from $25,000 to $42,000. The respondents will pay twoâ€"thirds of the costs. Shortly after graduating from the (). A. C. at Guelph Mr. Bracken went to Manitoba as the The new Premier was born and raised on a large dairy farm in the county of Leeds and while still a young man became its warden. After several years of farm management he took the BS.A. course at the Ontario Agriculâ€" tural College from which he graduated with honors carrying off three scholarships and one proficiency medal. The asce‘ndmlcy of the United Farmers in Manitoba through the recent elections in that province has thrown upon them the selection of & Premier and the choice has fallen upon John Bracken, a young man 39 years of age who for several years occupied with distinction the ofâ€" fice of President of the Manitoba Agricultural College and is a recognized authority on agriâ€" culture. 0 The note recently issued by the British Foreign Office on the question of interâ€"allied debts and addressed to the Allied and Associatâ€" ed Powers constitutes a strong plea for interâ€" national settlement of debts and reparations on the basis of the general cancellation of m-i terâ€"allied indebtedness. It also provides for a generous reduction in German reparations. The policy favored is that of surrendering Great Britain‘s share of German reparations and writing off through one great transaction the whole body of interâ€"allied indebtedness. A setâ€" tlement such as that suggested would appear to be a fair solution of the question. If concur red in it would immediately free the various countries from a big load of debt and they could go on with new hope and fresh zeal to build up and reconstruct that which was destroyed through the devastating war. WINS SUIT AGAINST C.P.R. The question is one that could profitably engage the early attention of the Park Board or the Board of Trade, Waterloo could not do better than provide some breathing spot within the municipality where the weary motorist and his family could secure needed rest amidst pleasant surâ€" roundings and go on their journey refreshed and with happy recollections of the hospitality acâ€" corded them. As central a location as possible would be preferable so that tourists would‘ have easy access to places of supply to replen-‘ ish their larders. Free parking space for touring autoists is being provided by municipalities both in Canads and United States, particularly in the latter country where you can travel for hunâ€" dreds of miles and guide posts point the way to various towns where parking space is available. ‘The idea which is coming into popuilar faâ€" vor in Canada is an excellent one. Not only does it show a spirit of hospitality and friendâ€" liness and thereby promote good will but it inâ€"1 directly assists the merchants of the town beâ€" cause of needed supplies to be purchased by the touring motorists. What more pleasant way could one spend a vacation and see one‘s country than by motor. The opportunity of doing so is open to everyone who owns a car and there are now in Canada, according to reâ€" cent statistics 463,449 motor vehicles in use. With thousands of miles of roadway under construction in the Dominion good roads will also be assured and it remains for various munâ€" icipalities to provide parking space for touring motorists to encourage Canadians to undertake motor tours and see for themselves what a fair Dominion we live in. Un application. Advertising copy must reach the office not later than Monday noon to insure insertion. MANITOBA‘S NEW PREMIER. PARKING SPACE FOR MOTORISTS. BUBSCRIPTIQN RATESs INTERâ€"ALLIED DEBTS y Thursday by David Bean ahd Sons, Ltd. ADVERTISING RATES POOR MAN LEFT $800,000 " ! Louis A. McMillian of Brookly a, and Mrs. Bertha M. Weber, his sist gr of Chappague, N.Y., were alws e good to their recluse uncle, He ary l‘arsons, who lived in a cheap | furâ€" nished room in Hoboken, wher » It was believed be was struggling for an existence by selling cheap t ssur | MAD COW STARTS PANIC A cow, which suddenly went mad ‘at West Milwaukee and Dix avyenâ€" tes, Detrolt, last week, endangered the lives of a score of children playing in the vicinity until a poâ€" liceman arrived and shot It. Jt was the property of a farmer Mving near Birmingham. He was leading it tot the stock yarda when it suddeniy broke from his grasp and sent pedestrians scurrying for safety. There has been a steady and encouraging revival in overseas trade and commerce durâ€" ing the past few ntonths with a gradual decline in prices in the United Kingdom. A remarkâ€" able transformation has taken place in the coal trade in Great Britain after a long period of unsettlement. The output has increased from 2,362,200 tomns per week in July, 1921, to 5,116,000 tons mt the end of April, 1922. The United Farmers have shown good judgâ€" ment in their selections for positions of leaderâ€" ship. They have chosen men of ability and inâ€" dependent character with a desire to give unâ€" selfish service for the advancement and prosperâ€" ity ofthe Province they represent and the Doâ€" minion generally. _ Canadians will earnestly hope for a settleâ€" ment of the Miner‘s Strike in the United States otherwise the shortage of coal in this country is likely to be serious. It is estimated that Ontario will require, before: the end of the year, in addition to supplies delivered up to the presâ€" ent, from nine to ten rmillion ton.;s of bituminâ€" ous coal and two million tons of anthracite. as though we were getting back to the good old times when public men found particular deâ€" light in flaying their opponents. â€" The Conservative Leader, Hon. .Arthur Meighen has been enlivening the gatherings which he addresses by calling the present Libâ€" eral Government lazy and inefficient. It looks The Liberal and Conservative leaders in the Dominion House are attending picnics and addressing large gatherings in various parts of the country. bach fails to find in the other felâ€" low‘s platform anything to commend but disâ€" covers serious flaws in the policies of his op ponents. Such is the way of politics. The attention of the holders of the five and a half per cent. war loan bonds maturing Deâ€" cember 1, 1922, is directed to the offer of the Minister of Finance to renew the loan on favâ€" ourable terms. _ The last Canadian loan was placed in New York at a satisfactory price. The Minister is making his present financial _ operation entirely a domestic one by offering to exchange the maturing bonds for new bonds bearing the same rate of interest running for either five or ten years as the bondholder may prefer. A further inducement to the investor is that he receives a bonus of one month‘s interâ€" est. The terms offered are decidedly favourâ€" able to the investor and it is probable that a large part of the maturing loan will be renewed. Arrangements for the exchange of the bonds can be made at any branch of the chartered banks. Holders who do not wish to reinvest will be paid in cash on the 1st December. In his selection as their leader to occupy the highest pusition in the gift of Province to bestow, the United Farmers of Manitoba have we believe, chosen well and sane, progressive administration of the affairs of that province may be looked for under his guidance. Husbandry, having previously added to his fqualifiat.ions for the position with a year of post graduate work in United States Uniâ€" versities. Through his work in Field Husbanâ€" dry in that province he has become recognized as an authority on the production of field crops under dry conditions. Besides being the authâ€" or of two standard works "Dry Farming in Western Canada" and "Crop Production in Wes tern Canada," he is the writer of twenty pamâ€" phlets on various subjects relating to Field Husâ€" bandry. Upon his appointment to the Presidenâ€" cy of the Manitoba Agricultural College he was the unanimous choice of the Board of Directors. Upon the opening of the University of _S_uhmmnebmmethol’mtmofm wan in 1905 he accepted the position of superâ€" intendent of institutes and fairs combining with that office the position of livestock commuss ioner for two years. , THE GOVERNMENTS CONVERSION SCHEME. EDITORIAL COMMENT that common shortâ€"haired cats grow long, thilbk coats in wold climates. W ent fruom door to door in the poorâ€" ®r sections selling policles on an ‘easy payment plan. He seemed so poor that his nephew @nd niece oftâ€" en wondered how he managed to scrape together $6 a week to pay 'Mn board . The eétate was found to be worth wround $800,000. There was $87,000 in cash and the remainder in Libâ€" erty bomds and gildâ€"edged aecurities. There was not a freak bond or a shaky stock in the entire estate." Shortly afterward, a will was unâ€" earthed, dated March 1, 1873, leay ing most of the estate to relatives long dead. Then Parsons becama ill at the age of 82, and died on July 12, 1921 It was discovered some years ago â€" BLESSINGS COS8TLY i It cost an Oshawa taxi driver $20 to have his roll of money "bleased," and it cost the Gypsy weman, Mar garet Johns, who did the "blessing," $500 and costs for doing it. Seeing the taxi driver with the roll about to pay for some gasoline at a garâ€" age, the woman took the money fromm his hand with the promise, "Me bless It for you." She did, to such good purpose that the roll had shrunk by one twentyâ€" dollar bill when it was returned The numenous trips made by the vans betweel Montreal and Windâ€" sor first aroused the suspicions of the police â€"and Inspector Charles Putnam and two officers stopped the vehicles an«l searched them. At first they found nothing, but )us'.l when they, were about to give up, the false bottoms were dhcoveredj with 350 ‘bottles. WHISKEY iN vaNS _ Beneath a great pile of furniture and hidden in cleverly constructed false bottomg in two large covered vans, provigcial police a few days ago discovered $7,000 worth of Scotch whiskey at Sunmysige, a reâ€" sort seven miles down the river, near Windsor. _ Lee and William Burke, brothers, drivers of the two vans, were armested on three charges under the O.%.A, _ The company will proceed imme diately with the development of power sufficient to its needs. This development is expected to be comâ€" pleted within a year and will enâ€" able Hollinger to double its output. The production in 1921 was valued at $10,031,050 worth of gold and silâ€" ver, and the increase would make Hollinger the world‘s greatest gold producer. ‘ RICH GOLD MiNE A definite statement was made recently at Montreal by L. H. Timâ€" mins, directors of Hollinger Corsol idated Gold Mines, Limited, and brother of President Timméns, that shareholders of the enterprise will benefit in the near future by an inâ€" crease in the dividend of the shares of the company. to be hanged Aug. 10 at London, Engiaud, for the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson., â€" WILBON‘8$ ASSASSINS HANGED. A reprieve was refused by Home Becretary Shortt to Joseph O‘Sulliâ€" van and Reginald Dunn, sentenced _ Hot, dry weather prevalled durâ€" Ing the past week over the territory traversed by the Canadian National Railway lines in the three prairie provinces, according to & crop reâ€" port issued for that period on Aug. 8th, and there is a general comâ€" plaint that wheat is maturing too rapidly for proper filling. HEAT HURTS WHEAT This offer is made to hoiders of the maturing bonds and is not open to other investors. The bonds to be issued under this proposa! will be substantially of the same character as those which are maturing, except THE MINISTER OF FINANCE offers to holders of these bonds who desire to continue their investment in Dominion of Canada securitiee the privilege of exchanging the maturing bonds for new bonds bearing 5§ per cent interest, payable half yearly, of either of the following classes:â€" (@) Five year bonds, dated 1st November, 1922, to mature 1st November, 1927. (b) Ten year bonds, dated 1st November, 1922, to mature 1st November, 1932. While the maturing bonds will carry interest to Ist December, 1922, the new bonds will commence to earn interest from 1st November, 1922, QIVING A BONUS OF A FULL MOMTH‘8 INTEREST TO THOSE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THE CONVERSION PRIVILEOE. that themmpfion&omtqn&ondo.notnpplyhdn Dated at Ottawa, 8th August, 1922. To Holders of Five Year 5. per cent Canada‘s Victory Bonds Issued in 1917 and Maturing 1st December, 1922. Chippewa county officers express the opinion a surgeon assisted in removal of the organs of the body. _ Green declared the alleged conâ€" fessions detailed a plan to t«ke the body to Canada, place it in a house and burn the @tructure. Instead, according to the purported confesâ€" alons, the body was reburied in & shallow grave along the shore of Drummond Island, where it was unâ€" covered a few weeks later by dogs. _ According to the statement Issued by the assistant prosecutor, the alâ€" leged removal was made to permit Mrs. Knudson to sell certain organs of the body to an unnamed pbysiâ€" clan, Mrs. Fairchild having died of a peculiar disease. Officers are atâ€" tempting to locats the physiclan. MARRY ANY MAN ° Fearing that she might be preâ€" vented from landing owing to the United States immigration restricâ€" tions, Miss Rose Poch, a pretty Gerâ€" man girl, who arrived on board the steamship Mount Clay, offered to marry any man who would come [torwnrfl. The offer was made on shipâ€"board jueét after the vessel "ldocked. A number of eligible men who were near at hand evidenced interest, but maintained a discreet ‘sllence. REMOVED BODY FROM CEMEâ€" TERY Mrs. Rose Knudson, a nurse, forâ€" merly employed by a physiclan at Sault Ste. Marie, and her brother, Clifford Harrison, have confessed. Thomas H. Green, assistant proseâ€" cuting attorney, anmnounced tha! they removed the body of Mrs (. E. Fairchild in October, 1919, from the Drummond Island cemetery. The United States Grain Growers, Inc., the coâ€"operative farmers‘ marâ€" keting machine, is in difficuities. Every officer has resigned, accordâ€" ing to an aunouncement of the Amâ€" erican Farm Bureau Federation. It is now in the hands of the Farm Bureau. â€" A reorganization is now in proâ€" gress. The ousting of officers folâ€" lows an investigetion that has been made by the Midâ€"Weet State Comâ€" mittee, appointed by the Farm Bureau several months ago to unâ€" tangle the chaotic affairs of the United States Grain Growers, Inc. A complete new board of directors has been appointed. Mrs. Kundson and her brother fine imposed, in spite of her effort to secure sympsthy by posing two infants as her twin children. In vestigation proved that one "twin" was several weeks oider than the When the victim discovered it some little time later e reported the matâ€" ter to the police with the result .that the woman was caught st Courtice. CONVERSION PROPOSALS NEED RAEâ€"ORGANIZATION registered, or coupon registered or coupon bearer form carrying interest payable ist May and 1st November of each year of the duration of the loan, the first interest payment accruing and payable ist May, 1923. Bonds of the new issue will be sent to the banks for 9elivery immediately after the receipt of the surrendered mboud-ofthcmatur:mh\aewhlchnmnot oonvertdunduthh'ropo‘d be paid off in cash on the ist December, 1922. The surrendered bonds will be forwarded by banks to the Minister of Finance at Ottawa, where they will be exchap(ed for bonds of the new issue, in fully Holders of maturing fully registered bonds, interest payable by cheque from Ottawa@, will receive their December 1 interest cheque as usual. Holders of coupon bonds will detach and retain the last unmatured coupon before surrendering the bond itself for conversion purposes. themseives of this conversion privilege should take their bonds AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30th, to a Branch of any Chartered Bank in Canada and receive in exchange an official receipt for the bonds surrendered, containing an undertaking to deliver the corresponding bonds of the new issue. "Reports of railroad wrecks have been frequent of late, and in at least Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor said last week: WRECKS DUE TO LOCOMOTIVES ‘The report first published in "Le Droit," of Ottawa, . subsequently broadcasted _ throughout _ Canada, that Sir Lomer Gouin was likely to resign from the Cabinet and go as Britishâ€"Canadian _ ambassador _ to Washington, is not received with the slightest degree of credence in the capital. lt is an aftermath of the Prime Minister‘s trip to Washâ€" ington, during which, it is suspect ed that he discussed the question of a Canadian diplomatic represenâ€" tative at the American capital. The story told by the film is that the name of the ship on which Kitchener sailed was given by a young officer of his staff to a woâ€" man spy for the Germans. This story has been denied officially by the British Government. If J. Parker Read, Jr., of New i)’ark, uses a caption assuring specâ€" tators that the firm does not portâ€" ray facts, he will be permitted to exhibit the moving picure, "How Kitchener Was Betrayed," which was baunned in Great Britain, and to the showing of which in the United States objection was taken by the British Embaséy. The Government required Mr. Read to put up a bond as guarantee that the caption desired would be used. were arresisd in Wisconsin a week ago and brought to the county jall at Sault Ste. Marie. TO SHOW KITCHENER FILM Holders of the maturing bonds who wish to avail GOUIN NOT RESIGNING "BANK"TORONTO Account Not Yet Capital, $5,000,000 Reserves, $7,000,000 BRANCHES Ga» WATERLOO KITCHENER KITCHENER (North Ward) What about the resolution made at the Nad 1922 to start a savings Is it going to be the same story at the end of the yearâ€"nothing saved for the future? Do not continue putting it of. A smalil amount will open an account. The . and M.:m"mmd xll_l_boheulnmatabm W. 8. FIELDING, Minister of B1 aeclerel&)¢)®]c. Some of the strikebreakers qult their jobs and left, telling residents of the town that poison had been placed in ice cream which was seryâ€" ed for dinner Sunday night. Offiâ€" cials of the railroad say they have no suspicion that polson was placed In food. They assert that the germs were probably in canned peas servâ€" ad at the Sunday dinner. D,, L. & W. Railroad at Lyndburst, N. J. It is reported that 50 or 60 men and women were stricken, and that a dozen cases are still serfous. Physicians from Hoboken and New York physicians have been busâ€" ily engaged since Monday in attendâ€" ing numerous cases of what is apâ€" parently ptomaine polsoning among the strikebreaking employes lodged in the Kingsland car shops of the â€" The largest fish caught in years was landed at Glen Island summer resort, near Picton, by Mr. J. W. Robinson of Napanee, after a 20â€" minute struggle. Mr. Robinson was trolling from the back deck of the Glen Island sailing boat, Dolphin, pHloted by Captain M. B. Mills, and was only a quarter of a mile from the island when the big fellow struck. The weight â€"of the maskinâ€" onge was 42%% pounds, and it measâ€" ured 53 inches in length. "If it is true that & high percentâ€" age of locomotives are unfit for opâ€" eration, may it not be the case that the increasing frequency of railroad wrecks is due to the use of such do fective locomotives?" ome such accident, on the Missouri Pacific, 36 persons were killed and more than 100 injured. STRIKEBREAKERS POISONED FORTYâ€"TWOâ€"POUND FisH EL wl d