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"Stanting Nov. 1 the government, will refund to the municipalities, by way of a cash contribution, 20 per‘ cent. of the revenue derlved by the‘ Liquor outrol Board from the authorl« , ty fees and the profits of beer and wine sale," said the premier. “’I‘hlfii money will be refunded to the muniâ€"‘ cipalities where the profits are creâ€"/ wted. We reaffirm the government | policy of local option from which ‘ position we will not depart Any | municipality is free to petition the zovernment, as is the case toâ€"day. Satisfied With Operation # 4 "We are quite satisfied with the, way the act is operating, despite proâ€"| paganda which ha« appeared in the press. . From .reports we have had from responsible officials, we believe the act is being satisfactorily adminâ€" istered, generally speaking, throughâ€" out the province." _‘ ‘ tfor highway construction and mainâ€" tenanceâ€"a levy which for years has been a bone of contention hetween the municipalities and the goveri ments of the day. The former have always claimed the enforced contriâ€" bution was an injustice and a hardâ€" ship to them. Beverage Rooms to Close at 11 p.m. Provincial Roads Levy Abolished Hepburn Announces Move Correct Distribution of Taxes. â€" Highway_ Costs Cut. LOWER ROAD CONTRACTS Starting on Thursday, Nov. Ist, the beginning of the new fiscal year, Onâ€" tario municipalities will receive 20 per cent. of the profits from beer and wine sales in beverage and dining rooms and from the eale of authoriâ€" ties to hotels, Premier Hepburn anâ€" vnounced this week. Coupled with this statement which involves the first major change since the _ establishment _ of beverage rooms, the premier declared that it had been decided to close all bever. age rooms at 11 p.m.. standard time And in another statement of poâ€" licy, the premier announced . that benceforth all municipalities would be relieved of the 20 per cent. levy The «lice of beer and wine profits which will now fall into the coffers of the municipalities will not be carâ€" marked for any particular purpose, the premier explained. It had al ways been his view, and the view of the government toâ€"day, that for years the municipalities had been harshâ€" ly treated in the matter of revenue. BANDITS ARE CAUGHT AT MONTREAL Vol. 48, No. 44 23â€"YEAR OLD MAN PLEADS GUILTY Brought back from Montreal by the provincial police, one of two suspects pleaded guilty to the charges that they robbed the St. Clements branch of the Bank of Commerce of $1,750. The youthful member, Albert Goodrich, 23, elected trial by a judge and pleaded guilty. His companion, Alfred Baker, 47, did not plead. They were remanded for further hearing until Friday, Nov. 2nd. $400 of Money Stolen from Bank at St. Clements Is Recovered. Municipalities Get 20% of Beer and Wine Revenues Baker also faces charges of havâ€" ing held up a Hamilton taxi driver and relieving him of his cab on the Petersburg highway. He was identiâ€" fied by the Montreal police on a descri{rtion circulated by the proâ€" vincial police folowing his holdâ€"up of the taxi driver, At the time of his arrest he had Goodrich with him and so they detained the youth for the time being. Later reports of the St. Clements _ robbery _ brought charges against the youth himself. At the time of their arrest police claim that they found over $400 in Bank of Commerce bills on them. Goodrich, who gave his address as Toronto, was a rather mildâ€" appearing, neatly dressed young man, giving the appearance of a young business man. His face had none of the characteristics of a criminal. The older man, Baker, who gave his address as "Ontario‘, might have been mistaken for a teacher of modern languages in a high school. He looked much older than 47 as his hair was white. He wore a grey overcoat. He would be the last man one would suspect of banditry. The subjfect of the Rev. Thomas Hartig‘s sermon at the St. John‘s Luâ€" theran Church in Waterloo on Sunâ€" day ~was "Conditions in Western Canada." He spoke of how gratefu} the destitute people of that section were for the ald received from the more fortunate peoples of the East. Snowfall Measures Four Inches in Ont. Winter beat Hallowe‘en into Onâ€" tario over the weelkend when a fall of â€" «now _ turned _ the _ province‘s thoughts toward heavy underwear, heavy overcoats, antlâ€"freeze and con} NER The cool turn taken by the wea ther on Friday after a mild week deâ€" veloped into a real thing on Saturâ€" day. Snow was reported practically all over the province. In some places aa much as three or four inchea fell but Toronto got off with a acant fifth of an inch, wEST GRATEFUL FOR AID ‘°!8125,000 OF REVENUES _ FROM BEER AND WINE l'Waterloo;sv Old:xl Business Man andâ€"Prominent Citizen Dies in 77th Year. |MEMBER OF HARDWARE , FIRM FOR 64 YEAR A revenue of from $125,000 to $150,000, of which the City of Toronto will receive in the neighâ€" borhood of $25,000 or $30,000, will go to the municipalities of Ontario under the new taxation split on beverage room revenue announced this week by Premier Hepburn. Edmond G. Odette, liquor comâ€" missioner, estimated the total five per cent. tax for the fiscal year beâ€" ginning November 1 as between $600,000 and $700,000. It was impossible, he said, to make any closer estimate as this would be the first full fiscal year in which the beverage rooms would be operating. WM. CONRAD valued civie cervice as a_ member of the School Board, Town Council, Lourd of Trade and other public boâ€" dies. He was a prominent Lutheran iuking an netive part In the work at the St. John‘« Church where hg was a member of the board of manage: ment and choir for a long term of years. t lover of sports die enjfoyed lawn bowling, curling, hunting and Eshing, He was a member of the Musonte Lodge A.F. and A.M. The funeral will take place from the residence on Friday at 230 pm for serviee thenee to Mount: Hope cemetery for Interment. The remaing will re«t at the funeral home of Letâ€" ter & â€" Dreisinger until | Thursday roon Rev. C. 8. Roberts, pastor of the 8t. John‘s Lutheran Chureh, will lawn bewling, curling, Eshing, Heâ€" was a _ me Masonte Lodge A.F. and The funeral will take the residence on Friday voon . 11 the 8t. . officiate The late William Conrad was the eldest son of the late Jacob and Mrs. Conrad, the founder of the oldâ€" eat hardware company in WaterI0o® County. The firm established in 1857 passed, to the control of William and Jacob‘Conrad on the death of their Lather, _ He learned the hardware business starting at the age of 13 and in 18398 on the retirement of his fu ther, became the senfor partner in the firm GUILTY OF THEFT J. Herbert Conrad of child In Counlty Judges Criminal Court recently, Charles MeFayden of To: ronto pleaded gnilty to the theft of varion< bonds amounting to $2,000. from Sylvia Groff of Wilmot townâ€" ship _ Me was remanded until Nov 9th for eentence, The charge« arose cut of an alleged exchange of the bonde, but MeFayden failed to reâ€" turn with the onea to be exchanged, «nd kent the originale FIVE As a reeult of a colli«ion on Satur day between carse driven by Mervyn J. Smith of Kitchener and arl Jack: son, RR 3. Elmira, at the intersec tion of theâ€" Elmira and. Kitchener: (uelph high waye, fve Kitchener peoâ€" ple were infured â€" The Injured are Alfred J Smith, 74. of 82 Church 8t., Kitchener, _ who suffered _ @erfous head and Jeg injuries; hie wife, aufâ€" fering from bad cuts about the face, and Mre. Margaret: Refst, St Leger 8t . Kitchener, with a fractured arm and other injuries The two children taken to their home« in Kitchener after receiving treatment in ho«pital, were Lorraine Relet. 10. and Clarâ€" enee Relat, 8 One Ton of Fowl Consumed It is estimated that one ton of fowl was consumed at the fowl supper in the Lutheran chureh whed. Zurich on Thuraday, Oct. 26th.â€" Nearly 1,000 people ware fed and the proceeda amounted to $665. A plendid program wae provided by local talent and the Zurich Brasa Band ® PASSES AWAY HE WATERLOO CHRONICLE KITCHENER PERSONS HURT OF $2000 BONDS Believing that "Kitchener needs all the revenue she can get", Mayor Sturm announced his wholeâ€"hearted approval of the new government rulâ€" ing whereby the municipality gets 20 percent of the beer and wine reâ€" venues. Mr. Sturm stated that alâ€" though the fight for the provincial grovernment to take over the comâ€" plete cost of highway construction, bud been a long one, it had finally been successful. He was of the opinâ€" jion that the munfcipalities ehould have had a share in the liquor reâ€" \venues long ago. He estimated that |the revenues would amount to about |$1,850. ‘This together with the highâ€" way exemption in the future would ‘nnmum to $3,500 per annum. ; | Mayor Frickey Pleased ‘ Commenting upon the new liquor lawe, Mayor Frickey of Waterloo exâ€" ’pn-:smi himself as of the opinion that the beverage rooms might close 1.‘\'4-1\ carlier than 11 o‘clock as far Cns Je was concerned. Since the government has legalized the liquor business, he did not hold with Mayor Stewart of Toronto, that tthe â€" municipalities â€" should . not he | made i partner with the government n the Jiquor revenues. He contend ed that the municipalities were en titled to a portion of the 5 cents tax ;(111 gasolene, However he was satis |fied and pleased that the Hepburn ‘administration had seen fit to hand \lun-k at least 20 percent of the reâ€" | yenues on beer and wine. Warden Hallman Welcomes Change | _ Warden Hallman of the County 1(‘ul|n|~fl stated that he. also . was | pleased â€"with the new government‘s | plan to share the liquor. revenues. |"‘That is rigdit,." he is quoted as sayâ€" [ing. "Everybody should be in favor |ef it", He put. forth the argument {that more of the money collected ll‘mm a municipality «hould be apent |there. He estimated that the coun: |.ty stood to gain about $300. | _ A« far as the removal of twenty per cent on the cost of the roads was concerned, the Warden was very much pleased. Had the government removed â€" this amount carlier the counties would have had all of their roads paved before this, | _ Waterloo county‘s 1934 payment us its share of provincial roads work lm 1932 was only between $1400 and $1100, County Treasurer Cassel suld, ilml he added that in previous years |the countg‘s contribution . was. much (larger. Municipalities _ Need _ Extra Revenue from Liquor Sales. Early Closing Approved. NEW ROAD POLICY MEANS BIG SAVING Gov‘t Abolition of Pension Boards Seen As Mistake The payments for preceding yeare, according to the printed records of the county council, were 1933, $27.â€" 248;0 1932, $690.818; 1931. $38,620; 1930, $19,757. The «bolition of the Old Age Penâ€" jon Board« throughout the smaller cities towns and villages of the proâ€" vince wis looked npon se a mistake by E. K. Ratz of Kitchener, chairman of the local Board. He was of the opinion thatthe: government. would not realize a very marked saving beâ€" cause of the fret that many of the men serving on the boards wore glvâ€" ingtheir services free and also that there would not be the Investigating of cach Individnal case. The governâ€" ment proposes that the fudges look after the matter of appltcations in after the the future SUICIDE GRIPS CORNICE TILL PEDESTRIANS CLEAR, THEN SLIPS TO DEATH Hobart D. Betts, an electrical manufacturer, hung on to the corâ€" nice of the 10th floor of his fashionâ€" able Park Avenue apartment house, New York, on Monday, for 10 minâ€" utes before dropping to his death. He was waiting for the street to be cleared of pedgest:ljian traffic. â€" By this time scores of nearby residents had gathered in windows. Horrified, they watched Betts fall. AVIATOR FORCED LAND IN BLINDING STORM Betts, 62, had been guffering from a nervous ailment. When the heayy snowstorm blindâ€" ed a London aviator at noon on Sun: lay the airman wa« forced to seek a low altftude in his search for the K. W. Airport. Unable to locate the fletd he landed safeiy in a plowed fleld belonging to George Dietz, near the â€" Waterloo College Aftor the «torm had abated he wae able to agnin take off and resume his flight to the alrport landing fleld Leffler Lad Faces Murder Charge in Death of Uncele Earl Lefflier, 18â€"yearâ€"old youth of: Carrick Township, is on trial for his‘ life at the Walkerton county court. Mr. Justice Making is presidf;\ over the seasions. Leffler is vhnrgeg with hnvin% murdered his uncle with some blunt instrument, following an argument. Police found the mutilâ€" ated body of Philip Stroh later in the day. Mr. Campbell Grant of Walkerton will defend the case for Leffier. Huge crowds turned out for the occasion to hear the fifteen crown witnesses at the trial. PAKT OF THIS FAGE 1S MISSINC WaTterLOo, OnTaRIO, THursoay, NovemeBer 1, 1934 \district have given generously tol needy people in the droughtâ€"stricken | districts in Saskatchewan. On Thursâ€" day, Friday and Saturday, the Menâ€"‘ nonites and Amish Mennonites in | the county coâ€"operated with the| United churches in loading fruit and | vegetables to make up three carâ€"‘ loads for shipment to the West. I _ Onee more the people of Kitchâ€" |ener, _ Waterloo _ ant sun‘ounding} oi xnAfi nadoin i eA CAE MemrBer or "Crass A" Wesgcuss At the recent session of the Kitchener council, the old and "fabled" account of the Highways Department, _ which _ now _ totals $4,577, was referred to Mr. N. Asmussen, M.P.P. for North Waterâ€" loo. Mr. Asmussen was a member of the delegation which waited on the past departmental heads in Toronto prior to his getting into office, regarding the payment of the repair bill to the Freeport bridge. At the time he advised that the matter be given no attention. WINNERS IN COUNTY LIVESTOCK JUDGING AND HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE COMPETITIONS Changes in Civil Service COUNTY REFERS $4,577 TO LOCAL MEMBER Two Carloads of | Vegetables, Fruits Shipped to West People Coâ€"operate with Churches and Give Generously for Needy in West. Bishop C. F. Derstine was chairâ€" man of the Mennonite relief comâ€" mittee at Kitchener and was assisted by Rev. Mr. Bender of New Hamâ€" burg, and Eph,. Casscl, Peter Nafâ€" siger and Mr. Jantzi of Baden, and A. C. Kolb, secretary, of Kitchener. The shipments went direct to Main Centre and Goldland, Sask., to be distributed in those districts where the people suffered almost complete crop failures. Bishop Derstine and his commitâ€" tee are grateful to all who assisted in making possible these shipments to the west. VERMILYEA TRIAL SET FOR APRIL Coneluding the hearing of eviâ€" denee in the inquest on Friday Into the death of Mre. Nathaniel Verâ€" milyea, who was killed by blows from a lather‘s hatchet on the night of October 4. Crown Attorney B. C. Donnan, requested and received an adjournment until the second week o April, 1925. The request came as aâ€"distinet eurprise to the crowded court room and withesses In the case This whs done so that the trial would be unbiased. COLLEGIATE PUPILS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Waterloo County Young Farmers Earn Trip to Ottawa, Visiting Points of Interest Enpoute. The picture sbove wus tiken on the Inst duy of the trip at the fine Maryvale Furm in North York, on the ocension of the Interprovincial Plowing Match at which Waterloo County contestants won high honors. The members of the party ure, standing, left to right: Anna Rudy, John Dessler, Stelln Shantz, Rhea Snyder, Mrs. J. Wood, chaperon, Orvie Bauman, Dorothy Shub, Quentin Hallman, Jeanette Wallace. Front row: John Shantz, Howard Snyder, Sherwood Taylor, Mahlon Snyder, Lloyd Dessler.â€"Pleture courtesy of the Ontario Farmer. First and second places were taken by pupils of the Kâ€"W. Collegiate in the Carter Scholarships prize money. Harold â€" George ofâ€" Kitchener took first money with the $100; and Dorla Reuel of Waterloo second and $60. The third award wae divided bet ween Ellen Kellerman of Waterloo and Cyrii J._ Morris of Elmirg. â€" This award amounted to $40. gtuden(fl from twentyâ€"fve counties participatâ€" ed in the Carter Scholarship examinâ€" atlons. RELIEF BODY ACCEPTS RESIGNATION Mro L. E. Hagedorn of Kitchener, Chief relfef officer for many years, has been appointed a« one of the two «upervisore of the Unemployment reâ€" lief department by Hon. David Croll, a@ recent announcement «tated. The woman appointee was a eoclal welâ€" favre worker from St. Catharines REMEMBRANCE DAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 The "great silence" between 11 n.m. and 1102 a.m. on November 11 will be obeerved in Canada, and the government has lesued instrue tlone to provincial and munleipal authoritiea to arrange for auspenâ€" «lon of all vehicular traffic during these two minutes â€" Rallway and water transport will not be auaâ€" pended. An announcement by Secâ€" retary of State C H. Cahan deâ€" clared that the King had approved of Cannda‘s arrangemente for obâ€" eerving the two minutea‘ allence at County Court House last duy of the trip at the fine Maryvale f the Interprovincial Plowing Match at high honors. The members of the party Rumors are flying thick and fast as to the probable changes in the Civil Service list in Kitchener and Waterloo. At the present time, there are those who are of the firm be: lief that several of the offices may be amalgamated with one man asâ€" «uming the former duties of two or three officials. Then too the changâ€" ing of the Crown Attorney is hinted. A few prominent lawyers are menâ€" tioned as the probable auccessor should such a _ move be made. Changes in the personel of the liquor Two‘ Offices to be Amalgamated and Change in Crown Attorney Are Rumored. Grand Opera Stars Delight Music Lovers «tores in the Twin City and other points are also likely. At the preSent time however, the Ontario Cabinet ie considering what its ordess in council shall be. America‘s Leading Musical Artists Give Concert at Kitchener Before Crowded Hall. Four of America‘s famous Metroâ€" politan Opera stars, in the persons of Rose Bampton, Grace Moore, Edward Johnson and Richard Bonâ€" elli, made their bow at the first of the series of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Community Concerts for the 1984â€" 35 season. â€" Tremendous ovations greeted the vocalists as they made their appearance at the opening concert on Friday night. _____ _ \ _ The quartette joined together for |the last number prior to the interâ€" i mission and blendid skillfully in the ‘work taken from Faust so perfectly \played by their conductor, Mr. | Guiseppe Bamboschek. Messrs. Johnson and Bonelli, the former a well known Guelph boy, now a world renown tenor, and the latter the baritone who pleased the audience so immensely at his conâ€" cert here a few years ago, led off with the argumentive duet from the scenes of the beloved opera "Carâ€" men‘"‘. Miss Grace Moore made her debut before the local Canadian audience to the accompaniment of a rousing burst of hand-clnppinf, most . of those present recognizing her imâ€" mediately from her picture in "One Night of Love" which appeared in Kitchener earlier in the week. Toâ€" gether with Mr. Johnson she interâ€" preted the lovers‘ farewell from the opera _ ‘"Romeo and Juliet" by Gounod with wonderful originality evidently gleaned from her short career on the film stage, and with such dramatic and emotional foree that its benuty and freshness will Ioni remain in the hearts of local enthusiasts of the opera. _ | Questioned as to his stand on the Stevens withdrawal from the Federal ‘(‘nhhml. Alex. A Edwarda, M.P., | (Con«ervative) for South Waterloo, «tated that the action had taken him [«o much by surpriee that he hardly |knew what to say "I can say, though, I am very eorry to hear that because he was doing ‘auch good work and the people were hehind him," Mr. Edwards eald. "But \ na T do not know all the particulara 1 healtate to say very much.‘ _ Mr. Edward« exprossed himsolf as Inot taking much stock in the theory (that should the Conservative governâ€" |\ ment fall in the coming election, \HMon. . Mr. Stevene would form a radical party. Richard Bonelli and Rosa Bampâ€" ton who next appeared on the stage were a totally (rifl'ercnt, complement, yet equally marvellous in their renâ€" dition of the duet "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" which stood mpart as an unattainable pinnacle to the rapt listeners. soOUTH WATERLOO M.P. sSURPRISED BY THE STEVENS RESIGNATION Real money saving values at Macklin‘s, Kitchener, li print dress goods, cotton tweeds, flannel shirtâ€" ing, curtains, etc. Pair ladiea‘ hose pr men‘s socks free with each $4.00 FREEâ€"LADIES‘ HOSE purchase. See ad, on page 4. AND MEN‘S SOCKS «9 Watch for the new Chronicle Serial story which beging in next week‘s issue, entitled, "Man Made the Town", by the famous modern author Ruby M. Ayres. Read how Dianna, in love with a married man goes into the country and there falls in love with a country doctor. See if you can solve the puzzle of her life and figure out the correct solution to the problem. A ‘novel which has been a best seller on the shelves of the nation‘s book stores is sure to interest and enthrall the reader. Folâ€" low the tale of "Man Made The Town", beginning in the next iseue "Man Made the Town" Title of Thrilling Story of the Chronicle WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT Mrs. L. Durst Almost Instantly Killed in Highway Mishap Near Mount Forest Mr. Durst and his two daughters Hilda and Margaret escaped with a shaking up and elight injuries. Cuts and bruisew"also were euffered by Miss Ethe] Black, Clarence Black and Harold Black, all of Owen Sound. When two cars collided two miles south of Mount Forest on Sunday, Mrs. Lincoln Durst of Kitchener was almost instantly killed, The cars wore driven by her husband and James Peacock of Owen Sound. The own Sound car was thrown fnto the ditch, the driver suffering a concusâ€" sion and a broken knee cap. his wife was cut and bruised. Surviving are her husband, two sone, Rev. George Durst of Owen Sound, and Carl, of Kitchener, three daughters, Margaret, Beatrice and Hilda, all at home; two ‘brothers, Herman Pufall of Chatsworth and Lounis Pufall of Galt, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Schmidt of Chesley and Vrs. William Rus«man of Elmwood. FIVE OTHERS â€" INJURED An inquest has been ordered by Coroner Dr. A. R. Perry of Mount Forest for November 2. Both care were badly wrecked. Mrs. Durst, whose maiden name was Pauline Amelia Pufall, was born in Chesley on Oct. 11, 1885, and was married to Lincoln Durst on July 7, 1909. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, glant grocery chain, gave orders on Sunday night that its stock of foodstuffs he moved out of Cleve: land, Ohio on Monday, Oct. 29th, beâ€" cause organized labor ingist on a "closed hop". * City offleials and civie organizaâ€" tions made desperate attempts to preâ€" vent removal of the company‘s 428 stores â€"which mean« that 2,200 men and women will be thrown out of workâ€" â€"but the effort appeared doomâ€" ed to fallure. The Tuneral took place from the Schreiterâ€"Sandrock funeral home on Tuesday afternoon. Burlal was made in Mount Hope cemetery with Rev. John Schmfleder in charge of the «erâ€" vices. A. & P. Stores Shut Down ' In Cleveland Union Insists on ‘"Closed Shop" Despite Company‘s Protest. Trelle Finishes Fall Harvesting Before Rains In quitting Mbusiness the company was leay eatimated annual . gros nearly $20,000,000 Herman Trelle has scored another wheat viectoryâ€"â€"only this time againet the elements The poor weather conditions at harvest time which played such ha voe with mo«t crop« in the Peace tiver diatrict in Alberta, «truck the Wembley _ farm of theâ€" fourtimes world wheat king jnst too late He had harvested Mr. Trelle, who eet thewheat 3"].,-\» and Yvette Gauvin. > growing world agog by winning the | wheat and oate crowne at the Chiâ€"! rat cago international hay ind grain '1R’\'"0 OwnNERS ehow in 1926â€"a feat never before ac ARE PROSECUTED complished explained he had har. veated his crop this year just a feW | _ Kirchener radio ownerk without 14 days in advance of the foul weather. | conses received a shock on Monday 5 I)’ 3 >" when the police force, armed with W » 25 summonees, made the rounds. The (’Sten‘ remier | recent campaign of the department A |of Marine and Fisheriea against unâ€" + /\pp(*,als f()l Ald piceneed operations has begun in f earnest _ Over the. weekcend It. was A plea dfrected to every corner (,f‘l«\:n‘m-d ‘Hml m'linn. wilt he_taken the Dominion for and in rehabilitating | agninst 62 ownere of radfo the drought areag in Weetern Canâ€" According to figures on file at the ada, on Octâ€"25th had. gone rnr(h"”‘"’ branch of the marine departâ€" from Premier John Bracken of Mani "“"'H Hn-}u‘ were 3.343 licensea 16â€" toba «ned in Kitchener up to the end of Replete With Crop Fallure \laat_month. In Waterloo only 829 1t Viausliging Gha raftunerched andlennens had heel igued Visiting at Edmonton on Oct. 25, Mr. Trelle revealed his wheat crop ylelded about 50 hushele to the aere and oate about 100 bushele a record about 10 per cent. better than he had netimated. He had been told by buy: ena hle was the only dry grain marâ€" keted at Wembley this season and ha believed the poorest of it would grada No 1. A plea directed to every corner of the Dominion for and in rehabilitating the drought areas in Weetern Canâ€" ada, on Octâ€" 25th had gone forth from Premier John Bracken of Mani toba Replete With Crop Fallure [ !ast month in Walerloo only A23 M+ Vienalising â€"the rainâ€"parched and | Ch?stbs had hbeen jeeved dustâ€"ridden waste ag a «pectacle re| C plefe with crop fallure, food shortage TODAY‘S SMILE and human euffering that should be ~â€"~â€"â€"â€" ellminated from the agricultural panâ€"| _ Dude, Sporteman _ "Anything . to orama of Canada, the Manitoba Preâ€" «shoot here?" mlor pledged Aimaself to a vigoroua | Countryman _ "There hain‘t bin campaign to bring the problem Do nuthin‘ till you come; â€"I‘ll have to minionâ€"wide attention, run git me gun ‘fore you leave." ness In Clevel leaving behind grose reventie Waterloo County‘s Leading Weekly Newspaper Cleveland L*"mrziz"é Xal of (3) Parliament will definitely not meet now until January. (4)1 in the interval, the Royal Commission on Price Spreads and Maes Buying will carry on as usual under the chairmanship, probably, of Major W. W. Kennedy of Winnipeg, with, however, Hon. Mr. Stevens still a meimber of the inquiry and assured in a letter from Premier Bennett of every coâ€"operation and fullest opporâ€" {tunity for finishing his work. $ Mild, Courteous Parting _ The letters reveal that the partâ€" ‘ing between the prime minister and his minister of trade and commerce | was mild and courteous on both wides. Neither letter containg a bitâ€" cter phrase, although both are firm. The prime minister takes exception ‘ to the fact that Mr, Stevens in effect pronounced judgment in the case beâ€" | fore him prior to its conclusion. He |also suggests that the minister of trade and commerce waé raising danâ€" lgm-mufi hopes in the public mind of |remedica which parliament was powâ€" ‘erless to accord. His main criticiem |of his colleague, however, and the | point upon which he is emphatic, is , Mr. Stevens‘ refusal to express re (gret for the circulation of damaging etatements with respect to Canadian firms and individuale which were utâ€" terly untrue. Just because a man happetnis to be a cabinet minister, Premier Bennett contends, gives him ho licenge to slander any one of his [fo‘se Cansdians. On this point his \letter to Mr. Stevens says: "The question of ethics is undoubtedly inâ€" volved, and, ag much has been said about bnsiness ethics (by Mr. Steâ€" vens) | cannot but think it is the duty of any member of a government who is responsible for the publication and cireulation of a pamphlet containing | Inaccurate statement«s to take the Cearliest opportunity to correct such statements, with an appropriate exâ€" | pression of regret." HON. STEVENS RESIGNS CABINET POSITION The most politically eventful weekâ€" end which the Canadian capital has witnessed since the present federal government | was formed â€" finally brought the following ordered facts out of the brief turmoil which was the Stevens episode. Previous Offer of Resignation (1) Hon. Mr. Stevens formally ceases, by the Governorâ€"General‘s acâ€" ceptance of his resignation tendered Friday, to be a member of the govâ€" ernment and chairman of the Royal Commission on Price Spreads and Mass Buying. (2) Whatever may be his ultiâ€" mate political destination, he will remain with the Conservative party for the present at least, in order to have the opportunity of laying his case before the Conservative caucus when parliament meetse FOUR KILLED BY MANIAC Former Quebec Postal Clerk Shoots Three Relatives and Man. Bodies of four persons, a man and three women, were at the morgue &t Quebec on Octâ€" 25th, victims of a manlac, while police were searching woods near Ste. Therese, Que., for the bodies of two men whom J. Reoâ€" saire Bilodeian. 15. admitted having killed The trail of death, Bilodeau stated, hegan when he drove two of dis consins, Gaston Ganvin, 20, and Ferâ€" nand Gausin, 18. into the woods. Leaving his car, he led them into the woods, killing them Then he returned to Quebee and took his two sieters, Maric Bilodean, 63, and Rosalie Bilodeau, 62, and Yvette Gauvin, 21, his cousin to anâ€" other point in the woods They aleo were «hot Bilodean, a _ former postal emâ€" ployee, then hburet into the Quebec Postoffice. slaying Octave Fiset, diâ€" vieional superintendent of the Queâ€" bec postal service, and injuring Postâ€" master J (G. [ Morin critically and Moise: Jolicoent. senior. mail clerk, sipert fiefally Bilodeait, after being overpowered in the Postoffice, wa«s taken to Poâ€" lice â€" Headquarters, _ where, _ under questioning, he told police of five adâ€" ditional slayings Police immediateâ€" ly took him to St Therese de Beauâ€" port, where he led them to the boâ€" dles of the three women, his two sig ters and Yvette Ganvin. Revealed. â€" Discord in Cabinet Since Probe Began. m se