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O'clock Edlfitlon Aw xwa late News I- TT WEDNESDAY Ol OCTOBER VOL. XLVL No. 264. CONTAIN ENG ALL THE CABLES RECEIVED DP TO 4.30. LATE NKWS ON 30 TODAY.

I'HICE TWO CENTS. perley INTERPROVIHCIAL declar New Crisis Arises in Manchuria Fire Fiend Terrorizes 4 Ontario District br HE ill Structure From I To Grenville Forms New i l. D-i Liiih. Deiween rruviiicea Many Notables Attend Opening Ceremonies Today. IS NAMED AFTER SIR GEO.

PERLEY Its fluff Bepocter. HAWKESBURY. Ont. Oct In if prrtence of prominent members I the Dominion. Quebec and Ontario I i -tr rr.menls and with the blessing of II Grace the Roman Catholic rdibishop of Ottawa, the new 1 dollar Parley bridge.

Mini the Ottawa River between I l.wkeabory. and Crenvilla. 1 was opened this afternoon with i borate ceremon.es. The entire di- was aroused to a apint of cele- Wiliun because of the importance of if Tccaaion. In sssocialion with the bleating of Archbiahop.

there were addrteeea Rt. Rev. J. C. Roper.

Anglican I shop of Ottawa: Rt. Rev. W. G. vown.

Moderator of the Presbyteri- Church in Canada, and by rt. mayor of Grenville. and O. I mayor of Hewkeebury. The 1 neerhes were made from a special avihon erected on the bridge.

Dedicates Structure. Hon. Hugh A. Stewart, Dominion linister of Public Works, delivered I I addreas of dedication after which I -dy Per ley. wife of RL Hon.

Sir I orge Parley, severed the ribbon xrner and declared the bridge open traffic. Ontario waf repreaented by Hon. J. Mooteilh. Minister of Public Works, LVorka and Quebec by Hon.

H. Marker. Minister of Lands and foresta. Kl. Han.

Sir George Parley, who waa a 1-1- I. fh 'hrUM since he waa first elected to irliament from Argroteuil County i the beginning of the century, now name the structure bean, wee nong th speakers. tyuters isuumwn in wie "7 ati- si escott anal Ruseell; Joseph St. Denis, EL.A for Preacott; George Danser-u. ML.

A. for Argenteuil; 1. B. inter. Deputy Minister of Public orks, who accompanied Mr.

atew-1. and Judge A. Constantino, u. of ttawa- Half HeiMay fisrwaeng. Hawkesbury and GrenviUe were i te for the occasion.

Both snayora lad declared a half holiday, com- Cewrladrd est Page 1 Cel. Planned to Run In Next Election Liberal Association Told About Sweasey's Contribution. Staff Writer. LONDON, fent- Oct. 21.

It O. eeesry. head of the Heauhamota project, waa considering leaf ebruery running as a Liberal ean- dato in an Eastern Ontario riding the next general election. This fact was made known to the ntsrto Liberal Asaocistion by W. Psrker, of Toronto, who wee named the report of the Parliamentary eauharnois Committee aa having ra ved $2,000 from Mr.

Sweaiey as a mtribution to the Ontario Provtn- sl Liberal party. In exmalning his actions Is the Lsociatlon. Mr. Parker aaid he waa nching one day last February with r. Sweezey.

Mr. Parker, vice-president of the tsrie Provincial party, was ex-ilning to th Beauharnois praaident Provlacisl position of the party. Mr. Sssasiy." be procaeded. "told he wea cceuOderlng standing aa a beral candidate in sa Eastern undo riding at the not sedaral-eiac-m.

About two weeks afterward 1 rcetved a cheque from him for 90S for the party 'a cheat. That i how I happened to be nod In the Beattrtarnoia biven Near $5,000,000 Treasure Aboard Egypt BREST. Franca. Oct. II.

Efforts of ars of the salvsgs ship Artlglls II. reach the H.0OJ000 gold treasure the bold of the sunken steamer l-rpt, off the Brittany coast wen ferred today hsrsitos of unfsvor-1 weather. Divers bar tut sway mam dork of the Egypt sod are dy to enter the treasure chamber soon as the eresther permits. rans-Atlantic Liners To Berth Halifax SAINT JOHN. KB.

Oct IL- Uding the rebuilding; of peasenger- nding faculties here, oaswesad by during too svmmer, apeaaiig sis mlng to Canada by Canadian Pscillc remaklps will be landed that wis tar Halifax It was sonnusosis todwy at PJL headquarters, is) grsMSetlos ith the lasulMI a atawaaant rs-rdhsf the ooncluaton af a ta apsn- lt saTssmtnt bale eat, the Casta ill ao etas and neediest WasJepal Bsil- n. Hawkesbury Judge Shattered Sporting Dreams Prisoner Too Old When Term Served to Seek World'i Records. by Direct Wire. IEatBOBEKT. Seat, Oct.

21. la.irhisr dresses of William Kllllek. 2. hsadlt, were shattered today by esse I varies utterance ef a yitdgc. Mr.

Juatlre H. Msc- Im court fee eewteac. an two chargea ef armed robbery. Kllllek. already eeatenced ta 11 years sum Ave last Miiiewsnsl that he based eaeae day as break the worlda algh-tuara record.

He asked that be be riven a chance to practise at the arlaoa. "Yau wtll be tee aid wheal yets coaaa essl ef prleeai to breeJi any aort of werid's said His Las dshla, kt refusing the reejueet. In Fear of Strap Boys Spent Night In a Rideau Yard Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Borneo LeBlanc Found at Market, Are to Be Punished, Says Father.

O'Cleck Kdltiea Service. Two Ottawa boys George and Roger LeBlanc. Ml Clarence street agwd 11 and I respectively, who were found winder uig on By Ward market this afternoon after they had been missing for more than hours, and who had run ssray from home to avoid punishment lor "playing hookey" from school, are to be peaked for their solsdesissaiior after alL Romeo LeBlanc, the boys father, said he would administer chastisement before bedtime tonight, even If it hurts him sa much as hurts them. The boys were found by their mother and another relative. They said they had played around the city streets all yesterday and.

betnc afraid of puniafanent for missing school, spent the night in a yard on Rideau street. In the open. Apparently the two youngsters had arcured food somewhere, however, for they appeared to be aulas welL if aomawhat untidy, when found and taken the homo where their parents had worried over their disappearance. Wife of Former Ontario Premier Drnry Is Dead BARRII. OnL.

Oct 21 -Mrs. Ells Albans Drury, wife of Hon. C. Drury, former premier of Ontario, died suddenly In hospital here yesterday. She was lo her Slat year.

Besides Hon. C. Drury, she Is survived by three sons and two daughters Ask Year's Moratorium To Help Poorer Classes I O-CVsek Cassadiaa Frees Dnpalch. LONDON. Ont, Oct 2L-A year's moratorium of mortgages in house prooartiea and farm lands waa suggested today by the Ontario Liberal Association as one means of lessening (he burden of the poorer classes.

Sootisored by W. A. Gary, of West York, a resolution was passed by the delegates to the association's annual meeting calling upon Premier G. H. Henry to declare the financial holiday.

ASK GAMBLTNO BAN. MEXICO CITY. Oct 21 organizations of Mexico, acting through the medium of the Confederated Chambers of Commerce, will ask fieaiJeut (Jrui Ruhto to put an aoaoiuie atop so sir gambling in ico, it waa anBosjacsd today. Jury Insists on Office Hours, Two hour Lunch, no Night Work On Sixth Day of Deliberation in Attempting to Determine Quilt or Innocence of Joshay and Six Aides. Aissiasfag rvees By Mrert Wire.

IflrfrFOUS. Wins, Oct -A Jury whins inaisU on affios hours of trosa SJB. I svan.Vilh two hours lor hmrs) and ho alght work, today eras aa Its almas U. Uberaeion ka stternpting tcTsewrmine "is guan or aaiiiuiwisi ef roahey and atx aidee so trial so 11 fraud ilsiigss Latest Newt-Sporting and Markets lose Today JAP GARRISON IN CLASH WITH 2,1 Distinct Note of Pessimism Over Trend of Manchurian Events. FEAR THAT U.S.

PLAYS LONE HAND O'CVsck A. P. Cable TOKYO, Oct. 22. A Muk- den despatch today said that Japanese garrisons were fight ing under difficulty with 2.000 I Chinese soldiers near Tiehling 'on the South Manchurian Rail- way, south of Mukden.

The despatch added reinforcements were ruehing from Mukden lo aid the garrisons. Tiehling ia about 45 I nulee north of Mukden. A train from i Changchun, about the same distance north of Tiehling. waa halted. Note ef reeauoJsm.

GENEVA. Switarrland. Oct 21. -There waa a distinct note of pesl-miem this evening among persons in a poaiuon to know the trend of debate regarding Manchuria in the League of Nations council, and the belief was widespread that the United States, represented by Prentias B. Gilbert, was not backing up the League's pro.

gram of peciflcatiorL Reports of convereaUone at Washington between Secretary of State Stimson and Kateuji DeBuchi, the Japanese Ambassador, appeared to have aroused fears that the United States was playing a lone hand and short-drcuiUng the council's efforts to induce withdrawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria, At the same time Kenkicht Yoshi-sawa. Japan's representative on the council, remained adamant in his re-fuael to promise recela of Japanese troops without certain guarantees which It is believed Chins ia unwitting to undertake. Asosss) BrlsaeTa AsMos. LONDON, Oct tl-A Reuter't despatch from Tokyo today mid that Japan Is willing to accept the advice Cewcnsded as Page 19, Cat I. Bus, Truck Crash Nine People Hurt One Near Death Aftr Collision on State Highway.

AsgwrUtml Prm by Dirrri Hire. ROCHESTER. NT, Oct 21 -Nmi paiMnfttri and Lh driver ot city bound New York Stat Railway! but wr InjurwL one critically, in a col-llaion today with a loaded arvn-toii era vol truck. Tha drivtr, Gaorf Sandari. 45.

waa taken to Oancaca hoapiul, whara ha wma aaid to ba nar death. Paaaancra nportad that just be-fora tha crash. Sandara sttffeoad. fluni his arms ovar his haad and slumoad In his aeat I Tha bus went out of control and ran alonx tha abouldar for a hundred feat befora raturnins; to tha road, whara it crashod haad-on with tha tnack. Pound Sterling; Canadian Dollar I aCleck C.

r. Daaitcli. NtW YORK. H. Oct 21 -After sbowinfl aarly stranfth tha iound ttarlizafl tvaaJMrard alivhtlj duriikg mid-alHerooon today on local foreign ax-dianflaa.

BVerUng opened at U.K in United Siataa fiwds. an ovtrnixht fain of 1 cents. It nwintoinad a ftna tendency tuitil after noon, wnen it asawd back 1-1 cant to UK 1-2. Dat Canadian dollar held Ann and at iisid-afterrvoon was quotad at eents. a gain over tha previoua cioea of S-t.

Ttm4 at MaartawaL MONT11EAU QuaL Oct Tha pound atarling waa at H9 on local foraign exchanges at 1 pn. today. No word has eoane from the panel since Friday aeon when the cues wss assigned for decision after seven weeks of tesaimerry and srgument re-eohrsng around the financial riee and faU of the miOMM roshsy enter-prisas which went into voluntary is-cetvorsWfi la IM. The jury Is composed at 11 assa and am woman. They have sera earring eight weeks on Page 30.

Perley Bridgs Is e--CW. Ptrtura shows the sew Perley Bridge spanning the Ottawa River between Hawkeabury, OssL, and Oreavtlle. Que The bridge ia assets' In honor of SX Hon. Sir George Perley, and was officially dedicated today. Hon.

H. A. Stewart, Minister of Public Works, delivered the dedicatory address and Lady Perley. srifs ef Sir George, tat the ribbon spaa sod declares the bridge formally open for trsffle. Quebec waa irpi eat weed by Hon.

Henore Merrier, aod Ontario by Hob. J. D. Meeitetth. Many other sketsbles were prrernt.

150 Drowned and 2,000 Homeless In Flood-Swept Area in India Considerable Damage Over Wide Section of Country When Torrent of Water Reaches Depth of 30 Feet. CALCUTTA, Oct. 21. At roast ISO pormonj were drowned today, and 2,000 mad homclesa. by floodg which reached a depth of 30 feet in tha Vizianagrara area at India.

About 90 percent of the cattle tn the area were drowned, and considerable damage done to the Jute crop. Woman Suspected Of Trunk Killings Still at Liberty i Police Authorities Be lieve Mrs. Winnie R. Judd Will Never Again Be Seen Alive. Aaaorlaiad rraaa by DfreH Wire LOS ANGELES.

Cal Oct 21 -Winnie Ruth Judd. H. slender blonrte I wife of a physician and daughter of a minister, remained at Urge today despite the efforts of thousands of officers, seeking her as the perpetra tor of the Phoenix trunk murders. Tha motive behind the slaving. 1 till was almost at much of a mystery as It was Monday night.

hei: tha bodies of the victims. Mrs Axnrj Leroi, 32, and Miss Hedvig Samuel-son, JH, ware taken from trunks which Mrs. Judd had shipped here from Phoenix. Dead af Lassarle. "It must ba a ease of deranged mind that's as much as we ran sav at A.

Davidson, in chsrge of the honu- dde squag. I mnV captain and the crew of the Search today waa being ror.cn- I ire-locked ship BaychUno, face a long trassd in the vicinity of Laguns I hazardous wlnjer far north of the ST "Wis the Baychlmo's of here, following a report given by i a motorist that a woman hilch-hisrr pinmassis, rsscoeoT by aeroplanes, corresponding to Mrs. Judri's desrrip- i are far awsy to the south. In lion had bean green a ride to thai hastily buJH winter house on the bcn "Ul the eight We hardly expect to find Mrs or oiaa months until tha sun sgain Judd alive." declared Inrt.ertor mU the lee In the far North. No Coschsaltaf ea rage J.

Cal. i. village lias within miles. Crew Aboard Schooner Afire, Escape in Dories I O'CVsck C. P.

Despatch. HALIFAX NA. Oct 21 hull gutted by fire, and her twelv nl.e doriss trailins; astern, the x. isry fishing veasel Catherine wajt towed into Halifax this afternoon. The blaze which sent her crew to the dories off Sambro Bank early this morning hod reduced the 75-ton power schooner to what looked like a total loss.

One of her crew. Kmberly, son of the ik-pper. wss suffering from painful burns, though his Injurlse were not considered serious Backfiring of the mall gasolins engine used for pumnnn sir into the pi saw ire tank of the verarl crude oil ana tor was blamed lor the blase by as San bar I of the crew. 11 BLAST VICTIMS. wnaiie.

vr.ini.iu. deeth toll of Monday mini i explosion at Mont Cenls colliery wss raisoa ii soaay, wnen bvs mors ot wo evnuas aioa. IMIg-Ol TtassoST. October M. ISS1, St bss reatsenre.

clsire asreet, Leisreatlaa View, Waller eoaa tTBhasa. beloeod auabsad ot Mltb Low. Military funeral from the above rssldsnos at pa m-dsy. Oseaber t. to St Lake's Cborek.

tslssssmt at Beeehweed Officially Opened .1 K. 'ss. jw.3a.W. "Chic" to Natives Bad for Service Aaaaetateal rrees Cable. NAIBOBJ, Kenya Caioay.

ba. AMca, Oct nTelavrapai wire, ha leaBga, MtartMrf bat anal Uaara ta asawwtac truly rUtMnc. Moam eWe ta the aa-tlvea atf Taaiiasiyifca anaV Kenya, anal aa a rcaaH the raasital waa witlaaaM Hra tarrlea to the rnat far aaara tatM hears. The iiataai far wire far sartorial psejyeaea emceeded tha available pea) caaamardal sapvly. aboat aailaa frsn Meaaaaaa aod took wtsat they wanted Caaie aaeassgss ksd be sent to Mssshsss.

sad thence by train, wtll taw daasage was repaired. The slaiajr was la sours. WiDlWWinter On Ship in Ice 17 Men, Captain and Crew Are Aboard Crait Held Fast. Awaiting Arrivat French Premier Facing Broad Readjustment of Tangled World Economics Now. By Byroa Price.

Copyrlgwt, IWt. by the Aauriated rroasl WA8HINOT0N. D. Oct 21. brood Teodrartrnent of the tangled fabric of world economics.

Including possible debt revisions and drastic arses- reduction, but involving no United Staves guarantee of Trench political security. Is conceived bv the United States Government to ba the il rs i i i conrerenoes with President Hoover There is no expectation here that sort of srssr ooanirutment in the form of a ranee af risaso-A sseriren consul tattsa pact se otherwise, will be Henisasa: whan the two statesmen sit doara smalhsr at Ins White H-use brtsr this week. Tha Owtlsd Btsvas does not consider HssK la peeitiesi sa ssake promiees isapailing tha ssosrlly of France er aarr other Earopesa aatioa. It will be eararisa af Mr. larval allsilly a gsegs a POMP AVOIDED AT FUNERAL OF 400 Mourners Attend Services for the Great Inventor.

PRESIDENT HOOVER UNABLE TO COME Aaortated Pre by IHmt Hire. WEST ORANGE. NJ. Oct. 21-This ia the 52nd i.nlvertary ot the incandeacent lifht dr.H the funeral day of the mart i.o it.

With trie flr-t of today's dawn, the body of Tntunai Ed-mn Wsia moved from tlve vme-ieathd Dor at or here in Iiic to nmny mjsterpjecea of hii were created. 40 Mouner T)ie bronxe cakkct 1 si ken. under 'ort, lo GWnmont, li.e tdnori ii me. for private funer.ii wrvuea. tJnlv the rloaeit frtendi were invited to ju.n the family, yet the hut of mourrxr numbered more than 400.

i The burial at Rotedale cemetery was, like the aervice at tha home, arrar.fjM in avoid oatenution or I'n-s. Mrtovrr. presaed with f- fstin nf ta'c and with pre peraUons for thf a Witshington tomor row of Precner Ivat, of France, unable to atten 1 the funeral of rtia friend Mrs Hnover however, travelled from the Capital for tne aer-vicea. Henry Tord. and Har-ey F.reatone.

the two survivnrt of a famous triumvirate, were here Twenty fUe thousand persona paaaad by the hrome casket in the hatf-liiht of the laboxatory. A Last -toas-Bya." Mr. Firestone, who rune with Mi we. i 7'iT frtend and crony, waa anrorvi inoaa Coadudod sa Pago 2, Cot, 4. Uberals Deplore Fall in Canada's roreign trade Claim Fanners of Ontario in Desperation Over Policies of the Conservative Regimes.

raftadlan Press ay Plm-t Wlr. U)VDO(. Ont Oct 21 Appoint- I men, of a non-paniurv com mini on 1 lr take mer urjrmplnyment lief i maaaum in Northern Ontario waa 1 urged in a resolution paean by the annual meeting of the Ontario Liberal Aoaoriation here today Moved by E. A. Lapierr.

en-M P. Niptaatng. th resolution olaced th aaaoclation on record aa deplormg "the delay In starting the work in connection with highway construction In Northern Ontario, thereby depriving the aettlert and unemployed worker, in the north of much -need ed work at a aeaaon of the year when tha work could have been carried on more profitably and with leaa hard-shin than in the winter time "Thia meeting also deplcrej the patronage tvatem which rontinuei to be practieed in Northern Ontario, and recommends that a on -partisan commission be appointed to have charge of the unemployment relief maa lurea." A Royal Commission probe of the administration of the Ontario Hydro Commission was demanded from tha Provincial Government in another resolution passed by the convention. It waa in line with the stand of Mitchell F. Hepburn, provincial leader.

Specifying the "gros over-payment for the assets of the Dominion Power and TransmUaion Compery's ajtiett. the payment of huge sums to John Atrd. and the long term contracts for the purchase of power from private csmpanie" as grounds warranting further investigation, the resolution declared onlv a non-po-CeaM-liMied aa Page 3. CaJ. 3.

TWO BOMBS TOSSED. HAVANA. Oct. a. Two bombs were thrown from automobiles in I Hsvsna streets this morning, causing rsdo.

Some tight showers have occur -anme property damage, but injuring i red in Quebec but ia other parts of no one the Dominion the wether has been Among The A TL- Journal Classified Ads Today Wew 0tudbsker tru-lta irt for aal Big price redurtioaa. A 1033 De Forest Croalsy radio la for sslt. New eentre door boua-w and rottrtsi avenues ji Aeoond for sale. A Vb with a futun men are wanted. A warm house with three bedrooaaa ie lo sub-let.

A 9 FVrd ooupe ta for aale. A ft-aesre farm at Caaaelmsn aaia or exhanee for city rty. grr ts tne rant for an apartm-ial Wtfk 1 LAunm avenue. 1 10 Farm Fires in Few Days i Com farmers Arm Ihemselves Died Today. log wbest pool ergsoiasr Is the West, died early this ssorslng lo a Regies hospital after three weeks' lltneea.

Wheat Pool Head Dies in Regina A. J. MacPhail Parses Two Weeki -Altar Having Operation. Carta. Ian lTeaa IMrtx-t Wire.

nssaeVllsrv, gea.gfs-. Ut "VUSTT svswgl on two waaki mo for and apparently wau on tha road covery. A. J. HacPhail, praaidaast of tha Saskatchewan Wheat Pfa) ttnc its InoapUon In 19H, died auddiartly aarly today, wbaa a blood clot formed in th Mood etreajCL.

aifartina; itia heart. Ha had been in the hoeprtal a lit tie teas than three weeks' when tha and came snd bis family had made preparations to receive hi home tomorrow for convalescence. The fore got nj brief details were an nounced by Or. Hugh MacLean, of this city, who had been attaodini him nee the operation. Mr.

MacPhail first eame into prominence in connection with farmers' organizations when ha was elected aa a delegate and later appointed secretary of tha Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association. in the early days of organization of the Saskatchewan Wneal Pool, he waa eventually elected its Arst pres.denl on its inception in MM. a post he held until his deati. this morning. Doolittle Will Tlj Mexico to St.

Louia MEXICO CITY. Oct. Doolittle. who flaw here from Ottawa, Ont by way of Waatuntfton 12 hours, 31 mlnutaa yaatarday, said this afternoon that ha wouid start for St. Louis tomorrow by air, landing at Brownsville and Corpus Chnati, Texar, and Shreveport, on the way.

Slight Earthquake Was Felt in Rome Today ROME. Oct. a A aligdt earthquake shock which lasted Ave seconds was felt here this morning, but there was no damage. It wea the first In. five years.

Tha last one also was slight but statue fall from a church and killed two sacra by. Em Record and Forecast of the Weather The Jeanssl staocara Ihif naflli rsnedlas Press by Direct Wire. TORONTO. Oct. -Pressure la ah over the Gnat Lakes and East ern States snd In Alberta and low in the Cull of St.

Lawrence, with trough of low pressure extending southward from Manitoba to Colo. 1 fair; cool with fresh northerly winds I in Alberta and moderately warm elsewhere. FORECASTSl Ottsws sad I'aeer M. Lawrence Valleys-Medaisle westerly wtada: fair tsdsy sad laarsday; ast austb rhaage as lassiaialase. Saskatchewan and Alberta Moderate winda; fair today snd Tbursdsy; rsther cold tonight.

Tasiperatsres. Lowest ast Dunns lain. Yes dy Might Prince Rupert Victoria Kim loops sJsvaprr Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon lrince Abert Brandon Kenora Winnipeg Sautt Bte. Usxle Toronto Kingston OtUwa Montreal aa 40 41 82 44 It 1 IS ia ao as S4 48 43 Vf 44 2 8 4T 44 44 so sa tsfuetoec St. atottn.

MB. Halifax at aad. go ta Detroit M. Fire Fiend Deals Terror Across Western Ontario Area. POLICE INQUIRY GETS UNDER WAY ranadlan rrrm hy Hirer.

Wire. HAMILTON. OnC, Oct. e-asrta reached tha rtty at ftoaei aoday that ftres had brokea aul la barku at Troy. aakfl Asvcaster.

State ml Terrar. i HAMILTON. Oct. 21. 'For the tenth time within a 1 few days, the fire fiend dealt terror in Wentworth County.

I Early this morning, while crowds were leaving the scene of the blaze which levelled the bam of Thomas Surerus, Greensville, another torch was 'l ovar where buildings owned by John BerU were devoured by flames, i .1, from the arena of the blate er in the evening. Alarmed by the menacing series ot born ftres la I his srea. Berts aod his wife had re-; mained up to watch their property' and had armed themselves with shot guns. Tared With Vigil. Shortly after eight o'clock the terrific glare from Surerua' bam wss to be seen in the sky.

and added to the anxiety of the watchers. The fanner sod his wife remained up till ties and than retired to bed, tired with tbefa- vigil. About one o'clock they were awakened by a crackling sound sod ut to Bad their ban to Berts carrlsd kit shotgun with him and saw a men running from the doomed building. He Arsd iasteatly snd saw the fugitive falter as he dived tor fence. Berts ftred sgaia snd missed, snd the fugitive veniehed over the fence and Into the darkness.

Berts than turned ta save bis stock sad impsemeflta. The names had gained too greet headway, however, and In a short time the bora, the sssaoo's crops, implements and 3N chickena and ducks The wind was browing toward tha house and the roof caught Are. Bert and his son. Joe. climbed up, carrying buckets rf water, and succeeded in extinguishing the Aames- In tha excitement the lad slipped and fell from tha roof, braaking his wrist.

Start Maa) Hunt. Constable J. ft. McDooough. of Beverly Township, arrived en the ecene and a search waa mad for tha fugitive but no trace could ba found.

This morning tha officer stated that fanners in Beverly district had reached such a pitch of nervousness that the -tlvef) tf' anvrHgM ttfowters would" not ba safe. The terrtfted land owners were at a point where they would take tha law into their own harvos tf tajey found any person, loitering around (hair build kngm. Provincial police nave been sum-mooed to Inquire Into this latest outrage. They are already holding Jim McConnell, hired nan employed by Johnston Tew. whose barn was destroyed two nights ago.

McConnell is being! questioned as to tha Surerus Are, which he discovered also. i is morning McCprtnelt waa released by the police. His answers to their questions had aausAcd the authorities that he had nothing to do with the incendiary outbreaks. at oaes today registered degress. CcUtt Hth VoWf tti A PfHHY fflR 4m ioucmiw 15 tatY COlff VlAMf 0 URM PRoTlSVOHal! "Jew Tc Chsrtotl aionctoo tn- a -8 v- i as.

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