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3 VICTORIA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926 PRIVY COUNCIL IC RISES TO COMMITTED TO FACE TRIAL IN HIGHER COURT (Continued from pax 1 'fill APPEALS DEBATED 2B.37 TO DOLLAR vise the appointment of a plenipotentiary so to act." The report recomraends changes in the form of treaties. Under the previous practice in League of Nations treaties, the, British plenipotentiaries signed first for the whole Empire, then the representatives of each Dominion signed afterwards on behalf of such Ikimlnlons. The committee recommends that the British representatives now sign for Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations. A treaty, the report continues, should be in the name of the King. CLEMENT SHORTER LONDQU London, Nov.

20. The Imperial Conference committee's report on appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council In London, taken up by the conference at a plenary session, says that from the committee's discussions it became clear that "It was no part of the policy of His Majesty's Government in Great Britain that questions affecting judicial appeals should be determined otherwise than in accordance with the wishes of the part of the Empire primarily affected. It was generally recognized, however, that where changes In the existing system were proposed which, while primarily affecting one part, raised issues in which other parts were also concerned, such changes ought only lo be carried out after consultation and discussion. "So far as the work of this committee was concerned, this general understanding expressed all that was required." STRUCTURE OF EMPIRE MADE CLEAR TO WORLD rapt. Witness explained to her that he had been sent to see that no trouble arose between McRae and his wife, the "There will be no trouble," the accused had said.

Witness told of the accused having- asked McRae why he left her without saying a word. The murdered man had made no answer. GOT A VALISE Then, said witness, McRae had got a valise from a room adjoining the front sitting room and had brought it in to the room wherein the shooting occurred. Meanwhile witness said he heard the accused mount to the front staircase. Witness was not sure, but he thought she came down and went back up again.

Shortly afterwards the accused re-i appeared. Her hands were at her sides, said witness. Suddenly she raised her revolver which she had kept concealed, witness said. As he Jumped towards her, the gun went off, he added. All this while during the giving of evidence the accused had sat by the side of the police matron in whose charge she was, quite calm and Unperturbed.

MADE NO FIGHT Immediately after the shooting, witness said, he seized the accused. "It's all right," she had said. She added that she had accomplished what she intended. "If I hadn't done it my son would have If he had been here," she declared. Witness produced an Iver-Johnson revolver which he had taken from the accused.

There was one empty shell in it. On a chair in the room of the killing he had found a little pouch containing five .38 calibre loaded shells. He could not explain how they got there. There were of the same lor axedtreatNH( Jersey MMj" jlll behest If mK roSk chocolate yfl On Sale Monday 300 Pairs of Chiffon Silk Stockings Increase in Exchange Value Cuts Down Retail Trade in Paris French Government Desires Level to be About Thirty-two to the Dollar Paris, Nov. 20.

The franc soared again to-day, closing on tho Bourse at 26.37 to the dollar, the highest figure since last March. It Is now worth twice its value at the middle of last July, when It reached ita lowest level at 49.85 to the dollars. A sharp decline in the volume of retail trade In Paris, reduction of the working: forces in certain industries and the increased embarrassment of people -who are longr on stocks of countries having: a high exchange are the first evidence of harm done by the recent Improvement of the franc beyond a point which is regarded as Its real value. DECLINE DESIRED The French Government believes the advance is artificial and speculative, and for the sake of French industry it would not be averse to seeing the franc slide down to somewhere between 31 and 34 to the dollar, which is about what it is felt actually to be Its present value. NO HEADWRY MADE The Government, in Its effort to study the exchange market by taking large sums of dollars and pounds offered, has failed to make headway against the big speculative wave which for the moment controls the situation.

The principal department stores In Paris say the people, in expectation of a decrease In prices in consequence of the rise of the franc, are buying only the bare necessities. Business now ls running about fifty per cent below last month's sales. Manufacturers who use imported raw materials nr n-nririn, (Continued from imga 1) At .49 A special selling Monday of 300 pairs of fine quality Chiffon Silk Stockings in shades of flesh, silver, oak, buff, gunmetal, blonde, nude and wood ash; sizes 8 to 10. Excellent quality, and very special value at, per pair Per Pair Editor of London Sphere Was Sixty-nine; Visited Victoria in 1921 London Nov. 20.

Clement King Shorter, editor of The London Sphere, which was founded in 1900, died last night. He was )lxty-nine. The late Clement Shorter visited Victoria in 1921. He toured the United States from New York to Seattle, and returned to the Atlantic across Canada, visiting Vancouver after leaving Victoria. Clement Shorter was born in London in 1857 of Hunts and Norfolk ancestry.

He was twice married, in 136, to Dora Sigerson, daughter of the late George Sigerson, M.D., and In 1920 to Doris Banfield, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ban-field of Penzance. His first wife died in 1918 and his second about six years ago. Starting in 1877 as a civil servant in the Exchequer and Audit Department, he spent some years at Somerset House.

From that life he changed to Journalism, and by 1891 had risen to be editor of The Illustrated London News, having previously to that been the assistant editor of The Penny Illustrated Paper. Two years after his appointment to the editorship of The Illustrated London News, he branched out for the company, founding The Sketch, which he edited for seven years. He also introduced The English Illustrated Magazine. In 1900 he founded The London Sphere, of which he continued editor till his death. He introduced The London Tatler in 1903.

He was a director of The Sphere and Tatler Company from 1900 till his death, and of The Illustrated London News and Sketch Company from 1922. LIST OF WORKS Among some of his works are "Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle" (1896); "Sixty Tears of Victorian Literature" (1897); "Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters" (195); "The Brontes, Life and Letters," two volumes (1907); "Immortal Memories, Essays and Addresses" (1907); "Napoleon's Fellow Travelers" (1909); "Highways and Byways of Buckinghamshire" (1910); "Napoleon In His Own Defence" (1910): "The Complete Poems of Emily Bronte" (1911); "George Borrow" (1913); "An Edition of Boswell's Johnson" (1922): "The Angus Campbell Co. Ltd. 1008-10 GOVERNMENT STREET IIS 7i Friends of Pacific Milk duced scale. Some of them bought Touching on extra-territorial-ity, the report adds: We think it should similarly be placed on record that the constitutional practice is that legislation by the Parliament at Westminster applying to a Dominion would be passed only with the consent of the Dominion concerned." The report recommends, however, the appointment of a special com-mitee to consider statutory provisions authorizing disallowance of Dominion legislation; the competence of the Dominion rliamentg to give their legislation xtra-terrltorial effect; the prac lbllity and most convenient metaod of giving effect to the principle that each Dominion Parliament should have power to give extra-territorial operation to Its legislation where such opinion Is ancillary to the provision for peace and order and good government of the Dominion; the principles underlying colonial laws, and the validity of the act of 1865 and the extent to which any provisions of that act should be repealed In the light of the existing relations between the various members of the British Commonwealth.

MERCHANT SHIPPING The proposed sub-committee on merchant shipping legislation Is also to report on the principles which should govern such legislation in the various parts of the Empire, "having regard to a change in the constitutional status and general relations which have occurred since the existing laws were enacted." As a symbol of the Bpecial relation' ship between the different parts of the Empire, the report outlines the methods of representation at international conferences and observes that MONDAY'S SPECIAL BARGAIN Full-size Simmons Walnut Steel Bed, strong spring and Simmons puuuua ana collars at a price far above the present rate, and are taking profits on them, meanwhile awaiting developments before converting for their year-end payments. The normal exchange value of the franc before the fluctuations caused by the World War was 19.3 cents, to the dollar. Single White Enameled Bed, supported double-woven wire spring, cotton mattress. Regular $26.00 Monday, Kft white cotton relt mattress, uegu- ess. Regu- S25.00 lar S3 5.00.

at Monday Only a limited number" Better come early THE BETTER VALUE HOUSE FEWER LIGHTS USED Brussels, Nov. 20 The burgomasters of every community in Belgium have decided to decrease by twenty-five per cent th lle-ht in 1420 DOUGLAS 5T. LIMITED A lady who lives In Mount Pleasant has two small boys who are fond of Pacific Milk. There la no episode connected with this fact. Nothing to add.

"We merely heard of it and as it Is our practice to print Incidents about Pacific Milk that come to us we give this. Pacific Milk Head Office, Vancouver Factories at AbboUford and Ladner municipalities to ameliorate the dis tress caused by the shortage of coal due to the British miners' strike. EATERS' FAILURE NOTED Washington, Nov. 20. Eating has fallen into a very low state in Dr.

Harvey W. Wiley, pure food expert, declared to-day. "It ls too standardized and Isn't engaged in with leisure and sociability," he said. FOR RESULTS USE TIMES CLASSIFIED DS Complete Works of George Borrow" behalf and at one time O'Leary was chief of police In a 'Western Ontario town. Last year he was arrested by United States police and held for Infraction of the Immigration law, but was later released.

Michael O'Leary, as a sergeant In the Irish Guards, was one of the first awarded the Victoria Cross In the World War. At La Basse, In 1914 O'Leary, single-banded, raided a German machine-gun emplacement and bayoneted the crew. He was granted a commission in addition to being awarded the V.C. M. 0'LEARY, V.C., RETURNS TO BRITAIN Montreal, Nov.

.20 When the Cu-nard liner Ascanla left Montreal yesterday for Liverpool, she carried Lieut, Michael O'Leary, V.C, returning to Great Britain after several years In Canada. His wife and children preceded him several weeks ago. Since his return to this country O'Leary had been unable to obtain employment suited to him. Several efforts had been put forward In his (1923); "C.K.S., an Autobiography" (1915). He was one of tne rounders or tne Omar Khayyam Club, and for a time was president of the Johnson Club, of London.

calibre as the revolver used In the slaying of McRae. DlED INSTANTLY Mrs. Shorter, who died about six Asked what hn nnHrpri nHmi ihA months before Mr. Shorter, visited Victoria, also was known as a writer. murdered man lmmrilnt1v nftv v.A shooting, witness said he had lain on ni3 ngnt siae, nts nead punctured by the bullet.

His head was resting on the suitcase, said witnes, referring to the murdered man. Having felt the man's pulse, witness concluded he wsl rionrl- klilui it is for each part of the Empire to decide whether its particular interests are involved, especially having regard to active obligations likely to be Imposed by any resulting treaty, and that It desires to be represented at the conference, or whether it ls content to leave negotiations in the hands of a part or parts of the Empire more directly concerned and to accept the result thereof. "We felt," saya the report, "In discussing the general question of foreign policy that the governing consideration underlying all the discussions of this problem must be that neither Great Britain nor the Dominions could be committed to acceptance of active obligations except with the definite aasent of thair own Governments." The report recommends that exe-quateurs for foreign consuls should be Issued after reference to the Dominion Government concerned, countersigned by a Dominion Minister. ARBITRATION PLANS TVi rnmmlttsd was unanimous In almost instantly. RE.ED DURABILITY SAFETY c2i CROSS-EXAMINATION Mr.

Henderson asked how far the accused was from McRae at the time in the New Rapid Element m- JlugssaViMaa ra Ft im of the shooting. Witness said he thought about six feet, but he had not measured. Mr. Henderson asked witness If he law the shot fired. Witness said he did not see the accused pull the trigger, and did not see either smoke or -flame.

"You did not, then, actually see the shot fired, although you might have 4 d0 sua VHssWssssttBy4sssf CssMtsoaMBH heard one," suggested Mr. Henderson. favoring the widest possible extension of the method of arbitration ior me wttlompnt of international disputes. but felt It would be premature to ac cept obligations uncier article ao oi tho statutes of the Permanent Court of International Justice. nn this nnint the committee sud- mitted no resolution to the conference.

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NEGOTIATION OF TREATIES Vi Tiefntlation of treaties the report refers to a provision in the nii itirm of the last conference that any of the Governments in the Em pire contemplating the negotiations "You saw her hand out holding the gun, but did not see her fire?" "No," said witness, "I did not see her fire. Hut there were only the three of us in the room," he added. Leonard Eekman, who drew the plans of the house which are being used In the proceedings, was called to Identify and explain these. As he talked, the accused, with an unshaklng finger, traced his words on a blueprint In front of her ajid her counsel. She whispered to Mr.

Henderson occasionally. CALLED TO SCENE Dr. Morris W. Thomas, who went to the scene of the slaying at the call of the police was called to give evidence as to what he found on arrival at 851 Broughton Street. He indicated where the body lay by a mark on a plan and showed the direction In which it pointed.

Dr. J. H. Moore was called to tell of post-mortem findings. He had examined the body of McRae and performed an autoposy together with Dr.

Thomas at the B.C. Funeral Parlor. He indicated on his own head where the bullet entered. Just behind the temple and level with the top of the ear. Dr.

Moore produced fragments of the bullet which ended life. During all his gruesome evidence Mrs. McRae seemed unmoved-Cause of death, witness said, was a penetrating bullet wound in the brain. In his opinion, witness said, the bullet in the head of the man might have been of the same calibre as those which were found In the gun. Other wounds and scars on the body of the man were in no way con-tributlve to the cause of death.

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it must, now-ever, defer taking steps which might InvolvA other srovernments. in any active obligations, to obtain their definite assent. "Where by the nature of the treaty It la rlonlrahlA It nhmiM ru mttlMerl met the accused on November 15 and had had conversation with her then and a telephone conversation with her between 3 and 4 o'clock on Tuesday, November 16, the day before the on behalf of all the governments of the Empire, the initiating govern-mont mnv AKRiimA that a cttvpr pn murder. Witness last saw McRae on that same day, November 16, when he was which has had full opportunity of indicating its attitude and has made no adverse comments will concur "in at his office, he said. Counsel for defence had no Questions and the Crown closed its case.

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