Guaranteed Member A, B. 0. ° Ae SEGA The People's Paper SY PEI Read by Covers Prince Edward Island Like Everybody the Dew Oharlettetown G Mi ‘Morning Guardian, Founded 10s)" CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922 Miss Clara Dennis Entertained In Toronto “(Special to the Guardian) TORONTO, June? —Miss Clara, Dennis, Convenor for District Sea- man’s’ Woman's Auxili fax, who arrived in To: " day, was guest at a Jui by Mrs. ‘Harry Reynolds of the To- ronto branch of the Navy. Leagus and this afternoon addressed Laval Veterans at their club house. ©» ‘She fs a daughter of the late Sena- ; tor Dennis,, ' ee ol TRURO, June 7—A strike has just been made at the long-discovered Oldham Mines, said to be’ one of the richest history of the province; and as a consequence there is much excite- ment in that and adjoining locali- ties. Recently, George A. 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Write for particulars and agents’ ' Catiadian ‘Auto ary, of Halt rotito yester- ncheon ‘given rich gola ihe the veter- associates, took up property in that ‘district and ‘began prospecting. he came upon a lode, and yester- day, without firing a shot, broke off a piece of the lode that it estimated contained fifteen ounces Experts say the lode will run from 50 to 75 ounces is to the to he to in A peculiar thing about the discovery is that it was made between the trenches of two other Plot to Murder Roumanian — Royaltie (Special to the Guardian) (BELGRADE, June 7—A’ plot (Marie to King Alexander, is repor' secret police. - e| cautions to guar of suspects are being rounded and‘the police are conducting hou ly raids among the royalties, °{ Belgrade today are King Alexande of Rumania and Duke Prince Alfonso and trice of Spain and the PriPnee ¢ Udine, Italy. Another Civil War of «Special to the Guardian) “| PEKON, June 7—Developments ¢ ago seesned on the verge of a un fied government located here wa in. grave danger of a worse spl than eer with the north and sout drifting only toward civil war. W Pei Fus plan for Li Youn Hung t resume the ‘Presidency of a centr: lised government in Pekin wa feared to have shattered itse against a rock of opposition-in th form of ‘Sun Yat. Sen who, accor¢ ing to advices received here terday, declared he would refuse t relinquish the presidency of hi ‘South China reyublic at Canton, Airship Service ‘(Special to the Guardian) LONDON, June 7—T Goverament is seriously consider jing putting up enough FE _ sey to permit the establishment o ;!mperial mail and passenger -ship service to Egypt, India jAustralia. This information is “contained in a letter from the Air|Was at Big Point, two and !Ministry. to the Air ‘League of the/miltes away, working on the Jand, public She directed them to ihe place. Pending the Cabinet's deci-|They drove to the odge of a woods appropriation or Walked through the woods and saw aire: Mr. ‘Ross and a young man work- ‘Defendent ‘was (British Empire, just’ made here. the necessary money, British 7 ; inug in a field. ships, which. had previously been}\)) and must be paid for. Spocial Rates! advertised for sale both here and its pee, a ge ss the United States, have been tem he fant oa his teand Shortff| Hughes porarily withdrawn from the hands and Officer ‘Doyle walked out into OP ten of the disposal board. It is understood’that the Air ‘Ministry, the Admiralty, and many members of the Cabinet favor the scheme of an airship service, even is trying to exercise drastic econo- my. Three Are Kiiled At Level Crossing ((Special to the Guardian) SHERBROOKE, QUE., June Alec Dougay, his wife and fiftee year-old daughter Gladys are dead, and his son Patrick, eighteen yeare| of age, is seriously injured ag the result of a level railway crossing accident about. a mile and a_ half from. Norton Mills on Saturday. A three-year-old baby, who was in the Dougay car when it was struck -by, the MontrealsNewport afternooi: train, is only slightly injured. The Dougays were motoring from Norton Mills to the their home at Island Pond. They had the side curtains up, as it was raining, and it is thought they did not see the train until the engine crashed full into the car, completely shattering it and instantly killing Mrs, Dougay and hér daughter. In some miracu- lous fashion the baby, after being carried in front ofthe engine with his dead mother and sister for six hundred yards, escaped with a few scratches, Alec Dougay died on the way to the Sherbrooke Hospital, where thd son is now under treat: ment, Another Constable Murdered in Ireland (Special to the Guardian) BPLFAST, June 7—A member of a patrol of Ulster special constables was shot dead at midnight near the iMonaghan border, | An attack was made early today on a new constab- ulary post at Clady, A sentry ob- served a detachment of Republicans creeping over a field in North Irish territory and gave the alarm. The to assassinate the Royal families of|° Rumania and Jugo-Slavia gathered here for the marriage of .Princess ed to have been discovered by ‘the xtraordinary pre: the royal person- ages’ lives are being taken, A score up King Ferdinand of Rumania, Queen Marie of Rumania, Princess Mari York Princess Bea- Developing in China the lust 24 hours indicated early to: day that China, which a few days yes: Being Projected at this time whon the Government i— Interest 5 Sheriff With Axe, Called. | The summary trial of|Magnus Rose of Flat River, charged with as. saulting Sheriff Hughes in the dis- charge of his duty by attempting to strike him with ap axe, came up yesterday jbofore Magistrates D, Edgar ‘Snaw and Arthur Clark, Attorney General Johnston xppear- ed for the Crown, Mr. K, J. Mar- tin, K. C., for defendent, Morn- ing and afternoon sittings were held in Mr. Shaw’s office three crawn witnesses being examined and the case adjourned until this monying. Objection was raised by defendant's ‘counsel with regard to the submiting of evi dence of the serving of a warrant upon defendent last December for failure to pay poll. tax, the two magistrates dividing upon the ques tion. On account of this division Mr. ‘Martin moved for and Mr. Johnston asked that the case be adjourned for the purpose of calling in another magistrate. To this ‘objection was raised by Mr. Martin. During adjournment the magistrates will either come to an agreement or decide whether « third magistrate is admissable at this stage of the cage, as it would Le r- a ry e ot of 3 it h U oO 1 8 It e| Necessitate taking the evidence] “He was pulling up a duce of a i: again which would be tantamount scrap, wasn't. he?” to a new trial. , “Yes, he swas.” x “Did you make any arrange. x ments with regard to the team af. (snecit Hhughes’ Evidence. | At the morning session Francis W. Tughes, ~ high sheriff. for Queen's ,County, (sworn) stated under direct’ éxamination that he had received a warrant to appre- hend Mr, Ross, signed by Magis- trate D, Edgar Shaw and in pur- fuance of the wararnt he drove] ‘.¥°-” : Seite San eve tanude cut to Flat River accompanied by vt was one of his own com: nois » 2 ba r : ey i o se, ;Police Officer Doyle, on Tucsday, Pee ee ati taeily ld arcane Mr. Johnston—"Did the sheriff |May 30th. He did not know Mr. he Britisu Ross previously. ‘Other calls were ay. Constable Rob- nglish mo-;ert Stewart, of Eldon was Dieked nt with the sheriff: and air-!DOlice officer to Mr. Ross’ place, and{Arriving there they spoke to Mrs. made on the w r’up and we ,'Ross and she said her husban, the clearing, Ross had an axe topof the seedér. “T told him who I was,” said wards him, I-said again I wag the sheriff and had lay down the axe:” Attorney 'Génaral “What did. he say Sheriff: Hughes—"He said “Come on!” He had the axe in one hand and the teins in the other hand,, and he slashed at me with the axe. “What the hell qo you want?” he said. “Who in hell are you?” The axe was an ordinary wood-chopping one, ground the ‘handle about three feet long. Attorney General Johnston—“It was ‘not what you would call a small hatchet?” Sheriff Hughes—‘No, it was a lumbering axe. He said again “Come on-” I followed him up and repeatedly told him to lay down the axe. He paid no heed but kept flourishing it and telling me to “Come on.” Officer Doyle told him to lay it down, and said, “Don't you know its the Sheriff?” Constable Stewart, who accompiin- ied us to the Ross home, was not in the field’ at this time but re- mained jin the woods. Ovficer Doyle took an old unloaded revyol- ver out of his pocket and snapped it at Ross three times. Ross mado a slash with the axe towards me and Doyle rushed in and grabbed him.” ‘Magistrate Shaw—"“You way he nade a slash at your face with the axe?” ‘Sherif! Wughes—‘Yes. Doylo rushed in and caught him around (he left arm, We both caught him then and after a struggle got him handcuffed. ‘He complained he had rheumatism and that. Doyle was hurting his arm, Mr. Stewart walked out then from the woods and Mr. Ross said. “You are the cause. of this, Robert.” After a little hesitation he went quiétly with us through ‘the woods to the car, We took the suffs off him and got along all right then, I showed him the wararnt and as he would not take a copy I put it in his pocket.” ‘Mr. Martin (cross examining) —Is Officer Doyle a constable for the County?” ra reports state heavy firing was opea ed and the assailants were driven off. Bombs were used during the skirmish, ey 3 ing Developments in Case Against Magaus Ross Another Protest Special to the Guardian) Against Stamp Ta WINNIPEG, June 7—The gradua- Defendent Appeared Yester Shaw and Claik Cha acquittal] “Yes.” “Why did you not go up along the field (wwithouy going’ throuzh {I loing’ with the axe and he stia| the woods?” , f i ; »{he was chopping roots as the field Pr 3 ‘ta tions. f Bali Laat eure sh was a new one. Tho sheriff told fsb ene received the follow be “jim twice 'to put the axe down,|ing reply: bid sige a ale Ross? and as Ross .paid No attention the iE. eerily Att ky ee AE Wee oe ad} Sheriff ituined round to witnesg|ernment a le people of ‘Canada : You expected to meet a_ bad ant said. “Where is that revol.| for your kind message of good pe : ver?” ; Wishes on this anniversary of my “Yes.” M “How noar did you -get to Mr, arrested?” Ross before he was “About four or five feet.” “You were not near enough for him ‘to hit you, then?” “IT looked out for that.” “You mean to say that you kept reach~you kept safe?” out ‘of “Yes, “You told Doyle to shoot him?” “No, I said, “Fire the revolver.” “You heard Doyle snap it?” “Yes.” “Did Mr. ‘Ross ever leave the been tail of the diving?” “No.” seeder, he had “Did ‘he ever drop the reins?” “No. He never left the seeder, 8 nor the axe nor dropped the’ rein till he was arrested, ter you ar “No. We sted -him?? Mr. site Mel bor.” “Who toll you Ross was a bad} man, was if Robert Stewart day Before Magistrates rged With Threatenin Three Crown Witnesses found out the boy work ing with him in the field was his son, Going back we stopped oppo- ite’s place, a neigh: Q" 1 a half the Sheriff. “and‘he gabbed the axe when he saw me coniing to- a warrant to. ar- rest him, and that he had better Johnston— pt was about the poll tax.” Autorney ‘Ceneral “That is, a debt to the King.” Mr, Martin—‘There is a differ 1 pecple say it sovernment and sees a cent of it. (continuing cross-examination) Did Mr. Stew the King’ never Slerift (Hughes—*No,” “What did you ‘take you for, then?” compromise about the thing.” “Did you have any instructions om anybody to get the matter smoothed over?” ONO. “Did you qiscuss a compromise with Stewart when yeu called on him?" . “No. I spoke about the ‘day of the ‘trial. I- had nothing to do with a& compromise”, “IE you. had nothing to do with it why did you tell the court that you took Stewart along for that punpose?” The ‘witness denied that he had said this, The (Magistrate ri evidence, i i ‘Mr, (Martin—‘what did you mean when you spoke about a com promise that you hoped Stewart ould be able to make with the defendent?# Sheriff Hughes—"1 I used the word, ness I had with to arrange ead: over the did not know The only busi- Mr. Stewart was about a day of trial.” Officer Doylle, Dominficlk Doyle 4 said he wag Police. constable in Charlottetown but not for the county. He was sure he had nover been appointed constable for the county, Attorney General Johnston— “Are you the only policeman who is not Sworn fn as constable for the county?" “T don’t think an unless it would be Sgt. Bradley.’ “This is a most extraordinary Statement to make. Did you never serve any papers outside Charlotte town?” “No,” “Did you ¢ver arrest a man yoursel, alone, ouside the oity?” “I might have arrested a crazy man, or something like Mat.” ‘Ofllcer [DoyJo, ‘conllinuing, said he went with the sheriff but told him when he asked him to serve the warrant that he could not do 80, a8 he could not hahdle jt out side the city, They saw defendent in the field. They eft the house, walked through the woods, leay- ing the car behing on the fringe of the Woods and found defendont driving a seeder in a field. Ross talked for some time with a Mr. MeRae who came on the seene with a load of oats. They waited (sworn) Y of them are, whole trouble. in -the first place § Johnston. — art take any part in the arrest?”. him with w saying that, but I might have said something in a joking way.’” in theb udget was objected to at meeting of the executive of Prairie Divisién, Canadian Manufa turers’ Association. g follwing in the -rear about te: fect. Ross had an axe in his han afterwards sked him what he wa him to drop the axe?” “Not that I remcniber’ When are you fellows?” [ said, “This i: ‘the ‘sherri ‘with a wanrant you.” IT went behind him caught him: by the wrists, I did not see hint do any slashing wit; the axe which he held in his. han¢ caught half way up. the handle ang me with his back turned to us facing the seeder. the time or not.” Mr. Johnston—*What did produce the revolver for?” it “Did you try to snap it?” “There was nothing in it snap.” tc revolver at hin?” “No. I just snapped it'at him.” Mr. Shaw—“‘Why didn’t tuke one of these little toy pistols the beys play with about town?’ ‘Officer sbeen about the same thing.” | miles from tho Ross home The | know the revolver was not load jea?” “I don’t knew. Th ime to.take it and It jand 1 told the sheriff that. ce wanted to.” te to take chances with him I found that he acted want hen of man. that Mr. him from the front.” Mr... Jchnston—'When let go the axe?” ' did “Wihen I had him by the two wrists, the sheriff came over and took it out of h hand.” “Did you to the sheriff? “No. I did not. The sheriff wag between us at the time.: He did hot leave the tail of the seeder, He was facing 'towards us a little when we came out but afterwards he faceq the seeder and that was Why 1 had to catch him from pe: hind. It would be tmpossible to get in front of him uniess I climbed ver the seeder,” Mr. JMartin—Iwas ‘Hughes in front of him?” “No, the horse was in front of him.” 1 After further questions by both counsels witness declared he had not seen Ross do anything out of the way. While he was putting the cuffs on him he said “I am an old man and I am full of rheumatism and I don’t want you to put the cuffs on me.” Witnes stold him they were going on anyway. He did not put up a fight at all,” Mr. Johnston—"Do you put the ouffs on every man you arrest ’’ “Protty nearly, It depends on the kind of man he is, I got a bad outline of this man from Mr. Stewart, He said he had pulled a sum on ‘him and pitchforks and everything olse.” ; ‘Mr. Martin—“He had you pro- perly ‘worked up then?” “Well, we thought we had better not take chances.” ‘Witntss had a conversation with Mr. Martin about the cage on the previcus day. At this time he did not ktow ‘Mr, Martin wag counsel for defendent. The court adjourned until. 2 m him raise the axe Sheriff .30 Us ‘ ‘When the court met in the f- ternoon iMr. Johnston askeq wit- ness if he had nop told the sheriff that Ross was the worst man he ever came across? OMcer Doyle—‘I dont remember Mr. Johnston—“wWhen you were until, McRae left and then when Sheriff Hughes—‘I «don’t know.” ‘Mr. Martin—Is Mr, Stewart a county constable?” Ress had approached them jthrough the field riving. the: er, “te ted stamp tax on checks contained the When witness saw him. The sher- iff told him to drop it, Witness Mr. Martin—“Did he say any- thing at-all when the sheriff told pulléd the revolver he said “Who for the blade downwards and the reins in his other hand, He had the axe off the ground, He was ahead of I dont know whether he was walking away at you “The sheriff told me to produce on ‘Mr. ‘Shaw—‘Did you point the you Doyle—“It would have Johnstcn—*Why did you tl “Inced to go behind him and use the te handcuffs 2” ,' “I understood he was a bad man before we got there and I did not all “ right I took them off. He had lots “I thought they could get to-! "8 i 7 , 5 of chances 'to use the axe. if’ he sothor Gnd make some kind of attaa wanted fo. If ho was the kind Stewart told me he was I ‘would not want to take he Mir. ~~ \Martin—*“Yiou .saw this| Mr. Shaw said he would: admit Whole performance from first to|/the evidence. last?” Mr. Clark decided the evidence “Vos.” Should not be admitted, Canada’s Greetings To His Majest (Special to The Guardian) OTTIAW'A; X a “General, the Lord Byng Vimy presents his humble duty C- on behalf of the government. at n dion the occasion of your Majesty birthday, “(Signed)— “BYNG OF VIMY ” 8 birthday, “(Signed)— “GEORGE R. I.” June 7—His E\xcel- ‘loney the Governor General .on ‘Saturday sent the following mes- sage to His Majesty, King George. your Majesty and has the honor the people of Canada to convey their most respectful good wishes City Schools Will y| Close June 28th Board held last evening it was d of to on Tuesday, Sept. 5th. The order of the .closin ses will be: nd ’s p.m. I (Rochford Square—3.10 Dm, ti 4.20 p.m, ToRe-open Sep.5th ‘At a meeting of the City School cided to close the City ‘Schools gn Wednesday, June 28th, and reopen & exerci Prince Street—9.30 a.m, to 11 a.m. ‘West Kent—11.15 #@.m, to 12.40 Queen (Square—1.30 p.m. to 3 p. n f U. 8. A. $480 ‘Gasoline Cargo Explodes as Ship's Boilers Blow Up ((Special to the Guardian) BUENOS. ATRBS, June 7— Tha steamer Villa Franco, with a crowd of 100 excursionists, on the Parana River, near the ParaguayArgenti- na frontier, was destroyed this af- ternoon by an explosion of tha steamer's boilers. More than nine ty are dead. The accident was made horrible through repeated explosions in a cargo of gasoline tins. The entire river, coated ‘with gasoline, is « mass of flames, making practically useless all efforts at rescue work. e- oO any adjournment for of bringing in anot which would practically mean I *Jyou said it or not?” A d n it I, did it was meant ag a joke.” onds examining the revolver a ‘}would not work. He repeated hi statement that -defendent's bac iff except when with the blade down and he did turn bushes, He did not see defenden was between him and defendent Ho did not see Stewart after they left the woods cut to him, Bailiff Stewart . was baliff, “He resided in Pinette ‘He had documents to Mr. this evidence, The wararnt served Mr, Jchnston | maintained that whee a man is chargea with a crimial offense the motive is always in order, “If man assaults you today ang if vou can show that he threat-nod assault you siv months ago, isn’t that evidence?” he demanded. “No, it is not," retorted Mr. Martin. “It is not necessary to: go ;beh nd this warrant Jaid on the jinformation of Robert Stewart, When a direct act is charged what do you want a motive for? Take it the other way, would you say that if you cannot prove a motive he is innocent ‘of the charge?" Mr. Johnston said under the eir outastances he would have to aban don the case and take up the othe charge, Mr. ‘Martin replied that the At- torney General had told him the present case was the more serious one and that the other case. would the dropped, ‘Since the magistrates have disagreed on the point he wculd move for a dismissal. Mr. Johnston—We can't go on we call in another magistrate. Otherwise the other case will stand over and this will be aban- doned, Mr. Shaw—tI ‘will not Bive a dismissal. On the evidence before me IT am inclined to convict, ‘Mr. ‘Clark—Offleer Doyle's evi- dence jig favorable. to the defen- dent. \So far as I can gee from hig ‘statemen# the man never lifted his hand to the sheriff, ‘Mr. Johnston again asked that the case be adjoutned to call. a third magistrate, ‘Mr. Martin op- posed this on the ground that the court has been already constituted and cannot be onlarged to suit the convenience of the Attorney General on account of an unfavor- able decision, ‘Mr. Johinston said he was in this Impossible ‘situation magistrate had already given his |teqiviol, nothwithstanding what een evidence would be produc- od. * Mr. Clark objected to having the onus of the mattor thrust upon him. ‘He had given his decision after Mr. Shaw's decision, and he believed himself porfectly entitled fo his opinion. “I have as much brains as either ono of you, though Tam not a lawyer.” he said, ‘Mr. Johnston said he had no intention of casting any refleci “And you don’t know whethor “TL don't remember saying it. If Witnos spent two or threo ‘sec- ter ‘he had snapped it, The spring was towards himself and the gher- he first turned around. When he had the axe ir his hand he was facing the seeder, the handle towards the oMficers.. When Hughes was about ten feet away (‘rom him.: The position of the seeder at this time was about twenty feet away from the raise the axe to the sheriff, who until “Ross sang u Robert Stewart (sworn) gaid he serve on defenden:. The first was] a ‘summons. from the County Court at ‘the cuit of the government for {poll tax. Shoriff Hughes sent him e sheriff told'this summons on Decembzr 17th ook it. I had! last. !no authority ‘to-go: there ney He BECP ge Ovlnion about that, Most |ooull avo taken 8 revolver, tim goes to the Bente F Martin took objection to upon the arrest of the defendent tite aNerity Gee ie the Wonar Was good and it was not necessary} Witnesy ad { Jnot see idefendent to go behind jt. quescion Of about a hundred yards away, and oihe did not come up till his father to This back was towards the seeder? in the face of this ruling unless], that one] op it have to be gone over again. proceeded, Witness isaid he f- of Officer Doyle § kk n claring he could se that went on. had gone and After Mr. when the sheriff around first Sheriff cracked a limb and Ross turneg around and saw him, The sheriff said “put down that axe” four or five times and told him he had a warrant to arrest him. Ross held the axe by the middle in his left hand, (Mr. Johnston—What was he do- ing with it? Witness— “Keeping the sheriff away, I guess,” Doyle at this time was ‘back about ten feet behind the shoriff. He snapped hig re- volver and commenced fixing it after it did not go off. The Ssher- iff told him to bolt in on Ross Doyle. kept fixing the revolver for about flwio minutes. Rogs had his back towards the Seeder, facing the sheriff, and the horse was ‘MO0v ing slowly in the direction of the woods. He had no axe in his hand when he walked up (with the seed- t D | cut roots while he was t field they were in w The boy was away down in alhollow here. The (was handcuffed.” Mr.. Johnston—Where was Of. ficer Doyle when Hughes was being threatened ” Witness—“He was about ten feet behind Hughes.” Witness. knew defendent had a gun, He saw it when he went dqwn to serve an execution in March, (Mr. Shaw—“Did you see Ross make any attempt on the sheriff?” Witness—He was swinging the axe around, telling him to keep back.” ‘Mr. ‘Martin (cross-examining)— “Haw did Doyle catch him?" Witness—‘From behind.” “How could he catch him from behind when you say Do you mean to say he got be tween’ him and the seeder?” “No, he turned Rose facing the seeder, catching him by one wrist first.” “You say, when this attack was made, tha't Dolye was behind Hughes? “No, he was on the side then.” “And he could see what hap- pened as well as you?” “Ho |wseTixing his revolver at the time.” “This is a different story alto- gether. You have said that Doyle was ‘ten feet behind the sheriff.” “That ‘was when the sheriff came out first,” “What took you there, anyway?” “The sheriff took moe there, He took me for a drive, I guess.” “You laid the information, What purpose did the ‘sheriff have for taking you there? Did he give any reason for taking you? Witness—"“No. After the arrest the party stopped at witness’ gate and. he went home.” Mr. ‘Martin—"There wag not very much to it’ after all,( was there ” Witness—“There is a lot. back it.” “But it didn’t scare you very much, did it?” “No.” i “Will you swear that Ross ever fired a gun in his life.” “No, but he was the man that asked for the gun when I went to execute the warrant.” (Mr. Jobidston—"“When was that?” After some objection by. Mr. Martin the witness was allowed to answer. He had a warrant for de- Every man — wwag ontitled to hig opinion. But it was impossible to go on with the case Where there was an unequal decision, , ‘Mr. Martin maintained that in tallting to the sheriff yesterday didnt he ca attention to ‘appeal cases tha two judges some. nm *, fendent in tion with non- settlemet of his taxes. Defendont had a single barreled gun in his hand, and iwhen defendent learned the nature of witness’ visit ho told his boy to go fetch him the doulile is no conviction, He would oppose the purpose her magistrate, a new trial, as the evidence twould ‘On .Mr. (Shaw's Suggestion the question of the admission of this particular evidence stood over and direct examination of the witness was present when the alleged assault took place. ‘He heard the evidence that defendent did not do anything out of the way. This was not ccrrect, He de- scribed his own position and the Position of Ross, McRae and the other ‘witnesses at the time, de- 6 everything McRae started outt from the wood's he as an old one.: It is believed that less than 20 persons out of the entire crowd of passengers and crew have been saved, According to information recelved by La Nacion, the steamer had on board tourists for Iguazu Falls. It is said the vessel sank so quickly that the passengers had no time to dress or to seek life belts. as possible. There had been others around but not at the time this happened. This was his second visit to defendent, the first boing ‘to servg a summons. His next visit was in connection (with the present charge. ‘No further witnesses. were oall-, ed for the Crown, After considerable discussion the court adjourned on motion of Mr. Martin until 10 o’clack this morn- ing. —_——D +o A CLOUDBURST SWEPT THROUGH VALLEY (BIRMINGHAM, N. Y., June 7— Damage estimated at between one and two million dollars, was caused in the Delaware..river ‘valley in New York and the Lackwanna rive: valley in Pennsylvania by floods fol lowing a cloudburst that swept through the valleys Saturday after- noon. ; Tracks of the main Mne of the Erie railroad, the Pennsylvania division of the Delawaré and Hud- 1son railroad and the Scranton div- ision of the Ontario and Western railroad are undermined and coy- ered. by. landslides, the most ser- lous damage occurring on the main- line of the Erle, near Lordville, !where the tracks were wiped out for a distance of nine hundred feet. At least ten ‘bridges were swept ‘away by the swollen waters of the ‘Delaware river and Its tributaries A large number of automobile tourists are marooned in the flood districts. The Weather, Temperature, _ ‘Tide, Moon, Etc. TORONTO, June 8—Westerly winds. Fair and quite warm. High tide this morning at 9.06 and tonight at 10.256. ‘Sun sets this evening at 7.49 and rises tomorrow morning «+6 4.08. (full moon Friday June 9, 11.68 m. a. Noozie the Sunshine Kid FORTY LOVE !! Announcements, : Coming Events, - Meetings, Etc RATES.— 100 br ine per/Ghy. #6 per line ber ee 8 Ae ih re. jc. a line per da; it 6 days or over 5 figures, initi cow as! and must be pat **Bondtinwts. Sth. Plense % ‘Ume ® sO tin fetal Read barreled gun, Witness, with tho}.