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Annual Ruben-lotion, ilcllvenl

British Cabinet Discusses

Lords Reform Bill

Com romidse Reached Between Opposing. Parties jilfigiliillli Greater Power Will be Given to

Lords.

o (Sllwiai i, The Guardian)

itoireiio-rv, July 11---'rnu full (xiii. inet met at 10 Downing Street this morning under the presidency ut‘ Lloyd George to make a tletslslgpi on cortain aspects 0i‘ the Hniist; of Lords reform ipftllilllill which may have an important bearing on the result of the nclrt general election, which cannot be delayed many niontiis longer. Tile Qabiuet has been divided on this question for some t-iriie 1iust, but your (jqffefl. ‘pendent learns from an authorita- liive iqiiarller that a compromise has been reached between the 0p- posiirg factions, whereby great powers will be granted to the Lords but the veto imposed after Lloyd George's farrrous campaign of 1010 will remain.

(The principal

alteration in the

Empire Economic Conference Suggested

(Special to The Guardian)

LONDON, Jilly 11——’l‘he proposal for an Empire Economic (‘outer- clrco which the Canadian ‘Chamber oi (klmmerce here urgct] .ll1ii)i'i Lloyd George in a resolution a short time ago is being taken up in ‘lfillilkfillllll political and busi- ness circles here.

Viscount Long. cx-tlololiizil Soc- rt-inry. in a letter to the ilitehh stronglynirges the necessity "l such a consultation iii iliilfll‘ i" bring the financial rcsiliififllli llllil business capubil-llies oi tho Wllill" rrlupii-e to beiir anvil ill" il"l"*l"ll'

rnent of the licrltaiiil "l llrll-lsll llw‘

pies in all parry of the world.

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ROOMS TO LET ON PRINCE

gt” Apply Guardian. ____-———- wAN-rgg-IMAID FOR GENERAL ‘housework. Apply Mrs. S. l‘- llodgsoii, 15 Keiisiirgton Road. ._.__._.__.?_.._

WANTED MAN T0 WORK ON. far-in, Apply Cirirs. Meliett. llmcb

icy.

WANTED SECOND CLASS TEA -chcr for Piezrkesi ‘Station school. Supplement $100. Miilsiliriiiier v:i- cntioir. Apply to 'l‘rusiee8.

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all modern convenience ailllll’ l3

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FOUND - THREE BATTERY

cells on Union Rd. Owner iriay have shine ‘by BDillYllltl lll- llllll calico and ilhylllg l" all-

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‘MEN wan-ran - w: WANT s few real live revNIBIMllW"

Conn» Look up your very old letters. ll‘; lgeglldatbtgrliiiglitilogn $011 Bis The vlil "sell Pilillll!“ “will” up"; ponltlfelly ‘prevents acct ‘nro valuable. Sight‘! mo. rinewlilrlf dents; every ear owner-slim encli klml you ‘ ‘l: g1" m n" till-kit; eMY to sell: lllB iilllllllfl "m" l"‘“ “ "l" ° er v um Write for particulars anttagents ynii have. llo not ri-mtgan Geo ,-pmbo1|1t'|on_ Cgflflfllgty Auto stamps fromqthe envelop‘ . New- filiops‘, P. o. sari-u, sinners, 1i. Hhkee- ~90 "9"" W l-

, ‘Inaugural-lo. _ *

composition of the Upper (lhgtm. bcr is the ibl)(lllll0i'i of the lieriillt- ary right to sit in the Lords, for ill“ "PW lilll llifivides that at least. ‘a porhlon of tlio Upper House shall be select d although it is not iliillllllllllw’ setllled wliat siullil be the ‘machinery of choice. 'l'iro 5.51. cctod peers will then 1iroireetl to elect the remainder from among their number, who are distinguish. ed iln various ivaiks of lifo or huvo pcrforirlcd eminent service to the Htfllc. As a result of this ‘the riumiber of the new lllouso will fall approximately below the present membership. it ls it foregone con- clusion that the new measure will not be ‘acceptable to the pieers who desire the restoration of the olrl veto powers. but the country is overwhelming ODDUSBIJ to a re- version to the old position.

France Will Watch Russians at Hague

(Spedlsl to The Guardian)

iBAtillB, July 11—--France has de~ clded to keep ber- experts at the Hague until tho end of the confer- ence and Russian affairs there, it was announced in oillcial circles today.

German Collapse is

(Spedlal to The Guardian)

and the fall oi’ the Wlrtlr Govern

moratorium. the Reparations Com German envoys. ‘

dcr Secretary of the German [Cili- aucn Ministry aiiil llcrr Fischer

tivcs that (lcririany would I'm-c a (EPlSJS similar to that of Austria it‘ forced io pay tire fifty million gold marks duo July 15. lliilpllfiillilllfl Cninirrissloners dis- cussed the (lermziu proposition rillu coiisuilctl the lcailcrs of their ro- spoctive government. it was gcu~ eriilly believed that some form oi moratorium must be granted to Germany. The situation created by Germany's request has revived talk of Englaiids proposal for an iintcrnnttonill ‘Financial Confer- ence. in which tlio United Staten would be included. The puPllll-‘lli of tho conference would he to: discussion 0d‘ inter-alliloil ilcbis. NEW ‘PORK. July 11~I)r. Otto Wleilfeld. German Aiuhassailor to the United States. and Di‘. Wil- ‘heim lliejtnrlcli -Sol-f,. Berlin Am- bassador to Japan sailed for tllCii‘ turbulent ldathr-rlantl today.

‘Both salil they were on an im- portant mission but did not dis- close nature of it. Wieiifelil ile- nled lic was to succeed Dr. itatli- cueau. Foreign Minister. recently assassiiintcil.

Tire ambassadors said they would return to their posts iii the fall.

Mullingar Alone . _ in Hands of Rebels

BPJIJICAST, Jilly 11—Natioual army troops now occupy all the 11mm; mp1 viilingeirln the iris-h Midlands. except Tuilamore, in King's County, where, according to t; ilvlullingirr iiesputch today, the hotels are ‘being asked to silppl-y meals to nearly .200 illflllfillllll Elll‘ ‘(lltiFS ilaill‘. lllll llle mlllillles “l groceries, fruit. lllfifllllilllilliil "ml tobacco are being conimandercil. Au the newspapers destined it" Tullamorc, the dospalcli said. are irurned by lllfl -lli*iJlllIll"-'lll5 “nil tho only news- tho residents rc- coivr.» is that so many hundreds of National troops have been captur- .-,1 nr kllicsl. or that Muior ileum! McKenn oi‘ some of the other Na- tional leaders have been taken-

’i‘he ilcspatcli added that a largo plo-ty of llcpnhiicirn prisoners hail been sent from iMuilllllillll‘ l" Mount Joy prison under hoiWY c500"

_—_i OLD LETTERS ARE VALUABLE

inevitable Without Moratorium

PAltliS, July ll-wlFlllflflttlfil chaos

President, oi" iii-n War Debts (Zoln-' mission. warned Allied representa-

llennessey is Acquitted

merited Upon by Chief Jury Charge. Mystery

Tile trial of Eilivartl lleniiessev, Daniel O'Brien and (ieorge Essuryl illl-"iftteil with slurp-breaking and larceny was cont-lulled at ISupi-ciric. Court before ‘the tiiriei’ Justice and

ury yesterday afternoon.

At 23.50 p. m. the jury retired after hearing the summing .up by counsels for the defense and Crown land receiving iiiis Lordshipis charge. At 4.25 they brought down the following verdicts:

Heflnessey: Not Guilty. O'Brien and Ellery: Guilty of stealing.

‘in discharging the jury [rom lilo present case ills Lordship tlianki-il the jurors for their careful atten- tion during the wiroie case iiiit‘ stated that the verdict brought down was cutlrciy in uccirrd with the view oi‘ the Court. ‘

H is Lordiship's Charge.

llcforc tlic retirement of the jury ills Lordship ilcllvercd tho follow- ing charge:-

Gentiemen of the Jury: You have hoard iho aiiilrcssus oi‘ the iffouncil [or tho prisoners zniil tlu- (‘ililiifitil iot- tlic Frown, You have listened with most trzircfui attcii» tic“ to the ilctillis with which tiic evidence is given and wc arc now ll-illlfllflclililf; the conclusion of the. case, ' state to you the law which must

"mm "llly- “lull ll llle Ame“ l“ [govern you lii your verdict, which fuse to grunt Germany gt two yearwbum

Court and Jury must obey; [and to aid your memories, irociliusc

“llsfllllll was lnmrlned bodily byitlie case began so many days ago,

(to give a short review of tho cvi~

Th" ellvuysi "B" Scllroelleri Un‘ dencc given by the principal wit

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iNnw, first. let me take up what the charge is tiiiit you arc sworn ‘to try. I am retailing this frmri the liiil of indictment fouiiil by the ‘Grand Jury. and it is within the foili‘ UOPIIFFH of this that your duty lies. The cliiirgo is that in the -(‘.lty of ‘Charlottetown. on or about the iitii oi‘- Jiiue. 19152, Eilwaril lien- ncssey, llizlnlel ()‘llric.n and (lporgo Mlssery did break and cuter a. boilded warehouse, the property oi’ ills Majesty the itlng. in his Gov- ernlrwiit. ot‘ {Tanailit there situated, and two punchtioris of rum, to tho. value of about $1.000, tlien and tlierol being bililrit] therein, illll thou and there steal." You urc not cou- cerned about the virtue, bilt tlierc is in this charge ivhich you are trying the larger nffcnc» of breaking ariil entering and stealing uiul there i1: Itlie minor charge of stealing alonc, in the event. that you would no‘. coirsider the evidence sufficient io prove the parties guilty oi’ lire-ak- lug and entering. I aiu going to ‘give you the statutory definition oi‘ breaking and entering. Break- ing mcaiis to brciuk any part, irr- ternal or external, of n building; or to open by any means what- ever, including lifting. iu the case oi‘ things kept in position by their owu weight, such as any iloors. windows. slrirttizr, cellar flap or other things intended to cover openings in it biliiillng or to give ‘IIJISSZLKJ from one. part to niiothcr. "Filo raising of a window or titilltil‘ hatch is breaking and entering. The luw does not require that we should’ make fortresses of oiir hou- ses or our outqbuildings. The low is satisfied if we close them lip in tho ordinary way. .'l‘lrere

Found Guilty of Theft. appearance of the Mysterious Motor Truck Evidently Used to Carry Away the Booze Com-

iio bccoirics responsible-z he is tiicii

Verdict Delivered in Rum Robbery Case

and O'Brien and iissery The "Complete Dis‘

Justice Maihieson in His Surrounding Man in Grey

Clothes and Green liat increased by lluither Testunony Yesterday Morning.

7t-h and 4 n. ill. of the 8th of Julie, had been bJoki-n and entered, and that a (7i‘lilli‘ hail liccil coiiiiirit tcil. As to stirirlliig: in the ovelii oi‘ your not being satisfied that the tiVlilPilifif connects the prison- ers with tho breaking and enter ing, till-re is still the question oi’ theft, upon which you will have to decide. There ivas a time when it was ilcctlsstiry in order to prove tireit, to show that it was done secretly: hilt that is no longer tlic iii-w. ‘it is 1i0ssiblo. [or stealing to bc done in the ‘broadest and most open rrianiicr by taking .1 thing that docs not belong to you iii -l)l‘(r.ili daylight before airy niliir- l)!‘l‘ of witnesses. But ili tiioft, as. in nearly i-vory other offenses. tlic. illllllilllll. that you have mainly to consider‘ is tlic intention. A man may go iiito a store and pick 1.1. a [lflPCJl on tho counter and walk

'- away with it. and it rriight be ile-

llllilfill" theft or it liiiglit be the mistake of zui honest man. Tili- oiio tiling that iiistiiigiiislios lic- twccn a cilriiinzii act arui u. per- fcclly similar act which is not a crllut- is the» iutl-iitio-n.

Let us come liow to the case cliurgc.l_ (‘loarly this warehouse .was lll‘ Il{"1| and viiti-rcil, niiti smile- orii- (‘iilllliiltlflll a crime lir that‘. regard. till-arty goo-its tvorc taken away‘ ‘iy those who hail no right to take them. =lf that was not

iit is for me presently to‘ lawfully done then it was theft, mid

tlro only; ilefcrisc that could be mailc Wfillltl lic a irilsitirkc of sonic kind-that the 1iarties who Lock the g-noils away did not. know that. they ivcrc doing wrong, or bclicvod that tlioy ivcrc doing rlglit.

Toke tho case of iltaillliifii-‘ifly. lie was one of a number ivlio fli-itilhil-il in_ tho commission of a theft irf two punciicons‘ of ruTn.’ No iloiint of that. 'l‘lie other two 1irisoui~rsr also assisted: according to tlii-lr story they dill vcry litilc. but tho-y

men, so far as that is cc-iiccriicll. rAro they all guilty 0f theft? Arc; tllcy all equally guilty? ileiicssoy! is guilty of theft; if iris intention was to coirimit tr crime. if he did it; innocent of tlic fact that he was‘ assisting it. a crime tlicn he is not. guilty. W-hat is his case? He is a truckmnn. ‘lie makes ills living by arrsivcriilg the calls of pcopir: who require his scrvltaes. l-t is not his duty to ask too iuiiny questions. and yet it is not for him to 2o. tllllll)t'.l'ill.(!ly blind and lliiflitlliflll’ deaf. tn zissist in an act that iii‘ knows is n crime, bctwalisc if hi- lilltrvVfi lit‘ is assisting in a crinm. eve-ii though ho guns iii other‘ re... 1iects ill the ordinary way for hire.

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helping out a criiuc and iii-coiue-s one oi’ the principal criminals. But you liavo hcaril the. story cf lrnw lic coirics into this. how his wife aivalreiicil him in the morning and how lli‘ was lilrcd by a mar. he did not knowdo tukc a load from Carter's warehouse. to a plat-i- that. was ilcscribed. in ilolni: that lic was ivltliitt the wa-y of his ordinary business. lit is not ill‘- cessary for you. gentlemen, to dc- cldc that tor u ccrtalirty hi‘. was Fiiilocent: but what you would haw- ‘to tlcclile would be tliiat. for .1 cer- tainty he was guilty before you would. find him guilty. if his oc- tlon is open to either construction of ilnnnccrrce or guiilt, and you are‘ not niblc tn come to gt (roncl-usioii,

did enough, let mo toll you, gentle-I I

llllfl llilflri l1 130ml ilBlll "if ilXlliIlliifl-itlrcu you must give lilin the lll'll(‘~ Him 0f Wllilllfllles Fm just how tlielfit of the doubt, or any other per- fostening was made on the doorsoiis charged with this crime or

loading into this part of the cellar‘ which was rented to the Customs for a bonded wnreliouse—about how the screws wcrs put on null so forth-but that docs not matter at all .'l‘lio taking oirt of any one of those screws, hcwevor loose; tlin pulling'out'of a staple that you could draw easily with your finger, would establish a case uf ibroirking. Remember the theory is that we are surrounded and pro tccted by those in charge of the enforcing of the law. We are not living in barbarous days when- men hall to protect themselves by mliln force, so that. so for as breaking is concerned, you can sco how a very littlo thing would ‘no ‘sufficient to answer that. was there breaking and entering in this ease? The staple was pulled out of the wall, the hllsp was forced away fi‘om the door and the pail- "iock was lying open on the fioir. .Wlt,l1out going into further ilctnilr of the breaking the evidence is clear flliil conclusive that this

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store. between the evening of the

a-ny crime. iln tlic whole rnuttcr you must consider this: u number o‘f witnesses have spoken of this man's: honesty. They have all staid that he was an honest man. Now, it ho was an honest mutt- if you are satisfied with tlllill, it carries you quite n lung wny to- wards your conclusion. if he was inot an honest man. then you have‘. n right to examine whetilir-r or not the hccmint is true that he. gives of being hired nrid going tn work rind of having no knowledge or even suspicion oi‘ ivrong-ilolng. You ‘have in your nwn hands the means of dealing with the case. Notwith- standing that" he "tiled unquestional ly in the commission ofa crime you have a right. to give him, even in an extreme degree, the benefit of the doubt if rt doubt exists.

The other two men, O'Brien and Esscry. rwcre nisn both there and took part in iihls case. Whether tliov were involved in the breaking of tho lock ullfl entering the strong room where the goods were stolen or whether their acts were, con-

(Speelai to The Guardian)

UWIWWA, July ll—\Viltlr iilc purpose of bringing about a change iii the manage-intent of tho Govt. Iitclit ldlcvalor ldystiriii lill‘lill.)i:li>‘. oi‘ tho ‘BOilftl of Grain Commission- ers are in the capital today‘ contor- ring with lion. Jas. liobll. Minist- i-i" of 'i‘r:ido and t‘oriic|rircta_ 'l‘lio elevators iii tho past liilVil boon fliil-il no to tailing aiwaly the goods is a iiiattcr that lies Wlllllii your judgment. ii may tell you, Eclitlenii-il. that the. circiliiisiliiiix-s product-ii iii t-vidl-iice arc suliicielzi,

ll‘ you lll'li\\' tlic iuflerci a litrl. lellll llrisiiiivrs as strong as po lie. to establish o. c ill‘ brcukiiii,

aiiil cuter-lug. You tlud till-iii cri- gfliicd lu .-i partrieiaaliip, assucioti-ri with others Oi‘ another who tit"- coriliiig to their own account hzuii opened the iriutti-r to tile-m auiil brouglilt tliclil to this building. 'l‘iiis. is eviilcrzcc upon ivliiiih y‘ou could,‘ ii‘ you so dtesiried, tliiil them guilty-l of the larger urililu of breaking‘ ‘and entering. As tu the other o.’- fiznse or stealing, they certainly look part ill that; ‘lllrey aided, tiii-y stood by. llicy irccmirpirrlltiil tlic goiiils when it was bciiit: sto- loii. towards its ilestinatitiil and lllfy lissistcil iii handing it over to the thief or to one of those who was ill tho coilspiracy of the thcit. 'i‘liosn ‘ -ts iii. r-iufficiciil, uiilc; you arc convince-d that tiicy wrm- innocent iii their irltciit,——tli:it ilicy iu-ilcvi-ii that illuy llllil u-rlglit to do tirosc things. Let us soc what their intention Wtlfl. ‘irct. us take tllc 1m.~:it|.iti uiost l1|\'til'.ll)lt‘ to themselves. We»; an iuiurci-iit intention that brought them to lllll'li‘.i"ii ivirrcliiiiisr. lliill, riioriiilig‘! Tilt-y‘ toll _voii that they uiu llrw-llrllztkrr-r-ii, that. tiny l\\'i'l(l outraged in selling liquor cou- trary to the lilllVt-l cl‘ this l‘rovinci~; that a man came to see till-in till: evriiini: belkiri- and proposed. to sci‘ them liquor-ten giallons at $20 a. [gallon and -t.hat they ivorc to nice-t liiiin and to take ilclivcry of tho liquor in thc morning. Aiui tllflll they tell you tiic story about how [they wcrc to have, gone to tho Gull‘ 1lGXl)(li'll‘i‘hi' ivarclioilsi‘ to get the lllquor but that on the way they liivero ciillcil iii. in tho curly morning {as they ivi-rc passing Carters, illill in that way they ciiiiiiiected lillillli- selves with the events.

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'1 want, to say this in ylru. that

ivheir they arc expiaiiiiing illlil ext-using their lirtcrfi-rontro in these unlawful atria-of stealing the

goods they liiust. be ahlc to givo you a lawful oxcilsc. lTo say that they went tihcrre, not for the pilr-

pose of irelptilg out the liicft but for the 1iurposti oi’ lsrcakiug tile law in a tliffercnt kind oi‘ way, is not an innocent excuse. iiossey tells you: ".1 went to ca y on my lawfirl ibusinoss as truck- mizrzii," and if you believe that. tho cxcilse is coinpietc. Iiiit these run“ ivcirt there to break the law. to buy liquor contrary to the i.i.v in order that they might sell it in ill-fiance of lire law. 'l‘licre is a Vast ilitltireiicc bctivccu tlrciu and -l.iiosc who fall iiito crliric; it. has bcrall tiri- fate of irrnny a man who fro-re a good reputation that tinder special tirmptzrliirns lic has fallen anal there are ir-ccaslous when incn fall that are. nlmos-t accidental. But when you find men deliberately‘ taking up the ibrcuklng of the law as rt means of making n llVillllllilflll you are tingling with a illliiifiilffiilii (rlizrss entirely tlisuiiriot from tho person who falls actiiili-utally or at long intervals lirto irreaclies of the law. \Vll.‘it is the record of iiheso two young iiioii according to their showing? 'i‘li:it tiioy have. engaged in ‘the liquor ilusincss. So notorious have they become tliai. ‘when some person is making iii- quirles whore to find men langngetl in that. husllicss bcrc, their liarncs are suggested. Now, tor mqn who by their own avownl are lalw-break- crs to comc iii-fore you with on excuse wilytiicy took llillt in n. rob liery———tn tell you that they come In not to rob but tn do some act 'n i't'.‘llll(‘(!tl(ln with their owii iliiiawfill busincss-yoir ilinve a right to rc- lect their excuse and fall back up on this: "’l‘llo evidence. is that w crime was committed and that; you were caught red-lrundciPln it sud that your excuse is not siriTlcitint." it. is a mutter 0i‘ common kuoii- loilgn tl-ait tliosc men who follow. ns these men have been doing. the breaking of the Prohibition Act. as a means of livelihood bccoirrc ilungernils not only in tbn traffic which they carry rm. but (longer-oils by reason of the tact that they put themselves in conflict with the of] ficers of the law lilliLcfiillifi some of the most lihocking ‘crimes of vio- lence that have come to our atten tion during-tire last. few years. i. hope tha- iurics in this country‘. who" a crime has been committed and when parties ure brmitzlit bo- iore them charged with that come, mission, will never accept the c!‘ case that they were there for the