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PAGE TWELVE ~iing, of Prescott, which was an- chored in the St. Lawrence river "during the winter, has sunk to the river bottom in the bay west of .s'the lighthouse pier opposite Pres- 'cott. The top of the cabin is vis. 'ible above water. VETERAN RIVER GUIDE DIES Joseph Churco, aged 85, a vet- 'eran river guide, is dead at his Tome in Clayton, N.Y. Mr, Chur. co was known to thousands for his "knowledge f marine subjects and PIE FACE "For a tasty treat for anybody, any. . time, try a © PIE FACE © CHOCOLATE BAR Something re- freshingly new-- "only 8¢ © every. (me in the for 50 [EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS |: region Announcement has been made at by the Greaville County branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, that the campaign for the establishment of a restrict- ed area for the eradication of bo- vine tuberculosis has been complet- ed, and that 77 per cemt of the cattle owners of the county have voted in favor of the area. 50 QUEEN'S THEOLOGS GO WEST Rev. Dr. J. R. Watts of Queen's Theological College states that there will be fifty Queen's stu- dents doing misslonary work in Western Canada fields during the summer for the United Church of Canada. This, he sald, is a rec- ord number for the university. Several Queen's students will also engage in mission work under the resbyterian Church of Canada. BELLEVILLE GOLFERS MEET Belleville Golf Club held its an- nual meeting yesterday with a large attendance of old and prospective members. Reports of the past year were read and were most gratify- ing. Many improvements wuse made on the greens and buildings last year; more are contemplated this coming sunyrmer. The member- ship fee was left the same as last year, except family tickets, which was increased $5. The following officers were elect- ed: Honorary Presidents, Judge Wills, Dr. J, J. Farley; President, B, C, Donnan; Vice-President, J. A. Kerr; Secretary-Tresaurer, A, J, THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1920 Committee Mrs. A. J. Whalen, Mrs. A. H. Ketcheson, Ms. B. ©, Dom thur McConnell, A. H. K Lorne McConnell, Archie Cameron; Entertainment Committee, Miss Ivy Dickens (convener), Miss H., Fral- tee, Mrs. J. A, Kerr, Mrs. A. Cam- gon, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Charles captain, \ Reeves; Henry Roos and A. Ketche- son, vice-captains; ladies' captain, Mrs. Henry Ross, and Mrs. Hazel Scott vice-captain. . r-------- BEGINS LIFE SENTENCE Ten minutes after Mrs. Doris McDonald alighted fromi the 'C.N. R. express from Montreal to Kingston yesterday afternoon, she had been whisked a distance of four miles across the city to Ports- mouth in Warden Ponsford's big automobile and passed within the gates of the Provincial penitenti- ary to begin her life sentence for her part in the murder of the Val- leyfield taxi driver, Bouchard. Mrs. McDonald was nattily at- tired and bore up wonderfully well, not displaying any emotion. She was brought to penitentiary by a guard and a matron from the Montreal women's jail, and at the C.N.R. station there were two Portsmouth guards in waiting. At 2.08 p.m. the gates of the pen- itentiary closed upon .the young woman whose death sentence was commuted two days before the time set for her execution at Val- leytield. MICHAEL GORMAN DIES One of the oldest citizens of Pembroke both in years and in length of residence died there Thursday night in the person of Michael Gorman, Mr, Gorman was in his ninety-first year and had lived in Pembroke since 1864, During his residence in Pembroke Mr, Gorman occupied a prominent Whalen; Directors, Mrs, A, I. Bird and Miss Stewart Masson; House position in the life of the town, He was the oldest living former NO CLOVER SEED - and - SEED GRAIN Ld Hogg & Lytle Limited 54 Church Street Phone 203 Value GENERAL MOTORS' WOOD 8 Scrap Wood J $350 § Hard Wood Blocks I $7.00 { Hard Wood Blocks 2; $5.00 tio 2G 2 Four Direct Lines to Central TRUCK LOAD Approximately ONE CORD WAGON LOAD Approximately %2 CORD | on. Germany . by DIXON COAL CO. Where Ser Quality and Price Vice, Guu) | member of the Town Council and of the Separate School Board and number of years. in Paken- ham, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Gorman, he came to Pembroke at the age of 27 years. He was a builder and architeet. He prepared the plans and super- vi the construction of the Town Hall and separate here, as well as a numper of other build- ings. About the time he came to Pembroke Mr. Gorman was mar- ried to Angela Lunny of Fitzroy, wh died hreee years ago. Surviv- him are four soms, Thomas A. Gorman, Seattle, Wash.; M, E. Gorman, New York; Robert, of Cobalt, and Herbert, of Cochrane, and four daughters, Miss Mary Gorman, Kingston; = Sister Mary Ancetur Sheen; Mrs. D. McAuliffe, Ottawa, and Miss Clare Gorman, New York. JURY SELECTED Yesterday at Cobourg a jury of 16 men was selected by counsel for the plaintiff and the defendants in the $50,000 libel suit brought oy General Sir Arthur Currie against F. W. Wilson, publisher of tne Port Hope Guide, and W. T. Pres- ton, Port Hope. D. J. Nesbitt, Sheriff of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, pre- sided. Counsel present were D, H. Chisholm, K.C., Port Hope, and A, R. Willmott, Cobourg, representing Gen. Sir Arthur Currie, and Frank Regan, K.C., Toronto, and W. A. F. Campbell, Port Hope, represent. ing the defendants. The 16 men chosen were selected from the Grand Jury rolls of the Supreme Court and the rolls of the Inferior Court of the United Counties, These men will he summoned to appear at Cobourg on April 16, when the Supreme Court sittings open before Mr. Justice Rose, Twelve jurors will then be finally selected to hear the evidence and give a verdict. The selection of talesmen was made from the 40 chosen on March 8. The sitting was not open to the public, Judge L. V. O'Connor has approved the $2,000 bond submitted by A. R. Willmott, acting on behalf of Gen- eral Currie, as security for the costs of action. The amount was fixed at $2,000 on motion hy de- fendants to compel Sir Arthur to give security. CANADA AGTS FOR EMPIRE ON BOARD: British M.P, Asks Concern- ing International Water. way Commission a ---- London, March 30.--Answering Bir John A. Marriott, Conserva- tive, York, in the House of Com- mons Tuesday, Col. L. M, 8. Amery sald the Imperial Government was not directly represented on the In- ternational Waterways Commis. | adoption of the sanie standard of | House through a whirlwind drive slon. It deals with matters gris- ing between Canada and the Unit- ed States and the British Empire is represented by the Canadian representatives appointed on rec- ommendation to His Majesty by the Canadian Government. « Col. Amery announced that an arrangement had been made with was assessor for the town for af Born Ics Angeles, Cal, March 30. -- Speaking eloquently of the marvel lous growth of the youthiul northern neighbor of the United States, Hoa. Vincent Massey, first Canadian Min- ister to this country, addressed the joint gathering of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Ad- vertising Club. Within the short space of 50 years, Mr. Massey. said, the pioneering spirit inherent in Canadians had re- sulted in the development of re- sources until now nada ranked second in the world in her per capita wealth in value of mines, wheat growing, factories, production of Paper and extent of railroads. he prosperity of Canada is shown, he continued, by the fact that 82 per cent. of the country's national debt is held within Canada, since the Great War Canadians have invested $1,250,- in other countries. At the same time there had been an increase of $600,000000 in bank deposits and the same amount spent on automo- biles, The northern sections of Canada, he said, far from being the wilder- ness commonly pictured by the American people, nroduced from mines, forests and fields unlimited wealth, The Canadian Government paid the Hudson Bay Company £300,- fcr Western Canada 50 years ago and one province of that territory last year produced $3,000,000 worth of poultry products alone. Cteady Progress Made The progress of the country was steady and without boom features, even bankers being optimistic regard- ing future growth, Mr. Massey said. Wheat can now be grown within 400 les of the Arctic Circle, an 18- hour day during the summer compen- satin ; for the shortness of the season itself. ~All the mines now developed in Canada might be encompassed in an area of 100 square miles, although the known mineral bearing area of the country exceeds 260,000 square miles, The friendship of Canada and the United States was spoken of by the minister, who spoke of Benjamin Franklin's advice to Great Britain to take Canada from the French rather thar the Island of Guadalupe. Frank- lin's fellow countrymen, he said, visited the lands he recommended, last to the her of mill- fons, 300000 American automobiles being registered in Ontario alone, Parliament has been treated to the spectacle of Henri Bourassa getting up and demanding his rights as a British subject.--St. Catharines Standard. 2 0 3 A 3 20 30 3 0 30.30. 0 30. 3 J 5 30 20 0 30, 3. A 3.3 30. 20 302 3 3. 205 0 05, 0 30530 2 0 2 NO A pe RC tsa, 2. 2,2, 02.20, 2.22 0.82 2 2 A 2 A Jhe OSHAWA, LIMITED the Capadian and Manitoba Gov- ernments for the reception, train- ing, settlement apd after care of 260 British boys anpually. The British Government contributes $20 per boy and the Capadian and Manitoba Goverments $10 each. A similar scheme with other prov- | % inces is under discussion. A big brother movement to befriend British " youth migrants is pow working in New Socth Wales and South Australia. Col. Amery said that no simiiar proposal had come from Capada but he would welcome any such proposal. LATE TRAIN NORTH SUGGESTED BY LEE North Bay, March 80.--The T. & N. O. Railway will not consider 2 change in train service between North Bay and points north, des- pite recent representations. This was the pronouncement made to- pight by George W. Lee, Chair- man of the T. & N. 0. Railway Commission, a speaker at the an- nual meeting of the North Bay Board of Trade. Mr. Lee said: "No more passenger trains will be add- ed. The present service is ade- quate." As a solution to the inconveni- ence experienced in travelling from Toronto to the North. Mr. Lee sug- gested that a traim be operated from 'Toronto at midnight to ar- rive at North Bay to commect with train No. 1, which leaves here for the North at 10.10 a.m. daily. VERSAILLES TREATY URGED AS STANDARD London, March 29.--A bearing 100,000 signatures and urging that the British Goyvern- ment take the jnitiative for the disarmament which was imposed the Versailles Treaty, was presented at 10 Down- ing street today. 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