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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1928 ---- EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS NIMAL SHELTER AND 4 HOSPITAL IN KINGSTON on, Dec, 3.--Kingston has sanctuary ciety, whi ization, funds, PROBABLE ESTABLISHMENT OF AIRPORT IN KINGSTON Kingston, Dec. 3.--The Canadian International Airports Corporation is interested in the proposal to esl tablish a commercial airport in Kingston, and W. Paige, represent- ing this corporation, has been 1m the 'city during the last few days in conference with the local men behind the movement to establish a Kingston Flying Club, with the result that some definite proposal will be placed by this corporation before the Executive Committee of the Air Club and the Special Com- mittee of City Couneil. CNR. STRIKES CAR, OCCUPANTS ESCAPR Lindsay, Dee, 3.--A C.N.R. train hit a car at the corner of Kent St and Victoria Ave, Saturday morn ing. A little damage was dome to the left rear fender of the car but no one was hurt. In the ear were Mr, and Mrs, John L. Fer- guson, of Bond street, Mr, Fergu- son was drivine. He said that he was well up to the tracks when the train whistled, He saw that he could not stop so he tried to zet across the tracks and out of the way. He crossed alright but the car skidded and the train hit the fender doing some damage ta fit. Mr, Ferguson said that he did not see the train until the engineer blew the whistle, BLAST CAVRES RTTMORS ATTEMPTED JAIL DEVAVERY Belleville, Dec. 8.--Mystery sur. rounds the presence of a dynamite cap in a pile of ashes in the jail- vard, which resulted in serious in- jury to Henry Copeland as well as the loss of his right eye. Cape- land was removing the ashes when his shovel struck the cap. Some speculation as to whether the cap was "planted" there has taken place, and the city and provincial police are investigating. The dump was thoroughly raked Saturday, but there was mo trace of further explosives, There has been a the- ory advanced that prisoners confin- ed to the county jail were planing a get away and hoped to blow out a portion of the stone wall sur- rounding the yard. Copeland is still in a serious condition at the Belleville General Hospital, PORT HOPE MAN ELECTED DIRECTOR Port Hope, Dec, 3.--Hector Inch local beekeeper, was elected di- rector of the annual convention of the Ontario Beekeepers' Associa- tion, which was held in the Prince George Hotel, Toronto, Nov, 27 to 29, the officers for the year 1928- 29 were elected as follows: Presi- dent and Executive, same as last vear; John A, McKinnon, Presi- dent; Hector Inch, First Vice- President; George Neil, Second Vice-President; F. E, Millen, Sec- retary-Treasurer and E. J. Dyce, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, : The directors are: John A. Me- Kinnen, St. Bugene; Hector Inch, Port Hope; George Nell, Tara: R. E. Adamson, Ingersoll; H, O. White, Glanworth; William Gard- iner, Gilford; H. G. Sibbald, Tor- onto; Marley Pettit, Georgetown; M. B. Holmes, Athens; J. F. Dunn, Rideeway; F. 8S. Caldwell, Carp; R. H, Thompson, Napanee: F. BE. Millen, Guelph, HUNTER 18 HELD AFTER FRIEND DIES Belleville, Dec, 3.--Wesley Em- igh, 19, is held following the death of Frank Rio in the Marmora hos- pital, Saturday morning, Rio's lung was pierced by a charge from a shotgun in Emigh's hands, Fri- day afternoon, and after suffering from exposure was brought to the hospital after several hours. A large, gaping wound in Rio's shoul- der convinced the physicians that recovery was almost beyond hope. The two men who are employed by the TMNelora Smelting Company went out hunting rabhits and after It beautiful, Instead K . - y (1) is that something extra--that something different that makes a home neighbor's, come and choose a dif- ferent style from our stock; don't be indifferent as to the brand of hard: wood flooring you use -- buy "Satin Finish" with the Kant-Kup feature; and have you thought of the various mobidings that add to the interior fin ish We will be happy to serve yon Oshawa Lumber Co., Limited 25 Ritson Rd. N, Phones 2821-2820 of hanging doors like your some time, R the time of the shooting un- Constable Bert Provincial police, investigated, and although it had all the appearances of an accidental shooting, Emig was taken iy Suttady and brough{ to the coun! Emigh covered his comrade with his coat and ran three miles through the bush for assistance. RECORD VOTE 15 EXPECTED IN THE LONDON FIGHT 7th Mayoralty Campaign for Wenige--Street Railway an lssue Dec 3.--London London, Ont, rv goes to the polls today to settle the seventh mayoralty campaign In which Mayor Wenige has been & participant, and to decide whether he shall have a fifth term and so break London's mayoral marathon record, The people have also to decide whether to purchase the London Street Railway system at a cost of $1,035,000, to grant the company a franchise renewal or to leave matters as they are, Whether they purchase or extend the franchise, it is generally agreed that a good service will involve an increase in fares to seven cents, There is also a by-law to provide a bond issue for a new police headquarters and the usual voting on aldermen and school trustees, Befuddle Voters Proponents of the municipaliza- tion of the street railway claim that an effort is being made to be- fuddle voters by the reported pro- posals of a Cleveland corporation to make a bid for an exclusive fran- chise to operate motor busses on London's streets, According to the story ,the Cleveland interests want to get rid of the London street railway, by buying it for $760,000 and scrapping it forthwith, Then the company would bring on a fleet of busses and serve all parts of London under an agreement with the city, Advance Poll A record vote was cast in the municipal elections here Saturday. In 1925, 128 votes were cast at this poll which constituted a rec- ord, The city clerk announced that 123 bad been registered this year, Interest in the by-laws is held to be largely responsible, Anyway, all candidates ought to be compelled to use photographs that look like they usually do,--Brandon Sun, Build Resistance To Prevent Coughs or Colds-- Take SCOTT'S ~ EMULSION | Rich in Resistance-build- ing Cod-liver Oil Vitamins Scott & Bowne, Toronto, Ont, 'HE ARCADE, LIMITED= Special Sale of FUR COATS A Beautiful Selection of Fur Coats of Distinctive Style, Mr. Johnston, representing one of Canadas oldest Fur Manufac- turers, will be in our store beginning THURSDAY, DECE}BER 5th for a few days only, with a cemplete selection of Ladies' Fur Coats, is offering at very outstanding values, which only as Manufac- which he turers they are able to give, - All this season's most fashionable styles will be included in the showing. Extended Payment Plan You may pay for any Coat of your choice on very easy extended pay- ments if you wish, A small deposit will reserve any Coat. REMEMBER THE DATE, COMMENCING Thursday, Dec. 5th sms==THE ARCADE, LIMITED DODDS KIDNEY LS | | hy LEE ve el JUROR PROTESTS MURRELL VERDICT Finding Not Unanimous Former Says in a Statement' London, Ont., Dec. 3.--A. D. Dinning, Metcalf township farmer, who served on the jury which tried William Murrell at the recent as- sizes, flatly declares that he was not in agreement with the verdict reported by the foreman, that he never concurred in that finding and that if necessary he would have been standing out against it yet. Dinning claims that when the Murrell jury returned to the court- room after three hours delibera- tion it was for the specific purpose of securing further instructions from the judge. He claims that it was intended that the jurors slould have returned to the jury room to seek further for a finding. When the foreman reported 'guilty of murder with a recommendation for mercy," he claims that he wanted to protest but feared he would be fined if he spoke out. Misunderstanding Mr. Dinning says that he had the impression that the jurors could speak only through their foreman to the Bench. He then waited, he says, to hear the jurors polled when he intended to regis- ter his objection which would have made the trial abortive and pre- vented either the convietion or the passing of the death sentence on Murrell, who is scheduled to be hanged December 17, John Barry, of Caradoe, another juror, shared Dirning's views to a large extent and he also stated that he would have ¢'otested had the jurors heen poll-d. Five of the 12 are reported to have heen unfaver- able to the verdict and machinery is now heing placed in motion to have these facts communicated to Hon, Ernest Lapointe hefore plans for the execution of Murrell are carried further. Dinning is very militant and de- clares that if necessary he will go to Ottawa at his own exnense and carry his afidavit that there was no agreement and that the trial was a miscarriage, Formal Application Made J. M. Donahue, lawyer for Mus- rell, who is under sentence to be hanged December 17, refused Sun- day to discuss the revelations of jurors made to him since the trial, hut stated that on the basis nf these revelations he has formally applied to the Minister of Justice at Ottawa for a new trial, The letter to Hon. Ernest La- nointe asking for a new trial and for cancellation of the earlier con- viction and sentence, states that the jury was not unanimous in the verdict reported, and that conse- quently there was no finding tn warrant a conviction or the death penalty, HEAVY PENSION LIST IS PAID BY U, 8. A, Washington, Dec, 83,--The news that the Union armies of the six- ties had been cut 15,000 in a year by the toll of time, is placed in a maze of statistics alongside the material fact that there are 30,- 000,000 acres of coal lands in the United States and Alaska, capable of producing 200,000,000,000 tons in the annual report of Secretary West of the Interior Department, Humane and material considera- tions both find space in the bulky volume which contains informa- tion sufficient to give any member of Congress enough work to keep him busy for the short session, with its reports on Indian affairs, reclamation, natiopal parks ana a myriad of other subjects with which this busy branch of the Goy- ernment must deal, Speaking in figures going up lo 'he hundreds of millions involved pn its multitude of activities, the Jepartment's Bureau of Pensions hows that it distributed from tbe ioyvernment's chest last fiscal year he sum of $244,222,970, of which $228,965,672 was paid In pensions to veterans and their dependents, while $14,761,616 went to retired Government employees. d Colds H, Rukiy coat head lv LION JARS USED YE AR Wife is Now on Trial Kumasi, West Africa, Dec. 3.-- Dr. Benjamin Knowles, M.C.. a Government official, who was one of the senior medical officers in the Colonial service here, is on trial, accused of the murder of his wife, Harriet Knowles, in the bung- alow where they lived together at Bekwal, a village settlement 25 miles from Kumasi. Mrs. Knowles, before her marri- age, was Miss Madge Clifton, an [irish girl, and a popular music hall comedienne at home, and a prin- cipal boy in many pantomimes in provincial cities, She died in Xumasl hospital from the effects of a revolver bul- let wound. A dying statement was taken from Mrs. Knowles in the hospital, Her husband was present, under arrest, by her bedside. She as- serted to the police, before the med- ical superintendent of the hospital, that the shooting had been an aec- cident, The revolver, declared Mrs. Knowles, went off in her own hand. Then she lapsed into semi-con- sciousness, and sang, a few minutes before she died, snatches of war- time songs and scraps of the chor- uses which were popular favorites in her pantomime days in England and Ireland. Colony Excited. A verdict of "Murder" was re- turned against Dr. Knowles at the coroner's inquest. His formal trial in Kumasi before Judge McDowell, who, according to the laws of the colony, is sitting without a jury. Many witnesses have to be called, including four residents in Bekwai, who according to the laws of the Knowles, and were lunching at their home on the day the shooting occurred, and also the native ste- ward boy employed hy Dr. Know- les, who heard the shot fired. The trial will. last for a number of days. It was stated at the inquest that Mrs. Knowles was shot on the after- noon of Saturday, October 20. She gave a small luncheon party that party passed off without incident. Servant's ] Story According to the statement of servants, Dr. Knowles went to his bedroom and afterwards there was the report of a revolver shot. A ser- vant rushed into the bedroom and found Dr. Knowles lying om his bed. Mrs. Knowles was crouching on the floor, outside the mosquito netting of the bed wounded. A bullet was discovered later in the wall of the room, and there was a revolver holster under the doctor's pillow. Shortly after this shooting, a ais- trict commissioner called at the bungalow and was met by the doc- tor, who was only partially dressed. Dr. Knowles said to the district of- ficial that everything was quite all right. : There was evidence that the doe- tor had been by the bedside of his wife, tending her wound, Mrs. Knowles was taken by mot- or car to hospital at Kumasi, and there received every possible atten- tion from the medical staff and three English nurses. She died on the following night and was buried at Kumasi the next day. The whole of the white colony attended the funeral at the new European cemetery in the capital. She is the only white woman who has ever died in Kumasi. Her husband, during his trial, is under strict guard in the hospital ward of the local prison. His mental condition will be the sub ject of a medical report. MAJOR-GENERAL WILIJAMS AT HALIFAX FROM OVERSEAS Halifa, Dec. 2.--"There is much of interest going on, yes, but I can- not speak yet." said Major-Gener- al V. A. S. Williams, Commissioner for Ontario, who arrived here Sun- day with Mrs. Williams on the Cun- ard liner Tuscania. They are en rcute to Toronto. The police com- missioner has been studying Scot land Yard and other subjects rela- tive to his position and it was gath- ered that he epected to make a re- port soon. There are a surprising number of people who are not worrying about the rate of night clubs down the river or anywhere else, -- Detroit Free Press. The policeman who won the man's beauty competition is having his por- trait painted. It should take its place along with the other. Constables and Sargeants.--London Opinion. day to neighbours in Bekwal, The | Buy Your Coal from the All Coal thoroughly screened and loaded on vehicles for de- livery with electric automatic loaders to avoid breakage, Ip 1X0 262 four direct lines to central SOLVAY COKE Forked to Insure Cleanliness GENERAL MOTORS WOOD Bone Dry--Speaks For Itself JEDDO COAL The Best The Mines Produce COAL CO. Grade Crossing Fatalities Show Distinct Increase New York, N.Y., Dec. 3.--Grade crossing accidents in the first six months of 1928 resulted in 1,097 fatalities, an increase of U6, com- pared with the corresponding per- fod in 1927, according to the Am- erican Railway Association. Acei- dents totaled 2,634, an increase of 73 over a year ago, Persons in- jured in such accidents total 2,- 934, an increase of 33 compared with the first half of 1927, Of the total number o! fatalit- ies resulting from accidnets at high way grade crosing in the half year reports show that 893 fatalitics re- sulted from accidents in which not- or vehicles were involved, Illinoins ranked first in the num- ber of fatalities resulting from au- tomobile accidents at highway grade crossings, with 99 persons killed in such accidents during the first half, compared with 72 in the same period last year. 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