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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1932 7 Be a CHAS SO BT or wens Bo Sr ep MA -------- aa. du aL ob ECRET PLACES ------by Joan Sutherland The petition for Feodor's reprieve assumed monster proportions, the press were practically ungnimous in piglon. | their opinion as to Staire's innoc- ence. Efforts of friends, counsel, the public, were unremitting and, nine days after the trial had clos- was | ed, St. Maire returned home from y came runaing-out, Saying she shot D'Arblaye when he ed her up In his arms and start- 8d to carry her into another room. She had forgotten her handbag. Peodor po oT home ns taxi, al ngerprin 0% the but wi conclerge as Ye was leaving. gave his name. e coached Greta by > i way She aid Hot enter D'Ad- ment. '0 be near FPeodor during his trial in England. Toni and her mother went to London to the lome of Lady Alice's brother, Lord St. Maire. Feodor had as his counsel the 1 fomes Travers Sinclair but he refus- on the wit was found gullty. fiess) Suing ang INSTALMENT XXII There was an instants utter sil- enoe, then the foreman uttered one word: ' i "Guilty!" St. Maire was as good as his word. Before the day was over he had seen {not only Mr. Justice Margetson but ithe Home Secretary as well, and the results were swift and vigorous; Travers Sinclair and the Counsel for | the Crown, John Hickson, had a consultation with Margetson, and] on the very next evening were seat- ed in the judge's own dining-room, with Lord-8¢. Maire as a fourth, at | Marketson's house in Chelsea. The| day had been spent in unremitting effort to start the machinery that| would save a man from death, and| (the three men had spared neither {time nor skill, They had put aside | the trammels of their profession and| now, as human beings rather than as men of law, were discussing the| case that was already a cause cele- ibre. Dining over, Mr. Justice Mar¢ igetson was speaking in a voice that ibetrayed deep feeling. | : "I was obliged to give the death sentence," he said. "And it was an |experience that painful than usual. I had no choice; yet, I must confess, I do not feel satisfied. The evidence is not satisfactory. What do you think. Hickson?" The prosecutor met "his host's clear blue eyes and shook his head. He too, was anything but happy, for no man, unless he be entirely call- ous, can regard with equanimity the prospect of an execution--the viol- ent endsg of human life, Even in ! ithe case of a hardened criminal, it| iis a terrible thing when justice de- imands the sentence of death, and in this case it was not passed upon isuch a one, but upon 8 man he knew and liked; a man whose whole re- cord negatived the possibility of his being that dreadful thing-a murderer, Se diel i "I do not feel satisfied, either! {There's something odd, to my way of | 'thinking, about the whole affair-- but at the some time, why would he | not go into 'the box? An innno- cent man would welcome the chance." "Not if he were shielding some- fone else," St, Maire put in quietly. And Sinclair added: "It has been my opinion--no, I will say my con- /viction, from the first, that that is what is happening. You can't shake the story of an innocent man, 'because he's simply relating facts. (But if he has to stick to a varia-| tion--shall we say--of the truth, it's a different matter. I admit it made a bad impression on the jury and on you, Hickson, but after all, vhis is hardly a case where impressions Should be permitted to court. A man may be indiscreet and foolish, he may even be wicked, but he is not necessarily a murderer, and it seems to me that this case is a risky one for the supreme sentence." "I must say I feel very uneasy," tthe judge said, 'very uneasy. And Although Staire may be guilty, there 'is the possibility that he is innocent, and we must not execute him if the \slightest chance of his innocence ex- fists. The law must prove guilty be- yyond all human doubt, and, in my fonimon, guilt has not been so prov- ed. +1 am §| g as a man, and in confidence to you, my three fronds. and I am determined to do all in {my power to obtain a reprieve." 'There was a moment or two's sil- sence, It was Sinclair who spoke at Jast, very slowly, fingering the stem of his wine-glass, + "I believe Staire is innocent. I, too, am going to do all in my power 4 St. Matre"-- he turned to the man on his right--" hen 1 know, .are convinced that b man must not be hanged. You have already seen the Home dece Sf. Maire said; "and I avordnly disposed. More et." } n't say-- "1 think," sald Hickson from the end of the table, "I think to- ow or ing You og find the pre ous, my op- pion, despite vat ing. the public ll realize that this condemnation not just. The evidence is insuf- fic] Tad execution should not place. . "That is so," St. Maire agreed. "I will get all my friends to sign a pe- tlon--that, indeed ,has already "Yes," "he are concerned, will be by Mr. Canfield." Henry Can- " Hénry Canfield was Feo- solicitor. {of her frock, looked up. was even more| the Home Office with the news that the death sentence had been respit- d. The silence in the drawing-room was profound as he entered. In it were four people, Lady Alice and her two daughters, but for a mom- ent he did not see Ronald, half- hidden by the window curtain. "What is it? Quickly!" Lady Alice said, and her brother came forward and took her hand. 'The ap is successful," he said. "The death sentence has been re- spited, and changed to imprison- ment for life." There was a moment's complete silence. Toni closed her eyes, clen- ching her hands on the arms of her chair, Then, suddenly from her seat by the fire Greta sprang up, her eyes wild and her face white. 'Imprisonment for Life!" she cried. "Imprisonment for life! Oh! Feodor! PFeodor! No. No! Oh, my God!" and tumbled down in an un-- conscious heap on the hearthrug. That evening was spent vey quietly, and Toni felt that it would never come to an end. Greta nad retired to her room. Ronnie looked anxious and miserable, unable to forget the fate of his friend, \but never dreaming in his wildest mo- ment of conjecture of connecting Greta's collapse with Feodor's sen- tence, except as the result of shock and sympathy. When about ten o'clock he said he would go up to his room and sit with Greta, Lady Alice signed tc Toni to stay behind. "James," sald Toni's mother, "you have been most kind in having us | here all this trying time. Toni and I are more than grateful; but, my dear, we've trespassed enough, and I think the sooner we get home the | better. What do you think, Toni?" Toni 1dly plaiting the silk fringe "Yes, 1 | suppose you are right, mother," she said. "There's no reason to remain here--now." "None; the quicker we get back to | Paris and home the better. There will be things for you to do there, Toni, dear, and you are wise enough | to know that it is the worst thing | in the world for you to sit here and | just think. You cannot reach Feo- | dor just now. Your uncle will do all | he can. Do you agree, Toni? Can | you make yourself go back to Paris | and try to pick up your old life?" Her heart ached even while she | spoke in such a Spartan manner. | She knew her daughter; she knew that the worst thing for Toni in a moment like this would be pity, or | even to sho wof too much sympathy Toni wanted to keep her uppsr lip | stir, and Lady Alice admired the {| spirit and encouraged it. St. Maire looked for & moment from one to the other, then he, too, nodded. | | "I quite agree with you, Alice," he | ests are all in France; but my dear, I do think you are making a mis- take in one thing. should take Toni right away ior a bit. You should take her away for a month or two to some change of scene; get her out of Paris. happened. What do you say, Toni? Which would you rather do? After all, my dear, we both mother and I---that it rests with you." 'Toni was silent for a minute, then she looked at her uncle. "I don't know, Uncle James," she said slowly, 'I don't want to be a nuisance. I realize that you are all being just as kind as you possibly can, but I feel stupid, somehow. I can't even really think. I don't know what I want, but I suppose that feeling will pass. I know I can't just sit. down and wait and do nothing. I know it does no good either to myself or to Feodor, but I wish there wasn't any necessity to decide" A sudden quiver of emotion ran through her voice at the last word, a sudden break. "It's all so useless--"" she cried--"so ut- terly, hideously useless!" and then. springing from her seat, she walked across the floor and out of the room. For a minute or two there was silence, the nher uncle 'spoke. "It's true enough, Alice," he said. 'She's borne it marvellously. After all, it isn't only the fact that the man she loves is in prison for life. That's bad enough, but it has hap- pened just on the eve of her mar- riage. dt's her whole life--she was vert deeply im love with him, you say?" Lady Alice nodded, hardly able to "Very deeply in love. I knew that Toni would love greatly when her time came, but even I had no idea quite what Feodor meant to her until the beginning of this affair. I don't know what to do for the best, 8] we have any chance--Feodor will have any chance--of an appeal?" "Frankly, I haven't the least idea, Alice," he said. "It is a most extra- ordinary thing. There is no indep- endent evidence, and yet all the cir- cumstantial evidence points to Feo- dor as the murderer. And nothing more can be done now, unless the real culprit comes forward. Lady Alice covered her eyes with her A "It's a terrible business," said her brother, breaking a I silence. "Greta feels very upset about it, I never considered Greta a woman to show things deeply. It's rather cur. St.| jous, her horror at Feodor's sentence. he | give my saying so--rather » | room, Maire's elderly butler, his face rath- er anxious, "Excuse me, m'lady, excu 8 |'m'lord," he sald quickly, "but 1 dered if It's not like her. She is--if you for- self-cen- tred as a rule, and..." 'They both stared, for into the unannounced, came St. se me. won. Miss Ton! has ld me to call you knew. Just gone out. She a taxi, and she has driven off by herself. I heard her--I beg vardon, By lord--I heard her say 'Brision on." "(To be continue") James, Tell me, do you really think | said, 'about getting away from Lon- | don. Your friends and your inter- | I think you |] It will | remind her too much of all that has | agree--your | | News of Nearby Places Ashburn Ashburn, Feb. 6, -- Mr. Har- vey Dobson, who has been c¢on- fined to the Port Perry hospital for the past two weeks, following an operation was able to return to her home at Manchester on Thursday. Mrs. Dobson was for- merly en Ashburn girl, Sleighs and cutters are very much in evidence since the re- cent snowfall. Rev. Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Walter Kerr were in Toronto on Tuesday attending the Presby- tery meeting. Mrs. Cassady has returned to her home here after spending a few days with her friend, Mrs. Packer, of Myrtle. Mrs. Charlie Slack and baby have returned from a week's visit with the former's parents in Whitby. Mies Hazel Mole who gpent the past three months at Port Ar- thur, has returned to her home. Her brother Walter, who been confined to the hospital there since last June as the re- egult of having his leg fractured has | when his motorcycle was hit by | a truck while he was on police | duty, is still confined to the hos- pital and it will be some time yet before he will be able to walk. Some of our local checker fans took part in the turnament that was held in the community hall at Myrtle on Tuesday night. Raglan Feb. 6 -- Congratu- lations are being ex- tended to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Macken on the birth of a baby boy on January 27th. The Literary Society is holding a mock banquet in the hall on Fetruary 10th, which will be in keeping with the spirit of Valen- tine, Raglan, A number from here attended | the euchre party and dance held | in Myrtle hall on Friday even- ing and report a splendid time, ] | SHY Behind the Scenes | The most important work we do goes on "hehind the | scenes"----in our Prescrip. tion Department, | When your Prescription is compounded by us, you may | rest assured that you are getting exactly what the physician specifies, And each Prescription is carefully | checked to insure absolute accuracy, When sickness comes we want you to feel that you can confidently depend on us to fill' the Prescription RIGHT! | KARN'S Drug Store Phone 78 | | | Mr Taylor | John Baker Solina News (Mrs. W. T, Baker, Correspon- dent) Mr, and Mrs. Jack Brooks and Orlie, Oshawa, were guests of Mr. aud Mrs. 8. E. Werry, on Sunday. Rev. Mr. Bick took as his text, portions of the 10th chap. of St. Luke. There were sixty at S.8. The usual number of hymns were used and Mr. Harold Shut- tleworth gave a full report of the winter school held at Cobourg some time ago. Mrs. A. P. McKessock C.G.I.T. leader and 3 of her C.G.L.T. girle, namely Misses Jessie Yellowlees, Evelyn Tink and Helen Baker, at- tended the C.G.I.T. convention neld in Oshawa on Friday, Satuf- day and Sunday. The open air rinks at 8. E. Werry's and John Baker's are at- tracting the young people. Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Crossman and Irene, of Kedron, visited at Mr C. D. Pascoe's. Mrs. Harvey Hardy and Dor- een visited Toronto friends vuver the week-end. Mr. and Mrs, C, Howsam and Mary visited at Stouffville. Mrs. Elmer Wilbur, Taunton, visited at Mrs. John and Mrs. Will Baker's on Wednesday. Messrs. Thomas, Will, Roscoe - Baker and Mr. Howsam attended the sale of Shorthorns in Bowmanville, Mr. Thos. Baker gelling one animal in the sale. Mr. W, and Chas. T. Taylor, Mr, E. R. | Taylor and Dr. Mills attended the sale at Bowmanville, purchasing a herd Shorthorn leader. Messrs. Baker also Shorthorns John and Maurice attended the sale of in Bowmanville, Mr. selling one animal in the sale. Messrs. C. A. Blanchard ana H.'| E. Tink attended the sale of Shorthorns at Bowmanville, Messrs. A, LI. Pascoe and 8. E. Werry, Harold Pascoe and H. E. Tink attended a milk producers' meeting in Toronto on Saturday. Messrs. C. Howsam and Isaac Hardy attended a milk producers' | meeting in Toronto last weex, The Women's Institute will be | held on Feb. 11th in the Sunday School room, with roll call "a good book I have read." The annual meeting of Solina | public library was held on Mon- | day night at the home of Mr. and | | Mrs, Hockaday. The newly elect- | ed officers are: Pres., E. R. Tay- | for; secretary, A. P. McKessock; | treasurer, Mr. Chas. Shortridge; | dssistant librarian, librarian, Miss Rilda Hockaday; Miss Eileen Belson: board, Mrs. W. T. Baker, | Miss Helen Baker, Miss Ruth Mec- Kessock, Miss Eileen Balson, Kroest Debarr. Mr. There are near- { ly 500 books in the library, at cnly #1 a year for as many as you care to read. The first patent issued in the Un- tei ates was for a process of | ma ; pearl ashes. 4 FOR SALE Tenders will be received by the undersigned untii 6&6 o'clock p.m. Friday, February 12th for the following: -- 1 Team of Horses 1 Set of Harness 1 Hoosier Wagon 1 Other Wagon 1 Sleigh The above may be seen at the Corporation Yard, Rich- mond St. West. The lowest or any tender not necessar- ily accepted. F. E, HARE; City Clerk. 1 Kingston. WAS ONCE WORLD'S WICKEDEST CITY Port Royal Enjoyed . This Reputation Many Years Ago The island of Jamaica, the loveli- est spot in the West Indies, once harbored the wickedest city in young America, Port Royal, which the cruising ships of the Cunard line pass as they enter the port of Religious people of the day de- clared that Diyine Providence sent Port Royal to' a watery grave in 1692 because it had grown to be the abode of men and women who glori- fied in wine, debauchery and crime, Standing on the bow of the cruis- ing steamer the tourist may see all parts of Port Royal, the greatest of pirate haunts, far beneath the sur- face of the water as the ship slows up while passing into the harbor of Kingston. In the streets through which fish now swim, strode bold free-booters and shamcless women, while the rattle of glasses and the sounds of music, song and merriment issued from many a den of iniquity. It was to Port Royal that the gangsters of the sea brought their trophies of the chase--gold, silver, jewels, silks. They spent and drank freely, and fell into the stupor that comes from an excess of wine. Many a swaggring ruffian of the night before gaa himself poor in the morning, his fortune squandered in a single night, The roofs of the sunken city are visible from the surface of the water on calm days and there is a local tradition that the church bells still toll in the depths for the wicked who were drowned in this "vilest hell in Christendom." Many efforts were made to re- build Port Royal, but always the hand of Providence intervened and triumphed Among the ruins which survive |are the ramparts of Fort Charles, | | commanded by Nelson in 1779. Part of the wall where he used to pace | | up and down is known as "Nelson's | quarterdeck." It bears an inscrip- | tion reading: { "In this place dwelt Horatio Nel- son. Ye who tread his footsteps re- member his glory." Nelson always insisted on every member of his crew being doled out at least half a pint of rum a day The rum being of a reddish brown color the scamen got into the habit WITH DASH CONTROL A NEW FEATURE OF THE NEW O LDSMOBILE RIDE CONTROL ENGINE DECARBONIZER SYNCRO-MESH TRANSMISSION SOUND-PROOFED BODIES LONGER WHEELBASE A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE--PRODUCED IN CANADA ROGER L. CORBETT LTD. 26 Athol St. W. [-D-& Oshawa Phone 428 of calling it "Nelson's Blood." Un- der this name Demerara rum is | known as "Nelson's Blood from the | coast of South America to the isl |ands of Bermuda. Although as strong as whiskey it is still a cheap | drink, retailing for eight cents a glass or eighty cents a quart bottle. | © Kingston, where the ship--docks, | holds many attractions for the visi- tor. Here may be seen the finest cathedral in the West Indies. With- in the Parish Chureh, the tourist may read the tombstone of Admiral John Benbow, who died here after a naval engagement in 1702. He won the battle, however. Henry' Morgan, the brutal pirate who rose to knighthood, was once the governor of Jamaica. LITTLE BEE-HIVE ~~ AQUEER BOX | Study of Bee Culture Is In- teresting and Pro- ductive { | | When the average person sees a colony of bees tucked away in the corner of some garden it is usually just another reminder that bees and their stings are best avoided. In reality it embraces one of nature's most fascinating wonders, as C. B. Gooderham, Apiarist of the Dom- inion Department of Agriculture, points out. While insignificant in appearance this little box during the summer months has an adult population of approximately 00,000 individual bees, and it is rather difficult to realize that between 2,000 and 3,000 new bees will emerge from their cells every 24 hours; and what is more amazing, between 12,000 and 13,000 baby bees are being fed every minute throughout the twen- ty-faur hours, Where one is biologically inclined the drama of life going on' within the cubicule is ascinating in the extreme. The queen, while so de- signated by name, is in fact the best worker of them all. Day in and day out she is laying eggs, often at the rate of 3,000 or more during the twenty-four hours. She lays two kinds of eggs, one that produces the worker bee and one that produces the drone or male. Even stranger in fact is that the young larvae hatched from the egg which pro- duces the worker bee will when placed under certain conditions and iven certain food, become a queen. reality all worker bees are un- developed females, and despite this handicap the physiologist is amazed to find that the bee colony is the best organized community in the world. COULD NOT READ THRILLING YARN Three Dead, Man Arrested, Over Detective Story Prague, Czechoslovakia. -- Three persons "are dead and another is charged with murder because a wife wouldn't let her husband read a de- tective story. Enraged when his wife snatched away his magazine and put out the light, IL. Louda, of the village of killed his two ¢hildren, who were witnesses of the act, and set fire to the house. "It was my only night-off in the week," he told police later, "and 1 wanted to read." 1S HARDEST CROP T0 MAKE GROW Mushroom Culture Not So Easy as Many People Think Widespread interest in the artifi- cial culture of varieties of .the com- mon mushroom is manifested by the numerous inquiries received by the Division of Botany of the Domin- ion Department of" Agriculture every year, pagfly emanating from persons eager to provide themselves with a fresh and self-raised supply for the table, and partly from per- sons whose interest has been aroused by reading alluring accounts of financial siccesses obtained from growing them for profit. In our experience, states the Dominion Botanist, failures far out- number successes, and of all crops, mushrooms are the most difficult to grow as well as the most uncer- tain. Nevertheless, given suitable conditions and with the exercise of care and perseverance, satisfactory results are obtainable. Mushrooms are not infrequently grown success- fully on a commercial scale. Under such conditions it has become a specialty, the success of which de- pends not altogether upon extensive and systematic methods employed, but very largely upon the suitability of the quarters used. The amateur is advised to pro- ceed slowly at the start and not to engage too extensively in a project likely to prove a disappointment un- less the fundamentally important facilities are available. LIGHT ORCRARIS AGAINST FOXES Flying Species, Like Big Bats, Do Much Damage Sydney, NSW. -- Orchards in | New South Wales are being illum- inated at night to save the fruit crop from "flying foxes," large noc- turnal bats found in eastern Aus- tralia, Leaving their caves in the Blue Mountains at nightfall the "flying foxes" completely strip entire or- chards and return to their haunts before dawn. 'Shotgun parties, poi- son baits, and poison gas have failed to halt their depredations. The light, however, frightens the bats away and has proved very ef- fective, although expensive. The most northern of all monkeys are the red-faced monkeys of Japan which are no more afraid of snow than the red squirrel. Indian deer hunters use bells when stalking deer, the animals be- ing = attracted by curiosity rather than frightened away. ---- The British museum has a stuffed Anaconda measuring 29 feet long. "I have the best farm in Darlington Township for sale, good buildings, cheap. Now is the time to buy befecre the Imperial Conference. Apply W. F. Ward, Barrister, Bowmanville, Ontario. Phone 102. the estimated cost by $2,500,000 mainly due to the high awards made by Bermudian juries to owner whose properties the railway passcd through and damaged. The Bermuda Railway financed with British capital and its hope of financial success-hinges upon the Bermuda Government continuing to preserve the island's present motor- less state, thus giving the railway company a virtual monopoly of mechanical transport in the island. BERMUDA LINE VERY COSTLY Railway of Twenty Miles Cost Four Million Dollars Theodore Roosevelt, because of : delicate constitution, received his grammar school education at home instead of in school. Hamilton, Bermuda. -- The Ber- muda Railway, now nearing com- pletion, has cost $4,000,000 to con- struct and is the world's most costly 20-mile line designed to serve a population of 30,000 living on an isl- and of only 19 square miles in area Actual construction. cost exceeded The thaler--whence dollar -- was once the European standard for weight and purity, Distinguishing Characteristics Facts from the Annual Report (Weekly Message) S a result of the successful operations of the year 1931, the London Life was able: To increase its policy reserves to a standard higher than that employed by any similar company in Canada or the United States; ; To cover all shrinkages in its invest- ments; To add substantially to its emergency funds, and-- To increase the Free Surplus, which now amounts to $2,811,721 on the Company's own high standards. "Tle Statement is of a high degree of excellence which will be uncommon in any part of the world just now. 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