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December 2, 1926

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ONTARIO WETS WIN; UPSET PROHIBITION AFTER 10-YEAR FIGHT; Conservatives Win Sweeping Victory on Government Control of Liquor. PREMIER IS RE-ELECTED All of Toronto's 15 Seats Go Wet and the Drys Are Beaten All Along the Line. CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER Put Through as a War Measure, the Dry Law Had Won In Several Elections Since. ONTARIO WETS WIN; UPSET PROHIBITION

By Special to The New York Times

Ont votes for Govt control of liquor, Premier Ferguson and wets

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VERDICT DUE TOMORROW; Moore Noncommittal on Inquiry Into Justice in Somerset. TRIAL FUTILE, SIMPSON SAYS Might Better Put the Evidence Before "Twelve Trees" Than This Jury, He Asserts. McCARTER PLEADS HIS CASE He Calls Fingerprint a "Fraud" -- Suggests Mills Found Note and Quarreled With Wife. Court Rejects Mistrial Affidavits Without Calling for Defense Rebuttal McCarter Turns Scorn and Ridicule on the State's Case

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Court denies Simpson's motion for mistrial; Simpson asks Gov Moore to investigate, administration of justice in Somerset Co; testimony by H Walsh, W P Browne, W Cieciuch, R Krim, Mrs E Barnhardt, E W Stein, J H Taylor, final witnesses; R H McCarter starts summing up for defense; denounces E H Schwartz, State fingerprint expert; points suspicion at J Mills

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Buckner Undergoes Operation for Mastoiditis; Condition Reported Good; Was Ill for Weeks

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Operated on for mastoiditis

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Wife Quits Charlie Chaplin, Taking Children; He Orders Her to Return, but She Defies Him

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Wife leaves him, taking children; he orders her to return but she defies him

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