David A. Croll, Minister of Welfare in the cabinet of Prime Minister Hepburn of Ontario, becomes a King’s Counsel on New Year’s, according to information made available here today.
Three other Jews also receive the same honor. They are Sam Factor, member of the Dominion Parliament; Alderman John J. Glass and Harry M. Lehrer, all of Toronto.
Mark Matveyevich Antokolski, the sculptor, was elected an academician at the express command of Czar Alexander II.
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