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EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS HONOR RETIRING COLONEL Col. D. Barrager, who has been for some years principal of Queen Mary Public School, Kingston, is re- tiring, owing to ill health. On Fri- day evening the teaching staff of the school tendered him a' banquet and presented him jwith a gold- watch. The Board of ucation has retain- ed Colonel Barrager as supervising principal of the school until the end of the year. EXPIRES SUDDENLY Mrs. Charles Lowry died suddenly in Napanee yesterday morning at her home on the Palace road. While she was preparing breakfast, without warning she fell and immediately passed away. She was a lifelong resi. dent of Napanee and died in the 'house in which she was born fifty- eight years ago. She is survived by her husband. NOBODY WAS HURT . Five young men from the Univer- sity of Toronto narrowly escaped death near Belleville, on Saturday when a large automobile in which they were returning from the Queen's-Varsity football game over- turned near Marysville, crashing into the ditch and turning over several times. None of the young men were ifnivred but the automobile was nearly a total wreck, and was towed into Belleville. WEDDED SIXTY YEARS | Mr, and Mrs. Savanah Slate of Grindstone Islapd, N.Y., celebrated the sixtieth anni¥ersary of their mar- riage recently, their nine children with their families being present with other friends and relatives, amone whom were: Mrs, Fred Huck, » daughter, and her hushand of Packnort: Captain J. A, Carnegie and Captain R. H. Carnegie, brothers of Mrs. Slate, and their wives. all nf Kineston, and Mrs. J. F. Fitzsim- mons, a sister of Mrs. Slate, and Mr. Fitzsimmons of Rockport. BELLEVILLE POPULATION UP According to City Assessor T, E. Ketcheson, Belleville, the population of the City of Belleville has increased two hundred" and thiry during tie past year and now exceeds the thir- teen thousand mark. Today the of- ficlal census is thirteen thousand and thirty. That the city utilities are being used to a large extent is evi- dent from the figures of the various city department. There are about thirty-two hundred householders in Belleville and of that number eigh- teen hundred used city gas for cook- ing purposes and some for lighting. Speaking with a gas official today he stated that the quality' of the city gas has improved and that this sum- mer there have been practically no .romplaints regarding it. "Do you find that electricity is replacing gas for cooking purnoses in Belleville?" reked the reporter, "No, where elec- tricity renlaces pas, gas usually re- places coal oil stoves," replied the official. PETERBORO MAN DROWNED Mark Dobson, an elderly stone- mason, who lives on Bonacord street, Peterboro, was drowned yesterday afternoon in the Otanabee River just below the Snfith street bridge. The 'body was in the water only a few minutes, but firs aid efforts by the C N.R. shunter crew and by firemen with a pulmotor were unavailing. The first to give the alarm were three women who- were crossing the bridze and saw the body in the water near 'the foot of the steep bank be- low the bridge. Joseph Meagher, yard foreman for the C.N.R., went into the water a short distance down stream and pulled out the body which was floating face downward. He was assisted by A. Clegg, engin- eer, and W, Strickland, of the train crew, anc Ben Revoy, who was pass- ing. The trainmen applied firsy aid, getting a little water out lungs while waiting for the pulmotor TORONTO WOMAN IS GRATEFUL To Gin Pills For Relieving Pain and Listlessness Household duties were burdensome; pain wracked her body; medical skill accomplished nothing; then-- and how often this happens!--a friend advised Gin Pills, This i i t + EURRERES i ; Be Bef F g (if »s i 7 & "VISTA" HEIGHTS of the | and Dr. H. M. Yelland. The doctor and firemen al workea pn the body. Coroner Dr. T. W. P. Young was unable to state whether or not there would be an inquest until he had made a further inquiry. No one enter the water, PREMIERS OUTLINE THEIR OBJECTIVES ments Preparing For Conference Ottawa, Oct. 26.--The Dominion Interprovincial Conference which opens here November 3 and will cover a period of 10 days will bring together, for collective counsel, the members of the Dominic» govern. ment with the premiers and one or two Cabinet ministers of each of the nine Canadian provinces. It will not be the first confer ence of the kind to be held but those which took place in the past usually had a very restricted agenda iit the discussi were not actually limited to one question. The exten- sion of the boundaries of Manitoba occasioned ome conference while un- i other related to the transfer of the western provinces of their naturas resour es, a thing which has not yet been accomplished, Many Subjects No one motter in particular is to come up at the impending confer ence. Rather, there is an accumu- ! lation of subjects which are consid- ered to call for co-operative consid- erat'on and action. Included among them is the question of revising pro- vincial subsidies. the right of Can- ada to amend her constitution, wue reform of the Senate, old age pen- sions and rural credits (two Federal statutes inoperative without the con- sent of the provinces). Natural re- sources in the West, the companies law, railway taxation. immigration and a variety of smaller matters. The sittings will be in private but statements will be issued to ithe press, Ferguson's Plans Toronto, Oct. 26.--Premier Fer- suson is say'ng little regarding his attitude at the forthcoming sess ou of provincial premiers. It is known thcugh that he will raise at least halt a dozen points. From a pro- vin<ial viewpoint the most important will be the question of coal rates from Alberta, This is 0° particular interest, no! only to Ontario, but to the Western province. where a new market for coal would put the mining industry on a sound focting. It is regarded iiere as primarily, an inter-provin- cial and secondarily a Federal mat- ter, for in the first place it would be of distinct benefit to both prov- inces concerned while from a Feder- al aspect, it would retain in Canada many millions of dollars now be'ng spent in the United States--far more so than Montreal which ob- tains a fair supply of Welsh coal in grain bottoms which would other wise cross the western ocean al- most empty. Premier Ferguson states that tne pend"ng Ottawa conference will un- doubtedly urge upon 'the Federal Government reconsideration of the finding of the Dominion Railway Board in the application of the province for a lower rate on Alberta oal coming east. Decision was reached by Mr, Fer- guson followin. a conference with the heads of the Alberta legislature in Edmonton. At this conferen~e with the Ontario premier it wae pointed out that there was a mis- take of some 477 cents per-ton in the figures upon which the railway beard based its rate, through an under-estimate of the number of tons of coal carried in the average car, the board using a divisor of 32 tons against a normal 36 ton load. 'The only reason that cars in the trial shipment were loaded with duce but was producing. "No tampering 'with the plank in Mr, to raise this question. will be ra'sed again for some time. Water Development Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers are the Ottawa from the viewpoint power development, is also to come up. son in the latter has it that Mr. Ferguson's the subject. make a joint statement. vinei-l ri~hts 8s re nrds tavatio» ; at the forthcoming confer e, TL | chief question to be raise. is that \ OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER #6, 1922 ---- "My serves were Nerves on Edge? ly a 5 egtard #0od could be found who saw the man Heads of Provincial Govern- 32 tons was to facilitate delivery tq various Ontario centres Mr, Fergu- son is strongly opposed fo paying | money to the United States for fue: as Canada not only was able to pro- British North American Act" will be another Ferguson's platiorm, who considers it would be absurd He inti.s- ates that the question will be rais- ed, but adds, "when we get through with it, I don't think the question The question of water power de- velopment and rights on both the likely to be brought up by the On- tario Premier during the conference. The whole question of St. Lawrence development will be thrashed out, it is nderstood, if Mr. Ferguson has his way from provincial, federal and intern:itional asp(9ts. Adjustment of the present divident control of of slated It is expected in well- informed quarters here that a pub- lic statement will be forthcoming in the next few days from Mr. Fergu- regard on tue pesition Ontario is taking, and the whisper is enrrent that more or less of a bombshell will burst, as gossip state- ment will indicate that Ontario and Quebec are already in agreement on In other words, Que- there already, but perhaps I am mis- bec may delegate Mr. Ferguson to, of the rights of the province as re- gards direct taxdtion, bearing par- ticularly on the income tax question. While the provinces have certain definite rights in this regard there has been, to date, a sort of mutual arrangement with the Federal Gov- ernment. A clear cut definition o: provincial rights in this regard is likely to be asked. - Still another item on the Ontario Premier's agenda is for some joint agreement between the various pro- 'vinecial treasurers regarding the rights of the provinces as' to incor- poration in the various provinces of extra territorial companies. chewan View Regina, Sask, Oct. 26.--When Provincial Premiers assemble in conference in Ottawa, November 3 the meeting, if advance rumblings may be taken as a sign of what is to come, will be of more than usual interest. The Saskatchewan repre- sentatives, Hon, J, A. Cross, attor- ney-general, and Hon. T. C. Davis, Minister of Municipal Affairs, will accompany Premier J. G. Gardiner and may be depended upon to put some pepper in the gathering. Of all the matters they will in- ject into the general discussion the question of police control will, pos- sibily, be the most intriguing to the people of the west and particularly of Regina, the headquarters of the Royal North-west Mounted Police in the days of the pioneer and the buffalo, and the training centre of the Royal Canadian Mounted Poni as the for~e is now known. It is now no longer a secret that Saskatchgwan authorities are not by any means satisfied with the present police situation. They see unnecessary expense in maintaining a provincial police force while here is in the province a 100 to 200. officers and men of the Royal Canadian Mounted who might we used in the supression of crime and crime -detection, were they not con- fined to purely federal matters such as fishery laws and such like duties. To elimniate one or the other, is oing to be the urgent request of the Saskatchewan delegation. , The sremier of this wheat growing prov- ince would be more than willing fo pay the R.C.M.P. to take over the luties of the present provincial force and scrap the latter orgau..a- tion. That, in a nutshell, is going to be the attitude. Such a moye is {rdught with all kinds of possibili- ties in view of the possible attitude of other provinces which may or may not desire to cut out overlapping of police duties, and in view of the prestige o fthe R.C.M.P., that force i¢ more than a name on the prairies; it is a tradition, a part and parcel of the history of the country. Premier Gardiner, too, is going to have something to say about the provincial subsidy, a mattér tus. will get attention in view of what us been going on in the Maritimes. Blue sky laws, of cousre, will come in for more discussion and possible action and there will be sometnmng said about railway taxation and al lied subjects, but the people of Sas katchewan, so far, are showing tue leenest interest in the possible ac- tion on police control. New Brunswick Saint John, N.B., Oct. 26.--Hon J. B. M. Baxter will ask for the ful- fillment of the conditions outlined in the Duncan Report at the conven- tion of Provincial Premiers slated tu wen at Ottawa, November 3, ue announced upon _ his return fron he Conservative convention av was nipeg. The premier said that he did not think that the Saint Joho Valley Railway question would be brought up there as the Federa Government had already annou ced its intention of appointing a 8 ia) commitee to deal with the matter "My general attitude towards the forthcoming conference is decidedly favorable," Dr. Baxter declared, "be- cause I believe when men possess 'ng different viewpoints have an op portunity of getting together an exchanging views they can accomp- lish a great deal of good if they are prepared to go at the work in the proper spirit. "Last year the conference of pro vincial premiers was a meeting o provincial representatvies only with out Dominion representatives whicl will attend the coming one, I felt that it was very useful in that i! created a friendly atmosphere ir which we all could work. It help ed us to get a solution of the ques- tion of railway taxation which had been hanging for some years with the Canadian National Railways. "This year's conference will dea' with the relations of the provincer 1oward the Dominion and if conduct- ed in the spirit of last year's smal ler meeting it should prove help ful." When asked ahout the amendmen' of the constitution, Dr. Baxter, re- plied that he was opposed to it ex- cent by the unanimous consent of sN the oprovinees. Otherwise, ne continued, there would be no prof pecs tor any of the minority, either racial or geographical. Replying to the question as tc the advisability of admitting womer to the Senate, Dr. Baxter decalered * 4haroht thors worn a lot of then ; "There is no such 'thing as a Ontario's Premier is also expect-|yeturn," the premier declared, wuen ed to bring up the question of pro-'«t was inquired of him about .ue af motu-al =agourres to the Western Provin'es. Continuing, .v uss.ted. "They never had them | and, therefore, they cannot be hand- ed back. What they want is a grant, and I am in favor of grant- ing them..such' an amount of re- sources as remain undisposed of. I am not in favor of compensating them for lands 'which have been alienated to settlers. The Domin- ion Government has spent mwe money to settle these provinces than it has got out of the lands sod. Had the provinces possessed these landp from the beginning, they could have done nothing better than the Dominion Government had done with them, but they would have ac- cumulated a capital debt as the re- sult of th¢ir expenses in getting the lands settled." Charlottetown, P.E.I,, Oct. 24.-- At the inter-provincial conference Premier Saunders of Prince Edward Island will take up and press tne various claims which had been un- der consideration by the Duncan Commission together with a nuwe- ber of additional matters. The fi- nancial arrangements between the Dominion and the Province will be a prominent feature of the Island's case and increased financial assist- ance will be asked for on various grounds. Other claims to be pur- sued will be in regard to the puw '| cars from the "| handled at all points of the Island. -- po Te lic 'debt allowance, the fact that the province has no crown lands, the lands of Western Canada and the proprietry interest which this prov- ince has in public lands transferred to other provinces where boundaries had been enlarged. It will be pointed out that the present annual grant for the sup- port of Government and the Legis- lature is inadequate and that the Island has a strong claim in connec- tion with the fishery award. The claim with regard to the non-fulfillment of the terms of Con- 1ederation by which continuous com- munication between Prince Edward Island and the mainland all the year round was guaranteed will be again pressed. The Dominion Government wil he asked for a full carrying out of the Duncan Report with regard to' transportation, importation and freight rates. A closer co-operativn will be sought between the Federal and Provincial authorities in con- nection with immigration. The need of further assistance along the line of agricultural education for a prov- ince where agriculture is the main industry will be stressed. The rail- way line between Charlottetown and Murray Harbor still remains un- standardized and the completion of the work as quickly as possible will be urged so that the heavy freight mainland can be To meet growing import and ex- port, trade especially, the export of agricultural products, a second car ferry to ply between Borden and Tormentine is essential and this wil! be demanded. #* fhe rapid development of the po- afb business and the importance of h Satketing of this crop accen- wilt the need of this additional boat. Prince Edward Island will claim special consideration hy reason of its isolation and of being handicap- ped from fully participating in the henefjts which were intended tu ie- sult from Confederation. It will be shown that if further financial assistance can be procur- ed from the Dominion in settlement of just claims chat there will be a more contented feeling among vuy people and that the exodus to other provinces and outside of Canada, will in a large extent, at least, cease. Increased representation in the House of Commons will be an- other matter takenu up at the confer- ti 4 (Oshawa, Phone 2595 H skies be found in our "Basement Gift Shoppe." W. A.DEWLAND TWO STORES Li $4] == Whitby, Phone 318 ence. A great deal of time and ef- fort has been spent in preparing the Island's case which will be full and comprehensive, Nova Scotia's Plans Halifax, N.S., Oct. 24.--Important subjects effecting the welfare of Nova Scotia in almost every fiel of provincial activity will be dis- cussed at the conference of provin- cial premiers, Premier Rhodes has forwarded to Hon. Fernand Rinfret, Secretary of State, a list of 10 subjects whicu the Nova Scotia Premier wishes to have placed on the agenda for the conference. It is understood that other Canadian Provinces will also submit qypstions for the agenda, and since the questions to be discussed will not only be important but nu- merous, the conference will last at least a week. No Program from Quebec Asked if he had any special ques- tion or problems to lay before the conference of provincial' premiers, Premier Taschereau stated at the Government offices that he had not drawn up any definite program for this province. . 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