ATE----mn---- YEAR 81 NO. 144 i 6 WHAT a HAS CONSERVATIVE ~~ COMES OUT FOR ROWELL Ottawa Citizen Changes its Party Allegiance TAX. REFORM POLICY OF TRE LIBERAL LEADER PEALS TO IT. AP- The Citizen Has Been Conservative Since 1867--It Appeals to the Con servatives to Help Wipe Out the Bars, - Ottawa, June 23 --Under the heading "The Provincial Elections" the Ottawa Citizen, (Conservative), to-day says editorially. "In withdrawing its support from Sir James Whitney and the provin- clal conservative party because of their persistent refusal to grant municipal local option in taxation, and in asking its readers to vote for the candidates pledged to support N. W. Rowell, because of the lat- ter's advocacy of tax reform, aboli- tion of the bar, and equal suffrage, the Citizen realizes fully the re- sponsibility it assumes. Its course in thus declining to support the con- servative party in the present ap- peal was unavoidable, however, if If we desired to retain our self-re- greet and our readers' confidence in our honesty of purpose. The Citi- zen has been aggressively as@voca- ting local option in municipal tax- ation for over five years. Sir Jam- es Whitney obstinately declines to grant this fundamental measure of reform. The municipalities need It, and most of them want it. The ratepayers of the city of. Torento last year voted four to one in favor of it. ' Oftawa Qity Council on three differe . bas usanimoarly - ha defint- it e is re- Hence the Citizen, tely promised tortion in pom for the first. Since confedera- | tion, a the candidates who ; & the provincial con- are op servative party. "As Mp. Rowell includes in his plat advanced temperance legislation, that ranks as a reform measube almost equally with the taxation question in its beneficial influente -- indeed, most people would perbaps place it very much in first place--The Citizen has a second good reason for supporting him. . Bqual suffrage, or woman suf- frage, is the third progressive mea; sure that Mr. Rowell has pledged himself to grant, ir called on to form the nhest government. ---- Can Wipe Out the Bar: "If the independent gnd sincere tem- perande voters of op province will, though allied with the federal conser. vativel party, support and vote for the Rowell candidates next Monday, the hars and club Keenses of the province, the real hackbong of the liquor curse, will he wiped out. ly responsible for the victory of Nir James Whitney in 1904, and the inde- pendent conservatives of the province, whose temperance convictions are real. have that precedent for supporting Rowell in bis fight against the bar in 1914. 71 Rowell in defeated it will simply mean that a majority of the temperance electors of Ontario put party before principle. It would mean also that no further advance in the crusade just the drink evil would be made during the present genera- tion. No Kitical leader would, in the face of Rowell's sacrilice, extend a hand in support of © temperance cause. uor interests realize this, and will make every efiort, re gardless of present cost, to insure the return of the conservative party. The isque is clear, and rests on the shoul ders of temperance electors of the provinee,"" > The Citizen also publishés correspon » 3 4 MEMORANDA wip i Slostng exercises, 10.30 am "4 'ee to) LH 3. right band cos tor > » Rake 8! eorper "The average man looks on advertising as a myster- -lons Something quite apart from ordinary, business, savs an obsérvant "exchange. You bet ha does, and that's right where he makes his first big mistake. Advertising is not something apart from the business, save as the horse is sdparate from the cart-- when 'unhitehed the. cart is at a standstill." When they come to choosing the right horse merchants and "nas fiekurers find that news- ¥ ng is the most ] | Adve Reed tn the stable and costs less for upkeep. : The independent | liberal electors of Ontario were large |, ~~} {though his withdrawal in a religious PAPER VASSIL The collection Bank th stealir of the Mear- who is charg- tn, nas 10 has been LIVE IN GLASS HOUS Future. Berlin, June 23.- Paul the well-known writer, prophesies that the architecture of the future will he of glass, and that the world will be inhabited by a happy race under the good influence of light. "The Wouses wilk be of glass," aays, "with all-wood elimmated. he The {furniture will be of wrought iron and Jthe framework of the buildings will be of iren and rustproof, while the walls will be of double glass to en- sure warmth, and of many colors in order to baflie inquisitive persons "The buildings will be heated 3 electricity, and the walls decorated in Tiffany majolica effects. The porch of every home will have three sides of glass, and there will be glass garden houses, where ons may live in the sunshine by day light by night." Herr Scheerbart by draws a brilliant word picture of a city with stores churches and public buildings glass, all brilliantly lighted in many colors Brun Traut, the architect, built palace along these lines at the Colog ne exposition. BRIGHTON SEAT IS _- RENDERED VACANT of a dence between its proprietors and the conservative association of Ottawa In this points out that Sir James Whitney Hon. Mr. Hanna urged | the Citizen to undertake a campaign of education tax reform hnes | several vears ago, and asks that the (fonservative party live up to ats pro mise, asserting that there js.m great demand from practically "every muni- cipality, township. county and city | feouneil for the advanced legislation {In reply the government denies the legislation, hence the Citizens' first party change since confederation. and along i 1 | a } THE AMENDING BITA, 1 A ---- {To Wome Rule Bill Introduced by ! Marquis Orew. London, June 23.---On" behalf of | 'the government the ) arquis of Crewe | {to-day introduced the long-promisedd amending bill to the home rule bill, § {providing that the counties of Ulster | {might have the privilege of getting | {out of home rule by voting twice in successive general elections to stay font. This i the same amendmen {offered by Mr. Asquith in the com | {mons and contemptuonsly refused by | {Sir Edward Carson. | | {Davia McLean, I BERAL CUT OFF TORS. Sa h Lanark, Meets: With Accident. { Ottawa, June 23.--While cutting | a piece of wood at his home on Sat jurday, David McLean, liberal can- {didate in South Lanark, eut off two {of his toes. The axe glanced and jeutting through the boot severed {the second and third toes of the right foot. He will nevertheless re- main in the contest. Post-Office Revenue Grows. Ottawa, June 23.--In spite of the present general falling of the govern- ment revenues it te-Marned that ihe revenue of/the post-office department for the half year ending June 30, will again show an increase, { VOWS TO POVERTY . ARE GECLARED VALID By The Supreme Court Of The United States At Washington Washington, June 23.--- Doubt cast upon the validity of vows tov poverty in many Roman Catholic orders was removed yesterday by the sup e court reversing the decision of the eighth Unitea States circuit court of {appeals. Uy The lower court sitting ia Minne- sota, held the vows void as against public policy on the ground that they did not permit a person making them ever to withdraw from the order. The supreme court, speaking through Justice Hughes, announced that the lower sourt had fallen into error by not distinguishing between the re- ligious and civil nature of the vows. It was pointed out that a person was permitted under the organization jof the orders to withdraw civilly, al- § i ense was a mattér of conscience. The case arose in the settlement of the estate of Father Augustin Wirth, in charge of a church at Springfield, Minn, at the time of his death: g Relatives claimed property in Mis possession at the time of his death, despite his vows to the Order of St. Benedict to possess no property and to turn over to the order all his worldly possessions. In the presentation of the case to the court it 'was stated that the de- cision of the court below, if su- stained, would throw in doubt the title to millions of dollars' worth of property, now held by religious ord- ers, particularly {hose of 'the Roman Catholic church, which had incorpor- lof iseat, although fa | mind clung Election Shortly As Result Of Hon. J. Gordon's Resignation Through I Health London, June" 23.--The resignation Hon. John Gordon, M.P.. one he members for Brighton, was nounced last night at a meeting he local conservative association. The Lesignation is due to ill-health. Gor don was returned unopposed in June, 911, and with Captain Tryon has vepresentede the borough in parliament ever gince. There will be an imme- diate bye-election, Alderman Thomas Stanford having consented to stand in Gordon's place. t is imbrobable that the liberals will contest the local reports regard sent of an- of t a8 a by no means hopeless rom liberal point of view. Saves Diver's Life. Cherbourg, June 23.-- While a diver was engaged yesterday in re- dovering a torpedo hurled in the mud of the harbor, the mechanism suddenly started and the propellor | severed the air-pipe of the appara- tus. The diver, with great presence of to the torpedo, which hore him to the surface. He was dragged into the boat by his astoni- shed confrades in an almost as- phyxiated condition. After an hour or two, he was revived An---- . f No Wood in the Architecture of the Scheerbart, { living | and the star HON.S. H. BLAKE In Toronto On bstiay Morning AGED SEVENTY-NINE FIGURE IN LIFE OF CANADA, Passed Away Tuesday NOTABLE resLic The Biggest Counsel at the Canadian Bar in His Day--A Liberal and a Brother of Late Hon. Edward Blake. Toronto, June 23.--Hon Samuel Hume Blake, K.C., former judge, is 'dead. He kad been in feeble L.alth foe several Years, and for the past few weeks had been confined to his house. Hon. "Sam" Blake, as he was popu larly known, was one of the 10st | notable figures in Canada's public life Not only. was he a leading layman of the Anglican church, but he loom- ed up as the biggest counsel at Canadian bar in his day. He was a liberal, and a brother of the late Hon. Edward Blake, the prominent Irish home ruler. the I'he late Hon. Mr. Blake was the | (Second son of the late Hon. W. MH. | | Blake, chancellor of Upper Canada | He was born in Toronto in 1X35, and | was educaled at Upper Canada (ol lege, afterwards spending four vears ! in a mercantile establishment. He received the degree of B.A. at Toron to Universily in IB5S, and studied law under his uncle, the late Justice Con | nor, becoming a solicitor in 18568, and being called to the bar later, Deceased was a "total abstainer and did much to spread temperance on ev ery side. Outside of his profession he gave a great deal of his time to re ligious and philantrophic work and was. a life-long Sunday school teach er. Mr. Blake aocbéd as coundel in many cases in the Kingston court house years ago. He 'vas prominent also in several election protest cases tried here. | | i { | TWO vears i KAISER'S THIRD SON To Visit Panama and Tour U. S. and " Canada Berlin, Germany, 'June 23. This country's sailor prince, Adelbert, third son of the kaiser, will be olevated to the title of temporary admiral in con mand of the German warship at the official opening of the panama canal and tour the United States and Can ada, THE NOMINATION MEETING Alderman T. F. strong address at the Harrison made a nomination meeting in the City Hall, on Monday evening. The gathering was a very large one and proved the desirability of holding all public gatherings at (night, so that the citizens may fore- {results of indulgence in liquor, and gather and listen to the presenta- flon of the several platforms. Ald- erman Harrison was heartily in ac- gord with the plan, and Dr. Ross joined with him in making the ev- at one of interest and public con cern. Alderman Harrison clearly demensirated the lack of vitality in the work of the Whitney admini- stration; they puttered away at the old things and, with a general con- tempt, set aside the progressive and advanced plans for the public uplift dents of the province. He showed how utterly unresponsive the con- 'sérvatives were to the demands of labor, the press, both conservative and liberal, municipalities labor and other organizations called for an improved form of tax legislation, but they sneered at its purposes, and Dr. Ross along with his party depreciated any change. Mr. Har- rison told of the long period of idle- ness manifested by the Whitney .1- ministration with regard to tue Workmen's Compensation Act, taey dallied over the matter, while five thousand workmen were killed apd twenty-five thousand injured, and, to-day, from the prodding and pres- Sing of the liberal'party, they have, through the instrumentality of Sir William Meredith, presented a fa r- ly popular scheme of compensation, but while it has been enacted, it has not been promulgated. It may be Years, if the Whitney administra- tion is sustaitied, before the work- men can find relief and help 'when they are sorely afflicted by accident or calamity. ) Mr 'Harrison made a strong ap- peal that the temperance men be ated into their regulations vows to and the general welfare of the resi- \ - | and show the province that they | have 'heen earnest.in the past, and | wipng out of the liquor traffic, left facts, I must He his hearers an array of sorrowful as they always be, resulting from the dire with | he pressed home very strongly upon {men to exercise their franchiee with {due regard to conscience and the i well-being of the province. Dr. Ross in his address was en tirely on the defensive, He discuss- ed education and a few other of the mporiant features of the admini- stration, and dwelt on the temper- ance action of the government, tak- ing credif for the work that had been accomplished in the past nine years, forgetting to attribute to the temperance" people the vigor with which local option had been sustain- eds He tried to make a point by | saying that the new government | palace would cost the coiintry noth- | ing, as the dominion paid for it, but Mr. Harrison successfully countered | by pointing out that $100,000 would | have been sufficient for the require- | ments of a government house for | this province, the balance provided {by the dominion government, could {have been secured for other pro- | vine al purposes, that would have | resuited in great bemefit to the coun- | try. The million dollars spent on government house meant $50,000 in- | terest yearly which the people of Ontario had to meet. The gathering was at times some- | what noisy, but chiefly from an ele- | ment that was not a credit to those who induced them to atténd and to intérrupt, particularly, Mr, Harris- | on. Beyond the persistent annoy- | ance by these few men, the meeting was extremely orderly and well bal anced as to parties. Police Magis trate Farrell handied the meeting | capably, and prevented interference. | Some men wanted « show themsel- | ves 'and air themselves, but they | were significantly snufféd out. | | | | i 1 THOUSANDS LOST LIVES When Chinese Rivers and Lakes # Overtlowed, Hong Kong, China, June 23. --Fur- ther reports from the interior of the inund; {ad provinces indicate that thousands of lives wer. lost and mil- lions of damage was done during last week, when rivers and lakes overflow- td many square miles, destroving one hundred villages and towns LIKELY FATALLY INJURED, Racing Auto Overturned When Doing Picture Stunts. Bufialo, N.Y., June_ --Maxwell Smith, a local newspaferman, and Roy C. Bauer, a prominent young lawyer, were probably fatally injured this morning, when Bauer's racing au- tomobile, doing stunts for moving pie- ture machines at seventy miles an hour, overturned Sir C. Wyndham's Sister Dead. London, June 23 Mrs Alice Howard, widow of Bronson Howard, the famous American playwright, who died in 1908, and sister nn" Sir Charles Wyndham, the Engl{ ye tor is dead. BRITAIN ON THE BRINK OF NATIONAL CRISIS Statement Made By Sir. Henry Lucey British Liberal Member Of Parliament London, June 23. Sir Henry Lucy, a prominent liberal of long parliamgniary experience, whose re- lations with ministers are often in- timate, writing in the Observer says The Irish question has drifted into what looks like a hopeless im- passe, and except by modifying the Home Rule bill in favor of Ulster, the government are at the end of their tether. Ulster still insists up- on the absolute and findal exclusion of the province from the hill. This Mr. Asquith cannot, and will not, grant and a remarkable nationalist volunter organization exists to pra. vent if, : "Moreover," Mr. Lucy says "a considerable and Influential section of the ministerialists in the House of Commons would turn ¢1d rend the government if they thus muti- latéd the fundamental principle of Home Rule, namely, the ultimate unity of Ireland under a parliament in Dublin. "As things are now moving the Home Rule bill will be added to thn statue 'book without any agreement as to the Amending bill. "After that, the deluge. We are on the brink of a grave national crisis. The duty of all' citizens to deal with, implacable facts." TAKES OVER SEYMOUR POWER. Negotiations Arve in Progress to That End. 1 Belleville, June 23.---J. W. John- son, ex-M. P. P., speaking at the nom- inations, predicted that in three months' time all the companies in the Seymour Power company would be in the hands of the Hydro-Electrie Power commission of Canada. He sald that negotiations had been go- ing on for some time between the Hydro-electric and the Seymour com- pany. There would soon be expro- priations, he said, of the Seymour ystem by the Hydro A HEAVY DECREASE IN CANAL TONNAGE Though Welland And St. Lawrence, Show Increases--Banks Also Falling Off Ottawa, -June~ 23. -- Canadian anal statistics just compiled for the period from the opening of - naviga- tion until the begining of the pre- sent month show a heavy decrease in tonnage below statistics for the corresponding period last year. A falling off of two million tons at the Soo is largely responsible for the decrease in 'ne total traffle. The St. Lawrence canals show an increase of 63,889 tons and the wel- land an increase of 61,822 tons. Falling Of in Banks. Ottawa, June 23.-- The monthly bank statement showing the stand- ing of the Canadian banks for May last will show a heavy falling off in assets nd liabilities. This is due to a decrease in loans and deposits, Baseball Record. National league--New York 3, Cin- cinnati 2; Brooklyn5, Pittsburg 1; St. Louis 4, Boston 3; American league--Chicago 5; Bos- ton 4; Washington 4, Detroit 3; Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 0. Federal league--Chicago 4, Buffa- lo 3; Indianapolis 5-4, Brooklyn 4-3; Pittsburgh 5, Kansas City 4: St. Louis 3, Baltimore 1. : International league---Providence Buffalo 2; Rochester §, Jersey y 1 4 Buenos Ayres Population Grows. Buenos Ayres, June 23 .<Pigures of the census takén show the num- ber of inhabitants to be 1,560,163. 6. Cit, {In 1900 the total was 821,2 WHICH OF THE . SHIPS CHANGED HER COURSE? fore Court it Of Enquiry THE SUNKEN EMPRESS POINTING NORTH, G. WEATHERSPOON TESTIFIED, | IS | Impossible to Raise the Vessel--No | Further Attempt Will be Made to | Recover Bodies of the Dead. i Quebec, June 24.--Which of the two | ships, the Empress or the Storstad, | changed her course? In the early | morning hours, with a belt of fog ly- | | ing heavily over the river, it is evi- | | dent that either the Empress of ire- | land or the Storstad changed her course and brought about the colli- | sion. On this point GG. W. Weather spoon, of the American Salvage com- | pany, which has heen conducting div- | ng operations on the scene of the | | wreck, was closely examined this | | morning. | Mr. Haight informed the court in | the course of his cross-examination of | Mf. Weatherspoon, that the Empress | of Ireland is pointing north, not | pointing east or south-east as the oth- | er side stated. Witness said that the heading of the vessel may 'ave been | afiected by currents. Mr. Weatherspoon spoke of the dan- ger of his undertaking. Divers had! attempted to ascertain the damage of | the ship, but the hazard was very ! great. In his opinion it would be im- possible to raisé the vessel. Diving of tions would he continued mrsday. on Abandon Efforts to Get Dead. Quebee, June 23.--All attempts to get the 800 hodies entombed in the sunken hall of the Kmpress of 'Ireland were abandonad yesterday, following the conference between Lieut. Com- mander Forbes, of H.M.S. Kasex, and the divers of the man-of-war at the | scene of the wreck, as a result of the | death of Edward Cosshoom, of New | York, on Sunday, from his fall off the | slimy hull of the steamer, | Commander Forbes reached Father | Point yesterday, and his investigation | showed that the accident happened | while the water was at low level, that | every precaution for deep sea diving | operation was probably carried out, and that no better conditions for car- | rying on the work could be expected. { This decision of the C.P.R. doés not | affect the operations of the company attempting to salvage the ship, but itis thought here that it will also be compelled to give up diving opera- tions, | | INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up by Our Busy Reporters. W. Polton, of Ottawa, was in city, Tuesday. The race for the George cup at Prinyer's Cove will likely take place on July 6th and 7th. Dr. A. S. Knight Rochester N.Y., and family and Mrs. S. W. Chap- man are touring in their auto from Rochester around the lake. K. Monterieffi, of the Bank of To- ronto stalf, sprained his ankle, on Monday evening, while walking along the track at Lake Ontario Park. When Rowell comes to reign the wine lists of the Ontario Club in l'o- ronto, as well as the Albany Club, th? head centre of the tory clickers, will"both go by the boards. Elee- tors, vote for such a desired end. Some of the hoat owners are find- ing difficulty again this suminer in se- curing wharf - sctommodation. An owner of one boat states that he was ordered away from one wharf Monday night because . coal hoat was' ex- pected. Rev. Dr. Mackie and wife are in the city for the closing of the Royal Mili- tary College. They are the guests of the Misses Macpherson at "Vhe Avon- more." Dr. Mackie's son, Lieut. Wil- Mackie, is an instructor af the liam Portsmouth, Fng. There are other newspapers we know of that would follow the Ottawa Citi: zen out of the conservative ranks if they could only get up the backbone to do so. They favor tax reform and have petitioned for it. Beside (they hate the barrooms as a menace the public weal, and would fondly like to see them wiped out, Had an Unexpected Dip. While two men employed by the ¥al- lon Bros, contractors, were working about the mew causeway on a punt, on Tuesday morning, they had an un- expected dip. Both of them were sit- ting in the stern of the boat, which suddenly took water, which made both jump for a nearby raft. The latter also sunk until the young men were up to their waists in water. 'They were finally taken ashore. ---------- ; Prince Friedrich, the youngest of Prince Alexis of Bentheim aged Steinfurt, broke both legs by #all of an the trade. Two heads are beiter than one-- even in a family. 4 | {pects are in sbme | lich is in comme: |stad, which ra White Rose flour stocked hy all the | 5) Salvage Expert Examined Be.| "ox om. vuevos {C. A. Macpherson and D. Smith Have Returned. Those local parties who are in {touch with the oil speculation mear and around Calgary have returned home and report that the oil pros- ts good. However, the stocks are reported fluctuating, according to C. A. Mac- | Pherson's views when {vas asked his opinfon by a Whig representative. Daniel Smith, broker, was of the same opinion and thought $hat {much guess work had to be made se of in determining the actual value of the amount of flow, Mr. Smith spoke highly of the ag of oil that was being extract The natural gasoline was about the best he had ever seen and claimed that it was much Superior to thst n use -------------- STORSTAD TO BE SOLD. Order Made in Admiralty Court by Consent. Montreal, June 93.--Justice Dun- lop, in the admiralty court here. with consent of both parties, ordered the sale by auction of the 'collier Stor- mmed and sank the Ireland, near Father 20th. § Empress of Point, om May This follows the seizure of the Ves- sel on her arrival here on June Ist {at 'the instance of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway, owners of the of Ireland. The sale will follow due notice of same in newspawers in Mon- treal, Halifax and New York. et ----------h A NEW PERIL IN DURAZZO. Bodies 'of Warriors Unburied--Aa- laria Developed. . --A despatch from polos, June. 28, become tinin L 'ow er fact that the bodies "of M tribesmen and i killed in the pay; capital, have not been "buried has been an ou there is also a water. Injuring her left leg when j from a vehicle inia runaway David Bingeman, Breslau, lockjaw. She was ourth year. At Toronto, to-night, Sir poe Whitney will make his first and only appearance during ihe campaign. died of in her thirty Backnell's News Depot ..396 King B®, Clarke, J. W. & Co...,,,.0808 College Book Store Coulter's Grocery .. Gibson's Drag Store MeAdley's Rook Store MeGeils Cigar Store Cor, Meleod's Grocery ... Medley's Drug Store 300 Pauls Cigar Store ... Prouse's Drug Store or ' Valleaw's Grocery, .,,...508 Montient Lowe's Gracery ..,........Portementh BORN, CHERRY--On Sunday, June 21st, 1914, 1 at Kingston Genera Hospital, t Mr. and Mrs. QW. Cherry, s daughter DIED, SULLIVAN--In" Kin 1914, Mary, belov Iv ¥, able M. Sul Funeral (private) June 24th, to | ns w hare requiem mass will be su at 9.30. Friends and acqualiances are Invited {Oo attend the mass, ler Rat. TRE, Ja» ew » X £5 a: 5 b