=] The Daily 7 Fitish Whig PAGES 18 FEAR ¥6: NO. 189 GETTING READY FOR THE VOTE Temperance Workers 'of Kingston And Frontenac Have Organized. ABRAHAM SHAW CHAIRMAN OF CITY COMMITTEE, Major W. F. McConnell of Montreal, the - Organizer, Addressed the Meeting at the Y.M.C.A. Phesday Evening. A' splendid gathering of temper- ance workers took place in the Y.M.C.A. parlors on Tuesday even ing for the purpose of completing the county and city committees who will champion the prohibition cause in the coming referendum. The meeting was opened with prayer hy Rev. W. T. G. Brown. Prof. Me- Clement presided. The county and oity officers elected . were: County committee, vice-chairman, Prof. W, T. MacClement, city; Byron Gordon, Glenvale; secretary, F, J. Wilson; * treasurer, W. J. Crothers; finance committee, D. G. Latdlaw, Oliver Chown, Ross McRae, H. FP. Nor- man, James Webb, James Sproule, M. Weller; Council of ten, Dr. Toy- ell, Sydenham; J. L. F. Sproule, Westbrook; Mrs, James Cook, Cat- araqul; Miss I> Ronan; Mrs. J. Mac- Gillivray; Isaac Zacks, Mrs. H. A. Lavell, Elmer Davis, Oliver Chown, DG. Laidlaw, of Kingston, matter of selecting a chairman for the county organization was left to a committee. The matter of selecting officers for city committees was then taken up and resulted as follows: chairman, Abraham Shaw; vice-chairmen, Mrs. G. A. Bateman, Dr, 0. C. Nash; sec- retary, Lieut. George Granger. At this juncture the officers of the city committee retired to select a council of five, and reported the foilowlag: Wn, Christmas, Robert Alien, Wil- liam Dalby, Mrs. J. Wright, Mrs, J, 8. Leflair, H. PF, Noman. D. As Shaw, election of a polling sub. "division organization consisted of the appointment of the following: Captain, R. M, Allen; vice captain, Harold Hughes; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. A. Kennedy; committee, Nor- man Pickering, Mrs. H. Day, Mrs. Dr. Nash, Robert H. Treneer, Mrs. 3 Maegillivray. The chairman of the meeting call- ed upon the organizer, Major W. F. McConnell of Montreal, who in an uent and forceful address set forth the alms of the Ontario Refer- endum Committee, whose efforts in uniting al The tempatanee forces of Ontario BL poming fray were meeting with splendid success. The purpose of this gigantic organization is to canvass every voter of the prov- ince, and by Hterature aud other int them w @ the case, and convince them if possible the need of a clear cut prohibition vote with "no" to every question. : The meeting, which had a good representation 'of rural workers present, selected a number of town. ship organizers as follows: King- ston township, Byron Gordon, Bodtord, John Goadteliow, Parham; broo es Freeman, a Pa m, HEx-Warden That the men from the county municipalities are keenly interested riontod mot soy. br tho" re } t onl : the meeting, but also by the easier Me. 3 = iy e n= cipal municipalities, ; The | ,| Bliot, better known as Mrs. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919, A x GERMAN ASSEMBLY HAS RATIFIED PEACE TREATY (Canadian Fress pespatch) . Paris, July 9.--The German National Assembly in Weimar has passed a resolution ratify ing the peace treaty, according to adviees received here to- day. The resolution reads: "The peace treaty signed on June 28th, 1919, as well as the protocol annexed and special agreements on military occu pation of the Rhineland, are hereby ratified. This law be- comes effective from the date of its promulgation." Stn STOCK MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 287 Bagot Street. New York Stocks. Opening. Close. 102% 46 170 18% 58 119% Atcheson Marine ... . Marine, pfd. N.XC,, ex, 1 Reading ... ... .. Southern Pac. ... Union Pacific .. Am. Loc. Anaconda ... .. Bethlehem, Steel Rep. Steel ... ... . U.S. Steel ... 913% 109 134% 93 74% 97 98% 113% 112% Canadian Stocks, 580. 70 83% 31% 70 175 74 Brazilian Lan. Cement 'Can. Steamship Cons. Smelters . ... Dom. Steel Maple Leaf Steel of Canada ., . WILL SAFEGUARD THE WORLD. Declares Peace Concluded Certain to Prevent Future, Wars, New York, July 9.--President Wilson returned to the United Siates yesterday and in his first speech de: lvered on American soil since . the peace treaty was signed, declared that the peace concluded at Paris was 'a just peace which, if it can be pre- served, will safeguard the . world from' unnecessary bloodshed." The only referenca the President made to his opponents was when, in ds, he sald: "1 am afraid some people, some persons, do not understand that vis- ion. They do not see it. They have looked too much upon the ground. They have thought too much ofthe interests that were near them, and they have mot listened to the voices of their neighbors, I have never had a moment's doubt as to where the heart and purposs of this people lay." MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. Gen. Burstall Likely to Be Inspector of Ardl Ottawa, July 8.---Appointment of Sir Arthur Currie, commander-in- chief of the Canadian army overseas, to be Inspector-gemeral of the Can- adian army on his return home is reported on good authority to be Tpractically settled. General Archibald MacDonnell, who wag commander of the first di- yvislon, is said to be selected to be the commandant of the Royal Mili- tary College, at Kingston. General Burstall, commander of the second division, is mentioned as a possible appointee as inspector of artillery. FOUND SHOT IN HER HOME. Tragic End of a Prominent English 'Woman, Canadian Press Despatch.) Loran July 9--Mrs. Arthur Mabel nise Atherton, divorced wife o oo Atherton, was found shot this morning in fer home in London. Mrs. | Eliot, who was a sister of Aubey Dean Paul, some years ago sued Baron Churston for breach of promise. The case created considerable sensation at the time. Last April she married Capt. Arthur Ehot, a dramatist, grandson of the late Earl of St. Ger- referring to the negotiations at Par<} The above picture shows th the head, rose into the air. HIGH TAXATION 5 IN SIGHT Aim is to Establish Justice in Entire Taxation System. THE INCOME FROM CAPITAL MUST BE TAXED MUCH HEAVIER THAN INCOME FROM WORK. The Burdens of Taxation Will Reach Meet the Demands of the Govern= pent--Must 'Give Up All Riches and All That Is Superfluouns. (Canadian Press Despatch Berlin, July 9.--Addressing the German National Assembly at Wei- mar, Mathew Biseberger, chancellor and "administrator of finance, said; "One of the first requirements rela. tive to the restoration of life of la- bor in- its establishment of orderly finances. I will have nothing to do with the suggestion for the anmnul~ ment of war loans or a declaration of general bankruptcy. My highest aim is to establish justice in the entire taxation system? The income from capital must taxed much more heavily than igcome from work. "An inher e tax and heavy tax levy on property will 'be the initia steps that will be taken, The em vire's income must be increased, nine hundred per cent. and that of indi~ vidual states and communes perhaps one hundred per cent. Such enor- mous charges require fresh meas ures." "The burdens of taxation will reach an absolutely terrible height," said Eisberger, "A floating debt of ser- enty-two million marks is a constant danger and the removal of this debt is one of our most urgent tasks. There are two ways in which to do it, either its conversion to a funded loan, or its extinction by big levies and a jheavy property tax' It is tie duty of Jropertice and the people not only to bow to a state of compulsion of @iving up all riches and all that is superfluous." He concluded by adding that all taxation bills will be done away with before recess. mains. : F. A. McDonald, mine captain the Foster Mine at Cobalt, was killed (i by a blast. plane, buiit by W. G. Tarrant, Byfleet, England borough, and instantly its nose dug in the g an Absolutely Terrible Height to] i WORLD'S LARGEST PLANE WRECKED ON TRIAL TRIP. te the fuselage of the world's largest aero- It failed to rise on its first trial trip at Farn- ound, and the tail nearly eighty feet away from e huge space has resigned from the' Cabinet, his resignation to take effédt as soon as the prime minister e¢an fill the office. WILL ONLY INCREASE TEUTONIC HATRED Rider Haggard Opposes Trial of Kaisor eb Hie A in London, London, July 9.--8ir H. Rider Haggard has joined those Britishers who would leave the ex-kaiser's pun Ishmorit to his own conscience. He says: "Not only will mud be stirred up by the proposed trial, But the re- sulting mixture will be used to black. en Great Britain's face before the world. "Teutonic hatred against us will be accentuated for generations. Who can doubt it, that of late has noted the propagandist's power with the welcomed le? Can we net imagine tales told to unborn Germam children of the torments inflicted upon the national héro and martyr in British dungeons? Moreover this trial will certainly add fo our troubles in sun- dry ways and, in the end, unless he escapes sentence in some dramatic fashion, as Is quite possible, we shall be left to play the unpleasant role of gaoler, 2 "I venture to urge that if the tria) is thought mecessary to. prove the facts that are self-evident; it should take place elsewhere than in London. But is # necessary? I think that it they were asked, mény of sound judgment would say let the submars ine Sut Stier ES i ointors and roments of be dealt with ander martial law 0 sea 'or where carried or r erimies, but let this Royal intimate of heaven fall juto the hands of heaven, not into those of maw k SUBSITE WEASIE fulness | Gap CANADIAN RULE NOT FOR RI The British Government Will Never Agree to Give hat. TO BE SUBMITTED SOON TO BRITISH COMMONS. The Present Home Rule Bill Is Be- ing Shelved Because It Is Unac- ceptable to the Irish. London, July 9--8ir James = fan MacPherson, chief secretary for Ire- land, in apswer to the question, "What is the Government gding to do in ireland?" gave the United Press the first authoritative an- houncement on the administration's Irish policy. MacPherson declared the Govern: ment had decided to shelve the pres- ent home-ruls bill becanse it was unacceptable to the Irish people. He sald he was preparing a substitut> measure which would be Submitted €oon, 3 "We must act within six months," he declared. "However, the British Government will never agree to Do- minion rule in the sense it is pos- sessed by Canada. Whatever form of Government finally is applied in Ulster, under no circumstdnces will she be coerced to enter any jurisdie- tion repugnant to her." FISH FRY DEPOSITED. Nearly Half Billion Since 1014 From Thurlow Hatchery. Belleville, July 9.--During the past season there has heen distribut- ed from the Government hatchery in Thurlow, just east of this city, the following fry: White fish, 7,780,000; salmon trout, 6,600,000; pickerel 5,040,000; or a total of 134,300,000 f§ § TY. The whitefish fry were all distri- buted in the Bay of Quinte, the salmon trout in Lake Ontario, in the vicknity of Presquile and the Eastern near Amherst Island, and the pickerel in the vicinity of the Shan- nonville and Napanee Rivers. Since the hatchery started in 1914 'there have been distributed 'nearly a halt-billion fry. The catch of the 'Whitefish and herring last season was the largest In 'the history of the Bay of Quinte, fo THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM ---- Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. By an almost unanimous vote the House at Washington decided on im- mediate consideration of prohibition enforcement legislation. All attempts to settle the Berlin street car strike have proved futile. People are holding meetings in pro. test against its continuation. Jess Willard, dethroned heavy- weight champion of the world, is on his way to his lawrence, Kansas, home and permanent retirement from the ring. During the first days of September there will be a gathering of provin- cial premiers and ministers to con- fer with the Federal Government over matters of wide importance. Osca Bider; reputed the leading Swiss aviator, was killed in a fall from a height of 3,000 feet, near Zurich, Bider, was the chief pilot of the Swiss army. . It Is stated that the Germans pro- posed to the peace conference for a commission to exchange one eivilian workman for every two German pris- oners returned to Germany, Major George Hedley Basker, a re- turned soldier, with a fine war re- cord, which dates to the commenece- ment of hostilities, will prabably be the next governor of the Toronto jail, all 181 bills were introduced the late Session and of the number, approximately 150, including pri- vate bills, became law. No small num- ber of the measures enacted was a direct heritage of the war. MADE A GOOD HAUL $300 In Opium Hidden In Lemons Discovered. Denver, July 9.--~Opium hidden within lemons, which had been hol- lowed, was found in the possession of Leo Young and Ching"Chong Chi- nese, who were arrested in Rock Springs, Wyo., recently by Internal Revenue Agents H. B. Westover and H. V. Williamson and Town Marshal W. B. Harris. Inspectors Westover and Williamson returned to Denver Friday after attending the appear- ance of the two Chinese before the United States commissioner at Rock Springs. Chong was in the act of burying a number of the lemons when he was arrested. When questioned he replied that he was simply planting the lem- ong in his garden. The lemons found in 'his possession yielded $300 worth of smoking opium. Young was released under $1,000 'cash: bond. Chong stil} is being held in Rock Springs. MAKING $5 A DAY Gets $500,000 Bequest--Is to Cone tinne, Working. Chicago, July 9.--¥or ten years Frank Dady of Milwaukee has been tarring roofs, Last week he inherited $500,000 from his late father, Rob ert Dady, Waukegan millionaire, but he is going to contiiue decorating the tops of houses" just the same. "Pm happy and so is my wife, in our present mode of living, so why change? I'm going to stow the dough in a bank and let it stay there until I get tired working. Then we'll go to California and take life easy." Frank was "given the air" by his father ten years ago when pater and son quarreled. He went to Milwau- kee, married, and became a roofer. Since he has been making $5 a day. BASEBALL ON TUESDAY. / National League. New York, 8; St, Louis, 1. Boston, 9-3; Cincinnati, 2-4. Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, 4. Brooklyn, 2; Pittsburgh, 1. ! American League. Cleveland, 4; St. Louis, 2. International League. Binghamton, 6; Torohto, 4. Rochestor. 1; Buffalo. 6 inmings). Newark 11; Baltimore, 5. Reading, 8; Jersey City, 2. Crimea Clear of Bolsheviki. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, July 9.--Crimea has been entirely cleared of Bolsheviki, as the result of the advance . of General Denekine's troops west of the Dniepe River. The advance was over a front of seventy miles and deprived the Bolsheviki of their sole line of com-~ munication between their main for- ces and those in Crimea. (ten a LAST EDITION HE WOULD LIKE TO ENOW WHENCE HMI3 AUTHORITY. Senator Sherman Wishes to Know Why President "Made U.S. Sub- Ject to the League of Nations." Washington, July = 9.---After ar rangements were completed for the appearance of President Wilson be- fore the Senate to-day to present in open session the treaty with Ger- many, Senator Shermss, Republi- can, of Illinois, introduced a resolu tion asking the president by what authority he had undertaken "to impose upon the people of this coun try and to make its government suh- ject to the League of Nations. "A preamble," sald the senator, "with four other citizens have as sumed at the Paris conference to ra- present the U. 8. government' He asked that the constitutional an- thority for this and the other aots mentioned be cited. Under the rules the measure went over without action, SUICIDES NUMEROUS OF GERMAN OFFICERS (Canadian Press Despatch.) Geneva, July 9.--Sui- cides among German offi- cers are increasing alarm- ingly, especially in Prus- sia, where the number of suicides is very heavy since 'it became known that former Emperor Wil- liam was to be placed on trial by the Allies. Wives of officers are also report ed to be taking their own of social standing. x GIRL SHOOTS LAWYER. Ae-- "Gee, I'm Glad," She Said When She Heard He Died. Chicago, July 0.--8eventeen-yeur- old 'Margaret Selthamier was wait ing for Attorney Benjamin Bury Yen terday afternoon when he returned to his office at 106 North Lasalle street, Her half-sister, Marie Larson, divorced wife of 'George Hermes, was with her. "Well, what about it?" asked Mar- garet, Burr smiled indifferently. Before he could speak the girl drew a re- volver and opened, fire. Two bullets hit the lawyer, one in the neck and one in the buck above the hips. "For God's sake stop shooting, Margaret," he murmured, as he sank to the floor. She contifiued shooting until the six chambers of the revel ver had been emptied. The three were alone in the office. ) lives on account of the loss 1 o Stanley ¥. Suchana, machinist, working on the third floor, found - Margaret standing beside the 'body, the revolver still in her hand, Her half-sister was near her, f "1 wish there had been more bul- lets," said Margaret still alive. T meant to Patrolman Geo. Margaret under arrest an taken to St. Luke's Hospital, 2 garet and her half-sister were taken to the central station. Whils there word came that Burr had Mar- gdret was told of it, Wind rn glad of "He had 'coming threw me own' Subsequently the girl stury of alleged Py: told a long while he was obtain! by enim He ; 0% 280.