PAGES 14 YEAR 86: NO. 162 GRAVE CHARGE OF CRUELTES Wiicted on Korean Christians A Made Against the Japanese DRIVEN INTO ~ CHURCHES TORTURED AND FINALLY BURN- ED TO DEATH. Respectable Women Sabjected Shameful Indignities -- American Missionaries Arvested, Charged With Plotting. Despatch.) (Can dian Press New York, July 12.--~Grave charges against the Japanese of eruelties and indignities inflicted on Korean Christians and imprisoned American missionaries are made 16- day in @ report of special American investigators which was published from the headquarters of the Pres- hyterian church in America heres. This investigation followed the news received here of the arrest of Am- erican missionaries on charges of alding in plotting against Japan rule in Korea. The report of the investigators tells of Korean christians being driven by Japanese gendarmes into the churches at the point of the bayonet, there to be tortured and finally burned to death when the churches were set afire. Respec- table women, the report says, were subjected to shameful indignities. and in one part of the country ware not safe in their homes and fled to the hills. Men suspected of revolu- tionary ideas were subjected to cruelly and in many cases fats] methods of examination. These at- rocities were largely confined to the northern provinces, MAKE DEMAND FOR MUNICIPAL MARKETS To Elim Profits of Mid- dle y and Lower Cost bs of Living. oo (Canadian Press Dedpaten) . & Denver; Col.. July 12.-- With the declaration that the high cost of liv. ing, high cost of dying, high cost of ; toe, wml high cost of ryth; is the paramount issue in 'the world to-day, the convention of 'the Br thood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers late yestér- day adopted a resolution urging the "immediate establishment of muniei- al markets and cold storage houses deal in necessities, and thereby to eliminate the profits of middlemen. The résolution attacked the big pack- ers, alleging control of food Pro. ducts, FIRST ELBOTROOUTION ------ Windsor, Vi, July 12 George F. Warner was electrocuted at the State prison here this morning for the murder of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry ¥, Wiggins, at Andover five years ago. It was the ' first use of electricity in the capital Punishment in the state. Previous 'executions have heen hy hanging. Two shocks of about 2000 vols each § administered, the first being © &lven just after the prisoner had Said, "Gentlemen, I am innocent of this crime. I do not know how it happened. Good bye all." er m------ | TREATING ALLOWED AGAIN, | THE WORLD'S TIDINGS to] IN CONDENSED FORM P------ Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. Morris Blood won the Albert match at Bisley for the fourth time. London Council passed a by-law granting the London Street Railway Permission to raise the fares. The Italian delegation to the peace conference has asked that Italy be given some concessions at Tein Tsin, "China. Capital punishment for food spe- culators was provided in a bill intro- duced in the French Chamber of De- puties Friday. : Reuters learns that the warship Renown escorted by two cruisers, will probably take thé Prince of Wales to Canada. Ope each, British, American and French warships have been ordered to Fiume, where disorders have been oceurring recently. Official ~~ documents ratifying the peace treaty reached Paris on Friday from Weimar, and are under exami~ natién by legal experts. X More than 100 'Government ships were tied up in New York harbor Friday, when union firemen, water tenders and oilers went on strike. Major John A. MacIntosh, DS.O., formerly second in command of the 18th Battalion 'has been given the appointment of postmaster at Galt. Traffic earnings on the Canadian Pacific Railway for the week ending July 7th were $3,120,000. For the corresponding weke last year the figures were $2,787,000. The government is being asked and the movement is securing in- fluential support to provide an ade- quate pension for the dependents of the late Major General Sir Adam Steeple. PENITENTIARY FACES MORE GRAVE CHARGES Convict Forced to Take Bit in Mouth at Stoney Mountain. mand for an investigation of the conditions at /Slony Mountain Peni- tentlary, is made in a letter sent to the Department of Justice by Ward Hollands, of a leading Winnipeg law- yer. This letter alleges, among other charges, that a convict was foréed to put a horse bit in his mouth and that the bit was pulled from behind until the convict's mouth was torn, that one of the convicts bears wound. from the teeth of a dog owned by the warden, and that convicts were punished until the prison doctor or- dered punishment abated. -------------- Enumerators Named. The Ontario governmen has ap- polnted these enumeritors to pre- pare the voters' lists for the refer- endum: Kingston--Capt. R, A, Bolton. Fromtenac-- Hawley Shannon, Sunbury. Addington--Major Alfred M. Bell, Moscow. Lanark South--James HE. jBurns. Smith's Falls. Leeds--W. B. Carroll, K.C., Gan- | anoque, Lenmox--@G. F. Ruttan, Napanee.* Brockville William Richardson, Brockville, a hvilie-- William 8. Johnston, P ott. Hastings East---George H. Stokes, Tweed. Hastings North----John West, Har- od, Ont. : Hastings West--W. H, Mathews, Trenton. Lanark South--James KE: Burns, Smith's Falls. ; Prince Bdward--Albert HB. Cab nan, Picton, Renfrew, South---Robert Walker Eady, Renfrew, Ne Brig.-Gen. Panet Here, 'Brigadier-General H. A. Panet, C. M.G., D.B.O., is the guest of C. Ber- mingham, Barrie street. He was in command of the R. C. H. A) here for four years before the war, and took over his brigade with the 1st Divi- sion in 1914. Winnipeg, July ¥2.--A formal de- |' At the end of 1916. | f Royal | T0 BE DRASTIC Closing of Stgrene Economic. Cound £nds Syste of Inter-Allid Buying. 10 REVIEW FOOD STOK AND NEW MATERIALS OF THR WHOLE WORLD, The British Government to Take No Chance of the Food Control Gets ting Beyond Control. London, July 12.--A drastic food rationing scheme will be_jssiied for. Great Britain soon the Daily News declared to-day. Such action by the Government would be taken for fear that the food situation was getting beyond control, the newspaper said. G. H. Roberts, Food Minister, is- sued a statement to-day announcing that the closing of the Supreme Economic Council this month would end the system of inter-allied buy- Hg. The formation of a perman- ent international body was contem- plated, hie said, to include the allies first and later the neutral countries, and possibly the central powers, The organization would review world's stock of food and raw ma- terials, with the' aim of regulating supplies and prices. Consultative bodies wonld bo located in London and New York. Roberts said even tually # might be made part of the League of Nations machinery, ------ il TRUCK GOES INTO RIVER. * And Two US. . Privates Are Drowned. {Canadian Press Despatoh) Alexandria, Towa, July 12.--Two 'officers and four privates were drowned and several others badly hurt wien an army truck plunged over a bridge into the Greater Hunt. Ng creek early this morning. Guess 'men were on their way to camp from leave 'when 'the driver lost 1 6 truck Jery was 0 'recently and tact with a live wire in f his brother, Ald. demobilized came home in advance of the com- manding officer. r : : BEEBE EPL ESP e Nd "TOO SLOW FOR US." ---Philadelphia Ledger. FOOD RATIONING HON. F Will be appoi Ontario next and Empife, tempt jg made to i Flavelle,' chairman leense board, when that with 'Saturday, of peace many contemplating Guelph, July ers' Association, is per pound than th K ¥ AUTO AND Florence, Maly, Enrico Caruso, th SEES Te g 13 They « were th by during the vila is Td mn. £ apart as the day for day. He says the price of wool t year will ayerage about 13 cents less 8 average price year. The ending of the war is responsible for this. nited, I fall, a y : 2 Toronto, July 12---"H 'any at- ri-liquor into the province we shal certainly pro- seciite to test the matter." . This was the answer given by J. i) of the Ontario 'he was informed July 19th set the celebration people were already getting stocks 'of ig- uor from Montreal OF elsewhere. pm 'Wool Will Be Cheaper. 12.--Robt, secretary of the Ontario Sheep arsed. his in the city PEPPLIB EHSL be Dated CARUSO SINGS BADLY; WINE GONE July 12. e famous. ten- has lost thirty barrels of © and his automobile. ork committer outskirts ts of Fior- recent disord- on a steep hill other means of "lost Without my auto- Bi OL BAF And There Is No Imm:diate Prospect of THEARNY OF THE RANE HAS 206,000 AND IN FRANCE ARE There Are 44,000 British Soldiers In Britain's even now that Germany has signed the peace treaty, is shown by figures obtained from a thoroughly reliable KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 13, I!9, 100,000 BRITISH ONLY LIGHT EXPORTS FROM PORT OF QUEBEC Twelve Steamers Hare Loaded 2,242 us. eat; 2,000 Tons Flour, : Quebec, July 12.--From the port of Quebec since the opening of na- vigation to date the only exports have been wheat and flour. Since navigation Spened twelve steamers loaded 2,242705 bushels of wheat for overseas, and the ship- ments of flour consisted of 2,000 tons. The only steamer loading here at present is the Bayford, which is taking on about 235,000 bushels of wheat at the Quebec Harbor Com- missions grain elevators. When this 214,000, vessel is loaded, which will likely be to-morrow, there will remain in the Quebec etevators only about one-halt million bushels of wheat, though their loading capacity is $0,000 bus- hels per hour, Somewhat of a record was made on Tuesday in' loading the steamer Bayford, when 195,000 bushels of wheat were put into her hold in nine hours from but two belts. TROOPS IN FIED a Radical Reduction. the Black Sea Area--A Garrison of 21,000 In Mesopotamia, London, July 12.--The 'weight of military responsibilities, An iti source 'as to the numbers of British soldiers still abroad. There are at least 700,000, and there is no imme- diate prospect of a radicl reduction. The British army of the Rhine is approximately 206,000 strong, and 'behind it is the army in France and Flanders, numbering 214,000, which is engaged in clearing up the old bat- tiefields, salving stores and provid- ing communications tor the Rhine army, Moreover, in the event of any trouble with Germany, it would act 4s a reserve for the army of occu pation, Then in Italy there are still 11,000 British troops, one battalion of which is the British contingent in' the international garrison at Fiume, In the area of the Black Sea, in addition to some Indian units, there THOSE U-BOAT DEMONS Have Joined Russian Reds--Escape From the Allies. Berlin, July 12.--Residents of Wilhelmshaven, the. former German submarine base, say may have to look a long time to find sone U-boat commanders whose de- livery is demanded. that the allies Nearly all of them have left Ger- many, they say, and the most inter- esting of their many entered the service of an Bast- ern power which joined in the de- mand for their surrender. Statements is that A large number of army officers, Supposed to be on the allies' black- Wade, are 44,000 British soldiers. Of this number, 22,000 are in the Caucasus, and are to 'be withdrawn soon, Egypt {and Palestine are 000 Britishers, of whom 10,000 are Anzacs, {cently been so prevalent in Egypt 'makes a large force there necessary, and Palestine, considering the unset- tled condition of Asia Minor, the enmity between the Kurds and the Armenians, the dissatisfaction of the Turks and the activity of Bolshevik propagandists, would he in anarchy, it is sald, if i were not for the Bri- tish regiments. The police work in Mesopotamia needs a British garrison of 21,000. FAMOUS DANSEUSE irene Castle Tremén Says nile cer, says this is so, hence it must be. In an interview yesterday, Mrs. Tre- man discussed dance, row-minded," she said, "the 'Shim- mie' and the 'Jazz' are both impro- per and awkward. that persons are improper, but the Jaze music appears to make them forget to really dance, and they aban- don themselves to thu unmusical rhy- thm and the unrefined looking re- sult is called the 'Shimmie' and the 'Jaze.' won't 'hurt dancing. will be a good thing for it: dance as well sober as théy do-wwell ~when they are not' months dancing rougher and rougher and there is nothing pretty in the modern move: ments, due to a return to favor of the waltz ~--the dance that can never he killed. It will live on forever; in one form or another. . but it will net die. A danced much better smuothly, properly and gracefully, The urge of the waltz is irresistible." Against Bela une Communist Gove list, are said to be in Russia. ------------------ CAT WALKED 99 MILES Got Rather Hungry So Staggered Along Home. Perth Amboy, N.J., July 12.-- Here is a tale of a cat who walked ninety-nine miles to return to his home, It is related by Irvin Yarnel, of this place. On the night of July 3rd, Yarnel said he took the cat in a satchel to Phoenixville, Pa., ninety-nine miles from Perth Amboy. When he got to his summer home there he found there wag no food for the cat. The latter disabpeared and showed up Thursday night at Yarnel's Perth Amboy home. [is feet were sore. are m= W.C. SCOTT, NPANEE, DEAD i [FORMERLY . SUPERINTENDENT Sir aes i E F BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. Ithaca, N.Y, July 13. The "Shim. Or. PELL | a is dead---long live the Waits. fone Chautaugun Club Ends «Suc is 0! "he wal ATR Clab a . Irene Castle Treman, famous dan: garrisoned by 96,- The unrest which has re- for similar reasons PUTS BAN ON JAZZ Shimmie and cert Tour----Property Transfers, (From Our Uwn Correspondent.) Napanee, 'July 13.--/The death oc- curred yesterday morning of W. C. Scott after three weeks' illness, De- ceased was one of the town's best citizens and never wearied of pro- moting anything for its interests. He was superintendent for the Bell Telephone Company for a number of years and only resigned a few years #go when his health deblined. He leaves, besides his widow, two sons and four daughters, Henry E. Scott, of Montreal, and Major Ralph Scott, Kingston; Edith, (Mme. G. BE. Coop- er of Toronto), Ethel (Mrs. Chris. Keane, of Chinook, a.), Carrie, (Mrs. J. A. English, Edmonton, Alta.), and Lucy (Mrs, . MeKin- non of Renfrew). They were all at his bedside with the exception of Mrs. English, who left here with her husband but a few weeks ago. The funeral took place on Saturday | morning. ; The Chatauqua club ended a very successful weak's lecture and concert tour on Friday night. Good speak- ers and practical and instructive top- ies were dwelt tipon and were enjoy: ed by all who were present. -In fact Pendens re they were 80 educative hat the « ACTION TO BE TAKEN club are engaged to come to Napanee A next year. the future of the "Without wishing to appear nar. 1 don't mean "It is certain the passing of Hquor It prota] Fo in recent as been growing "Personally, 1 believe that we are You seldom see it now year ago folk than now------ / ys leaving for Syractse, N.Y. They (Canadian Press Despatch.) Basle, Switzerland, July das etreet to Mrs. Lamphier of , Who will oceupy # as cessful Week's Lecture and Cons. LAST RDITION RIGHT TO GRANT DIVORCE DERE Is Conetod Upon Most Provincial So ee Couts. of Canad, ONLY ONTARIO WD QUEBE WILL NOT HAVE RIGHT OF OTH- ? ER PROVINCES; The Nickle Divorce Bill Will Likely Be Adopted at Next Session of Par. lament, Making Uniform Divorce Laws. * Ottawa, July 12.--The judgment of the Privy Council affirming the right of 'Manitoba and Saskatche- wan to provincial divorce courts ig held here to apply as well to the oth- er western provinces. In fact, British Columbia already has 'a divorce court, The situation in future will be that dn all of the provinces except Ontario and Quebec, the night to de- cree divorce will be conferred upon the Supreme : Courts, theugh the grounds of divorce in the various provinces will differ considerably. This fact, together with the fact that in Ontario and Quebec there ie no such jurisdiction, fucreases the probability of adoption at the 'next session of the Nickle Bill. for a ani torm divorce system applicable to all of the provinces and establish «0g uniform grounds. In practice, beforé the Senate di- vorce committee, infidelity has al- ways been the one essential cause for divorce, though there have been & lew exceptional cases where another ground was found sufficient, + The judgment of the Privy Coun- ¢il, however, would apply the Bri- lish law to the western Provinces and it is a much mora elastic provi- sion than has prevailed heretofore. Apart from infidelity other grounds are cruelly habitual drunkenness and desertion. By the court pro- Gedure the cost of divorce will "be greatly decreased and this fact, with the enlarged founds may cause the western provilices to run Reno a close" second as popular resorts for divorce, : NO FOUNDATION FOR GRANT REPORT No Provision in Estimates for yy - ak Ottawa, . July made at the Vancouver meeting of the comrades of the great war, that ibe Government has decided to make a' grant of $500,000 to Sir Arthur Currie, and a grant ef $40,000 and $20,000 each, to divisional and bri- gade commanders respectively are authoritatively stated here to be without foundation. When the est- mates were before Parliament, no auch provision was made. CANNERS' BUSINESS ' VERY SPECULATIVE -------- a Not Found Profits Un reasonable. Ottawa, July 12.Dr, W. T. Jack- man, Toronto University, who has. Deen conducting an investigation in- to the profits of the Dominion Can- ers, Limited will shortly report his findings to the Government, It is un-<. d found undue Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Demorest are | H have disposed of their home on Dun- ordered 12.-- Statements