| PAGES |-12 rte, aad KINGSTON, "ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1910. 7 #T EDITION. ng of Former, Avenues Brings Do- minion into fer Own. SF ST. LAWRENCE ROUTE | OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING HEAVY SHIPMENTS IN FALL. Part of the Golden West's Crop Will Reach the Ultimate Consumer Through American Territory-- Canada Can Handle Her Own Wheat, "Chicago, July 31.--A cablegram 'received here announces the arrival at Liverpool of the Lake Granby, a steel steanfer build here, and the shipping board's first vessel carrying cargo from Chicago overseas by way of the great Jakes, the St. Lawrence river and the Atlantic. Officials of the Great Lakés-St. Lawrence Tide- water Association are planning heavy shipments ovér that route this fall, Cansfia's Grain, Vinndpeg, July 24 Students of the grain industry see in the restriot- od" export facilities for this year's "production a distinct advantage for the industry on this side of the line. . No part of the crop will reach the ultimate consumer through American ~ - territory. Every bushel exported will Pass by rail and sail through the port of Mogren], The huge economic loss sustained by the Canadian grain trade in past years sixty to _ Beventy per cent. of all exports half of the way to the water by foreign boats and railroads and across the ocean almost wholly in alien bottoms has handicapped the agrarfan inter- ests on the prairies. The port of Buf- falo received nine-tenths of the Cana- dian grain in other years because of its elevator facilities and the source of thé Erie canal. ~ s This year American sources of ex< port are closed to Canadian grain and there are miany men interested in the Canadian industry who rejoice that #t is so. The United States closed its facilities largely on selfish Eraurds hate products required the . Mmited tonnage at the disposal of . 33 ipa Bh Sam ov must find ! Wh. 8 ing in her own har- hariie. IF through. the Wow sad at ! aly "the 'west . at 4 the head of Canadlan lake navigation are confident she can do this. If she . does it this year, nex. year when the American elevator, road interests find it advantageous io restore the old relation they will find the Canadian trade has found . mew channels, controlled by domestic interests, and t American trade ~ will be forced toWinderstand that it has lost foriall time the ridh toll it exacted for two decades from the Canadian industry. Spiel Man Who Mnows. Pred Young is, perhaps, the best suthority on moving Canada's grain to tide water. In the early days he x canal and rail- |y 'two weeks of heavy rains all over IN CONDENSED FORM From All Over Told| in a Pointed and Pithy | Way. Sir William Peterson with Lady | Peterson has sailed for England on | the $8. Melita. The military have taken charge of the electric light and gas plants in the city of Athens; Greece. The steamer Regina, with Canadi- an soldiérd and dependents, docked at nine o'clock on: Wednesday. Judge bson, former Ulblkties Commissioner .of Manitoba, is to he chairman of new board of commerce, Tarnopol, in Easter' Galacia, in the district in dispute between the Ukfaindahe and Poles,' Nas been tak- en by Polish troops. : The Japanese Commissfon will make make a statement in a few days making public the oral agreement oni the Shantung matter. The Allied Commission has finish- ed its work with reference to the ter- ritories Germany must evacuate on the easéern boundary. King George will unveil the Car tier Memorial at ntreal by press- ing an electric button at Balmoral Caatle, Scotland, on Sept, 6th. The Canadian National Railways have absorbed the Hudson Bay Rail- way, which is destined to lose its iden- tity, in the Government system. Guy Tombs, backbone of Canga- dian Northern Railway and Steam- ship organizations "in Montreal for the last eighteen years is leaving the Government railways. Edward V. Murphy for sixty years official reponter of the United States Senate at Washington, D.C., died in that city «ni Monday. He had many friends and relatives in Canada, Ukrainian Red troops have cap- tured Konstantinograd, forty miles south-east of Poltava. The Poles oc- cupied Tarnapol. In the region of Pskov, the Bolsheviki are rapidly re- tiring under pressure. Petitions protesting against the proposed deportation of men held in Stony Mountain Penitentiary with- out firet granting them fair and op- en jury trial are now being circulat- ed in Ottawa and are being signed. Troops were moved into Yorkshire mining district to protect the navy men engaged in pumping operations in the mines, The troops will be kept out of sight as much as possible. The police are responsible for the protec- tion of citizens. Montreal's letter-carniers may go on sirike in a few days, Monday at the latest, if their demands for an immediate increase in the amount of cash they receive from the Federal powers for their services are mot met. THE WORLD'S TIDINGS | | HUNGARIANS ARE OVER THE RIVER THEISS Tt Tl Te Were Blown Up. Despatch.) 24. --~Skirmishing continues between ¢he Rumanians and Hungarians. The latter have crossed the wiver Theiss, at points between Tokai, 110 miles north east of Buda Pest, and Csongrad, 75 miles south east of Buda Pest. The piver being low, the Hungasians used rafts as bridges have been blown up. The Hungarian soviet feels the necessity of keeping its army busy. For a long time it hesitated in mak- {ng an attack anticipating that this action would lead ito a general coun- tor offensive against the soviet. (Canadian Press Vienna, July SERIOUS FLOOD LOSS. "Garden" of States Is Sodden With Untimely Rains. Baltimore, Md., 'July 24.-- Nearly PREMIER TELLS OF GERMAN STATE impossible For Nation to Pay Eightecn Hundred Milion Pounds. MUST PUNISH EX-KAISER WILL RECEIVE TRIAL OF HIGH- EST BRITISH TRADITIONS. The Allies Had Great Confidence in the British ILaw--=The Way Ger« many Can Get Money to Pay In- demnity Is by Selling Her Goods Outside. London, July 24.--In the House of Commons on the second reading of the peace treaty, Premier Lloyd- George replied to his critics. His recent announcement that the former German emperor would be tried before & tribunal in London had created much discussion, and several members, including Lord Robert Cecil, expressed doubts as to the advisability of the trial being held in London. The selection of a neutral country for this purpose, it has been contended; would have been better. The premier, in answer to this, said: "What right have we to assume that any neutral country could desire to be the scene of stich a trial? The Allles have sufficient confidence in this country that whoever comes here for trial will receive a trial equal to the highest traditions of the British nation and there are none higher in the world, "It war is to be abolished it must be treated, not as fy honorable game with the prospect of personal glory, but as a crime. That is why we de- cided that the author of this war should be tried." Germany Couldn't Pay. Dealing with an amendment mov- ed by Horatio W. Bottomley, Inde- pendent for South Hackney, regret- ting that Germany had not been re- quired to enter into binding obliga tions to pey the whole cost of the war, the premier gave data respect ing the demands of the treaty on this' subject, and pointed out that the very first clause was a tion by Germamy 'of her bility to defray the whole he asked, was there the remotest chances of exa 5 The 000,000. The sinking fund Germany would have to provide was £1,800, 000,000 yearly. How could she pay that? "It is useless to talk about Germany's © waterways," continued Lloyd-George. 'You can't cash wa- terways at the Bank of England. It 48 useless to talk about roan soll. You can only talk about the produce you can get outside of Ger- many and get the cash for. Qer- many has lost three-quarters of her iron ore, one-third of her coal de- [Wit posits, between six and seven mil Hons of her population, and all her colonies, Nobody could think that she would be able to pay eighteen hundred millions even if all were still in her possession." - ¥ ) READY FOR SETTLEMENT. * ; cost. But, |! total cost to the Allies was £30,000, herst in 1915 and com most pant of crews of the Kaiser theme [6 But Not Upon the Terms of the Gov- | ernment. y's FEDERAL MERCHANT FLEET OF FORTY-SEVEN STEAMERS. Seven Are Now in Commission, and Thirteen More Are to He Ready This Year---Ships Now Ordered All Suitable For Atlantic Grain Trade. Ottawa, July 24.---8even Canadian Government cargo vessels are now in commission, and thirteen more are expected to be ready for sea this year. The. construction this year under the Governmer i's ship building programme will amount to some 100,000 tons. By Cctober, 1820; it is belleved, this initf:] programme will be completed ang 'forty-five ships of an aggregate tor aage of 300,000 will be in operation in connection with the Canadian National Raliways through the Canadian mercantile marine. It is expected that all the ships of this fleet will be required for trade on the North and South Atlantic. That being so, additienal! vessels will be needed for the development of trade on the Pacifie, especially since the Canadian National Railway reaches that ocean at Vancouver, and the Grand Trunk Pacific now practically a portion of the Government system, at Prince Rupert. SAVED LAD'S LIFE. Brockville Girl Made Brave Rescue at Grassmere, - Brockville, July 24.--The life of Williamm Smith, aged - eight, New York, was saved by Miss Mary Spai- dal, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, D. M. Spaidal, Brogkville, wha i8 summer- ing at Grassmere, near Gananoque. The Smith boy, who has been staying at Gressmere with his parents, was playing on thé Wharf when he fell into the river. Before his predica- ment was noticed, he had gone down for the second time. Miss Spaidal, hearing his cries, without hesitation jumped in with her clothes on and brought him safely to land. SPSS ERDAS de PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS * ALMOST HIDES SUN, # > Rio de Janeiro, July 24. -- This city and vicinity are suf- fering from a plague of locusts Clouds of locusts from the south swept in on the town massed in such dense swarms that in some placeg they almost % obscured the sun. Damage to # the crops and to vegetation in + general in the interior is feared. PEPE PPP EL TS FPeP Eee dr ad HUN eeANER COIR G HOME. mle Wilhelm der Grosse and other Ger- man ships captured on the high seas. Between three amd four 'hundred prisoners remain dn the internment camp, Including the Austrian and Bulgarian captives. v At Cob military police, armed h "| and: sawed-off shotguns, put down a strike of Ger- man workmen in less than two hours the had wall out. Laurier on "fed the sum of $10,000,000 to _ {muinion Government -has admit 41 been 0 DECDE OUR NAVAL POLLEY Legsiaton Is Expected at Next: Regular Session of Patameat T0 TALK OVER HE SSUES WITH MIRAL JELLICO DUR- ING HIS VISIT HERE. When It Is Expected Concrete Cons clusions Will Be Reached and a Policy Determined Upon Which Will Be Considered in 1920. ADMIRAL JELLICOE Ottawa, July 24.--Naval matters fre likely to engage the attention of ParMament to some extent at the next regular sittteg..of the House, which will open during bi winter months. Some time ag Admiral Jellicoe was named by the Imperial Government to confer with the Gov- ernments of the Overseas Dominions as to the best policy for them to adopt in the light of what was re- vealed by the war. Admiral Jellicoe will: be a visitor to ie Dominion this autumn, when fhe matter of af- ter-the-war 'naval/development will be discussed with him. It is not likely that any concrete comelusions will be arrived at in time for 'the . | announcement by the Government of a permanent naval policy at the spe~ cial autumn session to be convened early in October, but it is regarded as more than likely that legislation dealing with the matter will be in- troduced. 8 winter session. There is little disposition to spec- ulate here as to what the permgpent naval but in view of the demonstration during the war of the ability of mod- ern submarine craft to operate at great distance from their home bases, it is thought that provision will. have to "bs made for an ade quate system of coast defence. -e GWA, WANTS BONUS. Motion For Same Treatnlent as Civil Servants. +8t. John, NJB., July 24---At a meeting of the G.W.V.A_ a notice of the following motion was given for two weeks hence: Whereas the Do- tted or 1 has approp for thls payment of a bonus to the employees of the civil service for the ving: and policy of the Dominion will be, | iat] provide current r to assist those employ- ses in medting the Increased cost of to civil servants dur-}* OFFICER ARRESTED ON LOOTING CHARGE 'Colonel Is Said to ave Pillaged In Old Macedonia. Salonika. July 24.--Col. Asmanoff, former chief of staff of the Bulgar. ian tenth division, was ordered ar- rested yesterddy by the miwister of war, charged with complicity in al- leged pillaging and other crimes dur- ing the Bulgarian invasion of Mace- donia, according to the Athens News Agency. . The arrest followed the: seizure of what was said to be a memorandum by a high Bulgarian official, dealing with a number of incidents that 'oec- curred under authority of the Bul- garian military. A number of other officers were said to be involved in the charges. General 'Bourmoff, former com- mandant of the tenth division, is said to have declared during a ju- dical examivation that "this affair should be rather a credit to Bulgaria, but in any case nothing was done except execute the orders of General Salpff, the generalissimo at that time, and of General Loukoff, commander of the second army and chief of the general staff." HOW THE AMERICANS SUFFERED IN RUSSIA Casualty List Shows 307 Dead, 304 Wounded and Nineteen Prisoners. Washington, July 24.--Casualties among the American troops in Rus- sia to date total 307 dead,304 wound- ed, and nineteen prisoners, of whom fourteen are listed as "released" and one died while a prisoner. Final neports on - the Archangel expedition, now officially closed, show total deaths to have been 189, wounded 287, and missing in ac- tion, 28. The Vladivostok forces from Aug. 13th, 1918, to July 8th, 19819, had reported 90 dead, 17 wounded and { none missing. TO MAKE LAWS FOR GOVERNING: OF LABOR This Is What the National As- { + sembly of Germany Will i Undertake to { (Canadian Press Despateh) | Welmaee, July 24.--In addressing the National Assembly to-day, Cus- tave Adolph Bureau, premier, al juding to the recent strikes warned the country against hasty revolution | FARM HELP SENT OUT, Farmers Have Preference For Re- turned be no shortage of 'harvest help in Ria Brovince provided reasonably are. offered, tho at pres ent thers ape man orders for men in he employment offices, INDIANS EXTENDING EFFORTS. Will Have Large Crops of Wheat and Oats. x Ottawa, July 24.---Marked pro- 3 being made in agriculture ' [the SERIOUS BLAZE ON' PRINCESS ST Broke Out in Maisons Photograph Gallery. FROM AN UNKNOWN LSE THE PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY WAS BADLY GUTTED, Stock 'of A. E. Treadgold Was Dam. aged by Water--Shoe Shine Parlor Also Flooded With Water. One of Kingston's business blocks came within an 'ace of being wiped out by fifé early on Thursday morn- ing. The firemen had a stubborn fight to keep the blaze from spread ing, and succeeded in their efforts. The blaze started from some uns known cause in the photograph gal- lery of C. BE: Marrison, 92 Princess street. The gallery was gutted, and water coming down to the stores be low, did extensive damage to the stock of A. B. Treadgold, sporting goods, and the shoe shine parlor next door was also flooded. The alarm was sent in to the firemen about three o'clock. A citizen passing along Princess street noticed the fire and sent in the alarm, Constable John Naylon also noticed #t, and sent in an alarm, the two calls being received about the same time. 'The fire broke out in a #tock room at the rear of the gallery, which is on the third floor. It made rapld progress, and when the firemen arrived was breaking through the roof and going strong. It was a stubborn blaze to fight and a hot one too, but the men 'went at it for all they were worth, and in quick time had four streams at work and got it under control. - The firemen were on the job till six o'clock. There was Tuite 2 huvy Stack of goods in the TAD ory, "i valuable DARI including Very During the progress of the fire there was an explosion, caused, no goubt. by chamicals used ograph gallery. Capt. Cockade and Firemdn Brightman were on the Walrwey. at the time, and they were own down several steps, b seriously hurt. oh, uy oy The second floor was y s the : in keeping fire away from pant oF be bullding his r. Marrison and Mr. Treadgo could not say just what the asal would amount to on Thursday morn- ing. --- J belteved chat the total dam 'stock an Ming not total over-$6,000. i CME dgold- was called to the scene of the fire, and watched the work of the firemen, and, speaking to the Whig later on, had warm words of praise for the firemen and for the way they haadied the. blaze. €ot the fire under con- The build is owned EE ms te an ® en ha fires to contend ire hide eo last three are y known as the three "M's," as the fires Ocourred at Marshall's hardware, Muller's bi- graph Some person made Birk that the "'M" also stoed "ry Toss in th photograph gall & 3 i i FR te BEE Pl stock in Tre store Is coversd by issurance, but no insurance wax ssrvied bY the shoe shine parlor kept Chist Armstrong wad ag Co blaze shortly af 'clock Thursday b that fire had