A= YEAR 86: No, 181. hig pL VOTING <fOR A LEADER Fig Graham, 0] And Mackenzie Ae fhe_Fai Favorites. LARGE VOTE FOR. FIELDING ' NOW EXPECTED FROM "THE QUEBEC DELEGATES, The Result May Be Known Early This Evening--Hon. Sidney Fisher ; Moves Resolution for Encourage. ment of Agriculture. 3 (Canadian Press Despatch) ¢ Ottawa, Aug. 7.--Unless there are some complimentary 'nominations, the contest for the Liberal leadership will He bétween Messrs. Fielding, Graham, Mackenzie King and D. D. McKenzie. The convention is seeth- ing with excitement over thu leader- ship race; and while the four candi- dates aro all expected to poll a heavy vole, tnere is absolute lack of cer- tainty as to who is"most likely to he the winner. "Nie rumor of last night that Mr. Fielding might retire, ow- ing to opposition to his candidature from a considerable section of the Quebec delegation, has not material ed, and it is authoritatively stated this morning, Mr. Fielding will be nominated, One of his supporters from Quebec stated this morning that Mr. Fielding would get a large yote % | PAGES 1-12 LAST EDITION. LOSS OF LIFE BY BIG BOATS COMING TOGETHER (Canadian Press Despatch) Halifax, Aug. 7--~--Twen- ty-five people may have lost their lives in a collision, whieh oecurred during the night between the steamer Warwiteh, bound for North Sydney from 'Wabana, Newfoundland, and the schooner Gallia, from Con- cape, France, with St. Pier- re as her destination. It is believed the accident was very close to St. Pierre and was due to heavy fogs, which have been hanging off the eoast for several days. Nothing definite 'is known of the loss of life hesides the names of seven survivors, which indicate that the schooner, with probably. thirty persons abodrd, sank, and the sur- vivors were rescued by the Warwitch. ' BREACH OF PROMISE CASE Jilted Girl Asks $100,000 Because of Ridicule New York, Aug.'7.---Herman Otto Boehme, a manufacturer of electrical supplies, was arrested and nameg defendant in a breach of promise suit for $100,000 damages brought by Miss Eifriede Arntz, a former gov- erness for the children of Dr. Edward 8. Cowles, of No. 15 Hast 48th street. Boehmeé was taken into custody at ¢ «from that Province. It ig expected there will bb between his office, No. 241 Lafayette street. He is said to have told the officers that he was to have sailed for Ger- even and twelve hundred delegates ~ present with the right to vote. After the fourth ballot without result, the lowest candidate will be dropped. Even if as many as five ballots are required to elect a new liberal lead- er, the convention managers are i hopeful that the result will be known | by seven or eight o'clock this even- ing. Arrangements for taking and counting the vote and for announc- ing 'the result are very complete. The different provincial delegations met at two o'clock this afternoon in their committee rooms, where ballot books were distributed. bégins at 3.30 o'clock. Ht is pos- 'sible that one candidate may receive a majority of the votes cast on the second or third ballot, in which case the result will he Rwy aL a som, ly ur. re is, 4 Eire bility that seven: Baiots be 'necessary, four with ail can / Balloting® of [sive tefichers unless salaries were in- - lereased, village many tomorrow. Miss Arntz, according to the papers, filed with the warrant, alleges that Boehme promised to marry her on Nov. 28, 1918, and that he was at- tentive to her up until the middle of last mont ed in another girl when he became interest- As a result of Boehme's failure to marry her, the plaintiff. says, she has been ill, and unable to perform her work, and has been harrassed and made subject friends. to the ridicule of PAY TEACHERS LIVING WAGES Michigan Sehosl Board Fearing Lack Applications Detroit, Mich Aug. T~--Apprehen- |& fest there be shortage of school and rural schoal dé: in Wayne county have an- | practicing law in Ottawa. HUNGARY CABINET ya IS OVERTHROWN STOOR MARKETS. Quotations . Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 237 Bagot WOMEN AT THE NATIONAL LIBERAL CONVENTION. Left to right: Mrs. R. W. Ball, St. Thomas, Ont.; Mrs. Brown, Owen Sound, Ont.; Miss Mary McNulty, Ottawa, who graduated at Osgoode Hall, and Toronto, last year, and is now THE LIBERAL TARE POLIS Fraser of New Glasgow, proposing drastic taxation of incomes, business profits and estatcs had been ruled out of order. The tariff resolution as adopted &ets forth that the interests of Canada demand substantial re- ductions in customs taxation. with the object of diminishing very high cost of living which presses so severely on masses, By provinces the delegates attend- ing are divided as follows: Prinee Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Saskatchewan Alberta . British Columbia Total ,... REFUSED BURIAL IN JEWISH prot Cemetery Board in Austria Ex- cludes Remains of Com= munist. Vienna, Aug. 7.--The board of management at the Jewish Cemetery at Wieher Neustadt, lower Austria, Lhas refused to allow -the burial in [that cemetery of the body of Tibér Szamuely, the Hungarian Commun- ist leader, who was shot and killed as he was trying to cross the Aus- trian frontier," The reason given by the chief official of the board was as follows: '"The Mosaic law contains no pro- vision against the burial of murder- ers in consecrated ground, but Moses knew that murder was foreign to the nature of the Jéws, and therefore passed no ordinance. I assume that that Jew with his own hand mur- dered forty men at least. Therefore, I forbid the burial." The body was taken to the fron- tier town of Sauerbrunn, near which Szamuelz died, for burial. OBJECTS TO USURPATION. Of Provincial Rights By the Domin- ion Government, (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Aug. 7.~--In his speech supporting the autonomy resolution Hartley Dewart protested against any usurpation by the Dominion govern ment, Ontario, he said, had again to fight the battle of responsible gov-~ ernmént. Those who had been ap- pointed to govern simply on one is- sue were abusing their powers and enacting legislation they had no man- date to.'But Ontario was getting rid one by one of its middle men, There was one, he said, who after having plundered one party was endeavor- ing to bamboozle the other, and then said: "Let 'us have no party. strife but Halts ot beh Sanure ae waive o INDIGNANT OVER BIG FOOD COST Bish Pubic Wams Government of To Bless Paes Ae ure, {' WARTIME RULE IS URGED A i JRN m0 TRICE REGULA- TION OF PRICES. Is the Widespread Demand--Famine Prices Allowed te Prevail--Trou- ble is Anticipated Next Winter, London, Aug. 7.--The food riots in Italy and agitations elsewheré on the continent are focusing attemtion on the continued increase in the prices of food and clothing' in this country, Public feeling, judged by protesting letters to the press and the talk one bears in restatirants and private houses, is mounting to the point of extreme indignation. Newspapers are devoting much space to the subject and warning the government that, unless it takes av- tion to curb profiteering, trouble may be expected next winter, The government's recent announcement that its present modified food con- trol would . be continued at. least through the winter does not appear to have appeased the public, and the demand is widely made for a return to the strict wartime regulations. There is great discontent amoung small householders. One writes to a London paper complaining of higher prices demanded for eggs, milk and fruit and declaring that those who buy and sell seem to have gone mad in their "get-rich-quick" craze, and their impertinence in what they charge the public is something gross." The same writer, discussing the "extortions on clothing," quotes the announcement made in the House of Commons the other day that the high price of woolen garments is not due to short supplies or government charges, and that the stocks of wool in this country are the greatest ever known. 4 "If that is so," the writer com- ments, "Why are all woolen goods at famine prices, and why does a man's suit oe clothes cost anything from eight to eighteen guineas ($40 to $90)? Why is the profiteering al- lowed?" The. Ministry of Munitions official. ne, made the announcement Tegan d- of res. Neha os Tas Ext aM | A ' N DISORDER RESULTED x WHEN THE OOUP D'ETAT WAS CARRIED OUT. Anaconda o . veuses betliienem, Steel ... Rumanian. Troops Enter Business) [nt Nickle Section of Budapest, and Seize! Rep. Steel ,..ii..¢ Supplies to Ship Into Rumania. |U: 3. Steel 1 (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Aug. 7--The Peace Confer- ence was advised to-day that the Hungarian cabinét, headed by Jules Peidll, had been, overthrown, and Archduke Joseph : had, established 'a proved within the past few days, The minis! Bu ty in ndapest. Advices to six unions represented at the Cana- be | dian Docomotive works are divided over the guestion of accepting the company's terms. The Tachinista "names on the. three eliminating the what is expected 1s that the candidates will drop out early in the contest and the final vote be reached _ on the third or fourth ballot. Encouragement of Agricult; At the opening of the convention this morning, a resolution was mov- ed by Hon. Sidney Fisher, favoring Shcourasament of agriculture. Mr. 8s resolution p! the use of national credit to provide capi- ui for agriculture at the lowest pos- sible rates, a great extension of gov- ernment elevators and cold storage ts and cold storage transportation lities, and = distribution of fer- mn by the government at lowest possible cost, and the adaptation of Jorge on banking system to issuing D on land and live stock. © A resolution affirming the faith of the 'Liberals in the reciprocity pact d expressing the hope that it wil 5 not repealed by the a rnment gave Hon, W. 8, Fielding "first opportunity of being heard the delegates to the convention. ls got as good a reception, as was carded to the other candidates for eadership, who all spoke last [r. Fielding asserted that in 1911, 1 ves ad well as Liberals that improved relations with ne Stutss ud he a good Cana t the reciprocity was defeated for poli rea- He had too much respect tor Borden to think that the would be a good try but, the then leader of tion had been So empted, ' Biba the aid of ad, so large that nok Bt ot be Pe for oh el divine right of governmen i We must | woolen 6 eV - ho. on come to the doctrine that the people 3 should goyern and the watehword of WOU OPEN = OPEN 'THE DOORS party €hwsuld be "Fight on' on the same aggressive and pro- TO PARM PRODUCE, MACHINERY, OILS, AND LUMBER 1 doutied substantial advances in pay to take effect' when schools re-open 'in September. Where salaries for} merly ranged from $40 to $110, they have been increased to $60 to $130, Others range from 3100 to $125 ad month. The agitation in newspapers has had a great deal to do with increases in both rural and village schools. 2 Svaile it does not look as if there would be any serious shortage of teachers this fall, there may be some trouble experienced in getting teach- ors for certain of the more remote rural schools which have not 'easy access to electric car lines og to a railroad. Bl i at, goods lay Betweén the man who i a the cloth and the dealer. 'He said the government was-consid- . ering action to prevent profiteering. nai To a Court. : (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 7.~--8ir Auckland ha Geddes, minister of construction, an« country be developed. nounced yonterday 40 the House of -- Commons sit a8 & committe env Paving in Belleville quiring into the high cost of living Belleville, - Aug. 7.~--Construction | that ft proposed to establish by cen: by-laws have been passed to have| ipa] guthority a court to deal with ° six streets with asphaltic 'concrete, profilearing. He was asked whether at an estimated cost of one hundred would be made to make thousand dollars. . A tor disgotge, and his reply was ~ that question of prospective action is now under consideration. A tribunal to be suitable would have power to inflict punishment of six months im- prisonment and a fine of $1,000. The 4 n | Commons would not adfourn until ka said that there was some power in Troops at midnight Wednesday ' charged with. bayonets and dispersed hand of its Government to deal with a large crowd outside St. George's | Pp Hall, Liverpool, Eng. Marine Pra « X. Cia innvasan Reading . Southern Pac Union Pacitic Am. Loc gressive lines that Sir Wilfrid Laur- fer would have supported--fight 'on for the good and for the rights of the people, fight on that honesty might reign and the resources of the A Compulsory Eight--Have Day a Feature of the Report of the Reso "lutions Committee, Ottawa, Aug. 7.-At the National Liberal Convention meeting yesterday afternoon the Resolutions Commiftee presented the following tariff resolu-| = tion: EWS LLETI That the best interests of Canada i NEWS In. SU . demand that, at an early date, sub- stantial reductions of the burdens of customs taxation be made with a view velo the accomplishing of two purposes of the highest importance; Bragilianm ..... uve Can; Steamship: .. * Situation Not Jmproved. The labor 'situation has not im- HAD THE DRUG MANIA & Negro Addicts Claim They Got Habit at School x Windsor, Aug. T.--Victims of the drug habit who have been crossing from Detroit to Windsor to procure} hine, cocaine and other unlaw- 1 drugs, are now. finding it more difficult to get into this cou least twenty of them having bee voted' to go hack to work. stopped at the ferry dock within the etdll 1 : % mn --_ 2 past "couple of weeks and ordered : "President: Wilson issued a formal ck to Detroit. A peculiar circum- ement day might sayi that 'the "frank ent" made by stance in connection with the depor- ¥ tations is that the majority of the Viscount Uchida as to Japan's policy "'ought to serve Mespagen to the conference regard- cabinet drug users are n ng ! edd wai hd Sons be mu bout hie guestion So ¥ 5 -@t > First--Dimi Diminishing the v h 'cost of living which Drevees to igh 'rely on"the masses of the people. Becond-----Reducing the cost of the instruments of production in the in- dustries on the natural re- sources of the Dominion, the vigor- 'ous development of which is essential to the progress and prosperity of our country. : hone] n order ges Tteelt fet ty pied on 2 ied Li of the elections to pnt nora i boilermakers. and blacksmiths The Supreme Council notified Ru- mania through her representatives in Paris that she must live up to the arjpistice terms. It is being urged in London that the embargo which the government placed on Canadian cattle be remov- ed, The railway shopmen strike is still - | Spepading. in the United States and it now estimated that 275,000 men are out. HIGH PRICES OF SHOES. ------ Are Due to Profitts That Are Un. 'Washington, Aug. Toren high amid Be ha habit, they sald + while attendin, The a eomiion authorities are taking advantage of the new immi- gration regulations barring illiter- egroes, principally Betwosn the ages of 13 and 30. They stated. that 'at nbers of