| 12 PAGES | The Daily British Whig YEAR 86; No. 186. | bi i Sth ti tc PAGES 112 Freire eh DISCUSSED HCH COST OF LING Whole Morning Session of U.C.M. Was Devoted to the Subject. (CONOMIC CAUSES TO BLAME HIS WAS OPINION OF MAYOR ELSON, ST, CATHARINES, Discussion Was Opened by W. D. Lighthall, K.C,, of Westmount Resolution Was Drafted and Wilk be Presented, The high cost of Hving receiXed he attention of the convention of the THE RUMANAN | PREMIER'S REPLY To Supremic Council Reported fo Be of a| Conciliatory Nature. THE RUMANAN OFFICERS AT BUDAPES F. TO HOLD A CON- RENCE. With the Allied Generals and to] Make Every Effort to Avoid Com-| plications. (Canadian Press Despatch.) | Paris, Aug. 13.--The replies of {Premier Bratiano of Rumania to the KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF THE LETOUR FAMILY FROM TOW-BARGE QUEBEC IN PORT COLBORNE EXPLOSION | Union of Canadian Municipalities On|, ,i0q of the supreme council of the | Nednesday morning. W. D., Light- all opened the discussion and blam- fd the advance in prices upon com- jinations which fixed selling prices {nd margins. To remedy this con- lition he suggested that there be figorous investigation of the margin it profit, the appointment of courts ind commissions and prevention of honopolies from exercising con- rol. Mayor Hardie, of Lethbridge, jointed out the very dangerous cons litiohs that were daveloping in West- fran Canada and he too urged the in« festigation of the causes for the high fost of living by experts. Ald. Grant, of Calgary, was of the {pinion that the government was try- hg to shift the onus of investigation ipon the municipalities and he con- lemns this practice. On the other hand Mayor Elson, $f .8t. Catharines, pointed out that he advance in prices was due to fconomic causes, He showed that he reduction in production with the yvithdrawal of millions of men from productive to destruptive pursuits turing the war resulted in an advance if prices which could only be reduced fy production and thrift on the part 3f every citizen of Canada. He urged fhat individuals, the municipalities ind the press should educate the peo- ple and make them realize that only fy conservation and development yould the prices of commodities he bwered. Ald. Kyle pointed out that food was golng to waste in cold storage Hlants and that this practice should le stopped. Hon. Mr. McKay added hat the facts upon which the Cost of Living Commissioner makes his re- ports should be brought to the at- fention of the provincial attorney renerals who could prosecute if ne essary, Mayor: Harold Fisher, of Ottawa, tgreed with the remarks of Mayor Ison, but believed that there should e investigation into the activities It certain big corporations. 2 Mayor Hardie, of Lethbridge, vished to go on record as being in hvor of the continuance of the tariff lespite allegations that it was re- ponsizle tor some of the raising of Cominon, of Westmount, fought the Government should pen- alike those who wasted foodstuffs md Dr. M. C. Costello; of Calgary, was of the opinion that the federal government should shoulder the bur- en of analyzing and remedying the {igh cost of living. Mrs. John Macgilliveay, of Kings- bn, also pointed out the losses of bod in the cold storage plants and tgreed with Ald. Cominon that pro- luction was useless unless this prac- lice was stopped. Sa ; A resolution was introduced call- ng upon the Government to investl- te and remedy the existing condi- ins, but it was not put to the vote. he meeting was adjourned at half it twelve and a photograph was ken on the steps. On Wednesday ifternoon the delegates were guests if Mayor Newman and the City Coun- i.at a trip down the river through e Thousand Islands. " P . From Delegates Many of the delegates to the con- toh Bi ae Valen of Saadian u were agreeably sur when they perused the "Big. + Kingston Edition" of the British hig with its wealth of facts and figures about the Limestone City. A Jumber of them took the opportunity congratulate the Whig's represen- tative at. thet meetings with the en-| A E 0 i his paper and declared ast it was particularly - opportune nat it should have been printed dur- ng their stay in the eity, Most of men are preserving coples of it d are taking it back to their home wns from coast to coast to show) 8 initiative of the British Whig he way the splendid facilities of the | © Mity were advertised. The executive of Britain's rendum on political den Chis is another triumph for Feorge. of : STEAMER ENGLEWOOD 3 HIT A 4 {Canadian Press De ®° Dover, Eng, Aug. ¥Ainarican steamer 'Struck a mine in the 'MBE the Thames river, | peace conference, concerning the ac- | tivity of Rumanian troops in Hun-| | gary, have reached Paris and were ian delegation, able, members of the Rumanian dele- gation say they are of a conciliatory | nature, { It is said that Premier Bratiano | has instructed the Rumanian officers at Budapest to hold 2a immediate] conference with Allied generals | there and to make every effort to! avold complications, It was not| known to-day when the notes would be presented to the supreme coun- cil. The supreme coungil of the peace conference held no meeting to-day. It discussed the Thracian question yesterday. Premier Clemenceau will leave! Paris to-night for Vendee to spend | a week's vacation. His place as head of the council 'will be taken by For- eign Minister Pichon. NEW YORK GREETING. To the Prince of Wales on His Visit to (Canadian Press Despiich) New York, Aug. 13.--Several New York papers in leading editorials join in welcoming with their cousins to the north, ithe Prince of Wales upon his arrival on the soil of North Asn erica. The Sun says: "Americans will Join with their cousins to the north to ~day in welcoming the heir to the British throne, not because he is Prince of Wales, but because he re- presents officially and most conspicu- ously a nation which through the dark days battled determinedly for freedom, for justice and for right." The World recalls the visit of the prince's grandfather in 1860, declar- ing that the American welcome to the present royal visitor as a comrade of a nation closely connected in wor will be none less the warm. The Herald hopes that in future the prince may look back on his tour of Ameri : as one of the greatest events of his life. BASEBALL TUESDAY. International Newark .. ..6-1 Toronto Buffalo .. ..7-3 Baltimore .. Jersey City . ..7 Rochester, -4 2-0 6 National League. New York ... 2 Brooklyn American o St. Louis... ,.10 Boston .. .... Detroit .. ....9 Philadelphia .. Cleveland .. ..2 New York Memorial To Soldiers. Trenton, Aug. 13.-~The Governor Simcoe Chapter of the Imperial Or- der of the Daughters of the Empire held a special meeting at the home of their regent, Mrs, George A. 'White, at which it was resolved to erect a memorial to the men who ey ee 8 6 1 reen have fallen in the great war. memorial is to take the form of stone pillars forming the entrance to Gov- ernor Simcoe Park, which was pre- sented to the town by the 1.0.D.E. 9 A ---------------------- Gen, von Falkenhayn, former Ger- Ro. Gorman Dewspapers. that ne. se. newspapers that he as- sumes responsibility for the decisions and commands of former Emperor Willlam from tember, 1914, to August, 19186, declares he has no in- tention whatever of voluntarily plac: ing himaslt at the disposal of the | being decided to-day by the Ruman-| ¢ While the full and] exact texts of the notes are not avail-| in arms, an envoy in the Frienaship ; aims as in language and in history,} Reading ...15-9 Binghamton 7-18) The| wo | | GANGWAY COLLAPSED CAUSING FATALITIES (Canadian Press Despatch.) Quebec, Aug. 13.---Two men are dead, two are dying, eigh- teen others are suffering injur- ies while many received minor casualties as the result of the collapse of a gangway at Cham- plain dry docks at Lauzon yes- terday evening, Appeal For Allied Ald. Washington, Aug, 13.--Appeals for continued military and financial sup- port have been sent to the Allied gov- ernments and United States by the provisional government of the north- ern region of Russia at Archangel. The appeals sald inevitable disaster would follow the withdrawal of Al- Hed aid. A Convention Needed, Toronto, Aug. 12---Ldeut.-Col. A. C. Pratt, M.P.P., says: "lamstrongly of opinion that we should immedia- tely have a great Conservative con- Jyention in Ontario, not only to sel- ect a leader, but In order that we may place the Conservative party in the forefront with a progressive pro- gram a8 in the days of Sir James Whitney. dy Tt de To Sdn . 1] } | i t i | ~ VISCOUNT GREY Wiho 'retired from the head of the British foreign office in 1916, has temporarily acce the post of am- bassador to the ted States, President Wilson on Tuesday asked the U.S. Congress for authority to use the secret service in running down 'profiteers and food hoarders and for an appropriation of $175,000 for the rk. ; a The hospital ship Araguaya will ar- rive at Portland, Me., about Aug. 19th, with sixty-five officers, twen- ty-three n sisters and six hun- dred and seventy-five men of the Can- adian army, = : : Jminate a 'can {| litical field, to Mr. | nnique honor of bein || pure farmers' candidate. The photo to {ne left is of FARMERS NAME CANDIDATE IN NORTH RENFREW R. M. Warren, of Wilberforce, First Candidate of Farmers' Party In That Riding. Anite. Pembroke, Aug. 18.---~The farmers' convention held on y in the town Hall was 3 ! : purpose of the Hiding of North Rent: Dn the inter- ess © e. new politi party, the United Farmers of Ontario, at the next provincial election. About 126 delegates from all parts of the riding attended, and balloting took place about two o'clock. Five names came before the convention as candidates; they were George Biggs, | of Alice township; Willlam Headrick. of Westmeath; W. J. Connolly, of f Cobden ;W. R. Kirk, of Forrester's Falls, and R. M. Warren, of Wilber- fore 8. Two ballots were taken, and on e second Mr, Warren was declared elected, having secured over half of the 122 vots polled. ' As this is the | first effort of the farmers of Renfrew county as a united party in the po- arren falls the the first simon- Windsor May Coal. Windsor, Aug. 18.~--If mine own- ers permit coal companies to sell 5,000 tons of anthracite coal to Wina- sor the city may purchase ten cars at $11.95 a ton, according to word received ay by Mayor Win- ter. The or, however, will not rely on a ble supply of fuel from ouside companies, but has asked local dealers and the gas company to supply him with information re- Sarge their ability to sell tuel to domestic consumers during the cold months. L Btion was to no-. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1919 Ni § ba DINNER. the Letour ALLIES SUPPORT RUMANIK'S ACT A Yolte Face in the ~Ktitnde Towards Ey : ---- a IN HUNGARY AND SHOULD: GET GOOD RESULTS. It Is Hoped That Events in Hungary Can Now Be Shaped Satisfactorily --~Assurance of Order. Paris, Aug. 13.--There is some- thing approaching a volte-face in the Supreme Council's attitude to- wards the Budapest situation. Where- as heretofore they appeared to be a tendency to support the action of the Aled agents on the spot im ne gotiating with the Hungarian par- ties represented by the short-lived Peidll Government and In 'ignoring, or actually opposing, the Rumanions, it now looks as if the council had realized that the latter are the real masters of the situation and that co- operation with them is the only pos- sible policy. The council's face has been saved by the Rumanian assertion that the note forbidding them to occupy Buda- pest was not received until the oc cupation was au fait accompli. Thus the appearance of open defiance on the Rumanian part is removed and it is felt here that to avoid further loss of prestige and understanding with the Rumanians is necessary. The latter, having got what they wanted, in the shape of full revenge for unprovoked attacks by Bela ot Buns army, are disposed to make concessions to the sentiment of the Supreme Council, and it is hoped that events in Hungary can now be shap- 'ed satisfactorily, : Assurance Of Order. Even in British circles, whieh we: formerly stgongly opposed to the manians and Where there. wa qr --< family, who especially aa, WIFE OF CAPTAIN AND FIVE CHILDREN ESCAPE CERTAIN DEATH WHILE HAVING BlQ SCREEN STARS IN DAMAGE SUIT Shubert's Company Brings Ac- tion For Conspiracy for $500, - New York, Aug. 13.--Suits for $600,000 for damages alleged to have resulted from the strike called by the Actors' Equity Association, were filed by the inter Garden Campany (the Shuberts) in the Unit ed States district court here against nearly 800 of the country's most prominent stage and screen stars. The complaint which charges the ac- tors with conspiracy follows the ge- neral line of the famous Danbury Hatters case in which the hatters, members of a Labor union, were sued successfully for $220,000, and many of the workmen lost their homes through attachments to. satisfy the judgments. The screen stars were named as defendants, it was explained, on pre- cedent set in the Danbury hatters case, where it was held by the court the individual members of a Labor organization are responsible for the acts of its officers, although the members may have no connection with the case at issue. Among actors named as defend- ants were: Sam. Bernard, Eddie Foy, Francis X. Bushman, Richard Carle, Douglas Fairbanks, William Court- enay, Wm. 8. Hart, Laurette Taylor, J. Forbes Robertson, Cyril Maude, Robert Edeson, Blanche Ring, Wm. Farnum, Dustin Farnum, Elsie Fer- guson, Trixie Friganza, De Wolf Hopper, Wilton Lackaye, Frank M¢- Intyre, Andrew Mack, J. Hartley Manners, Robert Mantell, Alla Nazi- mova, Guy Bates Post, Tyrone Pow- ers, Julius Tannen, Fred. Stone, Otis Skinner, Julius Sanderson, Julian Eiltinge, Lio Ditrichstein and Wil- liam B. Mack, "While Arrest. (Canadian Press Despatch) Port McNicol, Aug. 13.----In resist- ing arrest, Wheelsman Hervieux of the steamer Athabasca was shot and killed yesterday morning by Consta- ble Flareuy. Boost 13.~Commencing yesterday, local milk vendors charged thirteen cents quart, an increase of one cent. cost to pro- fucens is given Brockville Milkmen Brockville, Aug. » Ce -- ee The Prince of Wales John's, Nfid., Tuesday 5 through an erowd two miles of city streets over which decorated arches had been erected. pho we ep uesomaiptann. . i osed on the tow-barge| Pennington, where the family took up a temporary home after the disaster in which ten! were killed last Saturday. To the right, arrow points lo the kitchen, in which Mrs. Letour and| the children were having dinner, and in front arrow shows a piece of the cornice of the ele- vator, weighing at least half a ton, under which one of the killed was found. view shows the vessel Quebec, as it lies on the bottom of the bay to the west of the elevator, where il was towed following the disaster, The hull is filled with debris anc. grain. The lower] 'as the osuse of the ST EDITION. ena WILL CONTINUE INON POLY This Is the Undoubled Purpose of Prime Minister Borden. INSTALLATION OF TOUME MAKES SECOND STEP IN CABI« NET RECONSTRUCTION. Ottawa Minimizes the Probability of a Tory Party Convention--No Age rangement Yet For Kingston Bye." Election. g $ Ottawa, Aug. 13.--The swearing in, Tuesday of Hon. 8. F. Tolmie, as Minister of Agriculture, in place of Hon. T. A, Crerar, marks the second step in a» very gradual process of car binet readjustment. Sir Henry Dray ton 'was recently installed to take the place of Sir Thomas White, but no appointment {3 yet ready for the. New Brunswick . rep: ative fr cated by Hon. F. B, Carvell. Sir Robert Borden is about to = leave for St. John and while there he will have an opportunity of giving ear to his friends and tollowers as to the selection which should be made to fill the vacancy. oh Sir Douglas Hazen was first m tioned for the position and he came up to Ottawa, being followed by 8. F. Elkin, M.P,, for St. John city. One question to be determined is whether the new Minister will be a Liberal or a Conservative Unionist. There are some local considera- tions which enter into the situation and these will be taken up by the Premier when be is down east, wel. / coming the Prince. Such other changes in the cabinet as are contemplated, are likely to come one &t a time, and it is pos- sible that part of them may be de- Istred until 'after the coming ses- on. : It Is undoubtedly the purpose of the Prime Minister to continue the principle of union and the leadership selection made by the national Lib- eral party, as well as the general character of the gathering, are such | as not to place any great obstacle in the way. : faba he There Las Déen a movement, noi ably in Ontarde, for a Conservative party convention, and if this should be accomplished, its effect might be ---- His immediate pred landed at 8t.