i > 3} \ ' EAE ROSS SPEAKSTO G.WV.A i] Makes spirit i ' 11 i en had gone back obtaining eo 2 interest 2 Marked Impression Upon His War Comrades. OPMSEES THE DUTY in rising to move hearty vote of thanks to { Ross. for his able address,' ! he was proud have knowt ed Comrade Ro .algo as a so Canadian Gb ing better to kéep then pose cof deliv throughout Canad He caused stating, as a prejud that the putpit of St { dral was open to Comr 7% wished tod OF THE RETURNED MEN TO THEIR COUNTRY | me---- Declares That | They Should. Not Be Seoking Whit They Can Get But WHat They. an Give. Brig.-Gen. A. E.. Ross addressed -the- meeting of the G.W.V.A. on Mop- day evening and was given a hearty greeting. He stated that he was nowa demobilized civilian like the majc y Comrade R Crocker ( of members present. Gen. Ross ex-. in seconding Comrades pressed appreciation and thanks of | th in all seriousness all his good Kingston friends for thei Dp 1¥pe of man'to which. Comrade ET i a Or Rss belonged should be used bj JTecept on which had been accorded tha Government for th prom him. s | tion of such messages as he del In his opinion, the reputation &f| to this meeting. the Canadian soidier was improved A vote of th 48 time went on; that many actors |iastically car went to the making of this reputa-| tion, one being that the Canadian sol-| dler was also a"Canadian citizen. He | SEN TEL J : or En SENATOR EDW/ {AD 3 was a very good citizen, 'and, there- | R EDWARDS ADVICY fore, made a very good soldier, and HOW that demobilization is pracgical- bo: a x > ) the Bi actor, ly completed the very good soldier | ottawa hoy Big Tuex course would make a very good citizen. He | oe on cadres to - loyes at was well behaved and realized his | Rockland, Ont., during the celebra- responsible. : 3 Comrade Ross discussed the ques- tion of troubles of the Canadian sol- dier in England, and stated that in the matter of complaints he hid siso found, without exception, when Ca= nadian soldiers complain they bad reasonable reasons, and reasonable | quests to make, and such requests, | * he Wad found, were never very diffi-| cult to "fulfil, if personal interest was | taken in the matter. muc 1e he message. he nks was speech were as follows; "The war is over so far as the de- an he world will recover. But tainly not on the bagis on wh now operating. Now, what is € t i medy? None but the followir The - Canadian corps . sometimes | jahor, produce, economize s thought they were the 'whole thing" | In. due course and bef we in the Canadian Army, but that he | much older, the world will starve for had © personally visited, whilst in|hoth food and clothing, if France, othe Canadian units, and 1 conditions continue. ' gave great praise to the Vetermary! 'The former wealth of the world Corps, Xorestry Corps, Railway | was made by producing and trading, Troops, Butchery and Bakery com-|gnd the remedy for the present mdst panies, and other isolated Canadian | unfortunate condition cannot be units doing most excellent work, | complished by any othe eans scattered all over France; many of | further factors for the « \ such 'units being never mentioned | the world would be disarmament and and rarely, if ever, visited by a Cana~ | dan, until, the speaker found them | \ out, : ac- Two i ed and pit effect, -- | would prosper as never before, and Labor Battalion Employed. | the peace of the world would be When Ross left France, practically | guaranteed. every Canadian had left, with the ex- | . ception of a labor battaliod employ- | there are massed enormous fortunes ed on the Somme lifting isolated bo- | dies, and placing them in one large | distributed among cemstery situated between Courcelet- "most unhappy fallacy and delusion. te and Regina trench, known as the The property and labor of the world Regina cemetery. He hoped that into mankind, uing this unpleasant, but most ne-| cessary work. No work of this kind! fairs. isolated graves in grave danger of land confidence end credit are the .being lost track of. { mainspring and primary foundation the Rhine and the Swiss border; to tions. ' The present aspect With Regard to Reconstruction--La~ | tion of th; golder jubilee of the firm"® of W. C. Edwards and Co., Ltd, Sena- | tor W: C. Edwards gave some philo- | | sophic advice on the present unrest. | Some of 'the outstanding points in his are present. | iment of general prohibition, and if, in addi-| tion, woriN free trade were pro®faim- mankind "The unfortunate popular ideathat in money, that can and ought to be! is a constitute its wealth, and with abnor- | « some way would be found of ¢ontin-| mal cessation of labor; property cuts a very small figure in the world's af- | ected to start the rg at the Toron- had yet been commencr. at Paschen-|§ "Labor i§ the great factor in the © ©, arrived four minutes later. dale where very very many Canadian | production of the world's necessities, | of the ily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 - ¢ 26, 1919. l-ing of the Guelph Novitiate investi | o'clock with { | | asked Mr. Ferg | vestigation. | not proceed very far | witnesses and they were not.present | they not.c | Mr = THE KING'S PRIZE WINNER THIS YEAR WAS A' NEW ZEALANDER. The photo shows: Chairing Sergeant Loveday, a New Zealander, who won the King's prize with a total of 253 points at Bis ley meet. PAA lt SAA ti. Wt CANADIAN FLIER | FIRST TO LAND Sergt. C. B. Coombs Led on the First, Leg of Rac. | BATILED WITH THE GALE struction of humankind is concerned, | | { AMERICAN FLIERS COMPELLED | TO HALT AT ALBANY. Weather Conditions Hold Up Squad. | ron. Which Left Mineoly in Teeth of = Headwind--Will Take Of To-day. ; . | Mineola, N.Y., Aug. 28.~~The first of twelve planes which started from Toronto yestérday afternoon on | a round trip flight to Mineola in the | international air derby, landed here | last night at 7.11.0'clock. The plane, a PH-9 with 400 horsepower Liverty motors was piloted by Sergeant C. {B. Coombs. - Boland 'Rholf, famous American test pilot, who was the first flier to "hop off" at Toronto: despite the fact that he had previously suf- {fered a spill, when his. "Oriole" plane turfied turtle, landed at 7.18 o'clo¢kk, and Major R. M. Schroeder; another American flyer who -had el | y Flying in fr6m the north in a gale | that drove them ahead at great » Cardinal Taschereau. "The FE his visit. to of all industrial and business Ceera red, eleven Canadjan aviators con i ftaly and the Italian)/line, and men- tioned the great difference between the methods of warfare. in France and Italy; the British Army fighting ander ground, whilst the Italians tought away over the ground, the \over-ground method having certatdf great advantage, as it was possible * {n a short time to reach a nfost beau-, tifwl climate' in the valleys, where magnificent rest camps could be es- tablished, He stated that. visiting theses fronts made him proud to be a Canadian, as one could not help but realize that the brunt of .the whole fight in the war had fallen up-| on the British Army; no part of 'the line on any belligerent front being subjected to heavier perpetual shell- "4 ing than that 'held by the British. ___No Loiterers In Germany, The speaker asked the meeting not to imagine for one moment that the 'fight was over. He stated that whilst in Germany he was struck with the attitude of the German man in the street, Theres were no loiter ¢ €rs; everyone seemingly having a de- A finite object In view as a member of a nation. He mid that, the Germans have, at the present time, manufacs .tured articlps to sell that no other country po . Phey were handi- capped owing to the loss of their shipping, but in no other way were . conditions preatly AWuust them in the industrial xrontest. : In the British Empire there exists # class which had become suddenly rich. There exists a state of luxurious spending with no thought for the morrow, causing great dissatisfaction ® + amongst the ordinary working man. He had found labor leaders, most: _ sane and reasonable men, but these leaders had, to a great extent, lost control of the non-Anglo-Saxon ele- ment in. labor," snd it was felt that danger existed. He hoped the Ve terans would show a spirit of stead. fastness to the British Empire. H the British Empire does net i on "the commerce of the world others © will, and others will become feat on the battlefield: 2 " Personally he -had been datermin- ed on his return 10 Canada to 'down In péace and quietne with three meals" a day, and Sulticlent "fn the end, notwithstanding their de- clothing for warmth and 4 but! Quinns came out Of their he a. realizes that 3 deceney ook | 8, Sammon Arve for the returned man to do, and that it was up to him to put his shoulder to the Wheel. : a : 'He sounded a note of warning 'stating that the returned men should not be too: selfish. Those who have Realth dnd strength should not con- but rather to be loo tinually 'be after what Ferrio or san sivh Thai st interesis testinig in the seatist aerial race in world's affairs is all in the direction the Ristory of aerohamtigs, at moet Serious limitation of pro-| before 7 o'clock last night 0 aitiv a { 38 Rion and 3 ye, destruction - munieipal landing field at Bethka the wheels of production and coms} PATI. Every flier but one, who land- merce thus clogged there can be but |®d at Lake Lancaster, but uninjured, one outcome, namely, starvation." arrived' safely and four over night. ghted .on the remained : 3 CONTROL BUSINESS =~ | The squadron of planek from New { York 4n the' International contest | OF PACKING HOUSES | reached Albany late in the altima {taking off from Quentin Roosevelt y | Memorial Flying field. early this { morning. Buffeted by the strong wind, the Canadian "fliers reported hard pro- : | gress but all managed to fly straight Washington, Aug. 26.-- Declaring to the second forced stop on the long that steps are necessary to controljf FOUte of the 1,040 mile 'contest for the business of the five largest pack- | 310.000 in prizes offered by the ing companies, the: Federal Trades | Hotel Commodore. He Commission in a speoial report ee Fifty-four American and Cagadian President. Wilson, recommends that | 8Viators in various types of Ameri the operation: of 'refrigerator cars| 3%: English, French, Italian ang | and cars used for transportation of | CaPtured German planes were enter- | meat ardmals be declared a govérn-|°d In the race when the lists were ment monopoly. "It recommends closed. A number of the aviators el- Recommendation Made B Federal Trades Commission To President Wilson. (Canadian Press Despatch.) BRILLIANT BALL FOR PRINCE Duke and Duchess of Devonshire En- tertain. : Quebec, Aug. 26.--The Prince of Wales was the central figure at one of the most brilliant social functions that he will attend during his visit. It was the formal ball given by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in the Citadel and was attended by nearly 6500 representatives of the old- est families in" the Dominion. * The prince danced 'with Lady Rachael and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daugh- ters of the Duke and Duchess of De- vonshire, but to Miss Madeline Tas- chereau of the nobility, must go first honors for attracting royal favor. He pn NO AGREEMENT Miss Taschereau is a member of one of Quebec's, most distinguished fam-| ilies and a descendant of the late) It was Miss Taschereau's debut] and it proved to be a brilliant one for for her. She danced four timese and | sat out several others with the prince. | "I wish,'s the prince remarked to| her on one occasion, 'that for a lit-| | tle while 1 could do just as I would] liké. This business of being always] in a certain place at a certain time gets heavily on my nerves." { At this moment the duke appeared | demanded his presence elsewhere. | "Well, I'm jolly well off here, but! I suppose 1 will have to go," he re-| marked resignedly. The Duchess of Devonshire was the pringe's supper partner, "uo : HITS UNITED STATES The London Papers Emphasize Gravity of Situation-in Fall of Sterling. So London, Aug. 26.-The gravity of the situation arising from the fall of sterling in the United States, which has been the subject of articles in all sections of the press for days past, is emphasized again: Friday's slight improvement was regarded. as only temporary. - - The Daily Mail, which has con- stantly urged increased. production here as & remedy gives prominence to the contention that the position is equally as serious for - the United States as for Great Britain, as it Is imperilling American export trade. and opintoms of American bankers are cited in support of it. It is re- marked by the newspapers that Ame- rican exporters have plenty to sell and that there are plenty willing to buy, but they int out that unfor- tunately those willing" to. buy have not the hecessgry money. Mrs. Bean Is Dead. Cobourg, Aug. 26.---The last link in a former Consecon home ¢ircle has %n severed in the recent death at London of Mrs. Bean, widow. of, Dr. J. A. Bean of -Consecon, who was ) od to death in the destruction of use by fire on Aug. 8th, 1917. never fully recovered from included icing in station and other ti0-d4ay, but the vast majority of the facilities as well as .that the ca be acsuired by tht government and railroads thereafter be licensed to own and operate them. The dig packers, the report says, now own ninety per cent. of the refrigerator equipment in the country suitable for the transportation of fresh meat. Recommendations are made to cor- rect the present inequalities of ser- vice and rates, as well as to prevent the dangers of monopclistic advan- tage. i DELIBERATELY KILLED "HIS WIFE'S ANNOYER Tragedy Or a Montreal Street ----dohn-Quinn Shoots Roch ee = Ls (Canadian Press Despatch.) _ Montreal, Aug. 28,.--Yesterday in ibroad daylight at the corner of St. Alexander arid Jyror sirests, John oh Sesriem fa at police heady ma: confession. Quinn's wife had com- plained to htm that Sammon om ronto General, returning to Govern- been annoying by his, attentions. Late yesterday afternobn as the meat House at the end of the Ir. The Weather here is wo and cloudy: : : : boarding ; - house, Sammon "up in a; motor ¢ and is said to have called out, "You can't hide her, I know where she is." "Don't you get out of your car." re. plied Quinn, and 'seei Sammon about to disregard his order, he cov~ ered him with a revoiver and. fired, further that the property concerned | #¢ted to postpone their starts until despite the inclement weather, Contestants Arriving. (Canadian Press a 'Torento, Aug. ~28.--Contestants af the aerial derby race between New York and Toronio commenced to urrive om their return trip. this afternoon. At. the same time New York contestants from this end are arriving there. At présent the s _{no indication 'of the waner of § final contest. The weather is threatening, with blustery winds. ' r : (Canadian "Fress Despatch : Toronto, Aug. 2§.--The Prince of Wales and his pd spent this morning, until hailpast twelve, vis- iting the hospitals where the return- ed soldiers are under treatment tak- ing in St. Andrew's Hos- pital, Do . Orthopedic and To- heads and. $3,500 in dash, from a vault in the office of the Paymaster of the Boston & Albany railroad at the Sopth Station, Boston," was dis- £COVE Monday. Police authorities the bullet gol through the) wisd| hav clu : shield and eh Sammon's: cuter} hn ¥ Srrectors.. grqup began their 1,040 mile fight | Apet, 191%. 1s the Weather the of Wales | TPIS. "The theft of $100,000 in Liberty | which she received. Thelr hter, Margaret, died in Mrs. Bean before her marriage ta t in Niagara Falls and Clinton Collegiate institutes. After " her. marriage to Dr. Bean they restd- ed first at Ilderton and then moved tp Concecon. She js survived by bef parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. 'E. Ford Goderich, one brother, Arthur, In Ottawa, three sisters, Mrs. (Rev.) J. W. Scott; Port McNicoll, Mrs. R. D. P. Davidson, Cobourg, and Miss Jes- sip, at ho: Mrs. Willlam Holmes, ville, had the unusual ence of welcoming - her brother, mas A. Johnston, to her home -after mourn ing him ' Mr. Johnston had been in Mexico for thirty years. . General Denfkine, commandes of the anti-Bolshevik forces ia ,South- ern Russia, has captured Berislad on yThe late John W, AS WELL AS BRITAIN | which will be entirely THE COMPANY WANTS FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. > To. Be Included In the Price--Smith«| Chancellor, ers Says Treatment Will Be" Re. flected Upon Canadian Credit In Britain, : . @ttawa, Aug. 26. --It is understood thd the Government, the Grand Trunk project, has i mated an unwillingness to Improve to remind the prince that formality | pon its offer to the sharelolders, | cellor, and in the coprse of upon which the negotiations been conducted. Sir Alfred Smithers, chairman the British directors of the have . of Henry Drayton, but no agreement has been reached. Sir Alfred holds out for satisfactory to the hondholders and is under- stood to urge that whatever treat. 1 ment is accorded them will bd re- flected upon Cabaedian credit in Grea: Britain. The" Government's offer, stantially, Is a basis of sub- | sioners appointed to 'ton it. | the charges were read by the | that this was the case. ON GTR. YET | nesses would be defrayed. The ex- ot | he commissi rould Government Declines to Better ts Offer) £55, od t "ertain fies. materia! to the Directers. THE DEAL 1S DEADLOGIED dealing with | Theobald | com-! the war,' writes Prince von Buelow, | | pany, has been here and has Inter-| "serious psyshological, malls viewed Sir Robert Borden and Sir/®nd political mistakes were made perpetual! British Whig SUMMON WITNESSES TO GUELPH PROBE Novitiate Inquiry Opens at Ot- tawa--NMay Sit \n London, : GptarioN --The SESSION IS NOT Ottawa, Aug. rst hear- gation opened yesterday after eleven the entrance Jud Middieton and Chisholih AS Jt Is Locked Upon Merely As An n- demmity-Getler, ; and then® Commissioner . Mid on whether he ready to proceed at once with the in- -- n replied that tie was p regarded this ng. He could hout calling | BY FARMER, LABOR AND SOl- PIER "TROUBLE MAKERS" Government Afraid of Nec tieuins --Cannot Work Any Saw-Off§-- Fielding To Front Bench. $y | Jitawa, Aug. 26.---Nobody ap- pears {o take the coming fall session of Parliament seriou The gene i ral Tmpression is to be that just about as soon as the required period because he had been given no auth- ority to subpoena witne 8: Commissioner = $iddleton me voluntarily?" Mr. Ferguson Not netes Commissioner Middlet®n th that he would give authorily Ferguson to summon any who were my al and necessary Another question which arose, said Ferguson, was that of conduct money Tor the witnesses. Should pot| the Crown pay their expenses if they were summoned. The Chief Commis- sioner referred this question to Mr. Newcombe, who replied that he thought the Crown would be requir- led to pay the expenses, df any wit- | nesses who were material and neces sary. He wanted assurance, however, for the earning of the sessicnal io demnity has been decently passed the Government and memoers will turning their e) homeward. The ra- tincauon © Peace Treaty, which migat con y Cause controversy, will be largely a formal matter, and it 18 not expected thdt many changes will be proposed or any made. A f bill wiil introduced providing. lor the Ltamporary or permanent con- tinuation of a certain numper of war measur but of the exi War me res wi aie pecauss are not popuiar. Prohibition will like- «y be jutivduced again, but- the lace ot tie Wil is a foregone conclusion, and the reiptroductions of a bill which failed to pass the Senate last session is largely political. It is possible that a new member of Public Works may be- appointed | to succeed Hon. ¥. B: Carvell, but be Mr. Ferguson stated that both Stir | Sam Hughes and Mr. Palmer had un- | derstood from the Prime Minister that the expenses of necessary wit- es most penses, he sald; would not be very, sit In to the case were produced.There was | one witness, a Mr. Burroughes, who he might have to summon, at present in Vancouver. T . he { the Government's Cabinet reconstruc- SANS HOLLWEG DESIRED PEACE tion program has proceeded as far i i? {as it is going to proceed for the pre- sent. The return of' Sir George Ler- ley to Camada led to the rumor ypro- pably quite well-founded at the time) that Sir George Ioster would ceed to the position of High|Comm.s« sioner, Apart from the fact that Lady Faster is seriously ill, it is now be- lieved the Government in the circumstances, does nol desire to further Cabinet vacancies.' At one ¢I the most acute periods in Imperial and trade relations, S¥ George Perley is now holidaying around Ottawa, and there is no Can- adian High Commnjissioner in London. _ Von Buelow Says Former Chancel lor Lacked Political Art. Berlin, Aug. 26 Prince. Bern- hard von Buelow, former German has in a rather belated manner entered the list of those mak- | ing reservations concerning the out- | break of thie war by writing a letter {to the Fremdenblatt of Hamburg, re- garding the statement made by Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, Chancellor in 1914, declaring the war wag inevitable. The Prince von: Bue. low sketches his long gareer as Chan-| the let-| | ter admits that peace\was gesired by | |Dr. Bethmann-Hollwkg, who, he | | says, however, 'flacked political art." | "During the grave weeks before suc- at credle any The "Trouble-makers." : An endeavor is being made to se- ee Da acclamation tor' "Hon. Dr. | Germany's political leaders, which | Victoria. 'Success may crown thal en- | were unjustly ascribed to the peo-| deavor. But Sir Henry Drayton, Mi- |ple's responsibility." 4 | nister of Finance, has as yet no : - | place through which to' reach the | - | Commons, 'and cannot possibly be in : the House when it reopens, The day {Found Between Rails Near Tunnel | of the "saw-off" is apparently past, ,at Norman, Ont. 4 ) Kenora, Ont., Aug. 28.--Wasyl| tor the uncontested return of a Min- | Rodolisky, a Galician, was murder-| jsier even in the safest" constituen- | od Sunday mtorning on the Capadian|cy Neither party can. bind the farm- | Pacific Railway track west of thelers' organization, the Labor.or the ! tunnel at Norman by some party un-| Great Wag Veterans' movements, and Known. He was shot through' thelthe candidate "of both parties will heart at close range and fell between | have to fight every inch of their way epi GALICIAN MURDERED. TREN SERIOUSLY. : Tit REAR BOTHERED A be | @panrt from that, it is believed that - Toimie, Minister of Agriculture, in and no party can arrange and mors The sakie Joint is made, elsewhere, | future. ~ n 7 o of Chester-¢ as dead for. almost four] rental, 'all obligatio i s 1 ons hE on being Se the rails. His vest and shirt were e shareholders being al- torn open and a belt, which his lowed an a ; unt équal to average friends stats contained about $800 dividends when dividefids were paid. in bills, was removed. The company would have the valua- tion take the count, not only of pres-| ent, but pptential conditions of the BOMBARDED THE CITY. Thirty Vessels Were Used in Work ; on Odessa. » (Canadian Press Despatch) The Government is not di e Gove isposed to London, Aug. 26.--A Bolshevik government wireless message from better its offér in view of the obliga- tian it would have to assume and the! yjoscow, to-day, admits the Allies earning power of the system." "That! occupied Odessa after thirty vessels is about where the negotiations stand bombarded the city I dass. at present and the oute s | The despatch. also says lhe Bolshe 3 er 8 ome fs by no| vik troops are advancing on the ie | Russian north-western front in the 20 | direction of Pskov. 3 erin tems 7 MOTORIST WAS INJURED. MELTED AS IT FELL. Car Turned Double Somersault Into Ditch, * Brockville, Aug. 26.--Anautomo- bile ca ng four men turned a gdouble sgmersanit intb a deep ditch near the Lyn road subway on Satur- day night. Clifford Billings, one of tlie occupants, is in the hospital, sey- erely cut about the head and legs ana also suffering from internal injurfes. The car took, the diteh in rounding a el curve at the foot of the hill. The Cause of Brutalities. other men 'in the car escaped injury.|. Toronto, Aug. 26.-- Speaking on EL n------------------ the referendum at St. Clair Methodist chureh on Sunday mbrning, Rev. Dr. ' Louis Barber said and wine An Early Downfall Took Place Tuesday Morning. (Canadian Press Despatch) % Hornell, N.Y., Aug. 26--Thé edrifest snowfall ever Jocarded at this int, which is fiftgen miles an of Buffalo, occurred this moraing, when in the bright sun- shine a light snow fell for five min- utes, melting as it fell TO INTRODUCE PRINCE. ke and Duchess of I"wburghe Go- to U8. of the conduct of the Germéns In . ing jum. Under the influence of London, Aug. 3€..The. Daily Gra- a ik, the Germans had com. I> hat the Duke and Duchess| ited the atrocities. which had ; to New| onoeked the world in 1914, he said. the| Dr, Barber claimed that there were 'ovér thirty institutions in Germany dealing with victims of the traffic. "You ran't build a democracy on =! the character ¢f criminals or insane ,'* sald the doctor. "We must it anything that prevents us from doing our hest to bulld a Christian democracy. "Are we going to back down over the precipice from which we thought we had es- caped?" hh aE attorney, "lett Sind 000 El to York h A L000, Yale university. : ' 1 =" Previously acknowledged R. J Carson 5. ... 10.00 Smith Elliott 5.00 above the heart. was dead when | nominkted to An smbulanes arrived from ax hos | Finclal election pltat es 4 3 ---- 1a lst of the sub er - : Want War Gratuities. ¥ Toronto, Aug.. 26 Money grants las wir gratuities and er, Fado 'allowances on & scale equal to that 'granted by the Federal Government to C. BE. FP. men who only reached England, ale sought by the mecha: nics who left Canada during 1915 tb engage In war and munition work in "Britain. . L : ; + An orgsnizatiop of these workers JM. QGerdoa Lwin ii Louis Abramson 00 | branches In other cities t 'the Dominion, and headquarters in uver, -B.C., where an active to securg the demands em- Botts ont Sdoriea platform is on | were responsible for the beastliness | 001 has been formed in Toronto, with in future. The trouble appears to be | that neither party desires to lock horns with such organizations, espec- { {ally with that of the farmers. | Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. will { not be in the House when it re-opens. | But he can afford to walt, and there is much organization outside to which hie can turn his-atfentien DD. | D. McKenzie will carry on the duties | of House Leader and Hon. Ww. 5 | Field #_ this session be 'down Re ot benches to { fend his aid: He will also attend the { councils of the party. ; | Altogether politics at the Capital are in a 'condition of almost com- | plete staghation, #®d even orders in council have gone out of fashion. NEWS IN BULLETIN. { The Canadian aviator Coombs was first to land at 7.15 Monday uight in ithe Toronto-New York aerial race. The steamer Chaudiere has gone ashore at Bermuda, striking on the rocks. © All the passengers are safe. Many thousands of workmen will {be discharged from British govera- {ment ship yards on account of the order from the Government stopping all building. American troops cannot be sent tg Silesia unless an crder from Wash- ington is given, was the decision the American delegation made yesterday at Paris, A number of changes in the pro- vincial govermment of Quebec wera announced Monday. Sir Lomer Gouin still retains the office of Prime Minister. ~ The rumor that former Premier ed in London. © Immediately 'after the receipt & the inter-allied felegram from the sent in his resignation. It is believed at Marfa, Texas, from information received at Ameri- ean headyuarters, that the leader of . the Mexican bandits has Ween shot Wilsoft's Raflroad Proposition. (Canadian Press Despatoh) . Washingten, Aug. 28 --FPresideat Wilson has pfesented a proposition to the rallrodds to Increase the men four cents an' hour on the basis of ten hours for eight hours work, ¢om- {mencing May 4th last. 5 Asquith world make an early return... :.. . into, politics Is not generally believ- Supremes Couneil, Aruaduxe Joseph .