No. 205° 1 CONTINGENCY OF LABOR RULE Arthur Henderson, M.P., Puts Up a Condition to Laborites. ONCONSTIT MUST NOT BE USED IN THE LAB- : OR WORLD, UTIONAL MEANS i Two Outstanding Subjects to Go Bex fore the . Glasgow of Trade Unions--One Likely Settled The Statement of the Leader of the Labor Party. Congress y Canadian -Press 1 . + London, Sept, ! of resolutions which tod trades unions, Monday, there wil tng subjects which of the liveliest debate labor gatherings in They are Nationalization of industries like coal mines and railways and the pol fey of "direct action' or employmer of the to enforce demands new virtually certain that the poli of *'direct- action," will be it was originally advocate pell the government to scription, withdraw from t military enterprise, liber tious objectors ahd abstain from em ploying troops in industrial upheav- The has promised these At day's meeting of she triple alllance ot railway ers, and miners, a majority 5 s8CO Among will be submit- bafore the Glasgow congress of which will open next 1 be two outstand- have topics at all months 3 recent + national strike litical as a 'weapon I i com- abe 1 ¢con- ¢ Russian te conscien als. government already reforms yes work- of the shopmen supported a pro- employees, transport railway posal to post tion of direct action, Arth Labor mdéns haracteri leader of ' the House of Com London last night Henderson « t as "a wise and com- decision." He the 'workers tain the strike purposes, society mendable admitted must retail rig to indus better for rial until organized, he must not * a bad substituting action for which are Henderson 'ro is but declared example .constitutional wevided they hed 8 0' orgenized labor form a government asked -them- selves whether, that case, they would allow' a minority in opposition «0 labors' programme for social and economic betterment to 'defeat that polley unconstitutional means." FIVE VESSELS SUSPECTED OF CARRYING ARMS Belfast, Sept. 5.--The steam- they 'set by measures Mr to. "'e sald the possibility being called to by ' er Hampshire, suspected of hav- Ing arms aboard, is unloading under military guard at Balti- more, Cork, Naval patrols are very active in the Irish Sea, and four other ships have been seized on suspicion of gun-run- ning and escorted into Cork for niinute search of their car goes, It is stated that intelligence officers are satisfled that gun- running is. - being attempted Theowners of the Hampshire deny any knowledge of arms and munitions, and cannot conceive THE WORLD'S TIDINGS : IN CONDENSED FORM Bsns. Tidings From All. Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. nent is issu- loan im nadian offi- on the ealrir for $4.7 Th i unalterable i ite for the a "fifth internati bomb wa ii Pasha Pp. 1e lection, the postpone question of taking action The supre Sir George Clark sign Office present me , tha n direct me cour of th to the the desires of go to Run the nd to ary 1 alley passe nis d hom born : years ago pone a vote on the ques-- THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION Is Very Much Iiproved jn ( Britain. lian Fre Sept ituation in Great Britain af ent"moment appears far than a few m mths ago weng threats of a comple of labor reat ('ana London, industria the pres- less wher te up Since the gettlement of: t} Yorkshire strike there has been n froublé of any great magnitude though small strikes in various in dustrial centres are still frequent sand tramway workers are threat ing a national walk-out if -a wage advance not granted. Generally, however, the unrest throughout the country has been lessened since the ministerial revelation of the nation's grave financial bosition, which rte--have hada moderating in Influential labor leaders have their utmost to impr the of the imperative need of s the industrial output and, more the government has promised earl legistation providing for a forty-eight hour. week and a minimum wage for all industries. Mueh will now depend on the coming winter, which may bring a serious advance in the cost of, living. grave is fiu peeding np over ee eee ARREST FARMER WHO RAN DOWN T. MORGAN Ernest Nesbitt, of Beckwith Twp., Driver of Auto That { Injured Toll Gate Keeper. Ottawa, Sept. 5. aged twenty-four ye irnest TS, a Nesbitt, farmer ot the téwnship of Beckwith. in Lanark heavy ice crop are prophesied by the| County, was placed under arrest, and d relea but ent 1 to aily British ' | PAGES [-/4 BB epg b a] | 1 big KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER One of the street market scenes in London, England. ICE STARTLE A WEDDING PARTY COTO NOW "seam OR CRAWL HE Sag ™=258: THE POL wedd- ed into ion ial olice Evader. Quebd sept Burnham, of Paterboro, IS Ready Accept the Cha lenge. HE WILL RESIGN AT ONCE TO RETAIN POWER HE AS BREAKING alleg Bouchard ng.te the charge the military po- t call, and -yes from is over GARDS FAITH. - w-- He Won't Act As Protest | Against the Continuance of the New Union- ist Party in Power Without Going to the People First, afe War believing ion now was nat the married : military were tipped ted at the groom's home i y-makers of a rural wedding he f ¢ ( dan ¥ Ottawa, Se M.P to the despatch se pt. 5 } A out eigh of were ab ty people at them were who started but i 1 ion the in posse > permit for Bouchard with bride until Satur when he will réport at the dis- trict jail at Fraserville, Que., for sen- tence for Peterboro, has ms O08 nt la night fro e city in which it the old Bg his resignation § was stated 1 . which that a tition was. be I requesting circulated fron because of aken the his his having t benches of his seat in the cross| to stay House of Commons. | 48%, He has wired Peterboro people as follows: ' te ~ raphic despatch states petition is circulating Pet erboro 'for my retirement, owing my going to the ben protest of the continuance of th Unionist party in power w go- ing to the people first. Since I regard ft is a breach of faith with those who voted for unionism while war jel kt woman and a yeuth when the police entered the A fainted that a n house. to! in new ! Cross DAWSON BARS CLOSE No Hilarious Farewell to John Bar- leycorn, awson, Y.T,, Sept. ars passed ut of existence here ai midnight Monday. There was no hi ar.ly as expected, to celdbrate passing of Juan Barlévcorn sual spot, and not a single booked at police headquarters sday morning. out the 1 b ioner there backing whereupon ¢ my seat and appeal to the people to it now or crawl." ied sign Go charge | Public | WILSON FEARS NEW WORLD WAR Unless the Peace Treaty is Ratified By the United States. IE LEAGUE OF NATIONS THE ONLY SAFEGUARD AGAINST WAR, HE DECLARES. | | Treaty is a Magna Charta of Labor-- | Arguments Against the Treaty Are { Based on Misunderstanding. -A made Colum effort bus, Ohio, Sept. § new at ynquest will be by some nation, as soon as the effects of Uniess i i are overcome, 1 Treaty, including i | | | sc tt Tast League of Nations, is ratified by the I | ! € war e Peace 16 nited States, President Wilson told the people of Columbus yesterday in the first speech of his ratification campaign. "The League of Nations is the only safeguard against wars," erted. Furthermore, he said, the League must be ratified by this coun- more ne 1 \ { 1 [ {try to make good the promise to the | American soldiers who were called to | ight to end all war. Without the League, he predicted, de will he brought into contempt would rather >» than be armed to the teeth, said, with regard to the League {pea have everyone on | Hes heart he believes he knows the {real of the American * | The people LAST EDITION CHARGES ABOUT * PADDING LTS Will Be Fully 'Investigated. : IN THE NEW HOUSE FOR NEXT SESSION Report on the Parliament | Buildings Is Made by Senat- or Nicholls. Ottawa, Sept. § Whila t Buildings may be | tlon by the time the 1 'arli at is held, the { be compelled to use mittee rooms, if ti {place in the new building {the report made to Senator Nicholls " The function of.og { ment had alwys tak Senate chamber, and. olls hoped there would to. depart from the u custom However, unless the wor speed- ed up he could see no chance of the Senate using the chamber Sir James Lou d said it not certain that. th next I'would be held in the new prime minister did not | Parliament meeting there unti had been completed The work completing the Senate nher been delayed, he had because it was more or acter and the services of expert work men were needed for it { Senator Watson, | member of the o« building, said.gsthat | been delayed also by Senate chamber, he finished as soon as possible ready «(Are Discounted But They =x vv PEACE. DEBATE POSTPONED g of Parlia- | place in the | ' \ » ri a ator Nich- "BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS e no'need| TREATY RATIFIED SPERDILY. the A Bill Introduced to Make the 11th of November giving Day Ottawa, of the -House announced t bv Canada's Thanks. twas fession Hereafter, 3 At »sterday. Sept. § the opening th the dix favor work of had sured, in char the the the following . appoint 3 - ments Counell Commissi Hon. ar Reid, Hon. J L. Sifton. Governor-General -in- Internal Economy t a Burrell J A. Lalder and Hen A. Hon spes Isaac Pedlow, of Renfrew, reintro- Day Bill, given first reading asks duced wi his Thanksgiving ch wa It ed gach iving for War, A fix a regulay lay each year in the month of Nov- 534 Armistice day ' R 18s be obse ival of thanks 1sion of the Great GRANTS AMNESTY TO DESERTERS Germany Pardons 100,000 Who Did Not Answer | the Call. i the cor second provision would 1 ember, for the observance of Thanks- giving day J AM of North Yotk, wanted to know what action the Goy- had take, with a view Armstrong, 1 1 100,000 ed ernms taken to or intended to giving R. J. Me- yortunity de- dur 1 ad Millan an opp of her prov- ng his allegation that $30,000,000 had been'lost by padding the lists of Canadian soldiers, to the 'of 30,000 McMillan's werg made before the Units war, according to Mur Included in this nu many thousands who were land 'and Amer and were préve n jc German army, though ad forehand to join the colors," spatch says ' Switzerland countrida-with proclamation of men has been i turn to Germany former German s try refuse to go they will be placed more because the mitted Germany retain her on a war footing until the end of 1919. The amnesty proclamation does not apply to those accused off | treason. BELGIUM'S FEET OUT OF THE MUD Has Recovered Quicker Than ference. | Any Other European |, "I have really nothing r Country. . {to what .I stated on. Tues ay," said ' the Premier, "There were some fea- a tures of the League of Nations as to which we made eertain confidential representation. * Many of our objec |tion8 were overed by subsequent modifications." Did they relate to-Article X, Mr. Trahan pérsisted, but. the Speaker ber ing or retracti +n E outbreak ing the od be- the the "gy number de-| charge ed Farmers of Ontario neutral 'Mv ati a 2 Al, My attention was called to the al- ose 1EBAtION, aid General Mewburn, and I propose to call on Mr. MeMil lan to give me any information he has upen-which an frnvestisst based If he is not prepared to fur- proof the matter will be dealt h in a proper way." Robert Borden added that asked Gene Ross, Paymaster ral, who ured him there was Not the slightest foundation for the story." leads 40.000 rters esty to if they will is r, but many iers in this coun th re- nish w have per army ,; sha to he Sam Hughes was | fie d there was nothing to | Mr. Trahan, of Nicolet, wound up + rather discussion question by ask- ing if the Canadian delegates had obe jected to article X at the Peace Con- satis ore to add fondon-- Sept H=--*Be has { got her feet out of the mud ithan any other European co says a widely known busine man who recently has been inv igating | the situation in that war devastated land. Other business men corroborate ker try, in rec PREDICTS HARD WINTER | i Peacock Caruso, the Prophet Putting on Thick Shoes. Cedar Grove, N.J., Sept. 5 will be a leng and hard winter, Albert Payson Terhune, Least wa Mr, Terhune informs tae local be of poultry trade that his prophets, the peacock Caruso, -and the. peahen Melba, tell him so. Here! cf letter to the in Pompton frost in is part his from' his hrme "The ' ef Jie board, Lakes t yes is inufeated by the early growth | the irridescent underfeathers winter -apd- smuch snow and of long A a tinusual thickening of the Arvales on the peacock's feet and lower lags fourteen | The habitues and the gamesters long since have fled. Closing of bars here marks the end of the wide open bars north of Mexico. Government vendor shops will opened at Dawson and' Whitehorse Most ef the wholesale dealers to have, turneu ovpe their the y sa.d re id | maining stock to the Government at infallible cost price laid down, here, plus a year's inte 2 per cent. WERE NEVER BETTER OFF Ireland Has Little Reason To plain, Says Visitor. St. Catharines, Sept. 5---Rev; Dean Morris, in charge of St. Catharines' Roman Catholic parish, has return- ed from a visit to 'the Old Country. "1 Com- last | ue | are {that opinion. ~ { In his latest trip through Bel Mr. Hoover found remarkable deve- lopment and learned that the pre-war rallway facilities have now almost { been attained and that all -the great industries are rapidly reaching an ef ficient producing poi Owing to thé compactness of the kingdom, it has better than the foes-.of the treaty on | know it Labor Magna Charta. 'The treaty contains among other things a magna chiarta of labor, a thing unheard: of until this interest- ing year of grage," the president de- | clared. He added that an interna- | | tional labor conference: would be held in Washington next month, under-a | provision c¢entained in the League | Covenant i "And let me tell you, he added, grimly, thrusting-out jaw, "that con i ference will meet next month no | matter whether the treaty is ratified | by that time or not." - The discovery has been made in Ot Pe of the necessity of getting to work ox { 4 with all speed. Hh | Mong BRIDEGROOM JAILED, the . Forged Cheques. . Toronto, Sept. 5.-- William J. Silk, { sentenced by Judge Morson to the delayed ruled out the question. D. D. McKenzie then continued his ' ispeech on the debate on the address. Peace Debate Postponed. tawa, day. matter Sept. 5 because | Obtained $4,052 Victory Bonds on desire that the proclamation be It 1s this which caused the Government to call the session' ear- a young man recently married, was | Mer than had heen expiited and alse : . to make the Treaty the primary or, it was The Opposition sisting on more time to consider the e Treaty, been possible for the workers in all | ference between Sir Robert Borden the districts to be made fully aware [and D. D. Mackenzie, the treaty will come"up only next weel, probably on agreed at a con- | The British Government is urgihg {the necessity of speed in dealing with of the evident not later brought to the city 2d on $1,000 bail by County Mag trate Charles Macnab, and on Tues {day will face a charge of "having charge of an automobile and by wil- 1 tul neglect did do or cause to be dine { bodily harm to one Thomas Morgan, {contrary to the form of the statute.' The arrest of Nesbitt followed on the running down of Mr. Thomas Morgan, the aged toll gate keeppr -------- at Bell's Corners, on Saturday night = A. E. Donovan, M.P.P., Will Attend bY a motor car. Unveiling Ceremony in Montreal, | Toronto, Sept. 5.--A. E. Donovan, | M.P.P. for Brockville, has been dele- | gated, by Premier Hearst, to repre: sent the Optarfo Government iff Montréal on Saturday on the occa- | sion of the unveiling of a montffent | to Sir George Cartier.' The unveiling is to be performed by the King, who h in Balmoral Castle wjll press a bat- F * ton. which will set In bperation wire- less currents by which the draperies x will be lifted from the monument . "Mr. Donovan will deliver an address on hehalf of the Ontario Govera- ament. : anyone their employment he ing concerned in gun-running, Trade now being open with Ger- many anything is possible, and startling revelations are antici< pated. L TO REPRESENT GOVERNMENT. KEEP PRINCE A YEAR : | Suggestion of Western Paper--Make Him Governor-General. Vancouver, Sept. ~The Vancoti- ver World makes the suggestion .an- i ent the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada that in view of ceremc. ial { visits overseas by the heir to the | throne, im, future it | established custom for him to spend a year as -Governor-General in each of the dominions. In that way, it is { contended, the future King of the British commonwealth would obtain an actual knowledge of the Govern- { mental problems of the Empire im- | possible to acquire otherwise. 5 Gold Strikes in Australi Sydney, Australia, Sept. § ! pectors in Western Australia. New! South Wales and Victoria have found | promises of gold reefs in new local- Hastings Rate 1-2 Mills, Hastings, Sept. ---At a special meeting of the Town Couteil the rate should be the 'As you know, a peacock always He spent some time in Ireland. insists on roosting oui-wvers; even-in [Ao-not think there will be any fur- a blizzard, and thi thickening pre-| ther trouble in Ireland; .certainly the vents their feet from freezing. I ast | Irigh people have little. reason to fall, for instance, the black scales re. | cOmplain," said he. "They were never mained.as\thin-as in summer, and it | Petter off in their history. They have witl be remembered we: had a Sif lots of MOROIF IS Prosperous, -- mery winter B00¢ a eyery § favorable: Members of the poultry board re-| Yes, the worst that has happened in called that Mr. Terhune's birds have | Ireland has been told by the cables accurately foretold the weather for | Lhe British Government is hiding no the last five or six winters. [thing about Ireland." Dean Morris | also visited France and Belgium, and some of the battlefields. ----------------, RECOMENDS BONUS, - ---- } HOUSING IN WINNIPEG. Toronto Commission Urges ---- oF } ance For City Workers, Toronto, Sept. 5.---Finahce Com- | = missionér, Bradshaw has recommend- ! Winnipeg, Sept, 5.--The city is go- ed to the Board of Control that all |in8 abead with its housing scheme civie emloyees receiving less than [!mmediately, having already receiv- $3,500 a year be given a bonus or ed applications from Sigh thes $130 each for one year, beginning PIOSPECtive hurehasors, oad gh om Sept. 1st, to assist them in meeting | er th high cost of living. Juniors are | ROUSes can be constructed before the " | winter gets in the city is prepared to to receive one-half this bonus. This | on the scheme i will cover all' branches of the civic jShend wp to $276,000 I'service, including the firemen, and in | . no ease to increase a salary beyond! " $3,500. » | Allow- | to City Going Ahead; Prepared Spend 8278,000 This Year. \ Left $250,000 to Cornell, | New. York, Sept. 5.-----~Cornell Uni- | versity gets the "'mlk of the $250,000, estate of Attornéy Benno Loewy. For the establishment of the "Benno Appointed Lieutehant-Governor. Ottawa, Sept. 5.---Hon, Murdoch ities and on the ogd gold fields, and! great impetus has been given 'there- . by to the gold mining industry. The latest find is on Welshman's Reef, to the south of Maldon, Victoria, where ten tons of quartz are vielding 103 ounces of gold. ah Standard Chureh Training. Brockville, Sept. 5.--Bishop R. © Horner, of the Standard Church of America and former head of the Holiness Movement church, has tak- ten up his headquarters in Prescott. { where he has leased the Bradley { House, a former well-known hostel- | L.T¥,10 open a seminary for young men pin training for the mdntstry of his = Ac¢hurch. He expects te enroll fifty | studonts at the start +i mal {was fixed for the coming year as fol- ilows: Public School rate, 12 mills; {Separate School rate, § mills: cem- ent walk debenture rate, 3 mills: el- ectric light rate, § mills; cou : 4-mi village rate, § ng the rate for Publ supporters .32 1-2 arate School suppo i a School mills and for Se ers 28 1-2 mills Favors War on' Britain, Washin D.C., Sept. 5 --Mrs. Mary F. McWhorter of Chicago wants the United States to refuse to enter into any league of nations whatever, in any of which this country would | be, in her opinion, "a tail to Eng- land's kite." 'and she would have this i govern {public even if such 'a course should 'lead to war with England. \ McKinnon has been appointed -lieut- {enant-governor of Prince Edward Is- (land. Mr. McKinnon 'was provincial segretary-treasurer and commissions ler of agriculture it the Arsenault ad- x Loewy Library" at the university of also leaves a valuable collection of books, stamps, coins and medals. It Cornell refuses the estate it is to be offered to Johns Hopkins or Leland the League, he said, that nations are not composed of their p2o0ples, not of governments. rexation in this treaty?' he safd, ex- plaining that mandates under the League were for protection and ad- vancement of undeveloped people. Criminal traffic is ended by treaty, he asserted, the men and children by unscrupulous employers . "That's the treaty," he said, hold- ing out his hands, palms upward, in 'a gesture of revelation. 'That's the treaty, did you ever hear of it be- fore? Were you ever told what was in it?" » "If I couldn't have brought bac the kind of treaty I brought back wouldn't have come back because .I | would have been an unfaithful serv- fant." i Arguments against the treaty are | based on misunderstanding, he charged. ? He asked his hearers to exert ev- ery influence to force acceptance,of the treaty. 7 3 "And when thi treaty is accept- ed, as it will be accepted,' men in khaki will not have to cross the seas again." "There is not a single act of an- | | enumerating the | traffic in opium, in arms and in wo- | t § ler of business, enitentiary for, three years for hav- | A°T ; > assed forged cheques and ob- The argument will be advanced by jI0E Tas : the Liberals that when the Empire tained Victory bonds on them to the § ~ g : { vat 059 > wis at war Canada was at war and value of $4, ops. a oo {that therefore Peace acquiesced in by The very boldness of the YOURE! Great Britain applies here anyway. iman deceived the brokers from whom | ne position of-1he Premier will be {he gdt the bonds. that ratification by the Canadian fc" a Parliament is necessitated by the | newer conception lof national status conceded at the Peace Conference. NEW PARK SCHEME | Amusement Enterprise Mooted at { Three Rivers, i Québec, Sept. News ' --t froth Threé Rivers that a > | formed syndicate has offered the ¢ { NEWS iN BULLETIN. of Three Rivers $140,000 for i y | eity's exhibkion' grounds. The syndi- | cate is safd have in mind the eree-| pg je ar Rivers of a park oe The Board of Commerce will im- l-the lines of the Dominion Park in| Mediately investigate the profits on + Montreal, at an outlay of $150,000, | the necessities of life and fix rates. | 5 come recently To Assist Royal Party. The conference called by Presi- Ottawa, Sept. § ---It is understood | dent Wilson to discuss the relations that Lieut.-Col. Oliver Mowat Higgar'| betweén labor and industry will meet i will accompany 'the Prince of Wales | in Washington on October 6th. {party during their visit to the west-| i {ern provinces for the purpose of af-{ Oonfirmation of the capture of {fording such Information and assist- | Kiev by General Denikine, after two !ance.as may be requisite. 'Sir Joseph | days' heavy fighting, has been re- i Pope who, with Col. HenderSon, has | ceived. organized the tour and who has ren- ee, : | dered exceedingly valuable service Hon. W. L. Ma¢kenzi» King, Lib: lin connection therewith, detained | eral leader, 'was unanimously nomi | in Ottawa by official duties which de- nated for Prince constituency, Prince {mand his immediate personal attene- Edward Island, at the Liberal eon- Oats Six Feet Three Inches High, |1108 and supervision. Quebec, Sept. 5.--At Gaspe Basin, Neen AN Gaspe County, oats 'five feet nine in-| ches high have been cut, and this re- | i Soldiers Need Al. Dawson, Y. T., Sept. § I'he citi-| vention. { nation. } He has accepted the nomi- A petition Tas been eiredlated ment recognize the Irish re- Stanford University. \ KINGSTON INDUSTRIAL FAIR SUBSCRIPTION LIST. i The campaign for funds fop AN Kingston Industrial Fair is | making splendid headway, and the list is growing daily. The fol. Towing is a list of :he subscripti ns to date: i Previously acknowledge . $2,337 00}4. B. Cunningham '..... .. Fenwick Hendry C 25 00S: Obendoffer?... ....... 2 00 Samuel Grean ©." 3.00 | I Coheg & Co. 00 {H. Caivin ... A further list will be published | George Mills & Co... | | | 1 5.00 10.00 | from day to day as the subscriptions 16 00]are reported by the committee, Ld x % cord is now broken by C. Tennler, of Littiepabos, Gaspe County, on the shores of Chaleur Bay, who has sént to "Quebec a speciment of oats six feet three and a half inches high. oe te pUW in course oft completion il tor holding on the same day the Prince of Wales visits Brockville a MAmEOh reception to returned soi- diers of this town and district. The officers of the G.W.V.A, are co-oper- 'sting with the civic authorities, Soldiers' Reception. rockville,' Sept. §.~Arrange- [aes J of £ zens welcoming and reestablishment 8mong Conservative and Liberal Un- committee for returned soldiers has !onists requesting J. H. Burnham, adopted resolutions asking the Fed- member of parliament, to resign. eral Government for $30,000 for re- : ' lief of returned men who arrived: The attendance at the National | here too late to earn a winter grub Exhibition, Toronto passed the mil | stake. Hon mark om Thursday. { Apples Mostly Bought Up. | Cobourg, Sept. i. --Most of the ap- Londow, Sept. 5.---Frank Hriant, ples in this section of the country M.P.. spedkidy as 4 member of the iWpve besn bought up. -The erep this Lambeth Poor Law Guardians, ds 'season is'-getimatéd at ghoyt thirty.| clared that the tanner in which the jfive per. cent. exgepting Spys, which Australien soldiers were leaving are estiinatéd to be sixty per cent. of wives and children here might devel- (PY AVEAgS CTOR. 2 yw indo a grave scandal ; Leave Wives Behind.