SOLDERS BL 5 ANNOUNCED If Hon. N. W. Rowell-It Will Deal Lf a i § 5 : } « YEAR 86: No. | With Re-cstablishment. DENAL OF THE STATEMENT \ ED TO MEET G.W.V.A. Canada Treating Its Soldiers More | Generously Regarding Gratuties | Any Other and Pensions Than Country. Ottawa, Sept. 13.--In regard to the war veterans request for a com- mission to investigate the granting 8 a further war service gratuity, Hon. N.'W. Rowell announced in the House yesterday afternoon that a bill dealing with the re-establishment of soldiers would be introduced in the House and a special committee ap- pointed to consider it. Mr. Rowell read the correspond- ence recently published between the G.W.V.A,, and the Prime Minister The Government rejected the resoclu- tion favoring a further system of bo- nus, payments and also the idea of a commission of inquiry. Mr. Rowell went on to claim t Canada was treating its soldiers more generously as regards gratui- ties and pension than any other coun- try and put a long list of compara-| tive figures in Hgapsard to justify that contention. He anneunced that the bill respecting the soldier eivil re-establishment now before the Se- nate would be introduced in the Com | mong and sent to a special commit- tee. aa Dealing with gratutities he said, Britain gave $83 to each soldier ov-| erseas and $53 for home service.| Australia gave $143 to a married man and $98.62 to a single man, In New Zealand a married man receives $54.55 plus $7gor each child under gixteen. A single man gets $34. In the United States the gratuity is $60 Some States give an additional amount 4 Canada gave $600 to a married man who: had been overseas and. $420 to a single man, while for ser-| vice at home the amounts respective- ly were $300 and $210 for married | and single. | Mr. Rowell denied the published statement that the Prime Minister had refused to meet the representa- | tives of the G.W.V.A. He was al-| ways ready to meet and confer 'with them. i The House went into committee on | the resolution to approve of the ag-| reement of the Allies and Germany! for the cccupation of the territories | | | 'THAT PREMIER BORDEN REFUS-| | hat | Nic { vailed upon to PAGES 1-16 Rainier ot tt] te KINGSTON, ONTARIO, 'SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1910, W. FP. NICKLE ACCEPTS. The VYosition of Honorary-Secretary of - Patriotic Fund. A An Ottawa despatch says that W Nickle, K.C th of Kingston, has ac- the Canadian ng Sir Her- >pted a post League . of Nickle, the offered the posi- and after due in connection Natior AS despatch says, w tion some time *s consider ¢ accepted. The Can- adian Paty ic Fund organization has still § or eight million dol- lars in the treasury, which is to be xpended for the relief of € E.F. sol- nd their dependents in dis- and it sred that it will five 3 3 to exhaust is considered that Mr, st man who could ecured for the position of secre- tary, to which no renumeration is attached. § oversees WILL: NOT BE CANDIDATE Brig.-Gen. A. E. Ross To Remain in| Legislature. % In view of the report that Briga- dier-Gen. A. E. Ross might be pre- resign his sedt in the Provincial House and contest the seat in the Dominion House made vacant by the resignation of W. F. Nickle, it may be j;said that Gen. Ross has authorized the statement {hat he pre- fers to remain in 12 Provincial House and woyld not accept a Dom- inioa nomination if it were offered. he he MARRIED AT ST. JAMES' CHURCH Wilson Becomes the Bride Sf Harold C, Powell, The marriage took place (un St.! James' Church, at 6 o'clock, on Sat- urday morning, of a well-known and | popyilar young couple, 'when Miss | Bestie A. Wilson, eldest daughter of Mrs. M. A. } became the bride of Harold C. Pow- | ell. Rev. T. W, Savary performed the | ceremony, The bride was dressed in a | blue suit, with hat to match. | Mr. and Mrs. Powell left on a ho-| neymoon trip to American ports, and | on their return will take up their re- sidence at 198 University avenue. A | Miss Bessie {two hundred yards from the house (neighbor, brought Mr. and Mrs iberts to the Kingston General Hos- jerything was Wilson, William street, | PLEVNA WOMAN DIES OF BURNS Which She Received Wien Her Home - Caught on Fire. HUSBAND BEAT OT FLAMES WHEN HE HEARD nis € wiry SCREAM FOR HELP. to the Leaves Mrs. Alberts Was Brought General Hospital---She Seven Young Children. Mrs. Damon Alberts, Plevna, passed away at the General Hospital of of honorary se-{O% Friday night. Her death was due| TORONTO to burns received on Friday morning when her home caught fire. The story as told by her husband, whose hands were badly burned when he tried to render assistance to his wife is as follows: Between seven and eight o'clock the stable which was located about His attention was attracted by hear ing his wife call for help as she was running from the house with her clothing on fire. He tried to beat out the flames, and when he went to get a cloth to wrap round her found that the fire had made considerable pro- gress through the house. He closed the door of the kitchen and tried to save the furniture in the other rooms. .. The house was completely burned. . Allen Card of Plevna, a Al- pital after a very hard journey. Mrs Alberts was suffering very much [from the severe burns which 'extend- {ed from head to foot. {doctor was consulted and gave some At Verona a relief to the patient he party reached Kingston at 6 p.m., and ev- done at the hospital for the woman and her husband. Mrs. Alberts passed away at 9.55 p.m. Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by ven children, two boys and five girls, the youngest of whom Is three years old. Mrs. Alberts was la dayghter of the late John King of Harlgwe, and was forty years of age. The ly was sent to Plevna by John Cornellus, undertaker. Mr. Alberts is the stage driver between Plevna and Lavant, HIS BOTTLE WAS PICKED UP ON CORNISH COAST Pte. E. Bartels of Inverary Re- ceives Word from England of Its Finding. i 1 ONTARIO ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 20th WITH REFERENDUM Toronto, Sept. 13.--It has been finally decided that the provincial election wiil be held on October 20th, the same day as the referendum vote on the Ontario Temperance Act. While members of the Gove ermment are non-committal on the date of the election, it was learned on good authority to-day that 'the date was definitely set and preparation: age. being rish- ed to completion, so that the vote can be taken with the referendum on Monday, October 20th. The Government has already ordered the necessary printing 'and stationery. | | ! { | | | i i | CENTRE _ | OF ADRUG RING Raid on Opium Den in St. Paul, | Minn., Brings Dis= | : elosure. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 13. --A drug j&m: on Friday Ne was engaged in| IDS; Said tq centre in Toronto, with | Mofitreal as a clearing house, which operated throughout the North-west, was disclosed, following a raid on an opium den here ast night, and the arrest of Tony Serpa in New York yesterday. The raid here fol- lowed the arrest of Serpa. When ar- rested Serpa had twemty-five thous- and dollars worth of drugs twenty thousand cash. The police learned, it is declared, through trail- ing Serpa and his associates, of the Canadian complicity, * oy THE SINN FEIN IS BROKEN UP (Canadian Press Despatch.) Dublin, Sept. 13.--The Gov- ernment made a raid on Sinn Fein organizations in thirty- eight counties. The Irish par liament and the Sinn Fein or- ganization are now declared to be broken up. Arthur Grifith, one of the founders of the Sinan Fein, in a speech last night said the organization would carry on as it did before the raids. Sol ------------------------ EPOCH-MAFING SEASON. Trip To Torento. ér an epoch-making season the Rochester, ome of the three palatial Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd., and | LAST EDITION. JAPAN ALARMED OVER U.S. FLEET Comeat Ws Prescce fn Paci Wit Agttation Over Shantung. | AWAITING THE VERDICT (OF THE UNTTED STATES SENATE | ON PEACE TREATY. Restoration Is Promised--Officials | Hope China Will Discuss Question "In a Fair Spirit." i | Tokio, Sept. 13.-- Developments in relation to the Shantung question | iform the supreme subject of discus-| sion here. The general attitude of| the Japanese is to calmly await the! final action by the United States. | | Senate. Some of the members of the Dieu | lare said to be pr)foundly impressed | by the assignment qr half the U States navy to the Pacific, and to] {be inclined to establish a connection | between the coming of the fleet and {the Shantung agitation. The end of |STICK TO POLICY { Confercnce HON. DR. CODY Minister of Education for Toronto, who will address the National on Education, which is to be held in Winnipeg, October 20th, 21st and 22nd, on "The lessons of the War for Canadian Education." OF EVACUATION 4. aited Churchill Says Movement in North Russia is Delayed by Removal of Civilians. London, Sept. 13.--Winstog Spene- the war finds the Japanese striving T Churchill, in a statement; denies {with traditional unity to expand the | | nation's interests in Asia. | As far as Shantung is concerned, | officials take the view that they have "gone the Mmit of magnanimity," and whatever happems, will fastly. adhere to the program storation of the province te China." | Pressed for an estimate as-to the time" that will be required for this restoration, officials have said to-thet correspondent: | "If China will take up the discus-| sion in a fair spirit, restoration can! probably be accomplished in a few months, Japan would want arrange-| ments for an international settle-| ment providing for joint operation of | the Shantung railway with Japanese {instructors for the Chinese railroad police, and an agreement concern- | ing Shantung enterprises in which the Japanese have already invested | capital." i DEPRECATE MILITARY RULE IN IRELAND | » { | Trades Union Congress Passes | a Resolution Sympathizing With Irish Brothers. (Canadtan Press Des ateh) { Glasgow, Sept. '13.--The Trades | Ogdensburg, N.Y., Sept. 13.---Aft-| Union Congress, in session here ai |® | week, ended to-day with the passage {of resolutions re-afirming the right | i of free speech and protesting against | * &* + that there has been any change in the British policy to evacuate North Russia. Evacuation, however, had been re- tarded, owing to the necessity of gringing away many Russians who U'stead-|are in danger of their lives as well as | of re- {women and children. Mr. Churchill admits that it wiil | be impossible to effect a junction with Admiral Kolchak before winter, He denies that British troops are em. ployed, or that the British govern- ment has accepted any, responsibility in' operations afainst Petrograd. SEPT ELPPETPIR DEPT & % JHLLICOE PLANS AUSTRALIAN NAVY Sydney, N. 8. W., Sept. 18. ~--Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, whose mission here is the re- organization of the Austral- lan navy, has completed his report. . This provides for the es- tablishment of an Austral- ian naval unit composed of eight modern battle cruisers, twelve light cruisers, twen- ty-four destroyers and twelve submarines and supply ships. This programme is to be com- pleted in 1928 at a cost of £5,000,000 annually. It is considered doubtful that the Government will ac- + <* Pee Peele erred + * * * + + * + Le 2 2X RE IR EX HANGING OF MAN BADLY BUNGLE 3 OED NAL HOSTAL The Drop Failed to Break Neck of Italia in Montreal. HE HAD HUNG FROM THE SCAN. FOLD AN HOUR. RE | : aa . | Failure in Hanging Is Attributed to Man's Lightness--Eloctrocution Likely to Be Substituted For Hang. ing in Canada. i Montreal, Sept. 13. --Antonio { Sprecage, the Italian who murdered Alfred J. Roberts, of Stratford, Ont, | the foreman in the G.T.R. yards at _ | Turcott, was to have yesterday morning at 7.45 at Bor- deaux jail. An hour after the bolt was released which launched his-body into space he was still alive, the drop | falling to break his neck. | Ten minutes after the man was cut down the jury went to see the body, but found him alive, although f half strangled. He was only 135 pounds weight and the failure in the hanging is attributed to his light- ness, He was taken to the jail hos- pital in a dying condition. Dr. Benoit, the jail doctor, of- ficially pronounced Sprecage dead at ' 9.02 am. Ellis was the execu- | tioner."® : | Sprecage was discharged by Rob- jerts from the shops on March 11th, {and after a quarrel shot the foreman. | The Itallan escaped, but was captur- | ed at Smith's Falls. been hanged H. M. Mowat, Parkdale member of {the House of Commons, only this week introduced a bill to substitute { electrocultion for the hanging "of {murderers in Canada. The bill | passed its first reading on Wednes- | day. | { It is reported in Lonfon that a | newspaper correspondent is bringing jovertures of peace from the Rol- |shevik to the British Government. i NEWS IN BULLETIN. The Peace Conference wi { its business and ad { next ten days. Hl close up Journ' within the | The Boston police have decided to steamers, has made her last trip from | the arrest and deperation of trades | ¥ cept these proposals. this city to Toronto for 1919, The alien union officers for alleged con- | passengers of the vestel during the nection with Bolshevikism. Resolu- | past season have been mostly tourists | tions also expressed belief in the ne- ed % | accept the suggestion of President Pte. E. Bartels, lata of the 8th TEEPE TPRE PREP ET FET BOS PSF | GONIDErs and return to work , Reserve Battation, CE. F; who re jcantly returned from overseas, and at the Rhine. | wide circle of friends extend congra- | { tulations. ; A GENERAL BRITISH | - ELECTION POSSIBLE \ leader, was elected to the House of | . Commons, is Tide of Feeling In Country Ap= pears to Be Against Coali- = tion Qovernment.. (Canadian Press Pespatoh) t London, Sept. 13.--The result of | the bye-election in Widnes, Lancas-| ter, where Arthur Henderson, labor | 5 considered a severe | blow to the coalition government | and has revived speculation as to the | imminence of another general elec- tion. The virtually unanimous vote | of the Trades Union. Congress at Glasgow for the nationalization of | mines and the vote on the subject of | withdrawing British troops "from | Russia, are regarded as evidence of | @ very determined attitude on the | part of labor against the govern- | ment. { It is pointed out that there are | suspicions as to the government's in- | tentions concerning Russia and con- | scription, and that the Glasgow con- | gress declined "early to condemn a | policy of direct islation, but only | etically sid ked the deci-| Reconstruction the cabinet is | long overdue and been, delayed | only because min brial changes | would involve bye« sctions which, it is said, would alilost certainly i 'provide additional evidence that the | tide of feeling in the country is: | growing strongly against the gov- | 5 : + morning the raiders proceeded ernment. Added to the difficulties in the fleld of labor is the Irish ques- ! tion, which seems impossible for the | coalition government to satisfactorily | solve. On all sides the consensus of opinion inclines to the view that an- other appeal to the couniry cannot be long delayed. THE RAIDS CONTINUE. | : out L i Cork. Ireland, Spt. 13.-- Military! and police raids. which began yester- day in connection with the procla- ation of the suppression of the Sinn Fein parliament and ithe Sinn Fein organizations throughout Ireland, Wera continued to-day. During the to On Sian Fein Organizations Through- | Ireland { the house of David K member of parliament, the place. Former French premier Caillaux, In prison for more than & year on a charge of treason, has beem removed to a private hospital owing to the serious condition of his health. Tweive hundred British troops have been landed at Scutari, opposite Constantinople, but it is officially sated the movement is an ordinary uvakes Friday night severely villages In the prov- . Sinn Pein searched | Despatches That Come From Near and Distant Places. { An order was issued on Friday to ~tdollars. OF THE WORLD ---- TIDINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST | FOSSIBLE FORM. | The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele graphic Service and Newspaper Exchange. x E. D. McIntyre, of Crowland, was selected 'by the U.F.O. convention for Welland. me It has been decided to increase the world baseball series to nine games instead of seven. : R. 8. Potter was nominated Con- servative candidate for Cochrane in the provincial election. : John E. Botterell was elected resident of the Winnipeg Grain Ex- hange at the annual meeting. Parkdale Canoe Club have with- drawn from the O.R.F.U. The inter- mediate and junior series are prom- ising William Jordan, a full blooded In- dian, serving in the Canadian army, Was sentenced at London to ten years for manslaughter. \ \ The U. 8. railroads will be return- ed to private control on January 1st. take an inventory of stock. The Liberals of Muskoka district have nominated H. E. Rice, editor of the Huntsville Forester, as their can- didate in the coming election. The German National Assembly has received a proposal from a mem- ber to change its existing calendar to Ons resembling the French Revolu- tionary calendar. An extensive police and military movement against de Sinn Fein is still going on throukhout Ireland. Many arrests and sdizures. of arms and literature have made, Profit sharing on a frank and fair basis was declared to be the only solution of the present industrial unrest in a speech delivered at the annual meeting of the National Civic Foderation in New York by George W. Perkins. s The business of John sheet iron and steel manufacturer, with ramifications in Canada and other Dominions, has been acquired by Welsh interests, which include Lady Rhondda, for twenty million received a card from A. H. M. Cox dated at Mount House, Plymouth, England, August 27th last, inform- had THE LATEST NEWS {who resides at Inverary, on Friday ing that a-dealed bottle "that been dropped overboard by Pte. Bar- |; tels in mid-ocean was picked up by him in a cave two miles south of Tre- vose Head, North Cornwall at 11 a.m. on Aug. 26th. The bottle contained a message with Mr. Bartels' Canad- ian address. Mr. Bartels left Eng- land on Aug. 13th on 8.8. Saxonia and on the 18th dropped the bajtle overboard. His reception of a reply to his note in such a short time is re- markable. VIOLATED ORDERS By Taking Detachments of Italian Troops To Fiume. (Canadian Press Despatch) Rome, Sept. 13.--Gubriele' D'An- nunzie, Italian poet-aviator, has ar- rived in Fiume from Rome with de- tachments of Grenadiers and Arditi provided with machine guns and ar-|. mored automobdiles, according to re- ports reaching here. The movement the government. No disorders were reported up fo late last night.. Gov- ernment officials are instructed to investigate the recent demonstrations at Flume and determine who was re- sponsible for them. FOR MOST WORTHY CAUSE Tax Tag Day on Saturday for the General Hospital Bright weather favored the work- ers of the General Hospital for their "Tag Day" on Saturday. Early in the morning, dhe "Taggers™ took up their position at the street corners and it was expected that by night a goodly sum wouid be realized for the hospi- Tearing Up New Road. No sooner had the rebmilding of the road on Johnson street, between Sydenham and Clergy, been complet- ed than it is opened up to put a gas main into a residence in the middle of the block. The owner states that the order for the main was given last year. In future, the Board of Works should see, however, that no gas or water excavations are in view before it undertakes to spend so much mo- ney in road repairs as has been done in this case. 'Labor has decided to cohtest five Toronto ridings at the provincial elections. was made in violation of orders from who through the embargo put by the govermment on travel abroad have learned the advantages of trav- el in this country. The steamers Toronto, Kingston e been a p ful factor in popularizing home tr: i It was announced at the Prescott office of the Canada Steamship Lines Litd., to-day that the bookings for the season have been the heaviest in the history of the company. May Admit Teuton Delegates. Paris, Sept. 13.--The Supreme Council has decided to let the Inter- national Labor Conference, which meets at Wasingtonh in Qectober, decide for itself whether German land Austrian delegates be admitted. . The Italian delegation was anxious to have the Council .authorize the ad- mission of these delegates, but the other delegations preferred to have the Washington Conference decide the matter. Picked Up On Lake. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Toronto, Sept. 13.--Four men and four women who went adrift in an Hopen motor beat Thursday evening 'were picked up Dy the steamer Dal- housie City last night in an exhaust- ed condition. : Port Hope, Sept. 13.---George Les, of the Bell Telephone Company, Port Hope, was accidentally killed at Colborne by coming in contact with a live wire. He was thirty years of age and leaves a wife to mourn his loss, OF NATIONS DAY LEE PEP PP PIII PPP eo N is Previously acknowledged .$2.592.00 A further lst will be published from day te are reported | cessity of continuing the control of | {food prices. i | James Henry Thomas, labor mem- | {ber of parllament, movéd an om-.| {ergency resolution depreciating mili- | tary rule in Ireland and declaring | {that the only solution of the Irish | {problem was through a method of | | self-fletermination by which the Irish | | people could work out their own sal- { vation. The resolution expressed { profound sympathy for the trades | unionists Irish brothers in' their hour | |of repression. This resblution was carried unanimously. 1 } i | A Clergyman Took Napanee Lady | For Bride. (From Our Own Correspondent) | Napanee, Sept. 12.--A very pret- | ty wedding was solemnized at eight | o'clock on Thursday morning at the | home of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Cowan, | John street, when their eldest daugh-| ter, Ida Kathleen, was united in ma- | trimony to Rev. H. Lloyd: Morrison, | | Aylmer, Que, Rev. Dr. Shorey, Tri-| nity church, performed the ceremony, | assisted by the Rev. J. A. Waddell, Kingston, in the presence of only the immediate relatives of the comtract- ing parties. Miss Carrie Cowan, sis- ter of the bride, acted as bridesmaid while George Morrison, New York, ssisted the groom. The bride looked charming in her gown of white charmeuse and geor- gette crepe, with veil embroidered in pearls and carried a sheaf of bridal roses, Miss Carrie Cowan wore maize tafféta and Brussels net and carried a sheaf of pale pink carnations. Mrs. Dr. Cowan was gowned in grey silk and georgette. The bride was given away by her father Dr. G. H. Cowan. Little Miss Gertrude Davern acted as flower girl and wore a dainty dress of pink organdie. Miss Pearl Nesbitt, Kingston, played the Wedding March and sang very sweetly after the cere- mony. A dainty wedding breakfast was served after the ceremony and the newly wedded couple motored to Kingston en route for New York and other points before finally making their home in Aylmer, Que. A PRETTY WEDDING | i ¥ Vienna newspapers say the Aus has MAY PLACE BAN Asnprior Loses Faisal Fatideat. UPON EXPORTS DEALERS MUST ACT RIGHT OR THEY WILL GET WHAT COMING TO THEM. 18 Vice-Chairman of Board. of Com- merce Makes Further Explana- tions At Toronto Regarding Re- duction In Prices. Toronto, Sept. 3.--W. F. O'Con- nor, K.C., vice-chairman of the Board of Commerce, announced yes- terday at the résumed enquiry into the cost of living, that following ses- slons in Hamilton he "will return here on Wednesday and Thursday next week, when cold storage pr prietors will be examined. The Commissioner statdd that the fair price committee to be establish: od in Hamilton, and this city will be ready to act by that time, and the methods adopted by them should serve as models for committees to be appointed in other communities, "There has got to be good faith" declared Mr. O'Comnor, when ex- planing that ' manufacturers figures are be disclosed, and if good faith is being kept, it must be remember- that the Board of Commerce has, tawa, all data for, year as to costs, ete." The vice-chairman: also. declared that if manufacturers or producers ed necessities out 4¢ the coun- try to enhance values, embargosa would be placed on the exportation {of such goods. "There is an agreement being em- lered Inte ith Jie Unteay 'States for a I provision, and I don't think there will be any Shits cs such is | Araprior, Sept. 13.--The death o¢- jeurred on Sept. 8th, of John Balley | Karr, aged fifty-two years, after an | fliness exténding over only a few months, 2 [~The late Mr. Kérr was @ man of | many" excellant qualities. |are a wife," one daughter, Gladys. jand one son, Gordon. His father |and one brother, Charles, and two | sisters, Mrs. William Marr, of To- {ronto, and Miss Effa Kerr, to all of | whom sincere sympathy is eextended i Accept Cobourg Call. {. Cobdurg, Sept. 13.--Rev. Herman {A. Carson, B.A, Montreal, has ac- cepted an invitation to the pastorate {of thé Congregational church here | to succeed Rev. james T. Daley, D.D., | who, some few months ago, was ap- | pointed superintendent of the North- umberland and Durham Children's {Ald Soclety. Mr. Carson commences {his work here the third Sunday iu September. | i Cobourg By-law Passes. i Cobourg, Sept. 13---A by-law to grant the Douglas Packing Company | $5,000 towards securing an adequate {supply of water for their new plant | Just established here, was carried by | the property owners of Cobourg, with {only thirty-four dissenting votes. The new industry. has just erected five new buildings on the site of the old steel plant. Quebec Man " Quebec, Sept. 13.--A Quebec man. Capt. Joseph Belleau, a returned of- ficer, who speaks seven languages, and campaigned during the great War on practically all the Allied fronts, has been appointed to the 3 at first reside in Washington, then at Sensva, Switzerland, the seat of the e. x Surviving Andiamo sete. Tax Rates High. ¥ . Septs 13.--Tax rates fin some of the towns in North Hastings run high. - Madoc's rate has been fixed at 48 mills, it is stated; Mar- mora's rate will also be higher, about 43 to 44 mills, it is understood. 4 SIXTEEN THOUSAND + NAMES ON PETITION 4 ---- % Ottaws, Sept. 13.--Probably % the largest single petition since 4 the monster petition sent futo | secretary e of Nations. He wil * »