Daily British Whig (1850), 16 Oct 1919, p. 1

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y Mills in Pittsburgh Region Fast Returning | STRIKERS" RN T0 WORK ON HUNGER STRIKE Despatch) The Lord Laurence condi- Fein- death's | strike 10 Normal Condiions. PRODUCTION 4 INCREASE IS THE CLAIM MADE COMPANIES, BY THE The Union Leaders, However, clare That the Strike Is Just Effective As Before. (Canadian Press Despatoh) Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 16 numbers of workers who went strike Beptember 22nd last nation-wide fron employees became ¢ returning to work daily district, De- As UNITED STATES CAUTIOUS wi walk out of Did Not Sign International Aerial Convention, 18 : Pittsburg vig ntatives ed to were according to re of the companies who cl that the mills in thi returning to norm 0 fons. they 'de 80 far as the day 8 reg fast Pro- auction Is on the incre clared, and the situation companies are concerned is assuming & brighter aspect each day. Union leaders countered ployers claims to-day with the ment that the strikers were not de sorting the ranks and that the str is as effective at this time as it during the early days of the out, Leaders at union headq: were considering plans for «¢ thelr free speech, free fight into the courts case on this question ¥ 8 provided last night en the police refused to allow the strikers to meet on the south side of Fittsburg with out a permit, the : > vention r navigation Wheat From Alberta Farm Has Un- usual Weight, variety, and 28 i bushels, te held for seed the average the acre. It The weight is the hea- viest on record here SPHERE F RIPE LEP LE De - *» 4 FRANCE AND GERMANY * + IESUME RELATIONS 2, & - 4 . (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Oct. 16.--Under. the conditions of the peace treaty now signed, Germany must sink all warships under construc- tion, delivered her aerial fleet and evacuate Silesia and East- ern Prussia. Diplomatic relations have been resumed between France .and Germany. Part of the Ger- man legations Is now installed in Paris. FIEDF PALER EISLER BLP EE + + CREEP EPIL IIE E hot +O + . < + * + <4 « + *e | UNGOVER FOUR SKELETONS NEAR THE SHORE AT TETE DE| PONT BARRACKS. | Supposed To Be Remains of French | Or English Soldiers Killed Over | One Hundred Years Ago. | While excavating on Wednesday | for a roadway through an embank-| / meat near the shore inside Tete del Pont Barracks, workmen uncovered | four human skeletons under only two| feet of earth. They are supposed to! DR. COOK DISCOVERS Oli have been tié bodies of French or| Dr Frederick A Cook. the famous English soldiers who were killed OT} 000 better off for having discovered oi died more than one hundred years! in Texas. #g0. They had been buried in cof-| fins made of cedar, for bits of the wood were found with the skeletons The mound extended for some dis- tance along the shore and is suppos ed to have been the burying ground used by the ancient garrisons. It Was outside of the fort in those days Bome years ago, while excavating for the foundation for the stable, a num- | . ber of skeletons were unearthed. | Atchison On Wednesday Sergt. Bramah was/B- & O. In charge of the workmen and he C- P. R. States that the skeletons lay just asl Erie they had apparently been buried, | Marine lengthwise and facing the lake. Thin Marine Pfd. stone flags had been placed over! N. Y. C. the graves, and the flags covered Reading with two feet of earth. When dis- {Southern Pac. turbed, the bones came apart at the Union Pacific Joints and they were found' upon ex- Am. Loc. amination to be crumbling. The skulls Anaconda .. ... were encountered first and were Bethlehem, Steel broken by the shovel. The bones|Int. Nickle were gathered up and taken to the Dep. Steel surgery and placed in the custody of {U. S. Steel. .. Captaln H. Angrova. Sergt. Fowler) has two British half penny tokens! oe that were found in the graves. One!Brazilian ... bears the head of the vate Duke of Can. Cement Wellington and the date 1814. Can. Steamship other is apparently a similar coin of | C an earlier date. : ' ------------ New High School % Campbellford, Oct. 186.-- At the! last meeting of Campbellford town | council a motion Na carried author- | izing the town solicitor to prepare a by-law to raise by debentures $69,- | tiful, For All Plants. . 000 for the purpese of building aj Chicago, Oct. 18.--Reports dindi- new high school, and to have the rate CPte that strikers are continuing to of interest § per cent, and the term | Fetura to work in the steel mills in STOCK MARKETS, Quotations Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 237 Bagot Street. New York Stocks. 149% 15% 60% 121% 73 818% 1073 1248 1103 69 102% 28% ITY 107% 106% 29 98 8 108% Canadian Stocks. ii. 53% Maple Leat 7 Steel of Canada .. 'STEEL STRIKE CRUMBLES. ears. i the Chicago area, and that practical- | thirty years. {lr every plant that was shut down | Gi ¥ the walk-out six weeks ago is OW operating with a reduced force. -------------------------- Want Coal Freight Lowered. Belleville, Oct 16. --The Dominion : Rugby Officials. Queen's and McGill have agreed; their officials for the game here by Saturday. > . Constan-| tine of the Royal Military College, will referee, and W. J. Montreal, will be judge of play. SPEFPPTPPLEEPIEPPPPP OPP IPE KEEPS THEM OUT. * - 3 (Canadian Press Despatch. # Washington, Oct. 16.--By an Canada held a sitting here yesterday. the Opening Close 4 " » 91 91 Ottawa, Oct. | Labor Available, Though Not Plen- | Morrison, | Board of Railway Commissioners for | Local coal dealers, civic organmiza- | tions of Peterboro', Lindsay, Belle- | ville and other cities and towns of | ! midland Ontario applied for redue- | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 1910. Whig PAGES I-16 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES. FARMERS, HALL CRAIN INTO US ------ from Varicus Peints in Manitoba And Saskatchewan. RECEIVE MUCH MORE MONEY FOR THEIR WHEAT IN UNCLE SAM'S COUNTRY. Western Canada Elevators Are Clos- ing as the Diminished Does Not Warrant Expense Keeping Open. Business of 1 Press Despatch) Oct. 16.--It is reported rain circles that farmer and forty of the in 8 in nitoba Saskatchewan, to a distance of and fifty miles nortif ternational boundary fall hauling large q at across ore per an would be possible if they + wheat in Canada Th trade sumed such proportions that a num- ber of elevators located at southern points in the two provinces are be is international has as- ing closed, of bus not keeping as the amount are receiving expense ness they { warrant {them open "NELSON DAY" DRIVE HAS GREAT OBJECT Appeal of the Navy League Is Directed to All Classes of Citizens. does the of Canadians all ovgr the Dominion | will remember how in September of | last year the Navy League of Canada | made an appeal for one million dol- lars for the relief of the dependents { of dead and injured seaman of the { merchant marine who were the vie- tims of the German submarine cam- paign. It will be remembered how under the name of 'Sailors' Week", thanks | to the thorough-going co-operation of the public with the workers, the ampaign was a complete success and the objective was reached and pass-J sed The Navy League of Canada again appeals to all eitizéns for funds ur- gently required to carry on its work The "Nelson Day" campaign has been launched and on Oct. 21st, 22nd 23rd the sum of $500,000 will be raised by volun contribution. TO CURB IMPORT OF DRUGS. ' a---- N.- Wr{Rewell Plans Stiff Sentences for Breach of Regulations. 16--Hon. N. W. Rowell has given 'notice .of a resolu- | tion providiag heavy penalties for the; illegal importation into Canada of} cocaine or opium or salts or prepara-| tions of either drug. Such fmporta- | tion 'without a license from the Fed-| | eral Department of Health, it is set | forth, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and costs, imprisonment for one year| jor bothy . ! | | OLD LADY PERISHES. | Coal Oil i Stove Explodes, Igniting | Her Garments. ! Ingersoll, Ont., Oct. 18.-~Mrs. Mec- | Clure, ninety years of age, was burn- | ied to death on Wednesday in her | home just outside the town, when § Lier clothing caught fire through the explosion of a coal oll stove. ' rm ns -------- : -------- § | tion in freight rates om coal in this | district from Belleville as distridut- | ing point. This would give time to en- | able coal to be brought in by boat ; that a right are shown: W. A. O., and labor eandidate tt B. Cunsiingham labor man. who is ie ow are: Dr. 8° J on 'ative jn North R. Grant (on South Lanark. ARE READY TO FLY TO FAR AUSTRALIA art English Aviators Will Make | Trip In Specilally-Built_ Sopwith. London, 'Oct. 16+ Mat- are to Captain Tom Kay a long flight he £10,000 he Commonwealth Govern- machine, a specially- with a 375 horse-pow- engine is very similar ! line and dimensions to the Atlantic machine used by Haw- ker and Commander irieye, except for smaller tanks. and Sopwith, er Rolls Roy e 1 right) | prize of- | Mackenzie | QUEEN'S GREETS HER VISITORS A a Reception Held in Cramt Hall on Wednesday Nigat. ADDRESSES OF WELCOME BY H. CASSELS, K.C, MAYOR NEW- MAN AND PROF. WATSON | Several of the Distinguished Visitors | { Replied--Provost Smith of Pen- nsylvania Gave a Very Fine Ad- dress, The installation Queen's 1 formal rece ceremonies opened Gr Wednesday K.C Board of Trustee sels Toror a brief address welcome who included m cationists from ¢ { the United States as citizeas of Kir | Mayor Newman gave the dress. He referred to the close as- sociation between the city and the university, and praised the work of the late Principal Grant and referred to the prominent men Kingston con- tributed to the public life of Canada | such as Sir Oliver Mowat, Sir Alex- | ander MacKenzie, Sir John A. Mac- { Donald. Kingston contributed t s building and the new art ing of Queen's Dr. John Watson vice-principal gave the address of wel i half of the university. Refe cularly to the new chancello Beatty, K.C., and Principal, R. Bruc Taylor, he said t ed their 8 as did their wo predecess nothing bet uld wished. He gave a brief history of the university and mentioned the late Principals, Dr. Snodgrass and Dr | Grant, who gave to Queen's its splen- , as well civic ad- 1h « be be did spirit. He assured the new chan- | cellor that Dr. Taylor and his staff would be not less loyal or less dili- gent under him than they were under | bis predecessors. ockpit takes the form of a | ortable enclosed limousine with | windows in the side and a floor. An | ingenious point is that the sliding panels in the roof and rising seats enable the aviators to occupy the or- | dinary open position in wkich they are protected by the usual screens. 2 The plane is very fast, 120 miles an hour, but immensely strong, and tan land at a very low speed. These | qualities are called for by the fact beyond Rangoon landing grounds are very -uncertain. The route which Will be folléwed. is over France; Italy, Greece, across the Mediterranean (300 miles) to Egypt, over Mesopotamia and along the Persion Gulf to Karachi, and thence across India to Calcutta, then along the Dutch, East Indian Islands to Timor and Port Darvin, Roughly, the total distance is 10,000 miles. LT.-COL. J. W. MARGESON A member of fhe Pensions' Commis- sion, who submitted a plan mittee on Soldiers' Civil Re-establish- ment, based on the length of service. A general retreat by the Bolsheviki before the armies of Admiral Kol- a is announc- ied in a wireless message from the! chak in western Kolchak government. eA rl. 2% sm wind | of bonus | for veterans to the Parliamentary Coms | American Greetings. Provost Edgar Fahs Smith of the University of Pennsylvania who to- day received the degree of LL.D. was { the next speaker. He expressed his to a Canadian pleasure to be present at the cere- monies. The University of Pennsyl- { vania was in existence long before | the United States and the first pro- | ¥ost was a' Scotchman. When be gra- { duated with the degree of A. B. he applied for admission to a British | University but its doors were closed { He was informed that he was not { qualified and would have to make { further progress. But across the { North Sea there were twenty-two | universities wide open to American { youths, He went to Germany and af- | ter three years graduated with a doc- | tor's degree and was able to speak { the German language better than his { own. Ever since then, jpndreds of {| American students have "been going { to Germany. Was it any wonder that they returned to their own country and raised the prestige of Germany: He expressed the hope that Angio- 'Saxon countries would keep the doors of the universities wide open to youth of their countries. "Let us get to- | gether and begin by beginning now" { said Provost Smith. In concluding be wished Queen's every success under | her new officers. Frovost Smith was { heartily applauded at the conclusion | of his address. Professor ¥. J. E. Woodbridge of j Cclumbia University Brought hearty {greetings and congratulations to | Queen's, from King's College in the { province of New York. He said it { received its Royal charter just one | { hundred years before Queen's receiv- {ed hers. The College flag is white with the crown on a blue fleld. Prof. | Woodbridge was glad to see the new { awakening between the educational institutions of both countries, At the | bresént time students are flocking | { to the colleges as never before, and he believed that in education it is of | the first importance that we should tion of the necessities of life. He em- phasized the importance of spiritual things over that is purely material. Prof. Frank Adams, asting princi- | pal of McGill, brought greetings from that university and referred to | the close association of the two insti- | tutions which was now made even | closer by the appointment of the new | chancellor and the new principal, i both of whom had been connected | with McGill : { H. M. Nimmo, editor of the Det- | roit Saturday Night, was the last { speaker. Mr. Nimmo, is an arts gra- | duate of Queen's and began his jour- | nalistie career on the staff of a King- ; ston newspaper. He referred to the { football days at Queen's twenty years | age when he caught the Queen's spi- { rit which he regarded as being more | important than the reading of so | many text books. He emphasized the | great responsibility of the edacation- | al Institutions for the future genera- | tions Because if they failed to teach | sane ideas of life where are the peo- {| Ple to receive them? The churches j could do ft, but the people they ought to reach prefer to spend Svan- i day golfing. He referred to the anar- . | chistic propaganda that is being car- | rfed on in the United States at the present time by persons who can only | be termad "nuts", because they cer- deep "appreciation of the invitation | University and his teach our young peeple that honor | is more important thaa the produe- | ly decorated for the oc. casic the ass blage abd nt specta club sang between t d lee BOLSHEVIKI ARMIES FACING DISASTER {Canadian Press Deagpatch) London, Oect.® 18. ---Forced back by enemies on four fronts, EOv- t of Russia appear to be period pregnant General Denikine's cks from the south, Polish < North- an legions on the Northern Rus- 1 the north have the armies of the Soviet with the west, t few days forged the Bol- between the it seems shevik armies are nether do millstones. to upper and Petrograd is tu cap- of observ- capital a te a 2 a it a am a < THREATENS TO SHELL <> THE GERMAN FORCE {Canadian Paris, Oct Pre 16 Despatch.) The com- mander of the British naval the Baltic sent an ulti matum to the commander of the Germar at Riga, that he would s em if they did » not: leave by » to-day. o> > {% fleet in % n & - noon | REPRE SEPP EITTE SEITE PPI THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM | Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Investigation by the US will be closed next week Parson Maynard, east bound in his return flight Salt Lake, Utah, left at 12.28 o'clock on Wednesday after- | noon President the from which jeved from had a good Wilson rel | glandular: swelling jhe suffered for two days, night's rest. {| Paris bookseller.' and publichers' employees are on strike, and demand + monthly wage of $90 for men and $70 for women. Diamonds taken from the South- | western Transvaal Mines during May weighed 5,964 carats, and were vak ued at $340,000. Four armed masked m assaults ed and robbed Louis Christin, seven- ty-four years of age, in his barn at L'Assomptian It is quite Wales may abandon his trip to the United States on account of the ill- ness of President Wilson Germany will not be able to com- pete with the Allies in the world's markets for another year, on account of shortage of raw material An aviator against whom rant had been issued fell to ground near Cornwall, amd promptly placed under arrest Formal ratification of the peace treaty with Germany has been inde- announced on Wednesday night. Conditions are be¢aming more nor- mal.in Riga. The State bank and ge- neral staff headquarters are' among the buildings damaged by the. bom- bardment. More than 2,500 New York book bindess have been granted an incr- ease of $6 a week and a forty-eight hour week. The men asked for $14 increase and forty-four hours. Sixty-nine buildings were destroy- ed in a fire at St. Raphael De Bele Chassey, Quebec on Tuesday. The {loss 'is $250,000, with practically no | insurance. jof Viscount Gough { Washington from 1894 to 1896 and {later secretary of the British em- bassy in Berlin He was seventy i years old. | sed a res {of the Saskatchewan Department of Education in enforcing compulsory school attendance upon the Mennoni- i tes in that distriet. Although no one ventures to { British Embassy or at the State De- {stood in official circles that the | Prince of Wales will probably not | visit Washington unless he can be re- i ceived by President Wilson. possible the Prince of | a war-| the | "was | finitely postponed by France. it was: The Great War Veterans' Associa- | ticn of Swift Current, Sask., has pas- | lution endcrsing the action! speak with authority either at the! | partment, it is very definitely under- | 1 MUST REMAN * FOR THE WINTER Thousands of Canadians Cammot Secure Passage Home From England. RESORIG 10° RATIONNG | AS THE FOOD SUPPLY IS QUITE LIMITED. People Contemplating a Trip Over seas Should Defer Their Visit Un. til Shipping Situation Clears Up. Ottawa, Oct. 16. --The Department of Immigration and Colonization has received a warning from England that there are thousands of Canadians on the other side anxious to come home, but unable to secure return at least six months. It is said that this situation accentuatéd by the ore from Canada. en the cable was sent from Lon- don rationing had been resorted te, the weekly allowance being: Butter! One ounce; sugar, six ounces; coal, 100 pounds; meat, forty cents worth Canadians who contemplate a vis it to the mother country during the next few months should take into consideration the impossibility of re- turning within a few weeks after ar- rival there. Unless, therefore, visit ors are financially and otherwise pre {pared to. stay in the mother coun try, for from six months to a year they should defer making visits un- til the shipping situation has cleared up. GENERAL LUDENDORFF i WILL NOT APPEAR | Before the Commission Seek- ing to Fix Responsibility Leaders. by cable passage for is being arrival (Canaflian Press Despatch) Berlin, Oct. 168.----General Luden- dorff is reported to have refused to appear before the parliamentary commission Investigating the respon- sibility of German leaders for war, which will begin its sessions early next week Carl Kautsky will dress the commission on the results of his investigation of the pre-war dipldmatic documents and suggest inames of individuals to he snbpoe- naed. The judicial status of the commission and the extent of 'ts {powers to enforce attendance bv | witnesses is still uncertain end it {is the opinion, in some quarters. that {General Ludendor® cannot be com- | pelled to submit to examination. ad- "THE FLYING PARSON IS FAR IN ADVANGE In the Airplane Race From Coast to Coast Now In Issue. {Canadian Press Deapatoh) {| Ohicago, Oct. 18.---Almost half- {Way across the country. on his return journey in the army airplane reli- ability and endurance race, Lieut. B. Maynard, the flying parson, to-day. was 'well in the lead of four other homeward bound flyers who had doubled back after soaring from coast to 'coast. Lieu. Maynard have ing reached Sydney, Nebraska, was almost a day's flight in the van of his nearest pursurer from San Fran- cisco, and his closest opponent in the point of actual fiying time for ithe transcontinental flight, Capt | Lowell Smith, was temporary out of the contest, as his ship was damaged by fire last night shortly after he landed. at Buffalo central station. « At Dublin, the death is announced | {Hugh Gough}, | {secretary of the British embassy in | DUE TO TAKE PLUNGE Lower Footwear ° Prices After Christmas, New York, Oct. 16.-- Footwear | prices are due for a tumble in fact, they have dropped 20 per cent. since the middle of August, and are going to take still another plunge after Christmas. J>¥Frask MeElwain, pres- i ident of the National Boot and Shoe | Manufacturers' Association, said In {an address before the Middle States Shoe Wholesalers' Association here. Mr. McElwain sa'd the consumer should notice these declines begin- ning next April. as' the shoes now being manufactured will not be mar- keted until that time. He sald a fall- ing off In the demand frem Europe | {| was responsible for the reduction. Invalidate Soviet Divorces, Budapest, Oct. 16.-- The Hungar- | ian Government bas issued a decree i invalidating all divorces granted un- { der the regime of the Soviet, during { which period very liberal diveree le- i gislation was put! into effect The only divorces not invalidated by the { decree are those in which remarriage {of one: or both parties has taken | place. Promised | { PALMER SEES DROP IN PRICE OF FOODS Philadelphia, Oct. 14 --Lir- ings costs will fall soon Attor ney-Ceneral. Palmer predicted yesterday in an interview "Prices have dropped in all parts of the eouniry," he said. "I am surprised thet the same condition does not prevail here, | tainly were not wise. The character RI ASANUUNED VikLAUE In iof the literature with which they i contended, plenty of coal for this! Owing to the encroachment of the North Sea, the villagers' a odeq the country was most dasger- | part of the Proviaea could be secur-| of Skaughden, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, have deserted their ous. and weakminded people actept- | |e. Representatives at the Oswego. homes, which are falling in ruins. To-day the village is ajed the ideas set forth. He pleaded for 3 me sores he mai. | £T0US OF TUNE collages over which {he Soh SWORpE AI Every + wan ow 5 isa he BESBL 3| GTR opposing it. No judgment was high tide. The picture shows the rear of the Three Mariners' ble danced and refreshments were | xiven, i1nn j in the red mem. Grant Hall : But it will come. . from Oswego, by which port, it was Throughout the United States the cost of foods has fallen al- most 25 per cent. Deef on the hoot has gone down so low in some localities that the produ- cers are protesting" + overwhelming majority, * House, passed the BIN extend- '@ {ug for one year the war time # passport restrictions so gs to 4 keep radicals and undesirables _ % aliens out of the United States. seebeb00 04 CPLLIEPROIOERL ITIL Ele NL LR i + The Wintipes Labor leader. wha is! visiting Eastern Canada, and nay l= address to a Labor meeting in EE EE x

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