I 14 PAGES | EA } Lt rn automobile to Government House YEAR 86: No. 254. FERGUSON NOT CHOSEN LEADER i the Battered Conservative Ramks of the Legislature. GONVENTION T0 BE CALLED JHE MATTER LEFT IN HANDS OF "COMMITTEE. Fories Think the Hearst Government Might Have Beem Saved If There i Had Beem Stocktaking Last Sum- ! ey | ergmye gone down to refeat. .. realed th ! province of Ontario, was accepted to- "the departure of Mr. Drury. On leav- J. J. Morrison secretary of the UF. "tions and expressions of confidence "of his cabinet. mer, Toronto, Nov, 3.--1It was announec- | ad by Hou. 3 pian Ferguson that plans for the walling of a pro- rinelal convention of Conservatives tad been left in the nands of a com- mittee of which he was chairman, the sther members being: Brig.-Gen. Hon. A. E. Ross, M.P.P. W. H. Price, M.P.P.; Capt. Joseph E. Thompson, M.P.P.; Capt. Buck- jand, M.P.P.; fF. Chambers, William Wboollatt. Join Joynt, M.P.P., and Peter Gar- Hiner, Reports of the gathering referred lo an understanding that Mr. Fer- juson, pending the election of a permanent leader at the provincial tection, would, as senior member, ict as nominal leader in the House, in this connection Mr. Ferguson aid: i "1 was not selected as leader or| wen temporary leader at the cau-| tus on Friday. The question of! thoosing a leader was left in abey-| nce. Some provision will undoubt- | aly be made for a temporary lead-| ar, but the question of selecting a permanent leader will have to be lecided by a convention of the Lib- tral-Conservative party of Ontario dong with all other matters of pol- The decision of the Conservative members and defeated condidates in favor of . a provincial conference vas received with general approval | There are a good many Conserva- dves who feel that had a convention been held last summer when de- nands were made for such a gath- sring, the Government would not y They hoki shat a stocktaking would have re-| 6 axtent of the unrest in the srovince and the menace it held for amy Government in power, and thus aave given the Government an op- portunity to take steps to meet it, A convention next sprmg, after the sountry has had an opportunity of itndying the course of the coalition Fovernment, may give the Conserva- jive party in Ontario new life. Drury Accepts Responsibility, (Canaman Press Despatch) Toronto, Nov, 3.----Responsibility for the formation of a new cabinet to carry on the government of the day, during a short interview with Lieut.<Governor Sir John Hendrie, by Ernest Charles Drury, leader of the U.F.O.-Labor coalition, in the newly-elected Provincial legislature. It was a matter of only a few minu- tes. Mr. Drury was accompanied by 0. organization. They drove up in precisely at eleven this morning and were admitted to the lieutepant- governor's office immediately. It 1s understood that in reply to Sir John's question, Mr. Drury stat- ed. that he was ready to form a Cabi- pet that would command the allegi- 'ance of the majority of the House but that he would not be ready to name his collegues for a few days, ibly a week. An understanding been reached with the outgoing Conservative Government of Sir Wil- Ham Hearst to carry on in the mean- time. Premier designate Drury immedi- ately left government house. Inci- dentally he narrowly missed an un- predecented experience in Canadian litics of receiving the congratula- from the heir to the throne as well ns the vice-regal representative. The Prince of Wales arrived at Govern- ment House just a few minutes after § the grounds of Government Fone, Mr. Drury was held up by troops of press reporters and photo , To the former he reiterat- ed his Intention of forming his eabi- net entirely from U.F.0. and labor members. There would be two of the 'iatter in the Cabinet, he said, ope as » . of the Department of La- bo the other still to be decided ou Drury will leave for is Sarin near Barrie tonight, according prograthme. This afternoon is holding various conferences and laterviews in regard to the selection i ------ COMPULSORY EMPLOYMENT In All Countries Discusebd at Wash is Conference. Hon of unemployment occupied the attention of delegates to the Interna- tional Labor conference Consideration by the commission of "economic, social and legal points of view," of the unemployment gues- s Viscount De TR ; Lieut.-Col.} Charles McCrea, M.P. | P.; Dr. Forbes Godfrey, M.P.P.; W. j rain, and it is believed the driver | RUMANIANS MUST LEAVE BUDAPEST (Canadian as Despatch) i Parts; Nov, 3.--The Supreme { Council today decided to send | another note to Rumania reiter- ' | ating the request made of her { 1n notes delivered on Oct. 17th { i | i by the British, French and Am- | erican Governments. The note | esks Rumania to evacyate Buda- { «pest, states that she will not be | given additional territoriay con- | cessioms, and requests that she | name a member of the Inter-Al- |. led Commissign which will pass of supplies | upon the amount taken from Hungary hy the Ru- manians. | { FOURTEEN WERE KILLED | AS TRAIN HIT BUS Victims Returning From Mas- | querade Crushed by En- gine at Crossing. m---- i | Woodbury, N. J., Nov. 3.--Four-| i teen persons were killed and thir-! teen injured, some of them serious- | ly, In the grade crossing accident at' Clarksboro, eight miles from here, late Saturday night, when a Pennsyl- vania railroad train struck an auto truck load of masqueraders. Twelve of the victims were killed instantly and two others died at the Cooper Hospital, Camden. Two of them were women. Ten of the in- Jured are still in the hospital, and it | is feared some of them cannot re-| cover, i All of the dead and injured were | from the Kensington Mill district of | Philadelphia. There were thirty-two | persons in the truck. They were re-| turning home after a Hallowe'en | party at Billingsport. | 'he accident occurred in a driving | failed to see the approaching train! until it was too late to stop. The Drury the question of moving to Toron crash was a'terrific one, the truck | being tightly wedged under the lo- comotive. Men and women, in their gay cos- tumes, were hurled in all directions. Some of the victims were buried un- 'der the wreckage of the truck and crushed to death, while others were thrown clear of the track, Only five of the merry party escaped injury. LOOKS FOR MAN WHO IMPERSONATED FLYNN And Promised to Swing Soldier Vote to Liberal in Belle= ville. . 4 < @ RaARy Press Sespatch) wt Toronto, Nov, 3,---Lieut.~Col. O'- Flynn, Liberal candidate in Belle: ville, at. the recent provincial elec- tions, was here today and called on J. Harry Fiynn, President of United Veterans League, with regard to a man impersonating Flynn, who caus- od a lot of trouble in Belleville and left some unpaid bills. This "Flynn" promised to swing the soldier vote towards the colonel. Today Col. O'- Flynn decided that the imposter had no resemblance to the real J. Harry Flynn, and Mr. Flynn declarés that he will search from here to Halifax for the man who impersonated him. VICTORY LOAN TOTAL NOW $152,416,000 (Canadian Press Pespateh) Toronto, Nov. 3.---~The grand total of the Victory Loan sub- scriptions for the Dominion" re- ported up till noon to-day, with 'some provinces far behind with their reports, were $152,416 ° 000 as compared with less than $145,000,000 for the first week Jast year. Ontario total stands at $89,446,000 reported to date this year, ta ANNOUNCES NEW SCHEME OF IRISH GOVERNMENT Give Home Rule With Power to 'Counties to Vote Them= selves Out. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov. 8.--The British Gov- ernment still announces during the present week a new scheme of Irish government, according to a strongly supported report in parliamentary circles to-day. Under the plan, Said to be in prospect, there would be the grant of Home Rule to Ireland with power for the counties to vote them- selves out and form a governing body for areas which might be thus ex- cluded from the general scheme. A supreme body, however, presided over by the lord-Heutenant, would have authority over both other bodies. \ A --it di GEN. DENIKINE'S PROGRESS, Takes a Town and Surrounds a Bol- shevik Division. ©f Verenezs to- 'wards the right flank of his line. He concedes the abandonment of Kromy, in the Orel region, In the Arfcha- dinsk district, General Denikine's troops, he reforts, surrounded = Bolshevik division and took numer- ous prisoners. {Can i te 3 adian » Despatch Copenhagen, = Nov. 3.~Reports that Bolshevik batteries 8 and around Kronstadt and Kre Ka, on the Gud of ps lasting several are contained in d shes to National Tidende be meg Heavy explosions are said to ¢urred in both places sumably by 'He was supported by dumps ' mining regions of Tennesee, in every Finland, dave |* being due to wmmusitian (an es Ec REI Che Daily British Whig [= KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1919. ONTARIO'S PROSPECTIVE PREMIER AND HIS WIFE. Above is a pictture of Erne I (stead. The prospective Premie ~~ J | THE WORLDS TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM FEDERAL TROOPS ARE IN SERVICE In Mining Regions In Various Parts of the United States. AND: MORE JRE IN RESERVE v NO PLANS YET MADE FOR OPEN- ING UP MINES Not Expected That Men Will Enter the Workings Just Now Though Everything is Ready For Their Return--The Union Workers Are a Federal Court Order. (Canadian Press Despatch) Chicago, Nov. 3.--Developments today in the strike of more than 425- 000 soft coal miners throughout the country were expected to clarify the situation to the extent of determin- ing whether production was to be stopped indefinitely on a large part of the bituminous zone or whether | any considerable number of workers were willing plans have been made for opening any of th bor, work are they had according to Thomas chairman of the coal operators' committee. No miner will be disgeri- minated against, he said. to return to work. No 6 mines with imported la- and the old men who return to to be treated as though never laid down thelr tools, T wster, scale Reports from most of the large mining centres indicated that 'while & large mumber of in- shape for miners the operators 'union men to today. that fon strike they 000 non-union men were at work in Pennsylvania and West Virginia fields and that nearly miners were work under contracts signed recently. Un- fon leaders. who restrained by the federal court, at Indianapolis, last Fr ther activity in the strike have ob- served order but whether plans have been discussed regarding a modifica- on of the strike order was a matter of conjecture today. Federal mines would be to resume work did not expect many re-emter the workings While the operators admitted the figures given out by the un- leaders as to number of men on 'Were approximately correct, pointed out that close to 150,- 20,000 union ng in Kentucky ware temporarily iday, from fur- troops today were in the West Virginia, st C. Drury and Mrs. Drury r has bee to. Tidings From A| er in a Pointed and Pithy Way. Windsor's popustion as reported by the assessor is 41,485. Seaman, Kent Co., of will establish a branch ne. | i Meaford, in West will be held in Chatham on Nov. 11, Armistice Day. According to the health authorities there Ars anu 20 capes of smallpox n Strat . Pe apni Ars msi A BEnow WIPE Neer" wae: found dead caught in a barbed wire fence near Lewistown, Pa. Tons of hoarded sugar were found in New York by federal agents. Owners will be prosecuted. i A 15-year-old Detroit boy confesses that he was the thief who entered several stores da Chatham. Dr. J. Adams, M.O.H. of 'Windsor, says unclean and slipshod eating houses will not be permitted. Hundreds of aliens have departed from Windsor within the past few months for European countries. > The annual public auction sale of live stock at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, was quite. success- ful. U.8. Government sold 460 houses built to house war workers in U. S. arsenal territories for average of $3,000 each. To check hoarding of silver Mex- ico is considering using less white metal in coins, making them one- third smaller. In raids at New Yerk on mine saloons for violating the prohibition law twenty arrests were made. Two men were shot. . Owing to the scarcity of houses in Glanworth, the Canadian Milk Pro- duets Co. will build some to accom- modate their employes, 'Mistaking each other for robbers, two railway employees engaged in a revolver duel at Connelsville, Pa. Both were ly shot. Mexican Review estimates total British investments in Mexico at §1,- 000,000 American gold. Insteal of obeying a highwayman, who ordered her on the nose, and he fled. The special sitting of the Supreme Wyoming and New Mexico | giar under orders to preserve peace in case disorders occur in connection with the strike, Troops bave been or- dered to hold themselves in readiness the service whenever the state authori- |" 3 assistance in keeping | ers. A reunjon o fthe 186th Battalion | \ as photographed at the Drury home- n at home at Crown Hill, Ont., discussing with Mrs. DISCUSS PLAKS FOR RELAND nd Southborough Offers Himself As -In- termediary With Sina Feiners. BELIEVED THAT CONTACT WOUTINSHOOTIL OUE FICULATES, Horace Plunkett Again A Urges For Ireland the Full Status of a Fully { Self-Governed Dominion. Loudon, Nov. 3.--The British Cab- inet committee is stil striving to find a way through the Irish tan- gle. The latest development is an offer | by Lond Southborough to act as in- {termediary between Britain and the | majority of the young Irishmen, that {1s to say the Sinn Feiners. Lord | Southborough's name as a Commoner was Francis Hopwood and during his illustrious official career he has up- dertaken several missions to Canada, Newfoundland and the United States. Lord Southborough himself says: "I take no part in potitics; IT have no truck with His Majesty's Govern- ment." What he contemplates is the possible usefulness of a small unofficial conference, including Sinn Fein leaders. The Times strongly urges the Gov- ernment to accept Lord Southbor- ough's offer. It warns the ministers that, "the new doctrine of self-reli- ance which has taken a strong hold upon the youth of Ireland is no mo- mentary political ery. It is neither 'possible nor desirable that the Sinn 000,000,000 Mexican gold, or $500,- | pg; coventry." Horace Plunkett again urges for Ireland: "The status of a fully self- governed Dominion with a defense reservation." He ridicules the idea that Great Britain must not help the Irish republic which is es- tablished and says, A righteous moral ¢ will an effec tive political reality in the orderly progress of western civilization and depends more than on any other one thing, upon the right of mutual un- = {Day after the war was the occasion {| B. C. to Consider Any Such Under Prohibition Act Act, with Justice Clement as the com- | misstoner, MORE LONGSHOREMEN | RETURN TO WORK (Canadian Press Despatch) New York, Nov. 3.--The back- | bone of the longshoreman's | strike is beleved to have brok- | en this morning, when the full | force of med employed on the | Chelsea piers between West | Fourteenth and West Twenty- | third streets, returned to work. | When the stevedores' whistles { sounded this morning, gangs of | men filed through the gates and | were immediately put to work. i FRANCE'S TRIBUTE Ne TO SOLDIER DEAD| The First All Saints' Day of Peace Spent in the | Cemeteries. | Paris, Nov. 1.--The first All suee} Saturday of notable tributes to the | memory of those who had died for! France in the great struggle. pite the weather, which was cold, mis-| ty and generally dismal the cemeter tes about the eity were crowded with people who were covering with flow-| ors the stones that had been raised | in honor of the dead. Poincare, Mme. memoers of President | Poincare and the] the municipal council {paid visits to th cemetertes: at Bag- jmeux, Ivry and Pantin, where they! | placed jments.In addition thousands of trav- wreaths on various monu-| ellers crowded the trains om the northern and eastern line yesterday | for visits to the graves of relatives! or friends buried in the cemeteries | ; at the front. In Paris there was a touching cere- mony in howmor of the orphaned wards| of the nation, held at the Sorbonne, | in the presence of a large assemblage | and presided over by President Poin-| care. One hundred of the little ones! were grouped in the front rows off seats typifying the great army of war | orphans for which the nation is car-|® Ing. Numerous speeches were deliv-| ered by Marshal Foch, former Pro-| mier Viviani and others. The final} speaker 'was President Poincare, whose impressive words stirred the] audience deeply. Addressing the or-| phans, he said, "If your fathers died | it was that France might live, and| that you might live, free to be worth-| y of your sires, and to preserve the| life of your country." | SR ARS | VERY FEW CANADIANS NOW LEFT IN ENGLAND | Two-Thirds of the Remaining! Three Thousand to Sail _This Month. London, Nov. %--Canadian sold- fers remaining in England number three thousand: It is hoped to get two-thirds of them away this month. Most of these are employed in salv- age operations, whion Include the sale at public auction of military Stores and a large rumber of auto- mobiles, . : > Forty-seven officers and 300 men of the pay corps are still here, but half of them will sail within a fortnight, all pay work prior to October belng wound up at Ottawa. ' Less than a hundred military sick cases remain in Great Britain, these being attended to at Alexandra Mili- tary Hospital, Millbank, by the Im- perial authorities. Two hundred typewriters used by Canadian officers were sold this week and averaged five pounds more for each machine than the original price. SOFT COAL SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED The US. Government Passes a Drastic Order Affecting Canada. Toronto, Nov. 3.--From today un- til the big coal strike in the States is settled, soft coal will be shipped into Canada only for public utilities, hos- pitals, food manufacturers and news- paper publishers. H. A. Harrington, Ontario fuel commissioner, says stocks in Ontario are fair, and be anticipates no serious shortage unless the strike is unex pectedly prolonged. To the manufac- turers, however, who have only a few week's supply and who do not come under the "priority" privilege, the strike will be more or less a : The fuel commissioner has wired to the mayors of Ontario towns and cities to make surveys of priority con- tracts to be forwarded to Dr. Gar- field, who has charge of soft coal diss tribution in the United States. COMPENSATE FOR LOSSES. Victoria, B.C., Nov. 1.--An order in-Council passed by the Oliver Cab- Des- |, HEARST RESINS: DRURY CALLED Licutenant-Governor Communicates Wilk Leader of the United Farmers. HEARST WEL CARRY OX UNTIL. NEW CABINET IS READY TO TAKE OFFICE U.F.0. Secretary Morrison States That He Had Not Anticipated the Hearst Government Retiring so Soon, Toronto, Nov. 3.--"Sir Willam Reurat on Saturday tendered to the eutenant-governor his and that of the Eovermet T ation onor communicated with E. C. Dru- ix. Whe will be asked to undertake 18 task of fo fia ta rmdng a new govern- Tha foregoing stat out by Sir Willlam Ho a pn ment buildings on Satorday morning The Ontario premier personally plac. ed the resighation of himself and his colleagues in the hands of Str John Hendrie, who subsequently stated that Re Rad telegraphed for RB. C. Drury e rmers' leader, t 3 : office on Monday, ? Mme in Sir Willlam Hearst will, farry on the of Course, government drury is ready to assume aaa hr. Mr. Drury has already arranged to refer to Toronto. from his home near arrie on Monday morning, eo that he will be able to see ' 3 the lewtenant- governor without delay. He will on. ck, it is stated with his » cal slate in his pocket, and be : Sabuust 0 take over the overnment with a very short Hime : In the lat Sir William understandj that when the other would "We had aot anticipated an : e this,'" said J, J. Morrison, ry Secretary, when he learned of the Hearst resignation; ""There's no oe- casion for a rush, We are not gntici- Pating any ugliness from anybody. We feel thers will be an honest at. Apt to carry on the government. Mr. Drury made no arr; that eventuality." SDSAMOMS 108 + Mr. Drury win ask for a few a ays in which Jo Defect members of his not MHikely that the new ministry will He ready to take office 'before the end of 'the 'Wak. or -------------- AGED LADY STRUCK And Killed by an Auto Near Ren. frew. 1 Renfrew, Nov, 3. Miss Bellair, of Portage du Fort was knocked down and killed instantly by a motor car driven by Miss Brabason of that town, ' Miss Bellair, who is advanced in Years, was walking on the roadway of the Main street with her sister and started to Cross the road as the car approached. She hesitated and started to tum back, when she WAS knocked down. No blame whatever attaches to the driver of the car, which was going slowly at the time of the accident. Miss Brabazon, the driver of the oar, had with her her sister and Miss Thompson, ail of Portage du Fort. a Rink Purchased by Church Colborne, Nov, 8.-- Colborne Methodist church for the purchase of the rink has been accep- ted by the directors of the Curling Club. The rink will be used, it is stated, for both skating and curling. -------------------- Wardsville electric power plant has been out of commission for thres nights and the Methodist chureh is The tender vv," conducting evangelistic services by | lamp light. John MeGahan, of Strathallan, who made a vicious attack on Con- stable Hill, W, , has been de- clared - dangerodsly insane and will be sent to the London Asylum. County Constable Fred Kerr, who served with the 75th Battalion and Royal Air Force, has been awarded a Meritorious Medal for valuable work while a warrant officer. Robert Carroll 17-year-old Sarnia boy who was accidentally shot while out hunting, had his arm amputated two inches below the shoulder. 8t. Thomas 1.0.D.E. raised $277 by a tag day. NEWS IN BULLETIN. pa inet and signed by the Li nt Governor yesterday, creates a com- mission under the Public Ihquiries to | ded Sixty-one trains will be od on the New York Central to U- ne serve the coal supply, €0! E. C. Drury, loader of the United Farmers, will call on the Heutenant: governor to-day if his coalition cab inet has been arranged for, ing The faminé in Petrograd is becom. terrible. Forty thousand have starvation within the last month. Victory Loan reached nearly milion dollurs the first week drive in Ontarig. -- There will be no discrimination from the United States in the coal supply, the Caradian Governtaent ré- The ninety of the g a . 'The Laborites won nearly all of the for elections throughoui 1 ; 5