J MXMAS. NECKWEAR" Collier's Toggery Have, on display over $1:066.00 worth in their and mogp-in<- windows, 1 side YEAR 88; No, 272. RE DESTROYS I --_--_----..r r EI Dn AA Rs "XMAS, NECKWEAR" . 3 Collier's Toggery Have on over $1,000.00 worth in their windows, 4 more ine KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919. LAST EDITION. LAVAL: BUILDING The Wan Eds Containing te Wicd Departments Total Loss. BLAZE RAGED NIE HOURS AND $400,000 OF DAMAG + DONE Valuable Paintings Saved---Students Had Narrow Escape--Lighted Oi- gar Butts May Have Caused the Fire. Montreal, Nov. 24.-~The main | et] | { i : 'building of the University of Mont- | real, better known as Laval Univer- sity, containing the medical depart- | ments, was destroyed by fire Satur- day night. The damage is estimated | at $400,000, and covered in insur- | ance, The cause of the fire has not been definitely settled. but a smok- ing concert was held in the build-| ing in the early part of the evening, | firemen | and it is thought by the * that lighted cigar butts may have been left around after it. Several of the medical students | had a narrow escape when the blaze broke out, They were counting the ballots for the class election, which took place Saturday, and bits of plas- ter from the ceiling fell and they were later notified that the top or | sixth floor of the building was ablaze, | {ed by the War Office that the Battle | They rushed for their hats and coats and made their way out a short time before the occurrence of an ex- plosion which set the entire fourth and fifth floors ablaze in the centre of the building. Every man and every mechanical device of the Montreal brigade were used to fight the flames. The medical museum, which con- tained the body of "Giant" Beaupre, was considerably damaged and the Medical Laboratory ' was destroyed with all the dissecting cadavres. On the lewer floor the students and some of the professors who had rushed to the scene of the fire man- aged to 'save some of thé most pre- cious articles. Valuable paintings, photographs and other articles which would have been impossible to replace 'were taken out and car- ried to the rooms of the Cercle La- vial, nearby. a When the fire was under centrol, several firemen made their way into the third floor of the north wing and with the help of Dr. Gaston., Rene De Cotret, ohief of the Notre Dame Hospital house staff, salvaged many valuable articles, The copper dome of the Notre - Dame de Lourdes Church nearby grew red hot from the excessive heat and several streams had to be used to cool it off. The chtirch was slight- ly damaged by water. The fire lasted over nine hours. The blaze was one of the most sen- sational ever seen in Mbntreal, " PRISONERS OAN "STARVE IF THEY WILL | "IN IRISH PRISONS (Canadian Press Despatoh) Dublin, Nov. 24.--Official notice was given here to-day that no more, prisoners will be libe- rated, conditionally or uncondi- tionally, for hunger striking, and that the hunger strikers must themsélves Be responsible for the consequences of their acts. It was also announced that there would be #io further am- elioration of the prison treat- ment given any prisoner con- > 'victed under the Defence of-the + Realm Act. This notice is regarded very seriously in Irish political circles. ¥ HAD CLOSE CALL ° Was Drawn Into Machine Canadian General, Peterboro, Nov. 24. Melville "Morrow, son of W. G. Morrow, Water street, was the victim of an unusual mccldent. He was engaged at his work at a drill at the Canadian Gene- "ral Electric Works, when his cloth- ing became caught in the machinery #nd threatened to draw him in. By main force, however, he resisted be- Ing drawn in but before the machin- "ery could be sto 1 every stitch of . his clothing wa¥ torn from his body, | with the exception of his boots. His shirt was drawn with such- force it \ elmost severed the flesh of his arm. Directly tbe machinery was stop- ; Morrow was taken in Com- stock's ambulance to Nicholl's Hos- pital with Dr. G. 8. Cameron 'and it 'Was found that 'aithough suffering At The . he was not sec'ously hurt. Had he been would have been without oubt, Sember for South Es months' trip im charge returned to painful bruises and a few cuts| a lighter 'man he | "Killed The 'Bealrice greeting the latter's AR LN a picture shows the King and Queen and THE QUEEN OF SPAI N REACHES LONDON. mh Princess daughter, Queen Ena of Spain, on her arrival at Victoria Station, London, from Paris, on October 27th. Am YPRES MEMORIAL TO EMPIRE'S DEAD [ft 1s Announced That Commit- | tee Has Scheme Under ! Consideration. London, Nov. 24.---It is announc- | Exploit Memorials Committee has under consideration the question of 4 merorial to the troops of the Bri- tish Empire who fought at Ypres. {~~ The Belgian Minister of the Inter-| { lor stated recently in the Belgian { Chamber that the authorities at Yp- | res had been late in passing the plans | for restoration, An official meeting had taken place of representatives of the Belgian Government, town auth- orities- of Ypres, and the British War Office Committee on Battle Ex- ploit Memorials, ahd preliminary measures had been taken to protect the Cloth Hall, the Cathedral and the adjoining houses from desecra- tion. These ruins in their actual timony of Teutonic barbarity, would remain a place of pilgrimage, to which the allies may come to perpet- uatk the memory of those soldiers of theirs who died to keep intact the last strip of Belgian soil. CN ed fe py Se-- HOPE SOME OF CREW MAY YET BE SAFE From the Lumber Steamer Myron Which Foundered Near Whitefish Point. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Nov, 24. ~--Hope at fedst that Some members of the crew of eighteen of the lum- ber laden steamer Myron, owned by 0. W. Blodgett of Bay City, which foundered near - Whitefish Point in a terrible gale which swept Lake Su- perior Saturday and Yesterday, would be redcued was held out today by marine men here and captains of steamers who passeed this port. It was believed that some of the crew who escaped from the founder- ing steamer might drift ashore and be revived by patrolling coast guards despite their long exposure and ters rible buffeting by the great waves. Wreckage from the Myron con- 'tinued this morning to come ashore in great quantities, including parts of the cabins and upper works, while | the entire bay is strewn with 'the lumber cargo of the boat and of her consort the Miztec, which was report- ed towed into shelter by an uninden- tified steamer. Stock Prices Improve. (Canadian Press. Despatch) New York, Nov. 24.--Stocks mani- fested no definite trend at a dull opening of to-day's session. General Motors and Crucibie Steel, features of last week'd final session, soon strengthenal the general list at gains Dead at Windsor Castle, London, Nov. 24.--Sir Guv Fran- cis Laking, keeper of the King's ar- mory in Windsor Castle, died Sunday night. He was born in 1875 and had written much on armouries and art objects of Windsor Castle and Buck- ingham Palace. -------------- Chief of Police Valade, Gatineau Point, was charged with assaulting a young woman named Dupuis. The hearing of evidence brought out very sad particulars, The accused was found guilty. Magistrate Goyette an- nauneed that he would sentence the prisoner on Nov. 29th. Wi em aie Waa on of Beighim, state, besides being an eloquent tes } of five and three points respectively, | ------------------------ Queen Ena is the figure in furs at the right, | and only her mother's face shows in the group. mermmnnnn A A NINE Nt at PN GN MALY FACING | | GRAE CRs Rumors In Circuiation Say the Monarchy | IS In Danger. THE SOCIALISTS' VICTORY ! | | ! ! | IN THE RECENT HLECTIONS IS CAUSING ALARM An Extreme Policy Advocated By the | New Elements--Bolshevism May | Yet Appear In Italy. { . Rome, Nov. 24--Rumers of the | Wildest charactér regarding the pos- { sibility of a very serious crisis in- | volving not only the cabinet but also the reigning house of Italy are in circulation, as the. opening of par: lament, set for December 1st, ap- proaches. The 'socialists, proud of their re- cent victory, are eager 10 continue what they call. their "march for- ward." The older and more author- itive member of parliament, such as Deputy 'Tuariti, leader of the in- transiegeants, . Deputy Trever and Signor Modigliania are against any excess. The new elements which have en- tered the "socialist parliamentary group are declared to be animated by revolutionary sentiments and to fa- vor an extreme policy, which in their opinion will inevitably lead to the advent.of Bolshevism in Italy. TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD IN DANCE HALL FIRE ------ {Canadian rress Despatch.) Villa Platte, La., Nov. 24. With all the persous in the build ing at time accounted for, 'the complete list to-day of those who lost their lives in the dance hall fire here Saturday night, was announced . at twenty-eight. About 300. persons were guests at the dance on the second floor , of a two-storey frame building. In addition to the heavy death toll, scores were badly burned or « seriously hurt in a mad rush to escape through one narrow exit. DRUGS ARE BLAMED FOR MUCH CRIME | Mirs, Murphy Says She Intends to Start a Dia Against Narcotics. Hamilton, Nov. 24.--Judge Efaily Murphy, of Edmonton, gave a lec- ture in First Methodist Church on "The Women's and Children's Court," telling of her work in that connection in Edmonton. She attri- habit and said she hoped in the near future to start a crusade against drugs. She deplored the apathy of the modern parent: towards existing conditions which their children have te face, and the deplorable housing conditions in §lum snd country dis- tricts, and the insidious campaign carried on by the white in poisoning young minds. ce ati i at. X 1 | | UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST, THE PEO. buted much of the crime to the drug a slave traffic | MAY POSTPONE | 'PROCLAMATION Peace Pact Un fhe U.S. Senate | of te 7 asses Upon I. -~ SEMTE DCES NOT MEET CLAMATION DATE ------ The Meeting of the League of Na- tions Can Only Be Called Legally By President Wilson, ! Paris, Nov. 24.~--The jeace treaty | may not be declared effective De-| cember 1st unless ratification. is com- | pleted by the American senate be- | fore that time. | The tentative decision of the su- | | 3 preme 'council, announced Wednes- day, to make the treaty operative | December 1st; was based on the > | i : i sumption that the United States up- per house would reach some com- promise and accept the treaty be- | fore that date, according to reliable { information. (The senate does aot re- | convene until December 1st.) | It i8/ imperdtive that the. first | meeting of the league of nations! | will be held the same day the treaty | becomes effective, it is pointed out and this meeting can be called le- gally only by President Wilson. | It 'was feared here 'the sendte's| rejection of the treaty during its re- | cent session has indefinitely post- | poned the date of making the treaty | effective, likewise organization of | the league of nations. | Those in official positions refuse | to discuss formally the situation | created by the failure of the] United States senate to accept the | treaty, there was no doubt it is re- | ceiving grave consideration. | The sentiment prevailed here that | it the league does not materialize, | the allies will demand additional | guarantees from Germany. These | demands were expected to include: Cession of the left bank of the Rhine and the Saar basin to France, | Rectifications of the Belgian fron- | tier. Y Further German disarmament, with the surrender of ail Germany's war materials. New arrangements for payment of reparations by Germany. Possible annexation of Heligoland by Greaf Britain. Newspapers here published little comment wpon~the genate's action. France gemerally seemed inclined to adoph an attitude of "watchful waits ng." The sublime porte has applied di- rectly to the peace conferemce for an early solution of the Turkish question, giving serious reasons ne- cessitating the rapid donclusion of peace. 1 Bhai Sk hh ea 0 + b EGGS $1.30 DOZEN ON THE TORONTO MARKET < " * % Toronto, Nov. 24 --Eggs soar- # ed shy-high Saturday, reaching # $1.30 per dozen at St. Lawrence # Market. Even the farmers re- # ferred to the hen fruit as gold 4 nuggets. Butter sold up to. 75 + cents a'pound; * PEPE bere bbe > | GENERALS ARE THROUGH. Hindy and Ludy Not to 'Appear Be- : fore Committee. : -Berlla, Nov: 24. Field -Marshal Von Hindenburg and General Luden- dorft will not again be summoned to give testimony before the sub-com- mittee of the National Assembly in- vi War responsibility, accord ing to a semi-oficial statement. It is believed they would be unable to amplify the evidence they have al- ready presented. 3 edema 'Drive Reindeer Across Canada's West Win ; Nov. 24---Driving a herd of 1500 reindeer overland from Alaska to the west coast of Hudson Bay A a Sony Sificalt of passage and largely unexplored, is & feature of the scheme under which the North American Reindeer Com- pany has buf recently secured from Canadian government a permit purposes 75,000 nid north of the "on Seeking Divorce. Ottawa, Nov, 24,--8ix 'additional applications for ree, the cases to be hemrd 3 : Nixon, Provincial \ \ | quadrangle of Burlington Heu se. { being adopted for the overseas graveyards of our fallen sol- in. the 'he question of its design diers is to be decided by the Cabinet. CONTINUE COMMENT 'ON SENATE ACTION Daily News Says Without Am= erica, League's Power Will Be Curtailed. \ London, Nov . 24.--The Daily News, discussing the United States Senate's treatment of the treaty and the prospect of it being re-submitted at the next session says: "The interval between now and | then will be fraught with issues mo- mentous, not only for America, but for the world. It may be putting it too high to say, as the Prime Minis- {ter said of the relief of starvation in Europe, that without America's co-operation we are helpless, but a league of nations, with which Amer- fca was not associated, would find its power and its moral authority la. mentably curtatled. With or with- out America the League will go for- ward, but it is no derogation to the dignity of the Europsen membérs of the League to appeal directly to Am- erion to share with them hedcaforth the burden of peace, as She has shared 'with them for the past two years and more the burdens of war. "There is now an interval for con- sideration and, short though it be, it is long enough for the true will of America to assert itself and long enough for the opposing parties in the Senate to come to an agreement, perhaps on the basis of mild reserva- tions. The world will await the de- cision with an anxiety which it need aot affect to conceal." THE BYE-ELECTIONS ON DECEMBER 22ND Writs Are Issued Returnable December 15th For Six Cabinet Ministers. ' Toronto, Nov. 24.--In the consti- tuencies represented by six ministers of the Drury Cabinet who have seats, writs have been issued for by-elec- tions, and the nominations will be held on Monday, December 15. Poli- ing, where necessary; will take place a week later. A Hon. Peter Smith, provincial trea- surer, South Perth, had a majority of 2,686. Previously the riding was Conservative by 210. Hon. Ben- iah Bowman, Minister of Crown Lands, Manitoba, majority 883. Hen. R. H. Grant, Minister of Education, Carleton, majority of 1,082; pre- viously Conservative. Hon. H. C. Secretary, North Brant, had a plurality of 1,024 over the second man. His constituency was previously Liberal. Hon. Walter Rollo (Labor), Minister of Labor, West Hamilton, h a majority of 2978 over his two opponents. Hon. F. ©. Biggs, Minister of Public Works, North Wentworth, a major- ity of 2,851, and was previously Con- | servative. Tho ministers without portfolios, Hon. Mr. Mills and Col. will not return to their constituents. Seats have yet to be selected for Premier Drury, Hon. M. Doherty apd Hon. Mr. Rapey. | > HOLDS SMELL NOT ENOUGH ITALIANS TURN EYES Five Thousand, on the Average, Seek to Emigrate Each Month. Rome, Nov. 24.--Two months ago the Italian tide was running home- ward and thousands of emigrants were returning from across the At- lantic to Italy, especially southern Italy--with the money they have saved during .the . war.Today with obstacles removed Italians are once more setting out to seek their for- tunes in thé new worl.' The cemtre of this renewed emigcation is Naples, In number the emigrants average 5,000 a month. These emigrants are of two sorts. . The first group in- cludes Italian reservists who returned to Italy to fight on the promise of the Itallan Government that thelr fare would be pald both ways. These men are war veterans, and many of them come from Italy's best brigades and bravest battalions, Recently one of Fa came into the American Consu- late wearing the Italan gold medal of valor, an honor as rare among Italians as the Victoria Cross among Britons. The second group of emi. grants is composed of the families of petsons already in America. They are mostly peasants. The American 'authorities are try- ing to make this exodus easy. The Goverment permits the return of physically incapacitated men and men without obvious means of earn- ing a lvelthood provided they are war veterans who have previously ¥é- sided in the Unit8d States. POLITICS VS. PATRIOTISM Senator Hitchcock Replies to Sena- tor Lodge on Treaty Issue. Washington, Nov. 24.-"Senator Lodge is evidently thinking more of of polities thafl he is of patriotism," Senator Hitoheock, Senate Adminis-- tration Leader, declared in a state ment replying to Lodge's assertion thiat he was willing that the treaty: 'be carried into the 1920 campaign. BOY'S BODY IN SWAMP, Foul Play is Suspected in Dansey Case, Hammonton, N.Y., Nov. 24:The body of little "Billy" Dansey, for whom a nation-wide search had been conducted since his disappearance from Mis. home here several weeks ago, was found by a hunter in a SWAamp near this place. After view- ing the body, Coroner Cunningham expressed bellef that the boy was the victim of foul play. an Lisbon Killed, Lighkon, Nov. 24.---A dispule be- tween fishermen and canners at Set- ubal, twenty miles southeast of Lis- bon, resulted in a free-for-all fight between the old fishermen, whom the canmers are boycotting because they demand more money for their fish, and néw fishermen whom the can- ners have engaged to man a new fleet of boats. A number of meh were killed or wounded. TO NEW WORLD AGAIN | taken out of the 1a resolution EXPECT 10 EASE COAL SITUATION Drastic. Regulations 10 Made in Can 264s ra Sener SUPPLY. ALARMINGLY LOW : = Ee a AS-NO COAL HAR BEEN RECEIV. ED IN CANAD -- Since the Strike of the Soft Coal Mi ners In the United States Begar Two Weeks Ago. Montreal, Nov, 24.-- Drastic regu lations in' train service will have te be made at a very early date, unless the movement of Aituminous coa! from the United States to Canada is Soon resumed," declared an official | of the Canadian Railway War Board' "As a result of the miners' strike and the consequent restriction: placed by the United States Govern- ment on the exportation of bitumin- ous coal from that @untry, receipts in Canada during the Past two w 3 eeks ave 'been practically nil. operating in the provinces of and Quebec are almost enti pendent, upon American mines for their fuel supply, and with the re- cent embargo on shipments to them, their existing supplies are Dleted at an aly | Situation were pro th 4 e : ent' stocks would n be exhausted and transport 339 un portation would be at a ¢. YItis imperative, | the supplies now on | banded in every teasibl 'Arrangements hav now béing made to bér of trains at the sent month, but it Ontario rely de- therefore, that hand be hyus- e manner, end of the pre- is feared that be- vement of coal to have been resumed, sary to make much n."* L. A ------------ ~~ Wait On Fuel. Official, Washington, por 24.--Soft coal operators will nd¢ proceed further with negotiations for.a new wage scale agreement until Fuel Adminis- trator Garfield has been consulted they anneunced Saturliay. The joint conference between ¥ miners called for this afternoon was until' Monda consultation between the orig Sommittes and Dr. Garfield. } e are awaiting Dr. fi pleasure," sald. Philip Penny Nelda ber of the committes, i ---------- REINFORCED OONCRETE FOR NEW SAWMILL Gillies Bros, Replaci One acin Burned at Brauside a Bigger One. ET Renfrew Nov. 24 ~The co 2 3 ' 8 nstrug- tion of a saw-mill of reinforced on something mew in the sawmill Hue Jn Ontario, has beer b. lumber firm 1 begun by the the Ottawa river, is to replace one of large capacity destroyed by fire on June 23 last. With three double- cut bandsaws and a resaw, the, new machinery is to be A. F. Byers & Co, tractors, hand and are to about May 1 next. McNa I' pany for a fixe $80,000 for a perod filish it on or The township of by the cofy- - assessment fr of ten years, Br ---------------- SEES CITIES FREE OF TRACKS IN TEN YEARS Ford Says Street Cars Will Bg Superseded by Better System. ; Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 34.--"This a 4 bad time for any eity to saddle Atselt with a franchise." wadd Heary Ford, the Detroit auts manufacturer, speaking of the . Street-car . "I believe all the tracks will be out of American cities with- Viel Me at dae told t the ledo Street: Railway Company spfarent! to drive the people of Toledo into granting what it watis by removing the street cat entirely, Mr. n thet a t hs 0 stréet ony 'company has chy, Hake the place of the which the street 4 on ---------- After a twelve-hour debate, con vocation of the University of Saskat- chewan late Thursday night passed the manne, in Which the Jos (Dlatessors acd iismissed from the acglty of the in- stitution last mid-summer. : Lid ---------- a sisititncott Fred Hs Hanson, tarmet, 2