° NECKWEAR THAT WILL WEAR Made from Imported Eng- lish, Swiss and Italian 5 Biiks at Collier's Toggery kfc cen con co RRR I ------ YEAR 86: No. 287. i ------ cee EE ------ ---------------------- i ---- A DEPUTATION VIEWS OF CRERAR = AS TO THE TARIFF amet Wealth and Population Would | ¥ Have Been Greater if Better | : Policy Prevailed. (Canadian Press Deapateh) Woodstock, N.B,, Dec. 11.--~8Speak- : : ting for the united f. f this To Press Eastom Ontario's Claims For) ios, lor, tis unite ASDaws of luis Hydro-Elesiric Power. RF. ELLIOTT IS SELECTED j minister of agriculture, said that the { new national policy, adopted as the | j farmers' platform, was not a class | policy, as claimed by pany, as a {study of the platform shows one of | the most important planks was tariff | {of which their policy aimed at a de. | {duction in the necessities of life. | T0 PRESENT THE MATTER TO | Canada's wealth, he sald, was deriv. 7 THE GOVERNMENT. Conference in Toronto at 11 am, Friday--There Are 150 in the De- putation, Including Five From Kingston, The deputation from the Eastern Ontario Hydro Union left for Toron- to Thursday, Those from Kingston. are R. I. Elliott, T. J. Rigney, J. M. [* Campbell, Elmer Davis and Mayor H. W. Newman. The deputation will number about 150 men from all parts of Eastern Ontario, and R. F. Bilfott, chairman of the Kingston Utilities Commission, has been re- quested to present the claims of Bast- ern Ontario to Premier Drury at a | meeting that has been arranged to take place at 11 a.m. on Friday. The Government will be asked to appoint a representative from the eastern municipalities to the Ontario Hydro Commission, and the differ- ent resolutions passed at the Brock- ville convention will also he submit- | ted, including the demand for the further development of the water powers within the province and the exercise of its proper jurisdiction over the St. Lawrence river. The people of the province are behind the Government in opposing federal con- trol of the water powers of the St. Lawrence. Mr. Elliott will trace the relation ghip of the municipalities to the pro- vincial system and show conclusive 1y the justification for the claims for | municipal representation on the ad- ministration. The development and extension of the Hydro Electric will necessitate large expenditures in the larger ' towns and cities, and it is generally felt that their utilities should be free from politics. 'SINN FEIN MEMBER ARRESTED IN RAID Dublin, Dee. 11.---Thomas Kelly, Sinn Fein member of the Commons, was arrested in the course of a mumber of raids by Jed from producing and trading, and | {had her fiscal policy for the last | {forty years heen different there was {not the least doubt but that the wealth 2nd population of the country | | would have been greater than it wag | to-day, | TWO TRAINS COLLIDE; TWO 'MEN ARE KILLED | | C.P.R. Passenger Train. With | | Chinese Coolies Runs Into { Freight on Siding. : (Canadian Press Despatch) ° { { Sherbrooke, Que., Dec. 11.----Two | men were killed and four others bad- ly injured at 2 o'clock this morning | | when the C. P. R, special passenger | train going towards Montreal bearing Chinese coolies from overseas, col- lided with a freight train at Milan, near Farnham, Que. The freight | had been placed on a siding but the | switch was left open. A passenger | engine collided with the rear of the | freight, sending twe carg off the track. The victims are M. H: Booth {drawing-room candidate. and J. Buchanan, conductor and pas- | she cried: "Take the task a question." | shouted: "Cheer for Foote | me," | senger on the freight. ---------------------- WAS DECIDED BY SMILE | Five Months' Old Baby Settled Di- | vorce Action. ER el ee Sd MEN sppreciste = Tie 1 That retains ffs shape. Artificial Silk will not do ! this. So we stock Inrge- iy pure Silk, in English Sng Swiss weaves. 4 Collier's Toggery KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1919. Last EDITION. LADY ASTOR IN GOOD FO These pictures of Lady Ast or {a seat in the British House of ( Pointing her arm at one heckler, your mouth when you e cupped her hands and but vote for | A--~--nnonr | New York, Dec. 11.--By the sim- | ple means of a tiny smile, a five- | | months-old boy helped Canna ; | lor Backs, of Newark, N.J., yester- | day to determine judicially his fath-| | er. {« Wilbur A. Murray, of No. 838} | Hunterdon street, was suing Mrs. | | Eva D, Murray, of 186 Haw orne | | avenue, for divorce, The basis COLLIE ON OCEAN | petition was that the baby was not | The Cunarder Cormania Damaged 500 his. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have been separated since 1917. Mrs. Murray | testified she frequently visited her | { four childrén, who live with their | band. . Miles From Halifax. { father, and remained overnight, In | | this she was corroborated by her hus- | TRAGEDY IS AVERTED Sk------ 4 | "How can you prove that Murr | is the father of this baby?" the V | Chancellor asked Mrs. Murray. | "Let'us bring him up to Your Ho- | | mor's bench and I'll 'show you he has | | his father's hazel eyes, and when he | | BY NEAREST HAIR'S BREADTH | pay JOHNSON RE-ELECTED | Sm as As Iresident by 'American Baseball The Damage to the Carmania Was | WHDNESDAY EVENING RM ON THE STUMP in her recent campaign for cigaret out of In another case sh (her opponent), MUNICH BUTCHER ! H { GETS ONE MONTH troyers could be placed in the har- Was for A From Duty, Not For Murder. T= Lieut, Marloh, | mony with the Canadians: for over | cars in collision, ana that she had ave the order for the shooting | {of thirty sailors at Munich, was sen- tenced to three months' detention in | {a fortress for having absented him- | | sel from his command without leave. 0 was assessed a fine of thirty or using forged legitimation 5 He will only bé detained for |@ month in the fortress thas served two mont OPPOSES PLAN 10 DEEP (New York Rivers And Harbors Congress Oppose SL Lawrence Project. ATOROFOCOESBURGY SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL TO DEEPEN THE RIVER | 1 S------------ x Reason For Opposition Is the Fear of | 1mes. a War With Britain Whose Battle- ships Could Enter American Lake | Ports. - Washington, Dec. 11. --Patrick W. Cullinan of Oswego will be presented by the New York delegates for elec- | tion as one of the directors of the National Rivers and Harbors Con-| gress. This was decided upon at a | meeting of the New York delegates | held following the convention session | Yesterday afternoon. the state delegation opposed to the | St. Lawrence ship canal proposition. | | Former Governor Glynn spoke strong | | A resolution was passed declaring | ly against the plan, as did George | Clinton of Buffalo, Mayor Julius Frank ' of Ogdens- burg said he was sent down to the convention by the City of Ogdens- | burg to support the St. Lawrence ca- | nal project, but deglared that the { people of Ogdensburg were willing to be shown and would fall in line it could be proven the St. Lawrence | plan for a ship canal connecting the { Great Lakes with the ocean was not | feasible. | Mr. Clinton gave as one reason for | opposing the 'plan that in case of a war with Great Britain, British des- bors of all American lake ports with- Wo days after the opening of hos- [in t bsence | :jijties. Mayor Frank sald the people * {of Ogdensburg had no fear of war with England and said the border people had lived in peace and har- 0 years. QUEBEC IMPROVEMENTS | Outlined In Speech From Throne to Legislature. (Canadien Press Despatch) Quebec, Dec. 11.--The building of as he already | a new railroad into the vast Temis- | kaming region, extensive encourage ment to colonization, expenditure.of | ive million dollars to help develop {new rural communities and other T1aws, 'are' announced to-day in. the speech from the Throne, which was delivered this afternoon by sir |p! EN RIVER {HAMILTON WOMAN FATALLY BURNED | Mrs, Mary Golden Dies in Hos- pital After Severe Suffering. { i i Hamilton, Dec. 11.-- Ars, Mary i Golden, 208 Bast Ferry street, passed | away at the General Hospital as a | result of burns she sustained when | her clothing caught fire 'at her home {on Tuesday. Shortly after 9 o'clock her husband, Nathan Gowlen, left her { standing in the kitchen while he { went out to feed the 'horse. When he reached the stable he heard his wife stream. Rushing back to the | house he found the kimono which | | she was wearing was a mass of fire | |and that the woman's body could | scarcely be seen for the enveloping | - Mr. Golden extinguished the | | burning clothes as quickly as he was { able, but his wife had been burned | summoned and removed her to the | City Hospital, where she became de- | Hrious. Pants of her body were { burned black. It is thought that her | clothing took fire from a small heat- or in the kitchen. Deceased was | 36 years of age. : HAS PREMONITION OF. MOTHER'S DEATH | London Man Feels Uneasy and Soon Receives Sad News, { London, Dec. 11.--An extraondin- i tion of dnager to his | her death in an automobile accident | in Chicago, attended receipt of news | of the demise of Mrs, Mary Beechey, | mother of Thomas Beechey, 93 Te- | cumesh avenue, chief operator on | | the local staff of the G.N.W. | . Following the accidental death of | Mrs. Leo Sullivan, wno was killed jon the down-town streets nere Satur- | day afternoon, Mr. Seecney became | ETeatly concerned for the safety of {his mother in Chicago. He was s0 | disturbed by his fears that he tele- | Eraphed her to come home at once {in order that she should be with | him for Christmas, . or | Boon afterward a telegram came | from Chicago advising him that his | mother had been caught between two | succumbed almost immediately, | Burial is to be made in Chicago, | | TO OPERATE PLANTS | WITH GAS ENGINES | Automobile Factory in Detroit | Proposes to Utilize Power | From Their Tractors. i gestions from gas engine experts, [a of Detroit's tied-up automobile {least partial operation of their plants from head to foot and was uncon- | | eclous. The 'police ambulance was | ary oofucidence of a son's premoni- | ants are planning to attempt at| THE COAL STRIE 'IS NOW SETTLED | Four Hundred Thcusand Miners to Resume Work on Friday. : § 3 ---- NTIL THE NEW SUPPLY BE.' COMES PLENTIFUL Commission To Report on New Wage Agreement. Indianapolis, Dee. 11.--The strike of 400,000 bituminous coal miners | of the country was settled here yes- terday afternoon when the general | committee of the United Mine Work- | ers' of America agreed to accept the | Plan ordered. by IMeesident Wilson. i The miners will return to work Fri- | day and shipping will resume on | Monday, ; | . Representatives of the United | Mine 'Workers of America voted. | down a proposal to reject the strike | settlement offer made by President | Wilson, | ould inv ] olv. ay i of weeks, also . voted dows. Seta | The plan Provides that the miners | shall return to work at once at an in- crease of 14 per ceni., in wages; thar {a commission of thy | appointed t0 investi | | | tional and district officials and m m- | bers of the executive board and alo committee of the organization. ------ Still Must " | Washington, Dee. 11. There will | be no relaxation of restrictions on | the use of coal for the present ag the | result of the ending of the coal strike 1 Feel Administrator Garfield announ. | ce | ---- | FARMERS TO CONTEST | --n { Seat in Quebec Province to Test Their Stre y { Quebec, Dec. 11.--That the farm: Detroit, Mich, Dec 11 ~Upon sug.| Parations that are BODE on iy the county of Kamouraska, wher . election is no for on | Federal and the Provincial seats. It is understood that the Liberals Charles Fitzpatrick, lieutenant-gov- | | , : ¢ will put a straigh ernor of Quebec, at the opening of [BF the id tractors oF ther 83307! in the field and a Tp most the Quebec legislature. The power of | line-propelled engines. Hodge. bro-| . y . 3 i Dower y laid off 18,000 lkely be Leon Casgratn, a young the public utilities commission will | thers, who on Monda Quebec advocate, a gon of Kamour- Ly as his father does.' . i The child was placed beside his fa-| Vessel is Proceeding to Halifax, | orning, when the houses of | ; . | m 5 ther and as the judge was comparing | :tmnadlan Fress Despalsh) | several prominent Sinn Feiners their eyes the youngster beamed on| * Halifax, Dec. 11.--A tragedy of | : 'y A were searched. Their residences the court with the smile needed to |the sea was averted by the nearest be considerably extended and laws men' because of the fuel and POWEr | a gka county. He would be : for the improvement of agriculture Shortage, have asked 3,000 employes | according to the Suposed, were entered by the authorities settle the matter, and the Vice-Chan- hair's breadth last ni " ! : ) y ght when the da } while 5 | A 4 x levelopme: f 1 high 8. to report for work .in the mornin . including the home of Count cellor digmissed Murray's petition Cunarder, Carmania, and the British Lh of, ml I ghways es the' Tew. style. poror oi AH Jom the Haig by Plunkett, who was absent at the EE ---- | steamer Maryland were in the storm. amt teaiiocn given an experimental try-out. The | e time. DEMAND LARGER BONUS tossed waters off Cape Race. Early TO DEMAND TRIAT, test will be made in 21 different de-| J. ------------ i | --- partments, where formerly electric RUMOR was UNFOUN {P. Q. Civil Servants Refuse One | 188t 8vening coast stations picked up Of Ex-King of Bulgaria and His {motors were used. If the plan is sue-| oS NFOUNDED sters, {cessful, other big manufacturers will| Grey Not Returning England ™ D IF ey Month's Salary, 8.0.8. signals flashed by thé Carman- Ro " Mini to 600 GA Quebec, Dec. 11.--A debate is ex-|{a, and later messages supplied 'the ' (Canadtan Press Despatch) {follow suit. Says Chron) 10 RECEIVE pected at the coming session of the | 40 Pp Geneva, Dec. 11.--Determination | _ C= Sui Fs Lond ays © icle, { Information that the vessels had col- ' { af S-------- - i on. Dec. 11.Thers is no ------ House on- the question of the civil | Hd 5 y to bring former King Ferdinand to | foundation, the Dail Chron a SERGT. ARTHUR DRISOOLL, OF | servants' salaries. It is understood | Hded five hundred miles fron. Hali- trial was expressed by M. Stambul- | JEALOUSY SUFFICIENT | formed, for the suesase, onicle is in- KINGSTON, IS BENEFICIARY that the Government proposed a | fax. ; > 4 . . month's salary bonus to the civil ser- Details of the accident are lacking, -vants, but that the recently-formed but from wireless messages it is smiles he shows two dimples, exact- | # | thé police and militar$ this | Above the Water Line, and the | ! | tion that Lora wusky, Bulgarian Premier, when | -- rev ugges passing through here on his way to| To Break Marriage Engagement, | epi About to return home from Sofia. The Premier said he would de- | Quebec Court Holds. While it is n mand the ex-King's extradition and| Quebec, Dec. 11.--'That a jealous | oo whether would press the prosecution of mem- | disposition of temperament is suf-| n garian cabinet, | ficient to justify a breach of promise on the charge of be-| of marriage, was the finding of Judge | traying their country into a disastr- | Isidore Belleau in a case here where- ous war. An Old Bushman of Northern On. Association of Civil Servants refused learn. ; : re, ed that the Maryl tario Leaves Him Money--Sergt. | this, and that they will ask the Gov- Jarmania on fh ay ugk the Driscoll is a Patient in Sydenham | ernment for'a bonue of from $200 to | the damage was all above the water Hospital, $300 and also for a revision of the jHne. The latter wirelessed that she The Whig 18 laformed that Sergt salaries in all classes of the service. yaa surigusly damaged and Was pro- . iid | ceo ) while t ~ % 0 Arthur Driscoll, 1 patient at the AUSTRIA NEEDS FOOD. [1and. 1s continue os The Mary: Boi at oh | : Sydenham Hospital, iz in recep of {London. The Carmania carried a| . : - le ns ; © letter advislag bim to communicate ( The Situation Jala Setore fie eAce large number of passengers BAN JOHNSON Bins et roctaling i Ta Te dato bru sald that he HALF-DRESSED WoMEN with certain lawyers at Windsor, as (Canadian Press Despaton ) rT New York, Dec. 11.--The "Insur.| manded. had really intended marrying the girl | Ave Not Allowed fn tn French Cath- he has been left & large sum of Wo Boe. oil hs Ean od inte] WHOLESALE VACCINATION { gents" in the" American Baseball ---------- | that he ven leased 4 Jat. ma bor Parts. Dac lC, Church, * money. : : a s-- | League were ousted from the direc- T0 IN s | visit the home J aris, Det. 11.--Aetin . ing to.lay before th on- | MAKE ENQUIRY i Eon the SoTBt: Drlwall, Whose motor Te- | forence authorities the biiteeat siren | Nosrly 1,000 Passengers. on Brican. [ese Fsterday aud a board faver. a | Cure, But that he came to the Fouts | Aeiora, JSior of Cardin Amati sides at 130 Johnson street, Kings-| tion in Austria relative to food. Ae | Yorn tphoenitted. tats por 3Hie 10 President Ban Johnson was | neo 'the Canadian Packing House | tio; that hid wifo-to.be was extreme- | againgt the ha of the aie "ton ' pn -- ; food ' « 11.--0 ! . ; ; ! ti . i " ton, served ove With the 2nd Tompanying Mi Nero sevora] nem formed a wholesale work of vaccina-| Frank Névin, of Detroit; Thomas | - (Canadian Press Despatch) i ly jealous) hence his breaking off the of women, the vicar of Notre Dame Battalion. After his return to the number of technical advisers a1 tion yesterday when the French stea- | Shibe, of Philadelphin; ~ Philip D; | Tqronte, Dec. 11.--Hon. W, Bb. engagement, found 'that the defend. D'Avenieres, a pilgrimage church city he went north and worked in : {| mer Britannia arrived from Marseil- | Ball, of St. Louis, and Benj. Miner, | Raney, provincial-attorney general, t 4 Alin Bor sufficiently proved near Laval, has posted the following the bush in Northern Ontario. While {les and the Azores with a case of | of Washington, were elected in place | has instructed J. 8. Lundy, K.Cc. i88 wr re Suse f jealousy ot said Botice: in that try hi do triends with Guests at Spencer Wook. | smallpox in the steerage. Nearly a | of Jas. C. Dunn, of Cleveland; Harry | to inquire into the Canadian packing | 3° gute 90 le ground to justi- Entry into this church is forbid - n country he made friends wit! -- thousand persons, including the pas-| Frazee, of Boston; Chas. A. Comis- | house situation and make a report | that this was ample g den to women wearing low-necked a very ofd bushman. Since he left Suebes, Dec. 1l---Lady Jellicoe, sengers and entire crew ng i- | key, of Chicago, and Jacob Ruppert, | on the combination of packin 4 fy his breach of promise. dresses or those not reaching qd : il » Wi acel- s 80, 3 + g hous fy 08 own the old man has died. The letter he HS wn ponR On Friday, nated. of New York. ~The last three named | ses or plants in Ontario which have! eit mi to the ankles. received from & man in that country | Charles and Lady Fitapatrick at| The steamer was held at quaran- | have been conducing warfare agajust | become allied with the United States': Make U.8. Navy Equal of Any." tates that the old man had left him | Spencer Wood. The distinguished | tine for disinfection, after which the Johnson. concerns recent flotation of the Wil- | Washington, Dec. 11.--Recom- 5 visitor will be joined by Viscount | 100 cabin passengers will be allowed Immediately after the election | liam Davies companies shares in | mendations of the navy general board , Dee. 11g, his entire estate. According to the Jellicoe on the 14th, who will also |t0 land. The $09 steerage travellers | Johnson was served with papers in | New York. It is said Mr. Lundy's re- f for the building programme for 1921 | alleged to be a military d letter, Driscoll is to receive a lump be a guest at Spencer Wood during | Vere transferred to Hoffman Island [three suits brought' by Ruppert and fort will be ready shortly after the | include two battleships, one battle ood Whom the mil Sum of $5,000 and $1,000 a year for | his stay in Quebec. for observation. Huston, hind sult eerie the Valid- | New Year. | cruiser, ten scout cruisers, five des. ad thing a a ya. i ity of Johnson's 20-year contract as ET ap---- troyer flotilla leaders and six sub- y #0) THE ARMY ESTIMATES, 5 Sottla basement lite. a : : in a hole { 1 Expenditure of the nine million | Idoyd Gi and Clemenceau, president of the league. Another , 4 a hole in the b his Sergt. Driscoll is oing to com- 4 are tor gratuities to returned | (Canadian Press Despatch) damages for. his actions as re- Britain: is "The navy of the United States| OMe through one of hi boots not | charges against him. [news IN Sharm, i munlcate with the Windsor lawyers. London, Dee. 11. -- Premiers : | being wholly covered. TECH Ton pk | St The min iv LAA i od Siento is er Yok + Raine Se Shia, bu ns fe he | vane ae BATTLE TO THE DEATH lo , > ohade 'through the | nuvaie conference this morning at » t| London, Dec. 11. --British army | sive ?. later militia 'de ] the formers Dowalels | the vote of the board. It has about estimates for 1919.30 oo ¥ | other nation in the world, not later ------ e ~ : a ors. waning Mreat resi. ten years to run. o wy & dle 0 provide for the than 1925," the. report adds. AltRussian Cabluct Make No | that their discussions © won od ss slected, vice-president | ATSR2I70 0 a 000, These, = : Irkutsk, Siberia, Dec. 11.--Bolshe ¢ through today and tomorrow. o pel adopting a 154-game sche- t vism will be fought a battle to the } ' " ¢ LS ---------------- dale for next year the meeting; ad- * " i Tan Admiral Koran | , $7 OSIRIS ees t sadn | Journed to the call of President Span. | : i p M |* "REDS ARE ACTIVE : ity tea v ie 3 THROUGHOUT BRITALY, ¢ -- hen estimates were made g 3: yan : ~~ |March, 1919, an army of 2 i + London. Des, was for, of which 1 . Y h 3 - | Fifteen million dollars fs re- quired for the Canadian militia next year, a W. H. Taft predicts that the peace treaty will soon be ratified by the LT. U. Senate, J is on = 'sympathy with the part of the social re- ] mpr with the The British Labor Party calls og Britain to open negotiations with the | Ruislan Government. he The Mond Nickle Compass of Ca nada has been given a cont for nickel for pa a us -- The New York Board of Trade de Bouboes iver ay deepening the