WOMEN LEADERS | x Zo TOTHE PREMIER: i : NECKWEAR THAT WILL WEAR Made from Imported Eng- Ish, Swiss and Italian pr 1 Silks at : Collier's Toggery | | YEAR 86: No. 289, WAIT ON CABINET They Make Rghests of Preis Dou or Legsation Fer Women. CAME AS A VOTING FORCE DR. STOWE-GULLEN REMARKED -- Mrs. Bruce 'Taylor, of Kingston, Spoke on Minimum Wages For Women and General Improvement of Labor Conditions, Toronto, Dee. 13.--Premier Drury and his cabinet were yesterday, for | the Orst time, faced by » deputation | of women, and were told of theion- | fidence that the National Council of Women have placed in them. Headed by Dr. Stowe-Gulien, the provincial committees presented part of their programme of reform "For the first"fime we come as a voting force Instead of to use our influence as women" said Dr. | Siowe-Gullen. "We, fee! that mem- bers of the Government are much more sympathetic toward us, than a cabinet comsisting of men who are engrossed in, or saturated with party policies." Fhe askéd for legislation establish- ing mothers as co-guardians of ¢hil- dren, giving them as much authority as the fathers. Mrs. Willoughby Cummings peti- tioned for more female factory in- Spectors, saying it is physically ime possible for the four now employed to do all the work. In 'presenting the subject of mo- thers' allowances, Mrs. A. M. Hues- | tis asked the Government to find out | why the wife is deserted and why the mother is unmarried. Mrs. 'Bruce Taylor, wifé of the! principal of. Queen's University, Kingston; spoke on minimum wages for women, and general improvement i of labor conditions. Mrs. W. W. Parsons asked that laws governing the morals of mov- ing pictures be restricted further, the censorship board be enlarged, and the hoard of apbeal abolished. Mrs. George Watt, of Brantford, strong reasons for an increase in teachers' salaries. A MINISTER LOST w» 40 YEARS' SAVINGS Late Rev. A. Martin, Belleville, Not. Told of Standard Reliance Wreck. Belleville, Dec. 13.-- 'The evil that men do lives after them, the good Is | oft interred with their bones." The | above epigram is just as true to-day | as when Shakespeare wrote it. In-| cldentally, it might 'serve as an epi- | taph for certain deceased directors | who guided the destinies of the old | Hastings Loan and Investment So- | ciety, which, after two mergers, tin- | ally wound up in the Standard Re- | <dlance wreck. | Rev. Alexander Martin, for the! . Past twenty-three years a resident of | this city, died here Thursday morn-| Street Methodist Church while the! i ing. After preaching the good tid- | ings in no less than sixteen Methodist | parishes, be accepted superannuation { and settled in Belleville. y i The savings of nearly forty years | in the ministry, which Re¥. Mr. Mir- | tin brought™here with hini, were in-| vested ia the Hastings Loan an} Investment- Socfety, and he looked | on the investmefit as.a sure prop for his declining years, as well as a safe- | guard against want for his wife and | the remaining daughter left in his! hgude when death visited him. i Mr. Martin passed '#way in his 89th year, in the firm belief that ids | - savings were still drawing interest | from the Standard Reliance, He | died without the knowledge, merici- | fully withheld from him, that the money meant for the sustenance of loved ones had turned to dust and ashes! + E HOME RULE BILL MAY SATISFY ULSTER Orange Satisfaction Will Be ~. @Qround For Home Rulers | to - i BelMast, Dec. 13.--The Home Rule | Bill which the Government is draft- ing is the last hope of Irish settle ment. So far no disclosure of its contents has shown that it "meet the demands of the Sinn Feiners who r for complete indepeiidence. Unionists, tigen | In and out. Althaugh not amistad v eal. ithe U.F.0. ey a UB. nw resng EXPORT REDUCTION New York, Dec, 3.-~An cement by the British Gov- nt that It wodld not resort lo artificial means to stabilize, the exchange market, cased bills on London to drop to a new discount of $3.65 %. This repre- sents a discount of fully twenty- five, or more than one-quarter of its normal value. Bankers and leaders of commerce are agreed that unless steps to readjust the British rate are speedily faken, & sharp reduction of. United States exports must ensue, HOPES FOR DEFEAT OF Union GuvEMYMENT Principal Taylor, in Address at hamiiton, suilds Hopes Upon the U.F.0. {Canadian Press Despateh) Hamilton, Dec. 13. -- Principal Tay- (lor, of Queen's University, was speak- jer last night at the Canadian Club's luncheon in the Hotel. Royal = Connaught He said that a movement like did not sweep a level- headed province like Ontario withont some good reason for it and without some good coming of it. He hoped the new government would make good "I hope that they turn out the pre- | government at Ottawa," he The reason for this wish was sent said. jthat the Government had neglected {to give the returned soldier students a year's fraining. He had interview- ed Sir James Lougheed and the De- partment of Soldiers' Civil Re-estab- lishment, but there was nothing do- ing. 'Queen's University had under- taken the re-education 'of soldier- students itself, and had spent more {than a million of its own money on it. You would think that that was the duty of the Dominion Govern- ment, especially in view of the mil- lions they are spending in settling soldiers on land," he sald. "If we were to repatriate our students pro- perly, something more than the Gov- ernment was doing would have fo be done.' STEAMER MESSINA IN SINKING STATE It Will Be Impossible to Save Her--Relief Is Going ' to Her. Boston, Mass.,, Dec. 13.--A"rad.o message received here today said the British steamer Messina was in a sinking condition in the north Atlah- tic and would require hoats, The message said it would be impossible to save her. Thé steamship Maple Leaf, making three knots an hour, is on the way to assist her but will not reach the Messina for twenty hours. ' TO ULEAR © Who Is Charged With Theft---Church : Backs Him. When the case of George Lee Wheeler, Chinaman, who is charged with 'theft of some dishes, the pro- perty of Wah Fung of the Crown Cafe, is heard in Police court next Tuesday, three promises to be some very interesting proceedings. At the present time in Kingston, there are two distinct classes of Chinamen. A large number of them attended the Chinese department of Sydenham NAMAN, remainder attend no church what- ever, George Lee Wheeler, who is a re- gular attendant of the Chinese class at Sydenham street church, is well thought of by the members. O. A. ith, who is handling the case for George Wheeler, has been waited up- on by members from Sydenham Street church and asked him to do everything in his power to clear Wheeler as they claim a great in- Justice has been dome in laying the charge against him. = THE 0. H. A. GROUPINGS The Series Including the Tedims En. tered By Kingston, The O. H. A. group for Kingston are as follows: - Intermediate series: Group No. 1---QConvener J. P. Fleming, 225 Earl street, Kingston; to meet at Kingston. Section A. clubs: Kingston, Royal Military college, Queen's. University. Section B: Belleville, Trenton, Picton. * s Junior series: Group No. 1: Convener, J. Fleming, 225 Earl street, Kingston. Clubs: Kingston, ~ Queen's Royal Military College, Belleville. - May Not Admit Picton. T. M. Asselstine, secretary of the been notified that entering the league. \club suggests that th Port Hope inviting them to Join the league, t Is not expected that Picton will be taken into the league, is difficult for visiting teams 4q Cobourg The Co get the league the Picton elub will lowed to play in the bonspiel. ae P| Central Ontario Curling League, has ds & secretary write it 7 7 mn KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1919 THINKS REQUESTS IRE REASONABLE | Premier Drury in Sympathy Wilh Eastern | Ontario's Hydio-Eieetric Wishes, CHEAP ELECTRICAL ENERGY i : WOULD VITALIZE CITIES AND NS. R: F. Elliott of Kingstop Outlined the Demands of the New Eastern Ontario Municipal Hydro-Electric Union, Toronto, Dec. 13.--Premier Drury jreceived the executive of the New Eastern Ontario = Municipal Hydro- Electric Union at the Parliament { Buildings at 3.30 yesterday afier- noon. They were introduced hy W. |B. Smallfield, former president of the Canadian Press Association, and for many years editor and proprietor' of {the Renfrew Mercury, while thelr de- mands were outlined by R. F. Blliott, of Kingston. They urged the appoinimeént of an | Bastern Ontario man to the Hydro- | Blectrib Commission, namely, Mayor {| W. A. Lewis, of Brockville, and pre- |Ssented two dimportant resolutions. | These resolutions advised develop | ment under provincial auspices of {the St. Lawrence water-powers and | other water-powers in Eastern On- tario, and also urged regulation of the price of electrical energy in East- {ern Ontario, where prices now range {from $40 to $70 per horsepower. } The resolutions had been approved by practically every municipality in {that section of the province bounded by the Quebec boundary, the town of { Trenton, the city of Brockville, and {the town of Pembroke. It was shown {that Eastern Ontario has been ne- { glected in the past, and that indus- | trially she is languishing while West- ern Ontario, with cheap electrical energy for her factories is prosper- ing. |. The Prime Minister expressed his | complete sympathy with the requests | of the deputation, which included W. { B. Reynolds, president of the Eastern Ontario Municipalities Electric Com- mission; Mayor Lewis, of Brockville: Mayor Fetterly, of Cornwall; J.-J. { Montgomery, of Smith's 'Falls: | Mayor Newman, of Kingston; and {others from Perth, Kingston, Ren- {trew, Prescott and other municipali- {ties in that district, | WILLING TO ACCEPT i SOME RESERVATIONS To the Peace Treaty in Order | to Hold the United { States. (Canadian Press Despatch) | Paris, Dec. 13,--As the result of { conferences being held in London by { Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd George, the United States will be no- {tified that in order to facilitate a | compromise between the adverse par- | ties in the American senate, the Al- | lies are willingtoaccepttoas great an {extent as possible, some of the | reservations to the treaty made by the foreign relations committees, ac- { cording to the Matin. It is said the [Allies will do everything in order | that the United States may partici- | Pate in the future conferences. | Important problems, the newspa- | per says, shall henceforth he settled | by couneil of premiers of Great Bri- | tain, France and Italy, which will | meet some times in Paris and some | times ih Londos and will examine | principally the Russian and Turkish problems. i | i= : oy | J. J, Battisby, ¥oronto traveller, was found dead 'in the Griffin Theatre, 8. Catharines, Friday morn- ing. The body had laid there all | night. | = The Government may bar all skiii- leg mechanics and labor from Canada { until pext spring. | Lady Lacoste died suddenly at her | home in Montreal, Thursday night. 1 -------------- st i THE EASTERN 'Mine on AA LIBERTY LEAGUE ASSUMES NEW ROLE {Object Is to "Avert the Nar- i 'row=Mindedness of { Oppressors." Toronto, Dec. 13.--As a direct out: jcome of the two-day convention of ithe Citizens' Liberty League, the an- inouncement has gone out that the lleague will now become an indepen- | dent politicaliparty, to enter candi- {dates for the municipal - provincia: land federal elections, with the de- iclared policy of "averting the nar |rowmindedness of those who would oppress us, and to avoid at the same time the license of these who | {would go to extremes." . On top of jLieut-Col. H. A. C. Machin, pres: dent, is to be 'Plain-speaking . and Truth," and, the colonel added in the course of an address last even- ing, "it we can root out the deceit {and hyproeity with which we have | been, opposed in the past, we will {bave gone a long way towards ac- | complishing our aims." Lieut, -Col. _Maehin, scored Rev. {Dr. 8. D, Chown, general superinten- dent of the Methodist church in Ca- nada, because Dr. Chown had de- nounced the league in public. Col. Machin ¢riticized Premier E. C. Drury\for having stated while in Northern Ontario & few days agothat {lle agreed with everything in a cer- tain petition except the demands of the Liberty League. Col. Machin said that, personally, he did not like the Sunday School superintendent com- ing back'to rule over Ontario. THE ARMOUR COMPANY TO REORGANIZE Plan to 'Separate the Various Interests Into Different Corporations. Chicago, Dee. 13.~-Phans of {organization" of the various interests 'of 'Armour & Co. into a large num- ber of separate corporations are un- der. consideration, according to R. J. Dunham, vice-president of the company. © Mr. Dunham. said that the plan had been under considera- {tion for some time, but he declined {to give any details, He also de- !¢lined to state whether the proposed Segregation of the different proper- (ties was in accordance with orders {from the .Attorney-General's office in Washington. According to reports in Chicago financial cricles, it is that some assurance has been given the Armour interests that if these pegregation plans are carried out the Goverament will feel that occa- sion for action against the company will disappear. Swift and Company have already begun the division of its large ; busitfess into smaller fpits. me TO CARRY REPAIRS Protection For the Buyers of Autos Grain-Growers' Demand, Regina, 'Sask., Dec, 13:----Af a meeting of the legislative commit- tee of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association it was decided to hold the annual convention at Saskatoon «Feb. 10th to 13th inclu- of the association t e"hon-English farmers with a view ¥ drawing them into the organization. The legisla- tive commitiee will lend its support to the movement to secure legisla- tion compelling auto dealers to carry ronal for autos sold by them for a period of five years: after they have ceased to sell such automobiles. Garfield Has Resigned. Washington. Dec. 13, Fuel Ad- ninistrator Garfield's resignation is in the hands of President Wilson, be- cause he disagrees on principle with the coal strike settlement proposal arranged by the government and the 'orkers' Union. Reports of fighting between Mexi- can-Federal troops and Villistas are coming from various points in Mex- ico. The situation is' assuming a serious aspect. It is said that Rev, Edgar Watson, U. PF. O. member, elected to North Victoria, bas offered his seat in the legislature to Hom. W. II. Raney. Cm bat; their motto, #5 antounted by re- | understapd | FOR FIVE YEARS | sive. Active measures will. be taken | to present the principled and ideals TARFF PROBLEM 1S DISCUSSED By he Cabinel---Ouestions Interwoven Wil Exchangc Mod. T-- | FEW CHANGES ARE ~ LIKELY TO BE MADE AT NEXT SESSION OR PARLIAMENT. Board of Commerce Will Be Allowed to Carry on Its Investigation Into Effect of Tariff on Cost of Living. . Toronto Globe Despatch! | Ottawa, 5. 12.--Although there | {have heen a number of informal] pourparlers over the tariff question, the first important Cabinet confer- | ence on the question took place yes- terday. During the Budget debate | this year Sir Thomas White promis- | ed that a sub-committee of the Cal | (inet would make a tariff investiga- tion hefore the 1920 session, but | since. then the appointment of a new | i Minister of Finance, the holding of | @ second session and the general world conditions have led to a con- | fusion if not a cdhange of thought. | Because of the drop in exchange | some Conservative Ministers argue | that there should be a tariff so high | | as to be prohibitive in order to bring about a change in the situation and | to force production of all necessaries | which can be obtained in Canada. ! | Others argue that the exchange as it stands at present, is in itself | a comsiderable protection, but the | principal objection urged to tariff | changes now jis that the situation is | i 8p fluid that to make a static tariff | | suited to meet the unknown condi- | tions that lie ahéad is impossible. i | The promise, however, has been | | made, and the cry from' city and | { farm for lower prices for clothing | {and food is too loud to be ignored, | | and something will have to be done, | | Just as the matter stands now any | tari changes niade at the next ses-! | sion of Parliament will be trifiing. | If the committee of inquiry gels to work the personnel will be mixed as to convictions about the | | tariff, that it is expected there will be a compromise report, and that | reductions Will not he extensive. Western members fear this will be playing into the hands of the farm- | | ers, and politictans know what the | {farmers in the West intend to do at +the next Federal election... wh Meanwhile the Board of Com- | merce has announced that it will in- vestigate as to the effect of the tariff : on the cost of living. The Minist- | erial committee may possibly be cal- | led off, om the ground that the! Board of Commerce inguiry would ! be more effective. Not a Sign of Election. (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Dec. 12.-Adyice given hy | Hon, Mackenzie King to his party to | place candidates in the fig with as littlg delay as possible, is not taken, even in LiBeral circles lere, as in | dicating an early. dissolution of par- lament and a general election. It| is regarded merely as the prelimin- | ary statement. of a policy to be fol-} lowed by the Liberals preceding the | inauguration of a plan calling for | more activity in preparation for a! federal contest whenever if. may come. " i -- haf Scheme Not Broad Enough. i (Canadian' Press Despaten) | Winnipeg, Dec. 13.--That he did | not consider the soldier re-establish- ment scheme broad enough in its pro- visions, that it should include a housing scheme and assistance to the man with a small business, was the statement made by Lieut.-General Sir Richard Turnef, here. Sir Rich- ard is returning to the east, and sald he would submit several important recommendations to the Government i for consideration. «4 The total value of the United] States important farm crops this| year aggregates over fourteen bil- | lion dollars. wn} : i » dering. through some happy be Baily British Whig MARRIAGE MARKET-AT FAIRS IN IRELAND Dublin, Dee. 13.---Proposals that the Dail Eireann, or Irish Parliament; set aside a sum equivalent to $1,500,000 as a state subsiiy to enable young men to marry, have been made bere. The idea was suggested by Frank H. O'Donnell to the Irish Women's Franchise League. Mr. O'Donnell criticised what he called "barter marriages" in Ireland. He said he knew of '% girls of nineteen years who were + brought-into the nearest town on a Fair Day and taken to a public house to meet men whom they had never seen before, but who were to be their husbands. The girls, the declared, were bartered like cattle at the Fair while their Tatherd-and friends were drinking. i i THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From AH Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. : Switzerland 'has announced its' in- tention to. join the League of Na- tions. Premier Reuter of has gone to The Hague ona diplo- matic errand. John D. Rockefeller, sr., has pro- ['tésted against his New York tax as- sessment of $5,000,000. Influenza' caused 2,698 deaths in Switzerland in 1918, of which 6,018 cases occurred in November. Thieves have stolen from Duc de Filzjames' stables, near Clermont, two English thoroughbred mares. A strike has broken out at several mines in Charleroix basin. The workers are demanding an increase of wages. At "the forthcoming elections the | South African Nationalists intend io | contest every meat in the National Assembly. A man of the name of Leproux and his two sons were killed in an explosion near Peronne while fill ing in shell holes. A strong pressure of petroleum gas has been struck at a depth of { 2,600 feet at Borein, in the Penrith! 50 | district of New South Wales. Dr. Renner, the Austrian chancel- lor, will go to Prague to meet the Czecho-S8lovakian Government after his return from Paris. Danish meetings In and near Flenshourg hays been broken up by Germans. One Danish speaker had to be taken to a hospital. Captain Verniers has resigned his was wounded 54 times-in the war. The creditors of the defunct Stan dard Reliance Loan Corporation are to be paid interest on their full Kold- ings for the last six months of 1919. Preparations are being made for the entry of Alsatian and Lorraine i children, sbetween the ages of 'three | and sixteen, into France and Eng: land. i \ Herr Auer, the Bavarian minister, who"was shot in the Diet last Feb- roary, has now recovered from his injuries, and the trial of Alois Lind- | ner, butcher, and his associates has | opened in Munich. Rev. Muir Auld, at present pastor of Calgary Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia, will succeed the late Prof. Robert Law as pastor of Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, { Toronto. | JohW'Brown, jun., who was a ma- jor. in the Canadian army, was ap- at New York as head of the pistol Hepartment of the Y.M.C.A. in America: He will haye charge of physical training throughout Canada and the U. 8. Justice Rose has dismissed the suit of M. J. O'Brien, of Ottawa, asking for an injunction ahd $500,000 da- mages from the LaRose Mining Co. He allegedthat the defendants had mined across the boundary Into his property in Coleman township. EDITH CAVELL'S boa SURVIVED THE WAR It Wandered Thro. For Months Seeking Its Owner. Paris, Dec. 13. --This is a-story of la dog that all Paris is talking about to-day: During the German occupation this dog was separated from its mis- tress, and for many months the ani- mal wandered through Belgian villages #ad . over. muddy roads Ing for its owner. After mearly a year of such wan- eir- cumstances t dog came to the Chateau of the Duchess de Croy, and made himself at home. duchess herself got to like him and subsequently adopted him as a It was thought at first that the RE 0 They wera: "Miss Edith Cavell." Author Trying For Action is Acci- mally Killed, : Freeport, N.Y., Dec. 13.--Attempt- Luxembourg | MEN appreciate that retaing its © Artificial Silk will not do _ thin, So we stock Inrge- ly pure Stik, In English and Swiss weaves. | Collier's Toggery | SNUGGLE WHISKEY "IN FST BOATS Mystery Craft Ply Nightly Trade Aeros: the SI. Lawrence. THE LOOK 1S RUSHED » ahape. | BY . SMUGGLER S TO RIVER " POINTS IN AUTOMOBILES, | Get by Government Patrolsi--Fake { Officers Often Stop Cars on Am: erican Side and Confiscate the Liquor. = ! Watertown, N.Y., Dec. 18.4 Tales of border-running thal rival the most thrilling yarns of olden days develop almost daily in northern New York, since prohibition madd importation of liquor from Canada | a profitable business for those will- [ing to take a chance Barely a | night, 01 | day either, that does not produce its episode of strange and powerful motorhoats, or mysterious { craft, speeding through the channels {of the Thousand Islands. The St. Lawrence River, with its {famed islands and their mage of {lost and winding 'channels separai- | ing the United States from the Do- | minion of Canada, has ever been the | source of smuggling stories. i But the storfes of the past ara | weak and tame compared with those that are told these days. Along the northern border there are guards, sheriffs deputies and {revenue officers. Night and day | they are patrolling the border line. { Yet hardly a day or a night passes that does not bring Canadian whis- key across the line: There is a little village across the { Canadian line north of Malone { which is said to be one of the prin: {cipal sources of supply for the. { smugglers. To 'the casual visitor | the town is nothing out of the ordi- | nary, Yet from this town it is said | one to half & dozen automobile loads of whiskey depart almost nightly. | The efforts of the revenue offi- | cers and sheriffs have been "made | miore difficult by tha operations of {men who have posed as officials. | Several cars which contained whigs=- i key were stopped by pseudo-officers | who confiscated the liquor and then | permitted the oceupants to drive on. | Drivers of cars at night are unable | to tell' whether the men who con- | front them.in.the Qughway ave offi. - | cers or heldup men, and the .sesult Dr Sul ench A aambar of De is that they usually step on the ac- colerator and make their escape. MAY ISOLATE ONTARIO | -- | Owing to the Smallpox Epidemic i Disease May Spread, 1 (Canadian Press Uespatch) 8 | Ottawa, Dec. 13.--'It may become | necessaty in the near future for the { adjoining provinces to iselate tis ' {province of Ontario, and the United | States may act even more promptly," | safd Dr. J. A. Aymot, deputy minister | of the federal health department, when interviewed regarding the smallpox epidemic. - With. so many centres now existing, it is likely that the disease will' continue until tmosf {of the unvaccinated are picked out i by it, fr i 7,0. Orders Cut Out. (Canadian Presy Despatoh) i Ottawa, Dec. 13.--Uneasy over the |. fluctuation and lack of stability, the i Post Office Department has issued | instructions to all offices that the | Issue of money orders payable in the United States is suspended for the $time being. The issue will not be resumed until the exchange rate { shows signs of stability. Shipments {of gold to New York are expected to | have a stabilizing effect within a few: | days. . i a p------ i Dies From Kiss of Pet Bog. CFE yf London, Dee, 13.--"Hydatl comes from a dog, which is ts host Peoplé may get it through letting | pet dogs kiss them," said Dr. Arthns | Denning at the Southwark coroner's Belgium | court, where an inquest was held on { Rhoda Jane Browne, 37 years old, | whose death an examination showed was due to syncope from compres | sion of the heart, caused by a hydatid | eyst. i eS ------------ | New Trial Ordered. | Ottawa, Dec.. 13.--On the recom- | mendation of the Minister of Justice, | & new trial has been granted fh the | case of FI W. Fountain, sentenced to | hang for murder at Welland on Dez. 17th. The new trial! is granted npon | medical grounds. | NEWS IN BULLETIN. 1 EN ah The Government has begun a buy- in-Canada campaign to offset the ad. verse exchange rate. Firs* Mate Lfllls was killed and another man was hurt on the steam: er King at Detroit, Mich, when a. 'scratch block broke. . Seventy per cent. of the Unified States miders have returned to work. Coal restrictions will be medified ee Recent gold ship this Canadian dollar iv York Justice Matcaife of Winkipeg says n arg to blame if get hurt Fone -- eA Carpentier has formally challenged Démpesy for the world's pugilistie | ehanplonshiy. : ol Toronto free itoraries will "lose on account of smallpox. CE bts wil péip °. a