+ 3 i { i i i L y- i I HAVE HIGHT TO VOTE ; i } i ~ greaty fight in the senate. * A Curious State of Affairs De- QUEEN'S STUDENTS We have just received a special order of Swiss Silk Neckwear, woven in the University colors. Collier's Toggery de 1 aily British Whi x SPECIAL SALE --rO fe FELT HATS AT $3.50 Collier's Toggery YEAR 88; NO. 27. KINGSTON, at ONTARIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1920, LAST EDITION GREY CREATES -- DEEP INPRESSION I Uaited States By His Letter on Io of Nations. LETTER OPENS THE Way FOR PRESIDENT WILSON TO | REAGH A COMPROMISE, i 'Bepublican Senators Say They Knew That Britain and France Were i Willing to' Have US, Name ts | {Canadian Pre... Desvatch) | Washington, Feb. 2.--A profound | fmpression is created in U.S, by the | PubHeation of Viscount Grey's letter, #8 which he sets forth his personal Views regarding the attitude of the ~ United States towards the League of ations. There is a strong belief that before publishing the letter submitted ft to the London For- = Ortice and British Cabinet mem- The statement in the letter that Wiscount Grey would be willing to the treaty with the proposed reservations is expected 'to considerable effect in the fight. Republican senators de- this morning that the Grey merely confirms what they had own for some time, namely, that Britain 'and France would be Willing to have the United States en- for the league on its own terms. Reservationists assert that the let- fer opens the way for President Wil- +. $on to reach a compromise with the publicans over the league project. The striking development this raing was that during the informal ks which he had with many sena- 'Bors, Lord Grey made it clear that _ #he British Government was willing _ #0 accept even the Lodge reservations ve * Which have served as-a- basis for the + : JURYMAN IS WHIPPED * . AND DIPPED IN MUD, 4 -- " Monroe, La. Feb. 2---Be # 'cause a juryman failed to agree + & to a verdict of guilty in the # F case of Alvin Calhoan}s Hogi. 3 * + + DD n a aud hole, said a repo! reac! ! Tallulah, 'where the t was dield. After his 'chastisement 14 the mud-covered juror returned + to the jury room and agreed to ¥ A verdict of murder in the first 4 gree. He then was ordered to ¢ ve town by a delegation of & citizens, 3 v BUT ARE DEBARRED velops in Quebec's Women Franchise. Montreal, Feb. 2.--A bill for the franchisement of the women of ebec with regard to the provincial will come before the legislative bly early this week. ; The bill, which has been introduc- | by G. Ashby, has exposed a curious | of affairs. By federal law: the | en of Quebec, with proper quali- | MS are entitled to a vote in jon e . But the federal election, on which THE WOMEN ENGAGE IN PAISLEY FIGHT | Asquith's Daughter Is | Matched Against Lady Astor. London, Feb, 2.--The Paisley by- the country's political attention is being centered owing to the fact that Herbert H. Asquith, former premier, is a candi- date, is assuming new interest through the introduction of distin- guished women speakers. Lady Bon- ham-Oarter (Violet Asquith), has | proved such an effective speaker on | behalf of her father's candidacy that Lady Astor, M.P., has now been summoned to support the Unionist campaign, Not to be outdone, the Laborites have called upon' the Countess of Warwick, and it is reported that Mrs. Philip Snowderi, wife of one of Mr. ARE ATTACK ING PROBLEM OF MENTAL DISORDERS. the labor leaders, is to be added to the list of Soclalst speakers. | ALIENS DEBARRED, i Wives, Sons and Daughters Not to | Vote in Canada. { Ottawa, Feb. 2.--Wives, sons and | daughters of naturalized aliens will | be debarred from voting under the | Franchise Act which will be submit- ted to Parliament during the coming session, it was learned to-day. The | bill provides that naturalized aMens i may vote only so long as the naturali- | zation is "personal." | WISH DELEGATES T0 VISIT RUSS And Become Acquaiated With the Labor Professional Movement. STRUGELE FOR SOCIALISH CAN BE A SUCCESS ONLY BY JOINT EFFORTS. A Message From Moscow Addressed to the British Trade Unions, Who | Would Be Received With Open Arms, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Feb. 2.--A Moscow wire- less despatch received here addresses this message to the trade unions: "Lit your delegates 'confe'ts study' the situation themselves and become movement with its positive and nega~ tive sides, at first hand. W# invite all workers and all oppressed or per- secuted. . We shall greet .them. with open soul and outstretched arms. The message points out that the Russian trade unions have often tried to inform their foreign comrades, but have met with the bayonets of the governments, wha are afraid of the | truth. The appeal concludes: "For all real revolutionaries, Rus- sian trade unions will have special interests, because or bad, they are practical attempts at socialism. We desire to share our experience with you. We want you to. share with us, as only the joint etruggle of the proletariat of the whole world, close co-operation in {ts economic or- ganization and direct struggle - for socialism can lead to final victory." | | | { i The above members of CGanadian National Committee ronto to plan their 1920 cam ! From left to right, top row: J. D. tives throughout Canada. Dunlap, C. F. Martin, Dr. A. left to right: Dr. G. Holden, Sir George Burn. » AID TO THE ARMENIANS Hvery report that comes from Armenia but emphasizes the need for prompt relief if the remnant of the Armenian people is to be saved from extermination. It 1s not the fault of these people that they are in a state of starvation. Ordinarily they are an industrious and thrifty people. Left to themselves they would not be in need of help from any one. But thelr homes have been destroyed by the Turks, their property has been confiscated and they have been driven forth into the world with empty hands as weil as empty stomachs. ' Thousands of women and children' are without food, and with not enough 'clothes for decency. These are the people who are crying for bread. You are merely asked to give some little portfon of what you have. . All subscriptions will be ac- knowledged in the Whig : Previously acknowl- edged ... oo... ...$204.70 ' Bydénham St. Methodist Charen (in part) .. Mrs. and Mrs. W. J. Stinson... 0. ... Mrs, J. J. McKenzie .. BGG siriiadanin BA TO DETERMINE DATE WHEN THE WAR ENDED An Authoritative. Decision to Release Thousands of Pounds Held Up. London, Feb. 2.--A committee of counsellors has been named to decide the official date of the ending of the world war. It is declared that thou- sands of pounds are involved in legal proceedings; which have been held up pending an authoritative decision on the subject. Interviewed on the subject, a pro- minent barrister sald recently: "So many war measures were pass- ed such as rents restrictions acts and the ordere-in-council, that one must not trade with the enemy or do this or that and the other, that the legal profession, generally speaking, is looking for guidance. : "No one can possibly answer the estion offhand. Some contracts 787.40 710.00 10.00 10.90 10.00 qu [it was intended paign for the efficient diagno H. Desloges, Dr. J. A. Amyot, S. Munlle, Prof, Peter Sandiford, Dr. C. on Mental Hygiene met at To- sis and care of mental defec- Page, D. K. Russell, D. A. C. K. Clarke. Bottom row, M. Hincks, E. A. Bott, John D. Mrs. Ernest Cunningham$10.00 Returned Solder ... wu. 5.00 James Craig ... dea oe 5.00 "In Memory of Our Son' 5.00 'Mrs. J. F. Tisdale .... 5.00 Percy B. Chown . C. M. 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Detroit, Feb. 2.--United States Marshal Henry Behrendt was auth- {orized in a telegram from Washing- ton to furnish free of charge 'to all reputable physicians whisky to be used in the treatment of Influenza | cases, \ The marshal was instructed to de- liver the whiskey only when satisfied for legitimate pur- Poses. He will be required to keep a record of the quantity furnished éach physician and the latter will report to the authorities the name of the patient for whom it is Prescribed and the amount furnshed. | { THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD Despatches That Come From Near and Distant Places. TIDINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE ox EFEST 1ON POSSIBLE FORus: 0 The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele graphic Service and Newspaper Clippings. The cabinet of Premier Millerand of France has been given a decided vote of confidence. Twenty-five million people have been carried to soccer games in Eng- land since September. Whitney Gates Sterling, Simcoe, passed away after a week's illness at the age of ninety years. the pr: Toront a 2 e of to Two Sq d Yard for En d yesterday with an lishman, charged with embezzlement. Westminster Presbyterian congre- gation has decided to carry on, des- pite the disaster it suffered from fire, Samuel Barron, Chatham, was found dead on the roof of his house, where he had been cleaning oft the snow. . The cabinet has refused to accept 'the textile men's protest, saying com- plaints must go to the Board of Com- merce itself. Samuel Gompers, president of the A. F. of L., has declared himself op- posed to the Compulsory Health In- surance Bill Brig.-Gen. R. A. Helmar, C. M. G.. director-general of musketry, died at Ottawa of pneumonia, aged ' about fifty-five years. A memorial tablet to Hon. A. §. Hardy, former premier of Ontario, will shortly be unveiled in Brant county courtroom. The Montreal Memorial Workshops, providing permanent employment for returned soldiers physically dis- abled, was opened to-day. Major Wm. Ketcheson, Belleville, was found dead in a refrigerator car at Grafton Saturday morning, prob- | NO SERUM AGAINST GRIP; | MICROBE UNKNOWN Alarming Report That Plague and Influenza Are Allied is Denied. Paris, Feb. 2.--Dr. Dufardin- Beaumetz, chief of the laboratory of the Pasteur Institute, positively de- nies that the bubonic plague and the influenza, or grippe, are allied, add- ing that if it {s true that the anti- plague serum has cured the grippe, it 4&8 because it is a serum frotn the horse, not because it is an anti plague serum. He repeats thal grippe itself is insigniticant, but ' danger from it arises by preparing the way for complications from the -develop- 'jment of baci already latent in the organism. Last year's serious epi- demic was due to the prevalence of the streptococcus bacillus complica tions, but this year the relatively less harmful pneumeoceus bacillus is mainly noted. No seru its microbe has not been discovered, treated by a serum very successfully. The Matin publis a Milan de- spatoh stating that la grippe with pulmonary complications is raging in the north of Italy. The malady was mild until the last few days, but its victims are now rapidly in- creasing, 103 being registered in Milan, The epidemic has pot reached Paris yet, and energetic measures are being taken to combat it. SIR SAM SAYS LEADERS HAVE BEEN SQUELOCHED None of Cabinet Ministers Fit to Succeed Sir Robert Bor den. Lindsay, Feb. 2.--The Lindsay Warder contained nificant interview: General Sir Sam Hughes, who has een resting at his home for a few days, dropped into the Warder office Friday morning looking fit and well, "How about Union Government ?" Sir Sam was asked. "Well, it still hangs on as is evi- dent by the advertising ocoastomally given by Mr. Rowell and other pro- pagandists," 'was the reply. "Is anything likely to occur dur- ing the coming session by way of a crisis ?"* "If the aspirants for the premier- ship can be squelched, and it is gen- erally understood that they are now squelched, the rank and file of all parties appear content to carry this Government through the coming ses- sion, at least until a new election law is enacted, and so all political parties may become stabilized and enter the fight on a fairly even keel." have been aspiring to become prem- fer. Why, bless you, ever since 1912 there has heen one continual con- spiracy to get rid of Borden on the part of three or four of his Cabinet, ated in failure." "Do you, think the Liberal-Con- servative party would take back Unionists as | " "lI do not know anyone who re- gards any of the present associates of Sir Robert as fit to lead the party, It is disgusting to hear great piblic men and business men ask who is going to be the new leader of the Liberal ve party." i { nm is avail- |: able yet against the grippe because. but pneumonic complications can be | TRY TO PREVENT FIVANGAL CRASH Owing to the Startfing Condition of the Exchange Rates. : NO MORE LOANS FROM US, Europe Must "Get to Work" --Con- sume Loss and Make and Sell More is the Cure, London, Feb. 2.--"Great Britald vannot aller the world's economic [situation by anything the Govern- 2 & | ment can do with its money values," the Pall Mall Gazette warned to-day. Commenting upon the letter of Secretary Glass of the American treasury to Homer L. Ferguson, pre- sident of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the newspaper de clared: "You cannot change temper ature by manipulation of therme- meter." : Glass' letter outlined * Amerioa's position as giving no more aid to Eu- rope beyond what has been done and what is being done now. "ON Publication of the letter here focused all attention upon the ance problem. The press Glass' frank statement as "No More Loans From America." - Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the following sig- | the Exchequer, is to confer with a | deputation of bankers this week. It {is reported they are to discuss ealling jof an International conference of finance, in an effort to prevent a crash in European affairs. "Low exchanges," the Pall Mail Gazette asserted, "can be raised only by consuming less and making and selling more." The newspaper recommended that the Government reduce importations of luxuries, reduce public expendi- "Wha al lich broach at lear. BE 50 70u mean by 1 pol ture, and increase taxation. { Lord Colwyn, leading banking au- | thority, favored removal gradually of | the prohibition on export of gold, but sald that with the present adverse balance it was a question whether this could be done without serious risk of the loss of all Great Britain's goM supply. Colwyn declared if the gold export ban could be removed safely ex- change would right itself. Many authorities were reluctant to ment on the Glass letter, but (is wo Aa salu ob CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST RACE TRACKS {Counsel For Social Service Council 8ays Some of Them Are "Refugee Tracks." Ottawa, Feb. 2.--That the 'Wind- Sor and Fort Erie race tracks were "refugee tracks" operated to give citizens of Detroit and Buffalo an opportunity for gambling, was the al- { legation of John M, Godfrey, counsel {for the Social Service Council of Canada, at' the closing of the race track investigation. Citizens of the United States who were precluded | from race track gambling by the laws {of that country merely the | border and -indulged in that pastime on Sunnditn soil The hort Erie | track, he lared, was run by pro- | fessional gamblers: ~The Hamilton | | said, undoubtedly run by reputable 4 a OTTAWA RECEPTION ROUSES EASTERN ONT. Government : Promises Perth ing lists are based on the provin- ¥ y lists, and for Quebec women : = : 8re ia no such thing. Therefore, ir I { used the phrase, 'At the termination {of hostilities,' while others spoke of {the 'duration of the war,' and in each | gentlemen, but had in the past made | enormous rake-offs. Mr, Godfrey had no fault to find with the Connaught ably the result of over-exertion. Premter Lloya George wi'l offer NOT TO MAKE THE | Fold Not to to Fight Hi Way oy Kit-gle A Amara. {Canadian Press Despatod) j London, Feb. 2.--- Major-General i aries Townshend, defender of | t-el-Amara, who recently handed | resignation to the war office, de- | iared in answering his critics, whe Bim that he showed a lack of reso on in not attempting to fight his F out, that he refrained from such Reroic sortie, because he had posi- } orders from General Sir John { amian commander-in- not to make such a move. ) for the world's title, soon, according to an ales raph received here identity of the woman who is are the fame and fortune of the D 4 VE intimation was given as subj | | no] { ! ee JUSTICE GALT, OF WINN ka Who is presiding ovér the trinls of . Dixon, M.P.P, and W. 8. Woods- warih, two Labor leaders, charged with Stditious libel following the Winnipeg 8! a. . ' ------------------ BANDIT IS EXPOSED, Wilson Posed in ¢ Cliff as Pinkerton Sudbury, Feb. 2.--In an interview here, Chief of Police John Brown Stated that George F. Wilson, the bandit, who has been sentenced to five years at Portsmo case the parties probably intended the same thing." ------------------------ Sold for $86,000 Each, Montreal, Feb. 2.--Two of the ten new seats added to the establishment of the Montreal Stock Exchange were sold at the price of $36,000 each. This price 18 a new high level in. the history of the Exchange, the last being 'reported at $35,000. ---------------- Because of the alleged impossibil- ity of insuring the execution of its orders for the surrender of Germans accused of violation of the laws of war by the Allies, the German Gov- ernment may resign if the Entente powers insist upon their delivery. It is said Hon. A. K. McLean 1s to soon leave the federal cabinet. and Smith's Falls No Relief From Water Shortage. Brockyille, Feb. 2.-- Residents. of Perth, Smith's Falls, and Merrick. ville are up in arms the miners a proposition that a ref. erendum be taker in Bri'aly on the nationalization of the coal mines. Obtef Commissioner Carvel] of the Railway Board, has given a ruling restricting greatly the use of tele. phone, telegraph and express franks. Sir George Paish, at the Open Forum, Toronto, sald the peace treaty must be modified to make it practicable for Germany. # Ten more students at Guelph have succumbed to pmeumonia, Kathryn M. Sinelair, Belleville, at Macdonald "Hall, and Walter Dawson, South Mon- aghan, at the Ontario Agricultural College. y hen it was quoted at 12 per cent. In a fow cases, it was stated, 12% per cent. was paid, i JX ngest brother of ex- e of Greece. midnight Saturday, | Park track at Ottawa or Blue Bon | Dets at Montreal, save that these | tracks operated pari-mutuel ma- | chines. These statements were made {in his argument, which closed the | hearing. Proceedings are now closed until Commissioner Rutherford makes his report to Parliament. -------------------------------- { NEWS IN BULLETIN, The influenza epidemic in the Uni- ted States has begun to decline, Sir Robert. Borden, it is said, is in the south and will visit New York next week, Thé Turks are seid to be mobilize ing to attack the Greeks in Anatolia, Ontario wheat and flour have both vanced in price, effective from ad