QUEEN'S STUDENTS We have just received a special order of Swiss Silk Neckwear, woven in the University coiors. | | Fasiacaeieaen YEAR 87: No. 81, IS. EXPORTERS | MUCH WORRED to Spit on fekae of lange, SOME CANADIAN FRM HAVE A TEMPTING BIT OF BUSI- NESS AHEAD hud Ae iy But the Board of Commerce May In- ' terfere--Individual Responsibility Is Being Enuphasized. Ottawa, Feb. 6.--It would appear that worries regarding the exchange situation are not entirely confined to those countries which are classified as being In the "adverse" column. United States exporters of raw pro- ducts are becoming worried. The 17 per cent. exchange against Can- ada is giving pause to Canadian ma- nufacturers who are compelled fo pay for their imports at a rate pro- bably twice or three times the value of the returns which they may ex- pect to receive upon their profits, and United States firms contemplate with emotion the loss of valuable customers. Many have offered to "split" the exchange. In some cases the offer has been accepted; in oth- ers even the split has acted as an ab- solute deterrent against import from the United States. Firms in Canada which do not de- pend upon the United States for their raw materials, but which are self- contained, may be subject to the temptation of taking advantage of the adverse exchange situation, which, after all, simply represents an additional protection, to boost their goods to the extent to which American competitors are just. on the verge of being able to compete. In such case the Canadian consum- ers will be up against very much in- creased costs for their necessities of life. The Board of Commerce is em- powered to order the elimination of tariffs which are employed for the purpose of unduly enhancing the rost of the necessities of life. While the Board of Commerce will not make any announcement as to what action they might take In such a contingency, it must be noted that the board has power to order the re- moval of a protective tariff on any industry which is using the tariff to enhance unduly the cost of the neces- saries of life. ---- Up to the Individual. Conferences are now being held between the chartered lanks and the Minister of Finance. Further confer. ences will be held between the Min- ister and the brokers and bond dea- fers. The general consensus of opin- fon appears to be that one of the best methods of reducing exchange is to curtail absolutely the import of all unnecessaries from the Unit- ed States. Under the War Measuaes Act the Government had power to restrict imports. Now that the war is over, the Government does not feel that it could righteously carry on such a program. Individual res- ponsibility is emphasized. Under nor- mal conditions the resumption of cash payments by Great Britain and other European cpuntries would tend to enhance the value of the Cana- dian dollar; but at present those countries are not in a position even to pay their debts to Canada. The proposal that Canada adjust the situation by a load in the United States 1s counteratted by, the fact that the interest charges on that loan would finally bring Cafinda to & more adverse situation than she at Present occupies. EXCHANGE RATES IMPROVE FRIDAY . (Canadia New York, Febe _ 344 on demand bills for the English pound sterling opened this morning at $3.34 and soon ad- vanced to $3.39, Rating of Ca- nadian money improved in syin- Dathy, the discount rate being quoted at 14 to 14% as against 18 at yesterday's closing. Demand sterling dropped back to $3.35%, where it held steady up to noon, ---------------- WORST SNOWSTORM Of the Winter New York Delays New York, Feb, 6.~New York is recovering from the worst storm of the winter. The snowstorm which be- a nar . evening, continued 'throughout the night and yesterday morning the streets were cldgged t drifts of snow. Snow, hail alee difven by 3 Song ad ° oe discomf! 0 ew surface | ship Princess Anna of the Old Dom- | 2006 = dhe MIGHT AGREE TO NEUTRAL TRIBUNAL (Canadian Press Despatch.) Berlin, Feb. 6.--The German Government will probably be willing to surrender its nationals charged with war crimes," to be tried by a neutral tribunal if the Entente will agree, says the National Zeitung, a Swiss Gov- ernment newspaper, which de- clares that it has signified its readiness to arrange such a tribunal. NO OFFICIAL ACTION BY GREAT BRITAIN YET Best Opinion Is That Exchange Situation Will Rectify Itself in Time. London, *Feb. 6.--No official ac- tion has yet been taken to endeavor to re-establish the value of the pound sterling in Canada. It is gen- erally accepted that any effort as be- tween Canada and Britain will be fruitless without the co-operation of the United States. . It is believed that as a result of the conference between Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer and the leading British ban- ker will be a campaign to restrict imports, increase production and en: courage individual economy. Meantime much resentment is be- expressed against certala jour- nals which have characterized the at- titude of the United States on the question as unfriendly and beartless. The opinion is growing that the sit- uation will rectify itself as commerce settles down and trade is opened with Europe and with the revival of brisk relations with Eastern Europe. It is pointed out that the dollar remained below par for more than a decade following the Civil! War in the United States. It is also shown that the pound sterling, generally throughout the world, owing .to the lower fall of other currencies is high er than in the pre-war period. RAILWAYS FACE LOSS OF THIRTY MILLIONS Canadian Government Will Have to Increase Rates on Its Lines. (Canadian Fress Despatch) Ottawa, Feb. -6.--Faced with a loss of approximately thirty million dollars during the present financial year, it is' regarded 'here as inevit- ablg that the rates of the Govern- ment railway lines, will have to be increased if the roads are to pay. Already there have been hints of probable action in this direction. The whole situation, it is stated, is dow being closely investigated. § _ Increases in 'rates authorizédl $oime time ago do not, it is claimed, mest the ever increasing cost of materials Bnd operation. While the final figu- res will not be available for some weeks, it is estimated that the loss on the Canadian National railways system as a whole will be about nine- teen million dollars. To that has been added an estimated loss of nine million dollars on the Grand Trunk Pacific, or a total of twenty-eight millions. CIVIC FLAG REPLACES SINN FEIN BANNER Over the City Hall in Dublin When Municipai Council Meets. (Canadian Press Despatch) Dublin, Feb, 6.---The civic flag re- placed the Sinn Fein banner over the city ball when municipal council met today. The Council did not take up the proposal of Transport Worker O'Brien that the mace and sword be removed on the ground that they were "implements of feudal autho- rity, relics of barbarism, and perpet- ual symbols of servitude." An application has been initiated in the King's Bench division for the release of the recently elected lord mayor, Tom Kelly, who is in Worm- wood Scrubbs prison. STOCKS TAKE TUMBLE UNDER HEAVY SELLING United States Steel Drops to 98 7-8, the Lowest in * Months. ¢ adian Presse Desvatch) New York, #eb. 6.--The prices of stocks tumbled today under the heavy selling despite the improve- ment in foreign exchange. Leading issues froin six to fifteen points below the opening and made new low records for the current movement, Losses of two to five Doints were numerous and United tes Steel fell to 987%, its lowest quotation for months. Prices opened one to seven points up, but reacted after the first hour and soon there was heavy liquidation. The break was acvelerated by 17 per cent call money. : STEAMSHIP RUNS AGROUND Just East of Rockaway Point on (Canadian Press Despatoh New York, Feb. 6.--The team. inion Line, carrying thirty-two ngers and a erew of seventyawo]| se from 'Norfolk, Va., to New York, ran aground one off the #iE st r------ KINGSTON, ONTARIO. N aily British FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920, AID TO THE ARMENIANS "let me once more express the | very' profound appreciation of the Canadian Natisnal Armenian Relief Association for the wonderful work | their big-hearted generosity in en- | abling jeorkers in the field to do to- ward saving the lives of hundreds of starving and destitute Armenian people. They have inaugurated a great crusade of wondrous generosity which is enabling much more than we had dared to hope to be dome." Such was the cheering message Sent out by John G. Kent, general manager of the Canadian National Exhibition, who is the chairman of the Canadian National Armenian Re- lief Association. Already, as readers ||aré aware, the sum of one hundred | thousand dollars from their fund has { been sent forward by D. A. Cameron, {the treasurer, to Constantinople-- | where Canadian representatives are | utilizing it to forward immediately | the food and clothing which mean life { to the perishing women and children. With his message of thanks, Mr. Kent coupled an appeal. Much has been done, much is being done--but much remains to be done. The re- ports received by the association of the condition of the sufferers are ALLES PLACED IN A DIEM By Action of Lersner in Refusing to Forward Names of Culprits. | | i } MUST ENFORCE SURRENDER SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES FACE THE ALLIES, BUT Sensation Created by the Situation-- Curiosity as to How the Crisis Will Be Surmounted. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Feb. 6.--The action of Baron von Kurt Lergner in refusing to transmit the Mst-of Germans de ma hy the Allies for trial to his Government, if supported by his Government, has placed the Allies in somewhat of a dilemma, is believed by the moderate Liberal press here. No event since the armistice has created such a sensation or aroused $0 much curiosity as to how the crisis will be surmounted. The number and character of the names included in the lst of persons demanded proved a surprise, and while the newspapers of reactionary tendencies loudly de- mand the employment of the strong- est measures to enforce the surrender of the men, more moderate expon- ents of liberal opinton do not hesitate 'to point to the serious difficulties facing the Allies, r PURE BRED CATTLE YIELD OVER $112,000 Sixty Shorthorns Were Sold at Auction in Toronto on Thursday. Toronto, Feb. 6.--A total of over $112,000 was realized on sixty-eight pure bread Shorthorns at a dispersal auction sale held at the exhibition grounds here yesterday afternoon by W. A. Dryden, of Brooklin, Ont., and Robert Miller, of Stouffville, Ont. It was a record sale for Canada. The average selling price, male and fe« male, was $1,660. The top price of the sale was $4,000 which Harry Magee, general manager of the T. Eaton Company paid for Newton Clarat II, an imported Shorthorn fe- male, "red by A. T. Gordon, of New- ton, Aberdeenshire. Mr. Magee paid $3,000 for another female, Clunny Orange Blossom, bred by Lady Cath- cart, of Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire. T. A. Russell, the well-known au- tomobile manufacturer, this city, paid $3,200 for Augusta Emblem, a Joaring male, a Canadian-bred ani- al. George Gier and Son paid $3.- 300 for Butterfly Belle, a red heifer in calf, McMillan Bros., of Winnipeg, paid $3,100 for Goldie's Fancy, im- ported ¢ ---------------- ARABS CARRY GERMAN RIFLES. cient by ng spent additions. The difficulty of getting heartrending, and the call for help continues unabated. Previously acknowl -...51081.60 Mrs. A. Melville Bell, Baldwinsville, N.Y. .. Cataraqui Methodist 8.8. and Frends - . A. S. Guess, BaKwins- ville, N.Y. ... Free Methodist Sunday School, Verona .. .., Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Lockett. ... . Victor A. Minnes . Mrs. T. D. Minnes ... Mrs. M. VanLuven, Mur- vale ... ... G. F. Storms, Verona Earl T. Lake, Killam, Alta. .. "sca sue Levi Storms ... sssese A Friend Miss Jean HySSOD +... Collection . "Busy Bees C vary church Liab eesss A Friend A. Friend .... Miss Ruth Zeigler ..... Mrs. A. Volume A Sympathizer ... Major Galloway .. Hugh Cameron, Canonto 200.00 00 sanss 15.00 13.76 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 ara een 4.30 lub of Cal- 3.63 cabemmasress 2.50 ssasessm $2.00 2.00 2.99 2.00 2.00 1.00 THE MODERN DEMANDS OF SERVANT MAIDS "Private Sitting, Dining Rooms and Boudoir," Says Judge Campbell's Wife. St. Catharines, Feb. 6.--Bhe com- mittee of the Lincoln County Council appointed to enquire into complaints against the management of the Children's Aid Shelter, owned joint- ly by the city and county, heard evi- dence on the subject, and found that there was very little in the com- plaint. County councilors visiting the institution recently- found the children in old clothes and a little dirty. Prominent ladies of the city, who are members of the Children's Aid Society, pointed "out that this was a corimon' thing for children, even in the best families, when they come home from school and begin to play. Tha reports from the schools attended hy the shelter ¢hildren said they were as well dressed and looked as well as any of the other children. That the accom r of orphans y mitted, but $15,000 is. on help for the matron was pointed out. The sleeping accommodations are not what the girls demand to-day, said Mrs. (Judge) Campbell. 'Maids de- mand private sitting rooms, private dining-rooms, as well as their bou- doir." DECREASE IS SHOWN IN UNEMPLOYMENT Patriotic Fund Officials Tried to Find Work Rather Than Give Relief. Ottawa, Feb. 6.--A decrease in unemployment throughout the Dom- inion is reflected in the figures of the federal emergency appropriation department of the Patriotic Fund, which has been in operation since December 22, and whose purpose it is to help unemployed returned sol- diers over the present winter. The Labor Department claims that unem- ployment is on the decrease and it is believed the decrease was largely due to the efforts of the fund officials, who make every attempt to find po- sitions for the returned men rather than pay out bonuses. In nearly all cases the men, if in a condition to take such positions readily agree to do so, and attempts to defraud the fund have been few and far bétween. For the week ending January 10th relief was given to 16,999 returned men, for the succeeding week to 17,- 877. This was the high water mark. During the next week the number had dropped to 15,340. Up to Jan- uary 24, a total of $1,220,000 had been paid out. At this rate it will only take about $4,500,000 to carry the fund through till May first, when it ceases. \ EQUAL IN GRAVITY TO THE WAR ITSELF 4 : Sx Be Fearful ns ol ate Relief Comes. DROP IN' PRICES DUE VERY SOON The Drop In Exchange Eliminates United States From World rade. A BIG DECREASE COMING IN THE COST OF LIVING, OFFI- CIALS DECLARE. Breadstuffs, Meat and Dairy Pro- ducts Will Cease Going to Europe and Be Dumped Into Home Mar- kets. Chicago, Feb, 6.--Prices will drop within ninety days and the country generally will benefit from the de- cline of foreign currency, commis- sion and cold storage men agreed here yesterday. antees on next June 20th, combined with the large crop of wheat, corn and oats, will pull™prices down," Adolph Kempner, commission merch- ant said. "The drop in foreign exchange éliminates us from world trade," E. W. Wagner, broker, asserted. "Di- rverting of all manufactured products to home markets can't help but end high costs. It is beneficial to Am- erica." Storage houses are overstocked { now that the Eyropean demand is off, | sald John E. Rowe, manager of the Western Cold Storage Company. "There is more food stored than ever before.' It cannet be sold," he | sald, "under prevailing high prices." Drop Expected Soon. Washington, Feb. 6.--A big drop in prices of necessities is only a few weeks away, Government officials agreed here yesterday, if the present | record low levels of foreign exchange rates continue. England, France and Italy will be forced quickly, it was predicted, to curtail their purcheses in American markets. This means a reduction in the volume of American exports and the dumping of goods into the Am- | Stewart announced that an appro- erican markets. Breadstuffs, meats and dairy pro- ducts are now being shi) abroad at the rate of nearly $4,000,000 a day by Ammeripan growers, packers and 8 Ly vernment. t sho Ww, suddenly into ho domes- tic markets, such a vast quantity of food would quickty force down prices, officials said. THE DRY LAW FORCED THE SALE OF LINERS Shipping Board Unable to Compete With Vessels on Which Liquor Is Sold. Washington, Feb. 6.--Sale of the former passenger + liners seized at the outbreak of the war was forced on the shipping board by the operation of the national prohi- bition law, Chairman Payne is under- stood to have told President Wilson. Mr. Payne was said to have writ- ten the president that the govern- ment could not operate the liners on whick intoxicants were not sold |in competition with privately owned ships on which wine and other liquors were served. He was understood to have said that after the board an- nounced that intoxicants would not be carried on its liners plying to South America and elsewhere, prac tically all bookiags for those ships had been canceled. The chairman's views were set forth in a letter to the president re- lating to the controversy between the board and the war department concerning the sale of the ships, tot ---- | US. DEBT OUT $1,660,000,000. Washington, D.C. Feb. 6.~In the last five months the total public debt has shown a decrease of about $930,- 000,000 and the floating debt about $730,000,000, Secretary Houston an- reached its peak, and on last Jan. 31st. The decreases wers due principally to v | ------ {Lord Chelmsford Qutlines a | | Measure to Relieve Difficul- ol i ties in East Africa. "Lifting of the federal wheat guar- | fin | | 1BD. and ; Whin SPECIAL SALE -- FELT HATS AT $3.50 Colliers Toggery LAST EDITION SITUATION IN INDIA IS VASTLY IMPROVED Delhi, India, Feb. 6. -- Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy, tn opening the legislative council, paid a high | tribute to Sir E. 5. Montague, secre- | tary of state for India, and others | associated with the passage of the Reform Act and matters incident thereto. He outlined in elaborate detail the preliminary steps as re- gards the introduction of the act, and said the economic situation, which had been critical last year, had im- mensely improved. Lord Chelmsford pleaded for fur- ther calmness as regards the posi- tion of Indians in South Africa, and said Sir Edwin Montague bad been called on to see that Indian interests were fully represented at the forth- coming discussions between Viscount Milner, secretary of state for the colonies, and the governor of East Africa. The viceroy suggested that a com- mittee of non-official Indian members meet a deputation from the Fiji Islands and British Guiana, and that the government be guided by their dings. The viceroy alluded to the appoint- ment of a committee of the council to study the complex and difficult question of imperial preference and arrive at a conclusion whether the adoption of a system of preferential tariffs would likely be of advan to the country as a whole. : While not wishing to minimize the' dangers arising from the situation in the middle east and the Bolshevik movement he was confident things were not so bad as represented. The real danger of Bolshevism in India was the penetration by propaganda and secret agitation. This develop- ment was being carefully watched and a special staff had been appoint- ed to deal with it. FOUR MILLIONS FOR MORE TELEPHONES Province of Alberta Will Spend This Sum For Extensions This Year. Edmonton, Alta., Feb, 6.--W.en in the midst of a veritable deluge of resolutions brought up by the United Farmers of Alberta executive before the provincial cabinet, yesterday, the 'question of providing more telephone facilities in outlying districts of the province was brought up, Premier priation of more than $4,000,000 for telephone extensions will be asked = the coming session of the legisla- ure, Applications for railway construc- ton and for better service on the B! d B.C. Seiand for & more _prohibition enforsement, treat- went for all tubercular patients, a more active operation of the Farm Loan t, and various applications for free transportation of seed grain, and reference to many other farm problems, were among the resolu- tions submitted to the government during the extended afternoon ses- sion. In most cases the cabinet was able to settle the points at issue with a full discussion, but in other in- stances further consideration was promised, or that the question would be brought to the attentiom of 'the legislature. FRENCH COMMENT ON THE GREY LETTER | Allies Abandoning Wilson to | Make Terms With Con- gressional Majority. Paris, Feb. 8.--Commenting upon the letter of Viscount Grey, British ambassador to the Uhited States, to the Times with regard to the Ameri- ] can opposition on the peace treaty, the Echo de Paris, under heavy head- lines, says : "The Allies are abandoning Presi- dent Wilson." The newspaper adds that Viscount Grey succeeded in persuading Pre- mier Lloyd George of Great Britain and former Premier Clemenceau to adopt his viewpoint when in Paris some weeks ago, and the letter to the Times will, it asserts, probably be followed by an official note along the same lines from the French and British cabinets. @ "Our friends beyond the Atlantic cannot fail to understand the asigni- ficance of the language they have just heard," the Echo de Paris con- tinues. "It simply means that the Allies are abandoning President Wil- son, and are trying to come to terms with the majority in the American Congress." . "FAR OFF FIELDS." Report of Demand For Machinists at Balti Oe . Ottawa, Feb. 6.--8Some days ago a . Was from Toronto machinists bt i $ : i iit MUST LEAVE US. LUVURES ALONE By So Doing the Exchange Situation WEI © Be Aided, ECONOMY ONLY REMEDY ALL OTHER SUGGESTED SOHE- MES ARE ONLY TEMPORARY o Canadians Holding Insurance In United States Companies Are Now Hard Hit as They Must Pay in New York, » Ottawa, Feb. 6.--Various sche- mes having for their object the sta- bilization of exchange between Can- ada and the United States have been put forward and discussed here, The problem has, more over, been the subject of conferences between the Finance Minister and representati- ves of the Chartered Banks, and will tomorrow be considered by the Mini- ster and other financial interests, among them the bond dealers. All authorities here agree that the most potent hactor jn bringing down the adverse exchange rate, under existing circumstances, would be re- duction of purchases of luxuries from the United States. To "peg exchange," as it is called, would be a costly undertaking for Canada. The Government, more- over. is not in a position to restriot ipportation from the United States as it did do during the war under the provisions of the War Meabures' Act. "If the people cut down pur- chases of luxuries in thé United States," sald one authorit to-day, "they will be doing everything that the Government could have dome under the War Measures' Act." Suggestions Considered. Canada might secure a loan in the United States to help the exchange situation, but this would prove only a palliative, and that the last state would be worse than the first, inas- much as half-yearly interest charges would soon serve to swell the debt balance against the Domini inthe United States. Nor conld the Govern- ment place upon the "aiks and oth- er dealers in exchange responsibility for the elimination of speculation in exchange. Something, however, might be accomplished by co-operation be- tween those dealing in exchange, Some United States insurance companies, it is reported, have glven Boties to golicy holders that they StL pay premiums in New Yor funds to keep thelr policies . The Dominion Insurance Department states that it has no power to make regulations requiring American com- panies to accept payments on Cana- 'dian insurance in Canadian funds, SR --------------------------. SUES BIZTMORE HOTEL. Man and Wife Ejected--Suit for $50 : f , 000. New York, Feb. 6.--Mrs, Adeline M. Horwig, wife of Captain Robert M. Horwig, a West Point graduate, mow stationed in Brooklyn, is suing the Beausite Corporation, which con- trols the Biltmore Hotel, for $60,000 damages, to-day, before Justice Spears in part XVI of Supreme Court. . According to Captain and Mrs. Horwig, Mrs. Horwig engaged a room at the Biltmore, expecting her hus- band, who was at Mills with his regiment, to join her before he sailed overseas. 2 They were in the room, Captain Horwig testified when at three O'clock, in the morning of January 27th, 1918, Night Manager Tibbets. with two house detectives, entered and ordered them out, even though they were vouched for by Horwig's brother-in-law, Commander Benja-. min Bagley, now stittioned at govern' ment navy yards, League Island, Philadelphia. § A Old Fashioned Spanking. Toronto ,Feb. 6.--Ten days at the jail farm and a "spanking" was the sentence meted out by Judgé Coats. worth to two boys who had attempt- . ed to break into a store. 'No eat- o'-nine-tails" added the judge, "but a they should have got at home, is to be administered. Girls Must be Sy Mulaney, Madison Coffee own. er, advertised: 'Wanted, slender waittéls." Asked why "siender" John said: "They take up less room, are quicker on their feet, eat less and don't get flat feet." ; is NEWS IN BULLETIN, Cities along the North Atlantic are buried under the deepest enowdrifts of years, A brakeman was pinned for three ina For the ft time in many ; from the : real, old-fashioned spanking, such as Slender. i Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 6.--John F. House »