hs. SB. os). appeared from his home, 443 Prin- 3 Collier's Toggery Te pmriacbain YEAR 87: NO, 127, KINGSTON. ONTARIO, =| The Daily British Whig TUESDAY, MAY, 18, 1920. | ote For the Two By- 1 THE BOLSHEVIK EMBLEM 'Greek and Turkish Troops Clash Near Smyrna-- Hungary Will Sign Peace Treaty Presented by Allies--Soviet Troops Driving Back Poles. Constantinople, M (Canadian Press Despatch.) | ay 18.--Trebizond, an important port on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor, has been taken over by a local Bolshevik adminis- tration, according to an announcement made by the Turkish press bureau. | 'The population have torn down the Turkish flag and put up the Bolshevik | emblem, and have sef up a temporary government, following a great demon- stration in the city. It is not known reached Trebizond from Russia, but the revolution is believed to have | been managed by Russian agitators. that Bolshevik soldiers have actually Greeks and Turks Clash. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Constantinople, May 18.--Greek and Turkish troops have clashed, | about twenty-five miles east of Smyrna, where the Turks are taking the | offénsive and are apparently massing reinforcements preparatory .to further | advances against the Greeks. Jafar Tayar, commandant at -Adrianople, has sent a message here from that city, stating that forty thousand Turks | and Bulgarians are prepared to resist Hangary Will Sign (Canadian Press Despatch) Budapest, May 18.--Hungary will sign the peace treaty presented to her by the Allies it was indicated here to-day. strongly opposed acceptance of the peace treaty, has resigned from the peace delegation. eth Soviet Troops Drive Poles Back. (Canadian Press Despatch.) ~--Success against the Poles in fighting on the north- | erly part of their front are reported by the Russian Soviet government, in an official message from Moscow dated Monday. back over the Beresina river at one point, it is clai London, May 18 JUDGMENT WAS RESERVED In Case of W. G. Craig Company vs. J. F. Gillespie. The entire morning session at the non-jury sittings of the supreme court on Tuesday morning was taken up in the hearing of the case of W. G. Craig & Co., Ltd., vs. J. F. Gilles- le, assignee of insolvent estate of pp & Steenburgh, of Picton. In this case the plaintiff's claim is rank as secured creditors on this estate by reason of their chattel ge. Messrs. King & Smythe ] d for the Jlaintitls, had A. Cunninghant for é efence. Quite a number of witnesses were heard, and when the case adjourned at 1.20 p.m., Justice Middleton re- served his decision. The chief witness for the plaintiffs was Kenneth McCullagh, travelling salesman for the Craig company, who told about m Steenburgh's store in Picton, and aking a visit to Tripp & | the Greeks. the Peace Treaty: Count Albert Apponyi, who | The Poles were forced | med. rn SPINELESS CANADIANS Too Many in Public Life, Says Hamil- ton Man. Hamilton, May 18.--Lloyd Harris, of Brantford, former Canadian trade commissionér in London, England, was the chief speaker at a banquet held in the Royal Connaught Hotel. He said that Canada had lost oppor- tunities for trade in Europe, and it was for her people to take advantage of the great name this Dominion had won in Europe during the war and extend the country's trade as it should be dome. It was not well to depend too much on the Government in this matter, Mr. Harris said. Pre- sident Robert Hobsom, of the. Steel - FLIES OVER TREBIZOND | | THE "ARMY OF THE BLIND" IN LONDON The blinded men who set out from Manchester, Leeds, and ws To-Morro | to his team, now slowly turning at | the end of the fallow. On one man, at | least, I thought, sits very lightly the | weighty dignity of cap and gown. Despite the Fact That He Is An LLD. of | Queen's. WISIT 10 SEAGER. WHEELER o Was Once Vice-President of U.S. and Died on His 86th Birthday. Morton, former vicé-president of the United States and former gov- ernor of New York, died Sunday night on, his ninety-sixth birthday. Celebration of Mr. Morton's birthday began Saturday, when a party was SK HEWAN N FAM. | given for the school children of El- THE BAR HAN ay |lerslie and Rhinecliff, and Sunday he at | was the recipient of many congratula- tory telegrams and other messages Finds Conditions Ideal--Says Prices | ;; raicitation. Will Be High and All That Can be -------- Produced is Needed. - SOVIET MINISTER ; Toronto Globe Correspondence. VERY BOASTFUL Rosthern, Sask., May 18.--My pe- 4 regrinations bringing me within fi'ty Ppomises That Poles Will be or sixty miles of his home, I made 2 Surrounded and Brought poict to renew my acquaintance with to Ruin. Seager Wheeler, wheat grower of | ---- Saskatchewan and Doctor of Laws of | Copenhagen, May 18.--Definite Queen's University, Kingston, 1 authentic confirmation that General found him just where I had expected | Brusiloff is in supreme command of to--out in the fields--and, to my re- | the Russian Soviet army, was given lief, I noticed that academic distinc- | here to-day by Georges Krassin, So- tion had altered him not a whit. | viet minister of ways and communi- Away across the stretch of summer- | Cations and head of the Russian trade Ellerslie, N.Y., May 18.--Levi P| w, GOLDEN RULE (Of he Great Conflict Exiting Betweta | Gopal An Labor W. F. CONSHUTT, N.. GIVES ADDRESS REFORE THE KINGSTON BOARD OF TRADE. AT ELLERSLIE, N.Y. On "After the War Problems"--Our Duty is to Consider the Other Man's Standpoint. W. F. Cockshutt, M.P., Brantford, 'was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Board of Trade on Monday evening, and his address, which dealt with "After the Was Problems," as viewed by one of Can- ada's foremost public men, was in- tensely interesting and instructive. While his subject was sub-divided in- to three phases, political, social and material, he did not touch upon poli- tics as such, but treated the subjects Newport fo call attention to their conditions of life and em- ployment and to send a deputation to the Prime Minister, arrived in London on Saturday night, April 24th. The picture | shows a sailor and a nurse helping two blind men in the pro- | \ & THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORD) Despatches That Come From Near and Distal Plagss. TIINGS FOR UK READERS fallow, he saw me making in his di- rectior, and with the kindliness that is part cof the man, he left his team and came to meet me. I 2121 intend- ed to greet him with his new title, but when he gfasped my hand and instanily "'placel' me as one whom hé had met? for the first time, on a sultry Sabbath evening last Septem- ber--when he stood before me there, in one of his own fields, utterly un- spoiled and unassuming, 1 forgot all about recent announcements from Kingston and the carefully prepared | salutation went completely out of mind. We walked back together toward the patient horses and Dr. Wheeler --I must do him justice at least once ----beckoned me to a seat beside him on the implement to which the team was hitched. While he filled his pipe, thus graciously suggesting that he was not.too busy to give to an itiner- ant newspaperman a few moments of | delegation here. He added: "The Polish offensive frightens us'as it appears to the ordinary citizen as little as did the various offensives [to-day in its most comprehensive as- of reactionaries "with the aid of ot Allied troops or materials. After pes. EE. | progressing and securing what they My party right or wrong," once a | believe to be victories, the Poles will | good enough slogan, is now regarded be surrounded by our forces and |asa wrong view, but, said the speak- brought to ruin. er, there may be some things worse SHOT GIRL AND HIMSELF [than the party system, and among them are most assuredly sectionals ism, creed; race and particular class- Ottawa, May 18.--Willlam Col- es.' "On the soclal side we witness lyer, aged twenty-two and Hazel |bold and dangerous suggestions Evans, eighteen years old, are in St.| catching the attention of the public Luke's Hospital, both in a critical ROW more than anything else, while condition, as the result of a shooting | the real things are not given the im- affray on Sunday night. [It {is Portance they deserve, | said that when the girl refused Col-| 'The solution of the social ques- | lyer's offer of marriage, he drew ation, and the ome that was sure to revolver and shot her through the! bring about the most cordial rela- | neck. He ran a short distance and tions, was for everyone to recognize | then fired at himself, the bullet en-|DIs proper status and be rewarded ac- | tering his head. Hopes are held out| cording to the duty he has to per- | Ottawa Suitor Dying, But Girl May { Recover. SIR HENRY DRAYTON Finance Minister and Member for Kingston, who presénted the budget in the Commons on Tuesday afternoon. Company of Canada, said if there were more men like Mr. Harris in Canada, there would not be rotten | conditions which existed at present. DIVORCE IS SCORED BY BISHOP FALLON There were too many spineless weak- kneed men in public life, Mr. Hobson said. o taking steps to take out the chattei mortgage as security for the account this firm owed his store. ] | When the court resumed at 2.15 .m. Tuesday the case of the British "Whig Publishing Company vs. the E. B. Eddy Company, Ltd., was taken | . In this case the plantiffs' claim, ,224.37, damages for failure to | carry out an agreement made be- | tween the parties. SEEKING WILLIAM LAMBERT, Who Disappeared From His Home Ten Days Ago, Everything possible is being done to locate William Lambert, who dis- cess street, on Saturday night, May Sth. On Monday Police Constables Cotter and Mullinger were working on the case, but were unable to get any trace of his whereabouts. The police were able to find the man who, is Is sald, saw him on Cataraqui street about 11.30 'o'clock the night fie left home. At that time he was under the influence of liquor, but Seemed to be able to control himself. |; oycoable. however, that while there The members of his family have + every faith that he is still alive and will turn up in the course of a couple . 'of days. On Tuedday afternoon mem- bers of the family secured an auto- mobile and made a close inspection of the surrounding country to see if any trace of him could be found. It is reported that a man answering to the description of Lambert was seen in the vicinity of Gananoque, Made a Big Deal. An important deal, involving the transfer of a valuable property, took place. last week whep Samuel Rollins, ex-reeve of Tweed, d of his bakery and flour and feed business, and the building in which it is con- , to the Hall brothers. Mr. ins will retain possession until __ October 1st. rm mimi ns x G.T.R. Station "The Grand Trunk station at Marys- ville was burned to the ground Sun- "day afternoon: through an. unknown "oausé. The huilding, which was of , was rapidly consumed. John , the agent, formerly of Mal- Jorytown, lost a large quantity of his household effects in the blaze. e Gifts to Grace Church. Mrs. George Taylor presented to Grace church, Gananoque, a very fine oak roller-top desk, belonging to the "late Senator Taylor, for the pastor's study and another desk for the Sun- L school secretary's office in the | The official board thanked her for the gifts. 4 ted to Hastings. The Ante, Toronto has ap- Rev. Mr. Courage of Hermit- ndland, to the inmcum- George's Anglican parish Potatoes 80c a Dozen. Hamilton, May 18.--An evidence of the scarcity of potatoes was given in a very striking manner on the! a few six-quart baskets of spuds, but would not sell them by the basket. Instead he offered them by the dozen, and for the modest sum of eighty cents per dozen. And the strangest part of the story is that people bought them at six and two-thirds cents each. Other farmers who of- Jared potatoes, demanded $7.50 per ag. --_---- Canadian Trade Increase. (Canadian Fress Nesvatoh) Ottawa, May 18.--An increase of $32,633,172 in The grand total of Canadian trade for April, 1920, as compared with April, 1919, is shown by a trade statement issued to-day by the customs department. The trade of Canada during the past month reached a total value of $154,161, 134, compared with $121,527,926 for the same month last year, It fs |was a great increase in the value of goods imported into Canada as com- pared with a year ago, there was a decrease of $11,132,763 in the value of goods'exported. . The Kingston grocers are adopting early closing, and it is likely that their stores will be closed one afver- noon a week during June, July, August and September. LORD BIRKENHEAD Who announces that "special and ex- Criticizes Legislation to Estab . lish Special Courts in Ontario. Woodstock, May 18 --Bishop Fal- lon, London, conducted confirmation sacrament in St. Mary's Church. He {market here. One farmer brought in | Preached a strongly worded sermon, in the course of which he referred in no uncertain terms to the attitude of the church toward divore8. "I abomi- nate divorce," he said. "The sacred sacrament of marriage has today, outside of the Catholic church, be- come a scrap of paper. We are threa= tened here in Ontario with legisla- tion to establish divorce courts with- in the province. One reason given is that it will place divorce within the reach not only of the rich, as hereto- fore, but of the poor man also. They are-becoming very considerate of the poor man although they do not care if they place other things within his reach or not. But the Catholic church holds that a. lawful, Christian mar- Alage can never be broken. This is her glory. "It is almost too much to hope that the Christian people of the pro- vince will rise up against this iniquit- ous legislation which threatens to be enacted. Let a young couple start life knowing that they have divorce within their reach, and they * will start looking for it, and at the first Quarrel they will start think obtaining it." ing ot ------------------ Must Walk for Six Months. Hamilton, May 18.---Edward G. Smith, before Magistrate Jelfs, plead- ed guilty to driving an automobile While under the influence of liquor. He was given the option.of a week in jail and a $50 fine, or a $50 fine and the confiscation of his car for six months. He decided to pay the $50 and walk for six months. Fifteen Years Each for Robbers. New Glasgow, May 18.--In the county court at Pictou Judge Patter- son sentenced Jack McGillivray and 'Gus McNeil, who shot Duncan bell, cashier of the Green Wood col- liery, and robbed him of $3,000 a week ago, to fifteen years each in Dorchester penitentiary. PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Dafly Jack Cameron was nearly killed by a premature explosion while blast- ing at the Bobcaygeon dam. Canadian Pacific Railway earnings { for week ending May 14th were $3,- 567,000; increase $617,000. A well which promises to give 80,- 000 gallons a day has been struck on the Locke farm, near St. Thomas. William Edgerton, a farmer, aged sixty, living two miles north ofPon-| typool ended his life by hanging on] Saturday. Rev. E. Frank Salmon, Galetta, has been appointed to the staff of clergy of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. A New York federal grand jury re- | turned indictments against Morris | Co. and Cudahy Packing Co., Chi- cago, for profiteering in foodstuffs. Early Sunday morning ex-Mayor John McKergow, Westmount, died, after a brief illness, from pneumonia. Mr. McKergow, with his wife and! daughter, had spent the winter 'in Florida, and he had returned in splendid heéalth to Montreal. SOVIET RULE WAS FIXED FOR FRANCE (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 18.--Soviet rule in France was to have been estab- lished if the revolutionary strikes inaugurated on May 1st had suc- ceeded, according to the French police, who said to-day they had obtained complete evidence of this from documents they had secured. The Budget Debate. Ottawa, May 18.--Indications are that the budget debate will last from three weeks to a month, as a formid- able list of members will want to have their say on this subject. What- ever may be in the mind of the gov- ernment and the finance minister in the way of taxation proposals, the secret is being well guarded, and out- ' side of the acual members of the cabinet nothing will be known until Sir Henry Drayton has made his budget speech this afternoon. Two-thirds Wheat In. 4 Regina, May 18.--Wheat ing in the Regina distriet is about sixty- five per cent. completed, and with the continuance of the present favor- | able weather should be finished by the end of the week. Growing con- ditions are ideal. WILL SUPPORT At a joint advisory 4 the representatives reat War Veterans it was and Exemption by- The cutlery business will 'af the next five years, $2,500, should prove means, as well as contribute gle In the last munici a i ceptionay' have been made to deal or the Irish situation. 13 meeting held on Saturday night of the Army and Navy and the decided to use every leglimate effort and influence to secure the passage of the Cutle liws on Wednesday next, May 19th. and their families and the exemption from taxation for of 'homes costing not more than of great help to veterans with small and better Kingston," « by-laws is a step in that direction. 'THE BY-LAWS. his time, I remarked upon the mel- | lowness of the soil over which we (that Miss Evans will get better. The had been tramping. Elsewhere in the | Shooting occurred in front of 246 Le field, a seed-drill was at work and, | Breton street, the residence of the ford light work for veterans to the development of King- election we stood for a and the passage of these as we chatted, we watched the steady girl's grandmother. Miss Evans' par- en progress of the horses -- up and dawn, down and up; slowly; but sure- ly adding to that sowing whose from present prospects will be an hindredfold. Best of Conditions. "Yes, conditions are ideal" I heard Dr. Wheeler remark, between puffs. "If I were asking for them to be such-and-such, I couldn't ask for better than we're getting. We have more moisture in the soil than we've had for years, and the seed is going into a warm bed, where germination will be rapid. Did you know that the wheat my brother sowed last Thurs- day is sprouted today?"--(we were talking on the Monday following) -- "and that it will be above grdund in a day or two? It is marvellous! See that grass at your feet; a week ago it was just visible, and today it is six or eight inches deep: It has grown, actually, a' couple of inches daily since last Monday. ' What better could one ask?" "You don't think it too late to sow { wheat, as some do?" I pursued. "No, not at all. Wheat may safely be'sowed until the twentieth of May at least. In 1907 I sowed wheat on the 9th or 10th of June, and it yield- ed twenty-eight bushels to the acre. I frankly confess that, to my mind, an extremely heavy seeding of coarse grain this year, at the expense of the wheat renga, will be a great mis- take. Wheat prices. will be very high, and we'll need all we can produce, whereas that may not follow in the case of oats and barley. I am glad that so many farmers who had given up the idea of sowing wheat are re- considering, in view of the splendid conditions under which seeding is be- ping carried on." A Weather Forecast. "Do you look for a dry summer?" I asked. Mr. Wheeler hesitated a moment, "That's difficult to answer, but I have an idea that there will be at least a moderate amount of rainfall, and more than in the past few years. For one thing, the prevailing winds are, and have been, from the east, ra- means rain. Another reason--see the poplar trees on all sides' They have an unusually heavy crop of catskins, or whatever you choose to call that "fuzzy stuff," on the twigs. They never have that appearance in a dry year. Generally speaking, I look for a fair amount of summer rainfall and only hope that it doesn't come just at harvest time." 'We rambled on in chatter for half an hour or more--smalil talk, about Red Bobs wheat, summer-fallowing, the Wheat Board, public school edu- cation, immigration; odds and ends of everything. The longer we talked the more we delayed 'work of first and vital importance, so, unwilling- ly, I arose to take my leave. As my companion knocked the ashes from his pipe, I said: : "What do the neighbors think of you now? Will they call you 'Dr. Wheeler?" i Quick as a flash came the witty response, in good-natured jest: "Oh, they're calling me 'Doctor,' all right; they tell me it will be handy, with a dostbr so, near at hand, to get the po- pular form of 'prescription.' * As 1 wolned satard the car, with its patient ver wsing at wheel, 1 heard Seager Wheeler, Doc- . H ving Laws of Queen's University, ts, Mr. Mrs, R. J. Evans, mov- ; JPL. weeks At a late haur the Hospital autho- rities announced that Collyer was dy- ing. Miss Evans is a telephone oper- ator at the Chateau Laurier. SUING FOR DAMAGES. | Wants $15,000 From Doctor Who Re- { moved Wrinkles. New York, May 18.--Gladys Derg- | man, an actress, recentiy paid $300 {to Dr. Augustus W. Pratt, of New York, to have some surplus fat re- {moved from her chin and to lose {some facial wrinkles. She took lega! action against the doctor because she alleges an abcess formed and she suffered injuries which have kept her from the footlights. She thinks $15,000 a fair compensation for the damage she claims was caus- ed to her face. Had Narrow Escape. Belleville, May 18.--O. Trumbe, Stirling village, had a narrow escape from serious, if not fatal, injuries 'whilst placing a shell in a gun. From some manner it exploded, coming back into his face and injuring him. | NEWS IN BULLETIN. A large force of troops have ar- rived at Londonderry, Ireland, and martial law will probably be de- clared. form." "Canada ghowed during the | war tremendous material and finan- cial resources, and was able to con- tribute a powerful support to Britain and the Allies because of her soufid a; PR Yo Gi or eh Nothing to Replace Party System. "The war," said the speaker, "has left many serious things in its trail. Many of our troubles are over, but we have many strenuous fights yet to carry on. The party system has been almost destroyed, but, up to date, we have not got anything that is an im- provement upon the party system." Referring to the Ontario government, he said he hoped to see it make crooked things straight and rough. places smooth. "My party right or wrong," we recognize as a wrong view, but there may be some things worse than the party system. Can race, creeds, sectionalism and class systems be considered any improve- ment? We have the Bible sold im Winnipeg in fifty-four different lan- guages, §0 there is a fair variety of people in Canada to start with. I be- lieve that any appeal that is made by any persons desiring to exercise the authority of government in this coun- . {try should be an appeal to all classes, {and not to one class, one religion or one race, but a policy that should appeal to all citizens from the highest to the lowest. . I do not think that the questions before the country to-day can be solved by any one class, but by a policy that cannot be said to be | class legislation. In a word, never {let go of what you've got until you see something better, advised thé | speaker. In Kingston you have never | made a mistake, for yom returned | both of your members by acclama- | tier. ther than from the west, and that! tion. (Laughter and appicuse.) Your | is about to become The gover: ment majority was cut! Member ¥i Thay is the Dominion ia Ia ive on a rote Monday night for| day or two, t00." the enasrsement of a minister of | piempotentiary to Washingioa. "The Missing Link." Speaking of Canada's position i imperial affairs, Mr. Cockshutt - re- gretted the "missing link' in the League of Nations and the failure of the United States to live up to lis (Continued On Page 7.) Reports front the Hydro works at Niagara Falls are not at all sssar- ing. Many men have quit and the commission have laid off 159. The Londor Times announcas that the Bolsheviki have appeared at As- tara and crossed the Persian fror- | Hunting for Brains-- Have you ever conduct- ed a MAN-HUNT ? Many corporations are | constantly looking foe | men of promise, abilily | and brains, If you are searching for a top-notch man to fill an. executive position -- if you are looking for a | manager, a trained ac- | countant, or a man to fill any other position where ' brains and training count, use the Help Wanted col- umns of the Whig. epare your advertise- ment earefully so that it will Ito this type of 'man. en your man- bunt will be quickly suc- cessful. / . i | | Signor Nitti has accepted the i..- vitation of King Victor and witil form a rew Italian cabinet. ------------------