a We will stand the LUXURY TAX on our lines for 80 days. Collier's Toggery US. MAYGVE AID T0 POLAND Premier Meighen Outlines Government Policy; To Try and Keep Our Workingmen in Canada THURSDAY, AUGUST, 12, 1920. CHARLES PONZI HAS SURRENDERED 4 sit wt (Canadian Press Despatch) Boston, Aug. 12.--Charles Ponzi to-day surrendered to COULD HAVE WON WAR. > WITHOUT THE U.S. Toronto, Aug. 12.--It was a magnificent address, which Robert Donald, the distinguish- ed British journalist, delivered to the members of the Empire THE ENTENTE | CONSTERNATION EVINCED x \ AD official proclamation issued x © ed to Morrisburg for interment. ance's Action in Recogniz= | Wrangel Government es Great Britain. | London Newspapers -- | French Action Contrary | to British Ideas. | ad ~ (Canadian Press Despatch) | , Aug. 2.--QGreat Britain | _ has been officially notified of the | _Fecogniton by France of the govern- | ment of Generdl Baron Wrangel as | de facto government of South Rus- | sia, and the question {is being ; discussed between the two govern- J ments. Something akin to consternation | is 'evinced by the the evening news- | pa; over the French action, which Ish ideas and a menace to Entente | relations. Meanwhile, King George, who was | to leave for Scotland to-morrow, has | ( postponed his trip owing to the situ- | "ation. It was unofficially announr jr 1hie afternoon that Premier Lloyd George and Earl Curzon, foreign secretary, plat to meet the French premier in ) e on Sunday to discuss the | situation arising from the recogni- | tion of General Wrangel. - London, Aug. 12.--In view of the ay of the Polish situation in response to the urgent request of Hberal and labor leaders, Pre- mie Lloyd George has consented to | ha¥e the house of commons re-as- | semble Monday instead of adjourn- | Ing until October, as' had beep ar- ranged. Btitiah Commons Not to Adjourn. ae Poland Warns the World, Washington, Aug. 12.--Poland in at Warsaw has solemnly warped the world that if she is -overthrown.by 8 Russian Bolsheviki, her fall will i due mot.only to. . "overbearing might" but "to the indifference of a porld which calls itself .demoeratic." The proclamation was issued by i Polish council of national - de- fense and was récefved here to-day by the Polish legation.~ It declared that tor the crime to be committed on tlie' Vistula we are making the soliscience of the nations of the world responsible." ~ Two Osnadian Women Expire, ensburg, N.Y, Aug. 12.--Miss Elizabeth Jackson, wife of Alex- r W. Jackson, of Iroquois, Ont, at the Hepburn hospital. The remains were forwarded to Iroquois funeral and burial in the Anglican etery there. : Miss Rena Irene Duvall daughter Amos and Elizabeth Duvall, Mor- fisburg, Ont, died at the home of . Duvall, .No. 10 Rensselaer av- enue. The remains were forwarded BANDIT CAPTURED : AT PINCHER CREEK Canadian ess Despatch) + Pincher ala Alta, Aug. ~~ A8~=Bassoff, the bandit mur. ' derer, was run to earth near jung Jeuiorday 14 & shack nowt the y track and gave him. | United States marshals. District | Attorney Gallagher stated that the "exchange wizard" had sur. rendered because he felt hime wolf unable to carry out thé promises he had made for the ion of his motes to-mor« At the time he gave himself up, an appiication for the arrest of thé financier was being made by the police before a judge. Bank Oomissionar Allen, in a statement to-day, declared that the capital of the Hanover Trust company, of which Ponzi was a director, was completely wiped out. Ponzi was arrested on a charge of using mails to de- fraud. Attorney General Allen says that Ponzi's liabilities will run into millions. MEXICO'S OFFER TO BURY. | Fomer ©. P. R. Vice-President May |= Is characterized as contrary to Brit- | Manage Railways There, Winnipeg, Aug. 12.--8ir George Bury, for many years vice-president in charge of the Canadian Pacific Rallway, and more recently general manager of the pulp Interests at Van- couver, hag been invited to take charge of reconstruction and man- | agement of the National Lallways of Mexico. He passed through to New York where he will consul: the bond- holders' committee from whom the lines were taken over. Ths Mexican government has offered the position to Bury, and it is said kere .that he has decided to accept. Bury is known as one of the best operacing and con- | struction railway men of the conti- nent, and during the war went to Russia at the request of the allies to co-ordinate the broken railways of that empire. MOTHERS' PENSION BOARD. Rev. Peter Bryce is Chairman---Two Wgmen Representatives Named. Toronto, Aug. 12.--Rev, Peter Bryce, secretary of the Toronto Re- ferendum Committee and formerly pastor of FEarlescourt Methodist church, has been appointed chairman |" of the newly-formed Mothers' Pen- sions Board of Ontario. Mr. Bryce has always been a strong advocate of the new measure, and was parily in- strumental in having the scheme adopted. Mrs. Adam. Shortt, Ottawa, and Mrs. William Singer, Toronto, vice- president Independent Labor Party, have been selected as the two women members of the board. Two other members are yet to he appointed. Mr. Bryce 'stated that an office staff would be appointed and from tive to ten visitors. The whole of Ontario will be immediately 'organis- ed. The estimated expenditure for pensions will be $800,000 per year. "§hocked" at Open Way Toronto Sells Booze Windsor, Aug. 12.--Clarence De- fields, chief of the Windsor Fire Department, in a statement here to- day, declared thet while in Toronto recently attending the Fire Chiefs' Convention, he was 'shocked' at the open manner in which liquor was being offered for sale. "I hadn't, been there twenty-four hours before I had eml kinds of liquor offered me for a considera- tion. I could have had it, in pint or barrels, and one didn't have to go into a back lane to get it either," said Defields. Innocent Bystanifer Shot. Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 12.--Mrs. W. W. Carter, an innocent pedestrian was seriously wounded by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of Aug- ust Wendt, when he attempted to shoot Ole Lien, on Granville Street last night, whom he found in com- pany with Mrs. Wendt. Wend* is un- der. arrest on a charge of shooting with intent to kill . -------------- et ttt. Died After Hunger Strike, Pittsville, Pa., Aug 12.--After having been on a hunger strike Zor forty-three days. Charles Wilson, co- ore, died yesterday in the country all, James H. Grant, of Newington, Ont., was fatally hurt in a runaway while mowing. by London, Aug. 12.--Inquiry at the Do Polish in legation in Lond: | the Unit W. A. | Three (Camadian Press Despatch) Belleville, Aug. 12.--Statesman- like in conception and masterly in de- livery was Hon. Arthur Meighen's wddress yesterday to the great gath- ering that centred upon Stirling pic- uic grounds from every part of Has- tings county. Canada's now premier was making his first appearance on the political platform - in Ontario since the mantle of Sir Rubert Bor- den fell upon his shoulders, and his address was awaited with the keen- est expectation. The big crowd, made up or the most part of solid, gques- tioning farmers, expected something out of the ordinary, and they were not disappointed. : Mr. Meighen spoke for nearly an iy as he reviewed the reccrd of the Union government and passed on to deal with politics that would guide the mew administration. He con- {cluded his discussion of the tariff with the following outline of his pol- |icy: "The financial policy of this gov- | ernment is to go in debt no farther. The financial policy of this govern- hour and held his audience absolute- |- ment is to get revenue to.carry on the work of government and to pay our debts. "The tariff policy of this country is to keep Canadiau workingmen in PREMIER * Mi ISSUE APPEAL FOR REUNION The Anglican Bishops at Lam= beth Conference Make ®Broposals. THE MAIN PROPOSITIONS In Which it is Claimed Chris= tians Can Find Common Ground. {Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 12.--Newspapers show considerable interest towards the appeal for a reunion, issued by Anglican bishops, now separating after the Lambeth conference. The in: which, it is submitted, all Chriss tians can find common ground : Firet--S8criptures as God's reve- lation of Himself to man ; Second -- Apostles or creed ; Third---Sacraments of Holy Com- munion and baptism ; Fourth -- Ministry acknowledged by every part of church, The London Times considers the appeal a great advance towards ree unjon. It is necessary that the bishops insist that the re-united church must be episcopal in govern- ment, it says. "The bishops' appeal is noble, and a brotherly challenge to the leaders of the non-episcopal churches." THE LIVE STOCK MEN OPPOSE | SES Of Freight Rates -- Declare They Will Ruin Business in the West. : (qoredsa( ssa. Udpwur)) Ottawa, Aug. 12.--Strong protests against increased freight rates were voiced by representatives of the live stock Sdustry before the board of railway commissioners this morn- ing. Representatives of the eastern and western lve stock associations expressed the opinion that this was a bad time for increasing freight rates on food, the prices of which were declining but increases would stop this fall. C. W. Gurney, of the eastern association, said that Mve stock prices were controlled by the European market, and if the rgil- way rates went up, the, consumer would ultimately pay the increase. He declared that the railway em- ployees with an eight-hour day were about half as long as the farm. "J. L. Anderson, represent- ing the western Hve stock exchanges, said the Increase would practically destroy the Winnipeg market and drive the live stock business out of the west. ' Nicene Canadian Khaki Students Do Well at Edinburgh ; London, Ave. 13 Canadian kha- ki university students have been do- ; well at Edinburgh University. | Rev. W. L. M. Moffitt, Toronto, Sen- ior Chaplain of the Canadian Division, after a special course of study at Edinburgh University, has \ received into the ministry of 'Free Church of Scomland. TF OTRed arent ASE De appo lect - 1 Economy in the university, and of Tryonx, aled| P EL guined the M.A. and * . SETTLE VARSITY SALARIES. wo Am Will Deal With In. creases for Professors. Toronto, Aug. 12--Hon Peter provincial treasurer, is expect- Re return nd 2 orth western to-day. Hon. . Grant, min- stated that as soon the committed cabiner, consisting . Mr. Smith and to look into the following wre the main propositions | s1¢ pp WEAVING SCENARIO : AROUND SEAPLANE Taking Moving Plotures at the Thousand Islands. Alexandria Bay, Aug. 12.--The Pathe Moving Picture company is ex- pected at the Thousand Islands today to take moving pictures of the flying boat and the passengers for the weekly news film put out by this company. A moving picture scenario will al- s0 be taken at the islands, including an hydroplane, jin which the hero gets in the flying boat, and goes to rescue the heroine who has been ab- ducted by the wicked villain in one of the hydroplanes at the Thousana Islands. The moving picture com- pany and the actresses will arrive Wednesday, and the thrilling scenes will be enacted around the Thous- and Island House, Casino Island, and Hart island, opposite the Thousand Island House. Capt. Claude PeVitallis will pilot the hero when he gog¢s flying alter the abducted herdine. . This will be the 1 ed at Clayton and the islands nearby. Alexandria Bay taking scenes for A Fool and His Money. Eugene O'Brien the Thousand Islands, come increasingly popular, WILL TOUR EMPIRE TO PROM British Empire Exhibition is Voted £100 Guaran= tee by Commons. and pounds guarantee for the British Empire. Right Hon. George F. G. ed to a lull in trade here so that It was necessary to open new markets. itself he said. The guarantee is contingent on another Laborite declared that it was a private advertisement at the public expense and that the Labor pa d had enough of fostering Imperial jn- terests. ' Another member retorted, amid laughter and cheers, that the deplorable s hes of some Labori- tes proved that they were unfit to govern. : 5 Se AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT. : bee D'Annunzio Emerges From Oblivion of Some Months. Paris, Aug. 12.--8Soldiers under nunzio have attacked the Norwegian consulate at Fiume, according to a despatcl from Rome. . -------------- NEWS IN BULLETIN The Polish garrison at Mlawa re: pels repeated Red attacks. The Poles have not yet sent an armistice delegation to Minsk. The British army headquarters in Bagdad was set on fire, A -------------- esse 0stt tastes *o + FINES AT WINDSOR . CLOSE TO $250,000 + HS f Sevesnissisnsess : Aime that a. A 'Deen used 'in motion" picture taking. Harold Lockwood and May Allison were starred a few yoars ago in The River of Romance, a picture that was film- Last winter the Selznick Picture Corporation spent several weeks at and Rubye DeRemer were the stars in this picture, Directors of the Selz- nick east were much impressed with the motion picture possibilities of 3 and it was predicted then that they would be- OTE TRADE London, Aug. 12.--The House of Commons voted one hundred thous- Empire exhibition which will tour the Kellaway said that indications point- The greatest hope lay in the Empire four hundred thousand pounds be- ing found privaely. J. R. Clynes, the Labor leader, supported the vote, but command of Captain Gabriele d'An- «tthe committee. The members, Ge +4000 004004 Canada. When you find working- men's houses put up in hundreds fof sale you will soon find hard times for everybody. The policy of the government is to enlarge the employ- ment market and add to the size of Canada. The policy of the govern- ment is to make godds here and keep the people here, with plenty of work for every class of man. "The policy 'of governmant is to give Canadian industries of every kind just enough advantage in the Canadian market as to make it pay them better to stay here and expand than to diminish their plants or te leave. "We are starting now an inquiry, the most thorough we can make, to determine what is absolutely neces- sary to secure those ends. Wharever + there is a tax or schedule that is not absolutely necessary, it will be wiped away. We intend to see that no in- terests, however powerful, ge: more than those requirements, We intend to see that no wreckers or theorists, however enthusiastic, imperil the well-being of this country by blindly fixing less." Nn. ALL EUROPE TO BE BOLSHEVIK This Is the Latest Prediction Made by Leon "Trotsky. CLAIMS THAT BOLSHEVISH Is More Powerful Than Ever and Will Soon Spread. (Canadian Press Desg __.» Warsaw, Aug. 12.--Leon Trot- zky, Russian minister of war, has arrived at Bialystok, just behind the Soviet front, and has set up head- from thé other side of-the battle lune, + Speaking 'in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, recently, he ainounced that Soviet Russia had been offic. ally recognized by the western powers and that M. Krassin and Ka- meneff had been received at London with ceremonials usually accorded foreign ambassadors. He asserted that Bolshevism was "more power- ful than ever and would soon spread to other countries." "In a year, he sia, "al Europe will be Bolshe- vik," ay Cause Russian Retreat. Leadon, Aug, 12.--Thére was a hint' of disintegration behind the Polish lines in the announcement from Warsaw that War Minister Lenfsnowski had resigned. He was | replaced by Gen. Sutnowski, and a shake-up in the war office followed. A wireless message was sent out from Moscow calling on the sailors at Kronstadt, and the red army to stand firmly against the Entents plan to send a British fleet to sup- port an attack by Finnish troops on Petrograd. The object of this strafegy, the radio said, would be to force the Russians to retreat from the Warsaw front in order to save Petrograd. THERE ARE LIMITS TO HIS GENEROSITY U.F.0. Member Sore Because He Didn't Get His Expenses. Toronto, Aug. 12.--It is not only the Tory returning officer who gets grounds for complaint that the Drury government is slow in paying its bills. Another voice was raised in protest yesterday when Rev. Edgar Watson, of South Victoria, who was chairman of the special committee of the legislature that inquired into the Hydro strike and made a report, to 'which no person paid any atten- tion, complained that he had not re- ceived anything to reimburse him for expenses incurred in serving - o course, gave their services free, but apparently they think it a "bit thick" oat ou oie to 3 . Wal Pp! ring the matter before the House it he Woes not get his money. Since the House is not likely to meet until next February he will be able to make out 4 good case for juterest as wi A quarters there, according to news | was doing declarations as: "We applause. ADMIRALTY GIFTS -------- Oll-burning Crulser to the Lakes. self-congratulation to the taken over. would make Canada worth while, about the offer of the Aurora. Posted as a Deserter wife and Canadian, Private J. W. Cooke chard, Walton-on Thames, ot German imprisonment. trace of his family. Mrs. C»o many. SIR DAVID BEATTY vent Leaving England. lantic, but the the British Isles. Club yesterday afternoon. Such had planned to go through the war. without the United States, and could have done it," "The Brit. ish ngvy won the war," and his references to Lloyd George and Kitchener, and the reassuring statements about the patriotism of such men as Henderson, Clynes and Thomas in the Labor movement, drew forth unstinted consider Ottawa, Aug. 12.--Toward the we of September the flotilla of naval ves-' sels comprising an oilburning cruiser, the Aurora, two destroyers and two submarines, which are the gift of the British Admiralty to Canada, will arrive at Halifax. After a dgmonstra- tion there they will be brought to Quebec, and later to Montreal. If it is | sador here. found practicable the submarines will | be brought up some of the Canadian " canals to the Great Lakes. If their , draught is sixteen feet, as is suppos- | Ment's disposal for aiding Poland ed, this may be a matter of difficulty. against the Bolsheviki. Unofficially, It is the intention to keep all these it was stated, that vast supplies will : vessels at sea as a training to of-! cers and crew to form a nucleus for working out any future naval policy | Poles, who by hundreds of thousands adopted by Canada as a result of the have ben ¢siven from their homes 1921 Imperial Conference and sub-| by the R sequent deliberations in Parliament. | tute. "The obtaining of the Aurora, an oil-| burning vessel, is a subject of some milligns of dollars worth of surplus Govern. army food, left over from the vast ment, as it is understood that Admi- stock concentrated during the war. ral Jellicoe, when in Canada; inform- | ed the Dominion Governmént that | ter here, to-day told the United Press there was no hope of any vessels oth-' that he was greatly pleased with er than coal-burning vessels being | President Wilson's note. Vast Food Supplies to be Quickly Made Avail- ¥ °. | ab oh POLISH PRINCE PLEASED { With the Note of President Wilson Giving Moral Support. rinse. Washington, Aug. 12.--President { Wilson will shortly extend material ARE COMING SOON, 2id in Poland in_ conformity with his promise to use "all available Aurora means" to protect that country's in- for Canada--S8end "Subs" | dependence, it is stated in official | quarters here. | _ The pledge of American support of the Polish independence and terri- torial integrity was contained in a statement of this government's atti- tude on the Russian-Polish situation, which took the form of a note to Baron Avezzana, the Italian ambas- Interest here centred around the available means" at this govern- quickly be made available to the "advance and are desti- ¥ rows The Wa "Department has on hand Prince Lubomirski, Polish minis- Lubomirsk, said the note, consti The story goes, however, that the tuted a strongly favorable reply by Minister of Marine has persistently his recent request for an expressi and consistently refused every coal- by this government of moral support burning cruiser offered, and that rep- | for Poland. resentations made concurrently In| London that only a modern vessel | eventually brough But Was a Prisoner Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 12.--Miss- ing since November, 1917, mourned | ke ' was notified in May, 1918, that her allowances were stop- ped because her husband had "deser- ted" but it would appear that Cooke had been a prisoner of war in Ger- MAY VISIT CANADA To Come in October, Unless European Troubles Pre- Montreal, Aug. 12.--There is some prospect of a visit to this city of Ad- miral Sir David Beatty, it was an- nounced yesterday at headquarters of the Navy League of Cdnada here. This will bé in connection with the forthcoming financial drive which fs to be put on in October for the league, an invitation having been extended to Sir David to come here. It is understood the commander of the Grand Fleet was intending to take six weeks' leave of absence, during which he might cross the At- European trouble now brewing may prevent his leaving The movement of this year's crop through Winnipeg has commenced. : LIQUOR CONTROL , BY GOVERNMENT |The Quebec Provincial Ad= ministration Will Soon Take Over Trade. y § mad i day by The Quebec Telegraph, th al Liberal organ, as coming from a responsible party, well informed ion Government projects. The Tele- ! graph says: : A |. "The fact that revenues running into the millions could be obtained While in Germany he. had: lost all [in this manner, and that the obsery- ance of the law would be easier, has influenced the authorities to take these steps. "No details are available as to the manner in which this control or quite understood that it will not ex- tend to the sales of beers and wines, which will remain as at present, li- cenged under the 'Provincial Tem- perance Act. "In regard to the Scott Aect, the repeal of which was to take place till September, to get a more extend- ed view of the question from voters." Hundreds See Rusty Relics - Of Former German e-- Hacked Along Rivessido 'drive today to get a. 0 e rusty re- mains of the five former German warships that limped into New York harbor yesterday and were in the Hudson river for pu lig" spection. A ements have made to keep the ships anchored here for at least two weeks, a which the dreadmought Ostirieslan. only craft that c¢rossed the . under its own power, will be taken on a tour of most of the ports of the Atlantic and Pacific. $ day. Charles Ponzi, lanta some years ago. At the moment that hs was mak- ing a formal confession of his past, the Hanover Trust Co. in Ponzi was a director, was closed by Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen. Mr. Allen declared that the reports of his agents indicated that the bank iness in an unsafe man- inh from the which Pou, the "Wizard" of Finance, May Have Served at Portsmouth Boston, Aug. 12.--Sensation fol- lowed sensation in the Ponzi case to- who = recently Jumped into notoriety as a spectaca- lar financier, admitted that he was 'the Charles Ponzi who served terms of imprisonment in Montreal and At- presently the street was to She Sxelusion of 3iaMe, ni ' onzi who organ e Securl- tics Exchange Company, and took in millions for Investment t sands of clients, said ih Bis : ment that ne took the blame tor an- other person in Montreal. - Hs also insisted that he was still solvent, and couid pay all votes sow standing against him, £ Quebec, Aug. 12.--That the Gov- as deadeby. h ly an ernment of Québec will soon 'take classed by the militia dep nt at 2 Ottawa as a "deserter" from the 47th ot this city, has written from Little Or- England, stating that he had been two years in! Germany and was in an English nurs ing home recovering from the effects in July, the recall has been delayed . New York, Aug. 12.--Sightseers ' w " fn been filled almost § monopoly will be enforced, but it is ° i