We will stand the LUXURY TAX on our lines for 80 days [lier'sToggery POLES READY 10 60 TO MINSK British and American News=| paper Correspondents Are Invited. . 27 + STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED At Warsaw as Soviet Forces Are Only Twenty Miles Away. (Canadian Press Despatch) Warsaw, Aug. i3--Polish com- missioners, with authority to negoti- ate a preliminary peace treaty, expect 'to leave this city early Saturday morning to meet the Russian Soviet delegates in the evening on the road to Brest-Litovsk, the -foreign office #nnounced to-day . At the request of the Bolshevik authorities, British and American newspaper correspondents will accompany the delegates. The Poles will probably be taken to Minsk, where the formal peace conference is expected to take place. Russian Soviet forces, east and northeast of the city, have reached a point twenty miles from Warsaw. A state of siege has been declared here by the military governor. Polish successes on the southern front where the Russians have been pushing for Lemburg are reported in Jast night's official communique. Polish cavalry and infarntry have ousted the Bolsheviki from Radzie- choff Lopatyr, Stanystavezyk and Toporoff. These towns are in the dis- trict northwest of Lemburg and to the west and northwest of Brody, on the old Galician border. Places Blame on Russia, (Canadian Press Despatch) Warsaw, Aug. 13.--Responsibility for continuance of fighting in Pol- and was today placed upon the Rus- sian soviet government by Prince Eugene Sapieha, Polish foreign min- ister, In a telegram sent to Sir Eric Drummond, general secretary of the league of nations. France and U. 8, In Accord, (Canadian Press Despatch): Paris, Aug. 183.---The French gov- ernment is sending a note to the United States, expressing pleasure that the French and the United Sta- tes' views on the Russo-Polish situ- . ation are in "complete accord," it was learned here today. The note, whigh is signed by Premier Miller- and, recapitulates the conclusions in the United States note to Italy, say- ing that France 'reaches an identi- cal conclusion." Poish Army Strong. Paris, Aug. 3.--Despatches to the Echo de Paris from Warsaw repre- sent the military situation as great- Iy improved following the reinforce- ment of the northern Polish army in conformity with the advice of Gen- eral Weygard of the French mission. The Polish army is said to be at pre- sent the equal numerically of the Soviet army. . - MORE THAN 100 DIAMONDS "HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED By U. 8. Customs--Thought to be Russian Royal - Jewels. _ (Canadian Press Despatch) : ington, ; Aug. '13.--More than a hundred diamonds, supposed to have been part of the famous jewels 'of the" Russian royal family and ad- dressed to "Comrade Martens" have been interceptetd by customs offi- «<clals 'whilé en route from Soviet Rus- sia to the United States, according to evidence introduced at the deporta- tion proceedings against Ludwig C. A, K, Martens, self-styled Soviet am- bassador to this country. Details of a regularly established courieryservice between Bolshevist agents in Sweden with Soviet representatives in New * York, by wh large quantities of jewels have been transported for six months pas., also has been introduc- ed in the testimony by government, it became known today at the depart ment of justice. ------ oN London, Aug. 13-- Walter Winans, known American resident of London, collapsed atnd died while driving his horse, Henrietta Guy, in 2 Tace at Parsloes park yesterday af- ernoon. x 'Mr. Winans called out for his horse {nde appod, but vatore this could be done he 0 e sulky, He was dead when picked up. Just before the finish of the trot- t aes in ahuen He eas driving. . Winans drop e reins and {alle gut Stop the dorwes 4 The orse contin past the winni post and Winans slipped from the seat, dead, as the animal stopped. 2800000000000 00000 TENNESSEE WOMEN 2080000000 SeP4ee +a) SRessstII IIs L ORR, [PONZI TURNS TRICK BY SEEKING ARREST { While the State Police Were Petitioning for a -. Warrant. 13.--Some 40,000 investors tnstructed a total variously j estimated at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 to Charles Ponzi in a money making scheme which nostal officials yesterday declared to be ab- folutely impossible of fulfillment. | With state action against him ex- | pected, the young Italian financier {turned a trick by putting himself in the custody of the federal authori- ties at the moment that the state police were petitioning a municipal court judge to issue a warrant for his arrest. Ponzi apparently was alive to what was imminent and leaving his Lex- ington home early yesterday after- noon, hurried to the office of the marshal and asked to be taken into custody. A warrant charging him with misuse of the mails was imme- diately served. His arraignment fol- lowed. Ponzi pleaded not guilty and was held on bail for $25,000, for a hearing August 19th. He said that he would furnish surety. Reserve Judgment On Freight Rates (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Aug. 13.--The railway commission of Canada this morning reserved judgment on the applica- tion of the American ralrway associa tion, for an increase of forty per cent. | | Boston; Aug. { probably be given out this afternoon, R. Geary, Toronto, corporation counsel, sald the application was ap- proved by the Canadian npads bhe- cause they feared thqt the American roads might hold up lcoal suplies. There was even a velled threat that the United Sfates government might take a hand in stopping the shipment of coal. Chief Commissionsr Carvell, how- the interstate commerce commission of the United States. The utmost willingness hdd been shown, he said, to give Canada all coal possible. BANDIT DISCLOSES CONFEDERATE'S ROUTE And the Man-Hunt is Being Vigorously Conducted In Brith Columbia. : (Canti@isn De ch) = Fernie, B. IC, Following the dis- closures made by Tom Bassoff, ban- dit, captured at Pincher Creek, Alta.; that 'Alexander Arloff, alleged leader of the trio, who held up the C. P. R. traln No. 63, had chosen the Crow's Nest Pass Westerly route' as a means of escape, the man hunt is being vig- orously conducted from this centre dian Mounted and railway forces. An armed man closely tallying with the description given by Bassoff, hag been seen near Crow's Nest. System- atic searches of residences in the foreign quarters of Fernie and Michel have proved unavailing. Arloff is known to have many friends in this vicinity. Premier Meighen Pays Meighen today pald his first visit to this city, as prime minister. The new government leader received a warm welcome. Although no public demon- stration had been arranged in his honotr, Mayor Church, Dr. Charles Sheard, M.P., antd ohers greeted him at the station. A public recep- tion in honor of the premier was held this afternoon at the home of Edmund Bristol, MP. At Truro, N.S), the United Farmers to oppose Hon. F. B. McCurdy, Min" ister of Public Works, in the bye-el- ection t. 20th, Major as'J. Murphy, London, and A. J. Reynolds, Hamilton, are the additional members of the Onta- rio Mothers' Pension Board. : Alexander Taylor, an Indian, was fatally injured in a sawmill accident at Colpoy's Bay. re Miss Lorena Shantz entered o 'her duties as policewoman at Kitchener, Ont. British Labor Won't Fight Soviet Russia (Canadian Press Despatch) , Aug. 13.--~The of British labor to assist in the war against Soviet Russia was voiced fb- day with extraordinary vehemence at a special conference here represent. ing all elements of workers. The resolutions adopted "hailed with sat- isfaction the Russian government's declaration in favor of complete in- dependence of Poland," and ¢ | the British labor party to resist any |. form of military intervention against Soviet Russia. The meeting aproved the action of the triple alliance of labor organizations in forming a council of action to deal with the situation arising from the govern ment's policy towards the war be- tween Russia and Poland and it recommended a levy of half a penny upon every member of the party to raise a fund for the requirements of the council, : ou the Canadian portion of freight | rates on through lines, Judgment will | ever, testified to the friendliness of | by the civic, provincial, Royal Cana~ y! A Visit to Toronto Toronto, Aug. 13.--Hon. Arthur party of Colchester county nominat- ed Capt. Hugh A. Dickson, of Onslow CARVELL WANTS | JOINT RATES Freight Tariffs Here Should Conform With Those In United States. To Give People's Counsel Chance to Analyze Figures. Ottawa, Aug. 13.--The hearing of the ratlway"s application féF in- creased rates has been adjourned till Wednesday next to give counsel for the public a chance to analyze the figures put in by the railways.4How- ever, many counsel for public bodies will appear before the board to-day to oppose a further application from the railways that this increased U8. rate be allowed over Canadian lines or through freight from United States points. The railways claim that unless this is granted American lines may discontinue the shipment into Canada of coal. By the other | side it is regarded as a move to in- sert the thin edge of the increased rates wedge. They ask if the Ameri- can Railways' Association is going to be allowed to dictate what rates shall ada. Chief Commissioner Carvell brought up the matter of joint tar- iffs between the United States and Canada. He stated that an applica- tion had been filed by the American Rallway Assdciation setting forth the Interstate Commerce Commission judgment as to the through rate be- twen the United States and Canada, the commission having granted the roads an advance of forty per cent. The new rate, Mr. Carvell added, went into effect on August 25th and he had brought the matter up at the earliest possible moment In order that the public might be made fully aware of the mater. He favored fix. ing joint rates. McGRAW AN "IRON MAN" Knocked Two Out, But in Fisticuffs Encounter, New York, Aug. 13.<John C. Sla- vin, musical comedy actor, was in- jured following a scuffle early Sun- day morning when John J. MeGraw, anager of the New York Giants, re- sented his attempt and that of Win- field Liggett, a former naval officer, to escort him to his apartment, As- sistant District Attorney P. Francis Maro was told yesterday by William T. Meagan, the taxi driver who took the actor and his friends to Me- Graw's home after the baseball man's fight with a member of\ fhe Lambs Club. i STOCK MARKETS. | Quotations Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson a co. 287 Bagot New York Stocks. Opening. Closing Allis Chalmers . 290% American Car Fndy..134% Anglo-French Bonds . 95 American Locomotive. 95 American Sugar .....116 Am. Internat, Corp. . 71% Am. Sumatra Tobacco 818 Bethlehem Steel "B" 703% CPR ..........118 Central Leather ..... 523% Crucible Steel .......128% General Motors ..... 21% International Nickel . 193 International Paper .. 76% Marine .........0r 23% Marine Pfd. ..... uo 8 Mexican Petroleum ..154 New Haven ......... 32% Northern Pacific .. Willys Overland Pierce Arrow Republic Iron & Stee! 116 72 82% 72% 53 130% 21% 20 77 23% 76% 158% . 13% 383% 81% Brompt Canada Bread Canada Cement ....... Canada Steamships .. 6734 Canada Steam. Pfd.. 763% Canadian Locomotive. 90 Cons. Smelters ...... 25 Dominton Bridge .... 87 General Electric . . North Amer. Pulp ... 5% National Breweries .. 63% New ork Exchange ... 14 Riordon .............7.. 190' Did Spanish River ......107 Harry Vardon, a second time Brit- ish champion, bids fair to carry the United States title, bobs the open championship at In e [Obio, lending the fisid with a steamship Niagara, deaux, was held up at quarantine at New York on suspicion of having typhus aboard. : 7 john Free, a Canadian, who man- aged a large fishing station. in in chose Quebec for the tion. . Toronte coal merchan shortage cf anthracite 5 ' ro HEARING IS ADJOURNED be charged on railway lines in Can- |. ing 36-36-71 for the third a of | | An convention| 1921 conven-| ONTARIO, WOMEN WILL FIGHT RUSSIANS TO DEATH Warsaw, Aug. 13.--Columns of armed women marched through the streets of Warsaw y announcing they would fight the Russians to the death, Some had only revolyers. Others carried rifles and sabres. Many old men and youths have gone to the defenses being established near the city, where they are waiting te come to grips with the invaders. . Leon Trotzky, the Red war minister, was reported to have arrived at Bialistok ready to lead the Russian army in its final drive for Warsaw. Fr Tvs Cos t by Iwo But In No Danger PREMIER VENIZBLOS (Canadian Press Despatch) Venizelos, of Greece, who was wounded here yesterday when fired upon by two young Greeks, spent a good night in the hospi- tal to which hé was taken, and is in no danger, it was an- nounced by physicians to-day. The bullet, which lodged in his left shoulder, will be extracted mief Venizelos, of Greece, was attacked as he was leaving the Lyom railroad station for Nice. As the premier stepped on- to a train two men fired revol- vers at him. He was wounded slightly, His assailants were arrested. Eight shots were fired at the Grek premier: The shooting oc. curred at 9.45 p.m. The premier was wounded in the right side and the left arm, : His assailants, following their grrest, were rescued by police from the crowds with great diffi- culty, the mob shouting "Lynch them." Both of the men were severely manhandled. They were identified by the police ag' Georges Thyriakis, 28, a former lieutenant of engineers in the Greek army, and Aposto- los 'Iserppis, a former lieuten- ant in the Greek navy and correspondent, of the Journal de La Bourse of Athens. He is 81 years old. » The men are said by the police to have admitted that planned the attack. They said they acted with the object of freeing Greece from its oppres- sor, After the shooting M. Veni. zelos was placed in his antomo- bile and conveyed to a private hospital in the Rue Bizet. Elphage Sornean, Hull, is held in Ottawa, as he is wanted by the Perth authorities where he escaped from jail on May 22nd, while serving a sentence for shopbreaking. The Lord Mayor of Cork and ten of his associates were arrested while attending a Sinn Fein court. - FRIDAY, AUGUST, 18, 1920. COAL MAY BE $18.75 A TON If the New Railway Freight Rates Come Into Force. » ADVANCE ON AUG. 26 Of $1.85 a Ton Is Going to be Made in City of Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 13.--If the pro- posed forty per cent. increase im freight rates goes through, local dealers stated yesterday, Montrealers buying coal about Septemper 1st will be obliged to pay $18.75 a ton for their winter's fuel supply, and the Hmit of prices is not yet in sight. Oh August 26th, all coal merchants will raise their charges $1.85 a ton, to and the exchange, which has to be pald in addition by Canadian con- sumers. The first of September comes an- other raise, the monthly increase of ten per cent., and this will bring the advance to almost $2, Not only is anthracite coal affected, but soft coal will also cost more. The present price is eleven and twelve dollars at 'the mne, it was stated, and it will npw be supplied in Montreal for about $18 per ton, with delivery charges extra. How even the smallest increase in crease in the prices charged by to-day when a Montreal cotton manu- facturer undertook to discuss the effect of the proposed new rates on the prices of cotton gods. He sym- pathized with the railway point of view and agred that large increases in railway rates were necessary, but he gave figures to show how these increases tend to become magnified when the consumer goes to buy goods, SOVIETS TO RESUME RELATIONS IN BERLIN Paris, Aug. 18..--Bolsheviki plenipotentiaries have arrived at Berlin to resume diplomatie relations between Russia and Germany, it is reported in a despatch received here from the German capital. The message adds that an- other mission has reached Vienna from Russia with a view to renewing relations with Austria, Mannix Is Sure He'll Reach Erin London, Aug. 13.--*I am confident that I am going to Ireland," Arch- bishop Mannix declared. "I am only remaining in London until I.can con- tinue my journey. Just at present I am preaching to Ireland by my ex- ample." Mannix indicated he had been ask- ed by the government to promise that he would only visit his relatives if hie was permitted to go to Ireland but he refused. s . "I have other purposes in my visit and intend to preserve freedom of action," he said. WWW--- W. G. Anderson, M.A. -English master at the Collegiate Institute, has asked the Board of Education for leave of absence until October, In case this cannot be done then he offers his resignation. Alexander Fowler, local immigra- tion inspector, has gone to Prescott, where he is relieving the inspector of that port, and Peter Devlin, dis- trict inspector, 4s in charge of the local office. i There was no session of the Police Court on Friday morning. New York Housewives Rejoice at Sugar Drop New York, Aug. 13.--A drop in the price of sugar of from 8 to 10 cents a pound, predicted in the wholesale grocery. trade, brought joy to every housewife, who had been in despair regarding her annual fruit preserving. There is plenty of sugar in New York, but its price has heen supported at around 23 cents by heavy demands in the soft-drink trade. The peak of the soft-drink season is passing, and within two weeks sugar prices should tumble, the trade admits, estimates varying. AT OCLEANING-UP STAGE Demobilization and Re-establishment Ottawa, Aug. 13.--The end of the present year should see all Canada's returned men safely demobilized and most of them re-established, said Sir James Lougheed, head of the Sol- diers' Civil Re-establishment Depart- ment, on his return from the West. "We are just in the cleaning-up stage and' the only men left after Decem- ber 31st next will be the permanent cases, such as the blind, the deaf and tubercular cases," he sald. Sir James was loud in his praises of the work of his staffs, stating that it was now entirely a returned soldier organiza- tion and one of which Canada could be justly proud. Albert T. Porter, , has been appointed to the office of local Jegistrar ef the supreme court and dor the county of cover the freight increase of $1.60 | freight rates may become a large in- | retailers for their goods was revealed | SPLIT IN CARSON RANKS REPORTED London, Aug. 18.--A de. spatch to the Evening News from Dublin reports 'signifi. cant split" in the ranks of the followers of Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Irish Unionist party. It states that a strong deputa- tion of Ulsfermen has gone to London to see Lloyd George and inform him that a large propor- tion of their following is prepared to sink their old preju- dices and advocate an immedi. ate offer to Ireland of Dominion Home Rule. Subject to Ireland remaining. in the Empire, the message adds, these men are willing to pledge themselves and their sup- porters to work for a united Ire. land with one parliament. : & CANADA'S NEWSPAPERS FAIRER IN THEIR VIEWS { Big London Editor Says Eng- lish Papers Suppress Other Side-of. Case. Toronto, Aug. 13.--' "What dre the 'outstanding differences between Eng- lish and Canadian newspapels as you see them?' Mr. Robert Donald, former Editor of The London Daily Chronicle, who is one of the dele- gates to the Imperial Press Confer- ence, was asked yesterday. "Canadian newspapers are much fairer in their news columns," re- plied Mr. Donald without a mo- ment"s hesitation. "The character- istic of English papers is the sup- pression of the other side of the case. The editorial policy is all over the paper, in the headings, the news and everywhere. "Then the editorial policy of Can- adian newspapers is more independ- ent than is the case with the English papers. There are no papers hers owned by big financial men, who yee them to advance thelr own inter- ests." 2 Mr. Donald admitted that nearly all the great writers and journalists in England had been men who had risen from the ranks, and he be- lieved this was the case in Canadian journalism. *' 'Stead, the Harms- worths, and many other leading journalists rose from reporters, but we are getting more university men," he said. PASSING IT OFF AS CANADIAN WHISKEY Much of Stuff Said to Come on "Boats In Reality Comes From Pennsylvania. Oswego, N.Y., Aug. 13.--Much of the whiskey that is being soild as smuggled Canadian goods is in real- ity from Pennsylvania, according to stories told today. A few days ago a Canadian vessel captain went into a place and plank- ed down 50 cents for a drink of whis- key. "What are you buying drinks for?" the proprietor asked. "Why," said the captain, "haven't anything aboard." . "Well," came the response, 'that stuff you're drinkiag came off your boat." The captain sa)s that there has never been a drop of booze ever brought in o= uis boat and that he knows it. It said the Pennsylvania bootleggers get Canadian Bottles ana labels and represent that the stuff comes over on a boat, getting"a big price for it. r PROVINCE FINANCED 1000 NEW BUILDINGS Good Showing Is Made by Townships of York and Etobicoke, Toronto, Aug. 13.--1It is estimated that over a thousand homes will be erected this summer under the pro- vineclal housing scheme, at a cost of about $4,000,000. Builders have been most active at New Toronto, Windsor, Ford City, Niagara Falls, London, Guelph and Ottawa, and also in York end Etobicoke townships. About sixty residences were erected in New Toronto at a cost of about $200,000. | the provincial scheme were to peér- sons who owned their own lots. The provincial commission has no more money to loan. Three Crises Confront Premier Lloyd George London, Aug. 13.--Lloyd George to-day was confronted with no less than three crises, on which the peace of Europe may depend. They were : 1---The French-British diplomatic misunderstanding growing out of France's recognition of Wrangel. 3--The threatened general strike in Britain if the government tries to make war on Russia. Laborites to- day were demanding that Lloyd George reveal Russian peace terms. 3----The parley of Polish and Bol- shevik delegates at Minsk. Lioyd manifest insincerity in this confer- efice and if so what shall be done about it. i It was learned on good authority that the cabinet after a protracted night session was unable to agree on a course of action. to be followed by Britain in' the light of France's re- cogaition of Wrangel. in Most of the loans under, George must decide wnether the Reds | We will stand the LUXURY TAX on our lines for LAST EDITION SMALL'S BODY SEEN IN PARIS? 'This is Statement Made In Letter by French Singer. BODY WAS IN A MORGUE Thinks the Body Was That of the Missing Toronto an. Montreal, Aug. 13.--La Presse yesterday afternoon published the letter which its correspondent in New York has received from a friend in Paris, in whicli' the writer says he is sure he saw the dead body of A. J. Small, the missing, Toronto million- aire theatre man, in the morgue there. The-writer is Louis P. Ver- ande, an impresario, and well known @s a singer in Montreal. This is what the letter says : "l have come across the news of the disappearance of Small, whom I knew in Toronto some years ago. It I remember rightly, I met hi 3 through Mr. Edwards (of His Ma- Jesty's Theatre, Montreal) and after- wards when I was in Toronto with Hammerstein. "Either I have made a grave mis- take or my eyes have deceived me, for when I went to the morgue a few days ago to get material for a - movie scenario there was on the 'stone where the bodies of the un- known dead are placed that of a man whose resemblance struck me very much, "The moustache was not as long as it formerly was, and the features wero so emaciated that it was difi- cult to make certain identification." ROADHOUSE RESIGNS; H. 8. FRY SUCCEEDS Editor of Farmers' Advocate Becomes Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Toronto, Aug. 13.--It is reported on apparently good authority that W. Bert Roadhouse, deputy minister of agriculture for Ontario, has tend- ered his resignation and has been glven a post on the provincial purs chasing commission. His successor will, it it understood, be H. S. editor of the Farmers' "Ady Landon Ont Sa, ! r, adliouse was a FThé Toronto Telegram oy ont ing the Ontario government's service as private secretary to the late Hon. J. 8. Duff, then minister of agricult- ure. Some years ago he was elevat- ed to the. post of deputy minister. eins | . TO BURN RAT-RIDDEN TOWN Peruvians Will Rebuild Paita of wi 4 New York, Aug. 13.--The town of Paita, Peru, is to be burned to the ground an rebuilt to prevent rats in- feasting it from spreading bubonic plague, William Moss, an American business man, said yesterday on ar- riving here from South America on = the Lamport & Holt liner Tennyson. Mr. Moss, who is director of Latin American department of the Dalton Adding Machine Company, sald that yellow fever was also prevalent im the Peruvian town and that every family in the community of 1,000 houses had lost at least. one member. The survivors now live in tents on the outskirts of the town, The gov- ernment plans to rebuild the town with ratproof houses after the rats haye been exterminated. Minister Killed Motoring. Ifthbridge, Alta., Aug. 13.--Rev. H. 8. Bagnall, Medicine Hat, or- ganizer for the Lethbridge federal constituency for the prohibition forces for the referendum, was killed south of Bow Island, when Ig motor car overturned on a bad piece of road. He was dead when found. He was a Nova Sco- tian. - Millions Advanced, New York, Aug. 13.--Several mil- ion dollars soon will be advanced to the Maxwell Motor Company by New York banks, it was learned today, when it was announced that a com- vance will be determined this week, it is expected. NEWS IN BULLETIN Premier Venizelos was wounded in the siae and arm by shots fired Paris by assailants, who were rested. . . The federal government® estimate shows large increase in grain crops but less hay. The potato yield is larger. Efforts are being made to patch up the trouble between Britain and France. It is hoped that the pre- miers will meet again soon. The tate of Warsaw hangs on a tremendous battle now being fought before the city. : Promier Huglies is esyiéted England shortly to -- . Pos Moscow armistice terms to Poland include a clause that Polish workers be armed as a guarantee of the rig!