ALLEN NOW PLAYING! CLAIRE ADAMS A -- Riders of the Dawn The Dominion Pictures, Li. ited, to Locate in 1his City. Representatives of the Motion Pictures, Ltd., were in the city to-day arranging Dominion for the pro- duction here of motion pictures on a large scale, been secured, more On it will be erecteq a studio, work on which will We com- menced next week. This studio will be completed, jt is expected, by June 1st. The first pictures will be taken here next week, when local will be utilized. Qutsiders wi } perience state that Kingston gas the right talent for the aking or pic- tures. Mr. Cochrane, a former Kingstou- ian, is president of the new company; and is now in the city in the interests of the new organization He states that Archie P. McKishnle, the well- known Canadian author, will be in the city next week. He is their sc en- arlo writer, along with Mr. Hamilton, a ¢amera-man and director, The new company is capitalized at $600,000, and the head office will soon be removed to Kingston. The company's architects, Hall & Duer, are negotiating with local builders for the erection of the studio. The laboratory will be erected in the A site has already covering two acres or TO CONSULT CHURCHES IN THE TREMBLAY CASE and advantageously situated, | $400,000 | NE-STRICKEN EAT SAWDUST B.C., March only sawdust qd minerals for food in the tricken areas of China, sixty million human ti cling to life in the pi stupor utter despair," Rev, Simmons, urer of the Anglican m Honan, China, who hs here, in describing conditions in that country. GARY SAYS LIVING COSTS MUST BE CUT of George {Radical Reduction Necessary | to Assure an Early Return to Normal. New York, March tone of business dustrial optimism was expr ir statement by 3) H Gary, chairman of the Unite 1 State Steel corporation, in which he em phasized the necessity for a |greater cut in the cost of living. To meet the situation arising from the | problems of reconstruction, Mr |Gary recommended patience, confi- dence, courage and honesty. "I think the most important prob- lems before the people of th 'nited States, and of the world to-d 3 he sald, "relate to the high cost of liv- ing. This should and must be {promptly and radically further re- |duced. It behooves all of us to make levery consistent effort toward bring- ing about an early return to a nor mal and reasonable basis of living.' A GREAT RUSH cenfidence to-day TO CAPITOL n- | s } =} . {ings he regi LIQUOR RING MEN NAM | ---- 'Three Dunnville Men Receive | 400 Cases And 14 Bar- | rels in Year. Cayuga, March 3 -----Precipitated by {J. L. Counsell, acting for Magistrate David Hastings, of Dunnville, ad- mission was nade at the inquiry yes- terday afternoon by Egerton Lover- | Ing, private secret Ary to the attorney- general, Hon. W. BR. that | when he went to Dunnville to inquire 1to the complaints against Mr. Hast- a hotel under Mr. Lovering Raney, ered at an assumed name, | said was strongly taken for this by Mr to task iney, who wanted he everything dor { board. { A murmur of {ment passed over the | present when R U. large McPherson, | | i { | i f | and above | { Howard Fe audible astonish- | crowd | | that the last el |crown counsel, said ha would mark | jon an exhibit against P. R. Lalor, M.P., | Burns, general m | Biddle, sa president; J. A. ger, and G. 0. r, all of the the names of | Monarch Knitting Company, of Dunn- | "were exhibit | ville, the charge that {the liquor ring there." The {in question showed that the men had received about 400 cases land fourteen barrels of liquor in a | year. Mr, they iter was taking, | Hear Plenty of Gossip. Progress by the commis: {ing markedly delayed by the wel hearsay: evidence small-town tittle-tattle that jot gossip, three | { howled Counsell cautioned Mr. | E H | McPherson against the step the lat- | You so when I intimated the officials 3.--To be n and to such an extent that he has been forced to close his store, is the unfor- tunate exper ce of Philip Fitch, .1028 Notre Dame street. Mr. Fitch until Saturday last ran a gene tore. On Sunday night, for the fourth time, burg- lars entered and cleaned it out s0 comple that Mr. Fitch was compelled to close on Mon- day, having no goods to sell. NEW BLOOD OR NEW BROOM Needed to Put Some Pep in Mothers' Pensions Officials. , the Whig) 3.--0n Tuesday we ening of the legis- n with the usual ering. Attorney- ited to know i 1 was correctly re- 1g all the brains of » behind him and also ion was accidental- ly the result of a passing hy i The Hon. Howard, who remin Kingston man in actions, voice and manner of t} "Bunty* Carson, took further r sibility for every version of what he was reported to ave said and also.that he believed it s substantially true. No one could do it better and his followers fairly their approval, so you can see there iso lack of modesty. Again I have to announce I told lature some across the flc General Rane ported in cli the house we | would come in for some bumps soon and it came yesterday when member | after member had specific details of on is be- | rerch ise ag n 1ed roper ter [local boards being held up for months | Merchandise as it may deém pi oper and | at Toronto. has { Hon. W. Rollo, as he would like to | mothers' pensions duly passed by It was embarrassing for ALLEN NOW PLAYING! CLAIRE ADAMS Riders of the Dawn FRENCH GONS 'Alles All Ready to Occupy | Mannheim And Rubr Val- | | ley Ports. | March 3. --Lloyd George, ented yesterday to | i London, the premier, the employment of in con armed force aga-! event her ast Germany, in the of non-compl e with all'ed repara- tion demands, to the extent of the oc- fcupation of Manni 1, by French and Belgian troops, and Valley of the Ruhr ports Rhine, where coal is handled | The BH declared h such milit > guns have! to a point nd the city of | fie Krupp plant. already be { where they will com { Essen, the home of Given Until Next Monday. London, March 3.--Germany was | to-day given until Monday noon to accept fundame 1 litions | laid down by the supr | Paris. The German dele sates were in- { formed by the allied rep | that if Germany does not accept these {terms the allies will take immediate | steps. The first will be the occupa- { tion by allied troops of the cities of | Duisburg and Dusseldorf and the | Ruhr region of Germany, which con- | mines and iron each allied coun- the con me council at {tains important | plants. The sec {19 { during the com | the air board and the comm { of the Royal Cagadian Moun NATIONAL DEFENCE BOARD IS MOOTED Hope .for Establishment Ex- pressed in Report of Mil=- itia Department. Ottawa March 3.--Although no de- finite action has yet been undertaken, it is expected that there will be pro- vision made during the next few months for the formation of a na- tional defence committee. The hope | that such a committee would he es- | tablished was expressed in the an- | nual report of the militia department, tabled in the house by Hon Hugh Guthrie, minister of militia and de- fence, In the report of the inspector-gen- eral "and military counsellor, Sir Arthur W. Currie, for the period No- vember 1st, to March 31st, reference ap- pe "The maintenance of close co-oper- ation between the naval service, the militia department and the air board is most important, and, th fore i year, it is hoped to establish a defence committee, and to include thereon a member of the naval service, the m!litia department, sioner ted Po- lice." Divorce Mill Is Busy. Ottawa, March 3.--The mill of the senate is b out divorces and so far divorce have dispos- led of twelve cases out of the 150 on the agenda. Several cases are now ready for he WILL PAY OFF year, {try will place such a tax on German MR. SPRACKLIN | He Was Retained on Pay | Third a customs boundary along the under allied control will be | established, | Rhine LAST EDITION. WARNING OF RED DRIVE American Military Experts Declare Soviets Plan Mid- dle Europe Effort. Washington, March 3.--A military offensive simultaneous with at- tempts at revolution in European countries, will be started by Soviet Russia in the spring, according to {government military reports reach- ing here to-day. The double cam- paign' will be launched to further {Soviet plans for spreading Bolshe- vism Plans of the Soviet jeaders In Mos- OW to start revolutions in Poland, Rumanis Austria in conjuction with the ary drive, are already known to military observers here. | Attempts at' revolution may be { made by the Bolshevists in other countries, as a canvass now is bein'g conducted by Moscow to determine the feasibility of starting 'revolutions |in the various nations ot Europe. Soviet Russia planned to start re- ['volution in European countries in connection with the Bolshevik drive ;ainst Poland in the spring of last military observers here ex: plain Their plans failed, however, {and Moscow sent out agents to lay |the foundations of revolution this year. | These agents are now coming back | to the Soviet capital and so far it | has been reported that revolution 1s | feasible in Poland, Rumania and Austria. The secret agent fram Germany, however, has reported that | revolution is not practicable in that | country at present. {DEMANDS MADE FOR Effect of Privy Council Judg- | ment Must be Known Be- For the Inaugura'ion of Pre- fore Action Taken. | : El sident-Elect Harding on Quebec, March 3.- ~Statements that | F 5 J. H. Lemay, member for Sherbrooke | riday. would bring in amendments to the ci- | Washington, March 3 -- The vil code s0 as to nullify to some ex- | 1 I visiton Washingt o tent the judgment given by the privy 1 ux of visitors to vas ington to at- council in the famous Tremblay-Des- tend the inauguration, Friday, has in- crept into the hearing. On his quest | have all claims paid promptly, but he {for ths truth Commissioner Pater-|is at the mercy of officials who may on has found it not easy to de-|oOr may not be doing their best. Red | marcate between evidence and gos- | tape can be so tangled that no one sip. {is directly to blame, but Premier The proceedings opened with a | Drury should give some of these spirited. demand from J. L. Counsell | gents a dose of their own medicine [that Attorney-General W. E. Ramey (and let them go to the butcher and |take some immediate step to remove | baker with an empty pocket-book. A | the reflection carried in Mr. Raney's | little: new blood or a new broom { would be a business man's answer if patie marriage case, are without foundation, according to Mr. Lemay. He stated that he had thought that the effect of the judgment could be. annulled by some amendments to the elvil ccde, as the judgment the {of plans for an elaborate ceremony, | | | started. abandonment Despite thousands of people arrived to-day. - President-elect Harding with Mrs. | charges, that 'Hastings favored the | political and whiskey ring in Dunn- | ville," and that F. R. Lalor, M.P., in | circulating a petition for Magistrate { Hastings' reinstatement, had secured had [Harding and a number of friends |' Signatures thereto.:by coercion misrepresentation." These . and changed all the jurisprudence on the |2frived this afternoon from Marion. charges were withdrawn by Mr. Ra- matter, but he had no intention of He went direct to the New Willard bringing in any such amendments | hotel, where he will make his head- | MY: this year. Nothing will be done until - the {quarters until he starts for the capi- [tol Friday morning. Vice-president- |EMBARGO QUESTION such conditions came to him. Mothers' Pensions should be paid promptly once the local -board has approved them. THE REPUBLICANS IN POWER AGAIN heads of all the churches both Pro- elect Coolidge and several members testant and Catholic have been con- [Of the new cabinet already are on sulted as to what the real effect of the ground. The cabinet officers- the Judgment is and whether it does{d4esignate here, include Will H do away with all the impediments to {Hays , to be postmaster-general, Ed- marriage imposed by the different | Vin Denby, to be secretary of the churches, navy; former Senator John Ww. Weeks, to be secretary of war, and | Senator A. B. Fall, to be secretary of {the interior. | © Other members of the cabinet are Incomes of Women And Men Compared FIRST-CLASS ISSUE {They Will be in Control at Washington on Friday. Manchester Guardian Declares Serious lll-feeling Has Been Aroused. n-- | Washington, March 3.--One hun- London, March 3.--The Manches- {dred and twenty-nine members of ter Guardian remarks that the ques- | the house and senate retired to-day tion of the embargo in Britain on [to private life. Most of them went | Canadian store cattle has been raised out in the back wash from the tidal March 3.--Single women in New York state, subject to the state income tax, made a cre- ditable showing with the single men in 1919, Mark Graves, director of the state income tax bureau, told the conference of assessors and annual tax conference in session here today. While the single male, not head of a family, had an average income of $2,459, the average income of the single female, with no incumbents, was $2,394. The average income of the head of a family was $2,857. Albany, N.Y, mate SAYS CONDITIONS ARE APPALLING Lieut.~Col. D. D. Young Re- | turns From Siberia-- Canada is Respected. Vancouver, B.C., March 3.--On his way back to Ottawa to make his re- port on the work of the Canadian Red Cross ih Siberia, Lieut.-Col. Douglas D. Young, commissioner of the soc- fety in Russta, describes conditions existing in Siberia as appalling, He has closed the office of the Canadian Red Cross in Vladivostok after two Years work. Speaking today of his work in Russia, Col. Young declared that all Russian people irrespective of politic sympathy, have acquired an immense respect for Canada. Lieut-Col. Young is the son of Col. and Mrs. D. D. Young, Kingston. Leave the Replies to Harding Administration Washington, March 3.~--Replies wo the notes of the League of Natious council and the British government regarding mandates will be left to the Harding administration, it was said to-day at the state department, It was explained that there was not enough time remaining before the change of adminstrations Friday for replies to be drafted. more, is was said, it might be regard- ed as presumptuous for this admin- istration to act at the last'minute. The U.S. senate and house are Jpaaigved over the sinc of the army and savy, " lon [expected to arrive here to-day or | early Friday. Most of them will not various government departments to | Which they have been | Saturday. J It is definitely settled"that Presi- |dent Wilson 'will be present at the {inauguration of Mr. Coolidge. He | will ride to the capitol. with Mr. { Harding, but' will not accompany him back to the white house, as is |the usual custom. Instead, he will {drive direct to his recently acquired {home in 8 street, where during the jafternoon he will receive Democratic jSenate leaders and other official | friends. Return Seek the | Of Excursion Fares I J "Ottawa, March 3--A strong ap- | peal for a return to excursion fares | all railways during the coming 1B sslon, was made by a strong dele- | 8ation of maritime province men, [representing the agricultural socie- | ties of the maritime provinces, wait- ed on the government. They stated that since the cutting off of excurstoy fares and special rates on exhibits attendance dt agricultural exhibi- tions had fallen off badly, | Further- | i i i | { ROBT, U. MePHE Wo sel i ah tion at -rown counsel in the Inve; a Cayuga. Ont. roaring Samir of Ontario Tempe ct by aie David of Duaaville |actually take over direction of the | agigned untii | jo the dignity of a first-class politi- | wave which swept | party into full sont cal issue in the bye-election paign now going on. The paper states that the govern | ment"s protectionist leanings are so cam- | notorious that suspicion of subservi- | ence to the home agricultural inter- | ests is irresistible. The Guardian [says the matter must be cleared up | quickly and at the same time it will | prove a salutary warning to the tar- iffites. The paper thinks that the tariff | embargo is more likely to dismember | the empire than to unite it as in this | case serious ill-feeling has already been aroused. Expect Government to Re-appoint 8.C.R. Committee Ottawa, March 3.--It is probable that the government will announce its intention with regard to again fers' civil re-establishment within the | next few days. Officials of the dominion command tion are proceeding on the assump- tion that the committee will be ap- pointed and the general feeling is that the sittings of the committee should commence mmediately in order to give every opportunity for the hearing of evidence. Hume Cronyn (London), chair- man of the committee last session, is expected to be the presiding offi- 'fcr of the committee this year. Niagara Falls Heroine Goes to Infirmary Niagara Falls, March 3.--Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor, the heroine of '| NiaBara, first person and the only woman to go over the falls and live, to-day is in the Niagara county in- firmary in Loekport--old, nearly blind and without friends. She is convinced that fortune does not follow fame, and is prepared wo spend her few remaining days, for she is now nearly seventy-five years old, with the unfortunates in the in- firmary. rE * The condition of the former Ger- man kaisarin shows no improve- ment, The physicians pronounca her seriously iil. The Royal Durch on Company har increased its capital stock from de0,- 00.007 to 600,160,429 guilders, the republican of all the functions of the gov ernment, The political landslide of Novem- ber 2nd gave the republicans a much ! larger working majority in the house --too" big in the opinion of - some leaders. The new extra session ex- pected to be called soon will start with 301 republicans, 32 crats and one socialist. The new senate, which convenes to-morrow in special session to act on nominations by President Hard- {ing, contains 59 republicans and 37 i appointing the committee on sold- ond Oklahoma distriet, of the Great War Veterans' Associa- | | democrats, giving the republicans a majority of 22 as against only two majority during "most of the last congress, when the line-up general- ly was 49 republican: and 47 demo- crats. For the second time in history the house will have a woman member, Miss Alice M. Robertson, of the sec- who suc- ceeds William. W. Hastings. Duke Said to be Leaving Canada Next Summer Ottawa, March 3.--The western trip which His Excellency the Duke of Devonshire will take next month will be largely in the nature of a farewell visit prior to his leaving for home. The term of the governor-general does not expire until next fall, but it is understood to be his intention to leave Canada during the summer. From all advices so far received here, the choice of governor-general lies between Lord Desborough and Lord Byng. - 'Nominate "Ralph Connor." Ottawa, March 3.--Rev. C. W. Gordon, "Ralph Connor," of Winni- peg, was nominated by Ottawa Pres- bytery meeting to be moderator of the general assembly. E2242 22022009 FRANCE WILL SIGN PEACE WITH TURKS London, March, 3.--Peace will be signed, probably to-day, but at any rate before the week-end between France and the Turkish Nationalists, it was learned here The signing will take place in Paris. 403000000000 * * + * * * * * + + + * * + +> * + + + + * + + > * 2 demo- | Lloyd George's Statement. Germany's cotinter proposals, | which were submitted to the allies on | Tuesday, were not susceptible of ex- | | amination. Lloyd George told Dr. | | Walter Simons, head of the German | delegation, in substance after today's | session of the conference had as- | |sembled at St. James palace, at noan, | The premier said the attitude ta-| ken by the German empire regarding | reparations was, in addition, a grave | violation of Germany's obligation to- wards its Allies, He reminded the Germans that their government had not fulfilled the Versailles treaty re- lative to coal deliveries, payment of twenty billion gold marks and pun- {1shment of German soldiers accused | of crimes during war. | Germany, added Lloyd George, in| {refusing to accept the concessions | proposed by the allies with regard to! reparations, had by the same act re-| nounced the advantages granted her | {at the previous conference with the | allies. The premier then on behalf of | | the allies announc ed the ultimatum. | After the British premier had fin- [ished, Dr. Simons, German foreign | { minister, said the inten.ons of his | | government Lad been quite misun-| | derstood. The German delegation, he said, would reply at noon Mon- | day. | Turkish and Greek representatives { will be heard by the allies on Friday. | | At that time Premier Kalogeropoulos, | {head of the Greek delegation to the | Near East conference, will it is said, | | Inform the allies that his government | has been unable to accept the plan |for investigation of conditions in| Thrace and Smyrna by an inter-allied | commission. The foreign minister of | the Turkish government at Constan- | tinople arrived here yesterday, ! | CHAMP CLARK DEAD, ACTIVE TO THE LAST | He Advocated Annexation of Canada by the United States. Washington, March Clark died here yesterday at 2.10! |Pp-m. in his seventy-first year, and | { within two days of his retirement | from' the house of representatives | after a service of 26 years. Death was due to an attack of pleurisy, and ascomplication of dis- eases incident to his advanced age. Up to ten days ago, however, when he developed a severe cold, Mr. Clark had shared actively in proceedings of the house as democratic leader. The late Champ Clark was best known in Canada through his fam- ous speech advocating the annexu-| tion of Canada bythe U.S., delivered | during the discussion of reciprocity | proposals in 1911. He declared that nine-tenths of the people of the U.S. favored the annexation of Canada. His~declaration that the reciprocity treaty would make Canada "an ad-| junctyof the U.S," was largely in-| struméntal in defeating the proposal, sponsored by the Laurier govern- ment in the dominion election of 1911. An Overwhelming Victory For British Government | London, March 3.--A, vote of con-| fidence forced by the opposition con-| cerning the government's policy re-| garding General Crozier, who recent! ly resigned as commander-in-chief of | the Black and Tan troops in Ireland, | resulted in victory for the govern-| L230t by 253 to 60, | 3--Champ | | ture, Tuesday, Premier Drury, sec- { cnded by Hon. W. E. Raney, intro- | | the Woods control board. List on Compassionate Grounds. Toronto, March 2.--In the legisla- | Commons Hears Further Are guments for Dissolution of Parliament. | GENERAL ELECTION Ottawa, March 3.~--A, B. Copp, duced a bill concerning the Lake of | Westmoreland, in continuing the de- It gives | bate, declared Mr. Meighen and Mr. effect to an understanding arrived at at a conference in Ottawa between | representatives of the dominjon gov- ernment and of the governments of Ontario and Manitoba, to provide tor "preset pros spective usés of the waters of the English and Winiiipeg rivers. This scheme of legislation 8s uni- { que in that it inyolves precisely simi- { lar and concurrent legislation on the | Guthrie were in disagreement as to { the nature of the present goveru- | ment. had been no-change in administr tion while Mr. Guthrie said it was new government and p only for its .own record since 1 July, : Mr. Copp was quite convinced that |a demand exists for an 'immediate | election. He quoted speeches by Mr. Guthrie The former declared there. part of the dominion government, Mr. Raney told Mr. Rennie that and asked what was Pesponsible for Rev. J, O. L. Spracklin's employment | his conversion from downward tariff by the government would end with | revision. Canada had no real federal the financial month. He was paid | election since 1911. He devoted an $175 per month. Mr. pracklin | hour to reproducing evidence pur was not able to serve his church be- | porting to show a public demand for cause of the pending trial. Under |an election. Returned soldiers, he the circumstances the government thought, wanted an election. had continued his salary. The at- Ernest Lapointe (Quebec East), torney-geéneral was not sure whether said the King amendment was put- | tinople, has Mr. Spracklin's term of employment had expired or not. Mr. Raney told H. H. Dewart that the government agreed to pay coun- sel for Hydro-Radial Commission, That included I. F. Hellmuth, J. 8. Robertson and R. McKay. The gov- ernment.also paid all witness fees. Has 107th Birthday. Saranac Lake, N.Y., March 2.-- Mrs. Mary Potter Dwight, Ill., a na- tive of Essex county an declared to have had a career without counter- part in the countfy, recently cele- brated her hundred anid seventh birthday" anniversary. Pleads Cause of "Christians, London, March 3--Monsignor Giu- seppi Cepetelli, patriarch of Constan- arrived in London to plead the cause of Christians in the Near East before the representatives of Allied nations, now gathered in this city. ------------ No Cheaper Milk Yet, Belleville March 3.--There will be no drop in the price for milk here during the present month. A dealer hinted that there might be a decline during April from today's price of | 14 cents. Milk is wholesaling at $3 a8 hundredweight. SIR ERIC GEDDES Whe, it is reported, will resign from the British up Ris seat in parliament, when the | Srl taggmens concer es cabinet and may also give! | ting the whole spirit of democratie gpvarnment to the test. The gov- ernment was in a humiliating and disgraceful position, the worst since "The nest of traitors" existed. The government was delivering judgment against itself, ang the judgment would be registered by the people when they get a chance, # He Used a Pail. St. Thomas, March 3.--When Crown Attorney McCrimmon asked { Harry Clarke, a local O.T.A. offender, | how many glasses of hard cider he had consumed, Clarke replied that he did not know exactly, as he had used a pail. He said he was the guest of .a friend who had laid in two barrels of applejack. FULL PO REGARDING LIQ The Provinces to Say | Lawful. Ottawa, March 3.-- "British Cole umbia," it was stated at the Depart ment of Justice, "Is free to say what methods of dealing with liquor shall be unlawful in British Columbia. If British Columbia wishes to prohibit everybody from having liquor except the government and persons acquire ing it from the-government, the efs fect of the dominion law will be to prevent importation of liquor when for the purpose of violating the pro: vincial law." Full Powers For Quebec. Quebec, Ma'eh 3. --pt | understood, from unofficial sources, that there will be an agrees ment come to between the federal a provincial governments whereby the commission will have the Sole right to import any alcoholic Hquors inte the province, and that all stock land- | ed In Quebec province will, ipso facto, {come under the control of the come mission, i It any liquor is required for 'other provinces, and is ordered through the established agents of the producing firms, it- will have to be shipped through in bonded cars, and none of {it can be stored in" any warehouse i pithin the limits of the province. LN Methods Shall be X 3 EE 2 cospeessemptns