ALLEN NOW PLAYING! WESLEY BARRY re | [een Don't Ever Marry The Daily British Whig ALLEN NOW PLAYING! WESLEY BARRY a Pp Don't Ever Marry YEAR 88 : NO. 52 THE ALLIES DECID TO APPLY As Germany Has Not Agreed to Meet the Re- paration Requirements--Lloyd George Re- ports the Conference a Failure. London, March 7.--Allied troops will march into Ger= many to-morrow, in accordance with the decision of the Allies to inflict on Germany the penalties provided for be= cause of the non-fulfilment of her reparations obligations, it was announced officially this evening. London, March 7. «by the Allies here this afternoon. Lloyd George informed Germans that not only were the proposals made by Foreign Minister Simons Allies but that despite the interval since last week's conference the Germans had not made such an advance in their propositions as would justify the postponement of imposition of penalties. question were announced to the Germans last Thursday. the occupation of the cities of Duisberg, Dusseldorf and Ruhrort, the Gern.an industrial area beyond the Rhiné by troops of the Allies ; the imposition by each Allled country of such tax upon German im- the establishment of a customs boundary under Allied control along the Rhine, ports as it is deemed fitting ; The British premier said he Allies a failure to come to even an approximate understanding with "Until we get proposals from Germany which mean a permanent settlement, there can be no peace," he declared. the Germans. London, March 7.--The conference between the heads of the allied gov- ernments and representatives of the German government, which began at noon to-day for discussion of repara- tions questions, took adjournment at 1.30 until 4.30 o'clock. The session apparently had not been' a satisfactory one, and there were reports before adjournment that an attempt at an agreement had fail- ed and that the Germans would be informed that the stipulated penalties would be applied. After recess had been taken, M. Laurent, French ambassador to Ber- lin, who was present at the sitting declared there was little doubt that there would be a rupture of negotia- tions at the late afternoon sitting of the conference. At this sitting it was announced that Lloyd George would féply to Dr. Simons, German foreign minister, who presented the new Ger- man proposals at the first session to- KILL MAYOR IN LIMERICK Ksnschalion of Coote? Clancy And Michael 0°Cal- laghan, Former Mayor. "Dublin, March 7.---George Clancy, mayor of Limerick, was shot and killed at his home in that city early this morning, and his wife was seri- ously wounded. At the same time, Michael O'Callaghan, former mayor of that city, was also killed at his residence. The shootings are interpreted by Sinn Fein adherents as reprisals for for the assassination of General Cum- ming on Saturday. Despatches say the men were kill- ed in cold blood, and the woman was shot while trying to protect her hus- band, Cardinal Logue's Appeal. Belfast, March 7--Cardinal Logue, Primaté of all Ireland, in a letter to the priests of the Armagh Diocese, makes andther powerful appeal for a truce in Ireland, and suggests the forthcoming birthday of the first na- tional apostle offers an opportuna time for an appeal to the Almighty for the return of peace to Ireland, pointing out that St. Patrick brought peace to the country. SOVIET LEADERS ARE TERRIFIED As Russian Soldiers Are Rally- ing to the Anti-Bolshevik Cause. Paris, March 7.--Russian Bolshe- vik forces have been driven from Cranienbaum, twenty les west of Petrograd, by naval units from Kron- stadt, says a despatch from Viborg. Warships have gone up the Neva River and landed contingents of sail- ors in Petrograd where part of a gar- rison has joined the revolutionary force. The rest of the garrison is de- clared to have retreated towards Gatchina where Trotzky and the Bol- shevik high command have their headquarters. Despatches say the Soviet leaders are terrified and are preparing for flight. The garrison of Krasnoya Gorko, near Petrograd, has rallied to the anti-Bolshevik cause, says a wire- less messagd,, while the town of Pskov has been'captured by insur gents. Commissaries Zinovieff and Kalinan are reported captured and Suis Litvinoy is suid to have fied. ~--Application of penalties upon Germany for the non-fulfillment of Mer reparations requirements was decided upon PENALTIES this morning unacceptable to the The penalties in They are | ja must announce on behalf of the | day. These proposals, which were de- | clared in French quarters to be unac- ceptable, were of a provisional nature calling for payment of fixed annuities for the first five years. The Germans said they would have to consult their government and to ask a week's ad- journment for the purpose, if they were required to make proposals cov- ering total 'reparations. Premier Briand on leaving the conference in- dicated that the British premier's re- ply would be very firm and positive. | After asking Dr. Simons a number of questions, Lloyd George replied: "I am afraid I must tell Dr. Simons that there is no doubt as to the answer which the Allies must be forced to give. I think it desirable, in view of the gravity of the decision, that we should give a reasoned reply to his carefully prepared: and clear state- ment, The interval will also enable us to read the full report of his state- ment." PEPE PPRPEPE FT RONY REV ISE ONTARIO LISTS FOR REFERENDUM Toronto, March 7.--County Judges in Ontario have received instructions from the chief el- ectoral officer, Col. Biggar, to commence pFeparations for the revision of the voters' lists for the vote on the liquor referen- dum to be taken in the pro- vince on April 18th. = The voters' lists of the last provincial election will be used in the ridings. Voters will have to com- municate with the returning or revision officers in order to sée if their names are on the lists. VEDAS 4300430 4s PRY pvt iron PEPE PPPPER OPPS NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and _ Near Are Briefly Recounted. The Farmers' Sun attacks Adam Beck on power project. The Garfield brothers face trial for murder, at Woodstock, Monday. A cat walked ninety miles from Toronto back to its home in Strat- ford. An outbrdak of influenza 'among horses in North Dorchester is very serious. Jewish housewives in Toronto da- clare strike against their bakers, de- manding price cut. Dr. G. C. Creelman, agent-gencral for Ontario in London, is confined to bed with illness, One murder, two hold-ups and three burglaries comprise week-end toll of crime in Toronto. Cardinal Logue appeals to Irish factions to maka St. Patricks Day the occasion of a truce. Rev, John W. Cooley, Methodist pastor at Wiarton, died after two months' illness. Over $3,000,000 has been contri- buted to the Church Famine fund by the ohurches in the United States. Capt. Waiter E. Linton, Moore- town, attending church with his wife, suddenly dropped dead of heart fail- ur», Commander Cummings, head of the Kerry area, and a lieutenant; were killed by a Sinn Fein force who ambushed troops in Clonbanin, County Cork. 3 . Sir At St. Cathedral. Bishop Bidwell was the preacher at St. George's cathedral on Sunday morning, when those receitly con- firmed took the first communion. The subject chosen by the bishop was "The Vision of Joseph." At the evening service Dean Starr spoke on "Why men stay outside the church" and showed how little there really i a. the Sunday services. : KINGSTON, ONTARIO. MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1921. THE VICTIM {40,000 REFUGEES ARE QUARTERED IN CAVES |Greek Subjects Brought to] Colonize Thrace, Are Dy= ing in Saloniki. Athens, March 7.---The condition of some 40,000 Greek and Russian refugees who are quartered in tents, barracks and caves at Saloniki has been called to the attention of the Greek government by Colonial Rob- ert Olds of the Red Cross, who de- scribed the plight of the refugees ag pitiable. He offered on behalf of his organization to save the 5,000 children in the camps, who are re- ported dying at the rate of 40 a day, provided the Greek government would supply part of the funds for food. Minister said he would take to ameliorate the coudition of the re- fugees. These refugec southern Caucasus for the purpose of colonizing Thrace, LIKELY TO APPOINT NEW MINISTERS The Government's Majority | 'May Give the Premier More Confidence. " Ottawa, Mas at par- liament has fully asserted its confi- dence in the Meighen ministry it is believed that the projected cabinet reorganization, arrested pending the show-down, will be gone ahead with, a beginning being made with Que- | bec. It is again rumored to-day that the deputy speaker of the George H. Boivin, for Shefford, will soon enter the cabinet, and possibly, as well, L. J. Gauthier, M.P. for St. Hyacinthe. There is some talk to the effect that | this may happen within a week. COALITION LOSES SCOTCH ELECTION Kennedy, Labor, Defeats Sir Robert Lockhart in Kirkcaldy. Kirkcaldy, March 7.--The govern- ment suffered a defeat in the bye- election made necessary by the re- signation of Sir James Henry Dal- ziel, member Of the ho.se of com= mons for Kirkcaldy Burghs. The re- sult of the voting, as announced Sat- urday, was Tom Kennedy, Laborite, 11,674, Sir Robert Lockhart, Coali- tion, 10,199. PRINCE RIDES OUT RACE Finished Third Gamely, Despite Tumble at Second Fence. London, March 7.--The Prince of Wales upheld his reputation as the | nation's representative sportsman by riding ou the Grenadier Guards' steeplechase at Danbury Friday, af- ter a hard fall at the second fence. The young prince did an unprece- dented thing by riding in the dan-| gerous race at all, peting with the other officers of his regiment. After the fall he remount- ed at once and steadily crept up on the field, finishing the three mile | race in the 'show position." Davis Says Farewell At Buckingham Palace | London, March 7 ~--John W. Davis, the retiring American ambassador, took official leave of King George | Saturday. He and Mrs. Davis lunch- ed with the king and queen in Buck- ingham palace, where final farewells | were said. The withdrawal of Mr, and Mrs. | attended with the | Davis has been most cordial expression of esteem and regard from all quarters. S-------- Actress Jumped From Window. New York, March 7 --Bonnie Woodward, a 26-year-old chorus girl, jumped from a fifth storey window of a hotel in West Forty-seventh street, yesterday, and was killed in- stantly, Although medical examination gave a verdict of suicide, a man who told the police he was John F. Ber- lin, proprietor of a Johnstown, Pa., hotel, was held for further question- ing. Berlin said he registered with the girl at the hotel last Tuesday. member ot SEVIORY HEE of War Gournaris |Cummung had just crossed the bor- immediate steps | :s are for the most | part Greek subjects brought from the | house, | liberal member | insisting on com- | OF AMBUSH 'Brig.-Gen. Cong Shot Head By Sina Feiners. Dublin, March 7.--Brig.-General | H. R. Cumming, D.B8.0., was {killed in an ambush in West Cork | Saturday afternoon. He was in con- [trol of the Kerry Brigade. Return- |ing, heavily escorted, from Killarney {to his headquarters - at Buttevant, der from Kerry into Cork when the lattack developed. The touring car | lin which he travelled with his aide | was preceded by thre tenders filled | with troops of the East Lancashire | Regiment and an armored car pro- | tected the rear The driver of the leading tender | was immediately hit and the tender | ran into a ditch whither the armored | {car followed Headed by General Cumming, the | | troops took to cover to g@ inte action | {but the general was Immediately | | struck in the head with a bullet and | {died instantly. | The ambushers, numbering about | ! 500, were invisible in the gorse and | they sustained the battla for an hour | when their left flank was turned, | | forcing their retirement with undis- | {closed casualties, The road over which the military | force was travelling had been min- | led but the mines were not exploded. Brig.-General Cumming had his in" the . barracks at | Buttevant, some miles to the north- | cast of the zone of the ambush. Re- {cently Gen. Cumming had motored leach morning to Mallow, where he] | presided over the court of enquiry into the murder there recently of [ Mrs. King, wife of County Inspector King, and the shooting of rallway- | men after the murder. TORONTO DRUGGIST SLAIN BY GUNMEN Leonard C. Sabine Killed on Saturday Night in Cold ' Blood. | | headquarters . 4 Toronto, March 7.--'" Throws up your hands!" "Cut out your fool- mg" This brief dialogue was followed by a shot from a revolver and Leon- ard Cecil Sabine now lies dead-- | murdered--by two unknown men who entered his drug store at the corner of Manning avenue and Har- bord street on Saturday night. It was just ten minutes of eleven when Mr. Sabine was preparing to |elose his store. He was behind the tcounter making up his cash. Two | men walked in and as he glaneed up | he received the 'peremptory order | land a wicked-looking revolver was | flashed in his face. "Throw up your hands.!" Mr, Sa- | bing thought it was a joke. He had {always said Le would not surrender willingly. He gave the laughing re- | ply quoted above. Then the shot | was fired. The bullet entered Mr. | Sabine's abdonen and hg fell un- | conscious to the' floor. It happened in a moment, and | happened just as three similar rob- | beries in Toronto within the past ten !days, all about closing time, and by | men who are similarly described in | each case. Mr. Ball was relieved of $150 in | bills, a diamond tiepin worth $1,500 land cheques to the value of $33. i Extraordinary efforts are being made by the Moscow Soviet to sup- press revolts against the govern- ment, An elderly farmer named Bush dropped dead beside his sleigh while unloading wood near Uno Park, Ont, Provincial highways system will enter Toronto from west via Bloor street. WORLDWIDE DROP IN SILVER PRICES London Leads Way to New Levels--Mining Is Unprofitable. New York, March 7.-----Quotations for foreign silver in the local market | fell to 528% cents an ounce, the lowest price in almost six years. The decline here was precipitated by another drop in the price of the metal abroad. London, which contrcls the world's | silver market, reportad a further re- action of 3% pense to 303 pense, the August, 1916, 'Depression extended to remote for- eign centres, including China_Shang- | hai, showing a loss of 43% cents since the first of the week. Silver mining in the entire western hemisphere is said to be at lowest ebb in its recent history, because of the drop in 'prices. * In the far east the depreciation Is partly attributed to the financial em- barrassment of the Shanghai bank whose dlfairs are now said to be In process of liquidation. . 11918. | tion by the {and that | trouble, as he had a passport. minimum figure quoted there since £ = | MARRIED TO GET INTO U.S., SHE SAYS { Contracted Hasty Marriage in Montreal and Now Wants It Annulled. New York, March ada was the sentiment that induced | Mrs. Margaret M. Day, a public health nurse attached to a local set- | tlement house, to enter the state of | matrimony in Montreal on Sept. 13th, | That was, in effect, the testi-! mony given by Mrs Day before Su- preme Court Just ice Donnelly Satur- day, in support of a suit to annul her | marriage to Carl Day. The plaintiff admits that she and the defendant were engaged before | the marriage, which i place before a magistrate in Mont- real. She says that all would have been wel] if the defendant had con- | sented to a repetition of the cere- mony beforc a priest | fore her wedding, she alleges, went to Montreal in response telegram received from Day. She started back to the United States with him and was held for examina- United States immigra- | tion officers. After she had submit- ted to a great deal of questioning. she | Day suggested that they get married this would avoid further WASN'T A BAD BOY. Bank Teller In Trouble Comes From Hastings Toronto, March 7.--Declaring that | Edgar, Morton Brown, who has con- | | fessed to the theft of money from the local head office of the Bank of Mont- real, is mistaken when he states that he has been taking money for the - past eighteen months or two years, G. G. Adams, manager of the bank, said that his cash was absolute- i ly correct in every detail up to Jan. | 25th last. "His cash was absolutely correct | up to January 25th last, when the books were last examined by the bank's inspectors," declared Mr. Adams." 'He is mistaken when he says he has been taking money for the past eighteen months or two years, and it would have been Im- possible for him to have done so for that length of time. happened recently." J. E. Brown, father of -Edgar Mor- ton Brown, has arrived in the city to do what he could for his son. "Edgar is my only living child," said Mr. Brown, who added that he had come up from the old farmstead seven miles from Tweed, Ont. to see the boy and be with his family in their time of trouble. "The boy is not a bad boy, nor has he ever been what you would call a bad boy," continued his father, "On the other hand he has always been straightforward and quite frank. Mrs. Brown and my son were mar- ried five years ago last June and both ! of them have been very happy to- gether with their little child. "I feel that- the whole thing is a big mistake," said the father, Both Mr_and Mrs, Brown are vis- iting the little apartment at 110 Broadview avenue. Mr, Brown is in his sixty-second year, and is one of the most respected citizens in his community. At various times he has occupied positions of trust and con- fidence in the gift of his neighbors, such as assessor, ford township in the county of Hast- ings. He has livea on and worked the old farmstead for the past forty- nine years. A Toronto Undertaker Faces Strange Charge | 7.--Walter Bick- has been sum- Toronto, March ley, an undertaker, moned to appear in the police court | to answer a"charge of "offering in- dignity to a human body." It is al- leged that three bodies were buried in one grave, and that one of them, a woman's body, had been placed in an {improperly constructed which came to pieces before or dur- ing interment in the Mount Hope cemetery. Drayton for Cornwall. Cornwall, Ont, March 7.--The Cornwall board of trade will tender a banquet to Sir Henry Drayton, minister of finance, on Tuesday evening. she says took | The day be- | to a| The theft only | tax collector, coun- | cillor and deputy reeve for Hunger- | box, | CARS ROLL INTO WATER 7.--Fear that | | she might otherwise be unable to re- { turn to the United States from Can- Freight Vik on GTR At Collins' Bay At Midnight | Saturday. A Grand Trunk railway east bound i freight train was wrecked at Collins' Bay at midnight Saturday. Twenty- {two cars ran off the track between | | the two crossings, and toppled over | {into the water at the lake shore, and | | some of them were partly submerged. {No person was injured. Matty ef the | cars were built of steel, and some contained grain, but most of them were loaded with soft coal. All day | Sunday wrecking crews were busily | engaged in clearing the east-bound track, which was blocked. crossing. Had it very serious. It that the cause of the wreck was a broken wheel on one of the cars. The | | damage is estimated at between $50, Twenty-two cars | of them | | each containing fifty tons, went over | 1000 and $100,000. | were derailed and fifteen fthe embankment on to the ice; some |'of them going through to the bottom Kingston livery drivers were called | to transfer passengers from the pas- | senger trains following, but the work | | crews got to work cleared the tracks in time for the | Sunday night trains. It was clear at | eleven o'clock. The cars that went lover the bank will be lifted by big | cranes coming for the purpose. The | locomotive, five cars and the caboose {did not leave | the reason why no loss of life occur- red. | Of late there has been much diffi- | culty experienced in pulling | freight trains, breaking of the coupl- ings being of frequent occurrence. ROAD DEMANDS WORRY UF.0. The Drury Ministers At Their 'Wits' End Giving Ex- cuses. (Special to the Whig) Toronto, March 7.-----As was to be expected the chickens are coming to roost, and the ministers are busy receiving delegations about good | roads and are being put to their wits' {ends to give excuses! For instance, | the whole council from Mitchell were ! here and they want a cement road { frém Stratford to Goderich and Peter Smith is their member, so why not? { Every concession is a leading road and the road to the village is a big highway--a trunk line if you will So you have the biggest question ever brought into politics in Ontario fac- {ing the U, F. O, Everyone has the | same tale of woe: "Our township is | assessed for the new highway, but we do not benefit, in fact our other roads are so bad we cannot get out to it." | The Hon. Mr. Biggs must be sick of the sight of maps and delegations. From the look of things, I would not care to be a U.F.O. member just | now, and have to turn down or dis- | The point where the wreck occur- | red is on the embankment just east | {of the bridge and close to the bell | happened on the | bridge, the results would have been | is definitely stated by officials | on Sunday and | the track, and this is | long | LAST EDITION. AANTLREDS TAKE CITIES ons. Say Revolutionists Fe Rosll Seized Mos- And Petrograd. Washington, March 7.--Official in- | formation that the Soviet fortress at | Kronstadt had fallen into the hands of revolutionary troops was received ! by the Finnish legation, Mass Chinese Troops. Cepenhagen, March 7 ---Chinese | troops have been concentrated at Moscow by the Russian Soviet gov- | ernment, says a Helsingfors despatch to The Berlinske Tidende. Railroad | traffic, it is said, is proceeding only | east of Moscow toward Tomsk, Sis beria. Two Capitals Seized. London, March 7.--News reaching | Londofi on the internal situation in | Russia continues conflicting, but the | reports of uprisings were reiterated and enlarged upon. Newspapers print a despatch from Helsingfors which asserts that both Moscow and Petrograd are in the hands of revolutionists. These reports follow denials in of- { ficlal Moscow wireless messages re- cently that there were any disturb- | ances in either of the cities named, and carrying a statement by M. | Tehtcherin, Soviet foreign minister, announcing recent news of Russian disorders circulated through Letvia as 'a campaign of lies." Soxiet Claims Gain, London, March 7.--The peasants and workers of the province of Abk- hasia, in the Black Sea district of the | Republic of Georgla, have revolted |against the *'Menshevik government,' it is declared in a wireless despatch from Moscow, "At the invitation of the Menshe- viki," adds the message, "French warships are bombarding the popu~ lated regions liberated by the insur gents." Ultimatum to Soviet. London, March 7.--<The Exchange i Telegraph's Copenhagen reports says a despatch from Helsingfors declares the revolutionists in Petrograd de- livered an ultimatum to the authori- ties demanding release before March 6th, of all the revolutionists who were arrested. The Petrograd radio station has been burned out, the cor- respondent adds. The Central News correspondent at Helsingfors reports the receipt of uews of a serious character from Pet- rograd since midnight. Advices said many of the residential and business quarters were in flames. The Soviet government, the message continued, was despatching a large number 'of troops-frem--Moscow- to Petrograd to assist in restoring order. Petrograd rebels, it was added, were planning to accord these troops a friendly recep- tion in the hope of winning them over. Given Leave of Absence Owing to lli=heaith 8S. Johnson, United States consul, has been granted leave of absence owing to ill-health, and James H. Goodier tales over the duties of consul at the port of King- ston. Mr. Goodier arrived in King- |ston on Monday. Mr. Johnson, F. 8. appoint these people and expect to )iproughoyt his tenure of office, has get re-elected, and our old friend, i Donald McIntyre, the worthy head of | the Ontario railway and municipal | board, will have to work more than | eight hours a day to settle the dis- putes and arbitrations coming. Kin- ston district knows what I mean, as their reference was one of the early ones, but there are scores of worse | cases brewing; in fact every county | will have many of them. The U F.0, | made good roads an issue, so now it it is up to them to satisfy their friends and find the funds and if they can do this they deserve to rule. Time will tell, "Tony" Rankin, of Frontenac, was looking after the Frontenac delega- tion, and as good roads is his middle name, they did not waste much time. They got first hand information of the complex situation, and will now know just what to expect or what can be done. Frontenac is getting its share. Maine Agrees to Share Cost of New Bridge Fredericton, N.B., March 7.--Hon. E. Michaud, of Edmundston, receiv- ed word whil¢ attendfng the meeting of the provincial government here that the state of Maine had passed a bill providing for that state accept- ing responsibility for one-half of the cost of the proposed new (nterna- tional bridge across the St. John River between Madawaska, Maine and Edmundston, N.B., $325,000, and that Governor Baxter had agreed to sign the bill as passed. This new bridge will connect up the shortest direct rowte by high- ways for automobile traffic frém Bos- ton and New England points through to Quebec. The U. 8. senate confirmed the ap- C # pointment of Harding's cabinet min- isters, {been highly esteemed as a resident lof Kingston, and as an official, and his ill-health is a matter of sincere regret among his many friends, who hope for his speedy recovery and his return to his office. | Work is to commence at once on the federal government's new experi mental farm at Swift Current, Sask. GASOLINE PRICES TAKE BIG PLUNGE Many Oentros in the U. 8. Ree port Declines in Crude Oil. New York, March 7.--Figures quoted in Automotive Industries in- dicate that gasoline prices have been reduced from 1 to 6 cents a gallon in the principal cities east of the Rocky mountains and 2 and 4 : in the eastern and middle w cities respectively, although no cline is evident on the Pacific It is further reported that in mid-continent and southwestern ritory have declined as a8 § ents a gallon. from the peak 1920. The lowest peice quoted is from Kansas City, where gasoline is to sell at 21 cents a gallon. St is ranked second, with a price of cents, while Chicago and Texas, are said to tie for third pla at 23 cents. At Butte, Montana, price is quoted at 31 cents, the est in the territory named. An authority states tha the rich of crude oil in some districts has fal len as much as 40 per cent, and that the market wiil stabilize at that level Gasoline now sells at New York ser vice stations at 30¢c. a gallon,