ALLEN NOW PLAYING! Betty Compson Zh Daily British Wh * 9 ALLEN NOW PLAYING! "PRISONERS OF LOVE" YEAR 88; No. 62. Paris, March 15.--Germany was yesterday called upon by the Allied reparations commission to carry out the article of the Versailles treaty which stipulated that Germany must pay before May 1st the equivalent of twenty billion gold marks. The treaty provides that this payment may be | made in gold, commodities, ships, see- i urities or other valuables, and that | out of this sum, the expenses of the | armies of occupation are.first to be | met, { The commission also took steps to carry out another article which pro- vides that Germany must be notified before May of the total amount of war damages imposed upon her by treaty. | BIG LIQUOR HAUL MADE AT PRESCOTT CALLED UPON T0 PAY UP Germany Must Hand Over Value of 20 Billion Gold Marks. - WANT THE KNIGHTS | GIVEN EXEMPTION Under Canadian Insur- ance Laws. oom on = THER GRIP Ottawa, March 15.--Canada's surance regulations preclude the operation of foreign fraternal bene- fit societies, according to a brief pre- | sented by international] executive of- ficers of the Knights of Columbus in session here yesterday, To make the deposit required un- der the Canadian laws, according to views expressed at an executive meet- ing which was attended by G. D Finlayson, superintendent of insur- ance for the Dominion government, ! the Knights of Columbus would have to inerease their reserves in Canada to a considerable extent. The order claims that in view of its strong fin- ancial position such a should not be demanded. TORONTO PUTS BAN ON REV. J. 0. L. SPRACKLIN Methodist Church Were the Cause. Toronto, March 15.--Rev. J. 0; L. Spracklin ,the Sandwich Methodist minister, who was appointed license condition ! Influences From Within the KINGSTON, ONTARIO. ARE LOSING | | in- | Bolshevik Troops Getting Out' of Centrol---Big Fight For | Kronstadt. Stockholm March 15.--Russian lolshevik authorities seem to be los- {ing control of the Soviet troops, it is | said in despatches received here from | ! Finland i sthonia These mes-| sages for the most part confused and | | unreadabl ring into this | city yest ht. { | Artillery fire from Kranstadt fort- ress was direct rday along the | gulf of Finlami | ienbaum Pe in Gras- troyed a baaken, off Kram | | | | tro- | : ran and jnoya Gorka {light house at T stadt. An ¢ Views ne val from Kronstadt, inter Sunday emphatically jdenied the Bolkhevik reports that | some of Kronstadt forts had been captured by. Soviets. He said the re- | volutions y leadership was wholly in the of laborers and he declar- ed the he fortress would be n t night, 1 for the { much h TUESDAY, MARCH CHRISTIAN LEADERS HAVE FAILED US Founders of Newspaper Ex- plain Why It Has Been Forced to Suspend. Chicago, March 15.--The Ameri- can Daily Standard which was estab- lished less than three months ago, with the announcement that it would present the point of view of a Chris- tian daily newspaper, has suspended publication. The following statement was issu- | ed by J. Oliver Monsma, president of the publishing company and editor: "The American Daily Standard has tried to meet the wishes of those people who profess to be dissatisfied with newspapers as they are. "We have put out a Christian paper--a paper that was clean, truth. ful and unbiased. "There are two reasons why we are unable to carry on, The present financial d ession has caused us Christian leaders of this town have | failed us bitterly." > +» 2 <» FARMER HUNG HIMSELF BUT SON SAVED HIM Thamesville, Ont., March 15.-- James Jones, wealthy farmer of % Zone township, was found hang- 3 At the same time, the | 15, 1921. Changes in the Tariff Are « Unlikely At Present . Session. Ottawa, March 15.--The minister of finance is going ahead with pre- parations for the budget in the full" | expectation that apart from the usual | financial provisions it will deal, also, with the tariff. If, as has been sug- | gested in some quarters, the latter { part should be deferred until the | fall, it will be a matter for later de- | ciston_ Sir Henry Drayton expects | that the delivery will be in the usual | course at the usual time. "When the tariff is brought down, ! however, all indications will be i astray if it involves any variation { from the present except the removal of what are called anomalies. The | visw generally entertained in the government is that unsettled condi- tions are not propitious for altering the tariff. If this view is finally en- | tertained and present conditions are perpetuated for another year, the budget discussion may be abbre- viated, so as to permit of the session T0 PROCEED | WITH BUDGET THE STINNES CLIQUE i OPENS COUNTER DRIVE Powerful German Financial Group Plots to Beat Allies With Idieness. Duesseldorf, March 15.--The Ger- | mans have launched their counter of- | fensive. Against the military and | economic sanctions set in motion by | the allies, Hugo Stinnes, multi-mil- lionaire and man higher up in the | German business world, is pitting | passive resistance of industrial leth- |argy. . Evidently acting on orders from | Stinnes and the all-po verful clique | at Berlin, Rhenish manufacturers are | preparing to cease all productivity { rather than to submit to the allied | tariff on all goods sold east of the | Rhine, whethe: 80 per cent. of their {| manufactured product hitherto has been consigned The allied authorities are making | "business as usual" their motto, and | are displaying a markedly concillia- { tory spirit, which, however, does lit- | tle to assuage German bitterness over | the whole affair. The Germans are | willing enough to give credit for the | gentleness with which the occupation | has been carried ou: but violently denounce the principle of the en- tente's sanctions. {541 Americans Settling LAST EDITION. FAIRRENT COURT BILL Local Comncils Given Power to Restrict Profiteering By Landlords. Toronto, March 15.--Hon. W. R. Rollo introduced a bill providing for the establishment of Fair Rent Courts. Explaining the biil, he said it resulted from the agitation for rent courts or some other efficient method to prohibit exhorbitant rents. It will be in force only where municipal councils pass a by-law declaring it ig force. Its purpose is to prevent "un- due" profiteering by landlords and providing rents for ordinary dwelling houses. It will not apply to any dwell- ing rented at over $100 a month in cities of over 200,000 and $60 a month in smaller cities prior to Jan- uary 1st, 1919. 7 Rooms in boarding houses and ho- téls are the only dwelling places not included under the act. Landlords are allowed to increase rents 10 per cent. over what they received on Jan. 1st, 1919, and to charge an ad- ditional amount up to 10 per cent. for any structural improvements other > { In Canada Bring $307,863 ia long one, | inspector by the government, who | | ¥ ing from a rope in his barn. His shot Beverly Trumble and was ac- | AUSTRIA ASKS LOAN {% son cut the rope in time, but quitted by a jury, will not speak in | FROM THE ALLIES |® Jones became violently insane. {than ordinary repairs. Thé assump- {tion of liabilities formerly -borne by |the landlord shall be regarded as in- | creased rent, but an increase due to Brockville, March 15.--Five and a half barrels of liquor were seized at Prescott station | winding up in June, Any action by | the United States congress affecting | Winnipeg, March 15.--Five hun- tariff relations with Canada is un- |dred and forty-one American set- [% by Police Chief Jackson %fter they had arrived consigned to a fictitious address. The liquor included champagne, and is said to have been destined for Uni- ted States consumption. Mortgaged Aunt's Home and Qets Prison Term Toronto, March 15 --Arthur B. Loudon, a former employe of the as- sessment department, pleaded guilty before Judge Coatsworth to a charge of forgery and was sent to the Ports- mouth penitentiary for three years. Loudon, who made his home with his three aunts, represented himself as their agent, and by forging their signatures to a mortgage secured a loan on their property. When the cheque for $1,461 was made out to them he forged their endorsement, MR, SPRACKLIN AS TEMPER- , ANCE L ih. F. R. Anglin, in a letter published in Monday's paper, expresses his dis- agreement with the Whig for calling fn. question the propriety of Mr. Spracklin taking the platform dur- ing the referendum campaign. The Whig felt that in view of the notor- fety of the Spracklin case and the feeling aroused by his shooting of Beverly Trumble, his subsequent trial on a charge of unlawful killing and his acquittal on the grounds of self-defence, that his appearance be- fore the public in the cause of pro- hibition would do more harm than good. Mr. Anglin, while writing an ad- mirable defence of Mr. Spracklin, does not remove the stigma that re- mains in the minds of a great many people and which places him under the necessity of forming plausible arguments in extenuatfon. The fact remains that the Ontario Temperance Act never called for the use of fire- arms in its enforcement, and Mr. Spracklin's course . precipitated the situation in which he found himself. We do not question his zeal, but it could have been better employed in his proper sphere as a minister of the gospel than in suppressing evaders of the liquor laws that never anticipated the penalty of capital punishment, or put it into the power of any individual to assume the role of judge, jury and executioner under the cloak of militant Christianity. Under these circumstances, who wants to hear Mr. Spracklin lecture on temperance? The people who are asked to vote for prohibition have a right to repose their confidence in the sane and humane enforcement of the laws, a confidence that Mr. Spracklin cannot inspire, Mr. Anglin quotes Lloyd George ag saying, during the late war, that Britain had three enemies, Germans, Austrians and drink; but nobody in his sane mind ever thought that while it was proper to kill Germans and Austrians, drink also was to be overcome by the same means. Only the most deluded fanatic would pro- 'pose such a course, and of the two the drinker is far less dangerous to society. There is another aspect to this prohibition question that calls for close scrutiny, and that is the extent to which religion should be brought into it. ' There is a danger in the religious appeal of establishing a crdel tyranny that cannot be justi- fied under any other light, and the government entrusted with the ad- ministration of the laws is bound to guard against all forms of fanatical persecution, for too often those who take the initiative imagine they are only obeying divine command in Toronto in connection with the ref- erendum campaign. He was to have | spoken Sunday in Elm street Metho- | Offer Control of State Rail= dist church, but certain influences | ways and Other Monopolies | were brought to bear from within the | as Securit | church which resulted in banning the y. | "fighting parson" from the pulpit. | Tom-- London, March 15.--At a confer- {ence held in Downing street yester- | day, which was attendéd in addition y to experts, by British, French and | Italian ministers at Vienna and the | French ambassador in London, Aus- | trian representatives asked for a loan | ot fifty million dollars with which to | import food. The Austrians offered as | security, the allied control of state IRISH KILLINGS NOT ABATING Cork--Farmer Killed At Door. Dublin, March 15.--Five police re- cruits were wounded by the explosion of a bomb here last night while searching a house on Great Bruns- wick street. Three civiliaas were kili- ed and several were:wounded by the explosion, All troops in Dublin were confined to barracks last night, officers fear- ing that there might be disorders as the result of the executions yesterday in Mountjoy prison. The Dublin corporation, which ad- journed last week owing to tse mur- der of several Limerick men, re-ad- journed yesterday because of the ex- ecutions. Murders In Cork, Cork, March 15.--Several British officers in civilian clothes were held up by unknown persons last night. In the fighting, Thomas Hennessey and Michael Murray were Killed. John Moyasta, West Clare farmer, was killed when he opened his door {n response to a knock. Several other murderous attacks were reported here during the night. NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly * Recounted. Holland has recognized the govern- ments of Esthonia and Latvia. Eleven persons in Canada paid in- come tax in 1919 on incomes of $200,000, or more, The bill in the British House wind- ing up the ministry of munitions has passed its second reading. Robert Latimer, aged sixty-one, was drowned in Lachine canal at Mont- real while breaking ice off a tug. U. S. Labor Secretary Davis has proposed March 21st as the date for the conference over the packers' dis- pute. i The body of Alonzo Shafer was found by his son in the Irvine River; he had been missing since Saturday night. About $40,000 worth of Canadian furs was sold before noon in the first public fur auction sale ever held 'n Winnipeg. SSir Philip Gibbs told a big Toronto audience Monday night that the soc- ial revolution in England was really a social evolution and that all is well. ' The opposition won the two Hatbar Main © seats in the Newfoundland Legislature made vacant by the courts on charges of violation of the election laws. There is now a proposal before the G.W V.A. Dominion Command from the Grand Army of United Vet- erans that all Canadian veteran soc- ieties and associations shall unite for certain purposes into one grand organization. E. M. Brown, fcrmer Bank of Montreal teller, who is in Toronto Jail awaiting a jury trial on a charge of misuse of the bank's funds is to be released on bafl of $12,500, ac- cording to the expectation of his counsel, j puni-hment upon the weak. s s | railways and of salt and tgbacco mo- More Murders m Dublin And| nopolies, on which they said the Aus- trian government was already mak- ing a profit. They suggested also the creation of new monopolies for alco- hol and sugar. Defeated Labor Candidate Gets Qovernn.ent Job Toronto, Mareh-+15.--Hon. W. R. Rollo, minister of labor, advised Col W._ H. Price yesterday that James Higgins, the defeated labor candidate in the recent bye-election in North- east Toronto, has been appointed by the Drury govern ent to a position in the governmer mployment bur- eau at a salary ¢. 141.66 a month, Five-year Sentence For Robbing Bank Messenger Pembroke, March 15.--John Hud- son, of Combermere, who was found guilty on Friday last of holding up and robbing the bank messenger last December, was yesterday sentenced by Judge McNamara to five years in penitentiary. Astronomer Dies of Fall. Chicago, March 15==Dr.-8;--W-: Burnham, aged eighty-two, of the University of Chicago, nited as an astronomer who has discovered 1,300 double stars, djed at his home Satur- day of the effects of a fall three weeks ago, which fractured his hip. Owing to his advanced age, the frac- ture did not respond to treatment and fatal compleations set in, Shot Dead at Berlin. Berlin, March 15.--Talaat Pasha, former grand vizier of Turkey, was shot dead today in a street of Char- iottenburg, a western surburb of this city. The murderer, an Armenian stu- dent, was arrested. Talaat's wife was wounded. Maggie Teyte, Singer, Married. London, March 15.--Maggie Teyte, the singer, was married in the Prince's Row registry office Saturday to W. 8. Cottingham, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr, Cottingham now is in business in London. only the first one of the dntirely original in concep! H ROYAL MILITARY PRP RPETETPPEPEETS DEEPER WATER THIS SEASON Navigation Will Not Be Ham= pered--C.8.L. Freighters Recalled to Lakes. Montreal, March 15.--The daie has not yet been set for the opening | but it is pracically | of navigation; certain that the port will be formal- ly opened somewhere around the 10th of April. The owners of the vessels are well pleased with the depth of the water this year in the river and anticipate freedom from the troubles ai. delays that resulted fram the shallow level of water at last year's opening of navigation. Despite a drop in the wages of practically all hands with the excep. tion of engineers--a cut which in some cases reaches to 25 per cent.-- the men are signing on again in full strength and many of the companies operating these vessels already have signs placed conspicuously along the wharf to the effect that no further help is wanted. In anticipation of a good mov.- ment of general packet freight and grain through the Great Lakes this coming season of navigation the Can- ada Steamship Line is recalling five of its ocean going vessels to the lake and river routes, These vessels were appropriated one at a time and at different periods to the ocean -service during the war and have ever since carried salt water cargoes. Their return to the lake and river service will mean an aggregate increased tonnage of some 15,000--this additional to the seven vessels already on this route last season These returning freighters are the 88. Glezellah, Edmonton, Bea- verton, Kenora and. Canadian. They are all newly equipped modern : freight packets and will be ready to leave this port for their fresh water journey by April 15th. Théy will, of course, ply from Montreal to Port Arthur and Fort William, pieking up freight at Toronto and Hamilton and other poin:s. Murdertd Over 7,000 Belgians, Brussel March 15.--According to official figares just made public, 7,473 civiians died as the result of the German occupation of their coun~ try. Of these, 4,934 civilians were shot by German troops or executed by order of the German military auth- orities; 1331 died in prisons, Mn which they were confined by Ger- mans; ani.1,228 died in the course of the enforced deportations to Ger- many and the French front, PEELS r rrr MEMORIAL ARCH. ; .... The above memorial arch, whick wil be built in the grounds of the Royal Military College at Kingston by the R.M.C. ¢lub. This memorial is unique, insofar as it is not iumphal atch type to be erected in Canada, but also since il is n. Theare is about forty-five fee} in height. | | | certain, but the opiuion is held here | that if Washington does act this year | in a way hostile to this country, the | Canadian parliament can as well make its move next session as this. Whatever new processes of revenue are evolved, it is practically certain that the business profits tax wil because under present conditio. with "excess" profits limited to a narrow field, it is considered that the income tax is adequate to cover it. The prime minister plans to leave for London about the middle of June, and if the tariff. discussion is pro- ceeded with and no changes are made beyon 1 what is now in prospeet the session as started may end be- fore his departure. Ss, } Magnificent Residence Given Walkerville for Municipal Use Windsor, March 15.--Announce- ment is made that the "Willistead" residence of late C. Welker, lead of the firm of Hiram Walker Sons, has been given to Walkerville by J. Har- rington and Franklin Welker, bro- thers of the late Mr. Walker, for use as a municipal building. Mayor Stod- | gell estimates selling value Jf the property at between $500,000 and $750,000, The home contains more than 100 rooms and was built 20 years ago. It is surrounded by a park and gardens covering more than 15 acres. The architecture of the building is of the Qu.en Arne period. WHISKEY PRESCRIPTIONS. Sell Also. Fredericton, N.B., March 15.-- Whether a physician practising in a country district where there are no vendors is authorized to sell liquor by the bottle to patients for whom he prescribes it, is the point involved in a prohibition act case here. The de- fendant is Dr. W. T. Ryan, Boise- town, who claims he had the right to sell lig ior to two witnesses who were called and swore they had purchased quart bottles of whiskey at $4.50 each from him. Decision has been reserved by Magistrate Lawlor at Newcastle. : Physician Claims He Has Right to | | tiers, entering western Canada, be- | tween Port Arthur and the moun- | tains, brought into western Canada {during the past month $249,534 in cash, $58,429 in effects, a total of | $307,963, according to Thomas Gel- | ley, immigration commissioner. With the heavy movement of set- | tlers into 'the west during the latter | part of March wealth from this source will exceed the past month's figurés by many thousands, it is freely predicted by immigration and failroad officials, HYDRO POWER TO BE TAXED But Premier Drury Says the wn mnie Amount. e Toronto, March 15. -- Premier Drury in the legislature this after- { noon sald that it was the intention | of the government to bring down leg- islation based on the report of the | committee of the legislature ap- | pointed to consider means for more | uniform rates for and more equitable | distribution of Hydro-Electric power. | He thought the $2 rental suggested | by the committee was too large. | There would, however, be some rent- jal, and it would be for the house to decide what it would be. Hon W. R. Rollo introduced a bill amending the Minimum Wage act so that the Minimum Wage Board of its own accord may change or revise opders made under the act, in accord- | ance with changed conditions. It also permits the board to issue dif- ferént orders for the same industry in different parts of the province. The minister of labor further in- troduced a bill amending the Public Health act so that local boards of health will be enabled to pay $2 per day to members instead of $4 for at- tending meetings. ! This bill also provides that where new towns spring up on the outskirts of larger municipalities where it is Urges Catholics to Keep Away From the Y.M.C.A.| Quebec, March 15 --A pastoral let- | ter was read Sunday in the Basilica, | at which His Eminence Cardinal Begin referred to the recent advice given to. Roman Catholics not to become members of the Y.M.C.A. or | similar organizations, but instead to! encourage their own societies. His Eminence said that organizations of this kind offered dangers for the faith of those joining them, and that the faithful had no reason to join them. | municipality to supply water Committee, considered ir. the interest of public health, the board may @&rder the and sewerage facilities. If the munici- pality fails to do this, the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board may step in, The bill also provides that in cities of over 100,000 a deputy medical officer of health may be ap- pointed. Capt. J. E. Thompson, N. E_ Toron- to, introduced a blll amending the Board of Education act so that a board of education of a city of not less than 200,000 may by a vote of the electors authorize the payment of an allowance not exceeding $400 annually to every elected and ap- pointed member thereof, an addi- tional allowance not exceeding $400 to the chairman of the board and an additional allowance not exceeding $100 to each chairman of a standing Big Salary Reductions. Elkart, Ind., March 15.--Sweep- ing changes in official personne] og the New York Central Railroad, af- fecting 4,350 officials from general superintendents down, were announc- ed here yesterday. All the transfers, it was said here, carry reductions ranging from $750 to $2,000 yearly. * New York's Motor Casualties. Albany, N.Y., March 15.--There were a total of 39,075 automobile ac- cidents in New York state cities in 1920, and of these 945 persons were killed and 22,731 injured, according to reports of city police departments, A policy having for its object the development of the natural resources of Canada, was cailed for in a resolu- tipn presented to the commons Mon- William, i 2 day afternoon by Dr. Manion, of Fort in the landlord taking over certain lia- bilities is allowable, Stating *he standard rent, or what was paid on Jan. 1st, 1919, the land- lord must give four weeks' notice in writing of any proposed increase. If the increase is on account of repairs the cost of such repairs must be given, . Premises condemned by health authorities may not be charg- ed, more for. A fine of $50 is provided for fail. ure to give within fourteen days af- ter request the standard reat, The Act is retroactive to Octoher, 1920, and rents in excess of those allowed ' under the Act may be recovered eithe er directly from the landlord or by deduction from the rent. It is also unlawful to charge a premium for renting or re-leasing a dwelling, and any such premiums which have been paid since October may be recovered. Disputes shall be referred to the county or district court judge, whose decision is final. A Town in Manitoba. Is in Evil Winnipeg, Man., March 15.--~The government of Manitoba will be ask- ed to name an administrator to take over the affairs of the town of Trans- cona, a few miles from Winnipeg. Outstanding taxes total $600,000. To carry the town through to the end of the year $285,000 is required. Money has been borrowed to pay teachers' salaries, and town hall salaries and accounts are unpaid; $78,169 is ow- ing the sinking fund, and $31,531 te the trust account; tax collections in January and February totalled $4, 485; and only $16,000 is held to meet a $40,000 debenture debt payment due this month. A VERY SUDDEN DEATH. Gilbert McGreer Passed Away--Was Stricken After Church, (rom Our Own Correspondent) Napanee, March 15.--Death came very suddenly on Monday morning to Gilbert McGreer, one of Napanee's oldest and most respected residents, Deceased was at church on Sunday evening and on his way home was taken with a faint spell and was car- ried to the home of his brother, Charles McGreer, Deseronto Road, wherd he lingered in an unconscious state until four o'clock Monday morning. Deceased leaves a wife and one son, Dr. C. G. McGreer, Win- nipeg. Daceased was about seventy: years of age. Mrs. A. R. Downer has received a medal from the department of militia for her son, the late Pte. Reginald A. Minchinton, who was killed at Passchendale on Nov. 10th, 1917. Mrs. Downer lost both her soms fa the war, Gordon and Reggie. 8. Bur« rows, Belleville, was in town on Mon- day. » GORDON Presiderit of National tion, of Toronto, who has ed chairman of the board of the lish Ewetrie sof one 3 Cm os pO He