Also A VOICE IN THE DARK" - 88; No. 101, DAY WAS QUIET > = DARED BULLETS _ TO SECURE WHISKEY {Passengers on Wrecked Train Got Liquor at Risk of Lives. 1c.nnath, Ohio, May 2.--A tock} hers: :d with $7500 'worth of whikey I was ick and wrecked Saturday by |a Baltimore & Ohio train at a cross- ing 25 les from Cincinnati, Pas i ed over Disturbance Report 8 Au Part of Gre Britain. the wreek and filled their an, May 2.---May day de- . "laps" promoted by labor or- pt in various parts of the Yn off without any re- lof disturbances.' idon there was a big demon- im in Hyde Park. It is } 1aat 100,000 people it. but it is impossible to say w7¥ were demonstrators and | ed 1any were spectators. It Lloyd George Refuses pticed that women and children | 8 humerous as men. | vall from a bugle a resolu- | put simultaneously from , Jatforms declaring that the "halls with enthusiam the | 'the Russian soviet zov- | Unionists and postpone the southern pledges demonstrations to | {elections, though he knows the re- ov Ra heialist government, of | suit must be a Southern parliament © peace and re- ost excl y 'mde a np | alm xclusively Sinn Fein. He st "adimal of British troops and protests against | na. Of the Black and Tans, -atests against the concerted #0 reduce wages and lower of life." gow démonstration a a put from 24 platforms the overthrow of cap- A and its replacement by a co- ® Sommonwealth. It ~ fur- Biided the withdrawal of ail occupation and expressed to internationalism. whiskey we shoot vers "Shoot } ' answered the passengers, ieharged with heroic frenzy up the | esti- {em »ank on which the bottles At the risk of their | were | We : | ves 1 time was had by all. "Drop them bottles, or * challenged the truck dri: gO0( London, 2 {means to go right through with this Irish business whatever the cost, He refuses to listen to May west of a northern parliament in full swing. French Created An Earl. ferred Earldom on Viscount French his retirement Saturday | as lord lieutenant and governor-gen- | eral of Ireland. His successor, Vis- count Talbot, took over the office. THE FARM PROSPECTS an on Calin in France; May 2.--Labor day was ah- ealm In Paris. From the ites the only incident reported (arrest before dawn of thres Or putting up anarchist posi< Marseilles, i combination of a fine Sunday 'Political crisis was responsibl3 [Bhauility in Paris. Despite the bts of Socialists to stir up fecl- if the coercion of Germany the nation is now so ¢u- Mod the government that I's 'utterly refused to con- 'demonstrations that might the authorities or ba used nda by Germany. Prairies Undaunted by Bad | Seeding Weather -- Fruits Are Excellent. 9 Regina, Sask., May 2.--Despite frequent interruptions, owing to bad weather conditions, approximately one-third of the land to be put in wheat this year in Regina district mates made. by farmers today. While the bulk of the work still remains to be done, farmers are not discouraged, They are remembering that they seeded last year up to May 20th and i they have harvested a crop that was I mever touched by frost, i Wheat Up In Alberta. Calgary, May 2.--About one-half of the wheat acreage in Alberta has been sown, latest reports here stating that in the southern part of the prov- ince, at Carseland, wheat-is already coming through the ground, and re- | ports from Taber and other southern v ng an increase of from |districts state the wheat is germinat- to eighty-five cents an hour |tng at a rapid rate, "closed shop. Employers have | In the Edmonton and Northern mecelved many applicants | district A seeding is practically com- rge cities to fill the 'vacant pleted. . Snow is reported in the n ! Peace River country to-day, but as y | the seed is already in no damage or 0 Printers' Strike. | delay will be lor 2 , May 2.--The prjuters | . Central Alberta is still somewhat and newspaper offites in |pehind in seeding operations. p went on strike this morn- | forty-four hour week afid an | in the wage scale from a ot thirty to juirty-aight ville, May 2.--Plumbers of ity went out on strike this dood at the Coast. Vancouver, B.C., May 2.--Agri- | culture prospects for 1921 through- out British Columbia are promising, | according to reports from the various | farming districts of the province. Seeding operations are now in pro- gress under favorable weather eondi- tions. Acreage under crop will be equal to last year, In 'the horticultural districts it is indicated that present prospects for large yields of fruit are good, 'The dairying industry is in a most satisfactory.condition. newspaper in the tity, . an open shop basis with | ton Unions Firm May 2.--Decision was 3 spokesman of thirteen j& trades unions, representing a meeting in the Labor y afternoon, to ac- jon in wages, and the forth that union men, on 1 , should work for ose contractors who will pay 'rate of wages, and re- shop principle, and those who regase to To Take New Post. Albany," N.Y., May 2.----Addison B. Parker, NNER deputy Secretary of state since 1915, has forwarded his resignation to Secretary of State Lyons. "We could not agree," said Mr. Parker 'n discussing his resignatien. It Is understood Mr. Parker is to become head of the automobile bur- eau 'of the New York tax commis sion. NEW CHAPTER IN RSH USTORY 1 BE ECOOED Home Rule Ps is Ruts rain Union. Dublin. May 2. mr shapter in Irish history, in MY respects most momentous I® generations, wii & | be recorded this Week with the jpg, guration of the pew Home Rule p ac will park the an ¥ under which [rela been for "aside by the supremo he conviction of seventeen set aside. The court narees peas Without pow: . verned from Westm + Tha week b inauguration. new lord-lieuten] Roman Cathol in recent timeg nee of thesy de "Irish peop's appears t them with the rs from the train swarm- | pockets with pint bottles of bonded | To Postpone Elections. | ~--Lloyd , George | the Southern | puts great faith in the persuasive ef- | fect upon Irishmen. of the south and | London, May 2.---King George con- | | London, SPLENDID IN THE WEST =: has been seeded, according to esti- | KINGSTON, ONTARIO. 'MUST ANSWER © YES OR NO me to o Be Given Six, Days to Reply to 'Ultimatum. London, May . 2.--Germany must give within twelve days a categorical {answer "yes" or "no" to the allied | reparation demands or suffer the in-| fliction of military and naval penal- | ties, according to the terms of the ultimatum drawn up by the allied jioteign me.isters today and submit- | ted to the supreme council for its ap- | proval. The foreign ministers first | met and completed the draft, of the ultimatum, which provided that Ger- many should be advised of the allies' terms within six days and then would {have six days within which to give an {answer without conditions, negotia- ions - being considered at end. The | supreme council did not finally act lon the ultimatum, but adjourned, af- ter an hour's consideration of it, un- | til five o'clock. French Military Preparations. | Paris, May 2.--The French gov- | ernment, despite the lack of final ac- { tion by the supreme council in Lon- | don on the reparations issue, is pro- ceeding with the preliminaries neces- | sary to the occupation of Ruhr Val- ley. A cavalry brigade was entraining today at Meaux to join a large de- | tachment of infantry already on the { way from Lyons, in addition to artil- lery from Vincennes and other garri- | sons now on the move. May 2.--The allied "su- e council, after receiving the | report of the council of foreign min-« } isters today, agreed in principle to | | the plan of Foreign Minister Jaspar | | of Belgium, providing for an ultima- | | tum to be presented to Germany and | | for military measures to be used in | | case Germany should default. The | terms of the ultimatum were being | diS¢ussed this afternoon by the allied | experts, who were to-'report to the | supreme council at 5 p. m. | ROBBER STEALS MAIL BAG AT PORT ARTHUR Which Contained $11,000 -- He Took About Half the Money. Port t Arthur, May 2A package said to contain about eleven thou- sand dollars in Bank of Montreal notes was stolen from a mail sack at tht C.P.R. depot Saturday night. The robber took advantage of the tem- porary absence of the mail carrier, {and stole a "locked" bag from the | pile. The bag was discovered sever- i a1 hours later, a short distance away. | It had betn, cut open but only one | package was missing. It is stated that the robber left behind almost as much currency as he had taken, which tends to the belief that he had advance information that the Bank of Montreal package was going out on 'the train. MAPLE SAP REQUIRED An Interesting Order-in-Council Ga- zetted in Ottawa Ottawa, May 2.--An order-in- Council gazetted Saturday under tie Food and Drug Act provides, that "maple butter, maple cream, maple wax or any other term intended to imply a maple product of such con- sistence that it may be spread like butter, shall be entirely the product of maple sap and shall contain not more than 15 per cent of water, The dry substance of the material as above shall meet. all the standards for maple sugar." RUINED YOUNG GIRL: Judge Says He Could Have Ordered Life and the Lash. Woodstock, N.B., May 2.--Four- teen years in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed on Charles Steeves. a Pentecostal minister, 'who was found guilty at the assizes of having improper relations with a girl under fourteen years of age. In de- livering sentemcs Judge Barry said that had he wanted he could have sentenced Steeves to life imprison- ment and a whipping and yet slept with a quiet conscience. . Disastrous Fire Occurs in Town of Stewiacke, N.S. Halifax, May §.-- oke out in th ty miles ning, d MONDAY, MAY 2, MAY DEMONSTRATE. IN THE NORTH SEA. T.oudes; May 2--Great Bri- tain will make a naval demon- stration if Germany refuses to yield to the-Allies' conditions on the reparations issue, it was stated here today. The demon- stration which would not takee the form of a blockade would probably bccur in the North Sea it was added. WOULD NOT RE-ELECT SAMUEL GOMPERS Fight is to be Staged at Den- ver A.F. of L. Conven- tion. Washington, May A fight against re-election of Samuel Gom- pers as President of the American Federation of Labor promises to overshadow all ether issues before the annual convention of the Federa- tion, which meets in Denver, June 5th. Leaders of the opposition to Gom- pers, who has stood at the head of organized labor for forty years, de" clare he should be superceded by a younger man of more progressive tendencies. It is probable that a 8. move will be made to retire the aged | chief with an honorary title and lib- eral salary. The seriousness of the issue is re- cognized by veteran labor leaders, who denounce as Bolshevists certain { Western 'branch of the A. F. of L., | which for the past year practically | have been in revolt against the Gom- pers leadership. A forerunner of the battle to supplant the union chief is seen in the announced plan of the Detroit Federation of Labor to investigate his honeymoon. 'The De- troit faction is reported in press de- spatches as charging that Gompers | has violated union ethics by taking | his bride to non-union hotels and eating food prepared by non-union tooks ~ and served by non-union | waiters. MRS. J. D.. WALKER Elected president of the Ontario Pro- vincial Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church in Canada, at the annual meeting in Peterboro, SEIZURE OF BERLIN FRENCH OBJECTIVE | Occupation of Hamburg and Bremen Included in . Plan Drafted. Paris May 2.--The eventual seiz- ure of Berlin, the occupation' of the ports of Hamburg and Bremen fol- lowing the invasion of the Ruhr, as provided in the plans of Marshal Foch have been approved by the-War Council at the meeting presided over by President Millerand. According to information from the highest dip- lomatic sources the "march to Ber- lin" is the ultimate object of France's military plans. In order to meet the objections from allied experts, especially the British and Italians, that the Ruhr invasion would hardly yield enough to pay the cost of occupation, Mar- shal Foch's plans provide for the seizure of Bremen, Lubeck and Ham- burg. After that should the oecupa- tion remain unproductive, the invad- ing army will march across Germany, "Nach Berlin." "Although fully pre- pared to take the above military steps alone the French government is con- fident of obtaining Great Britain's support. -|nish perpetually one-third of 1921, THE MINERS HOLDING OUT They Want a Nabeul ol gramme--Misery And ger ay ho London, May 2.--There. is yet no end in sight to the coal strike, The miners are holding out for a nation- al programme, Further evidenée of the growing industrial paralysis as a result of the miners strike was shown in these conditions: Only thirteen steel furnaces are operating of a total of five hundred. Train schedules have been reduced fifty per cent, All express trains have | | been discontinued. f A curfew aw is being planned for 'all lighting, | Daylight saving is to be extended |another hour. | The country Is expected soon to be {dependent upon foreign coals. | A cargo of German coal, shipped | by way of Holland, was unloaded at {Ipswich under police protection. Misery and hunger are growing as the business depression increases. The capaeity of charitable institu- tions is being tagyed by the plight of the families of many workers thrown | out of employment as a direct re- | sult of the strike. After the miners' final rejection | {of the government's offer of a $50, | 000,000 subsidy, officialdom be- came extremely pessimistic of the possibility of an early settlement. The only ray of hope was in the be- lief that a majority of the miners' executive secretly favor acceptance of the subsidy, despite the district delegates' rejection. Attack Quebec Liquor Act With $500,000 As Backing Montreal, May 2.--The constitu- tionality of the new Quebec Liquor Law will be challenged before the local courts this week, as soon as it, has been put in force, according to reports which stated that a fund of $500,000 is already subscribed by the wholesale liquor merchants and dis- tillers' agents for the purpose, It is claimed that the new act conflicts with the common law of the Domin- ion, and would not stand the test of the courts. Gl Ph eee ie na. Alaskan Pulpwood Enough for Whole Nation * Washington, , May 2.--There is sufficient pulpwood in Alaska to fur- the print paper consumption in the Unit- ed States, Colonel Greeley, chief for- ester, who recently made a survey] announced today. This could be laid down on the At- lantic seaboard on a basis of between | present rail freight rates, and prac- | tically one cent a pound by water, he | said. FOUND BOOZE ON. FARM | 1,200 Quarts of Liquor Discovered Under Haystack. | |. Watertown, N.Y., May 2.--Henry [Denny and Albert P. Denny, Clay- {ton, gave $1,000 before Federal Com- missioner Melvin: F. Kinkley to en- Bure. their appearance for examina- tion apon charges of violating the Volstead act. The Denny brothers were arrested by Will Howe, deputy customs collec- tor, and Clarence A. Rickett, deputy sheriff of Clayton, after the officers had discovered 1,200 quarts of liquor beneath a haystack on Henry Denny's farm between Clayton and Cape Vin- cent. The Dennys deny knowledge of the liquor's presence. 2 a Cities Sell Bonds. Toronto, May 2.--Two eastern Ontario cities sold bonds Friday and the highest and sugcessful tenderer in both cases was Harris Forbes and Co. Belleville sold an issue of $210, 000 twenty-year stfaight term six per cent. bonds, securing its money on a basis of 6.29 per cent. Brock- ville sold thirty thousand ten year six per cent bonds on a basis of 6. SL per cent.} «devied by 3% and 4 cents per pound, based on | BLAMES SPINSTERS; : HE WONT PAY TAX Montana Bachelor Says He wooed "Em, But They Were Cold. , Mont, May that "spinsters are respon- my not being married in their refusals of my wooing in the past," W illiam Atzinger, 35, a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Montana state fair, today notified the | assessor of Choutéau county that he | will refuse to pay'the poll tax ot $3 | the last legislature upon bt aol Great clarin sible fcr bachelors "Tax-the 8 and I will ysters of the same age pay, but otherwise it is class legislation and I stand om s," he declared. "Further- more, 1 refuse to get married to es- cape jail and I refuse to pay a bache- lor tax to escape jail: BORDEN "MAY Go 2.--~De- |" y TO SUPREME COURT | Club," | Toronto, Is Mentioned as Successor to | Sir Louis Davies, Who May Retire. Ottawa, May 2.--It is reported | that Sir Louis Davies, chief justice, | may retire toward the end of this t year. An effort is said to have been | made to induce Sir Robert Borden to | | accept the pogitiomr In that h! gh | office he could continue the service | to Canada which he gave as premier, | It is understood that he would much { prefer a position of that kind to be- | ing premier, and if his health im- proves to such an- extent that he | could fill the position it is possible | tat he may consider it. consider it. STINNES 1S BOWLED OUI BY BIG STEAMSHIP LINE Not Re-clocton, on a American Di prate--May Start I Berlin, May 2---Hugd many's money king, h out of the Hamburg-Am ship Company's board As a result he has dec the big steamship line, a line of his own to mak comfortable for his rival Stinnes, who is a large 8 in the company, was one of tors, but his term wasup on M When his wets was cated op election at the was defeated that the intey American lin of the Hambud=A m since D pling y me: nt mafine throu vo Jas been trying to merge shipping interests in one big trust. Shocking Story Told Of Child's lli-treatment fens Simcoe, May 2.--Stripped naked and beaten dally for a week, sent to school barefooted in the chill of late October, unnourished and abused by parents, humiliated by having long locks cut off in patches and dressed, though but a little girl of eight, in adult togs, 'was the shocking story told in police court here Saturday afternoon. ' The stepfather, Vernon Boyce, who has settled near Vittoria, was charged with cruelty. Only Twenty-three Present To Hear Hon. Mr. Crerar Fredericton, N.B., May 2.--~The audience assembled at Marysville Friday night to hear Hon. T, A, Crerar, National leader of the Farm- ers' party, discuss, the issues in the York-Snnbury bye-election campaign, numbered only 23 persons. Nobody | ston, "and 'all the | ville and a ficent affair, 8 eent 3 ting "gend-offft history for i tion-wide. Following. Quite a len and a fine my was inter stunts, TV close at mid ing it a The me spared no | ter night" @ od, and tom delegates Mi noon, until early mori tl {was som The m | the visi mob aroun : a I be t legal present would act as chairman and | Mr. Crerar had to act himself. and E. W. Stairs, the Farmers' candi- date, spoke, and the meeting 1 cnly half an Snifur. © 10 WHTENMSH &