ALLEN NOW PLAYING! " THE NORTH- WIND'S MALICE" ALL EN % THE NORTH- WIND'S MALICE" YEAR 88; No, 110, In Canada's 'Penal Commission Made Public--Goverament Out Some of the Recommendations. The report §f the committee ap- pointed severfl months ago by the minister of justice. to jnquire into the penitentiary system of Canada and to advise as the result of their inquiry as to such amendments of the Pen!- "tentiary Act and the revisien of the penitentiary regulations as in its judgment seems necessary, was made public today. The committee consist- ed of O. M. Biggar, K.C., Ottawa, P. M. Draper, Ottawa, and W. F, Nickle, K.C., Kingston, Since its appointment the commit- tee were energetic in its inquiry, vi- siting the Chadian penitentiaries and also consulting with those in the United States who had given parti- cular attention td the. penitentiary problem, The report is inexhaustive. It recommends several far reaching antendments of "the Penitentiary Act and a complete new body of regula- tions based upon the committee's recommendation ~~ that - reforma- tion instead of repression should he the guldidg principle of our penal institutions. Since Confederation the retention of convictsrwithin the walls of the penitentiaries for the term of their sentence has been more sought, so the committee concludes, than making the convict during his sentence again fit to rejoin society. -One of the principal recommenda- tions relates to the provision for con- victs of sufficient work with a resuit- ant system of industrial classifica- tion, ! Corporal Punishment Denovhced Corporal punishment is denounced as unnecessary, although the com- mittep provide for its being inflicted it in the opinion of the minister of _ Justice an incorribible convict can in no other way be brought to 8 reali- sation of his obligations. Much atten- tion is given to the problem of the mentally disturbed or insane convict, . @8 well as to the rights 0f those who may not be physically fit. The report every aspect of penitenti- ition, outlining not on- oh oul, g 48 into the commons by the minister carrying into effect cer- tain of the recommendations as to statutory amendments. Abolish Restrictive Rules, The committee points out that unti! only a little over a century ago death, transportation or corporal punish- ment were the ordinary punishments for crime and that imprisonment as a 'punishment only graduglly establish- ed ftself in England in the first three- Quarters of the 19th century, as the colonies refused to receive transport- ed convicts. The system which deve- loped was based upor the idea of penitehce, an attempt being made to 'compel meditation and Introspection i by rules regulati; stern and inflexible, by which con: tion was . forbidden except when necessary for the work in hand, and convicts were theoretically obliged to spend years in almost complete silence and rela- tive isolation although 'in dally life closely associated with the other 'un- fortunatés, 'The system adopted in Canada at confederation followed that then in force in England and has for the last Ralf century remained practically unchanged in theory, al- though modified in varying degrees * in practice acgording to the personal: ity of wardens. : The report points out that practi- cally every prisoner must some- time be 'released and that any syftem of punishment by imprisonment which Gecreases the pr 's usefulness as a citizen must necess: react ad- versely upon society. It recommends the abolition of the present severely restrictive rules and thé adoption in- stead of the idea of making the sys- fom stich as to, so far as possible, Yura piisenera into gad citizens. The 4 ns of Aha geverity of the pre- re tl proposed the ir of society although also in that of the convicts. Ce report | that the gen- hirietion of the penitentiaries d gent: pen ros ! eral: _ shoul vested in a penitentiary board, including among its members {Seats already have been | by Carpentier and his party are expect- |! ed to arrive here on Sunday. : :} , | than. this figure. of Penitentiary Bill to Carry walls. The report emphasizes that the removal from society of an in- dividual] to a penitentiary as a con- viet makes him none the less en- titled after his release to the oppor- tunity of earning an honest living. The report consequently recommends legislation to provide for the manu- facture in the penitentiaries of all 800ds required for the use of the dominion of Canada that can be so made. The contract system is disap- proved of andsthe industries limited to those which will not bring con- vict-made goods into competition in any market with goods' made by free labor. The committee thinks that abundant occupation can be provided for the 2,000 convicts in penitentia- ries in the manufacture of goods, re- quized in the public service of Can- ada. Pay for Convicts The committee are impressed with the jmpossibility of securing reason- able effort from men 'unless t hey know that the product of their work will be to their advantage and are further inflenced by Information that reaches them in reference to the suffering. and distress often brought to the dependents of con- victs suddenly deprived of their bread winner, The result is that the committee at- taches importance to its proposals for giving convicts some remunera- tion for their work and the plan sug- gested Is an interesting one. An at- tempt to fix rates of wages corre- sponding to wdges payable outside would, the committee thinks, be too complicated to be feasible. It there- fotg suggests that the whole value of all the products of each peniten- tiary should be ascertained quarter- ly, the value of materials purchased and other items deducted therefrom and the "labor value" thus ascer- tained, One-third of this labor val- ue, or the whole of the labor value above the cost of administering the penitentiary, is to be divided every Juarter mens the conviets, accord- ANS Classify All employments in the peniten- tiary are to be classified under six heads, according to the skill and ca- pacity entering into them, the high- | est class of employment being known as "Class 7" and the others in suc- cession by the intervening numbers down to "Class 2," 'which includes only apprentices. Each convict will be assigned to the kind of work of which he is capable and his share of (Continued On Page 12) G.T.R. TO PASS TO GOVERNMENT London, May 12.--At a meet- ing of the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany to-day it was decided to ratify the agreement between the management and the Canadian Government provid- ing for the transfer of the control of the railway to the government this month, RECORD-BREAKING CROWD 10 WITNESS BIG FiGHT About Four Thousand Fifty- - Dollar Seats Have Already Been Reserved. New York, May 12.--Although the opening of the public sale of seats for the Dempsey-Carpentier cham- Pplonship contest in Jersey City on July 2nd will not begin for several , advance reservations already assure a record-breaking attendance. Both in gate receipts and the actual number of spectators the records es- tablished at the Johnson-Jeffries, Johnson-Willard, Willard-Moran and Dempsey-Willard bouts aregertain to be surpassed Official diagrams of the arena inllicate that the amphitreatre to be built by more spectators. In the fifty-dollar section alone close t6 four fhenand Cn ---- ' Ottawa, May 13.~ inion quarters of Iyment st ed April 16th reports from over thousand firms with 609,946 wos on their 9 the pr week these iden! 3 ported payrolls three 'The 5 u very moderate sc All 4 very moderate seals. Ai i Tex: Rickard will seat fifty thousand or MUST COMPLY WITH ¢ ALL CONDITIONS Paris, May 12.--The crucial test in the new situatibn is re- garded here as likely to come on June 30th with the expiration of the time limit for the complete disarmament of Germany. If the Allied * conditions ars not complied with by t!at date, it is declared in official circles, the Ruhr will be occupied even if Germany pays the 1,000,000,- 000 gold marks within a month, as provided in the reparations commission schedule. "DUMBELLS"- COMPAN DELIGHTS NEW YORK Dramatic Critics Unanimously Give High Praise--Im- personators Big Hit. , New York, May 12.--"The Dum- bélls," the entertainers of the Can- adian Expeditionary Force, who have long been popular in the dominion were greeted by a capacity audience when they made their New York debut under the auspices of thé Shu- |berts at the Ambassador Theatre last night. The Canadian boys have brought New York something new in the entertainment line and, judging by the reception accorded them last night and the unanimously enthusias- tic verdict of the local critics, their engagement in this city seems de- stined to be a most successful one. The show "Biff | Bing! Bang!" is practically the same as that given by the Dumbells in their several tours of Canada, though a few of the lit- tle pleasantries regarding the late "Lovely war" as Red Newman's song terms it, which were popular with Canadian audiences, have been re- vised for obvious reasons. The au- dience last night was particularly enthusiastic over the work of Ross Hamilton and the other female im- personators of the company, ASQUITH STILL FOR "IRISH HOME RULE He Would Qive Ireland Same Status as Canada and Australia. London, May 12.--Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, long champion of home rule for Ireland, delivered a speech on to re- Britain is prevented from recognizing the claims of Ireland by military con- siderations, the Liberal legder said that in his opinion the difficulties supposed to be involved, were grossly exaggerated, If the validity of this argument was acknowledged it would be obligatory to recognize the right of the United States to establish poli- tical domination of Canada in order to protect its frontiers. Ireland's Weekly Crime Report Is Startling Dublin, May* 12.--There were 26 attacks on crown forces in Ireland during the' past week, re- sulting in twenty-eight casualties, of which eighteen were mortal. The of- ficial report chronicles four assass- inations, three murders of civilians, attributed to Sinn Feiners," and fifty-eight raids on mails. These were seventy-three court martials held, 'resulting In fifty-eight convic- tions. Prisoners to the number of 2,876 are ow under internment. W. F. Nickie Chairman Of Queen's Trustee Board At a meeting of the hoard of trus- tees of Queen's University, held on Wednesday evening, the resignation of Hamilton s, K.C., Toronto, who has been chairman for several years, was' received Mr. Cassels is retiring as a result of ill-health. W. F. Nickle, K. C., Kingston, was ap- pointed to fill his 'place. The board received reports from the various faculties of the univer- sity, all of which showed progress. FRONTENAC CHEESE BOARD AN ENQURY IS ASKED New York, May 12.--The Bar As- sociallon is to be asked to investi- gate'the circumstances surrounding the publicity which certain evidence in thé James A. Stillman divorce case detrimental to the cause of Mrs. Stillman, reccived recently, the Trib- uhe declares today. The paper says it has receivell this inrormation on "creditable authority." Recently a number of letters, alleged to have been written to Mrs. 'Stillman by Frederick Beauvais, Canadian guide, named as corespondent in the case, were published here by the Hearst papers. According to the Tribune, it is believed by the counsel associa- ted with the defence, to the suit that a person desirous of advancing the cause of Mr. Stillman and injuring that of his wife, made public evi- dence of this character to promote this design, regardless of the fact that the ovidence had been sealed by the court, The identity of the per- son is sald to be known, and it was declared that, in addition to the investigation by the Bar Association he was in danger of court proceed- ings. EDUCATION ALONE CAN RESIST EVI FORCES Which Would Destroy Civiliz- ation--It Must Face the Tyranny. Windsor, N 8., May 12--"Where the English tongue is spoken, there let the brotherhood be," said Robert Norwood, noted Canadian poet, and rector of St. Paul's church, Philadel- phia, delivering the alumni oration at the convocation of the University of King's College here this afternoon. "I bring this message to you from over the border. There is need for clear and sane thinking on the mat- ter of our political relations with United States. with hellish ingenuity $ to sunder those relations, Misunder- standings are in the air, Words-- evil, malictous, stinging, anger-pro- voking words--are floating like poisonous spores over thes: spacious lands of North America. We breathe them so unconsciously that many of us are stricken with the epidemic of hate without knowing it. "The Anglo Saxon," Mr. Norwood went on, "ig the particular objective of the forces which would destroy civilization. I make a plea for the continyance of all Canadian univer- sities, Education alone can resist the assaults of Demogorgon. We must produce leaders trained to measure and evaluate the psychology of the Anglo-Saxon race, for by this method alone shall we be able to maintain the Anglo-Saxon continuity, Education must face the tyranny of an emotional majority. Education must lead men past their passions, their prejudices, their distorted re- memberings into the light of the City of God which is the human brotherhood " -- Seeking Land Purbhase. Guatemala, May 12.--A cattle com- pany financed by United States in- vestors, is negotiating. with the Gua- temalan government for the purchase of 17,000 acres of coast land three mies from Puerto Barrios, on the east coast of Guatemala. The land is covered with dense tropical forest. It is the purpose of the company to t exploit the forest for its valu- able timber, chiefly mahogany, after which the land will be cleared for the purpose of raising cattle, The Polish Women Will Fight. Vilna, May 12.--The Polish wo- men of Vilna have taken up cudgels against the League of Nations, They shouldered arms last summer and fought Bolshevik soldiers in defense of the city and they assent they will fight again if the League should at- tempt. to send an international army to police the disputed territory in outa. | vent of a plebiscite. 5 ---- i A ruthor that there is burisd trea- Great Britain and e. LIMIT- IMMIGRATION TO 3 PER CENT. -- } Washington, May 12.--Con- ferees have agreed on the emer- gency immigration bill. It limits immigration for the nex: ten months to three per cent of the nationals of any country resident in the United States under ihe 1910 census. The house conferees agreed to elimination of an exemption in favor of religious refugees. Seventy Years Old, Objects To Being Pensioned Quebec May 12.--Although she has attained the age of 70 years, Miss Alice Bedard, a lay teacher in the employ of the Quebec Catholic school board, wants to continue in her chosen calling. Chairman J. B. Morissette of the school board re- cently had an interview with her, and in view of her long and faithful term of service he said: "You may. now take a good rest from your la- bor. Go homg and take it easy and we shall keep you on the roll at full pay for the rest of your life." With- out hesitation the old lady replied: "No; I want to continue teaching." HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE A Story That Comes From A Leper Village. London, May 12.--A story of hero- ic self-sacrifice and devotion has reached England from the leper vil- lage of Chandag, India, where Mary Reed, a solitary white woman mi sionary, is giving her life to minister +}to the sufferings of her fellow lepers: News of her isolated life was brought back by Mr. Oldrieve, or- ganizing secretary of the Mission to Lepers, who-has just returned from a 70,000-mile journey visiting all the leper colonies.in India. Thirty years ago Miss Reed went into this desolate spot in the Hima- layas, 6,000 feet above the sea level, offering herself to the leper cause. Although a victim of the malady, shan is still able to carry on her spiritual work among those afflicted like her- self. Miss Reed seldom sees white peo- ple for her station is 80 miles from the nearest railway line. There are 46 women lepers in the communiiy and 19 men in the men's refuge a short distance away. According to Mr. Oldrieve, there are 200,000 lepers in India. 'At ------ déclared, "it is not to say 1 Drrke pg k been found." 5.1: dood Sandwich Asks For A Separate Magistrate Windsor, * May 12.- -Dissatisfied with present arrangements, by which Jolice Magistrate Gundy hears a ma- jority of Sandwich police cases in the Windsor court, Sandwich offi- clals| telegraphed Attorney-General Raney urging the appointment of a separate magistrate for the county town. The efficiency of the police department is affected, it is con- tended, by officers 'being compelled to attend court at Windsor several hours each day. Further List of Things That Are Exempted Ottawa, May 12.--By the new budget all fuels are exempted and also products sold by the farmer from his own production. When pro- duced by the individoml farmer logs and unmanufactured timber, fercé posts, pulpwood, railway ties, ete. are exempted, along with materials entering into oléomargarine. To the list of exemption is added ores and metals and material for ship constructioh. \ A Fall in Wages. London, May 12.---More than 850,000 workers in Great Britain suffered reductions in wages last month amounting to £60,000 a week, and 110,000 received In- creases amounting to about £2,900 a week. This is shown by the ministry of labor. Retail prices . fell eight points in that month, the. ministry says, the reduction being due chief- ly to fall in the prices of food, al though clothing .prices also went down to some extent. . : : I ---------------- Sea Dogs Are Active, Bt. IS FORETOLD Bill Introduced in Commons For An Armistice' Day *- "Holiday. Ottawa, May 12.--Hon, C. C. Bal- lantyne spoke for the government side in the budget debate yesterday afternoon. As a preliminary, the government adopted as its own Mr, Mowat's bill providing for an Armis- tice Day holiday and Mr. Calder pre- sented a bill amending the Chinese Immigration Act. In explaining his amendments' Mr. Calder pointed out that as legislation now stands, Chi- nese merchants are admitted to Can- ada upon certificates issued by the Chinese government. As a result of internal conditions in China, it has been found that this arrangement was considerably used. The govern ment proposes to cancel the regula- tion and make it necessary for Chi- nese merchants in future to satisfy the Controller of Chinese Immigra- tion as to their bona fides, Provision will also be made for a board to determine whether or not a Chinese immigrant has entered the country legally, Further amendments will be made affecting the head tax pdyable" by Chinese immigrants, the payment in future covering re-entry into Cana- daswithin two years. Thé present limitation is one year. Says Fielding Varies After accusing Mr. Fielding of varying, Mr. Ballantyne said the gov- ernment stood four square on the platform of moderate protection and "would do its very best to encour- age the advent and development lof new industries." Referring to ecriti- cism of the naval policy, Mr. Ballan- tyne said it was only carrying out the policy adopted in 1910 by. the Laurier government with, this dif- ference, that up-to-date instead of obsolete ships were used. Mentioning the attitude of farmers in the elections, he was asked by Cahill: "When will they be?" "I can promise the honorable member an election in 1923, and pos- sibly at the end of '22." M : : K taba fie beral convention platform and de: manded to know if the leader and party stood by it today, Anglican Pulpits Open To Non-Conformists London, Ont., May 12.--The synod of Huron yesterday empowered .. its bishop to authorize clergy of com-: munions to preach in pulpits of the Anglican church, and to allow his clergy to preach in other pulpits, under such circumstances as may ap- peal to his judgment, Bishop 'Williams explained in his charge that it was proposed to enter into such relations only with those communions which are leaders in the movement for church unity. A RICE-CUTTING WAR & INAS 1 RUMORED; Ford Company to Set New * Record of 100,000 Cars For May. Jal Detroit, Mich., May 12.--Rumcrs of an eftensive price-cutting war in automobiles flew here to-day. They were accepted in the Michigan motor fleld as another indication of the desperate efforts of the industry to return to normal. : Price-cutting began last = winter with Henry Ford leading the way. He' has been followed by other manu- facturers, the Marmon, Jordan and Chevrolet being among the latest to reduce. Rumors of coming reduc- tions included Studebaker, Hudson and Essex, althodgh the companies id not eonfirm the reports. Lower- of prices on machines is being nied by reduced 'prices on : | ville 44 London, May 12.--The possiM, of .a general strike, as inclusive damaging as that which 18a George narrowly averted at the ginning of the miners' walko again looms large on the Ind horigon, . In addition to the millon and & half miners still clinging dogged) to their principles, the ranks of ti workers have been augmented strikes on the part of ship stewa Scottish dock workers ang electri cians, 20,000 of whom quit Tw : as a protest against wage redu American coal is congestin, principal English docks, aad u ing of the vessels is conduc der the greatest of difficulties, The men at work unloading such vessels are non-unionists, under the protec: tion of government guards, Labor' extremists redoubled their efforts yesterday to stampede the transport and railway workers into a general strike to support the de mands of British miners. A Executives of the two unions again went into session to discuss delicate -| questions growing out of the refusal of their men to handle German and non-union coal. Fs. Radicals declare they might as well actively. oppose the miners #8 defeat them by" handling coal thus produced. he It became ' apparent today that there are ¢dissensions between leads ers of the two unions, which together with the miners, form the Triple Als liance. : 2 oii NEWS OFF THE WIRES E. H. Robins, a ill of blood-poisoning, ~ Sina Femets ate now d agricultural seed in Ireland," Two were drow, . Toronto acter, " G . m a t 1 . An appropriation of § reconstructing the ruins at San J '{de Teotihuacan, México, has approved by President Obregon Queenstown was isolated from ti mainland. through the' blowing § of Belvelly. bridge Tuesday, ° bridge connected the' mainland | County Cork with the island i which Queenstown is located, { * There is no indication as yet as fo when New Brunswick may expect referendum vote on the question the importation of liquor. The olution requesting the federal thorities to set. .a date for such vote passed the legislature withe a dissenting voice, Sir 'W. J. Gage, Toronto, left estate of $900,000. He provided nuities of $12,000 for Lady Gage an daughters. The final distribution' deferred for fifteen years. The mainder of his inccide Is 'equally between the Toronto ospital for Consumptives, the tional Sanitarium Assoc 0 the Ina Grafton Homes Cofpora for widows and their dependents. 5 FAITHFUL FIRE DOG GOES TO HIS I Heart and Eyes Injured Strain In Following Fire Engine. . New Yark, May 12.--Fiis eyes tened upon the Rev, Joseph H. chaplain of New York's fire ment, Jerry, a Dalmatian dog, m cot of engine company, 58, ] his death in the electric chalr day: VE ¥