A L LEN W PLAYING JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S "KAZAN" he 1 aly Bitih ALLEN W PLAYING! JANE NOVAK in t "KAZAN" = YEAR 88; No. 114. . THE TENSION IS PASSING Confidence That Lloyd Georg And Briand Will Reach Understanding. . London, May 17.--Tension over | fhe Polish revolt in Silesia, whica over the week-end threatened al 'erisis dn the ranks of the Entento, seemed to-day to have passed, for / ithe moment, at least. Exchange of | views on the subject has been pro- ceeding between London and Par.: and there seems to be confidefice that - Lloyd George and Briand would Peach an understanding when they eet. It appeared probable that the | two premiers would hold a confer- ence early next week. It is possible that a discussion of Silesia will be then befors a full meeting of the supreme allfed council. . It was believed that M. Briand Would appear before the French chamber on Thursday, make a state- 'ment of his views and demand a vote of confidence. Should he receive this, he would be in a strong posit.on in urging a comprom'ze settlement of {the Silesian questicn before tiie supreme council. Berlin end Warsaw despatches /bave served to reassure the British Public. -- (2eersstrsrrriny ; : EGGS AND POTATOES 4 ARE STILL LOWER "% Farm produce is still tumbling '#% in price. On Monday, a citizen '% who was out in the country was ~#% able to purchase a bag of po- # tatoes for thirty cents, and 5d ©gBs were bought at twenty- , '% two cents a dozen. These are Wr the lowest prices that have % been reported for eight years. | # Farmers expect that the prices # will still be lower as the mar- | % ket is overflooded with pota- * toes, > > + * * *» * * + + * +* + +> * * * * * + > LEE ETE EE EE DR. HODGETTS RESIGNS POSITION AT OTTAWA y Calis} the Olvil Service fon Incompetent | and Autocratic. Ottawa, May 17.--A bitter attack on the civil service commission is made here by Dr. C, A. Hodgetts, in "announcing his resignation from the | Bealth department. In a statement, Dr. Hodgetts sys: . _. "After ten years of service with - the Commission of Conservation as medical adviser of public health, and _@fter four years of service overseas | (1914-1918), I was transferred from | the Commission of Conservation to the Department of Health by an or- der-in-council which gave me the pri- -vilegés as regards salary which I en- | Joyed while with the commission, and 1 fully expected the 'scrap of paper" would be lived up to. | "Subsequently, the civil service | ®ommission, which has not on its "whole personnel any professional ex- pert competent to pass intelligently | On questions relating to public health, welassified the position which I have ieupararily held since my. transfer at figure below that which I have m receiving, with the result that | acceptance meant being degraded, and my salary was actually lowered. | In other 'words, it was an 'Irishman's 'promotion,' to accept service in the department, but a professional -man could expect no other treatment from the civil sesvico commission." Lt~Col. C. A. Hcdgetts, C.M.G., was formerly provincial officer of health in Ontario. a nad i ---- gx Cauldrons of Mars Boil Soup. Terioki, Finland, May I7.---A use for de-charged floating es has be@n discovered by the 'onstadt refugees who are being by the Red Cross here. Mines e brought in from the Gulf of nland the charges removed, their Bttings taken out, and the mines verted Into soup pots. , | ASK FOR MORE TIME TO GET INFORMATION (Eastern Coal Operators will Be Present in Ottawa on Saturday. { Ottawa, May 17.~--The non-ap- pearance of the expected head offi- | cials of the Dominion Coal Company |and the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal |Company, an explanation from a re- | presentative of the companies that {they would be present on Saturday morning, the carrying over the offi- cial ruling pf the chairman, Dr. Mi- chael Steele, of a motion authoriz- ing the calling of witnesses as to the | cost of coal in western mines, and a tentative threat of the chairman to resign and his refusal to put the mo- | tion, featured a lively meeting this { morning of the parliamentary fuel | committee. The trouble, which commenced at ithe committee meeting yesterday { when Dr. Steele ruled out of order a | motion to call certain western opera- j tors, came to a head with the receipt of telegrams from the eastern oper- {ators that more time would be needed ito secure the information desired. The motion- to call the western men was eventually put and carried, after some discussion. NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM , Fidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. The Medicine Hat bye-election is on June 27th. Coal strikers of Antwerp have re- sumed work. Bootleg liquor flooding northwest- ern Quebec. Four more companies investigat- ing Tyendinaga oil fields. Sgt. Sarle, in charge - of R.C.M.P. post at Creston, B.C., drowned. Lord Hugh Cecil proposes Ireland be made independent kingdom. Bread in Ingersoll sells at ten cents, lowest price for several years. Senator Jounart has 'been appoint- ed French ambassador to the vati- can. French communists have borrowed $80,000 and bought headquarters in Paris. Megantic reports at Montreal dis- appearance at sea of C. H. Turner, passenger. Montreal Stock Broker - Sentenced to Prison Montreal, May 17. Gerald H. Bruce, a formér partner of the firm of Oswald brothers, stock brokers of this city, was sentenced this morn- ing by Chief Justice Decarie tp two years imprisonment on each of the charges on which he was found guilty. The sentences are to run con- currently. Bruce, whose defalcations involving in all the sum of $325,000, forced the firm of Oswald brothers into liquidation a few weeks ago, was tried on three charges. He was ac- quitted of the first charge and foun guilty on the other tho other tvs. THREE MILLION NEN ARE UNDER ARMS IN EUROPE France Cofifrols Two-thirds of This Total by Under= standings. Washington, May 17.--France and Poland lead by large majorities other continental nations ef Europe in military effectives. now under arms, according to British statistics received here to-day. The table 'of continental armies follows: Austria, 80,000; Belgium, 105,000; Bul- garia, 33,000; Czecho-Slovakia, 147,000; Denmark, 15,000; Fin- land , 35,000; Greece, 250,000; France, 809,000; Germany, 100,000; Hungary, 35,000; Italy, 300,000; Netherlands, 21,000! Norway, 15,- 000; Poland, 600,000; Portugal, 30,000; Rumania, 160,000; Spain, 190,000; Sweden, 56,000; Switzer- land, 200,000; Serb Croat Slovene State, 200,000. France controls approximately two-thirds of the slightly more than three million men reported under arms in Europe by her understand- ings concluded with Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Rumania, and Jugo-Slavia. ig Garrison Parade to the City Park es 0 Be Held On Sunday Morning at 9:30 ' Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. B. Bursa, for £.C.B., K.C.M.G., ADC., inSpector- 1 of Canadian forces, who is Il known in Kingston, will arrive 'on Thursday afternoon. On Fri- morning he will inspect the CHA. On Saturday morning he make his official inspection of | Royal Military College. During B visit he Will be the guest of: the General Officer Command- and Mrs, W. 1B. Shuttleworth parade ot the troops of the which will be commanded C.M.G.) 0, will torm up In artillery park junday morning, and is slated to off dt 9.30 o'clock. Tt will pro- ithe ity rk, and will be ¥ formed in a square around the R.C.H.A. memorial, which will be un- veiled by Sir Henry Burstall. The in- spector-general will also present to the first battalion 'of the P.W.O.R. (as representing in the Canadian Militia the 21st battalion, C.E.F.) the king's color which has been pre- sented to the 21st by His Majesty the King as a token of his apprecia- tion of the services of that unit in the great war. The question of the final disposition of this flag has yot to be decided. Its consecration will precede the ceremony. The officiating chaplains will be Lieut.<Col. (the Rev.) A. M. Gordon, D.S.0., M.C., Major (the Rev. Dean) } G. L. Starr, Major (the Rev.) W, E: Kidd, M.C., Capt. (the Rev. Famer} Nicholson, Me. ee KINGSTON, MUST DROP POOL DEMAND For British Government Or the Mine Owners Won't - Concede It. London, May 17.--The industrial position in Great Britain was little altered yesterday, the most notable pronouncement being that of Mr. Mc- Gurk, Lancashire miners' representa- .{tive, who declared that the miners' federation should realize that some attention must be given to the idea of dropping the demand for a national coal profits pool. He added that the strike would last until Christmas be- fore the owners or government would concede the demand for a pool. Efforts to induce continental work- land have seemingly been abortive. The recent statement by Frank Hod- ges, miners' secretary, that no good purpose would he served by direct ac tion, has checked the railway extre- mists. Disorders of a minor character continue to be reported, but they are occurring mostly in Scottish districts only. The public utilities are keeping in operation. In London the tramways power house is being operated by na- val ratings on account of the electri- cal workers strike in sympathy with the miners. At Newcastle, trams are being run' with machinery operated by oil fuel. It is announced that it is unlikely that coal will be reverted to. CANADIAN WAR VETERAN NOT 10 BE DEPORTED Proceedings at Syracuse, N.Y., Halted--Man to Pay Hospital Bills. " Syracuse, N.Y., May. 17.--Depor- tation proceedings started against Alexander McCallum, Canadian 'war veteran, his wife; who is ill, and eight children, because of his inability: to pay two hospital - bills, have been halted, according to word sent here from Washington, by Congressman Walter W. Magee. Vigorous protests were registered With him by the Am- ericanization League . workers and the local British war veteran com- mand. He was to have been sent back to Canada. McCallum came to Syra- cuseé from Phillipsviile, Ont. He has promised to pay the $200 in hospital bills at the rate of $6 week and thus orities have agreed to drop the case. Farming Corporation Assigns, Calgary, Alta., May 16.--By con- sent of all parties concerned, a re- ceiver has been appointed for the Noble Foundation, Limited, the larg- est farming corporation in Western Canada and perhaps the largest in the world. By a court order issued by Justice Simmons in Calgary, H. F. McDonald, of the inspector's staff of the Merchants Bank, Calgary, is named as the receiver. : Late W.A.D. Fitzsimmons, Brockville Brockville, May 17.--Wm. A. D. Fitzsimmons, until recently a mem- ber of the staff of the Ontario hos- pital, died suddenly this morning at the age of seventy-six. He was a son of William Fitzsimmons and is sur- vived by his wife. Trenton Had Bad Scare \ Trenton, May 17.--Trenton had a big fire in the making on Sunday, but thanks to the department's excel- lent fire fighting apparatus the blaze did not get beyond control. Today Martin's ice house, besides a garage and other business in the same build ing, is smouldering, but all danger of spreading is over, The Martin property is what was left of the old brewery landmark, During the fire some dwellings caught fire--H., Burke's, A. Lovett's, J. McMasters', besides Powers' coal yards, but the flames did not make any headway there. Mr. Martin's loss will be heavy. All on Wrong Side. Paris, May 17.--Charges that the French government usually suffers a loss in its business ventures were made in recent debates in Parlia- ment. It was asserted that the gov- ernment's operation of the state rail road, post-office, telephone and tele- graph lines, the gasoline monopoly and its sale of American and French supplies left over from the war, were all unbusinesslike, and the cause of heavy balances on the ong side of the ledger. 3 Activity in Real Estate, Cochrane, Ont., May 17.--What is belleved to be a record for local real estate is' the price of $250 per foot just paid for a lot on a Sixth Avenue corner, The site is that formerly occupied by the Cedric Hotel, and the purchaser gave $10,- 000 for the property, which has a '| forty foot frontage, There is con- siderable activity in' real estate here at present, The Atlanti: es Dave besa damaged by storms and may have 8 ; Rn close the case. The immigration auth- | i I |one o ONTARIO. TUESDAY, MAY 17, A FAMILY IS CRAZED BY SPIRITUALISM Smashed Furniture and Then | Prepared to Offer Child as Burnt Sacrifice. Berlin, May 17.--From the village of Knechtennéten, southern Bavaria, comes an amazing story of a whole family of eleven members becoming |" insane as the result of spiritualistic experiments. For some time a builder named Brenk, with his wife and five grown- up sons and daughters, had been ac- customed to hold a'sort of seance, at which four younger children also were present. Apparently under the belief that they had received from spirits insfructions to destroy all material substances in the house, they commenced burning the furni- ture, including the beds. Then they smashed all the crockery. ; Neighbors found them preparing to kill / three-months-old infant of f{the daughters, the father stat- ing that he was going to offer it as a ers to refuse to handle coal for Eng- { purnt sacrifice to the "spirit of pure light." A doctor having declared the fam- ily suffering from religious mania, all eleven members were taken under police escort to a sanitorium. SIR CAMPBELL STUART - + Managing director of the London Times, who Is on a visit to Canada. and will be given a Sinner in Kingston on Thursday evening. Buttons on These Gowns Worth Million Dollars ---- Paris, May 17.--Thrée-quarters of a million dollars was' declared to be the approximate value of a thousand buttons with taséels attached, on gowns at the Longchamps races this afternoow. Following a new fashion consequent upon the decline of the dollar and the cheapening of" gold, only platinum is to be used for but- tons and embroideries on summnier styles. Many women wore dresses made entirely of vari-colored beads, having a fringe of real platinum. The same effect was seen in many hats which are called "hide and seek." because of the difficulty ot seeing between the tassels, HANDING. OFER OF 6.1. 1S EXPECTED SHORTLY Arbitration Board Will Be Revived and 8oon Conclude Its Work. Ottawa, May 17.--With the re- turn to Canada of President Kelley, of the Grand "Trunk raflway, it is expected that the formalities will pe completed immediately for handing over of that company to the govern- ment for incorporation in the Cana- dian National system. Simultaneous- ly the government will revive the arbitration and the board will be the same: Sir Walter Cassels, chair- man, and Sir Thomas White, for the government; and Hon W. T. Taft for the Grand Trunk. It is expected that the proceedings will conclude within- a few weeks after resump- tion. In the meantime, the Grand Trunk will be taken over, and though it may not be done immediately, the directorate will be entirely recon- structed. Chapges in the manage- ment may also be considered, Dig Through Wall; Steal Goods Montreal, May 17.--Digging their way through a brick and stone wall into the store of S. Ruckenstein, 122 St. Lawrence boulevard, robbers made off with cloth valued at $15,- 000 by the owner during the night of Saturday to Sunday, but the goods | were recovered and four'men charg- ed with the theft were arrested to- day. sesessarscstrases : SIR JOHN SIMON = ete AM VISE CANADA : bd ui : > 1921. «THE FRENCH And So Is Premier Briand At His Friend, Lloyd George. Paris, May 17.--Premier Briand will threaten France's withdrawal from the Entente if Great Britain persists in her "anti-Polish" attitude, it' was predicted in official circles to- day. Premier friana refused to meet Premier Lloyd George until he has obtained a vote of confidence from the chamber of deputies, permitting him to exert the utmost pressure. Briand and Lloyd George prob- 4bly will hold a private interview at Boulogne after the chamber of dep- uties meets on Thursday. Lloyd George asked for the conference to settle the differences of the two countries in the Upper Silesian con- troversy. It was predicted that the meeting will be of the stormiest nature, Bri- and being thoroughly aroused over Lloyd Georga's statement before the house of commons, a statement made without consulting French interests, X y Forecast of French Demand Briand, it"was predicted will de- mand that* France be supported in her plan to keep the rich coal lands of Silesia away from the Germans. He will go further, it was believed in some quarters, and demand that France have the determining' voice in settling all continental gnatters in- volves in the Versailles treaty. France and England are the only nations left of the original Entente. Italy and the United States joined them as allies and associates during the war. Italy is concerned in the Silesian. muddle, but the United States has announced that she will not take part in the settlement. The French press continued to- day heatedly to discuss the threat- ened rupture, "England is taking Germany's part against France," was the universal complaint, "Every time the Allies held a con- ference, it was a gathering of trick- sters," the Figaro declared. "Ger- many was the only gainer." The Petit Journal asserted that "France will not allow herself to be intimidated into making. concessions to. Germany. Germany understan England must understand." : I CUPID IN FOREST FIRES AN ARROW Interesting Romance Develops Amid Unpoetic Facts of Timber Investigation. Toronto, May 17.--A romance has developed in the timber investigation which is being carried on by Justices Riddell and Latchford, though the investigation itself is a thing of un- poetic facts and figures. The romance surrounds the future of Miss Bird Beley, private secretary to Hon. Benlah Bowman, minister of lands and forests, and G. Charles Hurdman, Ottawa, a former member of the Ontario legislature, whose wedding is announced to take place in June. Mr. Hurdman first met Miss Beley while making private inquiries for the government with reference tothe timber areas involved in the commis- sion's investigation. During these iu- quiries Mr. Hurdman had frequent occasion to meet Miss Beley in her capacity as Mr. Bowman's secretary, and these meetings developed into a mutual attraction which finally led zo the announcement of the coming marriage. me. To Save the Forests. Mexico City, May 17.---Newspapers here have taken up an active cam- paign to save the vast" forests in the states of Puebla and Oaxaca which, according to reports, are said to be suffering at the hands of the natives, who chop down and burn trees indiscriminately, Travellers from these regions tell of finding natives using ebony and mahogany and other precious woods for fuel. Cut Out American System. Melbourne, May 17 --American forms of spelling have been barred from official documents in the High Court. The Federal Chief Justice has announced that me will not al- low their introduction and ordered the spelling of the words "program" and "cemter" changed to "'program- me" and "centre." He remarked that English spelling was good enough for m. Quebec Couple Found Dead. a ety May 16.--P. BE. Perrault, aged sixty-two years, and his wife, aged sixty-one, were found dead in their home at 9 Christie street Fri- day. It is thought that they died on Wednesday as Mr. Perrault, who was employed at the marine de- Italy. Eight were killed. The prem- ier was returned. - PRESS ANGRY HORSE. NOT OBSOLETE IN WAR OR BUSINESS Attempts to Supplant "Man's Best Friend" Have Proven. Abortive,. . Washington, May 17.--The horse is not obselete, either in warfare or in business. There were more horses used per man in the European war than in the Uuited States civil war, and a!l- ter attempts to supplant the cow ponies of the west with flivvers, ranchers are now calling upon the government to assist in hreeding horses for work in herding live stock. These were the assertions of Major C. L. Scott, head of the United States army remount service, at the closing session to-day of the American Re- mount Association convention. Prominent ° breeders, gentleman riders, cavalry officers and polo play- ers from all over the country were in attendance. PEEP PP RNP rere HUGE SUPPLIES OF OIL FLOWING INTO BRITAIN London, May 17.--As a result of the prolonged coal strike, oil is literally flowing into Eng- land from all parts of the world because of the increasing demands for oil for fuel as a substitute for coal. One day last week, according to official figures given out yes- terday, six million gallons of oil arrived at Swansea from Persia and the United States. * + * + + * * + + + J + + * + + + & PEPE PPPPERPFPPROEISPRS DECLARE IT A SETBACK FOR CAUSE OF PEACE PEEP PE EPSPS errr Some Arrests Follow Crazy Sinn Fein Raids in London. London, May 17.--Three arrests have been made by the police in con- nection with Saturday night's attacks on residences in London and its sub- urbs of relatives of members of the Royal Irish. Constabulary, attributed to a Binn"Fein campaign to terrorize London, in which a number of houses and-other buildings were set on fire and three 'persons were | wounded, one probably fatally, The prisoners taken, however, 'were mot | sta brought into court to-day. Meanwhile experts are busy in de- ciphering the documemts seized by the police yesterday in various places in London connected with the Sinn Fein organization, including the headquarters of the Irish Self-Deter- mination League, these places hav- ing been raided after incendiary at- tacks. The "documents were mostly in Gaelic. The London press denounce the campaign as "crazy violence, a set- back for the cause of peace." * 'These attacks only exasperate and aptagonize the public," the newspapers said. AIDS TO MARINERS, Have Robbed Sea of Many of Its Victims, Boston, May 17.--Radio compass Stations, maintained by the United States navy at more than 100 places along the Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes coasts as aids to mariners in foggy weather, have robbed the sea of many of its victim, say New Eng- land seafaring men. Last year, with but 29 stations in operation, the naval men informed the captains of 15,374 fog-shrouded vessels of their location and thus en- abled them to lay their courses to their ports of destination. An aver- age time of four to six minutes was required to make the calculations upon which this information was based. Lawyer Gets Thirty Days, Kitchener, Ont., May 16.--George Kelleher, a_ barrister, of Galt, was sentenced to thirty days in county jail by Judge Spotton, having been found guilty on a charge of theft of certain monies entrusted to him by a client in Preston with which to pay a fine. Owing to increasing unemploy- ment, it looks as If the city coun- cil would have to provide work for a large number of men, and more road paving may be done than was anti- cipated. Mayor Nickle mentio; the matter to the Public Utilities Commission on Monday afternoon. He' asked General Manager Folger how long it would be before paving operations could be started on Brock street from Bagot to University avenue and on Clergy from Barrie to Princess. Mr. Folger said that'in one week all the underground work required in Brock street from Bagot to Barrie could be dome, and on Clergy from Brock to Barrie, ten days or at most two weeks would suffice, The question of additional paving is to come befory the the |. LAST EDITION WANTS GAS. PRICE LOWER . . ope, e Discussion By U Utilities Com- . » |. mission---Hydro Auditor . . Mickler Writes Apology. The question of reducing the price of gas engaged the attention of the Utilities Commission on Monday afternoon, when R. N. F, McFarlane suggésted that a reduction should be made on the first of July, and mov ed that General Manager Folger re port at the next meeting of the com: mission upon the gas conditions, on how much of the bank overdraft of $45,000 can be covered by deben- tures, and what rate would have to be charged in order to cover the cost of production, debentures and inter- est, and provide for a sinking fund. Mr. McFarlane thought the commis- ston could reduce the present price of gas in another month or so. R, E. Burns held that the commis- sion' would have to be careful. He would not favor a reduction from the present price unless it could be done after all costs entering irfto the pro- duction of gas, the payment of de- bentures and interest and. providing for a sinking fund were fully pro- vided for. Themas Hewitt said that a good deal of the overdraft was made up of amounts that could net be debentured. Chairman R. F. El- liott pointed out that for a while, ~ during 1920 the commission sold below cost, and this loss must be made up, The statement 'which Mr. Folger will prepare will show just what re- duction; if any, can be made, It is thought possibly a discount of ten per cent. on the present rate of twa dollars a thousand cubic feet mivht be made, but there is no certainty of this. Mr. Hewitt asked when the coms« mission expected to put reduced elec tric power rates into effect, Chair- man Elliott stated that the permis sion of.the Hydro-Electric Commis sion had yet to be secured and the provineial commission had not yet been asked about this matter owing to the auditor's statement on the last year's accounts not yet being ready. It is known however that the the- electrical department can stand lower rates for power, Mickler's Apology. s The trouble over the insulting itements made some time ago by. J. ©. Mickler, an auditor of the Hydro-Electric Commission, with re- gard to Kingston civic officials, and: about which a strong protest was en- tered by Mayor Nickle, has at last been settled. At Monday afternoon's meeting # long communication was received from the Hydro commission, and along with it a letter from Mr. Mickler, which was practically an apology. Mr. Mickler intimated that he regretted that any statements which he made while here should have been construed as detrimental to the ability and reputation of .the Kingston officials. He did not intend to so reflect. He said that the Hydro system was being strongly ériticized and he defended the system as strongly. Mayor Nickle moved that in view of apologies having been received from the Hydro commission and Mr. Mickler, the matter be closed, and this was agreed to, The accounts passed included the following: Hydro-Electric Power Commission $3,724.91; Imperial Oil Limited, $1,878 61; pay lists, $3, 392.04, CANADIAN MOTHER'S BOOK. Government Publication Sent Krée on Application. Ottawa, May 17.--During May so far more- than 12,000 requests for copies of "The Canadian Mother's Book" have been received by the Do- minfon Department of Health. This is the first publication of the divi sidn of child welfare. The first edi- tion of 50,000 copies was exhausted in April and a second impression of 50,000 is now on the press and will be. distributed where requested as soon as possible. A copy of the book is sent free on application to the deputy minister, Department of Health, J. More Paving Is Likely To Be: Undertaken In Order to Provide Needed Employment on Wednesday aficrsiopn when oP ' dents of Division street, north of Princess, will present a petition ask- ing that a sheet asphalt pavement be constructed on that street. The Utilities Commisgion is not favorable to being called upon to put Division 3 street in shape for permanent pave ing this year as it might cost ten thousand dollars to do the under: ground work. 'The commission pass- ed a resolution directing the atten- tion of the city council to the fact that it had prepared the underground work in other streets for paving' and that the streets were as yet unpaved. it has no objection to Brock and Clergy being added to the list, but would like a breathing spell before asked to spend a large sum of on Division street where ft is thought a macadam-oiled pavamant Board of Works |