IN RSA IY ALLEN "TOM cee ae ~ YEAR 88: NO, 128, - eee he Baily Fitish Whig ALLEN NOW PLAYING! MOORE KINGSTON, ONTARIO. . FHURSDAY, JENE 2, 1921. » LAST EDITION DR. GORDON IS ELECTED Moderator of Presbyterian Assembly--The Famous "Ralph Connor." « Toronto, June 2.--Rev. Dr. C Ww. Gordon, more widely known as "Ralph Connor," the Canadian nov- - elist, was elected Moderator of the 47th General Assembly of the Pres- byterfan Church in Canada, which opened in St. James' Square Presby- terian church 14st evening, © Two other ministers were nomi- nated. These were Rev. Pr. Ephraim Scott, of Montreal, and Rev. E. D McLaren, of Vancouver, Retiring Moderator Speaks The Assembly opened with a statesmanlike address by the retir- ing Moderator, Rev. Dr. James Bal- lantyne, who delivered a ¢losely rea- | « Soned and well-balanced statement on the question of church unjon. The keynote of the address was contained in one of its sentences--* 'There can be no going back, no standing still." Dr. Ballantyne referred to the "competitive rivalry" between the « many sects of Christendom, notwith- standing the fact that the differences were for the most part no longer fundamental. He declared that the church could not properly fulfil its function as the body of Christ with- Out a better disposition of its forces. ---- Not Against Episcopacy Dealing with the Lambeth Con- ference appeal, Dr. Ballantyne made the striking admission that Presby- terians had no deep-rooted hostility "ito episcopacy, and said that while the Presbyterian form of church govern- ment "might be best for a small town like Geneva or a small country like Beotland or Holland, it may not be best for a land of vast distances like Canada." ; : He suggested that force of circam- stances might lead to the adoption of episcopacy again as the best for this _ country, Dr. Ballantyne also spoke of the necessity for the admission to a larg- ©r extent of wamen into the councils and activities of the chureh. He | #ounselled the church to take full vantage of this "new source of eregTy, & Tis" preju- flice, Ho went on to say: "Can the 'church sorset hat the problems it . has to face best solved not by men alone, not by women alone, but By men and women together? Is ere not a testimony that women alone are capable of glving?? GENERAL LACK OF CONFIDENCE CAUSE hw. Wnapioymnt 3tua- Committee Reports. Ottawa, June 2.--General want of tontidence on the part of the manu- _ Tacturer, the producer, the middle- ~ man and the consumer is at the base of the unemployment situation in Canada, in the opinion of the senate committee on unemployment which . has reported through fits chairman, . Senator J. A, McDonald (Shediac). The committee presented to the sen- ate a summary of the evidente of witnesses representing bankers, | manufacturers and workingmen of the dominion, and stated that it had ~ Not sufficient time to thoroughly in- Vestigate the situation and make a Comprehensive report. & : I --------, Four More Irish Police Shot Dead in Ambush Dublin, June 2.--Four members of police forces were shot dead and others wounded in an ambush t Glenmore, ounty Kerry, yester- f. The kille@ were Police Inspector Caughey a sergeant and two con- . The three men wounded were bles. To Visit United States. Sofia, Bulgaria, June 2.--Premier Stambuliwisky, of B Igaria, declared yesterday that King Boris would t the United States during the ing autumn and that he would ompany Boris on the Journey. n, June 2.--Scott CC. a former Seattle publisher ani ~ Was publicity manager for the iblican national committee in 1930 campaign, was nominated President Harding to be governor * ing a decision, h * | gates from the plants affected Denies That She Planned the a Mrs. Trixie Garfield, the YOurg wife of Denton Garfield, whose broth- er, Norman, was hanged at Wood- stock on Thursday morning for tne murder of Ben. Johnson, confection- er, arrived in Kingston on the early morning train from Toronto, and is at a boarding house in the city. She came after a letter had been received from her clergyman, who asked that the social service officials here take an interest in her and secure work for her if possible. Mrs. Garfield withes to be close to her husband, | Who is serving twenty years' sent- | ence in the Portsmouth penitentiary. |Up to Thursday afternoon she had Il not paid the prison a visit, but is en- |titled to see her husband once a | month. She kept to her room most jof the day. ' The girl has been [through a terrible strain : Mrs, Garfield has been living late- {ly at Port Edward and seeks to justi- | ty herself and deny accusations of the Garfield family, members af which have fastened on her the onus of inciting the brothers to crime-- even planning their campaign of rod- bery. Not the Instigator, "This Stuff they're telling about Mme planning the robberies is all rot," said she, "If Kitty told :he [truth she'd tell how I coaxed them not to go. Why should I want them to go robbing people? Didn't I sell [ihe clothes off my back and hock my diamonds and watch in London to | get along? Would I have done that {if I'd wanted them to go out robbing people?" Asked as to how many robberies Norman and Denton committed in DAVIES' ESTATE $1 500,000 $60,000 LEFT McMASTER Baptist Church Departments Bequeathed $55,000--Mi|- lion in Stocks and Bonds. Toronto, June 2.--The will of the late William Davies, founder of the William Davies Company, meat pack- ers, disposing of an estate valued at million dollars, has been. filed for robate. The 'executors, D. E. Thomson, K.C, E. R. C. Clarkson and E. C. Fox present a statement showing stocks held in various banks, placed at $375,000; mortgages, secured, $150,- 000; bonds, about $600,000, and lite insurance, $6,000. The late Mr. Davies held some- thing over 2,000 shares of the com- mon stock of the, Wililam Davies Company, which is included in the item "industrials," listed in the state- ment at $325,000. The real estate held is valued at $40,000. Various departments of the Bap- tist Church in Canada have been re- "| membered by Mr. Davies, who since he came to this country had been one of its strongest supporters. McMaster University will receive $60,000 and $100,000 is left to Bran- don College, conditional upon that institution being able to raise an equal amount. The Home Mission Board receives $10,000, the Baptist Union $10,000, the Foreign Mission Society $10,000, the" Grand Ligne Mission $10,000, the Baptist Superannuation Fund $5,000 and Emmanuel Church $2,000. The National Sanitarium Association will receive $2,000 and the Toronto Hospital for Incurables $1,000. Under the will the residue of the estate Is divided among his 'daugh- ter, Mrs. (Rev.) E. T. Fox; her son, E. C. Fox, president of the William Davies Co., and his children. France Is Thankful For $2,000,000 Bequest Paris, June 2.--The government in announcing the $2,000,000 legacy cf Frank Buhl, of Grove City, Pa., for sufferers in the devastated regions of France, made this comment: "The generosity of our friends n America. who already have done so much for restoration of the stricken departmentsy continues." . Frank Buhl died on June 7th last In Sharon, Pa. near Grove City. In his will he left $2,000,000 for' French and Belgian war sufferers. ee etet---- Likely an Arbitration Albany, N.Y., June 2.--F. L. Car- lisle; Watertown, N.Y., as representa- tivg of the ten Paper manufacturers, who proposed to their striking em- ployes that the matter of wages and working conditions be left to arbitra- tion and that work be resumed pend- will confer with dele lnternationat union: officers. ------ To Rotarians' Conclave, Colbdrne, June 2.--Dr. C, C. Me Cullough, Fort William, who, with Mrs. McCullough, has been friends here, is leaving for Scotland to attend the conclave of Rotarians at Edinburgh as delegates from Rotary Clubs of America, he is Vice: dei ® Mrs. Trixie Garfield Augives in Kingston And Is Staying At a Boarding House Garfield Took Part--"Wh d For What One of Them Did 2" She Asked. Robberies in Which Norman y Should Two Men Hang and about London, she threw out her hands expressively. "I'd have to sit down and count till, next year." She strenuously dénied reports of her conduct on her part in recent months but frankly conceded a hectic past that has set her own people against her, She denied the statements in a letter made public by Kitty Garfield that she "had been having a good time since Denton had come to Ports- mouth and really cared no more for him than a rat," also. she hotly den- ied that she was waiting for Domin- ick Waters to get out of Portsmouth prison. "Why, he's married to my sister," said she, "I don't want hin, | Denton's the only man for me." "Dominick," she explained, "is dos ing three years for whiskey running. The only man that's got any claim un me i$ Denton," she declared. 'I haven't done anything that's not right since I met him and I've never been out with a man since they took Ekim to Kingston." She denied too, her alleged multi- a few. thousand over one and awhall« ple marriages, claiming her union to Denton to be but the third, and she is now almost twenty-two. Ed. Nean Bauer she married when fourteen. That marriage being an- nulled, afterwards she wed Stan. Murphy, of Hamilton, who died. | As to Denton's confession, she again denied with emphasis having advised or suggested it ,though she approved his cougse. "Why should two men hang for what one of them did?" she urged. "Norman "didn't have to shoot, he could have beaten it. and gat away without any shoot- ing." WHO CAUSED ~ HIS DEATH? Detectives Undecided As To Whether Dr. Rankin Met Foul Play. Montreal, June 2.--Detectives are trying to decide whether Dr. Ramsay Rankin was murdered or was acci- dently killed in a scuffle that follow ed what the police describe as a "party," Tuesday night, in the apart- ment of J. B. Gunn at 624 St. Cather- ine street west. At first the police were inclined to think that a fight had taken place, but when they learned the nature and the number of wounds on Dr. Ran- kin's body they were inclined to change their minds. Dr. MacTaggart and Dr. Derome, the morgue authori- ties, found four wounds, two of which | might have caused death. There Was one almost the whole length of the right arm and so deep that the main artery was severad. "It was impossible that such a wound could 'have been made by glass," said Dr. MacTaggart, to The Star. This destroyed the theory the police had been working on that a scuffle had taken place and that Dr. Rankin had fallen through a glass door. The glass door was broken, but apparently the glass did not inflict the cuts. - The second wound was in the ab- domen near the left hip. It is very deep and was apparently inflicted with a knife. The third one was In the back, not very deep, and the fourth under the left shoulder. The inquest was adjourned until to-day to give the police time to lo- cate two other alleged witnesses of the affair. » W. Roy McEachren, held as a mat- erial witness is married to a sister of Mrs. (Dr.) Rankin, formerly Miss Grace Pepplatt. Mr. M¢Eachren and his wife have been separated for some time, however, the latter living in the United States.' Mr, McEa@ien is a son of W. N. McEachren, a pro- minent Toronto real estate agent. nn DIVORCE IS TO BE DROPPED That Is Announcement Made In the iia House, Ottawa, June 2.--The De . gny divorce bill, which has wi 50 much controversy, is to be dropped. This statement was made in the house by Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, who said that he had been so informed by the promoter of the bill, rie. Mr. Lemieux made his in committee, and moved ent "ana f of which MINE OWNERS -- Negotiate With the Mi mers For Settle or Seftlement of Strike. London, June 2.--A statement by Lord Gainsford declaring the mine- owners were ready to meet the min- érs aroused optimism in London that a settlement may be reached in the British coal strike. Lord Gainsford said, "the owners are ready to meet the miners with- out government mediators. Inter- views are now going on between the miners' executives and the owners' executives in the various districts, but until the miners' executives meet Te on Friday to give a reply on the gov- I ernment's proposals it will be impos- : | Being A Good Girl Now. [sible to say whether there will be a the miners meeting between owners in London." Frank Hodges, the miners' genera! secretary, said the gap between the two sides would be narrowed con- siderably if the owners would agree to a higher standard wage than that which they have proposed. and Wage Cuts Too Steep. London, June 2.--Another big in- dustrial crisis threatens to -develop out of the proposed wage reduction in the engineering industry, The re- ductions are due to take effect on June 16th. Yesterday a 'deputation of union leaders representing organi- zations with a membership of a mil- {lion and a half workmen attended |the labor ministry to demand a pub- | lie enquiry into the employers' | terms, The proposed cuts for time | workers are 6 shillings weekly and cancellation of 12 1-2 per cent. war bonus granted in 1917 and for Piece workers a reduction of 15 per cent. and the withdrawal of the 7 1-2 per cent, bonus. It was pointed out to the minister of labor that these per- cgntages work out at im ediate. re- ductions of from 16 to 24 shillings Weekly, and that the proposed cuts are much steeper than the recent drops in the cost of living. ---------- FRANCE AT BEGINNING OF RECONSTRUCTION The Minister of the Devastated Areas Makes a Report to the Senate. Paris, June 2.--M. Loucheur, min- ister for the devastated regions, in outlining to the senate the govern- ment's plan for the rebuilding of the devastated areas, declared: "We are at the beginning of re- construction, = "The year 1921, &nd still more 1922, should see reconstruction get- ting under way. One may criticize what has been done thus far, but to be fair the chaotic conditions there must be considered." M. Loucheur said he had inves- tigated the prices of contractors, had obtained. reductions, and now was approaching the time when restora- tion could be calculated at only three times the pre-war cost as a result of cheaper coal and other things neces- sary, He said he hoped to make favor- able contracts with Germany for ma- terials and expected the pending pro- posal of Germany to build 25,000 homes in the devastated regions to develop satisfactorily. He saw little prospect, however, of employing Ger- man labor in France to any great ex- tent, ---- eres Last of Talmadge Girls Married. New York, June 2.--Natalie Tal madge, youngest of the trinity of Screen stars, which includes Norma and Constance, and the last to be wedded, was married Tuesday after- uoon to Buster Keaton, well known screen comedian, at the swimmer home at' Bayside, L.I., of the bride's sister, Norma, who in private lite is Mrs. Joseph M. Schenck. The couple will live in Hollywood, Cal. The Austrin ex-Emperor has in- formed the Sviss government that be proposes to renew his attempt for , orman Guth-| tio |azain." (Over 200 Persons Are Reported Killed IMEETS DEATH In the Racial Conflict At Tulsa, Okda. ON GALLOWS "Ten Square Blocks of N egro Section Burned by Whitese-- --Troops in Charge of the Town--Outbreak Originated | Over the Tulsa, Okla., June 2.--Nearly ten square blocks of' the negro section of Tulsa, where an armed conflict occurred between white men and ne- groes, resulting in a death ,list of over 200, mos ~negroes, and a rap- idly increasing list of wounded, were destroyed, ! Detachments of guardsmen were yesterday scattered througtout the city prepared to meet all emergen- cles with machine guns ready for action. Guards surrounded the ar- mory while others assisted in round- ing up negroes and segregating them in the jail, convention hall, baseball park and other places which had been turned into prison camps. State troops under the command of- Adjutant General C. F. Barrett arrived at 9 o'tlock to take charge [of the situation, augmenting local units of guardsmen who were called out Tuesday night. The first attempts to fire the ne- Bro quarter about 1:30 o'clock Tues: day morning when white men openly threatened to destroy the locality. Two houses at Archer and Boston, '| used by more than fifty negroes as a garrison, were set afire at that tima and.an alarm was turned in. Efforts of the fire department to lay hose were stopped by a crowd of armed white men and the department ro- turned to its station. The attempt to destroy the negro quarter by fire was resumed five INCOME TAX 39 MILLION Canada Doing Better Tham Other Dominions With This Impost. Ottawa, June 2.--Thirty-nine mil- lion dollars have been collected so far this year, Sir Henry Drayton in- formed the house of commons yester- day afternoon when presenting a bill CouRgTIaAte all "Wats relabing to Yi- come ! jor Many people have availed them- selves of the instalment plan ot pay- ing this year, so the figures "wero considered very favorable, as only one instalment has been met Sir Henry gave some illuminative figures. In the first year in Canada $9,000,000 had been collected; in Australia $18,000,000 and in New Zealand $327,000. n the second year the Canadian income tax brought in $20,000,000; Australia, $27,00 ,000 and New Zealand, $344,000. In ths third year Canada collected $486, 000,000, Australia $34,000,000 and New Zealand $437,000. The average per person collected in ths first year was $200, and last year $244. Automatic Tariff Changes, Mr. Lemieux wanted to know if, as reported, new duties had been impos- ed against certain products from the United States such as wheat and potatoes. Sir Henry Drayton answered that no action had been taken, but certain tariff items were dependent upon the action in other countries. The Unit- ed States having imposed a duty on wheat and potatoes and certain other commodities, they now become duti- able in Canada automatically, where- as latterly they had been free. "In view of the despatches from London stating that the naval ques- tion will be one of the main subjects of discussion at the permier's con- ference, may I ask if there has been any change in the prime minister's determination that Canada is not 'n- terested in the discussion," askeg Mr. Lapointe. ; Mr. Meighen answered that "there has been no change whatever in my attitutie or that of the government." te ete ey " @o Straight and Work Honestly," Garfield's Message Woodstock, June 2.--*f wduld like the young men of Woodstock, Tor- onto and everywhere to know there ie nothing in this crime game," Nor- man Garfield told one of the ail offi. cials. "I am going to the beyond toe morrow rnd let the young men take my life as an example to go straight. Shan bad company, leave guns alone and work honestly. I have brought disgrace to my family and my dear mather. . Would that I. was a lad -- Maltreating of a White Girl. hours later when almost simultane- ously fire began to burst forth from the doors and windows of frame shacks along Archer atreet. Soon dense clouds of black smoke envejop- ed the location, Under covar of the smoke screen armed mien ih motor cars and afoot threw a cordon about the place where the negroes were sta- tioned and occasional shots gave war- ning that the conflict still raged. As the fire enveloped the houses negroes were seen to dart out from flaming doorways with upraised hands shouting "don't shoot." As they dashed through the smoke they were ordered to surrender and quick- ly were removed to the prison camps, The trouble started when two hun- dred armed negroes on Tuesday night attempted a jail delivery to free Dick Rowland, arrested and charged with maltreating a white girl. The first negro was killed by a policeman when he resisted arrest, In the outbreak at 7:30 o'clock in the Stand Pipe Hill district in the extreme northern end of the negro quarter, Mrs. S. A. Gilmore, a white Woman, was shot in the left arm and side. Mrs. Gilmore was standing on the front porch of her home when she was shot by a negro, one of a score or more barricaded in a church. Dick Howland, the negro, charged with assault, was removed from the county jail during the night to a place of safety unrevealed. DESIRE TO SHARE IN CORPORATION TAXES Roman Catholic Leaders Pre=~ sent Case of Ontario Separate Schools. Toronto, June 2.--Héaded by Archbishop McNeil, Toronto, and Bishop Fallon, London, a deputation of Roman Catholic educationists waited on the provincial cabinet re- Questing for the separate schools In the province a share in the corpora- tion tax receipts, continuation of cer- tain grants which were cut off with- in recent years, and provision for separate secondary schools. John O'Nelll, M.P.P., introduced the de- putation," wiish 'consisted of: Arch. bishop MoNetl, Toronto; Bishop Fai- lon, London; Bishop O'Brieff, Peter- boro; Father Foley, editor of the Catholic Record, London; Father Dowdall, Pembroke, and Father BEng- lert, Hamilton. The spokesmen of the deputation before the cabinet were Archbishop McNeil, Bishop Fallon and Bishop O'Brien. In the presentation of their case they set fofth the finan- cial difficulties under which the sep- arate schools of the province wer~ laboring, and stated that recent de- velopment of corparations, in lieu of individyal enterprise, had cut off separate schools from that portion of educational revenues which, under the British North America Act, it wag intended to give. The proposal is to apportion corporation tax reve- hues according to the number of Ro- man Catholic shareholders, Although consideration was prom- ised to their request for assistance along the lines suggested, it is un- derstood that Premier Drury definite- ly disagreed with them in their argu- ment on behalf of provincial assist. ance to separate secondary schools, U.8. IS SOUNDING THE GREAT POWERS "Feelers" Put Out by\the Gov- ernment With Regard to Armaments. Washington, June 2. ~"Informal feelers" with respect to an interna. tional agreement for a reduction of Armaments alréady have 'been put out by the American governmenp, it was learned today In high adminis- tration quarters. The purpose, it is understood, is to develop the attitude of foreign governments on the ques- tion before any formal negotiations are undertaken. The approaches already made are understood to have been conveyed through American representatives sitting informally in the allied coun- cils and it is believed that the con- versations have been mure or less of an incidental character. . The administration has indicated fts belief that the subject could well be considered by the supreme coun- cil, but officials have pointed out that it eould not be bri rmally to the council By the United States since this government is represented there only ia an unofficial capacity. ' Information has regchied Washinz- ton, however, which leads those close to the administration to believe that some other government, prompted by the informal suggestions of the Unit- Jed States, may mgke the disarma- ment question an actual! issue before the council in the near future, Generally the belief is held that the 'informal feelers" will be the only direct action taken now by President Harding in response to the Borah iment to the naval bill request- 8 | that the chief executive be in ne. | ois . | berations returned Nora Garfield Walked to . Scaffold With Cigarette In His Mouth. 8. a. Woodstock, June A few minus Les after he had discarded the cigar- ette. which he smoked on his way to the scaffold, Norman Qarfield, con- victed murderer of Ben Johnston, Woodstock confectioner, was hanged this morning at 5.40 o'clock, and fourteen minutes later the jail phy- sician pronounced life extinct. Death was instantaneous, The execution passed off without a hitch. 7 At 5.30 the procession from the doomed man's cell was started. First came Rev. Wilfred Gaetz and behind Lim Sheriff McGhee and Hangman Ellis. Behind them was Garfield smoking a cigarette, which he did not relinquish until' the executioner went to adjust the black cap. Arriving at the scaffold, Garfield ascended the steps to the platform with steady step, after which he looked up at the noose and immediately placed him- self in position under it. Rev. Mr. Gaetz began to recite the Lord's Prayer, but the first sentence was not finished when the trap was sprung and Garfield dropped out of sight. Body Taken To Toronto. A coroner's jury was then sum- moned, and following the usual deli- a verdict that Garfield met his death as the law prescribes. The body was then remov- ed to an undertaking. parlor and at 9.45 o'clock was taken to Toronto where interment will take place, Garfield's last night was spent with Lis spiritual adviser and his brether, Claude, and for the first time the pri- soner showed real interest im the hereafter, pleading with his relatives not to worry. Norman Garfield went to the scaf- fold with the same self control as he has displayed all through his im- prisonment. He walked along from the cell to the scaffold with elastic step, and witnesses viewed his nerve and self-composure with astonish- ment. He had previously washed and eaten a hearty 'breakfast. His broth. ers Claude and Hubert, remained in the jail office "while the ckecutiog: took place. 5 ww The Execution, The execution was carried out by the official hangman, Arthu Ellis, in the presence of the officia 8, includ- ing the sheriff, who was responsible for the carrying out of the sentence, the jatlor, surgeon, deputy sheriffs, constables, and Rev. Mr. Gaetz, chap- lain to Garfield, The rress was ex- cluded by an order from Hon, W. B Raney, attorney-general. The hangman used the trap gals lows, which dispensed with welghts, and it was by reason of this that the temporary structure had to be erect. ed outside of the jail building proper. { The gallows consisted of a raised platform with a trap door sufficiently high aboyg the ground to permit of a fall' that. would ensure the sever. ance of the spinal cord at the neck when the weight of Garfield's bodv took the strain of the rope at the end of the drop. With a man of Gar. field's weight it was perfectly safe to use the trap drop, but with a much lighter man of muscular build the shoot up from the ground that would give a second drop on the rope would have been employed. In Garfisi.'s case, the single drop through the door was deemed sufficient to cause Instant, death, ---- A Hanging by Radcliffe, The following description of execu- tion by hanging is given by a Whig writer who wag a witness at a similar execution carried out by the late Hangman Radcliffe: The scaffold consisted of plank uprights with a cross beam at the top to the centre to which the rope was securely fastened leaving a slack of about twenty feet for the fall, The prisoner was marched on to this trap doof with Radcliffe close behind him, a constable on either side and the chaplain in front, Reaching the trap, the prisoner's legs were securely strapped together, his arms ers drawn behind his back and likewise strapped with a strap that passed around his body. This accomplished the hangman drew a black cap made of velvet over his head which reached right down to the shoulders, the noose was then slipped over and the knot was placed behind the left car where it was drawn tight. This done Radcliffe gave a signal to tha chap- lain who continued to repeat prayers, stepping off tiie trap he touched a lever, the trap opened and the mus- derer dropped into space: His body dangled below a few feet from the ground. The surgeon seized the left wrist and counted the last pulse beats that' gradually grew faint ard cegs- ed. He pronounced death instantan:- eous, although the heart continued to beat. ; . (Continued on Page 15.) | ---- Ottawa, June 2.--While drinking from & tay during'a storm Richard Gifford, an employe of a dairy com. pany, was struck by lightning which travelled down the eer is.