ALLEN NOW PLAYING GUILTY: ALLEN NOW PLAYING! GUILTY YEAR 88; No. 145, KINGSTON, ONTARIO. THU RSDAY, JUNE 23, 1921. PARCEL POST RATES TO BRITAIN RAISED THE RMC CLOSING DAY * == | : ' i Ottawa, June 23.--Notice was The Co {given by the post office department mmandast $ Address of an increase in the parcel post rates «The Presentation of [to Great Britain to become effective Di d 4 July 1st. The increase "is from [twelve to twenty cents on a To-day was the gala day at the | easing rate of sixteen cents for . Royal Military College when the | och succeeding pound to a maxi- closing exercises took place. The | events started this morni g at 19.30 Fro re ung: alex wil he o'clock, with a ceremonial parade of [1% t : e : the cadets as infantry. From 11 00 Present. to 11.20 the buildings were inspect- | ed, followed by an exhibition oil" BIE IVERIIRITLSS physical training in the gymnasium {% BANK OF. ENGLAND given by the seccnd and third cla-s- * REDUCES ITS RATE .€s. At noon there was a cavalry in- le spection on the football held and |g tent-pegging and jumping ct the rid- ing establishment concluded ihe forenoon's programme. The band of the R.C.H.A. was | o present and played during the | FEEL B EF EL Eh ht Pe events. | ---- The presentation of diplomas and 1 8ims Tells Denby That prizes to the successful gentlemen | cadets took place in.Cur-ie hall at | He Was Misquoted three o'clock this afternoon, and Hon. Gideon Robertson, acting min- ------ An Eleven-Pound Parcel Will Cost $1.80 Instead of -* 2 oe | London, June 23.--The Bank {% of England to-day reduced its % rate of discount from six and a |% half to six per cent. 4 Washington, D.C., June 23.--Rear Admiral William Sims reported pac- gcnally to Secretary Denby to-day that he had been misquoted in regard to remarks made in London touching on Sinn Fein sympathizers in Unitec States. He was recalled from his leave of absence to explain these. ro- marks, and to-day Secretary Denby directed him to make a written statement giving the correct text of what he had said. Fire Wipes Out Northport Village _ | Eleven Houses and Ten Barns Destroyed on Wednesday Afternoon. Belleville, June 23.---After tha fire frgm the burning of Alfred Rowe's house at Northport, Prince Edward county, on Tuesday after- noon, was thought to have been ex- pleasing ceremony. Maj.-Gen. J. |tinguished, flames broke out afresh H. MacBride, C.B.,, C.M.G., D.8.0., fon Wednesday afternoon and to-- was also present. The following ad- | day about two-thirds of Northport dress was read by Maj.-Gen. Macdon- village, including eleven houses ani ell, commandant -of the college: «+ + }ten barns, have been destroyed; with I have the honor to submit the a total damage of about $50,000, haif following report on the Royal Mili- covered by insurance. When the firs tary College of Canada for the year started again yesterday, efforts were 1920-21. made to obtain help from other towns and villages, but without success. All the village north of the main road was swept away by the flames the [some of them were summer homes the entirely, but others all-year-rouud residences. HON. GIDEON ROBERTSON, ister of militia, officiated at this . Discipline: I am able to report that ths dis cipline is excellent, and that first class has well maintained high standard required. My nks are especially due to Battalion Sergeant Major H. A. Mac. . kenzie, who has 'filled his"sdme hat | Fire Probe at, Verona Closed; onerous duties with tact and firm. | Satisfactory Report Given 'ness in keeping with the best tra- ditions of the college. He has been well supported by the other N.C." 's, particularly the two Company Com- manders, Gentlemen Cadets Price and Molson, and the four Platoor Commanders, Gentlemen Cadets Gil- lesple, Walker, Keefler and Grant. The administration of the gentle- men cadets is now carried out as in the best battalions in the Imper- fal service, the battalion sergeant- major acting as battalion command- ' er and the company commanders and platoon commanders acting as offi. cers. ¥ Company Quartermaster Ser- geants are in charge of stores and are responsible for their issue and receipt. Section" Commanders are responsibie for the control and dis- cipline of their sections. In addi- tion, a cadet to act as orderly offi- cer is detailed daily from the senior class. The cadets have further been trained to fall in dither as in- fantry, cavalry or 'artillery. The above organization is carefully sup- ervised by the superior staff. The number of gentlemen cadets in attendance when the College op- ened last August was 165. Two gentlemen cadets have been dis- charged during the college year at the request of their parents, h------ Examinations, The éxamination results are satis- factory; the first class doing ex- tremely well, as they will all (56) receive diplomas of graduation. This is the largest class which has ever graduated from the Royal Military College. : * (Continued on Page 2.) : HUSBAND AND WIFE Deputy Fire Marshal Saville has completed his investigation into the recent fire at Verona, and is submit- understood that the report is a most satisfactory one. Provincial Constable G. R, Horn- beck was at Verona and assisted the deputy fire marshal in "his investi- gation. They Had Ammunition. dapper falls district of this city, hearing firing in that area to-day, pursued eight men they suspected, and captured thrée of them. men were found to have ammuni- tion in their possession. A DECENT YOUNG GIRL INVOLVED IN. THEFTS Two Brothers Sentenced to Penitentiary, But They Absolve Her. Toronto, June 23.--Involving a decent young girl, only 18 years of age, in their crifnes, Richard and James McGill, sentenced this morn- ing to 7 and 6 years on five counts of theft each, leave for the Ports- mouth penitentiary with their inno- cent victim still harassed with the charge of receiving their stolen booty, hanging over her. According to her counsel, W. K. Murphy, Richard McGill became en- gaged to Jean Robertson, and told her that as he had left home would like to leave his effects at her place. He left there three grips containing upwards of worth of stolen goods, mostly jewel- lery. Keeping his nocturnal opera- tions from her knowledge, he pre- sented her with a stolen $500 dia- mond ring as an engagement token. This the girl was wearing when arrested, but either before or after .|reaching the police station the ring, which was too big for "her, slipped off and was lost. tectives Black, Cronin pnd Don- aldson, working on the case, would not consent yesterday to have her. trial proceeded with, and Magistrate Jones was obliged to make the sixth adjournment. The case will be heard on the 24th. 'Sentenced in the senior court, both brothers absolv- ed the girl from all blame sponsibility in the case. 'My wife leaves the baby's toys in the middle of the bedroom. --W, | MeG, 3 What Does Your Wife Do ? one- |pound parcel, with a' gradually in- | ting his report to headquarters. It is! he | 4 $10,000 | o and rei, BLAME WELSH | FOR STRIK | \ Work Are Being Protect- ed By Soldiers. | London, June 23.--In all British jcoal fields where the miners have re- {turned to work they are being sub- |Jected to intimidation by strikers. {So far there has not been much ac- |tual violence but the fear of it is ipreventing the re-opening of many | pits in Scotland. |tecting miners working in a few |colleries where they have resumed | operations. Some recrimination has developed {within the miners' federation it- |self. Nottinghamshire leader de- |clared last night publicly that all {suffering which the strike had im- posed could be laid at the door of |an element among the Welsh miners who were out to wreck the capitalist system. This wretking element, he said, should produce coal and not try [to exploit others. / Some speakers |stated that the Nottinghamshire iminers had not only exhausted | their funds, about a quarter {lion pounds, but were a hundred | thousand in debt. i -- | Admire Miners' Spirit. | Brighton, Eng., June | lutions were unanimously passed hy the labor the attacks launched the and "faced them by | owners," declaring that the | struggle had been one in which the | {interests of labor as a whole had {been fought for, and not for the | miners' interests alone. The con- {ference was asked to provide all pos- | | sible facilities to help the labor par- | [ty continue its support to the miners {and diminish suffering in the mining | districts. Advertising Space on- Census' Papers London; June 23.--A new depart. ure in government transaction is the disposal, for a cash consideration, of advertising space on census papers: a proceeding which the official mind weuld formerly have looked upon with horror. Even now, a proposal of an enter- prising advertising agept to pay the government £11,000 for the use of the backs of 11,000,000 forms to he used in the forthcoming national census was at first summarily reject- ed by Dr. Christopher Addison, the | health minister. Sir Alfred Mond, first commission- er of works, and a keen business nan, saw the advantage of drawing revenue from this source and per- cuaded the minister to consent to the innovation. Some time ago, the'same advertis- ing firm offered £50,000 for the use of empty space on ration books; but {the authorities would not listen to | the proposal. JUDGE HONORED of L.L.D. Upon Him: | Has Degree Conferred Ottawa, June 23.--Judge A. Con- | Rsifast, June 22.-- Police in the stantineau, the senior judge of Pres- | | cott county, was signally honored hy the university of Ottawa, when the degree of doctor of laws (L.L.D.) The i was conferred upon him. In 1910 tha | { degree of doctor of laws (D.C.L.) was conferred on him by Laval Uni- versity on the occasion of the publi- cation in the United States of a treat- ise known as "Constantineau on the De Fecto Doctrine." This book was well received by the legal fraternity, and although published in the United States, is an authority both in Eng- land and Canada. Airplane Picked Up By Net. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., June 23.-- Caught by one end of a shad net three miles north of here in tho Hudson river is what fishermen be- lieve may a lost airplane. The object has not been raised to the surface as yet, but attempts fo do this will be made. Residents of this section think the object may be the airplane of Oap- tain Mansell R. James, Canadian aviator, who was lost in 1919, and for whom a search was made in tais section, Ere . C2222 00000000000 * JACKS WERE REMOVED AT DERRY + Belfast, June 23.--During the # night four Union Jacks which # had been hoisted over the 4 municipal building in London- # derry and banners bearing the ® words: "God Save the King," % were removed in accordance with the declaration made at the time of his election by the Nationalist Lord Mayor O'Do- herty that no emblem of any de- scription would be permitted during his term of office. Union Jacks included in the. decora- + UNION 21 * + * + * * > * + +» * * Ld * * 4 * > * * * S800 tettsrenee Miners Who Returned to | Soldiers are pro- | all | mil- | 23.--Reso- | party conference here to- | day expressing admiration for the | {spirit in which the coal miners had | on | government and the | |UNITED STATES BACKS | IDEA OF WORLD'S COURT {Will Deal With Purely Legal Questions Between Coun- : tries in Future. Washington, June 23.--The Unit- ed States government looks with {friendly eyes on. the establishment | of the world court of international | justice. even though that body has | | been created by the league of na- tions. | The Harding administration, fear {ful of the wrath of the "irreconcil- | lables," will not openly lend its infli- | ence to the establishment of the | court, but the council of the league of nations has prudently saved the Washington government much em- { barrassment by addressing its invit- ation to Elihu Root, Judge Grey, of | Delaware and Oscar Strauss, who are |the permanent American members cf he Hague tribunal. | Without committing the Harding | administration in any way to sub. | mit its disputes to the jurisdiction of {the new court in making the consti- {tution, of which Mr. Root played s> {important a part, the invitation 'o | nominate judges for the court will be accepted. VOTES BEING SWITCHED 10 SAMUEL CONPERS But Labor Leaders Think The Presidential Vote Will Be Close. | | | | | ' SAMUEL GOMPERS Denver, Col, Juné 23. -- The John L. Lewis boom for the presi- dency of the American Federation of Labor to-day took a Slump. Under instructions. from their ex- ecutive board, the delegates of ihe Ladies' Garment Workers switched {their 941 votes from the mine work- ers' president to Samuel Gompers. Three delegates of the United Mine Workers, commanding 1,596 votes, were also reported to have deserted their leader for Gompers. While the Lewis supporters ad- mitted that their own delegation would be split, they claimed suffi- cient votes had been pledged by the metal trades, the road organizations, the machinists' union and the car- |penters and joiners to elect their {candidate. Their line-up gave them |approximately 20,000 of the 38,294 jvotes in the convention. | The Gompers boomers declared {they were sure of at least 30,000 votes--nearly 10,000 more thag they needed to win. Labor leaders who were watching closely the vote | manoeuvring declared the contest | may be so close that the 214 votes of the state central bodies, trade and federal labor unions, and fra- |ternal organizations may decide the | winner. | ---- Village Without Protection. | Massena, N.Y., June 23.--Massena | tas decided to do without police and {is to-day without any force. Tax- payers of this village again voted down an appropriation of $8,000 to maintain police during the present | year and as a result the village force | was discharged. ; Arthur Irwin Seriously Ill. Hartford, Conn., June 23. --Arthur Irwin, veteran baseball player ani manager of the Hartford Eastern league team, is in a_hospital here seriously ill from gbiominal trouble which may necessitate an operation Attorney-General Raney has ap- pointed Lt.-Col. Massie, Port Col- borne, as Dunvillé magistrate, suc- ceeding David Hastings. Ji11.08. SIMS HOME FROM ABROAD | { i Welcomed to the Tune of "The Wearing of the | e W f th | " | Green. New York, June 23.---Admiral W. S. Sims came home yesterday to the tune of "The Wearing of the Green." As the liner Olympic swung into {her pier, with the admiral aboard, a little steamer slipped past her {stern down the North river, with a {band lustily blowing that famous {Irish air. The expected demonstration at the i White Star pier by Irish sympathiz- fers, who attempted to show their {disapproval of the admiral"s "'jack- {ass" speech in London, failed to ma- | terialize, partly because of the pres- {ence of a thousand policemen, and | partly because of the expedition with [which Sims was whisked to a hotel {in an automobile. [ The admiral was the first passen- | gerdown the gangplank, he and Mrs | Sims stepping ashore at 10.15 a.m. | They were greeted by Rear Admiral Harry P. Hughes of the third naval | district and an aide. They were {hurried into a waiting limousine, {which instantly dashed from the pier {and © through the police-guarded streets to a hotel. Before the thou- {sands in the waterfront district real- |ized that Sims had arrived he had [departed. | The police were on the job early {and by nine o'clock had extended |their lines from 18th street to 23rd, until it seemed that the only view {the admiral would obtain of New {York would be a long lane of blue- | coats, brass buttons and billies. No {more extensive police preparations were made to protect former Presi- dent Wilson when he returned from } | the peace conference. | ¢ There were a few boos and cheers {at the Pennsylvania station when the {admiral left for Washington at One woman was seen parad- {ing with a banner bearing the pic- [ture of a jackass. She was not | troubled by the police. The admiral, who refused abso- lutely to discuss his London speech, which resulted in his recall, saiu ue expected to see Secretary Denby in Washington to-day to make the of- ficial report demanded by the flat- ter. Divorces Are Doubled In Manitoba This Year Winnipeg, June 23.--Divorces and mixed dancing received severe con- demnation in the report of the social service and evangelical committee at the Methodist conference. "Since the privy council decided last year that the Manjtoba courts could grant divorces," stated Rev. Andrew Stewart, of Wesley College, "I venture to say that divorces in Manitoba have increased tenfold, ani even fiftyfold. This is a serious state of affairs." Rev. Mr. Stewart advocated the establishment of a cour. 6f domest'c relations rather than a divorce court, the extreme of whith should Le the settlement and resu,nption cf marriage obligations. » Two Women With 'Pasts" Figure in Joyce Case Chicago, June 23.--Two of tae 'other women" in_ the past life of James Stanley Joyce are divided on th: part.they will play in his suit for divorce from Peggy Hopkins Joyge. "M185 Adeline Slavik, the beautiful photographic model, has offered to come to the aid of the millionaire lumberman. Mrs. Frank Gordon,' of Battle Creek, Mich., however, is going io help Peggy. She was formerly Charlotte Johnson, the ¥toy" that Joyce is reported to have dropped when he met the pretty Follies girl. Lads Make Their Escape. Lindsay, June 23.--Two lads, Bry- an and Ryan, who were accused of stealing D. Bell's car, were given a hearing before Magistrate Bradford and were remanded to jail, as their story was far from satisfactory. As they were about to be handcuffed they made a bolt for liberty and have not been seen since. \ ---- T ~ JUST SUPPOSE. A many families, but, Just suppose the head of would that not be much worse lindoess. Would bearable, even who have been Just suppose We know that there are hard times at : men are out of work and that money is scarce with a great gel will remember, present, that many your house had lost his sight, ? Just suppose the boy or girl you had watched lovingly, lanning for the future all the time, should be %tricken you not do all in your power to make life py, for that boy or girl ? There are many Canadian boys and girls, men and women, deprived of the dian National Institute for the Blind seeks to make their lives happy and is succeeding with those who have come under its care. To do this, the Institute needs money, you drop inlo the Whig Office or any of the local banks and leave your sub scription. about it but the recording an with faculty of sight. The Cana- You may forget Aan ve hc -|WILL AGAIN EXPLORE THE ARCTIC SLOPE Stefansson Heads New Com- pany With Capital of $100,- 000--Ship Ready. Vancouver, B.C.,, June. 23 --An- other expedition to the Arctic Slope is foreshadowed, and will be under In- a son, famous Canadian explorer. corporation of a company with Vancouver. Stefansson, who is just now completing a lecture tour in the United States, is president of the new concern, which is named the Stefansson Arctic Exploration and Development Company. A suitable vessel has already been obtained and is now in the north, it is stated to-day. Stefansson has always been a great believer in the possibilities of mar- keting vast quantities of reindeer meat, and it is to investigate and de- velop the practical features of this, and the fur trade, as well as to thor- oughly explore the resources of the islands and country lying to the north of Canada that the expedition Is being sent out. HARRY ERTLE, Of Jersey City, who has been selected as referee of the Dempsey-Carpentier bout, July 2nd. DARING LIQUOR STEAL; $260,000 WORTH GONE Ottawa Booze Under Seizure Removed at Night From Warehouse. Ottawa, June '23.--The two hun- dred and sixty thousand dollar liquor stock of the Ontario Export Co., which was seized about two weeks ago by agents of the Ontario Government, and in connection with which an interim injunction was granted by Judge Gunn Tuesday afternoon, was last night removed in a mysterious manner from the com- pany's warehouse at the corner of Duke and Bridge streets. Frank Falconer, agent of the pro- vincial Government, who was placed in the warehouse to watch the stock, was ordered by a stranger to 80 upstairs. Thé telephone wire and burglar alarms were found cut. The liquor .is supposed to have been removed in trucks. Officials are searching for it. eens DELEGATION BRINGS A GIFT FROM, FRANCE Marshal Fayolle's Party Will Arrive in Montreal on Saturday. Ottawa, June 23.--Right-Hon. C. J. Doherty, minister of justice, went to New York yesterday to meet the delegation which is bringing to Can- ada Rodin's statue, La France, Reconnaissante (Grateful France), a gift of 'the French republic to the dominion in recognition of the la:- ter's services during the great war, and a flag donated to the 22nd Bat- talion by Marshal Foch™¥ts honorary colonel. ". The mission is headed by Marsh- al! Fayolle, and includes among its members Admiral Charlier, the Bish- op of Dijon, and other distinguish=d Frenchmen. The delegation will ar- rive in New York to-day and wil! reach Montreal on Saturday. Its members will by entertained that day at a civic luncheon, and by individ- ual citizens of Montreal, and will also witness the demonstration in cels- bration of St. Jean Baptiste day, to be held on Saturday at Lafontaine park. They will go to Quebec etiy by boat on Sunday and on the foll- owing day will present Marshal Foch's gift to the 22nd batialion. They will return by motor to Mant- real on Tuesday, and will arrive in Otlawa June 29th, when they win formally present France's gift to tna dominion. The statue which. they bring will be placed temporarily in the main rotunda of the parliament buildings, and will have a place in the hall' of fame or court of honor in the building, when it is complet- ed. The mission will go from Ottawa | tc Toronto and will then visit Hamil ton and Niagara Falls. It will then pay a visit to Washington and will sail for France, it is expected, from New York on July 7th. the direction of Vilhjalmur Stefans- | capital 'of $100,000 is under way in | LAST EDITION WAGE DROP 1S COMING 'Montreal Railway Officials Declare There Is No Postponemeat. Montreal, June 23--An announce- ment published from Toronto to the effect that wage reductions on Cana- dian railways scheduled to become {effective July 1st have been 'post | poned, was formally denied by rail- { way officials here. The situation has been misunder- . stood, it was declared. As it exists to-day it is this: The downward res vision was decreed by the United States Railway board at Chicago as averaging twelve per cent, and ef- fective July 1st. On that date repre- sentatives of United States railway labor meet at Chicago to inform the board whether or not the award will be accepted and if accepted wheth- er unconditionally or with reserva- tions. Canadian unions are affiliated with the internationals. They num- ber about ten per ¢ent. of the mem- bership, and they have represented their unwillingness to prejudice de- cisions of the ninety per cent. in the United States by replying to agree- | ments submitted by Canadian roads until after the Chicago conference on July 1st has announced its de- cisions. To meet the wishes of the men in this respect it is now un- derstood that in the majority of trades affected the decisions will not be given to Canadian roads until the first week in July, but the decisions will be retro-active to July 1st. CUT IS EXPECTED IN RAIL RATES Considered as Natural Result of the Pending Wage | Reduction. Ottawa, June 23.--The negotia= {ticns which are now pending 'in | Montreal, looking to a 12 per cen®. | cut in the wages of railway employes, are being watched here with a great deal of interest. Any action of that an effect upon the freight rates. There is reason to believe that the Railway Commission has in mind a reduction in the rates, not simultan- eously with the going into opera- tion of any reduction in railway wages but within a reasonable time thereafter, Chairman Carvell's pub- lic utterances convey that inference. In granting the rate increases last summer the greatly augmented oper- ating costs were fully established by the railways as justification for what they were seeking and their applica- tion was entertained. If there is a consequential redue- tion in rates it is unlikely to take piace until the effects of wage cuts : are checked up and established fully. It is known, however, that the board regards them as inseparably con- nected, and if a substantial saving is made at one end, it will be applic- able, sooner or later, in some degree to the other. Nothing immediate or arbitrary is contemplated. TO SHIP ONE MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH LIQUOR From Quebec City Into Ontaria --Express Companies Await Word. Quebec, June 23.--Over one mile lion dollars worth of liquor which had not been delivered to the Quebec liquor commission by former author ized vendors in this city will be ready for shipment to Ontario in the course of the next few weeks. Fol. lowing the ruling of the railway commission in Ottawa. The largest portion of that stock has not been affected from May 1st and will, it is understood, be sold at a reasonable price, though orders are flowing in. The express companies have not yet, however, started to accept the shipment of liquor, but are awaiting definite instructions from Ottawa, which are due here this evening. The fact that certain vendors have orderpd huge quantities of liquors abroad will render the situation stil} more complex but it is understood the Quebec liquor will not interfera. ] im ------ Fifteen thousand mote troops ard ordered to Ireland. - © HAIG PRESENTED WITH + + HIS ANCESTRAL HOME 4 & -- % London, June 23. -- Bemer- 4 ' syde, near Melrose, Scotland, ¢ the ancestral home of Field 4 Marshal Earl Haig, and from 4 which he takes a part of his 4 title, has been purchased by 4 public subscription and has 4 been formally handed over to 4 him. His Lordship, in a moving § letter of thanks, says: "An old ¢ dream of mine rather than a hope has been realized in this gift." AAARGER PII 0e LEE EE TTY YS 4 + . * * kind, eventually at least, will have... -------- + ct 1 $2493 40 98909009004 nl