ALLEN "ATA PLAYING TWO WORLDS" } 3 ° -f ALLEN NOW PLAYING! "A TALE OF - TWO WORLDS" be Daily British Whig ---- YEAR 88; No. 155. KINGSTON, ONTAR!O. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1921. intl POLICEMAN OPENS FIRE Q AT TWO FLEEING BANDI Barglars Discovered in Yard Back of Colborse Street---A Little Dog Barked And Awakened fnmates of Mrs. Jacobs' House. ' Khe masked bandits, who have been attempting to terrori ze the city on Wednesday morning and paid tribute to the police for the for the bast week, continued their | quick trip and thorough efforts. efforts early Wednesday mornin | Special praise was bestowed upon when ther were discovered at 2.35 | Constable Fitzgerald, who carried 8.m. prowling in a yard behind the | his little flashlight into the very home of Mrs. Nellie Jacobs, 32 Col- | darkest parts of the yards in the borne street. Mrs. Jacobs' son vicinity. : Minto, wko sleeps in the back of the house, was awakened by his little dog barking and scratching at the | screen door on the back of the house He looked out of the window and th ught ke saw the forms of two men putting on their masks. : He immediately awakened his mother, and, to confirm their sus- picious, they opened the window. | The bandits, hearing the noise, raced out of the yard to Clergy street. Object of the Burglars. It is not yet definitely known | What was the object of the marau- ders in this district. It was first believed that they intended to rob the home of Dr. Campbell, whose family is summering at Loughboro Lake. However, on Tuesday night two of his sons were staying at the residence on Queen street. It js AS [now believed that the robbers were they dashed out, Mrs. Jacobs called | going to visit the home of H. W. out, "There they go," and in doing | Marshall, 65 Colborne street. ' Dur Eo attractad the attention of Police ing the evening a resident of Constable William Fitzgerald. The | Colborne street, saw three young policeman had been coming up Col- imen, whom she described as not borne street, and was just Betting | peing over twenty-two years of age, off his bicycle to examine a door at lin the neighborhood. They were the side entrance of the house of | looking over Mr. Marshall's house at Rev. W. 8. Lennon, pastor of Queen | apout seven o'clock in the evening Street Methodist church, which was and the lady described one as a open. Constable Fitzgerald . Tan ltall young man wearing a peak cap, around the corner and just as he light shirt and khaki trousers. The hove in sight the bandits were other two men were shorter and climbing over a fence on Clergy wore dark clothes. At about ten- Street at the rear of Dr. J. W. Camp- {thirty a young man with a navy bell's residence, {blue suit and straw hat visited the | home of Mrs. W. Wolfe and inquir- ed as to the whereabouts of Mr. Marshall. Mrs. Wolfe informed him that Mr. Marshall was out in his car, | but remarked that he would retura later. The men were reported to have been seen later in Central school grounds and also hanging around the business college. Opinions of residents in the vicin- ity vary as to the number of ban- dits. It was said that Mrs. Jacobs saw two of the men putting on their masks in her yard, but it was the opinion of Mr. Vince, who was one of the first on the scene, thai two others were waiting for their companions on the inside of Dr. Campbell's fence. . No articles by which the Queen street, saw the young men in the yard at the back of his house after the shot had been fired, but was unable to prevent them from scampering over the fences at the rear of the houses on Queen street. Constable Opens Fire. Constable Fitzgerald pulled out his revolver and fired, at the last of the marauders as he was climbing over the fence. The shot missed the | thief, but it awakened the neighbor- hood for blocks around. . By this time faces were peering at windows, and heads were being poked out, and the whole neighbor- hood wds in an uproar. William Vince, who resides across the road from Mrs. Jacobs, called out to Con- stable Fitzgerald as he was on the chase, inquiring if he needed any help. Constable Fitzgerald asked him to call up the police station, I Mr, Vince says that within three He the police was on r, Ca , Clark and Beaupre. The rts of the police were con- siderably hindered by the presence of many persons who had come to the scene of the shooting, and who were curiously making Inquiries about the cause. The police made a thorough investigation of the whole neighborhood and: were in the dis- trict until five o'clock. Many persons were interviewed by two reporters of the Whig early : Just a Coincidence, It was a mere coingidence Constable Fitzgerald happened be in the vicinity at the time. (Continued on Page 15.) that to He ) Ammo UST STOP FOOLING THE PEOPLE NIN A rg cai The report of the meeting of tae Army and Navy Association, King- ston unit, contributed to last night's Standard, over the signature of the general secretary, contains the fol- lowing paragraphs: : Comrade Smith moved, seconded by Comrade Blaney, the following resolution: . ""That the Kingston unit of the Army and Navy Veterans has in its composition men of sufficient in- telligence to run its own affairs, to elect its own officers, and to see that its affairs were properly and honestly conducted, and it strong- ly resented any self-constituted authority on the outside in the form of a certain newspaper mter- fering with its workings and op- erations. That this paper be told to mind its own business and al- low the local unit of the Army and Navy Veterans the privilege of do- ing the same. The local unit was not a recipient of "charity" from the public, but was a business proposition conducted purely in the interests of the soldier and his family." One vote wag registered against dignifying such attacks with the least attention, all others feeling this should be done to let the pub- lic know just where the meeting stood on such matters. Comrads Smith explained that the com- mandant had carried out faithfully the wishes of the executive and the members in refusing to answer the attacks made, and at the same time smarting under the re- straint to use an effective pen in his own defence as well as that of the unit over which he presided. The matter of the "Army and -Navy Annual" was then discussed and the meeting, through the pres- entation of Comrade Vincent, said it was the business of the unit, had been authorized by the unit and was being published in a way perfectly satisfactory' to the unit. Every feature that had been brought up by the regrettable at- tacks of the past two weeks receiv- ed the attention of the meeting, and all agreed that there was ab- solutely no foundation in fact for any part of the attacks; they were unauthorized by the unit and not in accordance with its wishes, and they would stand by their choice for commandant and insist on transacting their own business in their own way. There may be some excuse for the members of the local association, for the command is able to fool them Just as he has been able to fool the citizens of Kingston for a period of uvearly twenty-five years, Lut there is no excuse for this sort of thing from the commandant. The Kingston unit of the Army and Navy Association 'is engaged in charity work on behalf of the return- ed soldier, and as such is obliged to register under the War Charities Act. He did appeal to the advertising public for support, and the advertis- ing"| patronage given its. An- Ruals was given practically to assist the returned veteran. . Accordingly, there can be no doubt that an ac counting is due to the general pub- lic. It is all very well for the local unit to say: "We have gotten money. We will give no accounting. Mind your own business !"" But the public does not have to stand for it. The Whiy has put certain ques- tions fairly and squarely up to the commandant, and if it cannot get an answer in one way, it intends to get | one another way, " (Continued on Page 18.) My wife leaves circular corn plas- ters on the dresser, 1 put one . my mouth the other thinking was a flfesaver !--AH.D. 'What Does Your Wife Do ? IS they | id trace the men dpe DIVORCEES USE CARE IN SELECTING MATES | -- |8ingle Men, However, Show Greater Faith In Di- vorced Women. | Sacramento, Calf, July 6.--Dis- | trust with which a divorced man looks upon a divorced woman, or vice versa, when seeking a new made, is testified to by a report made publje | Statistics. 1,915 marriages were performed in California during 1920 in which both contracting parties had been divorced from their first mate. Single men, however, are:shown to repose far greater faith in divore- ed women than do single women in divorced men. In commenting on this fact it is stated that 3,568 single grooms married divorced women while only 2,301 single brides went to the/altar with divorced men. Out of a total of 93,128 persons married in the state in 1920, it is re- | ported that 29,851 couples were | united in which neither party had | formerly been married. | The theory that widows often seek widowers because of their mutual grief as a result of the death of their former mates is also disputed, it be- ing shown that only 1,937 such mar- riages were performed during the year: There were 2,928 marriages performed between single grooms and widows, while 1,954 single brides were united to widowers. The report also comments on the fact that Californians when marrying usually select a native of the state for their life partner. A total of 7,200 such couples were wed during the year. Greeks Bombard Town | In the Neutral Zone Paris, July 6.--The town of Kara- mursal, on the south shore of the Gulf of Ismid, about fifty-five miles in a direct line southeast of Constan- tinople, has been bombarded by a Greek warship, it was announced in advices from Constantinople. This bombardment and the burn- ing of several villages in the region have caused considerable anxiety in French official circles. The probabil- ity is indicated that the French gov- ernment will make representations at Athens to the effect tha. military operations around the meutr ui zone, particularly. in the Sea of Marmora, of which the Guilt of Ismid is an arm, in Paris. French-Canadlans Form 88 Per Cent. of Quebec Quebee, July 6.--The Quebec city directory gives the population of Quebec as one hundred and sixteen thousand one hundred and twenty. divided as follows: French-Cansd- ians, one hundred and two thousavd seven hundred and fifty; Irish, fivs thousand three hundred; English, five thousand two hundred aud seventy-five; other nationalities, two thousand six hifhdred and seventy- | five. With the suburbs the popula- tion reaches one hundred and fifty- seven thousand three hundred and seventy-five. Quecr Cause of Drowning. London, Ont., July 6.--A large lump of clay falling from the em- Lankment struck Stanley G. Gordon, on, of Southwold, when walking near Lake Erie, and, carrying the lad into the water, he was drowned before his brother and father, who were swimming nearby, could reach him. ---- No War-like Intentions. Smyrna, July 6.--Greece has no war-like intentions toward Soviet Russia, despite statements to the contrary, which have appeared in the European press, according to George Chitcherin, Bolshevik. MUST BE RE-ADJUSTMENT OR RALWAY SCRAPPIG Operation Costs Eating up the Systems Under the Pres- ent Conditions. Montreal, July 6.--All the rail- ways on this continent will have to be scrapped unless there is a re- adjustment" of operating costs to meet present conditions, F. H. Phip- pen, K.C., contended in his address befdre the Grand Trunk arbitration board yesterday. Mr. Phippin, who has been speaking for two days on behalf of the company, was dealing with the financial and physical con- ditions of the Grand Trunk and its subsidiaries. In the course of his argument hg branched out to deal with the pro- bability that in the future these roads would make much better re- turns than during the past few years. This brought him to a dis- cussion of the relations between la- ing of rates as related to these, first in the United States and them in- evitably in Canada. ' He contended that they must come to, a relation bet capita] and that would costs to meet conditions. Further he argued that with such extent as to ensure proper returns for capital Invested. recently by the State Bureau of Vital | According to the state report only | the five-year-old son of John Gord-; bor and the railways. and the bear- | largest IRISH PEA i Outrages May Cease Peading Outcome of Craig-de Val | era Conference. | London, July 6.--Conferences be- | tween the prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, Eark Midleton, { Southern Unionists who conferred in | Dublin with Eamonn de Valera, the | » on Monday, | | Irish Republican leader | and Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre- mier, and the arrival of General J. | in Dublin were the developments yes- terday in the Irish political situation, following Monday's conference | Well-informed circles | tween de Valera and .the Southern Unionists may presage a tacit ces- sation of outrages and reprisals pend- ing the outcome of Mr. George's efforts to bring Mr. De Val era and Sir James Craig together in a conference here On the zovernment side word has gone forth that raids are to be con: fined to those on there is good reason tc believe muni- tions are stored, the orders directing that in case of doubt decision as to whether a raid is to be made shall be left to "higher authority." In other words, ty the Dublig Castle authori- ties, There is no reciprocal act from the Sinn Fein chiefs so far as the government here has been advised, but the impression prevails that both sides are disposed not to embarrass the possibilities of peace by any ag- gressive acts. THE MELANCHOLY STORY OF WIVES WEAKNESS | Most Causes For Divorce in England Date From Hus- band's Enlistment. -- London, June 28.--(Correspond- ence)--§@ince Easter the divorce courts have been working at high pressure to clear off an unprecedent- ed accumulation of arrears, which, Ri se a wee Sa time "tov overwhelm the physical capacity of the bench. It needed the assistance of 4 num- ber of retired judges to make head- Way against the avalanche of suits, with the result that they have been disposed of at the average rate of two score or more per day. The lord chameellor, Lord Birken- head, himself lent assistance by act- ing as an ordinary judge in the courts. Reviewing the position, he said: rea, "The war has left a degree of un- rest which has spread inte almost every sphere of modern life, and the influence of which is likely to Ye felt for an indefinite period in do- mestic relationships. "Nineteen out of twenty of the cases in arrears," Lord Birkenhead added, '"had their causes in the war or consequences of the war. The date when he joined the army was 'the early chronological landmark of petitioner after petitioner, from which dated the familiar and melan- choly story of weakness on the part of the wife." { It is Lord Birkenhead's opinion | that matrimonial suits may not re- turn at least for a generation, to the pre-war level, The anomaly of the present situa- tion has revived controversies on the inadequacies of English divorce laws. Mrs. Seaton-Tiedeman, secretary of the Divorce Law Reforn. Union, estimates that the number of wreck- ed marriages in the United Kingdom is higher in proportion to the popula- tion than in the United States. Will Remain Speaker While Present House Lasts Halifax, July 6.--Although he will continue to discharge his duties as speaker of the house of commons during the life of the present par- liament, Hon. E. N. Rhodes, M.P. for Cumberland, N.S, is retiring from political life to become general mandger of the British-American Nickle Corporation with' headquar- ters. at Ottawa, according to an Am- herst despatch to the Halifax Morn- ing Chronicle. Mr. Rhodes will leave Amherst for Ottawa within a few days, the despatch added. France Is Selling Boots by the Pound Paris, July 6.--Selling boots by the pound may seem strange, but it is what the French government is up against in the liquidation of the two h array camps. More than $2,000,000 worth of the stout est footwear is going [e+ FEFFFFFFTFF HT § . ji IS NEARER one of the] in| Dublin. i in London | are hopeful that the conference be- | Lloyd | premises where i {Homer Rodeheaver, .will + BRITAIN TO ISSUE wr {% 3 1-2 P.C. LOAN AT 97. + {%* London. July + Horne, chancellor chequer, announced house of commons yesterday that he had decided to offer for subscription an issue of 515 per cent treasury bonds, mat- uring April 1st, 1920, with the price of issue fixed at 97. The prospectus, the chancel- lor said, would be issued July 11th. No' definite amount for the loan would be specified he added. 6.--Sir Robert ol. the ex- in the Pre bree R +> oe * Pett tbbbbtrteon NEED FASTER HEARSES FOR THE FUNERALS C. Smuts, the South African premier, | |As the Heavy Motors Cannot Keep ,Up to the Mourners. Watertown, NY. July 6 Local undertakers pioneers in the use of ! motor hearses among th» funeral directors of the north country, are preparing to replace their heavy ma- chines for lighter equipment with ! speedier motors. One undertaker ad- '| mitted that he is unable to keep up | with the bearers, and in some cases With the meurners, in a modern fun- eral procession. | The time-worn joke of being run iover by a hearse is ceasing to apply, |for with the speed of modern fun- {erals it is quite possible unless one | moves lively, and undertakers who at first found difficulty in educating finding the same public now favoring speed in the procession too great for the capacity of the machines which the morticians procure. When the first motor hearses were procured here, undertakers found their patrons loath to use the ma- chines. Horse-drawn rigs were usual- ly requested, but the gradual re- placement of the horse by the motor taxi, eliminating liveries and publie hacks, finally forced the public to ac- cept the motor funeral as a neces- sity. Under'akers were admonished, however, to proceed slowly. Now it is not unusual to see funeral pro- cessions skidding along at 30 miles an hour after passing the city line. Bath Tub and Range To Be Taxed in France Paris, July 6.--The French iaa- --not only must he pay for the dou ful advenraga ot employing servants or having carpeted stairs, but the Paris finance experts are now study- ing a plan for taxing bath tubs, gas ranges and electric door bells, these being about the only wuuse-hold ap- pliances not yet contributing to the municipal budget. MISTOOK HIM FOR BEAR. Manitoba Boy Shot His Chum in Stomach Winnipeg, July 6.--Mistaking his boy chum for a bear, Leonard Pretii, of Whitemouth, Manitoba, shot Rich- ard Jorgenson in the stomach, anl the latter now lies in a serious con- dition in the Keénora hospital, aé- cording to a provincial police repor:. Sir Sam Hughes' Condition: Lindsay, July 6.--Geueral S.r Sam Huges' condition is reported to be about the same, with slight .m- provements. He has had another transfysion. The transfusion wus made from a Mr. Walker, a young Scotsman in the employ of Ogilvie, 000 DELEGATES PRESENT deavor Convention in New York. New York, July 6.--Ideals of Christian citizenship drew to New York today 8,000 delegates from nearly all parts of the civilized world to attend the sixth world's Christian Endeavor convention which opens tonight and continues through July 11th. The last international conven- tion was held in Chicago 'n 1915. The delegates, embracing the re- ligious faith of more than 100 de- nominations, represent 80,000 socie- ties with a membership of 4,000,000, Every state in the United States and every' province in- Canada was re- Pp . A spectacular feature of the con- vention will be a parade on Fifth Avenue on Saturday in which many thousands will sing militant hymns as they march. A series of floats will depict important epochs in religious history. After the parade, a mass meeting will be held in Central Park and William Jennings Bryan will des liver the principal address. More than 200 speakers of promi- 'nence in the religious world will ad- dress afternoon and evening sessions the 71st Regiment Armory. The Rev. Francis E. Clark, founder and president of the United Society of 'iChristian Endeavof, will preside at opening exercises tonight. 4 'choir of one thousand voices, jed by render a musical programme and addresses wil; be made by representatives of the city and delegates . from otaer lands. oh PhP E DN» the public to the metor funeral are | At the World's Christian En- | --She Liked Gaiety And Hubby Didn't. B. Gould, Toronto, July 6.-- Jay iendant in an action drought against Lim by his wife, Vernon H. Gould, for $50 a week alimony. The action is dismissed in a judgment given by Justice Orde at Osgoode Hall. The parties to the action were married in 1908 and have three children, a boy {and six years. "The husband and wife were en- | tirely unsuited to each other," re- | marks Justice Orde, "and neither | seems capable of making any allow- {ance for the desires and tastes of { the other. The husband apparently {plays no games, dislikes dancing, and will not go out in the evening, ! but prefers to stay at home. The | wite, on the other hand, seems in- | ordinately fond of dancing, cards and | gaiety in general, and likes to re- | main out till the early hours of the | of twelve years, and two girls of nine | i morning. She sees nothing out of | t 4 | the ordinary in dancing at a public | Ican ambassador would not rega | hall or playing cards until 2.30 a.m., | and then going to a friend's house | | for supper afterwards, and considers it a hardship that her husband de- | clines to accompany her, and this not {as an occasional form of recreation, but as a more or less constant and regular habit. As a result of this | and the defendant's drinking habits there were frequent disagreements, {and on several occasions the defen- | dant struck his wife, once chasing | her from the house in winter when | she. was in her nightgown and bare, | feet. This treatment of her on gev- {eral of these occasions was probally sufficient to have justified her in leaving him and claifhing alimony." Justice Orde declared that there | were other acts which would have | justified her in leaving him, and in | fact she did leave him for eleven | months in 1918 and went to live in | Decroit, but her return to live with | him condoned those offences, i Found voor Barred, ! On the evening of February 10th | last, Mrs. Gould was going to a card 7, ad her husband warned her he would lock her out. She found | impossible to return by that hour. and spent the night at a neighbor's. Her husband says he did not lock the door as he had theatened at mid- night, but finding that she had not | returned by the morning, he closed up the house and barred the doors with the idea that she would come to {see him at the store and that they could thresh the matter out and | come to some agreement. | When the wife returned in the | morning and found her entrance to her home barred, she did not go to bier husband, but to a'solicitor. The | solicitor wrote the husband demand- | ing alimony, and the husband re- sponded with an invitation te his | wite to return to him. Instead Mrs. Gould entered action. Before she left Port Hope she borrowed a key from a former occupant of the house and went to get some of her clothes. Her entry on this occasion, says the Judge, weakens her claim that she was excluded from the home. He says that she was well able to take care of herself--she weighs 198 Ibs., while her husband weighs only 124 --and the house beionged to her. | She might have remained in the [ Bouse till her husband returned and | see what happened, | It was argued on behalf of Mrs. | Gould that the effect «f eexclusion { from the house was to revive all the | previous matrimonial offences which had been condoned, Justice Orde (says: "The exclusion from the matri- monial home not being sufficient in itself because of the defendant's of- fer to receive his wife back to en- title her to alimony, it cannot be re- lied upon as a matrimonial offence which has the effect of reviving earl- ier offences." After grappling for neagly . three hours, the body of Patrick O'Brien, 21 Clergy street west, was recoy- ered from the harbor af Boeoth's coal yard, foot of West street, early Tuesday evening. The late Mr. O'Brien was well known throughout the city as "Patsy," and was a stonecutter by trade. For the past year he had been in poor health, suffering from nervous .disorders, and had not béen able to cngage in his accustomed work. { On Monday at midnight, he com- plained of the heat and his inability to sleep, and informed his step- mother, Mrs, John O'Brien, with whom he resided, that he was go- ing to take a walk. When he did not return at oom on Tuesday, the members of the household were alarmed. His cousin, Hugh Shana- ban, made search for him and after Pa LAST EDITION {PORT HOPE I WIFE LOSES BID TO US. 'Sued Husband For Alimony Wants Uncle Sam And John Bull to Talk Things Over. London, July 6.--Lord Lee, first storekeeper, of Port Hope, wasg~de-| lord of the admiralty, speaking at the American Independence Day din- per, said that the prime need of Britain and America is to sit down together and have a plain. talk about fundamental things, which, if mis handled, might endanger peace. He said a clear businédss deal was neces sary and mest urgent in the direction of the limitation of naval armaments. Affected power§ having primary in- terests in the Pacific brooked no de- lay. Lord Lee declared that British" statesmen, parliament and press were al] favorable to such a conference. The British government has express- ed its willingness, but has left the matter in the embarrassing position of being all dressed up and nowhere to go. With such a volume of good- will the only thing now needed is an invitation suggesting the time and place of meeting. He hoped the Amer- the hint as being too broad. Better Understanding, ! Col. George Harvey, the Ameri- can ambassador, after devoting con- siderable time to showing that Ampri- ca had made great sacrifices, but had obtained no profit out of the war, said that the recent better under- standing between th two Anglo- Saxon countries hgd ady proved of inestimable benefit. The Atlantic ocean virtually eliminated the pros- pect of naval warfare. There wat good ground for hope that the ap- prehensions of perilous possibilities in the Pacific would be dispelled sooner than was commonly anticipa- ted. When this consummation was at- tained disarmament would follow na- turally and inevitably. There were grave obstacles, but approached in the proper spirit they could be over- come. Replying specifically to Lord Lee's remarks Mr. Harvey gave it as his opinion that disarmament could not mean more than the limitation of armaments. Each country must re tain its defensive police force. ence. aan gov: t. which wants the invitation to comé from America, feels that the issue of an invitation by itself might be con- strued as a si¥n of weakness. It now seems probable that an inter-change of views Letween the two countries regarding such a conference is a like- ly proceeding. If Canadian papers would cease their attacks upon the United States, the chance for a con-, ference, which would likely save Canadiah taxpayers millions of dol? lars per annum would be improved. The press here with limited excep- tions is doing everything possible to encourage such a conference. Big Bush Fire Raging In the Gatineau Valley tein Ottawa, July 6.--One of the larg- est bush fires that the Gatineau Val- ley bas seen for some years started some thirty miles north of Maniwaki, is still raging uncontrolled. The smoke from thiz fire this morning drifted down, the entire Gatineau Val- « ley and hung like a haze over Ottawa and Hull. At Chelsea and other points the smoke was reported as be- ing very dense. Stinnes Tries to Gain Control in Norway Christiania, Norway, July 6.-- Huge Stinnes, the German industrial magnate, is attempting to acquire a controlling interest in various Nor- wegian industrial undertakings, the Tidens Tegn reports. The paper warns the public against Patrick O'Brien Drowned Body Found At Foot of West Street the grave danger of permitting Ger man interests to gain control over Norwegian business concerns. in Harbor: going down Princess street, went along the harbor until he came to Booth's wharf, where he found his hat and coat neatly folded at the water's edge. He communicated with M. P. Keyes, undertaker, asd the latter, after securing grappling irons, endeavored to locate the body. For nearly three hours they grap- pled and finally their efforts wers rewarded at half past six o'clock. Dr. R. I. Gardiner, coroner, was summoned, and after consultation with J. L. Whiting, crown attorney, decided that an inquest was usne cessary. The late Mr. O'Brien was forty- one years of 'age and unmarried. He is survived by his step-mother and by one brother, Thomas O'Brien residing in Chicago. The funeral takes place on Thursday morning from the home of Mrs. W, D. Shu grue, 222 Johnson s'reet, ; . L. - :