{ FIIVAY, JULY 22, 1021, . THE DAIL Thanial At The Allen. Winthrop' Chase, 8r., is making 2 fight for the office of mayor of Hardiston. James T. Hollow, backed by Congressman Amos Caretall, is his opponent, "cleaning. up the town: His op- ponents represent the sordid element.' "Wint"" Chase, Jr. is a wild, reckiess, irresponsible young fellow who has Ben a thorn in his father's side, Hol- low- and his associates frame up a practical joke on Chase, Sr. They in- fluence the voters to write "Jr." in on the ballot whereon the name of Winthrop Chase appears. When "Wint"" "learns of the practiéil joke 'played on him, he is amazed. His father is embittered by "what he thinks %% his soh"s humiliating trick on him. "Wint" leaves home. This is the story of Tom Moore as "Wint" .Chase in "The Great Accident". Taa feature attraction at the Allen Thurs- day, Friday and Paturday.--Advt. RAILWAY AID GIVEN BY HOUSE To Carry Out the Govern- ment's Liability for Tak- Ing Over The Control. London, July 22.--Supplementary estimates to the amount of sitty-two million pounda/drought down by Sir Robert Horne, ¢han r of the exe ehequer, have soon 0 cs by the house of eommons. Of this total ehancellor *#at®d that £36,000,000 were required to liquidate the gov- ernment's liabilities to rallway com- panies arising from the agreement under which the state took over the gontrol of the roads during the war. With this payment included the gov- ernment subsidy to the railways for the year will total £75,000,000. RT. REV. FELIX CONTURIA BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA Has Been Missionary for 15 Years; Served as Chap- lain in War. Cornwall, July 22. -- Very Rev. George @érbett, administrator of the diocese has received a letter from Rt. Rév| Felix Conturia, 0.B.E., in- forming him that the Holy Father © 'Bad communicated to his lordship on June 13th his order that he had appointed him Bishop of Alexandria, Ontarfo, Rt. Rev. Felix Conturia of St. Dominic's Priory, Soutl.ampton Road, London, Ensland, who has been appointed Bishop of Alexandria, fn succession to the late Rt. Rev. Mm. A. Macdonell, was consecrated @s bishop in 1919 and entrusted by the Holy Father with the apostolic visitation of Egypt. Previous to that Re spent fifteen years as a misstoriary in England, Ireland and . Scotland, and served as a chaplain in the Brit- Ish army during the late war, being decorated by His Majesty the king 'with the Order of the British Em- pire. HAD A CLOSE CALL. Mrs. Charles Haines Fell Under Fect i of Horse. Northbrooke, July 21.--The heavy fain of the 18th and 19th has accom. Bifthea wonders in this vicinity. fries are fairly plentiful but hold from 31.50.to $1.76 per pail. Stanley Wheeler purchased a new Ford from Harry Leveir and our stage "driver, H. Leveir, now sports an Overland. C. C. Thompson took a business trip rough the Ardoch district, Hon Echo stage is loaded daily with tourists. ~ All seem highly pleas- ed with the management this season, Mr, and Mrs. Robert Armstrong, To- ronto, are spending a few days on the old fatm. Mr, and Mrs. Atkins and fami}, motored to Mountain Grove and Sharbot Lake, spending a short time with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wood are home from | Wolfe Island for a few days. Bert Cassada was quietly united in mar- riage to Miss Cochrane, on Amherst Island, last week. The happy couple Ara spending a few weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. Cassada. Mrs. J. Hillier, Harlowe, was a guest at 0. ©. Thompson's. Judge Madden 'and family were callers at the Shier House, en rotite to Bon Beho Inn, William Nevin, Hefrowsmith, is lo6king after the crops on his farm here now. J. L. Lloyd hag greatly improved his residence by removing' the fences and putting paint on the e. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rob- ison, Queensboro, motored to the home of Mrs. Willlam Bath, for Sun- day. Miss Bstella Smith, Toronto, Winthrop Chase is for | | CARELESSNESS = MARKS WAR GRAVES | {Finding Last Resting Places | Opened and F Empty. July 22.--In :on- nection with ir request for -a Wearing by Premier Meighen, the correspondent. some. weeks ago men- tioned the feeling held by some Can- adians that the Canadian wir graves In France aud Flanders should be admipistered Ly Canadians instead of being handed over to the Imperial War Graves Commission. A num- ber of instances of neglect and care- lessness in identifying graves were adduced in support of the contention. These are cited in a more detailed and sensational fashion in the Daily | KExpress, on the authority of Capt. H. H. Chanter, formerly in charge of the Canadian graves department. There Is one cemetery at Hooge, he states, | has.a whole line bf empty graves, al- | though each is market with a cross. Relatives of fallen soldiers have ac- | tually been in cemeteries when graves | have been opened and found to be | empty, Captain Chanter claims that | the identification of Canadian sol- diers' graves might easily have been | thirty to fifty per cent. higher. It Is understood that it was after en- | deavoring to lay the matter befage 8ir George Perley and Hon. Mr."| Meighen that Capt. Chanter and his | associates took the step of making the allegations public, i The Imperial War Graves Commis- sion Rave issued an official statement pointing out that the work of re-in- terment and identifjcation of the deadqn thewld battle zones had been carriéd out by the war office and by members of the Dominion military forces, and not by the commission; whose chief responsible official at Ypres is Col. Roy, appointed by the Canadian government, KING AND QUEEN HOLD FUNCTION Lendon, Eng, | 8hake Hands With 2,000 Peo- ple at Royal Garden a Party. London, July 22.--King George and Queen Mary gave a garden par- ty at Buckingham palace to some 4,- 000 guests Thursday. The spacious 'lawns presented a brilliant scene. "All"the members of the Royal family were present. The function was attended by the various foreign ambassadors and ministers, the dominion premiers, Indian not- ables, members of the government, and others. King George and Queen Mary shook hands with some 2,000 of thelr guests. The lawn party was to some extent a substitute for ths courts which the king and quean were unable to hold this year, and! the informal presentations are equi- valent to the usual presentations at court. = The ¢sgowns worn by the women were rather more subdued than those seen at Ascot and the Henley regat- ta. Most of the skirts were longer than those lately considered tashion: able, 2 STEAMER DISABLED, . ------ Said Some Twelve of the Crew Are : Severely Injured. San Francisco, July 22.-- The steamer Admiral Farragut is disabled twelve miles north of San Franelsco light ship by an explosion of her main feed pipe, according to word received here early to-day. Twelve members of the crew were reported severely injured, and one probably fatally. The steamer Afimiral Farragut, off San Francisco, passed into the hare bor in tow of the tug Eea Eagle. The departure for Upper Silesia of a French division in readiness on the Rhine, was sald, in offfefal circles, to be a question of forty-eight hours. Earning money is one thing and acquiring it is another, 4 r Y BRITIS HOW TO START H WHIG en r-------- cee THE DAY: WRONG - EXBRC Ses Wi IN ThE FRONT YARD THIS TIME 7 is FROM HARRY who SAYS< HE HAD To Go Down To Toms RIVER 5 BE wWiTh HIS FAMILY IN ANOTHER MINUTES Fw. MIGHTY MAR 'SORRY HARRY - = oH WELL Cc AND 1 WL HAVE A Twosome The "r Ne SAYS MCBRIDE 15 ON PHO, ~ IN Ten MinuTES i FRIEND wire BUYING BOON AS BECUN IN EARNEST Retailers $aid to be Preparing . for Big Trade This Fall. New York, July boom is on. Retailers, throughout the country Staking thousands that business will take a jump in the fall, are laying in big stocks for the first time in the year, "Business is bound to take a leap upward," Alfred Santi, buyer for large department stores from San Francisco to Boston, told the United Press today. "Garment retailers I represent, are placing huge orders, The demand has taken such a sudden upward trend in the last few weeks that we have been forced to double our staff. : "It is a different kind of buying from the pre-war days. The demand is for staple goods, not frills. People are golng to buy socks, underwear and shirts--not ear rings and fancy vests All they want are utilities and necessities, v "There is no doubt that the pube lic will make a big demand for ne- cessities in Beptember and October. For the last few years many merch- ants have feared to lay in new stocks in huge quantities and have been gel- ling what they had on hand. But now they are convinced that we have tra- versed a 'few miles on that road back to normalcy and are preparing for the rush. "There's going to be a business jubilation in the fall and it's time the boys were getting on the bandwag- on." 22.--The buying ------------ ® Encouraging Signs, Chicago, July 22.--A return te near normal buying in nearly al] lin es of merchandise is marking sessions of the semi-annuil buying convention here, buyers said today. Purchases are exceptionally heavy in woollen goods, it was said, indica- " ting no decline_of prices is expected in wool commodities this fall, The convention is under auspices of the Retailers' Commercial Union, and continues through . the week. Moré than 500 merchants from the middle west are attending, Will Mect the Minister, Ottawa, July 22.--Lawyers repre- senting Roy Hotrum and Willlan: Me- Fadden, sentenced to be hanged on August 3rd, for the murder of Mr. Sabine, a (Toronto druggist, are fo have interviews with the Minister of Justice, Hon. C. J. Doherty, separ- ately, this afternoon, INSIST UPON SENDING * ADITOML TROOP The 8ilesean Issud Is Still Re- garded as Being Decidedly Critical. : Paris, July 22.--The French con- tkoversy which has arisen over the demand by France that Allied rein- forcements be sent to Upper Silesia, Is still regarded by the French press in the lgiht of a crisis, 1t- is understood that Premier Bri- agd, after a meeting of his ministers to-day, will reiterate to President Millerand his position and insist upon the necessity of -sending additional troops. France's Responsibility. Berlin, July 22.--Iin Silesia France will be responsible if the Polish n= surrection breaks out in Upper Sil- esia, declares Minister of the Inter lor Grandauer, in a statement pub- lished by Tagebilatt to-day. "Only the speedy decision regarding Upper Bilesid can avert a disaeter," the min- ister says. "The situation in Upper Silesia is critical. A Polish insurrec- ton can only break out if France desires it, and brings it about." Col. E, W. Habbel), Ottawa, is in the Peace River district, in command of a survey party. Tok ---- Bo FIELD CROP COMPETITION Prize Winners¢ Announced by Kingston Industrial Fair Association. The results of the field crop com- petition, héld under the auspices of the Kingston Industrial Agricultural Association, were announced on Fri- day morning by R. J. Bushell. The total number of points available in the competition totalled 100. Fol- lowing the are results: \ J.-D. Morris, 91 points, prize $20; D. C. Rogers, 89 points, prize $15; A. E. Weller, 88 points, prize $12; Edward unter, 86% points, prize $10; James Henderson, $2 points, prize $8; Edward Bradden, 81 14 points, prize $6; M. J. Fowler, 81 points, prize $4; Thomas Doyle, 801% points, no prize. F. A. Comerford of East Hastings, who was the judge in the competi tion, states that the oat crop in gen- eral in Frontenac, is the best of any of the counties'in Ontario. This field competition has created much interest among the farmers of this community, and their enthus- iasm has resulted in more energy being put forth for Breater results. The competition is one of the many features of the Kingston Industrial Fair to assist in greater production. ---- SUGAR ON THE DROP But Wholesalers Think 1¢ Has Reach. cd Bottom. Sugar has taken a big drop during the past few weeks. On Friday morn- ing it was selling tor $7.96 a hundred pounds, at the wholesale houses here. The price was quoted fn Montreal as $7.60, freight expenses making the difference. The price dropped seven- ty-five cents a hundred last week and forty cents so far this week. Some of the local dealers think that it has reached its lowest level and do not see any further reduction . in sight. Large copsignments of Cuban sugar arriving at New York and purchased at a low price are said to be the cause of the slump in prices, WERNER HORNE IS OUT OF PRISON He Was Given Ten Years For Seeking to-Damage Rail« way Bridge. Ottawa, July 22.-~The government has ordered the release from the penitentiary of Werner Horne, who tried to blow up the International Bridge at Dorchester, N.B., during the war, and who on October 31st, | 1919, was sentenced.to ten years on | a charge of endangering life and property by damagihg a railway bridge. : The Werner Horne case will be well remembered. It catised consider- able sensation during the early years of the war. Horne was arrested in the Unjted,States and has spent six American and' Canadian Some time ago penitentiary s testified that he was insane was on this ground that his release was granted. He must, how- ever, be returned to his own country, Germany, Immediately upon hig re- lease, FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, W. J. Keeley, Sr., Has Been Very Heartily Congratulated. W. J. Keeley, the veteran. jeweller and engraver, Brock street, is recelv- Ing congratulations from numerous friends on the occasion of his fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley were married on July 11th, 1871, and have residel continuously In Kingston ever since. In addition to carrying on business as a wateh- maker, jeweller and engraver, a pro- fession in which he stood, high as an efficient and conscientious workman, he for many years was am entertain- er and gave of his best in every musi-' eal effort of importance in the city. They have the best wishes of their many friends throughout the city. -------------- The problem of the amaigamation of ex-service men's organizations in Canada occupied tke attention of an impromptu conference in Ottaws this morning. BRITISH PREMIERS IN CONFERENCE AT DOWNING STREET nn SPORTING NEWS BASEBALL ON THURSDAY. International Loague. Buffalo 7, Toronto §. Reading 5, Newark 4. Rochester 6-7, Syracuse 2-9. American Yeague, Cleveland 17; New York 8. Detroit 7, Washington 2. St. Louis 8, Boston 1 . Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1. a \ 5 1 National Teague. Philadelphia 8, Chicago 1. Brooklyn 2, St. Louis 1. With the Bowlers. At the bowling gnepn Thursday ev- oning, the following skips won: Skip J. F. McMillan from Skip M. Manahan, 14-10. Skip C. C. Hodgins trom F. Croa- fer, 14-12, A Skip R. F. Sparks from Skip F. 8. Bvanson, 14-11, " In the series of doubles, n Ww, "| Montgomery won from A. Treadgold, 12 to 10. The rinks were: J. Boyd, W. Jackson, J. Chatter- ton; J. F. McMillan, skip. 8. Driver, F. Conway, J. McFar- lane; M. Manahan ~skip. C. 8. Creer, R.'N. McFarlane, G Vanhorne; F. Crozier, skip. J. H. Hoppes, J. A, Lemmon, H. F Price; C. C. Hodgins, skip. : Dr. Knapp, G, A: Bateman, W. H Dyde:*Dr. R. F. Sparks, skip. T. Lambert, R. Stevenson, G_ "Law: es; F. S. Evanson, skip, Driving Club Event Monday. The Kingston, Gentlemen's Driving and Matinee Club have planned te make Monday, clvie holiday, the greatest sporting event ever held in Kingston. The programme of races will contain the fastest horses in On tario and all 'of the classes will .be fully represented, in fact, the day will 'bring together the biggest ag Eregation of fast harness horses thal lovers of the sport could wish ta see. Already the names of some well known horses have been announced but while there will be fast company undoubtedly, some surprises are ex. pected and new records will he made In addition to the races there will be a championship baseball match between Verona and Wolfe Is land, the two leading teams im the | county league. They are now stand. ing equal and this game will be bit terly fought. WBoth:/teams have 3 large following of suliporters. These teams are playing high class ball ang will put on a game th4t for speed and cleverness cannot be excelled. New York Takes Lead. Extra inning battles were fough! In three of the four American league contests on Wednesday, while in the fourth New York wrested the leader: ship of the league from the Cleveland world's champions in easy fashion. Golf Results. The Cataraqul Golf Club an nouncés 'the competition resulta: Club Handfeap'T, final, 2nd flight, J Swift 16, beat W. Jackson 24, 1 ag Finah 3rd flight, T. S. Beott 23 beat E. McGowan 30, 4 up and 2, On Saturday there will be flag 1s the club handleap III, qualifying round. Medal play, finish by match play under handicap in flights of 16 according to results of qualifying round. Draw will be ready for Mon. day (civic holiday). Showed Great Ability, Staff-Sé¥gt. Haunts, late of the Royal Engineers and London policg force, ¢champlon wrestler of the Lon. don Metropolitan police force, met Morrow, the wrestler. At the end ui three minutes Mr. Haunts had the - champion tied up like a sheet, ac. cording to some of the spectators, and then he held his man with one hand, showing his wonderful wrestl- ing ability. 3 1 ; ---- Local Items Picked Up by Our Busy rs, Harry Hawkins was the week-end visitor at Willlam Trousdale's, Syds enhan. Pastor A. Anderson, formerly of McBain, Qué, has assumed pastoral duties of the Pentecostal Tabérnacle, , "There will be no mail delivery ia Kingston on Monday (civic holiday}, The public wicket will be open from 8 till 10 am. Mr. and Mrs. H. Fisher, Rochester, N. Y., have been spending theif vacation in Sydenham at the home of William Trousdale. 3 Through a technical orror in. the laying of information, Frank Wilson, ullas McCarthy, Toronto, escaped & three-year sentence in Kingston peni- tentiary today and will serve ninety days. The charge was common as- sault when ft should have been ag- gravated assault, ™ 3 ot eth in. 3! INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. i8 spending her vacation with her mother, : Mrs. Chatles Haines had a miracu: dons escape from serious injuries When she fell under the feet of a large horse and was trampled. She escaped with slight bruises. James Hoad purchased a fine piano case organ from ©. C. Thompson this Weel. Steps are being taken to im- prove the Kaladar Northern Tele- phone System and we trust the near future will Rnd a useful line. The Chimney Mining Company are fast installing thoir huge machinery © M the electric power plant. Our buteler, William Both, Jr,, is supply- Ing the meat demand and keeps it in Al condition, William Both, Jr, has installed a gas pump. Many , Butler from hore at the grand bath- 8g beach in the Massawoga Lake, nday afternoons: A bear was seen fi our neighborhood and keeps cicse by thé brook, searing bathers and fact pedestrians. - by 5 Memo#ial - Service In Smith's Falls, 'A memorial yervice will be held in Smith's Falls Methodist church Sun- {day evening for the late Richard Kerfoot and George Frederick Me- Kimm. The pastor, Rev, Mr, Ellis, will be assisted by two close personal friends of the déceased, who will bear tribute to thelr assoclations, with them, Judge H. A. Lavell, Kinge ston, and Inspector R. C. Rose, Carle« ton Place. ih: ---------- Funeral of Mrs. Cooper. } The funeral of the late Mrs. Je- ming Cooper took place from her la residence, Bar] street, to Cataraqui cemetéry on Friday. The casket was. banked with 'benutiful floral tributes from many friends and the religious service was conducted by Adjutant Goodhue of the Salvation Army, the delegates lo the imperial conference and members of thelr Premier Lloyd George, Seated from left to right they are: Rt. Hon. E. 8. Montague, secrelary of state for India; Rt. Hon. Massey of New Zealand, Premier Melghen of Canada, Premier Lloyd George, Premier Hughes * of Curzon, secretary of state for foreign affairs, and Srinivasa Sartri of India: Directly behind Premier x high commissioner in London for land, who is representing that colony in the absence 'of its PROTECT, ls roa winger" nousCing that he ---------- * : : - staffs was taken in the countyar d of No. 10 'Downing This photograph of the official residence of A. J. Balfour, the Maharajah of Cuteh, Premier * Australia, Premier Smuts of South Africa, Lord Hughes stands Sir E, R, Bowring, street, ---------- The most narrow-minded man in the world is the fellow who covers ® :