ALLEN TO-DAY "OUT- OF THE SNOWS" The Daily British Whig = ALLEN TO-DAY "OUT OF THE SNOWS' EAR 88; No. 188, KINGSTON, ONTARIO. MONDAY, AUGUST 135, 1921, LAST EDITION. FACE CRUCIAL PERIOD D AGAIN Irish Parleys A At Breaking Point But the Door Still - Open. London, Aug. 15.--Great Britain to-day faced the crucial period in the negotiations looking to the estab- lishment of peace in Ireland. The action between Prime Minister Lloyd George and Eamonn de Val- cra, Irish "republican" leader, showed the people. that a virtual deadlock existed, and although the Jor was declared to have bean left open for further parleys, it was ap- parent that the situation was one of considerable gravity' De Valera has refused Lloyd George's latest offer and the Sinn Fein are insisting on independence. "They have no right to secede, " says Lloyd Gearge. Reports from Dublin, which might indicate what the Irish '"'republi- cans" would do to counter any un- expected move of the government in giving the correspondence to the press, were anxiously awaited. It appeared that the next step should be made in that city as Lloyd George literally "laid| his cards on the ta~ ble" yesterday, and it seemed that Mr. de Valera and his colleagues must meet the situation thus cre- ated. Government Offer Generous. London, Aug. 15.--Most of Lon- don's newspapers, in their comment on the new developments in the Irish situation this morning, reflect- ed the belief that the government's proposals offered a generous settle- meat of the controversy. 'They show great statesmanship, courage and uecision on the part o' the gov- © ernment," said the London Times. "Broadly these concessions represent the extreme limit to which this or any British government is likely to go, Mr, de Valera's reply ap- proaches more closely to the tone desirable in such negotiations than any of his past utterances, It is a reasoned recusal, which appears de- liberately to avoid any final rupture. The prime minister's reply is the only possible rejoiner, and we hope the Irish people will give deep con- sideration to the statesmanlike nd- vice of General Smuts, premier of the union of South Africa, whose lotter 'to Mr. de Valera, made public on Saturday, urged the acceptance of the government's offer." Irish People Disappointed. Dublin, Aug. 15.--The people cf Ireland, who have enjoyed a month of peace, found it hard to-day to be- lieve that negotiations between Eamonn de Valera and the prime minister, Lloyd George, were at the breaking point, They were placing their hopés in the Irish "republican parliament," which will meet to- morrow, to consider the whole cor- respondence and frame a reply to the prime minister's latest letter. What Britain Offered 4fondon, Aug. 15--The British pro- posals, which were dated July 20th, said: "The British government is actu- ated by an earnest desire to end the: unhappy divisions between Great Britain and Ireland which have pro- duced so many conflicts in the past and which have once more shattered the peace and well-being of Ireland, At the present time they long with his majesty the king, in the words of his gracious speech in Ircland last month, for a satisfactory solution of those age-long Irish problems which for age-long generations embarrassed our fathers as they now weigh heavy on us.' And they wish to do their utmost to secure that every man of Irish birth should work in harmony with the free committees on which the British empire is based. *"Phey are convinced that the Irish people may find as worthy and ecom- an expression of their political and spiritual ideals within the empire as any of the numerous and varied nations united in allegiance to hie majesty's throne and they desire auch consummation not only for the wel: fare of Great Britain and Ireland and Hee empire as a whole but also for the cause of peace and harmony h t the world. i is not a part' of the world where Irisimen have made their _homes but suffers from our ancient "feuds. No part of it but look to this meeting between the British govern- jo 'lion, Lene Drops "Free Service Soviet Ideas Gradual Change to Monetary System Riga. Aug. 15.--Formal decision {to revoke free postal, railway, tele- (graph and tramway service in soviet 8 | 'Russia, together with the abandon- | ment of the free grant of tools and { household goods to workmen and the | possibility of a gradual change to the monetary system instead of the ex- change of goods are announced in dispatches received here from Rosta | News Agency, the official Soviet news | disseminator at Moscow |. These important steps toward put- | ting into effect Lenine's new policy, { which are taken as indication that his plan is moving still further in the direction of the industria] and capitalistic system of the rest of the | warld than was at first believed, are announced in decrees to the people's commissars, signed by Lenine, nr 'ment and the Irish leaders to resolve "these feuds in a new understanding, honorable and satisfactory to all the people involved. In British Dominions. "The free nations which eompose the British empire are drawn from many races with different histories, traditions and ideals. In the Domin- fon of Canada the British and French have long forgotten, the bitter con- flicts which divided their ancestors. In South Africa, the Transvaal re- { public and the Orange Free State { have joined with two British colonies [to make a great self-governing un- under his majesty"s sway. "The British people cannot believe that where Canada and South Africa with equal or even greater difficulties have so signally succeeded, Ireland will fail, and they are determined, in so far as they themselves can assure it, nothing shall hinder Irish states- men from joining together to build up an Irish state in free and willing co-operation with the other peoples of the empire. "Moved by these considerations, the British government invites Ire- land to take her place in the great association of free nations over which his majesty reigns. As an ear- nest of their desire to obliterate old quarrels and to enable Ireland to face the future with her own strength and hope, they propose that Ireland shall assume 'forthwith the status of a dominion which all the powers and privileges set forth in this docu- ment. Complete Anatomy. "Then by the adoption of domin- jon status it is undepstgod that Ire- land shall enjoy complete autonomy in taxation and finance; that sha shall maintain her own military for- ces for home defense; her home con- stabulary and her own police; that she shall take the Irish postal ser- vice and all matters relating there- to; education, land agrienlture. min- es and minerais, forestry, housing, labor, unemployment, transport, trade, public health, health insur- ance and liquor traffic, and in sum that she shall exercise all those pow- ers and privileges on which the au- tonomy of self- governing dominions is based, subject the considerations set forth in the ensuing paragraphs. "Guaranteed in these liberties, whi no foreign people can chal- lenge," without challenging the em- pire as a whole, the dominions hold reach and severally, by virtue of their close fellowship, a standing amongst the nations equivalent not merely to their individual strength, but of the combined power and influence of all | {he nations of the commonwealth." Belfast Not Surprised. Belfast, Aug. 15.--Little surprise was felt here at the tenor of the let- George, rejecting the government's offer of dominion status for Ireland. as talk of peace has been regarded with much scepticism. It is pointed out that should the truce in Southern Ireland be ended the government difficulties would be enormously in- creased through having recognized the Sinn Fein as belligerents. Glad Parleys Not Broken. Dublin, Aug, 15.--In discussing the situation which bas arisen through the publication of letters exchanged by Bamonn de Valera and Lloyd George, the Dublin cor- respondent today rejoiced that nego- tiations looking to peace in Ireland had not been broken. "It would be tragic if they were," the newspaper sald, "and it is strong- ly to bé hoped there will be a satis- factory settlement, thereby averting -- | the possibilits of intensified warfare, which, if it occurred, would open an now be said or done to make more difficult the task of those who have the destiny of Ireland in their hands." -- - The Republican Parliament Dublin," Aug. 15.--An informal meeting of the Irish "republican par- 3 ment" was the chief manifestation ay of activity observable in both orm. Fein and Dublin castle quart ers as the result of the new turn in "| the Irish negotiations, following the disclosures in the correspondence between Lloyd George and Eamonn fe Valera, The meeting was held in the Mansion house at n the members, many of never met. cn oopport ter from Eamonn de Valera to "Lloyd, appalling prospect. Nothing should The decision to change for postal, tramway and other services | was made, says the Rosta agency, | 'to restore the value of the cur- rency.'" crganizations are instructed ed workmen, except for food rations and medicine given those having cards. This is interpreted as mean- ing a great curtailment of the free ration list through strict limitation of cards to actual workmen, who wil] be subjected to collective rationing, factories or depattments to receive a food supply based on their output, irrespective of the number of the em- ployes. A message to Die Riga Rundschau from Moscow states that the taxes in Russia will be payable in money. mm, - come acquainted and exchange notes prior to the summoned meeting to be held tomorrow to consider the whole question of the negotiations. TEACHER BAYLEY IS FIRED School Board Cannot Swallow Ideas About God. Winnipeg, Aug. 15.--The school board of St. Boniface decided Fri- day night to dispense with the ser- vicgs of W. D. Bayley, principal of St. George's school, because of what was termed his "atheistical" utter- ances in a speech at the Labor church. Bayley is also Labor mem- ber for Assiniboia in the legislature. His words as quoted were: His | being who looks at all that is going on in the world, and is supposed to direct all things, is preposterous." Mr. Bayley attended the meeting when his dismissal was decided 'pon and .put in the claim that the board had no power to dismiss him as his statements had not been made in a public school building. He will ap- peal to the conciliation .board pro- vided for disputes between school boards and their employees. ---- LEE HONG'S LIQUOR GONE. Rather Involved Case in Which Ce- lestial Figures. Cobourg, Aug. 15.--Lee Hong, Brighton, who appeared before P, M. Floyd some time ago on a charge of B.O.T.A. and was fined $200 and costs, appealed to -the commission for a refund of fine and liquor-- three cases of gin, as the breach was purely a technical one. The com- mission considered the case and fit was ordered that the.liquor be re- turned, providing Mr. Hong could get a legal place to keep the liquor. Accordingly the liquor was ex- pressed to Brighton in Mr. Good- rich's name, but later word came to Cobourg that the gin, or part of it, at least, had been stolen. Mr. Goodrich left for Brighton to inves- tigate. M.I.P.'S WON'T GO DOWN In Their Jeans For Alberta Sub- scription Hunters. Edmonton, Aug. 15.--One of the first official acts of the members of place themselves on record against the custom of demands being made upon members of the legislature to head subscription lists with gener- ous donations. The members-elect Joi to see, even though it may have been a custom generally observed, {in past legislatures; why they should {he mulcted more heavily than pri- vate citizens. Times are hard, and the new legislators are losing no time in letting the whele province know where they stand on the matter of subscriptions. Hughes Heads Delegation. Washington, Aug. 15.---Secretary of. State Hughes will head the Am- erican delegation at the international conference on armament limitation and Pacific and far eastern questions to be held here in November, The Japanese Embassy has inform- ed the Washington state department that it will require suitable accommo: dation for between one hundred and two hundred persons officially at- tach to 'the Japanese delegation to the disarmament conference, The British government is said to be an- xious to obtain complete possession of two hotels. Six heavily armed --bootleggers, members of a countrywide gang of hooch runners, were vanquished Sun- day in a thrilling pistol battle be- tween fifteen members of the gang Hand fourteen deputy United States marshals on the Jericho turnpike near Huntington, L. I FEEL PP0 20000 * + FORTY-FIVE SEAMEN + BELIEVED DROWNED + so #% Kobe, Japan, Aug. 15.--For- # ty-five seamen are believed to 4 have been drowned following # the wreck of the freight steam- # er Shoshu Maru, which was + disabled by a typhoon and bat- # tered to pieces on the rocks off 4 Loochoo Islands. Only one of # the ship's personnel is known to + have survived. +> * * * * + + * + + * * * * * * * ° AMMOOODOOPESS the | By another decree the government | to se- | cure payment for everything furnish- ! _ {next year's "The idea that there is a supreme | the new Farmers' government is to | NEW BRITISH | SEA TITANS Eight Batleshis, Most Pow-| erful in World, Included in Programme. London, Aug. 15.--Great Britain is planning eight gigantic battleships, to be the most powerfu] in"the world, the Daily Sketch declared. These provided in this year's estimates and radical departures from now afloat. The ships, according to the news- paper, will be nearly 1,000 feet long, will have a displacement of 50,000 {tons and a speed of 35 knots, The | four provided for this year will carry {nine 16-inch guns, while those in budget will 'be armed with 18-inch guns, the most power- ful naval ordnance yet attempted. There will be no secondary battery except a few anti-submarine and anti-aircraft rapid firers. The ships will cost 7,500,000 {pounds (normally $37,500,000) each. {An additional expense wil] be requir- |ed to construct special docks in which |to build them, as there is none in England now large enough. These ships are to form the nucleus of Great Britain's post-Jutland fleet. No capital ships have been construct- {ed since the armistice. | 'The type of new capital ghip has | been settled," the newspaper said, "it is a monster, as fast as a de- stroyer and as powerful as a battle- ship." anything THOMAS EDISON Recently Mr. Edison put a long list of questions to several hundred men who had made application for positions in one or other of his plants. The ques- tions covered such a wide range and 9 emed so tricky that quite a storm wag ised abolt them. Enough Without Radials, Says London Advertiser London, Ont., Aug. 15.--Comment- ing editorially on the report of the Sutherland Hydro-Radial Commiss- ion, the London Advertiser says: "Ontario has enough on her hands at the present moment without plunging into an unknown sea of troubles, and it would be well, as the committee suggests, to wait for the safe arrival in port of some of the other ventures which have been launched before setting out on a new trip without chart or compass. The elaborate and costly system of highways which is now in progress has not sufficiently advanced to ful- ly demonstrate its utility, let alone the cost, and in addition to, this drawback, several of the proposed radial lines would parallel the lines of the Canadian National Railways and compete with them." SEAL SHIPS USE PLANES. For Scout to Locate Thousands of Victims, London,-Aug. 15.--'"Turn about! Sail east! The seals are making for the open sea." This terse signal, wirelessed from an aerial observer 5,000 feet up over the ice fields tq the sealing captains |\ picking a cautious way along the grand banks of Newfoundland, was the first time an airman has had a hand in seal hunting. The sealing captains took the hint. Round went the bows of their ships, and within half 'an hour the squat hulls were lost to sight in the dis- tant Atlantic. Before sunset of the following day they had rounded up 110,000 seals, Victim Was New Jersey Girl. Niagara Falls, Aug. 15.--The body of the woman who leaped or fell into the Niagara river 40 feet above the American falls and was swept to death over the cataract on Thursday night, August 4th, was identified as 'that of Ethel G. Reed, twenty-four years old, of Oak Tree, NJ. Deserts the Coalition 'London, Aug. 15.--8ir Cecil Beck, formerly Liberal whip and parliamentary secretary, has severed connection with the Coalition party supp g the Lloyd George gov- ernment. Only recent -secessions are Col. Archer Shee and Col. John Gretton. mess crafts, four of which were said to be | four for next year, were described as | 'ceived a blow on the head with the same neighborhood. Washington, Aug. | Law' ' for the girls was introduced in | the house by Representative Herrick, Republican, of Oklahoma, Representative Herrick would pre- vent girls from going into the movies or on the stage. . His bil] is designed to prohibit beauty contests conduct- ed by newspapers and by film organi- zations, "My motive for introducing this bill," said Mr. Herrick, "is that the young American woman of to-day is PROTECTED GIRL AND IS MURDERED Montreal Youth Dies From Hammer Blow on the Head. f Aug. 15. 587 Albert street, Montreal, Smith, Albert who re- a hammer during a quarrel on July 16th, died Sturday morning in the General Hospital from the effects of the injury. Two months ago Smith friend were seated on the latter's steps on Albert street, when they heard another man address an -in- sulting remark to a girl. They im- mediately went over and interfered. A fight ensued, in which the father of the. man who had 'insulted the and a girl joined, apparently not knowing | the reason why Smith and his friend had attacked his son. The father rushed into the house and emerged with a heavy hammer, which he used to strike Smith. The latter, although seriously injured, was not taken to the hospital until August 4th, when his wound became infected. , It grew steadily worse and he succumbed. WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY. At Least So Thinks the National Bank Review. New York, Aug. 15.--The history of the world has shown no more well- balanced developments of a great country than has Canada says the National City Bank Review in a sur- vey of conditions in the dominion. After referring to the vast territories in Canada and the resources which require the hardiest kind of pioneers to bring them to the service of the world, it has steadily forged ahead, today, and stands in, position to sol- idly withstand great strain of war The Review predicts coming prosper- ity for Canada based on its crop con- dition as reported by its banks agents in that country and also expects lower living costs. It thinks the passage of the United States tariff 'will be the greatest factor in return- ing the cost of living by cutting down Canadian exports of food stuffs to the United States from one-half to two-thirds, 109 Years of Age' And Enjoys Living Brockville, Aug. 15.--Although now in his '110th year, Rufus Avery, of 'the counties' house of industry at Athens, still enjoys his pipe several times daily and is said by the super- intendent to "be in remarkable health. Only his hearing is affect- ed. He is in company with his wife, several years his junior, He was born in the township of Au- gusta, Grenville county, April 9th, 1812, and spent all his life in that township ds a farmer, Mysterious Poison Used. New York, Aug. 15.--Health au- thorities are working to solve the mystery of a poison which has taken the lives of three children of one : family within a week and resulted in the illness of a half-dozen others in A theory advanced was that the children had eaten poison berries found on vacant lots near their home, BOGUS MONEY MADE * WITHIN PRISON WALLS Inmates of Ohio Reformatory Design and Circulate Spurious $5 Bills. a , Cleveland, O., Aug. 15,--A c¢oun- terfeit plot hatched at the Ohio State reformatory at Mansfield by prison- ers who carried out .heir wotrk of manufacturing and circulating bogus bank notes for months within prison walle, was revealed by United States secret service agents here. As a result two prisoners, King Williams and John Kometz, to be paroled soon, will be arrested upon their release and turned over to the federal authorities to be tried on charges. of counterfeiting federal officials said. A close watch was Kept on several suspects in the reformatory. - Several weeks ago, Assistant Superintendent Rowe said, he caught Williams in the act of putting the finishing touches on a bogus $5 bill. amination, reformatory officials say, Williams admitted making and pass- ing counterfeit bills for months, Y After a severe ex- Sees America : a Foreign Country With Foreign Ideas And Ideals 15.--A "Blue drifting away from home life, ceas- ing to be interested in maintaining a home, veing a wife and rearing a family "It is, a notorious fact that the American-born populatidn is decreas- ing and. that the recent immigrants | imimedicte offspring are in- | and t creasing and that if the same condi- tions continue for another decade, cz may be converted into a country with foreign ideas and ideals." NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. Labor leaders of dominion sum- moned to meet Sam. Gompers in To- ronto. Chas. Lemieux, Riviere du Loup, drowned when his car tumbles into river. Vancouver couwcil is advancing railway fares to citizens unable to go east for the harvest. Dr. Gaston Mafillet, dentist, lawyer and publisher, of Montreal, is dead, aged forty-eight years. Premier Drury intimates that the government will accept the Suther- land hydro-radial report, Australia will be represented at the forthcoming medting of the In- ternational Labor Office in Geneva. John McPherson, fire ranger, was drowned near Port Arthur, when a canoe containing five persons capsiz- ed, Alexander-Ross, Labor member for Calgary, has accepted the post of minister of l.bor in the Greenfield gabinet, ", Alexander Badger, taxi driver, was sent up for trial for manslaughter in connection with a motor fatality at Sydney, N.S. The Montenegrin Regent, Queen Milana, has made General Sir David Watson, Quebec, a commander of the Order of Danilo. > While Willtam' Stout, Milford, N.B., was away, his wife and child- ren were rescued from their burning home and grocery. Forty-two cases of alleged breach of the Quebec Liquor Act are ready for court in Montreal. Cases ara con- stantly increasing, William Clazie, a well-known farmer of Front of Thurlow, died on Friday in Belleville General Hospital, following an operation. Unsatisfactory compasses are blamed by Captain Bradley for the wreck of the steamer Canadian Ex- porter near Vancouver. Vancouver's dry squad lost its first case against a club for selling liquor when the Ex-Overseas Mechanics Club and their steward won. Arnold Lupton, férmerly member of parliament for Sleaford, in Lin- colnshire, Eng, has been sélected as independent Liberal in Westminster contest. Premier Greenfield and Mr. Brownlee were not candidates dt the recent Alberta elections, and seats in the legislature will have to be founa for them, Within sixteen hours of arrest, George Miller and James Rogers both twenty years old, were en route for penitentiary from Montreal tor steal- ing from the C.P.R. A hundred nien are fighting severe forest fires raging in the mountains six miles north of Waterton Park, Calgary. Tourists were conscripted, being paid fifty cents an hour. Miss Lillian Taylor, Clarence Channon and James Wood, Oakwood, were badly hurt when a motorayels, driven by Harold Jenkins, Lindsay, accompanied by Miss Taylor, collided with a buggy. North Oxforc Liberals will place a candidate in the field to contest the election for the legislature made va- cant by the death of John Calder, a short time ago. A convention will be held on August 27th, to select a can- didate, Woman Demands $10,000 For One Kiss, One Hug New York, Aug. 15.--A hug and a kiss which she claims were forced upon her against her wishes caused Mrs. Phoebe L. Bushek, of West 204th street to file agit for $10,- 000 against Emanuel Silver of No. 11 Hewes street, Brooklyn, in the Bronx supreme court, Inthe complaint, Mrs. Bushek al- leges that Silver, on Apri] 25th en- tered her home, not upon invitation, and hugged and kissed her, despite her vigorous protests. Mrs. Bushek further alleges that Silve: again yisit- ed her home on April 27th and at- tempted to repeat his osculatory per- formance but. did opt succeed. Farmers House Burned. Brockville, Aug. 15.--Fire totally destroyed the building and contents of Anthony Poulin; South Gower, on Friday. The family was working in the fields when the fire was discover- ed, and the flames had made such headway that it was impossible to eater the building to save any of the contents, Some insurance was car- ried. A defective chimney is sup- posed to. have beén the cause of the fire BOBBED HAIR 1S DEFENDED Style of Hair Their Own Af- fair, Nay Eayiopes are. | Chicago, Aug. 15.--Little girl with the bobbed hair, do not worry. There is no general movement among Chi- cago employers to oust you simply because your long locks are gone. If you do your work properly, your boss will not ask any personal questions. Such was the information gather. ed, following the announcement by a 'State street department store that bobbed hair had been banned among its employes. A canvas of stores and offices disclosed that all the average Chicago employer wants is efficiency and that few of them believe a girl's hair aglers into the subject. Hear the words of John Spellman, a director of the Chicago Telephone company: "We make no such point in hiring our girls," he said. "All we want is a girl who can answer a telephone quickly and properly. If she can do that we do not care whether she bobs her hair or wears it ih long braids. It she gives the service we want, we are satisfied. I don't know why bob- bed hair ghould affect a girl's ability as a public servant." Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s employ= ment bureau has not even considered the question." G. W. Montgomery of The Fair asserted he could see no reason for discrimination against bobbed hair. "Why, I even believe bobbed hair becomes the "younger girls," Mr. Montgomery said, "Of course, fit doesn't look so well among the older clerks, but why can't a girl with bob- bed hair give as good service as one with long tresses? I can't see haw the clippers can cut down a girl's efficiency." The Western Electric company, employing thousands of young wo- men, has not been bothered by the question. "We do not go'into the girl's per. | sonal affairs," an official said. "We ask that they do their work properly, and that is all." A simple-statement was made by an. employment official for Armour & Co. "The question has never come up," he said, "We ask and pay for effice iency, and that's all we expect." Fatally Shocked. Fenelon Falls, Ont., Aug. 15.-- While making a connection from the verandah electric light to one in a tent on the lawn at his home Friday evening, John Whitehead, Jr., aged sixteen years, received a fatal electric shock, His mother, who was sitting on the verandah at the time, gave the alarm, and his father and other members of the family went to his relief, but he expired almost instante ly. Ng-- Advice in Proof Form, Washington, Aug. 15.--In reply to a newspaper request for a 300- word statement as to how capital and labor can best get together, Secretary Davies wired: The best way for capital and labor to get togethers is to get together." I. L, P. Makes a Denial. Toronto, Aug. 15.--The executive of the Independent Labor party state es there is absolutely no truth in the rumor that Carl Homuth, M.P.P,, { going to succeed Hon. Walter Rollo. It is also stated by them that Mr. Rollo will not accept a position on the Workmen's Compensation Board. Seaplane Launched. London, Aug. 15.--Mrs. Hughes, wife of Right Hon. William Hughes, premier of Aus'ralia, using a special presentation sword, cut the leash and launched Australia's first navel seaplane in the Hamble river, Report on Philippines, Washington, Aug. 15.--Gen. Leon- ard Wood, who has been investigat- ing conditions in the Philippines, is understood to have advised against independence for the islands in the immediate future. AT Nis DESK IN PEEP STUDY. WHEN A STRANGER, RUHED IN DEMANDING THe FOLLOWING INFORMA] Ton;" IF THE BECTRIC SIONS, WAT ike The G-PEN EY | Pe-------- "Three hundred words too many, .