wferal house will probably not be an- SLLEN TO-DAY AINE HAMMER. STEIN in Beasure Seekers YEAR 88; No = = -- THE PREMIER AT TORONTO . | To Confer With Leaders of! » National Party---Speaks at Exhibition. Toronto, Sept. 2. Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, prime minister of &, reached this city this morn- | ing with his party, following h.s| Inomentous announcement last night | in London regarding the dissolution | of parllament ana a general election | in Canada befor. the new year. | Premier Meigh to be 'he guest of honor at the directors' luncheon at the Canadian Nationa; ; exhibition this atrerpoon. It is press! day, but in addition to representative newspaper men of laily, weekly and irads papers of tfc province Premier Meighen's auditors or of his first address since his election | announcement wil! include prom-| nent manufacturers, farmers, labor | men and professional men of all] shades of political opinion. In view of this it is expected that the prem- | fer will mot make any further poli-| tical prenouncemen' at this lunch- | eon, | It is understood that there will be | a conference of leaders of the forces | supporting the National Liberal and | Conservative government in Toronto | to-night. i is | Women in the Senate, Toronto, Sept. 2.---If the Meighen | government is returned to power it| 18 pledged to take action which willl enable the inclusion 6f women in the | senate of Canada. This promise was | made to the ladies of London yes-| terday by Right Hon. Arthur Meigh- | en before his departure from the city. The announcement was greet- ed with cheers by a large assemblage of ladies whom the prime minister "was addressing. He stated that it would be neces- sary to secure an amendment to the British North America Act to al- low the appointment of women sena- tors, but that if his government was re-elected, one of its first actions would be to seek the passage of the necessary amendments, L P Ld psition. : onto, opt." 2. "Premier Meighen's London statement last night that the real opposition lies in the national progressives or agri- cultural forces under the Crerar leadership acquires further signifi- cance in view of the probable amal- gamation between this body and the newly-organized Canadian labor party, is the opinion expressed in many circles to-day. The interests of the two parties are so similar in many respects that they may be re- garded as identical, said a member of the labor party this morning, Election May Be On 15th December 9 Toronto, Sept. 2.--While the dale » of the general election for the fea- nounced until after Promier Meighen has had ample opportunity to consult the other members of the cahiner, tho general opinion here is that it will be about the middle of Decem- ber, Prophets are nearly unanimous on Thursday, December 15th, as the correct date. { | nt | COPPER 2 220000 * # KING GEORGE PLEASED *} * WITH IRISH RESPONSE + | «> i * LJ London, Sept. -- King # George sent a message to the # Archbishop of Canterbury on «# the Irish situation, The message % sald: #& "Let us thank God that some & measure of response Las been & vouchsafed to my appeal! to my & Irish people. With a full heart «& lot us pray that their reconcili- « ation may be consummated by # the deliberations now proceed- "$e ing, snd that they may be unit- & od, making a new era for their < native land." 2 i | | | * +» <* > + < + +» * » * * > - + * * SAPP PE2 SST « Gontroller O'Helir's huckster on Hamilton marke! sells several hun- dred baskets potatoes at sixty cents, as against seventy-five and ninety cents. HUSBAND AND WIFE ® bawls out Central every calls a number.--G. A. G, Does Your Wife Do 2 i SUMMONS MEETING © <"OF THE CABINET ublin, Sept. ister Lloyd George sent the reply of Eamonn de Val- era, Irish republican leader, to iis lates! communication on the Ish peaco proposals to Lon- don for eirculation among the members of the cabinet Hav- ing regard for the serious issues involved, Ildoyd fKGeorge summoned a cabinet Min- has ting to at Inver- George ) Inver- will me be lLield Monday ne ness, Scotland. King be held Monday next at ness, and Lloyd George visit him thers, WHALEN CHANGES, President Arranges New Staff to Car- ry on Operation, Sept. 2 An important the management of the n Pulp and Paper Company is For the past eight montns the Reliance Mjlls and Trad ing Company, a United States con- cern, has been in charge of produc- tion for the Whalen. This arrange- ment has now terminated, and the Reliance has 'withdrawn from the operating management. President T. W. McGarry is-at present in Van- couver, in connection with the com- pany's affairs, and is understood to be arranging for the appointment of a staff to carry on operations. The wood fibre plant of the Whalen has been re-opened, employing about 860 men, ' TROOPS ARE ORDERED T0 VIRGINIA STRIKE ZONE Action Postponed on Question of Montreal Law Pending a Conference. Toronto, change Whale announced in 2 Washington, D.C., Sept. 2.--Ord- ers for immediate entrainment of troops for the West Virginia strike zone were issued early to-day by Major-General Harbord, chief of staff. Actin was postponed, however, on the'question of declar- | ing martial law, pending a confer- | ence between Secretary Weeks and other goyernment officials with Pre- sident Harding, The latter's procla- mation hag been signed and requires only Yestance d 6 to become effective. WILLIAM YULE WITH REX STOCK COMPANY ; Former Kingston Boy Who Be~ came a Comedian Re- visits the City, William Yule, comedian with the Rex Stock Company producing The Nan Who Owned Broadway", at tho Grand opera house, is a former King- stonian who has won great.success on the stage. Mr. Yule appears in the character of Rankin, the butler, in this delightful comedy which was greéted by a large house on Thurs- day .evefiing. Mr. Yule is a son of James Yule, Alfred street, and re sided here for a period of sixteen years, during which time he exhibit- ed marked talent !n amateur com- edy. Leaving Kingston he went to New York and except for a short time during the war, when he serv- o4 in the Canadian Cameron High- landers in 1916, has been following his profession as an actor, in both the United States and Canada. Upon leaving the army he re-entersd tae theatrical business, and is a valued member of the Rex Stdck Company. Hg will bo seen at Man Who Ovnaed ® Rroadway," i= | day and Saturday NAPANEE MURDER CASE STILL A MYSTERY No Trace Has as Yet Been Found of the Stolen Auto. There are no new developments in the murder case at Napanee, The slayer of Constaple Richard Beard is still at large and as the police have been unable to get a description of the three men who were in the lane- way, they are greatly handicapped in their work. The police continue to follow up reports regarding the movements of cars in the hope of getting trace ot the auto stolen from J. W. Robinson, the night of the murder, but thus far they have not heen able to get any trace of the missing car. The Whig telephoned Napanee early Friday afternoon, and Chief of Police Barrett stafed that there were no new developments, Rélief Fund Has Been Opened by Trades Council The Trades and Labor Council of Kingston has opened up a reliaf fund to help alleviate the distress among the workers in the city. Already they havo received the substantial sum of $50 from Ald. T. H. Sargent and $1 from H. Ackerly. All donations should be sent to the secretary of the Trades and La- bor Council, 22 Vine street, city. , AIL contributiéns will be gladiy acknowledged by the Whig. por assistant | the Grand in "The KINGSTON, ONTARIO. FRIDAY, SEPT 21 921. PREMIER ANNOUNCES GENERAL ELECTION T0 TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE YEAR CLOSES There Is To Be No Autumn Session of P: Before the People Will | | London, Ont., Sept 2.--The Right ! Hon. Arthur Meighen, prime minis- 'ter, will recommend an early dis- solution of the Canadian House of Commons and a general election be- | fore the new year. This was his message to the peop:e of London and to :he people of Can- ada, delivered before an audience of some three thousand people in (he Grand opera house last nig The announcement, 1 been awaited with anxiety by all see- | tions of the dominion, came as a sur- i prise to all but « few of the prime minister's hearers, but when 'he premier announced that he considsr- ed it the proper thing to recommend {an early dissolution and a genera: | election, applause rang through ihe | theatre. Redistribution could not be | carried ou: within a reasonable time, | the prime minister stated. The cen- {sus returns would not be complete, |it had been announced, until De- | cember, and that would mean an- | other twenty months or so of inde- | cisfon with regard to lariff imatters. | Canada could not gct settled down in | business unless the tariff problem { was settled | The real challenge to the govern-; ment policy came from the Farmers party which demanded free trada. | That their policy was wrong he was | certaing, and he was equally certain that it would be proven wrong by de- velopments. A revisicn of tariff in Canada was due and overdue. To de- cide the principle of tariff was a big imperative question before: the peo- ple of Canada to-day. Business Stability at Stake. "Until-they do decide it," declared the premier we cannot have tariff Electors, Declares Be the Tariff-- i PREMIER' MEIGHEN stability. We eannot have confij- ence. We cannot have full employ- ment. We cannot have health and growth and virility. Until we know whether the people want a protective | taritt or whether they don't, no tar- iff is secure. Either the opposition platform adoptel in convention and set down in black and white--either it or the Farmers' platform means beyond all dispute the overthrow of the historic policy of this country." Referring to the growth of tha Farmer movement, the prime minis- ter said that they had proved in the decisiveness of a recent victory that no policy could have the least secur- ity until. the gauntlet thrown down was taken up and an answer given by the whole people of Canada, WEDDING WILL TAKE ROYAL APPEARANCE King Constantine Unable to Attend Princess Xenia's Marriage. London, Sept. 2.--The wedding of | young William B. Leeds and Princess Xenia of Greece in Paris next month will take a royal! appearance, al- though King Constantine and tend. however, will be there, Pringess Xenia is of royal blood on both sides of her family, Her mother, the Grand Duchess Georgia, is a daugh- ter of a former King of Greece and her father was a cousin to the late Czar of Russia, Prince George, brother of King Constantine, who is passing the sum- mer at a villa near Paris, will also attend the wedding, as will many Russians who heid high offices in the old days. The marriage was to have taken place earlier but the illness of Prin- cess Xenia prevented it. She is slow- ly recovering from an operation for appendicitis, and for the first time this weel-end, expects to leave her town home in London for the coun- wy. A HUGE WATERSPOUT AMAZES ONLOOKERS Column 40 by 50 Feet Wide and More Than Ten Feet in Height. Port Huron, Sept. 2.--Hundreds of summer resoriers, bathers and beach dwellers were amazed at see- ing a gigantic waterspoat during the hard wind and rain storm which hit the city late in the afternoon, scuttl- ing down the steamer channei of Lake Huron at terrific speed. The column of water was more than 10 feet high and appeared to be from 40 to 50 feet wide. It came out of the north and could be seen lake. : i Coming to a point near the gov- ernment lightship, a mile out in the lake, it gradually died down. Old sailors pronounced it the biggest spout they had seen in many years. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. Prof. Wilkins Honored by Chicago University. Brandon, Sept. 2.--Prof. T. Rus- sell Wilkins, M.A., instructor of ma- thematics and physics at Brandon College, received the. degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, on Tuesday. Prof. Wilkins is an honor graduate in mathematics and physics of Me- Master University, and taught at Wpodstock, Ont. His boykdod homie "was in Toronto, do v the | Crown Prince will not be able to at- | The Dowager Empress of Greece, | advancing &everal miles out in the stability. Wa cannot have business | And No Redistribution Bill--The lise, is Question Must Be Settled By the esier Meighen. The question arose of when the contest should come A regular session of parliament for ihe pur- pose of passing a redistribution biil meant another twenty months of un- certainty, waillng and unnecessary unemployment. The prime minister said he didn't want to be responsible for tha: The extraordinary sesults of Medicine Hat and Alberta should not be a regular session if the voice of Medicine Iiat was to be the voice of Canada. Somebody else be- sides himself would have to carry it out. Governmbnt Policy Best The people who flocked to hear ne minister' filled every seat in the theatre and another two hun- dred people or so found seats on the platform behind the speakers, In addition there was &n overflow | meeting to which Mr. Meighen again expounded his policy. The prime minister the echo as he rosg to speak. He dealt chiefly with the tariff situation and the tariff platforms of the Con- servative, Liberal and Farmer parties, and declared that only the policy of the government party conld bring a continuation of industrial prosperity in Canada. Other speakers of were Hume Cronyn, M.P., Glass, M.P. During the afternoon, ihe pr was cheered to the evening and S. F. Mr. Meig- women of London, and afterwards attended a gathering of the western Ontario members and their support- ers. The evening meeting was op- ened at 8 o'clock (standard time) end lasted three hours. EAST INDIAN CHEAT 20 MILLION "| FEAR TO PROSECUTE | | BOND ISSUE Ontario Government Needs It Before the End of Fis- cal Year. Toronto, Sept. 2.--Within a few |adys Hon. Peter Smith, provincial | treasurer, will be in the market to |e. more money to run the govern- | ment affairs. It is likely that he wilt | issue bonds amonting to about $20,- 000,000 to finish up the fiscal year | which ends on October 31st. | At the present time there is soma 1 $7,000,000 odd which the Hydro has | not yet received from the appropria- | tions made for that purpose, and {they will need the money before |long. Then the provincial treasur- {er has some treasury bills whica {have to be rctired in a'short time | | | { { These amont to some $10,000,000. As the end of the fiscal year 1s {quite close now this new issue of {bonds will probably be large enough {to cover any expenditure needed up | to that time, and it is not likely that Hon. Peter Smith will want to make {more than one issue out of it. There {1s also a consi'erable amount needed | for roads. | | Film Company Accused of Conspiracy | Washington, Sept. 2.--The Federal | Trade Commission has issued a for- | mal complaint against the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation end 11 PES days in which to answer specific alle- rations by the commission tha: they represent a combination and conspir- acy to soeurs control and monopoli- zation of the motion picture industry of the country. CROTHERS FOR GOVERNOR ---- Former Minister of 'Labor Is Prob. able Appointment, HON. THOS. W. CROTHERS' Ottawa, ' Ont, Sept. 2.--Hon. Thomas W. Crothers, former min- ister of labor, may be the next lieur - governor of Ontario. It is understo>a that Mr. Crothers aspires to the bosi- tion and his clams are such as to fearry weight. It is rather expestsi to-day. that Appsiatment, + The Calcutta Munitions Case Promises Startling De- { velopments. London, 'Sept. 2.- ~Extarordinary interest has been aroused in India by what has become known | "Caleutia munitious case" and startling developments therefrom. In this case four persons, includ- ing Sukhlal Karrani, the | financed 'a number of Indian indus- | trial concerns, were charged with | conspiring to cheat The case was dealt with by Sir Thomas Holland, member of the Indian Council in charge of the department of indvs- | tries. Sir Thomas, after investigating | decided to withdraw these cases {from prosecution, one of the reasons | given being that harm might be done {to Indian industrial development of {the prosecuiion succeeded. Two ministerial colleagues whom Holland 'consulted agreed to withdrawal of the charges, though not on wholly identical grounde The 'government of India has now Issued an official communique stat- |ing that the withdrawal canno: be treated as the considered decision of the governor-genera! in council, who | | desires to make it ciear that it is im- i pogsible to justify the withdrawal oa the specific grounds given in the i case | Sir Thomas Holland has cdmitted {that he comm tted an error in judg- Iment in failing to submit the mat er | {to the governor-general in council {He has unreservedly accepted full ! responsibility in the matter and has tendered bis resignation. other respondents, allowing them 30 i May Cuitivate Bears. Moacton, N.B., Sept. --Will i growing bears in captivity become a | valuable adjunct to the fox industry? { That is the question that a fox man of Salisbury will attempt to solve, He | has purchased a big female bear and 1 his idea is that the fur of the animals ! will make a profitable investment al- | i though , money | pets, he hopes to make better by the sale of the cubs for Excise and Customs Revenue. Ottawa, Sept. 2.---Excise and cus- toms revenue to the total of $20,614,- 464 was collected during the month of August, according to a statement issued from the department of cus- toms and inland revenue, The col- lections were as follows: Customs im- port duties, $10,502,136; excise taxes, $6,490,875; excise duties, $3 - 1 359,835; sundry collections $61,€18. House and Store Destroyed. Peterboro, Sept. 2.--PFire, caused by the explosion of tar being heated on "a stove for roofing Wednesday afternoon, compietély destroyed the house and store of Duncan Brown, at Apsley. 'The two frame buildings and their contents are a total Joss. The amount 0° the damage can not be estimated yet, . brought him to the belief that there | hen was tendered a reception by the | as the | managing di- | iector of the Industrial Bank, which | |MEIGHEN GIVES __ | LEAD TO EUROPE English Paper Lauds Cana- dian Premier's Work in London. Iiondon, Sept. 2.--The Manchester despatch from its correspondent [sion that the absence of {had caused him lo lose ground wiih | the people of Canada. | In the view of the Guardian, Pre- mier Meighen has helped nobly to give a lead to Furope and the world in such matters as the crying need for international agreements stop squandering money in the building of navies, and in the 'so-called Paci- fic question which should not be a | question at all if men would get to- gether and talk about it." The Guardian says that Premier Meighen has made to the important but insular counsels of Britain_at | the crucial moment, a detached, dis- passionate contribution that the his- | tory of the world will note as help- {ful to peace and understanding. He has gone back to face a domestic sit- {uation which takes no account of the { way he has spoken for his country {in the momentous world questions deal. with by the Imperial confer- ence, i. "This is a familiar experience to {all stctesmen," the article proceeds, | "but it is a fate which statesmen a {hundred years hence, even across tne | Atlantic, will not suffer. There iis nothing surer than tha! the world | politics of to-day will be pacish | pump politics to-morrow, so that Premier Meighen mdy take even the adverse by-election at Medicine Hat composedly." | 1 | | CANADIAN BORD ISSUES They Are Not Under Surveil=- lance Like European | Bond Issues, | Washington, Sept. 2.--Canadian | municipal bond issues are highly 're- {garded in United States investment | circles. This was indicated to-day {when it was learned that bond is- | sues of a number of foreign munici- | palities offered for subscription in thé United States are under the scru- {tiny of the government for evidences | of violation of "blue sky" laws. The Canadian Press was informed by an official of the government that the | issues under surveillance do not in- {clude any of the Dominion. | "Canadian municipal bonds are very highly regarded in this coun- try," he said, 'and we do not consider | there is any need for apprehension as to the terms and conditions under | which they are offered to the public { here." | A number of European municipal { bonds are Tot so highly regarded, { however, and. according to officials | here, the government has decided | that it ig necessary tg investigate the { methods by which they are being is- sued. The "blue sky" laws, as they {are popularly called, are statutes | which regulate the issuance of stocks fand bonds to the public and are in- {tended to safeguard investors from unsound securities. Some European cities, it is declared, have been of- | fering bonds for a mere pittance in United States money which would be | redeemable years hence for many | times the value of the original in- | vesgment on the assumption of a re- !covery in the exchange rate. Some of these municipalities are said to have issued bonds totalling such enormous sums in the now depreciated curren- {eies of their countries that if ex- | change regains a parity the face | value of one of these obligations in | United States dollars, would be many times as great as the land, buildings {and resources of any of these towns. -- {New South Wales Creates Motherhood Endowment | i -------- | London, Sept. 2--A Reuter"s de- | spatch from Sydney states that the | motherhood endowment scheme, re- i garding which the Hon. J. J. G. Me¢- | Girr, minister of public health and I'motnerhood for the state of New | South Wales, has recently made an announcement, is creating world- i wide interest. " It is proposed to raise 'money to partly finance the scheme by holding a state Jottery, and inquiries-are be- ing received from all plirts of Eng- {land, India and South Africa, as many from these countries are anxi- ous to secure tickets. will be one of the first to be submit- ted to paniiamecnt at its next session. Nova Scotia's Apple Crop, Halifax, N.S,, Sept. 2.--Over 2.- 000,000 ba-rels of apples, probably the greatest yield in its history, will eome from the Annanpolis valley this year. Indicatthns are that 1,000 cars of apples will be shipped to the Un:t- ed States. Ex-Warden Weston, the U.F.O.-Labor candi- date in the West York by-election, is withdrawing from the comtest afler holding the nominaiion of the Al- liance singe June 28th, 1920. Heavy rains check forest fires in Crow's Nest Pass. Guardian has discussed editorially a | ia | Ottawa, which indicated the impres- | Premier | | Meighen at the Imperial Conference | Belfast, Ireland, Sept. 2.-- James Johnsor, aged fourteen, died in the hospital this morning from wounds received during street fighting here. His death, with that of Walt Campbell, who died last night, bi the death roll of disorders in B since Monday up to eighteen. Jo! son and Campbell were members a group of five boys who climbed wall to watch the shooting, then became the target of smi one of their companions being Ki ed instantly. ' There wera several cases of in the Falls district of the city thi morning, men going to work attacked. The police otherwise ported the city quiet. 2 Orders to Sinn Fein, Belfast, Sept. 2. --The sensatio statement that a Sinn Fein offichi ie had authorized the Irish republican™ army to intervene in thy rioting here was made Thurpday afternoon by Col. Duffy, Sinn Fein liaison of=. ficer for Ulster. Col. Duffy declared | that "after the refusal of the mili tary and police to act" during the ¥ sanguinary rioting he "ordered © the Irish republican army to take action for the protection of & The Motherhood Endowment Bill | James A. Cameron, | Catholics." His statement indiactes that Sinn Fein sentries particip : jin the firing, as he said th: |as a result of represent {to me, I ordered my tr * HIGHLY REGARDED IN US. tery of Extra chine Guns. London, Sept. 2.---Machine ga of a new type, much heavier™th any yet used; will protect the giant Siddeley Cirkis battleplane which is now carrying out trial flights in the neighborhood of Aldershot, They will be mounted in a kind gallery running all round the chine, which Is very fast, considering its"size. It weighs nine and a half tons, and its twin engines develop 900 horsepower. It is so powerful that it will be possible to dispense en- tirely with protecting planes which in the 'past had to accompany big machines. & The pilot and observer travel im the nose of the aeroplane, and it will be protected by a circle of ma- chine guns from attack from almost any. direction, BEARS CLEAN GARBAGE CANS Many Animals Boldly Hunt Near the Town, Cobalt, Sept. 2.---Black bears which are apparently more pilent in this district this year thajfl 'ever before, are showing much dness {in invading the premises of, sett and quite a few have been shot. McPhee, North Cobalt, shot two of a party of four bears which he near the town, and Andrew W burg also shot two on his farm the Blanche river, one of w weighed over four hundred pou He was awakened one night, and going out saw a bear in a field looking at him. He shot animal, but did not go near it. Next morning he found the m 4 ing guard over the body, & killed'her also. Bears have b . in barns, pig pens, garden : rooting in garbage cans, bu | particular damage by them has | reported. The forest fires of spring are believed to have desi ed much bear food, causing the mals to search elsewhere, LADY 'SAT VERY QUIET, SURROUNDED BY NER THO GRIPS AND MANY BUMDLES , SUPPENLY JUMPED yf AND SAOVTED CONDUCTOR