ALLEN |! TO-DAY HOUSE PETERS IN "THE INVISIBLE POWER" remem ieee YEAR 88 3 No, 223, viene WANTS HUGE GRAIN POOL #4 R Premier Meighen Makes a Strong Bid For the Farm- ers Support. Portage la Prairie, Man, Sept. 28, ~-In a speech which had been eager- ly awaited, especially throughout the West, Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, prime minister, last night announced the government's policy in regard to the grain trade. The speech came at an overflow meeting, folowing the main speech of the evening. "What 1 propose," said Mr Melghen, in making his announce- ment, "is a system of voluntary Pool, not of wheat alone, but of the principal grains growing in this country, such pool to be handled f rr -------- EE E---------------- --------SHEE------ ALLEN TO-DAY HOUSE PETERS : "THE INVISIBLE POWER" KINGSTON*ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. £8, 1921. aily British Whi to appoint 'glen continued, do Link thé government will pRailagaini-and do not think ths | farmers of western Canada have any { reason. to doubt but that the men will be chosen, if they can be secured, { who most co and their confidence {and regard "Possibly if one were to sezk | popularity alone it could be attained | best Dy promising to re-establish the | | Wheat board, clothed with all fs | | former powers, and operating again {88 a great monopolistic agency of | sale. I cannot convince myself that {1s the right thing to do now, having {in mind the circumstances of the | present time as they exist in other | countries of the world and having in mind the just claims of all the people of this country, of every province {and occupation." | "I am against the Mackenzie King { Liberal platform--against it from | the first line to the last," declared |'the premier. "It is not only wrong |and pernicious as public policy, but {I do not believe and never did be- | Heve that those who adopted that | platform in convention believed in { it themselves. That platform was this "1 | DAMAGE CASE C. H Powell Pays Percy Vincent $1,750 Far In- |50uimie, mei Mmm hours oe court, and on Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, the petit jurors were | discharged | son, { Charles. H. { which plaintiff claimed $ {ages for personal injuries, sustained through neglect and breach of duty, { nounced. SAVES TWO WOMEN FROM DROWNING IN THE RIVER |Mrs. Frederick H. Tillinghast IS SETTLED ™ "2.5 Rescue. . Alexandria Bay, N.Y., Sept. 28..-- [Mrs. Frederick H. Tillinghast dau- {ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A the jury to His Son. | principal lead in a thrilling and dra- three jury cases which had been entered before Hon. Mr. Jus- tice Orde, at the sessions of the su- preme court, were settled out' of | women in the S', Lawrence river re- cently. The Arcadia is anchored hear Edgewood park, and two young wo- {men, waitresses at the Edgewo»l club, were bathing in the St. Law- jrence, and went out beyond their |depths. {and were sinking when Mrs. Tilling- hast, nge t Percy Vincent, plaintiff, and [ast Seite Se ane a ure Powell, defendant, In them to shore. Mrs. Tillinghast is 5,000 dam~\ 4p axpert swimmer and has received {special training in life saving. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne spend the {summers on their housghoat Arcadla {at the Thousand Islands and the win- In the case of Thomas Vincent, as next friend, on behalf of his infant the following settlement was an- | matic rescue from drowning of two | They had lost all control | LAST WORD OF CABINET Which Will Refuse to Recog- nize Claim of Irish o- dependence. | London, Sept. 28.--Barring pos- {sible dissension by certain c3binet | ministers, & peace conference be-~ {tween Sinn Fein plenipotentiarics {and the British cabinet committee will be held in London next week, it iis learned. The note from Lloyd George invit- {ing de Valera to send - a deputation was to be forwarded 'to-day and | made public Thursday, according to | present plans. | The views of nearly all the various | British ministers who have been con- | {sidering the Trough draft of Lloyd | | George's proposed reply had been ro- {in H 8 LAST EDITION, OUSE OF BISHOPS DISCUSSES UNION Delegates Are in Attendance From Every Province of Dominion. zi AID MEIGHEN Toronto, Sept. 28.--The house of} . Cores So meeting a Se4nsas Toronto Mail-Empire Thinks Trades Unionists Are With * Government. cathedral to prepare for the general | Toronto Mail énd Erapire. ynod, which will meet at Hamilton Ottawa, Sept. 28.--Two great face next week. Bishops from every dio- cese in the dominion are in attend- tors in the election will be the re- ance, and the house is presided over by the primate, Archbishop Ma he- son, ,of Rupert's Land. There are twenty-five bishops present. Theh general, synod which meets triennially, is the highest court and legislative body of the Anglican church. The last two meetings were held in Toronto, where the chief sub- ject of discussion and legislative ac- tion was the revisicn of the book of common prayer. The outstanding question to Le considered at the forthcoming meeting will be the re- union of Christendom and the posesi- bili'y of the 'nfon of the Anglican church with other churches in Can- turned soldiers and organized Labor. Now ¢hat the campaign is under way there are many indications of the trend of thought' on public af- fairs in these two great elements of our electorate. The great body of the veterans will support the govern- ment. While they have not obtained all they believed they are entitled to. yet they prefer to trust their fortunes '0 those who stood by them in the war, rather than to either party based on hostility to military service during the war. Many of the most by a government board constituted | C°0ceived by men who knew it was Judgment by consent for the in- (ceived yesterday, according to a re- ter at the Bilimore in New York. aca. prominent soldiers, both din tha on the plan of the Wheat Board, receiving and disposing of grain by & system similar to that followed by the Canadian wheat board under Mr. Stewart. I do not propose that this board' alone shall receive and dispose of western grain. . I do not propose that the present grain- handling agencies be put out of business, but I propose that through & federal grain board the farmer shall have an alternative method which he can adopt if he desires, a method similar to that which was open to him for the crop that he sold to the wheat board in 19719. "I propose before . next year Canadian grain board be with such powers as will enable to function, that will receive placed voluntarily with it ers, and that will have powers to enable it to hold and dispose of that grain to the best advantage to give the farmer the benefit of mixing, it the board decides that mixing should ! be done; to give the farmer the bene- fit of any overage if overage results, and to give him the full return of the crop that he produced, less only actual and necessary cost. 5 a it grain Results Assured. "I know there are difficulties. in the way, and I am not blind to them, but difficulties must only stim- ulate. They must not thwart. The chain of elevators under or prac- : tically owned by the dominion to- 4 s across the continent, may be used without unfairness - to others, to facilitate the transporting and storage of the grain handled by the board, and for securing the re- sults to the producer that I have Just 'outlined. I am confident that, by the means described, we will gO far to assure to the farmer the fol- lowing results: 1=That the fair value of nis €rain as a selling commodity will be Paid him whether by the grain board or by any company that competes against the grain board. "2--That the profits that have arisen out of his orop by means of overages will now go back to the producer and be included in his par- ticipation certificates. *'3--That conditions of mixing, if mixing is considered by the board to be in the interests of the producer, will accrue to the producer himself, "4---That the selling of Canadian grain, instead of being concentrated to the extent of 75 per cent. within three months of the year will be distributed more evenly over the en- tire twelve months, steadying the 'market and resulting in grea'er fair- mess both ta the producer and the consumer, "5----That economies in the hand- ling of grain in bulk will result, and the farmer will get the benefit. Factors to Success, "The success of such a plan de- pended on more factors than one. It depended almost wholly on the fao- tor, the man or men selected as members of the grain board. The 'whole people were interested in the results of the operation of {®oard. Should the board fail or go 'wrong, the whole people of Canada would hold the government respons- " #ble. It would, therefore, devolve on the government to select, after ge:- "Ring all advice on the subject within its reach, the man and the men, bui .ehieflly the man to be chairman, who would command the universal confidence of Canadian citizens of "every class and occupation. "If the responsibility is mine when HUSBAND AND WIFE My wife plays a record and dances i the mop on my lodge nights. -- What Does Your Wife Do ? created | by farm- | that | '| nesday. unsound, who knew it was impos- sible and who erected it only for the sake of enticing a large section of the vote of this country, which they in- tended afterward to betray. 'If any- one here thinks that language strong, then I ask you just to read their platform and then read the speeches that the makers of the platform [ete delivered within the past week in the province of Quebec." | Mr. Meighen said he knew that all | kinds of influence had been brought |to bear upon the electors not to | listen to any argument at all against | the "'sacresanct production," the | political programme of the Wood- | Crerar party. But the right to think those things out thoroug:®y and un- derstand them thoroughly was some- thing which no propaganda could | take away, "Flagrant Apostasy." He assumed that Mr. Crerar and Mr. Wood meant what they sald when they pledged themselves to their platform, although when Mr. Ring was asked if he considered him- self bound, In the terms of the re- solution adopted bv the Liberal con- vention, to put all implements of production and foodstuffs on the free list and increase the British prefer- ence to fifty per cent, he replied that these pledges were simply charts. Mr. King told his audience, continued Mr. Meighen, that the letter of these pledges would kill him, ® and that when he got into power he would do Thatever those about him advised | him to do. In view e "flagrant apostasy" of Mr. King, was it not better that the leader of the .other group should put on record now whether he meant to do what his platform said or to call it a chart and to do what those around him said? Mr. Meigshen here read the tariff planks from the programme adopted by the Canadian council of agricul- ture. Mr. Crerar, he went on, had (Continued on Page 15.) CRUISED FOR 63 DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT Ex-Soldier and Daughter Lo- cated by Police Launch Near Norfolk, Va. Washington, Sept. 28. -- After cruising Chesapeake Bay waters for sixty-three days in an open boat, Wil- liam Spencer, ex-soldier, and his ten- year-old daughter, were located by a police launch, and brought to Nor- folk, Va., Saturday, it was anuounc- ed here to-day. They mysteriously disappeared from this city more than two months ago. LATEST AFTERNOON NEWS Right Hon. Arthur Meighen's pro- posal to create a grain board was re- ceived with 'interest by members of the federal house, who, with Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King were at Pic- tu NS, Wednesde-, to speak at the Pictou county exhibition. Martial law has been proclaimed in Trangylvania, Rumania, as the re- result of strikes and disorders. A Bulgarian mission is en route to Angora to negotiate a political and commercia] treaty with the Na- tionalist government. ; Polish officials stated Wednesday in"Loundon that atte~ fai, exchange of notes between Poland and the Russian soviet, negotiations concern- ing the execution by Russia of the peace treaty signed in Riga have tak- en a favorable turn. At a meeting of shipping lines in Montreal on Wednesday it was de- cided to make a ten per cent. reduc- tion in freight rates for grain be- ing sitipped fom 'Montreal to the United Kingdom, Economic penalties imposed upon Germany by the Allies for the non- fulfilment of the peace treaty will be lifted September 30th, Dr. Mayer, German ambassador in Paris, was in- formed by Premier Briand on Wed- ---- Henry Jack Williams, alias WH- liam H. Baughan, charged with the murder Of Russell Campbell, Mel- bourne, pleaded not guilty at Lon- don, Ont, He is Jointly charged with the Murrell brothers who escaped fant plaintiff for costs, Pleadings to be amended by adding the infant, Pércy Vincent, as a plaintiff, the money to be paid into | court after deducting the costs and the expenses of the next | friend, all this with the approval of the official guardian, peared for the plaintiff and Nickle, Farrell & Day for the defendant. of the estate of Willlam H. McAdoo, deceased, was withdrawn. The offic- ia] guardian will pay the interest on the money now in court to the credit of the infant children of the deceas- ed. and George O. Seale, defendant, in v hich the plaintiff made claim alimony and was settled out of court, it was reported that the couple have agreed to resume married life. plaintiff, and L. A. Stewart and Jesse L. Byers, defendants, in which plaintiff made claim to have a deed set aside, by consent judgment was given with costs, count for Stewart's share in real es- art, with the amounts, T. J. Rigney, docket to be disposed of and this was Blackman, plaintiff, and T. A. Max- well, defendant. The plaintiff's claim is that for damage for breach of con- tract in regard to the lease of a farm from the defendant to the plaintiff. plaintiff. Nickle, Farrell and Day for the defendant. WASHINGTON. FEARS By Imposing Duties on Ameri= Meighen's announcement that the ta- Canadian elections aroused great in- emergency tariff bil] recently passed, election campaign in the dominion. The probable heavy duties on cer- Arctic Advance Party Digs vance fifth tic has arrived at Wrangell Island, where it will "dig in" for the win- ter, |day, on receipt of a relayed gram from Alan Crawford, Toronto, leader of the party consisted of four white men and four Eskimos, who sailed from Nome last August, and these will be the first white 'men to spend entire wintet on the island. Policeman and Burglar and an alleged burglar met death to- day in gun play incidental to wave of robberies covering several days. A patrol man, Joseph Reuschle, shot by one of the motor bandits on Riverside Drive, and Harold Finley was shot by a detective during the chase which followed discovery of boys robbing a grocery store. Empire More United Hughes on his return to Melbourne from England, to-day, declared" that the full story of the imperial con- ference would never be told in this generation. united than ever, he said, and is a solid énduring fact. " $1,750 without | nrg Tijlinghast is the second daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and 1s jone of the most beautiful young wo- men at the Thousand Islands. She is plaintiff's 144 former {noted for her beauty as well ag her {prowess in swimming and golf. In this case, T. J. Rigney, K.C., ap- EXPERTS WILL LEAVE ABOUT OCTOBER 15TH There Is Considerable Opposi- tion to Them in New Cabinet. The motion paper in the matter The case of Luella Seale, plaintiff, for reliable authority that the Griffen- hagens wil] depart from the. Cana- dian Civil Servica on October 15th, which is considerably earlier than the two months' notice the firm an- ticipated. . Their re-organization of the post office department is incomplete, and it is said. the experts have been us- ing their persuasion to ba allowed to remain for a longer period. In the new cabinet there is considerable op- position to the firm, and it is yn- likely that they wil] be retained be- yond the fifteenth, No announcement has been forth- coming as to how re-organization will be carried on, though it is as- sumed that it will be continued un- ast the direction of the Civil Service ommission, In the case of R. A. Marrison, the defendant to ac- tate, goods and chattels. Referee will ascertain who are creditors of Stew- K.C., appeared for the plaintiff and Nickle, Farrell and Day for the de- fendants. There is but one case left on the taken up at two o'clock Wednesday noon. The casé is that of C. B, THINK MEN ARE W. 'B. Mudie, Ganahogue. for ths FAVORING A STRIKE The Leaders of the Big Four Brotherhoods Are Look- ing For It. CANADA MAY RETALIATE Chicago, Sept. 28.--Leaders of the Big Four brotherhoods and affiliated railroad unioms, last night declared that they had little doubt that the railway employees had voted for a general strike rather than accept a wage reduction, but announced that the conservative counsel of the lead- ers might prevail against a walk- out. General chairmen of the Brother- hood Railway Trainmen hegan counti the 186,000 strike ballots of their men, but admitted before the first envelope was opened that, judging from the known temper of the men, the result will be over- whelmingly in favor of a strike. Giv- ing an estimated majority, Vice- President James Murdock said: "Our past experience has been that ninety-eight per cent. of the men will always vote to strike." can Goods--View of Meighen's Speech. Washington, Sept, 28.--Premier riff would be the leading issue in the terest here. It is thought that the which put what was declared to be a prohibitive duty on Canadian wheat, may assume prime importance in the tain lines of goods, which the perma- nent tariff bill will likely impose, it is thought, may produce Canadian sentiment in favor of retaliatory measures, In at Wrangell Island New York, party expedition 28.--The ad- Stefansson's the Arc- Sept. of into Mr. Stefansson -announced to- tele- party. He said the the Shot Dead in New York New York, Sept. 28.--A policeman was the alleged ay Than Ever Before Sept. London;- 28. -- Premier The empire is more "Betty" Osborne and is! Ottawa, Sept. 2%.--1Tt is stated on i {don Rorke, Washington, ranges from 37 cents for laboreps to |port from Gairloca. There was no reason, it was said, to anticipate that |any terious opposition to the line tne | premier had taken had arisen. In that case the reply would indi- | cate clearly to de Valera, it was said, {that it was the last word of the Brit- | ish government on the subject of tne proposed conference. It would de- finitely refuse to recognize independ- ence, while lec.ving "e Valera and his colleagues frce to do so if they chose. |SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE POISON GAS {Chemical Industry Should Be! Developed to Meet War Emergency. London, Sept. 28.--While there is | a growing demand here that the Washington conference should take {up the question of poison gas ,war- {fare and try to bring about its abol- {ition, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wii- |son, chief of the Imperial general |staff, now warns | his countrymen |that the chemical industry of this {country should be so developed as [to be ready for any emergency. ] Owing to his position and because | of the British delegation's military advisers. the field marshal"s utier- ance is vested with increased im- portance. In Sir Edward Thorpe's recent address before the British Association, this noted scientist said his colleagues should no longer bel compelled to prostitute their know- ledge to develop poison gases, and his remarks won widespread com- mendation. Sir Henry's warning is contained in an introduction to the forthcom- ing book by Major Victor Lefebvre entitled "The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War," Here the field marshal says. "Recent publications in the press have shown a tendency to deal with the subject on purely sentimental grounds, and attempts have been made to declare this form of war-| fare illegitimate without full and| careful consideration of all the facts| and their significance for the future. "It is not for me to express any opinion here either as to the desir- ability of using gas as a weapon or as to the possibility of "preventing an enemy using it. But I am con- vinced that a decision come to with- out full knowledge of the facts may involve grave danger and prevent- able heavy loss of life." THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY + MAY HAVE TO RESIGN Faced With Double Crisis-- Government Wants Fusion With Germany. Vienna, Sept. 28.--Intimation that the Austrian ministry might be forced to resign was given by .Chan- cellor Schober yesterday, and it is understood the government faces a double crisis ariging from the finan- clal situation and menacing the aspect of the Burgenland affair. The chancellor said that the government had relied upon the promise of the Entente that credits would be ex- tended. "The government's sole watchword, which was fusion with Germany, would succeed," declared the newspaper Abend, commenting upon the situation. TO ANSWER TO CHARGE Of Conspiring to Furnish Arms to' Sinn Fein, New York, Sept. 28.--George Gor- held on charge of conspiring to furnish arms to the Sinn Fein, went to Trenton to- day to appear before the federal grand jury, which is inquiring into the discovery last June of 595 guns in bunkers of 'the steamer Eastside. Welland Canal Settlement. Ottawa, Sept. 28.--The question of working conditions and rates of pay for labor on the Welland ship canal was settlgd = 'yesterday by the department of labor. The scale of pay 7 cents an hour for engineers. The wages are to be effective as from Sept. 1st, and regulations as to work- ing conditions will apply as from October 1st, at Gairloch Stration of the newest developmeats | overseas army and in the after-war soldier organizations will appear on |the hustings =n support of Premier Meighen. POPULATION OF U.S. IS NOW 105,000,000 Attitude of Labor. In Labor gircles the trend of the same organizitions is to support the government, and its policy of pro- teotion. Organized Labor ie opposed to direct political action, and will not support the Independent Labor party, which is socialistic in the ex- treme. The. break between the trade 244,437 Indians, 110,010 Japanese, | unionists and the Independent Lab and 61,639 Chinese. or party, a small but loud element, The rate of white increase for the | is complete, and the real Labor lead- decade was 16 per cent, against|ers will support the government iw 22.3 per cent. for the decade, 1900- | preference to the extremists, who 1910, the decline being explained by| would use their organizations for the reduction of immigration during | personal political advantage. During the war. The rate of negro increase, | the campaign many prominent Labor which is unaffected by immigration | leaders will take the platform on be- or emigration, is far the lowest of | half of the government. Even in record, due to decreasing birth rate. |the Independent Labor party there 13 THE CAMPAIGN HAS NOT [2557 i i BEGUN TO WARM UP YET with the Wocd-Crerar, forces. Hers The Government Expects to again it is the most extreme element that is seeking to solidify the Labor Re.ain the Female Vote of 1917. and Farmer parties. Ottawa, Sept. 28.--As viewed from the capital, the election campaign begun' tf "warm "up as yet, it; tilt nominations are more general. (Conventions are being ar- ranged for all over the country and, when the cabinet ministers return here for a council meeting on Fri- day, at which dissolution is expect- ed, they will bring or have reports of their preliminary survey through- out the country. Increase of Whites Is Less Than Shown in Previous Decade. Sept. 28.--Revised census figures place the population of the country as of Jan. 1st, 1920, at 105,710,620, comprising 94.820 - 915 whites, 10,463,131 neghoes, Won't Support King. A prominant Labor man, who has for ¥ears been an officer of one of the railway unions, when shown the re- port from Toronto to the effect that James Murdock had announced his intention of throwing his energies into the eluction campaign in the in- King, 'stated he did not believe the report. He pointed out that Mr. Mur. dock has for many years been an exe- cutive officer of the Brotherhood «cr Rallroad Tralnmen, and that it Is difficult to understand' hoy a Labor leader of Yr. Murdgek's standing could subséribe to the\Labor policies The new factor this time will be|of Mr. King's followers. It was fur- the woman's vote. ° One authorfty| ther observed that Mr. King's sup- has figured out that there will be a| Port comes malaly from the province predominance of female voters in, of Quebec, and that the Labor policy the proportion of 52 to 48 per cent.|of Mr. King's Quebec followers was respectively." Compared with those enunciated by Mr. Ernest Lapointe who exercised the franchise at the|during the las: session of pa:liament, war-time elections, the women's in his attack upon all international vote this time. will be enormously unions, and his defence of the Na- increased. {tional Catholic Union movement, Government supporters hope .to|and that, in view of these fac's, it 18 retain that female support which! dificult to believe * at Mr. Murdock went to them ' im 1917, 'while all could throw his energies into an elec- three parties are sedulously culti-|tion campaign in support of any such OVER NINE FEET TALL. HORSE TOOK FRIGHT. United States to Test Big Bombs and Guns vating the voters who will register | Labor policy. this year for the first time. It is - largely an unknown' and unsizeable| quantity, so much so that many of| the ol ine politicians would ve | > a that this A Ravel Jun, Biggest Boy in World, Startles general enfranchisement had been Chic Yolk md BONES: in mi n deferred, at least a year or so. hlcaga, Sept. & srs Bii 87 ° ty, but that guy's long for thia | world," sald a startied negro porter | | as Jan Van Albert doubled up like HAVE A PLAN 10 REVIVE {a jackknife, squeezed through the 4 door of a Pullman car, straightened {up to his full height of nine feet, five HOME AND EXPORT TRADE inches, gave the roof of the car am | affectionate pat and then hustled to ja telephone to order his breakfast-- By Extension of Credits in| a meal that would stagger Tive ordin- Order to Help the [ary men. Unemployed. "The biggest boy in the world" he is only 19 '-- is stopping off in London, Sept. 28.--The British] Chicago, en route to Glenwood, Ill, cabinet committee discussed the un-jwhere he will meet his wife. By employment situation yesterday | way of diversion he can walk about and a pian to revive home and ex-!' the streets and look in the second port trade by the extension of cred-| storey windows, its was one of the matters taken up. The prime minister favors relief | undertakings of" considerable magni-| tude, but he recently told the labor- = ite mayors he could mot place tne Backed Rig Over Embankment, Kil. whole burden on the state. He Hing Driver. plans to consult a number of tye| COTRWall, Ont, Sept. .28.--A fa- leaders in commerce and industry 3! accident occurred Sunday night on Friday, and wijj|©n the south bank of the Nation Riv- likely hear the views of the union |®' Nation Valley, when Marshall leaders. | Merkley, a well known citizen, was { killed. He was driving home with his | dpughter, Lillle, when his horse took | fright at some. steel! piled on the side { of the road for a culvert, and backed {the milk rig over the embankment. RE | The horse stumbled over, fallihg on Thoms Suk. Sent. 28 ~~Bombs| Merkley. The daughter, who was not the Germipsy oo pe Y | seriously hurt, managed to get her ar, the rather free. He only lived a few Deaviest mobile piece of artillery ye: hours afterwards. The horse was sui Wanle COUBHY, 30d & machine: | ;rzcricalty uninjured when releas- the Browning the Americans used | absoad will be part of a big demon- Montreal Short of Water. in United States ordnance , to be Montreal, Sept. 28.--Because the made before several! hundred leading | city council, led by Mayor Martin, American engineers, officers of the refused to sanction the cost of the navy bureau of ordnance and rank- | completion of a new aqueduct and ing army officers at the Aberdeen |the provision of three new electric proving grounds here on Friday, | pumps, Montreal is facing a. very October 7th. serious water shortage, - 'terests of the Hon, W, IL. Mackenzie