"ALLEN | TO-DAY TOM MOORE in Beating The Game | YEAR 88; No. 308. HE EXPECTS "A SURPLUS Provincial Treasurer Looks For a Balance of Half Mdton. - Toronto, Oct. 13.--A substantial | surplus of perhaps as much as halt | a million dollars is the fond expecta- | tion of Hon. Peter Smith in connec- tion with provincial government fin- ances for the current year. Inciden- | tally, it may be gaid, such a surplus would be extremely acceptable to government members gelierally, for there Is some expectation of going to the country after the next session, probably in June, In 'contrast to the government's three-quarters-of-a-million deficit for the fiscal year ending in October, | 1920, a surplus of anything like the | amount Provincial Treasurer Smith | anticipated for the present year | would bp a pleasant contrast. More | than that, while past budgets of the | Drury government might be said to! have been governed to a consider- | able extent by commitments of pre- vious governments, the praise or blame for that to be presented at the comit session rests in far fuller measures on the shoulders of the | present Administration. | While it is generally known that | the Drury zovernment is being urg- | ed from some quarters to go to the | i i i | | _IFOR SETTLEMENT OF. p : { i { i ail si 0 f ALLEN TO-DAY TOM MOORE in Beating The Game gy KINGSTON, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921. \ LAST EDITION, | Recommendations to Be For-| warded to Allied Countries { and United States. IN STREETS Paris, Oct. 13.- ~Recommendations of the council of the League of Na- ve RE -------- = KNELT ABOUT EMIGRATION tions for the settlement of the Upper Silesian question was received by Premier Briand to-day. They will ba communicated to_the allied govern- ments and the United States, ~ France's Delegates. Paris, Oct. 13.--The cabinet t day completed the delegation to the Washington conference. Former Premier Viviani wil; be second to Premier Briand, Senator Sarrau and M. Jusserand, French ambassa dor to the United States, completing the delegation. ei CFEIIEFPFIICIIOIIEIYISLTS + Ld %+ DR. CHAMBERS FOUND 3 MUCH' EXHAUSTED oo" -- 4 Fort William, Oct. +13.--Dr. # Chambers, Toronto, was found * by Indians in an exhausted con: 4 dition near Antikekan. He had # heen lost in the woods for a + week, LOYD GEORGE MAY YET 0 T0 WASHINGTON L 'And Recited the Rosary When Sinn Fein Delegates Appeared. Lond Oct. 13.--After a ninety- {minute on, the Irish peace con- ference has adjoufned until eleven {o'clock to-morrow morning, When the Sinn Fein delegates arrived at on to-day a big crowd=gave them a elcome and proceaded to re- tosary, kneeling $n the } te The Matters of violation of truce, kid- g by Sinn Fein and treatment nn Feiners interned are said to been taken up. It is stated taat » | the Sinn Fein does not demand the release of internees, but claims pris- oner-of-war treatment for those in- terned, improved medica] treatment | for the sick, and paroles in case of iliness in men's families, Russia Doesn't Want Trade, Glasgow, Oct. 13.--British plans ER ERE EX RR RRR TARR (00) trading with Russia Lave been defeated, declared Sir Robert Horne | | {chancellor of the exchequer here last | { night, partly as the result of fam- {ine, and could be attributed in soma | | measure to the fact tifat Russian ex- { |tremists had been "more anxious to spend their gold in propaganda than in buying goods." colintry after the Federal elections, If the Irish Negotiations Are | 2 and before the next session, that | policy of political expediency is one | which it is not expected the mem- Advanced to a Certain Point. OTTAWA POLITICS AT BOILING POINT § BIG PARADE {He Tells British People Can- | | ada Wants No Settlers | This Year. | London, Oct. 13.--From Austra.ia { Lord Northeliffe to-day turns to Can- ada. His journals publish a warn- 'London Police Ready to Cope : i | . ing article from him that Canada With Monster Demon- wants no immigrants this year. He deplores what he calls blunders of stration. London, Oct. 13.--Elaborate pre- { the emigration methods: "There seems no universal system of selec- tiem, 28 schooling nt Tpigraua be- cautions were taken by the police to- { ore they leave Eng and. anada ve- day to cope with the monster demon- garde medical examination in Eng- | tration by the unemployed land as mostly nierely a farce and | {rejections are numerous. Bitter ara | the patos of hing Te Eu | Thousands of police were stationed anc with a stigma upo « 100T- | ithin a radius of a mile from Dow- ough examination should take pla-e | Sh {in Britain befors thcy start: they | D8 Street, while mounted men oc- | ats a Ye vp 'og > "1% foupied the Mall approach to Buck- should be spared the loss of time and lirgham palace. There was an attempt money and the ignominy of rejection. | 8 : who ning street to interview the premier, {Emigration is like aviation, it is i : . a : |young man's game. The middle-ageq | [¢'® With Sinn Fein sympathizers i 1d o ip (Who gathered in Whitehall and 25d old are regarded 2s intruders ir |cheered the arrival of Sinn Fein dele- WILL HOLD TWENTY-TWO "MEETINGS IN" ONTARID 8 I Premier Meighen to Do This in [t Fourteen Days--His Itinerary. | Canada." : Can gates at noon. The gatherings in-the streets were broken up. Want Truce Better Observed. London, Oct. 13.--At the head of to-day's discussion in the conference of the Sinn Fein with members of the {violated by both republiean {will be considered by which both par- | Ottawa, Oct. 13.--Premier Mei- [glen's Ontario campaign, which will open at Spencerville on October [ 18th, will be one of the most vigor- {ous and spectacular efforts in the | | history of Canadian alectioneering. MAIL CARRIER BURNS OVER 10,000 LETTERS In fourteen days the prime mirister | {the armistice. It is quite possible too | Fein prisoners will be approached. [VALLEY OF PURE IRON OF WORKLESS ON LAKE ATHABASCA | |Analysis° Shows 64.36 Pure { Metal--5,000,000 Tons Ready for Shipment. inonton, Oct. 13.--A whole {val'ey of almost pure. iron, lying on a A) ITDOESNOT MEET FAVOR | | | | | | planned to force their way into Dow- ion the part of the police to inter- | iritish cabinet is the matter of the | ruce signed last July. It has been | army | land crown forces, and arrangements | [ties will come closer to the spirit of | | : | [that thé question of liberating Sinn | Motorization of Fire Depart- ment Discussed By Board of Trade. The motorization of the Kingstor fire department was the subject | discussed at the meeting of the | Board of Trade on Wednesday even- ling. The subject was introduced by Ald. P. B. Chown, chairnian of the fire and light committee, with a | view to educating the people who are {to be asked to sanction the expen- |diture of $18,000 for additional equipment. Mr. Chown also intre- erations being necessary, | duced Mr. McCarthy of the Watrous The Butterfields, in addition to Engine Works, Montreal,' who ex- | the present find, have sold the min- | plained the advantages of motorized (eral rights of a vast deposit of Cok- {equipment ovér the horse-drawn ve- {ing coal in the Brazeau country, | hicles and steam engines now in use, which they discovered. It proved to {and Mr. Gray, Ottawa, told of the reontain-100,000 tons of coal suitable | system in use in that city. | for the reduction of 'iron ore. J. M. Campbell occupied the chair | REASSURING. REPORT oat he onze of routine busi ON WESTERN WHEAT withdrawal from Kingston of the |Unfavorable Weather Has divisional office of weights and meas- ures, the abolition of the office of in- Caused Relatively Small Decline in Yield. the shores of Lake Athabasca, with | deep water right to the claims, has | | been discovered in. the north by Nor- | {min C-Butterfield . nd his son, E. A. | Butterfield, who for 16 years have | been residents of the Edmonton dis- [tri t. First do'ails of the discovery |are reported in the Edmonton Bulle- tin, Analysis of the claims shows that it is 64.36 pure iron. 150,000,000 tens have been measured off, while 5,000,000 tons ir the shape of loose {blicks are lying on the surface or [the ground close 'o the lake, ready for shipping without any mining op- . spector and {tg location at Belleville; also the abolition of the office of post office inspector. These offices should have been retained here. By the same order eleven divisions were wiped out But owing to representa- tions made to the government all but two were reinstated. - Kingston was latest | an important centre and nobody g has | could see why it should be deprived eemed | of the service it had enjoyed. Winnipeg, Man. Oct. 13.--The Manitoba Free Press, in its { CTOP report states that threshin {advanced much' further than g e in lass bers of ihe present governmen would sanction, provincial election in the summer o 1922 was not by any means beyond the bounds of possibility. Lloyd George Sees Unemployed's Deputation London, Oct. England's unemployed assembled on | tie embankment today for the pur-| pose of accompanying the deputation 'to the premier to demand work or maintenance at union wages and uni- | form scales of relief. The deputation ,®as admitted to the premier"s resi- inmate ws des ed ~ ' Clashes occurred between the po- lice and thhe unemployed at Cam- bridge Circus this afternoon. The demonstration was the biggest of its kind ever seen in London. Banners read "Bread or Revolution." Four- teen thousand police were engaged in contending with the paraders. MUST HAVE GOOD SHIPS. To Protect British Empire Says New Zealand Premier, London, Oct. 13.--A Reuter's des- patch from Wellington, N.Z., says that Premier Massey at a luncheon today declared that he stogd behind dis former statement that the British _ .enpire had never provided any capl- tal ships prevously for New Zezland. The four new capital ships, towards the maintenance of which all parts of the empire contributed, would be British empire ships. This was the beginning of a wew era he said, and while they did not want war, they must be protected, and they could no protect the empire unless they had as good ships as other nations. ---------- Mark This for the Mark! London, Oct. ,13.--The German mark has hit a low record dropping 19 540 to the pound sterling. ein abt ts EEE EEE EEE | 4 5 # CAN'T SELL HOUSES * DESPITE SHORTAGE » -- @ Woodstock, Oct. 12. -- The © Woodstock Housing Commis- # sion, finding after a campaign # of ten months' duration, that it ® cannot find purchasers for eigh- # teen houses built by jt 'under ® the terms of the Ontario Hous- ® ing Act, has decided to rent ® them for the winter months. ® Twenty-one houses were built © by the city, but only three have #® been sold so far, and the fe- € mainder are a dead loss to the < city. * STEPPE PPRISOPIILLS eed rer t obs e sess + 5 HUSBAND AND WIFE My husband always decides to the ang shirt that has a button A member of the | overnment stated yesterday that he, With Ireland are sufficiently advanc- on one, would not countenance it. |ed, Lloyd George will go to the Wa- He admitted, however, that a general |Shington conference, says the Datly | 13.--Thousands of [in an official sapacity. London, Oct. 13.--1If negotiations t | | | | {The Parties Are to Nominate | Their Candidates Next Week. ail this morning. The Times deiares Hie majority {of the British delegation will leave | Ottawa, Oct. 13.--Loca] politics at [for the United States on November | Ottawa are warming up to the boil- sth. It is believed that Admiral |ing point. Both parties will nomin- Beatty, who will attend the Ameri- |2te next week, the Liberals holding can legion convention, wiil attend the |thejr convention on Monday and the opening of the conference, but no: | Conservatives on Friday. For the English Liberal nomina- tion a bitter contest is on between Ex-Mayor Fisher and H. B. McGiv- ern, ex-M.P. Fisher's supporters claim that he is immeasurably the Stronger man, while McGivern's fol- lowers emphasize the fact that he | t | | HON. DR. J. W. EDWARDS SPEAKS AT WARKWORTH Canada's Honor Was Greater tl Than Granting Exemption Warkworth, Oct. 13.--Addressing {an audience largely composed of far- {mers at the Conservative convention | here, Hon. Dr. J. W. Edwards, M.P., {for Frontenac, and minister of fm. mikration and health in Premier | Meighen's reconstructed cabinet, de- | {fended the government's action in { conscripting the sons of farmers in 11918. . "It 18 true," he said, 'that the promise was made to farmers' sons. {It is unfortunate thet it was made, [but it was made by General New- burn,"I am glad that it wasn't kept, {and it couldn't have been kept if {the honor of Canada was to be kept jclean. It was. more important that thie honor of Canada was kept clean than thet the promise wasn't kept. | "I'dud't believe there is a farmer lin Northumberland county to-day who will blame the government for | putting through conscription. I be- | lleve there is a large sprinkling of | farmers iu this audience, and I be- {lieve the farmers In this audience | will play the game fair, will judge {things on their merits if they know. {the facts." | "What have we dore for the sol- |diers? I don't say that the govern- | ment has done all it might have done |but I do say that the members of i parliament have shown the disposi- [tion at all times to be more than fair in dealing with thé soldiers and soldier problems." Newspapery Boost Prices. Chicago, Oct. 13.--An increase of 110 cents a month in the subscription i prices of the Chicago daily papers in | Dubuque and surrounding territory has goné into effect. The reasons assigned {there was a 50 per cent, increase in | express rates which went into effect the first of the present year, and a 20 per cent raise in the postal rates are that que is situated. 8 . Ten Ycars and Lashes, . * Windsor, Oct. 13.--Ten years in Portsmouth Penitentiary with thirty lashes with the "cat" was the sen- tence imposed by Justice Logie in Sandwich this evening upon Jas. Grant, 23 years old, a returned sol- dier of Amherstburg, for a serious offence. The lashes the cotirt order- led to be administered ten at a time, Held For Manslaughter. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Oct. 13--As a result of the investigation of District Attorney William D. Ingram into the shooting early yesterday when Wil- hur Hunt of Watertown was killed on the Gimlet road between Dekalb Spinks of the state constabulary faces a charge of manslaughter. -- Hugh Guthrie, minister of milftia, was unanimously chosen as Cousery- ative abutidate for South Welling- ton at a largely attended meeting in Guelph Wednesday afternoon, » " Tmainly applying in the zone in which Dubu- L &food by Laurier even though twice ted. The "organizations" ar for him. 'Women aré demand- ing equal representation in the con- vention «and they are threatening to quit unless they get it. For the French nomination the choice lies between Auguste Lemieux, K.C., who was nominated before, but was pull ied off, and half a dozen others with chances favoring Lemieux. ' In the Conservative camp, A. BE. Fripp, late M.P,, will probably retire and if so the likely choice is H: P. Hill, M.L.A., who has consented to go to the convéntion. He is ready | to quit the provincial field. For the French Consérvative | Controller Champagne will give Dr. | Chabot, late M.P., a close run. Giants Lead The Eighth Game In i . New York, Oct. game of the world's baseball series took place this afternoon, and it | Giants win, the series will be over. | The batteries are: For Giants--Nehf and Snyder. For Yankees--Hoyt and Schang. The Giants took the lead in the {first inning, scoring a run on an j error. Giants Yankees i ses aah eee 10.0 0 00 Crew Preparing to Abandon a Steamer | | Halifax, Oct. 13.--The Norwegian steamer Royal is ashore between Cape Race and Are Pine, and is {asking for immedTate assistance, ac {cording to a radio message received {here this morning. The message {said the crew was-prepared to ahsn- ! don the ship. v Will Oppose R. B. Bennett. Calgary, Oct. 13.--Joseph T. Shaw, local barrister, has announced his candidature as an independent in op- position to R. B. Bennett, K.C., min- ister of justice, in the West Calgary Federa! riding. - Mr. Shaw already has the approval of the Farmers of the riding, and is likely to receive the support of the Labor party as well. Half-Brothers Opposed. Prescott, Ont., Oct. 13.--It is said that W. H. Casselman, M.P.P. for Dundas, is to be urged to resign his seat 'in the Ontario legislature and contest the Federal seat for Dundas and Stormont on behalf of the U. F.0., opposing the government candi- date, 0. D. Casselman, ex-M.P., his half-brother, against whom he stumped the country two years ago, The five bandits who robbed the Hochelaga bank at Elie, Man., on Wednesday, were captured two days later by the bank manager who pur- sued them. nomination, wil! cover the entire province, adl- dressing no fewer than twenty-two {' -- | meetings, eight of which will be held |He Piles Thousands of Them | fu the afternoon and fourt2en in the | - in Cellar to Save the Work |cvening. He will touch avery imnort- | {art centre in the province, will take | of Delivery. n rural points as wel] as the cities, | -- {and give particular attention to the | Denver, Oct. 13.---More than 10,- | dgl ting ground where t'i» Agrarian | 000 letters have been destroyed dur- {cause Is strongest. A'ic: a meeting | ing the last three months by L. W. {ar Peterboro, the Ont [be brought to a close with' a mass | cording to an alleged confession [ meeting in the 'capital on November (Made by Coats to Captain of Detec- | gra. os {tives Rinker, Mr. Meighen will thon invade Que-| Coats was in jail to-night as | bee, holding one or parhaps two [result of charges placed against him | meetings at a point til] to be de- | PY Roy Nelson postal inspector. Ac- jcided, after which he wiil leave for [cording to Capiain Rinker, a quar- | the west, His present plan is to |ter of a ton of letters were found in { proceed right through to the coast, [the basement of Coats' home. Coats to hold four on otings in Bri- [bad placed them there. Captain ad (hem toswingt admitted "'be- back to the prairie provinces. He [cause he did not want'to work more | Will address gatherings in Edmonton. |than eight .ours a day." Calgary, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and | Coats also is alleged to have con- {other western cities, and will return | fessed to burning thousands of lel. [-2%t in time t> wind up his campaign | ters becaise he did not want to. de. in the heart of th> fight in Ontario. |!iver them. He also is said to-ha a | The prime minster": brilliant cam- | confessed to taking micney from let- Prign is appea {uy to the imagination |ters. {of the country an] messages cf cen- | - The accused man has a wife and |&vatulation ani encouragement are | Paby. \ Trt pouring in upon the Government { headquarters nare from every pro- Fell Dead at Depot Lindsay, Ont., "Oct. 13.--George | vince in the dominion, | Whiting, a cook from the lumber Complete Itinerary. : camps of the north and a resident Premier Meighen's complete itin- | of Kinmount, dropped dead just af- erary for the 'province of Outaiio, | ter stepping from a G.T.R. coach and given out by the National Liberal {while walking across the station plat- and Conservative ~ Party heéadquar- form to the waiting bus. He ters, is as follows: ! seventy-five years=8f age and was on Tuesday, October 18th, afternoon, his way to Lindsay to consult an eye Spencerville; evening, Brockville, specialist, October 19th, afternoon, Clinton; evening, Goderich, October 20th, evening, Sarnia. October 21st, afternoon, Mary's; evening, Stratford. October 22nd, evening, Thomas. Sunday, October spent in Toronto. October 24th, evening, Brantford. October 25th, afternoon, Brace- bridge; evening, Orillia. October 26th, evening, Sault Ste. Marie. . October 27th, evening, North Bay. October 28th, luncheon, World Brotherhood, Toronto; evening, To- ronto. October 29th, afternoon, Milton; evening, Welland, Sunday, October 30th, will be spent in Hamilton. On the day fol- Mowing, Mr, Meighen speaks in Ham- ilton, November 1st, afternoon, Oshawa: evening, Picton. November 2nd, afternoon, Camp- beilford; evening, Peterboro, HE DOESN'T APPROVE USE CANTEEN FUNDS en---- Hon. H. H. Stevens Wants 'it for the Helpless and Dependents. "Vancouver, Oct. 13.-- Distribution of the Canadian expeditionary force canteen funds through the Grea: War Veterans' - Association, the Army and Navy Veterans, and the Grand Army of United Veterans, is A a } epee eters. 0 THE GIANTS GRABBED SEVENTH OF THE SERIES Defeated Yankees 2 to 1-- Douglas and Mays in Pitchers' Duel. St. St. 23rd, will be Snyder joined the society of the dis- tinguished yesterday afternoon when he batted the New York Giants to a the seventh game of the world's ser- ies. In the seventh inning, 40,000 fans, sitting under heavy clouds that threatened rain momentarily, clam- ored for a run that would break the tie and give the game to the Nat- fonal League champions. Snyder re- centre which sent Rawlings over tha plate with the run that gave the game and a four to three éount in the series. Rawlings had reached first on Ward's error of an easy ground- er after two were out. Phil Douglas, the long, loose-hung mountaineer, came in for an equal share of the glory by pitching a bril- liant game that completely subdued the heavy-hitting Yanks, He had trouble getting away, however, and in the second inning the Yanks got to him for their only run. Pipp dou- bled and McNally scored him with a single. The Yanks were then through for the afternoon, In the seventh inning the Ameri- can League champions had a fine op- portunity to-score. With two down, Frank Baker singled and went to third on another single by Schang. Carl Mays, usually a good hitter, failed in the pinch on a feeble in- field out, ' The Giants scored their first run in the fourth inning, when Young singled, stole second and scored on Irish Meusel's hit. Yankees .. -.010000000--1_ 8 Giants .. ....00010010x--2 6 ' inion expresse . Disabled Veterans' Association from H. H. Stevens, minister of trade ani Commerce, at Oitawa. The disabled men had protested the decision of the minister of militia to accept *he advice of the three major veterans" organizations in the matter. Mr. Stevens expressed the conviction tha® the money outstanding in the canteen fund should be distribated by a re- cognized government department, and that i* stould be dedicated to ario tour ill |Coats, a substi'ute mail carrier, ac- was | -- | New York, Oct, 13.--Big. Frank 2 to 1 victory over the Yanks in! sponded by smashing a double to | RH B.; 1! 0 | Possible and the percentag | in yield seems to be relatively small. | The loss in grade was to be expected, tend, 'while it is severe in Some dis- tricts" it is considerably less than was anticipated before threshing was resumed. The reports indicate th even in Saskatclfewan about 75 per in some of the heavy northern dis- tricts it is claimed that it will be completed this week. In Manitoba the amount of thresh ing completed is muth larger than Saskatchewan's, It is apparently 90 per cent. done, taking in the province as a whole. Manitoba evidently has had higher temperatures during the wet weather as the percentage of damage from sprouting at quite a 'number of points is high; fortunate- ly, these are not as 'a rule heavy wheat districts. Northern Alberta seems to have Leen much more fortunate in its weather than either Manitoba or | Saskatchewan, and even at Grand Prairte,; 402 miles north of Edmon- ton, harvesting will be completed this | week." Some points in Southern Al- { berta report it too dry to plough, "Faking the report as a whole, --it is encouraging and bears out" the old time reputation of the prairie west in its power to recover from | what seemed almost impossible situ- | ations," the paper says. THEY NEVER THOUGHT OF MAKING ESCAPE | The Remarkable Example of the Effect of Discipline on France. . Lyons, France, Oct: 13. --~Hand- cuffed in pairs and in charge of four gendarmes, twelve French military {Prisonefs en route for Algeria to | 8éTrve sentences ranging from five to { fifteen years, were aboard the Stras- | bourg-Marseilles express when it [jumped the track at Lee Kchets a {few miles from here. Forty passen- | gers were killbd 'and seventy injured, None of the prisoners was ser- | ously hurt, but three gendarmes j were killed and the other pinned un- {der - the wreckage, lay seriously | wounded, All semblance of authority and {order had disappeared. joners were free, instead of running away, they pulled the wounded gen- darme out of the tangled mass of | wood and iron and laid him on the | Brass. During the night they rescu- fed thirty-one injured | Then they gave themsely | { es up. | They have since left for Algeria | to serve their sentences, 'but { understood that the Minister of {1s studying the case and the opinion is expressed that, in due course of red tape, they will be pardoned. . Liberal Paper Changes, Glace Bay, N.S., Oct. 13.--The Glace Bay Gazette, for twenty years, a supporter of the Liberal Party, both in the federa] and provincial flelds, announced that it will support the present campaign. The Gazette takes the view t protection is the only policy that can safely be adopt- ed as regards coal and steel and it {argues, to take any other attitude { with reference to Canadian industry 23 °'a whole. obliged to support the party of Prem- ier Meighen. i ------ | ¢ Yawl's Year:long Voyage, - London, Oct. 13.--Reuter's corre- spondent at Sidney, Australia; cables that the 28-ton yaw! Amaryllis has arrived there after a remarkab'e voy- age, lasting a year, from Fe;mouth, England, { cent. of the wheat is threshed, while | Premier Meighen's government in | Would therefore be inconsistent, it'| Consequently it feels | \ { | at | of these t | | | { | f | i | | | A resolution moved by F. J. Hoag and seconded by R. J. Rodger, re- questing the secretary-treasurer to notify Sir Henry Drayton, minister of finance, that the Board of Trade de- sired the matter of the withdrawal '0 offices to be reopened and considered with a view to their reinstatement at Kngston, was unan- mously carried. Mr. Campbell reported on the failure of Kingston to secure the lo- cation here of the Phillips Electric Works being established at Brock- ville. Negotiations were carried on by City Clerk Samds, but Kingston could not provide a site of one hun- dred acrespon the 'water front with railway facilities and this was the reason why it lost the industfy. Sites with deep.water and rail facilities are scarce in Kingston, hi Fire Motorization. Ald. Chown presented the case for motorizing the fire department, ga matter that has been agitated -for Some years. In support of his advo+ cagy of the expenditure of e6me $18, 000 for a motor truck and pump to replace a steam pump he described the present equipment which was de- | clared by the inspector. of the Ontario Fire Underwriters to be inadequate. He read answers to fourteen letters sent to fourteen cities in Ontario hav- ing a population approgimately the same 'as Kingston's, many of which had some motor apparatus in addi- tion to the horse-drawn apparatus. A strong argument was presented by him in a statement showing the comparative cost of maintaining the presetit system as against the propos- ed motor system, a substantial saving in annual expenditure being claimed for the latter, "Besides," said he, "our horses can't stand up on fey pavements. Moreover, when our fire- men respond to a call there is no equipment left to answer another | call should two fires break out simul- | | { t | The pris- | $76,000; Sault Ste. { i | f taneously. This is a condition that ought to be rectified. This motor engine will give us more pumping power which we need when the pres- suhe is low as is sometimes the case, particularly in summer. Kingston has eighteen men, a chief, seven hors- es and the annual cost 15323,000. Among the outside places were: Brantford, 32,000 population, 36 men, 4 horses, some motors, cost Marie, 23,000, 5 horses and some motors alwaye able to get through thepmnows; Peterboro, 23,000,:21 men, 'motors, $38,000; Kitchener, 23,000, 22 men, three motors, some horses, $23,000; St. passengers. | Catharines, 28,000, 25 men, two mo- tor vehicles and asking for more; Fort William, motor apparatus and it is | three horse sleighs. War | Kingston, according to the under- writers' inspector should have reser- e equipment and 40 men. Estimates Saving. ' Mr. McCarthy gave an account of the development of the motor vehicle and motor pumps now in use. They were efficient and the Watrous En- gine Works were not now making steam engines as the motor was now taking its¥place on' the market, It wag meeting the demands for effi- ciency and economy as the cost of maintenance, replacements and de- preciation was reduced to ten per cent. One man wag able to drive the 3 motor engine to a fire and operate it," thus doing away with the driver and stoker needed for the old steam en- gine: The triple expansion compina~ tion motor engine cost $18,000. A driverengineer could operate it do- fig awhy with additional belp. He estimated a saving of $4,000 a year. In fact it would pay off the original cost in four years. ' He told of tle successful operation of this engine in Montreal and Que- (Continued on Page 3.)