yr mar -- ALDS. CORBETT AND LIT MAYORALTY CANDIDATES NEXT WEEK WM. FOX PRESENTS SHAME he 0 eee eee eee YEAR 88; No. 267. atly ch British RNGTUN + ONTARIO. FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 1921. A bi ALLEN NEXT WEEK WM. FOX PRESENTS SHAME * WAST EDITION. The First Contest in Three Years--R. E Burns And R. F. Elliott Are Re-elected As Members of the / Kingston will have a maxpraity | election on the second of January | after twoeyears of acclamations for the chief magistrate"s chair. The contestants for the chair in 1922 are Alderman Samuel 8. Corbett and | "John W.* < Litton, who were | nominated on Friday . 'morning. | Both candidates addressed e small | gathering of electors from the pilat- form of the hall after Mayor Nickle had given a summary on civic con- ditions, ! AM. Litton was first nominated, | his papers being signed by Henry | F. Richardson and William C. Cro- | zier. The papers of Ald. Corbett were signed by J. O. Hutton and Ex- Ald. Joseph Hooper. For Utilities Commissioners, R. E Burns was nominated by Mayor H. C. Nickle and Thomas Hewitt, and » ALD, 8, S: CORBETT AA SA AAI. NIA R. F. Eitiott by Ex-Ald. H. H. Tay- "Tor and Mayhr 19: here ate | hey. were | est Just two vaoRHie og to] elected by acclamation, Mayor Nickle Speaks. At the expiration of the time for filing nominations, Dr, W. W. Sands, ¢ity clerk, announced Samuel 8. Corbett and John Litton as candi- dates for mayor and declared R. F. Elliott and R. E. Burns elected mem- bers of the city utilities commission by acclamation, and applause follow- ed. He introduced Mayor Nickle, who delivered his valedictory ad- dress in which he reviewed the finances of the city and told of the increase in taxes from twenty-eight to thirty-five mills in two years. This was due to uncontrolled ex- penditures, he said, but work car- ried on last winter and this fall to help out unemployment increased the debt to $135,000, and during the coming year $9,000 is needed to take care of it, Since"October, over $500 has been spent in relief work. The responsibility for the work this year falls upon the people in choos- ing the men who will have to meet' an acute situation. The police force has been doubled at an increase of $65,000, but as against this the city has saved $2,300 in the cost of gar- bage collection, and had a better service by introducing a contract system. We have also this winter a better milk supply and this 'was brought about by my investigation of this important matter during two ,years, We have 110 milk" vendors under license, whereas there were] ninety selling milk whose premises | had never been previously inspect- ed. The cost of street lighting has been reduced from $28.500 to $20,- 000, and in all there be a total s r- plus of $4,624.50. : "I think that we should spend at least $1,000 of this surplus on a New Year's diner for the poor of the city," said the mayor. In concluding, Mayor Nickle jn- dicated some of the difficulties loom- ing ahead. There was the Ontario * highway départment's assessment against the city upon fifteen miles of suburban roads at a cost of $30, HUSBAND AND WIFE mayor carry oilt their Public Commission. 000 a mile, a total charge of $90, 000. The city memorial hall was a {splendid achievement, and it will be He thanked the paid for in ten years. all who supported him during past two years. : ALD, CORBETT'S ADDRESS. Ald. Corbett spoke as follows Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle- men I stand before you today a candidate for the position of mayor {in the coming eleclion of a new city gavernment for the year 1922. I might be pardoned for saying that I feel some right to aspire for the place of chief magistrate of the old and his- toric city of Kingston, for two chief reasons by birth. I have spent all the years of my life in the old: limestone city and from childhood to manhood have gone in and out among the people, to whom 1 am now appealing for sup- port at the ballot box. Being born here, and having lived here all my lite, I think I know the needs of the city, and as it is my native city, I surely have a deep and honest inter- est in its welfare. Who could have a greater interest in the fity's wel- fare than the man who has never known any other city to Hve in? Second," I have served in the city council for five years as the repre- sentative of Frontenac and St. Law- rence wards and in that time have served on the city property commit- tee as chairman, on the finance com- mittee, on the Board of Works. fire and light and parks. This kind of training is essential to any man who will aspire for the mayor's chair. He must know every department of the city council administration. With- out this training a mayor cannot pos- sibly serve the city as it should be served, As chairman of the city pro- perty committee I was instrumental ° in making euch improvements as were necessary to give to the city and county a fair which has grown to be a credit to this part of Ontario. On every committee I have taken every responsibility periously, and have tried my very best to sérve the interests of the city of Kingston in every department. I do not feel that a candidate should make the mistake of dengling before the electors a multitude of promises. He should be a servant of the people rather than a master, and should only lead in paths that he is sure wil] meet with public approval and secure public support. I, how- ever, wish to define what will be my attitude on matters that are coming before the electorate™at the coming election, and assure all that it will be my duty and pleasure to carry out the mandates of the people in every particular. Fire Motorization. Of the four by-laws to be voted on in thé coming election one of the most important is that of the motor- | ization of the fire department. This has been recomended by : the fire chief, and if it is not carried this public servant will be exempt from any consequences following a serious fire. It is; therefore, fit and proper that the question with its consequent coét of $16,000 should be submitted to the people, and whatever decision they reach and express by their bal- lots, must be the policy of the mayor | and the city council for 1922, City Police Alarm. The board of police commissioners have, in view of numerous recent de- predations, recommended the instal- lation of a police alarm and recoil syster. For the whole of the city the installation of this system would cost $12,000, and would cover a radius of four miles, At a smaller cost of $8,000 a more limited area of the city can be covered with a redius of two miles. "If the smaller area is accepted it will mean that the outlying sections of the city will be }eft unprotected and its citizens com- pelled to pay for the protection of those who live within the smaller ra- dius. It might justly and logically be argued that {f we are to protect a part, then let us protect the whole, while en the other band the question of being able to afford the grater area must weight with thé electors. It is only fair that the people them- selves should also settle this Lorort ant question, and the cnt and Anstructions. Exemption and Bonus. The Dominion Textiles are asking for an extension of their present ex- emption for another period of ten years. This industry employs a lacze First, I am a Kingstonian: number of hands, and its interests must be considered by the eity. In this as in other matters of money the will of the people must be the will of the mayor and council. The Kingston Factories Limited is @ new industry, and asks for a Bonus of $1,000 a year for five years, in return for which it guarantees to employ seventy-five hands and give to the city a pay-roll of at least $3,000 a month outside of its office (Continued on Page 15.) My wifé makes an awful noise when she eats celery.--W.LS. What Does Your Wife Do? | BY-ELECTION HERE | . ON FEB. 6TH Toronto, Dec 23.--Attorney- Genera] Raney announces that the writ will 'be issued imme- diately for the bye-election "in Kingston, on February 6th, with nominations eleven days earlier, {LIBERALS PROTEST TIMISKAMING VOTE Factory Deprived of Franchise. Cobalt, Dec. 23.--On the ground | that voting should have taken place | at Moose Factory, where, it is claim- ed, there are 200 persons eligible for the ballot, and at Weiwatan . Falls, where there are seventeen on the voters' lists, the Liberal executive of Timiskaming has placed protests in the hands of the secretary of Nation- {al Liberal Association and the chair- man of the Ontario executive of that body. The official count which was made at Cochrane on Monday, with one ballot box missing, gave Angus Mc- Donald, the former member, a ma- jority of 92 over the Libera], candi- date. > The missing ballot box, whish was trom South Lorraine, reached the hands of the district returning offi- cer and was found to conform with the previous count. At Weiwatan Falls the ballot box was not taken out of the post office, and, although there are only 17 names on the list, many more would have been eligible for votes as it is among the rural polls of the dis- triot. co, ---------------- DECLARE POISON 6 HUMANE AS EXPLOSIVE Revision of Warfare Rules on Submarines Provided in Resolution. Washington, Dec. 23.--Revision of 'international rules - of warfare, as they apply to use of submarines, was provided in. a resolution adopted by a sub-committee of the arms confei- ence naval committee, it became known to-day. Tt was also revealed that America had opposed abolition of poison gas, contending that its use was as humane, or more so, than the use of high explosive shells. Revision of submarine rules cannot be accomplished immediately, it is said because so important a topic, affecting other than the , five naval powers of the armament conference, must be considered and acted upon by other nations. The proposal to revise submarine warfare has no immediate bearing on the seitlement of the French and Bri- tish submarine contertfons, but is in- dicative of the trend within the con- ference. The subject of aerial war- tare is under discussion to-day in a sub-committee. DEPORT IMMIGRANTS TO QUEBEC PROVINCE U. 8. Inspectors Send Back Settlers Who fvade Regu- lations for Entry. ~ i Portland, Maine, Dec. 23.--Halt a dozen or more families who enter- immigration laws have been deport- ied to various parts of the Province of Quebec from Biddeford and Lew- |iston)" United States Inspector Sam- uel H. Howees, in charge of the Maine Immigration District, an- nounced yesterday. This is the start of a movement to check the illegal entry of aliens who are crossing from that Province into Maine in automobiles ever cross- roads so as to' avoid immigration officers stationed along the border. Thorough investigations in all the industrial centres of the State are being conducted. = Many were eligible by submitting to examination, but feared being turned back, he explained. 'Others were illiterate, and realizing would not be permitted to enter, paid from $60 to $100 each to have automobiles transport them illegally across the border. .In United States Cost of Food- stuffs Will Make Dinner Cheaper - 3 New York, Dec. 23.--Christmes dinner this year will cost tell per cent. less than Thanksgiving dinner last month, according to Commis- sioner of Public Markets O'Malley. He said that wholesale prices of most foodstuffs had dropped at least that much in the last month. Whole- sale prices of ppultry, cranberries, celefy and fruits slumped here Wed- nesday, and still further Thursday. Live turkeys in the wholesale mar- ket, the commissioner sald, are sell- ing for 45c a pound. A week before Thanksgiving they sold for B&e. Dreased turkeys are quoted at 60c a pound. Geese at present: wholesale prices should retail at not more than $0c a pound, O'Malley said, ¥ » Declare 200 Persons at Moose: ed this country in violation of the: they |. Ho caucus in Saskatoon Tuesday confer with the premier-elect lada. Left to rigift: Hon. T. A. P.-elect for Red Deer, Alla. elect for Moose Jaw, Sask. FRED BEAUVAIS IS LATEST FILM STAR Caughnawaga and Three Riv- ers Are Locations in Scenario. New York, Dec. 23.--Fred K. Beauvais, poet, Indian guide, philo- sopher, promoter and co-respondent in the James A. Stillman divorce suit, has starred himself in a five- reel film. The picture, which has nothing in it to suggest the divorce suit, was passed by the motion pie- ture commission of the state of New York on Decémber 16th, and is sche- duled for an early showing in a mid- town Broadway movie house, it was learned yesterday ; The film is called "The Lonely Trail," ands a gripping drama of the great open, wide and wet spaces of the north woods as picturized on the Caughnawaga Indian Reserva- tion near Montreal, and in the tim- Pered sections close to Trois Rivieres, Quebes. Fred wrote the scenario bimself, hired .a camera man to "shoot" it, and placed the completed film with a New York broker about eix weeks. ago. 2 N The picture was purchased by tie Primex Pictures Corporation, of 1630 Broadway, and is to be placed for exhibition through C. B. Price & Cn., operators in the state-right field, whose offices are with the Primex Corporation's suite The picture itself, as described by Feauvais, ehows the erstwhile guide tack in the heart of the lnmber-lands as "Pierre," a famous guide and hunter. Novel Christmas Card for Queen. London, Dec. 23---A Christmas card Of rather novel character has been selected by the Queen. Instead of taking the conventional form, the card is headed 'The Royal Rom- ance." Of buff colored board, it con- tains portraits of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, and below is at- tached a small calendar bearing the words: "With good wishes, 1922." Midget Smith defeated Herman in |New York Thursday night. Election of Shaw in West Cal- gary is conceded. Thousands dying of famine, a Riga despatoh says. Debs may be given hi day. 7 s freedom to- PROGRESSIVE ENVOYS TO SEE MACKENZIE KING. Here are three delegates appointed by the Progressive to proceed to Oftawa and regarding the latter's invita- tion to the agrarians to Share the burdens of governing Can- Grerar, Alfred Speakman, M. and R. M. Johnston; MP.- en A A A A A AAA A AAA AAA AA A AAA AAA AANA NNN |15 KIDNAPPED MEN | SAVED BY THE POLICE |8ix Sinn Feiners Reported to Have Been Killed in Fight in Mountains. Belfast, Dec. 23.--Fifteen men | were taken from their beds Tues- |day night in the Limavady district jof County Derry, by alleged Sinn | Feiners and made to tramp fifteen | miles through the mountains across {the Derry border, were rescued by e | detachment of the special constabu- | lary of County Tyrone after a spirit- ed fight. Thesgongtabulary at dawn observ- | ed#the men' coming out of Hibernian | Hall' at the foot of the Sperrin Mountains, and gave pursuit with { bayonets fixéd, The captured men | made their escape and their former"| | captors opened fire, to which the | constabulary replied. After a chase | of two miles five of the alleged Sinn | Feiners were seized near a chapel, in which was found an areenal con- taining bombs and other explosives and trenching tools. BEAVERBROOK AND MORDEN. Mentioned in Connection With Can. adian High Commissionership. London, Dec. 23.--8ie George Per- ley having: definitely intimated that it 1s his intention to resign the high commissionership, Canadians here are speculating as to whether one of their number may pot succeed him. Pumor has prominently connected ada are urging his nomination. Lord Beaverbrook's name was mentioned some time ago, but it is doubtful whethor he now desires the appoint- ment, He told your correspondent recently that he had given up finance, baving made enough money, and that he had renounced politics as too dull, The feeling here is that the pext High Commissioner should be pre-eminently a-business man, with an energetic faith in the dominion's possibilities, . Municipal chieftains of the Nia- gara region resolve to take a radial vote. - . An appeal is made for Canadians in distress in New York, General Von Beseler dies in a Ber- lin senitarium, Evans, Hamar Greenwood and half of Britain. The Irishme tures being those of Arthur G Barton, E. S. Duggan and Geg Theta SIGNATURES TO THE IRISH TREATY. Here are 'the signatures to the treaty which is now being discussed by the Dail Eireann. berlain, Lord Birkenhead, Winston _ Churchill, Worthington Lloyd' George, Austen Cham- Gordon Hewart signed on be- signed in Gallie, the signa- iflith, Michael Collins, Robert ge G. Duffy, wing Col. Grant Morden with the post, and, it is understood that friends in Can By VOTE TAKEN WAIT -- -- IN THE DAIL OF CRERAR ill Jan. ment Ti 3rd. Dublin, Dec. 23.--The Dail Eir- eann adjourned late yesterday until January 3rd without voting on the Anglo-Irish treaty. : Before this -adjournment it had been planned to have an all-night session as the leaders wanted to force a vote on the treaty. " A motion to continue the debate was rejected by a vote of T7.to 44. The motion emanated from the op- ponents of the Treaty and the vote was regarded as roughly indicating the relative strength for and against the Treaty. Deputy Maloney, of who opened the debate at the after- noon session, also opposed ratifica- | tion, Maloney said he would not vote himself into the British Empire. .¢] say damn the treaty." he ex-' clajmed. Professor John MacNeill," who re- signed the chair to take the floor, followed with a strong argument in favor of ratification. | Deputy Liam Roisite, of Cork, sup- ported the treaty. He said his vote would be no ¥iolation of his oath, for the oath he took was not to the-re- public, but to Ireland. Collins Has A Way. Dublin, Dec, 23--While a vote was in progress in the Dail Eireann on a motion to continue the sittings day and evening unti] a decision was rea- | ched, a sharp argument was precipit- ated by Deputy Milroy on the ques- tion whether those deputies repre- senting two constituencies lins said the fate of Ireland was not | to be decided on such. a technicality. although he himself was entitled to two votes. On Collins' suggestion the | matter was dropped and the vote pro- | ceeded with, r-- "RISING LIKE A cubst. 50-Year-Old Steamer Suryives Severe | Bauftetting. New York, Dec. 23.--Rising like a | ghost from the maritime gravéyard where she had been lying for many years, the steamship George, W. Clyde is plodding along from Phila- delphia' to Onicago, by way of the Great Lakes, with evefy intention: next month of celebrating her fiftieth birthday. After serving her time us a coastal trader, the Clyde found herself out- stripped in speed and carrying capa- city. Consigned to a Philadelphia anchorage, she recently was purchas- ed by the Chicago Lines Municipal Piers Company. Advices received here from Cap- tain D. 8. Kindell, reported her aged ribs and piateg had survived a buffet- ting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and that, with her 35-foot beam and 265 feet over all, she had just managel to squeeze through the locks of the Welland canal, 10 PER CENT. LIKELY . FOR PONZI VICTIMS Small Portion of Investment to be Received by 10,000 Persons. Boston, Dec, 3. More than ten thousand persons, who invesied money with Charlies Ponzi last year, upon his promise of fifty per cent returns in 45 days will receive ten per cent. of their origine investment in time for Christma: Tha trustees aypointed after Ponzi's postal scheme collapsed' atid. he was cent to jall for five years wall:d checks $-44,244 to the [nvenss - This is the first dividend distr buted by the trustees, who sald otiers would follov' as 001 as iggal tificulties surrorndinz th. ecollec- tion of assets wer: cleared np. The Jergest check mali! was for 32.075 and the smallest [or cents, AGAINST WHEAT POOL. An Adverse n ' Agricua'iure. Winnipeg, Dec. 23.--The special wheat pool copmiiisc of the Can- adian Council pf Agficu:iure, in ils report submitted to the ouaucil, finds it impossible to evolve a scheme for the establishment of 4 wheat pool on the lines laid down %y the conncil of agriculture. The committee was appointed by the council at its meet- | ing in*Winnipeg in October, 1920, and has held five meetings. In ad- dition much study has been yiven between dessions by ID individual | members to the matters entrusted to, the committee, the report states. The | report was adopted after a lengthy | discussion, | in today from many constituencies urging the "yatification of the Irisa An alternative plan for a pool was submitted to the committee, the re- | | treaty. port states, but on sccount of the "expressed sentiment in Saskatche- wan favoring the re-establishment of the Canada Wheat Board," the com- mittee made no recommendation on the plan, Tipperary. | should | have one vote or two, Michael Col- | for | Report to Council of | 'Was 77 to 44 For Adjours Sections of Both Liberal And i 3 » - Progressive Parties - Vv Against Fusion. Ottawa, Dec. 23. --Christmas is in, | the offing and the spirit of peace is { abroad, but in the bosom of the cab- { inet-makers in Ottawa there is neith= | er rest nor peace. Politically speak= ling it is no holiday season here. | Statesman 'and politicians, industr- |ious for over two weeks, will cons | tinue their labors perhaps for anoth= {ed week yet. Today they are waiting | for Mr. Crerar, coming by way of Toronto, which is regarded as signi= ficant. He will not be here til) Sat= urday. Until he comes and the situa= tion is discussed, cabinet gonstruc= tion will assume no definite form, The general belief is that Mr, Cre- {rar is coming to Ottawh, not simply Ito discuss terms and conditions un- | der which his party will give an in- depend®nt support to the Govern: ment, but to negotiate for a basis un= der which an alliance may be effect |ed; one that would carry with it a { proportionate representation in the j cabinet. If he and his friends coma |in it is accepted that it will be in no minor capacity, but rather in port folios whose status ranks high in the cabinet, | The motives attributed' .to Mr. King, who is said to be acting on the collective counsel of Mr. Fielding |and Mr. Lapointe and an influental section of his Ontario following, is that of "Bridging the Gap" be« | tween east and west and giving to the -latter Cabinet representation which might be frustrated by the paucity of Liberal elected on iia { prairies. There is no question, how= ever, that if the agrarian leader ens | ters the government it will be only on the basis of terms which will not be lacking in their degree. Consideration in respect tariff and the national would be fundamental, While 'such an agreement would appeal to a (args section of the Ontario Liberal pa there is doubt whether it will be view ed as favourably by that more solidi= fied liberalism recruit Ottawa river, tsp to the Both Face Dissension, It would appear that both Mr King and Mr. Crerar face domestig difficulties of potential gravity. A great number of people supported | the Progressive party on the ground | that it was an independent entity in politics, out to hew its own path and work out its own destiny on specifie lines, They regerded it as a perman- eney. rather than as ephemeral blog. som in the political field, This vol- uminous opinion the Progressive leader will need to reckon with, iest he encounter accusations of betrayal, At least in the latter stages of the fight, the average Liberal entertalu- ed no idea of fusion with Mr, Crer- ar's party and, on the morrow of the | election, the result was hailed with a | particular satisfaction, because it | was supposedly emphatic enough to | ensure the Liberal party going ahead | on its own hook. The present pourpariere in conse- quence do not generate unanimous | enthusiasm among the Liberals wha sce union on the surface, but lurking instability beneath unless the gov- srnment be prepared to go to the | limit of generosity in concessions If any such agreement is conclude ed- --and this is somewhat nebulous it will be a hard and fast bargain with specific conditions in black and white, Proponents of an alliance are | gue that the' gravity of national pro= blems suggests a government représ sentative of every province. On the basis of elected representation, the Lineral strength is in the East aud the government would mainly be: drawn from here. They desire to in= clude tHe west as wel] by means of some understanding, if not some | merger. The whole thing is in the meltimg pot till Mr, Crerar down tere. twenty-niac | LIKELY ADVANTAGEOUS TO TREATY SUPPORTERS ------------ Time Likely to Weaken the ' Opponents of the Irish Agreement. f.ondon, Dee. 23.--The adjourns went of the Dail Eireann and a des | lay in the vote on the Irish agreement | is commented upon in the Evening Standard, as possibly advantageous ig | the supporters of the treaty and : vnwelcome to the ratificationfsts. 1§ | expressed the opinion that time is | likely to weaken the ! ease" for rejection. i Urge Support of Treaty. ? Pablin, Dec. 23. --Telegrams 10 members of the Dail Eireann poured The message of Clare coun iy council yesterday urging de Valera to work for ratification, was followed today by a telegram from Navan ads vising its representative to support the treaty, : 2 east of the "+ "intellectual s or Eg railways . 2?