The Baily British Whig LAST RLATION. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DEC. 27, 1921. . . NO DECISION YET REACHED With Regard to Submarine YEAR 88; No. 269. ® NOT TO JOIN - "5 Se "KING CABINET There Was Very Good Christ- But the Progressives Will FORMER CIVIL SERVANT | : ---- I DIES on onmermns oa SOME REEVES x David George B. Ross Was 8 i 3 Sixty Years in the Ontario . Service. oy James Halliday Portsmouth's Reeve For Eighth Year-- | | _ mas Trade Despite the: | I Depression. | Toronto, Dec. 27.--Sixty years' service in the Parliament buildings was the record of the late David George B. Ross, who died at his home 46 Hazelton avenue, on' Christ- A MONTREAL WOMAN f SUPPORT THE -* 7555s WY Mrs. A. Langstaff Had Captain Passenger. The Large Majority of the|#sr, 5.cL. of Montreal 1s ssonding So Irish People the Chyistmas holidays with her par- London, Dee. 27.--Notwithstand- | | ing the depressed condition of trada, | {| which affects all classescof the com- | | munity, shops were kept busy up to | ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. MacDonald, Ea i Co-operate With the Liberals. Ottawa, Dec. 27.--The Progress- Ives. will give a friendly co-operation to the mew Liberal government in the next session of parliament. For the time being, however, not one of them, not even Hon. A. B. Hudson, who ran perhaps more as a Liberal than as a Progressive; will enter the mew government, It has been intimated that, though there will be no amalgamation, the Progressives haye departed in a very friendly mood. 3 Thelr ideas as to cabinet ministers went further than had 'been antici- pated by the Liberals. Cannot Go Whole Way. They would, for instance, have been glad to see A. R. McMaster, member for Brome,/in the cabinet, on account of his low-tariff ideas. He is a Liberal prospect as well, but men senior to him in political life, 'and also prominent for public ser- vice, are akead of him in Quebec. The Progressiyes realize that the Liberals cannot go the whole way to meet them without causing discon- temt among 'Liberals in the country, And Liberals also-realize that dissen- gions would arise in Progressive con- Stittencies if the Liberals did not #ceept the whole program. It is practically understood, how- ever, that thé progressives will not take the position of the official 'Op- position. That will be left to the Conservatives, and Progressives will adopt an independent stand from which they can watch government legislation and support it so long as it is along the lines of Progressive thought, or, in other words, in ful- fillment of the 1919 Liberal plat- form. JAPAN UNYIELDING ON SHANTUNG DEAL If China Insists In Paying Cash : Parleys Will 9 Halt. Tokio, Dec. 27.--The Diet opened Saturday. Reduction of the army oy one-half and the cutting down of the period of military service from two years to one will bt pant of the pro- gramme of the Kokuminto or Nation- al Liberal party. The needs of the empire and the People, said Taeshi Inukai, leader of the party today, demand the de- velopment of agriculture and indus- try, in which the youth of 'he coun- try can be more profitably employe. In an influential official source it 'was reported 'oday that the govern- ment will make no funther comces- sions to China with regard to Shan- tung. If China perists in cash pay- ment, which would result in: trans. ferring the present Japan hold- ings to a consortium, Japan, "it was added, will see no alternative but to await a mort favorable opportunity to discuss the question. The vernacular newspap- ers credit the foreign office with au- thorizing the statement that Japan ds determined to 'propose the discus- alon of Japan's 21 demands on China as proposed. by the far east committee of the Washington con- fertnce. At the same time Japan is sepresented as prepared to consider such part of China's claim which does mot affect Manchurian leases 'or oth- er influgntigl privileges acquired in "the past thirty years. Teachers Compromise ; With School Board New Westminster, B.C., Dec. 27. The dispute between the. schcol teachers of this city and the school board was settled at a confgrejce, The teachers accepted under pres- "sure one-half the wage increase awarded them by a recent bomrd of arbitration, stating they did so. to prove they were anxious to prevent a tie-up in the schools. The school board claims it is unable to pay the increases as iwarded by the conetlia- tion board, which involved an extrs ~ soxpenditure of $12,000. The teachers recently resigned in a body. HUSBAND AND WIFE la la'e hour Christmas eve. In the | general voliime of purchases , chfl* dren benefited considerably as a con- | sequence of the big reductions in the | prices of toys, due to heavy consign- ménts from Germany. Purveyors of | the usna) Christmas fare did remark- | ably well, though customers finally | found * difficulty obtaining 'urkeys, | whigh fluctuated violently in prize, {jumping from 32 cents to 84 cents ! per pound in a few days. | High fares and bad times did not | deter thousands from going away for {the fes*ival, a heavy strain belag made on the accommodation provid- ed by the leading railways of the country. Many trains ran in tripli- cate, carrying 1,500 passengers. GANANOQUE ELECTS W. J. GIBSON, MAYOR Miss Bessie Delong First Wo= man on the Board of Education. Gananoque, Dec. 27.--W. J. Gib- son has been elected mayor: George A. Dowsley/re-elected reeve, and F. Hurlbut re-elected deputy reeve by acclamation. J. P. Thompson, James Karr, John Talbot, C. W. Root, John Beresford, Charles Done- van, A. J. Seal, A. C. Dorey, F. Lloyd and John Hubbard wil eontest "he six seats at the council board. Four water commissiofiers will be elected from the following nominees: A. W. Taylor, W. E. Rees, J. A. Jackson, T I. Bilis and Gordon Bishops The school trustees are elected By accla- mation: Dr. A. H. Mabee, J. Arthur Jackson and Miss Bessie Delong, who has the honor of being the first wom- an to be elected to a seat on the Board of 'Education. DISTURBER WAS SHOT. Old Man Protested Against Christ mas Revelry. Utica, N.Y., Dec. 27.--Disturbed as h¢§ was preparing to attend mass early Christmas morning. Saverio Colezni, aged 74, shot Anthony Con- istabule, aged 29, probably fatally. Both men are in the hospital, the younger fully aware that he will not recover from the bullet through his liver, the elder badly beaten and bit- yten. Protestation against 'the revelry of the young man by the early riser provoked the former to break a win- dow in the Colepzi home. Colenzi avers it was while he was claiming the cost of the damage that he was bitten by Conistabule © whom he forthwith shot. , PIES WILL HAVE "PLP." Frisco Bakers Took Full Christmas ; Brandy Allowance. San. Francisco, Dec. 27.--Christ- mas pies in San Francisco this year will contain liquor, local pie bakers having availed themselves of the per: mission under the law to "pep their ples" with brandy from the govern- ment storehouses, . More than 2,500 gallons of braady were withdrawn the first three days of this week, Tom Brown, assistant federal prohibition director, axz- nounced. Under the law pie makers were allowed 100 gallons, and, with one exception, every baker took the limit,' FORD MAY BE SENATOR. Defection of Newberry's Support May Unseat Him. Washington, Dec. 27.--Henry Ford may come to the United States senate after all. Revolt of half a dozen senate Republicans against Senstor Truman H. Newberry is threatened. They demand that New- berry make a satisfactory defense of his campaign expenditure of -$253,- 000 in the open senate, and otherwise will vote against him. The defection along with votes already committed against Newberry is likely to unseat him, which would mean a new elec- tion in Michigan. MAJ.-GEN, CAMERON DEAD ei an. : Tupper. : London, Dec. 27.-~The death Major-General Donald Roderick Canadian, a daughter of the late Sir Charles Tupper. In 1871 he swam out in the Ottawa River and righted a canoe, thereby saving a lite, which dead was rewarded with a. bronze wedal of the Royal Humane Society. He entered the army in 1856 and Rocky Mountains boundary commis- sion, 1872, : , First Surplus in Yours, 3 Cobourg, Dec. 27.--At the final meeting of the 1921 town council it Was Son-in-Law of Late Sir Charles| Cameron Is announced. He was well] | known in Canada, having married a} |served.in the Bhootan expedition in} J1864-65 and was a member of the Want Peace. London, Dec. 27].--Sentiment throughout Ireland, as reflected In despatches to the newspapers this morning, is ovérwhelmjngly in favor of the Irish treaty, Reports from various provinces indicate that fully ninety per cent. of the people in twenty-six counties of southern Ire- land want ratification. Clash in Belfast. Belfast, Dec. 27.--One man was killed and several wounded in a clash between a constabulary patrol and a number of men in the Marrow- bone area this morning. Invite Red Ministers to' London. London, Dec, 27.--Premiers Lloyd George and Briand have decided in principle to invite the Russian Soviet foreign minister, M. Tchitcherin, and M. Litvinoff, to London, early in the new year, according to The Lon- don Times. It is believed they will be asked to give clear answers on very important questions of policy. February 8th is mentioned as the probable date on which the conver- sation will begin. Canadian Navy Spends Christmas at Bermuda Ottawa, Dec." 27.--The ships. of the Canadian Navy laid at Bermuda over the holiday. An extra messing allowance made to all grades of of- ficers and men insured a measure of extra cheer for Christmas dinner. The squadron, outside of the sub- mamnines, Jeaves for St. Kitts on Tues- day, the 27th. The submarines will remain at Bermuda the entire win- ter. -------------------- REPORT WAS UNFOUNDED, Manufacture and Use of Sacramental i Wines to Continue, Washington, Dec. 27.--According 'to Wayne B, Wheeler, genera] coun. sel of the A I ue, an at- tempted drive by the bootleggers 40 make this @ wet Christiras failed. "The organized effort of the rum- runners and outlaw liquor dealers to distribute large quantities of liquor at Christmas has largely failed," said Mr. Wheeler. "Federal and many state and local officers have broken up this treasonable attempt to defy the law. In spite of the fact that several million people are out of em- ployment and financial conditions are bad the world over, there are hun- dreds of thousands of homes where Christmas means more to. the chi- dren than to the whole family this year than at any time during saloon days." "The. report that sacramental wines would be prohibited is, of course, without any foundation what- ever," said Mr. Wheeler, 'The laws of every prohibition state, as 'well as the Federa] Prohibition Act, author- ize the manufacture and use of sacra- mental wine. Each state as well as the federal law, however, regulates the distribution, so as to prevent it as far as sible from being diverted to beverage 'or other unlawful pur- poses." Berlin Publishers Forced ~ To Use Common Paper Berlin, Dec. 27.--On account of the paper shortage the Berlin dail es, including The Berliner Tageblatt, the largest German paper, is using col- ored' paper resembling wrapping pa- per. It is likely that many publica- tions will be forced to suspend unless government relief is forthcoming. The ory is heard in wide circles that the present situation is a result of ex- tensive sales of German peper to America. tons in 1914. oT Adolphus street. south. Mrs. Lang- staff arrived by aeroplane from Mont- real, piloting a Curtis biplane belong- ing to the Canadian Aerial Services, Ltd., of Montreal, with Capt. M. D. Wilshire as passenger. The trip was made in ome hour, and, after cir- cling over Cornwall a few times a landing was madg near the exhibition grounds, after which Captain Wil- shire ptloted the aeroplane back to Montreal, Mrs. Langstalf has been taking a course as air pilot under Captain Wilshire's supervision, and is very enthusiastic about fiying, and its de- velopment for commeycia) purposes. She stated that the trip from Mont- real was most enjoyable, and the air was very little colder "than on a motoring trip, although she and Cap- tain Wilshire flew at a height of 2,- 500 feet. THREE SENTENCED : FOR MANSLAUGHTER fat . Indeterminate Terms for Kill- ing Man.in a Fight Over Liquor. - ------ Cornwall, Dec. 27.--Austin Emer, 18 years of age; Randall Ryan, 22; and Leon Curran, 17, who were mix- ed up in the attempt to get away with a load of liquor from Angela LaRock, of Champlain, N.Y., and in the fatal shooting of David Taylor. of that place, in the scrimmage which grew out of "the transaction, have been allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter in the first degree, though indicted for first degree mu: - der. Judge Whilmyer sentenced each of them to indetermimate 'erms of from eight to sixteen years in Clin'on prison. The young men their sentences stoically and showed no emotion when 'heir long térms were announced. The crime occurred on September 7th last. The men took a car belonz- ing to James Clerk, while it stood in front of a house at West Chazy, drove to LaRock's, bargained for several cases of liquor, and, after they werp tonded, att J them. with- out paying the . A fight ensue and one of the young men pulled a revolvtr and began shooting. La- Rock received & bullet in "he knee and Taylor a wound in the abdomen, from which he died the day follow- ing. Emery, one of the trio, received a charge of buckshot in the chest from a shotgun whioh LaRock secur: ed in his house. Kor weeks he was not expected to live, bu! finally re- covered sufficiently to be 'removed from the hospital to the county jail about two weeks ago. . Released From Prison, Windsdr, Dec. 27.--Cecil ,$mith. sentenced recently to serve five years in Portsmouth penitentiary on a charge of attempting. to bribe a po- lice officer in connection with unlaw- | ful liquor shipments, arrived home Sunday and spent Christmas with his family. ° An order for Smith's release was made by the appeal judges several weeks ago. Twenty thousand dol- lars in cash, the amount of bail fixed, has been placed in the hamds of the crown. The new trial which has granted Smith will take place Sandwich next month, - Coal Production Again Declines. Washington, Dec. 27.--Coal pro- duction declined aga!n during the week ended December 17th and es- tablished a new low record for this season of the year. The total output of bituminous coal. was 7,066,000 (tons and the average per working day 1,174,000 toms, The lowest daily average in!any December of the past eight years, the period over whick'the régprds of cur- rent output extend, was 1,37y,000 been at .{ the habit of dropping a coin into a | | Conscripts Were Identified by Silver on mre Up to France And Japan. Washington, Dec. 27.--With the submarine controversy far from a settlement, the arms negotiations came to a complete halt over Christ- mas Day and will not be resumed until today ; Despite unfavorable elements! which have developed in the attempt to fix proportional submarine ton- nage for the five 'powers, practically all the delegates observed the hoii- day by a complete suspension even of informal discussion of the points at issue. In view of the attitude of Japan and France towards the United States compromise proposal, - more than one plenipotentiary today , re flected discouragement over the out- look for an easy agreement on the submarine problem. The usual air] of outward diplomatic confidence was assumed 'by all members of the| conference, but it is known that | some of them regard the question of fixing ratios for auxiliary ships, as even more difficult than was the arrangement of a satisfactory pro- portionate strength of capital ships. Some 'delegates are talking pri- vately of the possibility that the present conference' may decide fin- ally to let construction of submar- ines and other auxiliaries go on as each nation desires 'without any limitation agreement, but with the understandin t"the subject will be taken up at 'a later international meeting 'in which a greater number of nations will be represented. This 'suggestion is said to have been an outgrowth of the realization that the five great powers _ cannot reach a practicable decision on such questions as 'the size and usage of submpfines without some sort of ac- quiéScence from smaller 'nations who possess' these craft in considerable number. * Japan and France. Hope of an agreement on sub- migrines now" appears fo hinge on the decision of Japan and France, Great Britain and the United States? having ' come together on a United States proposal for' 60,000 tons each, which was submitted Saturday an? Italy haviug-indicated willingness to accept any reasonable figure so long as she 'has a strength equal to that of France. Japan is, standing out unqualifiedly for the 54,000 tons provided 'under the original United States plan, instead of the 31,000 she would have under the comprom- ise proposal, and the French have not amended 'their request for 90,- 000 tons, although they have refer- red to 'Paris the compromise sug- gestion: that France and Italy" each have a' 31,000 ton fleet of submers- ibles. ad * It seems certain that if Japan is! to have 54,000 tons under the orig-| inal [United States plan, the United | States and Great Brifain also both! will insist On keéping the. 90,000 tons originally provided for each of them, 'Should France, .on the other hand, Hold out for anything like 90,- 000, some' delegates do not believe it likely that 'either the United States of Great Britain would care {to place any limitation at all on their ability to build. submarines. 100,000 Christmas Seals Sold by Chorus Girls New York, Dec. 27.--One hundred } thousand Christmas seals, totaling $10,000, have been sold by chorus girls in New York theatres, hotels, railroad stations and postoffices, ac- cording to an' anpouncement made by the New York Tuberculosis assocla- tion. : - Many lucky colds have been thrown into the cash boxes held by these wearers of the double barrel cross. To drop the first coim into ar empty cash box in which funds are : being collécted for a good . purpose brings luck, says business men, who morning after morning have formed box on their way to business, * "We get dollars in the large hotels, quarters fn the motion pleture thea- and many pennjes In the post- offices," "said one chorus girl 'who 'has been a successful selier of seals. BRANDING DISCONTINUED. ** Nitrate Paris, Déc.'27As a result of pro- |served with the Toronto Grenadiers {in | afterwards enlisted in "C" Company [the Champion 1 in, 1 believe it is time that we cur: q , Caléutts, mas Day. Mr. Ross was 78 years of age. and continued in his work as accountant in the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines, until a year ago. He was a native of King- ston, Ont. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Blanche Hastings Ross; one son, K. G. Ross of Sault Ste. Marie, and [two daughters, Mrs. James Goldie of British Columbia, and Miss Margery, at home. LT.-COL. BUTCHER DEAD. Served in Mounted Corps in South Africa, * Toronto, Dec. 27.---Lieut.-Col. Wil- liam Patrick Butcher died early Sat- urday at bis home at Niagara on the Lake. 2 Born (in Farnham, England, he came to Canada as a young man and thd Northwest Rebellior. He Infantry School Corps (now Royal Canadian Regiment), at Stanley Bar- racks. - [In 1899 he was travsforred to Quebec as sergeant-major. He served in the South African war as quartermaster of a mounted corps, and in 1903 wag given a commission as first lleutena..t, the firsi enlisted man in the permanent corps to be given one. From 1911 to 191& he was chief instructor at the Canadian School of Musketry. THO CHLIREN PERS I A FARM DWELLNG Trapped by Fire Christmas Eve--Another Burned Dashing to Safety. Watertown, N.Y,, Dec. .27.--Two children were burned to death, one is in the hospital and two families are homeless with little of their clothing or household possessions ealvaged, as result of a fire that total- | ly destroyed the farm home of Sefert Hesseler near Catholic church on road to Carthage. The fire, supposedly caused by a defective chimney or stovepipe, broke out in the gecond story of the dwel- ling in a room occupied by five chil- dren, about 10 o'clock Saturday night: ? The dead are: daughter of Mr. and Hesseler, ' recently removed from Wisconsin, Josephine Hesseler, 8, a cousin, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sefert Hesseler, of Rutland. z Laure Hesseler, 10, is at St. Joa- chim's hospital in this city, with ser- ious burns upon her face and hands, received in a dash to safety through the flames that swept the room where she and her: dead sister slept, and whith barred exit to the stairway. Rena Hesseler, 9, rs. Conrad here Thinks Windsor Should Call Halt in its Outlay Windsor, Dec, 27.--This city must call a halt on construction of - ex- pensive public buildings, declares Charles R. Tuson, former Mayor, who today denied a rumor that he would oppose Mayor Wilson for the 1922 mayoraity. Mr. Tuson was defeated by Mayor Wilson In a! three-cornered contest last January. "It is fine for our children to be | going to palatial schools," he said, "and for us to have the finest police | headquarters in Western Ontario, hut when numbers of our citizens | are pressed to pay for homes to live] tailed to minimum expenditures for public buildings not -absolutely ne- cessary."" PRINCE AT CALCUTTA. Church and Visit to Cruiser Filled | india, Dec. 27.--The Prince of Wales arrived here Satur- day from Patna and met with an en- thusiastic reception, although, owing to the hartal, a majority of the In- dian yesidents held aloof from at- tending the procession through the city, | . The prince was presented with an address of welcome from the mufi- cipal corporation, Feplylng to which he alluded to the harmony of citi- Wolfe Island Contest. * James Halliday was on Monday re-elected reeve of the village Portsmouth by acclamation, for eighth term. The popularity Reeve Halliday was manifested at the nomination meeting, and Mr Halliday is to be warmly congrata- lated. - "Jimmy," as he is known by his friends, is even ahead of Mayor "Tommy" Church, of Toronto, im point of service. Mayor Church, who has been elected ¢o the fed eral house, is completing seven years of service as chief magistrate of city of Toronto. Mr. Halliday popular with all classes and has given the village of his best. # For the first time in several years there will be an election for counell lors, and there will also be an elect. ion for school trustees. The four old members of th® council are seek- ing re-election, R, J. Baiden, J. R. Marks, C. Redden and Michael Ken- nedy, the latter a yeteran of the council. * Reeve Halliday addressed the meeting, and gave an account of his stewardship during the year, and ads dresses were also given by Council lors Kennedy, Baiden, Marks and Redden, and A. E. Weller, Willilata Westlake, R. B. Cochrane and F. G, Johnston. The following were nominated for the council, four to be elected: John Randall Marks, Corey Red- den, Michael J. Keanedy, Robert .5. Cochrane, Richard J. Baiden, Will- fam E. Weller, George Henry Wicke {ham, William Westlake. The following were nominated fof school trustees: Richard M. Graham, Frederick M. Hartrick, Charles Smith, Murdock G. Johnson. Candidates have until Tuesday to J withdraw, but it is stated that itis almost uncertain that all the dates will stand. 5 Other Nominations, § tions for the reeves and 0 councils received at the nominatiol held Monday. Jn must of the tow. ships there will be'a contest offices, but the candidates have Tuesday evening to file their a fications. In Wolfe 'Island It is ug= jderstood that there will be a cont between Dr. W. Spankie and Geo Rattray, ston, G. A. B. Clarke was elected reeve by acclamation and in: Lough boro W. Guthrie was unopposed. Kingston Township. For reeve--G. A. B. Clarke (el- ected by acclamation.) For deputy reeve--R. C. Hawkey, B. Coulter, J. L. F. Sproule. For councillors--J. L. Silver, J. = Heaton, H. F. Mclvor, A. E, Weller, L. Trudell, J. Mouldy. Oso Township. For reeve--A. Gray, Veigh, H. J. Thomson. For councillors--William Ander son, E. Henderson, H. A. Conboy, BE. Donnelly, J. 8. Bourk, R. Boles, J." Boles, J. Green, R. Thomson, W. J. Thomlinson, ¥, Geddes, C. H. Gordon, H. Brash, "J. A. English, : R. Me- x > Wolfe Island. i For reeve--Dr, w. Spankie, George Rattray, James O'Reilly, James McAllister. . § For councillors--J. Tarrant, J. 0'- Shea, E. Payne, J. Murphy, W. Gil lespie, F. Alarie, W. x W. Keys, W. McAdoo, Portland. For reeve--E. L. Amey, B. sall, T. W. Cowdy, H. Deanison, : B. Henderson, 'L, H. Ruttan, J. Shibley, L, Storms, J, Wallace. For councillors--E. L. Amey, Wi liam S. Campsall, T. Cowdy, B. N. Ellerbeck, W. Garnby, P. Hi son, E. Leonard, W. R. Lee, D, | ; J. McKeever, F. Peters, D. 8. Rev- elle, J. 8. Shibley, J. Shillington, Vannest, J. D. Walker, A. Sto Loughboro. For reeve--W> Guthrie ( by acclamation.) . 3 For councillors--E. Harker, Boyle, H. Halferty, F. Sige, R. Guess, G. Freeman, M. W, Spat M. Spoer. »;» For reeve--John Taylor, 8. J ison, M. Sands. . For councillors--W. Ackroyd, Drayder, G. MacFarland, A. Rite! B. Ball, R. Gibsot, W. Kirk In the township of King Frances, J. H. Woodman, = The following were the nomine-, a