"ALLEN TO-DAY "QUEEN of SHEBA" Che Daily British Whig [FZ | ALLEN TO-DAY "QUEEN of SHEBA" _ YEAR 89; No. 19. LONG DISCORD UNEARING END Malian Government And the ~ Vatican Likely to Reach Agreement. Rome, Jan. 24.--An agreement I" Between the Vatican and the gov ern-| ment is generally favored here, and © reception of a cabinet minister the Vatican and the half-masting the flag on the quirinal in mourn- dng for the pope are commented | Wpon as sigpificent of such a possi-| lity. = Newspapers express the hope that @ next pope may be one who will ue an end to the long discord be- en the church and the Italian pvernment. Seemingly for tha t| son, Cardinal Maffi, archbishop of | Pisa, is universally favored by the, llans and in viRtually all the iwspapers his name appears at the d of the list for the tiara of St. er. EVIDENCE AGAINST STUDENT'S BROTHER {Blood Marks In His Car--De-| tective Produces a Tell- tale Revolver, i Montreal, Jan. 24.--The firs* wit- called today in the adjournad quest into death of Rou! Delorme, hurdered Ottawa student, was De- tive Lajole, who produced a Bay- 8rd revolver loaded with six cart-| ridges and a box of 22-cartridges, | which he said he had found in the | car of Abbe Delorme, half brother o: the murdered man. He also produc od a .38-Johnson revolver. He sald he | jhad found what appeared to be | marks of blood on the cushions ana § geats of the abbe's car, Oscar Haynes, armourer, sald ase 1 sold Abbe Delorme an automa- | revolver on Dec. 27th" last. Chia? Police Lepage produced a bullet | th he sald had been given him by | Derome, city autopsist. Handed ullet Haynes said it fitted exac'- © automatic he had sold the don Police Charged Into L 2,800 London Unemployed ondon, Jan. 24. --Trafic was iheld up for several hours to-day "when the police charged over two {ghousand unemployed who were de- monstrating in front of the West flromwich police court, where five 3 f their leaders faced charges of in- timidetion. Several were injured. NS ASKS $150,000 GRANT FOR LIBRARY w. F. Nickle and and Dr. Bruce Taylor Wait Upon Hon. Mr. Grant. (Special to The Whig Toronto, Jan, 24.--W, F. Nickla, "M.P., and Dr. Bruce Taylor called | pon Hon. R. P, Grant, minister ot 'education today, and placed befor: him the requirements of Queen's Uni- § versity for the coming yedir. The prin- pal request made was for a gran: of $150,000, which was recommend- by the university commission for he new library building. Hon, Mr. rant stated he was behind the uni- prity report in iis entirety until ere was a better alternative It is kely that represenations will be laced upon the government by the ueen's authorities later on. Pe ° Woolworth Building Burned. Winnipez, Jan. orth building on Portage avenue completely gutted by fire this Worning. The firemen were greatly ndicapped by the extreme cold. At the third guarterly board meet- of Sydenham street Methodist, Monday evening, the treasurer re. ted that the finances were in an lent = condition. Arrangemets a completed for the anniversary vices on Feb. 12th. Rev. Dr. 8. © n, general superintendent of the hodist church will preach. HUSBAND AND WIFE. band makes me get up nights to answer the tele- a the calls are always for Mrs. W. M. W. t docs your husband do? |R. Q. ARMSTRONG MAY WITHDRAW FROM FIGHT He Says He is Satisfied With | W. F. Nickle in the Field. | Discussing the approaching bye- election, R, G. Armstrong, who an- nounced himself as an independent |candidate, on Tuesday stated that if W. F. Nickle runs he will be per- fectly satisfied, as he had always been a supporter of Mr. Nickle. "I was under the impression that Mr. Nickle was not to be a candidate,' said Mr. Armstrong, '""and while I | lam not making any statement to-day {as to what I will do to-morrow, I | {would be perfectly satisfied to see |Mr. Nickle in the field." | pressed further Mr. Armstrong sai {he preferred to wait until the nomi- nations took place an Thursday, | The inference that Mr. strong will withdraw in favor of W I. Nickle when he is assured that {he is the Conservative candidate. is W. F. NICKLE TO ACCEPT | THE TORY NOMINATION | | For the Kingston By-Election | For Seat in Ontario Legislature. W. F. Nickle, K.C., {be chosen as Conservative candidate { for the legislature in the by-election. { This announcement is the result |a meeting that took place on' Mon- | day, when a delegation from the] | Kingston Conservative Association | | waited upon Mr. Niekle to ascertain his mind respecting the election. | He stated that if selected he would | accept the nomination, and this even- | of | {ing his name will be the only one | {that will be placed before the econ- | vention called to endorse the nomnin- ation, NEED IN NO WAY 0 DETER | HITCHING UP THE LINES | | The Government | Owns and Is in Possession of the Q.T.R. Ottawa, Jan. 24.--The fact that the Grand Trunk has secured leave to appeal to the Privy Couneil from the award of the arbitration board, need in no way deter the government from proceeding with the consolida- tion of that line with the Canadian National, if it wishes to do 80. Some friends of public ownership are con- juring up possible difficulty in this respect. © The' fact of the chase shows that there is neither difficulty nor excuse for delay, unless the govern- ment's railway "policy" is to seek delay. : The appeal in question relates to Lut one thing, a point of law as nw whether in excluding certain evi- | dence of physical valuation the arbi- tration hoard was right or wrong The determination of this point re- | fers solely to the amount of compen- {sation to be paid to the sharehold- ers, | The main fact is that the govern- { ment owns, and is in possession of | the Grand Trunk and the appeal in |no way affects this fact. Should the Privy Council decide | that the arbitration board was wrong in ruling out certain evidence, this point would have to be reopened, | probably before a new board, as Mr. | Taft, who represented the company, {is now chief justice of the United | States. The outstanding fact, how- ever, is not interfered with. The government owns and directs the |Grand Trunk and can do with it as | it pleases. The appeal to the Privy Council in no way. affects consolida- tion if the government wishes to consolidate | | Quarter Million File i Past Bier of Pope 24.--The Wool-! Rome, Jan. 24.---An estimate o tiie bier of the pope yesterday rang- ed between two hundréd and taree { hundred thousand, and it is expected | the figures will be largely exceeded today. Ottawa on Tuesday Morning. Ottawa, Jan. 24.--Side by side with lis predecessors the remains of the late Most Rev. Charles Hugh Gauthier, Roman Catholic archhish- op of Ottawa, were laid at rest this morning in the crypt of the Basilica, the historic temple of his faith. The burial, which. in itself was a private ceremony, was preceded by a solemn requiem and all that the Impressive ritualistic ceremonial which the church empioyes in -honoring in death its episcopal prelates. Equelled only by the funeral of the late Archbishop Duhamel or the state funeral of Sir Wilfrid Laurier was to-day's touching tribute. It had all the dignity of grandiose solemnily in the final, affectionate tribute to the revered head of the i When | Arm- | is likely to | Hhe |elared, the number of persons who filed past | IS HONORED IN DEATH Burial of the Late Prelate at ! I stroyed hy fire early last night entail- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1022. «GREY UNITES WITH ASQUITH ; Wage War Upon the Gav-| | ernment of Lloyd | George, | London, Jan. 24.--The Independ. | ent Liberals at a meeting in Ceatrai 'hall last night definitely placed them- selves on record as being opposed to | {the government of David Lloyd | George, Herbert H. Asquith and Vis- {count Grey of Fallodon were the | Viscount { princi ipal speakers, declared, amid |Slone, who presided, | loud cheers: "We enter the lists and take the (field against Mr. Lloyd George ani Lis coalition government." | Mr. Asquith eulogized Viscount | | Grey as the greatest peacemaker of | | recent times. "The return of suc a moment as this lo olir publiz life,' | Mr. Asquith declared, "is the restor- ation to us of a national assét of in- calculable value." /iscount Grey ,aftacking Lloyd | George's method of transacting for- eign affairs by conference, assertad that the supreme council of the allies {had destroyed trust and con.dence | | between France and Brifain and 'lately has been fatal to a French prime minister.' He sald the re-establishment of good" relations with Frauce was the {most vital 'hing in European policy today, and until they were res. red ino conference or ny aitemp's to re- {construct Europe would succeed. He advocated a return to ual, quieter any steadier methods" Mr, Asquith vigorously criticizeq | government's policies, among other things, that the been arsang- | ! Irish peace should have g ! ed two ar 'hree years ago. Vhat the country needed almost a# much as an administration with settldd and coherent principles was a viligant and well-organized opposition, Viscount Grey was given an ova- tion when he said his reason for re- turning to public life was that he felt it absolutely essential "to re- store wholesome and straightforward polities in this contry by reviving the Liberal party." H. H. Asquith referred terms to some of Premier George's allusions to himself, sald: : "} am sorry for my old frien®. "I am too old lo look for anything lika gratitude in politics, nor, unhappily, is it possible to teach some people good taste or good manners." Mr. Asquith declared the country negded good government, not govern- ment by zigzags and spasms or exped- Tents, AEN WS UFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. in bitter Lloyd and Mrs. Fannie Radcliffe, aged eighty, dies of grief four days after her hus- band at Windsor. Forest fires in Quebec in 1921 de- stroyed 1,000 square miles of tim- ber, valued at $10,000,000. Mrs. Benjamin Mandley, Niagara Falls, Ont., was killed in a motoring accident at Cleveland, { Siberia and Shantung will be 'he | big problems of the far eastern con- ference this week with prospect that both will be amicably disposed of in short time. POISON POWDER CARE, I------ a Parents Have Been Living Apart for Some Time. Toronto, Jan. 24.--Nine persons {have been summoned to testify to- ¢ | night at the inquest into the death of Anderson Buchanan, the law stu- | dent, who expired a few days ago lafter swallowing a "beauty powder' ! which enclosed in an envelope, had been dropped into the letter slot at his home. The parents of the dead boy, who have been living apart for some time, will be called, as well as other members of the family. The identity of some others, who Will be asked to testify has not yet been dis- closed by the police. McTigue-Wilson Bout, New York, Jan. 24.--Announse- ment is made by the manager of Mike McTigue, middle weight boxing champion of Canada, that a fight is being arranged between Johnny Wil- son, world champion, and McTigue for March 17th at Monireal. Wison will be guaranteed $50,000. Spo: writers cast doubt upon possibility of the mateh, Oswego Elevator Burned. Oswego, N. Y,, Jan. 24.--The Nor- thwestern elevator, owned by Robert Downey & Co. Inc, grain dealers and commission merchants, was de- ing a loss estimated a' more than Glad- | h a man at such | ©) {that occasion was ANOTHER QUARREL IN OPERA COMPANY tary Garden's Chief Conduct- | or Throws Manuscript at Her. ~ Chicago, Jan. 24.--QGiorgio Polac-! co, chief conductor of the Chicago | Grand Opere Company, has pried {himself loose from a highly remun- ora ive job. The break came three days ago. [Mary Garden, directress of the opera. | | was to sing in "Louise," her farewall' [ tor the season in Chicago. Whea | Lucien Muraetore exploded and fled |to New York, Polacco tossed the score of 'Louise' at Miss Garden, |saying: "lead your own orchestra. [You don't sing with me." "I wouldn't have you," retorted the resourceful Mary, who forth- | with sent for Gabriel Groviez, the | assistant director, and a French im- | portation this year. I "You will conduct matinee," she ordered, | manuscript in his handsy "But, madame," Groviez stammer- "it is late. I have not rehearsea." "You will conduct," she said and {that ended it. He conducied it land the performance Was a success from every vigwpoint. Polacco is still smarting from his encounter with Miss Garden sever- the Saturday rusting the led, {al days ago when she upbraided him | | for his direction in "Pelloas and Me- | 1isande." Stie told him his work on "wooden and ro:- | RICKARD HAS PLACED DETECTIVES ON CASE RALLYING T0 | | ITS SUPPORT Best Type of Ii Irishmen Sup- | port the Provisional Government. London, Jan. 24.--No Irish devei- opment could be more welcome to Downing street than the news of the pact between Premier Craig for Uli- ster, and Michael Collins for the Irisn | Free State. Another happy augury is] the increasing evidence that the Sou-| then Unionists are rallying to the support of the Dublin regime. The landlords in Couhty Clare se: the example which others are follow- ing. The best men of all sections are Calls the Gharge That He As- saulted a Girl a Frameup. | New York, Jan. 24.---Detectives have been employed by George (Tex) Rickard, famous boxing promoter, to determine what lies behind the char- {ges against him of assaulting Alice | | Ruck, fifteen years old. Since Rick-| ard's arrest Saturday investigators! have been at work. "We are going to get to the bot- {tom of this,' Rickard said, "regard- | less of the outcome.' "We're working ' in the dark,' | sald Howard Lehman, Rickard's at-| torney. 'I will not say whether we | |believe this is a frameup. But! |doesn't it seem strange that a man! with Rickard"s splendid reputation should be arrested on the word of | 2h facing up to the new situation in this three children? : | sentence. "Ireland Is now her own! Vincent D. Pissara, superintend-| mis'ress, Our job is to make her a |€nt of investigation for the Society! good country to live in.' {for the Prevention of Cruelty to The immediate and most difficait | Children, said the case had been in- task is the education of Irishmen into | Vestigated for a week 'before the the duty of supporting what Is now charges were brought. | their own law. De Valera's attitude | intensifies this difficulty. "The girls did not come to us with lan accusation," Pissara said, "Alice Ruch and Anna Hess, 11, her com- Ipanion, were sent from Bellevue hos- pital, where they had gone with a! wild story." | hd Troubles Feared. London, Jan. 24.--Reports from Ireland indicate that added to other troubles of the provisional govera-| The mystery ment will be-the efforts of the small cusations but determined, and to some exten: | deepened dangerous, element that is trying to |clared that surrounding the ac- against Rickard were when city detectives de- Anna Hess, one of the] {Pope Benedict XV. | tache and replied: my business, not yours." Whereupon Miss Garden seized him by the shou .- [ders and ejected him from her of- | Monday with He d 2 |at the Manhattan tag Opes House. | em, because he kept his nose In the Ibo on twisted his waxed mous "The orchestra is "The company was Sunday after- which will open "Samson and Delila%"' WOMEN OPERATING WITH DRUG SMUGGLING BAND establish a Communist government. The chances for that are nil, but if violence is resorted to, as threatened, the movement will be a menace for a: least a few, months during the deli-{ cate transition period. Keen observers in Ireland sald thoy = "the more us I noon and evening packing up for the did not see any lasting menace in 'he New York season, tinge applied to the present situation or several reasons. First, they be- lieve the large majori'y of the army l{s 'in favor of the provisional gov- ernment, and second, labor in Ireland though highly radical is weak, Just as it is in all agricultural states. If sou- thern labor could join with 'hat of industrial Ulster it would be differ- feat, but that seems a long way off. ness in the Buck case, {November {an Italian {charge similar to that made against | ard said. {1s behind it all--whao is trying to get Nittle girls held as a material wit had been complainant in a similar case 20th. time the Angelos al on At that arrested on police Beliery, a Rickard. At the trial physicians (testified Beliery could not have been guilty and he was discharged. Drexler Biddle of Philadelphia, has known Rickard for years. He declares the girl's charges are pre postérous. X "I'm sure to be exonerated as soon as this case comes into court," Rick- "But I want to know what (same | previously been busy. { caller in proposing her to the contest Mrs. William Bruce, Toronto, Arrested In New York and Confesses. New York, Jan. 24.--The scene of the hunt for members of an alleged international drug ring, which was disclosed through the arrest of Mrs. Willlem Bruce, taken from a Mont- real train in an unt is condi- tion last Saturday, to-dey shifted to | Canada when the names of persons suspected of being implicated 'in der were submitted to the Canadian authorities. Mrs. Bruce, whose di- vorced husband is living in Toronto, admitted, according to the police, {that she and Dorothy Wardell, who {has died from the effects of heroin, had been operating with a band of drug smugglers, TELEPHONE COURTESY. Paris Operators Awarded Prizes for Politeness, Parig, Jan. 24.--The model "Hello Girl" of Paris is one who apologized for a sister operator who had cut {off an irritated subscriber during an {important business conversation. This young woman, Mile. Dube vesterday received the first prize of 500 francs in L'Oeuvre"s divisional national courtesy contest among tele- phone girls, Mme. Guipal won the second prize of 250 francs for answering a sub- scriber's wrathful words with the polite assurance that she would do everything in her power to get the number. The winner of the third prize was Mnie, Haguet who received 250 francs for ringing back a subscriber after getting a number which had The grateful jury declared he had never had bet- ter service in any country than that given, by this operator. It has been a matter of common note that the telephone service in Paris has been improved since the opening of the contest, smuggling of drugs across the bor-' me. The charge is as rotten as it is No Money, No Job, | false." . Bn So Killed Wife and Baby At the tenement house | Twenty-fiftth street, where Alice | Ruck lives with her grandmother, [Mrs. Mollle Ruck, the girl's mother streets all night, staggered into po- [refused to discuss the came, Mrs. Ruck, a handsome womnu, beauiiful- lice headquarters and asked for | lodging. He was arrested and charg- ly gowned, does not live with her ed with the brutal murder of his daughter. wife and three-year-old son. | ; | in East Chicago, Jan. 24.--Patrick Tier- ney, half frozen, after walking the ""Plerney confessed, police say, that | FEC PAPERS KCK AT LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH They Point Out Why There Should Be a Franco-Eng- lish Pact. he killed his family. "1 only had eight cents and mo job," he said, 'I couldn't see the! wife and baby starve to death. So | I bought a hatchet with the money | and killed them." Tierney said he walked the streets all day and night after the murder, trying to beg twenty-five cents. "I wanted the money to buy poison," he said. "'I wanted to die. No one would give me a quarter, so here I | am." Paris, Jaa. 24.--Instead of the tempest in. the teapot which has {been brewing all day on the leaves {of Lloyd Geqrge's speech, a real storm may break, but if it does it will be a diplomatic one. ' Premier Poincare has no intention of re- sponding to Lloyd George through the medium of the Chamber of Com- merce or the press. But fhe Brifish premier's speech has provided a new jexcuses for the untimely end . of! Franco-English amity, according to some authorities and outward evi- dences, Two statements to which objection fs taken, obviously aimed at the new i French government head, but which | will arouse feeling even among those who are against Poincare in France, are: "The men who have a horror of conferences are those who have horror for looking realities in the face," and "if there had been a con- | ference in July, 1914, there would | not have been a catastrophe in the | month' of August." | Referring to the two statements the Temps declares: Boxer's Skull Fractured Dies in Boston Hospital Boston, Jan, 24.---Ambrose Melan- son, former 135 pound amateur box-| ing champion who sustained a frac- tured skull in a professional bout last night with Joseph St. Hilaire, died at a local hospitai early today. What Zita Thinks. Bordeaux, Jan, 24.--Before leav- ing here this morning enroute for "na Island of Madera, former Empress Z:ta sald that "France, which was ai- ways our friend and for which sev- eral members of my family have fought, deserves to obtain all that has béen won by the courage of 'nose who fought for her." Kingston Largely Attended. | Ottawa, Jan. 24---Every train reaching here last night carricd numbers of priests and nien and wy- men to attend the funeral mass of the late Archbishop Gauthier. More than "What was necessary to avoid any one hundred came from Kingston, n- | war in 1914 was simply for England cluding Archbishop Sprait and Rov. to have mede known a week seoner Father A. J, Hanley. {her willingness to participate. * That Because of the Gollege--it being only two short of a majroify----the belief is {is why to-day we hope for a Franco- | | English pact.' | "As to comparative merits of writ- {ten and oral discussions, it is not al question of principle but of persons, circumstances, and time. The ques- | tion of persons needs no light. As! j to circumstances it would be ak ab- surd to refuse an oral discusion | when problems are ripe for the work- ing out of a solution as to partici (a pate in oral discussion when nothing | is prepared or ripe. "And the question .of time, the French have had the privilege, often disagreeable, to perceive certain | things more quickly than the Eng- | lish, We have understood, at least since the Spa.Conferencs, the incon- | veniences, the inadequate prepara- | {tions for Supreme Councils, Our Eng- | os ; lish friends have learned only sinee | ! y Cannes." lation in the Sores : Mrs. John Bell Dead. i {monia brought { (Bigned), LAST EDITION 'MOURN FOR DEAD POPE Italy Sets Precedent By Or- dering Two Days of Mourning. --The burial of , which will extend over a began this even- Rome, Jan. 24. ceremony period of ten days, ing Two days of mourning, with flags * {throughout Italy at half-mast and all amusement places closed, order- ed for the first time in the history of the Federated Italian Govern. ment, began yesterday. The official visit of Minister dt { Rodino, Minister of Justice in the [Italian cabinet, to the Vatican, where he formally expressed condolences in the name of the government, was also unprecedented. These occurrences led to a belief {that the life aim of Pope Benedict, a reconciliation between the church (and state in Italy, might be immin- tent, For the first time in Italian his- tory, the Official Gazette last even- ing carried official news of the Pope's death in a black lined announce- ment, Gasparri Conciliatory, Paris, Jan. 24.--The selection of a new Pope will have unusual inter- est for Italy, because in view of the decidedly conciliatory attitude taken by Benedict, there will be specula- tion as to whether his policy will be continued. J If Cardinal Gasparri should be the next Pope a continuation of the policy would be insured, but: another Cardinal might have differ- ent ideas with regard to the old broblem of the relations be= state in Italy. Cardina according to the general opinion Ss the greatest chance of success, but an old Roe man proverb says that "he who en- ters the conclave as Pope comes out of It as Cardinal." This was borue out in the last three conclaves whon Leo XIII. Pins X, and Bencilet XV. wore clpcled cuatlrury to the expecta~ tion of the' majority. tween Body Not Embalmed, 2 Rome, Jan, 24.--Many thousands {of Roman citizens today paid hom- age to Pope Benedict V., whose body + ts fn the ~Sistine- Chapel 8 fore. = endless line of worstippete 5 pa by the grilled door of the chapel. Much of the ages-old ceremony {connected with the death of the su- preme pontiff of the Catholic chureh {had to be abandoned in accordance with Pope Benedict's last wishes. Pope Benedict's 'request that his {body be not embalmed upset much of the traditional ceremony connect ed with the death of a pontiff. Cause of Death. Rome, Jan. 24.--The certificate of Pope Benedict's death was register- ed at the city bureau .of deaths yes- terday. It reads: "The undersigned physician here. by states that at 6 o'clock a.m., Jan. 22, His Holiness Pope Benedict XV., |Glacoma Della Chiesa, expired fol: lowing an attack of bronch- -pnem- on by influenza." "DR. RAFFAELE BATTISTINL" CONDUCTS SERVICE; HIS MANSE ON FIRE « | Peterboro Postor Injured in Fight Nevertheless He Carries on. » Peterboro, Jan. 24.--Leaving the fight to save the manse from total destruction by fire, Rev. James Rol- lins, of St. Andrew's church, bound up severe cuts on his hand and con~ ducted the Sunday morning service as calmly, as though nothing had | happened, At. 9.66, when he was preparing for the service, the fire, caused by an overheated furnace, broke out on the first floor and. getting a hold in the floors and walls, was not eas (ily conquered. The service was held to the sound of pouring water and hissing steam from the burning building next door. At I o'clock the fire was extinguished, after damage estimated at between $2,000 and {$3,000 had been caused. The lose {is covered by insurance. ¢ Mr. Rollins is a Queen's graduate. His wife was formerly Miss Polson, Kingston. dian itm maim Perished in Tee Flore, Fort Wing, Wis, Jan %4.--Car- | ried out into the ice comted waters of | Lake Superior late Saturday when isevere gale sprang up, Alfred Peter held in Rome tht an Italian will again be elected Ponlifr, - Gananoque, Jan, 2%. Mrs. Jonni { son, a fishérman of. Knife River, Beil, one of townslip's oldest [Minn., reached here Sunday night residentd, mother of Deputy Reeve after his wife had perished in the archdiocese of Ottawa. (ardinal Mafll; of Pisa, the central figure, is most strongly supported, but he will meet with opposition from the party led by Cardinal Merry del Val(on the left) who himself as- pires to the high office. Another strong contender is said x [rir Vannatelli {onthe right) who visited Canada i ¥250:000, John Bell, of Front of Leeds ed Lansdowne, died at the home of her son, George Bell, of Leeds, Saturday | night. ot ------ Athens reports say Kink Constant. tine is to abdicate in favor of his son, open row boat, Mrs. Peterson died at 10 am. Sunday, aceuraing to Pes terson's story. The Borthelst bulldiag, St. Fra cis street, Montreal, was partly strqyed by fire. No one was injured,