ALLEN TO-DAY Constance Zhe Dail mii er ---------- SI) SL KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY v British Whi 7,1923. NICKLE ELECTED ME MBER FOR KINGSTON: i AST EDITION CAUSE ALLEN TO-DAY "The Battle of Jutland" ---- Mr. And Mrs. Dorwan Love Die From Injuries Sustained By Being Thrown From Auto While Going to Vote. A fatal accident occurred at 5.45] votes in the by-election and # was | lott, 4,485. | | J 3 {p.m. Monday at the corner of Raglan | nearing the closing time. They were the| The Liberal man was opposed by : ®5 |Road and Barrie street, when an|called for at their residence on Clar- [the strongest man the Conservatives i S {automobile driven by Stewart Pat-|ence street and when the car reach- . could put f Mr. Nickle is a vet- |terson, taxi driver, skidded andled the top of the hill at Raglan eran of other campaigns and again | threw the occupants, Dorwan Love [road the front wheel came off the erges victorious. He had the ad- {his wife and daughter, Retta Love,| car, and the axle struck the ground, (vantage of being more widely known {aged eight years, and himself, out|cutting a groove in the ice. The driv- {to the people, , That Mr. Elliott poll- | with such force that fatal injuries | er lost control, and the car travelled fed so large is regarded as were received by Mr. and Mrs. Love | about 130 feet on its momentum, [most creditable to him, and the fact who died within a few minutes of| Crossed the sidewalk and Plunged {that the Conservatives were forced {each other. Mr. Love passed away | 'nto a tree throwing the i {tobring Mr. Nickle into the : field after entering the General Hospital|Out. The ear was badly a Me [showed that they feared they would land Mrs. Love before reaching the | Love was in he from a he Call {otherwise lose the seat vacated by Hotel Dieu; The little girl and Mr. [driver and Mrs. Love an 3 Te lus : ' | were in the back sea'. { Dr. A. E. Ross. The result of the el- Patterson were conveyed to the Gen- Joseph Eves, grocer, was the first ection shows that a lesser light eral Hospital. The Vote Stood 5,102 to 4,485--Mr. Elliott Surprised His Opponents By Winning Out At the Queen's University Polls By Four Votes---Soldier Hospitals Vote | Stood 123 to 75 Fer Nickle. AINS PREMIER DEFEATS ELLIOTT BY MAJORITY OF 617 TERRIBLE TR AGEDY Lloyd George Unable to Attend Opening of Par- liament--Was in Conference With Dail Eir- eann President And Mr. Chamberlain, critical indicate that they are si}! far from { dgreement. "The majorities msut rule, Provisional government head reaf- firmesl in a statemen* pres The provinclal by-election in King- ston on Monday resulted in the el- jection of Willlam F. Nickle, Conser- {vative, who defeated Robert F™~ liott, Liberal, by a majority of 6 London, Feb. 7. -- The The vote stood: Nickle, 5,102; stage which the Irish negotiations | have reached prevented Premier Lioyde George and Austen Chamber- dzin from attending the opening of | regarding the bour ries controver- isy. T Ulste . the oth- the imperial parliament today. Arth- Rand or ! ih a ur Griffith, Dail Eireann president, Ul- called at the premiers residence s tha shortly before noon and was in con- | ference with the premier and Mr. | Ohamberlain when the royal pro- oession was passing through White- | hall, 3 to the rth. er Lloyd George af'er the meeting, declared not consent except cabinet rites could al- Lion of "he bounds by | agreement, failing which the government of Ireland act of 1920 must be looked to. in defining the boundaries of any disputed area. Sir James said "he Ulsterites would a vote to to discover the accident and used his adhere to the principle laid down by | would have gone down to defeat be- King Opens Parliament. Feb. 7 The ch prorogued on De- London, paritament cember 19th to await acdon on the Irish treaty by the Dall Eireann was wit re-opened about noon today with the from the reading of the speech throne by the king Regarding the Irish the treaty, king said parliament would be called | upon to consider such measures as may be necessary to give effect to an agreement. He also touched upon ne- @otiations for a pact with France end pay high tribute to accomplish- ments of she Washington conference. Far From Agreement, London; Feb. 7.--Sta'ements Js- sued last night by Michael Collins, head of the provisional government in Ireland, and the Ulster premier UNIVERSAL PEACE NEW POPE'S POLICY The Coronation of Pius XI Is Fixed For Sunday the OE a . of } Rome, Feb. 7.--The coronation of Pope Plus XI. will take place on Feb. 12th. imperial | the prime minister himself in a let- Eamon de Valera last July, | that an Irish set'lement | ly recognize the Ulster gov- t's existing powers and privi- leges which only Ulster could abro-|Ve¥ing voters to the polls. fore the | 1l standard-bearer. Both sides were well organized for the contest and motor cars and slelghs were kept busy all day con- The to- iter to | namely W. F. NICKLE, K.Q is said none were eligible owing to tal vote- cast was 9,687, Wess than [being under age. However, if the | gate, | { [Seree-Sicss of the total on the vot-|co-eds happened to have votes it fs ST t British General Attacked, ers' lists and about '2,300 less than [figured they might have been partial Cork, Feb. 7.--When General | the vote polled in the federal elec-|to the bachelor candidate. The com- | Higginson, Br commander of the (tion two months ago. Many people |hined vote of the two military hospi- | Cork district, was returning here last | took np interest in the by-election [tals resulted 123 to 75 in favor of {evening after superintending the and did not cast their vote, Mr. Nickle. | embarkation of "he British troops at | According to the The vote by subdivisions was as Queenstown, his automobile was at- li office: Ba 2 follows: {tached by armed men. General Hig- |'"8 Officers there Ward. | ginson and his fellow officers repuls- | spoiled ballots and the Sydenham -- ed their assailants and gave pursuit. |¢arried on with few compldints. 1 The driver of the automobile was | Quite a number of people found that 1 shot, bu' not seriously wounded. An- {their names were not on the lists as | other man was found on the ground | they took for granted that the feder- | wounded, but it is belteved he w 13 | al election lists were to be used. In { shot accidently the rival this respect the Liberals suffered deputy return- were "very few polling was Elliott. between Nickle. | . | fires. MARY MILES MINTER DECLARES HER LOVE |For Murdered Movie Director | --Her Scented Note Found in His Effects. movie director, a scented note decep- rom one of Taylor's books. it | jped f { Was on the butterfly momogrammed | more heavily, as complaints show. However, the people were given am- ple warning to see that their names | Were on the municipal lists and if jot to register. | Mr. Elliott was particularly grati- fled over heading the two polls at Queen's university. The vote there was small, but the Liberal candidate cre . received 56 to 52 votes for his op-|St. Lawrence-- ponent, who is sehairman . of he] 7 A ayesines one 111 Susans board of: trustees. and An. olde sammtnpacarnh a dR. graduate of tHe university. "None of] the girl students cast a ballot as it | 1 {REVERSAL OF FEELING 4 4 6 6 a. 6 B "ue 126 veloped a reversal of feeling against the resolution passed Sunday favor- | stasionery of Mary Miles Minter and | AGAINST A REPUBLIC ing a republic. "Universal pacification" 4s the Keynote of the new pope's policy, as! Indicaed in a statement issued by | Prince Ohigl, the marshal of the con- read : "Dearest, I love you -- -- I love you --I love you. X X X X xX. elave, which made reference to the | first blessing bestowed by Plus XI. | Continual conciliation, inaugurated BY his predecessor, probable recon- giidation of the sate and church, mwhich has been estranged for so many years, and an appeal to all the mations of the world to restore peace, are said to constitute the most es sential aims of the Vatican policy as #t will be conducted under the pres- ont pontiff. Cardinal Gasparri will retain his office as papal secretary of state. That the new pope has decided to exercise his full authority was shown when some of the cardinals attached to what has become known as "the irreconcilables' saan 19 uade him not to appear on the te balcony. He listened to the arguments for a few moments and then said: 'Remember, I am no long- @r a cardinal. I am the supreme pon- ft now." To Pledge Devotion. New York, Feb. 7.--A pledge of filial devotion from eight hundred thousand members of the Knights of Columbus in the United States, Can- ada, Newfoundland, Cuba, 4nfl 'Mex- feo will be delivered to Plus XI by Edward Hearn, of this city, who sails on Saturday for Rome. Barns, Crops, Burned. Brockville, Ont., Feb. 7.--Fire de- stroyed the barns of Willlam Vout, Gosford, Leeds county, with loss of ' the season's crops and implements. Premler Norris of Manitoba intro- @uces plan to check land specula- Cardinal Marini died at the Vatic- 'My husband pops corn over the be fire and scatters i: all over the ~--Mrs, L.F. Does Your Husband Do? "Yours always-- Mary." | Taylor Worked in Yukon: | Dawson City, Yukon, records of |the Yukon Gold company indicate {that William Desmond Taylor, mur- {dered motion picture director, added [to his multifarious dist of occupa- {tions during his sojourn in Yukon. | In Dawson he worked as commissary iclerk for four years and at Bonan- |za creek he is referred to as record | breaker in holding down grub allow- ances. He rode horseback and [wrote short stories. | -- rr ------ [OVER THREE MILLION Liberals Led With 1,296,723 Votes--Tories Polled 971,502. Ottawa, Feb 4,726,722 7.--Out of a total of names on the voters' lists in the dominion general elections 'on Dec. 6th, a total of 3,121,844 ac- { tually voted. The voiing by parties [ was: | * Liberads 1,296, Progressives 769,387, Conservatives 971,502, In- | dependents $4,232. nan 723, Governor of Mississippi Is Charged With Seduction Feb. 7.--Governor Lee M. Russell of Mississippi, over long distance telephone, declared to @ representative of the Assoolatsd Press here that the filing of a $100. 000 damage suit against him by Miss Frances Birkhead, a former steno- grapher, charging him with sedue- tion, was the "most damnable black- mail conspiracy ever attempted in the history of Mississippi ' politics™ New Orleans, governor. Miss Birkhead being, she says "in- nocent, unsophisticated and totatly | lacking in worldly wisdom, began to | fall in love with Mr. Russell." The j alleged betrayal is given as the im- mediate sequel." A Storm Is Coming. New York, Feb. 7 --The { bureau warns that a storm jed intensity will move rapidly h- eas'ward during the mext twenty- four hours. George C." Hyndman has been ap- pointed as controller of currency, succeeding the late J. RB. Rourke. Mr. Hyndmen has been dn the f- Further comment was refused by the' Burial of Gen. De Wet. London, Feb. 7.----A despatch from Johannesburg states that a state funeral will be given General Christian De Wet, The body will be |South African Miners Calming Down According to Lat- est Despatches. tsmouth-- Sq BOBO 8 po bn Po BS 59 Total ....4,485 5,102 By Wards. 709 614 687 484 670 969 703 266 509 525 669 627 806 707 533 209 Sydenham Ontario 'ele St. Lawrence ... Cataraqui Frontenac Rideau Victoria Portsmouth 5,102 4,486 a dhe ; (Continued On Page 7) PRICES IN ENGLAND LOWEST SINCE 1916 Retail Quotations on Decline in Consonance With Whole- sale Markets. London, Feb. 7.--The further { London, Feb. 7.--Despatches from {South Africa today report the appar- ent calming down of the mine strike | situation, at least in so far as it had | resulted in demands for the proclam- eee {ation of a republic. The message James William Tate, composer and | says that a mass meeting held at wctor, died Sunday in London, He | Johannesburg town hall Mogday de- made one tour of America. buried alongside that of former President Steyn, of the Orange Free State. Premier - Smuts will be amoung the pall bearers. downward turn in average English prices shown to have occurred dur- ing January, the Economist's index number having fallen in that month from 4,357 to 4,284, brings the aver- age to the lowest figure since the middie of 1916. The present aver- ge compares with 5,617 a year ago and 8,352 at the end of March, 1920. One important consideration is that retail prices are now moving along with the wholesale markets; present indications being that they will con- tinue to move in sympathy with wholesale quotations, POPE PIUS XI. Cardinal Achille Ratti, Archbishop of Milan, was to-day elected Pope and has taken the name of Pius XI. Born at Desio in the archdiocese of Milan in 1857, he was created a bishop in 1919 and a cardinal on June 13, 1924, His HOLINESS, Taking a general survey of the price eituation, it is worth noting that even with this great decline, comparatively few commodities are even now less than 25 per cent. above the pre-war level; also that declines which have occurred in re- cent months have been largely con- fined to commodities which had not declined to anything lke that ex- tent. The present feeling is that the readjustment is likely to continue until the general level stands about 40 per cemt. above pre-war figures. That prediction; however, would probably be nullified by any sudden revival of trade, or by a further marked forward movement of the exchanges toward a normal basis, -------- EXECUTORS STEP OUT Sir Sandford Fleming Estate Hands of Trust Company. Ottawa, Feb, 7.--An order allow- dng the executors of the estate of the late Sir Sandford Fleming to step out in favor of the Royal Trust Company was made in weekly court by Justice Lennox. The executors up to mow have been three sons of Sir Sandford Fleming, S. H., W. A. and Hugh Fleming, and E. H. D. Hall, of Peter- Bereaved of Child and Mother Warkworth, Feb. 7.--The little sixteen-months-old son of Mr. end Mrs. B, Blake, Percy township, was playing with a celluloid comb, and shoved ome end into the stove, when it immediately burst into bames and set fire to his clothing, burning him 80 severely that he passed away. The seme day Mr. Blake's mother died at Peterboro. Pleading guilty to performing Bia eg Sa on. Beatrice Martin, Chatham, Coute Romeo Trevan, aged x , was on Mondey sentenced to Jears imprisonment, Mr. and Mrs. Love were being | rar to convey Mrs. Love to the Hotel Elliott. Nickle. | {driven to vote. At the point where lly Godkin's livery provided%a car |the accident happened there is 2! io convey Mr. Love and the M'tle { bill It is thought that the axle ot gin to the General hospital. The in- [the car broke and the auto crashed jured people lost much blood. {into a tree. Others cars were soon | Dr. D. E. Mundell, coroner, took |on the scene, and the injured people a statement from Stewart Patterson, |were conveyed with all haste to the | cuirvivor of the accident, at the Gen- hospitals. Mrs. Love suffere¢ a frac-| oo hospital Tuesday morning, and [ture of the skull and died be' vile the circumstances show *hat |tering the Hotel Dieu. Mr, L.ove,| the affair was purely accidental, he jue daughter Retta, and Stewart Pat-| has decided to hold an Inquest in the terson, were taken to the General | conneil chamber this evening. Dr. | Hospital and were under the care of | Mundell. in discussing Mr. Patter [Dr. J. F. Sparks. Mr. Love had alson's statement', said that the fromt fractured skull and he passed away | wheel came off the car and the axle shortly after admission. dropped. The driver lost control and Dr. D. E. Mundell, coroner, was|the car smashed into the tree. notified and began investigation of The late Dorwan Love was an hon- the circumstances, which, from the! est and industrious man and was reports, appear entirely accidental. [highly respected. He was engaged The news of the occurrence caused | as a contractor unlpading coal ves= (a8 shock to relatives. and friends. | sels for Chadwick and Son, coal deal |Retta Love is the only child cf the!ers, during the past season. Besides deceased, Dorwan and Mrs. Love, his daughter, he is survived by hs Mrs. Patterson's frisnds conveyed father, W. J. Love, of this city, an the news to her at her home, 407 One brother, Albert Love, who re- Barrie street. The Loves resided at | 84s in the United States. 124 Clarence stree:. Arr, Patterson ec -- was very fortunate, escaping with Has Hard Luck, Pp 5 the driver of but superficial cuts about the meuth, Stuan eS had his share The Love girl was rendered incon. {tho car, has driver of scious by an injury :0 har head, Dr, of hors ok, pile the hi J. F, Sparks who Aigpiins ber table. James Cotter. on September stable Cotter was shot ia the arm. Mr. Patterson showed great brave ery on this occasion, in assisting Constable Cotter away from the scene of the shooting, and he was ore en-| gy The most distressing. featare of the accident is that Mr,, and Mrs. Love were being rushed to a poll to vote for W. F. Nickie, Conservative candidate in the eleerion, ana It waa in the &hase 3 near the closing tiiaa, Mr, Nickle in referring to the accident stated that Mr. and Mrs. Love were supporters rewarded with a medal from the Royal Humane Society. It will be recalled that he was presented with the medal by Lord Byng, of Vimy, at a convocation held a short time ago at Queen's University. of his. He was very much affects) by the news, and at tha concn sion of the nouncement of the returns |he decided not to hold a mass meet- {ing to celebrate his victory as he and his friends al: felt the shock of tao sudden deaths car was riddled with bullets, and the city purchased him a new car, and it was this car which figured in Mon. day's fatality, Mr. Patterson is well known throughout ghe city and coun ty, and prior to taking the position of taxi driver, he served for some time on the local police force, LITTLE GIRL IS DROWNED: FELL INTO ---------- Going % the Poll Mr. and Mrs. Love were being conveyed to the Pine street su b-divi- sion of Frontenac ward to cas* their WHITE SLAVERS GROW VERY BOLD Scores of Montreal Qirls Are Approached--Parents Are Becoming Frantic. and Mrs. Ben Thompson Greatly Bereaved. Northbrook, Feb, 7.--The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson was drowned Feb. when getting water from a well that had Dut a low curb and was slippery, The child was eight Years of age and a great favorite with the school chil= dren who are in grief over their com- rade, Immediate sosistance was clven by the teacher, the school being near. by, but Mies DeMille found lite ex~ tinct. The distracted mother bad bravely taken the child from the well and carried her to the house alone, The remains were interred in the family plot In the Methodist ceme- tery Sunday afternoon after a very impressive service had been conduot- ed by Rev. Mr. Olford, Madoe, elder of the Standard church, in C. C. Thompson's home. It is but three years ago since the same paren's were grief stricken when a small son was accidentally ecalded to death, and sympathy Is expressed on every side. Montreal, Feb. 7.--A veritable "reign of terror" is alarming Mont- real's east end citizens owing to the ever-increasing boldness of white slavers, who are daily making per- | sistent efforts to entice young girls [to leave their homes for q life of "luxury and ease." Parents who are compelled to leave their daughters |alone do so with the greatest reluc- {tance, for scores of instances of strange men entering homes in which attractive girls reside with their obscene offers are being dally reported. In some cases, it is said, they attempt to Mierally kidnap their intended victims. The Committee of Sixteen, a Pro- testant organization appointed to cope with white siave activities, has solicited the aid of the police who are now making an, investigation. The committee has received many frantic appeals from distracted par- lents who believe their daughters are in danger, -------------- 13,000 'Flu Deaths in England. London, Feb. 7.--Deaths in Eng- land and Wales from influenza total- led thirteen thousand, according to figures issued. The epidemic is considered to be on the deckne. While many new cases are reported, the most of these are diagnosed Ben Belleville Grocer Dead. Belleville, Feb. 7.--John Panter, oldest merchant of this city, died yestarday morning after one week's ness here for about sixty years and bad not had a day's sickness unsil last week. Ex-Mayor Wiliam H, Panter is a son. The professional hockey league #8 to coasider the, expulsion of Clegw horn tomorrow. as a mild form of preumonia, of which only a small Percentage is serious. ------ 5 German government, Zebyszke retains the heavyweight wrestling championship, On this occasion Mr, Patterson's filness. He was in the grocery busi Communists aim to overthrow the lt lt Tragedy at Northbrook--Mn. only 3rd, >. A *