"ALLEN | MARK TWAIN'S "A Ceonmccticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court" rt cc. tt rh nt mt, YEAR 80; No. 51, Z CANT REVIVE FORMER PACT A New Reciprocity Agree-' ment Would Have To Be Made. 'Washington, D.C., March 2.--Hon, William Stevens Fieldiniz, minister of finance of the Canadian govern- ment, who has been in Washington sounding out leaders in the Repub- Mcan administration over a possi- bility of a reciprocity trade agree- ment between Canada and the Uni- ted States, left this city last night for Ottawa to report the result of his mission, and will carry back word to the effect that there is no possi- bility of revival of the ill-fated reci- Procity agreement of 1811, as nego- tiated in the Taft administration. He will be able to report, however, it is | understood, that President Harding will probably be willing to take up with the Canadians, under authority of a provision that may be in the new American tariff law, the negoti- #tion of a new reciprocity agreement with Canada, if that is possible to be obtained by negotiations, Mr, Fielding completed his mis- sion to Washington yesterday after- moon with a conference with Presi- dent Harding at the White House. The conference was arranged at the request of 'the British embassy. Nefther the White House nor Mr. Fielding has authorized any state- ment as to the result of the visit of the Canadian, but it was learned in other quarters last night that the situation is such in Washington that the 1911 agreement cannot be re- vived. The Canadian minister saw Chair- man Fordney, of the House Ways and Means committee, and learned that it would be futile to attempt to. revive the old reciprocity agreement | of 1911, but that Mr. Fordney would | not be averse to the Institution of | new reciprocity negotiations under a provision in the Fordney bill. Mr. Fielding also saw Secretaries Hoover and Mellon and other American of- ficlals. McCumber Opposed, Washington, March 2.--Opposi- tion to any general reciprocity agree- ment with Canada was voiced to-day by Chairman McCumber, of the Sen- ate Piaance committee, when In- formed that Hon. W. 8. Fielding, Canadian finance minister, was in Washington in the interests of such an agreement, ! > "Cantida has only agricultural products to send to the United | KING GEORGE ASKS $1,079 DAMAGES Fort Worth, Texas, March 2. --King George of Britain, { through his attorneys, has filed | suit in the district court here | against President Harding, ask- | ing damages of $1,079 for al- leged non-delivery by the Rock Island Railway of sixty-four oases of corned beef during the War, Mary Doesn't Have to Pay. | New York, March 2.--Mary Pick- ford does not have to pay Mrs. Cora Wilkenning any part of $108,000 which the latter claimed was due her as commissions for getting the film star a salary increase, TORY CHARGES ARE MADE J. M. Campbell Declares There Is No Foundation For Them. March 2.--Accompanied iby $1,000 deposit at guarantee of good faith, a cross petition in the; Kingston election case has been filed by Brig.<Gen. A. E:. Ross against John Murdock Campbell, Liberal candidate. There_ are the us- 'ual allegations at Mr. Camp- {bell by himself "and through his agents has 'been guilty of bribery, treating, undue influence, persona- |tion and other illegal and corrupt acts, It is alleged that he gave and [lent money to the electors to induce Toronto, he Daily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922. | them to vote er-refrain frem voting, |. . {that he advanced money for bribery, | | refreshment of electors and that he jor his friends have indulged in in-| |timidation to induce or compel vot- ers to vote or refrain from voting. Other: legal: acts are the hire eof. teams, autos, the paying of travel- [ling expenses of electors. The ap- | plicant asks for a declaration of court that Mr. Campbell is.disqual- ified, and that he cannot sit in the house of commons, vote at any elec- tion of a member therefor, or hold any office in nomination of the crown or of the governor-general of Can- | ada. { Mr. Campbell intimates that all the Tory charges against him have no foundation whatever. He violated no 'election laws. If He Cannot @et: a Whole Treaty----The Position at I LEADING WOMEN LIBERALS WHO ARE TAKING PART IN ONTARIO CONVENTION. Top row, left to right: Miss Helen Doherty, seerctary of East Ontario Liberal Associa- tion; Mrs. W. McClements, of Hamilton, and Mrs. Charles «f Peterboro. Mrs. H. D. Petrie, of Hamilton, and Mrs. P. MeEvoy, of Ottawa. Middle photo: Lower photo: Mrs. George Brooks, of Webbwood, and- Mrs. F. E. Andrews, of Massey, Bast Algoma, two of the young- est lady delegates present. MUST CURB DIE-HARD li Ge LE Election. London, Marelf' 2.---Prime Mints- | GUARD HONEYMOONERS | | FROM INTRUDING EYES i tip Girl -Quides Keep Watch Over Gates of Beautiful Shrop- shire Estate. Shifnal, Eng., March 2.---Princess Mary, now Vispountess Lascelles, snd her husbus 4 ) the peace and of &: | honeymoon, far from the cheering, | exalted throngs that gree them on their wedding procession Tuesday. Girl Guides guarded the gates of Lord Bradford's magnificent estate, London, ment of the recognition of Egypt's NO CONCERN OF POWERS Great Britain And Egypt Will ir Ovi Busi ness. March 2.--Announce- British Whin a -- ALLEN NOW PLAYING MARK TWAIN'S "A Commecticut Yankee in Kidg Arjnurs Court" GIRLS ARE ADVISED TO MARRY FOR LOVE Woman Who Has Eight Hus=~ bands Living Goes to Re- formatory. Cleveland, March 2.--Girls who anticipate a happy wedded life should marry for love and not for a home or money, Mrs. Jennie Seaman, who today was taken to the Marys- ville reformatory to serve an inde- terminate term for bigamy, declared here. She admitted she married eight men without obtaining a di- vorce from any, "I wouldn't advise any girl to marry unless she knows what she is doing," Mrs. Seaman said. "I mar- ried when I was eighteen, hoping to get a 'good home. 'My first husband was a teacher of languages in Nashville, Tenn, 1 got him through a matrimonial pa- per, I didn't 16ve him, and in look- ing back I realize now that I never loved any man, But I wanted a good home, so 1 left my home in Penn- sylvania and went with him to Nash- ville. . "We lived together about a year, and I found out he was a crook. Even on our honeymoon he got a number of books in Cincinnati he never paid for, I learned ,Jdater he has been sent to Sing Sing prison for nineteen years. "My next husband was a bartend- er. We lived together for about twelve years. He got to drinking too much and was very abusive; so I left him in Meadville, Pa. "My third was a waiter, whom I met in a restaurant where I worked in Buffalo, Then I married a ten- pin setter in a bowling alley. My fifth was a coffee house proprietor in Buffalo. . Then I married a chef, a laborer and a fake detective, a Cleve- land man," He's is the reformatory now, ? "Drinking and cigarettes were the cause of some of my troubles. I'm converted now and I mean to be per- fect hereafter. "] advise every girl not to mar- ry for a home or money. I see now that the happiness of married life must come through love." Mrs. Seaman, who ig forty-two, said she never, heard direotly from any of her husbands after she left them. They may all be living for all I know, she said. COURT TURNS TABLES ON THIS MAGICIAN ~ . Sends Him To Jalil For Entic~ ing Away 'Another Man's Shope Wife. New York, March 2.--Harry Cal- laghan, by profession a magician, yielded the palm for legerdemain to Magistrate Levine in Jefferson Mar- "EDITION. BIG MEETING OF LIBEBALS | 'W. T. R. Preston Chosen Chairman And His. BL. Gar peter Vice-Chairman. | Toronto, March 2.--W' T. R. | Preston, of Port Hope, was elected as permanent chairman of the Lib- { eral convention yesterday afternoon. [J C. Elliott, ex-M.P., Mlaaiesex, | ran him a: close race. Following the {first ballot, Thomas McMillan, Huron, {and A. J. Young, Toronro, witharew, | George Ramsden, Toronto, and Alex. | Smith, Ottawa, having previously taken the same step. Ex-Controller George Ramsden | opened the convention. The first de- | tafl claiming the attention of tha | delegates was a telegram from Pre- | mier King regretting his forced ah- | sence from the convention, and wish- ing a successful session. A snag was struck when Major K: 8, Stovor, M.P.P.,' for Algoma, took the floor and stated that he de- | sired to have the air cleared at once | of rumors and reports which had . ben gaining some currency. "1 want to make it plain that tha Liberal party is not going to be- come an adjunct of the U.F.0.," sald he. Immediately there was some clapping and cries of 'No, mo.' | When the chairman pointed out that Major Stovor was not in order the speaker appealed for a decision from the house. A standing vote unani- mously upheld Mr. Ramsden's. rul- ing. Following this interruption H, Ii. Horsey, of Prince Edward, presénted ° the report of the credentials commit tee as its chairman. i Mrs. Harry Carpenter, Hamilton, president of Ontario Women's Lib- leral Association, was then unanl . ! mously elected vice-chairman, and Mr. Preston assumed his duties as chairman of the convention, assert: ting that "this is the proudest mo- ment of my life--to be elected pro- | siding officer of the greatest demo- | cratic parliament in Ontario." Mrs. Carpenter was then called to the platform in a tumult of cheering, and breifly expressed her thanks. | Messrs. Hays, Tolmie and Sinelair are mentioned for the leadership of the Ontario Liberals. (Continued On Page 11) TUT! TUT! NURSES DO 4 ¥ W.C.T.U. Presiderit Says Tor onto Hospital Has a Nurses® under such an agreement," : States Ottawa. | ter Xloyd George has presented wn 8moking Room, , the said, "and we have an exportable surplus of guch commodities." Better Understanding, Ottawa, March = 2.--Government and Progressive circles here will re- ceive intimation that reciprocity will pot be favored by the present United States congress with regret, although it was felt that at the present junc- ture Mr. Fielding would be able to do little more than survey the ground, It is thought that the con- versations will lead to a hetfer un- derstanding between the two gov- ernments. It is not likely, however, that any further steps will be taken at the approaching 'session of par- liament than a declaration of policy. NOT CUARANTEED AGAINST THE PEACE TROUBLERS "The French Premier Says That France Wishes to Guar- antee Peace. Paris, March 2.~--Premier Poin- care, speaking at a luncheon given ¢ by the Anglo-American Press Asso- ation yesterday, said that "French mperialism is old scarecrows which long ago was laid to rest alongside the tomb of Napoleon in Invalides." He declared there was not a single Frenchman who had thought either for the present, for to-morrow or for a later period, of any warlike enterprise or of annexations. "We have no other wish than to guarantees peave," he said, "but un- fortunately we are not guaranteed against those who might trouble it." wv Unrest in Punjab causing grave w-- HUSBAND AND WIFE. | tion that reciprocity with the United | States is practically assured as the fruit of Mr. Fielding's visit to Washington is somewhat premature. However, if the American authorities admit the validity of the pact of 1911 on their side then the obvious course of the King government is to intro- duce the old reciprocity bill, modified by adjustments made necessary by tariff changes since 1911, the reduc- tion in the schedules on agricultural implements, and pass it through tha commons, where it would be assuféd of an enormeus majority. It would then have to face the senate. The first impulse of the strong Tory mu- pority entrenched there would be to reject it, but careful consideration of the situation might lead to sownerer thoughts, and the senate might think twice before it vetoed legisla- tion which has been passed with an overwhelming majority jna house of commons endowed with a complete- ly fresh mandate. They would fear with some justification to proveke a popular outcry which might bring awkward refusals and raise the whole question of the powers and fu- ture of the existing upper house. ~The Harding administration wouid have to take into consideration the attitude of the "agricultural bloc" and it is quite certain that it would fask from the King government defin- ite assurance that a fresh pact would not suffer the same fate at Ottawa as its predecessor. The Americans would be very unwilling to run the risk of a second rebuff and it is very doubtful what assurances against it could be given them. If Mr. Fielding cannot get the whole treaty, he might be content with an instalment. - BOTH FATHER ARD SON SENTENCED 0 PRISON Brenners; of Toronto, Game to Portsmouth For Con- spiracy and Theft. ---- Toronto, March 32.__Convioted on February 9th, on various counts of conspiracy.and theft, involving some $700,000, Meyer Brenner to-day re- ceived sentence of seven years' im- prisonment .in the Portsmouth peni- tentiary, while his father "| My wife makes me wipe off my. | shoes with a rag befora she'li let me on tho hardwood floor.--L.T.M. What Docs Your Wite Do? d to two years, less by Justice Riddell, against Nathan Breaner conspiracy and theft, against Meyer also included destruc- tion and mutilation of books, alternative of smothering the con- tinued intrigues of the Die-hard of accepting his resigntaion as head of the government. The premier's protest, which has caused great excitement In poltiical circles, is in the form of a communi- cation addressed to Austen Cham- berlain, as leader of the Unionist wing of the coalition, in which he calls attention to the Ina@epenaence recently assumed by Sir Younger, chairman of the U ist organization, and announ that he cannot submit dictation from such a quarter is quite willing, he says, 0 con- tinue in cpllaboration with the Unionists so long as Chamberlam or Balfour is recognized as spokesman for the party, but he makes it ciear that if the tendency to split the Unionists into groups 1s permitted to go on unchecked, he will be 10re- ed to consider his own position us the coalition premier. Look For Early Election. London, March 2.--It is believed here that an early general election or resigntaion of Premier Lloyd George will be the upshot of the present political crisis." A Secret Session. Toronto, March 2.--A special ca- ble from London to the Star says the British Oonservative leaders meet to-day in secret session, fol- lowing the conference between Aus- ten Chamberlain and Sir George Younge, chairmen of the Unionist party organization, known as "the man behind the throne." Upon the result of the meeting the fate of Premier Lloyd George and his coall- tion government depends, e---------- J. J. Jeffries May, Become A Preaching Evangelist Los Angeles, Cal., March 2.--For- mer world's champion fighter, James J. Jeffries, may become an evange- Hst, following a visit from A. F. Sut- terer, a friend of the former pugil- ist's father, who was a minister of the gospel. "My desire i to bring religion closer to the hearth of the men of to-day," Jefferies is quoted as saying by the Examiner here, No witnesses have arrived in Ham: iiton from North Carolina and it is { ultimatum to the coalition Consery- Weston Park, which has been turned Ottawa, March 1.--The assump-|atives, in which they are given the | Over to the couple for the first part {of tt 'r honeymoon ,to prevent un- | autho:.zed photographers an | | and his bride, l FIRST WOMAN IN London, March 2.--The peti- tion of Lady Rhondda to sit in the House of Lords was grant- ed by the committee on privi- leges of the House of Lords to- day. If she takes the seat awarded her by this ruling, she will be the first woman to sit in the upper house of the Bri- tish parliament, Celebrate Wedding. London, March 2.--In vinces velebratians occurred on scale similar to those in London. Harewood, journ- Unionists against his leadership, or 2lists from disturbing the viscount HOUSE OF LORDS the pro- At the home of the bride- sovereignty is embodied in the publi- cation of two official papers, one from Lord Curzon to Lord Allenby, British Governor in Egypt, and the other from Lord Allenby to the Sul- tan, Entitled "A Declaration to Egypt" and confirming the Government's decision, Lord Allenby's letter is somewhat in the form of a proclama- tion. It recites that: "Whereas His Majesty's Govern- ment, in accordance with their de- clared intentions, desire forthwith to recognize Egypt as an independent and sovereign state, and "Whereas the relations of His Ma- jesty's Government and Egypt are of vital interest to the British Empire, the following principles are hereby declared: "The British protectorate is ter- minated and Egypt is declared an in- dependent and sovereign state." The document goes on to declare that as soon as Egypt shall enact in- demnity legislation applying to all inhabitants, the present martial law will be withdrawn. a groom, the children of the tenants of the Harewood estate were enter- tained at tea and games during the afternoon. They were taken to | Leeds at night to view the wedding scenes In motion pictures, Balmoral, Scotland, celebrated the event in true Scottish fashion. High- landers and pipers from the royal es- tates, carrying flaming pine torches, marched up the mountain overlook- ing the royal castle and lit a huge bonfire, . ' Rome despatches sald the Italian newspapers were full of reports of the histork event, and that the Ital- lans intended to accord the coyple a great reception when they reach Foreign Powers Not Concerned. The prime minister told the House the British government was prepared to make agreements with the Egyp- tian government, in a spirit of mu- tual] accommodation, but until agree- ments satisfactory to both sides were conducted the status quo would re- main intact, "We regard the special relations between ourselves and Egypt as a matter concerning only the govern- ment of Egypt and ourselves," premier said. the "Foreign powers are not cancerned and we purpose to state this unmis- Italy on their honeymoon trip. { A Board of Alienists, court to set upon. ------------ Goes To Paris Bank. belleved that Matthew Bullock, the |to Quebee, Toronto, March 2---J. W. Curry, K.C., Liberal member for South-East Torocto, fn the legislature yesterday afternoon introduced a bill to pro- vide for a provincial: board of alien- ists. This would do away with the calling of experts on the side of the crown and for the defence, making the board's report sufficient for the .Londep, March 3.--Col. I. B. Donnelly, London, manager for the takably when the termination of the protectorate is notified to them. The welfare and integrity of Egypt are necessary to the peace and safety of the British Empire, which will there- fore always maintain as an essential British interest the special relations between itself and Egypt long recog- nized by other governments." FIVE CENTS AN HOUR LESS, ie : Ottawa, March 2-H. Birkett, 'secretary of the Btonecutters' Asso- (ciation of Ottawa, announced that after between three firme in the city employing stonecutters, and the men, an amicable arrange- ment had been reached whereby the men would accept a cut jn wages after 'May lst, when the present agreement 'expires, of five cents an The men at present get a scale of ninety cents an hour, i ket court late today and retired in confusion to Blackwells island where he will spend the next month think- ing up some new tricks. Caliaghan, appearing in court on behali of a young woman, arrested on a statutory charge, assured the court he was her husband and would exercise his arts to see that she be- haved, if the magistrate would just let her off. "What would you say if the real husband of this woman were to ap- pear right now?" asked the magis- trate. "Oh, you honor, that wouldn't be possible," said the magician, "as I, her husband, am already here." The magistrate made mystic pas- ses with his hands; a door opened; a magician's "wife" fainted. The husband, whose name was withheld, testified Callaghan had en- ticed the young woman away from husband, home and baby. Magistrate Levine gave him six months for va- grancy. TYPICALLY BRITISH London Star Comments on the Royal Marriage. London, March 2.--The Star, one of London's most reasonable, demo- cratic organs, says editorially that the House of Windsor proclaimed, once for all, by the adoption of that surname, that it was English to the core and had renounced all consan- guineous foreign taints. "The fashion which in the days of Victoria," the Star says, "exalted everything Ger- man, even to the inventing of a new Scottish tartan on German lines, has vanished, and the Royal house re- mains typically an English family, allying itself with great houses of English nobility, rather than with German Pumpernickels and Schwar- zenbergs." Continuing, the Star says: "The English people recognize in Princess Mary one of the fine flowers of an Engl home, and see in her traits which they regard as typically British. We have no desire to offer sycophantic adulation, but we aver that this occasion (the Princess' wedding) is one when the whole na- tion wishes well to the Princess and Viscount Lascelles." Canadian Money at Par. stores now will accept Canadian mo- ney at par for the tirst time in more than two years it was annoumced yesterday by the retail trade bureau of the Seattle chamber of commerce. uy ------------------ . The Yap treaty was ratified with- out reservation or amendments by s4le United States sanate. young man stepped forth--and tho | London, Ont., March 2.--A smok- ing-room for nurses in a new Toron« to hospital is causing the W.C.T.U. some worry. That cigarette smok ing has grown to an elarming ex tent among the Canadian women of to-day and that it is a cause of the downfall of girls was stated by Mrs. Gordon Wright, president of the W. C.T.U. of Canada, and Mrs. Ida Har- rison, W.C.T.U, social worker, at the regular meeting of the local organ" | ization yesterday afternoon. : ' "Must Be a Joke." Toronto, March 2.--"That must be a joke," said Superintendent Decker, of the Toronto General, "so | far as this hospital Is concerned." "We have a room im which: con= valescent male patients smoke, but 1 state emphatically that I have never seen a nurse smoking at this hospital." RACE TO THE CONCLAVE iS DECLARED THE LAST | America Too Important to Be. Ignored, Pope Tells Care dinal O'Connell. in cnn can cardinals will be present at next conclave," said Pope Plus nell of Boston. "There will be no more racing 5 000 miles in a vain endeavor to Rome in time for a conclave," pontiff added. "The United States too important to bedignored as has been, I shall gee to it that happened at the last conclave not occur again." Automobile Thief Gets 10 Years. Montreal, March 2.--After marking that automobile thefts the city were becoming too com and that they must be stopped, Jui Bazin, sentenced Ernest Bastein Yevs Starmour, address ui to ten dnd six years, respectively, stealing two cars owned by Leroy Shaw and A. Decarfe. h accused admitted having stolen ; many 8s six cars at different limes, i ------ i p------ ¥ Fire in a Newspaper Office. Cornwall, March 2.--¥ire [Tuesday night originating from