ALLEN TO-DAY "THE MAN WITH TWO MOTHERS" -- R 89; No. 8 YEA 6. ---- - DRURY WI BY TWENTY In Vote of Contidence in Con- nection With Chippawa Probe-~Division Was 33 to 33. Toronto, April 12.-- Early this Morning the debate on the Chippawa probe ended with a vote of confid- ence in the Drury government. The division showed a vote of 63 to 33 in the government's favor. The vote was taken on an amend ment by Hon. Manning Doherty to a resolution submitted by Howard Ferguson calling for a probs by a committee of the legislature and was worded to give the govern- ment complete discretion as to what kind of investigation it would un- dertake, but Premier Drury made it clear that it would be a royal com- mission of experts and that it would not only inquire into past expendi- tures in the Chippawa and other Hydro undertakings but would ada- vise the government in fits future policy as to the terms and conditions of sale of power, development of new power and management of existing development. ONE NATIONAL CANADIAN ROAD This Is the Minister of Rail-| way's Plan For "Co-ordin- ation." NS | Hon. | $716,000, though the other two | showed a loss Dealing with the estimates of his department, Mr ~ Kennedy explains | the reduction from $197,000,000 last fiscal year to $97,000,000 this year {He estimates the operating deficits at about two million dollars less. An- other two million is saved this year in interest charges due the public Betterments require about thirty million dollars less, betterments havy- |ing' been restricted to the minimum | One Board of Directors, | "The first step in the reorganiza- | {tion of' the railways," Mr. Kennedy | said, "will ba the establishment of la single representative Board of DI- rectors for the unified control and co- i ordinated operation of the govern- | | ment-owned lines." i Applause from all parts: of the | House greeted this statement. And jthen, as though this were not plain | | the escort, "The new board will be given the |the harbor there was a roar of guns | rection and control of the Grand [2nd shrieking of sirens, | jenough, he said a little later: di Trunk Raflway properties, the Cana- |dian Northern Railway, the Grand | Trunk Pacific Railway ,the Trans- |continental Railway and the Inter- {colonial Railway and Prince Edward {Island Railway and branch lines, 1 | have mentioned these lines specific- ally so that there may be no ques- tion or misunderstanding as to where any or all of them stand so far as general direction or control is con- | cerned." " | Again the Commons desks on all | parts of the floor were pounded. The |Bovernment was on its way toward | implementing its promise to give | government ownership "a fair trial." | oa {And the English Are Now De-| { veloping a Trade With China. | | | Vancouver, B.C., April 12.--That | |BOYCOTT ON ENGLISH | KINGST! eee eee JAPAN GREETS AP ALLY'S PRINCE Heir to British Throne Is Acclaimed At Yokohoma And Tokio. Yokohoma, April 12.__The Prince Wales arrived here to-day on his official visit to Japan. Thousands greeted him as he landed from the battle cruiser which brought him from India, The Renown 'was escorted in from sea by a Japanese light cruiser divi- sion, and In the bay six battleships, including the famous Mutsu, joined As the vessels entered The Prince of Wales reached Tokio this afternoon on a special train [trom Yokohama, and was driven in |an open carriage, escorted by cav- |alry, to the imperial palace, where he | was received by the empress. He was | lustily cheered all along the route by on, crowds. |HUSBAND DIED MONDAY, WIFE DIED WEDNESDAY The Sad Passing of a Popular Couple at Pembroke This Week. A telegram received in the city on Wednesday morning, conveyed the COTTON GOODS IN INDIA [sad news of the death at Pembroke; on Wednesday morning, of Mrs. { Thoms, a well-known and popular resident of that place, Deceased was about twenty-three years of age. Her husband, who was about the |same age, passed away on Monday. ch Both husband and wife had friends CANADIAN WRITER ON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1922 RETIRES. E. W. Thompson, Poet and Author, | Leaves Ottawa, son, Canadian poet, story writer and | [ journalist, left Ottawa on Satupday {for Boston. It is understood that he [intends to remain there in quiet re- tirement, With his departure it is |probable that his active career as an | {author and journalist will come to | (an end. His journalistic life began | lalmost fifty years ago when he join- led the Toronto Globe as chiet editor- {lal writer. Since 1901 he has been (engaged in general writing. "Old {Man Savarin and Other Stories" is considered his best volume of fiction. { |"The Many Mansioned House and | | Other Poems," takes the same rank | among his poetry. Mr. Thompson's | departure from Ottawa will be a loss | {to the literary and political life of | Canada, GEN, VO German mini N FALKENHAYN ster of war in 1913 and Ottawa, April 12.--E WwW. Thomp- NO INTERFERENCE IN CANADIAN NAVY THAT SURPLUS IS DWINDLIN soko' 2a | nis 1adiar Ww. F. Nickle's Criticism of Nr ov a aati Fes tha b Drury Government Bud- Lows Say Janene the House of get Eagerly Awaited. - The government pointed out that Toronto, April 12.--The Legisla- [Imperial authorities and the Can- ture is increasingly expectant of the adian government regarding the budget criticism to come from W. F. {maintenance of the warships, Aurora, Nickle when the debate is resumed. Patriot and Patrician and the three A few days ago Mr. Nickle obtained | torpedo boats now in the service. a return showing those portions of [These vessels are of use for train- the statutory expenditures charged ing purposes and in case of emer- by the U.F.O. for the last fisc al year | gency for the protection of Canadian as ordinary expenditure. From this | marine interests and Canadian ports. he may be able to show that suppos- The crews of the Canadian squad- edly improper entries have been !ron are composed largely of Can- made for expenditures under the adian recruits, Of the 21 officers, new heading, "Capital and Extra-|17 are Royal Canadian Naval ot- ordinary," so that a "bookkeeping" |ficers, 11 of whom were trained in surplus may be shown. ithe Royal Naval College. There are And on to-day's order paper Mr. ouly four officers on loan from the Nickle has another question dealing!Imperial Navy. All officers and men with these matters. He points out |loaned from the Imperial Navy are that in the 1919-20 public accounts | being replaced by Canadians treasury bill "M.M." is apparently | quickly as the latter can be trained. not shown at all, while treasury bill | ne "J.J." is shown as a direct liability | Collar Button In Ear of $5,000,000. In this year's ac-| counts he notes that re ay pi] Gave Trouble Seventy Years "M.M."" g 72. | ------ EL Pitas of 2 isa fos London, April 12.--After suffer- shown, and he asks, "Where is the | Ing from ear trouble for seventy balance of receipts shown?' / Ang |Years, George Falkner, a government with respect to treasury bill "J.J. official at Deal, who is now 756 years in this year's accounts payments of ©ld, felt something drop in his ear $4,200,291.50 are shown, and the un-| entrance while chewing vigorously paid balance is mot shown as a dir. |at his dinner. He felt and removed ect liability. |a small pearl button. It is of an He wants to know why that bal-|0ld-fashidned pattern, such as was ance, about $800,000, fs not shown used on babies' bibs, and is suppos- as a direct liability as it was i year's accounts, Canada Has Sole Control of Ships Without Limiting Agreements. he was an infant, In recent years ---- he had suffered so much that he Smith's Methods Exposed. soaked his ear in a solution for many It is said that the payments made | hours daily. Now he is without pain on the one-third of total ex- di- [or irritation for the first time within NEW_S there is no agreement between the | as | n lasted to have slipped into his ear when | ALLEN THURS, FRI, SAT. Jackie Coogan "MY BOY" YSTEM OF VOTING The Transferable Vote To Be Pressed By Drury Government At . . This Session. Toronto, April 12.--Before the next general election and probably during the present session of the le- gislature the Drury government will press a bill to apply the transferable or preferential vote to singie member constituencies, The effect of this measure on the result of the next general election {may be considerable, upsetting many calculations that have already been made. Some politicians say it would not materially change the outcome of ° the voting but they are in the min- © ority, { The object of the transferable vote is to ensure that the elected candi- | date receives a majority of the votes, The elector, indicates his preference for the candidates by marking with | figures his first, second and third i choice and 80 on. If there is no elec- {tion on the first choice, the second choices of the lowest candidate are counted. In many ridings in the 1919 election, the successful candidate re- {ceived little more than one third of |the total vote and in some cases ; {much less. The new system would | have no effect in ridings which have |but two candidates, | | Who Would Benefit, Election sharps are 'inclined to [think that the Liberals would bene- fit most from the adoption of the single transferable vote, The U. F. {O. might benefit to a lesser extent, lin Kingston, and the lot the young couple | with sincere regret. Thomas ture basis to municipalities fo un-| his memory. employment relief should have ueeu charged ag "ordinary" expenditure | instead of capital, as they are. This | The general tendency would be to |encourage both the U ¥. 0. and the | Liberals to run candidates in rids |ings where that course ordinarily [the boycott on English cotton goods {in India is complete and the British textile manufacturers are now turn+ ------ MAY HELP VANCOUVER DOCK, Ottawa, April 12.--An amazing array of railway figures was pre- sented to the House of Commons yed- was received Mullinger, a near | Mrs. terday afternoon by Hon, W. €, Ken- nedy, Minister of Railways, who made the annual statement of the railway department. There are many hopeful points in his statement from @ financial point of view, though, perhaps, they are not numerous en- ough to convince the enemies of pub- lic ownership that the people's rail- ways will make good. As has been the custom, Mr. Ken- | nedy read his statement, He had obviously taken great pains in its Préparation, In fact, he and his ag sistants have reduced the complicat- ed railway bookkeeping to something the members of the House of Com- mons and public can understand, He read steadily for an hour and a quarter, and from start to finish was followed with the deepest interest. There was little applause during the time he dealt with statistics, because the House likes to see the figures be- fore the desk-poun®ng begins, but it Was apparent fo every observer that the minister had created an excel- lent impression by his clear, busi- nesslike presentation, Improvement of $1,686,060. The total deficit of all lines owned by the people of Canada for the year' ended December 31st last is $72.- 346,233, Of this amount $56,673,934 was {ncurred by the Canadian Na- tional, which includes the Grand Truhk Pacific, and $15,762,299 was | incurred by the Grand Trunk Sys- tem. In the year previous the de- fieit of the roads named totalled $74,032,302, the difference in favor of last year being $1,686,069. 'The Canagian National, again including | the G.T.P., did nearly eleven miMion dollars better than the previous year, and the Grand Trunk did more than nine million dolldrs Worse. A reverse side may be given to this financial picture for the benefit of the friends of government owner- ship. There are practically only two railroads in Canada, the C.P.R. and the government lines, Last year the government roads increased their percentage of gross earnings from 52.51 to 54.22 per cent. It Is esti- mated that the government roads cut into the C.P.R. gross earnings for about eight and a half million dol- lars. The government-owned lines comprise about 52 per cent. of the total rallway mileage of the country, and the fact that they did 54.22 per cent. of the business in a year of de- pressed trade is taken as a good omen for the future of the people's rail- ways, Last year the losing ends of the Grand Trunk System were all in the United States, The year before, the western lines paid a net revenue of ny, « HUSBAND AND WIFE. After I have elaborated on any sub- Jeot my wile says: "Weil, that's Just iW, H J {ing their attention towards develo | | lng trade with China, was the state. | friend of the couple, left on Wednes- | Government {ment of H, E. Beney, London, who {arrived in Vancouver on the Cana- dian Pacific Steamship Company's liner Empress of Asia, after an ex- tended tour to the Orient. While the natives of India are not disloyal and were most keen to pay their respects to the Prince of Wales {on his recent visit there, they are {absolutely under the rule \of thelr leaders, many of whom are paid by German interests, stated Mr. Berney. No British cotton goods have been bought by them for some time past, |as the natives are now weaving their own material by hand and by looms {imported from Germany, and it is {feared that the Lancashire mills [bave lost their trade for a consider- {able time at any rate. The enor- {mous field in China hitherto undg: veloped, however, will more than re- [pay the British manufacturers for [their lows of trade with India, and | they are now exerting every effort to {increase this business. Mr. Beney |suggests that Canadian anufactur- |ers would do well to pay more atten- | tion "to_thig™ field. SHE FINDS PARLIAMENT WORK VERY STRENUOUS Miss MacPhail Will Not Attend Pan-American Congress at Baltimore. Ottawa, April 12.--Miss (Agnes MacPhail, M.P., has decided not to attend the pan-American congress of women to be held in Baltimore from April 20th to 29th. "I could not conscientiously ab- sent myself from parliament for al- most two weeks during my first ses- sion. I was elected to represent | Southeast Grey, not to run about the country making speeches, much as I should like to have 'the benefit of meeting the women who will partic- fpate in the Baltimore gathering," Miss MacPhail said. "I am leaving for my father's farm this evening and shall spend tae whole Easter vacation there with my parents. I am really very tired. Being a member of the House of Commons is a strenuous life." SIT BY AND WATCH RARE VIANDS EATEN Hamilton Women Get Qood Seats in the Qallery Over- looking Banquet. Hamilton, April 12.--Twice now have Hamilton society women sat {by and seen the men folk "stuff [themselves" with rare viands, with | f | | | | day afternoon for Pembroke to at- tend the funeral of the late Mr. Thoms. NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. A dinner was given Hon. P. C. Larkin, in London. Ulster parliament passes the crém- inal procedure bill. as agreed with the South, The Allied proposals for Russia were handed to the Soviet delegates at Genoa on Tuesday. It is likely that the House of Commons will debate the advisabil- ity of redistribution thts session, Armstrong's general store at Brig- den, Ont., was destroyed by fire. Loss one hundred thousand dollars. King George has conferred an earldom upon Bir Arthur Balfour, it was officially announced Wednesday. Lady Astor sailed on the Olympie from Southampton, Eng., Wednesday for New York. She will be tha guest of the League of Women Vot- ers at their convention in Baltimore. The four Cherniavsky brothers, Jan, Leo, Alexander and Mischel, concert . artists well-known here, have just been granted certificates of naturalization as Canadian, cit- izens at Vancouver, B.C, Big League Baseball Games Are Commenced | New_York, Apri] 12. --~Warm wea- ther ushered in the baseball scason of 1922 here today. The weather forecasts brought the cheering as- surance to the fans of Manhattan and Brooklyn that the elements would not mar the big day for those who went to the Polo Grounds to seo the National leagué teams of the two boroughs perform. -- pe May Visit Canada. London, April 12.--The Duke or York may visit Canada next year. ile has expressed a desire to do 80, but the date of such a visit depenax largely on the movements of the Prince of Wales, as King George does not wish both his eldest and his second son to be absent from the Kingdom at the same time, 0. PEACE CONFERENCE the result that they wonder if ft 184 known in this centre that there is such a status as "eqial rights." Wher Admiral Beatty was enter. tained here by -the Canadian Club the lalies were invited, but they "ad to sit uP in the gallery --and not a bite did they get. Monday night whea Lord Byng was banqueted by the same club, in the same Place, the good ladies, some hungry, perhaps, and all 8 wee bit indignant, were sitting in the same gallery. "My dear," exclaimed one matron, "you don't kmaw the men or you would not be aprprised." No appeal is entered in tho G.T.R. { --The peace con- the leaders of the matter in London, Eng. Likely to Ratify the Subsidy Granted, Ottawa, April 12.--1It seems prob- {able that the government will ratify | the subsicy granted for the Vancou- ver drydock so as to permit the un- dertaking going ahead, Since Hom, J. H, King returned from the coast, the matter has been gone into, and it js understood that also applies, according to crities, to Mothers' Allowance disbursement. this year these two items comprise DSLR. IS GENEROUS Foi Se En REGARDING PENSIONS have left a deficit of $100,000 in the | Always Err on Side of Soldier, accounts instead of a surplus, Other 8ays Deputy Minister items are doubtless in a similar pos- Parkinson ition, and when the sums that were . collected after the end of the fiscal | | { | | | it was before the cabinet at the week- end. Emphasis is placed upon the fact that it is not a government con- struction, hut "A pri 3 Involving an' outlay of about $170, 000 a year in subsidies, ECONOMIC HISTORY WIL BE UFoLsED Story of Canada's' Develop- {ment Is Being Prepared By Ottawa Board. | | Ottawa, April 12.--Canada's stor- {led economic and financial past is {in the course of being told to the {Canadian people. Under the direc- | tion of the Board of Historical Pub- lications, of which Prof. Adam | Shortt is chairman, a great work Ottawa, April 12.--An application | would. allow the Cdnseryative to be elected with a minority vote. Both farmers and Liberals would probably expect to pool their votes as @gainst the Conservative when the second choices were counted--that is assume ing that the Conservative was not eliminated as the low candidate on the first choice. 5 The application of the transferable year, but which were credited as 're- ceipts prior to October 31st are de- ducted, the famous surplus dwindles province has suffered Ander Mr, Smith's financial genius becomes ap- parent at least, if even then not wholly exposed. £ -- DOMINIONS OBJECTED. Britain Now Pays Larger Share of League's Expenses. London, April 12.--Rt, Hon, H. A. | L. Fisher, president of the Board of Education, replying in the House of Commons to a question as to why | Great Britain's share of the expendi. | ture in the League of Nations had in- creased from under five to over nine per cent, said the basis of calculat- ing the league's expenses had been altered, largely owing to violent ob- jections from the dominions to the original arrangement. By the orig- { | {18 being done, and the first-fruits are {soon to emanate from the press, In the fourth annual report of the board submitted' to the prime min- ister the following announcement is made in regard to this economic his- tory: "The first volume of the series, relating to Canadian currency, ex- change and banking, including the Imperial and colonial financial opera- tions connected with this, covering the French period down to the con- quest, is at present in the press and should be ready for issue within a comparatively short time. As the great majority of the original docu- mefits relating to this period are na- turally in the French language, they are accompanied by an English trans- lation, while the few English docu- ments, chiefly relating to the Hquida- tion and disposal of the French paper money after the conquest, are accompanied by French translations, as are also the general introduction to the volume and the numerous notes. . The volume will thus be complete in both languages and will extend to between 800 and 900 Pages, Much the greater part of this volume will furnish in accessible form the first authentic information in the shape of driental documents relat- ing to the fundamental aspects of Canadian economic history, "The succeeding volumes in this series, relating to the various periods of Canadian progress since the in- troduction of British rule, are al- ready well in hand, This will serve to permanently broaden and emrich the fleld of Canadian economic his tory. Owing to the very great in- crease of late in the number of stu- dents engaged Jn the study of the various countries, tliese 'the greatest ser- inal arrangement contributions were | received from Australia, Canada and | South Africa on the same basis as | {from Great Britaln and other great | Were not under hi powers. ---- LUMBER FOR INDIA. Canadian Spruce Specified in Call for Tenders, London, April, 12.--The efforts which have been made to bind the Empire more closely by trade ties, are having their effect. The Indian government, in calling for tenders for a year's supply of lumber for packing cases, has specified Canadian Spruce as the material. The govern- ment requires 140 standards, 3x11 inches, 400 standards 3x9 inches, and 300 standards 3x7 inches, all of a length from 10 to 16 feet, and of the quality known as "good commercial." The time for tendering is short, how- ever, as all tenders must be in by April 25th, A ---------------------- MAKING GOOD RECORD. Szecial Train Bearing Silks to New York, Vancouver, B.C., April 12.---The C. P. Steamship liner Empress of Asia which reached Vancouver yes- terday, from Yokohama came with- in an hour of equalling the trans- Pacific record held by her sister ship, the Empress of Russia, The Asia brought a heavy cargo of sfik for New York and a special train of twenty cars rolled out with tier precious comsignment within five hours of her arrival. All told the Empress of Asia brought nearly eight hundred , | further pieces. Jail for being in " flltelt liquor, and $10. or ten days in jail for as- and battery. Unable to pay fine, he is serving his time vote, therefore, might destroy any chance of the Conservatives formi; & government after the next el 1. make it reasonably cert pensions and re-establishment. the" Farmers and the Liner It was decided, on motion by Col. |tween them would have g 'eons! Arthurs, to defer until the next meet- | able majority in the next logialatu ing of the committee the application Had the transferable vote been of Secretary Marsh and also the ap- [ed In the last general election a Lib- plication made by the G.W.V.A. and | eral and not a Conservative probably the Imperial Veterans in Canada. | Would have been elected in Lenn i N. F. Parkinson, Deputy Minister | The dropping out of Brethin, the v. of the Department of Soldiers' Civil | F O. candidate, and low man, would Re-establishment, was the principal have released 1,482 second choices, Witness before . the committee. He [the bulk of which, no doubt, would stated that his department had been | have gone to the Liberal, As Fowler, freed from eontrol by the Civil Ser- |the Conservative, had a lead of only vice Commission, and. that existing |314, Woods, the Liberal, would have legislation was sufficient except {had a fine chance of passing him. where money was needed to carry out | new policies. If an applicant was rejected, ne | Abductor of Young Qirl Sentenced on Old Charge on behalf of the Grand Army ot United Veterans to be heard by its secretary, J. ¥, Marsh, was made yes- tardy by said, and then appealed, he was not | brought to Ottawa at the expense of | ------ 3 the department unless it was thought | Belleville, April 2.-- Russell he had a particularly good case, | Clarke, who some weeks Ago was ar Gratuities, Mr. Parkinson stated, [rested in Toronto on the charge of s department but {abducting a 15-year-old girl and A under the Department of Militia. | given suspended sentence in cow In reply to questions the witnesses | here, was yesterday given on the ¢ stated that every effort was made jcharge a term of three months in the to diagnose the condition of appli- | Ontario Reformatory and a further cants, even to sending them to hospi- {Indeterminate period thereafter 0 tal and keeping them under super- (not more than two years less on vision, day. The reason for this was that "Will you accept the report of a [Clarke had been arrested at Point = civilian doctor and give the patient a (Anne on a vagrancy charge and re-examination?" asked Donald Suth- (was felt that he had broken the spirit erland. {of the terms under which his sent. "That fe the basis for our future [ence had been suspended. 3 action," was the reply. { When a man's claim is rejected, | asked Chairman Marler, "are you in- | fluenced by the report of your unit | La which has rejected the claim of do | York Service. you err on the side of 'the soldier?' | London, April 12.--The Maje "Up to the present," was the ans- [56,000 tons, the largest liner in wer, "we have erred on the side of | woFld, entered Southamption the soldier." |terday morning for the first t "Hag the applicant any further ap- | That port will be her home fn peal?" again asked Mr. Marler. |New York service. She has "Yes, it he bring further medical [handed over under the reparation evidence," answered the witness, tcheme by the German authorf General Clark asked whether the [at Cuxhaven, and she carried a 2 right of appeal for examination was (6ton crew of 500, commanded not limited to a year. Commodore Sir Bertram Hayes, "No, sir," was the reply. ter a few tests, the Majestic wil} "Well," said General Clark, "I taken over by the White Star Li have never seen a case when a man | from the Government, and will was discharged fit and his claim was her maiden voyage on May 10th. admitted after a year." -------- i "What is the time limit within| Fusion between the Liberals Which applications must be made un- | Farmers in Manitoba prior tg fi der the act?" asked Chairman Mar-. election is not possible. it is sald ler. , |leading members of the Liberal "There is mo time limit for treat- {ty In Winnipeg. ent for war disability," apswered| Fifteen million dollars of the the deputy minister. 5 Yince of Ontario bonds offered by New York syndicate Bave all b sold. MAJESTIC 18 READY rgest Liner in World Goes on Ni it Ci lodes, y Belleville, April 12. -- Edward $ Dingman, Yeomans street, was burn- ing rubbish in his garden when a cartridge exploded, three pieces of lead entering his leg. The lead was located and an X-ray examination at the hospital did not reveal any No serious results $2620 %%%00900 0 * SUGGEST LIMITATION OF LAND 4 Genoa, April 12.--Prem- § ler Lloyd George of Britain J contemplates suggesting am agreement for the limitation of land armaments in Europe 4 for a definite perfod, accord- ing to an unverified report, P9000 00000900 are anticipated. The private bills committee of the Ontario government on Tuesday by unanimous vote refused to incorpor- ate the Chiropractic College, + + + + + * * + * + > *