D.B. SE ---------------------- ALLEN TO-DAY CONSTANCE BINNEY The Sleep Walker @ e Baily British Whig) TO-DAY KATHERINE MacDONALD > YEAR 89, No. 182 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1922 HANMA | IS OPPOSED To Showing Contracts of National | Railways. Prosko Must Die on the Scaf- [: O jeom fold At Quebec For Murder. ttawa, June 7.--'I say that this mittee is nok entitled to this con- ftract and that if the executive are ®oing to be called on to produce con- tracts, the present hoard of manage- Ament won't be able to carry on," de- Llar Lan public accounts committee of 'House of Commons jwhen called upon to produce rac ed D. B. Hanna, president of the adlan National Railways, to the the morning the con- t between the Youghiogheny and this hio coal company and the National Tallways. Eventually he agreed to produce all contracts and documents rela 'worth of coal from Bora Railways to the Gov ting to the transfer of $2,400,000 the Canadian Canadian ernment railways in 1920. ---- Prosko Must Die. Ottawa, June 7.--"Big Mike" Pros- ko | Que 1 With the murder in the Qu | WOO 'the must pay the death penalty at bec Friday next in connection ebec back- ds early in 1921. Commution of sentence has been refused. -- ~~ Threatens to Sue Peterboro | telegraphed to Brockville, For Arrest as Vagrant -- Peterboro, June 7.~The city coun. ell 'Wal that a wi IBelleville, for al "Aprfl 19th, whi writ for is advised by the legal firm of bridge and Cameron, Belleville, unless settlement is made within eek with James Montgomery, leged false arrest on le visiting this city, a Issued against this city Mr. Montgomery was will be damages, Arrested as a vagrant, but it devel- oped after two days retired cheesemaker Glv 5p that he was a and a respecta- resident of Belleville, ¢ -- es Birth to Child On Speeding Train rockville, June 7..--While the Montreal-Chicago Grank Trunk night fiyer was proceeding at a high rate of #peed between Lancastor and Corn. wall Mrs. child 'in the second ductor Thompson, ed t stations, a woman passenger, Neston Haatola, gave birth to a -class coach. Con- Montreal, procur- he assistance of a Gananoque Physician, who was a passenger, and When the 'train arrived here the woman was re- ~ moved to a hospital, CUSTOMS CAN EXAMINE DUTIABLE C00DS ON BOAT if People Declare Them--No + ~ Need For Hold-Up on Landing. -- ¥ Further enquiries in regard to the Bustoms "hold up" on a steamer here Monday evening, reveals the fact that the ters local officer announced as soon as that those ~ should be decla had em. 'Tew complied with the request, Af- ter one party had declared a couple of small articles, the lady inspector Noticed that her rain coat looked sus- Diclous and asked that she show its but t t It was there that the trou- Monday rtunate, the authorities say that in view he attitude of some ladies it could be avoided and that the innocent to guffer along with those liable pay duty, It is understood that the lady in. 2% ES d e vii A. Griffith Boscawen tor collected mors than $100 as result of her hold-up~ One lady $16 duty. A fine double the unt of the duty could have deen ed on those who failed to report dutiable goods, but Mrs. White not assess this om thoso she ht, -------- & letter to the London Times castiges the traders' association, and do- that he is not surprised at the #ssoclation's perturbation at his re. Speech in which he referred 'o y of imported meat by nbers of the organization, and its as prime British beef. ® Allled reparations commis- according to the semi-official "8 hurried call for doctor, MEETS ITS DEFEAT W. F. Nickle of Kingston Was Strong in His Opposition to Toronto, June 7.--With the gov- ernment forces voting solidly in op- position, the Cooper bill, which sought to give the Ontario Rallway Board power to raise and lower Street rallway fares, Irrespective of agreements entered into, was killed in Committee of the Whole House yesterday. Fourteen members sup- ported the bill when the vote was taken, at the opponents were so ob- viously in the majority, they were not counted. house spoke and voted against the measure. All the Liberals, with the exception of J. W. Curry, (Southeast Toronto) stood up in favor, The Conservatives split in two sections, with W. F. Nickle, K.O., Kingston, the outstanding opponents from that party. Mr. Nickle's brief speech in op- position) to the measure was one of strongest condemnation of the pro- posal. Harvard May Put Up Entrance Requirements Cambridge, Mass, June 7.~~The Harvard board of overseers voted to have a committee consider and report on "principles and methcds for more effective sifting of candidates for ad- mission to the university.' No further action in the matter will be taken, nor will any change be made in existing entrance regulations until the committee has reported, it was announced, SECRET POLICE DISCOVER PLOT To Assassinate Royal Fami- lies in Belgrade---Hundreds Arrested. Toronto, June 7.--A special cable to the Star today from Belgrade states that the police here discovered a plot to assas- sinate the royal families of Ru- mania and Jugo-Slavia, gather- ed in Belgrade for the wedding tomorrow of Princess Mary of Rumania and King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia. Hundreds of suspects are being rounded up, and every precaution is being taken for the safety of the royal families. The discovery of the plot by secret police has caused & great sensation in the city, « -- NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted, Sir Albert Stern, who recently married Helena, daughter of the tate Sir Frederick Orr-Lewis, Montreal, has renounced Judaism, Carl Walter and Emil Kanet were drowned at Fishing Lake, near Re- gina, Monday, when the boat they were sailing upset. W. A. Brooke, aged twenty-six, a school teacher at Amsterdam, Sask., shot himself dead Tuesday, according 'to the provincial police, while his mind was deranged through over- study, The sermon of the retiring modera- tor, Rev. Dr. C. W. Gordon, and the eiection of his successor will feature the opening session of the 1922 Pres- byterian General Assembly in St. Stephen's church, Winnipeg, to-night. About six hundred de es are ex- pected to attend. CLAIMS O.T.A. ILLEGAL; AN IMPORTANT CASE Sale of Intoxicants Not Pro- hibited In Ontario--Native Wine Sold. S------ Toronto, June 7.--~The legality of Prohibition in Ontario and the crea- Smith vs, the attorney-general of On. tario before Justice Orde yesterday afternoon, The first ground that the O.T.A. illegal. The argument of illegality is based on section 152 of tho amended Feferendum on importation province in Shea cating liquor fs prohibited at time of petition. Smith claims t this condition did not exist at sold by law. All the Labor members fin the | THE CHANC ARE BETTER For Agreement Over the Irish Dj Difficulty. Churchill Considers Collins' Appeal Regarding Occupa- tion of Pettigoe. London, June 7.--Arthur Griffith and his colleagues met Colonial Seec- retary Churchill today in an atmos- phere more hopeful for an agree- ment than when they separated last week, and if reports are reliable the difficulties regarding the constitu- tion of the Free State are likely to be soon surmounted. The appeal of Michael Collins, head of the provis- onal government, for an investiga- tion of occupation of Pettigoe by British troops is understood to be under the consideration of Mr. Churchill, Non-Combatants Leave. Belfast, June 7.--Nearly all non- combatants have left the Belleek district in northwestern Fermanagh and cattle are wandering aimlessly over the countryside, Only Irish re- publican army patrols from the fort are seen moving about, A large force of military is in Possession of Petti- goe, --_---- France to Vote Money For the Olympic Games rmed the International Olympic committee today that the French parliament would vote immediately an additional six million francs for financing the Olympic games. This defnitely ensures the holding of ths games in Paris in 1924. -- Pantry Boy Executed, London, June 7.--Henry Jacob, the nineteen-year-old hotel pantry boy, found gullty of murder on March 14th of Lady Alice White, Was executed in Pentonville prison this morning. Lady White was the widow of Sir Edward White, once chairman of the London county coundll, THE CRERAR AMENDMENT * OTED OUT OF ORDER Conservatives and Liberals Unite Against Progressives --Speaker Sustained. Le June 7.--Premier Poincare 0 June 7.--Before resuming rned budget debate yester- day afternoon, Speaker Lemieux dealt with Hon. T. A. Crerar's en- deavor to submit an amendment to Sir Henry Drayton's amendment to the budget motion, He traced the Precedents which have arisen on the same point gince confederation and found that the unvarying practise had been to permit only one amend- ment. In Great Britain more than One amendment is permissible, but the voting procedure is different and Mr. Lemieux found that he was not wermitted to recognize party or poli- tics and must follow the rules. On this ground he ruled the sub-amend- ment as out of order, Mr, Crerar said he believed condi- tions had changed sufficiently to war- vant a change of rules and he desir. ed to appeal the ruling, Mr. Fleld- ing reminded Mr, Crerar that as the leader of the second largest group he might have led the official opposition and been in a position to move the first amendment, Mr, Meighen de- clared that Mr, Speaker's ruling was obviously the only one that could be given and reminded Mr. Crerar that there was a proper method of alter- ing the rules which was open to Mr. Crerar. Mr. Meighen said he would most certainly support the ruling of the chair. Mr, Crerar remained de- {vormined. Yeas and nays were call- €¥. Mr. Speaker ruled that the ap- peal was lost but the Progressives demanded a formal division. Lid. erals and Conservatives voted to sus- taln Mr. Speaker. The division was 122 to 65, majority 57. Mr. Meighen and the prime minis- Ottawa, the adjou platform of 1919. He upheld the principle of protection, and sald the present budget in its tariff matters was © agree with the precia Canada Temperance Act, authorizing | ing any THE FERRIS WHEEL AT Fas «scones FINAL DRAFT Famous Landmark to Give Way to a More Lucrative Structure. Paris, June, 7--Americans visit- ing Paris will no longer see the fam- Ous Ferris wheel, which with the Eiftel tower, for twenty years has been one of the most familar jand- marke of the French capital. Mod- €rn needs have decregd that the colos- sal wheel make Way for a» more pro- fitable Investment, Workmen are now dismantling the huge steel struc- ture, the axle of which alone weighs 72,000 pounds and is set a distance of 164 feet from the ground. Built in 1900, at the time of the, Paris exhibition, from Plans of an American engineer whose name it bears, the gigantic wheal has afford- ed pleasure and amusement to hun- ¢reds of thousands of Parisians and foreign visitors, young and old, Blanche Sweet win Become a June Bride Tos Angeles, June 7.--Miss Blanche Sweet, motion picture ac- tress, and Marshall Neilan, motion picture producer and director, will be married in New York some time this month, according to word received here from Neilan and confirmed by Pete Smith, his local representative. Mr, Nellan is in New York and Miss Sweet left here today for that city. Further than announcing her depar- ture, Miss Sweet refused to disclose Ler plans for the future, ERIC GEDDES COMPLAINS OF THE ECONOMY AXE Claims Load of Debt Strangl- Ing Industry in England at Present. London, June 7.--S8ir Eric Geddes, former first lord of the admiralty and later minister of transportation, whose latest activity has been at the head of a committee which sought a reduction of 100,000,000 pounds in the national expenditure, has conf. rlained to the Sheffield chamber of commerce of the way his "economy 2x" has been blunted by those heads of governmental departments respon- sible for allotting the money to be expended hy the various branches of the public service. going i ot get 'nd ¢ Fight with. the Nin of debt hanging round {ts neck," he sald. "It is strangling Industry; the only thing that matters in this country is to get down taxation or we die." After much study his committee had made proposals calculating to cut public expenditure by the sum mentioned above, but these proposed reductions were promptly reduced to 52,000,000 pounds. In the case of the navy, he said, the committee had vroposed a reduction of 21,000,000 pounds, which involved no reduction in the number of fighting ships or in the number of men. The naval auth- critles had only seen thelr way to 'of the government's will jomY," says The Star, "he has decided save 4,000,000 pounds, although there was no liklihood of the navy being involved in war in the near future. "Who shall blame Sir Eric that, after his mortifying experience of 'practical' politics and the insincerity to 'econ- to go back to a commercial career? Trade and manufacture may make istakes, but they are undoubtedly sincere in their search for both effic. lency and economy." NIECE OF FOUNDERS MAKES $30,000 GIFT Mrs. Willlam A. Moore and . Husband Contribute to Endowment. Potsdam, N.Y., June 7.~Featur- ing the commencement exercises here was the announcement by the presi- dent of a gift of $30,000 to the Clarkson college endowment fund from Mr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Moore, Mrs Moore is the niece of the three Clarkson sisters, Miss Eliz- abeth, Fredricka and Lavinia Clark- son, all deceased, who founded the college here in memory of their brother, Thomas 8. Clarkson. The endowment fund total, including the $30,000 gift of the Moores, now stands at $216,490. wr {dzalt OF STATIONS Adopted By Montreal Methodist Conference. Approval Expressed of 0.T. A. Enforcement And Race Gambling Curtailment. The Montreal Methodist confer- ence adopted the 'final draft of the stationing committee presented at the closing session Wednesday morn- Ing. The draft is as follows: Montreal District--Mount Royal Avenue, T. Roy, Actonville, to be supplied under the superintendence of Centre French; Hudson, Joseph Pinel; Huntingdon, Jacob I. Hughes; L'Orignal and Morrison, L. Massi- cotte. Matilda District--Matilda (J.1.J.); Inkerman, C. J. Morewood, H, 8S. Cook; Fin Baron. Brockville District---Lansdowne, G. W. Dustin; Newboro, G. W. Mos- 80p; Bishop's Mills, J. Leach. Kingston District--Battersea, C. H. Adair; BSeeley's Bay, C. B. Mec- Lauchlin; Perth Road, « R. Mc- Math. . Pembroke District--Pembroke, Ww. H. Raney; Haley's and Horton, H. Ww. wW. Bromwick; Renfrew, A. A. Radley; Calabogle, to be supplied. Ottawa District--Ottawa Western, J. C. Reid; Eardley, E. J. Middle- miss; Quyon, (E.D.); Portage Du Fort, (3.1.1); Diamond, (HW.G.); Manotick, J. E. E. Brownlee; North Wakefield, A. F. Shorten. Quebec District--Richmond, Roy P. 8. Stafford; Danville, E. C, James; Birchton, T. B. Moody; East Angus, M. Brundage. Stanstead District--Beebe, Matthews, Waterloo District--Sutton, 8. W. Boyd; Dunham, G. H. Forde. South, Beckley; ch, J. O. FR, Liquor, Gambling, Cigarettes. Resolutions expressing hearty ap- proval of the continuance of the en- forcement of the O.T.A., the amend- Ing of the criminal code so as to cur- tail race track gambling, and furth- er enforcement of the law controlling the sale of cigarettes to . minors, were among those suggested by the report of the committee on evangel- {sm and social service and passed by the Montreal conference at its ses- sion Tuesday evening. The committee, in presenting its report, first dealt with tha prohihi- tion question as it concerned Ontario, Quebec and the dominion at large. The committee reaffirmed its unalterable opposition to the traffic in linuor for beverage purposes and expressed the opinion that no law can be completely effective so long s the dominion gov- ernment permits the manufacture, importation | and exportation of in- toxicating liquor. It was declared that since the prohibition had come into force in the province of Ontario there had been a marked improve- ment in the social life. through the disappearance of drunkenness on whe streets and the great increase in the amount of business done by the tradesman. Approval of the enforce- ment of the O.T.A. with snc¢a amend- | In regard to the situation in tha province of Quebec thé> committee was opposed to the Quebec Liquor Commission as at present administer- ed for various reasons set forth. The report recommended that the act be so amended that no application for permit be granted by the commission unless it contained the signatures of the' majority of the electors of the district in which the applicant is to open up. The clause on race track gambling deprecated commercialized betting that formed so large a part of mod- ern horse racing. Protest was ex- pressed regarding the special privi- leges accorded by our lawe to the race tracks and support was promised to every method of amending the crim- inal code 50 as to "eliminate this evil from our national life." Praise for Raney. Hearty appreciation was expressed regarding 'the aggressive work of the Hon. W. E. Raney for his untir- Ing efforts to enforce the Ontario Temperance Act and for his deter- mination to suppress the evils of race track gambling." Raffles and other forme of pe - gambling was also denounced as simply schools for the more serious forme of vice, The narcotic drug traffic was also EREfES fii! J. K. Curtis showed that the in- Crease in scholars in the Sunday 6chools numbered 509, the member- ship of the schools being 40,061. A resolution introduced by the com- mittee advocating week day religious education in the schools under com- petent instruction received the ap- proval of the conference. Rev. J. A, Waddell was reappointed .to repre- sent the Kingston district in this work, Rev. J. I. Hughes gave the report of the church property committee which by the vote of the conference gave permission to a number of church boards to sell their church property. In a number of cases this had been required by union o the churches leaving an unnecessary church building. In the Kingston district, the board of Wesley church on the North Pitteliiifgh circult was given permission 'to sell, the money going to parsonage funds, Eleven requests to sell were granted, Rev. J. D. Ellis was ia the chair for the session as the stationing committee required the attention of the president of the conference, The conference adjourned at 11 o'clock to meet Wednesday morning, Finance Report, The first report of the evening to te presented was that of the Board of Finance submitted by Rev, W. T. G. Brown who reviewed the activit- les of the church in the following scheres, Christian stewardship, which is being advanced by a pro- cess of education; the general con- ference fund; the church and parson- age ald fund; and the Methodist church insurance commission. Rev. T. Pp. Perry reported for the annual conference missionary fund committee, of the year realized , yet ed was an | $130,000, had not been the $108,974 contribut- ncrease of $6,167 over last year's glivings, The recommenda- tion of the committee was that the objective of this year be the same as last year in accordance with the srogressive policy of the missionary committee. The new committee will be; Rev. Ww. S. Lennon, D.D., Rev. T. RB. Holling, Rev. T. P. Perry, Elmer Davis, J .w. Knox, and w. R. Larue. Rev. W. T. g. Brown and Ww. A. Oliver were reappointed representat- ives on the general Board of Finance, (Continued on Page 16.) ---- REV. H.E. CURR WAS RE-APPOINTED In Four Years as Financial Agent He Did Splendid Service. The delegates to the Montreal | Methodist conference were given a further taste of Limestone city hos- | Pltality when, on Tuesday afternoon, | the Kingston Automobile Club en- |tertalned them to a two hour drive |around the city. The lakeshore drive was taken in and the party visited the Royal Military College where they Were greeted by Gen, Macdonnell ang his staff under whose direction the Visitors were shown through Currie |Hall and other Darts of the college. |The party later visited the fort and the city's memorial hall, At the business session Rev. H. KE. {Currie was re-appointed financial {agent for the conference, This was the recommendation of the standing committee of the sustentation fund Davis. The work | the past four Years was reviewed showing that dur- ing this time in his canvass of the circuits in the interests of raising the {ministers' salaries the amount of in- crease has been $83,591. The stand- ing committee for the following year will be composed of the president of conference, the president of the lay | association, the treasurer of the sus- tentation fund, Dr. M. Taylor, Rev, J. D. Ellis, Elmer Davis, W. J. Conelly and one representative from each dis- trict. A motion that Wolfe Island be made a mission wag tion was defeated. The feeling of the meeting was that the charge should not be added to the already over-burdened list of home missions. It is understood that the ter- fan and Methodist churches at the island do not favor union which the conference would like to see take Place, A report from the annual confer- ence fund committee showed that the conference has had the largest at. tendance for some time but due to the fact that it held at one ex- Jackson, W. A. Oliver, J. bam and W. J.Connelly, Rev. T. A. Halpemny recently ap- pointed principal of Stanstead Col- lege addressed the asking that the members do all "in their POwer to raise the attendances a on Clergy | St West, Gty Council Decides--Gro- cery And Butcher Shop Hours Revised. The chief topic of discussion by! the city council last evening was with regard to a recommendation of the Poard of Works that the Bell Tele- phone company be given permission to erect three poles on Clergy street west, between Division street and University avenue, for the extension of its service, A petition was pre- sented by residents on both sides of that block objecting to Doles being erected. Ex-Mayor John M. Hughes Presented the case of the petitioners, Who did not want thelr street spoiled by poles on their boulevards. On be- half of the company, Manager M Graham gtated that a survey had been made by the company's engin- eers as well as by the city engineer. He claimed that the council should Although the objective, - | Kelvey and Birch, Ltd. consider the citizens as a whole in- stead of one street, in regard to pole erection. The three poles that the" ccmpany wished to erect on Clergy street west would help to give ser- vice to a number of residents in that locality who had applied for tele- phone service, but who 80 far had to be kept waiting because of the in- ability of the company to serve them. Extending the 'telephone system gwvas a costly thing, and the company could not afford to make large expenditures at this time. It wes suggested by Mr, Hughes that the company might secure ease- ments and run their lines in rear of the Clergy stroet property. A resolution of Ald, Angrove to re- fer the question back to the Board of Works for further consideration was lost, and an amendment of Alds, Kichardeon and Sargont to strike out the clause in the report giving the company permission to erect the poles was carried on this division: Yeas--Mayor Corbett and Alds. Angrove, Bawden, Chown, Cohen, Kelly, Milne, O'Connor, Richardson, Sargent---10., i oo Nays--Alds, Driscoll, Godwin, Gra- ham, Johnston, Laturney, Smith--5§. Won't Repair the Engine. By a vote of 11 to 5, the counell turned down the recommendation of the fire and light committee that the Chatham fire engine be overhauled at a coet of $1,695 and made service- able as a reserve engine. Mayor Cor- bett directed the attention of the al- dermen to the fact that there was no lnoney provided for this work, Alds. O'Connor and Graham intimated that they could not see their way clear to support the recommendation at this' time. "If the present engine breaks a pls- Lon rod at a fire, what would we do?" csked Ald. Bawden. "Why I suppose we should have to do what the auto man does if he bursts a tire between here and Napa- nee--call for help," remarked Mayor Corbett, . The vote on the committee's re- commendation to overhaul the engine was: Yeas--Alds. Bawden, Chown, God- win, Johnston, Milne--5, Nays--Mayor Corbett and AMs, Angrove, Cohen, Driscoll, Graham, Kelly, Laturney, O'Connor, Richard- scn, Sargent, Smith---11, There was some discussion on the recommendation of the fire commit. tee that Engineer Way should here after attend all fires as a fireman. The recommendation was adopted, and a resolution of Ald. Graham to grant the engineer an extra fifteen cents a day for his additional service To Abate a Nuisance, With regard to the effort of the Hoard of Works to abate the soot and created by the city's tho fair grounds, Mayor Corbett stated that the resi. dents had engaged a lawyer to apply for an fujunetion restraining the city from keeping this plent fn operation on its present site, Ald. Graham re- marked that the residents couid ge shead with thelr injunction. The Board of Works was awarding Me- , & contract to instal an apparatus that was guar anteed to eliminate the soot and dust nuisance. 1t was impossible to stop the smoke, but smoke was something that had '0 be endured everywhers, The big cities all had it. "The trouble with Kingston," said Ald. Graham, "is this: Just ae soon '