ALLEN VIVIAN MARTIN Pardon My French YEAR 89; No. 161. a ALLEN TO-DAY Constance Binney The Case of Becky he Daily British Whi KINGSTON, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 a = 1922, » FUNDING OF THE DEBT OF BRITAIN TO U. 8. British Mission to Leave For Washington 8oon, It Is Announced. Sete dhe London, July 12.--The question of funding the British war debts to THE RUSSIAN PARLEY ENDS The Paris Conference. Has Broken Down. POTTAWATOM! TRIBES TO RECEIVE HUGE SUM Indians Resident In Canada Allowéd $2,500,00 by U. | 8. Government. | London, Ont., July 12.__It was an- | nounced by A. G. Chisholm, K.C., of this city, who is solicitor for a num- STRIKE MAY DECLARE CRIME WAVE ! IS MOSTLY MYTHICAL Only Fraction of One Per Cent. of Convictions, Report States. STOP MALLS has interfered with parole of prison- {ers in the province, according to the Toronto July 12.--Unemployment | United States Govern- report of the Ontario Parole Board | | cfficlals, he had been informed that ber of Indian tribes in western On- tario, that at a recent conference in Ottawa with the Indian Department | ment Read to Act. {for the year ended October 31st, y 1821. Employment is essential to ---- parole. However, the report says em- | ployers have always been willing to JECTION IS NOT LIKELY arring Coal Factions "Sparring g For Time. LASY EDITION. ithe American government will pay | Says President of Bir- 1: United States, reported under | morniug's newspapers. Overtures for ston But Cannot Afford | ingham Motors, Ltd., was a visitor | ly definite statements. First, that the rent on the plant there will | writers' satisfaction. Secondly, Mr. | and the comment made in Kingston | . here. Thirdly, he states that the | that even if a fight was anticipated | | . | cone.deration by the British govern- mingham Motors Ltd | ment, is given prominence in this | o ---- {the funding of the debt were made aire {oy the United States sgme time ago, Would Like to Settle in King- to Wait. Byron Lederer, president of Birm- | at the Whig office on Wednesday af- | ternoon, and made three particular- | the | | Birmingham Motors, 1td., is posit- | ively going to leave Pecterboro and | be paid just as eoon as the building | is restored to the 'insurance unde:- Lederer denounces the premature 1eport copied from Dun"s Bulletin | on the basis of two lines of informa- | tion which were wrongly construed | Birmingham Motors, Ltd. is ask- | ing no favors from Kingston and] it would be too hot and "I'm wo | fat," declared Mr. Lederer. Amplifying his remarks Mr. Led- {note requesting a moratorium on erer stated that the American com- |Pl€ 8aid that he understood that the Pany is absolutely separate from the Canadian organization and that the export rights had been entirely turn- ed over after this purchase by Mr. Lederer to the Canadian company. | In Peterboro the company had been | "knocked" continually, it had re- | ceived no co-operation from the Chamber of Commerce and the offic- | ials were determined to move out. | "Kingston is an ideal place for | the plag." said Mr. Lederer. "We | like the town and if any group of | interested parties want to call a pub- | lic meeting to judge the sentiment | of the citizens we shall be very pleas- | €d to meet them. If not, there is nothing that we can do. I am too busy a man to hang around' waiting | when we are asking no favors." | tei 4ttrer rrr » 2 + PROGRAMME TO SOLVE THE RAILWAY STRIKE Chicago, July 12.--The pro- gramme for the solution of the raliroad shopmen's strike was drawn today by Chairman Ben Hooper of the labor railroad board after a conferences with the leaders of the shop men, and was submitted to represen- tatives of the railway execu- tives from four sections of the' country at noon. | CIF L Er rete TEEPE RPT R reer PPP COLLET IPP r SWINDLING IN TITLES. Attempt to Secure Money From Wealthy Persons. | London, July 12.--In the House of Lords, Lord Northumberland asked whether the government in the past Six months had authorized the offer of any honor 'in return for direct | Payment. He said there were a con- | siderable number of persons in Great Britain who recently had been Witting letters to wealthy persons stating they were authorized to ap- proach them with a view to obtain- ing the conferment of an honor in return for a contribution to party funds. Lord Northumberland said he had seen several such letters _ and | thought it was essential that the | Public should know that the writers were swindlers. Lord Crawford replied that so far As the government was concerned no such authorization had been given. | CONEY ISLAND SAVED. ot Dog Manufacturers Averted. New York, July 12.--Coney 1Is- land has just passed through a critical stage in its existence, It was threatened with a hot dog strike. Coney Island without hot dogs would have been a barren wilderness to the average patron. The meat workers who make frankfurters re- cently threatened to strike and Coney Islanders were filled with ap- Prohension. However, an agree- fen ent was signed by the Bologna. 'Butchers' Union No. 174, whereby 'peaceful continuance of their work ds guaranteed indefinitely and the: Dark of the hot dog barker wiil| continue to be heard at the famong | amusement resort. Strike of H * 3 Brockville Merchant Passos. Brockville, July 12.--George T. Lewis, head of the mercantile firm ¢ "of Lewis & Patterson, and a lcading | ~ Tesident of this town, died on! Monday morning, following a sor- | ious 'illness of apoplexy. Dorn at| _ Addison, Leeds county, sixty-five | years ago, he was the sox of Cole-! man Lewis, a merchant and farm- or, and early in life entered into | communications are now passing on | man. payments, | i * {+ BRITAIN TO REPAY WHOLE says a Times despatch, those being accompanied by an invitation to the! conference at Washington. The Mali asserts that important the whole subject between the two governmen'e, adding that a Britis mission w.ll leave for Washington soon. WATER RATES JUMP TO COVER DEFICIT Mayor Dobbie so Informs the | Council--More Debentures Coming. Brockville, July 12.--That there] is a likelihood of the town being call-| ed upon to issue debentures to an| amount in the neighborhooa of $100,000 to cover deficits in the op- eration of the Public Utilities Com- mission and the cost of extensions, | German Request For Mora- torium Is Now Before the Reparations Commission. Paris, July 12.--The conference with the Russian soviet representa- tives here broke down at one o'clock this afternoon with apparent hope of further meetings. Maxim Aidtvin- off, of the Russian delegatién, said on leaving the conference chamber that further meetings were unlikely, as the non-Russians insisted upon the Russians making promises with |in what is now the state of Wiscon- isin approximately $2,500,000 to the Pot- tawatomi Indians who are resident in Canada, in payment for certain rights which they at one time held The members of the tribe in the United States are now being paid off and notification has been served on the British ambassador at Washing- ton that the sum named above will shortfy be available for the Pottawa- tomi Indians at present in Canada. BONUS T0 BE PAID regard to property compensation and giving guarantees which were Im possible until the Russians know | what credits and loans they would | be granted. He added that the peace | pact would hold for one month af-! ter the last meeting. The German Note. Paris, July 12.--The German rep- and charges to be met by the Com- mission, was the statement of Mayor Dobbie at the council. Mayor Dob- water rates had been raised by the | commission to take care of the de-| ficlt in that department which am- ounted tgRabout $29,000 for the last two years' operation owing to the increase in the price of coal. ALLIES CUT JULY SUM TO BE PAID BY GERMANS | | Fifty Million Gold Marks Are| to be Reduced to 32,107,397. Paris, July 12.---The Allied re- parations commission westerday af- ternoon announced that it would re- duce Germany's July 15th instal- ment from 50,000,000 to 32,107,- 397 gold marks. The difference, it was stated, re- presents interest on the commiss- fon's reserve fund, and minor Ger- Sir Thomas Coates Dead. London, July '12.--Sir Thomas Glen Coates, chairman of the J. & P. Coates, Litd., and former Liberal member of parliament, died to-day at Paisley, aged seventy-six. His wife, who died twelve wears ago, Was a daughter of Alexander Walker, Montreal. -- beter roo re *r9 e000 + > DE VALERA IS NOW > VISITING IN DUBLIN + be > » * * + Belfast, July 12.--Eamon de # Valera is in Dublin now, and % today visited the republican of- fices on Suffolk street. It is understood that the Free State authorities have no intention of interfering with his move- ments. * +» + + > + -* - * > » PEPPER EERE EIEN -- BiG ORANGE PROCE TAKES PLACE IN TORONTO Reviewed at City Hall by May- or Maguire and William Coote, M.P., Ulster. Toronto, July 12.--The "Glorious 12th" is again today being celebrat- ed in cities, towns and villages throughout the dominion, particul- + +l in the salary list, mounting in some | arly in the province of Ontario, and still mere particularly in Toronto, commonly called the "Belfast of Canada." The day opened cloudy in Toronto, but later cleared. Prepara- tions went forward smoothly for a gigantic procession. Reports from other centres indicate plans for mon- ster celebrations. : Toronto turned in its thousands for the parade which formed in Queen's Park and marched through the centre of the city to the exhibi- tion grounds where the day's sports, speeches and picnics were held. The procession, said to be one of the larz- est in the history of the order in To- ronto, was reviewed at the city hall by Mayor Maguire and William Coole, M.P., Ulster. in mn en CPP L PPP IENSSOV Se > * Lg > > > + +. + DEBT TO U.S. a London, July 12.--The Evening News says arrange- ments for repayment of the British war debt to the Unit- ed States in a lump sum in the uear future are in an ad- vanced stage. Is declares . Business in Brockville, where he had | Since romained. His wite, one son, | Donald E. Lewis, barrister, Toronto, |& and one daughter, Miss Marjorie > L Of the staff of the Brockville | <* * repaymeat will be made by 'means of a loan to be raised jointly between Great Brit. ein and the United States. resentatives today submitted to the reparations commission a formal reparations payment for the remain- der of the present year. The note stated that the thirty4two million gold marks due on Saturday were available if the commission insisted upon this payment, but recommend- ed that it also be watved. The German request did not spe- cify an extension of the moratorium thraughout the next two years, but urged the commission to consider Germany's position and make publie as soon as possible a complete plan for her relief. The commission will hold a special meeting probably this afternoon to discuss the note. German Ambassadors 8ail For Fatherland New York July 12.--Dr. Otto Wiedfield, German ambassador to the United States, and Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Solf, Berlin's ambassador to Japan, sailed for their turbulent fatherland to-day. . Both said they were on an import- ant mission but did not disclose the nature of it. Wiedfield dented ne was to succeed Dr. Ratheneau, for- eign minister recently assassinated. The ambassadors said they would return to their posts 'in the fall. EXIT MERCHANTS' BANK. Last of Employees Absorbed Into Bank of Montreal Staff. Montreal, July 12.--The last trio of the defunct Merchants Bank o? Canada disappeared yesterday, when the re-adjustment of salaries went into effect. Rumors were current in the city that some big cuts have been made cases as high as $5,000 a year, bu: inquiries at the Bank of Montreal failed to get any confirmation of this. "There has merely been effected an adjustment of salaries, so as t» bring the former Merchants Bank staff on the same footing as the ex- isting staff of the Bank of Montreal," declared one of the chief officials of the latter bank this morning, "the two staffs were paid on a different basis. The Merchants Bank staff were paid a straight salary, whereas in the Bank of Montreal the staff were paid a salary, and were given district allowances, and bonuses 'o 10 CIVIL SERVANIS Instructions Issued by Depart- ment of Finance Take Ef- fect July 15. When the ghost walks again in the | co-operate in the re-establishment of |offenders, and only a few whose pa- roie was authorized did not get it. Parole was authorized for 229 and 221 got it Less than 20 broke pa- Coal And Railway Strikes Threaten to Strangle the Country's Arteries. Chicago, July 12.--Interference Seven hundred and six cases were in- with the United States mails became | vestigated. a serious development of the rail-| The board admits that there is way shopmen's nation-widé strike much in the contention that men to-day. should not be paroled when there are Reports to Washington thew a many other men idle who could take serious light on the situation, sev- the work which the paroled men get. eral roads advising the Post Office The board has endeavored to avoid Department that their mail train thls as much as possible. In soma schedules were being curtailed al- | cases, it men though departnvent inspectors were families would 'be a charge on the said to have reported the situation Public; and in other cases employers | advices. jraroled to good citizenship. Troops and U.S. marshals were| The report says that too much in charge of numerous points where Stress can be laid on the so-called trouble threatened. The most ser-| 'crime wave." Ills., where State troops were on |O( one per cent. of the Ontario peo- duty. Snipers were reported to have (Ple is convicted of crime, Civil Service on July 15th, it will in- Clude the long-awaited bonus cheques, These were the instructions issued the various departments in communi- | cations from the Department of Fin- ance. The departments were informed that the order-in-council authoriz- ing the re-establishment of the bonus had successfully passed as recom- mended by the Minister of Finance, and as outlined by the Prime Minis- ter in his statement in the House of | Commons when the estimates for the | bonus were under discussion. The bonus is retroactive to April first, the beginning of the Dominion fiscal year, at which time the previous bonus ceased and it is left to the de- | partment to prepare the amounts as speedily as possible so that it may | be paid when the next pay cheques are issued. The bonus is divided into two classes, those with dependents and those without dependents. In the former case all those receiv- ing salaries leas than $1,560, will get the bonus on the same basis as last year. Those receiving salaries from $1,660 to $1,800 will obtain two- thirds of last year's bonus. Those with salaries from $1,800 to $2,400, will get one-third of last year's bonus. All receiving salaries above $2,400, will not be bonused. In the second classification, that is those without dependents, the bonus fn all cases is exactly half of that paid the previous year. Furthermore, the bonus is discon- tinued in this classification at a sal- ary of $1,200 instead of $1,800, as heretofore. Mother Paid Her Boys 20 Cents a Robbery Montreal, July 12.--~A female Fagin was discovered here when the police unearthed a system whereby seven lads, whose ages ranged from seven to fourteen, were found to be responsible for a number of small robberies here. The woman, the mother of the boys, paid them each twenty cents per robbery. The lads appeared in the Juvenile Court in camera to-day and explained the system. REDUCING THE GARRISONS. Canada's Permanent Force Cut by 430 at Kingston and Quebec. cover the high cost of living during certain periods. Grain Trade Inquiry Off. Ottawa, July 12.--It was learned in authoritative circles that the pro- posed inquiry into the grain trade has practically been abandoned by the government, although an appro- priation of $50,000 to cover the ex- penses of such an investigation was made at the recent session of parlia- ment. Petition for Bridge. Brockville, July 12.--The town- ship of South Crosby is Pelions the minister of railways and canals to have a bridge built over the Ri- Ottawa, July 12.--A reorganiza- tion of the permanent force, invoiv- ing a reduction of 450 officers and men, is now proceeding, as a result of the action of parliament at its last session in reducing the militia estimates. The strength of the force was put at about 3,800 during, the discussion of the militia esti- mates, so that the reduction now under way would bring it down 'o approximately 8,350. This reorganization affects the per- manent force throughout all the military distriets and the figures giv- en above include the reductions made in the Royal Canadian Garri- son Artillery at Quebec and those made at Kingston which have been deau canal at Davis station. reporied from those points. The woman who cut off little Ethel 'Scott's curls near her home, Raglan Road, on Monday visited the Whig office on Wednesday morning with her version of the affair. Tha incident has caused considerable in- terest in the district. neignoo: Raglan Road and Montreal So and many lively discussions about it could be heard on the doorsteps before the storm on Tuesday even- ing. The woman who wislded the sels- sors and snipped of Ethel's curly locks stated that the child's moiher had asked her some time ago {0 cat * * * * > * * * * + + * * * * * * ° Institute, survive. e000 NCO 00 Off the hair when the hot weather came. She claimed that she had done it for charity's sake and that she was not inspired by jealousy or meanness. She also remarked that | The Calgary Council of Wo- the Chicago and Alton yards with a machine gun fusillade, the troopers replying. The Post Office Department was advised that 3,000 miles of the Wa bash Railwa mil service had ceased pea Oon, partly due, how-, London Business and Political ever, to a shortage of coal. The Bal- | Leaders Declare It a Vital timore and Ohio wired the depart- | Need ment that it had had to cancel a| . train 'in Southern IMinois because | strikers interfered with making up the train. fired on the guardsmen patroling | (AN EMPIRE ECONOMIC London, July 12.--The proposal for an Empire economic conference which the Canadian Chamber of 3 Commerce here urged upon Lloyd yi i S. | Between Giant Piucer | George and Mackenzie King in a Chicago. July 13.---Threatening to resolution a short time ago it being Strangle fhe country's arteries Be | aken up in influential, political and tween giant pincers of shortage off 1 P trol here man and coal power, the rail strike | "USiness circles here. in its twelfth day and the coal| Viscount Long, ex-Colonial Secre- { 2 strike in its 103rd, closed inexorably | !aTY, 'in a letter to the press strongly upon the visibly weakening trans-| Urges the necessity of such congulta- | Dy the workers. United | tion in order to bring the financial States to-day. . | resources and business capabilities of Curtailment of train service in | the whole Empire to bear upon the New York, Illinois, Louisiana, Mis- | development of the heritage of Brit- souri and and half a dozen other .Sh Peoples in all parts of the world. states, embargoes by carriers against The London Chamber of Com- shipment of live stock, notably in| Merce Proposes a resolution at to- morrow's gathering here of Assoc Kansas City, and estimates by road officials that an average two-months' | lated British Chambers of Commerce, coal supply remained to keep wheels | urging the British Government to turning, emphasized -imminence of a convene such an Empire conference crisis {at an early date, to be representat- With an attempt at settlement of | 'Ye Of the commercial and industrial communities of the Empire as well] h v - | ike bop Ni a the governments. The object of shop workers' walkout would result | the sunlotencs, Xk wil say, 3 to Son In violence. Militia of aeven etates | C®'t measures for ping stood ready to act against the first '®80urces of the Empire by every sign of sabotage. ARDENTLY CHAMPION FAD OF BOBBED HAIR portation systems of the ial to the proeperity and safety of { the Empire, in view of the difficult | conditions created by the war. Col. Amery, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, strongly urg- ed Empire development yesterday in | another speech. men Advises Girls to Ig- | nore Critics. OTTAWA IS DEMANDING July 12.--After being | AN EXCESSIVE PRICE Calgary, at, talked about | ridiculed, laughed and generally made fun of, Cana- dian "fiappers" will be glad to know | that at least they have some sym- | pathizers: who are not against the | bobbing of hair. It is declared to be a strictly per- Peterboro, July 12.--Arrange- sonal matter by the local council of | ments have been made by G. N. Gor- women. don, K.C., M.P,, for Hon. W. C. Ken- Girls so inclined have been ad-|nedy, minister of railways and vised to gn ahead and bob it regard- | canals, to hear a deputation repre- less of what the newspapers or the | renting the Hydro supporters of this men have to say about it, and if they | district regarding the rental! to be lose their jobs because of the length | of their hair the local council wil stand behind them in their protests alls, Men, it was most emphatically de-| The million-dollar plant is now clared, have no right to dictate to !cowplets, it is stated, and practical- women how they shall wear their Iv ready to turn the water in, but hair. "I wonder what would hap- the Hydro maintains that the rental n if we started in telling the men |ot $22,000 a year asked by the de- Fo they should do their hair?" was Partment of railways and canals is asked by several speakers at a re- | excessive. The department will not cent meeting. jremove its stop-logs until the lease The decision. followed a rumor [I signed. that Calgary employers were dis- | charging girls because of their ab- | local council of utilities commission, Lreviated tresses. eens fis going to Ottawa to state the views BREACH OF FAITH {of Hydro supporters, and interesting IS ARAB CHARGE | {¢®lopments are looked for. A Delegation From Palestine! PREDI Issue Anti-dewish Mani- | = O78 CHacs AFTER THE CTI festo in London. ELECTION en No Party Will Have Majority London, July 12.--A manifesto ac- cusing the British government of in New Manitoba Legis- violating its pledges of seif-determi- lature. bation to the Arabs after they fought for the Allies has been issued by the Arab delegation which has been in London since last August, and which was reported to have been ordered Water For Peterboro' Hydro Plant. ays and canals for water at Raney's pected, will be representatives of tho 'Winnipeg, July 12.--Prediction was made by Hon. Edward Brown, provincial treasurer, that no party would have a majority in the next Ethel was not dragged off the street nor was she playing around her own mother's door. On the cont.ary, she was in the woman's own yard, playing games with her married daughter's children. She also stai- ed that she had sewed for her neigh- bor's childrén and that she had act- ed iike a mother to them, doing acts of kindness from time to time, and that she considered that there would be no harm in gutting of Ethel's legislature, which, he said,' would throw Manitoba into the same state !of political chaos which it has been in for the past two years with a min- ority government in office, Mr. Brown spent the week cam- paigning rural ridings, and said, to return to Palestine beeause of iis €xpressed opposition In behalf of the Arab inhabitants of Palestine to the British mandate. The Arebs protest against a Zion- ist policy in a country where only 7 per cent. of the population is Jewish role, which is 90 per cent. successful. | ere not paroled, their | not as serous as given in railroad believe that they can redeem the man | The fact is, the re- | fous situation arose at Bloomington, |'Ort points out, that only a fraction | PARLEY STRONGLY URGED | vosgible means, as absolutely essent- | | Alleged to Ask Too Much For charged by the department of rafi- | A deputation, on which, it is ex- and only 2 per cent. speak Hebrew. They also are against the Ruthenm- burg concession, which, they say, "gives Ruthenburg and the Zionist Organization a strangle-bold peu Lair, 1 {economic life of Palestine." from present indications, the Lib- emls will return more than twenty candidates. He expects the Liberals and the United Farmer-Progressive parties will have equal numbers of supporters in the House, Trend of Sentiment Is For the Acceptance of Har- . 9 ding's Proposal. Washington, July 12.--Aoccept- ance by the miners and operators of President Harding's proposal for arbitration of the nation-wide mine strike now seems probable within a week. Some modifications may be suggested, but it is not believed either side will dare to make a flat rejection of the president's plea for arbitration of the dispute. At present the two warring fac- tions seem to be sparring for time. | Both sides are seeking Informa- [tion on some phases of Harding's | proposal, The operators are not very en- | thusiastic about submitting the ate pute to a national coal commission, |i} accordance with their belief that wage scales should be framed upon the basis of the district or sectional | agreements, i \ Await Miner's Decision. { Tt is believed the operators will { wait until after the United ~ Mine Workers give their decision Satur- | day, and if it is favorable, the oper- | tors previously had stated they | were willing to put their case in the {hands of the government. There ia every indication that the general trend of sentiment among the miners is swinging toward ac-_ ceptance of the proposal, particu- {larly since it provides for the fram- !Ing of a national wage scale and of a federal commission to investi- | Bate coal production costs--two | points which have been demanded | An acceptance from tha anthra- j Cite operators may, be given Wed- |nesday. This group has favored | arbitration for some pime, i Speed Urged. { Meanwhile, the government is urg- | Ing miners and operators to consid- | er the proposal with all possible {speed, because of fast dwindling coal reserves which already have | forced railroads to discontinue many | trains, | By August lst, according to fig- {ures of the geological survey, the railroad coal situation will be acute {and the transportation systems of the country badly crippled, unless mining operations are resumed by that time, Already many industries have felt the pinch of a shortage, and | reports state that in the middle western states farmers cannot ob- to thresh their | tain sufficient coal { wheat , { Many New England Industries will be forced to shut down next month if settlement of the strike is | not reached, officials state, | ---------- tes FLAGGED C.I.A. FLYER JUST IN NICK OF TIME | The Presence of Mind of a | Locomotive Driver Saves i Several Lives. Brockville, July 12.--Rare pres- [ence of mind which probably saved {the lives of fifteen people wag re- {ported at Grand Trunk headquart- | ers here yesterday. Engineer Donald | Ross, of Brockville, in charge of an | eastbound freight train bound for | Montreal, noticed when crossing the | bridge which crosses the Ottawa | River at St. Anne's station, upon which there is no footpath, that | fifteen people were on it watching | the passage of a boat through the locks. Knowing that the Interna- tional Limited, the fast Grand Trunk flyer, was almost due on the | opposite track, that the curve would | Obscure the view of its engineer and | that with the other track blocked by { the freight train there would be no room for the people to evade the | flyer, he succeeded in flagging the | oncoming passenger train, from his engine and brought it to a stop with« | out injury to any person. {8econd Wife Denies Knowledge of Bigamy Belleville, July 12.--Thomas J, Kirby appeared before Magistrate Masson on the charge of bigamy. His second wife, Evelyn Smith, testi- fled that he had denied it when he | | was asked If he were married. Thera {bad been a report of that kind. Ha said in a letter to her that she was the only women that had a hold on him. The case was again enlarged. Kirby was at one time steward of {the Toronto fail, seas. Ivette ¥ '