ALLEN TO-DAY Richard Bartheimess aily British Whig [2 - | | KILLED BY LIGHTNING. | Engaged on Farm During an Elec- trical Storm. Alexandria, Ont. Aug. 18.--While! out stooking grain on his farm. | Archie MacDonald, aged forty-four years, a prominent farmer of Lancas- | MacDonald was alone at the | He was working on his farm, | YEAR 89; No. 192, : ss | ter township, was killed by lightning | A T And Settl th raged in this district Wednesday af-| A Iy e €/ craoon The storm was eaccom- | hail Apart, however, from the] fatality, no, other damage was re-| . | Mr. great Damage Is Done to the in: g e to which is situated about seven miles {death was not discovered until after al during the electrical storm which | of {panied by a high wind, and heavy | Coal Strike. ---------- | ported. Coal Mines Through { north of Lancaster village. His! Flooding | : the storm by Mederic Gareau, *® neighbor of his. Hon. He was unmarried, and is survived Nova by his mother, Mrs. J. J. MacDon-| and ald, one sister, Mrs. McGillis, and] MacDon- | Sydney, N.S., H. G. Murray, premier of potia, this morning arrived ent into conference with Colonel | two brothers, Messrs. D. J. pordon Harrington, legal advisor of |ald and J. A. MacDonald. @ United Mine Workers, President! He was a native of Lancaster Dan Livingstone, Secretary #. B. |township, where he had lived all his ieLachlan and others of the United life. He was very well known here ine Workers executive in an effort and was an active member of the D secure a settlement of the miners | Knights of Columbus. ike. Aug. 18. { DEAD OR MISSING. Big Damage By Flood.ng. | Sydney, N.S., Aug. 18.--So far could be learned at an early hour jo-day, no untoward happenings were corded during the night and all is uiet at the colleries. While this is jue as regards physical violence or lligerency between étrikers and heir so-called enemies, it is certain t the past twelve hours have seen mage to the flooding mines that 1 require months to repair. As a Result of a Forest Fire in Min- nesota. | St. Paul, Minn.,, Aug.- 18.--Seven known dead and four missing is the toll of a forest fire sweeping North- | ern Minnesota, according to reports here to-day. Governor Preus order-| ed out two companies of National Guardsmen from his temporary offi-| ces at Duluth. Four additional com-| panies here are ready to leave on a moment's notice for the fire area. | Toronto Detachment Called, Toronto, Aug. 18.--It was an- { oi ve i ve on TWETVE BURNED nadian Mounted Police will leave | oronto tonight for the disturbed IN FOREST FIRE > ining district in Nova Scotia. It #11 be under command of Major G. Small Towns in Minnesota: fon. Destroyed---The Fatalities | May Increase. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 18-- | Fears that the death toll in the forest fire would go beyond the reported total of twelve, when additional advices were received to-day from the flame-swept areas, were expressed by scores of refugees who were arriving | hourly from all sections of the north woods. National Guards- men are succouring refugees and more than two thousand forest rangers, settlers and others are redoubling their efforts in fight- ing the flames which have al- ready destroyed small towns. of Cotton, Central Lakes and White Face. PID'S COURT BLOWS UP WITH A BANG the Lovers Will Have to Go Out In the Open Market. ---- Hammondton, N.J., Aug. 18.-- fammondton"s '"'cupid"s court" blew p with a bang to-day and the 2 000 rsons who applied to the Co-op- ive Lovers Union ,for matches ll have to go out in the open rket. The wholesale attempt at Ml order matrimony fizzled when . Helen Long Rogers, the judge, janounced she was through, or her jusband made the announcement for jer, and the jury went fishing. omas Dekler, secretary of the un- nm, and originator of the move- ent, frankily didn't know how it as all going to come out. Further- jore if Dekler did secure another 1/7 he would probably have to hold sessions in a tent, for Henry J. julshaw, manager of the Palace tre, where "Cupid's Court" was d for two days stated, "there will no more Cupid's Court dam fool- ness in my theatre except over dead body." -- THE STUMBLING BLOCK IN NEGOTIATIONS It Is Just Possible That a Com-| promise May Be { Reached. | 1 IP PEEP PS IFIP OILIIN DY . New York, Aug. 18.--With peace apparently . nearer to-day than any time since the 400,000 shopmen walked out. July 1st the conference of railroad executives and brotherhood ! chiefs went into its second sebwion. | The committee of executives, head- | ed by T. Dewitt Cuyler, and brother- | hood chiefs, led by Warren S, Stone, | chief of the engineers, were optim- | istic as they gathered at the offices | of the American Association of rail-| way executives, Admitting that no | definite, agreement had yet been! reached, the leaders indicated that | the very fact that thex were meeting | again to-day after the four-hour ses- | sion yesterday was Indicative that the conference may produce the de- sired result--peace, The brotherhood chiefs who are acting in the role of mediators, con- ferred far into the night with Bert M. Jewel, head of the striking shopmen, 'and representatives of non- striking unions. Thus far the sen- fority question which has balked other attempts at peace, has proved the stumbling block. The brother- hood chiefs were reported holding out .for restoration of seniority of the shopmen 'in event they return to work while the executives were firm in demanding that loyal employees and new men be given precedence over the strikers. It was hoped that a compromise plan, acceptance of which would be honorable to both sides, would Le found. b DISLIKES POLITICALLY APPOINTED JUDGES Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 18.-- "The majority report of the com- P mittee on administration of b Justice, presented to the bar as- 'sociation yesterday; expressed regrets that the 'vicious sys- 'tem of making judicial nomin- 'ations as rewards for political service rather than professional ualitications, shows no signs ot disappearing." It added 'that until this "danger" is re- moved, it would be inadvisable to restrict appeal to the privy council, FOL PN OEP PEI GOPENO S24 r20% 092 0 D WITH SKEPTICISM OF COMMISSION Find a Solution of the Repara- tions Trouble. ris, Aug. 18.--The reparations pmission to-day continued its isk of seeking a solution of the ranco-German tangle, but a final i8 not expected for a week A large section of French Hon criticises what is termed the lity of the commission's methods, instance the suggestion to send a jation to Berlin to hear what has to say. It is remarked 'Germany explained her position &he applied for a moratorium, quently the efforts of the com- are regarded with skeptic- Government Candidate TV; Win. Papineauville, Que., Aug. 18.-- In Labelle County the election of Dessier Lahieo, government candi- date in the provincial bye-election, by a majority, probably in the neighborhood of 600 votes, is now accepted as practically certain. as PEPE P P0202 0 0 0 The governor of Michigan won't allow a prize fight between Dempsey and Brennan at Michigan City. Busi- ness men will attempt to show tha governor that the match will be strictly & 10-round boxing exhibition and not a prize fight. Jack™ Dempsey, . world's heavy- weight champion pugilist, has been invited to referee athletic contests at the state fair at Syracuse. DO SOLDIERS GO TO NOVA SCOTIA London, Ont, Aug. 18 --A ny of the Royal Canadian iment, received orders last to leave for Sydney, N.S, 'immediately to aid in the coal mines. 2892000202000 0 * * * + * * * + + + * ° + | | scale. signed at this afternoon's joint meet- KINGSTON, COAL PEACE BY MONDAY Anthracite Miners Ex- pected Back in Pts Dispute on Verge of Solution Consider Duration of New Contracts. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 18.-- Peace by Monday in the anthracite war was predicted today with the miners back in the pits at the old wage The final agreement may be ing. As the miners and operators, who met here yesterday and brought the resumption of the conference, Thomas Kennedy, district president of No. 7, made these optimistic an- nouncements. John L. Lewis, miners' chief, expects a settlement today or tomorrow, he let it be known. The matter of wages has been set- tled. The biggest stumbling block is passed. Questions of arbitration of the matter in dispute and on the length of the contracts to be signed, still impede 'peace. The miners at yesterday's conference refused to consider a contract of less than a year's duration, and some officials held out for one of two or three years. Presidents who have agreed to let the men go back to work at the old wage scale effective before April 1st this year still insist upon the matter being taken to a tribunal Immediately for adjustment. Much was accomplished at the op- ening session, Kennedy declared. "We may strike a stumbling block," the union president said, "but up to now we've been going along at great speed. Everything looks bright for early peace." Lewis was known to hope the men might go back to the mines by the first of next week. Rallway Men Hopeful, New York, Aug. 18.--Brother- hood leaders and carrier executives entered the conference at- 10.30 a.m. to«day hopeful of wrestling a rail peace from the long drawn out shop crafts dispute before they next #djourned. Warren S. Stone, spoke- man for the workers, declared he was particularly optimistic of set- tlement as the parley started. THE U.F.0. VICTORS CLAIM THE " SPOILS » And Will Appoint One of Their Own Registrar of Oxford County. Woodstock, Aug. 18.--The mer- chants of Woodstock and the citizens generally are up in arms regarding the unofficial announcement that Leonard Sifton, a young farmer from near Thamesford, is to be appointed to the position of registrar of Oxford county to succeed the late George R. Puttullo. In view of the fact that Wallace McWhinnie, the present d:- puty registrar, has held the position for the past fifteen years, and was acting registrar for the past year and a half, during the illness of the late holder of the office, the merchants feel that if ever promotion in public service was deserved it is in this case, but in spite of the record of Mr. Me- Whinnle, the U.F.O. executive of the riding' have recommended that the position be given to Bifton and their recommendation is likely to be ae- cepted. Banff Wins Over Toronto. Winnipeg, Aug. 18.--W. T. Cante- lon, Vancouver, B.C., was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks here yesterday. Banff was chosen as the next convention centre, following a spirited tussle with Toronto. Cleared of Insurgents. Belfast, Aug. 18.--Reports receiv- ed here to-day state that the Carling ford and Omeath, in county Louth, have been cleared of insurgents by national troops. WILLIAM COSGRAVE Minister of local government in Dub- lin, is acting president of the Dail Eiteans, following the death of Arthur ONTARIO. FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 1922, COAL SHORT 50 PER CENT. This Is the Situation Ee ---- a ------ | CARGO BECAME STONE. {Cement Ship Sprang Leak After | Grounding. Detroit, Aug 18.-----~When the steamer Samuel Mitchell, laden with bulk cement, went on the rocks sat the entrance to St. Mary's River, dur ing a fog on July 2nd, a chain of events started. The Mitchell, which 1s the only steamer on the Great Lakes eqmyp- ped to carry bulk cement, punctured | its hold and considerable damage re- sulted. Water got Into the cement and | turned it into stone a foot in thick- | . 4 Od Now in Canada. ness in the hoppers. Repairs cous not be made until the cargo was re. Statement By the Federal moved. It was easy enough to un- | Fuel Advisor At Ontario load cement that the water had not | Conference . penetrated, but much of the cargo of | Toronto, Aug. 18.--The coal situ- 3,000 tons. had becoms sfone; and workmen have been chipping and | ; drilling this out for a month at the ation is none too rosy at the present yards of the Great Lakes Engineer- |time said C. A. Magrath, of the fed- ing Works here. eral fuel advisory board, to the mee:- {ing of provincial coal men and muui- Explosion and Fire cipal representatives at the parlia- Destroy Farmers' Elevator tha the a to the strikes in Scotia and in 'we are He pointed | states, in Nova Leamington, Aug. 18.--A fire of | west. "But," he added, undetermined origin which followed | hopetul people." an explosion of gasoline, totally de- stroyed the elevator of the United | vestigation of all facts there is a Farmers Co-operative Society here real crisis, the responsibility for yesterday. The manager, Alfred Sed- | meeting which should not be placed rington, was burned about the head entirely on the shoulders of the coal and arms in fighting the flames. dealers. The damage is estimated at twenty- | authorities five thousand dollars. { state the of 50 per cent. "But," he added, "if we have a anthracite shortage to- ; There is also a 50 per cent, bitumin- ous shortage. The rail strike makes jmid winter, American producer: will | overcome the shortage, although this 1is too cold a country to take * chances." THAN UF.0. -- : supplies from the States doubtful, so | the only thing to do is to look for Canada's Premier Drury Canmot Dic-|cmereencs suppiies | possible. If that is'done we will get tate, Declares J J Mor- Proust the winter all right, but it rison At Delta. { will not be as pleasant as in former years. | Delta, Aug. 18.---Speaking at the | U. F. O. picnic here yesterday J. J. Morrison, secretary of the U.F. | O., in referring to the political con-| troversy between himself aml Prem- | White Plains, N.Y., Aug. 18.- ier Drury declared, "You will have | pe report is current in the court- to find out where you stand in the |) ouce that Referee Gleason would near future." He reviewed the prin-|{ gia his report in the divorce proceed- ciples upon which the United Farm- | ings instituted ty James A. Still- ers organization was formed and man, New York banker, when Sup- Stated that he was advancing 1dees|reme Court Justice Morschauser con- of organization,.not his own. H venes the special term of court at could not change them. Neither Poughkeepsie. eber 9th. Mr. could Mr. Drury. Should another Gleason had been allowed until Oct- convention decide to make a change ober 1st to pass on the question of in policy, there woull be only one granting a decree to Mr, Stillman thing jor him to do, swallow it or and the paternity of little Guy. get out. ni "Premier Drury is undoubtedly a! big man" continued Mr. Morrison, | Mathilde and Osser 'but he must not think that he is May Be Married Soon bigger than the U.F.Q. That man! does not live. It cannot be dictated | to by any man. It Is the consensus of | \tax Osser is reported to have gone opinion of many men and until they | 1, Basle, his native town, where he change it, there can be no change nf pyuat take the first legal steps in ob- policy 3 there' Sas: ethinc 'of {taint the necessary papers for his Aries nature in Mr. Noricon [martiase lo Me Naihiise Ne or ~emnarks, he took the premier severe-| iid, the Jouthiul sranddaushter of ly (0 task for statements Yeeently]? on Db. Rocsereller, i | The engaged couple, during their riade at Grand Bend. H: chal.cuged [pap sojourn here, have been suc- Mr. Drary to refer to on2 single in-| stance of dictation on his part. "Mr. Drury is trying to dictate a. the pres- ent time while we are mer:ly stand- ing by," he added. He read a para- graph from the premier's speoch at Grand Bend in which it was intimat- €1 that class government might re. sult in a condition similar to that prevailing in Russia today. "What do you think of that?" he asked %is audience. "It sounds lika Arthur Meighen. 1 really think it must be a mistake. Surely Premier Drury has a better opinion of Ontario far- mers than that." Stillman Divorce Report May Be Filed Sept. 9th Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 18.-- generally believed that their wed- ding will take place soon. WILL BACK VAN ALLEN. Belicves His Candidacy Strong With All Classes. Watertown, N.Y., Aug. 18.--Mrs. Jennie McMillan, of Glen Park, jus- tice of peace and second to announce her candidacy for Republican nomi- nation to state senate to succeed Fred B. Pitcher, when it became known that Mr. Pitcher would not become a candidate again, has f{s- sued to the press a formal with- drawal from the race for nomination land will heartily support and en- deavor to secure the nomination of Willard B. Van Allen, of Carthage. No Progressive Paty. He took a fling at the name "Pro- gressive." There was no Progressive party in Canada, he declared. "You have seen in some papers that the Progressives chose John Bracken, premier of Manitoba. There are no Progressives in the west. All that talk of United Farmers of Maniteba linking up with the Progressive or- ganization is nothing. Mr. Morrison repeated the state- ment he has made on many plat- forms, that, instead of being nar- row, the farmers were the hrosdest class in existence. When it came to politics there was nothing to prevent the farmers supporting any man they chose, doctor, lawyer or manu- facturer, it was for the local riding to decide what steps should be taken in choosing their candidate, the cen- tral office had nothing to say. If a Drury Progressive party were form- ed the power would once more be centralized and thus one of the great advantage of the U.F.0. system would be destroyed. "It has sald our organization should broaden out and take ia everybody. Old parties took in everybody. Where did you get un- der that system? You had nothing tp do only vote which ever way you were told." Very briefly Mr. Morrison refer- red to the attempt "on foot now to wrest the Farmers' Sun from the hands of farmers and put it some where else." He expressed the opin- fon that this move would not sue- ceed. ; a Funeral Convention "Depressing." Toronto, Aug. 18.--" Such conven- tions have a depressing effect," said Controller Hiltz at the hoard of con- trol meeting yesterday, when {ft was suggested that the efty make a grant of $500 to the Ontario Funeral As- sociation's convention heré in Sep- tember. The board declined to make the grant, ~-- peer in| Whe wi PRAIRIE |, 0 willypro ly niste 0 o- Wik 4 ta fght Dempsey in tate of hig brother, the late Lora Narth- New York on October 12th, ment buildings yesterday afternoon. | Mr. Magrath averred that from in- | He said several American | \anthracite | |shortage will be fully to the extent | j day is one and one-half million tons. | from wherever | cessful in remaining incognito. It ie | LAST EDITION. FOOD SHORT AT GLACE BAY Trains Coun Be Hand- led At Strike Points. 'The Mine Pits Abandoned And Are Filling With Waler. Sydney, N.S., Aug. 18 --There is prospect of an immediate food short- age at.Glace Bay and the colliery districts owing to the fact that the Dominion Coal Company has beeg |compelled to cancel all freight trains |leaving the city for points south. | The reason for this is that the shop imen, freight handlers, etc., arg | members of the U. M. W. and ree fuse to unload or in any-way handle Wind Start it on. goods' shipped over the 8S. & L. London, Aug. 18.--A railroad car [q,wng 1; the strike scenes are al- so easily moved that its brakes | oo qy dependent on daily supplies must be kept applied lest in ths REPORT NOT ALTERED. | [Regarding C. W. Knight's Examina- tion of Sudbury Coal Find. Toronto, Aug. 18.--Hon, Harry. (Mills, minister of mines, denied ab- |solutely that there had been any al- iteration in the report of C. W. Knight on the Sudbury coal find as it wag handed out for publication. {It was given out in toto, he sald, just az Mr. Knight presented it, but the {newspaper to which it was given did not publish it in full | Hou. Mr. Mills declared that there was nothing he would like beiter to see than a bona fide coal find in On- itario, and personally he would do |everything possible to assist in re | search work to this end. The prov- | ince lacked but two things, he said: jcoal and tin - and of the two fit | would much ratifer find the coal. In connection with the Sudbury field, A. F. H. Coyne, the discoverer {of the seam, alleged in a letter to the {premier that the government report (had been altered before presenting it to the public. | A NEW RAILROAD CAR. | Brakes Must Be Kept Applied Lest the wind |e gvad fran wholesalers start it off, is to be tried out on the lcity and when these are cut off for Great Eastern Railway. It has its |, lengthy period a famine is al- wheels fitted with a new ball-bearing most certain to follow. {device and it is to have tests for some | All sorts of stories are drifting in {months on a branch line where it will {from the strike scenes, last night, not be very important if it breaks (i 10 op petty vandalism, but all of down. Railroad engineers have no {these are overshadowed by the [doubt of the saving in power it wiil {great crime that the pits are aband- {effect if it passes its trials, but they |oned and allowed to fill with water; |are not certain it can stand the lon all sides is heard condemnation wear and tear of actual use. It can | for this wanton act. stand actual ® use, its inventors | At Dominion no. 1 yard a switch claim It is constructed of steel was dismantled and spiked endanger- specially hardened by a method dis- ling traffic and lives. An engine was covered in the war, which will he |gopped by a number of ties being able to meet the strain of regular | placed across the track, fortunately, railroad service. however, without damage to the --a-- [train hands. { | The strikers have issued notice to | the coal company that should they 'TRAIN RUNS INTO bring in scabs they are courting | trouble of the gravest nature An | automobile tire was found on the | [Red Bridge track at Dominion, plae- | {ed there with the evident intention S-- of wrecking a train. These and a | . host of other reports, more or less And Nine Persons Are [g- | sertous, reached the city about mid- . . night but they all pale into signific- | jured Three Miles North ance when the disaster to the mines | through flooding is considered. | of Buffalo. | While there is a great deal of talk | {around the collieries that "law and Buffalo, N.Y. Aug. 18.,-----Nine order" is being preserved and that persons were injured last midnight |ihere have been, to date, no disturb- [¥hen a three car train.on the Nia- ances or violence by the miners who |gara Falls high speed line ran into are on strike in Cape Breton the |an excavation caused by a dynamite |mines are being destroyed and any eter three miles north of the attempt to save them is meeting op- city. The injured are Mrs. Anna [position by the pickets stationed at Smith, Philadelphia; William H |every colliery. Lockard, Philadelphia; Mrs, W. H. | A neutral said, "the situation is | Lockard, Philadelphia; Mrs. Irene more serfous 'than if the town of |Smith, Philadelphia; Samuel Spry, |Glace Bay was on fire but the peo- | Philadelphia; Mrs. Julia Crosden, | ple do not, or will not realize the | Beverly, Mass.; Mrs. Bertha Start, [gravity and danger of this conduct. jBaltimore! J. 8S. Start, Baltimore; | This is the amazing state of affairs." IMrs. Laura Mack, Wilkesbarre. The | - condition of none is considered ser- | |ious. About thirty other passengers | REAL EXCUSE FOUND {on, the train were shaken up. { FOR THE TROMBONE | The first car of the train skidded | -- 1100 feet Soros He racks ster the | Used to Ward Off Hysterios accident, ocking bot racks. The {second car crashed into the first and | While Children Have {the third hit the hole and turned on Hair Cut. lits side. The passengers were thrown ------ linto a panie. | New York, Aug. 18.--Some real | -------------- {excuse for the trombone has been | Prompt Action by Father found a Jas. Por your) and Ina | e univers s vO 3 Saved Hastings Boy's Life what trombones were really Invent. -- {ed for, and now along comes Joseph | Belleville, Ont., Aug. 18.--Pres-| yo, cironardi, a progressive sort of jence of mind of Arnold Hanna, Mur- |, por over at No. 417 Second street, {rar Township farmer, probably sav-i,. ... City. and answers the qiies- {ed the life of his five-year-old som |i; * por gome time Mastronard! | Elmer, yesterday afternoon, When |p. 'yiocialized in the bobing and {the boy had his arm almost severed {of children's hair. But he noticed hs atove the elbow. He lies in Belle- | ot many customers when the little ville Hospital where doctors are en- |... would become frightened at his deavoring to save the arm. {sniping shears, and would spoil all Elmer Hanna was lying in the hie efforts by jumping into fits of {long grass in a field, where his fa- | pvsterics. 3 |ther had been mowing. Just as the| "s,4 now instead of cajoling his {machine was going over the boy, the | young customers into looking at the {father caught a glimpse of him and | ;yipical bird, a la photographer, all was able to stop the horses. Mr. |aagtronardi, Senior, finds It neces- Hanna, who had had experience in|gary to do in order to stave off a fit first aid work on the railroad, plac- | ,¢ hysteria on the part of his custom- ed his finger over the main artery |ers is to eal for his 12-year-old son and held it there for an hour and aio play long, loud and lustily on his quarter until they had got the lad | trusty trombone. to Trenton to a doctor. | So far the youthful trombonist has {been batting 1,000 in the antle | hysterics league. DOG ATTACKED MISTRESS. | i From Wife of a Clergyman Drowns While Swimming Policeman Saved Children Bull Terrier. | Toronto, Aug. 18.--Jack, the pet| bull terrier of Mrs. John Dunn, 1] : Earl Grey road, viciously attacked| Olean, Aug. ===¥Irs. George his mistress in the back garden, bit- | Caylor, wife ev. George Caylor, ing her over forty times on the pastor of First Baptist church, Pitts- ankles. At the time Mrs. Dunn was |burgh, Pa., met death yesterday af- carrying her seven-month-old baby [ternocon while swimming with her in her arms and her four other small little son in Cuba lake, near here. children were beside her. The time- Heart failure caused death. There ly arrival of Patrol Sergeant Wil- was no water in her lungs. Ham Walsh, of Dundas street east | The Caylors with their two sons police station, who choked the dog were spending the summer at Cuba' into submission, saved Mrs. Dunn lake. and protected the little omes from . serious injury. (¢240400s00000000 0 -------- * A Locomotive Order, 4+ THE GERMAN MARK New York, Aug. 18.---An order |¢ AT LOWEST PRICE for thirty locomotives of the Mikado #4 -- type was placed yesterday by the |& kondon, Aug. 18.--In a Erie Rallroad Company with the # sharp decline to the lowest Baldwin Locomotive Works. Since! 4 point on record, German marks July 1st, according to a report from | ¢ were quoted to-day at 5,100 to the locomotive company, domestic ¢ the pound sterling. or approx- jorders have been received totalling 4 imately 1,140 to the dollar. | $6,000,000. In the meantime, lors !eign business has fallen off. 199999094900 00%000 0 * i PPP 000d