ALLEN TO-DAY BETTY COMPSON in "ALWAYS THE WOMAN" YEAR 89; No. 194. HINTS ACTION BY FRANCE If Germany ls Granted a Moratorium. Poincare Surprised At Leni- ency Some People Would Show to Germany. Bar Le Duc, France, Aug. 21 Independent action by France against Germany, if the reparations commission grants a moratorium, was hinted by Premier Poincare to- day. The premier addressed the gen earl council of the Department the Meuse. Poincare also suggested the advisability of calling an Allied financial conference in which the in ter-Allled debt question wouid not be mixed with the German repara- tions problem. This phase of his ad- dress was interpreted to mean that the United States should be asked to participate in the next parley France knows how to make many pay for the destruction she caused during the war and every German will be held to strict ac- count to his ability for the repair of the damage, premier Poincare told | the assembled population of This- court, yesterday, at the dedication | of a monument to soldiers who fell | in the great war. | the part played by the citizens, when | of the Germans invaded the town In|CASES BE 1914, he exclaimed, "You sons who have witnessed these horrors com- mitted by Germany, you whe have seen your parents, wives, children and friends fall before your eyes be- {| former Bisley shooters and foremost {Canadian | | 1 [ton, 36th, $6; Capt. Swain, 44th, $5; Ger=1 | Middleton, After reviewing | S8TRGT.-MAJOR PUGH, W.O., | QUALIFIES FOR BISLEY He Was Fifth in the Aggregate | Shoot at Connaught Ranges, Ottawa. Sergt.-Major-Pugh, W.C., qualified | for the Bisley shoot at the rifle meet! held at the Connaught ranges in Ot-| tawa last week His marksmanship | was consistently good throughout | the whole competition and in the! grand aggregate he took third place and in the Bisley aggregate he was fifth. This is remarkably fine shoot- ing, as there were about six hundred contestants, who included many marksmen Sergt.-Major Pugh is _with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery at Petawawa. at the present time.and is = stationed at Kingston He will go to England | next year for the Bisley meet if leave | of absence can be secureed from his unit The results of the matches on] Thursday and Friday were: Macdon- ald Briar match, S.M. Pugh, 13th, $6; Major Jeffrey, 54th, $4; Corpl Secker, 70th, $4. Governor-General's match, first-stage, S.M. Pugh, 24th; C.8.M. Middleton, 25th; Bdr. Long- shaw, 144th. City of Ottawa match, S.M. Pugh, 3rd, $30; 8.8.M. Middle- Bdr. Fournier, 100th, $4. Revolver match, Major Jeffrey, Tth, $3; 8.8.M. 12th, $2. Governor-Gen- second stage, S.M.| Pugh, $5; C.8.M. Middleton, $4; | Bdr. Longshaw, $4. Grand aggre-| gate, S.M. Pugh, 3rd, $15; C.8.M. Middleton, $4. Bisley aggregate, | S.M. Pugh, 6th. Bdr. Fournler won | second place in the running man | competition. | eral's match, FORE JUDGE LAVELL. Charge of Arson is to be Tried by the Judge. At the court house Sa'urday af- ternoon three men in the county jail cause of German barbarism, can you |on remand were given a hearing be- comprehend that there are people in| this world blind enough to leave un-| punished the authors of this outrage against civilization." SBOUTHERN RAILWAY SHOPS BLOWN UP 1,200 State Troops Are Comp- ed Just Outside Spencer, North Carolina. Spencer, N.S., Aug. 21.--North Carolina state troops encamped three miles from here were under orders to-day to be ready on short notice to take charge of the Southern railway shops here. The main supplying shops were blown up last night, de- lasing several main line trains of the road. Other outbreaks of vio- lence occurred, and state officials are watching the situation closely. About 1,200 state 'troops recently were ordered to a camp just outside | the city by Governor Merrison. 8enator Lodge Facing Fight for Renomination Washington, D.C., Aug. 21.---Sena- tor Henry Cabot Lodge, facing one of the greatest battles of his long political career, will begin his .per- sonal campaign for renomination with a series of speeches to Massa- chusetts voters next week. Realizing that he must fight to retafn his seat because of the avowed Democratic intention to get political revenge for his part in defeating Woodrow Wil- son's Versailles treaty, the Republi- can senate leader will make an old time campaign with numerous speeches. Montreal the Mecca. 'Montreal, Aug. 21.--Between thir- ty and forty thousand dollars is spent daily by United States tourists in Montreal or approximately six mil- lion dollars for the six-months' per- fod from May to October. For the province the sum would be about $15,000,000, as Quebec and other points attract large crowds. Montreal and the province gen- erally are the most popular places for visitors to Canada. Crushed In Gates of Lock. Belleville, Aug. 21.--Caught be- tween the massive doors of the lock at Healey Falls, Abraham Safe of this city was so badly crushed that it is feared he may die from his In- juries. No bones are broken, but in- ternal injuries are feared. ismali------ ONE MAN SHOT DEAD ANOTHER BADLY WOUNDED After an Argument, Murder Occurred--Three Men Concerned. St. Catharines, Aug. 21.---Adam Solton was shot to death on the ver- andah of his house late last night 'by his brother, Tont, is in St. Cath- arines general and marine hospital "badly wounded. The police have | been unable to attach responsibility of murder but as far as can be learn- ed the Solton brothers were convers- _ ing on the verandah when three men, At present unknown, stopped and engaged in an argument which had * only lasted a few minutes, when sey- eral shots were heard, | through his counsel applied for re- Rr TT fore Judge Lavell to elect. Eugena de Forrest, who pleaded gull'y before | County Magistrate Bradsuaw about | a week ago of having broken into | the home of William Patterson, Mount Chesney, and having stoien some jewelry was remanded until | September 1st for sentence. by the judge. Freeman Newton, 6n remand on a charge of setting fire to the home of Mrs. Willett Scott, Ardendale, elect- ed to be tried by the judge. He also lease on bail, Porter Bedore, alleged to have robbed the home of James Hollowood on August first near Sharbot Lake, elected to be tried by jury and it is likely that his case will come back before the fall assizes. ------------------ CEP EEE RRR EERE bre TO APPOINT FEDERAL COAL COMMISSION Washington, D. C., Aug. 21. --Steps were being taken in congress to-day to push through two of the measures recom- mended by President Harding for meeting the strike situation. The house was prepared to pass this week a bill settling up a federal commission to investi- gate. every phase of the coal mining industry in the hqpe that such an inquiry will 1ay the basis for permanent peace in this strike-beset industry. | | TE pbb bbb PP err ert Ee PPE EPPRPRCEFER ESS FELL INTO CANAL LOCK AND BREAKS HI BACK Thomas Spratt and Another | Worker Had Words and | Then Grappled. | St. Catharines, Aug. 21.--Thomas| Spratt, aged twenty-nine, is dying with a broken back at the hospital here as the result of an occurrence on | | ed from lower lumber freight rates The Daily British Whip KINGSTON, ONTARIO. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1923, There's a weakness in the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Funds are being asked for repair work. An aerial view of the cathedral. BOTH STRIKES NEARING END Washington Officials Are Very Optimistic. They See the Coal Mines Re- opening By Next Week. Washington, Aug. 21.--Adminis- tration officials today were more op- timistic than they have been for many days that peace is at hand in the industrial situation. The president and his advisars are convinced that this week will see the miues opened and production resum- ed on a basis approximating normal, with a general re-opening of tha mines by next week at the latest. They also firmly believe that the mediation conference between the leaders of the railroad brotherhood organizations and the raurcad exe- catives in New York will rasult in a settlement of the nation-wide shop- men's strike within a few days. mn WILL CANADA FOLLOW AUSTRALIA'S EXAMPLE ? Some Modifications Are Re- ported Possible in the Income Tax. Ottawa, Aug. 21.--Australia's ex- ample in slashing ten per cent. off her income tax may be followed in Canada if the stamp tax works out at the rate at which it has started orf. Parliament each year is becoming in- creasingly critical of the income levy, not so much in its principle as in the degree of its application. It is represented as a deterrent to com- mercial initiative. Some, even those experienced in the administration ot the Act are favorable to its abolition altogether but it is more likely tv pe a permanency. From that source this year, along with certain business profits arrears, the revenue is estimated at $60,000. 000, but evidently this will be ex- ceeded as fifty-one million has been collected already. The excise taxes &# supplemented now promise to be a runner-up with customs as a revenue producer. While there is no official estimate of probable revenue the initial experi- ence justifies the hope that from stamp taxes 150 millions may come in this sear. If so, it is very prob- able that a modification in the in- come levy may be a result. ---- Illinois Mines Soon to Open. Chicago, Aug. 21.--Sett'ement of the Illinois coal strike is expected with the next 48 hours, anl there is a strong probabiliiy that tie digging ¢t «oa! will be resumed iefore the' weak is out. ? Although no agreement was reach- cd yesterday by the Sub-3cie: Com- mitiee of six selected by ic opera- ters «ad miners to find a middie ground, it was rumored th.t a set- tlemvent was nearer than ai any time during the conferences. 13. owing the mornink session of the ¢ mmit- tee it was reported that «. agrec- ment mgt be reached tovrorrow tut a <iag cropped up at ta» ailer- noon sess cu which may devs the sub-co.nn:riiee reporting ba:: to the ful: Scale "ommittee until T1.: ay. TRYING TO KI IRISH LEADER Rebel Plot on Lives of Free State Government Mem- bers Unearthed. Dublin, Aug. 21.--A rebel plot on the lives of leaders of the Free State government was believed unearthed here today following an ambush attack on the motor car in which Michael Collins, provisional head of the government, usually rides. As Collins' car sped through Still- ergan on Sunday, insurgents fir- ed volleys and hurled several bombs. Collins, it was author- itatively stated, was not in the car. The driver was seriously injured. Extra guards were thrown about the Irish leader, as it is believed that the rebels will concentrate their efforts in assassinating him. Reduces Lumber Prices, Nelson, Aug. 21.--A reduction of fifty cents per thousand feet in the delivered price of all principal grades of lumber is announced by the Moun- tain Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- tion, in order that the benefit deriv- may be passed on to the buyers and consumers of lumber. Has Quit the Job. Desiegs, N.D., Aug. 21.--Mrs. Bertha Ward, e'ected village marsh- al last eoring, when a complet few- the canal bank at Port Dalhousie. | ining administration was swept into WILL STAND FOR PEACE oe Attitude of Trades And Labor (Congress. Suspicious of Workers' Party of Canada As a Red Agency. Montreal, Aug. 21.--Peace not war will be the state of the thirty-eighth annual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada which opened at ten o'clock this morning in Lassistance Pub- kique. So President Tom Moore of the congress says. The labor men will meet to give their calm and grave consideration to the weighty matters that will come before them, for the discussion of such a large and representative body of men and women will naturally have a great effect on public opinion. Of course éOme one may inconsid- erately throw a money wrench into the machinery and start a lively bat- tle of words. This some one with a monkey 'wrench may be 'jack' Mac- Donald, Toronto, president of the Workers Party of Canada, who is at- tending the Trades and Labor Oon- 'gress as one of the delegates of the Toronto trades council. The con- gress is suspicious of the workers party of Canada, for the executive ccuncil in its report speaks unkind- ly of the workers party as "those who masquerading as friends of the trade unions and falsely declaring their desires for a united front only seek to destroy out movement.' The report calls the workers party an agency to bring into effect the communistic policy of the Red Trade Union International of Moscow, ana the influence the party is having on labor thought in Canada will cert- |atn1y come up for consideration at the congress. and | i | Longevity Growing In Great Britain London, Aug. 21.--People are liv- '|ing longer today than in the past, said Sir Kingley Wood, M.P., of the health ministry, at a recent meeting of the Faculty of Insurance at Leeds. There are at the present time 'in England and Wales 600,000 persons over 70 years of age, and 60,000 per- sons over 85 years of age. In 1920, 200,000 deaths occurred in the case of persons under the age of 45, or | $100,000,000 ALLEN TO-DAY BETTY COMPSON in "ALWAYS THE WOMAN" LAST EDITION, a --.-- - (1 ND" MENACED BY ECONOMIC RUIN MINE STRIKE of Property| Loss Between Dublin IS PEACEFUL and Cork. Cork, Aug. 21.--The war track | from Dublin to Cork, marks the . . progress of economic ruin in Ireland. 'Nova Scotia Pits Are While Irregular leaders talk about | . . a "war after war," and announce that | when the Nationals have taken pos-| in Fair Condition. session of all the towns, the real] ---- fighting will begin, the country = already involved in disaster. R ed Soldiers R At least $100,000,000 worth of] eturn Pass €s0- property has been destroyed in the | | . R N All ed form of roads, railroads, bridges, ution egarding eg barracks and public buildings. False Press Keports. Trading losses in the towns which | Irregulars have ocoupled will prob- Sydney, N.S., Aug. 21.--A message ably represent more than an equal{for the Scotia colllers at Sydney sum, mines says that word was received Throughout the - country agrtcul- there from U.M.W. headquarters at tural produce is rotting in the hands [Glace Bay advising the strikers to of the farmers. Milk and butter, call back all regular men for opera- the mainstay of a large part of the [tion of the pump, fans, boilers at all population, cannot be disposed . of. |the collieries, pending a meeting of All markets have been abandoned, |the U.M.W. heads to be held shortly. conveyance of produce to market |geotia underground officials {nform- being impossible. Hay and corned the writer last evening that the cannot be harvested. 'Field after pits are in as good working condi- field of rotting hay makes a ViSta (tion as could be expected after a of desolation through the rich [week of idleness. The company meadow lands of the Munster Val-(gtores in this district have receivea leys id that until the strike ends no Young men who should be work-|more credit weil be given to em- ing on the land are in the fighting | ployees. The stores in future will line. Those left at home are suf-'do a strictly cash business. fering from nervous strain that dis- | U. M. W. pickets on the rounds" locates agricultural routine. Since last night found a strike breaker at the fighting has been transferred (work in one of the fire rooms of (fro mthe towns to the country, work | Primrose colliery. The man immedi- {in the fields of Munster has become | ately was evicted and warned that a spasmodic, almost furtive, over a gecond attempt to take the place of wide area. Nothing more pitiful [a striker would go hard with him. than the hasty abandonment of hay- From this on, whatever coal the {making and the rush of the work-|Dominion Coal Company has fér salo jers to the shelter of farmhouses at |ip Sydney will be rationed. That fs, the approach .of troops could be not more than a single ton will be | imagined. All along the line through lsold to any one householder, and {Munster this panic and flight was|that will be expected to last for at {an almost hourly occurrence. [least twenty days. The supply will Terror holds the people in a grip [come from the steel plant where a they cannot shake off. The whistle |small stock is on hand. Later on, [of bullets over the valley and hill- | when the company gets control of |side has made fear the perpetual [the strike situation, supplies will be |ocoupant of farm and homestead. |ample for all. | Roving bands of Irregulars, inces- At a mass meeting of returned sol- | santly on the move, carry their |dlers, numbering between two and fugitive warfare everywhere. three thousand, held at the South | street grounds, Glace Bay, the fol- { lowing resolution was passed: "That LABOR OPPOSES [c:.icsicim rin sorties ins DRURY'S POLICY of Cape Breton, that nevertheless, the Sydney Record and the Sydney Post, as well as the representatives According to James Simp- son, And Will Support J. J. Morrison. of the Canadian Press Limited have been publishing broadcast alarming Montreal, Aug. 21.--Under the caption "Drury a Political Coward," stories of violence and disorder, ac- tual and potential; that as the ro- ports published can only be put forth with the malicious intention of In- juring the miners in the mnds of the the Montreal Standard publishes the following interview with James Simp- son, of Toronto, "Organized labor's political move- {ment in Ontario will align itself sol- general public; this meeting there- |!dly behind J. J. Morrison, secretary fore pass a severe vote of censure cn the above-mentioned newspapers and {of the United Farmers of Ontario, in {the great controversy between the press representatives." liatter and Premier Drury on the burning question of 'broadening ou" |the Agrarian party to recruit urban | support with the view to forming a | Progressive party, James Stimpson {told the Standard, | Mr. Simpson, who is one of the Pioneers of the Ontario Labor poli- | tical movement, and who played .a {leading role in fusing the Labor | members of the Ontario legislature | with the farmers in 1919, is at pre- |sent in Montreal as a member of the {rajlway shopmen's wage conciliation | board. DREADED THE AGONY BUT SHE DRANK LYE Startling Discovery Regarding the Death of an Augusta Township Woman. Brockville, Aug. 21.--In conse quence of the attending physician having given a certificate claiming death to have been due to heart fa'l- ure, under which the municipal authe orities refuse to issue a burial per mit, Dr. C. F. McPherson, Prescott, coroner, conducted an investigaticn into the death of Mrs. Mina Jane Durant, of Charleviile, Augusa township, who died on Wednesday last. After taking the evidence of the | "Mr. Drury," he declared, "seems | husband and sons of the woman the {tc have put his foot into it. If he [coroner found that she had died of |should succeed, and I doubt that he | drinking lye after having been in fli | will, he would destroy all that the | health for some time. The woman | farmers aimed at when they entered | drank lye on August 10th, apparent- {the political field as a distinct party. | ly because of the impending depart- "What can his motive be? I cannot ure of her sons on the harvesters' definitely say, but it-would appear [excursion to the west. that he Is 'rying to ease himself into On her person when she was something easier. He would eppear found was a letter of which the fol- unwilling to tackle the hard work |lowing is an extract: which is ahead of him. "I guess I will have to take lye. "He alms to organize a Progressive |I am going to take your ear syringe {party that will bring support from |s0 I won't burn my lips. How I Spratt and "Jack" Gates are helpers | on the canal, and there has been jeal- | ousy because one has been getting, more work than the other. Gates, it] is said, made a remark which Spratt resented, and the latter made a rush at Gates, and grabbing him, lift- ed him into the air. 'Then Spratt tripped on a pile of stones and went down backward, carrying Gates' weight with him. Doctors say there is no hope. Spratt is not married. National Troops Capture Two More Rebel Strongholds Dublin, Aug. 21.---National forces have captured Brandon and Dunman- way, two of the few remaining reo:! strongholds in southern Ireland, and the rebels are hastily retreating. Ad- vice, said to have been given by de Valera to the insurgents, that they were free to return home, seems to have its effects, as many have, re sumed civil life, Liberal Majority 536, ~ Papineauville, Que., Aug. With three polls to report, the ma- jority of Desire Lahafe, Liberal, 21.-- office, has surrendered her star to the village council because a ""druik- en man or someone acting 11 a dis. r- derly manner, would just laugh at me and I was helpless." Millions of Grain Down Lachine Canal in July Montreal, Que., Aug. 21.---Nearly two millions more bushels of grain were shipped down the Lachine Canal in July, 1922, than in the corres- ponding month of last year, accord- Ing to the record of the Canal of- fice. Increases were regis'ered in all varieties, except corn, the most out- standing being wheat, of which 9,- 707,668 bushels were carried last '|month, as compared with 2,536,453 bushels in July, 1921. The total amount of grain shipped down the canal during the month wae 13,099,- 385 bushels, against 11,274,658 iu July, 1921. ° Injured By Falling Pitchfork. { Stirling, Aug. 21.---A serious ac- cident occurred at Frank Bailey's farm, a few miles west of Stirling. While Mr. Bailey's son was at work in the barn, a pitchfork thrown across from one side to the other, struck a beam and rebounded to the floor, in its fall striking him, the prongs penetrating the lad's should- BRYCE M. STEWART, OTTAWA. er and lung. Medical aid was speed Has been appointed director of em- over J. C. Langlois, opposition cand- idate, in the Labelle county bye-el-| ectioft remains at 536 votes, ily summoned and every assistance given to the young sufferer, who 1s progressing satisfactorily, ployment services of the American Gar- just ors St CShloago, He leaves an portant post in the Canadian depart- ment of labor. n 3 44 per cent. of the total number of deaths. The chief causes of the pre- sent high mortality rate are bronchi- tis, pneumonia, tuberculosis and dis- eases of the nervous system. Cancer jaiso stands high in the list. |the urban areas to the rural areas, bu' all he will achieve will be to de- velop a sharp and wide line of cleav- age between Labor and the Farmers. "This will be inevitable, as was evidenced in the recent Manitoba dread the suffering, but I don't see no other way." The letter dressed to her son, "Billle." was ad- Bootleggers and Stills Captured. Belleville, Aug. 21.--District Ine . Vis heir to the title. VISCOUNT EXMOUTH Who is dead in England. His cousin, Henry Edward Pellow, of Washington, provincial elections, where the Pro- gressives entered candidates against the Labor party's nominees, particu- karly in the city of Winnipeg. In that case it clearly shows that the parties were in opposition to each other. The same situation will be repeated In Toronto, Hamilion, Lon- don and other cities of Ontario. "Mr. Drury can have no hope for the success of his scheme. If he wants what he appears to be hun:- ing why does he not openly join the Liberal party? At the moment he | has the support of a certain coterio | of Liberal members who claim to be Frogressives rather than Liberals, and he has apparently proceeded ua- der the delusion that te can win them over and et the same time ro- tain a solid Farmer and Labor party behind bin:. But he cannot do that." spector of Provincial Police E. BE. Adpms, of this city, has returned from a rounding-up trip in the northern part of Hastings, Halibur- ton and Victoria Counties. The crusade into the wilds of Halliburton was fruitful. The total of the round- up was seven stills, making aggre- gate fines of $1,100, eight bootleg- gers, whose fines aggregated $1,900, with one case still pending, making a total of $3,300 in fines. All the persons convicted pail their fines, and all seemed to be quite pros- perous. Costly Barns Desta yed. Morrisburg, Aug. 21.--A severs electrical storm did much damage burning two splendid barns, granar- ies, machine sheds, stlo and other buildings on the Allison Island farm opposite Morrisburg, owned by J. Wesley Allison. The loss 1s $30,000, partially covered by insurance. The 1922 crop Is estimated at two hundred and eiglity million bushe's by J. P. Jones, Port Arthur. i Rev. Father Clohecy was wounded Strikers wrecked a Michigan Cen- at Dundalk, Ireland, by a deaf mute {tral train at Gary, Ind. The engineer who escaped, and fireman were killed. i or