. - ALLEN TO-DAY Norma Talmadge "Thc Etemal Fame" --_---- The Baily British Whig FALLEN 0 "The Etermal Flame" ----e | sno KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1922. LAST EDITION, YEAR 89; No. 246, THE WIZARD | IS CHEERED 1 | | By Great Throngs on His Ar- rival in Leeds. | LOYD GEORGE" PREPARES For His Battle With Tories on Whom He Has De. clared War. Leeds, Eng., Oct. 21.--Lloyd Geo- ge, travelling on a tide of tumult- Uous cheers, carried his campaign in Leeds to-day. The former prime minister, who is fighting to form sa | Dew party and stage a "come back' which will place him in power again, Was greeted with thunderous - Plause whenever he appeared in pub- le, Great throngs gathered about the place where he is to make this speech this afternoon. The Welsh wizard 1s known to be | tremendously encouraged by the rousing receptions he has been ac- corded. He beleves ne is gaining votes every hour for his battle with the Tories upon whom he has de- clared war. "My sword is in my hand they shall feel its weight", he 4 ed in one of his speeches from his railway carriage on the trip to Leeda, ' With the cpalition broken up, and . Bonar Law endeavoring to form a Conservative ministry, Lloyd George | is concentrating all his effSrts on forming a strong and dangerous Georgian party, which he expects to see enter the house of parliament after the next"election. Canadians, Big Butter Eaters. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21.--Can- ada comes first in list of thirteen na- tlons in the per capita consumption of batter, according to figures com- Piled by the United States depart- ment of agriculture. Each person in Canada is credited with consum- ing twenty-seven pounds of butter a | year, compared with fifteen pounds in the United States. The latjar nation comes tenth in the list. | ¥ Must Be Open Shops. New York, Oct. 21.--The United States Chamber of Commerce, in ~awarding a $2,600,000 'contract for #ts Washington headquarters, speci- fles that the "open shop" plan of employing labor must prevail. STRONG APPEAL FOR NORTHERN SUFFERERS Btill the call comes from North- ern Ontario for more and yet more warm clothing, underwear, bootsand rubbers. When it is remembered that eight thousand people were ran- dered homeless by the great fire, we may estimate the needs in this wea- ther. All who have warm clothing to give, should send It to the local organizations that are collecting. Send your money contributions to the' Whig,and they will be forward- ed the Northern Ontario Relle® uarters. Preyiously acknowledged $1,077.75 Chas. Howarth, Sharp's Corners .. .. . Miss Anna Otis, Mrs. John W. Graham Sharp's Corners Bath Red Cross Society ,. Bath, ., Subscribers Mrs. Joh right .. as Gentlemen Cadets, R. M. C. per Dean Starr .. .. .,. 15.00 Mr. McIntosh .. «0 .. .. 1.00 Total so oo oo 2ees..$1,177.23 2.00 1.00 2.00 25.00 48.50 5.00 "oe Polling May Take Place Nov. ~~ 18th and New House Meet on 28th, London, Oct. 21.--All political 'welcome the prospect of an X general election, which It recognized could not have loug en delayed in any case. The Con- rv especially feel that it greatly strengthen their ad- tion if they were able to get definite mandate from Moreover, the format n TY now would entatl ut fifteen bye-elections involving much loss of time, with the possible prospect of a general election in the near future still confronting them. The expectation continues general t polling will and it is believed the recon- parliament can meet by Nov. B. As the ratification of the i treaty is no longer a contenti- take place Nov. * NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings From | Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. -- The Berlin police have discovered plots to assassinate Chancellor Joseph Wirth. Methodist Mission Board makes special grant of $1,500 for New On- taro ministers. Warm, substantial underciothing is still the one great need for the North, relief workers announce. The Soviet government has with- drawn its guarantee of protection to foreigners at Vladivostok. More old Ontario farmers offer to feed stock of northern fire vicims free of charge for the winter, Jail Governor Dawson of London announces his readiness to meet any charges launched against him. - ~ Premier King belleves that negoti- ations regarding the cattle embargo wiil not be imperilled by the British Political crisis, F. H. Keefer, in an address at Win- nipeg, declared that the west is pay- ing for the delay in constructing the Great Lakes-Atlantic waterway, Fire losses in Canada during the week ended October 18th are estimat- ed by the Toronto Monetary Times at $61,000, compared with $453,450 the previous week. Rev. R. H. Archer, a retired An- glican clergyman, Passed away on Thursday at Ottawa in his sixty- ninth year. He formerly had charg- es at Combermere, Winchester and Cornwall. AN EYEWITNESS T0 THE MURDER That She Witnessed Dou- ble Slaying. -- New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. 21... An eye-witness to the Hall-Mills murder has named the slayers of the rector and the choir singer, it was persistently reported here today, as every indication gave evidence that a startling climax is rapidly ap- proaching in the case. Persistent reports that a prominent woman of New Brunswick had made an afrl- davit to Prosecutor Beekman that she saw the slayings and recogniz:a the slayers, had resulted in no denial from the Beekman office early to- day. Simultaneously, it was reported from apparently reliable sources that Beekman will again place the case before the Somerset county grand jury today with a view of ob- taining the indictment of a man and & woman by the. first part of next week. } ----e Both Women Declared Insane. Toronto, Oct. 21.--Mnrs. Anne Old- ham and Mrs. Julia Currie, against whom indictmenis of murder stand, were declared unfit to stand trial on account of insanity, by juries under Chief Justice Meredith here today. They were returned to the hospital for the imsahe. In each case the charge of murdering an infant was preferred. Cornwall Hockey Club. Cornwall, Oct. 21.--At a meeting of hockey enthusiasts held yester- day, Cornwall hockey club was or- ganized flor the season. It was decid- ed to operate an intermediate team this year under the name of ""Corn- wall Colts" and the club has applied for membership in the intermediate series of the O.H.A. Had to Decline. Ottawa, Oct. 21-Hon. Geo, P. Graham, Minister of Defence, has re- ceived an imvitetion from Secretary of the Navy Denby to deliver an ore- tion at the Navy Day celebration in Washington on October. 27th, Mr. Graham has been compelled to de- cline because of pressure of 'business, [o . Sh Resigns Ppsition, St. Thomas, Oct. 21.-Sherift W. H. Elliott of the county|of Elgin has forwarded his resignation to Hon. 'W. E. Raney, to take effect on De- cember 31st. Mr. Elliott has served in this eapacity for over four years. He is retiring to his farm at New Rarum. Sheriff v; \ PAM Ra Cattle Case, Peterboro, Oct. 21.--In the coun- ty police court before Magistrate O. A. Langtry, Davis Hill, Dummer township, was convicted of cattle poisoning and sentenced to impris- onment for two years. Preacher Has Forty Wives. Dayton, Ohjo, Oct. 21.--Rev. Bill Jones, negro preacher, yesterday ad- mitted having forty wives, Rev. Bil} sald he had never been divorced. -- tit0ustscrsennensd > "1 Stand For the FOR PEOPLE T0 DECIDE People" Declares Lloyd George. BANER OF PRY STRFE Hoisted By the Tories Be- . cause They Are' Not Getting Enough. Leeds, Eng. Oct. 21.--Former Prime Minister Lloyd George, speak- ing at a great meeting of the coali- tion Liberals here this afternoon declared "the banner of party strife" had been hoisted at the recent meet- ing of the Conservatives at the Carlton Club, which voted against continuing the coalition. "It {is for the people of this country," he ex- claimed, 'to decide whether party comes first, or the nation first. I stand for the people.' Lloyd George asserted that the combination which had achieved vic- tory in the late war, had been brought to .an end not because it had ceased to serve the nation, but because a party was not getting en- ough out of ft. He then launched into a vigorous defence of his administration in his usual picturesque language. Athlete Now Becoming Mere Part of Machine Montreal, Oct. 21.--Speaking at the annual dinner of the members of the Moptreal branch of the Uni- versity of Toronto Alumni Assocla- tion here last night, E. W. Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Rallway, voiced regret that there was in athletics too great a tendency to systematize, and because of this the lure is going out of our games. The athlete nowadays is becoming merely part of a machine and, is in fact, an automaton. ---------------- Edmonton Utilities' Big Profits.- Edmonton, Alta., Oct. 21, --Ed- monton's publicly-owned * utilities, power, light, telephone, street rail- way and water, show a profit for the first nine months of 1922 of $247. 250. The street railway alone has a deficit of this period of $6,450, as compared with a loss' in the samo period. last year of $47,729. CLAIM HUBBY POINTED REVOLVER AT HIS WIFE Wife Made This Charge In Giving Evidence in Charge for Non-Support. Magistrate Farrell had two eases to deal with at the police court on Saturday morning but Hath were dismussed. One case was that of woman charged with stealing a watch, and thé other was that of a man charged by his wife, with non- support, but after he%uning the evi- dence, Magistrate Farrell dismissed both charges. The woman charged with the theft of a watch, kept the timepiece for a board bill, although the owner of the watch claimed that she had offered to pay for her board, and that the mbney had been refused. However, the boarding house lady was quite willing to &ive back the watch to tie owner, and the magistrate in dispos- ing of the case, stated that there was no case of theft. ~~ The woman who charged band with nonsupport, has nve children, the eldest about fourteen gether, but it was shown that woman had received various emounts from her husband during the last ten days. There was quite a dramatie woome 'when the woman wrapped in a plece of newspaper, and handing it over stated that George W. H. one of was street, EARL CAVAN TO WED LADY MULHOLLAND Bride-elect is Friend of Prin- cess Mary and Widow of Soldier. London, Oct. 21.--Lady Joan Mul- holland, one of Princess Mary's closest friends, who at one time was mentioned as a possible choice of the Prince of Wales, who seemed tc be much interested in her, is engag- ed to be married to Earl Cavan, chief of the Imperial General Star and a member of the British delega- tion at the Washington conference. Lady Joan once flew over London with the Prince of Wales, although it was not known for a long time that the heir to the throne haa made a flight over the metropolis. It. was said that whem the King learned of this flight he took the Prince to task for running such uz- necessary risks, Lady Joan is very pretty and ac- complished, and is popular in socle- ty. Her late husband was Captain Mulholland, a brilliant soldier, -------- during the taking of the evidence, [over imposed on the public." produced a revolver | Smith, a buyer, said of eases where cheese FRANCIS H. GISBORNE, K. Chief parliamentary counsel Nig Ot- tawa, who is retiring after 40 years' service in the department of Justice. $18,500 IN BONUSES. Distributed to Cornwall Employees of Can. Cottons. Cornwall, Oct. - 21.--Under the profit-sharing efficiency bonus sys- tem which was adopted some. time 8g0°by the Canadian Cottons, Limit- ed, this company has just paid out $18,500 in bonuses to the employees of their Cornwall mills for the third three months period of 1923. The system was formulated to stimulate production. For every one per cent. additional production over a stand- ard based on the ordinary opera- tion of the plant, the employees are given a bonus of one-half per cent. on the amount of their pay for every three months' period. As already mentioned, the bonuses for the last three months amounted to a total of $18,600, a very tidy sum to distributed in the community ag result of increased efficiency and In- dustry. diesen aess-- Report That Wages Should Not Be Reduced Ottawa, Oct. 21.--That a reduc- tion in the wages of clerks, freight handlers, round house store, shop, station and other lesser paid em- ployees on the Canadian Natfonal Railways should not be made, was the finding submitted to the depart- ment of labor yesterday by the board of conciliation appointed last Aug- ust to deal report is signed by Costello and H. S. Ross, sentative of the employees. George D. Kelley, representative of the raf ways, did not concur in the finding, and will submit a minority réport. GRADING OF CHEESE. posed om Public. Brockville, Oot. 21.--Govern- a ment grading of cheese in Canada |!"€ for a big man years of age. The couple do not Wo Was yesterday at the meeting administration of of the Dairymen's Board of Trade by J. B. 'Wilson, salesman of a large combination of factories in Bastern Ontario, to be 'the greatest farce WILL COMMIT NO EXCESSES Turks to Act Like Lambs in Eastern Thrace. AM TO PRESERVE. ORDER Assurances Given By the Allied Generals By New Turkish Governor. Constantinople, Oct. 21.--The new Turkish military governor of East- ern Thrace, Rafaet Pasha, has given assurance to the Allied generals that the Kemalist gendarmerie and army will commit no excesses upon taking over the provinces but will strive to preserve onder. A datachment of 100 gendarmes, who arrived here yesterday, are encamped in the mosque of St. Sophia, where dormi- tories are being prepared for further arrivals, ; Peaceful Intentions. Angora, Oct. 31.--The Turkish nationalists signed the Muydanta armistice to prove their peaceful in- tentions to the world and not be- cause of pressure from the British foreign minister, Yussuf Kemal Bey told the national assembly yester- day in reply to Lloyd George's re- cent speech at Manchester, Eng- land. "The Allies offered an armistice to the Turks when our victorious army was marching on Constanti- nople and the straits in pursuit of the enemy," said the minister. "We accepted in order to serve the cause of peace, We want the whole world to know that # was not because of weakness." ------------ A WOMAN BIGAMIST. -- Convicted of Bigamy is Now Seeking a Marriage License in Ontario. Brockville, Oct. 21.--aA bigamist in the eyes of the New York state law, Mrs. Lena Thornhill, of Lisbon, N.Y., and the man she has regarded as her husband for the last five years; to- day applied here for & marriage le- ense in order that their three-year- old child' may be declared legitimate. Mrs. Thornhidl procured a divorce from her first husband In Iowa and not long afterwards was married to Thornhill. Her first husband, desir- ing protection in view of his own im- pending second marriage, took action against her on the ground that the Towa divorce was invalid in New York state, and this week she was convict- ad of bigamy at Canton, N.Y., but ail- lowed to go on suspended sentence. Now Mrs. Thornhill i8 not quite sure what her legal name is. George K Dewey, fswuer of licenses here, told the couple thet a fifteen days' resi- dence in Canada would be necessary before a license could be issued, ana also that a reference of all documents bearing upon the case %0 the Attor- ney-General's Department would be required, -- CEREALS IN YUKON. Flour Made From Local Wheat on Bale in Dawson. Dawson City, Y.T., Oct. 21.--Caan- ada's cereal p area has been in Dawson today. . James Parr, superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm, near Dawson, this season raised a fine crop of wheat, which he milled into high grade whole-wheat flour. ---- ber hus |Termed Greatest Farce Ever Im.| Timber Administrator Wanted. Toronto, Oct. 21.--The provincial government is still to take over the timber affairs in province, én accordance with the contained in the The had man, it is u t its eye on | who was o DYING MOTHER SAW : CHILDREN MARRIED | Last Wish Was Carried Out and She Expired After Ceremony. New York, Oct. 21.--Dying, yes- terday afternoon Mrs. Lena Hoffman asked her doctor how long she had to live. When he told her only a few hours, she sought fulfillment of the dearest wish of her heart. "I shall die in peace if I know you are happy and well provided for," she told her two daughters ana one son,, all engaged "0 be married, "if you were all ondy married before I have to leave you." Instantly there was telephoning to two young men and one young wo- man. Presently taxi cabs wers speeding to Bronxborough Hall, where the deputy clerk hurriedly is- sued three marriage licenses. MAY DELAY | PAYING DEBT Of Great Britain to United | States As Planned. ~~ Likely to Postpone the Visit to Washington of Debt Commission. The mother was close to the end | of life when her children again ga- | thered about her with their future mates. The marriage ceremonies were performed while Mrs. Hoffman sat up in bed, held in the arms of her physician. She watched and listened till the last word of tho rites was said, smiled and then died. PRINCELY GIFT MADE BY AN AUSTRALIAN 8ir J. M. Higgins . Donates $25,000 in Charity and For Veterinary Research. London, Oot. 21.--A Reuter des- patch from Melbourne, "Australa, says that Sir John Michael Higgins, chairman of the British Australian Wool Realization Association, known as "Bawra," has given £5,000, repre- setiting half of his annual salary, to charitable and other institutions, in- cluding £2,500 to the University of lay in the British debt funding nee gotiations, was expected to be appars, ent in relations between the United States and Great Britain, The immediate result of 'he crisis already felt in Washington ie the Postponement of the Robert Horne, the exchequer in the government. Sir Robe was to have satled for the United States a weel 5 rman, director of the Bank of England, but the cabinet crisis was then impending and the dee pariure was delayed on that account, British War Debt. . Preparations for discussion of the problem of refunding the British wap debt to the United States through fs Melbourne fer the promotion of vet- erinary reseanch. Sir John made similar gifts ir 1621. - He holds the honorary posl- tion of chairman of the Common- wealth of Australia Central Wool Committee. For eome years he prac- tised the profession of metallurgist As to the association known ae "Bawra," it has been given permis- sion to reduce its capital by £6,000,- 000. ' VISITED OVER 50 PLACES IN WEST Lord Byng Made Journey of 11,000 Miles--One Month in Yukon. Ottawa, Oct. 21.--The Governor- General, Lord Byng of Vimy, will re- turn to the capital on Saturday next, having completed one of the most arduous and exciting tours yet un- dertaken by any Governor-General in Canada. The tour has lasied over Sues of long term British 8 had been made by the Boars eg state departments, J¢ appeared doubt. ful, to officials here, however, when the politica] situatfon in London would be sufficiently clarified to per- mit a British commission to be sent. There ig Httie doubt here that ulti- mately the refunding negotiation wild be carried out practically along the ines already mapped out, although it 43 admitted that a new cabinet arising after a general election might changes peti policy as to war debt refund- ng. Another possible direct element the situation affecting the States Geddes, in United Is the status of Ambassador In recent years the British nt has selected 'for certain hnportant diplomatic Poe's such as Washington' men of Prominence out side their British diplomatic ®service, Ambacsador Geddes is of this group. If policies of the London government are to be radically changed as a re- sult of the crisis, possibly Ambassa- dors selected as wag Sir Auckland Geddes may be recalled. ---- Interests in Near East. four months, and took His Excellency as far north as the Yunon, where he visited, especially, the silver develop- ments on Keyno hill, four days up the Stewart River from Dawson Oity. The United States government also Altogether His Excellency spent | the abou} a month in the Yukon. His Excellency had many oppor- tunities of indfiiging in his love for bard work, and in his desire ¢0 mas- ter the details of the exalted position | which he holds... His reputation for thoroughness, which, as commander of the Canadian corps, gained him | igh rank as & military deader, has =n during the tour been enhanced, He visited over fifty cities and towns in Western Canada, and made over a hundred speeches. The mileage cov- t ered by Their Excellencies and their { staff totalled about eleven thousand miles. His time was adjusted so as to spend three days to a week in im- portant towns, such as Winnipeg, Re- pina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria, but no town on the route was unimpnrtan: enough for the Governor-General no: to visit, and from reports received, His Excel- léncy was made very welcome cvery- where. A special period of time was also spent inspecting conditions in the dry belt in the vicinity of Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, and he also made a special point of inspecting the C.P.R. irrigation scheme between Brooks and Bassano, Alberta, Ecclesiastical Law Oannot invalidate the Proceedings Montreal, Oct. 21 --Efforts to hait the fight '0 interdict Adelarde De- 0 against. sanction of the Roman Montreal, Oct 21.---Officers fop the coming year elected at the ad sion of the Army and Navy Vetere ans' convention here include the following: President, Ufaham, ancouver; ident, Col. (Rev, Canon) J, BE. Al mond, Montreal; nipeg; third vice-president, ' Major H. E. Gates, Halifax; Provinelal rep. resentatives: Quebec, Major Ww. Gg. Fellowes; Nova Scotia, Capt. J. n, Monahan; New Brunswick, Comrade 0. B. Weldon, Mofieton; Alber:a, Major W. B. Ryan, Calgary; British Columbia, Comrade T. Jones; Sas katchewan, Comrade Stephen H. Mitchell; Manitoba, Comrade C, I. Sharpe, Portage La Prairie; Ontaria, Major W. H. Cooper, Toronto; chap- lains, Cardinal Begin, Quebec; and Major D. Victor Warner.* A resolution was adopted to the effect that members of -the Northe west Mounted Police should receive the privilege of scrip or land grants, May Be Made Judge. Montreal, Oct. 21.--1It is rume that Hon. Walter George p KC, formerly provincial and now member of the od