he Daily British Whig ALLEN] MON., TUES, WED. RICHARD BARTHELMESS in "THE BOND BOY" 3 : YEAR 89; No. 207. KINGSTON, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1922. LAST EDITION. LABOR PARTY JUBILANT OVER ELECTION SHOWING Premier Bonar Law Has Obtained a Clear Ma- jority in the General Elections. He Wil Probably Have a Lead of Forty-~-The Crushing De- feat of the Lloyd George Candidates Was Not Unexpected. 0004240942090 9000 |] *° ® BONAR LAW NOW ¢ HAS OLEAN MAJORITY oe -- /% London, Nov. 16.--At , ® o'clock returns showed the ¢ Conservatives to have more # than necessary for a majority % In the new house. At that hour # they had elected 319 members, #® Asquithian Liberals 65, Labor ® 120, Georgians 38 and other # parties 13. This made a total of ® 645 divisions accounted for @ with 70 still to be heard from. + < * > 4:30 * * - * * * + * + * > GOPPPPPEPTIFPIFIPIPOIOPSLS London, Nov. 16.--Premier Bonar Law's Conservatives obtained a clear majority In the general elec- tion yesterday, it was officially an- nounced at 4 p.m, today. _Indica- tions were that the premier would have a considerable majority, prob- ably of about forty, in the new house. Labor's many victories yes- terday make it likely that this pariy will supplant the Asquith Liberals as leading "the opposition to the Bonar Law government." Lloyd George, Asquith, Bonar Law, and Clynes, leaders of the four parties, were all elected, the first famed being unopposed. Two wom- : en, members of the last parliament, © were re-elected, but most of the thirty-one others who stood for elec- tion, fared badly. Margaret Bond- fleld and Lady Cooper, were two £ minent women candidates to Te qersat = ASE Ga . Lloyd George's Aim. The crushing defeat of formsr Sw premier Lloyd George, whose fol: lowers appear to have lost many . seats and gained but few in Britain's general elections yesterday was not unexpected. Lloyd George did not fight the election for return to pow- er as prime minister. Through a "gentlemen's agreement" with Bon- | ar Law, Lloyd George withheld his "fire, and he and the premier mutua:- 'ly withdrew candidates where op- { position might prove too embarrass * ing to the other. All Lloyd George © sought to do was to elect his most influential followers, men like Aus- ten Chamberlain, who was returned at Birmingham by a big majorly and so to form thie nucleus of a lit tle balance of power centre group on the commons, Lloyd George deter- mined, it has been known for some time, to give Bonar Law consider. able rope and wait the result, Poll. tical obsarvers, before the election, estimated Lloyd George would elect between thirty and forty members, and this appears likely, rite Labor Jubilant. London, Nov. 16.--Labor support- ers were jubilant over the early election showing and predicted a Labor groyp in the house of com- mons, holding the balance of power, and able to dictate to Bonar Law. Cooler heads among political observ- ers, however, foresaw the prem'er safe behind his slight majority, espe- cially since Lloyd George was expest- ed to help out if the vote proved so close that Bonar Law could not stand alone. % Many Londoners were up all nigh: celebrating in riotous fashion win impartial cheers for each winns= Horns, bells and rattles made the night, hideous with din throughout the west end. Bands of youths and girls in fancy dress paraded and danced alang Regent street and Pic- lly. Contetti was everywhere, while the popular sport of "Beaver" spotting unfortunate men with claiming points--was | for the occasion. Science the results of the stentortographs bellowed m, and stations sent t ol "throughout tha country, Thousands of women, has ing voted, were among the throngs that spent the early hours: of thd morning, in the vicinity of Trafalgar dancing in the streets, pelt- pendents, Conservatives and Co-op- eratives captured half a doezn of the seats lost by the Unionists, they surely support the premier, Asquithians Tickled. Supporters of H. H. Asquith, f= mer premier, and 'bitter political enemy of Lloyd George, were jubil- ant over the sound defeat suffer:i by the latter's "Liberals." The Con- servatives were also pleased with this turn of events , for now, they say, even if Lloyd George desires a form of coalition with Bonar Law, he will have no party to offer. All this was based upon returns from less than half the constituencies, however, and at that time Lloyd George's followers, despite heavy losses, had returned twenty-two members. If later returns follow- ed this ratio, the former premier RT. HON. H. H. ASQUITH Leader of the small group of strajght Liberals. A AAA ct at a. er +uic¢ have as many followers in ' :¢ house as he expected. Another feature of the elections was the defeat of Col. Leslie Wilson, chief whip of the Conservative par- ty. Col, G._F. Stanley, brother of the Earl of Derby, was defeated by his Labor opponent. Ex-Premler Asquith had a narrow escape from defeat at Paisley, North Battlesea elected a colored man, 8. Saklatvala, an Indian, the first of his race to take a seat in the commons. He stood on a Labor ticket ad defeated the Liberals, backed by Asquith and Lloyd George. The smallest plurality reported at noon was at Manchester, where the Conservatives won a seat by eleven votes from J. A. Sutton, prominent known labor leader, wou his seat by 21,000 votes, as compared with his 8,000 plurality at the last by-elsc- tion. Of individual defeats, most startling reported were those of E. 8. Montague, former secretary for India and veteran labor leader, Ar- thur Henderson. Labor Leader Defeated, Arthur Henderson, fornre# leader of the Labor party in the houge, and in Great Britain was defeated by Dr. G. C. Clayton, Conservative. _ Stanley Baldwin, former president of the board of trade and Lord Robe bert Cecil constituents. Major John Jacob Astor, brother of Viscount Astor, was elected st Dover by a 10,000 plurality, winning the seat from an independent Con- servative. 8ir Arthur Griffith, health in the Bonar Law cabinet, ent in the Tauden division of Somer- set. f Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill met defeat in Dundee. Co The second woman to be returnsd Astor being the first, was Mrs. Mar- garet Wintringham, persent mem- ber for the Louth division of Lia- her seat with 11,609 votes against Hutchings, with 10.726 votes. London, Nov. 16.--Returns pointed out, and the winners woull | Liberal candidate. Ben Tillett, watl= were elected by their minister of was defeated by his Liberal oppon- to the new house of commons, Lady E colnshire. Mrs. Wintringham retains | the Conservative candidate, Sir Alan ; the British general elections indi- cafe a Conservative majority of suf- | fice=nt strength to insure Bonar Law | undisputed master of the house 0° commons. A new general election cannot be precipitated by Lloyd George, who has gained power in | the Liberal party, but has lost all {paramount influence in parliament. | Absolute safety for Bonar Law is | impossible under a majority of for- ty. Bonar Law in all probability wi.l heed the elections' Laborite warns ing by reorganizing his cabinet, There are too many peers in it for a democratic country. If some of | them are not replaced by common- ers, the Conservative mastery wi.l have 5 constant source of weakness. Labor's strength in the election has pulled support from Lloyd George. Negotiations are now likely to be attempted for a union of the As- quith and Lloyd George wings of the Liberal party. The weakness shown by the Asquith Liberals, and Mr. Asquith"s own narrow escape from defeat, have played into Llog4d George's hands, but the very uu- certainties of Asquith liberalism may cause Lloyd George to refuse invitations from that quarter. His innermost hope of success lies in a new coalition. His tendency will be to emphasize Labor's strength as a radical menace. Then when the Bonar Law government begins to wobble, Lloyd George will probably urge a new Georgian Liberal-Coa- servative coalition to save Great Britain from socialism. London Press Comment,. London, Nov. 16.--No forgcasts as to the probable lineup in the new British parliament were ventured in the .early editions of the morning newspapers. All election comment was in a cautious vein. An early edition of the Daily Mall said it seemed most unlikely that Bonar Law would gain a working majori- ty. It said that the government was losing seats all over the coun- try, with-only a solitary win here and there to compensate them. Lloyd George candidates, it added, also ara being * heavily defeated, and tho chances of an even sufficient num- ber of them being returned to form 4 combined government with Bona= Law were growing remote. Labor, the Daily Mail stated, is gaining tn all directions, with Asquithians also capturing many seats. The Post sald there was no decisive change, but the Times emphasized the sur- prising Labor gains. Several news- papers point out that apparently the poor showing made by Lloyd George. cannot be taken as his strength in the next house, because many elected Conservatives, like Lady Astor, will be strongly for him and his doctrine of coalition, The Lidyd Georgian- Chronicle simply features surprise over Labor, Independent and Liberal gains, while the Dally Express in the same vein accentuates surprisingly the poor showing - made by Lloyd George. ---------- GPCR 0000%0 000 ADELARDE de LORME IS INTEBRDIOCTED Moatreal, Nov, 16.--Rev. Ad- elarde de Lorme, at present in- termed in Beauport asyium, Quebec, after being indicted by a grand jury on the charge of murdering his half brother Raoul, was this morning Inter- dicted by Justice Bruneau and declared incapable of administ- ering his large estate. 0200000000000 000 Demand Immediate Release, Pekin, Nov. 16.--Measures for the immediate release of foreign miss- lonaries, kidnapped by Chinese bandits, were demanded of the Pekin government to-day by the British, United States, ItaMan, French and Swedish ministers who acted unde: instructions of their governments. $09 ¢+ 042404 0%00 00 one of the most influential Laborites,f Hard coal is selling at Iroquols for $15.50 a ton. THE "DRYS" HOLD FORT Have Two-Thirds Majority in New US. Congress. NO HOPES FOR AMENDING The Volstead Liquor Act Un- til After the Election Two Years Hence. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16.--The "drys" hold a two-thirds majority in the new congress. The "wet's'" hopes jof amending the Volstead Act must | be deferred until after the next el- ection, at least. Wayne B. Wheeler executive chief ict the Anti-Saloon League, told the |Cnited Press to-day that a careful canvass of the new congressmen haa been made, and that as the result the {dry lekders are confident they still control. Wheeler declared that; 1. 'Congressional drys now are massing their forces to withstand the wet uprising which is expected as a result of the wet sentiment in the recent elections. 2. An effort will be made to "take prohibition enforcement out of politics," by the passage of the bill placing all federal agents unde: civil gervice. 3. No new 'teeth' measures are | planned for introduction in the con- gress--the drys being supremely content with the present low. Wet Arca a Myth. Wheeler declared the "wet area' heralded by the election was largely a myth. Investigation had deter- mined as he said that many congress- men and-seénators who were claimed by the wets are not wets at all. ,If there was any successful candl- date who did not proclaim himself dry--some people immediately reach- ed the conclusion that he was wet," he added. "But wait until the new congress comes into office and then you will find out who is wet and who is dry." ' "We expect a determined fight from the wets to modify the Vol- stead law, but I am confident that we hold the majority which will pre- vent any wet raid." The only measure designed to per- fect prohibition enforcement will soon be passed by the senate, probab- ly 'at the special - session Wheeler said. This is the bill which forces | all prohibition agents to undergo civil service examination. VISCOUNTESS ASTOR Who was re-elected in England on Wednesday. Tidal Wave of Grain, Fort William, Nov. 16.--Twb mil- lion five hundred and twenty-one thousand bushels of grain left these twin' ports yesterday by lake. With the exception of 50,000 bushels of barley and 55,000 bushels of flax, al: is wheat. One millon three hundred and thirty thousand bushels go to Buffalo in five cargoes, the rest being ENTERS ACTION AGAINST CANADA STEAMSHIPS LTD. Celebrated La Prairie Boatman Who Saved Rapids Prince Passengers Wants $5,000. Montreal, Nov. 16.--For the work of rescuing passengers from the Ra- pids Prince when she was stranded in the Lachine Rapids on, the night of July 30th last, Hilaire Guerin, the staunch Laprairie boatman, who made approximately one hundred hazardous trips back and forth through the swirling waters in his frail craft, which were necessary be- fore all on board the steamer could be safely landed on terra firma, is suing the Canada Steamship Lines, Limited, for $5,000. - Josaphat Cardinal, who assisted Guerin, {s asking $2,500. Guerin states that he was offered $ a day for two weeks while life- saving for the company, which also offered him a $500 bonus. This Guelin refused, believing that the work he was able to accomplish, be- 'ng an experienced boatman was worth considerably more than that sum. He avers that when he and Cardinal, the only two men who would brave the dangers of the ra- pids, were not conveying men, wo- men and children to shore, they were bringing provisions to those still on board. . BANDITS. PREYING UPON VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE Outlawry Adds to Distress of Homeless in Ruined Chil= ean Towns. : | Santiago, Nov. 16.--Reports of banditry and disorder in the earth- ar Law jority of government requires, parliamentary but the re- than was expected. premier, were well in the lead on a afternoon, however, had obtained more bor, 69; Asquith Liberals, 8; total 286. Perret, quake district, together with news of additional earth shocks and indica- tions that the calamity has reached appalling proportions, caused the Chilean government to consider the advisability of sending troops to Coquimbo and Atacama to reinforce small to cope with the situation and aid in relief work. Outlawry broke out in the town of | y |: SN, the regular garrison, which are too ; ! ( : | Vallenar, the chief sufferer from the earthquake, where it is estimated 1,000 of the inhabitants perished, while reports of robbery and hold- ups came from other places in the af- fected region. * Reports Indicate that a stretch of territory along the coast for 140 miles and to a depth of 25 miles has been almost denuded of human habi- tations. Witnesses of the Valparaiso earthquake of 1906, which destroy- ed most of that city, say this is far worse. Destruction of sections of the main railroad in this district and the branch lines which serve the inland territory, as well as the twisting and crackling of the wagon roads, makes it impossible for relief to reach the destroyed towns, except by packing the supplies on mules. Island Reported Disappeared. Santiago, Nov. 16.--Rumors wers persistent here to-day that Easter island completely disappeared ip the recent earthquakes. " This report could not be confirmed, however and many government officials declared it untrue. Easter Island is located off the Chilian coast. It has an area of fifty square miles and e popula- tion of 1,250. ------------ Results in Deportation. Brockville, Nov. 16.--Thomas B. Gosselin, an Irishman, who has been receiving treatment at the Ontaric Hospital here, was removed to Mon*- real pending deportation on the ground that he was treated for in- sanity in South Africa prior to en- tering Canada fifteen years ago. Al- ber: Greenleaf, released after serving a term In the Lanark county jail at Ferth, was aleo deported to the Unit- ed States. ------ Woman Wears 29 Rings. London, Nov. 16.--A woman found dead on a Paris railway line wearing twenty-nine finger rings, according to a Paris exchange, quoted in the Westminster Gazette. She was iden- tified as an Englishwoman, named Bowen, and her death was attributed in seven Capadian bottoms. to accident. ee Se | When subsequently dissecting PREMIER BONAR DAW Whose government is returned to power in Great Britain, constituencies to be heard from. On the above standing, the Conserva- tives had gained 13 seats and los: 32; Labor had gained 38 and lost 6: supporters of Asquith had gained 3 and lost 6; Lloyd Georgians had gained 3 and lost 25 while Independ- ents had gained 7 and lost 6. Lady Astor Re-elected. Lady Astor, former Virginia beau- ty, was re-elected by a plurality of 3,090 over her: Labor opponen:, Captain Brenan, with the Liberal, Dr. Bayly, RICHARD K. FOX DEAD. Editor of Police Gazette Had Been Ailing for Year. Red Bank, N.J., Nov. 16.--Ricl- ard Kyle Fox, editor and publisher of the Police Gazette, internationally known sport publcation, dled at Lis home on Tuesday. He had been in failing health for a year. Mr. Fox was born in Belfast, Ire- land, in 1848, the son of a mechani., When 20 years old he married, capi to the United States and acquired a position with the Wall Street Journ- In 1875 he became publisher of the Police Gazette, a sheet devoted to crime and criminals ana gradual- ly converted it into a sporting pub- lication. An Anatomical Freak Paris, 'Nov. 16---Two military surgeons, Doctors Caret and Combe, recently removed a large tumdr from the back of a native Algerian girl, aged three, at Mostaginem. the | growth they discovered In the cen- !tre, three inches long, the embryo of a long-eared monster covered Norte 10 with hair. Theanatomicalphenomen- | is being dispatched to Paris for examination by Sorbonne profes- sors. } : anid Connor says the Manitobs eral was offered a huge Lloyd Georgians, 22; 'Independents, | ter had lost 'seats while Labor had gained 38. There remained results from 233 | AAA A cm | BONAR LAW'S GOVERNMENT IS RETURNED IN BRITAIN Outstanding Feature of the Election Was the Sweeping Gains Made By Labor. Lloyd George's Liberals Receive a Set Back--Lady Astor Re-elected--A Tremendous Vote Was Polled Throughout the Eritish Isles. London, Nov. 16.--Premier. Bon- George was returned unopposed. J. has captured the ma- | H. Thomas, Labor leader, was *'in" seats hls | by a big majority, A tremendous vote was polled sults of the British general 'elections i throughout the British Isles, despite are turning out to be much closer | inclement weather in many districts, {and women outnumbered the men at The Conservatives, supporting the the polls. ! | Of the thirty-three women candi- | showing of votes counted at noon t»-| dates, however, Lady Astor was the day, despite the Labor party's great | | only one known to be elected up t;, inroads into normally Conservative , noon. Lady Cooper, whose husband territories. It appeared doubtful this retired in her favor, was beaten 'a if Bonar Law | Walsall. than a bare | majority. The standing, reported at | ections up to noon were the noon, was: Conservatives, 161; La-|ing gains of Labor and the setback 26: [to Lloyd George's Liberals. The la'- Two outstanding figures of the el- sweep- 25 between and 30 This latter phenomenon led to | much early talk of Labor having do- | feated Bonar Law, but Conservatives confidently expected that as the re- [sults from the outlying districts | came in, the premier would be foun} Jao have a sufficient majority, if not |the large one for which they had { hopel. -- Labor's Strength, { First returns were from the large {industrial districts, . where voting was done early and counted early, 'and this led to the initial display of | Labor strength. Here and there | throughout the country there were | Labor landslides, however, notably | at Glasgow, where Labor candidates won ten out of the fifteen seats, a net gain of eight in Bonar Law's own territory. J. H. Labor and Charles Roberts, Liberals, were elected for Derby's two seats. This is a gain of anoth- er seat for the Asquithian Liberais. So heavy was the polling that nina hours was required to count votes, In many constituencies more than eighty and in some cases more than ninety per cent. of the electors vot- ed. Joseph Devlin, Nationalist, de- feated in Manchester. Labor Leader Clines was elected as also were Sir Robert Horne and Grant Morden. Children Voted. The spectacle of children casting ballots at an election was witnessed in several cases in England yester- day. This was possible under the law which provides that if a name is placed on the register of voters, even mistakenly, it must stand unless challenged before election day. Therefore, in the Haywood and Rai- cliffe division to-day, = five-and-a- half-year-old boy accompanied byhis mother, cast his vote. At Hull a lad of twelve years voted. He was stop- ped by a policeman as he entered the polling station, but on convinase ing the officials that his name was a poorethird. Premier on the register he was allowed to Bonar Law was elected. Lioys | vote: A A A AA AAA AAA ANA tA AAAS tt FLAME FROM HEATER IGNITED HER CLOTHING cumbs to Injuries--Extin= guishes Fire Herself. ' Simcoe, Nov. 16.--A tragedy was enacted at St. Charles Hotel, Port Rowan, when Mrs. Charles E. Smith, wife of the proprietor of the inn, was burned to death. Bhe was turning cff the gas in the dining room heater, when her skirts caught fire and in a moment she was enveloped in flames. Ker clothes ablaze, Mrs. Smith ran to the billiard parlor nearby and finding it empty, rushed to the bath- room and extinguished the fire under the tap in the bath tub. When her husband found her the fire had en- In Algerian Girl's Back| i the temperance law go, |Guy tirely consumed her garments and her body was burned from her feet 'o the crown of her head. 4 The unfortunate woman lingered until 2 o'clock yesterday morning be fore the end came. She was 41 years of age and 1s survived by her hus- band, three step-sons and two step- daughters, and one six-year-old daughter. -------------- Bdilman Loses White Plains, N.Y., Nov, 16.--Su~ preme Court Justice Morechauser yesterday denied a motion made at Poughkeepsie by James A. Stillman to have him set aside his judgment refusing the banker a divorce, and upholding the legitimacy 0 of Baby Btillman, > AL ro reo re rcp i 0m Port Rowan® Woman 'Suc :