NOW PLAYING A SISTER TO ASSISTER YEAR 00; No. 04. KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928. The Baily British Whig LR NOW PLAYING A SISTER TO _ASSIST'ER . LAST EDITION. RIVER BANKS HAVE BROKEN And Torrent Is Loosened Upon Portage la Prairie. RESDENTS MRE LEAVING Situation Reported Grave-- Removal of Ice Jam Would Give Relief. Portage La Prairie, Man., April 21.--The banks of the Assiniboine River broke southwest of here at two o'clock this morning and loosen- ed a torrent upon this city. Rail- way yards were inundated and the residential section invaded. House- holders began packing up to leave. The water came down from the southwest where the banks of the Assiniboine collapsed under the pres- sure of an abnormal quantity of water flowing eastward. The ice gam which occurred just east of Por- tage yestenlay afternoom is gtill holding back the flood waters and sending a heavy flow over the low lying land on both gides of the river. Removal of the jam, it is believed, 'would relieve the situation which, according 'to latest reports, was con- gldered extremely grave. Incidents of farms being isolated washouts on railways, damage to farm property, with occassional loss of life to livestock and hardships suf- fered by settlers were received here throughout the night. Flood Extends. Winnipeg, April 21.--The entir went end of the city of Portage La " Prairfe was under water this morn- ing and the flood was making rapid | the centre of the city, according to a long-distance telephone message. All trains east and west ary held up in Portage la T'rairie yards and tha Canadian Na- tional station is flooded. The bridge strides toward . @t the south approach to the city or 7 » has been washed away and another on the Island Park destroyed. Resi- + dents of the west end are travelling by boat. Hundreds of homes are iso- lated and tho foundations of houses are weakening. ELECTRICAL STUDENT KILLED IN TORONTO Fell From a Ladder, Likely After Receiving an Elec- tric Shock. X 1.--Harry Arm- Toronto, April strong, aged twenty-five, a young electrical engineering student em- ployed by the Canadian General Hogtrle Company, and who roomed at 983 Lansdowne avenue, met his death in the transfer room of the Lansdowne plant at 2.05 o'clock this morning. The exact cause of death was unknown at an early tour, although it is thought that the young man had been on the ladder ® little while before his death. The © victim of ' the accident received a fractured skull, but it has not yet ' 'been determined whether death was primarily caused by electric shock. NO REASON 10 FERL r BLE OVER OUTL00K There le-Bvery Indication That Good Amount of Seeding Is Going On. Winnipeg, April 21.--""There is no reason for anyone to be pessimistic of the seeding outlook in the west," says the Free Press, this morning, in publishing a summary of the re- ports received from fifty points in the prairie provinces which were "obtained with a view of allaying _ the very natural anxiety being felt in business circles, both west and east, as to the western seeding be- ing late." The replies indicate that there will be a very large amount of ~~ wheat seeded in. all the provinces by April 30th, . Coming Into Alliance ~ With League of Nations Geneva, April 21.--League of Na- pleased e | A COMPARISON WITH LABOR GOVERNMENT -- {New South Wales Nationalist {Administration Cut Expen- ditures £600,000. Sydney, Australia, April 21.--Act- ing Premier Oakes, of New South | Wales, reviewing the first year's work of the state's Nationalist gov- ernment, compares its record with that of the Labor goverpment which {t succeeded and claims that public expenditure has been reduced by £500,000, compared with Labor's last corresponding period, and that by the end of the current fiscal year the reduction will probably reach £1,000,000. The progress of development and other necessary public work has been fully medntained, claims Mr. 'Oakes, while taxation has been lightened, whereas the previous gov- ernment had planned to increase the taxation burden by £2,000,090. The government land develcpment and settlement scheme was the big- | gest move forward for many years, {claimed Mr. Oakes, and when fully {operating would enormously add di- !rectly and indirectly to the prosper- {ity of the state. Steps, he added. !are being taken to stabilize the mar- [ket for primary products, combined {with the establishment of a system {cf rural credit and community set- [tlement, which will lead to vastly {improved conditions for the primary i producers, Er iTTT TT Tse * RESISTANCE BROKEN, |® -- .» ( | | Bantry, County Cork, April 21.--Natlonal army troops have thoroughly scoured the countryside in this region, and it is thought that the backbone of the irregulars' resistance in the difficult mountainous areas has been broken. lo [+ |# | (000 2E9299%09002000 SOLU herb tO p00 p-- RISING FROM ASHES I NORTHER ONTAR {It Is Now Quite Difficult to Recognize the New Hail- eybury. Toronto, April 1.--With. incredi- ble rapidity Halleybury' and other | ire-swept towns are rising from | their ashes of the Northern Ontario holocaust of last summer, according | to W. H. Alderson, chairman of the | Northern Ontario fire relief commit- | tee, who returned to the city yester- | day, after investigating relief needs | in that area. It would be difficult to recognize Hafleybury, he stated, in the new and substantial build- ings which have been erected since the fire. It will no longer be neces- | sary for the towns to receive assist- ance through the Northern Ontario relief funds, he said, as they have already regained their feet. 'LAKE FREIGHTS ADVANCE. Higher Charges for Grain Announce ed at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, April 21.--An advance {in iake freights for grain was an- nounced here yesterday. Steamship agents are asking six cents from the Canadian lake terminals to Buffalo, an advance of 1 1-2¢ during the past two weeks, Shippers stato that thev cannot get tonnage for. oat shipments ou opening of navigation, but that plenty of space is availablé for Whest. ! LABOR STORM BREWING. Tyneside shipyards Posting Up 120,- 000 Lockout Notices. London, April, 21.--A storm is brewing in the Tyneside shipyards. The employers are posting up 120, 000 notices of a lockout of the boil- ermakers, plumbers and joiners at the end of this month because of the men's refusal to accept the terms of a recent agreement which was signed by the shipbuilding federa- tion on behalf of all the unions in the shipbuilding industry. Woman Bandit Leader Montreal, April 21.-- Patrick Campbell gave Mary Barrow, color- ed, $1 to buy beer. Instead, she went out and rounded up a gang of colored men who held Campbell up for $81. The woman was sen- tenced to six months at hard labor. 000000000 YFPORIPIOS » eo is prevalent here that W. S. # iddleboro, for thirteen years ¢ P. for North Grey, may soon + cceed Hon. G. H. Ferguson ¢ Conservative leader of the # tario legislature. Promin- ¢ Conservatives, including W. + Nickle, K.C., Kingston, deny # wever, that any move is on # to replace Ferguson. * x * 0090900000000 thet - = gs g 15 POPP eH Se 3-3 VICE RAIDS IN MONTREAL Girls Appear ar For Sentence. THE RECORDER LENIENT A Slackening of the Police Anti-Yice Drive Is the Forecast. Montreal, April 21.--Ninety-sev- en women and girls, taken in mor- ality squad vice raids during the past two weeks, are due t6 appear before Recorder Geoffrien today for sentence. A considerable number of the principals have been in court several times recently, and it is an- ticipated that the costs of the case, with the alternative of two months in jail, will comprise the bulk of the sentences, unless the recorder goes one step funther and flatly punishes with severe sentences. Disorderly houses are re-opening and the general air among the demi- zens of the vice district is that "The war is over" according to the police, whose nightly ralding had more than half closed up, the red light district at the end of last week. The reas- on is said to be the attitude of Re- corder Geoffrion, as demonstrated during the week when he remarked to Lieut. Gregoire of the morality squad: "I don't lke to see the city of Montreal making revenue out of these houses," referring to the ar- raignment of & number of women and girls on the evening of the day they had just paid fines for previous raids. He then allowed the women and girls to sign their own bail bonds, guaranteeing their appear- ance today for sentence. On face of that, yesterday he allowed the costs of the case of keepers and girls each time he was assured by the police that the house from which they came was in the recognized vice region, and that the reports showed the condition of the place as order- !ly. - Slackening of tHe police anti- vice drive is forecast in view of the recorders attitude, and the women tand girls are correspondingly jubil- ant. AN APPRECIATIVE WORD FROM AN AMERICAN For Years to Come the United States Will Buy Wheat in Canada. Los Angeles, Calif, April 21.-- The time will come when the United States will buy its wheat from Can- ada, according to Joseph I. Brit- tain, American consul-general at Winnipeg, now visiting in Los An- geles. "I believe Canada is the greatest wheat producing country on earth," he said. "Our commer- clal relations are ¢lose and profit- able. We have consumers and Can- ,ada for years to come will be pro- ducing foodgtuffs in large quanti- ties. The Canadians are splendid, alert, progressive people." AWAY FROM THE FARM. United States Loses 460,000 Agri- culturists in 1922, Washington, April 21.--A de- crease during 1922 of approximate- 460,000 persons in the agricultural population of the United States is re- ported by the Department of Agri- culture, which says its figures were based on a survey of 10,000 repre- sentative farms and groups of farms. 'The estimate, which included not merely workers, but men, women and children living on farms, showed a decrease of about 1.5 per cent. from the 1920 census which placed the agricultural population in rural districts at 31,359,000 persons. The population movement away from the farm, the department stat- ed, was strongest fn the Pacific States, while the percentage of loss was greater than the average for the hentire country in the west south central and New England states as well as in the Pacific group. "GUN LADY" ARRESTED. Cabaret Dancer Held In Philadelphia, April Catherine O'Conner, 23 years old, a cabaret dancer, was arrested yester- day in connection with a $10,000 hold-up early this morning: . 'When arrested, the woman, who said she is from New York, had a her clothing: were found pleces of men's jowellery. Her husband was also arrested. They were both held without bail. The man is said to have a police record, and the police say he is the man wanted in connection with three murders and a number of recent shootings. 3 The Senate stands adjourned un- il Wednesday evening. Ninety-Seven Women And revolver in a garter holster, ahd in| OR REFERENDUM |LIQU HAS FOUR QUESTIONS {The Alberta List Is to Include {| Government Sale of All Drink. |. Edmonton, Alta., April 21.--Four questions--prohibition, licensed sale of beer, government sale of beer and government sale of all 1i- quors-- will be submitted to the elec- torate of Alberta in the form of a referendum if the report of the spacial committee on the liquor con- trol referendum is adopted by the Alberta legislature. The ballot would be taken in the form of a preferential ballot with transferable vote. The report was submitted to the legislature yesterday and created quite a stir in legislative circles. It is expected there will be a keen de- bate when the report comes up for discussion tomorrow. The commit- tee recommended that the four ques- tions be submitted to the electors and that an amendment be made to the Direct Legislation Act in order to allow the additional questions of the ballot beside the one as to whether beer shall be sold by the hotels, as atked for {in the petitions to the Legislatore. E. N.. HOPKINS The successful candidate in the re- cent Moose Jaw bye-election. He repre- sents the Progressives. tne JUICY MELON CUT , BY, BERLIN. COMPANY Dividend of 1,045 Per: Cent. Will Be Paid on Dollar Basis. Berlin, April 21.--The Kam- merich Wa 4, Inc., a Berlin com- pany manufacturing steel and iron products and corrugated lead sheet- ing, thas declared a dividend of 1,- G45 3-4 per cent, breaking all Ger- man records for such declarations. The dividend is also unique in that it will be paid on the dollar basis, in the treasury bills recently issued by the government, The company reports that its net profits increased 50-fold last year. AEROPLANE DROPS FOOD 10 MAROONED PERSONS On an Island in Michigan-- Have Enough For Two Weeks. Grand Rapids, Mich, Apri] 21.-- Nine men and one woman, maroonea on South Fox Island, upper Lake Michigan, now have food supplies sufficient for two weeks. An aeruv- plane sent by the Chicago Tribune flew over the island yesterday after- noon and dropped two sacks of 200 pounds of food each, beans, bacon, sugar, tobacco and other supplies. The men in the aeroplane saw the marooned people come out of the cabin and carry in the tooa. The second Tribune plane is at Charle- voix, Mich.,, and the one that de- livered the food returned to uay- Jord. Both are returning to the island to rescue the Wilson plane which is in trouble four miles irom camp. DANCED OVER 90 HOURS. " Girl Is New Marathon Dance Champion. Cleveland, April 21.--Completing 90 hours and ten minutes continu- cus dancing, Miss June Curry walk- ed off the floor of a local dancing academy Thursday night, the world's , {champion endurance dancer. When she quit at 9:10 o'clock she had beaten by one hour and 52 minutes the record of 88 hours and i8 min- utes established the same day by Arthur Howard Klein. - Gives Up His Phone Number ' Peterboro, April 21.---J. J. How- den has voluntarily surrendered his telephone number (100) to the city, to be transferred to the fire depart- ment soley for fire alrms. This is in line with an effort made by chiefs throughout the dqminion to make 100 a standard telephone number for fire-alarm -alarm purposes. -------------- It is generally recogmized fn Dud- me 1500 a year. 1 | | THE RAILWAY | OWN INSURER Canadian National to Save Profits Paid C Companies. INDEMNITY T0 CATTLE MEN Bill to Redace Paymest to $150 Goes to Commons Committee. Ottawa, April 21.--The House of Commons yesterday afternoon ap- proved the resolution introduced by Hon. J. P. Graham authorizing the National Railiways to carry its own insurance, was taken up. Mr. Gra- ham said the experience was that insurance on the National lines pro- vides a large profit to the companies carrying the insurance. There would be a saving of approximately $750,- 000 a year under the new scheme, he stated. The Grand Trunk. had an insurance fund of about $2,000,- 000. Each year a certain amount would be put aside for purposes of insurance. | funds. attitude toward the measure. iclaimed that Nova Scotia coal, which {had been on the market 100 years, needed no advertisement. The intro- {duction of Alberta coal into Ontario |was an experiment only, he said, 'and, after all, the whole matter of [finding larger markets for Nova ;Scotia in that province rested upon the freight rates. He did not see how the Canadian National Railway could profit by freight rates thas would permit Alberta coal being shipped to Ontario, when it could not be shipped profitably from Cape Breton. DAUGHTER 1S ARRESTED INSTEAD OF MOTHER Taken to Jail at Midnight-- Habeas Corpus Granted in Montreal Case. Cattle Indemnity. The House discussed the resolu- tion to reduce the indemnity paid owners of cattle slaughtered by or- der of government inspectors under the Arimal Contagious Diseases Act. The reduction asked for is $200 to $150. Hon. W. R. Motherwell explain- ed that the resolution protected cat- tle owners whose cattle may be val- ing regulations, posed reduction is made The resolution was approved and a bill based upon it put through the first two stages and taken up in committee. The continuation of retired officers of the late war, now in the public service, was pyovided for in a bill which received 4 second reading. A bill was passed' providing against unauthorized publication of divorce committee evidence. GRANTS ORDER FOR RE-ARRES i" OF SHIP The Repairs of Victim of Col~ lision Cost More Than the Bail Given. Montreal, April 21. --Sitting In the Admiralty Court Justice Maclen- nan granted a motion made by the George Hall Coal Company of Can- ada, Limited, against the steamship Bayusona for leave to amend the writ of summons by altering the sum in which the action was enter- ed from $4,000 to $6,500, and that a warrant be issued for the re-arrest of the steamer Bayusona. By the action, plaintiff claimed $4,000 damages by reason of a col- lision between the plaintifi's barge, Frank D. Ewen, and a dock in the Lachine Canal, which happened on tOct. 25th, 1922, and which it was (claimed was caused hy the improper navigation of the 8.8. Bayusona, which was arrested and subsequently released upon bail being furnished in the amount of $4,000, which it was estimated at the time would be sufficient to cover the costs of the repairs to the phaintiff"s barge, com- pensation for her detention and costs of the action. The repairs have now been made, and it is declared that the damages suffered in consequence of the collision amount to $5,612.- €4, apart from the cost of the action. The grogs register tonnage of the Bayusona is 1,355.95 tons, and the bond of $4,000 was said to be insuf- ficient. Hence the demand for leave to amend by incr2asing the amount claimed and the re-arrest of the ship. » VOTERS WANT HENRY FORD. But Most of Democratic Leaders Are Opposed to Him. Washington, April 21.--Henry Ford continues to be the mystery of the political situation in the United States. The latest development, the circulation of petitions in a number of states having presidential prim- aries, to put his name on the ballot as a third party candidate, has in- creased the already plentiful specula- tion as to what figure Mr. Ford will teut in the 1924 campaign. Democratic voters may want Mr. Ford bat it is certain most of the leaders are opposed to him. As for the republicans, they have no expectation that Mr. Ford will become a seeker for the republican nomination against Mr. Harding. Oshawa Calls Pastor. Oshawa, Ont, April 21.--At a meeting of the congregation of the Presbyterian church a call was ex- tented to Rev. F. J. Maxwell, Pem- troke, to become the pastor of the lccal church, with a stipend of $2,- v | Halifax, from | ued for slaughter under the exist-| but after the pro-| effective. | pensions to | SCOTIA LABOR SEEKS COAL MARKET And Would Advertise Its Pro- ducts in This Part of the Country . N.8., April 21.--Archi- bald Terris (Labor, Cumberland), moved his resolution in the House of Assembly yesterday calling for the appointment of an expert on Nova Scotia coal to go to Upper Canada for the purpose of advertising and demonstrating the product, and to act in general as a trade commis- sioner in the interests of Nova Scotia products. Mr. Armstrong reminded the opposition speakers that the mo- tion was out of order as the speaker had already advised another member that it was incompetent for a private member to introduce a motion call- ing for the expenditure of public Nevertheless, he stated his He: NOVA Montreal, April 21.--Alleging that |she was arrested in error, and forci- bly taken to jail by Liquor Commis- sion Police in mistake for her mo- ther, Irma Haglin, of this city, is {seeking liberation from custody un- !der circumstances that were de- {clared unique in court circles. Yes- {terday a petition for habeas cor- {pus was granted by Justice Brun- | eau. | Miss Haglin, represented |Dutuad, alleges that the Liquor Commission had preferred four charges against her mother, an aged widow, three for gelling liquor con- trary to the provision of thé Tiquor act, and the other for illicit keeping of alcoholic beverages. On each of the first three, the mother was condemned- to one month in jail and costs, or three months, while a fine of $1,000 was impusea for the other offence, with an alter- native of costs or one month. The woman let the four cases go ly de- fault, and when sentence had been imposed and the commitments male out ordering her to jail, it is alleged seven constables of the Quebec Lig- {nor Commission penetrated the {house at midnight Wednesday and took the daughter to jail. by G. {Courtesy Cost This Man a Fine of Fifty Dollars Cobalt, Ont., April 21.--The cour- tesy of Joe Sovinski, a Brethour township farmer, in permitting the use of his telephone to Provincial Constable Craugh cost Sovinski $50 and costs in police court here. When the officer entered the house to tele- phone to New Liskeard, he found a liquid other than milk, in a churn. Sovinski was haled to court charged with having a mash in his possession, but the charge was reduced to brew- ing formented liquor without a li- cense. i 'ant Thorn Bushes to Deter Suidides -- Rochester, N.Y., April 21.-----In an effort to curb the number of suicides which for the past three or four years have been increasing steadily in the public parks in Geneva, thorn sushes will be planted about the favorite jumping places, park offic- als have decided. Officials believe the wounds made by contact with the barbs on the bushes will have a tendency to awak- en other interests in persons con- templating death. Tagg, A. B. Hunt, M.P., Seriously Il. Compton, Que., April 21.--A. B. Hunt, M.P. for Compton, has again been taken seriously 111 and has been removed to the Royal Victoria Hos- pital, Montreal, where his condition i3 causing some concern. SEPP PPP00900000 0 -* ¢ WAR ON SLOT MACHINES - . 4 Quebec, April 21.--War has '4 been declared on slot machines 4 and punching boards through- # out the province. Orders have ¢ » - * <* * * {% been issued and will be given ¢ i* effect today to put an end to & 4 those instruments, which are & # said to have reappeared in large 4 numbers throughout the whole & # province, . » PROPOSAL OF | | 'To Retire Province's Indebt- edness in Forty Years. (RTCED BY NONE Premier Declines to Say That Gregory Commission Will Be Discontinued. Toronto, April 21.--Hon. Peter Smith's proposal for a sinking fund to retire the province's indebtedness within forty years was strongly cri- |ticized yesterday by W. F. Nickle, | Kingston, who contended that the | money set aside each year would in- {crease that year's deficit so that at ithe end of the forty year period, the | province would have a debt equiva- |lent to that which it had just dis- {charged. | A demand that the Gregory in- | vestigation commission should not continue to sit after the dissolution jof the house was voiced by H. H. Dewart, who feared "political capit- al" might be made out of the com- mission's activities. Premier Drury | declined to give the requirea as- surance. ---- { New to North Member. {| Toronto, April 21.--*I have heard | nothing about it, and it does not in- | terest me in the least," stated Ma- {jor Malcolm Lang, Independent Lib- {eral member for Cochrane, discuss- ing a morning paper article to the | effect that a New Ontario bloc is talked of to contest twelve ridings at the next Provincial election. The names of A. J. Young and Arthur Slaght have been mentioned in con- nection with the proposed bloc, | which would have a 'New Ontario { First" policy. | . NEW ONTARIO PARE. ' May Appear in the Coming Provines fal Elections. ¥ April 21.--The Globe {| Toronsio, says: | At least one more party is boing {formed to take part in the coming election. Dissatisfied with present and past administration of the re- { sources of the north country, a num- ber of electors in New Ontario feel that they would better thelr position if a New Ontario bloc represented {the north. From reliabe sources the Globe learns that steps will be taken to form a New Ontario party in the | very near future. Much of the pre- liminary work has already been done, and a public announcement is {expected at any time. Ft is under- !stood that candidates will be placed in 12 ridings. During the U.F.O. convention last December a number of delegates from the north held a private cau cus, and favored the inauguration of motto: "New Ontario first." MONTREAL-PACIFIC RADIO. Message Relayed to Vancouver and Back in 20 Minutes, Hartford, Oonn., April 21.--A radio message was relayed across the continent by Canadian amateurs on three consecutive nights of ama- teur tests just completed, according to information received here tonight {by the American Radio Relay Lea- gue. The best record was relaying A mejsage from O. Bail, 704 Louis Veulllot, Montreal, to W. F. Reeves, I'uncan, Vancouver Island, and re- turn in 20 minutes. As Canadian stations are thinly scattered over & wide area, this feat compares favors ably with the 1921 record of Ameri- can amateurs wifo relayed a message across the continent and retaorn in six and a half minutes. Canadian amateurs were unsuccessful in thel first attempt March 24th, 25th and 26th, on account of atmospherig conditions. : 5 Pastor Dies a Millionaire. Vie New York, April 21.---Rev. John R. Paxton, former pastor to Jay Gould, Russell Sage and other mile lionaires, died a millionaire self. : His daughter and sole heir, Mary Paxton Hamlin, filed in the surrogate court an application for letters administration on his estate, valued at $1,000,000 in persona! property and $160,000 in real estate. ' Dr. Paxton was pastor at thy West: {from 1882 to 1893. A i -- -- Open Eleven New Schools Montreal, April 21.--Eleven the new party. They adopted as thelr * Presbyterian church, known as "Gate to Heaven" of the mil : 'SINKING FUND & '