LAS Wed:, Thyrs., Fri, Sat. "SQUIRS WINS THE CALCUTTA SWEEP" STARS HS ns, With BETTY BALFOUR | ists t-------- I YEAR 90; No. 96. al ed aily British Whig NOW PLAYING "THE HERO" With it GASTON GuASS KINGSTON, ONTARIO. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1928. LAST EDITION. --_-- WARFARE ON DRUG TRAFFIC PEMALTES ARE INCREASED ot Changes Proposed npn Naturalization Law of Canada. Ottawa, April 24. -- Canada, | through its Government, has declar- ! ed uncompromising warfare on illicit ! trafficking in drugs. The House of ! Commons last night gave third | reading to Hon. Dr. Beland's bill to prohibit the improper use of opium "and other drugs, «nd for the second Year In succession Parliament has forwarded to the senate a measure | under whose terms the aocused per- son is denied the traditional right of appeal. This particular clause , Was passed last year by the lower ; house and rejected by the upper chamber. Strong opposition was voiced by several members to removal of the right of appeal. The Ontario Tem- | perance Act and the corresponding acts of other provinces were cited ' as instances of parallel legislation . which had led to grave abuses ot | power and to gross injustices to in- | nocent citizens. ' | Hon. Dr. Manion (Conservative, | Fort Willam), Hon. J. B. M. Bax- ! ter (Conservative, St. John) and L. | H. Martell (Liberal, Hants) vigor- ously upheld the principle of appeal, ! but the House, while sympathizing in a broad sense with their plea hardened its heart toward the traf- ' fickers in drugs. The determination of the govern- ment to take ruthless measures was expressed by the minister and by Hon. E. M. Macdonald, who has been ogrupying the seat lately vac- ated by the solicltor-general. In so 'far as the drug menace was concern- ed, he said, he was convinced that the goverment "must act as it Cans "808 'were under mamial law." (Ap plause.) He would admit, he said, that in respect of temperance legis. lation the rights of certiorari had been taken from the subject in al- most every Province of the domin- don, with probable consequent in- Justices, but "this species\gf crime" ~--the drug traffic--would Nermit o? no mild measures. Experiende had shown that appeals for the most part werq taken merely to gain time. Naturalization Act. A bill to amend the naturalization act, which proposes three important changes in the naturalization law of Canada, got its second reading in the house last night, but was held up {dn committee with opposition to one feature of it from the conservative bench. The first of the two chief 'changes in the law which the bill contains is a provision for the con- tinuance under certain conditions of | the British nationality of successive | @enerations of British-born abroad. {The second important alteration of ithe law is the abolition of court pro- | Ceedings in the granting of natural- zation certificates, and the substitu- leion, therefore, of action by the de- partment of the secretary of state direct. A third change will permit "the issue of naturalization certificat- @3 to former enemies. Conservative opposition was centred on the second of these three alterations. -- To Build 25 New Elevators. Regina, April 24.--Construction of at least twenty-five elevators at rural points, involving an expendi- ture of from $200,000 to $300,000, during the present year, was an- nounced Saturday by a high official of the: Saskatchewan Elevator Come any. EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES HAS STRUCK BRANTFORD And 500 Cases Are Expected to Develop by the End of the Week. -- Brantford, April 24.-- Measles Bas hit Brantford and it is expectea by Dr. W. L. Hutton, medical health officer, that before the end OL we week the epidemic will have assum- large proportions. The disease, which was brought into the city outside points, broke out on _ Saturday, and ineide of forty-eight T8 more than thirty cases were ®eported to the health authorities. _ The expectation is that 'by the be- E of next week more than 500 Cases will have developed. meveral | ©ases have been reported from the children's shelter and the various schools. D. Hutton has issued warnings to all citizens together with the means should be taken for the sup- of the disease. {WAY TO THE CHURCH ! IS NOT THRONGED {Says Archbishop Worrell-- Sport Is No Longer a Re- creation. | | i | RAIL STRIKE | Halifax, April 24.--*Sport is no! longer a recreation. It is a business | Botlwa ? Union Lead 4 |and in close co-ordination with it | yIReR S ers have grown gambling habits which - R s s W. | Resist Redaction in Wages | -- have taken from it many of the BUT DISCOURAGE STRIKE -- I blessings which once accompanied {the games of cricket, football and To Erect Huge Tower At Wemblay, Seat of British | | other athletics," sald Archbishop | - | Worrell in his charge this afternoon Empire Exhibition. | | TREMENDOUS EARTH + AND SEA DISTURBANCES I$ -- ie. Moscow, April 24 --Tremen- |% dous earth and sea disturb- | % ances have taken place recently # in the Arctic and may still be |% continuing, according to Chil- % da despatches today giving de- + tails of an earthquake recent- + ly reported at Petropavlovsk, + Kamohatka, which carried sey- # eral buildings into the sea. The # total casualties are not known, 4+ but the loss of twenty-one lives {ly dressed. The only place where {it fo not necessary to pick one's way | that England will be faced with a| railway strike this summer. Many | at the diocesan synod. Continuing, | the archbishop said: "Bankruptcy is | prevalent yet when we go down the {streets we meet crowds thronging |the theatres, well-fed and expensive- through is to the church." | = London, April 24.--J. H. Thomas, | 0000092009000 000 secretary of the Union of Rallway- | * @ men, deprecates the statement of |Communist J. T. W. Newbold, M.P., branches of the union have passed | resolutions expressing a determina-| tion to resist the proposed reduction in wages, but the policy of the lead- ers has been to discourage a strike. To Erect Huge Tower. | London, April 24.--Plans are be- | ing completed for the erection of aj tower at Wembley, the seat of the | British empire exhibition. It will be built of concrete, will be six hun- dred feet in height and it will OPPOSED TO ] Premier Bonar Law's health ap- lust few days. NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM | f : | parently has greatly improved in the jcellor of the exchequer, emphatically |atated that the Imperial Govern- The average use of electricity per | oe . . With British Dominions Re- 1890, to 699 kilowatt hours in 1922. ly behind the present Ontario pro- Chile is on the verge of prohibi- i Consumers of mineral and soda | the value of products in that fad; 1 ondon April 24.--In reply Guelph has started a movement to !dominions being kept informed with work assessed on the cities. A strong ' |ment had kept in close touch with George Speer, a farmer, who re- hen his uptodate bar, - iny: lygomer tor Lett akes bth 5 and ensilage, were destroyed by fire made his speech proclaiming a dif- capita in Chicago has jumped from | approximately. 2 kilowatt hours in | li h R I Oc . The Albany Club, the leading Con- | -- ue servative club in Toronto, is strong- rnciat eater, Hon. Howara Fores | WAS SMUTS ~~ CONSULTED son. tion, according to Bishop William | F. Oldham, resident bishop of the | Methodist Episcopal church at | aS, Diff olic Buenos Aires. | claiming erent P y water in the United States boosted | From Home Government. from $58,400,000 In 1914 to $115.- | queries in the Houso of Commons £77,000 in 1921. {at question time yesterday as to the protest to Hon. F. C. Biggs against regard to the French occupatibn of the high cost of certain highway deputation from municipalities will visit Toronto. : sides at Cornwall Centre, met with {the matter of occupation. a severe loss on Saturday night, Captain Wedgwood Benn, Liberal three head ct cattle, seven horses, a {ernment had consulted Premier portion of his machinery, grain, hay [Sau of South Africa before he of unknown origin. ! -y \ferent policy from that of the British -- -- |government. the government of the dominions on ; ICHICAGO CARRYING | ON VICE CRUSADE 500 Caught in Raids on Re- | sorts in Course of Clean-up Campaign. Chicago, April, 24.--Unprecedent- ed raids, participated in by perhaps the largest number of police, both «an uniform and in civilian dress, ever taking part at the same time {before in Chicago, marked sesterday {the announced intention of Chief ot i Police Morgan A. Collins to "clean jup Chicago." . | When the wearied police finally sought their homes they had rounded up a total of nearly 500 men and women found in various vice and |gambling resorts. Over 150 had been taken in the vice raids alone. | Sensing apparently that the new | catet 'means business," a funereal } to calm descended tcday upon scores or | | well-known resorts, considered for {years to be practically impregnable from police interference A general excidus of leading gamblers and vice 5 . | front {the Ruhr. Stanley Baldwin, chan- lords was reported to be under way. ! It was predicted that these forced | "vacations" would last until a hasty jreconnoitering can determine whe- ther a calm will follow tne storm. *"There is no chance of a let-up." declared Chief Collins. 'So long as me administration lasts conditions are going to be kept clean. Tae tightness is just beginning to make itself felt. It is going to get tighter and tighter. I am not 'in the least {satisfied with the situation yet," Practically every man stationed at CENSURED BY LABOR ORGAN The Londen Herald Opposes ' the Costly Display E'S WEDDING -- AT THE Owi isery And H do Wg _ | Queen Simple. London, April 24.--The efforts at | Lausanne to re-estavs.ssh world { Peace, the d.sorders in tue Ruhr, de- jvates In parliament ang other pro- { saic topics have been forced off the pages of the Hritish newspap- ers this week In order to satiate the avid appetite of tne British public {for new bearing on the marriage this coming Thursday of the Duke Ol York to Lady Ehzateth Bowers- ! Lyon The newspapers today Jevote sev- feral columns to descriptions of tne {bride's wedding gown, troussesu, lootwear and marriage gifts; sev- eral publish elaborate illustratea special supplements, while one offers Puuices for tne best narrat.ve descnip- # is already definitely ~estab- % lished. * <> * <* + + + +* + + + + + J * + + * * Se0e00e0000000000 ------ "USEFUL WOMEN" LEAGUE 10 HELP EVERYBODY give | visitors to the exhibtion grounds a | panoramic view of the country for' hundreds of square miles. The | tower will be three times as high as | the Nelson column in Trafalgar | Square, and visitors will be able to | reach the top by a giant elevator | cage. -- ; U. S. Commercial Offensive. { {the detective bureau participated |In the raiding parties, which includ { Sir (Henry Craik, Conservative, {Scottish universities, asked was it Ireatcre ! "a 4 : 8 rover course far the Tperial gov. &1 almost three-quarters of all the| London is aflutter over the oe Pg ° Sous ig E rd w the Pldin-clothesmen in the service, as! parations. The environs of West- j= oe ve Oy a Britain's well as a large number of patrolmen. minster Abbey are a forest of pine [on allion? {board stands and eeats for tnose H. Harmsworth, Conservative (¢® + 42220429 ¢0¢e Wilngtopay trom $5 to $500 to Boe |member for Thanet, declared that | ® » the roval cortege, and the whole auty [the dominions were thoroughly vers- [+ THE FORT WILLIAM «| Wi be In holiday attire for the event tons of the ceremony sent in by London, April 24.--A widespread | United States commercial offensive | throughout the Near and Middle East to Central Asia is in process of arrangement, says the Daily Mail diplomatic correspondent. The Chester concession and syndicate now forming in the United States are part of this movement, which in- cludes in its prospective scope, Turk- ey, Bulgaria, Caucasus and Persia. | The Polcal Pot | Liberals to Oppose Drury Milton, April 24. -- Contrary to general expectation Halton county To Discuss Politics With El- derly Gentlemen and Give Brides Advice. Manchester, Eng., April 24. "Useful women," an organization | which is a sort of lgqague of fairy | god~mothers, has started operations | here. Under its guidance, bachelors {requiring wives, elderly gentlemen looking for someone with whom to | discuss politics, brides needing ad- vice, or hostesses seeking "fillers" at parties will be assisted. Mrs, Lilly, WUgNLér of a former lord mayor of Manchester, who is starting the scheme, explains that in addition to the duties mentioned above "useful women" will be willing to mend bachelors' clothes and darn their . socks, look after children, teach lan-| "iberals last night decided to enter guages, search for missing relatives, |3 candidate against Drury in the go shopping, read books in every | Provincial election. Possible nomi- |tongue and supply players for card |n€es include W. Robinson, Oakville; parties. L. B. R. Dale, Georgetown; Charles S-------- kedhead, Nelson; P, R. Robertson, Turks Still Demand {Milton and Hugh Cleaver, Burling- Evacuation by Allies i | | | n. The Conservatives express satis- {faction at the news of the three- o oo » ! E Lbusoune. acy 20. to area! | cornered contest, declaring it will pi Yoln or the Allied powers ang | Assure thein of victory, The P. P. A, P f on and | Powever, who have tenderod Prem- d det Greec Turkey a Ween acs this ler Drury their nomination declare Turkey, resumed its sessions A Va coi owner, who n e » that unless Canade wire takes action inst Oriental immigration to British Columbie, the boundary be- tween Canada and Asia will not be the Pacific ocean, but the Rocky Mountains. Less than 100 gears ago the first white man saw B. C. he says, and in less another 100 years the last white man Will look upon it unless something is done Pembroke Rate Fixed. Pembroke, April '24.--At a spec- lal meeting of the finance com- mittee of the town council the tax rate for the year was sot at 44 mills and 49 for the separate school. This Is two mills lower than last year. GNITING SIX NATIONS; morning. {the latest developments will aid his In the discussion of territorial Cause, that the Liberals and Oon- clauses the Turks maintained their Servatives will split the urban vota previous viewpoints on each of the. and Drury will get the sqli® rural disputed questions and insisted that | support. the first step In the procedure should | be the evacuation of Turkish terri-| tory by the AMied troops. ---------- ORGANI CRIME TRUST TO PROTECT CRIMINAL 7.5 =o. Ringleaders in Philadelphia 2 Bbting Spesch a which he # tacse @ Drury Government main- Movement Said to Be Old I on the ground of extravagance, Offenders. | the only other speech was by E. {Guss Porter, K.C., M.P. Philadelphia, Pa., April 24. --| -- Banditry is beconting so lucrative! In South Oxford. | beie that a "crime trust" for protec-| Ingersoll, April 24.--Notwith- ition of criminals has been organiz- standing the published announce- ed, Superintendent of Police Mills | ments to the contrary, A. T. Walk- slated today. "By banding togeth- ar, M.P.P. for South Oxford, is will- er," said Mills, "and aiding each |ing to allow his name to go before other in case of trouble, by obtain | the U.F.O. convention to be held at fag lawyers and advancing funds, | Mount Elgin, on April 26th. This the criminal element has strength-{is, according to an expression from ened its position. The ringleaders! Mr. Walker, made to political friends in the movement are old offenders." | in the distriot and is generally tak- " {en as a surprise. West Hastings Conservative. Frankford, April 24.--W. H. Ire- land was chosen here Yesterday as Conservative candidate for West { Hastings in the forthcoming battle jo ballots next June. There was no jother name brought before the con- | vention of delegates from all parts {ot the riding. Man's Leg Is Severed By a Street Car Toronto, April 24.--A man of unknown address, who gave his name to the police before becoming unconscious, as James Boyd, died in the emergency ward of the General Hospital early this morning as the result of a severed leg and fractur- ed skull which he sustained when struck by a street car at Bloor and Parliament streets late last night. ------ Nova Scotia Vital Statistics, Halifax, N.S., April 24.--The re- port of the deputy registrar-general shows that during 1922 there were 13,021 births in Nova Scotia, an in- crease of 228 over the preceding year; 6.420 deaths, a decrease of 153 and 3,550 marriages, a decrease of 230 MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT President of the International Wo- man Suffrage Alliance, since 1804, who is to resign In June, at the meeting of Frank Dulphiste and O'Reitlla ? POW-WOW NEXT WEEK Canadian and U. 8. Indians to Gather at Caughnawaga Reserve. Montreal, April 24.--The city and district of Montreal will witness what promises to be a unique turn- out of Red men in full war drees, when, on Monday next, a gigantic Pow wow of North American Indians from the U. S. and Canada will be held at the Caughnawaga reserva- tion. The purpose of the conference is to unite the members of the various tribes which make up the Six Na- tions under one leader and to clear up several differences between the tribes. One of the most Important points to be settled is the appointment of a lawyer who will represent the Indians in their various quarrels with their respective governments, -- Aemilius Jarvis Sells Schooner. Toronto, April 24.--Vice-Commo- dore Aemilius Jarvis, of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, has sold his well-known racing schooner Has- well for $21,000 to a California yalchsman who will sail her in the long distance cruising race from Santa Barbara, Cal, to Honolulu in July. The schooner has already been entered by Mr. Jarvis for the New London, Conn., to Bermuda cruising race in June, but the sale of the boat is likely to throw her out of this Trace, 2 5 -- 0000000000000 000 - THE DISINFECTING - OF BANK NOTES ¢ ° Ottawa, April = 24.--During + the session of the banking and ¢ ; P2499 00000 ment disinfected its own but had to take the repo: the banks on theirs. He that the condition of the circulation some years ago "absolutely filthy," but that had been much improved. 15k} CPP P4944 2 200000000 " Morsetie, trappers, were found brut. William. the Alliance in Rome. ally murdered near Fort ° 0900000290000 0000e 8 HARBOR 1S OPENE { Which links a member of the royal ied In the matter of the French oc- ARBOR ENED ba rind with one of non-royal brood. Thursday will be declared a na- tional hohday te give the school children and others a chance to wit: ness the procession. : | Labor Paper on Warpati All this preparation led the La- | bor newspaper, the Daily HeraM, to | print a caustic editorial in which it | says. | In prosperous times it might not | matter, but now, when there is | widespread misery and hunger, when millions of our fellow men and wu men are only just {cupation of the Ruhr. Chancellor Baldwin replied to the questions by saying that he thought "consultation" and - "close touch" {meant very much the same thing. CHRISTIANS' DUTY TO ATTEND DRAMA Pastor Defends Theatre-Going and Dancing--What Counts in Religion. New York, April 24.-- "There is more obscenity in the Bible than 'n any current New York play," said the Rev. Charles Francis Potter, Sunday at the West Side Unitarian Church, in replying to a sermun preached on Sunday, April 15th, at Calvary Baptist Church by the Rev. T. T. Shields of Toronto. "It is more of a waste of time to read parts of Chroniclees' Ezra and Numbers than it is to play carcs™ said Mr. Potter. "Dancing is mnors often praised than condemned in the Bible. If there had been movies and regular plays in Palestine in Jesus' day, He would have gone, for He attended every variety of 'worldly' amusement known to that day. "The theatre of todey is the en- emy of povincialisms of all sorts and many Christians are very pro- vincial. The people who rose in a day afternoon and pledged them- g3lved' to remoumce theatre-gomg iprobably do not attend much any | way, and probably are the very ones ern drama. Ansone¢ who respond- ed to such an appeal to prejudice and intolerance is certainly in neea of expanding his narrow provincial mind. : "The great dramatists of today are the prophets of today and hey are usually far ahead of the reli- sense of real moral values." Mr. Potger said tha: it is not unly no &in for a Christian to attend the theatre, but that it is his duly to attend so as to improve the the- atre, improve himself and improve the church. . "After all, it is character and not It is not so much what we don't do as what we do do that 'nfluences our neighbors. The Christian life is not a negative thing, It conssts not in abstinance, asceticsm and monasticism, but in an active life of good deeds. "The old religion taught the cramping of personality by many prohibitions. The new message for today is the expansion of personal- ity by all helpful agencies and the modern drama is most certainly one of these agencies for the develop- ment of human life along lines of character construction." POTATOES AT $3 A BARREL | Highest Price Reached in Frederic. ton For 8 .me Time . Fredericton, N.B., April 24.--Po- tatoes reached a higher price Sat- urday than for some time, selling in the country at $3 a barrel. Some of the farmers claimed that as high as $2.75 a barrel was being paid by shippers in Sunbury county, but dealers said such a price was dealers sald they were paying $2 a barrel for delivery on cars at some points for export, but said latest advices indicated that the American market was becoming dull. 3 gious prophets and have a better | prohibition that counts in religion. | only paid for seed stock. However, | {% § -- | Fort William, i+ The Port of Fort |® open for navigation. The ice- [#: breaker Strathmore yesterday entered the Kam river and eas- ily smashed her way up to the last turning basin. There is considerable open water out in Thunder Bay, and vessels from the east will have no diffi- + culty entering both harbors as + 800n as the Soo 'canal is open. $ ® * April 24 -- William is + * + + * * + + [ Ie + ie i i le | 990 0c (I AA X EX XJ a ---- LOOT THROWN IN RIVER, FINE MEN CONFESSED [Solution of Brighton Robbery | Case Looked For at Port | Hope. | Port Hope, April 24. --Provincial | Constable Boyd of this town has {rounded up five men in connection {with the recent burglary at Brigh- jton, and they all pleaded guilty and {have been committed for trial. | The beautiful old home of the late Sheriff Proctor had been closed dur- {ing Miss Proctor's absence in To- ronto. Early in October entrance (was gained to the home and goods | phone records, a gramophone repro- ducer, two old solid gold watches, antique pipes, linen, Jewelry, a pearl necklace, a case of liquor, two dozen |addition the intruders injured the | woodwork of the house and turned !things over in general. The value jot the goods stolen exceeded $1,000. Four days after Constable Boyd 'started on the case he had gathered {sufficient evidencd to warrant the arrest of one man. After some cross- examination the accused made {complete confession, and the other four arrests followed. | Learning of the constable's pres- lence in Brighton, the young men be- {came alarmed, and in an effort to {cover up any clew threw all the [Stolen goods In the lake and the {Trent River. They will come up before Judge {Ward in a few days. The men under |arrest are Herbert Frise, Kenneth Loomis, Lyle Robbin, Walter Gil- lott, all of Brighton, and John Fer- guson, Trenton. DR. F. H. KIRKPA Recent! ted principal of th a al rincipal o L) new Y.M.C. Dnt of Speech Educa- tion. which 1s to be established in To- ronto. to serve the whole Dominion. will inciude classes in everything pe 0 speech from the correctio: to oratory. Tt! when vast numbers of aia growing up without knowledge of { the happiness of a home, or of suffie- | lent food and clothing, or of ciean- { liness and orderly ways--at such a {time it is both a shame and a peril that there should be such lavish |cutpourings of money on costly ap- eleburawe | | parel an | feeding." The newspaper says this view 1s also undoubtedly taken by the king |and queen, who have simple tastes. {The method chosen to celebrate the | marriage, it adds, is entirely out of | key with the present state of the {nation; the population of which "is | suffering painful humiliation and | privations." | The Herald charges that the im- | terest and excitement of the wedding {have been deliberately created by fantastically wave of religious fervor last Sun- Stolen, including silverware, gramo-| D® PeWsPabers for the purpose of | Increasing their advertising revenue. The king and queen held a re- {ception in the throne room of Buek- |ingham Palace last evening in hom- who need most the message of mod. | bottles of wine and silk dresses. n|°F ©! the Duke and his fiancee, at | which all the elite in court, society, |and diplomatic circles were present. { LAND EAST OF WINNPEG The Red River Is 8ix Feet ° Above the Mark of Last i Year. | | | | | i Winnipeg, April 24. Flood cons ditions now menace parts of St. j Boniface and Transcona, it wag {learned last night, with the Red | River steadily gathering volume | trom the flood waters to the west and swelling tributaries to the south, The Red is now six feet above the high-water mark of 1922. Augmented by dissolving fields of snow, which have converted the whole territory lying east of Winanl- peg into a huge lake, the waters now © re finding their into St. Boniface and Packing plants and tanneries at the stock yards. Some buildings in the stock yards district flooded to a depth of two feet. Dan= ger to the northwest area of the city is now believed over, the water showing a drop of more than a foot to-day. SE ------ sins ot. Methodist Progress in Lauzon. Manila, P.I, April 24 Fifty-four new churches, have been built by the Methodist om the Island of Luzon during the last four years. pe The report showed also that $500 €00 had beeg raised and expended on the island during the same and that the church now has 65,060 members in the Philippines. ------ John Atkins, one of the 0d vioneers of Stratford district is ¢ TIRNED INTO BIG LAKE threatening already are x 4]