> TO-DAY Poor Men's Wives The Baily Brit Whi ARE 7 YEAR 90; No. 112, KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1028. LAST EDITION. RUSSIA CANNOT ACCEPT THE BRITISH ULTIMATUM But Is Willing Confer, Says Soviet ~~ Deputy Minister Gavetsky. 'Moscyv Meeting Protests Against Curzon' Note ~=Leonid Krashin Enroute to London To Try And Prevent Break. Moscow, May 12.--The Soviet gov- croment does not desire a break with Great Britian and is willing to confer with that country, but it cannot dccept such an ultimatum as that contained in Lord Curzon's resent note, said M. Ganetsky, depu- ty minister of foreign affairs, in a speech delivered at a meeting here Yesterday. ; The meeting passed a resolution 'protesting against the British note and declaring that Russia is ready. if pecessary, to meet with armed force any nation which endeavors to infringe upon its independence. -- May Prevent Break. Moscow, May 12.-- id Krash- trade and commerce, will leave for . Bingland to-day. "The British ulti- L\ matum expires May 17th and the in- p% 5 CRF ELOTT | PASSES AWAY) obo : tervening time may give Krashin time to make an effor: 40 straighten cut affairs in London and prevent a break in relations between Russia and Great Britain. Trying to Uproot Reflgion. May 12.--Representatives of eve ery relh on known in France have joined in an appeal to the public opinion of the world » st "the prosecution of religion» In Russia and arrests and execution of relig- ious authorities." The et gov- ernment, says the document, '4s trying bo uproot religion from the souls of the people and {s employing every means to arrive™t that ema, including confiscation of property, profamation of churches and syna- gogues, parodies on religious cere- monies, official athiestic schools, and prison, torture and 'death." mn tee' of 'the Ontario synod. Mr. EMiott's death is deeply de- plored by Canon W. F. FitzGerald, rector of St. Paul's, who. held him in high esteem. "He was a cour- teous and Christian gentleman and a man of the highest honor and in- tegrity." Mr. Elliott was never married. He is survived by two sisters, Miss Jen- nie and Miss Katie at home, and three 'brothers, John M., Mathew and Alexander, all of Kingston. The flags on the city buildings are fiylug at half mast out of respect to the memory of the deceased, who rendered great service to the cly, ROW DECLINES To Stand For Labor in East Hamil- ton Riding. Hamilton, May 12. -- Failing in his arguments to convince the mem- bers of the independent labor party last night that the Farmer-Labor alli- ance was not in the interests of the working classes and that labor should no longer continue to fight under the coalition standard, George Halcrow, former member of the legislature, de- clined to allow his name to go for- ward for nomination in tie east rig~ Ing of Hamilton. Hon. Walter Rollo | | Was the choice for the west riding. Robert Faweett Elliott passed' at his residence at the corner 'Divis and Pine streets on Fri- night, and his death is the oc- for deep regret owing to his us activities and his promin- in the political, religious, busi- and fraternal circles of the For the com r.. He was a' Npe- Liberal, 'and 'was the Liberal ate for the Oatario legislature 'by-election of 1921. 4 i ne a Trenton Women Boycott Sugar, Trenton, May 12.--A number of Trenton's housewives have banded themselves together and intend to organize all the ladies of the town for the purpose of boycotting the sugar refineries. The ladies will use syrup and various other preparations until the sugar people decide to lower the price of this commodity. How Kingston ' compares with other Canadian cities for. average prices on foodstuffs and household requisites. Do you pay more or less than the housekeepers in other cities? The British Whig will publish daily charts showing comparative prices. Watch for the first one on Monday next. The British Whig, realizing the great general interest there 1 in the 20st of living, has arrange? or pub- lication daily commencing a series of charts show- . prices paid in dif- cities for the same You will find there is a consider able difference in the cost of the fam- ily budget, = ig ge the city: you | live in, and it ' You will find these charts an in §-{ esting study and we suggest that clip them from day to day ak them for referer There (SCURRILOUS LETTERS WILL DELIVER THEM UP. When the British Government Calls For the Prisoners, | Dublin, May 12.-- Kevin O'Hig- gins, Irish Free State secretary of home affairs, stated to the press to- day that he would deliver to the Bri- tish, Art O'Brien and all other pur. sons deported from England to Ire- land when they were demanded. The Secretary sald he considered the agreement under which the prisua- ers were obtained from Britain In- cluded compliance with Rpuccesstul habeas corpus motions. 'A writ of! habeas corpus was recently obtain- ed in England for O'Brien, ------ LADY ASTOR'S DINNER. Representative Gathering To The Prince of Wales, London, May 12.-- Lady Astor gave a dinner and reception at her London residence last night to "meet the Prince of Wales." It Was a very representative gathering there being guests from the realms of church, parliament, journalism, stage, art, literature, diplomacy and law. A number of labor members of the House of Commons were in- vited ahd some of them attended with their wives, A -- cn rt ceva---- Think Cost of Goods To Consumer Wilf Increase Meet Toronto, May 12.--Toronto bust- Dess men concede that the altera- thon of *he method of levying the sales ta' is the outstanding feature of the delding. budget. There is not com plete unpnimity as to whe- ther the cost of goods affected by the sales tax will be increased o- not. The general view, however, is that the new sales tax of six per cent. at the source, manufacture of importation, will increase the cost of the goods to the consumer. .| ing naval HAVE DONE MUCH DAMAGE Well-to-Do Clubmen of New York Are Accused of Issu- ing Them. New: York, May 12.--The exist- ence in this city of a vicious band o? well<to-do clubmen, who have Spe % ialized for. years in.sending to weal- FIND STRANGE THINGS IN CANADIAN TRUNKS | English_Police Warn People From This Country to Be More Careful. S-------- = London, May 12.--The English police wish Canadians would be more -------- careful of what they leave behind At Lausanne Over Yorovsky's Assassination. them in trunks. A young woman en on route to Canada was discovered a - : fortnight ago to have left a trunk at a London railway station containing the skeleton of a child. Yesterday a trunk left in a house at/Blackburn Encouraged the Swiss Slayer ~What Berlin Soviet En- bassy Officials * Say. by a Canadian soldier on being open- ed was 'found to contain sufficient usanne, May 12.--~The heads of the delegations to the Lausanne explosives to blow up the town hall. There were hand grenades, nose caps Peace Conference after an exchange of views yesterday decided to take and even howitzer cartridges. Are Eligible no official action on the assassina- tion of Vorovsky.: For State Offices The representativis of the great powers, however, resént the cuurge made the Soviet delegation tnat they are morally responsible be- cause their attitwde towards the delegation had created a local at-i mosphere from which the erimy re- sulted. . 5 A semi-official conference state- ment repudiates the charge and calls the. successive steps taken by the conference regarding the status of conference regarding teh satuts of the Russian delegates. NO OFFICIAL Women Boston, Mass., May 12.-~The leg- Islature, in joint session, completed the necessary two years' endorse- ment of educational amendments by voting again to strike out the word "male" as a qualification to' voting in-state and local elections, and by voting to make women eligible to hold any public offices, stata, county _ or local, X All' Furnaee§ in Operation. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., May 12.-- Number two blast ffrnace of the Al- goma Steel Corporation is expected to start operations about June first. This will mean that the whole four furnaces of the company will be in cperation, bringing the output of pig iron to capacity. FORMER SARNUA Wo HOUSE OF DAYD Yi Atmosphere Encourages Killer. Berlin, May 12.--An "auspicious atmosphere for the assassination of the soviet delegate Vorovsky was created In Lausanne, it is charged by officials of the Soviet embassy here. who declare that their envoy was not only subjected to studied isola- tion, but that he was also persist- ently boycotted and denied the cus- tomary diplomatic courtesies and accommodations. He was not per- mitted to communicate with his gov- ernment in code and was also re- fused courier service, they assert. The' soviet representatives believe Voroveky was the victim of a plot by Russian emigres, : \ "Queen" of Canada Is A Sensible Qirl | Mrs. Harriet Hanna Left Com-! fortable Home to Go to | Michigan Community. | : ------ Sarnia, May 12.--How Mrs. Har- riet Hanna, a widow of mature years, sister-in-law of the late W. J. Han- Da, president of Imperial Oil Lim-! ited, and one tim¥ Provincial Secre-' tary of Ontario, was lured from al comfortable home in this ¢ity to the colony, of the House of David, how thy and socially prominent persons scurrilous Jetters attacking theless latives and friends, was disclo by District Attorney Banton, terday, after the news of the indict- ment of George Maxwell, president of the American Society of Compos- ers, Authors and Publishers, had leaked out. The activities of the band, Mr. Banton declared, have re- sulted In one or more suicides, dis- ruption of at least nine homes ana the incarceration in private insane asylums or banishment of several persons whose families: were misled by the circumstantial nature of stor- ies concerning them. - The attorney< general has obtained possession of 157 of these scurrilous letters. Both Parties Get Judgment. Toronto, May ~ 12.--Dr. George Foster, who has been suing Harry G. Stubbs, Kingston, for $5,760 dam- ages, was, when the jury returned from deliberations lasting hours, awarded, $1,500. A peculiar fea- ture of 'the case was that Stubbs' got $50 from a counterclaim. Last November. in a collision. Stubbs' car was slightly damaged. He mounted on the footboard of Dr. Foster's car, to demand' the number, and leaning over, with his hand on the Steering wheel, caused it to race forward and crash into a post. x "Awarded $4,500 Toronto, May 13.-- After one hour's deliberation the jury in the breach of promise action, brought by Mls. Van Hoorde against Walter McKeown, last night, returned a ver- dict of $4,800 for plafutiff. = The finding of the jury surprised Sir Wil liam Mulock, who presided. South American Republic increas-| : nr * Jabs sportsmanship New York, she took with her $2,000 of the fam- ok Ny 2 Winnifred % N fur- ha ": oe y and social graces made her the most typical girl of the dominion and its "queen' for the year, sald ste had decHned a con- tract to enter the movies and would stick to her typewriter. : : She will return to Canada, Mon- day. Yesterday she visited the Cana: dian Club of New York, of which she has been"made a life member. Imagined She Had Cancer 80 Woman Took Her Life a -- Port Anthur, Ont., May 12.--Vie- tim of melancholia, Mps. Fred Fos- ter, wife of a returned man, farm- ing in the Dorion district, thirty-five miles east of this city, committed suicide by drinking a quantity of lodine and cutting her throat with a carving knife. Mrs. Foster's father died in land with cancer and his daughter labored under the impression that she too hed fhe disease. Nid of tention, and was given the cheapest of funerals, was' related here by Mrs. Christopher Hanna, her daughter, Mrs, Christopher Hanna with a second daughter, Mrs. Henry Carle- ton, of 'thic city, went to Benton | Harbor, Mich., on learning of their mother's death in 1919, and had the body exhumed and brought to her old home for burial. Of the misuse to which the burial certificate given for her mother was put, Mrs. Hanna knew little until advised that her mother's name _had been erased from the certificate and that of =a young girl substituted. ap-- Daughter Denies Suspicion. Sarnia, May 12.--If an investiga- Ln -- oy Hanna, is held such 2 move will be made only on the part of the legal alithorities in Benton Harbour, Mi- chigan, the home of the cult, and not by relatives in this city. This was made plain to-day, by Mrs. Christo- pher Hanna, daughter of the late Mrs Harriett Hanna. : "We have every reason to believe that my mother died of pneumonia while at the House of David, and from no other cause," she sald. Mrs, Hanna expressed indignation over the publicity which had been given the death of her mother, which occurred In January, 1909. Reports publish- ed In Toronto 'and elsewhere intimat- ing that'she suspected foul play in the death of her mother, were em- phati~ally denounced. ° ------------ Children Die of Poison. ' Rochester, N.Y., May 12.--Donald Farmington, 7, and his sister, Betty. 4. dled at their home: in Bast Hen- rietta road an hour afier eating a quantity of pois n tablets which they, Eng-! bill to amend the immigration act was taken up in committee by the House of Commons last evening. There was some discussion of the clause which provides for deportation of an 'alien wko advocates the assassination of an official of the gove | Hon. Arthur Meighen m, emendment making assassination. of an; cause for -deportation ment carried. ; OLD MOTHERS, I love old mothers--mothers with white hair EL an And Kindly eve sad lps grown. soy 'With murmured blessings over sles |] War head 1 'pneumonia without medical at-| tion into the death of Mrs. Harriet) end on imports all at six per cent, MANY REDUCTIONS MADE IN THE CANADIAN TARIFF Finance Minister Fielding Presents His | Budget to House of Commons. Lower Duties on Sugar, Cigarettes And Wines --Sales Tax Imposed At Source--No Change in Income Tax Yet Ottawa, May 12.--The following oficial summary gives a bird's eye view of the principal proposals of Mr. Fielding's budget, presentad yesterday: Customs--Preferential tariff is reduced by a discount of 10 per cent, on the amount of duty computed uader such tariff when such goods are conveyed without trans-shipment into a sea or river port of Canada' Articles on which this discount! will not-apply are A---On wines, malt liquors, spirits, spiritous Mquors, liquid medicines and articles containing alcohol, sugar, tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. B--To goods on which the rate of duty does.not exceed 15 per cent; or C--To goods #Admitted into Can- "tion sdmewhat. ada under. the trade agreement. - . Sugar, refined, reduced' ong-half cent per pound. Sugar maw reduced about' 40 cents per hundred pounds. » Excise Duties. Raté on cigardies is reduced to former rate of six dollars per thous and. The section imposing am excise Guty on sugar made from sugar beets is repealed. : Special war revenue act--maxi- mum rate of the tax on cheques votes and bills of exchange is re- duced from: $2 to $1 each... Consumption on sales tax--Tris tax 'will b% collected at the source from the manufacturer or producer A few items are added to list 'of ex: ceptions from sales tax: Excise tax on Canadian wines re- duced from $3.to $1.50 per. gallon. No change is made in income tax. It any are to be made, it will be done in.a sel e bill. * A he one cent per p.und is riaced on carbonic acid gas. Most of the changes in the tariff are in the way of reductions, but the duty om raisins and dried currants is increased. It wiil be three por cent. except under British Prefer ence. There will be no tax under British proference. This fs designed to encourage trade with Australia. There is a variation in the tax on crude petroleum. © ; Artificial silk ig made a new classi- Eeation in tariff to encourage this new Industry. é : Raw furs, wool, tiles, manuscripts and pewsprint are added to list of exemptions from the sales tax. The customs and excise AL : TTT" © come Into force on the 12th May, 23, and the changes in the special ~ reyenue act on the 1st August, 1923. sh AN Sade '|figures' for the years since 1 did not realize how highly imports ant it was to have closer trade Te lations with the United States. He therefore proposed to put in the tariff law a declaration' of the will- dugness of Canada to enter into a re ciprocal tariff agreement with that country. The, clause he proposed was to the effect that any minister of the crown could enter into an agree. ment of this kind whenever the president should exercise his privi. lege to. reduce duties on - cattle, wheat, wheat flour, oats, barley, po< tatoes, hay, onioms or turnips. Such agreement could be made by order in council. "This," said Mr. Fielding amid applause, "is a standing offer on reciprocity." 1f the president of the United States is prepared to exer- cise his powers, we are prepared to meet him, | -- National Debt. There had been added to the ma- tional debt the sum of $49,203,086. The receipt of $8,000,000 on e3- change adjustment fromthe British government had helped the situa- It was satisfactory to record that the debt addition had been progres- plvely decreasing, and he gave the 914 as follows: Debt increase: 1917, $264,000,000 1018, $312,000,900; 1919, $382, 000,000; 1920, $674,000,000; 1927, | $62,000,000; 1922, $31,000,000; ° 1923, $49,000,000. ° : A large portion of the reven said the minister, was derived fp the sales tax. The form of th In the future thé tax would ] imposed as to source and the amount Would be six per cent. (Applause). The tax would be paid 'on th duty paid value both of the home- fade and imported article, There would be some difficulties of collec tion, but it was hoped that these could be overcome. It was also pro- Posed that there should be added to the list of exemption from the tax, raw furs, wool, grein for seed, manii- script and newsprint. " There Bad been some new taxes last year, some had proven success~ ful, some .ad not. There had wiuch complaint against the receipts (ax, but the minister regarded th tax as perfectly sound. : Mr. Fielding announced that was reluctant to add to the taxes al- ready existing. On account of the effect of French treaty on wines it has been. desided to reduce the excise duty on Canadian wines from 30 cents per gallon to 7 1-2 cents.' The duty Canadian sparkling wine Is reduce also from $3 per gallon to $1.50. This would fully meet the treaty. It was not intended, ever, to make any change in ths cise on Canadian spirits to meet | French treaty rates on brandy, Any changes in the Income 2 will be dealt with In a separate Bil A ------. v3 ¢ Cigarette, Tax Reduced. The duty on cigarettes had. year been increased by $1.50 thousand. might' The figures showed what regarded as a Sime did not regard it as a | : consumption, but in ae