TO-DAY 'KATHERINE MACDONALD ""Refuge" YEAR 90; No. 191. KINGSTON, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, AUG, 16, 1928, ' POLICE MAKE BIG SEIZURE Found 138 Bottles of Scotch Whiskey And Gin STORED IN AN AUTOMOBILE | Toronto Men Arrested on Princess Street--Heavy Fines Are Imposed. 'The sergeant's room at the police station looked like a government vendor's office on Thursday, as theres were no less than 138 bottles of Scotch whiskey and gin ' in the room. i : The liquor found its way to the station as a result of a seizure made late Wednesday night, by Constable Nicholas Timmerman and Thomas Garrity, when they placed under ar- rest Andrew Baldwin and vLaurie Shantz, both of Toronto, on charges of "transporting liquor and having liquor in a place other than a pri- vate 8" Shantz and Baldwin came before Acting Magistrate Ald. R. E. Kent, in the police court Thursday fore- noon. ' T. J. Rigney conducted the 'prosecution and A. E. Day appeared on behalf of Shantz and Baldwin. a couple of the bottles had been broken and the liquor was running in the car. As a result there was a very strong smell of liquor off the car. The car in which Shantz and Bald- win were travelling was confiscated by the police and put in a local gar- age. The fines had not been paid up ill 2 pm, . London Plan to Smuggle Liquor By Aeroplane ---- London, Ont., Aug. 16. -- Indica~- tions of a large rum-running ring, with headquarters in London and which has extensive ramifications in Ontario, were brought to light today when it was ascertained that plans have been on foot for some time to transport liquor across the United 'States border by aeroplane. The first shipment, consisting of a consi- derable quantity of wet goods, was to have been made last week, it was learned, but the venture 'Was . post- poned on account of unforeseen diffi- 'culties which unexpectedly arose. SPP 4449494434200 45 » 4 GERMAN SITUATION a STILL PRECARIOUS. + Berlin, Aug. 16.--Although # communist strikes in Berlin % have ended, the situation else- % where is precarious, according # to reports reaching the capital. % Bighty arrests [were made at # Halle, following a fight be- # tween nationalist and commun- % ist factions. The situation in "% the province of Saxony is re- ported as threatening, % tr ePPb tore tre + Lg ARREST MAY COST DEARLY De Valera's Ma Ki Hs Blinn am BAD DOESKT EY The Irish Government the Problem It Now Has Op Its Hands. ' Dublin, Aug. 16. -- Eamon De Valera, arrested under dramatic cir- cumstances at Ennis yesterday, when he appeared to Jeliver a speech in the election campaigh, will probably be brought from Limerick, wirere he is imprisoned at present, to Mount Joy jail, within the next few days. The Public Safety Act gives tie gov- | ernment power to detgin him, and it is considered likely that he will be kept in Jail until the condition of the country 4a more peaceful. Events In the Free State during the next fortnight will probably influence the government's action with regard to the republican leader, whose arres! has created a profound impression in County Clare and througfiout Mun- pter. News of f the Wires In Condensed Form The United States is to issue black postage stmmps as national | mourning for the - late Eras: Harding. At St. Louis on Wednesday Babe | Ruth hit his thirtieth homer of ths | season 'and passed Williams in the | home run race. X. A monument to the late-Sir Rod- olphe Forget has been erected in St. Irenee, Que., as a tribute of his former electors in that constituency. When the SS. Empress of France dccks at Quebec on September 10th it is understood that she will have as a passenger the Prince of Wales. The armored cruiser Duguay Trouin, the first war vessel France has built since before the war, was launched at Brest on Tuesday af- ternoon. The work of extending the T. and O. line north from Cochrane to its ultimate terminus at James Bay Is proceeding as favorebly as can be expected. Jean Leon Cote, Edmonton, has i li STRIKE BOUND T0 BE BRIEF If There Is a Stoppage In 3 Hard Coal Mining. SETTLEMENT 10 BE FORGE By the Government Between the Miners And the "Operators. Ngw York, Aug. 16. -- There moy be a strike among the anthracite min- ers. Some of the best informed men on coal maticrs doubt this. The, hope the federai government will step iu aud break the deadlock. But there may be a strike. If there is a strike, been appointed to the vacancy in| the senate created by the death of! Senator Amedee Emmanuel For- get. The federation of King's College, Windsor, N.S. with Dalhousie, Halifax, has been decided upon and it will be a short one, as tie govcin- ment will have ample cause to step in and say to both epcralers and miners: "Go back to wprk riean- while, and then get together and set- tle your dificrences." Plainly put, the people are getting mightily tired of these yearly dis- turbances in the coal fields. Tat is why the federal government will be forced to act. There is not co-upera- tion hut competition between the anthracite operators and the bitumin- ous operators. 'Nor is there co- opcration between the crganized anthracite operators and the inde- A WOMAN'S SUICIDE AE New York Publisher Finds Wife Dead From Inhaling Hiuminating Gas. New York, Aug. 16. -- Alfred Ildrcourt, a book publisher, of New York city, was violently awakened at his'house, No. 117 Lorraine aven- ue, Oakwood Heights, Mount Vernon, and many other houses in the neigh- borhood were shaken by an explo- sion early yesterday. He and his 16-year-old son, Hast- ings, rushed to the kitchen of their home and found it wrecked and ablaze from an explosion of illum- inating gas. On the floor lay Mrs. Susan Harcourt, dead as the resuit of inhaling the gas. Aun investigation by Dr. Wm. H. Purdy, health com- missioner of Mount Vernon and Coroner Fitzgerald, of White Plains, resulted in the verdict that Mrs. Harcourt had committed suicide by asphyxiation with illuminating gas while suffering from melancholia. | The Harcourts have lived iu Mouul | Yernon about six years and are so- | cially. prominent. Mrs. - Harcourt [who was 42 years old, was under ireatment for ne:vous disorder, and was to have gone to a sanitarium yesterday. HARNEY TELLS STORY OF THE FATAL SCOFRE inconceivable How Two Blows By Him Could Have Kill- ed Sherwood. CAUSED EXPLOSION ashington, London, Aug. 16.--The most wel~ come reaction yet received in Lone don as a result of the British re paration note sent to France and Belgium Saturday is contained in the press reports that the Coolidge administration will make a ready response to any appeal to the Une ited States for assistance in settl ing the prolonged reparation strug- gle. On the whole, the comment on Great Britain's latest move to obe tain a final and definite settlement with Germany has been stiatacidy 'according to Foreign Office ficials, : : The Italian reaction fis distinctly favorable, and the neutral countries are desirous of supporting any scheme which appears likely to re. store normal economic conditions on the continent. -- a. CPLEP000000 00% 0 0 Shantz was fined $500 and costs | for transporting lquor and $200 | and costs for having lquor in al place other than a private dwelling. | Baldwin was found guilty of hay- | Labor Members Are Obstructing ing liquor in a place other than a| Business of Parliament. private dwellifig and was fined $200, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 16.-- and costs, | While the government is anxious to | conclude the business of the House | of Representatives by August 24th, stated Ln order to enable Premier S. M. Bruce, to sail for London, to attend the Imperial Conference, the Labor ' pemients, except insofar as|it suits | the independents to sit in.' Oune of the anomalies of fuel control in tac United States has been that while the syndicaie comprising the larger operators adhere to the pric's fixed | by the fuel administration the inde- ( pendents, in some cases, weie per- mitted to charge prices in excess of what had been" fixed. This same hing happened in Ontario last ysar. While $15.60 and $16.50 per ton were tho prices named by Fucl Con- Don't Envy Free State, London, Aug. 16. While the Irish Free State has many friends in Great Britain, the same cannot be s2id of Eamon De Valera. Hence the London Press wastes no sympa- thy on the republican leader in his logs of liberty. On the other hand, there is no tendency to congratulate the men who captured him yesterday at Ennis, for by the arrest, De Val- Hysteria : Even from France, according to the British Government's spokes- meh, there is influential opinfon that the British proposals seem ta offer a basis for discussion and not to call for summary rejection. According to the British view- point the French hysteria of anger and disappointment upon receipt of the British note was based on the belief of several years standing that Brockville, Aug. 16. --- In police court yesterday Andrew Harney, Portland, appcared before Magistrate Page charged with the crime that on Monday, Aug. 13th, he did unlewiul- Iy kili and slay John Sherwood, aged sixteen-years, of Crosby, in the town- ship of South Crosby. Without any evidence being taken the acoused was remanded to the county jail for 'one week. Harney was brought here from TROUBLES IN AUSTRALIA. / The Seizure, Constable Timmerman that while he was patrolling his beat on Princess street, about 11.15 Wednesday night, he noticed a car golng up Princess street and he » Was under the. Impression that there was liquor in the car. Later he noticed the car in fron: or a cafe near the corner of Montreal ~ and Princess street. Two men were - #itting "in the ear at the time, and later the. two men went into the car, and found that it contained OF. Theres were 124 bottles of totch and 14 bottles of gin. . After discovering the liguor, the constables went into the restaurant and placed the two men under wr Shantz stated that he resided at Jarvis street, Toronto, while told the acting magistrate did not know it was against to carry the liquor, provid- Ag Rhat none of the bottles - had be opened. He declared that had he known it was against the | law, he would not have transported the lquor, which he had secured in Quebec. Baldwin pleaded "mot guilty" to two charges. He sald he was %8 a salesman for the 'ger Shirt Company, in Tor- » and had been in Ottawa on ) We went to Ottawa by from Toronto, on Sunday it last. He was acquainted ih 8h and as the latter offer- 0 him a ride back to Tor- to, he had accepted the offer. He Said be did not know that the auto ine or until two or three Bours after he had left Ottawa, made the remark to EF enough liquor to year, constables who made the and the arrest stated that "You at. With Constable Gar- members of tHe house are obstruct ing business and a good deal of dis- order has resulted. One Labor mem- ber has been suspended. iy LAG i Likely to Appesl the Decision of Judge Denton. Toronto, Aug. 16. --- Judge Den- ton, in the county police court this morning, ruled that Ontario betting act was ultra vires of the Oniario legislature, and dismissed the clai- ges against Samuel Lichtman of ii- legally selling racing forms and oth- er sheets with betting information. It is practically certain (ha the Ontario government will take the case to a higher court. In some quar- ters it' was pointed out that the Ferguson government might have - a different pohey to fo! ban the Drury government, which introGuced the bill drafted by Hon. W, K. Ran- ey. Ontario newspapers may, under the decision, resume the practice of publishing prices paid on competing horses and otaer racing informaiion. American daily and' weekly papers containing similar news may also be sold in the province. ~ The altorney-genbral, Hon. W. F. Nickle, who is in King- ston, was advised of the ruling and .was asked if thé judgment would be appealed. Ile replied tersely, "I think it should.' Destroyed By Fire. Peterboro, Aug. 18.--Fourteen head of cattle and horses and the season's crop were destroyed, last night, when fire broke out in a barn on the farm of Thomas O'Neil, near Omemee. oh A drop in price of gasoline in Ca- nada following the cuts in the Unit- oll companies in the Dominion. Said It, 3 paies 1a Jutsasiad by M. R. Dane nelly, man of one of the largest 3 rn gp tm. For Youth and Beauty; Women are NOT supposed To fall at all; ~~ ° They are intended To CAUSE the slip. Then, if the man is worth it, Pick up the pieces era's captors are regarded as having set for themselves a problem, tie solution of which may cost then: dearly. Opinion is very general here that the republican chieftain was sess dangerous to the Free State as a fu- gitive than a prisoner. It is bellcv- ed that this detention will [Provoke reépriEls and will sts "We don't envy the Irish govern- ment its problem and we are giad it's not ours," is the tenor of sever- sarely | ; HON. J at, Lak char Wi he in jew. Act of Parliaignt conte ines, mg he oo It provides 'an inves be instituted om the complaint of persons, "become al newspaper editorials. --~-- THE SOLDIERS' PENSION APPEAL COMMISSION Comprises Five Members-- Sitting To Be Held Throughout Canada. Quebec, Aug. 16. -- [t.-Col, John Roy, M.C., formerly of the 22nd Bat- talion, will be appointed this after- nooii a member of the soldiers" pen- sion appeal commission by an order in council submitted by Hon. Dr. Henry 8. Beland, minister of sol- diers' civil re-establishment. The board comprises five commissioners who will be called upon to deal with appeals of soldiers and soldiers' de- pendents regarding pensions. The sittings will be held at various points in ihe dominion coming to this province early mext fall. A ------------------ LIGHTING BOLT Hi THE SPRING OF A BED But Did. Not Even Waken Young Man Who Was In > The Bed. Sten Sault 'Ste. Marie, Aug. 16.--Dur- ing a severe electrical storm which hit this district, the house of George Brodie, Bar River, was struck by lightning and the chimney demol- ished. - Mr. Brodie's son had a very remarkable escape, when he wag not even awakened by the bolt which ripped the spring and mattress of" the bed on which he was sleeping. "|The bolt then passed through the room occupied by Mr, Brodie's daughter, who was awakened and saw the ball of fire flash past her. 20,000 in September next it will effective. ; The Board of Trade of Galt has been dissolved by order-in-counci. The reason given for the dissolm- tion is that the Board of Trade had ceased to exercise its functions. A.J. MacPhail, central secretary of the Saskatchewan Grain Grow. erg Association, has been appoint- ed general manager of the Sign Up Company, of the Saskatchewan long-term comtract wheat pool. William Meighen, brother of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, for the past three years warden of the Maritime penitentiary at Dorchester, N.B. of the Manitoba - penitentiary at Stoney Mountain, near Winnipeg. Twenty-seven sticks of dynamite, sufficient to blow up the city of London, were discovered by boys near the entrance to old traction bridge on Wednesday morning. One stick was set off and rocked South London residences.' Messrs. William Southam & Sons, Limited, a firm which hias its rami- fications in the most important printing and publishing house in Canada, have - become associated with the Hon. W. C. Nichol, in the pwnership of the Vancouver Prov. ince. leturn Horses to Firestone. Washington, Aug. 16.--The blood- ed riding horses presented lo Presi- dent flarding early in his administra- tion by Harvey S. Firostone, soot will be returned to Mr. Firestons's stables in Olio. One of them, Harbell, was Mr. Harding's mount for several weeks. two years ago, when on advice of his physician he took up horseback rid- ing. He soon gave up riding in favor of golf, but later he entered Harbell and wou ¥ Can dial market leaves on Saturday, to take charge |. troller Eliis for anthracite, dealers were allowed to chirge more than that where it could be shown that tney had paid more than $12.50. per ton wholesale for their coal. ation in detail today. He auth this statement to the people of On- tarjo. "Don't," he said, " be too seri- vusly alarmed over your coal supply. Yon will be treated as generously this year as in the past. Do not be over anxious. You will get coal." Coal mining, he pointed out, was to the genergl understanding, morc coal is mined in the winter months than during the summer. In the open season a considerable number of the men take other work on farms or at construction. They come bock to the mines after construction ceases, and consequertly the output in De- comber and other winter months is aclually greater. Distribution also is a twelve months' problem. No more coal is mined, ie states, than will supply the normal demand Voliva Regards Sunrise As An Optical Hlusion Chicago, Aug. 16.--Having proved to dis own satisfaction that the world is square and that there is no law of gravity, Wilbur Glenn Voliva, gen- eral overseer of Zion, announced that there is no such thing ac sunrise or sunset. They are merely optical il- lusions, he says. " : "The sun is the same height above the earth at all times," Vollva in- sists. "The devil at one time had many infidels to teach the 'no hell' doctrine. Now he has hundreds of university professors and ministers of the gospel. I believe in hell." Rates to South America : Out to Lure Travelers New York, Aug. 16.--The Facific 8 Co., announces reduec- tious of approximately 30 per cent. on r fares to ports on the west coast of South America. Simi- Farmer's Ncek Broken by §all. Eellevill well-kn a twelve-mouths' business. Contrary |P Elgin by County Constable Robert Scott, of Portland, who ar- rested Harney after the latter' im a fist fight had struck Sherwood with his fist, the blow on the neck result- ing in Sherwood's immediate death. According io the evidence which he gave at the ing was working, he saw the latter had the shovel, which the foreman had given him, and which was identified by three marks. Harney said: 'Sherwood, that's my shovel." Regarding the ownership of the implement a dis- ute arose, each of the two retain- ing hold of one end, Finally Sher- wood, according to Harney's evi- dence, proposed that they should fight for possession of it. To this Harney agreed. Sherwood released his hold on the shovel, and Harney tossed # behind him. Sherwood is then said to have attempted to strike the older man. -- The Final Blow. "I ducked and hit him with my left fist somewhere about the jaw," said the witness. "He stepped back about" three paces, then came for- ward {o me again, trying to'land an upper-cut. I knocked the blow down with my loft hand and struck him with my right somewhere about the Jaw. He said, 'Don't hit me again.' I did not do so, but stepped away to the bank. Glancing around, Harney said he saw Sherwood - gradually thought that he was angry or was winded, or needed a rest. After working Tor a short time, Le went back with the intention of shaking hands with the boy, and was com- mencing to say that he was sorry for striking him, when he noticed 'that the face of Bherwood was discolored. He immediately raised an alarm," and made every effort to restore Sherwood, but without of- fect. Harney is not a powerful man by any means, and it is inconceivable that two blows dolivered bs him could have killed Sherwood, had it been the a i ik aff i%s nothing good in the way of a re= paration settlement could possibly come out of Great Britain. 3 A closer study by some writen who are considered In close - with authoritative quarters Paris is disc J i that fall on his hands and knees, and Britain's Demands, = It is pointed out here that if ¢ experts' commission should assess Germany's capacity for payment : Nfty billion gold marks, which was the amount proposed by Premier Bonar Law in 'January, Great Bri- tain's share of this indemnity woul® be eleven billion gold marks. Based upon the Spa agreement for 22 per cent., as Great Britain seeks only to recover 14,200,000,000 gold marks, or £710,000,000, for the payment of the U. 8. debt; ghe would demand only 3,200,000,000 gold marks, or £160,000,000, from her contimental debtors, who owe her approximate. ly £1,200,000,000. British officials believe that re- sponsible quarters in Paris are pre- pared at any rate to give careful consideration to proposals for a agreement on this basis, "i % It is pointed out that Great Brl- tain's continental debtons escape further payment, should t experts decide that : capable, of paying more than 50, 000,000,000 gold marks. It is also stated that Great Britain does not seek priority for her payments from Germany, as has been suggested by the French press. No Change At Washington. Washington, Aug. 16.--Any pression abroad that there has a modification in the ; Government's attitude om tions was said om high au here to-day to be wholly ranted. : Surprise wes expressed that usual notice had been taken in ! don of the outline of this © ment's position as given to the lic yesterday from the White H