TO-DAY DOROTHY PHILLIPS in Slander the Woman YEAR 90; No. 229. £ 7 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, The Daily British Whi OCTOBER 1, 1923. ALLEN THURS., FRL,.SAT. The Picture your wait. ing to see "ST. ELMO" LAST EDITION. THE MEETING | OF PREMIERS of the British h Eire Opens " | London, on, England. ADJDORN TLL WEDNESOA When Lord Curzon And the! uke of Devonshire Will Speak. % London, Oct. 1. -- With all the Premiers of the empire except Pre- Bruce of Australia in atten- RABBITS OVERRUN THE COUNTRYSIDE Motorists and Farmers Around Elmira, Ont. Elmira, Ont., Oct. 1. -- Hunting enthusiasts are finding a fruitful | field for their activities in this re- cotton-tall rabbits, which have taken possession of the countryside in such large numbers that motorists in the | cotntry have difficulty in avoiding them, particularly as the vision of | the driver is obscured by the Seuss of dust raised by the animals they frisk along in front of the te "Farmers declare the situation is un- precedented and that their fi®Ns and gardens are being overrun. WITH A HEAVY IMPACT. Two Lake Freighters Had a Head. on Collision, % r ce. the Imperial Conference open- @d its six weeks' session at 10 Down- fig street today and after sitting for hours, adjourned early thig af- oon until ten o'clock Wednesday | ing. At that time the pro- f for the procedure of the prémiers will be drawn up and the | sonference will listen to statements 1 from Lord Curzon, secretary for tor- | 3 'eign affairs and the Duke of Devon- #hire, secretary for the colonies, re- rding a colonial policy. : The official communique conclusion of today's that Prime Minister welcoming the delegates, e international situation ort replies were made by gates. IMPRESSED WITH THE ° ' AMOUNT OF WORK DONE On the New Hi Highways in the Eastern Part of Province. issued at | meeting | | Baldwin | reviewed | and that the dele- | Ottawa, Oct. 1.--A. W. Campbell, gommissioner of highways, and H. K. Carruthers, secretary of the Board of ®, have returned from an in- on tour of Ottawa, Point For and Montreal highway, and| real to Kingston, via Cornwall, § Kingston to Ottawa, via Rideau p io 9 Cs a of work accomplished in the time construction had been in progress and noted, particularly, that in almost every instance local labor was requisitioned. CPEP242%0 44 + sree +e » # A NUN AND THREE BROTHEKS DROWNED. . % Regina, Sask., Oct. 1. -- Sis- ® ter Cecilie Nadeau, grey nun, % and Belanger, Archaud and @ Charles Nuttamaggan, three # brothers, were drowned in a % motor boat accident Saturday # on Ille ia Crosse Lake. It is # believed that the boat struck a 3 rock some distance from shore. % Ww tte sones 229009 ANOTHER HIGH RECORD IN GRAIN SHIPMENTS 2,800,000 Bushels Were Shipped From Fort Wil- ' liam on Saturday. bbb bere Fort William, Oct. 1. -- Despite th fact that the shipping situation ns unsettled in respect to the entry of American carriers of con- : in the Canadian grain car- 'vying trade for this fall, another high record for the season in clearances was established on Saturday, when the Canadian fleet, with the aid of a few American bottoms, cleared the ports with 2,599,000 bushels of grain. L ' Oharles J, Olllooly ds eleoted {all Windsor, Ont., Oct. 1. -- With an impact that caved in the bows of both vessels and threw the members of the crew off their feet, the lake freighters Berryton and Bennington ¢ollided, head on, in the Detroit | river, off the foot of Ouellette av- enue on Saturday night. The rever- beration of the crash echoed along | the water front for blocks and sent manner of small craft into the river to investigate. (TZ XXXZZ SLR EEN K |® + ' SECURED OVER $10,000 IN HAMILTON STORE Hamilton, Oct. 1. Upwards of $10,000 was stolen by three + thieves, last night, who blew open the safe at the Right House, a local department store. Two watchmen were thandcuffed together in the lavatory on the fourth floor of the building. ® J srt BILLY SUNDAYS DEF 10 MANY TRADUCERS Would Like Them to Come Into Open and Prove Their Words. + '8f Catharines; Oct. 1. -- "Billy" Sunday, in the big tabernacle at Niagara Falls, N.Y., last night, got after his enemies and traducers. He said he had hever before been op- posed by such a mean, rotten, con- temptible crowd of slanderers, as at Niagara Fallg, but jumping up on his chair, he threw out the vehement defi: "I'll go to penitentiary tomor- row if you dirty dogs out there will come out in the open and prove what you say is true." And he threw his fist out over the great audience. Sunday is showing bodily and nerve weariness. ""They want me to go to Hamijlton, to Toronto, all over," he said. "'T'Hl go; or I'll stay geing as long as I can, but it's hard work and a man can't stand much more." The great building was filled last night. Sarazen Retains Title, Pelham Manor, N.Y. Oct. 1, -- Gene .Sarazen retained his title or professional golf champion, defeat- ing Walter Hagen, New York, in a dramatic finish at the 38th hole of a matoh that bristled with thrills for the full distance. The engagement of Ed. (Strang- ler) Lewis, the world's wrestling champion, to Princess Marie Traiv- aska, formerly of Petrograd, but now of Weisbaden, Germany, wa announced. Publications of the Daily Herald the British Labor organ, will be con- tinued until the end o this year at least, Defendant, in Barrie must pay damages alienating woman's affections. Association formed to combat losses from bruising of live stock in transit to market, Ontario celery grower makes very creditable showing at big show in ssvéaty-two years old, for 'Grand Knight of Toronto council Knights of Columbus, United States. 'An IMPRESSION ong Others--are NOT. But a man often finds That a woman who Is easy to SQUEEZE Is hard to BOUNCE. 'And if, finally, He throws her DOWN And Are Causing Bother to | gion in coping with an invasion of | | | | 25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR 'May Soon Be Paid Deposi- tors in Home Bank. 'VALUE OF BANK'S ASSETS Cannot Be Arrived At For a Considerable Time, Says Curator. "Poronto, Oct. i. -- An early pay- ment of twenty-five cents on the dol- lar to the depositors in the Home Bank of Canada has been decided upon. The payment will be made through the other chartered banks doing business in Canada. This announcement was officially | made last night by A. B. Barker, | curator of the Home Bank of Canada, ! who is engaged in completing his | report upon the affairs of the bank | now under suspension. The payment | of the dividend on the deposiis has been arranged thrcugh the Canadian | Bankers' Aseociation. the president of which is Sir ¥rederick Williams Taylor, president of the Bank of Montreal. Sir John Aird. vica-pre- sident of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, is vicespresident of the Canadian Bankers' Association. The decision to pay an initial divi- dend of 25 cents was announced by Mr. Barker in "the following brief statement: "Any estimates of value of the as- sets of the Home Bank of Canada and probable amount of the dividend must be purely guess work at this juncture. In view of the fact that the realization of assets will probably occupy -a considerable time, it is highly probable that the banks will arrange to advance an amount to permit of an early payment of twen- ty-five cents on the dollar to depo- sitors on account of their claims." Prices of Liquor High in Manitoba Winnipeg, Oct, 1.--Prices tor from 50c to 75¢ higher than those charged at the British Columbia Government liquor stores, and from 56c to 75c higher than prevailing prices in Quebec, according to the tempoary price list issued by the Manitoba Liquor Control Commis- sion. Announcement of a reduction tn the price of beer by the case was made by Winnipeg breweries. Tho new price is $3.60 a case, a reduc- tion of 40c. MISSING EDITOR FOUND. 'as Picked Up in St. Louis in Dazed Condition. Tilbury, Ont., Oct. 1. -- W. A. Shaw, editor of the Tilbury Times, who has been missing for nearly eight "weeks, was located and iden- tifigd in St. Louis, Mo., in a dezed cofidition last Friday. He returned to Tilbury on Sunday mcrning, ac- companied by Rev. Rural Dean Dob- son, who went to St. Louis to esiab- lish identification. Mr. Shaw cannot remember how or when. he reached. St. Louis or what he has been doing since he left Tilbury op Aug. 7th. RUM-RUNNERS" VICTIM FOUND DEAD IN BLANKET The Body Decomposed Oppos- ite Windsor--Likely Mur- dered by Bootleggers. Windsor, Ont., Oct, 1.-- Rum- runners have sealed forever the lips of another enemy. With legs and arms bound 'with wire ang the whole bundled in a grey blanket, the body of a man, almost completely decomposed, was found late Saturday afterncon in the marsh lands that fringe the river off Wyandotte, on the American side Opposite are lo- cated the so-called Canadian "'sport- ing warehouses." Pelice officials, "after viewing the find, aid there was small doubt but that another murder viet!m had been added to the lengthening list of those who have paid with their lives for nterfering with the lucrative Hquer trade, He ---------- Liquor in Motor. Belleville, Oct. 1.--Three hundred bottles of choice champagne and Scoteh. whiskey. in Manitoba, will bed Scotch whiskey were. seized with af large roadster which was abandoned | just west of Shannonville " boot-| MRS. WILLIS MOXLEY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED Inquest Being Held in London, Ont.--Son Was Handling Revolver. London, Ont., Oct. 1. -- The jury, which was empanelled to probe the death of Mrs. Willis Moxley, of Broughdale, Richmond street north, who was accidentally shot by her son, Andrew, while he was handling a re- volver in their home, and who suc- cumbed to a bullet wound through the stomach early Saturday morning, met at the Ferguson morgue, Satur- day night, and &djourned until Wed- unesday night, when the hearing will be resumed at the police station. Mrs. Moxley, aged fifty-five years, was a loca! hair dresser, carrying on business on Dundas street, under the name of Madame Moxley, for many years. Her son, Andrew, is also a hair dresser. He told the po- lice that he and his brother-in-law, were expmining an automatic pistol in thane room, but had taken out the cartridges, leaving the wea- {pon as he thought harmless, it ac- cidentaliy weat off. GOVERNOR J. C. WALTON Governor of the State of Oklahoma, who has placed that state under mar- tial law, to prevent the legislature meeting without his consent. THREE DEAD IN A-FAMLY Within One Week--Arthur White, Father, Dies Sun- day of Mumps. Three deaths inside of a week is the sad record in the home of Arthur White, Clarendon Statiol. News reached the city on Monday morn- ing to the effect that Arthur White, the father, had died on Sunday as a result of a severe 'attack of mumps. Ross White, aged eleven years, died on Monday, Sept. 24th, and Willie, aged six years, passed away on Fri- day morning of the same disease. It is a very sad case, jin view of the fact that the mother died six years ago and the responsibility of the home has been thrown on the shoulders of the father. The six- teen-year-old daughter did her best to care for her sick father and broth- ers, but her efforts were without re- sults. When the ch'ldren took ill, a doe- tor, who was called, left medicine to be taken, but the sister, who acted as nurse, stated that the brothers said their throats were so bad that they were unable to take it. When the second child died, the doctor in attendance found a very sad state of things. When he asked for a sheet to drape around the dead body, he found that ncue were avall- able and he had to use a table cloth. Although the father was very sick and should have stayed in bed, he kept going out into the yard, with the result that his condition soon became serious. A Kingstonian. who visited the home during the time that the father and his' sons were ill, when speak- ing to the Whig, stated that the house was in bad condition and there was not one solid pane of glas¥] in the building. - significance {and is about forty years oi age. MAY DEVISE PEACE PLAN In Next Few Years That Wil Sweep the World. EXPRENER LLOYD GEORGE Is Described As One of the Most Challenging Figures in Europe. London, 'Oct. 1.--Former ' Prime Minister Lloyd George, who sailed for America, Saturday, following one of the heartiest farewells ever offer- ed by Americans abroad to a British statesman, at a luncheon tendered him by the American Society at the Savoy Hotel, Friday, deliverpdd a carefully prepared speech, weighing each word with such skill that none could fail to realize that his principal States, but in a combined visit to Canada and the United States. Those Americans who were privi- leged to hear the ex-premier's speech climax, in which he sketched drama- tically the events leading up to Am- erica's entry into the great war, and '| declared his intention of telling Am- |p minds and | hearts of British statesmen during |« If Lloyd George turns le erica what was in the that period. loose his eloquence upon his Ameri- can audiences as he did on the eve of his departure, it is safe to say that he will attain dramatic effects such as Billy Sunday never dreamed of. He attained his top form.- His com- mand of metaphors, descriptive ad- jectives and eloquent gestures seems greater even than during his political ascendancy. Has Deeper Significance. Aside from the fact that the for- mer premier will address several meetings in the United States, de- scribing with unexampled fervor Kurope's gratitude for the help offer- ed the Allies by the United States and Canada, there is a far deeper a tally 1 councils of gi British Empire. She has just suffered a humiliating de- feat in her efforts to put through the League of Nafions assembly an amendment to Article X. which she hoped would make it clear that western nations were not obligated to send troops to Europe whenever political rows reached a critical stage. Supposing that Canada some time in the future demanded that the British Empire as a unit withdraw from the league and supplant that "mpotent organization with a federa- tion of world powers headed by the United States and Britain! Evolve Great Plan. Lloyd George was described by Ambassador George Harvey as one of the most challenging figures in Eur- cpe. He deserves that eulogy. Ile gees that the time is avproaching when the British dominions will not tolerate the petty bickerings of the League of Nations, in which the single voice of Persia can silence the rest of the civilized world. He knows that the western countries long for some organization more competent to maintain world peace, and per- haps in the course of the next few years he will bring forth a plan so great and so appealing that it will sweep the world. When he crosses that imaginary line that separates the greatest con- federation of commonwealth from the greatest federal union of states, he will receive the inspiration for every speech he is to make in Amer- ica. He cannot help but feel what America is thinking, and from his intuition it is hoped that he will pro- duce something to meet the western demands. Five Years and the Lash. Sudbury, Oct. 1.--Frank Gagnon, convicted of robbery with violence on the person of Joseph Bloom, an aged man at Milnet, in July, was sentenc- ed by Magistrate Brodie to Ports- mouth penitentiary for five years and to be given twenty lashes. Gagnon gave his home. address at Flintoa, He was arrested in Perth, Woman Remanded. Ottawa, Oct. 1.--Mrs. Mary Davis, | one of the automobile party when J. A. Ferguson and H. J. Robillard were with an electric | ¢ a col e on the Hall-Gatineau Point mission lies not alone in the Unijted lin the rural section Ontario, instances were electrified when he reached the | Canada holder ooo mmm a position ta the] "Washington, OOF 1-==orell News off the Wires In Condensed Form The Canadian Pacific Rallway's subscription to the new Dominion loan is $2,000,000. More immigrants entered Canada through ocean ports during August than during any month in the last ten years. The towns in Northern Ontarso will have to provide fire-fighting ap- paratus or the insurance companiwvs will not carry the risks. Former Premier Lloyd has accepted an invitation from President Coolidge, through Am- hassador Harvey, to visit the White House during his tour of America. At the Imperial Economic Con- ference, it is understood Secretary Ormsby-Gore, with two assistants and an advisory committee, which will include a representative of Jam- aica and British Guiana, will speak for the West Indies. The Southampton, Eng. Board and the Southern Company have decided to £38,000 (about $173,000) in deep- ening and extending the entrance to the Southampton docks in order to accommodate the Leviathan, There is a need of artesian wells of Northern being given of conditions where families were fore- ed to wait until the return of the father each evening with a supply of water to last until the next even- ing. George Harbor Rantwug spend (e+ FEF +E F F222 RPS + DANCE AT WINNIPEG > FOR LORD RENFREW. # Winnipeg, Oct. 1." -- Lord Renfrew will be in Winnipeg this week, on his return trip from his ranch in Alberta. Lady Nanton, who was presented at Court last winter, at Bucking- ham Palace, will have the Fonor of entertaining Lord Renfrew to dinner, on Wednesday, and the dinner will be followed by a dance that will be in keeping with the private nature of Lis visit. < <> > -* $ <*> * + + * <> + * CP FP PPP L IP Perro PPP L 20520050009 Organized Labor Hopes To Win Block in Congress v labor, at its convention in Portlamy Ore., next week, will be asked to pro- vide the biggest campaign fund in its history for political activity in the 1924 campaign. Labor's leaders sense a great op- portunity in the present situation to win for themselves a "labor bloc" in congress that will function as effec- tively as the farm bloc has on oc- casions. Labor's political opportun- ity, they feel, lies in the prosperity of industry and the poverty of agri- culture. | Pouring Oil on Fire Causes Two Deaths Saskatoon, Sask., Oct. 1.--Anna Hemingway, aged 18, wife of Harry Hemingway, of Hanley, Sask., died in hospital of burns received when an oil can exploded while she was pour- ing oil on a smouldering fire. The explosion killed the eight-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lynn and seriously burned the parents and an- other child. The accident occurred on the farm of Carl Siegler, near Hanley, where Mr. and Mrs. Hem- ingway were employed. Lightning Destroys Barns. Brockville, Oct. 1. -- Struck by lightning on Friday morning, the barns on the farm of jRobert Hough, situated in the township of Augusta, one mile east of North Augusta, were totally destroyed in the fire which re- sulted. Mr. Hough was at work in the fields at the time the storm broke, and before he could reach his house, saw the main barn ablaze. The large double frame barn and the cat- tle barn adjoining it 'were lost, as well as the crops which they contain- ed and two pigs. Some inpurance was held. T Canadians Drink. Ottawa, Oct. 1.---A considerable increase in the amount of alcoholic beverages imported into Canada dfr- ing the twelve months which ended with August, in comparison with the preceding corresponding period, i indicated in a report upon trade with the United Kingdom compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The same report shows that importations of tea decreased ovel 2,500,600 pounds during the time covered. PPP 02 02 2240000 : FACES TO BE WORN PALE THIS AUTUMN 'be worn a little Il, the perfumer rouge. may be the, chin, ana sssesns 0000008000 SPLIT PE PPO 2 P2009 MAKES REPLY 0 ASQUITH Chamberlain Refers to His Trade Preference Criticism. NEED MORE THAN TARITS For Empire Trade-=British Premier to Preside At Economic Conference. London, Oct. 1.--Neville Chamber- lain, chancellor of the exchequer, has replied to Asquith's denunciation of trade preference projects in connec tion with the Imperial conference. Asquith's attitude, said Chamberlain, meant telling the dominions that they had come to the economic con- ference for nothing, because this country wanted nothing but free in- terchange of commerce between all rations. If Asquith were consistent, said Chamberlain, he would ask the dominions to withdraw the twenty- five per cent. preference that they already give British manufacturers. Chamberlain's speech has greatly pleased the advocates of imperial preference, who have been thinking that the government was showing signs of timidity in referring to the question. They scoff at the idea that the economic conference can have any results worth 3 week of a prime minister's time if there is not to be imperial preference. Other things besides tariffs are doybtless needed for empire trade. The dominions' royal commission, appointed as long ago as 1912, re- commended a permanent survey of the empire resources, central emigra- tion authority, uniform deepening of harbors on selected trade routes, con- trol of shipping rings, faster ocean mails, cheaper communication and empire uniformity regarding statis- tics, invoices, patents, trade marks, etc. These venerable recommenda- tions may now be brought out of their pigeon holes again, say the pre- fereutiatiots, but by themselves they br Es a plogsed 3 announcement Baldwin will himself preside economic conference meetings - the preference yuestion is raised, though at ordinary meetings the chair will be occupied by the presi dent of the board of trade. WOMEN NEARED I LIVERY NOW IN DOMESTIC SERVICE Russians Forced to Flee From Reds--At Work in Ottawa Homes. Bo, ty ~ Ottawa, Oct. 1.--Life has dealt harshly with five beautiful and aris- tocratic Russian women, who reach- ed Ottawa last Saturday week, brought from Constantinople by the department of immigration and col- onization, for domestic service. Thess five young women, some of whom are married, come of the very best stock of old Russia, being well born, cul tured, and able to speak more than one language. That they are so reduced In life that only domestic service seems open to them for a livelihood is ong of the grim tragedies of Russia's tre- mendous uphédval since the war. What makes their condition even more pathetic in one respect, is that in their native country most of them presided over or lived in luxurious homes, having servants at their com= mand and moving in the very highest social circles of the old Caarist re- gime. The husband of one of the news' comers was a barrister In Moscow and the husband, of another was captain in the Russian Imperial army, but the persecution of the Bol shevik deprived them of home, wealth and position, forcing them to flee for safety to Constantinople. From this city they were shipped to Canada as penniless, homeless refus gees. The husbands of two of th women are also in Canada, they have ing been sent to work in the bush at. Elk Lake by the authorities, owing to Jack of other employment. ~ ] All of the five women who reached Ottawa were promptly placed out in homes of society women here. 1 i 5 To Be Deputy Minister, © Quebec, Oct. 1---Col. Thomas Vien, M.P. for Lotbiniere, is to sue: ceed General Eugene Fiset as deputy minister of militia and defense. appointment will be announced dur- ing November, according to info tion here. Delorme Case. Quebec, Oct. 1.--The second of Abbe Adelard Delorme will be adjourned until 'next when ft will be called at the of the criminal assizes in Thé Canadian trade comm er's office at Havana, Cuba, is ri a