ALLEN TO-DAY "THENET" WM. FOX SPECIAL The Daily gn Sa a PEER LABOR PARTY GOOD SECOND The British Commons Figures -- HARD BLO AT THE TORES Given By the Rural Sections ~The Farmers Veered to Liberal Side. London, Dec. 8.--With the excep- tionof a few seats in the Orknoy and Shetland Islands and some of the universities' returns whioh have ald, the official mouthpiece of Labor, last evening. i «The government has barely es- | caped complete defeat and will enter | the new parliament in a ne] against the combined vote of the La bor and Liberal parties, Mr. Baldwin presumably will hold a meeting of his cabinet before de- | ciding on the next step. He may | possibly elect to carry on his govern- | ment by the avoidance of any con- troversial subject in the hope of se- curing support from some portion of the Liberals, but the general im- pression is that he will decide to | throw down the reins of government | and hand over the task to the next | strongest party. | Liberal-Tory Coalition? Among the possible alternatives | of the immedlate future are a coali- | tion between Conservatives and Lib- erals. In some quarters this is thought possible through the resig- nation of Premier Baldwin and the | placing of the formation of a gov- ernment in the hands of some states- man like the Earl of Derby who | , not yet been received, the new House of Commons is now complete. The, parties stand as follows: Conservatives, 159, Labor, 185. Liberals, 148 Others 10. Liberal gains, 80; 59; Conservative gains, pendent gains, 3. The Laborites ate returned to his Majesty's Opposition in the Com- mons. The greatest number of seats the Laborites ever held before was 144, The total vote recorded up to last evening for the various candidates by parties was: Conservatives 4,709,770 Labor, 3,859,409; Liberal, 3,654,470; other parties, 104,802. -- | Labor gains, | 19; Inde-| | A Hard Blow. The rural returns have given the Tories 4 hard blow, the farming ele- ment veering over to the Liberals to a considerable extent. Ronald MeNelll, undersecretary for foreign affairs, retained his seat for Canterbury. Sir Robert Horne, Conservative, former chancellor of the exchequer, was successful in Glasgow. One of the prominent Liberals, Sir "Donald McLean, lost in the Kilmar- nock division of Ayr and Bute, Scot- land, fo R. Climie, Labor. Will Thorne and John J. Jones retained Plaistow and Silvertown, respective- Iy, for the Labor party, while Frank Hodges, miners' leader, gained =a Liberal seat at Lichfield, Stafford- _ shire. Former Prime Minister Lloyd George won his seat by polling 12,- 499 votes as against 7,323 {or Jopes, Conservative. ! Labor government. | the following returns: favors free trade and might be able | to secure support from the Liberals in order to prevent the advent of a A coalition be-| tweon Liberals and Labor, however, | would mean the temporary dropping |, of some of the extreme planks of' the Labor platform. While it is impossible to predict what course will be taken, there exists good reason and ~ precedent for Mr. Baldwin still to carry on his goverunrent. Analysis of Vote. London, Dec. 8.--An indication of | the way the various divisions of the United Kingdom voted in the elec- tions so far as reported, is given in London--29 Conservatives, 11 Liberals, 22 Labor English boroughs--S81 'tives, 44 Liberals, - 66 others. English tives, 67 others. Scottish ghoroughs--8 Conserva- tives, 8 Liberals, 16 Labor, 1 other. Welsh boroughs---2 Conservatives, Liberals, 7 Labor. An analysis of the vote cast shows Ya total of 14,186,438. The combin- 'ed electorate has a possible vote of 19,193,754. Egerton Wake, chief agent of the Labor party, officially announced to- day that there would be no Liberal Labor coalition. French Elections to Be Conducted on Usual Lines Conserva- Labor, 2 Conserva- Labor, 2 counties--110 Liberals, 50 9 Paris, Dec. 3.--The 1924 elections in France will he conducted along lines virtually the same as those Mrs. Margaret Philipson, Conser- vative, retained her seat for the Berwick-on-T'weed division of North- | umberland, but by a smaller majori- ty tham at the last election. Captain Hilton Phillipson, Liberal, the husband of the Mrs. Phillipson; was defeated in the contest for the Wansbeck division of" Northumber- land, which was retained by G. H. Warue, Labor. ---- Couvinced Free Traders. London, Dec. 8.--The morale of the general elections which have re- sulted so disastrously for the gov- ernment of Premier Baldwin, is that the British people # are as they were in 1906, convinced supporters of free trade. The fate which has come upon the Conservative party so soon after it discarded coalition under the leadership of Lloyd George is due primarily to free trade convictions of the people and also to the fact that the party itself was divided on the wisdom of choosing the plank of protection upon which to challenge a new mandate from the country. Another circumstance, according to observers, was that the government, during its year in. of- fice, had no_single achievement to {ts credit to recommend it to popu- lar favor, and moreover it had shown such weakness in fits for- eign policy. Labor No Coalition. The possibility of the Labor party forming a coalition with the Liberals which prevailed in the elections of 11919, which gave proportional re- presentation. The debate in the chamber of de- puties on the electoral reform law was prolonged too much to suit Premier Poincare and he sprang a 'surprise in the parliament, staking the responsibility of the government and the question of confidence upon the adoption of the plan. The bill," which 'previously had been only lukéwarmly supported, immediately became the object of general favor the premier's spon- sorship of it carrying the chamber by storm. To Reforest Waste Land. Cobourg, Dec. 8.--After a long discussion, the counties council of Northumberland and Durham de- cided to reforest « waste lands in Haldimand township. The govern- ment is to provide suitable trees and plant them, also caring for them, carrying on the work in accordance with approved scientific forestry methods. The greater part of this land, which is in the 7th and 8th concessions of Haldimand township, can be purchased at an average price of $5.90 per acre. The richest bed of magnetic iron ore ever found has been discovered in the department of Kursk, south- ern Russia, according to a report read to the Academy of Sciences by Louis Gentil. Rare as is true love, true friend- was emphatically denied by the Her- ship is still rarer. | "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE @'ALROY ON "A LITTLE HIGH KICK" At a THEATRE, When a pretty girl KICKS Her feet above her HEAD, Some men rave with delight And wildly APPLAUD And call her "CUTE But if a man's WIFE Kicks a soup plate Above HER head Whilst drying the dishes-- . They awngets "kick" Out of that! Is a dangerous thing Sometimes. it's TOO high * The kicker may lose HER BALANCE; ; But if she is very pretty It's the Onlooker who FALLS FOR HER. Young men lose their HEARTS Old men lose their HEADS, But in every case | The LOSER PAYS, |aged twenty-seven KINGSTON, UNTARIO, HOUSE BURNS; *" SEVEN | PERISH Neighbors Unable fo Get Into Burning ing Building. THE FATHER WAS AWAY 'His Wife And Four Children. And Two Others Lost Their Lives. | { earliest opportunity. | ing day of the brief session of par- | liament SATU RDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1923. ceo ogi. Lf sender te Se British Whi ig ADA THE LOSER BY ELECTION RESULT Empire Preference Plans Up-| set by the Protectionist Defeat. Ottawa, Dec. 8 8.--With defeat of | the protectionist proposals of the Baldwin government will come con- | siderable conjecture as to its effect | on the offer of increasd preferences | | to the dominions made by the British | | government at the recent sessions ot | the Imperial Economic conference. 'Fo give effect to the new preferen- | tial rates legislation by the British parliament was necessary; and it was understood that such legisla- tion would be introduced at the But the open- | | | | which succeeded the con- | ference saw an announcement of dis- Wallaceburg, Dec. 3.--Seven per. | sone, two young women, and five | children, ranging in age from six | months to six years, were burned to| death last night when the farm | rouze of Harry Babcolk, near the! village of Charlmont about seven | nii'es from was destroyed by | fire, in the absence of Babcock. | who is an auctioneer and was at-| tending a sale at Dresden. Those who perished were his wife | years, their four | aged six, Gladys, Kathleen, aged two and! here, children, Hugh, aged four, Myrtle, aged six months, Mrs. Bab-| cock's sister, Mrs. Ramsay of Sarn- ia, and her little boy, aged six. The farm house, which is on lot | 26, concession of the townsiip of Sombra, was observed by neighbors | to be in flames about eight o'clock. An effort was made to get into the house, but the doors had been lock- ed and the fire soon gained such {headway that it was imposnible to |, effect a rescue. It was not until! several hours later when the house, a frame structure, had been con- sumed by the flames that access was effected and the charred remains of were found. It thought that a lamp may have exploded and caused | the fire 1s Dancer Fails to Collect | For Injury to Kneecap| New York, Dec. 8.--A verdict tor | F. Ray Comstock and Herman Tim- berg, theatrical producers, who were sued: for- $100,000 by Flo Lewis, whe asserted she had broken a kneecap while dancing in one of their shows, was returned: by a supreme "court jury. Miss Lewis complained that she had tripped over a crack in the stage floor and that since the injury she was not able to kick as high as be- ore. Tuesday a committee of three-- the foreman of the jury and two court attaches--examined Miss Lewis' leg in the presence of her mother. The examination, ordered by the court, revealed no prior in- jurier as the defense claimed. There was no question that Miss Lewis fractured her kneecap, but the jury found the defendants had not been gulity of negligence. | | de | the two women and of the children + solution and, with that, posed legislation went over. When the offer was made to the assembled dominion representatives | there was much criticism of it from | British free traders--a criticism | which was renewed in the subse-| quent election campaign. - In the | event of a free trade majority in| the next house, therefore, it is | questionable if the offer will be given | effect. Features of the offer specially in- the pro- { teresting to Canada were increased preferences on canped salmon and lobster, fresh apples, canned fruit, sugar and tobacco. oat pra 1 - * CANADIAN RAILWAYMEN VOTING ON STRIKE + -- oo Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 8.-- + Formal notice of taking of a strike vote by the United Brotherhoods of 'Maintenance * | of: Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers, affecting 14.- + | 000 men in Canada, has been sent to James Murdock, federal + minister of labor. Balloting + returns have to reach the head- + quarters in Detroit, Mich., by *| January 15th, *| ra tbe de 4080600000] < | + ' | oo < <« * 4 { % *e | plies the price of Canadian wheat | 4 ove to the hospital. 4,000,000 Autos Produced | in America This Year -- New York, Dec. 8.--Production of 4,000,000 automobiles in the United States this yehr--a | gain of Arty per cent. over the 1922 record--was in- dicated by directors of the National Automobile chamber of commerce when announced that the output for eleven months had been brought to 3,717,709 cars. Production in No- vember totalled 325,125 cars and trucks. The monthly peak of the year's output was reached in May, when 393,409 cars were manufac- tured. Gasoline at Thirteen Cents. Huron, S.D., Dec. 8.--Governor W. H. McMaster ordered the sale of gasoline from the state's station at | the fair grounds at thirteen cents a gallon. This is five cents under local prices. | SELLING THE SNOW. WRITTEN FOR THE WHIG BY ARTHUR HUNT CHUTE. [ { I am indebted to my friends, Max phrase, "Selling the Snow." Said he, prine, why shouldn't Canada sell her Admitting that the tourist business is one of the great revenue pro- ducers, our next task is to find out to offer to our coming tourists. Wher Sir William Van Horne built the Canadian Pacific, it was a wise policy that included Banff, and Lake Louise. A few years ago these to-day they are literally on the tourist map. For years the C.P.R. has been augmenting its earnings, from its policy two places meant nothing, of selling the mountains, As yet, we have hardly begun to realize our possibilities, selling the snow. The ice carnival at Montreal develop in this direction. flock to the south. and the sybarite's existence are only another 'section who Infinitely prefer the snow, the ice and the biting This is proven already by the thousands that come from all parts of Europe to revel in the winter sports of Switzerland. Tobog- goning, skiing, snow-shoeing and skating are among the sports which lure them, sports which belong to Canadian as well as Swiss. In days to comé when we have realized the assets of our winter, as we should, Canada will undoubtedly become another Switzerland, on northern air. a vaster and grander scale. This summer I visited Banff and Jason late in June. 'from the States were just beginning to trip in. 1 expect within a few years to visit these mountain resorts again, in December or January, and to find surpassing in their attractions all over other seasons. The Yankee may vie with us in a class by ourselves when it comes to the winters. As yet we have not begun to even think of cashing in on these undreamed attractions. We open our blind some morning, and 10, the air is full of a feathery, downy mass falling with a blanket of silent whiteness. : "That's the first snow," we exclaim, while the kiddies dance with glee. But how many have ever paused to think of the wealth that may « Florida sells her sunshine, the Hawaiian Islands sell their A winter carnival might well Become a regular feature in all our great Canadian cities. As soon as the cold weather comes many of our birds of passage Hence we have cdme to think of the winter tourist traffic as southward. But those who seek the palm trees, the sunshine Enos, of New York, for the pregnant snow 7?" the main attractions which we have is a presage of what we may yat one section of the people. There is The visitors the winters in our .national! parks summer allurements, but we are in | stone. CANADA HAS IT OVER US. In Wheat Govioe President Coolidge Is Informed. STILL HIGHER WHEAT DUTY Is Needed to Protect U. Farmer, the Agriculture Secretary States. Washington, Dec. 8.--A report to President Coolidge on the world wheat situation, made by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, contains fea- tures of special interest to Canada. It emphasized the advantages of the Canadian wheat producer, over the U. 8. producer, Secretary Wallace said. "While satisfactory compromises between the cost of producing 'wheat in Canada and the U. 8. cannot be made on the basis of available studies, it is quite apparent that the Canadian farmer which enable him to produce wheat at materially. lower costs per bushel than the U. 8S. farmer. "The Canadian wheat' farmer en- joys substantial advantages over the U. 8. producer in the matter of yields, land values, the quality of | the wheat he produces, and lower | | freight rates from points equally dis- | |-tant from markets, "The yield of wheat, which is a very important factor "in the of production, is materially higher in Western Canada than in many of our wheat-producing states.' Secretary Wallace dwelt on each | of these points. He emphasized the value of cheap water rates on the lakes to the Canadian growers. Practically recommending an in- crease in the wheat tariff, Mr. Wal- | lace said: "In the face of larger word sup- is being depressed to the point where Canadian wheat can be ex- pected to flow over the tariff wall] has advantages | cost | |cANADA WiLL FIGURE IN WORLD CONFERENCE Stewart Says Federal Cabinet Desires to Co-operate With Provinces. Ottawa, Dec. 8. --Effective partiei- pation by Canada in the World Power Conference in London next | | summer ia assured as a result of a | meeting here of outstanding repre- sentatives of the Canadian electrical engineering profession and the hydro-electric industry. The con- ference will be the biggest gather- {Ing of its kind ever held. The orig- | inal plan was that it should be con- | j fleey to the British Empire, but, at | the instance of the British Elee- | trical Manufacturers' Association, | the scope was enlarged to embrace i the world. lo direct the arrangements for the Canadian .end, . after Hon. Charles | { Stewart, Minister of the Interior, | | had explainad the purposes of the { meeting, and J. B. Challies, head of | the Water Power Branch, had given #the outline of the provincial arrange- | ments. The main meeting is to he held in | London during the British Empire | Exhibition. Afterward delegates will | leave on a trip to inspect 'Scandi- | navian power developments, while a | | final meeting will be held in Paris. | The conference will be a symposi- jum on electrical research and the] | most advanced - discoveries connect- ed with h¥dro and steam develop- ments. | {ABDOMINAL OPERATION FRIGHTENS PATIENT | A strong committee was appointed | | Takes to Heels at Hospital and | Runs From Chicago to Milwaukee. | landing | Chicago, Dec. 8.--An abdominal | operation so frightened Dr. Frank | Gregory that he took to his heels | when about to enter the Presbyter-| ian Hospital and never stopped until he reached Milwaukee. i Dr. Gregory was to be the patient, | { He came from Milwaukee, Wis., ac- | | companied by his daughter. He] The young | woman escorted him to the door and | {drove off. It was then the great! | fear struck the doctor. He had! | dustries act, | and (extreme ALLEN TO-DAY "THE NET" WM. FOX SPECIAL LAST EDITION. NEW STEWPOT HAS STARTED British Commons Will Be a Cauldron of of Courrorersiss, BALDWIN "A SIMPLE oor" 'According to 0 Betieibrosker An Unstable Political Keign Will Now Return. London, Dec. 8.--What wiil hap pen now? Though from sixty seats returns must yet come in, it is ex- pected that the Conservatives will lead by a narrow margin, with La« bor second and the Liberals® thira. Who will form Government? Ea- quiry at the Conservative Central Office, where Col. Jackson still con- trols, suggested the following as the only possib'e outcome: Since none of the parties is strong | enough to form a Government and | 8 new election in a short time would only bring a similar result with an- other stalemate, it is suggested that Premier Baldwin's tariff reform have ing failed, he will tender his resigna= tion, and a central party will emerge | under a new leader (probably Aus | ten Chamberlain), with Lloyd George, Birkenhead, Winston / Churchill and Sir Robert Horne. Tariff reform is certainly drope ped for the time being. Since Lloyd | George and Asquith promised te sweep away the safeguarding in- and Chamberlain will probably hold out against that, the House will likely split into groups-- extreme right, right, centre, left left. Many Conserva- tives will still stick to Baldwin, and would refuse to adopt the Coall~ tion. Sources of Trouble. 5 Many Liberald would approximate to Labor. The trouble with such a Coalition is that when budget is brought down a certain number of in large volume and directly com-| 0103 many hundreds of times | Liberals might-uaite with Labor if pete with U. 8. hard spring wheat unless the duty ig materially in- creased." CHURCHILL VICTIM OF THREE-CORNERED FIGHT A Bitter Campaign Was ios Against Him--Veterans Supported Him. London, Dec. 8. -- Winston Churchill, who went down to defeat in the western division of Leicester, had against him one of the intel-| lectuals of the Labor party, F. W. Pethick Lawrence, and a very sport- | ing Conservative, Captain A. In- Churchill was handicapped by the fact that the seat had be- foie been held by Labor with a ma-| jority of 4,792, but until Captain Instone appeared in the field he was confident of gaining it. As it is he has been defeated by. a Labor Prus- ality of 4,398, and as Instone polled 7,696, he may fairly claim that he was one of the victims of a three- cornered fight. The campaign which he has wag-! by great bitter- | ed has been marked ness on the Labor side, and Church- {ll"s part in the Dardenelles expedi- tion has been thrown in his teeth | ex- | violénce that many volun- with such service men came forward tarily, regardless of their political sympathies, to'speak on his behalf. | { He had, however, one great asset in his wife. Mrs. Churchill has worked in the constituency for the last week or two and, although she is not a platform speaker like Lady Bonham Carter or Lady Astor, she did splen- did work for her husband in can-| interviews | vassing and personal with women voters. Churchill's disappointment at his new defeat must be all the greater through the fact that it was almost settled that he should run for the | Rusholme division of Manchester, which his old colleague, C. F. G. Masterman, has won from the Con- servatives, Cries of "Are we downhearted?" greeted Winston Churchill when he | arrived at the Liberal Club after the announcement of the election re- turns. - Mr. Churehill, in a speech, ! declared "As for myself I fought a fair fight for free trade. I will not associate myself with a! violent movement on the left or with extreme reaction on the right." Awarded $50,000 for Eye. New York, Dec. 8.--A verdict of | by supreme court jury in 1 have | dome my best; I have done my duty. | himself, but on some one else. The | daughter called at the hospital to} cheer up her father and learned he | { had not entered. Next she received | a telegram that he was in Milwau-| kee and was headed north. | {Grater of Woloajt or Huge Stadium | Honolulu, Dec 8.--National Guard athletic officials have made public their plans for the construc-, tion of a huge stadium, utilizing the | crater of the extinct volcano in the centre of this city. It is declared the construction | cost will be small because of the | natural facilities, and -that the crater | is capable of seating 95,000. Russian Prisoners Freed. Petrograd, Dec. 8.--The first of the group of prisoners sentenced in connection with last year's trials for interfering ~ with the seizure of church treasures, including Bishop Benedict, some of whom were orig- inally sentenced to death, have been released, it is announced. -------- The Duke of Aosta, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel is suffering from acute pneumonia. | will the latter drop the capital levy and they have nothing left if they do. Friction will come also on foreign amalrs. Asquith and Labor are both for recognition of Russia and Ger- many, against France. t seems inevitable that the House break up into groups with stormy debates and flerce divisions on all questions. The Conservatives blame woman's vote for their loss« es and say the women were stam- peded by the cry "Higher cost of food." Labor's strong central organ- 'zation and co-operation of trade un- | ons proved to be their strong facts or, as all Labor opinion states, Many Conservatives were indifferent or else many close results might have been turned. ¥ Great possibilities of Empire de velopment have been cast overboard for the time being by the unexpec« ted result, and Premier Baldwin is accused by Beaverbrook of being a simple fool, because he was moved by principle to attempt something for the country's good. An unstable political reign or paliticians banters ing for place will now return. api pi, wr Despite the loss of his majority, it is expected that Premier Baldwin will carry on till defeated in the house. More bread-winners die of tuber his family thrown on the mercy af t Do we ever stop to think what family afflicted with tuberculosis, ment, and is forced to live dn close | millions of tuberculosie germs. The danger of one uncared-for, be overestimue | community at large. cannot | Unless educated to, the fact, | germs of this dread disease broadcast { 1 who cannot afford The spread of tuberculosis is mainly due One expectoration from a victlm of active TUBERCULOSIS Wrecks More Homes Than Any Other Known Disease. w/ culosis than from any clher disease. ry Do we realize wirat it means when the head of a home is taken and he world 7 * it means to have a member of & sanatorium treats contact with the other members of the family, consequently spreading the infection ? to contact. contains tuberculosis BF active tuberculous paticut to Che ed the "ty unate viciim spreads unconscionsly. 4 The unfortunate workman who, aithough suffering from tabercule | has still to try and support his family, carries 'nfection to ihe works The children from a home where there is active tubsrcalonis $50,000 for the loss of an eye was re-. ! tntection to our schools, and among thelr plaryinates. L. The afficied mother Sanveys the RR Should such a condition be allowed to exist ? disease 40 } to her children. Xo. . w-- hd ot ibe ageLon Tuberculosis ates