i 4 However, upon reaching ? 'Inquest was pot necessary. NOW PLAYING "THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE" > Daily British Whig CAPITOL MON, TUES, WED, "RUGGLES OF RED GAP" a YEAR 90; No. 205. TRUCK Di DRIVER | Whig's Christmas Number IS DROWNED "A Tragic Death Is Met By Harold Nich Nicholson. | | | t | { 1S BOAT Was SWANPED Near Wartman's Point While He Rowed From Stella Thursday Afternoon. Harold Say motor driver for Macnee & Minnes, drowned when the small boat which he was rowing from Amherst truck was | | | Island to the mainland on Thursday | evening was swamped in the heavy | presentation will take place at the sea. The body was discovered lying | on the shore at Wartman's Point on Friday morning by members of 4 party that went in search of him | | His little dog, that was with him in | ® the boat, swam to shore and stayed | beside the body of its master unt friends came, and then it immediate . ly ran off home. The deceased went to Amherst Island on Sunday, accompanied by | history Jack Brady, Mowat hospital driv- word to Mr. to come after on Friday. Stella, on Thursday evening, they decided not to wait and late in the afternoon they set out in two small row-boats for the mainland. The water was ealm, but the windwchanged to the morth and before they had gone far quite a sea arose. They got separ- ated, according to Mr, Brady, who poor luck and sent 'Westlake, Portsmouth, them with his launch § reached the shore, safely. The nom- + sank from exhaustion. arrival of Mr. Nicholson occasioned the anxiety of his relatives and when his boat was reported found the worst was expected. Discovery of Body. ' When the body was discovered, Dr. A. E. Ross, coroner, was not!- fled, and after examining It he de cided that death was due to acci- dental drowning, and stated that an The re- James There mains were conveyed to Reid's undertaking parlors. Wasa Wwatchudn his.pocket. that stop. ped at 5.80, indicating that death occurred about that time. Tt 1s also thought that Mr. Nicholson was near the shore and was preparing te swim or was swimming when he One of his heavy rubber boots had been remov- ed, and he was apparently endeavor- ing to rid himself of the other one. The late Harold Nicholson was a son of the late Amos Nicholson of Portsmouth and was forty years of _.age. His wife predeceased him but Te Is survived by three daughters, Misses Margaret, Edith and Isa- bell; two brothers, William and Kenneth, all of Kingston, and three sisters, Mrs. Mooney, Mrs. Nelgon ahd Mrs. Gallanger, who reside in _ Western Canada. Mr. Nicholson was truck drive for the firm of Mucnee and Minnes 'and was highly esteemed for his in- dustry and integrity. He resides "with his brother, Willlam in Ports- mouth and was a member of St. John's church. His death is the oc casion for expressions of.deep regret and sympathy with the bereaved family, Hit on Head With Sledge. + Belleville, Dec. 14.--Struck on the head with a sledge and sustaining a 'Asevere scalp wound was the unfore. unate experience 'of James R. Weir, 22 Frank street. The accident oc- curred at Corbyville whilst the vic. tim and a fellow employee were on. gaged at drilling. In striking the drill which Mr. Weir was holding the sledge glanced off with the above result. Rebel forces at Manzanillo, Mex- co, captured and executed General Miguel Pima of the Yederal army. | 1 | [a third er, on a duck-bunting trip. They had | cheese makers in the came county. | resigned to his fate, while ] The Christmas number of the Bri- { tish Whig will be issued on Satur-| | day and will contain a number of | | special articles, Among these are: | The public activities of Kingston's | leading women, with twenty-seven | | vhotogravures. What the Mowat hospital is doing | fight tuberculosis "Billy" Hughes' own about Boo-Hoo. An outline of labor conditions Kingston. A statement rou} paving. Various Christmas articles, Order your extra copy now, the special issue will be sold our] carly. | | 0 statement regarding the city' 8 PRESENTATION OF TOKENS. in {| By County Council to W. C. Taylor and James Sprott. | It has been decided that a public | Friday afternoon, Taylor, Bur- house on Dec. 21st, when W. C ridge, and James Sprott, Cataraqui, the Frontenac cheese makers who | ere awarded first and third prizes | for cheddar cheeses at the British | Dairy Farmers' Association exhibit held in London, England, last month will be given tokens by. the county council. This is the first time in the of Canada that a first and | prize have been won by court Mr. Taylor, who was the first prize winmer, will be presented with a solid gold watch suitably engraved | and Mr. Sprotf, the third prize win- | ner, will receive a beautiful cloek. | Warden John §. Sibbitt will make | the presentations. TURNS GAR INTO DITCH | AND SAVES FOUR LIVES Mrs. Pankhurst and Fi Companions Were in Danger | at Belleville. Belleville, Dec. 14.--Mrs. Em- | meline RKankhurst, Mrs. Perry, Miss Ferris and Miss Hewson, all of Tor- ronto, were in danger of their lives at a level crossing on the edge of the eity yesterday afternoon when their car, a small sedan, was within a few inches of being run down by an easthoynd passenger train, They were 'Inotoriag: from Ottawa to Tor- onto. The presence of mind of the driver, Miss Hewson, saved the lives of the party, She was driving about fifteen miles an hour on nearing the crossing and did not see the ap- proaching train until {t was negrly upon them. Too late to get across the tracks, with safety, she instantly applied the brakes and turned the car at the same time into the ditch as the train rushed past. The car and four ladies were upset in the deep drain. The women were not seriously hurt. +» RINGSTON; 1 HEAR COMEDY AS THEY DIE The Most me Execu-| tion of Three ree Murderers. "MUSICAL PLAY 1S STAGED, But a Few Feet Away From the Sing-Sing Execution Place. Ossining, N.Y., Dec. ham Becker, wife slayer, Hacker, convicted of killing Smith Ward in Binghamton, Harry Santanello, murder George Miss and also convicted of in Binghamton, walked the electric chair in Sing Sing last | night with laughter and songs of a musical comedy, staged by other convicts, ringing in their ears. The death cells in which they passed | their last hours were but a few feet | away from the auditorium in which | the "Oh, Lady, Lady,' comedy being given. Becker sat alone with Rabbi Katz, his face set, hope abandoned ' and Hacker and Santanello spent their last hours with a Roman Catholic priest. They could hear, through ventilators, merry laughter of those the performance and the strains of the orchestra. Officials stated that when the men went to their death at midnight it | was one of the most grotesque tra- gedies ever enacted within the pri- son walls musical AUTOMATIC C i Writing of a Book 1 Yruphics Exclusive Property in the Work. Ottawa, Dec, 14 right Act, effective on January involves some radical changes. 1st, The | outstanding one of-threm affects the it | literarygwork to | to | process of copyright. Heretofore was necessary for a be registered ut the department secure protection. act the "creation" of such a work involves copyright. Thig* is to say ihal the man who writd a book or article a>quires the copyright of it automatically by reason of its autn- orehip. Registration may be made and might be helpful in litigation for infringement, But it is not nec- essary. THE LATEST STANDING Of Parties in The New House of Commons, London, Dec. 14. Vith returns made from the University of Wales, which practically completes the gen- | | eral élection resuils and gives Lab- RECTOR IS SUMMONED. Must Explain Dancing Show to His | Bishop, | New York, Dec. 14. --The Rev. William Norman Guthrie, rector of St. Mark"s-in-the-Bowery, and his vestrymen were summoned today by Bishop William T. Manning. of the Episcopal diocese of New York to explain the dancing entertain ment given by the parish girls at re- cent festivals of the congregation. Reports were published that the girls were scantily clad. Bishop Manning wrote he was | greatly shocked and scandalized by reports in the newspapers, "which, I fedr, have not altogether been oxaggeraled." The dances entertainments, Dr. | were given at two At one, girls were costumed to represent the signs of the Zodiac, at another Greek classical dances were a part of the programme. Obregon is winner in the first bat- | tle with the Mexican rebels. He withdraws to the mountains to await Huerta's advance. | "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY On "Empty Hearts." The MODERN GIRL, Instead of having ONE man In her HEART, Generally has SEVERAL On her MIND, Of course, The Modern Girl's Is pretty FULL, Of HERSELF; But her mind is open To REASON---with others In fact, her mind is heart SEX BBO corrmomman Eran or, is it "BORED"? ET 11, Yeniu Srv Now LOVE a man with Their MIND, Instead of their HEART. That is why they are Constantly changing their MAN. It may be Very intriguing, but [f the intrigue doesn't Intrigue her It is NOW the girl Who flies away. Women with empty hearts coli Arg ccm slg - Barren, destituato-Freats, | or a seat formerly held by Without foliage-- J the Swedish Ballet counters with | fall SRE ni Ei tii ite erals, there is still to come a by-elee- tion in West the death of C candidate, before F. the White, total | seats are filled. The standing is: Conservatives 263; Liberals 1563; other parties Labor 12. EUROPEAN PLAYS NOW IN NEW YORK Ten British Productions on the Boards--Other Foreign Companies There. New York, Dec: 14.-- The playbills of New York prociatm it one of the most cosmopolitan and most cultur- | ed cities in the world. Two Hamlets hold the boarde at the same time, John Barrymore and | Walter Hampden. Ten plays of distingt!y British ori- | gin or infiuence are being given, among them pieces by W. Somerset Maugham, John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw. Historical plays con- cerning Queen Victoria and Rober: E. Lee are as successful as popular farces, The talents of stars like Mrs, Fiske, Richard Bennett, Willan: Faversham and Cyril Maude are enlisted. There are five French plays, one a famous clascic, another by tha most promising young dramatist in France. Two Spanish plays present sections of the histories of Casanova, the famous ItaMan bon-viveur, ane of Sancho Panza of Don Quixote fame. A play by Ferenc Molnar leads the list of those from middle-Eur- ope, while there are" cthers of tne sunny South Seas. Eleanora Duse, believed by many to be the late Sarah Bernhardt's only rival in modern times, heads an It- alian company in Scandinavian, Ita- ir ase antique classics, while a work. The all, Guignol of Paris brings old fashioned thrills; ~ while (ection, and heavy fesding in sisi 14. --Abra- to | was | the | watching | | The new Copy- Under the new | British | Derbyshire caused by! Libera: ! of 614 1860; | s presenting similar Topinion ONTARIO; FRIDAY; YEAR © OF INTERCESSION. He by Anglo<Catholics for Eng- lish Conversion. | London, Dec. 14.--A year of con- tinuous intercession for the conver- | sion of England is planned by the | | Anglo-Catholics, or extreme high | | church party of the Church of Eng: | land. The country has been divided | | into districts, each of which will be | responsible for maintaining continu- | [ ous prayer during a portion of the | { year. Thus to London and the | sath has been assigned, March, April and October. Special churches 'have been- selected and the incum- bents will compose a list of men and | women who will undertake that the | chain of prayer is never broken. | From Scotland has been borrowed | the custom of the firy cross sent | from town to town to rouse the ! clansmen to arms. It is proposed { that a cross should be erected in each church while the intercession is in progress, and should be passed on to the next with a solemn proces- | sion through the streets of clergy in their robes, singing hymns and say- Ing prayers { FIRE NEAR TAMWORTH. | Home of F. J. "Detlor was Totally Destroyed. PECEMNBER TY; TORIES SHOW PANIC SIGNS a x TS. As the Result 0 of the Labor' Party's De Decision. | To Tell His Majesty the binet Will Retain Office For Present. Visit by rremler Baldwin to suck- lngham }Malace shoriy betore noon yesierday caused excitomeut in pu. ftical circles, It was learned that ue informed hiug George of 'tuesaay's cabinet decision, to retain onice ior the present, Conservative party leaders exhibit signs of panic. 1nerc was much t2ik of the imminence of a Labor gime, and or the fact that the Tor Tamworth, Dec. 14 --F¥. J. Det- lor, who lives about ten miles north of Tamworth, lost his home and | contents, destroyed by fire, on Mon- | day. The funeral of the late John | Copeland took place on Tuesday to the Presbyterian church. The Orangemen had charge of the ser- vice, and thére was a very large at- tendance. Rev. Mr. Clark preached | the funeral sermon. Two sons and two | daughters were in attendance, in- | cluding. Tom and Alice of Montreal, | F. | | George, of Detroit, and Mrs, Bower, of. Florida NERVOUS EXHAUSTION | | | Denial Made That the Finance Minister Suffered Stroke of Paralysis. 14.--Rumors that S. Fielding, Minis- | ter of Finance, has suffered a par- | alytic stroke are denied by his phy- sician, Dro George cCquthy. "HONE Phetaing Mo from nervous exhaustion and brain fatigue," sald Dr. McCarthy. "The three or four days of travel .and speech-making which he went through just before his illness were too much for him, and he returned | to' Ottawa much exhausted and with | his eyesight impaired. The report that he has suffered paralytic stroke is not true, however. He can move his arms and legs. stand {up and walk." The minister has heen well enough to receive one or | two callers during the past day or two. Ottawa, Dec. | Right Hon. W. the Lib- | Berlin May Be Forced Berlin, Dec. 14.--The significant hint that Germany may be forced to appeal to the league of nations in a final attempt to extricate herself ! from her present financial chaos is made by the official press service of | the Centrists, the party of Chancel- lor Marx. This means that Germany would attempt to follow the example | of Austria, which was given aid by | the league in rehabilitating her | shattered finances. It would be pre- | mature, however, to say that the German government has actually re- | solved upon this course, { The rentenmark credit of 1,200,- 000,000 gold marks is about ex- hausted, and its extension seems im- | possible if the rentenmarks are to go the same way as the old 'paper | marks. The Centrist communique states that even the severest taxa- { tion will be unavalling without for- | eign assistance, the negotiations for | which it says have not yet proceeded far and cannot be brought to a suc- cessful conclusion without materidl restrictions upon German eignty. LL ---- Much Comb Honey : Imported In Canada Toronte, Dec. 14.-- Canada im- ported 300,000 pounds of comb hon- ey last year and there is no reason why we should not have that busi< ness." sald H. G. Sibbald, addres. fing the annual meeting of the On- tario Beekeepers' Association, "There is danger of over-produc- tion of extracted homey, but MNitle danger as regards comb honey be. cause of the time and care de- manded," he added, R. G. Houghton, of Barrie, gave a talk on outdoor wintering of bees and Morley Pettitt followed with an address on spring management. Mr. recommended leaving the bives in Naar packing until , is more More Important fhan fac. ing the hives in any particular oe FIELDING'S AILMENT To Ask League for Help| or sover- |" les wero at the mercy of those Lio- eral leaders, Asquith and Lloya George, especially of -the latter, whom the Unionist ousted in 1922. ¥ The Conservatives received some- | what of a shock by the announce- ments that the Liberals would join Labor in defeating Baldwin and his What the in party at the first opportunity. was even more impressive was statement that the Liberals Commons would support Ramsay | as tou attempted ernment, measures long were not Labor Prepares for Election. The Labor executive ordered the | | pany organizers to make financial | and all other arrangements for the next contest, Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail | beads its political reports "Anti-So- | clalist fusion gathers growing sup- port." and urges an attempt to ar- range a Conservative-Liberal agree- ment to carry on as caretakers or Government. But Lord late for that, lo assume office If Baldwin is able to carry on. Raméby Macdoneld's declaration that Great Britain could not con- tinue to pay her debt to the United States and allow France to disregard | her obligations to Britain, if there were no general settlement of Eur- opean debts, is causing uneasiness in Europe, The Labor party is credited with | the desire to increase the Parliamen- | tary allowance to members to £600. Asquith's blank statement in re- ply to a question to the truth of the rumor that the Liberals may seek an alliance with Conservatives, "Need- less to say there is no foundation for such a foolish invention," adds con- | fusion to the complicated situation. | It is rumored that Lloyd George is quitting politics to enter journa: m, un- Equal Pay for Teachers Voted Down by Boston | Boston, Mass, Dec. 14.--Equal pay for high school teachers, regard- less of sex, was voted down by a heavy majority in the city election yesterday, tabulation of completed early to-day showed. The vote on the "equal pay for equal work" referendum was:: Yes 28,- 318; No 51,556. The result of this referendum was a heavy women's vote. There had been a strenuous campaign in favor | of "equal pay for equal work" in the last two weeks but the argument that higher salaries 'teachers might stand in the way of | increases for other employees is be- lieved to have had its influence with | city employees, who always consti- tute a large faction of the voters in municipal elections. Steer Raised by Boy Brings 60 Cents a Pound Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 14. --A yearl- ing steer fed by George Henry of Woodstock, O., a member of a boys and girls stock feeding club, soM at Bast Buffalo to-day for what stock yard officials said was a record price of sixty cents a pound. The animal weighed 1.060 pounds. It was grand champion bullock at a fat stock show for boys and girls feeding clubs held at the Bast' Buffalo yards, War Blamed for Child Suicides, Linz, Austria, Des. 14. Child suicide, which has been common in Central Burope since the war, had a tragic illustration here recently. A boy seventeen years old hanged himself, and the next day st the 'same pot his fourteen year-oid bro- ther took his life in the same man- ner. The younger boy left a note say- bg Bere ould. TEI SRR EY playmate. London, Dec. 14.--An unexpected | re- | Macdonaid as head of a Labor Gov-| radicay | | Government and keep Labor out of | Beaver- | brook's Dally Express says it is too | and Labor is entitled | returns | reported as surprising as there was | for women | THEIR APPOINTMENT IS MADE PERMANENT As Liquidators of the Home | Bank by Judge's ! Order. | Toronto, Dec. 14 --After hearing | counsel! for an hour this morning, Justice Fisher at Osgoode Hall made | | an order appointing G. T. Clarkson, | and I. E. Weldon, who have | acting as provisional liquidators of | | the Home Bank, as permanent tiqui- | BADHIN SEES THE MG { Isfled that he has authority been | dators of that institution Justice | Fisher announced that if he is sat- to xp | point inspectors of the estate, | wi name the eleven chosen by ae | meeting. An additional forse: was made giving the liquidat- ors authority to borrow from other | | banks immediately a sum not great- er than. $3,750,000 for the purpose | of paying an interim dividend of twenty-five per cent. to the deposi- tors To Turn Over $400,000 As Restitution Fund | Chicago, Dec. 14. Relatives and friends of Leo Koretz, Chicago at torney, sought by the authorities as an alleged swindler who fleeced ina | vestors in an oil scheme of a sum ranging from two million to five million dollars, have arranged to turn over to-day as a restitution fund four hundred thousand dollars given by Koretz before he disappear- ed a week ago. WIFE KILL ER HANGE D. | Gustave Dube Had Expected Com. mutation of Sentence, Quebec, Dee. 14. Gustave Dube | was hanged at eight o'clock this morning at Montmagny for the mur | der of his wife in 1920, whom he | | was found to have shot. He claimed | | he was killing hens on his farm in| {| St. Adalbert, Until last night he had | expected that he might obtain a de- 18 or commutation of sentence, KING WINTER AT LAST * DESCENDS UPON ONTARIO | { | | It Was Fourteen Degrees Above Zero at Ottawa Friday Morning. Toronto, Dec. 14. -Ushered in by --over ~hake Supsrior which cansed vesweis to séek shelf- | or in convenient harbors, King Win- | ter descended upon Ontario ! j night. The greatest drop, 14 degrees, | | was recorded during the night. In | Toronto the mercury dropped thirty | points; Ottawa fell from 52 to 14 | The weather throughout Ontario to | | day is fair and cold. White River re tained its reputation as the coldest | spot in Ontario, with a temperaturs! of 24 below zero. last | i ------------ MOTORIST Is OHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER wis Car Crashed Into a Hole and a Lad Was Killed. Kitchener, = Dec. 3 Joseph | Krawehymess, Waterloo, was arrest joa early this morning by provincial | | officers charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Paul | | Kramaichuck young son of Nick | Kramatchuck, near Hagey's cross- | ing, last night when an automobile | containing eight persons mostly | children, crashed into a hole on the | roadside, Young Kramaichuck was | instantly killed and Martha and An- | nile Kramaichuck were probably fat ally injured. | Following the accident, Kramach | ynski, who identity was not known [ unti1 two o'clock this morning, dis-| | appeared. He took the radial to Kit- chener and thence to Wa terloo | where he went to bed. A motorist} { took Paul, Martha and Annie Kram- | | alchuck and Clara Stednick to Galt | hospital, while the other two Sted- | nick children were taken to a near- by farmer's house. Lively Time Coming On Redistribution | 'Ottawa, Dec. 14. --Redistribution | will again in the coming session of | parliament comlest the centre of the, stage with banking affairs. The bill | providing for a readjustment of rep- | resentation in the House of Com- mons was introduced by the prime | minister early last session, given a second reading a week later, and re: ferred to a special committee, head- | ed by Hon. E. M. Macdonald. That} committee, though it got down to! business §fter the Baster recess, |. tailed to reach a solution which | could command the unanimous sup- | port of the house. ! { Yote Against Union Bil. ! Pembroke, Dec. 14.-- Rev. Ross and Mr. McGowan of ote] addressed a large gathering in the! town hall on the guestion of shureh, Ret 3 on opposing the bill for church union was put! | | | { { 300 members present. It was also divided to farm foram adored franc wt Sues Eri the Presbyterian church Association. 7 | uary | protests the same as the tax which | ing | apparently it is Har j oul | ify or relax an act of parliament | questionable. ) &F { sheriff's ; ed Hit was unanimously passed by the) EDITION, SALES TAX T0 BE LAW (On the First of January Without Any Twigs) HICKS STILL RECORDED ' Against the New Measure--- None of Sales Tax Legis- "lation Satisfies. Ottawa, Dec. 14.--The new sales tax which comes into effect on Jan- Ist is the cause of persistent preceded it. Early last winter the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa tion sent a big delegation here mak« various suggestions about . the tax among them being its applica tion at. "the source." That is what it attempted in the new system and the regulations based upon it, but much easier in the- than in practice. The customs and excise department is surfeited with inquiries and kicks of one kind and another and various sug- gestions. Tallors were here Wed- nesday protesting against the form ory | of the tax and furriers had a sim- complaint yesterday. Apparently the tax will go into ef- fect on the first of January, with any suspension or change, The authority of the government to mod- is It follows that if any other change is to be made it will not be immediately, the time when such things are brought about be- ing the budget. From present appear- ances the budget of 1924 is a con- siderable. way off. The volume of objections from the trade both as | to the form and principle of the tax suggest the likelihood of some | variation. There will be no change in the col- lection machinery under the new { tax, | Imprisoned for 10 Days In Hollow Tree, Released San Antonio, Dec. oned for ten days. a a glant oak tree, Harry Con . was rescued by Bexar county deputy" sheriffs and farmers. 2 Comstock, who had been. without! foot or walter during his imprisons ment, drank almost a galion of wat- within a short time. was taken to the Bexar county ffice and a physician sum- Food was given him grad- a speist Iie moned, uali He told his rescuers that he climb- ip the tree in search of shelter failen into the hollow. Ms ef. to get out failed and at inter he shouted for help. Not until noon to-day was his cry heard and help summoned, It took half an hour! renw into the trunk, 2 Cometock was very weak and his y. and | for vais 8 | body covered with bruises. i Cornwall Canal Closed, Cornwall, Dec, 14.-~The Corn- wail canal was officially closed for! e season December 12, This is! about the average date for the past fifteen years, the earliest being on December 5th, 1910, and the latest on December 18th, 1918. Last year the closing was the 13th, Premier Bruce's Visit, ! Ottawa, Dec. 14.--Premlier Bruce, of Australia, will arrive in Ottawa |* on "Jatiuary 31st, and remain until February 3rd. While here the ne gotiations for preferential tariffs be- , tween Canada and Australia will be re-opened. ELEVENTH HOUR WREST | IN THE HOME BANK CASE {The Private Secretary 'of 3 President H. J. Daly Is Taken Into Oustody. Toronto, Dec. 14.--An eleventh arrest in the Home Bank case way made to-day when T. H. O'Connor, private secretary to H. J. Daly, = president of the bank, was arrested | In Mr. Daiy's office as a material witness for the prosecution agalnie { the directors and officials of the in stitution, tf O'Connor's mame was mentioned in the report of G. T. Clarksofl, liquidator, at the meeting of deposi tors, as being indebted in upwards = of $30,000 in connection with the Home Pank shares pledged by Mr. Daly to American banks, 3 Justice Middleton to-day reserved : | judgment on the application of the directors and cfficials of the H ¥ oi Bank for a mandamus Sompaiiing Fb ms ceed with the trials of thelr cases. ct tem---- ---- One cha was killed and ¢ persons were probably Jatal be aL an embavkment aear Preston, . 3) \ NE