CAPITOL NOW SHOWING JACKIE COOGAN In "Long Live the King" Ch | e Daily British Whig CAPITOL MON, TUES., WED. GLORIA SWANSON The Humming Bird YEAR 1; No. 32. T0 RECOGNIZE : THE LIBERALS : As the Official Opposition in Ontario Legislature. PREMIER - 15 DETERMINED May Change Enactment Pass- ed to Give Him Stipend As Group Head. Toronto, Feb. i sixteenth legislature of Ontario opened yester- day with a strange political situa- tion, Premier Ferguson declaring the | Liberal party as the opposition, ann the Progressives claim, that accord- ing to an enactment of the forme. | they should be the re-| cognized opposition, Premier Fergu-! government, son is determined the Liberals shall | be the opposition even {f he has to, as he declared "change the lation." The enactment of the Drury rs- gime states that a party of fifteen members or more shall be an opposl- tion group. The Liberal party has less heh fifteen while the Progressives clal to be seventeen strong. When interviewed on the matter, Premier Ferguson sald that he did- legis- | I SPI 4 TAFT ILL AND COULD NOT ATTEND FUNERAL. Washington, Feb. 7.--Wil- liam Howard Taft, chief jus- tice ot the U.S., was taken ill with acute indigestion yester- day and unable to act " as an honorary pallbearer for form- er President Woodrow Wilsen. The chief justice's attack Is yielding to treatment. Peder rte ret * * *| % | *| & *| | 2 > > > 2} « | | | { PFE E PLP ERP ELEY VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. The Japaneses Warship--Display of Reaewed Friendship. Wellington, Feb. 7.--The visit ot| the Japanese warships to New Zea- land waters has been the occasion for | a marked display of good feeling. | | As Premier Massey sald at the ban- j auet to welcome the guests, the visit] was a renewal of friendship with] loyal and faithful allies. Vice-Ad-!| | miral Baito recalled New Zealand's | assisfance in the distresses of Japan and said the feelings of the Japanese towards their old allies were un-| i changed. The alliance was now re- | placed by the four-power treaty, | which, he felt, would becomo a step towards a real league of nations, working for the advancement of hu-| manity. | | | | | | BELIEVES CH CHURCH RH NON | IS YET A LONG WAY fF 'Washing "0: Embassy Paid Re- | Wilson funeral {near the embassy shortly after noon to | half-masted. | embassy building. [s sign half way. (KINGSTON, UNTARKIO, The Home 'Bank Case Goes GERMAN FLAG HALF-MASTED spect to Woodrow Wilson. In Nation's Sh Shrine----Many Knelt in Prayer As Cor- tege Passed By. Washington, Feb. 7.--The flag | {over the German embassy hoated at | {half-mast yesterday afternocn out of | respect to Woodrow Wilson. It was run up two hours before the services began, and | remained at half-mast until mid- night. A little group of men gathered see whether the flag would be During the morning | [no flag flew from the staff over the A servant ran up the German en- The little crowd in {the street cheered, Among the | group was Paul Maloney, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., who, Tuesday night, with the aid of several taxi drivers, | fastened an American flag over the! front door of the embassy, where | n't know the exact nature of the The Latest View Expressed by it remained until the police took it Progressive group. He understood that the Farmer members were strict- ly agriculturalists who would not op- _ pose any enactment in the interest of agriculture and therefore could not logically oppose any such busi- mess brought in by the government. May Change Law. "Absolutely no," was his reply when asked if he contemplated any change of attitude towards the Pro- gressives, He went on to reassert the Liberals constitute the only real or- ganized group which can be con- sidered an opposition. As to the ma:- ter of legislation he declared that if it did not cover the situation as he considered it "we will most certain iy change it." Members of the Progressive group . sald that the enactment gave them danas claim for recognition and dicted that this would be brought up in the house. They expressed ths opinion that Premier Ferguson should consider the fact that the legislation was brought in by the Drury government particularly for his benefit. BISHOP FALLON SCORES MODERMISTS IN THEOLOGY | And Also Scientists Who Claim Infallibility in Christian Religious Matters. hm Montreal, Feb, 7.-- Addressing the Catholic Women's League of Mont- | real here last night, Bishop Fallon, the Archbishop of Canterbury. { testi London, Feb. 7.--Certain bishops | and clergymen of the Church of Eng- | land are steadily conferring witn certain prominent representatives ot the non-episcopal churches at Lam- beth palace, the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the question of reunion, so the Arch- bishop of Canterbury stated to-day while addressing a convocation as Canterbury church house, West. minster. The archbishop sald he hoped the results of these confer- ences would be published soon. Referring to the recent private conferences at Malinés, which wera initiated by Cardinal Mercier with a view of making some advance to- wards the reunion of the Anglican and Catholic church the A bishop of Canterbury said these con~ ferences had not attained such a character as to admit of publication with regard thereto. He intimated that the Malines conferences were not within measurable distance ot negotiations. These conferences, the archbishop continued, were private conversa. tions about the respective m.story and doctrines of the churches and | ae more. The archbishop expressed the Sh that the uniting of the for- foes of Christian men on earth was | | a long way off, but he said they must | continuously and prayerfully" strive | toward that end. {High Cost of Living Will Be down yesterday morning. It was stated on behalf of Am- | bassador Weidfeld that instructions | as it was not theé'intention | Mr. the flag, to show disrespect to memory, Wilson', s| The Simple Burial. Washington, Feb. 7.--The capital which he loved so well has said fare- well to Woodrow Wilson. Through a section of the city new to ceremonial action, his mortal re- mains were carried to their final resting place. The broad reaches of | Pennslyvania avenue, which saw the passing of Harding, McKinley, Gar- field, Lincoln, Taylor and Harrison, played no part in this last journey. Instead ,the funeral cortege passed slpwly and solemnly through massed ranks of sorrowing fellow-citizens from the home on 8 strevt, exclusives ly a residential section, along Meassa- chusetts avenue, likewise a roadway of homes, to the entrance to the cathedral grounds on the latter thor- oughfare. From there the body was carried into Bethlehem chapel through the door on the south of the crypt, over whick is inscribed: "The Way of Peace." The private services at the home consisted simply of the reading of the 23rd Psalm, a passage from a devotional book and recitation of a prayer. Crowds Knelt, As the procession wound from the 8 street house and up the incline to the cathedral the crowds stood in hushed reversnce. Many knelt in prayer as the cortege passed. Macdonald of Great written Premier Peincare expressing (regret lor the etatoment George In the New York cently, asserting the discovery of an agreement at the Paris peace con- ference between Woodrow Wilson and Premier Clemenceau regarding the| occupation of Rhineland, says a despatch to the semi-official Havas Agency from London this afternoon. The letter points out that the fault is not Mr. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Before the he Privy Comel) Feb, Feb, 7.--D. L. Me- Carthy, K.C., special crown pro- secutor in the Home Bank case, announced in the county judges' criminal court this morning that Hon, W.. F. Nickle, attorney- general, would appeal ' to the privy council against the deci- sion of the first divisional ap- pellate court of Ontario which directed that the charges laid under the bank act against ten directors and officials of the institution be tried before a county judge without a jury. Torontc 0, News off the Wires | In Condensed Form | Rt. Hon. W. S. Fielding is able to sit up for a while each day. Huerta .in his flight took members the rebel cabinet. The revolt is of | virtually ended. Italian recognition of the Soviet government probably will come with- in a few days. Standard hotels@are to be held strictly accountable for breaches of the Ontario Temperance Act. The gold mines of northern On- tario broke all previous records in the month of January, when they produced aproximately $2,100,000. John R. Booth, veteran lumber- man, is ill on the eve of his grand- daughter's wedding. 'He will not at- tend the ceremony. Prime Minister Macdonald would | welcome the convocation of another conference, similar to the Washing- ton conference, having as its object the further diminution of naval and [had come from Berlin to halfmast military equipments, Discovery of particular value in the use of a newly discovered drug from Germany in epileptic cases may revolutionize the treatment of that disease and ultimately lead to its absolute cure. PREMIER MACDONALD EXPRESSES REGRET |For Statement of Lloyd George Over Occupation of Ruhr Agreement. 7.~~Prime Minister Britain has Paris, Feb. of d World oo Macdonald's, CANADIANS CHARGE CHINE) WITH RUM-SMUGGLING Claim That Evidence Is Ob- tained Against Interna- tional Rings. - ' 1924, \ A Big Fire Breaks Out in n Tamworth; Two Stores Burned And Others Damaged | The village of Tamworth suffered { |a very heavy loss by fire early on | Thursday morning, when two stores | | were gutted two others very badly | damaged along with the Masor '¢ { hall, * The cause of the fire is known. The buildings destroyed were: L. B. Wells' harness shop. Walter Redden's ware rooms, agent for autos and separators. Badly damaged: Redden's drug store, A. B. Cars« callen's general store and the Maso- nic hall. The fire broke out about one o'- clock and there was great excite- ment in the village. Church bells were sounded to alarm the people and they turned out and did what they could to stay the flames. It was feared for a time that the entire business block in the village would fall a prey to the flames. At thé time the fire broke out WILLIAMS 1S FOUND GUILTY of Complicity in the Murder of Melbourne Maa. MURRELL IS CALLED UPON By Crown Prosecuting Attor- ney Rigney to Testify Against His Pal. London, Ont., Feb. 7.--Henry J. Williams, also known as 'Slim,' and a member of the Murrell gang, which terrorized Western Ontario three years ago, was, last evening, found guilty by an assize jury of murder in connection with the kill- ing of Russell Campbell at Melbourne on April 11th, 1921... The verdict carried with it a recommendation to mercy. Sydney Murrell, 'who was on Tuesday con & mur-| der, and Williams, will both be sen- tenced by Judge Lennox before the close of the count, and the plea for mercy will be forwarded to the de- partment of justice at Ottawa. Thus has the majesty of the law been vindicated three years after the murder and bwnk raid at Melbourne, twenty miles from London. Two of the Murrell gang, Willlam Murrell, elder brother of Sydney, and George E. Norton, known as "Pat," are still at large, but rewarcs are offered for their arrest, and the crown is con: fident that it is only a matter of timé until they are brought to justice also. The judge's charge was strongly against Williams, «nd bis lordship pointed out to the jury that where one or more take part in a felonious uns | there was a very heavy wind, but - an hour's time it abated and this, no doubt, was the means of saving many | | other stores, | Many of the shopkeepers carried out their stock, fearing that their | shop would be wiped out by the fire. | It wis one of the worst fires 'the village bh .s had in many years. It is stated that the fire originated in the shop or Walter Rédden, who is ageut for the Chevrolet and Me- Laughlin cars and all kinds ot sepa- | rators, Tamworth has no FR brigade ani it was a case of everyone turning in | and fighting the fire, The Whig was in communication with Tamworth by telephone Thurs- day forenoon but it wus stated that! as yet no estimate could he given of | the-damage, although it was thought | that it might readh $50,000. It is understood that the property was | well fnsured. asked « man on the street what place it. was, and it was while this was going on that one of the ban- | dits suggested that the Home Bank | would prove easy picking. Williams Was "Weak Sister." Sydney Murrell was driving the car, and at Norton's suggestion ha| drove into a farmer's bush, and the | party camped and cooked breakfast. It was there tha* the plans for the robbing of the Home Bank were made, witness said. Not until they were again on the road, and driving back to the bank, did Willlams know that a robbery was to be staged there. Murrell sald the party re- garded Williams as a weak sister, and not to be depended on when real work was necessary. Williams' part was to guard the bank door and let no ome in or out. Bill Murrell was to go in first, because he was the best dressed, and looked like a business man; Norton was to foi- low, and tlese 'wo we.e to "stick up" the bank. Sydney Murrell, the witness, was to "scoop the cash." All carried out their parts, except Williams, who left the door, and was told by Norton to get back and guard it or he (Norton) would "drill him." There were only three guns! in the party, and witness did not see Williams with one uhtil he went i Then the came, Witness saw Williams run away, and he was later captured In the road and tied to a pole. The other witnesses examined merely repeated their evidence pre- viously given. "Slim" Williams, in 'the prisoner's box, presented a pleasant appearance at his trial. He wore a neat brown suit, a soft dinen collar and a knitted tie. Williams was allowed the privi- lege of listening to the evidence without the burden of handcuffs and for the most part he kept his arms folded. A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN | council of the Calgary {namely LAST EDITION WOULD CURB THE AGENTS {Of the Industral Workers of the World PROSPERITY OF CANADA Declared Is In Dan ger Through Activities of This Communistic Organization. Calgary, Alta., Feb. 7.--Declaring {that the government should imme- jdiately take steps to stop the agents of the Industrial Workers of the World from endeavoring to disrupt 'and destroy the industrial life, wel fare and prosperity of Canada, the Board of rade yesterday passed a resolution {pointing out these facts and request- {ing the government to declare the LW.W. an illegal organization. The resolution went on to state [that in the opinion ¢f the council the | present agitation in the Eastern Bri- tish Columbia lumber camps was not for the purpose of adjusting any dit- nculties between employees and em- ployers, but was simply part of the declared objective of the LW.W., ,to break down the present government ot! the country and es tablish a-communistic regime. STILL SEEKING BRYANS OVER ST. PAUL ROBBERY Scouring the Twin Cities-- Description of Hold-Up Man Fits Him. Minneapolis, Feb. 7.-~Thomas Bryans, who escaped with '"Red" Ryan from Portsmouth penitentiary is still sought in the Twin Cities as one of six bandits who held up thraa employees of Finkelstein and Ruben theatrical magnates, in St. Paul Monday and escaped with $10,000. Frank W. Brunskill, superintend= ent of police, co-operating with the St. Paul police, printed a description Police tin and prone the force to be on the lookou or him. ; Bryans' description fits one of tha hold-up men, Ohief Brunskil sala. "The Canadian convict is small tn stature and so is the man we are looking for." Threatened to Shoot Ryan. Toronto, Feb. 7.--While in To- ronto "Red" Ryan stated Bryans and Simpson left Ryan and Sullivan here, the day after they held up the Bank of Nova Scotia. Bryans wanted to go with Ryan but Ryan decided Sullivan and hime self would travel alone, and thay went away via Windsor. There was a quarrel over the division of the money stolen from the bank and Ryan stated Bryans and he had a FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, British Labor Demands Work or Maintenance for All Out of Work. London, Ont., scored the modernists | Big Issue in French Elections in theology and a certain type of sci- | quarrel and Bryans threatened to shoot him. Amplifiers carried the service in the chapel to the crowds without an entists, who, he sald, claimed | -! Paris, 7.~The high cost of | radio ole carried the ap aud fallibility not only in their particu- living ir France promises to be one (words and singing of the choir . lar branch of learning but also in| p po Drineipal issues, injected by | throughout the country. The actual _ matters connected with the Christian | opposition to the present govern- lentombment was witnessed by only religion. Of the modernists, he | ment, during the campaign for the! ithe immediate members of the fam- said that It was with them not | forthcoming genéral election. lily. The prestdent and members of Buffalo, Feb. 7.--For indictment sought against members of two dis- tinct smuggling 'ings the presenta- tion of evidence against at least twenty Toronto and Belleville men, charging them with being principals in an international smuggling |scheme, was started yesterday be- enterprise in which murder occurs all are equally guilty in the eyes of the law. Williams, said the judge, had not fired a shot, but he had taken part in the conspiracy, which resulted in.the killing of a man. At seven o'clock the court adjourn- ed until eight, when the jury an- Feb, Smallpox in Montreal. Montreal, Feb, 7.--After a lapse of two years, smalipox has appéareq in Montreal and Dr. Boucher, direc- London, Feb. 7.--A great national _ question of doubt or denial, so much as utter loss of faith; it is rationa- lism run mad against supernatura- lism. They are all infailible, but the misery of it is that they are not | . unanimous, and infallibility without | unanimity is a pretty bad thing. Sanat-------- THE HAREM MUST GO. Or Turkey Will Face a Scarcity of Women. Posters are being prepared for | placarding in all the municipalities | of France, emphasizing the increase | | in the price of necessities of life uu- | der the present rule, In the sts | prepared it is noted that bread and | wine, whieh the average Frenchman | regards as first in the necessities of life, have been subjected to the smallest relative increase. tire cabinet, generals and admirals | and diplomats left the chapel with the pronouncement of the benedic- | tion, Only the members of the family {remained to witness the entombment, The church bells of Washington {tblled while tha service was in pro- gress, Hotels to Remain Open, charged, employs gasoline cruiser fore a federal grand jury here by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Mec- Govern. Federal Attorney McGovern has exposed the methods and routus em- ployed by international rum runners smuggling contraband booze from n Jo. smu into this country, The first of the two rings, it is a Toronto-owned in running huge nounced it had reached a verdict. At fifteen minutes past eight the court reassembled, 'and Williams was led back to hear his fate. He seemed pleased when he heard the recom- mendation to mercy. Murrell Testifies. The case against Willlams was handled most expeditiously by the crown, and it wept to the jury at canfpaign on behalf, of "unemployed workers' charter is to be launched jointly by the councll of trade union congress and the unemployed work- ers committee. The charter, which ie said to comprise the minimum de- mands of British labor for measures dealing with the problem of unem- ployment, asks for work or effective maintenance for all unemployed. Im- mediate development of government schemes for employment at union tor of public health, stated that threes cases had been reported, each pats lent, however, coming from outside. One is from British Columbia and two from Ontario. When the British parliament res assembles on Tuesday next Premier Macdonald will speak on a motion for adjournment to afford time for a comprehensive survey of the plans of the government, shipments of ale from that eity to Manitou and Payne beaches, near Rochester. A second ring employs a Lockport-owned cruiser and other vessels plying between Toronto and Lockport. Cargoes of both vessels, officials charge, have been huge shipments of Toronto-made ale and porter. Other boats have been cart- ing ale from Belleville to Rochester in large consignments. In connection with the ale-running scandal, Assistant Federal Attorney McGovern charged that several known Canadian custome officials were acting in connivaace with the ale smugglers. e also said that ale runners were abetted by the me- thods of Canadian customs men in allowing small gasoline cryisers to clear from Torento, Belleville and|g other ports laden with ale for Cuba, Mexico and other co ntries which if would be impossible to reach in these vessels. Rev. T. Crawford Brown has sold No. 225 St. George street, Toron'o, to G. E. Watson, secretary-treas- urer of the E. & 8. Currie Neck- wear Co, the sale price being $35.« 1000. London, Feb, 7.--Hotels ahd res- taurants in London that are licensed for public music and dancing will be permitted to remain open after mid- 4 night every Monday during the Brit- | ish Empire Exhibition, which will be inaugurated oh April 23rd. A de- cision to this effect was arrived at by the London county council, on the recommendation of the theatres com- mittee of the council. Angora, Feb. 7.--Polygamy and the harem may disappear from Tur- key, if the rccommendations made by the Turkish parliamentary com- mission are adopted by the national : BE GREATLY INCREASED omy, and because of the growing Return Issued by Finance De- Scarcity of marriageable women,| partment Covers Ten-month members of the commission believe | that the modern Turk should be con- Reriod of Fiscal Year. ' tent with one wife. They believe - that if each man were to avail him- "pelt of the four wives permitted by the Koran there would not be suffic- t women In Turkey to make pos- ible one wife for every man, wages; establishment of state work shops, reduction in hours of labor in order to absorb the unemployed; establishment of training centres for workers ahd housing accommodation at reasonable rents. 5.15 o'clock. The only surprise of the day came when T. J. Rigney, K.C., Kingston, for the crown, asked that Sydney Murrell, who was con- victed of murder, be brought into court and asked to testify. When Murrell was led into court, heavily menacled and between two officers, he addressed the bench: "Your lordship," he said, "I un- derstand the crown is using me as a witness ?" When informed that this was tho fact, Murrell leaned against the wit- ness box and decla.ed, "Then I re- fuse to testify." Asked by the judge what he meant by such conduct, the prisoner stated 'hat the day before the cpawn had refused to believe his story, and he could not expect the court would believe it now. However, he thought better of the matter, and when Mr. Rigney ques- tioned him. he replied freely enough. He covered much of the ground gone over yesterday. His brother, Bill, Pat Norton and himself, he said, had planned the night before CANADA'S DEBT WILL KOT -- no * » "You Said It, Marceline!" ; By MARCELINE FALROY coe On "Careidss Women™ It seems that GIRLS are if the girl is Always DROPPING THINGS | His OWN wire, If a MAN takes a GIRL His language is To the THEATRE. often FORCIBLE, DURING the PERFORMANCE she| 1° ™¢" ever know 3 Ottawa, Feb. 7.--A return issued by the finance department yesterday afternoon' indicates that the present fiscal year is not likely to show aa, considerable increase to the net debt of Canada. The return covers the ten months' period of the fisca. year up to the end of January, Tae net debi as it stood on January 3ist is given as $2,411,388,604, a da- crease of §8,591,389 from the figure of Jan, 31st of the previous year. Do- minion ordinary revenues for tha ten months are up nearly nine mir lions as compared with the corres- ponding period of the previous flsea. year; 'ordinaTy expenditures are down $378,000; capital expenditures are lower by about half a million. The above figures are merely pre- liminary. They are subject to revi- sion and cover receipts and pay- meénts which have passed througn the books of the Finance Depart- ment. Ireland Helps Home Builders, Dublin, Feb. 7.--The Free State government will advance $1,600,000 as a subsidy to relieve the housing shortage In Ireland, Private builders will benefit as well as municipalities. The purpose is, if possible, to bring down the cost of a threé-foom house to $1,309; four rooms, $1, 300, and five rooms, $2,300. 3 ---------- Rin "SPILL F PIL ETIEININS . * PLAY THE GAME @ RUSSIANS ARE TOLD + London, "Feb, 7.~8ir Arthur > Balfour, noted cteel manufac- & rer of Sheffield, president of + 'the' associated chambers of com- ¢ . e, who has many Canadian usiness connections, says he + 1 1d the soviet trade deputation, # '% on it way to Oanada, that no # | % matter (what politicdl recogni- + | # tion the soviet government of % "#& Russia received, Russians could + be assured; that until they paid ¢ their pre-war debts, and gen- + erally * the game" with ¢ the British jewle, they would + According to revised figures fIs- . & obtain Ro credit here. 4 | sued recently the net debt of the 4% dominion increased nearly $32,000, S000 000000000 con during the Bacal year 1922-23. If they are going to have A pleasant evening Till it's OVER-- At the theatre he thinks She will be nice to him AFTERWARDS, But it sometimes happens, As they step from the taxi, She DROPS HIM . . . them Turks Must Setve Their Country. Constantinople, Feb. 7.--The mili- tary service bill has been approveu | by the national assembly. It estab. lishes compulsory military service for all men. One and a half years is. required for the infgntry; two years for the artillery, cavalry, air force and engineers, and four-years for the navy. DROP her VANITY CASE, Or her HANDBAG; Or her NECKPIECE, At least TWICE |. , The FIRST time he thinks: "How FEMININE" But the second time: ' "Well, that's FOOLISH He doesn't even Whilst the THIRD time, Enjoy HIMSELF! i SB The Prince of Wales will be given a great reception in South Africa, and his visit te this Dominion, on which he will start from England on May 2nd, will be a memorable one. A twenty-five per cent. reduction in all personal income taxes payable this year was approved by the United States Republicans 02 the House ways and means Justice Lennox is to decide if Clar- » '. * Mexican war department officials declared on Wednesday that with the flight from Vera Cruz of De la Huer- ta the back bone of the Insurrection is broken,