CAPITOL NOW SHOWING JACKIE COOGAN In "Long Live the King" Daily British Whig CAPITOL MON, TUES., WED, GLORIA SWANSON The Humming Bird 3 YEAR 91; No. 383. KINGSTON, wv. NTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1924, LAST EDITION MORE SCRIPT ISSUING DONE By the Medical Doctors Dur- ing the Past Year. THE TOTAL WAS 623,314 . License Board to Get After - Certain Drug Stores--Re- .-. N organizing Police. Toronto, Feb. 8.--When the an- mnuzl report of the Ontario License Commission has been issued, it will note to a general increase in prescrip- tions issued by medical men, while & substantial advance will be shown in the value of liquor seized, as well as a greater number of seizures. Tho annual report for the year ending April 30th, 1923, recorded that the dispensaries had filled 623,314 pres- eriptions issued by doctors. 'James Hales, K.C., chairman of the commission, intimated to-day that the board have. adopted the policy, this year, of rigidly enforcing the liconse law against the stand- ard hotels. When infractions ara prosecuted and convictions secureem, there is to be a further inquisition to be faced from the License Board, before whom the offender must ap- , Pear to show cause why his licens>s ' should 'not be cancelled. Getting After Pruggists. It is generally accepted that changes of a somewhat important character are likely to be made in the O.T.A., not so much as concerns medical men, against whom convic- tions are practically an impossi- bility, as against a certain class of druggists. Druggists are permitted to store alcohol and spirits in the or- dinary course of their trade. Com- panies are being 'organized through. out Ontario and "drug" stores es- tablished. In some cases, an appren- tice druggist is in the company deal, and perhaps takes charge of the store, which is not a "dispensing . drug store," but one in which pro- . prietory preparations are sold, along with cosmetics, soap, perfumes ana ly fancy goods and cigars. In 'of these drug stores the Col- dege of Pharmacy diploma has bees Tented at fees that rum anywhere from $500 to $1,600. Suggestions-for relief from these conditions g0 'as far as the making the sale of liquor In drug stores illegal. Police Re-organization. . . The mooted re-organization of 'he | Provincial Police, with sufficient . co-ordination to cover law enforce- f ment by the various departments | Including the Fish and Game ana the Highways and Motor Vehicles branches, is under consideration. It is contended that 80 per cent. of the police work is in connection with the O.T.A. and highway traffic and that it will be impossible te divorce the Provincial Police from ' the operations of the O.T.A. and place an independent force undor the License Board. A SPT AT ARRIOR OVER CHURCH UNON Unionists Apparently Walked Out in Body When Ballot Plan Adopted. i. Arnprior, Feb. 8.--A meeting held Wednesday evening in St. Andrew's .| thing that [#e PEF E I ETREEE IRS * MISS BOOTH'S DOWRY a ABOUT FOUR MILLION Ottawa, Feb. 8.--It is rum- ored that the dowry "ef Miss Lois Booth is in the neighbor- hood of four million dollars, two milljon of which will be contributed by her grandfa- ther, J. R. Booth, Canada's "lumber king. The local florists are import- ing flowers from Florida to de- corate the church. +4422 %¢2 +3429 en PROSPECT OF REVIVAL IN AGRICULTURE Hon. Charles Stewart Says Conditions in. U.8. Quite "as Bad as Here, Ottawa, Feb, 8.--Though the con- j dition of agriculture is not every- might be desired, there | is reasonable prospect of a revival {in the near future that should: re- : flect on the entire commerce of this | country, and work to the benefit in- | directly of the business and profes- | sional men, This was the message | of Hon, Charles Stewart, Minister of | the Interior, in an address at the | seventeenth annual meeting of the Domindon Land Surveyors' .Associa- tion, . Probably no country has recovered more rapidly and with less cost from war conditions than Canada, said Mr. Stewart, and the agricultural condi- tions in the United States are quite as bad as in this country." Mr, Stew- art spoke of the tendéncy on the part of many people to leave it to the government and leaders of the coun- | try to solve the problems, adding that | some of the most valuable sugges- tions came to the government from unexpected quarters. He urged that technically trained men should offer suggestions when possible to the gov- ernment. In matters of technical re- search in this country, Mr. Stewart said that he was extremely optimis- tic for the future. -------------- MAY SHORTLY REVSE FEDERAL TAK SYSTEM The Dominion Government Will Likely Confer on Sub- Ject With Provinces. Ottawa, Feb. 8.--The government has under consideration a complete review and reorganization of feder- al taxation system. The sales tax has brought out many anomalies in our taxation system, and will have to be reconsidered. It fe 80 with the income tax and with cer- tain excise impositions. At the present time consideration is being given by the cabinet to this important work. There will probably be a conference called in which taxa- tion and taxation fields will be dis- cussed with the provinces, In aa- dition the conference may discuss a simplification and more economi- cal method of collection. AFRICA WEARY OF BARREN POLITICS Conciliation in House of As- sembly Reaches Point of Somnolence. Cape Town, Feb. 8.--General Hertzog, the Nationalist leader, mov- ed in the Union House of Assembly that it was the government's duty to consider the problems of unemploy- ment and increasing poverty. He made a moderate speech, the points of which were insistence on the necessity of maintaining walls be- tween the European and non-Europ- VERY ACTIVE this methoa | THE LEADERS | ! Liberals to Have Amendment | to Speech From Throne. URGE GREATER ECONOMY In Issue of Bonds--Hon. Man- ning Doherty to Keep to Agriculture. Toronto, Feb, $.--W. E. N. Sin- | clair, Liberal leader, is busy prepar- | ing an amendment to the speech! from the throne. What form the! | amendment will take is not known, | | although it is anticipated that it will | run toward a combination of greater | agricultural activities and greater | economy in finance owing to Mr. Sin- clair's proclivities in these directions. | According _to members of the | | Liberal party at the parliament | buildings today, the official opposi- | tion is going to do its best to | provide ac®ve survey and criticism | of all government legislation. Mr. Sinclair for some time has been | working up a speech on' the bond | flotations of the provincial trea- | #urer, and it is expected that his initial effort on the floor of the { house this session will be along that | line. According to the best information | available Hon. Manning DoMerty, de- | signated as "House leader" of the U.F.O.-Progressive group, will de- vote his attention chiefly to agricul- tural matters, It is sald that Mr. Doherty is quite aware that he will have to defend the administration of his late government and is pre- paring vast "briefs" of defense in this connection. { any accurate forecast, it would seem that the present legislature will have many lively sessions. a -- CANADIAN CATTLE URGENTLY SOUGHT Strong Appeal for Replenish ment of Slaughtered Cheshire Herds. i ------ London, Feb. 8.--A strong appeal for the admission of Canadian breed- Ing cattle to replenish the herds de- cimated. or destroyed by the govern- ment's slaughter policy, is made in a letter to the London Times signed by two Cheshire landowners. They point out that in Cheshire, which was the heaviest sufferer from the foot and mouth disease, 30,000 cows have been slaughtered, and business is at a complete standstill although the | cheese-making season is at hand. "Ireland is the principal outside source of supply, but the Cheshire- man is aghast at the prospect of com- | pletely re-stocking from that country," says the letter, 'He is now asking for the lift- ing of the embargo from Canadian stores for dairy purposes. They are a clean, healthy cattle, and thelr importation is an economic possibility. To extend the lifting of the embargo is in keeping with the Agreement entered into by this coun- try with Canada. The concession could be limited to a given number or a definite period, say three! months, for in this short time the | empty stalls must be filled. Surely! Canada, which provides this country | with more cheese than we can pos- sibly make from this land, should also be allowed to provide the Che- shireman's raw material, the dairy heifer. It is wicked to suggest otherwise." Prince of Wales Has Fal And Breaks Collar toe LLOYD GEORGE lp London, Feb. 8.--The Prince of Wales broke his collarbone while exercising one of) his hunters at Billington Manor, near Ascot, this merning. An official statement says; 'The collar hone was broken about as slightly as possible." The prince was putting his mount over a fence when his horse fell, throwing his rider heavily on one of his should- ers. He was taken to the surgery at Leighton Buzzard where he received treatment, and about noon was brought to London. After receiving treatment he re- turned to St. James palace and went to bed. = et ees A SECRETARY FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO Government Will Push Needed Legisiation--Frank Keefer to Receive Appointment. Toronto, Feb. 8.--The government is preparing legislation for the crea- secretary for The new position ranks with the cabinet. "The salary, be moved by the prime minister, will be $6,000 a year and will be retro- Frank Keefer, Port Arthur, will be the sec- j retary for the north. seme years a member of the house of commons before being elected to the legislature at the last general tion of a legislative Northern Ontario. according to the resolution to active to July 16th, 1923. election. In the union government at Ot- tawa Mr. Keefer was an under-sec- He { was defeated for the commons when the Meighen government was unsuc- | cessful in its appeal to the people. | The creation of this post implements | the promise made by Premier Fer- While it is still too early to make | guson during the last provincial elec- retary during the war period. tion campaign. st Must Not Interfere. There has always been a certain amount of friction between the mem- bers for Port Arthur and Fort Wil- although 'both seats are now occupied by Conservatives, the mayor of Fort William, himself a Tory, has issued notice in a press fer must not be-- fore the government or legislature. This is a reference to the industrial a matter of fact, all northwestern rid- ings have jealousies in this regard and the Kenora and Fort Frances members will not be content to have Mr. Keefer act as arbiter in locating new lumbering interests, etc., in the liam, and interview, that Mr. rivaliry of the Twin Cities. As northwestern districts. A lively debate is promised upon the creation of the new office. ------------ GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR A LIQUOR, REFERENDUM Col. Currie May Withdraw His Resolution, Owing to Cabinet's Promise. Toronto, Feb. 8.--Speculation as to- wards the liquor question was halted by the inclusion of the government's determination to present the ques- It however, that had the government decided not to include the reference to the O.T. A., it would have been brought up on the floor of the House either by: Col. to the government's attitude tion to the people in the speech. was a well-known fact, Currie or James McCausland. For some time He was for the government MAKES DENIAL Of An Interview Allgig Se- cret Rhineland Convention. | BE REPUDATES ARTICLE That Charged a ®reaty Be- 'tween Late Woodrow Wil- son And Clemenceau; London, Feb. 8.--Lloyd George, through the Daily Chronicle, has is- | sued the following statement con- cerning the interview printed in the New York World on the alleged secret Rhineland agreement between President Wilson and Premier Cle- menceau at the Paris Peace Confer- C2020 00000000 + # BRITISH SCHOOL BOYS + TO SETTLE IN CANADA. +* London, Feb. 8.--A' party of # public school boys left London #* last night en route to Canada, + where they will settle on the # land. Bulkeley Evans, honor- # ary secretary of the Public #+ Schools Employment Bureau, # who saw the boys off, explained + that one of the latest activities of the bureau had been to in- troduce to hedgd masters of schools in Britain Professor # Lochhead of McGill University, # who was here to encourage Bri- # tish youths to settle on land in + 4 Canada, +* Se <* PEP P EP ER PRI E SITES LW.W. BEHIND STRIKE IN THE LUMBER CAMPS Is the Opinion of the British Columbia Minister of Labor. ef Victoria, B.C., Féb. 8.--That the ence prised when my attention was called | to it by telephone messages. setting me as accurately out moment in the Peace Conference. Office is substantially correct." Perfect Loyalty by Allies. Then, alludicg to how he was called to London :t the time in question, Lloyd George proceeds: "I found on my-.return to Paris that during my absence an agreement Wilson and M. Clemenceau on two very important issues. One was the military occupation of the Rhine- land, and the other a guarantee by the United States of the French frontier agaiast acts of aggression by Germany. "To describe this agreement as 'a secret compact' between Mr. Wilson and M. Clemenceau is ridiculous. Mr. Wilson, I need hardly say, acted with perfect loyalty, and it cannot be imputed as a blame either to the late president or to M. Clemenceau time these grave matters were under discussion. "The fact that the late president end M. Clemencean had arrived at an agreement during my ~ WHSENGE was communicated to me on my re- turn, and the agreement regarding the occupation of the Rhineland was, after some modification, ultimately incorporated in the Peace Treaty." Why Documents Not Returned. Expressing regret that any public reference should have been made to a communicat'-n sent to him by the British Foreign Office, Lloyd George Seys® "The facts are, In effect, set out in the Foreign Office communi- que." (This communique was is- sued by the Foreign Office Wednes- day night.) The former premier then explains that the communication from the Foreign Office was not signed, and owing to this fact, there was delay in replying to it, which he regrets. He adds that of the documents thus proposed to be distributed , by the French government, one is headed "Articles Concerning tHe Guarantee of Execution of Treaties." Another is headed, "Treaty Between France and the United States." Both of these documents, says Lloyd George, are footnoted identically thus: "As approved by President Wilson and Clemenceau on Aprdl 20th." "These documents," he writes, "must, I imagine, now be published. They will tell their own story." "I did not give the interview re-| ferred to, and was more then sur-| brook district of British Columbia not accept' the views attributed to | the | to be a long drawn out one, is the facts of what happened at a critical | | minister of labor, As to those facts, the official state- | the city yesterday ment issued by the French Foreign | weeks' investigation of the trouble that I was called to England at the | I. W. W. movement is behind the strike in lumber camps in Cran- and that the fight inaugurated by I can-| the loggers for better working con- ditions 'and higher wages is likely opinion of J. D. McNiven, deputy who returned to following two in the strike area, ---- HS SWEETHEART PAYS A VISIT TO MURRELL had been arrived at between Mr. | |Mrs. Edmundson, a Young To- ronto Widow, Calls at the Toronto Jail. London, Ont., Feb. 8.--A veritable |"ray of sunshine' was allowed to enter the lonely cell of Sydney Murrell, convicted murderer, who | was found guilty of the capital crime by the jury on Tuesday night, when |Mrs. Edmundson, - comely young widow, of Toronto, who formerly [kept company with the convicted man, was given permission to con- verse with him through his cell bars yesterday. It was even possibly a greater sur- prise for the convicted man than the finding -of- the jury, whose foreman reported in an even tone, after a deliberation of exactly an hour, less two minutes: "We find the prisoner guilty, your lordship." Following the verdict, Murrell, so far as he knew, was through with the outside world, with the possible exception of members of his family, at least for the time being, and to say that he was surprised, when told by his guards that the lady in ques- tion would be allowed to visit and talk with Mm, would be putting it much too mildly. He was more than surprised, It has been known for some time that the lady had ber in constant communication with the prisoner ever since his return from California, and whenever permission was grant- ed the prisoner to write letters, tho first one, with few exceptions, was mailed to his Toronto acquaintance. Murrell" received quite a number of letters from various lady acquaint- ances during his confinemeat. in the Middlesex jail, but nouc afforded such joy and contentment as those from his 'Toronto frieud. CO PP0PP LPP PPP GO *.N * WARNING AGAINST + MODERN DANCING & -- - Montreal, Feb. 8.--On Sun- 4 day next in all the Roman Ca- # tholic churches of Montreal FEL FPPE Pee SWEPT AWAY - ON ICE FLO When Ice Bridge Broke Be- tween Quebec And Levis. MANY LIVES ENDANGERED Managed to Reach Shore Safely. Quebec, Feb. 8.--No lives were lost in the breaking of the jce bridge which formed in the river St. Law- rence from Quebec to Levis shores yesterday. While hundreds had nar- | TOW escapes and five people drifted | upstream on a cake of ice and were | Biven up as lost this morning a | check-up by authorities revealed the fact that everybody had got safely to shore at Cap Rouge. With dramatic suddenness the picturesque bridge, the first to form here since 1896, was torn from Its moorings by the rising tide. The rear and crackle of the breaking lce ate tracted the attention of hundreds of people who had congregated on Dufferin Terrace to view the spee- tacle of the ice bridge, and in a moment the beauty and wonder of the scene were changed to tragedy. At that very moment there was a and children, fighting their way across the traverse, one way or ths other, in order to avoid the long trip round by the Quebec Bridge | rendered necessary by the cancella. | tion of the ferry service earlier {in the day. On Gigantic Floe, Almost at the same instant as the watchers on the terrace realizeq what had taken place the stranded people on the ice discovered that they were adrift on a gigantic floa. Some of them on the Quebec sida had almost reached their goal, and In the half-light of dusk they couia be seen making frantic signs for help, and faint cries "Au secours, au secours" could be heard on the land. In a very few minutes all of them knew that "they were beyond atid from the shore, and there was a waving of arms and lighting of matches to signal their danger to the spectators standing in safety on the banks. One or two of them were even possessed of electric torchew, and they made every use of them (o communicate their plight to the helpless watchers. Shouts of men and screams of women added to the horror of the scene as the great mass of ice slowly drifted up the river with the freight of human souls marooned as completely as on an uncharted Island. Darkness Gathers Over the Scene. Darkness fell with almost appal- ling rapidity to hide the victims rescue and to hamper the efforts of the rescuers, In a few minutes tha faint light of the torches and the fainter shouts of the stranded peo- ple were all that was to be seen ow heard of the tragedy that was being enacted in the river. The alarm was given instantly, and rescue work was at once initi= ated, but under tremendous handi- cap. Deputy Chief of Police Bie agoyette immediately assumed com- rand of the situation, and with® a detachment of policemen set the rescue operations in motion. Woodrow Wilson Left $150,000. But None Were Lost--All - Btring of pedestrians, men, women from those who would attempt a and the surrounding districts, a pastoral letter will be read, written by Archbishop Gau- thier, apostolic administrator of the diocese of Montreal, warning Catholics against {n- 4 dulgence in modern dancing. ° %. was undecided whether or nof to in- clude liquor legislation this session, but finally it was decided to in- clude mention of the 0.T.A. to avoid embarrassment on the floor of the house if the matter was brought up by supporters of the government as a private motion or by the Liberal party. : Col. Currie, it is expected, will withdraw his motion now that the government has seen fit to include esbyterlan church was the scene of a split between thé church union- . i8t and anti-unionist members of ths Jeongregation when the unionists oy | the congregation walked out in a body apparently without any cause shortly after a motion providing tos | & ballot on church union had been passed by 143 to 117. At the be- ginning of the meeting, Rev. RH. +. "Clift, pastor of St. Andrew's, de. lined to take the chair and it 1a INVESTIGATING DEATH. Washington, Feb. B8.--Woodriw Wilson's will, which is understood to dispose of an estate of about $150,000, will be filed shortly. THE WATERWAY PROJECT IS LARGELY FAVORED Opposition Is From New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Montreal. New York, Feb. 8.--The St. Law- ean spheres of labor, and support of the Asiatic policy of General Smuts, Hertzog said emphatically that the Nationalists wished Premier Smuts to 'understand that they were all with him in what he had done in Europe with regard to the Asiatic question. Otherwise the speech was an unconditional championship of the color bar. The death of Mr. Van Der Merwe, Of An Infant--Young Mother Almost Lifeless. Peterboro, Feb, 8.--The death of the infant child of Mary O'Brien, a. young girl found living in sordid destitution in a hovel near Orland, is being investigated. Dr. Rundel, of Brighton, was called at midnight, on Monday, to attend the young PREP e Vb I Pete Ontario is behind other provinces in matter of clean seed, speaker at Fairs and Exhibitions convention de clares. 1 o> + + * °® ® LJ Eee 00%0 ------- 40% %000%0 0 om "ar mnderstood that Mr. Cliff has intim- 'ated that he will resign in the even: of his congregation turning down South African party member of the Assembly for Wakkerstroom, is a serious misfortune for the govern- ment. Young and energetic, he was mother, and made the trip through blinding snow over almost impas- sable roads, only to find the. child his desire for a referendum in the government legislation. x The provision for legislation set- rence to the lakes waterway project has been favored by formal resolu- tions and appropriations from eight- er "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY ses een states, representing forty per cent. of the population and 77 per cent. of thé wheat producers of .the United States, while the bpposition is confined to New York, Baltimore Philadelphia and Montreal, James P. dead, and the mother, who had been' removed to better quarters, almost lifeless. The girl, it is claimed, was lying in a shack with a young man not much older than herself. ting up the machinery for a referen- dum is necessary for the reason that Premier Ferguson, during his cam- paign, expressed himself as prepared to grant a referendum when popular opinion called for it. At the present echurel union. ~The meeting was the regular com. - gresational meeting of the year. Mr. J. W. 8. Wilson was elected chais- pan the most promising Dutchman in the party and the seat is not safe for the government. Neither the National ist nor Labor party is happy about the pact between them and would On "Farces and Faces" Are WOMEN TWO-FACED? Well--SOME ARE--and _ NO woman was ever loved for her SHINY NOSE, After the unionists had withdrawn rom the meeting, which they did towing a proposal made by ona bE their number, the remainder ar. npted to carry on the business for h the meeting was called A ition was made asking the secce- not to take away the minats as the business of the meet- was not finished. It was with- avail, however, as Alexander the secretary, walked out of meeting with the minute boon shontly after his felRyw unionists had ata . when a report 'Will be made on the ballot for or inst church union. : -- ------------------ Divoree mill of old Flume ceases to welcome a general election. At the moment there is much public weari- ness of barren political controversy and a general desire to see parlia- ment do useful work. - The atmo- sphere of the session so far has been conciliatory between the parties to a point of somnolence. ; -------- Not Sentenced Yet. London, 'Feb. 8.--Sidney Murrell this week of murder in connection with the slaying of Russel Campbell during the robbery of the Hom. Bank at Melbourne in April, 1921, will not be sentenced until after tae Topping trial to-day. Lip ---------- The rinderpest epidemic among | the herds of West Australia has been completely eradicated. and Henry Williams, found guilty Labor unions and building trades in Britain to co-operate with Mac- donald government in housing schemes. -------- PREPP PPP PPP ROS > ' . + INES Er fEuc * * 18 BRITAIN ¢ * -- -> + London, Feb. 8.--There is no ¢ # sign of the epidemic of influ- {% enza, which js sweeping ower the + United Kingdom, abating as & #® yet. The deaths recorded from ¢ % influenza last week numbered ¢ ® 367. Paris, as well as London, # # is being afflicted with the in- & % fluenza epidemic. * time there is no provision in the Act permitting him to implement that The Currie resolution, ac- cording to those who know, does not conflict, though it goes farther - in| mmediate" promise. that it looks to "f ¢ tion, ° A RE EET There ate two ways in which public desire for a referendum may be commun'eated to the government. | One is by election vote, and sem e people argue that a mandgte given last June. Ache gp Goodrich, former governor of Indi- ana stated yesterday before the New York state chamber of com- 2 ; "Whatever you may lose in ship- .| ping will return to you in the devel- 'opment of the hinterland," he said, fn stating the arguments of the shippers. Some might TRY it With ADVANTAGE-- Might let the world See for a while Ts The face MOTHER NATURE Gave them BEFORE : FATHER TIME lays His hand on it. If Time was cruel, It as wel NOT ' To advertise it, And a little camouflage And some, who are VERY young, But a few have managed To be loved In spite of its shine. TOO MUCH paint, like a Poster Advertisement, Attracts attention, BUT Though a man may BUY i, He seldom STUDIES it-- And that's the story, If women only knew how To advertise their QUALITIES