"- clear at 11.45. -- i os, helped to prevent injury. The in- CAPITOL. "BiG BROTHER" British CAPITOL | NORMA TALMADGE "Ashes of Vengeance" } YEAR 91; No. 30. RED SIGNAL WAS IGNORED Passenger Train Engineer Dashed on To His Death. | ND PASSENGERS INURED : In the Crash A Malaryows ~Bodies of Dead Train- men At Belleville. Toronto, Feb. 28.-- Information re- ceived by C. G. Bowker, general sup- erintendeént of the central area G..N, R.. about the collisfon fear Mallory- E town, in which two engineers and two firemen were killed yesterday morn- | ing, says that the flagman was'a mile | to the west of Mallorytown to signal | the coming passenger train to stop. | There were two torpedoes and a] fuse on the track to warn engineer | Boyes of the passenger train. There | 'was the semaphore signal at "dang- | er" and against him, and there was | the train order signal also flashing its red danger sign ahead of him. But | he did not stop. | The intention was that the passes) ger train which had left Toronto, 9.45 p.m. should stop at Mallory rh .l and take the switch to the other | track so that it could get through | ahead of the engine and freight cars which' had backed up to the station after one of the freight, car trucks broke. The engine and | freight cars were standing east ot | the station waiting for the passengoar to speed by on the other track. But Boyes sped on with his passenger train and his engine crashed into the engine which had hauled the freight cars back. No Passengers Injured. Mve freight cars, both engines, one caboose and one baggage car were derailed. The baggage car caught fire but the blazé was soon extinguished. The mall bags ware saved. "No passengers were hurt,'"" said Mr. Bowker. "The fact that there were five cars, mall and baggage, be- tween the engine and the passengers of not ing cars acted as a sort "Th weather™¥¥ Topor : { to have been foggy at the time, but this is no excuse for the accident as stop signals were displayed a sufficient distance from the freight train to give ample time for the passenger train to have been stopped," sald Mr. Bowker. Engineer Boyes had been on duty three hours and fifteen minutes, and he had had twenty hours rest before going on duty, according to C. N. R. official reports. The accident happen- ed at four a.m. The main track was Engineer Instantly Killed. Brockville, Feb. 28.--Pinned in ais seat, Engineer Woodcock was ap-| parently instantly killed. Fireman) Kerrigan was able to jump, but not | before he had sustained injuries which later proved fatal. In the engine of the passenger train Fira- man Ritchie was burned to death and it was not until five hours after the! accident that it was found possible to remove his body. Engineer Boyes 'was also caught by his arm, which 'was burned almost to a crisp, but by Jjgreat effort it was found possible to release him from his imprisonment. Isaac McNeil, 108 Buell street, baggageman on duty in the second car, escaped without a scratch. The full shock of the collision ap- pears to have heen borne by the stor- age baggage car with the result that : TO INTRODUCE BILL * fers Lserted in the Republican state plat- none of the passenger coaches suffer- ed serious mishap. ! -- Inquest Adjourned. The inquest on the bodies of Neil | A. Woodcock, and James A. Ritchie; opened at Mallorytown yesterday at- | ternoon at 2 o'clock before Coronar W. Fred Jackson. The jurymen are: Wiliam Sum- mers, foreman; A. E. Jordan, E. B. Mott, Coleman Phillips, G. G. Root, William Hunt, William Brown, Elton Tennant, George Fraser, Robert Heaslip and C. E. Amonde, M. M. Brown conducted the exam- ination of witnesses, The evidence of Dr. E. 8. Bissell and G. G. Root was taken with refer: ence to Woodcock's body being. re- moved from the ill-fated locomotive. The inquest was adjourned to meet at Brockville next Wednesday night at 9 o'clock. To Be Buried Friday. Belleville, Feb. 28. Bodies of the three Belleville Canadian National employees killed as the result of the accidental pitch in near Mallory- town, arrived in Belleville late yes- terday. The families are mi ar rangements for the fune which afe to be on Friday. All of the dead were married and had lived here all their lives. Montreal organizes fight against St. Lawrence power and navigation scheme. Egg values decline further { hearings and while it has not given ! of Canada will open to-day without KINGSTON, UNTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1024. LAST EDITION teresrscreiessens ON 8-HOUR DAY. London, Feb. 28 --Secretary of Labor Shaw told the House of Commons yesterday that he proposed to introduce at an ear- ly date legislation dealing with the Washington convention im- posing the eight-hour day. This did not apply, he said, to agricultural workers, seamen, 3 shop assistants or domestic ser- vants, but if members wished to include other classes of 4 workers it was a matter for + the house and they would find- sturdy allies on the ministerial 13 benches, [2 a6 tssssvansnnos BAD STORMS IN FRANCE. Unusually Severe Weather Disrupts Communications. Paris, Feb. 28.--Unusually wintry weather {3 being experienced at pre- sent throughout the south of Europe from the Pyrenees mountains to the Alps. Communication by telephone between Paris and Marseilles, and be- tween Paris and Nice has been inter- rupted by storms. At Perpignan, France, the annual fetes were begun in a snowstorm, and after the "battle of the flowers" had taken place the remainder of the programme was postponed. There have been heavy snowfalls in the region of Montpellier, and one death from the extremely cold wea- ther is reported. At Beziens the frost has done con- siderable damage to agriculture. At Nimes an old man was found frozen to death on the roadside. Heavy falls of snow have occur- red in the Upper Var Department, {and the mountains behind Nice are snow-covered. MAKES DRY LEG'SLATION THE FOREMOST ISSUE Assembly Leader Takes Stand as the Prohibition Chief of the Republicans. a BEING. MADE In the Estimates Being Pre- pared For Commons. ECONOMY POLICY FORBIDS Any Big Public L Undertakings The DS.CR. Staff Is Being Reduced. Ottawa, Feb. 28.---When the esti- mates are -presented to parliament, which will be immediately atber the debate on the address is concluded, many million dollars will have been lopped off them in comparison with the similar appropriations last year. It will not be surprising if the re- ductions go as high as twenty mil- lions or more. No department, ap- parently, is getting through in this connection unscathed. Reductions in staffs and services are general while, apart from those which are under contract and necessary maintenance accounts, very few 'public under- takings will be proceeded with, even though the urgency in many places is great, In one department -- that of the soldiers' civil re-establishment--the staff is being cut down to the extent of twenty per week and it will not be long before the minimum is reached. Very likely this branch may before long be merged with the department of national defense. In the general service the reduc- tions are affecting not only people in the minor but as well as some of the higher positions. The outcome of the economies which are being ef- fected will in all probability be bal- anced budget as between revenues and expenditure and there are rea- sonable hopes that likewise it will pave the way for a reduction in tax- ation. The government will be pre- pared to give an account of all the expenditures which it has initiated Albany, N.Y., Feb. 28.--Prohibi- tion enforcement legislation is about to overshadow all other controversial issues before the legislature. . Republican leaders at this mot are preparing a statewide dry forcement bill from which later on will be hewn the dry plank to be in. form this fall. 3 Simultaneously the machinery 1s being set into motion to pave the way for the nomination of Speaker H. Edmund Machold, of Watertown, for the Republican gubernatorial nomination Even as Governor &mith is leader of Democrats on the question of dry enforcement, so is Speaker Machold about to assume leadership in his | party on the issue. Governor Smith's stand is that no further laws are needed in order to insure obedience in this state to the -! ed to run into many millions annual- 'apparent intention is to meet the has compared with these contracted by its predecessors which perforce it has had to carry on. The capi- tal outlays of the latter are claim- ly. The cuts which are being made or of which notice is given are al- ready causing many protests, but the economy cry with real economy, even if In various respects the public service experiences the pinch. GENERAL BOOTH DENIES SECRET SOCIETY RUMOR | Chief of Stal Sa Says Salvation | Army Under No Such Prohibition. London, Feb. 28.--Denial that provisions of the Volstead act. Speak- er Machold contends that only through a state dry law can full co- | operation be given the federal gov-| ernment in its efforts to mop up the whisky tralls leading into New York | from other states, Canada and the! Atlantic. US, TARIFF ON WHEAT 1S T0 BE INCREASED The President | Expected to Issue' New Order Within A Few Days. Washington, Feb. 28.--President Coolidge is expected to issue an or- der within a few days increasing the tariff on wheat fifty per cent. The tariff commission has completed its out what it will recommend to the | president, it is understood that, it will favor the increase. The presi- dent has indicated in public state- ments that if an increase is recom-y mended he will take action under the flexible provisions of the tariff law to increase the duty. Speculation is rife here as to whether the Cardlan government will take retaliatory measures if the tariff is raised. FIELDING TO BE ABSENT. Unable to Attend Opening of Parlia- ment. Ottawa, Feb. 28.--For thé first time In 'seven years, the parliament the attendance of Right Hon. W. S. Fielding. During the 22 years of his membership in the House of Com- mons, from 1896 to 1911, and from 1917 to 1924, the present Minister of Finance has attended probably every opening ceremony. 'The veteran statesman has been ill for some time, and the Department of Finance is be- ing administered by Hon. J. A. Robb. Mr. Fielding said that while his {ll- mess would prevent his taking nis place in the House this week, he hoped to be able to resume hls duties before the session is over. A ------ Legislation will be introduced in the Commons to encourage produc tion of Canadian fuel. : | General Bramwell Booth, head of the Salvation Army, issued an order call. | Ing upon officers of his organization in America to resign from any secret society they may belong to, was given of staff, i egeral Booth has issueq no such! ' Higgins declared. "Nor has | {or 1 he pods members of the Army | from joining such societies in fu-| ture." Higgins admitted, however, that his chiet prefers officers not to be- long to secret societies. MAY PREVENT UNTRUTHS, Macclesfiek} Council t to Open Meet- ings With Prayer. London, Feb. 28.--By 16 votes to 4, the Macclesfield (Cheshire) town | council have decided that all future | meetings of the council shall open | with prayer. One of the advocates | of the proposal,\Councillor Ham-! mond, said it would no doubt stop! the members of the council from telling untruths during the transac- tion of their business. , Councillor Compston said that the practice would make them the laugh- ing stock of the town. It had been mentioned that Blackpool council opened with prayer, but they had to remember that Blackp )l lived by ad- vertisement. Councillor Sanders said when he and his colleagues were fighting on the council for the feeding of starv- ing children, they hag no stronger opponents than the people who now believe in opening their deliberations with prayer. George Kilmer, K.C.,, and Earl Lawson have been appointed by the Ferguson government to take the matter of coal rates up with the rail- 'ways in an endeavor secure Al- berta and Nova Scotia coal. Peter Tomac, wanted at Port Ar- thur for the attempted murder of a policeman, made his escape by copying the tracks of a moose in the snow. There is as yet no official an-| nouncement in regard to the persom- nel of the Royal commission to in- vestigate the Home Bank collapse. Hon. Atthur Cardin was re-elected by acclamation as a member of King government for Richelieu county on Ten dollars more for every steer CA To- Tonto and at Chicago, P is objective of Hon. Thomas Low. Wednesday. TO RETURN TO WORK Pending Efforts to Adjust Mat- ters With the Acadia Coal Company, tellarton, N.S, Feb. 28.--At the conclusion of the miners meeting here last night, addressed by Robert | Baxter, Glace Bay, and Kent Foster, Bpringhill, provincial officer of dis- trict 26, United Mine Workers, two hundred and fifty employees of the Acadia Coal Company who have been on strike on account of a disagree- ment with the company, decided to return to work, pending efforts to adjust matters with the company. SUED FOR DIVORCE. Names New York Society Leadu, r as Co-respondent. London, Feb. 28.--Emily Key Hoffman, of East 77th street, New York, is named as co-respondent in the divorce suit of Lady Patricia Ross, of London, against her hus- band, Sir Charles Lockhart Ross, Bart, of Rosshire, Scotland, which came up in the Edinburgh sessions | yesterday. Sir Charles is the inventor of the Ross rifle which was used by the Canadians in the war, and was sold to the Canadian government for sev. eral million dollars. The incidents on which the case is based are said to have taken place during a hunting expedition in East Africa in 1923, when the co-respon- dent and defendant were members of the party. Sir Charles is defending the suit, and postponement was ar- ranged until May to give time to get evidence from natives and others who accompanied the expedition, and who are now in Africa, HEROIC DEED OF E. MALLORY Saved Engineer Boyes From . Burning to Death--Latter . . , Died in Hospital. Brockville, Feb. 28.--The death roll in the Mallorytown collision on the Canadian National Railway early yesterday morning mounted to four last night when' Albert Boyes, 'of Belleville; etigineer of the PhsssAger train, which crashed into a freight train, died at General Hospital . of his injuries. From the first it was realized that there was no hope of his recovery. It developed at the inquest which opened at Mallorytown that to re- move the body of Engineer Wood- cock from the cab of his locomotive it was necessary to sever the legs trom the body. Heroic deeds were performed in removing the bodies from the debris and great credit Is given to Egbert Mallory, Mallory- town, for his valor in releasing En- gineer Boyes from the cab of his engine. In spite of the terrible burns he received, Boyes never lost consciousness and directed Mallory in the work of rescue. So intense | by Commander E. J. Higgins, chief! was the heat that Mallory was oblig. ed to discard articles of clothing un- til he was attired only in his trou- sers. He saturated his clothing with water and wrapped it around Boyes, | keeping him from perishing in the flames. He sustained painful in- juries. ---------------- PRAISE FOR CANADA. Says Women Immigrants Wel Cared For, London, Feb. 28.--*1 cannot speak | too highly of the work of the Min- istry of Immigration at Ottawa In connection with the reception of wo. men immigrants," declared Miss Gladys Pott, of the Overseas Settle- ment Committee, in addressing a meeting at the Colonial Imstitute | here. Miss Pott stated that women offi- cers make enquiries concerging the bonafides of any would-be employer of immigrant girls or young women, and keep in touch with them. A large number of voluntary organiza- tions co-operative with the Canadian government in receiving and welcom- ing immigrants, and arranging for their future care. The Red Cross Soclety especially is giving attention to the women and children who are fresh arrivals in the Dominion, Miss Pott said. Speaker Hungary Recognizes Russia. Budapest, Feb. 28.--Hungary has decided to recognise the Russian So- vit government, it was announced from authoritative quarters to-day. Hungary's recognition will follow closely that of Auitria. i -------- S49549se98n0 reves .e * TARIFF REDUCTIONS : ARE LIKELY COMING ¢ -- « 4 Ottawa, Feb. 28. --Tariff re- ¢ THE OPENING ~ AT OTTAWA | | |The Third 'Session of Can- |ada's s Fourteenth Parliament. OLD ENGLISH CEREMONLL Baron Byng of Vimy, Gover- Ottawa, Feb. 28.--To the booming of guns and with all ceremonial that runs away back to the early days of English history, His Excellency, the Governor-General, Baron Byng of Vimy, to-day formally opened the |third session of Canada's fourteenth { parliament. It was a scene staged in a brilltant and for the time of 'the year an appropriate setting. Snow flurries lent their added touch of winter as His Excellency arrived, ac- companied by a mounted escort from the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, and within the parliament buildings themselves there were new touches of ceremonial and display. The speakers both of the House and the Senate wore knee breeches, silk stockings and buckled shoes in reminiscence of Westminster, al- though minus the wig. On the government side, there was missing the figure of Canada's vet- eran minister of finance, Hon. W. §. Fielding, who is too ill to attend. Also missing was the face of Sir Lomer Gouin, former minister of justice, away in the West Indies and also seeking to recover lost strength. The effect of the bye-election changes in the recess 's seen in that row of Progressives has moved down the house a couple of seats to make room for two additions to the Con- servative ranks. ---- Speech From the Throne. The speech from the throne congratulated the members "up- on the many evidences in- creased prosperity." The state of general employment has been distinctly better, it said, and the volume of business has steadily in- creased. The country has reason to feel gratified at the expansion to a notable degree of its public revenues and the decline of its expenditures. It suggested that a reduction in taxation and in production and trans- portation costs, such as will encour- age investment cf capital, were all that were necessary to effect an economic development hitherto un- paralleled. A reduction in taxation was of first importance and the ef- forts of the administration should be furthered to combine strict economy In public services with a rigorous re- trenchment in public affairs. Hope is expressed that in virtue of the economies already affected that the government at the close of the present financial year will be able to announce that for the first time since 1912-1913 the national budget has been balanced. The Government fur- ther hoped that when the budget for the ensuing year is introduced, it will be found that the relation be- tween public revenue and public ex- penditure is such as to justify some immediate reduction of taxation. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ONTARIO SCHOOLS Dealt With by Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner, Toronto, and Bishop Bidwell. "Religious Education in the Schools' was the topic under discus- sion at this morning's session of the convention of the Urban School Trustees Association of Ontario. Pre- .sident Edmunds, before going on with the main discussion, .infroduc- ed to the audience Professor Mac- kenzie, manager of the Penny Bank of Canada, who gave a short sketch of the aims and work of that insti- tution and volunteered fo send any interested parties literature ang oth- er Information concerning it. He also imparted the intergating news that it is in force in 125 schools in Ontario. Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner, of To- ronto, spoke the negative side of the question of religious education in the schools. e is a wonderful speaker and had his audience's rapt attention from the first. The rabbl presented the case in all its aspects and with a vigor that impressed. His arguments, in part, were along the following lines: The schools of the country are a common expression of the common thought of the common people, and not a fit instrument for the teaching of religion. The church ang the home should fulfill that function, and, having found it such a big prob- lem, are now shifting the responsi- bility, or trying to, to 'the public t | schools, which are already over- burdened. It means more compli- cated school work, a big money pro- blem, and greater taxation for the ratepayer. -- The Hiiec-the Sem of the moral | life of all peoples--cannot be taught | properly in the schools. There are two many sects to be served and their interpretations are all differ- ¢nt. How can a Methodist teacher, With training in the Methodist church, teach the Bible in a way to suit Anglican parents? Teachers of the Bible must be especially trained and if this is to be done it means special training schools to teach teachers to teach the Bible. He did not believe in a segrega- tion of certain classes of the com- munity as in the separate schoéls. But he realizéd that the Catholic people, with 1900 years of experi- ence in this sort of thing, were mere- ly looking after their rights and tak- ing measures of protection. There had been a suggestion to teach the Bible as literature. Which would mean that the Great Book would be cheapened, much as such works as those of Shakespeare have been pulled apart anq criticised. The Bible means infinitely more than a work of literature and cannot be treated as such. There is, of course, the '"consci- ence clause" in connection with the reading of Scripture and the saying of the Lord's Prayer in schools, but this the speaker classified as "cam- ouflage." It takes a on a child's part to walk out of a school room when the Bible text is being read. He mentioned the difficulties of Jewish children in the publie schools. They had to sit and listen to their people being named as the race that crucified Christ and on the playground were pointed out by their school-mates as "Christ-killers." This is only an example of what other minorities also suffer--anad surely it is not gemocracy, Matters of Conscience. The democratic state may he su- preme politically, may be supreme in public matters, but what right has it to interfere in matters of con- science? More active work by the churches and homes was offered by Rabbi Brickner as the solution of the prob- lem. He considered that the big factor in the making of a united people from a heterogeneous mass was a unity of mind, not necessarily a unity of blood. 'His own people aimed at being good Canadians and educated, cultured gentlemen with- out being disloyal to their Jewish faith, and they were achleving their aim. They take their educational instruction with their fellow-coun- trymen, as is proper, and exchange (Continued on Page 15). YOUNG ACTRESSWATER SUEDES IN NEW YOR She Left a Note Saying That 8he Could Not Secure Engagements. New York, Feb. 28.--Miss Vallie Belasco Martin, twenty-five years of age, an aotress and short story writ- er, committed suicide by drinking shoe polish in the Riverside Drive apartment of her mother to-day, after having written a note in which she said her act was due to her In- ability to obtain stage engagement or dispose of her stories. Miss Mar- tin, who came here from Seattle, Wash., in1917, was said to have had a prominent part in a successful musical comedy several years ago, but was unable to obtain engage- ments since then. The police said they had learned from clippings found in Miss Martin's room that she was a cousin of David Belasco, tLe veteran theatrical producer. Sentenced ro be Hanged. Welland, Feb. 28.--Willlam Al- bert Camfield was this morning sen- tencéd by Justice Smith to be hang- ed on Tuesday, May 8th, for the murder of Albert Morningstar on Christmas day, he having been con- victed yesterday of beating the farm- er insensible with a shovel, setting fire to the house and burning him to death. ---------- Experts would put the German budg®t in contro! of the Allies for ten years. lot of nerve WANTS FULL ' RM.C. PROBE 'Major Arnold Writes Letter Demanding Public Enquiry. SEESDESHE 10 WHIEMASH Rather Than To Go Fully Inte the og of His n. The following letter was Sent om | Wednesday by Major Arnold, Regina, Sask., to the Commandant of the Royal Military College, regarding the | Cadet Arnold case. Kingston, Feb. 27th, 1924. "Dear Sir: In view of the publicity which has been given this case and in view of the fact that the only war- {rant for public interest lies in the question of whether or nef senior students at the R. M. C.--a public in- stitution--have taken an unfair ad- vantage of the system in vogue and the trust reposed in them, to exceed the authority delegated to them; have imposed duties and tasks or inflicted punishments of a nature or severity not contemplated by the au- thorities. I would ask consideration of the following: Has the breaking in or initiation of the recruit degenerated into hazing {and are the conditions under which | the recruit passes his first year cal- culated to strengthen his character, improve his mind and render him a better citizen? Is Responsibility Abused? "Delegated authority pre-supposes responsibility. Is that authority ex- ceeded and is that responsibility abused? Do the recruits suffer in« dignities or humfilitation at the hands of their seniors or are they, as their : parents believe and the public ex- pect, under such supervision and con- trol as will enable them to approxi- mate the college ideals? "My respect for yourself and my admiration for the cbllege are not affected or lessened when I state that I believe conditions exist of which you are not cognizant. If I am right, no good object cam be secured In keeping the facts from the public. I, therefore, have pp hesitation in say- ing that a military court of enquiry 'has neither the desire, the power, the authoMty to bring the fact fore the public. They do not give decision, but merely make a report in # military way for military purposes. The proceedings of such a court are secret and confidential, and the re- sults, if any become public, are at the pleasure and discretion of the very authorities responsible. Scope of Enquiry Limited. "The scope of the inquiry is limit ed to 'the circumstances under which Cadet Arnold absented himself with out leave.' This, I was at pains to learn from the members of the court, restricted the examination to that of such cadets as might be implicat- ed by direct charge or inference. Con- sidering the interests at stake, I re- gard this as placing unfairly on the shoulders of one, a duty which should be borne by all; and indicative of a desire 'to whitewash,' rather then probe. I do not feel justified in ae- quiescing In the present inquiry by asking my sbn to give the evidence which I have no"doubt he would be prepared to do before any court at which the public were represented and provision made for the skilled ex- amination of witnesses, and whose scope covered the whole ground, "If a bad condition exists, it should be rectified and the investigation given the publicity which the authori- ties have not hesitated to give his absence and the alleged or supposed cause of his action. "The above is respectfully mitted for your consideration that of the military authorities. "I am giving a copy of this to press." sub- and the --d wd On "A LIFE should be a ROSARY And EVERY BEAD A FRIEND-- And the HOURS Spent with EACH, DEAR--and Very PRECIOUS. Why aren't we taught, In this enlightened Age, To BE a FRIEND, As well as to be A SUCCESS, a CELEBRITY; A MACHINE or eis Sumerigw, 1904, Premier Syndicat. tee. " "You Said It, Marceline!" ss by MARCALINE @ALROYS Rosary." "Of service rendered Instead of laurels won? We must, all WORK, but We. must also wait on Those who love us.... For every FRIEND a PRICE, For FRIENDS are "DEAR" LOVE is a JEWEL; FRIENDS--a NECKLACE; SOME husbands are a charm; Others--a CHAIN; And that reminds me-- What QUEER THINGS Some women have round THEIR NECKS: