CAPITOL | NORMA TALMADGE n "ASHES OF VENGEANCE" ag mer are YEAR 91; No. 54. > & +0 > ~ BROUGHT IN The Same Distribution Meas- ure As Last Year. MEGHEN MARES ATEAK Oy be Goreme The mmons on {pon About "Ash Wednesday. 1 thas He nis ae Ottawa, March 4.--The redistribu- { Preparations. " tion bill was given first reading at . the opening of the House of Com- mons yesterday afternoon. The bila is the same as that of last year, which was sent to a special com. mittee, but did not get through the House. It provides for an increase of ten members, making the total num- ber of members in the House 245, in- stead of 235, It provides for increas. ed representation in British Colum- bia, Manitoba, Alberta and Saskat- chewad. In the case of British Co- lumbia, there is an increase of one member; Manitoba, two; Alberta, four; Saskstchew@in, five. Nova Scotiz loses two membegs. There was no discussion of the %.rotion for first reading, which was moved by Premier King. The leader .f the Opposition, the Right Honorable Arthur Meighen, launched an attack upon the King Government, when he gave the views of the Conservative party towards the record of the Liberals since their success at the polls in December, 1921. He declared for a stable tariff. 4 COLLECTION STOLEN - DURING THE SBERMON- ? Toronto, March. 4.--While Rev. W. H. Andrews, paster of Queen street east Presbyterian church, was standing in his pul- pit Sunday night preacBing. pn % "The Perils of, the City' and talking about the increase in juvenile court crime, two thiev- > * J + * the evening qollection, amount- + ing to $196. <> * * a + | L + * > 4 oe * (EEE REE REE RE ER XE XX ¥ J ULSTER CONSTABULARY Belfast, March 4.--The Ulster con- | stabulary authorities have suspend- | ed Istrict Inspector Nixon for| speeches he made at Orange meet- | ings regarding Free State prepara- tions on the border. On January 30th, at a meeting of | the Orange Lodge in Belfast, Nixon declared that the border between the Free State and six counties was sur- rounded by Free State artillery, arm- | ored cars and airplanes. f The next day General Mulcahy iss sued a statement that the Free State | authorities had ho artillery or air-| planes nearer the border than Dub-| lin, and no armored cars nearer than | Donegal or Mullingar. IMPER'AL RANK HAS | XO OFFICIAL STANDING At the Governor-General's Drawing-room--S8aocial Circles Are Afiutter. Copy of Liquor Treaty. A copy of the treaty between Great Britain and. the United States in regard to the search of vessels suspected of carrying on contra- band trade in liquor was laid on the table by Premier King. By this treaty the long-standing principle of the three-mile limit for national Jurisdiction is maintained generally, but it is modified in regard to ships 'engaged in the contraband -liquor Ottawa, March 4.--Social circles in Ottawa ace all aflutter over a new table of precedence that went into effect at Saturday night's drawing room, It is said to have been pre- pared by the Cqlonial Office. at the request of Lord Byng. Among the most radical changes | are those which wipe out the prece-| dence formerly given to Imperial 'rank. In this connection it is said that a knight whd appeared in a trade 80 as to allow seizure within | brand. new A. distance that can be covered hy a vessel 11 "THs ta (NE treaty |} hat {s sorfetimes referred to as fix- fog a 12-mile limit for the seizure of vessels suspected of being engag- ed In this trade, but that limit is not specifically mentioned in its terms, the purpose befng secured by the hour's sailing period mentioned above. Others a distinct shock and it is hinted that, social circles are hardly yet recover- ed 'by the language that shook thefr greatest altitudes. Fe --, VOTE ON THE 0.T.A. WILL BE PLEBISCITE Case of Farmer. Consideration is being given by Ontario Government Will Take * + | + + | + _es entered the vestry and stole *| | INSPECTOR SUSPENDED | | lat | Stanley Barracks, was now a deser | ter and a thief. | is an American." urged that the Government co KINGSTON _-- --% BOWEN CASE AGAIN RAISED. Attorney-General Asked To Reconsider the Matter. | | RECOGNTIN STL SKE For the UF.0. Group By Former Provincial Secre- tary, Hon. H. Nixon. Toronto, March 4.--Mn the Legis- ure yesterday afternoon J. A. Mc- Causland, S.W. Toronto, directed the attention of the attorney-general to the fact that Trooper Bowen, who was whipped by his' comrades at "Bowen has skipped out and is now in Buffalo,' said Mr. McCaus- land. "I would like the attorney- general to take this matter into con- sideration, in view of the treatmem: handed out to the soldiers alleged to have whipped the man. He has sent indecent letters to the com- manding officer, has committed per- jury by stating that he was a Brit- Ish subject, and now admits that he Hon. W. F. Nickle made no ply. An amendment to the Municipa} Act, introduced by Major Lewis, pro- viding for the purchase of fire ap- paratus in smaller centres of the province, up to the value of $20,- 000, without a vote of the people, was given second reading. Hon. Manning Doherty said -he was opposed to the principle ine volved. re- Still Ask Recognition. Hon. Harry Nixon, former provin- cial secretary, renewed his debate on" the budget. He wag confident that the present administration . would easily allow itself to be persuaded to submit a plebiscite on the O. T. A. Immediately after the seséion. In common with other U.F.O. speakers, Mr. Nixon urged that the speaker kis group immediate recogni- their work of looking after under- privileged and delluquent children in the province. Continuing, Mr. Nixon stated that Col. Price had drawn a fine line of distinction between capital and or. dinary expenditure to bring about the alleged deficit. The late Gov- ernment had dome much to bring about the development of the north country and the T. and N.O. had the Full Responsibility, Says Premier. the Justice Department here of the case of James Cox, the Goderich, On- tario, farmer, now serving a two months' Imprisonment term for alleged mistreatment of an immi- grant boy in his employ. The boy, Charles Bulpitt, hanged himself on Cox's farm last December. It is expected that the recommen- dations of the Justice Depam- ment will reaclr the/Governor-Gen- eral in a few days. Mr. Cox has serv- ed about one-half of the term impos- ed on him by a magistrate in God- erich. If the Governor-General de- cides that the case merits clémency, an immediate release probably will be ordered. It is understood that many citizens of the Goderich dis- trict have signéd a petition for clemency, and it is probably this petition which is now before the federal authorities will be acted upon, : v Petitions in favor of the Cana- dian Ni nal Railways branch lnes bill, which was killed by the Senate last session, are flowing in- to the western members from their constituents. Syme of these petitions come from the locals of the United Farmers' organizations and "others are signed by individual settlers In the districts affected. Toronto, March 4.--Premier Fer: guson has explained that the vote to. be taken on the Ontario Temper- | ance Act is to be a plebiscite and | not a referendum, the distinction | being that the Government proposes | to take full responsibility f the | changes it makes in the act i ac- cordance with the result of the vote. "The Government believes in re-| sponsibility," the premier is quoted | as saying. "We will submit thé] plebiscite and take full responsibility ! for changing the act in accordance | with the result of the vote. Ordin- | arily T do not believe In either! referendums or plebiscites. But in| this case there are special' circum- stances." , 10 CURTAIL THE SESSION IS MICH AS POSSIBLE The Closure May Be Used If Obstructionist Tactics Are Introduced. "Ottawa, March 4.--It is the inten- tion of the government to place its legislation before the 'House with the utmost possible speed, so that there shall be no possibility of complaint that measures age introduced during the dying days olf the session. It is also the desire of the govern- ment to further its policy of economy by curtailing the session as much as possible. In this desire the ministry has the backing of all but the most radical elements of the unofficial op- position. In the event of there being any inclination on the part of the opposition to make use of obstruc- tional tactics, it is possible that the Liberals for the first time may make use of the closure. The tariff promises to feature largely in the debates of the session. The last time the tariff was a real issue was during the reciprocity de- bate of 1911, when the Conservatives kept the budget debate going al- most interminably. There was no closure then and #t is doubtful, even had there been, whether Sir Wilfrid Laurier would have enforced it, his desire being that the public should be thoroughly informed on all the phases gf-the' tariff question. Pre- mier' same attitude and it is unlikely that + ---- Abolish Capital Sentence. William Irvine (Labor, East Cal- gary) Introduced a bill to abolish the capital sentence. Mr. Itvine would substitute life imprisonment where death is the punishment by Iw. Hon. Pierre Cardin, the new min- {ster of marine and fisheries, was introduced by Premier King and Hon. Jacques Bureau. Mr. Cardin was re-elected by acclamation fou Richelieu following his acceptance of the portfolio. The House will not sit on Wed- nesday of this week, which is Ash Wednesday. A motion for adjourna- ment for that day was passed at the sinstance of the Prime Minister, Oonoern Over Wheat Qoing Via Portland, Me. 5 - . Ottawa, March 4.--Interviews with members from the maritime nces indicate that they are greatly concerned over the much larger volume of Canadian wheat that is being exported through Port- land, Maine, as compared with that going through St. John, N.B,, and other maritime province ports. This | through thé administration -of the ing m&y conceivably take the 8 been placed on a paying bass | | Drury Government. | Mr. Nixon attacked the Govern- ment for the purchase of a moving picture plant at Trenton. "tating | that the legislature should nave de- | voted the necessary money for that purpose. Premier Ferguson said that the | Government had saved sufficien: money to make the purchase out of the old funds of the Drury admin- istration. In concluding Mr. Nixon urged that the Government continue the Government savings offices. Bring Freight Rates Down. W. G. Weichel, (Con.), North Waterloo, who followed Mr. Nixon, suggested that the province, subject to provincial finances, would be wel / advised to consider the matter of 4 subsidy with a view of bringing freight rates down to a commer- cially figure on Alberta coal. Discussing the O.T.A., he stated that the police of the City of Kiteh- erer had'always done their duty and he strongly resented a recent state- ment by Hon, W; E. Raney that they were not in sympathy with the O.T.A. "Failure, folly and farce," sum- marized the i istory of the O.T.A. In Mr. Weichel's opinion. a A WOMAN MISSING. Disappeared on Sunday--Highly Nervous, and Worried. 0 Belleville, March 4.--Mrs. Marian Wigglesworth, thirty-eight years, disappeared from her home, 10 Har- riet 'street, early Sunday morning and has not been seen since. She was wearing slippers, and only a blanket effect overcoat covered her nightclothes. It is thought sie may have fallen into the river. Mrs. Wigglesworth is the wife of John Wigglesworth, who has been working at the Corbyville plant. For sufferer from chronic septic rheu- matism, and latterly was worrying much over her household and fam- ily of two boys, Firth, aged eleven, and John, ten. Shé and the children | closure wonid -be instituted in. con- ly true of the .members . oom FY Joho. nection Si budget debate. 3 i: : 3 'That Jee ntinue seven years past she has been al® P0000 Ld + UNTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH CAPITOL NEXT WEEK Scaramouche | 4, 1924, teeter ere * ¥ WOMEN OF HAREM TO FAST FOUR DAYS. PEPE pb 000 ) + % -- » Londgh) March 4.--The Con- stantin¥ple correspondent of the Daily Express states that in consequence of the deposi- tion of 'the caliph the women of his harem have resolved to <> +» >» < * % refuse food for four days. ° PEDROS PEPE GN PIPPI FFP EFFI RPSPSE PD ov PREMIEW EMPHATIC Workman's Compensation Board Grant Is to Be Cut. Toronto, March 4.--The decisfon of the government 'to further econo- my by discontinuing the annual grant of $100,000 towards the ad- ministration of the Workman's Compensation Board, brought a protest this morning from a deputa- tion of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, which waited on Pre- mier Ferguson. Coupled with the objection of the manufacturers that the government grant be cut off, the deputation expressed themselves as against the re-organization of the board as far as the establishment of legal representation for the appli- cants was concerned. The premier was emphatic in his statement that the grant was to be cut off, ' Earthquake Razes San Jose Buildings 8an Jose, Costa Rica, March 4.--A sees of earthshocks, the strongest felt here. in twenty-five years, beginning at four o'clock this morning, dam=- aged fully half the build- ings of 8an Jose and caused a number of casu- alties. Part of the United States legation building collaps- ed, but the United States minister and his family i Cannot Extradite Wills. Toronto, March 4.--Judge Coats- worth yesterday afternoon dismissed with costs the application of Assis- tant District Attorney Caro, of Bos- ton, to extradite Hamilton B, Wills, of Toronto, on charges of having made a false entry and omitted to make a true entry in the books of the Boston and Montana Mining Cor- poration, with intent to defraud. Babe Born on Train. North Bay, March 4.--The stork delivered a healthy bouncing boy on traln No. 17 as it neared Redwater on the Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway yesterday. The mother was on her way to join her husband at Cochrane. Both are do- ing well. Severe Earthquake Recorded. Washington, March 4.--A very severe earthquake, about 2,100 miles from Washington in a southerly di- rection, was recordeq early today on versity. The shocks were in pro- gress at seven o'clock. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS SEEING HIGHER PAY They S8ay American Keepers Are Paid Twice as Much as Canadians. Ottawa, March 4.--Officers of the Canadian Brotherhood of Lighthouse keepers, an orgdnization of coast guards numbering 1,400, are in Ot- tawa on their annual piigrimag and will present to Hon. P. J. Cardie, minister of marine and fish- eries, among other things demands for re-classification, revision of sal- aries, and superannuations. Comparison of Canadian and Am- erican salaries shows that American coast guards are paid almost twice ag much as Canadians, and that the American lighthouse keepers enjoy gasoline launches, to carry them from their lighthouse to shore, and also radio machines to beguile long hours of waich when the sea is scan- ned for fog. - s 5 a CEP 0%00%%0%0%0 09090 # FIRE CAUSES DEATH wr OF 300 PERSON - - y 4 Tsingtac, China, March 4.-- # Three hundred persons » *edee Codd ode ed * | About Tariff Reduction, Pre- mier King Tells Commons. CONDEMNS TORY PESSIMISM A Closer Entente Between the Liberals And the Progress- ives Is Indicated. Ottawa, March 4.--Consuming al- most exactly the same space of time as his adversary, Right Hon. Mac: kenzie King made an exhaustive, and at times eloquent, defence of his ex- cellency's utterance to the comnion- ers last night. <The prime minister | challenged: at the outset the part played by Mr. Meighen as the *'chief mourner in a nation-wide. pllgrim- age of woe' and declared that in no | sense were conditions in Canada so grieyyus as they had been made to appear by the Opposition leader, his press and his henchmen, The speech from the throne, Mr. King declared, was a plainly word- ed statement of fact, every clause in which meant what it said, and every promise in which would be imple- mented to the letter. Taxation of the gpeople, he insisted, was being reduced, and would be further Jow- ered; the budget would show for the first time in. a decade an excess of receipts over expenditure; a flood- tide of immigration soon would set in; striking economies would be shown in civil government! and -- very positively this--tariff, reduc- tions would be definite and vital. The prime minister's use of statistics to refute the "Whispers of Death" of the leader of the Opposition léd his followers into prolonged cheering and wheh he took his seat, to a wild ovation Caucuses Held Ottawa, March 4.--Liberals and Conservatives met in caucus today. In both cases general policy was un- der (discussion, the Conservatives having the further problem far:con- sideration as to whether or not they shall submit an amendment to the ldddress and the form it will take, if brought down. This afternoon, Robert Forke. Progressive leader, will continue the debate on the address. He will be followed by J. 8. Woodsworth, La- bor member for Centre Winnipeg. Thus technical status of Mr. Woods- worth as party leader Is recognized, although the Labor party in the house consists of only two. Corridor comment today turns largely on last night's declaration of Premier King, his references to the Liberal-Progressive relations, his ap- | peal to the Progressives for support [in "binding eastern and western Ca. { nada together, #&re regarded as an { indication that more is likely to be heard of a closer viewpoint--such is' gossip--may be a feature of session. News off the Wires In Condensed Form Smallpox has developed at Frank- ville. + At New York, Paul defeated Jimmy Darcy rounds. It is reported at Hamilton that Harry Halford will be removed from his position as vice-chairman "ot Workmen's Compensation Board by Ferguson rovernment. Signs of the times in Quebec leg- islative circles are that"the Govern- ment intends to speed up business in the hope that the session may be terminated in two weeks. Hon. George S. Henry, minister of public works, is seriously but not dangerously ill at his home near Agincourt. Mr. Henry is suffering from congestion of the lungs. "Babe" Ruth will be out in a day or. so unless unexpectéd complica- tions set in, Dr. W, T. Wooton, Hoy Springs. Ark., his physician, an- nounced. Ruth has been {ll with in- fluenza. Suspended sentence was the deci- slon of Judge Denton in Toronto po. lice court Tuesday when seven troop- ers of Stanley barracks appeared be- fore him in connection with the i Berlenback in three Graditude towards France for recent evidences of friendship was the sentiment of the Quebec Legis- lative Assembly, as voiced Monday in a motion Drogen: forward by Hon. Athanase David, provincial secre- tary. . . Export of Australian apples to the United Kingdom will decrease a million bushels this coming sea- son, docording to a report from the Canadian trade commissioner in Mel- bourne to the Commercial Intelli- gence Journal. = | A cold spell is prevailing through- out France generally and the tem- peratures in many districts are ex- ceptionally low. In the district' ot Auriliac, Cantal department, the lowest temperature has heen record- ed, the thermometer registering 11.6 degrees below zero tliere, : WILL CARRY | OUT PLEDGE whipping of Trooper William Bowen. CPPS PPOPOOIOIPIOORODY » * + ANOTHER LEAP DAY . * * BABY IN KINGSTON # On Monday the Whig referred to a Leap Day baby girl hav- + ing been born. The Whig has another to report. THIS time it is a boy to Mr. and Mrs. James Dunlcp, Jr. The brid» was formerly Miss: Florence Douglas. Bbth the bady boy and girl referred to were born at the Getneral Hospital. le * iS | Pree Sr * + [ett esses tsressess * * * | % + + * i CONVIC 'T, CLASSIFICATION, And Enactment of Regulations to | Eliminate Abuses. | Ottawa, March 4.--"Under | present penitentiary act," declares Dr. Deslguriers of St. Mary's, Mont- most: elementary principles of mor- ality, hygiene and humanity | violated." fication of -eonviets and enactment of regylations to eliminate abuses, - ---- Killed On A Scow. Thorold.~Ont., March 4. -- David | Kennedy, aged 35, yesterday afternoon by a quantity of snow and ice from the deck of a SCOW on which he was working in the Welland canal. He was struck and thrown violently to the bottom of the scow. When the ice was re- moved, he was.dead, his neck being broken, OBSEQUIES ARE STAGED OF THE "WHITE PLAGUE" Layal Students Hold Mock Burial of Tuberculosis in Quebec City. Quebec, March 4.--Residents were disturbed Sunday afternoon by a Ku Klux Klan invasion. The Klansmen turned out in force and they were clad in the peaked head dress and flowing robes that have struck ter- ror into the hearts of many citizens of the Southern States. Fortunate- ly the Quebec organization proved to be of a temporary nature and the members were bent upon a peaceful mission. They were medical students of Laval intent upon proving .to the population of Quebec that tuberenm- losis would soon be dead and buried. The procession was headed by three mounted policemen and spec- tators who had hearq stories of the Klan were reassured by this welcome example of law and order. Behind the policemen followed two students bearing aloft a banner upon which losis has 'been sentenced to death." A more gruesome exhibit followed Four Klansmen supported a platform and erected on this was a gallows, From the gallows a gaunt skeleton hung--the skeleton of tuberculosis. The Obscquics, .An army of students bearing spad- es followed the last remains of the dread enemy. Still more followed, bearing upon their shoulders the black draped coffin. The coffin, too, was inscribed with a pregnant phrase: "We will bury him with anti-tubercular campaign health stamps." Many onlookers probably registered a vow that they would as- sist in the obsequies, The parade marched through the streets and .great crowds of people lined the route and cheered the re- doubtable K.K.K. The cortege mov. ed slowly' along towards _ Dufferin Terrace and at this point the, crowd was so dense that the "funeral" had difficulty in forcing a passage. To the accompaniment of funeral hymns and dirgeful tusic the para- ders marched along the Terrace, then followed by an army of spectators they passed along Bluade street and back to the Laval University. a Prof. G7 E. Jackson, Toronto Uni- versity, urged .that the best means of getting satisfactory immigrants in Canada is by having sot'efle't « + write home and tell their friends to try their fortune here, too. was inscribed the words '"Tubercu- | | | | | | | | i real, in a motion he intends to bring |: before the House of Commons, "the | | are | Arnold, : . College "eb. 5 v Dr. Deslauriers will urge classi- ge on Feb. 5th, owing to some whose home ig| i Y 13 ~ in Midland, was instantly killed late | LAST EDITION T NOW MAKES REPLY Through His Father to the RM.C. Charges. WAS. MUCH DISSTISFED With Conditions em we| Claims He Could Not Get An Education There. Major F. G. Arnold, Regina, Sask., who returned to Kingston from New York, accompanied by his son, Cadet who left the Royal Military _ dissatisfaction, today gave th a lutter he had sent to the co dant. lows: press man- Th letter in part is as fole Kingston, Ont., March 3, 1924, To The Commandant Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario: Dear General Macdoneil: As I teles phoned you, I brought my boy back from New York this afternoon. Al- low me to thank you for your kind ness and courtesy in granting him leave, pending a final disposition of this case, } As to his reason for leaving the college, I cannot do better than quote his Istter to me covering this point: Why He Left. "New York, Feb. 22nd, 1924. "Dear Dad:--Thanks for your tele grams and letters. In leaving the cole lege 1 took what wag perhaps the most important step in my life, but I know you will believe me when I tell you that it was not done on im- pulse or because I am a quitter. I stayed as long as I did hecause I wanted to be quite sure that I was doing the right thing. "The college itself is all that you told me and all that I thought. The staff are white and the course 4s Just as good as the syllabus. The discis pline is only what a fellow would ex- pect and fust what he needs and the physical training is simply wonder ful. As you know, I have done fair ly well in my classes, but honest, dad, it is because I was pretty well up when I came. There is simply ne chance to get any education here. The whole atmosphere is against Boy and a recruit is simply not alowed to study and I really feel that I can spend four years more profitably as far as education is concerned than by completing my course here. By going when I did I can still get in my -senior matric this June and so not lose any time and that means saving a whole year at the Univers sity. ¢ "This sounds pretty bald,'dad, but you have always trusted me and [ know you will now until I get § chance to talk to you and explain, (Signed) MURF." ---- Astounded at Conditions, I have had several talks with the boy and I can say that I am simply astounded at the conditions prevail. ing at the R.M.C. and I find it diffi« cult to credit that they are entirely unknown to at least some of fthe staff In the first place, 1 should like to take up the points covered in your Interview to théspress in which you were quoted as saying: A. That the punishment wag twelve strokes of the swagger stick, B. That fhe punishment was for lying, a most heinous offense and one pecullarly abhorrent to the student body; in saying to a senior cadet. that the score was six nothing when I left. * C. That _ the ewarded after court. D. The inference was given and you thought it extraordinary that the boy had not made it known he: had relatives in Kingston. punishment was trial by a student E. That a swagger stick was ine Contiaued on Page 16.) - ld wd ! A MAN often thinks If he only had TWICE his INCOME How very HAPPY He would be. A PLAIN WOMAN Sometimes thinks If SHE possessed A devastating BEAUTY SHE would be happy. A POOR GIRL thinks The RIGHT clothes Would meke HER happy. But [ have come To the conclusion . That it is NOT ~~ | "You Said It; Mareeline!" =o By MARCELINE PALROY a On "What People Need!" What YOU HAVE, But what HAPPENS TO IT That COUNTS. A man may bave TWICE His income and Invest it FOOLISHLY; A WOMAN niay have beiuty And let it DESTROY her; A girl gets the CLOTHES And becomes 8 PARASITE" For the simple reason that NONE OF THEM Even thought to ask For what they REALLY vantofe: TWICE AS MUCH Comrie. 14 Premier ~ COMMON SENSE. Satins, tnd ~