CAPITOL | "BLACK ~~ OXEN" | dh ad 5 I CAPITOL MON,, TUES., WED. SIR HALL CAINE'S The Bel Gey YEAR 91; No. 81. The Baily Bri KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, 4, 1994. LAST EDITION he OD NOT § NONEY PAD To Hon. Peter Smith by Home Bank Manager. * EVIDENCE OF CALVERT Given Before the Public Ac counts Committee of the Ontario Legislature, Toronto, April 4.--Whijle admitt- ing that he knew of the payment of one per cent. extra as commission on provincial deposits jn the. Home Bank and that he had on.one occas- . fon'handed General Manager J. C. Mason $3,600 In an envelope for payment of commission, A. E. Cal-/ vert, former assistant general man- ager of the suspended. institution, told the public accounts committee of the legislature to-day that he "could not swear!' that the money went to the 'province. He understood that Hon.: Peter Smith, former pro- vinclal treasurer," got interest for the province" but at po time haa "he seen Mr. Smith receive any money. Witness stated. that he had seén Mr. Smith in the Home Ban) on three or four occasions. He thought those visits had sofdething to do with the commission paid on provincial deposits. * "What was your idea of the trans- ' action?" asked Col. J. A. Currie. "Did you protest?" . . . . . "I can't say that I Questioned it," 'replied the witness. . "Did you think Mr. Smith got the money?" . *I never saw Mr. Smith get any money." ' "Do you know if Mr. Smith got any money?" "No I do not." "Can you say if Mr. Mason ever passed money to anyone?" asked Hon. Manning Dohérty. "No, I can not," was the réply. Criminal Action? 'Hon. Manning Doherty told the that d motion Com- Hart apd Mrs. Ross about their bond traneactions had been given. He had thought that Mr, Smith should be given an opportunity to reply to certain implications {#8 the stories of transactions, but the evidence since bad indicated that there would be more serious charges than he had expected. The matter had progress- ed, according to the premier, to the point where criminal action was in. evitable. He would therefore, there. fore, not insist on his motion, "Do you think the time has arriv- ed when there should be criminal ac- tion?" asked Hon. W. H. Price. "I made no such statement. I was quoting others," Mr. Doherty re- plied. n= Walter Larshbough, steeplejack, Mes dn St. Joseph's hospital, Sud- bury, with nearly every bone in his body broken as the result of a fall trom the top of a ninety-foot chim- mey stack on the premises of the Schroeder Lumber Company Mills, at Pakesley. The scaffolding col- lapeed. * The steamer Arctic 'will sadl from Quebec, probably about the first week of July next, for the Arctic with supplies for the Canadian Mounted Police Posts. Israel "Griesman, Toronto, set aside $15 each year for fifteen - years to pay for the recital of the Jowish 'prayer, *'kadiéh," on the an- oiversary of his.death. Albert 'Walden, a Toronto letter collector, for purlolning mail, was sent to penitentiary for three years. Camille Julian, noted historian, has been elected a. member of tho «French Academy, °> "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE FALROY. -- How MEN who leve CHANGE Must LONG fof CONSTANCY-- In THEMSELVES, I mean. | A PHILANDERER and always Has a NEW love on band, * Should ALWAYS be off with The OLD GLOVE before He's on with THE NEW, In some countries - man's WIFE always Sits AT TABLE on his RIGHT HAND, ~~ (That is, when dining in public) And his LADY LOVE - HUSBAND AND WIFE WIN $41,000 BY GAMBLING And Ali in One Year--What Their Income Returns Showed. Syracuse, N.Y., April 4. -- De- spite legal prohibitions and numer- ous drives instituted against the practice, it appears that lotterjes and other forms of gambling flour- ish in Syracuse _and other parts of the state. A. KX. Kocher, director of thé Syracuse state income tax bureau, announced yesterday a num- ber of returns have been filled show- ing income from such winnings. One return indicated an income from a husband of $27,000 from gambling. His wife showed $14, 000 income from the same source. Greece to Confiscate All Royal Estates Athens, April 4.--A representa- tive of thé king, applying to the gov- ernment for permission to dispose of the royal estates, has received a re- fusal, 'ds the total estate is about to be confiscated. A The government has requested discontinuance of the disposal of furniture from fhe royal palace and also of other movable property. It is understood that the greater part of the private property of the deposed king has already beer sold, while some motor cars have. been shipped to Roumania. Pays City $30,000 a Year For Vending Privileges New York, April 4.--Thirty thous- and dollars a year for the privilege of dispensing fruit, candy, soft drinks and tobacco will be paid the city for two small stands at the Bat- tery landing on the harbor front. Pericles Xenakis, Brooklyn, the successful bidder at the auction of the concessions took a three year lease at an annual rental of $12,600 above the sum received by the 'city last year. The same stands rented in 1920 for $100 a month, TEN BELGIANS ARE CONDENKED 10 EATS EL a eo) In Flander Fol= lowing the Armistice. T-------- Ghent, Belgium, April 4.--A trial which surpassed all records dn the history of Belgian justice has just been concluded: "in the Eastern Flanders assizes with a verdict con- demning ten men to death, seven to lite imprisonment, five to twenty years, four to fifteen years and one to twelve years. They were members of a band of criminals who operated throughout Belgian Flanders in the period im- mediately followfing the mrmistice. The trial lasted a month. BILL' WAS STRUCK OFF." Premier Ferguson Made Request 1nd Medical Case. Torento April 4.--The premier in the legislature yesterday afternoon moved that a bill; passed this morn- ing by the private bills committee, to allow J. P. Savage, Oikville, to practise medicine in. the Province of Ontario, 'be struck off the report. The motion carried. The premier sald the Government policy on the matter would be declared later. Mr, Savage took a medical course at the University of Toronto, but, never having secured his matrfcula- tion, he could not qualify for medi- cal council examinations. Flight Postponed a .Day. Seattle, Wash., April 4.--The de- parture of four United States army airplanes for Prince Rupert, B.C., on their flight around the world was postponed until to-morrow on ac- count of adverse weather reports re- On *Hand-cuffed Men." | Doesn't know what he, ceived from along the route. lt Hence the saying, "A MAN must NEVER let His RIGHT HAND know \What is LEFT HAND is doing." The trouble IS, a MAN often Himself, is DOING. Many a man Who INTENDED to ; Put HIS ARMS around s GIRL For a FEW MOMENTS finds' He has her ON HIS HANDS For the REST OF HIS LIFE. ' INEXPERIENCED men WALK Matrimony, but EXPERIENCED 'Have to be HAND-CUFFED! TORONTO RAID WAS PLANNED By the Montreal Bank Bandit Gang Under Arrest. THE PROPOSED HOLD-{P bia Rv Se Informa- --fontreal Suspects in Toronto on February 1st. Toronto, April 4.--There was go- ing to be another big bank-messeng- er hold up in Toronto this month which the Montreal bandit gang had planned, it became known to the police circles here to-day. It is stated that the Toronto po- lice have come into possession of re- liable information about the propos- ed hold up. Detective Walter McConnell, who arrived home to-day from Montreal where he went Wednesday in con- nection with the suspects held by the authorities, stated that he identi- fied two of the men and a woman under arrest as Ciro Nierri and Gui- sephe "Joe" Serafine, and his wife Mary Serafine as members of the armed gang arrested in a rooming house on Shuter street Toronto, on February 1st. They were given a jan term for illegal possession of arms, but the sentence was afterwards sus. pended bn condition that they keep away from the city. ALBERTA LIQUOR BILE. Beer Sold Till p.m. Saturday--10 Other Nights. Edmonton, Alta., April 4.--Licens- ed premises for the sale of beer un- der the Liquor Control Bill will be permitted to remain open in Satur- day nights until nine o'clock, accord- ing to an amendment approved by the committee of the whole in the legislature. day the licensed premises can open until fen o'clock. Attorney-General J. E. Brownlee stated that, according to present ar- remain -Quor- only. | rangements, the breweries would be "beer, oN The licenses for hotels, sceording to the bill range from $200 to $400, according to the population. In cities with a population of more than fif- teen thousand, the license would be $400. Persons living in an hotel can have beer sent to thelr rooms from the breweries, but will not be permitted to go down to the licensed premises in the same hotel and CArTy up a bottle to their room. nother pro- vision in the bill makes it illegal to take liquor from one room in the hotel to another. The provision states that the liquor shall be consumed in the room. A person living in a room could rive a friend a drink. The druggists will be permitted to carry a stock of forty ounces of li- A SUICIDE PACT. Husband is Dead and Wife is Dan- gerously Wounded, Richmond, Va., April 4.--~Holmes Cummins, prominent Richmond busi- ness man and clubman, was found shot to death and his wife, - Tula Cummins, nationally known as a writer, dangerously wounded when police broke into their apartment here yesterday. > ; The husband and wife shot them- selves as a result of a mutual agree- ment, Coroner Whitfield declared the wounded woman told Affi; Cummins had been fh {ll health for. several : - ~ v 'When police forced their way into the apartment they found Cummins dedd with a bullet in the head. His wife was believed to be in a dying condition with a bullet wound above the heart. A revolver was hanging from the man's right hand, HOME BANK LIABILITY Claims for Payment Are ) r Being Toronto, April 4.--Efforts to rea- lize on the assets of the defunct Home Bank of Canada are being proceeded with by the official lqui- dators and claims for payment of the double liability upon shareholders are being pressed. : James Bain, K.C., has been ap. pointed counsel, and J. G. 0'Dono- ghue, solicitor, to conddet the typi- Jin connection with the men, Topping, Murrell and have tailed. po From Monday until Fri-| 1" Ottawa, April 44h.--The report of FROM VILLA'S GANG Ganadian Held Captive In MexI- co 8ince January Safe at Parral. El Paso, Tex. April 4. --Thomas George MacKenzie, general manager of the Compania Agricola of Chil- huahua,escaped from Hipolito Villa's bandit gang Monday night and had arrived in Parral, friends here were advised by telegraph yesterday after- noon. He~was captured in January. I' N. Thacker, head of the Hydro- lectric Company's .El Paso offices, received the following telegram from Mr. MacKenzie: "Escaped Monday; walked 50 miles and caught train at Ban Rosario; went to Parral." Mr. MacKenzie, a Canadian, was captured in January whem Hipolito Villa first took the field afd has been with the bandit forces as a prisoner since that time.vA demand that a ransom of 50,000 pesos be paid for his release was made by Villa. Au- thorities attempted them to get in touch with the rebels in an effort to effect the release of Mr. MacKenzie, but failed; due to the fact that Villa was being closely pursued by the federal troops. The company of which he Is general manager is the largest hydro-electric development company in northern Mexico. TE L. 8 General nager, Canadian National Rellways, who died suddenly at the gene headquarters 4 the system, Mont last Wednes- ay. The re have been taken to Moncton, N. gh dn ¥ Channa X BROWN Atlantic Region, . , A PR + . A Printer's Liability Bill--Halibut 's Third Reading, A Ottawa, April 4.--In the House of Commons yesterday, A: W. Neill (Independent, Comox-Alberni) in- troduced a bill to amend the Crim- inal Code (printer's Hability) at the opening of the house yesterday. He explained 'that the object of the bil} was to provide that. any paper, pamphlet or other pablication in- tended for distribution 'should bear the name of the publisher. At pres- ent pamphlets were sometimes cir- culated anonymously, and in certain cases they contained seditious or un- true statenfents. © The amendment was in Hne with British law on this matter. The bill to amend the Northeras Pacific Halibut Fishery Protection Act was given a third reading In the House of Commons yesterday after- noon without discussion, Better Chances For The Youths in Canada London, April 4.--A. J. Thomas, son of Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, Seé- retary of State for the Colonies, has Teturned to London after a visit to Montreal. He told an Interviewer that 'Yl have never. been more happy than while in Canada. In Canada the young man gets his chance earlier than in the old country. British youths have an excellent chance of making good either on the farm or in commerce in Canada, work in the full meaning of "that word." REPORT ON R. M. C, Will Be In Hands of Hon. E. M. "MacDonald the sub-commit! of the advisory board 'to the milifia council on mat- ters pertaining to the Royal Military College, Kingston, will be In the hands of 'Hon. B. M. MacDonald, minister of national. defence, with- in the next few days. The sub-com- mittee, which metiin Kingston on Tuesday of this week, will make cer- tain recommendations regarding the administration of the Royal Military College, it was stated here to-day. ---------------- 4-- MACKENZIE ESCAPES | the AY air ant - | bill providing examinations A COMMISSION 100 COSTLY Refusal to Appoint One to Probe Ontario Finances. A NOTION BY DOBERTY Premier Knows of No Reason Why House Committee Should ~~ Be Supplanted. : Toronto, April 4.--Hon, Manning Doherty asked in the legislature yes- terday afternoon that the govern- ment appoint a royal commission to inquire into Ontario financial tran- sactions, and that the investigation be taken out of the hands ot the rublic. accounts committes:; He thought the commission could make a better investigation than the com- mittee. Premier Ferguson satd/the govern- ment 'could not grant the request. The public accounts committee was place for the investigation, he stated. '"That is the very purpose of the committee," said the premier. "There have been no complaints, nor has there been the least suggestion of unfairness by the committee." He pointed out, too, that commissions had been found to be expensive, and declared there were no reasons why | the committee shquld be deprived of its power. R. L. Bracken (West Kent) said witnesses had been making state- ments before the. committee which would never have been allowed in a court of law. Mr. Bracken was call- ed to order 4s there was no motion before "the house. He immediately proposed to move the adjournment of the house to discuss the matter, but was again ruled out of order when the rule that the house cannot dfs- cuss .the work of committees until Jthey 'make reports, was read. On motion of the premier, a clause in a bill reported from the private bills committee that J. P, Savage, Oakville, be allow@d to practise me- dicine in Ontario wag struck out, The government will decide its policy about Mr. Savage 1 later, Mr. Savage had taken his medica! course, but could 'hot try his eonmefl examinations because he did mot have matriculation standing. "Liquor Referendum. ) Before the orders of the day Hon. W. E. Raney endeavored to get a statement from the government on the matter of a liquor referendum of vote. He was ruled out of order. Mr. Raney immediately attempted to move the adjournment of the house to discuss the matter, The prime minister said that such a proceeding was outrageous. The Speaker announced that the orders of the day would be proceeded with. Mr. Raney allowed the first order to be dealt with, and he then moved to discuss the question he had tried. to discuss be- fore the orders of the day. He quoted a newspaper report of a speech by Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, in which the latter was reported to have sald there should be a vote on the O.T.A. as quickly as possible. "What I want to know, and I think the country wants to know, is: 'Was he speaking for the government or simply expressing his own opinion?' Another question I would like to ask is: 'Does the government re- cognize cabindt solidarity?' » : "If the questions are put on the order paper iu the usual way, they will be answered," was all the re- ply made by the premier. Hydro Bills, The house them took up several Hydro bills in committee. Only one was amended. It was the bill pro- viding for the return of radial bonds from the Hydro Commission to the city of Hamilton. To Hamilton, the municipalities of North Grimsby, Barton and East Flamboro were added. = Other municipalities will also get their bonds returned if they 80 through the proper steps. There were some protests against a clause in the main Hydro biIF giving the NEW COMET DISCOVERED, Reported From Observatory at Cape of Good Hope, London, April 4.--The .Royal As- tronomical Sociéty has announced the receipt of a message from Copen- hagen stating that a new comet was discovered by Mr. Reld, of the Royal Observatory of the ' Cape of Good Hope, on March 30th. The magni- tude of the new comet is not yet known. The right ascension is given as 44 degrees, 34 minutes, 57 sec- onds. The north polar distance is 123 degrees, 38 minutes, 16 seconds. The daily motion in the right ascen- sion is plus 53 minutes, and daily motion in N.P.D. is minus 30 min- utes. : 8ir Frank Dyson, the astronomer royal, stated that the comet was too country, $85,000,000 Sought for New Oollege for Women New York, April 4.--A project to raise $5,000,000 for the establish- ment of a new woman's college at Bennington, Vt., will 'be launched at a meeting to be held at the Colony club here on April 28th. Behind, the. movement, the an- nouncement says, are the presidents of Wellesley, Radcliffe, Mount Holy- oke, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, Cornell, Middlebury and a number of other Institutions. Proponents of the plan point out the necessity for a new woman's col- lege in the eastern section of the country because the present colleges are unable to accommodate the flood of occupants. Finns Begin Canal Building. Helsingfors, Finland, April 4.-- The government has decided to build a canal from Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland at the cost of 760,- 000,000 Finnish. marks. This will be the first step toward a wide de- velopment of internal communica- tions, and) 'will be followed by the building of other canals and rail- roads. ATTITODE OF CANADA * ON LAUSANNE PACT The British Premier's Attention . Called to Statement of g Premier King. London, April 4.-8i¢ John Simos, Liberal, in"the House of Commous yesterday called Premier MacDofi- ald's attention to the' denial by Pre- mier Mackenzie King, of Cdnada, that the Lausanne treaty imposed obligations on Canada, and asked !f this accorded wiih Premier MacDon- ald's information when he made his statement in the House on Tucsday that Canada had stated that she would do what the Imperial Govern. ment did in the matter of the Laus- anne Treaty. Premier MacDonald replied taat it had been impossible to ascertain yet what Premier King had actually sala about the matter. He suggested that Sir John Simon repeat the question in the House next Monday. J. R. Clynes, Lord Privy Seal and deputy leader of the Government in the House of Commons, expressed the Government's inability to pub- lish communications with the Do- minions concerning thc Lausanne Treaty, hut said that Premier Mac- Donald had already given the sub- stance thereof. In the debate in the British House of Commons on Tuesday on :he Lau- sanne Treaty, Premier MacDonald was reported to have sald (hat as a matter of fact India and New Zea land had agreed to ratify the treaty long ago, and Canada had roplied that she would agree to do what the Imperial Government did. Canada had_raised one or two coastitutional points, which Premier MacDon- ald said he did not think ~was really meant by Canade to have much substance, but was a sort of safe- guard. In order to guard against possible extensions of the principle of the treaty without warning ing given, Canada desired to retain for herself certain rights of decis- fon over and above the Imperial rights of decision. Premier King's Correcti ; Ottawa, April 4.--The grounds up. on which Canadas declined to ratify. the Lausanne Treaty with Turkey commission power to prevent the sale. and advertising of electrical equipment which is not according to made by the com- mittee. Some members thought this an interference with ordinary busi- ness. The clause was not amend- ed, however, 3 5 x Another bill which proposes changes in franchise rights of street railways, introduced as a public bill, was held up so it can be introduced as a private bill concerning the city of London only. : : . Hon. Jamés Lyons introduced a y for tim ber cullers and separating them from pulp cullers, ; "Irish Free State Army. Dublin; April 4.---It has been des | cided that the permanent establish- ment of twenty-seven battalions, nine brigades and three commands. In addition there will be various sep- | arate services, an army school of in- were again the subject of a state- ment by Premier King in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon. During his statement yesterday, Mr. King quoted a despatch dated De- cember 31st, 1922, in which Canada gave her reasons why, since she had not been x party to the negotiations of the Treaty, she did not think ft time Right Hon. Arthur Meighen asked whether any reply had been received to this mes- I far south to be visible from this CANNOT -SELL CNR LINES Legislation May Be Introduced on SR HENRY THORNTON Endorses Plan Submited to Par liment--Fate of CNR. "At Stake. Ottawa, April 4.--1In the debate on the different resolutions of the branch line programme of the Gov- ernment yesterday afternoon, an in- teresting statement was made by the Hon. George P. Graham, minister ot rallways, when the: resolution pro= viding for the construction of a Ca~ nadian National line from Grann Fresnier to Reinfret Junc:icn, a dis- tance of twelve miles, at a cost of $357,000, was before the House. The minister explained that negotia« tions were taking place between the Canadian Pacific Railway and the management of the Canadian National Railway for the sale of what is known as the Hudberdeau branch to former railway sys- tem. The léader.of the Opposition stated that it was evident that neith- er the members of parliament nor the Government had any. sdy as to the sale of any lines of the Cana- dian National Railways and sated that some morning the people of . Canada would wake up and find no railway left at all. The minister, in reply, made thé interesting an- nouncement that such a state of af- fairs was not desirable and that he would have the whole question look- ed into and perhaps legislation -in- troduced to deal with it. The resolution dealing with the Grand Fresniere to Rinfret June- tion branch was passed and a bill dealing with it was given first read- ing. The same applied to the branea from Rousseau on the Canadian Na- tional-Quebec Railway to Laurent, on the Quebec and'Lake St. John, the resolution for which also pass ed. £ - Endorsed by Thornton "4 Sa Ottawa, April 4.--"I can think of no more effective way eventually to bring about the ruin of the Canadian National Rallway System than a re- fusal to embark upon and consists antly maintain a reasomalie branch line programme. No railway can stand still, and success can only be achieved by keeping abreast of the times in the fulfiiment of trams- portation responsibility." Es These statements were made by Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National' Railways, in a letter to Hon. George P. Graham, Minister of Railways and Canals, ja reference to the branch line pro- gramme of the Canadian National, and the letter was presented to the House of Commons yesterday after noon by the minister. . Sir Henry laid down four factors which had been given due weight in * the preparation of the branch. line programme: (1)--Theé money already -spent and the work already done on each line where suth condition existed: (2)--The strategic, economic and traffic value of each branch; * \ (3)--The measure of relief af- forded to farmers to shortening the road haul on grain snd other pro-- ducts; (4)--A regard for the presume able aggregate sum which the fine ances of the Dominjon would per mit to be devoted for such a pose. > : MEN ALMOST TRAPP 'UNDER HUDSON RIVER Thirty-five Raced for \Theie Lives When the Tunnel Blew Out. New York, Apt} 4.--While thirty= five workmen fled for their lives be- fore an onrushing tide of water yes terday, thousands of persons cross- ing the Hudson river in ferry boats watched in amazement when a "blow-out" in the vehicular tunnel now under construction off Canal", street sent a geyser fifty feet high in the air, 5g No one 'was killed and the total injuries appear to have consisted of shock caused by some of the work- te i - pur-