' struggle of YEAR 91; No. 89, DEBATE UPON THE BUDGET Political Struggle Between High And Low Protection REDISTRIBUTION BILL The Problems of Each District To Be Considered By Sub- Committees. Ottawa,. April 14.---The stage is set for the debate this afternoon on the budget, which was brought down in the House last Thursday by the Hon. James A. Robb, acting minis- ter of finance, With the return of many members of parliament from "their constituencies, which _ they have been visiting over | the week- end, a clearer political conception of the budget proposals will have been galued, The situation will have bea canvassed and members of par- llam~n¢ who represent high protec- tion constitueficles, will have some idea of how their constituents feel. Now that the smoke of the after- math of the budget is cleared away, it is quite evident that the political the future is between high protection and low protection. Redistribution Bill Ottawa, April 14.--The redistri- bution, committee will get down to work today, "Arrangements are ex- pected to be made then for dividing up the field and for detalled study of the various problems arising. It i» understood that the dominion will be divided up into districts, com- posed of provinces or groups of pro- vinces and that a sub-commitiée, re- presentative of the different parties, will ;be appointed for each district. In the first placg, the problems of each district will be considered by the particular sub-committee select- CAPITOL dh | TO-DAY JAMES CRUZE 2 Presents P > "THE FIGHTING COWARD" y . . ® 2 (ZEEE SEZ 222 2 XX J * 4 TO SPEND WEEK-END » WITH KING GEORGE * fo *» London, April 14. --King % George has invited Premier # MacDonald and his daughter, 4 Ishbel, to spend the week-end % of April 26th with him at + Windsor Castle. SdttdPet0te * . PPP S200 %0%0000%0%0 THE LABORITES LEAD ' IN DANISH ELECTIONS Will Form New Government With Help of Independent Liberals. Copenhagen, April 14.--The offi- cial returns from the parliamentary elections show that the government party suffered a defeat, the Laborites electing the largest number of mem- bers of any party to the Folkething. The House will be «composed of 556 Laborites, 44 Liberals, 27 Conserva- tives and 20 Independent Liberals. According to the newspaper Ko- benhavn, the Laborites, with the as- sistance of the Independent Liberals, will form -a new government under the premiership of T. Stauning, chairman of the Danish Socialist par- ty and former minister without porg- folio. o In the last Folkething the Liberals had 52 members, Labor 48, the Con- servatives 26 and the Independent Liberals 18. ASKS $1,000,000 DAMAGES. Dancer Suing Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney for Breach of Promise, San Francisco, Cal, April 14.-- Evan Burroughes Fontaine, dancer, once more is trying to collect from Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney a mil- lion dollars as the price of failure tq marry her. Suit for that amount alleging breach of promise was on file in the courts here Saturday. During March, April and May, 1920, Miss Fontain charges she liv- ed with Whitney; she names him as the father of her boy, whom she calls Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Jr. aily B KINGSTON, ONTARIO, itish MONDAY, APRIL 14, - t CAPITOL TO-DAY VAUDEVILLE THE THREE MUSICAL HUTTERS 1024. +* +e * Toronto, April 14.--Hon. Peter Smith, provincial treasurer in the late Drury Government, was arrest- ed at two o'clock this afternoon on a charge of defrauding the Govern- ( ment by receiving rake-offs from the Home Bank over the sale, of pro- vincial bonds. His counsel, H. H. Dewart, K.C., has. applied for bail. The warrant for Mr. Smith's ar- rest was made by Assistant Police Commissioper Cuddy. Mr. Smith was taken to the attorney-general"s of- fice immediately after the session closed. Would Not Give Evidence. Before the public accounts com- mittee at 1.45 this afternoon W. H. Price sald that Hon. Peter Smith oould make a statement or give evi- dence. Mr. Smith came forward but would not take the oath when the Bible was handed to him. He said that on the advice of counsel he would not give evidence nor would he take the oath. "You refuse to give evidence be- fore the committee," asked Chair- man Finlayson. "Yes," said Mr. Smith. "In view of that," said Mr. Price, "officers of the Crown will take cognizance and the matter is out of the hands of the committee. Mr. Doherty sald he had been try- ing to direct the affairs of commit- te so that Mr, Smith could give evi- dence and had just learned, this The committeé will make an in- terim report to the house this after- noon. The session of the committee will be held tomorrow and the fol- lowing days to clean up the investi- gation. Smith's Bank Deposit's, A, E. Nash, assistant to G. T. Clarkson, who had been instructed to look™into Hon. Peter smi ae count in the Stratford branch of thd Bank of Toronto, was the first wit- ness before the public accounts committee of the Ontario legisla ture when it resumed this morning. . He testified that the former pro- vincial treasurer's account showed a deposit of $6,824 on December 22n4, 1919. The deposit slip showed an entry of seven one-thousand dollar bills. Five days later the saving ac- count, which was joint with Mrs. $4,000, less $25 paid to Mrs, Smith and $25 to Peter Smith's brother. | Jhis sum was a cheque of from the Jarvis firm in Toronto. of $1,600 in three $500 bills. Mr. Price pointed out that $1,600 haa 'been paid in commission to Mr. Mas- on at the Home Bank on July 28th, the day before the deposit in Strat- ford. . posited and on Dec. 6th,-1920, $500 in one five hundred dollar About this time there was .a cheque at the Home Bank of $1,500, charg: ed to expense account there, Mr. Price. ' dicated deposits of large sums various times during 1923. A few large deposit were made in 1921. Smith's account, according to Mr: Price, éhowed $18,000 in legals and PHS G PIS led * Mason, for deposits at the AK Home On July 2nd there was item ov $4,000 On July 29th, there was an item On Nov. 6th, thers was $1,000 de- bili. sala Large Deposits. Further evidence hf Mr. Nash in- at and vi 1922 The total of deposits made in Mr. *¢e2% 09 HON. PETER SMITH PLACED UNDER ARREST: ~ CHARGED WITH RECEIVING RAKE-OFFS From the Home Bank Over the Sale of Provincial Bonds While He Was a Member of the Drury Government --What His Bank Deposits in Stratford Showed. five-hundred dollar bills. Mr, Price pointed out that on Jpejisme day there was evidence of Mr. general manager of the Home Bahk, getting $1,000 for commission provincial Bank in Toronto. BILL PASSED Excloding From Country All Aliens hneligibe to Cte MAY LEAD T0 RUPTURE With Japanese Government.--- the protests of the Japanese bassador State, the House late Saturday af- ternoon passed th¥ migration bill containing the pro- States all aliens, including the Jap- anese, ineligible to American citizen- ship. force of numbers, those opposed further restriction of immigration, as proposed by the Johnson bill, of- Whig PEP PIPPPPOS : * FEHL THEY HAVE * BEEN LET DOWN Toronto, April 14.--Feeling among members of the farmer group of the provincial legis- lature is thal 'they have been let down" by Hon. Manning Do- herty, their leader, according to W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal leader, who will not be surpris- ed if those members of the group with Liberal views would attach themselves to the Liberal group of the legisla- ture. Abhi i EE ERR RR FOR teed PPetrRIOR BY US. HOUSE The Vote Was 326 to 71 on the Bill. Washington, April 14.--Ignoring am- and the Secretary . of Johnson {m- slon excluding from the United Overwhelmed by the superior to | 1923. $26,000,in other forms of currency from December 1919 until October At various times in 1920, fered only feeble resistance. Their efforts to amend the restrictive fea- tures of the bill met with failure, and the section applying the prin- ciple of exclusion to the Japanese LAST EDITION LIQUOR CARGO IS CAPTURED The Oswego Police Get 105 of Whiskey, FAD JUST BEEN LANDED It Is Thought That the Liquor Arrived by Steamer Ln Belleville. On Monday morning a telephone message was received by the Whig to the effect that a cargo of Cana- dian whiskey has been captured at Oswego, N.Y., and it was thought the boat which carried the liquor came from either Kingston or Belle- ville. On Sunday morning the life saving crew at Oswego notified the Oswego police that a three-hundred- ton steamer was unloading cases of whiskey at'the Ontario & Western Coal Company's wharf. When the police arrived with their motor patrol, the crew of the steamer evi- dently saw thent a skort distance away, as the vessel quickly pulled away from the wharf and has not been heard of since. The police of- ficers ran down on the wharf and fired a number of shots, but it is not thought that any of the members of tho crew came in contact with the bullets. . The police took possession of a motor. truck: load with cases of liquor which had been unloaded off the steamer. When counted it was found that there were one hundred and eight cases. It is thought that a couple of other truck loads had been arrived. The driver of the captured truck made his get away. The American authorities estate that it is a well-known fact that small boats have arrived from time ta time, but this is the first occas- lon when as large a steamer asfthis able to get away before the police - took the chance. L Local marine men when asked about 'the affair stated they were certain that the steamer did not come from Kingston. A Belleville despatch on Friday sald a steamer. left there for Cuba with a large con- signment of Hquor, The wharf where " "was unloading was whers the Kingston coal boats get their coal eargoes, were deposited dm "coupons" ap- arently bond coupons. Some of these | of a roll call. were payable in New York funds.| Only a passing reference was made be had come this mornihg: prepared Deposits of a similar character were | in the debate to the communication 3 i | filed with the Secretary of State by to give evidence, but after hearing made in the two ensaing years. J | yf the Japanese ambassador, in which two witnesses and on advice of NEEEEE-- . the latter declared that a legislative evidence. ed for that purpose, and any diffi- culties that may arise in the sub- committees will be referred to the malin committee, Last session considerable progress made in the settlement of the onstitud of most of morning, that he would not give was adopted without,the formality evidence. Mr. Smith, rising again, said that HOPE OF REPARATIONS SETTLENENT STRONG cided to fcoopt the Experts' Report. Berlin, April Very Active Account, ~*~ |enactment by the United States ex-| Witness eald Mr. Smith's account {cluding Japanése "would 'seriously was very active in the four years. | Wound the proper susceptibilities of He found the former treasurer's He Japanese aaHest and might ! Ss otherwise happy and mu- salary cheques credited in the bgnk 10ally SlvABtagacl: ayy a Cy almost every month without excep-|;,. petwesn our two countries." tion:: Amounts in the coupon inter-| Representative Theodore E. Bur- est, he said if they were taken from | ton, Republican for Ohio, warned the five and one-half per cent. bonds the House that exclusion of the 10 HAVE 1 REPUBLIC would represent bonds to the value | Japanese as recommenced might lead an of sixty or seventy thousand dol- to a rupture with Japan, The First President WII LI lars. ' ; ly Be M. Zaimis, a Former On August 30th, 1919, Mr. Smith Ignored Party Lines. Premios. had a balance in the bank of $35.59. The House ignored party lines in the vote of 326 to 71 on the bill. Of The highest credit during the four- year peripd since was eleven thous- the votes registered against it, 33 were cast by Republicans.and 37 by and dollars, as money was contin- ually being drawn out. Democrats. "Representative Victor Berger, Socialist, of Wisconsin, vot- Mr. Nash said there were indica- tions that Mr. Smith also had an ac- ed against the bill. The fight on immigration is now 'count in the Bank of Nova Scotia. On motion of J. L. Currie, Mr. transferred to the Senate. House leaders insist that the Senate will Nash was instructed td look. up the account in the Bank of Nova Scotia. showed a deposit of $1,143. On March 3rd the following year there was an addition of $6,189 to the savings account. This was a note from "Andy' Pepall for $6,250 and the difference was discount. Hon. W. H. Prica pointed out that this sum was just half the amount given about the same time to Pepall by the Aemilus Jarvis Company for commission on an On- tario bond issue he had secured from the (Oatario government for the firm, 'the session, but the western pro- vincés also presented problems that proved insoluable in the time avalil- able, It is understood that Hon. E. M. MacDonald, Minister of National Defence, who was chairman of the committee lagt session, will again act in that capacity this year. Little or No Excitement: There was little or no excitement in committee. Mr. Smith simply an- nounced quietly that he refused to give evidence, on advice of his coun- sol, 'and after hearing 'the evidence of the morning in which it was shown that there were many de- posits to his bank account in legals. There was a lttle more talk about the meeting of the committee to- morrow, and it broke up. Members of parliament, a large crowd of-curious and batteries of camera men and newspaper corres. pondents hung about the lobbies out- side the attorney-general's office where Mr. Smith was closeted with his counsel and crown officials. No further information had come out at 2.15, : -- : 14.--The German cabinet has decided to accept the re- | port of the experts committee, after a conference with * the premiers Monday of the various German states. The cabinet decided "to expedite consideration" of the report, and summoned the state premiers to_ a conference in Berlin Monday. At that time the Government will inform the premiers of its intention to accept the report, naturally "consulting" | them regarding ideas and suggest- 1oiis in connection with the matter. It is generally assumed that the meeting will lead to an early agree- ment on the report. The national economic council at Its session Saturday assumed a fav- orable attitude towards the ex- perts' report. : The committee of the economic council of the Reich already has dis- cussed the report and recommended its acceptance on the lines laid down by Dr. Kurt Sorge of the Krupp com- pany, chairman of the Association of German Industrialists, in his recent statement. This set forth that abso- Killed While Bootlegging. Ogdensburg, April 14. --Ernest Fred {Trombley, aged nineteen, of Benson Mines, was shot to death near Dekalb as he tried to elude fed- eral dry agents who were pursuing him after he had passed through ~=--Canton-ia an-Automobile lvaded with twenty-five case of Canadian ale and twenty bottles of liquor. It is believed Trombley, who is the son. of Fred Trombley, Benson Mines, was a member of a bootleg gang with headquarters in Water- town or Syracuse. His father says the youth left home three weeks ago and had hot returned. gi in bsp FARMERS ARE READY London, April 14.--A decree will be published to-day, szys an Agency + despatch from -Athens, nominating Admiral Coundouriotis as president pro tem of Greece. The Assembly will be divided into a senate and a chamber of deputies and after East er vacation will elect a president, who the despatch says, will probably be M. Zaimis, former premier, To insure domestic stability and peace, 'the discussion of the constitution will be prohibited for five years, the despatch continues. The result of the plebiscite in Thrace was unanimously in favor of a republic. In Athens the majority was two-thirds, ahd in Macedonia it was also large. The Peloponnesus, however, returned a royalist ma- Pepall's Note. On April 28th, 1920, there was a cheque of H. Pepall, which took up a note of earlier date. On June 2nd, there was an item ¢f $2,500 deposit- ed which was a transfer from the |, Bank of Nova Scotia. On June 8th there was an item of $1,000 in two A WARNING concur in the main provisions.df the measure, especially the one designed to exclude Japanese. Should the Senate refuse to accept this section of the bill, the chances are that the proposed Immigration legislation will fail, as the House leaders insi that their body is determined 0 write Japanese exclusion into the statutes. : As the Johnson bill goes to the Senate, ft provides that immigration t manner after welcoming the soviet delegates, the Labor premier bluntly said the government would not countenance propaganda of any sort by the Russians, He tempered. his 'statement somewhat by adding that he would demand the same from any BURNS WERE FATAL Farmer's 3-Year-Old Child Played . With Matches, Cornwall, April 14.--The home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lavigne, fifth IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA Bpring Work on the Land Ex- pected to Be General This Week. ---- lute pre-requisites were the restora- tion in full of Germany's economic sovereignty over the occupied areas, notably abolition of the Franco-Bel- gain railway regime and the customs barrier between occupied and unoc- cupied Germany, and the raising of concession of Kenyon, was the scene Of a fatality last .Thursday when their three-year-old daughter, Paul- ine, was so badly burned that she succumbed to her injuries two hours later, About 8 o'clock, Mr. Lavigne was attending to his cattle in "the 10 RUSSIANS Must Not Spread Bolshevik Pro- political mission visiting England. Russian relations along even broad- er lines, need for future peace and disarma- ment, incidentally referring sympa- M. Rakovsky 'discussed the Anglo- He laid stress upon the al census of 1890 instead of 1910, nationalistic cent. of the nurffber of such nation- recorded in the census of 1890. It is in the future shall be based upon the It permits immigration from each group up 'to two per 8s resident in the United States as jority, x ; Prince of Wales In Parls, Paris, April 14.--The Prince of Wales, who has been visiting Blar- ritz incognito, as the Earl Chester, arrived in Paris to-day, of an international loan. thetically to the League of Natlons.| oi ,5004 that under its provisions | planning to leave for London to- - - Calgary, Alta, April 14.--The Cal- gary Herald's first 1924 crop report, issued today, eays that feverish ac- tivity prevails among the agricul- turists of Southern Alberta in pre- paration for spring seeding of grain, and while there are as yet few actu- ally on the land, the majority of the correspondents agree that work will be general this week and at its height just as soon as the excess of moisture which prevails in low places i= absorbed, which is various- ly predicted as between today and May 1st. The land was never in better con- dition for spring work, all are agreed. During the past week or ten days soft snow has been general in the soufh, and this has gradually melted and soaked into the ground instead of running off into the dait- ches. . ' Owing to the heavy crop of last year and the lateness of the discon- tinuance of harvesting and thresh- fog operations, there is not the quan- tity of fall plowing dohe that is cus- tomary at this season of the year, but farmers are already on the ground turning over the soil. There is every indication that the acreage this year will equal, if mot exceed, that of last year, despite this han- 'dicap, as it is expected there will be much stubbling-in of grain, as the land 1s in excellent condition. + all districts report sufficient local labor at hand with wages run- ning. from $40 to $55 a month, The news that the '.reparations commission is inviting the German delegates to "Pari¢ has been favor- ably received here. This imvifation will also be considered at M y's meeting and under the present plans will be accepted. , Evelyn Nesbit Opposes Harry Thaw's Release Plea ------ Philadelphia, April 14.--Evelyn Nesbit, divorced wife of Harry K. Thaw, to-day filed in common pleas court a petition to be allowed to in- tervene in the proceedings to deter- mine Thaw's sanity by jury trial, which begins here next Monday. The action, it is stated, is in the interest of her 12-year-old son, Russell Wil- liam Thaw. in The petition sets forth that Thaw should not be réleased, as he is "mentally untit and will, if released, "dissipate his owh estate and the life interest in his 'father's estate." Thaw's estate is 'estimated to be worth about $1,000,000. ph i -- School For Young Brides. Pasadena, Cal, April 14.--Mar- ried women under 18 years of age, living in Pasadena, will be eompel- led to attend schodl, according to a ruling made public to-day dby John Harbeson, director of child welfare. Special classes for such brides will be conducted, beginuing 'April $4th. |. barn and Mrs. Lavigne was also en- gaged out of doors, when she heard streams coming from the house, She rushed in, to find the little one enve- loped in flames. It appears the child had got hold of some matches and, in lighting them, her clothing be- came ignited. ' PRINCE ROLAND BONAPARTE. Dies in | Paris, April 14.--Prince Roland Bonaparte died this morning after a long illness from Bright's disease. The only son of Pierre . Was An Earnest | CONFERENCE IS BEGUN gr . Foreign Office. London, April 14.--The opening session of the Anglo-Russian con- ference here today assumed broad lines.' Prime Minister MacDonald, who called the conference together at the foreign office where the dele- gates will strive to reach a settle- ment of outstanding 'questions be- tween two countries, joined with Christian Rakavsky, soviet delegation in outlining the work to be done, + The British premier explained the meeting was the outcome. of ute Aut to M. Tchitcherin grant- 1 Russia, recognition "de » Liquitlation of the past rela- of the two countries had to as well future. He assured them that Russia desir- ed close financial and commercial re- lations with Great Britain, outstanding questions, including the debt question, must be settled, and old tréaties revised. Likely to Be Encountered in London tious experts' report is acceptable to the other Allled governments, it may be taken for granted that no obstacles are likely to be encounter- od here on the question of its adop- tion. expression obtainable regarding the progress. British treasury officials have made in their examination of the experts' recommendations, Milnes, member for the Al.:rta last week and took a seat in the opposition as an er. Mr. Milnes had consistently sup- All the NO OBSTACLES 1 Over Reparations Report. London, April 14.--If the repara- This is the nearest to official Crossed Floor of House. Edmonton Alta., April 14.--T. C. - farm- immigration 161,990 'a year, as compared with the average of 357,801, under the present law, which fixes immigration on a three per cent. quota based on the 1910 census. Ah! ¢ would approximate morrow, The British Trade Board secretary intimates that the Labor governs When a WOMAN GIVES Her EYES to sa MAN She MAY give--MUCH; But he can't be SURE. . When a WOMAN GIVES Her EARS to 8 MAN-- A KEY turns SLOWLY In the DOOR of her HEART. When a WOMAN GIVES Her HANDS to 8 She's REACHING pT" To GIVE--or C) But when a JiPuAN GIVES ENOWS! 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