CAPITOL ~» NOW SHOWING "THE ACQUITTAL" With NORMAN KERRY CLAIRE WINDSOR YEAR 91; No. 94. WAR 'WITH US. NOT POSSIBLE Over Immigration Question, For- mer Japanese Pry Premier 'Says. CANNOT BE_ CONVINCED [hat Christianity Is An Effective Preventive of Wars And Tokio, April 21.--Declaring that war with the United States over thé Immigration question is impossible, but asserting that jt would take years for Japan to forget the insult Imposed by the United States sea- Ste when it voted to exclude Jap- anese from the United States, weirs among the statements made in an interview by Admiral Count Gomboi Yamamote, former premier of Japan. "Our sword leaps from the scab- bard only when the motherland "ifs menaced or our obligations to ou: allies call it forth," he said. * "With such an affront our attis tude must be calm, dignified, re- strained. No amount of Christian preaching or missionary work can convince us now that Christianity is an effective preventive of wars and racial struggles." News off the Wires . In Condensed Form Trotzky sees in the United States a danger to the progress of the sov- fet in Europe. Three thoysand more emigrants leave the)Clyde for Canada in "the next ten days. * Japan's, resentment of United States immigration legislition is 'growing in strength. Many bonnets seen in Sunday's historic Baster parade at New York ured against rain. L SARALA during | 0 fonetary' aofavared with $353, 800 the previous week, and with $581,200 the corresponding week of 1923. Seven cases of smallpox are at present under treatment at Hope- well Hospital on Porter's Island, Ot- tawa. According to city health au- thorities, six of these cases are-at- tributable to a case sald to have been brought from Windsor. SCHOOL CLOSED BY TURKS. Women's School of Medicine Comes Under Official Displeasure. Constantinople, April 21.--The Turks last Friday closed the new school of medicine at the Constantia- ople Women's Collgge. The college is an American higher * educational institute, with a long record, at which the léaders in the Turkish women's emancipation movement were educated. The Bing- ham Medical School was built since the armistice, by donation, at a cost of $25,000. It was fitted with the most modern apparatus from America, and had recently commenc: ed rk with fifteen women stu- dents under éxpert research profes- sors brought from Geneva. Vivisec- 'tion and anatomy im all branches were being taught. The Turkish education authorities mow maintain that, as higher educa- tion is the exclusive right of the Government, this school, the best equipped medical Institution outside of western Europe, has no right to exist. The directors of the college aave offered to modify the program- me so as simply to prepare students 'for the Turkish Faculty of medicine, but pour parlers have not resulted. er Serre +4043 4390 4% THREE TRAGIC DEATHS + OCGURRED IN TORONTO + Toronto, April 21.--Edward Tracey, aged thirty-eight, and Lillian Friendly, aged three and a half wears, are dead of burns; Charles Milne, aged fifty-five, was asphyxiated by gas, and James Cameron, aged forty-six, died suddenly. Isaac Lennox, a prominent citizen, aged eighty- two, is dead. SSIS T TI ITS * * + * + + + * + * > + PEELE EIFFEL EEE NAVIGATION OPEN ON UPPER LAKES The First of the Grain Fleet Left Goderich on Saturday. ¥ a_i Goderich, April 21.--While Goder- ich harbor has been clear of ice for the past three weeks, the Jolly Inez was the first of the large grain fleet to clear for the upper lakes. She left Saturday morning for Fort William, followed shortly after by the Maplecourt, which goes to Col- lingwood for drydock repairs. The Glenannox, of the Playfair fleet, also left Sunday for Fort William. Other boats, including the Donald Stewart and Sarniap cleared for Fort William. The Matthews and Algoma Central fleet expected to get away on Monday. The M. A. Reeb cleared Saturday from Milwaukee with corn for God- erich, and by the middle of the week grain handling should be in full 'swing again. There is-no ice along the shore of 'Lake Huron, and from the pro- gress made by the departing boats, itis evident) that any .fiields out- side have disintegrated sufficiently to offer little or no resistance, CORNWALL PIONEER DIES, Late Mrs. Alexandrina MacDonell, Aged Eighty-Seven, 2 Cornwall, April 21.--Mrs. Mac- Donell, relict of .the late John L. MacDonell, passed away at her home here yesterday after an illness of only a few days. She was formerly Alexandrina McDonald and was in her eighty-seventh year, having been born in Fort William, Invernesshire, Scotland. She came to Canada with her parents, the late Mr, and Mrs, Don- ald | Ter ele and settled Ja ihe it C a Wail i wn With the pon Bi of six yours spent in Geneva, Ill, after her marriage, rs. MacDonell practically grew up with this section of the country. She is survived by a son and daughter, Adrian I. MacDonell, local regis- trar of the Supreme court of On- tario, Clerk of the County Court and Registrar of the Surrogate Court, and Miss Alexina MacDonell, DUSE IS DEAD, Famous Italian Tragedienne Passes Away at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pa., April 21>--Mme. Eleenora Duse, famous Italiar tra- gedienne, died early this morning at an hotel here, where she had been confined for two weeks with an at- tack of influenza. Mme. Duse Lad been making a tour of the United States, and spent the winter on the Pacific coast, after having been In retirement for twen- ty years, -------- LATE MARIE CORELLL Distinguished British Novelist Dies at Stratford-on-Avon. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., April 21. ~----Marie Corelli, distinguished nov- elist, is dead from heart trouble at her home here. Born in 1864, the daughter of an Italian father and Scottish mother, Miss Corelll was adopted in infancy by Charles Mac- Kay, journalist and song writer. She was educated in a French convent. By unanimous vote the U.S. house on Saturday appropriated $1,500,- 000 to combat the outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in California. mg "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY On "Making a Record." FOLKS are very is NOT worth SAYING They SING; . And when they CAN'T DO _ Anything else--they DANCE. MODERN LIFE seems like ' A GRAMOPHONE RECORD-- pick out what appeals to you, SET IT GOING-- Of course, it comes to an END. But then. if yoo WISH. you. can CHANGE YOUR TUNE ° . Or your PARTNER One HAS to keep changing 'Because each ene TALKS Of the SAME THINGS, 4 And the ONLY hope of a THRILL Is the chance That SOMEBODY Will have found A NEW. way of saying OLD STUFF-- But it's a slim chance. MARRIED POLKS who KNOW Anything WORTH KNOWING Are not JAZZING IT-- They. are ENJOYING A RECORD While STAYING AT HOME. Sometimes. the recard is great; It's a "litle one." Syndicele. Ine. KINGSTON, (IRL BANDIT IS CAPTURED Along With Her Husband At Jacksonville, Florida. TERROR OF BROOKLYN The Girl Gave Birth to a Baby Ten Days Ago And It as Died. Jacksonville, Fla., April 21, -- Brooklyn's bobbed-hair bandit, and her husband, charged with sixteen robberies, were arrested here early this morning by two New York de- tectives, Casey and Gray. The wo- man gave her name as Cecilia Coo- ney, aged twenty, and the man was booked as Edward Cooney, aged -twenty-seven, The officers said tlrey were confronted by pistols when they broke down the door in >the rooming house in which the couple: were staying. The clue which resulted in their capture was obtained after the two used their pistols in an unsuccessful attempt to hold up the National Bis- cuit Company offices in Brooklyn on April 1st. On information that Mrs. Cooney was about to become a mother the police watched the hos- pitals and maternity institutions, and they ascertained that she gave birth te a girl ten days ago in{ Jacksan- vitle, The child died on Saturday. Both Confess. Jacksonville, Fla., April 21. Preparing to return to New York this afternoon in custody of two New York detectives, Edward Coo- ney and his wife, Cecilia Cooney, the beautiful bobbed-hair hold-up woman, today confessed to the whole affair, according to 'Detective F, 8. Gray, of New York. LABOR GOVERNMENT HELPING THE WORLD To a ow Frame of Mind, ' Ramsay wiage Bonald Save. -- York, Eng., April 21.--Prime Min- ister MacDonald told the indepen- dent Labor party conference here to- day that the Labor government was doing its best but would not neces- sarily always come up to the expec- tations of the party he was address- ing. Mr. MacDaopald said he did not, know how long the Labor cabi- net was going to be in office. ""Andal don't very much care," he added, "so long as we do good work, We are helping the world to a new frame of mind and getting the peo- ple to see that a different viewpoint may be to their benefit, and so long as we do that we are perfectly will- ing to go on." oo) LIBERALS RETAIN POWER. Labor, However, Has Majority in Australian Assembly. » Adelaide, April"21.--The final re- sult of the South Australian general election gives Labor 27 seats in the House of Assembly, the highest num- ber it has had there, and a majority of eight over the combined Liberal and Country parties, which number 17 and two respectively.,. The Lib- erals lost nine seats to Labor, mostly in consequénce of the split in the anti-Labor vote, but the - Liberals have a majority of eight id the Up- per House, thus retaining political control. The Labor party is expect- ed to press forward a proposal for the ultimate abolition of the Upper House, as the party contends that Labor is in office but not in power. Forced to Close Down. Montreal, April 21.--The $200, 000 fertilizer factory, erected ' two years ago is now on the market fo» sale at a cut price, according to. statements made by representatives of the Scottish Fertilizers Limited, Welland, Ont, who sald that the company will have no option but to close down and go out of business as the result of tariff reductions on fertilizers. The factory was being financed by English capital. - To Raise Million Dollars, St. John, N:B., April 21.--The raising of a million dollars as én endowment fund for the Loyal Or- ange Order, was proposed by Dr. J. W. Edwards, deputy grand master | of the Grand Orange Lodge of Bri- tish America, here yesterday. He |® sald that it was hoped to raise one quarter of this amount in the order other Protestants. Two Ir ans Drowned. Sault Ste. Marie, April 21. -- Two Indians, Robert and Eugene Lasage, were drowned about Biduigt, when the skiff in which 2 8 cross 5 to. ward Pine, who ne i of the party, managed ig ou ¥en SiR 4 Grieg alive, (#% Lois Frances Booth and the other three qaurters among ' ONTARIO, MONDAY, seerersseersesees * : COPENHAGEN WELCOMES * * CANADIAN PRINCESS + * e # Copenhagen, April 21.--Prince # + Valdemar, his son, Prince Erik, # and the latter's bride, formerly Ottawa, yesterday and official recep- #% arrived . here # were given an % tion. * . z (EXZXXIZZXE ERLE RX J PANIC ON A BRIDGE "WHEN GIRDERS BROKE Accident When Great Baseball Throng Was Crossing at New York. + > + * + * v * ---- New York, April 21.--Scores of baseball fans, rushing home" to the | Bronx from the Palo Grounds after the game, were imperilled late Sat' urday afternoon by the sudden col- lapse of two steel girders at the middle of the Central Bridge, cross- ing the Harlem River at : 155th street. The girders were not part of the bridge structure, but were supports for a cross-beam carrying trolley wiresfl, and they fell close to two surface cars, a taxicab and many pedestrians. The crash of the falling girders caused a rumor that part of the bridge itself had collapsed, and the outcries of alarm added to_this belief. The result was that thou- sands of persons and many automo- biles rushed to the bridge, develop ing a jam which necessitated the calling out of police reserves. It was found that thé only dam- age was to the girders and that the bridge itself had not beén impaired. Block in Cornwall Sells for $65,000 Cornwall, April 21.--One- the largest real estate deals) put over in Cornwall for some time was com- pleted when the property known as the King George hotel, at the: cor- ner of Pitt and Second streets, and one of the most desirable locations in- town, being opposite the post office and right in the heart of the business section, was purchased by Kaneb & Kalil, proprietors of the Economy Store, from the estate of the late Samuel Cline. The 'block has been conducted as an hotel for a great many years under various names, .and was changed to the King Senge. hin taken over sev- gral. Fors, Ay a R. Du- eis 'at Stanley Island. Mr, i wil continue in charge of-the "hotél until May 1st, 19265. It is the intention of the new owners to improve the build- ing inside and out when the present lease expires. The purchase price is said to have been in the mneigh- borhood of $65,000. Man Killed by Train; His Head Was Severed Sault Ste. Marie, April 21, -- Dr. A. 8. McCalg, coroner, left to- day for Desbarats to held an inquest into the death of 'Michael Egan, whose body was found lying on the C.P.R. track near Port Lick yester- day afternoon, with the head sever- ed. It is thought that he was run over by a train yesterday, though no one is known to have seen the accl- dent. hk FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL. At Barthierville, Que.--The Loss Is $100,000. Three Rivers, Que., April 21.-- Fire originating in a vacant room on the third storey of the Manoir hotal at Barthierville early this morning, completely destroyed the building in less than two hours. The occupants escaped without difficulty. * The hotel was a three-storey building, built three years ago. The owner, P, Beandoin, refused to sell a few weeks ago for $100,000. The in- surance was slight. 47 Boys and 16 Girls For Service in Ontario ---- ; Halifax, April 21.--The Anchor liner Columbia, one of the three lin- ers arriving over the week-end, land- ed a party of forty-seven boys and sixteen girls from orphan homes at Bridge of Weir, Scotland, enroute to 'the Fairkmows home in Brook- ville, Ont.' The boys are to be placed on farms in Ontario and ther girls are to enter domestic service. The children are from fourteen to seven- teen years of age. * " |The French admit merit in the British premier's plan on the repara- tions ihe gxperts report. en seeeesstsssrnsene c* © JUMPS FROM WINDOW * + AFTER SLASHING THROAT + * © | Toronto, April 21, -- Alex & 5 meeting here 1924. GRAIN. PROFIT James A. Richardson Attacks Figures n 0.5. Circular. GIVES NORMAL PROFIT As Three-Quarters of Cent a Bushel---Canada's Market- ing System Best. Winnipeg, April' 21.--Describing as "absolutely worthless the state- by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, of the United States, to the effect an average profit of ten cents a bushel during 1922, James A. Rich- ardson, president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, declared before the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission Saturday that this report could @ot be accepted as a basis of computa- tion. b The witness said he was quite satisfied when he received a profit of 3-4 cent a bushepefor his wheat, That would be a normal profit; out of which he had to meet organiza- tion and overhead expenses. Mr. Richardson was in favor of any plan which would improve the trade. The grain business, he declared, was passing through an evolutionary stage and throughout had always operated in the interest of the pro- ducer. He was confident that Can- ada had the best marketing system in the world. Some people of smail they were prepared to handle thc farmers' grain merely because they were bonded and licensed. But when they encountered trouble the farmers would realize that thelr grain was involved. PREMIER IS OPPOSED TO EARLY ELECTION Ramsay MacDonald Sees No Reason for Polling for Two \ or Three Years. Yotk, Eng., April 21.--Prime Min- 14, INAss the eve of opening the Inderendent Labor party's annual conference to- morrow, came ont flatly against an early general election and declared the Labor party must remain in power for an indefinite period. "Nobody wants an early general election, anyhow," the prime minis- ter said. "If it comes-it will not settle any- thing. There is no reason why the country should be bothered with an election for"two or three years. "Labor must remain in office and the Labor government must conduct its work in accorddnce with Labor principles," the prime minister ad- ded. ------ ASKS ALLIES FAITH British Premier Advocates General Rally to Support Scheme York, Eng. April 21.--Take the reparation experts' report as a whole and put it into operation all at once with everybody back of it, was the course advocated hy Prime Minister MacDonald in addressing a crowded labor meeting in the Theatre Royal here Saturday. He urged that the Allies should accept Germany's word and advocated her admission into the League of Nations as another, step for bringing peace to the con- tinent. In urging unity among the Allies in applying the plan outlined by the report, Mr, MacDonald said it was clear from that document that if they went on for another two years and earried out the policy that had been practiced for two or three years past there would be no hope of re- lief, no hope of reparations, and none for s ty of peace. To take the chance that was offered and put the plan into ope tion as a whole, and then "go on and finish the job and bring peace and security to the continent" was what he cared about, and what he was going to work for. By letting Germany join the Lea- | gue of-Natlons they-could Some the organization upon which would like to found the future' Jorn of Europe, He regarded the rise of an ex- treme nationalism in Germany as a very great menace, dangerous ' to Europe and deplorable for Germany as well. The policy of the Allies, he said, was la~gely responsible for this rise of the German nationalist move. ment. He urged that the Allied attitude should be to accept Germany's word and he pointed out that the greatest * : * * . ° * * * * * * ® * ad SerEeais danger Germany offered to t industrial deterioration. OF EXPORTERS ment contained in a circular issusd' that exporters of grain had received |' capital had advertised widely tha IN GERMAN PLEDGES: Europe | Po not the danger of arms but| oO LFF PPPPPPITRITERIRIS MAY AVERT WAR FOR MANY YEARS, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 21.-- If the negotiations recently concluded or now approaching conclusion are successful, the danger of war will be averted in the Balkans for many years, declared Foreign Minister Kal- lof. LEZ EE EEE RARE Y (EAE EEE EE ER EX CPP PPPPPPE4P 220000 Carter Will Not Allow Body to Be Disturbed New York, April 21.--He has slept for three thousand years in the midst of his royal glory and he will sleep on forever, if Howard Car- ter, discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb, has his say as to the disposi- tion of the Pharaoh's mummy. Mr. Carter made this announcement when he arrived on the Cunarder Berengaria, to deliver a series of lectures in this country. "While it is within my power," declared Mr. Carter, "that King will never be removed from his tomb." Fifteen Quests Are | Poisoned at Party Chicago, April 21.--Fifteen per- sons are under physician's care and Ella Redich, a discharged house- maid, is held by the police, while portions of food, thought to contain ground glass, served at a dinner party Friday night at the home of Dr. V. C. Freedman, prominent phy- sician, are being analyzed. Two of the guests are seriously ill. Most of the food served at the dinner, Dr. Freedman sald, had been prepared by the maid before she was discharged for breaking dishes. A. J. SMALL LETTERS ARE MADE PUBLIC Mrs. Clare Smith Wrote Ask- ing Theatrical Owner to Elope With Her. Toronto, April 21.--Mr. Justice Logie has consented to the publica- tion of letters written by Clare Smith to Ambrose J. Small, missing theatrical magnate, between ~Octo- ber, 1915 and November 24th, 1919, the aster date being a week : agora. wT [Re xe o La were HEN the action by Mrs. Ambrose to probate a will made by her hus band in 1903 which she claims was the last will made by Small and In which he bequeathed his entire es- tate, which it is said may reach $2,- 000,000, to his wife. In the letters Mrs. Smith express- ed deep love for Ambrose Small and many endéaring terms were used. In one written shortly before his disappearance she wrote: -- "I am the most unhappy girl' in the world. I want you. Can't you suggest something after December 1st? You will be free, practically. Let's beat is away from our troub- les." This reference was apparently "o the deal, made the day before Small disappeared, by which he disposed of his theatrical holdings. : Five days later she wrote: "Soma + day, perhaps, if you want me, we can be together all the time. Let's pray for that time to come, when we can have each other legitimately." FOSTER GOOD FEELING BETWEEN PROVINCES Quebec Premier to Speak at Ontario 'Educational Asso- clation Opening Session. Toronto, April 21.--Ontarlo's edu- cational forum fis the annual meet- ing of the Ontario Educational As- sociation. It opens this evening for a four days' session in Convocation Hall and the University buildings. 80 far as can be forecasted, there are no decided signs of war or even of marked controversy on the agenda. In fact, the aim is to bring men and women who are engaged jn educational effort in closer co-oper- ation and better understanding. | It was with this idea in mind that Premier L. A. Taschereau, prime minister of Quebec, has been invited to deliver the main address at the opening session of the convention in Convocation hall this evening. When first invited the Quebec premier de- clined on dccount of pressure of other business, but when a second letter 'was sent him; urging the op- portunity for the establishment of better feeling and understanding be- tween the two provinces, Hom. Mr. Taschereau consented tec come, Several months of gradually fail- 'ng health culminated on Friday in the death of A. Claude Muacdonell, K.C., DC.L., veteran Toronto law- Atlantic freight removed by Imperial Shipping Commission. Forest, Ont., starts on its third detpal election of 1924, n jail i) Sores Si, Bae of The Baily British Whig APRIL 21, CAPITOL TO-DAY VAUDEVILLE "THE THREE PALS" Comedy Singing Act LAST EDITION CHURCH UNION M A And a Petition to Parliament Is Decided Upon, THE REV. DR. GANDIER Moderator i Pest Presbyterian Gene- ral Assembly Speaks About State Kv "This mass meeting of representa. tive members and adherents of the Uniting Presbyterian, Congregatioa- al and Methodist Churches of King- ston, held-in Chalmers Presbyterian church, Sunday evening, April;20ta, 1924, desire to record hearty con- currence'in the constitutional action of our respective churches in tha matter of church union, and earn- éstly petition the parliament of Canada to recognize the Inherent right of these churches to unite, and to enact during the present session of parliament, the bill prepared by the joint committee on church unm- ion, for the incorporation of the Uae- ited Church of Canada." AING mmr D The above resolution, moved by Rev. Dr. Malcolm Macgillivray, ses- onded. by Elmer Davis, was passed by almost a unanimous vote, at a mass meeting held' in Chalmers Presbyterian church, on Sunday evening, following the regular secs vice, and following an address by Rev. Dr. Alfred Gandler, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canadas, on "The Present Phase of Jthe Church Union Situation." . An audience that filled Chalmers church almost to capacity, listened to the address of Dr. Gandier, and hearty applause followed the address of the speaker of the evening and also the mover dnd seconder of the resolution. hen the "nays" were called for the resolution just three or four members of He cole gregation stood up. _The meeting was opened by Rev, G, Brown, pastor of Chalmers Church, and Judge H. A. Lavell acs ed as chairman. Rev. Dr, W. 8, Lennon a prayer. Among thosa '. 8. Yeraueon, Rev. Dr. Mr. Curtis, H. W. Newman, D. y og Shaw and others. A Critical Hour, In introducing Rev. Dr. Gandler, Judge Lavell took occasion to review to the action of the private bills committee of the legislature on the church union question. "We have reached a critical hour in the church life of Canada with reference to the question of church union and the {issue au ptake," sald Rev. Dr. Gandier, In taking up his subject. Continuing the speaker declared that the union movement is in harmony with the law and the spirit of the Westmine ster Confession of Faith. The Wests minster Confession of Faith is a une fon document. These theologians os three hundred years wonderful vision. The present church union movement in Canada. has been completely true to this great confession. It aimed from the first to be as inclusive as possible, when the movement began twenty years ago. Church Union, as now being ef- fected, is in harmony 'with the his. tory and spirit of the mother church of Scotland. The established Church of Scotland is free to unite with other churches. $ 1 State Interference. Here in Canada, the state comes ¢ ago had au - , in and interferes and says the church will not unite. Church Union was not only in Scotland, but all over the world. Christians of all races stood for the larger fellowship t belongs to the Christian people. The uniting of the forces for good was an indication of the spirit of Jesus. The speaker declared that the churkh union movement is in har mony with the spirit of Jesus. And this was the' Church union with us in Canada to- day, is far more than a theory. It was now a practical movement. Rus ral conditions all ever Canada today demanded fit. Kingston Presbytery -demsgded it. And it was the same In mortherll Ontario. There was nothi telde: of the cities but union tions. In Manitoba and wan there was no other way to the needs. ' The community church was the only sojution. In these vast stretches of country it was ab solutely necessary to have ol union. The, speaker did not thin that we in this part of the ¢ 3 realized the 'economical situation - the great stretches of territory in the lan | Sing through thei trina Pol _ (Continued on Page 1) he Priges ut Water resch ta AR berta is Increasing its stock : Dartmoor ponies. 3 root of the thing. =