Daily British Whig (1850), 19 May 1924, p. 1

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NOW PLAYING VAUDEVILLE LUND and JENA In a Clever Dancing Novelty CAPITOL | The Daily British Whi CAPITOL ZANE GREYS "THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT" YEAR 01; No. 118, eee -- A MINER GOES 10 A PALACE To Represent the King At Scot- tish General Assembly. - QUASKROYAL HONORS, Marchioaess of Ailsa Is to Wait Upon Her Grace, Mrs. Brown. '{ Lendon, May 19.--From a two- roomed cottage in the little mining village of Ann Bank, in the Sco!- tish county of Ayrshire, James Brown, the miner M.P., accompan- fed by his wife, to-day journeyed Le Edinburgh to take up his quarters in Holyrood Palace for ten days as the representative of King George at the General Assembly of the Church of ,Beotland. James Brown was recommended by Premier Ramsay MacDonald for the post of lord high commissioner to the General Assembly. In other words, he is to represent the king and receive quasi-royal honors. His wife will be addressed as Your Grace, and for attending ladles of honor she will have a duchess and a marchioness. Yesterday she was busy with her +Dousehold duties in her tiny cottage, among other things frying sausages for her husband's dinner. To one of the newspaper correspondents she sald that the black velvet dress which she was to wear for the jour- ney to Edinburgh on Monday had not yet arrived. "It 18 a nice enough dress," she said, "but if it does not turn up I « «hall just go in my ordinary clothes. All my other dresses will be waiting for me at Holyrood Palace. At the great reception on Friday night I shall wear black chiffon velvet and have a heliotrope and silver dress for afternoon and aiso one in black marocain and gray." . Mrs. Brown spent a day during the | week with the Marchioness of Ailsa, her-lady-in-waiting, whose castle home is about 18 miles from Ann Such Is the natural simplicity of Jord high cor i M ne , . " Hii 88 y ; 7 woman who has lived thirty-five years in a two-roomed cottage in a mining village should spend ten splendid days In the King's palace with a marchioness to walt upon her. Perhaps at the magnificent recep- tions at Holyrood ~there may be some women who will not be wholly at ease, but Mrs. Brown will not be + Oho of them. She is a very great lit- tle lady who will be able to show Edinburgh society that good breed- ing ie not a class privilege. i Regarding James Brown's person- © ality and fitness for all the honors of the post to which he has been appointed there has rover been any question. Everything this former miner has said and done eince his & &ppointment has been sensible, shrewd, modest and manly. He val- ued the honor done to himself and hls class, but he is not unduly up- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1924. LAST EMTION 29999330999999994 + GAME WARDEN SHOOTS + + ANGLERS ON ESTATE + -- * > Cobourg, May 19.--William % J. Crossen, game warden, shot *% and seriously wounded {two an- % glers, Byron - McCrodan, To- # ronto, and E. Rowe, Cobourg, % on a private estate. + Crosson is held in Cobourg on the charge of wounding with in- % tending to do serious bodily % harm. * IA EZ EEE EEE EERE XX EXPELLED FOR BOBBING. Nurses in Kansas Hospital Paraded to Barber Shop in Body. Kansas, City, Mo., May 19.--One nurse at the research hospital was expelled Saturday for having hex hair bobbed, while ten others were given the option of going home unti] their tresses were again grown long or wearing false hair. They went home. When orders forbidding bobbing were promulgated, the nurses par- aded to a barber shop in a body and had their hair cut. ---------------- A PRISONER ESCAPED BUT WAS RECAPTURED Charles Geraci Caused Flutter of Excitement at the C.P.R. Station ) There was quite a flutter of ex- citemient at the C.P.R. station late Saturday afternoon, on the arrival of the train from Ottawa, when a prisoner, who was being brought from Ottawa to serve a term in the Portsmouth penitentiary, gave the sheriff and constable, who had him in custody, the slip and made The prisoner only had his liberty but a short time, as he was rounded up and landed in the prison without any further mishap, Charles Geracl, aged 28 years, sentenced at Ottawa to two years for theft, was responsible for all the excitement. The prisoner was not handcuffed, and it appears that when Sheriff Richardson and a constable, who had him in charge, stepped off the train on to the platform, Geraci made a sudden bolt for liberty, making his way off the train on the opposite side and running along the 8 alarm was immediately raised and Sheriff Richardson and his constable gave chase to the flee- ing prisoner and did not have much difficulty in rounding him up. Geraci had reached Swift's coal shed when corralled and he did not put up any fight when the constable, who was the first to reach him, took him in charge. The officers put him into a taxi, driven by Stuart Patterson, and he was whisked off to the penitenti- ary. He made the last lap of his journey to the "pen" without hand- cuffs and shackles, and in the trip out to the prison he gave no trou- ble whatever, The prisoner gave no trouble on the train from Ot- tawa to Kingston, and when he made the bold dash for liberty, on arrival at the station, he gave the officers in charge a great surprise. \ The incident caused much excite- lifted. He is doubly qualified in this: ; Ment around the station, as just as that he is not only a man church and versed in its iness af- fairs, but is a deeply religidus man. For the social duties of his office he has carefully prepared himself under efficient coaching. DUKE OF YORK LOSES. 'In Challenge Golf Match with Miners' hy Leaders, Pontypridd, South Wales, May 19. ~The Duke of York, partnered by Captain Basil. Brooke, was beaten 2 up and 1 to play in a foursome golf match Saturday at Ton Pentre by Frank Hodges, M.P., and Evan Williams, president of the Miners Association of Great Britain. The % match, which aroused great interest, was the outcome of a challenge made by Mr. Hodges at a dinner a year 8g0, which was immediately ac- cepted by the Duke. It 'was played on the miners' course of 9 holes, which was prac- ~ tically made. by the miners them- 'Selves from scrubby wasteland.) All the foursome are members of the . Council of the Industrial Welfare ~ Boclety, 3 ------ Duke Homesick For Canada. - * London, May 19.--The Duke of Connaught visited the British Em. Bi Exhibition at Wembley Satur- . His first call was to the Cana- dian pavilion. He said it made him homesick for the dominion. ~ Ex-Premier Stanley Baldwin also visited the pavilion, and said he was going out to Canada this summer, if o mstances permitted. . = ey id ~ Wing Commander W. G. Barker, V.C., officer commanding the Royal Air Force, will sail on "4th for England, where he for a year as liaison of. 'the Royal Air Force. - Daylight saving time went into ef- het in Montreal and Ottawa on Sun- Brewers in dession at Windsor urged to take steps to prevent leak- ~ &ge Of export shipments in Ontario. of the: 800M as the officers missed their pri- soner they, called out, "Stop that man," and immediately started the chase. The constable, with the she- riff a close second in the race, dash- ed along the rallway tracks. and their quick work prevented Geraci from making his get-away. Had A Close Call. In his chase along the railway tracks, Sheriff Richardson, of Ot- tawa, had the misfortune to stumble and it is stated that he came within an ace of being run down by a train that happened to be passing at the time. The engineer pulled up in time. He suffered a'severe shaking up but was not seriously hurt and 'was able to continue his way on the trip out to the Penitentiary with the prison- er. WANT THE MOUNTAINS 10 BE FREE FOR ALL British Bill Would "No Trespassing" Sign Uncuitivated Land. London, May 19.--AlVparties in the House of Commons are sup- porting the "access to mountains" bill now before parliament. The bill provides that no owner of un- cultivated mountain land or moor- land shall be entitled to exclude any person from walking thereon *'for rurposes of recreation or scientific study." he biljMs not merely intended to give access to highland fastnesses, but its backers are more particular- ly concerned about the uncultivated land near populous centres and holiday resorts which it is asserted have been closed in recent years in an arbitrary fashion. There are provisions in the measure to prevent people walking on these lands from @ > + » » <> ¥ + + + * * oft. | breaking down trees or damaging fences. BANK CHANGE Government Inspection Is Being Well Received. GOVERNMENT _ COUNSEL In the Home Bank Case to Be Heard By Commons Com- : mittee. Ottawa, May 19.--Though the bud- get debate, with the resulting divi- sion, was the most important event on Parliament Hill last week, much of importance transpired in the Home Bank and the House banking and commerce committee. Argu- ment by consel did not bring out much that was new, save the ques- tion raised by Sir Thomas White as to the right of the commissioner to review the actions. of the minister of finance, who is responsible only to parliament. While counsel for the depositors in their review of Home Bank affairs did not tell much that was new, they, through a .marshalling of events concentrated attention on the attitude of threo finance ministers towards that institution. They were all called to account rather severely. Much interest awaits the argument of the Government counsel in the case. Both Eugene Lafleur and H. J. Symington stand very high, in the estimation of the bench, the bar and the public; the former both through his appearances here on several mat- ters recently and his reported re- fusal of the chief justiceship of the Supreme Court. The proceeding in the banking and commerce committee appear "o be of even more importance this session than they were last. The col- lapse of the Home Bank and the de- velopments in the Banque Nationale have had a surprising effect. The old- time leadership in banking seems no longer to be much in evidence, and it would look as though the advo- cates of important changes in the Bank Act had as much chance of dominating the committee as any other group. re is no longer any doubt that not only in the eyes of members of parliament, but in those of banking experts. When thoso favorable tn the proposal drew from George Edwards, the Government's adviser in banking, a statement that he would recommend Government in. spection, if super-imposed on the existing system, they did much to make good their case, LIMIT CATCH OF FISH IN ONTARIO WATERS A Maximum Has Been Set For Bass, Maskinonge and Trout. Ottawa, May 19. -- An order-in- council amending the fisheries regulations for the Province of On- tario has been published in the Can- ada Gazette. The order makes it illegal for anglers to use more than one fishing line. Except for those angling or trolling all fishermen must hold licenses from the depart- ment of game and fisheries of the province of Ontario. The order reads that 'no one shall fish for, catch or kill in any of the waters of the province in one day by angling a greater number than eight large mouthed or small mouthed black bass nor take away at any one time a greater number than two days' legal catch." This regulation also stated that four maskinonge will constitute one day's legal catch. No one shall catch by angling a greater number of gpeckled or brown trout than in the aggregate shall weigh more than ten pounds according to the regulatigps, It is forbidden to take away more than twenty pounds of trout. : The order also contains new regulations regarding the length and weight of fish to be taken from certain waters, and new regulations regarding net fishing on the Great es. Ish |x MAY MAKE POINCARE AM DOR TO U. 8. ------ : The Defeated French Premier Spoken of as Successor to lo Paris, May 19.--Premfer Poin- care is likely to go to the United States after he turns over the reins of government on June 4th. It has been suggested that the distinguished French statesman ac- cept the post of ambassador to Washington 'which M. Jusserand has long desired to relinquish. M. Poincare may either be ap- pointed am or may be giv- Len a special mission to' America by Hresldent Millerand. The premier flog desired to visit the United ! , where friends have assured him of a warm welcome, : GAINS FAVOR m spection of banks finds much favor, GEN. TOWNSHEND DEAD, Brilliant Soldier Was Hero of Kut- el-Amara Fight. LATE MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES TOWNSEND Paris, May 19.--General Towas- hend, hero of Kut-el-Amara, died suddenly yesterday morning after a short illness, aged 63. General Townshend was a brilliant soldier and served with great distinc- tion in the British army in Egypt, India and South Africa, but his name will live in history in connection with the battles of Ctesiphon and Kut, of which his stubborn defense against overwhelming Turk forces brought him a general world-wide reputation, He married Mlle, Alice Cahen d'Anvers, daughter of Count Cahen d'Anvers. General Townshend was a whole-hearted supporter of the En- tente. He was elected member of the House of Commons in 1920 for the Wrekin divisfon of Salop as an in- dependent. TWO MISSING MEN DROWNED I RIVER land Lake, Meet Ottawa, May 19.--A special to the Citizen this morning tells of the drowning of two men, Perry Fits- patrick, Pembroke, and John John- ston, Kirkland Lake, in the Keno- Jeus river near Vilmontel. Mr. Fitz- patrick had been interested in the mining business for a number of years, and it is thought that he was on his way into claims of his in the Rouyn district, when the accident oc- curred. SCARLET FEVER SERUM GIVING GOOD RESULTS Experiment "With Eighteen Cases in Baltimore--Per= fected by Dr. Dochez. Baltimore, Md., May 19.--Serum for treatment of scarlet féver, which gives promises, it is said, of revolu- tioning treatment for this disease, has been used with satisfactory ro- sults in about eighteen cases at Syd- enham hospital, and further trials are in progress. The serum, which is injected into the patient, is being produced and perfected by Dr. Alphonse Ray- mond Dochez, formerly of Johns Hopkins hospital, who began experi- ments with the serum in 1917. Suc- cessful results of the serum has been reported by- hospitals in New York, New Haven and Peking, China, it was said. : The new serum is produced «through immunization of horses, it is said. Dr. Doches is now an associ- ate professor of medicine at Colum- bia University, New York. BASEBALL TOUR IN EUROPE I ---- Giants and White Sox to Make Trip After World's Series.' « Paris, May 19. --< John MtGraw, manager of the New York National League Baseball team, has cabled to his Paris representative that he and Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago American'League team, have definitely decided to send the Giants and White Sox to Europe this au- tumn after the world's series. Newsy Bits From To-day's Classified SIR THOMAS WAS DECEIVED As to the Real Condition of the bo bi HE DID NOT SUSPECT The Underlying Fraud He Tells Commission in Arguing His Case. Ottawa, May 19.--"The building the minister saw; the quick sand un- derneath he did not see. It was hid- den from him by fraud. I did not '| suspect underlying fraud. No honest man could suspect such a condition of fraud as has been disclosed." Sir Thomas White, former finance minister, arguing the case in his own behalf this morning, sbefore tha Home Bank commission emphasized the fact that he was deceived as 'o the real condition of the institution. He supported this statement by quo- tations from letters received by him when finance minister. Sir Thomas insisted that if he had closed the Home Bank after receiving the let- ters thene would have been a cry to heaven against his injustice. "People would have claimed that I was in league with the big interests. I believe that {if I had closed the bank the cry would have gome out that it was he most sacriligiowvse thing done since the time of Martin Luther," he declared. As for the complaints of the west- ern directors of the bank, Sir Thom- as claimed that their attitude had shown considerable variation. In the first place they complained against certain accounts, but did not ask an investigation. Secondly 'they asked for afl outside investigation. And, finally, when the management was reorganized, Hon. T:-A. Crerar had come to Ottawa, sald that bank's condition was improved and declar- ed against an independent investiga- tion. TWO YOUNG PEOPLE KILLED BY MOONSHINER | High, School Lad Had Photo- hed Mountain Still-- Slain by One Bullet. Harrisburg, Pa., May 19.--An ua- known assailant, possibly a@ moon- shiner, with a single steel-jacketed bullet from a high-power hunting rifle, Friday evening murdered Leah Ellenberger, aged twenty, a Holli- dayburg school teacher, and Harry Ganster of the same age, of Marys- ville, The provocation of the dual tra- gedy is unknown, but the authorities of Cumberland county and the stats police tonight are endeavoring '0 connect the deed with the taking of photographs of illicit stills in the mountain fastnesses back of Marys- ville by.the youth a year ago. ® killings occurred six miles west. of Marysville, which is in Perry county and just fifty feet south of the ocountys line in Cumberland county. The bullet which ended two lives simultaneously entered the right arm of the boy, who was standing beside an automobile, pene- trated a trench mirror in a vest poc- ket and pglerced his body and then entering the girl at the right side of her chest buried iteelf in her body. LN 2240020000200 0 + + RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN On CHEMICAL WARFARE Moscow, May 19.--On the ini- 4 tiative of War Minister Trol- 4 sky, who is continually urging the Russians to prepare defen- 4 sive measures, a special cam- # paign is being = inaugurated # throughout the country ' this + week advising the people of the 4+ necessity of spreading knowl- % edge of chemical warfare, A SEPP 0020 00090900 ------ , Wins Kentucky Derby. Louisville, May 19.--Black Gold won the Kentucky Derby on Satur- day afternoon, with Chilhowee gec- ond and Beau Butler third. Black Gold, starting from first po- sition, trailed Bracadel, which set the pace at the start and entered the stretch in about third position. The son of Black Toney-Useeit, with a sensational burst of speed, caught the leaders in a dash for the wire, winning by half a length. Lineman Gets Shock in Ear. Ottawa, May 19.--After receiving a shock of 2,220 volts from a high tension wire in bis ear, Leo Clements, electric linéman, has a chaace of re- covery. While working on a pole his ear came in contact with the high tension wire. was rendered un- conscious but his safety belt preven:- ed him from falling until assistance came. Rumania and Poland are alarmed see + + * 8t the massing of Soviet troops on their borders, C0424 0 00000000 CPP PPPPEIPPPIPIOSDS ? * TWO DEGREES ABOVE + THE FREEZING "POINT + _-- \ <* On Sunday night, the thérmo- # meter at Queen's went dow} to 34 degrees, only two deg * above freezing. The low tem- # perature was accompanied by a + high wind travelling at twenty- # six miles an hour. +* L J AZZ EEE EERE XR XX Pree r rest ege MONUMENT TO SIR WILFRID. Quebec East Plan Memorial to Late Liberal Chieftain. Quebec, May 19.--A meeting of Liberals will be called shortly to discuss the erection of a monument to the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier, The promoters intend to place the monu- ; ment in Jacques Cartier market { place, which is the centre of Que- bec East, for which county Sir Wil: frid sat for years as a premier of Canada. ------ LABOR M.P.'S THIRST A'BLOW T0 "DRYS" Declared That Booze Is 'the Cause of "Scenes" lin British Commons Leicester, Eng., May 19. bers of the British House of om- mons were denounced for thei lleg- ed habitual over-indulgence inlalco- hol at the annual conference here last night of the National Commer- cial Temperance Union. Speaking to a resolution calling upon the Government to restrict tha hours of sale of intoxicants in Par- llament as they are restricted else- where in the country, one delegate sald the members were able to get lHquor at any hour and that they abused their privilege. The "scenes" which oocurred in the House, he added, were largely attributable to this fact. The secretary of the league pre- sented information to the effect that the greatest disappointment to the dry reformers was among the Laborites, who had been expected to stand unitedly for temperance. Eventually the conference agreed to refer to a committee the resolution regarding the hours of sale to par- liament members. Mem- A DAIL MEMBER TO John Mliroy 8ays Policies and Ideals of Arthur Griffith Abandoned. Belfast, Ireland, May 19.--"'I pur- pose to leave the Government party and associate myself with the new Nationalist party formed in the Dall Eireann," declared. John Milroy, member of the Dail, to his constitu- ents at Cavan Saturday. Milroy took an active part in the treaty negotiations, particularly with reference to the boundary question between Ulster and the Free Stats, "I stand," said Mr. Milroy, In his address, "where Arthur Griffith stood, and for the principles and pol- icles he advocated. Accordingly I find it impossible to continue to identify myself with what appears the attitude of the Government oa national matters incompatible with that of Griffith. If bloodshed was averted during the recent trouble in the army, not an iota of thanks was duo to the executive council." On the boundary question, MiRoy said: ""We are not deluded by the lan- guage of Colontal Secretary Thomas when he speaks about Irishmen set- tling the matter themselves. If thare is any difficulty to solve, it is a de- liberate creation of the British Gov- ernment, and we hold it to the un- undertakings given under article XII, of the Ango-Irish treaty." Mr. It is understood that Eugene La- fleur, K.C., Montreal, has declined the chief justiceship of the Supreme Court in succession to the late Si Louis Davies. AN INTERVIEW WITH BALDWIN (Creates a Sensation the British Politicians. Hot QUITE STRONG ATTACK Made on Rothermere And Beaver- brook --Baldwin's Repudiation Is Rather Quel London, May 19.--Another mild sensation among the politicians here has 'been created by an interview with former Premier Baldwin, which appeared in *The People," a paper which is controlled largely by Col. Grant Borden; well known Ganadian financier. The interview was a strong attack on Viscount Rother- mere and Baron Beaverbrook, whose newspapers opposed the Baldwin gov- ernment in the last general election.' {It had been anticipated that Mr. Bald- win would repudiate the interview, and he has done so, but the repudia- tion appears to be rather qualified. Luminous Legs. London, May 19.--Luminous legs for the ladies constitute the latest | luxury of the elite. The 1924 summer model femin- ine hosiery is splashed with a phos- phorous substance that glows in the dark so night-blooming calves and ankles have captured the fancy of fashion enthusiasts. Only the wealthy, however, can afford the new hose. They are very expensive -- and after one night's wearing they cease to throw off light. -------------- 10 TAKE UP QUESTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP Public Utilities Commission to Consider Request of Sir Adam Beck. Owing fo the absence of the chair- man, R. N. F. MacFarlane, out ot the , the Pn n held this (Monday) afternoon. A meeting may be held later on in the week. } One of the most importang ques- tions the commission will have to deal with is that of the matter refer- red to by Sir Adam Beck during his recent visit to the city, when he an- nounced that he would like the city to be a co-partner with the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission. At the present time, the local commission is but a customer of the commission. The commission is also going into the gas question and if, at all pos- sible, a reduction will be made in the rates. Thes,members of the commis- sion realize that the rates are too high and are willing to lower them just as soon as they can News off the Wires , In Condensed Form Belleville people, alive to need of Hydro expansion irritated by Mon'- real opposion to St. Lawrence de- velopment. Article by W._ A. Irwin. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair- banks, her husband, are going to Moscow in July, and Charlie Chaplin Is going later to the soviet eapital. Hon. N. W. Rowell, K.C., was ap- pointed to represent the League of Nations Society of Canada at the convention of the League of Nations Societies at Lyons. Sir Gallahad III, winner of the Lincolnshire handicap, defeated Epinard, the crack French four-year- old, in the match race at St. Cloud, France, on Monday. So On the RANGE of LIFE ivery ATTRACTIVE WOMAN is a PEAK, And each MAN--a CLIMBER; Some men eagerly scramble up . The mountain, Some RUSH, some PUSH, Whilst other try--PULL. (Yes, money DOES help SOME MEN to reach The SUMMIT.) But EXPERIENCED MEN Take it EASY and Get there JUST THE SAME; For wise men, like SPORTSMEN, Know that the CHASE is the thing, "You Said It, Marceline!" | 4 ms "And women have foun That when-a man reaches THE SUMMIT, He SOMETIMES takes 2 At OTHER peaks. WOMEN, anyway, safe inconsise They either BECKON a man UP, Then REPROACH him for coming, Or they MARRY him, and THEN Reproach him for not Being, perpetually, as breathless As he was when clifnbing. MEN know the Range is WIDE, But SOME wives know how to PREVENT a man from getting NOT the KILLING; His SECOND WIND, 3 Covwright. 1904, Premier Sonditente. loa,

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