CAPITOL NOW SHOWING "UNDER THE RED ROBE" With Robert B. Mantell dhe Baily British Whig CAPITOL NOW SHOWING "UNDER THE RED ROBE" With Robert B. Mantell YEAR 91; No. 136. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1024. YIELD OFFICE The French President Appeals to, San Francisco, Calif., June 10.--Peter Clark MacFarlane, author, walked into the coro- ner's office here last night and committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. MacFarlane had a losing battle with * +> > < + + < | been wag- |% ing 1 | % health and accepted defeat with | stoic philosophy. Final chap- | ter of his long and brilliant | career was written with an ar- | + tisty as consummate as any dis- the Two Chambers. | played in the tragic termina- THE SENATE REJECTS The New Marsal Ministry Which , i eglenrated. i eave. oF Was Constituted to Present age S his "career : reached Millerand's Message. | from railroad clerk to success- { ful author, flickering for a brief { period as an actor, and includ- Paris, June 10.--President Miller-| fhe sever Years £5 3 pastor; and, in a message to parliament to- | day, announced his refusal to resign + SPLILPEEEPL IPOS office. "Dangerous counsellors, in partisan interest, are trying to see that the new legislature begins with CARSON REGRETS a revolutionary act by the chamber," | BRITAIN'S ACTION says the message. "I will refuse to] ? follow them. I appeal confidently -- |DId Not Envy Overseas Com- ' to the wisdom of both chambers, to missioners in Settling their prudence and to their love of | France. Conscious of my duty, I] have assumed my responsibility. The | Boundary Dispute. hour has come for pariament to as-| a Is Sg aeplsMarhal's minis- | Felfast, Lord Carson, one of the lea- hr tars ton accompanying the | C€TS in the Ulster opposition to Free -* SEPP PIPPI E PIPPI T PPP PE PIL dee london, June 10.--In a speech at State dominance in Ireland, said he A) 1989254223222 00 0000 > p USES 10 | + AN AUTHOR SUICIDES y [+ IN CORONER'S OFFICE ' lean-cut | president's message, asks a c | had been told there was to be a num- vote, saying that if the message is rejected "the chief of state will take decision consequent upon that ac- tion." The French senate today by a vote of 154 to 144 overthrew the "minis- try of message" of Frederic Fran- cols Marsal. stituted on Sunday for the express purpose of presenting to both houses of parliament today a message from the chief executive expressing his refusal to resign his office. News off the Wires In Condensed Form In a riot in Kingston, Jamaica, two strikers were killed. The riot act was read. Vancouver Harbor Commissioner's report shows tremendous growth of y. trade during the year. 4 To Mrs. M. Thrasher, Pembroke, pr belongs the distinction of being the first member there, to receive 'the jewel of the past worthy mistress of the L.O.B.A. E. W. Beatty, president and chair- man of the Canadian Pacific Railway, bas arranged to sail from Quebec for England on July 2nd on board of the Empress of Scotland. Edmonton and the surrounding district are threatened with a plague of caterpillars, Already caterpillars have appeared in millions in some parts of the district and have strip- ped the trees bare of their leaves. Charles Covely, Lyndhurst, had the misfortune to lose all his eout- buildings by fire. fire started. Three calves, some tu keys and pigs were burned. The despatch of messages from the British Empire Exhibition to desti- pations in Canada within the space of ten minutes, is a feat being per- formed daily by the Canadian Na- tional Telegraph service of the Na- tional Railways in Canada. No one wal cat home except Mrs. Covey when bh ANOTHER FIRE CALL. The New Motor Pump Now On Steady Duty. The second call on Tuesday for the fire brigade went to the No. 2 Station about 8.30 a.m. from Price's Dairy. One of the ammonia pipes in the cold storage system had sprung a leak and it was necessary to use the gas mask to turn off the valves. At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the new Ahrens-Fox pumper went on steady duty. The Ruggles truck has been transferred to the lower sta- tion and the Reo hose truck is be- ing dismantled, preparatory being placed under the large ladder truck. Kingston's department will soon be fully motorized. The ministry was con- | | ber of different appointments from | the far ends of the British colonies to try and settle what was called the Irish boundary question. It was a | remarkable situation and one which | he regretted. He was disappointed | that the government could not get anyone in the United Kingdom and | that it was necessary to go to Tim- | buctoo or some other place to find | somebody to solve the knotty prob- { lem, He was sure that whoever was chosen would do his best but the speaker did not envy him his job. No matter how many men were brought from the antipodes to decide the affair they would come down | in the long run to the solid question whether they were going to settle the frontier by Ulster and the Free State, or flich Ulster territory. Pre- mier MacDonald announced in the House of Commons last week that the chief justice of Australia had consented to become a member of the proposed judicial committee to issues involved in the Irish boun- dary question and that he hoped a member of the Canadian bench would also be available. HUGHES WILL TRAIN CANADIAN ATHLETES For Olympic Games--Queen's University Trainer Accepts Com: 'ttee's Offer. Toronto, June 10.--P. J. Mul- queen, chairman of the Canadian , Olympic committee, received word this morning from "Billy" Hughes, who is at present in Wiarton, Ont., that he had accepted the offer of the committee to act as trainer of the Canadian Athletes who are taking part in the Olympic games in France next month, Hughes will arrive in Toronto tomorrow. Mr. Hughes, who has already had experience in preparing Canadian athletes for the Olypiad, had charge of the crack Queen's university football squad which has held the dominion championship for the last two years. He is regarded as one of the greatest football trainers on the continent and an authority in pre- paring contestants for the field. { Will Won Only On Decision. New York, June 10.-- Bartley Madden lost yesterday on decision in fifteen rounds to Wills, whom the experts declare, has gone back. The negro was unable to put the Irish- man away. At Washington, Michigan, Ohio, | Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Pennsylvania filed briefs against the Chicago sanitary district. » On "Material Women" FINE WOMEN are like good silk-- LOVELY to look at, vo Sensitive to the TOUCH, And very DURABLE. Successful MATRONS remind one Of SATIN--chiny, expensive Looking and very SMOOTH. The MODERN GIRL resémbles GEORGETTE--she appears TRANSPARENT and FLIMSY, At that, she can stand a lot Of WEAR and TEAR. SOME GIRLS start life In COTTON, And end up--ON VELVET. OTHERS start off all CHIFFONS and LACES, then Marry an inefficient man, and In later years look like A bundle of CALICO. WOMEN DRESS UP In different MATERIALS, Put WIE EYES see THROUGH For in time COLOR FADES, CHEAP things look SHODDY, And GAUDY things often offend. A FOOL picks up A pretty REMNANT, But a WISE MAN looks For QUALITY, _ Semiah, 3, Premier Synclicate. Ine, settle the constitutional and Judicial] 1 TOKIO POLICE ARE 10 ACT Against the Poltial Rulfans Who Broke 0 Dae. GETTING UNPLEASANT For Americans in Japanese Capi- tal---India Has Sympathy With Japan. Tokio, June 10.--After investiga- tion police officials have stated that they intend to punish five of the poli- tical ruffians who broke up the dance at the Imperial Hotel Saturday night as a protest against the exclusion of Japanese from the United States. The situation for Americans is be- coming more unpleasant. Many of the public places are making it plain that Americans are not wanted, while the possibility of any small incident inciting mob violence is al- ways present. Places known to be frequented by foreigners were visit- ed by demonstrators Saturday night scattering hand bills, urging an Ame- rican boycott, also that loyal Japan- ese should not associate with Ameri- cans, India Feels U.S. Dignity. Tokio, June 10.--Sir Rabindra Nath Tagore, Indian poet, declared here to two thousand students that India felt keenly with Japan the "in- dignity" she had suffered by the ex- clusion of her people from the Unit- ed States "because Japan and India have much in common in cultural heritage." Japan's mission in Orient, he sald, was in the spiritual domain. 113TH APPEARANCE. Paddy Navin Has Record for Ottawa Police Court. yesterday celebrated his 113th ap- pearance in the local police court, when he was charged before Magis- trate Hopewell with begging. Paddy who is in his 77th year, made his de- but in the Ottawa jail in 1896, [""4What is the goed of ramming me in jail?" Paddy asked. "I would be Just as bad when I came out and I would be so much older." Told by Magistrate Hopewell that if he had left booze alone when he was young he would have been a better man now, Paddy asserted "I would have been a millionaire by now if I hadn't touched it." Paddy was allowed his freedom with the warning that if he ever ap- peared in court again he would be a lot older when he was freed from Jail. U. 8. EXPRESS RATES General Increases Made In Eastern Zone. Washington, June 10.-- Express rates throughout the United States were ordered readjusted yesterday by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion which authorized general in- creases in the eastern zone, approx- imating eight per cent., and slight reductions in the west and the south. The decision was the result of a general investigation by the; com- mission in which representatives of state railroad commissions partici- pated. Wide differences in rates be. tween the southern, middle western. Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast zones were ordered brought more nearly to a common level. Marriage Rate Declining in All Schandinavian Countries Copenhagen, June 10.--Marriages in the Scandinavian countries show a st decline from the high figures attai during and just after the War. Industrial depression and commer- cial inactivity are reducing the mar- riage figures of all these countries materially, Norway now having fal- len below all other European coun- tries in its percentage of marriages. Elected by Acclamation Regina, June 10.--A. E. Steele, Liberal and farmer of Antler, was elected by acclamation on Monday to the Saskatchewan legislature for the constituency of Cannington. The vacancy was caused by the death of Robert Douglas, who also was a Lib eral. Announcement Premature, San Francisco, June 10.--An- nouncement at this time that the cause of cancer had been discovered and a remarkably successful cure evolved, is premature, it was said by Dr. T. J. Glover, Toronto, who is stopping at a local hotel. Tremendous U. 8. Surplus. Washington, June 10.--The Unit- ed States Government will close its books for this fiscal year on June 30th, with a surplus of between $350,000,000 and $400,000,000. Sixty prisoners, serving sentences in the Curragh Internment Camp, in Ireland, have been liberated. Ottawa, June 10.--Paddy Navin | CRC PPR VTIIPSPIOON PS ® ; +» + FRAME OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME FOR CANADA. Ottawa, June '10.--The es- tablishment of an old age pen- sion scheme for Canada is ex- pected to be recommended to the House of Commons by the special committee which has been investigating the subject. The annual pension payable, according to the plans of the committee as far as indicated is to be $240, payable in monthly instalments of $20. The resi- dence qualification is stated to be twenty years of continuous residence. The pension age is not finally settled, but will be either 65 or 70. + + * + 3 $+ - tere rety *» EEE EZ EER EX (EXE EEE ER EEE EE XR) To Make Survey of Ontario Regarding Its Power Resources Toronto, June 10.--Premier Ferguson stated this afternoon following an all-morning cabi- net meeting with the Hydro offi- cials, that the Government had requested the Hydro commis- sion to immediately undertake a' complete survey of the pro- vince for the purpose of ascer- taining the resources of the province for future power de- velopments. The advisability of supplementing the present pow- er supply by means of steam will also be considered. Includ- ed in the blanket order for an investigation is understood to be a preparationof further plang in connection with the develop- ment of the St. Lawrence pro- ject, i GRAHAM DID NOT MAKE ANY PROMISE Regarding Ontario's Power Rights, He Tells The House of Commons. Ottawa, June 10.--A statement at- tributed to Sir Adam Beck that the federal government had '"ceded to him all water power in Ontario," was ught up the House of Com Yesterday by W. M. Ger- man (Liberal, Welland). Mr. Ger- man asked if the minister of rail- ways and the minister of the interior really had promised Sir Adam these rights, Mr. Graham replied that he certainly had not. He had not the power to make such a promise. It was a legal matter and could not be settled off-hand. Recommendations of the Civil Service Commission regarding the postal workers' pay have been ap- proved by the government, and an order-in-council giving effect to re- vised wages is awaiting the signa- ture of the Governor-General. It will be tabled as soon as it is signed. A list of a dozen more bills to be introduced into parliament this ses- sion by the government was given to the House of Commons by Premier King, who added that circumstances might make {t necessary to add some other pieces of legislation before pro- rogation, In addition to the mea- sures to come, from ths committees on redistribution, banking, superan- nuation, soldiers' and old age pen- sions, the prime minister announce- ment amendments to the Dominion Elections Act, the Yukon Act, the Criminal Code, the Immigration Act, the Feeding Stuffs Act, the Dominion Land Titles Act, the Gold and Silver Marking Act, the Annuities Act and the Act in regard to Lake freight rates on grain. There would also be a bill, he said, to consolidate the various revenue collecting services of the government, loans to one or more harbor commissions, and there might be bills to ratify certain com- mercial treaties. The Mother Found. Mrs. Nellie McGivern, sought by her son, Ralph McGivern, Syracuse, N.Y. from whom she was separated when he was four years old has been founll. She is living in the township of Augusta and an effort is being made to re-unite the mother on son. Dr. Charles A. Louden has be- gun his medical practice in Morris- burg in succession to Dr. A. B. Clayton, who has moved to Chester- ville. Dr. Louden is a graduate of Queen's University. At Brockville, fifteen hundred and sixty automobiles and two hun- dred motor trucks have been licens- ed so far this season. Newsy Bits From To-day's Classified Ads. Probably that summer cottage you were looking for is advertised in the Whig's Classified Page. Get a good car at a low re-sale price through one of the offers in Classification 11. rs ------ Turn to the Classified Section and see if it doesn't include the article Jou have beem looking for. +E Pret bree SHOULD HAVE BUT ONE A Canada Should Find Its Unit Within the Empire. PREMIER KING'S VIEW In Discussing Lausanne Pact--- Says Canada Not Bound By This Treaty. Ottawa, June 10.--The much-anti- cipated and long-expected debate in regard to the now famous Lausanne treaty materialized in the House of Commons yesterday, when the Prune Minister, Mr. MacKenzie King, do- ment of the attitude which his gov- ernment had adopted towards ratification. This was followed by a its rthur Meighen, leader of the Op position. The prime minister acknowledged that an embarrassing feature such a debate was the fact that all correspondence in a matter of this kind could not be tabled, and that communications had passed between Vf of voted an hour and a half to a state-| speech, critical in its tone, from Mr. | LAST EMTION | RUM-RUNNING PACT EFFECTIVE JUNE 16 serine so (ITY COUNCIL Sim BON UTILITIES Commons--British Ambas- | sador Not Signatory. Discussion Arose Over Deben- tures For Gas Extensions. WHERE 1S SURPLUS ? Commissions Request Granted But the Aldermen Rapped Queen Street Body. "That the application of the Pub lic Utilities Commission to have the city council apply to the Railway | and Municipal Board for permission tc issue debentures for the sum of $20,000 required for gas extensions and alterations made during the last five years be. granted." The above recommendation of the finance committee caused a lively dis- cussion at the meeting of the city the United States in regard to '*he| council on Monday night, but event= smuggiing of liquor and narcotic| ually was passed without evem the drugs. This statement was made in| "Yeas" and "nays" being called for. | the House of Commons yesterday af- It will be recalled that at the Mast | ternoon by Premier King in reply to| meeting of the Public Utilities Com- {a8 question by Rt.-Hon. Arthur| mission, it was decided on motion of ttawa, June 10.--Premier King festerday afternoon tabled in the House the text of the rum-running | treaty between Canada and the Un- |ited States. The treaty bears the signatures of Hon. Ernest Lapointe 'on benalf of Canada and of Secre- tary Hughes on behalf of the United | States. As in the case of the halibut | treaty, the signature of the British | ambassador at Washington does not appear. The treaty provides for exchange information regarding ships' learance when liquor or narcotic drugs are involved, for mutual as- sistance in the prosecution of per- | sons accused of violating the laws of either country in this regard, the | restoraticn of smuggled property, | such as automobiles, when these bave been stolen on the other side of the boundary, and the right to transport liquor across the panhan- {dle of Alaska, when consigned to { Canadian territory. The treaty| comes into effect June 16th. | The American Senate has not ra- [tified the treaty between Canada and yO y 0 < | | Meighen, the governm gts concerned, which, | though harmu.ess, if made public to Se -------- the people of the British Empire, would possibly do harm if revealed to the rest of the world. A YOUNG MAN KILLED ats Dremier exoreseed the view IN WOODS NEAR FLINTON of equal rank with those of the] Jo United Kingdom, and this brought 2 §tumbled on Hill and Revolver question from J. S. Woodsworth as to why, if the ministers were cava. Went off. Albert Beard communications were carried on The Victim. through the colonial secretary Why were communications not di Albert Beard, aged nineteen, Port rect, asked Mr. Woodsworth. | Colborne, met death in the woods Mr. King replied that the coloni2i| thirty miles north of Flinton on Fri- secretary was merely the customary | day last when he is alleged to have channel. Similarly, the British m:n-| stumbled going up a small hill after isters had to communicate with the | a deer. A revolver which he carried Canadian government through the; his companions say, went off and governor-general. It might be that| the shot went through the lower some other method of communica- | part of his abdomen. He died half tion would be in time developed, but| an hour after being shot. at present the customary channel| = The story as told to the coroner, was being used. | Dr. W. S. Harper, Madoe, by the two The premier agreed that the pro-| companions of the deceased was that cedure of the Canadian government | the three had gone into the wilder. was in accordance with the resolu-| ness last Thursday to prospect. The tion passed at the Imperial Confer-| other two were Elmore Pringle, also ence last summer. | of Port Colborne, and Albert Wood- man, Flinton. The next day, Fri- | day, Pringle and Beard went into | the woods. Beard saw a deer and asked Pringle for his revolver. Beard also carried a 222-calibre rifle, and according to Pringle, while Beard | was going up a small hill he stumb- led and the revolver went off. One of the dead boy's companions Canada Not Bound. Mr. Meighen asked whether Mr. | King considered that Canada was] bound by ratification as much as Great Britain. "Certainly not," replied Mr. King. Mr. Meighen then pointed out that | Professor Keith had stated that| remained with the body while the Canada was "as much bound as the| other left for civilization with a| rest of the Empire." | team of horses and a buggy. He | Mr. King replied that he agreed | £0t to Flinton and through Hawley | that that was the legal effect of the | Stone, storekeeper, Dr. Harper was | ratification, but he in turn quoted | notified on Saturday, and also Pro-| Mayor Angrove to drop the price of gas to $1.80 gross or $1.65 net, starting the month of June following the recommendation of Manager Fol- ger, and that the city council be ask- ed for authority to apply to the Rail- way and Municipal Board for power to issue debentures for $20,000 to cover the cost of mains and services as suggested in Manager Folger's re- port to the commission, The council also gave the Utilities Commission authority to borrow $3,- 800 to cover the cost of the installa- tion of a six incH gas main on Ri- deau street, from North to Charles Street, a distance of 1,250 feet. This work has been made necessary owing to the putting down of a new pave- ment on Rideau street. City council cleaned off all the business on the slate at its meeting on Monday night and adjourned for the summer vacation. The next re- gular meeting of the council will be held on October 13th, Ald. Laturney Objects. Ald, Laturney raised very strong objections to the issuing of the de- bentures for $20,000 for the utili- ties commission as soon as the re- port of the finance committee was read. He wanted to know what the commission was doing with the sur- plus they had on hand and could not understand why the commission would make such a request with a surplus on hand. "We want to reduce the price of gas to the users," said Mayor Am- grove, "But we have no guarantee that Professor Keith's statement that it did not involve Canada in the ob- ligations of the treaty. The prime ministes spoke of three vincial Constables Simon Elliott, Bel- | the commission will not spend $40,- | leville, and Percy McCoy, Coe Hill. | 000 like they did on the building at On Monday morning at six o'clock the foot of Queen gtreet," repMed the coroner and fhe constables left | Ald. Laturney. "I again make the i for the scene of the tragedy, and in| claim that I made In council some possible future developments in! Canadian affairs. There might be | ; | complete independence, there might | ut. Dr. Harper opened an inquest 'be annexation with the United | 2t Coe Hill, where the body was | : be more | viewed and the inquest was adjourn- | States, ~ or there might | clearly recognized nationhood with- ©d until three o'clock on Friday af- | in the Commonwealth of the British | lernoon. The body was sent to Port | Empire. It was because the prime | Colborne for burial. minister believed so strongly in the | - third of these three possible futures! that he had been willing to risk CONDITIONS OF CROPS censure in taking the stand of Can-| ada as a nation within the Empire, | ARE FAIR IN WEST | having gained equality of status] with the other dominions and the ! mother country. What was needed General most of all was a united Canada; that would have one aim and one | purpose and find its unity within the British Empire. the afternoon the body was brought | Average Height of Wheat is Four Inches-- Grasshoppers Come. Winnipeg, June 10.--Rain fell] during the week-end in practically | an districts of the prairie provinces, | coming at a time when seeding was completed almost everywhere, and | much of the wheat well above the ground. Warm weather would give CHURCH UNION VOTE OVER FOUR T0 ONE Actual Division Was 483 to but immediate prospects are for a | somewhat lower temperature. 93--Motion for Delay De- The district of Shaunavon, Sask. feated 444 to 92. reports the heaviest rainfall, a total -- ctf 1.62 inches having been recorded Owen Sound, June 10.--Chureh ! in 24 hours. At Cardston in South- union carried in the Presbyterian ¢rn Alberta, more than an inch of General Assembly yesterday after-| rain fell. The Morden district held roon by over four to one. The first | the Manitoba record with three resolution of the union committee tenths of an inch. Everywhere, was carried by 482 to 94. It was however, the fall was substantial. a declaration of independence of| To-day in Manitoba the atmosphere) the church in religious matters. The continues heavy and more rain {is second resolution, which was a divi- | expected. sion on the question of church union,| A report for last week issued yes- carried by 483 to 93. In carrying|terday by the Canadian National this resolution the .assembly rejects Railways said that conditions the amendments to the church union | throughout the west at the end of bill introduced in parliament. [the week were fair, and mentioned! The amendment introduced by the|ra*:, and warm weather as the antis, delaying church union for a! necessities. The moisture since nas! year or until the civil courts had | been supplied. In some distric:s given a decision, was.defeated by the | wheat was eight inches high, it vote standing 92 for and 444] was reported, but the general aver- against. The result of the vote was|age was about four inches, with oats announced at 9 o'clock last night, |and barley showing. standard time. Grasshoppers have been : on the Calgary-Drumheller line, E. A. St. Germain met his death on | Alberta, bat they- have dome no Sunday near Waddington, N.Y. The! serious damage. Wheat cut down by victim was the Bank of Nova Scotia late frosts in Manitoba is picking up manager at South Mountain, Ont. and promises & crop. found x time ago, that under Section 43, any surplus the commission has, should be paid into the city treasurer. I tell you the citizens are not satisfied with the way the commission is carrying cn its business." Mayor Angrove pointed out that the building erected by the commis- sion would be self-sustaining. "But I want to tell you that the people all over the city are objecting to it," added Ald. Laturney. Mayor Angrove stated that the members of the commission had con- sidered the matter and had come to the conclusion that posterity should pay for the outlay in gas mains and explained that with the spreading out of the debt for thirty years it woul allow for a reduction in the price o gas. Ald. Laturney contended tnat the utilities commission had not been showing *'good business." He said the commission could have been pro- vided with good accommodation in the city buildings and added: "What is the commission going to do with its surplus?" "Put it into a reserve fund for ex tensions," explained the mayor. "Ow- ing to conditions, we may be compel- led to start our steam plant again. We may fiud that conditions are not as satisfactory as they are to-day." "And you may use the surplus for further extensions?" asked Ald. La- turney. . "Possibly 80," replied the mayor. Ald. Nash Ald. Nash said that he agreed with a great deal that had been said by Ald. Laturney. He understood that the mayor had promised to present to the council a report on the work of the utilities commission, but it bad not been forthcoming. He had éndeavored to find out how the busi- ness of the commission stood, bad been unable to do so. He cf the opinion that the council should not pass the clause in the report of the finance committee until the coun, cil had a report dealing with the three different branches of the utii- ties, gas, water and electricity. The mayor was the council's ree {Continued on Page 7.), J