* THE BANK'S CONDITION 3 * WOMEN STUDENTS' SRT CAPITOL NOW SHOWING "UNDER THE RED ROBE" With Robert B. Mantell CAPITOL NOW SHOWING "UNDER THE RED ROBE" With Robert B. Mantell A ---------- YEAR 91; No. 138, jtreseisersverrocs * HOMAS WHITE TALKS About the Home Bank Report of ise Whew. - | + |% WHAT DOCTOR FOUND + { IN CHILD'S STOMACH Newark, N.J., June 12.--An autopsy performed on the body of four-year-old Joseph Pan- dolse, who died from an ab- ces caused by swallowing a three-inch needle, revezied the following in his stomach: large angle worm, two bone # buttons, eight pieces of wood + of varying lengths, eight inches*+ of tire tape and several inches # of string. + > * * > * * + > PEER PEFPIIEPPIOPISPESDY GERMAN GUN IN PARK UNDER. DISCUSSION Concealed From Finance Minister in 1916 And 1918 By False Statements. Lawyer Fears That Children | Playing nua Be Toronto, June 12.--Sir Thomas |; + White today commenting upon the the McKeown report in the Home | Bank enquiry said: "As to the commissioner's finding | The German gun placed in the on facts as he was authorized to do | Clarence stieet park was under dis- | under the Enquiries Act, I have no |Cussion at a meeting of the parks comment to make. In this regard | Committee held on Wednesday af- the report adds nothing to the in- terpoon. Say. nl formation already possessed by the| A- B. Cunningham, K. C., wrote a public and widely discussed by the letter to the committee, pointing out press |that almost every day he noticed "As to the statement of the com. | Small children playing on the gun missioner that the condition of the |30d he thought there was great » bank as revealed by representations | 13n8er of some of the children be- | made to the minister in 1916 and |!P& Injured, and it was for this rea- 1918 was such as to justify an inves- S00 that he felt that the matter tigation under powers conferred the com- upon the minister by the bank act. the commissioner had no power in OF authority under the Enquiries Act 0 make any such finding. His statement in this regard is, there- fore, a mere expression of his per- sonal opinon, devoid of any judicial weight or value whatsoever. "It is moreover an opinion formed eight years after the event, and with full knowledge as to the bank's con- dition as revealed by the investiga- tion of the liquidators, but which In 1916 and 1918 was concealed from . the minister by false and fraudulent statements received from the bank." | should be reported to mittee, "We. would have to remove gun or place a wire around it," marked Chairman Kent, but the members of the committee did not feel that action 'should be taken in the matter and so Mr. Cunningham's letter was filed. the re- THE ARCTIC T0 TRY Radio Is Installed on Bernler's 8hip to Reach The Ex- plorer's Party. CLAIMS REJECTED Quebec, June 12.--The feature of the : BORAH TURNS T0 MEET MACMILLAN The Women's Emancipation Is Condemned by Youths of Cambridge. uhm Cambridga | rsity students last night debat- 'the question of their approving of the Oxford University women stu- dent's movement, against what the latter regard as excessive restric- tions to their social life, but the Cambridge students decided against the larger liberty of the ladies. "Woman's emancipation spells the doom of civilization," one Cam- bridge student declared. "Cambridge University," he added, "is the last ¢ § bulwark against the rising feminine i. tide." A motion to assent to the Oxford women's movement was lost by a vote of 211' to 193. ---------------- FARMER KILLED WHILE « CARRYING MILK PAIL Wiuch Damage Done by a Cyclone in Gravelbourg, 8ask., District. Gravelbourg, Sask., June 12.--One killed, a house demolished, several graineries rolled about the fields in the district between here and La- fleche, and $50,000 damage to crops was the toll of a cyclone and electric storm which occurred last evening. Edmund Demay, a farmer, living six miles south of Gravel- bourg, was instantly killed when a bolt of lightning struck him as he walked from the barn to his house carrying a pail of milk. Capt. James Sutherland, who for many years sailed on the Great Lakes, is dead dt Toronto. proposed sailing of the C.G.S. Arctic, the date of which has been set for June 20th, is that the ship is being installed with an entirely new wireless apparatus which, it 1s expected, will be the means of the in touch with the MacMillan expedition, now in northern waters, and also make it possible to transmit messages over a far greater area than on any previous voyage. This was the statement made yes- terday by J. D. Craig, who arrived from Ottawa to hold consultations with Capt. J. E. Bernier, the veteran explorer, who will again undertake a northern voyage. Mr. Craig gave out the interesting information that the Arctic has a quantity of mail for the MacMillan exploration party and attempts would be made by wireless to get in touch with them, so as to errange for a rendezvous. Mz. Craig, who will proceed north cn the Arctic in command of the expedition, in the interests of the department of the interior, stated that although wireless apparatus used last year, came up to the re- quirements in a certain sense of 'the word, it was decided on account of the importance of the coming voy- age, that the apparatus should be entirely 'demolished and the ship in- stalled with an up-to-date radio outfit. . Smee Mr. Craig is a former Kingstonian and a graduate of Queen's. W. J. Taylor, president of the Chatham Daily News Limited, an- nounces the appointment of R. W. Angus as vice-president, in charge of the editorial depaftment., Mr. Angus was for seventeen years edi- tor of the Chatham Planet, The gross earnings of ther Cana- dian National Railways for the week ending June 7th, were $4,302,204, being a 'decrease of © $274,148.59 over the corresponding period of 1923. "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY On "Look Natural, Please!" SOME WOMEN "have their PHOTOGRAPHS taken To please their FRIENDS; OTHERS--to please THEMSELVES. And it is the BUSINESS Of the PHOTOGRAPHER To find out WHICH. A SUCCESSFUL photographer is an EXPERT In FLATTERY; He is also an ARCHITECT -- For often out of RUINS He fashions ~ A shapely EDIFICE. He knows ~ That in order te PLEASE | Ho has to make al MEN Cogowiatt. 1584, Premier Appear SUCC and All WOMEN--BEAUTIFUL; That is, dll PLAIN women. To the obviously SHALLOW, woman He will give an AIR Of MYSTERY; To the BEAUTY he wil' Add INTELLIGENCE; To the LITTLE man--DIGNITY; To he UNCOUTH man--BREED- And to the millionaire--distine tion. Yes, he is a SHREWD fellow, For, have you ever seen A PHOTOGRAPH of The PHOTOGRAPHER? Svndtiease. tna, 2 KINGSTON, ~ DOWN OFFER Of Republican Nomination For | Vice-President of US. ~ | (COOLIDGE SEES HIM | | But the Idaho Senator Declares | He Positively Will Not | | A | ceept. Washington, June 12.--Leaders of | the administration at Cleveland early | today agreed upon Senator Borah, of | Idaho, for the vice-presidential nom- { ination. terward of his selection, he sent a He message to Cleveland that Re | not accept the a | stated that he had sent telgra I to C. Bascom Slemp, secretary | President Coolidge, and Weeks says that he "could not and positively would not accept." Was Only Talking. ! Cleveland, Ohio, June 12--The de- | claration of Senator Borah that he would not accept the republican vice- presidential nomination was met | with the statement from Secretary | Weeks, that "we have been assured | directly by Senator Borah tha: ha | will accept the nomination." | President Coolidge conferred | day with Senator Borah in an effort } to have him reconsider his refusal | to accept the nomination for visa president. After the conferenca | with the president, Senator Boran said Lis attitude toward the vice- presidential nomination was un- changed. 2 Secreta. to- | 3 Nominated. Cleveland, June 12.--Calvin Cool- idge was nominated for the presi. dency today in the republican nation- al convention. His nomination was all but unanimous. Coolidge PROHIBITION AGENTS ARRESTED IN RAID On a Negro Apartment House + ==Liquor and Women Were Present. Chicago, Ill, June 12.--Nine pro- hibition agents, including Major H. C. Ridgeway, were arrested yester- day in a raid on an apartment house occupied by negroes. The police de- clared that they found prohibition agents in the apartment occupied by negro men and women. Two bottles of whiskey were found in the flat. Federal officers stated they were seated in rear of the apartment and were not aware of the presence of the women, THE CHARGES AGAINST MURDOCK NOT PROVEN Finds That The Charges Are Disproved. Ottawa, June 12.--By a vote of fourteen to eight the privileges and Commons today adopted the Liberal amendment finding that the charges against Hon. James Murdock, min- ister of labor, were "not only not proved but entirely disproved." The amendment was moved by W. M. German, Liberal member for Wel- land, and followed a motion by E. Guss Porter, West Hastings, the charges against Mr. Murdock had been proved. In the charges made by Mr. Porter in the house, Mr. Murdock was ac- cused of having used information obtained as a cabinet minister, in withdrawing $4,060 from the Ot- tawa branch of the Home Bank, two days before the crash. During the argument E. B. Ryck- man, Conservative member for East Toronto, declared that Mr. Murdock "is convicted if I may use the word, by his own refusal to say that it was not through his official information that he acted." Meighen Not Ready Now, And He Won't Be Ready Ottawa, June 12.--Being queried by the Prime Minister as to whether he would be agreeable to going on with the discussioL of the measure for the single transferable vote yes- terday, Mr. Meighen said that, even if he was in a conciliatory mood, it was the last thing he wanted to dis- cuss today or any other day. The discussion on it was accordingly de- ferred. ' Willlam John Crossen, charged with the murder of Byron McCron- an, appeared In police court at Co- bourg, Thursday, before Magistrate Floyd and was further remanded until June 18th. The McKeown Home Bank find- ings elate depositors who will be- slege Ottawa. } When informed shortly af- | would | THURSDAY, JUNE 1924. 12, MAKES REPORT ; ON HOME BANK | garding the Depositrs. | : AN ENQUIRY JUSTIFIED jeesesses sony *+% Liquidation or Amalgamation With Watching the Canadian Border | Another Bank Would Have | For Fleeing New York Bandits Resulted. | Ogdensburg, N.Y., June 12.-- Ottawa, June 12.--Judge Mc-| | Close watch is being maintained Keown's report on the Home Bank | along the Canadian border here | Wa tabled in the House of Com- mons yesterday afternoon. He today In an sHort 1g apprelend . | eo. viar it an effoctre dit had | the ten bandits who waylaid & |e; made in 1916 and 1918 the re- truck in New York City yester- sult would have been either liquida- | day and carried off jewels val- tion immediately following the audi:, $125,000. Customs or amalgamation with another bank. | were notified by Judge McKeown makes no spec- | officials that the | ific recommendation in re gard to re- | highwaymen were believed to | imbursement of depositors. i be headed for Canada. Officers Replying to the question what the " effect of the audit would have been were detailed to guard all main upon the position of the present de- arteries, and the Canadian au- | hone the report finds that: thorities were asked to watch for the suspects. ONTARIO, |** 22+ 322+ 420 2000 oo [+ AN ALBERTA WOMAN + MURDERS HUSBAND Redwater, Alta., June 12.-- "Seeing that I had knocked him out, I thought I had better fin- ish the job, so I hit him some more," s Mrs. Zaska Kamin- sky, who was yesterday commit- ted on a charge of murdering her husband. 'Now I have nothing more to live for and I am ready to die," she added. In her confession the woman said the man used to call her "a Ukrainian pig." * J i | + [oe + * j2 IK 3 le | * 3 * + * | | ued at | agents here New York I | (1)--If made in 1916 the presen' depositors would have suffered no loss. (2)--If made in 1918, "I do not think any loss would have fallen up- on them." Referring to this period, Judge Meets In Ottawa. McKeown takes the ground that the Ottawa, June 12.--An organiza- | condition of the bank as revealed by jtion meeting of the national advis- | the representation made was such as ory tominittes on the St, Lawrence | to justify an investigation under the | Waterway project was. held in the | oo wers conferred upon the minister |rooms of the International Joint | of finance under section 56 A. of the | {Commission here yesterday after-| po nk Act. noon, Hon. George P. Graham, ins | "I think it is right to say also," jster of Railways and Canals, oCgup- continued the report, "that the min- | led the chair, and explained the ob- | ister's intervention in 1916 resulted jects for which the national com- | in a change of management of the | mittee had been formed and outlin- bank, Mr. Haney becoming the vice- ed correspondence which had pass- president, with the understanding od between the United States andl, a 'yo'shonid dirchiatre irr vios Canada resulting in the formation ot of president, and have full powers | this committee, as well as the joint| C... respect to the organization of engineering board and the inter-de- the staff ADVISORY BOARD. On St. Lawrence Waterway Project | | ® say on the charge of murdering | cessful function took place last night | | being the banquet given by the Nap- | | ent doing and what it had in con- | LAST EMITION Teledu rvenis i * - <> 4 GUILTY OF MURDER: + BILL 10 (i * SENTENCE DEFERRED # | Commons To Deal With Question of Church Union. 10 RENEW THE EFFORTS To Strike Out Anendnent About" Tine the Act Shall Cone Into Force." | Ottawa, June 12.--The bill to pro- {vide for the union of the Presbyter- row in adopting this mode of pun- jan Methodist and Congregational !shment for convicted bandits," he churches has now been reported by declared {the private bills committee, and is -- again before the House of Commons. HON. W MOTHERWELL {The Bil has boot Sccrdos by the SPEAK {private bills committee in a In Ld "4 ES o£ % Joseph Maurer, 20-year-old % drug clerk on the night of last %+ April 7th. Sentence was re- € served untjl next Saturday. % Scott was a former wealthy % stock broker of Toronto. He pleaded guilty. &| .. i : + + + : + < * + "> CERF PPEPRPLSICT OPTED Magistrate Favors Lash. Welland, June 12.--That he had altered his opinion regarding the | lash as necessary in penal institu- | tions was the statement made by | Judge Hopkins, Haldimand, who is presiding at the Welland county court. "I would have no hesitancy [ber of particulars, but the changa | which caused most debate was that S AT NAPANEE *xics provides that the act shall not | come into operation until and unless jthe courts decide that the Presby- |terlan General Assembly had au- Chamber of Commerce | thority to agree to union, and that Banquet. tthe blll is not beyond the jurisdic- ba tion of parliament. Two efforts were . . made yesterday to have this amend- Napanee, June 12--A most euc- | oo rescinded, but both motions were ruled out of order. A motion to include in the report of the committee a record this will bring the whole issue before .he Connection With the the occasion ! the {was passed, however, in Masonic Hall, anee C 3 | ee Chamber of Commerce. Feria {of the motion to rescind, and 300 men representative the | business men, farmers, manufactur- ' . 1 , where t ers and members of the learned pro- Je narhare the allot tu strike tt fessions in Napanee and the County | This motion was moved just bos of Lennox and Addington. The fore the committee rose, b iL guests of honor were the Hon. W. Fro of Lisgar phim Pd G a R. Motherwell, Minister of Agricul" | Brethen of Peterboro "oli Mr. ture, Ottawa, members of the muni- . > . pai councile of tha County of Len. | Brown 47 proposed that the report red Mugion, Ea. ging led to contain' a declagation in favor y Ww. R Dineo an Ya nt of in {of the rescinding of the amendment - Ol son, president o ® | referring the bill to the law courts. Chamber of Commerce, made an ad- | This motion was ruled out of or- mirable thairman and briefly outlin- | | od the work that had been done by | 367 by Chairman McGiverin on the inert : , | same grounds as he had ruled out the institution in part, was at pres- |. direct motion to rescind the amendment. He explained, however, The Commons Committee Aliso elections committee of the House of | that | partmental committee which has been gathering information in re- gard to the project. THE. REDISTRIBUTION PROPOSALS ANNOUNCED {Addington Would Be Merged | With Frontenac and Len= nox with Prince Edward Ottawa, June 12.--Theé Ontario {sub-committee of the house redis- [tribution committee met yesterday |under the presidency of Hon. T. A. | Low, to consider plans submitted for Iredistribution in Ontario, but ad- journed without reaching a decision. Conservative members, it is under- stood, pressed for more representa- tion for Toronto and opportunity is to be given for further consideration of the Ontario constituencies. Plans before the sub-committee provide for the elimination of seven electoral districts in Ontario with the creation of seven new districts. the new 'electoral districts are: Northern Ontario: Kenora and Rainy River; Temiskaming South; Essex Peninsula; Essex West; Nia- gara Peninsula: Niagara; Toronto City: three new seats, It is proposed to amalgamate the following districts: The two Elgins and Norfolk; Frontenac _and Ad- dington; Lennox and Prince Ed- ward; Peterboro East with Peter- {boro West and Hastings West; Hur- {on North and Bruce South to form jone riding; Dufferin with Simcoe South; Ontario North with Ontario South and Muskoka; York East with city of Toronto and York South. Ot thé 82 Ontario divisions, 20 only remain unchanged. OUTLOOK ON AEGEAN. Offer from Greece Inacceptable to Bulgaria. Sofia, June 12.--An official note says the offer of an outlet on the Aegean Sea, received from Greece, through Francisco de la Barra, acs ing as mediator, is inacceptable to Bulgaria, because it is less advan- tageous than the offer from the Great Powers at the Lausanne con- ference. Newsy Bits From To-day's Classified Ads. Some good cars are advertised fon sale to-day. It you are undecided as to where to spend your vacation see Classifi- cation 80. There is nothing like the classi- fled section to tune up your affairs. -j cashier at Chatham, pleaded gui embezzlemen "This change appears to have met | with the approval of all concerned, | although no improvement seems to have actually resulted from it." The Only Step. The report recounts the steps taken by the minister of finance at the time. It analyzes the condition | of the bank, and, in reply to the! question what sieps could have been | taken by the Government to save the | situation says: | "The only step that the Govern-| ment could have taken to save the | situation would have been to make al thorough investigation into the bank's affairs, which would have re- sulted: "*(1) In forcing the of the bank, or, (2) Bringing about its amal ation with another bank." i liquidation | gam- | Judge's Conclusions. Judge McKeown concludes: | "I beg to report that there is no! evidence that represemitations of any ! kind were made to the Government | concerning the Home Bank of Can- : ada, subsequent to the year 1918. "After his retirement from office, | correspondence took place between ' Sir Thomas White, and his success- | or, Sir Henry Drayton, bearing upon | the condition of the Home Bank, as | set out in the evidence given before | me by Sir Henry Drayton, but noth- | ing requiring consideration here | arises therefrom as in any way bear- ing upon the substance of the depos- ftors' petition. "An incidental reference to the! Home Bank was made by Sir Henry | Drayton to his successor in office, | the. Rt. Hon. W. 8. Melding, when | the latter suceeded t¢ the position | of Finance Minister, but nothing was! said as to the. existence of the mem- | oranda or letters above referred to. | "No representations of any kind | appear to have been made to either Sir Henry Drayton or to the Rt. Hon. W. 8. Fielding, concerring the condi- tion of the Home Bank and although the present minister of finance ex- pressed himself as ready to give! evidence before the commission if required, it did not seem to me that anything had taken place which! made such a step necessary. There | was nothing to indicate that his al- tention had ever been drawn to the | existence of the various memoranda | or to the correspondence above dealt with. "Having reference, therefore, to the scope of the enquiry, as enlarg- | ed by Order-in Council No. 412, I beg | to report that there wera no repre- sentations of any kind made to the Government of the day as to the fin- | | ancial condition of the Home Bank | of Canada after the yier 1918, and, | consequently, no action in that re-| spect was \taken by any of the min-| isters of finance." George Pritchard, former C.N.R. Ity to eight counts of 0 . t and State officials will forestall the pleas of Insanity by the murderers o the Chicago school boy. The old Caarist rubles make big advance on Wall Street, New York. £ ¥ | templation for the future. J. M. Simpson, secretary of the Old Boys Re-union Committee, gave an interesting repor Five hundred invitations to formek residents of the town and county had been sent out" and. the work of mailing - would continue, He asked help of everybody throughout the county by sending him the names of former residents. He would like each person in the county to write their friends to come to the Re- union, Sept. 9th to 12th. No ef- fort is being spared to make the event a huge success. Welcomed Mr. Motherwell. The chairman expressed his pleas- ure in welcoming the Hon. W. R. Motherwell and requested E. J| Sex- smith, M.P, to introduce the distin- | guished speaker to those present at the festive board, which he did in a few well chosen words. Hon. W. R. Motherwell, spoke for about an hour and keen attention was evinced by all ana were well re- paid in valuable information and advice. He spoke of the relation be- tween urban and rural populations and the need of co-operation. Also of the grading of eggs, the butter and cheese industry and the need for grading in all lines so as to compete successfully in the export markets of Great Britain and else- where. A hearty vote of thanks was tend- ered the speaker.A pleasant surprise was several songs given by the tal- ented singer, Knight McGregor. Music was furnished throughou. by Walters Orchestra. ARREARS OF SALES TAX ARE $232983 Montreal Paid $28,278,911 Under That Act in Last Fiscal Year. Ottawa, June 12.--The amount of sales tax paid and in arrears in the larger cities of Canada last year was the subject of a question in the House of Commons yesterday. It was revealed that ia the last fiscal | year sales taxes were collected as follows: Montreal, $26,278,911; Hamilton, $5,683,635; Ottawa, $1,570,821; Toronto, $23,701,694; Winnipeg, $4,987,623; Vancouver, $4,263,924. The total arrears «! sales tax at all last number of taxpayers being In ar- rears at that date: Montreal, 1,078; Hamilton, 86; oO! 156; Vancouver 213, Between May 19 and the present date, legal proceedings have been taken against the following number of taxpayers; Montreal $7, Hamil- ton, 13; Ottawa, 17; Toronto, 101: Vancouver, 35; Winnipeg 25. tr -- ' A section of Progressive party in parliament shows temdenmcy to join Labor group. = ~for--the ports in Canada at March 31st! was $2,329,938, the following | bawa, 69; Toronto 546; Winnipeg, [that the motion could be reported [to the House as part of the proceed- |Ings of the committee. Mr. Brown accordingly accepted the suggestion of the chair and this motion was carried. In accordance With THE "the re or ttee will include the follow- ing declaration, which is the text of the Brown resolution: Text of Resolution. "Whereas, one of the objects Ia {seeking legislation «in connection | with the union of the negotiating | churches was to avoid\the possible |application of the House of Lords | decision in the Free Church case to {the Canadian churches: | "And, whereas, Parliament is the | proper court to which citizens should |appeal it their inherent rights are [not clearly recognised in law; | "And, whereas, the assumption | which underlies any appeal for le- {gislation is that the laws as they {exist are either not clear or not ade- quate; "And, whereas, the Imperial Par- liament readily granted the legisla- tion necessary to assure liberty of self-determination to the Church of | Scotland; | "And, whereas, the amendments {made to this bill by a vote of 27 to 23 members of the Private Bills | Committee sends the church to the | very courts which the appeal for le- i &islation was Intended to avoid, and |thus defeats the purpose of the ap- | peal of, those churches; | "It is, therefore, recommended | that the amendment to the preamble , and section I A be deleted from the bill." | After the motion to report the pre- {ceedings of the committee to the | House had been passed, the bill was | reported and the committee turned |the Church Union bill over to the House again. | -- DESERTING HBERTZOG. berg, General Botha's old constit- uency; Mr. Wolmarans, one of the I most: prominent Nationals in the di- f vision, and eleven others have resign. | ed trom the Hertsog party as a pro- | test against the bargain with Labor, and General Hertzog's declaration in favor of extending the franchise to colored persons In the Free State and Transvaal. It is expected that the example of Wolmarins and his friends will be followed by other Dutch-speaking Transvaalers, who | fear the Bocialistic doctrines of the | Labor party and resent General Hert- zog's undertaking to postpone the de- mand for a republic. A ------ % Next Conference Place. 'Montreal, Ste. Anne de Bellevue and Smith's Falls have been mention- ed as places , where the Montreal Methodist conference might meet next year, i The Republican conyention at Cleveland adopted a rm aad rejected the Lafollette planks of the Wisconsin delegation. :