| 1 1 i i : i + railway . of the Union of South Africa, whose After all, modern CONVENTION CAPITOL NOW PLAYING AGNES AYRES in "I'HE GUILTY ONE" The Baily British Whig -------------------- CAPITOL Wednesday, Thursday ALL STAR CAST "SON OF SAHARA" ! YEAR 91; No. 147. in eee R VOT AT HAMILTON As To Whether the Workers There Will Strike Again. MONTREAL CONDITIONS Are Reported As Normal--Tele- gran With Regard to Rail way Engineers' Offer. Hamilton, June 23.--In response fo~a plea of the Toronto strikers, the Hamilton postal employees have called a meeting for 7.30 o'clock this | evening to discuss the request of the | Toronto strikers that they go out on | strike again. The feeling among | local postal employees is divided. | Secretary Hardcastle expressed the| opinion that the men would not go | on strike again. They are all at work this morning, and a complete service and delivery have been Te-| sumed. | | Ottawa, June 23. -- Postmaster Webber of Hamilton this morning | wired the post office department that | everything was going satisfactorily | there; that after the men were in- structed by the Toronto strikers. he called them together and advised them against again going out on| strike, and emphasized the fact that | any employee who did go would nev- er be re-employed by the Hamilton post office it he could prevent it. Mr.; Webber stated that the men appear-| ed to be working harmoniously, but | they tried to get an assurance that] these who returned within the time | limit would be reinstated at the sal-| ary they were receiving. He indi- cated that he had told the men that | he would do everything in his power | to assist in the matter of reinstate- | ment at their old salary, but that | the question was one which rests | finally with the department. The | postmaster added that quite a large quantity of Toronto mail, news- | papers, as well as first class matter | had been sorted and t hat the Ham-| fiton work was up to date. Montreal is officially reported to- day to be "functioning normally." What Does This Mean. Toronto, June 23.--The postal workers strike committee at the La+ | por Temple this mprning announced | that the following telegram had been sent to Montreal strike committee | "Please accept offer of railway engineers to man no more trains car- rying mail. Send our representative to see their representative to ex- press approval. (Signed), Jackson, Redditt, Browning, Brown." No Knowledge of Offer. New York, June 23.--D. B. Rob ertson, president of the Brotlierhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine- men, sald today that he had no know- ledge of the offer said to have been made by the engineers not to man any more mail trains carrying malls as an aid to the striking Canadian postal workers. Other officials of the protherhood also declared they had no knowledge of any such offer, ---------------- Moderator Honored. Halifax, N.S., June 23.--Rev. Dr. Clarence Mackinnon, principal of Pine Hill Presbyterian College, Hali- fax, 'was on Friday the guest of honor at a complimentory luncheon tendered him by the Halifax Presby- terian Ministerial Association In honor of his recent election as Mod- erator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in Canada. Smuts Resigns Premiership. Cape Town, South Africa, June 23.--Jan Christian Smuts, premier Bouth African pa:ty was defeated in the recent elections, resigned the premiership to-day. WA | provide that employees holding NTS UNITED STATES AT THE CONFERENCE Premier MacDonald Tells Bri tish Commons About Com= ing Inter-Allied Meeting. London, June 23.--Prime Mi i ter MacDonald told the House of Com- mons in reply to questioners this afternoon that his eonference with | Premier Herriot of France was pre- inter-Allied conmiws- London, probably issued ut liminary to an ence to meet in July 16th. The communique last night covered the grouna the conversation, but he added: "It is highly desir- able that America should be repre- sented at the inter-Allied conference of July 16th. We are not at the mo- | ment in communication, but a com- manication to that effect will be \ made to the American government at once." Would Found Institute For National Research Ottawa, June 23.--Hon. T. A. Low, Minister of Trade and Com- merce, intends to bring down an amendment to the Research Council Act and to provide for the establish- ment of a national research insti- tute. The amendment will further a under the Re- be entitled to service permanent position search Council will the benefits of any public superannuation legislation. LEPROSY RAVAGES THE SICCANI INDIANS Most of Remaining Natives In Northern British Columbia Maimed and Blind. Edmonton, Alta., June 23.--The Siccani Indians, who live in the vai- ley of the Findlay river, are a veri- table band of lepers, and are facing extermination, according to Henry Stege, a fur trader, who has arrived at Edmonton from the far north of British Columbia. Disease has so ravaged these peo- ple, once full of health and vitality, that to-day less than two hundred of them remain in the Findlay river district, and most of these are either blind or horribly maimed, Mr. Stege reports. Some of them, he said, are suffer- ing the tortures of slow death, unabm® to do anything to check the advane- grip of disease. Others, blind or nearly so, grope their way about the mountains hunt- ing moose, their principal food, but are unable to see the animals, and so add hunger to their other suf- ferings. : FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAD MIRACULOUS ESCAPE When Their Car Ran Over Culvert Near Deseronto on Sunday. A party of four, two young ladies and two young men, had a miracul- ous escape from death in an auto- mobile accident which occurred near Deseronto on Sunday. How they escaped death is nothing more than a miracle, as the car in which they were driving ran over the side of a culvert and turned upside down. The four occupants of the car suf- fered severe cuts and bruises, but were not seriously hurt. Trouble with the steering gear is believed to have been the cause of the accident. Called Fellow Worker "Scab" And Afterwards Apologized An aftermath of the strike of pos- tal workers occurred in the Kingston post office on Saturday afternoon, when one of the workers, so it is alleged, called another workman a "scab." Postmaster James Stewart suspended the accused and later on, when he apologized to the worker for his language, he was reinstated. "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE FALROY On "Why Be Bashful?" A SHY YOUNG MAN is A TERRIBLE THING. Any man who is obviously AFRAID of HIMSELF Makes EVERYBODY ELSE NERVOUS. If a MAN can't look After HIMSELF and be good To HIMSELF--who else will? Many a shy young man Would be SURPRISED to know- Le makes OTHER people . But why be bashful? "Is SO EASY--you don't THINK what you SAY, Or SAY what you THINK; You NEVER STOP Talking, you SELDOM LOOK At the person to whom you speak; And, above all, you don't LISTEN. In a modern drawing-room The only CONSPICUOUS person 1s the one who says NOTHING. A SHY man worries Because HE wonders what OTHER people are thinking of him. But he need not worry, For THEY, also, like HIM, Are thinking of THEMSELVES. 1934 Tremier Syedicsta lea, said the premier, | 'Conservative Leader Bowser Also | 24 os 5c 2 5000 esses Hav KINGSTON, ONTARIO, LIBERALS MAY RETAIN POWER In British Columbia With Aid of Independents. | THEY HOLD 26 SEATS | Defeated--Mrs. Ralph Smith | Fails To Win. Vancouver, B.C., June 23.--The |Liberals are sure of twenty-six seats {in the British Columbia elections. {They will need, however, the assist- lance of one or two Independents t {retain power. There are forty-eight |seats. | In striking contrast to their /ic- tory in Victoria, the Conservatives were unable to elect anyonc of thelr six in Vancouvr, and for. the first time in over twenty years in which he has represented Vancouver in the |1egislature, Hon. W. J. Bowser, the |Conservative leader, failed to secure |election. Apparently all of the cabinet min- |isters have been returned with the | exception of Premier Oliver. Hon. William Sloan carried Nanaimo by a large majority. Hon. E. D. Barrow, minister of agriculture, aad a har- row majority in Chilliwack. Attor- ney-General Manson appears to be safe in Omineca. Hon. Dr. Suther- land, minister of works, won in Re- velstoke, and Hon. T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands, and Hon. Dr. Mac- Lean, minister of education, won in Prince Rupert and Yal: respectively. Mayor J. R. Colley carried the Liberal banner to victory in Kam- loops. Mrs. Ralph Smith, who in the general election in 1920, headed the Vancouver poll by an: overwhelming majority, just failed of election. Scott May Be Allowed To Plead Not Guilty Chicago, June 23.--Permission to file a motion to enter a plea of not guilty was granted to Attoraey Wal- ter Stanton in behalf of Russell T. Scott, who pleaded guilty a week ago before Judge Lindsay to a charge of killing Joseph Maurer in a Loop drug store. Stanton pleaded for a review of the record just. as Judge Lindsay was about to pronounce sentence, Judge Lindsay set June 24th as the date of which he will en- tertain the motion to change the plea. PRES---------- THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF AUDITOR A. H. MUIR Regarding Township of Kings- ton Books--The Shortage of J. F. Leatherland. In his report to the Kingston township council regarding books of that municipality Auditor A. H. Muir makes these recommen- dations: Ledger to be obtained and open- ed up from the balance sheet. This should be kept posted up and care correct account. Journal for entries cash to be installed. other than cash transactions to be installed. Vault arrangement should made to keep all the records from fire. Cheques to be entered as and not as paid by the bank. By-laws to be indexed after being written in by-law book. They shoula be written in consecutive numericai order. Land register to be obtained to be the counterpart of the ome in the county treasurer's office. Debenture register to be obtained and all outstanding bonds written therein. Assessor to follow system of as- sessing by concessions. That the assessor procure from the highway office yearly record of all transfers of property during the previous year. That a plan book be kept written up recording names of owne®™ where information regarding chang- ag is procured. That minutes of Court of Revis- .on be fully recorded. That tax roll be properly certified by clerk. That tax roll be recapitulated an- nually. That treasurer discontinue accept- {ng payment of taxes while roll is in collector's hands. That clerk discontinue accepting payment of taxes at any time. The auditor finds that the short- age of J. F. Leatherland is $3,612.- 18. safe issued The improvement of the un- derstanding is for two ends, first, { our own increase of knowledge, sec- { ondly, to enable us to deliver and | make out that knowledge to others. » 0 the | taken to enter the amounts to the | Cash book for the recording of all | be | MONDAY, JUNE jeedeetit edited dey | | # IRISH FREE STATE GRANTED ITS WISH London, June 23.--The Brit- ish Government has assented to the proposals of the Irish Free State to send a' separate representative to Washington, it was announced in the House of Commons by J. H. Thomas, { | colonial secretary. The question | whether such a representative | | 1 | + + + + | F | | ! would have an independent position at Washington was be- ing discussed with the minister of the Free State who is in Lon- L + + | lon, Mr. Thomas added. | + * + + ALLISON 1 | | COL. J. W. ALLISON DEAD. | Well-known Canadian Figure Dur- { ing the War, | | | | LATE COL. J. W. ALLISON June 23 --Col. J. Wesley Allison, well-known Cana-| dian representative to the United | |States during the world war, died] here last night. He was sixty-two years of age. Col. Allison was close- | |ly allied with the late Gen. Sam| |Hughes, Canadian minister of mili- | tia, during the first years of the war. | | 'A BARN AT MURVALE BURNED TO GROUND Morrisburg, {Was Struck by Lightning--A { Bedford Mills: House Was | Also Struck. | The electric storm of early Sat- | urday morning was classed by farm- ers all through the district as one of the worst in their experience. On the farm of Robert Hornbeck, near | Murvale, the implement barn was struck by lightning and burned to | the ground, all the machinery being | destroyed but a seed drill. Destruc- ion of the house and stock barns was narrowly averted. The home; of W. Kirkpatrick, near Bedford Mills, was struck ana a fire started, but members of the household extinguished it before it had made any headway. | | Given A Jail Job. Belleville, June 23. -- Dayid | Shapiro, Russian Jew, aged 31% | years, weighing 235 pounds and just 6 feet 2 3-4 inches tall could not] get a job, so he went begging he | told Magistrate Masson Saturday.. { The court was not in sympathy with | the man and his plea and sentenced {him to six months in the reforma- ! tory. ------------ HEAVY STORM SWEEPS MISSISSIPPI VALLEY {Four Persons Are Killed--Pol- lution in Chicago Drinking Water Is Caused. Chicago, June 23.--One of the worst summer storms in years swept almost the entire upper Mississippi river valley late yesterday, taking at | least four lives and doing hundradse | of thousands of dollars property damage. Nebraska, South Da- kota, Minnesota and Illinois were hit b high winds and hard rains. 'Three persons were killed in Chicago and one in Min- nesota. Possibly the most serious menace to Chicago followed the storm in a threatened pollution in the drinking water supply. The storm reversed the Calumet river | and caused sewage to be poured into ! Lake Michigan. . Newsy Bits From To-day's Classified Ads. Once you begin reading classified ads you will realize they pay a steady return on all time spent with them. Don't forget tht the first words of the Alphabetical Classified ads un- der "Automomibles for Sale" are sig- nalling opportunities for you today. Don't 'doubt the ability of the classified section to save money for you. 23, * + @ | { repair one of the electric wires near { wire caught in his glove. 1924. GREAT DAMAGE BY BIG STORM Western And Central New York State Are Hit. A NUNBER OF DEATHS Among Crops---Many Fires, Started---Telephones Put Out of Order. New York, June 23. -- Through-| out western and central New York a terrific wind and electrical storm that swept that part of the state] early Saturday morning caused sev-| eral dedths, wrought havoc with] growing crops, crippled telegraph and telephone service, flattened trees and caused scores of disastrous fires. In Buffalo the wind attained a velocity of sixty-eight miles an hour, and within a period of two hours nearly an inch of rain fell. | Approximately 1,400 telephones were | put out of service. The South Park | and Cazenovia Park sections, which bore the brunt of the wind, were covered with shattered branches and| littered with uprooted trees. Two houses under construction were de- molished, and losses from a score of fires started by lightning bolts, it was estimated, would run into many thousands of dollars. Damage to the fruit crop in| Wayne county could not be esti mated. Many orchards were left | scarred by long lanes of twisted and | uprooted trees. In Palmyra houses were reported overturned. At Akron $200,000 damage result- ed when a lightning bolt fired the plant of the General Crushed Stone Company. The power plant of the] Noble Gypsum Company also was destroyed. At the plant of the American .Cement and Plaster Com- pany, where 100 men were working, | a lightning bolt entered the shop, | coursing downward from a flagpole, | but nobodx was hurt. | | FPPPFTPERIEOOTN FFT STONE DERAILS CAR, MANY ARE INJURED, rb Mich.,, June 23.-- a stone the ng a street car and injuring many. Passengers were thrown from their seats and women were trampled in a rush for the exits. Detroit, Children le track dera on Spr bb pert Sober hpd CPP LFFIEIFEE RETR -- | STATUS OF CANADA { IS TO BE DISCUSSED Commons to Debate Giving! Extra Territorial Effect to Canadian Laws. Ottawa, June 23.--Canada's status in the Empire is scheduled for dis- cussion in the House of Commons] to-day. It comes up in connection with a motion to request an amend-| ment to the British North America| Act to give extra territorial effect to Canadian laws. The courts of the United Kingdom have authority to enforce British laws against British | subjects even although the offences may have been committed outside of the British Isles; but doubt has been raised whether Canadian courts have similar jurisdi as regards of- fences committed by Canadians out-| side of Canada. The proposed amendment is designed to remove this doubt. The Canadian Parliament four years ago passed an address to bring about another amendment of the B.| N. A. Act for the same purpose. No effect has ever been given to it, how- ever, and now the reguest is to be made in an amended form. The original amendment propos-, ed to provide that the law of Can- ada should have the same extra ter- ritorial effect as if passed by the Par- liament of the United Kingdom In the new resolution all reference to the British Parliament is dropped | and it is provided that "an enact- ment of the Parliament of Canada, if expressed to operate extra-territori- ally, shall have and be deemed to have had that operation, if and in sQ ion the peace, order and good govern- ment of Canada." | oe | One of the fields in which this | question of the extra territorial effect | of Canadian law has arisen is in re- Buried Under Trees. | Dunkirk literally was buried un-| der fallen trees and branches. The wind there attained hurricane vio-| lence. Communication lines were | crippled and boats in the harbor | were damaged. The Government | boat, Navette, which ran into the harbor from Lake Erie when the | storm broke, had its deck torn off and three holes punched through the | side just above the water line. Lightning, accompanying the wind and deluge of rain, struck the plant of the Dunkirk Upholstering Com- pany, causing $25,000 damage. Aj traffic signal tower of the New York Central Railroad was toppled over. The damage in Dunkirk will amount | to $250,000. | In Oswego, Mrs. Mary Bailey, 80 | years old; died from fright and shock when the gale struck the city, | and Frank Luke, a lineman of the! People's Gas and Electric Company, | was severely burned while trying to A live] The Os-| wego beach trolley line was put out] of business for hours by trees fall-| ing across its trolley lines. : Cornell was cut off from com-| munication with other sections for several hours. Virtually all wires | were blown down. Two country | farm houses and a saw mill were burned after having been struck by | dghtning, and heavy damage was| sustained by crops. In the vicinity of Dansville all wires were swept] away and hundreds of trees were| razed. | Rochester reported one death as a result of tha gale, which blew with | a velocity ot 'forty-eight miles an} hour and was accompanied by a| torrential downpour of rain. Mrs. | Frances Lablanche was aroused at the height of the storm. She be- came frightened at the lightning and collapsed. An ambulance was sum- moned, but she died before a sur- geon arrived. the Oswego Candy Works. JAPAN BIDES TIME TO FIGHT EXCLUSION United States Policy Is Not Yet Regarded as a Closed Incident. Tokio, June 23.--The Japanese government does not consider the immigration incident closed. At the Cabinet meeting Saturday, it is learned on good authority, it was agreed that Japan would reserve the right to take up the matter again. Foreign Minister Shildehara is ex- pected to present a plan for further action, but probably not before Am- bassador Haniharas' return. The ex- change of new ambassadors will pro- vide an opportunity for further pro- test. It is realized here that noth- ing can be done to alter the situation without an act by another Congress, but there is hopefulness that eventu- ally this will be accomplished. Hertzog will offer two cabinet seats to Labor when he becomes South African premier. | gard to the enforcement of Canadian laws affecting the air service. HEALY MAY RESIGN AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE the Irish Free State--The Boundary Question a Dis= turbing Factor. of -- London, June 23.--The resigna- tion of Tim Healy as Governor-Gen- eral of the Irish Free State is expect- ed to be announced shortly. His suc- cessor will probably be Senator Fo- garty of Dublin, the surgeon-poet of Ireland. who was kidnapped during the civil troubles and escaped (from confinement by swimming the Liffey Governor-Genera! Healy's recent controversial political speeches on| the boundary question are criticized, | although it is not generally admit-| | ted that he has overstepped his pre- rogative., It is also stated that Pre- mier Cosgrave is seeking some im- mediate aid to stem the tide of op- position to comstitutional govern- ment, which government may sweep him out of office unless definite pro- gress is made to settle the boundary question. The government is cer- tainly losing the confidence of the people, especially since the publica- tion of the report of the committee that investigated military affairs and the army, and which whitewashed Mulcahy and other leaders, despite the revelations made of lack of dis- cipline and political activity due the propaganda of the Irish Republican Brotherhood permeating the ranks| of the army. fice STRIKING SONG SERVICE. Held in Napanee Presbyterian Church On Sunday Evening. | Napanee, June 23.--In St. Andrew's Presbyterian church last evening the service was somewhat of an innova- tion. It was called a song service but it turned out to be more than| that. The orchestra under the lead- | ership of Major MacGregor, appeared | for the first time in the church and | took charge of the musical numbers. | The service itself consisted in the] singing of a number of well known hymns, which were in each case pre-| taced by an account by the minister, | Rev. A J. Wilson, of the origin of the Hymn and the occasion on which | it was first sung, and as well, some- what of the history of the hymn| since. Being a Presbyterian church a large place was given to the rendi- tion of some of the time honored | psalms. The service, too, was for-/ tunate in having to assist R. Kerr, the soloist of St. Andrew's, Belle- | ville, who sang two numbers. "The Lord is my Light," Ps. 27, arranged | by Frances Allistsen, and "in the Garden of Roses." Democrats will stage dramatic] struggle in New York convention, which opens on Tuesday. Dr. George S. Young, of Toronto, was elected president of the Ontario Medical Association. | LAST EMITION STRIKE RANKS ARE BROKEN Toronto Men Hold Out And Try To Induce Others. GOVERNMENT 1S FIR Has No New Proposals To Offer --150 At Work in Toronto Post Office. Toronto, June 23.--Determination to continue the strike of local postal employees until the Government as- sents to their demand for a board of conciliation was declared last evening by A. E. Hull, chairman of the Toronto strike committee, to be the sentiment of the men. A mass meeting of all branches of the postal service was held in the Labor Temple, when reports were received of the result of a conference held at Hamilton. Mr. Hull said 500 To- ronto representatives were In attend- ance in Hamilton having gone ia | motor cars supplied free by sympa- thizers, and that various western Ontario points were also represented. It is the hope of the Toronto men that the Hamilton postal employees and those in Guelph, Galt, St. Cath- larines and other points will again walk-out when the situation is ex- ! plained. Return of the railway mail clerks and of nineteen other strikers to work, and the refusal of the strikers' mass meeting to permit the postal clerks to-hold a separate meeting, were the signs of weakness in tha ranks of the local post office strik- ers yesterday. At the general post office the postal authorities state that 750 men were at work, while hundreds of applicants for letter car far as it is a Jaw for and ancillaTy tol ier appeared on the scene early im € morning. Message to Premier King. Toronto, June 23.--Mayor W. H. Hiltz despatched the following tele- gram to Premier Mackenzie King Saturday afternoon: "The Board of Control has been 'n session inmost of the day discussing the postal strike situation. We beg to submit the following for the men: "The Canadian Federation of Postal Employees agree that all postal workers return to duty immediately upon being given definite assurance that they will be granted a board of | arbitration, employees being given | equal representation to deal with ~ salary schedules of postal employees of the Dominion, and agree to abide by the findings of said board.' "Matters here in bad shape, owe ing to the strike, and will become worse, We respectfully urge your im- mediate consideration of the men's propositions as above. "The urgency is such that we are g ourselves in constant atten- hol dar No New Proposal, Ottawa, June 23.--The Govern- ment has no new proposals to offer the striking postal workers. Just be- fore going into Cabinet Council Sat- urday, Premier King made this statement. Hon. Charles Stewart, acting postmaster-general, also stat- ed that reports that the Government would make a new offer to the men were unfounded. The ultimatum issued to the strik- ing postal workers by the Govern- ment set the hour of eight o'clock Saturday morning for the strikers to return to work unconditionally. Af- ter that time no strikers would be employed under any conditions. Ottawa To Sort Toronto Mail Ottawa, June 23.--xThe post of. department telegraphed tha postmaster at Toronto telling him that 100 experienced sorters were available here and ifistructing him to ship all available mail matter to Ottawa for handling." "Toronto mail can be despatched - to Ottawa where it can be divided alphabetically into stfeets," says the telegram. "In any case so arrange your plans with a view to the fact that there are more than a hundred men here trained in sorting and avallable for immediate use. Please see that no congestion occurs in the Toronto post office." Ontario Is Obstacle. Ottawa, June 23.--Ontario is still the chief stumbling block to comple- tion of the Redistribution bill. Que- bec is now said to have been agreed upon, including the Island of Mont- real, which is to have thirteen"mem- bers. The western provinces are pretty well settled, and no serious difficulty is anticipated in the mari- time provinces. In Ontario, however, the schedules are said to be in am "embryonic" state. It is still ex- pected to bring in a bill at the pre- sent gession, but it is possible that differences in Ontario may make that impossible. A Deaf mute killed in London when preparing to welcome wife home from hospital,