The Daily British JUNE 25, 1924. Five Seamen Perish In An 0il Explosion; fists ein survisaen ~~ Shot Up Thirty-Five Feet From the oo enn ew Yor t 1 ni i itis shooting New York, June 25.--Fiva Mev ated.in a final blast which sent long- | ye 3t the Brit Sh irapshootine were reported missing and six more { shoremen shooting up from the | gaampionsains or ikely . go 4 teams, the Canadian Olympic likely to die after an expiosion | holds to the deck, 35 feet above, like #% representatives won the event CAPITOL Friday and Saturuay Florence Vidor -- Adolphe Menjou "THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE" CAPITOL To-day and Thursday ALL STAR CAST #"SON OF SAHARA" ---- -- YEAB/91; No. 140, Whig THE CHURCH UNION BILL DEBATED IN THE COMMONS = KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, | MOST PATHETIC SCENES "WITNESSED IN MONTREAL A PERFECT SCORE BY + CANADIANS AT OLYMPIC. Striking Postal Workers Plead With | | Postmaster Gaudet To Be Re-Instated. One Man's Wife At Death's Door And Ha S Seven Children--Another Striker Had Nothing To Eat Montreal, June 25 -- Pathetic scenes were witnessed at the main post office here, when strikers with families of six, sever and eight chil- dren, sons who are sole supporters Of aged parents, some with tears, begged Postmaster Gaudet to take them back into service. Mr. Gaudet | sald he received letters so poignant, | that after the first two or three lines he could, not bear to read to the end. Of 112 who yesterday sought re- instatement unconditionally, one of the saddest cases was that of the father of seven children, He told how his wife was in delicate health and when the news of the strike reached her, she fell senseless to the floor and is now at death's door. The man was immediately taken on. Another striker, a young man, knelt at Mr. Gaudet's feet and clung to his knees, begging to be reinstated. He said he was the sole supporter of -his aged mother, a widow, and he had had nothing to eat for four days. At the end of the interview he broke For Four Days. Federated Association of Letter Car- riers of the United States. The offer made by a letter received at strike headquarters, it was stated. Conditions in Toronto. Toronto, June 25--John MacClel- land, head of the International As- sociation of Machinists in Canada, ar- rived in Toronto early to-day and spoke at a mass meeting of the post- al strikers this morning. He said the Montreal postl strikers were standing firm and advised the Toron- to strikers to disregard reports to the contrary, A very small letter carrier service was started in the downtown district today, covering only the buildings. it was merely supplemental to the wicket service, and people who want- ed mall should still come to the post office. The men were not in uni- form, the strikers having kept their uniform, down and passed into a condition of nervous hysteria bordering on con- vulsions, At strike headquarters, the action of the group who waited on Post Master Gaudet yesterday is strongly repudiated. Offers of financial as- sistance have been made and accept- ed from A. Gaynor, president of the the postmaster said this morning. Their status will be decided by Mr. | Lemon. Far few persons called at the main postal station this morn- ing. Only 100 instead of the usual 1,000 were in line at 9 a.m. There is nevertheless a steady stream of people calling for their mail. A STRIKING TRIBUTE TO WOODROW WILSON % Der Es A ------ 4 for Ten Minutes at Mention of His Name. New York, June 25.--With a roar- ing demonstration for Woodrow Wil- son, the Democratic national con- vention interrupted its business yes- terday afternoon while delegates and visitors joined in a noisy and yet respectful tribute to the late presi- dent, idol of the Democracy. Cheers for Cleveland, Jackson. Jefterson and Bryan had resounded through the big garden, but when the. temporary chairman, Senator Harrison, mentioned the name of Wilson, the noise and enthusiasm broke loose. State standards came up quickly from their places, and soon the floor was jammed with a mass of mill- THINK THAT SMITH WILL BE NOMINATED As Democratic Candidate for the Presidency of the United States. New York, June 25.--Scouts for the Smith headquarters assigned to "missionary work" among the state delegations, reported to-day to their candidate, Governor: Alfred E. Smith, of New York, and to his cam- paign manager, Franklin D. Roose- velt that they were "winning votes." On the basis of these reports anu .. the strength of conference the gov- ernor and Mr. Roosevelt personally conducted with democratic leaders, it was announced at headquarters that confidence in the struggle, had expanded and "there was not a ques- tion but what Mr. Smith was rapid- ly approaching the presidential nomination." ing, marching delegates, prancing about chanting the songs which be- came famous In the war days of Wil- son. Chairman Harrison, sensing that the gathering wanted to give a de- moastration for the former presi- dent, calmly took a chair, and sit- ting down to rest from the rigors of his keynote speech, waited for it ------ HEN MOTHERS HOUNDS. Litter of Five Only go Back to Mother for Food. Toronto, June 25.--Five young deer hounds on the farm of F. Cav- den, near Port Credit, have deserted their mother for the sheltering to subside before beginning anew. Convention officials made no ef- fort to stay thd 'demonstration, and it was tem minutes before the state | standards began to return to their places as the band struck up the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Admiral to Open Exposition, Toronto, June 25.--Vice-Admiral 8ir Frederick Laurence Field, C.B., C.M.G., one of the heroes of Jut- land, now in command of the British squadron circling the world, has con- sented to open the 1924 Canadian National Exhibition on Saturday, wings of a hen. Four weeks ago, when the litter was born, the hen was brooding and for lack of €ggs she spread her wings over the struggling puppiea. Since then the animals have left her only to go to their mother for food. Evga while they are feeding, the big hen stands guard over them. Now, in their four weeks of life, the little animals have grown too large to completely shelter under the hen, but she still stays with them. A tremendous explosion of oil at New York shook waterfront and Aug. 23. kills five men. mm You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE ALROY On "Cross-Purposes" Some people DRIVE A CAR For EXERCISE; And when they & They often give OTHER peoply Quite a lot of exercise DODGING THEM, SOME DRIVERS are careful; 'Others will take A RISK On anything, including KILLING their FARE. If a WOMAN gets KNOCKED OVER, however, It is GENERALLY through J Where she is GOING; }. But, of course, she SHOULD Look where the TRAFFIC Is COMING FROM. A PRETTY GIRL can Cross the street in safety ANYTIME; because MOST of the drivers are MEN-- And NO man would Kill a PRETTY WOMAN Who SMILED at him. Of course, SOME WOMEN Value their SMILES so much They would sooner risk Their LIVES--and they de, Syodicata. tea. Premier larger | Postmaster Lemon stated | About fifty-five of the postal strik- | ers have returned to work to date, | aboard the Standard Oil Company | freighter Egremont Castle of British! registry, which shook the entire Brooklyn water front yesterday af- ternoon. The vessel was being loaded with naphtha, kerosene and gasoline i and a general cargo for the Far East. | A 200-gallon case of gasoline let go like a bomb while being slung | from a lighter into a twin hold aft, | which already contained 250,000 | gallons of the inflammable oils, A | series of minor explosions culmin- DEPOSITORS CLAMOR | FOR REIMBURSEMENT . | As Result of Home Bank Fail-| ure--Appear Before Com- i mons Committee. Ottawa, June 25.--A delegation of} Home Bank depositors packed the large committee room of the House of Commons this morning to state their case to the banking and com- merce committee. So numerous was | the delegation that the room . in| which the banking committee usual- ly meets was not large enough to accommodate it. . "Time for talk is 'over--time for action is here," declared W. J. 3 Lee, counsel for the depositors. It anything was tqibe done for the depositor it should be done this ses | sion, he went on. Many persons in Toronto were being compelled to go | | to charitable institutions as a result | of their losses in the Home Bank. | Simple faith of simple people in Ca- | | nadian banks of ninety years stand | ing would be rudely shaken unles | the government acted to reimburse | the depositors. It was a moral duty | to restore their losses, he declared. | At the close of the hearing, Hon. J. A. Robb, acting minister finance, stated that the request of the deputation would be carefully considered from all angles, He added, however, the suggestion that it would be fair, before the question was settled, that the Government tehould- have a report from the liqui- dators as to how much could be real- ized from the assets and from the double labilities of the sharehold- ers. = ' ANDERSON BROS. HOLD THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC Turnout of About 20 Cars Paraded Through Streets Wednesday Afternoon. Anderson Bros., well-known wholesalers and retailers of meat, groceries, fruits and provisions, | held their annual picnic Wednesday | | afternoon to McCallum's Grove, There was a splendid turnout of | about twenty cars belonging to the firm and to the employees and let | by one of the trucks with pipers the | procession paraded the principle streets and let the citizens know what "was up." The cars carried An- derson Brothers' streamers on the windshields. The committee in charge has arranged a splendid pro- gramme for a big afternoon. GRAINS DOING WELL, Ontario Also Expect a Good Yield of Fruit, Toronto, June 25. Spring grains are making good growth, and farm- ers are now feeling more encour- aged regarding these crops, says the weekly report of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture. Roots are get- ting a good stand, especially mangles, and farmers are busy scufflin the crop. Fall wheat has gone ahead great- ly of late and is now beginning to head, the report says. Prespects ate very encouraging. Clover has pick- ed up with the warmer weather and a fair yield is now looked for. Al- falfa is yielding generously. Fruit trees have set well as a rule. Cherries will yield heavily where not attacked dy brown rot which is doing much injury in some parts. Barly strawberries were caught in first bloom by frost, but later blossoms have been untouched and a good yield of this fruit is ex- pected. Picking of early varieties | starts this week, the season being two weeks later than usual. I 1 ---- U.S. Fliers at Akyab, Calcutta, British India, June 25. ~--United States round-the-world filers, who left Rangoon this morn- Ing, stopped at Akyab on the eastern coast of the Bay'of Bengal, accord- ing "to messages this afternoon. Earller despatches. reported the United States party had reached Chittagong, province of Bengal, but these proved erroneous. . -- Or 1 July Bishop Ryan, Pem- broke, will bless Fort Couplonge, - Que. . { sion of the thirty-first annual con- | vention of the New York State Bank- | ers Association. Sir Henry i thusiastically received by the large {ering the fine investment values (1) | the great natural resources of the | hardly been scratched. | mic | natural resources of Canada be de- | veloped along sound and | lines, and he urged the Bankers, as the new church at] corks popped from charged bottles. + The explosions started a fire and x + two-alarm call for fire apparatus | % was coupled with the turning out of | +» 500 police reserves. The Egremont Castle rapidly be- | came a menace to shipping and ptei property, and was towed down But- | termilk Channel into the lower bay | by six tugs and beached on Gowanus | Flats. Four fire boats followed, pouring tons of water into the burn- | ing. hull, | ADVICE GIVEN BANKERS. | To Urge Their Clients to Invest In Canadian Resources. Montreal, June 25.--S8ir W. Thornton, president of the Ca- nadian National Raliways, was the principal speaker at yesterday's ses- Henry was en. gathering which crowded the con- vention hall of the Mount Royal ho- tel. Sir Henry placed before the rath- stated had The econo- situation of the United States and Canada demanded that these Dominion, which he practical counsellors of those who had money to invest, to educate their clients to the benefits to be derived from in- vestments in the vast minera: and other natural resources of Canada. David Hall Has Been 39 Years In One Shop Noting the reference to the old fountain on the market square, in Monday's Whig under the daily heading of "Kingston in 1851" on the editorial page, David Hall, the veteran Brock street plumber, informed us that the late Neil McNeil con- structed the fountain, which be- gan operating on the 7th of March, 1851. Mr. Hall began the plumbing business with Mr. McNeil in the year 1865 and has been in the same shop for over fifty-nine year. He pur- chased the property some years ago. Mr. Hall is perhaps the oldest Kingston merchant still engaged in business. WOMEN ADMIT FLOGGING. A Young Matron who Was Friend of Wealthy Banker, New Orleans, La., June 25.--Mrs. John W. Ball, wife of a wealthy lum- berman and banker of Alexandria, La., has admitted that she, her daughter, Mrs. Amelia Ball Jordan, and a friend, Mrs. Lessie Hatchette, on April 25th, flogged Mrs. Lilian with a perfect score of 100, each of the marksmen breaking twenty birds. The United States # team was second. + + > Cc appointed Governor of Tasmania has J ing, resulting in extensive damage. | It rroveTItIie GOVERNORSHIP PROTESTED. | Further Objection to Importing Of- | ficials From England. { Melbourne, June 25.--The cabled report that W. 8. Royce, British La- | bor member of Parliament, was to bel caused considerable excitement in that island. The Melbourne Age, commenting | on the appointment, says: 'Now that Labor men are in the running for state governorships, the Conserva- tives, who have hotly resented the appointment of Australians to such | positions, as is done in Canada, may | be expected to abandon their last ob-| jections. If a Labor governor has | equal claims with a Conservative governor, why we should import | these party nominees from the other | side of' the world when we have | Australans distinguished enough for | the office is a matter that confounds understanding." Charlton, the Labor leader, points out that the "Australian Labor party opposed the importation of state | governors, { BELFAST DAMAGED BY GREAT STORM Many Persons Injured in Ter- rific Tornado--Numerous Houses Are Wrecked. Belfast, June 25.--A terrific tor- | nado, unprecedented in the history] of Belfast, struck the city last even- | 'Many buildings were wrecked and a number of people injured. The tornado swept over the heart of the city with great intensity. Roofs were torn from houses !'Xe| paper, the slate shingles flying in all directions. Hundreds of people 'hada to cling to lamp posts and rail- ings for safety. Numerous houses were wrecked and others heavily damaged. Enor- mous namage was caused to tele- phone and telegranh wires. The sides | of the railway stores here were | smashed in by the violence of the storm. The tornado lasted five min- | utes. BRITAIN MAKES COINS. Contract for 45,000,000 for Soviet | Government, London, June 25.--The population | of Russia will no longer be handi-| capped in the matter of coins with | which to carry on domestic SOBs | n:erce, provided they can overcome the difficulty of gaining possession of | these monetary conveniences. The | British Treasury has already started | on an order to mint 45,000,000 | Bonnette, beautiful young matron of that place, who was friendly with ; Mrs. Ball's husband, ' Mrs. Bonnette last week filed a suit for $25,000 damages against the three. Simultaneously it was dis- closed that the grand jury had re- turned secret indictments against the women and that previously Mrs. Ball and her daughter had been indicted for an alleged attempt to shoot Ball, who left Alexandria several weeks ago. English Woman Tennis Star Outclasses U.S. Champion Wimbleton, Eng., June 25.--Miss Kathleen McKane, ranking British woman tennis star, to-day easily de- feated Mrs. Molla Mallory, former United States champion, in the wo- man's singles of the Wimbledon tournament to-day, thus eliminating the United States star. The British player won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. She complefely out-classed Mrs. Mallory. Swamp Whiskey, Plus Poison. Owen Sound, June 25.--'That Robert Edward Street, of Wiarton, Ont., came to his death on Saturday afternoon last through drinking swamp whiskey, to which had been added some poison," was the ver- dict of the coromer's jury at Wiar- ton. 4200090002000 00000 + © GOVERNMENT ATTACKS * * U. 8. OIL COMPANIES, + -- + Washington, June 25. --Fifty ¢ or more of the principal oflLé companies of the United States & were attacked in the anti-frust ¢ proceedings instituted by the government to-day in the feder- al court at Chicago. Attorney- general Stone asked for an in- junction to restrain the com- ¢ Panies from further violations ¢ of the Sherman anti-trust act ¢ 4 which he charged against them. # * * * + coins for the Soviet government. | The contract for these coing is the | first Great Britain has received from the Soviet government since the two countries patched up their diplo- | matic difficulties. These coins will] also be the first Soviet coins ever minted. The coins are mostly one, | two and five ruble pieces. The de-| sign for the money is the work of an | Englishman, although suggested' by the Soviets, It is exceedingly plain, | one side of the coin cagrying the | Soviet coat-of-arms an | the other the value of the coin and the date. CANADA NOT INVITED. No Word From Britain Yet Regard- ing Conference, Ottawa, June 25.--Canada has re- ceived no communication from the British Government regarding the proposed inter-Allied conference, Premier King informed H. E. Spenc- er, (Progressive, Battle River), who referred in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon to press des. patches indicating that Ramsay Mae- Donald had called a special confer- ence and asked if Canada would par- ticipate, The prime minister added that he presumed the Government would hear from the British Government in due course regarding the matter. Asks What C.P.R. Stock Is Held by Senators Ottawa, June 25.--An enquiry as to the holding of Canadian Pacific Railway shares by Senators was made in the House of Commons by W. M. German (Liberal, Welland), Hon. G. P. Graham, Minister of Rall- ways, stated in reply that the infor- mation in answer to this question could only be obtained from the C.P.R. He suggested that if the question was to be answered, it should be asked in the Senate. Depositors of the defunct Farm- ers Bank are to ask the government * 2000000000200 00000 to reimburse them for their losses. counsel. | Church, Amendment to Committee's Report Is Moved By Lisgar Progressive Member. It Aims At Removing the Delaying Clauses So That Union May Become Effective Op The 10th of Ottawa, June 25.--The debate on the Church Union Bill opened in the | House of Commons yesterday after- | noon with a full attendance of mem | bers and a large number of specta- | tors in the galleries. The House at once went into com- mittee upon the bill and J. L. Brown (Progressive, Lisgar) announced | that he proposed to ask the House | to strike out the second clause. | which provides for a reference to the courts and to insert another clause in substitution. Mr. Brown, outlining the princi- | ples which he believed should guide Parliament, said at the House should not act as a judge of church doctrine or church polity. Parlia- mept was simply asked to give legal | sanction to the carrying out of an agreement made the Congrega- tional, Methodist and Presbyterian | churches. There were two questio only which Parliament should ask. The first was whether each of the contracting parties had followed the course which best harmonized witn ! its own constitution. The second was whether proper provision was made for the rights of minorities. The amendment proposed to refer certajn matters in regard to the un- | ion to the civil courts. This con- | stituted a challenge to the Presby- | terian Church as to whether it had a right to determine its own de stiny The purpose of those bodies who en-| tered into negotiations for the un-| fon, and who finally applied to | Parliament for a bill, by ns was to avoid | litigation. Now the committee of the House of Commons was trying to force them into that which they had! sought to avoid, Moves Amendment. Mr. Brown moved an amendment that the whole of section two of the | bill be struck out and the following substituted: { "This Act shall come Into force on | the tenth day of June, 1925, excep | the provisions required to permit the | vote provided for in section 10, | which will come into force on the | tenth day of December, 1924." | William Duff (Conservative, Lu- } nenburg) referred to the letter writ- | ten by Hon. W. R. Motherwell, ana | asked what right a minister of the Crown or anyone else had to cir- culate such a document. What had politics to do with this issue? He de- | nied that thd vote in the Presbyter- | fan General Assembly at Owen | Sound represented the feeling of the | Presbyterian Church. There were | 100,000 people in the Presbyterian | who were determined to| maintain its identitly. Those opposing union within the | Presbyterian Church are fighting a battle of religious liberty. If the bill | was passed there would be no safety | for any church. Parliament was ask- ed to sanction a form of religious coercion unknown heretofore. If the | bill was passed trust funds of | churches and charitable organiza-| tions would be menacéd. The amendment which had been | adopted in the committee was a simple one which protected the rights of all persons affected by the union of these churches. Herbert Marler (Liberal, St. Law LABOR GOVERNMENT DEFEATED AGAIN Substantial Adverse Vote of 315 to 175--Not a Ques- tion of Principle. | London, June 25.--The Labor Government sustained another de- feat in the House of Commons yes- terday by the substantial vote of 315 against 175 in consequence of a Con- servative-Liberal combination in referring a motion dealing with the financial provisions of the housing bill to a committee of the whole House instead of to a special com- | mittee which the government sought to impose. The defeat, however, was one of procedure and not of princi ple. No political significance there fore was attached to it and the other business of the House proceeded. | m { practically an impossibility, t mitted that those opposed to Church | Union had their rights, but | would be a serious Prior to this incident the bill which embodies the financial resola- tions had already passed its second reading after a motion presented by! the Opposition for its rejection had | met with defeat by a vote of 269 to | 206. The Opposition argued that the bill was unsound in theory ana practice and that its financing was | thoroughly bad. The Liberals also! expressed thelr discontent and it wag | 1 i June, 1925. rence-St. George) said he intended to support the bill as it was re- ported from committee. He was moved to do se in consideration of the property rights of the large inority who were opposed to union. The bill as reported from committee guarded in the most effective man- ner the rights of minorities, Parliament also had a responsibil- ity in the matter of guarding against "the reckless casting aside of sacred | Ideas of those who were dead and gone," those who 'had left donations to Presbyterian libraries and coi= leges, which were committed to tha dissemination of Presbyterian doc- trine. Property thus accumulated belonged to the old Presbyterian Church. R. J. Woods (Progressive, Duf- ferin), contended that it should not be necessary for the churches applying for the charter to have be. hind them the unanimous support of their congregations. Majority rule Was accepted in almost all organ izations to-day, and complete unani- mity on a subject of this kind was He ad- abun. dant provision had been made for safeguarding these rights. No con- gregation was being coerced and compelled to come into the union. -------- Question of Minority. It was the minority and not the majority, said Mr. Woods, who was asking for a reference of the matter to the courts, and he declared tha: the minority was very small. Other church 'bodies had come to Parlia~ ment, asked for incorporation and obtained it. If Parliament was wise it would comply with the wishes of the majority in this case. Any oth- er course would be a dictation by State to Church. T. W, Bird (Progressive, Nelson), declared that it was not for Parha ment : to assume the role of an ec- clesiastical court of appeal, and it thing for the church to admit that arliament had this right, The right of the church to adapt itself to changing circumstances and times was fundamental. If the ad- vice of Mr. Duft were accepted, the Presbyterian Church might as weh be assigned a place among the fos- sils, which were fossils because na- | ture had denied to them the right to change their constitution. Mr. Bird said that a man might attend Knox Presbyterian Church in the morning and Dominion Metho- dist Church in the evening and he would not know the difference. Mr. Duff asked whether the Short er Catechism would be taught in the Sunday schools of a union chureh. "No it is not taught now," replied Mr. Bird. "Methodist and Presby- terian children are taught from the same literature issued from the same press at the present time." After debating for eight hours and until one o'clock this (Wednes- day) morr{ng, parliament decided to defer further consideration of the measure until Thursday. the motion of C. F. G. Mastermd#f (Liberal, Rushoime, Manchester) which ultimately resulted in the gove ernment's discomfiture, Police Must Learn How to Run. Los Angeles, June 25.--The police here are being put through a course in physical culture by Captain Wal- ter Yant, former physical director of the 81st division at Camp Lewis, Explaining the need for the course, Captain Yant sald: "Very few police- men can run three blocks or even two. Few can go up of down a rope, Having big muscles and being able to lift heavy weights are not physi. cal fitness. Some officers don't know how to stand. Many don't know how tc breathe." ---------- Ome Cent Bus Fare. Long Beach, Cal., June 25.--One cent bus fares between the hours of "am. and 4 p.m. have been put into effget here as an experiment by a private bus company. ' A nickle is paid to the driver as before, but a coupon good for 4 cents in trade at about 100 city stores is given with each ride, ------ The Hull plant of the Canada Cement Co., which has been idles for many months, will reopen within 32st time. Between 300 and 400 will be employed.