And Thomas Powell's Shouder Sur. A serious accident happened on . &he highway between Napanee and to at tem o'clock Tuesday Might. A Ford speeder, 'driven by : Morley O'Connor, auto salesman, | mors €ar was bent and this disar- "ranged 'the steering gear. 8 met a Ford touring car, driven by G. W. Breckenridge, Mallamore, near Gananoque, and in Papaing the inside wheels collided. Ope wheel on Breckenridge"s car 'was taken off. The axle on O'Con- The Breckenridge car dropped to the skidded a few yards and ) None of the passengers were dn anyway injured. Mr. O'Connor was not as fortun- The speeder dashed ahead, turn- '10 the Jeft, dropped into the beside a culvert, mounted a struck a telephone pole and turned over, collapsing into a mass of wreckage with Mr. O'Connor and Ris companion Thomas Powell, Nap- anes, pinned underneath. Help was speedily given and the men taken out. A car coming along took them 10 Napanee where Dr. Willoughby' ded to their injuries. Mr. O'- 'Connor had four ribs broken and 'Was otherwise internally affected. Mr. Powell suffered injuries to his aight shoulder. The episode created much excitement. CHURCH UNION BILL S18 FINALLY PASSED ption in Commons Over Senate Amendment. tawa, July 16.--~The church un- legislation passed final stages the Canadian Parliament last ht, when the House of Commons > d a Senate amendment pro for vote either by ballot or at urch meeting, of congregations to remain out of the Unit- "ed Church. Previously in Commons '& similar amendment was defeated. There was po opposition last night, though Robert Forke, Progressive © leader, and sponsor of the bill, rose $0 speak after the amendment had deen declared passed and was ruled (Liberal, Lunen- satisfaction that made it possible to «wlanse in the bill and the rights of minorities. the Senate had not and provided that the © 'Presbyterian Church in Can- could be used by these dissent- minority group of the church p would carry on and build a new Presbyterian church in in spite of what parha- pnt had dome to disturb the ancient i rue he yr 'Winnipeg, July 16.--In contrast ih yesterday's early strength, it values ranged as much as cents lower this morn- 'on the strength of scat wers throughout the west fer Liverpool cables. Open- 3-4 to 1 1-2¢ lowers, July dip- 130 with October making an decline of 2 1-2¢ at 124 3-4. * went to 120 1-2, a loss of , . TORONTO NAVIGATION. Capt. Demers Surprised at Lack of Regulations. > Toronto, July 16.--Capt. Demers, Dominion wreck commissioner, ex- pressed his surprise yesterday when investigating the collision between the Toronto and Modjeska, to learn from Capt. Henderson <that there were no regulations to prevent three or four boats leaving from the dif- ferent slips practically at the same time without any control. "I guess there will be some regu- lations after this enquiry is over," sald the commissioner significantly. Captain E. A. Booth, of the steam- er Toronto, was not represented by counsel. Francis King, K.C., King- ston, represented the Canada Steam- ship Lines, which owns both ships. Mr, King informed the commis- sloner that the company welcomed '| the fullest investigation and left the matter in his hands. "I am not here to take sides one way or the other. We are not here to burk the fullest and freest investigation." As Captain Booth was not repre- sented the commissioner agreed to Mr. King's suggestion that he be al- lowed to intervene when he thought he might require assistance. ran into the other, Mr. {King said he could scarcely hold the balance be- tween the two. He would rather let the. court decide. SCANDAL AT GRIMSBY: NUDE BEACH DANCING Attorney-General Nickle Has Report Upon Moonlight Pranks of Young People. Toronto, July 16.--Attorney-Gen- eral W. F. Nickle has received a let- ter from persons in Grimsby com- plaining of nude bathing by young men and women on the beaches near that place. The letter, and an ac- companying newspaper article, com- plain that in addition to nude bath- ing and somewhat pagan-like dances about a bonfire, the youthful resi- dents of Hamilton, who are blamed for the so-called orgy, also consumed a quantity of liquor and far into the night made merry, to the scandal of the neighborhood. "I haven't had time to consider the matter yet," said Mr. Nickle yesterday. "I haven't even read theke documents." As he spoke he picked up a slim file and read aloud a few extracts. Complaints included stories of Bacchanalian revels in the moon- light; nude bathing going on until the wee smd' hours, foJlowed by nude dancing on the beaches around bonfires and in the pale moon's sil- ver light; "petting parties" under the trees, and singing. about a dozen young couples, moet of them under twenty years of age, were recently surprised so disport- ing themselves, sans bathing suits. "Some of them belonged to some of the best families in Hamilton," stat- ed one account of the high jinks, adding that such an account of the affair had been forwarded to their parents as would prevent attendance of some of the participants in the midnight revels in future. ---- Would Beturn to Judaism. Jerusalem, July 16.--An entire tribe of Bedouins, in the neighbor- hood of Safed, has applied to the Palestinian government to help it to return to Judaism. The leaders of the tribe, which Is named Alshmalni, declare that according to its tradi- tion, handed down from generation to generation, the tribe is of Jewish descent and now that the Jewish na- tional homeland is being rebuilt they want to rejoin the ancient faith of their forefathers. --------a Morocco Radio Call Letters. Montreal, July 16.--Through the courtesy of the French colonial of- fice and the government of Morocco, the Canadian National Railways have call letters of the Moroccan govern- ment, and commencing with today these call letters will be adopted by all the radio stations owned or used by the Canadian National Railways when the system is broadcasting. i 'Two sailors, adrift on Lake Su- perior, were rescued from a raft. SE - On "Men of ldeas" N, 1a business, have it them--not always KINDLY, But anyway, they get { THEMSELVES, at any race. IE men. of course, have only One BIG IDEA and that is THEMSELVES; - . Others have many LITTLE Of all sizes, and inevitably Some of them get PINCHED. Many A MAN who is the BIG IDEA in his OWN oftics;" Has no idea how he LOSES | His IDENTITY at HOME, - And If he asks HIS WIFE, ~~ She couldnt tell him-- Because SHE never knew 'He had ONE.' 2 Asked by the court which vessel | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY VOTING UPON - A PLEBISCTE To Decide New Liquor Lei tion in hg GOVERNMENT CONTROL Wil Follow If the People Vote Against the Principle of wb Regina, Sask., July 16.--Men and women of Saskatchewan turned out to-day by scores 'of thousands to register an expression of opinion on prohibition, in a plebiscite ordered by the legislature for its guidance in the reconstruction of the existing or the construction of new temperance | legislation. \ If there should be a de- ;cisive majority, against the principle of prohibition, there will be system of government control brought ints effect within a few months, with or without the appendage of beer sale In licensed premises, ac- cording to the vote on the second part of the ballot. Should prohibi- tion be upheld or be defeated by a small margin, the Saskatchewan Temperance Act will be continued and strengthened where possible. The polls are, open everywhere from 9 a.m. till 5 pm. and the re- sults should be known at a fairly early hour to-night unless the vote is very close. Many outlying polls will not report for some days. It was stated that on one Sceasion {SEIZED BAGS OF BEER ON ISLAND IN RIVER Liquid to Be Analyzed--A Trade in Contraband Is Suspected. Over last week-end officers of the Provincial Government conduct- ed a raid on an island in the St. Lawrence river near Rockport and seized three bags containing bottles of beer. The stuff seized is to be analyzed and if it lives up to what it looks like, a prosecution will fol. low. The officers found the island inhabited by several Americans and empty bottles were strewn around the place in profusion. A regular trade in the contraband is suspected, but no further steps will be taken until after the analysis. TWO CANADIANS EACH SCORED POSSIBLE 35 In First Stage of King's Prize ~--Major Jeffrey, Kings- ton, Scored 31. Bisley, Eng., July 16.--In the shoot for the king's prize, which Js being competed for in three stages, the first stage today, the second on Friday and the third and final on Saturday, two of the youngest Canadians among the competitors, Sgt. J. A. Bow den, Waterloo, Ont.,, and Pte. D. Burke, Ottawa, each scored a possible, 35, at the first renge, 200 yards, Burke getting two sighters as well as a bull's eye. Major J. Jeffrey, Kingston, scored 31. In the Daily Graphic match Major Jeffrey made 32. In the Duke of Cambridge mateh he scored 41. : come into. possession of the radio U.S. FLIERS REACH CROYDON, ENGLAND Wife o f English Round-the- World Aviator Greeted Them on Arrival. { British Croydon, England, July 16. -- United, States Army airmen on their world flight landed here at 2.08 o'clock this afternoon. Three ma- chines taxied easily into Croydon airdrome 'after an uneventful flight across the channel from Paris. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, flight commander, was first to land, and one of the firs: [to greet the United States air- men was Mrs. Stuart MacLaren, wife of the British world flier, who asked news of her husband now im the far east. The aviators: made distance batween La Bourget, France, and Croydon, estimated at 225 miles, in three hours and three minutes. The coastguard cutter Ossipee on Tuesday towed into Boston harbor the three-masted Canadian schoo | ver Frances Louise, laden with 4. /1 000 gallons of alcohol. | was seized about sixteen miles off © | Race The boat, t, Cape Cod. "With the exception of Powell Riv- er and Kootenay districts rain has checked all forest fires raging in Columbia. The PRINCE AT BISLEY. H.R.H. Will Visit The Camp on Sat- urday. Bisley Camp, July 16.--The Prince of Wales will spend several hours at Bisley Camp on Saturday according to an announcement made here yes- dterday. : His Royal Highness will arrive in camp at noon Saturday, and will be met by Lord Cheylesmore, one of the vice-presidents of the National Rifle Club, and will be conducted to the huts of the Canadian and Aus- tralian competitors in the Bisley events. There the team command- ants, Major J. R. L. Streight, Isling- ton, Ont., of the Canadians, and Lieut.-Col. Blacklow, of the Austral- lans, will be presented to the Prince Afterwards His Royal Highness will see long range and rapid fire by the army champion, Ci § .M, 1. Church- er, of the Small Arms School, and | other members of the school. The prince will lunch. with the council of the National Rifle As- sociation, and afterwards will wit- ness the final - shooting in the King's Prize competition. The prizes woth by the various competitors at the Bisley meeting will be presented by the prince Battle With a Drug Gang; New York, Jaly 16.--In a four-hour battle in dark pas- sage ways and 'cabins of the Italian steamship Duilio from' Genoa yesterday, federal agents seized narcotics . worth §1,- 000,000, arrested nine men, in- cluding the caplain and his staff, and left 100 agents on board to search for other hid- ing places where drugs might be concealed. EXACT AMOUNT 5 $318,000 " om Camplel_ Estate. As vely in Tues- day's Whig the Kingstov = deneral Hospital benefits by the will of the late Charles Sandwith Campbell, K.C., of Montreal to the extent of over $300,000. Governors of the hospital stated that the exact amount is $318,000, but details of the will are not an- nounced as yet. The news of the be- quest, which was particularlf time- ly in view of the extensive building operations of the past couple of Years and still in progress, reached the city on Monday and the doecu- ments pertaining to it were in the hands of the chairmaa of Jhe board, Mr. R. E. Kent, Two copies of . the will of the late Mr. Campbell were also received. One of these is in the possession of Mr. Kent, who is too {ll to see any person, and the other is in the keeping of J. C. Strange, who has left the city for a day or so. THE INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE OPENS Two United States Represen=- tatives Attend for the Pur- pose of Observation. London, July 16.--The Inter-Al- lied Conference, for purpose of mak- ing effective the plan of the experts' committee for German reparations, assembled at 11 o'clock today at the foreign office. United States - Am- bassador Kellog was present, toge- ther with Col. James A. Logan, Jr., United States observer ith the re- paration commission, In formally welcoming the dele- gates to the conference, Prime Min- ister MacDonald made especial re- ference to the presence of two United States representatives. He noted they were not present as full dele- gates, but he took their presence as indicating the good-will and co-op- eration of the United States in the effort to make the experts' plan ef- fective, . Margaret Mutchison, survivor of the Lake Simcoe tragedy, has been removed to her home at Barrie, but 1924, '0UT FOREVER' 1S ULTIMATON Of Hon. Charles Stewart to the Postal Workess. : SECOND STRIKE RUMOR Meets With An Emphatic Declara- tion From the Acting Post master-General, Ottawa, July 16.--Leaders of the postal workers' federation are still here, negotiating with the govern- ment in an éffort to soften the terms imposed upon strikers who took part in the recent walk-out. In the depu- tation are Messrs. Gordon R. Jack- son, B. B. Redditt, E. V. Browning and W, Brown. They had a confer- ence with several minsters of the crown yesterday but were unable to induce the government to recede from its attitude toward the men who are to lose their seniority for striking. Word was received at Ottawa to- day, that Windsor postmen, exasper- ated at the penalties imposed upon them, were about to stage a second strike, "If postmen in Windsor, Toronto, or anywhere else walk out again they walk out forever," was the comment made by Hon. Charles Stewart, acting postmaster-general when his attention was calied to the rumor. Mr. Stewart was emphatic in the statement that the terms of re- turn settled yesterday would stand and that nothing would induce the government to alter them, Already copies of the government's ultimatum have been forwarded to Toronto and other cities where the strike was effective and was put in the pay envelopes of the men yes- ferday when they received their cheques. Expect No Further Leniency. The general impression at Ottawa is that no efforts upon the part of the postal representatives from Toronto will induce the government to alle- viate the punishment it has meted out to the ex-strikers. The blow falls heaviest in Toronto, Montreal, Windsor and a few other centres where the men remained out until the last. In such cases postmen, {ir- respective of their former rank, must remain upon the minimum salary o* $85 a month until September 1, and even then, in the case of senior grades, they will be advanced to a rank ome step beneath that which they formerly occupied. Hon. James Murdock, minister of labor, had very little comment to of- fer when asked about the situation, this morning. He denied that he had conferred with strike leaders in To- ronto upon the Sunday when the men decided to return to work. WILL AIM TO SUPPRESS MENACE OF REVOLVERS Police Chiefs to Take Steps to Restrict Their Sale. Montreal, July 18.--Suppression of the revolver menace will be the principal aim of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, mem- bers decided at the session of the annual convention mow being held here. Prior to the discussion, George Doherty, instructor in the New York Police Department, sald that "ten thousand people have been murder- ed in the United States and ninety per cent. of the murders were with the revolver; 15,000 people have committed suicide with the revolver. 1 suggest that the United States gov- ernment be asked to enact a Federal law to prohibit the manufacture and sale of revolvers." The éasé with which revolvers were procured through the mails in the United States, was pointed out by Mr. Doherty, who stated that one New York mail order house sold $1,400,000 worth of revolvers in a year. Adhesive Tape Used To Insure 8lim Form Paris, July 16.--Adhesive tape bound tightly over the body is a sub- stitute for corsets to obtain a new slim silhouette, 'which is the latest fashion. Society women now mould themselves into fashionable using swathes of absorbert cotton and stretching adhesive tightly over it from the hips to the hast. / Freight Exchange Rate. Ottawa, July 16.--The rate of ex- change in connection with shipments of freight between points in Canads States from July 15th inclusive, will be five- CPPPPPPPFIVPRIPORINIOPDS +» + + WANTS U.S, WARSHIPS J * SENT TO BRAZIL + + : + + Washington, July 16.--The # # United States consul at San- # * tos, Brazil, has become alarm- $ % ed at the rebel advance. He ¢ % has cabled Washington asking ¢ # that United States warships be ¢ < sent to that port. * : » CEPR PPPFRIEONIIY Swift Power Boat Burned; Owners Have a Close Call Prescott, July 16.--The power boat racer, Chip, which once success- fully defended the gold cup, emble- matic of the world's championship, was burned to the water's edge a few miles west in the St. Lawrence, when the owners, Louis and Howard Welt, Ogdensburg, N.Y., were en route to Wright's camp, nine miles up the river. The fire was caused by an over- heated motor or a short circuit, and the boys, fearing an explosion, were obliged to leap from the boat. They were rescued by a camper at Still- well's Point, who put out in a boat and brought them to shore. ONTARIO IS TO HAVE NO NEW TAXATION The Provincial Deficit Will Be Greatly Reduced, Say Government Officials. ' Toronto, July 16.--The pro- vincial deficit for the current fiscal year will be cut down to proportions which will enable the Government to carry on without recourse to new taxa- tion, according to present in- dication, treasury officials state to-day. It will be recalled that in his budget announcement last ses- sion, Col. Price said that it would be his aim to spend at least $5,000,000 less for the fiscal year ending October 31st next, than in the previous, and that by, carefully checking up all sources of revenue it would be possible to obtain' some- thing like $3,000,000 more reveaue. That would itself cut some $8,000,000 off the $15,- 000,000 deficit of last year. -------- OPPOSES CONTROL BY HARBOR COMMISSION Of Construction of St. Law- rence Bridge -- Wants Government to Control. Ottawa, July f6.--Unexpected op- position to the method adopted by the Government in having the south shore bridge at Montreal constructed developed in the House of Commons yesterday, when the,leader of the Op- position took the ground that the Government should take the respon. sibility for the construction, in co- operation with the municipalities af- fected, and that such would be less: obnoxious than the control of the Montreal Harbor Board. The leader of the Opposition, along with other Conservative members, took the ground that they were not opposed to building the bridge, but to the method by which the Government proposed to do it. They maintained that the construction should be un- der the control of the Federal De- partment of Public Works. The attitude of the Conserva- tive Opposition brought forth a sharp reply from Fernard Rinfret (Liberal member for St. James), who stated that he believed the Con- servatives were seeking to build up a false atmosphere of criticism, so that at some future time they might be able to say they had. not been entirely favorable to the pro- Ject. If the Opposition was in favor of constructing the bridge, it was a minor point as to who should be re- sponsible for construction. After all,.the Montreal Harbor Board was appointed by the Go ment and the Government not shirk responsibility for its action. Robert Forke, Progressive leader, announc- ed his support of the , legislation, conditional upon an annual return to parliament showing the financial position of the undertaking. The resolution was carried after some further discussion and the bill based on it given first and sec ond reading. R. B. Hanson, Conser- vative member for York-Sunbury, alleged that the bill was being "rail- roaded" through the House, and ob- jected to the Government pressing it further, so that the bill was left over to another sitting of the House. Fourteen class races with purses aggregating $5,500 are"offered by the Jefferson county agricultural Society, Watertown, N.Y., for Mtg annual race meeting September 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Sth. James M. Maguire, aged seventy- four, for many years deputy collector and inspector of customs at Ogdens- N.Y, died at Buffalo, N.Y, from a stroke of paralysis. BILL LAST EPMITION BRINGS OUT PROTEST Some Tories Object to the Re- Jue ic de EQUALITY OF RIGHTS Ottawa, July 16.--The long ex. - pected redistribution bill came up for the consideration of the House = of Commons yesterday afternoon and brought forth a strong protest b from Donald Sutherland, Conservas. tive member for South Oxford, who stated that he was not satisfied with the results of the work of the redis- #3 tribution committee under the chairs manship of the Hon. BE. M. Mac- . donald. He alleged that equality of rights had been disregarded, parti- cularly in Ontario, under the new schedule. As one of the minority eo the committee, he said the Co ; vatives had been denied the right to 4 submit a minority report, and the: only way by which they could place their views before the House was to address the House at this stage of the bill. Mr. Sutherland was em- phatic in his denunciation of the tactics employed by the Govern * ment dn putting redistribution through. ' He charged the Liberals with operating "on the principle of bartering for political power and aot on the principle of securing the I rights of the people." Particularly in Ontario equality of right bal been disregarded. A. R. McMaster, Liberal member for Brome, urged that the joint ridings in which Brome was merged should be called "Brome-Missis- quoi" instead of "Missisquoi-Brome," as it was more euphonious and also followed the alphabetical order. R. B. Hanson, Conservative mem- ber for York-Sunbury, condemned the disparity between rural and urban representation in the prov ince of Quebec. In rural bec. there were twelve ridings : than 232,000 of a population, while | on the island of Moutreal there were ten seats in excess of 50,000 population. This, he maintained, was not fair or equitable. In reply tq @ question Mr, Hanson stated that he thought the urban unit should not be more tham fifty per cent. more than the rural unit, There was an absence of strong party feeling in the debate, due to the fact that the contentious points had already been discussed ad nau- seam in commitlee. : HOME BANK DIRECTORS TO BE TRIED IN FALL Criminal Charge of 'Conspiracy May Go Before Jury, Says Attorney-General. Toronto, July 16.--The Privy Council's dismissal of the appeal of the attormey-general in respect to the charges against the directors of the Home Bank of Canada, was ac- cepted with brief comment by Hon. W .F. Nickle, on his return to Queen's Park yesterday. "The Privy Council is the appel- late tribunal of final resort," he pointed out, "and as it bas declar- ed what is the effect, in its opinion, of the federal legislation, that is the law, and the Government of Ose tario, the same as any litigaat, must abide by its decision." Mr. Nickle was careful to explain, however, that the judgnient of the Privy Council only affects the two charges which were brought against the bank directors under the pro- visions of the Bank Act--one on grounds of making "negligent re- turns," and the other on grounds of "wilfully falsifying returns." It was against the decision of Mr. Justice Middleton, and the Court of Appeal, declaring in favor of granting a speedy trial om these two charges, that the province carried the case to the Privy Council. "But the criminal charge of con- spiracy is still triable by jury," Mr.