Daily British Whig (1850), 11 Aug 1924, p. 1

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CAPITOL To-day and Saturday REGINALD DENNY The Reckless Age ' YEAR 91; No. 187. * NOW CONSIDERING i i » French Cabinet uation Policy of President Herrioft. Aled And German Experts Reach Agreement EVACUATION OF THE RUHR on Dawes Reparations Programme--Germans Held Out Till French Premier Returned. London, Aug. 11.--The Allied and German experts attached to the | international reparation conference have reached a full agreement on the | Dawes programme, it was announced at noon. | ence untdl three o'clock this morning to arrive at an understanding on | Canadian National the reparation payments in kind on which the Germans held out until | for home Saturday. They remained in confer-| the results of Premier Herriott's Paris mission became known. : b { with a tremendous admiration The French premier's return with his cabinet's approval of his Ruhr | an enormously broadened concep- |and was apparently in the best evacuation policy put new life and hope into the negotiators, and British | Approves the Evac- : | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SPELL PPPIFITTLOITS * + CHARACTERIZES STORY €_ AS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE Ottawa, Aug. 11.--Sgt. Des- mond Burke, winner of the King's prize at Bisley, charac- terizes as absolutely untrus the London despatch to the effect that he had returned all the cups he had won in the QM | # Country. * + + + PELL Seb b rete + tet ePPOFPOOPITIOIIRPSS CANADA IMPRESSES : SCOTTISH EDITORS They Think That Scotch Fish- ermen Could Ply Their Trade on Pacific Coast. Montreal, Aug. 11.--Three of tha five Scottish editors who have been touring Canada for the past six weeks as guests of the colonization and immigration department of the they were returning to Scotland for tion of Canada and the opportuni- | farm shortly {had arrived from Ottawa at | health. The Daily Bri MONDAY, AUGUST 11, MR. CARVELL'S SUDDEN DEATH Railway Commission Chairman Stricken Near His Home. HIS POLITICAL CAREER Years in the Borden Union Government. St. John, N.B.,, Aug. 11.--Hon. Frank Carvell, chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada, was suddenly stricken at Railways sailed | his home in Woodstock on Saturday They announced | evening, and was found dead on his He noon of He set out to walk through after 5 o'clock. Leading Liberal Who Served Two! fish Whig 1924. CPPCC O20 * + CRAIG OFFERS TO SETTLE + IRISH BOUNDARY QUESTION * + Belfast, Aug. 11.--Sir James 4 Craig, thé Ulster premier, in a 4+ manifesto issued to the people ¥+ of Ulster Saturday afternoon, % says his government has no in- 4+ tention of changing its boun- % dary policy. He repeats his of- + fer to President Cosgrave of the # Irish Free State to settle the %+ boundary question in a friend- % ly spirit with the aid of expert + opinion. * CPP PPP PPP CRPONRISILITPOS CFL HIPPO IEP Ott G De for his aggressiveness and forcible speeches. The opening of the war found him as stroug supporter of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, leader of the Opposition, but Mr. Carvell was un- able to support his leader on the great issue. Finally, at the invitation of Sir Robert Borden, he entered the Union Government as minister of public works, in October, 1917, sub- sequently being elected for his old constituency of Victoria-Carleton, at the géheral election of 1917. Mr. Carvell, at the time he crossed floor of the House of Commons, the | Will Undergo The third disastrous fire on Queen's University grounds in a short time occurred at an early hour [on Sunday morning when the Qld | Medical Building, one of the oldest [of the fine group, went into ruins in | a blaze that lasted about five hours j and was still steaming and smoking The Reckless Age LAST EMITION OLD MEDICAL BUILDING OF QUEEN'S DESTROYED | The Fire Was Discovered Early Sunday Morning--The Building Gutted. The Faculty Has Secured the Use of the Old Collegiate Building--The Medical Session No Handicap. and many of them had heen on the jcb from shortly after five o'clock. Chief Armstrong had been on a vacation and in the middle of it re- turned to the city from Toronto late Saturday night. He had been home but a few hours when the alarm came in and he had a busy night of it, The whole brigade rendered its usual valiant service, beating the blaze | the flelds, telling the members or observers believe the conference will end by Thursday. ties the dominion had to offer. They | his household that he would return The all-important question of the evacuation of the Ruhr was being | agreed thai agricultural settlers considered late this forenoon at the conference of the principal Allied | Were wanted chiefly, but were of the |at 5 o'clock. Asi he did not return | they went to look for him and founa delegates. Until they have reached an agreement among themselves on | OPinion that Scotch fisherman could | | ply their trade on the Pacific coast | him lying on the ground. They far into the afternoon. At about five minutes after five Miss Ada, Arch street, who had heard the crackling of the fire, telephoned down gradually and confining it to the one restricted area, made it clear that this step was tak- en for the period of the war and de mobilization only. On August 1st, 1919, he resigned his portfolio, and | The Third Fire. this problem there will not be another meeting with the Germans, and | it is not expected such meeting will come before to-morrow. { T0 PAY VISIT 10 COOLIDGE Prince of Wales To Dine Pri- vately With the U.S. Chief Executive. 'Washington, Aug. 11.--A strictly private luncheon with the executive family is planned for the Prince of Wales upon his arrival in the United | 'States for the internationai polo * matches next month at Meadow- brook, says the Washington Post to-| The prince's call upon Presi-| day. % dent Coolidge and his family at the : White House was decided upon, the relates, after King George had the proposal that he come to the States incognito as Lord Ren- frew. The king held that interna- 'tional courtesy required use of the prince's highest title on his visit to the United States, even though it might only be a pleasure Lrip and this necessitated arrangements for - him to pay his respects formally to the president. After the private lun- cheon it is thought that members of the cabinet and their wives may be invited to the White House in an . informal manner to welcome the © prince. No other United States city will be visited by the royal party under the present plan, according to! the Post. OVER FIFTY-TWO YEARS IN PRISON" SERVICE Michael J. Kennedy of Ports- mouth, Retires With a Wonderful Record. 'With the longest service record in the history of Canadian penitenti- arjes Michael J. Kennedy, the genial messenger of the big Portsmouth penitentiary, laid aside his uniform Monday and will enjoy a well-earn- ed rest. Warden Ponsford, in conversation with the Whig, stated that it was the most splendid record on the books of any of the imstitutions. He said that Mr. Kennedy is now on, leave of absence until June 30th, 1926, and will retire after that date, with over fifty-two and a half years of contin- uous performance of his duties to his credit, Michael Kennedy started in the - Nn tin ------n. + ) penitentiary service at the age of] fifteen years. As he grew older he was advanced to higher positions and | over forty years ago was given the | position of messenger in succession to the late John Swift. Since the founding of the penitentiary only these two men have held the poe tion of messenger. Mr. Swift was | appointed in 1835 and served forty- nine years. He was succeeded by | Mr. Kennedy in 1884 and he has held the position ever since, attend- ing to his duties with efficiency and fidelity. Hundreds and hundreds of men released after serving terms, have been conveyed to the trains by Mi- chael Kennedy and given a "God! speed" and a hearty handshake. | Some of them, alas, have had the | | experience more than once, but even | the most hardened remember the | { kindly messenger with thankfulness j tor the cheery manner in 'which he started them on the road once more, ~~ in. his: native village of ~"Ports« mouth, Mr, Kennedy has served on the council so many times that Portsmouth Council would seem no council at all without his name an the list. Because of the fact that he is still on the list of officers and will be so until June 30th next, Mr. Kennedy, who was first formally taken on the list on April first, 1872, will have completed fifty-three years and three months of service. "Mike" is known as the original Portsmouth Philosopher and there are few Kingstonians unknown to him. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have rais- ed a large family among whom are i Dr. Daniel, of Bruno, Sask., Dr. Mi- | chael, of Cobourg, Sister Kennedy, {of the "Hotel Dieu, Kehoe, who is | studying for the priesthood, and at j Present home on a vacation, Phelan, | acd John, Francis and the Misses | Rose and Margaret at home. The Whig extends congratulations ) lo Michael Kennedy on his record {and wishes him a long life and a happy one. , Murder Charge Is Dropped; | Cossette Back to Portsmouth Cochrane, Ont., Aug. 11.--Joseph ! Cossette, the young convict brought | here on suspicion of being concerned ih the death of little Monica Foster a year ago, will mot face a charge of murder. In company with Joseph Richards, a fellow prisoner, he has been returned to the penitentiary. The provincial officers handling the case declare themselves satisfied that Cossette, despite his alleged con- fessions, was not involved in the crime. } women speak "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE #ALROY On "Wily Women* Without THINKING, and The chances are that if he Puts on pis LEFT sock first One day, he will do so Every day In the year, THEREFORE, When a man does ANYTHING DIFFERENT, his wife at once Grows SUSPICIOUS, for then She knows HIS MIND is WANDERING, and FEARS his HEART may be ALSO. MOST wives are good ANGLERS== They can get A LINE On ANYTHING, for A GUILTY CONSCIENCE Coprright, 1904. Premier Syodicets, loa , BITES EASILY. C ~The car Is an dthere were splendid chances for domestic servants '4f our people could only see that there is stigma attached to this work." lildren Saved rom Drowning Harry Miller Rescues Ethel And Victor Seat ou Macdonald Ethel, aged twelve years, and Vie- tor, aged nine years, the two chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott, 110 Montreal street, were rescued from drowning at Macdonald Park on Sunday afternoon by the heroic action of Harry Miller, 62 O'Kill street, an employee of the Kingston Sign Company. The two pipe lying to the west of the Mar- tello tower. The boy slipped off and knocked his sister in. Neither can swim. There were several peo- ple on the shore near the tower op- posite, but Mr. Miller was the only one to realize what was going on. jumped in as he was and swam across the bay, seized both children, one of whom had gone down twice, and carried both of them, though the shore. Mr. Miller lost his wrist watch and had a good suit almost ruined. Ethel Scott was saved from drown- ing last year near the same place. RECEIVED INJ Nell McKegg Victim When Car Ran Into Telegraph Pole on Montreal Street. Neil McKegg, an employee of the locomotive works, who boards at the Carleton hotel, had several bones in his fingers broken, one hand and his head cut, one knee and one shoulder Injured and received a bad shaking up when a large touring car in} which he was coming to the city about dusk Sunday night along Montreal street, ran"into a tele- graph pole just beyond the C.P.R. crossing. The other occupants of the car escaped injury. The accident is said to have been due to the breaking of the steering gear as the car approached the tracks, causing the car to turn sharply to the right. The pole was broken in two places, close to the ground and about ten feet up. The top was left hanging from the wires. almost a wreck, severe damage being done to the radiator, windshield, rear door and top. Mr. McKegg is doing well in the General Hospital, with Dr. Keyes ia attendance, 7 Murder Trial Nears End. Chicago, Aug. 11.--The defence's plea for mitigation in the Franks hearing was near completion when Judge John R. Caverly -began the Seventeenth day's session to-day. D-, P. H. Hulbert, the fourth and last of the defence's alienists, was re- caMed fo the stand at the opening of to-day's session. Holders of Grand Trunk Pacific perpetual debentures, on which in- terest has not been paid since the Grand Trunk Pacific was placed in receivership én 1919, will be paid four per cent interest. 3 IN AUTO ACCIDENT | no | that the po believed him unconscious but a doc- tor who was hastily summoned sala or of the body imndi- cated that he had died almost in- stantaneously. Outstanding Figure. Ottawa, Aug. 11.--With the death of Hon. Frank Broadstrect Carvell, K.C., M.P,, LL.D, another of the outstanding figures in Canadian public life passes away. A man of rugged, forceful personality, one who was decided in his views and forci- ble in their declaration, Mr. Carveil had, nevertheless, a 'kindness and sympathy which made him many youngsters had waded | out about sixty feet on the sewer) | they were struggling vigorously, to] LATE HON. FRANK CARVELL friends. In the House of Commons, where he held a seat for fifieéh years, first as a supporter of the Laurier Govermenf, then as a mem- ber of the opposition under the lead- ership of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and later as minister of public works In the Union Goverment of Sir Robert Borden, Mr. Carvell won the reputa- tion of being a hard fighter, but one open and above board. "Fighting Frank" was the name by which many olf his political friends and enemies knew him, and his qualities as a de- bator and administrator were re- cognized and respected. Mr. Carvel was born at Bloom- field, Carleton county, New Druns- wick, on August 14th, 1862. He was of Loyalist descent. His father, A. Bishop Carvell, was a native of New Brunswick, and his mother, Margar- et Lindsay, of Ulster stock. He re- ceived a public echool education, and then attended Boston University, graduating from that institation with the degree of bachelor of laws. He read law with L. P. Fisher, of Woodstock, N.B., being called to the bar of his province in 1890. His Political Career. The political career of Hon. F. B. Carvell opened in 1899 when he was elected a member of the législa- ture for the province of New Bruns- wick. He retained his seat for but one year, however, resigning it to contest Carleton county for the fed- eral House in the Liberal interests in 1900. In this tion he was de- feated, but four ye later he was successful and gained the seal which he was to hoki without in- terruption for fifteen years. As a member of the federal House of Commons, Mr. Carvell was noted Newsy Bits From To-day's Major John McFatridge, aged 52, who has been actively engaged in business at Halifax for a pumber of years, died in hospital Sunday, fol lowing a brief illness. Mrs. Winnle Hopkins, aged thirty.' mine, is in hospital at Grand Rapias, sease. She wdighs 700 pounds and 1s still gaining in weight. Mich., being treated for a shang di-|' Bargains in used cars. Read Cias- sification 11. A " Dem't overlook the "Help Wanted" column. Several good vacamcies list- There are a good many bargains under Merchandise for sale in the on the same day was appointed chiet of the ard of Railway Commis- sioners, the position he held until his death. LATE T. J. NAYLOR, DESERONTO Proprietor of Theatre and Late Reeve of the Town. Deseronto, Aug: 11.--Mr. T. J. Naylor, a life-long resident of Des- eronto, proprietor of the Naylor Theatre and late reeve of the town, died this morning after a week's ill- ness. His death was a great shock to the residents and all who knew him. He was up and about last night till Ris usual hour. Mr. Nay- lor had been under, diet for a few days. He is supposed to have caught a chill. ' News off the Wires In Condensed Form Two were drowned when a canoe upset near Halifax. Government plans to offer for sale timber lands in north. Russian Soviet envoys dismissed from Poland for spying. Decrease in betting is indicated in racetrack returns to government, Nine persons were killed and five seriously injured in a tornado. Japan, China and Russia negotia- ting agreements for peace in Orient, Ontario Veterinary Association will celebrate fiftieth anniversary in Toronto next week. William E. Mitten, prominent rail- wayman, killed by train in Rocky Mountains. Fifty miners perished when a gas explosion occurred in the Iriyama coal mine, Japan. Scientists by scientific deduction fix the age of Niagara Falls at twen- ty-five thousand years. Inspector Boyd of provincial po- lice is arranging for payment of re- ward following Matthews' arrest. The Prince of Wales is not to visit Toronte om his coming trip to Canada to spend a few weeks at his Alberta ranch. Franklin D. Roosevelt, former as- sistant secretary of the navy, is Gov- ernor Smith's choice for the guber- natorial nomination. Admiral Sir John De Roebeck is regarded as the probable successor of Viscount Jellicoe as governor-gen- eral of New Zealand. Freakish costumes worn by girls and women tourists may lead to their exclusion from the historic church of Notre Dame in Montreal. President Coolidge is going back to his native hills in Vermont for a ten days' rest, starting soon after his notification day, August 14th. Governor Smith has instructed the National Guard of New York state to participate in the tests prescribed by the war department on September 12th. The British Empire Exhibition will be open again next year at Wembley, according to the parliamentary cor- respondent of the London Daily Telegraph. Japan won the C n tie of the Davis Cup series at Mont- real, Saturday, when Zenzo Shimizu won the first of the day's two singles matches from Jack Wright, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. » Tom Gibbons, light heavyweight of the United States, on Saturday after- noon knocked out Jack Bloomfield, of England, in the third round of a fight before a huge crowd at Webley stadium, England. Damage estimated at between $250,000 and $300.000 was done to the Northwestern Elevator plant at Fort William, on Saturday, when fire razed the working house to the ground and crippled the elevator for the next eight or nine months. . Wreath Presented. Morrisburg, Aug 14.--The mem- bers of the British Association for the Advancement of Science who re- cently visited Morrisburg have pre- sented a beautiful memorial wreath to the memory of the soldiers of the mi who fell in the Great War, Ai + 1 '| roofs kept {in an alarm and shortly after Captain Dix, night watchman of the Univer- sity, who had found everything all right on his four o'clock round, dis- covered the blaze and pulled the alarm box in front of Queen's Gym- nasium. The fire started on the second floor and in the southwest corner as far as can be ascertained and by the time the firemen arrived the flames had spread through the second and third floors and were making rapid pro- gress through the ancient and dried | wooden interior of the building Jeav- ing the most of the ground floor im- mung and breaking out with their full force in the top floor and the roof. The old rafters and shingles made good food for it and it was a roaring furnace in a few minutes, emitting showers of sparks and burn- ing embers which travelled several hundred yards around. There was a slight wind from the east and it fan- ned the blaze into greater activity, while a fortunate rain and slate in check the burning brands which dropped on the build- ings about. Two lines of hose were immedi- ately strung from the large motor pumper and got to work at once. The lines were later i: reased on the pumper and several more strung to hydrants about until eight streams in all were playing on the building but it would have taken a deluge to smother it. The lofty thick stone walls made it next to impossible to get at the fire properly and the double-glassed -windows had tobe broken with stones before the streams could be played through them, Fire Was Fierce. Attempts were made to raise lad- ders to the top storeys but showers of burning wood, tin and hot stones made it folly to persist. The west wall, with its few windows, allowed of one large ladder but so flerce was the fire at the top that the fighters could not approach the roof near enough to be effective until the structure fell in and a hose line was then run up. By seven-thirty the roof and the eaves had tumbled down and carried a large section of the top floor with them, spreading the blaze to the second floor and making the fight all the sterner. The weight of water tumbled in ceilings and rafters and spread ruin through- out the building. With several young men aiding him and under the di- rection of Dr. W. T. Connell, some of the most valuable books in the medical library and records of the office were saved by James Bews. They were in danger of being crush- ed by falling floors at any time but stuck to their task until there was rothing further that could be salv- aged. Shortly after eight o'clock the worst of the biaze was subdued and the firemen gave their attention to the outcroppings and the corners, and to drenching the smoking ruins and embers to prevent any possibil- ity of further outbreak. Their tasks kept them busy until after noon hour This is the third fire in that see- tion of Queen's University grounds within a short time. First the old Curling Rink went up in flames, then the Jock Harty Arena fell prey to the fire. demon early last spring and now the historic old medical building has gone. It contained the anatomy de- partment and dissecting rooms on the top floor, the Department of Pharmacology with laboratories and lecture rooms on the second floor and on the ground floor the Medical Lib- rary, Medical Registrar's office, cloak rooms, and, in the rear, at the west end of the building, the offices of the Athletic Board and the Technical Supplies stores. The basements were used as storerooms for "subs" and anatomical material, and for other supplies. The bullding was of thick stone walls with wooden staircases and rafters and wood shingle roof. The Old Medical Building was the oldest structure on the campus sav- ing only the Principal's residence. Queen's college, originally started in the downtown gection, was later moved to the lpresent Principal's re- sidence. was the former College of Physic- fans and Surgeons where many fam- ous men and women in the medical profession received their training. It later became affiliated with Queen's college and still later bee came the headquarters of the Medi cal Faculty of Queen's University, Only $385,000 Insurance. The building itself was insured for the small sum of $35,000 and can be assessed as a total loss. It could not to be replaced for four times that sum, Whether or not there was any insurance on the library's treasures or the office records seems indefinite but the Technical Supplies stores car- ried some insurance on their stock which is estimated somewhere around $3,000. An unfortunate feature of the af- fair is that the whole rugby equip- ment of the Queen's teams was so damaged by fire and smoke in {ts little storeroom off the Athletic Board offices that it is rendered use- less. . The cause of the fire has not yet been placed. It may have been light ning from the storm which was in progress or it may have been the explosion or spontaneous combustion of some of the chemicals In the laboratories or storerooms. On account of the storm and the darkness of the night very few eiti- zens knew of the blaze until it was all over. Comparatively few wit- nessed it while in progress but all during the morning and afternoom crowds viewed the tangled wreckage. Fireman Saunders Injured. During the early stages of the bat- tle Freman Charles Saunders was struck on the head by some falling debris and also on the hand, a wound opening out which necessitated three stitches at the General Hospital. He returned to the scene and gave what (Continued on Page 7.) Harry Whaley, of Perth Road, a young man who was sentenced at the last County Court and General Sessions to serve six months for the theft of mica from a Perth Road farmer, made his escape from the county jail about eleven o'clock Sat- urday foremoon. Constable Roy Clark is conducting a search for him. It 4s thought that he made his getaway by scaling the north wall of the jail yard. The sevenymen in the jall spent Saturday fo a in the yard making concrete tile. About eleven o'clock they finished this job and were brought in to prepare for their weekly bath, when Whaley was found to be missing. Some years ago part of the north Prisoner Escapes From Comnty Jail By Scaling North Wall; Stil At Large wall fell down and was built up and on the inside. After the escape it was shown that this could be cHmb- ed, another of the prisoners being able to do it in about a minute, though the wall is nearly twenty feet high. An employee of A. Glover, who lives north of the jail wall, is said to have heard a noise in Mr. Glover's barn about the time of the Incident, Up to the present the escaped man could not have been more docile. He had often worked on the Court House lawns when there woul seem to be more opportunities for getting one's freedom. When he left he was dress- ed \n khaki qveralls and a grey shak-~ er-flannel shirt, with no hat. The Old Medical Building | strengthened by means of a buttress

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