X k The Baily British Whi CAPITOL NOW SHOWING POLA NEGRI 4illy of the Dust" YEAR 01; No. 165. KINGSTON, ONTARIO,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1924. LAST EDITION UNCERTAIN IF THE SEIZURE "WAS IN CANADIAN WATERS County Magistrate Bradshaw Therefore Decides His Court Has No Jurisdiction In Case of Frank Millen--Two Other Cases Being Heard--Department of Game And Fisheries Communicated With. Judgment in the charge of illegal fishing against Frank Millen, of Cape Vincent, N.Y., the hearing which con- cluded Tuesday evening, was given by County Police Magistrate Brad- shaw on Wednesday morning, who found that his court had no juris- ' diction in the matter. Mr, Bradshaw believed that the y Athene was inside Canadian waters while it was doing patrol work, but at the time of the seizure of Millen's punt there was a doubt in his mind whether it was then on the Cana- i dian side, as the motor boat towing } the punt had travelled south at full speed before the capture, and no marker had been dropped at the point of arrest. Francis King, K.C., asked for re- lease of the punt and the net in it, but Mr. Bradshaw claimed that this 00 was beyond his jurisdiction. A. E. Day stated that the matter was in Capt. Sheppard's hands, and the Jatter telephoned Mr. McDonald, De- puty Minister of Game and Fisheries, Toronto, who replied that his depart- ment would attend to the punt, In American Waters, When the case was reopened on Tuesday afternoofi, two witnesses . were heard for the defence, the ac- taken by the Athene. cused, Frank Millen, and George Hastings, an Ohio school-teacher, who has a summer cottage on Hinch- ley's Point. The accused claimed that the mot- t boat which was towing his punt had been starting for home and ran 'three-quarters of a mile in a south- erly direction before they were over- Originally in eighteen feet of water they ran out to where it was thirty feet. When he went on board the Athene Capt. Sheppard had a revolver, Witness testified he had no fish in his boat and was in American waters when . arrested. Mr. Hastings was standing sixty to seventy feet west of the extremity of Hinckley Point when he witnes- sod the capture of the punt, Al- though the fishing boats had been in one of the bays en Wolfe Island shore, that west of Pyke's Point, be- fore being captured they had gome #0 far south that they were south of a line joining himself and Bear Point to the west. C. Robertson, a fish inspector and « master mariner, was called by Mr. Day to give figures on some of the distances involved. From Bear to Hinckley points the distance was five and one-eighth miles. From the inside of the bay, where the ac- cused said his boat originally was, to the international boundary, was | 1,8000 feet. George Hastings was also examin- ed on Tuesday afternoon regarding the charges against Earl Booth and r Dejourdan, the third party captured. He saw the Athene in- tercept their boats the same after. noon that Millen was arrested. There were three boats. two in tow of a power boat... They were farther away than Millen's punt, but they too were outside the line joining his position and Bear Point. sot : Arguments By Counsel. 'In presenting his argument Mr. Day pointed out that the Govern- nst getting near the internation- i had been guarding al boundagy. The aclused did not have a clear idea where the bound- Ty was, and was inaccurate as to dis- tances, he claimed. Mr. Hasting was not on the line connecting Bear and Hinckley Points, and never re- ferred thé boat's position to the in- ternational boundary. Mr. King explained that the first point to be settled was whether the boats were across the international line. If so, the Athene had no busi- ness arresting them, though they Establishment of Canadian Navy Is the Policy Of the Government, Premier King Says London, Ont., Aug. 20.--Referring to the statement attributed to Minister of Defense MacDonald in an interview yesterday that it was his ambition to provide for a Canadian navy, Premier King here last night practically announced it as Hon. Mr. MacDonald has since denied the correction of the interview as published in the Montreal Star. Premier King declared that Mr. MacDonald, being minister of défense, "should be able to speak Asked how the government proposed to bring about a Canadian navy, the prime minister replied that Canada already has the nucleus of' a navy in the Rainbow and the Niobe. Donald said about the financial condition of the country not permitting the formation of a navy at present but that it was hoped to create public sentiment in favor of such expenditure, was essentially correct. the government's policy, although authoritatively along these lines." He added that what Mr. Mac- PEOPLE LINE SHORES 'FOR OVER 158 MILES To View Progress of British Special Squadron Up River to Quebec. Quebec, Aug. 20.--The British | Special Service Squadron encircling | the world consisting of H.M.S. Hood, | H.M.S. Repulse and H.M.S. Adelatde, had been fishing in Canadian waters, | 2Fived at Quebec ot 1.30 p.m. yes- He pointed out that the Athene had | neglected to use Instruments or | markers to show the position of the arrest and claimed that the race be- tween the two boats had carried them across the boundary line. There was more than the accused involved. Canada's relations with a friendly nation were concerned. Other Cases Heard. 5 The charge of illegal fishing against Allie Litterbrant and Arthur Warren were taken up Wednesday morning and at noon Capt. Shep- pard's story of their arrest, with the seizure of their motor boat and punt, had been heard. After the capture of Mr. Millen's punt, said Capt. Sheppard, the Athene proceeded westward, when two more boats were sighted trav- elling north toward the Wolfe Is- land shore, and north of the Athene's position. The Athene changed its course north and the fishing boats came over to them at the call of the men on the Athene. The two accus- ed men said that if they had known what the Athene was they would have tried to get out. There were twa nets, dry and rolled, lying cross- ise 'on the punt. The two men ad- mitted they were there to fish, say- ing that they were employed by John Howard, of Cape Vincent, who own- ed the two boats. The seizure was made between five and six hundred feet from the Wolfe Island shore. Capt. Sheppard being afraid that the Athene, which draws four feet, was getting into too shallow water. The boats were brought to Kingston. $1000,000,000 LOAN, Coolidge Administration To Further German Financing. Washington, Aug. 20.--Every ef- fort will be put forth by the Cool- idge administration to have United States investors finance a $100,000,- 000 loan to Germany as a sequel to the reparations agreement. This government will not make a loan, since that cannot be dome without authority of congress. U, S. invest- ors will be urged to take subscrip- tions, however; and il is believed that money can be raised here, des- pite some complaints that the loan will take away money needed for enterprises in the United States. BAR RAMSAY MACDONALD, Moray Golf Club's Former Decision Stands, i Elgin, Scotland. Aug. 20. -- | Pre- mier Ramsay MacDonald is still to be denied the use of the Moray Golt Club here, from which he was ex- pelled in 1916 on account of his at- titude toward the war with Ger. many. «A motion to rescind the expulsion was actually carried at a meeting of the committee by 55 votes to 47, but as the rules of the club require a two-thirds majority the original decision stands. "You Said It, Marceline!" MARCELINE 'ALROY. St. Joseph de Levis, all voted that her arrival could not have been heralded under more auspic- ious, tention of all were 15-inch guns--eight in all--which are mounted in pairs rettes. from their casings, looked cold and forbidding, but at the same they seemed to say to the crowd, 'we are your friends, have no fear." The smaller guns also, were greatly ad- 10 TELL WHAT THEY of Wolfe of complaint for a long time by local men | terday. From Father Point to this port, a distance of 158 miles, people lined the north and south shores to wit- nesss the progress made by the war vessels, tugs and other craft darted hither and thither along the river and took up favorable vantage points. while scores of launches As the world's largeést battleship wept by and neared the point at concerned With a gentle breeze blowing, fleecy white clouds scudding across the sky, ayd the warm rays of the sun beating down, the setting was captivating and as the super-battle- ship passed, there was admiration as the sun, shining on the brightly polished brass work, threw back its rays spotless in their cleanliness, looked most inviting to the watchers. while the swabbed decks, In the few minutes that ensue from the time the Hood was des- cried down the river, until she ar- rived opposite St. Joseph de Levis, preparatory to rounding and straightening away course to the harbor of Quebec, It was impossible for the people to ob- serve all the details in connection with this wonderful product of Bri- tish maval architecture; they did see compensated for the hours of waiting. the point on her but what Perhaps that which riveted the at- the mammoth the bar- protruding in Their muzzles, time KNOW OF SCANDALS L. C. Mason Gives Himself Up ----Charles Matthews Also to Tell. Toronto, Aug. 20.--L. C. Mas- son, stepson-in-law, of Charles Matthews, former deputy pro- vincial treasurer, placed him- self at the disposal of the pro- vinclal authorities shortly be- fore moon today to answer any questions he may be asked in connection with the provincial bond scandals in which he, his stepfather-in-law and others may be implicated. He sur- rendered himself to Deputy Commissioner Cuddy of the pro- vincial police following his promise yesterday afternoon to tell what he knew. It is known that he made his statement to Deputy Cuddy but its purpose was not given out. Attorney- General Nickle is out of the city today. Mason arrived in the city yes- terday afternoon from Cleve- land, where he has been em- ployed and living since he left Toronto on March 24th last. He as immune from deportation on the charge of illegal entry i to the United States having ful- filled the requirement of the law in crossing the border. Charles Matthesw will also tell the authorities all he knows of the bond scandal. Nets Are Very Common South of Wolfe Island Illegal fish € in the waters south bas been the subject interested in this sport. A CPSC LEPFPICOOPCPISTYS + » + SWEARS FLEEING MAN .. .. RAISE W EAT FOR A BILLION What Canada Will Ultimately Do. Accading to Profesor. 200 MILLION PEOPLE Can Live Here in we Wheat Growing Only In Its Infancy Here. London, Aug. 20.--'I venture to WAS DIVORCED HUSBAND. Los Angeles, Aug. 20.--Mrs. Iva Martin, apartment house neighbor of Mrs. Mors, told the County Grand Jury that was positive that the man she saw running from Mrs. Mors' apart- say that Canada alone ultimately will raise sufficient wheat for over 1,000,000,000 people, or twice the present population of all the white races," declares Prof. George Rivers Anderson, head of the department of engineering, physics and photo- graphy, University of Toronto, in a special article in the Morning Post Wolfe Island: resident told a Whig representative on Tuesday of count. ing at one time Seventy-five nets set in this region. On Monday, the ment a few moments after the woman died with a bullet in her brain, was Albert A. Mors, her divorced husband, heir to her estate and beneficiary of her life insurance. PEER PPE Pree SREP PPP reer Pere d CPPS P4202 0060000 AGREES WITH BEAVERBROOK. Major Kilgour Sees Further Reduc- tion in Price of Newsprint. Barrie, Aug. 19.--Major Joseph Kilgour, of Kilgour Bros., Ltd., To- ronto, paper manufacturers, agrees with Lord Beaverbrook's statement to the press in Montreal that the price of newsprint is too high, and that Canadian manufacturers will soon have to cut the price of their product, when interviewed. here this afternoon. "He's right," said the major, after reading the press despatch. "And the reasoa is over production." Continuing, Major Kilgour gave'as another reason for the forecasted price reduction the fact that Swedish manufacturers of newsprint are again furnishing strenuous competi- tion for Canadian manufacturers. FED BABY STRYCHINE. -- Three-Year-Old Gave . Brother Pills Meant for " Point Pleasant, N.J., Aug. 20.-- Strychine pills, used by his father as a heart medicine, and fed innocently te him by his three-year-old brother Robert, killed sixteen-months-old George Ailor here yesterday. James Allor, the father, js a war veteran of Tulare, South Dakota. He was gassed, and with his wife and three children has been travelling and camping in an endeavor to re- gain his health. The Aflors had been camping on the Manasquan Riv er, near Clarke's Landing, several days, and Sunday Mr. Aillor had a heart attack. Dr. Carrigan left the pills which Mr. Ailor put in a pocket of the automobile. Yesterday the two children were placed in the automobile, and Rob- ert, discovering the pills, fed nearly all to the baby. He dled an hour after reaching the hospital at Spring Lake. Sharbot Lake Masonic Lodge ' Hall to Be Consecrated There is to be a special communi- cation of Grand Lodge at Sharbot Lake on Tuesday, Sept. 9th, for 'he purpose of constituting and conse- crating Frontenac Lodge, U.D.,, AF. and AM, and to dedicate the new lodge rooms. Frontenac Lodge re- cently purchased the Presbyterian church building at Sharbot Lake and a fine lodge quarters has beem con- structed there. Morning Post gloomy forebodings indulged in by some of the scientists at the recent meeting in Toronto of the British Association for the Advancement of Science world's food supply ultimately being insufficient to feed the inhabitants of the earth. ceiving sunshine, which millions of dollars to the farmers. throughout Manitoba. to-day. "Can Canada be surveyed without the conviction that 200,000,000 peo- ple can live there in greater pros- jperity than the 45,000,000 here ?" { Prof. Anderson asks, Prof. Anderson's article in the is in refutation of with reference to the In his article in the Post, Prof. Anderson says Canada needs 500,000 new people annually, and Australia's need of increased population is a quarter this number each year. Toronto professor advocates training farms in Great Britain for potential Canadians. wheat growing seems to be declin- ing, Prof. Andeison says in Canada wheat growing is only begun. OFFENSIVE ON CORN The While in Great Britain BORER IN ONTARIO Strictest Quarantine Imposed on Certain Districts-- Applies to Motorists. Ottawa, Aug. 20. -- The most stringent possible methods are be- icg taken by the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture to prevent the spread of the European corn borer in Ontario. tc some districts, applies not only to growers and dealers, but to campers and motorists. In the counties Middlesex and Elgin, a double quar- antine is in force forbidding movement of corn even districts within the general quaran- tine. Except for these two counties, corn on the cob may be shipped to Toronto and Hamilton markets, tu: it may not be shipped north eastward of the area under quaran- tine. The quarantine applied of the other to or The match to decide the posses- sion for next year of the John Ross Robertson Cricket Trophy, matic of the cricket championship of Canada, will take place in Mon- treal, August 30th and September 1st, Gill cricket clubs. emble- between the Toronto and Mec- Two men lost their lives, many head of cattle were destroyed and property damage of thousands of dollars was done in a terrible rainstorm in Eastern lowa Monday night. hundreds of The crops of the west are now re- is worth Wheat cutting is fairly general Chance plays a very large part in human affairs, and can only be cor- rectly computed by including an im- mense number of examples in a sin- gle total. It would be rash to draw any conclusions from the rather sur- prising number of accidents to young children caused by motor vehicles in Kingston in recent months. The field is so small that pure chance is quite capable of playing havoc with the law of averages; and it may well be that we shall have no similar ac- cident for months or even years. Study of the individual cases seems to suggest that they are not due to exceptionally Incompetent or ecare- less driving--more incompetent or more careless or less efficiently regu- lated than is usually met with in other cities. The other matural sug- gestion, that they may be due to the comparative newness of heavy auto- mobile trafic in this city, is tempt- ing. Streets which a few years ago seldom had any traffic upon them except the vehicles, usually horse- drawn, of the local retail establish- ments, are now quite heavily used by motor-cars, many of them driven by people accustomed to having pedestrians. keep carefully out of their way. It may be that the chil- f | dren o! Kingston have not yet been old days. of the inevitable scheme of things, in Kingston as elsewhere. Part of the price that we pay for this particular piece of' "progress" is & greatly in- creased need for care and caution in the public streets. The penalty for our failing, as a community, to exer- cise that increased care and to see that our children exercise it, is a very terrible one--the slaughter or maiming of innocent young stonians. It would be a good Lhing If adult citizens, whenever they see any youngsters disregarding the rules of safety, would speak fu them about it immediately, them or not; every such utterance will help to establish in the collec- tive juvenile mind the idea that ike streets are no longer propor places for careless running to and fro and SAFETY IN THE STREETS to be of the peril of playing in the streets, and of the need for crossing them only at corners and only with due precaution. a matter of what any individual child has been taught, buf rather of the average habits of the childrén as a whole; for structed youngster may fail to fol- low instructions if his or her play~ mates are careless or reckless. It is not altogether the most carefully in- There is no going back to the quiet Motor traffic is now a part King- whether they know CPP POPRPPIOIOIOPIRPIOIDLS WEATHER IS WARMER IN WESTERN CANADA Winnipeg, Aug. 20.--Fear of frost damage to the western crop has been dispelled, at least temporarily, with higher tem- peratures . prevailing through- out the three prairie provinces today, and indications pointing to even warmer weather, The cold wave which held Manitoba in its grip for several days last week, and brought frost to some districts, has passed on. CEPI PPP PP BPs CHP II PI IPIISEC PPI P Ne POTS EPBPRPPICTIIOLIOFIODS SLAIN BABY'S BODY CAST FROM A TRAIN A Newly Born Infant With Throat Cut Found In the River. Carthage, N.Y., Aug. 20.--Rail- road officials and employees are co- operating with authorities of two countries and many communities seeking to identify a woman and perhaps a companion who early yes- terday slit the throat of a new born babe and threw the body from a passing train imto Black river from the railroad bridge above the state dam in this village. Two hours after the body of the murdered child splashed into the dark waters of the river it was fish- ed to shore by Night Patrolman Tooker, summoned to the shore by George Osborne, flagman at the lower State street crossing, notified of the presence of the baby in the reeds by James Stitt, brakeman on the Carthage and Utica line, who observed #t from the bridge. THE CANADIAN DOLLAR AT PAR IN THE U.S. Owing to Surplus Funds Being Transferred From New York to Montreal. New York, Aug. 20.--Cana- dian exchange yesterday touch- ed par for the first time this year. The demand for Cana- dian dollars is said in banking circles to be due, in large meas- ure, to the transfer of surplus funds from New York to Mon- treal and other Canadian cities for temporary employment there, because of the higher interest rates across the bord- er. Heavy purchases of high- grade Canadian securities by United States investors were a contributing factor. Wall street also hears unconfirmed reports that persons engageéll in illicit liquor traffic have been active purchasers of Canadian dollars. The year's low in Montreal ex- change was established on March 11th, when the Canadian dollar was at a discount of 3% cents in the local market, THE RIMOUSKI FIGHT OPENED BY SPEAKERS Hon. Ernest Lapointe and Hon. Dr. Beland Appear for Liberal Candidate Ar Rimouski, Que., Aug. 20.--With leaders of both politicai parties sounding the battle cries, and pre- senting the issues, and many mat- ters not issues, the two weeks' cam- paign in Rimouski county opened yesterday with the nominations of Gen. B8ir Eugene Fiset as Liberal candidate and Elzear Sasseville as Conservative candidate. Hon. Ernest Lapointe and Hon. '| Dr. Beland threw the shot and shell for their party, and Hon. Andre Fau- teux and Hon. L. G. Belley for the Conservatives. La Follette to Fight Davis In the South Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.--Determin- ation of the supporters of Senator La Follett, independent candidate for president, to challeng: Demo- cratic domination of the soutn, was seen here yerterday in the issuance of a call for a meeting of Georgia followers 0" 'he Wi:conslo s3nator ta perfect a s*ate-wide organiziti» 0 fight for Georgia's vote in Mcve.un- ber, national and state. Likely Military Changes. Ottawa, Aug. 20.--It is understood that Col. W. Gibsone, at present di- rector of personal services at head- quarters of the Department of Na- tional Defence, Ottawa, is to be given ths appointment of general officer commanding at Calgary to succeed General A. H. Bell, the latter pro- ceeding to Toronto to assume the command of Military District No, 2 in succession to Col. A. H. Borden. Col. Ham Off to England. Montreal, Aug. 20.---Col. George Ham sailed trom here today on the BS. Minnedosa on his first trip in British premier's request for evacuation of the Ruhr. 'speedy MAKES ATTACK UPON BRITAIN Retired U.S. Adninal Picts Allon In Pefdions Role. SR ARTHIR SALTER Of British Shipping Board De- ui Sim Jud | In the Charges. Williamstown, Mass., Aug, 20. -- Great Britain dominates the League of Nations and the commerce of the world, and inspired the Washington conference for limitation of arma- ments in gnder to prevent the United States from having sufficiently strong a navy to protect a merchant marine which would compete with that of Great Britain, said Rear-Ad- miral W. L. Rogers, U.8.N,, retired, in a statement yesterday at the In- stitute of Politics. "Our limitation of armaments treaty for three years ago played in- to England's hands, and, indeed, she originated it," said the admiral, "She does not wish us to inter. fere with her, as our national growth might permit us to do, It was the competition of our merchant fleet with that of Great Britain which she hoped indirectly to limit by direct action upon our navy. It is not to be thought that she was contem- plating the rivalries of the navies as the primary issue. In regard to the prospective international loan to Germany, it is alleged that the Am- erican bankers are waiting for Eng- land to take the initiative. If such is the case, let us reflect how far it may be explained by the ability of England to control the commerce by which Germany will pay her repara- tions and thus make American credit the tool of British shipping." "Upon my honor, I havé never heard a whisper of it in all my years of intimate association with British shipping," sald Sir Arthur Salter, chief of the financial section of the League of Nations, and a member of the British shipping control ° board during the. war, in. replying to the. charge made by Rear-Admiral W. L. Rodgers. Sir Arthur sald that Bri- tish ships went where the interests of private owners and shippers dict ated and the British Government never knew where merchant ships were or what they were doing. Scientists All Ready For Approach of Mars i Flagstaff, Arix.,, Aug. 20.--~Sclen- tists at the Lowell observatory to- day were taking advantage of the near approach of Mars, to obtain new data on the composition of Martian atmosphere, the tempara- ture, of different portions of the planet and if possible, the causes Of seasonal and other changes in sur- face features. The observations have beem in progress several mouths and will be continued for some months after the' planet's nearest approach to earth on August 22, when it will be closer to human eye than it has been for approximately a hundred years. Girl Drowns In Sight Of Mother and Sister Etretat, France, Aug. 20.--Miss Florence Leopold, daughter of the late James M. Leopold, of New York, was drowned while bathing yester- ray in a heavy surf. Every effort was made to save her while she bat- tied for her life for a half hour. Her mother and her sister, Jane, were on the beach at the time. ELEVEN DIVORCED COUPLES REMARRYING Take Out Licenses in Toronto --A Strange Condition of Affairs. Toronto, Aug.' 20.--June fis sald to be the month of roses and marriage, but August is the month of re-marriages, accord- ing to Fred. Williams, issuer of ,marriage licenses at the City Hall, 1 { On June 19th last, said Mr. Williams, "the royal assent was received to a large number of divorce petitions. Up till today August 19th, I have issued Mc-