| rE wae wor = - YEAR 91; No. 180. The THE NATIONS . FAVOR PARLEY + 1 Resoltion on Compulsory Ar- bitration n Is Adopted. THE VOICE OF CANADA Heard Through Senator Dandur- and Who Rejoices Over Re- Cementing Entente Cordiale. Geneva, Sept. 8.--The first week of the League Assembly came to a close with an incident which is ac- cepted here as the most dramatic and probably the most fruitful in the five years' history of the league. This was the unanimous adoption of a resolution declaring for league action looking to the settlement by arbitral methods of all international disputes, such action including the calling as early as possible of a dis- armament conference and the clari- fication of the obligatory clause of the protocol constituting the Court of International Justice. Saturday afternoon the British and Prench 'premiers made supple- mentary and concluding statements eloquently reiterating their fixed ideas. As MacDonald expr:ssed fit, they began travelling the same road on different sides and are now to- gether in the middle of it--not be- cause their opinions have changed, but because they have been 'drawn together by hearty sympathy and common sense. AR * Senator Dandurand Spoke. " @Gemeva, Sept. 8.--The Hon. Raoul Dandurand, speaking before the As- . sembly of the League of Nations here | Saturday said Canada was delighted | at the re-cementing of the entente | cordiale, The Canadian representa- tive told of the anxiety caused in Canada during the past three. years |. by the unsettled state of Anglo- French relations and asserted the Domnilon was delighted by the work f Mr. MacDonald and M. Her- riot in bringing about closer rela- tions bptween great Britain and to Boy In a Shooting Accident «Melville Détlor, the 17-year-old son of Bismarck Leroy Detlor, of De- seronto, lost the second toe on the right foot as the result of a shoot- bg accident on Saturday. ~~ While unting he was carrying a shot- nm with its muzsle resting on his pot, when it discharged. He was ht to the General Hospital, . 'Hon. W. 8. Fielding Here. Hon, W. 8. Flelding, Canadian { spent the city with de, and returned to Ottawa on ay night. oh --: Sept. 8.--~The agricul- il #nguiry committee of the legis- a which has completed its tour tern Ontario, commences this b Make a survey of condi stern Ontario, The com- with that which will be pg the committee's re- eastern section of the He committee will sit ob Oct. 3rd. 00800000000 00000 0 CANADA ONCE AGAIN AT PEACE WITH TURKEY Ottawa, Sept. 8.--Aftar ten years, Canada is again at peace with Turkey. The current is- sue of the Canada Gazetio con- tains a British order-in-couneil intimating that Aug. 6th last will be treated as the date of the termination of the war with Turkey. At the last session of the House of Commons, Premier King declared that while Can- ada was not a signatory of the Lausanne treaty, Canada as part of the British Empire was tech- nically bound by it. CPP PP PPP PP 2228000 PEPSI PPPPLPPP FESO 00 CPPPPEPPFFP E2000 0 GERMANY MAY DECIDE NOT TO SEND A NOTE Disavowing the Responsibility for the War--What Paris Reports. Paris, Sept. 8.--The note, which it is reported Germany intended is- suing to disavow her responsibility for the war, has not yet been re- ceived by the French foreign office, and there is a well-defined opinion in foreign office quarters that such a document will not be forthcoming. Official information given out to- day however, was to the effect that should such a note reach the Quai D' Orsay a reply quoting the Treaty of Versailles as to the responsibility for the war would be immediately dispatched to Berlin. JUDGE'S DECISION HAS BEEN WRITTEN Which Will Decide the Fate of the Two Young Chicago Murderers. Chicago, Sept. 8.--The fate of Nathan F. LeopoM, Jr., and Richard Loeb, sons of Chicago millionaire families, who kid- napped .apd murdered, ten-year- old Robert Franks on May 21st last, has been sealed. Judge John H. Caverly has completed the decision he will render on Wednesday as the last act of his connection with the criminal courts of Cook county. Three sheets of ruled manila paper, containing approximately one thousand words, embodies the decision of Judge Caverly, writ ten yesterday after he had at- tended church under escort of a police guard. POLICE MAKE SEARCH FOR HAMILTON NURSE Miss Elsie Main Disappeared a Week Ago--Seen on the Highway ? Hamilton, Sept. 8.--Mystery sur- rounds the disappearance last Wed- nesday night of Miss Elsie Main, graduate nurse, who lived at 260 Cannon street east, this city, and county and city provincial police have been requested to aid in the search which is being extended all over the province. Miss Main, who is a member of a prominent Hamilton family, about a week ago visited at the home of her brother-in-law, Harry Ironside, In- dian Point, on the Toronto-Hamilton highway, near Burlington, She had been with them three days and on Wednesday night Miss Main said she would retire and that was the last seen or heard of her since. Her clothes, jewelry, money and all her belongings next morning wore found in her room.' The bed had been slept in but Miss Main could not be jocat- ed. Relatives believe she is suffering from a mental disorder and may have wandered away from her home. A woman answering her descrip- tion was seen on the highway about five o'clock Friday morning, Miss Main is 28 years old, of fair complex- fon and weighing about 135 pounds. | She is about five feet one inch tall, ---- ou Said It, Marceline!" s=====By MARCELINE ®ALROY. = ON "MISUNDERSTANDING : WOMEN" And the HARDEST THING For a woman to understand Is HERSELF; 'She KNOWS that SHE always MEANS well, only SOME PEOPLE we : So STUPID, especlally. HUS BANDS, And MISINTERPRET what she doch : If a woman is CLEVER She Understands LIFE and gets 4 The BEST of it, but 1t she is FOOLISH, LIFE gets the BEST of her And then SHE says -|'a local broker came up for prelimin- ' NEW CHINESE BATTLE FRONT War Lond of Manchuria Fis Token the Field THOUSAND MILES AWAY From Shanghai Line of Warfare g oreign Consuls At Shanghai, Sept. 8.--Armies of General Chang Tso-Lin, war lord of Manchuria, were in the field to-day sweeping down from Manchuria to- ward Pekin against the forces of General Wu Pei Fu, his old military rival, to create a new front in China's civil war ,which has been confined to fighting west and south of Shanghai between rival military governors for possession of the gate- way city. This latest military gesture in China's Internal complications will make the territory between Mukden, the principal city of Manchuria and Pekin, in ChihH province, an arm- ed camp, a thousand miles away from Shanghai line of warfare. Notifies Foreign Consuls. Pekin, Sept. 8.--General Chang Tso-Lin, war lord and military dict- ator of Manchuria, has notified the foreign consuls stationed at Muk- den, the principal 'city of Manchuria that in view of the approach of rival 'Wu Pei-Fu forces in the vicinity of Shanghai, he would be obliged to marshal his forces with Tienence, Manchuria as the assembling place, foreign official circles reported here to-day. GRANT ROGERS REMAND ON CHARGES OF THEFT Whitby Broker Pleads Not Quilty and His Ball Is Renewed. -- Whitby, Sept. 8.--Almer Rogers, ary hearing in the police court Satur- day afternoon before Magistrate Wil- lis on three charges of theft involving $9,000 arising out of bond transaceg tions. The specific charges are that he fraudulently converted to his own use, doininion government honds for $5,000, the property of Arthur Nes- bitt, also a dominion bond for $3, 000, the property of Mrs. Deborah Dickinson, of Toronto, and 3 domin- ion bond for $1,000, the property of Yonah White, Rogers pleaded not guilty and elected trial by magistrate, but as his counsel, W H. Kennedy, was mot ready to proceed, a remand was granted till September 2%nd, the crown consented to renewaj of bail in $8,000, but refused to accept one of the previous sureties. Prisoner re- mains in custody for the present, DIES SUDDENLY NEAR HIS BROTHER'S GRAVE: James Clement, Belleville, Ex= pires During Interment in Rochester, N.Y., Cemetery. Belleville, Sept. 8.--James Clement, member of the Belle- ville fire department for twenty years or more, expired Friday afternoon at the open grave of his brother, Lewis, who was be- ing buried in the cemetery at Rochester, N.Y. Relatives were about. him at the time and this second tragedy in the family came as a terrible shock to them. It was only on Wednesday of last week that his brother Lewis was found dead in bed, a victim of heart disease. Apparently James was overcome by shock, although he had not complain- ed of being ill. He had just been on his holidays. He leaves four sisters, Mrs. Chard of Hamilton, Mrs. 8. Cro- thers of Toronto, Mrs. Quincey of Belleville and Miss Lillle of Detroit, and two brothers, Pat- rick, who reside a short distance - from Rochester and William, of Belleville. . Baily B ri The Plebi it 0 4 A ' To Be Announced Tuesday Toronto, Sept. 8.--Hon. W. F. Nickle, attorney-general, stated this morning that the questions to be asked by the government in connection with the forthcom- ing plebiscite would most likely be known tomorrow with the return of Premier Ferguson from his home in Kemptville, General feeling at the parlia- ment buildings, according to the Toronto Telegram, is that only two questions will be asked, one as to whether the people are in favor of the O.T.A., and the other as to the desirability of government control under local option system. PRINCE TO TAKE PART IN SOME FOX HUNTING To Accompany British Am- bassador to Greet U.S. Round-the-world Fliers. Syosset, N.Y., Sept. 8.--The Prince of Wales is expected to take part in fox hunting on Long Island now that the season has commenc- ed. He is very fond of this form of sport and it is likely that he will try, his skill at jumping Long Is- land rail fences within a few days. The heir to the British throne planned to-day to go over to Min- eola to greet the United States fliers completing the round-the- world flight. He will accompany Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador, who will officially welcome the fliers. It is not likely that the Prince will stay on Long Island after next Sun- day, his scheduled day of departure for his Alberta ranch. PICTON GOODS G0 VIA PANAMA Cheaper to Skip Them By Long Water Route Than B hel To Pacific. A strange shipping' practice comes to notice just at the present fime through the medi of the st : 4 load of canned goods from Picton on Wednesday. They will be tran- shipped at Kingston and will go to Montreal via steamer Britannic. From Montreal they will be carried by steamer down the St. Lawrence, and Atlantic, through the Panama canal, and up the Pacific coast to Victoria, B.C. The distance by boat is four or five times as great and yet, at this time of the year, it is cheaper to ship by that route. J. M. Campbell, of the Kingston Navigation Com- pany, stated this morning that a great deal of freight was travelling by that route at present. Ulster Won't Submit To Boundary Change Toronto, Sept. 8.--That Ulster will never tolerate any big change in the boundary line between Ulster and the Free State, was the opinion of Rev. William Patterson, m'nister of Cooke's church, who has returned from Ireland. According to Mr. Pat- terson, Ireland at the moment is quiet, and had been quiet ever since the Ulster police took charge and cleared out the gunmen, but there is certain to be trouble if the imperial parliament passes the bill to appoint a boundary commission with the view to changing the boundary be- tween the two states. He also said that Mr. Lloyd George's stand has made him the most hated man in Ulster, Hop Off for New York. Boston, Sept. 8.--The United Stat- es world fliers hopped off from here for New York at noon (eastirn day- light saving time) today. ish Whig KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1924. RUSSIA FACES AWFUL FAMINE A German Diplomat At Moscow Makes This Disclosure. SOVIET HIDING CRISS Appalling Suffering of the Peas- ants Is Driving Them to Paris, Sept. 8.--A confidential re- port made by a high German diplo- matic envoy to Moscow to his gov- ernment in Berlin, of which a copy has reached Paris, says that Russia faces the worst famine in her his- tory. The document paints a terrible picture of conditions which the So- viet government is making strenu- ous efforts to conceal from the world. Wide territories are again being devastated by 'hunger, death and disease, the appalling sufferings of the inhabitants almost defying de- scription. Hundreds of thousands of peasants who have been menaced by famine since 1923 are leaving their homes to wander, they know not whither, searching for bréad they cannot find. Their path is strewn with dead horses .nd cattle, because there is nothing to feed them, while, gruesome heaps of human bones tell the fate of their owners. Appalling suffering drives the peasants to cannibalism. "Horrible news reaches us," con- tinues the report, '"'of disease, can- nibalism and death--stories of a na- ture barely comprehensible to the cultured world. East Siberia, the north Caucasus, southeast Russia, German colonies of the Volga, cer- tain parts of Ukraine and part of the northern provinces are already invaded by the famine. Every day new famine zones are added to the list. -- Soviet Distortions. "It is increasingly apparent that all Soviet efforts to gloss over the truth 'of the situation are absolute distortions. Wheat prices, even be- fore the new harvest, have risen 130 per cent. since the end of July. Sim- ultaneously the price of meat fell, and the quality deteriorated, be- cause the farmers sold at any price in trying to lay in a stock of flour. "Russia is laboring beneath a burden of economic depression which is catastrophic, and the issue of which cannot be foreseen, because the real causes of depression lie in the utter ruin of the basis of the whole economic fabric. In view of these circumstances the Soviet au- thoritles addressed a manifesto to the population exhorting it to com- bat by every means at its disposal the perils of the bad harvest possible in certain districts which have been attacked by drought; and adding, the Soviet Government is in posses- sioon of large stocks of wheat, therefore there is no reason to be- lieve hunger conditions will arise. "The council of the people's com- missionaries decided to spend 20 million rubles in undertaking pub- lc works to counteract the results of the drought." TEST!CASE AGAINST RACING IN ONTARIO Attorney-General Claims Char- ter Does Not Come Within Miller Bill. Toronto, Sept. 8.--" "We are go- ing to make a test case of it and make an attack upon the validity of the charge," ,was the reply of At- torney-General Nickle when asked if there would be any attempt to in- terfere with the race track meeting conducted at a new half-mile course POPP PPPPPOPERIOIPRIRYDS * < REGINA IS FACING * SHORTAGE OF COAL +P * 4 Regina, Sask. Sept. 8. -- Regina is facing a serious coal shortage, according to the local coal dealers' association. With no prospects held out for the ending of the Alberta miners' strike, local dealers say they have stocks on hand sufficient to last only five or six days of cold weather. No plans are be- ing made to bring in eastern anthracite to reliéve the situa- tion. PPP e he tee . P2000 000000500 0 TRIED TO ASSASSINATE JAP GENERAL FUKUDA Bombs Exploded When His Daughter Unwrapped Par- cel--S8econd Attempt. Tokio, Sept. 8.--Another at- tempt was made yesterday to assassinate Gen. Fukuda, pro- minent military leader of Japan. Two bombs sent to Fukuda's home in the suburbs here ex- ploded when the eldest daughter of the general unwrapped the package. No members of the household were injured. EPHRIAM MIDDLETON COMMITS SUICIDE Night Watchman of Gibbard's Store Found Dead in Home --Drank Carbolic. CHI PPP 909204449 In a fit of despondency, Ephriam Middleton, about fifty-three years of age, took his own life on Sunday night, at his home in Napanee, by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid. He was found dead in his home by Night Constable Cook, about 9.45 o'clock. Coroner Dr. T. H. Cowan is holding an inquiry. It was learned that deceased left two letters and that he gave do- mestic troubles as the reason for his rash act. The police found a bottle containing carbolic acid. De- ceased suffered terrible burns about the mouth. The late Mr. Middieton was em- ployed as night watchman at Gib- bard's store. He should havé been evening, and as he did not put in an appearance, it was thought that something was wrong, and for this reason, Constable Cook made a visit to his home, where the discov- ery was made. Mr. Middleton is sur- vived by his wife and two sons, one aged eighteen and the other twelve. They were away from home at the time the tragedy took place. The late Mr, Middleton had re- sided in 'Napanee for several years and was well known there. Prior to taking a position as night watchman at Gibbard's store, he was employed as a section hand on the Canadian National Railway. Five of the missing men from the schooner Raymond, lost last Thurs- day, were picked.up in St. Lawrence Gulf. PRINCE TOLD 10 MOVE ON Policeman It Res Did Not Recoguize Royal Visitor. BROGAN NUCH UPSET Resourceful Companion Quick Turn And " N : Camera Man. New York, Sept. 8.--Entering Belmont Park unheralded Saturday afternoon, and avoiding the crowd, the Prince of Wales succeded so well in achieving the status of a private person as to get a rough order from a park policeman to move oa. Arriving after the first race, the Prince crossed the track and took a position near the last jump of the steeplechase course. . There was so little fuss in his vicinity that Police- man Timothy Brogan and another park policeman came running after him. '""Hey, hey, you there," shouted Brogan; "get out of that. Get back of that. You can't go there." The prince, taken aback, turned to Joseph Widener, who was near him. "Must I get out?" he asked. "I think they'H let you stay here," said Mr. Widener. Enlightenment soon came to Bro- gan and he backed off, muttering apologies. The second policeman who had followed Brogan to help | drive the prince away from the | steeplechase jump, grasped the sit- | nation at the same moment, but sav- ed himself from embarrassment by | displaying intelligence of a high or- der. He did not slacken the speed with which he was rushing toward the prince, but he swerved and sels- | ed, instead of the prince, a camer | man who was at the moment engag- ed in snapping the royal visitor, "You can't do that here," he the photographer. Then the second policeman retired in good order and joined his discomfited colleague. Prince's Own Game, The prince remained in his posi- 'on duty at 7 o'clock on. Sunday tion bout 'on' foot trom: tense excitement while the " chase started. This dangerous ' is the prince's own game, and he was trembling when he saw Duet- teste, Mr. Widener's horse, kick a board and narrowly escape a spill early in the race. When the steeplechasers ap- proached the barrier where the Prince stood, he touched his fingers to the ground and half kneeled. As Damask, the leader, jumped, the prince lifted himeelf and swung around, going through the motions of a rider and evidently in his ima- glnation helped the horse over the barrier. A second later he helped over Duetteste in the same way and then did the same thing for Cara- binder. There Promises to Be an Abu of Vegé The Whig learns alter making en- quiries from many Frontenac farm- ers that, taking all things into con- sideration, the crop this year is above the average. . In some sections it"is reported that the crop has not turned out quite as well as it had been hoped, but in other parts the farmers report the yield a great deal petter than anything they had antici- pated. © On Saturday, a representative of the Whig, while in conversation with numerous farmers who were on the market, learned that everything was turning out well. In the early spring the rains were very heavy, so much so that it was Impossible to sow grain at the correct time. The seed which was put in later, much to the surprise 6f many, has yielded an abundant crop. The early grain is good, while the' late' grain is not quite as plentiful. Ome Cataraqu! farmer informed the Whig that his oats turned out about thirty-five bushels to the acre. Another farmer from the same locality, who stated that his land was not quite as good as. his neighbor's, got about twenty- five bushels to the acre. These are typical cases throughout the entire county. There is still comsiderable grain in the fields waiting to be drawn in to be threshed, but it is sdfe to say CROPS IN FRONTENAC ABOVE THE AVERAGE: THREE-QUARTERS OF THE GRAIN CROP CUT ndant Potato Orop--Oorn Is Plentiful--Market Gardeners Report Big Supply tables.. early potatoes turned out well, and the hills of late potatoes would ap- pear tp be well filled. If such Is the case, potatoes should sell at not more than a dollar a bag this win- iter, and probably not that much. This 18 certainly good news for the people who are fond of "spuds." The hay crop was very heavy ia most localities, and hay this winter should not be very expensive. Cora, both for domestic and field purposes, is coming on very rapidly. Although the corp is a week or ten days later than usual, it has been very plenti- ful for the past two weeks, and there is no easing down as yet. The feed corn is growing by leaps and bounds, and in some places it is ten feet high. - Cattle will certainly not want for fodder this wiater, Lots of Vi The market gardeners report & very abundant supply of vegetables; the tomatoes and other vegetables have come on very rapidly, especially the last few weeks, and on Saturday the market was flooded with toms- toes, which sold from fifty cents to one dollar and a quarter a The gardepers repo tomatoes. Lira