' KINGSTON, ONTARIO. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1925 Worst Fog in Years Smothered London Sunday; Airplane Picked wp Land by Radio Mass London, Jan. 12.--The worst fog in many yeams smothered London and its euburbe yesterday, causing a number of street socidents'jand some deaths. Trafic was scanty and dificult. Early in the day it stopped almost entirely. There were many collisions between motor cars. Several fires were reported though the sparks engendered by the sudden application of brakes. of Am airplane bringiyg passengers trom Peris hed a sensational landing at Croydon afridirome. The plane made a trip from France under o cloud- less sky, but upon nearing Lomdon found lamid jovisible., The pilot picked it up by tops of tedio masts, which rose above the fog 2ome. He descended and landed safely, but the passengers found themselves immediately lost == 5 | YEAR o2% No.9. NEW PONY TRUCK IS GIVEN TRIAL RUN ON BIG ENGINE 'tive Company Stall, May Kingston Works~--Track First of Kind in World The new style of pony truck, would not run dry before the end which has been patented by Willlam of the journey. Casey, general manager of the Ca-| No Fear of Bot ¥ nadian Locomotive works, and Mr. RECOMMENDS PROVINCIAL _ AUDIT OF COUNCIL BOOKS Cty kor 0. Mie Yous Epson Towel ce Ker nthe Sond She Not Yet Ready--Reeve Wats Position of Clerk aad Treasures Amalgamated. rumors in circulation to the effect that at the first 'meeting of the sons Ferguson Has Not Resigned Toronto, - Jan. 12.--""You can fell them I have not re- signed yet," sald Hon. G. How- ard Fergusch, Premier of On- tario, when pressed by an in- terviewer in regard to rumors' that Mr. Ferguson had considered retirement to private life, and the accept- ance of an important position in the business world, or that, on the other hand, he would re- tire from the premiership," "owing to fll-health." : Mr. Ferguson would 5 ¢ \ 1¢ % oo x 'he township books. Mr. Muir has not the same opportunity. Although not G. Cavin, also of * the staff of the works, was given a trial run on Sunday afternoon, from Kingston to Belleville. The new truck, which 1s thé tiret/Bt its kind to be built in the British Empite or the United States, was constructed at 'the | plant of the Canadian Locomotive works. Tt was placed under engine No. 6003 which arrived from Brock- ville on Saturday morning, and was taken direct to the plant where the. old truck was removed and the new one put in place, and the engine was in readines¥ to leave on Sun- day morning. C. E. Brooks, chief of the motive Under the new system, by chang- ing the lubrication system to the outside of the wheel, there will be a constant supply of oil or grease, and there will be no fear of hot- boxes. The changing of the bearing surfaces from the inside of the wheel to the outside, provides for a more efficient lubrication system. This change is a radical departurs from all previous attempts to over- come engine pony truck frietion and hot-boxes. The mew system Is go arranged that with the lateral motion of the truck, there is pro- vided #h automatic and comstant supply of grease lubrication. The 'track is four feet eight and a in- ches in width, while the wheel base + Bereavement In Home of + Former Children's Ald Agent * --Mr. Pollle Out of Town. : * There were 00 new developments $ up until two o'dlock on Momday af- & ternoom in the case of John Pollie, ¢ ,858,791 bushels, to 268, Winnipeg, Mam., Jan. 12. The Manitoba Free Press lishes a revised estimate of gain crops of Western Canada, the mew figures are based on threshing returns. The wheat yiel is cut down from ¢ PPP Pere 295, 263, 449; oats ard unchanged at former agent of the Children's Aid +4 238,000,000 bushels; barley # Society, who was ordered by Judge 4 raised from 51,079,892 to 57,- + comment further on the sub- ject. KELLOGG TO SUCCEED. drmemssiitne. is Retiring, Washington, the White House nounces. As U.S. Secretary of State--Hughes Jan. 12.--8Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes will resign on March 4th, and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, now ambas- eador to London, will succeed him, formally an- Mr. Hughes will retire to private life and resume his connection with his old law firm in New York City. In submitting his resignation to council of 'the Township of King- ston, the question of employing a provinpial auditor who would make a thorough audit of the books of the township would be one of the items of business. This question took a practical form on Monday, when A. H. Muir, ¢ity auditor, who made an audit of the books when the shortage was discovered last summer and who was engaged by the township council as its auditor, wrote the council advising that a provincial auditor be called in and given instructions to go into mat ters very carefully. It is understood that the council will deal with Mr. Muir's communication at the busi- the President, under date of Janu- ary 5th, Hughes sald he had been engaged in public affairs for 20 years past, and that he felt that he now "must ask to be.discharged of public duties." ~ S-------------------- Charles B. Warren, of Detroit, SHIP BUILDERS COMPLAIN. Mich., on Saturday was nominated by President Coolidge'to be attorney general of the United States to suc- teed Harlan Fiske Stone, of New York, who was appointed associate justice of the supreme court. CHORCHILL. ANNOONCES AGREEMENT REACHED With United States Regarding H. A. Lavell to produce the child # 943,907; rye unchanged, and ¢ which he placed in a foster home in 4 flax from 7,595,870 wo 8,890,- + March, 1923. When Mr. Pollie wait- ¢ 622 bushels. ed upon Judge Lavell on Monday $ * last he was given until Monday, Jan. ¢ ¢ $+ $22 ¢ 2 Peo 12th, to produce the child or go to Jail until he ddd. Mr, Polléé informed dhe Whig on Saturday that he intend- ed to go to jadl sooner that tell the Measure - of Protection Asked for names of the foster paremts. | From Government. It was leammed at the count house' Ottawa, Jam 12--Strong repre- on Monday moming that in view of sentations are being made to the gov- the fact that Mr. Pollie's sister-in- ermment én favor of & measure of pro- law, who kept house for him since teation to the Canadian ship building the death of his wife, had died very industry. It ds urged that it is en- suddenly on Sunday night, the order titled to protection us much as any of the count would fot likely be acted other imterest that mow enjoys it. upon for a few days. W. H. Herming- Operations are said to be at a low ton, who asked for the order on be- ebb with very Mille consfiruction or hal? of the mother of the child, ine even nepair work. A ship built in the order in his possession, but be is any foreign country 'canmot emgage ness meeting of the council on Mon- day afterroon. The council met on Monday morning at eleven o'tlock for the purpose of taking the decla- ration of office and adjourned to meet at one o'clock. The ratepayers of the township, who have be#h advocating that a provincial audit take place, feel that things are not just right at the present time, In view of the fact that there is another reported short- age in the funds of the township. These ratepayers want financial matters cleaned up to the entire sat- {sfaction of all the residents. A pro- vinclal auditor woyld have the time required to go very carefu! into | power and mechanical department of the Canadian National Railway, arrived fn the city on Friday and superintended the work of install- ing the new truck. At two o'clgek on Sunday afternoon, after the ar rival of the suburban train, the large powerful engine started out from the locomotive works' ward, and went direct to the Outer Sta-' the end of each trip. | tion, where Mr. Brooks' private car! Mr. Brooks, while not comment. was hitched on, and the engine pro-' ing on this new device, seems con- | ceeded. Om the trial run to fident that it will be a success, and Belleville. In company with * Mr. if it is, there 'is every - possibility - Brooks were Mr. Casey, Mr. Hubert that the Canadian National Rall- Ryan and Mr. Cavin of the locomo- ways will put these new trucks un- tive works staff. der all their engines. If this is done it will be a great boom for King- To Eliminate Friction. { ston, 'as the trucks will be manu- For years railroad officials the. factured at the locomotive works. world. over have been greatly is four feet eight inches, leaying a lateral play of half an' inch. . The box affair on the outside of the wheel ig so arranged that a plug can be taken out and grease forced In with a grease gun, which means that there will always be an abundant supply, and there will be no need of renewing the Srease at $y: eleven mills, on account ofthe lange sum of money 'which had scoumulet- ed in the bank, will aot be raised this | News off the Wires | ---- ' froubled with truck friction and hot boxes, and it is safe to say that ninety per cent. of the engine 'aflures on this continent are caus «8 by hot-box pony truck trouble. With this in mind, the two inventors that they would try to --t this great inconvenience 8 The new truck, which to al observer looks practical | Same" as the old-one, is al difference, in that the lub- fon system is putirely changed. the old trucks the only way the four wheels; on the pony Leonid be lubricated was- by pans of a cellar which was ar- ranged on the inside of the wheel, ia which there was placed a "quantity of wool waste which was setugited with oil, which eventual the proper place. As the in age, the source | was not as great, It that thé engineers nitantly troubled with hot- ue to the want of ofl. These be re-filled at the Secohdl Kingston Invention. This is the second big change in locomotive construction to originate at the local plant. The Casey-Cavin alr reverse gear which was hailed as one of the greatest achievements in railroad construction all over the continent, was placed on the new large engines which were turn- ed out at the plant, and is giving {'wondertal satin Ade {vice makes it for the en i gineer in charge of a locomotive to change his reverse gear with prac- . tically no trouble. Under the old gyetem it would take two men to shove it backwards and forwards. It is understood that the trial trip of the big engine was very suc- cessful. The running time from Kingston to Belleville was remark- ably fast for a try out, of a mew de- vice. Engine No.. 6003 was the fourth of the largest enginesdn the British Empire to be built at the Locomotive Works. Mr. Brooks, and some of his mechanical staff which accompan- fed him from Montréal, rod the neavement. Sunday and, did pot return om t Monday morning train, and thought that he was not aware fact that his sister-indaw died it of the town by three o'dlock. o'dlook, ALLOCATION TO U. 8. iand a guarter per cent. of the re- celpts from Germany 'under the Dawes plan in payment of United States war damage claims is the first definitely settled in the discus-| sions of the Interallied financial conference. The share to United States will decrease the percentages of the Allies, France ceding the: greater part or one and a quarter, per cent., but it is pointed out that the extension of the period over! which the occupation expenses were | aot pressing for action for a few in the dake or costal trade Can- days on @ccount of Mr. Pollie's be- eo le ot Ta five per cent. proposal | Mr. Poil'e was out of the oity on this guty be The B Shas 16 or repair plants om the lakes sus- " - It wes tadmed. expected that he would be back in held tha ARE FATALL POISONED BY GAS One Was a Suiclde--S8he Was a Twenty-year-old ¢Broad~ way Butterfly." New York, Jan. 12.--Eight persons were found dead or fa- Claims to Share in Dawes Payments. quer, announced he has reached provisional = agreement United Dswes payments. {The agreement, Ohurchill day. ment to The chequer also announce that ence, in ashington, its gecret meetings, practically all points, He acknowledged receipt of French communication Paris, Jan. 12.--Winston Church Lill, British chancellor of the exche- with . Col. James A. Logan, American represen- tative, regarding the claims: of the States to a ehare in the Al nounced, is subject to approval of the finance ministers' conference which holds a plenary session Mon- It also is subject to approval of the United States and Logan is forwarding the text of the .agree- itish chancellor of the ex- took the occasion to the finance confer- has reached agreement "in principle" on regarding debts, which has been forwarded to London, and sald Britain would start In Condensed Form Britain may receive fish shipments from Canada. . Bankers in Britain fear restora- tion of gold standard. Windsor music shop flames; loss $80,000, Fair seed supply assured in On- tario, but oats short In west, |. Gvim relics from frozen north may ed light on ill-starred Arctic wen- ture. * Chicago Sanitary Commission to seek concessions through secretary of war. * Y.M.C.A. workers in Toronto con- fident objective of $105,000 has been reached. Soviet Ambassador Joffe ecouts existence of anti-Bolshevist bloc in Balkans. Manitoba farmers organize forces and aim at solid Progressive repre- sentation at Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie curler died after spending night in 'skating rink stricken with paralysis, British 'and United States dele- a swept by| Washington, Jan. 12.--An impress sive rebuke to all persons who con- Over the farm sausage and New England buckwheat cakes, liberally annointed with Vermont map syrup, Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel gorporation; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and eeven other distinguished members of the citizens' committee of 1,000 for law enforcement presented resolutions of that organization commending "to the people of thé United States and particularly to their official repre- sentatives, the attitude of the presi. dent in ais 'conscientious obedience to the provisions of the eighteenth mendment in the hope that the ex= ample of the first citizen of countty may induce those who now wilfully violating the prohi tory statute to accept his 1 in conduct and to indorse in ! the integrity of his fidelity to the supremacy of the law." X conversations regarding debts with her smaller allles in the spring. In announcing the tentative settle- ment of the various basic problems before the conference, Mr. Churchill gave the impreesion that the rati- fication by the government of the de- cisions arrived at by the negotiators wag practically certain, : Arie seid, tally poisoned trom illuminat- ing gas here yesterday. Three others, who were overcome, were revived and will probably recover, Only one of the eleven is believed .to have turned on the gas with the intention of ending life. Marion Dunbar, "Broadway Butterfly," twenty spread under the agreement com-| pensates largely for these conces | sions as it will take fifty per cent. | less from the reparation payments. 8008. gates 'getting closer to . settlement : of war claims made by Washington. A"noted woman animal trainer was perhaps fatally Injured by an enraged leopard at Bay City, Mich, - ta ot trip which required con- siderable 'time, and then the en- remain in this vicinity to ginesr had no assurance that | vertormance of engine No. Wellington street, The central link of the drive would join Broad and Sussex streets, where it would cut Cliff street into a miniature cany! it would isolate to the north a lar block frim the mainland. This rock, Three Canadian Steamers To Be Bullt in England DAVID LLOYD GEORGE dE : E Jan. 10.--"A soaring, of glorified national being." is sug- town planning com- | heighten, architecturally and sculp- cenotaph, a symbol | the commission would mould and London, Jan. 12.--Three Cana- dian lake steamers are to be built turally, from the water's edge, from an opportunity like that from which | sprang the Sphinx of Egypt. It is! claimed the monument: and - drive would lend themselves admirably to. enhancement of present and future by Swan, Hunter, Winghan, Rieb- ardson and Co. of Wallsend. One; is ordered by the International! Waterways Company, Montreal, and will have a large paper years of age, was among the victims. She wag found dead in her room, the gas flowing from a jet on the wall The largest fur catch in ten years carrying 18 reported from the Hudson's Bay . The second ls for - the Country, especially in black foxes. Palm Beact Fla, Jan. Maxine Elliott, the actress, had ACTRESS' NARROW ESCAPE. {Maxine Elliott Was Neatly Drown. ed. 12.-- AGAIN A GLADIATOR Great Liberal Leader Deals Out: Blows of Terrific Force in , British Commons. fondon, Jan, 12.--David Lloyd Kansas Has Outlawed The Ku Klux Topeka, Ku Klux Klan was a supreme court of Sheed. by he parrow escape from drowning last 0° 'eity. gow Wednesday while bathing in the ! surf in front of the villa of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Chadbourne, here. Putting an end to a battle that hi been waged between klan and state for muyre than two years, the sue preme court handed down a decision sustaining the state's ples and oust capacity. Harbour Brick Co., 'Toronto, and: the third is for James Playfair of ** #2044999 0000¢9 Midland, and will be an improved % package freight carrier. " George, for more than two years in partial eclipse, in the House of Com- mons, is coming back to the undis- puted pre-eminence that he enjoyed in that assembly while premier. Al- though leader of only a tiny band of OFe | ¢orty | Liberals--out of a House of $15 members--to-day he is like the" Lloyd George of twenty years ago.| His post-war weariness seems en« tirely to have disappeared. Once thore he is the old-time gladiator. Confident, glorying in battle, he is gain 'the ruthless debater of his , dealing out blows of terrific fee whatever be the forces against is always at his youthful auda- government buildings. $1,200 g ; Montreal, Jan. 12.-Dorothy Pro- | Lathe, ten-year-old schoolgirl of! East Aylmer, Que,, has won a scho- larship of $1,200, one of two second prizes offered for essays in a home lighting contest, inaugurated by the lighting educational committee of W |New York city. Over 00.000 = | school children are 8 have competed. ; F ! | CPSP PP L240 09%9 R | I i ¢ to rhEdy : 2209000900020 0%9 Rome, Jan. 12.--Italy's new toral bill, by the cham committee, is designed to give ¢ 484.1n. some instances (hres, and for Soldiers and of families of five