+ ¢ Daily YEAR 92; No. 82. Thousands KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, FEERUARY 7, 1025 a hid im Lose In Wheat Plungi sieisienst in rR NAL CRASH IN ADVENTURE 9b Wuipg ECLINE OF 12 CENTS Wheat Price on Friday Dusk od the Hopes of the For- | tue Hunters. Winnipeg, Feb. 7.--""S8o0ld." | This was the ominous message | that went yesterday to 'thou- sands all over western Canada, " {ato States and Ontario. It was | the final crash fn 'the big adven- | ture of making a fortune on a shoe string in wheat specula- | tion. Thus was the great pub- _ Hic largely shaken out of the trade. 80 huge was the volume of incident to the furious tions that the wire capa- 'was overwhelmed. Thou- 8 will not know for twenty- r hours that they have lost lr investment and the paper they piled up in thelr } speculation, Two hundred wildiy excitee imatéur gamblérs, many of hem women, crowded the visi- rs' gallery on the Grain Ex: ° inge and watched the big lock blink out a decline of 12 its that ended their hopes. me cried aloud and others their tears shenfly, du: ' all remained until the gong the shouting mass of , Janeiro, Feb. 7.--All of 8 'is still under a state siege. President Arthur Ber- y g/has signed a decree extending : April 30th the special form of eral . 1 which the Brasilian pstitution authorizes in times of al revolt. The states included the extension Rio de Janeiro, ulo, Ma , Parana, a Catharina, Grande do Sul fhe federal d in the south Amazonas, Para and Sergipe in ¥ Bene hoatures are not to be con- fated. with law, and should not convey the idea that business is essarily interrupted. According 0 a recent opinion written by Dr. G. yatal, a justice of the federal su- preme court, "the state of siege tem- porarily suspends the sonstitntional prerogatives ing individual Aiberty in normal times, authorizing the arrest and detention of partici- ts in internal disturbances, which tate of seige is intended to ( oT The federal HEADS WAR PARTY General Pangalos who heads the ty in Greece, crying for war with urkey. : HAS THIRTY SALOONS BUT NO DRUNKENNESS ------ Brill, England, Had No Court Cases Due to Drinking In Three Years. London, Feb, 7..--The town of Brill, in Buckinghamshire, with a population of 5,000 and with thirty saloons, claims to be the soberest place in England. In three and one-quarter years not a single case of drunkenness has come before the local courts. But fifty years ago, murderous fights her tween poachers and gamekeepers, free encounters between drunkatds in saloons' and night attacks on po- lice were frequent, The leaders of the old gangs were driven out by orders of the them Duke of Buckingham, since when Brill 'has been wholly law-abiding. Estimated One Motor Oraft Is Bulit for Every Three Steamships. New York, Feb. 7.~Ship tonnage under construction im Greet Britain at the close of 1924 was 1,296,971 tons, about 98,000 tons less than a year ago, according to the Bankers' Trust Company of New York. It is estimated that ome motor ship is be- ing built for every three steamships, while in other countries the propor- tion is 12 motor ships for 11 steam- ships. In Germany, Denmark, Swed- en and Holland a preponderating proportion of motor ships is being built, the German figures being 47 motor ships of 274,000 tons against 40 steamships of 79,000 tons. WILD GEESE FLYING NORTHWARD EARLY Groen Frogs Hopping About-- gh sip hd Owen Sound, Feb. 7.--There. seen them head north quite this NOT SATISFIED WITH EFFORTS Of Scientists Who Are Directing "Work at the Cave. HERO UNDER ARREST Because of *'Grand Stand Play" =--Fear Collins May Have Been Electrocuted. Cave City, Ky., Feb, 7.--Johnny Geralds, "hero" of the sand cave tragedy, last night was placed under technical arrest by Lt.-Gov. Denbart, in a move to block at the start trou- ble which loomed when local cave men declared themselvés dissatisfied with the work of the sciémtists in seeking Floyd Collins. Geralds, who had gone into the tortuous caverns of Sand Cave five times in search of Collins, imprisSn- ed more than a week, was ordered to either leave the scene or be put un- der full arrest, He walked through muttering to himself. At the same time Homer Collins, brother of the missing man, was given to understand that his pres- ence is mot wanted. He had a few minutes before evaded guards and clipped into the black: cavern im what state guardsmen termed a "grand stand play" to seek his brother by the method used before Superintendent H. C. Carmichael and his men started sinking a shaft directly into the ground. All 'day long, Geralds and Homer Collins had been surrounded by hun- dreds of hill men. The two 'were frank in their disapproval of the way in which the engineers are go- ing after Collins. They Insist that he can still be taken out trough the ean passages by. which he the crowd Fear was expressed this morning that. Floyd Colilns may have been electrocuted. A high voltage wire that is being used to furnish light for the rescue workers in the pit, crossed the wire which carries a string of lamps down through the cavern and into his deep prison. It ends in a loop around Collins' neck. As soon as Lieut.-Governor Den- hart discovered that the wires had been crossed he ordered a crew of workers to climb the steep bluffs to where the high voltage wire is sus- pended and to raise it ten feet. Engineers. expressed the belief that the crossed wires may have 'brought death to Floyd, it he was not already dead, through the fact that both strings were wet and that the higher voltage'would easily pass Into the cavern wire. Despair gripped the little knot of flame-splashed rescuers in the pit of { Sand Cave last night. A dozen cave- ins in-4he shaft they are attempting to sink through 60 feet of mud and rock made progress today so slight as not to deserve the name, . SENATE APPOINTMENTS. Two Quebec Vacancies Likely To Be " Filled Soon. Ottawa, Feb. 7.--Two Quebec ap- pointments to the senate are believ- ed to be imminent, although the va- cancles in Prince' ' Island, New Brunswick and Alberta, parti- cularly the two former, may wait -| awhile. Both of the senate vacancies from Quebec are from the Quebec City district. The two names most prom- 'inently put forward and said to be likely of selection are George Par- ent, M.P;, for Quebec West, and Hoa. ipe Paradis, Liberal organiser for the district and mow a member of the legislative council. Two Motorists Kid ~~ During Fog in Detroit Detroit, Mich., Feb. T. ~~ A 'thick fog, that blanketed De" troit and suburban communities early yesterday, cost the lives of two motorists, one of whom was a passenger in an automobile driven blindly into River Rouge, ' Fred Humphrey was drowned in River Rouge while;enroute to work at the plant of the Ford Motor Co., and Joseph Lang, twenty-six years old, Was killed instantly, when his automobile collided with a street car, 'Russian College Students Fed by Kindly Mariners ------ Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 6. College girls and boys, ranging in age from 14 to 21, work during vavations as longshoremen on Biaek Sea docks, several British ghipmasters reported on docking here after visiting Rus- sian ports with relief supplies. The mariners reported that the Soviet forbade them to feed the workers, explaining that Russia did not want to be obligated to any na- tion for assistance, and Russians did not want the world to think they were suffering. Lunches added the narrators, were wrapped up separ- ately and smuggled to the young toilers. NO MORE MONEY FOR ONTARIO HOSPITALS Hon. Lincoln Goldie Says the Government Cannot Increase Per Diem Allowances. Toronto, Feb, 7.--Aftter deliberat- ing at some length on the recent re- quest of representatives of the On- tario Hospital Association for sub- stantial increases in government per eine PLAN A "DRY" DRIVE, In One Hundred Ontario Centres on Toronto, Feb. T.--Announcement has been meade from the prowineial prohibition headquarters here of sim- uitaneous demonstrations in trom 90 to 100 different centres in Onmtarid, by local "dry" forces, on Tuesday af- ternoon and evening next. The object of the local meetings is to strengthen the prohibition ele- ments of the communities in op- posing the "wet" movement and to make arrangements for representa- tive delegations from ali parts of the province, at the provincial conven- tion of the probjbitionists in Toronto on February 17 and 18. perance leaders propose to make a demonstration in force from this con- vention to the Parliament buildings, where the Ontario legislature will be in session at the time. v The convention will be asked to adopt and provide for the earnest prosecution of a definite, render" policy in connection with any and all attempts {0 moderate OFFERS WORK 10 LOCAL MEN At the Price: Being Paid to the Toronto Carpenters. THE DICKIE CONPANY s y a Writes About Woman's Resi- cil Gives Local Side. On Saturday moraing the Whig received the following letter from the Trades and Labor Counail: Kingston, Feb. 7.--(To the Edi- tor): On Feb. 5th this council ap- pointed a committee (0 answer a news item appearing in the Daily British Whig, punporting to con- tain information gathered from a conversation with Professor Rut- ledge regarding the employment of six floor layers from Toromto on the Queen's University Women's Resi- dence. The item in question states that: : "The six carpenters who were brought from Toronto to lay Moors at the women's residence building have gone home, having finished laying the pine floor. They will return later for the bigger job of overlaying this with the hardwood floor." This statement is incorrect as the floore in question are the finished tloor as far as the carpenter is con- cerned, not as stated to be overlaid with bandwood. Again: "Before the contract was jet, the Kingston canpenters were asked to tender, but they refused to Louch it except on a basis of eo 'much an hour. The eonstruction company insisted on having it let on the basis of a fixed price per square low prohibiting them from working plece work. a Upon inquiry this committee has falled to find any local carpenters who were offered the chance to tender on this contract. If the Kingston contractors tum- od down this offer, are the journey- men carpenters to blame? In eo this article states thet: "According to Professor Rut- ledge these experts can come from Toronto, pay board and-railroud fare and receive a higher rate of pay than prevailing locally and still do the job at a price just about halt what it would coet if dome by local labor. He bases his comparison on the cost of the floors in a nearby _| building, - which have been laid by Jocal canpenters." The current rate of wages for Union carpenters in Toronto is 90 cents per hour, in Kingston 75 cents per hour. These so-called experts admitted fo at least two local men on com- pletion of the job that they had lost money on it. This committees invites any ocom- petent mam to say that these floors are finished in a workmanlike man- ner. rived wiith fier husband at Valparaiso to help settle the row between Chile's army. and navy over pro ed return of ident Alessandri. er husband nn ent of the League of Na- laying, cleaning and scraping. If they are prepared to ' accept this price you might please advise us so that we may cancel the contract with the Toronto firm." Hot Water Gushes '300 Feet Into Air Calif., Feb, 7.-- Workmen drilling here have brought in a natural steam well at a depth of 461 feet, the force of which shot hot water and steam to a height of nearly 300 feet. The roar of escap- ing steam was heard for a great dis- tance. A 200-pound. weight was tossed high in the air, as was a winch and othér equipment used in the drilling. Efforts will be made to harness the steam . to provide electrical energy for municipalities and homes in this gistrict. The well is in Sono-~ ma County, north of San Francisco. 1. CREDIT BALANCE The Geysers, TOITR prey J aha > it Is Doubtful If Any Other Canadian City Can Show Such a Record. -- Mayor Angrove is justifiably proud over the condition of the civie finances us revealed in a statement of which he has just received. Ome of the most striking features of this statement is' the credit balance of $993 on the interest account. Re- cords back as far as 1870 show that Kingston has always had a.deficit instead of a surplus on the interest account, amounting sometimes to as much as $5,000. It is doubtful Ir any. other city can show a sumplus on this account. It must be understood that the city runs ont borrowed money from the beginning of the year till July 'when the taxes come in. A surplus fund is then established on which the cliy conducts -its business till the end of the year. The above fav- orable balance hes been secured by making the surplus funds earn an amount sufficient to more than cover the cost of the overdraft dur- ing the first half of the year. A re- sult of this. kind can show only one thing--excellent amd farsighted management on the part of those en- trusted" with the direction of the city's finances. esssevesessesnnee SPP ELE Povey ees00000s0 000400 Sd hesttee -» ) York, Feb. 7.--The William pe scientific |For the Ruin of {It Warns Robert Reidt That He ol eculation IT WILL TAKE A WHOLE WEEK the World Leader of Sect. i KU KLUX KLAN ACTS Must at Unce Desist as a Prophet. Patchogue, L.I., Feb. 7.--The Ku = Klux Klan and the police crashed in yesterday on Patchogue's flock of world-enders. ] Robert Reidt, leader of the faith ful, expected that at midnight would come the flash which will herald the beginning of the end---and end thai will require seven days for comple tion. With that fiash from Heaven, ° Reidt believed, he would start stumbling down the muddy ruts of | Old Orchard and over the waves of Long Island Sound on his journey west to California mountain top, where he will meet his Cod. But the Kian refused to have the srack of doom at twilve, Reildt received ~threateming lets ters signed "K.K.K." in his jester- day mail. They were warnings. He wust desist uv prophet. ; He tore them to pieces. Stocky and impassioned, blue eyes blazivg above his Prussian mustache, he ciied: "I have no fear of mina ens emies. I am in tho hands of . the & Lord." The devot'oa of Reldt and his fiock is trme. They thought they 5 stood on the thin edge of doom and would see the irk cloud sall over the shoylder of Orien. ) Reidt expected to get a harp. Ha had already leased to play : the zither, or -"vittes" as he calls #t, Reidt declandd | = me black cloud to reach time the warld will have bon 5 ed by tire, flood, pestliencs aud plague. People will drink blood and dle: ¥ At the end of the cloudy jonrnsy the world will have bee. aearly des populsied, The Lord, @«ic: declares, wi'l de borne to a Ca' fernia moun= tain 75d the faithful 144000 will be = transported to Heaven after a splendid epiphany. : Still Confident. Patohogue, L.1., Feb. 7.--The sun rose in the east to-day just as it has for untold ages and shone on the rude home of Robert Relde "Apostle of Doom," despite his fer vent predictions that at midnight x confident to-day that the "prom sign" of the second coming of Ch is still not far off. Just. when would not say, although yesternda he had declared that the end of Ih