Baily British Whig = THURS, FRI, SAT. ELAINE : HAMMERSTEIN "THE MIDNIGHT KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1935. LAST EDITION | Ontario Will Have the First Railway Branch Into Ro THE T. AND N. 0. BRANCH LINE 1S 70 BE STARTED AT ONCE Bill Passed in Ontario Legislature to Protect William Ireland and Hon. F. C. From Inad Received Toronto, March 11. -- Announce- ment by the premier that the Temis kaming and Northern Ontario Rail- road extension would be started immediately, and that the govern- ment, apart from the bill amending the O. T, A. and the redistribution measure, would introduce all its legislation this week, was made in the legislature yesteraay afternoon. "The prime minister introduped a bill which was put through all three readings, to protect William Ireland, chief Conservative whip, and ¥. C. Biggs, Progressive mem- ber for North Wentworth, against the loss of their seats in the Cham- ber, as each had inaavertently ac- cepted money from the Ontario Treasury. - H. A. Fisher, Liberal, West Ot- tawa, continued the budget debate, referring to the Price budget as "a liguid budget, as all iv proposes is a tax on gasoline and beer." Hon. W. H. Price, provincial treasurer, introduced bills to allow Ontario to enter into an arrange- ment with Quebec regarding succes- , sion duty taxes and fixing the pay to be allowed the auditors working in the departments. The Ireland Trouble. The premier, introducing his mea- sure. for the protection of Mr. Ire- jand and Mr. Biggs, said that since Friday the latter had informed him that he had sold a couple of acres off the front of his farm to the gov- ernment for a provincial highway. The sum involved was $300, The premier reviewed the history of the "making for the indepen- "* of the legislature. He pointed "ont that limited companies, with a or of the legislature as a mem- } nis do Rn with the gov- abt 'aha tt re gem= 1 ' bers should not be astray when saw the names of George Hecle- , Conservative, Muskoka; Hon. James Lyons, Minister of Lands and * Forests, and Z. Maguea, Liberal, Sturgeon Falls, in the public ac- counts, as these actions had been le- gitimate. Mr. Raney said He did not doubt the legal right, but thought there might be questions of propriety. Mr. Sinclair, Liberal leader, agreed with this. Mr. Sinclair complained that there Were rumors that the gov- | ernment redistribution bill was ready iin detail, and that the government simply proposed to hand it on to the committee as a matter of form. ' The premier denied this, stating that there had been representations made to the government from out- side, and that the House committee would deal with the bill. Branch Line to Rouyn. In announcing the extension of the T. & N.D. into the Rouyn dis- trict in Quebec, the premier said that Ythe road mow had 6567 miles of tracks and a total investment of '$30,000,000. It was not carrying all its charges, as it was opening up a country of great wealth. In build- ing the road, he said, the province was showing no rivalry toward Quebec. The extension was on the Swastika branch and would be 37 miles long. He pointed out that 90 FRANOCE'S CHAMPION : «© SWORDSMAN WORSTED In a Duel With a Man Who Sald He Had Picked | "Easy Marks." * Paris, March 11.--Luclen Gaud generally regarded in' France as the ed's Armand Massard, Olympic champ ion. Massard"s sword traversed the flesh of Gaudin's sword hand during their first passage Their Seats Becanse They From the Province. per cent. of the development work done in the Rouyn had been dome by Ontario men. : "The road, it is estimated, will cost $1,760,000, and we hope to make it pay just as soon as it starts operating," said the premier. "It will be finished by December next." He understood that a private com- pany had a charter to build from the Transcontinental lime into the Rouyn region, but their road could not be completed for a year and a half. H. A. Fisher, speaking on the budget, went over every department in an effort to show how increased revenue had beed secured. In the premier's department, he said, there was an increase, because the Hydro paid more interest; in the Départ- ment of Education because the fed< eral government had increased the grants; in the Department of High- ways, because of the normal growth of auto license fees, and in the De- partment of Labor, because of the increased payments by municipali- ties to the mothers' allowance. He thought that nature had helped out the Lands and Forests Department by producing a wet summer. There had been a real reduction in public institutions. T-------- No Evidence of Reduction. "There is mo real evidence of a reduction in the general expenditure and no sign of any real struggle for economy," said Mr. Fisher. "We do nothing with the deficit this year, except pay it out of borrow- ed money and leave it to posterity. We, on this side of tne House, are prepared to take the position that we should have a Mic budget. It we can't get it by reduction, then 'we 'must get it by increased ve- venue." " ; Mr. Fisher said that it was time the whole tax question --- federal, provincial and municipal, was re- ceiving some attention. If the fed- erhl taxes could not pe considered in conferences, then it was time the provincial and municipal authorities got together. It was impossible to say that Ontario had a systfm of taxation. The business tax was driv- ing manufacturers to Quebec, and the income tax collected by muni- cipalities often put a premium on dishonesty. "We are now to tax gasoline and soft drinks, as advised lately by the attorney-general,'" said Mr. Fisher, "It is a question how far we should tax the motorists. The roads are not built exclusively for the motor. I am not prepared to say that roads should be kept up by those who travel over them. They have other uses. Then in the beverage tax, the government proposes that the people shall drifk the province into solvency. How many gallons of 4.4 beer they will have to drink to pro- duce a revenue of $2,300,000, we have not been told." Mr. Fisher thought that the bud- get was too much of a bookkeep- ing speech, and that there was not enough behind the figures. He ad- vised the treasurer to tell the people more about what the money was spent on. SEEKING THE BODY. Of Sylvester Conners Who Wandered Away From Wilton. On Tuesday afternoon the pro- vincial police visited the farm of Charles Conners, Wilton, for the purpose of seeing if there is any trace of Sylvester Conners, aged forty-nine years who disappeared from Wilton on Nov. 25th last and has not been heard from since. The missing man was last seen going to- wards the back of the farm. Be eft be via 200 warm. ciad thd C2029 %0% 00000000 * 4+ EIGHTY YEAR OLD FATHER 4 : REJOICES OVER BABY SON 4 Oswego, N.Y., March 11.-- #+ A romance of Brockville, Ont., 4 was the marriage three years % ago of Gladys Griffith of that 4 place to Hyman P. Dutcher, % now eighty, of this city, a vet- ® eran of the 184th New York % Volunteers. 4 On Monday for the second # time in that period, Mr. Dutch- # er claimed the record of being % the oldest father of the young- ® est child in America. Both # youngsters are boys. Mr. Dut- @ cher's first son by a previous # marriage is fifty-two years old. # the veteran was at Winchester ® with Sheridan when he made % his famous ride. > PPP PPP2PP 002009 SENATORS ARE NOT VERY APPREHENSIVE Talk of Reform In the Com- mons Does Not Disturb Upper Chamber. Ottawa, March 11.--The Senate re-assembled last even- ing after an adjournment ex- tending over nearly a month. During the interval the subject of Senate reform has been much discussed in the Commons, but, judging from the remarks of the senators themselves, they have little apprehension of the outcome. ' The situation has resolved itself into an agreement in the Commons that a conference be held between the representa- tives of the Dominion and the provincial governments for the purpose of consideririg Senate reform. That it will get very far is rather doubtful, for a num- ber of the members from Que- bec take the view that the con- sent of all parties to the Con- federation compact is necessary before its terms can be changed. £ py ih ' jv PARMERS BEIECT, PACT. Victorian Agriculturists Join Political Party. Melburns, March 11.--The con- ference of the Victorian Farmers' Union has adopted a resolution against making a pact in any shape or form with any political party. This revival of the move against the federal coalition. and also against the new Victorian Government coali- tion was led by Mr. Stewart, the Country Party minister, who resign- ed from the Federal Cabinet last year in consequence of the conclus- ion of the Bruce-Page pact between the Nationalist and County Parties. WINNIPEG IN GRIP OF BIG SNOWSTORM The Street Car Service Para- lyzed and Autes Aban- doned in Road. ---- Winnipeg, March 11.--Winnipeg, in common with other prairie cities, yesterday was completely snow- bound, following the heaviest and most general storm that has swept the province in many years. © For nearly twenty hours the snowfall continued without a moment's letup. A drop in temperature and increased wind velocity late Monday afternoon brought about a raging blizzard, drifts being piled up along all the principal thoroughfares. Street car service was practically paralyzed yésterday morning, the cars being stalled on the tracks in all parts of the city and suburbs. Early deliveries were virtually im- possible and automobiles were aban- doned on the reads by many who attempted to plow through the drifts. Railway transportation also was COPPP P9023 900000090 004 + Continuing Presbrier For Royal Commission Toronto, March 11.--The final draft of the Church Union bill to be presented to the legislature by the Continuing Presbyterian church pro- vides that after June 10th no per- son shall exercise any of the rights, powers, or privileges of a member of minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada unless he is a member of a Presbyterian congrega- tion not in communion with the United Church of Canada, and that any minister or member of any church or college board who is, on or after June 10th, a member of the United Church, shall be deemed to have forfeited his place and the pro- per authority within the church shall immediately proceed to fill his place on such beard or society. All ministers, elders, professors and officials of the Presbyterian Church in Canada who are members of the United Church shall be dis- qualified from acting as members of any court of the. Presbyterian Church in Canada. The bill in providing for a two- thirds vote to carry the congrega- tional property into the United Church Asks Legislature to Divide the Property Church, declares that in congrega- tions where, on a vote taken under the Dominion Act, a two-thirds vote in favor of Umion has been polled, another vote is unnecessary. Provi- sion is also made for voting by proxy. The legislature is asked to namd a commission of three Supreme or County Court judges to make a fair and equitable division of the pro- perty between the Presbyterian Church and that part of it entering union. The petitioners are Thomas Mac- Millan, Toronto; Rev. Dr. A. Mac- gillivray, Guelph; Col. J. F. Michie and Rev. J. W. Macnamara, Toron- to. Bill In Legislature. Toronto, March .11.--The bill of the non-concurring Presbyterians to the church uniom proposal was in- troduced in the legisiature this af- ternoon by Findlay: MacDiarmid (Conservative, 'West Elgin). It went through the necessary formali- ties and will go to the private bills committee to be considered with the other union bill, FAKE $100 BILLS. The Imperial Bank Notes Are Counterfeited. Toronto, Marth 11.--Officials of the Imperial Bank of Canada warn the public that a considerable num- ber of counterfeit notes of its old British-American Bank ' Note Com- pany issue dated 1st January, 1917, culation. The face of the counterfeit note is black and white with some green, particularly over the "'ome hundred dollars" appearing above the signa- tures, and the back f& a bright green with the words "Imperial Bank of Canada" appearing in a circle and the numerals "100" in Tes ae of the ove The matter has been placed in the hands of the proper authorities for thorough investigation. tn eel WARNING FROM "K.K.K." Woman Threatened For Interest in Mi Pirle. Ottawa, ar ~~Warned that unless she' ceases her active interest in the fate of John B. Pirie, sentenc- ed t6 death March 24th, for the murder of his wife and two daugh- ters, she will "feel the weight of a black snake whip across her bare neck," Mrs. D. J. McKinney, Ot- tawa war widow, who with others, is endeavoring to obtain Pirie's re- prieve, réceived a letter yesterday signed "K.K.K., Council No. 1, Montreal." It was post-marked Ot. tawa. She stated she did mot take the letter seriously. A -------------- Winnipeg Block Burned. Winnipeg, March 11.--The block occupied by the Richard Belivau Wine Company and the Richardson Galleries, 330 Main street, was de- stroyed by fire morning. The loss is estimated at $175,000. The building is owned by Senator Mul- holland of Port Hope, Opt. NOT TO INTERFERE IN NOVA SCOTIA STRIE Premier King Announces It Is Not Tor the Federal Qovernment to Act. Ottaws, March 11.--The Domin- for $100 each are appearing in i " yon shor S209 PCPOPIIOIIOGPESY * + NEED OF FRANCE IS HUGE LOAN Paris, March 11.--A foreign loan of four or five billions of francs to enable the govern- ment to pay {its obligations promptly, is France's funda- mental need in the present and approaching financial crisis, says Louis Loucheur, outstand- ing expert in finance, in a long interview published to-day. + + + * + * + * + + * re |39009% 4930054004 Sealing Ship Crushed in lee; * C4244 0944 0000044 - : 3 St. John's, Nfid., March 11.--The sealing steamer Stella Maria, one of the fleet which sailed from this port Saturday for the annual seal hunt, isent a radio message at daylight to- day that she had been crushed in the ice and ' was sinking. Her crew of eighty men had been taken off by her sister ship Prosper. -------- LEGISLATION MUST GO OVER. ' Legislature Cannot Give It Due Con- | sideration. | 'Toronto, March 11.--Premier Ferguson said yesterday that the city of Toronto's desire for legisla- tion to enable municipalities to guar- antee Hydro bonds for future power development, would not be realized at this session of the house. "It appears to be designed to re- move all financial control from the hands of the government, and to | put it directly in the hands of the municipalities," said the premier. "It requires very careful considera- tion; more than we have time to give to it. this session." i EE ------------------------ CHARGED WITH MURDER. Russian Charged at Belleville With Killing a Roumanian. Belleville, March 11.--Sergwt Tkac), 'a Russian, was placed on trial here to-day for murder, the charge being that he killed Alek Crnuska, a Roumanfan, at Point Anne, a suburb of Belleville, on Dec. 22nd last. Crnubka was struck on the head with a hammer, at- tack following the drinking of 'wine and card playing. the, provincial police testified that the accused man had made a state- 'ment to him, saying: "Alek hit me and I hit Alek." --------------. SENTENCED TO. JAIL. For Trading Their Wives and Sherr uyn, Que. HOSPITAL STRIKE SETTLED: KINGSTON MASONS VICTORS The Latter Went Will Not Have oa e The eleven lgcal masons who were forced to quit workshn the new cli- nic building at tie Kingston General Hospital about ten days ago, return- ed to work on Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock. One of the men when speaking to the Whig stated that as a result of tne conferences which have been held during the past week the differences between the Kingston and 'the Torcito un- fons have been settled and the local masons returned to the job under the same conditions which existed before they were forced to leave work. The Kingston masons who belong to the International Trades Union were ordered to join the Toronto Masons Operative Union or pay $2 a day until they did. They will con- tinue to work on the new building at the General Hospital without do- ing this. The rate of pay is 90 Tents per hour, which is the union rate for QUEEN'S TO BUILD SIX COURTS AT $3,000 COST They Will Be Located at Rear of Nicol and Gordon Halls. Queen's University will build six new tennis courts for the summer season and the work will be com- menced just as soon as tenders have been awarded, it was announc- ed at Queen's Athletic Board office today. One tender for the work has already been put in and another is expected this week. It is thought that the construction of the courts will run jnto about three thousand The new courts will be hn" the quadrangle at the rear Nicol and Gordon Halls, facing the new Iib- rary. 'They will be of the best con- struction and modern in every way and will replace the ones which were at the campus, as these wil] be done away with this year. The courts in front of Fleming Hall will be maintained this year but no outlay of any large sum will be expended on them. The new courts are ex- pected to be the finest in the city when completed. Euler Again Chairman. Ottawa, March 11.--W. D. Euler (Liberal-North Waterloo), was again elected chairman of the spe- cial committee of the House which will consider estimates for the Can- adian National Rallway in session. Back to Work on Wednesday Afternoon and al Join the Toronto Thin Reta Under 8s Before. the city of Kingston, while the To- ronto men, who wil: continue to work with the Kingston men, will receive $1.25 per hour which is the union rate for the city of Toronto. The Kingston masons consider talt they received a very raw deal when they were asked to join. a Toronto union and at the same time they were working in a building _ which was being erected in ming. ston. The Kingston men are to be com= plimented on' the splendid spirit they exhibited during the time they were off work. When they were re quested to join the Toronto union they absolutely refused to do so, and J left the job. Had they wanted they could have called ai sympathetic strike as all the labor men In King- ston considered that they were get- ting an unfair and uncalled for deal, but they refrained from doing this and work on the clinic building pro- ceeded with the exception of the plastering. . | News In Condensed Form Off the Wires Germany must enter the League of Nations without reservation, if at all, the League Council decides at Geneva. Two Alberta villages, Bentley and Islay, voted against granting beer licenses under Alberta's local op- tion law. » Four men were killed and three others injured at a Michigan Cent- ral level crossing near Dowaclac,' Mich., on Tuesday. The condition of Lord Curzon, Ltion, continues , an cial bulletin says. ¢ The superannuation 'and gen finance departments of the Meth-: odist church of Canada, hitherto separate, will be amalgamated. The Royal Canadian Yacht Club has accepted thé Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club's invitation to sail an inter-club series on Lake St. Louis next summer, John J. G@Garland, fifty-one, a former member of the Manitoba leg- islature, and one of the most prom- inent citizens of Portage la Prairie, died on Monday. : / Legislation! to abolish appeals from the supteme court of Canada is sought in a resolution of which notice has been given by A. R. Me- Master, Liberal member for Brome. "For God's Sake Send Me Bread For My Children"; Telephone Request to Poor Relief "For God's sake, send me some bread for my children," was the telephone requeay" made to a repre- sentative of the" Poor Relief Asso- ciation on Tuesday. Upon making an investigation it was found that the husband and father was con fined to the county jail and his fam- ily were in need of food and fuel. The needs of the home were at- ténded to and it is expected that the man will be released from jail in the course'of couple of days on parole. The parole board at To- routo have ha dthe case for comsid- eration and have reported favorably upon it. : This is only one of the many re- Quests which have been made dur- ing the winter months by women the local office of the Ontario Gov- ernment Labor Emplowment Bu- reau, a married woman walked in and stated that her family of six children were right up against it. Her husband, who had been able to get some work during the winter months, was confined tq the hospl- tal undergoing treatment, and there were no provisions in the home. The local superintendent found that the Woman was not living in the city of Kingston and for that reason the city authorities could not do any- thing for her, but the superintens dent took the case up with a repre- sentative from the municipality in which the family lives and their needs will be looked after. In practically every case the men who inform the local officials that they need help are anxious to get work and not charity. :