a - t CAPITOL NOW SHOWING l MRS. WALLY REID BROKEN LAWS" 4 1 4 4 < 4 4 4 _ Bn YEAR 92; No. 87. LET Hon. George P. ee ea ------ DAM BURSTS SCORES Fl Over 5,000 Aare Are ner Water Ned Deri, Micign. INHABITANTS WARNED By State Troopers---Millions of Tabu of Wate Rel . . By the Ford Dam. Detroit, Mich., April 14. -- Scores of families in the valley of the Huron river between Flat Rock and Lake Erie were driven from their homes early today when the dam of the power plant of the Ford Motor Com- pany at Flat Rock burst and re- leased millions of gallons of "water into the valley. More than 5,000 acres are reported under water, which is 12 feet deep in plages. Inhabitants of the valley were warned of the flood by troopers of the Michigan state police, who started along the river to arouse persons living nearby, as soon as guards at the dam bad telephoned troop sta- tion of the disaster, So rapidly did the water rise that the offi+ cers were soon compelled to take to boats, going thus from house to house with their warn- ing. No lives have been lost so far. Many houses, however, are under water, ---------------- MOON. IS. COMMITTED. 10 STAND HIS TRIAL For the Slaying of Olayton MoWiliams and John Mc- QGle at Belleville. -------- _ Belleville, April 14.--~David Ar- thur Moon, bank messenger, held on the double charge of slaying Clay- ton McWilliams and John McGile, who -were killed in Lattimer's Drug store a week ago, faced his prelimi- nary hearing in the police court this morning. Magistrate Stewart Mas- son was on the bench. Miss Isabel Morris, who was a customer in the ice cream parlor in the store on the night of the murder * and who testified at the inquest last night, was the first witness called by the Crown: Miss Eva Cousins, who was on duty at the soda fountain, also told of the shooting, Counsel for the defense announc- ed that he was not calling evidence. Magistrate Masson: "Then upon the evidence I commit you Arthur Moon to the county jail to stand your trial at the first competent 'court of criminal jurisdiction. Tt being admitted that the evidence In e McGie case is identical with Mc- illiams case and the prisoner and his counsel both consent that the evidence given in the investigation of MoWilllams be taken and read in the McGle charge, I commit Moon to stand his trial on the charge of slaying McGie." The magistrate--"Does the priso- ner himself consent?" %Yes, sir," spoke up Moon in a 'olear voice, the only time he spoke to court during the hearing. CATTLE SHOT HIGH IN AIR. faud Mig N. R. Wright, B.A, of Ot- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, ALL LIBERALS ATTEND RAL 'Graham, Minister of Railways and Canals, and Hon. Duncan Marshall Will Deliver Addresses APRIL "14, 1925. LYINI ish rs A Great Audience Is Expected to Be Present At Liberal Rally in Memorial Hall To-night To-night's the night. AI roads will lead to Memorial Hall for the big rally, to be held undef the aus- pices of the Kingston Liberal Asso- ciation. . It is expected that there will be a bumper crowd at this gathering. Hon. George P. Graham, minister of railways and canals, and Hon. Dun- can Marshall, former minister of agriculture in the Alberta Govern- ment and J. A. Campbell of King- ston, will be among the speakers. An orchestra has been secured for the rally and a fine programme of music will be rendered. Members of the Liberal party in Kingston and the surrounding dis- trict have been invited to attend with thelr friends, and it gives every promise of being a big night for the Liberal cause. Members of the Women's Liberal Assoclation have been invited to at- tend the meeting. North Augusta Swept By Fire Bank of Nova Scotia, Bakery, Shop and Several Residences Are Destroyed. Brockville, April 14.--The village of North Augusta, situated sixteen | miles from here, suffered a serious tire loss at 6 o'clock this morning when a blaze, originating in the| bakery of T. W. Ralph, destroyed that building as well as the adjoin- ing residence of Fred Colborne, the premises of the Bank of Nova Scotia, the harness shop and outbuildings of Mr. Colborne, and the residence of M. T. Karl, and W. 8. Ralph. All buildings destroyed were of frame construction and it was only by a great effort that the volunteer firs Lrigade prevented the fire from crossing to the opposite side of the street. The blaze was brought un- der control. 'The fire is believed to have started in the flue of the bak- 'ety. Melp summoned from Broek ville, Spencerville dnd Smith's Falls, was not available. The contents of most of the buildings ' were .also lost. Progress is reported towards set- tling the Nova Scotia coal miners' strike. ( PPPS PPIPOPPIRIRIOOS 3 + LAUNCH OVERTURNS FIVE ARE DROWNED London, April 14.--A des- patch from Chatham says that an officer and five men were drowned when a launch Dbe- longing to the Bacobus, an auxiliary vessel of the British fleet, collided with 'a barge last night and overturned. CPP 90909904 CP 990009404 CPP 000000000000 LAST MEETING OF THE BOARD Of Queen's Theological College As a Presbyterian Body Being fell. A meeting of the board of man- agement of Queen's Theological Col- lege will be held on Tuesday after- noon at the college, when important business will be considered. This will be the last meeting of the board as a Presbyterian concern, as on June 10th next the college will en- ter the United Church of Canada. On the board of management at the present. time there are members of Presbyterian churches who have entered the United Church of Can- ada and there are also non-unionists, Whether or not the non-unionists will continue to be members of the board of management once the col- lege enters the United Church of Canada remains to be seen. Hon. W. F. Nickle, attorney-gen- eral, has forwarded the college auth- orities a copy of the Uniofi bill legislature. The following is a copy of the clause in the act which refers to Queen's Theological College: "Clause 11B.--Notwithstanding anything In this act contained, in the event of Queen's Theological College ceasing to carry on its work in the city of Kingston, any chur h or non-concurring congregations to which a commission appointed under section II of the Act of 'Incorpora- tion may allocage Queen's Theologi- cal College, shall not be in any bet- ter position. than .the Presbyterian church in Canada would have been in such event with respect to the two hundred thousand dollars re- ferred to in section 21 of chapter 138 of the Statutes of Canada, 1913." Commander H. B. Taylor of the British Admiralty, is expected = to arrive in Ottawa on April 27th to assume the duties of director of naval intelligence. Last Convention Under Presbyterian Auspices ook Place at Queen's on Monday Evening Four Young Men Licensed and Ordained to Preach the Gos~ pel--The Occasion Was a Memorable One. At Convocation Hall 6n Monday evening, the final convocation of Queen's Theological College under Presbyterian auspices was solemnly conducted, and testamurs, degrees and prizes were granted to the grad- napng class and four mem ofdained to the ministry. The Rev. C. L. Cowan of Picton conducted the opening exercises, after which Prof. W. Morgan pre- sented the candidates for the degree of bachelor of divinity and Mr. A. M. Russell, B.A., of Wolfe Island, tawa, received the degree at the hands of Vice-Chancellor R. Bruce Taylor. : Candidates for the testamur were then called upon and the vice-chan- words sounded in the ears of the four young men, Messrs. Megaw, Wright, Mcinnes and Miller, who presented themselves to be licensed. After the brief but imposing service had been concluded by the candi- dates answering a number of searching questions, the members of Presbytery gathered congratulated the young men. Then followed the service of or- after the sonorous passages of scrip- ture had been read and the candi- LOOKING AROUND ' Now that a dog bisculf factory is to be established in Napanee it is to be hoped that Kingston's surplus "perp" population will betake itself to the furniture town t@ the west to get in on the eats. ¢ The Ferguson Government has more than the "drys" im arms against it. The tax it has placed on the children's glass of pop hat .all the "kids" of the proviice good and mad. it ' There is no doubt sbout it tha the awfully short skirts this spring are making the men look longer. The short skirt is blamed for many stooped male shoulders. Cheese made at Lansdowne the past month brought twenty-two cents a pound in Toromto, a good early spring figure. Thee will be a drop in the price 'this week. Last year the average price paid for cheese was about sixtges cents a pound 'and this season I is expected that it may be a little ge ---- On all sides one hears that as the result of the visit of the Ontario leg- islature committee to the Ports- mouth penitentiary, suspicion over bond deals before the Drury Govern- ment came into power has only been increased through the refusal of the Ferguson Goverment mem- bers of the committee #0 permit the former deputy treasuref of the pro- vince to answer a certain question. The opinion is that W, E. N. Sin- clair, the Liberal leader, would have exposed something had he been al- lowed to try and get the information he was after. WW dian A young mother, A home there is a radio, tog three-year-, old daughter to an uptown -church Sunday morning. When the sermon was in progress she was startled to hear her offspring out loud: "Oh mummy, let who home, I don't want to listen in"6n/ this." Canadians are not the only people who can yell a welcame at the Prince of Wales. Those colored folks in West Africa, a British possession, have also gone dafty over the heir to the throne. No doubt H. R. H. will ddnce with some of the dusky maidens and perhaps ten years hence when. he revisits the Gold Coast his keen memory will stand him in good stead and he will be able to recall some of his dancing partners of 19265, We thought that all the bad boys had disappeared when we grew to manhood, but it appears not. There are still bad boys in Kingston, wh are despoiling cottages hereabou® and running the danger of having the police call at their homes. Rev. Dr. 8. W. Dyde, the principal of Queen's theological college, whiclt will no longer be Presbyterian after the 10th of Jume, is a man of wide culture. But he did not get it all from books. He made a first-hand study of men. Dr. Dyde's students may not know that their principal has hobnobbed with men in mining camps and sated on the old-time log rafts down the St. Lawrence with French-Canadian raftsmen. It is noted that theology and |' Money to Stop the Breach of Promise Suit Of Film Actress New York, April 14.--A large money settlement has healed the broken heart and injured feelings of Lois Meredith, the film star, and she has withdrawn her breach of promise suit against Lieut.Col. Den- nistoun, her attorney, Dudley Field Malone, announced in Paris yester- day. And, to spare storm-driven Eng- lish society from shocks similar to those it suffered during the trial to the first Mrs. Dennistoun's suit In which Dennistoun's present wife, the Dowager Countess Carnarvon figur- ed prominently, all negotiations Ia Miss Meredith's action are being con- ducted in Paris. Then, with the papers lacking only her signature, Malone will Against Colonel Dennistoun leave for New York next Wednes- day to submit the documents for the movie actress' approval. One of the conditions of the pact it was stated, was that the original letters written by Dennistoun, about a hundred, are to be returned by Miss Meredith, and all copies in Ma- lone's possession are to be consign- ed to the flames in the presence of the writer's lawyer. Thus, very appropriately, the evi- dence of Dennistoun's affection for the 'American actress, kindled be- tween the time of his divorce from Mrs. Dorothy Dennistoun and his subsequent marriage to the widow of the famous Egyptologist, will be destroyed by fire. A WAVE OF SELLING DEPRESSED WHEAT Grain for May Delivery De- clined Seven Cents to $1.59 at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, April 14.--A wave of selling shortly before the close of yesterday's wheat market sent prices crashing, the May delivery declining seven cents before the stampede was! checked. Closing quotations showed May at $1.59, July $1.56, 63 cents lower, and October, $1.283%, § cents below Saturday's final figures. Lack of demand generally, coup- led with reports of liberal rainfall throughout the United States wheat belt, precipitated the weakness. The coarse grain markets followed the bearish trend of wheat, rye dropping | 5% cents, flax 44 cents, barley 2% cents and oats 3 cents. Decline at Chicago. Chicago, April 14.~--~Wheat under went a notable fall in value yester< 'day largely offsetting --the recent, sensational rise due to the big reduc- tion in thé government estimate of the 1925 probable yield of winter wheat. Yesterday's decline amounted to 63% cents a bushel in some cases and carried May wheat prices down to $1.56. Reports of the possibility of a gen- eral strike of mill" hands in Great Britain were expected to depress the Liverpool wheat market to-day, and had much to do with the weakness which developed here, Besides, rains in various parts of the winter wheat belt in this country were taken to imply a betterment of the crop out- look, Salvation Army to Try And Convert Bootleggers New York, April 14.--The Salva- tion Army 'training school in New York announced that it had found a new and fruitful fleld for mission- ary work--the conversion of boot- leggers. i In attempting to reform members 'of this group, officers of the school sald, Salvation Army cadets were be- ing given a stiff missionary work- out, encountering more difficult problems than had ever been ®xperi- enced In the conversion of other types of so-called "bad men." Ramsay» MacDonald, after being hotly criticized, receives congratula- tions on the achievements of his British Labor ministry. Coroner's jury holds Arthur Moon responsible for the death of John McGie and Clayton McWilllams at Belleville Hope is expressed that the confsr- URGES CONFERENCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT J. H. Thomas Would Have Leaders In All Spheres Get Together. Thomas, who was Secretary for the Colonies in the Labor Government, in a speech here yesterday, advocat- ed a round table conference of the leaders in all industries, the largest employers and representatives of the , trades unions in an effort to solve | the unemployment problem. He was , convinced that failure to find a solu- tion meant national disaster. The economic fact was, he said, that in shipbuilding the British were unable to compete with the foretgn- |er, although wages were admittedly | scandalously low and many firms were working on overhead charges altne, without any profits. Strikes were not the solution for such a sit- uation. He believed the greatest concep- tion of 'a remedy for existing condi- tions was Soclalism, but if he had the power to put -Bocialism. into 'operation. by his one vote, he de- clared, he would refuse to do it, be- cause the majority of the people did not believe in it. APPEALING FOR STAY OF DEATH SENTENCE Former Toronto Promoter's Lawyers Also Ask Governor of State for Reprieve. 14.--Only. two Chicago, - April days separated Russell Scott, former Toronto promoter, from the scaffold as state and defence battled to-day for and against the. hanging penalty set by Superior Judge Lindsay for April 17th. While Scott's attorneys are in Springfield seeking a reprieve from Governor Len Small, and preparing to ask the Supreme Court for a sup- ersedeas writ to stop the hanging, State's Attorney Crowe named one of his assistants to combat the lat est defence moves. t Charles P. R. MacAulay, counsel for Scott in his appeal, annpunced last week that he would ask a re- prieve to allow time in which to sue out a writ of error and supersedeas before thé Supreme Court. The de- fence seeks to point out errors in the trial which they contend should entitle Scott to a new trial, Scott was found guilty of the murder of Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk, in what the State contended was a hold-up. Scott contends that he and his brother, Robert, who dis- appeared and never was apprehend- ed, went to the City Hall drug store to buy liquor and that Maurer was killed in a quarrel with which Rus- sel Scott had nothing to do and that he did not witness the shooting. Truro, England, April 14.--J, H. x | ; CONNORS MEETS AGAIN Division on the Not Pos- sible For a Week. nse NUCH WORK IS AHEAD Discussioil on National Railways, Freight Rates And Subsidy Will Take Ottawa, April 14.--This afternoon the House of Commons begins its second and last lap of the session, How long the lap will be, and the outcome, no oné knows. There has been a great deal of guessing as fo what will probably happen, but the situation is such that to predict with any degree of certainty as to the outcome is out of the question. The House will have to move faster than it has done, if it is to; get through the mass of legislation that the public is expecting. With about forty more to speak on the budget, according to all reports, a division on this before a week is improbable. After that will come the annual statement on the Canadian National Railways from Hon, G. P. Graham. Judging by the plain speak- ing that has been done during the budget debate on the subject of rails way finance, the discussion on Canadian National affairs this ses sion will be more than of a per functory nature. The most signifi- cant feature is the attitude takem by the Progressives and Indepen- dents, who says that economies must. be effected. . " Then thers is the mueh« question of freight rates, which been sidetracked both by the budget apd the Petersen shipping sudsidy. Incidentally, it the ocean rates coms mittee can wade through the mass of documents that Mr. Symington, the government's counsel, has ask- ed for, and make a report within six weeks, it will be surprising. ; The Grain Act, which is due for a thorough overhauling, is another subject on which much will be said, for the recent erratic movements of the grain market have given the western members much food for thought. They say that the farmers have not made the money that many have thought, and some"of them coff= tend that speculating in grain should be restrained. Then there is the Australian trade treaty. i : WESTERN FARMERS | ARE SEEDING MORE. The Moisture Conditions Are Encouraging Them to Increase Acreage. on a conditions throughout the Prairie Provinces are such as to the western farmer and induce the seeding of an increased acreage of land, according to the first 1925 & port of the Canadian National Rails sued to-day. 3 At many points seeding fs re ported to be well under way and is expected to be general by the : of thd week. 5 Manitoba has been favored excellent weather, * with x i | i H Hi Settee treo E | & ORIAL HALL TONIGHT ¥ Winnipeg, April 14. --Molsture way Agricultural Department, fis-