"CAPITOL NOW BHO YING Marguerite De La Mott, Conrad Nagel, Lewis Stone, in "Cheaper To Marry" v The Daily British Whig CAPITOL | Friday and Saturday TOM MIX "RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE" By Zane Grey * YEAR 02: No. 177. KINGSTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY so, 1925. . LAST EDITION. CHANCES ARE LESS OF AVERTING STRIKE British Coal Mine Owners Unwilling to With- "draw Demands For Longer Hours and Lower Wages--Will Britain's Coal Industry Be Tied Up? London, July 3$V.--The chances for averting the threatened British coal strike seemed decreased toda$. Negotiations between the coal mine owners and workers, meeting sepa- rately with Prime Minister Stanley '¢ Baldwin, were resumed this morning in 8 gloomy atmosphere. Leaders ol! both sides, after meeting the pre- mier, spoke pessimistically cf the the Mining Association of Great Britain, representing the owners, said there was not "a ghost of a chance" that the owners would with- draw their demands. The demands referred to are the ing agreement involving longer hours and lower wages to supplant the present agreement which expires tomorrow. to accept and have ordered a strike effective at the expiration of the pre- sent agreement. If carried out this would mean tieing up the entire coal Industry of Great Britain on Satu® | i | of striking miners, each about four prospect. W. A. Lee, secretary of € | the Miners federation, wOWners' insistence upon a new work- | | on strike in the district, and The miners bave refused | i | THE WHIG'S OLD HOME WEEK EDITION | On Saturday, the Whig will pub-, lish a special edition in homor of] the Old Home Week. This edition will contain the finest lot of i | lustrated articles on Kingston events of the past ever compiled in one fis- sue. The history of the city and of its leading institutions will be given and there will be a number of other articles of deep interest to old King- stonians as well as those at home. EVOLUTION THEORY WILL NOW ADVANCE This Is the Opinion of Clarence Darrow, Afier the Tennes= see Trial. | The Trades Union Conference un- animously decided at a meeting to- day to give the 'miners every pos: sible assistance during the threaten- ed strike, including financial aid in the form of a levy to be raised im every district of the country. Lexington, Ky., July 30.--Clar- ence Darrow, Chicago lawyer, who upheld the theory of evolution at the John T. Scopes trial at Dayton, Tenn., has answered, very briefly, the final message of William Jen- ininge Bryan, fundamentalist cham- hundred strong, visited the collier- fies in the anthracite district be- pion, and his chief opponent at the Dayton trial. tween midnight 'and six o'clock this | morning, intimidating officials and| Like the message of Mr. Bryan, given out through the press Tues- ordering safety men to withdraw from the pits. Despite the advice of day by Mrs. Bryan on account of the the safety commoner's death, Mr. Darrow also issued his answer through the press, men remained at their posts when | ong not in an address. the miners went on strike recently.| «Myr 'Bryan's speech impressed me There are twenty thousand miners gg only the argumentative state- the ment of a lawyer," Mr. Darrow said. police have been powerless to pre-|'"He referred again to the Loeb and vent disturbances. Yesterday the Leopold case, and the philosophy of disturbances took the form of a gen- | Nietzche. He indicates that, in his eral discharge of explosives and the | Delief, such philosophy may have firing of guns, but no casualties have | been responsible for their act. | The Chicago attorney continued: b reported. gen Tears "Loeb knew nothing of evolution Intimation in Wales. Amanford, Wales, July 30.-- Armed with bludgeons, eight bands' 10 PUSH WATERWAYS SCHENES IN CONGRESS Illinois Senator Confers With President Qoolldge--Nation- wide Interest Has Developed. Swampscott, Mass, July 30.--A determined campaign in the next 4 congress for the establishment of the "St... Lawrence canal project and Great Lakes waterways scheme was promised here to-day by Senator Deneem, Republican of II- linofs. The Illinois senator, who has been in conferemce with President Coolidge, said he planned to study means for pushing the two pro- posals at the next session, upon his return to Chicago. A nation-wide in- terest has developed In these ~ '% schemes, he said, predicting that if congress did not endorse fhe pro- posals, they would be carried before the national convention in 1928. ARE THE EPICENTRE Of Series of Severe Earthquakes on } Atlantic Seaboard. Montreal, July 30.--Quebec pro- vince and the St. Lawrence Valley seam to be the epicentre of the series of earthquakes on the Atlantic sea- this year, said Professor as. W. Brown, head of the geo- logy department of Brown Univer- sity, Providence, R.I, who was in 1 in the course of a tour of hie section and other parts of Can- 2 ada, during which he will confer with geologists of Canadian citles 4 and Dominion officials. Asked as to the cause of the con- tinuous tremors this year, Prof. Brown said that it seemed to.be the crust of the North Atlantic sea- the Pacl- Catharines, July 30.--Twenty- h ed or of Nietzche. Leopold did, it is true. But because Leopold had read Nietzsche, does that prove that this philosophy or education was re- sponsible for the act of two crazy boys 7 RUSSELL SCOTT I8 FOUND A PARANOIAC Condemned OChicago Slayer of Russians from Vladivostok One article deals with the early his- tory of the Whig. The old days of sport will also be recounted in a couple of articles. Orders for this special edition should be given to the Whig busi- ness office at once as only a limited number will be printed. It is one that will be well worth preserving as well as sending to old friends of Kingston. THERE ARE 165 GOLFERS IN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP At the Lambton Olub--MWore Than 50 Players From the United States. Toronto, July 30.--~Under threat- ening weather conditions a record field both in quality and quantity started out over the course of the Lambton golf club to-day in the first day's eighteen hole qualifying round for the Canadian open golf championship. More than fifty play- ers from United States are entered, making the retention of the champ- fonship in the United States for the seventh consecutive year a strong possibility. The field numbers 165 in all, including leading professionals of Easter Canada and amateurs of Quebec and Ontario, and practical- ly all the leading golfers of the United States. sient Fourteen Chinese Strikers Are Killed By a Bodyguard London, July 30.--~An Agency despatch from Hong Kong says that eleven Chinese strikers were killed at Canton by a bodyguard of an official before whose house a mob had cash strike allowance. gathered demanding a daily The despatch refers to an influx at Examined by Alienist Who Saved Loeb From Gallows. Ne. Chicago, July 30.--Alienists who have this week examined Russell Scott, one time Canadian financier, in preparation for an insanity hear- ing before Judge Joseph B. David on Monday, are laying their lines for the case which, fn its scientific as- pects, may closely follow the testi- mony of the defense allenists in the | Leopold-Loeb hearing before Judge Caverly last summer. Dr. Harold Hulbert, who was one of the alienists whose testimony saved the youthful murderers of Bobby Franks from the gallows, visited Scott in ths county jail on Wednesday with complete apparatus for gland tests, impulse measure- ments and mental and physical re- actions. Today it was learned the examination was in many respects similar to that of Loeb who was de- clared to have been the victim of dream life. Dr. Hulbert's conclu sion was that Scott was suffering from glandular deficiencies, and was a paranoiac. 1 THEATRE-GOERS ALL AGOG. Interest Keen in Production of Hamlet Modernized. London, *July 30.--There 1s the keenest interest in theatrical circles as the date approaches for a produe- tion of Hamlet in modern attire, and hope is expressed today that the ex- treme touches which marked a sim- ilar 'performance in Japan several years ago will not .be attempted in London. The Prince of Denmark in the modernized Japanese version of Hamlet appeared the first time in a silk hat and swallow tail coat, then on a bicycle clad in a bright blue eycling suit and striped stockings, and finally in evening dress with a flower in his buttonhole. While the Japanese production' {§ about the only precedent Sir Barry Jackson has to use, lovers of Shakespeare fervently pray he will at least stick to the more conservative evening clothes, perhaps leaving out the gay flower in the buttonhole. Stole From Letters. Woodstock, July 30.--Pleading guilty to having taken letters con- taining money orders to the amount of $64.55 from the mails, of which he was the carrier at Tillsonburg, George M. Richardson was sent to was arrested at Port Huron by an ofticer of the Royal Canadian Mount- As Richardson originally ; to Tillsonburg from the Unit- evolution, only one of them "Isn't it peculiar that of the mil- lions of young men and women who have attended universities and col- and "studied Nietzche, commit eges of the country and perhaps should is accomplished such a crime. as Leopold did ? "In this world little, if anything, 5% ! without progress. To make Chris "of the Chinese you would be forced to kill many of them. The invention of the printing |. press was frowned upon and even cost some lives, but no one main- tains that it has not done good. "The building of railroads has cost many lives, but they aided hu- manity. Bach year automobiles kill more persons than are killed by homicide, but that is no reason they should . be abandoned, pack and parcel. "The trial at Dayton has done several things 'which are signifi- cant. Of the jurors who heard the case at Dayton only one of them had ever heard of evolution. To-day in Dayton they are selling more books on evolution than any other kind. The trial has at least stirred people to thinking." Mr. Darrow concluded his state- ment with a brief tribute to the dead commoner. o Gen. Cheylesmore Dead. London, July 30.-----Major-General Lord Cheylesmore died here yester- day, following injuries he sustained July 19th, when he was thrown from his motor car in an accident which occurred near Windsor Castle. The next day an operation was nec- essary. Lord Cheylesmore was born Jan- uary 265th, 1848, and after attending Eton entered the army. He was stationed in Bermuda for a period commencing in 1890. Canton, and says two Russian ships have arrived at hampoa, an out- port twenty-seven moles from Can- ton. Twelve Were Killed In Wreck of Train Tours, France, July 80. -- Twelve persons were killed and a number injuréd when the ex- press train from Lemans to Tours jumped the track today near St. Antoine. Ninety=-eight Chicago Police Slain In Twenty Years Chicago, July 30.--In a glass case at police headquarters here hangs a heavy blue banner, on which are pinned ninety-eight silver stars. They are the badges of Chicago policemen who have been slain in line of duty in the last twenty years. Five stars of dead heroes. were added to the array Tuesday ad the police force honored members kill- ed in the last five weeks. The cloth is almost covered now with the star symbols. Mrs. Lafollette Not for Senate. Washington, July 30.--Mrs. Rob- ert M. Lafollette formally announc- ed today that she will not seek the seat in th.e United States Senate made vacant by the death of her husband. There are fewer suicides in Can- ada than in other countries, says a New York life insurance expert. The rust blight is spreading, but little damage is reported so far from the western Canada wheat flelds. | The greatest Labor conflict in British history is now feared. OWNERS SAY THAT COALS SOLD AT LOSS (Neither Side Is Convinced of Jus- ~ tice of Arguments. A BREA 1S EXPECTED In the Very Soon e Negotiations Very doon--- Miners Charge Operators With Dilatory Tactics. Atlantic City, N.J., July 30.--Ac- cusing the anthracite operators of "dilatory tactics" in failing to carry out their promise to equalize day rates, the mine-workers' committee yesterday told the operators that they were '".tired of delay" and would insist that the question of uniformity and equalization of day rates be settled at this conference. The indications are that the min- ers will finish their case in three or four conferences, after which the operators will make formal reply. The employers are busy drawing up a succinct reply to each of the min- ers' demands. They are making no secret of the fact that they intend to reject every demand and that they will offer arbitration and continu- ance of production without a sus- pension as their solution. They will also give reasons why, in their opin- fon, a wage reduction, rather than an increase, would be the logical procedure. : Unable to convince each other of the justice of their arguments, it is expected that a break will come, that the conferences will be adjourned sine die, and the way will be open for intervention by President Cool- idge, Governor Pinchot, or United States Senator Pepper. The mine workers yesterday made rapid progress in covering some of their demands. They asked the operators to write into the new con- tract a provision for the five-day week and the eight'hour day with time and a half for overtime. They insisted on the shorter week, they said, because of the hazards of the industry, saying that the elimination of the sixth day of work would less- en the nervous tension of the under- ground workers: Discourage Overtime. International Vice-President Philip Murray explained that the mine workers did not object to working beyond the eight-hour period in case of emergency, but that they wished to discourage overtime and therefore demanded time. and a half as a puyni- tive rate. They were sure that enough coal would be mined in the five-day week to meet the require- ments of the industry, and that the reform would not tend to decrease production. The operators' conference dis- closed today that 18,000,000 tons of hard coal, 20 per cent. of the entire annual production, had been sold at a loss of 50 to 55 cents a ton since the price drop in April. Operators quoted the figures to substantiate a claim being made to the miners that they cannot afford to grant a ten per cent. wage increase this year. When the Governor of Pennsyl- vania, Mr. Pinchot, negotiated the settlement of the 1923 controversy he increased the price of coal 90 cents to $1 'a ton, operators said. Up to the end of 1924, it was said yesterday, operators had been able to get this advance out of the coal --{in other words, by advancing the price to the public, Now, however, the public has turned, they said. SPPPPRPPPIPRIPPPIINNY JEALOUSY LED BOY TO COMMIT MURDER Richmond, Va., July 30. -- His jealousy for Mrs. Vivien Tomlin Peers, former artists' model, he has confessed to the police, caused Rudolph E. Disse, 18, to shoot her and two men to death and seriously wound another man at Rich- mond yesterday. PEPPRIPPISETHS C4449 94 040099 CLPP0009A00000 0 The 90 cents to $1 is coming out of the operators' own pockets, because they sald, the public is not paying Jligher prices, and to a certain de- gree, is not even taking some of the coal. The New Brunswick Liberals' Warning Against "Interests" Moncton, N.B., July 30. -- *"Be- ware the big interests which would seek to destroy public ownership in the matter of the development of the water powers of New Bruns- wick" is the battle-cry with which the Liberal Government under Pre- mier Peter Veniot, is moving into action in the general elections being held on August 10th. As the campaign warms up the cry of public ownership is becoming the dominant one. DIVORCE IN FAR NORTH Granted Hudson's Bay Manager at Fort Good Hope. Edmonton, July 30.--His Honor Judge Dubuc, acting as stipendiary magistrate for the Northwest Terri- tories, who 'has returned to the city from Fort Smith, has granted the first divorce ever given in the Far North. Sitting at Fort Smith, Judge Du- bue heard the application of Ernest Gowen, Hudson's 'Bay post manager at Fort Good Hope, for a divorce from his wife, on the usual statu- tory grounds. A decree nisi to be- come absolute in 'three months was granted. Fort Good Hope is on the Mac- kenzie river, 1,300 miles from the end of steel at Waterways, and 1,600 miles north of Edmonton. 10 FINANCE LOANS MATURING THIS YEAR Acting Minister J. A. Robb Has to Provide for' 165 Millions. Ottawa, July 30.--~Hon. James A. Robb, acting Minister of Finance, who recently returned from a holi- day, is turning his attention to the financing of loans maturing during the latter part of this year. Financing to the extent of 165 million dollars will be necessary this year. As announced some days ago, the first maturing obligation, amounting to five million pounds sterling, on August 12th, will be met with cash. On the 165th of the follow- Jng month treasury bills to the amount of $90,000,000 fall due, and on the 1st of November treasury notes to the amount of $8,000,000 mature. The first war loan of 1915, pay- able in ten years, falls due on De- cember 1st. The amount is $42,014,- 500. Mr. Robb has gone to Toronto and it is understood, will discuss with financial houses, the question of refunding some of these loans. WOULD TAX RAILWAYS ON A MILEAGE BASIS Sir H Thornton and Deputy Minister Confer With Premier Bracken. 'Winnipeg, Man., July 30.--Sug- gesting that the Manitoba Govern- ment consider adoption of a policy of taxing railways on a mileage basis instead of on gross earnings, Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Rallways, Major Graham Bell, deputy minister of MAN EXPIRES AT TAMWORTH BALL GROUND. * Het emt Gee. SUDDENLY COLLAPS While Stopping & (Special % The Whig) 3 Tamworth, uly 30.--~Schuyler Kennedy, one of the most prominent residents of the village of Tame worth, dropped dead on Wedness day afternoon. Excitement was high at the bases ball game between Odessa and Tam- worth, the score ending 9-7 in favor of Tamworth. The ball gama was over about 5 p.m. and immediately alter & fight took place between one of the Odessa players and a local boy over an old grudge from the last game. Mr. Kennedy, acting ad high county constable, tried to part them, and in the excitement he dropped dead. Dr. Burrows of Marlbank, was on the field, having gone there for the ball game and he hurried to Mr, Kennedy, but it was too late. Hearts failure caused his death. The late Mr. Kennedy was a man past middle age and he had resided in Tamworth and the surrounding district all his life. He was a pro- minent farmer and was held in very high regard by residents of the 'vils lage and those around the neighbor ing sections. He had been retired for the past few years and had taken up residence in the village. His wife survives him. He was a mems ber of the Masonic Order and bes longed to the Napanee Lodge of Oddfellows. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon. BRIDGE 18 SINKING. ¥ London, ous Waterloo Bridge may fall into the river this year, the Léndon County Council was told yesterday by C. G., Manning, an engineer, who pointed out "it would place South London in danger if eighty thousand tons of masonry suddenly collapsed into the Thames. The County Couns cil explained thal t oir engineers were watching the 'bridge night and day and did not see any immediate necessity of closing the bridge. Thousands of Londoners use the bridge each day and Manning's warning has severely (frightened many of them. Ontario Has Surplus Teachers. Port Arthur, July 30.--~That there is a surplus of teachers in Ontario seems to be indicated by the re- ceipt of 106 applications from pers sons holding first or second class certificates for a position in the one-room school at Kaministiquia, twenty-two miles from this city, May Teach Evolution. Atlanta, Ga., July 30.--An ame endment designed to prohibit the teaching of evolution in the com mon schopls of Georgia yesterday