The Baily British Whig 5 CAPITOL MON.-TUES. PRISCILLA DEAN in ' "A CAFE nN CAIRO" 3 YEAR 92; No. 190. LARGE QUEBEC PARTY COMING INTO ONTARIO Three Hundred French-Canadians ~~ Teking Eivcationa Trip. BOURASSA IS LEADER The Trip From to Brockville Will Be By Boat Through Thousand Islands. Montreal, Aug. 15.--A party of fhree hundred French-Canadians, including delegates from all big French-Canadian institutions, mem- Roman Catholic plergy. of * France and Ame- ricans from the New England states, and headed by Mr. Henri Bourassa, pditor of Le Devoir of Montreal, will leave here on Sunday at noon in two special all-steel trains over the Canadian National Railways. for a r of Ontario from Ottawa in the t to Sudbury In the west. The object of the trip is educa- flonal. It was conceived for the purpose of taking the greatest num- ber possible df representative French-Canadians through as large 8 territory of Ontario as time will permit, and the itinerary has been arranged as to bring the travel- . into contact with the English- Speaking elements as well as their ¢h-Canadian neighbors resident in the sister provinces. Mr. Bourassa has received invita- tions to address gatherings in all of 'the cities to be visited and he will accept as y of those as it is pos- sible for him to do so. From Mon- treal, the party will proceed to Ot- tawa and Toronto. From Windsor to Sarnia and from Kingston to Brockville the journey = will be made by boat, affording the excursionists an opportunity to view the famous St. Clair river and the Thousand Islands. city and district of h considerable bright ened, and it is reported that unem- which but three weeks or ho it is expected that this 5 will soon be occupying nearly (ll of the remaining unemployed in city and district. A brisk demand is expected in the near future for work in the Chute a Caron region, in connection the industrial development of and it would not be sur- it there was a scarcity o SPPPPPPPPPPPPPOP * . ® + TO AUDIT BOOKS + + OF NOVA SCOTIA Halifax, Aug. 15.--An inde- % pendent audit and Investiga- 4 tion of the public books and % accounts of the Province of # Nova Scotia will be commenced # next Mndsy by the firm of P. 4 8. Ross & Sons, Montreal, ac- #% cording to an announcement 'made yesterday afternoon by Premier E. N. Rhodes. * PEEP PIC PEPE CEFF Treaty Is Signed Defining France-Gernan Frontier PARIS, Aug. 15.--The treaty between France and Germany defining the frontier between the two countries was signed at the foreign office yesterday. The document is of a purely adminis- trative character and restores the line to where it was at the time . of the outbreak of the Franco- Prussian war in 1870. THE AMENDMENTS 10 ELECTION ACT Returning Officers Are to Hold Office During Chief Offi- cers' Pleasure. * 4 + + + + + + + + + > + Ottawa, August 15.-- The current issue of the Canada Gazette contains a notice by the chief electorate of- ficer bringing into force the amend- ments to the Dominion Elections' Act made at the last session of Par- liament. Among the more impor- tant of these amendments is that which reduces the interval between nomination® and polling days from fourteen days to seven in all but twenty-seven constituencies. An- other is that which requires immedi- ate appointment of returning officers who are new to hold office during the chief officers" pleasure and to conduct such elections as may e directed to be held in their electoral districts during their tenure of of- fice. Herétofore returning officers have been appointed only temporar- ily for the purpose of holding speci- fled elections. Each of the appointees is now be- ing instructed by the chief elector: a aR Stan ---------- ABE ORPEN'S OPINION. as a # Owner of Race Tracks Predicts Dark Days for Racing. Toronto, Aug. 15.--The Telegram prints an interview with A. M. Orpen, which says: "Dark days lie ahead of those in- terested in thoroughbred racing in Canada, according to A. M. Orpen, general manager of the Kenilworth Park Racing Association, who yes- terday said that the recent meeting at this track had resulted in a de- ficit of approximately $15,000. "As conditions now stand," Mr. Orpen continued, "no matter who may lose at a race meeting, the Gov- ernment is bound to win. "Take our last gathering at Kenil- worth for instance. Our total re- ceipts for the seven days were $242,965. Of this amount the Pro- vincial Government claims $52,500 Jor daily operation tax; $83,050 commission on money wagered, and $7,407 for war tax on admission Hekuin and passes. A total of $142,- 958." ------------ MRS. J. P. MORGAN DEAD. Had Been Two Months Down With "Sleeping Sickness. New York, Aug. 15.--Mrs. John Pierpont Morgan died at noon yes- terday at her home at Glen Cove, LIL 3 Death was the result of "cardias collapse," the physicians said, which came after two months illness from sleeping sickness. Mrs. Morgan was Miss Jane Nor- ton Grew of Boston, before she mar- Morgan in that city ia The Morgans had four children, Junius Spencer, Jane Norton, Frah- ces Tracy and Henry Sturgis. The married names of the daughters are Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer and Mrs. KINGSTON, ONT., SATURDAY, VENGEANCE 1S WREAKED ON AN INFORMER Man Who Cansed Arrest of Mal Rube bs Shin HIS WIFE ALSO KILLED ------ The Murderer Is George Ander- son, Who Was Chapman's Pal and Eluded Capture. Muncie, Ind.,, Aug. 15.--Gerald Chapman's pal last night wreaked vengeance on the informer who caused the arrest last Janua® of the notorious mail robber. Ben Hance, informer, and his wife were shot to death by George "Dutch" Anderson, who was convicted with Chapman of the million dollar New York mail robbery, and shared his prison 'sentence and subsequent es- cape from Atlanta. » While Chapman and Anderson were in hiding at Hance's home last winter from Atlanta penitentiary of- ficlals and New York detectives, Hance inforced the police authori- ties, and Chapman was surrounded on the streets of Muncie last Jan- uary 18th and captured. Anderson was not trapped when the detectives closed in on Chapman last January, and had kept himself safely hidden until last night. SOCIAL LONDON EMPTYING King and Queen Go To Goldsborough To Visit Princess Mary. London, August 15th. -- Social London is rapidly emptying. The King and Queen left Buckingham pal- ace this morning to visit = Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, and Vis- count Lascelles, at Goldsborough over the week-end. From Goldsbor- ough Their Majesties wiil proceed to Balmoral Castle, where the Court will remain until the first week of October and will return to London in time to receive the Prince of Wales Ottawa Population 160,877? Ottawa, Aug. 15.--Ottawa's lat- est city directory, just issued, gives the population of the federal capital at 160,877, as compared with 158; 156 last year. The method of calcu- lation adopted for years by the di- rectory firm, is to count the number of residences and multiply by five. Receives Liquor In Settlement Newfoundland Government Takes One-third Cargo and Allows Ship to Sail. St. Johns, Nfld, Aug. 15.--The Dominion of Newfoundland receives one thousand cases of fine quality whiskey and 360 cases of dry champagne as the result of a settle- ment adjusted last night between the Finance Minister and = the steamer Herbert Green, seized last month as a rum runner. By this settlement awarding the Government one-third of the cargo, the ship will be enabled to sail with the remainder to-morrow. Col. EB. F. Armstrong is the Con- servative nominee for South Temis- kaming constituency. fupon: his arrival from his tour... 41g such an COTS PICPOPPVICPOIOPIPIOEY, . * BELLEVILLE FEELS W AN EARTH TREMOR + Belleville, Aug. 15.0-An earth tremor was felt distinct- ly here at 5.40 o'clock yester- day afternoon. It resembled very much the sensation creat- ed by the earthquake last Feb- $ ruary, which was quite severe. + CPP 200 80000 Trenton Lady Killed In Detroit Accident. Trenton, Aug. 15.--Mrs. J. W. Galloway of Trenton was killed in an accident at Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday evening. The remains arrived in Trenton yesterday. The late Mary Osborne Galloway who was fifty-nine years and eight months old had gone to Detroit to visit her husband and other rela- tives. She is survived by her hus- band, one son, Stanley in Detroit, her aged mother, Mrs.: H. B. Osborne. who is residing at her daughter's home here in town, and two sisters, Mrs. W. Campbell of Detroit and Mrs. R. S. Robert of Trenton. PREMIER FERGUSON IS VERY OPTIMISTIC As to British Investments Coming to Canada--Home From Abroad. Quebec, Que., Aug. 15.--Looking fine, and in very good mood, Premier Ferguson, who has been abroad with Mrs. Ferguson for the last two months, reached this port yesterday afternoon on board the Empress of France, very optimistic regarding coming British investmsats in On. tario. He left fo} Toronto, and will be at his office at the parliament buildings this morning. That only gradually the financial conditions in England were improv- ing, and that as soon as they were stabilized there would be a more practical interest taken in financing Ontario industries, was also the opinion of the premier. He did not intend to press the construction of the Nipissing Central into this province if a pac agreement could not be reached," and the in. tention of his goverment in favor- by any m » in Quebec's development, but projected in a wide Canadian spirit. Referring to the declarations made by Mgr. Bishop Halle, that the French-Canadian population in Northern Ontario was happy, he stated that he did not see why this would not be the case. That no fur- ther change was to be enacted in the Ontario temperance act was also expressed by the premier. "I had a very fine trip abroad, and Mrs. Ferguson and myself certainly enjoyed it," he stated. "I have found that the conditions in Eng- land werc gradually improving, and that there was more interést mani- fested in financial circles' invest- ment in Canada than before. Another Fatal Train Qollision in France Paris, Aug. 15.--A long list of railway accidents in France in re- cent weeks was augmented last night by a rear-end collision between an express from Cologne and another from Lille, both going to Paris. Three persons were killed and twep- ty injured. Killed by Circular Saw. Three Rivers, Que., Aug. 15--Fall- ing on a circular sow while working at the Way k Pulp and Paper Co.'s plant; Wita Bouvette, aged forty-two, was terribly wounded and died in hospital. AUGUST 15, 1925. THE -TEXTILE STRIKE ENDED BY MEDIATION rc Government Secures Resumption of Work Pending Enquiry. BALDWIN'S DIFFICULTY 4 Securing Personnel For Min- h oe to Satisfy All the Parties. London, Aug. 15.--A settlement was reached yesterday, through Gov- ernment mediation, in the textile dispute, which has been in progress since about three weeks ago, when the mill owners announced a8 wage reduction of 8 per cent. An agree- ment was reached by representa- tives of operators and the workers, meeting at the Ministry of Labor, un- der which the strikes will resume work at the old scale of wages, pend- ing the negotiation of a new wage agreement based on the finding of a court of investigation which is to be appointed. About 200,000 textile workers in Yorkshire are affected. BALDWIN'S BIG TASK. May Not Secure Commission Per- sonnel for Fortnight. London, Aug. 15.--Premier Bald: win finds that he has set for hismelf a typical task in choosing the per- sonnel of the Royal Commission .to investigate the coal situation and satisfy all parties to the coal mine dispute. The prospect seems that the names of those who are to make up the commission will not be known for another fortnight. Yesterday Mr. Baldwin received the executive committee of the miners' federation at his office in Downing street, and the whole min- ing situation again was for a couple of hours, but without very satisfactory. results. Not even an agreement: was reached as to who comm! hn. There have heen so many commissions which have in- vestigated this question in the past and which have failed to untangle the snarl that eligible men are re- luctant to serve again. Child Crushed to Death By Waggon in London London, Ont., Aug. 15.--Marion Leonard, three-year-old daughter of Ernest Leonard, Emery street, was crushed to death yesterday after- noon when she was run over by a gravel waggon driven by James Kellestone, teamster. French Collier Sinks; Eleven Persons Missing Brest, France, Aug. 15.--Eleven persons are missing as the result of the sinking yesterday of a French collier which was bound here from Cardiff, Wales. No details are available. © 'Ottawa, Aug t Exports. 15~--~Exports of Canadian wheat for the twelve months ended July 31st last, amounted to 146,958,158 bushels, valued at $226,979,571. For the same period ending July 31st, 1924, total exports were 292,425,153 bu- #hels, with a valuation of $296,274, 446. > -- discussed | SPeP PPPS POPOICS MANY STITCHES TO ! CLOSE DOG BITES. Fredericton, N.B., Aug. 15. ~--Doris M. Anderson, aged three, of Riggles, Sunbury county, was so badly bitten about the head and face by a dog yesterday that between twenty and thirty stitches had to be taken to wounds. The dog is said to have attacked the child while she was playing with it outside a house where her mother was employed. PELL IRPOPIP IOI OP e Dy FRPP 2000000 MINK RAN INTO SHOI'. Caused Great Commotion When Pursued By Dog. Fort William, Aug. 15.--~Qreat ex- citement was caused in Chaple's de- partment store here yesterday when a mink, chased by a dog, made a dash into the drygoods department. The young women clerks laaped to the counter\tops. After a few dashes about the place, with the dog in hot pursuit, the mink sped into the show window and mingled with the dis- play of furs. All efforts of amateur trappers to capture the animal were unavailing, and H. Merrifield. man- ager of the Chippewa Zco, had to be called in. AN EARLY SEVERE WINTER PREDICTED This Is Indicated -at Banff, Alberta, by Conduct of Animals, Banff Spring Hotel, Alta., Aug. 15. ---An early severe winter is forecast this year by the unusual actions of the wild animals in the Rocky Moun- tains. The most untamable man- fearing beasts have already come down from the heights of their summer abode and have become so tame that they are being fed from the human hand in the back yards of Banff homes. ; Bear, elk and an- telope are literally walking in the Streets of Banff In broad daylight, with no show of fear in their de- meanor, Not until this week has there even been any record here of the ferocious cinnamon bear frater- ing with human beings. But since last Monday a large yellow speciman of this man-hating bear has been calling daily at the back door of Sirf James Lougheed's home, begging for food, standing seven feet tall on his hind feet. Strangely enough, this giant cinnamon will not touch food that is thrown on the ground to him, but will readily eat it from the hands of Lady Lougheed and her daughter. Several bull elk loiter for hours every day around the Cana- dian Pacific Railway station, Hek- ing human hands, while children tug at their antlers. The Yonge Mills Church Padlocked ; Possession . Is in Dispute Be- tween the Unionists and the Antis. * Brockville, Aug. 14.--Possession of what is known as the "Stone church" at Yonge Mills, which has assumed by the Continuing Presbyterians since the vote on the church union question is being chal- lenged by the United Church, and under authority of the trustees and board of managers of the Caintown Presbyterian Church a padlock has been placed upon the building. Hefore the vote the church was attached as an outpost of Caintown one service being held there month- Iy. ' Caintown voted against union. Since then services bave been held weekly in the church by the Contin- uing Presbyterians, who claim it upon the grounds that it belongs to the Calntown church. Representa- tives of the church are, it is said, In recei take off the padlock, but this they refuse to do. LAST EDITION, EMPREWIE RIFLE MEET . FOR OTTAWA Ain to Make Canadian Event as a DELEGATION T0 ASK. Minister of National Defence to Support Grant to Aid Pro- * . » 5 posed Meeting in 1926. ~ Ottawa, Aug. 15.--A definite of fort to make Canada the scene of an Empire-wide rifle meet will be made within the course of the next week when a delegation of past presidents of the Dominion of Can= ada Rifle Association, headed by Col. John L. McLaren, of Hamilton, will meet Hon. BE. M. Macdonald, Minister. of National Defense, to urge a grant to aid the financing of the proposed meeting to be held in 1926. It is the intention of the sponsors of the project to hold the great shoot at the Connaught Ranges just outs side of Ottawa and to secure a Hast of competitiors not only from every section of the empire but from a score of foreign countries in a grand entry of international events, The senior Canadian Rifle As sociation Is. reported to have been promised the support of the National Rifle Association of England with the view to making the meeting one that will perhaps excel in magnitude the annual Bisley shoot. Earlier in the year an effort was made to have the federal esti mates include provision for the grant now being sought but the item was not listed in the national defense estimates. Just what amount is to be sought has not yet been disclosed but it is not believed that the amount will be very . considerable as sup- porters of rifle shooting throughout the dominion are confidently expects ed to get behind the project ancially to ensure its success. able y 88 a result of the ¥ ning of the King's Prize at the youthful Ottawa Lieut. Desmond Burke, last year, The_legion of Canada's most ex- pert riflemen move to Ottawa over the week-end to attend tha anhu week's prize meet of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association, which opens here on Monday next at the Connaught Ranges. foe The main contingent comes from Toronto, where the Ontario Association is just concluding its annual shoot, but represen from every other provin having a quota of not less than individuals--will reinforce Ontario delegation. I ---------- Retires From Pastorate Service. Carleton Place, Aug. 15.-Canon Archibald Elliott, aged seventy-six, rector of St. James' Church hers, 18 retiring after thirty-five years' ser vice In this pastorate. He has serve ed in the ministry of the Church of England for forty-nine years. Rev. George G. Wright, Wales, Out, & graduate of Trinity College, Toronto, will succeed him, taking up R duties on October 20th. 3 3 20 the ' Appéinted Commissioner, Ottawa, Aug. 15.--~James C of Toronto, formerly. Judge of t Territorial Court, Yukon nr) has been appointed a commi to inquire and report upon all ¢ which are referred to him by Secretary of State in which may considered the . revocaiion naturalization certificates, ------ Amount Stolen Was $87,478. Winnipeg, Aug. 15.--A chee of the Winnipeg Electric Compas payroll disclosed that $87,478 contained in the pouch stolen | sensational early morning hold the company's cashier. been ; ol World wheat crop little than that of 1924."