; | 3 7 « The Baily British Whig Victory for Premier King Pr "WHY DID HE NOT DO IT? | i Mr. Meighen promises to bring back the Canadians who are in the United States by means of a protective tariff. Why {did he not busy himself in 1920 and 1921, bringing back the 750,000 who emigrated to the United States during the Borden regime ? + - GREAT OTTAWA CROWD HEARS THE PREMIER There Were 12,000 People in Auditorium Saturday Night. TREATY OF LOCARNO Should Not Be An Issue in This Campaiga---An Appeal to Civil Servants. Ottawa, Oct. 26.--The Locarno treaty should*not be made an issue in the concluding days of the gen- eral election campaign, Premier King told an audience of 12,000 at the last great mass meeting of his tour in the Auditorium at the capital Sat- urday. Replying to a message sent to cer- CAPITOL THURS,, FRL, SAT. TOM MIX in 'The Lucky Horseshoe' | Farmers Should Vote Liberal or Progressive: Conservative Policy Will Injure Agriculture If the farmers of Frontenac, Addington, Lennox, Prince Edward and Leeds have their welfare at heart they will vote for the Liberal or Progressive candidates, name- ly, Reed, Sexsmith and Comstock. It is owing to the Liberal policy of low tariff that they have been able this year to get such good prices, because of outside markets being opened to them. Wolfe Island ships a lot of hay and cream to New York State, as the port of Cape Vincent is only a 'mile from the southern island shore. In the fall the island produge can be taken over by scows, and in winter the farmers drive their hay across the ice-bound channel to the Cape, and when there is a big shortage of hay in the States, as was the case two years ago, they receive high prices for their product, which is always a heavy crop on the island. The same thing applies all through this district, as we are close to the American border. How farmers could think of voting for a Conservative candidate at a time like this is very strange. The Conservative policy is for a high protective tariff that would shut out farm produce from the large American market, and as Canadian farmers grow far more than can be consumed in this country, what would become of the big surplus ? A vote for a Liberal or a Progressive candidate is 4 vote in the interest of agriculture. A vote for Edwards, Hubbs or Stewart is a vote directly against the interest of the farmers. The women of Frontenac, Addington, Lennox, Prince Ed- ward and Leeds should remember this. The farming interests would suffer from a high tariff if Mr. Meighen was to be put in power. See that he is kept in opposition, by sticking to the friends of the farming community, namely the Liberals and Pro- gressives. ' ~ MOTHER'S PURSE | Mother Keeps the family purse--or should, by every right of capability and responsibility. She has, therefore, come to know | something about the cost of living. She knows how necessary it | has been to study very carefully the family budget in order to make every dollar go as far as possible. During the war mother was severely pinched by the steady rise in prices. But she knew the cause, and her patriotism kept her from murmuring. Women know better than do men how to meet a situation of that nature. Mother is now threatened with'a new danger to the. family purse. FINAL MEETINGS OF PREMIER AND MEIGHEN Prime Minister Spending Three Days in His Own Gone stituency. The Conservatives are making desperate efforts to get | control of the reins of government, and, if they succeed, they ! boldly declare they will set up a much higher tariff than that ) which now obtains. This will hit mother's budget very hard; } for it will raise the price of practically everything she has to } buy--all wearing apparel, house furnishings, and nearly all arti- \ J ) } ) ) ) ) ) ) Ottawa, Oct. 26.--Premier King will spend the remaining days otf the campaign in his own constituency ot North York. On Monday he wiil]| speak at Mount Albert and Queens- ville in the afternoon and at Sutton at night. On Tuesday he will speak at King City and Maple in the after- noon, and at Thornhill in the even- ing. On Wednesday Mr. King will be in Schomberg in the afternoon anid Holland Landing, Aurora and New- market at night. cles of food. There is not a shadow of doubt about it. The only thing mother can do to avoid this calamity is to vote Liberal. The Liberals are opposed to any more protection than we have now; and heaven knows it is ample. NI rr nnd) JOHN DOYLE, CNR. CONDUCTOR. KILLED AT THE OUTER STATION Fell From the Top of Box Car During Shunting Operations Sun- day Night---His Skull Was Fo a Minutes ~-A Conductor For Over Forty Years. ) Doyle, though of a rather quiet dis- position, made many friends by his = genial and pleasant manner, and hs was well known to many residents of the city and. to those frequently using the road. He was very obliging and very considerate of others. It was stated that Mr. Doyle's work did not require him to go up on the box car to release the brake, but he felt that he was helping out and making things a little easier for the men on the train under him. Mr, Doyle was a Roman Catholie in religion and a devoted member of his church. He was a fine man of | splendid character and had n but the best to say of anyone. Mr. Meighen's Meetings. Toronto, Oct. 26.--With at least half a dozen meetings to address be- fore polling day, Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen opens his last week of the election campaign in this district to day. The Conservative leader is bill- ed for at least three meetings dur- ing the last day, at Bowmanville} Oshawa and Toronto. On the follow- ing day he speaks at Brampton and Kitchener and on election eve he will concentrate on his Ottawa meeting. A meéting scheduled for Alexandria on Wednesday afternoon may have to be abandoned, because of the dif- ficulty of reaching this point in time. -- mas LIBERALS FEEL THAT mr Hart rere TO-NIGHT Meeting of all women workers in the interests of -Mr. Campbell at the Women's. Committee Rooms, corner Clarence and King streets, at 7.30 o'clock. This includes canvassers FL THAT VICTORY IS SURE ON THURSDAY NEXT: Ses es help on election day. | Bedputrs o Otan Cains Tt 142 Ris Wil Bert i ; : King Supporters---During Past Two Weeks Re- Ma Dies From Excitement ward the Locarno freaty Mr: pg ~~ markable Swing in Favor of the Government Evident. Over Recovering His Sight | Suc'ca ire, erm of, hat treaty to the effect that they 'impose no ob- 3 ligation upon any of the British Do- Ottawa, Oct. 26,--Victory for the) the assured return of 130 straight Bridgeburg, Oct. 26.-- Joy Ngan. ' India, unless the Liberal party in the general elec- supporters, while the twelve of those and excitement at recovering his Government of any such Dominion tions next Thursday is anticipated | running as Progressives and Inde-| sight after twenty years of |or India signifies its acceptance With confidence at headquarters in | pendents unopposed by Liberals are| blindness caused the death of thereof." ithe light of reports from all parts | considered certain, to be returned. Frederick Clark, aged thirty of the dominion. With the straight Liberals and those | seven, ' Kingston was shocked on Monday morning to learn of the tragic death on Sunday night of John Doyle, vet- eran Canadian National Railway, con- ductor on the suburban train run- ning between Kingston Junction and the city station. Mr. Doyle fell from the top of a box car. It appears that some shunting was being done at the outer station, and Mr. Doyles went on top of one of the box cars to release the brakes. It is believed that the brake released suddenly and Mr. Doyle lost his balance, falling to the ground and striking his head on one of the ties. He died in about ten minutes. The cause of de was MEIGHEN CAUSED EXODUS But the Liberal Government Has Stemmed the Tide. Quebec, Oct. 26.--The emigration of Canadians to the United States started under the Meighen regime, charged Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Min- ister of Justice, during a women's meeting at the Auditorium here y térday afternoon, but under the pfe- sent Government this exodus had This, said Mr. King, was the ac- Instructions were sent out to make ceptance of what had been the Lib- -------- 3) survey of the situation in district, and in each province to estimate the minimum y strength. Moreover, those the estimates were asked to re only on straight Liberals, and mot to ude in their computation ressives and independents 'Who"are not being opposed by Lib- erals, but who, if returned, may be relied upon to give support to the ment. On the strength of detailed advices Just received here, the Liberals claim whose' dispositions are friendly, 142 seats are claimed. There are 2456 seats in all, By provinces, the Liberal strength is estimated as follows: Ontario 27; Quebec, 60; New Brunswick, 6; Nova Scotia, 7; Prince Edward Is- land, 3; Manitoba, 4; Saskatchewan, 12; Alberta, 6; British Columbia, 4; and the Yukon, 1; making a total of 130. + Within the past two weeks a re- markable swing In favor of the gov- ernment is reported in all parts of the country. CAPTAIN CLEWS BURIED. Ship's Officers Pallbearers--Naval Design Draped Casket. Liverpool, Oct. 26.--In a casket draped with a naval ensign and cov- ered with white and colored chrysan- themums, the body of Captain A. H. Clews, commander of the Melita, who was shot and killed at Antwerp on Wednesday, was laid to rest in Babington Cemetery, Birkenhead, Saturday. Captain Sibbons, commander ot eral point of view on Empire rela- tions. Premier King quoted Mr. Chamberlain, British Foreign Secre- tary, as saying that no Dominion can be committed except by its own Government acting with the consent of its own Parliament. Mr. King added: "May I say that, to my mind, is the essential thing in the matter of this national obliga- tion, that we should maintdin as be- tween the Mother Country and the Domifiions the supremacy of Parlia- ment in each constituent part. As long as the supremacy of Parliament ceased and the people were now re- turning to their homeland. Hon. Lucien Cannon charged that the Conservatives of the province of Quebec were afraid of Meighen, and he classed Patenaude and his follow- ers as comedians. Quebec to Elect Only Liberals a fracture of the base of the skull. conductor on the C. N. R. suburban train for over forty years, during which time he had given service to his company. Before tak- ing over the post of conductor, was for some time employed on bag- gageman at the city station. came to the city from Kingston Mills, where be formerly The late Mr. Doyle had been a splendid he He resided. Mr, politics he was a staunch Liberal. He is survived by his wife, three also by two Wednesday morning to St. OLD LONDON'S ELECTIONS. daughters, Mrs. BE. Fitzgibbon of Wajertown, N.Y., and Miss Irene and Miss Ruth at home; sons, Howard at home and Norman of Deloro; The funeral will be held on Mary's Cathedral where a solemn re- quiem mass will be sung for the repose of his soul. A SWEEPING VICTORY is maintained in the different parts of the Dominion, and the different parts of the Empire, I can see no rea- son why we should be concerned with respect to any treaty or any agreement that may ever be entered into. "I will say in regard to Mr. Meighen that I think he will agree with me-----if he agrees in nothing else--that at this moment, when Europe is celebrating and rejoicing over one of the greatest treaties that was ever made in the whole world, it would hardly be befitting either of the political parties in this country to seek to raise a question on an is- sue of that kind at a moment such as this." the liner Montcalm, and five other ships' officers were the pallbearers. i -- i -- , ROBERT J. FLEMING DEAD. Difficult to Interest People in Local Government, London, Oct. 26.--The line of battle is drawn for the municipal elections which are "to be held throughout the country next Monday, November 2nd. The chief issue seems to be the question of moderation ver- sus extravagance in expenditure, and a special onslaught upon Com- munism is'being waged. There are 3,000 candidates for the 1,300 seats in the metropolitan bor- ough councils. In six of the London boroughs which the advanced Socials ists captured from the moderate Labor party a year ago it is assert- ed that the local taxes have been nearly doubled, The old Progressive or Liberal party has been swept away in Londofl municipal politics, one section hav- ing gope Bocialist and the other anti-Socialist. Despite the high tax rates it is almost impossible to interest Lon- doners in the local government. Only 30 per cent. of the vote was polled in the last municipal elections. A curious feature of the vote is that the percentage thereof has fallen Prophecy Made by the Hon. Mr. Cardin, Minister of Marine. Ottawa, Oct. 26.-- "The Province of Quebec is still- standing by the Liberal party," Hom. P. J. A. Cardin, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, said in = brief address Yollowing the Prime Minister on Saturday night. "Quebec will return on Oct. 29th its full quota of sixty-five members. The verdict on Thursday will be merely a confirmation of the decision that was reached in 1921." "Today there are no Meighen can- didates in the Province of Quebec. {They are all Independents. These gentlemen are evidently ashamed of their chief and aghamed of their standard. They are afraid to men- tion the name of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen anywhere in Quebec," said the minister. : : SHOTQUN IN A MOW | : ENDS FARMER'S LIFE FOR J. M. CAMPBELL Is the Opinion In Liberal Cire cles--The Party Active in Campaign. ST ENCOURAGING BUSINESS CONDITIONS out 7 Br" Toronto, Oct. 26.--Striking testi- my to the prevalence of most en- business conditions in & with confidence in the near th of an era of prosperity is in the fact that the sale of in this country bids a record this year, number of registers sold News In Condensed Form Off the Wires A ------ Cheerful outlook for trade in store cattle h Great Britain. Increase in iron ore bonus is pro- mised by Hon. James Lyons. Col. Arthur F. Hatch, Hamilton, lays blame on reporters for alleged slander of premier. Clergymen and war veterans ap- pedi to Attorney-General to probe North Bay Police Court. Total so far secured by Federation for Community Service campaign, Toronto, reaches $311,402. The population of Kitchener, ac- cording to the assessor, shows an in- crease of 757 over that of last year. The storm of Sunday held up lower 8t. Lawrence river traffic. Four 'liners were. halted by wind, snow and rain. The franc dropped in Paris on Saturday to near four cents. The French financial crisis is the worst Former Mayor of Toronto Succumbs To Pneumonia. Toronto, Oct. 26.--Robert J. Flem- ing, former mayor.of Toronto, and for many years general manager of the Toronto street railway, died here this morning after a brief illness from pneumonia. The late Mr. Fleming was a prominent figure in the public life of Toronto for nearly forty years. Not in-a period of fifteen years has the Liberal party in Kingston shown such strength and unity as at the present time is the consensus of * opinion in Liberal circles. Many old campaigners compare it with that period of Liberal ascendency during the Laurier regime when the Hon. William Harty represented the con- stituency of Kingston and Ports- mouth, and they predict a sweeping victory for Mr. J. M. Campbell on Thursday. Scores of former active workers who had assumed a position of meus trality during the period of adminis. tration of the Union Governments, and who sinee that time had with. drawn from politics, once more are throwing their weight and active in- terest into the campaign on behalf of Mr. Campbell, 1 Buffalo Buys Coal. Buffalo, Oct. 26.--One - thousand tons of anthracite coal will be ship- ped to Buffalo immediately and will be distributed to the needy families of this city at the cost price. The coal purchased by the city of Buf- falo was at $14 ver ton. LESS UNEMPLOYMENT Appeal to Civil Servants. Recalling that it was just 25 years since he himself had come to Ottawa, Mr. King made a special appeal to civil servants. The Civil Service was, he said, the permanent government which carried on the administration of the country, while elected governments came and went.' Civil servants were vitally interest- ed in the cost of living, because of recorded in the same. period sent years. Since late summer 'covering all sections of the and all signs point to con- of the activity. Most of the of cash registers are re- ts in every line of busi. | mess. They do not buy cash registers 8s reasonably sure that there cash to register. A cash re- fer may be regarded in the nature investment and the number of investing that way this is Shown a material increase ------ i injuries when the auto in # was riding collided with a since the armistice. Twenty-year-old Jessie Hamscher, Plattsville, was probably fatally burned when her clothing caught fire #0m some paper she was putting into the kitchen stove. At New York the alliance of four of the 'leading phonograph com. panies of the world, representing a total capitalization of approximately $18,000,000, and operating factories fn eleven countries, is announced. a ; the ie contradition of the cons] ifacturers of THROUGHOUT CANADA The Largest Increase in Five Years--S8taffs Increased by 13,315. i --ien Ottawa, Oct. 36.--Unemployment continues to show a marked decrease , Canada according to the latest figures of the dominion burean of statistics, a branch of the depart- ment of trade and commerce. Saturday's report says: "Continu- ed improvement in the employment their fixed salaries. The high tariff policy of the Conservative ' party would increase the cost of living. Suicide Advised Young Men to Marry Early New York, Oct. 26.---""My advice to all young men is to get married early," read a note written by 'George Baxter, a bachelor, before ha committed suicide to-day. Exploded When Struck by Hay ork and Charge Enters | Moose Jaw, Sask. Oct. 26.-- When Harold Clack, farmer of Mort- lack, stuck his fork into the hay in since the women have been enfran- chised. : Aged Woman Killed. , Toronto, Oct. 26.--Mrs. C. Malt, 'aged seventy-one, was killed on Sat- turday night when she was struck by a street car. The 9th Field Battery, Toronto, has been awarded the Governor-Gen= eral's Cup and the Stradbrooke Cup for general efficlency ovér forty- three other competitors in the 192% | competitions of the Canadian Artil lery Association. Hard Times When Meighen in Power; Kingston Poor Relief Society Knows