* which has been proc: THUR 5 The Daily British Whig] TO. DAY NORMA TALMADGE in "GRAUSTARK® SES m-- " ET AR3; No. 268. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 192%. LAST EDITION FRAIL CRAFT CAPSIZES AND EIGHT OF CREW DROWNED EIGHT WENT 0 T [R DEATH AMID DARKNESS AND STORM The Tragic Story of How Crew of U.S, Coastguard Cutter Merrill "One by One Lost Their Grip on Upturned Boat---Young Engineer Alone Reached Shore. Halifax, N.8., Nov. 17.---But for the stamina and endurance of a nineteen-year-old Bay City, Mich., boy, C. Taylor, engineer of the United States coast guard cutter Merrill, the story of how eight members of the crew of that steamer went to their death amid darkness and storm in Shelborne harbor last night, would never have been told. Soon after their sailboat left shore for the ship anchored five miles out, the frail craft capsized, and one by one the seamen lost their grip of the overturned boat and went down. Young Taylor and another man, J. R. Shea, aged twenty-three, kept hold for three hours, until they felt the down-hung mast strike bottom. Shea gave out after a few strokes, and then came the hardest Shea, In his dying struggle, grabbed Taylor, and shore. time of all for Taylor. the latter felt himself being dragged down. They decided to try to swim to Shea was done for, how- ever, and, as his numb fingers released, he disappeared, and Taylor was left free to struggle on towards shore. After a supreme effort he reached the rocks, against them bruised and exhausted. and was washed He was finally able to scramble up through the bushes, and after walking some distance his cries were beard by a small boy, who took him to his home where he was put to bed. The nine men came ashore to bring a sick man-te hospital, but he was found not to be seriously ill and was being returned to the Merrill when death overtook the whole party with the exception of Taylor. The bodies of seven of the eight men were recovered this morning. A REORGANIZATION ~~ OF TRADE OFFICES W. Mol. Clarke Heads Com-~ mercial Intelligence Service --Ohanges Completed. Ottawa, Nov. 17 An extensive reorganization of the commercial in- telligence service of Canada, includ- ing the appointment of W. McL. Clarke as head of the service, was snnounced to-day by Hon. Thomas , retiring Minister of Trade Commerce. The changes will effect at once and will mark rganization ding since since 1923. The service is to-day "almost entirely with young and specially trained men," accord- ing to the department's announce- ment. A, B. Bryan, formerly commis- sioner in Japan, has been appointed inspector of the service. Several of the offices abroad were held by citi- gens of the country in which they were placed and not by Canadians or men familiar with Canada. Subd- stantial changes have been made in . these offices and men thoroughly ' conversant with Canadian business conditions sent to take these posts. During the last two years the offices in Scandinavia have been placed under the trade commis- sioner in Germany and mew offices opened in the Irish Free State. The Manchester office has been closed and a trade commissioner respon- sible for this territory hae been placed in Liverpool working this section of England under the Liver- ool commissioner. Stuart Bleakney transferred from Brussels to Rio de Janeiro, L. D. Wilgress, who is In charge of the German and Scapdinavian of- fices, is given supefvision over the possible development of Russian trade. Mr. Bleakney is a Queen's Univer- sity graduate and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Stuart, Kingston. "the conclusion of a CLEAN-UP ON QUEBEC SIDE. ¥. T. Purcell and Squad Round Up Law Violators. Pembroke, Nov. 17.--A clean-up is being made on the Quebec side of the Ottawa river, near Pembroke, by J. T. Purcell, Hull, provincial rev- ENGLISH AND GERMANS ARE VERY FRIENDLY Dep Sea Divers and Oxford | Players Frater= "nize on Monday. Oxford, Eng., Nov. 17.-- While German deep sea divers and British navy men, fraternized yesterday awaiting the cessation of the gale which prevented the Germans from attempting to locate the lost British monitor submarine M-1.in the Eng. lish channel, there was another dis- play of Anglo-German fellowship in Oxford. The Frankfort football team holders of the German rugby champ- ionship, played a match with the Ox- ford Greyhounds, composed of play- ers selected from various colleges of Oxford University. It was the first time since the Great War that | the German team had plajad in England and both their hosts and spectators displayed a most friendly spirit to- ward the visitors . The Germans were completely outclassed. BALMY BEACH PREPARES Expect to Give Queen's Stiff Battle on Saturday. Toronto, Nov. 17.--Balmy Beach yesterday commenced preparations for its game with the three-time champion Queen's at Varsity Stadium Saturday in the first of the Canadian Rugby Union senior play-downs. The Beachers emerged from the struggle with the students on Saturday with only minor injuries, and only Wilt Menzies, a relief outside, sustained damages which may keep him out of the big battle with the Tricolor. The east enders in winning their second straight championship of the Ontario Union returned to their early season form, and if they play the same style of rugby against the Kingston stu- dents on Saturday, a repetition of the great struggle the teams provided last year can be expected. SOUTH AFRICA WILL REMAIN IN EMPIRE 80 Long as It Is in Her Inter- Capetown, South Africa, Nov. . 17.--The question of South Af- rica withdrawing from the Brit- ish Empire some time was 'touched upon by Premier Hertzog in a speech at Sastron, Orange Free State, last night. He said that although the Na- tionalists, of which party Pre- mier Heértzog is leader, had won the right for the country to secede from the empire, the Nationalists knew that such sa step would be fatal. South Af- riea would exercise the right to draw out of the empire, Pre- ? ued, as soon that Princess Burned to Death By Explosion of Gasoline Grosswardein, Hungary, Nov. 17.--Princess Ghika, wife of the Adjutant of King Ferdi- pand of Bulgaria, was burned o to death today when gasu .e ignited 'while she was cleaning a pair of gloves. She was for- merly the Russian Princess Rowowa, and was twenty-taree years old. BRUCE LEADS IN SENATE. Will Have Majority of 27 in Lower Australian House. Melbourne, Nov. 17.--The Gov- ernment leads in the Senate elec- tions in all the states of the Com- monwealth by an aggregate of 149,- 000 votes, so far as is known. A big majority for the Government {is probable, but the returns are yet very incomplete. In New South Wales, Albert Gar- diner, leader of the Opposition in the Senate, is 20,000 votes behind the Nationalist candidate. So far as can be judged by the incomplete returns, the House of Re- presentatives will consist of 37 Na- tionalists, 24 Labor members and 14 members of the country party; thus the Government will have a majority of 27 in the new House. Labor has lost five seats to the Nationalists. CONSERVATIVES READY . | To Assume Office, Mr. Meighen Says at Hamilton. Hamilton, Nov. 17.--"I do not speak the language of resentment or of bitterness. I speak only the language of truth when I say that never in the history of elections in this Dominion has a great party stcoped to methods as did the Lib- eral party in the late campaign in the Province of Quebec," declared Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, Conserva- tive leadgr, speaking at a banquet given here last night by the West- worth Conservative Association, in honor of Gordon C. Wilson, member- elect for Westworth. Mr. Meighen said the Conservative party stands ready to assume office. WOLVES HARASSING GAME IN THE NORTH Restoration of Bounty Urged to Reduce the Numbers of Depredators. Ottawa, Nov. 17.--+Reports from hunters who have returned from Northern Ontario and Quebec hunt- ing grounds in the last few days are that wolves and foxes have united in a drive on bird and game life that has reached a very serious stage. Never were wolves and foxes so plentiful as now, the hunters say. It is not an uncommon thing this year to see specimens of both quite near, which is most unusual. Tracks of the animals are seen frequently, and dead and half dead bucks show that the menace to the deer is real. Deer are plentiful but hard to get, and not in good condition for eating where wolves are after them. Hun- ters agree that the remarkable scar- city of partridge is due to the fox. Some hunters assert that in places where partridge were plentiful in for- mer years they did not even see one this year. The cutting of the bounty in On- tario is blamed for the increase in the number and boldness of wolves. They have not been harried and hunted as formerly. Hunters think that the larger Ontario bounty should be restored, and the Quebec bounty raised to equal it. It is also urged that steps be taken to en- courage the park rangers to join in the fight to extinguish the wolves. Canada Needs Million : New Settlers, Says White Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 17.--Canada confronted by HIGHER PRICE FOR MLK IS 10 BE ASKED By the Milk Producers of the Kington Dis: WOULD RAISE QUART From Ten to Twelve Ceats in City---A 'Milk As- sociation Is Formed. At a meeting of the farmers of this district held in the Agricultural office Monday evening to discuss the prices being set by the wholesalers for milk, it was decided to re-organ- ize the Milk Producers' Association, which existed here some time ago, and to make a bid for higher prices, namely, $2.50 per hundred weight. Twenty milk producers were pre- sent, and all joined the Association. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one and those present were of the opinion that they were not receiving a price that would met them any profit on their milk. The following officers were elected: President, J. McGrath; vice-president, J. Hender- son; secretary, D. C. Rogers. Mr. J. McGrath presided at the meeting, and in his opening remarks stated that all the milk producers were dissatisfied with the price now being paid and that all summer and this fall the cheese. factories were paying them more for their milk than they received from the local dairies. He pointed out the cost of bringing the milk to the city and said that a higher price was being paid in other cities in Ontario. The speaker suggested that the old As- sociation be formed here, that the farmers could unite and receive a better price. Ae To Canvass Producers. It was decided to canvass the milk producers in the district and obtain more members. Mr. J. L. F. Sproule, acting secretary, said that the old Association had obtained better prices for the milk, but that a great many farmers, who were not members, sold their product at a lower price and the Association could not exist with this condition. Farmers present spoke of the heavy expense of producing milk and bring- ing it te the city and also of a num- ber producing milk from cows living in stables not inspected according to law. They were of the opinion that they could not obtain any profit at the present price. If the Association obtains its price. the milk delivered at the door will cost the citizens about twelve cents a quart, the price that was prevalent in war time. That the farmers feel justified in asking for a higher price was clearly evidenced at the meet- ing. Some expressed their intention of dropping the business as they de- clared there was absolutely nc profit in it, and in some cases thera was a loss. Others were of tha opinion that a higher price than suggested be asked. Another meoting will be called in the near future, and in the meantime the requast will be made to the wholesalers News In Condensed Form Off the Wires Fifty cancer experts will meet in New York for a conference. A French aeroplane rosé to a height of 3,500 feet with a six-ton load aboa The provincial Labor party in Quebec decides to expel Communists from the rapks. Nearly thirty thousand persons are directly affected by the strike of shoe workers in Quebec. A big jail delivery scheme has been uncovered in the penitentiary at New Westminster, B.C. A bullet-proof glass saved the life of a Detroit bank bookkeeper when bandits attacked him. * Several Russian port officials were sentenced to death at Leningrad for defrauding the Soviet Government. Aliens who enter United States illegally are to be deported in prefer- ence to being sentenced to imprison- ment. Under government orders every church, monastery, cathedral and convent in Moscow has been whites washed. Portugal Government will appoint three delegates to negotiate the liquidation of the war debt to Great Britain. Aemilius Jarvis tells the Toronto court that Andrew H. Pepall obtain- ed $380,000 in the provincial bond transaction. Rev. Oswald Rigby, M.A., LL.D., has been elected rural dean of the United counties of Northumberland and Durham, Bald-headed eagle, measuring "six feet from tip to tip, was shot in the Thamesford district. by Hugh Mec- Leod, Ingersoll, Ont. Under police protection, the invis- ible empire of Kanadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan held a public lec- ture in Vancouver. Weather conditions caused serious damage during October in the North- ern States to unharvested crops of potatoes, beans and apples. According to announcement by J. J. Nairn, president of Canadian Can- ners, Limited, W. R. Drynan has been appointed to. the position of general manager of the company to {succeed R. L. Innes, who is retiring. Reeve and Deputy Have Warm (lash In Kingston Township Meet- Ing Over Copies of the Provincial Audit. A stormy passage took place be- tweeri Reeve Graham and Deputy Reeve Cordukes at the regular meet- ing of the Kingston Township Coun- cil on Monday night. The deputy- reeve introduced a resolution that the council pay a bill of $12. for four typewritten copies of the vincial audit of the township Pooks, which has recently been completed. Reeve Graham demanded to know who had ordered the copies, and Deputy-Reeve Cordukes' replied that he had. The reeve took the stand that all the township books were open to the scrutiny of the ratepay- ers at any time, and that the four extra copies of the report were an unnecessary expense. The deputy- reeve declared that the books of the township could not be removed from the treasurer's office, and that they ratepayers under these conditions could not study them. He said that his idea was that any ratepayer could have ome of the four extra coples of the report to take home and read and return it when he was through. He charged that Reeve Graham was opposed to having extra copies made because there was: formation in the report that ° reeve did not wish to get out. Reeve Graham inCignantly this, and in turn charged that if provincial audit had gone back to} the time when Deputy- dukes was the auditor, 'more short x cote o the repo to a vote of the council BOTH PLEADED 107 J. E. Leatherland and F. W. Smith Appear NOT GUILTY CHARGE OF THEFT Before County Magis- trate to Elect--Will Be Tried alle Court of General Sessions Early J. F. Leatherland, ex-treasurer for the township of Kingston, and F. W. Smith, ex-tax collector for the same township, who were arrested on Monday, charged with theft, ap- peared before Magistrate J. W. Brad- shaw, in the County Police Court on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Leatherland was represented by Mr. W. M. Nickle and Mr. Smith was represented by Mr. Ambrose Shea. Crown Attorney T. J. Rigney ap- peared for the crown. Magistrate Bradshaw read the following charge to J. F. Leather- land: "J. PF. Leatherland, defendant, charged within the space of five years last past, at the township of Kingston, in the County of Fronte- nac, that being employed in the ser- vice of the municipal corporation of the township as treasurer, and hav- ing received moneys on terms requir- ing him to account for or pay the same to the said corporstion, did fraudulently omit to account for or pay the same; or the part thereof which he was required to account for in December. or pay, thereby committing theft of the property of the said corporation, contrgry to the ' provisions of the Criminal Code, section 355." Plead "Not Guilty." Mr. W. M. Nickle, on behalf of his client, declared he was prepared to walve any evidence on behalf of the crown, at the preliminary heare ing, and to consent to the committal of his client to trial. He entered a plea of "not guilty." A charge similar to the one read to Mr. Leatherland, but with F. W, Smith's name inserted, and the po-« sition of tax collector substituted for treasurer, was also read. Mr. Ambrose Shea pleaded "not guilty" for Mr. Smith, and consent ed to the committment for trial, with crown evidence, at the prelims inary hearing. Both men were committed by the magistrate to stand trial at the next court of competent jurisdiction. It is understood this will be the Court of General Sessions, and that it will sit about December 2nd. DOUGHTY'S RELEASE WILL COME SHORTLY Former Secretary to Ambrose J. Small Will Leave Peni« tentiary by February. Jehn Doughty is to be given his release from the Portsmouth peni- tentiary early in the new year, ac- cording to information givem out from the Department of Justice at Ottawa, but at the office of the warden at the big prison to-day, it | was stated that no information hal been received as yet concerning his release. Doughty has served four years and six months, of a six-y sentence, and with good condu should be given his freedom in Feb- ruary. The exact date of his re- lease is indefinite. John Doughty, who was formerly secretary to-Ambrose J, Small, the missing theatrical magnate of To- ronto, was charged with the theft of $105,000 of Victory Bonds, the pro- perty of Mr. Small, and was sentenc- ed to six years in penitentiary. Hw | arrived at the Portsmouth prison on May 15th, 1921. It is stated that the provincial and the, Toronto police authorities have nof yet given up hope that John Doughty will yet tell what became of Mr. Small, who disappeared six years ago, and whose case attracted | world-wide interest. It is known that during the time Doughty has been confined at Portsmouth, the police authorities have done everything in their power fo make him tell what he knows about the disappearance of Mr. Small. It is stated that detectives have interviewed him on several oec- casions, but apparently Doughty has not told the officers anything that would help solve the mystery. Will Doughty tell the police? This is the question, but from what can | be learned the prisoner has no in: tention of talking about the case. For a time, after being removed to the penitentiary, Doughty lost considerable weight, but during the past year, it is stated that he has put on flesh, and that he is now in fend busieh PEPALL TELLS ABOUT MEETING PET PETER SHITH His Three Fingers . Are Blown Off By Bullet in a Stove Charles Goodell, aged eigh- teen years, who resides al Barriefield, had three ..ngers shot off when a bullet exploded in the stove while he was »s ting wood in it oh Monday ternoon. He had gathered con- siderable kindling along the river shore and probably pick- ed the shell up with the wood. As he was putting wood in the stove the shell exploded, blow- ing his three fingers off. He was rushed to the Hotel Dieu where Dr. W. Gibson attended to his ¥pjuries. He was reported to be improving on Tuesday. WILL REFUSE T0 PAY { ANY MORE FOR MILK H. F. Price Comments Upon the Demands of the District Milk Producers. Mr. H. F. Price, owner of Price's Dairy, In speaking to the Whig on | Tuesday morning, about the meeting of the Milk Producers' Association, lon Monday night, stated that he was | not prepared to give the farmers the price that they demanded, namely $2.50 a hundred weight. He sald that he could procure all the milk | he required for $2.20. In commenting on the meeting, Mr. Price stated that the gathering was not representative of the farmers of the vicinity, very few of the actual producers being present. Mr. Price said that he was not going to raise the price of his milk this winter. He claimed that' the demands of the Pro= | ducers' Association were unjust. Jailed on His Return. Belleville, Nov. 17.--In October, 11924, Albert Shomer, of this city, !escaped from a police officer in this city while driving 8 truck under the influence of liquor. Shoner left the city and went to Detroit. turned, jall for seven days. Saw a Bull Moose. Perth, Ont., Nov. 17. -- While James Cavers was plowing on his farm in Bathurst, a large bull moose e along to within yards of him. It grazed around for a short while, then jumped the fence and took to the woods again. 0 gs My 1] Ite i