YEAR 93; No. 14. KINGSTON, ONTARIO. MONDAY, JANUARY 19286. Clouded Political Atmosphere At Capital Shows Signs Of Eom ELL SUPPORT t FORKE PARTY ---- bo Vate for Government | v1 SEAT FOR MASSEY Be Fou n } in West--Massey With Saving West From Suic Suicide. tawa, Jan. 15 18. --The political which during the week ; Biss been cloudy and uncertain, shows decided signs of clearing. While tive Progressives voted for c; the Meighen non-confidence amend- n #t is hard to see how any Pro- gressive can vote against the gov- ernment's present programme of legislation, and for any amendment to the address, which Mr. Meighen can possibly offer. The mature of such amendment is a matter for conjecture. Mr. Meighen cannot a second time move a mere want of confidence motion; he must produce something constructive as an alter- ingtive fo the government's pro- ramme. 3 On February 15th Premier King will undoubtedly be back in the house. In fact there is every reason to believe that he will receive an ac- mation on February 1st, the day 3 for nomination in Prince Al- , where he will run. ---- Torles on ho ' meantime Spamsgyvatiy ss in of graft, | doing CH. Stevens, Hor James Robb: in ' the ' House remarked quietly: "My _ honorable friend has either said too much or too little." But Mr. Stevens fad vo definite charge to make. As a matter of fact the Govern- ment has for months past been itself J ed in investigating certain ir- rities in the customs preven- 'tive service and already one man has been dismissed for malfeasance. No attempt has been made by the ministry to condome such wrong- doing. During the past four years, it may be noted, not one charge of graft or corruption was levelled Find Massey Seat in West. In Robert Forke's brief contribu- tion to the recent parliamentary de- he stressed the need of co- pation between those who had fally the same points of Tt 1s sald a or will shortly be a oy by thw i of this co-opera- tion . wal of some Pro- gressive member. i» favor of Mr, Massey. efrcles much pon to. Mr. Massey the outbreak of dn the Pro- group. As a diplomat he "all the exponents of the of Rogers. If the wast n a seat it will be as a ro- saved the west from given it, despite a place in the said a Liberal 1 | Considerable Friction Is Said ] partment and the Ontario Parole , it was learned today that a} PEP PPPEPPPPP EIS : POLICE KEEP ORDER IN TORONTO CHURCH Toronto, Jan, 18. -- The police kept order at a Toronto Baptist church, yesterday, when the pastor, Rev. George W. Allen, insisted upon preach- % ing after being dismissed. 3 > * * 2 | PPP P PERT [450000000000 snse { (TUXEDOS FOR WOMEN | ON DISPLAY IN PARIS. Economical Dress at $80 Up--| Follow the Lines of the Men's Style. Paris, Jan. 18.--Tuxedos for wo- men! They are here, and were exhibited Saturday, privately, by a famous couturier of the Rue: de La Paix,]| who succeeded in disposing immedi- | ately of a half dozen to two Ameri- cans, The female tuxedo follows largely the lines of the men's, but with more ornamentation and richness of material. The first model shown was called the "En Soiree," with the coat cut exactly as a man's and made of black velvet bofdered with satin. The waistcoat is like the male coun- terpart, but instead of trousers, a skirt of black, bordered with velvet, was shown. A lace frill at the throat replaced the collar of the masculine suit. The second tuxedo, the "Monsiaur Beaucaire," was striking jn com- parison to the staid "En Soiree," for it was done in violet velvet with a white silk waistcoat. And the third, called "Yes Sir,"" was made of blue serge. The tuxedo is economical, accord- ing to the exhibitor, who stated the new design could be had from eighty dollars up. --------------------------. 1A L0T OF EXPLANG Who Voted for Meighen Amendment. Regina, Sask., Jan. 18.---A power- ful lot of explaining will have to be done by the three Saskatchewan Pro- gressives who voted in favor of the Meighen amendment. The action of the trio---- Messrs. M. N. Campbell of Mackenzie, A. M. Carmichael of Kindersley pod W. R. Fansher or Last Mountain--has occasioned sur prise among their constituents who are at a loss to understand why they went out of their way to jeo- pardize the carrying into effect of the King programme. In these constituencies as in Sas- katchewan ridings generally, the general feeling irrespective of party affiliations is strongly in favor of doing everything possible to give efféct to the legislative programme outlined in the speech from the throne. For the three men to express themselves as disgruntled with the opposition offéred to them by mem- bers of the Saskatchewan cabinet is generally considered a tamé excuse for opposing a government offering fo implement a programme that the most optimistic Progressive did mot anticipate a few weeks before the House of Commons met, THE PAROLE BOARD 'MAY BE READJUSTED to Exist Between Board and Government. Sse % | Toronto, Jan. 18.--While in the past it has been whispered that thers was a certain amount of friction be- tween the Provincial Secretary's De- VISIT T0 WEST NECESSARY T0 KNOW CANADA Lady Byng's Address to Ottawa Women's Canadinn Club. A GREAT IN INSPIRATION Was Her Excellency's First View of the Rockies---Visited Many Western Settlers. Ottawa, Jan. 18.--' "No one has any right to speak with authority of Canada who has only seen the East," was an opinion earnestly ex- pressed by Lady Byng of Vimy, when, on Saturday, she addressed a gathering of nearly four hundred women, assembled at luncheon in the Canadian Club., Her Excellency re- gretted that there were those who visited Canada, landing at Quebec, coming on to Montreal, visiting in Ottawa and Toronto, who have gone away giving their views on Canada. "That is not fair to Canada,' em- phatically stated Her Excellency. Her Excellency spoke throughout with intensity of feeling and was heard with attention by the large audience. There were present the wives of Senators and members of Parliament, in Ottawa'at present, to whom the courtesy of the club was extended. Perhaps the most potent 'address which Her Excellency . has given during her residence in Canada was that of Saturday. "My Impressions of the West" was the subject an- nounced, and Lady Byng commenc- d 'boat or train, and, in ad- dition, have gone eight or nine thousand more by motor car. "I feel I have some plea to come to speak to you on Canada," sald Her Excellency, who here interjected her remarks of the unfairness to Canada of those who tell of this country, but have only seen the East. "I come as a sort of advertising agent to beg of you, 'who can, to go West and visit there. Lady Byng told her audience of her first view of the Rockies, "It was so great an inspiration. I cannot convey the beauty and won- der of that undulating line rising out of the mists, that endless, unend- | ing chain of marvellous mountains, and the valleys below in colors of agquamarines and emeralds." And here the wife of Canada's Governor- General interjected: "I do so regret that people who can afford it will go to the South of France and some seaside resort, rather than view the beauties of their own Canadian Rog¢kies." Wives Want to Stay. "The question of settlers is the vital question in Canada just now," continued Her Eycellency, "and you don't want those races that will not fit in mentally with the Anglo-Saxon stock. What you want I think you land settlement scheme, which ' she is confident has worked admirably. "People used to say that the Soldier Settlement scheme failed. I find it not so. I went and saw the settlers on their farms. On every trip which His Excellency and 1 took in the West, we divided our forces, and each visited settlers (not only sold- fers). We went sometimes two hun- dred or more miles from the rail- ways. . G . , "It was amazingly interesting. The £0. I saw the wives alone, and they said entirely what was in their minds. There was not one of them 2900204000000 0 0 * CARDINAL. MERCIER'S * CONDITION CRITICAL Brussels, Jan. 18.--~Cardinal Mercier's condition was so ser- ious to-day that his doctors re- quested that even his secretary cease visiting him. He has been unable to retain food for forty- eight hours. * * * + * +> * + * * 1 * + + * + * + * * * <* ¥ * CPP PPPLFPFPENS PFN Lady Queenbury Weds Native of Bathurst, N.B. London, Jan. 18.--8ir James Hamet Dunn, of the London firm of Dunn, Foster and Co. 'a native of Rathurst, N.B., and Lady Queens- bury, were married #o-day before the mayor of the First Arondisse- ment of, Paris. Lady Queensbury was divorced by the Marquis of Queens- bury in June last year. Sir James, who is in his 52nd year, has been a resident of London some years, Cigar Ignites Gasoline Tank And Nine Persons Are Killed Berlin, Jan. 18.=--Disaster resulted in the Moabit district today when a workman's cigar ignited a tank of gasoline. Nine persons were killed and thirty injured. There was great dam- age to property. TERRIFIC TORNADO. Many Lives Lost th Grgat Storm in Jugo-Slavia. Belgrade, Jan. 18.--Many lives have been lost in a terrific tornado which swept the country Saturday and yesterday. Huge damage is re- ported and communications and pub- lic utilities are completely disorgan- ized. The extent of the losses cannot be determined for several days. Late yesterday afternoon storm was still raging. the Charles MoDonald of 'Prince Albert, Sask., Is a Wealthy Liberal. Torontd, Jan. 18.--'Charles Mec- Donald who has given up his Prince Albert seat to permit Premier King to re-enter Parliament, is not only the hero of the hour in Ottawa Lib- eral circles, but will probably wear his halo on his laurels' for many years to come," says a special des- patch from Ottawa to the Toronto Star. "An interview with the man him- self confirms the opinions \é¥pressed by his numerous Saskatchewan friends that his is a thoroughly dis- interested = patriotic, rather than partisan, action, It was not done for any quid pro quo," continues the Star. "Mr. McDonald once, single-hand- ed, captured two murderers. Obvi- ously, he is a dangerous map to in- sult. This lithe wire six-foot Scots- man has more muscle than flesh to spare. "He came from Aberdeenshire as a child and hardened his youthful muscles around Renfrew as a lum- berjack and log runner, amid scenes such as Ralph Connor describes in 'The Man from Glengarry." He went from drives to druggist in. the days when pharmacy was no annex: to a soda fountain. He wenf west to Prince Alber: in 1897 and by pre- scriptions rather than real estate divisions built up a fortune which en- abled him to retire a few years ago with a comfortable affluence." "I admit that I did fot want fo come to Ottawa. Now that T am here, IT fully realize what an honor and opportunity it is. It is not true that I am giving away something I put no value on. My reluctance to come was due to the v of i wife living in Vancouver, a own dislike to hanging round boris like a bachelor." : SEVERAL WERE DROWNED. Street Car lunged Inia Obie River at Pittsburgh. Pittsbu -- ish, Py a -1t 1} drowned here last night : ROBBERS BUSY EARLY MONDAY IN NEW YORK Take $50,000 fn Aleohol ad $100,000 in Jewels GAG THE WATCHMEN Of Warehouse and Jewel Com- pany---Thirty-Four Injured in Brooklyn Train Collision. New York, Jan. 18.--Working leisurely through the night with electric drills and crowbars, eight robbers cut through the thirty-inch brick and steel walls of an alcohol warehouse early to-day, and escaped with alcohol valued at $50,000 af- ter overpowering and gagging the watchman. The alcohol was loaded on trucks. Robbed Jewellery Safe. Albany, N.Y,, Jan. 18.--The safe of Van Heusen Charles Company, jewellers, was blown early to-day by robbers who over-powered, gagged and bound the watchman and escap- ed with money and jewels valued at many thousand dollars. No official estimate of the loss has been made but it is believed the loss may ap- proximate $100,000. Thirty-four Injured. New York, Jan. 18.--Thirty-four persons were injured to-day in a col- lision between two Brooklyn-Man- hattan trains on the villiamsburg bridge in a heavy fog. Twenty of these were moved to hospitals. SMARMERS. WANT. MILLIONS. 'Grand Schemes o "for Storage and Handling of Staplés. Washington, -Jan. 18---A bill to appropriate $100,000,000 for the Government to buy wheat, store it in bonded elevators, and sell it to stabilize prices for the farmer, was introduced in the House today by Representative Little, Republican, Kansas. An appropriation of $200,000,000 would be made for the creation of a Federal Agricultural Marketing Board to handle corn, wheat and cotton under a bill introduced to- day by Senator Frazier, Republican, North Dakota. Work Together. Paris, Jan. 18--Realizing that the country would not, tolerate another ministerial crisis, even a partial one, the members of the Left Cartel on the Chamber of Deputies' Finance Committee have lost courage in their progpsal to defeat the financhai pro- ject of Minister of Finance Doumer. When their courage failed it requir- ed very little presuasion by Premier Briand to lead them to collaborate with the Government in preparing a financial measure which will find the widest possible acceptance. Rubber From California. New York, Jan. 18--Cultivation of rubber on a large scale in the United States, principally in Califor. nia, is foreseen in Wall street through the reorganization of the Inter-Continental Rubber Co., which has been experimenting profitably on the Pacific coast for years with the Guayule shrub. Prominent finan- ciers are reported to be back of the plan. Would Abolish Stamp Taxes. 'Winnipeg, Man. Jan. 18.---Aboii- tion of all stamp taxes on commer- ¥lcial documents will be urged npon the Dominion Government by the Winnipeg Board of Trade. The pre- smile of a resolution that body points out that the stamp tax on commercial papers, involves considerable. "burden and nuisance" Bandits Attack and Rob Missionary and Family Amoy, China, Jan. 18.-- Nineteen bandits attagked Rev. Henry Poppen and family, mis- sionaries of the Reformed Church of America, travelling from Amoy to Lung Yen Chow, and robbed them of all val- uables in their possession . One servant was shot and wound- ed The party otherwise was not harmed. MINERS DISCUSSED BIBLE AND PRAYED While Held In Death Trap-- Only Two of Twenty= one Survived. Fairmont, W, Va., Jan. 18--When things looked darkest for the 21 men entombed in an air lock follow- ing an explosion in the Jamieson Coal and Coke Company Mine, near here, their uppermost thought was of God and a greater portion of the 13 hours they spent in their under- ground prison was devoted to discus- sign of the Bible and in prayer. This was revealed by John H. (Jock) McNeil, 60-year-old compres- gor engineer, who with Lee Fetty, a foreman, supervised the construc tion of the baled hay bdrricade to protect the little band from the mine gases which were fatal to nimeteen of their fellow-workers. "Every single man was a perfect Christian gentleman during the .long ordeal," said McNeil, who explained that although some of the miners could hardly understand what the others said, because of the varied nationalities represénted, all seemed to comprehend the situation and unite when appeals were made for Divine guidance and aid." TO CONSIDER THE AWARD. Of National Wages Board, on Rail- waymen's Question. Yondon, Jan. 18.--A vital meet- ing of members of the National Un- ion of Railwaymen will be held at the end: of this week to consider the "I'récent ward of the national vases board of the wage" question 'tha has been under investigation he. sqme time, and which has threaten- ed" to develop into a serious dispute between railway workers and rall- way companies. The award is said to be a compromise that has left matters in much the same state as they were before the inquiry was held. Escaped Through Window Of Their Burning Home Winnipeg, Jan. 18.--Trapped in their burning home, Jacob Walters and' his four children, eséaped through a window on Sunday. All were injured when cut by glass, but none seriously. DIES IN HIS OFFICE. Sudden Passing of a Railway Of. ficial at St. Thomas. St. Thomas, Jan. 18.--Returning to-day on an early morning train from Detroit where he had been on business, Charles L. Singer, district passenger agent of the Michigan Central Railway, was taken sudden- ly fll and expired in his office. An- gina pectoris was the 'cause of death. THE COMMONS AGAIN TAKES UP DEBATE Conservative Leader Expected to Move Another Want-of = Confidence Motion. Ottawa, Jan. 18--The House of Commons assembles again this after- noon when the debate on the speech from the Throne will begin. The week-end passed quietly, The Con- servative leader is expected to move a direct want of confidence amend- LITTLE GIRLS DASHED INTO SMALL | CREEK When They Were T, Bank of Loughboro SWALL CHILD RESCUED. By Two Companions Who Car- od Her to Shore---ley Snow Caused Miscalculation. Three small Battersea girls, Fran~ ces Carlton, Iona Clark and Flors Spaves, none of them over ten years, of age, while enjoying themselves tobogganing down ome of the hills which forms the banks of the outlet from Loughboro Lake into Dog Lake, found that the toboggan on which they were taking their first trip down, was rapidly gaining monemtum and finding that it would be impossible to stop themselves be- fore they were plunged into the rapid water of the creek, attracted the attention of a neighbor in time to see them floundering about in the: water. The water in this place is not very deep, although it was over the head of the smallest child, who was saved from drowning by the prompt action of the older ciiildren. In spite of the swift curreit they carried her to shore. The children on 'reaching the shore were taken care of by the nei ghbor, who had already arrived on !| the scene attracted by the eres of the children; -and it was not long be- fore they arrived home safe and sound, although all the children are suffering from shock and chill. The children had often toboggan ¢ of the sow pe ed thém to misealculate the distance which they would go. | THROWN FROM CAKE OF ICE INTO WATER Carmon Hartley Had Narrow Escape From Drowning at * lLoughboro Lake. While cutting' ice on Loughboro Lake, Carmon Hartley had a 'very narrow escape from drowsning when a cake of ice, which he was poling, suddenly turned over, throwing him into the icy waters. On coming up he found that he was several feet from the edge of the ice and it was only by chance that he struck. out in the Tight direction and reach the hole Where his comrades helped him out. Mr. Hartley at present is suffering from chill and is confined to his home. THE KIWANIS OLUB +4 HAS LIVELY DEBATE Favor Juvenile Oourt, But There Is a Marked Divi= Son of Opinion. After a sion of discussion which took up nearly an hour of the time for the meeting today at noon, the oe Kiwanis Club passed a approving of the establishment of a juvenile court for the eity of King ston. The motion was passed after a very lively debate. Leading mem- bers of the club took issue with one another on the question. There Was a great division of op- inion on the matter and the motion