#14 1 legitimized by marriage. he Daily 4 ' ¢itish Whig i KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1926. Progressive Member Wants Good Reduction in Tariff on Motor Car ONTARIO LEGISLATURE UNABLE 10 ADJOURN BEFORE EASTER Fleren tr Government Bills Were Introduced on Monday--At- General Nickle Pre and the Toronto, March 80.--Although thé Premier announced yesterday afternoon that the legislature could not finish before Easter, he stated last night that morning sittings would be started om Wednesday. Eleven Government bills. were in- troduced yesterday and this In it- self 1s taken that the session can- not conglude BE et Thuradal night. Committees with the exception of the grivate bills are all ahead with the! Phineas. and at least equal to the House, Last night's session was largely taken up wit with estimates. Yio Amend Ado, Adoption Act. Attorney-General Nickle intro- duced a BIL to amend the Adoption heh will prevent the parents 4 giimate children from taking SPRtk into their custody children Fborn to them and subsequently Mr. Nickle tated that* considerable hardship 'had been encountered when the par- ents of fllegitimate children married and then took their child back from ockey players a wel- long live in their me- ", Bisse, held at six o'- sident Columbus Hanley occu- the has and from the start to close of the meeting there was y the trip west, James T. d, Coach T. F. Gelley and 'Bdward Hartrick was 'the mmmin part of the me 'friends, Mayor An- R. Bruck Taylor, W iP. ee aaetd C. Nickle and several free and easy gay, - hers Mere at the head table on ' "the dinner the songsters were. | ht on the job and kept things with numbers from the song books, injecting pep and feeling among the g. There were many guests t night as well and they I aan heartily into the proceed- ings. Addrésses of welcome were made to the players by Dr. Edward Ryan. Functpal R. Bruce Taylor and May- r Angrove and James T. Suther- ind responded for the team. ¥ Ryan's Address. Ris Yomarks, Dr. Baward early Greek dn it day and bringing to accomplishments world, showing 'degree the athle- 1 x countries had nil of the na- e formed. a foundation he physical and mental develop- of of the countries. Bills to Amend the Adoption and Public Institutions Acts. Hon. G. & Henry introduced a bill to amend the -Representation Act of last session for the purpose of defining more clearly the ridings set out in the redistribution of last year. A select committee of the House was appointed to make the changes na bring the bill back to the House for second reading. Veterans Funerals. Amendments to the Judicature and the Charities and Public In- stitutions Acts were also ihtroduced by the Attorney General. The latter act defines more clearly the place of residence of a patient who becomes a charge on the municipality. The bill was occasioned by the condition of the town of Gravenhurst who finds itself in the position of having to support many persons who come there for climatic reasons and who subsequently become a charge on the town. Mr. Nickle said that in- cluded in the bill was a section by which the last post fund would get an indemnity from the municipali- ties for funeral expenses of veterans. . in Kingston to win championships or near championships. He spoke of the great successes in football, bas- ketball and hockey. Principal Taylor stated that he often wonder®l where this physical development was going to end. He recalled records of a few years ago and comparing them with the records of today in sport, they seemed comparatively trifling. He cited swimming, the broad jump re- cords and the 100 yards dash, all of which had been greatly advanced as years went on. The speaker paid a glowing tri- bute to the boys and spoke of the Eonor and pride they brought' back spoke briefly, thanking everybody who had help- ed in the reception to the players. He stated that there never was a team that deserved the honors any more than these boys and he declar- €d that the city. would show the ap- preciation felt in a more tangible way. James T. Sutherland reminded those present that the Kingston team were champions of Qntario and Eastern Canada. He gave a short resume of the victories of the team in their quest for the Domin- ion championship but found high words for the Calgary team. He ex- pressed appreciation for the wel- come on behalf of the boys. At the conclusion of Mr. Suther- land's talk, all joined heartily in singing, "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows," and, led by William Moore, three ringing cheers were ae- corded the players. During the dinner, Hubert Chown was introduced as a new member of the club by Kiwanian Harry Wilder. Hubert was given a warm welcome. The roll call was in charge of Ki- wanian W. Moore and was a lively. one indeed. Fines flew thick and fast before it was over, Those whose numbers were not In the box were called on to purchase boxes of cigar- elites for the players. The boost was put on by the club and handsome prizes wére won by "Gib" McKelvey, Howard Re "Buster" Hartley, Bill Taugher an Orford. ; Vecal numbers were given by Ki- wanians Broom and Goodwin and Jack Elder. ------ Perth county veterans at Strat- ford passed a resolution calling on the provincial authorities to form a board of trustees to allocate the canteen fund monies for disposal by county boards of trustees. .The nude body of an infant was found at Petrolia. JF sears 6n the remains indicated an altempt to cremate it. AR SAT rat rags and | tI19e997994994304 RADIO SETS TO HELP ARREST CRIMINALS : Ottawa, March 30.--The in- stallation of radio receiving and broadcasting sets in Can- adian lighthouses to assist in the arrest of criminals is sug- gested by L. J. Ladner, Con- servative, Vancouver South, in a geries of questions placed on the order paper of the House of Commons. | | : + + * » + *| * a L 3 * * $PFPPEO2 200000009) CONVICTS ON THEIR WAY. Sixteen Guards on Special Train Go- ing to the West. | The train transferring the eiEntY | inmates of Portsmbuth Penitentiary | to the Stoney Mountain instifution | arrived in Toronto about 8.45 on Monday night, and after a wait of | enly fifteen minutes, continued on | itg journey west. Of the sixteen | guards. who went, eight were from | the Portsmouth penitentiary, four | were from St. Vincent de Paul, three | were from Stoney Mountain and one | was from Dorchester. Most of the prisoners, all of whom were § to 8-year men, were quite glad to make the trip to the west as it afforded a break in the prison | monotony. | TWO MEN SEVERELY INJURED IN DRY DCCK E. Martin Suffered a Broken | Thigh and A. Code Frac | tured. Ankle. E. Martin, 231% Brock street, had | his left thigh broken and the outside | of his right ankle fractured, and A. Opde, 71 Division Street, suffered a fracture of the lower part of the right leg, a fracture of a rib and a bruised chest when a steel plate, weighing | about a ton, pinned them against the | dock while they were working on the | steamer in the dry dock of the Col- lingwood Shipbuilding Company about five o'clogk Monday afternoon, The steel plate was being hoisted And when suspended tn the air, it Was' over the men, crashing to the ground and turning on its side, pinning the two men against the dock. Workers rushed to the scene of the accident and removed the plate, free- ing the men. "A doctor wads summon- ed and the injured were rished to the Kingston General Hospital, where an examination revealed .the abeve mentioned injuries. 'Dr. 1.-G. Bogart, | attending physician, stated on Tues- | day afternoon that the condition ot | the men was satisfactory. Sister of Late Pone Pius Dies Almost in Poverty Rome, March 30.-----The lifetime of self-denying devotion to religion has ended with the death of Anna Sarto, youngest sidgter of the late Pope Pius X, after twb months' illness and a difficult operation. Anna, aged seventy-six, was a spinster. She died almost in. poverty in a small apart- ment facing St. Peter's Square in which she had lived for many years with Marie Sarto, now only surviving sister of Pius X. -------------- Cheese Instructors. Dr. Reed, bacteriologist at Queen's University, gave a lecture on Tues- day to the cheese instructors of Eas- tern Ontario, at their annual short course at the Dairy School here. There were about twenty-three re gistered for the course, which onlg lasts for a few days. George H. Barr, of Toronto, dairy director for Ons at the school during the T0 TRY AND SETTLE [8 | journment was agreed to. (A REDUCTION [S URGED IN AUTO TARIFF Mr. Cotes Reso Resolution, How- ever, Did Not Reach a Vote. AUTO COST INCREASED By $305 by the Customs Tari ~The Motor Truck Has Be- come a Necessity. Ottawa, March 30.--An all day de- bate in the House of Commons on a | resolution advocating '"'a substantial | reduction in the customs tariff on {automobiles and motor trucks' con- | cluded shortly before midnight on a | private member's motion for ad- journment. The resolution did not reach a vote, and no member of the overnment had spoken when ad- The reso- | lution was introduced by G. G. Coote, | Progressive, MacLeod. The resolution, having had its | place in the discussion of private | members"-day, automatically goes to the bottom of the order paper, which would almost certainly mean that it would not come up again this ses- sion. Premier Mackenzie King, however, intimated when adjournment was moved by J. BE. Letellier, Liberal member for Compton, that some ar- rangement might be made whereby the resolution might be given prece- dence again on the next private mem- bers' day. Mr. Coote emphasized the fact that in western Canada the automo- bile and the motor truck had ceased to be a luxury and become a neces- sity. ated the customs' tari | : $305. he claimed, the duty on autos was too high and gave figures: claiming that certain classes of autos in Canada cost $410 wnd in Detroit $290. Other marked increases were given as follows: Detroit, $310, Canada, $440; Detrojt, $500, Can- ada, $666. From Canada's success- ful export trade in automobiles he figured our manufacurers could meat competition in the home mar- ket." He claimed that $20,000,000 was the excess price paid by Cana- dians in 1924 for automobiles. He objected to the question being re- ferred to the Tariff Board and de- manded the duty be reduced at once in spite of the lobby ' put up by the motor manufacturers, HON. J. C. ELLIOTT 1S A VERY BUSY MAN Pleads . Inability to Discuss Probable Effect of His Election. Strathroy, Mareh 30.---- The day after his election in West Middlesex finds Hon. J. C. Eliott, minister of labor, a busy man. He will attend a funeral at Glepcoe this afternoon, afterwards motoring to London, and taking the 7 o'clock C.N.R. train to 'the Capital. The minister pleads in- ability to discuss the probable effect of his election." He would not con- firm a report that another Ontario member was to be appointed to the Cabinet. Liberals throughout the riding are jubliamt. e result was even better than they had anticipated, as he carried districts io which Mr. El- lott's opponent expected to se- cure good leads. In fact, of the 82 sub-divistons the new Minister had a majority in all but seven. Congratulatory telegrams were read from Premier King and mem-| bers of his Cabinet, while the crowd was also addressed by W. 8. Calvert, a former representative of the rid- ing in the House of Commons and by Hon. Duncan Marshall, » | buildings in Appreciate Services Of Bishop Bidwell The following resolution has = sent to the Bishop of Ontario by | the Archbishop and the Bishops of the Province of Ontario: "Whereas the determination of | the Bishop of Ontario to press his resignation remains unaltered, we, the members of the House of Bish- ops of the Province of Ontario, as- sembled in special session, now ae-| cept the same, to take effect from | and after May 1st, HON. J. C. ELLIOTT, LIBERAL, 'ELECTED IN WEST MIDDLESE! New Minster of Labor Deleats the Conservative Candidate Majority of 2,681---Over 10,000 Votes Polled---Defeated Candidate Says Progressives Voted essives Voted Heavily for Opponent. Strathroy, "March 30--- Hon. 1. Mr. Ro: J. Mr, Ross was one of the few Lib 1926. We pass | C. Elliott, federal Minister of Labor, | als, running with the endo tLis resolution witk profound regret! in the bye-election in the riding of | of the late Sir Wilfred Laurier, w! and assure the Bishop of our sincere | sorrow at the parting. We desire to place on record our appreciation | of the outstanding. service he has | rendered to the Church in the Dio-| cese, in the province and in the Do- | minion since his consecration on! June 24th, 1913. We shall miss him | greatly from our fellowship, and | pray that God's richest blessing be! with him to guide and sustain him | all the days of his life." Specific For Measles. New York, March 30.--Discovery | of the Toxin Specific to measles of | an antitoxin effective in inoculatioas against the disease, is claimed by Dr. N. 8. Ferry, a physician, and L. W. Fisher, a chemist, both of De- troit, in the' current issue of *""The Journal of the American Medical Association." COMMISSIONS ON AUTO INSURANCE Were Paid Members of Legis- lature During the Drury Regime, Witness Says. Toronto, March 30.~+It was stat- ed by a witness at the public ac- counts committee of the Legisia- ture last night that members of the House during the regime of the Drury Government had done bust- ness. with the Government. J. H. Ferguson, of the tirm of Burns and Ferguson, when being examined about Insurances on Government Ll, said: 42 "Dring the U.F.0. regime, I gave Hon. Mr. Biggs a tender for insur- ance," said Mr. Ferguson. "It was for a fleet ofautomobiles. 1 hedrd no more until Rev, Edgar Watson told me he had charge of placing in- surance on autos. I then gave him a higher quotation than I gave Mr. Biggs." Mr. Finlayson--'That was member for North Victoria." "It was aljoke to me that Watson got it at a higher quotation. He received a commission from my office." "Did you know that would dis- qualify him as a member of the Legislature?" "No, I didn't think of that. 1 nad told him he would nave to ger a license and he got one." Mr. Ferguson then went on to say that Jack Ramsden, also a member for parliament at the same time, had got insurance on the balance 'of the fleet of autos. the TO PROBE CHARGES Justice Beck Has Been Appointed Royal Commissioner. Ottawa, March 30.--Hon. Justice Beck of the Appeal division of the Supreme Court of Alberta, has been appointed Royal Commissioner to in- vestigate charges of alleged trre- gularities in the constituency of Athabasca, Alberta, duting the re- cent general election. ESTIMATES REDUCED BY $1,690,000 New Policy to Cut Off Grants to Queen's and Western Toronto, March 30.--An est: mated reduced expenditure of $1. 690,000 for the fiscal year 1927, 1s shown in, the main estimates, tabled the Legislature by Provincial Treasurer Price last night. 'Tne total of the estimates is $42,129. 499, as compared with $43,822. | votes than his opponent. West Middlesex, necessitated by his promotion to a ministerial position in the federal cabinet, defeated T. A. Elliott, his Conservative oppon- net yesterday by a majority of 2,- 681 votes, the total vote being: : | Elliott (Liberal) 6,620 Eliott (Conservative) 3,839 In Parkhill, where the Conserva- | tive candidate expected to obtain the greatest support, Mr. Elliott had a majority of 34 votes, while at Glencoe he secured 100 more The vil- loges of Newbury and Wardsville gave the new cabinet minister ma- jorities of 50 and 28, respectively. T. A. Elliott, the defeated Con- servative 'candidate, speaking from the Progressives had ou their voles largely' in favor of the new milis- ter, but he thought that the incraase in thé number of ballots cast on his behalf augured well for the future of the Conservative party in the riding. He expressed thanks to the workers who, he said, had worked ably and tirelessly throughout the campaign. + Previous Elections. Established in 1903, the present Lriding of West Middlesex has been one of the strongholds of Liberal- ism, the return of the late J. D. F. Drummond, Progressive; in the gen- era! election of 1921, providing the enly break in the line of Liberal re- presentation since the formation of the constituency. W. 8. Calvert was vietorous in"the general elections of 1904 and 1908 and, following his resignation, Duncan C, Ross was re: turned in the bye-election of 1909. He held the seat until 1921. In the historic wartime campaign of 1917, emerged successfully in Om Four years later; however, he down to defeat in a three-corne contest, in which Mr. Drummon the Progressive candidate, h thé poll with a majority of 1.5 votes. Last October the Liberal yp ty regained the seat with Mr. Els liott, the new minister of Lal the candidate. Voting in West Middlesex at the last three general elections results ed as follows: . 1917--Duncan Ross (LanrieridB 'erul), 3,930; G. A. Elliott (Union ist), 3,531. + 1921--J. D. F. Drummond (Pro- gressive), 5,643; Duncan Ross (Li eral), 4,004; G. A. Elliott (Conser: vative), 2,445. 1925~-J. C. Elliott (Liberal), 4. | 926; 'A. MacDougall (Progressive)." 3,548; T. A. Elliott (Conservative) 2,816. The Campaign. In the panrpaign just closed, ti candidates were handicapped by bad roads, higher mperature during the early pa¥t offlast week mening the deep snow in the country. Des pite transportation difficnlties, how= ever, the candidates addressed large number of meetings and ; election fight proved keener than for many years, Hon. Dr. R. J. Manion, M.P., © Fort William, led the forces work- ing for Mr. Eilioit, and the form Conservative Cabinet min responsible for the most int development of the amma one which resulted in a 2 and A. "Boys, MP. chief , whip, purporting' to give decals News In Condensed Form Off the Wires A national campaign is launched in the United States against the unscrupulous undertaker. The 150 cases of liquor seized by the high constable of Kent have been returned to the shippers." The collapse of stock prices in- spires Wall Street with the fear that business is flattening out. cow stood out against individual terrorism. Waterloo county trustees and ratepayers yout s on record as strong- establishment ' premised to prement the their constituents in the a deal in Saskatchewan, fn Hon. Mr. Elliott had "bodght land in 1912 near Regina, thrbe months later transferring the property 4 the Government of the western pro- vince at a profit of approximately $38,000. Replying, Mr. Elliott admitted transaction and said that capital had been made of the a: the time, but following &n inves: tigatipn, he asserted, the deal had been found to be "regular, torresty Eonest ig square." Hon. . Ellott received a ar: deal of ls from Duncan M shall, Liberal organizer, and to the campaign rallies were held many towns and villages. m King spent Saturday in the with Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Hon. A. Dunning, Hon. W. R. M well, Hon, Charles Stewart James Malcolm, M.P., North and 8. G. Tobin, M.P., We Alta. tificate to the Gov~ Toronto, Tom 30. Profme Ferguson last night in the login ture mads announcement r the security of labor on all fi contracts from the @ ) The announcement arose out of af closures at the public accounts con mittee when it was brought out