' YEAR 93; No, 79, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL LAST EDITION. Rioting and Fighting at Easter EVE a ALLIS WELL WITHEUROPE 'Senator Dandurand Plays Corres- pondents Who Fu Mire. 1 Scenes of {ont + MOVING MASS | OF BRILLIANT COLORS $ Pekin and Calcutta GIS, 7 TINDER SIEGE the 300 MOSLENS UNDER ARREST IN CALCUTTA Police and Soldiers Have Re- duced the Rioting There. |FavoRABLE MAY REMOVE STAMP of the Peace Neg rx on neous TWENTY-THREE DEAD. By Fighting Between Hindus and and Spaff Moslems--Leaders Could Not |. "ori, amr 5--mh8 mevsbuper Control Their Followers. | plomatic circles, say Bonversations, | now going or hetweeg accredited re- Calcuttta, April 5--The situbtion | | presentatives of Abel rim and the | French and Spanish@ Gov¢rnments ©f this city grew more intense yes-| Robb brings down his budget for between rioting Hindus and Mos- Bly to 'have a ~terday and in some quarters was in- | the presen: fiscal year. Some of the | lems was greatly improved today, | Ll | revisions the minister expects to put | the presence of many poilce and sol- _ ferpreted as the beginning of the | + HALF OF PRISONS CLOSE IN BRITAIN London, April §.--In con- sequence of a decrease in the prison population, nearly half the prisons in Great Britain have been closed in the last twelve years. Since the war twenty-five jails have been converted for other purposes. The prison commissioners are at a loss as to what profi- table use the disused prisons can ba put to. Several of them are- being used as tem- porary dwellings for victims of the housing shortage. py : +| + * | ed Ottawa, April 55-The ar- rival at Birkenhead, England, of a consignment of five hun- dred live hogs fom Canada marks a new development in the shipwent of Hive stock from this country. "All but ten arrived in good condition, and the weights were sitisfactory. Madrid, April b5.--Spanish airmen, attempting to fly from Spain to the Phillippine Is- lands, tock off early to-day. The first stop will be Algiers, in North Africa, five hundred miles away. Three machines are being used. The planes are said to be able to make an eleven thousand mile journey in eighteen stages. mest o-- ---- PEPE I PILI E S00 e EPRI PTPEPPIENN = FOR THE PHILLIPPINES PEPE Ih ee » + * + * + * + + * * * * * * + LJ + * * * + + + | *» | + i + { * * + * tess srss0000000 ® + + GREAT PANIC 0CCIRS When Twelve Bonbs Were Drop ped Near Crowd Gathered Arbor Day Ceremony. Cut In the Super Income Tax | | r Fran | Also Possible--What g franco Ottawa Hears. Ottawa, April 6.--Several changes ! of interest to the taxpaying public will, it is now understood, be made in connection with the so-called Pekin, April 5--Air bombardment | "nuisance taxes" when Hon. J. A. + In the Easter Sunday Parade at + ; gi THE WEATHER PERFECT See esessneseessss BLOWING ON EMBERS ] en | woo ov wo = ide, oh Skirts-Were Knee Length De',..., Iscariot Suffers Indignity in > ity i Men Also Bloomed, Appear | Mexico City. aging Lifect---Unfounded Des- cariot was burned in efligy through- ( abled [out the city Saturday, and some- patches of Intrigue ---- Atlantic City, April 5--A monster | of blag blown to bits by tle eXPI0- | randurand last year's president of brilliant colors, and with numbers |' 'on, OF firecrackers as ne burned. : > estimated a: well over 200,00, Sun-/| gay crowds, which seemed to have [Teturned to Mentreal Saturday, ela- inexhaustible applause for the tor. POT2ted on a statement made in New Atlastic City. + BURNED IN EFFIGY. 0f Hatred Has Dam- Bi h i Mexico City, April b6.--~Judas Is- | times suffered the added indignity . Montreal, April 5.--Senator Raoul thrcng, forming a moving mass of | The streets were thronged with |'1® league of Nations assembly, who - day wound back and forth along the | are important and H Petit Pari- into effect are as follows: | diers having a salutary effect. The real siege of the Chinese capital by favorable outcome. f he sien, however, warn@ithat the last news from Morocco @bdicated the the attacking armies of Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian leader, and Marshal | Wu-Pel-F', his powerful ally. 'Two Manchurian aeroplanes drop- ° ped twelve bombs today near a crowd | which had gathered for the Arbor day ceremony. No casualties occur- red. The explosion of bombs created " & great panic, "Today's, bombardment, following that of yéiterday, is viewed as the ' pommencement of the real siege of the city by the armies of Chang Tso Bin, Manchurian war lord, and his ally, Marshal Wu-Pei-Fu. . It 1s reported on good authority list the representative of Wu-Pei- ) has arrived in Pekin with full 'power to negotiate with Kuomin- in leaders. Marshal Wu's forces . pdvanced to within eighty "of Pekin. There are reports, , that Wu is inclined to re- lovertures from Kuominchin, still controls Pekin, though sur- Form Off the Wires * Armistice on Riffian front fs ex- pected soon with peace negotiations ; Ee Ponzi was found guilty of jolating anti-trust law of Florida at ! ville. © Stray cat leaped on transformer © 'snd put 111 mills out of commission at Fall River, Mass. Collection of very rare books was willed to the Vatican at Rome by late Marquis Ferraio!l. il 8 announces orders have gone out for complete withdrawal of troops from Saar Basin. "Purkish Government has modified order barring foreigners from engag- ing in certain occupations. Italy reports Mussolini may take 'herolec measures to restore unity to disorganized Fascist fortes. 'One man {s dead and another bad- 1y wounded after duel over. former's wife at Santa Monica, Cal. "Pat Kelly is in jail at Kirkland Sake after drinking ounce of iodine asd then shouting for help. were killed and 92 injured jen balcony of motion picture the- atre collapsed at Mexico ity. Little hope is held out Yor re- govery of A. Mahybo, 8, kicked in 'the face by a horse at Conmante, Ont. Twenty are reported killed and ured during riot at Calcutta & Hindu sect and Moslems. ech headquarters at Beirut, tribesmen is makiny head- reports 'Bhird Internationale d Communists throughout I¢ i adopt more violent mea- Parsons, eight years old, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parsons, ville, broke his right leg in two 'when he was run over by a 'and rig near his home. ol. R. W. Leonard, of St. has donated $200,000 to d of Ridley College to help the expansion programme board halffbeen contemplat: > ha had ho new clothes for r, Detroit police say Eugene th; 18 years old, shot himself in The stamp tax on receipts is to be removed: reductions are to be made in the stamp tax on bills and notes, with exemption from the tax of bills and notes of five dollars or less as in the case of _ cheques; cheques made in favor of thé re- ceiver general are to be exempt from Nthe excise tax; there is to be a read- justment of the super tax on In- comes. While nothing is definitely known regarding the proposed revision in the super income tax, it is thought | that it may provide for considerable reduction. The tax as it stands has been the cause of much dissatisfac- tion. No intimation has been given as to when toc budget is to be,_ pre- sented. > D. N. KENNEDY Not LIKELY 70 RESIGH Is to Have Election Declared Void. Ottawa, April 5--While the Peace River election is in a sad tangle, there seems very little Qprospect of D, M. Kennedy, Progressive mem- her, being forced to give way to J. A. Collins, the Conservative candi- date, The very best that the Conser- vatives can hope for is that the elec- tion be declared void and a bye- election be held. It is learned here that a petition was filed against the election of Mr. Kennedy, within the twenty- eight day period allowed under the Election Act. This petition was #li- ed in the Supreme Court of Alberta, and it is now up to that court to act upon ft. bo PROHIBITION HEARING. Begins Before the U. 8. Judiciary Sub-Committee. Washinglon, D.C., April 5.--The senate judiciary sub-committee, con- ducting the first comprehensive con- gressional hearing on prohibition, began its hearings to-day with the Wets given four hours to lay the ground work for their case. The Wets have four hours a day for a week and the Drys have the same time next week. The Wet leaders have set out with the primary pur- pose of getting their 'case formally before Congress and the people with | 81 8y¥ to the future. : | Little Girl Burned To Death in Toronto Toronto, April b.--Dolly Martin, two and a half years old, w2s burned to death when i fire broke out in the store oc- cupied by hbr parents on Queen street west early to-day. Her parents, Albert Martin and his wife, ara in the hospital suf- fering from severe burns. The blaze is thought to have origi- nated from defective wiring. New Form of Vandalism Uncovered at Brockville Brockville, April 5A new form of candallém Has been uncovered here in the activity of a man or men heart of the town at dead of night -~ chopped through a telephone @ with a hatchet, severing 47 a oo. 29 Dias g out of service ; r "the who climbed a telephone pole in the! Druse over 50. re the Riff offensive, whether his diplomatic | arrest of forty-four Moslems for as- | |saulting Assistant Police Chief Ban- | |nerjee brings the total Moslems in | custody to three hundred. ! beginning of a new § and that it !r not cle action is designed ag pressure or is a forg ----" operations to come, W Twenty-three Dead. ent overtures are m London, April 5--Furious rioting befween Hindus and Moslems, which Las lasted for three days in northern Calcutta, resulted up to late last] night in twenty-three deaths and a | many wounded. Unofficial re- | | ports estimate the casualties muél | | greater. | | Despatches from Calcutta show [it is difficult to get details of the | disturbances. The disturbed area is | enclosed by police 'and troops. Reli- | |8ious antagonists, who started the fracas by obstructing a procésaion of Hindus, were joined by roughs, and several mosques and temples were attacked and desecrated. It is re- ported the police fired on the strug- gling mobs on 'one occasion. Rival peliggoniots refused to be controlled by the leaders. The worst of the| occurred at the home of Mrs. F. cutbreak was quelled on Saturday | Welch, Clergy street, about noon rengthaning Jolico and seldiery. cs THO gaged in diner," lighting the gas o¥en when the fumes exploded, the flames igniting the dress of the deceased. Her cries brought Mrs. Welch, who immediate- ly grabbed a coat, and wrapping it around the victim, extinguished the flames as soon es possible. Dr. Keyes was called and found that Miss Watts was very seriously New York, April 5.--The Byrd burned from the knees to the head. Arctic expedition, seeking new land | She was ruched to the General Hos- in the great unexplored portion of | Pital unconscious. She regained the a. regions Wi or its face | consciousness before she died about northward on the first lap of the | three o'clock Sunday afternoon. journey. Lieut. Charles Byrd's ex-| The deceased was born in Barrie- | . ition sailed "on Chantier for | field. but lived in New York City Bedition the base of operations, | for the greater part of her life. She . : { had been acting as companion for carrying two geroplanes in the hold. | : g An attempt to fly around the North | Mrs. Welch, Clergy stredt, for some Pole will be made time. She is survived by one bro- -- : ther, John Watts, of this eity. The funeral wiil take place on Tuesday The National Council of (Miss Anne Elizabeth Was the Victim of Gas Stove Explosion. Miss Anne Elizabeth Watts, aged seventy-two years, died at the King- ston General Hospital 'on Sunday afternoon as the result of burns re- ceived from a gas explosion which ARCTIC EXPEDITION ON ITS FIRST LAP An Attempt to Be Made to Fly Around the North Pole. afternoon from the residemt of her Education at Mont 1 brother tv Cataraqui cometary, Montreal, April b5.---The. thira | THE POTENTIAL WET triennial conference of National | Council of Education and citizenship | opens here this evening with a re-| ception in honor of speakers and | delegates given by E. W. Beatty, | Chancellor of McGill University, and chairman of the conference com- mittee. Conference will be in 8es-| Toronte, April 5.--The riding of sion till Friday and will be address. | Cochrane, one of the laegest in On- ed by distinguished educationists | tario, both in area and population, from France, England, United |was divided into North Cochrane and States and the Dominion, South Cochrane, by the bill passed By Taking a Seat Fron Simcoe and Adding Ofe to Cochrane. ¥ : day. "The viding has been without representation during the recent ses- sion, but will, hereafter, have two members. The giving of the extra representative to New Ontario was done at the expense of Simcoe coun~ ty. The ridings formerly known as South and West Simcoe now, becom- ing one, Southwest Simcoe. Simcoe county is listed in the dry ranks, while the known sentiment in Cochrane is "wet." = The redistribu- tion, therefore, has the effect of strengthening the wet forces in the house. 4 " Ontario Educational Association, Toronto, April b5.--HEducational leaders from all parts of the prov- ince gathered in Toronto to-day for the 65th annual convention of the Ontario Education Association. Many prominent persons; including Premier G: Howard Ferguson and Sir George E. Foster, will address the delegates. In addition there are present educational experts: from a number of United States cities, - Lakes-to-Gulf Channel. Washington, April 5.--Finishing touches wili likely be put on the river and (harbor bill, anthorizing the lakes-to-gulf channel when the House river and harbors committee renews {ts sessions here to-morrow. The bill. alsc¢ contains provisions for survey of all-American canal route throughout New York state. 5 Cairo r Thirty-two boardwalk, staging one of the great- est Easter Sunday fashion parades tures of Christ's betrayer. The York Friday regarding the trouble strange Easter rite is believed to be |» ©8624 to have been caused by war in the history of the resort. The extraordinary success of the famous annual event was due, pri- marily, to literally perfect weather. | The sky was cloudless and the air] balmy. Furs and coats were largely ¥avor Force rye peculiar to Mexico. is uncertain, Its origin LS V---- RADICALS TRIUMPHED AGAIN. Constitutional STRENGTH INCREASED |' by the Ontario legislature last Thurs Cas 32 Des | can be discarded, giving unimpeded view of the display of feminine finery. The fragrance from myriads of blossoms worn by fair promenaders was noticeably diffused. Snow white wuves. crumbled softly on, the sands. Graceful yachts manoeuvred along the shore and airplanes roared over- head. In fact, the day and event were so generally flawless that old redidents declared it to be without peer at the shore. There were several gatherings of bathers, both men and women, while some of the beach chairs were oc- cupied. The bright colors of feminine dress, including every pastel shade but"with green and grey predominat- lug, were partcularly striking. Coats were knee length apdith but little "fur 'trimming, although many neck pleces were worn.-Theré*Wer countless numbers of bright - hued scarfs. Skirts Continue Short, Despite reports to the contrary, skirts continued 'short, many exten- ding barely to the knee, with sheer silk hose usually matching the skirt in color. Several of the fair prom- enaders wore their silk stockings rolled just above the knee, bare legs being glimpsed as they strode or sat in chairs while brilliant red roses or other flowers were embroi- dered on their hose immediately be- low the knee line. Others wore golden about their ankles. The footwear cred slippers being prevalent. There were heels of every shade, while many of the fancy foot coverings were practically sandals. And the men really bloomed also. They appeared in new suits of bright grey. new overcoats and hats, and loud neckties, Collegiate pants with bell bottoms were in evidence. Nothing entirely new, however, was reportéd by the bustling news photographers. The flapper who smoked a cigarette with assumed nonchalance, as she trundled along ia a rolling chair, the girl who ex- ploited a pet monkey as a 'bid for cynosure of all eyes, and even the rather hard featuped ' young lady who displayed a hindred dollar bill showing plainly through her sheer silk stocking, were all on hand. Everybody was happy and the crowd revelled in the sunshine and the warm air. Sceme on Fifth Avenue. New York, April 5-- Mantled in brilliant sunshine that mellowed a chilling wind, the Easter parade moved: leisurely up and down Fifth avenue yesterday. It was a vivid processional of mode and color with more persons out to see or be seen than at any time in recent:years. ¥ A ---------------- FINAL APPROVAL, Is Given The French Government's Tax Measures. Paris, April 5.--The vote by the | the 1926 budget balanced as far as | tenance of this eq _{ on the maintenance of business was extremely attractive, golden col-| Means Fails, | London, Ont., April 5.--Radicals | again triumphed in Saturday's ses- | sion of the Ontario section of the Canadian Labor party in annual con- | vention here whem on motion of { Jack MacDonald of Toronto majority | Buppors was given to a resolution | declaring that' constitutional means | should be pursued only while effec- | tive, and that force should be then | an accepted policy of pursuing soc- ial reforms DRUGGIST ACQUITTED OF 0..A. VIOLATION Oltawa . Chemist Purchased - Brandy in Hull for an Emergency. Ottawa, April 5.--A case unique in Ontario police court annals wag decided by Magistrate Hopewell to- day when he dismissed a charge of | bringing liquor into the province, although the defendant admitted the fact and brought witnesses to #0ve that he had done so. The defendant was Horace Desjar- dins, druggist, who testified that he had not had sufficient brandy on hand to fill a prescription which was presented to him; and that after gists, whose supplies were also ex- hausted, he had sent to Hull for the necessary quantity. Magistrate Hopewell declared that while the act might technically have 'been violated, he believed that the facts warranted the step taken by Desjardins. He did not think that the act was framed to impose hard- ship In cases of illness or other dis- ability where alcohol might be em- ployed beneficially, in the opinion of qualified medical men. tte ee ptt Boy in Dying Condition Following Kick by Horse Renfrew, April 5.--Albert Mahy- bo, aged eight, 'was kicked in the face by a horse on-his-father's farm ot Cononte, a small village, twenty miles from the railroad aud forty miles from here. He was rushed to tho hospital here but little hope is held for his recovery. The trip to the hospital took ten hours. : Renfrew Prepares Plans To Rebuild Hospital Renfrew, April 5.--Steps were tuken by the Renfrew council to pre- pare plans for the rebuilding of the Victoria Hospital, which was burn- od down early in January. Approval for the town to borrow $100,000 to build the hospital was granted by the Private Bills Committee of the [legislature Forfune for Ottawa Man. Ottawa, April 5.--Robert Gil meur, Stewart street, is likely to lend, « by his uncle, Hugh rs Wp who died in 1388 '8 lpen correspondents in European affairs. "I was giving a brief outline of the {thoughts that I expressed at the con- {clusion.of my speech in London just {before I left," sald the semator. "I then sald, 'I crave your indulgence to add one word concerning 2 most vex- |ing subject which represents a very {perturbing element and is a threat [to the peace of the world. When the {armistice was declared and later on when peace treaties were signed, the {signatories to these conventions for- |8ot to demobolize the war corres- {pondents. The result is that undef another name as foreign correspon- dent they have remained on the war {path, and although the League of {Nations have agreed on a protocol {which eliminates the use of poison |gases, the foreign correspondents {continue to poison, public opinion |every morning by raising suspicion trivalries and hatred between the { peoples. ' | "They dally pretend to have dis- |covered some plotting by some : lof nations st anothe; in trou! keep stirring the | that they soon woul } i d'etre it they simply cable to their newspapers that all is well in Europe. | Damaging Effect. | "Blowing on the embers of Bure {pean hatred cannot be too strongly |condemned. It must have a most {damaging effect on the general pub. {lic of the United States, if they oni |betleve ope-tenth of the fantastic {stories which they read on European discord and plotting. |# "I have now been at three assem- {blies of the League; I have met inti- bracelets | trying several other Ottawa 4rug- mately most ofthe leaders of the {various countries and in spite of the {war correspondents, I have enough [confidence in the good will in {sountry to report that notwithstand- ing a certain degree of n ousne 5 which 1s quite natural following sueh ja formidable clash, all is well | Burope.' : 3 { "I still hold to that view. It re {minds me of the story of Aesop that the tongue can be the best thing and the tongue can also be the t. Perhaps the correspondents can ap ply that story." > /Gen. King Takes Command _ Of the Montreal District | Ottawa, April 5.--The Depa; | ment of Defence ounce. thy | | pointment of Gen. W. B, M., commander of No. 1 Military Diss trict at London, to ' A Charles J. Armstrong as der of Montreal District. Gen. Arms strong will take Gen. King's + mand at London. The transfer will take place May 1st. , DOUG AND MARY DEPART, - Will Remain Year, Perhaps in New York, April §.--Dou Fairbanks and Mary Pickford for Europe Saturday abo; liver Conte Biancamano, for a y stay. Mr. Fairbanks 'the sibly might remain abroad two y and that he and Mary would | duce a film in which both will t leading parts. participate in a large estate in Ire-| o