COLLEEN MOORE in "IRENE" ron WR yy Year 08; No, 38. God Rush om to Wonan Rivet District, Searing John Jones, Toronto Prospector High--Rush Into Red Lake District Expected. Torento, April 13.--Reports of gold discoveries to the east of Red Lake were strengthened to-day by John Jones, Toronto prospector, who declared 'hat substantial gold deposits have been found at Woman River, which is just south of Trout Lake and sixty miles east of Pine Ridge, a point on the trail from Hudson to Red Lake. Mr. Jones, who has just returned from Red Lake district, Another gold rush was on to Woman River district. to prospector, had found gold at Woman River, on directions from Mr. Jones said that food at Red Lake camp at prepent was scarce and prices were high, and he warned any one ' contemplating going to Reéd Lake that proper equipment, * winter or summer weather, was essential. Red Lake and eastwards within a few weeks. ~ Indian, Mr. Jones said. --Food Scarce and Prices } eau Montreal, April 13--Two sugges- tions for enabling Canada to become independent of the United States for coal supplies and to bring about a rescue from the perilous coal situ- by Major Hume Cronyn, K.C., for- mer M.P. of London, Ont., at last ation in Nova Scotia were submitted. said night's meeting of the Young Men's | Canadian Club here, How Canada Might Become Independent Of United States for Coal Supplies s mission appointed to investigate the Nova Scotia coal conditions. The establishment of cokin plants in Montreal and other larg central cities for the converting of Nova Scotia slack into domestic coal, was the first suggestion of Major Cronyn, The other was that the Fed- eral Government grait a subsidy for each ton of Nova Scotia coal sold-to Montreal and points west and for Mr. Cronyn | each ton of Alberta coal sold east of was a member of the Duncan = Winnipeg. Tom Pow, another - / whether for He looked for a big rush into News In Condensed Form Off the Wires DORLAND §. COLLIER | DIED IN OTTAWA _.Well-Known Kingston Merch- ant Succumbed to Heart Fail- | ure Tuesday Morning. ord was received in" the city on Rwanda morning of the sudden death of a well known former pnt of this city in the person of d 8. Collier, owners of Col- Ltd., cleaning and pressing Princess street. Mr. Collier not been in good health during the winter. Heart failure" caused his death. ' The late Mr. Collier had been in on for about thirteen years. had come here from Picton and for gome time conducted a men's elothing store. He later went into the automobile business in the Wind- bloek, but later agdin opened a i p d ow ty re. The late hy + took the #Ki agency for Vernot's ginger ale last spring and divided a section of the shop for the ' Sale of that beverage. Mr. Collier 's was granted tie Ottawa agency for ho. and went to Ottawa with fer a few months ago to look the agency there. Meanwhile Store here continued in opera- Sons Collier wd ja man of quiet 'but he had many friends, "ea fred by his fair and pleasant . He was a member of the : : Club for some time, "being one of the fArst members of Club. He was very popular with 6 mambers of the Club and held in 'regard. The remains of the late M:. Collier will be to Pleton, his native town, from Ottawa, and interment ~ will take place in Cherry Valley ceme- pty. Mr. Colller Is survived by his wife. a HARBOR 08 WE WEAKENING, Navigation May May ay Not Open Until Although oy fee in the local har- "18 steadily weakening, it is not 7 very likely that the harbor will be open till 'next week. In - certain MURDOCK RESUMES OFFICE IN RAILWAY BROTHERHOOD He 1s Appointed Deputy Presi- dent, With Offices at Cleve- land, Ohio. Cleveland, April 13.--Hon. James Murdock, former minister of labor, has been appointed 'deputy president of the International Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen and Conductors. Mr, Murdock is now in his new of- fice, and last week took part in a legislative conference in Alabama. His appointment was brought about by strong representations from the Canadian members of the bro- therhood, who felt that the services of the former minister in the past should be recognized by the brother-y hood utive through the presi- dent. . Murdock prior to his entry into the Mackenzie King cabinet was vice-president of the brother- hood for Canada. JUDGE HACKETT DEAD, Had aca in Filling Hoth tor Montreal, April Aa ~~Hon. Michael Felix Hackett, judge of the Superior Court for many years, died last even- ing at Cowansville, in his 75th year. He had been in failing health for several months. A graduate of MeGill University in 1883, mayor of the village of Stanstead at one + time, a former member of the provincial Legisla- ture, president of the council in the Taillon administration in 1895, pro- vincial secretary of the . Flynn ad- ministration in 1896-'97, Mr. Hackett was well known throughout the pro- vince. ---------------- HOLDING BYE-ELECTION ---- In East Ham North Owing ta, Mem. ber's Death. London, April 13 -- East Ham North is the scene of a bye-election as a result of the death of C. W. Crook, Conservative member of the House of Commons, who died on March 30th last. G. W. 8. Jarrett, who represented Dartford division of Kent in 1922 and 1923 as Nation- al Liberal, has been nominated by the Conservative party. Dr. Burgin is the Liberal nominee, and Miss Ar- abella Susan Lawrence, Labor M.P. for Hast Ham North in 1923,24, is Labor candidate. A ------------------ -- Y Railroad Statement. New York, April 13.-- The annual statement of the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Company, as of December 31st, 1925, shows total as- sets of $99,624,625, eom with $100,039,944, at the end of 1924. The road had a profit loss surplus for 1925 of $7,486,580 against $7-| be 515,074 the previous year, Ferry Steamer Launched. Brockville, April 13.--The steel steamer Elmer W. Jones, named af- ter the commander of the 21st Cana- dian Infantry Battalion, who lost his life in the Battle of Amiens, has, been launched at New London, Conn., Preparatory to entering ferry service Between Brockville and Merriman: , in a few --_-- time. ---------------- Wife of Cok '8. Aldrich, copper | magnate of New York, in 'suing for | divorce, says the couple lived at {rate of $150,000 per year. n big Pennsylvania | every year, ness, theif work. greatly redu Six large trans- Atlantic liners are * y due to reach Halifax this week-end | with R142 passengers. were injured and four are missing after explosion on oil tanker at Ne New Zealand has acquired build- ing at Charing Cross te serve as of- ficial headquarters in London. Louis Malvy, much-attacked min- ister of Briand Cabinet, has resigned "to be free to defend himself." Pavements at Chicago. in future will 'have concave surface instead of convex, for drainage purposes. convert Peter and Twenty-nine Soviet authorities will famous Cathedral of St. St. Paul into a national museum. French movie Wanda Sylvana, was found dead at Paris in a room filled with drugs. Commission. appointed to Japan will take stringent measures to put down opium traffic in that country. German diplomat may be involved following rench movie star's death at Paris, United Kingdom Allians mates whiskey shipped to U.S.A. last year totalled 1,600,000 proof gail- ions. bed request of sheriff by latter's wife to succeed him, thus creating ' precedent. Sir Charles Higham told Advertis ing Club at New York, Italy was prospering under Mussolini because all were forced to work, Young wife of E. L. Lebar, former coal operator, divorce from him after sensational ¢ase 'at Augusta, Ga. HORE THAN A BILLION CIGARETTES SHUGGLED Into Canada From the United Beautiful drug exposure Orleans. star, States Every Year, It Is Declared. Ottawa, April be prevented. Hon, G. H Ald 13.--Excise and sales taxes om cigarettes in Canada make the vetail price so much high- er that more than a billion cigarettes are smuggled from the United States the customs committee was told this Tobacco dealers from Toronto and Montreal «testified to the effect cigarette smuggling on their busi- It was H. 8. Bourque, Mont- real, who give it as his opinion that this quantity of smokes are smug gled in at border points, chiefly by people who sell lower-priced United States cigarettes as a side line to The Canadian treasury was actually losing money through its high fax, he thought. 'posts on cigarettes together totalled about $7.80 a thousand. United States it was about $3 a thousand. The disparity should be ced if amusing was to Boivin, Minister of Customs, did not prom- ise anything. inquiry morning. In the esti- won of i Portsnoth Resident | Ninety Years of Age rts Thomas Evans, one of the oldest and best known residents of Ports- mouth, celebrated his ninetfeth birth- day anniversary on. Tuesday, enjoy- ing very good health. Mr. Evans re- covered a heart attack not long ago, and at present is a very active man for his age. He still retains perfect eyesight and is able to ..ead without his glasses The British Whig, of which he has been & reader for over fifty years. Mr. Evans received con- gratulations from his many friends on Tuesday, and the Whig joins in wishing him many more years of good health. gn RAILWAY SHOPMEN SEEKING INCREASE For All the Olassifications-- About 30,000 Men Are Affected. Montreal, April 13 -- Railway shopmen in Canada, covered by div- ision four of the Railway Employees Sepattument 'of the Ton Ped- Ao : ns on wages and working conditions. The men are asking an increase in wages for all classifications covered by the existing agreement. The present agreement is subject to revision af- ter thirty days' notice by either side. About 30,000 men are affected. ROBERT FORKE'S PLEA. For Greater Tolerance Betwecn East and West, ' Hamilton, . April 13.--Robert Forke, M.P. for Brandon, Leader of the Progressive group in the Do- minion Parliament, in an address to the Canadian Club last night, made a plea for greater tolerance between those of Eastern and Westérn Can- ada, and for a deeper sympathy for each other's problems, The task confronting east and west of this Do- minion, he said, was to create a sound national sentiment. There were physical barriers in Canada, he sald, which divided the country, ands which had a tendency to develop different theories of eco- nomics and trade. These theories, in turn, necessitated a spirit of com- promise at Ottawa in the framing of Federal laws. Baby Joined Ship's Company. St. John, N.B.,, April 3---It was learned today that the Canadian Pa- cific liner Monteclare, now in port, while on her last trip from St. John to Liverpool, picked up an urgent message from the Elders and Fyrres liner Macoya, asking for a surgeon ito attend a woman passenger. The Macoya was 100 miles away. Dr. Patrick J. Webb, Monteclare surgeon, gave minute instructions and re- mained at the wire until two hours later the glad news was sent to him that a baby had joined the suiy'e, SPARKS AGAIN ARD ABOUT PRISON GOODS Declares They Are § Into : Ch Fon 03 THE SECOND MONTH Of the Investigation by House of Commons Committee Has Now Been Completed. Ottawa, April 13.--Prison-made goods, denied legitimate sale in Can- ada, are being smuggled from the United States to compete unfairly . with free labor in Canada and gend Canadian business men to the bank- ruptey courts, asserted R. P, Sparks, president of the Commercial Protec- tive Association, at yesterday's sit- ting of the customs probe. Completing the second month of its investigation into the conduct of the Canadian Départment of Cus- toms, a special committee of the House of Commons turned its atten- jon to commercial smuggling after several weeks devoted to the activ- ities of auto- bandits, rum-runners and drug wholesalers. Mr. Sparks was called to the stand. The now famous black shirt, purchased from an Ottawa retailer, and said to be prison-made in the United States, was the sole topic of discussion at thé brief sifting of the committee. No evidence was adduced to prove that it was really prison-made, and Chairman Paul Mercier" expressed the opinion that the mere fact that it bore the label of a firm which used prison labor in some of its factories did not prove anything. Mr. Bparks said - that 'the interlocking fifteen " | veg ji tes Li it in possible Ww smuggling these goods into Canada, but he was certain that they were being smuggled, and broadly hinted that the report of the committee's auditors, when it-is published, will reveal that enormous quantities of prison-made goods are coming into Canada, chiefly through the port of Rock Island, Que. Hon. G. ¥:Bolvin, Minister of Customs, said that Mr. Sparks' evidence was strong enough to justify an embargo on all goods made by the Reliance companies. * Strong Denunciation. Mr. Sparks was unsparing in his denunciation of prison-made goods. They were made by people, white and black, he said, who were recruit- ed from the most unfortunate ranks of 'society. They were used to wipe brows, mouths and eyes of people who might be suffering from the worst communicable diseases. The goods were sent straight to the wearer without being disinfected. The letting of prison labor contracts was the chief source of political campaign funds in several of the United States, he asserted, and pub- lic men were corrupted thergby. On the other hand, capital and labor in that country were anxious io Hmit the sale of such goods in their own country and were not willing te co- operate with Canadian businessmen in keeping them out of Canada. For these reasons "more drastic measures than a mere prohibition would have to be employed to keep prison-made apparel, brooms, whisks and binfer twine out of Canada. Mr. Sparks said that a special conference of business men, now assembled in Ottawa, will prepare its recommen- dations to t end and submit them to the customs committee and to the Minister of Customs this week. BANDIT HOLDS UP- WOMAN AT CAFE TILL He Grabs a Handful of Bills is promoted to commanding the regiment. Lieut. SPPPPPRPPSEIPSTONS * % BUDGET IS COMING DOWN ON THURSDAY. Ottawa, April 13--The bud- get will be brought down on Thursday. "@his announceinent was made definitely by Hon. J. A. Robb, Minister of Fin- ance, in the House of Com- mons yesterday afternoon. When the House opened Hon. J. C. Elliott, Minister of Labor, recently re-elected in West Middlesex was introduc- ed by Premier King and Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice. tessssstsd000000 PRINCE GOING ABROAD, SEPP ES FRPP ONS PIV P4300 40090500044 To Leave on Friday for Fortnight's Stay at Biarritz. Lendon, April 13--The Prince of Wales who recently underwent an ear operation is expected to start on Friday for a fortnight's visit to Biarritz. The prince returned to London yesterday greatly' benefited by his stay at Sandwich, He will his physicians to decide defin- i hether it will be safe for him to go to the continent. Princess Victoria, sister of King George, who recently was stricken with influenzal pneumonia, is mak- ing uninterrupted progress toward recovery. AIR SERVICE OVER ARCTIC LANDS SOON Commander Mackenzie Says Lands Must Be Utilized in Near Future. Toronto, April 13.--An air service across the Arctic, or at least the sub-Arctic regions, should be in operation within a few years, in the opinion of Commander George P. Mackenzie, who is in charge of the Canadian Government expedition which yearly visits the Government posts in the far north. tant rey the ©: fan sud- Arctic will be utilized for great aerial trade routes," Commander Mac- kenzie said. "It only needs a look at the map to see how much shorter these routes would be for aerial transport for lines running, for ex- ample, between London and Hong Kong and London and Tokio." Commander Mackenzie will again be In charge of the Government's Arctic expedition this year when, for the first time, an effort will' be begun to determine of what value the minerals of the Canadian Arctic regions are likely to prove. A Gov- ernment geologist, Dr. J. L. Weeks, will go with the expedition and spend a year in the Arctic in exploration and research. This 1924 expedition, as well, will make a dstermined effort to extend the admigistration of the Canadian to the most northerly orld under actual ad- ministration "any country, by landing three Mounted policemen on the Bach Peninsula, which is only ten degrees from the North Pole. The expedition will sail from Newfoundland, in July, on the steamer Beothie, which replaces the well-tried 8.8. Arctic, the latter hav- ing been adjudged unfit for further service, SUCCEEDS TO COMMAND. Ottawa, April 13.--Lieut.-Col. R. F. Parkigson, D.8.0., for the past four years commanding officer of the Gevernor-General's Foot Guards, ceases to command that regiment, and Major C. R. Topp, D.8.0., M.C., llettenant-colonel Col. Parkinson, who automatically goes 'on 'the reserve list, is slated, it is 'understood from unofficial sources, for a brigade command in the near fuilpre. Lieut.-Col. Topp was, at the outbreak of the war a member of the editorial staff of the Toronto Mail and Empire. A ie Uniform Quality Stressed El PREMIER SUPPORTS IT Ottawa, April 18.-- Without a dis~ senting volce, the House of Commons early this morning adopted the Mari time rights resolution moved by W. A. Black, Conservative, of Halifax. The motion reads: "That in the opinion of this House, good faith should be kept with the Maritime Provinces and other inter ested parts of the Dominion in foo to recorded assurances and under- takings of the Government and Par- lament and the agreements set ont in the statutes of the Dominion res specting the routing of Canadian trade over Canadian territory and. through Canadian ports, and freight rates over the Intercolon Rallway be adjusted in accordance ith the wndsystanding of Confedera~ on." Premier King favored the motion. = He hoped it would be carried uni mously. Every member, ' he wished that good faith would be with the Maritimes. Any undert ing entered into at the time of C federation should be carried Bat, Mr: King argued, there an agreement upon the te. LL Lod servative leader, charged that only purpose of the appointment of Maritime rights commission was enable the Government "not to. cide for a while yet." What | tion, he asked, was there on the Government hat it could not decide anything ? Meighen said thers could be no bof of opinion as the implication of terms, but members of the Canadian House Commons were as able to judge implications as any living Meighen argued that the question Maritime rights was mainly' one transportation and of tariff ment. The debate occupied almost t whole sitting of the House. HOPE ABANDONED OF ABOLISHING COUNCIL New South Wales Labor | _ Reaches Decision--0one« sulting Britain, London, April 13-- Nova Scotia, whose premier, Hon. E. N. Ri has just arrived here, will not able to look to New South Wales furnish a precedent for the abel tion of its Second Chamber, A London Times cable from ney declares that, with tts pl following in the 'Legisiative © cil reduced by nine, the New Wales labor party caucus has doned hope of abolishing the Se ond Chamber during the life of t present Parliament. There is fear of an election. Lang, the To Sngersoll Milk Vendors