Monday, April 19, 1926. [F CAPITOL CA | WILL RE-OPEN SATURDAY, April 24th. Everything new and right up-to-date. FIRST CLASS MEALS served on' shortest notice. OPEN FROM 7 AM. TO 2 AM. Special attention to Private Parties. EDWARD LEE, Proprietor 157 PRINCESS ST. PHONE 201. Public 'Phome. 2814, A New Beauty Parlor MISS LOUISE y of Ritz Beauty Parlor) 4 AT ELLIOTT'S BARBER SHOP 886 Princess St. WHITE Phone 400- 25¢ Any Place in the City PIANO TUNING Plano Tuning, Repairing acd Player Piano Adjusting. Norman H. Butcher, 27 Pine Street. 'PHONE 134. Hardwood Floors you want that Hardwood Floor enll up W. H: HUBBLE for a rea= jnable price. Alse all kinds of Car. mter and Jobing work. 21 PLUM ST. PHONE 1430-W, Tk Yorkshire Fish and Chip Cafe We deliver all day Sat. Frank Haig's 13 MONTREAL STREET PHONE 2964. TAXI BEST SERVICE IN THE CITY 106 20c ANY PLACE IN Jobbing Work a Specialty Brick, Stone, Plastering and * Tile Setting "Phone 821.w. | BLACKS HEARD ON THE STREET porters--What the Merch=- ants Are Offering. William Swaine. plano tuner. Orders received at 100 Clergy street west, 'phone 564w. Belleville is talking of putting $400,000 into a new collegiate insti- tute and technical school. Miss Brooks, matron at the coun- ty jail, was removed to the General Hospital on Saturday night. Mrs. John A. Cooper, 2 Queen's graduate, has been re-elected presid- ent of the Women's Canadian Club, Toronto. Sir Oliver Mowat died in Toronto on April 19th, 1903. He was lieu- tenant-governor of Ontario at the time of his death. \ Officials of the New York Central Railroad plan to have a gas car meet every ferry boat from Kingston that lands at Cape Vincent this summer. Rev. J. Van Mills is likely to be given a call to the Presbyterian church, Cape Vincent, N.Y. He is a son of Mr. T. W. Mills, Collingwood street. Cunningham & Smith have made an application to Parliament at its present session to pass an act incor- porating the Executive Council of the Free Methodist Church in Can- ada. Luke Grahen, Prescott, died on April 12th aged seventy-two years. He was born at Glenburnie, a son of Patrick and Bridget Grahen. Mat- thew Grahen, Glenburnie, is a bro- ther. Major R. L. C. Bond, general sup- erintendent of the C.N.R., in 'broad- casting historic spots in Canada, dwelt on the history made in Nia- gara, Kingston and Montreal, and strongly advised that every Canad- +{ lan should visit Canada first, parti- cularly places of historic interest. JOSEPH P. DOWNEY PASSES AT ORILLIA Former Member of Legislature f taining bits of detail and convincing il | ana melodrama, comedy and pathos. THE DAILY BRITISH AMUSEMENTS | What the Press Agents Say About Coming Attracti OBITUARY | | AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY. "The Devil's Circus," opens at the Capitol Theatre to-day and was ac- corded the acclaim of a signal sue- cess, Norma Shearer, the Mayer star, has the leading feminine role, and the cast includes Charles Emmett Mack, in the leading male role; Car- mel Myers, Claire McDowell, John Miljan, Joyce Coad, the latest child find of the screen, and the popular trick dog, Buddy. It is a simple story, simply told, and. therein lies its greatness. The director has tak- én characters that are thoroughly plausible, that really might exist and be acquainted with yoy and me, and then put themf to wbrking out a drama in which colorful and enter- re characterizations successfully sus- tain interest. The play has drama and their blending.and smooth de- velopment represent the work of a dramatic artist. It Is without doubt the best production Norma has ap- peared in to date. of at in Madden April 14th, to St. Barnaby"s church, Brewer's Mills. The pdllbearers were three cousins, L. W. James, William Murphy, Murchie and Richard Shortall. solemn requiem mass was supg by Rev. Father Brawley, P.P. The re- mains were await interment In the family plot. Deceased was His tion fortitude and resignation. ways of a sunny disposition, indus trious and honest, his life was well worthy of Imitation and his death is friends in the city and country, large number of spiritual offerings were received. day evening. many years, Late John J. Madden. The funeral of the late John J. took place on Wednesday, John E. Doyle, A laid in the vault to ill for two months. illness was borme with Chris- Al- of A gretted by a large circle Edward McLaughlin. Edward McLaughlin, aged sixty- seven years, a well known resident this city, passed away suddenly the Hotel Dieu hospital on Satur- The deceased was born Erinsville, but lived in this city A sister, Mrs. O'Neill, William | VESSELS READY T0 GO HELD UP BY ICE Majority of Boats Laid Up Here Have Cargoes Walting at Distant Points. lia The captains of several of the large lake steamers which wintered In"Kingston harbor have received in- structions from headquarters to pro- ceed to distant points, but the orders could not be carried out on account of heavy ice in the harbor. The captain in charge of the Tree Line, which had about eight: steam- ers at Kingston this winter, states that all the boats are ready, and have been ordered to sail, but it is impossi- ble for him to carry out his ingtrue- | ga tions. The steamers were repaired |, during the winter months in readi- ness for any early opening of naviga- tion. = It is feared that in some cases where the steamers ave all ready to leave, and the ice fs still firm, it may be necessary to lay off some of the members of crew for a, short time. It is understood that the majority of the steamers have cargoes waiting for them at distant points as soon as they can reach their destinations. Col. Long, an old-time member of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, who is now on pension, Informs The Whig that, according to his diary, this is one of the latest openings of navigation for years. He stated that he could remem- ber in the year 1896, there was ice- boating in the harbor on April 2nd. Last year the steamer Salvage Prince, owned by the Pyke Salvage and Wrecking Company, broke the ice in the harbor on March 18th. de & be 16 J. ternoon to Cataraqui cemetery. and a brother, Charles, live in Erins- ville. The funeral took place on Sunday from the service parlors of M. P. Keyes to Erinsville, where in- terment took place. William Edgar Freeman. At the General Hospital on Monday morning the death occurred of Wil- m Edgar Freeman, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Freeman, of Parham. Parham for burial. The remains were sent to Edmund Charist. Edmund Charist, aged eighty years, died on Monday morning at the resi- nce of his grand-daughter, Mrs. Hilyard; 117 Stephen street. The late Mr. Charist came here a few months ago from Montreal with the remains of his wife and since that time he had visited with his grand- The late Mr. Charist was The ughter. Roman Catholic in religion, funeral will take place on Wednesday morning at $.45 to St. Mary's cathe- dral and thence to St. Mary's ceme- tery. Mrs. Margaret Adams. On Sunday morning at Toronto, the death occurred of Mrs. Margaret Adams, Adams, of Scotland, after a brief ill- ness. widow of the late Major Deceased was a former r of St. Andrew's church, em- ng- ston, and was well known here. The funeral is being held from the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. O. G, Fillion, Durham stréet, on Wednesday af- Rev. W. Stephen will officiate. LATE KENNETH MM: JOHNSON. Funeral of Veteran, Who Died in Mowat Sanatorium. The funeral of the late Kenneth News In Condensed Form Off the Wires Small stone was found lodged in swollen heart of cow that died at Snowfall in Ottawa of 17 inches 80 far this month has shattered all records for April. Ina Claire, actress, told police she had received death threat with ab Johnson took place from James Reid's undertaking parlors, Friday, at 2 p.m., with full military honors. Rev. Dr. W. T. G. Brown conducted the service and spoke very fittingly about the deceased's" splendid over- seas record, and of his long period of iliness, since his return home. The deceased had been a patient sufferer, and had been confined to the Mowat Sanatorium for over three years, bearing his sufferings with remark- le fortitude and being always bright and cheerful, He lived in King- ston all his life, and leaves a host of friends who mourn his early pass- DR. BILL CARSON HAS JOINED PROS Signed a Toronto St. Pats Contract for: Record Salary. Toronto, April 19.--Bill Carson, the Stratford centre player, has sign- ed a St. Patrick's contract and the riongest pursuit of an amateur hockey star has come to a close. He will receive the highest salary ever paid to a professional hockey player, but the local owners, who had almost de- spaired of ever signing him, believe that he will be a sensation in the Calder circuit. Carson broke into the O.H.A. jun- for series in 1918, and his team, Woodstock, finished in the semn- finals against UT.8. The following season Carson played for Woodstock, the Industrial City sextet being run- ner-up to University of Toronto Schools for the title. Norman Shay of St. Patrick's and Frank Carson of the Montreal pros., also played on that team. During the next four years Carson aided University of Toronto seniors in winning the Intercollegiate Union championship four times in a row. In 1920 the Blue and White lost to the Winnipeg Falcons in the Allan Cup finals, but in 1921 they won the famous trophy. Carson .joined the Grimsby intermediates in 1924, but the following season he moved to Stratford, where he helped the Clas- sic City senlors to get into the O.H.A. group play-off series. This year he was also -with Stratford. In 1925 and 1926 Carson was the best goal- gétter in the O.H.A. St. Patrick's are confident that the new centre man will hold his own against players like Nighbor, Morenz, Burch, Phillips and Her- berts, CITY LEAGUE CHEQUES. Cheques amounting to the percent- age of the gate receipts due to the teams of the City Hockey League are now ready to be distributed by secre- tary-treasurer H. F. Thomson. The receipts of the past season were much better than anticipated, and the lea- gue affairs are in a very satisfactory financial state. Mr. Thomson . has not the resident addresses of all the managers of the teams, and if they would telephone him at his residence and leave their addresses, the cheques would be forwarded to them, and the financial matters cleared up. MITCHELL AND KINGSTON Are Working Hard for the Late Cur. ling Honors, Mitchell, April 19---Perhaps Mit- chell ise just a little closer to the North Pole than is Kingston, but there is one thing sure, and that is, that the curlers of this town are" not going to be outdone by the curlers of the Limestone City. Saturday night, April 17, two rinks played a twelve-end game, The ice was hard enough on Sunday on the eight rinks to be played on. On the out- side of the rink on the north side there is still a bank of snow along the ,whole length of it, and in the rink on, Saturday night there were six degrees of frost. Games were played at the lecal club again on Friday morning. The Mitchell curlers are just one day -- -- w-- was also amofif' (he finest of the handicap fields. CANADIAN WINS BOSTON MAR. ATHON. Boston, April 19---Joha G. Miles, Sydwey Mines, N.S., won the Boston Marathon this afternoon. BALL PLAYERS BELIEVE BATS HAVE JUST SO MANY HITS, Superstition plays a hand in deter- mining the life of a major league bat, James Carter Carrig has found, in his wanders all over the profes- sional baseball map selling parapher- nalia for a well known sporting firm. "Most of the big leagues imagine each has only so many hits in it, and whéeh they go into a slump, they fig- ure the allotted quota of safe drives has beén exhausted," says Carrig, a former college star at Creighton uni- versity. 'They purchase from two dozen to a gross of bats each year, They test them and, of course only a few satisfy them. The discards they give away. * "Each selected stick is guarded jealously after being boiled in ofl, scraped with a pop bottle and ham- boned zéalously. And because they feel each bat contains only so many hits, players are everse to having favorite sticks used by teammates, "Zack Wheat and Jacques Fourn- fer are perhaps the most supersti- tious about their bats. Each buys from 130 to 140 a year." Would Try It Out. There is apparently some founda- tion for the story that the Inter-col- legiate Unions to introduce the for- ward pass in a modified form. The Intercollegiate has always been a re- volutionary body in rugby. It is to be hoped that they do try the mew measure. The public is certain to acclaim it, and it will make rugby one of the most popular games. Any- thing that tends for open play should be welcomed. Under their arrange- ment it will not displace kicking or drop-kicking. It will only be used in a modified manner. By all means let's try it. If it isn't liked then it is easy 'to abolish it.--Ottawa Journal. ---- RIGHT HANDERS ARE THE STRONG HITTERS Records Show Them to Have Led the Major Leaguers. BY BILLY EVANS. Who holds the edge as to major league batting champions, right- handers or left-handers? If you give thought to Ty Cobb, who for nine years in succession led the American League and who has turned the trick twelve times in all, your immediate reply would be the left-handers, of course, On the other hand, if you would ponder over the record of Rogers Hornsby and recall the fact that for the past six years he has topped the National League batters, your ans- wer would be right-handers. Yet if one goes over the batting figures for the past 25 years he will be rather surprised when he discov- ers the honors pretty evenly divided. In the National League the right- handers have the call, due to the efficiency of those two great batsmen, Hans Wagner and Rogers Horusby. The dope shows that right-handers bave finished ahead. 15 times to nine for the left-handérs. Hal Chase enjoys the unique dis- tinction of being the only turn hit- ter fo lead either of the major lea- In baseball the turn hitter is Wo gues. WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH SELLING BEER Case Will Be Heard in the Police Oourt on Tuesday. A case in which & woman {as charg ed with having liquor for sale, Was to have been heard at the Police Court on Monday morning, but was enlarged for a day, and the accused was not asked to plead. Constables Fred Clark, Thomas Garrity and Nicholas Timmerman paid a visit to the home of the &8- cused on Friday evening last, and it is alleged that they found thirty-four bottles of beer in the house of the home brew variety. The beer was confiscated and a sample. of it is undergoing & test. NEWS OF THE DISTRICT Oulled From the Whig's Many Bright Ex Items Full of Interest. William McMacken, Leeds county, is dead, aged 74 years. His wife, two sons and four daughters survive, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Way are re- turning to their home in Bethel this week, after spending the winter in town. Provincial Constable Simon J. Elliott, Pembroke, takes over the duties following the transfer of G. V. Clubbe from Brockville to Kingston. Word was received in Perth of the death in Moose Jaw: Sask., last Fri- day of a former resident for many years in the person of Mr. Richard Carpenter. : At Alexandria Bay, N.Y., on April 14th, Alonzo E. Elmore, aged eighty- one, long time prominent ecltisen, died. He had been in {ll health for some time. . $ Congratulations to Sidney Kerr who was married to Miss Beraice Fox, Big Northport on Wednesday. His Island friends wish him success during the; toming years. Harold Nath, son of Mr. T. M. Nash of Wellington, wid has been employed in a Belleville hardware store for some y@ars, has accepted a position in Hadden's Hardware, Plea ton. After a serious illness for five days, Mrs. Anna Frederick, beloved wife of B. P. Frederick, Belleville, city treasurer, passed away on Thursday, aged sikty years. Miss Katherine Somerville, da ter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Somerville and a former school 3 cher in Perth and district, away at Prestdnvale, on Mare! at the age of eighty-three yéard, Death came suddenly to the of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Smith's Falls, when their only Elva Mae, passed away on April at the age of one year and' months. She was a loving child will be greatly missed. Er ------------ NOT TO PURCHASE, The Carruthers Residence for Hotel Dien A report that the Hotel Dien 3 pital authorities would purchase ; J. B. Carruthers property at the corner of Sydenham and Earl streets, has been going the rounds but the = rumor was denied at the Hotel Diba Hospital Monday afternoon. ne When spoken to by the British Whig, one of the officials sald that the Hotel Dieu authorities had at Douglas & Mcllqu "400 ALBERT STREET "Miones 2267F--028W one who bats right-handed against southpaws and shifts to the other side of the plate against right-hand- ers. Chase turned the trick with Cin- cinnat! in 1918, after having passed out of the American League, where demand for $5,000. Thieves stole fur coats valued at over. $1,000 from store of King Brgs., at Wingham, Jack Miner supports Algoma Game Association in its move for a closed season an beaver. After serving 43 years on London and Editor of the Guelph "Herald. Toronto, April 19.--Joseph P. Downey, superintendent of the On. tario Hospital at Orillia, and form- er member of the Ontario Legisla- later than Kingston, but perhaps their record will be overshadowed yet. Y one time thought of buying the pro- perty but had decided later not to do so." ing. "0 The funeral was largely attended. Officers of thie 'Penitentiary, at which the deceased was employed for some time, members of the 1.0.L. No. 481, comrades from the city and Mowat Sanatorium, besides of host of friends CHANGE OF ABODE. Reserve Bid Not Reached. App EE ICT LG a : : At the auction sale of the Car CHECKER - Taxicabs Any piace in city 'DAY OR NIGHT The cab that forced the prices J seanus ture for Wellington South, died last night in Orillia, according to ia- formation received at the provincial secretary's department here to-day. Mr. Downey, who was sixty-one years of age, died from pneumonia following an attack of throat trouble which kept him confined to his home for the past few weeks. Mr. Downey, who sat in the Legislature for about ten years, was former editor of the Guelph Herald. J. H. Buri Dead. Pembroke, Ont., April 19. -- James Henry Burritt, K.C., crown attorney and clerk of the peace for the County of Renfrew, also Past Grand Master fot the G Lodge of Ontario, AF. and A.M, died at his home on Friday night, at the age of seventy-eight years, following a: illness. , North Bay; Mrs. T. 8. Atk | Mrs. P. Baldwin, Vancouver, and Mrs. G. Clemes, Toronto, are daygh- ters. Toronto, Kenzie fire department, W. H. Ray, has resigned at the age of 66. Mayor J. M. Moore, of London, Ont., refused increase in salary ten- dered him by city couneil. Attack on fundamentalism, made by Rev. Dr. Shields at Brantford, Ont., was sent out on radio. Two injernal revenue officers were indicted lor. soliciting bribes in liquor cases at Detroit. Through fast train service to the Siberian border from Patis will Bu started again this summer. General Bruce at Simla says Ti- betan Government has prohibited ex- peditions to Mount Everest. Port Arthur had a half holiday on Monday in honor of farewell visit by Lord and Lady Byng. Body of infant was found frozen to the ice behind a house at Kiteh- ener, by children at play. Russian Soviet is using hundred million marks credit granted by Ger- many to buy German machinery. Fifty thousand ladybugs were sold last year to California lemoi growers to make war on parasites. British National Union of Rail waymen has placed a ban on "bluf- ting," as unauthorized tip-huating. Twenty thousand chicks valued at on ar he 2.30 o'clock by Rey. J. K. The pall-bearers were Fred Balls, William Kileinstuber, A. Anderson and Robert Wallis. from the city and vicinity, were pres- ent. Stephenson, Jack Patterson, Clarence Mills, Harold Aiken and Earl MeCor- mick. The pall-bearers were John Many offerings were placed the casket. Late Mrs. Stewart Whiteman. The funeral of the late Mrs, Stew- t Whiteman took place om Satur- day afternoon from her late resi- dence, Cataraqul cemetery. 373 Macdonnell * street, to Service was street church at Curtis. 1d at Princess Members of the choir were present d two hymns were sung, includ. ing "Abide With Me," a favorite of the late Mrs. Whiteman. There was a very large attendance of old time friends of the deceased. ¥ Travelling at a fast rate 3 and the only damage was a pierced Players Who Moved Will Be Called on to Explain, meet in Toronto on Wednesday or Thursday of next week. Several im- portant items of business will claim the attention of the. executive, Windsor and Sarnia teams have applied for senior'rating and group- ing, and the executive will also deal with the request of the Niagara Dis- trict League for assistance in secur- ing another team to round out the league. The president will announce the appointment of two executive mem- bers. Several players who have changed their places of residence during the past fall and winter will be asked to explain their movements and the reasons for such movensants, it any. FAMOUS RACER SHOT. . Sergeant Murphy Broke Leg in Race on Friday. The executive of the 0.B.A AF will], he had played for years. In the American League the left- handed batters have enjoyed even greater prosperity than the right- handed batters of the National Lea. gue. Over a period of 25 years, 17 left-handers have finisheT Th front in the American League, against only eight right-handers. The wire margin enjoyed by the left-handers in the American League can all be traced to the batting prowess of one Ty Cobb, with 13% championghips to his credit in 20 campaigns. Some record. So after all there is no great dif- ference between the two styles of batting as far as championship hone ors are concerned. In 25 years of playin the two big leagues 26 of the champions have hit from the left side -1 of the plate, 23 from the other side. Hal Chase hit either way. As men- tioned above. ; It is a rather interesting fact that 'Harry Hellmann is the only right- hander to lead the American League the last 28 years. Larry Lajole, 1905, was the last right-hander to in front until Heilmann copped ruthers home at the corner of Bars and Sydenham streets on Saturday, bids up to $20,000 were received. but as these did not touch the re- sérve bid no sale was made. Carruthers family occupied the house for over eighty years, it hav- ing first been owned by Joba ruthers and later by his som J. Carruthers, Level Crossing Fatalities. \ Montreal, April 19---In sixty-five level crossing accidents to vehicles last year, forty people lost their Yes and fifty-one were injured, cording to a compilation by the erating department of the Ca National Railways. All but of the accidents happened to aut mobiles or motor trucks. : superintendent, was fixed up day night and all were on hand day morning. X 'Belleville, 50 boxes at 16%e¢