TO- DAY NORMA SHEARER in The Devil's Circus 1 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1926, She Baily British Whig! rogressive Leader Forke Expresses Satisfaction With the Budget YWOULD REDUCE OUR TAXATION || wom woe mor | BY LOWERING « The Canadian Council of tion---Miss Agnes Mac Marry Aliens to Retain « Ottawa, April 21--The income tax ought to be maintained at its former level and the surpluses avallable for tax reduction should be utilized to lesson the burden of indirect taxa- tion." J This representation was made by delegation from the Canadian cil of Agriculture which waited upon Premier King and members of the Cabinet today. i Reduction in taxation, it was de- clared on behalf of the deputation, should take place by a reduction in tariff, "on imports which increase in preference to a reduction of the the cost of living and production," sales and income tax." . The Council was "unalterably op- ) posed to the whole principle of tariff protection," it was declared. ONLY FIVE ESCAPE BLOODY MASSACRE Cabinet Office Guard of 400 Placed Before Machine Guns at Pekin. " Shanghal, April 21.----Only five men out of 400 comprising the guard of cabinet office escaped death at the hands of Kuominchun troops be- fore they evacuated Pekin, says the North China Daily News. The news- paper cails it a cold-blooded mas- sac It says the extremists per 'tired on-students during demonstration last months. The men were taken beyond the Yellow Temple and machine guns were opened upon them and only five escaped alive. Veteran Newspaperman Dead. 3 @ Montreal, April 21.--Percy St. r, Hamilton, the oldest werking newspaperman in Montreal, died in the Montreal General Hospital early this morning. He was in his sixty- sixth year and was born in Halifax. 4 THE ROMANS OBSERVE ~# CITY ANNIVERSARY .2,680 Years Since Haly's Cap- ital Established--Hold Great Festival. ---- Rome, April 21.--The Romans tos day abandoned their usual activi. ties and assembled In gaily be- flagged streets and squares to cele- the city's 2,680th anniversary. res of thousands of tri-colors and flags floated in the gentle . breeze, apd innumerable malti-color- 'ed tions covered the walls this morning as a festival was ush- ered in with ths tolling of the his- toric bell in the nt capitol. Shortly the streets were filled with 'marching men, most of them in working clothes. Rumor says the coming British budget will call for five per cent. tax on race track bets. to destroy] TARIFF Income Tax Reduc- Wants Canadian Girls Who Their British Citizenship. a] The deputation also made the re- commendation that the rural credits plan be drafted to include provision for the establishment of farm loan board in each province. OF T L Miss MacPhail's Proposal. Ottawa, April 21--Miss Agnes MacPhail proposes to move in the House of Commons that a Canadian girl who marries an alien and con- tinues to reside in Canada shall not lose her British citizenship by the mere act of marriage. Her proposal is-thatthe Naturalization Act be amended. Miss MacPhail's resolution, al- though not limited thereto, will, o account of their number have parti- cular reference to marriages between Canadian girls and citizens of the United States. CPPPPPRPPRPFPIPRISIONY > 4+ SEEKING HIS RELEASE FROM THE PENITENTIARY Steps have been taken to sec- ute the release from the Ports- mouth Penitentiary, of Herbert Brewer, bank clerk, sentenced to five years for theft. SA peti- tion signed by over one thous- and people has been filed at the office of the Minister of Justice at Ottawa. LE LER EEE ERE 2444224094000 t4e00ss0000es000 Young Woman Seeks yo Marry Man, In Jail , April 31 Stating that she "iohed to marry Reg. Hughes, the young man who had been senten- ced to seven years at Portsmouth penitentiary for stealing from ex- press cars, a young woman applied to the city marriage license office for a license. It was refused on the ground that she would not be. able to use it before Hughes was remov- ed from the Don jail to Kingston. License Issuer Williamson counsel- led the girl against any such step. GROCERS FORM LEAGUE Hamilton Retnilers Unite to Obtain "Fair Prices" Hamilton, April 21---Seventy-five local grocers have organized a branch of the Fair Price League of Canada, with the aim of stabilising prices, At the meeting, protest was entered against the department store system of reducing grocery prices to attract buyers to the stores. The aim is to have prices set by the manufagturers. HAS LOWEST TARIFF R. 8. McLaughlin Makes Statement of Comparisons, Oshawa, April 21---In a statement today, R. 8. McLaughlin, president of General Motors of Canada, declar- ed that Canada, under the new tariff announced last Thursday in the bud- get speech of Hom. J. A. Robb, had the distinction of having the low- est tariff on motor cars of any coun- try engaged in automotive manu- facturing. Found Trying Front Bours Placed Under Arrest After a Chase We Prawn Ard oy as Prowling Around Oity All dressed up and wo piace wo} £0, not even a place head, --_ Cramer, bmg -~ Montreal, Early Morning Hours by Con< dlctionary means "A loose idle per son, with no Visible means of sup- port." "Give me a obatice and 1 &in leave he the city," said * to the Cadi. "Where did you coma from?" | asked the court. SIR HENRY THORNTON President of the Canadian Natfonal Railways, whose annual report, pre- sented to Parliament Yesterday, reflects the revival in Canadian trad Steamer Crosses To Garden Island Capt. McDonald, with the steamer Wolfe Islander, made an unsuccess- ful attempt to break a passage through the ice from Kingston to Wolfe Island Wednesday afternoon, only reaching the foot of Garden Is- land. The steamer left the whart about one o'clock and had reached Garden Island about 2.30. It was found that the ice was too strong to smash through, further. The steam- er returned to its wharf here, THE CNR. DEFICIT CO BY S155 of $15,020,163. Ottawa, April 21--"Should sub- stantial reductions in freight rates 'be assential for the well-being and development of any section of the Dominion," declares Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, In the Canadian National annual report tabled in the House by the minister of railways yesterday afternoon, "relief should take the form of a Government sub- sidy without disturbance of-a rsa- sonable tariff fabric." The report shows that last year the operation surplus of the Cana- dian National for 1925 was $15,- 020,163 ahead of the preyious year. Net deficit after meeting all fixed and other charges was $41,444,764 or $13,405,654 less than the prev- fous year. "It is interesting to note," says Sir Henry, "that the net operating earnings were approxima- tely equal to eighty per cent of the interest payable to the public on funded debt as compared with about 45 per cent in 1924." A further encouraging note is struck in the report by an item un- der the heading of "finance" which reads: "In the appropriation act for 1925 the sum of $50,000,000 was voted for Canadian national pur- poses during the (Dominion) fiscal year ending March 81, 1926,-1t has only been necessary to obtain $10,- 000,000 of this amount from the Government. Payment of the bal- ance has not been required partly because of increased resources due to larger gross and net earnings than were expected, and partly as a result of substantial reductions In the pur- chase of materials and supplies, and also partly by the use of working capital." | W. E. Smallfield Passes | Guelph, April 21.--William Eigbod Smallfield passed away at his home on Stewart street this morning after a lingering illness. The late Mr. Small field was born in Brooklyn in 1860. past three years. 'He was 'nearly react Jubiisher of the Rustiow ' Shows Operating Surplus A FRANCHISE FOR 10 YEARS 10 BE GIVEN To the Thousand Island Naviga- tion Company at Gananoque. A NEW _ STEAMBOAT Wil Be Purchased to Run tween and Clayton, As a result of the action of the Gananoque council recommending to the Dominion Government that the franchise be renewed to the Thous- and Island Navigation Company for a period of ten years, the company has decided to place another steam- er on the Gananoque-Cape Vincent ferry service this year. At a meeting of the council held on Tuesday evening, a resolution was considered. and unanimously carried, and will.'be forwarded to the Dominion Government, In past years the franchise has been granted for a' period of one year. The service last year was so heavy that the steamers Frontenac and Missisquol, owned by the com- pany, could not handle it all. During the winter months the members of the steamboat com- pany, realizing that the traffic would be heavier this year, in- formed the town council that it would be willing to purchase a new steamer, providing a ten-year fran- chise could bé secured. This request was acceded to Tuesday evening, and the company will now purchase the steamer at once: It was learned that the company a steam which 3 Corrie "about a year| ago. The new steamer will have carrying capacity of twenty-five cars. Last year the two steamers, Fron- tenac and Missisquoi, made eight trips each way daily. The Missi- squoi could only accommodate about six cars, which meant that a large number of American tourists could not come across at Gananoque. It is understood that the steamer Missisquoi will be disposed of when the other steamer arrives. The steamers Waubie and Fron- tenac are now being put in readi- ness for the opening of navigation. FEARED AIRSHIPS FOUNDERED AT SEA Anxiety at Lisbon Over the Fate of Two Military Airmen. Lisbon, April 21.-- Great anxiety is felt heré as to the fate of Naval Lieutenants Mor- lera and Neves Terrerra, who left Lisbon yesterday on a flight to Madeira and Azores. They were long overdue at the is- lands, and' searching warships have found no trace of their planes. It is feared the ma- chine foundered gt sea with the aviators, Telephone Rates. Ottawa, April 21-- "Additional re- venue is necessary if the company is to continue to meet the requirements of present and prospective patrons," declared C. F. Sise, President of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, in evidence before the Board of Rail- way Commissioners yesterday. The company l¢ applying for an increas- ed rate in urban areas in Ontario | and Quebec. | He had been living in Guelph for the | h 'upset when the monster appeared on hell | Assalls the Budget HON. R. J. MANION Who calls upon Commons to censure tariff policy of government. MONSTER SEA BEAST. Twice as Large as Elephant Seen in Pacifie. Port Angeles, Wash., April 21.--A sea beast twice as larg® as an ele- phant and with eyes that work like trap doors, was reported here yes- terday by Quillayut Indian seal hunt- ers of the Pacific 60 miles west of here. Members of one sealing crew de- clared they nearly had their 'canoe the surface near their boat. The | beast worked its shutter-like eyes as | it surveyed the canoe but made no | motion toward it. The Indians after a moment of terror, made time to'the beach. One explanation of the matter is that the earthquake in Japan of Sep- | tember 1st, 1923, shifted the Japan current and that the strange beast is a stray Oriental sunfish. IV NIDSTNWER BEAT Eighty in Shade in Winnipeg --Halifax, However, Has Qale and Blizzard. Winnipeg, April 21. --Western Can- ada to-day is baking in a wave of mid-summer heat, with mercuries at almost every point in the prairies recording high marks of the season. In Manitoba the heat was most pronounced. Winnipeg sweltered in a temperature of eighty degrees in the shade, while elsewhere in the pro- | vince "Old Bol". was reported to be doing his stuff with vengeance. Throughout Saskatchewan and Al- berta the weather continues unusu- ally.fgvorable and work on the land has been appreciably speeded up. record Blizzard in Halifax, Halifax, N.S., April 21.--A férty- four-mile per hour north-east blis- gard, which drove a regular mid- winter snowfall before it, struck Halifax early yesterday morning, and in a few hours robbed the city of every vestige of spring. Monday there were only a few obscure patches of thawing snow in shady spots, but before the majority of citizens awoke yesterday the streets had been covered by a deep white mantle, while the gusty wind had piled large drifts in many places. Thert was not much change, however, in the temperature, which continued ab- normally chilly for this time of year. Has Broken Her Limb Twenty Two Times | to The Wh the twenty-second time had hor limbs broken. Bowerman purchased the of Salmon Point last sum- , with his family, spends summer months here. I REGRETS THE Ove the Head af the Tar Adisry E CONSERVATIVE AMEND HE TARIFF CHANGES NDMENT Board--Mored by Hon. Dr. Manion-- db tig riff 'Changes in Interests of the Canadian People. Ottawa, April 21--Robert Forke, Progressive leader, expressed satis- faction with the budget in the House of Commons. yesterday afternoon. He had no complaint to make con- cerning it. The reduction in the tariff on automobiles particularly pleased him, as he belfeved the mo- tor car industry was left with suf- ficiént protection, and he thought the lowering of the price of cars was in the.general interest. He compared the saggestion of a "blow to the in- dustry" with the effects of a "hall- storm which would wipe out a sea- son's work for the farmer. Mr. Forke was also satisfied with the income tax remissions. His ex- periences in Ottawa had convinced him that the head of a family should have at least four thousand dollars free of taxation. He rejoiced in the showing of the National Railways, predicting that in a few years they would be an asset rather than a lia- bility. The Progressive leader de- clined the proffer of the Conserva- tive party to assist him as a farmer, with increased protection. He did not want it. Because of the surplus production of farm products in Can- ada he could not see that there was any injury from United States com- petition, and he had a sympathetic feeling for the consumer. He feared that protection on butter, for exam- ple, would have the effect of keep- ing it off the poor man's table and | might encourage the use of substi- tutes. The Progressive leader denied that.his party or the people of wes- tern Canada were selfish in their de- mands. He believed the Hudson's Bay Railway would benefit the coun- by as a whole, that the reval : of sclafers land 15 RG phere interest and that were desirable. He maintained that he represented the views of the com- mon people and 'the working men, and refused any suggestion that wes- tern Canada was unfriendly to the industrial interests o e east. He was in favor of the shipment of grain through Canadian ports, bud he Was not hopeful thx: all grain cou) the country through such exit other routes were cheaper the pers would use them. Little To Fear. * Mr. Forke criticized the Conserva- tive policy of protection on farm pro- ducts. He did not believe that the farmer of Western Canada had much to fear.from competition with United States farm products. Nor did he believe that dairy farmers anywhere were endangered by outside competi. tion. The oply time that foreign butter would find any considerable place in the Canadian market would be when Canadian butter was short Mr. Forke did not think that the poorer people in Canada would be able to afford exorbitadt prices for butter during the winter season and, protection might have the effect of putting butter at that time of year out of reach. That might mean the Introduction of margerine substi- tutes. . "I do not know what is the matter with my friends behind me," said Mr. Forke, apparently referring to several Conservative members who were occupying seats to the rear of the Progressive leader. "They keep on continually talking and grumb- ling among themselves; I do not think they are having a pleasant time." . Amendment, The Conservative amendment moved by Hon. R. J. Manion, reads: " "In the late general election cam- 'age pensions | bu tries and that representations re. questing increase or decrease of, duties should be made the subject of the most careful investigation and report by a body possessing the hecessary qualifications to advise the ministry with respect thereto. A tariff advisory board will ac- cordingly be appointed forthwith.' "That such tariff advisory board was accordingly appointed. \ "And this House regrets that in the case of drastic changes an- nounced in the budget such assur- ances have not been fulfilled." d He refused to admit that country had reason for gratitudé to the Government, and regarded cer. tain sections of the new fiscal legis- lation as an open bid to voters. He believed that the reduction in the automobile tariff would have (he effect of increasing the exodus te the United States. Dr. Manion welcomed the im- | provement in the financial condition of the country and the National Railways, but he attributed this to the bounty of Providence rather than = to able administration on the part of the Government. The rea- son the Minister of Finance had been able to show a balance in the budget and the National Rallways to better their condition was ° that agricultural production in 1925 had been $265,000,000 greater than the previous year, and the mineral pro- duction $15,000,000 more. He held that the reduction in taxation could have been extended had the Govs ernment made any effort to curtail expenditure. y for the Present year would be greater than that for the last. Dr. M ' resiage or he vor not. Vigorous ' Dr. Manion vigorously protested against the Government's treatmeat of the automobile industry and co. demned the departure from the prin ciple of protection. The reduction in the motor car tariff, he declared was a repudiation of the accepted fiscal policy of the country. In jus. tice to the motor car industry and in justice to Canada, a proper in- vestigation should have been mado either by the tariff board. which was appointed eight days before the bud- get, or by some such body, and then it was found to be exploiting the public by unfair prices behind the tariff wall, it should havs been forced to lower the prices c a cut in the tariff. "It is ~ part the Conservative doctrine to p exploitation of the public. what basis does this Government lower the tariff on automobiles? cause the Finance Minister : there is a pronounced: sentime throughout Canada favorable fo tf) action. By this, of course, he he a pronounced number of wg ; Scientific investigation and econo mic knowledge are unn a move like this by the Present G ernment, Welcomed Dugald Donaghy, Liberal North Vancouver, welcomed the get. He thought that a fair equitable adjustment of freight rate and the opening of new markets { Canadian goods of more _importan than the tariff. D. M. Sutherland, Conservative North Oxford, 'spoke of the bud a "Saskatchewan budget." Just before the proposed to make -- He the budget. Premier Kenzie King replied that this tion was very similar to that by the leader of the Opposition, am wi