aily British Whig Lew Cody, Gertrude Olmstead in _ "MONTE CARLO" KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920. LAST EDITION. Hontreak Boston Flyer Leaves Rails-The Floods at Ottawa Serious VELYER LEAVES of TRACKS; ~ ONE. INJURED & Seven Cars Go OI the Rails at High Speed. MONTREAL 10° BOSTON Train Seat Out but Ser- vices of Docters Were Not Needed. Congord, N.H., April man was injured when the real-Boston flyer was derailed 4.30 o'clock this morning at the station at Gerrish, NNH.,, on the main line of the Boston and Maine railroad. Seven cars left the track, while the train was running at high speed. A relief train was at once sent out from Concord with doctors, but according to rallroad officials in the chief dispatcher's office here, there was no need for doctors' service. Passengers on the train were severe- ly shaken up, and atcording to re- ports from those in cars, several were cut and bruised. ' Two wreckers were ordered to the I scene, one from Nashua and the 5 * other from White River Junction, : ¢ Through traffic was shunted over a iding, while efforts were being 'made to place the cars back on the rails. The cause of derailment was undetermined. Cobourg Town Council Respects Vote of People Cobourg, April 24. That the peo- ple's vote is the final tribunal was the decision given by the Cobourg council when it refuséd to pass the estimates of the Public School Board, which included. 3500 to be used toward meeting the salary of a public health nurse. The matter of engaging a public, health nurse for bourg was voted upon by the elec- rs of Cobourg aboiit three years 0 and the by-law was defeated. A urse has since worked in Cobourg under auspices of the Child Wel- fare Association, which became re 'sponsible for ler salary. Day to Boost Ontario Resorts. Toronto, * April 24.--June 11th "will be set aside as a day for stimu- Jating interest in Ontario's summer Aer by the city of Cleveland, hio, €aid Hon. G. 8. Henry, Minis- ter of Highways, Gi his return from that city, On May 14th a large party 'of. Cleveland citizens, including many who own summer homes in this province, will be entertained by the Ontario is Govertmant. ALEXANDER WADDELL DROWNED IN RIDEAU Retired Baker of | of Smith's Falls a Vietim Walls Spearing F ¥ 24.--One Mont- at Smith's Falls, April 24.-- The swollen waters of the Rideau river Alexan- der 'Waddel, retired baker, of the town, was drowned when his boat claimed a victim yesterday. from which he was Searing fish, near Poonahmalee, iles from Smith's Falls.' His body, ying in four feet of water, and only n feet from shore, was recovered Indians at 7 o'clock last evening. three rv T9svasnee MOTHER AND TWO SONS BURNED TO DEATH 4 -- Adams, Mass., April 24. Mrs. Hermidas Major, aged thirty-nine, and her two sons, Francis aged eleven and Ernest aged eight, were burned to death in a fire in their home here early this morning. An- other son, | Victor, aged three died later in hospital from burns. | | | { | | | PPP PPP EPP ree * + | * + + %| % | * | + * + * * CEP 246090204000 ONE OF THE OSHAWA DELEGATION INJURED George Metcalfe Falls Down Marble Stairs at Ottawa Station. Ottawa, April 24.--George Met- calfe of Oshawa, ome of the mem- bers of the delegation who came to Ottawa yesterday to protest to the Government against the proposed tariff decrease on automobiles, met with a serious accident here last night. Hurrying to catch one of the homeward bound special trains he slipped on the Central Station steps and fell down half a flight of marble stairs, He was unconscious wheu picked up and was rushed to the hospital. A CIVIL ENGINEER CHARGED WITH BIGAMY Thomas B. Bradley, Formerly of Fort William, Aged Thirty-two. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 24.-- Thomas B. Bradley, aged thirty-two, civil engineer, formerly of Fort Wil- liam, Onmt., is held in jail here on a charge of bigamy. Several months ago he married Miss Jane Fowler, a member of a prominent local fam- ily, and it is charged that he had not secured a divorce from his former wife, now said to be ingean- ada, HOWE, ISLAND FERRY DRIFTS DOWN RIVER -- -- Cable Broke During Crossing --Gananoque Motor Boat Came to Ald. The cable on the ferry operated by. Mr. John Gillespie, between the foot of Howe Island and the main- land, broke while the ferry was crossing Thursday afternoon - from the island, and the boat started drift- ing down the river at a fast rate. A telephone message was rushed through to Gananoque, and a motor boat immediately set out from the town and succeeded in reaching the ferry and' attaching a rope, with which ft was pulled to shore. Several men and two teams of horses were crossing when the accident happen- od The cable on the ferry is attached to both shores, so that the boat can- not drift. When the cable snapped, the boat and its passengers were washed down the river by the roll- ing waters. The men after consid- erable trouble succeeded in launch- ing the life boat, which the ferry carries, and were able to reach shore. The area between the mainland and Howe Island at this point is very open and subject to a heavy wind | sweeping down the river, The heavy weather was too much of a strain on the cable and after it broke away there was no means of manoeuvring the ferry. But for the fact that as- sistance from Gananoque was avail- able, the ferry with two horses as pagsengers, might have drifted down the river for a long distance. Divoree Bills. Ottawa, April 24 --Sixty-five ai- vorce bills were given second read- ing in the House of Commons last night and referred to the committee on private bills. oo : RIDEAU RIVER WATERS STILL KEEP RISING Residents in Some Parts of 0t- tawa Marogged in Homes. | LOG BOOM { MAY BREAK At Mooney's Bay and Release the Piled Up Ice Against the Frail Dam. Ottawa, April 24--With the flood: | ed waters of the Rideau River stead- | ily rising, and all creeks in neighborhood at flood' state, resi: | dents in districts of Ottawa adjoin- ing the river were, last night, | marooned in their homes, with cel- | Tars filled and in some cases, with | water oozing through the floors of | their homes. In many instances householders have been compelled to move their furniture to paged | rooms, as indications aré that with a continued warm spell of Weather, | the floods will become worse + Optimism reigned yesterday whed! the water receded eleven inches, but with the warm noon day sun melting | the snow, in the surrounding coun- | try, the flow of water increased un- | til last evening it had reached a| mark several inches higher than on | Thursday night, which was consid- ered a record in twenty-five years. | The danger of the log boom at Mooney's Bay, three miles up the river, breaking and releasing piled | up ice agajnst the frail dam, appears | to be increasing. | Conditions at Billings Bridge, Ot- tawa South, Hurdman's bridge ' and Eastview (suburbs of 'the Capital) F remain unchanged with hundreds of cellars flooded and in many cases the water is over the main floors of buildings. Cottages along what was formerly the river bank are in some cases in water six feet deep. C. N. R. Gives Orders. Montreal, April 24.--The Cana- dian National Railways yesterday placed orders for the following equipment: Sixty forty-ton freight | cars from the Eastern Car Co., New | Glasgow, N.S.;: forty ten-thousand gallon tank cars from the Canada Car and Foundry Co.,, Montreal; fifty express refrigerater cars from the Steel Company of Canada, Ham- ilton. the | Speed of Modern Life A Challage to Woe | Milwaukee, Wis., April 24. ~The | speed of modern life is a challeuge to the ability of women of to-day. Unless her wisdom, her love and spiritual influence is sufficient, the home cannot stand against the speed of modern living, combined with dis- tracing influences human ingenuity has developed, Mrs. Robert BE. Speer, president of the National Board of the Y.W.C.A., declared yesterday be- fore the biennial national convention of the Y.W.C.A. "I believe," she said, "that wo- men should follow their children out of the home, if necessary, and keep up with thelr interests and ac- tivities." Retreat From Shower of Eggs. Tuain, Guiway, Ireland, Apirl 24. A barrage of eggs, fired by women. and girls, forced the retreat of a de-| po%s tachment of Free State police who © entered this district for stolen cattle. ran out the again only to find the women arm- ed with sticks. A hand-to-hand struggle ensued, in which the police finally gained the upper hand. To Ottawa, April Sa bill au- thorizing the James {will be welcome, Lshat there Gratified at Canada's Loweriag- of Its Tariff New York, April 24. Under thé caption, "Canada Lowers the Bar- rier," the New York World says edi- Hor 38 "To American manufacturers who have no faotories in Canada, the prospect for increased sales there but in a larger sense it is gratifying to note Can- ada's willingness to lower her tariff Yastiers against American products t a time when our own tariff policy embodies the quintessimo of selfish- | ness. The C.N. R. May Construct Skyscraper in Toronto 24.--Informa- Na- Montreal, April tion gathered from Canadian { tional headquarters indicates that a | definite step forward 'in regard to the construction of a skyscraper at 1 King and Yonge streets, Toronto, is | now being taken at the head office here. The old agreement that was in effect last year has been can- celled. Library Boa Board Is Treatene AVith an Injunction by Contrac- tors--Owe $5,000 and Have No Money. It was learned that some of the | contractors who did work on the new lidrary and have money still coming to them for their work are thinking seriously of taking legal action to recover the same unless pay is forthcoming. On Saturday morning enquiries were made to find if an injunction had been taken out, it was learned was = possibility that there might be one applied for the first of the week. Francis King, K.C., chairman of the Library Board, when interviewed by a representative of The British Whig, stated that there were ac- counts amounting to about $5,000 still outstanding. Mr. King stated that when the contract was first called, it was found that it' would be impossible to rebuild the three floors as was first planned. The by- law, which was passed by the rate- payers voted $35,000 for use of the library board of which $10,000 had to be spent on the purchase of the land and the remainder was set aside for remgqdelling of the build- ing. When it was found that there was not enough money to-do the three floors, the plans were chang- ed and the work on twp floors was finished. smi Owe $5,000. In connection with the building a number of extras were added to the contract, whith meant that when all the bills were in hand and the architect fees were added the work had cost $30,000, and the board had only $25,000 to pay the bili with. In view of the fact that the builld- ing is not owned by the Library Board and the board is unable to borrow money to cover the amount of indebtedness, a peculiar situa- tion had taken place. e board claims that the only way the money can be obtained is by the eity coun- cil voting the $5,000, which it isnot likely it can do on account of the budget being passed for this year. - One of the contractors, when spo- ken to by, The Whig, stated that they were getting tired of waiting for thats money and he expected that ete TR be "something doing" it the money was not ¥ fiheoming, » AY SO0N BE SOLD DENIES THAT ! HASTY TARIFF ACTION TAKEN : In Regard to Making the bre , seat Reductions. PROGRESSIVE OBJECTS To Demand of Oshawa and Other Communities Immediately In- terested in Auto Industry. Ottawa, April 24.--Reduction in the tariff duties on motor cars con- tinues to be the feature of the budget debate, the House of Com- mons occupying itself largely yester- day afternoon with a consideration of the protest against this reduction made by the representatives of com- munities affected and the Govern- ment's reply thereto. Western Lib- erals and Progressives are support- ing the reduction, while Conserva- tives are condemning the action of the Government on the ground that the question of the automobile tariff should have been referred to the new advisory tariff board. John Millar, Progressive member for Qu'Appelle, argued yesterday af- ternoon that the former duty on motor cars had been.obviously too high and he declined to be impress- ed by the protests of the delegation that had invaded the capital. "We have not taken action hastily," declared the Progressive member, whereupon J. D. Chaplin, Conservative, of Lincoln, wanted to know if it was not the Government that had taken the action. "This is the government," sug- gested another opposition member pointing in the direction of the third party. Mr. Millar objected to the de- mand from Oshawa and other com- munities interested in the motor car industry that the old duty should be restored. He saw ne reason for a reference of the matter to. the tariff board, being convinced that the new duties afforded sufficient protection. He did not belleve the industry would be unable to sus- tain the reduction, arguing that the agricultural machinery industry had found it had not been as badly in- jured by the reductions of two years ago as it had feared it would be. No member of the Progressive group would vote for the reduction, Mr. Millar asserted, if it could be shown that the motor car factoties could not operate successfully under the remaining protection. Will Not Be Injured. Similar argument was advanced by one of the Saskatchewan Lib- erals, J. G. Ross of Moose Jaw. He held that the automobile industry would not be unduly injured by the lower duties. The effect of the high tariff was not so much that of keep- ing out foreign products as it was the making of home products dearer in price. The motor car mann- facturers had kept their prices thirty-five per cent. higher than United States prices because of the duty. G. B. Nicholson, of Algoma, was the principal speaker for the op- position. © He maintained that there was no warrant for the Govern- ment's treatment of the motor car industry. That industry had relied, as had others, on the assurance of the Prime Minister that there would be no further drastic tariff reduc- tions before the Government had secured the advice of its tariff board. What industry, Mr. Nichol- son asked, could consider itself safe? Canadian enterprise was discourag- ed by the uncertainty as to where the Government would strike the next time: Mr. Nicholson added that {he Prime Minister had declared at Kingston and Oshawa, during the | election campaign, that no Industry] would be injured by tariff Ehangss x without careful vestigation | Ser 00002000000 ea) * * # MONTREAL ADOPTS + J DAYLIGHT SAVING. > --- + 3 Montreal, April 24-- By a # % vote of 21 to 13, the city coun- ® cil yesterday decided to adopt # ® daylight saving on May 2. > + * SEPP PCLIPROISPILRLSY A Al lt MN Ji dustry in Canada. He referred to the large number of returned men in the delegation. TREES BY THE MILLION. Government's Nursery Stock Ex. hausted by Reforestation Qrders. Toronto, April 24.---Reforesta- tion propaganda of the Ontario De- partment of Lands and Forests has succeeded so that this early in the year the nursery stocks of the prov- ince are exhausted on the basis of orders received for trees. Last year the department distributed seven million trees, three-quarters of which were allotted to individuals, chiefly farmers. This year, accord- ing to Deputy Minister of Forests Zavitz, the department will distri- bute between 8 and 9 million trees. Bulk of these seedlings will go to individuals to replenish wood-lots. The remainder will go largely to York, Northumberland, Durham, Ontario and Simcoe counties, which have established for reforestation purposes 1,000-acre blocks of what was formerly termed "waste" land. In the northern sections the gov- ernment has been planting conifer- ous trges, such as pine, spruce, ete., but in Old Ontario the farmer has a pronounced preference for the more common hardwoods, chiefly maple, oak, birch and ash. Statue of Whitney. Toronto, April 24.--A statue of Sir James Whitney, former premier of Ontario, is being cast in bronze in the United States and when complet- ed will be placed in Queen's park. It was designed by Hamilton Me- Carthy, Ottawa sculptor, who has re- ceived $10,000 for the work from the provincial government. A ---------------- BALDWIN HAS NOT FOUND A SOLUTION Says Opposing Sides in Coal Controversy Have Tied Themselves in Knot. London, April 24. --Meetings throughout yesterday under the aus- pices of Premier Baldwin to settle the controversy between the miners and mine owners with regard to wages and working hours, did not bring a solution. Last night it seemed as though the Government might be driven to adopt the line of least re- sistance, namely, partial continuance of the subsidy to the owners, to en- able them to continue the present wage scale, as the only alternative to a stoppage of all work in the pi} The, belief was held despite the fact that the Premier has been untiring in his warnings to the parties to the dispute 'that they must not expect continuance of the subsidy. After |hearing statements from both sides in a joint conference, which revealed the incompatibility of the opposing viewpoints, Mr. Baldwin remarked: "It is quite plain that you have tied yourselves into a pretty knot. What I have to do is to try to get the knot untied or cut, or something." The Premier then invited the two sides to form small commitiees for nego- tiations with him. These committees presented a part of their case and the negotiations will be continued Monday. In the meantime the Mines Department of the Government is engaged in draft- ing a scheme embodying the Govern- ment's idea of a temporary loan to assist in the organization of the in- dustry, the Interest on which would be provided: by each of three parties --~~Government, owners and miners-- yaying pHuthirg, 10,000 MINERS FROM WALES FOR CANADA? Attention of Report Call ed to de Ot. NINISTER NOT AWARE Question of Extra Police on Parliament Hill Friday. Ottawa, April 24.--J. §. Woods= worth (Labor, Winnipeg North Cen tre) called attention in the House yesterday afternoon to a report ap~ pearing in an English newspaper to the effect that 10,000 Welsh miners were coming to Canada in connee~ tion with a big scheme which would "revolutionize coal mining in Cana- da." If this report 'were correct, had these men been" Informed of conditions in the Dominjon? | Hon, Charles Stewart, acti Minister. of Immigration and Co onization, re~ plied that he had no knowledge of the scheme to bring these miners to Canada or the proposed develpp- ment. He would, however, make en quiries, An. echo of the Oshawa delegs tion 'was heard in the House of Com mons yesterday afternoon. Hon. Robert Rogers (Conservative, Win- nipeg South) gravely asked fhe Prime Minister why so many polices men were on duty on Parliament Hill. C..[H1. Cahan, of Montreal, sug gested if was to "keep the members out." | Premier Mackenzie KX thought that the question should directed as Mr. Speaker, who ¢ trolled the police. eaker explained to the House that Sergeant-at-Arms had put on policemen yesterday to guide and sist the enormous number of visit who had come here on the delega- tion. The work of the Hill police been highly commended, and int connection the Speaker wished say that the crowd whieh today vaded the Parliament butldings been a very orderly and well-behav- ed one. There was applause from ave ery corner of the House. The status and seniority of postal workers affected by the Winnipeg' strike is still under consideration, On behalf of the Postmaster-Gene ral, Hon. Ernest Lapointe answered. a question from Rt.. Hon. Arth Meighen on the subject, He said that as soon as a decision is reached legs islation will be introduced. Mr. Melghen interjected a remark t legislation was definitely 'imp Mr. Lapointe thought that the Pos master-General (Senator Chap! Murphy) had rather meant to that it all depended on what the d cision was. "Has the Government adopted reforestation, policy in connect with lands set aside as Indian serves throughout Canada?" 8 Franklin Smoke (Conservative, Brant), in a serles of question; placed on the order paper of the House. ------------ BURGLARS MAKE Picton, 'April 24.---Merch ' the value of three thousand lars, and $200 in cash, were sto by burglars ne broke into the §oads Tar of A 2 Bristal and during Thursday na