A J. Cook, Miners' Chief, Declares Peace Is A miners." » » MORE PRONOUNCED _ RR The Connecticut Yankee in \ King Arthur's Court STARTS WED. Harold Lloyd "For Heaven's Sake" YEAR 98; No. 110. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY LAST EDITION. Oslo, May 11--There is some diversity of opinion here as to whether or not Lieut.-Com- mander Richard E. Byrd reach- ed the North Pole in his flight from Spitzbergen on Sunday. Dr. Skattum, Presidént of the Geographical Society, holds that * STRIKE DEADLOCK it is impossible to accept Com-' mander Byrd's claim that he reached the Pole before his ob- servations aré published, On the other hand, Lieut. Boee, Chief of the Army Aero- nautic School, praises the ach- fevement of Commander Byrd, and does not doubt his claim. | men, An Elopement Possible at Any Moment on Terms That - | Nj : Will Give Economic Security to Miners-~ Nip ped in Bud 9 | ® Looks As Though Tide Turned. "oven ic igen ' : ie 1 3 » 21 1 1 y * : London, May 11.--Indications of an easing in the general (Special to The Whig.) EN tirike deadlock became more pronounced this afternoon. A.l Watertown, N.Y.. May 11 Jetter- J. Cock, miners' chief, declared "peace is possible at any son County officers have turned over moment, on terms that will give economic security to the to the, ion Jemanmenl, ths Numbers of people had been approaching the |, native of Enterprise, Ont., : who iners' leaders, he asserted, with a view of settling the dead- was arrested at Bock. [noon as he alighted from a Water- |town bus in company with Margaret Sad Sreannen | Penny, thirteen-year-old school girl "THE TIDE HAS TURNED." Al almost the same time the Government spokesman was from here, with whom he had been The | PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. London, May 11.-----Peace negotia- But One Hop Ahead. Manila, May 11.---Capts. Loriga {and Callarza, Spanish aviators fly- ling from Madrid to Manila, landed | safely at Aprri to-day from Macao, Clayton Monday" : NM 3 : L .. 4: | keeping company for two years. The saying to newspapermen: 'Without being unduly optimistic, two were on their way to Kingston, I think we may say that the tide has turned. There is a ten- | ont. jhey: Have told the Hist at rv vf o y rif ack to torney"s office ,to get married, when dency all over the country for the strikers. to drift back i work." by the girl's irate father, who The Trades Union Congress, which has charge of the [the Masih ance of Lousty giicers. ; neral strike, scouted this statement, reiterating that thhp JOuth Vay doous 4 ao ie Sou jolidarity of the men was being maintained. her romance shattered, was taken ¥ | mn home and to-day she is back at hool. COLLAPSING IN SOUTH WALES. sc ) a : x . ae | Learning that Vannest was a na- Reports from the provinces indicated that the strike was |, "078 OW Immigration- officers steadily collapsing in South Wales, as far as the tramway men, | questioned him at the county jail 3 7 mm ' y 11a " ' ce . The Govern- and learned that he came to Cape railway men and electricians were con erned Lug wig dg a Bight gement spokesman, citing the improvement in transportation | yo. ago to work as a laborer on Wervices, said 5,503 {rains were run yesterday in the United | his brother's farm near here. The Ringdom as-compared with 849 on-the. first day. of. the strike. | Eris Iather, disliking the notoriety ¥ Fin 2. ing slowly, it is likely there would [any charges against Th youth. The have been serious loss of life. Asiimmisracion Sulliprities HAVE Sivan . An the father assurance a annes tions in Great Britain's senctall I Nas, aug person was injured ?lwilt be deported to Canada and be strike can be definitely said to be epecter 53 hs eHEe WIth ov barred from this country for several re. T RhCgar engineer, years. § on YAleR 3g puriece or | vat had been pulled up. The en-| not Xe 'hat results they will | Eideer slammed on all brakes, but| ua, an > i be seen, but al the engine and four coaches left! Ta aah ne 4 Yanks stated late | the rails, the engine and two coach- # | this afternoon that parleys wera ®® toppling ayer proceeding. They were in such a delicate state, however, he added. ' that nothing further could be sdid for the moment. He said #t was ble something tangible wauld forthcoming to-morrow. but imphasized that nothing definite was in sight now, The Government communique ls- sued at seven o'clock to-night says: "There is at yet little sign of a general collapse of the strike ang the Trades Union Congress is be- Heved to be making efforts to call out certain trades still at work. It . can be definitely stated that thers is growing disaffection among the rikers with the policy of the gen- ? strike and considerable un- easiness as to its ultimate results." SCOTTISH TRAIN WRECKED, The first case of serious sabotage since the general strike began was reported to-day. The famous Fly- ing Scotsmen, run from 'London to Edinburgh, having on board four hundred passengers, was wrecked at Cramlington yesterday. a mining istrict near Newcastle. A misplaced il, which the authorities say thev believe was deliberately pulled up, caused the wreck. The engine and two coaches turned over, and but Jor the fact that the train was mov- -- REACHES KINGSTON Vessel Purchased for the Run t main body of strikers remained out. "obtained a divorce on the | KING HOLDS PRIVY COUNCIL. | | King George held a Privy Council | | at Buckingham Palace this morn- | |ing. Whether it was for the rati-| | fication of further emergency meas-| ures was not disclosed. | The Government spokesman, out! lining the situation at the beginning | of the eighth day of the strike, said there had been important defections among the railwaymen but that the | The whole country was quiet. ! | proved transportation services wers | | steadily expanding, and measures of protection for volunteers had prov- ed efficacious. GENERAL STRIKE ILLEGAL. | Londow, May 11.---The general strike is ellegal, Justice Astbury de-| clared in the Chancery Division to-; day, and those incidening it or par- | ticipating In it are pot protected un- {der the laws regulating trades | unions. His opinion, the first hand- 'ed down from a judicial bench since the general strike began, was made in granting an Injunction against certain branch leaders of the Sailors and Firemen's Union. The injune- tion restrains branch leaders from calling out their men without orders from the general headquarters of the union. | LADY TERRINGTON SEC! .'RES DIVORCE Lord Terrington Did Not De- fend the Suit--Was Hor Second Husband. London, May 11.---Lady Terring- ton, a former member of Parliament, {that Lord Terrington had been guil- ty of adultery with Mrs. Reno De- vere Hump! China, with but one more hop ahead to reach their destination. WILLIAM NEWNAN DIES. WEEK AFTER HIS SON Contracted Cold at Funeral of the Late Ex~-Mayor H. W. : Newman. | Captain William Newman, one of | the most prominent and best known | Kingston residents, passed away at his home, 271 King street west on Tuesday morning after an illness lasting a very short time. The late Captain Newman, while attending the funeral of his son Ex-Mayor H. W. Newman, last Wednesday, con-| tracted a cold which developed into! pneumonia, causing his death. Captain Newman was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1840 but came to Kingston at the age of eleven years. He resided here ever since that time. Even at an early [esses esrssossres | {# THE NORGE STARTS i+ FOR NORTH POLE Oslo, Norway, May 11.---The Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible Norge started on its flight to the North Pole and Alaska at 10.10 o'clock this morning, says from King's Bay, +> 4 + * + * {% a message |% Spitzbergen. | A wireless' message received |% from Capt. Amundsen at 11.45 | + o'clock this mornifig said: % "Now flying across polar ice." !® It was officially announced % this afternoon that Captain ¢ Amundsen wil] take possession #® of any land Yound during the | voyage in the name of the | *+ King of Norway. le CPF PEPPIPFPPIOIOPIOITS of the town of Champion, six miles | Painter Likely plans were vypes| Fell Into River From the Niagara Arch Bridge Qirder and Was . Drowned. Niagara Falls, N.Y., May 11. --Thomas Wainwright, aged forty-eight, of Nisgara Falls, Ont, is believed to have fallen fifty feet into the = Niagara river and been drowned while painting the girders of ' the lower steel arch . Mridge . just "wbove the. of 'rapids: Fellow workers missed Wain- wright and: began an iovesti- gation. He could pot be found. Laborers working on the Niagar gorge railroad tracks, near the bridge, said they heard a scream shortly before the painters missed Wainwright. The missing man is married and has several children. FOREST FIRE PUT OUT. First Outbreak of Season in Western Ontario. Port Arthur, May 11.--The first forest fires of the season in the dis- trict are reported. The original out- break was at James on the Canadian National Railway, but it was put un- der control and is now said to be completely out. A report reached the city yesterday morning that the bridge at Mile 94 on the C.N.R., west of here, had been burned. Arrangements were made for passengers to be transferred at that point. Escaped Woman Thief Captured In a Field Syracuse, N.Y., May 11.--Rain- drenched, hungry and wretchedly cold, Lillian McDowell, "Cat-Eye An- nie," of numerous spectacular jewel thefts, who escaped from Auburn prison early yesterday, was recap- tured at daylight this morning one mile north-east of Woodsport. She was found in an open field, partly hidden in a pile of woods and brush. age, he took an active interest in the transportation 'development® of the Rideau River and operated 'a small! fleet of river sloops which were en- gaged in carrying cargoes of phos- phate, cordwood, sandstoneand other products to Kingston, where in turn they were re-shipped by boat and, rail to larger centres in both Canada and the United States. Later, his ac- tivities extended to shipping to up- per St. Lawrence and Bay of Quinte ports. Captain Newman then pur- chased a sailing schooner, and for part of the country, and was one of the oldest members of Cataraqui He was also for | Wold Be Occ Tomy | Ships From Great Lakes Ottawa, May 11.-The Dominion Marine Association is asking the Fed- eral Government to ban ocean tramp ships from the Great Lakes, At the present time these tramp vessels of foreign nations can compete with Canadian and American ships on the Great Lakes as freely as they can compete with shipping on the ocean. The members of the Dominion Marine Association apparently feel that the' Great Lakes are owned by Camada and the United States and that they should not be open to all the vessels of the world. S022 000 009000000 . age £1 PERIL LP2 4424220003004 dP | Frank Hodges is general secretary of the Miners' Federation. | Tien is head of the Dock Workers' J of the Union of Municipal Workers, and one of the leaders of the British Harry Gosling is head of the Transport Workers' Union. Labor Party. William Clive Bridgeman is lord of land's ship construction programme. chief inspector of mines, John Hodge is head of the Steel Smelters' Union. Tom Mann is former head 0f the Transport Workers' Union. Arthur Hen. derson is one of the leading figures in the British Labor Party. PROMINENT IN BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL CRISIS. Arthur Henderson . Ben Union. the admiralty and a leader in Eng- Sir Richard Redmagne is former DUMPING DUTY ON BUTTER. Says Boivin. Ottawa, May 11.--J. L. Stansell, Conservative, Norfolk-Elgin, asked in the Houss of Commons if there was truth in the press reports that, owing to importations of butter and { fruit from Australia, the Govern- | ment had been required to apply a | dumping duty of 6 cents per pound | on butter. | Hon. George Boivin, Minister of | Customs, replied that the reports had only been drawn to his attention yesterday morping. No order had been issued from the department, but a departmental order was not necessary, as a local collector could have the Mumping duty applied. The minister promised to make inquiries and have a definite reply by to-day. FOUND NO SIGNS OF LIFE AT NORTH POLE Stretches of Smooth Ice Where 8ki-8hod Plane Could Safely Alight, -- King's Bay, Spitzbergen, May 11-- Commander R. E. Byrd, who flew over the North Pole on Sunday, re- ports that he saw not a single sign of life after entering the ice pack, which begins immediately north of Amsterdam Island and apparently touches Verlegen, reaching much further sgathward than usual. No birds, seals, polar bears, nor traces of them were seen, neither was there any indication of life throughout the course, 'Commander Byrd established an exploring record by not dropping flags. When he reached the Pole he was too busy taking observa. tions and worrying about *he leak- ing oll-tank to think about flags, although be had a hundréd small and several large American flags stored in the plane. ' Commander Byrd flew at an aver- age of 2,000 feet outward and 3,000 on the return, making extra speed on account of the light load. WLEAD Britishers Cannot Starve, But the Diet May Be ! Limited. | London, May 11--Britain "can hardly starve as long as cargoes i continue to arrive in the great ports. | The Government has given assur- jances that the food supplies in Great { Britain are adequate for many | weeks, and troops have re-opened the Victoria docks, so that the food which arrives there is assured of dis- tribution. ; Southampton, Liverpool and other great food receiving ports are open and the military are. standing by, assuring that they will not be closed. There are many indications, Low- ever, that the British diet may be somewhat restricted if the general strike continues long. The typical English breakfast of bacon and eggs is in danger, as the supply of both ingredients, which are largely drawn from Ireland and Denmark las been greatly curtailed, the workers in these countries refus- ing to load them aboard ship. Fish destined for England also are being held up in and Holland. British trawlers cannot get coal in Holland and are conse- quently handicapped. I The ---------- _ BERNIER 18 SKEPTICAL * Says Byrd Must Have Flown at Tre mendous Speed. Quebec, May 11---~While he was not willing to make any statement at the present time as to whether Lieut.-Commander 'Richard E. Byrd, flew over the North Pole, Captain J. BE. Bernier, Canadian explorer, when Interviewed yesterday, remarked that the American fiyer must have travelled at a tremendous speed if he made the distance from King's } Bay to the Pole, a trip of about 700 miles, according to -Bernier's own calculations, in fifteen hours and thirty minutes. ! The House of Lords John R. Clynes is president Ireland, Norway | WILL ADHERE 10 DUTIES ON But W Re de MR. ROBB _ ANNOUNCES Sir Heary Drayton Criticizes the BudgetPremier King Chale lenges Dr. N. J. Maley. Ottawa, May 11.--In a further tement regarding changes to be made in the automobile tariff reso lutions of the budget when they are taken up in committee, Hon. J, A. Robb, Minister of Finance, was mo | more explicit yesterday afternoon | that in his answers to Right Hon. | Arthur Meighen on the subject last week. The Minister again em- phasized his determination to ad- here to the duties on coh pleted cars, set forth in the budget. As to duties on parts, his intentions were not defined. There would be, he intimated, changes in the wording of the resolutions, "for administrative purposes," and "to make the posi- tion of the parts men absolutely secure." Mr. Robb gave the House to understand that he was unwilling to respond to proposals that he abolish or reduce the sales tax or the excise tax om cars. He had been urged ¢o take such action, but had not been convinced it would be in the public interests, or that it would lead to a reduction in the prices of Canadian ears. Mr, Robb listened during the af. ternoon to an analysis of his by his predecessor in the of Drayton, mba Sdis companies and corporations, the treatment of the automobile industry. - As to - the former, hes criticized the policy of placing un« der the heaviest burden of taxation | the capital which contributed to the provision of work and the expansion of industry, while in respect of the latter he deplored the failure of the Government to respect its and its slashing of the tariff with. out any Information as ¢o the pro. tection which remained to the Can- adian motor car industry, Premier Challenges Dr, ) Dr. M. J. Maloney (Conse: Renfrew South), in discussing the budget, asked: "What did the Government do to help at the time of the Nova Beotia strike? Not one thing." 5 "Oh yes," he said after et mo- x one thing. It sent troops to Nova Scotia to shoot down men." the Interior, intervened. "This Gov ernment did not send troops to Nova Scotia. The troops went at the call of the province." torted Dr. Mak ; "They went at the request of the province," tute the dominion was required to despatch troops at the call of the province. \ Premier King interposed. by Maloney had charged that the x diers had been given orders to shoot down people. He challenged the speaker to produce those = Dr. Maloney replied that when soldier was sent on duty his first order was to shoot, if n hs Premier King repeated his chal. lenge. F. W. Gershaw (Libe LM cine Hat) balieved that t y ment had strengthened with the people of general election. The. Canadians, he thought, would prove of the budget. 30 automobile ment's pause. "The Government did Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister ot "Who pérmitted them to Eo?" ron Mr. Stewart repeated, He went on to say that under the sta- Some Conservative speakers had en- THE GREAT BRITISH STRIKE MAY END ANY TIME SING IN GENERAL | Did Bird Reach the North Pole? | FINISHED CIR iA] 3 9 8 RS a