4 4 hh a a a ih hv - wi aily av ™ y big 5 The Conan E A, Yaukee in Harold Lloyd King Arthur's rn "For Heaven's Sake" ~ A PAA = . ee -------- xi YEAR 93; No| / . : KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 19%. - rehearse term TRADE © RA S UNION CALLS REATEST INDUSTRIAL BATTLE * IN WORLD'S HISTORY COMES » Announcement of Calling Off Strike Made Arthur Pugh to Premier Baldwin and Cabi- ~This Action Takenin Order to Re- sume Negotiations--The Conditions. London, May 12.--The British strike was called off to- day. Announcement of a settlement was made from Downing y - 10 END IN GREAT BRITAIN [+ | MAN WHO ANNOUNCED | END OF THE STRIKE The Norse Flies Over North Pole Osla, Norway, May 12.-- The Norwegian dirigible Norge passed over the | North Pole early this morn- | ing. The flying conditions | were reporied to be ex- cellent. The Norge, the second aircraft in "history to fly over the; top of the world, is on 'way to Nome, Alaska. : To-daygis the forty-fifth | 3 | ils i | | | | | | | | birthday anniversary of | Lincoln Ellsworth, New | York, onetof the expedi- | | | | | tion's leaders. | THE BRITISH STRIKE CJ GRAHAM 1Aged Harlowe Lady SIMON W AKES MAY OPPOSE |... cowl Bum Nips Pah ad aie P EACE SP EECH. A. M. RANKIN 10 COMMONS For the Gaver Nonination e Li get very badly burned. The old lady who is blind, was drying a He and Some Liberal F in Frontenac Lennox. Took the Initiative. ' -- SUDDEN ADJOIR fire and she was all ablaze 'when her | daughter-in-law, who bad been working in the garden, came in. She Of House Took Place to the Leaders to Confer Over a Settlement. with some difficulty got the fire put out but not before Mrs. Delyea was very badly burned. Being over eighty she may not recover. HAS BEEN POSTMASTER FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS William J. Anglin of Battersea Has Established a Unique * Record. | i LIBERAL 70° COVTEST Dr. Northmore, Bath, Prominent | ly Mentioned---R. J. Bushell Suggested 18 Progressive. Street, where the general council of the Trades Union Con- ¥ | w een ' : | The Norge was travelling | The Whig has been informed that bs Wilijan J. Anglin, postmaster at| London, May 12. -- Sir John | 2 5 on : [the name of C. J. Graham, Warden | attersea, has established a record Simon, in behalf of the Li 3 { at a height of 2,360 feet. | ) , | which it is doubtful, can be equalled rt The temperature was 10.4 |©°f the County of Fronten'ac, Willlin the dominion, having completed | PAT'Y Yesterday afternoon made fresh bid for a resumption of gress met Premier Baldwin and his Cabinet. The Cabinet ministers were told of Labor's decision to end the conflict by Arthur Pugh, chairman of the Trades Union Council. The general council of the Trades Union Congress called off the strike in order to resume negotiations. Telegraphic instruc- tions to this effect were being sent to unions throughout the country this afternoon. CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT. The conditions on which the strike was called off are as follows: The Governmental subsidy to the coal industry will be resumed immediately. : Lockout against the miners will be withdrawn. Wages board will be established to revise the miners" wages with the understanding that there shall be no revision without sufficient assurances = that measures recommending re-organization of the mining Industry by a royal coal com= mission shall be put into effect. London, May 12.-- Last night the Trades Union leaders met In con ference and until an early hour 'this morning Premier Baldwin and only add this to what I have to say to the House at this moment, 'that the peace that I believe has come and vietory that has come are the ARTHUR PUGH R Chairman of the negotiating commit- tee of the Trade Unfon Congress, and the man whose signature on the strike order plunged Great Britain into the world's greatest industrial battle, an- nounced to. Premfer Baldwin on Wed- nesiday morning that the #irike was over. ecutive measures necessary to ef. | be brought forward when the Con- | titty-eight years of post office ser- peace and victory of common sense, not of any one part of the country, but of common sense on ®& number of his colleagues waited to receive some word from the Laborites. Then at 1 am. came industry i SOME SUGGESTIONS. fect the reconstruction of the coal| Some wealthy. Canadians secure ex- the part of the whole United King- dom, and it is of the utmost im- portance that the British people should not look backward but for- ward. We should resume our work word that the strike leaders would meet\ again this morning and, the Ministers retired. Premier fua- win with his cabinet and the \ full council of the Trades Union Con- The memorandum suggests that revised wage scales he on simpler and that they shall not adversely af- lines, if possible, than the old ones, | in the spirit of co-operation, gress finally got together at noon { behind us all malice 'and all to-day, the ninth day of the general strike. The meeting came after a two-hour meeting of tho Trades Union Congress at its headquarters and protracted consultation between the Trades Union Congress officials and miners' representatives. to overflowing mark. It 1s authoritatively the termination of the strike absolutely unconditional. It derstood meither the miners' 'tude nor the effect on the PUGH'S ANNOUNCEMENT. In announcing to Premier Bald- win and cabinet ai noon that the strike was over, Chairixan Arthur Pugh said the action was takén * in order to emable resumption of ne- eral council of the Trades putting | fect the wages of the lowest paid vin-| men. It also suggests measures tn dictiveness." The House was packed ABSOLUTELY UNCONDITIONAL. stated that was | ing of uneconomic collieries shall is un- | be transferred with government as- attl- | sistance, as recommended bf th miners strike was mentioned in the thirty- minute interview between the gen- \ Union | dustry by the Congress and the Cabinet in Dowan- prevent the recruitment of new workers over eighteen years of age Into the industry 'it unemployell miners are available, and provides that workers displaced by the clos- e royal commission. It is estimated that 250,000 men | will be displaced in the mining in- execution of the plans for complete reorganization of gotiations for a settlement of the ing Street. the industry. miners grievances, which negotia- ------ tions the Government had declared MINERS' STRIKE NOT OFF. ON VERGE OF TEARS. London, May 12.--The miners'! London, strike will continue until the matter; H. Thomas, can he brought before the national Who has had conference, convened for next in Kingsway hall, London, ac-| tears as he drove from the cording to Secretary A. J. Cook.| With the cabinet. On the Telegrams announcing the confer. | hand, Winston Churchill ence have been sent to all the min- | With a broad smile. Ing districts, inviting the miners to send delegates. The secretary sald to-day: "The miners' leaders have never deviated from their position." The full executive of the miners federation discussed the situation this afternoon. contld not be resumed while the gen- eral strike lasted. The Trades Union Congress forth- with despatched telegrams to this effect to affiliated unions through- out the country. Individual unions before acting must await definite in- structions from thelr own executive councils. However, 1t 1s expected the Trades Union Congress instrue- tions will have a quick effect 'ana that the wheels of industry will be- gin to turn again 'almost immediate- 1y. ---- THE PUBLIC REJOICED. HEADS REVOLUTION: MARCHES OF WARSAW Former President of Poland May 12.--Right Hon. J. railmaymen's secretary, 80 much to do with the Friday | Peace parleys, was on the verge of meeting other appeared ~ THE SETTLEMENT BASIS, London, May 12.--8ir Herbert Samuel, as chairman of the royal commission which made report od the British coal industry abont which the conflict centred, was the natural go-between in the settle- ment of the strike. His memoran- dum which the general council of the Trades Union Congress accept- ed as a basis for calling of the gen- eral strike and resuming mnegotia- Almost as soon as the decision Was made known to the Cabinet it was flashed throughout the country by radio to the anxious public, who had earlier been informed that Strong peace rumors were in the alr. At London hotels and restaurants, announcement of the great news w received with almost hysterical cheers and hand clapping, and a moment later when an orchestra on the radio struck up "God Save the King" thousands Sprang to © their | tions on the coal contfoversy, con- feet and stood at attention. '| tains the following points: The general strike began a week| First--The coal subsidy ago last Monday at midnight, being called to support the miners in their stand against a reduction of pay and lengthening of working hours, ; ; Lin may be required. Second---The creation of a na- tional wages board, inchiding = re- Dresentatives of the miners, mine owners and neutrals, with an in. dependent chairman, i PREMIER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. London, May 12.--Announcing to . the House of Commons this after- noon that the strike 'had been call- d off, Premier Baldwin said he and his colleagues would make im- mediate efforts to effect resamption .. of pegotiations between the miners to be}. renewed for such reasonable time as | to revise the Leader--Martial Law Is Declared. i Berlin, May 13.--It is reported from Warsaw that Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, former president of Po- land, is heading a revolution is marching on Warsaw, The Govern. 0d the mine owners with a view to (removing the earliest possible settle. ment: Wy i The Premier continued degrees Fahrenheit above Crossing the North | | zero. | pole, Norwegian, Italian | and United States flags | were dropped from the dirigible, WOULD TAX CANADIANS ' LIVING IN ENGLAND pr------ | | | | ---------- | | {T+ L. Church After Those Who, Temporarily Reside In | | Old Country, ------ { | Ottawa, May 12.--In a bill intrg- | | duced for first reading in the House | | yesterday aftermon, T. L. Church, | M.P., seeks to make liable for Can- | ! adian income tax Canadians now | temporarily residing: in England, | who, as a result of their residence, | are able to dodge all municipal and "in Canada, and Brit- a on emption by residing in England, while for purposes of British taxa- tion they claim Canadian residence. The Church bill declares they are Canadian residents, and subject to taxation, and places upon them the onus of establishing the facts to | the contrary. Former RM. Cadet Killed Capt. Travers Willlams<Taylor Meets Death While Hunt= } ing In Sudan. New York, May 12.--Cap- tain Travers Willlam-Taylor, son of the General Manager of the Bank of Montreal, was kill- ed in the Sudan, according to a message received here. It ia believed he was accidentally killed while huntidg. Captain Travers Willlams- Taylor was born on 20th June, 1884, at Peterboro, Ontario. He was educated at Welling- ton College, Berkshire, and Port Hope. In 1913 he enter ed the Royal Military College, where he remained until the outbreak of war in August, 1914, when, on getting his dis- charge, he received a com- mission in the Fifth Royal" Highlanders of Canada, and was appointed A.D.C. to Briga- dier-Getidral Victor Williams, Commandant of the Valcartier Camp. His engagement to Miss Virginia Inglis, of Baltimore, 'was annouficed last autumn. PRISON SHIRTS SEIZED. AT Peace negotiations in the coun: servatives for the riding of Fron- | Vice. of a speech In the House of Come Mr. "Anglin can tell some very in- - antion for | 2 tenac-Lennox meet in conven fon 0 | teresting stories about events dur-| OBS. He maintained his Argus the purpose of nominating a can- ing the years he has held office. | ment that the general strike didate for the Ontario Legisiature. illegal a8 opposed to the conten | | 8 king to a representative of | Recently when Mr. Graham wes ask- the "Wois recently, Mr. Anglin stat- | 0f he Howry Sletaes, legal ad ed by a representative of the Wiig |ed that when he first took over of- | es Union Congress, t over the tele g | tice. there were tw ils each | It Was covered by the Trades phone regarding the °. "148 Ho | Putes Act. The Prime fr wi rumor which has been given much | Week, and they were brought to and the Duk ¢ Yoo a ; ¢irculation, he would neltner con-| Battersea by a horse-drawn stage. HAntvE: Hatene: ne : firm nor deny the story. | On account of the mail coming on Sir John i inf Shute: 3 Warden Graham is a great politi- | Saturday evening, and intertering | EF trom the Tabor bo 1 cal campaigner,. and if he thinks | With his business, he was about to his attack on the Trades Union that canvassing will win for him | resign, but when he spoke about gress for calling a general str that honor he will certainly have ir. | the matter to the late Sir George A. | which he charactors an atte This was shown in his election as the | Kirkpatrick, member for Frontenac to "blackmail the a " arden of the county of Frontenac. en No cagviasd to sur nll, same time he was a Upon making some enquiries. The | for the mail to come three times a | denouncing the Government's "bluns Whig learned that it is almost cer- | | dering" in handling the negoti tain that Anthony Rankin, the pre-| Week. and Mr. Anglin was asked to | aegotial | He referred to Col | select the days, and he chose Mon- . k gent Frontenac member, will again day. Welaotey aid Friday. | House's description of the diffiou be in the field for nomination, and Mr. Anglin stated that although | of getting peace negotiations y if Warden Graham gets the majority | there were twice as many people | in the Great War owing to the f\ vote of the convention he will have | living in Battersea fa" these days, | Of both sides of displaying w to do some tall hiistling. there was omly about a quarter the |S. and was unflinching in pon amount of mail there is at the pres. | POUNcing anyone wishing to fight { Sows ngs Changed. a finish. Jin ¥ be idings. Changed, election, | 80t time, Ax every person in that the riding has been greatly changed. . Ww district 18 served by rural mail A Nght to u finish, de There were three sitting members: striking down our own For Frontenac, Anthony Rankin; Lennox, Charles Hambly, and Ad- The Whig joins in extending con- gratulations to Mr, Anglin and hopes that he will be long spared blood, and no man ought to Such a horrible conflict. Then, n iterating that both the Trades Un to enjo 00d health, dington W. D. Black. The three | Bloy & | lon Congress and the Govern counties have been made into iwo | . yp [appeared to be afraid fo make ridings, with two members mstead | DITMPING DU IY ON | move for fear of displaying of three. The riding of Frontenac- | | ness, he announced that he and Lennox consists of all of Lennox of his friends pro county, and the front township of Frontenac namely Kingston, Wolfe Island, Howe Island, Pittsburgh ana Storrington. The other townships in Frontenac have been attached to Addington for provincial purposes. It is: fully expected that W. D. Black will be nominated as the stan- dard bearer for the Addington- Frontenac riding, "% Although nothing official has been given out, it has been intimat- ed that Charles Hambly ig quite sat- isfied to retire from the political ar- ena and allow Anthony Rapin the | opportunity to carry on. It is likely, | however, that Mr. Hambly will be | nominated in convention. Liberal Very Active. It looks almost certain that a Liberal will be chosen t6 contest the | riding of Frontenac-Lennox. The | Liberals throughout the riding have been very active lately, with the re- sult that a convention has been call- ed/to take place in Odessa on May 21st for the purpose of chosing a Liberal standard-bearer. The name of Dr. Nortéfuore, Bath has been suggested as 'a likely choice of the convention. Dr. Northmore has been an active Liberal all his life and is familiar with Lennox County. From what can be learned the Frontenac Liberals approve of the suggestion that a Lemmox Liberal would have AUSTRALIAN G Butter and Canned Fruits Sub- Ject to Levy Equal to Subsidy. Ottawa, May 12.--Australlan but- ter and canned fruits subsidized for export are subject to a dumping duty in Cahada' equivalent to the amount of the subsidy. This announcement was made in the House of Commons yesterday. Hon. George H. Boivin, Minister of Customs, said that the Government was informed that what 0005, | posed to assum the responsibility. . The Housa of Commons ad ed abruptly shortly before 8 p.m, m Conservative and Laborite I would be free to confer separa and get the machigery of tle ment started, The Cabinet mediately met, MacDonald's Statement. London, May 12.--~The general strike "wih never meant and even now is not, a strike Parliament, the Government or constitution," former Premier say MacDonald wrote for the copy of the British Inde ne | pence per pound Ekreater than the pendent. is known as the Patterson scheme 4 camo intd effect in Australla on |, 0° PAPE, which appeared mimeogruph form yesterday January 1st. It imposed a tax of | three halfpence a pound on all but- nor uaa Sdited at London 4 ter produced in that country, and! Sradustes an as lor out of the funds thus provided a] Announced pury the work of Be {Hation. bonus of three pence a pound was! ® fon "I heartily welcome your eff: paid on butter exported from the |. MacDonald wrote concerning thy Common wealth, | "The net effect is that the home | Pipers Soneillation plan. 'This pute ought never to have ha consumption = value becomes three | oq had the problems been h | with ordinary care and eo: sense, there would have been nel a strike nor a lockout . 1,000,000 POUNDS IN PENSIONS YEARL London export parity," sald Mr, Boivin, "and all butter exported af- ter that date, under this scheme, be- comes subject to a dumping duty equal to three pence per pound, that is six cents, provided this amount does not exceed fifteen. per cent. of the hom® consumption value." The amount of the dumping duty on canned fruits has not been fix. the better chance of victory, al- though many favor Samuel! Jamie | 4: * Oanada Thanked son, the reeve of Storrington. tesa nistry for Aid in ( From what can be learned it 1s | TOOK WRONG STEP, Track of Men. = thought that if a Liberal is chosen there will be no P candidate in the fleld, but in : ---- London, May 12.---Du course of a discussion in the of Commons yesterday on the ¢ mates of £39,500,000 (about $ 970,000) for the Ministry of sions, Rt. Hon. G. C. Tyron, | ister of Pensions, sald that were about 15,000 pensioners Canada and that the Govern was spending altogether in about 21,000,000 a year, # ve What Bishop of Huron Says About this | British Strike, J ? . London, Ont., May 12. "The gen- «ral strike in Britain," sald Bishop Rav wi lams yesterday in his e to the Synod of Hurom, "ix the most serious event that has pened in Britain for many li tions. It is a challenge to . sentatiye government: an attempt by ove class ife im for the If the Conservative Government, under the leadershi i if : i i oh § La