3 t TO- DAY HAROLD LLOYD in For Heaven's Sake he Da ily Bei tish Whig TO- DAY HAROLD LLOYD in } For Heaven's Sake x KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1926. BALDWIN HAS BASIS FOR SETTLING COAL STRIKE LAST FPDITION. BRITISH PREM [Farner Killed While Moving | Household Goods to New Home R HAS HANDED ASIS 107 $ London, May 14.-Premier fg Baldwin announced in 'the "House of Commons to-day that he has prepared proposals which, in his opinion, formed a reasonable and fair basis for the settlement of the coal dis. pute. . The proposals would be handed to the miners and coal mine owners immediately for ~ their consideration over the week-end, he said, RAILWAYS SETTLE, London, May 14.--A hopeful sign in the post-strike situafién was seen this morning in an announcement from headquarters of the Under- ground Electric Rallways of London that a satisfactory strike settle- ment had been concluded between fie companies and the unjoms and it was hoped to have a normal ice operating by Saturday on the derground railways, the London" General Omnibus Company routes and allied tramways. A note was issued at the Corydon pn Company headquarters asking all men to resume work as "strike e ent was reach at 2.30 o'clock - FOR COAL SETTLEMENT , MINERS AND OWNERS | t Made in the House of Commons---Settlement Is Concluded Between the Undergronnd London and the Unions:--Other Settlements Are Also Reported---Newspapers More Abundant. James D. Gray, enroute _from Winnipeg to take up farming In this district, was killed yester- day when his team bolted and he fell beneath the wheels of a wagon on which he was trans- porting his household goods to his new home. mitte------ CATTLE FROM QUEBEC. ------ Inwood, Man., May 14.-- Electric Railways of Shipment of 282 Head for Cardifr, Wales, Quebec, May 14.--The first eattle shipment to be made from the port of Quebec for the present year 'was yesterday, when the Canadian Gov- {ernment Merchant Marine steamer Canadian Commander was warped out of her berth with 232 head of Canadian live stock aboard, all des- tined for Cardiff, Wales. Expectations are that the local Harbor Commission will handle 50,- 000 head during the season, the larg- est number since the first shipment of steers was made from Quebec, three or four years ago. -------------- possible, it was stated this morn- ing. Settlement of the strike affect- ing the London" County Council tramways was announced this after- noon by Ernest Bevan, secretary of the Transport Workers Federation. Other settlements in various . dis- tricts are reported to have been ef- fected. Newspapers, although far below normal, were more abundant to-day than any day since the strike began. A SAVAGE ATT K The British Gazette, the Govern- . ment's strike organ, ceased to ap- pear, having turned over the Morn-| ON NASH M0 RS ing Post's. plant, where it had been | printed, to the owners. The Morn- ing Post came out with a four-page paper to-day. Several other papers also got out four-sheet editions. An Attempt Failed to Break the 8tock Below $52. -- New York, May 14.--A savage at- tack on the shares of Nash Motors Company, designed not "only to de- press these shares, but to undermine the price structure of the entire group of motorssues on the New York Stock Exchange, was frustrated yesterday when bankers for . the company and its affiliated brokers threw the entire weight of their re- sources into the market for the pro- CRISIS BEGINS TO CLEAR. London, May 14.--The British in- dustrial crisis began to clear rapid- ly to-day. Rallway men who had ré& mained out, notwithstanding the of- ficial termination of the general strike, resumed as speedily as pos- sible. The Trades Union Congress said there was a marked easement in the will function as soon as PAA nant tenseness of the situation. through-| tection of the stock. They took every aaa a a inlined to4 despite 'the fast that thou- for resumption of work. |y,nds of shares were literally thrown : at them. Unable to complete their .able bases "HUSBAND AND DOCTOR 4 UGHT AS SLAYERS re. Jennings, Whose Nude Body Was Thrown Into Lake Ontario. Genesee, N.Y., May 14.--Two men being sought to-day in connec- with the murder of Mrs. Vivian pson Jennings of St. Morris, nude body was found last April in Lake Ontagio near Hender- son, Jefferson county. One was her estranged husband, Frederick A. Jennings, chemist, The other is a man apparently skilled in surgery, who murdered the thirty-two-year- old mother of two children, draw the blood from her body and threw the nude corpse into Lake Ontarlo tli x or its tributaries. coup which contained the element of surprise, coupled with ample back- ing and daring, the bears beat a hasty and costly retreat. A total of 194,400 shares of Nash Motors changed hands, which, based upon an average price of around 50 a share, represented an investment of more than $10,000,000. Military Enquiry Into Capt. Taylor's Death Montreal, May 14.--A British War Office communication to Sir Fred- erick«Willlams-Taylor regarding his son, Captain Travers Willlams- Taylor, whose death in the Sudan was reported Tuesday, Is to the ef- fect that a bullet pierced the officer's %ead, while another had gone through his chest The communica- tion. contained no further details, but said that a military inquiry is now in progess. Set the Strike Cost At $125,000,000 London, May 14.--The cost of Great Britain's strike was estimat- ed to-day for the United Press at $125,000,000. A board of trade of- ficial made the estimate which ad- mittedly is conservative. It does not include the cost of the coal stop- page, which now is in its thirteenth day. The estimate was computed on three bases, which include other sources of costs. 1--Internal and forelgn loss, $90,000,000. 24&Labor's wage 000. 3--Government's loss.in customs A Prisoner Escapes. Moosejaw, Sask. 'May 14--While being conveyed under arrest from Oshawa to Calgary, Fred Martino- vitch escaped from eustody in this city between midnight and one o'clock this morning. The man was taken from a train here for a cup of coffee and took advantage of the opportunity to jump between two trains standing in the railway sta~ tion. trade loss $30,000,- 5 new government has been form- : LT China with Dr, W. W. Yen at and minor taxes, $5,000,000. -------- 2 Terror Reigns in Polish Capital As Factions Struggle for Contro Latest Report Is That Peace and Order Are Restored | the Sides Are Negotiating. ; " London, May 14.--The Polish Legation has received a tele- gram from Warsaw timed at noon, saying that peace and order Jiave been | In 10 city. @ message at teramont and Insurgents had opened negotiations. Rak New York, May 14.--Neither side _ Bas yet gained the upper hand in he struggle for control in Poland. his conclusion is reached through a digest of the fragmentary cable despatches received up to late. forenoon. ! EASTERN ONTARIO LIBERALS Meet in Ottawa to Discuss Provin- 1 cial Ottawa, May 14--Plans for the campaign In the provincial general el ections were discussed by Liberal \ leaders at the annual meeting of the Eastern Ontario Liberal Association in the Chateau Laurier, today, at- tended by some 200 delegates repre- senting twenty-three Hastera Ont- ario ridings. Speeches were given at the luncheon by Hon. J. C. Elliott, Minister of Labor, and W. E. N. Sin- clalr, M.L.A., leader of the Liberal party in Ontario. Rotary Secures $8,100. Renfrew, May 14.--A total of ALASKA NAVAL RADIO CANNOT LOCATE NORGE Which Is Said to Have Passed Over Point Barrow. A WALL OF STATIC Thought to Be the Chief Ob- stacle in Preventing Com- munication With Airship. Seattle, Wash., May 14.--Advices received by the Associated Press this morning from the radio station at Hinchinbrook Island, near Cor- dova, Alaska, said that the station had intercepted a message from an unknown station to the effect that the airship Norge had passed over Point Barrow at 9 a.m, yesterday. Naval radio stations in Alaska have redoubted their "®fforts to com- municate with the Norge. What has happened to Captain Amundsen and his Seventeen com- panions aboard the airship was the question many were eagerly asking, but which no one in the Northwest was able to answer. It is known that Amundsen passed over the North Pole at 7 o'clock p.m. Tues- day, eastern standard time. A wall of static is thought to be the chief obstacle in preventing communication between the Norge and the Alaskan radio stations. Numerous garbled messages have been reported since the North. Pole 'o gin. TOA ------------ NRS. NATHAN FITCH DEAD AT AGE OF 110 Inmate of Simcoe Industrial Hom@ Probably Oldest Woman in Canada. Simcoe, May 14.--Mrs. Nathan Fitch, probably the oldest woman in Canada, died here early yesterday in her 111th year. Mrs. Fitch was born in a village along the Niagara River one yei before the close of the war of 181 She was christened in the first An- glican church in the Niagara dis- trict. Her maiden name was Per- millo Pelmer and she was the daugh- ter of one of the first pioneers to in- vade the Niagara Peninsula. " She could 'recall the days when Indians roamed at large throughout the country, making frequent raids on outlying farms and imperilling the lives of the settlers. CHINA T0 WITHDRAW DEMAND FOR A SEAT Provided That Brazil, Spain and Poland Do the Same Thing. Geneva, May 14.--China to-day officially announced that she will withdraw her demand for a per- manent seat on the League of Na. tions Council on condition 'that Brazil, Spain and Poland, the other candidates, do lkewise. China also made her withdrawal contingent on a proviso that there be no increase in the number of permanent seats on the Council beyond giving a place to Germany. A ---------- A i i Mr. Marshall Parks, of this city, who has just returned from San rhave eighteen ordinations on Sun- + | Ontario Liberal Leader Sinclair Thinks Going Not Good For the Conservatives | IN CHOOSING Oshawa ,May 14.--"Appareatly | the going is not good for the Tory | party in June, nor is the time ripe to | announce Government policies,' said W. E. N. Sinclair, Liberal leader In | the Ontario Legislature, comment- | ing on Premier Howard Ferguson's! speech in London Wednesday night. Mr, Sinclair's allusion was to a| statement made by the Prime Minis- | going for the Tory party in June still | ter in Weston in March, that "we | are going to have an election when the going"s good for the Tory party, | and we are going to announce our policies when we think the time is | ripe to do so." "The policies," sald Mr. Sinclair, "may get overripe before the go- ing's good, or they may mature so slowly that the going will not be good when they ripen. With either overripe or unripened policies, 'and the present period of admittedly bad in mind, it is difficult to say just when an election can safely be held by the present Government. A Kingston Relic Burned : at Ottawa Ottawa, May 14.--A fire which visited the home- "stead of H. Bradish Billings on the Russell Road, near here, yesterday, destroyed a valuable collection of old carriages and many price- less relics. There was a great. deal of antique furniture burn- ed, including a carved rosewood piano which had been presented to Sir John A. Macdonald at Kingston. The collection, the work of generations in the Bil- lings family, included an English coach, said to' be the largest in Canada, in addition to old fashioned broughams, Victorias, Brewster _runabouls, tan- dem carts and an old *'four- in-hand" coach. NEW MINISTERS FOR WEST. Fifty to Be Ordained by United | Church Conferences. Toronto, May 14.--Ordination of sixteen ¢andidates to the ministry by Montreal and Ottawa Conference at Ottawa on Wednesday night marks the opening of a series of ser- vices at which the eleven confer- ences of the United Church of Can- ada will, within the next fortnight, lay hands on at least fifty young men approved by presbytery. / Toronto Conference expécts to day next, and other conferences will follow with smaller quotas. { These large ordination classes are expected to facilitate provision of a regular ministry for certain sections of the newer west, which hitherto have had only seasonal preaching and very inadequate sacraments. SAYS MILITIA STARVED. Strength Below Standard, Says Sir R. Turner. Quebec, May 14.--That the strength of the Canadian militia is far from being up to the required standard, that it is inadequate for national purposes, and that "it is being starved by the powers-that-be at Ottawa," was the terse declara- tion made by General Sir Richard E. W. Turner, V.C., Wednesday eve- ning, at the annual meeting of the Army and Navy Veterans' Associa- tion. 8ir Richard's comment was made in the course of an address in the interests of the Canadian League of the British Empire Service League. A Late Record For Sleighs in ii a MAN KILLED BY TRAIN. House of Refuge Inmate Was Struck at Cornwall. Cornwall, May 14.--William Tan- ney, a native of Iroquois, aged about of Refuge, located just north of the | Canadian National station here, was instantly killed last evening at o'clock when he was struck dy the Moccasin train from Montreal. The old man, who had been in the House of Refuge for the past three years, strayed away from the institution after tea, went over toward track, having a great curiosity about trains. At the time of the ac- had just pulled out of Cornwall sta- tion, and the supposition is that he did not see the Moccasin approach- ing, and stepped *n front of it. J. H. W. COBB IS NEW MANAGER McNABB STORE Takes Over New Duties and Will Reside Here--Trained Here With 21st. ' W-- J. H. W. COBB The British Whig welcomes to Kingston Mr. J. H. W. Cobb, the new local manager of J. A. McNabb Company, Limited. Mr. McNabb, who operates stores in Brockville, Belleville and Peterboro and who opened his Kingston branch about four years ago, was in the city last week introducing Mr. Cobb to some of the business men, all of whom were very favorably impressed by his friendly attitude and genial dis position, Mr. Cobb takes over the manage- ment of the Kingston store backed up by a wide experience. He has been twelve years in the.retall trade and is thoroughly conversant with the present day market. He has made a careful study of merchandis- ing and in addition, while in Peter- boro, paid particular attention to the advertising and window display side of the business. Mr. Cobb has won many prizes in Dominion-wide win- dow display contests. Mr. Cobb is not a stranger to Kingston. He was one of the orig- inal 21st Battalion men and trained in this city. He served in France with this local unit and With the 4th Trench Mortar Battery during the entire war period. His ability quickly won him promotion. and al- though he entered the ranks as a private, at the close of the war he had been promoted to a captain, had distingdished himself in such a man- ner as to win a military cross and had become Commander of the 4th tery . ni sixty-five, an inmate of the House | the | cident an east-bound freight tram | LIV Y DEBATE i 'Board of Education A Male Head for Ceatral A PRINCIPAL | MISS LOVICK'S CLAIMS | -- Were Supported by Six Neabers Mrs. Newlands Moved for | Her Appointment. A recommendation of the manage- ment committee, "that Mr. W. Roy McVittie, of Fort William, be ap- | pointed principal of Central school, | at a salary of $2,000 per annum. | duties to commence Sept. 1st, 1926," | met with a storm of protest from the lady members of the Board of Bdu- { cation, Trustees Mrs. Newlands, Mrs. i Revelle and Mrs. Godwin, at a meet- ing held on Thursday night. | Mrs. Newlands moved in amend- { ment, that the position be given to Miss C. Lovick, principal of Louise school, at a salary of $2,000, hut fol- lowing the liveliest debate held at the Board in many a day, the amend- | ment was lost by a vote of 6 yeas to | 9 nays. g | Those voting in favor of the | amendment were Trustees W. MN. { Campbell, Mrs. Godwin, Canon Jones, { Mrs. Newlands, Mrs. Revelle and Dr. by A. Stewart. Those voting against {it were Trustees Baldwin, Bishop, { Cooke, Dr. Day, Johnston, Lemmon, Mills, Moore and Wightman. The management committee re- {commended "That Miss C. Lovick be appointed principal of en ham' f school, at a salary of $1,625, du jte commence Sept. 1st, 1926," and | | this recommendation, along with the recommendation for the appoint- | ment of Mr. McVittie, of Fort Wil- | | Mam, as principal of Central school, | was adopted. { Mrs. Newlands spoke for half an hour in support of the appointment of Miss Lovick to the position of principal at Central school, claiming that her long service for the board entitled her to promotion, and that iin the interests of British fair play and justice, she should receive the appointment. Mrs. Revelle declared that the ap- pointment of a male principal 'was a case of "sex prejudice." The debate waxed very warm at times, and about an hour and a halt | of the Board's time was taken up on | the question, na Should Be Fair Play. Trustee Mrs. Newlands led the ate' tack on the recommendation of the management committee, and moved, seconded by Mrs. Godwin, that Miss Lovick recelye the appointment. She referred to the long and faithful ser. vice rendered by Miss Lovick, and stated that she was entitled to a promotion. 8he wanted to know why & woman teacher with such a splen- . did record as Miss Lovick had, could not be given the promotion, the same | 88 & man teacher, and she pointed out that some time ago, the Board had promoted one of their school caretakers, owing to. his good ser- w vice. She claimed that a lady teach- : er was being deprived of an Increase of $500 in salary, simply because she Was a woman. woman was being taxed for being un. woman. The speaker charged that no attention was being paid to ap- plications received from women for positions of principal. It was held that a woman could not 11 the duties required of her as~Well as a man, but it had been shown that the wo- men could do the work as well as the men. And was there any good reason why the' then should oppose the women in this way? said that a woman held a post for a short time and them got mare ried, so why give her the position? In other words, a 3