"MOANA" Of the South Seas y British Whig and Fair Grounds By-Laws ° ONTARIO OW FREETO PLY WJ YEAR 0s; No. 110. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY 1s, 1926. , ° 'Ratepayers Turned Down Monarch Battery OIH BYLAWS (Provincial Constable Roy Clarke ANOTHER LONG [Kingston Incorporated As a Gy MEET DEFEAT | * IsNearly Asphysated at the Soo rys DEpATE | Just Eighty Years Ago ToDay AT THE POLLS rice air Grounds Vote Stood 341 ¥ For; 333 Against. TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY par, img toe '* Was Favorable. Former Kingston Officer Tried to Save Pac $800 in a Burning Grocery Store--Y.M.C.A. Athlete Drags Him Out Into the Fresh Air. Sault Ste. Marfe, May 18.--Pro- athlete from. the Y.M.C.A., entered | vincial Constable Roy Clarke, torm- | and dragged him out into the fresh | erly of Kingston, narrowly escaped he lost his direction in the smoke- filled kitchen above R. E. Digby's grocery store at the corner of Pil- voluntarily entered in an effort to save a package containing $800 from the room while the fire was at its worst. Clarke was vainly groping around, nearly choked from the stifi- ing fumes, when Roy Chisholm, an + aor Ontario Ward-- Nos. 4 and 5 .. ,... 24 Both the Monarch Battery by-law ' and the Fair Grounds by-law yore; defeated by the ratepayers on Mon- | | For the Monarch by-law, the yote stood, for, 416; against, 278 As it required a two-thirds vote to pass | he by-law went under by 47 votes. | The vote for the Fair Grounds by- : W was very close, being 341 for and 55 against. This by-law only re- quired.a majority vote. The vote was a very light one. 'While there were 2,689 votes on the lists less than 700 people went to the . polls to mark their ballots. The best time to put a by-law to the people Is &t a general election, and it is sur- prising the number of citizens who arked last night, that they had Fgotten all about the taking of the © on the by-laws, and had they it been so absent-minded, there is 'chance that a different story could told to-day. Less than one-third of the possible vote was polled. As they did not have a very heavy task, the returning officers were not very long in summing up their votes, and the results were placed on the Whig bulletin board<gs quickly as |_gthey were received A oe The ficial returns were received at the ky bulldings by the city clerk, Dr. » W. Sands. . Mr. R. J. Bushell, the hustling manager of the Kingston Industrial Fair, who worked hard all day in the Interests of the fair grounds by-law, was very much disappointed, because the by-law was not carried. Mr. & ell works for the fair every flay od year, and he was banking on tepayers carrying this by-law #0 that much-needed improvements powld be made to the grounds. The fair grounds by-law was to ise by debentures, the sum of $25, 000, to make the necessary altera- ns to the grounds, and for the hing of the grounds into an Rusement park. The matter was i ht before the council last year o d. William H. Craig. He moved that the people be asked to vote on the question, and at the last eneral election the electors voted favor of tutning the fafr grounds to an amusement park, but on .. Monday, when the question was ask- "ed as to the raising of the necessary . money to do the work, the by-law .. was turned down. ~The Monarch Battery by-law was i mitted asking the ratepayers to a fixed assessment of $1,000 a i for ten years to the Monarch ' WWttery Company Ltd., of which Mr. Isaac Cohen is the president. The company is in need of more accom- © mo , and in a letter to the City ' Counell Mr. Cohen pointed out that the company would erect a second Muctary. provided the elty would grant a fixed assessment. 'The mat. ter was discussed in. the council and it was decided to let the people vote the questiod. They did so, and result of the vote is their answer "the proposition. 8 Monarch Battery By-law. : : For. Ag'nst. Sydenham Ward : Nos. 1 and 2 13 No. 3 9 Ontario Ward-- Nos. 4and 5 ..... No. 8 5,..50. vate ' Bt. Lawrence Ward-- 0. 1 Vas anal 40 Nos. 8and 9 .......v 87 taraqui Ward" ' Ne. 10 "... 8 Nos. 11 and 12... , 17 Frontenac Ward-- a NO. 13 oo. ovimuiyid no iis No. Hi. ...00ns 00 a 'Nos. 15 and 18 ...... 0 Rideau Warq-- ~~ = BEIT... aaa TD 28 Luna a 19 and 20... 7 rd 17 16 PEE EAs een ". 5 . sstearsas 4 No. 6 vin 22 Lawrence Ward No. 7 Nos. 8 and 9 .... Cataraqui Ward-- No. 10 Nos. 11 and 12 Frontenac Ward-- No. 13 .. No. 14 Nos. 15 and 16 Rideau Walrd-- No. 17 No. 18 Nos. 19 and 20 , Victoria Ward-- Nos. 21 and 22 No. 23 .... St. Totals By-law defeated. ------------------ COTTAGES BURNED AT TRENONT PARK Two Fell Prey to Flames Mon- day Afternoon--Others Were in Danger. i ATT ------. ip Gananoque, May 18.--Consider- able excitement wis caused about three o'clock yesterday afternoon when the cottage of Mrs. D. J. Reid Was discovered ablaze, on Tremont Park just opposite the town. There Was great scurrying among owners of the many cottages over there to get across and protect their inter- ests, and many volunteers went over to assist in the fight. Two cottages, Mrs. Reid's and O. & Shanneman's were totally destroyed, and as there was quite a little breeze blowing from the west it was only through strict watchfulness that more didn't fall prey to the flames. As it was W. J. O'Brien's cottage, which is down some little distance with sev- eral intervening, was discovered burning on the roof, but extinguish- ed with little difficulty. Tt was deem- ed advisable to leave two or three man over there to keep watch for the night. Luckily the fire started in the middle of the day, for if it had happened at night or early morning the result would have prov- ed disastrous. ------------------------ Abdicates Her Throne. London, May )8--India's woman ruler, Her Highness Begum of Phopel, has abddicated her throne in favor of her son, Newab Mada, Haidulla. Douglas Carlisle, eleven years old. Windsor, was killed by an auto driven by Mrs. Lillian Allan. The boy ran from behind a parked a car to greet his grandparents who had just alighted from a motor bus. Bn-- grim and Queen streets, which he | only: {air. Fortunately, it was nof a diffi- asphyxiation late Sunday night when cult matter to locate the constable, | {who had with him a searchlight Clarke headed a band of volunteer firemen when the blaze started at 10.40 o'clock. The store and ware- hoiise was completely gutted. Only 'a week ago Consf¥dle Clarke | had a narrow escape from death when he fought and subdued a mad- | man who was armed with a rifle. INO NEW TAXATION "FOR GREAT BRITAIN | (Churchill Tells the Commons 5| That He Sees No Need for It. London, May 18. -- Winston | Churchill has often aroused en- | thusiasm in the House of- Commons | during his brilliant political career by epigrammatic oratorical sallies. But net even the best of them brought him more spontaneous and delighted applause than a matter of fact, unadorned statement he made there yesterday afternoon. It was this: "I see no reason at present to propose any additional taxation." Those words from the Chancellor of the Exchequer are causing great signs of relief from the taxpayer. He knew already that the general strike was all over but the paying--now he knows that footing the bill won't be as dreadful as he feared. Churchill said it was impossible to estimate the direct cost of the strike to the Government, but that he did not anticipate, it would = exceed £750,000. Increased customs clear- ances during the strike, according to him, had duced revenues and certain econo- mies also had aided in counteracting emergency expenditures. The effect upon direct taxation, he said, would mainly appear in next year's esti- mates, and any loss in profits might be made up by increased trade activity during the interval. Assuming the coal strike soon was settled and the country returned promptly to normal, Churchill said he did not anticipate any serious disturbance in the yield of the cur- rent financial year. Then he made his remark about no additional taxes just yet and got a cheer such as falls to the lot of few financial solons. British Golfers Win. Woking, BEng., May 1¥-- United States Walker cup stars lost all five of the foursomes played here this mofning against a team of ten Bri- tish golfers known as "the Moles." ------------ W. C. Bell, watchman on "the steamer Strong, was instantly killed when his foot caught in a cable he was shifting on the Welland Canal, and he was drawn against the winch. W. J. O'Reilly, a car checker, was instantly killed at the C.N.R. station, Niagara Falls, when he stepped in front of a train being shunted. The opening session of the pre- liminary disarmament nference may be confronted by a demand for a greater army for Germany. The dates for Ingersoll fair were fixed by the directors for Sept. 30th and Oct, 1st. ingston Kids Establish -- Dugout un Bagot Steet Our Gang," which scores such a wonderful hit in the movies, have nothing on a gang or kids' club, name unknown, which has sprung into being in Kingston, when it comes to building club houses. Back of the old Kingston Public Library, on the Hotel Dieu property, is the SAL Eran hair, salvaged from Mr. Gavine's yard, and boxes for chairs too! up most of the space while the all im- portant candle, which throws out its spooky glare during the night meet- ings, and gives the thrill to the gang, reposed in the neck of a bottle. Due likely to increase of member- ship, the executive of the club decid- ed to make alterations, and during the noon hour of Monday the mem- '| bers "dug in," with the result that report-. the dug-out was made about five fest helped set off the re-| UPON BUDGET Wil Vote fi Ie. CARS ARE T00 COSTLY (Claims a Reduction Is More In- portant Than the Manner of Making It Ottawa, May 18.--Another { day of debate on the budget way for the division to-day. Speeches came from both side of | the House yesterday, with the cus- | tomary criticism and defence of the budget proposals. A, F. MacLean, Liberal of Prince, P.E.l., suggested {that the Canadian tariff board in- | terview the United = States tariff { board to see if there eould not be | someTowering of American duty on pblatoes. Col. Thomas Cdntley, Conservative of Pictou, N.8., who had a lively interchange during the day with the Minister of Defence, complained that the budget brought no relief to the major industries of Nova Scotia, iron and steel. The de- bate continued until late. long made Mr. Euler's Speech. D. Euler, Liberal of North announced his intention to vote for the budget. The manu- facturers should receive sufficient protection and the dumping clause should be applied if necessary. Mr. Euler said that freight rates in Canada were lower than those in United States. If Canadian freight rates were similar to those in United States he thou se Canadian | last year would have been in a position to show a surplus of sixty million dol- lars. He had, he recalled, recom- mended on previous occasions the amalgamation of the two great rail- way systems. Last year the railways had a very good year, but if the question of merging ever became a live issue, he hoped thé amalgama- tion would be "under public. owner- ship," and not under private owner- ship. ARy Mr. Euler believed that the pres- ent budget might well be styled "popular budget." Discussing the question of reduction of tariff on motor cars, he declared he would have preferred to have had this ques- tion referred to the tariff board. Nevertheless, he believed that the majority of the meémbers of the House had held for some time the belief that the old tariff of 35 per cent. was too high. There had also been, he stated, too great a spread between the price of the American and thel Canadian comsumer. A re- duction, however, was more impert- ant than the manner in which it was effected. Mr. Euler . declared he would vote for the budget. KING AND MEIGHEN ARE NOT 70 VOTE On the Budget Owing to the tiiness of Conservative . Leader, Ottawa, May 183--Premier W. L. MacKenzie King and Right Hon. Ar- thur Meighen, Conservative lead A will not participate fn the vote on the budget in the House tonight. This unique situation will material- ize as the result of an agreement en- tered into whereby the leaders are being paired, owing to the indisposi- tion of Mr. Meighen. : The Prime Minister is expected to open the speech on the budget this afternoon, but the Conservative chief tain, who is confined to his home will be unable to address the House. Hon. R3B. Bennett. former Minister of Justice in the Meighen adminis- tration. will likely follow the Prem- fer from the Conservative benches. The vote is likely to take place Ww. Waterloo, C8290 43805080 300800 * Le A + POLISH FACTIONS 0s io * FAIL TO AGREE + W. D. Euler Announces That Be Event Too To-day, Tuesday, May 18th, is a notable day in the history of King- ston, as it marks eighty years since the city was incorporated as a city. Records at the city buildings show that Mr. John Counter had the honor of being the first mayor of the city. The records show that when King- ston was made a city, there were just five wards--Sydenham, Ontario, St. Lawrence, Frontenac and Cataraqui, while at the present time there are 8 ed. An interesting by-law in connectior 10 SUCCEED LORD BYNG London Post and Graphic Men- tion Him as Governor- General, London, May 18.--The Morning Post and the Daily Graphic both an- nounce that they understand Vis- count Willingdon will siicceed Baron Byng of Vimy as Governor-General of Canada. Viscount Willingdon, who before receiving his title in 1924, was known as Freeman Freeman- Thomas, is a former Governor . of Bombay and Madras. He was Lib- eral member of the House of Com- mons for Hastings from 1900 to 1906, and member for the Bodmin division of Cornwall from 1906 to 1910. From 1906 to 1912 he was Junior Lord of the Treasury, and one year later was appointed to the Governorship of Bombay. In 1919 Viscount Willingdon became Gover- nor of Madras, his term ending in 1924. The Viscount was a member of the Sussex Imperial "Yeomanry J rd-in-Waiting to the King, He was sn enthus ericketer, and has captured Eton and Cambridge elevens, Early this year Viscount Willing- don and Lady "Willingdon paid a visit to Canada, and were the guests of Lord and Lady Byng at Rideau Hall, Ottawa. He was then on his way to China to arrange for the re- turn by the British Government of the Boxer indemnity, amounting to about £11,000,000 A CANADIAN BOAT WITH ALE CAPTORED By Coast Guard Cutter in Lake Ontario Off Charlotte, N.Y. N.Y., May Rochester, 18--The coast guard cutter C G-2330 made its first capture of the season just before daybreak today when it over- hauled a speedy 45-foot Canadian rum runner off Braddock's Light, near Charlotte, placed three men on the boat under arrest and confiscat- ed the runner and 150 cases of ale. in. Lake Ontario. The three men taken in. custody gave their names as Willlam Sheldon, Frank Gordon and Ulrich Mead. All gave their ad- dresses as Toronto. Three alienists will examine Rus. sell Scott, and, if found sane, he will be used as witness at his brother's trial. ' Monarch Battery even with Victoria and Rideau add-| VISCOUNT WILLINGDON- The capture followed a spirited chase Company k Place. with Kingston being made a city, reads as follows: "And be it enacted, that there shall be chosen and elected in a man- ner hereinafter mentioned, one fit person who shall be called the mayor of the said city, and a certain number | of fit persons shall be called alder- | men and a certain number of fit per- sons shall be called councillors." It is also stipulated that two alder- | men and two councillors shall be elected for each ward. The salary of the mayor was plac- ed at a sum not to exceed 100 pounds, Scratched a Small Pimple, Dies of Blood Poisoning Ottawa, May 18.-- Miss Marjorie McGregor, of Egan- ville, died in hospital here yes- terday of blood poisoning con- tracted when she scratched a small pimple on her face. Miss McGregor came here last Thurs- day to select her wedding trousseaa. VOTE ON BY-LAWS AT LAST ELECTION The record of the vote taken on the Monarch Battery by-law and the Fair Grounds by-law, at the success- ful election on Dec. 7th last, will be of interest, in view of the vote taken on the by-law on Monday. At the * last election the. fair grounds question was put to the people in the form of a referendum, "Are you in favor of turning the fair grounds into an amusement park?" and all who voted for mayor had a vote on the question, The fair grounds by-law was given a ma- jority. of #11, #8 vote being 2,879 for and 1,968 agafust, ~~ The vote for the Monarch by-law stood 1,002 for and 1,135 against. REJECT THE BILL. For Building a Railway North of Red Lake. Ottawa, May 18.--After a few min- utes' discussion the railway commit- tee of the House this morning reject- ed a bill for the construction of a railway line from Quibell on the Ca- nadian National, about one hundred miles north of the new gold mining district of Red Lake. Subsequently the committee decided to report to the House that the bill was not in the public interest.' Charles B. Hibbard, of Montreal, was one of the promot- ers of the bill. Retired Civil Servant Falls to His Death Ottawa, May 18.--Falling from the |second storey of his home yesterday afternoon, James Skead, aged sev- enty-six, a retired civil servant, suf- fered injuries which resulted in his |death early this morning. Martha Goes to Jail for Slapping Minister's Face Whitesburg, Ky., May 18.-- Martha Bates Drew received a thirty-day jail sentence for slapping the face of Rev. A. Brown after he had preached a sermon against bobbed hair, Will Not Build | ~ New Factory Owing to By-law's Defeat As a result of the defeat of fhe Monarch Battery by-law on Monday by the ratepayers, Kingston will not get a new factory. : "Will Kingston get the gew fac- tory ?"" Mr. Isaac Cohen, president of the Monarch Battery Compsny, Lim- ited, was asked by The British Whig on Monday night, following the vote on the by-law. "Positively not," said Mr. Cohen 4 in reply. "I cannot understand the attitude of a great many of the peo- ple on thé question. I know I have , (as If some of the ratepayers do not Ixnow their own mind in the matter." Statement of Mr. R. J. Bushell. Mr. R. J. Bushell, the ever-busy imanager of the Kingston Industrial {Fair, was not at all down-hearted as a result of the defeat of the by-law. "I do. not think that this~ vote gives a fair expression of the opinion of the ratepayers on the question," said Mr. Bushell. "I thiok if the vote had been taken at a general election, we word have a different story to tell." Mr. Bushell stated that his friends who would have many of Mr. John Counter Had the Hon or of Being the First Mayor-- | Just Five Wards When This Most Important Defining the Route of the Pro- posed Railway to Roupn. MAY BE SOME DELAY In Having the Order-in-Council Approved, Attorney-General Nickle Says. Toronto, May 18.--While the Prime Ministers of Ontario and Que- bec and the Minister of Railways for the Dominion are loath to pass de- finite comment on the Privy Coun- cil"s dismissal of Quebec's appeal ye- garding Ontario's "road to Rouyn" until such time as they have given consideration to the full text of the Judgment, the belief prevails in Queen's Park circles that the next step in- this hitherto much-involved situation will be an application to the Dominion Government by the Nipissing Central Rallway for per- mission to proceed with its uncom- pleted line. In fact, Premier Ferguson inti- mated yesterday that such a step was altogether likely. The Premier said that seven or eight miles of rail. way' already had been laid In On- tario. He pointed to the fact that there was a lot of construction ma- terial on the spot, and inferred that the project needed but "the touch of the button" to again get under way, According to- Attorney-General Ww, F. Nickle, Ontario is now free to ap. ply to Ottawa for an Order-in- * Council defining the route which the proposed T. & N. O. extension into the Rouyn gold fields may take, al. though he felt there might be still some delay in having the necessary Federal Orderin-Counell passed ; the order approved. FIRES ARE MENACING NORTHERN ONTARIO Unless Rain Falls Soon Serious Extension of Flames Feared. Fort William, May 18.--Forest fires are again menacing some of the best timber areas in northern Ontario and, unless main falls soon, serious extension of the flames is feared, Gangs of men, drawn from lumber. ing camps and railway crews, are fighting the fires near Pine Bay, Clevet Point and Cloudy Bay. Alr planes of the Ontario forest patrol have been conveying men to areas where the fires had reached menace ing" proportions. To date there have been no re ports of property or stock loss, ale though a number of farms are directly in the path of the places, and have been abandoned by thelr owners. The forest bed is as dry as tinder as a result of the prolonged warm - spell. Forest animals and birds are re- ported to be fleeing from the ad- vancing flames, Fires in Manitoba. Winnipeg, May 18.--Manitoba Is facing one of the worst epidemics of prairie and bush fires experienced for a long while. Scores of large and ; small fires are raging in the pro- vince and in several {nstances huge forest tracts and reserves are men- aced. There is no immediate pro- spect of rain. Every available ranger has been rushed to the most serious out breaks by the local branch of the Dominion forestry service. Volun- teers are also helping to check the progress of the flames. He The areas more seriously endang- ered are around Lae de Bonnet, Sprague, Fairford, Woodridge and Victoria Beach. In the southeastern part of the province, fires are threats ening the valuable pine ridges. ; The majority of the outbreaks are attributed to settlers and Iarmers A ---------------------- ' "County Judge Denton will conduct an inquiry into the affairs of the Toronto harbor commission, 2600020500000 000