ee eam y» MAY 29, 1926. LAST EDITION, the Lik ood of Peter Simi b's - Release NO ORDER FOR RELEASE OF PETER SMITH IS YET SIGNED ® dttava Despatch Sos | wl Is Treasurer Will Soon Year Tern and to Ottawa, of 1 Ontario, Cabinet, new ral. i.) of is bef No f been on is in the matter y. Governor-Gene ' is taken A Toronto Globe despatch from tawa, Says: "It {as understood that 'While it is releasing him from tentiary has been signed, n confirmation could be obtained. "Peter Smith, surer of Ontario under Government was sentenced years imprisonment and $200,000 § fine acquitted." A 2 ------ receipt of the news early 'Saturday morning, the Whig inter- Warden J. C. Ponsford, but the latter stated that he had no in- , viewed timation, of his felease, although {htimated that word about parole men in the imstitution was received by registered letter and that these Jettdrs were received at 11 a.m. and p.m. each day. W. PF, Nickle, Mr. Smith, A of the Toronto newspapermen b Saturday morning, when it was at the Union Station that a ».the number about a. long discussion to hold a panty of prohibition." m for the convention mitted by the Bastera On- peral Association, and 'was 'By Albert Pinard, ben. MODERATOR it, D.D., Is Likely 20--That Rev, Jas. 20.~~The ques- Peter Smith, former Provincial Treasurer of Ontario, will today be a free man. reported that an order Portsmouth peni- o official Provincial ~Trea- the Drury to three n connection with the On- 'treasury scandals. Aemilius wis, Sr., of Toronto, was convict in the same connection, and An- drew H. Pepall, now of Los Anggles, : Attorney- jeral, could not confirm the re- when Interviewed, and the at- general would have to be con- tter, as the Ontario 4h' the tine. and which Tis release can Understood That the Former Pro- Be a Free Man--Was Sentenced Huge Fine Over Bond Transactions. look like Peter | man who appeared to Kingston. The man was not the former pro- vincial treasurer, as when Warden Ponsford was asked if Mr. Smith was still in the penitentiary, he said: "Sure." - -- Release Sought Some Time. For some time, efforts have been under way to secure the release of Peter Smith, serving a sentence. It will be recalled that some time ago, an application was made to the Minister of Justice for a member of the former Drury Cabi- net to visit Peter Smith in the pri- son. The request was granted, and Hon. W. E. Raney, former attorney- generai, came to Kingston, and had an interview with him. Application was made for Smith's release on the grounds of ill-health. He arrived at the prison on November 13th, 1924, and for the greater part of the time has been employed in the library. t Providing the parole is not granted Smith will have to remain in. the prison until Man 5th, 1927, as ac- cording to the rules, a three-year sentence means that with time oft for good conduct, a prisoner must serve two years, five months and twenty- two days. During the first six months of the sentence, no time is allowed off, but for the next year, six days per month is allowed and for the re- maining months ten days per month is the allowance. According to the sentence imposed by Justice Meredith, Smith must pay a fine amounting to $100,000. Nothing Doing. "Nothing doing" was the laconic reply received trom the warden's of- tice at 11.45 o'clock, regarding the rumored parole of Peter Smith. The warden opened the registered mail about 11.30 o'clock and found no order in the packages received from the department in Ottawa. Another registered mail is received at three o'clock. of on he of ---- " Mayor Angrove Out To Help War Veterans Mayor Thomas Angrove has taken over the subscription list to help the Tuberculosis Veterans' and has pro- mised to see it through. A campaign was started several days ago, to raise $200, but while the veterans themselves contributed 1$90, the amount raised among citi- Jon in general, only amounted To Mayor Angrove felt that the mat- ter should not be allowed to drop, and for this reason he has taken over the subscription list, and in- tends to do his best to make up the amount required. "The honor of the city has to be upheld," said Mayor Angrove to the Whig, Saturday foremoon, and for ithe reason [ am taking up this mat- er." Sweetser Wins. Muirfield, Scotland, May 29-Jess Bweetser of New Yorks celebrated his hon with former Agnes I bel Lewis ' of Torohto, whom he married in New York last February, by winning The British amateur golf championship in the 36-hole final '19 | match against Alexander Frederick | Simpson of Edinburgh hers today. ff. i eae -------- Smith, had left an early train from | three-year | ber Company, North Bay, was drown- London, May 29.--Twelve hundred persons have been killed by cyclone and tidal wave in Burma, says a despatoh to the Exchange Telegraph from Rangoon, Burma. The cyclone struck last Wednesday evening about half past eight o'clock. The huge tidal wave ascended | the Naaf river, flooding the country and sweeping away i Twelve Hundred Persons Are Killed & By Cyclone and Tidal Wave in Burma villages to beyond Maundga, five miles inland. The cyclone swept the.Arakan coast, doing much damage. All cattle in the devastated region were killed. The death roll! the despatch adds, is as yet incomplete as wires are all down, and there is great delay in communica- gion. The relief sent into the stricken district up to the pres- ent time is inadequate. ! THE COMMONS PASSES SON CUSTOMS TTENS No Changes in Preventive Ser- vice Until Committee's Report Received. Ottawa, May 29--Before the House of Commons commenced the | consideration of the customs and ex- | cise department estimates last night, | Hon. George Boivin, Minister of the { department, announced that it was not the ntention of department to make any changes in the preventive | service. until the report of the cus | toms committee had been received. | The Minister suggested that votes { for the preventive service be al- {lowed to pass on the understanding | that the entire question could be re- | opened when the committee report | came before the House. This suggs- | fon met with some opposition, and the preventive service estimates were allowed to stand. Items totalling $4,337,940 were then passed. This total included {tems of $2,000,000 for administra- tion of business profits, war tax and income war tax acts, $1,690,000 re- quired for the remission of excise tax pald on automobiles remaining in the hands of dealers and unsold at the time when such tax was re- pealed, and $647,940 for civil ad- 'ministration. . Hon. J. W. Edwards, Conservativ Fronténac-Addington, said that the income tax branch was an example of a department mot under the Ci vil Service Commission which was well Tite ol. General A. E. Ross, Conservative, Kingston, asked if the opinion of the employees of department had been considered as to whether or not they preferred to be under the Ci- vil Service Commission. The Minister said that some em- ployees had asked to be brought under the commission in order to secure the advantages of superannu- ation, but it had been pointed out to them that they enjoyed a slight- ly higher salary than they would undér the jurisdiction of the com- mission, although they did not have superannuation. Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, Conservative, leader, sald that the whole history of the present Govern- ment in respect to thé Civil Service Act had been one of "stealthy invas- fon from the first clause to last and from the first month of power to the last day." » News In Condensed Form Off the Wires THINK RADIO OPERATOR MAY KNOW SOMETHING About Mrs. A. 8. McPherson's Disappearance at Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeies, Calif, May 29.-- The possibility that Kenneth G. Ormiston, - former radio operator at the Angelus Temple, would be sought again for questioning in con- nection with the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Wood- | stock, Ontario, evangelist, loomed to-day following an assertion last night by Mrs. Sylvia Oberman that she could identify the man whom she saw talking to Mrs. McPherson ghortly before the evangelist vanish- od at Ocean Park, on May 13th. Mrs. Kennedy yesterday gave the police a letter she received several days ago," demanding $50,000 ran- some for the evangélist's safe return. | The police believe the letter was | written by a fanatic. DECIDE TO HANDLE THEM COLLECTIVELY . Naval, Land and Air Disarma= ments Not to Be Consid- ered Separately. Geneva, May 29.--Naval, land and air disarmaments must be handled collectively, not separately, That was the decision of the military, naval .and air experts in their first encounter over this vital question upon which may be said to hang the fate of the Geneva disarmament de- liberations. British, United States representatives and Japanese are be- lieved to be in favor of treating fur- ther naval limitations as a distinct question without, however, separat- ing it. completely from Geneva's centralized "effort to achieve reduc- tions in all forms of armaments, Painter on C.P.R. Jigger Killed 'Near Kemptville Smith's Falls, May 29--John Gil- bert, aged forty-eight a painter in the employment of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway, was almost instantly killed yesterday when the jigger on which he was riding collided with a C.P.R. train number 39 from Mon- treal at Deeks, Ontario, near Kempt- ville. An inquest is being held. Fines as High as $100 Provided for Jay-Walkers Vancouver, May 29.--BExamina- tion of Vancouver's new traffic by- jaw, which becomes effective on June 1st, shows . that not only is "jaywalking" made a legal offense on 4 wown streets, but that it will Aliens who served with the us. forges in the Great. War will be ad- mitted to the United Stated without regard to the immigration Quota re- strictions. ? { Special notices printed in the Al- gonguin tongue have been fastened io trees in the province of Quebec asking Indians to take precantions' against forest fires." aviator, abandoned his projected Parts to Tokio airplane flight when his machine was wrecked in at- tempting to take off. a ' Bdward Howard, engineer in he t of the Riordon - ed while fishing from a canoe on Gordon's lake. gp - Naule 'man of the i" At Warsaw, Lieut. d'Ofsy, French be a legal offense for a person to cross a street in any part of the city except at ap intersection. $ FAINT RAY OF HOPE OAL HORIZON DEBATE UPON THE CHOOSING OF DELEGATES To General Council by Election or by Rotation A CLAUSE ATTACKED By Mr. Elmer Davis, Who Ob jected to Increasing Cost of the Council Are commissioners for the'General Council of the United Caurch to be chosen or elected with an eye to their special fitness for the pos tion, or are they to be elected by rotation so that every man will have the op- portunity of being a member of the General Council once at least dur- | \wins Hammersmith North Di- | ing his lifetime? was the question which caused a great deal of debate at the Friday afternoon session of the Bay of Quinte Conference and which was not settled when that ses- sion adjourned. Among the memorials presented to conference were three touching on this subject. Kingston Presbytery asked that the General Council be petitioned through the Bay of Quinte Conference to institute some method of rotation' in the selection of com- missioners. Belleville Presbytery asked that the General Council be petitioned through the Ba' of Quinte Conference to institute some system of rotation and that the number of commissioners be increased. Lind- say Presbytery also petitioned Gen- eral Council and set out a definite plan whereby the number of commis- sioners would be chosen as one min- {ster for every twelve ministerial members of conférence and an equal number of laymen instead of one minister to eighteen and an equal number of laymen as jt now is. Lind- say Presbytery also set out a system of rotation and election so that part of the commissioners would' be chosen in each way, Passed On. With regard to the memorials of Kingston and Belleville Presbytery, it was finally decided that they would be forwarded to General Council without the endorsation or condemnation of the Bay of Quinte Conference. Rev. 8. F. Dixon moved that the memorials of Kingston and Belleville Presbyteries be sent on to the Gen- eral Council with the endorsation of the Bay of Quinte Conference. This was seconded by Rev. T. P. Perry. - Rev. D. W. Best moved an amend- ment that they, forwarded to the General Coun 'simplicitur," and Rev. W. H. Hidks seconded the amendment. When a vote was cali- ed the amendment carried. In the debate on the motion and amendment, a number of criticismg of the motion came out. One was that by & system of rotation it would mean that the General Council would have an entirely new personal each | time it was elected and that there would be no continuity of action. Rev. Dr. Best declared in making his amendment that it was not a question as to whether every minis- 'I ter would sometime during his life get an opportunity to sit as a mem- ber of the General Council but it was really a matter of getting the statesmanship of the United Church on the General Council. Rev. T. J. 8. Ferguson supported that stand of Dr. Best. The memorial of the Lindsay Presbytery. which had beén intro- Ruced by Rev. E. G. Robb of Beaver- ton at the very outset and had been withdrawn 80 as to dispose of the I s of and Belle- that it *e Ea a nd LORD BEAVERBROOK Review of Whose Latest Book "Politicians and the Press" Appears on Page Five of This Issue. LABOR PARTY SCORES A SIGNAL VICTORY vision Bye-Election by | Decisive Majority. London, May 29----The Labor Party scored a signal victory in the | Hammersmith North Division bye- election. J. P. Gardner, Laborite, | yesterday defeated both Conserva- | tive and Liberal candidates, in the election for the seat in the House of | Commons, made vacant by the resig- | pation of Capt. E. Ashmead Bart- | lett, Conservative, Mr. Gardner. who was a member of the previous par- | lament and who went down to de- | teat in 1924 general election, TYe- | celved 13,085 votes, Samuel Gluck- | stein, Conservative 9.484, and C. P. Murtitt, Liberal, 1,974, i 'CLAIM OF HERTZ0G REGARDING DOMINION Declares That Each Must Be on Footing of Equality With Britain. Cape Town, South Africa. May 29.--Premier Hertzog in the House of Assembly yester- day dealt with the Govern- ment's policy with reference to the status of Dominions, which he declared must formally be communicated to the outside world. It must be made clear, he said, that the Dominions all are free and independent in their relations with foreign na- tions, and on a footing of equally with Great Britain and any of the Dominions. MAN AND WOMAN KILLED WHEN TRAIN HIT AUTO Their Car Reduced to Debris-- Tragedy Occurred Near Chatham. Chatham, | May 29---A man and woman were killed, the former in- gtantly when a roadster which they were riding, was struck by an east- pound Canadian National Railway passenger train at the provincial highway level crossing thres miles east of here yesterday. The train was travelling at 50 miles an hour when it crashed into the car which was reduced to a mass of debris, and had to be dragged off the front. of the locomotive. 'The 'victims are Anderson, of Detroit, Mich. ------------------ Blinded by glaring headlights an auto driven by a Michigan man orashed into the rear ofa buggy driven by Charles Ross, Camden township, who Was temporary y red: ered unconscious. A passenger in the auto was slightly injured. ' their van, caused injuries to Con: ductor 6G. A. Komp and Brakeman WwW. J. Bidridge, near Paris. toa -------- cases s sess resbece 4 BRITISH POST OFFICE * SEEKING REPRISALS # + - erament, according to the pos + BANK. ROBBER - 1S" CAPTURED IN GON FIGHT italian Who Murdered Clerk Pat Up Desperate Battle thought to be Mr. and Mrs. William | | A broken wheel, which derailed | London. May 29---The post- #| 4 _otfice department of the gov. #i 15 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED The Chiel of Winnipeg Detee- | tives, Who Led Attack, and "a Civilian Were Shot. Winnipeg, May 29.---After the | most desperate gun battle in the | annals of the Winnipeg police de: | partment, John Joe, an Italian, Who {| a few hours previously had held up. {the Logan avenue branch of the | Royal Bank of Canada, killing | Maurice Garvie, a 19-year-old clerk, and escaping with $2,000 in curs | rency, was captured yesterday after noon at a rooming house, a short dis- tance from the scene of the murder. In attempting to escape from the house, Joe was probably fatally wounded. A hospital report early last evening said that his condition was "very grave.' Chief of Detectives George Smith, who was wounded while leading his men in the attack oa the house: where Joe had taken refuge, Was released .from hospital yesterday af ternoon. First reports said he had been dangerously wounded, but the bandit's bullet hit him on the right shoulder, and glanced off, inflie only a minor cut. He returned duty: { Robt. Segal, proprietor of rooming house, wounded when police returned the gun-man's fi is in hospital, shot in the chest; condition is serious. The bandit been rooming at Segal's house the past few weeks. ---- Gun Battle, The gun battle in front of house lasted about ten minutes. Two hours after the killing Garvie, police. secured informat as to the whereabouts of the ° ed man. - Under command of Smith, a squad of detéctives constables advanced on the hot Immediately the bandit opened from an upstairs window, and ly after he commenced shoo from a downstairs doorway. Smith was the, first to fall, under the leadership of Det Bert Morris, the police squad ¢ tinued to close in on the house. bandit was finally driven from refuge by a fearless advance on fi part of Detective Morris, who, in tace of a hail of bullets, pum out of the front hallway by the De ned bandit, strode determ through the fire and forced man through the back way. Escaping marvellously the fire poured on him by police, gunman crouched low and across vacant lots, still firing ran and discharging one gun he had emptied it. Just as attemipting to jump into a car, a well-placed shot by D James Thompson ctumpled he etretched full length on the way. An examination showed had two wounds, one in the arm the other in the chest. Chief tectives Smith, who is an r volver shot, is believed, to vat Joe in the arm in the first a the house, ¥ - 690,000 "required for the re of excise tax on automo maining 1B the hands of d » unsold at the time when was repealed by ori # | Dee. 18th, 1920," passed of Common' yesterday ln ox 3 | dealer