YEAR 98; No. 149. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, ATE OF THE KING GOVERNMENT 'GOVERNMENT LOSES , INTHREE DIVISIONS; ~ COMMONS ADJOURNS Woodsworth Sub-Amendment to Customs | Re- port Defeated 117 to 115--Fansher Sub- Amendment Added to Stevens Amend- © i ment--Rumor That Premier Ma 4 Ask For a Dissolution. Ottawa, June 26.--After a battle lasting till dawn, after being on three successive occasions on the losing side of House divisions, the Gov- ernment, at 5.20 this mornin Journ. Tt was Proposed by C. G. Power, Liberal of Quebec South, and carried by 115 to 114, and the House went over till Monday afternoon. The end of the day came with the House wildly excited, and with both! sides cheering wildly and throwing papers in the alr. Such scenes, such dramatic episodes, have not been witnessed probably in half a century. They closed with a sharp encounter betweer the two leaders. As the motion to adjourn was put, Right Hon. Arthur Meighen asked if ft was currect that the Government had passed an order appointing certain civil service commissioners, and a senator; also if the Prime Minister desired to make any statement following three defeats. "If my Right Hon. friend will retract his last statement I will answer his first." sharply ret Premier King. t brought temporary relief to weqry members. . As the matter now stands the House has still fe ( to decide the Government's fate. ¥ Miss Agnes MacPhail and G. G. Coote (MacLeod), both Progressives, Were paired against each other and did not vote. PROGRESSIVE MOVES SUB-AMENDMENT. The Woodsworth sub-amendment defeated; the Speaker them put the Conservative amendment containing a censure of Government. Immedi ately W. R. Fansher (Progressive, Lost Mountain), rose with another sub. "Amendment, This takes the place of the Woodworth sub-amendment ding for the appointment of a judicial committee, and adds it to the < amendment, but does not 'strike from the Conservative { amendment its censure of the Government. ; Speaker Lemieux questioned if the new sub-amendment was in order a discussion, ruled that it was out of order. Mr. Meighen BbLealon semi tie eear ed that Again the House divided, this 'Hime on the point whether the Speaker's ruling should be sustained. The Government threw its strength in the aflirmative; ~ against, The House overruled the Speakerly decision on the following Vote: Against, 118; for, 116; majority against 2. . ; i Five Progressives, who had voted against the Woodsworth subs _ Amendment again voted with the Conservatives on the customs report. ve There are rumors that the Prime Minister, instead of waiting for ¥ote, may decide to ask the Governor-General to grant a dissolution of Parliament after the remaining supply has heen voted, DEFEAT OF WOODSWORTH SUB-AMENDMENT. 4 The first vote of the day came on the Woodsworth sub-asdndment: sub-amendment sought to strike from the Conservative amendment censure of the Government for mal-administration of the customs departs ment. It would have substituted a recommendation for the appointment of a judicial commission to investigate further. The Woodsworth sub- amendment, althOugh moved by a private member, had the support of Premier King and the Government. It was defeated by two votes on this division: Against, 117; for, 115; majority against, 2. ou * In the division five Progressives voted with the Conservatives against the sub-amendment. They were Messrs. Campbell (McKenzie), Lucas (Camrose), Boutillier (Vegreville), Fansher (Lost Mbuntain) and Kone nedy (Pesce River), Mr, Kennedy was the Progressive member of the report. Other Progres- sub-amendment. Two two Independénts, Miss MacPhail and Mr. Coote, however, who had mot voted in the Brevious division, now voted with the Governmient to sustain the Speakers ruling and J. 8. Woodsworth (Labor) switched his vole, casting it 'with the Conservatives against the Speaker's ruling. wl the point of order was under discussion, Hon. Lucien Cannon, and, after £ managed to get through a motion to ad-, Ir agedis in Manitoba and Ontario; School Teacher Is Fh Mountain Prison Quard Meets Death In Ex Eganville Boy Killed by a Tree and Lightning Life of Eganville Woman. Winnipeg, June 26.-- Miss G. | Gabel, Montgomery district school teacher, received fatal injuries, and four other occupants of an auto- mobile in which she was riding were seriously Injured in a crossing ec- cident near Virden, Man., last night. The injured are: Henry Stewart, driver of the car, his son and daugh- ter, and George Atkins, a passenger train hit the rear of the automobile at a level crossing. The victims were taken to Virden hoepital where Miss Gabel died. | -- A Guard Killed. Winnipeg, June 26.--Joha Wil- Hams, aged 45, guard at the Stoney Mountain penitentiary, was instant- ly killed by the explosion of gun- powder inside the institution walls [Fo a a Bt the offence of making home brew. This man had been fined $250 with the alternative of a jail term. He had | paid $50 on account of the fine, and { had not the money to pay the bal- ance. Mr. Campbell asked of the Min- ister of Justice that, as it was seed- ing-time and his family would suffer serious loss if he were absent in jail, he be given time to ay the balance of the fine. Mr. Du ing maintained that this intercession on the part of the Progressive member was equival- ent to the influence which Mr. Robi- thaud had successfully exercised to keep Moses Aziz out of jail. He stat- ed that Mr. Campbell's request had been passed on to the Minister of Customs and had been treated In the Same way as the Aziz case. "Judge Not," says Dunning. The Minister of Railways advanc- ed the idea that the House of' Com- mons should not judge of the con- duct of a member of the Government but that Mr. Boivin's case shou'd be referred to a judicial tribunal. He argued that, by reason of their own sinus, Conservatives were not fit to act as a jury on the accused minister. "Judge not lest ye be judged." he faid. Mr. Dunning also asked the House to believe that smuggling was not due to the character of the admin- istration of the Customs Department 50 much as to Canada's tariff. "Smug gling exists because the tariff makes it possible," sald Mr. Dunning. "The House is now asked to put in office a Government that will increase the premium on smuggling by ratsing the tariff higher and higher." The way to combat smuggling, in the minfs- ter's view, was to keep in office a low tariff ministry. Henri Bourassa, independent Lib- eral for Labelle, delivered a speech during the afternoon in which he de- plored the proposal to censure the Government and advocated thaht the Woodsworth #mendment be adapted. At the opening of the House, Dou- gald Donaghy. Liberal member of the Customs Committees, moved for the tabling of the entire Duncan re- port, The motion was approved by Hon. H. H. Stevens and adopted, and the report was tabled by Mr. Botvin. MAN KILLS TWO BEARS NEAR NODNTAIN GROVE y [the elevation of Rev. 'While working in the Joseph Cox, Soles' Ci Killed By Tran plosion-- | Ends Friday afternoon... while convicts were engaged in-blasting rock In| preparation for 'additions to the penitentiary. : : Tree Kills Boy. f Eganville, June 26.--Christopher | Risteau, aged eighteen, son of Ernest | Risteau, farmer of South Algoma, twelve miles west of here, was k{lled yesterday while cutting pulpwood | with his father on his farm, when he was struck on the head by a tree which split as he was feeling it. Woman Killed by Lightning. | Eganville, June 26.--Lightning struck a house at Palmers Rapids in the Madawaska District yesterday, 80 injuring Mrs. 8. G. Baton that she died a few hours later. Her eldest | daughter was rendered unconscious, but recovered. ok, Atty |esesess0000r¢0000 i® + NO CABINET EVER 4 DEFEATED ON VOTE It is interesting to note in view of the present situation at. Ottawa 'that never, since the day of confederation has a Bovernment been defeated in the house on a vote. In No- vember, 1873, Sir John A. Mac-# donald, racing virtual defeat in Jo the shape of a want of con-'# fidence motion, tendered his ¢ resignation just before the vote was taken. The govern- went out, but not on the vote, for there was mo actual one taken, EEE e Peed PEP P EB PP P0000 0 000 Guelph Man Killed In Bicycle Crash Guelph, June bicycle on which ing down a sharp grade on Neeve street crashed into a de- livery truck, William Drever, aged sixty, well-known 'Guelph resident, sustained injuries which resulted in his death, DR. MILLER, KINGSTON, * SPEAKS ON CANCER Before the Canadian Medical Association at Victoria, B.C. e 26 --When a he was coast- . Victoria,' B.C., June 26 ~The Canadian Medical Association en- tered the final day of its annual convention here this morning. The feature of the session was an address on medical research by Br. F. G. Banting, noted Toronto scientist. A second important paper was deliv- The Long Tresses Smith's Falls, Juns 26 -- Archbishop Spratt of Kingston is evidently one of the army of anti-bobbers. While on a visit to the Separate School here he showed his preference for long natural locks by pre- senting fifty-cent pieces to Misses Jane and Marguerite Muldoon, pupils of thé "primary grades and the only girls in their respective classes with un- bobbed heads. Noticing their long silky golden curls the Archbishop expressed his ad- miration. eee J -------- es STEAMSHIP LINE WINS. -- Not Responsible for Apples Frozen in Transit. Toronto, June 26.--Holdiag that the freezing of two consignments of apples from Colborne, Ont., to Glas- Bow, Scotland, .did not take place fle the Anchor-Donaldson Line was responsible for their safe-keep: Ing, the Divisional Court yefterday allowed judgment by the County Court of Northumberland and Dur- ham for $780 in favor of R. Coyle & Sons and for $800 in favor of Matthews Bros. The actions were dis- missed with costs, DIES OF SHOT IN STRUGGLE With Provincial Police Over Stolen Auto--A@eorge Marks, Toronto, Victim. " Toronto, June 26.--During a strug- gle with provincial police in an al- leged stolen car early this morn- ing, at Cooksville, Ont, a man named George Marks of Toronto was shot and fatally ipjured. . He died a short time after receiving the wound. = Six other Toronto men, all of whom refused to give their names, were taken in custody by officers on charges of stealing a motor car be- longing to a man named Kelly; and being drunk. Kelly, besides charg- ing the men with the theft of his car, is also laying a charge of steal- ing $200 from him. The men were locked up in Cooksville jail. Hastings Leaving Commons. London, June 26.--The House of Commons is losing one of its most interesting personalities, Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., who is retiring on account of ill-health, He is at pres- sent Labor member for Wallsend and was Attorney-General while the Labor Government was in office, -------------- LT.-COL. BARKER, V.C. Says Britain Behind France ered by Dr. James Miller of Queen's University, Kingston, on the present position of the cancer problem, -- ---- 9 SUGGESTED A$ PROVOST, -- Dean Sherman, Quebet; One of Two Mentioned, Toronto, June 26.__ The names most prominently mentioned in con- nection with the appointment of provost of the University of "Trinity College, 'a position made vacant by Vv. C. Al Seager | to the bishopric of Ontario, are those ol Rev. F. H. Cosgrave, assistant rector cf 8t. Clement's Church, To. (ronto, and Very Rev, L. Ralph Sher- ean Jf Quebec, : _ {need of and America in Airoraft ine Design. Quebec, June 26.--Returning to Canada after a two-year stay in England, where he was attached to the: R.A.F. staff.college at Andover as representative of the Canadian Air Force, Lieut.-Col. W. G. Barker, V.C.. D8S.0.. MC. expressed him- self yesterday as being decidedly glad to get back to the Dominion. The Canadian "Ace," who is pro- ceeding to Toronto, arrived on the Minnedosa. He discussed aviation at length, and stated that in aircraft engine design France and A: were much ahead of Great Bri Regarding costs, Lieut.-Col. Bar- ker stated that here again America and France were to the fore, for the simplicity of design of their engines made for easy manufacture and mass production. Asked how Britain stood with regard to supplying the markets; the Cana- replied that France had red the world's markets, and to acres {was supplying tries that did RETURNS 10 CANAD practically all coun-|. build their own Domestic Trouble Was Cause of the Tragedy | Thomas Charlton, Oso, | to Keep Peace After | ildren's Story (By Whig Staff Reporter) Domestic 'troubles extending over | a considerable length of time and | culminating in a police court case in| Sharbot* Lake on Tuesday. last, was | the real cause for the shooting of Lefta Chariton by her husband and | his own suié¢ide, both of which took place at their lonely log home in Oso township about 5.30 on Friday morn- ing in the presénce of three of their | children. No Inquest. After an inspection of the scene of the shooting and a close enquiry into all the circumstances surrounding ft, | { Cqroner Suddaby. decided that an in quest would not be necessary. He | has sent his report in to Crown At- torney Rigney and no further action in the way of an investigation will | be taken unless the Crown? Attorney | 80 directs, | This unhappy couple had not been | getting along very well together for quite a time and on Sunday last | Thomas Charlton assaulted his wife. | She made Mer way across the flelds | to the home of Mrs. Maggie Cobb | and asked Mrs. Cobb to take her to Sharbot Lake where her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haw- ley, reside. Mrs. Cobb said that she had res fused because she did not care to get mixed up in the quarrel! between Mr. and Mrs. Chariton. Mr. John McDonald another neighbor, how- ever, had taken Mrs. Charlton to Sharbot Lake and on Tuesday Tom Charlton was charged with assault and was bound over to keep the peace. At the conclusion of the court Mrs. Chariton had gone home with her husband despite the protests of her parents and other relatives as she said she wanted to give him another chance. According to the little chil- dren, Charlton never spoke to his | horses. Had Been Bound Over Assaulting Wife of Shooting and Suicide Told to Whig Reporter. somebody to shoot the dog and to milk the cows this marning., You had better sell the cows and the find me dead either in the house or by the road. They will find the rest of the money in my pocket." A DPesolate Place. The house in which this apparents ly premeditated murder and suicide took place, is a log hut, situated in C When they come they will a particularly barren stretch of coun- try. It is 8 miles to Sharbot' Lake and about three miles to Maberly, The nearest neighbor is Mrs. Cobb and she lives a mile distant across the fields. There are no other bufld- ings, to speak of, except this log house on the property and .the wagons and implements stand out in the weather. The bleakness of the Scene is perhaps its most outstand- ing feature. i The inside of the house is quite in keeping with the exterior. There are three small rooms downstairs and the upstairs, the walls of which are formed by the sloping sides of the roof, is little better than a loff. There is hardly any furniture in the house at all and a sewing machine y the loft struck an incongruous note, "The upstairs, where the shootin took place, is one room the full size of the house. There are two smal windows in each end and the is whitewashed about three feet from the floor to give the appearance of a wall. There are two beds the western end, and a chair, ing | machine, an old sofa, broken pieces of furniture number of coats hanging from in the ceiling complete the The stairs come up in the centre the room and there is no ral round them except four flimsy rights and some pieces nailed the top of them. When one is wife from the time they arrived home on Tuesday night until the final scene on Friday morning. "Tom's Shot Leita." "Tom's shot Leita in the neck," said little 10-year-old Maude, as Mrs. Cobb opened her door in response to a knock at 6 o'clock Friday morn- ing. The three little children, Maude years, had hold of each other's hands and didn't seem to realize the ter- rible news they were carrying. Mrs. Cobb took the-children in.and ran to the nearest neighbor, Mr. John McDonald, who in turn hurried off to the home of Mr. George Garrett where word was telephoned to the coroner, Dr. Suddaby of Sharbot Lake, and to Provincial Officer Tom- linson, also at Sharbot Lake. The coroner and the provincial of- ficer arrived at Mrs. Cobb's home about 7.30 and Mrs. Cobb went with them across the flelds to the scene of | the shooting. In the house they | found Mrs.. Chariton stretched out | in-a pool of blood at one side of the stairs in the upper loft an®*Tom { 10 years, Helen 7 years, and Billy 3 k up the stairs as soon as the eye are above the level of the floor he can take in the whole room at glance. The murdered woman evidently bled very profusely. was a large bloodstain on the r and the blankets on which she had been laid by ber husband were liters ally sogked with hlood.- i Used Shot Gun. J When Charlton came up the stairs on Friday morning his wife was sit- ting on a chair near the sewing } chine at the left of the stairway, She had her back partly toward him n probably did not see that he had gun. From where the shot was the end of the barrel of the could not have been, at the me more than. 10 feet from the unto) dunate woman. It was 8 1 shot gun and Mrs. Chariton ] the full charge in the left side the back about four inches from ¢ spine and just at the bottom of left lung. She was probably il] instantly for after clutching her fieck and crying out once she made a sound or a move. : The gun used for the purpose was Charlton was lying on the other side of the stairs with a eup containing a solution of strychnine and a bottle | of the poison crystals beside him, Both were dead and Charlton had already started to change color. He had made himself a pallet of some old coats and after folding one coat and placing it under his head for a pillow he had evidently drunk the previously hidden the gun behind the wash bench, in a corner of the loft, near where be was found. ei poison and laid down to die. having] ¥ Zulu shot gun which Chariton | owned for many years, It is a antique model and fs discharged means of a firing needle. This ne had been lost and Chariton had off an ordinary nail to the length and had used this to d the gun Friday morning. The Children's Story. The story tald by the children to